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A Weekly  Journal  of  the  Rod  and  Gun. 


Angling,  Shooting,  the  Kennel,  Practical  Natural  History, 

F ISHCULTURE,  YACHTING  AND  CANOEING, 


AND  THE 


IiK_.ULi._A.TION  IN  MEN  AND  WOMEN  OF  A HEALTHY  INTEREST 
1 IN  OUTDOOR  RECREATION  AND  STUDY. 


VOLUME  LXIV. 

January,  1905 — June,  1905. 


FOREST  AND 


PUBLISHED  BY  THE 

STREAM  PUBLISHING 


NEW  YORK. 


COMPANY, 


1905 


,1 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


INDEX— VOLUME  LXIV. 


EDITORIAL. 


Adirondack  Timber  Investigation. 

Adirondack  Timber  Thieves 

April  

Audubon’s  Birthday 

Audubon  Work  

Batten,  T-  E 

Birds  Bred  in  Captivity 


Page. 

349 

229 

269 

289 

209 

229 

349 


Biological  Survey' 1-9 

Blackford,  E.  G 1 

Books,  Oid  

Brook  in  April  289 

Buffalo  Case  in  Colorado  349 

Buffalo,  Government  Ownership  of 509 

Buffalo  Hunt  in  1905 449 

Buffalo  Lore  389 

Calaveras  Trees,  Big 129 

California  Fruits  and  Birds 499 

Chapman,  Thomas  J 109 

Currituck  Duck  Shooting 65 

Curtis  Indian  Pictures 249 

Pffeetion  §?t»sg  i89 

■ ' ■ — 9SQ 

Docking  Horses  * -oa 

Dog  as  Guardian  8o 

Ducks  in  Texas  309 

Duck  Shooting  Practice 1 

Federal  Control  of  Fish 129 

Federal  Control  of  Public  Waters 209 

Fish  Commission  Work 169 

Fishing  Right  Pollution 169 

Fishing  Trespass  

Florida  License  Law 

Forest  Reserve  -v 


85 

249 

ton 


.209 


Page. 

Niagara  269,  309,  369 

North  Carolina  Quail  in  New  Jersey 229 

Optimism  of  Sportsmen  49 

Packard,  Prof.  A.  S I49 

Pennsylvania  Game  Legislation 469 

Pennsylvania  Shoot  369 

Pike,  Col.  Nicholas  309 

Platform  Plank  189 

Police  and  Revolvers 129 

Police  Marksmanship  1" 

President  and  Peeping  Toms .....329 

Prime,  Wm.  C I49 

Protectors’  Moieties  389 

Quail  for  Stocking 6" 

Quail  Restocking  229 

Revolvers  and  Homicides  — 289 

Roosevelt  Hunting  389 

Shiras  Bill 129.  369 

Silz  Game  Case 289,  309,  449 

Smelters  389 

Snakes  in  Hawaii  Island 489 

Snakes  in  Hawaiian  Islands..,,,..,,... 489 

Tennessee  Association  509 

Texas  Ducks  35 

Trapshooting  Expansion  329 

Vermin  Poison  2° 

Water  Pullution  and  Fish 189 

Weather  and  the  Birds I49 

Whale  of  Chahoos  _ 449 

Wildfowl  Supply  269 

Wyoming  Big  Game  Refuge  

Yacht  Races,  International  

ydlliw-ntone  Park  


1S9 


Page. 

Louisiana  37,  111 

Luncheon,  Unsalted  371 

Medicine  in  Camp 7,  27,  47,  68,  90,  130,  251 

Merameck  Bottom  HI 

Midnight  Mystery  270 

Minnesota  Forests  433 

Mississippi  Cabin  Boaters 472,  492 

Mississippi,  Floating  Down... 89,  210,  390,  430,  491 

Mississippi  River  Fishermen 151 

Mongrel  Gipp  472 

Morro  264 

Morro  Land  410 


Page. 


California  Condor  493 

California  Rough  Notes 413 

Trees,  Preserving  473- 

Chaffinch  N est  91 

Columbian  Sharp-tail  Grouse 7 

Coon  and  Fawn  493 

Crow  Capers  232 

Crow  Habits  .412 

Crow  Nest  413 

Cuckoo  and  Victim 433 

Cuckoos  493 

Dog  and  Bone 91 

9 


Nessmuk  310  , Dog  and  Snakes 

Newfoundland  Notes  152  Duck>  Brass  ^ 

...  9qn  Duck’s  Coloring  274 

370  Duck’s  Smell  373 

Egrets,  Tame  132 

Elk  Tule  133 


Nipissing  Country  

Non-Comprend  6S 

Parker,  Dr.  Samuel 151 

Parker  of  the  Comanches 372 

Parker,  Quanah  . . 4 ‘2 

Penobscot  Man  252 

.Pete  the  Canuck  250 

Point  Loma  350 

351 


Rogers,  Bob  

Rondeau  (Poetry)  46 

Shanty  Boatman  and  the  Mississippi 252  ( 

Siberian  Urals  290 

Sleeping  Position  "7 

291 


Smith,  Col,  J.,  Adventures 
Sport  and  Work 


65 


Jfresh  Air  and  F umes 

Fullerton  Park  Criticism 169 

949 

Fur  Bearers  — r 

Game  for  Charity..... 409 

Game,  Sale  of  Imported 289,  309 

Gifford,  R.  49 

Harris,  Wm.  C 4®9 

Hay  Box  in  Camp 409 

Head  Hunter  29 

Hill  Game  Case 449 

Hunting  in  Foreign  Parts 409 

Hunting  the  Carted  Stag.., 229 

in  the  Oid  Times 468 


Zoological  Park 


.249 


THE  SPORTSMAN  TOURIST. 


Hunting  Ways 

Indian  Then  and  Now 

Investments,  Alluring  

Jefferson,  Joseph  

Lahontan,  Baron  

Lake  Champlain  Fish 

Lake  Champlain  Nets. 

Langford,  N.  P 

Lewis  and  Clark  Club........ 

License  for  Hunters 

Lobsters  

Long  Inland  Duck  Shooting. 

Michigan'  Ducks  

Minnesota  ‘License  

Minnesota  Spikes  the  Plank. 

Missisquoi  Bay  

Moderation.  

Monologues  of  Kiah 

National  Park  Antelope 


.129 


.329 
.469 
.189 
.169 
.-65 
. 45 
.169 
.429 
.349 
. 45 
. 85 
.329 
,.489 
. ..  85 
..  1 
..389 


230,  272 

310 

90 

451 

291 

490 


Adams,  Grizzly  

Adventure,  Almost  

Alaska  Snow  Slide 

Animal  Sounds,  Imitation 

Boone  and  Crockett  Club  Dinner 

Boy  on  the  Farm 

Buffalo  Hunt  with  the  Comanches.  .2,  26,  46,  67, 

86,  110,  130 

Buffalo  Range  Memories 371,  391 

California  Big  Trees 

California,  Under  Canvas  in 

Camping  Out  

Chihuahua  Rosy  Sierras  

China  Sport  ., 

Cliff  Climbers.  •Fail.. . .V? 

yy 

Cottonwood  Creek 

Denmark  

De  Smet,  Father 

Eagles,  Last  of... 

Free  Country  

Friars’  Point  

Hubbard’s  Diary  

Hunter’s  Temple 


Foxes  and  Game  233- 

Fox  a Grouse  Killer 172 

Fungus  133- 

Game  Diminishing  274 

Havier  Deer  293 

Hawk  Bounty  &• 

Hummingbirds  1 *’■ 

Kirkland  Warbler  in  Ohio..., -1*- 

Kiska  Island •.„•„„„ — SI — u >>  I 

Loons  Dodging  ' ’ 

Loon’s  Flight  

Loon  Habits,  - - < - - 

Toon  in  the  City 375 

Mad  Stone  153 

112 

I Moose  Antlers  '92 

Continent 6,  28  Moose  Hunting,  200  Years  Ago 452 

66 


Strength  of  the  Hills  (Poetry)., - 

Summer  Roof  Tree 471 

..  „ , 451  Monarch,  Story  of 

TSrail,  Encounter  on  the 

Trails  of  the  Pathfinders: 

Townshend,  Across  the 

Samuel  Parker  


Musk-Ox  Ancestors 


Thomas  J.  Faruham  

Fremont  

Weather  Prophet”s  Passing. 

Wild  Turkey,  Growing 

Wind  in  the  Chimney  

Woodcock  in  Norway 


.131  151  National  Park  Game. 


311  322,  432  Nightingale’s  Name 
170  Orca  


68 
. 46 
.312 


NATURAL  HISTORY. 


431 
..450 
..491 
..330 
..310 
. .210- 
..470 
..270 
..271 
.-.270 
..350 
..452 
. .272 
..450 


.313 


Albino  Brook  Trout . 

r i tt‘  j _ aqq  Pigeon  Is  est  m lrees 

American  Museum  of  Natural  History s 

“American  Natural  History” 442 

O 9Q 

Animal  Surgery  ^ 

. , . qo-3  373  Quail  and  Deer  on  Cape  Ann 

Audubon  Birthday  Celebration ^ 


433. 

69 

91 

232. 

Ornithological  Congress,  National  253 

Owl,  Size  and  Power 394,  413,  433- 

Pacific  Coast  Notes  292: 

Panthers  in  Pennsylvania  70 

Parasitic  Habit  493- 

Park  for  Beatrice,  Neb 232 

Pheasant  Rearing  I.-.1 394- 

Philadelphia  Zoological  Society... 453 

Pigeon  Nesting  in  Elm 354 

41§7 

Prairie  Wolves  , ....  . 1 33= 

Prospect  Park  Spring  Notes koy-' 


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Audubon  Society  

Bear  - and  Moose- 

Bears,  Trout,  Fox 

Beaver  Killed  by  Train. 
Birds  in  Migration. 


354 


313  Quail  Breeding 

?5g.  Rattler  and  His  Strike * joi, 

91  Rattlesnake’s  Victim..... --'94 

292  ' Rocky  Mountain  Goat  492 

933  1 Ruffed  Grouse  Propagation 373 

Ruffed  Grouse  Rearing 353 

153. 

Oiiuvv.liv,io,  

1 Skunk  and  Hens  433 

Snaileries  


Indi; 


an  Doctors  ...' ■ • 27  Buftalo>  Eat0n’S 


Kiowas  and  Comanches 


New  York  Forest,  Fish  and  Game  Commissidn:269 
New  York,  Little  Old 409  | Lee,  John  Doyle 


Land  of  the  Espartillo  1™  Buffalo,  Wood  . 

252  California  Birds 


Birds  of  Southern  Michigan-. 473  , 

as  119  91?  313  412  Shovellers,  White 

Bird  Names 48,  113,  21-,  aid,  ( . „ 

Birds’  Sense  of  Smell 343  i 

Buffalo,  Corbin  Herd * 193  i „ , ^ 

Game  Importation 413  Snake,  Deadly  

334  Snake  Peril  

133  Snake  Stone  

’ 153  | Song  of  the  Wilderness 

8 1 Spider  Spun  Silk 


British  Columbia 


.211  Buffalo  Preservation 


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INDEX 


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Page. 

ipring  Days  ■ ^92 

Spring’s  Advance  253 

Starling  in  America  173 

Starli  ’ll  Australia  , 313 

172 


lurkey  and  Fox 

.Vhale  Killer  

vVild  Turkey,  Cross 

vVidgeons,  European,  in  California. 

Widgeon,  Ways  of * 

vVild  Flowers,  Anglers’ 


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Page. 


. 70 
.232 
.153 
.153 
.292 
.493 


VVild  Flowers  of  April 2,  73 

Wild  Flowers  of  May 354,  392 

Wild  Flowers  of  June 153 

Wild  Turkeys  354 

VVild  Turkey  Weight 173 

Winter  Hardship-. 212 

,Vi  V tion  373 

Stood  a i i 192 


: BAG  AND  GUN. 


'Adirondack  Park  315 

Adirondacks  and  Lake  George 355 

Adirondack  Timber  Thieves 234 

Alaska  Big  Game 316 

American  Hunting  Ways,  Primitive 475 

Arizona  Duck  Shooting ; 135 

Arms,  Old  70 

Bitter  Root  Mountain  Expedition 494 

Blue  Buck  314 

Boone  and  Crockett  Club 71 

Brown’s  Tract  Guide 51 

Buck’s  Cunning  136 

Buffalo  Hunt  from  Rauch  No.  101 474 

Buffalo  Range  Memories....... 354 

Buffalo  Skin  Hunters .... 416 

Burnside  Capture  174 

Butte  Rod  and  Gun  Club ..157 

Canadian  Game  Club 416 

Canadian  Game  Destruction ..,.315 

Caiunop  Defense  against  Hail ....  33 

Canyon,  As  it  Ha.p.pemed  in  the 154,  194 

Cat  and  Fox 137 

Chasing  Around  135 

Cherry  County,  IDays  in ....92 

China,  Sport  In - 474 

•Club  Constitution 96 

Colt’s  Revolvers,  Early  Use  of 30,  .95 

Connecticut  License  Bill 254 

Coon  Hunt  in  Pennsylvania 434 

Currituck  Game  335 

Deer  Clubbers  Fined 10 

Deer,  Days  With  the 213,  234 

Deer  Hunting  in  Wisconsin 93 

Duck  Breeding  .Station 51 

flltc-v  Dr  - ...395 

us  ; in  Pond  Holes 10 

g Ways ..  .93 

v .J  • ..  le  Waters .294 

Sleeping  . . .. 12,  81 

Jkih.  ni  l.  and  Gun  Club ...96 

Elks,  Royal,  Killed  in  Olympics 95 

English  Partridges  in  British  Columbia 255 

Federal  Protection  of  Game.. 193,  214,  335,  374,  415 

Florida,  .South.  .,.157 

Foxes  and  Game  Birds 50,  136 

Foxhound’s  Voice  Over  Telephone 71 

Fox  Hunter’s  Queer  Experiences 293 

Game,  Storage  of  Featherless 435 

Game  Wardens  and  Collusion 416 

Getting  Half  293 

Hawk  and  Quail  .........195 

Heroic  Pose 455,  475 

Hindoo  Koosh  ...496 

Hunting  Instinct,  Uncontrolled 10 

Illinois  Cold  -Storage 41§, 

Illinois  Prosecutions  136 

Indian  Territory  Game.! 95 

King,  Wm.  W 215 

l.nurentides  National  Park ..r 396 

Legal  Cranks  in  Game  Protection 3.34 

and  Clark  Club 71 

,;se  and  Gun  Club 375 

j.icense|  _ . Massachusetts  215 

Long  I;  paid  Duck  Shooting 137,  175 

Maine  Deer  316 

Maine  Deer  Hunts 136 

Maine,  Down  in  415 

Maine  Game  Bills.* ...254 

Maine  Guides  ; 395 

Mammals,  New  12 

Manitoba  Protective  Association 314 

?L  :■  - Ttx  Arocv^oa  10,  51 

i Dinner 157 

1 * 194 

1 Game 435 

375 


Massachusetts  Notes 30,  70,  335 

Medicine  in  Camp  375 

Michigan  Deer  255 

Michigan  Game  Interests  52 

Michigan  Programme  94 

Minnesota  Game  and  Fish 94 

Minnesota  Non-Residents 10,  32 

Mississippi  River  Sandbars 71 

Mongolian  Pheasants  in  New  York 355 

Moose  Heads,  Mounting  of 374 

Munn,  Henry  N 215 

Narrow's  Island  Club 294 

National  Game  Park 373 

National  Park  Game 254 

National  Society,  Proposed 315 


Cuvier  Club  

Daly,  Johnnie  

Delaware  River  Fishing. 
Dolphin,  as  a Pilot 


Page. 

....54 

....477 

....338 

....398 


Federal  Control  of  Fish 238,  277 

Federal  Control  of  Public  Waters 358 

Fishculture  Economic  Aspects 217 

Fish  Hospital  at  Vienna H8 

Fishing-  Adventures  299 

Fish  of  New  York  Lakes 298 

Fish  Shoals  Located  by  Electric  Apparatus...  15 
Fish  Which  Eats  Cattle 295 


.316 
.154 
.496 
.355 
. 71 
.316 
.276 
. 33 


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Nevada  Fish  and  Game  Commission 

New'  Brunswick,  A Try  At 

Newfoundland  Caribou  

Newfoundland  Caribou  Llerds 

New  Hampshire  Deer  Quandary  

New  York  Commissioner 

New  South  Wales,  Sport  in 

New  Zealand  Red  Deer 

Non-resident  Law's  and  the  Constitution 25b 

North  Carolina  Bird  Protection 255 

North  Carolina  State  Game  Preserve 174 

North  Dakota  Game  Bill 96 

Nova  Scotia  Moose 374 

Ohio  Ducking  Club 234 

Ontario  Association  495 

Pennsylvania  Game  Notes 30 

Pheasant  Breeding  414 

Phelps’  ’’Old  Mountain” «-t...355 

Pimehwrst  Shooting  33 

Policemen  and  Pistols  256 

Porcupine  as  Game 255 

Pot  Shot  .’ •••  96 

President  Hunt  335 

President,  Prayers  for  315 

Quail  and  Snow  Crust 51 

'Quail  Feeding  174 

'Quail  in  Old  Virginia.  92 

Quail,  Winter  Feeding.- 12 

Reminiscence  of  the  Rockies 274 

Revolvers,  Old  137 

Rifle  Ball  on  its  Travels 355 

Shiras  Bill 12,  71,  134,  193,  214,  233,  374 

Sitting  and  Flying 12 

Skin  Hunters  on  the  Plains 416 

Skunk  Trapping  12,  72 

Sometimes  Happens  So... 


Florida  Fish  Killed  by  Cold.... 

Florida  Keys,  Among  the 

Fly  and  Casting  Box 

Fly-Book  Revery 

Fly-Casting  at  Bangor 

Fly-Fishing,  First  Account  of. 

Fly,  History  of 

Galveston  Fish  Lottery 

Game  Fish  

German  Angling  Songs 

Golden  Trout  


.118 

.256 

.139 

.119 

.357 

.389 

.318 

.238 

.476 

.296 

.317 


Grilse  and  Parr 377,  418 


.338 


Grilse,  How  To  Tell  a 

Ilallock’s  Initiation  417 

Plard  Luck  Story : 14 

Hudson  River  Fisheries 339 

Interstate  Convention  319 

Jock  Scott  Fly 159 

Lake  Champlain  Fishing 138,  159 

Lake  Champlain  Fish  Protection 196 

Lake  Trout  Fishing  in  Ontario 499 

Landlocked  Salmo  Salar 119 

Landlocked  Salmon  in  Lake  Pleasant 73 

Lobsters  in  Massachusetts  358 

Log  of  a Sea  Angler 52,  72,  117,  158,  175,  216 

Log  of  the  Mystery 317,  336 

Maine  Angling  Waters 337 

Missisquoi  Complication  260 

Mullets  of  Fresh  Waters i 338 

Michigan  Angling  License 260 

Missisquoi  Bay 35,  98,  177 

Mountain  Herring  of  Fremont  Lake 139 

New  England  Fishing 277 

Newfoundland  Fishing  499 

New  Jersey  Coast  Fishing 299,  457 

New  York  Casting  Tournament 139,  215 

New'  York  City  Fishing  Waters 436 

New  York  Llatcheries 318 


Tamawadeh  Outing-  Club.. 

Texas' Duck  Law'  

Texas  Law'  

Tiger  Hunt  in  China ..214 

Trespass  Signs  96 

Vermin  Poison  32 

Wapiti,  On  tire  Trail  of  the 454 

Waterproofing  Shoes  ...137 

West  Virginia  Quail 316 

Wild.  Pigeon  Flight  ... , ......137 

Wild  Rice,  Salt  Water  Limits...,. 153 

Wolf  Flanking  314 

W-o.lvi.erme  No.  1. 435 

Wolves,  Arctic  . 154 

Woodcock  and  Ducks  30 

Woodcock  Decoys  334 

Wyoming  Game  Reserve 194 


....  49 

New  York  Lakes  

357 

922 

34 

- 31 

& 

North  American  Association 

35 

....135 

Novitiate’s  Rainbow  

97 

SEA  AND  RIVER  FISHING. 

Age  and  Angling 118 

Alaskan  Blaekfish  377 

Amber  Jack  of  Palm  Beach 98 

'Angling  ’ Dictionary  73 

Angling  Poetry  and  Prose .437 

Atlantic  Salmon  for  British  Columbia  Waters.. 457 

Ault’s  'Landing  139 

Back  Creek  • Visit 53 

Bait,  Notes  on  Live 478 

Bangor  Salmon  Pool 279,  319 

Bass  Eaten  by  Fish 260 

Black  Bass,  Bait-Casting  for 438 

Black  Bass  in  Florida 260 

Blackford,  Eugene  G 14 

Bluefish  Fighting  15 

Boy  and  Bass  338 

British  Columbia  Salmon 53 

British  vs.  American  Casters 417 

California  Waters  197,  276 

Camp  Doctor  356 

Canadian  Fishing  Waters 398 

Canadian  Salmon  Angling  Rights 73 

Canadian  Water  337 

Casting  Tournament  258 

'Codfish,  Giant  399 


Oar  Fish  257 

Okl  Fusty  13 

Palm  Beach  Sailfisb 299 

Pennsylvania  Fisheries  Department 159 

Pickerel  Propagation  377 

Ringed  Flies  260,  377 

River  Pleasures  457 

Rod,  Guide  Device 139 

Salmon  Artificially  Hatched.... 177 

Salmon  Lfabits  376,  437 

Salmon  in  a Tank 499 

Salmon  in  New  Brunswick.... .436 

Salmon  River  Possibilities..., . . 239 

Sapphire  Country  Fishing.. 295 

*Sea  Trout 138,  237 

Sebago  Fishing  35S 

Selfishness  of  Sentiment 257 

-Shark  Man-Eater,  Tale  of -. 498 

Song  of  the  Spear 295 

South  Carolina  Fish  Case 25S 

Striped  Bass  239 

Striped  Bass,  Arts  of... 358 

Striped  Bass  Fishing  in  1829 257 

Striped  Bass  in  Hudson  River 358 

Striped  Bass  near  New  York.... 498 

Striped  Bass,  Northern  Limit 34 

Striped  Bass  on  The  Pacific  Coast '...176,  218 

Striped  Bass  Size 277 

Sturgeon  Hatchery  319 

Sunapee  Fishing  377 

Suspended  Animation  in  Fish 417 

Tanawadeh  Outing  Club 15 

Tarpon  at  Ft.  Myers .-..399 

Tarpon  Fishing 397 

Tarpon  Fishing  at  Tamos,  Mexico 235 

Tarpon  Tackle  375 

Texas  Tarpon  457 

Tournament  178,  195 

Trout  in  Pennsylvania ..337 

Trout  Sale  73 

Trout  Season  in  Pennsylvania V 294 

Trout,  Their  Size 295 

Virginia  Chub 137 

Waterproofing  for  Lines 399 

Yellowstone  National  Park  Fishing 478 


YACHTING, 

Page „ 

Atlantic’s  Victory  in  Ocean  Race,  Story  of 480 

Bill  to  Prevent  Injury  to  Yacht  Moorings. ..  .163 
Boston  Letter  ....38,  58,  77,  99,  122,  161,  182,  220 
261,  281,  320,  342,  361,  378,  400,  420,  459,  482,  500 


Boston  Power  Boat  Show 220,  242 

British  Letter  ....16,  77,  162,  199,  264,  281,  320,  380 

400,  482: 

Brooklyn  Y.  C.  Ocean  Race  Conditions 121 

Canada  Cup  Challengers 343: 

Canals  in  China  • •145- 

Cape  Catboat  Association 320 

Cruises : 

A Voyage  to  the  Golden  Cape *279,  *303: 

A11  Escapade  *120,  *140,  *160’ 

Around  Cape  Cod  in  Escape *36- 

Bantam’s  1903  Cruise *74- 

Cruise  of  Whitecap 199>  239- 

Delaware  and  Colonia  Burned.. ..143 

Designing  Competition  Suggestions 2401 

Designs: 

Thirty-six-foot  Cruising  Launch ....*18 

One-Design  Class,  Larchmont  Y.  C *38 

Houseboat  Lysander  *16 

Houseboat  Whileaway  *56 

Twenty-one-foot  Bermuda  Sloop *78 

Houseboat  Savanilla  *100 

Sixty-foot  Cruising  Launch *122 

Twelve-foot  Rowing  and  Sailing  Skiff *128 

Seventy:foot  Power  Houseboat ...*142 

Twenty-one-foot  Clipper  Dory *163 

Schooner  Blackhawk  *181,  *202 

Sixty-foot  Launch,  First  Prize  Design. .....  .*241 

Sixty-foot  Launch,  Second  Prize  Design *262 

Sixty-foot  Launch,  Third  Prizze  Design *282 

Sixty-foot  Launch,  H.  M.  Design ...*321 

Sixty-foot  Launch  .....*340 

Sixty-foot  Launch  *381 

Simillant  *420 

Kapolee  *442 

Dover — Heligoland  501 

Endymion’s  Log,  Ocean  Race  of  1905 481 

Entries  in  German  Emperor’s  Ocean  Cup 

Race  *261 

Forest  and  Stream  Designing  Competition 

No.  IV 19 

Forest  and  Stream  Designing  Competition 

No.  IV.,  Jiudge’s  Awards ....198,  219 

Gardner  & Cox  Dissolve  441 

Gregory,  Power  Boat *183'- 

Hamburg  and  Valhalla  Arrive 360- 

Installation  Control  128- 

Isolde  *54,  *80' 

Kanawha  *88,  99 

Knickerbocker  Y.  C.  Power  Boat  Race 122' 

Let  the  Measurement  Rule  Stand 54 

Levanter  Launched  343- 

Log  of  Thistle  502: 

Marine  Gasolene  Engines 144,  164,  179,  201,  219,. 

242,  264,  281,  302,  320,  340' 

Motorboats  in  China.. 4201 

Motorboats  in  Sweden 323 

More  Trouble  *379 

National  Motorboat  and  Sportsman’s  Show... 141, 

161,  ISO,  *200,  218 

New  Boats  144 

,V  ... — " ly} -e — < if — M of  or!  J l 1 m 402 

New  Boats,  by  M.  Barney 343 

N.  Y.  Y.  C.  30-footers 281 

Obituary: 

Geo.  W.  Weld 164 

Ernst  V.  Pardessus ...281 

Frederick  de  Funiak.. 282 

Joseph  Peabody  304 

Ocean  Race  of  1866. 300 

Ocean  ' Race  of  1887. 359' 

Ocean  Race  of  1905 4S0 

Ocean  Cup,  Race’  for. .360,  378,  399,  '458 

Perfect  ‘ Marine  Gasolene  Engines 15 

Power  Boat  Moorings 101 

Power  Boat  News..'.' 264 

Power  Boat  Racing ; 128' 

Pow-er  Boat  Racing  ALroad.. 402' 

Prince  Alfred  Y.  C *17 

Putting  the  Pow'er  Boat  in  Commission., 59 

Racing  on  Buzzard’s  Bay 419 

Rating  Rule  Modification *54 

Revive  the  Catboat  319- 

Rhode  Island  Notes 302,  322,  343,  378,  419- 

Royal  Thames  Y.  C 440 

Sally  Growler  Launched 422' 

Selecting  Marine  Gasolene  Engines. 76 

Stage  Harbor  Closed 422: 

Start  of  Ocean  Race 419 

Sunbeam  Arrives  ......378 

Sunbeam’s  Voyage  343 

Swampscott  Club  *56 

Toronto  Hunter  for  Canada  Cup 50L 


INDEX. 


Page. 
....37 
. .304 
..362 
..101 
..460 
..219 
...98 


Types  and  Measurements  of  Propellers... 

Verona  Launched  

Vitesse  Launched  

'Week-End  Yachtsmen 

Witico  Launched  

'Work  at  City  Island 

Worn-Out  Gasolene  Engines. 

Clubs  and  Races. 

Atlantic  461,  483,  502 

Bayside  461 

Bensonhurst  502 

Beverly  1502 

Boston  461,  483,  502 

Buffalo  462 

Cobweb  483 

Cohasset  - 503 

Columbia  462 

Corinthian,  Marblehead  482 

Dorchester  ,. ..483 

Duxbury  502 

Erie  ...502 

Harlem  461 

Indian  Harbor  461 

Knickerbocker  462 

'Larchmont  503 

Manhasset  Bay  46,  422 

Marine  and  Field  483 

New  York  A.  C *500 

New  York  461,  502 

.New  Rochelle  441,  482 

Quincy  ...461,  482 

Seawanhaka  Corinthian  462 

South  Boston  461 

Winthrop  483,  502 

CANOE.  

Across  Nova  Scotia  in  Canoes 344,  *362,  *381, 

*403,  *422,  *442,  *463 


Page. 

Dayton  43,  62,  307,  ■ 326 

Deadwood  ...247,  268 

Dover  246 

Dover  S.  A 

Enterprise  246,  285,  306,  326,  368,  408 

E.  Somersville,  Ct 464 

Fail-view  246,  288,  306 

Fayette  405,  446,  465,  486 

Florence  367 


Page. 


Rahway  -^gg 

Raleigh  ...468 

Reading  Trap 61,  83,  266,  366,  406,  508 

Recreation  42,  346,  445,  468 

Red  Dragon  C.  C. 288 

Remington  327 

Riverside  44,  i88>  368 

Rochester  , , , 435 


Rohrer’s  Island  107,  247,  268,  307,  326,  348 

FIorists  205,  366  Seattle  *. 207 

Fountain  City  285  Sherbrooke  _ _ jgy 

Franklin,  0 448  Schenectady 

Freeport  127 

Fulford  Memorial.... 20,  42,  44,  83,  166,  208,  287,  506 
Garfield  ........ .248,  368,  387,  425,  448,  465,  486,  504 


TRAPSHOOTING. 


YEtna  Park  185 

At  Christiania  ...347 

Alert  148 

Amackassin  63 

Anaconda  207 

.Analostan  327,  347 

Aquidneck  248,  365 

Ashland  425 

Aurora  465 

Awosting  248,  383 

Bergen  Beach  62,  166,  248,  328,  408,  466,  506 

Bonesteel  206 

Boston  A.  A 506 

Boston  G.  C 147,  167,  208,  247,  267,  286,  327, 

366,  388,  407,  448,  507 

Boston  S.  A 20,  146,  184,  248 

Bound  Brook,  ...108,  185,  246,  464 

Bradford  125,  268,  307,  346,  368,  427,  466,  486 

Bristol  286,  468 

Carteret  425 

Castleton  184,  466 

•Catskill  366 

Canadian  Indians  447 

Chattanooga  268 

Charlestown,  Md 108 

Chanute,  Kans 285 

Chicago  T.  A 287,  327 

Chokebore  S4 

Christiania- — Atglen  .42,  184,  287,  467 

Cincinnati  ....24,  43,  62,  83,  107,  125,  166,  186,  207, 
228,  247,  268,  286,  307,  326,  348,  368,  387,  405,  425, 

448,  486 

City  Park  23 

•Clerks,  Professionals  .184,  187 

Cleveland  62 

Columbia  .367 

(Consolidated  of  Conn. ........................... .466 

Consolidated  S.  A.  of  Mich. .................... .308 

Consolidated  (Toledo) .184 

Crescent  A.  C....20,  41,  62,  104,  127,  147,  167,  184, 

208,  228,  267,  285 

Crescent,  New  Bethlehem .................326 

Cumberland  .306,  346,  448 

Dalton  .....I, i.  .24 


Greenville  43,  348,  405 

Gun  Room  Topics 206 

Hamilton,  O... 348 

Harrisburg  S.  A 188 

Handicaps  288 

Hell  Gate  . 147,  308 

Herkimer  H.  C 245 

Highland  127 

Hillside  41 

Hudson  103,  185,  206,  246,  288,  386 

Independent  166,  184,  266,  365 

Indianapolis  ....228,  246,  268,  287,  308,  327,  368,  408, 

425,  448,  466,  486 

Infallible  466 

Interstate  Association  103,  146,  208 

Interstate  Programme  426 

Jackson  Park  G.  C 246,  346,  408 

Jellico  285 

Kansas  City  367 

Keystone  S.  L 41,  82,  104,  126 

Kingston,  Tenn 268 

Lakeside  Park  368 

Lancaster  Co.  League... 487 

Lawrence  466 

Lehigh  308 

Long  Lake  185 

Magic  City  267,  383 

Manito  367 

Mankato  166 

Maryville  268 

Meadow  Springs  41 

Middlesex  S.  C 428 

Midvale  126 

Money — Banks  63 

Monongahela  Valley  League  266 

Montclair  G.  C 20,  42,  62,  82,  103,  126,  148,  168, 

185,  206,  228,  246,  265,  288,  308,  346,  408,  445,  486,  508 

Montpelier  466 

Morrisania  .'308 

Morrison,  j.  C 205 

Morristown  286 

Mt.  Kisco  i84 

Mt.  Pleasant  388 

Mullerite  246,  265,  365,  406 

New  Berlin  166 

New  Hope  287 

New  Moorfield  348 

N.  Y.  A.  C 306,  365,  383,  406,  425,  445,  466 

North  Branch  445,  464 

North  Camden  288 

New  York  German  .127 

North  River  G.  C 42,  62,  82,  103,  126,  148,  185, 

206,  228,  246,  288,  308,  346,  386,  408 

North  Side,  Paterson,  N.  J 346 

North  Side,  Milwaukee ..166 

Norwich  ...245 

N.  J.  Pigeon  Case  485 

Oneida  C.  S.  A.. 167,  408 

Ossining  ....20,  41,  62,  82,  104,  167,  187,  205,  226,  246, 

266,  285,  308,  365,  408,  447 

Peerless  308,  386 

Peters  Reunion  .....61 

Phellis  Trophy  24,  268 

Plainfield  148,  185 

Pleasure  42,  185 

Point  Breeze  41,  125 

Poughkeepsie  .....42,  187,  205,  246,  285 

Preble  Co.  368 

Queens  County  265,  464 


188 

Scottown  , 343 

Scottdale  ggg 

Sheepshead  Bay  G.  C...82,  184,  228,  244,  346,  425,  507 

Sidney  408,  447 

Somonauk  Trap  23 

South  End  32s 

South  Framingham  ; 486 

South  Side  (Wis.) 44,  83,  125,  207 

South  Side  (N.  J.) 228,  265,  288,  308 

Springfield,  Mass ..24,  188,  307,  408,  445,  488 

Springfield,  0 84,  247 

Stanley  126,  167,  184,  205,  245,  287,  346,  365,  405 


.408 


St.  Paul  

Taylor  ,.108 

Trenton  S.  A 42,  103 

Urbana  326 

Velocity  Tests  443 

Warwick  427 

Waterloo  

Watseka  465 

Wawaset  246,  308,  328 

W estchester  488 

Westwood  464 

Whiting  43 

Wilmington  246,  266 

Williamsburg,  Ky 285 

Yorkville  23 


MATCHES. 


Arkansas  Championship  187 

Boston  S.  A.  Team 41,  61,  104 

Clearview — Highland  , 108 

Clearview — New  Camden 62 

Crescent  A.A. — Boston  A.  A 248 

Denver  Trophy  126 

Florists — Media  62 

Florists — Narberth  108 

Foord,  Squier — Banks,  McKelvey 84 

Hill — Hillsides  62 

Kansas  City  227 

Knapp — Parsons  41 

Lansdale — Florists  245 

Meadow  Springs — Highland  62 

Meadow  Springs — Hill  108 

Media — N.  Camden  108 

Morfey — Houseman  41 

Narberth — S.  S.  White 62 

Phellis  Trophy  368 

Skelly,  Banks — Squier,  Foord 62 

White — Hillside  108 


Page . 

Gulf  Coast  Trapshooters.... 508 

Hamilton  (Can.) . . , ,104 

Herrington  447 

Iff  Gun  Club  .........487 

Illinois  State  446- 

Inglewood,  Ont.,  G.  C 327 

Iowa  State  267  ; 

Indian  368  | 

Interstate  at  Augusta  308 

Interstate  at  Colorado  Springs 188 

Interstate  at  Hopkinsville  366  : 

Interstate  at  Owensboro 428  ‘ 

Kane  .467 

Kentucky  Trapshooters’  League 486  ‘ 

Michigan  Trapshooters  428 

Milton  , 445 

Mississippi  Delta  T.  L 407 

Monongahela  Valley  S.  L.  of  W.  Va. 405 

Nebraska  State  427 

N.  C.  Trapshooters’  Association 507 

New  Jersey  State  42,  108,  206,  487 

New  York  State  365,  425,  505 

Olean  428 

Omaha  266 

Ossining  466  j 

Pennsylvania  State  287,  384 

Riverside  457 

Scranton  434 

Shamokin  • 435 

Springfield,  Mass.,  S.  A 347 

Tor°nto  205,  467 

Wawaset  

West  Virginia  Sportsmen’s  Association. ..  .186,  245 
Wilmington  i8g 


RIFLE  RANGE  AND  GALLERY. 


Asheville  R.  C. ... 

Better  ,22s 

Cincinnati  R.  A. 


TOURNAMENTS. 


Analostan  467 

Atchison  306 

Auburn  428 

Awosting  366 

Boston  Annual  427 

Capron  . 507 

Catskill  466 

Cedar  Springs  ...488 

Centreville  187 

Chicago  Trapshooters  185,  208,  508 

Consolidated  of  Conn. ; 306,  388,  504 

Delaware  State  328 

Derry  447 

Detroit  .188 

Dickey  Bird  188,  465 

Enterprise  464 

Fairview  .....447 

Grand  Prix  165 

Grand  Southern  Handicap .....146,  165 

Great  Bend  366 


183,  203,  265 

102 

.40,  81,  128,  183,  204,  244,  284, 
305,  364,  404,  484,  503 

Dallas  R.  and  R.  C 424 

Dayton  Sharpshooters  .444- 

Englewood,  O % 183,  265 

German  R.  C 345 

Gratis,  Q.,  R.  C 205 

Harlem  Ind.  Corps 40,  81,  128,  168,  204,  244 

Indoor  Championship  168,  202,  221,  305 

Independent  N.  Y.  S.  C...60,  102,  145,  183,  364,  463 

Indoor  .22  Cal.  L 

Italian  R.  C :..40,  81,  168,  183,  203,  284,  485 

Jackson  R.  C 244 

Lady  Zettler  R.  C 145,  183,  265,  303,  364 

Massachusetts  R.  C 49,  84 

National  Rifle  Board  19,  40,  60,  303 

New  York  Central  Schuetzen  Corps. ...  .40,  81,  128, 

168,  244,  205,  345 

New  York  City  Schuetzen  Corps ..40,  60,  81, 

128,  168,  203,  244,  364,  444 

New  York  Schuetzen  Corps 102,  145,  204, 

265,  345,  364,  404,  485 

Position,  Shooting  8i 

Portsmouth  ^gg 

Preble  Co.  R.  C 40 

Prize  Rifle  Competition 435 

Providence  R.  C....19,  40,  60,  81,  102,  128,  146,  168, 

203,  226,  244,  265,  284,  305,  323,  364,  404,  424,  463, 

485,  503 

Remington  Revolver  ,.. 284 

Remington  R.  A 

Revolver  Prohibited  394 

San  Francisco  Tournament 36.3 

Seneca  R.  C 204,  244,  282,  346,  364,  404 

Telescopic  Sights  345 

Union  Hill  ,265,  382 

U-  S.  R.  A ,.204,  282,  305,  382 

West  Milton  ...364,  404 

West  Side  R.  C 

Williamsburg  R.  C ..125 

West  Sonora,  Q.,  R.  C. 128,  1° 

Zettler  R.  C.....19,  40,  60,  81,  128,  148,  168,  11 

284,  308,  SM,  3 


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THE  OCEAN  RACE  FOR  THE  EMPEROR’S  CUP. 

When  the  conditions  governing  the  ocean  race  for  the 
cup  offered  by  the  German  Emperor  were  made  public,  it 
was  believed  that  the  entries  of  several  American  cruis- 
ing yachts  would  follow.  While  the  race  has  caused  some 
little  stir,  it  seems  impossible  to  arouse  any  real  en- 
thusiasm among  the  men  who  own  craft  eligible  for  the 
contest. 

The  first  entry  to  be  officially  filed  was  by  the  Earl  of 
Crawford,  an  English  sportsman  who  owns  Valhalla,  a 
fine  square  rigged  cruising  vessel.  This  entry  came  as  a 
surprise,  and  the  Earl  of  Crawford  is  to  be  congratulated 
on  having  taken  the  initiative.  Valhalla  is  hardly  the  type 
of  vessel  that  would  be  expected  to  win  the  race,  particu- 
larly if  she  has  as  opponents  Atlantic,  Endymion,  or  the 
new  Brewster  schooner  building  at  South  Boston.  The 
Earl  of  Crawford  shows  his  sporting  spirit  by  coming 
into  the  field  when  he  is  completely  in  the  dark  as  to  his 
competitors.  Such  a move  proves  conclusively  that  he 
ihas  entered  because  he  believes  thoroughly  in  the  race 
and  not  because  he  expects  to  capture  the  trophy. 

American  owners  should  not  allow  themselves  to  be 
outdone.  Out  of  the  many  available  yachts  in  the  fine 
fleet  of  the  New  York  Y.  C.  there  should  be  a number 
willing  to  undertake  the  trip. 

The  race  is  scheduled  to  start  on  May  is  next,  and 
those  intending  to  start  should  soon  definitely  make  up 
their  minds,  for  much  preparation  is  necessary  to  put  a 
yacht  in  shape  for  such  a race.  The  course  is  from  Sandy 
Hook  to  the  Needles. 

The  German  Emperor  has  done  everything  in  his 
power  to  foster  yachting  in  Germany,  and  his  motive  in 
offering  the  trophy  for  the  trans-Atlantic  race  was  to 
get  a number  of  representative  American  yachts  to  com- 
pete in  the  contests  at  Kiel.  He  has  great  confidence  in 
American  yachts  and  backs  up  his  belief  by  building  his 
own  racing  yacht  here  from  the  plans  of  an  American 
designer.  His  attitude  has  been  so  complimentary  and 
courteous  all  through  that  the  very  least  American 
sportsmen  can  do  is  to  show  their  appreciation  of  his 
efforts,  and  the  best  possible  indorsement  would  be  to 
make  the  ocean  race  an  unqualified  success. 


EUGENE  G.  BLACKFORD. 

The  death  of  Eugene  G.  Blackford,  which  occurred  on 
Thursday  of  last  week,  December  29,  removed  one  who 
had  filled  a large  place  in  the  development  of  game  and 
commercial  fishing  interests,  and  in  the  progress  of  ich- 
thyology. Mr.  Blackford  had  been  ill  for  two  years,  ever 
since  he  retired  from  active  business,  and  his  death,  re- 
sulting from  a complication  of  diseases,  was  not  unex- 
pected. He  was  in  his  sixty-fifth  year. 

Eugene  Gilbert  Blackford  was  born  in  Morristown,  N. 
J.,  in  1839.  At  the  age  of  fourteen  he  found  employment 
with  a ship  broker  on  South  street,  this  city.  After 
various  other  positions  he  was  employed  by  A.  T.  Stewart 
& Co.,  and  from  the  drygoods  business  went  to  the  firm 
of  Middleton,  Carman  & Co.,  fish  dealers  in  Fulton 
Market.  Here  at  last  he  found  the  opportunity  he  had 
been  seeking  to  do  something  more  than  the  business 
round  and  to  engage  in  scientific  investigation  and  study. 
The  business  and  its  surroundings  were  congenial  to  his 
tastes.  He  soon  acquired  a stand  and  from  the  first  the 
business  prospered  and  developed,  until  in  time  he  came 
to  be  the  largest  fish,  oyster,  crab  and  turtle  dealer  in 
this  country.  In  1875  Mr.  Blackford  originated  the 
famous  market  displays  of  trout  on  the  opening  day  of 
the  season.  Here  were  collected  specimens  of  the  various 
species  of  trout  from  all  parts  of  the  country,  and  the 
“Blackford  trout  opening”  was  looked  forward  to  by 
local  anglers  with  anticipation  second  only  to  that  of  the 
actual  wetting  of  the  first  fly  in  the  icy  streams  of  Long 
Island.  Mr.  Blackford  was  always  an  originator.  He 
discovered  that  our  American  whitebait  was  equal  to1  the 
famous  delicacy  of  British  waters,  and  he  made  the  fish 
popular  here.  He  brought  frozen  salmon  from  Canada 
and  the  far  Northwest.  He  imported  sole  and  turbot  in 
the  refrigerators  of  ocean  steamers  from  England.  He 
introduced  to  the  northern  markets  the  red  snapper  from 
Florida,  to  which  was  given  the  scientific  name  of  Lut- 
.janus  blackfordii  in  his  honor.  Thus  in  one  field  and 
another  he  developed  new  methods,  and  as  his  business 
increased  made  the  wonderful  growth  of  his  own  interests 
ppipcident  with  an  enlarged  and  pheapenecj  food  fish  sup- 


ply by  which  the  public  benefited.  Mr.  Blackford  was  a 
man  of  liberal  ideas  and  public  spirit.  Early  in  his  career 
he  showed  a disposition  to  co-operate  with  the  United 
States  Fish  Commission  in  its  work,  and  from  the  days 
of  Professor  Baird’s  organization  of  the  Commission  to 
the  last  year  of  Mr.  Blackford’s  business  life,  the  services 
rendered  by  him  were  many  and  important.  His  vast 
store  of  information,  his  business  sagacity  and  breadth 
of  view  made  his  co-operation  at  all  times  sought  for  and 
valued.  In  1879  Mr.  Blackford  was  appointed  by  Gov- 
ernor Robinson  one  of  the  Fish  Commisisoners  of  New 
York,  an  office  which  he  filled  with  a conscientiousness 
and  ability  which  were  to  the  lasting  benefit  of  New 
York.  It  was  through  his  instrumentality  that  the  Cold 
Spring  Harbor  hatchery  was  established  on  Long  Island. 
He  served  two  terms  as  Commissioner  and  was  then 
removed  by  Governor  Hill  in  political  pique.  His 
services  in  the  cause  of  fishculture  and  ichthyology  were 
widely  recognized,  not  only  in  this  country,  but  abroad. 
He  received  gold,  silver  and  bronze  medals  from  the 
French,  Dutch  and  German  Governments ; and  the  Gov- 
ernments of  Japan,  France,  Sweden,  Norway,  Germany, 
Holland  and  Great  Britain  sent  representatives  to  him 
for  information  and  advice.  The  American  Fisheries 
Society  was  organized  in  Mr.  Blackford’s  office,  and  for 
several  terms  he  was  its  president.  Mr.  Blackford’s  in- 
terests outside  of  the  fish  business  were  varied  and  im- 
portant. He  was  president  of  the  Bedford  Bank,  of 
Brooklyn;  a vice-president  of  the  Brooklyn  Institute  of 
Arts  and  Sciences,  an  officer  or  director  in  a number  of 
other  institutions,  and  a member  of  the  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce. He  was  recognized  as  one  of  the  leading  citizens 
of  Brooklyn,  and  had  large  part  in  many  of  its  public 
interests.  His  was  a life  singularly  full,  not  only  in  the 
success  and  wealth  it  brought  to  him,  but  in  its  usefulness 
to  others,  and  the  high  type  of  American  citizenship  it 
exemplified.  

DUCK  SHOOTING  PRACTICE. 

And  now  someone  who,  has  been  reading  carefully  the 
vivacious  discussion  of  duck  shooting,  in  our  game 
columns,  puts  these  questions  to  the  Forest  and  Stream, 
and  asks  that  categorical  answers  shall  be  given  to  them. 
The  questions  are : Will  a true  sportsman  shoot  a duck 
on  the  water?  If  a shooter  shoots  a duck  on  the  water, 
is  the  deed  one  to  be  proud  of?  Are  there  any  extenu- 
ating circumstances  short  of  actual  starvation  which 
would  excuse  the  shooting  of  a duck  on  the  water? 

We  cannot  undertake  to  give  categorical  replies  to  the 
questions.  To  answer  the  first  point  would  involve  an 
extended  examination  of  the  attributes  of  the  true  sports- 
man and  a consideration,  which  at  best  could  be  only 
theoretical,  of  how  he  would  act  in  the  presence  of  a 
duck  sitting  on  the  water.  Speculation  by  us  on  both 
these  points  would  be  worth  no  more  than  the  specula- 
tion of  a thousand  other  people,  and  we  could  not  hope 
that  they  would  be  received  with  that  unanimity  of  ap- 
proval which  is  so  dear  to  the  heart  of  a writer  who  lays 
down  the  law  in  print.  Equally  fruitless,  we  are  assured, 
would  it  be  to  dogmatize  on  the  other  points.  Should 
he  feel  proud  or  should  he  not?  Could  anything  but  the 
ultimate  pangs  of  hunger  justify  him?  Clearly  the  only 
thing  for  us  here  is  to  have  resort  to  a plea  in  avoidance. 

Speculative  issues  aside,  however,  we  are  perfectl}' 
free  and  willing  to  tell  what  we  know  about  the  ways  of 
duck  shooters  as  the  common,  actual,  every-day,  conven- 
tional practice  of  the  craft,  apart  from  any  contrary  duck- 
ing doctrine  it  may  individually  and  collectively  preach. 
Duck  shooters,  as  a rule,  shoot  ducks  flying  or  sitting,  in 
either  way,  indiscriminately  and  without  any  considera- 
tion whatever  of  any  “ethics”  involved  in  the  act.  There 
may  be  a thousand  individual  exceptions  to  this  rule,  but 
we  are  speaking  now  of  the  great  army  of  duck  shooters, 
the  overwhelming  majority  which  alone  is  to  be  con- 
sidered when  we  would  establish  the  truth  respecting  the 
question  of  actual  prevailing  practice. 

The  common  rule  of  conduct  as  to  duck  shooting  dif- 
fers from  that  which  prevails  in  the  shooting  of  quail 
and  other  upland  species.  A sportsman  who  would  not 
shoot  a sitting  quail  (or  at  least  would  not  willingly  let 
his  friends  suspect  that  he  would  shoot  one)  will  shoot 
a sitting  duck  and  do  it  openly  among  his  associates, 
and  not  as  a thing  to  be  in  any  way  whatever  ashamed 
of.  Our  observation  of  duck  shooters,  including  both  the 
unaffiliated  individual  and  the  club  member,  is  that  they 


shoot  a duck  anywhere  and  anyhow,  in  whatever  way  they 
can  get  it  most  surely,  once  it  is  in  range.  It  is  meant, 
of  course,  that  they  do  this  with  the  weapons  and  in  the 
ways  permitted  by  the  law. 

This  is  the  duck  shooting  practice  of  the  twentieth  cen- 
tury on  American  waters.  Whether  that  practice  ought 
to  be  something  else,  is  aside  from  what  we  are  here  en- 
deavoring to  do,  which  is  simply  to  record  it  as  it  is. 

MONOLOGUES  OF  KIAH. 

Where  the  tent  had  been  pitched  there  were  sundry 
packages,  large  and  small,  which  denoted  that  the 
party  had  broken  camp,  packed  up  their  outfit,  and  were 
prepared  for  their  homeward  journey.  Their  outing  was 
ended.  The  ruddy  tints  on  their  faces,  clear  eyes, 
sprightly  step,  and  freedom  from  careworn  traces  af- 
forded material  evidence  of  the  benefits  derived  from 
life  in  the  fresh  air  and  sunlight,  in  propinquity  to,  woods 
and  waters  where  the  birds  fly  and  the  fishes  lurk.  The 
members  of  the  party  were  seated  here  and  there  about 
the  camp-site,  patiently  awaiting  the  coming  of  the  wagon 
which  was  to  transport  them  to  the  railway  station.  They 
were  discussing  in  pleasant  vein  the  main  incidents  of 
their  camp  life  then  just  closing.  “I  never  enjoyed  better 
sport  in  my  .life,”  Reuben  heartily  exclaimed  “than  that 
which  has  been  mine  in  this  outing.  It  was  a delight  in 
general,  and  it  was  sportsmanlike  in  every  detail  as  we 
conducted  it.  Also  it  was  ineffably  enhanced  by  the  un- 
selfish companionship  of  jolly  good  fellows  who  are 
ardent  and  earnest  in  the  cause  of  sport.  We  have  en- 
joyed the  sport  individually  and  enjoyed  the  knowledge 
that  each  had  a share — ” “Excuse  me  for  interrupting 
you,”  broke  in  Kiah,  “but  it  seems  to  me  that  you  can- 
not justly  claim  that  all  your  methods  are  sportsmanlike. 
Yet  I will  say  that  you  have  the  instincts  of  a true  sports- 
man. You  will  without  doubt  evolve  into  a fairly  good 
one  in  due  time.  It  may  seem  to  be  egotistical,  but  you 
differ  in  methods  from  me.  Insomuch  as  you  thus  differ, 
insomuch  do  you  depart  from  the  true — ” “One  moment, 
Kiah,  if  you  please,”  interposed  Reuben  in  sweetly  modu- 
lated tones.  “Let  me  have  the  floor  for  a short  time.  I 
am  sure  you  can  be  silent  for  a short  while  without  per- 
ishing. We  all  know  that  you  mean  well,  that  your  in- 
tentions to  benefit  us  are  most  commendable,  and  that  you 
honestly  believe  you  are  a perfect  example  of  true  sports- 
manship. I believe  so,  too.  You  have  been  quite  frank 
with  us  in  presenting  the  true,  exourgated  snortcman- 
ship  up  to  date.  I desire  to  testify  mv  annreciation  of 
your  kindness,  and  my  approval  of  your  doctrine  in  all 
its  minute  particulars.  T do  not  ask  vou  for  anv  authori- 
ties to  sustain  your  ideas.  The  fact  that  vou  said  so  is  a 
summation  of  all  authority.  All  the  sportsmanship  from 
the  dawn  of  creation  to  the  present  time  was  false.  It 
came  to  us  through  countless  generations  of  our  prede- 
cessors, crude,  imperfect,  wrong:  hut  it  came  at  length 
to  you,  Kiah,  to  be  purified,  ennobled,  fit  for  general  con- 
sumption. all  by  virtue  of  your  mere  dictum.  There  are 
rude  natures  which  will  contend  that  your  mere  say  so 
does  not  make  it  so;  that,  your  mere  sav  so  is  not  any 
better  than  the  say  sos  of  thousands  of  others  who  differ 
from  you ; and  that,  being  a mortal,  you  might  perchance 
change  your  mind  on  points  of  true  sportsmanship  and 
thereby  wreck  it.  Perish  such  vandals!  I know  that  if 
you,  Kiah,  had  never  existed,  then  there  never  had  been 
nor  would  be  any  true  sportsmanship.  Before  T had  the 
great  good  fortune  to  be  enriched  by  your  fiat  snorraman- 
ship,  I had  a mistaken  belief  that  true  sportsmanship  was 
composed  of  all  that  was  pleasurable  and  wholesome  in 
pursuit  and  capture,  combined  with  good  comraderv  in  its 
social  phases.  Out  of  this  general  wealth  bestowed  by 
sportsmanship  each  man  could  use  such  methods  as  were 
best  pleasing  and  useful  to  him.  * They  might  differ 
materially  from  the  methods  adopted  by  others,  yet  all 
the  pleasurable  methods,  so  long  as  they  violated  no 
common  or  statutory  law,  combined  to  make  the  sum 
total  of  what  is  in  a generic  way  referred  to  as  sports- 
manship. But,  Kiah,  I know  all  that  is  wrong.  True 
sportsmanship  is  dependent  for  its  metes  and  bounds 
on  your  mental  processes.  Unfortunately,  while  we  can 
not  think  in  unison  with  you,  not  knowing  your  thoughts, 
we  can  proudly  imitate  your  actions,  and  concur  in  the 
fact  that  your  state  of  mind  is  a universal  postulate.”  The 
wagon  at  this  juncture  arrived,  and  the  party  were 
quickly  homeward  bound,  much  to  the  loss  of  the  4o0r 
trine  of  fiat  sportsman, shin. 


2 FOREST  AND  STREAM,  &«.  7,  .905, 


The  Strength  of  the  Hills. 


There’s  a bird  in  the  loom  to-day, 

And  a song  in  the  shuttle,  too; 

There’s  a glimmering  scene  in  the  bales  of  wool 
Of  the  sheep  on  the  slopes,  and  the  heart  is  full, 

But  the  rosy  days  are  the  few. 

There’s  a cast  in  the  breeze  to-day 
Of  the  violets  sweet  in  the  bloom ; 

And  the  yearning  heart  feels  the  strength  of  the  hills. 
But  turns  with  a will  to  the  door  of  the  mills. 

For  another  day  at  the  loom.' 

There’s  a bond  to  the  woods  to-day, 

And  a call  to  the  meadows  anew ; 

But  another  bond  there  is  that  binds 
The  willing  hand  to  its  work,  and  finds 

That  the  drones  in  the  hive  are  the  few. 

There’s  a joy  in  the  work  to-day, 

A delight  in  the  labor  to  do. 

So  the  woods  and  the  birds,  and  the  bricks  in  the  wall, 
And  the  clattering  loom  agree  after  all 

That  the  mouldy  daj's  are  the  few. 

J.  S.  S. 


A Buffalo  Hunt  with  the  Comanches 

Each  spring  and  fall  up  to  the  year  1879,  by  which 
time  the  white  skin-hunters  had  killed  off  the  last  of  the 
buffalo,  it  was  the  general  custom  to  send  out  the  Indians 
in  a hunt  for  them.  They  went  out  in  charge  of  their 
chiefs,  and  always  had  an  escort  of  cavalry  with  them. 
The  size  of  the  escort  would  be  regulated  by  the  Indians 
they  went  with;  if  they  were  Indians  who  were  likely  to 
stray  up  into  Kansas  or  elsewhere  and  go  to  raiding 
ranches  instead  of  hunting  buffalo,  then  a troop  of 
cavalry,  or  sometimes  half  a troop,  would  be  sent  with 
them.  If  they  were  pretty  good  Indians,  then  they  might 
get  off  with  a detail  of  a sergeant  and  a few  men ; but  up 
to  the  time  when  I went  it  alone,  never  less  than  that. 
The  band  I had  out  for  two  winters  could  get  along 
without  being  watched  at  all.  This  band  was  never  badly 
hurt  by  the  amount  of  watching  that  I gave  them.  I 
knew,  if  our  officers  did  not,  that  they  needed  no  watch- 
ing, and  “governed  myself  accordingly,”  as  our  officers 
used  to  tell  us,  when  they  started  to  grind  out  a lot  of 
special  and  general  orders  for  us.  the  most  of  which  or- 
ders we  only  paid  attention  to  about  as  long  as  the  officer 
giving  them  happened  to  be  around. 

In  1875  I belonged  to  a troop  of  the  Tenth  Cavalry 
that  was  stationed  at  Fort  Sill  in  what  was  at  that  time 
the  Indian  Territory;  it  is  part  of  Oklahoma  now. 
General  R.  S.  Mackenzie,  the  colonel  of  our  regiment, 
told  me,  “I  want  you  to  go  along  with  a band  of  Indians 
in  their  winter  hunt.  I mean  to  send  you  with  them  by 
yourself.” 

“What  tribe  are  they,  sir?” 

“The  Comanches.” 

“Oh,  then  I’ll  go  anywhere  with  Comanches,  sir.  I 
should  not  care  to  go  with  some  of  these  other  tribes 
alone,  though.” 

“No,  I should  not  care  to  send  you  alone  with  other 
tribes;  but  I think  you  can  get  along  with  these 
Comanches.’ 

Then  he  told  me  to  take  eighteen  days’  rations  and 
plenty  of  ammunition  for  hunting  purposes.  “It  will  be 
for  all  winter,”  he  said,  “and  if  you  can’t  get  all  the 
amunition  you  want,  come  to  me  and  report  so;  I’ll  see 
that  you  do  get  it.  And  then  report  to  the  agent  at  the 
Wichita  agency.  Get  in  there  to-day,  if  you  can.” 

Going  to  my  first  sergeant,  I called  for  a hundred 
rounds  of  carbine  and  a hundred  of  pistol  cartridges,  “by 
order  of  General  Mackenzie.”  He  told  me  to  get  them 
out  of  the  storeroom  myself.  While  at  it,  as  I was  issu- 
ing them  to  myself,  I took  150  rounds  of  pistol  car- 
tridges ; I had  50  already ; I would  need  them  all  to  kill 
buffalo.  I carried  two  Colt’s  pistols,  one  of  them  being 
my  own  property,  the  other  belonging  to  the  United 
States.  Then  going  to  the  quartermaster  sergeant  I got 
my  rations,  and  he  was  as  liberal  with  them  as  I had 
been  with  ammunition.  I needed  all  of  both  before  I 
got  back.  Next  going  to  the  corral,  I got  a quiet  pack 
mule,  one  that  would  follow  my  horse  and  not  have  to  be 
led.  Then  putting  my  saddles  on,  I was  on  my  way  to 
the  Wichita  in  less  than  an  hour.  It  was  thirty-five  miles 
away,  but  I got  in  there  at  dark  and  reported  to  the 
agent,  who  told  me  that  my  Indians  would  be  down  there 
to-morrow  to  get  their  rations  and  a hunting  pass. 

' They  came  in  next  day,  and  after  a talk  got  their  pass 
and  all  the  rations  the  agent  would  issue  to  the  chief  or 
sell  to  him,  to  be  paid  for  in  robes  next  spring..  Most 
of  his  rations  were  got  this  way.  Next  we  arranged  as 
to  the  length  of  time  we  could  remain  out,  I telling  the 
Chief  to  make  it  five  or  six  months  if  we  could  find 

plenty  of  buffalo.  , 

“Now'  I don’t  want  you  to  take  these  Indians  out  and 
keep  them  out  until  i' have  to  send  a troop  of  cavalry 
after  you  to  bring  you  in,”  the  agent  told  me.  “I  don’t 
exactly  understand  the  idea  of  you  going  with  them  alone. 
How  do  you  expect  to  get  them  in  when  you  . want  them 

to  come  in?”  , . , . 

“Oh.  I’ll  bring  them  m,  sir;  don’t  you  worry  about 
that  The  General  knows  what  he  is  about  He  sent  me, 
we  want  to  remain  out  long  enough  to  get  plenty  of 


meat,  and  I should  suppose  that  the  longer  we  stayed 
out  the  better  you  would  be  suited.  You  won’t  have  us 
to  feed  while  we  are  out,  you  know.”  This  was  one 
reason  why  the  Indians  were  sent  out ; their  rations 
would  never  last  them  the  year  around,  and  it  would  be 
either  kill  buffalo  or  starve;  and  besides  if  the  Indians 
wrere  let  hunt  a part  of  the  time  then  they  would  rest 
contented  in  the  reservation  the  rest  of  the  time.  This 
band  was  the  Penne-Theka — that  is,  the  sugar-eating 
Comanches,  when  it  is  boiled  down  into  English.  There 
were  two  bands  of  them,  the  one  I had  now,  whose  chief 
was  named  Asa-Hab-Bit,  and  another  band  under  a sub- 
chief named  Tush- Away.  He  and  his  band  hunted  this 
year  by  themselves.  There  were  nearly  a dozen  different 
bands  of  the  Comanches.  I knew  these  Indians,  and  had 
I been  given  my  choice  of  all  the  Indians  on  the  reser- 
vation, they  were  the  ones  I should  have  taken. 

We  started  for  camp,  ten  miles  above  on  the  river, 
but  did  not  get  to  it  until  about  dark.  At  daylight  next 
morning  we  began  to  get  ready  for  the  buffalo  hunt. 
While  one  squaw  in  each  lodge  cooked  breakfast,  another 
one  took  the  lodge  down,  rolled  it  up  and  made  it  ready 
to  pack  on  a pony;  then  got  her  packs  ready. 

The  band  had  plenty  of  ponies;  the  chief  had  about 
one  hundred  himself,  besides  a number  of  large  mules 
and  several  American  horses  . that  he  seldom  used.  At 
eight  o’clock  we  were  off,  going  up  along  the  Wichita 
River.  When  on  the  march  each  squaw  drives  her  ponies 
in  a herd  by  themselves,  the  families  following  each  other 
in  the  order  in  which  they  first  start  out  each  morning. 
The  packs  are  continually  coming  off,  and  when  they  do 
the  squaw  has  to  ride  the  pony  down,  catch  him,  then 
fix  his  pack  again,  then  run  the  pony  in  until  he  over- 
takes his  herd;  and  by  this  time  this  or  some  other  pack 
will  likely  need  fixing.  The  lodge  poles  are  carried  on  a 
saddle,  one  end  of  them  tied  to  it,  while  the  other  end 
trails  behind  him;  and  they  often  get  loose  and  are  scat- 
tered all  over  the  country,  for  the  squaws  to 
gather  up  again.  A pony  will  run  up  and  step  on  the 
poles;  then  the  buckskin  thong  that  holds  them  to  the 
saddle  gives  way,  and  the  squaw  now  has  another  job  on 
hand.  If  this  squaw  has  a baby  under  two  years  of  age, 
it  goes  with  her  strapped  in  its  cradle  to  her  back;  if  it 
is  older,  then  it  is  set  on  a pony,  tied  there,  and  jet  go 
to  ride  among  the  pack  ponies.  When  a boy  baby  is  five 
years  old,  he  is  given  a bow  and  arrows,  and  then  set 
on  a pony,  but  not  tied  now,  and  let  go  where  he  pleases.. 
If  it  is  a girl,  she  follows  her  mother  and  helps  her.  She 
will  ride  down  a pony,  catch  him,  and  hold  him  for  her 
mother  to  pack.  The  squaw  rides  astride  of  the  pony, 
and  the  pony  does  not  live  that  could  throw  one  of  them 
off  him.  The  boys  never  think  of  helping  their 
mothers  or  sisters ; all  they  want  to  do  is  to  hunt.  I have 
known  boys  of  eight  or  ten  years  of  age  who  could  send 
an  arrow  through  me  at  fifty  yards  if  they  aimed  it  at 
me;  but  I was  never  afraid  of  being  hit  with  an  arrow 
that  was  fired  by  a Comanche  boy  after  they  had  got  to 
know  me.  On  the  march  this  way  the  chief  rides  in  the 
rear  of  his  whole  camp ; but  if  there  is  danger  ahead, 
then  he  is  always  to  be  found  out  on  the  flank  or  away 
ahead  of  his  train. 

When  we  had  marched  to-day  about  twenty  miles,  still 
along  the  river,  the  chief  and  I started  on  ahead  to  look 
for  a good  camp,  and  when  he  had  found  one  to  suit  him, 
he  got  off  his  pony,  took  off  his  saddle,  threw  it  down, 
and  let  the  pony  go.  Then  his  mules  were  driven  in  here, 
and  the  packs  taken  off,  and  his  lodge  put  up  just  at  this 
saddle,  the  other  families  camping  all  around  him.  As 
soon  as  the  ponies  get  their  packs  off,  the  boys  drive 
them  a short  distance  away  from  camp,  and  let  them  go 
to  grazing.  They  will  round  them  up  and  bring  them 
in  when  wanted  again,  but  this  is  all  they  will  do;  or  at 
least  all  they  would  do  then.  They  did  more  than  this 
for  the  squaws  later  on  after  I had  charge  of  them  for  a 
while.  The  squaws  now  put  up  their  lodges,  two  of  them 
working  at  each  ledge,  and  they  can  put  up  one  of  the 
big  round  lodges  in  ten  minutes.  Three  of  the  long  poles 
are  tied  together  at  the  upper  end.  then  set  up  and  the 
lower  ends  drawn  out  to  where  the  bottom  of  the  lodge 
will  come.  Then  all  but  one  of  these  other  poles  are 
set  up,  their  tops  leaning  against  the  tops  of  the  first 
three;  then  the  remaining  pole  is  fastened  to  an  upper 
corner  of  the  cloth  and  the  cloth  raised  up  to  the  top, 
then  spread  out  and  pinned  down  at  the  bottom  all 
around;  then  this  last  pole,  still  fast  to  the  cloth,  is 
pinned  back  so  as  to  open  the  cloth  at  the  top  and  leave 
a hole  for  the  smoke  to  come  out  at.  One  squaw  now 
takes  her  short-handled  hoe  and  digs  a fire-place  in  the 
center  of  the  lodge;  first  she  digs  out  a circle  three  feet 
across  and  nearly  a foot  deep,  then  digs_  a smaller  one 
inside  of  it  still  deeper.  Only  dry  wood  is  burned  here, 
and  what  smoke  is  made  goes  out  at  this  hole  at  the  top. 
While  she  is  doing  this,  another  squaw  makes  the  beds. 
Collecting  small  brush,  she  spreads  it  down,  then  piles 
the  robes  and  blankets  on  top  of  it.  If  it  is  the  chief’s 
lodge,  a stake  is  driven  in  at  the  head  of  his  bed,  then 
his  arms  are  brought  in  and  hung  on  it.  Another  stake 
is  driven  down  in  front  of  his  lodge  and  his  shield  is 
hung  on  it.  This  shield  is  his  flag,  and  it  tells  any 
stranger  who  comes  here  that  this  is  the  chief’s  lodge. 

There  is  always  an  extra  bed  made  in  the  chief’s  lodge, 
and  it  is  alwavs  at  the  far  side  of  the  lodge,  exactly  op- 
posite to  the  door.  It  is  for  any  guest  that  the  chief  may 
have,  and  is  put  opposite  to  the  door  so  that  the  man 
who  may  be  occupying  it  can  see  anyone  who  may  come 
jn;  an4  if  an  enemy  comes,  then  he  can  defend  himself, 


No  member  of  the  band  will  ever  use  this  bed.  even  to  sit 
on  it,  unless  the  man  who  is  sleeping  in  it  tells  him  to  do 
so..  I occupied  it  all  this  winter,  and  the  boys,  when  the 
chief  was  not  about,  would  come  in  and  tumble  down  on 
it  alongside  of  me.  Then  when  the  chief  would  see  them 
he  would  grab  a bow  to  thrash  them  for  it,  but  I always 
interfered  about  that  time  and  stopped  the  whipping. 

No  one  hut  the  chief  ever  struck  these  boys.  Their 
fathers,  never  corrected  them.  They  did  not  need  much 
correcting,  and  it  would  be  rather  dangerous  for  a 
stranger  to  strike  them.  They  all  carried  knives,  and 
would  not  be  slow  about  using  them,  either.  A boy  was 
never  struck  with  anything  but  a bow  ; it  is  a disgrace 
to  be  struck  with  anything  else;  but  a squaw  can  be  hit 
with  anything  that  comes  handy-  except  a bow.  She  is 
never  hit  with  that ; it  would  disgrace  the  bow  then. 

After  supper  to-night  I lock  a walk  out  to  the  pony 
herd,  and  found  that  these  ponies  were  herding  them- 
selves; there  was  no  guard  on.  “No,”  the  chief  said,  “it 
is  not  needed  here  now;  there  are  no  Cheyennes  around. 
When  they  come,  then  I will  put  a guard  on.  The 
Cheyennes  are  dogs;  they  would  steal  my  ponies  if  I let 
them,  but  I won’t.” 

The  Comanches  hate  the  Cheyennes,  and  never  mention 
them  without  adding  “the  Cheyennes  are  dogs;”  and 
they  are  about  half  right;  that  is  about  what  they  are. 

The  next  morning  I saddled  up  an  Indian  pony  to  ride, 
and  rode  my  horse  no  more  this  winter,  but  turned  him 
out  to  be  driven  along  with  the  ponies  and  to  pick  up  his 
living  among  them,  and  he  did  it.  This  herse  would  get 
his  12  pounds  of  corn  a day  at  the  post  if  he  could  eat 
it,  and  he  could,  and  generally  ate  some  more  that  I 
stole  for  him,  while  out  here  he  would  have  to  live  on 
grass ; but  I brought  him  home  the  following  spring  look- 
ing about  as  well  as  though  he  had  stood  in  a stable  all 
winter. 

I organized  a bodyguard  for  myself  this  morning,  tak- 
ing all  the  boys  that  were  between  ten  and  sixteen  years 
old,  and  told  the  chief  that  we  would  ride  off  on  his 
flank  and  watch  the  country  for  him.  “It  is  good,”  he 
said.  “You  take  my  boys  and  make  soldiers  of  them; 
I give  them  to  you.” 

We  would  ride  all  over  the  country,  shoot  everything 
that  needed  shooting,  and  once  in  a while  scare  up  an 
old  bachelor  buffalo  bull  that  the  young  bulls  had  driven 
out  of  the  herd,  worry  him  half  to  death  shooting  blunt 
arrows  at  him,  and  then  let  him  go.  The  Indians  would 
not  want  him ; his  hide  would  be  of  little  use  and  a dog 
could  not  eat  his  meat.  We  found  the  wrong  bull,  though, 
one  day,  and  he  started  in  to  do  some  worrying  himself, 
and  charged  us,  and  I had  finally  to  shoot  him  to  keep 
him  from  killing  some  of  us. 

Late  this  afternoon  I and  the  boys,  who  were  miles 
ahead  of  the  band,  came  to  the  north  fork  of  the  Red 
River,  and  here  saw  our  first  buffalo,  but  they  were  rather 
scarce.  There  were  but  few  of  them  here,  and  1 soon 
saw  the  reason  why.  The  river  here  is  the  boundary  line 
between  Texas  and  the  Territory,  and  a party  of  white 
hunters  were  in  camp  here  with  four  wagons  on  the 
Territory  side  of  the  river.  It  was  forbidden  then  for  any- 
one but  Indians  to  hunt  in  the  Territory,  and  1 rode 
into  the  camp  and  told  the  men  that  they  would  have  to 
cross  to  Texas  right  away.  They  thought,  I suppose, 
that  as  I had  nothing  but  boys  we  were  not  dangerous, 
and  told  me  they  were  not  going  to  cross,  as  all  the 
buffalo  were  over  here  now,  and  they  did  not  mean  to 
leave  them  here  for  a party  of  thieving  Indians  to  shoot. 

“Well,  I could  take  these  boys  of  mine  and  soon  drive 
you  across.”  I told  them,  “but  I don’t  want  to  hurt  you. 
I thought  my  telling  you  would  be  sufficient.” 

Oh,  I could  bring  my  boys  on,  they  told  me;  they 
would  risk  my  hurting  them.  “If  you  stop  here  an  hour 
or  so  longer,”  I said,  “I  will  see  who  gets  hurt,  and  it  won’t 
be  me.” 

Then  calling  my  boys  out  (they  were  prowling  around 
among  the  wagons  looking  for  a chance  to  lift  some- 
thing), I started  back  toward  the  camp  that  was  coming 
on  here.  When  l met  it  I went  to  the  chief  and  telling 
him  that  white  men  were  in  his  country,  asked  him  for 
some  of  his  men  with  their  guns.  He  called  up  six  and 
asked  if  they  were  enough. 

“Yes,”  I told  him.  “Now  tell  them  to  do  as  I say.” 

“They  do  what  you  tell  them,”  he  said,  “just  the  same 
as  I tell  them.” 

Taking  my  men  I went  back  on  the  gallop.  “Now,” 
I said,  “I’ll  just  give  you  ten  minutes  to  get  across  that 
river.  If  you  are  here  at  the  end  of  that  time  I’ll  take 
you  in  to  Fort  Gill  under  guard.  There  are  no  boys 
here  now,  are  there?” 

At  the  end  of  ten  minutes  they  had  hooked  up  and 
were  crossing.  They  knew'  what  would  happen  if  I took 
them  to  Sill,  as  I would  have  done  had  they  not  left  in  a 
hurry.  The  Indians  came  up  now  and  went  into  camp, 
while  the  men  and  boys  and  I went  after  what  buffalo  the 
white  men  had  left  us,  but  these  were  very  few.  These 
men  had  shot  a few  and  scared  off  a good  many  more 
than  they  shot.  That  was  why  I did  not  want  them  here 
nor  where  they  were  now,  either;  but  they  were  in  Texas 
now  and  beyond  my  jurisdiction. 

The  chief  said  to-night  that  the  buffalo  were  not  plenty 
enough  here;  he  wanted  to  go  into  the  white  man’s 
country.  “It  is  the  white  man’s  country  new ; it  was 
mine  once,”  he  said.  I had  been  told  before  I had  left 
Sill  that  the  Governor  of  Texas  had  given  permission 
for  the  Indians  to  hunt  in  Texas  this  winter;  he  gave 
this  permission  every  winter  then;  there  were  no  settlers 


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DUSKY  GROUSE. 

Photo  by  E.  R.  Warner* 


DUSKY  GROUSE. 

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ALASKA  PTARMIGAN. 

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WHITE-TAILED  PTARMIGAN  IN  FALL. 


WHITE-TAILED  PTARMIGAN  IN  SUMMER.  FEMALE. 


Photo  by  E.  R.  Warner,  Septemoer  23d. 


Photo  by  E*  R*  Warren,  July  1 1th. 


Running  at  High  Speed  in  Rough  Water  off  Newport. 
Designed  by  Tams,  Lemoine  & Crane. 
Equipped  with  a Smith  & Mabley  Simplex  Engine. 

Photo  by  James  Burton,  New  York. 


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there  then  on  the  Pan-Handle ; but  it  would  have  made 
no  difference  to  us  whether  he  had  given  the  permission 
or  not;  we  would  have  gone  there  anyhow.  1 told  the 
chief  we  could  go  to  Texas  to-morrow  if  he  wanted  to 
go.  Next  morning  the  chief  said  as  there  were  still  a 
few  buffalo  he  would  stay  here  a day  or  two  and  give  the 
squaws  a chance  to  stretch  the  hides  and  dry  the  meat. 
Whenever  a buffalo  was  killed  all  the  meat  and  the  hide 
was  brought  into  camp,  the  meat  cut  into  thin  strips, 
then  dried  in  the  sun,  or  in  wet  weather  on  a platform 
over  a fire ; then  put  up  in  bales  of  about  80  pounds  each, 
two  of  these  bales  making  a load  for  a pony.  The  hides 
were  stretched  on  the  ground  with  the  hair  side  down, 
then  when  partly  dried  a squaw  went  all  over  them  twice 
with  a sharp  scraper  and  planed  off  a part  of  the  skm. 
To  make  these  hides  into  robes,  they  would  have  to  be 
turned.  A squaw  wrould  rub  them  full  of  brains,  then 
draw  them  back  and  forward  across  a line  stretched  be- 
tween two  trees  for  hours  at  a time,  until  the  hide  was 
soft  and  pliable.  They  only  finished  up  a few  this  way 
on  this  occasion;  they  had  not  time,  but  would  keep  the 
rest  after  drying  them  to  make  into  robes  the  next  spring. 
While  there  were  buffalo  to  get  the  squaws  had  to  work 
night  and  day.  I have  known  them  to  work  eighteen 
hours  out  of  each  twenty-four,  and  they  never  struck  for 
eight  hours  a day,  either.  The  men  would  do  the  striking 
if  the  squaws  tried  that 

I took  my  pony  and  calling  my  boys  we  rode  over  to 
visit  the  white  men’s  camp  again,  but  not  to  drive  them 
now;  they  were  the  people  over  here.  They  had  gone 
into  camp  two  miles  from  the  riyer  on  a small  creek 
after  I had  sent  them  across  the  night  before,  and  were 
getting  ready  to  move  again.  They,  wanted  to  get  as 
tar  away  as  possible  from  us,  they  said.  . . 

“You  are  in  Texas  now,”  I told  them,  “and  it  is  my 
business  to  see  that  these  Indians  don’t  trouble  you,  and 
they  won’t.” 

Well,  they  did  not  care  for  that;  they  did  not  want  to 
be  near  us;  they  had  no  use  for  Indians. 

“Then  go  south,”  I told  them.  “I  am  going  west  from 
here,  but  not  for  a day  or  two  yet.” 

Was  I going  to  bring  those  Indians  over  here? 

“Yes,  in  a day  or  two  I am.” 

Where  was  my  authority  for  doing  that? 

“I  don’t  need  any.  I am  my  own  authority  when  out 
here,”  I told  them. 

One  of  the  men  wanted  to  know  what  amusement  K 
found  in  galloping  all  over  this  country  at  the  head  of  a 
lot  of  blanked  young  Indians? 

The  young  Indians  were  seated  on  their  ponies  here 
puffing ' away  at  their  corn  shuck  cigarettes.  I had 
furnished  the  tobacco;  the  chief  did  not  care  how  much 
of  it  they  got,  but  he  would  not  give  them  any;  he 
wanted  it  for  the  men,  he  told  them. 

“I  am  making  soldiers  out  of  these  blanked  young 
Indians,”  I told  him.  “And  by  the  way  it  is  just  as  well 
that  the  most  of  them  don’t  understand  what  you  say,  or 
some  of  them  might  poke  an  arrow  into  you  before  I 
had  time  to  stop  him.  I am  drilling  these  fellows  now, 
and  some  day  when  we  get  a little  older  I may  take  these 
and  a lot  more  that  I have,  then  ride  down  and  run  you 
fellows  all  out  of  western  Texas.  We  don’t  need  you 
here.  This  is  the  Comanches’  country.” 

The  man  looked  at  me  as  if  he  hardly  knew  whether 
I was  trying  to  bluff  him  or  not.  We  left  them  now 
and  soon  after  saw  a small  bunch  of  buffalo  quietly  graz- 
ing way  off  to  the  west  of  us.  My  boys  were  about  to 
go  for  them,  when  I stopped  them  and  proceeded  to  put 
a plan  into  execution  that  I had  heard  of  but  had  never 
seen  tried. 

Just  in  front  of  us  in  the  river  was  a steep  bluff  that 
was  nearly  opposite  our  camp.  I meant  to  run  these 
buffalo  over  the  bluff  and  break  their  necks,  if  I could  do 
it.  Circling  around  them,  we  got  in  rear  of  them  without 
their  taking  the  alarm,  then  charged  down  on  them,  the 
boys  yelling.  . , 

We  did  not  quite  run  them  over  it,  though ; for  when 
I had  them  within  about  a hundred  yards  of  the  bluff, 
the  leader  turned  square  to  the  left ; he  must  have  known 
that  the  bluff  was  here,  and  his  herd  all  followed  him, 
running  now  parallel  with  the  river.  Seeing  that  they 
were  all  likely  to  get  away  from  us,  I rode  in  on  them 
and  shot  down  two,  while  some  of  my  larger  boys  put 
arrows  through  three  more,  and  the  rest  got  away. 

It  may  sound  like  a fairy  story  to  tell  of  these  poys 
putting  arrows  through  a buffalo.  Their  fathers  did  it 
every  day.  As  these  were  all  young  animals,  most  of 
them  cows,  I wanted  to  get  their  meat  into  camp;  so  I 
sent  a boy  in  to  bring  out  the  chief’s  mules  and  a squaw 
or  two  to  help  to  pack  them. 

The  chief  came  out  himself,  and  on  seeing  what  we 
had — we  were  busy  skinning  them — said:  “You  boys  do 
well.  You  get  more  buffalo  than  I and  the  men  do.  We 
onlv  got  two  to-day.” 

“Yes,  and  we  would  get  them  all  only  our  ponies  were 
not  fast  enough.  I meant  to  run  them  down  over  that 
bluff  and  kill  them  all  close  to  camp.  Maybe  so,  that  is 
good?” 

The  chief  grinned  and  said:  “After  this  you  ride  one 
of  my  buffalo  ponies.  That  pony  no  good  you  got.  Get 
fast  one.  I got  plenty.”  „ , 

The  buffalo  ponies  were  kept  for  hunting  alone,  and 
not  ridden  every  day  then.  They  were  ridden  every  day, 
though,  before  we  got  home  again. 

The  chief  was,  the  only  Indian  who  could  speak  Eng- 
lish.  though  most  of  the  men  and  some  of  the  boys  could 
understand  it  if  it  were  spoken  slowly,  and  if  I used 
Indian  English  and  began  each  sentence  with  a “Mebbe 
so  ” The  chief  for  some  reason  or  other  never  cared  to 
speak  to  me  in  English  when  in  camp,  but  when  we  were 
out  by  ourselves  he  would  talk  it  all  day.  Even  after  I 
had  learned  his  language  and  could  speak  it  as  well  as  he 
could  mine,  he  would  still  use  English,  for  practice, 
probably.  I knew  some  Comanche  now,  and  meant  to 
learn  it  thoroughly  this  winter,  and  did  so,  and  before  I 
left  their  country  some  years  after  this  I could  get  up  and 
address  them  in  council.  , 

The  chief  had  a colored  boy  about  sixteen  years  old, 
a full  blood  negro  whom  he  had  raised  since  he  was  a 
small  boy.  This  negro  was  as  much  an  Indian  as  any 
of  them  and  far  less  intelligent  than  any  of  the  Indian 
boys  of  his  age.  He  wore  the  breech  cloth  as  the  rest 
did  He  spoke  English,  of  course,  and  Comanche  as 
well  I learned  most  of  my  Comanche  from  him.  The 


chief  used  him  to  help  the  squaws  and  herd  ponies  when 
the  Cheyennes  were  around,  but  never,  would  let  him 
have  a gun.  He  said  he  was  too  clumsy  and  would  shoot 
some  of  us.  The  boy  seemed  to  have  no  ambition  to 
learn  anything  I tried  to  teach  him,  while  the  Indian 
boys  were  quick  to  learn. 

My  ability  to  speak  Comanche  has  often  since  stood  me 
in  good  stead.  Nothing  pleases  a Comanche  more  than 
to  have  a white  man  address  him  in  his  own  tongue ; any- 
thing that  white  man  wants  he  will  get.  These  Comanches 
are  the  only  tribe  in  the  Southwest — and  I know  them 
all — that  I would  trust  any  further  than  I could  reach 
one  of  them  with  a pistol ; but  let  a white  man  make  a 
friend  of  a Comanche  and  he  has  always  a friend,  if  he 
conducts  himself  as  he  should. 

We  stayed  in  this  first  camp  a few  days  after  this,  still 
getting  a few  buffalo  each  day.  I and  the  boys  put  in 
most  of  our  time  across  the  river.  I knew  the  country 
very  well,  and  had  been  pretty  well  all  over  it  at  different 
times.  Just  above  here  on  the  north  fork  of  the  Red 
River  the  troop  of  the  Fourth  Cavalry  that  I then  be- 
longed to — -Troop  F — had  wiped  out  a band  of  hostile 
Comanches  in  September,  1872.  They  were  the  Quehada, 
or  as  we  pronounced  them,  the  Cohattie,  Comanches.  We 
surprised  them  in  camp,  killed  nearly  all  of  the  men  who 
were  in  it,  and  took  135  squaws  and  children  prisoners, 
and  had  two  of  our  men  killed,  two  badly  and  several 
slightly  wounded.  After  the  fight,  General  Mackenzie 
had  given  me  charge  of  the  prisoners.  I was  a sergeant 
then.  I had  them  in  charge  for  some  time,  but  had  not 
seen  any  of  them  for  years  now.  The  first  night  that  we 
were  in  this  camp  an  old  squaw  came  up  to  me.  and 
holding  out  her  hand  to  me,  said : “I  am  a Cohattie,  my 
brother.”  She  had  been  one  of  my  prisoners,  and  knew 
me  again.  “I  am  in  for  it  now,  with  you,  at  least,”  I 
thought.  I had  treated  these  squaws  well,  of  course,  but 
had  expected  this  one  to  avoid  me.  We  had  shot  their 
people.  But  she  seemed  to  think  that  she  never  could 
do  enough  for  me.  She  would  come  to  me  each  week 
when  we  were  in  camp  and  get  my  clothes  to  wash  for 
me,  and  she  made  me  all  the  moccasins  I could  wear;  I 
wore  them  in  place  of  boots  out  here. 

While  the  Comanche  squaw  is  clean  with  everything 
that  she  handles,  and  washes  any  of  her  clothes  that  can 
be  washed  (she  don’t  wear  much  clothing,  anyhow),  the 
men  and  boys  seldom  have  any  washing  done.  They  put 
on  a shirt  when  it  is  new,  then  wear  it  out. 

There  was  a salt  lake  on  this  side  of  the  river  some- 
where. I knew  it  was  here,  but  had  never  seen  it;  but 
1 now  got  its  bearings  from  the  chief,  and  I and  the  boys 
found  it.  It  was  a marsh  rather  than  a lake,  and  salt 
could  only  be  got  when  the  water  was  low.  As  it  was 
now,  the  salt  lay  in  thin  sheets  on  the  mud.  It  was  mixed 
with  clay,  but  the  Indians  gathered  and  used  it.  When 
out  prowling  around  here  we  sometimes  knew  where  we 
were,  and  as  often  did  not;  but  were  never  badly  lost. 
I carried  a map  of  Texas  and  New  Mexico,  a good 
pocket  compass,  and  a field  glass.  The  glass  belonged 
to  the  chief,  but  he  never  used  it;  in  fact,  did  not  know 
how  to  use  it  until  I taught  him.  When  we  happened 
not  to  know  just  where  we  were,  the  boys  would  say, 
“Ask  the  little  box” — the  compass.  They  had  great  faith 
in  this  compass. 

My  watch  was  another  curiosity  to  them.  They  would 
sit  for  an  hour  at  night  passing  it  from  one  to  another, 
so  that  each  one  could  hold  it  to  his  ear  in  turn,  then 
exclaim,  “It  still  talks !”  Then  I could  read  the  talking 
leaves  and  make  them,  and  in  a short  time  every  man 
and  boy  here  had  a talking  leaf  of  his  own.  I would 
tear  a leaf  out  of  my  note-book  and  write:  “This  is  a 
Comanche.  He  will  not  rob  you  nor  steal  your  horses. 
He  is  out  on  a hunting  pass.  You  need  not  be  afraid  of 
him.”  Then  I signed  my  name,  company,  and  regiment  to 
it,  and  a man  who  held  one  of  these  passes  would  hand  it 
out  ten  times  a day  if  he  met  white  men.  I have  known 
one  of  them  to  gallop  after  white  men  to  show  the  pass. 
One  of  our  men  had  an  old  pass  that  some  joker  had 
given  him  to  carry  around;  it  said,  “Keep  an  eye  on  this 
Indian.  Don’t  let  him  hang  around  your  corral.  Look 
out  for  your  horses  when  he  is  about  you.”  I read  it  for 
him.  “Well,”  he  said,  “I  don’t  want  his  horses.  I have 
found  one  of  that  man’s  horses  many  moons  ago  and 
took  it  to  him.” 

“Throw  that  talking  leaf  in  the  fire,”  I told  him,  “and 
the  next  time  you  find  one  of  his  horses,  keep  that  horse. 
Then  maybe  this  man  won’t  be  so  funny  next  time.” 

We  stayed  in  this  camp  several  days  longer,  then 
crossed  the  north  fork  to  Texas  and  went  into  camp  on 
a creek  two  miles  back  from  the  river.  Our  camp  was 
in  a wide  bottom  among  some  heavy  timber,  and  this 
evening  while  down  along  the  creek  I saw  a curious  mark 
on  a tree,  and  going  to  it  examined  it.  The  tree  was  of 
some  soft  wood,  cottonwood  or  poplar,  and  someone 
years  ago  had  cut  off  the  bark  on  one  side  for  a space  of 
about  a foot  wide  and  two  feet  high,  and  the  bark  here 
had  grown  around  the  cut  edges  in  a roll  something  like 
an  oval  picture  frame.  Cut  deeply  in  the  tree  in  the  place 
that  had  no  bark  on,  were  the  figures  of  three  women 
that  were  dressed  as  squaws,  and  to  the  right  of  them 
stood  three  Indian  men  figures.  One  of  the  men  held 
out  something  in  his  hand ; the  other  two  had  their  hands 
empty.  Below  the  men  were  two  parallel  marks  that  had 
several  inverted  V’s  between  them,  and  below  these  again 
were  two  arrows  figured,  one  of  them  without  a head  on 
it.  I studied  this  affair  for  some  time,  but  could  only 
make  out  that  these  women  were  prisoners;  their  hands 
were  tied.  I called  a boy  down  and  asked,  “Does  this 
talk  to  you  ?”  _ 

“No,”  he  said,  “but  the  chief  can  make  it  talk.  That 
is  Cheyenne,  I think.  I don’t  know.” 

I brought  the  chief  down  and  he  studied  it,  then  said: 
“Yes,  it  is  Cheyenne,  but  it  talks  to  me.  Many  moons 
ago  three  Cheyennes  came  here  from  that  way  [pointing 
east]  ; they  camp  here  one  sleep  then  go  that  way  [point- 
ing west]  ten  sleeps  [200  miles]  ; then  they  shoot  two 
Mexicans  and  scalp  them.  There  are  the  Mexicans 
[pointing  to  the  marks],  and  here  are  their  scalps  [point- 
ing to  the  first  man’s  waist  [I  saw  them  now].  This 
man  has  a gun — you  see  it  ? [pointing  to  the  thing  the 
man  held  out].  These  two  had  no  guns;  they  had  bows; 
there  they  are  [pointing  to  the  bow  cases  that  showed 
above  their  shoulders].  The  squaws  are  prisoners;  their 
hands  are  tied;  they  take  these  squaws  when  they  kill 
these  Mexicans.  That  is  all.” 


“The  Cheyenne  is  a dog,  chief.  Shall  I cut  hl§  tree 
down  ?” 

“No,  jet  it  stand.  It  has  stood  here  many  moons  now, 
so  let  it  stay.  The  Cheyenne  is  a dog,  but  I am  a 
Comanche.  I do  not  fear  him;  he  fears  me.  I have 
whipped  him  and  can  whip  him  again.  I say  it.” 

Had  this  tree  been  near  a railroad  where  I could  have 
sent  it  north,  I should  have  cut  out  the  section  that  held 
this  picture,  then  sent  it,  together  with  the  chief  s transla- 
tion of  it,  to  some  museum. 

Some  of  our  men  had  been  out  west  of  this  to-day  and 
one  of  them  named  Co-Mo-Cheat  came  in  this  evening 
with  a report  to  the  chief.  Whenever  any  of  them  saw 
anything  of  interest  he  brought  in  a report  of  it ; generally 
making  his  report  at  night.  I listened  to  this  report,  but 
all  I could  make  out  of  it  was  that  there  was  a campo 
of  divo  that  had  a Pe  Arivo  in  it  somewhere  west  of  this. 
Campo  is  Comanche  for  camp;  it  is  also  Spanish  for 
camp ; in  fact,  about  half  the  Comanche  language  as  now 
spoken  is  corrupt  Spanish.  They  have  an  older  language 
than  this,  but  seldom  use  it.  Divo  is  a white  man  or 
men,  while  pe-arivo  is  a chief;  a big  chief  is  a parivo; 
but  any  white  man  who  has  horses  or  wagons  is  a pe- 
arivo.  I was  always  a pe-arivo  with  these  boys  after 
the  chief  had  turned  them  over  to  me;  the  boys  never 
failed  to  address  me  as  pe-arivo.  The  Indian  told  his 
story,  winding  it  up  with,  “I  have  spoken.”  Fie  was 
through,  or  that  is  all. 

The  chief  sat  in  a brown  study  for  a while,  then  turn- 
ing to  me  he  said  in  English — something  that  was  unusual 
for  him,  he  hardly  ever  used  English  to  me  here  in  camp — 
“If  white  men  come  here  and  shoot  at  my  camp,  what 
you  do  then?” 

“Oh,”  I told  him,  “white  men  don’t  come  here.  They 
must  not.  If  they  do,  then  I say,  ‘Go,’  and  then  they  go.” 
“Yes;  but  mebbe  so  they  don’t  go;  then  they  shoot.” 
“I  must  find  out  what  this  is  all  about,”  I said  to  myself, 
and  going  out  I called  the  negro  boy.  He  came  in  and 
the  chief  gave  him  a long  string  of  Comanche;  I could 
make  out  part  of  it 

“The  chief  says  that  there  is  a big  camp  of  white  men 
ten  miles  from  here,  and  he  thinks  that  they  watch  this 
camp.  He  thinks  they  don’t  want  him  here.  This  is  the 
white  man’s  country  now.  It  was  his  once.  These  white 
men  told  Ho-mo-ko  and  Co-mo-cheat  when  they  saw 
them  to-day  that  we  would  be  driven  out  of  this.  They 
don’t  want  us  here.” 

“Ask  the  chief  if  he  knows  who  the  Texas  Rangers 
are?” 

“Yes,  they  are  the  Texas  soldiers,”  he  says,  “but  you 
are  the  Great  Father’s  soldier.  He  obeys  you,  not  the 
Texas  soldiers.  The  chief  says  he  is  one  of  the  Great 
Father’s  soldiers  now  himself  when  the  Great  Father 
needs  him.” 

“Well,  then,  tell  him  that  the  Governor  of  Texas  said 
that  we  might  hunt  in  his  country,  and  if  he  don’t  want 
us  here,  then  he  will  send  his  Rangers  to  tell  us  so.  But 
they  won’t  shoot.  The  chief  of  the  Rangers  will  say, 
‘Take  the  Indians  across  to  their  own  country.’  Then  I’ll 
take  you  across,  but  not  before,  and  the  Rangers  won’t 
come,  I know  it.  And  if  any  other  white  man  comes  here 
I’ll  tell  him  to  go.  Then  if  he  don’t  go  I’ll  take  these 
Comanches  and  make  him  go ; and  if  he  shoots  then  I’ll 
stop  here  and  shoot  at  him  just  as  long  as  a Comanche 
does.” 

“The  chief  says  his  heart  is  easy  now;  he  only  wanted 
to  know  if  you  would  help  him.  Let  the  white  men  come 
now.  He  will  be  here.  He  won’t  run  away.  He  has 
fought  white  men  before,  and  can  do  it  again.  But  he 
don’t  want  to  do  it.  The  Great  Father  tells  him  not  to.” 
“Yes,  I’ll  help  him.  Tell  him  that  this  camp  is  my 
camp  now.  I sleep  in  his  lodge,  I eat  his  bread  and 
meat,  and  any  white  man  who  shoots  at  a Comanche 
shoots  at  me,  and  I’ll  kill  that  white  man.  I have  said  it.” 
The  next  morning  I concluded  to  find  out,  if  possible, 
just  who  these  men  were.  So  taking  my  boys  I had  the 
fathers  of  the  larger  ones  give  them  guns,  and  giving  my 
pet  boy,  “The  An#elope,”  mine  to  carry,  I started  over  to 
where  the  camp  was  supposed  to  be.  I meant  to  drop 
my ‘boys  under  cover  short  of  it  where  I could  get  them 
if  X wanted  them,  ride  myself  into  the  camp  and  take 
notes  of  things,  and  if  these  men  wanted  to  drive  us  out 
I plight  give  them  a chance  to  drive  some  of  us  without 
them  having  to  go  all  the  way  to  camp  to  find  us.  I was 
not  traveling  around  here  with  a chip  on  my  shoulder, 
but  I did  not  propose  to  let  a lot  of  skin-hunters  bluff 
us,  and  these  boys  of  mine  could  make  some  of  them 
look  like  thirty  cents  if  I turned  them  loose  on  those 
skin-hunters. 

I left  the  boys  where  I could  find  them  when  wanted, 
then  rode  over  to  the  camp  and  found  the  men  just  pull- 
ing out  to  go  south.  They  were  going  home  they  said. 

“One  of  my  Indians  told  me  last  night  that  you  pro- 
posed to  run  us ‘across  the  river,”  I said. 

“Oh,  that  was  only  a j oke.” . 

“I  thought  as  much.  Now,  we  are  here  by  permission 
of  your  Governor,  and  unless  he  tells  us  to  go,  we  mean 
to  stay  here.  Tell  your  friends  that  when  they  get  ready 
to  run  us  out,  they  will  find  us  ready  to  run  them.” 

“Oh,  we  ain’t  hunting  a fight,”  he  replied. 

“Very  well,  then,  neither  am  I.  But  I have  been  sent 
with  these  Indians  to  keep  them  in  order  and  to  keep 
white  men  from  raiding  them,  and  I mean  to  do  both.” 
Riding  back  behind  the  ridge  to  where  I had  left  my 
boys,  I had  them  mount  now  _ and  follow  this  ridge  in 
plain  sight  of  the  hunters  a while.  I wanted  to  convince 
them  that  I had  the  necessary  material  here  to  conduct 
our  end  of  a row,  and  that  I had  not  been  talking 
through  my  hat.  Cabia  Blanco, 

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Trails  of  the  Path£mders.-“XXV, 

Townshend  Across  the  Continent. 

In  the  spring  of  1834  John  K.  Townshend  and  Thomas 
Nuttall  set  out  on  an  overland  journey  toward  the 
Pacific  coast,  in  company  with  Captain  Nathaniel  J. 
Wyeth,  who  was  in  charge  of  a large  party  of  traders 
and  trappers.  The  expedition’s  purpose  was  to  trade 
with  the  Indians,  and  to  establish  trading  posts  at 
various  points  in  and  beyond  the  Rocky  Mountains. 
Townshend  was  an  ornithologist,  of  Philadelphia,  Pa., 
whose  name  is  frequently  found  in  the  natural  history 
writings  of  the  earlier  half  of  the  last  century. 
He  is  best  known  perhaps  from  the  work  that 
he  did  on  this  expedition,  where  he  discovered  a 
number  of  new  species  of  birds  and  mammals, 
some  of  which  were  described  by  Mr.  Audubon 
• in  his  ornithological  biographies,  while  others, 
Townshend  himself  described  in  an  early  volume  (1837) 
of  the  Journal  of  the  Philadelphia  Academy.  Audubon’s 
appreciation  of  Townshend’s  work  was  generous,  as  is 
indicated  by  the  fact  that  the  older  man  dedicated  no 
fewer  than  seven  species  to  Townshend. 

Thomas  Nuttal,  of  course,  was  an  ornithologist,  but 
he  was  also  a botanist.  His  well-known  “Manual  of  the 
Ornithology  of  the  United  States  and  of  Canada”  con- 
sists of  two  volumes,  The  Land  Birds,  and  The  Water 
Birds.  It  was  published  in  1840.  Within  a few  years 
a Boston  firm  has  printed  a new  edition,  edited  and 
brought  down  to  that  date  by  Mr.  Montague  Chamber- 
lin, of  Cambridge,  whose  eminent  qualifications  for  this 
work  are  so  well  known.  This  last  edition  had  in  it 
some  colored  plates. 

Townshend  wrote  also  a popular  narrative  of  his 
journey,  entitled  “Sporting  Excursions  in  the  Rocky 
Mountains,  including  A Journey  to  the  Columbia  River, 
and  a Visit  tothe  Sandwich  Islands,  Chili,  etc.”  It  con- 
sists of  two  modest  octavo  volumes  of  300  pages  each, 
of  which  the  first  is  devoted  to  the  journey  across  the 
continent,  and  the  second  to  a short  stay  on  the  coast, 
together  with  the  journey  to  the  Sandwich  Islands,  the 
return  to  the  North  American  Continent,  a journey  up 
the  Columbia,  the  return  to  the  Sandwich  Islands,  and 
the  passage  to  Chili,  whence  the  author  embarked  for 
Philadelphia,  his  home.  Of  the  last  volume,  something 
over  sixty  pages  are  devoted  to  an  appendix,  in  which 
are  noted  the  mammals  and  birds  seen.  There  are 
about  seventy  mammals  and  208  species  of  birds  men- 
tioned. Of  the  latter,  twenty-four  are  given  as  new 
species,  but  all  of  them  have  been  previously  described 
in  the  papers  mentioned  above. 

Townshend  and  Nuttall  set  out  on  foot  from  St. 
Louis,  toward  the  “upper  settlements,”  a distance  of 
about  three  hundred  miles.  They  intended  to  pursue 
their  way  in  a leisurely  manner,  collecting  as  they  went; 
and  Captain  Wyeth  and  his  company  were  to  follow 
them  later,  and  to  overtake  them  before  they  reached 
the  limits  of  civilization. 

The  two  started,  with  shotguns  and  botanical  cases, 
and  we  may  imagine  that  they  found  much  to  see  and 
to  enjoy  as  they  journeyed  along.  On  the  second  day 
out  the  author  notes  that,  “This  morning  we  observed 
large  flocks  of  wild  pigeons  passing  over;  and  on  the 
bare  prairies  were  thousands  of  golden  plovers;  the 
ground  was  often  literally  covered  with  them  for  acres. 

I killed  a considerable  number.  They  were  very  fat, 
and  we  made  an  excellent  meal  of  them  in  the  evening. 
The  prairie  hen,  or  pinnated  grouse,  is  also  very  numer- 
ous, but  in  these  situations  is  shy,  and  difficult  to  be 
procured.”  As  they  passed  along,  deer  and  turkeys 
were  frequently  seen,  and  some  were  killed.  The 
travelers  commonly  spent  the  night  at  the  houses  of  the 
settlers,  where  they  were  always  most  kindly  and 
hospitably  received;  but  when -.they  had  occasion  to 
stop  at  what  they  called  hotels,  fortune  was  much  less 
kind  to  them,  for  they  suffered  many  things  from  dirt 
and  insects.  As  they  passed  northward  along  the 
Missouri  River,  Townshend  notes  the  great  abundance 
of  the  common  gray  squirrel,  and  says, '“On  last  Christ- 
mas Day,  at  a squirrel  hunt  in  the  neighborhood,  about 
thirty  persons  killed  the  astonishing  number  of  twelve 
hundred,  between  the  rising  and  setting  of  the  sun!” 
This  destruction,  he  notes,  “is  justified  by  the  con- 
sideration that  all  the  crops  of  corn  in  the  country  are 
frequently  destroyed  by  these  animals.  This  extensive 
extermination  is  carried  on  every  year,  and  yet,  it  is 
said,  their  numbers  do  not  appear  to  be  much  dimin- 
ished.” 

At  Boonville,  Mo.,  a bird,  now  almost  extinct,  was 
seen  in  great  abundance.  “We  saw  here  vast  num- 
bers of  the  beautiful  parrot  of  this  country  (the 
Psittacus  carolinensis.)  They  flew  around  us  in  flocks, 
keeping  up  a constant  and  loud  screaming,  as  though 
they  would  chide  us  for  invading  their  territory;  and  the 
splendid  green  and  red  of  their  plumage  glancing  in 
the  sunshine,  as  they  whirled  and  circled  within  a few 
feet  of  us,  had  a most  magnificent  appearance.  They 
seemed  entirely  unsuspicious  of  danger,  and  after  being- 
fired  at,  only  huddled  closer  together,  as  if  to  obtain 
protection  from  each  other;  and  as  their  companions 
are  falling  around  them,  they  curve  down  their  necks 
and  look  at  them  fluttering  upon  the  ground,  as. though 
perfectly  at  a loss  to  account  for  so  unusual  an  oc- 
currence. It  is  a most  inglorious  sort  of  shooting— 
down-right,  clod-blooded  murder.” 

The  day  after  they  reached  Boonville  a steamboat, 
bound  up  the  river,  arrived  there,  and  on  board  of  it 
the  two  naturalists  were  delighted  to  find  Captain 
Wyeth,  and  all  their  possessions.  They  at  once  em- 
barked, and  continued  up  the  river,  finally  reaching  the 
town  of  Independence,  from  which  their  westward 
journey  was  to  begin.  The  novel  surroundings  were 
interesting,  but  not  always  agreeable  to  the  eastern 
naturalists;  and  the'  freedom  of  talk,  and  questions  of 
the  trappers  and  prairie  men,  at  first  gave  serious  an- 
noyance to  the  young  fellow  from  the  Quaker  city, 
whose  ideas  of  his  own  dignity,  and  of  how  strangers 
should  treat  him  were  often  shocked. 

At  Independence  the  members  of  the  expedition  had 
begun  to  assemble.  Milton  Sublette  was  one  of  the 
arrivals,  and  he  brought  with  him  about  twenty  trained 
hunters.  A party  of  five  missionaries,  bound  for  . 
Oregon,  were  also  here.  Note  is  made  of  the  tact  and 


judgment  with  which  Wyeth  and  Sublette  handled  the 
rough  and  independent  prairie  and  mountain  men  whom 
they  had  in  their  company,  and  of  the  popularity  of  each 
with  his  followers. 

A few  weeks  before  the  arrival  of  the  travelers  at 
Independence,  the  town  had  been  the  scene  of  a brawl 
beteen.the  Mormons  and  the  other  inhabitants  of  the 
town,  in  which  finally  the  Mormons  were  ejected  from 
the  community.  When  they  left  it  they  took  refuge 
in  the  town  of  Liberty,  on  the  opposite  side  ©f  the 
river,  and  the  people  of  Independence  believed  that 
the  Mormons  were  now  preparing  to  attack  the  town 
and  “put  the  inhabitants  to  the  sword.”  All  the  mili- 
tary spirit  of  Independence  was  aroused,  troops  were 
drilling  every  day,  and  sentries  were  stationed  each  night, 
to  ward  off  the  threatened  danger,  which  it  is  hardly 
necessary  to  say  never  came. 

It  was  at  10  o’clock  on  the  28th  of  April  that  Captain 
Wyeth’s  caravan  left  Independence.  It  consisted  of 
seventy  men,  with  two  hundred  and  fifty  horses.  One 
of  the  early  experiences  of  the  party  was  the  stamped- 
ing of  their  horses  by  a hail  storm. 

The  party  had  not  been  out  long  when  they  met  a 
small  body  of  wandering  Raws,  to  a description  of 
whom  the  author  gives  several  pages.  At  the  Kaw 
village,  corn,  moccasins  and  leggings  were  purchased; 
and  attention  is  called  to  the  permanent  houses  of  the 
Indians.  Soon  after  this  Milton  Sublette,  who  had 
long  been  ailing,  was  obliged  to  leave  them  and  re- 
turn to  the  settlements.  It  was  found  necessary  not 
long  after  this  to  amputate  his  leg,  and  a few  years 
later  he  died.  His  brother,  William,  who  was  then  on 
the  Plains,  will  be  mentionedl  later. 

Not  long  after  this  a small  party  of  Otoes  came  into 
the  camp,  and  as  the  author  was  sitting  smoking  with 
the  Indians,  he  noticed  that  one  of  the  white  hunters 
of  the  party  was  looking  at  one  of  the  Indians  with 
glances  of  ferocious  hatred,  and  on  later  inquiring  the 
cause  from  Richardson,  the  hunter,  he  was  told  the 
following  story: 

"Why,”  said  he,  “that  Injen  that  sat  opposite  to  you, 
is  my  bitterest  enemy.  I was  once  going  down  alone 
from  the  rendez-vous  with  letters  for  St.  Louis,  and 
when  I arrived  on  the  lower  part  of  the  Platte  River 
(just  a short  distance  beyond  us  here),  I fell  in  with 
about  a dozen  Otoes.  They  were  known  to  be  a friendly 
tribe,  and  I,  therefore,  felt  no  fear  of  them.  I dis- 
mounted from  my  horse  and  sat  with  them  upon  the 
ground.  It  was  in  the  depth  of  winter;  the  ground  was 
covered  with  snow,  and  the  river  was  frozen  solid. 
While  I was  thinking  of  nothing  but  my  dinner,  which 
I was  then  about  preparing,  four  or  five  of  the  cow- 
ards jumped  on  me,  mastered  my  rifle,  and  held  my 
arms  fast,  while  they  took  from  me  my  knife  and 
tomahawk,  my  flint  and  steel,  and  all  my  ammunition. 
They  then  loosed  me,  and  told  me  to  be  off.  I begged 
them,  for  the  love  of  God,  to  give  me  my  rifle  and  a 
few  loads  of  ammunition,  or  I should  starve  before  I 
could  reach  the  settlements.  No,  I should  have  nothing, 
and  if  I did  not  start  off  immediately,  they  would  throw 
me  _ under  the  ice  of  the  river.  And,”  continued  the 
excited  hunter — while  he  ground  his  teeth  with  bitter 
and  uncontrollable  rage — “that  man  that  sat  opposite 
to  you  was  the  chief  of  them.  He  recognized  me,  and 
knew  very  well  the  reason  why  I would  not  smoke  with 
him.  I tell  you,  sir,  if  ever  I meet  that  man  in  any 
other,  situation  than  that  in  which  I saw  him  this 
morning,  I’ll  shoot  him  with  as  little  hesitation  as  I 
would  shoot  a deer.  Several  years  have  passed  since 
the  perpetration  of  this  outrage,  but  it  is  still  as  fresh 
in  my  memory  as  ever,  and  I again  declare,  that  if 
ever  an  opportunity  offers,  I will  kill  that  man.” 

“But,  Richardson,  did  they  take  your  horse  also?” 

“To  be  sure  they  did,  and  my  blankets,  and  everything 
I had,  except  my  clothes.” 

“But  how  did  you  subsist  until  you  reached  the  settle- 
ments? You  had  a long  journey  before  you.” 

“Why,  I set  to  trappin’  prairie  squirrels  with  little 
nooses  made  out  of  the  hairs  of  my  head.”  I should  re- 
mark that  his  hair  was  so  long,  that  it  fell  in  heavy 
masses  on  his  shoulders. 

“But  squirrels  in  winter,  Richardson;  I never  heard 
of  squirrels  in  winter.” 

“Well,  but  there  was  plenty  of  them,  though;  little 
white  ones,  that  lived  among  the  snow.” 

“Well,  really,  this  was  an  unpleasant  sort  of  ad- 
venture enough,  but  let  me  suggest  that  you  do  very 
wrong  to  remember  it  with  such  blood-thirsty  feelings.” 
On  the  18th  of  May  Townshend  reached  the  Platte 
River.  Here,  wolves  and  antelopes  were  very  abundant, 
and  many  of  the  latter  were  killed  by  the  hunters.  The 
party  were  nearing  the  buffalo  range,  and  the  old  hands 
were  discussing  the  approaching  event,  and  telling 
stories  about  the  different  methods  of  hunting  buffalo, 
and  their  ways,  until  the  greenhorns  had  been  worked 
up  to  a state  of  great  excitement.  Here,  too,  they  met 
the  Pawnees — first  a delegation  of  Indians  from  the 
Grand  Pawnees,  now  known  as  the  Chaui  band;  and 
here,  too,  a day  or  two  later,  they  saw  their  first  buffalo. 
Like  all  other  authors,  Townshend  was  very  much  im- 
pressed by  the  buffalo,  individually,  and  in  their  mass. 
He  tells  of  how  the  Indians  hunt  them  by  running,  by 
approaching  and  by  disguising  themselves  in  the  skins 
of  wolves  or  of  buffalo  calves  and  creeping  into  the 
herds,  where  they  kill  the  animals  with  arrows. 

Of  the  numbers  of  the  buffalo,  even  here  on  the 
border  of  their  range,  he  says:  “Toward  evening,  on 
rising  a hill,  we  were  suddenly  greeted  by  a sight  which 
seemed  to  astonish  even  the  oldest  among  us.  The 
whole  plain,  as  far  as  the  eye  could  discern,  was  covered 
by  one  enormous  mass  of  buffalo.  Our  vision,  at  the 
very  least  computation,  would  certainly  extend  ten 
miles,  and  in  the  whole  of  this  great  space,  including 
about  eight  miles  in  width  fr@m  the  bluffs  to  the  river 
bank,  there  was  apparently  no  vista  in  the  incalculable 
multitude.  It  was  truly  a sight  that  would  have  excited 
even  the  dullest  mind  to  enthusiasm.  Our  party  rode 
up  to  within  a few  hundred  yards  of  the  edge  of  the 
herd,  before  any  alarm  was  communicated;  then  the 
bulls— which  are  always  stationed  around  as  sentinels— 
began  pawing  the  ground  and  throwing  the  earth  over  their 
heads;  in  a few  moments  they  started  in  a slow,  clumsy 
canter;  but  as  we  neared  them,  they  quickened  their 
pace  to  an  astonishingly  rapid  gallop,  and  in  a few 


minutes  were  entirely  beyond  the  reach  of  our  guns, 
, t were  still  so  near  that  their  enormous  horns,  and 
Jong  shaggy  beards,  were  very  distinctly  seen.” 

. . )vas  here  and  at  this  time  that  the  author,  by  his 
timidity  and  hasty  action,  came  near  making  trouble 
that  would  have  been  irreparable.  “On  walking  into 
?illr  «ent  n'?ht  at.  xi  o’clock,  after  the  expiration  of 
the  first  watch,  in  which  I had  served  as  supernumerary, 
to  prevent  the  desertion  of  the  men,  and  stooping  to 
Jay  my  gun  in  its  usual  situation  near  the  head  of  my 
pallet,  I was  startled  by  seeing  a pair  of  eyes,  wild  and 
bright  as  those  of  a tiger,  gleaming  from  a dark  corner 
01  the  lodge,  and  evidently  directed  upon  me.  My 
first  impression  was,  that  a wolf  had  been  lurking 
around  the  camp,  and  had  entered  the  tent  in  the 
prospect  of  finding  meat.  My  gun  was  at  my  shoulder 
instinctively,  my  aim  was  directed  between  the  eyes, 
and  my  finger  pressed  the  trigger.  At  that  moment  a 
tall  Indian  sprang  before  me  with  a loud  wah!  seized 
the  gun,,  and  elevated  the  muzzle  above  my  heacf;  in 
another  instant,  a second  Indian  was  by  my  side,  and 
1 saw  his.  keen  knife  glitter  as  it  left  the  scabbard/  I 
had  not  time  for  thought,  and  was  struggling  with  all 
my  might  with  the  first  savage  for  the  recovery  of  my 
weapon,  when  Captain  W.,  and  the  other  inmates  of  the 
tent  were  aroused,  and  the  whole  matter  was  explained, 
res*:  'n  a momcnt.  The  Indians  were  chiefs 
01  the  tribe  of  Pawnee  Loups,  who  had  come  with  their 
young  men  to  shoot  buffalo;  they  had  paid  an  evening 
visit  to  the  captain,  and  as  an  act  of  courtesy  had  been 
invited  to  sleep  in  the  tent.  I had  not  known  of  their 
arrival,  nor  did  I even  suspect  that  Indians  were  in  our 
neighborhood,  so  could  not  control  the  alarm  which 
their  sudden  appearance  occasioned  me.” 

Next  morning  the  Indian,  whose  escape  the  night 
before  had  been  so  narrow,  showed  no  ill-will  over 
the  occurrence,  but  instead  made  a joke  of  it.  He  and 
Townshend  became  friends,  and  exchanged  knives. 

.Here  the  buffalo  were,  as  Townshend  says,  “im- 
mensely numerous  in  every  direction  around,  and  our 
men  kill  great  numbers,  so  that  we  are  in  truth  living 
upon  the  fat  of  the  land,  and  better  feeding  need  no 
man  wish.”  But  the  very  next  day  all  had  disappeared 
from  the  immediate  neighborhood  of  the  camp/  and  it 
was  not  until  some  search  had  been  made  by  Townshend 
and  the  hunter  Richardson,  that  they  were  discovered 
a few  miles  away  on  the  bluffs.  Here  on  an  arid  plain, 
where  hardly  any  grass  grew,  vast  clouds  of  dust  were 
seen  rising  and  circling  in  the  air,  as  though  a tornado 
or  whirlwind  were  sweeping  over  the  earth,  and  it  was 
here,  by  getting  to  the  windward  of  them,  that  the 
travelers  were  able  to  witness  the  play  of  the  buffalo. 

We  went  around  to  the  leeward,  and,  upon  approach- 
ing nearer,  saw  the  huge  animals  rolling  over  and  over 
in  the  sand  with  astonishing  agility,  enveloping  them- 
selves by  the  exercise  in  a perfect  atmosphere  of  dust; 
occasionally  two  of  the  bulls  would  spring  from  the 
ground  and  attack  each  other  with  amazing  address  and 
fury,  retreating  for  ten  or  twelve  feet,  and  then  rushing 
suddenly  forward,  and  dashing  their  enormous  fronts 
together  with  a shock  that  seemed  annihilating.  In 
these  rencontres,  one  of  the  combatants  was  often 
thrown  back  upon  his  haunches  and  tumbled  sprawling 
upon  the  ground;  in  which  case,  the  victor,  with  true 
prize-fighting  generosity,  refrained  from  persecuting  his 
fallen  adversary,  contenting  himself  with  a hearty  re- 
sumption of  his  rolling  fit,  and  kicking  up  the  dust  with 
more  than  his  former  vigor,  as  if  to  celebrate  his 
victory.” 

After  watching  the  buffalo  for  some  time,  the  hunters 
separated  and  set  out  to  kill  some  meat.  Townshend 
had  never  killed  a buffalo,  but  having  seen  it  done  a 
number  of  times,  thought  it  must  be  an  easy  matter.  He 
says:  “I  had  several  times  heard  the  guns  of  the  hunt- 
ers, and  felt  satisfied  that  we  should  not  go  to  camp 
without  meat,  and  was  on  the  point  of  altering  my 
course  to  join  them,  when,  as  I wound  around  the  base 
of  the  little  hill,  I saw  about  twenty  buffalo  lying  quietly 
on  the  ground  within  thirty  yards  of  me.  Now  was  my 
time.  I took  my  picket  from  my  saddle,  and  fastened 
my  horse  to  the  ground  as  quietly  as  possible,  but  with 
hands  that  almost  failed  to  do  their  office,  from  my  ex- 
cessive eagerness  and  trembling  anxiety.  When  this 
was  completed,  I crawled  around  the  hill  again,  almost 
suspending  my  breath  from  fear  of  alarming  my  in- 
tended victims,  until  I came  again  in  full  view  of  the 
unsuspecting  herd.  There  were  so  many  fine  animals 
that  I was  at  a loss  which  to  select;  those  nearest  to 
me  appeared  small  and  poor,  and  I,  therefore,  settled 
my  aim  upon  a huge  bull  on  the  outside.  Just  then  I 
was  attacked  with  the  ‘bull  fever’  so  dreadfully,  that 
for  several  minutes  I could  not  shoot. 

“At  length,  however,  I became  firm  and  steady,  and 
pulled  my  trigger  at  exactly  the  right  instant.  Up 
sprang  the  herd  like  lightning,  and  away  they  scoured, 
and  my  bull  with  them.  I was  vexed,  angry  and  dis- 
contented; I concluded  that  I could  never  kill  a buffalo, 
and  was  about  to  mount  my  horse  and  ride  off  in  dis- 
pair,  when  I observed  that  one  of  the  animals  had 
stopped  in  the  midst  of  his  career.  I rode  toward  him, 
and  sure  enough,  there  was  my  great  bull  trembling 
and  swaying  from  side  to  side,  and  the  clotted  gore 
hanging  like  icicles  from  his  nostrils.  In  a few  minutes 
after,  he  fell  heavily  upon  his  side,  and  I dismounted 
and  surveyed  *the  unwieldy  brute,  as  he  panted  and 
struggled  in  the  death  agony. 

. “When  the  first  ebullition  of  my  triumph  had  sub- 
sided, I perceived  that  my  prize  was  so  excessively  lean 
as  to  be  worth  nothing,  and  while  I was  exerting  my 
whole  strength  in  a vain  endeavor  to  raise  the  head 
from  the  ground  for  the  purpose  of  removing  the 
tongue,  the  two  hunters  joined  me,  and  laughed  heartily 
at  my  achievement.  Like  all  inexperienced  hunters,  I 
had  been  particular  to  select  the  largest  bull  in  the 
gang,  supposing  it  to  be  the  best,  and  it  proved,  as 
usual,  the  poorest,  while  more  than  a dozen  fat  cows 
were  nearer  me,  either  of  which  I might  have  killed 
with  as  little  trouble.” 

When  this  took  place  the  men  were  many  miles  from 
water..  The  day  was  was  well  advanced,  and  they  were 
suffering,  severely  from  thirst.  As  they  went  further 
they  became  more  and  more  thirsty,  and  finally,  when  a 
bull  was  killed,  its  paunch  was  opened,  and  some  of  the 
water  strained  from  its  contents.  The  two  plainstttfK 


Jan.  tgoj.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


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of  the  party  drank  heartily,  but  the  missionary  and 
Townshend  declined  it  with  disgust.  However,  before 
they  had  left  this  animal,  Townshend  was  induced  to 
drink  the  blood  from  the  heart,  which  he  did  to  his  own 
great  relief,  and  to  the  great  amusement  of  the  mis- 
sionary who  accompanied  him. 

George  Bird  Grinnell. 

[to  be  concluded.] 

__  , . # 

Sport  and  Work. 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

Many  lessons  may  be  learned  in  the  woods  life  which 
may  well  be:  applied  to  the  business  life,  and  the  same 
traits  in  a man  which  bring  success  to  the  hunter  will 
usually  bring  success  in  business.  In  both  lives  there 
are  discouraging  and  depressing  times  as  well  as  bright 
and  hopeful  times,  and  our  success  often  depends  upon 
our  conduct  in  times  of  depression. 

We  have  been  out  several  hours,  tramping  through  the 
snow  on  a deer  trail,  straining  our  eyes  until  they  fairly 
ache,  and  using  all  the  caution  and  strategy  known  to 
us  to  outwit  the  wily  game  and  see  them  before  they  are 
off.  After  all  our  efforts  we  hear  a slight  rustling  in  the 
brush,  a very  faint  and  muffled  “thud,  thud”  in  the  snow, 
but  we  see  nothing.  Quickening  our  pace  a little,  we  soon 
come  to  where  our  game  has  jumped  out  of  their  beds 
. and  plowed  up  the  snow  as  they  went  off  by  great  leaps. 
This,  then,  is  one  of  the  depressing  times  in  the  woods 
life,  and  the  time  which  is  to  determine  the  general 
make-up  of  the  man.  He  is  tired;  he  has  done  his  very 
best,  and  the  case  was  in  his  favor,  inasmuch  as  the  deer 
were  not  aware  of  being  followed,  and  he  was  counting 
on  their  first  meeting  to  be  a surprise  for  them  and  suc- 
cess for  himself.  Now  they  are  gone  and  know  they  are 
being  followed,  and  the  natural  summing  up  of  the  case 
would  be,  “It’s  no  use  to  follow ! They  have  outgeneraled 
.us  when  the  odds  were  in  our  favor,  and  how  much  more 
certainly  will  they  be  able  to  do  so  now  that  they  are 
warned  of  our  presence!”  Then  the  average  man  will 
either  give  it  up  and  go  home,  or  if  he  does  follow,  will 
hasten  on  at  a careless,  blundering  gait,  thinking,  “It’s 
no  use  looking  for  them  within  a mile  or  two,  anyhow.” 
Not  so  with  the  one  who  has  the  rare  quality  of  never 
giving  up.  He  is  the  one  who  will  succeed  because  he 
only  redoubles  his  vigilance  and  determination,  and  pro- 
ceeds with  a faith  that  something  will  turn  up  in  his 
favor;  for  the  unexpected  is  nearly  sure  to  happen  to  the 
hunter,  and  all  kinds  of  game  do  most  unaccountable 
things  at  the  most  unexpected  times.  The  above  illus- 
tration of  following  deer  is  an  exact  description  of  an 


experience  of  the  writer,  and  within  less  than  one  hun- 
dred yards  of  their  beds  which  they  had  left  a fine  buck 
was  seen  standing,  having  come  back  to  investigate,  and 
afforded  a fine  shot.  So  it  is  in  the  business  life;  when 
financial  reverses  or  misfortune  overtakes  us,  it  is  the 
same  dogged  tenacity  and  firmness  of  purpose  which  will 
ultimately  bring  reward  and  success. 

Again  the  hunter  goes  forth  to  hunt,  and,  if  hunting  in 
a strange  place,  a careful  note  must  be  made  mentally  of 
the  general  topography  of  the  country,  course  of  streams, 
direction  and  distances  traveled,  etc.,  if  he  would  not  get 
lost.  So  the  business  man  going  into  new  ventures  must 
study  the  nature  of  the  business  and  get  his  bearings  if 
he  would  not  get  bewildered  and  finally  lost.  If  in 
familiar  territory,  these  precautions  can  be  dispensed 
with,  but  the  hunter  must  exercise  all  his  faculties  toward 
the  accomplishment  of  his  purpose  by  noting  the  direc- 
tion of  the  wind,  the  nature  of  the  surroundings  in  re- 
gard to  growth,  etc.,  and  be  able  to  determine  by  the  way 
the  game  travels  and  the  kind  of  places  it  is  leading  to, 
as  to  when  it  is  most  likely  to  stop;  and  above  all,  he 
must  have  that  rare  faculty  of  knowing  just  what  to  do 
and  how  to  do  it  when  the  critical  moment  arrives  in 
which  prompt  action  is  required. 

There  come  moments  both  in  the  woods  and  business 
life  which  determine  the  success  or  failure  of  carefully 
laid  plans  which  have  been  brought  to  the  point  of 
materializing.  The  trail  has  been  followed  through  all 
discouragements  until  the  game  is  in  sight  and  within 
gunshot;  nothing  is  left  for  the  hunter  to  do  but  shoot. 
It  is  only1  for  an  instant  that  the  opportunity  is  open; 
he  has  carelessly  allowed  the  sights  to  become  filled  with 
snow,  or  he  goes  to  step  to  one  side  for  a better  aim, 
or  he  gets  “buck  fever”  and  hesitates,  and  his  one,  and 
perhaps  only,  chance  for  that  day  is  gone.  So  with  the 
business  man.  He  follows  up  his  business  carefully, 
watching  for  his  opportunity,  and  happy  is  he  if  he  can 
see  it  while  it  is  yet  in  reach,  and  knowing  what  to  do 
and  hoiv  to  do  it,  acts  promptly  and  succeeds. 

The  man  who  goes  out  to-  hunt  cannot  reasonably  ex- 
pect much  success  if  he  has  no  other  knowledge  of  hunt- 
ing than  that  gained  by  reading  and  studying  the  nature 
of  his  game  in  books,  no  matter  how  thorough  that  study 
may  have  been.  So  with  business ; practical  experience 
is  necessary  tO'  the  best  results,  notwithstanding  the  ex- 
ceptions where  the  “tenderfoot”  has  a streak  of  rare  good 
luck,  or  the  inexperienced  may  make  a hit  in  the  busi- 
ness world  simply  by  some  lucky  chance.  Even  in  the 
cost  of  engaging  in  the  pursuits  of  hunting  and  business 
there  is  a similarity.  We  may  go  to  some  uninviting 
place  where  there  is  little  or  no  game  to  hunt  and  the 
hunting  is  free;  but  go  to  the  great  hunting  grounds  of 


our  country,  and  you  may  take  well  filled  pocketbooks. 
So  in  business ; we  can  operate  a business  in  a little  coun- 
try village  at  a small  cost  compared  with  the  cost  of 
operating  the  same  in  a city,  because  everybody  wants  to 
go  to  the  city,  where  the  business  can  succeed.  The 
owners  of  the  city  know  that,  and  make  them  pay  well 
for  the  privilege  of  doing  business  in  a good  place. 

Emerson  Carney, 

Morgantown,  W.  Va.,  Dec,  1904. 


Medicine  in  Camp* 

Santa  Claus  brought  me  the  cutest  little  leather  case, 
containing  eleven  phials  with  screw-off  tops  and  a 
graduated  glass  about  the  same  capacity  as  the  phials, 
which  I judge  to  be  one-half  ounce  each.  The  phials 
each  have  a label  for  the  placing  thereon  the  name  of  the 
medicine  and  the  dose  to  be  given,  and  the  case  also 
has  a pocket  for  court  plaster,  etc.  Looking  at  it,  I 
observed,  “There  are  bottles  enough  there,  and  more,  to 
contain  about  all  of  the  medicines  in  use  by  the  modern 
physician,”  and  this,  I believe,  is  true.  But  just  what 
those  medicines  are,  and  what  the  dose  of  each,  are 
things  I do  not  know.  I anticipate  a certain  sort  of 
pleasure  in  having  these  bottles  filled  and  of  satisfaction 
in  taking  the  case  with  me  when  I go  camping,  as  I do 
from  time  to  time.  It  occurs  to  me  there  are  some  physi- 
cians on  the  Forest  and  Stream  staff,  or  at  least  among 
its  constant  readers  and  occasional  contributors,  who  might 
make  up  some  very  interesting  and  instructive  literature 
therein  on  this  subject.  For  instance,  three  of  these 
phials  might  well  be  made  to  contain,  one  permanganate 
of  potash,  one  strychnia,  and  the  third  the  small  hypo- 
dermic syringe  needful  in  administering  the  remedies  for 
treating  poison  from  snake  bite  and  tiding  the  patient 
over  the  effects.  Of  course  these  remedies  are  ticklish 
things  to  use;  but  snake  bite  is  itself  a ticklish  thing,  de- 
manding heroic  measures.  I have  in  mind  a trip  that  I 
just  missed  taking  at  the  last  moment;  one  of  those  who 
did  take  it  being  bitten  by  a cottonmouth  moccasin,  and 
who  came  very  near  dying.  On  another  occasion,  only  a 
year  ago,  when  hunting  and  staying  at  a farmhouse  miles 
away  from  a doctor,  a man  staying  at  the  house  had  a 
very  severe  attack  of  appendicitis.  It  was  the  second 
attack  of  the  kind  with  him,  and,  as  the  doctor  who  at- 
tended him  on  the  previous  occasion  had  predicted,  he 
had  a pretty  close  call.  There  were  certain  remedies,  I 
suppose,  which  would  have  been  helpful  in  that  emer- 
gency.. Suppose  we  ask  that  some  good  doctor  who  reads 
this  will  write  us  an  article  about  “The  Camp  Doctor  and 
His  Kit.”  George  Kennedy. 


Columbian  Sharp-Tailed  Grouse* 

Years  ago,  long  before  the  mantle  of  Esculapius  had 
fallen  upon  my  shoulders,  I was  engaged  in  chasing 
the  elusive  bovine  around  a whole  township  of  one  of 
our  western  territories,  mounted  upon  a pinto  cayuse, 
and  bedecked  in  all  the  toggery  of  a Wild  West  show. 
The  occupation  at  its  best  was  a lonely  one,  and  any- 
thing to  vary  the  monotony  was  hailed  with  delight  by 
the  “cow  punchers.”  The  most  popular  form  of  amuse- 
ment was  trying  to  convince  your  opponent  seated  on 
the  other  side  of  the  mess  chest  that  your  two  jacks 
were  a great  deal  larger  than  his  three  queens.  It  was 
quite  early  in  life  that  I learned  that  either  I was  not 
a success  as  a convincer,  or  that  my  supply  of  the  coin 
of  the  realm  was  too  brief.  This  bit  of  knowledge  came 
to  me  quite  forcibly  one  morning  after  an  all-night  ses- 
sion, in.  which  I saw  all  of  my  surplus,  including  my 
saddle,  bridle,  chaps,  spurs  and  quirt  gradually  trans- 
ferred from  my  side  of  the  box  to  the  other  fellow’s. 
That  morning  I wandered  out  in  a very  pensive  mood 
and  was  struck  by  the  beauty  of  everything  that  I saw. 

While  cursing  my  poor  judgment,  I could  not  help 
but  feel  the  harmony  of  the  nature  world  spread  out  at 
my  feet.  At  that  time  I resolved  to  abandon  the  study 
of  the  History  of  the  Four  Kings,  complete  in  fifty- 
two  pages,  and  take  up  the  study  of  the  Infinite  as 
written  upon  the  manifold  pages  of  this  world.  Though 
as  yet  I am  still  plodding  along  in  the  first  part  of 
Chapter  I,  I have  never  regretted  the  resolution  of  that 
morning.  Often  in  the  still  of  midnight,  while  riding 
here,  I have  gazed  upon  the  silent  shining  spheres,  as 
in  unerring,  glittering  cycles  they  float  like  silver  barks 
upon  the  azure  sea  of  heaven,  and  have  said  with  one 
of. old,  “What  is  man  that  thou  art  mindful  of  him?” 

Things  of  this  planet,  though,  have  always  had  a great 
fascination  for  me,  and  many  silent  hours  have  I spent 
in  study  of  the  doings  of  the  wild  things  of  wood  and 
field  and  stream.  It’s  a standing  joke  on  the  cattle 
range  that  once  a Britisher,  fresh  from  Merrie  Eng- 
land, saw  an  owl  sitting  contemplatively,  as  owls  will, 
beside  a badger’s  burrow.  He  noticed  as  he  rode 
around  that  the  bird  kept  its  face  toward  him,  but  he 
could  never  see  it  move  the  body.  It  entered  his  brain 
that  if  he  should  ride  around  the  owl  enough  times  that 
the  bird  would  surely  twist  its  head  off.  One  of  the 
cowboys  discovered  him  and  rescued  him,  or  else  he 
might  have  been  still  riding  around  that  owl.  I have 
always  had  a sort  of  sneaking  respect  for  that  Brit- 
isher. His  desire  to  learn  something  about  owls  was 
certainly  commendable  whatever  we  may  say  about  his 
judgment.  Then  his  judgment  was  not  much  worse 
than  those  scientists  who  so  sagely  insist  that  they 
have  seen  an  owl,  a rattlesnake  and  a prairie  dog  living 
harmoniously  in  one  burrow. 

All  this  has  very  little  to  do  with  study  of  the  sharp- 
tail  grouse  as  the  caption  of  this  letter  would  suggest. 

I merely  threw  the  foregoing  in  as  a sort  of  grace  be- 
fore meat  Not  that  it  meant  anything  at  all,  but 


merely  to  put  you  in  a good  humor.  Rather  in  the 
hopes  that  I might  induce  you  to  follow  me  through  the 
whole  article.  What  I do  know  about  the  bird  in 
subject  is  a great  deal  less  than  what  I do  not  know.  That 
is  a rather  strange  assertion  now,  isn’t  it?  Strange  that 
a writer  on  birds  should  admit  his  ignorance.  That’s 
where  I am  an  oddity.  I want  to  be  a little  out  of  the 
ordinary,  so  I hit  upon  the  scheme  of  admitting  that 
there  were  a few  things  that  I had  not  yet  found  out. 
In  that  regard  I have  made  a radical  departure  from 
the  beaten  paths  of  bird  writers  and  for  that  departure 
I deserve  to  be  recognized.  The  things  that  I shall 
attempt  to  set  down  came-  to  me,  you  might  say,  spon- 
taneously. They  were  gathered  up  in  the  intervals  be- 
tween yanking*  some  bogged  yearling  out  of  a spring 
hole  by  means  of  a lariat  and  the  pulling  powers  of  a 
cow  pony,  and  running  the  three-circle  brand  on  some- 
body’s “slick  ear,”  presumably  my  boss’s.  As  such,  it 
is  very  apt  to  smack  more  of  the  green  fields  and  run- 
ning brooks  than  it  does  of  the  midnight  oil  and  the 
musty  library.  At  one  time  in  the  history  of  the  great 
West,  it  was  a vast  bunch-grass  region,  as  yet  un- 
touched by  the  hand  of  civilization.  Not  a farm  nor 
an  acre  of  grain  in  whole  counties.  Merely  a little 
ranch-house  upon  some  stream,  and  thousands  upon 
thousands  of  head  of  cattle  upon  the  hills.  At  that 
lime  the  bunch-grass  hills  were  alive  with  sharptail 
grouse.  They  spent  the  summer  on  the  upland,  and  in 
winter  descended  to  the  alder-bordered  streams,  where 
they  spent  the  winter  feeding  upon  the  buds.  Now, 
alas!  the  once  grass-covered  hills  are  fields  of  waving 
grain,  and  the  alder-bordered  stream  is  an  irrigation 
ditch.  Where  once  sounded  the  cackle  of  the  startled 
grouse  as  she  rose  from  beneath  your  horse’s  feet, 
may  be  heard  only  the  rattle  of  the  harvester  or  the  hum 
of  the  threshing  machine.  Instead  of  the  long-horned 
range  cattle,  fleet  as  elk  and  almost  as  untamable,  may 
be  seen  only  the  sleek,  well-favored  kine  of  the  wheat 
farmer,  browsing  in  the  pasture. 

In  that  elder  day  the  sharptail  grouse  spent  the  sum- 
mer upon  the  grassy  upland,  where  they  reared  their 
young  and  wandered  at  will  over  the  grassy  slopes,  at 
winter  seeking  the  streams.  With  the  first  bursting  of 
the  springtime  buds  they  abandoned  the  alders  and 
again  sought  the  higher  ground  for  mating  and  nest- 
ing. The  ceremony  of  mating  is  carried  on  with  every 
ceremony  of  courtship  and  each  act  of  it  seems  to  be 
essential  to  the  complete  whole.  Usually  the  conical 
top  of  some  small  knoll  is  chosen  for  a theater,  and  in 
the  gray,  of  dawning  may  be  heard  the  whirr  of  count- 
less wings  and  seen  the  darting  of  dark  bodies  as  they 
hurry  in  direction  of  the  trysting  place.  With  a sharp 
downward  dip  of  wings  the  birds  all  alight  in  a wide 
circle  .about  the  central  stage  and  sit  demurely  in  regu- 
lar, rows.  The  performance  is  begun  by  some  cock, 
more  love-lorn  than  his  mates,  springing  into  the  arena 
and  , engaging  in  the  wildest  dance  possible.  The  famous 
whirlmg  idefvish  is  a child’s  toy  compared  to  one  of 
these.-  'Soinn  the  other  cocks  are  excited  by  the  per- 


formance, and  one  by  one  rapidly  they  join  the  first 
until  the  knoll  is  alive  with  gyrating  birds.  Faster  and 
faster  they  whirl  round  and  round,  cackling  in  unison, 
their  air  sacks  inflated  until  they  protrude  like  oranges 
upon  their  necks.  Back  and  forth  with  wings  out- 
spread like  turkey  cocks,  jerking  their  heads  about  as 
though  afflicted  with  some  form  of  ornithological  St. 
Vitus  dance,  their  whole  being  quivering  with  excite- 
ment. At  last,  overcome  by  passion,  one  vaults  fifteen 
feet  into  the  air  and  falls  senseless  to  the  ground, where  he 
lies  until  his  little  gray  mate  comes  and  escorts  him 
away  to  their  nesting  place. 

By  the  time  the  sun  has  gotten  well  over  the  distant 
hill-top,  they  have  all  gone  through  the  same  ceremony, 
and  the  knoll  is  deserted  until  the  following  morning, 
when  the  ceremony  is  repeated,  and  so  through  the 
entire  laying  season.  Many  mornings  have  I lain  se- 
curely hidden  behind  some  convienent  tussock  of  rye 
grass  and  spied  upon  this  love-making  scene.  So  long 
as  I remained  perfectly  quiet  they  were  seemingly  ob- 
livious of  my  presence.  Should  I move,  however,  the 
entire  covey  would  take  flight,  only  to  return  when  the 
disturbance  was  over.  The  nesting  sites  are  usually 
not  far  from  the  stamping  ground,  and  almost  any  time 
until  late  in  the  afternoon  you  may  see  the  mated  birds 
feeding  near  their  nests. 

At  this  time  the  female  retires  for  a time,  and  I am 
of  the  opinion  that  this  is  when  she  deposits  her  egg. 
This,  I am  well  aware,  is  not  the  opinion  of  many 
writers;  but  I am  not  quoting  writers  now.  The  clutch 
of  eggs  varies  somewhat;  nine  is  the  usual  number, 
though  I have  seen  as  high  as  fourteen.  The  protective 
coloration  of  these  birds  is  another  wise  provision  of 
our  Mother  Nature.  The  soft  gray  of  their  plumage 
so  harmoniously  blends  with  the  alkali  soil  and  the 
color  of  the  bunch-grass  and  sage  that  it  is  indeed  a 
sharp  eye  that  can  see  them  when  they  are  sitting  per- 
fectly still,  and  they  do  sit  still  as  a general  thing. 

When  the  bird  leaves  the  nest,  the  eggs  are  so  nearly 
the  color  of  the  surroundings,  that  they  are  well-nigh 
invisible.  The  nest  itself  is  a very  primitive  bit  of 
architecture.  Merely  a depression  in  the  soil  at  the 
foot  of  some  tussock  of  rye  sage,  lined  with  a few 
wisps  of  dry  sage  or  grass.  These  wisps  of  straw  are 
seemingly  not  calculated  as  a bed  for  the  clutch,  but 
merely  as  an  additional  protection  from  the  pryin^ 
eyes  of  her  enemies.  The  period  of  incubation  is,  as 
usual  in  birds  of  this  class,  and  varies  from  twenty-one 
to  twenty-six  days.  The  little  chicks  are  a soft  yellow 
when  first  hatched,  but  soon  become  gray-spotted  and 
are  the  prettiest  little  chaps  that  you  can  imagine  Dur- 
ing the  period  of  incubation  the  cock  may  be  ever  found 
hovering  near  the  nest,  keeping  a jealous  eye  upon  the 
dame,  ever  ready  to  lure  away  from  his  home  any  in- 
quisitive marauder  who  ventures  too  near.  The  mother 
leads  her  brood  out  upon  the  hills  and  guards  them 
carefully  from  the  great  brown  hawks  that  may  be  seen 
constantly  wheeling  in  the  vast  blue  with  a sharp  glance 
kept  upon  the  earth  below.  If  one  of  these  sails  too- 


§ 


neat,  the  watchful  grouse  sounds  the  hiding  call,  and 
the  little  ones  are  at  once  invisible.  Like  magic,  they 
seem  to  melt  into  the  landscape  until  the  aerial  terror 
has  sailed  away.  Then  the  recall  and  once  more  the 
ground  becomes  peopled  with  the  tiny  grouse  Where 
they  come  from  is  a mystery  to  the  uninitiated,  bo 
rapidly  do  the  young  grow,  that  by  August  they  are 
no  more  dependent  upon  the-  mother  and  are  ie  t 
shift  for  themselves.  At  this  time  they  band,  and  many 
thousands  of  them  may  be  seen  together  feeding.  I 
there  is  a wheat  field  near  they  at  once  repair  to  it  and 
feed  upon  the  ripening  grain.  If  the  wheat  is  already 
harvested  they  alight  upon  the  cocks  and  simply  gor0e 
themselves.  At  this  time  they  present  an  easy  mark 
for  the  hunter,  and  thousands  of  them  find  their  way 
into  the  game-bag  of  the  pot-hunter,  who  creeps  up 
behind  a neighboring  wheat  cock  and  fires  a handful  ot 
shot  from  an  old  muzzleloader  into  the  mass,  and  then 
rushes  up  exultantly  and  gobbles  up  the  slaughtered 

blWith  the  rapid  influx  of  settlement  in  the  region  of 
which  L write,  there  was  a decided  decimation  of  these 
grouse.  There  is  to  be  found  here  a small  marmot  that 
is  practically  the  only  pest  with  which  the  xarmej.  hp.s 
to  contend.  This  animal  is  very  destructive  to  crops 
His  home  is  in  a deep  burrow  in  the  ground,  and  it 
is  and  has  been  one  of  the  problems  that  confronts  the 
grain  grower  how  best  to  rid  the  country  of  the  Pe§  . 
A constant  and  relentless  warfare  is  waged  to  keep  this 
prolific  little  fellow  within  anything  like  proper  bounds. 
Every  weapon  known  to  science  has  been  called  into 
requisition  and  still  he  flourishes  like  a green  bay  tree. 
His  merry  chirp  as  he  dives  into  his  subterranean 
burrow  with  his  cheeks  full  of  growing  gram  is  heard 
on  every  hand.  It  may  seem  strange  to  the  uneducated 
that  an  animal  so  small  should  be  so  destructive  to  the 
wheat  crops,  but  when  you  pause  and  consider  that 
each  marmot  is  capable  of  destroying  at  least  ‘our 
bushels  of  grain,  then  the  affair  assumes  quite  different 
proportions.  I have  known  a small  colony  of  these 
rodents  to  establish  themselves  in  the  center  of  a forty- 
acre  field  and  completely  demolish  it. 

Experience  has  taught  that  the  most  effective  means 
of  ridding  the  ground  of  these  animals  is  to  strew 
poisoned  grain  at  the  mouths  of  the  burrows^  early  m 
the  spring  when  they  first  awake  froin  their  winter 
somnolence.  At  this  time,  when  there  is  scarcely  any 
green  food  for  them,  they  will  greedily  consume  this 
poisoned  grain  and  return  to  their  burrows  and  die. 

The  farmer  gets  up  betimes  of  a morning  and  with  a 
pail  of  this  prepared  wheat  visits  every  burrow  upon 
his  farm  and  sunningly  strews  a portion  of  the  gram 
about  the  burrow.  The  effect  upon  the  feathered 
citizens  has  been  awful.  While  the  marmot  is  hungry, 
the  grouse  and  other  birds  are  no  less  so,  and  they  con- 
sume the  grain  with  avidity. 

It  was  at  one  time  no  unusual  sight  to  travel  along 
a half  mile  string  of  wire  fence  and  count  two  dozen 
grouse  lying  dead.  There  is  another  very  fruitful  cause 
of  their  decrease.  The  grouse  is  very  much  attached  to 
the  place  of  his  nativity.  Year  after  year  they  will  re- 
turn to  the  vicinage  of  their  former  nesting  places  and 
nest  once  more.  The  average  western  ranchman  was 
in  no  sense  a bird  lover,  so  when  he  found  a nesting 
grouse  in  the  way  of  his  sod  plow,  he  took  little  pams 
to  protect  her.  The  nest  was  ruthlessly  turned  under 
and  the  bird  left  to  seek  another  home  as  best  she 
might.  If  the  set  was  complete  and  the  bird  was  in- 
cubating, she  did  not  build  again  that  year;  if  not, 
possibly  she  sought  a.  new  site  and  finished  the  set  and 
reared  her  brood.  At  best,  however,  it  was  but  a part 
of  a clutch  that  she  laid,  and  consequently  her  family 
for  that  season  was  small. 

In  this  connection  it  may  be  interesting  to  mention 
the  maternal  instinct  of  the  nesting  bird.  When  the 
“hayseed”  had  finally  conquered  the  “cow  puncher  and 
had  transformed  the  rolling  bunch-grass  hills  into  grain 
fields,  I was  perforce  compelled  to  doff  the  leather 
chaps  and  Stetson  hat  and  don  the  blue  ducking  over- 
alls and  jumper,  exchange  my  seat  in  the  saddle  for 
that  instrument  of  torture  affixed  to  the  back  of  a 
sulky  plow,  my  faithful  old  pinto  cow  pony  for  a team 
of  Percherons.  Thus  equipped,  I arose  long  before 
the  dew-drops  sparkled  like  diamonds  upon  the  grass 
and  chased  that  plow  around  a 2000-acre  field  until  the 
robins  had  long  since  caroled  their  vespers,  and  all 
nature  had  sunk  to  rest.  When  the  festive  coyote  was 
serenading  his  mate  in  234  different  and  distinct  keys, 
we  were  permitted  to  turn  the  team  barnward.  While 
thus  engaged,  it  was  a daily  occurrence  to  plow  up 
nesting  grouse  in  the  summer  fallow.  They  chose  this 
ground  from  the  fact  that  there  was  more  or  less  wheat 
growing  upon  it  which  afforded  a good  hiding  place  for 
the  nests.  The  sitting  grouse  would  flutter  from  beneath 
the  horse’s  feet  and  sit  upon  a furrow  not  thirty  feet 
distant  until  you  drove  by.  If  perchance  one  of  the 
animals  had  not  trod  in  the  nest  and  destroyed  the 
eggs,  it  was  my  custom  to  dismount  and  take  the  eggs 
and  construct  a new  nest  for  them  out  on  the  plowed 
ground.  The  next  round  generally  found  the  bird  upon 
the  nest  carrying  on  the  duties  of  incubation  as  if  the 
unceremonious  plowing  up  of  her  home  was  an  expected 

^That’s  about  all  I know  about  these  birds.  There  is 
one  thing,  however,  that  I do  know  and,  that  is,  that  it 
will  be  only  a short  time  now  until  you  will  have  to  go 
into  some  museum  in  order  to  find  one  of  these  birds 
to  study.  Of  course  that  will  not  be  a great  depriva- 
tion to  the  average  ornithological  writer,  for  that  is 
the  place  that  he  goes  to  get  his  information  now. 

Chas.  S.  Moody. 


What  Covered  the  Deer? 

Saginaw,  Mich.,  Dec.  28 .—Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 
Mr.  Chas.  Frueh,  the  well-known  florist,  was  deer  hunt- 
ing this  fall  in  the  upper  part  of  the  State.  One  afternoon 
he  wounded  a deer,  but  could  not  follow  it  on  account  of 
it  being  late  and  was  getting  dark.  The  next  day  he  went 
out  and  found  it.  It  was  completely  covered  with  sand; 
all  that  was  visible  was  the  horns.  There  were  tracks 
around  that  resembled  those  of  a fox.  It  would  be  inter- 
esting to  know  if  any  of  your  readers  have  ever  heard 
of  a similar  occurrence.  Wm.  C.  Helb. 


FOREST  AND  STREAM.  ^ 

BBaHBggggSMBBCgi  — nawHsaoa— 1 eg  tsbb  i mb— agne  mw 1 1 gg b5bbmb eaaB» 

Rhode  Island  Bounty  on  Hawks, 

Robert  O.  Morris  in  the  Springfield  (Mass.)  Republican’. 

Rhode  Island  was  one  of  the  thirteen  original  States; 
there  has  been  for  nearly  150  years  a famoug  college 
maintained  within  its  borders,  to  one  of  its  towns  during 
the  warmer  months  flock  numerous  Custodians  of  im- 
mense wealth,  and  generally  the  inhabitants  are  intelli- 
gent and  in  most  matters  well  informed.  It  does  not 
seem  likely  that  the  sentiment  of  such  a people  was 
properly  reflected  when  the  Legislature  of  that  State 
passed  a statute  providing  a bounty  for  the  killing  of 
useful  species  of  hawks  as  well  as  those,  that  are  bad  and 
destructive  of  poultry,  game  and  song  birds.  Sued  a law 
did  go  into  effect  in  that  State  last  April,  providing  that 
“every  person  who  kills  any  wild  hawk,  except  fishhawks, 
shall  receive  25  cents  for  every  animal  so  killed.” 

That  most  kinds  of  game  birds  are  disappearing  from 
southern  New  England  nobody  will  doubt.  Various 
causes  are  assigned  for  bringing  this  condition  about. 
Some  lay  it  to  hawks  and  owls,  others  to  semi-wild  and 
abandoned  cats;  some  say  that  minks,  rats,  weasels;,  and 
other  vermin  prevent  game  birds  from  breeding  by  inter- 
fering with  them  at  nesting  time. 

The  . man  that  “shoots  flying”  is  no  longer  a notable 
exception,  but  a generation'  has  grown  up  that,  with  the 
now  common  means  of  practice,  speedily  become  skillful 
wing  shots,  and  when  one  looks  Intelligently  for  the  true 
cause  that  is  bringing  about  the  vanishing  of  game  birds, 
prominently  above  all  others  stands  the  man  with  the 
modern  gun, 

. If  conditions  are  the  same  in  Rhcde  Island  as  in  this 
vicinity,  there  has  grown  up  in  that  State  a class  of  men 
who  Haye  found  that  simple  larceny  is  not  considered 
a serious  crime,  and  you  will  find  m most  every  town 
those  that  have  learned  that  the  contents  of  a chicken 
coop  is  an  easy  mark  to  satisfy  their  desire  to  profit  by 
the  industry  of  others,  and  who  have  become  quite  ex- 
pert in  that  kind  of  larceny,  and  if  they  are  once  in  a 
while  caught,  a night  or  two  of  work  in  this  line  will 
make  up  for  the  fines  they  have  to  pay.  The  situation 
may  not  be  quite  so  bad  in  Rhode  Island  as  here,  but  it  is 
safe  to  say  tnat  many  more  chickens  are  taken  there  in 
this  way  by  man  than  are  killed  by  hawks. 

The  most  common  of  the  so-called  birds  of  prey  in 
southern  New  England  is  the  red-shouldered  hawk,  and 
this  is  the  kind  that  wiH  suffer  most  by  reason  of  the 
passage  of  this  law.  Its  food  consists  largely  of  rats,  red 
squirrels,  minks,  weasels,  and  other  small  mammals,  the 
very  class  that  destroys  the  nest  of  birds  and  their 
young,  so  that  it  is  highly  probable  that  if  all  the  red- 
shouldered hawks  were  exterminated  in  Rhode  Island  by 
the  operation  of  this  law,  the  number  of  the  natural  ene- 
mies of  game  and  other  birds  would  so  increase  that  the 
result  would  be  the  reverse  of  what  was  intended. 

An  analysis  of  the  contents  of  322  stomachs  of  this 
kind  of  hawk  has  been  made  by  competent  authority,  and 
in  only  one  was  any  trace  of  a game  bird  found,  and  in 
tins  case  probably  the  hawk  ran  across  a dead  '•  or 
wounded  bird.  Flesh  with  feathers  on  it  is  not  the  red- 
shouldered hawk’s  common  or  natural  food. 

Even  the  casual  observer  will  notice  in  the  fields  and 
orchards,  after  the  disappearance  of  the  snow  in  early 
spring,  the  havoc  made  by  the  meadow  mice  during  the 
then  preceding  winter.  The  roots  of  the  grasses  usually 
furnish  these  rodents  with  all  the  food  they  desire,  and 
the  farmer  loses  many  a ton  of  hay  from  his  mowing  in 
this  way.  The  seasons  that  the  ground  is  frozen  hard 
and  to  a considerable  depth,  when  the  first  snow  comes, 
the  meadow  mice  find  the  grass  roots  hard  to  obtain  and 
work  under  the  snow  in  quest  of  food  until  they  come  to 
a tree,  and  then  they  feed  upon  the  bark,  often  in  a circle, 
completely  around  the  tree-  Young  orchards  are  some- 
times ruined  or  greatly  damaged  in  this  way.  To  check 
the  increase  of  thege  little  animals,  nature  has  provided 
the  rough-legged  hawk,  which  annually  comes  down  from 
its  northern  home,  and  a portion  of  them  spend  the 
colder  months  in  southern  New  England.  During  its  stay 
here,  it  lives  entirely  upon  small  rodents,  mostly  meadow 
mice.  Under  the  direction  of  the  United  States  Depart- 
ment of  Agriculture,  a large  number  of  these  hawks  have 
been  killed  and  the  contents  of  their  stomachs  examined, 
taxidermists  and  trustworthy  observers  have  been  in- 
quired of,  but  no  reliable  evidence  has  been  found  that 
would  indicate  that  the  rough  leg  ever  tasted  birds  of  any 
kind.  Some  species  of  hawks  eat  poultry,  game,  and  other 
birds  bv  choice,  some  as  a last  resort  when  their  favorite 
food  is’ scarce,  but  the  rough  leg  is  without  a fault  in  this 
respect.  It  stations  itself  on  a tree  watching  for  mice 
through  the  day,  and  in  the  dusk  of  a winter  afternoon  it 
may  be  seen  skimming  over  the  meadows  in  quest  of  the 
same  food.  The  rough-legged  hawk  is  one  of  the  largest 
of  the  birds  of  prey,  and  to  sustain  its  big  body  each  in- 
dividual must  consume  a thousand  mice  during  that  por- 
tion of  the  year  it  is  with  us. 

This  Rhode  Island  bounty  may  be  interpreted  to  pro- 
vide for  a bounty  for  the  destruction  of  the  nighthawk. 
Recent  scientific  investigations  have  disclosed  the  fact 
that  a certain  kind  qf  mosquito  is  responsible  for  carrying 
the  germ  of  malaria  from  one  person  to  another.  The 
nighthawk  is  a bird  that  is  entirely  free  from  even  the 
suspicion  of  killing  a bird  of  any  kind.  Its  diet  consists 
entirely  of  insects,  mostly  of  the  night-flying  kind,  and 
probably  largely  of  the  mosquito  family.  So  we  may 
have  this  exhibition  of  the  wealthy  and  intelligent  State 
of  Rhode  Island  paying  out  money  for  the  destruction  of 
a bird  that  may  be  the  means  of  saving  the  lives  of  its 
citizens  by  destroying  the  malaria-transferring  insects. 

Before  the  fauna  of  New  England  had  been  interefered 
with  to  any  great  extent  by  the  hands  of  man,  we  find 
that  hawks  were  described  to  be  common  and  fierce,  still 
at  the  same  time  game  was  so  plentiful  that  upon  the 
plate  of  each  farm  hand  for  dinner  was  placed  a whole 
wild  duck,  and  in  hiring  out  some  did  so  only  upon  the 
condition  “that  grouse  were  not  to  be  brought  to  the 
table  oftener  than  a few  times  in  the  week.  In  those 
days  the  flocks  of  wild  pigeons  were  described  to  be  so 
immense  as  to  obscure  the  light,  and  the  number  of  indi- 
viduals of  these  birds  seen  in  a day  by  a single  person 
was  estimated  in  the  millions*  Instead  of  encouraging 
hunting  for  a living,  as  does  this  bill,  by  paying  for  the 
destruction  of  valuable  birds,  a statute  could  nave  been 
framed  providing  ior  the  employment  of  competent  per- 
sons to  kill  and  break  up  the  nests  of  those  species  of 


!Jan,  7,  1905- ■' 

...  ^ 


hawks  that  are  destructive  to  wild  birds  and  poultry.  L 
-he  goshawk  when  it  comes  down  from  the  north  t<i 
make  southern  New  England  a visit,  as  it  does  an  occa^ 
^louaJ  winter,  constantly  preys  upon  the  ruffed  grouse 
, . ri.utp.'Shinned  hawk  is  a fierce  little  fellow,  whos< 
lrd-killing  propensities  are  well  known,  and  worse  that; 
either  of  them,  because  more  numerous,  is  the  cooper 
hawk,  that  breeds  here  and  in  Rhode  Island  in  consider- 
able  numbers,  and  is  responsible  by  reason  of  its  destruc- 
tion oi  poultry  and  wild  birds  for  the  had  name  giver 
to  all  members  of  the  hawk  family. 

. If  some  of  the  wild  birds  around  us  must  be  killed,  it 
is  better  that  it  should  be  done  with  discretion.  In  these; 
later  days  we  are  witnessing  the  vanishing  of  mane 
species  that  are  useful  and  interesting  to  man.  The  aver- 
age legislator  knows  hut  little  of  the  habits  of  birds  of 
prey,  and  when  told  that  poultry  and  game  are  being 
killed  by  hawks,  votes  to  involve  the  State  in  a war  oi 
extermination  upon  the  innocent  and  beneficial  kinds  as 
well  as  the  real  guilty  ones. 


Animal  Surgery. 


How  They  Doctor  the  Animals  at  the  Bronx  Zoo., 

Surgery  and  medicine  as  practiced  on  the  animals;  oi 
the  New  York  Zoological  Park  in  the  Bronx  would 
keep  the  staff  of  a small-sized  hospital  fairly  busy. 
A regular  physician,  with  competent  assistants,,,  look? 
after  their  health,  feels  their  pulse,  takes  their  temper- 
ature and  makes  out  prescriptions  for  them. 

In  a corner  of  the  office  of  the  reptile  house  is  an 
interesting  assortment  of  hardware.  Long,  kecn-bladet: 
lancets,  saws,  tweezers,  forceps,  needles,  hypodermic 
syringes  and  fifty^  other  polished  instruments  make  up' 
the  collection.  1 hey  are  all  in  a case  behind  glass 
doors,  and  each  shines  like  a mirror. 

^ “This  is  the  park’s  set  of  surgical  instruments”’  $aid: 
uurator  Ditmars.  “Every  instrument  is  sterilized  and; 
boiled  at  stated  intervals.  Before  it  is  used,  it  is 
washed  again  in  antiseptic  fluids,  as  much  precaution  is 
taken  to  keep  germs  out  of  a crocodile’s  sore  foot  or 
a monkey’s  sore  tooth  as  if  he  were  a high-priced  patient 
in  a hospital.” 

One  of  the  sights  at  the  park  recently  was  a five-foor 
cobra^  with  its  head  swathed  in  bandages.  Any  snake 
with  its  neck  done  up  in  rags  would  be  an  odd  sight: 
hut  a venomous,  deadly,  muscular  cobra — such  a con- 
dition, imagine  it!  Of  all  the  poisonous  reptiles  in  the 
world,  the  cobra  di  capello,  or  hooded  cobra,  is  con- 
sidered the  most  fearful  and  deadly.  Within  a com- 
paratively few  minutes  his  bite  invariably  proves  fatal.' 
Imagine  then,  treating  one  for  a sore  throat  or  fcri 
abscess!  Imagine  looking  into  his  jaws  in  an  effeurt  to 
diagnose  and  locate  his  trouble! 

In  India,  more  especially  in  the  plains  whe-re  the! 
cobra  frequently  comes  upon  one  unawaife-s,  he  is 
dreaded  infinitely  more  than  we  dread  the  smallpox:.! 
Those  living  in  the  country  are  constantly  in  fear  of 
him.  Attacked  by  one  it  would  never  occur  to  the* 
native  to  do  anything  but  to  lie  down  and  die;  ®©>j 
wonder  then  that  visitors  to  the  reptile  house  at  the 
Zoological  Park  stand  awe-stricken  at  the  sight  of  the! 
bandaged  cobra.  His  wound  and  its  dressing  were; 
primarily  caused  by  a fierce  battle,  which  was  taken 
part  in  by  the  three  cobras,  the  only  living  specimens  ini 
this  country.  They  fought  to  a finish  and  to  kill.  The 
bandaged  cobra  was  the  most  vicious  of  the  lot.  Itij 
expanded  its  hood,  then  it  reared  at  least  half  it  length : 
off  the  ground,  while  the  rest  of  its  body  remained: 
wound  in  a tight  spiral.  His  eyes  shot  sparks  of  light,  - 
like  flames  in  little  black  coals,  his  narrow,  forked 
tongue  darted  in  and  out  with  amazing  rapidity.  He 
curved  his  head,  darted  forward,  and  struck  and 
stabbed  like  a lightning  flash. 

Low,  hissing  sounds  filled  the  air,  and  finally  sum- 
moned the  keepers  to  the  scene  of  battle.  They  saw: 
that  each  of  the  reptiles  had  received  numerous  small 
punctures,  and  decided  at  great  risk  to  separate  them; 
and  place  them  in  different  cages.  At  the  time  they 
apprehended  no  serious  results  from  the  battle,  as  the 
cobra  itself  has  always  been  considered  immune  from' 
cobra  poison.  Nevertheless  the  keepers  watched  the 
wounds  of  their  patients,  and  at  length  saw  that  the: 
finest,  largest  cobra  of  them  all  showed  a swollen  jawv 
For  a minute  they  were  puzzled  but  only  for  a minutt\ 
The  next  Mr.  Ditmars  had  decided  that  the  only  thing 
to  be  done  was  to  take  the  snake  from  its  cage.  It  was 
too  rare  a specimen  to  be  lost.  Examination  of  its 
wound  might  suggest  a cure. 

The  removal  of  the  five-foot  reptile  from  its  cap-" 
tivity  was  in  itself  exceedingly  difficult.  It  was  done 
however,  by  means  of  a bamboo  stick.  The  cobra  ’ 
coiled  itself  about  this  and  was  lifted  to  the  stone  floor,  j 
all  the  time  rearing  and  making  dangerous  lightning- 
like  darts,  first  to  one  side  and  then  to  the  other. 

It  fought  desperately  while  human  hands,  anxious  to 
save  its  life,  pressed  its  expanded,  hood-shaped  head 
down  "to  the  floor.  This  was  done  by  means  of  the 
bamboo  stick;  then  keeper  Snyder  grasped  it  firmly  by 
the  neck. 

Its  mouth  was  forced  open  by  means  of  forceps,  and 
the  cause  of  the  swelling  was  at  once  evident.  The 
cobra  had  been  poisoned  by  one  of  its  mates  in  the 
battle  in  which  it  had  fought  so  furiously,  and  an  abscess 
had  formed.  Its  lower  jaw  had  been  pierced  by  fangs 
as  poisonous  as  its  own.  To  diagnose  the  case  was 
one  thing;  to  apply  a remedy  was  another.  However, 
snake  men  have  ways  of  their  own.  The  abscess  was  ! 
opened  and  carefully  syringed.  The  fierce  reptile  was 
back  in  its  cage,  and  the  keepers  once  again  breathed 
freely,  for  while  doing  their  duty  they  had  not  alto- 
gether relished  it.  Handling  five  feet  of  venomous 
snake  is  not  an  enviable  task.  The  keeper  and  the 
curator  congratulated  themselves  upon  being  through 
with  it  when  they  were  called  upon  to  treat  it  again. 
Again  it  was  decided  to  take  the  terrible  animal  from 
its  cage  and  submit  it  to  another  examination.  It 
seemed  to  know  what  was  contemplated.  It  hissed  and 
darted  and  fought,  but  again  its  head  was  seized  and 
held.  The  jaw  bone  was  found  to  be  affected  and  a small 
portion  of  it  was  skilfully  removed.  After  the  wound 


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had  .^fft  cleansed  and  packed  with  antiseptic 

the  curator  and  keeper  seemed  to  be  struck  with 
It  single  thought.  The  prospect  of  dressing  daily  or 
perhaps  twice  a day  the  jaw  which  holds  the  cobra’s 
deadly  fangs*  was  not  a prospect  that  either"  welcomed. 
It  was  then  that  they  decided  to  bandage  the  reptile’s 
head  and  to  use  a dressing  that  could  be  kept  moist 
from  a distance. 

Keeper  Snyder,  armed  with  a syringe,  sprayed  the 
snake  from  a safe  situation,  not  a particle  appalled  by 
bis  majestic  rearing  and  'continuous  angry  hissing. 
However,  the  wound  had  to  be  dressed  every  now  and 
sihen  in  the  same  dangerous  manner  as  at  first  described, 
:Srtd  this  operation  the  writer,  the  other  day,  was 
fortunate  to  'witness.* 

The  cobras  arrived  at  the  park  in  wooden  boxes, 
containing  only  a few  holes  for  ventilation.  In  there 
they  bad  fasted  for  many  wedks,  and  so  emaciated  were 
they  When  the  boxes  were  opened,  that  it  was  thought 
hvy  would  die  in  spite  of  the  most  careful  treatment. 
The  snakes  were  placed  in  one  of  the  big  cages  of  the 
reptile  house  and  treated  to  a steam  bath  for  an  hour 
or  more.  This  had  a very  good  effect  and  ffiey  sooit 
began  to  take  an  interest  in  things  about  them  and 
drank  freely  from  the  dish  placed  in  the  cage. 

The  morning  after  the  snakes’  arrival  it  was  decided 
that  the  cobras  must  be  helped  out  Of  their  own  skin 
this  had  so  hardened  on  the  scaly  creatures  in  their 
cramped  traveling  quarters  that  natural  shedding  was 
out  of  the  question.  The  proposition  of  handling  the 
reptiles  Was  anything  but  pleasant.  Moreover,  the 
snake  has  the  power  to  forcibly  eject  the  poison  to 
some  'distance.  1st  the  eye  this  fluid  is  as  deadly  as 
upon,  the  abraded  skin.  A forked  stick  was  procured, 
and  '-through  this  the  snakes  were  made  to  crawl.  The 
old  'cuticle  was  too  thick,  however,  to  be  cast  in  this 
manner,  and  the  men  made  up  their  minds  to  tackle 
1 dangerous  situation. 

; The  reptile  curator  and  keeper,  Snyder,  did  the  job. 
Oil  the  end  of  a long  bamboo  pole  a cobra  was  lifted 
from  its  cage  vto  the  floor,  where  there  was  room  for 
setter  maneuvering.  It  was  taken  down  from  its  grace- 
mi  swifting  pose  and  forced  flat  upon  the  concrete 
floor.  Its  head  was  spread  widely  and  the  spectacled 
iwkings  on  its  back  looked  menacing. 

The  most  dangerous  part  of  the  task  came  next. 
Pressing  the  reptile’s  head  down  firmly  with  the  stick, 
j:he  snake  man  grasped  him  by  the  neck.  It  was  delicate 
vork  and  trying  to  the  nerves.  More_  than  once  during 
he  operation  of  peeling  off  the  dried  and  shriveled 
skin  both  men  perspied  more  than  normally.  With- 
out these  precautions,  however,  the  cobras  would  soon 
nave  died  and  the  public  would  have  lost  the  rare  op- 
portunity of  seeing  living  specimens  of  this  deadly 
snake  in  captivity. 

Two  full  hours  were  consumed  in  removing  the  skins 
of  the  three  snakes.  When  the  job  was  done  both 
men  heaved  a deep  sigh  of  relief.  As  the  snakes  were 
taken  from  the  cage  they  were  dull  and  rusty  in  ap- 
pearance. The  operation  effected  a wonderful  change. 
Relieved  of  their  old  skins  they  sparkled  and  shone 
viih  a metallic  lustre,  showing  a body  color  of  rich 
bro-wii  cidssed  by  hands  of  bright  yellow. 

fefee  Of  the  most  dangerous  operations  ever  performed 
(for  the  person  performing  it)  was  when  Curator 
Ditmars  removed  an  abscess  from  the  left  side  of  the 
king  cobra’s  jaw.  Nearly  twenty  minutes  were  oc- 
cupied in  kith  operation  and  every  instant  of  the  time 
Mr.  Diftr&rs’  arm  and  hand  were  within  striking  dis- 
tance 'rif  the  fangs  of  the  most  deadly  snake  known  to 
uajiirHists. 

lithe  Bronx  king  cobra  was  brought  from  Singapore. 
Several  weeks  after  his  arrival  a slight  swelling  was 
noticed  on  the  right  side  of  the  cobra’s  jaw  and  it  was 
evident  that  he  was  considerably  annoyed  by  it,  for  he 
seemed  particularly  careful  not  to  touch  the  swelling 
against  any  hard  surface.  After  close  observation  Mr. 
Ditmars  was  convinced  that  the  king  cobra  had  a boil 
br  an  abscess  and  considering  the  value  of  the  reptile, 
le  began  planning  to  remove  the  abscess. 

; This  particular  cobra  will  eat  nothing  but  other 
[snakes.  When  first  brought  to  the  park  to  live  in 
captivity  he  was  tempted  with  plump  rabbits,  fat  rats 
and  well-fed  guinea  pigs.  But  he  is  a confirmed  snake 
rater.  It  Was  found  necessary  to  humor  his  whim,  and 
.0  save  expense  Mr.  Ditmars  hit  upon  the  plan  of 
ceding  him  snakes  stuffed  with  frogs.  When  his  feed- 
ng  time  came  round  a eoachwhip  snake,  which  had 
been  starving  itself  lately,  was  killed  and  stuffed  with 
i,  half  a dozen  fat  frogs.  The  stuffed  snake  was  taken 
o the  door  of  king  cobra’s  cage  and  thrown  in.  In 
t twinkling  king  cobra  had  him  by  the  neck.  He 
aslred  around  the  cage  with  the  body  for  five  minutes 
ind  then  slowly  began  to  swallow  him.  In  doing  so  he 
ay  in  such  a position  that  the  abscess  on  his  jaw  was 
•asily  visible  and  within  reach  from  the  door. 

On  #e  spur  of  the  moment  Mr.  Ditmars  decided  to 
-errfOve  it  He  procured  a long  pair  of  tweezers  and 
t glass  syringe,  and  he  and  keeper  Snyder  opened  wide 
h0!  door  of  the  cobra’s  cage.  At  that  the  snake  edged 
iway  in  a corner  with  his  prey  and  lashed  his  tail  up 
md  down  the  glass  partitions.  Snyder  took  hold  of  the 
lead  snake’s  tail  and  pulled  it  toward  him.  The  hungry 
: cobra  tightened  his  hold.  Snyder  used  both  hands  and 
aulled  until  the  head  of  the  cobra  was  within  four 
:'eet  of  the  cage  door.  Mr.  Ditmars  filled  the  syringe 
rom  the  snake’s  water  pan,  and,  reaching  in  his  arm, 
squirted  water  all  over  the  cobra’s  jaw  and  around 
;he  abscess  to  moisten  it.  The  cobra  did  not  like  this, 
?ut  hung  on  to  the  dead  snake.  Finally  Mr.  Ditmars 
00k  the  tweezers  and  leaned  in.  With  his  free  hand 
le  grasped  the  body  of  the  eoachwhip  snake  within  a 
:ew  inches  of  the  cobra’s  head  and  twisted  until  the 
shining  white  jaws  of  the  cobra  turned  over  and  then 
vith  a deft  turn  of  the  tweezers  extracted  the  abscess 
ind  jumped  away.  The  operation  was  performed,  and 
;he  relief  of  the  snake  was  obvious,  for  he  gulped  down 
tils  prey  in  half  a minute,  shot  over  into  his  corner, 
curled  himself  up  and  went  to  sleep. 

“When  the  lance-head  vipers,”  said  Mr.  Ditmars, 
‘arrived  at  the  park  they  were  in  what  the. reptile  ex- 
' nert  would  caM  ‘bad  condition.’  None  of  them  had 
fed  for  at  least  twelve  weeks;  they  were  very  thin,  very 
veak  and.  .ropH  serious  of  all,  had  been  unable  to  shed 


their  skins,  which  had  become  dry  and  brittle.  As  the 
lance-head  is  a rare  snake  in  captivity,  we  were  par- 
ticularly desirous  of  bringing  the  six  specimens  of  this 
species  back  to  perfect  health,  and  the  peculiar  opera- 
tions undertaken  for  their  improvement  are  worthy  of 
narration. 

“When  a snake  prepares  to  shed  its  skin,  it  seeks  a 
damp  location  in  order  to  soften  its  old  suit,  that  this 
may  be  easily  cast  off.  The  lance-heads  had  been  kept 
too_  dry,  and  in  consequence  had  been  unable  to  shed 
their  skins.  These  must  be  removed  at  once,  or  the 
reptiles  would  die  of  a skin  disease.  A bath  of  tepid 
water  was  prepared,  and  into  this  the  snakes  were 
precipitated.  There  they  were  kept  about  six  hours 
before  the  keepers  began  the  dangerous  process  of 
forcibly  removing  the  skins. 

“In  this  operation  two  things  are  necessary;  one,  an 
abundance  of  courage;  the  second,  thorough  knowledge 
of  the  poisonous  snake.  To  lack  one  or  the  other  im- 
plies a danger  of  being  bitten,  and  this  means — but 
the  meli  itt  the  reptile  house  dislike  to  consider  the 
possible  consequences  of  a snake  bite.  Antidotes  are 
constantly  ort  hand,  it  is  true,  but  even  the  cure  of  a 
snake  bite  involves  long  hours  of  suffering,  and  perhaps 
the  permanent  loss  of  health. 

“Most  necessary  is  it  that  the  keeper  who  handles 
a deadly  snake  shall  understand  how  to  employ  his 
fingers  in  the  manipulation,  during  which  he  uses  a 
peculiar  grip.  But  he  must  first  catch  the  snake,  which 
is  hardly  a minor  part  of  the  proceeding.  The  creature 
is  coaxed  into  a favorable  position,  when  a stick  is 
pressed  directly  across  the  top  of  its  head,  pinning  it 
to  the  ground.  The  reptile  is  then  grasped  in  snen  a 
way  that  the  thumb  presses  one  side  of  the  animal’s 
neck,  assisted  on  the  other  side  by  the  first  and  second 
fingers.  The  other  two  fingers  wind  themselves  loosely 
about  the  snake's  throat  leaving  the  wind  pipe  open  for 
breathing;  and  these  latter  fingers  are  ready  to  grasp 
the  creature  tightly  in  case  it  should  struggle,  for  it  has 
the  power  of  turning  partially  in  its  loose-fitting  skin, 
thus  bringing  the  venomous  fangs  to  bear  on  the  hand 
that  holds  it. 

“While  held  in  this  position  the  reptile's  mouth  opens 
and  shuts  viciously.  The  fangs,  consisting  of  hollow 
teeth  in  the  upper  jaw,  where  they  lie  against  the  roof 
of  the  mouth  when  inactive,  are  raised  to  their  full 
extent,  while  a drop  of  the  deadly  fluid  provided  by 
nature  lies  ready  in  the  poison  gland.  It  is  at  this 
juncture  that  the  keeper  finds  steady  nerves  useful,  for 
the  slightest  loosening  of  the  fingers  is  instantly  ap- 
preciated by  the  snake,  which  acts  without  loss  of  time. 

“The  process  of  skinning  the  lance-heads  was  simple 
enough  when  the  described  precautions  had  been  taken. 
A pair  of  fine  forceps  had  been  used  to  grasp  the  skin 
covering  the  lower  jaw.  This  was  gently  peeled  back- 
ward. A like  operation  removed  the  skin  from  the 
upper  portion  of  the  head.  Here  a difficulty  presented 
itself.  This  was  to  turn  back  the  skin  over  the  snake’s 
neck,  immediately  behind  the  head,  where  the  operator 
had  been  holding  it. 

“The  snake  was  suddenly  released.  The  stick  was 
again  placed  over  the  top  of  the  head,  and  the  operator, 
grasping  the  loose  skin,  turned  it  backward  until  it  was 
past  the  neck.  When  he  resumed  his  grip,  the  skin 
was  turned  wrong  side  out  over  the  creature’s  body, 
which  now  presented  a beautiful  velvety  surface.  Thus 
it  was  that  the  six  dusty  looking  vipers  appeared  in  new 
clothes,  with  awakening  appetites. 

“During  the  first  few  weeks  of  installation  in  their 
cage  the  lance-heads,  true  to  their  reputation,  became 
veritable  fiends.  On  opening  the  door  of  their  cage, 
the  keeper  was  generally  greeted  with  a low  whir,,  as 
the  angry  reptiles  rapidly  vibrated  their  tails.  This  was 
soon  followed  by  the  flash  of  white  mouths  from  the 
shrubbery.  Moreover,  the  heavy  glass  in  the  front  of 
the  cage,  facing  the  spectators,  showed  numerous 
greenish-yellow  smears  where  tbe  vipers’  fangs  had 
been  directed  at  some  particularly  bright  article  of 
apparel,  as  the  owner  of  the  same  passed  within  range 
of  their  hostile  vision. 

“Gradually  this  changed.  The  creatures  became  used 
to  their  keepers  and  grew  quiet.  But  here  the  danger 
increased.  No  animal  is  more  dangerous  than  a tame 
venomous  snake.  One  moment  it  may  lie  apparently 
asleep;  the  next,  it  has  shot  its  body  with  lightning- 
like  rapidity  at  some  moving  object,  thinking  it  food. 
Keepers  would  much  rather  see  a snake  demonstrate 
its  feelings  at  once;  they  know  then  what  it  is  going 
to  do.  It  was  at  this  time  that  a serious  accident  came 
near  taking  place. 

“The  keeper  was  spraying  the  vegetation  in  the  cage 
with  the  lance-heads,  when  a snake,  which  had  been 
quietly  coiled  about  three  feet  away,  sprang  for  his 
hand.  The  keeper,  involuntarily  jumping  backward,  was 
followed  by  the  snake,  which  literally  threw  itself  from 
the  cage  and  landed  at  his  feet.  The  keeper  executed 
a broad  jump  with  admirable  energy,  and  saved  himself 
from  the  reptile’s  fangs. 

“On  a moonlight  night,  some  three  weeks  after  their 
arrival,  the  lance-heads  took  their  first  meal  in  captivity. 
The  majority  of  the  venomous  snakes  are  night 
prowlers;  few  will  take  their  food,  consisting  of  small 
rodents,  in  the  daytime. 

“On  this  account  a reptile  house  is  even  more  at- 
tractive at  night  than  in  the  daylight.  A trip  past  the 
cages  with  a lantern  shows  the  sun-loving  lizards  and 
many  of  the  smaller  snakes  sleeping  soundly,  but  the 
venomous  sp.ecies  and  the  big  boas  glide  about  in  lively 
fashion,  their  scaly  bodies  glittering  in  the  light  as  if 
jewel-covered. 

“Then  it  is  that  the  fer-de-Iance  draws  its  green 
body  from  the  vegetation,  where  it  has  been  hiding,  and 
its  quivering  tongue-tips  inspect  the  ground  and 
branches  for  the  trail  of  its  prey.” 

[TO  -BE  CONTINUED.] 


An  armored  coat  for  dogs,  to  serve  as  a protection 
against  motor  cars,  has  been  invented  by  a New  Yorker. 
The  coat  is  studded  with  sharp  steel  points,  like  a steel 
hedgehog.  If  the  armored  dog  is  run  in(o  by  a motor 
car  the  sharp  points  puncture  the  tire,  ' and  the  conse- 
quent rush  of  released  air  blows  the  dog  out  of  danger. 


Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

Your  genial  and  entertaining  contributor,  Arefar,  has 
taken  me  to  task  for  not  seeing  birds  in  California  where 
they  were  not,  and  for  not  hearing  the  songs  of  birds 
when  the  land  was  voiceless  save  for  ttfie  meadowlark, 
to  whom  full  credit  was  given. 

Arefar  proclaims  with  clarion  voice^  that  there  are 
myriads  of  birds  in  endless  variety  in  California,  and  that 
the  air  resounds  with  their  carolings;  that  is  to  say,  in  the 
big  tree  forests  and  mountain  canons,  and  in  the  spring- 
time of  the  year.  As  the  observations  related  were  made, 
as  stated,  in  the  almost  treeless  plains  of  the  Sacramento 
and  San  Joaquin  valleys,  and  in  the  months  of  August, 
September  and  October,  it  is  difficult  to  see  the  relevancy 
of  Arefar’s  complaints. 

It  appears  to  be  characteristic  of  Californians — a par- 
donable weakness,  no  doubt — to  manifest  great  sensitive- 
ness about  the  reputation  of  their  country,  and  to  resent 
any  suspicion  of  an  imputation  that  their  State  is  lacking 
in  a single  feature  that  goes  to  make  up  an  ideal  paradise. 
Like  our  ancient  and  chivalrous  friend,  Don  Quixote  de  la 
Mancha,  they  have  a way  of  standing  up  every  traveler 
they  may  meet  in  the  road  and  demanding  that  he 
acknowledge  their  Dulcima  del  Tcboso  to  be  the  most  in- 
comparable fair  whose  cheeks  were  ever  kissed  by  the 
morning  sunbeams  and  fanned  by  the  vagrant  breezes, 
etc.  For  mine  own  part,  like  the  complacent  travelers 
thus  challenged  by  the  valiant  knight  on  one  occasion, 
rather  than  argue  the  matter,  I am  willing  to  make  the 
acknowledgment  out  of  hand,  “though  she  distils  rheum 
out  of  one  eye  and  vinegar  from  the  other.”  But,  “rae- 
thinks  the  lady  doth  protest  too  much,”  has  been  more 
than  once  suggested  by  the  clamorous  claims  of  these 
fortune’s  favorites  who  dwell  in  the  land  of  all  perfec- 
tions, savoring  somewhat  of  the  whistling  boy  in  the 
graveyard  or  the  tailless  fox  of  fabulous  fame. 

I am  aware  that  the  foregoing  utterance  is  rank  heresy, 
and  by  all  devout  Californians  I shall  be  denounced  with 
anathema  maran  atha;  but  it  would  seem  that  a brief  so- 
journer in  this  land  of  prodigies  might  be  permitted  to 
soberly  relate  what  he  saw  and  did  not  see,  and  what  he 
heard  and  did  not  hear,  without  being  metamorphosed 
into  a mediaeval  windmill  to  be  so  furiously  charged  upon 
by  this  doughty  Don  and  his  fleetly  flying  Rosinante  be- 
cause the  geese  he  saw  were  not  swans,  nor  the  sheep 
armies  with  banners. 

It  may  be  mentioned,  by  the  by,  that  the  orchards, 
groves  and  marginal  growth  along  the  streams  alluded  to 
by  friend  Arefar,  were  invaded  quite  generally,  with  the 
results  stated  as  to  paucity  of  bird  life.  I did  intend  -to 
give  California  credit  for  a couple  of  shrikes  that  were 
omitted  from  the  former  enumeration  of  birds  seen,  but 
feel  now  inclined  to  withhold  them,  as  there  was  some 
doubt  about  their  identification,  anyway. 

Jesting  and  badinage  aside,  Arefar’s  communication 
was  both  amusing  and  entertaining,  and  I am  obliged  for 
the  information  he  gives  about  the  fly-catcher  that  was 
strange  to  my  eyes.  The  jay  birds  seen  were  only  two  in 
number,  and  only  a flitting  glimpse  was  seen  of  them. 
They  appeared  not  to  have  the  bright  hues  of  the  eastern 
bird,  and  no  white  was  displayed  to  view.  As  I went 
neither  into  the  big  tree  forests  nor  mountain  canons,  and 
was  never  in  California  in  the  spring  time,  there  is  no 
ground  to  question  the  claims  for  those  regions  and  that 
season,  nor  any  inclination  to  do  so. 

And  now  comes  friend  Cristadoro,  who  has  been  trying 
to  inveigle  me  into  that  interminable  sleeping  duck  con- 
troversy by  combining  the  Limburger  proposition  as  a 
side  issue.  I beg  to  be  excused  from  embarking  upon  this 
sea  of  much  troubled  waters.  Sleeping  ducks  and  sleeping 
Limburger  are  not  to  be  awakened  by  me.  I prefer  to 
shoot  them  both  on  the  log.  Coahoma. 


A Useful  Dog  on  the  Farm. 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

Noticing  an  article  in  an  October  number  of  Forest 
and  Stream  on  “Snake  Hunting  Dogs,”  I can  add  to  the 
list  my  English  pointer,  Ben  Whitney.  Ben  was  a per- 
fect dog  in  his  line — on  Missouri  quail.  He  took  up 
snake  hunting  as  a side-line.  No  snake  was  ever  shrewd 
enough  to  fasten  his  fangs  in  Ben’s  silky  coat.  His 
methods  of  snake  hunting  were  very  intelligent  and 
original,  inasmuch  as  he  always  looked  to  his  master  to 
dispatch  the  snake.  The  first  snake  Ben  encountered 
was  on  one  bright,  dry  day  in  the  month  of  June.  The 
dog  was  following  me  in  from  plowing,  and  I noticed 
that  a snake  had  crossed  the  path  near  a wooded  hollow 
which  crossed  the  field.  Ben  took  the  scent  and  1 left 
him,  going  on  in  to  dinner.  On  coming  back  to  work,  I 
heard  Ben  barking  little  quick  barks  about  200  yards 
down  the  hollow  from  where  the  snake  had  crossed  the 
path.  I tied  my  team  to  a near-by  bush  and  went  quickly 
to  the  dog’s  assistance.  When  I first  caught  sight  of  him 
he  was  standing  with  his  nose  high  in  the  air  at  about  a 
half  point,  which  indicated  that  he  had  the  snake  at  a 
stand.  Upon  my  approaching  him  he  began  a series  of 
scientific  evolutions,  which  for  defensive  carefulness  was 
unsurpassed  by  many  of  the  higher  creation.  He  would 
approach,  then  retreat  with  all  the  caution  of  a trained 
soldier.  He  would  not  go  near  the  snake’s  cover  only  up 
against  the  wind.  I was  aware  of  only  one  thing,  that 
the  snake  was  a large  one,  as  I could  tell  by  his  print 
where  he  crossed  the  dusty  path.  The  vegetation  was  so 
dense  I could  not  locate  the  snake.  I could  tell  near 
where  he  was  by  Ben’s  maneuvers.  I got  a long  pole 
and  swung  it  around  over  the  tops  of  the  weeds  and 
grasses,  letting  it  just  hit  the  tops.  Finally,  after  several 
trials,  I struck  a weed  that  touched  the  snake,  which 
revealed  its  identity.  It  seemed  for  a moment  as  if  a 
snaredrum  had  turned  loose  in  that  weed  patch.  I located 
him  by  the  sound  and  soon  despatched  him.  He  had 
eleven  rattles  and  a button,  and  was  of  the  timber 
variety.  Ben  looked  on  quietly,  never  attempting  to  touch 
the  snake,  even  after  it  was  dead.  During  the  summer 
he  located  and  I killed  for  him  eleven  large  rattlers.  His 
performances  were  similar  in  each  instance.  He  would 
take  the  trail  and,  follow  very  carefully  until  he  brought 
them  to  a stand  Then  he  would  notify  me  by  his  little 
quick  barks.  ; J.  Harrington. 

Hampton,  Mo. 


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[Jan.  7,  1905- 


FOREST  AND  STREAM.  . 


[Massachusetts  Association. 

Boston,  Dec.  31. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream:  By  invi- 
tation of  the  Massachusetts  Fish  and  Game  Protective 
Association,  delegates  from  many  sportsmen’s  clubs  and 
other  societies  interested  in  game  protection  met  at  2 
o’clock  last  Thursday  at  the  Copley  Square  Hotel.  Presi- 
dent Hinnian  made  brief  explanation  of  the  purpose  of 
the  meeting,  and  called  attention  to  a circular  on  the 
scarcity  of  game  birds  and  the  need  of  immediate  and 
earnest  work  in  feeding  the  quail  we  now  have,  and  in 
the  work  of  acclimatization  which  the  State  Association 
has  been  prosecuting  for  many  years,  in  particular  that 
of  last  spring  in  liberating  quail.  He  said  that  to  carry 
on  the  work  this  season  to  a degree  commensurate  with 
present  needs  a great  deal  more  money  would  be  required 
than  is  obtained  from  the  small  annual  assessment  of 
$5  each  from  members  of  the  association. 

At  this  point  the  association  meeting  adjourned  to 
7 :30  P.  M.,  and  Mr.  H.  A.  Estabrook,  of  Fitchburg, 
chairman  of  the  central  committee,  was  chosen  to  preside 
over  the  conference.  By  request  of  the  chairman  the 
secretary  presented  a report  reviewing  briefly  the  steps 
taken  in  forming  that  committee  in  January,  1900,  and 
the  legislative  work  accomplished  by  it  during  the  past 
four  years. 

The  first  speaker  was  E.  H.  Lathrop,  Esq.,  formerly  a 
Fish  and  Game  Commisioner  of  Springfield,  who  said 
the  sportsmen  of  his  city  were  in  favor  of  a hunters’ 
license,  the  money  derived  therefrom  to  be  used  exclu- 
sively for  the  betterment  of  game  conditions.  This  plan 
he  said  would  be  in  accord  with  that  adopted  in  some 
thirty-one  States  of  the  Union,  and  in  the  Canadian 
Provinces.  In  his  opinion,  Massachusetts  should  “fall 
in  line”  with  the  others.  Such  a system  was  the 
only  means  of  adequate  protection.  It  is  impossible  to 
get  from  the  Legislature  an  appropriation  sufficient  to 
hire  enough  game  wardens,  and,  in  his  opinion,  men  must 
be  paid  in  order  to  accomplish  anything,  especially  when 
circumstances  are  likely  to  “put  them  up  against  such  a 
proposition  as  two  or  three  Italian  slaughterers  of  song 
birds.”  He  declared  the  planting  of  trout  fry  for  which 
large  sums  had  been  expended  a waste  of  money,  and 
said  that  in  Maine  they  keep  their  fry  until  they  “grow 
to  fingerlings,  and  sometimes  to  twice  that  size,  before 
turning  them  loose.” 

Mr.  E.  Howe  Forbush,  ornithologist  to  the  Board  of 
Agriculture,  urged  the  necessity  of  a-  law  to  stop  the 
spring  shooting  of  wildfowl.  He  also  called  attention  to 
the  disappearance  of  the  curlew  and  golden  plover  from 
the  State,  and  the  scarcity  of  wood  ducks.  The  Italian 
gunners  who,  when  afield,  kill  everything  from  a chick- 
adee to  a hen-hawk,  and  who  hunt  at  all  seasons,  came 
in  for  their  share  of  attention  from  Mr.  Forbush  and 
other  speakers. 

Mr.  IT.  S.  Fay,  of  Marlboro,  argued  that  a license 
might  cause  the  farmers,  ,when  compelled  to  pay  for 
shooting  on  their  own  land,  to  get  back  at  the  sportsmen 
by  posting  it  and  thus  keeping  outsiders  off.  Others 
thought  the  owners  of  land,  considering  a license  sys- 
tem a measure  of  protection,  would  accept  the  situation 
gracefully,  and  would  not  pursue  an  arbitrary  policy  to- 
ward the  hunters. 

Mr.  A.  B.  F.  Kinney,  of  Worcester,  said  there  were  laws 
enough  now  to  protect  our  game  if  they  were  enforced. 
The  State  should  pay  the  money  needed  for  this,  and 
when  it  does  so  the  game  “will  hold  its  own.”  There 
are  now  twenty-five  good  wing  shots  where  there  was 
one  twenty-five  years  ago,  and  if  sportsmen  would  con- 
tent themselves  with  small  bags  “instead  of  gunning  for 
all  they  call  get  in  a day’s  outing,”  there  would  be  more 
game.  Partridges  he  believed  more  plenty  than  last 
year,  but  he  was  sure  the  quail  were  “fading  out.” 

Dr.  J.  A.  Bailey,  of  Arlington,  who  had  acted  as  a 
volunteer  warden,  exhibited  several  song  birds  which  had 
been  killed  by  an  Italian  whom  he  captured  and  who  is 
now  serving  a sentence  of  five  months  in  jail  at  East 
Cambridge. 

Mr.  C.  E.  Wheeler,  of  Lexington,  told  about  a justice 
before  whom  he  brought  an  Italian  whom  he  arrested  for 
killing  two  robins  and  a woodpecker,  who  let  the  offender 
off  with  a fine  of  $5  when  the  penalty  should  have  been 
$10  for  each  bird.  He  said  unpaid  deputies  (those  not  on 
salary)  were  likely  to  become  discouraged  when  judges 
fail  to  follow  the  law  in  imposing  fines. 

Other  speakers  were  Hon.  Moody  Kimball,  of  New- 
buryport,  chairman  of  the  Fish  and  Game  Committee, 
and  Senator  Frank  M.  Chase,  of  Fall  River,  who  said 
he  would  favor  an  appropriation  by  the  Legislature  for 
the  purchase  of  quail. 

Mr.  Fay,  for  the  committee  appointed  to  bring  in  a list 
of  names  to  serve  as  an  executive  committee,  reported 
the  following:  George  M.  Poland,  Esq.,  Wakefield;  H. 

S.  Fay,  Marlboro;  A.  C.  Sylvester,  North  Attleboro ; Dr. 
J.  IT.  Newton,  Greenfield;  H.  E.  Tuck,  Haverhill;  A.  B. 
F.  Kinney,  Worcester;  J.  R.  Reed,  Boston;  J.  T.  Herrick, 
M.D.,  Springfield;  H.  P.  Bryant,  New  Bedford;  Salem 
D.  Charles,  Boston;  Flenry  A.  Estabrook,  Fitchburg; 
Joseph  H.  Wood,  Pittsfield;  Henry  H.  Kimball,  Boston. 

After  a recess  of  half  an  hour,  the  members,  sixty  in 
number,  gathered  around  the  tables.  President  Hinman 
called  for  order  at  8 o’clock,  and  speaking  was  resumed. 
It  was  after  ten  when  Mr.  E.  Harold  Baynes,  the  well- 
known  writer  on  natural  history  subjects,  elucidated  the 
beautiful  pictures  of  scenes  taken  in  Stoneham  and  the 
Fells  last  winter  while  the  work  of  feeding  birds  was 
being  carried  on  by  the  high  school  boys,  and  which  were 
shown  with  fine  effect  on  the  screen. 

A set  of  resolutions  for  the  saving  of  the  buffalo  from 
extermination,  prepared  by  Mr.  Baynes,  was  read  by 
Mr.  I.  O.  Converse,  and  was  unanimously  adopted,  and 
a vote  was  passed  that  a copy  be  sent  to  President 
Roosevelt. 


Game  as  "Household  Goods.” 

On  Thursday  Commissioner  Delano1  and  Deputy  Bur- 
ney made  a big  seizure  of  game  which  came  through 
from  Washington  county,  Maine,  in  a freight  car  marked 
“House  furnishings,”  and  billed  to  “Clara  Wilson,”  Bos- 
ton. the  seizure  was  made  under  authority  of  the  Lacey 
law._  1 he  car  contained  12  whole  deer,  four  half  carcasses, 
2 hindquarters  of  moose,  and  187  partridges.  It  is  re- 
ported that  the  name  of  the  shipper  has  been  discovered, 
and  Deputy  Burney  told  your  correspondent  yesterday 
that  there  is  not  much  doubt  who  “Clara  Wilson”  is.  He 
says  “she  wears  a beard.”  The  goods  have  been  placed 
m cold  storage  to-  await  further  developments. 

This  shipment  is  likely  to  be  made  an  “object-lesson” 
by  the  Maine  Commission  to  show  the  grangers  what 
would  happen  on  a large  scale  if  their  theories  were  car- 
ried out.  I learn  that  in  their  report  the  commissioners 
urge  that  market-hunting  must  be  discouraged  in  every 
possible  manner.  Chairman  Carleton  says : “The  Boston 
market  has  not  in  years  been  so  supplied  with  our  moose, 
deer  and  birds  as  this  year.”  He  attributes  this  to  the 
dropping  out  by  the  revision  committee  of  the  law  giving 
the  right  of  search  and  seizure  without  a warrant  and  the 
taking  to  Boston  of  game  by  the  person  who  has  killed  it. 
He  suggests  a fee  of  $5  for  hunting  game  birds  in  Sep- 
tember, and  plover  in  August,  and  $15  for  hunting  birds 
and  game  in  October  and  November;  those  having  paid 
$5  for  earlier  shooting  to  be  let  off  by  paying  $10  addi- 
tional for  October  and  November,  the  licensee  to  be 
allowed  to  take  home  ten  partridges,  ducks  or  other  game 
birds.  He  also  recommends  striking  off  from  the  open 
season  the  fifteen,  days  of  December,  and  that  only  one  of 
the  two  deer  a person  may  kill  shall  be  a doe.  He  would 
also  prohibit  the  carrying  of  guns  into  the  woods  in  close 
season. 

The  last  named  provision  might  lead  to  a profitable 
side  business  for  proprietors  of  camps  in  loaning  guns  to 
guests  during  their  stay  for  a reasonable  compensation, 
to  be  used  in  target  practice,  a favorite  recreation  with 
many  visitors  in  the  close  season  especially. 

Central. 


Report  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Massachusetts  Central  Commit- 
tee for  Protection  of  Fish  and  Game,  submitted  to  the  Conference 
of  Sportsmen’s  Clubs  at  the  Copley  Square  Hotel,  on  Thursday, 
Dec.  29,  1904,  by  request  of  the  Chairman,  H.  A.  Estabrook,  of 
Fitchburg. 

Your  chairman  is  of  the  opinion  that  a brief  outline 
of  the  steps  taken  in  forming  the  Central  Committee 
and  of  its  work  up  to  the  present  time,  will  be  of  in- 
terest to  those  present. 

The  first  step  was  the  vote  of  the  State  Association 
in  March,  1898,  “That  the  secretary  correspond  with 
the  officers  of  sportsmen’s  and . farmers’  clubs  of  the 
State,  and  invite  them  to  meet  us  in  convention  to  dis- 
cuss changes  in  game  laws,  etc.” 

Only  about  a dozen  clubs  responded  and  sent  dele- 
gates who  met  with  the  officers  of  the  Massachusetts 
Fish  and  Game  Protective  Association  on  Nov.  16,  1898. 
Though  few  in  numbers,  the  meeting  was  characterized 
by  much  enthusiasm.  Prominent  among  the  speakers 
was  Prof.  Wm.  IT.  Niles,  president  of  the  Appalachian 
Mountain  Club,  who  assured  those  present  that  the 
1,000  members  of  that  organization  were  a unit  in 
favor  of  the  purposes  and  work  of  the  State  Association. 
Mr.  Geo.  H.  MacKay  spoke  for  the  Ornithologists’ 
Union.  The  late  Wm.  B.  Phinney,  of  Lynn,  and  Dr. 
C.  H.  Raymond,  of  Rehoboth,  also  spoke  in  favor  of 
more  stringent  legislation  and  a rigid  enforcement  of 
game  laws.  This  meeting  was  followed  by  one  called 
by  the  Fish  and  Game  Commission  the  following 
autumn. 

Meantime  the  activity  of  the  association  had  led  to  an 
extensive  correspondence  from  interested  persons  all  over 
the  State,  and  when  an  invitation  was  sent  out  for  its 
second  convention,  it  met  with  a hearty  response.  This 
was  held  at  the  Copley  Square  Hotel  on  the  afternoon 
of  Dec.  14,  1899.  Delegates  attended  from  some  thirty 
game  protective  associations  and  sportsmen’s  clubs,  from 
several  farmers’  clubs,  and  from  many  societies  not  de- 
voted to  . field  sports,  such  as  the  Massachusetts  State 
Board  of  Trade,  Massachusetts  Horticultural  Society, 
Massachusetts  Board  of  Agriculture,  Massachusetts 
Board  of  Education,  Massachusetts  Forestry  Association, 
The  New  England  Agricultural  Society,  etc. 

The  speaking  occupied  the  entire  afternoon,  and  was 
continued  after  the  cfinner  to  a late  hour  in  the  evening. 
A committee  which  sat  during  the  recess  reported : 

1.  In  favor  of  the  selection  of  a central  committee. 

2.  That  the  open  season  for  upland  shooting  be  from 
October  1 to  December  1. 

3.  That  the  sale  of  game  birds  be  prohibited. 

4.  That  fishways  be  provided. 

3.  That  the  committee  use  means  to  raise  funds  to 
bring  these  measures  before  the  Legislature  and  secure 
their  passage. 

On  January  4,  pursuant  to  notice,  the  delegates  met 
and  selected  an  executive  committee  of  twelve  members, 
with  Mr.  A.  B.  F.  Kinney  as  chairman. 

At  a meeting  of  the  Massachusetts  Fish  and  Game 
Protective  Association,  January  10,  a resolution  was 
adopted  as  follows : 

“That  this  association  call  upon  our  Senators  and 
Representatives,  and  we  do  hereby  call  on  them,  to  pass 
more  restrictive  laws  for  the  greater  protection  of  our 
game  birds  before  it  is  too  late  and  the  game  of  the 
State  becomes  exterminated.”  It  was  voted  that  the  • 
secretary  send  a copy  of  the  resolution  to  each  member 
of  the  Legislature.  The  market  men  took  alarm,  and  re- 
quested a conference  with  the  committee,  which  resulted 
in  an  agreement  on  Their  part  not  to  oppose  the  prohibi- 
tion of  the  sale  of  woodcock  and  partridges,  but  after  a 
protracted  hearing  by  the  Fish  and  Game  Committee,  am 


adverse  report  was  submitted  to  the  house.  The  follow- 
ing week,  on  motion  of  Representative  Hancock,  of 
Brockton,  the  report  was  referred  back  to  the  committee, 
where,  by  the  skillful  tactics  of  Representative  Harry  D. 
Hunt  and  others,  a favorable  report  was  secured,  but 
with  a time  limit  of  three  years.  Even  then  the  contest 
was  but  just  begun,  the  hardest  battle  of  all  being  waged 
against  us  by  the  Senate  chairman,  Mr.  Leach,  of  Rayn- 
ham,  who  fought  it  at  every  stage,  and  only  lacked  one 
or  two  votes  of  killing  the  bill. 

At  the  expiration  of  the  three  years,  by  reason  of  in- 
creased unanimity  on  the  part  of  the  sportsmen,  and  be- 
cause the  Committee  on  Fish  and  Game  was  more  favor- 
able to  sportsmen’s  interests,  the  contest  for  making  the 
law  permanent  was  not  so  severe.  Under  the  leadership 
of  Chairman  Estabrook,  a large  number  of  witnesses  gave 
their  testimony  in  favor  of  the  bill,  and  when  the  call 
came  for  remonstrants,  no  one  arose. 

A favorable  report  of  the  committee  was  received  with- 
out serious  opposition  in  the  House  or  Senate. 

Your  committee  had  very  little  difficulty  in  securing  an 
extension  of  five  years  for  the  law  prohibiting  the  killing 
of  deer,  and,  as  you  all  know,  we  extended  our  aid  in 
securing  a “right  of  search  bill” — such  as  it  is. 

In  conclusion,  permit  me  to  say,  I believe,  that,  aside 
from  the  legislative  work  accomplished,  there  have  been 
derived  other  benefits  from  the  union  of  effort  on  the 
part  of  sportsmen  and  others  interested  in  our  cause. 

Men  from  different  parts  of  the  State  have  come  to 
understand  each  other  better  on  more  intimate 
acquaintance. 

Sectional  barriers  have  been  removed. 

There  has  been  developed  a higher  regard  for  the  views 
and  opinions  of  those  not  dwelling  in  our  immediate 
neighborhood  which  will  strengthen  the  ties  of  friendship 
and  help  to  bind  us  together  in  the  common  brotherhood 
of  true  sportsmanship. 

Respectfully  submitted,  Henry  H.  Kimball, 

Secretary  Massachusetts  Central  Committee  for  Protec- 
tion of  Fish  and  Game. 


Minnesota  Non-Residents* 

From  the  Pioneer  Press. 

A State  law  making  it  manslaughter  in  the  first  de- 
gree for  a hunter  to  kill  a man,  mistaking  him  for  a 
deer,  is  recommended  by  the  State  Game  and  Fish 
Commission,,  which  adopted  its  annual  report  to  Gov. 
S.  R.  Van  Sant  yesterday,  reports  the  St.  Paul  Pioneer 
Press.  The  report  calls  attention  to  the  large  num- 
ber of  deaths  each  year  resulting  from  the  careless- 
ness of  hunters,  and  expresses  the  opinion  that  a law 
of  this  kind  would  reduce  the  number  of  such  acci- 
dents to  a minimum. 

“The  public  is  Jmcoming  aroused  because  of  the 
deaths  from  accidents  by  careless  hunters,”  says  the 
report.  “While  Minnesota  has  fared  well  as  com- 
pared with  some  of  her  sister  States,  still  the  accidents 
are  altogether  too  numerous,  and  our  board  is  of  the 
opinion  that  a lav/  ought  to  be  passed  making  it  a 
penitentiary  offense,  manslaughter  in  the  first  degree, 
for  one 'man  to  kill  another  in  the  woods,  mistaking 
him  for  a deer,  and  that  the  defense  that  such  killing 
was  an  accident  ought  not  to  be  considered  in  the 
trial. 

“While  we  do  not  believe  this  would  prevent  acci- 
dents altogether,  it  would  help  immensely.  As  long 
as  we  have  with  us  the  fool  who  will  for  fun  (as  he 
calls  it)  point  a loaded  gun  at  a man’s  head,  just  to 
see  him  jump,  just  so  long  will  we  have  accidents  in 
the  woods,  when  such  fellows  can  demand  a license 
from  the  county  auditor  of  his  county.  Until  we  do 
something  to  improve  the  human  race,  the  plac- 
ing in  such  men’s  hands  of  firearms  will  always  be  a 
mistake,  but  we  do  not  know  how  to  stop  this. 

“We  believe,  however,  that  while  a different  law 
ought  to  be  passed,  the  newspapers  throughout  the 
State  can  do  a great  deal  of  good  by  keeping  up  the 
agitation  and  warning  men  to  be  absolutely  sure  be- 
fore they  shoot,  that  they  know  that  the  object  they 
are  shooting  at  is  a wild  animal.” 

One  of  the  most  sweeping  recommendations  made 
by  the  Commission  is  that  no  non-resident  be  al- 
lowed to  hunt  in  Minnesota.  Such  a prohibition  is 
necessary,  the  Commissioners  say,  to  protect  the  game 
of  the  State.  They  say  many  non-residents  come  to 
Minnesota  to  kill  game  for  the  purpose  of  selling  it 
in  other  States.  The  State  law  prohibits  the  selling 
of  game  in  Minnesota,  but  there  is  no  way  of  prevent- 
ing non-residents  from  selling  game  in  other  States, 
except  by  arresting  the  offenders  if  they  again  visit 
Minnesota. 

“This  is  a very  far-reaching  recommendation,  and 
-there  would  undoubtedly  be  some  complaint  if  such 
a law  were  passed,”  said  Executive  Agent  S.  F.  Ful- 
lerton; “but  we  do  not  see  how  we  can  prevent  the 
selling  of  game  in  other . States  in  any  other  way. 
Many  non-residents  who.  are  allowed  to  hunt  in  Min- 
nesota abuse  their  privilege,  and  the  only  way  is  to 
take  it  away  from  them.”  ^ 

The  Commission  recommends  a general  license  law, 
requiring  residents  of  Minnesota,  as  well  as  non- 
residents, to  secure  licenses  to  hunt  big  and  small 
Tgame.  At  present  residents  need  no  license  to  hunt 
small  game.  The  non-resident  license  for  small  game 
is  $10,  and  for  big  game,.  $25.  It.  is  proposed  to -adopt 
a $1  resident  license  for  small  game. 

The  . Commissioners  give  four  reasons  for  the  gen- 
eral license:  It  would  add  to  the  revenue  and  make 
the  department  practically  self-sustaining;  such  a law 
would  be  fair,  on  the  general  principle  that  the  man 
who  hunts  should  help  pay  for  the  protection;  it 
would  prevent  non-residents  passing  themselves  off 


Jan.  7,  1905.] 


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as  residents;  under  such  a law  coupons  could  be  at- 
tached to  each  license  allowing  hunters  to  ship  their 
game  home. 

“A  general  license  law  would  be  of  great  assistance 
in  increasing  our  revenue,”  said  Mr.  Fullerton,  in  ex- 
planation of  the  recommendation.  “The  Wisconsin 
department  is  self-sustaining,  largely  because  of  such 
a law.” 

It,  is  further  recommended  that  the  number  of  ani- 
mals each  hunter  is  allowed  to  kill  be  reduced  as 
follows:  Deer,  from  three  to  two;  chickens,  quail 

and  partridges,  from  fifty  to  twenty-five;  ducks,  geese 
and  brant,  from  one  hundred  to  fifty.  The  Commis- 
sioners believe  that  if  the  “game  bag”  were  thus  cut 
down,  so-called  market  hunting  would  be  discour- 
aged. 

The  report  deals  with  the  proposed  plan  of  estab- 
lishing a closed  season  for  deer  and  moose,  and  the 
commissioners  express  the  opinion  that  this  is  not 
favored  by  citizens  generally,  and  is  not  necessary, 
as  the  supply  of  game  is  increasing  instead  of  decreas- 
ing, and  will  continue  to  increase  as  long  as  there  is 
adequate  protection. 

The  advisability  of  co-operating  with  the  States  of 
the  Northwest  in  an  attempt  to  secure  uniform  laws 
regarding  illegal  fishing  in  boundary  waters,  is  urged. 
The  laws  of  Wisconsin  and  Minnesota,  for  instance, 
are  very  different,  and  considerable  friction  has  arisen 
as  a result  of  illegal  fishing  in  Lake  Pepin.  South 
Dakota  and  Minnesota  have  had  the  same  difficulty 
in  dealing  with  illegal  fishing  in  Big  Stone  Lake.  The 
proposed  uniform  laws  will  be  recommended  by  Gov. 
Herried,  of  South  Dakota,  in  his  annual  message  to 
the  Legislature  of  that  State. 

Last  year  was  one  of  the  most  prosperous  in  the 
history  of  the  Commission.  There  were  256  arrests, 
and  the  percentage  of  convictions  was  exceptionally 
large,  about  81  per  cent.  Fines  collected  amounted 
to  $3,789.10,  with  one  $20,000  fine  pending.  The  jail 
sentences  aggregate  1,195  days.  There  were  50,000 
feet  of  nets  confiscated,  from  the  small  hoop  net  to  the 
large  seine.  Over  70,000,000  fry  were  distributed,  as 
follows:  Wall-eyed  pike,  67,000,000;  trout,  4,310,000; 

bass  and  crappie,  1,806,000. 

The  construction  of  the  new  hatchery  at  Glenwood 
is  reviewed,  and  the  Commission  asks  for  a car  in 
which  to  transport  fish. 

“It  makes  every  sportsman  in  Minnesota  blush  when 
he  recalls  that  Minnesota  had  to  ask  Pennsylvania 
for  its  car  to  transport  the  Minnesota  exhibit  to  the 
St.  Louis  World’s  Fair,”  say  the  Commissioners. 


The  Hunting  Instinct  Uncontrolled. 

The  mishap  that  befel  Colonel  Colin  Harding  near 
Kalomo  in  Barotseland,  is  one  that  will  gain  for  him 
the  sincere  sympathy  of  all  sportsmen.  From  the 
somewhat  meager  account  sent  by  Reuter’s  agency  it 
appears  that  Colonel  Harding  while  driving  about  two 
miles  from  camp  encountered  a troop  of  seven  lions 
on  the  road;  and  having  his  rifle  at  hand,  stopped  the 
vehicle  and  fired,  wounding  one  of  the  lions  severely — 
fatally,  as  it  afterward  transpired.  Having  fired,  he  left 
his  cart  and  followed  what  he  believed  to  be  the 
wounded  lion  into  some  long  grass  wherein  it  would 
seem  the  whole  troop  had  sought  cover,  and  catching 
sight  of  an  animal  he  supposed  to  be  his  quarry,  fired 
two  more  shots  at  it.  This  latter,  however,  was  another 
of  the  troop.  The  lion  which  had  been  wounded  on 
the  road  was  lying  hidden  within  ten  yards  of  Colonel 
Harding  when  he  entered  the  grass  and  fired  the  second 
time,  and  no  sooner  had  he  discharged  his  rifle  than 
the  brute  first  wounded  charged  and  felled  him,  and 
mauled  him  very  seriously.  Under  the  circumstances 
Colonel  Harding  must  be  warmly  congratulated  on 
having  escaped  with  his  life.  The  unfortunate  incident 
no  doubt  offers  an  excellent  text  whence  to  point  the 
much-taught  maxim  anent  the  following  of  a danger- 
ous animal  wounded  into  cover,  but  that  is  not  the 
view  that  presents  itself  most  prominently  to  us.  Given 
such  an  opportunity  as  this,  a troop  of  seven  lions 
within  shot  and  a loaded  rifle  at  hand,  how  many  sports- 
men would  pause  to  weigh  the  consequences  of  opening- 
attack?  Careful  deliberation  would  perhaps  indicate 
the  wisdom  of  leaving  so  strong  a party  alone;  but  in 
the  big-game  shooting  there  is  not  often  time  to  de- 
liberate. The  Shikari  who  would  score  success  must 
take  his  chance  as  it  comes  and  calculate  possibilities 
afterward.  So  it  was  in  this  case;  the  lions  seemingly 
appeared  on  the  road  which  ran  through  long  grass 
jungle  and  probably  paused  for  a moment  or  two  to 
stare  at  the  apparition  rattling  along  toward  them. 
Colonel  Harding’s  choice  was  “now  or  never,”  and  he 
did  what  nine  men  out  of  ten  would  have  done:  snatched 
up  his  rifle,  stopped  the  cart,  selected  his  lion  and  fired. 
Had  he  been  fortunate  enough  to  drop  the  animal 
where  he  stood  the  business  would  no  doubt  have  ended 
there.  Lions  are  courageous  -enough  by  night,  but  we 
do  not  think  there  is  any  record  of  a troop  of  un- 
wounded lions  attacking  a white  man  by  daylight. 

During  the  construction  of  the  Uganda  Railway  it 
will  be  remembered  that  the  lions  became  s©  audacious 
as  to  seriously  handicap  the  contractors  in  keeping  their 
labor;  but  their  depredations,  unless  memory  plays  us 
false,  always  occurred  in  the  darkness  of  night  and 
never  while  daylight  lasted.  There  was  accordingly 
nothing  foolhardy  in  taking  the  chance  under  these 
circumstances.  Were  leonine  nature  such  that  a shot 
fired  at  one  of  a troop  would  bring  upon  the  sports- 
man a unanimous  charge  of  the  whole  crowd  the  case 
would  be  very  different.  One  man  with  a rifle  would 
have  small  prospect  of  emerging  with  life  from  attack 
by  seven  lions;  and  however  ready  the  rash  individual 
might  be  to  throw  away  his  own  life,  he  would  have  no 
business  whatever  to  throw  away  that  of  his  servants, 
who  must  inevitably  share  his  fate.  The  lions  in  the 
present  instance  were  true  to  their  traditions;  they  at 
once  left  . the  road  and.  having  ensconced  themselves  in 
safe  cover,  stopped  to  await  developments.  Then,  we 
will  not  pretend  to  object,  was  the  time  for  deliberation, 
and  all  the  more  careful  deliberation  because  the 
Wounded  lion  was  not  alone;  The  mistake  which  cost 
Colonel  Harding  serious  injuries  was  one  which  any 
man  might  have  made  once  he  took  his  life  in  his  hand 


and  followed  the  lions  into  ground  which  was  all  in 
their  favor  and_  against  him.  Knowing  his  quarry  to  be 
hard  hit,  he  might  well  suppose  that  it  would  lag  be- 
hind the  rest,  and  it  was  natural  enough  to  assume  that 
the  first  one  he  saw  was  that  which  he  sought  to  give 
its  coup  de  grace.  There  is  something  essentially  re- 
pugnant to  the  feelings  in  criticising  from  the  arm- 
chair the  degree  of  rashness  which  may  characterize 
the  act  of  a brave  man,  and  we  do  not  propose  to 
pursue  the  point.  The  alternative  to  following  up  the 
quarry  was  to  leave  the  stricken  beast  wounded,  and 
that  is  not  a course  which  any  right-thinking  sportsman 
adopts  without  much  hesitation. 

It  is,  of  course,  open  to  the  theorist  to  say  that  it 
is  not  playing  the  game  to  fire  at  a dangerous  animal  , 
unless  the  sportsman  can  either  make  certain  of  killing 
it  dead  in  its  tracks  or  is  certain  that  he  can  follow  it 
up  if  wounded  and  bring  it  down.  In  theory  this  is 
quite  right  and  proper,  but  theory,  as  so  often  happens, 
does  not  apply  very  well,  to  practice;  and  were  every 
man  to  stay  his  hand  in  the  presence  of  dangerous  game 
because  he  recognized  that  there  was  a chance  of  the 
animal  getting  away  there  would  be  few  skins  and 
skulls  wherewith  to  adorn  the  bungalow.  To  assert 
that  a shot  should  never  be  fired  unless  the  sportsman 
were  certain  of  killing  or  of  ultimately  killing  his  game 
is  manifestly  ridiculous,  as  it  supposes  the  possibility  of 
certainty  in  the  most  uncertain  of  human  affairs.  Let 
there  be  a reasonable  prospect  of  killing  or,  at  least, 
let  us  put  it,  a reasonable  prospect  of  not  losing  the 
quarry  in  a wounded  condition,  and  that  is  as  much  as 
any  one  has  the  right  to  ask.  Apart  from  this,  allow- 
ances must  be  made  for  the  natural  impulse  of  man  in 
the  presence  of  dangerous  game;  his  instinct  is  the  in- 
stinct of  the  Old  Adam,  or  the  primitive  man,  to  kill. 
The  hunting  instinct  is  too  deeply  implanted  in  man  to 
be  atrophied  by  a century  or  two  of  civilization;  a few 
months  in  the  wilds  will  convince  any  man,  however 
delicately  reared,  however  artificial  the  precedent  con- 
ditions of  his  existence,  that  he  himself  is  a predatory 
animal.  Soldiers,  who  have  seen  service,  have  said 
that  the  ease  with  which  they  became  accustomed  to 
painful  sights  and  sounds,  which  would  have  made 
them  literally  sick  amid  civilized  surroundings,  sur- 
prised them.  The  fortitude  with  which  these  things 
are  endured  after  brief  apprenticeships,  merely  prove 
the  existence,  below  the  veneer  of  twentieth  century 
life,  of  the  instincts  of  the  Stone  Age.  It  is  that  in- 
stinct which  prompts  the  sportsman  to  use  his  rifle  on 
dangerous  game  without  pausing  to  reckon  up  the 
chances  to  himself  or  to  his  quarry.  We  say  “to  him- 
self” advisedly,  for  his  own  safety  is  a factor  which 
does  not  enter  into  his  mind  at  all  under  such  circum- 
stances; his  whole  mental  being  is  concentrated  for  the 
moment  on  the  business  in  hand;  it  may  be  said  to  lie 
behind  the  sights  of  his  rifle.  Hence  it  comes  that  we 
have  from  time  to  time  the  sad  office  of  recording  fatal 
mishaps  brought  about  by  following  wounded  animals 
into  cover.  The  man  feels  certain  that  the  game  is  his 
and  fails  to  allow  for  the  extraordinary  vitality  of  the 
great  cats.  To  put  the  accepted  maxim  in  another  way 
the  sportsman  should  exercise  self-control  and  remem- 
ber that  he,  even  with  the  best  and  most  reliable 
Weapon  made,  is  the  weaker  animal  of  the  two  when 
the  surroundings  favor  the  lion  or  tiger;  and  being  the 
weaker  he  should  exercise  the  discretion  which  becomes 
the  weaker  but  more  intelligent. — The  Asian,  Calcutta. 


Duck  Shooting  in  the  Pond  Holes4 

Closely  similar  to  the  shooting  in  the  southern  wild 
rice  fields,  is  that  still  practiced  at  a few  points  on  the 
Atlantic  Coast  in  the  fresh- water  pond  holes,  to  which 
the  black  ducks  and  some  other  species  of  non-diving 
ducks  resort  at  night  or  in  stormy  weather  when  wind 
and  rain  drive  them  from  the  open  broad  waters  where 
they  spend  much  of  the  day  to  the  shelter  of  the  fresh- 
water pools.  One  of  the  places  where  many  years  ago 
this  form  of  shooting  was  practiced  with  remarkable  suc- 
cess, was  Parmore’s  Beach,  on  the  coast  of  Virginia,  a 
wild  and  lonely  strip  of  sand  lying  between  the  Atlantic 
Ocean  and  the  marshes  that  bordered  the  main  land.  How 
this  shooting  was  practiced  is  well  described  in  the  fol- 
lowing account  written  by  the  late  Frank  Satterthwaite. 
Mr.  Satterthwaite  was  the  discoverer  of  the  shooting 
possibilities  of  the  island,  and  for  years  he  had  it  all  to 
himself,  enjoying  extraordinary  shooting  there.  The  ac- 
count, which  was  published  in  the  Forest  and  Stream, 
is  as  follows : 

“If  a man  of  property,  a dozen  years  ago,  had  made  a 
specialty  of  investing  his  money  in  the  natural  ducking 
grounds  along  the  sea  coast  of  Maryland,  Virginia,  North 
and  South  Carolina,  what  a fortune  he  could  have  made 
by  this  time  by  disposing  of  his  shores  to  shooting  or- 
ganizations. I know  of  an  island  off  the  coast  of  Vir- 
ginia that  could  have  been  purchased  in  those  days  for 
$7,000.  It  is  sveen  miles  long  and  several  miles  wide. 
In  a direct  line  it  is  about  six  miles  from  the  mainland. 
When  I first  visited  it  there  was  but  one  house  on  the 
island,  approachable  only  at  high  tide  by  a muddy  creek. 
Phis  was  twenty  years  ago.  The  house  consisted  of  two 
spliced-together  cabins  off  wrecks,  and  the  door  was  as 
hard  to  find  as  the  bower  in  the  Rosamond  puzzle.  The 
occupant  was  a long,  lanky,  savage,  senescent  sea  captain. 
He  had  gotten  into  trouble  and  was  on  the  dry-dock,  so 
to  speak,  in  unquestionable  seclusion.  He,  being  a 
widower,  there  was  no  grown  female  to  make  one  feel 
uncomfortable  on  the  island,  but  the  old  salt’s  little 
daughter,  who  looked  as  if  she  never  had  her  hair  brushed 
in  her  life,  lived  in  one  of  the  lockers,  only  coming  out 
periodically  to  roast  black  ducks  and  geese,  and  play 
dominoes  with  her  ‘dad’  with  a broken  set  kept  in  an  old 
shot  bag.  Having  been  the  sole  proprietor  of  the  ship- 
wreck which  cast  me  on  the  bleak  shores  alone,  the  cold 
made  me  muster  up  courage  to  approach  the  stronghold 
of  the  man  with  a dead  bad  record.  My  reception  was 
simply  diabolical.  The  old  cuss  grunted  worse  than  the 
biggest  wild  hog  on  the  island,  and  that  weighed  over 
four  hundred.  He  declined  to  let  me  in.  The  efficacy  of 
prayer  on  prayer  on  this  occasion  was  a dead  failure,  so 
I played  Jameson’s  Irish  whiskey,  in  an  imperial  quart 
bottle,  instead,  and  made  a winning  from  the  start, 

‘T  lived  on  the  island  ten  days,  and  during  that  time 


enjoyed  the  best  black  duck  shooting  I ever  heard  of. 
The  center  of  the  island  was  covered  in  those  days  with 
a heavy  growth  of  red  cedar.  This  was  traversed  by  a 
narrow  glade — a series  of  shallow  fresh-water  ponds 
about  as  wide  as  Broadway — in  which  grew  an  abundance 
of  duck  grass.  When  the  northeast  wind  would  blow, 
and  rain  and  sleet  pelted  down,  the  ducks  on  the  vast 
Broadwaters  would  seek  the  glade  for  shelter.  Standing 
shivering  under  a red  cedar  snag,  I,  with  an  old  muzzle- 
loader,  killed  as  many  ducks  as  the  law  allowed.  I am 
not  bragging  about  my  shooting ; anyone  could  have 
done,  the  same.  The  ducks  simply  hovered  thirty  or  forty 
feet  in  front  of  me,  and  were  very  gentle.  The  trick  of 
the  whole  thing  was  in  knowing  how  to  handle  the  birds, 
and  by  refraining  from  shooting  into  the  flocks.  I got 
the  tip  about  these  ducks  from  an  old  shooting  friend,  a 
blockade  runner  in  war  times,  who  used  to  hide  his  boat 
up  the  muddy  creek.  He  told  me  that  it  nearly  made  him 
crazy  to  see  the  ducks  go  boiling  into  the  glade,  and 
from  fear  of  discovery  be  afraid  to  fire  a gun. 

“I  shot  on  the  island  four  winters.  What  was  rather 
strange,  a half  dozen  very  well  known  New  Yorkers  were 
at  the  same  time  shooting  quail  and  fowl  not  eight  miles 
away;  often  they  gunned  for  geese  under  the  lee  of  the 
south  end  of  the  island,  yet  not  one  of  them  or  their 
men  ever  located  the  ducks  settling  in  the  island  ponds. 

I systematized  my  secret  down  to  a fine  point,  and  only 
shot  in  the  wildest  kind  of  weather  for  fear  of  being 
heard.  I baited  the  ponds  with  corn  and  cabbage,  the  latter 
for  the  geese,  and  only  shot  two  or  three  times  a week. 
There  were  some  big  salt  ponds  at  the  north  end  of  the 
island  which  afforded  fair  goose  shooting,  and  when  not 
after  fowl  I used  to  go  hog  hunting  with  the  Captain. 

“The  island  was  overrun  with  hogs,  which  for  forty 
years  had  been  the  masters  of  the  situation.  As  cold 
weather  approached  they  became  aggressive,  and  the  Cap- 
tain never  ventured  far  from  home  without  carrying  his 
long  muzzleloader  charged  with  ball  and  buckshot.  I 
was  duck  shooting  one  morning  in  the  glade  not  far  from 
the  house,  when  I heard  the  report  of  my  host’s  gun, 
and  then  saw  him  coming  toward  me  at  the  top  of  his 
speed.  Close  behind  him  was  a huge  boar  covered  with 
froth  and  blood  in  full  pursuit.  I had  never  seen  any- 
one run  so  fast  before  in  my  life,  except  the  long-legged 
Captain  the  night  he  saw  the  ghost  of  an  old  sailor  walk 
out  of  the  surf,  climb  upon  a sandhill,  make  a fire  and  sit 
down  to  dry  himself.  That  night  he  came  home  on  a 
dead  run,  and  this  time  he  was  even  lowering  his  pre- 
vious record.  The  two  loads  of  duck  shot  I sent  into  the 
brute  only  tended  to  madden  him  the  more;  he  had  just 
overhauled  his  victim,  when  the  Captain  seized  a low 
overhanging  limb  and  swung,  himself  up  clear  of  the 
ground;  but  as  the  boar  passed  under,  with  one  of  his 
long  curved  tusks  he  ripped  the  Captain’s  leg  open  from 
knee  to  ankle.  He  had  just  managed  to  save  his  bacon, 
but  he  was  lamed  for  life.  The  boar  halted  for  a second, 
and  then  went  dashing  into  the  woods.  The  shooting  on 
the  island  is  now  a thing  of  the  past.  A fish  factory 
grinds  away  where  the  geese  used  to  honk.  The  woods 
are  cut  down  and  the  ponds  in  the  glade  have  long  since 
been  filled  up  with  drifted  sand  from  the  beach.  Yet 
what  a place  it  would  have  been  to  organize  a club.” 


Deer  Clubbers  Fined* 

The  Newburgh  (N.  Y.)  Journal  reports:  “Two 

Rockland  county  men  who  brutally  clubbed  a deer  to 
death  have  just  paid  over  to  the  State  Game  Com- 
mission a fine  of  $100  for  violation  of  the  game  laws. 

“On  Dec.  13  last,  at  about  noon,  a handsome  buck 
with  spreading  antlers  came  down  out  of  the  moun- 
tains in  the  neighborhood  of  Jones’  Point,  crossed  the 
railroad  tracks,  plunged  into  the  river,  and  started  to 
swim  to  the  other  shore.  A man  named  Abram 
Lent  saw  the  animal  take  to  the  water,  and  his  first 
impulse  was  to  kill  the  beast.  He  and  a friend  se- 
cured a rowboat  and  set  out  after  the  deer.  The  an- 
imal was  swimming  rapidly  and  had  almost  reached 
the  east  shore,  when  the  boat  overtook  it.  With 
clubs  the  two  men  cruelly  and  brutally  hammered  the 
poor  beast  to  death.  They  pounded  it  over  the  head 
until  they  had  smashed  its  antlers  to  pieces.  When 
life  was  extinct,  they  drew  the  carcass  into  the  boat 
and  took  it  ashore,  where  they  buried  it  under  a heap 
of  snow. 

“This  happened  about  12:30.  Before  3 o’clock  Wil- 
lett Kidd,  the  Fish  and  Game  Protector,  had  found 
the  deer,  and  had  learned  all  the  facts  about  the 
wanton  slaughter  of  the  animal.  He  had  got  a ‘wire- 
less’ about  the  occurrence,  and  caught  the  pair  with 
the  goods  on  them.  He  told  them  the  penalty,  and 
there  was  nothing  for  them  to  do  but  hand  over  to  the 
Game  Commission  the  sum  of  $100.  This  they  did 
promptly,  and  the  case  was  declared  closed.  The 
deer  was  a handsome  buck,  and  weighed  about  175 
pounds. 

“Suit  has  been  begun  in  the  Supreme  Court  by  C. 
L.  Waring,  as  counsel,  against  Solomon  Barrett,  of 
Putnam  county,  to  recover  a penalty.  Barrett  is 
charged  with  trapping  partridges.  The  complainant 
is  Dr.  Kidd. 

“Complaint  was  made  to  Dr.  Kidd  recently,  against 
Nelson  Smith  and  others  of  Ulster  county  for  illegal 
fishing.  It  was  charged  that  Smith  and  others  drew 
off  the  water  from  a pond  near  Wallkill  and  took  fish 
in  a rack,  The  fish  were  afterward  divided  among 
the  men  who  did  the  work.  This  was  settled  by  the 
offenders  by  the  payment  of  a fine  of  $50  to  the  Com- 
mission.” 


Do  Foxes  Destroy  Many  Quail  or  Partridges. 

The  game  bird  situation  in  Massachusetts  is  very 
serious  at  present,  especially  with  regard  to  quail  and 
partridges,  and  everything  possible  must  be  done  for  their 
better  protection. 

We  would  like  to  have  the  opinion  of  every  sportsman 
in  Massachusetts,  based  upon  actual  experience  or  per- 
sonal observation,  as  to  the  fox  as  a destroyer  of  game 
birds,  and  any  information  on  this  subject  will-  be  greatly 
appreciated  by  the  Massachusetts  Fish  and  Game  Pro= 
tective  Association.  H.  H.  Kimball,  Sec’y. 

Bostow,  Mass, 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


O' an.  7,  190s. 


The  Shiras  Bill. 

State  of  Washington, 

Department  of  Fisheries  and  Game. 

T.  R.  Kershaw, 

State  Fish  Commissioner  and  Game  Warden. 

^ Bellingham,  Wash.,  Dec.  21. — Editor  Forest  and 
Stream : I am  in  receipt  of  your  favor  of  December  9, 

with  inclosed  Federal  bill  for  the  protection  of  game 
throughout  the  United  States  by  the  Honorable  George 
Shiras,  of  Pennsylvania. 

I am  thoroughly  in  accord  with  said  bill,  and  believe 
the  only  efficient  way  to  protecting  our  migratory  birds 
is  by  Federal  enactment.  For  instance,  many  of  the 
States  prohibit  spring  shooting,  such  as  Nebraska, 
Dakota,  Minnesota,  and  Illinois,  surrounding  the  State  of 
Iowa;  but  with  all  the  pressure  that  could  be  brought  to 
bear  upon  the  Legislature  of  that  Sate  last  season,  we 
were  unable  to  get  them  to  enact  a law  to  prevent  spring 
shooting. 

That  State  is  peculiarly  located;  the  rivers  generally 
run  north  and  south,  and  birds  in  the  spring  follow  these 
streams,  traversing  the  entire  State  of  Iowa,  and  protec- 
tion in  the  surrounding  States  is  almost  entirely  useless 
without  the  protection  in  the  State  of  Iowa. 

Hence  I believe  that  the  protection  of  game  can  be  best 
enforced  by  the  enactment  of  Federal  laws  which  will  ap- 
ply to  all  the  States  according  to  the  conditions  therein. 

As  I stated  above,  I am  entirely  in  sympathy  with  the 
bill.  T.  R.  Kershaw. 


Topeka,  Kas.,  Dec.  24. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 
Have  just  returned  from  a five  weeks’  trip  over  north- 
western Kansas,  and  on  reading  up  the  Forest  and 
Streams  that  were  awaiting  me  at  home,  was  greatly 
pleased  to  read  the  full  text  of  the  Shiras  bill  for 
Federal  protection  of  migratory  birds,  and  have  written 
to  three  personal  friends  of  the  Kansas  Congressional 
representation,  urging  their  support  of  the  measure. 
Some  of  your  correspondents  seem  to  be  afraid  that  a 
Federal  license  would  be  illegal  and  an  infringement 
upon  the  reserved  power  of  the  States.  These  same 
questions  were  raised  when,  in  the  internal  revenue  bills, 
the  taxation  of  tobacco  and  malt  and  spirituous  liquors 
was  provided  for,  and  the  dealers  therein  were  required 
to  have  a Government  license. 

Let  all  the  friends  of  game  protection  urge  upon  their 
representatives  in  Congress  the  passage  of  the  law,  and 
trust  to  the  United  States  Supreme  Court  to  sustain  the 
same;  for  unless  some  law  of  this  kind  is  enacted,  even 
those  of  us  who  have  passed  the  50th  milestone  may  see 
the  total  extermination  of  several  if  not  the  majority  of 
the  different  kinds  before  we  pass  over  to  the  Happy 
Hunting  Grounds.  W.  F.  Rightmire. 

The  Audubon  Society  of  North  Carolina, 

1 for  the 

Study  and  Protection  of  Birds  and  the 
Preservation  of  Game. 

Greensboro,  N.  G,  Dec.  17. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 
I approve  most  heartily  of  the  spirit  of  the  proposed 
Federal  legislation  for  the  protection  of  wildfowl  and 
shore  birds.  In  my  opinion,  many  ills  will  be  cured  if 
this  bill  becomes  operative.  T.  Gilbert  Pearson, 

Secretary. 


Sitting  and  Flying. 

St.  Paul,  Dec.  24. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream:  Blunt 
Old  Man  and  others  are  responsible  for  my  butting  in. 
Now,  I have  no  quarrel  with  any  man  who  wishes  to 
shoot  a duck  sitting  on  the  water  if  he  wants  to  do  that 
and  believes  that  that  is  the  proper  thing  to  do;  but 
among  my  shooting  companions  for  the  last  twenty-five 
years,  the  practice  of  shooting  a duck  on  the  water  we 
have  always  left  to  the  pot-hunter,  and  look  down  on  any 
man  who  does  it  as  not  being  a true  sportsman.  I know 
the  fellows  we  have  cleaned  up  in  our  State  as  market- 
hunters  would  always  allow  their  ducks  to  alight  among 
their  decoys  before  shooting.  That  would  surely  increase 
their  bag  and  annihilate  every  duck  before  it  would  get 
out  of  range,  if  they  could  do  so. 

The  claim  made  that  it  is  just  as  bad  for  a man  to 
shoot  into  a flock  of  ducks  when  they  are  coming  over 
decoys  as  it  is  to  shoot  a single  duck  sitting,  is  a practice 
that  we  think  only  the  pot-hunter  and  market-hunter 
indulge  in. 

No  sportsman  will  shoot  at  a flock  of  ducks  unless  he 
singles  out  his  duck,  and  if  by  chance  he  gets  more  than 
the  one  he  shot  at  that  is  perfectly  legitimate,  but  he 
covered  his  duck  in  shooting  and  intended  to  get  that  one, 
and  if  he  got  any  more  all  right. 

In  my  estimation  there  is  only  one  time  when  it  is  per- 
missible to  shoot  a duck  sitting  on  the  water,  and  that 
is  when  the  duck  is  wounded  and  ought  to  be  put  out  of 
misery.  Sam.  F.  Fullerton.  , 


To  Swat  or  Not  to  Swatl  That’s  the  Question. 

Whether  it  is  nobler  to  take  him  on  the  wing  and  per- 
chance miss  him,  or  ignobly  pot  him  as  he  swims  or 
sleeps.  ’Tis  true  in  one  case  we  secure  him  for  the  pot 
and  -fill  our  bellies  with  sweet  meat.  But  conscience 
makes  cowards  of  us  all,  and  when  we  think  of  how  the 
mean  advantage  taken  does  not  our  choler  rise  and  we 
repent  the  scurvy  act?  The  heartache  and  the  thousand 
natural  shocks  that  flesh  is  heir  to  should  come  home  to 
him  who  this  mean  vantage  takes,  say  what  he  will  and 
defend  as  he  may. — A long  way  after  Shakespeare. 

We  are  now  getting  down  to  “special  circumstances” 
as  an  excuse  for  swatting  sleeping  ducks.  And  Lord 
knows  how  easily  these  will  bob  up !— the  circumstances, 
not  the  ducks,  for  they  bob  up  in  another  world.  _ 

In  Mr.  Burroughs’  article  there  were  no  “special  cir- 
cumstances” detailed  as  he  reached  “time  and  again”  for 
his  gun  wherewith  to  swat  the  sleeping  mallards. 

I think  Dixmont  is  in  error,  for  according  to  the 
records  Mr.  Brown  condemned  Mr.  Burroughs,  and  then 
Mr.  Hardy  attacked  Mr.  Brown,  and  now  Mr.  Brown  is 
after  Mr.  Hardy’s  scalp,  and  the  Shiras  bill  under  con- 
sideration, if  it  goes  through,  will  end  this  matter  by 
taking  the  scalp  of  the  swatter,  if  the  game  wardens  are 
alert,  no  matter  how  “secure  his  position  may  be  m the 
sportsman’s  world.” 


I hope  “we  will  never  believe  it  is  honorable”  to  let 
ducks  “huddle  up  and  get  their  heads  together”  and  then 
swat  the  whole  bunch.  When  that  time  comes  we  will 
need  no  Shiras  bill  because  there’ll  be  no  ducks  to  swat. 

Charles  Gristabqro. 


Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

The  comment  of  Blunt  Old  Man  on  the  ways  of  duck 
shooters  has  brought  forward  a great  deal  of  discussion, 
and  a side-light  may  perhaps  be  thrown  on  the  subject 
with  benefit  in  the  following  way: 

Primitive  man,  in  his  pursuits  of  wild  ducks  as  of 
other  wild  game,  sought  them  as  a means  of  subsistence 
and  cared  very  little  about  the  methods  employed;  but 
a change  in  man’s  condition  has  brought  about  a 
change  in  man’s  ideas.  This  change,  however,  has  not 
been  complete.  Have  not  we  all  of  us,  in  common 
with  Blunt  Old  Man,  retained  something  of  the  ideas 
and  methods  of  primitive  man,  and  do  we  not  occas- 
ionally employ  some  of  them,  but  without,  of  course, 
so  bluntly  admitting  it? 

I recall,  many  years  ago,  when  a boy  in  a certain 
part  of  New  England,  I started  with  my  gun  and  a dog — 
older  than  myself  in  sense  and  nearly  as  old  in  years. — 
to  shoot  rail.  The  shooting  locality  lay  at  some  dis- 
tance down  the  river,  and  the  dog  and  myself  took 
passage  on  the  front  platform  of  a bob-tailed  car,  drawn 
by  a single  horse.  I well  remember  asking  the  driver 
what  I should  do  with  the  ten-cent  piece  I had  for 
the  fare,  and  he  said:  “You  can  give  it  to  me.”  I did 
so.  About  half  way  down  we  stopped  to  change  horses, 
and  I noticed  on  starting  again,  that  we  ’had  a new 
driver  and,  looking  back,  I saw  the  former  driver 
coming  out  from  a place  marked  “Sample  Room,” 
stroking  his  mustache  and  looking  for  all  the  world  a 
contented  man. 

Arriving  at  the  shooting  ground,  we  walked  a great 
deal,  and  I talked  a great  deal  more  with  other  shooters, 
until  I began  to  fear  we  would  have  nothing  to  carry 
home,  when,  fortunately,  the  dog  pointed.  I stood  at 
position,  waiting  for  the  bird  to  rise,  but  nothing  rose. 
The  dog  looked  back  at  me.  I was  still  waiting.  Be- 
coming disgusted,  I suppose,  he  suddenly  jumped  for- 
ward, seized  a bird  in  his  mouth,  gave  one  or  two  bites, 
and  brought  it  to  me.  It  was  a rail,  and  the  only  one 
we  saw  that  day  within  shooting  range.  Returning 
home,,  I was  asked,  “What  luck?”  and  I answered, 
“One  rail.” 

Now,  kind  reader,  do  you  suppose  any  one  believed 
I “swatted”  that  rail,  for  of  course  no  one  imagined  the 
dog  did?  Of  course  not!  Wing  shooting  was  the 
proper  thing  and  nobody  suspected  anything  else,  for 
Blunt  Old  Man  had  not  begun  to  write  about  such 
things  in  those  days. 

I recall  also  another  incident,  which  occurred  in  New 
Mexico  many  years  after.  X.  and  I left  the  hotel  to 
go  to  a certain  part  of  the  river,  where  some  one  had 
reported  having  seen  five  black  ducks.  It  was  a cold, 
blustering  day.  Clay  birds  were  plentiful,  but  black 
ducks  were  not,  and,  moreover,  long  waiting  in  the 
wind  was  anything  but  agreeable.  We  carefully  ap- 
proached the  dam,  near  which  we  supposed  the  ducks 
to  be.  The  cold  wind  seemed  to  pass  clear  through  our 
bodies,  for  the  wind  in  such  altitudes  blows  almost  con- 
tinuously as  it  does  on  the  sea,  and  we  aimed  to  make 
our  stalk  as  brief  and  as  successful  as  possible.  Care- 
fully looking  over  the  dam,  we  saw  five  ducks  in  the 
water  some  fifty  yards  away.  Did  we  thrown  up  our 
caps,  wave  our  arms,  and  say  “shoo?”  Not  a bit  of  it! 
We  wanted  to  see  “duck”  on  the  menu,  and  we  wanted 
the  other  members  of  the  club  to  know  that  we  were 
more  than  honorary  members.  Carefully  aiming  at 
the  sitting  ducks,  at  a signal  from  X.,  we  both  fired. 

Three  ducks  rose,  two  of  these  proceeded  but  a short 
distance,  for  a duck,  after  he  has  risen  from  the  water, 
and  before  he  has  shaken  the  water  from  his  wings  and 
gotten  under  headway,  presents  practically  a stationary 
mark.  We  secured  the  four  ducks,  placed  them  on  a 
pole,  and  marched  proudly  back  to  the  hotel.  Did 
any  club  member  suggest  “swatting,”  “potting”  or 
“shooing?”  Club  members  seldom  do.  They  are  too 
wise,  too  diplomatic. 

These  experiences  I have  cited  are  not,  I believe, 
unique.  They  represent  what  takes  place  continually, 
not  by  the  quill  hunters  to  be  sure,  but  by  many 
honored  and  honorable  men.  They  are  the  remnants 
of  the  ideas  and  methods  of  our  savage  forefathers,  and 
they  are  common  to  us  all.  Nor  are  they  necessarily 
objectionable  if  employed  within  reasonable  limits — 
the  limits  to  be  determined  by  circumstances,  such  as 
the  number  of  ducks  available,  the  methods  necessary 
to  approach  them,  etc. 

The  aesthetic  hunter  is  a thing  to  be  admired  and  en- 
couraged; but  that  these  aesthetic  qualities  are  invariably 
utilized  in  the  actual  experiences  of  the  field.  Blunt  Old 
Man  apparently  does  not  believe,  and  his  views  in  this 
respect  coincide  with  those  of  The  Spectator. 


Skunk  Trapping. 

Milford,  Conn.,  Dec.  24. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 
When  the  summer  is  past  and  autumn  has  come,  the 
sportsmen  begin  their  pursuit  of  the  wild  game,  but  there 
are  few  who  think  of  hunting  the  skunk,  one  of  our 
most  beautiful  fur-bearing  animals. 

The  skunk  is  very  abundant  in  many  parts  of  Con- 
necticut, and  is  nowhere  popular.  Skunks  breed  in  early 
summer  and  live  upon  grubs  and  insects,  and  in  late 
summer  they  resort  to  the  farmer’s  fields  of  corn,  of 
which  they  destroy  great  quantities.  They  are  also  very 
troublesome  around  the  poultry  yards,  and  kill  many 
young  chickens. 

Skunks  raise  their  young  and  live  in  old  stone  fences 
until  the  cold  weather  comes,  and  then  they  take  up  their 
homes  in  holes  in  the  ground  dug  by  other  animals.  They 
do  not  make  burrows  for  themselves,  nor  do  they  enlarge 
or  improve  those  that  they  take  possession  of. 

The  trappers  find  these  holes  and  place  in  each  one 
that  is  occupied  a trap,  covered  with  leaves  or  dead  grass 
to  hide  it,  fastening  the  trap  by  a chain  to  a stick  driven 
in  the  ground.  When  the  skunk  attempts  to  go  in  or 
come  out,  he  is  caught  by  the  leg  and  is;  held  there  until 
the  trapper  comes  along  and  kills  him. 

When  caught,  the  skunk  makes  no  effort  to  escape,  A 


string  will  hold  him,  for  he  never  attempts  to  bite  the 
cord,  tile  chain,  or  his  foot.  He  simply  curls  up  and  goes 
to  sleep, 

I have  never  seen  one  caught  by  the  head.  They  are 
always  caught  by  the  front  feet  I kill  my  skunks  by 
shooting  them  in  the  head  with  a .32  caliber  pistol  The 
process  is  entirely  odorless  and  without  trouble. 

The  skin  is  stretched  on  a board  until  dry,  and  is  then 
shipped  and  sold. 

Last  year  I caught  164  skunks,  setting  about  75  or  100 
traps.  This  season  I have  already  caught  more  than  100 
skins. 

Skunks  wholly  black — that  is  without  white  stripe^ — 
bring  $1.75  to  $2  each,  and  those  with  more  white  on 
them  from  $1.30  to  $1.50. 

Skunks  can  be  raised  as  pets.  They  are  very  playful, 
and  in  no  respect  disagreeable.  As  I am  one  of  the 
largest  trappers  in  this  State,  I would  like  some  of  our 
friends  to  know  about  these  animals. 

H.  C.  Hammond. 


New  Birds  and  Mammals. 

Recent  publications  of  the  Proceedings  of  the  Biologi- 
cal Survey  Society,  of  Washington,  contain  descriptions 
of  three  new  squirrels,  one  of  them  a new  flying  squirrel 
from  Mexico,  and  of  four  new  birds  from  Mexico,  by  Mr. 
E.  W.  Nelson. 

Dr.  C.  Hart  Merriam  describes  a new  coyote  ( Cams 
goldmani ) collected  by  Mr.  E.  A.  Goldman  in  southern 
Chiapas  near  the  boundary  of  Guatemala.  It  is  much 
larger  than  any  coyote  heretofore  discovered  in  Mexico. 

From  San  Miguel,  the  most  westerly  of  the  Santa  Bar- 
bara Islands  in  California,  the  Biological  Survey  has  re- 
ceived the  skeleton  of  an  adult  male  sea  otter  killed  July 
3,  1904.  Sea  otters  were  formerly  abundant  on  these 
islands,  but  are  now  exceedingly  rare  and  believed  to  be 
rapidly  approaching  extinction.  When  compared  with 
specimens  from  Behring  Sea,  the  type  locality  of  Latax 
lutris,  the  skull  of  this  specimen  shows  it  to  be  a well 
marked  subspecies,  which  Dr.  Merriam  calls  Latax  lutris 
nereis. 

Many  sportsmen  have  imagined  that  we  had  already 
bears  enough  in  North  America,  but  Dr.  Merriam  has 
just  described  four  more,  two  of  the  Alaska  brown  bear 
type,  one  of  the  grizzly  type,  and  one  black  bear.  Ursus 
culophus  is  the  Admiralty  Island  bear,  very  large  in  size 
and  dark  brown  in  color.  It  is  this  bear,  if  we  recollect 
aright,  that  for  years  had  in  Alaska  a reputation  for  great 
ferocity  on  account  of  an  attack  made  by  one  on  a party 
of  campers,  in  which  several  were  killed  or  severely 
mauled.  Ursus  kenaiensis  comes  from  the  extreme  west 
end  of  the  Kenai  Peninsula,  and  is  a large  bear.  Ursus 
horribilis  phceonyx  is  from  the  interior  of  Alaska,  while 
the  new  black  bear,  Ursus  americanus  eremicus  is  from 
the  Province  of  Coahuila  in  Mexico. 


A Mixed  Assortment. 

On  opening  day,  August  15,  at  Hays  City,  351  miles 
east  from  Denver,  and  in  the  fifth  county  east  of  the 
western  line  of  the  State  of  Kansas,  and  nearly  in  the 
central  part  of  the  wheat  section  of  the  State,  W.  M. 
Applebaugh  and  a friend  went  on  the  quest  for  prairie 
chickens  (pinnated  grouse).  After  securing  nine  birds, 
Mr.  A.’s  Llewellyn  setter  went  down  into  a small  ravine, 
only  to  come  out  of  the  same  with  every  evidence  of 
having  been  not  only  hurried,  but  badly  frightened. 
Thinking  the  dog  had  met  a coyote,  Mr.  A.  entered  the 
ravine  and  saw  at  about  ten  yards  distance  through  some 
grass  stems  an  animal  he  was  sure  was  a coyote,  and 
promptly  delivered  in  its  side  a load  of  No.  6 chilled  shot 
from  his  repeater  shotgun.  The  beast  sprang  in  the  air 
in  a manner  to  convince  Mr.  A.  that  it  was  a queer  act- 
ing coyote,  and  he  gave  it  two  more  loads  as  quickly  as 
possible,  and  then  the  “varmint”  made  a charge  toward 
Mr.  A.  to  be  met  with  a fourth  load  of  No.  6 in  the 
head,  which  caused  the  animal  to  turn  and  try  to  climb 
out  of  the  ravine,  and  to  fall  back  dead  before  the  top  of 
the  bank  was  reached.  An  inspection  of  the  animal  by 
Mr.  A.  and  friend  could  not  determine  its  kind,  so  it  was 
quickly  loaded  into  the  buggy  and  a return  to  Hays  City 
was  made,  and  the  animal  expressed  to  Prof.  Dycke,  the 
zoologist  of  Kansas  State  University,  who  pronounced 
the  animal  a mountain  lion  of  large  size.  Mr.  A.  has  had 
the  animal  mounted,  and  it  now  stands  upon  an  imitation 
sandstone  boulder  in  his  drugstore  as  a sample  of  Kansas 
game  to  be  found  in  the  Kansas  prairies,  in  a wheat  sec- 
tion of  the  State,  on  the  opening  day  for  prairie  chickens. 
The  question  of  what  this  denizen  of  timbered  regions 
was  doing  so  far  away  from  home  is  left  to  those  who 
know  more  about  this  kind  of  animal  than  the  majority 
of  Kansans  do.  W.  F.  Rightmire. 


Winter  Feeding  of  Quail. 

Boston,  Dec.  31. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream:  In  con- 
nection with  winter  quail  feeding,  there  is  one  phase 
which  I do  not  remember  having  seen  mentioned  in  any 
of  your  contributions  on  the  subject.  I refer  to  the  im- 
portance of  adding  a digestive  agent  to  the  food  supply. 
Anyone  who  has  ever  opened  a bird’s  gizzard  will  remem- 
ber finding  in  it  not  only  partly  digested  food,  but  a 
quantity  of  gravel  or  sand,  which  enables  the  organ  to 
perform  its  function  of  grinding  the  food  in  preparation 
for  the  further  digestive  processes  of  the  intestinal  tract. 
This  supply  of  gravel  is  constantly  passing  out,  and  re- 
quires frequent  replenishment.  Thus,  we  find  gallinaceous 
birds  resorting  to  the  railroad  tracks  and  roads  in  search 
of  gravel,  which  is  as  essential  to  their  welfare  as  food 
itself. 

The  principle  is  perfectly  obvious,  and  yet  it  is  fre- 
quently ignored  by  persons  who  zealously  do  their  best, 
as  they  suppose,  to  save  the  quail  when  their  feeding 
grounds  are  buried  deep  under  the  snow. 

Alexander  Henderson. 


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4 


The  Log  of  a Sea  Angler. 


3Y  CHARLES  F.  HOLDER,  AUTHOR  OF  "ANGLING,”  “BIG  GAME 
FISHES,”  ETC. 

I. — The  Bending  Rod — Taking  Bait — Diving  for  Queen 
Conchs — An  Assortment  of  Game — A Rare  Fish, 

All  these  islands  are  the  summits  of  submerged  plateaus 
if  coral  sand  reaching  out  from  the  key  in  all  direc- 
dons,  a shoal  of  white,  here  and  there  covered  with 
iranch  coral  or  mass  gradually  deepening,  then  rising 
igain  to  a fringing  ridge  of  coral  that  formed  a sort  of 
larrier  to  the  deep  water  of  the  channel.  Now  and  then, 
iere  and  there,  the  channel  would  break  into  the  lagoon 
ar  shoal,  its  sides  protected  by  a clieveaux  de  frise  of 
;oral  spikes.  The  edge  of  these  channels  was  an  excel- 
ent  fishing  ground,  while  the  shallow  flat  was  not  to  be 
scorned,  and  to  this  vantage  ground  we  started  in  the 
icmmodious  dinghy  the  second  after  our  arrival. 

The  fishing  was  begun  by  taking  bait.  We  poled 
iround  the  big  coral  heads,  and  I counted  a number  that 
were  eight  feet  across  and  four  feet  high.  Many  of  these 
Did  ones  were  eaten  out  in  the  center  by  some  boring 
worm,  and  afforded  a shelter  for  countless  fishes.  The 
:rayfish,  about  as  large  as  an  ordinary  lobster,  and  very 
similar  in  shape,  with  whips  long  and  serrated  and  no 
arge  claws,  lived  under  the  edge  of  these  heads  with 
their  vulnerable  tails  tucked  in  out  of  sight,  but  their 
,ong  whips  protruding  about  their  eyes  in  a most  telltale 
fashion.  It  was  an  easy  matter  to  lower  the  two-pronged 
spear  or  grains,  and  strike  them  in  the  head,  then  jerk 
them  from  the  hole,  and  in  half  an  hour  I had  picked  out 
twenty.  This  is  the  bait  of  all  others  on  the  reef;  few 
if  any  fishes  will  refuse  it,  and  the  majority  fight  for  it. 

It  was  interesting  to  see  Chief  “fix”  a crawfish.  He 
wore  behind  his  back  a large  dirk  in  a leather  scabbard, 
md  with  one  blow  of  this  he  decapitated  the  crayfish  and 
tossed  its  head  in  a barrel  for  chum,  then  deftly  holding 
the  tail  sidewise,  he  struck  it  with  the  back  of  the  blade, 
splitting  it  across  the  back,  after  which  he  skinned  it  and 
cut  the  delicate  red  meat  into  four  or  five  baits,  depend- 
ing upon  the  size  of  the  fish.  By  the  time  I had  grained 
a crayfish,  he  had  the  last  one  cut  up  and  laid  on  a board. 

We  anchored  on  the  edge  of  a deep  channel  near  some 
large  coral  heads  in  the  center  of  as  charming  a sub- 
marine garden  as  can  be  imagined,  one  that  graded 
rapidly  off  into  deep  water,  where  were  suggestions  of 
large  and  unknown  game.  Near  at  hand  the  bottom  was 
covered  with  beautiful  leaf  coral,  broad  and  palmated 
branches  of  olive  hue  piling  one  upon  the  other,  rearing 
upward  like  the  antlers  of  a moose.  Near-by  the  giant 
head  of  another  coral,  and  between  them  and  all  about, 
plumes  and  fans  of  great  beauty,  waving  in  the  mys- 
terious tidal  currents  of  this  tropical  sea.  I was  peering 
through  a glass  box  at  this  wonderful  garden  of  the  sea 
and  had  forgotten  to  fish  until  reminded  by  John  that  the 
bait  was  ready.  What  was  the  game?  Ye  gods  and 
fishes ! what  a host  these  men  held  forth. 

“There’s  hogfish,  grunts,  cobia,  rabirubia,  snappers, 
porgies,  groupers,  tarpon,  sharks,  spadefish,  barracuda, 
jacks — anything  you  like,  sah,”  grinned  Chief,  as  John 
got  the  killick  ready  and  Bob  held  the  oars. 

“Drop  it  right  in  this  garden,”  I said.  “We’ll  see  what 
birds  of  the  sea  I can  catch.”  So  down  it  sank  in  about 
fifteen  feet  of  water  over  the  splendid  plumes  that  flashed 
a hundred  tints  in  this  torquoise  sea. 

I had  a rod  of  greenheart  that  weighed  about  ten 
ounces,  one  built  for  eight  or  ten-pounders,  and  equipped 
with  a reel  whose  notes  many  a singer  might  have 
envied,  so  silvery  were  they ; indeed,  I have  seen  that 
reel  stir  men’s  souls  far  beyond  the  power  of  a mere 
human  voice.  The  line  was  a spider  web-like  device  of 
oiled  silk.  The  only  incongruous  feature  was  the  hook. 
It  was  not  to  the  manor  born ; not  fine  and  delicate  as 
the  rest  of  the  tackle,  nor  was  it  large,  merely  a small 
O’Shaughnessy,  a number  which  means  a small  hook 
with  a stout  shank.  On  this  I wound  a filament  of  cross 
section  of  the  crayfish,  the  red  or  scarlet  under  skin 
holding  it  on.  This  I cast  into  the  azure  waters  of  the 
garden  and  watched  it  sink  while  my  solemn  giants  in 
red  sat  and  doubtless  wondered  what  in  the  name  of  all 
the  gods  was  coming  next.  Here  I would  claim  a vast 
and  unknown  desert  region  separating  angling  from  mere 
fishing.  The  fisherman  casts  his  line  with  intent  to  mur- 
der the  game,  and  the  chances  are  that  he  will  use  a 
sinker  to  make  sure  that  his  lure  reaches  the  home  of  his 
victim.  The  angler  rather  hopes  his  fish  will  have  the 
advantage,  or  else  why  this  delicate  tackle?  The  fisher- 
man is  possessed  of  a desire  to  coin  gain  from  his  catch, 
while  the  angler  merely  wishes  to  try  his  skill  against 
that  of  the  game ; hence  he  seeks  the  hardest  fighter,  the 

gamiest  fish.  , . , 

I fain  would  be  an  “angler”  on.  this  bright  day  m these 
gardens  of  the  sea,  and  when  I asked  my  three  men  not 
to  cast  their  big  hand  grouper  lines  to  desecrate  the  spot. 
I doubt  not  they  thought  me  mad.  They  lighted  their 
pipes  and  smoked  black  plug  tobacco  from  Trinidad— I 
know  it  had  paid  no  duty  by  the  smell.  I cast  some  way 
astern  and  as  the  white  bait  sank  slowly,  up  from  the 
bower'  of  corals  rose  a dazzling  throng,  angel  fishes,  por- 
cupines,  grunts,  and  a vision  of  loveliness.,  a fish  a foot 
in  length,  with  a yellow  band  from  bow  to  stern.  Ah. 
my  grim  friends,  how  they  started  as  the  reel  ga\e  out  its 
melody  and  sang  the  hornpipe  of  the  fishes,  arid  the  yel- 
lowtail  danced.  The  reel  sang  high,  low,  and  deep ; the 
rod  bent,  leaped  back,  bowed  to  the  waters,  then  fairly 
trembled  as  this  splendid  game  shot  along  the  azure  sea. 
cutting  the  foam  to  turn  and  plunge  down,  scattering  the 
curious  throng,  to  rise  again  and  come  in  to  the  click, 
click  click.  How  it  broke  away  repeatedly',  trying  to 
catch  the  cobweb  line  unawares,  but  there  .was  always  the 
click  of  the  reel— that  warning  of  danger — and  the  line 
gave  at  just  the  right  time.  So  the  yellowtail  raced  up 


and  down  to  the  music ; tried  all  the  tricks  but  leaping, 
dashed  around  the  boat  in  a caracole,  and  then  came 
to  the  net  and  was  lifted  in,  as  splendid  a game  fish  as 
the  Mexican  gulf  can  boast. 

Again  I took  one,  then  a grunt — a lively  fish  like,  the 
Smiths,  as  there  are  red  grunts,  black  grunts,  striped 
grunts,  yellow  grunts ; indeed,  I believe  I could  have 
filled  the  floating  fish  car  which  we  towed  alongside  with 
countless  grunts  of  different  shapes. and  colors. 

I now  increased  the  size  of  my  bait  and  cast  fifty  feet 
out  into  deep  water.  I caught  Chief  winking  at  Bob. 
They  knew  mv  line  was  gone  this  time;  but  when  that 
rod  bent  into  a circle  and  the  line  hissed  and  did  not 
break,  they  were  delighted  and  amazed.  I had  game, 
however,  that  was  too  much  for  the  tackle;  despite  all 
my  efforts,  it  carried  my  rod  deep  under  the  water  and 
for  a moment  held  it  in  that  disgraceful  position.  What- 
ever it  wTas,  it  made  a gallant  fight;  run  directly  away 
down  the  hill  of  the  coral  reef,  taking  at  least  two  hun- 
dred feet  of  line ; then  I stopped  it  to  the  laughter  of  the 
reel.  In  it  came  like  the  wind,  the  merry  reel  eating  up 
the  line  by  inches,  feet,  and  yards,  to  stop  suddenly  and 
break  away.  But  this  time  I stopped  it,  the  little  rod 
bending  bravely. 

“Must  be  a grouper,”  said  Chief. 

“Seems  more  like  a onery  parrotfish,”  suggested  Bob, 
while  John  was  so  intent  on  watching  the  rod  that  he 
did  not  express  an  opinion. 

The  reel  again  began  to  cry,  and  presently  a curious 
striped  angel-like  fish  shot  across  the  line  of  vision  and 
a moment  later  was  lifted  in — a io-pound  spadefish. 

“Well,  I’ll  be  dogged!”  remarked  Long  John,  briefly. 

“Must  be  some  conjurin’  in  that  rod,”  said  Chief; 
“regularly  fooled  him.” 

The  spadefish  bore  some  resemblance  to  the  large 
angelfish  so  common  here,  but  it  was  another  creature, 
more  active  and  of  different  habit;  and  as  for  game  and 
fighting  qualities,  we  who  had  watched  its  struggles  gave 
it  first  place. 

In  looking  into  the  marvelous  blue  water  filled  with 
fishes  which  rose  to  meet  the  bait  like  a band  of  actors 
in  many  costumes,  one  could  not  fail,  to  notice  their 
marked  individuality : the  grunts  of  high  and  low  de- 
gree, the  splendid  arrayado,  Ronco  carbofiero,  the  blue 
grunt,  the  blazing  yellow  grunt,  black,  red,  white,  golden 
and  scarlet  grunts,  with  many  names.  What  Long  John 
called  the  red  grunt,  Chief,  who  had  a dash  of  Spanish 
blood,  said  was  Boca  Colorado.  Of  all  the  fishes  taken  in 
this  delightful  region,  the  many  grunts  appealed  most 
to  me.  They  were  all  beautiful,  often  defying  description 
in  their  splendid  vestments  of  color,  challenging  the  artist 
to  reproduce  them.  T hey  were  the  tamest  of  all  fishes, 
and  possessed  that  something  for  a better  name  called  in- 
dividuality. Their  eyes  follow  one’s  every  movement, 
constantly  on  the  alert,  entirely  different  from  the  glass- 
eyed barracouta  and  others. 

In  a cast  for  another  spadefish  I had  the  misfortune 
to  hook  a porcupine  fish  which  I saw  take  the  bait.  It 
appeared  to  be  ■ about  a foot  in  length,  and  its  nature 
would  not  have  been  suspected,  but  when  it  reached  the 
surface  if  began  to  take  in  air  with  a sucking  sound,  in- 
creasing in  size  until  in  a few  moments  it  was  as  large 
and  rotund  as  a boy’s  football,  presenting  a most  uncom- 
promising array  of  sharp  spines — a marine  porcupine, 
indeed.  When  "cut  away,  it  sailed  off  before  the  gentle 
breeze  upon  its  back,  its  short  fins  working  vigorously, 
sending  it  slowly  this  way  and  that.  I watched  it  drift 
several  hundred  feet,  when  it  gradually  pumped  out  the 
wind  and  disappeared.  In  walking  along,  the  shores  of 
the  key,  I often  found  small  male  porcupine  fishes  fully 
expanded  like  toy  balloons.  They  had  been  washed 
ashore  in  gales,  and  had  died  retaining  the  oval  shape, 
with  spines  en  charge. 

Fishing  here  even  with  a rod  was  liable  to  drift  into  a 
slaughter ; but  we  had  a car  alongside  into  which  the 
available  fish  were  placed,  the  others  being  released.  The 
pain  experienced  by  fishes  when  hooked  doubtless  is  min- 
imized. I could  see  grunts  which  I hooked  vigorously 
shaking  their  jaws,  and  the  wound  would  appear  as  a 
.dark  area;  yet  they  still  mingled  with  the  throng,  and 
would  soon  dash  after  the  bait  again.  LTndoubtedly  these 
fishes  had  never  seen  a boat  or  line  before ; certainly  they 
were  very  familiar,  and  in  shallower  water  where  I could 
reach  down  and  touch  the  coral,  I induced  small  cow- 
fishes and  porcupines  to  approach  and  swim  through  my 
fingers.  The  latter,  commonly  known  as  trunk  fishes, 
were  among  the  most  remarkable  in  this  wonderful  fish- 
ing ground.  They  were  very  tame,  and  were  the  arma- 
dillos of  the  sea,  fairly  boxed  up  in  an  armor  that  is  solid 
and  bone-like.  Out  of  this  projects  the  absurd  tail,  the 
dorsal  and  anal  fins,  all  of  which  have  peculiar  motions. 
The  tail  works  like  the  screw  of  a steamer,  forcing  them 
along,  while  the  side  fins  move  in  a conical  flying  motion. 
When  taken  in  the  hand  a fish  would  roll  its  eyes  at  me 
in  a comical  deprecating  manner,  and  did  not  appear  to 
be  at  all  disturbed  by  the  change ; in  fact,  I found  a cow- 
fish which  had  accidentally  been  left  in  the  boat  all  night, 
alive  in  the  morning,  and  it  recovered  when  tossed  over- 
board. 

The  name  cow  refers  to  two  pronounced  horns  placed 
where  are  the  horns  of  the  cow,  while  there  are  others 
at  the  juncture  of  the  tail  and  on  the  lower  surface,  so 
the  cowfish  is  rarely  attacked — that  is,  with  success — by 
predaceous  fishes.  Long  John  had  a penchant  for  cow- 
fishes,’boiling  them  in  the  shell  in  salt  water  as  he  would 
a crab  cr  crayfish.  A large  cowfish  served  in  this  man- 
ner, or  better,  deviled  in  its  own  shell,  with  chili,  is  a 
dish  that  ..deserves  the  attention  of  the  epicureans. 

We  slowly  rowed  inshore,  and  while  I hunted  for  turtle 
wests  the  men  cooked  dinner.  Punching  the  sand  with  a 
sharp  stick,  by  good  luck  I ran  upon  a nest,  the  young, 
to  the  number  of  twenty  or  more,  recently  hatched  out, 
.and  slowly  making  their  way  down  to  the  sea,  I filled 


my  pockets  with  them  and  carried  them  back  to  camp, 
there  observing  their  remakable  instinct.  I placed  them, 
in  a small  inclosure  two  feet  across,  and  presently  noticed 
that  they  all  congregated  on  the  water  side.  They  were 
repeatedly  changed,  but  always  went  back.  The  sea  was 
noiseless  and  invisible,  yet  these  hour-old.  green  turtles, 
no  matter  where  placed  in  the  bush,  invariably  turned  in 
the  direction  of  the  nearest’  water. 

“How  do  you  explain  that?”  I asked  the  men. 

Tohn  thought  they  smelt  the  water,  while  Bob  declared 
that  they  were  “jest  natchrally  born  that  way”— a de- 
cision at  once  judicial  and  scientific,  in  which  I con- 
curred. 

[to  BE  CONTINUED.] 


Old  Fusty* 

It  was  a glorious  October  morning- — such  a day  ass 
one  dreams  of  in  the  winter  evenings,  when,  seated  be- 
fore  an  open  fire,  the  apples  simmer  in  a row,,  mulled 
cider  stands  easy  to  hand,  while  a basket  of  juicy  nuts 
peeps  invitingly  from  the  chimney-corner.  I stood  on 
the  bulkhead,  clad  in  a flannel  shirt,  warm  coat  and 
trousers  and  a felt  hat,  arranging  my  tackle— for  I 
had  chosen  this  day  for  tautog  or  blackfish. 

The  old  briarwood  was  warming,  and  sent  clouds  of 
blue  smoke  drifting  away  on  the  brine-laden  air,  while 
the  surf  pounded  merrily  along  the  bulkhead,  throwing 
jets  of  spindrift  high  in  the  air,  only  to  fall  back  again, 
or  dash  in  over  the  occupants  of  the  wharf.  It 

stood  in  beads  all  over  my  coat  and  dripped  merrily 

from. my  beard.  Such  mornings  live  long  in  memory 
and  take  ten  years  from  one’s  shoulders,  and  again  he 
is  a boy — free — free  as  the  jack-curlew  that  skims  o er 
the  briny  deep.  There  were  few  of  us  there  at  that 
early  hour.  Perhaps  six  kindred  spirits  all  intent  ora 
the  capture  of  the  hard-pulling  tautog.  Casting  my. eye 
over  the  assemblage  as  they  stood  at  their,  various 
posts,  I saw  none  familiar,  so  rigged  up.  baiting  with 
lively  fiddled-crabs  and  cast  out.  Mr  rod  was  a split 
bamboo  surf  rod.  I took  this  along  in  order  to  en~ 

able  me  to  land  the  heavy  lead  away  out  beyond  the 

surf-line  and  into  deep,  swift  water,  where  the  big: 
fellows  lie — you  know  the  ones  I mean,  the  fellows  with' 
the  white  noses  that  Genio  C.  Scott  mentions;  they  are 
the  fellows  who  swim  slowly  along  where  the  swift 
water  joins  the  slacker  current  and,  when  hooked,  bore 
for  the  bottom  with  its  sheltering  rocks. 

I lay  in  a good  place  waiting  for  a bite,  when  sud- 
denly I became  conscious  of  somebody  standing  be- 
hind me  on  the  quay.  I heard  no  noise,  and  certainly 
didn’t  scent  him.  but  was  just  conscious  of  his  pres- 
ence— a sense  of  location  or  proximity,  as  it  were. 
I had  experienced  it  many  times  before,  in  the  deep 
woods,  seated  in  hiding,  not  moving  a feature,  scarcely 
breathing.  Suddenly  a “consciousness  of  presence” 
asserts  itself,  and  immediately  I have  searched  for  the 
cause,  moving  my  eyes  about,  first  nearby  then  further 
out  in  the  open,  and  there  it  is.  It  may  be.  a squirrel,, 
a turkey,  a fox  or  perhaps  a deer.  You  didn’t  see  itr 
you  didn’t  hear  it,  you  didn’t  scent  it,  and  yet  you 
knew  it  was  there.  I think  I can  see  some  of  the  “old 
hands”  nodding  assent  and  saying:  “He  sensed  it.” 
I shan’t  try  to  explain  it  here,  however,  but,  .whoever 
he  is,  we  have  kept  him  standing  a long  time,  and 
we’d  better  look  before  he  makes  some  “durn  fool” 
noise.  I turned  my  head,  and  there  he  was,  sure  enough. 

He  looked  enough  like  our  late  lamented  friend 
Nessmuk  to  have  been  his  twin  brother — that  is,  as 
to  size  and  general  get  up;  but  unlike  our  friend’s, 
his  whiskers  differed,  in  that  the  waterline  stood  higher 
and  terminated  in  what  when  we  were  boys  we  called 
fusty-balls. 

Well,  I looked  at  Fusty-Balls  and  nodded,  “Good 
morning.”  He  looked  at  me,  gave  a grunt  of  satis- 
faction and  then  sat  down  alongside  of  me.  That  was 
all  (for  the  present).  I refilled  and  lighted  my  pipe 
and  then  began  the  closest  series  of  “cross  questioning” 
I ever  stood  through  “Had  I ever  fished  here  before? 
What  was  I after?  Had  I caught  any?_  Did  I expect 
to  catch  any?  What  bait  was  I using?”  etc.  To  all 
of  these  I answered  affably,  occasionally  putting  a 
question  myself,  hoping  he’d  quit  me  and  go  elsewhere, 
for  when  I fish  I fish  and  don’t  want  to  answer,  ques- 
tions and  talk.  Long  ago  I learned  the  value  of  silence. 
I had  just  missed  hooking  a nice  strike  as  the  result 
of  answering  the  old  man,  but  you  see  I couldn’t  be 
rude;  he  was  many  years  my  senior;  he  was  old  enough 
to  know  better.  I answered  in  monosyllables  and 
finally  didn’t  answer  at  all.  I thought  this  would  give 
him  a hint.  Have  you  ever  met  that  sort?  It  never 
touched  him.  On  he  went,  growing  more  and  more 
reminiscent,  telling  me  how,  when  a boy,  he  used  to  do 
this  sort  of  thing,  and  that  it  was  only  fit  for  boys;  he 
could  get  no  pleasure  from  it  now — it  was  too  much 
like  dredging. 

He  became  more  and  more  disparaging,  as  his  discourse 
wound  on  and  ever  on,  but  never  “up.”  Just  then  I 
hooked  and  landed  a four-pounder.  Old  Fusty  handled 
the  fish,  sniffed,  and  then  began  again:  “D’ye  ever 

ketch  a win-an-iche,  mister?”  Now  Old  Fusty  struck  a 
major  chord  in  my  make-up  that  began  to  vibrate.  I 
would  have  been  pleased  to  do  so,  and  could  have  given 
him  a nice  little  discourse  on  our  friend  Salmo  salar 
sebago  (Girard).  And  it  surprised  me  not  a little  to 
hear  one,  garbed  as  was  Old  Fusty,  talk  of  catching 
ouauaniche;  but,  I had  to  ’tend  to  business  just  then, 
as  I hooked  and  landed  another  four-pounder,  where- 
upon Old  Fusty  sniffed  and  sniffed  again,  and  yet  again 
he  was  weakening  fast.  He  lapsed  into  silence  after 
"that,  while  I -hooked  and  landed  one  somewhat  larger 
than  the  others,  . 


14 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


[Jan.  7,  1905. 


The  tide  was  just  serving  right,  and  I was  kept  busy. 
An  interval  occurred,  and  I turned  to  look  for  Fusty, 
as  I came  to  christen  him.  I finally  discovered  his 
figure,  small  and  dim  in  the  distance,  and  took  it  that 
he  must  be  disgusted  with  such  dredging  after  having 
caught  the  lordly  ouananiche.  But,  “if  a man  can’t 
eat  meat,  he  must  eat  soup;”  and  that  was  my  case 
I enjoyed  it,  too.  I now  shifted  my  position,  going 
further  down,  where,  the  distance  of  a long  cast,  several 
huge  boulders  lie  along  the  tide-way.  A fine  place  for 
fish,  but  a bad  place  for  tackle.  I began  taking  them 
in  again  and  didn’t  notice  anybody  near  me,  until  I 
heard  somebody  move  out  near  me  on  the  next  string- 
piece.  I was  reeling  in  and  could  not  look.  After 
landing  my  fish,  I looked  over  and  there  beheld  Fusty, 
sitting  astride  the  string-piece,  with  a handline  of  many 
short  lengths  knotted  together,  a sinker  of  about  six 
ounces  weight,  and  five  fiddler-crabs.  He  had  gone  for 
his  tackle  (this  sort  of  thing  was  only  fit  for  boys — 
remember). 

His  first  cast  threw  everything  overboard,  reel- 
block  and  all,  and  there  he  sat,  while  the  surf  swept  it 
tantalizmgly  near,  they  sucked  it  further  and  further 
away.  Seeing  his  predicament,  I reeled  in,  and  from 
where  I stood  overcast  the  floating  block  and  restored 
his  line,  minus  two  fiddlers.  He  didn’t  thank  me — 
just  sniffed,  and  with  boyish  enthusiasm  (he  could  only 
see  four-pounders)  rebaited  and,  following-  my  sug- 
gestion, made  the  block  fast  to  a bolthead  and  cast  over. 
This  time  he  didn’t  lose  his  tackle,  but  took  in  a 
one-pound  _fish.  He  wore  a smile,  such  as  we  used  to 
do,  when  little  boys,  we  played  “hookey” — I mean,  be- 
fore we  were  detected.  My  heart  warmed  to  the  old 
fellow,  as  I saw  the  “little  boy”  in  him  coming  un- 
consciously to  the  front. 

He  was_  very  proud  of  his  fish.  But  a fall  is  sure  to 
follow  pride.  The  fish  squirmed,  and  the  fisherman, 
not  having  a fair  hold  on  him,  flopped  out  of  his  hand 
and  overboard  with  a splash.  Fusty’  looked  chagrined, 
and  I thought  he  would  go  over  after  the  fish.  I pushed 
my  can  of  fiddlers  over  to  him  and  he  baited  again. 
Meanwhile,  with  my  penknife,  I made  him  a “fish- 
stringer”  out  of  a couple  of  pieces  of  wood  and  a double 
length  of  line.  You  see,  age  rendered  him  less  sure- 
footed, and  it  required  all  his  faculties  to  preserve  his 
equilibrium.  He  now  had  another  fish,  which  I put 
on  the  stringer  for  him.  He  got  some  more  that  day, 
and  he  had  a good  time,  too.  He  never  said  any  more 
about  ouananiche,  nor  disparaged  blackfishing.  He, 
too,  ate  soup. 

Tide  had  changed  again  and  night  was  coming  on, 
so  I put  my  tackle  away  and  started  for  home,  just  as 
the  watchman  was  making  his  round  to  examine  per- 
mits. As  I started  away,  I saw  him  hustling  Old  Fusty 
off  the  wharf,  as  he  had  no  permit.  It  seemed  mean 
to  chase  him  away,  seeing  he  did  no  harm.  I’m  glad 
he  had  his  fishing  anyway,  and  that  I,  at  least,  con- 
tributed to  his  pleasure,  even  though  he  didn’t  thank 
me — for  what  are  thanks  compared  to  the  pleasure  one 
can  afford  one  less  fortunate.  Did  I joke  him  about  his 
“come  down”  from  ouananiche  to  tautog?  Not  I;  we 
both  ate  soup,  and  I failed  to  see  where  one  had  the 
advantage  of  the  other.  I enjoy  trout  fishing;  but  I also 
enjoy  a hard-pulling  salt-water  fish  in  between,  so 
where’s  the  harm. 

Fusty  and  I trudged  side  by  side  that  night,  the  red 
sun  sank  in  the  west  and  we  parted  on  the  borders  of 
civilization,  where  the  odor  of  the  roasted  “frank- 
furter” and  the  steam  from  the  hot-corn  man’s  kettle 
intermingled  ere  they  waft  outward  over  the  sea. 

“Nature  renders  compeers  of  us  all — 

In  deeds  and  words,  and  in  our  inmost  thought, 

Working  unconsciously — but  true  withal, 

Bound  by  the  sportsman’s  bond,  securely  wrought.” 

G.  W.  Beatty. 


A Hard  Luck  Story* 

There  were  four  in  the  party — Will,  Bruce,  Jim,  and 
myself,  and  we  started  one  day  late  in  May  from  our 
homes  in  a village  of  Central  New  York  to  fish  for  trout 
in  a stream  which  flows  among  the  western  foothills  of 
the  Catskill  Mountains.  A couple  of  hours’  car  ride 
brought  us  to  a small  settlement  about  five  miles  from 
the  headwater  of  the  creek,  at  nine  o’clock  in  the  even- 
ing,-and  here  we  were  to  stay  over  night,  driving  the  re- 
maining distance  in  the  early  morning. 

On  the  day  of  our  start  the  weather  had  been  propi- 
tious for  trout  fishing — warm,  cloudy,  and  no  wind — an 
ideal  atmosphere  for  filling  fishermen  with  hope,  so  our 
spirits  were  accordingly  high.  Our  hotel  was  modest, 
but  neat  and  comfortable,  and  it  was  decided  to  “turn  in” 
early,  and  so  be  prepared  for  the  rather  vigorous  day 
ahead  of  us.  We  could  only  be  supplied  with  one  room, 
but  as  that  was  large  and  had  two  beds,  we  made  it 
answer.  Soon  all  hands  were  under  the  blankets,  and 
I could  hear  the  others  sleeping,  but  was  slow  in  joining 
them  myself.  I bunked  in  with  Will,  who  is  a very  large 
man,  while  I am  of  but  moderate  size,  and  as  the  bed 
stood  against  the  side  of  the  room,  and  I had  gotten  in 
first,  there  was  solid  wall  on  one  side  of  me  and  that 
great  two  hundred  pound  mountain  of  flesh  on  the  other. 
It  may  have  been  a consciousness  of  my  limited  sur- 
roundings or  some  other  cause  which  I do-  not  know,  but 
at  any  rate  I could  not  sleep.  The  more  I tried  the 
wider  awake  I became,  and  the  more  restless  and  uncom- 
fortable. I tried  to  lie  quietly  and  let  the  others  sleep, 
but  my  foot  got  to  itching  and  had  to  be  scratched ; then 
my  back  itched,  and  then  came  a little  feverish  spot  on 
my  shoulder,  which  made  me  think  of  possible  insects, 
after  which  I became  feverish  all  over  and  generally 
miserable.  I endured  this  state  of  things  for  a long  time 
while  the  others  slept  peacefully,  until  Will,  as  my  ears 
told  me,  began  to  sleep  violently.  This  was  the  last  straw, 
and  F determined  to  stand  it  no  longer,  deciding  that  it 
would  relieve  the  monotony  of  the  situation  if  I should 
‘.kick  him  Out  of  bed.  I took  into  account  his  size, 
strength,  and  good  nature,  also  about  how  much  he  would 
pummel  me  in  return,  and  raising  myself  very  gently  in 
bed,  worked  around  until  my  back  was  planted  firmly 
against  the  wall,  and  my  knees  drawn  up  so  that  my  feet 
just  touched  his  back.  In  this  position  I calculated  my 
strength  would  be  sufficient  for  the  purpose  if  lavishly 


used,  so  taking  a full  breath  and  straining  every  muscle 
for  the  effort,  I shoved.  Will  never  moved  an  inch  in 
the  bed,  but  the  bed,  being  on  castors,  shot  out  into  the 
center  of  the  room,  upsetting  a washstand  with  frightful 
commotion  in  its  passage.  Of  course  I fell  down  behind 
it,  nearly  breaking  my  back  in  the  performance,  and  Jim 
and  Bruce  jumped  up,  calling  loudly  to  know  what  the 
trouble  was  all  about,  while  Will  explained  what  had 
happened  as  he  lay  crosswise  of  the  bed,  pawing  in  the 
darkness  to  find  me.  From  the  way  he  was  talking  and 
hunting  for  me,  I knew  there  would  not  be  a real  sound 
bone  in  my  body,  if  caught,  so  I rolled  underneath  and 
out  the  front  side,  making  use  of  a window  which  had 
been  left  open  to  step  out  on  the  roof  of  a little  veranda 
in  the  rear  of  the  house.  That  was  a mistake,  as  they 
soon  found  me,  and,  promptly  closing  the  window,  went 
to  bed.  I did  not  dare  make  any  noise  in  an  attempt  to 
get  back  into  the  room,  for  fear  of  waking  the  other 
occupants  of  the  hotel,  though  the  air  outside  was  damp 
and  cold,  and  my  attire  not  sufficient  for  the  occasion. 

I was  not  very  feverish  then,  but  by  my  constant  motion 
I managed  to  keep  from  freezing  during  the  half  hour; 
that  I had  to  stay  there  until  we  were  called  to  get  aii; 
early  breakfast  and  make  the  three  o’clock  start.  Break- 
fast over,  we  were  soon  on  the  road  in  a big,  easy  wagon 
drawn  by  a good  team,  driven  by  a colored  man.  The  first 
two  miles  were  up  and  across  the  valley  of  the  west 


EUGENE  G.  BLACKFORD. 

1839-1904. 


branch  of  the  Delaware  River,  and  it  was  too  dark  to1  see 
much,  but  riding  in  the  cool  morning  air  gave  that  de- 
lightful refreshing  sensation  which  is  only  known  to 
those  who  have  taken  similar  trips. 

After  we  had  crossed  the  valley,  the  road_  led  in  a 
zig-zag  course  up  the  side  of  a long  hill,  and  it  was  be- 
ginning to  be  light  enough  so  that  we  could  distinguish 
cattle  . in  the  fields,  but  only  very  dimly.  Soon  objects 
became  more  definite,  and' we  saw  in  one  pasture  a dairy 
of  cows  still  sleeping.  By  the  time  we  had  reached  the 
next  farm  a few  cows  had  gotten  up,  and  were  slowly 
feeding  toward  the  milking  shed,  while  others  having 
just  arisen  were  stretching  themselves.  Another  was  in 
the  act  of  rising,  and  had  her  hips  in  the  air  while  yet 
her  forelegs  were  folded  under  her,  and  more  had  made 
no  move  to  get  up. 

The  grass  was  thickly  covered  with  dew,  which  gave  it 
a rather  grayish  appearance,  except  in  those  little  oblong 
spots  where  cows  had  lain  during  the  night  and  kept  it 
dry. 

At  another  farm  the  cows  were  all  up  and  working- 
leisurely  in  the  direction  of  the  barn,  and  here  a shepherd 
dog  stood  on  the  door-steps  of  the  house  awaiting  the 
appearance  of  the  inmates.  Beyond  was  another  farm- 
house where  a thin  column  of  smoke  was  rising  from  the 
kitchen  chimney  and  a man  was  walking  from  the  house 
to  the  horse  stable,  followed  by  a dog,  while  from  the 
stable  came  the  expectant  whinny  of  horses,  which,  hav 
ing  heard  the  man  coming,  were  looking  for  their  break- 
fast. At  the  next  place  two  men  and  a woman  were 
going  to  the  milking  shed,  with  pails  on  each  arm,  and  a 
dog  was  driving  the  dairy  through  the  gate  into  the  barn- 
yard, evidently  having  just  brought  them  from  the  pas- 
ture. • Now  it  was  broad  daylight,  the  daylight  of  a May 
morning,  and  turning  to  look  into  the  valley  which  we 
had  ldft,  we  found  we  had  climbed  quite  a mountain,  and 
were  well  above  the  blanket  of  fog  which  covered  the 
lower  land.  A little  later  this  lifted,  and  we  could  see 
the  stir  of  life  about  the  farmhouses  far  below  us  along 
the  river. 

A short  half  mile  , down  the  east-  side  of  the  mountain 
brought  us  to  the  headwaters  of  the  stream  we  intended 
to  fish.  Since  the  day  had  begun  to  dawn  the  hopes  of 
good  weather  which  had  enliyened  us  the  night  before 
had  been  fading  slowly,  as  the  sun  was  bright  and  not 
a cloud  in  the  sky,  while  a sharp  breeze  had  - sprang  tip 


out  of  the  northeast.  When  we  got  in  sight  of  the  creek 
it  was  apparent,  that  -the  showers  of  the  past  few  days 
on  which  we  had  depended  to  put  the  water  in  suitable 
condition  for  fishing,  and  which  had  done  so  on  the  other 
side  of  the  hill,  had  passed  the  locality  we  were  now  in 
completely.  The  stream  was  not  only  too  low,  but  very 
clear,  and  surely  it  was  no  day  to  fish  for  trout,  but  we 
had  come  a long  way  to  get  there,  and  might  as  well  try. 

Our  driver,  who  knew  the  locality,  giving  us  the  name 
of  a farmhouse  down  the  valley  where  he  would  wait  for 
us,  drove  on,  while  we  spread  ourselves  out  along  the 
brook  and  went  at  it,  hoping  against  hope  that  some 
miracle  might  make  the-  fish  hungry,  but  it  did  not  seem 
to  be  any  better  day  for  miracles  than  for  trout,  as  we 
soon  found. 

I he  others  were  all  ahead  of  me,  and  I puttered  along 
down  stream,  fishing  some,  but  more  of  the  time  looking 
at  the  country  and  admiring  the  beautiful  herds  of  Jersey 
cows.  1 hese  cattle  were  feeding  in  the  pastures  through 
which  the  creek  flowed,  and  I enjoyed  the  curiosity  which 
they  Showed  as  we  went  through  their  domain,  That  is, 
i enjoyed  it  for  a time,  until  in  one  field  I watched  them 
a little  too  long,  and  was  forced  to  try  foot-racing  with 
a bull.  I won  the  race,  but  by  not  enough  margin  to  speak 
of,  and  I learned  afterward  that  the  others  in  passing  this 
place  had  noticed  that  the  animal  was  rather  irritable  and 
had  taken  pains  to  torment  him  just  as  they  were  leaving 
sufficiently  to  make  him  give  me  a warm  reception  when 
I came  along,  and  he  did. 

About  ten  o’clock  I came  to  a bridge  over  the  stream, 
and  its  abutments  made  excellent  hiding  places  for  trout. 

I stood  for  an  instant  above  it,  studying  the  best  way  of 
approach,  and  was  looking  at  the  smooth  surface  of  the 
creek  in  front  of  me,  when  a good  sized  sucker  shot  out 
of  the  water  with  as  much  force  and  style  as  a trout  could 
display,  and  seemed  bent  on  duplicating  a trout’s  per- 
formance of  jumping  from  the  water  and  entering  again, 
after  having  described  a neat  half  circle  in  the  air.  The 
sucker  had  put  so  much  energy  into  his  attempt  that  he 
went  a good  foot  or  more  into  the  air,  and  my  respect  for 
the  breed  was  rising  fast,  when,  just  at  the  zenith  of  his 
arc,  his  nerve  gave  way,  and  he  fell  with  a great  splash 
flat  on  his  back  into  the  water.  If  I am  not  saying  much 
about  fishing,  it  is  because  there  was  none.  Every  trout 
fisherman  has  had  such  days,  and  they  always  form  a 
small  part  of  his  conversation  thereafter. 

About  twelve  o’clock  I found  the  others  sitting  on  a 
log  by  the  creek,  just  in  front  of  a farmhouse,  where, 
they  assured  me,  they  had  made  arrangements  for  dinner, 
and  that  it  was  already  cooking  I could  tell  by  the  odor 
of  frying  ham  and  eggs  which  came  from  the  open 
kitchen  door. 

The  show-down  developed  the  fact  that  each  one  in  the 
party  had  two  small  trout.  That  I had  no  catch  was  not 
always  sufficient  to  convict  either  fish,  water  or  weather 
of  being  wrong,  but  when  Will  and  Bruce  had  nothing  to 
show  for  a half  day’s  fishing,  that  settled  it. 

We  put  our  fish  baskets  on  the  shady  side  of  the  house 
and  laid  the  rods  near  them,  then  washed  in  tin  basins 
setting  on  a bench  beside  the  kitchen  door,  dipping  as 
much  water  as  we  liked  from  a huge  trough  which  stood 
directly  in  front  of  it. 

The  ablutions  completed,  I started  to  follow  the  others 
in  to  dinner,  when  just  as  I was  entering  I noticed  that 
a cat— one  of  four  which  were  loitering  about— had 
tipped  over  my  basket,  and  reaching  her  paw  through  the 
intake  hole  in  the  cover,  had  extracted  one  of  the  trout. 

I said  nothing,  but  judged  trout  would  be  rather  scarce 
there  after  dinner. 

The  meal  was  just  what  one  would  get  at  every  farm- 
house in  the  country  at  that  time  of  year,  fried  ham  and 
eggs,  boiled  potatoes,  bread  and  butter,  tea,  and  a pitcher 
of  Jersey  milk,  if  asked  for.  It  was  all  good,  plentiful, 
and  well  cooked,  and  it  went  fast  after  such  a morning’s 
work.  We  were  nearly  through  when  there  came  a short, 
sharp  note  of  anguish  from  a cat,  and  the  sound  of  rods 
being  generally  mixed  up,  and  rushing  to  the  door  we 
found  that  one  of  the  felines  had  taken  to  smelling  of  a 
fly  attached  to  one  of  the  lines,  and  in  her  movements 
had  gotten  another  hook  hitched  firmly  in  one  hind  leg. 
She  had  started  to  go  somewhere,  and  had  succeeded  to 
the  extent  of  getting  two  delicate  and  costly  rods  mingled 
with  a wood-pile.  She  and  the  tackle  were  captured  and 
separated  by  the  time  someone  discovered  that  every 
basket  was  empty  excepting  one,  and  that  only  contained 
the  half  of  one  trout,  which,  being  a little  larger  than  the 
others,  and  not  so  easy  to  pull  out,  had  been  eaten  so  far 
as  possible  from  the  tail  toward  the  head.  Those  four 
cats  looked  happy  and  contented,  excepting  that  one  was 
licking  a hind  leg,  and  well  they  might,  for,  if  the  dis- 
tribution had  been  equitable,  there  were  two  fish  for  each 
cat. 

We  learned  that  our  driver  and  team  were  at  the  next 
farm,  and  all  thought  of  further  fishing  being  abandoned, 
Jim  went  after  them.  Soon  we  were  on  the  way  back  to 
our  hotel,  but  just  as  we  broke  over  the  hill  which  we 
had  climbed  in  the  morning,  Jim  and  I decided  to  get  out 
and  taking  a cross-lot  course  directly  down  the  slope, 
fish  another  stream  which  ran  in  the  valley  below,  and 
which  would  bring  us  to  the  station  a couple  of  miles 
further  on. 

This  was  only  a makeshift  to  pass  the  afternoon,  for 
we  could  not  get  a train  for  home  until  evening,  and  we 
preferred  this  to  sitting  around  the  hotel.  This  creek 
was  quite  wide,  and  Jim  took  one  side  while  I followed 
along  the  other,  or  waded,  as  circumstances  required, 
Jim  had  gotten  a hundred  yards  ahead  of  me  in  a few 
minutes,  when  I was  attracted  by  a whistle  from  him, 
and  looking  in  his  direction,  I saw  him  just  taking  a trout 
from  his  landing  net,  which  he  held  up  a second,  then  put 
in  his  basket.  That  gave  me  courage,  and  I fished  care- 
fully. A few  minutes  later  the  signal  was  repeated,  and 
Jim  emerged  from  behind  a clump  of  bushes  with  another 
trout,  which  certainly  was  hopeful,  for  if  Jim  had  taken 
two  so  quickly,  my  turn  would  surely  come.  He  got  a 
couple  more  and  then  waited  for  me  to  catch  up  and  let 
me  pass  him.  Soon  there  was  a shout,  and  looking  back 
I saw  him  standing  at  the  head  of  a rift,  his  rod  bent 
under  the  strain  of  a trout  in  the  swift  water.  Still  I got 
nothing,  and  began  to  fish  more  vigorously,  but  with  no 
result,  while  wherever  Jim  went  he  got  trout,  and  nice 
ones,  too.  By  and  by  I got  vexed  with  myself  and  fished 
violently,  but  jt  was  always  failure.  At  length,  just  as 
Jim  was  working  opposite  me(  I felt  a .heavy  surge  on  the 


Jan.  7,  1905.] 


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flies,  though  I had  seen  no  strike,  and  it  did  not  feel 
right,  but  my  line  went  flying  about,  and  there  could  be 
no  doubt  I had  a fish,  and  a big  one. 

The  water  was  very  swift,  and  I worked  with  all  the 
skill  at  my  command,  while  Jim  stood  on  the  opposite 
bank  and  watched  the  fight.  I finally  won,  and  my  fish 
came  slowly  in,  but  the  water  was  so  rough  I could  not 
get  a good  view  of  it  until  I had  it  safely  in  the  net,  and 
then  it  proved  to  be  an  ordinary  sucker  of  extraordinary 
size.  Jim  lay  on  the  bank  and  yelled  with  delight,  but  it 
was  difficult  for  me  to  see  the  joke.  How  that  sucker 
ever  got  hold  of  my  flies  I will  not  attempt  to  explain.  I 
■never  knew  of  such  a thing  before,  though  it  may  be 
common  enough  to  others.  It  was  my  first  and  last 
sucker  caught  on  a trout  fly,  and  was  the  only  fish  I took 
that  afternoon,  while  Jim  had  excellent  luck  all  the  time. 
When  we  had  to  stop  fishing  to  go  to  our  train  I had 
seen  him  take  at  least  thirty.  I did  not  look  at  his  catch ; 
1 did  not  want  to — I had  seen  enough.  Tired,  sick,  and 
disgusted,  I walked  with  him  to  the  station,  and  had  to 
listen  to  a running  fire  of  comments  about  the  ability  of 
some  people  to  catch  trout.  On  the  way  home  the  party 
accused  me  of  being  reticent,  and  I was. 

I duly  reported  no  catch  to  my  wife,  but  did  not  tell 
of  Jim’s  luck.  Next  morning,  when  he  had  satisfied  him- 
self that  I was  at  my  office,  he  went  to  my  home  and 
presented  a half  dozen  trout  to  my  wife,  explaining  that 
he  had  had  rather  better  luck  than  I,  and  wished  to 
divide  his  spoils.  Later  when  I came  into  the  house  I 
was  shown  these  fish  and  had  to  listen  to  embarrassing 
comments.  I was  looking  at  them  when  a peculiar  condi- 
tion of  their  jaws  attracted  my  attention,  and  I started 
with  blood  in  my  eye  in  search  of  Jim.  Meeting  Will 
on  the  way,  I told  him  of  my  suspicions,  and  he  seemed 
to  think  it  was  time  to  let  the  cat  out,  so  explained  that 
Jim,  when  he  went  for  the  driver  the  day  before,  found 
that  he  had  been  fishing  in  a private  pond  on  the  farm 
where  the  team  was  hitched,  and  had  six  trout.  Jim  had 
put  them  in  his  basket  and  sworn  the  driver  to  secrecy; 
hence  his  proposition  to  fish  the  second  stream.  Every 
time  he  could  put  a bush  or  bend  in  the  creek  between  us, 
he  had  hitched  a trout  on  to  his  flies  and  thrown  it  into 
the  water,  and  when  I was  far  enough  away, -so  that  I 
could  not  detect  the  deception,  had  called  my  attention, 
depending  upon  the  swift  current  to  give  life  to  the  per- 
formance. Winfield  T.  Sherwood. 


When  is  One  Sure  of  a Bluefish? 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

In  Forest  and  Stream  for  Dec.  31,  Mr.  E.  A. 
Samuels’  realistic  description  of  the  difficulties  in  land- 
ing bluefish  reminds  me  of  a trip  to  Great  South  Bay 
with  my  young  friend  Steve,  who  had  never  before  been 
on  the  sea.  The  wind  was  humming,  the  waves  running 
wild,  and  the  bluefish  were  springing  bear  traps  on  our 
bait.  Steve  had  plenty  of  trouble  with  the  fish  as  they 
leaped  and  splurged  and  ran  under  the  keel  and  did  all 
of  their  complicated  vigor  acts.  Finally  he  managed 
to  get  one  into  the  net,  and  up  on  deck.  No  sooner 
was  the  fish  unhooked,  than  it  gave  four  slaps  and  two 
wallops  and  a half  and  described  a graceful  parabola 


over  the  rail.  The  boy  was  not  only  losing  bluefish, 
but  also  his  ruddy  golf  color.  “By  George!”  said  he. 
“You  are  never  sure  of  a bluefish  until  he  is  actually  in 
your  stomach,  are  you?”  Just  then  his  breakfast  of 
bluefish  went  overboard. 

It  is  very  true,  as  Mr.  Samuels  says,  that  on  the 
whole,  sea  fish  are  greater  fighters  than  fresh-water 
fish.  They  are  more  capricious,  and  even  a maskinonge- 
will  hold  the.  bait  in  his  mouth  for  awhile  and  think 
about  it.  The  sea  fish  are  more  apt  to  have  hair  trigger 
mouths,  and  to  incidentally  rush  at  the  bait  while  they 
are  hurrying  for  some  spot  a mile  away,  with  no  in- 
tention of  stopping  for  an  instant.  Of  course  there  are 
some  old  striped  bass  that  know  the  first  name  of  every 
fisherman  from  Beaver  Tail  Light  to  Cuttyhunk,  and 
sometimes  a bonita  will  turn  her  lorgnette  leisurely  to- 
ward the  bait.  Sea  fish  furnish  sport  for  athletes,  while 
fresh-water  fish  were  intended  for  contemplative  men. 

A fresh  run  silvery  salmon  just  up  from  the  sea  is 
a terror.  He  will  make  you  gasp  with  his  stunts,  arid 
as  soon  as  you  are  through  gasping  and  have  a good 
new  breath  he  will  make  you  gasp  again.  After  he  has 
been  in  the  river  for  a month  he  is  a moderate  fighter. 
He  can  still  make  the  water  boil  up  under  the  fly  like  a 
steam  propeller,  and  can  get  tangled  up  with  the  fly 
after  the  manner  of  the  same  sort  of  a contrivance, 
but  he  will  not  make  a broad  jump  of  twenty  feet  when 
hooked,  or  leap  clean  over  an  island  in  the  river  and 
take  a hundred  yards  of  line  whizzing  and  smoking 
through  the  blueberry  bushes  before  you  have  had 
time  to  elevate  the  tip  of  the  rod.  He  is  not  likely  to 
yank  you  head  over  heels  into  the  rapids  if  the  line 
snarls  on  the  reel. 

I have  caught  sea  fish  and  fresh-water  fish  from 
Labrador  to  Florida  and  from  Sweden  to  France”’ 
From  streams  in  Prussia  so  small  that  the  trout  had  to 
get  out  on  the  bank  when  they  wanted  to  turn  around, 
to  the  gulf  stream  where  the  channel  bass  had  almost 
all  of  the  room  that  they  needed;  and  if  you  ask  me 
which  fishing  I really  prefer,  my  answer  would  be: 
“Give  me  all  of  it.”  I have  no  respect  for  a man  who 
does  not  believe  that  his  own  country  is  the  greatest 
on  earth,  no  matter  where  he  comes  from;  or  for  the 
man  who  does  not  think  that  the  fishing  that  he  likes 
best  is  best  for  all  of  us.  Robert  T.  Morris. 


Fish  Shoals  Located  by  Electric  Apparatus* 

Under  date  of  Nov.  7,  1904,  United  States  Consul 
E.  Theophilus  Liefeld,  of  Freiburg,  Germany,  re- 
ports that  a German  patent  has  been  taken  out  for 
an  electrical  apparatus  whereby  the  presence  and  ex- 
tent of  shoals  of  fish  can  be  ascertained.  A micro- 
phone, inclosed  in  a water-tight  case,  connected  with 
an  electric  battery  and  a telephone,  is  lowered  into 
the  water.  So  long  as  the  telephone  hangs  free  - no 
sound  is  heard,  but  on  its  coming  into  contact  with  a 
shoal  of  fish,  the  constant  tapping  of  the  fish  against 
the  microphone  case  produces  a series  of  sounds 
which  at  once  betrays  their  presence.  The  rope  at- 
tached to  the  microphone  is  marked  so  that  the  exact 
depth  of  the  shoal  is  at  once  ascertained. 


Tanawadeh  Outing  Club. 

There  was  a notable  gathering  of  sportsmen  and 
patrons  of  outdoor  living  at  the  residence  ©f  Mr.  F„ 
James  Reilly,  12  Manhattan  Square,  south,  New  York,  on 
the  evening  of  Thursday,  December  29,  the  occasion  being 
a reunion  of  the  members  and  friends  of  the  Tanawadeh 
Outing  Club,  arranged  by  President  Reilly  to  mark  the 
close  of  his  two  very  successful  terms  in  office.  During 
the  formal  meeting  which  preceded  the  reception  the 
report  of  the  president  for  the  years  1903  and  1904  was 
read.  It  set  forth  very  clearly  the  rapid  progress  of  the 
organization  in  all  the  departments  of  its  activities  during 
this  period.  A noteworthy  fact  mentioned  in  the  report 
was  that  since  the  erection  of  the  club  house  in  Pelham 
Bay  Park  in  1903,  no  intoxicants  of  any  sort  had  been 
brought  into  the  building,  and  that  no  form  of  gambling 
whatever  had  occurred  at  the  club  house,  and  this  with- 
out the  enactment  of  any  prohibitive  rule  by  the  club  or 
the  house  committee. 

The  host  furnished  instrumental  music  and  a chafing- 
dish  supper,  and  the  evening  was  passed  most  pleasantly 
with  familiar  songs  and  in  reviving  pleasant  memories 
of  camp  and  trail,  of  chase  and  bivouac.  Those  present 
were  President  F.  James  Reilly,  Vice-President  J.  Frank 
Chase,  Secretary  Harry  V.  Radford,  Treasurer  Joseph  B. 
Harif,  of  New  York;  S.  Valentine  Farrelly,  of  Morris- 
town, N.  J. ; Frank  W.  Norris,  Jr.;  William  F.  Reilly, 
Charles  U.  Stepath,  of  New  York;  William  A.  Gillen,  of 
Jersey  City,  N.  J. ; Lester  Reiley  and  Robert  Reiley,  of 
New  York.  The  club  is  already  preparing  to  celebrate  its 
tenth  anniversary,  which  occurs  in  June,  1906. 


Bulldog's  Long,  Lone  Vigil. 

Bemidji,  Minn.,  Dec.  24. — A big  bulldog  guarding  its 
master’s  camp  was  found  in  the  northern  wilds  of  Min- 
nesota by  members  of  the  surveying  party  just  returned 
from  several  weeks’  work  along  the  northern  boundary 
line. 

A trapper  named  Edwards  who  had  lived  near  Bass- 
wood Lake,  north  of  Ely,  for  a number  of  years,  making 
his  living  by  trapping  bear  and  other  animals,  has  disap- 
peared. His  only  companion  during  his  long  trips  in 
the  woods  was  a huge  bulldog,  and  the  scores  of  deep 
scars  on  the  animal  testify  to  the  many  hard  battles  he 
has  been  engaged  in  with  beasts  of  the  forest. 

While  the  surveying  crew  was  near  Edwards’s  place 
he  left  on  one  of  his  trips.  A month  later  the  same 
party  found  his  camp  outfit  and  boat  on  an  island  in 
Bear  Island  Lake.  The  bulldog  was  there,  almost  starved, 
but  still  on  guard,  and  it  was  a long  time  before  he 
would  let  one  of  the  party  get  near.  It  is  the  belief  that 
Edwards  may  have  been  killed  in  a quarrel  with  Indians, 
though  it  is  possible  that  he  may  have  been  drowned. 
His  camp  was  fifty  miles  from  the  nearest  town.  The 
bulldog  and  camp  effects  were  brought  to  Ely  by  the  sur- 
veying party,  the  dog  refusing  to  go  until  the  boat  and 
camp  outfit  had  been  loaded  on  the  surveyors’  wagon. — 
New  York  Times. 


Perfect  Marine  Gasolene  Engines. 

BY  A.  E.  POTTER. 

Do  not  think  that  I am  attempting  the  description  of  a 
perfect  engine.  I should  be  only  too  glad  to  do  so,  to  be 
able  to  say  that  I had  seen  a perfectly  reliable  type,  equal 
in  every  respect  to  the  steam  engine,  as  easily  operated, 
and  just  as  long  lived.  This  is  the  goal  to  which  we 
hardly  dare  hope  to  attain.  We  have  made  rapid  strides 
in  the  past  few  years ; the  coming  Automobile  Show  in 
January,  followed  by  February’s  Motorboat  and  Sports- 
men’s Show,  will  doubtless  surprise  many  with  the 
progress  of  even  a.  year.  But  there  is  plenty  room  for 
improvement  in  this  line,  and  the  thinking  engineer  is 
just  now  waking  up  to  the  fact  that  the  two  particular 
subjects  just  at  present  paramount  over  all  others  are  the 
consumption  of  fuel  per  horsepower  and  how  to  lengthen 
the  life  of  the  engine. 

In  a U.  S.  Consular  Report  dated  Havre,  August  7, 
1901,  describing  a new  application  of  the  gasolene  engine, 
appears  a table  giving  the  horsepower,  weight,  speed  per 
hour,  consumption  of  naphtha  per  hour,  and  list  price. 
The  1 horsepower  engine  claims  a consumption  of  .528 
quart;  3^4  horsepower,  1.27;  4 14  horsepower,  1.585;  6 
horsepower,  2.378,  and  two  cylinder  814  horsepower, 
3.17.  This  is  the  first  instance  which  has  ever  come 
under  my  observation  where  the  consumption  was  listed, 
I do  not  believe  any  American  manufacturer  of  marine 
gasolene  engines  would  dare  to  publish  so  low  a horse- 
power consumption,  or  to  guarantee  any  more  than  that, 
when  the  engine  was  tested  at  the  factory,  it  developed 
a certain  brake  horsepower  at  a given  speed,  and  that 
the  consumption  of  fuel  was  a certain  amount.  In  the 
test  the  valves  were  in  all  probability  as  nearly  perfect 
fitting  as  they  ever  will  be  again,  adjustments  as  fine  as 
they  could  .make  them,  probably  no  mufflers  were  used, 
piston  rings  light,  and  in  fact  conditions,  just  as  near 
perfect  as  it  was  possible  to  get  them.  Is  it  reasonable  to 
suppose  that  these  conditions  will  ever.be  just  the  same 
again  when  installed  in  the  boat?  .Decidedly  not.  When 
you  come  to  investigate  and  find  how  few  manufacturers 
ever  test  their  engines  for  fuel  consumption,  or  having 
tested  them  keep  the  results  religiously  to  themselves, 
you  may  be  surprised ; but  you  will  be  more  so  when  you 
find  how  few  will  even  give  a guarantee  that  a certain 
consumption  was  noted  when  being  tested. 


The  constantly  advancing  price  of  naphtha  in  itself  is 
causing  some  apprehension,  but  couple  to  that  the  fact 
that  a waste  of  naphtha  usually  results  in  a diminution  of 
power,  and  I think  you  will  all  agree  that  a better  knowl- 
edge of  the  principles  of  carburation  is  absolutely 
necessary. 

I should  very  much  like  to  attend  a competitive  test 
of  the  various  vaporizing  and  carburetting  devices, 
American-made,  another  test  of  foreign  high-priced  car- 
buretting and  mixing  appliances,  and  then  see  the  best 
American  pitted  against  the  best  foreign  production. 

These  devices  are  advertised  in  glowing  terms  to  give 
10  to  20  per  cent,  more  power  than  others;  that  there 
are  more  of  one  particular  make  in  use  than  any  other; 
that  another  is  the  cheapest  because  it  is  the  simplest, 
but  glancing  through  our  trade  publications  not  a single 
one  that  I have  found  advertises  its  economy  per  horse- 
power produced. 

Some  of  these  devices  cost  but  three  or  four  dollars, 
while  some  cost  $bo  and  upward,  and  not  one  dares  to 
advertise  increased  or  the  same  power  with  decreased 
consumption  of  fuel. 

It  will  have  to  be  admitted  that,  all  , things  considered, 
an  engine  in  a launch  or  around  salt  water  will  show 
more  power  the  first  season  than  the  second.  Frequently 
before  the  end  of  the  first  season  a decrease  in  the  num- 
ber of  revolutions  will  be  noticed,  and  it  will  be  found 
necessary  to  make  extensive  repairs  before  its  efficiency 
is  restored.  This  should  not  be,  but  unfortunately  occurs 
too  often.  It  may  be  the  result  of  ignorance  on  the  part 
of  the  operator,  or  due  to  poor  design,  careless  rriachin- 
ing,  accident,  poor  cylinder  oil,  dirt  or  any  one  of  scores 
of  other  causes.  It  may  be  that  particular  type  is  more 
susceptible  to  deterioration  than  the  other.  I was  once 
asked  a question  as  to  which  would  last  the  longer  in  use, 
the  two  or  the  four-cycle  engine.  I am  free  to  confess 
that  at -that  time  I “dodged -the  issue.”  I am  going  to 
explain  quite  fully  the  causes  which  may  reduce  the  effi- 
ciency and  power  and  shorten  the  life  of  both  types.. 

One:  of  the  most  frequent  causes  of  excessive  wear  that 
I have  found  in  two-cycle  engines  is  the  presence  of  core 
sand  in  the  crank  case.  I ha.v?  frequently  taken  from  a 
crank  case  two  or  more  heaping  tablespoo’nfuls  of  dirt, 
iargeiy  consisting  of  beach  sand  used  in  forming  the 
cures.  This  comes  from  not  being  particular  to  clean  the 
crftings  carefully.  The  cored  passage  between  the  crank 
case  and  the  inlet  port  is  an  excellent  place  for  core 


sand  to  be  overlooked.  Of  course  if  the  castings  had 
been  sufficiently  “pickled”  in  dilute  sulphuric  acid  the 
sand  would  have  been  dissolved  and  washed  out, . but 
some  manufacturers  object  to  “pickling”  on  account  of 
trouble  to  make  paint  and  enamel  remain  without  peeling 
and  flaking.  For  mine,  I would  rather  have  less  sand 
and  not  be  so  particular  about  the  paint.  It  is  not  neces- 
sary to  explain  how  the  sand  cuts  connecting  rod  bear- 
ings, shaft  bushings,  crank-pins  and  crank-shaft  bearings, 
cylinders,  and  rings. 

Two-cycle  engines  are  usually  designed  with  a connect- 
ing rod  twice  the  length  of  the  stroke,  occasionally  less, 
hardly  ever  more.  The  reason  for  this  is  to  reduce  the 
clearance  in  the  crank  case  in  order  to  make  the -crank 
case  compression  as  high  as  possible.  The  shorter  the 
connecting  rod  the  more  the  side  thrust  against  the  sides 
of  the  cylinder  wall,  both  on  the  up  stroke  when  com- 
pressing the  charge,  _ and  on  the  power  stroke.  Then 
there  are  double  the  impulses  that  there  are  in  the  four- 
cycle cylinder.  One  mitigating  feature,  however,  is  the 
fact  that  the  average  mean  effective  pressure  is  about 
45  pounds  in  the  two-cycle  against  66  pounds  in  the 
four-cycle. 

In  a two-cycle  engine  the  incoming  gas  through  the 
inlet  port  has  a tendency  to  dissolve  and  carry  with  it  a 
part  of  the  film  of  oil  on  that  side  of  the  cylinder,  while 
the  hot  gases  on  their  way  out  burn  up  the  oil  on  the 
opposite  side.  Reducing  this  film  of  oil  has  a tendency  to 
wear  more  there  than  on  the  forward  and  after  sides, 
and  when  the  compression  begins  to  lower  from  leaks 
past  the  rings,  the  burned  gases  mingle  a little  with  the 
fresh  gas  in  the  crank  case,  appreciably  reducing  the 
volume  of  the  explosive  mixture,  rendering  it  slightly 
“foul.”  As  leaks  develop  around  the  crank-shaft  from 
wear  in  the  bushings,  the  crank  case  compression  is 
lessened,  and  the  volume  of  each  charge  is  correspondingly 
reduced.  These  losses  are,  with  one  or  two  exceptions, 
inherent  in  the  two-cycle  construction,  and  might  be 
characterized  as  structural,  as  they  cannot  be  eliminated 
entirely. 

The  four-cycle  engine  has  its  troubles  as  well. 
Valve  poppets,  are  liable  to  warp  under  the  excessive  heat 
of  the  exhaust;  their  faces  have  a predilection-  f of  scal- 
ing; the  valve  seats  become  worn  unevenly,-  all  developing 
leaks  which  reduce  the  horsepower  of  the  engine,  but 
the  consumption  of  gasolene  goes  merrily  on.  It  takes 
but  a very  little  trouble  with  inlet  or  exhaust  valves  to 


FOREST  AND  STREAM.  1 


[Jan.  7,  1905. 


THE  HOUSEBOAT  LYSANDER OUTBOARD  PROFILE  AND  CABIN  PLAN DESIGNED  BY  R.  W.  HADDOCK. 


materially  reduce  the  revolutions  of  the  propeller,  and 
careful  and  constant  attention  is  necessary  to  keep  the 
valves  ground  in  and  the  proper  tension  on  the  inlet 
valve  springs.  It  has  often  been  remarked  that  a four- 
cycle engine  with  no  valves,  if  it  could  be  designed  and 
operated  satisfactorily,  would  be  a long  strong  step  to- 
ward perfection  in  gasolene  engine  perfection.  In  no 
application  can  it  be  better  appreciated  than  for  marine 
work  where  the  full  power  of  the  engine  is  almost  con- 
stantly utilized,  unlike  the  automobile,  which  rarely  needs 
its  full  power  for  any  length  of  time  except  for  hill- 
climbing. 

Let  us  have  some  tests  of  carbureters  m 1905,  and  let 
us  also  hail  the  day  when  improved  design  and  careful 
attention  to  detail  shall  have  prolonged  the  time  of  use- 
fulness of  both  types  of  engine. 


British  Letter* 

The  show  of  motor  launches  at  the  Paris  Salon 
d’Automobile  this  year  has  been  a very  large  one,  _ and 
from  a spectacular  point  of  view  the  whole  exhibition 
may  be  said  to  be  a great  success.  Unfortunately,  the 
type  of  launch  most  in  evidence  is  the  totally  useless 
racing  shell,  and  the  equally  useless  so-called  racing 
“cruiser.”  The  folly  of  the  manufacturers  is  sufficiently 
apparent  in  the  obstinate  manner  in  which  they  stick 
to  a form  of  vessel  which  is  far  too  expensive  for  the 
ordinary  individual  to  buy,  and  which  is  not  even  sea- 
worthy, but  which  they  seem  to  consider  the  alpha  and 
omega  of  motorboat  perfection.  The  finality  of  ab- 
surdity would,  however,  appear  to  be  reached  in  the 
“cruising”  launch,  Dietrich  II.,  which  is  40ft.  in  length, 
carries  a motor  of  140  horsepower  and  consumes  17^4 
gallons  of  fuel  every  hour. 

It  is  not  difficult  to  discover  why  the  general  public 
fights  shy  of  such  costly  craft,  especially  as  they  are 
quite  unfitted  for  the  open  sea.  There  are  a few  really 
nice  bona  fide  cruising  launches  at  the  show,  but  thev 
are  all  rather  small.  It  is  satisfactory  to  know  that  the 
workmanship  of  the  motors  is  in  no  way  superior  to 
that  of  English  firms,  and  that  in  design  our  boats  are 
manifestly  superior  to  the  French  craft.  There  may 
be  and-  doubtless  there  is  a great  future  for  motor-pro-, 
pelled  boats,  but  it  will  never  be  with  the  eggshell  type, 
so  popular  with  the  trade.  The  racing  motorboat  may 
be  classed  with  the  racing  bicycle;,  and  the  racing  motor 
car  as  not  only  useless,  but  positively  dangerous  and, 
so  far  as  yachtsmen  are  concerned,  motor  power  will 
for  many  years  be  confined  to  auxiliary  power  for 
yachts  and"  yacht’s  launches,  for  both  of  which  pur- 
poses it  is  eminently  fitted. 

Some  weeks  ago  a British  motorboat  club  was 
gfarfed,  but  the  commitfee  is  composed  of  so  many 


persons  interested  in  the  trade,  that  it  will  not  be 
likely  to  have  any  degree  of  success  with  the  better 
classes  in  this  country.  In  Great  Britain  the  main  idea 
of  the  majority  of  people  who  go  in  for  races  of  any 
description  is  sport  pure  and  simple,  and  the  idea  of 
trade  competition  in  such  matters  is  extremely  dis- 
tasteful to  them.  Professional  football  is  not  regarded 
as  a sport  by  our  leisured  classes,  neither  are  bicycle 
racing,  motor  car  racing,  nor  motor  launch  racing,  the 
reason  being  that  in  all  these  things  the  commercial 
side  of  the  question  is  always  uppermost. 

If  sport  is  to  be  kept  pure  ajid  undefiled,  the  com- 
mercial element  must  be  relegated  to  its  proper  place. 
The  spectacle  of  motor  launches  being  steered  by  their 
builders  is  not  an  elevating  one;  the  helmsman  has  al- 
ways an  undue  interest  in  the  doings  of  his  boat,  and 
his  one  idea  is  to  win — for  the  good  of  his  firm,  not  of 
the  “sport.”  Moreover,  motorboat  racing  will  always 
be  a procession,  the  fastest  boat — bar  accidents — will 
always  win  and  after  a few'  trials  the  winning  boats 
can  be  picked  out.  The  same  thing  occurred  a few  years 
ago,  when  steam  yacht  racing  was  taken  up  for  a short 
period  and  British  steam  yachts  were  given  races  at 
the  Riviera  regattas.  The  thing  soon  developed  into 
a farce,  the  boat  with  the  highest  power  won  with  un- 
varying monotony,  and  the  races  died  a natural  death. 
The  sooner  the  same  thing  happens  with  motor  launch 
racing  the  better,  for  then  the  builders  can  turn  their 
attention  to  the  perfection  of  good  wholesome  boats 
which  can  be  economically  driven  and  contain  some  of 
the  elements  ©f  comfort. 

The  yachting  season  on  the  Riviera  does  not  promise 
very  well  this  year.  The  Fairlie-built  schooner  Susanne 
and  the  Navahoe  are  the  only  big  boats  known  to  be 
going  out  there,  and  there  is  apparently  every  proba- 
bility of  the  King  Edward  Cup  race  from  Gibraltar  to 
Nice  falling  through  again  Tor  want  of  entries.  The 
bulk  of  the  racing  will  fall  to  the  lot  of  the  smaller 
French  and  Italian  classes.  E.  H.  Kelly. 


The  Houseboat  Lysander. 

The  houseboat  Lysander  is  of  the  scow  type;  85ft. 
over  all  length;  21ft.  extreme  breadth,  and  2ft.  4m. 
draft.  She  was  built  in  thie  winter  of  1901-02  at  Alex- 
andria Bay,  N.  Y.,  for  a well-known  New  York  gentle- 
man, from  plans  made  by  R.  W.  Haddock.  The  hull 
was  built  on  the  ice  .and  practically  launched  itself  in 
the  spring.  The  tfoat  has  no  power  for  propelling  pur- 
pose and  is  intended  for  a .floating  home  to  be  towed 
from  place,  to  place  at  will.  ... 

On  coming  aboard  at  the  companiomvay  on  the  fore- 
deck, the  first  ro.om  isThe,  library,  12ft  6in,  by  19ft.  in 
the  clear,  Window  seats  run.  aloud  each  side,  having 


lids  hinged  to  raise  for  storage.  Three  windows  on 
each  side  give  ample  light;  and  heat  in  the  fall  is 
furnished  by  a complete  steam-heating  plant,  radiators 
being  in  all  rooms,  as  shown  in  plans.  Besides  the 
heating  plant,  the  boat  has  a complete  electric  lighting- 
equipment — engine  and  generator. 

The  general  scheme  of  interior  decoration  is  white 
enamel  sides  and  ceiling,  and  hardwood  floors  through- 
out. A passageway  3ft.  6in.  wide  runs  from  the  library 
to  the  dining  saloon,  from  which  open  the  owner’s  state- 
room and  guests’  rooms.  On  the  port  side  are  two 
large  staterooms,  8x8  and  8x10.  connecting  through 
the  bathroom.  I11  each  room  are  wardrobe  and  bureau. 
Both  rooms  are  intended  for  regulation  bedsteads, 
as  also  are  two  of  the  guests’  rooms  on  the  starboard. 
These  rooms  all  are  provided  with  white  enameled 
lavatories,  and  hot  and  cold  water,  as  well  as  steam  heat. 

The  water  system  is  by  gravity  from  a large  tank 
on  the  upper  deck.  This  tank  is  divided  to  break  the 
swash.  The  top  is  fitted  with  cushions  and  is  used  as 
a lounging  place.  A skylight  also  gives  light  to  the 
passageway  beneath.  Hot  water  is  provided  from  the 
range  in  the  galley. 

The  dining  saloon  is  a large  and  spacious  one,  being 
16ft.  by  20ft.  Side-board,  serving  table  with  drawer 
under  for  linen  and  corner  china  closets  are  provided 
here..  Next  comes  the  galley  on  the  port  side,  and 
captain’s  and  steward’s  quarters  on  the  starboard. 
Quarters  for  the  crew  are  placed  below  deck  in  the 
after  part,  as  also  is  the  machinery  and  heating  plant. 

The  boat  has  a complete  sewage  system,  with  main 
trunk  line  and  branches  all  in  a most  up-to-date-  man- 
ner. Consideration  for  habitancy  of  all  parts,  and  good 
ventilation  being  of  prime  importance,  no  expense  was 
spared  to  attain  the  same. 

The  entire  upper  deck  is  given  to  comfortable  furni- 
ture, and  is  an  ideal  summer  resting  place.  The  whole 
is  covered  with  a standing  roof,  having  storm  curtains 
for  inclement  weather.  The  interior  is  furnished  and 
fitted  with  all  the  small  things  that  go  to  make  life 
comfortable  and  would  have  to  be  seen  to  be  ap- 
preciated. The  spars  are  more  for  dressing  ship  than 
any  other  purpose,  and  do  not  extend  below  the  roof 
of  house.  The  galley  is  complete  in  every  detail  with 
range;  refrigerators,  dressers  and  other  essentials  are 
found. 

For  summer  on  the  water  a boat  of  this  type  gives 
as  much  comfort  as  a small  house,  and  certainly  free- 
dom from  dust  and  many  other  land  nuisances,  and  pos- 
sesses the  advantage , of  being  easily  moved  if  the  lo- 
cality becomes  wearisome.  It  also  furnishes  a base  for 
many  aquatic  pleasures — a sailing,  canoeing,  rowing  anG 
launch  party.  The  possibilities  for  entertaining  and 
social  events  £U‘?  no  mean  feature  of  a boat  of  this 
class, 


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Prince  Alfred  Y*  C,  of  Sydney* 

Australia, 

BY  LOUIS  H.  WYATT,  SECRETARY  PRINCE  ALFRED  Y.  C 

“Mosquito  Y.  G- — Boat  owners  wishing  to  join,  please 
meet  at  McGrath’s  at  8 to-night.” 

The  above  exhortation  appeared  in  the  advertising 
columns  of  the  Sydney  Morning  Herald  of  Tuesday, 
Oct.  15,  1867,  and  on  the  evening  of  the  same  day,  in 
the  commercial  room  at  the  above-named  hotel  in 
King  street,  Sydney,  a number  of  boat  owners  and  other 
aquatic  supporters  assembled  to  discuss  the  advisable- 
ness, or  otherwise,  of  forming  a mosquito  yacht  club, 
with  the  object  of  promoting  aquatic  sports  in  Port 
Jackson. 

The  reason  for  the  inauguration  of  such  a club  was. 
stated  to  be  that  the  Royal  Sydney  Yacht  Squadron, 
which  had  been  in  existence  some  four  or  five  years, 
did  not  cater  for  the  smaller  boats,  and  that  some 
organization  for  the  proper  control  of  racing  among 
such  craft  was  considered  to  be  necessary.  Nowadays, 
there  are  numerous  sailing  clubs  which  foster  the  small 
boats  of  all  classes,  and  the  Prince  Alfred  Y.  C.,  to- 
gether with  the  Royal  Sydney  Yacht  Squadron,  look  after 
the  interests  of  the  yachts  only.  In  this  connection  there 
has  been  much  argument  of  late  as  to  what  constitutes, 
a yacht,  and  the  question  has  proved  quite  as  vexatious, 
as  the  problem  of  arriving  at  a satisfactory  definition, 
of  an  amateur. 

At  the  inaugural  meeting  it  was  decided  that  the 
title  of  the  new  body  should  be  “Prince  Alfred  Y.  G,” 
in  honor  of  the  then  recent  visit  of  His  late  Royal 
Highness  the  Duke  of  Edinburgh;  and  royal  patronage 
has  uten  extended  to  the  club  ever  since^ its  inception. 

Success  appears  to  have  attended  the  beginnings  of 
the  club,  for  in  less  than  two  months  no  less  than 
twenty  yachts  were  registered  and  eighty  members  en- 
rolled, and  for  thirty-two  years  this  latter  number  was 
not  exceeded. 

On  application  to  the  admiralty  some  eighteen  months 
after  inauguration  a warrant  was  issued  authorizing 
the  yachts  of  the  club  to  fly  the  blue  ensign  with  a 
ducal  coronet  in  the  lower  fly.  At  the  same  time  it 
was  decided  that  the  burgee  be  blue  ground  with  broad 
red  cross,  and  these  flags  have  been  in  use  up  to  the 
present  day.  Another  interesting  matter  about  the 
same  time,  was  the  adoption  of  a distinctive  uniform, 
and  the  rig-out,  which  seems  to  have  met  with  the  ap- 
proval of  the  members  was:  ' Blue  coat  (sack,  double- 
breasted)  and  vest,  with  white  trousers,  and  straw 
yachting  hat  with  blue  ribbon.  If  the  sailing  weather- 
thirty  odd  years  ago  was  anything  like  it  is  nowadays — 
and  there  is  reason  to  believe  it  was — there  were: 
probably  innumerable  straw  hats  floating  about  Port. 
Jackson'  on  Sunday  morning  after  the  previous  day’s, 
race:  and,  if  the  for’ard  hands  wore  the  said  straw 
bonnets,  the  language  was  doubtless  peculiarly  yachty. 
Nothing  has  been  chronicled  as  to  whether  such  uni- 
form was  extensively  worn,  and,  as  it  is  not  remembered’ 
by  any  of  the  present  members,  probably  did  not  last: 
long.  The  distinctive  outfit  at  present  in  vogue  is. 
similar  to  the  undress  uniform  of  naval  brigade  officers. 

While  commenting  on  the  early  records  of  the  club, 
one  cannot  pass  without  mentioning  a man  whose  name: 
has  been  associated  with  yachting  ever  since  the  com- 
mencement of  the  sport  in  these  parts.  The  late  Mr, 
Richard  Harnett  was  the  first  commodore  of  the  Prince 
Alfred  Y.  C.  Not  only  was  Mr.  Harnett  a keen  sports- 
man, but  one  with  original  notions  regarding  yacht 
design  and  construction.  So  far  back  as  1868  he  con- 
ceived and  put  into  practice  the  idea  of  . a boat  with 
cutaway  ends  and  a fin-keel — truly  a primitive  form  of 
the  present  day  racer.  One  these  lines  he  produced. 
Australian,  a boat  that  had  a remarkable  record  ex- 
tending over  nearly  twenty  years,  despite  the  fact  that 
when  the  model  was  shown  to  such  eminent  builders 
as  Hatcher,  of  Southampton;  White,  of  Cowes,  and 
Ratkc,  they  ridiculed  the  possibility  of  such  a craft 
being  able  to  sail. 

In  the  absence  of  evidence  of  great  vitality  and  en- 
thusiasm, it  can  only  be  concluded  that  from  1872  on- 
ward the  club’s  affairs  drifted  on  in  a steady  kind  of 
way  for  a number  of  years,  continuing  with  the  ortho- 
dox opening  and  closing  functions,  and  ordinary  racing 
events  in  ' the  sailing  seasons  until  toward  the  end  of 
1899,  when  we  find  the  commencement  of  a new  era. 

For  the  last  quarter  of  the  nineteenth  century  the 
club  had  jogged  along  with  an  average  mehierbship' 
ranging  between  seventy  and  eighty;  and  while  it  may 
be  said  that  the  Prince  Alfred  Y.  C.  continued  to  exist. 


THE  FLEET  OF  THE  PRINCE  ALFRED  Y.  C.  ON  THE  OPENING  DAY,  1903. 

Photo  by  Swain  & Co.,  Sydney,  N,  S.  W. 


500  members  and  friends  who  wish  to  witness  the 
various  events. 

About  the  ups  and  downs  of  the  club  since  its  in- 
ception, the  writer  might  go  on  ad  infinitum;  but  he  fears 
the  editor’s  blue  pencil,  which  is  mightier  than  many 
other  weapons.  However,  it  would  be  well  just  to 
briefly  describe  how  the  Alfreds  carry  out  the  season’s 
programme,  and  entertain  the  members  all  the  year 
round;  but  first  of  all  it  will  be  necessary  to  make  a 
little  digression,  by  drawing  a local  sketch  to  give  the 
reader  an  idea  of  where  such  programme  is  enacted. 
Though  it  would  be  superfluous,  here,  to  dwell  at 
length  upon  the  adaptability  of  Port  Jackson,  upon  the 
waters  of  which  the  members  of  the  Prince  Alfred^  Y. 
C.  disport  themselves  whenever  opportunity  offers 
throughout  the  summer,  in  passing,  it  may  be  men- 
tioned that  upon  Saturdays,  Sundays  and  all  holidays 
for  eight  months  of  the  year  (September  to  April)  the 
world  renowned  harbor  is  a scene  of  aquatic  animation. 
Steam  yachts,  powerboats,  and  sailing  craft  of  every 
size  and  description,  from  the  stately  old-fashioned 
cruiser  to  the  tiny  6-footer,  in  hundreds  flit  about  a 
beautiful  expanse  of  water  bounded  by  170  miles  of 


Farm  Cove,  then  form  a procession^ — headed  by  the 
commodore — and  proceed  in  order  of  tonnage  to  some 
sheltered  rendezvous,  where  the  whole  fleet  (numbering 
as  many  as  40  on  some  occasions)  come  to  an  anchor 
round  the  commodore  and  dress  ship,  forming  an 
unique  gathering  that  is  symbolical  of  festivity.  A good 
band  on  the  club  steamer  enlivens  the  proceedings,  and 
there  are  always  numerous  aquatic  sports,  such  as 
sailing  dingey  races  and  rowing  contests.  There  is 
also  much  exchanging  of  visits  between  the  various 
craft,  and  the  well-known  signal  (which,  by  the  way, 
is  much  appreciated)  inviting  members  to  “come  on 
board”  flutters  at  the  masthead  of  the  commodore’s 
yacht  during  the  whole  function.  About  a fortnight 
later  the  real  business  of  the  season  begins — racing. 

In  the  last  few  years,  the  principal  events  have  been 
the  30-rating  competition,  for  which  there  are  three- 
rounds,  points  being  given  for  each  race — 3 for  first, 
2 for  second  and  1 for  third  place.  In  this  class  there 
are  about  nine  or  ten  yachts  competing  regularly,  and 
in  the  past  season,  in  order  to  thoroughly  test  the 
merits  of  the  boats,  one  of  the  three  matches  was  sailed 
over  an  ocean  course,  and  the  other  two  in  the  harbor. 


there  were  not  any  striking  manifestations  of  advance- 
ment, and  it  was  patent  to  some  of  the  younger  and. 
more  enterprising  members,  that  if  progress  was  to  be 
made  and  the  club  to  expand  something  in  the  shape 
of  a club  house  must  be  established. 

The  outcome  of  much  discussion  was  the  opening,  on. 
Dec.  4,  1899,  of  spacious  rooms  in  the  heart  of  the  city.. 

These  are  liberally  decorated  with  yachting  and 
other  pictures,  while  the  comfort  and  convenience  of 
the  members  is  . studied  in  every  respect.  Such  ac- 
quisitions as  billiard  tables  and  the  necessaries  for  other 
indoor  games  are  provided,  in  addition  to  a library  con- 
taining all  the  latest  yachting  literature,  and  all  popular 
sporting  and  other  magazines  are  always  available  on 
the  reading  table. 

The  little  band  who  had  formulated  the  scheme  were 
full  of  go-ahead-ism,  and  from  the  date  of  the  es- 
tablishment of  the  rooms  the  Prince  Alfred  Y.  C.  has- 
had  year  after  year  of  phenomenal  success.  So  great 
was  the  influx  of  new  members  it  was  found  necessary 
to  double  the  accommodation  in  the  following  August. 
Between  the  annual  meetings  of  1899  and  1900,  the 
membership  increased  nearly  100  per  cent...  The  num- 
ber on  the  roll  in  1899  was  77;  to-day  it  is  232. 

The  fleet,  according  to  the  register,  has  also  increased 
from  seventeen  to  forty-six,  and  it  is  gratifying  to  ob- 
serve that  the  majority  of  these  are  boats  of  an  up-to- 
date  type. 

The  introduction  of  half  a dozen  new  yachts  of 
modern  design— 30-rating— wes  also  an  important 
auxiliary  to  the  club’s  progress,  and  this  served  to  re- 
vive interest  in  yacht  racing  in  these  parts — a tonic  that 
was  badly  needed  in  this  branch  of  the  sport.  And  as. 
indicating  the  increasing  popularity  of  the  contests  con- 
ducted by  the  “Alfreds” — as  the  club  is  colloquially 
known — it  may  be  mentioned  that  the  committee  have 
found  it  necessary  during  the  last  couple  of  seasons  to> 
engage  a steamer  capable  of  accommodating  400  to 


BRONZCARING. 

Ccm.  S.  Hordern’s  steam  yacht,  flagship  of  Prince  Alfred  Y.  C,. 

Photo  by  Swain  & Co.,  Sydney,  N.  S.  W. 

foreshore  (including  all  bays  and  coves)  that  show  the 
touch  of  nature’s  best  handiwork;  all  these,  with  art 
•environment  of  unimaginable  color,  constitute  a spec- 
tacle that  must  be  seen  to  be  appreciated. 

In  September,  one  by  one  the  yachts,  all  resplendent 
in  new  paint  and  varnish,  forsake  their  winter,  quarters, 
and  there  is  about  a month  or  six  weeks  of  sail  stretch- 
ing and  tuning  up  before  the  commencement  of  the 
racing,  which  is  conducted  under  the  rules  of  the  Sydney 
Yacht  Racing  Association,  which  are  really  those  of  the 
British  Yacht  Racing  Association  somewhat  modified 
and  altered  to  suit  local  conditions. 

The  Prince  Alfred  Y.  C.’s  programme  generally  opens 
toward  the  end  of  October;  and  for  many  years  it  has 
been  the  custom  for  all  the  yachts  to  assemble  in 


EASTER  CAMP  OF  THE 


Y,  C.  AT  THE  BASIN  BROKEN  BAY ENTRANCE  TO  HAWKESBURY  RIVER, 

Photo  by  Talma,  Sydney,  N,  S.  W. 


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fjAN.  7,  igtSg. 


The  majority  of  the  events,  however,  are  general 
handicaps,  which  admit  of  all  yachts  of  the  club  enter- 
ing, and  in  this  class  of  rating  there  have  been  some 
close  and  interesting  finishes.  The  cruisers  are  also 
catered  for,  three  events  being  programmed  for  yachts 
that  are  scarcely  up  to  the  standard  to  be  designated 
racers. 

There  are  generally  about  a dozen  races  during  the 
season,  at  fortnightly  intervals,  for  prize  money  aggre- 
gating some  £225  odd,  in  addition  to  which  members 
present  many  handsome  trophies  for  the  winners.  To 
keep  the  sport  strictly  amateur  has  ever  been  one  of 
the  traditions  of  the  club;  such  must  undoubtedly  tend 
to  keep  the  sport  healthy  and  clean.  Among  the  early, 
rules  was  one  which  stipulated  that  all  yachts  com- 
peting in  a club  race  must  be  manned  entirely  by  mem- 
bers, and  it  is  pleasing  to  note  that  after  thirty-six 
years — while  membership  is  not  -now  enforced — the 
amateur  status  of  each  man  of  a racing  yacht’s  crew 
(except  the  regular  paid  hand  or  hands,  according  to 
size)  must  be  maintained,  and  it  is  compulsory  that 
the  man  at  the  helm  shall  be  a member.  By  way  of 
encouraging  the  amateur,  a member  occasionally  offers 
prizes  for  the  skipper  and  each  of  the  crew  of  the 
boat  most  successful  during  the  season. 

The  season  closes  with  the  Easter  camp,  an  outing 
that  has  now  become  one  of  the  yachting  events  of 
the  year  in  these  waters.  As  a rule,  the  site  for  the 
encampment  is  at  a picturesque  spot,  known  as  the 
Basin,  in  Broken  Bay,  some  twenty  miles  north  of 
Sydney.  The  fleet  get  underway,  weather  permitting, 
when  the  land  breeze  makes  on  the  Thursday  night 
before  the  holidays,  and  proceed  up  the  coast  by  moon- 
light. As  many  as  twenty  to  twenty-five  yachts  will 
attend  these  camps,  and  for  those  members  who  do 
not  sail  up  a passage  is  provided  in  the  club  steamer. 
On  arrival,  arrangements  for  their  comfort  are  found 
as  perfect  as  it  is  possible  for  camping  accomnlodation 
to  be.  A spacious  marquee  for  concert  and  dining  pur- 
poses occupies  a central  position  on  the  large  green 
flat,  and  close  handy  is  the  canteen;  on  either  side  is  a 
row  of  roomy  tents,  very  comfortably  furnished,  for 
sleeping  purposes.  A peep  into  the  interior  of  these 
little  cotton  abodes — which,  being  of  bright  crimson 
and  gold  stripes  give  some  positive  color  to  the  fore- 
ground by  day,  and  at  night  look  like  richly  painted 
eastern  lanterns  set  against  the  dark  background  of  the 
thickly  wooded  primeval  hills — convince  one  that  the 
members  of  the  Prince  Alfred  Y.  C.  are  men  of  lux- 
urious  tastes.  The  floors  of  the  tents  are  carpeted*  and! 
the  whole  canvas  village  is  illuminated  with  acetylene 
gas;  the  catering  is  done  by  a competent  chef,  and  the 
campers  have  nothing  to  do  but  enjoy  themselves.  To 
some  this  may  not  sound  like  camping;  but  when  out 
for  a holiday  it  is  just  as  well  to  be  comfortable.  As 
many  as  no  have  been  known  to  sit  down  to  dinner  at 
one  of  these  camp  meetings.  Four  days’  fishing  at 
impromptu  sports  are  indulged  in  at  one  of  the  finest 
resorts  that  can  be  conceived. 

In  the  winter  months  the  members  are  entertained 
with  billiard  and  other  tournaments,  conducted  in  the 
club  rooms,  and  these  serve  to  keep  the  members  to- 
gether during  a period  that,  prior  to  the  establishment 
of  the  city  quarters,  was  the  cause  of  much  falling  off. 

In  conclusion,  it  may  be  stated  that  the  club  hopes 
shortly  to  move  into  more  commodious  apartments; 
and  that  the  day  is  not  far  distant  when  it  will  be 
able  also  to  support  a waterside  club  house,  is  the 


dearest  wish  of  the  members.  With  the  encouraging 
results  of  the  past  few  years,  it  is  scarcely  too  sanguine 
to  expect  that  one  day  the  Prince  Alfred  Y.  C.  will 
take  the  lead  in  the  noble  sport  which  will  surely  extend 
in  Port  Jackson,  where  every  facility  is  the  natural  in- 
heritance of  all  those  who  desire  to  become  yachtsmen. 


A 36-Foot  Cruising  Launch* 

• 

The  design  of  the  powerboat  illustrated  in  these 
columns  this  week  is  from  the  board  of  Messrs.  Burgess 
& Packard.  The  plans  show  a boat  of  36ft.  over  all 
length,  with  unusually  roomy  accommodations  for  a 
craft  of  her  length.  She  is  a sensible  type  of  boat,  and 
was  intended  for  use  where  bad  weather 
encountered. 

Her  dimensions  are  as  follows : 

Length — 

Over  all  .....36ft. 

L.W.L.  31ft. 

Overhang — 

Forward  

Aft  

Breadth — 

Y Extreme  10ft. 

Biraft — 

To  rabbet  2ft. 

Extreme  

Freeboard — 

Forward  • 4ft. 

Aft  

Least  

The  cabin  house  is  20ft.  long,  and  there  is  a waterway 
1 ft.  6in.  all  around  it.  There  is  9ft.  of  deck  room  for- 
ward of  the  house,  and  7ft.  aft  of  it. 

The  boat  has  quite  an  elaborate  cabin  and  six  berths 
for  sleeping.  Instead  of  a cockpit  aft,  there  is  a railing 
around  the  deck,  and  chairs  or  camp  stools  are  used  to 
sit  on.  The  companion  slide  over  the  galley  is  made 
very  large  for  good  ventilation  and  to  take  away  the 
heat  of  the  stove  and  engine.  The  saloon  skylight  and 
forward  cabin  skylight  are  also  very  large.  The  forward 
skylight  is  made  like  the  conning  tower  of  a torpedo  boat, 
and  this  makes  an  excellent  place  to  handle  the  boat  from 
in  all  kinds  of  weather.  The  speed  was  an  entirely 
secondary  consideration,  and  room  and  seaworthiness 
were  the  first  essentials. 


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Queries  on  Marine  Motors. 


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T.  H.,  Des  Moines,  la. — Would  it  be  possible  to  make  my  fotft- 
cycle  single  cylinder  engine  explode  every  revolution? 


Ans. — It  is  very  evident  that  you  are  new  to  the  busi- 
ness, for  this  is  invariably  the  first  question  the  beginner 
asks.  A four-cycle  engine  always  has  four  strokes  of 
the  piston  to  each  explosion,  whence  its  name.  A two- 
cycle  engine  has  two  strokes  to  each  explosion.  In  the, 
four  cycle,  following  the  four  strokes  in  order,  the  first 
down  stroke,  the  exhaust  valve  being  closed,  draws  into 
the  cylinder  a quantity  of  gas.  The  next  stroke,  which 
is  upward,  compresses  it  to  from  three  to  six  atmospheres, 
say  45  to  90  pounds  approximately,  when  it  is  ignited 
and  the  power  is  produced.  The  next  stroke  is  down, 
and  is  the  only  power  stroke  of  the  four.  _ The  last  stroke 
of  the  four  is  when  the  exhaust  valve  is  open  and  the 
spent  gases  are  forced  out.  The  exhaust  valve  then  is 
closed  and  the  first  of  the  four  strokes  Is  repeated  by 


taking  in  another  charge  of  gas,  then  the  compression 
stroke,  the  power  stroke  and  the  exhaust,  etc.  In  the 
two-cycle  engine,  a charge  is  taken  into  the  crank  case 
or  some  auxiliary  cylinder  or  compression  space  on  the 
upward  stroke  of  the  piston,  which  at  the  same  time  com- 
presses a previous  charge  already  in  the  cylinder.  This 
previous  charge  is  then  fired  and  a power  impulse  is 
given.  At  a point  before  the  lower  center  is  reached,  or 
before  the  end  of  the  stroke,  an  opening  in  the  wall  of 
the  cylinder,  called  a port,  is  uncovered  by  the  piston,  and 
the  pressure  is  exhausted.  Just  a little  later  a port  is 
uncovered  in  the  opposite  side  and  the  charge  of  gas  in 
the  crank  case  or  compression  space,  which  from  the 
action  of  the  piston  descending  is  slightly  compressed, 
enters  the  firing  cylinder,  driving  out  the  most  of  the  re- 
maining burnt  gases  and  furnishes  a new  charge  of  gas. 
The  ports  are  both  closed  by  the  piston  ascending,  and 
this  new  charge  of  gas  is  compressed  to  usually  two  to 
Tour  atmospheres,  approximately  30  to  60  pounds,  and  at 
the  end  of  the  up  stroke  is  exploded,  giving  an  impulse 
at  every  revolution  or  every  two  strokes  of  the  piston, 
one  down  and  one  up.  English  custom  is  to  call  the  two- 
cycle  and  four-cycle  engines  “two-stroke”  and  “four- 
stroke.”  It  is  much  more  descriptive  and  better  under- 
stood. 

H.  A.,  Boston,  Mass. — I notice  in  a recent  article  by  Mr.  F.  K. 
Grain  it  is  advised  not  to  wrap  up  an  engine  with  canvas.  Does 
that  apply  to  an  open  launch,  and  is  it  better  to  leave  the  engine 
exposed  to  the  elements? 

Ans. — If  wet  canvas  touches  any  part  of  the  engine  it 
is  extremely  liable  to  cause  severe  oxydizing  or  rusting. 
If  it  is  inconvenient  to  remove  the  engine  from  die 
launch,  by  all  means  construct  some  sort  of  covering 
which  will  keep  the  snow  and  wet  from  it.  If  this  is  tight 
and  does  not  allow  the  snow  to  drift  in,  it  will  more  than 
pay  you  for  the  trouble.  With  a brush  and  some  cylinder 
oil  cover  all  parts  of  the  cast  iron  and  steel  not  protected 
by  enamel  with  a good  coat.  In  the  spring  a little 
naphtha  and  some  clean  waste  will  remove  it  very  easily. 
Be  sure  to  drain  the  water  out  of  all  the  piping  and  re- 
move the  check  valve  popets  or  if  using  swing  checks 
you  had  better  remove  the  caps. 

S.  S.  J.,  San  Diego,  CaL — What  voltage  is  ordinarily  used  for 
marine  gasolene  engine  ignition? 

Ans. — From  4 to  6.5  volts  approximately,  when  using 
batteries,  and  frequently  10  or  more  on  magnetos  or 
dynamos.  Caustic  alkaline  batteries  should  show  .95  on 
open  and  .7  volt  each  on  closed  circuit.  Dry  batteries  on 
closed  eiffcuit  usually  show  l,i  volts  each,  while  each  cell 
of  storage  battery  or  accumulator  shows  2.2  volts.  In 
jump  spark,  which  is  operated  by  a secondary  or  induced 
current,  the  voltage  of  4.5  volts  at  the  primary  is  in- 
creased to  some  25,000  volts  in  the  secondary.  It  is!  cus- 
tomary to  use  four  to  six  cells  of  dry  battery,  five  or 
Seven  cells  of  caustic  alkaline,  or  two  cells  storage,  in 
engines  using  make-and-break.  In  jump  spark  rarely  ate 
more  than  four  dry  cells  used  except  where  the  coils  are 
especially  wound  for  a voltage  of  over  4.5.  High  volt- 
age is  liable  to  break  them  down  or  perforate  the  tin  foil 
used  in  the  “condenser.” 

A.  O.  H.,  New  York.— If  A.  O.  H.  will  send  his  full 
name  and  address  we  will  gladly  answer  his  inquiry. 


Launch  Meylert. — The  cruising  gasolene  launch 
: Meylert,  owned  by  Mr.  L.  R.  Armstrong,  has  been  sold 
through  the  office  of  Mr.  Henry  J.  Gielow  of  this  city 
to  Mr:  William  Erb,  of  Philadelphia. 


|an.  7,  1905.3 


PokfiST  AND  STREAM. 


1§ 


YACHTING  NEWS  NOTES. 

For  advertising  relating  to  this  department  see  pages  ii  and  iii. 

YawL  Watanga  Sold.— The  auxiliary  yawl  Watanga, 
owned  by  Mr.  George  K.  Kirkhanij  has  been  sold  to 
Mr.  D.  M.  Bedell. 

*S  « H 

Valhalla  Entered  in  Ocean  Race.— The  Earl  of 
Crawford’s  yacht  Valhalla  has  been  officially  entered 
through  the  Royal  Yacht  Squadron  in  the  trans- Atlantic 
race  for  the  German  Emperor’s  Cup.  This  is  the  first 
entry  to  be  filed.  Valhalla  is  a big  square  rigged  vessel 
240ft.  in  length. 

8t  *1  It 

New  Schooner  for  Robert  Olyphant. — Mr.  Robert 
Jacob  has  secured  the  contract  for  the  schooner 
designed  by  Messrs.  A.  Cary  Smith  and  Ferris  for  Mr. 
Robert  Olyphant,  and  work  on  the  boat  has  already 
commenced.  She  is  65ft.  over  all,  45ft.  waterline,  15ft. 
breadth  and  9ft.  6in.  draft.  The  boat  will  have  a flush 
deck,  and  will  have  a liberal  spread  of  canvas. 

It  8|  It 

Two  Challengers  for  Canada  Cup. — Mr.  Alfred 
Mylne  has  gotten  out  plans  for  a Canada  Cup  boat  for 
Mr.  James  Worts,  and  Mr.  William  Fife  has  turned 
out  a design  for  Mr.  Frederick  Nicholls.  Both  boats 
will  be  framed  up  in  English  yards,  then  knocked  down 
and  shipped  to  Captain  Andrews’  yard  at  Oakville, 
Canada,  where  there  will  be  built.  Both  boats  will  be 
overboard  by  June  1. 

at  »t  at 

An  Auxiliary  Scooter. — Something  entirely  new  in 
the  “scooter”  line  made  its  appearance  in  the  bay, 
off  East  Moriches,  recently.  It  is  a craft  of  the  or- 
dinary “scooter”  type,  but  fitted  with  auxiliary  power. 
The  boat  was  designed  by  Ketcham  Bros.,  of  Eastport. 
The  auxiliary  power  is  furnished  by  a gasolene  engine. 
The  propelling  device  is  in  a trunk,  similar  to  that  which 
ordinarily  surrounds  a centerboard. 

Within  the  box  a driving  wheel,  with  a rim  of  teeth- 
shaped  cogs,  runs  on  a horizontal  shaft,  the  boxes  of 
which  fit  snugly  at  the  bottom  and  sides.  At  the  top 
of  the  boxes  are  coiled  steel  springs  to  hold  down  the 
driving  wheel,  giving  sufficiently  to  allow  the  wheel 
to  raise  when  uneven  ice  is  met.  Two  bands,  running 
from  the  flywheel  of  the  engine  to  the  ends  of  the 
driving  shaft,  complete  the  propelling  device.  The  cogs 
on  the  driving  wheel  take  a firm  grip  on  the  ice  and 
the  boat  moves  along  at  a good  speed  under  power 
alone.  The  device  is  not  patented  and  any  one  can 
employ  it. — Brooklyn  Eagle. 


“ Forest  and  Stream^  Designing 
Competition  No.  IV. 

Sixty-foot  Waterline  Cruising  Power  Boat* 

$225  In  Prises. 

The  three  designing  competitions  previously  given  by 
Forest  and  Stream  have  been  for  sailing  yachts.  In 
this  competition,  the  fourth,  we  are  to  change  our  sub- 
ject  and  give  the  power  boat  men  an  opportunity.  The 
competition  is  open  to  amateurs  and  professionals,  except 
that  the  designers  who  received  prizes  in  any  of  the  three 
previous  contests  may  not  compete  in  this  one. 

The  following  prizes  will  be  given: 

First  prize,  $100. 

Second  prize,  $60. 

Third  prize,  $40. 

Fourth  prize,  $25,  offered  by  Mr.  Charles  W.  Lee  for 
the  best  cabin  arrangement. 

Mr.  Henry  J.  Gielow,  N.A.,  has  very  kindly  agreed  to 
act  as  judge.  In  addition  to  making  the  awards,  Mr. 
Gielow  will  criticise  each  of  the  designs  submitted;  and 
the  criticisms  will  be  published  in  these  columns. 

The  designs  will  be  for  a cruising  launch  propelled  by 
either  gasolene  or  kerosene  motors,  conforming  to  the 
following  conditions: 

I.  Not  over  60ft.  waterline. 

II.  Not  over  4ft.  draft. 

III.  A signalling  mast  only  to  be  shown. 

IV.  Cabin  houses,  if  used  at  all,  to  be  kept  as  low 
and  narrow  as  possible. 

V.  Construction  to  be  of  wood,  and  to  be  strong, 
simple,  and  inexpensive.  The  cost  of  the  boat  complete 
in  every  detail  must  not  exceed  $9,000. 

VI.  The  location  of  tanks  and  engine  or  engines  to 
be  carefully  shown.  Either  single  or  twin-screws  may  be 
adopted.  The  power  and  type  of  the  motor  must  be 
specified. 

VII.  The  boat  must  have  a fuel  capacity  sufficient  to 
give  a cruising  radius  of  700  miles  at  a rate  of  8 miles 
an  hour.  The  maximum  speed  shall  not  be  more  than  14 
miles  nor  less  than  10  miles.  The  estimated  maximum 
speed  must  be  specified. 

VIII.  All  weights  must  be  carefully  figured,  and  the 
results  of  the  calculations  recorded.  A thousand-word 
description  of  the  boat  and  a skeleton  specification  must 
accompany  each  design. 

The  design  must  be  modern  in  every  particular,  with- 
out containing  any  extreme  or  abnormal  features.  We 
wish  to  produce  an  able,  safe,  and  comfortable  cruising 
boat,  one  that  will  have  ample  accommodations,  so  that 
the  owner  and  his  wife  and  two  guests,  or  three  or  four 
men,  can  live  aboard,  and  one  that  can  easily  be  managed 
at  all  times  by  two  or  three  paid  hands  in  addition  to  the 


steward.  The  draft  is  restricted  to  4ft.  in  order  that  the 
boat  may  have  access  to  nearly  all  harbors,  canals  and  rivers 
North  and  South,  and  may  thereby  widely  increase  the 
cruising  field.  We  have  in  mind  a boat  that  can  be  used 
North  in  the  summer  and  South  in  the  winter,  and  a 
craft  well  able  to  withstand  outside  passage  along  the 
coast  in  all  seasons  of  the  year. 

Special  attention  must  be  given  to  the  cabin  arrange- 
ment The  interiors  should  be  original,  but  devoid  of  any 
impractical  features.  Arrangements  snould  be  made  for 
a direct  passage  forward  and  aft  without  going  on  deck. 

Drawings  Required. 

I.  Sheer  plan.  Scale,  J4in.=ift. 

II.  Half  breadth  plan.  Scale,  y2 in.=ift. 

III.  Body  plan.  Scale,  yin.=iit. 

IV.  Cabin  plan  and  inboard  profile  and  at  least  one 
cross-section.  Scale,  J4in.=ift 

V.  Outboard  profile.  Scale,  }4in.=ift. 

The  drawings  should  be  carefully  made  and  lettered; 
all  drawings  should  be  preferably  on  tracing  cloth  or 
white  paper,  in  black  ink.  No  colored  inks  or  pigments 
should  be  used. 

The  drawings  must  bear  a nom  de  plume  only,  and  no 
indication  must  be  given  of  the  identity  of  the  designer. 
In  a sealed  envelope,  however,  the  designer  must  inclose 
his  name  and  address,  together  with  his  nom  de  plume. 

All  designs  must  be  received  at  the  office  of  the  Forest 
and  Stream  Publishing  Company,  346  Broadway,  New 
York,  not  later  than  February  3,  1905.  All  drawings  will 
be  returned.  Return  postage  should  accompany  each. 

The  Forest  and  Stream  reserves  the  right  to  publish 
any  or  all  the  designs. 


— -e- — 

Officers  of  A.  C.  A.,  J905. 


Commodore — C.  F.  Wolters,  14  Main  St.,  East  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Secretary— H.  M.  Stewart,  85  Main  St.,  East  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Treasurer— F.  G.  Mather,  30  Elk  St.,  Albany,  N.  Y. 

ATLANTIC  DIVISION. 

Vice-Commodore — W.  A.  Furman,  846  Berkeley  Ave.,  Trenton, 
N.  J. 

K ear-Commodore — F.  C.  Hoyt,  57  Broadway,  New  York. 

.Purser — C.  W.  Stark,  118  N.  Montgomery  St.,  Trenton,  N.  J. 
Executive  Committee — J.  C.  Maclister,  U.  G.  I.  Building,  Phila- 
delphia, Pa.;  L.  C.  Kretzmer,  L.  C.  Schepp  Building,  New 
York;  E.  M.  Underhill,  Box  262,  Yonkers,  N.  Y. 

Board  of  Governors — R.  J.  Wilkin,  26  Court  St.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Racing  Board — H.  L.  Quick,  Yonkers,  N.  Y. 

CENTRAL  DIVISION. 


Vice-Commodore — Lyman  T.  Coppins,  691  Main  St.,  Buffalo,  N.Y.' 
Rear-Commodore — Frank  C.  Demmler,  626  Smithfield  St.,  Pittsburg. 
Purser — J.  C.  Milsom,  736  Mooney  Brisbane  Bldg.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
Executive  Committee — F.  G.  Mather,  30  Elk  St.,  Albany,  N.  Y.; 
H.  W.  Breitenstein,  511  Market  St.,  Pittsburg,  Pa.;  Jesse  J. 
Armstrong,  Rome,  N.  Y. 

Board  of  Governors — C.  P.  Forbush,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Racing  Board — Harry  M.  Stewart,  85  Main  St.,  East  Rochester, 
N.  Y. 

EASTERN  DIVISION. 


Vice-Commodore — D.  S.  Pratt,  Jr.,  178  Devonshire  St.,  Boston, 
Mass. 

Rear-Commodore — Wm.  W.  Crosby,  8 Court  St.,  Woburn,  Mass. 
Purser— W.  S.  Stanwood,  Wellesley,  Mass. 

Executive  Committee — Wm.  J.  Ladd,  18  Glen  Road,  Winchester, 
Mass.;  F.  VV.  Notman,  Box  2344,  Boston,  Mass.;  O.  C.  Cun- 
ningham, care  E.  Teel  & Co.,  Medford,  Mass.;  Edw.  B. 
Stearns,  Box  63,  Manchester,  N.  H. 

Racing  Board — Paul  Butler,  U.  S.  Cartridge  Co.,  Lowell,  Mass.; 
H.  D.  Murphy,  alternate. 


NORTHERN  DIVISION. 

Vice-Commodore — Chas.  W.  McLean,  303  James  St.,  Montreal, 
Can. 

Rear-Commodore — J.  W.  Sparrow,  Toronto,  Canada. 

Purser — J.  V.  Nutter,  Montreal,  Canada.. 

Executive  Committee— C.  E.  Britton,  Gananoque,  Ont. ; Harry 
Page,  Toronto,  Ont. 

Board  of  Governors — J.  N.  MacKendrick,  Galt,  Ont. 

Racing  Board — E.  J.  Minett,  Montreal,  Canada. 

WESTERN  DIVISION. 

Vice-Commodore — Burton  D.  Munhall,  care  of  Brooks  Household 
Art  Co.,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Rear-Commodore — Charles  J.  Stedman,  National  Lafayette  Bank, 
Cincinnati.  Ohio. 

Purser — George  A.  Hall,  care  of  Bank  of  Commerce,  Cleveland,  O. 
Executive  Committee — Thomas  P.  Eckert,  31  West  Court  St., 
Cincinnati,  Q.;  Dr.  H.  L.  Frost,  10  Howard  St.,  Cleveland,  O. 
Board  of  Governors— Henry  C.  Morse,  Peoria,  111. 


How  to  Join  the  A,  C.  A, 

From  Chapter  I.,  Section  1,  of  the  By-Laws  of  the  A.  C.  A.: 
“Application  for  membership  shall  be  made  to  the  Treasurer, 
F.  G.  Mather,  30  Elk  St.,  Albany,  N.  Y.,  and  shall  be  accompanied 
by  the  recommendation  of  an  active  member  and  by  the  sum  of 
two  dollars,  one  dollar  as  entrance  fee  and  one  dollar  as  dues  for 
the  current  year,  to  be  refunded  in  case  of  non-election  of  the 
applicant.'1* 


m*  md  (§ulUrg. 

— ■ 

Fixtures, 

Jan.  16-20.— Pittsburg,  Pa.— First  annual  tournament  of  the 
Iroquois  Rifle  Club. 


National  Rifle  Board, 

The  following  has  been  issued  by  the  Committee  of  Publicity 
of  the  National  Board  for  the  Promotion  of  Rifle  Practice: 


A comparison  is  often  made  between  the  attitude  of  the  Canadian 
Government  toward  rifle  practice  and  that  of  the  American  Gov- 
ernment, many  of  the  American  riflemen  contending  that  the 
Canadian  Government  is  the  most  liberal  in  its  provisions  for 
rifle  practice.  The  National  Board  for  the  Promotion  of  Rifle 
Practice,  which  is  charged  by  Congress  with  the  duty  of  preparing 
a plan  for  the  encouragement  of  rifle  practice  in  this  country,  is  in 
receipt  of  the  following  communication  from  a Canadian  source, 
which  contains  some  interesting  observations  on  the  progress  of 
similar  work  in  Canada: 

“The  education  of  every  citizen  to  shoot  straight  and  become  an 
expert  rifleman  . is  the  foundation  of  Canada’s  defense,  and  the 


important  feature  in  Lord  Dundonald’s  project  of  a force  of  100,000 
men  in  our  first  line,  hence  his  desire  for  civilian  marksmen;  and 
an  urgent  reason  that  the  Government  provide  rifle  ranges  all  over 
the  Dominion.  But  evert  with  the  present  ranges,  further  steps 
will  have  to  be  taken  to  popularize  rifle  practice  by  lessening  its 
cost. 

“Militiamen  and  civilians  are  willing  to  devote  their  time  gratis 
to  become  proficient  in  the  use  of  the  rifle,  but  they  cannot  be 
expected  to  spend  money  on  it  as  well,  a thing  many  can  ill 
afford  to  do.  The  expenses  are  threefold:  Ammunition,  trans- 

port, and  markers,  which  two  latter  items  vary  in  cost  according 
to  locality;  for  instance,  on  the  St.  Joseph  range  at  Quebec,  there 
are  twelve  targets,  with  a range-keeper  or  superintendent  and 
about  three  authorized  markers,  and  if  more  of  these  are  required 
those  shooting  have  to  pay  for  them. 

“To  remedy  this,  perhaps,  the  following  suggestion  may  be  in 
order:  The  requisite  number  of  cartridges  could  be  easily  served 

out  gratis  by  the  Government  to  the  authorized  recipients  at  the 
range  through  the  caretaker,  he  taking  the  names  and  receiving  at 
the  end  of  the  practice  the  empty  shells,  which  would  be  vouchers 
that  these  men  had  done  their  duty. 

“The  Government  might  also  engage,  say,  from  May  1 to  Nov. 
1,  sufficient  men  for  every  target  on  the  range,  and  pay  these 
markers;  thus  every  target  would  be  in  operation  and  much  time 
saved,  besides  eliminating  that  charge  for  markers. 

The  cost  of  transportation  for  the  city  corps  (similar  and  suit- 
able arrangements  could  be  made  in  the  rural  districts)  could  be 
lightened  by  the  Government  furnishing,  through  the  care-taker, 
free  return  tickets,  which  would  be  given  to  those  shooting  after 
their  practice  was  completed  on  checking  over  their  names  on  his 
list  and  their  returning  the  empty  shells,  and  not  otherwise. 
Surely  the  working  out  of  such  a system  should  not  be  a difficult 
matter. 

“Rifle  shooting  will  never  be  the  success  it  ought  to  be  until 
the  cost  of  these  three  items  is  materially  reduced,  then  rifle  clubs 
and  associations  would  flourish  and  be  more  numerous  than  they 
are  at  present,  simply  by  this  reduction  of  cost  to  the  members, 
as  proficiency  requires  much  practice.” 

Senator  Proctor,  of  Vermont,  Chairman  of  the  Senate  Com- 
mittee on  Military  Affairs,  introduced  a bill  appropriating  one 
million  dollars  annually  for  the  promotion  of  rifle  practice.  This 
bill  was  prepared  by  the  National  Board  for  the  Promotion  of  Rifle 
Practice,  a body  of  twenty-one  members,  including  officers  of  the 
army,  navy,  marine  corps  and  militia  and  prominent  civilians.  It 
has  been  indorsed  by  the  War  Department  and  transmitted  by 
Gen.  Robert  Shaw  Oliver,  Acting  Secretary  of  War,  and  Presi- 
dent of  the  Board.  The  objects  of  the  bill  are  briefly  explained 
in  General  Oliver’s  letter  of  transmittal  to  Senator  Proctor,  as 
follows: 

“I  have  the  honor  to  inclose,  for  the  consideration  of  your  com- 
mittee, a copy  of  the  bill  for  the  promotion  of  rifle  practice  pre- 
pared by  the  National  Board,  of  which  I am  the  president.  This 
bill  proposes  the  appropriation  of  one  million  dollars  annually  for 
training  in  rifle  practice  such  citizens  belonging  to  rifle  clubs  as 
desire  to  become  efficient  marksmen;  for  the  construction  and 
equipment  of  proper  shooting  galleries;  for  the  acquisition,  con- 
struction and  maintenance  of  suitable  national  target  ranges,  and 
for  the  issue  of  arms  and  ammunition  to  schools  and  rifle  clubs. 
Accompanying  this  measure  will  be  found  a memorandum  giving 
somewhat  at  length  the  reasons  which-  actuated  the  Board  in  pre- 
paring and  commending  this  measure  to  the  favorable  considera- 
tion of  Congress. 

“I  should  appreciate  it,  therefore,  if  this  proposed  legislation 
could  have  the  careful  consideration  of  your  committee,  with  a 
view  to  its  introduction,  should  it  be  favorably  regarded.” 


Providence,  R,  I.,  Revolver  Club. 

Our  Thursday  evening  shoot  brought  in  quite  a number  of 
visitors,  some  of  whom  shot  scores,  but  did  not  record  them. 

The  general  shooting  average  of  the  regular  men  fell  off  con- 
siderably; the  hall  was  cold,  and  overcoats  were  kept  handy.  The 
chief  subject  of  conversation  was  a range  of  our  own,  and  if  a 
basement  of  suitable  length  can  be  secured  this  winter,  the  pros- 
pects are  we  will  blanch  out  on  more  independent  lines.  In  the 
meantime  we  are  looking  forward  to  the  good  old  summer  time, 
because  a shooting  house  at  Cranston  is  already  planned,  and 
anticipation  covers  a multitude  of  annoyances.  Be  it  to  the 
credit  of  the  regulars  that  the  interest  is  growing  among  shooters, 
and  this  section  is  waking  up. 

Down  at  Portsmouth  the  men  are  getting  into  line.  Mr. 
William  Almy,  who  stands  at  the  head  of  the  shots  about  here, 
has  offered  the  use  of  his  range  to  the  members,  and  it-  is  ex- 
pected that  several  pleasant  Saturday  afternoon  trips  will  be  made 
down  on  the  “island.” 

Our  annual  meeting  takes  place  Jan.  12,  and  much  of  interest 
will  be  taken  up,  including  the  adoption  of  a neat  medal  for 
class  qualification.  Following  are  the  scores  recorded: 

Twenty-five  yards  rifle,  on  German  ring  target:  Albert  B. 
Coulters  235,  235,  233,  242,  234;  C.  L.  Beach  219,  225,  233,  225;  L. 
A.  Jordan  230;  W.  Bert  Gardiner  222. 

Twenty  yards  pistol  and  revolver,  Standard  American  target: 
Wm.  Bosworth  89,  83,  80;  A.  C.  Hurlburt  75,  83,  78,  72;  Arno 
Argus  68,  68,  76,  76. 

At  Portsmouth,  20yds.  Standard  American  target: 

Dec.  21,  William  Almy,  92,  91;  Dec.  24,  William  Almy,  92; 
Dec.  26,  William  Almy  86,  84,  82,  87;  A.  C.  Hurlburt  75,  79,  89, 
84,  82.  z 

A.  C.  Hurlburt,  Sec’y. 


Zettler  Rifle  Glob. 

L.  C.  Buss  and  A.  Hubalek  had  a rather  exciting  race  for  the 
honor  of  first  place  at  the  regular  practice  shoot  held  Tuesday, 
Dec.  27,  at  headquarters,  159  West  Twenty-third  street,  New  York. 
At  the  conclusion  of  100  shots.  Buss  won  out  by  a margin  of  one 
point. 

The  majority  of  the  contestants  were  content  with  firing  their 
regular  50  shots.  Scores  follow  at  75ft.,  offhand,  on  the  25-ring 
target: 

One  hundred  shots:  L.  C.  Buss  2425,  A.  Hubalek  2424. 

Fifty  shots:  R.  Gute  1215,  C.  Zettler,  Jr.,  1209,  C.  G.  Zettler 

1189,  B.  Zettler  1179,  H.  C.  Zettler  1177. 


Massachusetts  Rifle  Association. 

Long  range  match,  1000yds.:  F.  Daniels  47,  R.  S.  Hunter  38, 
W.  Charles  36,  F.  Carter  32. 

Standard  target,  200yds.:  R.  L.  Dale  84,  S.  C.  Sampson  81,  S. 
Gleason  75,  J.  B.  Hobbs  74,  O.  Moore  74. 

Ring  target,  200yds.:  R.  L.  Dale  225,  A.  Nieder  22i4,  M.  Aldem 
214,  S.  C.  Sampson  212,  F.  C.  Fitz  209,  S.  D,  Martin  209,  F.  H. 
West  208,  M.  T.  Day  201,  J.  B.  Hobbs  181. 

Pistol  Match:  E.  E.  Patridge  95,  R.  L.  Dale  84,  S.  C.  Samp- 
son 80. 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


Was.  7.  IS»5. 


i^ragsttGotinq* 


If  you  want  ycUr  shoot  to  be  announced  here  send  a 
inotice  like  the  followings 


Fixtures. 


Jan.  17-20.— Hamilton,  Can.,  Gun  Club  live-bird  tournament.  J. 

Jan.^O.-Middleton,  N.  Y.-AIl-day  shoot  of  Mullerite  Gun  Club, 
on  grounds  of  the  Orange  County  Gun  Club.  Albert  A. 
Schoverling  and  O.  H.  Brown,  Mgrs. 
fan  23-28.— Brenham,  Tex— Sunny  South  Handicap, 
tan.  31-Feb.  2. — Taylor  Tex. — Central  Texas  Handicap  tournament. 

Feb^  G-I'."— Houston,  Tex. — Sen’s  Grand  Southern  Handicap.  Alf. 

Feb^Tt-Philhp'burg,  N.  J.,  Opposite  Easton  Pa^-Alert  Gun 
Club  first  annual  tournament.  Ed.  F.  Markley,  Mer„  . , 
Feb.  22.— Batavia,  111.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  Henry  Hendrick- 

son  M<?r.  . -o  ■»_ 

Feb.  15-16. — Detroit,  Mich.— Jacob  Klein’s  tournament  on  Kusch 
House  grounds,  under  auspices  of  Tri-State  Automobile  and 
Sporting  Goods  Association.  , . n,  , 

May  2-5.-Pittsb.urg,  Pa-Tournament  of  the 

Sportsmms  Association,  under  auspices  of  the  Herron  Hill 
Gun  Club;  $1,000  added  to  purses.  Louis  Lautenstager,  becy. 
June  ,8-9. — Dalton,  O.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  Ernest  r . 
Scott,  Capt. 


DRIVERS  AND  TWISTERS. 


Chib  secretaries  are  invited  to  send  tlieir  scores  for 
publication  in  these  columns,  also  any  news  notes  they 
mav  care  to  have  published.  Mail  all  such  matter  to 
Forest  and  Stream  Publishing  Company.  346  Broadway, 
JrNeu>  York.  'Forest  and  Stream  goes  to  press  on  Iues- 

1DAY  OF  EACH  WEEK. 


'TTse  Batavia,  111.,  Gun  Club  announce  a tournament  to  be  held 
o®  IPeb.  22.  Mr.  Henry  Hendrickson  is  the  manager. 


Mr  Elmer  E.  Shaner, 'member  of  the  committee  in  charge, 
writes  us  that  there  will  be  $1,000  of  added  money  at  the  tourna- 
ment of  the  Pennsylvania  State  Association,  fixed  to  be  held  on 

May  2-5.  , 


The  Licking  Gun  Club,  of  Newark,  O.,  captured  the  Phelhs 
rophy,  emblematic  of  the  six-man  team  championship  of  Ohio. 
Ihe  contest  took  place  on  Dec.  28.  Two  other  teams  engaged  in 
he  contest,  namely,  Dayton  and  Cincinnati. 


The  series  of  Philadelphia  Trapshooters’  League  matches  last 
Saturday,  resulted  as  follows:  Florists  defeated  Meadow  Springs, 

23  to  213;  Media  defeated  S.  S.  White,  216  to  208;  Clear  view  de- 
eated  Narberth,  173,  to  152;  Hillside  defeated  North  Camden,  1<6 
o 156.  .. 


Mr.  Jas.  Fewings,  Chief  of  Police,  of  St.  Thomas,  Ont  has 
ent  out  a notice,  the  substance  of  which  is  that  on  Dec.  29  them 
,as  stolen  from  the  International  Hotel  one  L.  C.  Smith  gun,  No. 
00,250,  12-gauge,  letters  P.  E.  stamped  on  under  side  of  barrel 
,ear  breech;  also  one  Powers  cleaning  rod,  one  shell  box.  The 
-un  was  in  a plum-colored  leather  case,  with  brass  trimmings. 
,un  y Bernard  Waters. 


Crescent  Athletic  Club. 


, shoots. 


,tests  were  exceedingly  close  as  to  scores. 


S P Hopkins...-.  • 

C E Lockwood.,  o /o 

H M Brigham..  0 
L M Palmer,  Jr.  0 2. 

G Notman.......  ^ 

F T Bedford,  Jr.  2 19 

W W Marshall..  5 to 

H B Variderveer.  4 16 

A G Southworth.  0 IJ 


25 

22 

22 

22 

21 

20 

20 

19 


5 14  19 

D G Geddes 0 19  19 

T S S Remsen..  0 18  18 

O C Grinnell,  Jr.  3 15  18 

D C Bennett 3 15  18 

H P Marshall...  0 18  18 

L C Hopkins...  2 16.  18 

H C W erleman . . 7 6 13 


Shoot-off,  same  conditions: 

S P Hopkins..,..  5 20  25 

Trophy  shoot,  15  targets,  handicap: 

Raynor... 

Southworth  » H 10 

Vanderveer  2 10  ^ 

conditions; 

14  Fairchild 


C E Lockwood . . 3 18 


21 


Palmer  . 
Grinnell 


Trophy  shoot,  same  - ^ ^ 4 7 11 

Palmer  9 13  S P Hopkins 2 8 10 

.®ayPor  4 g 12  Vanderveer  2 8 10 

.McDermott  , „ -,9  Brower  , ....  4 4 8 


6 10 


■Southworth  0 Jg  jg  S P Hopkins 4 9 


16 

13 


8 12 

■ Grinneli  - J: 

Southworth  0 11  n 

Trophy  shoot,  24  targets,  handicap: 

19  19  Raynor 

TJUUUIVVUAA*.  

.Grinnell  ••  5 -,0  is 

Palmer  0 18  18 

Shoot-off,  15  targets,  handicap: 

• neji  .....  1 12  13  Southworth  0 12 

Shoot-off  for  Christmas  cup,  15  targets,  handicap: 

’ ■ tt  i q 11  14  Southworth  0 11  11 

S P Hopkins 3 H 14  Fairchild  4 6 10 

10  14  Raynor  f 6 

11  13  Grinnell  1 7 8 

7 11 


12 


Hopkins  3 8 11 


13 


Palmer  

McDermott  ......  4 

Vanderveer  ......  j 

JJrower  4 

Shoot-off,  same  conditions: 

McDermott  ......  4 10  14 

Palmer  0 14 

Shoot-off,  same  conditions: 

Pahner  0 14  14  McDermott  4 9 

Trophy  shoot,  15  targets,  handicap: 

sou.hw?r,h » » | S5Sd f ; 

LrcnHopkins'.  1 U I2  Vanderveer  2 8 10 

LLe„P  “.....  0 11  I}  Brower  ..........4  3 7 

S P Hopkins.....  3 b Li 

Trophy  shoot,  15  targets,  handicap: 

s p Hopitins s U » ggss-f. | 1?  11 

Fulmer0’1  V'.-—  0 14  14  Vanderveer  2 10  12 

l»ne..' j g « gfe  i u S 

Foster  ...........  o*  n IS  Fairchild  ...  4 5 9 

!S“:  i»  1 1 1 

Bedford  TTT!  1 11  12  h C Hopkins....  1 5 i 


Trophy  shoot,  16  targets,  handicap; 

Bennett  .........  1 13  14  Foster  3 8 11 

Werleman  .......  4 10  14  Notman  .........  1 10  11 

Brigham  0 13  13  Southworth  ......  0 11  11 

Pa  mer  0 13  13  Brower  4 7 11 

S P Hopkins.....  2 11  13  Bedford  1 9 10 

Lockwoc-’  2 10  12  Fairchild  4 4 8 

W W Marshall..  3 9 12  Grinnell  1 5 -6 

Vanderveer  2 10  12 


Shoot-off,  same  conditions: 

Werleman  4 10  14  Bennett  1 8 9 

Trophy  shot,  25  targets,  handicap: 

3 23  25  Brower  7 14  21 


Notman  „ — ~ - „„ 

W W Marshall...  6 21  25  Palmer  0 19  19 


Bedford 

Remsen 


2 22  24  Grinnell  .....3  16  19 

0 23  23  Geddes  0 19  19 


Foster  5 18  23  Werleman  7 12  19 

Lockwood  .3  19  22  HP  Marshall 0 18  18 


S P Hopkins'. 5 17  22  Fairchild  7 10  17 

Bennett  3 19  22  Southworth  0 16  16 


Brigham  0 21  21  Vanderveer  4 12  16 

Shoot-off,  same  conditions: 


Notman  

..  3 

18 

21 

W W Marshall . . . 

Trophy  shoot, 

15  targets, 

handicap: 

Lockwood  

..  2 

11 

13 

Werleman  

Bedford  ........ 

..  1 

12 

13 

Remsen  

Bennett  

12 

13 

Grinnell  

Brigham  

..  0 

12 

12 

Geddes  

W W Marshall. 

..  3 

9 

12 

Notman  

Foster  

..  3 

9 

12 

Vanderveer  

Southworth  

..  0 

11 

11 

Palmer  

S P Hopkins 

..  2 

9 

11 

Shoot-off,  same  conditions: 

Bedford  ......... 

..  1 

12 

13 

Bennett  

Lockwood  ...... 

..  2 

9 

11 

Mr.  D.  C.  Bennett  has  probably  won  the  December  cup.  There 
will  be  one  more  shoot  for  it.  F.  T.  Bedford,  Jr.,  has  a chance 
of  winning  it.  The  latter,  however,  also  has  a chance  of  improv- 


JLC  26 -The  Christmas  Day  shoot  of  the  Crescent  Athletic 
trhib  iwas  well  attended  and  had  a long  programme  of  trophy 
s Compettion  began  about  11  o’clock.  Several  of  the  con- 


itS  Ip  event  for  the  Christmas  cup,  two,  Dr.  S.  P.  Hopkins 
A1  Mr  Charles  E.  Lockwood,  of  Jamaica,  tied  on  25,  the  latter 
Si&SS*.  in  -he  shoo.-oS,  Dr.  Hopkin,  won. 

Events  and  scores  follow: 

Shoot  for  Christmas  cup,  25  targets,  handicap: 

tj Tot’l  Ildp.  Brk.  loti. 

Hdp.BHc.Totl.  c E T Foster..  - i» 


H B Vanderveer. 

L C Hopkins 

W W Marshall.... 
F T Bedford,  Jr.. 
L M Palmer,  Jr. 


O C Grinnell,  Jr. 

J J Keyes.. 

F B Stephenson. 
H M Brigham... 


Dec.  10. 

Dec.  17. 

Dec.  24. 

Total, 

...21 

25 

22 

68 

,...21 

20 

18 

69 

...15 

24 

19 

53 

,...20 

17 

20 

57 

,...17 

20 

16 

53 

25 

19 

44 

,...18 

25 

• • 

43 

18 

, . 

35 

16 

16 

32 

22 

22. 

20 

20 

17 

, . 

17 

Ossining  Gun  Club. 

Ossining,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  24.— The  inclosed  scores  were  made  on 
the  grounds  of  the  Ossining  Gun  Club,  Dec.  24.  Three  shooters 
of  the  same  mind  thought  to  get  a little  practice  for  Monday’s 
prize  shoot,  and  met  on  the  grounds.  There  were  some  sweep- 
stakes,  in  which  Coleman  collected  and  the  other  two  contributed: 
Events-  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  11  12  13 

Targets : 10  15  10  15  10  10  10  15  10  10  10  25  25 

C G Blandford  9 8 6 9 4 3 7 13  6 5 8 13  11 

W H “an. 8 9 7 1.3  1.0  9 8 3.3  6 7 7 14  1.7 

P Brandreth  6 8 4 9 7 4 4 8 4 6 7 16  8 

Dec.  26. — As  usual,  there  was  a good  turnout  of  members  at  the 
Christmas  shoot  of  the  Ossining  Gun  Club.  There  were  a fine 
lot  of  prizes  to  shoot  for-all  donated  by  the  president  of  the 
club,  Col.  Franklin  Brandreth.  There  were  to  have  been  fifteen 
10-clay  bird  distance  handicap  events  for  as  many  prizes— no 
shooter  to  win  more  than  one  prize. 

The,  boys  turned  out  in  such  good  shape  that  darkness  put  a 
stop  to  the  fun  at  4:45  at  the  end  of  the  tenth  event.  It  was  so 
dark  while  the  last  event  was  being  shot  that  the.  targets  hit 
disappeared,  while  those  missed  were  swallowed  up  in  the  dark- 
ness before  they  touched  the  snow.  The  targets  were  thrown 
nearly  60yds.,  and  aside  from  tha  speed,  seemed  hard  tq  break. 

Old  Sim  Glover  was  the  only  trade  representative  present. 
He  made  one  of  the  three  straights  made  during  the  afternoon. 
Sim  is  all  right,  and  always  welcome.  Capt.  A.  Traver,  of 
Poughkeepsie,  was  on  hand  as  a guest  for  H.  W.  Bissmg,  an 
did  some  good  shooting.  Scott,  Sturgis  and  Connors,  three  local 
shooters,  did  some  good  work  with  strange  guns. 

" An  eight-man  team  from  this  club  will  go  to  Poughkeepsie  on 
Jan.  2 to  lift  the  cup,  which  has  been  won  from  us  twice  and 
this  is  no  idle  dream. 

The  winners  of  the  ten  events  to-day  drew  lots  for  choice  of 
prizes.  Traver  wen  the  first  event  after  a miss-and-out,  and  got 
third  choice,  a gold  medal.  Floyd  won  second  event  after  miss- 
and-out.  and  drew  sixth  choice,  a silver-mounted  brier  pipe. 
Dyckman  got  third  alone  and  fifth  choice,  a silver  serving  dish. 
Stratton  won  fourth  alone,  and  dtew  silver  shaker  on  aint.i 
choice.  IT  viand  got  silver  coffee  set  on  tray  in  fifth  event. 
Coleman  won  2 pounds  pipe  tobacco  in  sixth  event.  Bedell 
won  meerschaum  pipe  in  seventh  event.  Bissmg  won  sib 
ver  teapot  in  eighth  event.  Barlow  won  silver  service  dish  in 
ninth  event.  Blandford  won  silver-lined  copper  tea  set  on  tray 
in  tenth  event.  The  five  remaining  prizes  will  be  shot  for  on 
Saturday,  the  31st.  inst.,  by  those  who  failed  to  land  a prize  to- 
dav  Those  eligible  are  D.  Brandreth,  F.  Brandreth,  W.  Smith, 
g/b.  Hubbell,  D.  F.  Ball,  F.  McDonald,  N.  S.  Hyatt,  W.  S. 
Root,  A.  Harris,  W.  Fisher  and  J.  Keenan. 

„ 123456789  10 

Events-  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10 

48  9568977.. 

7 7 5 5 5 6 9 


Those  marked  with  a * were  eligible  for  prizes: 


.10 

1 


4 

6 


Targets . 

Events: 

WD  Brandreth,  18 
*E  F Ball,  18.... 

*W  T Smith,  14 
*W  S Root,  14.. 

J Hyland,  16.... 

C G Blandford,  18 
*F  Hahn,  14..... 

H L Stratton,  16 
*A  Aitchison,  16 
*J  Keenan,  16  .. 

*N  Tuttle,  16 

F Brandreth,  18. 

D Connor,  16... 

W Pratt,  16  .... 

A softened  rubber  on  the  trap  caused 
wabbly  birds  to-day.  


10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10 


2 

7 
6 
5 

3 
5 
5 

4 

8 
4 


8 

6 

7 


9 


10  10 
10  H 
8 6 


10  6? 
3 


5 6 


10 


6 .. 


lot  of  trouble 
C.  G. 


with 

B. 


IN  NEW  JERSEY. 


Montclair  Gun  Club. 


Montclair,  N.  J.,  Dec.  31. — The  regular  Saturday  shoot  was 
quite  well  attended  to-day,  some  fourteen  men  being  present. 

Event  No.  1,  25  targets,  for  a box  of  Mullerite  shells,  went  to 
C.  W.  Kendall,  who  broke  22.  Event  No.  3 was  the  final  shoot 
for  the  silver  cup  presented  by  Mr.  Bush  for  best  scores  in 
December.  Mr.  Wallace  scored  25  to-day,  but  the  cup  went  to 
Mr.  Winslow,  with  scores  of  24,  24  and  23,  with  Mr.  Wallace  sec- 
ond with  scores  of  25,  22  and  21,  and  Mr.  Kendall  third  with  scores 
of  24,  22  and  21,  three  best  scores  for  the  month : 

Events : 1 2 3 4 Events : 12  3 4 

Targets:  25  25  25  25  Targets:  25  25  25  25 

G Batten,  2 19  18  ..  23  Winslow,  7 15  23  ..  .. 

Crane,  2 ..16  19  15  22  Kendall  ..  22  20  24  20' 

F Engle  19  14  . . . . C Engle  20  17  .. 

Wallace,  5 18  25  21  16  Mossbacker  6 ..... 

Bush  ._ 19  15  ..  ..  Hartshorne,  7 25  15  . 


Cockefair  ....’  20  18  i.6  23  Moffett  ...’....I'.'.’.".”"”  18  19  3 

Reamer  5 P Harrison,  8 2311.. 

Kendall,  7 22  20  24  20 

Handicaps  apply  in  even  2 only.  Edward  Winslow,  Sec’y .} 




Boston  Shooting  Association. 

Wellington,  Mass.,  Dec.  31.— A cup  shoot  was  held  this  after- 
noon on  the  grounds  of  the  Boston  Shooting  Association.  Seven- 1 
teen  shooters  were  present.  Mr.  E.  C.  Griffith,  of  Pascoag,  R.  |i 
I.,  won  with  a score  of  91  out  of  100  targets.  Following  are  the 
scores : 


Events : 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

Targets: 

10 

15 

10 

15  10 

15  10 

15 

Broke. 

Griffith  

9 

14 

9 

15 

8 

14  ; 

10 

12 

91 

Climax  

9 

13 

10 

14 

8 

14  : 

10 

11 

89 

Bell  

13 

9 

14  10 

13 

9 

15 

89 

Rule  

11 

9 

14 

9 

11 : 

10 

13 

86 

Frank  

9 

13 

7 

14 

9 

10 

9 

14 

85 

Kirkwood  

8 

14 

9 

12 

8 

12 

9 

11 

83 

Edwards  

8 

13 

6 

10  10 

14 

8 

13 

82 

Francis  

8 

14 

8 

13 

9 

13 

8 

11 

84 

Roy  

10 

7 

14 

6 

12 

10 

10 

75 

Hebbard  

10 

8 

12 

7 

14 

6 

12 

74 

Morse  

6 

14 

8 

11 

6 

9 

7 

10 

71 

Gerrish  

8 

9 

5 

10 

4 

13 

8 

12 

69 

Radford  

6 

12 

6 

9 

4 

9 

.9 

11 

66 

Woodruff  

8 

11 

7 

9 

8 

10 

7 

10 

70 

Wood  

7 

8 

7 

7 

4 

7 

7 

14 

61 

Peabody  

2 

6 

2 

3 

4 

3 

4 

7 

31 

Burns  

10 

11 

9 

13 

7 

11 

4 

9 

74 

O 

. R 

Dickey, 

Mgr. 

Programme  of  Ohio  National  Guard. 

The  officials  at  the  headquarters  of  the  Ohio  National  Guard 
have  issued  the  programme  for  the  small-arm  practice  in  1905. 

Woi-k  will  begin  on  Jan.  1,  with  preliminary  drills,  position  and 
aiming  drills  with  rifles,  carbines  and  revolvers,  for  all  who  have 
not  received  any  previous  instruction,  and  will  last  until  May  1. 
There  will  also  be  gallery  practice  and  gallery  qualification  during 
this  time; 

On  May  1 commanding  officers  will  make  report  of  gallery  prac-i 
tice,  and  outdoor  practice  will  begin  and  last  till  July  15.  This 
consists  of  practice  on  the  range  with  rifle  and  carbine,  both  pre- 
liminary and  record,  in  special  course  C,  and  pistol  range  prac- 
tice. Also  company,  battery,  troop  and  regimental  competition. 

July  24  to  29,  annual  State  competition  of  the  Ohio  NationaL; 
Guard,  and  competition  of  the  Ohio  State  Rifle  Association  at 
Newark,  O. 

July  15  to  Nov.  25,  the  preliminary  and  record  practice  for 
qualification  in  special  course  C and  on  the  pistol  range  will  be 
continued. 

On  Nov.  25  indoor  work  will  be  resumed  and  annual  reports 
compiled. 

At  the  annual  State  competition  on  the  State  rifle  range  at  New-1:1 


; 


ark,  O.,  each  regiment  will  send  a team  of  eighteen  men;  each 


separate  battalion  a team  of  six  men;  each  troop,  battery  and 
company  of  signal  corps  a team  of  two  men;  all  to  be  selected  by 
competition  on  some  outdoor  range  between  May  1 and  July  24. 


Fulford  Memorial. 


Targets : 

C W Floyd,  18 

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D Brandreth,  18 7 (0  7 e 9 7 10  ,, 

| \\  5 j { ? ,8  ! I -t 

I - | I 1 ? S I “ I I :: 

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l-cBSeV ■ 6 •*  ■>  r i ,jf  | \ -j  :: 

w H Coleman,  i8 56493742  .. 

ws  Root  if ;;  i I 7 5 8 5 ::  ::  :: 

D Connor,  16  547360...... 

W Scott,  16 .3  5 9 9 5 

h ..  e 5 7 , « 5 < 5 5 

AX7  TTic-Vi^r  Ifi  • 


Wilmington,  Del.,  Dec.  30.— Since  my  last  report  of  the 
progress  of  the  fund  for  the  Fulford  Memorial,  under  date  of 
Dec.  1,  at  which  time  there  was  on  hand  $174,  additional  dona-  , 
tions  to  date  amount  to  $112,  and  bring  the  total  up  to  $286,^ 
the  subscribers  being  as  follows:  F.  C.  Riehl,  L.  D.  Thomas,  H.  j 
P.  Fessenden,  R.  O.  Heikes,  Richard  Merrill,  F.  E.  Mallory, 
J.  F.  Mallory,  S.  T.  Mallory,  O.  R.  Dickey,  Ed.  Brady,  C.  W,i 
Floyd,  T G.  Heath,  John  Burmister,  Capt.  M.  F.  Dreyer  and  , 
members  Bergen  Beach  Gun  Club,  W.  R.  Crosby,  Fred  Gilbert, 
Fred  C.  Whitney,  Walter  Huff,  C.  B.  Adams,  Chas.  Budd,  Alexis 
I.  duPont,  J.  A.  Stoops,  W.  F.  Quimby,  Hood  Waters,  W.  K. 
Park,  Mrs.  W.  K.  Park. 


(j,  tiUUDcli,  „ 

W Fisher,  16  _ *g  ’7  g 7 ‘9  ” '5 

W Smith,  14  •••• g 3 3 

F,  McDonald,  16 6 12 

N S Hyatt,  16 ••  ” _ 7 ..  6 " '3 

F Hahn,  6 6 

J Keenan,  16  ”•"*  ” , , ,. 

Figures  after  names  signify  yards  handicap. 


I am  certain  the  committee  is  not  altogether  satisfied  with  the 
only  fair  progress  that  is  being  made,  and  I hope  parties  who  in- 
tend to  subscribe  will  send  in  the  subscriptions  during  the  ensuing 
month,  as  the  amount  sufficient  to  erect  a suitable  memorial 
should  be  gotten  together  by  Feb.  1,  so  that  the  fund  can  be 
turned  over  to  the  committee  and  arrangements  begun  for  the 
selection  and  early  installment  of  the  monument. 

Jas.  T.  Skelly.  1 


SIDE  LIGHTS  OF  TRADE. 


C.  G.  B. 


Dec.  31. A set  of  six  prizes  were  shot  for  to-day.  ^Five  were 

left  over  from  the  Christmas  shoot,  and  one  was  a “pig-m-the- 
bag”  prize,  it  being  tied  up  and  drawn  for  by  a winner  ra  one  of 
the  six  events  “sight  unseen.”  This  extra  prize  was  also  donated 
bv  Col  Brandreth,  who  gave  the  other  prizes.  The  first  six  were 
prize  events.  After  drawing  for  choice,  the  winners  were  as  fol- 
lows: W.  Brandreth,  first,  meerschaum  pipe  in  case;  N,  Tuttle, 

second,  silver  teapot  on  tray  (pig-in-bag) ; A.  Aitchison,  third, 
teapot;  F.  Hahn,  fourth,  silver-topped  tobacco  jar;  J.  Keenan, 
fifth,  serving  dish;  E.  F.  Ball,  sixth,  21b.  box  pipe  tobacco. 


Mr.  Ansley  H.  Fox,  of  Philadelphia,  informs  us  that  he  is  no 
longer  interested  in  the  business  affairs  of  the  Philadelphia 
Arms  Company.  


The  Horton  Manufacturing  Co.,  Bristol,  Conn.,  have  issued  a 
calendar  for  1905,  the  theme  of  which  is  illustrated  in  a manner 
to  delight  the  heart  of  the  angler.  It  is  entitled  “The  Start,’1 
and  depicts  a young  gentleman  and  lady,  with  their  guide, 
equipped  with  rod  and  reel,  and  landing  net  and  fishing  tackle, 
preparing  to  step  in  the  canoe,  and  paddle  away  to  the  fishing 
grounds.  On  referring  to  the  advertisement  of  the  Horton  Mfg. 
Co.,  it  will  be  noted  that  applicants  should  enclose  ten  cents  to 
saver  cost  of  mailing. 


Jan.  3,  1905.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


21 


Where  to  Hunt  Game  in  the  South 


Where  to  hunt  game  in  the  South  is  becoming  more 
and  more  of  a problem  each  succeeding  year.  Not  by  any 
means  on  account  of  the  scarcity  of  game,  but  owing 
largely  to  the  increasing  tendency  of  sportsmen  to  form 
clubs,  and  reserve  the  shooting  privilege  of  large  sections 
of  country.  In  this  way  places  where  sportsmen  have 
formerly  found  good  shooting  are  no  longer  open  to 
them,  consequently  they  must  cast  about  for  new  territory, 
new  guides,  and  new  accommodations  while  in  pursuit  of 
their  pleasures  afield.  And  it  is  well  to  add  here  that  the 
shooting  preserves,  while  in  a way  numerous,  cover  but 
a very  small  fraction  of  the  vast  bird  country  throughout 
the  Southern  States,  and  for  many  years  to  come  can  the 
individual  or  parties  of  hunters  find  good  shooting  and 
good  accommodations  in  the  South.  The  most  serious 
and  really  only  perplexing  problem  is  just  where  and  with 
whom  to  shoot.  For  the  accommodation  of  its  patrons  the 
Seaboard  Air  Line  has  at  considerable  expense  and  time 
taken  up  this  matter  in  behalf  of  the  sportsman,  and  pub- 
lish the  following  list  of  places  where  they  know  birds 
can  be  found  and  good  accommodations  had,  and  in  many 
cases,  for  those  not  owning  their  own  kennel,  dogs  may 
be  secured  as  well. 

NORTH  CAROLINA. 

North  Carolina  presents  a great  variety  of  country. 
There  are  many  miles  of  open  pine  woods  in  which  the 
shooting  is  very  fine.  Quail,  of  course,  are  found  most 
generally,  but  in  many  places  wild  turkeys  are  still 
numerous.  In  the  following  summary  only  the  best 
points  have  been  selected.  It  will  be  observed  that 
these  places  are  located  with  reference  to  their  dis- 
tance from  some  central  point.  At  Seaboard,  sixty- 
nine  miles  from  Portsmouth,  Va. — Shooting  good.  Coun- 
try rolling.  Quail  numerous,  turkeys  and  deer  in  the 
swamp  lands.  Guides,  from  $1  to  $1.50  a day.  Horses, 
$2  a day;  there  are  no  dogs  for  hire.  Board,  $1  a day. 
At  Gary’s,  seventy-six  miles  from  Portsmouth — Quail, 
rabbits,  squirrels,  and  turkeys  abundant.  Guides — J.  F. 
Lifsey,  E.  G.  Garlick,  at  $3.50  to  $5  a day,  furnishing  dogs 
and  team  and  board  where  desired.  Horses,  $2  a day. 
Board,  $1.50  a day.  At  Weldon,  seventy-nine  miles  from 
Portsmouth — Shooting  good.  Quail,  turkeys,  ducks, 
squirrels  and  deer.  Guides — Henry  Grant,  “Billy”  Clan- 
ton, William  Roberts,  Ben  Pope,  and  J.  T.  Evans  will  act 
as  guides  at  reasonable  rates.  They  will  also  furnish 
dogs.  Horses,  $2.50  to  $3  a day.  Board,  $1  per  day  up. 
At  Gaston,  ninety-one  miles  from  Portsmouth — Quail, 
squirrels,  rabbits,  and  frequently  wild  geese  are  abundant. 
Guides — J.  J.  King  and  Sam  Shaw,  at  $1  a day.  Horses, 
but  not  dogs,  $1  to  $1.50  a day.  Board,  $1  a day;  $5  a 
week.  At  Littleton,  ninety-nine  miles  from  Portsmouth — 
Quail  very  numerous  this  season ; also  turkeys,  geese,  and 
ducks.  Guides — George  Kirkland,  J.  J.  Myrick,  J.  H. 
House,  or  John  Reed,  at  $1  a day  or  $5  a week.  Guides 
will  also  furnish  teams  and  dogs.  Board,  $1  a day;  $5  a 
week.  Judge  Gummerie,  of  the  New  Jersey  Supreme 
Court,  is  a regular  hunter  here  every  fall.  At  Roxabel, 
eighty-one  miles  from  Portsmouth — Quail  are  abundant, 
and  in  the  Roanoke  River  bottoms  turkey  and  deer  are 
plentiful.  Guides  at  reasonable  rates.  At  Norlina, 
ninety-eight  miles  from  Richmond,  Va. — Quail,  turkeys, 
squirrels,  and  rabbits.  Guides— F.  B.  and  F.  P.  Wiggins 
will  act  as  guides  at  reasonable  rates.  Mr.  F.  B.  Wiggins 
can  furnish  two  or  more  dogs.  Horses,  $1.50  a day. 
Board,  $2  a day.  At  Henderson,  one  hundred  and  four- 
teen miles  from  Richmond.  On  the  ridge  between  the 
Tar  and  Neuse  rivers — Shooting  excellent.  Quail,  tur- 
keys, squirrels,  rabbits,  foxes,  and  a few  deer.  The  quail 
shooting  is  especially  fine,  and  will  be  better  than  usual 
this  season.  The  country  is  level  and  open,  with  enough 
cover  to  protect  the  birds.  Board,  $5  to  $10  a week. 
Guides — R.  J.  Southerland  and  Mr.  June  Clements  will 
take  charge  of  parties  at  reasonable  rates,  furnishing 
horses  and  dogs.  Henderson  has  an  established  reputa- 
tion among  sportsmen,  and  is  visited  every  season  by 
Northern  hunters.  At  Manson,  one  hundred  and 
three  miles  south  of  Richmond — Quail  shooting  unusually 
fine;  also  turkeys  and  squirrels.  Guides — J.  H.  Bullock 
and  C.  M.  White.  They  also  furnish  dogs.  Horses,  $1  a 
day.  Board,  $2  a day.  At  Middleburg,  one  hundred  and 
six  miles  south  of  Richmond — Quail,  turkeys,  deer,  and 
partridges.  Guides — Alfred  Plummer  can  furnish  board, 
guides,  and  dogs  at  reasonable  rates.  At  Franklinton,  one 
hundred  and  thirty  miles  from  Richmond,  Va. — Quail, 
turkeys,  and  squirrels  abundant.  Guides,  $1.50  a day ; they 
supply  dogs.  Horses,  $1.50  and  $2  a day.  There  is  a 
good  hotel  at  which  board  can  be  had  at  $2  a day  or  $10 
a week.  At  Raleigh,  the  capital  of  the  State,  one  hundred 
and  fifty-seven  miles  from  Richmond — This  is  a good 
point  from  which  to  go  to  less  populous  sections.  At 
Osgood,  thirty-seven  miles  south  of  Raleigh — Here  the 
country  becomes  less  rolling,  but  the  shooting  is  as  fine 
as  it  is  in  the  northern  part  of  the  State.  Quail,  turkeys, 
and  squirrels  plentiful.  Guides,  $1  a day.  Board,  $1  a 
dajc  Teams  at  reasonable  terms.  At  Lakeview,  sixty- 
two  miles  south  of  Raleigh — All  the  land  in  this  section  is 
posted  and  under  the  management  of  the  Lakeview  Town- 
site  Company,  which  readily  grants  permission  to  sports- 
men from  a distance.  Quail  and  turkeys  are  very  plenti- 
ful. Last  spring  the  Lakeview  Company  planted  a large 
number  of  small  patches  of  peas,  inclosing  them  so  they 
would  benefit  the  partridges  and  other  wild  game.  Com- 
petent guides  may  be  obtained  at  from  $1  to  $2  per  day. 
Board,  $2  per  day  at  hotel ; $5  to  $10  per  week  in  boarding 
houses.  At  Southern  Pines  and  Pinehurst,  two  hundred 
and  twenty-five  miles  from  Richmond — At  Pinehurt  there 
are  35,000  acres  of  land  over  which  the  shooting  privileges 
are  owned  by  the  management  of  Pinehurst.  Probably 
the  finest  quail  shooting  in  the  country  is  found  here,  as 
the  birds  are  cared  for  scientifically  and  are  protected  for 
the  benefit  of  guests  of  the  place.  There  is  maintained  a 
kennel  of  hunting  dogs  for  the  use  of  guests  of  Pinehurst. 
Twenty  of  the  best  trained  dogs  in  North  Carolina  were 
purchased  for  this  purpose,  and  are  kept  in  good  condition 
under  charge  of  Mr.  Gray.  Competent  guides  always  to 
be  had  by  day  or  week.  At  Aberdeen — Mr.  H.  H.  Powell, 
one  of  the  best  known  hunters  in  North  Carolina  has  the 


shooting  privilege  over  5,000  acres  of  ground.  Mr.  Powell 
acts  as  guide,  and  being  familiar  with  the  country,  knows 
where  the  game  can  be  had,  and  makes  it  easy  for  those 
desiring  sport  to  have  plenty  of  it.  Mr.  Powell  has  a 
comfortable  home  for  those  who  desire  to  hunt  over  his 
grounds.  At  Hamlet,  two  hundred  and  fifty-four  miles  south 
of  Richmond — This  is  one  of  the  best  points  in  North 
Carolina  from  which  to  arrange  hunting  expeditions. 
There  is  an  excellent  hotel  here,  and  within  a radius  of 
twenty  miles  there  is  some  of  the  best  shooting  in  the 
State.  Guides  and  dogs  can  be  had  here  to  hunt  the  ad- 
jacent country.  At  Rockingham,  near  Hamlet — Quail 
very  abundant  this  season ; also  turkeys.  Guides  not 
needed.  Teams  can  be  hired  reasonably,  but  hunters  must 
bring  their  own  dogs.  There  is  a good  hotel  here;  rates 
$1  to  $2  a day.  At  Polkton,  thirty-three  miles  from 
Hamlet — Here  is  a famous  shooting  country.  In  addition 
to  the  quail  and  turkeys,  there  are  plenty  of  foxes  and 
of  fox  hunters.  Guides  can  be  had  cheaply,  and  teams 
also  at  low  prices.  Good  board,  $1.50  a day,  or  $5  a week. 
Guides — Sam  Hubbard,  William  Bryant,  Prince  Henry, 
and  James  Willoughby.  At  Peachland,  thirty-seven  miles 
from  Hamlet — Quail  very  abundant.  Guides  can  be  had 
at  nominal  prices,  and  so  can  dogs  and  horses.  Board, 
$1.50  a day;  $10  a week.  At  the  Rutherfordton  Branch, 
between  Shelby  and  Rutherfordton,  is  some  of  the  best 
quail  shooting  in  the  country.  The  line  here  runs  into 
the  foothills  of  the  North  Carolina  mountains.  It  is  a 
rich  grain  country,  and  the  birds  are  numerous  and  in  fine 
condition.  Board  can  be  had  at  almost  any  of  the  stations 
of  the  Seaboard  Air  Line  Railway,  and  agents  of  the  road 
at  Lincolnton,  Shelby,  Ellenboro,  and  Rutherfordton  will 
gladly  furnish  information  to  prospective  visitors.  At 
Lumberton,  forty-three  miles  from  Hamlet — Quail,  tur- 
keys, and  squirrels  abundant.  In  the  swamps  deer  are 
found.  Horses,  from  $1  to  $2  a day.  Board,  $1  to  $2 
a day;  less  by  the  week.  At  East  Arcadia,  also  near  Wil- 
mington, and  in  one  of  the  best  sections  for  game — Quail, 
wild  turkeys,  woodcock,  ducks,  and  squirrels  plentiful ; 
and  in  the  swamps  bears,  deer,  mink,  otter,  and  other  wild 
animals  rarely  found  to-day,  within  reach  of  sportsmen. 
Board  can  be  had  at  reasonable  rates,  and  guides  and 
horses  can  be  hired.  Guides — T.  J.  Johnson  and  R.  H. 
Grant,  of  Wilmington.  Board  at  the  Wilmington  hotels 
from  $2  to  $3  a day. 

SOUTH  CAROLINA. 

Much  the  same  conditions  exist  in  South  Carolina  as  in 
her  northern  neighbor,  though  the  State  does  not  afford 
an  equal  number  of  excellent  hunting  and  fishing  points. 
Between  Hamlet  and  Atlanta,  however,  there  is  both  good 
shooting  and  fishing,  and  in  some  other  regions  of  the 
State  the  conditions  for  both  are  fine.  At  Greenwood, 
between  Hamlet  and  Atlanta — Quail  are  abundant,  and  so 
are  squirrels  and  rabbits.  Guides  can  be  had  if  needed, 
and  teams  may  be  hired  at  reasonable  prices.  There  is  a 
good  hotel  here,  where  hunters  will  be  well  taken  care  of. 
At  Abbeville,  about  fifteen  miles  beyond  Greenwood — The 
quail  shooting  is  especially  fine ; it  is  a common  thing  to 
bag  seventy-five  in  a day.  The  local  sportsmen  will  act 
as  guides  at  nominal  cost;  and  will  furnish  horses  and 
dogs.  Board  may  be  had  very  cheaply.  At  Calhoun  Falls, 
a little  beyond  Abbeville,  is  another  good  point  for  either 
fisherman  or  hunter.  Camden,  three  hundred  and  twenty- 
seven  miles  from  Richmond — Good  shooting  and  hunting 
on  the  Wateree  River.  Quail  shooting  is  especially  fine, 
and  guests  at  the  three  large  tourist  hotels  here  have  full 
benefit  of  the  sport.  Guides,  dogs,  and  horses  may  be 
had  at  reasonable  prices,  and  local  sportsmen  always  may 
be  counted  on  to  accompany  visitors.  In  season  doves  are 
also  abundant.  Fox  hunting  is  a favorite  sport,  and  there 
are  several  good  packs  of  hounds  in  the  town  and  imme- 
diate neighborhood.  This  sport  is  enjoyed  here  under 
favorable  conditions  rarely  found  in  this  country.  Mr. 
A.  J.  Boykin,  of  Camden,  has  excellent  hunting  grounds 
within  five  miles  of  station.  He  acts  as  guide,  and  sup- 
plies dogs,  board,  etc. 

GEORGIA. 

At  Stillwell,  twenty-four  miles  north  of  Savannah,  low, 
flat  country,  near  the  coast — Quail,  doves,  turkeys,  snipe, 
woodcock,  ducks,  wildcats,  deer.  Board  can  be  had  here, 
but  it  is  well  to  go  to  Savannah,  and  there  make  arrange- 
ments for  guides  and  equipment.  At  Dorchester,  twenty- 
five  miles  south  of  Savannah,  near  the  coast — Quail,  tur- 
keys, and  squirrels.  Guides — Patrick  James,  Sumner 
Lambert,  C.  A..  Tate,  $1  a day.  Horses,  $1.50  a day;  no 
dogs.  Board,  $4  a week.  At  Clyo,  thirty-two  miles  north 
of  Savannah — Quail,  turkeys,  and  deer  abundant.  Guides 
and  dogs  at  reasonable  rates.  Board  $1  a day ; $5  a week. 
At  Riceboro,  about  thirty  miles  south  of  Savannah — 
Quail,  doves,  turkeys,  plenty  of  deer.  No  guides.  No 
boarding-houses ; but  an  ideal  spot  for  operations  from 
Savannah.  At  Darien,  ten  miles  further  south — Quail, 
turkeys,  and  deer  plentiful.  Guides,  $1  a day.  Horses, 
$1.50  a day;  no  dogs.  Board,  $1  to  $2  a day.  At  Everett 
City,  fifty-six  miles  south  of  Savannah — Splendid  hunt- 
ing— quail,  doves,  turkeys,  ducks,  squirrels,  deer.  Guides 
can  be  had  if  desired,  but  they  are  unnecessary.  Board,  at 
Brunswick,  $1.50  a day  up.  At  Townsend — The  same  con- 
ditions prevail  here  and  at  White  Oak,  Woodbine,  Coles- 
burg.  At  Collins,  sixty  miles  from  Savannah — The  quail 
shooting  here  will  be  unusually  good  this  season.  Guides 
not  needed.  Board,  75  cents  a day.  At  Ohoopee,  sixty- 
eight  miles  from  Savannah — One  of  the  best  points  in  the 
State.  Quail,  doves,  turkeys,  ducks.  Guides — N.  B. 
Jarriel,  E.  J.  Giles,  R.  A.  Giles,  $1.50  a day.  Horses  and 
dogs  at  reasonable  prices. 

FLORIDA. 

East  of  the  Rocky  Mountains  there  is  no  such  hunting 
as  in  Florida,  and  the  fishing  is  equally  fine  both  in  the 
fresh-water  streams  and  lakes  and  in  the  fishing  on  the 
coast.  The  tarpon,  the  king  of  all  game  fish,  has  his  true 
habitat  in  the  waters  just  south  of  Tampa  Bay,  on  the 
west  coast  of  Florida.  Fishermen  have  come  here  in  such 
numbers  from  this  country  and  from  England,  that  it  has 


paid  to  maintain  a good  hotel  at  Sarasota.  For  shooting, 
it  may  be  said,  in  brief,  that  at  any  point  a very  few  miles 
distant  from  centers  of  population,  quail  are  to  be  found. 
In  Florida  one  can  find  quail  as  easily  as  he  can  find  Eng- 
lish sparrows  in  northern  parts;  but  the  presumption  is 
that  the  sportsman  who  goes  to  Florida  has  larger  game 
in  view.  Probably,  however,  the  finest  sport  with  the  gun 
obtainable  in  civilized  lands  is  quail  shooting,  and  this  is 
found  in  absolute  perfection  in  Florida.  At  Live  Oak, 
eighty-two  miles  from  Jacksonville,  is  a splendid  point 
for  both  fishing  and  shooting.  All  kinds  of  fresh-water 
fish  native  to  these  parts  are  here  in  abundance.  The 
quail  shooting  is  unsurpassed.  Guide — W.  R.  McGregor, 
$1  a day.  Horses,  teams  and  guides  are  usually  furnished 
by  livery  stables,  $3  a day.  Board,  $1  to  $2  a day.  At 
Hampton  Springs — With  this  as  the  central  point,  he  can 
get  whatever  kind  of  game  he  wants.  Below  Hampton 
Springs,  Fenholloway  River  affords  fine  fishing,  bass, 
perch,  and  bream  being  plentiful.  Quail,  turkeys,  and 
squirrels  abound  in  the  hammocks  (heavily  wooded 
tracts)  and  deer  are  also  plentiful.  Frank  King  and 

George  Lee,  of  Perry,  Fla.,  are  competent  guides,  whose 

services  can  be  had  for  $2  per  day.  Cook’s  Hammock, 

through  which  the  Steenhatchie  River  runs,  and  the  ad- 
jacent territory,  abound  in  game;  quail  in  the  open  woods, 
turkey,  deer,  bear,  panther,  and  wolves  in  the  hammocks 
and  swamps.  Along  the  coast  ducks  and  geese  are 

plentiful.  Rookeries  of  sea  and  plume  birds  are  found 
which  are  of  interest  to  ornithologists.  At  McClenny, 
twenty-seven  miles  from  Jacksonville— Fine  fishing. 
Quail,  doves,  and  squirrels  plentiful.  Guides  can  be  had 
at  reasonable  rates.  Board,  $2  a day.  At  Madison,  one 
hundred  and  ten  miles  from  Jacksonville — Good  fishing 
and  splendid  hunting.  Quail,  turkeys,  ducks,  deer,  and 
bear  plentiful.  Guides  will  be  furnished  by  D.  H.  Mays 
& Co.  and  Thomas  McLeary,  from  50  cents  to  $1.50  per 
day.  Teams  and  dogs  can  be  hired  cheaply.  Board,  $1.50 
to  $3  a day.  At  Monticello,  one  hundred  and  forty  miles 
from  Jacksonville — Fine  quail,  dove,  duck,  and  snipe 
shooting.  Guides  can  be  had  at  all  times  at  reasonable 
rates.  Board,  $2  a day;  $12.50  a week.  At  Ward  City, 
sixty  miles  from  Jacksonville — Fishing  and  hunting  fine. 
Quail  very  abundant,  squirrels  plentiful.  Fine  hunting 
country.  Guides,  $1  a day.  Neither  horses  nor  dogs  for 
hire.  Board,  $2  a day.  At  Chaires,  twelve  miles  from 
Tallahassee — Fishing  fine  when  river  is  at  right  stage. 
Fine  quail,  turkey,  and  squirrel  shooting.  Deer  also 
plentiful.  Guides — No  trouble  to  secure  guides.  Board 
very  reasonable.  At  Gainesville,  seventy  miles  from 
Jacksonville — Fishing  and  hunting  good.  Quail  and  ducks 
the  principal  game.  No  regular  guides,  but  good  livery 
service  at  $2.50  and  $3.50  for  team.  Board,  $7  to  $10  a 
week.  At  Tallahassee,  one  hundred  and  sixty-five  miles 
from  Jacksonville — Trout,  bream,  mackerel,  bass,  bluefish, 
etc.  Deer,  turkeys,  ducks,  snipe,  woodcock,  quail,  and 
doves  all  abundant.  Guides  furnished  by  livery  stables  at 
$3  to  $4  a day  with  team.  Horses,  $1.50  a day;  dogs,  $1. 
Board,  $2.50  and  $3  a day  at  hotels;  $7  to  $12  a week  in 
boarding-houses.  At  St.  Marks,  twenty  miles  from  Tal- 
lahassee, on  the  Gulf — Splendid  sea  fishing,  as  well  as 
fresh  water.  Fine  duck  and  goose  shooting  as  well  as 
quail.  Guides — Ernest  Oliver  and  Carey  Turner,  $1.50  a 
day.  Board,  $1  to  $2  a day.  At  Fernandina,  thirty-four 
miles  northeast  of  Jacksonville,  on  the  coast.  Excellent 
sea  and  fresh-water  fishing.  Quail,  ducks,  and  some  deer. 
Guide — Crockel  Holzendorf,  $1.50  a day.  Teams  at 
reasonable  prices.  Board,  $1  a day  and  up.  At  Yulee, 
twenty-four  miles  north  of  Jacksonville.  Fine  fresh  and 
salt-water  fishing.  Quail,  turkeys,  deer,  and  squirrels. 
Guides — John  White,  J.  J.  Edmondson.  Horses,  $2  a 
day.  Deerhounds  can  be  rented.  Board,  $1  a day.  At 
Waldo,  on  main  line,  fifty-six  miles  south  of  Jackson- 
ville. Good  fishing  and  excellent  quail  shooting.  Board, 
$2  a day ; $6  to  $10  a week.  At  Ocala,  in  the  heart  of  the 
best  hunting  section  in  the  State — Quail,  duck,  turkeys, 
deer,  etc.,  can  be  found  in  abundance.  Guides — Henry 
Livingston,  Ocala ; W.  H.  Hopkins,  Orange  Lake,  $1  to 
$1.50  a day.  Can  furnish  team  at  $2.50  to  $4  a day. 
Board,  $1  to  $3.50  per  day.  At  Wildwood,  one  hundred 
and  twenty-eight  miles  south  of  Jacksonville.  Trout, 
speckled  perch,  bream,  etc.,  abundant.  Quail,  turkeys,  and 
deer  abundant  in  the  neighborhood.  Guides — L.  W. 
Cook,  Jeff  Walker,  75  cents  a day;  $3  a week.  Board,  $1 
to  $2  a day.  At  Leesburg,  eleven  miles  from  Wildwood- 
Splendid  bass  fishing,  quail  and  duck  shooting.  Guide — 
G.  E.  Winter.  Horses  and  dogs  can  be  hired.  Board,  $1 
to  $2.50  a day.  At  Tavares,  twenty-two  miles  from 
Wildwood.  Fine  fishing  and  shooting — Quail,  ducks, 
squirrels,  deer,  and  bear.  Guides  can  be  had  at  $1.50  per 
day.  Horses,  $1  a day.  Board,  $1  and  $2  a day.  At 
Oviedo— Splendid  fishing;  perch,  bream,  trout.  Quail, 
turkeys,  and  deer  abundant.  Board,  $1  a day.  At 
Mohawk,  short  distance  from  Tavares — One  of  the  best 
points  in  Florida,  where,  at  the  Jolly  Palms  Hotel,  there 
is  a sportsman’s  resort  with  everything  necessary  to  make 
an  expedition  enjoyable.  Fine  fishing  in  lakes  and 
streams,  and  all  kinds  of  large  and  small  game  close  at 
hand.  Lake  Weir,  a fine  fishing  point,  is  three  miles 
distant. 

At  Lacoochee,  fifty  miles  north  of  Tampa.  Fine  fishing, 
trout,  pickerel,  etc.  Quail,  turkeys,  and  deer  abundant. 
No  professional  guides.  Horses  and  dogs  can  be  hired. 
Board,  $1  a day.  At  Abbott,  thirty-eight  miles  north  of 
Tampa — Trout,  bream,  perch,  etc.  Quail,  turkeys,  and 
deer  in  abundance.  Quail  more  plentiful  than  ever  before. 
Guides — J.  A.  Turner  and  John  Smith.  Board,  $4  to  $6 
per  week.  At  Braidentown,  on  the  Manatee  River,  about 
sixty  miles  below  Tampa — Fishing  fine  in  the  river  and 
bays  along  the  coast.  Bird  shooting  fine,  also  good  duck 
and  snipe  shooting.  The  fishing  in  Sarasota  Bay,  a few 
miles  below  here,  is  the  finest  on  the  Florida  coast.  This 
is  the  home  of  the  tarpon,  which  is  caught  here  in  greater 
numbers  than  anywhere  else.  There  is  a good  hotel  at 
Sarasota,  and  boats  may  be  hired. 

For  further  information  address : W.  E.  Conklyn, 

General  Eastern  Passenger  Agent,  Seaboard  Air  Line  Rail- 
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Yorkville,  111.,  Dec.  28. — A somewhat  impromptu  live-bird 
tournament  was  arranged  and  carried  to  a fairly  successful  ending 
to-day  as  a holiday  event  by  the  Yorkville,  111.,  shooters.  It  is 
quite  the  fashion  for  the  country  towns  throughout  the  State  of 
Illinois  to  hold  a small  shoot  at  some  time  during  the  winter 
months,  with  live  birds  as  targets.  No  large  shoot  is.  con- 
templated; for  instance,  the  shoot  to-day  was  conducted  without 
even  a programme,  the  shoots  being  arranged  on  the  ground  to 
suit  the  majority  present. 

One  thing  that  may  be  depended  on  in  these  country  towns  is 
the  quality  of  birds.  They  are  corn  fed,  freshly  caught,  and 
when  they  are  released,  they  go  a bit.  If  you  have  any  doubt 
about  it,  look  the  accompanying  scores  over,  and  note  that  the 
high  man  missed  11  out  of  85,  while  on  the  whole,  there  were 
more  lost  than  killed. 

The  wind  was  behind  the  birds,  and  was  fairly  strong,  l.he 
ground  was  covered  with  snow,  and  the  flight  was  almost  , in- 
variably straight  tailers  or  drifting  quartering  as  they  sprang  into 
the  wind.  There  were  several  “scalpers”  on  the  outside,  and 
they  had  ample  opportunity  to  waste  numerous  shells,  many  of 
which  were  black  powder. 

The  old  club  built  here  a neat  club  house,  in  which  was  placed 
a good  stove.  Besides  this,  a canvas  shelter  was  spread  to  the 
west  of  the  house,  which  protected  the  shooter  while  at  the  score. 

A word  as  to  the  traps  in  use:  They  are  home-made,  and  good 
ones  at  that.  They  may  be  described  as  a box  without  a hd,  the 
top  of  which  is  hinged  to  a board.  When  the  trap  is  pulled  it 
drops  into  a hole  dug  in  the  ground.  With  a piece  of  cloth  at- 
tached to  the  trap  to  flop  when  the  trap  turns  over,  the  bird  will 
fly  instantly,  and  most  of  them  will  be  outgoers..  Furthermore, 
the  best  part  of  these  traps  is  the  open  top  and  sides,  which  are 
made  of  wire,  with  about  one  inch  square  mesh,  the  back 
only  being  made  of  heavy  iron,  through  which  shot  will  not 
penetrate.  Traps  similar  to  these  are  used  in  Indiana,  and  they  _ 
are  next  best  traps  to  a King  that  can  be  used.  The  fact  that 
any  one  who  works  about  a tin  shop,  hardware  store  or  a black- 
smith shop  can  make  them. 

As  to  the  . scores.  Counting  35  birds  m the  four  events,  Viet- 
meyer  was  high  man,  and  Mr.  Tweeth  was  second.  He  shot  at 
10  extra  and  dropped  3.  Mr.  Keck,  the  one-armed  man  shot  in 
most  of  the  events  and  was  high  man  in  one.  He  is  handicapped 
when  the  birds  are  fast  outgoers. 

This  shoot  was  held  on  the  day  following  the  big  storm,  which 
swept  the  whole  country,  from  the  Rocky  Mountains  to  the  At- 
lantic At  6 o’clock  yesterday,  the  wind  was  blowing  70  miles  per 
hour  with  snow  falling  fast  and  furious.  When  the  morning  sun 
arose  it  began  to  raise  the  thermometer  from  near  zero,  where 
it  had  dropped,  over  40  degrees,  during  the  previous  eighteen 
hours.  This  will  account  for  the  small  attendance.  The  scores: 


Event  1,  5 birds,  $2  entrance: 

Vietmever  .....22*11—4  Keck  .... 

TweSh  10212-4  Brown  .. 

Brvdon  ' ..00100-1  Updike  .. 

J Knight  01210-3  Neussis  . 

Event  2,  10  live  birds,  $3  entrance: 

Vietmever.  10**120212—6  Keck  ... 

Krawyy  *100**0100—2  Knight.  , 

Tweeth'" 1000*12112-6  Updike  ., 

BrydSn  1011011110-7 

Event  3,  10  live  birds.  $2  entrance: 
Vietmever  ......... .1220121002—' 7 Keck  ... 

TweSh  1000100110-4  B Neusis 

Stamm  " 0110001010—4  Knight  . 

Neussis  " 0000100100-2 

Event  4,  10  live  birds,  $2  entrance: 

Reddock  1000101101—5  Knight  .. 

Vietmever  0100120121-6  Bliss  ..... 

Tweeth  1220010121-7  Stamm  ... 

Brydon  V.' ..1000112011—6  Keck  .... 

Event  5,  5 live  birds,  $1.50  entrance: 

Reddock  .....10110-3  Stamm 

Tweeth  DO’I — 4 BllSS  

Brydon  T.  *. 01100—2  Peterson 

Event  6,  5 live  birds,  $1  50  entrance: 

Tweeth  11010 — 3 Brvdon 

Knight  .11101—4  Reddock  , 


10011—3 

00100—1 

.00000—0 

.00010—1 


, .1011011110—7 
.2211002201—7 
010*220100—  4 


.1200010011—5 
IOuOIOOOH — 4 
.0101100011—5 


.1111*01100—6 
,0011100100—4 
.01100*1100-4 
•0010H0101 — 5 


11100—3 

,10010—2 

.10000—1 


01000—1 

.11000—2 


City  Park  Annual  Turkey  Shoot* 

New  Orleans,  Dec.  28. — It  was  a merry  party  that  assembled  at 
the  traps  of  the  City  Park  Gun  Club  for  their  annual  turkey  shoot. 
Some  very  good  scores  were  made,  and  all  were  interesting  from 
start  to  finish.  How  the  shooters  of  the  Northern  States  must 
envy  those  of  New  Orleans,  when  the  sun  is  far  to  the  south  and 
the  winter  season  is  at  hand. 

The  shooters  were  divided  into  classes,  the  same  as  in  their 
regular  medal  shoots.  In  Class  A it  was  Bob  Saucier  and  P.  S. 
Benedict,  who  tied  on  the  good  score  of  24  out  of  25.  Then  came 


the  shoot-off,  which  was  won  by  Saucier,  and  he  “toted”  off  the 
biggest  gobbler. 

Then  the  Class  B men  furnished  some  very  good  sport,  as  there 
was  also  a shoot-off  necessary  to  a decision.  Charles  McEnary 
and  John  P.  Henry,  by  a score  of  23,  furnished  the  contest.  It 
was  the  first-named  who  selected  the  next  fowl  from  the  coop. 

Once  more  there  were  rivals  in  the  Class  C,  as  the  two  duck 
hunters,  John  Nolan  and  Stans  Plassas,  were  up  for  the  final, 
which  was  won  by  Nolan  with  a majority  of  two  to  the  good. 
There  were  many  interested  spectators,  and  as  the  weather  was 
fine,  all  present  enjoyed  the  sport. 

Two  of  the  best  shots  have  arranged  for  a 25-bat  match,  which 
will  be  shot  during  the  carnival,  and  added  to  this,  the  club  ex- 
pects to  hold  a tournament  during  the  carnival  that  will  be  of 
sufficient  importance  to  draw  the  shooters  from  the  North  and 
the  East.  The  cheap  rates  to  the  city,  and  the  number  of  good 
shots  who  migrate  at  that  time  of  the  year  will  assist  to  make  it 
a success.  , ■ *. 


At  Somonauk. 


Somonauk,  111.,  Dec.  30.— Yesterday  was  the  day  chosen  by  the 
sport-loving  “boys”  of  this  town  to  asking  their  friends  to  help 
fhem  enjoy  the  holidays  by  spending  an  hour  at  the  traps. 

The  management  provided  a tent  with  a stove  in  it,  and  though 
the  air  was  chilly  and  the  ground  covered  with  snow,  all  went 
well  save  the  quality  of  the  birds,  and,  sorry  to  state,  they  were 
below  par.  They  had  been  cooped  too  long,  and  the  traps  used 
were  not  properly  set  up,  with  the  result  that  there  was  nothing 
to  cause  the  birds  to  take  wing  when  the  trap  was  opened.  The 
above  was  not  true  of  the  last  coop,  that  was  trapped,  as  they 
were  fast  enough  to  scare  some  of  the  shooters,  who  had ' gone 
straight  before,  into  missing,  and  thereby  dropping  out  of  first 
money. 

The  following  list  will  show  the  shooters  present:  M.  W.  Stark, 
John  Clark  and  J.  Bosmann,  Hinkley,  111.;  F.  J.  Clapsaddle, 
Leland;  C.  G.  Johnson,  E.  C.  Hennis,  Harry  Olson,  O.  Yer- 
milye  and  C.  C.  Jones,  Sandwich,  111.  The  Somonauk  delegation 
were  YVm.  Wright,  F.  Danewitz,  Bert  Gage,  Bill  Danewitz,  J. 
Schrader  and  Ed.  Danewitz;  also  Henry  \ ah  Buskirk,  of  Sand- 
wich, and  the  U.  M.  C.  Tramp  who  was  renewing  acquaintances 
among  all  the  shooters. 


Event  1,  10  live  birds.  $4  entrance: 

Hennis  0120111201—7  Clark  1221201122—9 

\ ermilye  .....1221210102—8  Stark  .............. .1221011201— 8 

Johnson  1221212200 — 8 Bosman  ........... ..1012012101 — 7 

Clapsaddle  1112011001 — 7 

A number  of  races  for  birds  only  was  the  order  of  a portion  of 
the  day.  Pat  Danewitz  killed  7 out  of  10;  B.  Gage,  7 out  of  14; 
Bill  Danewitz  0 out  of  2;  Ed.  Danewitz  2 out  of  5;  J.  Schrader 
5 out  of  13;  J.  Clark  4 out  of  5;  H.  H.  Stark  4 out  of  6;  Bosman 
1 out  of  5;  Henry  Van  Buskirk,  of  Sandwich,  got  23  out  of  26, 
getting  the  last  14  straight. 


In  Other  Places. 

The  Jaysville  Gun  Club,  of  Jaysville,  O.,  held  an  interesting 
shoot  last  Tuesday,  at  which  several  prizes  were  awarded. 

The  Carleton  Gun  Club,  of  Detroit,  Mich.,  held  its  fifth  annual 
tournament  at  targets  and  live  birds  on  Monday  last,  which  was 
getting  into  line  for  the  new  year  in  proper  form.  As  an  at- 
traction, there  was  $80  in  cash  added  to  the  prizes. 

It  was  a pleasant  gathering  that  assembled  at  the  North  End 
Gun  Club  grounds  at  the  lighthouse  at  Port  Huron,  Mich.,  on 
Monday  last. 

The  holiday  shoot  of  the  Lincoln,  Neb.,  Gun  Club  was  held 
Monday  afternoon.  Besides  a cup  for  the  handicap  prize,  the 
feature  of  the  meeting  was  the  match  between  C.  E.  Williams  and 
R.  J.  Hindermarsh,  with  .22cal.  rifles  at  50  bluerocks,  for  the 
modest  sum  of  $25  a side.  Mr.  Williams  proved  the  winner. 

The  Alton,  111.,  Gun  Club  is  an  old  and  well  established  one, 
yet  little  was  heard  from  it  during  the  past  year.  It  is  gratify- 
ing to  its  friends  to  learn  that  a shoot  was  held  on  the  first  day 
of  the  new  year.  Here’s  hoping  that  it  is  a sign  that  there  will  be 
shooting  weekly  during  the  whole  of  the  present  year. 

At  Salem,  S.  D.,  on  Friday  evening  of  this  week,  the  Gun  Club 
held  a meeting  at  which  important  business  was  to  be  brought 
before  the  members.  This  shows  that  the  Dakota  winters  do 
not  chill  the  ardor  of  the  men  who  love  to  meet  at  the  traps  in 
the  “good  old  summer  time.” 

There  was  a two-day  shoot  at  the  Lockhart,  Tex.,  Gun  Club 
grounds  on  Monday  and  Tuesday  of  this  week.  Besides  the 
regular  events,  the  added  attraction  of  a few  fine  turkeys  pleased 
the  contestants. 

Monday  there  was  held  a noted  banquet  at  Olathe,  Kans.  It 
was  the  eightn  annual  of  the  gun  club,  and  so  much  interest  was 
manifested  that  the  Governor-elect,  and  the  Hon.  David  Over- 
meyer  were  invited  as  toastmasters.  Long  live  the  Olathe  Gun 
Club,  and  why  not?  The  Mayor  of  the  town  has  for  several 
years  been  the  head  of  this  progressive  club. 


On  Thursday  of  this  week  the  shooters  of  EKvood,'  Muncie, 
Yorktown,  Anderson,  Indianapolis  and  other  towns  in  the  cen- 
tra] part  of  Indiana  met  at  Chamness,  near  Elmwood,  and  there 
shot  for  something  that  was  worth  while,  viz.,  six  fat  hogs. 

The  Milroy,  Ind„  Gun  Club  gave  an  all-day  shoot  on  last  Fri- 
day. There  was  plenty  of  shellsonthegrounds.andevery  ETAONN 
day.  There  were  plenty  of  shells  on  the  grounds,  and  everybody 
was  invited. 

The  Highland  Gun  Club,  of  Elkhart,  Ind.,  held  their  holiday 
shoot  on  Monday.  Verily  the  Indiana  towns  are  falling  into  line 
for  the  new  year. 

The  New  Year’s  shoot  held  by  the  Cleveland,  O.,  Gun  Club 
was  an  affair  worthy  of  imitation.  For  instance,  there  were  ten 
events  of  10  targets  each,  with  70  cents  as  entrance  fee.  One- 
half  cent  was  deducted  for  high  average  prizes.  The  division  of 
pulses  was  that  of  the  Jack  Rabbit  system.  1 hat  is,  5 cents  were 
paid  to  the  shooters  for  each  target  broken,  and  the  surplus  was 
divided  into  four  equal  purses  for  class  shooting.  Al  the  close 
of  the  programme  there  was  opportunity  for  any  who  desired  to 
arrange  a sweepstake,  with  entrance  to  suit  the  crowd. 

The  North  Side  Gun  Club,  of  Kaukana,  \Yis.,  held  a shoot  l&st 
Sunday  which  was  intended  as  a farewell  for  their  vice-president, 
A.  G.  Koch,  who  will  hereafter  reside  in  the  county  seat  town, 
as  he  will  take  up  his  duties  as  sheriff. 

You  will  hear  from  the  Nicholas  Park  Gun  Club  during  1905. 

For  a sample  of  their  enthusiasm  when  they  met  on  the  first 
day  of  the  year  the  supply  of  shells  was  exhausted,  and  as  the 
stores  were  all  closed,  the  boys  reluctantly  packed  their  guns 
and  went  home.  And  this  is  the  way  they  do  things  in  the 
shooting  town  of  Jacksonville,  111.,  many  years  ago  made  famous 
by  the  tall  shooter,  James  Stice. 

At  a meeting  held  .n  Nashville,  Tenn.,  the  following  officers 
for  the  Big  Lake  Shooting  Club  were  selected  for  1905:  J.  H. 

Acklen,  President;  Walter  O.  Palmer,  Vice-President;  Charles.  H. 
Brandon,  Treasurer;  Charles  N.  Gilbert,  Secretary;  J.  W.  Manier, 
E.  S.  Sutton,  J.  Painter,  Jr.,  members  of  the  Executive  Commit- 
tee. All  of  Nashville. 

The  Dallas,  Tex.,  Gun  Club  held  their  shoot  on  Saturday.  After 
the  10-target  events  were  shot  off  the  remainder  of  the  day  was  de- 
voted to  that  of  live  birds,  which  all  enjoyed. 

The  principal  feature  of  the  shoot  held  by  the  Licking  Gun  Club, 
of  Columbus,  was  the  shoot  between  Dell  Gross  and  members  of 
the  home  club. 

After  a busy  season  at  the  traps,  the  club  at  Bloomington,  II!., 
cannot  get  up  enough  enthusiasm  to  hold  a shoot  on  New  Year’s 
Day.  The  announcement  has  been  made  that  there  will  be  no 
more  shooting  cn  their  grounds  until  the  father  of  our  country 
has  his  birthday. 

The  Geneva,  111.,  Gun  Club  will  get  in  line  for  the  spring  cam- 
paign on  the  bluerocks,  for  the  . holiday  shoot  gives  that  promise. 

The  very  first  two  days  of  the  year  were  spent  at  the  traps  by  the 

ever  faithful  Elgin,  111.,  Gun  Club.  An  election  of  officers  was 

also  held. 

The  Normandy,  111.,  Gun  Club  is  doing  its  part  to  keep  up  the 
reputation  of  Tom.  Marshall’s  State,  as  that  of  a shooting  center, 
as  the  holiday  shoot  was  not  neglected. 

Davenport,  la.,  has  long  had  a reputation  as  a shooting  town, 
and  at  the  present  time  there  are  several  shotgun  and  rifle  clubs 
in  full  blast,  one  of  the  newest  being  the  Amateur,  which  held 
its  election  of  officers  last  week.  Those  chosen  for  the  responsible 
positions  for  the  year  1905  are  M.  Twefeld,  President;  Joe  Ernest 
Vice-President;  Hugo  Martens,  Secretary;  Charles  Maloska,’ 
Ground-Keeper. 

Mr.  Hendrickson,  the  mainstay  of  the  Batavia,  111.,  Gun  Club, 
writes  that  on  Feb.  23  there  will  be  a tournament  held  on  their 
grounds.  This  club  has  grounds  that  can  he  reached  by  trolley- 
cars  from  Chicago,  Joliet,  Elgin,  Aurora  and  other  towns,  where 
good  clubs  are  situated. 

A number  of  the  Ohio  boys,  principally  from  Hamilton,  met 
last  Thursday  at  Lima,  and  there  was  much  fun,  as  the  prizes 
were  turkeys. 

Another  new  gun  club  has  been  heard  from.  It  halls  from 
Galesville,  111.  At  the  last  shoot  clay  targets  were  used,  and 
some  large  beef  quarters  were  a part  of  the  prizes. 

It  does  not  get  too  stormy  and  cold  to  stop  the  shooters  of 
Nebraska  from  having  their  sport  during  the  holidays,  thus  the 
North  Bend  boys  held  an  all-day  shoot,  the  events  being  sweep- 
stakes  on  the  Sergeant  plan  of  shooting  bluerocks. 

The  blue  ribbon  winners  of  the  Cleveland  Gun  Club  were  F.  G. 
Ioyn,  J,  P.  McMeans,  and  VV.  C.  Talmadge,  with  McMeans  lead- 
ing over  all. 

There  will  be  something  doing  ere  long  in  the  trapshooting  line, 
as  the  Akron,  C)..  Gun  Club  has  challenged  the  Cleveland  Club 
to  a contest.  This  to  be  for  the  championship  of  the  State,  or 
at  least  the  northern  part  pi  same.  It  is  reported  that  of  late 
the  Akron  club  has  added  a number  of  new  members,  all  “tall 
sycamore”  shooters,  . 


24  FOREST  AND  STREAM.  0a*  7, 190s. 


The  Linwood,  Minn.,  Gun  Club  held  its  annual  banquet  last 
Saturday  evening  at  the  Commercial  Club,  with  the  following 
present:  W.  B.  McLean,  President;  J.  C.  Joslyn,  Vice-President; 
Alvin  H.  Poehler,  Secretary;  Fred  G.  Lawrence,  E.  L.  Olds,  Chas. 
Anderson,  D.  A.  Scrimbeor,  F.  A.  Richter,  S.  M.  Grover,  Frank 
L.  Kaner,  H.  B.  Lake  and  Jacob  Kuntz  were  guests. 

The  biggest  turkey  shoot  so  far  reported  for  the  season  was 
that  of  the  Olathe,  Kans.,  Gun  Club.  It  is  announced  that  there 
were  fifty-four  fowls  carried  away  by  the  successful  ones.  Frank 
Hodges,  the  affable  Mayor,  carried  off  the  biggest  gobbler  with  a 
score  of  13  out  of  15  targets. 

Doctors  are  happy  when  they  are  stirring  up  something,  and 
now  comes  the  news  that  Dr.  White,  of  the  eastern  part  of  the 
State,  has  been  of  late  canvasing  the  town  of  Arkansas  City, 
Kans.,  with  the  object  of  reorganizing  the  gun  club.  There  are 
many  good  shots  in  this  town,  and  we  wish  the  Doctor  success. 

The  Whiting,  Ind.,  Rod  and  Gun  Club  sent  out  the  following 
invitation  last  week:  “We  extend  to  you  a cordial  invitation  to 

attend  a live-bird  and  target  shoot  at  the  grounds  of  the  club  at 
North  Hammond,  near  the  Wolf  Lake  Club  house,  on  Jan.  2.  As 
Chicago  shooters  are  glad  of  the  opportunity  to  test  their  skill 
on  live  birds,  we  will  be  enabled  next  week  to  inform  our  read- 
ers as  to  the  outcome. 

The  very  changeable  weather  in  the  North,  and  especially  in 
the  Northwest,  has  had  the  effect  to  dampen  the  ardor  of  many 
of  the  trapshooters  who  had  planned  to  take  in  some  of  the 
shoots  scheduled,  as  with  the  thermometer  registering  a change 
of  40  degrees  in  the  space  of  seven  hours,  a seat  beside  a warm 
fire  was  preferable  to  that  of  withstanding  the  hardships  of  the 
midwinter  weather. 

There  are  two  clubs  in  the  city  of  Chicago  that  shoot  at  least 
once  a week  during  the  entire  year;  they  are  the  Grand  Crescent 
and  the  Watson  Park. 

Cincinnati  Gun  Club. 


Several  of  the  members  were  unable  to  be  present  on  Dec.  24 
and  shot  their  scores  in  the  100-target  race  on  the  25th  instead. 
The  weather  was  not  pleasant,  being  cloudy,  with  rain  in  the 
afternoon.  On  the  same  day  a couple  of  25-target  events  were 
shot,  Sunderbruch  and  Williams  tying  for  high  gun  on  44  each 
The  scores  follow,  100-target  race: 

Targets : 20  20  20  20  20 

Willie  15  14  16  15  14—74 

A Sunderbruch.14  14  18  16  16 — 78 
Bullerdick  ...  15  15  13  17  19—79 
Practice  events: 


Targets:  20  20  20  20  20 

Dreihs  16  17  18  16  19—86 

Gambell  17  17  20  16  16-86 


Targets:  25  25 

Bullerdick  22  21 — 43 

Gambell  21  21 — 42 


Targets:  25  25 

Sunderbruch  23  21 — 44 

Williams  21  23 — 44 

Dreihs  21  22 — 43 

Saturday,  Dec.  31,  was  such  a pretty  day  that  a large  number  of 
members  and  their  friends  assembled  at  the  grounds  and  some 
fine  sport  was  enjoyed.  The  sky  was  perfectly  clear,  the  tem- 
perature springlike,  and  an  almost  entire  absence  of  wind,  made 
the  conditions  ideal.  In  the  cash  prize  shoot  eighteen  men  took 
part,  Trimble,  Barker  and 'Elliott  tying  for  high  gun  on  45  each. 
Penn  was  second  with  44.  Bullerdick  and  Don  Minto  third  with 
41.  The  former  was  high  among  those  who  were  competing  for 
the  prizes.  Twenty-four  men  took  part  in  the  practice  .events, 
and  the  trap  boys  were  kept  busy  until  dark.  Hightower  did  some 
good  work  in  these  events,  breaking  115  out  of  130  shot  at.  Lutie 
Gambell  showed  that  he  can  handle  a gun  by  breaking  13  out  of 
15,  beating  Barker  by  4 targets.  Mr.  Gambell  is  expected  home 
from  his  Southern  hunting  trip  by  the  4th  or  5th,  and  will  be 
met  at  the  station  by  a delegation  of  friends,  to  whom  he  has 
promised  ducks.  Every  one  was  pleased  to  learn  of  the  im- 
provement in  Ackley’s  condition,  since  last  Saturday.  He  is  now 
able  to  walk  around  his  room  a little,  and  all  are  hoping  to  wel- 
come him  at  the  club  before  very  long. 

It  was  reported  that  Jay  Bee  was  also  much  improved  in  health, 
which  piece  of  good  news  was  welcomed  by  his  many  friends.  A 
shoot  without  his  presence,  either  at  the  firing  line  or  in  the  club 
house,  seems  lacking  in  something.  The  genial  Col.  Bob  West 
has  returned  home,  once  more  in  good  health,  and  was  welcomed 
at  the  grounds  by  his  host  of  friends.  He  did  a little  shooting,  and 
kept  the  boys  good-natured  with  his  yarns.  The  representatives 
of  the  Peters  Cartridge  Co.  will  take  possession  of  the  club  house 
and  grounds  on  Friday,  Jan.  6,  to  the  number  of  fifty  or  sixty, 
and  it  is  a cinch  there’ll  be  something  doing  from  early  morning 
until  too  dark  to  see  a target.  The  expert  rifle  shots  will  be  there, 
and  they  can  be  depended  upon  to  do  some  interesting  stunts. 
John  Penn,  the  first  secretary  of  the  club,  was  present,  as  he 
never  fails  to  be  when  he  gets  within  reaching  distance  of  the 
grounds.  Only  two  more  contests  in  the  cash  prize  series,  and 
then  for  the  new  prize  series,  which  promises  to  increase  the  in- 
terest of  the  members. 


Cash  prize  shoot,  50  targets: 

►Trimble  14  13  18 — 45 

’Barker,  16 14  13  18-45 

•‘Elliott,  16 12  16  18-45 

►Penn,  16  14  14  16 — 44 

Bullerdick,  17  9 13  19  41 

"Don  Minto,  16 12  11  18—41 

•Hightower,  16  11  10  19-40 

Falk  17  11  14  13 — 38 

Hesser,  16  U 10  17-38 


*Seymour,  16 9 13  16 — 38 

Peters,  19  13  9 14 — 36 

Black,  19  8 13  15 — 36 

Herman,  18  12  9 15 — 36 

Roll,  20  .............  111013-34 

Medico,  19  8 10  15 — 33 

Harig,  19  10  8 14 — 32 

Williams,  19  9 9 13—31 

I)  P Holding,  16..  7 6 10 — 23 


*Did  not  compete. 

Practice  events:  Hightower  shot  at  130,  broke  115;  Elliott  50,  41; 


Seymour  130,  105;  Thomas  15,  9;  Penn  25,  20;  Barker  130,  108; 
Trimble  70,  61;  Black  30,  22;  Harig  70,  54;  Williams  80,  62;  No. 
61,  30,  19;  Falk  15,  10;  Bullerdick  65,  41;  Peters  130,  102;  Falk  16, 
12;  Medico  40,  25;  Hesser  90,  68;  Roll  80,  56;  Herman  25,  17; 
French  100,  60;  Sundy  25,  14;  Barker,  Jr.,  16,  9;  Gambell,  Jr.,  16, 
13;  Roanoke  35,  17. 


Dalton  (CL)  Gun  Club. 

The  Dalton  Gun  Club  held  their  Christmas  shoot  on  the  after- 
noon of  Monday,  Dec.  26,  and  the  affair  was  most  successful.  The 
shooting  began  at  1 o’clock,  and  was  kept  up  without  a stop 
until  darkness  called  a halt.  The  programme  was  carried  out  as 
planned,  over  2,500  targets  being  trapped.  Thirty-three  shooters 
took  part  in  one  or  more  of  the  seven  events,  and  the  sport  was 
witnessed  by  a large  crowd  of  spectators.  The  afternoon  was 
dark  and  foggy,  rain  falling  most  of  the  time,  and  the  conditions 
are  responsible  for  the  low  scores  made.  There  were  six  events 
at  15  and  one  at  10  targets,  a total  of  100  targets.  H.  Santmeyer 
and  E.  F.  Scott  tied  for  high  gun  on  77.  In  the  shoot-off  at  15 
targets  Scott  won  with  a score  of  12  to  11.  The  scores  follow: 


Shot  at. 

Broke. 

Shot  at. 

Broke. 

E F Scott  ... 

100 

77 

O Wertz  

......  30 

17 

O Santmyer  . 

100 

72 

H Wertz  

......  40 

IS 

H Santmyer  .. 

100 

77 

M-erttes  

25 

12 

Freet  

100 

67 

Douglass  

30 

11 

F Gibson  

......100 

52 

Clyde  Camp  . . 

15 

10 

De  Arment  ... 

......100 

49 

B Gibson  

......  15 

8 

Beitman  

85 

48 

T Gibson  

15 

8 

C C Zupp  

85 

45 

Ray  Camp  . . . . 

30 

10 

Walters  

85 

43 

Harker  

......  15 

7 

Karama  

100 

35 

Hunsicker  

30 

6 

Dauchy  

.55 

25 

Heibner 

......  15 

5 

H Graber  

40 

25 

Flinn  

......  15 

5 

Llewellyn  .... 

70 

24 

Kurzen  

......  10 

4 

J D Zupp 

100 

22 

Locke  

15 

3 

Aker  

40 

22 

Kreiger  

30 

2 

Cole  

......  70 

21 

Amstutz  

15 

0 

J Graber  

30 

19 

Phellis  Trophy. 

On  Wednesday,  Dec.  28,  the  Dayton,  O.,  Gun  Club  was  forced 
to  give  up  the  Phellis  trophy,  emblematic  of  the  six-man  team 
championship  of  the  State,  which  it  has  held  so  long,  and  so  suc- 
cessfully defended  many  times  against  some  of  the  best  shots  in 
the  State.  The  cup  now  occupies  the  place  of  honor  in  the  house 
of  the  Licking  Gun  Club,  of  Newark.  The  Licking  Gun  Club 
defeated  the  Daytons  by  30  targets,  while  the  Cincinnati  team, 
which  usually  finishes  on  top  or  close  to  the  leader,  finished  to-day 
a long  way  in  the  rear. 

The  Mechanicsburg  team,  which  had  challenged  the  Daytons,  did 
not  put  in  an  appearance,  but  will  challenge  the  Licking,  and 
then  the  Dayton  Club  will  go  for  the  winner,  and  proposes  to 
bring  the  cup  back,  and  nail  it  down  for  keeps.  Mr.  C.  W. 
Phellis,  the  donor  of  the  cup,  was  the  honored  guest  of  the  Day- 
ton  Gun  Club,  and  participated  in  some  of  the  sport. 

The  day  was  bitterly  cold.  The  wind  blew  a gale,  and  numerous 
snow  squalls  made  it  almost  impossible  to  see  the  targets  at  times, 
and  made  the  shooting  extremely  difficult;  in  fact,  the  partici- 
pants in  the  shoot  showed  great  nerve  in  attempting  to  shoot 
under  the  weather  conditions,  which  made  it  a hardship  instead 
of  a pleasure. 

Lou  Fisher,  of  the  Licking  Gun  Club,  was  high  man  in  the 
match,  and  his  work  was  certainly  wonderful,  a straight  score 
of  50.  John  Taylor,  of  the  same  club,  was  second  with  48,  a good 
score  under  good  conditions,  and  extra  good  on  such  a day.  C. 
Watkins,  of  Dayton,  was  third  with  47;  also  a remarkably  good 
showing.  W.  Harig  was  high  man  for  the  Cincinnati  team  with 
42.  It  is  only  right  to  say  that  no  member  of  the  team  shot  in  his 
usual  form. 

Before  the  match  was  started,  two  practice  events  at  15  and  25 
targets,  and  two  sweeps  at  15  targets  each  were  shot,  the  latter 
being  Nos.  3 and  4 in  table  below.  The  scores: 


Events : 
Targets : 

1 

15 

2 

25 

22 

3 

15 

13 

4 

15 

13 

Shot 

at. 

55 

Broke. 

48 

22 

14 

12 

55 

48 

22 

13 

11 

55 

46 

20 

13 

13 

55 

46 

21 

13 

12 

55 

46 

21 

11 

12 

55 

44 

12 

13 

13 

55 

38 

18 

6 

12 

55 

36 

13 

11 

12 

55 

36 

12 

14 

30 

26 

is 

10 

9 

55 

34 

10 

14 

30 

24 

11 

11 

30 

22 

3 

12 

. . 

. . 

40 

20 

16 

. , 

25 

16 

Watkins  

■ io 

.. 

is 

15 

15 

13 

10 

10 

15 

10 

9 

15 

9 

9 

15 

9 

9 

, . 

15 

9 

15 

7 

*In  second 

event  Raymond  shot  at  15 

and 

Burrell 

at  16. 

In  the  first  sweep  Rike  won  first  money,  $6;  Heikes,  Taylor, 
Fisher  Orr,  Craig  and  Burrell  divided  second,  $3.60,  and  Trimble 
took  third  money,  $2.40.  In  the  second  sweep  Trimble  and 
Hulshizer  divided  first,  $6.80;  Fisher,  Taylor,  Burrell  and  Watkins 
second,  $4.08;  Raymond,  Schwind,  Rike,  Orr  and  Oswald  third, 

$2.72. 

Phellis  trophy  match,  six-man  teams,  50  targets  per  man. 


Licking  Gun  Club. 

Targets : 20  15  15 

Lou  Fisher  .........  20  15  15—60 

J Taylor  ............  19  15  14— 48 

F Hulshizer  .......  19  14  13 — 46 

S C Burrell. .......  15  14  11-40 

Jesse  Orr  ..........  17  13  13-43 

R Goodrich  .........  15  10  11-36 


Dayton  Gun  Club. 

Targets:  20  15  15 

C Watkins  19  13  15—47 

Ed  Rike  ............  17  15  11—43 

Z Craig  15  13  12 — 40 

R Heikes  ..........  15  12  12— 39 

C W Raymond.....  13  11  11—35 

M Schwind  12  9 8—29 


10S  81  77  263 
Cincinnati  Gun  Club. 


W Harig  ...........  16  14  12— 42  J E Maynard. 

R Trimble  ..........  16  13  12-40  C Peters  .... 

E Barker  ...........  16  9 10—34 

L Coleman  13  11  8 — 32 


91  73  69  233 

12  10  9-31 
7 9 11—27 

78  66  62  206 


Springfield  Shooting  Club. 

Springfield,  Mass. — It  takes  more  than  cold  winter  weather  to 
keep  the  members  of  the  Springfield  Shooting  Club  home  on 
holidays,  so,  quite  a bunch  turned  out  on  Dec.  26,  it  being  the 
annual  turkey  shoot  of  the  club.  The  day  was  not  very  pleasant 
for  shooting,  and  no  large  scores  were  made. 

Shooters  were  present  from  Brookfield,  Mass. ; Somersville, 
Conn. ; Thompsonville,  Conn. ; Holyoke,  Mass.,  and  the  local 
club.  The  two  principal  events  of  the  day  were  the  two  for  which 
the  club  put  up  three  turkeys.  Two  in  one  event  at  $1  entrance, 
and  one  in  another,  at  75  cents  entrance;  distance  handicap.  In 
the  first  event  McMullen,  of  Somersville,  Conn.,  and  Chees- 
man,  of  Springfield,  Mass.,  were  the  winners.  McMullen’s  score 
was  22  out  of  25;  Cheesman’s  score  was  21  out  of  25. 

In  the  next  event  the  scores  ran  more  evenly,  resulting  in  three 
ties  on  19,  between  Arnold,  of  Somersville,  Conn.;  Henry,  of 
Thompsonville,  Conn.,  and  Chapin,  of  Brookfield,  Mass.  In  the 
shoot-off  Arnold  won  out. 

At  noon  a hot  lunch  was  served,  which  put  every  one  in  the 
best  of  spirits. 

Scores  in  turkey  events  follow: 

Turkey  event  No.  1,  25  targets,  distance  handicap:  McMullen 

(18)  22,  Cheesman  (17)  21,  Arnold  (17)  20,  Chapin  (18)  20,  Snow 

(17)  18,  Collins  (16)  18,  Finch  (17)  18,  Henry  (16)  17,  Kites  (17) 

17,  Hawes  (16)  16,  Coats  (18)  16,  Nelson  (17)  12. 

Turkey  event  No.  2,  25  targets,  distance  handicap:  Henry  (16) 

19,  Chapin  (18)  19;  Arnold  (18)  19,  Snow  (17)  18,  Finch  (17)  18, 

Nelson  (16)  18,  McMullen  (20)  18,  Hawes  (16)  17,  Kites  (16)  17, 

Cheesman  (19)  17,  Collins  (17)  14,  Coats  (17)  7. 

Scores  in  regular  events  follow: 


Events : 
Targets : 
Arnold  . . 
Cheesman 
Finch 

Coats  

Kites  .... 
Henry  . . . 

Snow  

McMullen 
Nelson  .. 

Day  

Hawes 
Talmadge 
Chapin  . . 
Collins  .. 
Stevens  . 
E Cady  . . 
O Cady 
H Cady 


12  3 


8 6 
8 10 
10  9 
7 11 
7 11 
5 7 
10  9 
10  14 
10  9 
7 7 


4 

5 6 

7 8 

9 

Shot 

10  10  15  10  10  10 

at. 

Broke 

8 

6 12 

9 7 

. . 

95 

64 

7 

7 11 

5 .. 

8 

95 

63 

6 

6 11 

9 6 

j.  . 

95 

. 60 

10  10  7 

6 16 

. 0 

95 

58 

5 

4 10 

7 4 

95 

54 

8 

6 9 

6 . . 

2 

95 

49 

6 

8 7 

7 .. 

8 

85 

55 

7 

4 12 

7 .. 

75 

54 

6 

7 8 

75 

43 

40 

16 

2 8 

4 .. 

35 

14 

7 

2 .. 

30 

13 

7 6 

. . 

20 

13 

8 

10 

8 

10 

10 

10 

10 


6 

6 

6 

1 


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nn6'  rw?  £Sht‘y  USed-  RegU'ar  1 W.  W.  Greener  Hammerless  Non-Ejecting  Gun, 

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Gun,  Grade  “G.”  \\  rought  steel  barrels,  12  x Straight  stock.  Regular  price,  $175.00. 

28x  5-14.  Silver’s  recoil  pad.  Regular  price,  Now  .$110.00 

$_j6.l0.  I rice  now $175.00  1 Francotte  Hammerless  Non-Ejecting  Gun. 

X,W.  \V.  Greener  Ilammerless  Automatic  Ejector  S emens-Martin  steel  barrels,  12  x 30,  7%  lbs. 
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12  x 28,  K%  lbs.  Silver’s  recoil  pad.  Regular  12  x 28  x 0-2.  Silver’s  pad.  Regular  price, 

price,  $355.00.  Now - $316.00  $140.00.  Now  $120.00 

1 W._  W.  Greener  Hammerless  Gun,  automatic  1 \Y.  & G.  Scott  & Sons  Hammerless  Non- 
ejecting, ".Monarch’'  grade.  Siemens-Martin  Ejecting  Gun,  Grade  “B.”  Monte  Carlo 

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No.  13650.  1 Anson  & Deeley  ejector  hammer- 
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12, XJ  10’|i ’•  Complete  in  leather  trunk  case,  $85.00  hand  condition .................. ......$45.00 

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POISON  FOR  VERMIN. 

Elsewhere  we  publish  an  exceedingly  interesting  com- 
mnication  from  Dr.  Joseph  Kalbfus,  secretary  of  the 
lame  Commission  of  Pennsylvania.  Its  chief  theme  is 
le  destruction  of  game  by  predatory  animals,  of  which 
enumerates  foxes,  wildcats,  weasels,  skunks,  mink,  the 
reat  horned  and  the  barred  owls,  and  several  species  of 
awks.  Of  these  he  writes  specifically  as  follows  : “There 
no  question  in  the  minds  of  those  who  have  given  this 
latter  any  thought  whatever  but  that  these  animals  are 
ipidly  depleting  our  cover  of  all  kinds  of  game,  and  of 
mg  and  insectivorous  birds.” 

While  we  have  a lively  appreciation  of  Dr.  Kalbfus’s 
ealous  industry  and  special  opportunities  to  gather  ac- 
urate  knowledge  from  observation  and  information  on 
lis  subject,  we  honestly  believe  that  he  has  charged 
he  foxes,  weasels,  et  al.,  with  a volume  of  depre- 
ation  of  which  they  are  guilty  in  only  a fragmentary 
egree.  The  destructiveness  charged  to  them  should  more 
roperly  be  charged  to  the  lordly  and  nobler  animal,  the 
enus  homo. 

In  our  opinion,  the  destruction  of  the  game  and  song 
irds  wrought  by  the  animals  Dr.  Kalbfus  lists  is  almost 
negligible  quantity  in  comparison  with  the  destruction 
/rought  by  man.  Suppress  the  market-hunter  and  stop 
rie  sale  of  game,  then  the  question  is  almost  solved.  At 
;ast  the  elimination  of  the  market-hunter  simplifies  the 
roblem  to  a degree  which  renders  it  easy  of  solution. 
As  an  illustration  of  the  destructiveness  wrought  by 
lan,  the  case  of  the  Arctic  Freezing  Company,  of  New 
'ork,  which  was  a defendant  in  a suit  brought  by  the 
lew  York  game  officials  for  penalties  aggregating 
1,168,315,  is  pertinent  to  the  discussion.  Besides  the 
Tousands  upon  thousands  of  game  birds,  there  were 
lousands  upon  thousands  of  song  birds.  This  great  cold 
lorage  company  is  but  one  of  several  others  in  this  city, 
,nd  those  of  this  city  are  but  a small  fraction  of  the 
reat  cold  storage  companies  which  are  doing  business 
le  year  round  in  the  United  States.  It  is  an  open  secret 
lat  in  many  of  the  fashionable  clubs  and  hotels,  game 
irds  are  served  in  the  close  season,  but  under  some  name 
ither  than  the  real  name,  frequently  under  a name  un- 
nown  in  the  classification  of  ornithologists,  thus  avoid- 
ig  all  possibility  of  establishing  evidence  against  the 
olators  of  the  law. 

The  abundance  or  scarcity  of  birds  in  a given  section 
1 a given  year  is  not  necessarily  in  the  ratio  of  the 
reeding  stock  left  over  from  the  preceding  year.  Much 
| spends  on  the  season.  With  the  quantity  of  breeding 
ock  apparently  the  same,  some  years  game  birds  will  be 
aundant,  other  years  there  will  be  a dearth.  Climatic 
mditions  are  potent  factors  in  the  game  supply. 
Undoubtedly  the  rabbit  is  a grievous  sufferer  from  the 
redatory  attacks  of  foxes,  weasels,  etc.,  but  such  is  his 
ffonishing  powers  of  reproduction,  a severe  pruning  is 
>sential  to  keep  his  numbers  in  check.  A balance  in 
iture  is  essential.  If  the  rabbit  were  permitted  to  repro- 
jce  himself  without  check,  he  might  become  as  much  of 
pest  in  America  as  he  was  in  Australia. 

We  think  that  the  true  cause  of  the  disappearance  of  the 
>ng  birds  is  the  market-shooter.  The  astonishing  extent 
: his  ravages  are  partially  shown  within  the  walls  of  the 
■eat  cold  storage  warehouses.  The  scene  of  destruction 
in  the  late  fall  and  winter  months  in  the  South,  there- 
)re  in  a section  beyond  the  scope  of  the  predatory  ani- 
als  of  the  North,  and  establishing  them  at  the  worst  as 
[ling  petty  malefactors  in  comparison. 

Concerning  the  distribution  of  poison  over  wide  areas 
ithin  the  jurisdiction  of  a State  which  prohibits  the 
acing  of  poison  for  the  purpose  of  killing  a domestic 
fimal  or  dog,  we  are  inclined  to  think  that  that  law 
ould  prohibit  its  use  in  the  manner  Dr.  Kalbfus  men- 
ons,  Many  States  have  hostile  laws  concerning  the 


broadcast  use  of  poison,  because  when  placed  it  is  as  free 
for  the  consumption  by  animals  for  which  it  was  not  in- 
tended as  it  is  for  those  for  which  it  was  intended.  While 
its  purpose,  as  mentioned  by  Dr.  Kalbfus,  is  useful  and 
commendable,  it  might  be  harmful  in  ways  not  con- 
templated. No  man,  even  if  he  spread  poison  maliciously 
and  harmfully,  could  be  convicted  if  he  made  the  plea 
that  the  poison  was  placed  for  vermin,  although  he  might 
have  placed  it  otherwise.  This  is  apart  from  the  matter 
as  considered  by  Dr.  Kalbfus.  We  are  considering  the 
legal  phases  of  the  case.  In  our  opinion,  the  State  law, 
as  mentioned  by  him,  would  prohibit  the  placing  of  poison 
on  land  for  any  animal. 


THE  HEAD  HUNTER. 

Former  State  Senator  W.  E.  Culkin,  Register  of  the 
United  States  Land  Office  in  Duluth,  who  has  returned 
from  a hunt  for  big  game  on  the  north  shore  in  Minne- 
sota, has  expressed  his  indignation  at  the  ways  of  deer 
head  hunters  in  that  country.  To  a reporter  he  said: 

“City  sportsmen  should  be  severely  condemned  for  the  practice 
of  hunting  big  game  for  the  sake  of  the  heads  for  trophies.  They 
have  been  killing  deer  at  points  where  it  was  impossible  to  get  the 
carcasses  out.  The  hunters  merely  cut  off  the  head,  with  the 
antlers,  to  prove  their  prowess  as  nimrods.  A remedy  for  the 
existing  state  of  affairs  would  be  hard  to  devise,  but  if  one  can  be 
proposed,  it  would  be  a mighty  good  thing.  The  mere  slaughter 
of  valuable  game  animals  for  the  antlers  certainly  will  not  be 
approved  by  true  sportsmen.” 

That  is  good  doctrine.  It  calls  to  notice  one  phase  of 
the  hunting  ways  of  the  present  day  which  deserves  con- 
sideration. Killing  for  heads  alone  has  grown  out  of  the 
conventional  importance  attached  to  the  horns  as  trophies 
of  the  sportsman’s  skill  and  as  mementoes  of  the  field. 
With  the  trophy  hunter,  the  head  is  the  main  object  of 
the  pursuit,  the  meat  is  incidental;  whether  it  shall  be 
utilized  or  wasted  depends  upon  circumstances  and  con- 
venience. The  head  secured,  the  rest  is  considered  of 
minor  importance,  or  of  no  importance  whatever. 

As  Senator  Culkin  says,  the  remedy  may  be  difficult  to 
devise.  There  is  in  the  Quebec  law  a provision  that  no 
person  who  has  killed  any  animal  suitable  for  food  shall 
allow  the  flesh  to  be  destroyed  or  spoilt,  and  laws  to  a 
like  effect  prevail  elsewhere.  Just  how  effective  they  may 
be  is  a subject  of  speculation.  The  head  hunter  finds  his 
game  and  uses  or  wastes  the  meat  in  remote  localities 
where  detection  is  improbable,  and  it  is  reasonable  to 
assume  that  if  he  be  inclined  to  take  the  head  and  leave 
the  rest,  no  fear  of  the  terrors  of  the  law  would  have  an 
iota  of  influence  with  him.  It  is  clear  that  this  is  a case 
where  legislation,  however  ample,  would  not  provide  a 
remedy;  it  would  have  as  little  effect  on  the  deer  head 
hunter  of  northern  Minnesota  as  on  the  trophy  hunters  in 
the  wilds  of  Africa.  If  we  are  to  suppress  hunting  for 
horns  without  using  the  flesh,  how  shall  this  be  done? 


TEXAS  DUCKS. 


The  Texas  law  relating  to  duck  shooting  provides  that 
it  shall  be  unlawful  for  an  individual  to  kill  more  than 
twenty-five  ducks  in  one  day,  and  as  to  exportation,  it  for- 
bids the  carrying  of  ducks  out  of  the  State,  except  that 
when  lawfully  killed  they  may  be  transported,  provided 
that  the  person  who  killed  them  shall  accompany  them  on 
the  same  train  or  common  carrier  from  point  of  ship- 
ment to  the  point  of  destination.  This  law  is  something 
of  a hardship  to  those  sportsmen  who  would  like  to  send 
their  game  home  or  to  friends  by  express  independently 
of  their  own  traveling.  It  is,  however,  a most  salutary 
regulation,  and  the  only  one  which  experience  has  shown 
to  be  effective  for  the- necessary  limitation  of  the  export  of 
game,  and  the  prevention  of  shipping  to  market. 

A movement  has  been  started  by  the  Business  Men’s 
League  of  Rockport  to  secure  an  amendment  of  the  law 
so  that  it  shall  permit  a person  to  ship  wildfowl  out  of 
the  State  upon  making  affidavit  that  they  have  been  law- 
fully killed.  The  reasons  given  are  that  with  such  per- 
mission to  send  game  home,  more  sportsmen  would  come 
to  Rockport  than  come  under  present  conditions,  and  that 
this  would  be  to  the  benefit  of  railroads,  hotels  and 
others.  The  Rockport  proposition  is  one  with  which  we 
would  have  full  sympathy  if  there  were  any  probability 
that  the  law  as  amended  would  serve  the  purposes  only 
■of  the  sportsmen  who  wished  to  send  the  game  to  their 
friends.  There  is,  however,  every  reason  to  believe  that 
once  the  law  is  broadened  as  proposed,  it  would  open  the 


door  to  the  shipment  of  game  to1  market.  It  is  practically 
the  universal  experience  of  those  who  have  to  deal  with 
these  affairs  that  if  game  can  be  shipped  lawfully,  as  here 
proposed,  it  will  be  shipped  illicitly.  The  only  effective 
and  certain  methods  to  prevent  the  exportation  of  Texas 
ducks  to  market  is  to  hold  to  the  statute  as  it  now  reads. 
An  evidence  of  its  effectiveness  is  afforded  by  this  very 
movement  of  the  Rockport  business  men.  If  as  it  now 
stands  the  law  did  not  prevent  the  export  of  ducks,  these 
business  men  would  not  be  engaged  in  an  endeavor  to 
change  it.  A law  which  is  so  well  fulfilling  the  purpose  of 
its  enactment  should  be  retained,  and  we  trust  that  the 
broader  sighted  opposition  to  the  Rockport  movement  may 
prevail. 


An  excellent  sample  of  a fish  story  was  offered  the 
other  day  by  the  great  metropolitan  journals  which  re- 
ported that  immense  numbers  of  deep  sea  fish  had  been 
dashing  through  the  surf  and  up.  on  to  the  beach  at  Say- 
ville,  Long  Island.  The  fish  came  ashore  in  tons,  accord- 
ing to  the  reporters’  tales ; the  landlubbers  were  frightened 
out  of  their  wits;  and  the  salty  mariners  declared  that  the 
phenomenon  indicated  an  impending  volcanic  disturbance 
of  the  ocean  bed,  and  a quaking  of  the  land.  Then  the 
“natives” — for  the  residents  of  an  out-of-town  place  are 
always  “native”  in  newspaper  terminology — mastered  their 
first  alarm  and  providently  gathered  the  fish  for  salting 
down  in  butter  firkins.  So  ran  the  tale.  What  was  it  all 
about?  Somebody  down  there  picked  up  on  the  beach  a 
stranded  silver  hake  or  whiting,  and  not  being  familiar 
with  the  fish,  asked  his  neighbor  what  it  was.  That  was 
the  small  beginning  from  which  developed  the  schools, 
tons,  volcanic  disturbances,  earthquakes  and  firkins  of  salt 
fish. 

In  his  message  to  the  Legislature  last  week,  Governor 
Higgins  of  New  York  referred  to  the  fish  and  game  in  a 
way  which  indicates  that  his  interest  in  the  subject  is 
something  more  than  perfunctory.  “The  forests  and 
streams  of  the  State,”  he  said,  should  be  made  attractive 
places  of  resort  for  the  invalid  and  for  those  in  search  of 
wholesome  recreation  in  the  open  air.  To-  this  end  the 
fish,  game  and  forest  laws  should  be  strict  and  consist- 
ent.” The  Governor’s  policy  with  respect  to  the  Adiron- 
dacks,  there  is  reason  to  believe,  will  be  on  the  side  of 
a liberal  and  adequate  forest  plan.  He  promises  to  send 
in  a message  at  a later  date  giving  his  recommendations  , 
on  the  subject. 

Dr.  Iarleton  H.  Bean’s  paper  on  New  Zealand  as  a 
sportsmen’s  paradise,  affords  an  instructive  object-lesson. 
Wherever  the  Briton  goes  in  wild  countries  he  devastates 
the  land  of  its  game ; but,  on  the  other  hand,  wherever  he 
settles  for  a permanent  abiding  place  he  takes  good  care 
to  conserve  the  game  and  the  fish,  or  if  there  be  no  native 
species  worth  preserving,  he  introduces  the  best  of  the 
home  country  or  of  other  lands.  The  Antipodes,  bare  of 
game,  have  been  stocked  with  European  deer;  and  now 
the  hunting  in  parts  of  New  Zealand  is  as  good  as  in 
Scotland;  while  the  brown  trout  from  Europe  and  the 
rainbow  from  the  Pacific  waters  of  America  there  thrive 
and  multiply  and  grow  to  prodigious  weights. 

8? 

A peculiar  peril  of  mimic  warfare  has  been  developed 
by  an  investigation  set  on  foot  by  Gen.  Crozier,  Chief  of 
Ordnance,  of  the  blank  cartridges  issued  last  summer  to 
the  regular  soldiers  and  militiamen  who  took  part  in  the 
sham  battles  of  Manassas,  Va.,  and  in  California.  Among 
the  1,750,000  blanks  two  ball  cartridges  were  found,  one 
in  Virginia  and  one  in  California.  Of  course  the  odds 
against  a participant  being  struck  by  one  of  the  two  bul- 
lets in  1,750,000  cartridges  are  not  very  great;  but  slight 
as  they  are,  one  does  not  consider  them  with  absolute 
equanimity.  To  preclude  any  possible  presence  of  loaded 
shells  in  the  future,  every  box  of  blanks  will  be  weighed 
before  it  is  sealed. 

K 

The  late  Eugene  G.  Blackford,  who  was  the  possessor 
of  an  extensive  collection  of  works  on  fish  and  fishing, 
bequeathed  the  entire  libran-  to  the  Brooklyn  Museum  of 
Arts  and  Sciences.  The  books  were  gathered  from  all 
over  the  world,  and  comprise  many  rare  and  valuable 
volumes.  It  is  pleasing  to  know  that  by  Mr.  Blackford’s 
disposition  of  them  the  collection  is  to  be  preserved  intact 
and  in  a place  where  it  will  be  accessible  to  the  public. 


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[Jan.  14,  1905. 


A Buffalo  Hunt  with  the  Comanches 

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( Continued  from  page  5 ) 

The  squaws  do  all  the  work  in  camp,  and  a hard  part 
of  it  at  times  is  carrying  in  the  wood.  They  often  have  to 
go  a mile  or  more  for  it,  then  carry  a load  that  would  be 
heavy  enough  for  a pack  mule.  When  that  had  to  be 
done,  I always  made  the  chief  send  ponies  to  pack  it  on. 

The  chief  had  a full  sized  ax  here  that  no  one  used ; 
the  squaws  could  not;  they  had  their  small  axes;  so*  I 
got  it  and  sharpened  it  up,  cut  down  all  the  dead  trees 
near  camp,  then  set  the  boys  to  carrying  it  in;  they 
would  do  it  for  me,  but  would  not  touch  it  for  their 
mothers  or  sisters ; and  when  the  squaws  were  busy,  as 
they  generally  were,  I had  the  boys  carry  water  for  them 
also.  When  I first  came  here  I made  the  announcement 
that  no  squaw  must  be  whipped  any  more.  The  Comanche 
does  not  abuse  his  women  as  some  Indians  do ; but  a man 
would  give  his  squaw  a blow  at  times  when  she  did  not 
suit  him.  When  I saw  it,  I would  say : “Stop  this,  my 
brother.  You  are  a Comanche;  let  the  Cheyennes  fight 
squaws;  the  Cheyennes  are  dogs.  You  should  only  fight 
men.”  With  most  of  these  tribes  a squaw  will  cook  a 
meal,  then  stand  while  the  men  and  boys  eat,  then  eat 
what  is  left  herself ; but  a Comanche  squaw  sits  down 
and  eats  when  the  men  do. 

They  have  a great  respect  for  the  “talking  leaves ;”  any- 
thing that  is  written  or  printed  is  a talking  leaf.  I have 
known  a squaw  to  carry  around  a paper  that  she  had 
found  for  six  months  until  she  had  a chance  to  show  it  to 
me  for  me  to  make  it  talk.  And  when  I did  so,  and  she 
found  that  it  was  only  an  order  from  the  agent  to  his 
blacksmith  for  him  to  put  a lock  on  some  door,  she  was 
disappointed.  While  in  this  camp  the  chiefs  squaw  one 
evening  took  a small  package  out  of  her  work-bag,  and 
calling  in  the  colored  boy  told  him  something  to  tell  me. 
He  translated  everything  literally,  and  asked,  “Your  sister 
has  the  talking  leaves  here.  Can  they  talk  to  you?” 

“Yes;  tell  her  they  can  if  they  speak  Americana  or 
Mexicana.”  I read  Spanish  also.  She  unrolled  a piece  of 
buckskin,  then  took  out  a book  without  a cover  and 
handed  it  to  me.  It  was  the  “Swiss  Family  Robinson,”  a 
book  written  in  imitation  of  “Robinson  Crusoe.”  “Yes,” 
I told  her,  “this  talks  to  me.” 

“Then  make  it  talk  to  us,”  she  said;  and  calling  in  as 
many  of  the  men  and  boys  as  this  lodge  would  hold,  she 
told  them  fio  sit  down  and  keep  still  while  I made  those 
leaves  talk.  I read  a few  chapters  each  night,  while  the 
negro  boy  translated  it,  until  we  had  it  all.  Anything  in  it 
that  they  could  not  understand  I turned  into  something 
which  they  could;  as  a big  canoe  for  a ship,  a squirrel  for 
a monkey,  and  so  on. 

Then  they  wanted  to  know  if  I had  seen  the  talking 
leaves  in  which  “the  man  above”  talks  to  us — the  Bible. 

“Yes,”  I told  them,  “we  all  see  it.” 

“Did  we  all  do  what  He  tells  us  to  do  in  it?” 

. “No,  not  often,”  I told  them. 

“Then  He  kills  you,  don’t  He?” 

“No,  not  always;  He  has  not  killed  me  yet.”  And  the 
boys  would  laugh. 

The  Indians  are  supposed  to  be  a silent  set  of  people, 
but  when  among  themselves  they  are  talking  all  the  time, 
and  a lot  of  squaws  could  talk  a set  of  white  women  blind. 
They  have  a large  number  of  traditions  that  they  repeat 
over  and  over  again  at  their  camp-fires  at  night;  and 
some  of  the  men  would  always  have  a new  story  to  tell ; 
generally  about  something  that  had  happened  to  him 
“many  moons  ago,”  when  he  came  to  give  a date  for  it. 
One  of  our  men  named  Kiowa — he  was  the  bow-maker, 
and  was  a practical  joker  also — told  one  night  about  one 
of  his  exploits  that  will  serve  to  illustrate  the  caliber 
of  their  stories. 

“Many  moons  ago,”  he  said,  “I  went  to  hunt  the  ante- 
lope, but  did  not  find  him.  He  was  not  at  home  then,  so 
I started  to  go  to  my  lodge,  and  when  I was  riding  across 
the  prairie  I saw  a man  walking  fast  a long  distance  away. 
Then  I galloped  toward  him.  ‘That  is  a white  man,’  I 
says,  ‘and  he  has  got  tobacco ; I have  none ; I want  some.’ 
After  a while  I came  closer,  and  I see  that  this  man  is  a 
buffalo  soldier  who  walks  a heap  [a  negro  infantryman]. 
Then  I says,  ‘Hello !’  and  the  man  looks  at  me  now,  then 
starts  to  run  away.  Now,  this  man  has  a gun;  maybe 
he  is  scared,  and  maybe  he  will  stop  and  shoot  after  a 
while;  I don’t  know.  Then  soon  he  looks  back  at  me; 
I am  coming  fast,  and  now  he  throws  that  gun  down,  then 
keeps  on  running.  Then  I get  the  gun.  I want  to  bring 
it  to  him  ana  get  that  tobacco.  Then  this  man  gets  down 
on  his  knees  and  says,  ‘Oh,  Mister  Indian,  don’t  shoot 
me.’  Then  I hold  out  his  gun  and  say,  ‘No  shoot — give 
me  tobacco.’  And  he  says,  ‘Yes,  you  go  back  and  leave 
that  gun  there,  then  I give  you  tobacco.’  So  I laid  his  gun 
down,  then  go  back ; then  he  picks  up  his  gun,  then  puts 
down  a whole  lot  of  tobacco,  then  runs  again.  I get  much 
tobacco,  then  laugh.” 

“That  buffalo  soldier  might  have  shot  you,  Kiowa,”  I 
said. 

“No,  he  can’t;  he  got  no  cartridges.  _ I see  his  belt  is 
empty,  so  is  his  gun;  he  has  shot  all  his  cartridges  away 
and  hit  nothing.” 

They  have  a great  respect  for  “The  Man  Above,”  and 
never  mention  Him  without  pointing  upward.  They  have 
a superstition  for  about  every  day  in  the  year.  The  chief 
kept  his  shield  on  a pole  in  front  of  his  lodge,  and  was 
careful  not  to  let  any  meat  or  dead  animal  touch  it,  for  if 
it  did  he  would  die  in  a year. 


A Comanche  would  starve  rather  than  eat  a turkey  that 
had  its  heart  cooked  with  it;  if  he  did,  he  would  turn 
coward.  He  would  freeze  rather  burn  a stick  that  had 
ever  been  used  as  a lodge  pole;  if  he  did,  he  or  his 
friends  would  die.  I had  seen  other  tribes  burn  them, 
and  had  burned  them  myself  when  destroying  hostile 
camps,  and  I told  them  so. 

“Yes,”  they  said,  “it  is  good  medicine  for  you,  but  not 
for  us.” 

They  think  that  if  a squaw  who  is  with  child  sees  an 
eagle,  her  baby,  if  a boy,  will  be  born  deformed.  If  a man 
or  boy  has  a birth-mark  and  is  asked  about  it,  he  will  say, 
“My  mother  looked  at  the  eagle.” 

One  afternoon  while  in  a camp  away  west  of  this,  I 
and  the  boys  were  shooting  at  a mark  with  arrows,  when 
an  eagle  soared  over  camp,  then  turning  again  came  back. 
All  through  camp  could  be  seen  squaws  with  their  heads 
buried  in  their  blankets ; they  did  not  want  to  see  this 
eagle.  The  chief’s  squaw  came  running  to  me  with  a 
rifle  and  begged  me  to  shoot  the  eagle.  As  the  bird  was 
half  a mile  high,  I could  not  very  well ; but  it  would  not 
do  to  tell  her  so.  I could  do  anything,  they  thought.  So 
I must  get  out  of  this  scrape  somehow. 

“I  dare  not  shoot  the  eagle,”  I told  her;  “he  is  my  coat- 
of-arms,  and  He,”  pointing  up,  “has  told  me  never  to 
shoot  the  eagle.  But  I will  make  medicine  now,  and  that 
eagle  shall  never  harm  the  Comanche  squaw  any  more 
forever.” 

Ever  since  I had  been  here,  I had  noticed  that  two  of 
the  men  were  sick  and  could  not  hunt.  We  had  a medi- 
cine man,  or  cne  that  acted  as  such;  he  was  not  a full- 
fledged  medicine  man — he  could  not  make  magic  yet,  he 
said;  but  this  man  could  not  cure  them;  his  medicine  was 
not  right,  the  chief  told  me.  I examined  the  men  and 
saw  that  they  had  fever  of  some  kind,  and  I gave  them 
heavy  doses  of  quinine.  I knew  that  if  it  did  not  cure 
them  it  would  not  kill  them.  They  were  well  in  a week, 
and  after  this,  when  any  of  them  were  sick,  I and  not 
the  medicine  man  got  the  call. 

The  buffalo  were  plenty  in  this  country  yet,  but  I could 
see  that  they  were  thinning  out  fast  now.  When  I first 
came  to  this  country  in  1865,  they  covered  these  plains 
in  countless  thousands.  Now  we  had  to  hunt  for  them, 
and  often  could  not  find  them.  And  just  four  years  from 
now,  in  November,  1869,  I and  this  old  chief  rode  down 
and  shot  the  last  buffalo  I have  ever  seen,  except  in  cap- 
tivity, and  one  of  the  last,  if  not  the  very  last,  ever  killed 
in  the  Northwest.  I served  out  here  for  ten  years  after 
that,  but  never  heard  of  another  being  taken. 

The  Indians  did  not  kill  them  off.  I first  met  the  buf- 
falo in  1855,  when  a boy  of  sixteen.  I then  came  in  con- 
tact with  them  on  the  Laramie  Plains,  and  shot  my  first 
buffalo,  and  ever  since  then,  except  for  the  four  years 
of  the  war  of  the  Rebellion,  I had  been  watching  them 
closely,  having  been  in  the  regular  army  on  the  frontier 
most  of  the  time  since  then. 

They  increased  rather  than  diminished  until  the  white 
hunters  took  after  them.  They,  with  their  buffalo  guns, 
shooting  from  stands,  have  finished  the  buffalo. 

One  morning  after  we  had  been  in  camp  here  a week 
or  more,  the  chief  sent  a party  of  men  and  boys  out  to 
the  lake  after  salt,  then  sent  the  rest  off  to  hunt.  I had 
been  at  the  salt  lake  already,  and  did  not  care  to  go  again ; 
so  the  chief  said  that  to-day  he  and  I would  go  out  and 
look  at  the  country.  I saddled  up  my  mule  to  ride  to- 
day, as  he  had  not  been  doing  anything  lately,  and  I knew 
him  'to  be  a good  riding  animal.  We  had  been  out  an 
hour  when  we  crossed  a wagon  track  that  had  been  made 
the  day  before,  and  followed  it  and  in  a short  time  I 
saw  that  the  men  making  the  track  were  lost;  they  had 
been  driving  to  all  points  of  the  compass,  and  not  going 
anywhere.  We  trailed  them  at  last  to  a small  bunch  of 
timber  on  a creek.  They  had  camped  here  last  night,  but 
were  gone  now.  Their  fire  was  still  smouldering,  and  they 
had  left  the  carcass  of  a deer,  not  even  having  taken  off 
the  skin.  The  chief  and  I got  down,  and  while  I skinned 
the  deer  (I  wanted  the  hide  to  make  buckskin),  the  chief 
examined  the  camp.  He  first  blew  their  fire  to  see  how 
long  it  had  been  since  they  had  left,  then  looking  around 
camp,  said : “There  were  two  of  them ; they  have  been 
gone  six  hours.”  As  it  was  only  ten  o’clock  now,  they 
had  made  an  early  start  of  it. 

They  had  built  a rude  bridge  here  to  get  their  wagon 
across  the  creek,  the  bed  of  the  creek  being  a quicksand; 
then  had  dug  down  the  bank  beyond  to  get  out  of  this  on 
the  other  side.  The  chief  wanted  to  know  if  we  would 
follow  them  further. 

“Yes,”  I told  him;  “they  are  lost.  I want  to  put  them 
on  the  straight  road  again.” 

We  followed  them,  and  in  about  an  hour,  first  got  sight 
of  them.  They  were  on  a ridge  two  miles  away.  There 
were  two  of  them  in  a two-horse  wagon,  and  one 
of  them  was  driving,  lashing  his  horses,  while  the 
other  one  stood  on  top  of  whatever  the  wagon  was  loaded 
with.  I got  off  my  mule  and  looked  through  the  glass. 
The  man  standing  up  had  a gun  in  his  hands.  The  chief 
asked  me  if  I knew  them. 

“No;  I can’t  see  them  good.  They  are  too  far  off  yet. 
Let  us  catch  them.” 

We  soon  got  to  within  five  hundred  yards  of  them;  then 
I told  the  chief  to  stop.  “The  men  may  shoot.  They  are 
scared  at  us.” 

“If  they  shoot  at  you,  then  I shoot — mebbe  so.  quick,” 
the  chief  told  me,  drawing  his  Winchester  out  of  its  case. 

I rode  forward  at  a gallop  now,  swinging  my  hat,  and 
they  stopped  their  team.  _ _ 


“We  thought  you  were  Indians,”  they  told  me. 

“We  are,  but  we  won’t  hurt  you.  We  are  Comanches.” 

I now  called  the  chief,  who  came  with  his  usual  saluta- 
tion of  “How !” 

The  men  told  us  that  they  had  been  lost  for  a week, 
and  wanted  to  go  to  Fort  Elliott.  Did  I think  they  were 
on  the  right  road? 

“You  might  reach  Elliott  by  going  that  way,”  I said, 
“but  you  will  have  to  cross  China  first  to  get  there.  Fort 
•Elliott  is  just  east  of  us,  I think.  I am  sure  it  is  not 
west,  an  any  rate.”  Then  I said  to  the  chief : “They  want  ' 
Fort  Elliott,  chief — big  houses  on  the  Sweet  Water;  you 
savey  the  road?” 

The  chief  looked  all  over  the  country,  then  said : “Fort 
Elliott  that  way  [pointing  east] ; mebbe  so,  three  sleeps, 
no  more.” 

“He  says  it  is  directly  east,  and  only  sixty  miles,”  I 
told  them. 

“Well,  maybe  he  don’t  know,”  the  driver  said. 

“Maybe  he  don’t.  But  if  he  were  to  tell  me  to  go  east 
I would  go  east.  What  this  chief  don’t  know  about  this 
country  you  or  I are  not  likely  to  learn  this  year,  at  least. 
Now,  you  cannot  drive  straight  east — the  drains  won’t 
let  you.  But  keep  as  near  east  as  you  can,  or  you  may 
pass  Elliott  and  not  know  it.  Should  you  pass  it  to  the 
north,  you  will  then  cross  the  wagon  road  to  Camp  Sup- 
pljr,  but  if  you  pass  south  of  it  then  you  may  get  lost  as 
bad  again  as  you  are  now.” 

“Who  were  those  Indians  that  we  saw  back  there?” 
they  asked. 

“They  are  ours.  They  won’t  hurt  you.” 

“Well,  we  did  not  want  them  about  us.  I reckon  we 
drove  too  fast  for  them,  though.” 

“No,  I reckon  not.  They  saw  that  you  did  not  want 
them,  then  stopped  following  you.  There  are  ponies 
ridden  by  some  of  those  men  that  could  run  down  the 
best  team  you  ever  drove.  You  may  meet  them  again;  if 
you  do,  let  them  come  up ; they  won’t  hurt  you.” 

“I  have  no  use  for  an  Indian,”  the  driver  said. 

“And  they  have  less  use  for  you  while  you  are  killing 
off  their  buffalo ; but  ours  won’t  hurt  you.  I can’t  promise 
as  much  for  the  Cheyennes  or  Kiowas,  though.  You  may 
meet  them  east  of  this.  They  may  take  your  hides.  They 
probably  will  if  their  escort  is  not  present  to  stop  them.” 
Their  wagon  was  loaded  down  with  green  buffalo  hides. 
The  chief  wanted  to  know  how  much  they  got  for  them 
at  Elliott,  so  I asked  them.  Seventy-five  cents  and  a dol- 
lar, they  told  me,  according  to  the  size.  These  hides  were 
bought  to  be  tanned  for  leather. 

“Mebbe  so  one  dollar  for  bull,  seventy-five  cents  for 
cow,  that  is  all,”  I told  the  chief. 

He  was  mad  clear  through  now.  “You  heap  damn  fool! 
You  shoot  all  the  buffalo,  feed  the  wolf,  then  go  sell  hide 
for  one  dollar!  Go  get  lost!  I don’t  care.” 

They  said  that  they  had  eaten  nothing  for  a week. 

“Why,  the  buffalo  are  all  around  you;  eat  them,  why 
don’t  you?” 

“We  can’t — we  have  no  salt.” 

“Well,  you  drove  within  a few  miles  of  a salt  lake  yes- 
terday, when  you  were  making  all  those  figure  8’s  across 
the  prairie  back  here,  and  it  was  nearer  Elliott  than  this, 
had  you  only  known  it.  You  left  a deer  in  camp;  what 
was  wrong  with  it  ?” 

“Nothing,”  but  we  could  not  eat  it  without  salt.” 

They  wanted  matches  and  tobacco.  I gave  them  all 
the  matches  I had,  and  half  my  tobacco,  and  we  left  them. 
Whether  they  took  the  chief’s  advice  and  went  and  got 
lost  again  I never  knew. 

On  the  way  home  this  afternoon  we  ran  across  a bunch 
of  buffalo,  and  I proposed  that  we  shoot  two  of  them  and 
take  their  hides;  we  could  not  carry  much  meat.  The 
chief  was  riding  one  of  his  common  ponies,  not  a buffalo 
pony,  and  he  thought  that  my  mule  was  not  fast  enough. 

“He  will  run  away  from  your  pony,”  I told  him.  “You 
get  a buffalo'  and  I’ll  get  one.  Let  us  take  our  saddles 
off  and  go  barebacked.” 

We  piled  our  saddles  and  guns  here,  then  mounting 
with  only  saddle  blankets,  ran  down  and  shot  two.  We 
might  have  got  more,  but  could  not  carry  them.  Then 
leaving  the  chief  here  to  skin,  I took  my  mule  and  his 
pony  and  going  back  got  our  saddles  on,  then  came  back 
again,  and  as  I hated  to^  leave  all  this  meat  here,  I put 
both  tongues  and  about  150  pounds  of  meat  on  my  saddle 
and  was  going  to  take  a hide  also  ; but  the  chief  said, 
“No,  it  is  too  much  for  the  mule.  He  would  not  carry 
them.”  The  mule  could  carry  300  pounds  day  after  day, 
and  had  no  more  than  that  on  him  now. 

The  wind  had  been  blowing  from  the  east  all  day,  and 
just  after  dark  we  rode  into  a draw  and  stopped  fio  water 
the  horses,  then  on  coming  out  on  the  other  side  the  chief 
was  going  on  with  the  wind  in  his  face,  but  my  mule  kept 
pulling  to  the  right. 

“Hold  on,  chief,”  I told  him.  Which  way  campo?” 
“This  way,”  he  said.  “You  lost,  too  ?” 

“No,  but  you  are.  The  mule  say  this  way.  Maybe  so 
the  wind  turn  around.  That  way  north.  You  feel  cold 
wind  ?” 

The  chief  studied  a moment,  then  said : “Me  damn  fool 
now,  not  you.  Let  mule  go  his  way;  you  can’t  lose 
mule — he  knows.” 

He  did  know,  and  in  less  than  a mile  walked  into  our 
pony  herd;  the  camp  was  just  beyond  them  in  this  bot 
tom.  It  was  cold  and  getting  colder  very  fast.  While 
the  chief  and  I were  at  supper,  a man  came  in  and  told 
the  chief  that  a party  of  ours  with  one  of  the  chief’s 
mules  and  a squaw  was  out  yet  The  chief  told  him  to 


Jan.  14,  1905.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


2!7 


send  in  Antelope,  my  pet  boy.  When  Antelope  came,  the 
chief,  throwing  him  a blanket,  told  him  to  go  up  on  the 
hill  and  sit  there  and  call  out  to  direct  the  party  to  camp. 

“He  won’t  sit  there  more  than  an  hour,”  I thought,  “it 
is  too  cold.  I’ll  stop  that.”  After  a while  I went  up  to 
the  boy.  He  was  calling  out  all  right,  but  each  call  ended 
in  a prolonged  whine. 

“Mio,  Antelope?”  I asked. 

“Mucho  mio,”  he  told  me- — very  cold. 

“You  come,”  I said;  and  taking  him  down  to  the  lodge, 
I said : “Chief,  this  is  my  boy.  I don’t  want  him  to 

freeze.  It  is  too  cold.  He  get  sick.  I don’t  like  that  he 
stay  here.  I go  up,  podo  tempo,  and  make  a noise 
myself.” 

“Let  him  stay,  then,”  the  chief  told  me. 

Taking  my  pistol,  I went  up  on  the  hill  and  fired  a shot 
straight  up,  then  in  a moment  fired  two  more.  “Come  in” 
that  meant.  Directly  a flash  across  the  prairie  answered 
me.  They  were  coming  in. 

They  came  in  soon  after,  but  had  to  drop  the  mule  on 
the  prairie;  the  squaw  could  not  lead  him,  and  he  would 
not  drive,  they  said.  The  chief  was  growling  about  that. 
“I’ll  get  him  to-morrow,”  I told  him.  “We  can  find_  him.” 

The  next  morning  it  was  warm  again,  and  gathering  up 
the  boys,  we  started  to  hunt  the  mule,  and  found  him 
five  miles  away  quietly  grazing  with  about  300  pounds  of 
meat  on  his  back,  which  he  had  been  carrying  all  night; 
and  heading  him  for  camp,  we  got  behind  him  with  our 
lariats  and  persuaded  him  not  to  lose  any  time  in  getting 
there.  Cabia  Blanco, 

[to  be  continued.] 


Indian  Doctors. 

Our  Oldtown  Indians  now  live  in  good  houses  and 
dress  and  speak  English  as  well  as  the  white  people  do; 
but  when  I was  a child  and  we  had  more  than  twice  as 
many  Indian  as  white  neighbors,  then  in  summer  they 
lived  in  birch  bark  wigwams,  the  men  wore  breech-cloth 
and  leggings,  and  every  man  carried  a stone  pipe  and 
sheath-knife  in  his  belt,  while  the  women  wore  blankets 
and  pointed  caps.  I used  to  play  with  the  little  Indian 
boys  because  they  never  quarreled  as  the  white  boys  did, 
and  as  we  grew  up  together  many  of  them  were  firm 
friends  of  mine.  Among  others  was  a young  man  named 
Newell  Gossan.  In  time  our  ways  parted,  and  we  did 
not  meet  for  years.  Then  one  day  in  Bangor  my  attention 
was  attracted  to  a singular  looking  person  on  the  other 
side  of  the  street.  He  was  dressed  in  a light-colored  coat, 
which  was  trimmed  with  a black  fringe  some  four  inches 
deep,  with  a second  row  some  inches  above  that,  and  his 
leng,  silky  hair  fell  below  his  shoulders.  I crossed  over 
so  as  to  meet  him.  To  my  surprise  I found  him  to  be 
my  old  friend  Newell,  but  he  gave  not  the  least  sign  of 
recognizing  me. 

Feeling  sure  I was  not  mistaken,  I said:  “Are  you  not 
Newell  Clossian  ?” 

Giving  me  his  hand,  he  said:  “Yes.  Just  wanted  to  see 
if  yon  would  know  me.” 

“What  in  the  world  are  you  rigged  up  in  this  way  for?” 
“Well,  you  see,  I’m  Injun  doctor.  ’Spose  dress  like 
other  folks,  no  one  notice  me.  Now  everybody  say,  .‘Who 
that  man?’  ‘Why,  that  Injun  doctor.’  You  see,  we  live  in 
New  Bedford  now;  we  got  it  copperplate  picture  of  In- 
jun with  feathers  on  head  to  put  in  newspapers;  we  ad- 
vertise Injun  Doctor;  get  along  first  rate.  Come  down 
here  get  roots  an’  herbs  doctor  with.  I tell  you  about  it. 
You  know  we  used  ribber  dribe  [river  drive]  ; well,  one 
day  when  we  have  forenoon  lunch  we  say  to  ourself, 
‘Newell,  this  ribber  dribin’  too  hard  work  for  you — kill 
you  by  ’n  by.’  Then  I think  what  I shall  do.  Used  be, 
when  small  boy,  old  Injun  doctor  named  Lewie  Snake. 
We  used  go  in  woods  with  him  get  medicine.  We  think 
so  we  will  be  Injun  doctor.  We  don’t  know  more  ’bout 
doctorin’  than  devil  does ; but  you  know  white  folks  cheat 
Injun,  an’  we  ’spose  all  right  Injun  cheat  white  folks. 
So  we  try  doctorin’  an’  come  jus’  ’s  natural  as  can  be. 

“We  tell  you  one  case.  We  goin’  ’long  street  in  New 
Bedford.  Ooman  come  door  large  brick  house  with  steps 
high  up.  He  make  hand  go  dis  way  [beckoning  with 
hand].  We  gone  over  see  what  he  want;  speak  so: 
‘Come  up  stair.’  When  gone  up,  he  open  door  into  room 
all  dark.  I tell  you  we  berry  ’fraid  then.  We  don’t  know 
what  he  want,  but  we  know  we  hain’t  hurt  anybody  there. 

“When  eyes  get  so  can  see  in  dark,  we  see  ooman  in 
bed  with  cloth  on  his  eyes.  Speak  so,  ‘We  want  you  cure 
dis  ooman.’  Says  he  got  film  or.  eye  so  can’t  see. 

“Well,  we  think  what  we  shall  do.  We  don’t  know 
nothin’  ’bout  eyes,  but  we  ’member  somebody  speak  so 
tobacco  good  sore  eyes.  We  chewin’  tobacco  that  time; 
we  got  nothin’  else,  so  we  think  we  try  tobacco.  Room 
dark  so  they  can’t  see.  So  we  slip  hand  over  mouth  and 
took  out  tobacco,  and  we  say,  ‘Yes,  we  can  cure  him  in 
three  days;  we  make  two  visits  day,  charge  nine  shillings 
visit  ($1.50).  In  three  days  cure  him.’ 

“We  tell  him  open  his  eye  an’  we  squeeze  in  tobacco 
juice.  Guess  must  hurt,  for  he  squeal  very  bad.  We  tell 
him  come  again  afternoon. 

“You  see,  we  think,  ‘’Spose  we  find  him  worse,  we 
don’t  go  ’gain.  ’Spose  don’t  worse,  we  keep  go.’ 

“Well,  in  afternoon  speak  so,  ‘No  worse,’  so  we  try 
tobacco  ’gain.  Think  so,  maybe  tobacco  is  good  sore  eyes. 
“Next  forenoon  says,  ‘Better,’  so  we  keep  goin’. 
“Afternoon  says,  ‘Think  can  see  some.’ 

“Next  forenoon  can  see  pretty  well. 

“In  afternoon  speak  so,  ‘Can  see  well.’ 

“We  don’t  know  what  did  it;  we  know  we  got  our  nine 
dollars.  Guess  tobacco  must  be  good  sore  eyes.” 

He  returned  to  New  Bedford  and  I heard  from  him  as 
prospering  in  his  business,  but  a few  years  later  he  and 
all  his  family  died  of  smallpox  at  some  place  in  Con- 
necticut. 

Another  Indian  doctor  was  a stately  old  fraud  named 
Joe  Socabesin.  He  used  to  tell  me  of  his  feats  in  doctor- 
ing, but  his  greatest  performance  happened  some  fifty 
years  ago.  He  was  in  Belfast,  Maine,  and  got  in  debt  to 
a wealthy  shipowner  named  Alfred  Johnston.  Johnston 
got  an  execution  against  him  for  ten  dollars.  Joe  paid  it, 
and  then  asked  for  a receipt. 

The  justice  said.  “You  do  not  need  any  receipt.” 
“Sartin,  me  want  receipt.” 

“What  do  you  want  a receipt  for?” 

“Well,  bimeby  me  die,  me  go  hebben.  Speak  so,  ‘Joe, 


you  ben  owe  anybody?’  We  speak  so,  ‘No.’  ‘You  ben 
pay  Alf  Johnston?’  ‘Yes.’  ‘Then  ’spose  you  show  receipt.’ 
Then  we  have  to  go  way  down  hunt  all  over  hell  to  hunt 
up  ’Squire  Johnston.” 

This  story  immediately  found  its  way  into  print,  and 
has  been  more  than  once  repeated ; but  I can  vouch  for  its 
authenticity,  for  I knew  old  Joe.  Manly  Hardy. 


Medicine  in  Camp* 

New  York. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream:  In  Forest 

and  Stream  for  January  7,  1905,  Mr.  George  Kennedy 
asks  about  medicines  to  be  taken  into  camp.  One  can 
more  safely  give  a list  of  things  that  may  be  taken  “into 
camp”  than  of  things  to  be  taken  “in  camp,”  and  the 
only  thing  that  one  can  recommend  without  a feeling  of 
responsibility  is  Christian  Science.  There  are  many  occa- 
sions, however,  when  just  a little  water  will  put  out  a 
starting  fire,  even  if  it  is  administered  by  campers  who 
are  not  very  familiar  with  the  uses  of  water. 

Some  of  the  handy  things  that  one  can  take  along  in  a 
small  kit  are  these : 

Rubber  Plaster — Uses. — To  put  on  places  where  blisters 
threaten  to  form;  to  protect  broken  nails;  to  protect  the 
site  of  threatened  boils;  to  mend  holes  in  clothing  when 
one  is  in  a hurry.  Dangers— When  put  over  broken  blis- 
ters, or  used  for  the  purpose  of  closing  cuts.  Serum 
dammed  by  the  plaster  may  become  a dangerous  culture 
field  for  bacteria. 

Hypodermatic  Syringe — Uses. — To  inject  cocaine  solu- 
tion at  the  site  of  a splinter  or  fish  hook  that  needs  to  be 
cut  out,  or  into  the  skin  where  an  abscess  is  to  be  opened. 

Surgeon’s  Needle  and  Aseptic  Silk  or  Catgut. — For 
closing  cuts  and  tying  blood  vessels.  Danger — Of  closing 
wounds  which  should  remain  open. 

Boracic  Acid  Powder. — For  putting  on  opened  blisters, 
perspiring  feet,  chafed  places,  and  cuts  which  remain 
open. 

Cocaine  Crystals — Uses. — To  be  dissolved  in  twenty-five 
volumes  of  boiled  water  after  it  has  cooled,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  injection  with  the  hypodermatic  syringe,  or  to  be 
put  in  the  eye  for  benumbing  the  site  of  a cinder  or  other 
object  that  is  to  be  removed.  Danger — Of  using  too 
much.  Half  a grain  may  be  dangerous. 

Squibb’s  Cholera  Mixture — Uses. — For  stopping  an  in- 
cipient diarrhoea.  Danger — Of  using  it  in  diarrhoea  due  to 
fermentation  of  food,  where  a cathartic  should  be  used 
instead. 

Compound  Cathartic  Pills — Uses. — For  constipation, 
and  for  fermentative  diarrhoea.  There  are  better  things 
to  use  for  the  purpose,  but  these  are  handy. 

Small  Sharp  Scalpel— Uses. — For  removing  splinters 
and  fish-hooks,  opening  abscesses,  and  for  getting  at  in- 
jured blood  vessels.  The  scalpel  should  be  passed  through 
a flame  for  disinfection  before  being  used. 

Bandages  and  dressings  are  bulky,  and  can  ordinarily 
be  improvised  from  clothing.  Such  material  should  be 
boiled  for  an  hour  for  disinfection  and  then  dried. 

Splints  for  fractures  are  readily  improvised  from  bark 
in  a forest  region. 

The  list  of  things  that  I have  enumerated  can  be 
elaborated  to  a quotation  of  all  of  the  Surgeon  General’s 
Library  at  Washington;  but  after  years  of  camping  and 
exploring,  and  a good  deal  of  experience  with  people 
who  were  injured  or  ill  in  camp,  my  own  outfit  has  been 
reduced  to  the  proportions  above  given.  Men  who  have 
done  moie  camping  in  southern  countries  will  no  doubt 
add  some  practical  suggestions  for  medicine  in  that  field. 

Mr.  Kennedy  refers  to  a case  of  appendicitis  that  was 
out  of  reach  of  competent  help.  It  would  be  unsafe  for  a 
layman  to  attempt  to  do  the  slightest  thing  in  a case  of 
that  sort  excepting  to  advise  absolute  rest,  and  withhold- 
ing all  food  for  two  days.  It  is  so  easy  for  even  physi- 
cians to  do  the  wrong  thing  in  these  cases  requiring  the 
highest  degree  of  professional  skill  for  their  management, 
that  what  might  seem  to  a layman  a simple  resource  for 
relief,  could  precipitate  disaster.  There  are  many  other 
conditions  met  with  in  camp  where  life  turns  on  a hair’s 
breadth  of  judgment  in  the  application  of  resources;  but 
we  have  to  take  our  chances  on  that  sort  of  thing,  and 
on  the  whole,  men  in  camp  are  safer  than  the  ones  in  the 
city  who  jump  out  of  the  way  of  an  automobile  and  land 
in  front  of  a trolley  car,  or  who  get  infections  carried  by 
Cimex  instead  of  by  Culex.  Robert  T.  Morris. 


Louisiana* 

Away  from  the  bank  of  the  Tensas  the  deer  trails  were 
followed  westward  into  long  open  woods  of  oak  and  ash, 
then  winding  narrowly  among  vines  and  brush  into  other 
open  woods. 

At  the  edge  of  one  of  the  thickets  of  vines  and  bushes, 
standing  in  seeming  reproach  to  its  neighbors,  the  forest 
trees,  of  their  shortness  of  life,  is  a large  mound.  I found 
it  while  wandering  somewhat  aimlessly  as  to  bearings, 
and  he  would  be  a woodsman  who  could  go  to  that  spot 
again  unless,  as  at  the  first  time,  by  accident  or  the 
guiding  instinct  of  those  who  built  the  mound.  The 
Tensas  swamps  are  level  and  of  vast  extent ; each  open 
flat  is  like  the  others,  and  each  thicket  is  like  the  next 
‘beyond  and  the  next.  The  mound  only  is  different,  and 
stands  thirty  feet  high  or  more.  Deer  trails  lead  over  and 
around  it.  A “scrape”  on  top  was  freshened  up  that 
morning. 

The  mound  was  bare,  except  for  several  small  trees 
on  the  slopes  and  two  large  ones  on  top — trees  probably 
a hundred,  years  old,  one  of  which  was  beginning  to  decay 
in  the  upper  branches.  It.  too,  will  soon  sway  in  the 
breezes  of  the  Happy  Hunting  Grounds,  and  perchance 
shade  the  wigwam  of  the  big  chief  whose  ashes  now  re- 
pose beneath  its  spreading  roots.  The  Happy  Hunting 
Grounds  are  for  the  big  chief  and  maybe  the  trees,  but 
the  mound  must  stay  and  witness  the  coming  and  going 
of  generations  of  men  and  trees. 

From  the  top  of  the  mound  the  view  to  the  northward 
is  into  a broad  forest  of  oaks,  with  no  underbrush,  and 
down  the  long  vista  the  hunter  watches  for  the  coming 
of  the  monster  buck  that  had  made  the  scrape,  but  in- 
stead came  apparitions  of  those  men  of  long  ago  who  had 
toiled  in  their  crude  way  to  build  this  monument  to  their 
perseverance.  Civilization  builds  edifices  of  beauty  and 
grandeur,  and  there  is  admiration.  The  mound  builders. 


without  civilization  or  implements,  raised  this  structure 
that  the  onset  of  the  elements  does  not  mar  be  disturb. 
It  was  built  long  ago,  before  these  giant  trees  were 
sprouts — perhaps  the  generation  before  them  Lad  not  had 
birth. 

The  builders  of  the  mound  passed  away,  and  if  the  red 
men  were  not  the  builders,  they  came  after  and  passed 
away  also.  The  Spaniards  and  the  Frenchmen  came,  but 
few  sojourned.  The  race  that  next  appeared,  in  its  social 
environment,  has  also  passed.  Within  a few  miles- — 
almost  within  sound  of  hunter’s  horn  from  where  the 
mound  and  time  strive  for  the  mastery — was  once  the 
garden  spot  of  North  Louisiana.  Broad  areas  are  grown 
up  that  were  rich  fields.  Here  are  two  massive  gate  posts 
gone  to  decay,  and  there  a pile  of  old  bricks  is  all  of  the 
chimney  that  is  left,  with  no  other  trace  of  the  old  planta- 
tion home.  In  the  thicket  and  cane  a mile  away  the 
four  lines  of  heavy,  decayed  posts  mark  the  site  of  the  old 
“horsepower”  gin.  The  manager’s  house  and  “quarters” 
were,  near-by,  and  on  the  clear,  crisp  mornings  of  early 
spring  the  plantation  bell  could  have  been  heard  deep 
into  the  swamps — almost  to  the  mound;  while  the  songs 
of  the  well  fed  negroes  who  rode  the  plow  mules  to  field 
could  be  heard  near  half  as  far. 

The  mound  stands  while  these  have  all  come  and  gone, 
and  will  be  silent  witness  to  the  clearing  away  of  the 
last  tree  and  the  making  of  his  far-away  retreat  another 
mournful  sacrifice  to  the  greed  of  man.  When  this  shall 
be,  keep  this  great  mound  untouched,  good  desecrator,  in 
honor  to  the  men  who  could  abide  and  toil  in  the  forest 
and  receive  of  its  bounty  and  destroy  not  a tree  of  God’s 
making. 

Eastward,  over  other  deer  trails,  the  river  was  reached, 
and  at  the  camp  on  the  other  side  the  cook  had  been  in 
other  occupation  than  reverie,  for  there  was  venison  in 
camp  of  yesterday’s  kill,  and  five  hungry  hunters  will  not 
abide  procrastination.  Tripod. 

Mississippi. 


How  Should  a Man  Sleep? 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

The  question  as  to  the  proper  position  of  bedsteads 
raised  in  a recent  issue  of  Forest  and  Stream  is  an  inter- 
esting one.  But  I do  not  think  it  concerns  sportsmen. 
I have  not  heard  of  any  of  these  who  are  in  the  habit  of 
turning  their  heads  to  a particular  point  of  the  compass 
when  they  lie  down  to  sleep.  All  they  ask  is  something 
on  which  to  stretch  themselves,  and  whether  it  be  six 
feet  of  earth  or  a hair  mattress  does  not  really  matter 
very  much.  Those  in  the  habit  of  reading  Forest  and 
Stream  do  not  need  to  have  instances  of  this  set  before 
them.  The  fact  is  that  sportsmen  are  not  troubled  with 
“nerves,”  that  modern  fashionable  malady,  offspring  of 
the  city  and  parent  of  insomnia  and  twenty  other  miseries. 
But  for  those  who  are  so  troubled — and  alas ! how  in- 
finitely they  outnumber  the  sportsmen  ! — such  questions  as 
this  of  Mr.  de  Varigny  will  always  possess  an  overpower- 
ing fascination.  Should  the  head  of  their  bed  point  to  the 
north  or  south?  Should  they  eat  before  retiring  or  go  to 
bed  hungry?  What  should  be  the  temperature  of  the 
room?  How  high  should  the  pillow  be?  How  many 
blankets  should  be  worn?  Is  a soft  mattress  best  or  one 
moderately  hard?  Is  it  good  to  lie  on  the  back  or  should 
one  lie  first  on  the  right  side  and  then  on  the  left  or  vice 
versa ; or  should  the  back  be  the  first  position  and  then 
the  side,  and  if  so,  which  side?  And  so  on. 

Now  as  to  the  first  question,  I will  not  pretend  to  say 
that  there  is  nothing  in  the  theory  of  polar  currents 
properly  applied  superinducing  sleep;  but  I cannot  help 
telling  here  a story  which-  Uheard  the  other  evening,  and 
which  seems  to  have  a bearing  on  the  matter. 

A friend  of  mine  who  lives  in  the  country  had  as  a 
guest  one  evening  a denizen  of  the  town,  whom  we  shall 
call  Mr.  Smith.  The  entertainment  was  so  much  to 
Smith’s  taste  that  he  forgot  all  about  the  passage  of  time, 
and  finally  when  he  pulled  out  his  watch  he  found  that 
it  was  past  midnight,  and  that  he  had  missed  his  train. 
My  friend,  however,  put  him  at  his  ease  by  telling  .him 
there  was  a spare  bedroom  to  which  he  was  heartily  wel- 
come ; so  there  was  another  cigar  smoked,  and  possibly 
another  little  something  else  indulged  in,  when  host  and 
guest  proceeded  upstairs  to  bed.  As  soon  as  Smith  en- 
tered his  room  he  observed  the  bed  with  a good  deal  of 
attention,  and  then  asked  a little  timidly  which  way  it 
pointed.  My  friend,  divining  the  object  of  the  question, 
and  resolved  to  have  some  fun,  answered  “south,”  though 
the  bed  pointed  north.  “But  why  do  you  ask?”  he  con- 
tinued, innocently.  “Well,”  stammered  Smith,  “the  fact  is 
I have  never — no,  sir.  never  in  my  life — been  able  to  sleep 
with  my  head  in  any  other  direction  than  the  north.” 
“Oh,  all  right,”  said  my  friend,  “let  us  change  those  pil- 
lows, then.  I guess  it  won’t. be  necessary  to  turn  the  bed 
around.”  An  hour  afterward  he  stole  back  to  the  room 
and  found  Smith  snoring  blissfully  with  his  head  to  the 
south. 

Wonderful  is  the  power  of  imagination!  But  really, 
now,  do  we  not  humor  it  a little  too  much?  We  give 
way  to  it  on  all  manner  of  occasions  till  instead  of  being 
our  servant — our  efficient,  loyal,  delightful  servant — it  be- 
comes our  tyrant.  As  a tyrant,  however,  it  does  not  begin 
to  compare  with  another,  namely,  the  drug  habit.  Rather 
than  fall  under  this,  let  the  victims  of  insomnia  point  their 
beds  at  the  moon  or  the  nether  depths,  or  never  go  to 
bed  at  all ! Frank  Moonan. 

New  York,  Jan.  6. 


Harper’s  Bazaar  says:  Here,  then,  are  the  three  deadly 
symptoms  of  old  age  : 

Selfishness — Stagnation — Intolerance. 

If  we  find  them  in  ourselves  we  may  know  we  arc 
growing  old,  even  if  we  are  on  the  merry  side  of  thirty. 
But,  happily,  we  have  three  defenses  which  are  invulner- 
able ; if  we  use  them  we  shall  die  young  if  we  live  to  be 
a hundred.  They  are: 

Sympathy— Progress — Tolerance. 


“Did  you  ever  have  insomnia?” 

“Sure!”  replied  the  man  who  pretends  to  k'tiow  it  all. 
"What  did  you  do  for  it?” 

“Just  slept  it  off.”— Houston  Post,  _ jjj.  , 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


Trails  of  the  Pathfinders— XXVI. 


Townshend  Across  the  Continent. 

(' Concluded  from  page  6.) 

The  progress  of  the  author’s  narrative  is  constantly 
and  pleasantly  interrupted  by  natural  history  observa- 
tions. He  and  Mr.  Nuttall  were  continually  finding 
new  species  of  bird  and  plant,  concerning  which  they 
manifested  the  enthusiasm  to  be  expected  from  ardent 
naturalists. 

Their  journey  continued  up  the  Platte  to  Chimney 
Rock,  or  Scott’s  Bluffs;  and  here  there  was  brought 
into  camp  a young  antelope,  which  in  a few  days  be- 
came perfectly  tame,  and  learned  to  drink  from  a tin 
cup  the  milk  which  the  missionaries,  who  had  some 
cattle  along,  spared  from  their  own  meals.  The  little 
animal  was  carried  daily  in  a panier  on  one  of  the  pack 
mules,  and  became  a great  pet  with  all  in  camp. 

It  seems  odd  enough  at  the  present  day,  after  the 
country  through  which  these  naturalists  were  traveling 
has  been  run  over  time  after  time  by  specialists,  who 
have  gathered  its  rich  treasures,  to  read  the  enthus- 
iastic words  of  Townshend,  written  nearly  seventy  years 
ago,  when  he  says,  “What  valuable  and  highly  inter- 
esting accessions  to  science  might  be  made  by  a party, 
composed  exclusively  of  naturalists,  on  a journey 
through  this  rich  and  unexplored  region!  The  botanist, 
the  geologist,  the  mammalogist,  the  ornithologist,  and 
the  entomologist,  would  find  a rich  and  almost  inexhaust- 
ible field  for  the  prosecution  of  their  inquiries,  and  the 
result  of  such  an  expedition  would  be  to  add  most 
materially  to  our  knowledge  of  the  wealth  and  resources 
of  our  country,  to  furnish  us  with  new  and  important 
facts  relative  to  its  structure,  organization  and  natural 
productions,  and  to  complete  the  fine  native  collections 
in  our  already  extensive  museums.” 

On  they  went,  up  the  Platte,  passing  Laramie’s  Fork, 
to  the  Sweetwater,  and  Independence  Rock,  and  a 
little  further  along  they  saw  their  first  wild  sheep,  which 
“darted  from  us  and  hid  themselves  among  the  inac- 
cessible clifts,  so  that  none  but  a chamois  hunter  might 
pretend  to  reach  them.”  The  same  afternoon  one  of 
the  men  had  an  adventure  with  a grizzly  bear.  “He 
saw  the  animal  crouching  his  huge  frame  in  some  wil- 
lows which  skirted  the  river,  and  approaching  on  horse- 
back to  within  twenty  yards,  fired  upon  him.  The  bear 
was  only  slightly  wounded  by  the  shot,  and  with  a 
fierce  growl  of  angry  malignity,  rushed  from  his  cover 
and  gave  chase.  The  horse  happened  to  be  a slow  one, 
and  for  the  distance  of  half  a mile  the  race  was  hard 
contested;  the  bear  frequently  approaching  so  near 
the  terrified  animal  as  to  snap  at  his  heels,  while  the 
equally  terrified  rider — who  had  lost  his  hat  at  the  start 
• — used  whip  and  'spur  with  the  most  frantic  diligence, 
frequently  looking  behind,  from  an  influence  which  he 
could  not  resist,  at  his  rugged  and  determined  foe,  and 
shrieking  in  an  agony  of  fear,  ‘shoot  him,  shoot  him!’ 
The  man,  who  was  one  of  the  greenhorns,  happened  to 
be  about  a mile  behind  the  main  body,  either  from  the 
indolence  of  his  horse,  or  his  own  carelessness;  but  as 
he  approached  the  party  in  his  desperate  flight,  and  his 
lugubrious  cries  reached  the  ears  of  the  men  in  front, 
about  a dozen  of  them  rode  to  his  assistance,  and  soon 
succeeded  in  diverting  the  attention  of  his  pertinacious 
foe.  After  he  had  received  the  contents  of  all  the  guns, 
he  fell,  and  was  soon  dispatched.  The  man  rode  in 
among  his  fellows,  pale  and  haggard  from  overwrought 
feelings,  and  was  probably  effectually  cured  of  a pro- 
pensity for  meddling  with  grizzly  bears.” 

On  June  19  the  party  arrived  at  the  Siskadee,  Green 
River,  or  Colorado  of  the  West.  Siskadee  appears  to 
be  a Crow  nome,  meaning  Prairie  Chicken  River,  re- 
ferring to  the  sage  grouse.  The  name  has  apparently 
quite  passed  out  of  use,  and  is  now  to  be  found  only 
in  the  older  books,  or  in  references  to  them.  Here 
Townshend,  in  crossing  the  river,  had  the  misfortune 
to  lose  his  note  book,  which  contained  not  only  his 
diary,  but  also  descriptions  of  new  species  of  birds,  and 
notes  as  to  their  habits.  Here  he  became  quite  ill,  and 
for  a week  was  confined  to  his  bed.  W.  Sublette,  and 
Captain  Serre,  Fitzpatrick  and  other  leaders  of  fur 
traders  and  trappers,  with  their  companies,  were 
camped  not  far  away,  and  with  them  were  various 
Indians,  Nez  Perce,  Banneck  and  Shoshone;  and  all — 
white  men,  half  breeds  and  Indians — were  more  or  less 
drunk;  so  that  the  camps  were  very  noisy  and  dis- 
agreeable. This  Fitzpatrick  was  Thomas,  the  well- 
known  leader  of  trappers  of  the  early  days,  sometimes 
known  as  Fitzpatrick  the  Broken  Hand.  He  worked 
at  time  for  Robert  Campbell,  and  is  mentioned  by 
Irving  in  his  “Bonneville,”  and  by  other  early  travelers 
on  the  plains. 

The  party  proceeded  up  Ham’s  Fork,  and  then  passed 
over  to  Bear  River,  on  one  of  the  branches  of  which 
the  Fourth  of  July  was  passed  and  celebrated  by  an 
undue  amount  of  drunkenness. 

Townshend  remarks,  as  has  many  a man  since,  on  the 
superb  fishing  in  Bear  River  and  its  tributaries.  Near 
their  camp,  on  the  8th  of  July,  at  what  were  called 
“White-clay  Pits,”  still  on  Bear  River,  he  notes  that, 
“in  the  small  streams  near  the  bases  of  the  hills,  the 
common  canvasback  duck,  shoveller  and  black  duck 
{Anas  obscura ) were  feeding  their  young.” 

Continuing  westward  through  this  arid  country,  they 
came  before  long  upon  a camp,  which  proved  to  be 
Captain  Bonneville’s.  Soon  after  this,  just  as  they  were 
about  to  make  camp  on  the  Blackfoot  River,  “near  a 
small  grove  of  willows,  on  the  margin  of  the  river,  a 
tremendous  grizzly  bear  rushed  out  upon  us.  Our 
horses  ran  wildly  in  every  direction,  snorting  with 
terror,  and  became  nearly  unmanageable.  Several  balls 
were  instantly  fired  into  him,  but  they  only  seemed  to 
increase  his  fury.  After  spending  a moment  in  rending 
each  wound,  their  invariable  practice,  he  selected  the 
person  who  happened  to  be  nearest,  and  darted  after 
him,  but  before  he  proceeded  far,  he  was  sure  to  be 
stopped  again  by  a ball  from  another  quarter.  In  this 
way  he  was  driven  about  among  us  for  perhaps  fifteen 
minutes,  at  times  so  near  some  of  the  horses  that  he 
received  several  severe  kicks  from  them.  One  of  the  pack 
horses  was  fairly  fastened  upon  by  the  terrific  claws  of 
the  brute,  and  in  the  terrified  animal’s  efforts  to  escape 


the  dreaded  grip,  the  pack  and  saddle  were  broken  to 
pieces  and  disengaged.  One  of  our  mules  also  lent 
him  a kick  in  the  head  while  pursuing  it  up  an  adjacent 
hill,  which  sent  him  rolling  to  the  bottom.  Here  he 
was  finally  brought  to  a stand. 

“The  poor  animal  was  so  completely  surrounded  by 
enemies,  that  he  became  bewildered.  He  raised  himself 
upon  his  hind  feet,  standing  almost  erect,  his  mouth 
partly  open,  and  from  his  protruding  tongue,  the  blood 
fell  fast  in  drops.  While  in  this  position,  he  received 
about  six  more  balls,  each  of  which  made  him  reel.  At 
last,  as  in  complete  desperation,  he  dashed  into  the 
water  and  swam  several  yards  with  astonishing  strength 
and  agility,  the  guns  cracking  at  him  constantly;  but 
he  was  not  to  proceed  far.  Just  then,  Richardson,  who 
had  been  absent,  rode  up,  and  fixing  his  deadly  aim  upon 
him,  fired  a ball  into  the  back  of  his  head,  which  killed 
him  instantly.  The  strength  of  four  men  was  required 
to  drag  the  ferocious  brute  from  the  water,  and  after 
examining  his  body,  he  was  found  completely  riddled; 
there  did  not  appear  to  be  four  inches  of  his  shaggy 
person,  from  the  hips  upward,  that  had  not  received  a 
ball.  There  must  have  been  at  least  thirty  shots  made 
at  him,  and  probably  few  missed  him;  yet  such  was 
his  tenacity  of  life,  that  I have  no  doubt  he  would  have 
succeeded  in  crossing  the  river,  but  for  the  last  shot 
in  the  brain.  He  would  probably  weigh,  at  the  least, 
six  hundred  pounds,  and  was  about  the  height  of  an 
ordinary  steer.  The  spread  of  the  foot,  laterally,  was 
ten  inches,  and  the  claws  measured  seven  inches  in 
length.  This  animal  was  remarkably  lean;  when  in  good 
condition,  he  would,  doubtless,  much  exceed  in  weight 
the  estimate  I have  given.  Richardson,  and  two  other 
hunters,  in  company,  killed  two  in  the  course  of  the 
afternoon  and  saw  several  others.”  Evidently  a good 
bear  country. 

It ‘was  this  day  that  the  little  pet  antelope  met  with 
an  accident,  which  made  it  necessary  to  kill  it.  The 
mule  on  which  it  was  riding,  fell  and  broke  one  of 
the  antelope’s  legs  and  injured  it  in  other  ways.  And 
now,  as  they  were  traveling  toward  Snake  River,  signs 
were  observed,  which  led  them  to  suspect  the  near 
presence  of  the  dreaded  Blackfeet.  One  or  two  were 
even  seen,  but  made  good  their  escape. 

Arrived  at  the  Portneuf  River,  it  was  determined  to 
build  a fort  there,  and  as  the  party  was  short  of  pro- 
visions, a hunting  party  of  twelve,  each  man  leading  a 
pack  horse,  started  out  to  kill  and  dry  meat  for  camp.  It 
was  not  very  long  before  they  reached  a country  where 
buffalo  were  plenty,  and  where,  as  Townshend  says, 
they  soon  were  “feasting  upon  the  best  food  in  the 
world.”  They  at  once  began  to  cure  meat,  hanging  it 
on  scaffolds,  and  building  fires  under  it  to  hasten  its 
drying. 

An  experiment  here  performed  on  a bull  is  worth 
quoting.  Our  author  says:  “The  unwieldy  brute  was 
quietly  and  unsuspiciously  cropping  the  herbage,  and  I 
had  arrived  to  within  ten  feet  of  him,  when  a sudden 
flashing  of  the  eye,  and  an  impatient  motion,  told  me 
that  I was  observed.  He  raised  his  enormous  head, 
and  looked  around  him,  and  so  truly  terrible  and  grand 
did  he  appear,  that  I must  confess  (in  your  ear)  I felt 
awed,  almost  frightened,  at  the  task  I had  undertaken. 
But  I had  gone  too  far  to  retreat;  so,  raising  my  gun, 
I took  deliberate  aim  at  the  bushy  center  of  the  fore- 
head and  fired.  The  monster  shook  his  head,  pawed  up 
the  earth  with  his  hoofs  and,  making  a sudden  spring, 
accompanied  by  a terrific  roar,  turned  to  make  his 
escape. 

“At  this  instant  the  ball  from  the  second  barrel  pene- 
trated his  vitals,  and  he  measured  his  huge  length  upon 
the  ground.  In  a few  seconds  he  was  dead.  Upon  ex- 
amining the  head,  and  cutting  away  the  enormous  mass 
of  matted  hair  and  skin  which  enveloped  the  skull, 
my  large  bullet  of  twenty  to  the  pound  was  found  com- 
pletely flattened  against  the  bone,  having  carried  with 
it,  through  the  interposing  integument,  a considerable 
portion  of  the  coarse  hair,  but  without  producing  the 
smallest  fracture.  I was  satisfied;  and  taking  the  tongue, 
the  hunter’s  perquisite,  I returned  to  my  companions. 

“This  evening,  the  roaring  of  the  bulls  in  the  gang- 
near  us  is  terrific,  and  these  sounds  are  mingled  with 
the  howling  of  large  packs  of  wolves,  which  regularly 
attend  upon  them,  and  the  hoarse  screaming  of  hundreds 
of  ravens  flying  over  head.” 

Here  is  a story  told  by  the  hunter  Richardson,,  of  an 
encounter  he  once  had  with  three  Blackfoot  Indians: 
“He  had  been  out  alone  hunting  buffalo,  and  toward  the 
end  of  the  day  was  returning  to  the  camp  with  his 
meat,  when  he  heard  the  clattering  of  hoofs  in  the 
rear,  and,  upon  looking  back,  observed  three  Indians 
in  hot  pursuit  of  him. 

“He  immediately  discharged  his  cargo  of  meat  to 
lighten  his  horse,  and  then  urged  the  animal  to  his 
utmost  speed,  in  an  attempt  to  distance  his  pursuers. 
He  soon  discovered,  however,  that  the  enemy  was 
rapidly  gaining  upon  him,  and  that  in-  a few  minutes 
more  he  would  be  completely  at  their  mercy,  when  he 
hit  upon  an  expedient,  as  singular  as  it  was  bold  and 
courageous.  Drawing  his  long  scalping  knife  from  the 
sheath  at  his  side,  he  plunged  the  keen  weapon  through 
his  horse’s  neck,  and  severed  the  spine.  The  animal 
dropped  instantly  dead,  and  the  determined  hunter, 
throwing  himself  behind  the  fallen  carcass,  waited 
calmly  the  approach  of  his  sanguinary  pursuers.  In  a 
few  moments,  one  Indian  was  within  range  of  the 
fatal  rifle,  and  at  its  report,  his  horse  galloped  riderless 
over  the  plain.  The  remaining  two  then  thought  to 
take  him  at  advantage  by  approaching  simultaneously 
on  both  sides  of  his  rampart;  but  one  of  them,  happen- 
ing to  venture  too  near  in  order  to  be  sure  of  his  aim, 
was  shot  to  the  heart  by  the  long  pistol  of  the  white 
man,  at  the  very  instant  that  the  ball  from  the  Indian’s 
gun  whistled  harmlessly  by.  The  third  savage,  being 
wearied  of  the  dangerous  game,  applied  the  whip  vigor- 
ously to  the  flanks  of  his  horse,  and  was  soon  out  of 
sight,  while  Richardson  set  about  collecting  the  trophies 
of  his  singular  victory. 

“He  caught  the  two  Indians’  horses;  mounted  one, 
and  loaded  the  other  with  the  meat  which  he  had  dis- 
carded, and  returned  to  his  camp  with  two  spare  rifles 
and  a good  stock  of  ammunition.” 

Just  after  this,  a curious  accident  happened  to  one  of 
the  men,  who,  while  reloading  his  gun,  while  running 


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buffalo,  had  his  horn  burst  in  his  face,  the  powder 
having  been  ignited  by  a burning  wad  which  remained 
in  the  barrel. 

an  August  the  much  reduced  company,  to  which 
Mr  Townshend  and  Mr.  Nuttall  still  clung,  left  Fort 
Hall  for  the  Columbia  River.  They  suffered  more  or 
less  from  hunger  and  thirst  as  they  passed  along,  and 
had  some  trouble  in  finding  the  way  across  the  moun- 
tains. At  last,  however,  they  reached  the  “Mallade” 
River,  and  as  they  passed  along  down  it  met  frequent 
camps  of  Snake  Indians,  and  were  here  introduced  to 
Kamas,  on  which,  a little  later,  they  were  glad  to  sup- 
port themselves.  When  they  reached  the  Boisee,  or 
Big  Wood  River,  they  found  it  literally  crowded  with 
salmon,  which  were  continually  springing  from  the 
water.  They  were  eager  to  capture  some,  but  were 
wholly  without  the  means  to  do  so. 

Not  long  after  this,  a little  colt — perhaps  from  some 
Indian  camp — joined  their  horse  herd,  and  as  it  was  fat 
and  strong,  Townshend  shot  it,  and  the  whole  camp 
ate  it. 

And  now  they  began  to  be  constantly  among  Indians, 
who  had  gathered  along  the  river  to  take  their  sum- 
mer supply  of  fish.  Often  from  these  camps  they  could 
purchase  dried  salmon,  but  game  was  singularly  scarce 
along  their  route,  and  when  fish  were  not  to  be  had, 
the  party  starved.  On  one  occasion,  an  owl  which 
1 ownshend  had  shot,  and  expected  to  skin  and  pre- 
serve, was  eaten  by  Mr.  Nuttall  and  a companion.  On 
another,  Townshend,  no  other  food  being  available, 
went  for  a walk  out  from  camp,  and  made  a hearty  meal 
on  rose  berries.  On  one  or  two  occasions  they  were  able 
to  purchase  Indian  acorn  meal  from  which  they  made 
mush,  mixing  with  it  a considerable  quantity  of  horse  tal- 
low and  salt.  This  unwonted  vegetable  compound  was 
hugely  enjoyed  by  the  half-starving  men.  They  passed 
Walla-Walla,  met  some  Chinook  Indians;  and  on  the 
10th  of  September  reached  the  Dalles  of  the  Columbia, 
and  from  here  proceeded  down  that  stream  by  canoes. 
The  voyage  was  uncomfortable,  if  not  dangerous,  for 
they  constantly  met  head  winds,  which  checked  their 
progress  and  tossed  up  a frightful  sea. 

Ill-nourished,  constantly  wet  to  the  skin,  losing  a 
boat  or  two,  and  extremely  uncertain  as  to  the  char- 
acter of  the  Indians,  they  kept  on  their  way  to  the 
coast;  and  at  last  reached  Fort  Vancouver,  where  some 
of  the  luxuries  of  a permanent  station  were  to  be  had. 
Here  they  learned  that  about,  twenty  miles  down  the 
river,  at  the  month  of  the  Willamet,  was  a brig  from 
Boston,  sent  out  by  the  company  to  which  Captain 
Wyeth  was  attached.  They  set  out  to  journey  down 
to  it.  On  the  way  they  passed  many  tribes  of  Indians, 
concerning  which,  Townshend  has  much  to  say  that  is 
interesting;  but  this  was  the  close  of  their  journey 
across  the  continent,  and  from  here  Townshend  took 
passage  for  the  Sandwich  Islands,  and  later  to  Chili,  on 
his  way  to  his  home  in  Philadelphia. 

Just  what  became  of  Mr.  Nuttall  was  not  known  for 
some  years.  That  he  collected  a large  number  of  plants 
in  California,  many  of  which  are  the  types  of  well-known 
species,  was  known;  but  how  he  reached  California,  or 
just  where  he  separated  from  Townshend  was  long 
uncertain.  Prof.  Brewer,  a botanist,  whose  familiarity 
with  early  California  history,  and  with  the  botany  of 
California,  are  well-known,,  believed  that  Nuttall’s  col- 
lections were  made  in  California,  in  the  year  1835.  This 
was  doubted  by  Mr.  Coville,  whose  investigations  led 
him  to  believe  that  the  statement  was  based  on 
Durand’s  biographical  notice  of  Mr.  Nuttall,  which  ap- 
pears to  be  incorrect,  for  on  July  n,  1835,  Townshend 
says,  “Mr.  Nuttall,  who  has  just  returned  from  the 
Dalles,  where  he  has  been  spending  some  weeks,  brings 
distressing  intelligence  from  above.”'  And  again,  in 
October,  he  speaks  of  Mr.  Nuttall’s  having  sailed  from 
the  mouth  of  the  Columbia  River  to  the  Hawaiian 
Islands. 

The  botanist’s  subsequent  route  has  been  discovered 
by  Mr:  Coville,  in  the  classic,  “Two  Years  Before  The 
Mast,”  by  R.  H.  Dana,  where  a very  full  account  of 
Mr.  Nuttall’s  meeting  with  the  author,  and  many  sub- 
sequent less  important  mentions  are  made  of  him.  Mr. 
Nuttall  returned  to  Boston  on  the  vessel  “Alert.”  which 
left  San  Diego,  May  8,  1836,  and  she  had  as  a foremast 
hand  Mr.  Richard  H.  Dana. 


Monarch  is  a Proud  Father* 

New  York,  Jan.  5. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream:  Is  this 
the  Allen  Kelly-Thompson-Seton  “Monarch?”  The  con- 
troversy and  symposium  on  the  alleged  plagiarism  proved 
very  interesting.  Allen  S.  Williams. 


From  the  San  Francisco  Chronicle,  Dec.  31. 

Out  to  the  Park  one  night  (quite  late) 

Rode  sly  old  Santa  Claus; 

But  not  to  find  the  Golden  Gate; 

He  drove  out  there  because 
He  had  a gift  for  Monarch’s  mate— 

’Twas  something  live!  A pound  in  weight, 

With  four  small,  wobbly  paws. 

Now,  when  you’re  living  in  the  Park 
Behind  some  iron  bars, 

It’s  mighty  lonesome  in  the  dark 
A-blinking  at  the  stars 
Like  Mrs.  Monarch;  for  the  storks, 

You  know,  don’t  venture  round 
Where  bears  are  (Wasn’t  Santa  kind?), 

And  grizzlies,  strange  to  say,  don’t  mind 
When  babes  weigh  but  a pound. 

A tiny  addition  has  been  made  to  the  livestock  on  ex- 
hibition in  Golden  Gate  Park.  The  cage  of  “Monarch,” 
the  great  grizzly  presented  to  the  park  by  The  Examiner 
some  years  ago>,  is  enlivened  by  the  advent  of  a baby— to 
record  the  event  by  the  customary  phrasing. 

The  cub  is  not  the  only  one  presented  to  “Monarch” 
and  his  mate.  Last  year  an  infant  grizzly  drew  its  first 
breath  in  the  park  cage,  and  the  ursine  infant  was  taken 
to  the  park  hospital,  where  it  was  believed  that  with  care- 
ful treatment  it  might  survive.  But  it  sickened  and  died 
after  a few  days.  The  keeper  intends  to  leave  the  tiny 
new  offspring  with  its  mother  in  the  hope  that  it  may 
get  a healthier  hold  on  life. 


Jan.  14,  1065-1' 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


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Animal  Surgery. — II. 


How  They  Doctor  the  Animals  at  the  Bronx  Zoo. 

( Concluded  from  page  9 ) 

Prompt  surgery  has  saved  the  park  the  price  of_  many 
a costly  animal.  Big  Mose,  the  thirteen-foot  alligator, 
has  come  under  the  surgeon’s  knife  twice.  He.  was 
first  successfully  operated  on  for  the  removal  of  two 
large  tumors  from  the  forefeet,  after  a struggle  lasting 
almost  an  hour  between  the  saurian  and  eight  men. 
Even  after  Big  Mose  was  strapped  and  roped  until  it 
seemed  impossible  for  him  to  move,  he  would  give  a 
twist,  and  snap  would  go  the  ropes,  showing  that  the 
enormous  strength  accredited  to  him  was  not  a myth. 

The  alligator  had  for  a long  time  been  troubled  with 
two  tumors  as  big  as  apples,  which  grew  one  on 
each  of  his  forefeet.  One  day  he  grew  enraged  at  a 
smaller  alligator  that  accidentally  trod  oil  one  of  the 
sore  spots  and  killed  it.  Then  it  was  decided  that  the 
tumors  would  have  to  come  off,  and  preparations  were 
begun  to  capture  Mose.  He  was  lying  half  in  and 
half  out  of  the  water  in  the  alligator  tank  at  the  east 
end  of  the  reptile  house  when  the  water  was  let  out. 

: This  seemed  to  surprise  him.  He  lashed  his  tail  around 
and  made  a noise  with  his  mouth  that  sounded  like 
the  blowing  off  of  a safety  valve  on  a steam  engine.' 

The  first  step  was  to  slip  a big  bag,  or  gunnysack, 
over  the  reptile’s  head.  The  bag  was  put  on  a long 
pole  and  Curator  Ditmars  waited  for  a favorable  op- 
portunity to  drop  it  over  the  alligator’s  head.  This 
soon  came,  and  the  bag  was  securely  tied  with  ropes. 
t So  far  everything  had  been  easy  and  Big  Mose  had 
been  docile  enough.  When  the  attendants  attempted  to 
draw  a noose  over  his  tail  the  trouble  began.  Big 
! Mose  gave  his  tail  a gentle  flip  and  the  eight  attendants, 
who  had  hold  of  the  rope,  fell  over  one  another..  Then 
the  big  alligator  grew  angry.  He  twisted  and  jumped 
and  turned  around  the  tank  until  the  eight  attendants 
were  nearly  panic-stricken.  Then  Director  of  the 
Park,  William  T.  Hornaday,  who  up  to  this  time  had 
been  a looker  on,  jumped  down  into  the  tank  and 
grabbed  the  rope  attached  to  Mose’s  tail.  But  the  alli- 
gator was  no  respecter  of  persons.  He  treated  the 
director  in  exactly  the  same  way,  and  very  soon  Mr. 
Hornaday  found  himself  on  his  hands  and  knees  in  the 
bottom  of  the  tank. 

A platform  was  then  brought  in  and  placed  on  the 
floor  of  the  tank.  The  eight  men  stood  at  one  end 
1 while  Mr.  Ditmars  stood  at  the  other  end  of  the  tank 
on  the  outside  and  prodded  the  alligator  with  a pick. 
Then  Big  Mose  made  a mistake.  He  pushed  himself 
along,  climbed  on  the  platform  and  lay  there,  just  where 
they  wanted  him  to  go. 

The  attendants  quickly  slung  ropes  around  him,  and 
in  a few  moments  had  the  alligator,  as  they  thought, 

1 hard  and  fast.  But  he  was  not  to  be  captured  so  easily. 
He  strained  and  struggled  until  he  snapped  the  ropes 
that  bound  him  as  if  they  had  been  threads,  but  he  still 
remained  on  the  platform.  Other  and  stronger  ropes 
were  sent  for  and  at  last,  after  nearly  an  hour’s  fight, 
the  immense  saurian  was  lashed  securely.  Then  the 
platform  and  the  alligator  were  lifted  up  and  placed 
crosswise  on.  two  boxes,  so  that  Dr.  Miller,  who  was 
to  perform  the  operation,  would  have  plenty  of  room. 
This  was  no  easy  matter,  as  the  platform  and  the  alli- 
gator together  weighed  nearly  800  pounds. 

It  was  found  necessary  to  chloroform  Big  .Mose,  as 
! he  kept  moving  his  feet  and  prevented  Dr.  Miller  from 
! injecting  cocaine  into  them.  He  took  three  ounces  of 
■ chloroform  before  he  succumbed.  The  tumors  were 
then  removed  and  orders  given  to  loosen  the . ropes 
which  bound  the  alligator  to  the  platform.  This  was 
[almost  as  risky  as  the  tying  had  been.  When  the  bag 
was  removed  from  Big  Mose’s  head  it  was  seen  that 
he  had  come  out  of  his  stupor,  and  his  eyes  gleamed 
wickedly. 

When  the  last  rope  was  removed  Big  Mose  stood 
right  up  on  his  feet,  a very  unusual  thing  for  an  alli- 
gator to  do,  and  shook  himself  as  a dog  would  do 
after  taking  a swim.  Then  he  walked  off  the  platform 
and  lay  down  at  one  end  of  the  tank,  perfectly  quiefe 
Everybody  heaved  a sigh  of  relief  when  it  was  seen 
that  Big  Mose  had  no  desire  to  cause  any  more  trouble. 
^The  tank  was  quickly  cleaned  and  the  platform  lifted 
out.  Then  the  water  was  let  in,  and  in  a few  moments 
Big  Mose  was  swimming  about  as  if  nothing  had  ever 
occurred  to  disturb  his  peace  and  quiet. 

The  last  operation  was  performed  ond  carried  out 
not  with  any  idea  to  Mose’s  comfort,  but  for  the  sake 
of  saving  the  lives  of  the  other  ’gators,  he  having  in  a 
vicious  moment  snapped  in  twain  one  of  his  smaller  com- 
panions. He  had  a most  formidable  array  of  teeth,  over 
two  inches  long  and  an  inch  thick  at  the  base.  Direc- 
tor Hornaday  and  Curator  Ditmars  devised  a plan  for 
shearing  the  Zoo  Samson  of  some  of  his  strength. 
After  considerable  labor  the  keepers  again  got  him 
subdued,  and  when  he  opened  his  mouth  in  a last  des- 
pairing bellow  they  thrust  a stick  into  it  wrapped  in 
towels.  This  propped  his  mouth  open.  Dr.  Miller  and 
three  assistants  then  sawed  the  tops  off  Mose’s  sharpest 
teeth.  It  took  him  about  half  an  hour  to  finish  the  job 
and  to  polish  up  the  remaining  portion  of  the  teeth. 
Each  of  the  four  operators  wears  the  crown  of  one  of 
Mose’s  teeth  as  a watch  charm. 

Director  Hornaday  says  that  the  monkeys  are  sub- 
ject to  about  all  the  ailments  that  human  flesh  is  heir 
to,  and  when  ill  have  to  be  cared  for  like  so  many 
children.  When  Rajah,  the  one  time  king  of  the 
monkey  house,  went  through  his  last  illness  he  was  at- 
tended day  and  night  by  doctors  and  keepers.  His 
constitution  was  frail;  he  was  of  precocious  turn,  and 
pe  died  in  spite  of  the  best  nursing  a monkey  ever  had. 


To  the  last  he  looked  his  thanks,  and  just  before  his 
death  he  shook  hands  with  the  curator,  the  keepers 
and  the  doctors. 

“If  anybody  could  have  pulled  me  through,  gentle- 
men, you  would  have  done  it,”  he  seemed  to  say  with 
fine  courtesy. 

A short  time  ago,  Sally,  one  of  the  ring-tailed  mon- 
keys of  considerably  more  than  average  intelligence,  got 
into  a fight  with  another  monkey  and  broke  her  left 
arm.  Sally  set  up  a shriek  immediately  and  all  the 
other  monkeys  began  to  whimper.  Something  dread- 
ful had  happened,  they  knew  very  well.  Sally’s  arm 
hung  limp;  and  Sally  herself,  all  of  a heap,  was  al- 
ternately shivering  and  crying.  Curator  Ditmars  sent 
a hurry’ call  for  Dr.  Miller,  but  found  that  it  would  be 
some  time  before  he  could  reach  the  park,  Sally  got 
a big  injection  of  morphine  to  keep  her  quiet,  and  when 
the  doctor  came,  a few  whiffs  of  chloroform  deadened 
the  monkey’s  senses  completely.  Her  arm  and  shoulder 
were  nicely  set  and  done  up  in  a plaster  east.  Sally 
came  to  presently  and  nibbled  off  the  plaster,  and  this 
operation  she  repeated  twice  again.  Then  a big  wooden 
collar  was  fitted  around  her  neck,  so  that  she  could  not 
reach  her  arm.  Sally  seemed  amused. 

“Well,  you’ve  got  me,”  she  seemed  to  say,  and  then 
she  had  a lot  of  fun  whirling  the  collar  round  and 
round.  Her  broken  arm  healed  beautifully. 

With  all  the  care  bestowed  upon  them,  the  monkeys 
have  croup  and  pneumonia  and  consumption  occa- 
sionally. For  these  ailments  they  have  their  noses  and 
chests  rubbed  with  oil,  and  are  given  quinine,  hot 
drinks  and  extra  blankets  to  roll  up  in.  If  a monkey 
seems  puny,  he  gets  dainties  to  eat,  too,  such  as  pud- 
dings and  rice  and  jelly  and  hot  milk.  The  Zoo 
monkeys  are  not  averse  to  whiskey, _ and  it  is  a stand- 
ard remedy  for  them.  On  one  occasion  a sudden  storm 
came  up  and  drenched  about  thirty  of  them  in  their 
outdoor  cages.  Curator  Ditmars  says  that  he  realized 
that  unless  something  was  done,  about  thirty  monkeys 
would  be  down  with  pneumonia  the  next  day.  He  gave 
them  liberal,  drinks  of  whiskey,  and  in  a few  moments 
they  were  all  in  a most  hilarious  state.  Their  legs 
refused  to  walk  straight.  Their  arms  flew  around  in 
strange  curves,  and  when  they  undertook  to  swing  they 
simply  couldn’t  do  it. 

The  monkeys  looked  distrustfully  at  themselves  and 
then  at  the  curator.  They  seemed  to  say:  “By  jove! 

Ditmars,  can’t  you  stop  turning  things  round?”  The 
orgy  lasted  about  half  an  hour,  when  all  thirty  fell 
sound  asleep.  Next  morning  they  awoke,  none  the 
worse  for  the  experience. 

One  big  elk  at  the  Zoo  knows  as  much  about  chloro- 
form as  the  most  experienced  invalid  ever  learns.  He 
got  a long  cut  across  his  leg  and  over  the  knee-joint. 
It  refused  to  heal  promptly,  and  the  doctor  decided  to 
drain  and  pack  the  wound. 

Every  day  half  a dozen  men  caught  the  big  elk  and 
held  him  while  the  doctor  put  a sponge  saturated  with 
chloroform  under  his. nose.  Three  or  four  whiffs  sent 
the  elk  to  dreamland,  while  the  doctor  treated  the 
wound.  The  elk  eventually  got  well,  and  walks  about 
now  without  the  suspicion  of  a game  leg. 

Director  Hornaday  cut  the  hoofs  of  the  aoudad,  the 
big  Barbary  mountain  sheep,  not  long  ago.  The  animal 
was  in  danger  of  getting  split  hoofs  and  diseased  feet. 
The  big  fellow  - routed  six  men  and  inflicted  terrible 
damage  on  the  trousers  of  his  keeper  with  his  stout 
horns  before  he  was  finally  lassoed.  He  was  dragged 
up  alongside  a wire  fence,  and  while  the  director  pro- 
ceeded to  pare  his  hoofs  he  kept  up  a bellowing  that 
waked  the  echoes. 

The  sun  bears  and  the  honey  bears  have  had  treat- 
ment for  ingrowing  nails.  This  consists  in  tying  them 
down,  injecting  cocaine  into  the  foot  pad,  drawing  out 
the  nails  and  cutting  them  off. 

The  bird  colony  is  easily  treated,  and  comes  in  for 
a good  deal  of  attention.  One  of  the  commonest  ail-, 
ments  is  “gapes,”  a disease  in  which  the  feathered 
patient  yawns  incessantly.  This  is  caused  by  a small 
worm,  which  lodges  in  the  throat,  and  is  readily  re- 
moved by  a pair  of  tweezers  wielded  by  the  doctor. 

That  jealousy  is  a strong  element  in  the  psychological 
make-up  of  the  wild  beast  was  apparently  shown  re- 
cently when  Lopez,  a,  jaguar,  killed  Bella,  another 
jaguar.  As  the  keepers  tell  it,  it  was  because  Bella  had 
paid  more  attention  to  another  of  his  kind  there  con- 
fined in  a cage,  and  Lopez  had  watched  her  casting 
secret  glances  from  her  big  eyes  toward  Dan,  who 
had  an  adjoining  apartment.  But  the  keepers,  like 
some  parents,  wanted  to  make  a match  without  being 
sure  of  reciprocated  love,  and  they  decided  to  place 
Lopez  and  Bella  together,  with  the  result  that  the 
moment  the  door  between  the  two  cages  was  opened, 
Lopez  sprang  at  her,  and  after  his  long,  sharp  teeth 
had  loosened  in  her  throat,  Bella  had  paid  the  penalty 
for  her  coquetry.  She  just  groaned  a few  times  and 
died.  . 

Lopez  was  a playful  animal,  almost  as  playful  as  a 
house  cat,  prior  to  Bella’s  debut.  He  was  captured  in 
Paraguay  and  sent  to  the  Zoo  by  William  Miels  Butler, 
Secretary  of  the  Paraguay  Development  Company.  He 
was,  in  fact,  on  such  friendly  terms  with  his  keepers 
that  he  wanted  to  shake  hands  nearly  all  the  time,  but 
found  few  who  cared  to  extend  this  mark  of  cordiality 
to  him. 


John  Wesley  Gaines,  of  Tennessee,  shook  his  luxuriant 
iron-gray  locks  at  the  supercilious  majority  to-day  when 
the  question  of  giving  over  the  Pension  Office  for  the 
inaugural  ball  was  up,  and  said,  with  great  declamatory 
effect:  “Gentlemen,  freemen,  patriots,  let  us  unhorse  the 
dogs  of  war!” — New  York  World. 


The  Passing  of  the  Buffalo. 

San  Carlos,  Arizona,  Dec.  25. — Editor  Forest  and 
Stream:  The  “Tragedy  of  the  Plains”  and  other  articles 
on  the  disappearance  of  the  buffalo  appearing  recently  in 
Forest  and  Stream,  have,  as  you  may  conceive,  inter- 
ested me  much. 

I would  like  to  contribute  some  experiences  of  my  own 
in  this  line;  not  that  it  will  solve  the  question  as  to  what 
became  of  the  buffalo,  for  we  all  know  where  they  went, 
but  to  add,  if  it  may  be,  to  the  literature  on  the  subject. 

The  first  scene  is  laid  at  Fort  Wadsworth,  Dakota,  in 
the  springtime  of  1867.  It  may  interest  you  to  know  that 
after  the  Grand  Review  in  Washington  in  1865,  my  bat- 
talion drifted  out  west,  and  a year  later  relieved  the 
Second  Minnesota  Volunteers  at  the  above  post. 

In  early  spring  we  marched  north  across  country  to 
“Bears’  Den  Hill”  on  the  Cheyenne  River,  to  establish  a 
military  post,  afterward  called  Fort  Ransom. 

One  day  we  traversed  a great  expanse  of  level  prairie 
land.  It  was  covered  with  ice,  but  here  and  there  could 
be  seen  the  close  cropped  yellow  grass  peculiar  to  that 
region  at  that  time  of  year.  As  far  as  the  eye  could  see 
this  prairie  was  dotted  with  carcasses  of  buffalo,  fresh, 
unmarked  by  bullet  or  arrow.  They  were  not  gaunt, 
starved  beasts  by  any  means.  How  far  they  extended  be- 
yond the  line  of  vision  I am  unable  to  say,  but  it  ap- 
peared to  me  that  they  numbered  thousands. 

I have  my  own  theory  as  to  the  calamity  that  overtook 
them,  but  I will  not  divulge  it. 

In  the  late  winter  of  1870-71  I was  encamped  with  a 
companion  on  one  of  the  streams  of  Milk  River,  Mon- 
tana Territory,  a short  day’s  journey  from  old  Fort  Bel- 
knap, a trading  post  on  Milk  River.  It  was  also  an 
agency,  and,  if  I remember  aright,  Major  Reid  was  agent. 

It  was  the  same  winter  that  the  smallpox  terror  struck 
the  Indians  and  carried  them  off  hy  hundreds.  The  em- 
ployes of  the  agency  and  the  hangers-on  of  the  trader 
relieved  the  dead  Indians  of  their  fine  robes  as  fast  as 
they  were  laid  out,  and  afterward  shipped  the  furs  to  the 
States  at  brisk  profit. 

There  was  much  snow  about  our  camp,  and  the  buffalo 
and  wolves  were  very  numerous.  A three  days’  storm 
raged,  during  which  we  did  not  leave  our  “lean-to,”  ex- 
cept to  hustle  for  wood,  which  many  of  your  readers 
know  is  not  plentiful  off  the  main  streams. 

During  the  storm  the  buffalo  drifted  with  it  past  our 
camp,  while  droves  of  elk  - traveled  against  the  storm 
along  the  near-by  bluff. 

It  cleared  up  bright,  cold  and  calm,  and  we  heard  much 
firing  the  following  morning,  which  gave  us  intimation 
that  there  was  a prairie  Grosventre  village  in  our  vicinity. 

We  learned  afterward  that  the  firing  was  directed  ex- 
clusively against  cows  heavy  with  calf,  the  sole  object 
being  to  obtain  that  delicacy  (the  unborn  calf)  for  a 
feast. 

It  was  the  first  instance  of  the  kind  that  had  come 
under  my  observation,  and  I have  wondered  if  others 
have  observed  the  same  trait  in  the  Indians  of  the  plains. 

It  was  not  a time  of  year  when  the  robes  were  in  good 
condition,  and  the  animals  themselves,  except  the  young 
bulls  and  barren  cows,  were  poor  of  flesh. 

There  was  no  demand  for  raw  buffalo  hides  in  those 
days,  and  I do  not  remember  of.  any  being  shipped  from 
the  section  of  country  along  the  upper  Missouri  River, 
but  of  the  finished  product,  the  dressed  robe,  thousands 
were  brought  in  by  the  Indians  to  the  various  trading 
posts.  The  price  varied  from  16  cups  of  brown  sugar  to 
$3  in  trade  (?)  for  a fine  robe,  and  the  baling  of  these 
robes  in  the  springtime  for  shipment  was  a feature  at  the 
main  trading  establishments. 

The  country  west  of  the  Missouri,  from  the  Black  Hills 
to  the  Musselshell,  was  held  by  the  hostile  Sioux,  and  by 
all  accounts  was  black  with  buffalo. 

It  was  common  belief  that  the  wolves  were  as  destruc- 
tive of  buffalo  as  the  Indians,  but  the  wolves  did  not 
last  long  after  the  white  hunters  commenced  distributing 
strychnia  north  of  the  Missouri. 

In  the  spring  of  1877  it  was  my  fortune  to  be  on  board 
of  the  steamer  Far  West,  Captain  Grant  Marsh,  bound  up 
the  Yellowstone  to  the  cantonment  on  Tongue  River. 
As  we  swung  around  the  bends  well  up  the  river,  we 
passed  first  one  and  then  several  great  stacks  of  buffalo 
hides,  that  loomed  as  big  as  hay-stacks  on  the  bank, 
awaiting  shipment. 

Somehow  they  were  a misfit  in  the  surroundings.  The 
yellow  prairie,  the  winding  river,  cottonwood  timber,  and 
stacks  of  buffalo  hides. 

We  may  imagine  that  they  represented  many  a “Kansas 
stand,”  and  much  toil  in  gathering  on  the  part  of  that 
noble  army  of  adventurers  of  whom  Mr.  Hutt  speaks 
with  such  refreshing  frankness  in  Forest  and  Stream  of 
December  17. 

Buffalo  were  not  as  plentiful  along  the  Yellowstone 
that  fall. 

In  the  cold  February  of  1880,  the  buffalo  came  down 
from  the  north  in  great  masses  and  congregated  along 
the  Yellowstone  near  the  mouth  of  Powder  River.  That 
was  the  first  and  only  time  that  I saw  buffalo  stupid 
from  the  effects  of  extreme  cold.  A wagon  road  that  was 
traveled  daily  ran  along  the  south  bank  of  the  river  and 
kept  the  buffalo  from  crossing  for  some  time;  but  finally 
they  crossed  and  went  south.  They  never  returned. 
They  met  their  Waterloo  somewhere  near  the  Black 
Hills,  or  perhaps  further  south. 

That  was  the  beginning  of  the  end  of  the  buffalo. 

L.  S.  Kelly. 


The  lioness  and  baboon  w'hich  formed  part  of  King 
Menelik’s  recent  gift  to  President  Roosevelt  have  died  in 
the  National  Zoological  Park.  The  baboon  died  from 
tuberculosis  and  the  lioness  from  chronic  kidney  and 
liver  ailments. 


so 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


[Jan.  14,  T905. 


Northern  Pennsylvania  Game  Notes. 

• 

Sayre,  Pa.,  Jan.  2. — The  game  season  which  closed  re- 
cently in  this  State  left  a goodly  remnant  of  both  feather 
and  fur  for  restocking  in  the  covers  hereabouts.  As 
stated  in  these  columns  some  weeks  ago,  there  was  an 
average  supply  of  ruffed  grouse  in  some  neighboring 
covers  and  something  less  than  average  in  others ; but  on 
the  whole,  local  gunners  are  agreed  that  quite  as  many 
grouse  were  shot  the  past  season  as  the  season  preceding 
furnished. 

In  New  York  State  covering  the  territory  between 
Ithaca  and  Sayre,  plenty  of  good  grouse  shooting  was 
to  be  had  despite  the  fact  that  a gentleman  from  Elmira 
intimated  recently  that  my  forecast  as  to  the  grouse  sup- 
ply in  the  vicinity  of  Van  Etten,  Spencer,  and  West  Danby 
and  adjacent  covers  was  erroneous.  'Trustworthy  advices 
from  Spencer  and  Van  Etten  report  that  shooting  men 
acquainted  with  the  country  and  with  the  requisite  powers 
of  endurance  to  forage  over  the  declivitous  “lay  of  land, 
were  able  to  secure  in  a day’s  tramp  satisfactory  bags  of 
the  noble  game.  Personally  I know  of  six  grouse  having 
been  shot  during  a five  hours?  tramp  in  a rough  reach  of 
cover  bordering  Van  Etten  and  Spencer.  While,  this  is 
not  a large  score,  as  some  men  count,  scores,  it  is  suffi- 
ciently substantial  to  prove  that  the  wily  grouse  has  not 
entirely  perished  from  the  face  of  the  earth  in  a section 
peculiarly  adapted  to  its  preservation.  At  West  Danby 
and  at  Newfield,  the  latter  village  only  six  miles  removed 
from  Ithaca,  were  rare  good  points  to  secure  some  good 
grouse  shooting,  and  at  Newfield  Station,  a few  days  be- 
fore the  closing  of  the  New  York  grouse  season,  a party 
boarded  a Lehigh  Valley  night  train  with  the  finest  dis- 
play of  grouse,  bagged  amid  the  Newfield  hills,  that  was 
taken  in  to  the  University  City  during  the  past  season. 
The  season  closed  with  a nice  supply  of  birds  in  good  con- 
dition to  weather  the  winter,  which  up  to  this  writing  has 
been  exceptionally  favorable  for  the  birds. 

Of  woodcock  there  is  but  little  to  write.  Some  fine 
bags  of  flight  birds  were  reported,  but  these  were  not 
plenty  enough  to  warrant  the  belief  that  the  birds  are 
increasing  in  numbers.  In  connection  with  this  subject 
of  woodcock,  it  is  worth  while  to  note  that  Dr.  Joseph 
Kalbfus,  secretary  of  the  State  Board  of  Game  Commis- 
sioners, in  his  annual  report  suggests  what  your  corre- 
spondent has  for  some  time  and  repeatedly  in  these 
columns  favored,  namely,  the  abolishment  of  . summer 
shooting  of  woodcock.  This  would  at  least  furnish  some 
practical  and  worthy  help  toward  conserving  and  increas- 
ing the  woodcock  supply. 

Gray  squirrels  were  about  up  to  the  average  in  numbers 
the  past  season  in  most  local  sections  at  least.  It  is  the 
consensus  of  opinion  that  the  season  on  this  game  should 
open  at  least  two  weeks  earlier  than  at  present. 

Rabbits,  like  the  poor,  we  have  always  with  us,  which 
is  an  encouraging  prospect,  after  all,  for  without  poor, 
simple  little  “bunny”  most  of  us  who  like  to  get  a day’s 
fun  without  going  to  a far  country  would  be  in  a sorry 
plight,  indeed.  It  is  really  wonderful  where  the  seemingly 
inexhaustible  supply  of  these  little  spry-footed  animals 
comes  from.  The  slaughter  over  all  the  State  has  been 
enormous  the  past  season,  and  yet  there  remains  in  most 
sections,  at  any  rate,  ample  seed  for.  next  season’s  needs. 
With  practically  every  man’s  hand  raised  against  him  dur- 
ing the  open  season — and  who  shall  say  that  same  hand  is 
not  raised  against  him  during  all  the  seasons  in  the  back 
country,”  where  only  the  faint  rumble  of  the  game  law’s 
machinery  is  heard? — Bre’r  Cottontail  survives  with  the 
tenacity  of  a Salem  witch  tale,  and  promises,  despite  the 
wiles  of  the  high  priests  of  the  shooting  fraternity,  to 
multiply  and  replenish  the  earth.  For  which  cause,  among 
fnany,  we  have  reason  to  be  happy  in  these  first  glad  days 
of  the  new  year.  M.  Chill. 

Early  Use  of  Colt's  Revolvers. 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream-: 

In  a recent  number  of  Mr.  George  Bird  Grinnell  s very 
interesting  series  of  contributions,  “Trails  of  the  Path- 
finders” (Forestand  Stream  of  December  10),  he  says: 
“The  party  just  setting  out  were  well  armed  with  Colt’s 
repeating  rifles  and  revolvers,”  etc.,  and  further  on  he 
quotes  Gregg  as  saying  “*  * * percussion  guns  are 

preferable  upon  the  prairies,  particularly  for  those  who 
understand  their  use.”  This  was  in  1839?  an(^  I think 
about  fifteen  years  before  the  Colt’s  revolver  came  into 
use,  when  even  the  “percussion  gun”  was  a novelty.  It 
is  my  impression  that  the  Colt’s  repeating  rifle  was  also 
a novelty  as  late  as  about  i860.  If  wrong  about  these 
impressions,  I shall  gladly  “stand  corrected.  ’ 

Coahoma. 


This  having  been  referred  to  Mr.  Grinnell,  he  wrote  as 
follows: 

New  York,  Dec.  29.— Editor  Forest  and  Stream  : 1 am 
glad  to  read  Coahoma’s  criticism  of  the  instalment  of 
“Trails  of  the  Pathfinders”  printed  in  Forest  and  Stream 
of  December  10,  and  to  acknowledge  a slight  inaccuracy  of 
language  which  is  perhaps  misleading.  jlhe  words  the 
party  just  setting  out  were  well  armed  with  Colts  repeat- 
ing rifles  and  revolvers”  should  read  the  leaders  of  the 
party  just  setting  out,”  etc.  . 

At  the  date  mentioned  the  average  American,  if  scout 
or  trapper,  carried  a “long  rifle,”  while  teamsters  and 
others  who  traveled  as  a part  of  the  wagon  train,  were 
provided  with  muskets,  loaded  with  the  traditional  “buck 

and  ball.”  . , ,, 

Gregg’s  precise  language  is:  “My  brother  and  myself 

were  each  provided  with  one  of  Colt  s repeating  rifles 
and  a pair  of  pistols  of  the  same  make,  so  that  we  could, 
if  necessary,  carry  thirty-six  ready  loaded  shots  apiece.” 
This  was  careless  writing  on  the  part  of  Gregg,  since  the 


two  men  would  seem  to  have  had  but  eighteen  shots 
apiece,  or  thirty-six  in  all. 

^ The  repeating  arms  spoken  of  were  then  absolutely  new. 
Colt’s  first  patent  for  a revolver  was  dated  February, 
1836.  It  had  no  number.  The  revolving  rifles  are  said 
to  have  been  manufactured  in  1836.  But  there  is  some 
reason  to  believe  that  the  revolver  came  into  use  much 
earlier  in  the  southwest  than  elsewhere,  and  we  believe 
there  is  a tradition  that  during  the  late  ’30s  a company 
of  Texas  rangers  was  armed  with  these  pistols — and  pos- 
sibly also  with  the  revolving  rifles — which  proved  so 
effective  as  military  weapons  that  the  fame  of  the  arm 
spread,  and  its  popularity  at  once  became  great. 

It  must  be  remembered  that  Gregg  as  a successful 
trader  was  a man  of  substance — one  who  could  afford  the 
best  that  was  in  the  market;  and  further,  that  no  part  of 
a man’s  equipment  was  more  important  than  his  firearms. 
A man  would  no  more  economize  on  his  firearms  or  am- 
munition then,  than- — twenty-five  years  later- — a cowboy 
would  economize  on  his  saddle. 

. Gregg’s  book  was  published  in  1844,  and  I have  pre- 
cisely quoted  his  language.  I submit  the  matter  to  Coa- 
homa for  such  modification  of  his  impressions  as  the  facts 
may  call  for. 

All  this  happened  a long  time  ago,  and  our  ideas  and 
impressions  about  particular  occurrences  which  took  place 
before  we  were  born  are  likely  to  be  vague  enough.  I 
should  be  glad  to  have  my  own  set  right  as  to  many  points 
with  regard  to  the  time  at  which  various  improved  arms 
came  into  use.  George  Bird  Grinnell. 


Woodcock  and  Ducks. 

Prince  Edward  Island.— Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 
A friend  sends  me  occasionally  copies  of  Forest  and 
Stream,  and  I find  much  interesting  reading  in  them,  as 
I have  been  much  attached  to  the  rod  and  gun  since  early 
boyhood,  now  over  fifty  years  ago.  We  have  quite  a 
variety  of  game  on  our  island  Province,  including  wild 
goose,  brant,  black  ducks,  woodcock,  English  snipe,  par- 
tridge, golden  and  many  other  varieties  of  plover.  We 
have  also  the  black  bear,  fox,  mink,  otter,  muskrat,  and 
hares  in  abundance. 

I like  the  woodcock  shooting  best,  but  the  snipe  and 
black  duck  make  almost  equally  as  good.  In  the  late  fall, 
on  a calm  morning  after  a white  frost  has  fallen-,  the 
sound  of  the  woodcock’s  wings  as  he  starts  from  the  nose 
of  your  Gordon  setter,  makes  pleasant  music  to  the 
sportsman’s  ear.  If  one  happens  to  strike  the  cover  when 
they  have  collected  for  their  flight  south,  which  is  gen- 
erally about  the  first  of  November  or  immediately  after 
a sharp  frost,  it  becomes  a very  exciting  day’s  sport.  I 
have  flushed  as  many  as  fifty  woodcock  in  a cover  at  this 
time  or  season  of  flight.  A few  years  ago,  in  beating  a 
cover -which  was  alive  with  -woodcock  (the  most  of  which, 

I am  sorry  to-  say,  made  good  their  escape,  as  it  was  my 
off  day,  and  I generally  have  one  or  more  each  season; 
the  sportsman  who  only  has  an  off  day  every  few  years 
may  count  himself  lucky  indeed),  I only  bagged  about 
one  bird  to  every  seventh  or  eighth  shot,  and  my  brother, 
who  was  shooting  with  me,  had  equally  poor  luck.  Wd 
went  the  next  day  to  redeem  lost  prestige,  but  only  flushed 
two  birds  on  the  whole  cover,  and  one  of  these  had  been 
wounded  the  previous  day;  probably  both  were  injured, 
or  they  may  have  been  mates  who  decided  to  live  or  die 
together.  We  returned  from  that  cover  two  disappointed 
sportsmen,  but  consoled  ourselves  with  the  idea  that  we 
were  not  in  any  way  to  blame  for  the  failure  to  bag  more 
game,  hut  that  we  had  been  firing  damaged  cartridges. 

In  speaking  about  off  days,  I remember  on  another 
occasion  when  shooting  black  duck  (or  I should  say  firing 
at  them),  I had  my  decoys  nicely  set  waiting  for  the 
falling  tide,  when  the  ducks  congregated  to  feed.  I had 
not  long  to  wait  until  the  birds  began  pouring  in  and  I 
began  pouring  out.  After  firing  away  for  several  hours 
I counted  up  my  bag  and  had  seven  black  ducks.  I almost 
felt  disgraced  for  life,  as  a party  who  had  heard  of  my 
correct  shooting  hitherto  was  faithfully  recording  every 
shot.  He  placed  it  down  as  forty  shots,  and  I think  lie 
was  well  within  the  mark.  What  was  particularly  mystify- 
ing about  it  all  was  that  hunches  of  feathers  would  conic 
with  almost  every  shot.  Conditions  were  somewhat 
against  me  on  this  occasion,  as  the  wind  was  off,  and  be- 
ing late  in  the  season  the  birds  were  fat  and  strong  and 
well  feathered.  I have  always  had  an  idea  that  I was 
firing  damaged  powder.  I had  loaded  the  shells  myself, 
and  was  probably  imposed  on  by  the  party  who  sold  me 
the  powder.  But  clear  of  this,  there  are  occasional  days 
in  which  nearly  every  shot  seems  to  go  home.  I generally 
began  the  day  by  missing  a few  good  chances ; then  a few 
rapid  shots  discharged  without  proper  care,  and  unless 
one  has  the  good  fortune  to  make  a very  fine  shot  or 
two,  the  bag  for  that  day  is  assuredly  going  to  be  small. 
But  enough  about  off  days. 

I was  somewhat  amused  by  some  writers  asking  if 
ducks  commit  suicide.  I do  not  think  that  anyone  who 
owns  a good  retriever  dog  would  think  of  asking  such  a 
question.  I have  shot  hundreds  of  ducks  and  always  felt 
sure  of  my  bird  if  it  was  not  able  to  take  the  wing  again. 
I remember  on  one  occasion  stopping  thirteen  black  ducks 
at  one  double  discharge.  At  least  half  of  them  were 
wounded,  and  my  dog  retrieved  twelve  of  them  at  the 
time,  and -I  believe  got  the  other  one  later  on.  I have 
watched  their  actions  very  closely,  sometimes  following 
in  a boat;  I have  seen  them  go  under  water  and  make 
rapidly  for  the  nearest  cover,  creep  under  the  weeds  and 
gain  the  shrubbery,  and  generally  safety,  unless  I was 
in  possession  of  a good  retriever. 

A few  years  ago  I shot  a duck  in  a small  pond  which 
was  surrounded  by  marsh  and  low  bushes.  The  duck  went 
under  water  and  I watched  the  bare  edges  of  the  pond 
for  his  appearance,  but  he  managed  to  gain  the  cover 


without  being  noticed.  I had  a young  dog  with  me,  and 
this  was  to  be  his  first  lesson.  I let  him  loose  and  thought 
he  had  got  the  scent,  but  after  wriggling  around  in  the 
low  scrubbery  for  some  time,  he  made  off  across  the 
barren.  I felt  like  calling  him  in  and  cuffing  him.  I be- 
lieve I did  call  him  a fool.  However,  as  he  seemed  much, 
interested  in  his  work,  I let  him  go  on,  and,  much  to  my 
surprise,  he  located  the  wounded  bird.  After  that  I never- 
called  a dog  off  the  scent  too  hastily.  It  was  certainly- 
surprising  to  see  the  distance  that  duck  covered  in  less 
than  fifteen  minutes.  If  anyone  still  has  the  idea  that 
ducks  commit  suicide,  let  him  get  a good  duck  dog,  and! 
I think  I am  safe  in  saying  that  he  will  have  a good! 
account  of  all  his  missing  birds.  Robert  Jenkins. 


In  Massachusetts. 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

At  the  meeting  of  the  Massachusetts  Fish  and  Game 
Protective  Association,  with  delegates  from  sportsmen’s 
clubs  of  the  State,  December  29,  a resolution  drawn  by 
E.  Harold  Baynes  and  presented  by  I.  O.  Converse,  ask- 
ing President  Roosevelt  to  take  action  for  the  preserva- 
tion of  the  buffalo  of  the  United  States  was  unanimously 
adopted.  It  was  as  follows : 

“Resolved,  That  the  Massachusetts  Fish  and  Game 
Protective  Association  most  heartily  indorses  the 
movement  now  on  foot  to  save  the  buffalo  from  extinc- 
tion by  haying  the  United  States  Government  purchase 
and  maintain  on  suitable  ranges  in  different  parts  of  the 
country  a number  of  small  herds  of  pure  bred  animals, 
of  this  species  until  they  have  increased  to  such  an  extent! 
that  there  is  no  immediate  danger  of  their  passing.” 

Jhe  vote  by  which  the  above  was  adopted  represents  the; 
opinion  not  only  of  the  association,  but  of  the  delegates; 
present  frorn^  numerous  clubs  from  various  sections  of 
the  State.  The  entire  club  membership  represented  by 
these  delegates  is  several  thousand. 

Fortunately  we  now  have  a man  at  the  head  of  the 
Government  to  whom  a case  of  this  kind  will  appeal  very 
strongly,  and  no  one  can  doubt  the  President  will  do  all 
in  his  power  to  save  the  -small  remnant  of  the  Americans 
bison  from  extinction. 

. The  date  fixed  for  the  annual  dinner  of  the  State  Asso- 
ciation is  February  16,  and  invitations  have  been  ex- 
tended to  the  fish  and  game  commissioners  of  the  New 
England  States  and  to  the  various  public  officials  to 
whom  it  has  been  customary  to  extend  the  courtesy  of  an, 
invitation. 

Last  month  a new  protective  club  was  formed  callea 
“Ihe  Berkshire  County  Fish  and  Game  Protective  Asso- 
ciation,” composed  of  prominent  men  in  Adams,  Pittsfield. 
Williamstown,  Great  Barrington,  etc.  The  Secretary  is 
Mr.  J.  M.  Van  Huyck,  of  Great  Barrington.  Judge  San- 
born Tenney,  of  Williamstown,  is  one  of  the  active  men 
on  the  list  of  officers.  The  club  is  likely  to  exert  a com- 
manding influence  in  favor  of  game  interests.  As  your 
readers  know,  the  Berkshire  hills  and  mountains  abound 
in  game  of  many  kinds,  and  the  streams  are  noted  for 
good  trout  fishing. 

I have  just  received  a report  that  Thomas  Suttle  on 
Friday  killed  a lynx  that  weighed  90  pounds  near 
“Balance  Rock”  in  Lanesboro.  Mr.  Suttle’s  dog  barely 
escaped  with  his  life.  The  animal  had  been  having  a long 
Thanksgiving  feast  from  the  farmers’  chickens,  sheep  and! 
calves. 

The  cards  sent  out  by  the  association  urging  sportsmen 
tc  feed  the  quail  are  bringing  many  letters,  some  of  which 
speak  of  the  outlook  for  quail  next  year  as  very  gloomy. 
One  writer  says  he  knows  of  but  two  within  five  miles 
of  his  farm,  whereas  a year  ago  he  is  sure  there  were 
not  less  than  200  within  one  mile.  Others  write  more 
encouragingly  and  tell  of  several  coveys  being  provided 
with  food. 

'Ihe  call  for  testimony  from  sportsmen  on  the  question 
whether  or  not  foxes  destroy  many  quail  and  partridges 
has  brought  many  replies  which  vary  greatly  in  character. 
Many  more  letters  are  expected,  and  in  cue  time  vour 
correspondent  will  say  mere  about  them.  It  is  too  early 
to  make  a summing  up  of  the  testimony,  but  many  of  the 
letters  are  “mighty  interesting.” 

I regret  exceedingly  to  record  a very  sad  accident  which 
occurred  to-day  in  Concord,  Mass. ' By  the  premature 
discharge  of  a rifle  in  the  hands  of  Samuel  Hoar,  the  17- 
year-old  son  of  the  late  Samuel  Hoar,  and  the  grand- 
nephew of  the  late  Senator  Hoar,  Clarence  E.  Jones,  aged 
16  years,  was  fatally  shot.  When  the  accident  occurred, 
the  boys,  who  were  bosom  friends,  were  in  a canoe  on  the 
Concord  River,  near  the  Minute  Man  bridge.  They  had 
been  shooting  muskrats.  Young  Hoar  had  just  shot  one, 
and  while  reloading,  suddenly  the  gun  went  off,  and  Jones 
fell  forward  with  a groan.  Master  Hoar  paddled  with  all 
speed  for  the  nearest  boat  house,  and  summoned  a physi- 
cian, but  young  Jones  expired  before  his  arrival,  the  bail, 
from  a .32-40  rifle,  having  passed  through  the  lad’s  head’ 
Clarence  was  the  son  of  Mr.  Reginald  H.  Jones,  who  is 
a member  of  the  well-known  banking  firm  of  Blake 
Brothers,  Boston. 

Numerous  readers  throughout  the  north  and  east  will  he 
pleased  to  learn  more  about  the  quail  released  last  spring- 
in  our  State.  Should  I give  all  the  details  they  would 
fill  a page.  Fifteen  dozen  were  purchased  by  the  town 
of  Cohasset,  and  Mr.  Souther,  to  whom  they  were  sent, 
writes  that  the  experiment  was  a “complete  success.” 
Mr.  John  Foster,  of  South  Hanson,  called  at  the  office 
and  gave  an  account  of  the  six  pairs  which  he  bought. 
One  pair,  he  says,  hatched  out  eight,  another  nine,  an- 
other twelve.  The  broods  of  two  pairs  got  together  and 
he  counted  a covey  of  fifteen  as  the  result  of  the  com- 
bination. This  is  certainly  a wonderful  showing,  and,  by 
the  way,  Mr.  Foster  is  a man  well  known,  not  only  in 
Hanson,  but  in  all  the  neighboring  towns.  I have  already 


Jan.  14,  190$;. 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


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related  the  results  obtained  by  a sportsman  not  twenty 
miles  from  Worcester,  whose  modesty  prevents  my  men- 
tioning his  name  at  this  time.  This  gentleman  was  so 
well  pleased  with  the  success  of  his  planting  of  three 
dozen  last  spring  that  a week  ago  he  put  out  eighteen 
dozen.  He  called  at  the  office  yesterday  and  reported 
that  each  of  the  dozen  or  more  lots  he  liberated  is  com- 
ing regularly  to  the  feeding  boxes,  and  they  are  doing 
well,  with  the  exception  of  one  covey,  which  has  been 
discovered  by  the  foxes,  and  he  has  found  the  feathers  of 
dead  birds  and  other  evidence  sufficient  to  prove  con- 
clusively that  Reynard  is  the  guilty  party.  Now  he  is  in 
pursuit  of  information  about  trapping,  and  says  he  has 
offered  $1  as  a bounty  to  the  man  or  boy  who  will  brhlg 
in  a fox. 

Mr.  Hill,  of  Attleboro,  writes  that  some  short-sighted 
gunners  found  where  some  of  the  birds  he  freed  were  in 
the  fall  and  killed  quite  a number  of  them.  Mr.  Comer, 
of  Comer’s  Commercial  College,  writes  a long  account  of 
his  experiment  with  the  birds,  and  expresses  great  satis- 
faction with  the  result.  A few  of  those  who  have  re- 
ported say  they  lost  all  trace  of  the  birds  in  a few 
days  after  liberating  them.  Possibly  they  did  not  keep 
up  the  supply  of  food,  or,  if  so,  the  birds  may  have  been 
frightened  away  from  the  locality  by  foxes  or  other  ene- 
mies. Mr.  Louis  Morse,  of  North  Attleboro,  raised  quite 
a number  from  the  eggs  this  year,  and  while  he  has  met 
with  some  disappointments,  he  has  Some  of  the  birds  yet, 
and  is  convinced  that  the  rearing  of  quail  in  captivity  is 
far  from  being  an  impossibility.  The  State  Association 
is  on  the  point  of  sending  out  cards  for  posting,  calling 
the  attention  of  people  to  the  necessity  of  feeding  the 
birds.  It  is  of  the  greatest  importance  to  the  lovers  of 
quail  shooting  that  what  birds  we  now  have  be  sys- 
tematically fed,  and  that  the  work  of  restocking  be 
prosecuted  with  the  utmost  vigor.  CENTRAL, 

Boston. 


A Sleeping  Duck* 

While  we  have  been  much  interested  in  some  of  the 
discussions  that  have  recently  taken  plaCe  in  your  columns, 
'we  have  remained  silent,  as  we  had,  in  times  gone  by, 
our  fling  on  the  btaCk  fox  and  the  panther  scream  ques- 
tions ■;  tlloiigh  we  will  say  that  we  have  seen  more  than 
one  black  duck  asleep.  And  one  time,  when  we  saw  at 
least  a dozen  asleep,  we  Caught  a duck  in  such  a manner 
that  we  believe  no  one  Would  aCuse  us  of  being  a pot- 
hunter. though  the  duck  was  iiot  flying  at  the  time  that 
it  was  taken.  One  warm  October  afternoon  w_e  ap- 
proached the  batik  of  the  east  branch  of  the  Missisquoi 
River  and  saw  about  one  hundred  yards  above  us  a flock 
of  black  ducks  asleep ; they  were  in  an  eddy  of  Stillwater ; 
there  was  a bunch  of  cattails  near  us  hi  the  shallow  water. 
We  picked  up  among  the  driftwood  a small  piece  of 
board  and  a short  stick,  and  quietly  waded  out  among 
the  cattails  and  stuck  the  stick  down  into  the  water  with 
the  piece  of  board  on  its  top,  making  a tottlish  one-legged 
stool.  We  sat  down  on  it  with  care,  and  by  bending 
down  our  head  we  were  fairly  well  covered.  We  expected 
a boat  to  come  soon  down  the  river  which  would  wake 
up  the  ducks  and  cause  them  to  swim  down  by  us,  when 
we  would  rise  up  and  give  them  a “right  and  left” — after 
they  took  wing,  of  course.  The  day  was  warm  and  the 
boat  did  not  appear;  we  got  in  a slight  doze,  when — • 
splash!  We  have  a dim  recollection  of  seeing  the  fright- 
ened ducks  flying  away  as  we  emptied  the  water  out  of 
our  pockets,  and  tried  to  do  the  same  out  of  our  boots, 
which  gave  us,  if  anything,  a wetter  back.  We  were 
soon  over  at  Goose  Bay  and  in  the  canoe  paddling  for 
camp  and  a hot  fire.  Ugh ! It  is  a mystery  how  water 
can  be  so  cold  on  such  a warm  afternoon. 

Stanstead. 


The  Duck  Shooting  Practice. 

■Editor  Fw'esl  and  Stream: 

Your  editorial  on  the  duck  swatting  question  makes  me 
think  of.  a story  old  man  Bassford  tells. 

Receiving  a letter  from  Rev.  Father  Murphy  to  call  on 
him  in  connection  with  the  plans  for  the  building^  of  a 
new  church,  and  it  being  the  fall  of  the  year,  and  Father 
Murphy’s  parish  being  up  country  where  there  was  some 
fine  duck  shooting,  old  man  Bassford  took  his  gun  along. 
When  Saturday  night  came  around  and  the  plans  were  all 
agreed  upon  and  old  man  Bassford  bad  had  three  or  four 
uays  of  fine  duck  shooting,  they  spent  a sociable  Saturday 
night  together  at  the  parish  residence,  it  being  understood 
that  Mr.  Bassford  would  remain  over  Sunday  and  attend 
church  and  listen  to  Father  Murphy’s  sermon.  At  the 
conclusion  of  the  services,  and  before  the  congregation 
was  dismissed,  Father  Murphy  arose  and  delivered  him- 
self about  as  fellows : 

“I  would  like  to  say  to  this  congregation  that  we  are 
about  to  form  a timprance  society,  and  I would  desire  that 
all  interested  would  keep  their  sates  and  remain  after  the 
sarvices.  Now  I want  it  distinctly  understood  that  the 
forming  of  this  timprance  society  is  not  for  the  purpose 
of  making  war  on  the  saloon-keepers,  nor  is  it  intended  to 
prevent  those  wantin’  a drink  gettin’  it  when  they  want  it, 
but  it’s  for  the  good  of  iverybody.” 

Afterward  at  the  dinner  table  Bassford  remarked,  “That 
was  a queer  temperance  sermon  you  were  giving  us  this 
morning.”  To  this  Father  Murphy,  with  a twinkle  in  his 
eye,  replied:  “Wasn’t  that  an  illigant  shtraddle?” 

Charles  Cristadoro. 

[We  do  not  see  the  application  of  this.  We  did  not 
discuss  the  merits  of  the  duck  shooting  question,  nor 
attempt  to  consider  the  pros  and  cons.  We  simply  stated 
facts  as  to  the  prevailing  duck  shooting  practice.] 


California  Sale  and  Bag  Limit. 

San  Francisco,  Cal. — Much  interest  is  now  being 
.aken  in  this  State  on  the  question  of  prohibiting  the  sale 
of  game.  An  effort  in  this  direction  will  be^  made  at 
.be  coming  session  of  the  Legislature.  Should  it  be  suc- 
:essful,  we  will  be  sure  of  an  abundance  of  game  in  Cali- 
fornia for  a great  many  years.  There  is  also  a growing 
disposition  to  further  limit  the  individual  bag— a most 
.vise  thing  to  do.  Surely  two  dozen  birds  of  any  kind 
, r fiftv  trout  per  day  are  enough  for  any  man’s  rational 


The"  Texas  Duck  Law. 

An  Interesting  Correspondence* 

[COPY,] 

New  York,  Dec.  31,  1904.-— Mr.  T,  J.  Anderson,  General 
Passenger  Agent  Southern  Pacific  Railroad  Company, 
Houston , Texas:  My  Dear  Sir— -I  have  just  received, 
through  the  courtesy  of  Prof.  H.  P.  Attwater,  a copy  of 
the  resolutions  of  the  Business  Men’s  League,  of  Rock- 
port,  Texas,  the  letter  of  Mr.  Geo.  P.  Lupton,  G.  P.  A., 
S.  A,  & A.  P,  Ryt)  and  your  reply  to  the  latter. 

Personally  and  officially,  in  behalf  of  the  National  Asso- 
ciation of  Audubon  Societies,  I beg  to  convey  to  you  my 
thanks  for  your  admirable  and  able  letter.  Your  letter 
dearly  states  the  reasons  why  the  present  excellent  game 
law  of  Texas  should  not  be  repealed  or  altered,  and  it 
forcibly  points  out  the  inevitable  results  of  such  short- 
sighted action.  The  resolutions  of  the  Business  Men’s 
League  seem  to  be  conceived  in  selfishness,  as  they  de- 
mand for  a restricted  class  a privilege  that  will  entail 
loss  on  the  balance  of  the  citizens  of  Texas.  The  circular 
letter  of  Mr.  Lupton  is  not  in  line  with  the  policy  of  ad- 
vanced railroad  management,  as  it  suggests  a sure  method 
of  game  extermination,  thereby  removing  a great  attrac- 
tion from  Texas,  and  as  a result  a diminished  passenger 
traffic.  Unwise  laws  in  tile  past  have  permitted  the  un- 
limited slaughter  of  all  kinds  of  game,  principally  for 
markets  and  cold  storage,  and  as  a consequence  game 
birds  and  animals  have  been  largely  reduced  in  numbers. 
By  conservative  and  wise  legislation,  such  as  the  present 
law  of  Texas,  which  the  Business  Men’s  League  seeks  to 
modify,  game  will  increase  in  your  State,  and  will  thus  at- 
tract tourists  within  its  borders,  and  a twofold  benefit  will 
be  derived : first  from  the  money  distributed  by  the  travel- 
ing sportsmen,  and  secondly,  that  many  of  them  may  be 
so  impressed  by  scenery,  healthfulness,  and  general  pos- 
sibilities of  the  State  that  they  will  remain  permanently, 
and  thus  add  to  the  wealth  and  citizenship  of  the  Com- 
monwealth, 

The  National  Association  of  Audubon  Societies  stands 
first,  last,  and  all  the  time  for  the  preservation  of  game 
of  all  kinds,  and  also>  for  the  protection  of  the  birds  that 
cannot  be  considered  game,  but  are  the  means  provided 
by  nature  to  check  the  ravages  of  insect  life,  of  which  the 
boll  weevil  may  be  cited  as  a striking  example. 

Again  thanking  you  for  your  correct  and  advanced 
stand  in  the  interest,  not  only  of  your  corporation,  but  of 
your  State,  I am  most  sincerely  and  truly  yours, 

(Signed)  Wm.  Dutcher, 

. President  N.  A.  A.  Societies. 


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The  Galveston,  Harrisburg,  and  San  Antonio  Rail- 
way Company.— Houston,  Texas,  Dec.  27,  1904. — Mr. 
Geo.  F.  Lupton,  G.  P.  A.,  S.  A.  & A.  P.  Ry.,  San  An - 
tonio,  Texas:  Dear  Sir — I beg  to  acknowledge  receipt  of 
your  letter  of  the  19th  inst.  to  General  Passenger  Agents, 
file  14335,  giving  copy  of  resolutions  of  the  Business 
Men’s  League,  of  Rockport,  Texas,  in  reference  to  the 
game  law  of  Texas. 

I regret  that  I cannot  agree  with  you  in  indorsing  the 
resolutions  passed  by  the  Business  Men’s  League  of  Rock- 
port,  as  I feel  that  the  present  law  is  equitable  and  just. 
To  modify  this  law  in  accordance  with  these  resolutions, 
it  would  seem  to  me  a step  backward,  and  it  would  not 
be  long  before  we  would  have  to  call  on  the  State  Legisla- 
ture to  pass  another  law  prohibiting  the  slaughtering  of 
game  by  the  wholesale.  Any  bonafide  hunter  should  be 
satisfied  with  the  present  law,  which  enables  him  to  go 
out  and  slaughter  twenty-five  ducks  a day,  which  number 
should  last  an  ordinary  family  a week,  and  anyone  not 
satisfied  with  this  law,  it  would  seem  to  me,  are  going  out 
purely  for  the  purpose  of  slaughtering  game  and  shipping 
for  other  purposes  than  for  which  the  present  law  con- 
templates. We  advertise  Texas  now  as  a great  place  for 
sportsmen,  where  they  can  find  game  and  fish,  and  unless 
we  protect  this  game  in  some  way,  we  will  soon  have  to 
withdraw  our  advertising  matter  and  notify  sporting  men 
that  they  had  better  seek  a more  prolific  hunting  and 
fishing  ground.  Yours  very  truly, 

(Signed)  T.  J.  Anderson,  G.  P.  A. 


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San  Antonio,  Texas,  Dec.  21,  1904. — General  Passenger 
Agents,  Texas  Lines:  Gentlemen — Knowing  that  each 

general  passenger  agent  is  interested  in  tourist  and  ex- 
cursion business,  I beg  to  call  your  attention  to  the  Texas 
game  laws  as  they  now  exist,  which  prohibit  the  shipping 
of  game  out  of  the  State,  or  to  points  within  the  State, 
except  when  accompanied  by  the  party  who  killed  it,  and 
then  only  in  very  small  quantities. 

At  a meeting  of  the  Business  Men’s  League  of  Rock- 
port,  the  following  resolutions  were  adopted : 

“Whereas,  It  has  come  to  the  notice  of  the  Business 
Men’s  League  that  under  the  present  game  law  permitting 
the  killing  of  twenty-five  wild  ducks,  geese,  brant  or  other 
water  fowls  by  any  person  in  one  day,  that  many  have 
availed  themselves  of  this  right  and  have  killed  said  num- 
ber, or  limit,  day  after  day;  that,  owing  to  the  restriction 
of  the  law,  they  are  not  permitted  to  take  with  them,  nor 
ship  to  their  homes,  more  than  twenty-five  fowls  so  killed; 
that  in  consequence  many  thousands  of  these  fowls  so 
killed  are  allowed  to  go  to  waste,  as  no  disposition  can  he 
made  of  them.  This  being,  in  our  opinion,  a feature  of 
the  law  that  should  be  changed,  and  which  is  inconsistent, 
unreasonable,  and  unfair  to  our  citizens,  it  is,  upon  mo- 
tion, unanimously  resolved  by  the  Business  Men’s  League 
of  the  city  of  Rockport,  that  our  State  Senators  and 
Representatives  be  urgently  requested  to  take  such  steps 
as  may  seem  expedient  so  as  to  amend  the  present  game 
law  as  follows : 

“First — That  any  person  killing  twenty-five  or  less  wild 
ducks,  geese  or  brant,  shall  he  permitted,  upon  his  filing 
an  affidavit  that  he  has  hot  killed  nor  offered  for  shipment 
more  than  the  limit,  etc.,  as  prescribed  by  the  present  law, 
to  offer  same  for  shipment  to  his  home,  or  other  point 
within  the  State  of  Texas,  and  that  he  shall  be  relieved 
from  accompanying  said  shipment. 

“Second — That  any  person  who  shall  for  several  days 
prefer  to  hold  his  wildfowl  as  above  described,  and  who 
shah  make  affidavit  that  he  has  not  exceeded  the  limit  as 


prescribed  by  law,  and  that  he  has  not  purchased  any  of 
the  wildfowl  so  offered  for  shipment,  and  that  he  will  ac- 
company the  same,  shall  be  permitted  to.  take  same  to  bis 
home,  or  other  place  desired,  whether  within  the  State  of 
Texas  or  elsewhere,  as  he  may  desire,  and  all  . railway 
and  express  companies  are  authorized  to  receive  and 
transport  such  shipments  to  destination  as  directed,  when 
accompanied  with  the  affidavit  as  above  set  out.” 

We  heartily  indorse  the  action  of  the  Rockport  busi- 
ness men,  and  would  respectfully  request  that  you  interest 
yourselves  in  this  measure,  in  order  that  we  may  have  the 
law  so  amended  that  it  will  carry  out  the  ideas  as  sug- 
gested by  the  Rockport  Business  League. 

I would  be  very  glad  to  have  replies  sent  to  me,  and  if 
you  are  in  favor  of  the  measure,  kindly  intimate  if,  and 
we  will  have  the  bill  drafted  and  presented  through  you 
to  your  Representative,  so  that  it  may  be  passed  by  the 
next  session  of  our  Legislature. 

Please  advise  if  I may  use  your  name  in  sending  out, 
through  you,  a joint  circular  letter  to  the  different  Texas 
Representatives  embodying  the  above  ideas.  I would 
thank  you  to  give  this  matter  prompt  attention.  Yours 
truly,  (Signed)  Geo.  P.  Lupton. 

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Houston,  Texas,  Dec.  31, — Mr.  Geo.  F.  Lupton,  A.  G. 
P.  A.,  S.  A.  & A.  P.  Ry:  Dear  Sir — I beg  to  acknowl- 
edge receipt  of  your  letter  of  the  29th,  No.  14335.  Have 
read  your  circular  carefully,  noted  particularly  and  under- 
stand it  thoroughly. 

Referring  to  the  third  paragraph  of  your  letter,  I beg 
to  call  your  attention  to  the  point  wherein  you  state  that 
any  person  killing  the  legal  number  (twenty-five)  of 
ducks,  geese  or  brant  shall  be  allowed  to  ship  them  to 
his  home  or  other  point  within  the  State  of  Texas  without 
being  required  to  accompany  the  shipment.  This  is  the 
point  on  which  I beg  to  differ  with  you  and  those  who 
passed  the  resolutions  at  Rockport;  for  just  so  soon  as 
you  allow  a man  to  go  out  and  kill  twenty- five  ducks  a 
day  and  ship  them  to  his  home  or  any  other  point,  just  so 
soon  that  man  is  going  to  ship  ducks  for  other  purposes 
than  for  his  own  use  or  that  of  his  friends ; but  to  make 
the  matter  plainer,  he  will  go  out  and  slaughter  game  and 
ship  same  to  dealers  for 'profit.  This  is  what  I object  to, 
and  while  I cannot  expect  all  of  the  General  Passenger- 
Agents  to  agree  with  me  in  my  opinion  on  this  proposi- 
tion, yet  if  this  matter  is  passed  on  by  a majority  in  favor 
of  the  resolutions,  I shall  do  all  in  my  power  to  secure  all 
the  outside  influence  possible  to  defeat  the  modification 
of  this  law  one  jot  or  tittle.  T.  J.  Anderson,  G.  P.  A. 


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San  Antonio,  Texas,  Dec.  29,  1904 .—Mr.  T.  J.  Ander- 
son, G.  P.  A.  S.  P. : Dear  Sir — I am  sorry  that  you 
cannot  see  your  way  clear  to  agree  with  us.  I hardly 
think  that  you  have  carefully  read  the  proposed  amend- 
ment, else  you  would  see  that  we  had  not  advocated  any 
change  in  the  laws  whereby  it  would  enable  hunters  to 
slaughter  more  game. 

Briefly  told,  the  Rockport  people  propose  to  amend  the 
laws  so  that  any  person  killing  the  legal  number  (twenty- 
five)  of  ducks,  geese  or  brant  shall  be  allowed  to  ship 
them  to  his  home,  or  other  point  within  the  State  of 
Texas,  without  being  required  to  accompany  said  ship- 
ment; all  of  this,  of  course,  to  be  done  only  upon  the 
party  making  an  affidavit  that  he  has  not  killed  nor 
offered  for  shipment  any  more  than  the  limit — twenty- 
five. 

We  think  this  is  a very  good  amendment,  for  the  simple 
reason  that  a great  many  sportsmen  have  complained  that 
they  are  perfectly  satisfied  to  not  kill  over  twenty-five 
ducks  per  day,  but  they  would  like  to  have  the  privilege 
of  shipping  them  to  their  homes,  or  perhaps,  in  a few 
instances,  to  their  northern  friends,  so  that  the  northern 
sportsmen  can  be  induced  to  visit  our  section  of  the 
country  rather  than  northern  and  eastern  hunting  grounds. 

In  plainer  words,  we  do  not  favor  any  change  in  the 
law  except  as  indicated  in  the  resolutions.  You  might 
say  that  this  privilege  .would  be  abused  and  that  people 
would  ship  them  to  other  points  in  the  State  and  outside 
of  the  State  for  sale.  I do  not  agree  with  you  on  this 
point,  simply  because  if  a man  did  it  he  would  easily  be 
caught  and  severely  dealt  with  according  to  law,  and  it 
would  not  take  very  long  to  do  it.  We  do  not  believe 
that  any  gentleman  sportsman  would  abuse  the  privilege, 
and  if  the  “scalawags”  attempted  to  do  it,  they  would  soon 
receive  the  full  legal  penalty.  Every  thorough  sportsman 
would  see  that  the  guilty  party  would  be  punished.  I 
hope  you  can  see  your  way  clear  to  indorse  the  move- 
ment. Geo.  F.  Lupton. 

Extracts  from  the  new  Texas  game  law,  known  as  the  bird  law, 
July  1,  1903; 

Sec.  1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Texas: 
All  the  wild  deer,  wild  antelope,  wild  Rocky  Mountain  sheep,  wild 
turkeys,  wild  clucks,  wild  geese,  wild  grouse,  wild  prairie  chickens 
(pinnated  grouse),  wild  Mongolian  or  English  pheasant,  wild  quail 
or  partridges,  wild  doves,  wild  pigeons,  wild  plover,  wild  snipe, 
wild  jacksnipe,  and  wild  curlews,  and  all  other  wildfowl  found 
within  the  borders  of  this  State,  shall  be,  and  the  same  are,  here- 
by declared  to  be  the  property  of  the  public. 

Sec.  9.  * * * It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  at  any  time 
to  kill  or  destroy  more  than  twenty-five  of  the  birds  or  fowl 
mentioned  in  Section  1 of  this  act,  in  any  one  day.  * * * 

Sec.  10.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  express  company,  railroad 
company  or  other  common  carrier,  or  the  officers,  agents,  ser- 
vants, or  employes  of  the  same,  to  receive  for  the  purpose  of 
transportation,  or  to  transport,  carry,  or  take  beyond  the  limits 
of  this  State,  or  within  this  State,  except  as  hereinbefore  provided, 
any  wild  animal,  bird  or  water  fowl  mentioned  in  Section  1 of 
this  act.  * * * 

Sec.  11.  * * * Nothing  in  this  act  shall  be  construed  to  pro- 
hibit the  transportation  and  shipment  of  any  of  the  game  birds 
or  wild  fowls  mentioned  in  Action  1 of  this  act,  when  lawfully 
taken  or  killed,  from  the  place  of  shipment  to  the  home  of  the 
person  who  killed  the  same;  provided,  the.  person  who  killed  said 
game,  birds  or  fowls  shall  accompany  said  game  birds  or  fowls 
on  the  same  train,  or  common  carrier,  from  the  point  of  shippient 
to  said  point  of  destination. 

Mr.  Wm.  A.  Dutcher’s  Comments, 

One  very  important  reason  why  the  present  excellent 
wildfowl  law  in  Texas  should  not  be  repealed  or  altered 
in  any  way,  may  be  found  in  Bulletin  No.  113,  United 
States  Department  of  Agriculture,  “Irrigation  of  Rice  in 
the  United  States.’9  This  bulletin  is  devoted  largely  to 
the  rice  growing  industry  in  Louisiana  and  Texas,  in  both 
of  which  States  this  important  agricultural  interest  is  the 
source  of  much  profit  and  is  rapidly  expanding.  In  the 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


[Jan.  14,  1905. 


preface  (p.  5)  it  is  stated,  “There  has  been  a decline  in 
the  South  Atlantic  States  and  an  increase  in  the  Western 
Gulf  States.  Within  the  past  few  years  the  raising  of  rice 
in  Louisiana  and  Texas  has  developed  into  one  of  the 
leading  industries  of  that  region,  and  has  given  great 
value  to  lands  heretofore  used  only  for  grazing,  and  to 
water  which  had  been  allowed  to  waste  into  the  Griili  oi 
Mexico.  During  the  past  ten  years  the  United  States  have 
produced  less  than  half  the  rice  consumed  m this  country, 
the  average  importation  for  that  time  being  J72’73°>957 
pounds  per  annum,  having  a value  of  $3,185,968.  With 
the  present  large  importation  and  the  increasing  use  ot 
rice  as  a staple  food  rather  than  a luxury,  the  possibilities 
for  the  expansion  of  this  industry  are  unlimited.  One 
of  the  chief  obstacles  that  the  rice  producers  have  to  con- 
tend with,  and  a factor  that  materially  reduces  Ins  profits, 
is  the  voluntary  red  rice,  the  greatest  bane  of  the  rice 
grower.  This  is  described  on  page  71  of  the  bulletin  as  101- 
lows  : “In  harvesting,  more  or  less  seed  falls  to  the  ground, 
especially  at  places  where  sheaves  have  been  stacked  and 
along  the  driveway  from  the  fields  to  the  barnyards.  The 
seed  that  is  not  destroyed  by  sprouting,  and  burning  re- 
mains in  the  ground  and  grows  up  with  the  following 
season’s  planting.  This  voluntary  plant  produces  red  rice, 
so  called  because  of  the  pmk  cuticle  next  to  the  kernel. 
The  great  objection  to  red  rice  is  that  it  is  soft,  so  soit 
that  it  cannot  be  milled,  and  is,  therefore,  unmerchant- 
able. The  grain  scatters  out  readily,  and,  reseeding  the 
field,  produces  more  and  more  of  its  kind.  In  some  in- 
stances it  has  increased  so  rapidly  and  taken  so  firm  a 
hold  on  the  ground  that  it  has  been  necessary  to  leave 
whole  fields  idle  for  a year  or  more  in  order  to  free  the 
ground  from  this  noxious  plant.”  The  rice  growers  en 
deavored  by  every  known  method  to  prevent  the  loss  en- 
tailed bv  this  scourge  to  the  industry,. but  the  greatest  aid 
that  they  might  have  in  keeping,  red  rice  under  subjection 
has  never  received  proper  attention.  , 

Nature  provides  certain  classes  of  birds  that  eat  red 
rice  voraciously,  and  thus  remove  it  from  the  planters 
fields  and  prevent  it  from  doing  any  damage.  Among 
these  beneficial  birds  none  do  more  good  than  wild  ducks 
and  o-eese  “Practically  every  species  of  wild  duck  com- 
mon east  of  the  Rocky  Mountains  may  be  found  wintering 
along  the  north  and  west  Gulf  coasts  in  large  numbers. 
The  water  fowl  are  early  migrants,  and  are  not  found 
in  the  rice  fields  to  any  extent  during  the  planting  season, 
but  all  winter  long  they  feed  upon  the  rice  which  has  lam 
m the  fields  since  harvest  time.  In  this  way  they  are  un- 
doubtedly of  the  greatest  benefit  to  the  rice  grower,  but 
the  demand  for  them  for  the  table  is.  so  great  that  the 
boom  of  the  shotgun  is  heard  m the  rice  fields  all  night 
long  and  all  winter  long.  The  birds  early  become  too  shy 
to  feed  by  daylight,  and  are  shot  on  the  wing  during 
moonlight  and  starlight  nights.  Those  which  are  only 
crippled  and  fall  at  considerable  distances  from  .th<b 
ner  are  picked  up  by  the  turkey  buzzards  and  black  vul- 
tures which  industriously  and  thoroughly  work  the  fields 
during  the  early  forenoon.  Observant  rice  growers  who 
have  watched  the  wildfowl  and  measured  the  extent,  of 
their  depredations,  fully  agree  that  good  rice  farming, 
which  includes  intelligent  handling  of  the  crop  after  the 
reaper  has  left  the  field,  will  place  these  birds  wholly  in 
the  beneficial  list.  There  is  little  danger  to  rice  stacks, 
and  the  cleaner  the  fields  are  gleaned  of  the  fallen  gram 
after  harvest  the  better.  The  ducks  ^rf  th®  m0®t  effect^ 
of  the  feathered  gleaners  in  the  rice  field  after  the  harvest 

is  over 

“The  evidence  obtained  warrants  the  conclusion  that 
birds  remove  from  the  rice  fields  enormous  quantities  of 
rice  which,  if  left  to  sprout,  would  insure  the  spread  of 
red  rice  and  a certain  consequent  reduction  m the  value  ot 

the  annual  crop”  (pp.  56,  52)-  , , , . ■ 

To  summarize : The  important  question  before  the  citi- 
zens of  Texas  at  this  time  is,  shall  the  excellent  and  wise 
law  now  on  the  statute  books  of  the  Commonwealth  tor 
the  protection  of  wild  ducks  and.  geese  be  changed  or  re 
pealed  ? As  the  law  now  stands  it  permits  the  real  sports- 
man to  indulge  in  shooting  to  a proper  extent,  but  it  pre- 
vents market  shooting,  which  is  the  most  prolific  of  all 
methods  of  game  destruction.  The  authoritative  statement 
of  the  United  States  Department  of  Agriculture  shows 
that  wildfowl  are  a valuable  aid  to  an  already  great  agri- 
cultural industry  in  Texas,  and  one  that,  bids  tair  m the 
future  to  grow  much  larger.  Shall  this  important  indus- 
try be  crippled  in  its  infancy  in  order,  that  a few  pot- 
hunters may  shoot  for  market?  It  certainly  will  be  short- 
sighted and  uneconomic  to  change  the  present  law,  which 
is  distinctly  for  the  greatest  good  to  the  greatest  number 

of  citizens.  . . 

Let  the  present  law  remain  m force. 

William  Dutcher, 

President  National  Association  of  Audubon  Societies. 


Poisoning  Vermin* 

Office  of  the  Board  of  Game  Commissioners. — Har- 
risburg, Pa.— I write  you  to-day  on  the  matter  of 
preserving  our  game  and  our  birds  against  the  de- 
predations of  vermin  of  all  kinds,  foxes,  wildcats, 
weasels,  skunks,  mink,  etc.  I am  in  receipt  of  many 
communications  from  all  over  the  State  on  this  sub 
iect  and  all  agree  that  if  some  positive  measure  is  not 
adopted  in  the  near  future  for  the  extermination  of 
this  class  of  animals  of  prey,  together  with  the  great 
horned  owls,  the  barred  owl  and  two  or  three  species 
of  hawks,  some  of  our  most  highly-prized  game  birds, 
such  as  the  ruffed  grouse,  will  in  many  parts  of  the 
commonwealth  exist  only  in  memory.  There  is  no 
question  in  the  minds  of  those  who  have  given  this 
matter  any  thought  whatever  but  that  these  animals  are 
rapidly  depleting  our  cover  of  all  kinds  of  game,  and 
of  song  and  insectivorous  birds. 

It  seems  strange  to  me  and  slightly  ridiculous  to.  en- 
force laws  placing  a limit  on  certain  game  to  be  killed 
in  one  day,  to  forbid  its  killing  except  within  a speci- 
fied time,  and  its  exportation  out  of  the  State  by 
sportsmen  who  desire  to  pursue  these  things  for  pleas- 
ure or  recreation,  or  the  man  who  pursues  them  be- 
cause lie  needs  them  for  food,  and  then  deliberately 
refuse  or  neglect  to  protect  them  from  their  natural 
enemies,  to  whom  3.  closed  seitsop  or  Sunday  is  -un- 
known. 


I am  satisfied  that  individually  each  of  these  animals 
destroy  more  game  and  birds  than  any  hunter,  legal 
or  illegal,  who  ever  trod  the  woods.  If  these  vermin 
were  to  limit  their  killing  to  actual  necessity  it  would 
be  bad  enough,  but  many  of  them  go  far  beyond  that, 
ana  appear  to  kill  simply-  for  the  love  of  killing,  so  that, 
day  in  and  day  out,  year  after  year,  their  trail  is 
covered  with  blood. 

One  gentleman  who  has  made  a study  of  the  weasel 
for  many  years  and  who  has  actually  killed  over'  seventeen 
hundred  inside  of  ten  years  -says,  during  the  course  oi 
this  investigation  he  repeatedly  found  that  this  animal, 
from  the  food  standpoint,  almost  nightly  exceeded  his 
necessities.  On  one  occasion  he  found  eleven  rabbits 
that  had  been  killed  by  one  weasel  in  one  night.  He 
frequently  found  where  three  or  tour,  or  more,  had  been 
killed  by  one  animal  in  one  night,  and  cited  an  in- 
stance of  one  weasel  killing  thirty-two  chickens,  full- 
grown,  in  three  hours.  His  conclusion  that  the  weasel 
kills  simply  because  it  loves  to  kill  corroborates  many 
authorities  on  the  same  subject. 

Another  party,  writing  of  the  skunk,  says:  “Seven 

years  of  careful  study  satisfies  me  this  animal  (while 
at  certain  times  it  no  doubt  does  some  good)  during 
the  springtime  lives  almost  exclusively  upon  the  eggs 
and  young  of  birds  that  nest  upon  the  ground.  I have 
frequently  killed  skunks  gorged  with  eggs,  and  have 
found  many  nests  of  quail  despoiled  by  this  pest.  I 
know  the.  skunk  did  it,  for  I killed  the  beast  and  found 
the  eggs  in  its  stomach.”  This  is  not  an  isolated  case; 
many  authorities  point  in  the  same  direction.  The 
sportsmen  especially  despise  a skunk.” 

Dr.  Warren,  in  his  late  work  on  “Diseases  and  Ene- 
mies of  Poultry,”  defends  this  animal  and  says  the  above 
cited  ideas  are  erroneous  and  claims  they  do  much 
good,  especially  in  the  hop-growing  district.  He  cites 
Dr.  C.  M.  Merriam,  who  says:  “The  skunk  is  pre- 

eminently an  insect  eater;  he  destroys  many  more 
beetles,  grasshoppers  and  the  like  than  all  other  mam- 
mals together,  and  in  addition  to  these,  destroys  vast 
numbers  of  mice.”  Many  other  authorities  are  cited 
to  the  same  end,  but  I nowhere  see  the  claim  made  that 
they  do  not  destroy  the  eggs  and  young  of  ground-nesting 
birds,  and  see  no  reason  why  they  should  be  preserved 
on  the  wild  lands  of  the  State,  dozens  of  miles  from 
cultivated  lands,  where  it  appears  they  may  be  of  some 
benefit. 

This  fall  I saw  the  tracks  of  as  many  as  fifty  wild- 
cats. This  was  upon  but  a limited  territory,  say  ten 
miles  in  diameter,  and  led  me  to  believe  these  animals 
were  very  plentiful,  at  least  in  that  section,  and  the 
same  word  comes  to  me  from  many  directions.  I 
learned  of  the  killing  of  several  fawns  by  wildcats  dur- 
ing the  present  year. 

A few  days  ago  I saw  a letter  written  by  one  of  the 
forestry  wardens  of  the  State,  in  which  he  states  that 
a. “lynx”  (no  doubt  a wildcat)  jumped  upon  a deer  near 
his  camp  a few  days  prior  to  the  writing,  but  because 
of  size  and  strength  the  deer,  although  downed  twice, 
had  succeeded  in  escaping.  The  man  with  his  dog  im- 
mediately took  the  trail,  and  after  a four  hours’  chase, 
succeeded  in  shooting  the  cat,  which  weighed  almost 
forty  pounds.  When  these  fellows  can’t  get  venison 
they  must  have  something  else. 

The  work  of  Br’er  Fox  is  so  well-known  that  I need 
not  dwell  upon  his  specialty.  He  is  an  expert  in  all 
directions  of  game-bird  destroying. 

Personal  investigation,  as  well  as  information  that 
comes  in  other  ways,  convinces  me  that  something 
must  be  done  in  this  matter,  and  done  at  once,  if  we 
hope  to  preserve  our  game  and  our  live  birds..  Fully 
a year  and  a half  must  expire  before  help  from  new 
law  can  be  hoped  for,  even  if  it  comes  at  that  time. 
What  shall  be  done  in  the  meantime? 

I am  just  in  receipt  of  the  monthly  report  of  one  of 
the  protectors  connected  with  this  office,  Hugh  Maloy, 
of  Freeland,  Luzerne  county.  In  his  statement:  of  the 
condition  of  game  in  his  section,  he  says:  “There  was 
killed  on  our  protected  ground  not  less  than  ten  thous- 
and ruffed  grouse,  and  we  have  the  seed  left  for  a kill 
of  fully  twenty  thousand  next  year,  if  the  season  for 
hatching  is  all  right.  Our  birds  hatched  splendidly  this 
spring,  from  eight  to  fourteen  grouse  to  the  pair,  and 
from  ten  to  twenty-six  quail.  Owing  to  the  dry  month 
of  May  and  the  first  of  June,  the  wet  weather  follow- 
ing drowned  almost  all  the  young  birds;  very  few  of 
them  got  through.  Rabbits  were  plentiful,  and  we  ex- 
pect to  turn  out  at  least  five  to  the  acre  next  year.  I 
am  now  ready  to  start  out  with  two  thousand  sparrows.” 

That  the  above  may  be  fully  understood,  I would  say, 
by  “protected  ground”  Mr.  Maloy  means  territory  that 
has  been  systematically  poisoned  for  a nurnber  of  years 
past.  The  Game  Protective  Association  of  Freeland, 
of  which  Mr.  Maloy  is  a member,  secures  thousands  of 
English  sparrows,  either  by  killing  them,  or  by  buying 
them  from  the  boys  who  do  kill  them.  .The  breast  is 
cut  open  and  enough  strychnine  is  introduced  to 
thoroughly  poison  the  body.-  These  are  placed  on  the 
wild  lands  of  the  neighborhood,  with  the  result  before 
mentioned. 

I tried  the  same  process  this  last  spring  on  an  island 
in  the  Susquehanna  River,  in  which  I am- interested. 
My  bait  was  common  eel,  my  victims  rats  innumerable, 
some  seventeen  ’possums,  several  weasels,  gome  skunks 
and  some  crows.  Result — birds  hatching  in  perfect 

peace,  and  rabbits — well,  I won’t  attempt  to  say  how 
many.  I kicked  out  twenty-five  in  one  day  this  fall 
without  a dog.  We  have  several  coveys  of  quail 
wintering  there  now,  where  last  year  not  a bird  could 
be  found.  . , : 

We  have  a law  in  this  State,  just  and  proper,  that 
prohibits  the  placing  of  poison  for  the  purpose  of  in- 
tentionally killing  a domestic  animal  or  dog.  Still  there 
is  no  question  of  the  right  of  the  owner  bf  land  to 
place  or  permit  the  placing  of  poison  for  the  purpose 
of  killing  vermin  or  animals  destructive  to  the  interests 
of  the  people,  so  long  as  it  is  not  placed  for  the  pur- 
pose of  poisoning  domestic  animals  or  dogl,"  or  placed 
where  these  animals  are  likely  tq.get  said  poison,? for  I 
take  it  the  purpose  of  placing  the  poison  may  well  be 
judged  from  the  place  where  it  is  deposited  or  the 
vehicle  used  to  convey  it.  A dog  is  not  likely  jto  eat  a 
raw  sparrow,  even  if  he  should  come  across  it  in  the 


woods.  He  is  not  likely  to  eat  raw  fish  or  eel.  Few 
dogs  are  to  be  found  in  the  woods  at  this  time  of  the 
year ; and  before  summer  comes,  the  dead  bird,  the  piece 
of  fish  or  eel  will  be  either  eaten  by  vermin  or  decom- 
posed and  rendered  harmless.  If  this  is  done  the  fox, 
the  wildcat,  the  weasel  and  the  skunk  of  the  wild  lands, 
and  many  an  owl  will  be  called  down,  without  the  aid 
of  a bounty  law  or  the  expense  attached  to  it.  I have  : 
thought  this  matter  over  carefully,  taken  legal  advice 
on  it,  and  now  write  this  letter,  suggesting  the  use  of 
strychnine  as  the  only  means  6f  in  any  way  combatting 
the  rapid  and  threatening  increase  of  vermin.  I recom- 
mend the.  use  of  this  poison  in  this  way. 

Joseph  Kalbfus, 

Secretary  of  the  Game  Commission. 


Minnesota  Non-Residents. 

Nilwood,  111-,  Jan.  6. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream:  I 
see  by  issue  of  January  7 that  the  non-resident  will  have  a 
hard  time  getting  back  to  his  old  hunting  grounds  in  Min- 
nesota if  the  Legislature  up  there  takes  a notion  to  adopt 
the  recommendations  of  the  Fish  and  Game  Commission. 
According  to  your  clipping  from  the  Pioneer  Press,  they 
propose  to  shut  out  the  non-resident,  and  thus  avoid  a 
large  percentage  of  accidental  killings  and  the  selling  of 
deer  and  moose. 

Now  this  is  very  unjust  to  the  non-resident,  and  it 
seems  to  me  would  be  a very  poor  way  to  stop  either  the  i 
man  killing  or  the  selling  of  game.  The  law  should  be 
changed;  we  all  realize  the  fact,  and  look  to  a change 
that  will  be  better  for  all  concerned. 

I would  suggest  that  no  license  be  issued  to  any  person 
under  the  age  of  nineteen.  I make  this  suggestion  because 
I have  seen  a license  issued  to  a bdy  who  looked  to  be 
about  thirteen.  The  auditor  who  issued  this  license  at 
first  said  no,  but  the  boy’s  mother  insisted,  saying  the  boy 
was  going  out  when,  his  father  was,  and  that  he  would 
see  after  the  boy,  and  the  youngster  got  the  license.  Now,  ' 
that  boy’s  mother  and  father  had  about  as  much  idea  that 
he  would  kill  a deer  as  I have  that  I will  get  an  elephant 
in  this  country.  This  being  the  case,  why  did  they  pay 
the  dollar  for  his  chances?  For  the  reason  that  the  boy’s 
father  could  get  six  deer  and  bring  them  home,  claiming 
that  the  boy  got  three  of  them. 

I think  that  if  the  Commission  will  look  over  their  files 
and  take  account  of  the  age  of  applicants,  they  will  find 
they  have  turned  loose  a great  number  of  boys  who  do 
not  realize  what  a dangerous  thing  a high  power  rifle  is, 
thus  increasing  the  chances  for  man  killing,  as  well  as 
putting  it  in  the  power  of  some  men  to  take  twice  or  three 
times  the  number  of  deer  allowed  him,  and  be  perfectly 
safe  in  doing  it. 

So  far  as  the  non-resident  taking  his  game  home  to 
sell  is  concerned,  let  the  commissioners  of  the  several 
States  concerned  get  together  and  present  bills  to  their 
separate  Legislatures  and  prohibit  the  sale  of  game  in 
their  States,  whether  taken  in  the  State  of  the  hunter  or 
in  any  other  State. 

There  were  two  of  us  from  this  county  who  took  non- 
resident licenses  in  Minnesota  last  season,  and  we  brought 
out  three  deer.  I saw  a party  of  five  or  six  from  Ohio 
who  took  out  two  deer  and  three  moose  heads.  The  num- 
ber of  my  license  was  143,  issued  November  12.  Now 
suppose  every  non-resident  did  as  well  as  our  two  parties, 
the  loss  of  game  to  the  State  would  be  considerable ; but  I 
think  it  would  be  safe  to  say  that  non-resident  hunters  did 
not  average  one  deer  to  the  man.  But  there  need  be  no 
guesswork  about  it.  Mr.  Fullerton  can  give  figures,  if  i 
asked,  and  I have  no  doubt  he  will  do  so.  Suppose  again  1 
that  mine  was  the  last  non-resident  license  issued,  and 
each  of  us  took  out  two  deer  and  one  moose,  making  a 1 
total  of  143  moose  and  286  deer,  for  which  we  paid 
$3,575,  making  an  average  cost  of  $8.31  per  head  of  game 
taken  out;  add  to  this  the  cost  of  expressing,  and  you 
have  about  $10  cost  on  each  animal  taken  out,  exclusive  of  i 
transportation  to  and  from  the  hunting  grounds,  and  liv- 
ing expenses  while  hunting.  I think  figures  produced  will  i 
show  that  after  all  expenses  have  been  footed,  it  will 
be  found  that  no  non-resident  could  afford  to  go  to  Min- 
nesota to  hunt  game  to  sell  with  any  expectation  of  com-  : 
ing  out  a rich  man. 

Another  thing  that  is  particularly  necessary  when  pro-  \ 
tection  of  the  deer  and  moose  is  looked  to  is  to  have  game 
Wardens  who  will  look  up  illegal  killing.  I heard  a man 

say  this  fall  that  “the  man  who  hunted  for  Mr.  ’s 

logging  camp  helped  him  get  his  deer  out  of  the  woods.” 
Now  how  would  that  have  sounded  to  Mr.  Fullerton  if  he 
had  been  up  there  at  that  time  and  heard  the  conversa- 
tion? And  again,  what  could  he  have  done  if  he  had 
gone  out  there  and  found  fifteen  or  twenty  bull  moose 
and  twice  as  many  deer  hanging  in  that  camp’s  larder 
all  tagged  with  coupons  from  regularly  issued  licenses? 
Nothing.  Yet  the  law  has  been  violated.  Probably  every 
lumber  Jack  in  that  camp  has  taken  out  a license,  and  this 
one  hunter  killed  all  the  game. 

The  Game  and  Fish  Commission  should  study  up  a way 
-to  stop  this  kind  of  destruction.  I can  find  a man  who 
will  swear  that  one  logging  company  took  fourteen  moose 
—cows  as  well  as  bulls — into  their  camps  in  one  or  two 
days’  hauling  over  roads  they  had  swamped  for  the  ex- 
press purpose  of  getting  to  them.  Let  the  Commission 
“get  next”  this  business  and  stop  it,  and  they  will  do 
more  toward  preserving  game  than  by  shutting  out  the  | 
non-resident  hunters.  Give  us  a chance.  We  are  not  all 
game  hogs  nor  market-hunters.  J.  P.  B. 


A Sound  Forest  Policy* 

(President  Roosevelt’s  speech  to  the  Forestry  Congress  in  Wash- 
ington, D.  C.) 

“I  ask,  with  all  the  intensity  that  I am  capable,  that  the 
men  of  the  West  will  remmeber  the  sharp  distinction  I 
have  drawn  between  the  man  who  skins  the  land  and  the 
man  who  develops  the  country.  I am  going  to  work  with, 
and  only  with,  the  man  who  develops  the  country.  I am 
against  the  land  skinner  every  time.  Our  policy  is  con- 
sistent to  give  to  every  portion  of  the  public  domain  its 
highest  possible  amount  of  use,  and,  of  course,  that  can 
be  given  only  through  the  hearty  co-operation  of  the 
western  people.” 


Jan.  14,  1905.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


83 


Shooting  at  Pinehurst. 

It  has  recently  been  the  writer’s  pleasure  to  visit  that 
sportsmen’s  resort  in  North  Carolina  called  Pinehurst, 
and  during  this  visit  I saw  so  much  that  is  of  interest 
that  it  seems  to  me  to  be  very  fitting  that  I should  tell 
of  it  to  those  who  have  not  been  so  fortunate  as  to  pay  a 
visit  there.  1 ; 

When  we  see  a shooting  preserve  advertised  for  sports- 
men, we  generally  gather  the  impression  that  it  being 
open  to  anybody  and  everybody  who  becomes  a guest  of 
that  preserve,  the  game  supply  might  soon  become  ex- 
hausted ! but  upon  close  investigation  of  the  methods  used 
at  Pinehurst,  I am  quite  sure  that  there  will  be  more  than 
sufficient  game  to  entertain  the  better  class  of  sportsmen 
just  so  long  as  the  preserve  is  under  the  present  man- 
agement. 

This  preserve  has  thirty  thousand  acres,  and  when 
we  realize  the  vast  scope  of  country  that  thirty  thousand 
acres  comprise,  we  can  begin  to  realize  how  long  it  would 
take  a sportsman  to  cover  it.  Part  of  this  land  is  under 
careful  cultivation,  the  rest  of  it  in  beautiful  pine  forests, 
and  some  swamp  and  oak  barrens,  some  very  pleasant 
swales  and  wet  places  where  the  native  birds  can  hide  and 
drink,  and  on  this  vast  tract  of  land  there  are  over  a hun- 
dred pea  patches.  The  pea  patches  are  probably  fifty  feet 
square,  and  carefully  inclosed  in  wire  fencing,  with  the 
strands  just  far  enough  apart  at  the  bottom  to  permit  a 
quail  to  go  through ; and  are  planted  and  cultivated  solely 
for  the  purpose  of  supplying  plenty  food  at  all  times  for 
the  birds. 

To  be  sure,  there  are  a great  many  birds  killed  at  Pine- 
hurst every  year,  but  when  it  is  reckoned  that  the  number 
killed  during  each  season  is  offset  by  the  same  number  be- 
ing planted,  it  can  readily  be  understood  why  each  year 
should  bring  about  a greater  abundance.  Under  the 
present  management  there  will  be  good  shooting  at  Pine- 
hurst for  all  time  to  come. 

_ There  are  many  other  attractions  there  in  the  way  of 
diversified  amusements  that  are  attractive,  indeed,  to  men 
of  outdoor  life.  There  are  immense  golf  links,  tennis 
courts,  trapshooting,  many  pleasant  footpaths  for  the  man 
on  horseback,  pleasant  drives  for  those  who  care  to  drive, 
and,  as  a captain  of  industry,  Mr.  Leonard  Tufts,  the 
owner  of  Pinehurst,  I think  is  best  seen  in  his  labors  at 
this  attractive  place.  On  a hill  a quarter  of  a mile  back 
of  Holly  Inn,  Mr.  Tufts  has  had  built  the  most  complete 
dog  kennels  it  has  ever  been  my  pleasure  to  visit.  There 
are  running  yards  for  the  dogs  to  exercise  in,  and  most 
comfortable  stalls  to  rest  in  after  their  daily  labor  afield. 
It  was  my  pleasure  to  be  two  days  afield  with  Mr.  Grey, 
who  has  them  in  charge;  he  knows  just  how  to  care  for 
and  how  to  get  the  best  out  of  a dog.  The  kennels 
are  open  to  the  guests  at  Pinehurst  for  the  boarding  of 
their  dogs  prior  to,  during  and  after  their  visits. 

One  day  on  the  Pinehurst  preserve  when  Mr.  Tufts 
and  Mr.  Grey  and  myself  were  hunting  with  a Pinehurst 
dog  called  Rock  and  my  own  setter,  we  were  headed  to- 
ward a swale  when  Mr.  Grey  called  to  us  and  asked  if 
either  of  us  had  seen  Rock  lately,  to  which  both  of  us 
replied  in  the  negative.  He  then  said,  “That  dog  has 
found  birds.”  We  scattered  and  proceeded  toward  a swale 
just  over  a hill,  when  we  met  Rock  coming  toward  us, 
with  tail  down,  eyes  partly  closed,  and  looking  a little 
foolish  like  a no-good  kill-sheep  dog.  He  awaited  our 
approach,  and  then  deliberately  turned  and  went  straight 
away  toward  the  top  of  a slight  ravine  at  the  head  of 
a swale,  and  came  to  a dead  point.  We  unlimbered  our 
artillery  and  approached  him.  As  we  neared,  he  kept 
creeping  forward  and  turning  around  to  see  whether  we 
were  coming  or  not,  and  thus  continued  until  we  had 
nearly  reached  the  swamp  at  the  bottom  of  the  ravine, 
when  Mr.  Grey  stopped  us  and  said,  “Well,  what  do  you 
think?”  Of  course  I had  my  theory,  but  in  better  com- 
pany didn’t  care  to  express  it ; but  when  Mr.  Grey  made 
the  remark  that  that  dog  had  pointed  those  birds  at  the 
top  of  that  ravine,  and  we  hadn’t  gone  there,  and  the 
birds  had  flushed  and  gone  into  the  swamp,  that  the  dog 
came  back  and  let  us  know  just  where  they  had  been  by 
going  and  pointing  the  place,  and  then  had  led  us  carefully 
to  where  he  knew  those  birds  had  gone,  we  agreed  with 
him.  At  this  stage  of  the  game,  Mr.  Grey  commanded 
the  dog  to  get  away.  He  instantly  stopped  all  threats  of 
pointing  again  and  entered  that  swamp,  made  many  casts 
around  through  there,  we  following ; at  last  he  swung  well 
to  the  right  into  a thick  cover  and  came  to  a stand.  At 
about  this  time  my  dog  Peggie  was  going  out  of  the 
swamp  and  came  back  on  the  left  hand  side,  when  she,  too, 
came  to  a point.  In  that  little  patch  of  wilderness  lay  a 
big  covey  of  scattered  birds,  which  began  to  pop  out 
singly  and  in  doubles  until  the  place  seemed  alive  with 
them.  I am  aware  of  the  fact  that  many  other  sports- 
men have  seen  the  strong  instincts  of  a dog  thus  defined 
and  made  manifest  on  just  such  occasions,  but  I am  also 
aware  of  the  fact  that  there  are  a great  many  who  haven’t. 

T.  E.  Batten. 


The  Monologues  of  Kiah. 

Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  7. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 
Your  “Monologues  of  Kiah”  in  this  week’s  issue  of 
Forest  and  Stream  is  one  of  the  best  things  I have -read 
in  many  a day.  We  have  all  met  and  read  communica- 
tions from  Kiah  the  Sportsman.  If  all  readers  of  Forest 
and  Stream  would  paste  this  in  their  hat  it  would  benefit 
themselves,  for  it  would  make  them  a little  broader,  and 
not  quite  so  bigoted  as  to  their  ways  in  seeking  sport. 

We  should  all  remember  that  the  lover  of  the  gun  and 
rod  gets  his  enjoyment  in  a keen  way  to  himself,  even  if 
he  differs  just  a little  from  Kiah.  There  are  too  many 
ready  to  stand  up  and  call  some  fellow  writer  a “pot- 
hunter” when  he  is  no'  pot-hunter  at  all.  Another  assumes 
that  if  the  Shiras  bill  is  passed  that  all  the  sportsmen  who 
shoot  a sitting  duck  now  will  be  in  danger  of  the  game 
wardens,  as  it  will  then  be  an  offense  against  the  law. 
Wouldn’t  it  be  just  as  well  to  believe  that  every  one  of 
these  sportsmen  will  be  on  the  side  of  the  law  or  any  law 
passed  regulating  shooting  of  game.  There  seems  to  be 
too  much  shooting  at  random.  Dixmont. 

[There  is  no  ground  whatever  for  assuming  that  the 
Shiras  bill  will  concern  itself  with  the  shooting  of  sitting 
ducks.  The  measure  applies  only  to  seasons.] 


Cannon  Defense  Against  Hail. 

Washington,  D.  C. — United  States  Consul  Covert, 
Lyons,  France,  writes:  “Mr.  Joseph  Chatillon,  president 

of  two  agricultural  societies  in  this  region  and  of  the  Hail 
Cannon  Society,  of  Limas,  has  recently  prepared  for  pub- 
lication a report  on  the  use  of  the  cannon  during  the  last 
year.  I have  been  favored  with  a perusal  of  the  advance 
sheets,  from  which  I condense  and  translate  the  most  im- 
portant points. 

“The  report  deals  with  the  experience  of  twenty-eight 
cannon-firing  societies,  which  used  462  cannon  in  a num- 
~-ber  of  storms.  After  each  storm  a report  was  sent  to  the 


A NEW  ZEALAND  RED  DEER. 

See  page  34. 

president  of  the  agricultural  society  of  the  district.  It  was 
printed  and  then  distributed  for  correction  to  all  the 
farmers  in  the  district  visited  by  the  storm.  The  report 
contains  two  tables,  giving  a detailed  statement  of  the 
damages  occasioned  by  hailstorms  during  a period  before 
the  cannon  were  used  and  after.  During  fifteen  years  be- 
fore any  cannon  were  used  the  losse-s  from  hail  amounted 
to  13,328,003  francs  ($2,572,316).  These  figures  were  ob- 
tained from  the  public  offices  in  which  accounts  were  kept, 
as  the  poorer  grape  growers  were  indemnified  from  a 
public  fund  for  losses  incurred  by  storms.  The  author 
of  the  report  states  that  the  entire  losses  of  the  wine 
growers  were  not  compensated,  and  he  thinks  that  the 
total  damages  amounted  to  not  less  than  16,000,000  francs 
($3,088,000).  During  the  five  years  in  which  the  cannon 
have  been  in  use  the  losses  from  hail  in  the  same  depart- 


ANTLERS  GROWN  IN  NEW  ZEALAND. 

See  page  34. 

ment  have  aggregated  $159,412.  During  the  year  1904 
these  same  sixteen  communes  sustained  no  losses  what- 
ever, a fact  which  is  attributed  entirely  to  the  use  of  the 
cannon.  The  writer  of  the  report  says  : 

“‘We  base  our  confidence  in  the  efficacy  of  the  firing 
on  the  fact  that  the  thunder  and  lightning  ceased,  the 
wind  abated,  and  the  clouds  disappeared  under  the  firing 
of  the  cannon,  and  a mild  fall  of  rain  and  soft  snow  suc- 
ceeded. These -facts  are  undeniable.’ 

“The  report  reviews  the  results  of  the  firing  in  twenty- 
eight  storms  during  the  months  of  April,  May,  June,  July, 
and  September.  The  results  are  generally  the  same — ces- 


sation of  the  thunder  and  lightning,  dispersion  of  the 
clouds,  and  a slight  fall  of  rain  and  snow.  Where  no 
cannon  were  used,  the  hail  fell  and  caused  serious  dam- 
ages. ‘The  communes  not  defended  by  cannon  suffered 
enormously.’  In  speaking  of  one  storm,  the  report  says: 

“ ‘This  storm  was  literally  arrested  at  the  east  on  the 
boundaries  of  the  firing.  In  the  northwest  and  a little  dis- 
tance from  the  cannon  a hurricane  swept  over  the  country 
with  violence,  everywhere  causing  great  damage.’ 

“The  report  contains  several  pages  on  the  storm  of 
July  22,  1904,  which  caused  great  damage  in  some  parts  of 
the  country  not  protected  by  the  cannon.  The  description 
sounds  like  an  account  of  a battle.  I translate  a few  lines : 

“ ‘This  storm  broke  out  at  about  4 o’clock  in  the  after- 
noon over  our  field  of  cannon,  and  lasted  about  two 
hours.  Suddenly,  after  having  attacked  our  defenses  at 
Bully  and  at  St.  Germain-sur-l’Arbresle,  it  changed  its 
course  to'  the  east.  Then  at  Lozanne  it  deflected  to  the 
northeast,  continuing  to  cover  its  passage  with  ruin  and 
disaster.’ 

“This  hurricane  caused  incalculable  damage  in  twenty- 
nine  communes.  Two  communes,  Lozanne  and  Belmont, 
were  entirely  desolated,  ‘but  they  had  but  a few  cannon, 
one  six  and  the  other  eight.  They  are  separated  by  a great 
distance  from  the  country  that  is  provided  with  cannon.’ 
The  mayor  of  Lozanne,  who  is  the  president  of  the  society 
for  defense  against  the  hail,  wrote  that  his  neighbors 
found  themselves  upon  the  edge  of  the  communes  where 
there  was  no  defense  against  the  hail,  and  were  unable 
to  resist  a storm  of  such  violence.  He  says : ‘During 

the  first  few  minutes  of  the  storm  the  firing  was  followed 
by  the  falling  of  a few  soft  hailstones,  and  everybody 
noticed,  even  in  that  general  storm,  that  the  thunder  and 
lightning  diminished  as  the  firing  continued,  and  that  the 
diminution  was  caused  by  the  cannon.’  In  several  places 
all  traces  of  vegetation  disappeared,  and  the  consternation 
was  great  in  the  wine-growing  communes.  The  mayor  of 
Belmont  reports  that  the  firing  was  powerless  in  his  com- 
mune on  account  of  the  small  number  of  cannon. 

“The  report  mentions  several  localities  where  the  firing 
was  very  actiVe,  and  it  says  the  hail  was  checked  when 
the  firing  commenced.  In  the  country  known  as  Arbresle 
there  were,  from  all  accounts,  but  few  cannon  in  use,  and 
the  destruction  from  hail  was  widespread  and  disastrous. 
The  great  Beaujolais  wine-growing  district  fairly  bristled 
with  cannon,  and  while  there  were  many  storms,  the  losses 
from  hail  and  wind  and  rain  were  infinitesimal. 

“The  officer  at  the  bureau  of  agriculture  in  this  city 
informs  me  that  he  sold  the  powder  to  hail-firing  socie- 
ties, and  that  where  they  bought  but  little  powder  the 
damages  from  the  storms  were  very  great.  He  informed 
me  that  the  National  Government  provided  powder  for 
the  wine  growers  at  cost.  The  secretary  says  that  he  does 
not  think  it  yet  fully  established  that  the  cannon  firing 
protects  the  vineyards  against  the  hail,  but  the  farmers 
have  unbounded  faith  in  it,  and  this  winter  they  will  or- 
ganize to  carry  on  a more  general  campaign  in  the  com- 
ing season. 

“In  the  great  Beaujolais  wine  district,  where,  as  has 
been  stated,  the  country  ‘fairly  bristled  with  cannon,’  the 
farmers  say  that  they  found  it  necessary  to  fire  only  on 
the  boundaries  of  the  large  vineyards,  and  that,  as  a rule, 
but  very  little  firing  occurred  in  the  center  of  the  field.  I 
have  met  a dozen  or  more  large  wine  growers  who  assert 
emphatically  that  they  have  not  the  remotest  doubt  of  the 
efficacy  of  the  cannon  to  destroy  the  hail  in  the  clouds  and 
to  turn  it  into  a mild  rain. 

“The  use  of  cannon  against  the  hail  will  undoubtedly 
continue  in  France  until  some  authority  appointed  by  the 
Government  shall  assume  control  of  the  experiments  and 
demonstrate  its  impotency,  if  such  a thing  be  possible. 
The  farmers  of  Arbresle,  where  but  few  can-non  were 
used,  are  preparing  to  wage  a more  effective  campaign 
against  the  hail  next  year.  Their  president  and  the  other 
officers  of  their  societies  are  of  the  opinion  that  the  sole 
cause  of  their  losses  this  year  was  the  failure  to  use  a 
sufficient  number  of  cannon.”  John  C.  Covert, 

Consul. 


Catalogue  Fire-Arms  Collection* 

Under  the  title  above,  the  United  States  Cartridge 
Company  have  issued  a work  containing  140  pages 
descriptive  of  713  different  kinds  of  firearms,  ancient  and 
modern.  The  evolution  of  firearms  from  the  wheel  lock 
and  crossbow  to  the  modern  rapid-fire  rifle  and  pistol,  is 
comprehensively  shown.  Forty-four  plates  of  illustrations 
present  to  the  reader  an  accurate  photographic  portrayal 
of  the  several  types,  military,  sporting,  and  foreign  and 
domestic.  Each  arm  in  the  illustration  bears  a number 
which  corresponds  to  a number  in  the  descriptive  text, 
therefore  cross  reference'  is  conveniently  simple.  As 
showing  the  variety  of  the  collection,  some  titles  of  the 
plates  and  descriptive  matter  are  presented  as  follows: 
Arbalists  or  crossbow  guns,  ancient  match-locks,  Japanese 
match-locks,  blunderbusses,  etc. ; ancient  flint-lock.  guns, 
flint-lock  blunderbusses,  flint-lock  muskets  used  in  the 
Revolutionary  War;  guns  made  by  the  United  States 
Government  from  the  flint-lock,  smoothbore  musket  of 
1799  to  the  percussion,  rifled  musket  of  i860;  United  States 
rifled  and  smoothbore  muskets  used  in  the  Civil  War;  Con- 
federate guns  used  in  the  Civil  War;  foreign-made  guns 
used  in  the  Civil  War;  United  States  breech  and  muzzle- 
loading guns  used  in  the  Civil  War;  carbines  used  in  the 
Civil  War;  breechloading  and  repeating  rifles ; magazine 
and  revolving  rifles;  telescope  and  sporting  rifles;  Indian 
rifles,  some  (Sioux  and  Cheyenne)  captured.  soon  after 
the  Custer  massacre;  Mauser  rifles;  United  States 
musketoons ; whaling  guns ; flint-lock  fowling  pieces, 
single  and  double-barrel;  Sitting  Bull’s,  John  Brown’s, 
and  other  rifles;  foreign  flint-lock  guns;  modern  United 
States  guns.  The  pistols  are  also  in  great  variety — match- 
lock, wheel-lock,  snap-haunce  lock  and  flint-lock;  revolv- 
ing pistols  (pepper-box),  single,  double,  three,  and  four 
barrels;  knife  and  brass-barreled  pistols;  pinfire  revolvers, 
magazine  pistols,  odd  pieces,  primer-lock  pistols,  army 
and  navy  revolvers,  and  pistols  1813  to  1865. 

A collection  of  rare  cannon  is  also  illustrated. 

There  is  minute  information  concerning  marks  on 
United  States  arms,  and  a history  of  Springfield  and 
Harper’s  Ferry  armories. 

This  valuable  work  was  compiled  by  Dr.  Edward  N. 
Bates,  19  Tremont  Row,  Boston,  Mass.,  a»4  the  price  of 
it  is.  $x, 


A Sportsman's  Paradise. 

Ihe  Universal  Exposition  at  St.  Louis  has  brought 
once,  moreto  the  favorable  attention  of  the  world  a coun- 
try in  which  fish  and  game  have  been  introduced  with 
unequalled  results.  Four  decades  ago  New  Zealand  was 
almost  destitute  of  fresh-water  fish,  its  native  species 
consisting  of  a few  eels  and  some  small  fishes  suitable 
only  for  bait. 

Nature  had  lavished  upon  that  magnificent  group  of 
islands  a delightful  climate,  a succession  of  high  and 
rugged  mountain  ranges  inclosing  smiling  and  fertile 
valleys,  glaciers,  geysers,  boiling  springs,  grottoes,  and 
stupendous  waterfalls,  fiords  as  wild  as  any  in  Scan- 
dinavia, innumerable  mountain  lakes  reflecting  many 
colors;  streams  of  clear,  cold  water  perfectly  adapted  for 
trout;  but  in  the  distribution  of  the  salmon  family,  New 
Zealand  was  entirely  overlooked  until  man  undertook  to 
supply  the  deficiency. 

Ihe  acclimatization  of  trout  in  New  Zealand  began 
about  the  time  of  the  beginning  of  public  fishculture  in 
New  England,  but  for  nearly  a quarter  of  a century  the 
results  were  too  meager  to  allow  open  fishing.  At  the 
present  time  there  is  no  other  country  in  the  world  that 
can  show  such  gratifying  success  with  the  brown  trout  of 
Europe  and  the  rainbow  trout  of  California.  During  the 
fishing  season  beginning  October  i,  1903,  and  ending 
April  15,  1904,  the  recorded  catch  of  rainbow  trout  from  a 
single  lake  aggregated  nearly  14  tons.  Twenty-seven  rain- 
bows weighing  166  pounds  were  taken  by  two  anglers  in 
one  day,  and  another  angler  in  two  days  caught  44  trout 
weighing  275  pounds.  Many  additional  trout  were  cap- 
tured by  anglers  and  by  the  Maoris,  and  are  not  included 
in  the  above  aggregate. 

The  brown  trout  in  New  Zealand  grows  to  giant  pro- 
portions. A mounted  specimen  in  the  display  at  the 
World’s  Fair  represents  an  individual  of  2§j4  pounds. 
Trout  of  20  pounds  are  exceedingly  common.  The  supply 
of  food  and  the  qualities  of  the  water  are  eminently  favor- 
able to  trout  life.  Unpolluted  springs  and  streams  furnish 
admirable  spawning  places,  and  a wise  system  of  protec- 
tion insures  the  steady  increase  of  the  fish. 

Natural  food  is  abundant  as  a matter  of  course. 
Aquatic  insects  and  their  larvae,  grasshoppers,  small  fish 
of  several  kinds,  among  them  a so-called  smelt  which 
has  a taste  like  a cucumber  and  rises  freely  to  the  artifi- 
cial fly,  and  a little  goby  known  as  the  “bully,”  or 
“miller’s  thumb.”  The  larva  of  the  alder  fly,  called 
“creeper”  or  “toe-biter,”  is  a common  and  effective  bait, 


BROWN  TROUT — BATORNA  LAKE,  N.  %, 


occurring  chiefly  under  stones  at  the  margins  of  streams 
in  the  beginning  of  the  angling  season. 

Anglers  use  also  the  artificial  minnow  and  various  flies 
with  marked  success  ; but  trolling  with  live  bait  often  yields 
the  best  results.  On  Lake  Roturua,  trolling  from  steam 
launches  is  the  favorite  method  of  capture.  Rainbow 
trout  appear  to  take  the  fly  as  well  in  cloudy  weather  as 
in  sunshine. 

The  rainbow  and  brown  trout  are  not  the  only  immi- 
grants in  New  Zealand  waters ; the  brook  trout  of  the 
United  States  has  been  successfully  acclimatized  in  rivers 
of  the  Otago  and  Southland  Provinces,  and  in  a South 
Island  lake — Rotoiti- — a Canadian  whitefish  is  now  found. 
Persistent  attempts  to  introduce  the  Atlantic  salmon  ap- 
pear to  be  unsuccessful  thus  far;  but  systematic  and 
scientific  investigation  of  the  waters  may  yet  show  the 
presence  of  that  king  of  fish  as  the  supreme  reward  of 
patient  effort.  It  seems  almost  beyond  question  that  the 
landlocked  salmon  of  America  or  Continental  Europe 
can  be  acclimatized  in  some  of  the  deep  lakes,  as  the  trans- 
portation of  the  eggs  involves  no  greater  difficulty  than 
with  eggs  of  the  brook  trout. 

The  work  of  fishculture  is  done  by  the  various  accli- 
matization societies  whose  hatcheries  are  numerous  and 
effective.  Millions  of  fry  are  distributed  annually,  and 
the  conditions  essential  to  success  are  pretty  thoroughly 
understood..  The  societies  deserve  the  highest  praise  for 
their  intelligence  and  patriotism;  and  in  a few  years, 
it  is  safe  to  say.  New  Zealand  will  rank  with  the  greatest 
trout  and  salmon  fishing  countries  of  the  world. 

As  New  Zealand  has  4,000  miles  of  seacoast,  and  lies 
entirely  within  limits  abounding  in  marine  fish  life,  it 
furnishes  endless  attractions  for  the  salt-water  angler. 
Sea  perch  of  various  kinds,  snappers,  groupers,  mullets, 
rock  cod,  flounders,  gurnets,  kingfish,  and  many  others, 
exist  in  vast  numbers.  One  of  the  perches,  sometimes 
called  “New  Zealand  salmon,”  just  as  our  own  pike  perch 
is  styled  “Jack  salmon.”  is  a game  fish  of  the  best  rank, 
taking  live  bait  and  artificial  minnows  freely,  and  giving 
all  the  fight  that  any  strenuous  fisherman  could  desire. 
The  Maoris  formerly  lured  it  with  unbaited  hooks  of 
wood  or  bone  inlaid  with  abalone  shell.  The  kingfish  is 
another  game  species,  often  exceeding  four  feet  in  length, 
and  weighing  as  much  as  thirty  pounds.  For  those  who 
enjoy  the  sport,  flounder  spearing  can  be  practiced  in  shal- 
low bays  ad  libitum,  and  the  shark  fishermen  can  be 
assured  of  all  the  excitement  they  require. 

The  red  deer  and  fallow  deer  were  introduced  long  ago 
from  England,  and  both  of  them  have  multiplied,  and  even 
now  show  some  striking  variations  from  the  parent  stock. 
This  is  well  illustrated  by  the  splendid  series  of  heads 
decorating  the  space  occupied  by  New  Zealand  at  the 
Exposition.  Commissioner-General  Donne  states  that  a 
single  private  ranch  in  that  country  has  fully  5,000  red 
deer.  Wapiti,  Ceylon  elk,  moose,  and  Virginia  deer  are 
now  being  introduced,  and  are  protected,  in  order  to  in- 
sure their  permanence.  Hares  and  rabbits  are  almost 
everywhere  in  abundance;  the  rabbits,  in  fact,  were  a 
pest,  but  the  utilization  of  their  carcasses  by  means  of 
cold  storage  transportation  to  England  has  abated  the 
nuisance,  and  incidentally  fostered  a new  industry.  Be- 
sides all  the  above  mentioned  game,  there  are  wild  cattle, 
wild  goats,  and  wild  pigs,  so  that  the  most  exacting  taste 
in  outdoor  sports  may  be  fully  gratified. 

Native  game  birds  include  ducks,  curlew,  snipe,  plover, 
swan,  wood  pigeon,  swamp  hen,  and  quail.  Pheasants  and 
California  quail  have  been  introduced.  Both  the  native 
and  the  California  quail  are  abundant. 

New  Zealand  is  a good  country  to  visit  and  to  dwell 
in.  Its  opportunities  for  hunting  and  fishing  are  unsur- 
passed; its  protective  legislation  is  wise  and  effective; 
transportation  is  cheap  and  easy;  the  cost  of  living  is 
very  moderate;  the  climate  is  equable,  and  the  natural 
beauty  and  grandeur  of  the  country  are  perennial  sources 
of  wonder  and  admiration.  Tarleton  H.  Bean. 

World’s  Fair,  St.  Louis,  Nov.  22. 


Fish  and  Fishing. 


The  Northern  Limit  of  the  Striped  Bass. 

The  recent  notes  on  the  striped  bass  have  brought  me 
a number  of  letters  on  the  subject,  including  one  from  a 
well-known  sportsman-naturalist,  who  is  engaged  in  the 
preparation  of  a monograph  on  the  fish.  This  gentleman 
raises  a question  which  has  never  been  satisfactorily 
settled,  namely  that  of  the  northern  limit  of  the  habitat  of 
Roccus  lineatus.  The  recognized  authorities  on  the 
habits  and  habitats  of  North  American  fish — Evermann, 
Kendall,  Jordan,  Goode  and  Perley — give-  the  St.  Law- 
rence as  the  limit  in  question,  and  the  existence  of  the 
striped  bass  in  both  the  gulf  and  river  of  that  name  is 
perfectly  well  known.  Some  of  the  books  give  Quebec  as 
the  highest  point  in  the  St.  Lawrence  to  which  these  fish 
ascend,  but  this  is  an  error.  Mr.  Montpetit  rightfully 
describes  them  as  plentiful  under  the  ice  in  Lake  St. 
Peter  in  winter,  and  shows  that  they  have  been  taken  as 
high  up  the  stream  as  Sorel.  There  is  even  a record  of 
a supposed  striped  bass  having  been  taken  only  a short 
distance  below  the  Falls  of  Niagara,  though  there  is  a 
reasonable  doubt  of  its  correctness.  Specimens  have  cer- 
tainly been  taken,  however,  only  a short  distance  from 
Montreal.  What  my  correspondent  is  anxious  to  know 
definitely  is  whether  the  fish  in  question  has  been  found 
in  more  northerly  American  latitudes  than  the  waters  of 
the  St.  Lawrence.  From  personal  experience  I am  un- 
able to  assist  him.  Neither  in  the  waters  of  Newfound- 
land. nor  yet  in  the  rivers  flowing  through  Labrador  into 
the  Gulf  of  St.  Lawrence  have  I caught  the  striped  bass  or 
heard  of  it  being  so  caught.  But  this  may  be  owing  to  the 
fact  that  I never  tried  to  do  so.  In  those  waters  one  has 


enough  of  sport  with  salmon  and  sea  trout.  Nor  do  I 
find  any  reference  to  striped  bass  in  the  reports  and  other 
literature  of  the  fishery  department  of  the  Newfoundland 
Government.  This,  again,  may  be,  however,  because  the 
department  devotes  pretty  much  its  whole  attention  to  the 
more  important  commercial  fishes  of  the  ancient  colony, 
such  as  the  cod,  the  herring,  the  salmon  and  the  lobster. 
Various  British  authorities  describe  Roccus  labrax,  a very 
close  relative  of  the  striped  bass,  as  a frequenter  of  the 
Norwegian  coast,  and  Dr.  Goode  asserts  that  it  is  found 
as  far  north  as  Tromsoe,  which  is  in  higher  latitude  than 
Northern  Iceland,  and  still  further  north  than  either 
Ungava  Bay  or  Hudson  Bay  or  Straits.  It  would  there- 
fore be  very  strange,  indeed,  if  labrax,  which  runs  as  far 
south  as  lineatus,  ascends  to  nearly  70  degrees  north  lati- 
tude on  the  European  coasts  and  the  latter  mentioned  to. 
only  about  50  on  our  own  coasts.  It  must  be  remembered, 
too,  that,  outside  of  Sir  John  Richardson’s  researches,  very 
little  systematic  scientific  study  of  North  American  fish 
life  has  ever  been  attempted  further  north  than  the  Gulf 
of  St.  Lawrence,  excepting  in  certain  inland  waters.  So 
that  it  is  by  no  means  impossible  that  the  striped  bass  has 
a much  more  northerly  habitat  on  the  Atlantic  Coast  of 
America  than  has  hitherto  been  supposed.  I am  address- 
ing inquiries  on  the  subject  to  officials  of  the  Hudson  Bay 
Company,  of  the  Geological  Survey  of  Canada,  and  others, 
in  the  hope  that  some  of  them  may  be  able  to  speak  about 
it  from  personal  experience.  In  the  meantime,  I should 
be  delighted  to  hear  from  any  of  the  anglers  who  have 
fished  in  the  rivers  of  Hamilton  Inlet  and  of  other  por- 
tions of  northern  Labrador,  and  who  may  have  seen  or 
heard  of  Roccus  lineatus  in  any  of  those  waters. 

Unlike  the  salmon,  which,  as  a rule,  spends  its  summer 
in  fresh  water  and  returns  to  the  sea  upon  the  approach 
of  winter,  the  striped  bass  ascend  the  St.  Lawrence  early 
in  August  and  run  down  to  the  sea  in  the  spring.  While 
descending,  they  are  taken  in  nets,  but  rarely  with  bait. 
They  greedily  take  the  young  of  the  herring,  which  is 
canned  in  the  Lower  St.  Lawrence  as  a sardine,  and  also 
the  smelt  and  the  tomcod,  in  August,  September,  and 
October,  but  cease  biting  after  the  first  frost. 

I have,  on  a former  occasion,  referred  to  the  name 
“bar,”  by  which  the  striped  bass  is  known  to  the  French- 
Canadians,  but  I omitted  to  add  that  the  origin  of  this 
name  is  purely  French,  and  that  a similar  variety  is  not 
only  known  by  it  in  France,  but  also  in  certain  parts  of 
the  Southern  States,  where  early  French  settlements  were 
planted.  The  Latin  name  of  the  European  variety  was 
lupus  or  wolf,  and,  according  to  both  Oppian  and  ZElian, 


A 13-POUND  RAINBOW  TROUT  TAKEN  ON  SALMON  FLY, 


Jan.  14,  1905.] 


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its  greed  is  often  the  cause  of  its  undoing.  Its  love  for 
crustaceans  is  well  known  to  fishermen,  and  there  is  no 
more  killing  bait  for  it  than  a piece  of  lobster.  Badham 
says:  “Enjoying  a dish  of  prawns  exceedingly,  and  not 
caring  to  anticipate  consequences,  the  lupus,  on  meeting 
with  a shoal,  opens  his  mouth,  and  at  a gulp  fills  it  with 
hundreds  of  these  nimble  and  prickly  crustaceans,  who 
no  sooner  find  themselves  on  the  wrong  side  of  the  barrier 
and  going  down  ‘quick  into  the  pit’  of  their  enemy’s 
stomach,  than  they  fasten  on  with  all  despatch,  and  run- 
ning the  sharp  serrated  rostrums  of  their  heads  right  into 
his  palate  and  fauces,  stick  to  their  victim,  who,  unable 
either  to  detach  or  cough  them  up,  dies,  ere  long,  of  spas- 
modic croup,  or  in  the  more  lengthened  anguish  of  an 
ulcerated  sore  throat.”  I quote  Oppian’s  account  from 
the  translation  which  I have  in  my  library,  as  made  by 
John  Jones,  of  Balliol  College,  Oxford,  in  1722 : 

“Oft  has  the  wolf  the  bearded  squadrons  fought, 

And  of  the  luscious  food  too  dearly  bought; 

No  pity  to  the  shelly  race  was  shown, 

’Tw3s  therefore  just  their  fate  should  prove  his  own. 

They  wound  with  pain,  what  they  with  pleasure  fill, 

Subdue  their  conqueror,  and  dying,  kill.” 

I know  not  whether  any  modern  investigator  has  veri- 
fied the  above  stories  of  the  old-time  naturalists,  but  I 
do  know  that,  mine-led  with  the  result  of  much  true 
science,  the  Halieutica  of  Oppian  contains  a large  amount 
of  fable,  and  that  while  T have  never  yet  heard  of  the 
striped  bass  having  been  found  killed  in  American  waters 
as  the  old  classical  authors  recorded  of  its  European 
congener,  yet  verv  large  numbers  of  them  are  annually 
destroyed  in  the  Gulf  of  St.  Lawrence,  both  by  porpoises 
and  seals. 

The  Netting  of  Mississquoi  Bay. 

All  friends  of  the  pike-perch  and  all  who  interest  them- 
selves in  the  preservation  of  0"r  fishes  will  be  glad  to 
learn  that  renewed  efforts  are  being  made  to  put  a stop 
to  the  present  disgraceful  netting  of  the  pike-perch  in 
Mississquoi  Bay.  and  will  wish  those  making  them  every 
success.  What  has  to  be  contended  with  is  the  political 
influence  of  the  Canadian  netters.  It  is  only  a very  small 
portion  of  the  fishing  in  Lake  Champlain  that  is  under 
Canadian  control  but  it  is  in  this  small  part. of  the  lake,  or 
rather  of  one  of  its  bays,  that  the  m'ke-perch  all  resort  to 
spawn  in  the  soring  of  the  year.  While  in  the  act  of  re- 
producing their  kind  thev  are  destroyed  in  enormous 
quantities  by  the  netters  who  fish  under  the  authority  of 
the,  Canadian  Government.  The  netters  are  not  all 
Canadians.  In  fact,  the  majority  of  them  are  residents 
of  Vermont,  who  acouire,  by  transfer,  the  liceuses  °ranted 
to  tfipir  Canadian  neighbors.  The  Hon.  John  W.  Titcomb, 
of  Washington,  formerly  of  Vermont;  the  late  L.  Z. 
Joncas.  of  Quebec;  Mr.  C.  W.  Wilson,  of  Glens  Falls, 
New  York;  General  Henry,  U.  S.  Consul  at  Quebec, 
General  Butterfield  and  m^ny  other  members  of  the 
North  American  Fich  and  Game  Protective  Association, 
have  worked  unceasingly  to  put  an  end  to  the  present -con- 
dition of  affairs,  and  at  one  time  it  seemed  as  if  their 
efforts  had  been  crowned  with  success.  The  Federal 
Government  passed  an  order-in-council  altogether  pro- 
hibiting netting  in  the  waters  of  Mississquoi  Bay.  Per- 
haps it  should  be  explained  just  here,  for  the  benefit  of 


to  the  member,  who  was  a political  friend,  and  the  restric- 
tion being  removed,  the  provincial  authorities  reissued 
their  licenses,  and  the  destruction  of  the  pike-perch  upon 
its  spawning  beds  has  been  continued  ever  since.  One 
of  the  worst  features  of  the  situation  is  the  fact  that  in 
Vermont  the  laws  are  so  framed  that  licenses  are  granted 
there  whenever  they  are  issued  in  Canada,  and  only  re- 
fused when  the  Canadian  authorities  abstain  from  grant- 
ing them.  The  New  York  State  authorities,  knowing  that 
this  netting  in  spawning  season  is  all  wrong,  refuse  to 


RAINBOWS  AT  RATORNA  LAKE. 


issue  licenses  for  it.  There  is  reason  to  hope  that  the 
Vermont  law  will  shortly  be  repealed,  and  that  either  the 
Province  of  Quebec  will  refuse  to  lend  itself  any  longer 
to  this  frightful  destruction  of  fish  life,  or  that  the 
Dominion  Government  will  once  more,  and  for  good,  step 
in  and  declare  the  waters  of  Mississquoi  Bay  closed  to 
netting  of  any  kind. 

The  North  American  Association. 

^ T he  annual  meeting  of  the  North  American  Fish  and. 
Game  Protective  Association  is  to  be  held  in  St.  John, 
N.  B.,  on  the  1st  and  2d  of  February  next.  In  a Province 
like  New  Bruswick.  which  offers  so  many  attractions  to 
both  the  hunter  and  the  angler,  and  which  is  itself  so 
largely  interested  in  the  subject  of  fish  and  game  protec- 
tion, the  meeting  ought  to  be  a very  largely  attended  one, 
and  to  be  productive  of  beneficent  results.  The  president 
of  the  association,  the  Hon.  L.  J.  Tweedie,  is  also  Prime 
Minister  of  New  Brunswick,  to  which  Province  belong 


posed  for  sale.  Anglers  generally  use  up  the  grilse  and 
small  salmon  that  they  catch,  or  give  them  to  their  guides, 
while  the  net  fishermen,  who  supply  the  markets,  are  not 
supposed  to  take  any  small  grilse,  since  the  law  requires 
all  nets  to  be  of  a certain  sized  mesh,  sufficient  to  permit 
the  small  fish  to  escape.  And  the  smallest  fish  taken  by 
the  net  fishermen  are  used  up  by  them  or  salted  down, 
as  the  larger  fish  bring  the  best  prices.  The  ouananiche 
is  occasionally  to  be  seen  upon  the  Quebec  market,  but 
seldom  or  never  in  those  of  Montreal  or  the  United 
States,  because  its  flesh  is  of  so  delicate  a nature  that  it 
cannot  be  shipped  fresh  to  any  great  distance  from  the 
waters  in  which  it  is  taken.  For  this  reason  the  New 
York  dealers  do  not  want  it  at  all,  a fact  which  has  been 
brought  to  my  notice  by  fish  and  game  guardians  whom 
I have  instructed  from  time  to  time  to  examine  the  ship- 
ments of  fish  from  Lake  St.  John  to  the  United  States. 
And  the  American  dealers  are  quite  right,  for  while  the 
pike-perch  and  other  coarse  fish  from  Lake  St.  John  reach 
New  York  by  express  in  good  condition,  it  would  not  be 
possible  for  ouananiche  to  do  so.  E.  T.  D.  Chambers. 

New  York  Woods  Intefests. 

Albany,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  4. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 
Lovers  of  the  woods,  and  sportsmen  generally,  ought  to 
take  renewed  courage  from  the  annual  message  of  the  new 
Governor  of  the  Empire  State,  Hon.  Frank  Wayland 
Higgins.  No  Executive  of  recent  years  has  so  frankly 
spoken  out  in  addressing  the  Legislature  which  is  to  make 
the  laws  for  the  people. 

Under  the  heading,  “Fish,  Game  and  Forests,”  Gov- 
ernor Higgins  said  in  his  message: 

“The  forests  and  streams  of  the  State  should  be  made 
attractive  places  of  resort  for  the  invalid  and  for  those  in 
search  of  wholesome  recreation  in  the  open  air.  To  this 
end  the  fish,  game,  and  forest  laws  should  be  strict  and 
consistent.  The  preservation  of  the  wilderness  and  the 
restocking  of  the  waters  of  the  State  with  food  fish,  and 
the  protection  of  game,  should,  in  my  judgment,  be  en- 
couraged, not  only  for  the  benefit  of  our  own  people,  but 
for  the  purpose  of  attracting  to  our  State  the  ever-growing 
army  of  sportsmen  and  pleasure  seekers. 

“The  policy  of  the  State  toward  the  extension,  preserva- 
tion and  control  of  the  forest  preserve  demands  careful 
attention,  and  I shall  at  some  later  date  communicate  to 
you  by  special  message  my  recommendations  on  that  sub- 
ject, whereby  I hope  to  be  able  to  outline  a more  compre- 
hensive and  consistent  treatment  than  would  be  proper 
within  the  limits  of  this  message.” 

Speaker  Nixon  in  the  Assembly  also  referred  to  the 
forestry  question,  but  his  remarks  were  confined  chiefly 
to  the  importance  of  forest  preservation  because  of  its 
vital  bearing  on  the  water  supply  of  the  State. 

John  D.  Whish, 

Secretary  Forest,  Fish  and  Game  Commission. 


Ancient  Dog  Law. 

The  New  York  Evening  Post  has  exhumed  this  city 
ordinance,  bearing  date  of  adoption  by  the  city  fathers, 
March  24,  1727: 

“Whereas,  the  Butchers  and  Other  Inhabitants  of  this 


A NEW  ZEALAND  RAINBOW  TROUT. 


American  readers  who  have  business  with  Canadian 
fishery  officials,  and  who  frequently  seem  quite  puzzled 
as  to  their  respective  jurisdiction,  that  a divided  authority 
is  placed  in  the  hands  of  the  governments  of  the 
Dominion  and  of  the  different  Provinces,  corresponding 
to  mose  of  the  United  states  and  of  the  various  States 
of  the  Union.  Thus,  while  the  provincial  authorities  may 
issue  or  refuse  to  issue  licenses  for  netting  certain  waters, 
the  Federal  Government  may  adopt  an  order-in-council 
closing  such  waters  altogether  against  either  netting  or 
fishing  of  arty  kind.  The  provincial  governments  lease 
fishing  rights  in  inland  waters,  but  the  seasons  for  fishing 
are  fixed  by  the  Dominion  authorities.  When  difficulty 
was  experienced  in  having  the  provincial  government  re- 
fuse further  licenses  for  the  fishing  in  Mississquoi  Bay, 
the  friends  of  protection,  Canadian  as  well  as  American, 
had  recourse  to  Ottawa.  In  view  of  the  representations 
made  to  the  Federal  fishery  authorities  there,  the  crder- 
in-council  above  referred  to  was  passed.  Then  the  fisher- 
men got  in  their  fine  work  with  the  member  of  Parlia- 
ment for  their  county,  who  found  it  necessary  for  his 
comfort  to  hurry  off  to  Ottawa  and  insist  upon  the  can- 
cellation of  the  order.  The  Government  yielded  the  point 


A 


two  more  at  least  of  the  most  active  members  of  the 
association— the  Hon.  A.  T.  Dunn  and  Mr.  D.  G Smith 
of  Chatham. 

The  Canadian  Fish  Markets. 

I was  interested,  as  doubtless  were  other  readers 
of  Forest  and  . Stream,  in  a recent  reference  by 
Mi.  Samuels  tp  his  visits  to  a number  of  fish  markets  in 
the  United  States  and  Canada.  Of  the  salmon,  he  says 
that  it  is  almost  always  to  be  seen  in  every  market,  but 
that  those  which  are  for  sale  are  likely  to  have  been 
brought  from  the  Pacific  Coast.  There  is  no  doubt  that 
many  Pacific  Coast  salmon  are  offered  for  sale  at  certain 
seasons  of  the  year  in  eastern  markets,  but  the  Atlantic 
fish  is  common  enough,  at  least  upon  the  markets  of 
Montreal  and  Quebec,  from  the  early  part  of  June  to  the 
end  of  the.  season  in  August,  while  the  refrigerated  fish 
are  for  sale  almost  all  the  season.  A large  quantity  of 
eastern  Canadian  salmon  is  shipped  during  the  season  to 
the  New  York  and  Boston  markets,  and  the  New  Eng- 
land Fish  Company  import  large  quantities  of  salmon 
from  Newfoundland. 

It  is  easy  to  explain  why  Mr,  Samuels  saw  no  grilse  ex? 


RAINBOW  TROUT  STREAM,  NEW  ZEALAND. 


City  Superabound  in  A Very  great  Number  of  Mis- 
chievious  Mastiffs  Bull  Dogs  and  Other  useless  Dogs  who 
not  only  Run  at  Coaches  Horses  Chaise  and  Cattle  in  the 
daytime  whereby  much  Mischief  has  Ensued,  but  in  the 
Nighttime  are  left  in  the  Streets  of  this  City,  and  fre- 
quently Bite  Tear  and  Rill  several  Cows  and  Render  the 
passage  of  the  Inhabitants  of  this  City  upon  their  lawful 
Occasions  Very  dangerous  in  the  Night  time  through  the 
Streets  thereof  by  Attacking  and  flying  at  them  and  are 
become  a Publick  Nusance  and  grievance.  It  is  therefore 
hereby  Order’d  that  Mr.  Mayor  and  the  Aldermen  of  each 
Respective  Ward  within  this  City  do  give  Strict  Charge 
and  Orders  to  the  Constables  of  each  Respective  Ward 
within  the  same  that  the  said  Constables  do  go  from 
House  to.  House  in  their  Respective  Wards  and  Straightly 
Charge  and  Warn  Every  of  the  said  Inhabitants  that  do 
keep  or  are  Owners  of  any  such  Mischievious  Dogs  that 
they  do  take  Effectual  Care  to  keep  all  such  Mischievious 
Dogs  in  their  Respective  Houses  or  Yards  in  the  Ni°fit 
time  to  prevent  the  Inconveniences  and  Mischiefs  Afore- 
said upon  pain  cf  being  prosecuted  for  keeping  such  Mis- 
chievious Dogs  Accustomed  to  bite  as  the  Law  directs 
and  as  they  will  Answer  the  Contrary  at  their  PerriiJs” 


36 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


[Jan.  14,  1905. 


Around  Cape  Cod  in  Escape. 

BY  JAMES  D.  SPARKMAN. 

Tuesday.,— After  the  finish  of  the  New  York  Athletic 
Club  race  from  New  Rochelle  to  Block  Island,  I 
transferred  my  dunnage  from  Saladin,  on  which  I had 
shipped  as  mate,  to  the  30ft.  yawl  Escape,  having 
promised  her  owner,  who  had  planned  to  spend  the 
summer  on  the  coast  of  Maine,  but  who  was  recalled 
to  town  for  a few  days,  to  take  her  around  the  Cape. 

Escape  was  designed  by  her  present  owner,  Mr.  George 
Matthews,  and  was  built  -in  1896  in  front  of  his  residence 
at  73d  street  and  East  River.  Her  principal  dimensions 
are  39ft.  6in.  over  all,  29ft.  waterline,  10ft.  beam,  and  6ft. 
Sin.  draft. 

A stone  retaining  wall  topped  with  an  iron  fence  and 
the  swift  current  of  the  river  made  it  impossible  to  use 
launching  ways,  but  this  difficulty  was  easily  overcome. 
A wrecker’s  derrick  was  moored  alongside  the  wall,  slings 
were  rigged  under  the  boat,  tackles  hooked  on,  and  she 
was  lifted  bodily  over  the  fence,  swung  across  the  deck 
of  the  scow,  and  lowered  into  the  water  on  the  other  side. 
The  boat  was  intended  primarily  as  a cruiser,  and  noth- 
mg.  has  been  sacrificed  in  the  way  of  accommodations, 
which  are  not  only  roomy,  but  very  comfortable,  with  full 
head  room  under  a narrow  house  or  skylight. 

Her  racing  record  has  been  quite  remarkable,  as  she  has 
held  her  own  against  practically  all  the  fast  yawls  built 
since  1896. 

A friend,  Mr.  P.  L.  Howard,  who  had  agreed  to  join 
me  at  Block  Island,  arrived  on  the  boat  from  Greenport 
at  about  noon.  Main  and  mizzen  had  been  hoisted,  jib 
set  up  in  stops,  and  as  soon  as  he  got  on  board,  we 
tripped  the  anchor  and  slipped  through  the  inlet  of 
Hew  Harbor,  which,  having  now  over  16ft.  in  the 
channel,  is  available  for  large  vessels.  The  wind  had 
been  S.  by  E.  all  the  morning,  but  by  the  time  that 
we  were  clear  of  the  island,  it  had  backed  to  E.  and 
began  to  freshen.  The  glass  had  been  gradually  falling 
and,  as  it  looked  nasty  to  seaward,  we  decided  not  to 
attempt  to  buck  the  flood  tide  which  was  just  beginning 
to  make,  but  kept  off  and  ran  over  to  Newport. 


Escape  at  start  of  N.  Y.  Athletic  Club  race — New  Rochelle  to 
Block  Island,  June  25,  1904. 


Saladin,  which  had  left  Block  Island  some  hours  ahead 
of  us,  had  also  given  it  up,  so  we  anchored  alongside 
and  invited  her  owner,  who  was  alone,  to  dine  with 
us  on  board  Escape. 

Wednesday. — About  daybreak  we  were  awakened  by 
the  noise  of  a vessel  coming  to  anchor  apparently  right 
on  top  of  us.  It  proved  to  be  a Gloucester  seiner,  but 
we  could  barely  make  her  out  through  the  fog.  The 
wind  was  S.E.  and  strong.  About  9 o’clock  the  fog 
lifted  a little,  and  we  counted  thirty  seiners  and  sword 
fishermen,  most  of  them  having  come  in  during  the 
night.  One  particularly  fine  vessel  caught  our  eye,  and 
we  resolved  to  look  her  over  later  in  the  day. 

I have  always  had  a great  admiration  for  the  Gloucester 
fishermen,  and  never  lose  an  opportunity  to  “gam”  with 
them;  so  after  lunch  we  put  on  slickers  and  rowed  over  to 
Priscilla  Smith — the  schooner  we  had  noticed  in  the  morn- 
ing— and  found  a “game”  in  progress,  in  which  we  were 
invited  to  take  a hand.  In  “deep-water”  vessels  sailors 
play  what  they  call  “Bluff.”  The  stakes  are  usually 
promises  to  pay  at  the  end  of  the  voyage  (which  are 
seldom  kept),  or  chips  redeemable  in  plug  tobacco  from 
the  ship’s  “slop  chest.”  I played  it  religiously  while 
at  sea,  and  have  been  a poor  poker  player  ever  since. 
On  the  Gloucestermen,  however,  they  play  the  real 
thing.  When  “number  ones”  are  plenty  and  the  mar- 
ket right,  considerable  money  changes  hands  on  a trip. 

The  Smith  was  a new  vessel  of  the  Fredonia  type 
which  has  been  so  successful.  Since  the  launching  of 
the  Carrie  Phillips,  designed  by  the  late  Edward  Burgess 
nearly  twenty  years  ago,  many  of  our  prominent  yacht 
designers  have  given  the  Gloucester  fishermen  the 
benefit  of  their  skill  and  genius,  and  a finer  fleet  of 
vessels  cannot  be  found  in  the  “Seven  Seas.” 

Thursday. — Blowing  harder  than  yesterday,  but  not 
so  thick.  About  noon  the  schooner  yacht  Rusalka  set 
doubled-reefed  mainsail  and  staysail  and  got  under 
way  for  New  London,  in  order  to  be  there  in  time  for 
the  boat  races;  but  one  look  outside  was  enough  for 
her,  and  she  turned  tail  in  a hurry  and  her  party  went 
to  their  destination  by  train. 

During  the  afternoon  a big  English  yawl,  under  gaff 
trysail,  staysail  and  spitfire  jib  came  in  from  sea.  She 
proved  to  be  Saybarita  which  had  been  expected  for 
§everal  days.  As  soon  as  she  came  to  anchor,  we 


rowed  over  and  went  on  board.  Her  skipper  reported 
a fairly  good  passage,  with  the  exception  of  the  first  few 
days  out,  when  she  broke  her  main  boom,  wrecking  one  of 
the  skylights,  otherwise  doing  little  damage.  Pie  wanted 
to  know  all  the  latest  racing  news,  and  was  much  disap- 
pointed to  learn  that  neither  Ailsa  nor  Vigilant  were 
in  commission.  Our  friend  on  Saladin  was  getting  un- 
easy at  the  long  detention  in  port  and  his  remarks  about 
the  “fog  hole,”  as  they  call  this  part  of  the  coast,  were 
lurid. 

Friday. — The  wind  had  hauled  to  S.W.  during  the 
night.  Though  there  was  still  some  fog  we  got  under 
way  about  9 o’clock  with  the  fishing  fleet,  which  also 
had  not  been  lying  in  port  from  choice.  Outside,  the 
new  wind  against  the  heavy  easterly  roll  had  made  a 


Saladin — Owned  by  R.  W.  Rathborne. 


ragged  sea,  and  there  were  some  deep  holes  in  the 
water  between  Brenton’s  Reef  and  Hen  and  Chickens 
Lightship,  which  we  made  out  in  the  haze  about  half  a 
mile  to  the  N.  Our  course  should  have  brought  us  much 
closer,  and  we  surmised  that  our  compass  must  be 
about  point  out,  due  to  the  attraction  of  the 
acetylene  gas  generator  in  one  of  the  cockpit  lockers. 
This  had  evidently  not  been  noticed  by  her.  owner,  as 
he  ran  2 or  3 miles  out  of  his  course  in  the  Block 
Island  race  during  the  night,  and  had  attributed  it  to 
bad  steering.  The  tide  was  running  strong  against  us 
through  Quick’s  Hole;  but  we  pinched  through  on  one 
tack,  and  found  it  much  thicker  and  the  wind  heavier 
in  the  Sound.  It  was  now  blowing  a regular  “gray- 
back  sou’wester,”  so  we  reached  across  for  the  Vine- 
yard side  to  save  what  we  could  in-  the  slack  water 
under  the  shore,  and  also  to  get  inside  of  Lucas  Shoal. 
We  anchored  off  the  New  York  Y.  C.  Station  No.  7 
at  3 o’clock,  six  hours  from  port  to  port.  Our  pur- 
chases in  Newport  had  been  light,  owing  to  the  pluto- 
cratic prices  charged  for  everything  in  the  way  of 
yacht  supplies.  We  therefore  sent  our  man  over  to 
Vineyard  Haven  to  stock  up,  while  we  dined  ashore 
with  friends. 


Saturday  Morning. — We  were  up  early  and  found  a 
hard  wester  blowing.  Before  starting,  we  turned  in  a 


Escape — From  a photo  by  W.  N.  Bavier. 


single  reef  in  the  mizzen,  two  in  the  main,  and  hoisted 
No.  2 jib  in  yarns.  The  boat  was  swung  inboard,  se- 
curely lashed,  and  at  6:30  we  were  under  way.  Cross 
Rip  was  passed  two  hours  later;  tide  against  us.  It 
was  still  so  thick  that  objects  were  visible  only  a short 
distance,  but  by  making  y2  point  allowance  for  compass 
error,  Hankerchief  and  Shovelful  Light  vessels  were 
picked  up  close  aboard.  By  11  o’clock  we  had  passed 
through  the  “slue,”  and  gybing  around  Pollock  Rip 
Lightship,  changed  our  course  for  Chatham  Bar  buoy. 

The  wind  had  been  freshening  all  forenoon,  and  a 
sloop-rigged  smack,  which  we  had  passed  on  the  shoals, 
lowered  away  and  turned  in  her  last  reef.  Off  Chatham 
a large  barkentine  inshore  seemed  to  be  in  trouble,  and 
we  afterward  learned  that  she  had  grounded  on  the 
shoals  and  her  crew  taken  off  by  the  life  savers.  A 
few  miles  further  up  the  beach  we  passed  a,  blue-nose 
topsail  schooner  with'  yards  unslung  and-  some  of  her 
sails  blown  away  (a  dismasted  schooner  in  tow,  with 
the  stumps  of  her  masts  sticking  about  6ft.:  above  deck 
and  some  of  the  gear  still  hanging  over  the  side),  and 


the  Patriot  of  Gloucester  bound  west  under  four  lowers. 
She  fairly  staggered  in  the  puffs  and  heeled  over  until 
her  sheer  poles  were  awash. 

We  tried  to  snap  her,  but  the  flying  spray  made  it 
impossible,  which  we  afterward  regretted,  as  we  learned 
from  the  Boston  papers  the  following  morning  that 
she  had  run  ashore  that  afternoon  and  pounded  to 
pieces  on  Monomoy.  It  seems  that  she  was  bound  for 
Chatham  for  bait,  and,  while  beating  through  the  “slue,” 
missed  stays  and  fetched  up  on  the  “heel  the  Cape.” 
AV e carried  the  double-reefed  mainsail  until  abreast  off 
Nauset  Three  Lights,  when  it  blew  so  hard  that  we 
had  to  lower  away  to  save  the  sail. 

From  there  to  Highland  Light,  we  averaged  7 knots 
under  jib  and  mizzen.  A large  fleet  of  coasters  and 
fishermen  was  anchored  under  the  lee  of  the  bluffs.  It 
might  have  been  wiser  for  us  to  have  stayed  with  the 
rest  of  the  fleet,  for  as  we  came  out  from  under  the 
shelter  of  the  land  and  felt  the  force  of  the  heavier 
waves  of  the  Atlantic,  we  realized  that  the  little  yawl 
had  a hard  tussle  before  her.  We  had,  however,  lost 
so  much  time  at  Newport  that  we  determined  to  push 
on  and  do  the  best  we  could.  About  5 o’clock  the 
wind,  which  had  been  hauling,  came  out  “on  end,” 
making  it  a dead  beat  to  Race  Point.  Finding  the 
boat  could  make  little  or  nothing  to  windward  under 
jib  and  mizzen,  we  decided  to  set  the  doubled-reefed 
mainsail  again  and  thrash  her  through  it,  the  only  al- 
ternative being  to  turn  tail  and  retrace  our  course  down 
the  Cape.  The  full  strength  of  the  ebb  was  running, 
and  as  we  neared  Race  Point,  the  sea  became  still 
heavier.  Every  few  minutes  the  Escape  jumped  into 
it  up  to  her  mast,  and  the  water,  as  it  ran  aft,  would 
lift  the  dinghy,  and  down  she’d  come  on  deck  with  a 
bang  as  the  water  receded.  After  a dozen  or  so  tacks, 
with  the  ugly  water  tower  at  Provincetown  always  in 
sight,  we  figured  at  about  8 o’clock,  when  darkness  had 
set  in  and  when  we  were  3 miles  off  shore,  that  we 
could  make  the  point  on  the  next  tack  and  fetch  past 
Woodend  Light.  While  we  were  waiting  for  a chance 


Blue  Nose  topsail  schooner  under  lee  of  Cape  Cod. 


to  bring  her  round,  a fierce  puff  and  a heavy  comber 
hit  us  at  the  same  moment — over  she  went  until  the 
skylight  was  buried.  Fortunately,  the  dinghy  was  on  the 
weatherside.  She  hung  for  what  seemed  to  be  at  least 
a minute  with  the  wind  literally  blowing  over  her 
sails.  All  hands  were  up  to  their  waists  in  water;  but 
we  worked  her  out  of  it,  and,  coming  about  on  the 
starboard  tack,  cleared  the  Point  and  laid  a course  for 
Woodend  Light.  When  we  were  free  to  look  about  us. 
we  found  that  every  thing  portable,  except  ourselves, 
had  been  washed  out  of  the  cockpit,  save  only  the 
compass  and  binnacle,  which  we  picked  up  in  five  pieces. 

The  gear,  fortunately,  was  all  new,  and  she  came  out 
of  a rather  trying  situation  without  any  damage,  either 
to  sail  or  rigging.  The  cabin,  however,  was  a sight — 
glassware,  crockery,  bottles,  clothes,  etc.,  in  a heap, 
and  water  over  the  cabin  floor.  It  had  leaked  in 
through  the  cockpit  lockers  while  hove  over,  and  at  the 
rate  it  poured  in,  wouldn’t  have  taken  long  to  sink  her. 
The  arrangement  of  these  lockers  was  the  only  bad 
feature  of  an  exceptionally  fine  boat,  and,  I think,  her 
owner  has  profited  by  our  experience  and  made  them 
watertight. 

We  dropped  anchor  off  Provincetown  about  9:30, 
‘cold,  tired  and  hungry;  but  we  had  kept  our  promise, 
and  the  boat  was  around  the  Cape.  After  changing 
our  wet  clothes  for  others  almost  as  wet,  supper  was 
served  on  what  was  left  of  a fine  outfit  of  hand-painted 
china.  We  bunked  on  wet  cushions  under  wet  blankets 
that  night,  but  slept  like  logs  until  late  next  morning. 

Sunday. — It  was  beautifully  clear,  and  we  had  planned 
to  run  over  to  Marblehead  and  leave  the  Escape  there, 
as  our  time  was  about  up;  but  things  were  in  such  a 
mess,  that  we  decided  to  spend  the  day  drying  out  and 
getting  things  presentable  for  her  owner.  The  rigging 
had  slacked  up,  and  the  new  suit  of  Ratsey  sails,  reefed 
for  the  first  time,  needed  attention.  This  was  the  only 
part  of  the  yacht’s  equipment  which  could  not  be 
easily  replaced,  but  they  came  out  all  right  and  helped 
win  races  later  in  the  season. 

According  to  the  Boston  papers,  the  signal  station  at 
Highland  Light  reported  the  velocity  of  the  wind  32 
miles  an  hour  at  6 o’clock,  but  later  in  the  evening  it 
blew  much  harder,  and  for  a while  certainly  exceeded 
40  miles, 


Jan.  14,  1905.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


37 


Types*  and  Measurements  of 
Propellers, 

BY  A.  E.  POTTER. 

Primarily  there  are  two  types  of  solid  screw  propellers, 
the  one  designed  for  speed  and  the  other  for  power, 
although  frequently  a combination  of  the  two  is  attempted. 
The  high  speed  autoboat  and  the  narrow  fast  yacht  need 
surely  a different  design  from  the  snorting,  puffing  harbor 
towboat.  There  are  cases  where  power  boats  .may  be 
occasionally  used  for  towing,  and  in  such  cases  it  would 
be  hardly  appropriate  to  equip  her  with  a speed  wheel. 

Another  appfication  of  power  needing  special,  study  and 
selection  is  for  the  working  or  pleasure  sailing  craft 
equipped  with  small  auxiliary  power.  Arrange.ments.need 
to  be  made  so  that  when  the  power  is  not  being  utilized 
the  wheel  will  be  the  very  least  drag  to  the  boat  under 
sail.  All  these  cases  need  separate  attention,  and  no  fixed 
rules  can  be  made  or  formulated  whereby  success  can  be 
guaranteed  the  first  time.  At  best  the  first  wheel  applied 
to  a power  boat  is  largely  a matter  of  experiment ; still 
two  boats  of  about  the  same  power  and  of  the  same  gen- 
eral build  will  usually  give  about  the  same  results  with 
the  same  wheel.  Where  boat  builders  put  out  a.  standard 
model  of  boat  or  stock  models,  the  difference  is  usually 
not  very  marked. 

It  is  quite  evident  that  no  wheel  can  be,  or  ever  has 
been,  designed  that  will  give  j ust  as  satisfactory  results  in 
a heavy  small  powered  as  in  a light  heavy  powered  boat. 

I think  that  you  will  agree  with  me  that  for  a gasolene 
engine  manufacturer  to  send  out  the  same  wheel  with 
every  engine  of  a certain  rated  horsepower,  is  decidedly 
improper,  to  say  the  least,  and  is  not  in  keeping  with  ad- 
vanced ideas  in  construction.  In  itself  it  is  a confession 
of  apathy,  ignorance,  carelessness,  or  unwillingness  to 
study  the  propeller  question  intelligently  rather  than  by 
“rule  o’  thumb.” 

Often  it  is  that  an  engine  is  condemned  as  wanting 
power  when  the  whole  trouble  may  lie  in  a poorly  , de- 
signed or  machined  propeller  wheel,  and  its  sale  materially 
reduced,  while  some  other  engine  of  much  less  actual 
power  shows  remarkable  speed  results  just  because  the 
propeller  was  a little  better  suited  for  the  boat.  In  the 
latter  case  the  usual  result  is  that  the  poorer  engine  gets 
the  business  that  rightfully  belongs  to  the  better  make. 
Such  cases  are  extremely  frequent,  but  manufacturers  do 
not  seem  to  realize  the  importance  of  suitable  wheels. 

It  certainly  seems  that  they  should  pay  more  attention  to 
the  detail  of  this  important  part  of  the  equipment,  and  in- 
stead of  putting  out  a wheel  that  costs  the  least,  find  out 
what  the  requirements  are  and  meet  them. 

Power  boat  owners  occasionally,  not  very  often,  experi- 
ment with  their  wheels.;  usually,'  of  course,  with  no 
knowledge  of  what  the  pitch  of  either  wheel  is,  or  how 
true  the  blades  are  to  each  other,  and  yet  occasionally 
get  good  results.  In  order  to1  do  this  intelligently,  they 
should  be  able  to  measure  the  pitch  of  the  wheel  which 
comes  with  the  engine,  find  its  imperfections,  if  any,  study 
out  what  ought  to  remedy  existing  trouble,  and  be  sure 
that  a change  of  wheel  will  result  in  an  improvement  be- 
fore going  to  the  expense  of  a new  wheel.  In  order  to  do1 
this,  it  is  necessary  to  be  able  to  carefully  and  accurately 
measure  up  propeller  wheels. 

But  before  proceeding  in  this  operation,  one  should 
bear  in  mind  that  there  is  usually  decidedly  more  slip  in 
small  launches  than  in  large  steamers,  which  in  itself 
shows  imperfect  design  or  application.  Find  first  just 
what  your  boat  engine  and  propeller  will  do'  before  try- 
ing any  experiments.  Take  two  points  convenient  for  the 
purpose,  two  obstruction  or  other  buoys,  and  accurately 
time  the  run  in  both  directions,  both  with  and  against  the 
tide.  Note  the  number  of.  revolutions  of  the  engine. 
Next,  on  a large  harbor  map,  accurately  measure  or  scale 
the  distance  in  statute  miles.  The  speed  of  your  launch 
or  boat  can  be  found  by  multiplying  the  mean  time,  or 
one  half  the  sum  of  the  elapsed  time  in  both  directions, 
by  the  distance  between  the  two  points,  and  divide  by 
sixty.  Having  now  the  rate  of.  speed  in  miles  per  hour 
and  the  number  of  revolutions,  you  are  ready  to1  measure 
your  wheel.  To  do  this  accurately  will  take  considerable 
time,  but  the  results  will  usually  pay  you. 

Take  six  or  eight  pieces  of  hard  wood  planed  accurately 
to  one-half  inch  thick,  ten  inches  wide,  and  fifteen  inches 
long.  Fasten  them  together  by  means  of  two  or  more 
wooden  pins  or  dowels  at  a point  two  and  one-half  inches 
from  one  end  and  half  way  between  the  sides ; under  a 
drill  press  in  a machine  shop  bore  a three-fourths-inch 
hole  all  the  way  through,  after  having  described  a straight 
line  from  the  center  where  the  hole  is  to  be  bored  to  the 
upper  end  of  an  arc  of  a circle,  the  radius  of  which  is 
exactly  12^2  inches  described  on  the  opposite  end  of  the 
built-up  pieces,  with  one  foot  of  the  dividers  at  the  center. 
Next  describe  another  arc  with  a radius  of  three  and  one- 
half  inches.  With  a fine  band  saw  cut  carefully  the  whole 
length  of  the  straight  line  between  the  two  arcs  of  circles 
described,  also  the  long  or  outer  arc,  the  one  farthest 
from  the  center.  Take  the  several  pieces  apart,  and,  using 
the  same  center,  accurately  describe  on  each  piece,  top  and 
bottom,  arcs  of  circles  with  radii  of  4,  4*4,  5,  514,  6,  6j4, 
7,  7xA,  8,  8y2,  9,  914,  10,  10^4,  11,  Iij4,  and  12  inches. 
In  order  to  find  the  center  after  the  hole  has  been  bored, 
insert  a piece  of  wood  three-fourths  inch  diameter  in  the 
hole  and  find  a center,  which  you  need  not  be  so  very 
particular  to  locate.  Next  saw  along  the  3l4-inch  or 
inner  arc  of  all  the  pieces  but  one,  and  you  will  have  a 
simple  but  accurate  instrument  for  measuring  propellers 
up  to  25  or  30  inches  diameter. 

To  use  this,  turn  a mandrel  of  hardwood  or  any 
material  handy  to  just  fit  the  taper  of  the  wheel  with  a 
hub  that  will  fit  the  three-fourths  inch  hole  in  the  long 
piece.  The  wheel  is  right-handed  if  the  top  of  the  fly- 
wheel of  the  engine  in  its  ahead  motion  goes  from  port 
to  starboard,  and  left-handed  if  from  starboard  to  port. 
Place  the  wheel  with  the  forward  side  of  the  hub  down 
and  the  flat  or  drive  side  of  the  wheel  against  the  sawn 
corner  with  the  mandrel  in  the  three-fourths  inch  hole. 
Arrange  the  other  pieces  on  top  forming  a regular  set  of 
steps,,  the  outer  sawn  edges  together,  and  spaced  as  regu- 
larly as  possible.  Clamp  the  blocks  together  and  also 
hold  the  wheel  by  clamping  it  from  above.  There  will  be 
seme  place  along  the  sawn  edges  where  the  wheel  will 
touch  several  of  the  pieces.  If  at  each  one  of  the  arcs, 


say  4 to  12  inches  radius,  the  face  is  equally  distant, 
measuring  horizontally  at  each  step,  the  wheel  is  true 
pitch,  or  the  same  the  whole  length.  The  pitch  can  then 
be  found  by  the  following  rule : Measure  the  distance  that 
the  edge  of  the  topmost  piece  is  horizontally  away  from 
the  edge  of  the  bottom  piece  at  its  outer  end.  Multiply 
the  diameter  25  inches  by  3.1416,  divide  by  the  distance 
found,  and  multiply  that  by  the  number  of  short  pieces 
used,  and  divide  by  2.  The  result  will  be  the  pitch  at  the 
point  or  points  of  contact,  or  where  the  surface  is  equi- 
distant at  that  particular  diameter.  It  is  usually  cus- 
tomary to  measure  the  wheel  at  the  widest  part  of  the 
blade,  and  take  this  as  a basis  of  further  computation. 
In  case  the  wheel  does  not  conform  to  the  straight  line, 
set  the  blocks  so  that  each  one  will  be  equidistant  from 
the  face  of  the  blade,  always  measuring  horizontally,  and 
at  the  same  distance  from  the  other  end  of  the  measuring 
blocks.  Having  now  satisfied  yourself  that  the  pitch  is 
true  at  a certain  diameter,  carefully  remove  the  wheel, 
swing  around  until  the  next  blade  is  in  place,  and  note 
if  each  blade  is  of  the  same  pitch  at  that  diameter.  If  it 
is  desired  to  measure  the  wheel  at  different  diameters, 
should  the  pitch  be  irregular,  prepare  a table  something 
like  this : 

Number 


of  block.  Sin. rad.  8in.  rad.  9in.  rad.  lOin.  rad.  llin.  rad. 
1 1 1-2  2 2 

2 15-8  2 1-16  1 3-4  1 3-16 

3 0 5-8  1 3-4  2 1-8  1 5-8  1 1-8 

4 0 5-8  1 3-4  2 3-16  1 5-8  1 1-16 

5 0 5-S  1 5-8  2 1-4  1 3-4  1 

6 1 5-8  2 5-16  1 7-8  15-16 

7 1 1-2  2 1-2  2 0 7-8 


Number  the  blocks  from  the  bottom,  and  carefully  note 
the  distance  at  the  different  radii.  If  the  distance  in- 
creases, the  pitch  is  more,  if  it  decreases,  the  pitch  is  less 
than  at  the  place  where  the  pitch  was  true.  In  the  above 
table  the  pitch  was  true  at  12  inches  diameter,  more  at 
18  inches  diameter,  and  less  at  22  inches.  The  way  to 
measure  the  pitch  at  12,  18  and  22  inches  would  be  as  fol- 
lows : Providing  the  distance  at  the  outer  edge  of  the 
blocks  is  8 inches  and  six  short  blocks  are  used,  by  the 
formula  we  would  get  25  x 3.1416  P 8x6x  y2"  — 29.45 
inches  pitch  at  the  12-inch  diameter.  At  18  inches  the 
formula  would  be 

25  X 8.1416  -4-  18—  (^°f  %})  X 6 X ^ = 82.25  in. 

Another  formula  reducing  the  diameter  to  18  inches 
would  be 

18  X 3.1416  -4-  of8~  X 6 X H = 82.25  in. 
the  same  result.  At  22  inches  the  formula  would  be 

25X3  1416  -j-  (8+  (A  of  JL\)  X 5X  % = 23.5  in.  pitch. 

\Ci  10/ 

By  the  other  formula, 

22  X 3.1416  -4-  (—  of  8 + Ji  \ X5X2J4  = 28.5  in  , 

\z5  16/ 

the  same  result. 

At  8 inches  radius,  or  16  inches  diameter,  the  wheel  is 
considerably  dishing  on  the  driving  side,  while  at  10 
inches  radius  or  20  inches  diameter  the  surface  is  con- 
siderably crowning.  Here  are  some  points  which  it  is 
well  to  know  with  reference  to  dishing  and  crowning 
driving  surface.  No  condition  should  warrant  the  use 
of  a crowning  face  except  the  engine  is.  to  exert  more 
power  backing  than  going  ahead.  A slightly  dishing  wheel 
is  sometimes  allowable,  but  that  dishing,  to  get  the  best 
results,  should  decrease  as  the  speed  increases.  The 
measurements  in  the  table  would  show  to  the  experienced 
designer  that  the  wheel  was  considerably  hooking,  and 
would  give  as  a result  rather  poor  result  when  going 
astern.  Hooking  like  this  is  thus  allowable  in  high  speed 
work  where  speed  astern  is,  not  essential.  The  higher 
the  engine  speed,  however,  the  less  the  necessity. 

Now,  having  measured  your  wheel,  and  finding  that 
there  is  quite  a variation  in  the  blades  with  respect  to 
each  other,  say  as  much  as  1 j4  or  2 inches,  nothing  un- 
likely, that  the  pitch  is  fairly  true  the  whole  length  of 
the  blade  approximately  30  inches,  that  the  engine  speed 
is  325,  while  the  manufacturers  rats  it  at  350  to-  375,  you 
find  your  slip  is  as  much  as  30  to  35  or  even  40  per  cent. 
The  deductions  would  be  in  such  a case  that  a large  pro- 
portion of  the  power  of  the  engine,  from  the  irregularity 
of  the  blades  with  respect  to  each  other,- was  absorbed  in 
the  frictional  resistance  or  dead  water  carried  around  by 
the  wheel.  The  engine  is  . not  developing  as  much  power 
at  325  as  it  would  at  350  or  375.  An  improvement  in 
your  wheel  could  be  made  by  substituting  a wheel  of  30- 
inch  pitch,  true  the  whole  length  of  the  blade,  and  true 
one  blade  with  another  of  about  the  same  blade  surface. 

Take  another  case  where  the  pitch  is  fairly  true,  blades 
are  nearly  or  practically  alike,  speed  is  below  that  rated 
by  the  manufacturer  and  slip  is  30  to  40  per  cent.  This 
case  would  need  a wheel  of  considerably  less  pitch  and 
more  blade  surface.  In  case  the  speed  was  above  the  limit, 
blades  regular  and  nearly  true  and  slip  excessive,  it  would 
need  increased  blade  surface  anyway,  possibly  slightly  re- 
duced pitch.  What  is  usually  found  to  be  the  trouble  with 
power  boat  wheels  is  imperfect  wheels  first;  next,  too  lit- 
tle blade  surface  and  too  much  pitch. 


Queries  on  Marine  Motors* 

.T.  E.  C.,  Baltimore,  Md.— 1.  Will  you  explain,  so  I can  under- 
stand, how  the  spark  coil  in  a make-and-break  engine  increases 
the  intensity  of  the  spark?  2,  What  is  the  principle  of  the  mag- 
netic igniter?  3.  Is  this  an  economical  form  of  igniter? 

Ans. — I.  The  spark-coil  consists  of  a core  of  soft  iron 
wire  inclosed  in  a spool,  outside  of  which  is  wound  several 
pounds  of  well  insulated  soft  copper  wire.  When  the  cir- 
cuit is  completed  and  the  positive  and  negative  currents 
start  in  opposite  directions,  they  come  to'  this  obstruction, 
which  they  try  to  overcome,  taking  an  appreciable  length 
of  time  to  do  so,  magnetizing  the  soft  iron  core.  On 
breaking  the  contact,  it  seems  the  nature  of  the  electric 
current  excited  by  the  coil  to  object  to  a disruption  of  its 
free  passage  and  it  leaps  across  the  intervening  air  space, 
heating  the  air  to  incandescence,  forming  the  spark, 
2.  The  iron  core  by  induction  becomes  a magnet,  and  it  is 
this  principle  that  is  adopted  in  the  magnetic  igniter.  An 
armature  is  connected  to  one  end  of  a rocker  shaft.  This 
armature  is  kept  away  by  a light  spring  or  other  means, 


and  when  the  two  electrodes  are  in  contact  and  the  cir- 
cuit is  completed,  the  magnetizing  of  the  iron  core  at- 
tracts the  armature,  which  in  turn  opens,  the  circuit,  caus- 
ing a spark;  opening  the  circuit  releases  the  armature, 
which  in  turn  closes  the  circuit.  A spark  is  produced 
every  time  the  electrodes  separate,  the  opening  and  clos- 
ing sometimes  occurring  several  hundred  times  a minute. 
This  is  very  similar  in  its  action  to  the  ordinary  electric 
bell  or  buzzer  from  which  the  idea  was  undoubtedly  ob- 
tained. 3.  We  ha^e  never  had  occasion  to'  test  the  con- 
sumption of  electrical  energy  or  make  any  practical  com- 
petitive tests,  but  from  its  action  should  say  it  would  not 
take  a great  deal  more  or  less  than  the  make-and-break. 

A.  O.  H.,  New  York. — Is  it  not  better  to'  have  the  gasolene 
tank  in  the  stern  of  a power  boat,  as  there  would  be  less  rocking, 
if  the  tank  can  be  set  high  enough  to  drain  to  carbureter,  the 
engine  being  set  amidship? 

Ans. — For  several  reasons  it  seems  best  to  locate  the 
tank  forward;  with  a tight  bulkhead  aft  of  it  is  the  only 
safe  method  of  installation.  Another  reason  would  be 
that  under  headway  the  boat  will  usually  settle  astern, 
and  the  flow  of  gasolene  somewhat  lessened.  It  would  be 
impracticable  to  locate  the  tank  aft  and  inclose  it  in  a 
tight  compartment  with  water  surrounding  it,  for  this  par- 
ticular reason,  as  the  trouble  usually  is  to1  prevent  undue 
settling  which  the  additional  weight  would  cause.  Where 
the  engine  exhaust  runs  through  the  stern,  it  would  have 
a tendency  to  heat  the  gasolene,  and  as  boats  have  been 
known  to  take  fire,  from  overheated  exhaust  piping,  it 
would  always  remain  there  as  an  element  of  danger. 

YV.  H.  W.,  Fall  River,  Mass. — 1.  Why  is  bronze  usually  the  metal 
employed  for  stern  bearings  in  small  launches  with  bronze  shafts, 
while  lignum  vitse  bushings  are  used  in  large  propeller  stern 
bearings?  2.  Could  not  some  other  metal  be  used  better  than 
bronze  running  in  bronze? 

Ans. — i.  Bronze  is  generally  used  in  small  stern  bearings 
for  the  sake  of  economy.  A bushing  of  lignum  vitas 
would  be  much  better,  but  it  would  make  auite  a bulky 
stern  bearing.  Many  experiments  have  been  made,  but 
this  wood  gives  the  very  best  results.  2.  Sometimes  stern 
bearings  _ are  babbitted,  but  the  electrolytical  action  of 
two  dissimilar  metals  in  salt  water  tends  to  waste  away 
the  metal  more  easily  attacked.  For  this  reason  zinc 
plates  are  frequently  attached  to  steel  hulls  to  prevent 
electrolytical  action  of  bronze  propellers  on  the  iron  work 
of  the  ship  and  rudder.  In  fresh  water  there  is  no  elec- 
trolysis, and  steel  shafts  are  frequently  employed  on 
launches,  and  will  last  years. 

B.  E.  D.,  Cincinnati,  O. — 1.  What  is  the  fire  test  of  gasolene? 
2.  Which  is  the  lighter,  gasolene  or  benzine?  3.  How  is  naphtha 
“washed”? 

Ans. — I.  There  is  no  fire  test  to  benzine,  naphtha  or  gaso- 
lene. 2.  No  product  of  petroleum  lighter  than  kerosene 
has  a fire  or  flash  test.  Kerosene  of  150  degrees  fire  test 
usually  has  a gravity  measured  by  the  Beaume  scale  for 
liquids  lighter  than  water  of  about  46  degrees.  Naphtha 
runs  from  69  to  76  degrees,  while  gasolene  proper  runs 
from  86  to  90  degrees.  3.  Naphtha,  when  treated  with 
steam,  is  called  deodorized,  and  when  agitated  with  dilute 
sulphuric  acid,  or  “washed,”  is  called  acid-treated. 

W.  H.  R.,  New  York. — 1.  What  is  the  usual  speed  of  two-cycle 
'engines  when  used  for  marine  work?  2.  Why  can  four-cycle  en- 
gines be  operated  more  rapidly? 

Ans. — 1.  Two-cycle  engines  up  to  6 degrees  stroke  usually 
run  from  300  to  400  revolutions  per  minute.  At  higher 
speed  they,  do  not  seem  to  develop  a great  deal  more 
power,  owing.,  no'  doubt,  many  times  to  low  crank  case 
compression,  improperly  designed  and  proportioned  ports, 
inertia  of  the  explosive  mixture,  etc.  2.  Four-cycle  engine 
valves  operate  but  once  to  every  other  stroke,  giving  more 
time  to  open  and  close.  Some  two-cycle  engines,  using  an 
inlet  port  opened  and  closed  by  the  piston,  show  very 
much  better  speed  results  than  the  older  type  with  check 
valve  controlled  inlet. 

J.  YV.  B.,  Babylon,  L.  I. — Which  is  the  safer  to,  operate,  a two- 
cycle  two-cylmder  engine,  or  a two-cylinder  four-cycle? 

Ans.  If  your  two-cycle  engine  is  started  by  turning  the 
flywheel  entirely  over,  there  would  be  very  little  differ- 
ence. If,  however,  you  start  it  by  rocking  the  flywheel 
back  and  forth,  yon  are  liable  to  get  an  explosion  in  the 
after  cylinder  and  get  hurt.  Probably  more  people  have 
been  hurt  by  the  starting”  pin  than  any  other  part  of 
gasolene  engines. 


Numerous  Entries  for  the  Ocean  Race* 

Last  week  in  an  editorial  we  urged  American  yachts- 
men to  enter  their  yachts  in  the  trans-Atlantic  race  foi 
the  cup  offered  by  the  German  Emperor.  We  are  now 
able  to  announce  that  eight  entries  are  assured,  and  of 
that  number  all  but  one  will  positively  start. 

The  first  entry  was  that  of  an  English  vessel,  Valhalla, 
owned  by  the  Earl  of  Crawford.  The  second  entry  was 
Apache,  another  large  square-rigged  auxiliary  owned  by 
Mr.  Edward  Randolph,  New  York  Y.  C.  Utowana,  an- 
other auxiliary  owned  by  Mr.  Allison  Armour,  was  the 
third  entry,  while  Ailsa,  the  English-built  yawl  owned 
by  Mr.  Henry  S.  Redmond,  was  the  fourth. 

The  most  gratifying  news  of  all  is  that  Mr.  Wilson 
Marshall’s  three-masted  auxiliary  schooner  will  be  among 
the  starters.  There  has  been  some  doubt  that  Atlantic 
would  be  a participant.  Now  that  it  can  be  definitely 
stated  that  she  will  make  the  passage,  it  ought  to  have 
a beneficial  effect  on  other  owners. 

The  other  boats  that  may  be  included  in  the  list  of 
starters  are : Schooner  Endymion,  owned  by  Mr.  George 
Lauder,  Jr.,  and  the  schooner  Thistle,  owned  by  Mr 
Robert  E.  Tod. 

. Mr.  C.  Oliver  Iselin  is  very  anxious  to  start  Constitu- 
tion, and  it  is  considered  quite  probable  that  she  may  be 
numbered  among  the  contestants.  If  she  makes  the  trip 
it  will  be  under  a ketch  rig.  The  last  named  vessel  is 
perhaps  the  only  doubtful  .one  among  the  eight.  It  is  to 
be  hoped  that  her  owners  will  make  arrangements  for  her 
to  start,  as  it  would  greatly  addTo  its  interest.  ' 

From  the  entries  assured,  it  will  be  seen  the  list  is  a 
representative,  one,  and  that  it  includes  all- classes  of:  ves- 
sels from  the  large  ocean-going  auxiliary  down  to  the 
modern  first-class  racer  twice  a contestant  for  America’s 
Cup  honors.  ' 


88 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


[Jan.  14,  1905. 


Boston  Letter* 

Boston,  Jan.  7.— At  the  recent  annual  meeting  of  the 
Beverly  Y.  C.,  a committee  composed  of  Messrs.  David 
Rice,  J.  Lewis  Stackpole  and  R.  W.  Emmons  2d,  was 
appointed  to  make  recommendations  for  revising  the 
restricted  classes  of  the  club  and  also  to  draw  up  restric- 
tions for  a new  15ft.  class.  This  committee  has  worked 
quickly  and  has  submitted  recommendations  which  will 
be  acted  upon  at  a special  meeting  to  be  held  in  the  com- 
mittee room,  322  Exchange  building,  Monday,  January  16. 

In  the  recommendations  submitted,  the  committee  has 
retained  the  three  regular  restricted  classes  and  added  the 
15ft.  restricted  class  as  required.  In  the  old  classes  such 
changes  have  been  made  as  have  been  found  necessary  to 
eliminate  the  possibility  of  freak  design,  and  the  recom- 
mendations are  in  line  with  changes  that  have  already 
been  made  in  the  classes  of  the  Yacht  Racing  Association 
of  Massachusetts.  It  is  not,  perhaps,  surprising  to  note 
that  there  is  much  reluctance  on  the  part  of  the  yachtsmen 
racing  in  Massachusetts  Bay  and  in  Buzzard’s  Bay  to 
adopt  the  proposed  new  uniform  rating  rule  for  classes 
which  have  been  in  existence  for  many  years.  It  has  been 
the  custom  in  both  places  to  race  the  yachts  on  water- 
line length  alone,  all  of  the  competitors  being  built  to 
the  limits  of  the  classes,  in  none  of  which  time  allowance 
has  been  given.  At  the  same  time  well  defined  scantling 
restrictions  have  been  laid  down  for  the  purpose  of  pro- 
ducing substantial  yachts.  With  all  of  this  the  yachtsmen 
have  been  satisfied ; but  the  tendency  of  producing  yachts 
of  extreme  dimensions  and  form  has  caused  the  majority 
of  yachtsmen  in  both  places  to  look  about  for  a remedy 
for  the  evil.  The  committee  of  the  Beverly  Y.  C.  sug- 
gests the  direct  limiting  of  over  all  length,  together 
with  other  restrictions  for  measuring  to  maintain  good 
form,  and  this  has  been  done  with  the  active  classes  in 
Massachusetts  Bay. 

The  committee  of  the  Beverly  Y.  C.  starts  out  at  once 
by  saying  that  square-ended,  snub-nosed,  hollow  or  square- 
sided bow  or  stern,  on  vertical  cross-section,  metal  or 
hollow  fins,  leeboards,  metal  deadwocds,  double  rudders 
or  double  centerboards,  hollow  spars,  double  planking  or 
balance  rudders  will  not  be  allowed.  All  boats  in  the  four 
classes  shall  be  provided  with  water-tight  cockpits  with 
scuppers  draining  outboard,  or  water-tight  bulkheads,  or 
tanks  sufficiently  large  to  float  the  boat  when  full  of 
water. 

The  measurer  shall  be  furnished  with  a copy  of  the 
plans  from  which  the  sails  were  made,  and  at  the  same 
time  there  shall  be  furnished  an  elevation  of  the  boat 
showing  to  scale  the  proposed  lengths  of  overhang  at  both 
ends,  and  a vertical  cross-section  of  the  bow  at  a point 
one  half  the  distance  between  the  extreme  L.  W.  L.  for- 
ward and  the  extreme  bow.  The  extreme  beam  on  this 
section  shall  not  exceed  36  per  cent,  in  class  B,  and  40 
per  cent,  in  classes  C.  D and  H of  the  greatest  L.W.L. 
beam  of  the  boat.  The  girth  of  the  underbody  at  this  sec- 
tion shall  net  exceed  the  number  of  inches  represented 
by  the  sum  of  the  beam,  plus  the  depth  of  the  hull 
measured  from  top  of  covering  board  at  the  rail,  plus  3m. 
in  classes  B,  C,  D,  and  plus  2in.  in  class  H,  measured  at 
this  section.  Horizontal  sections  forward  of  L.W.L.  must 
not  be  concave.  Extreme  L.W.L.  beam,  draft  and  weight 
of  ballast  must  be  furnished  club  inspector.  The  deck 
line  at  point  of  girth  measurement  shall  not  run  at  an 
angle  greater  than  30  degrees  with  the  center  line  of  the" 
boat. 

It  is  specified  that  in  class  B,  the  largest  class,  of  25ft. 
waterline,  the  cabin  shall  be  fitted  at  each  end  with  a 
bulkhead  not  less  than  three-quarters  of  an  inch  thick; 
transoms  on  each  side;  three  lockers,  one  of  which  shall 
be  for  dishes;  one  folding  berth  forward  and  stand  for 
stove.  The  21-footers  and  the  18-footers  are  obliged  to 
have  cabin  houses.  The  15-footers  must  be  decked  for 
more  than  50  per  cent,  of  the  total  length.  The  following 
is  a table  giving  the  principal  restrictions  for  the  four 
classes  as  recommended  by  the  committee : 


Extreme  L.W.L.  fully  equipped,  without  crew 

Extreme  over  all  not  to  exceed 

L.W.L.  beam  minimum  for  centerboards 

L.W.L.  beam  minimum  for  keels 

Maximum  forward  or  aft  overhang 

Minimum  freeboard  

Minimum  freeboard  of  the  section  on  which  girth  is  measured  at 

Minimum  draft  of  keel  in  keel  and  centerboard  boats 

Minimum  draft  of  keel  and  centerboard  boats 

Maximum  draft  of  keel  for  keel  boats 

Minimum  ballast  for  centerboard  boats 

Minimum  ballast  for  keel  boats 

Minimum  length  of  bottom  of  keel 

Total  area  of  working  sail _ 

Proportion  of  mainsail  to  forestay  sail 

The  table  continues,  giving  scantling  restrictions, 
equipment,  crew,  etc.,  for  each  of  the  four  classes.  In  its 
announcement  the  committee  recommends  that  all  boats 
that  have  sailed  in  any  of  the  club’s  races,  or  that  are 
being  built  under  the  rules  of  1904,  and  which  may  pass 
the  club  inspector,  may  race  in  the  class  that  they  are  now 
entered,  unless  changed  so  that  they  may  measure  out  of 
the  class,  and  that  the  one-design  Herreshoff  18- footers 
and  the  Herreshoff  and  Burgess  one-design  15-footers,  as 
now  built  and  rigged,  may  sail  in  the  restricted  18ft.  and 
15ft.  classes. 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  South  Boston  Y.  C,  held 
in  the  club  house  last  Wednesday  evening,  the  following 
officers  were  elected  : Com.,  F.  W.  Rauskolb ; Vice-Corn., 
George  M.  Hannan;  Rear-Corn.,  William  G.  Doyle,  Sec’y, 
P.  J.  McMahon;  Treas.,  W.  H.  French;  Meas.,  F.  H. 
Borden;  Fleet  Surgeon,  Dr.  F.  B.  Reed;  Trustees  three 
years,  W.  F.  Cogan  and  Walter  Shaw;  Regatta  Commit- 
tee—J.  H.  Brewer.  H.  S.  Haines,  J.  J.  Harland,  William 
Hennessey  and.J.  F.  Trotman;  House  Committee — A.  K. 
Brown,  J.  D.  Coughlin,  F.  W.  Falvey,  H.  F.  Flynn  and 
H.  T.  McArdle-  The  annual  ball  of  the  club  will  be  held 
in  Paul  Revere  Hall  Tuesday,  February  7. 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Lynn  Y.  C.,  the  following 
officers  were  elected : Com.,  Preston  W.  Johnson ; Vice- 

Corn.,  Fred.  A.  Mank;  Sec’y.  F.  L.  Ingalls;  Treas.,  W, 
A Estes ; Directors — Edward  Connor,  John  P Lydon, 
William  Redlon  and  James  Reed;  Regatta  Committee — 
L S Coffin.  T.  A.  Clough,  Fred.  W.  Ford,  John  P.  Lydon, 
William  H.  Lydon;  Membership  Committee — F.  L. 
Ingalls,  James  Sprat!  and  P.  C.  Saunders. 

The  Augusta  Y.  C.  has  been  organized  at  Augusta,  Me., 
lyjtjj  t he  following  officer, s;  Com.,  A,  M,  Goddard  j Vice- 


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Com.,  J.  E.  Packard;  Sec’y,  Edward  L.  Ripley;  Treas., 
Walter  L.  Fifield;  Meas.,  Frank  W.  Roberts;  Directors — 
A.  M.  Goddard,  J.  E.  Packard,  L.  L.  Wellman,  A.  W. 
Nichols  and  William  H.  Smith.  The  club  starts  with 
sixteen  charter  members. 

Mr.  F.  F.  Brewster’s  new  90ft.  schooner  is  being  plated 
at  Lawley’s.  At  the  same  shops  an  87ft.  naphtha  yacht  is 
receiving  the  cabin  work.  A 22-footer  is  planked.  Four 
of  the  Cchasset  one-design  17-footers  have  been  com- 
pleted. Work  has  commenced  on  an  18-footer  designed 
by  Crowninshield  for  Mr.  George  H.  Wightman,  of  the 
Boston  Y.  C.  A 60ft.  steam  yacht,  designed  by  Mr. 
Arthur  Binney,  has  been  laid  down. 

Messrs.  Swasey,  Rajmaond  & Page  are  at  work  or.  the 
lines  of  a 45 ft.  cruising  launch  for  Mr.  M.  T.  Bowditch, 
a 32ft.  cabin  launch  for  Mr.  G.  Brown,  a 40ft.  cabin  launch 
for  Mr.  Sumner.  Robinson,  a 30ft.  speed  launch  for  Mr, 
Lewis  Clarke,  of  Philadelphia,  a 40ft.  cabin  launch  for 
Mr.  O’Brien,  of  New  York,  and  a 30ft.  launch  for  Mr. 
W.  H.  Brown,  of  Pittsburg.  John  B.  Killeen. 


YACHTING  NEWS  NOTES. 


For  advertising  relating  to  this  department  see  pages  ii  and  iii. 


Cobweb  Y.  C.  Officers.-— At  a meeting  of  the  Cobweb 
Y.  C.,  held  at  the  club  house  foot  of  I52d  street,  North 
River,  on  Saturday  evening,  January  5,  the  following  offi- 
cers were  elected:  Com.,  A.  N.  Rose;  Vice-Com..  J.  H. 

W.  Fleming;  Fleet  Captain,  William  Riley;  Recording 
Sec’v,  D.  Manson;  Financial  Sec’y,  Charles  Boughton; 
Treas.,  John  Homann';  Meas.,  Frederick  Gerrus;  Steward, 
Edward  Ruquet;  Sergeant-at-Arms,  Von  Wolfersdorph ; 
Fleet  Surgeon,  John  Martin,  M.D. ; Trustees — C.  H. 
Madden,  A.  Feldhus,  J.  Rigney,  F.  Lambert,  E.  Walsh 
and  F.  Madden. 

* R * 

New  Power  Boat  Club. — We  understand  that  an  arti- 
cle on  “Power  Boat  Clubs”  which  appeared  in  these  col- 
umns December  31,  1904,  is  already  bearing  fruit.  The 
formation  of  a club  on  the  plan  outlined  is  practically 
assured.  We  are  not  at  liberty  to  announce  its  name  and 
location,  but  they  have  commodious  and  convenient  quar- 


Class B. 

Class  C. 

Class  D. 

Class  H. 

31ft. 

ISft. 

15ft. 

36ft. 

81ft. 

26ft. 

7ft.  9in. 

Oft.  Sin. 

5ft.  8in, 

7ft. 

6ft.  3in. 

5ft.  4in. 

• 3ft. 

7ft. 

tift. 

20in. 

18in. 

16in. 

28in. 

2-lin. 

21in. 

....  3ft.  6in. 

3ft. 

2ft.  6in. 

2ft.  3in. 

4ft. 

3ft.  Bin. 

3ft. 

6ft. 

5ft. 

4ft. 

3.000  lbs. 

1,500  lbs. 

1,000  lbs. 

3,500  lbs. 

1,800  lbs. 

1,200  lbs. 

5ft. 

4ft. 

3ft. 

600ft. 

450ft. 

360ft. 

80  per  c’t. 

SO  per  c’t. 

80  per  c’t. 

ters  in  view  on  Gravesend  Bay.  We  will  gladly  forward 
any  names  sent  11s  by  our  readers  to  those  who  have  the 
matter  in  hand.  Please  address  such  communications  to 
the  Yachting  Department. 

« m.  m 

Manhasset  Bay  Y.  C,  Officers. — The  annual  meeting 
of  the  Manhasset  Bay  Y.  C.  was  held  at  the  Hotel  Astor 
on  Tuesday  evening,  January  3.  The  following  officers 
were  elected : Com.,  Alphonse  H.  Alker,  steam  yacht 

Florence ; Vice-Com.,  Clarkson  Cowl,  steam  yacht  Ardea ; 
Rear-Corn.,  R.  W.  Bainbridge,  houseboat  Chetolah;  Sec’y, 
Edward  M.  MacLellan;  Treas.,  M.  W.  Torrey;  Meas., 
Francis  W.  Belknap;  Trustee  class  1907,  James  L.  Laid- 
law,  and  George  A.  Thayer. 

K It  K 

Morrisania  Y.  C.  Officers.— At  the  annual  meeting  of 
the  Morrisania  Y.  C,  held  a few  days  ago,  the  following 
officers  were  elected:  Com.,  George  Schroeder;  Vice- 

Com.,  H.  Hassall ; Rear-Com.,  H.  Bartram ; Treas.,  F. 
Derluth  ; Finan.  Sec’y,  F.  Schroeder;  Recording  Sec’y,  T. 
Grace;  Meas.,  A.  D.  Dowrie;  Sergeant-at-Arms,  Peter 
Hagen;  Board  of  Directors— L.  Orth  and  J.  H.  Tully, 
two  years ; House  Committee — J.  H.  Curtiss,  W.  E. 
Robinson.  N,  S.  Busby,  0.  Hendricks,  L.  Hitchler,  W. 
Hixon,  E,  F.  Bartro,  j.  Kohn,  and  J.  Custance  ; Regatta 
Committee — C.  Kirchof;  C.  Wilmore,  Charles  Reuterman, 
E.  Delevante,  and  F.  Starke;  Membership  Committee — - 
J.  Berrian,  L.  Fried,  and  W.  Grady;  Nominating  Com- 
mittee— H.  Hopper,  E.  Doerfel,  and  J.  McDermott ; 
Auditing  CouijoitlJb — G.  Grape?  apr}  yv,  De  Forest, 


One-Design  Class  for  Larchmont  Y.  G 

1 he  plans  for  the  one-design  boats  for  the  members  of 
the  Larchmont  Y.  C.,  which  we  are  able  to  publish  this 
week  through  the  courtesy  of  Messrs.  Tams,  Lemoine  & 
Crane,  show  a boat  almost  identical  with  the  famous 
Tartan,  ex-Lanai. 

While  the  boats  were  designed  for  class  racing,  the 
architects  also  planned  the  boats  to  fit  the  regular  race- 
about  class,  so  that  the  owners  are  sure  of  good  racing. 
Several  boats  hav,e  already  been  ordered,  and  thev  are 
now  taking  shape  at  Wood’s  yard  at  City  Island.  'They 
are  excellent  craft,  and  are  being  put  together  in  a 
superior  manner.  The  planking  is  single  below  the  water- 
line and  double  above,  this  latter  being  done  in  order  to 
secure  an  absolute  smooth  topside.  The  contract  price, 
exclusive  of  sails,  is  $1,500,  which  is  a low  figure  for  a 
modern  boat  of  this  type.  The  selection  of  a sailmaker 
rests  with  the  owner.  1 he  spars  will  be  hollow,  and  they 
will  be  furnished  by  the  Frazer  Hollow  Spar  and  Boat 
Company,  of  Greenport,  L.  I. 

No  firm  of  designers  has  had  greater  success  in  this 
size  and  type  of  boat  than  Messrs.  Tams,  Lemoine  & 
Crane,  and  with  the  construction  in  the  hands  of  that 
skilled  mechanic,  Mr.  B.  Frank  Wood,  a class  of  fast  and 
serviceable  racing  boats  is  assured. 

The  dimensions  are  as  follows : 

Length — 

p^aii 35  ft 

L.W.L 21  ft. 

Overhang — 

Forward  8ft 

Aft  .; 

Breadth — 

Extreme  8ft 

„ L.W.L ; 7ft' 

Draft—  7 ' 

To  rabbet  

Extreme  4ft. 

Board  down  

Freeboard — 

Forward  

Least  

Aft  ;; 

Sail  area  600  sqTft.' 

Sloop  Eclipse  Sold.— Mr.  C.  Pemberton,  Jr.,  of  Phila 
delphia,  has  purchased  the  sloop  Eclipse  from  Messr> 
Collins  Brothers,  of  Keyport,  N.  J.,  through  the  agenc 
of  Mr.  Stanley  M.  Seaman. 


6in. 

6iu. 

Sin. 

pin. 

6in. 

6in. 

^tmaqing, 



Red  Dragon  G G 

Philadelphia,  Pa.,  Jan.  7. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream. 
At  the  annual  election  of  officers  held  by  the  Red  Dragon 
Canoe  Club,  of  Philadelphia,  at  Hotel  Hanover,  on  Fri- 
day evening,  January  6,  the  following  were  chosen  for 
1905:  Com.,  Clifton  T.  Mitchell;  Vice-Com.,  W.  Chapin 
Thompson;  Purser,  W.  H.  Logan,  Jr.;  Quartermaster, 
Harry  Blumner;  Correspondent,  W.  K.  Park;  Meas.,  M. 
D.  Wilt;  Fleet  Surgeon,  F.  O.  Gross,  M.D. ; House  Com- 
mittee— A.  D.  Shaw,  C.  A.  Sparmaker,  A.  L.  Belfield, 
Theodore  Quasebart;  Trustee  to  serve  three  years,  Fred. 
W.  Noyes. 

I he  annual  mess  was  indefinitely  postponed  owing  to 
the  tragic  death  of  Commodore  John  C.  Maclister,  who 
accidentally  shot  himself  on  the  night  of  January  3 while 
looking  for  burglars  at  the  club  house  at-  Wissinoming. 
Mr.  Maclister  was  an  active  canoeist  and  prominent  in 
all  of  the  affairs  of  the  club,  and  was  much  loved  by  all 
of  his  fellow  members,  also  very  popular  with  all  who 
knew  or  came  in  contact  with  him.  He  has  taken  part 
in  many  canoe  meets  along  the  Delaware  River,  and  won 
numerous  prizes,  and  has  also  participated  in  the  annual 
meets  of  the  American  Canoe  Association.  His  sad  and 
sudden  ending  has  cast  a deep  gloom  over  the  members 
of  the  club.  W.  K.  Park,  Correspondent. 


A.  C A.  Membership. 

The  following  ha\\e  been  proposed  for  membership  in 
the  Central  Division  of  the  American  Canoe  Association  - 
Robert  W.  Gallagher,  of  Buffalo;  G.  H.  H.  Hills,  of  Bui- 
la i 0 ; J,  H,  L.  Gallagher,  of  Palmyra,  N.  Y. 

Prbperic  Gj  Mather,  Treasurer, 


Jan.  14,  1905J 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


SO 


LAKCHMONT  Y,  C.  ONE-DESIGN  CLASS OUTBOARD  PROFILE,  DECK,  CABIN  AND  SAIL  PLANS. 

Designed  by  Tams,  Lemoine  & Crane.  Built  by  B Frank  Wood, 


46 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


Wan.  14,  190s. 


Fixtures. 

Jan.  16-20.— Pittsburg,  Pa.— First  annual  tournament  of  the 
Iroquois  Rifle  Club. 

Cincinnati  Rifle  Association. 

The  following  scores  were  made  in  regular  competition  by  mem- 
bers of  this  Association  at  Four-Mile  House,  Reading  road, 
Jan.  1.  Conditions,  200yds.  offhand  at  the  25-ring  target.  Nestler 
was  champion  for  the  day,  with  the  fine  score  of  231.  This 
creates  a new  record  for  him,  his  former  one  being  229.  It  is 
needless  to  say  that  he  was  very  much  elated  at  having  attained 
so  high  a score,  as  it  puts  him  up  among  the  rest  of  the  record 
men.  Hasenzahl  was  high  on  the  honor  target,  with  the  good 
score  of  71.  A special  and  noteworthy  feature  of  the  day’s  shoot 
and  for  the  beginning  of  the  new  year,  was  the  scoring  of  235 
points  by  Mr.  Hasenzahl,  our  old  veteran,  and  whom  we 
familiarly  call  “Uncle  Billy.”  This  creates  a new  club  record 
for  the  range  and  eclipses  the  late  record  of  233  by  Mr.  Gindele 
by  2 points.  His  score  in  detail  follows:  22,  24,  23,  21,  24,  24, 

23,  25,  24,.  25— 235. 

When  it  was  found  that  he  had  26  points  over  in  eight  shots, 
interest  began  to  center  on  him,  and  the  result  of  his  next  two 
shots  was  watched  with  eagerness,  as  it  had  every  appearance  of 
a new  record  in  sight.  His  ninth  shot  was  24,  this  giving  him 
30  points  to  the  good,  and  then  came  the  final  effort.  A 32  would 
tie  the  record  and  a 24  would  beat.  He  stepped  up  again,  but 
finding  himself  unsteady,  he  laid  down  his  rifle  and,  after  taking  a 
breath,  tried  it  again  and,  not  being  able  to  pull  when  he  wanted 
to,  he  once  more  dropped  his  rifle,  saying  at  the  same  time: 
“I  won’t  shoot  that  shot;  I will  fire  it  in  the  ground  first,” 
which  action  he  did  and,  loading  up  once  more,  he  again  faced 
the  target,  and  after  a brief  interval  of  sighting,  crack!  went 
his  rifle  and  “there  is  it,”  says  he.  And  sure  enough  up.  came 
the  spotter  in  the  center  followed  by  the  red  flag,  indicating  a 
25,  and  then,  whoopee!  Payne  seized  him  around  the  waist  with 
one  arm  and  with  the  other  hand  fondly  seized  him  by  the  beard 
and  waltzed  him  round  and  round,  while  giving  vent  to  his 
feelings.  Then  followed  the  congratulations  of  all  present.  In 
his  second  score,  previous  to  this  one,  he  had  33  points  over 
in  nine  shots,  and  when  he  fired  his  tenth,  he  called  a 25;  but 
a 15  at  9 o’clock  was  shown,  which  was  wholly  unaccountable 
to  him,  as  he  declared  positively  that  he  was  “standing  right  in 
the  middle”  when  he  pulled  the  trigger,  and  the  only  thing  he 
could  account  for  it  was  that  his  spectacles  were  not  properly 
adjusted,  thus  causing  a distorted  vision.  Had  he  got  the  25, 
he  would  have  scored  238  and  come  within  3 points  of  the  world’s 
record  of  241.  However,  he  is  well  content  with  his  235.  The 


scores  * 

Nestler  231  213  213  213  208 

Hasenzahl  228  220  220  218  216 

Odell  224  212  212  212  209 

Payne  218  217  217  216  213 

Roberts  215  210  208  207  207 

Hofer  214  204  204  204  198 

Freitag  203  187  185  180  179 


National  Board  of  Rifle  Practice. 

The  National  Board  for  the  Promotion  of  Rifle  Practice  has 
issued  the  following: 

“Washington  is  probably  more  interested  in  the  passage  of  the 
bill  now  before  Congress,  making  appropriations  for  civilian  rifle 
practice,  than  any  other  city  in  the  country,  owing  to  the  fact 
that  there  is  reason  to  believe  that  the  first  model  range  to  be 
constructed  under  the  provisions  of  the  bill  will  be  located  in 
the  District  of  Columbia  or  nearby.  A rifle  range  conveys  the 
idea  primarily  of  a large  tract  of  land  with  extensive  rifle  butts, 
and  with  either  the  hills  or  sea  as  a background  to  provide  for 
stray  bullets.  To  locate  such  a range  in  the  District  of  Columbia 
would  probably  be  an  impossibility,  because  of  the  large  outlay 
which  would  be  required  for  the  acquiring  of  a suitable  tract 
of  land,  to  say  nothing  of  the  alarm  which  might  be  felt  because 
of  the  possibility  of  stray  bullets.  It  is  not  believed,  however,  that  it 
will  be  necessary  in  order  to  construct  such  a model  range,  for 
the  National  Board  for  the  Promotion  of  Rifle  Practice  to  build 
a range  on  the  order  of  those  at  Creedmoor,  Fort  Riley  and  Sea 
Girt,  N.  J.,  as  considerable  success  has  been  attained  with  what 
are  known  as  ‘safety  rifle  ranges.’  These  are  much  in  vogue  in 
Europe,  and  one  has  recently  been  constructed  at  the  Presidio 
in  California,  and  the  results  obtained  are  said  to  be  very  satis- 
factory. In  brief,  the  safest  rifle  range  consists  of  an  oblong 
space  several  hundred  yards  in  length,  inclosed  with  heavy  brick 
or  stone  walls.  One  end  is  reserved  for  the  marksmen  and  the 
other  for  the  targets.  Between  the  two  are  a number  of  par- 
titions consti'ucted  of  iron,  with  openings  so  arranged,  that  the 
marksman  sees  nothing  before  him  except  the  target.  Should 
his  gun  be  so  aimed  that  the  bullet  will  not  strike  a target,  it 
must  be  caught  by  one  of  the  intersecting  iron  partitions,  so  there 
is  no  chance  whatever  for  a bullet  to  leave  the  gallery  between 
the  marksman  and  target.  Behind  the  target  is  a heavy  back- 
stop, which  prevents  the  bullets  from  passing  out  into  the  open 
country.  By  means  of  rests  and  tables,  the  marksman  can  shoot 
either  in  a kneeling  or  prone  position,  or  standing. 

“Of  course  reduced  charges  are  used,  and  practice  can  be  had 
for  all  ordinary  purposes,  the  same  as  at  500,  600  and  1,000yds. 
on  200  or  300-yard  ‘safety  ranges.’  In  Europe  these  ranges  are 
built  in  towns  and  villages,  and  no  reports  of  accidents  resulting 
therefrom  have  been  received.  One  of  the  objects  in  constructing 
such  a range  in  or  near  Washington  would  be  that  the  mem- 
bers of  Congress  might  have  an  opportunity  of  inspecting  the 
same  at  any  time,  and  to  see  how  rifle  practice  is  conducted.” 


Harlem  Independent  Corps. 

Scores  follow  for  the  practice  shoot  at  headquarters,  159  W. 
23d  Street,  New  York,  Jan.  6:  H.  Koch,  228,  241;  A.  Fegert, 
230,  231;  G.  Thomas,  224,  218;  H.  Behrman,  218,  215;  J.  H. 
Blumenberg,  208,  223;  S.  Bauman,  221,  208;  Dr.  A.  Muller,  214, 
214;  L.  Lewinson,  212,  216;  A.  Fenninge,  210,  215;  C.  Wolf,  209, 
202;  A.  Miller,  198,  212;  L.  Rokohl,  215,  190;  W.  Mensch,  204,  195; 
A.  Olsen,  200,  195;  F.  Koch,  190,  191;  A.  Monatsberger,  199,  177; 

E.  Miehling,  171,  200;  W.  Hans,  186,  178;  F.  Horn,  177,  182; 
P.  Zugner,  190,  166;  E.  Hilker,  147,  192;  C.  P.  Hopf,  187,  150; 

E.  Modersohn,  122,  191;  L.  Schoewunel,  138,  172;  J.  Frey,  143,  120; 

F.  Lanzer,  87,  76. 

Bullseye  target:  W.  Mensch,  63%  degree;  A.  Fegert,  39;  L. 

Rokohl,  79;  A.  Fenninge,  93;  Dr.  A.  Muller,  93%;  W.  Hans, 
$4%,  J.  H.  Blumenberg,  127;  E.  Modersohn  128;  F.  Horn  146; 

G.  Thomas,  150;  A.  Miller,  148;  C.  Wolf,  180;  E.  Hilker,  231; 
1,.  Lewison,  253. 


Providence,  (R.  I.)  Revolver  Club. 

Four  of  the  rifle  teams  put  in  a good  evening’s  work  at  the 
practice  shoot  Jan.  5,  and  the  following  scores  were  made: 

Twenty-five  yards  practice  on  German  ring  target: 

Albert  B Coulters 243  235  240  231  238 

S K Luther 238  232  

L A Jordan  23S  222  227  ...  ... 

W Bert  Gardiner..... 231  225  225  226  ... 

If  we  can  get  three  more  men  worked  in  shape  for  the  coming 
match  with  the  Portland  team,  our  first  experience  in  an  indoor 
telegraph  rifle  match  should  be  encouraging.  The  time  is  short, 
however,  and  we  may  have  to  ask  a limit  of  five  men  for  the 
team,  as  we  want  to  shoot  the  match  anyway. 

The  revolver  division  had  an  off  night;  too  much  rifle  talk, 
enthusiasm  over  the  sketch  shown  of  the  proposed  snug  shooting 
house  for  the  coming  season  and  zero  weather  in  the  hall  made 
the  six-shooters  inclined  to  “buck”  like  the  traditional  broncho, 
and  bullet  holes  to  seek  other  lodging  places  than  the  coveted 
ten  ring. 

Twenty  yards  revolver  practice  on  Standard  American  target: 
Arno  Arcms,  80,  81,  77;  A.  C.  Hurlburt,  78;  Major  Wm.  F.  Eddy, 
66;  D.  P.  Craig,  61. 


Preble  County  Rifle  Club,  Eaton,  O. 

The  following  scores  were  made  in  the  December  medal  shoot 


at  Eaton,  O.  G.  O.  Chrismer  won  the  medal  with  44  out  of  a 
possible  48.  Twenty-eight  members  took  part: 

December  medal  shoot,  4 shots,  100yds.,  offhand,  open  sights, 


center  counts  12; 

; possible  48: 

G O Chrismer.. 

. .11  9 12  12—44 

C Tice  

. . P>  12  12  5—38 

D M Swihart... 

. .11  10  10  12—43 

T E Moran 

. . 8 9 10  11—38 

Jos  Achey  

..1112  11  9 — 43 

Chas  Glaze  

..  7 11 

9 9—36 

Silas  Lee  

. . 9 10  12  12—43 

F M Murray... 

. .11  10 

7 9—37 

Omer  Parker. . . 

. .11  12  10  9—42 

E Spilter  

..12  8 

8 7—35 

G W Izor 

..10  10  11  11—42 

Jacob  Lesher  ... 

..  9 11 

5 10—35 

C J Chrismer... 

. .10  10  12  10—42 

A N Clemmer... 

..11  12 

3 8—34 

T Johnson  

. . 9 10  11  12—42 

R L Glander 

.12  5 

6 10—33 

C C Pittman 

. . 9 12  12  9—42 

T N Leach 

..  2 11 

8 11—32 

Tos  Poos  

..12  12  11  5—40 

Chas  Matthews.. 

..12  7 

7 5—31 

Ed  Vance  

..7  1111  17—40 

L C Reynolds.. 

..5  6 

8 11—30 

Moses  Pence  ... 

. .11  7 11  10—39 

J W Longman.. 

..6  7 

7 7—27 

R Tice  

. . 9 10  10  10—39 

G W Chrismer. 

..2  4 

7 8—21 

Tony  Price  

. .12  11  7 8—38 

L Bruner  

..7  9 

3 2—21 

Bonasa. 


New  York  Central  Schuetzen  Corps. 

The  practice  shoot  of  Jan.  4 brought  eighteen  members  to- 
gether in  competition  for  high  scores.  Gus  Zimmerman,  242, 
236;  D.  Scharninghausen,  233,  240;  H.  D.  Muller,  237,  235;  C. 
Gerken,  234,  238;  C.  Ottman,  226,  240;  G.  Schillinghausen,  230,  231; 
J.  von  der  Leith,  224,  236;  B.  Eusner,  222,  229;  H.  Graveman, 
220,  223;  H.  Brummer,  220,  221,  G.  Dettloff,  225,  215;  F.  Bauman, 
216,  231;  W.  J.  Daniels,  224,  213;  H.  A.  Ficke,  Jr.,  226,  208;  H. 
von  der  Leith,  217,  211;  H.  Roffman,  206,  205;  J.  Eisinger,  209, 
190;  D.  Wuehrman,  205,  177. 

Bullseye  target:  G.  Gettloff,  33  degree;  H.  Roffman.  50;  C. 

Gerken,  62%;  H.  von  der  Leith,  65%  • J.  von  der  Leith,  86;  H. 
Brummer,  87;  Gus  Zimmerman,  97;  C.  Ottman,  103;  PI.  A. 
Ficke,  Jr.,  125%;  D.  Scharninghausen,  125%;  H.  D.  Muller,  174; 
W.  J.  Daniels,  198;  H.  Graveman,  216;  B.  Eusner,  222;  J. 
Eisinger,  234;  F.  Bauman,  238. 


New  York  City  Schuetzen  Corps. 

Owingi  to  the  additional  rush  of  business  brought  on  by  the 
holidays,  only  three  men  met  in  competition  for  high  scores  at 
the  regular  practice  shoot  on  Jan.  5:  J.  Facklamm,  235,  236;  J. 

Metzger,  226,  226;  A.  Wiltz,  203,  207. 

Zettler  Rifle  Club. 

The  following  scores  were  recorded  Jan.  3:  L.  C.  Buss,  1227; 

C.  Zettler,  Jr.,  1224;  A.  Hubalck,  1216;  G.  Schlicht,  1212;  O. 
Smith,  1195;  C.  G.  Zettler,  1195;  B.  Zettler,  1174. 


Italian  Rifle  Club. 

Jan.  2. — The  following  scores  were  made  on  the  Zettler  ranges: 
Bianchi,  244;  Muzio,  235;  Reali,  234;  De  Felice,  230;  Raimondi,  227. 


Rifle  Notes. 

The  Shooting  Times  of  recent  date,  publishes  the  following: 
“We  learn  that  the  War  Office  has  under  consideration  a pro- 
posal for  trying  a plan  of  rifle  shooting  with  both  eyes  open,  ‘ 
as  is  the  manner  with  a game  gun,  which  is  to  be  put  to 
practical  test  next  year.  A distant  object  being  seen  more  dis- 
tinctly when  looked  at  with  both  eyes  than  with  one,  it  has 
been  suggested  that  the  difficulties  attending  the  use  of  both 
eyes  can  be  overcome  by  the  provision  of  a small  shield,  called 
the  ‘shooting  director,’  which  will  hide  the  foresight  of  the  rifle 
from  the  left  eye,  the  result  being  that  the  firer  uses  his  right 
eye  only  to  align  the  sights,  but  both  to  look  at  his  target.” 


trapshooting. 

$ — — 

If  you  want  your  shoot  to  be  announced  here  send  a 
notice  like  the  following: 


Fixtures. 

Jan.  17-20. — Hamilton,  Can.,  Gun  Club  live-bird  tournament.  J. 
Hunter,  Sec’y. 

Jan.  20. — Middleton,  N.  Y. — All-day  shoot  of  Mullerite  Gun  Club, 
on  grounds  of  the  Orange  County  Gun  Club.  Albert  A. 
Schoverling  and  O.  H.  Brown,  Mgrs. 

Jan.  25. — Freeport,  L.  I.,  Gun  Club  first  annual  tournament, 
an.  23-28. — Brenham,  Tex. — Sunny  South  Handicap, 
an.  31-Feb.  2. — Taylor  Tex. — Central  Texas  Handicap  tournament. 
C.  F.  Gi)  strap,  Mgr. 

Feb.  6-9. — Houston,  Tex. — Sen’s  Grand  Southern  Handicap.  Alf. 
Gardiner,  Mgr. 

Feb.  11. — Phillipsburg,  N.  J.,  Opposite  Easton,  Pa. — Alert  Gun 
Club  first  annual  tournament.  Ed.  F.  Markley,  Mgr. 

Feb.  22.— Batavia,  111.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  Henry  Hendrick- 
son, Mgr. 

Feb.  22. — Schenectady,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  V.  Wall- 
burg,  Sec’y. 

Feb.  22. — Utica,  N.  Y. — Riverside  Gun  Club’s  eighth  annual  tour- 
nament. E.  J.  Loughlin,  Sec’y. 

Feb.  15-16. — Detroit,  Mich. — Jacob  Klein’s  tournament  on  Rusch 
House  grounds,  under  auspices  of  Tri-State  Automobile  and 
Sporting  Goods  Association. 

March  20-25. — Kansas  City,  Mo. — Dickey  Bird  Gun  Club  six-day 
tournament. 

May  2-5. — Pittsburg,  Pa. — Tournament  of  the  Pennsylvania  State 
Sportsman  s Association,  under  auspices  of  the  Herron  Hill 
Gun  Club;  $1,000  added  to  purses.  Louis  Lautenstager,  Sec’y. 

May  9-12. — Hastings,  Neb. — Nebraska  State  Sportsmen’s  Associa- 
tion’s twenty-ninth  annual  tournament.  Geo.  L.  Carter,  Sec’y, 
Lincoln,  Neb. 


May  30. — McKeesport,  Pa. — Enterprise  Gun  Club  tournament. 
Geo.  W.  Mains,  Sec’y. 

June  8-9. — Daltcn,  O.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  Ernest  F. 
Scott,  Capt. 

July  12-13. — Menominee,  Mich. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  Menominee  Gun  Club. 
W.  W.  McQueen,  Sec’y. 


DRIVERS  AND  TWISTERS* 


Club  secretaries  are  invited  to  send  their  scores  for 
publication  in  these  columns,  also  any  news  notes  they 
may  care  to  have  published.  Mail  all  such  matter  to 
Forest  and  Stream  Publishing  Company,  346  Broadway, 
Nezu  York.  Forest  and  Stream  goes  to  press  on,  Tues- 
day OF  EACH  WEEK. 


The  Dickey  Bird  Gun  Club,  of  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  announces 

a six-day  tournament,  from  March  20  to  25,  inclusive. 

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The  Secretary,  Mr.  V.  Wallburg,  informs  us  that  the  Schenec- 
tady, N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  will  hold  a tournament  on  Feb.  22. 

Mr.  F.  C.  Willis,  Treasurer,  informs  us  that  the  Freeport,  L.  I., 
Gun  Club  will  hold  their  first  annual  tournament  on  Jan.  25. 

* 

Mr.  Geo.  W.  Mains,  Secretary,  informs  us  that  the  Enterprise 
Gun  Club,  of  McKeesport,  Pa.,  have  fixed  upon  May  30  for  the 
date  of  their  next  tournament. 

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The  Manhassett  Bay  Yacht  Club,  of  Port  Washington,  L.  I., 
are  about  ready  to  start  trapshooting.  The  grounds  will  soon  be 
completely  equipped  with  traps,  etc. 

SC 

At  Pen  Argyl,  Pa.,  on  Jan.  6,  in  a match  at  25  live  birds,  $100 
a side,  Mr.  T.  W.  Morfey  defeated  Mr.  W.  Hauseman  by  a score 
of  25  to  21.  Mr.  Morfey,  according  to  the  score,  was  in  his  usual 
good  form. 

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Mr.  E.  J.  Loughlin,  Secretary,  announces  that  the  Riverside  Gun 
Club  of  Utica,  N.  Y.,  has  fixed  upon  Washington’s  Birthday, 
Feb.  22,  as  the  date  for  their  eighth  annual  midwinter  target 
tournament. 

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Mr.  John  Parker,  famous  as  an  expert  in  all  tournament  matters, 
writes  us  that  the  programme  of  the  three-day  tournament,  to  be 
held  at  Detroit,  Mich.,  Feb.  15-17,  is  now  being  prepared,  and 
will  be  ready  for  distribution  in  the  near  future. 

SC 

On  the  grounds  of  the  Florists’  Gun  Club  at  Wissinoming,  Pa., 
last  Saturday,  in  the  special  championship  contest  of  the  S.  S. 
White  Gun  Club,  Mr.  J.  S.  Clair  was  first  with  89  out  of  100,  an 
excellent  performance.  There  were  nineteen  contestants  in  the 
■event. 

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Mr.  Geo.  L.  Carter,  Lincoln,  Neb.,  writes  us  as  follows: 
“Please  announce  the  dates  of  the  twenty-ninth  annual  tourna- 
ment of  the  Nebraska  State  Sportsmen’s  Association  at  Hastings, 
Neb.,  May  9,  10,  11  and  12.  G.  A.  Mann,  Hastings,  is  president 
and  Geo.  L.  Carter,  Lincoln,  is  acting  secretary.” 

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A correspondent  writes  us  interesting  information,  as  follows: 
“Mr.  Jacob  Pleiss  won  first  high  average  at  the  shoot  of  the 
Independent  Gun  Club,  of  Easton,  Pa.,  by  breaking  90  out  of  100 
targets.  Edward  Morlsley  won  second,  breaking  87  out  of  100 
The  day  was  dark  and  the  shooting  was  over  a magautrap.” 

The  Secretary-Manager,  Mr.  Elmer  E.  Shaner,  writes  us  as 
follows:  “Kindly  announce  to  the  readers  of  Forest  and  Stream 
that  the  Grand  American  Handicap  target  tournament  will  be  held 
during  the  third  or  fourth  week  of  June.  We  hope  to  be  able  to 
publish  the  exact  dates  within  the  next  week  or  ten  days.  The 
Interstate  Association  has  made  arrangements  to  give  a tourna- 
ment at  Menominee,  Mich.,  July  12  and  13,  under  the  auspices  of 
the  Menominee  Gun  Club.” 

The  Houston  Grand  Southern  Handicap,  Alf.  Gardiner,  manager, 
has  set  Feb.  7,  8 and  9 as  dates.  On  each  day  there  are  eleven 
■events,  each  at  20  targets,  $2  entrance,  $15  added  save  to  the  first 
event.  Handicaps  14  to  20yds.  Rose  system,  5,  3,  2 and  1. 
Guns  and  shells  shipped  to  C.  L.  and  T.  Bering,  Houston,  Tex., 
will  be  delivered  free  on  the  grounds.  For  programme  high  av- 
erages, first,  Houston  Post  trophy;  second,  third  and  fourth,  $25, 
$15  and  $10. 

Following  is  the  programme  issued  by  the  Boston  Gun  Club: 
Shooting  dates:  Jan.  25;  Feb.  1,  8,  15;  March  1,  8,  22,  29;  April 
5,  12,  26;  May  3,  10.  Spring  prize  handicap  series  for  1905  of 
Boston  Gun  Club,  at  Wellington,  Mass.  List  of  prizes:  Winches- 
ter repeating  take-down  shotgun,  traveling  bag,  Stevens  pocket 
rifle,  J.  C.  Hand  trap,  subscription  to  Sporting  Life,  marble  safety 
hunting  ax,  set  of  Elliott  ear  drum  protectors,  set  of  anti-rust 
wicks.  Conditions:  entrance  free,  open  to  all  shooters;  distance 
handicap;  seven  best  scores  out  of  the  fourteen  to  count;  score 
each  day  to  consist  of  30  unknown  from  Leggett  trap.  All  shoot- 
ing under  B.  G.  C.  rules.  Practice  afforded  before  and  after 
match.  Targets,  1%  cent  each. 

* 

The  indications  are  that  the  annual  tournament  of  the  Tri-State 
Automobile  and  Sporting  Goods  Association,/ to  be  held  Feb.  15- 
16,  on  the  Rusch  House  grounds,  will  be  a success  in  every  par- 
ticular. The  managers  are  Messrs.  Jack  Parker,  of  Detroit,  and 
Fred  S.  Foster,  of  Lansing.  On  the  first  day,  there  will  be  six 
20-target  events  and  two  at  25  targets.  Medals  of  value  will  be 
awarded  to  the  highest  performers.  On  the  second  day  the  Grand 
Sportsman’s  Handicap,  25  birds,  $25  entrance,  $150  added,  will  be 
the  event.  Besides  the  cash  prize,  the  winner  will  have  the  Gill- 
man  & Barnes  trophy,  emblematic  of  the  International  live-bird 
championship.  The  famous  shooters,  Messrs.  W.  R.  Crosby,  Fred 
Gilbert,  J.  A.  R.  Elliott,  John  S.  Boa,  C.  M.  Powers,  R.  O. 
Heikes,  are  reported  to  have  signified  their  purpose  to  attend. 

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A correspondent  sends  us  the  following,  which  is  self-explana- 
tory: “The  McKeesport  Gun  Club,  at  its  annual  meeting  for  the 
election  of  officers  and  arranging  a schedule  of  shoots,  elected 


Jan.  14,  1905.3 


FOREST  AND  Sf REAM 


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these  officers  to  serve  during  the.  ensuing  year:  President,  Wil- 

liam Leveite;  Vice-President,  Daniel  Webber;  Secretary,  L.  W. 
Cannon;  Treasurer,  Daniel  Hardy;  Captain,  Daniel  K.  Irwin. 
The  schedule  of  shoots  decided  upon  for  the  season  of  1905  is  as 
follows:  Opening  shoot,  Wednesday,  Feb.  22;  on  Tuesday,  May 

30,  the  second  annual  merchandise  shoot  will  take  place;  July 
4,  merchandise  and  optional  sweepstake;  Labor  Day,  second  an- 
nual tournament.  There  will  also  be  two  gold  medals  to  be  con- 
tested for  during  the  season.  The  conditions  to  govern  the  first 
are  as  follows:  There  to  be  six  shoots,  the  first  to  be  held  the 

first  Saturday  in  April,  the  person  winning  the  largest  number 
of  times  to  be  declared  the  winner;  the  person  winning  the  first 
contest  to  have  possession  of  medal,  and  to  defend  the  same  at 
the  next  shoot.  On  and  after  Feb.  22  there  will  be  regular  shoots 
held  each  Saturday,  beginning  at  3 o’clock,  weather  permitting.” 

9? 

The  programme  of  the  fourth  annual  Sunny  South  Handicap,  to 
be  held  at  Brenham,  Tex.,  Jan.  23-28,  can  be  obtained  on  applica- 
tion to  the  Manager,  Mr.  Alf.  Gardiner,  Brenham.  On  the  first 
day  there  are  two  events;  one  at  8 birds,  $5,  30yds.,  four  moneys; 
one  at  12  birds,  $8;  both  events  high  guns.  Miss-and-outs  will 
also  be  shot.  Second  day:  8 birds,  $5,  high  guns;  the  Sunny 

South  Handicap,  25  birds,  $20,  handicaps,  26  to  32yds.,  four 
moneys,  class  shooting.  In  addition  to  first  money,  the  winner 
will  receive  a handsome  silver  cup,  valued  at  $100.  Entries  to  this 
event  must  be  made  by  Jan.  15,  accompanied  by  a $5  forfeit. 
Penalty  entries  after  the  fifteenth  and  up  to  the  end  of  the  second 
round,  $5  extra.  Handicap  Committee:  Messrs.  T.  A.  Marshall, 

W.  R.  Crosby,  L.  I.  Wade,  F.  K.  Sterrett,  Geo.  W.  Bancroft, 
Geo.  Tucker  and  M.  E.  Atchison.  Fourth  day:  Houston  Chronicle 
challenge  trophy,  emblematic  of  the  amateur  target  championship 
of  the  Southern  States;  and  preliminary  handicap,  100  targets, 
$7.50  entrance,  $50  added.  Fifth  day:  five  20-target  events,  $2 
entrance,  $100  added;  handicaps,  14  to  20yds.,  five  moneys.  Last 
day,  eleven  20-target  events,  $2  entrance,  $10  or  $15  added  in  nine 
events.  High  averages,  $25,  $15  and  $10.  Targets,  2 yz  cents.  Send 
guns,  shells,  etc.,  to  Alf  Gardiner. 

Bernard  Waters. 


Crescent  Athletic  Club. 


Bay  Ridge,  L.  I.,  Dec.  31. — There  was  active  competition  at  the 
shoot  of  the  Crescent  Athletic  Club  to-day.  A novel  event  was 
that  between  the  Russians  and  the  Japs. 


Hdp.  Brk.  Tot’l. 

Hdo.  Brk.  Tot 

Vanderveer  .... 

. 2 

11 

13 

Lockwood  .... 

..  2 

10 

12 

Lott  

12 

12 

Southworth  .... 

.'.  0 

10 

10 

Marshall  

. 3 

9 

12 

Brigham  

..  0 

9 

9 

Palmer  

12 

12 

Match,  25  targets,  handicap: 

Palmer  

20 

20 

Vanderveer  .... 

..  4 

20 

24 

Brigham  ...... 

. 0 

18 

18 

Bedford  

..  2 

18 

20 

Lott  

15 

16 

L C Hopkins.. 

..  2 

19 

21 

Grinnell  ....... 

22 

25 

Bennett  

21 

24 

Marshall  

11 

16 

Damron  

..  7 

7 

14 

Lockwood  

. 3 

20 

23 

Trophy  shoot. 

15  targets: 

Southworth  .... 

. 0 

13 

13 

Marshall  

..  3 

10 

13 

Palmer  

13 

13 

Lockwood  

8 

10 

Brigham  

. 0 

11 

11 

Vanderveer  .... 

..  2 

12 

14 

Lott  ............ 

11 

11 

Bedford  

..  1 

12 

13 

Grinnell  

12 

13 

L C Hopkins... 

..  1 

13 

14 

Shoot-off,  same 

conditions 

J 

L C Hopkins... 

. 1 

14 

15 

Vanderveer  

..  2 

12 

14 

Trophy  shoot,  15  targets: 

Southworth  .... 

. 0 

12 

12 

Lockwood  

..  2 

11 

13 

Palmer  ........ 

. 0 

12 

12 

Bennett  

..  1 

11 

12 

Brigham  

. 0 

8 

8 

Bedford  

..  1 

9 

10 

Lott  

10 

10 

L C Hopkins.. 

..  1 

14 

15 

Grinnell  

12 

13 

Vanderveer  .... 

..  2 

12 

14 

Marshall  

. 3 

8 

11 

Damron  

..  4 

11 

15 

Shoot-off,  same  conditions: 

Hopkins  

. 1 

12 

13 

Damron  

..  4 

7 

11 

Shoot  for  December 

cup, 

25  targets: 

Vanderveer  

. 4 

21 

25 

Bedford  

22 

24 

Bennett  

21 

24 

Trophy  shoot, 

15  targets: 

Southworth  

. 0 

10 

10 

Lockwood  

10 

12 

Palmer  

. 0 

12 

12 

Bennett  

10 

11 

Brigham  ........ 

. 0 

9 

9 

Hopkins  

..  1 

9 

10 

Lott  

. 0 

4 

4 

Vanderveer  

..  2 

12 

14 

Grinnell  

. 1 

13 

14 

Damron  

..  4 

8 

12 

Marshall  ........ 

. 3 

7 

10 

Shoot-off,  same 

conditions 

J 

Vanderveer  

. 2 

11 

13 

Grinnell  

..  2 

12 

13 

Shoot-off,  same 

conditions 

Vanderveer  

. 2 

15 

15 

Grinnell  

11 

12 

Trophy  shoot. 

15  targets: 

Southworth  . . . . . 

. 0 

14 

14 

Hegeman  

..  1 

11 

12 

Palmer  

. 0 

14 

14 

L C Hopkins... 

..  1 

14 

15 

Brigham  

. 0 

14 

14 

Grinnell  

..  1 

13 

14 

Lott  

9 

9 

Stake  

. 2 

11 

13 

Bedford  

. 1 

11 

12 

Damron  

. 4 

6 

10 

Lockwood  

. 2 

7 

9 

Vanderveer  

. 2 

7 

9 

Marshall  

. 3 

8 

11 

Trophy  shoot. 

15  targets: 

Southworth  

..0 

12 

12 

Stake  

. 2 

11 

13 

Palmer  

. 0 

14 

14 

Lockwood  

. 2 

6 

8 

Brigham  

11 

11 

L C Hopkins... 

. 1 

13 

14 

Hegeman  

. 1 

11 

12 

Grinnell  

. 1 

14 

15 

Team  shoot,  15  targets: 

Japs.  Russians. 

Vanderino  10  Lottowiski  14 

Palmaguts  12  Southeernwhiski  7 

Brighamjomekski  12  Bedfordwollsky  14 

Lockwoodijhahadit  8 Grinnelalwaysgrimsky  ....12 

Marshallopski  8 Hopkinsgitapsky  12 

Hegemanini  14—64  Damrottewski  ....10—69 

Jan.  7.— The  first  win  on  the  January  cup  was  scored  by  three— 
Mr.  W.  C.  Damron,  Dr.  F.  C.  Raynor  and  Dr.  H.  L.  O’Brien. 
Two-man  team  matches  were  a feature  of  the  competition.  Scores: 
Event,  15  targets: 


Hdp.  Brk.  Tot’l. 

Hdo.  Brk.  Tot’ 

Southworth  .... 

..  0 

11 

11 

Kenyon  .... 

....  1 

7 

8 

Brigham  

..  0 

10 

10 

Haff  

....  3 

9 

12 

Marshall  

..  3 

5 

8 

Lott  

....  0 

11 

11 

Stephenson  .... 

..  0 

11 

11 

Vanderveer  . 

....  2 

6 

8 

Bedford  

..  1 

9 

10 

Palmer  

....  0 

15 

15 

Hicking  

5 

9 

Lockwood  .. 

2 

10 

12 

Damron  

..  4 

6 

10 

McConville  .. 

....  3 

10 

13 

Raynor  

..  4 

9 

13 

Trophy  event, 

15 

targets : 

iSouthworth  

..  0 

12 

12 

Damron  ..... 

....  4 

6 

10 

Brigham  

. 0 

12 

12 

Vanderveer  .. 

....  2 

11 

13 

Marshall  ...... 

..  3 

7 

10 

Raynor  

....  4 

12 

13 

Stephenson  ... 

..  0 

13 

13 

Lott  

....  0 

12 

12 

Bedford  ........ 

..  1 

12 

13 

Kenyon  

....  1 

14 

15 

Hickling  

2 

6 

Shoot-off,  same  conditions: 

Raynor  14,  Kenyon  10. 

Trophy  event, 

15 

targets: 

Southworth  .... 

. 0 

12 

12 

Kenyon  

....  1 

9 

10 

Brigham  

. 0 

7 

7 

Haff  

....  3 

9 

12 

Marshall  ...... 

. 3 

8 

11 

Lott  

....  0 

12 

12 

Stephenson  . . . 

. 0 

10 

10 

Vanderveer  .. 

....  2 

11 

13 

Bedford  

11 

12 

Lockwood  ... 

....  2 

7 

9 

Hickling  

2 

6 

Palmer  

....  0 

12 

12 

Damron  

. 4 

S 

12 

McConville  .. 

9 

12 

Raynor  

10 

14 

Grinnell  auM„„  1 

33 

39 

Trophy  event,  15  targets: 


Southworth  

...  0 

13 

13 

Kenyon  

...  1 

10 

11 

Brigham  

...  0 

14 

14 

Haff  

...  3 

7 

10 

Marshall  

....3 

5 

8 

Lott  

...  0 

10 

10 

Stephenson  . . , 

...  0 

6 

6 

Vanderveer  ... 

...  2 

9 

11 

Bedford  

...  1 

12 

13 

Lockwood  

...  2 

9 

11 

Hickling  

...  4 

2 

6 

Palmer  

....0 

11 

11 

Damron  

...  4 

5 

9 

McConville  . . . 

...  3 

4 

7 

Raynor  

...  3 

11 

14 

Grinnell  

...  1 

13 

14 

Shoot-off,  same  conditions: 
Monthly  cup  shoot,  25  targe 

Brigham  9,  Raynor  13, 

1 s ; 

Grinnell  11, 

Southworth  . . . , 

...  0 

20 

20 

Grinnell  

....  3 

20 

23 

Brigham  

...  0 

22 

22 

McConville  . . 

...  4 

14 

18 

Marshall  

...  5 

17 

22 

Lockwood  . . . . 

...  3 

16 

19 

Stephenson  . . . 

...  1 

17 

18 

Kenyon  

...  2 

12 

14 

Bedford  

...  2 

21 

23 

Damron  

...  7 

17 

24 

Palmer  

20 

20 

Raynor  

...  5 

19 

24 

Lott  

..  1 

19 

20 

Haff  

...  5 

15 

20 

Vanderveer  .... 

...  4 

14 

18 

O’Brien  

...  4 

20 

24 

Two-man  team  match,  23  targets: 


Marshall  

. 5 

4 

9 

Brigham  . . 

....  0 

18 

18 

Southworth  . . , 

. 0 

19 

19—28 

Palmer  

....  0 

16 

16-34 

Lott  

. 1 

20 

21 

Bedford  

2 

19 

21 

Vanderveer  ... 

. 4 

15 

19-40 

Grinnell  

3 

23 

25-46 

Trophy  event,  15  targets: 


Southworth  . . . 

...  0 

10 

10 

Lockwood  . . . 

....  2 

8 

10 

Brigham  

...  0 

11 

11 

Kenyon  

....  1 

13 

14 

Marshall  

...  3 

9 

12 

Haff  

....  3 

9 

12 

Bedford  

...  1 

14 

15 

O’Brien  

....  2 

6 

8 

Damron  

...  4 

8 

12 

Riverside  Gun  Club. 

Utica,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  26. — The  Christmas  Day  tournament  of  the 
Riverside  Gun  Club  was  well  attended.  Eight  events,  each  at  10 
targets,  were  shot. 

The  match  to  qualify  for  the  gold  medal,  representing  the  city 
championship  was  the  chief  feature,  resulting  in  George  E.  New- 
ton become  its  present  holder.  The  second  high  guns  who  qual- 
ified were  Ed.  Smith,  William  Maine,  S.  J.  Cann  and  Bert  Biddle- 
come. 

The  winners  of  the  prizes  were  Chas.  Turk,  Bert  Biddlecome,  J. 
De  Bee,  D.  Loughlin,  Georg-e  Newton,  C.  Teller,  Charles  Deechle 
and  John  Watts. 


Watts  6 6 10  5 9 8 10  6 

E Loughlin  9 8 9 7 9 8 9 7 

Gangloff  5 8 7 7 9 6 5 7 

Smith  86576977 

De  Bee  8 9 7 10  10  5 7 7 

Newton  8 10  8 10  9 10  9 7 

C Teller  6 7 '8  8 8 7 10  5 

Schultze  88797766 

Biddlecome  6 5 8 10  9 8 8 9 

Turk  6 10  10  7 8 6 ..  .. 

D Loughlin  6 7 6 10  10  8 5 7 

M Teller  9 10  7 9 9 5 6 8 

Deechie  6 7 8 7 ..  ..  6 10 

B Sabine  7 5 ..  ..  8 6 

Hemmenway  5 6 7 5 6 

Marks  7 9 8 6 8 

Fleck  7 5 9 6 5 7 9 6 

Porter  5 4 . . 7 . . 6 

Youngs  5 8 5 7 

Fraser  8 8 7 10  6 8 

Maine  7 7 8 9 8 7 

H Wells  5 8 6 

Kaley  6 9 5 8 

Cook  8 6 7 6 

Cann  6 7 6 6 7 

Jackson  8 5 5 7 

Williamson  6 ..  ..  5 8 7 

William  Jay 7 5 5 8 

Marshall  9 4 6 5 .. 

Eddy  8 4 6 8 

Stevens  6 4 5 8 

Wilson  5 3 6 5 .. 


Jan.  2. — In  the  different  events  forty-three  shooters  took  part 
at  the  New  Year’s  Day  shoot.  About  350  spectators  were  present, 
of  whom  many  were  from  central  New  York.  The  rain  and  fog 
made  the  shooting  unpleasant,  but  the  competitors  faced  the 
traps  for  about  six  hours  and  made  excellent  scores,  despite  the 
weather. 

Five  more  men  qualified  in  the  gold  medal  championship  con- 
test, as  follows:  W.  L.  Race,  Prof.  E.  B.  Fleck,  M.  S.  Teller, 

Charles  Turk  and  George  Kaley.  The  date  for  shooting  off  the 
final  for  this  trophy  will  be  announced  later. 

The  winners  of  the  merchandise  prizes  under  the  handicap  rules 
were:  George  E.  Newton,  C.  Teller,  B.  G.  Lawrence,  W.  L. 

Race,  Bert  Sabine,  M.  Teller  and  Bert  Biddlecome.  The  results 


in  the  programme  events  were  as  follows: 


Events : 

1 2 

3 4 5 6 

Events : 

12  3 4 

5 6 

Targets : 

10  15  10  15  10  15 

Targets: 

10  15  10  15  10  15 

Gangloff  

. . 10  15 

8 14  10  13 

Wilson  

7 13 

6 10 

E Loughlin. . . 

..  7 14 

8 14  10  13 

Golden  

6 13 

8 15 

Lawrence  . . . . 

..  9 15 

8 13  10  11 

S Walling 

11 

7 14 

Wells  

..  7 12 

7 11  . . 13 

A Walling 

12 

7 10 

C Teller 

..  6 13 

7 15  10  15 

Hemmingway 

10 

9 11 

D Loughlin.. 

..  7 12 

8 13  10  15 

Cook  

. ..  ..  ..13 

8 12 

B Sabine  . . . . 

...  10  11 

8 15  10  13 

Fleck  

Newton  

. . 10  12 

8 13  7 14 

R Fuller  

13  10  14 

Race  

. . 10  12 

9 15  10  15 

W erner  

5 11 

Deechie  

..  8 15 

9 15  10  12 

Cluett  

..  ..  ..10 

6 10 

Infallible  

..  7 14 

8 11  . . . . 

Kaley  

9 15 

Porter  

..  6 11 

7 10  . . . . 

Dooley  

9 13 

Mott  

..5  9 

6 

11 

8 12 

Kraus  ........ 

..  5 10 

6 11  . . . . 

S J Cann 

7 14 

Ballistite  

. . 10  13 

8 11  . . . . 

Williamson  ... 

7 11 

Biddlecome  . 

..  7 12 

9 12  10  15 

Lewis  

6 10 

M Teller 

..  7 11 

9 11  6 14 

Turk  .......... 

8 15 

P Schultz  . . . 

7 12  8 . . 

Ben  Schultz... 

. . 15 

Watts  

..  ..  12 

8 15  9 12 

Crossman  ..... 

7 11 

Weaver  

7 11  8 13 

Patterson  .... 

8 10 

A Davis  ... ... 

6 11  9 13 

Fairchilds  .... 

Meadow  Springs  Gun  Club. 

Philadelphia,  Pa.,  Jan.  7.— Mr.  G.  Gothard  was  high  man  in 


the  club  handicap  by  scoring  23  with  his  allowance  added.  J. 
Coyle,  scratch,  broke  20,  which  was  in  fact  the  high  score. 


Hdp.  Brk.  Tot’l. 

Hdo.  Brk.  Tot’ 

Gothard  . . . . . 

5 

18 

23 

Murdock 

15 

17 

Jackson  

4 

18 

22 

Franklin  

16 

16 

Chandler  . . . . 

9 

11 

20 

E Dill  

14 

16 

Depew  

2 

18 

20 

H Dill  ....... 

....  3 

13 

16 

W Hansell  . . 

....  4 

16 

20 

Gerhard  

....  0 

15 

15 

Coyle  

....  0 

20 

20 

Frank  

....  4 

10 

14 

Mann  

5 

15 

20 

Mardin  

....  0 

14 

14 

Christ  

7 

12 

19 

Buckwalter  . . 

....  0 

13 

13 

Bush  

....  0 

19 

19 

Chadbourne  . 

....  2 

11 

13 

Hall  

....  0 

18 

18 

Martin  

....  5 

7 

12 

Pepper  

....  2 

16 

18 

Henry  

10 

10 

Heathcote  . . . 

....  2 

15 

17 

The  open  sweepstakes  events  were  scored  as  follows: 

First  event,  10  targets:  Murdock  8,  Depew  8,  Chadbourne  7, 
Gerhard  6,  W.  Hensell  6,  E.  Dill  5,  Bush  5,  Shaw  5,  Mann  4, 
Martin  3. 

Second  event,  10  targets:  Hall  8,  Buckwalter  8,  Franklin  7, 
Gothard  7,  Bush  5,  Heathcote  6,  Chadbourne  5,  Christ  4,  Gerhard 
3,  Depew  3. 

Third  event,  10  targets:  Hall  9,  Murdock  8,  Bush  8,  Buckwalter 
7,  W.  Hansell  6,  Chandler  6,  Franklin  5,  Heathcote  5,  Mardin  5. 

Fourth  event,  15  targets:  Coyle  11,  W.  Hansell  10,  Hamil  10, 

Bush  9,  Buckwalter  8,  Murdock  8,  Heathcote  8,  Jackson  8,  E.  Dill 
5,  Gerhard  & 


Ossining  Gun  Club. 

The  Ossining,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  will  hold  an  open  shoot  on 
Monday,  Feb.  13.  The  programme  will  be  as  follows:  Ten  events; 

nine  at  15,  one  at  25  targets;  entrance  $1.30  and  $2.  Totals,  160 
targets,  $13.70  entrance. 

Event  No.  7,  while  a regular  sweep,  will  decide  a ten-man  team 
match  between  Poughkeepsie  and  Ossining.  We  are  assured  of  a 
big  shoot.  Two  traps.  Lunch  and  shells  for  sale.  Rose  system. 
High  professional  average,  $5.  First  and  second  amateur  high 
averages,  $5  and  $3;  $2  and  trophy  to  man  making  high  score  on 
winning  team.  Shooting  commences  at  10:30  A.  M.  sharp.  Con- 
testants  may  shoot  for  targets  only  at  2 cents  each.  All  shooters 
must  enter  for  entire  programme,  they  being  privileged  to  with- 
draw at  any  time. 

Ossining  is  thirty  miles  from  New  York  city  on  N.  Y.  C.  & 
H.  R.  R.  R.  For  further  particulars  address  C.  G.  Blandford, 
captain. 


Trap  at  Point  Breeze. 

Philadelphia,  Jan.  2.— Four  events  were  shot  at  Point  Breeze 
to-day.  A summary  follows: 

New  Year’s  Handicap,  miss-and-out,  live  birds,  handicap  rise, 
$2  entrance:  Brandt  10,  Brown  10,  Murphy  9,  Wingate  9,  Cowan 
4,  Aiman  3,  Stone  3,  Cummings  3,  Felix  3,  French  2,  Jones  1. 
Re-entry,  Felix  2. 

Miss-and-out  sweepstake,  live  birds,  $2  entrance:  Aiman  6, 

Felix  6,  Murphy  6,  Wingate  6,  Cowan  3,  Brandt  0,  Brown  0, 
Jones  0.  Re-entry,  Brandt  0. 

Miss-and-out  sweepstake,  live  birds,  handicap  rise,  $2  entrance: 
Johnson  5,  Cowan  5,  Felix  5,  Brown  4,  Cowan  4,  Brandt  4,  Aiman 
3,  Cummings  2,  Shettsline  2,  Murphy  2,  Jones  1,  Cowan  re-entered. 

Miss-and-out  sweepstake,  live  birds,  handicap  rise,  $2  entrance: 
Ccwan  6,  Felix  6,  French  5,  Jones  2,  Shettsline  1.  Re-entry, 
French  1. 


Knapp — Parsons. 

Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  3. — The  match  shoot  between  Fred  A. 
Knapp  and  Frank  J.  Parsons,  which  caused  considerable  interest 
among  trapshooters  in  this  vicinity,  took  place  at  the  New  Year’s 
Day  shoot  of  the  Infallible  Gun  Club,  and  Parsons  won  by  2 birds, 
the  final  score  being  19  to  17  out  of  25. 

Ihe  day  was  dark  and  gloomy,  and  a high  wind  made  the  flight 
of  the  targets  very  erratic.  The  only  conditions  in  the  above 
match  was  that  Parsons  shoot  from  the  20yd.  mark,  while  Knapp 
was  to  shoot  from  the  16yd.  mark.  After  the  match,  Knapp  asked 
for  and  was  given  another  chance  to  redeem  himself,  at  a date 
to  be  decided  upon  later. 

The  contest  for  the  Kirkover  cup  was  decided,  and  Bryan  won 
it  with  22  out  of  25,  with  Hines,  Parsons  and  Hall  close  up  with 


Team  Championship  Series. 

A series  of  team  competitions  will  be  held  on  the  grounds  of 
the  Boston  Shooting  Association,  at  Wellington,  commencing 
Jan.  14,  and  continuing  every  other  Saturday  until  the  champion- 
ship is  decided.  Conditions:  The  teams  shall  consist  of  five  men, 
and  each  man  will  shoot  at  50  targets  (25  known  angles,  25  un- 
known angles),  to  complete  the  team  score  of  250  targets.  The 
team  winning  three  competitions  shall  be  declared  champion,  and 
presented  with  suitable  trophy  so  inscribed. 

Any  team  of  five  men  belonging  to  a regularly  organized  club 
within  the  State  of  Massachusetts  is  eligible. 

Shooting  will  commence  on  arrival  of  12:42  train  from  Boston. 

O.  R.  Dickey,  Mgr 


Trap  at  Point  Breeze. 

Philadelphia  Jan.  7.— Fine  weather  favored  the  shooters  who 
were  gathered  at  the  Point  Breeze  Race  Track  to  contest  in  the 
weekly  shoot. 

Miss-and-out  sweepstake,  live  birds,  handicap  rise,  $2  entrance: 
F.  Coleman  3,  Groves  3,  Poulson  3,  Silver  3,  Stahley  3,  McCoy  2, 
E.  Coleman  2,  Aiman  1,  Thatcher  1,  Murphy  1,  Fisher  1,  Shetts- 
line 1,  Catchell  1.  Re-entry:  Aiman  1,  Fisher  1. 

Prize  shoot,  10  live  birds,  handicap  rise,  optional  sweepstake, 
$3  entrance:  E.  Coleman  9,  Murphy  9,  F.  Coleman  8,  Felix  8, 

Craig  8,  McCoy  8,  Silver  8,  Fisher  7,  Cowan  7,  Bell  7,  A. 
Edwards  7,  Aiman  6,  Kirk  5,  Groves  5,  Poulson  4,  Shettsline  4. 


Keystone  Shooting  League. 

Holmesburg  Junction,  Pa.,  Jan.  2.— The  opening  shoot  of  the 
season  given  by  the  Keystone  Shooting  League  had  a 25-bird 
handicap  for  the  main  event.  Messrs.  I.  W.  Budd  and  W.  Har- 
rison tied  on  24.  The  scores: 


Jones,  30  1201222012222222221122222—23 

Frank,  30  2221201211201212111202221—22 

Harvey,  30  2002222220222220121221020—19 

Shaw,  29  2121210112222111122222201—23 

George,  28  .1101221222022201012211110— 20 

Harrison,  29  1111111111022121121222121 24 

Budd,  30  1122212222112222222220222—24 

Coleman,  32 2022222222222222222202202—22 

Campbell,  28  1221122022221122002211202—21 


Hillside  Gun  Club. 

Chestnut  Hill,  Pa.,  Jan.  7.— The  club  gold  medal  was  won  by 
Mr.  P.  Laurent.  Maurice  Bisbing  won  the  Laurent  trophy.  The 
scores  and  handicaps  follow:  P.  Laurent  (12)  51,  M.  Bisbing  (9)  46, 
W.  Aiman  (11)  46,  A,  Caie  (12)  43,  C.  Larson  (11)  42,  S.  Curry  (0) 
38,  R.  Bisbing  (5)  36,  M.  Martin  (5)  21. 

Charles  Larson  and  William  Aiman  shot  a match  at  10  sets  of 
doubles,  and  Larson  beat  Aiman  by  one  break,  with  a score  of 
17  to  16. 


Morfey — Houseman. 

Pen  Argyl,  Pa. — A match  was  shot  on  Jan.  6 on  the  grounds 
of  the  Mountain  View  Gun  Club,  between  Messrs.  T.  W.  Morfey 
and  W.  Hanseman.  The  conditions  were  25  live  birds,  $100  a side. 
Scores : 


T W Morfey 2222222222111212111222222—23 

W Hauseman .2202222222022010122222222—21 


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IN  NEW  JERSEY* 


Montclair  Gun  Club, 

Under  date  of  Jan.  5 the  Montclair,  N.  J.,  Gun  Club  has  issued 
a circular  letter  to  its  members,  as  follows: 

“One  of  our  members  is  now  having  made,  from  special  design, 
a very  handsome  gold  medal,  to  be  shot  for  by  members  during 
the  months  of  January,  February  and  March.  Conditions  govern- 
ing the  contest  are  enclosed  herewith. 

“Be  sure  to  qualify  on  some  Saturday  during  this  month;  the 
sooner  the  better.” 

The  conditions  of  the  contest  are  as  follows: 

During  January  and  February  a special  event  will  be  arranged 
for  qualifying  to  shoot  in  match.  There  shall  be  two  classes,  A 
class  and  B class. 

A class  to  be  made  up  of  scratch  men;  B class  of  the  balance 
of  our  members. 

A class  must  make  a consecutive  run  of  7 within  the  boundaries 
of  a specified  25-target  event.  This  class  shall  have  four  chances 
at  25  targets  to  qualify  for  the  February  contest,  and  they  can 
have  the  privilege  of  shooting  at  25,  50,  75  or  100  targets  at  any 
of  our  Saturday  shoots  in  January,  but  before  doing  so  they 
must  notify  the  secretary  of  such  intention,  and  place  their  initials 
before  their  respective  names  on  *he  ocore  sheet. 

B class  to  be  governed  by  H-e  jame  conditions  as  Class  A except 
they  shall  be  entitled  to  shi.  at  at  200  birds. 

During  February  t^e  jame  conditions  apply  to  Class  A and  B 
that  qualified  in  January,  except  that  10  targets  must  be  broken 
consecutively.  Those  that  have  qualified  in  Classes  A and  B 
under  the  above  >ns  shall  shoot  during  March  as  follows: 

A class  to  shoot  at  , targets  on  the  same  plan  that  was  used  in 
January  and  Februaiy.  B class  shall  be  entitled  to  shoot  at  200 
targets,  with  the  privilege  of  selecting  four  of  their  best  scores  of 
25  targets  each.  The  largest  number  of  targets  broken  by  any 
one  individual  in  these  two  classes  be  declared  the  winner  on 
Saturday,  March  25. 

Walter  T.  Wallace,  President.  Charles  W.  Kendall,  Field  Cap- 
tain. Edward  Winslow,  Secretary. 


Jan.  7. — Handicaps  apply  only  in  event  No.  4.  The  weather  con- 
ditions were  not  at  all  favorable  to  high  scores  to-day. 

Mr.  Sim  Glover  was  the  guest  of  the  club  to-day  and,  con- 
sidering the  high  wind,  made  a remarkable  score. 

Beyond  qualiying  in  the  preliminary  rounds  for  the  gold  medal 
presented  by  one  of  the  members  and  a little  practice,  no  regular 


events  were  run  off. 
Events: 

Targets : 

E Winslow,  4 

Sim  Glover  

P H Cockefair 

C W Kendall 

H F Hailoway,  4 

T S Crane,  2 

C H Hartshorn,  6... 

S C W heeler 

E Robinson  


Scores: 

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 

25  25  26  25  25  25  25 

16  13  ..  21  17  .,  .. 

22  24  24  23  24  ..  .. 

19  16  21  19  20  15  11 

17  18  16  16  22  17  19 

16  . . 23  . . . . . . 

19  IS  18  15 

..  19  16  12  .. 

..  18  20  16 

..  ..  ..  6 ..  .. 

Edward  Winslow,  Sec’y. 


Trenton  Shooting  Association. 

Trenton,  N.  J.,  Jan.  2. — Seven  events  were  shot.  Four  of  these 
were  for  merchandise  prizes;  the  remainder  were  for  turkeys  and 
chickens.  The  scores  of  the  merchandise  events  follow: 

Event  1,  15  targets;  first  prize,  orange  bowl;  second,  lily  bowl: 
Cole  12,  Grant  15,  F.  W.  M.  10,  Herbert  13,  Jules  14,  Huber  11, 
C.  Maddock  12,  W.  H.  M.  11,  Crawford  9,  E.  Hope  14.  First  prize 
won  by  Grant;  second  by  Hope. 

Event  2,  15  targets;  first  prize,  orange  bowl;  second,  lily  bowl: 
Cole  3,  Grant  11,  F.  W.  M.  10,  Herbert  5,  Jules  9,  Huber  13, 
C Maddock  11,  W.  H.  M.  13,  George  13,  Crawford  12,  Jules  12, 
IV.  H.  M.  10,  F.  W.  M 10,  Hope  13,  Mulford  12,  Cole  13,  Herbert 

12,  errant  11,  Swader  10,  Huber  13,  George  14,  Charley  3,  Hope  11, 
Swader  11.  First  prize  won  by  G.  Sinclair,;  second  by  L. 
Emanns. 

Event  3,  20  targets;  first  prize,  berry  set;  second,  orange  bowl; 
third,  lily  bowl:  Cole  16,  Grant  15,  W.  H.  M.  14,  Herbert  15, 

Jules  14,  Huber  18,  F.  W.  M.  13,  George  15,  Crawford  14,  Swader 

13,  Jules  17,  W.  H.  M.  15,  F.  W.  M.  16,  Hope  17,  Mulford  12, 
Klockner  15,  Grant  16,  Huber  17,  Coles  12,  Atbenholt  14,  Huber 
15,  George  15,  Mulford  16,  Hope  17,  Swader  15.  First  prize  won  by 
Huber;  second,  Emanns;  third,  Mulford. 

Event  4,  25  targets;  first  prize,  punch  bowl  and  mugs;  second, 
lily  bowl:  Cole  22,  Grant  21,  F.  W.  M.  10,  Herbert  18,  Jules  21, 

Huber  22,  Taylor  21,  W.  H.  M.  16,  George  19,  Crawford  17,  Jules 
17,  W.  H.  M.  18,  F.  W.  M.  17,  Hope  21,  Mulford  19,  Herbert  25, 
Atherholt  14,  Huber  18,  Taylor  17,  Mulford  17.  First  prize  won  by 
Herbert;  second  by  Cole. 


Pleasure  'Gun  Club, 


Englewood,  N.  J.,  Jan.  2. — The  Pleasure  Gun  Club  made  the 


following  scores  to-day: 

Events : 

Targets: 

Miloy  

F West  

Townsend  

Raynor  

Short  

W West  ................. 

Frahm  

Morris  

J West  .................. 

Bogert  

S Westervelt  

C J Westervelt  

E Haring  


I 2 3 4 5 6 7 

15  10  10  15  15  10  15 

12  ..  3 10  11  6 7 

10  ...  3 9 10  ..  8 

..  4 , . 5 7 6 5 

II  ..  4 8 7 ..  .. 

..  5 ..  ..  3 . . 6 

..  6 ..  ..  ..  7 .. 

..  1 ..  6 ..  6 .. 

..  ..  5 ..  ..  5 .. 

6 ..  9 

..  ..  ..  2 ..  ..  .. 

..  ..  ..  ..  ..  1 .. 

12  ..  6 ..  5 ..  13 

..  4 ..  ..  


No,  8 was  a handicap  event  for  the  Mullerite  trophy,  which  was 
won  by  W.  W.  Westervelt. 


Miloy,  3 ..................... 

Haring,  5 

T West,  5 

Frahm,  10  

F West,  3................... 

W West,  6 

C A Byert,  7................. 

C J Westervelt  3.... 


. .0100110101100001000011110-14 
. .0010110001010101100110101—17 
. .1111110011101000111100110—21 
. .0000010001001100000100101—17 
. .1111111001111100110001111—21 
. .1000101111110111111101010—23 
. .0001000000000111100100000—13 
. .1111001011111110111110110—21 
C.  J.  Westervelt,  Sec’y. 


North  River  Gun  Club. 


Edgewater,  N.  J.,  Jan.  7— Event  No.  6,  handicap  trophy  cup 
shoot,  won  by  Mr.  F.  Vosselman  for  the  third  time.  It  takes 
five  wins  to  secure  cup. 

Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 

Targets:  15  10  15  15  25  15  Targets:  15  10  15  15  25  15 

Morrison,  3..  11  6 8 10  12  17  13  Eickhoff.  3..  8 6 11  8 10  19  8 

Richter,  3...  14  9 13  12  9 20  12  Hearne  .....  ..  ..  12  14  11  23  13 

Truax,  1.....  14  10  14  14  12  18  13  Tap,  1........  14  ..  11  12  12  23  15 

Vosselman,  6 7 9 11  10  ..  19  9 Leasenfeld,  6 9 8 14  7 

James  R.  Mshrill,  Sec’y. 


Poughkeepsie  Gun  Club. 


Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  2.— The  annual  New  Year’s  Day 
shoot  of  the  Poughkeepsie  Gun  Club,  held  to-day  on  their  grounds 
at  Arlington,  was  a big  success,  despite  the  unfavorable  weather 
conditions.  Thirty-eight  men  competed,  thirty-one  of  whom 
shot  the  whole  programme.  Two  traps  were  used,  from  which 
4,720  targets  were  thrown,  3,593  being  broken  by  the  shooters. 
The  trade  was  represented  as  follows:  Messrs.  F.  E.  Butler, 

Geo.  R.  Ginn,  J.  W.  Briggs,  H.  E.  Winans,  Sim  Glover,  T.  E. 
Doremus  and  H.  S.  Welles.  High  average  went  to  Sim  Glover, 
Staples  capturing  second,  while  Jap  and  Capt.  Traver  tied  for 
third  place.  Welles  was  second  among  the  professionals,  and 
Butler  third.  Events  No.  4 and  8 were  merchandise  events,  the 
Ossining-Poughkeepsie  team  match  also  being  shot  off  in  event 
No.  8.  A cold,  drizzling  rain,  attended  by  a fog,  made  the  day 
decidedly  uncomfortable  and  conditions  hard  for  good  shooting. 
Scores  follow: 


Events: 

Targets: 

Welles  

jap ..; 

Staples  

Dykeman  

Butler  

Adams  

Sanders  

Rhodes  

Traver  

Doremus  

Tompkins  

Sheldon  

Perkins  

Snyder  

Flicks  

Tallman  

Ferguson  

Hotlman  

Du  Bois  

Crozier  

Valentine  

Feigenspan  

Brandreth  

Bedell  

McConnell  

Coleman  

Glover  

Dr.  Shaw  

Hendricks  

Dr.  Becker  

Carpenter  

Y an  

Winans  

Cassidy  

I Hicks  

Krebbs  

Briggs  

Bissing  

Team  match;  25  targets: 


12345678 
15  15  15  25  15  15  15  25  Broke. 

13  12  9 22  11  10  14  21  112 

12  13  14  23  12  13  13  22  122 

12  14  15  23  13  14  12  23  126 

13  13  10  21  10  12  12  22  113 

12  11  11  18  11  11  13  18  105 

12  13  13  22  13  11  14  23  121 

14  11  11  20  9 13  12  19  109 

13  15  12  21  12  9 8 21  111 

13  13  10  23  13  13  14  23  122 


, 7 10  8 14  5 10  10  21  85 

14  13  12  18  10  11  13  25  116 

9 13  7 14  13  8 10  14  88 

13  11  14  18  11  13  12  19  111 

. 2 12  13  19  11  14  10  20  111 

11  10  9 14  9 11  10  14  88 

, 13  11  14  22  11  9 14  21  115 

13  13  11  20  12  11  13  21  114 

56786455  46 

10  11  9 16  10  13  8 12  89 

9 7 6 12  10  10  7 15  76 

11  12  11  16  11  14  9 13  97 

6 12  12  17  11  14  10  15  97 

11  7 13  23  8 13  15  20  110 

11  14  10  18  10  13  13  23  112 

6 10  7 15  9 13  11  22  93 

11  13  8 17  10  12  10  13  94 

14  13  14  22  12  15  15  25  130 

12  13  11  22  6 13  14  21  112 

12  10  13  17  13  14  12  25  116 

11  10  10  15  7 6 4 16  79 

6 13  9 21  6 13  13  22  103 

6 10  10  19  45 

..  11  ..  18  ..  12  ..  20  61 

12  6 4 9 11  42 

. 19  9 6 9 . . 43 

7 7 

..  ..  ..  ..  21  21 

18  18 


Ossining — Jap  22,  Staples  23,  Dykeman  22,  Feigenspan  15, 


Brandreth  20,  Bedell  23,  Coleman  13,  Dr.  Shaw  21,  Hendricks  25, 
Carpenter  22;  total,  206. 


Poughkeepsie— Traver  23,  Tompkins  25,  Rhodes  21,  Sanders  19, 
Perkins  19,  Snyder  20,  Tallman  21,  Valentine  13,  Adams  23, 
Bissing  18;  total,  202. 


Notes. 


Everything  went  along  as  regularly  as  clock  work,  and  much 
favorable  comment  was  heard  from  all  sides. 

PI.  YV.  Bissing  proved  an  efficient  man  in  the  office,  and  to  him 
is  much  credit  due  for  the  general  success  of  the  shoot. 

Tompkins  and  Hendricks  “did  the  trick”  in  the  team  match — 
25  straight — and  under  hard  conditions,  too. 

President  Adriance,  suffering  from  neuralgia  and  in  no  con- 
dition to  shoot,  was  present,  and  gave  valuable  assistance  in 
scoring,  etc. 

Sim  Glover  won  high  average  honors,  and  made  an  unfinished 
run  of  60  straight  as  well. 

Harry  Yaientme  was  not  in  his  usual  good  form — better  luck 
next  time,  Harry. 

The  Brandreth  cup  must  be  won  three  . times  to  own — 
Poughkeepsie  2,  Ossining  1,  to  date.  The  next  match  will,  no 
doubt,  be  a “hot  one.” 

Capt.  Traver  did  excellent  shooting,  considering  that  he  was 
the  busiest  man  outside  the  office. 

The  new  grounds,  overlooking  “Fair  Vassar,”  were  made  to 
order,  judging  from  the  comment  heard. 

Sec’y  Du  Bois  was  unable  to  reach  the  grounds  until  the  after- 
noon, from  which  time  he  gave  valuable  aid  in  looking  after 
things  generally. 

A spring  tournament  is  being  talked  of,  and  the  date  will  be 
announced  early  enough  to  give  the  “disappointed  ones”  a chance 
to  make  all  arrangements  to  attend.  Hew. 


New  Jersey  State  Sportsmen's  Association. 

By  order  of  the  president,  George  N.  Thomas,  a special  meet- 
ing is  called  on  Jan.  18,  at  1 o’clock  P.  M.,  at  Achtel-Stetters 
rooms,  842  Broad  street,  Newark.  The  list  of  clubs  composing  the 
Association  is  as  follows:  Hudson  Gun  Club,  of  Jersey  City; 

Orange  Gun  Club,  Brunswick  Gun  Club  of  New  Brunswick,  Hack- 
ettstown  Gun  Club,  South  Side  Gun  Club  of  Newark,  East  Side 
Gun  Ciub  of  Newark,  Freehold  Gun  Club,  Midway  Gun  Club  of 
Matawan,  Brookfield  Game  and  Fish  Association  of  Bloomfield, 
Cannibal  Gun  Club,  of  Trenton,  Boiling  Springs  Fishing  and 
Gun  Club  of  Rutherford  (now  merged  into  the  Union  Gun  Club), 
Rahway  Gun  Club.  Individual  member,  E.  A.  W.  Everett, 
Pompton  Lakes. 

Business  of  importance  demands  attention,  and  clubs  whose 
delegates  are  unable  to  be  present  in  person  are  requested  to 
forward  proxies  to  Preside.it  George  N.  Thomas,  1100  Chestnut 
avenue,  Trenton,  or  W.  R.  Hobart,  acting  secretary,  440  Summer 
avenue,  Newark,  so  that  a quorum  will  be  assured. 

Other  clubs  and  individuals  not  in  the  above  list  are  invited  to 
be  present.  


Christiana  Atglcn  Gun  Club. 


Atclen,  Pa.,  Jan.  2. — Following  are  the  scores  of  the  Christiana 
Atglen  Gun  Club  shoot,  held  here  to-day: 


Events : 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17 

Targets : 

10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10 

Av. 

L Squires... 

9 

9 

9 10  10 

9 

7 

9 

8 

9 9 10  10  10  10  10  9 

93 

Benner  ..... 

9 10 

9 

9 

6 

8 10 

7 

9 

8 10  9 9 10  8 8 10 

88 

Tonnsley. . . . 

9 

9 

9 

7 

7 

6 

6 

6 

7 10  10  9 9 7 7 ..  9 

80 

Jelb  ........ 

7 

9 

9 10 

8 

9 

9 

9 

9 10  9 10  9 10  10  8 10 

91 

Wilson  ..... 

7 

7 

5 

5 

6 

7 

8 

8 

8 

9 9 4 . . . . . . 8 .. 

70 

J Williams.. 

8 

8 10 

8 

9 10 

8 

9 

7 

9 10  7 9 8 10  10  8 

88 

I Williams.. 

7 

9 

8 

8 

8 

9 

7 

9 

9 

7 ..  10  9 10  8 9 9 

85 

Lawrence  .. 

6 

7 

9 

7 

5 

68 

McGinnis  ... 

4 

7 

7 

6 

8 

0 0 

9 

8 

975......  6 .. 

69 

Fielis  ....... 

8 

8 

9 

5 9 9 10  8 7 7 .. 

81 

..  ..  ....  7 75 

63 

80 

Pennock  . . , 

40 

Lloyd  R.  Lewis,  Sec’y. 


Bergen  Beach  Gun  Club. 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  2. — The  trapshooters  turned  out  in  great 
force  to  compete  at  the  New  YRar’s  Day  shoot  of  the  Bergen 
Beach  Gun  Club.  Shooting  continued  till  darkness  intervened 
and  made  sighting  the  targets  a matter  of  guesswork.  The  club 
officers,  Messrs.  F.  W.  and  H.  YV.  Bergen,  president  and  secre- 
tary, respectively,  and  Mr.  H.  YV.  Dryer,  were  generous  hosts, 
and  extended  courteous  attention  to  all  present.  Mr.  L.  H. 
Schortemeier,  famous  trapshooter  and  expert,  had  the  intricate 
task  of  manager. 

The  grounds  are  situated  conveniently  for  shooters.  The  trans- 
portation line  passes  within  a few  steps  of  the  club  house. 

The  weather  was  not  of  the  kind  which  promotes  high  scores. 
The  light  was  heavy,  and  in  the  latter  part  of  the  afternoon  a 
drizzling  rain  fell. 

The  programme  consisted  of  170  targets,  120  of  which  were  in 
15-target  sweepstakes.  Those  who  preferred,  could  shoot  for  tar- 
gets only  at  the  rate  of  15  for  25  cents.  Paid  experts  shot  for 
targets  only.  J.  he  main  event  was  at  50  targets,  distance  handi- 
cap, 16  to  21yds.  rise,  for  twelve  merchandise  prizes  of  value  to 
shooters.  Entrance  $2.50,  including  targets.  Highest  score,  first 
choice;  second  high  or  ties,  next  choice,  and  so  on  until  all  the 
prizes  are  distributed  in  this  event.  Handicaps  by  Harry  Bergen, 

Capt.  Dreyer  and  the  manager.  The  scores  were  as  follows: 

Schorty  (20yds.)  40,  Reynolds  (19)  40,  Suydam  (19)  38,  J.  Voor- 
his  (18)  39,  Hoffmeyer  (18)  36,  Marcy  (17)  41,  McKane  (17)  33, 

Cottrell  (17)  38,  YVaters  (17)  31,  Montanus  (17)  32,  Keim  (16)  33, 

Flames  (16)  28,  Cooper  (16)  41,  Kurzell  (16)  6,  Hitchcock  (16)  34, 
Mchrman  (16)  20,  Whitley  (16)  26,  O’Brien  (16)  36,  Blake  (16)  29, 
G.  Remsen  (18)  35,  Snyder  (16)  44,  Dr.  Goubaud  (16)  28,  Carolan 
(16)  '25,  S.  Short  (16)  25,  T.  Short  (16)  31,  Kelly  (16)  41. 

The  sweepstake  events  follow.  Several  were  extra  events: 


Events : 

12  3 

4 5 

6 7 8 9 10  11  12  13  14 

1 argets : 

15  15  15  15  15  15  15  15  15  15  15  15  15  15 

Schorty  

11  . . 12  15  13  15  . . 11  . . 

Keim  

s 11  10  0 12  9 

Cottrell  . 

....  12  14  12  9 10  . . 12 

Marcy  

Hawes  

2 .. 

..  ..  6 

Dryer  .......... 

2 .. 

..  .,  47556.... 

Voorhis  

4 .. 

10 8 ..  14  ..  .. 

Reynolds  

..  ..  14  11  13  10 

W Cottrell  .......... 

..  7 

..  ..  10  ..  12  ..  9 ..  5 

F Schoverling  

8 10 

..  11  9 9 9 7 

Suydam  

12  .. 

..  11  14  14  15  14  8 .. 

W .Ryder  ............ 

8 .. 

in  9 10 

McKane  

8 . . 10  10  7 12  13  ... . 

Williamson  

8 . . 10  7 0 fi 

Griffith  

12  14  13 

Cooper  

..  12  12  12  8 

Thier  

. 8 8 

Montanus  

. . 12  7 9 12 10  u ... . 

Kurzell  

O’Brien  

Whitley  

Birquist  

Pfander  

Carolan  

Hoffmeyer  

J Voorhis  in  19  in 

G Remsen  

Waters  

Konwenhover  ic  iq 

D Goubaud  

Schneider  19 

Blake  Jq  " " 

Recreation  Rod  and  Gun  Club. 

Morgantown,  W.  Va.,  Jan.  2.— The  Recreation  Rod  and  Gun 
Club,  of  this  city,  held  a New  Year’s  Da y shoot  at  its  grounds 
to  day,  with  27  guns  out,  and  under  fair  weather  conditions,  except 
that  the  wind  was  rather  variable. 

A team  of  five  men  representing  the  Fairmont  Gun  Club,  at- 
tended, and  during  the  day  shot  a 25-target  race  with  the  team 
of  the  Recreation  Ciub,  the  latter  winning  by  a score  of  94  to  85. 

Mr.  Wiedebusch,  of  the  Fairmont  team,  was  high  gun  for  the 
day,  shooting  through  the  entire  programme. 

During  the  day  a “loving  cup,”  donated  by  the  officers  of  the 
club,  for  individual  high  score  at  10  targets,  was  shot  for  and 
won  by  Mr.  Lilly,  of  Fairmont,  after  a spirited  shoot-off  of  a 
straight  score  tie  with  Mr.  Dawson,  Mr.  Lilly  winning  on  his 
eleventh  bird. 

After  the  shooting  was  over,  at  dark,  the  members  of  the  club 
and  their  guests,  repaired  to  Stine’s  Cafe,  where  all  “broke 
straight”  on  roast  suckling  pig,  with  the  customary  trimmings. 


only  leaving 

the  tables 

in  time 

to  catch  the 

late  train 

to  their 

hemes.  The 

scores : 

Shot  at. 

Broke. 

Shot  at. 

Broke. 

Wiedebusch 

205 

174 

Cobun  

120 

96 

Lilly  

205 

146 

Deusenberry 

100 

78 

T F Phillips. 

190 

161 

Hot! man  

.......  95 

60 

Colpitts  

190 

123 

E R Taylor. 

85 

69 

Fitch  

190 

118 

Dawson  .... 

75 

69 

Jacobs  

180 

142 

G F Miller.. 

45 

30 

Donigan  .... 

170 

123 

Kennedy  ... 

45 

20 

Price  

123 

S E Tavlor. 

35 

26 

C R Phillip. 

96 

Cabbons  .... 

35 

18 

Nichols  

145 

109 

Moreland  ... 

15 

7 

J R Miller... 

145 

129 

Van  Voorhis 

15 

7 

L D Phillips 

140 

107 

Stewart  

15 

10 

J C Long 

140 

92 

Thomas  

15 

11 

White  

125 

84 

Team  race: 

Recreation  Team. 

Fairmont  Team. 

Price  

..15 

Wriedebusch 

...22 

Jacobs  

..18 

Phillips  

...18 

Deusenberry 

..19 

Lilly  

Dawson  

..23 

Colpitts  .... 

Cobun  

. .19-94 

Fitch  ....... 

Elmer  F.  Jacobs,  Sec’y. 


Fulford  Memorial  Fund. 

Utica,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  6. — The  gun  club  here  held  a shoot  Jan.  2, 
which  was  largely  attended.  All  the  money  received  from  one 
event,  in  which  a prize  was  offered  by  the  club,  was  "donated  to 
the  Fulford  Memorial  Fund,  which  shows  that  poor  Ed.  was  fully 
appreciated  in  his  home  town. 

Now,  I know  that  there  are  many  of  his  friends  who  have  failed 
to  contribute  to  the  fund  now  being  raised  for  the  erection  of  a 
monument  to  his  memory  by  the  sportsmen  of  America.  This  is 
probably  an  oversight  on  their  part,  so  I wish  to  call  attention  to 
the  fact  that  no  money  will  be  received  after  Feb.  1.  So  send  in 
your  mite,  no  matter  how  small. 

For  a while  the  names  of  all  who  have  contributed  will  be 
published,  the  amounts  given  will  not  be  mentioned. 

Remit  to  J.  T.  Skelly,  duPont  Powder  Co.,  Wilmington,  Del. 

All  who  attend  the  New  \rork  shoot  at  Utica  in  June  will  have 
a chance  to  see  a monument  over  the  remains  of  E.  D.  Fulford 
that  will  be  a credit  to  us  all.  Frank  E.  Butler. 


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WESTERN  TRAP. 

1;  ■ 

Cincinnati  Gun  Club. 

The  following  scores  in  the  cash  prize  series  were  made  on  Jan. 
1 by  those  who  were  unable  to  be  present  the  previous  day:  H. 

Sunderbruch  (17)  43,  Ward  (17)  42,  Faran  (21)  39,  Dick  (20)  39,  A. 
Sunderbruch  (20)  36. 

This  first  week  of  the  new  year  has  been  a busy  one  at  the  club 
grounds,  and  almost  every  day  has  seen  many  shooters  present. 
The  reason  for  this  was  the  presence  in  the  city  of  the  traveling 
representatives  of  the  Peters  Cartridge  Co.,  who  put  in  all  their 
spare  time  smashing  targets,  a sport  with  which  most  of  them 
are  familiar.  On  the  first  day  the  weather  was  ideal  for  out-door 
sport,  and  twenty-four  shooters  visited  the  grounds,  and  some 
good  scores  were  made,  Hightower  breaking  72  out  of  75,  Storr 
84  out  of  his  first  100,  Keller  82.  The  scores  follow: 


Events : 

1 

2 3 4 

5 6 7 

8 9 10  11 

Shot 

Targets : 

25  15  25  25  25  25  20  25  25  25  15 

at. 

Broke. 

Keller  

...  21 

. . 22  21 

..  18  .. 

20  22  22  . . 

175 

146 

Storr  

...25 

. . 18  17  24  . . 17  18  19  . . . . 

170 

138 

Thomas  

. . 20  20  18  19  . . 

18  17  16  . . 

175 

128 

* Y oung  . 

. . . . 18  24  . . 18  23  21  22  . . 

145 

126 

*Kirby  

. . . . 18  21  . . 17  23  22  19  . . 

145 

120 

Apgar  

...  22  14  24  . . 

. . 23  18 

14 

125 

115 

Wheeler  

. . 25  20 

19  23  23  . . 

125 

110 

D Elliott  

...23 

..  19  .. 

22  ..  .. 

. . 23  20  . . 

125 

107 

Frohliger  

. . 17  17 

..  14  .. 

. . 17  21  . . 

125 

86 

Seymour  

...21 

22  21  . . 

..  ..  21  .. 

100 

85 

...25 

..  ..  24 

..  23  ,.. 

75 

72 

W'ard  

10  21  . . 

..  ..18 

. . . . 22  14 

100 

75 

Lemcke  

..  ..15 

20  18  19  . . 

100 

72 

...16 

21  14  . . 

75 

51 

Stacy  

..  15  .. 

..  ..16 

. . 15  11  . . 

95 

57 

W’illiams  

...  21 

. . . . 12 

13 

60 

46 

21  ..  .. 

21 

50 

42 

Dick  

..  19  .. 

..  ..14 

8 

65 

41 

Bullerdick  

..  ..  18 

..  ..  17  .. 

45 

35 

Davies  

12  ..  .. 

..  ..12 

. . . . 21  15 

75 

60 

...23 

25 

23 

..  ..19 

25 

19 

A Sunderbruch  . . . 

..  ..17 

25 

17 

Faran  13  15  13 

*Shot  at  21yds.  in  Nos.  4 and  7. 

The  New  Year’s  shoot  was  held  on  Jan.  2 and  was  poorly  at- 
tended, owing  to  the  disagreeable  weather.  The  day  was  cold 
and  cloudy,  with  rain  in  the  afternoon.  Only  eleven  men  took 
part  in  the  programme,  which  consisted  of  eight  events  at  25,  two 
at  20  and  two  at  15,  a total  of  270  targets,  and  noi  one  shot 
through.  The  best  work  was  done  by  R.  Trimble,  who  broke  92.6 
per  cent,  of  the  targets  shot  at.  H.  N.  Kirby  and  C.  A.  Young 
fell  down  in  the  third  event,  but  were  standing  at  24yds.  Don 


Minto  shot  a 90  per  cent  gait.  The  scores: 


Events: 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

Shot 

Targets: 

25 

25 

25 

25 

20 

25 

25 

20 

25 

15 

25 

15 

at. 

Broke. 

*H  N Kirby.... 

...  23 

24 

18 

23 

21 

22 

, # 

22 

175 

153 

*Young  

...20 

23 

18 

24 

. . 

22 

25 

, . 

21 

. . 

. . 

175 

153 

Foley  

.:.  18 

13 

21 

19 

,, 

19 

12 

, , 

10 

150 

112 

Keller  

...  39 

18 

22 

. _ 

17 

. _ 

12 

125 

88 

Trimble  

...21 

19 

. . 

is 

. _ 

15 

15 

95 

88 

Don  Minto  

...  23 

17 

19 

. 1 

14 

. . 

13 

95 

86 

Harig  

17 

19 

24 

12 

85 

72 

Block  

...22 

16 

ii 

11 

85 

63 

Benjamin  

...12 

10 

12 

15 

6 

3 

10 

. , 

160 

68 

Williams  

...16 

19 

15 

_ _ 

. . 

60 

50 

Andrews  

20 

17 

. , 

50 

37 

*Shot  from  24yds.  in  event  No.  3. 

On  Jan.  4 there  were  twenty-six  shooters  present,  most  of  them 
being  Peters  men,  and  the  sport  consisted  of.  a team- match  with 
thirteen  men  on  a side,  the  captains  being  H.  N.  Kirby  and  Neaf 
Apgar.  Each  man  shot  at  50  targets,  and  Kirby’s  team  won  with 
a score  of  524  to  481.  Storr,  Reid  and  Gambell  tied  for  high  in- 
dividual score  on  46.  Kirby  was  second  high  with  45.  On  Ap- 
gar’s  team  Hardy  was  high  man  with  44.  D.  Elliott  second  with 
43,  and  C.  A.  Young  third  with  42.  The  day  was  pleasant, but 
quite  cold,  and  the  spectators  were  glad  to  view  the  sport 
through  the  club  house  windows.  The  scores: 

Team  match,  50  targets: 


Kirby’s 

Team. 

Apgar’s 

Team. 

Storr  

24 

22—  46 

Hardy  

......21 

23—  44 

Gambell  

22 

24—  46 

Elliott  

23 

20—  43 

Reid  

22 

24—  46 

Young  

21 

21—  42' 

Capt  Kirby  

23 

22—  45 

Bartlett  

21 

20—  41 

Hightower  

22 

22—  44 

Wade  

20 

21—  41 

Don  Minto  

23 

21—  44 

Porter  

21 

19—  40 

Phil  

21 

22—  43 

Wheeler  

22 

18—  40 

Spinks  

22 

18—  40 

Capt  Apgar 

16 

21—  37 

Moore  

17 

21—  38 

George  

......19 

16—  35 

Flournoy  

19 

18—  37 

Garland  

. .... .18 

16—  34 

Welles  

18 

lfr-  34 

Webber  

18 

14—  32 

Frohliger  

16 

16—  32 

Brown  

15 

12—  27 

Knouse  

15 

14—  29 

Osborne  

10 

15—  25 

264  260  524  245  236  481 

. Annual  Reunion. 

The  Peters  Cartridge  Co.  held  its  annual  reunion  of  repre- 
sentatives this  week,  and  on  Friday,  Jan.  6,  entertained  them 
at  the  gun  club  grounds.  Among  those  present  were  the  follow- 


ing: Maurice  Kaufman,  L.  J.  Wade,  J.  P.  Flournoy,  Jr.,  Wal- 

lace R.  Miller,  David  Elliott,  J.  W.  Osborne,  J.  W.  Hightower, 
Louis  T.  Spinks,  W.  W.  Porter,  Paul  R.  Litzke,  B.  O.  Seymour, 
IT.  W.  Cadwallader,  L.  H.  Reid,  F.  B.  Chamberlain,  Geo.  E. 
Bartlett,  A.  H.  Hardy,  Frank  L.  Carter,  John  T.  Rowntree,  L.  M. 
Knouse,  Mr.  Wishon,  Chas.  G.  Grubb,  Wm.  M.  Locke,  Joe  C. 
Garland,  Gilbert  M.  Wheeler,  Geo.  R.  Benjamin,  E.  IT.  Storr,  H. 
B.  Lemcke,  T.  H.  Keller,  Jr.,  Neaf  Apgar,  H.  N.  Kirby,  Jas.  E. 
Reid,  A.  C.  Thoms,  Chas.  A.  Young. 

A number  of  the  club  members  were  also  on  hand,  among  thejm 
Barker,  Don  Minto.  Pohlar,  Block  and  Williams. 

The  day  was  chilly  and  cloudy,  and  the  ground  covered  with 
snow,  but  there  was  no  wind  and  the  light  was  good,  so  that  the 
shooting  conditions  were  excellent,  and  some  good  work  was 
done. 

Several  preliminary  events  were  shot,  the  team  match  be- 
tween sides  chosen  by  H.  N.  Kirby  and  Dave  Elliott  being 
started  at  12  o’clock,  and  lasting  until  3 o’clock.  Twenty-five 
hundred  targets  were  thrown,  an  average  of  14  targets  a minute— 
not  a bad  record. 

The  dinner,  a la  Gambell,  was  served  at  1 o’clock,  and,  as 
usual,  was  a success. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stone  and  Mr.  Meek,  of  the  Wizard  of  Oz  Com- 
pany, were  present  as  guests  of  Mr.  Gambell.  Mr.  Stone  takes 
the  part  of  the  Scarecrow,  and  if  he  acts  the  character  as  well  as 
he  shoots,  it’s  all  right.  Mr.  Meek  enjoys  the  sport,  but  is  a 
new  hand  at  the  game.  Charlie  Young  was  hit  in  the  eye  by 
a piece  of  lead  from  a rifle  bullet,  when  Capt.  Bartlett  was  shoot- 
ing at  iron  washers,  and  was  quite  seriously  injured. 

The  fancy  shooting  was  witnessed  by  a large  crowd,  and  the 
skill  of  the  performers  well  applauded. 

Capt.  Bartlett  opened  the  show  with  a short  descriptive  talk  on 
the  goods  manufactured  by  the  company,  and  then  gave  an  exhi- 
bition of  rifle  shooting,  making  many  difficult  shots.  He  was 
followed  by  Frank  Carter,  who  did  some  pretty  stunts  with  a .22 
rifle.  Capt.  Hardy  ended  the  exhibition,  doing  some  very  fine 
shooting  with  shotgun  and  .22  rifle.  He  also  displayed  great  skill 
in  the  use  of  the  revolver,  and  wound  up  by  making  the  letters 
P.  C.  Co.  and  an  Indian’s  head  on  cards,  using  a .22  rifle  instead 
of  a pencil.  Preliminary  events: 

Apgar  shot  at  50,  broke  45;  J.  E.  Reid  50,  41;  George  50,  42; 
Frohliger  50,  39;  Cadwallader  50,  42;  Brown  50,  30;  Porter  75,  51; 
Moore  25,  21;  Knouse  50,  40;  Seymour  50,  41;  Young  50,  45; 
Stewart  50,  21;  Orr  50,  21;  Thoms  75,  46;  Lindsley  50,  37;  Kirby 
50,  44;  Hardy  50,  38;  See  50,  43;  Peters  50,  41;  Elliott  25,  22;  Storr 
25,  23;  Wheeler  25,  23;  Spinks  50,  44;  Garland  25,  19;  Moore  25, 
20;  L.  H.  Reid  50,  41;  Lemcke  50,  40;  Richmond  50,  42;  Wade  50, 
47;  ITightower  75,  71;  Osborne  25,  18;  Benjamin  25,  8;  H.  Keller 
25,  20;  Kaufman  25,  17;  Meyers  25,  20;  Barker  25,  18;  Conway  26, 
16. 


Kirby’s 

Team. 

Elliott’s 

Teaim. 

Storr  

...25  25—50 

Hightower  

. . .24  24 — 48 

Hardy  

. . .24  23—47 

L Wade  

...22  24—46 

Young  

..  .23  24—47 

Capt  D Elliott. 

...25  20—45 

Tuttle  

...24  22—46 

Wheeler  

...20  25—45 

Bartlett  

...23  23—46 

Seymour  

...23  21—44 

Spinks  

...21  24—45 

Cadwallader  

...23  21—44 

Keller,  Sr 

...24  21—45 

Richmond  

...20  23-43 

T E Reid 

...22  21 — 43 

French  

...22  20—42 

Capt  Kirby  

...20  23—43 

H Lemcke  .... 

...21  21—42 

L H Reid 

...20  23—43 

Apgar  

...19  23—42 

Kaufman  

...22  20—42 

Lindsley  

...18  24-42 

Keller,  Jr 

...20  22—42 

Phil  

Stone  

. . .21  20—41 

C Peters  

. . .17  23-40 

George  ......... 

. . .20  21—41 

Moore  

. . .17  22  39 

See  

. . .19  22—41 

Carter  

. . .19  18—37 

Frohliger  

...19  19—38 

Garland  

. . .17  17  34 

Covert  

...18  20—38 

Thomas  

. . .19  14—33 

Flournoy  

. . .19  18 — 37 

Knouse  

Osborne  

...19  18—37 

P Orr  

...14  9 23 

Litzke  

. . .16  20—36 

Stewart  

. . .12  10  22 

Welles  

...13  21—34 

Grubb  

Keplinger  

. . .18  15—33 

Cook  

Porter  

Meek  

Myers  

. . .13  16—29 

Brown  

...16  16  32 

Benjamin  

...12  6—18—991 

Thoms  

Saturday,  Jan.  7,  the  regular  club  shooting  day,  was  cold  and 
windy,  and  snow  fell  thickly  nearly  all  day.  The  attendance  was 
not  up  to  expectations,  a number  of  the  Peters  boys  would  have 
been  out  if  it  had  been  pleasant,  but  the  weather  kept  them  away. 
Two  50-targeJ  races  were  shot.  Cadwallader  and  Randall  tied  for 
high  gun  in  the  first  on  46,  and  Randall  took  high  gun  in 
the  second  on  45. 

The  club  will  hold  its  banquet  on  Jan.  26.  H.  M.  Norris  is 
chairman  of  the  committee. 

Gambell  has  returned  from  his  Southern  trip  in  good  shape. 
Had  a fine  time,  good  shooting  and  sport  generally;  but  - he 
doesn’t  like  Osterfeldt’s  way  of  looking  after  the  commissary 
department.  Col.  West.  H.  Osterfeld  and  E.  Barker  have  been 
appointed  a committee  to  select  members  of  the  tournament 
committee.  Supt.  Gambell’s  son  Lutie  has  been  sick  the  past 
week,  but  is  improving.  C.  W.  Phellis  was  at  the  grounds  on 


Friday.  He  left  for  home  on  the  6th,  and  will  be  at  the  Detroit 
tournament  in  February.  The  day’s  scores  follow: 

First  50  target  race:  Cadwallader  46,  Randall  46,  Don  Minto  45, 
Gambell  42,  Kirby  42,  Harig  41,  Peters  39,  Trimble  38,  Dennison 
38,  Williams  36,  Falk  32,  Maynard  31,  Liztke  26. 

Second  50-target  race,  16yds. : Randall  45,  Cadwallader  43,  Wil- 
liams 42,  Harig  42,  Kirby  41,  Gambell  37,  Peters  36,  Maynard  28, 
Lytle  26. 

Greenville  (O.)  Gun  Club. 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  Greenville,  O.,  Gun  Club  was  held 
on  Dec.  30.  The  election  of  officers  resulted  as  follows:  President, 
B.  G.  Eidson;  Vice-President,  M.  W.  Westerfield;  Secretary,  H. 
A.  McCaughey;  Treasurer,  E.  R.  Fouts;  Captain,  W.  F.  Baker. 
The  club  decided  to  hold  a spring  tournament  on  May  9 and  10, 
for  amateurs,  open  to  all,  manufacturers’  agents  and  professionals 
to  shoot  for  targets  only.  The  usual  summer  contest  will  begin 
in  March  and  close  in  August.  This  will  be  run  on  similar  lines 
to  the  one  of  last  year,  which  created  so  much  interest  among  the 
members. 

The  club  is  in  a better  condition  in  every  respect  than  it  has 
ever  been.  They  have  good  grounds,  shooting  shed,  store  house 
and  a commodious  club  house.  There  are  two  sets  of  traps  and 
trap  houses;  one  arranged  for  distance  handicap  shooting.  The 
financial  condition  is  satisfactory,  over  $100  in  the  treasury  and 
no  debts. 


Dayton  (O.)  Gun  Club. 

The  Dayton  Gun  Club  will  hold  Its  first  annual  meeting  at  the 
Phillips  House  on  the  12th.  After  the  reports  of  various  com- 
mittees have  been  read,  officers  will  be  elected,  and  then  a banquet 
will  be  served,  at  which  County  Recorder  John  L.  Theobald  will 
be  toastmaster.  The  committee  in  charge  consists  of  O.  M.  Bailey, 
C.  H.  Cord  and  J.  A.  Kirby. 


'Whiting  (Ind.)  Gun  Club. 

Whiting,  Ind.,  Jan.  3. — There  is  now  and  then  some  live-bird 
shooting  in  the  State  of  Indiana,  and  when  it  comes  to  an  up-to- 
date  gun  club  with  an  eye  to  business,  such  as  holding  a holiday 
shoot  that  would  draw  the  Chicago  shooters,  then  you  will  find 
the  Whiting  club,  with  that  “eye.” 

Jan.  2 being  the  legal  holiday,  there  were  some  twenty-four 
guns  in  the  rack  at  the  shoot  held  under  the  above-mentioned 
management  at  the  Wolf  Lake  club  house.  Everything  was  found 
to  be  in  readiness,  with  birds  and  traps  in  order. 

The  weather  was  very  bad,  and  none  but  a pigeon  shooter  would 
venture  out.  The  management  only  erred  in  their  judgment  of 
the  weather,  and  did  not  provide  enough  birds,  as  the  programme 
was  not  completed  through  lack  of  same. 

The  wind  blew  strong,  and  the  snow  drifted  furiously  directly 
across  the  traps,  and  it  was  almost  an  impossibility  to  get  a bird 
down  in  bounds.  Mr.  Young  shot  very  well  for  a “young”  man, 
and  lost  but  one  out  of  the  nine  events,  though  in  the  first  event 
he  was  well  to  the  bad.  He  also  went  straight  in  the  next  event, 
as  did  Deal  and  Jones.  Mr.  Deal  got  in  late,  but  yet  made  the 
equal  score  to  that  of  Mr.  Young,  viz.,  10  straight. 

After  two  birds  had  been  shot  on  the  next  event,  the  supply 
gave  out,  and  the  target  trap  was  put  into  use.  It  threw  targets 
fast  and  high,  so  that  the  scores  will  look  poor  in  print. 

. In  the  first  event  Willard  got  14,  and  was  high;  in  the  second 
it  was  Vietmeyer  who  led  the  gang  with  a straight,  which  was 
“going  some,”  as  other  good  shots  got  about  half  of  them.  It 
was  too  cold  and  windy  to  continue  the  shoot,  and  it  was  de- 
clared off  at  about  3 P.  M. 

The  attendance  was  good.  Lem  Willard,  L.  Kumpfer,  Geo.  Eck, 
J.  S.  Young,  John  Eck,  M.  J.  Sanderson,  L.  D.  Bolton,  M.  J. 
Morehouse,  C.  Swedcr,  A.  A.  Winesburg,  N.  Pauley,  W.  C Deal, 
F.  W.  Myrick,  H.  W.  Vietmeyer,  Fred  Lord  and  Chris.  Keck 
were  the  Chicago  boys  present,  with  also  the  addition  of  the 
U.  M.  C.  Co.  Tramp;  A.  L.  Ready  and  W.  J.  Henry,  Valparaiso, 
Ind.;  W.  Vater,  G.  W.  Jones,  R.  Fowler,  Hammond,  Ind.,  and  a 
number  of  spectators. 

The  club  have  good  grounds,  situated  directly  on  the  car  lines, 
easy  of  access  from  all  parts  of  Chicago  and  the  suburban  towns! 
The  scores  are  as  follows: 


Event  No.  1,  6 birds,  $2  entrance: 


Geo  Eck 

L Willard  ... 

F Lord  

Young  ... 

Vietmeyer  

Event  No.  2, 


111022-5  Jones  ... 

•••• 111200—4  Myrick  ,. 

010122—4  Williams 

001002 — 2 Frederick 

.101222 — 5 Sanderson 

9 birds,  entrance  $3: 


Eck  

Willard  . 
Lord  . . . . 
Young  ... 
Jones..  .. 
Vietmeyer 
Myrick  . . 


,220021200 — 5 Williams  . 
.202220222 — 7 Frederick 
,212000202 — 5 Sanderson 
,112202222 — 8 Morehouse 
,200000010—2  Vater 
.020221211 — 7 Winesburg 
222002002—5  C Vater  7. 


.120000—2 

.110202—4 

.110120—4 

.101220—4 

.011222—5 


.222020221—7 

.102100221—6 

.222000002-4 

.120022202—6 

,200102210-5 

012120102-6 

,222202021—7 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


[Jan.  14,  igo$. 


Event  No.  3,  6 targets,  entrance  $2: 


Willard  

022220—4 

Winesburg  

002211 — 4 

Lord  

U1202—5 

Reading  

002010—2 

Young  

222222—6 

Bolton  

220122—5 

Vietmeyer  

200100—2 

Webber  

011202—4 

Myrick  

200012—3 

Pauley  

120200—3 

Williams  

200202—3 

Humpfer  

100200—2 

Frederick  

.100211—4 

Deal  

222222—6 

Sanderson  

001212—4 

T Eck  

000120—2 

Morehouse  

Eck  

202002—3 

021201—4 

Jones  

112212—6 

Events  4 and  5,  15  targets,  $1  entrance:  Young  10,  10;  Viet- 

roeyer  9,  15;  Winesburg  9,  8;  Pauley  1;  G.  Eck  8,  11;  Fowler 
7,  7;  Deal  12,  8;  Willard  14,  10;  Morehouse  10;  Frederick  5,  10; 
Henry  2,  2;  Jones  8,  6;  Reading  5;  J.  Eck  3;  .Williams  6,  7; 
Humpfer  S,  13;  C.  Vater  9,  8;  Goosedale  10;  Levery  4;  Bolton  9; 
Keck  10. 

At  Milwaukee. 

Milwaukee,  Wis.,  Jan.  3. — The  programme  of  the  South  Side 
Gun  Club,  on  Jan.  2,  was  three  live-bird  and  seven  target  events. 
In  the  10  live  birds,  it  was  T.  M.  Drought  who  went  straight,  with 
F.  Gunther.  Others  were;  Jack  7,  M.  Fusser  7,  E.  Gumz  8, 
Dr.  A.  Gropper  8,  James  Bush  7,  C.  W.  Mott  4,  Fred  Dreyfuss 
6,  Schubring  8,  F.  Gunther  10,  Schoenbrodt  5,  W.  J.  Gunther  6, 
Ed  Crosby  7,  Harry  Reed  7,  Jas.  Drought  8,  E.  W.  Burges  3, 
J.  V.  Dering  8.  The  target  scores  were: 


Targets:  15  15  15  15  15  15  15 

Jas  Bush  12  14  13  13  13  15  13 

E W Burgess  11  5 12 

C W Mott  13  12  15  14 

Dr  A Gropper  12  10 

Jack  12  10  13  10  14  13  13 

M Fesser  13  10  10 

T M Drought 14  11  11 

J T Drought 13  12 

F Dreyfuss  14  12  14  11  12  14  12 

E Crosby  5 12  9 

Henry  13  12  11  13 

Gunther  12  12  .. 


In  Other  Places. 

There  was  an  all-day  shoot  held  by  the  Milan  Rock  Gun  Club, 
of  Milan,  111.,  on  Saturday  last.  The  best  marksmen  were  awarded 
money  prizes,  and  now  and  then  a turkey  was  sandwiched  in  just 
to  enliven  the  occasion  and  break  the  monotony.  A large  crowd 
was  present,  and  all  seemed  glad  to  meet  again  during  the  holi- 
days. 

The  turkey  shoot  held  at  Madison,  Ind.,  on  Friday  last  was  a 
great  success,  and  the  procession  that  wended  its  way  home  after 
ilie  shoot  was  a wonder  to  behold.  Mr.  Hillabold,  who  handles 
the  money  belonging  to  the  city,  carried  off  one  turkey  and  all 
the  ducks,  and  yet  it  was  Wm.  Heeks  who  made  the  best  average 
for  the  whole  day. 

In  a communication  received  from  Shelbyville,  Ind.,  it  was 
stated  that  there  would  be  a shoot  held  by  the  Milroy  Gun  Club 
on  Friday,  to  which  everybody  was  invited. 

The  scores  of  those  who  shot  through  the  entire  programme  at 
the  Recreation  Gun  Club,  of  Cleveland,  O.,  which  consisted  of  70 
targets  were  as  follows:  Rice  62,  McMeans  56,  Hull  58,  Ducommun 
47,  Doolittle  57,  Burns  58,  Frank  54,  Kramer  56,  Carter  42,  Saffold 
45,  Toby  42,  Hogan  52.  Burns  won  the  first,  Rice  the  second, 
McMeans  the  third,  and  Hull  the  fourth  in  the  poultry  events. 
There  was  rare  sport  for  the  northern  Ohio  boys  so  long  as  the 
poultry  held  out. 

On  Jan.  2 there  was  a big  shooting  tournament  held  by  the 
Irish  Progressive  Gun  Club,  of  Denver,  Colo.,  for  the  benefit  of 
its  members  and  their  friends.  The  list  of  entries  was  very  large, 
and  many  valuable  prizes  were  hung  up.  Every  indication  pointed 
to  a grand  success,  although  the  delayed  mails  did  not  permit 
of  giving  the  detailed  scores  herewith. 

A meagre  report  is  just  at  hand  which  states  that  on  Tuesday 
last  there  was  a shoot  at  Houghton,  Mich.,  in  which  the  Han- 
cock, Calumet  and  IToughton  clubs  were  represented.  The  Peters 
medal  was  won  by  Fred  Funky,  of  Hancock,  while  J.  H.  Rice 
v.'on  the  president’s  medal.  As  there  were  fifteen  present,  the 
sport  was  reported  excellent. 

Flying  rifle  targets,  bluerocks  for  shotgun  events,  all  in  the 
presence  of  a handicap  committee,  was  the  “go”  at  Lincoln,  Neb., 
on  Tuesday.  It  was  the  preliminary  for  a silver  cup  contest. 

At  Capron,  111.,  on  Tuesday  there  was  held  the  third  contest  for 
the  Hunter  Arms  Co.  badge.  The  day  was  wet  and  disagreeable, 
and  many  of  those  eligible  were  kept  away.  Dr.  Herbert,  of 
Popular  Grove,  won,  but  only  by  beating  out  L.  Munn  in  the 
slioot-off  of  the  tie.  It  was  exciting,  as  both  made  a 25  straight, 
and  the  winner  won  with  one  only  on  the  last  five.  There  will  be 
another  contest  soon.  It  seems  from  the  scores  made  that  after 
a shooter  has  been  moved  back  from  the  16yd.  mark  that  his 
chances  for  a win  “go  glimmering.” 

The  Newark,  O.,  Gun  Club  won  the  Phellis  trophy  in  a com- 
petition at  the  Dayton  club’s  grounds  last  Thursday,  in  which 
the  Cincinnati  and  the  Dayton  clubs  were  competitors. 

The  secretary  of  the  gun  club  at  Martins  Ferry,  O.,  sends  the 
information  that  on  Monday  afternoon,  although  the  weather  was 
unfavorable,  most  of  the  members  and  a number  of  spectators 
were  out  to  see  the  contest  for  the  prizes  to  be  awarded  the  vari- 
ous classes.  Charles  Updegraff  with  77  out  of  the  100  was  awarded 
the  prize  donated  by  the  Peters  Cartridge  Company.  In  Class  B, 
it  was  Thomas  L.  Williams  who  won  with  39  out  of  50,  with  it 


going  a handsome  watch  presented  by  John  Mader.  Then  in  the 
Class  C event  a watch  chain  was  the  present  that  fell  to  the  lot 
of  George  Roupe. 

If  the  following  report  is  correct  there  is  something  for  the 
game  warden  to  investigate  at  Dayton,  O. : “Three  of  the  wild 

turkeys  trapped  in  Auglaize  county  for  the  Dayton  Gun  Club 
shoot  escaped  and  took  flight  for  the  big  woods.  There  are  sixty 
more  in  the  coops.” 

The  Eaton,  O.,  Gun  Club  held  a shoot  on  Friday,  and  as  the 
prizes  were  poultry,  suitable  to  the  holidays,  there  was  an  exciting 
time  for  all  present. 

In  the  Goshen,  O.,  Gun  Club’s  annual  shoot,  held  Saturday,  the 
honors  were  equally  divided  between  Edward  and  Peter  Leever. 

The  Sandusky,  O.,  Gun  Club  will  hold  a special  meeting  on 
Saturday  evening.  Business  of  importance  will  come  up,  and  the 
programme  for  future  shoots  will  be  arranged. 

The  members  of  the  Menominee,  Mich.,  Gun  Club  were  all  re- 
quested to  meet  on  Saturday  evening  to  discuss  the  next  State 
meeting. 

A postponed  meeting  of  the  Ishpeming,  Mich.,  Gun  Club  will 
be  held  this  Saturday  evening  at  their  club  rooms. 

So  far  north  as  Green  Bay,  Wis.,  the  gun  club  boys  engage  in 
the  shooting  line  as  a holiday  sport.  In  their  next  venture,  there 
will  be  sides  chosen,  as  the  president  will  appoint  two  captains 
for  this  purpose,  and  the  losing  side  will  pay  for  a supper,  and 
there  will  be  one  pleasant  winter  evening  spent  that  will  have  a 
bearing  on  the  future  welfare  of  the  club. 

Charlie  Budd’s-  town,  Des  Moines,  la.,  has  been  putting  on  some 
new  life  since  the  State  shoot  for  next  year  was  awarded  to  them. 
Clay  bird  shooting  has  been  going  on  all  winter.  Well,  they 
must  be  up  and  doing,  as  there  will  be  some  hustling  to  get 
ready  for  the  shoot,  which  is  set  for  such  an  early  date  as  March 
14.  The  Hon.  Mr.  Budd  has  given  out  that  the  programmes  would 
soon  be  forthcoming.  If  this  is  so,  it  will  be  something  new 
under  the  sun,  as  in  the  past  nearly  all  State  associations  issue 
their  programmes  at  a date  so  late  as  to  be  worthless  to  those 
who  patronize  them  with  advertising. 

Detroit,  Mich.,  Dec.  30. — Under  difficulties  the  monthly  shoot  of 
the  Detroit  Live  Bird  Club  was  held  at  the  Rusch  House 
grounds  on  Friday.  There  was  a very  cold  wind  blowing  across 
the  traps,  and  the  birds  escaped  with  much  regularity.  It  was 
more  a feast  of  wit  than  a killing  feature,  as  all  were  determined 
to  make  the  best  of  the  weather,  and  not  worry  about  the  lost 
birds.  There  were  present  such  old  time,  jovial  fellows  as  Joe 
Marks  and  Jack  Parker,  who  have  for  many  years  been  renowned 
for  their  good  humor  when  present  at  tournaments.  Jack  has  not 
been  seen  so  much  at  tournaments  of  late  years  as  formerly,  yet 
he  can  tell  as  good  stories  as  of  old,  and  here  he  had  ample  op- 
portunity, as  the  shooting  dragged  along.  Joe  Marks  was  kept 
busy  the  while  replenishing  the  fire,  and  he  and  Jack  surely  kept 
the  whole  crowd  in  good  humor,  and  thus  they  were  satisfied 
with  life.  When  Jack  got  through  with  the  score  and  carried  out 
the  totals,  it  was  found  that  Tolsma  was  the  only  man  who  could 
point  the  gun  straight  in  the  heavy  wind.  How  he  did  it  will  re- 
main a mystery  to  his  companions,  as  in  shooting  at  the  15  live 
birds  Springborn  had  downed  11,  Chapman  12,  Ford  9,  Mercier  10, 
Marks  11,  Dailie  S,  Kittleberger  9,  and  Morris  11. 

Massillon,  O.,  Jan.  2. — The  holiday  shoot  held  here  was  a great 
success,  as  there  were  five  squads  shot  through  the  day.  There 
was  a cold,  disagreeable  wind  to  contend  with,  yet  all  “stuck  to 
the  text,”  and  there  were  more  than  1,500  bluerocks  thrown  from 
the  new  trap,  which  gave  entire  satisfaction  to  all.  It  was  espe- 
cially gratifying  to  note  the  large  number  of  new  men  who  were 
taking  part.  They  were  making  such  a good  showing  that  all  will 
be  encouraged  to  attend  regularly  the  club  shoots.  This  club  lays 
distinction  to  being  one  of  the  three  best  clubs  in  the  State.  The 
best  scores  were  made  by  Meneuz,  Koor.ts,  Cabbut,  Taggart  and 
Jones;  Meneuz  breaking  21  and  22  out  of  strings  of  25. 

Davenport,  la.,  Jan  5.— The  old  historic  Gun  Club,  well-known 
as  the  Cumberland,  of  this  city,  held  a meeting  on  Tuesday  even- 
ing, it  being  a special  session  for  the  purpose  of  considering  a 
change  in  the  place  of  holding  their  club  shoots  and  tournaments, 
for  which  it  is  famous.  The  ground  adjoining  the  Schuetzen 
Park  having  been  sold,  it  became  necessary  to  make  a change. 
An  offer  was  made  by  the  management  in  charge  of  the  resort 
known  as  Grand  Island,  in  which  it  was  proposed  to  lease  the 
grounds  necessary  for  shooting  purposes  for  a period  of  ten  years 
ai  the  nominal  sum  of  $1  yearly.  Besides  this,  the  plan  was  con- 
curred in  by  the  Davenport  & Suburban  Railway  Company,  with 
a further  proposition  to  erect  at  the  isle  a suitable  club  house 
free  of  expense  to  the  club.  A free  discussion  with  Henry  Eg- 
gers  in  the  chair,  resulted  in  the  change  being  agreed  to.  One 
more  shoot  will  be  held  at  the  old  park,  and  then  the  big  shoot 
that  was  scheduled  for  Jan.  15  will  be  postponed  until  some  time 
in  February,  when  there  will  be  a grand  opening  announced,  and 
all  the  trap  shots  in  the  surrounding  country  will  be  invited. 
Even  the  whole  contingent  of  experts  will  be  welcomed,  that  the 
new  grounds  may  be  opened  with  a grand  tournament.  Daven- 
port has  for  years  been  noted  for  holding  a shoot  on  Feb.  22 
each  year.  They  were  usually  held  by  the  Forrester  club,  and 
live  birds  were  the  attraction.  But  live  bird  shooting  will  now  be 
“a  thing  of  the  past”  in  Iowa.  It  would  be  an  easy  matter,  how- 
ever, for  the  Davenport,  Rock  Island  and  Moline  men  to  get 
together  and  hold  a good  shoot  on  Illinois  soil. 


The  attendance  at  the  shoot  given  on  last  Thursday  by  Chas. 
Dick,  of  Glenwood,  la.,  was  very  gratifying  to  the  management. 
The  shotgun  men  from  Council  Bluffs  were  present,  and  a goodly 
feeling  prevailed,  as  there  were  turkeys,  ducks  and  geese  in 
abundance. 

Mr.  R.  Tyner  won  a first  prize,  a beautiful  silver  cup,  at  the 
clay  target  shoot  held  at  Connersville,  Ind.,  on  Saturday  last. 
The  second  prize  went  to  Mr.  H.  Pressler.  There  will  be  another 
shoot  Monday  afternoon.  Scores  were  various. 

Indications  still  point  to  a big,  if  not  the  largest,  tournament 
of  this  year  to  be  held  at  Portland,  Ore.,  during  the  fair-  The 
president  of  the  Multomah  Rod  and  Gun  Club  has  called  a meet- 
ing for  the  purpose  of  getting  the  members  interested.  A com- 
mittee will  wait  on  those  in  charge  of  the  sports  for  the  fair,  and 
hope  to  get  a donation  of  some  $10,000  as  prizes.  If  this  is  as- 
sured, then  the  Clark-Lewis  fair  will  in  that  respect  eclipse  the  late 
World’s  Fair  held  at  St.  Louis. 

Sault  Ste.  Marie,  Mich.,  has  not  so  froze  up  as  to  dampen  the 
ardor  of  the  trap  of  the  Country  Gun  Club,  as  a meet  was 
scheduled  there  for  this  week.  Shooters  from  other  towns  were 
expected. 

The  best  information  comes  from  the  West,  that  many  club 
members  were  too  busy  selling  goods  before  Christmas  to  attend 
to  the  annual  meeting.  Salem,  N.  D.,  was  reported  in  this  list. 
This  would  indicate  that  trapshooting  would  be  on  the  increase 
next  year,  as  good  crops  and  good  times  increase  the  amount  of 
trapshooting. 

We  note  with  pleasure  that  Thos.  L.  Williams,  who  has  made  a 
success  with  the  management  of  the  Valley  Gun  Club,  of  Martins 
Ferry,  has  been  re-elected  as  president.  The  other  officers  are 
very  capable  also,  as  the  field  captain  is  John  Millard;  treasurer, 
Richard  Lynch;  corresponding  secretary,  James  Bowman;  financial 
secretary,  Chas.  H.  Williams;  trustees,  Chas.  Updegraff,  James 
Maguire,  Winfield  Clark,  Wm.  McIntosh  and  Roger  Joseph. 

The  Jan.  1 shoot  of  the  Detroit  Rusch  House  Club  was  post- 
poned until  the  Jan.  18  meet  of  the  Riverside  Gun  Club.  The 
wind  is  cold  and  fierce  by  the  lake  outlet. 

Despite  cold  fingers  and  dimmed  eyesight,  there  was  a large 
gathering  of  target  “busters”  at  the  Highland  Gun  Club  grounds 
on  Jan.  2.  In  the  events  having  10  targets  each,  there  were  a 
few  straight  scores,  Patti  being  in  the  lead  with  four  highs. 


To  the  Indians. 

While  our  mutual  friend,  the  late  E.  D.  Fulford,  was  not  an 
Indian,  he  might  have  been  if  he  had  applied  for  election.  He 
was  of  the  metal  that  makes  good  Indians,  one  of  the  makers 
and  supporters  of  the  game  of  trapshooting,  and  the  friendly  pulse 
of  his  great  heart  included  every  gentleman  whom  he  had  ever 
met  in  the  pursuit  of  his  favorite  sport. 

It  was  these  great  traits  of  his  character  that  suggested  the  idea 
of  a memorial  fund  to  erect  a suitable  monument  to  his  memory, 
and  feeling  that  we  as  a tribe  must  wish  to  be  among  the  first  in 
the  promotion  of  so  worthy  a work,  the  undersigned  some  time 
ago  called  upon  the  Brother  Chiefs  for  such  individual  subscrip- 
tions to  the  Fulford  Memorial  Fund  as  each  might  feel  inclined 
to  make.  Mr.  J.  T.  Skelly,  custodian  of  this  fund,  states  that 
fully  half  of  the  tribe  has  already  responded,  but  it  is  desired  to 
close  the  list,  and  thinking  that  some  intending  donors  may  have 
overlooked  the  matter,  the  above  is  submitted  for  the  earnest 
consideration  of  any  who  may  wish  to  contribute.  Yours  for  the 
cause. 

Tom  A.  Marshall,  Frank  C.  Riehl, 

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Moose,  elk,  antelope,  mountain  sheep, 
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is  an  accurate  portrait  of  the  subject 
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well.  Of  smaller  game  there  are  field 
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grouse;  and  a number  of  splendid 
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LIST  OF  THE  PLATES. 


1.  Alert, Carl  Rungius 

2.  The  White  Flag,  - - - Carl  Rungius 

8.  “ Listen  1 ” - - - - - Carl  Rungius 

4.  On  the  Heights,  - - - Carl  Rungius 

5.  “ What’s  That  ? ” - - Carl  Rungius 

6.  The  Home  of  the  White  Goat. 

Photo  by  H.  T.  Folsom 

7.  Calling  the  Buffalo— 1 The  Lure,  E.  W.  Deming 

8.  Calling  the  Buffalo — 2 The  Drive,  E.  W.  Deming 

9.  Calling  the  Buffalo — 3 The  Fall,  E.  W.  Deming 

10.  Calling  the  Buffalo — 4 Packing  the  Meat. 

E.  W.  Deming 

11.  Sail,  Sea  and  Sky,  Navahoe  on  the  Solent. 

Photo  by  West  & Son 

12.  The  Trapper’s  Camp.  - - E.  W.  Deming 

13.  Pearl  R. E.  H.  Osthaus 

14.  The  Purple  Sandpiper,  - - J.  J.  Audubon 

15.  The  Black  Duck,  - - - - J.  J.  Audubon 

16.  The  Shoveller  Duck,  - - J.J.  Audubon 


17.  The  Redhead  Duck,  J J.  J.  Audubon 

18.  The  Canvasback  Duck,  - - J.  J.  Audubon 

19.  The  Prairie  Chicken,  - - - J.  J.  Audubon 

20.  The  Willow  Ptarmigan,  - - J.J.  Audubon 

21.  The  American  Plover,  ...  J.J.  Audubon 

22.  Rap  Full,  Schooner  Constellation  in  a 

North  Easter,  - - Photo  by  N.  L.  Stebbins 

23.  First  Around  Home  Mark.  The  Altair 

off  Larchmont,  - - Photo  by  Jas.  Burton 

24.  The  Challenge,  ...  Carl  Rungius 

25.  Quail  Shooting  in  Mississippi,  - - E.  Osthaus 

26.  Ripsey,  .....  - E Osthaus 

27.  Between  Casts,  - - - W.  P.  Davison 

28.  Home  of  the  Bass,  - W.  P.  Davison 

29.  In  Boyhood  Days,  ...  W.  P.  Davison 

30.  A Country  Road,  ...  W.  P.  Davison 

31.  When  Food  Grows  Scarce,  - W.  P.  Davison 

32.  In  the  Fence  Corner,  - - W.  P,  Davison 


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T he  "Best  1L  Sa  fest 

^OME  day  men  may  not  need  weapons  of  defense,  but  since 
humanity  is  what  it  is  to-day,  arms  must  sometimes  be  carried, 
and  those  who  carry  them  should  insist  on  having  the  best. 

You  cannot  provide  yourself  with  a weapon  without  some 
feeling  of  responsibility.  Properly  used,  the  arm  that  you  possess 
will  protect  your  property  and  even  save  your  life.  You  must 
have  the  weapon  which  is  most  reliable — the  best. 

The  best  is  the  safest;  safest  because  simplest,  made  with  the 
greatest  care  and  of  materials  which  experience  has  shown  to  be 
the  most  perfect  for  the  purposes  for  which  they  are  used. 

It  is  precisely  for  these  reasons  that  the  best  revolver  is 


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are  given  in  the  Game  Laws  in  Brief.  The  compilation  is 
complete.  It  covers  the  country.  All  is  given  that  one 
needs  know  of  game  seasons,  modes  of  killing,  number 
permitted,  transportation,  export  out  of  State,  non- 
resident and  resident  licenses. 

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them  clearly  and  concisely. 

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knowledge  on  the  practical  features  of  the  art. 

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Equipments,  Sights  and  5ighting,  Aiming,  Adjustments  of  Sights, 
Helps  in  Aiming,  Optics  of  Rifle  Shooting,  Positions  at  all  Ranges,  Tar- 
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pliable,  full  corduroy  lined  and  reversible.  Can 
be  worn  either  side  out.  Former  price,  $7.50 
each.  Sale  price $5.00 

Lot.  No.  2. — Fine  quality  russet  leather,  flannel- 
lined,  pockets  lapelled.  Very  soft  and  light 
weight.  Extra  well  made,  and  a genuine  bar- 
gain. Former  price,  $10  each.  Sale  price $6.50 

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folk style,  with  belt,  fancy  silk  stitch.  Fine  plaid 


lining.  Extra  well  made  and  serviceable.  For- 
mer price,  $12  each.  Sale  price $8.00 

Lot  No.  4.— Finest  quality  imported  Swedish 
dog  skin.  Soft  as  a glove.  Silk  stitched.  Best 
flannel  lining.  Take-up  on  sleeves,  strap  across 
collar.  Sack  or  Norfolk  styles.  Russet  or  black 
colors.  The  finest  coat  made.  Former  price,  $18 

each.  Sale  price $12.00 

Lot  No.  5. — Finest  quality  black,  soft  leather 
vests.  Lined  with  imported  dark  corduroy.  Made 
to  button  high  around  neck.  Very  rich  and  ser- 
viceable. Former  price,  $6.  Sale  price  ..$4.00 


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"FRANCOTTE  GUNS" 


“KNOCKABOUT  GUN” 

Are  the  Leading  Imported  Shotguns  on  the  American 
Market  in  Every  Respect. 

Francotte  Guns,  - - - from  $80.00  to  $450.00  net 

Knockahont  Guns,  in  one  grade  only,  - - $60.00  net 

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A postal  brings  catalogue  and  “Shooting  Facts.” 


BARGAINS  IN  HIGH-GRADE  GUNS!  TAKEN  IN  EXCHANGE  FOR  OTHER  SIZES. 

1 fine  W.  W.  Greener  Royal  Growri  Hammerless  1 genuine  James  Purdey,  Oxford  St.,  London, 
Ejector  Trap  Gun,  Sir  Joseph  Whitworth  steel  Hammer  Gun,  under-lever  action,  straight  stock, 
barrels,  straight  stock,  finely  engraved  on  locks  finest  Damascus  barrels,  in  fine  refinished  condi- 
and  barrels.  Cost  $525.00.  In  solid  leather  trunk  tion  and  good  as  new.  One  of  Purdey’s  fine  old 

case.  30  x 12  x 8 $350.00  style  guns, /find  cost  originally  over  $400.00.  30  x 

1 fine  Charles  Daly  Diamond  Ouality  Ejector  12  x 7%->- $150.00 

work,  and  bargains  at  the  price.  The  Daly  is  en-  1 extra  fine  Scott  Special  Ejector  Hammerless 

tirely  new;  the  Greener  nearly  new.) Trap  Gun,  finest  steel  barrels,  extra  full,  fine 

1 fine  quality  Greener  Hammerless,  Siemens  engraving  on  lock  plates  and  action,  full  pistol 
steel  barrels,  beautifully  engraved,  half  pistol  grip,  Silver’s  recoil  pad,  A.  & D.  action,  top  lever, 
grip.  Shot  but  a few  times  and  practically  new.  New  gun,  sent  out  as  special  sample,  $275.00  qual- 
Cost  only  a short  time  since  $175.00.  One  of  the  ity,  an  extra  shooter  and  a bargain,  is  entirely 
maker’s  special  guns.  28  x 12  6 5-16. . .. .$125.00  new.  32  x 12  x 8%... $200.00 

Also  the  following  Hammerless  Guns,  consigned  to  us  for  sale  by  the.  noted  old  London  makers, 
JOSEPH'  LANjGw&  JSON,  102  New  Bond  St.,  London: 

No.  13647.  Special  Box  Lojcks, ' Single  Triggers,  No.  13649.  One  ditto,  27  x 16  x 6,  14  x 2%,  $200. 

Ejector,  Hammerless, - spghiah  steel  -barrels,  No.  13650.  One  Anson  & Deeley  Ejector  Ham- 

straight  stocks,  28  x 12  x#|.  1414  x 2%  ...$250.00  merless  Double  Triggers,  steel  barrels,  half  pis- 

No.  13648.  One  ditto'  Single  Trigger  Ejector,  tol  grip,  30  x 12  x 2 14,  1414  x 2% $165.00 

hammerless,  special  steel  barrels,  half  pistol  grip,  No.  13651.  One  ditto  straight  grip,  28  x 12  x 

28  x 12  x 6 10-16,  1414  x 2%.. $200.00  6%,  14  X 2% $165.00 

The  above  Lang  guns  offer'  a rare  opportunity'  to  get  a genuine  London  gun  at  a reasonable 
price.  The  make  has  always  stood  very  high  among  the  English  sportsmen,  and  was  for  over  forty 
years  located  in  Cockspur  St.,  London.  The  lot  comprises  both  single  and  double-trigger  guns. 

Also  all  other  makes.  Hammer  and  Hammerless  guns  (regular  new  stock)  and  all  articles  per- 
taining to  them.  Send  six  cents  in  stamps  for  large  illustrated  catalogue. 

WM.  READ  & SONS,  Established  1826.  107  Washington  St.,  Boston,  Mass. 


Here  Are  a Few  More  Bargains  in 
Second-Hand  Greener  Guns. 


No.  1492.  Greener  double  4-bore,  weighing  22  lbs. 
and  cost  new  $450..  It  has  a fine  pair  of 
Damascus  barrels  without  a pit  or  flaw,  40 
inches  long.  Stock.  14  in.,  heavy  Silver  re- 
coil pad,  one-half  pistol  grip,  3-in.  drop  and 
one  of  the  most  powerful  guns  we  have  ever 
seen.  Price,  net. ... ....$200.00 

No.  1841.  Greener  “Regent”  Hammerless,  $65  net 
quality,  12  ga.,  30  in.,  7%  lbs.,  2%  in.  drop,. 
1414  in.  stock.  Straight  grip,  Sieman  steel 
barrels,  full  choke,  top-  safety.  Like  new. 
Price  $50.00 

No.  1845.  Greener  “Regent”  Hammerless,  $65  net 
quality,  12  ga.,  26-in.  barrels,  6 lbs.,  2%  drop, 
1414  stock,  half  pistol  grip.  Barrels  full  choke 
and  modified.  Like  new.  Price $50.00 

No.  1690.  Greener  Facile  Pfinceps  Hammerless, 
$150  grade,  slightly  shopworn,  12  ga.,  28-in. 
barrels,  6 lbs.  14  oz.,  314  drop,  1414  stock. 
Barrels  modified  choke,  fine  English  Damas- 
cus. Extremely  handsome  stock.  ' Price,  $100.00 

No.  1913.  Greener  Facile  Princeps  Plammerless, 
$150  grade,  slightly  shopworn,  12  ga.,  28-in. 
barrels,  7 lbs.  weight,  2%  drop,  1414  stock. 
Sieman  steel  ban-els,  modified  and  cylinder. 
Fine  dark  stock.  Price. $100.00 

No.  1493.  Greener  “Far  Killing  Duck”  Hammer 
Gun,  $200  grade.  Fine  English  laminated  bar- 
rels, low  hammers.  Handsome  stock,  half 

pistol  grip,  full  choke,  10  ga.,  32-in.  barrels, 
8%  lbs.,  1414  stock.  Present  price. $100.00 

No.  1400.  Greener  “Far  Killing  Duck”  Hammer 
Gun,  $250  grade  Fine  English  laminated  bar- 
rels, low  hammers,  full  pistol  grip,  dark, 
handsome  stock.  Extra  full  choke,  10  ga., 
32-in.  barrels,  9 lbs.  4 oz.,  3 in.  drop,  1414  in. 
stock.  This  gun  has  never  been  shot.  Pres- 
ent price  $100.00 

No.  1427.  Greener  Single  barrel  10-bore  Duck 
and  Goose  Gun.  Extreme  full  choke  for  long 
range  work,  36-in.  fine  Damascus  barrels,  weight 
11%  lbs.,  2%  in.  drop,  14%  in.  stock.  Under- 
grip action.  This  gun  has  never  been  shot. 
Original  price,  $125.  Present  price $75.00 


No.  1510.  Greener  Grand  Prize  Pigeon  Ham- 
merless Gun,  $200  grade,  full  choke  both  bar- 
rels, wrought  steel  barrels,  half  pistol  grip, 
12  ga.,  32-in.  barrels,  7 lbs.  6 oz.,  2%  drop, 
14%  stock.  Like  new.  Price $125.00 

No.  1727.  Greener  Monarch  Ejector,  $200  grade, 
slightly  shopworn.  12  ga.,  30-in.  barrels,  6 lbs. 
12  oz.,  2%  drop,  14%  stock,  modified  choke, 
Sieman  steel  barrels,  half  pistol  grip,  fine 
stock.  A great  bargain.  Price $150.00 

No.  1745.  Greener  Facile  Princeps  Hammerless, 
$150  grade,  slightly  shopworn.  16  ga.,  26-in. 
barrels,  5%  lbs.,  2%  in.  drop,  14-in.  stock. 
Sieman  steel  barrels,  half  pistol  grip.  A 

bargain  at..- $100.00 

I 

No.  1943.  Greener'  Monarch  Ejector,  $200  grade,' 
slightly  shopworn.  12  ga.,  30-in.  barrels,  7 lbs. 
14  oz.,  2%  drop,  14%  stock.  Extra  full  choke 
both  barrels.  Sieman  steel  barrels.  Extreme- 
ly handsome  stock  and  a fine  pigeon  gun. 
Price  $150.00 

No.  1610.  Greener  Facile  Princeps  Hammerless, 
$175  grade,  slightly  shopworn,  12  ga.,  27-in. 
barrels,  6 lbs.,  2 1-16  drop,  14%  in.  stock, 
straight  grip.  Very  handsome  stock.  Eng- 
lish Damascus  barrels,  modified  choke. 
Price  $125.00 

No.  1779.  Greener  Monarch  Ejector,  $250  grade, 
slightly  shopworn,  12  ga.,  28-in.  barrels,  6% 
lbs.,  2%  in.  drop,  14%  in.  stock.  Sieman 
steel  barrels,  half  pistol  grip.  Fine  engrav- 
ing, and  very  handsome  stock.  Modified  and 
cylinder.  A great  bargain.  Price $190.00 

i 

No.  1189.  Greener  Monarch  Ejector,  $250  grade, 
slightly  shopworn,  12  ga.,  30-in.  barrels,  8 lbs. 
weight,  2%  drop,  14%  stock.  Full  choke, 
Sieman  steel  barrels,  half  pistol  grip,  carved 
fence,  game  engraving.  A fine  pigeon  gun. 
Price  $150.00 

No.  1203.  Greener  Grand  Prize  Pigeon  Hammer- 
less, $250  grade,  slightly  shopworn,  12  ga., 
30-in.  barrels,  7 lbs.  4 oz.,  2%  drop  and  14  in. 
stock.  Full  choke.  Beautiful  engraving  and 
finish.  Sieman  steel  barrels,  half  pistol  grip. 
Price  $150.00 


Any  of  the  above  guns  sent  C.  O.  D.,  allowing  examination,  on  receipt  of  $5.00,  which 
amount  will  be  returned  less  express  charges;  or,  if  cash  accompanies  order, 

5 per  cent,  discount  may  be  deducted  from  the  above  prices. 

HENRY  C.  SQUIRES  & SON, 

No.  20  Cortlandt  St.,  New  York. 

W.  W.  Greener  Guos  received  ‘‘The  Grand  Prize ** — highest  possible  award  — at  the 

St.  Louis  Exposition,  1904. 


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A complete  manual  for  Amateurs.  Containing  plain  and  comprehensive  direc- 
tions for  the  construction  of  Canoes,  Rowing  and  Sailing  Boats  and  Hunting 
Craft.  By  W.  P.  Stephens.  Cloth.  Eighth  and  enlarged  edition.  264  pages, 
numerous  illustrations,  and  fifty  plates  in  envelope.  Price,  $2.00.  This  office. 


A NEW  POWDER 

Regular ; no  residue ; high  velocity  and 
regular  patterns;  hard  grain.  Will  not 
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Begin  the  New  Year  by  shooting  shells  loaded  with 

NEW  PREEN 
WALSRODE 

There  is  no  better  powder  in 
the  world  for  cold  weather. 
Arctic  explorers  use  no  other 
smokeless  powder  in  the  North. 
If  you  can't  get  the  powder  at 
your  dealers,  write  for  prices 
and  samples  to 

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A RECORD  YEAR 


The  Grand  American  Handicap, 

The  Consolation  Handicap, 

The  General  Total  Average  at  the  G.  A.  H., 
The  Grand  Canadian  Handicap, 

The  Sunny  South  Handicap  at  Targets, 

The  Sunny  South  Handicap  at  Birds, 

The  American  Amateur  Championship  at  Birds, 
The  5-Man  Squad  World's  Record, 


R.  D.  Guptill 
W.  H.  Heer 
J.  L.  D.  Morrison 
Messrs.  Meyhew  and  Hartley 

W.  H.  Heer 
T.  E.  Huhby 
D.  T.  Bradley 
The  U.  M.  C.  Southern  Squad 


These  important  events  were  won  with  U.  M.  C.  Shot  Shells. 

The  year  1904  has  also  proved  the  success  of  the  New  U.  M.  C.  .33  primer  and  the  New 
_ U.  M.  C.  Short  Range  Shot  Shells. 

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A 'RACE 

In  “hoss  racin’  ” when  one  horse  beats  the  field  so  badly  as  to  make  explanations  and  excuses  impossible,  those  versed  in  the  vernacular  of  the  turf  call  it  “A 
Runaway  Race.”  “ Sporting  Life’s”  Trap  Shooters’  Review  for  1905  shows  that  the  shooters  who  shot  Winchester  Factory  Loaded  “ Leader”  and  “ Repeater” 
Smokeless  Powder  Shells  made  “ a runaway  race”  of  the  contest  for  premier  honors  for  the  year.  Out  of  29  shooters  who  made  90  per  cent,  or  over,  shooting  at 
least  3,oco  shots,  17  shot 

WINCHESTER 

FACTORY  LOADED  SHELLS 

These  17  include  Messrs.  Gilbert  and  Crosby,  who  tied  for  first  professional  average;  John  W.  Garrett,  who  won  first  amateur  average;  C.  B.  Wiggins  and  C.  M. 
Powers,  who  tied  for  second  amateur  average;  and  9 of  the  first  13  leaders.  Another  coveted  honor  won  by  Winchester  Factory  Loaded  Shells  was  the  Grand 
Prize  at  the  St.  Louis  Exposition,  Winchester  Shells  being  the  only  ones  to  receive  such  an  award.  These  triumphs  on  the  firing  line  and  in  the  strife  of  inter- 
national competition  prove  that  Winchester  Factory  Loaded  Shells  are  in  a class  by  themselves,  and  that  class  is  the  First.  Shooters,  if  you  want  to  be  in  the  First 
Class,  shoot  first  class  shells,  the  kind  that 


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Cable  Address,  “Designer,”  Boston. 

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The  Ball-bearing  Oarlock 

A device  that  will  do  for  the  row- 
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the  bicycle.  Every  ounce  of  energy 
utilized.  No  clanking  or  squeak- 
ing; in  fact,  absolutely  noiseless 
and  frictionless.  The  ideal  oar- 
lock for  hunting  and  fishing. 
Furnished  for  either  tight  or  loose 
oars.  If  your  dealer  does  not 
handle,  write  for  descriptive  cir- 
cular and  prices. 

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THE  LEWIS  AND  CLARK  CLUB. 

There  has  recently  been  organized,  under  the  above 
name,  at  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  , a sportsman’s  club  from  which 
■ much  good  may  be  hoped  for.  As  yet  only  its  foundations 
have  been  laid,  but  it  is  organized  on  right  lines,  and  may 
confidently  be  expected  to  do  good  work.  Its  establish- 
ment is  gratifying  evidence  of  the  continually  widening 
public  interest  in  the  preservation  of  the  natural  resources 
<f  this  country. 

The  club  is  modeled  after  the  Boone  and  Crockett  Club, 
which  was  organized  in  1887,  whose  good,  work  has  been 
evidenced  for  many  years.  The  objects  of  the  Lewis  and 
Clark  Club  are  (1)  geographical  research  and  explora- 
tion, (2)  protection  and  preservation  of  game  for  pur- 
poses of  legitimate  sport,  (3).  enforcement  of  the  game 
laws,  (4)  encouragement  of  outdoor  life  and  the  study 
of  natural  history,  (5)  collection  of  such  information 
relative  to  the  haunts  of  the  big  game  of  North  America 
as  may  be  useful  to  sportsmen.  Only  big-game  hunters 
who  by  fair  stalking  or  still-hunting  have  killed  with  a 
rifle  two  or  more  head  of  big  game  are  eligible  to  mem- 
bership. 

The  organizers  are  the  following:  Lion.  Wm.  M.  Ken- 
nedy, Hon.  George  Shiras  3d,  John  M.  Phillips,  James 
M.  Jarvis,  Frank  M.  Turner,  H.  Wilfred  DuPuy,  J.  Bis- 
sell  Speer,  Edward  J.  House,  Dr.  Cecil  C.  Jarvis,  Fred. 
B.  Hussey,  Emil  Winter,  Frank  W.  Kennedy,  James  W. 
Grove,  W.  Harry  Brown,  E.  J.  Taylor,  Philip  A.  Moore, 
David  P.  Black,  J.  N.  Hussey,  Dr.  C.  H.  Voigt,  S.  H. 
McKee,  Francis  L.  Robbins,  Robert  F.  Phillips,  A.  W. 
Pollock,  J.  T.  M.  Stonerod,  W.  K.  Shiras,  Robert  W. 
Bissell,  George  E.  Painter,  J.  L.  Walsh,  George  S.  Gar- 
ritt,  Ralph  Theophilus,  Frank  T.  Brooks,  J.  Ernest  Roth, 
George  N.  Monro,  Jr.;  D.  McK.  Lloyd,  S.  W.  Childs, 
Frederick  S.  Webster.  The  officers  are:  President,  Wm. 
M.  Kennedy;  Vice-Presidents,  George  S.  Garritt,  John 
M.  Phillips  and  W.  K.  Shiras ; Secretary  and  Treasurer, 
Mr.  J.  Bissell  Speer.  The  membership  of  the  club  is  to 
be  limited  to  100,  of  whom  75  shall  be  Pennsylvanians 
and  25  non-residents  of  that  State. 


Hon.  George  Shiras  3d  is  perhaps  the  most  prominent 
• member  of  the  club,  tie  has  distinguished  himself  as  a 
naturalist,  but  especially  as  a photographer  of  wild  ani- 
mals, and  during  his  career  as  member  of  Congress  has 
introduced  a number  of  bills  whose  purpose  is  the  pro- 
tection of  game  and  generally  the  preservation  of  our 
natural  resources.  His  efforts  in  the  protection  of  wild- 
fowl and  migratory  birds,  by  placing  them  in  the  custody 
j and  under  the  protection  of  the  Federal  Government  as 
embodied  in  what  is  known  as  the  Shiras  Bill,  are  fresh  in 
the  public  mind,  and  he  has  also  brought  forward  other 
measures  whose  purpose  is  the  preservation  of  the  large 
game  in  the  Yellowstone  Park  and  in  the  forest  reserves. 

It  is  a good  sign  for  this  country  when  men,  of  what- 
ever walk  in  life,  associate  themselves  together  with  the 
■ honest  purpose  of  protecting  those  natural  objects  which 
since  the  settlement  of  America  have  been  regarded  as 
belonging  tO'  whoever  should  take  them  without  regard 
to  the  time  or  the  method  of  taking.  As  the  years  pass 
we  are  seeing  more  and  more  examples  of  the  growth  of 
a feeling  that  this  action  is  necessary  to  the  public  wel- 
fare. Of  such  associations  the  Boone  and  Crockett  Club 
is  perhaps  the  most  notable,  but  the  organization  recently 
of  the  National  Audubon  Society  and  of  the  Lewis  and 
Clark  Club  on  January  14,  show  how  this  feeling  is 
growing.  We  may  imagine  that  while  the  newest  of  these 
associations  is  organized  nominally  for  purposes  of  sport, 
it  will,  like  its  older  brother  just  mentioned,  find  out  be- 
fore long  that  the  protection  of  big  game  is  a more  in- 
teresting, as  it  is  a more  important,  matter  than  its 
destruction. 


THE  OPTIMISM  OF  SPORTSMEN. 

The  felicitous  trait  of  hoping  ever  that  the  future  will 
abound  with  good  times,  and  in  memory  cherishing  only 
the  happy  events  of  the  past,  is  a characteristic  of  true 
sportsmen.  So  enthusiastic  is  he  in  his  ideals  that  be- 
times the  imaginary  to  him  becomes  the  reality. 

Practical  sportsmanship,  besides  conferring  innumerable 
physical  benefits,  is  a powerful  stimulus  to  the  energies  of 
the  mind.  By  virtue  of  it  men  of.  dormant  intellects  be- 
come pleasingly  bright,  and  men  of  bright  intellects  attain 
the  heights  of  genius.  It  clears  the  reasoning  faculties 
of  their  fogginess,  quickens  the  imagination  and  beautifies 
the  manner  of  expression ; and  all  this  independently  of 
whether  or  not  there  are  any  apparent  physical  benefits 
conferred  by  it. 

And  yet  this  benign  phase  of  sportsmanship  is  rarely 
treated  seriously,  and  never  treated  in  the  liberal  extent 
which  its  importance  merits.  This  neglect  is  a grievous 
loss.  All  other  of  sportsmanship  interests  have  been 
generally  elaborated.  Of  the  pleasures  of  sportsmanship 
as  they  are  associated  with  its  practices,  speculations  and 
guild  sympathies,  many  hundreds  of  praiseworthy  pages 
have  been  published,  much  to  the  permanent  advantage  of 
the  myriad  of  readers  who  derived  useful  instruction  and 
entertainment  from  them. 

Excepting  this  omission  in  reference  to  the  mental 
benefits,  the  literature  of  sport  is  of  the  highest  order. 
The  genius  of  its  authors  is  second  to  none.  And  yet, 
because  of  this  omission,  it  may  feelingly  be  said  that  it 
fails  as  a properly  balanced  literature.  The  objective  ever 
dominates  or  overwhelms  the  subjective.  Copious  writ- 
ings are  devoted  to  the  pleasures  of  pursuit,  of  capture, 
and  of  good  companionship,  while  its  mental  phenomena 
are  ignored  or  flippantly  considered.  Indeed,  scoffers  be- 
times greedily  seize  upon  the  manifestations  of  the  sports- 
man’s mind  as  lawful  subjects  for  their  gibes  and  jeers. 
Harm  beyond  computation  is  the  result  of  such  doings. 

By  way  of  illustrating  the  rapid  evolution  consequent 
to  practical  sportsmanship,  let  us  take,  by  way  of  exam- 
ple, an  instance  which  is  of  common  knowledge.  Let  us 
take  an  average  man,  one  who  follows  methodically  his 
business  vocation  day  after  day,  in  manner  as  stolid  ap- 
parently as  an  old  ox.  He  follows  the  routine  in  certain 
set  forms,  mind  and  body  conforming  to  a fixed  habit  of 
bfe.  Could  a chart  of  the  man’s  mind,  portraying  its  lines 
of  effort,  be  constructed  for  one  business  day,  it  would 
serve  as  a daily  history  of  his  business  life. 

But  let  us  assume  that  this  narrow,  impassive  business 
man  goes  a-fishing,  and  that,  after  a time,  he  hooks  a fish 
and  plays  it  with  skill,  more  or  less.  The  fish  rushes 
furiously  to  and  fro,  its  vague  form  and  color  blending 
with  the  changing  lights  and  shadows  of  the  water.  The 
rod  jerkily  bends  to  the  fierce  struggle  of  the  fish.  Other 
than  the  lengthening  shadows  which  play  about  the  fish’s 
struggles  and  the  bend  of  the  rod’s  tip,  there  are  no 
objects  which  will  serve  as  a standart  by  which  to  de- 
termine the  fish’s  length  and  weight.  The  revivified  mind 
of  the  angler  comes  to  the  rescue.  The  fish  breaks  away. 
According  to  the  lights  and  shadows  and  bend  of  the  rod, 
he  was  a perfect  giant  of  his  kind,  be  he  trout  or  bass  or 
bullhead.  The  sluggish  mind  of  the  business  man  is 
gone,  and  in  its  stead  is  the  broader,  higher,  and  more 
nimble  wit  of  the  angler.  In  place  of  the  former  taci- 
turnity there  is  a pleasing  long  flow  of  elegant  language. 
Descriptive  powers  of  the  highest  orders  are  developed. 
The  intellectual  faculties  have  had  a salutary  stimulus 
which  age,  misfortune  or  business  never  more  can  dull. 
The  big  fish  which  broke  away  is  not  an  imaginary  fish, 
nor  is  the  number  caught  an  imaginary  number.  To  him 
who  has  fished  and  lost  it  is  a reality.  The  mental  wings 
have  been  found  good,  and  are  thus  encouraged  to  longer 
flights.  Warmth  is  infused  into  the  wealth  of  imagery, 
the  inventive  faculties  are  matured,  the  vocabulary  is 
enlarged  to  correspond  to  the  larger  mentality,  and  thus 
is  the  mind  permanently  benefited. 

The  sport  of  shooting  afield  confers  like  benefits.  The 
stolid  business  man  who  in  the  daily  routine  could  dis- 
cover nothing  more  exciting  than  the  most  wearisome 
of  commonplaces,  also  has  his  intellect  quickened.  He 
will  observe  that  the  royally  bred  blue  blood  setter, 
Rameses  III.,  pointed  a quail  accurately  at  a distance  of 
500  yards,  which  demonstrates  the  marvelous  functional 
powers  of  the  dog’s  pose,  not  to  say  the  marvelous 
fragrance  of  the  quail. 


To  bring  into  notice  the  benign  evolution  of  the  mind 
consequent  to  practical  sportsmanship,  only  the  mere  sug- 
gestion is  necessary.  Each  sportsman  of  his  own  knowl- 
edge will  readily  contribute  numerous  specifications  of 
the  mind’s  improvement  from  practical  sportsmanship. 

Thus  the  sportsman  acquires  a sunny  disposition,  and 
always  looks  hopefully  on  the  bright  side  of  things. 
Where  he  once  was  pessimistic  as  an  average  man,  he  is 
fragrance  of  the  quail. 

This  mental  phenomenon  should  be  treated  with : the 
respect  and  attention  which  its  importance  deserves.  It 
is  a matter  for  profound  felicitation  inasmuch  as  it  indi- 
cates an  enlarged  mentality  and  therewith  a larger  size  of 
hat.  But,  like  the  poor,  the  scoffers  we  have  always 
with  us.  

MICHIGAN  DUCKS. 

At  the  meeting  of  Michigan  sportsmen  at  Detroit  last 
week,  the  majority  of  representatives  favored  the  aboli- 
tion of  spring  duck  shooting,  though  the  members  who 
came  from  interior  counties  protested  that  without  spring 
shooting  they  would  have  no  ducks  whatever.  They  are 
entitled  to  sympathy,  but  consideration  of  them  must  end 
there.  No  possible  ducking  law  would  suit  everybody  or 
give  everybody  shooting.  The  rule  here  as  in  other  in- 
terests is  that  the  greatest  good  to  the  greatest  number 
must  prevail,  and  if  this  imposes  hardships  and  depriva- 
tions on  the  minority,  the  minority  must  make  the  best  of 
it.  This  is  the  situation  in  Michigan. 

One  thing  is  beyond  question : the  duck  supply  of  this 
country  is  now  so  disproportionate  when  compared  with 
the  tax  upon  it  by  the  immense  army  of  shooters,  that 
spring  shooting  must  everywhere  be  forbidden.  We  must 
accept  the  rule  with  respect  to  migratory  wildfowl  that 
holds  with  respect  to  migratory  woodcock.  The  birds 
about  to  nest  must  be  given  the  immunity  we  give  the 
birds  that  are  nesting.  This  is  not  sentiment.  It  is  hard 
common  sense. 

The  outlook  for  the  abolition  of  spring  duck  shooting 
by  the  agency  of  uniform  State  laws  is  an  accomplishment 
extremely  remote.  The  end,  however,  might  be  attained 
speedily  and  permanently  through  the  agency  of  the 
Shiras  Bill,  It  behooves  provident  shooters  everywhere 
to  work  for  the  proposed  Federal  law  on  wildfowl. 

ROBERT  S WAYNE  GIFFORD. 

Good  sportsmanship  in  this  country  has  met  with  a sad 
loss  in  the  death,  on  Sunday  last,  of  Robert  Swayne  Gif- 
ford, the  artist. 

He  was  born  in  Naushon,  Mass.,  December  23,  1S40; 
studied  painting  in  Europe,  and  afterward  opened  a 
studio  in  Boston;  but  had  lived  in  New  York  for  nearly 
forty  years.  He  was  eminent  as  a landscape  painter,  and 
has  left  behind  him  many  canvasses,  all  of  them  note- 
worthy. In  1899  Mr.  Gifford  accompanied  the  Harriman 
Expedition  to  Alaska,  and  on  that  memorable  trip  made 
many  sketches  from  which,  later,  he  did  many  beautiful 
paintings  in  oil.  He  was  an  untiring  worker,  and  his 
industry  and  his  determination  enabled  him  to  secure 
many  beautiful  views,  which  might  have  escaped  a man 
who  was  less  earnest. 

Standing  in  the  first  rank  in  his  profession,  Mr.  Gifford 
was  also  a keen  sportsman,  and  was  especially  devoted 
to  yachting.  He  was  a good  sailorman  and  enjoyed  noth- 
ing better  than  managing  a boat  or  talking  on  yachting- 
subjects. 

Mr.  Gifford  was  a most  delightful  man,  possessing  a 
charm  of  manner  and  a kindness  of  heart  which  greatly 

endeared  him  to  all  who  knew  him  well.  His  death 
carries  grief  to  many  a heart. 


What  an  old-time  and  far-away  flavor  pervades  those 
buffalo  hunting  reminiscences  of  Cabia  Blanco.  Lie  is 
writing  of  a big  game  animal  which  is  no  longer  known 
to  the  prairies,  and  of  a hunting  race  which  has  long 
since  given  over  its  hunting  as  a means  of  subsistence, 
and  is  slowly  learning  to  live  like  the  white  man.  We 
count  the  story  a valuable  contribution  to  the  history  of 
the  last  years  of  Indian  roaming  in  the  Southwest.  This 
account  of  a buffalo  hunt  is  in  reality  an  intimate  study 
of  the  Indians  and  their  ways;  it  is  one  of  those  narra- 
tives of  personal  experience  which  will  be  consulted  by 
the  historian  of  the  times  who  would  write  more  than 
dry-as-dust  records, 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM 


^an.  21,  1905. 


Rondeau. 

In  winter  days,  when  tired  out, 

And  weary  with  the  world  without, 
Before  the  fire,  burning  high, 

I light  my  pipe  with  happy  sigh, 
And  put  my  business  cares  to  rout. 


Though  failures  oft  my  efforts  flout, 
I’ve  other  things  to  think  about. 
When  in  my  easy  chair  I lie, 

In  winter  days. 


In  dreams  the  streams  again  I scout, 

The  foam-flicked  pool,  the  moment’s  doubt, 

The  flies,  the  gleam,  the  splash,  the  cry, 

The  reel,  the  rush,  then  high  and  dry 
I land  again  the  lusty  trout, 

In  winter  days. 

Robert  Thorne  Newberry. 


Chicago. 


The  Wind  in  the  Chimney. 

Here  in  the  depths  of  the  country — on  the  edge  of  this 
barren  moorland — how  still  it  is  at  night ! 

Save  the  ticking  of  the  clock  and  the  sinking  of  the 
ashes  in  the  dying  fire,  not  a sound  falls  upon  the  ear. 

The  lamp  has  burned  low,  but  the  light  of  the  brilliant 
winter  moon  is  streaming  through  the  windows,  illu- 
minating the  apartment  in  a ghostly  sort  of  way. 

Outside  the  snow-clad  moor  is  seen  stretching  away  in 
vague,  lonely  perspective. 

A sense  of  solitude  and  isolation  falls  upon  one.  This 
is  too  much  like  death  is  a thought  that  arises,  and  a 
longing  for  the  city — for  the  hum  of  life — takes  posses- 
sion of  the  mind. 

But  hark!  What  is  that? 

It  is  the  wind  in  the  chimney — the  brave  North  Wind 
— arrived  to  tell  of  his  adventures ! 

Ah,  this,  at  least,  is  a variety.  Let  us  listen. 

“With  a long-drawn  sigh,”  says  Boreas,  “I  awoke 
from  sleep  in  my  cavern  beneath  the  Pole;  then,  with  a 
rush  and  a roar  issued  forth  and  careered  over  the  hum- 
mock ice. 

“On  I sped  with  such  relentless  force  that  the  icy  cliffs 
shrieked  and  wailed  as  I swept  around  them. 

“I  met  a polar  bear  and  caught  the  echo  of  his  growls 
as  he  fled  before  me  to  shelter. 

“Suddenly  I came  upon  a band  of  musk-oxen  who 
stood  snorting  for  a while,  defying  me.  But  I pierced 
through  their  thick  shield  of  hair  with  my  arrows,  and 
they,  like  the  bear,  turned  and  fled,  bellowing. 

“Next  I met  a flock  of  ptarmigan.  They  cowered  at 
my  approach,  thinking  I might  sweep  over  them,  but  I 
lifted  them  up  with  a whirring  of  wings  and  drove  them 
like  snowflakes  before  me. 

‘Tor  a while  I dallied  and  played  in  an  amphitheatre 
of  granite,  ice-bound  hills,  which  rumbled  as  though 
shaken  by  an  earthquake. 

“Then,  issuing  forth  upon  a plain  like  a herd  of  wild 
mustangs,  I galloped  madly  for  a hundred  miles,  leaving 
clouds  of  snow  dust  behind  me. 

“At  length  I was  swerved  from  my  course  by  a huge 
rocky  promontory.  On  rounding  this  I came  upon  open 
water,  with  a sea  lion  on  an  ice  floe,  basking  in  the  sun. 
1 swooped  down  upon  him  with  the  beak  and  talons  of  a 
hundred  eagles;  he  roused  himself,  shuddered,  and  then, 
with  a roar,  dived  beneath  the  black  waters  for  safety. 

“Over  the  open  -sea  I sallied,  agitating  its  surface  till 
the  ice  floes  moaned  and  groaned  as  if  in  agony. 

“When  I reached  the  shore  my  progress  was  impeded 
by  towering  cliffs  hung  with  icicles.  In  a fury  I dashed 
the  waves  against  them  till  they  boomed  like  distant 
thunder. 

“Vaulting  over  the  impeding  cliffs,  I descended  upon 
a forlorn  tundra.  Across  this  I winged  my  flight  like  a 
flock  of  wild  geese,  with  a creaking,  melancholy  sound. 

“At  length  I came  to  the  land  of  the  muskegs.  Here 
I lingered  a while,  keening  among  the  sedge  and  the 
willows. 

“I  met  a starving  wolf  and  chased  him  to  his  den,  howl- 
ing dismally. 

“And  then  I met  a skulking  fox,  whom  I whipped 
under  a rock,  where  he  sat  whining. 

“From  the  land  of  the  muskegs  on,  on  to  the  land  of 
the  moose  and  the  elk!  There  I met  scattered  bands 
and  sent  them  paddling  softly  over  the  snow  to  the  shelter 
of  the  woods. 

“And  when  I reached  the  latter,  what  a panic  I created 
among  the  jays  and  woodpeckers!  How  they  screamed 
with  fright  as  they  fled  hither  and  thither  iii  search  of 
some  protecting  thicket!  The  solitary  owl,  too,  made  a 
hideous  complaint. 

“But  these  outcries  were  as  nothing  to  those  of  the 
panther  and.  the  lynx.  Such  was  the  din  they  created  in 
the  resounding  forest  that  in  vain  I try  to  imitate  it. 

“Out  again  I rushed  upon  the  surface  of  a frozen  lake 
expanding  for  miles.  I swept  it  clear  of  snow  and  left  it 
shimmering  in  the  noonday  sun. 

“Further,  further  south — in  among  the  giant  trees.  O 
but  I love  the  big  woods ! Flow  I leqp  among  the  upper 
branches  and  play  my  organ  and  sing  in  solemn  joy! 

“But  especially  do  I love  the  pines.  Among  these  I 
am  seized  with  an  irresistible  desire  to  rest  and  sleep  ‘ I 
play  myself  3 lullaby— now  like  the  murmi]f  of  p (Jistan[ 


sea  upon  a beach,  and  again  like  a mother’s  sigh  as  she 
watches  her  sleeping  babe.” 

What  more  the  North  Wind  said  was  unheard,  for  the 
watcher  had  succumbed  to  the  influence  of  the  last  recital. 
When  he  awoke  the  fire  and  the  lamp  had  gone  out,  and 
the  mystery  of  moonlight  and  silence  pervaded  all. 

Frank  Moonan. 


A Buffalo  Hunt  with  the  Comanches 

( Continued  from  page  2T.) 

i he  only  sorrow  that  these  boys  seemed  to  have  was 
the  fact  that  they  could  not  get  guns;  their  fathers  and 
brothers  would  not  let  them  have  theirs  lest  they  broke 
or  lost  them.  I seldom  used  mine,  as  it  was  a Spring- 
field  and  1 wanted  a magazine  gun — the  Marlin  was  my 
favorite — so  I let  the  boys  use  mine,  and  one  another  of 
them  would  have  it  about  every  day.  A boy  would 
get  it  and  half  a.  dozen  cartridges,  then  travel  around  all 
afternoon  and  either  bring  in  a turkey  or  antelope  for 
every  shot  he  fired  or  else  return  me  the  cartridges.  He 
never  fired  until  sure  . of  hitting,  and  would  crawl  on  his 
belly  an  hour  to  get  close  enough  to  an  antelope  to  almost 
knock  it  down  before  firing  at  all.  I adopted  their  plan 
now  and  made  less  misses  myself.  I did  not  care  for  the 
waste  of  ammunition- — I was  not  paying  for  it- — but  I did 
care  for  the  loss  of  my  game. 

W e moved  camp  over  to  a new  site  on  McClellen 
Creek,  a branch  of  the  North  Fork  and  a favorite  camp- 
ing place  for  Indians.  The  Cohallie  Comanches,  whom 
we  had  defeated  in  1872,  had  been  in  this  camp  we  were 
now  in  only  a week  before  we  struck  them,  and  the  camp 
they  were  in  when  we  did  strike  them  was  only  a few 
miles  from  here  on  the  main  stream.  Next  day  the  chief 
and  I were  out  and  I proposed  that  we  go  over  there 
and  see  if  I could  find  the  place  again.  We  hunted  for  an 
hour,  but  could  not  locate  it.  We  had  burned  the  camp, 
and  it  being  down  in  the  river  bottom,  a high  river  had 
since  washed  all  traces  of  it  away;  but  at  last  I remem- 
bered that  the  chief’s  lodge  had  stood  up  on  the  edge  of 
the  prairie;  and  hunting  it  up,.  I at  last  could  locate  the 
site  of  the  camp.  These  Indians  had  been  Comanches 
also,  but  they  had  never  been  on  a reservation.  They 
roamed  all  over  western  Texas,  here  coming  down  to  the 
settlements  to-  raid  them  every  once  in  a while.  We 
started  to  round  them  up  in  1869,  but  only  got  a few  of 
them  then.  The  next  time  we  got  after  them  was  in  1871. 
Then  we  ran  them  across  the  Staked  Plains,  but  got  none 
of  them ; and  at  last  in  1872  we  found  them  here,  and  the 
troop  I then  belonged  to  being  sent  in  on  foot,  we  sur- 
prised them,  and  after  half  an  hour’s  fight  killed  about 
150  and  took  135  of  their  squaws  and  children.  I stood 
here  on  the  bank  and  thought  of  this  fight.  It  had  been 
the  hardest  one  that  any  Indians  had  ever  given  us  up  to 
that  time.  We  had  just  as  hard  ones  after  this,  though, 
when  we  were  sent  after  Apaches  in  Arizona.  The  chief 
wanted  to  know  what  I was  thinking  about.  “About  that 
fight,”  I told  him. 

“Yes,”  he  said,  “the  Comanche  can  fight.  He  don’t 
run ; the  Cheyenne  does ; but  the  Comanche  is  a soldier, 
he  fights;  the  Cheyenne  is  a dog,  he  runs.  But  the 
Comanche  don’t  fight  you  any  more.  It  is  not  good.” 

This  old  rascal  was  even  then  studying  up  a plan  to 
leave  the  reservation  and  come  out  here,  and  I knew  it; 
but  it  did  not  cause  me  any  worry.  If  I did  not  want  to 
stay  with  him  I could  go  and  he  would  furnish  me  an 
excuse  if  I needed  it.  There  would  be  no  danger  of  these 
Indians  hurting  me,  I knew  that. 

A few  days  after  we  had  come  to  the  new  camp  we 
were  joined  by  the  first  Indians  I had  seen  except  our 
own  since  we  . had  left  the  agency.  These  were  the 
Techis  and  Wichitas,  two  large  bands  who  hunted  in 
company.  They  had  been  east  of  us  all  the  time  since 
starting,  and  had  got  no  buffalo  yet,  had  few  rations  with 
them,  and  were  hungry.  Our  squaws  gave  them  meat, 
and  that  evening  their  two  chiefs  with  our  chief  and  my- 
self took  dinner  . in  the  chief’s  lodge,  and  then  held  a 
council.  The  chief’s  squaw  brought  out  the  big  pipe,  a 
large  bowl  of  redstone  with  a stem  two  feet  long.  She 
filled  it  and  handed  it  to  the  chief,  who  lit  it  and  offered 
it  to  me.  -I  waved  my  hand  to  the  Techis  chief, 
and  he,  taking  the  pipe,  drew  a mouthful  of 
smoke,  . blew  it  upward,  and  then  handed  it  to 
the  Wichita  chief,  who  went  through  the  same  per- 
formance, then  handed  it  to  our  chief,  who,  after  he  had 
got  his  share  of  it,  handed  it  now  to  me,  and  I,  taking  a 
pull  out  of  it,  then  handed  it  back  to  him.  and  he  gave  it 
to  the  squaw,  who  put  it  away.  Then  the  Techis  chief 
got  on  his  feet,  and  drawing  his  buffalo  robe  around  him, 
said:  “lhe  Techis  and  the  Comanches  are  friends.  If 

the  Comanche  wants  this  country  west  to  hunt  in,  then 
the  Techis  will  go  north;  and  if  the  Comanche  want  the 
country  north,  then  the  Techis  will  go  west.  I have 
spoken.” 

Our  chief  then  got  up  and  said:  “It  is  good.  There 

are  many  buffalo  at  the  west,  but  there  are  also  many  at 
the  north;  let  the  Techis  go  north,  I will  go  west.  I have 
spoken.” 

The  Wichita  chief  now  had  his  inning,  and  he  was  will- 
ing to  go  north  also.  Then  they  looked  aL  me.  They 
want  my  opinion  about  it,  I thought.  Well,  I am  like  the 
stump  speaker  who  gets  up  and  tells  us  that  he  did  not 
expect  to  be  called  on  to-night  .and  hardly  knows  what  to 
say,  then  groceedvS  to  say  it  for  the  next  hour  an(j  a half. 


But  I can  say  what  I want  to  say  Indian  fashion,  I guess. 
1 don’t  often  get  a chance  to  say  anything  in  council,  I 
had  chances  after  this,  though.  I got  up,  but  waited  a 
moment  before  speaking.  It  does  not  do  to  answer  an 
Indian  in  council  right  off  the  handle;  you  must  study  the 
question  first;  it  is  etiquette.  Then  I said:  “I  have  heard 
what  the  chiefs  have  said.  My  ears  have  been  open  and 
I have  listened.  Let  the  Techis  and  the  Wichitas  go  to 
the  Wolf  Creek  country.  There  is  much  buffalo  there 
always.  Many  moons  ago  I saw  them.  They  come  there 
always.  The  road  is  open  now  to  the  Techis  and 
Wichitas,  and  no  man  shall  stop  them.  I have  spoken.” 
This  Wolf  Creek  country  is  a square  strip  of  country 
which  at  that  time  belonged  nowhere;  it  lay  between 
Texas  and  Kansas,  and  had  the  Territory  on  the  east  of 
it,  while  New  Mexico  was  to  the  west.  Some  mistake  in 
an  old  survey  had  left  it  out  of  all  of  them.  It  should 
have  been  given  to  Texas,  but  is  a county  in  Oklahoma 
now.  It  was  a beautiful  country  then  and  had  plenty  of 
buffalo.  We  called  it  No  Man’s  Land,  the  Indians  calling 
it  the  Wolf  Creek  country.  Wolf  Creek,  a branch  of  the 
North  Fork  of  the  Canadien,  heads  here. 

The  Techis  and  Wichitas  pulled  out  for  the  north  next 
morning,  and  another  band  of  Indians  came  in  the  same 
day.  They  were  the  Arapahoes  from  Fort  Reno  or  the 
Darlington  agency.  I knew  the  chief  and  his  band.  In 
fact,  there  were  very  few  chiefs  doing  business  in  this 
country  that  I did  not  know.  The  Arapahoes  are  a kind 
of  first  cousins  to  the  Cheyennes,  and  while  not  quite  as 
mean  as  the  Cheyennes,  still  they'  could  stand  a good  deal 
of  improvement  and  not  be  hurt  by  it  either.  The 
Comanches  did  not  like  them ; neither  did  I,  and  there 
was  no  love  thrown  away  on  the  other  side.  The  old 
chief  did  not  like  me,  but  his  not  liking  me  did  not  cause 
me  any  loss  of  sleep.  When  he  camped  here  to-day  he 
rook  particular  pains  to  put  his  camp  almost  on  top  of  us. 
Friendly  Indians  don’t  do  this.  They  want  to  camp  by 
themselves  on  account  of  the  wood  and  grass. 

“I’ll  shake  up  that  chief,”  I told  our  chief,  “if  he  tries 
to  follow  11s.  I have  it  in  for  him.  He  don’t  like  me, 
and  before  many  moons  he  may  like  me  still  less.” 

“He  goes  after  us  to  the  Salt  Fork,”  our  chief  said,  “and 
I don’t  want  him  there.” 

“You  won’t  get  him.  I’ll  fix  that.” 

“But  the  Arapahoe  has  many  soldiers,”  the  chief  told 
me. 

“Yes,  I see  them.  I know  the  soldiers.  They  don’t 
say  anything.  I talk  to  their  little  chief  and  tell  him  what 
I want.  He  says,  ‘Go  ahead;  I don’t  care.  I won’t  stop 
you.’  ” 

The  Arapahoes  had  an  escort  of  a corporal  and  half  a 
dozen  men.  The  corporal  was  a young  man  not  long  in 
the  service,  or  he  would  not  have  let  this  Arapahoe  walk 
all  over  him,  as  he  seemed  to  be  doing.  I found  fault 
with  this  corporal  for  letting  these  Indians  camp  so  near 
us  when  they  had  all  western  Texas  to  camp  in. 

“I  can’t  help  it,”  the  corporal  said.  “You  know  this 
chief  as  well  as  I do.  He  does  just  as  he  pleases.” 

“He  would  not  if  I had  him  out,  then,”  I told  him. 
“He  would  do  as  I pleased  or  go  home  again  in  a hurry. 
But  I am  not  trying  to  instruct  you,  corporal;  I am  not 
supposed  to  know  how.” 

I had  been  a non.  com.  long  before  this  corporal  had 
ever  seen  the  army,  and  did  know  how  to  instruct  him, 
though,  and  he  knew  that  I did. 

“Yes,  I know  your  chief  from  away  back,  and  he  knows 
me,  too,  corporal ; and  if  he  tries  any  of  his  smart  tricks 
here,  I am  going  to  straighten  him  out.  I have  the 
crowd  here  to  do  it,  if  you  don’t  interfere.” 

“I  won’t,  then,”  he  said,  “I  am  tired  of  him  already.” 
Our  chief  now  wanted  to  get  off  as  quickly  as  possible. 
We  had  a place  on  the  Salt  Fork  west  of  this  where  we 
meant  to  camp  for  some  time;  and  that  chief  no  doubt 
had  his  eye  on  the  same  spot.  There  were  few  good 
camps  over  there.  So  I told  our  chief  to  send  a boy 
around  and  tell  the  families,  to  be  ready  to  move  early  in 
the  morning;  and  if  that  Arapahoe  tried  to  follow  us, 
then  I would  take  the  boys  and  the  young  men  and  stop 
him. 

We  started  early  next  morning,  and  as  soon  as  the  camp 
had  got  strung  out  on  the  trail  the  chief  sent  me  all  his 
young  men.  I had  the  boys  already.  I might  have  called 
for  all  hands,  but  if  I did  then  the  chief  would  come 
also,  and  I meant  to  conduct  this  campaign  myself. 

I and  my  party  kept  back  a mile  or  two  behind  the 
squaws  and  their  train,  and  in  about  an  hour  we  saw  the 
Arapahoe  chief  and  his  band  coming.  We  had  stolen  a 
march  on  him,  but  he  was  now  digging  out  to  get  into  the 
Salt  Fork  ahead  of  us,  take  the  best  camp  there,  then  let 
us  take  what  was  left. 

I called  to  my  Comanches  to  “make  the  line.”  Had  they 
been  cavalry  I would  have  told  them  to  “On  right  front’; 
into  line,  gallop,  march.”  But  these  Comanches  formed 
their  line  right  across  the  trail,  and  did  not  need  any 
assistance  from  “Upton’s  Tactics”  to  help  them  form  it, 
either.  Then  each  man  who  had  a gun  drew  it  out  of 
the  case  he  carried  it  in  on  his  saddle,  and  loading  it. 
threw  it  across  his  arm  and  sat  there  like  a statue.  I 
rode  to  their  front,  and  as  I saw  the  boys  stringing  their 
bows  (their  bows  are  always  carried  in  the  case  unstrung 
and  are  strung  only  when  wanted  for  use),  I said,  “Let 
no  boy  shoot  now  until  I tell  him.  I’ll  tell  my  brothers 
when  to  shoot,” 

j did  not  draw  my  carbine,  but  sat  in  front  of  my 
command  and  waited.  “1  arp  a captaip  of  cavalry  at  last,” 

1 said,  “It  has  been  a long  tifpe  in  joining,  and  is  rather 


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regular,  too.  My  commission  has  not  got  here  yet.  I may 
et  a court-martial  instead  of  a commission,  but  let  it  go 

t that.”  , . , • f 

The  Arapahoes  were  nearly  up  now,  and  tneir  cniei, 
eeing  us  halted  here,  also  halted  his  outfit,  then  rode 
orward  alone.  I started  and  met  him  half  way. 

“Why  dees  the  Arapahoe  follow  the  trail  oi  the 
Comanche?”  I asked  him.  . 

“I  go  to  the  Salt  Fork  to  hunt.  I am  not  following  the 
Jomanche.  I don’t  want  him.” 

"The  Salt  Fork  is  there,”  I said,  pointing  to  the  south- 
vest,  “let  the  Arapahoe  go  that  way.  That  road  is  open. 
This  one  is  not  open.  I have  it  closed.  I say  it. 

The  chief  looked  at  my  line  of  battle,  then  looked  back 
o see  where  his  corporal  and  escort  were  They  were 
lot  in  sight.  They  had  remained  far  enough  m the  rear 
iot  to  get  mixed  up  in  this  affair. 

“I  go  that  way,”  he  said. 

"It  is  good.  That  road  is  wide  and  no  man  shall  stop 
you.  I say  it.” 

The  Arapahoe  chief  turned  his  party  south,  and  as 
soon  as  I saw  that  he  really  meant  to  go  that  way,  I let 
him  go,  and  kept  on  to  overtake  our  band. 

We  camped  that  night  in  the  Salt  Fork  of  the  Canadien, 

near  its  head.  . , ,,  , 

We  had  overtaken  the  buffalo  again;  it  seemed  that 
they  could  not  get  away  from  us.  There  were  plenty 
of  them.  I have  shot  them  here,  stalking  them  on  foot 
among  these  sand  hills  the  same  as  I would  hunt  deer. 
When  we  hunted  them  mounted,  we  would  get  as  close  to 
them  as  possible,  going  up  slowly;  then  when  they  had 
taken  the  alarm,  we  would  ride  after  them  and  run  them 
down ; and  it  took  a good  pony  to  run  them  down  too. 
When  we  had  got  up  with  the  bunch,  we  would  single  out 
the  animal  we  wanted,  then  ride  close  in  on  him  and 
shoot  him.  I have  shot  them  when  my  pistol  was  close 
enough  to  burn  the  hair.  The  moment  the  pony  saw  the 
flash  of  the  pistol,  he  would  jump  sideways  and  go  oft. 
He  was  afraid  of  being  charged  on.  It  is  singular,  but 
it  is  a fact,  that  should  the  man  be  thrown,  the  wounded 
buffalo  would  pay  no  attention  to  him,  but  continue  to 
follow  the  pony.  We  shot  them  just  behind  the  fore- 
shoulder;  that  was  the  only  spot  in  which  they  could  be 

hit  to  be  killed.  . , , , 

When  I got  among  these  buffalo  I got  excited,  and  shot 
as  long  as  I had  a ball  in  cither  of  my  pistols.  I never 
used  but  one  pistol  at  a time,  though,  and  contented 
myself  with  shooting  them  singly.  I have  read  an  account 
of  how  men  rode  into  them,  then  dropping  their  reins 
shot  right  and  left,  using  two  pistols.  I could  not  do  that. 
Neither  could  they.  The  man  who  rode  m among  them 
that  way  would  stay  there.  He  and  his  horse  would  be 
gored  and  trampled  to  death.  The  writer  of  such  stuff— 
it  had  not  been  written  for  me,  but  for  boys — probably 
killed  his  buffalo  in  his  mind  behind  a desk  in  Boston  or 
New  York;  he  never  killed  them  out  here  on  the  plains, 
and  he  probably  had  forgotten  when  giving  us— or  the 
boys,  rather— this  blood-and-thunder  narrative  that  there 
were  still  a few  men  living  who  really  had  killed  buffalo, 
even  if  they  could  only  kill  one  at  a time. 

I shot  my  first  buffalo  in  1855,  and  since  then  had  killed 
my  share  of  them  and  a few  more  besides,  and  I could 
hunt  them  with  any  Indian  chief  and  kill  as  many  m the 
same  time  as  he  could.  The  white  man  who  could  kill 
more  than  one  of  these  old  chiefs  could  does  not  live 
now,  or  if  he  does,  I have  never  met  him.  An  Indian 
who  had  only  a bow  and  arrows  could  shoot  nearly  as 
many  as  we  could.  He  would  ride  on  the  right  side  of 
the  buffalo,  and  send  an  arrow  clear  through  him,  so  that 
it  could  be  pulled  out  on  the  opposite  side.  The  arrows 
were  tipped  with  broad  iron  points,  and  could  only  be 
taken  out  that  way.  Each  tribe  has  its  arrows  marked 
differently.  The  mark  is  in  the  shape  of  the  blood  gutter 
that  runs  from  the  heart  toward  the  feather.  If  an  arrow 
is  lost  and  a friendly  Indian  finds  it,  he  always  retuins  it 
to  the  chief  of  the  tribe  whose  mark  it  bears,  and  he 
knows  to  whom  in  his  tribe  this  arrow  belongs  , but  if 
found  by  an  enemy  he  generally  breaks  it;  though  I 
have  had  a Cheyenne  return  a Comanche  arrow  to  me; 
he  might  not  have  given  it  to  the  chief,  though. 

Our  bows  were  made  of  osage  orange,  or  burdock,  as  the 
Texans  call  it;  bois  d’arc,  the  French  name  for  this 
wood,  is  where  they  get  the  name  burdock  from. 
When  a piece  of  this  orange  wood  that  would  make  a 
bow  was  found,  it  was  cut ; then  might  be  carried  for 
the  next  six  months  before  being  made  into  a bow.  While 
the  men  and  boys  made  their  own  arrows,  one  man  her  e 
made  all  the  bows,  and  some  of  our  men  had  bows  that 
could  hardly  be  bought  from  them.  They  make  bows  to 
sell  to  tourists,  but  these  are  only  made  to  sell,  they 
would  not  use  them  themselves.  I had  a bow  and  its 
case  and  a quiver  full  of  arrows  that  were  made  foi  me, 
and  I got  to  be  expert  enough  to  be  able  to  send  an  arrow 
just  where  I wanted  it.  I gave  the  bow  and  arrows  to  a 
museum  in  St.  Louis  some  years  after  this. 

A good  many  men  who  had  pistols  still  used  the  bow 
and  kept  the  pistol  in  reserve,  on  account  of  their  not 
having  much  powder  for  them.  Most  of  their  pistols 
were  the  old  powder  and  ball  Colt’s  or  Remington,  while 
mine  were  breechloaders;  and  my  cartridges  would  not 
fit  their  pistols.  But  I often  lent  one  of  mine  to  them, 
and  when  I did  so  an  Indian  and  I would  ride  down  a 
herd  and  I would  have  to  d<p  close  shooting  to  not  let  him 
beat  me.  I have  given  a pistol  to  a son  of  the  chief  s,  a 
boy  of  about  twenty  years  of  age,  and  have  had  him  get 
six  buffalo  in  six  shots.  „ , 

When  I first  joined  the  band,  I saw  a fine,  heavy  -built, 
milk-white  pony  in  the  chief’s  herd  that  was  never  ridden, 
and  I asked  the  chief  why  he  was  not  used. 

“He  can’t  be  ridden,”  he  said,  “he  throws  us  off  him. 
He  is  no  good.  I will  shoot  him  some  day,  then  we  will 

eat  him.”  . . T,„  ...  , 

“No,  don’t  shoot  him  just  yet.  I’ll  give  him  a chance 
to  throw  me  one  of  these  days.  I don’t  think  he  can  do 
it,  though.” 

I had  been  waiting  for  a good  place  to  ride  him,  and 
now  had  it;  so  one  merning  I told  the  negro  boy  to  rope 
the  pony  and  bring  him  in.  I put  my  McClellan  saddle 
and  heavy  bridle  on  him,  and  then  the  negro  thought  he 
could  ride  him  with  this  saddle.  I told  him  to  try.  I 
had  kept  the  rope  on  the  horse’s  neck,  and  stood  off  hold- 
ing the  end  of  it.  The  boy  mounted,  and  after  the  pony 
had  given  a few  back  jumps  dismounted  over  the  pony’s 
head,  I got  a short,  round  stick  and  lashed  it  to  the 


pommel  of  the  saddle.  It  is  called  a bucking  stick,  and 
with  this  on  the  pony  could  not  throw  the  boy,  the  stick 
holding  him  on  by  pressing  against  his  legs.  The  negro 
boy  got  on  him  again,  and  the  pony  tried  to  buck  him  off ; 
but  every  time  he  did  so,  I jerked  on  the  rope  and  shut 
off  his  wind.  Next  the  pony  tried  to  lie  down  and  roll 
him  off,  but  I called  the  pony’s  attention  to  this  rope 
again.  The  boy  now  got  off  and  said  he  would  give  it  up. 

I led  the  pony  down  close  to  the  river  bank  where  the 
sand  was  a foot  deep,  and  taking  off  the  rope  and  stick, 
mounted  him.  He  tried  to  buck,  but  could  not;  the  sand 
was  too  deep.  Then  he  started  off,  and  with  every  jump 
that,  he  made  I gave  him  a cut  with  a short  riding  whip — 
a quirt  it  is  called.  Next  he  tried  to  roll,  but  I had  him 
there  also ; I had  on  a pair  of  gilt  spurs  such  as  the 
officers  wear,  with  sharp  rowels.  'I  could  cut  his  sides  to 
pieces  with  them ; so  I “gave  him  the  spurs,”  as  our 
officers  tell  us  to  do  when  the  horse  goes  on  a strike  and 
quits.  These  spurs  were  something  he  had  not  “met  up 
with”  before,  and  he  concluded  that  he  did.  not  want  to 
lie  down  to-day.  After  I had  half  killed  him,  I got  off 
him  and  led  him  out  of  the  sand.  The  chief,  wbo  was 
looking  on,  wanted  to  know  if  I was  tired. 

“No,  but  the  pony  is.” 

“Oh,  go  on,  kill  him ; he  is  no  good.” 

“No,  you  don’t  kill  this  pony.  I’ll  ride  him  or  he  will 
kill  me.” 

I led  him  up  to  camp,  took  his  saddle  off,  got  a lump 
of  sugar  and  offered  it  to  him.  Fie  looked  at  it,  then  at 
me,  then  taking  the  sugar,  ate  it,  and  rubbed  his  nose 
against  my  shoulder.  Fie  wanted  more  sugar, 

“He  likes  you  now,”  the  chief  said,  “he  won’t  try  to 
throw  you  any  more.” 

He  never  did.  I rode  him  out  to  the  herd,  and  turning 
him  loose  caught  a small  pony  to  hunt  buffalo  on.  When 
I came  in  in  the  evening  the  chief’s  squaw  said:  “You 
have  the  Comanche  language,  but  no  Comanche  name, 
and  I have  a name  for  you  now.” 

“What  is  it,  my  sister?”  I asked. 

“ ‘Cabia  Blanco,’  White  Pony,”  she  told  me. 

“It  is  good.  I like  it.”  And  as  Cabia  Blanco  I was 
known  ever  afterwards. 

The  next  morning,  going  out  to  the  herd,  I held  up  a 
lump  of  sugar  and  my  pony  came  to  me  and  let  me  mount 
him.  I rode  him  all  this  and  the  following  winter.  He 
turned  out  to  be  one  of  the  fastest  ponies  that  we  had, 
and  a good  buffalo  pony,  but  I never  used  him  in  hunting 
if  I had  a chance  to  change  his  saddle  to  a sorrel  pony. 
1 had  a superstition  that  I could  not  be  killed  when 
mounted  on  a sorrel;  and  never  would  ride  a horse  of 
any  other  color  in  the  cavalry.  I rode  a sorrel  for  twenty 
years,  ten  of  them  in  a bay  horse  troop,  and  at  one  time 
1 had  the  only  sorrel  in  the  troop,  the  captain  allowing 
me  to  keep  him  when  he  traded  off  all  his  off-colored 
horses  for  bays.  Cabia  Blanco. 

[The  Spanish  of  Cabia  Blanco’s  name  is  Caballo  bianco, 
white  horse,  the  sound  of  caballo,  horse,  being  cab-i-o ; 
the  “i”  being  sounded  like  the  English  pronoun  of  the 
first  person.] 

[to  be  continued.] 


Gamp  Medicine  and  Surgery. 

Mr.  George  Kennedy’s  request  as  to  filling  his  medical 
case  to  take  into-  camp  has  excited  my  interest.  It  has 
been  my  experience  during  many  years  of  outing  that 
the  services  of  a surgeon  are  more  needed  in  camp  than 
are  those  of  a physician.  The  most  common  accident  in 
my  experience  has  come  from  the  ignorant  or  careless  use 
of  the  camp  ax  or  tomahawk.  The  tenderfoot  likes  to 
chop,  and  frequently  the  ax  glances  or  fails  to  hit  its 
mark,  and  in  consequence  of  this  miss  a wound  more  or 
less  serious  often  results.  While  I am  a sincere  admirer 
of  our  great  leader,  Nessmuk,  yet  I have  given  up  the 
use  of  his  double-bitted  ax  because  of  its  danger.  The 
most  natural  thing  is  to  strike  it  into  a log  or  into  a tree 
with  one  of  its  edges  uppermost,  and  I know  of  one  or 
two  accidents  resulting  from  such  a careless  disposal  of  it. 
If  the  ax  had  been  of  the  usual  solid  head,  no  accident 
would  have  happened. 

Drugs  are  a physician’s  tools,  and  what  one  physician 
would  use  might  not  be  used  by  another  one,  although 
they  would  both  achieve  the  same  result.  My  experience 
of  the  past  twenty-five  years,  in  camps  from  Canada  to 
South  America,  has  resulted  in  fitting  up  my  pocket  case 
as  follows : 

I advise  a liberal  supply  of  surgeon’s  adhesive  plaster, 
torn  into  strips  two  inches  wide  and  three  feet  long,  the 
quantity  to  equal  about  three  square  feet.  This  is  care- 
fully wrapped  in  paraffined  paper  to  prevent  hardening 
and  to  keep  it  clean.  This  is  the  most  useful  adj  unct  of 
the  pocket  case.  It  can  be  used  for  drawing  small  cuts 
together  instead  of  stitches,  and  for  fastening  bandages 
on  abrasions  and  cuts.  It  can  also  be  used  for  splints  in 
case  of  sprains  by  wrapping  the  injured  part  firmly  with 
plenty  of  the  plaster,  extending  well  above  and  below  the 
injury.  This  gives  support  and  much  comfort.  A patch 
of  it  will  stop  a leak  in  a rubber  blanket.  It  will  cover 
spark  holes  in  the  little  Nessmuk  tent.  I have  mended 
my  pack  with  it,  and  on  one  occasion  it  provided  a fairly 
serviceable  patch  for  my  camp  moccasins.  But  its  most 
common  use  is  for  dressing  blisters  on  the  feet.  Unless 
one  is  hardened  to  the  trail  a blister  will  often  appear, 
causing  great  discomfort  and  well-nigh  spoiling  the  whole 
trip. 

One  bottle  in  the  case  should  have  a hypodermic 
syringe  with  two  needles  for  it,  kept  immersed  in  pure 
alcohol.  This  prevents  the  syringe  drying  up  and  also 
keeps  it  antiseptic.  Wrap  the  points  of  the  needles  in  a 
little  piece  of  sheet  rubber  before  putting  them  in  the 
bottle  alongside  of  the  syringe.  This  will  prevent  their 
getting  dulled.  Another  bottle  should  have  several  yards 
of  coarse  and  fine  surgeon’s  silk,  with  two  straight, 
medium  sized  surgeon’s  needles,  one  curved  medium  sized, 
and  one  small  curved  surgeon’s  needles.  These  should 
also  be  kept  in  the  bottle  filled  with  alcohol.  These  are 
to  be  used  for  sewing  cuts  and  tying  arteries  if  such  an 
emergency  should  arise.  Another  bottle  should  contain 
tablets  of  bichloride  of  mercury  to  dissolve  to  make  an 
antiseptic  solution  of  one  to  one  thousand,  for  sterilizing 
your  hands,  tools  and  wounds.  This  solution  is  made 
much  quicker  than  boiling  water,  and  should  be  faithfully 
employed.  A solution  of  permanganate  of  potash  should 
fill  another  bottle,  for  bites  of  snakes  and  poisonous  in- 


sects. Another  bottle  should  contain  hypodermic  tablets 
of  sulphate  of  strychnine,  to  be  used  hypodermically  it! 
case  of  heart  failure  due  to  over-exertion  cr  the  effect  of 
snakes,  alacrans,  tarantulas,  etc.,  which  require  a hypo- 
dermic injection  of  the  permanganate  of  potash.  The 
strychnine  will  keep  the  heart  going  until  the  poison  is 
neutralized  and  inert. 

With  these  surgical  necessities  there  should  be  an 
artery  fore'eps  and  needle-holder  combined.  I have  one 
three  inches  long,  which,  in  spite  of  its  size,  is  a very 
practical  tool.  The  above  will  be  surgical  material  enough 
for  any  minor  surgery  that  an  amateur  will  be  apt  to 
undertake  in  a camp. 

Now  for  the  medical  part  of  the  equipment.  Have  one 
bottleful  of  compound  cathartic  pills  for  constipation, 
another  bottle  with  camphor  and  opium  pills  for  diarrhea. 
One  or  two  of  your  bottles  should  contain  soda  mints  for 
sour  stomach,  heartburn,  etc.,  to  be  taken  internally.  Dis- 
solved in  water  they  make  a soothing  application  for  ivy 
poisoning  and  itching  and  burning  eruptions  of  the  skin. 
One  bottle  should  contain  ointment  made  from  benzoated 
oxide  of  zinc  for  a base  in  which  resorcin  has  been 
worked  in.  This  is  for  fly  bites,  mosquitoes,  sand-fleas, 
and  all  stings  that  are  not  dangerous,  but  exceedingly  un- 
comfortable. Another  bottle  might  contain  dry  boracic 
acid  which  can  be  dusted  on  galls,  abscesses  and  chafes, 
or  it  can  be  dissolved  in  water  and  used  for  sore  eyelids. 
The  last  bottle  should  contain  tincture  of  opium  to  be 
used  internally  for  pain,  and  to  be  combined  with  the 
boracic  acid  solution  or  with  the  soda  mint  solution  for 
sore  eyes  and  for  skin  eruptions  resulting  from  vegetable 
poisons.  If  I was  going  south,  I should  take  at  least  an 
ounce  of  sulphate  of  quinine  in  tablets  for  malaria.  If  I 
was  going  north  of  Mason  and  Dixon’s  line  I should  not 
bother  with  the  quinine. 

To  the  best  of  my  recollection  the  boracic  acid  is  used 
the  least  of  anything  in  my  case,  and  the  soda  mints  are 
used  the  most.  This  happens,  I think,  because  of  the 
amount  of  grease  and  fried  things  that  one  eats  in  camp, 
causing  sour  stomach  and  heartburn.  It  might  be  better 
to  discard  this  bottle  of  boracic  acid  and  use  the  bottle 
for  the  soda  mints.  The  bottles  should  all  be  plainly 
labeled,  and  if  possible  the  screw  tops  and  corks  on  the 
bottles  containing  the  poisons  should  be  made  different 
from  the  others.  This  will  often  prevent  mistakes.  The 
druggist  who  fits  up  Mr.  Kennedy’s  case  can  label  and 
put  the  doses  as  required  on  the  bottles. 

I have  found  this  outfit  sufficient,  and  with  the  addition 
of  a sharp  jackknife,  a pair  of  tooth  forceps  and  a 
catheter,  I have  practiced  medicine  when  on  the  trail.  I 
never  paid  a cent  for  entertainment  at  the  ranches  and 
the  coffee  fincas  of  Southern  Mexico  and  Central  America 
because  of  my  services  as  a physician  and  surgeon. 

Edward  French,  M.D. 


Little  Rock,  Ark.,  Jan.  8. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 
I think  that  Mr.  George  Kennedy’s  suggestion  in  the  cur- 
rent issue  of  the  Forest  and  Stream  about  someone  writ- 
ing an  article  about  “The  Camp  Doctor  and  His  Kit”  a 
very  good  one.  By  all  means  let  some  physician,  who  is 
also  a sportsman,  write  such  an  article.  But  far  oftener 
than  the  camp  needs  a physician  it  needs  a surgeon.  Now, 
I am  neither;  but  having  had  more  experience  with  acci- 
dents and  “first  aid”  than  most  men,  I venture  to  make  a 
few  remarks. 

In  the  first  place,  many,  if  not  most,  of  the  fatalities 
from  gunshot  wounds — the  accidents  to  which  sportsmen 
are  most  liable — are  due  to  loss  of  blood.  If  the  bleeding 
could  be  stopped  at  the'  time,  many  deaths  in  the  woods 
would  be  averted.  Ordinarily  all  that  would  be  needed 
is  a bandage;  but  loose  bandages  are  very  inconvenient 
things  to  carry  around,  being  liable  to  unroll,  to  get  dirty, 


rendering  it  liable' to  infect  the  wound  on  which  it  is  used, 
and  to  be  carelessly  used  for  making  strings  when  pack- 
ing. The  Germans  (I  have  never  seen  one  affy  where 
else)  manufacture  a bandage  which  overcomes  all  these 
difficulties.  I have  one  before  me  now,  such  as  I always 
carry  in  the  woods.  It  bears  the  manufacturer’s  label, 
“C.  Stiefenhofer,  Munich,”  and  consists  of  a bandage 
15  cm.  (6  inches)  wide  and  10  m.  (33  feet)  long,  put  up 
in  a tin  can  and  soldered  hermetically.  The  can  is  pro- 
vided with  a key  to  open  it,  like  an  ordinary  meat  tin. 
It  is  about  six  inches  long  and  two  inches  in  diameter, 
and  weighs  about  five  ounces.  Such  a bandage  can  be 
carried  for  years  in  the  pocket  or  camp  kit,  and  is  always 
clean  and  sterile  and  ready  for  immediate  use  on  opening 
the  can.  It  is  large  enough  for  dressing  any  part  of  the 
body,  and  if  too  wide  can,  of  course,  be  made  narrower 
by  cutting  the  roll  in  two  with  a sharp  knife. 

"Another  very  desirable  surgical  appliance  to  have  in 
the  field  is  the  Esmarch  suspender;  the  invention  of 
Prof.  Esmarch,  of  Kiel,  and  in  use  by  the  German  army. 
The  cut  I send  is  clipped  from  the  catalogue  of  a Ger- 
man sporting  goods  dealer.  As  will  readily  be  seen,  the 
elastic  is  in  one  piece,  so  that  when  removed  from  the 
wire  loops  it  makes  a band  about  five  feet  long.  This 
makes  a ligature  which  is  long  enough  and  strong  enough 
to  stop  the  flow  in  case  of  a large  blood  vessel  in  one  of 
the  limbs  being  cut. 

With  these  two  little  appliances  many  lives  might  be 
saved  which  are  now  sacrificed,  and  much  suffering  alle- 
viated. To  carry  the  bandage  is  very  little  trouble  (I 
always  have  one  in  the  game  pocket  of  my  shooting  coat, 
and  never  notice  its  presence),  and  to  wear  the  suspen- 
ders is  none  at  all.  While  few  sportsmen,  outside  of  tfye 


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AN.  21,  igog. 


medical  profession,  have  any  surgical  skill,  with  the 
means  at  hand  we  can  all  give  some  relief  to  an  unfor- 
tunate comrade.  In  case  of  a wound  on  a limb,  the 
bleeding  may  be  stopped  by  ligating  the  limb  above  the 
wound  with  the  suspender.  Then  make  a compress  of 
several  thicknesses  of  the  bandage,  apply  this  to  the 
wound,  and  bind  it  on  with  the  rest  of  the  bandage.  In 
case  of  a wound  on  the  head  or  body,  the  ligature,  of 
course,  cannot  be  used,  but  the  use  of  compress  and 
bandage  is  the  same. 

Fractures  are  not  uncommon  in  the  woods,  and  many 
a man  has  been  made  to  suffer  untold  agonies  by  being 
transported  over  long  distances  with  the  broken  ends 
of  a bone  abrading  one  another.  Now,  while  few  have 
the  skill  to  set  bones  properly,  anyone  can  bind  sticks 
(boards  are  better  if  available)  on  the  broken  member, 
and  thus  save  unnecessary  motion  in  the  fracture.  Bind 
on  several  splints,  at  least  one  on  every  available  side  of 
the  limb,  putting,  in  the  absence  of  cotton,  a padding  of 
grass  between  limb  and  splints. 

A compound  fracture,  where  the  ends  of  the  bone  come 
through  the  skin,  is  an  ugly  thing  to  handle;  but,  after 
all,  we  have  here  only  a wound  and  a fracture  together. 
Put  a compress  on  the  wound,  bind  it  up,  and  then  put 
splints  on  as  if  for  a simple  fracture. 

A sprain  only  needs  to  be  bandaged  so  that  the  joint  is 
braced.  In  case  you  cannot  tell  whether  there  is  a sprain 
or  fracture,  as  is  often  the  case  with  the  wrist  and  ankles, 
put  splints  on  as  for  a fracture. 

The  bandage  I have  described  is  large  enough  to  make 
any  of  these  dressings.  Of  course  these  hints  are  only 
meant  to  give  temporary  relief  during  the  time  the  patient 
is  being  moved  out  of  the  woods.  As  soon  as  possible  he 
should  be  turned  over  to  a skilled  surgeon. 

Snake  bites  nearly  always  occur  on  a limb,  usually  on 
the  leg.  In  case  of  snake  bite,  ligate  the  limb  above  the 
wound  to  keep  the  poison  from  getting  into  the  general 
circulation,  open  the  wound  with  a knife  so  that  it  will 
bleed  freely.  If  possible,  let  the  patient  suck  the  wound; 
or  if  he  cannot  get  at  it,  let  someone  else  suck  it.  In 
case  no  one  has  the  nerve  to  do  this,  a bottle  heated  and 
placed  with  the  neck  over  the  wound  will  cup  it.  In  any 
case  keep  your  ligature  tight  around  the  limb  until  you 
think  that  the  poison  is  out.  Lewis  H.  Rose. 


Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

Mr.  Kennedy’s  article  on  the  “Camp  Doctor  and  His 
Kit”  reminds  me  that  this  last  year  was  the  first  occasion 
I have  had  to  use  the  one  I have  carried  camping  for 
several  seasons — a small  pocket  affair  supplied  with 
various  remedies  for  both  internal  disorders  and  external 
injuries,  to  which  I added  the  solution  of  permanganate 
of  potash  and  hypodermic  syringe  so  necessary  in  a 


snake-infested  region  such  as  we  have  been  accustomed 
to  camp  in. 

One  afternoon  in  the  latter  part  of  June,  Dave  and 
Maury  Patterson  and  myself  started  in  a light  Dayton  on 
a 30-mile  drive  back  into  the  Alleghanies  to  explore  an 
unused  road  over  Bear  Guard  Mountain,  with  the  pur- 
pose of  ascertaining  if  it  was  practicable  to  reach  a certain 
stretch  of  river  with  our  full  camp  equipment.  As  was 
necessary  in  a region  so  sparsely  settled,  we  carried  with 
us  a light  miner’s  tent  and  camp  outfit. 

The  first  night  we  camped  in  an  open  glade  on  Furnace 
Run,  making  a record  of  pitching  camp,  feeding  horses 
and  getting  supper  in  an  hour  by  the  watch.  I have  read 
many  descriptions  of  the  camp  and  camp-fire  by  the  gifted 
contributors  to  your  paper,  that  in  the  reading  brings  to 
my  mind’s  eye  this  one  night ; why  it  should  stand  out 
more  prominently  than  others  I do  not  know.  Was  it 
the  environment  of  mighty  mountains,  the  open  glade 
surrounded  by  unbroken  forest,  with  no  noise  save  the 
sound  of  running  water  in  the  brook,  the  eerie  hoot  of  an 
owl  in  the  timber,  or  the  occasional  scream  of  a wildcat? 
I have  camped  under  such  circumstances  many  times  be- 
fore and  have  camped  since,  yet  that  one  night  remains. 

I am  drifting  from  a medicine  kit  to  take  that  exploring 
trip  again.  I am  sure  any  of  us  would  rather  take  one 
than  the  other. 

On  the  next  day  our  horses  in  passing  a mountaineer’s 
cabin  shied  at  the  body  of  a copperhead.  The  owner  of 
the  cabin  came  out  and  told  us  of  the  narrow  escape  he 
had  had  a few  minutes  before  when  drawing  water  from 
his  spring,  where  the  reptile  lay  coiled,  striking  at  him, 
and  barely  missing  his  hand.  Here  was  almost  an  oppor- 
tunity missed  for  experimenting  with  our  snake-bite  reme- 
dies and  calling  into  service  the  Camp  Doctor.  It  would 
have  been  infinitely  more  pleasant  to  have  experimented 
on  this  subject,  had  he  been  bitten,  than  to  have  to  make 
the  first  essay  on  one’s  self. 

With  some  difficulty  we  reached  the  point  we  were 
after,  and  as  we  had  tackle  with  us,  put  in  that  afternoon 
and  the  next  morning  fishing.  Capon  River  is  an  ideal 
fishing  stream,  abounding  in  small-mouth  black  bass,  and 
combining  all  the  delightful  environment  usually  met  with 
on  a trout  stream  with  the  pleasure  of  taking  the  larger 
and  equally  game  black  bass. 

At  last  we  are  homeward  bound,  intending  to  make  a 
through  trip,  driving  all  night, _ for  time  is  limited.  Dusk 
catches  us  still  in  the  mountains,  miles  away  from  any 
habitation.  Suddenly  the  silence  is  broken  with  screech! 
screech!  screech!  “What’s  that?”  “A  hot  box,”  answers 
Dave,  and  he  makes  the  negro  livery  helper  who  was 
responsible  the  butt  of  some  very  strong  language.  To 
jack  up  the  wagon  with  a sapling,  to  knock  off  the  nut 
with  a chisel  and  hatchet  (for  the  wrench  would  not 
budge  it)  was  the  work  of  a few  moments.  To  carry 


water  and  cool  off  the  hub  and  spindle  but  a few  more. 
Where’s  the  axle  grease?  That  rascally  boy  failed  to 
put  it  in.  Any  lard  or  butter  ? The  remains  of  our  pro- 
visions had  been  given  away.  We  were  up'  against  a long 
tramp  for  grease,  or  could  rig  up  our  wagon  sledge 
fashion  and  walk.  In  any  event  a long  tramp.  But  we 
1 eckoned  without  our  Camp  Doctor,  who  very  unprofes- 
sionally  waved  his  kit  above  his  head  and  produced  there- 
from a small  tube  of  carbolized  vaseline,  which  greased 
the  wheel,  saved  us  many  a foot-sore  mile  of  tramping, 
and  sent  us  on  our  homeward  way  rejoicing 

H.  Hardy. 


New  York,  Jan.  13. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream:  In 

your  issue  of  January  14,  Dr.  Robert  T.  Morris  gives  a 
brief  list  of  what  the  camper’s  medicine  chest  should  con- 
tain. I cannot  altogether  agree  with  the  wisdom  of  the 
doctor’s  choice. 

He  omits  quinine  from  his  list,  which  even  in  a health- 
ful northern  country  may  be  most  useful,  especially  if 
any  of  the  party  has  ever  suffered  from  a severe  attack  of 
malaria,  as  the  change  of  air  often  brings  on  a recurrence 
of  the  attacks. 

For  the  hypodermatic  syringe,  which  is  more  or  less  of 
a luxury,  and  in  inexperienced  hands  perhaps  dangerous, 
r would  substitute  a bottle  of  antiseptic  tablets  to  be  dis- 
solved in  tb  boiled  water  which  is  to  be  used  for  washing 
open  wound.-.. 

Loothache  has  to  my  knowledge  spoiled  many  a camp- 
ing trip,  and  as  a remedy  I carry  a small  bottle  of  laud- 
num  to  be  used  locally.  As  regards  toothache,  I have 
found  the  guides  much  more  liable  to  develop  a severe 
case  than  the  sportsmen,  owing  to  the  former’s  absolute 
neglect  of  his  teeth. 

Bandages  and  dressings  the  doctor  evidently  regards  as 
too  bulky  to  be  carried  with  one ; but,  as  it  is  almost  certain 
for  some  one  to  get  cut  or  torn  on  a long,  rough  trip, 
and  as  it  takes  some  time  to  make  bandages  from  old 
clothes,  to  say  nothing  of  cleansing  them,  I regard  a man 
as.  very  reckless  who  neglects  to  take  along  a small  supply 
packed  in  a water-tight  tin. 

As  most  of  us  wear  nothing  but  woolens  in  camp,  I fail 
to  see  how  any  decent  bandage  could  be  made  at  all;  but 
of  course  the  doctor  knows  more  about  this  than  I do. 

Ordinary  white  court  plaster  would  answer  in  some 
ways  better  than  rubber  plaster,  as  if  the  former  be 
placed  over  an  open  wound  the  fluids  will  drain  out 
through  it,  while  foreign  substances  are  fairly  well  ex- 
cluded by  it. 

The  medicine  chest  with  these  changes  would  weigh 
but  a few  more  ounces  than  the  one  Doctor  Morris  sug- 
gests, and  would  be  found,  I believe,  more  practical. 

J.  E.  Bulkley. 


Some  Bird  Names. 

( Continued  from  Vol.  LXIII , page  550.) 

We  now  come  to  the  shrikes  or  “shriekers.”  The  more 
popular  name  “butcher  bird”  arose  from  the  bird’s  prac- 
tice of  sticking  up  upon  thorns  and  in  crotches  his  surplus 
prey,  as  a butcher  hangs  up  meat;  but  the  European 
notion  and  name  “nine  killer,”  based  upon  the  belief  that 
just  nine  of  these  victims  are  destroyed  daily,  never  took 
root  in  American  nomenclature.  The  southern  and 
western  variety  is  called  “loggerhead” — a word  which 
means  having  a head  like  a log,  i.  e.,  a blockhead  or  dolt. 
I do  not  know  how  it  came  to  be  applied  in  this  case. 

Next  follows  the  great  cone-billed  family — finches,  spar- 
rows, buntings  and  the  like — of  which  the  United  States 
alone  possesses  almost  200  varieties.  These  birds  are 
plentiful  and  familiar  with  men  the  world  over,  and  their 
names  go-  back  to  the  primitive  days  of  all  languages. 
“Finch”  is  said  to  be  “of  unknown  history,”  but  I hope 
to  throw  some  light  upon  the  word.  In  his  “Book  of  the 
Beginnings,”  Gerald  Massey  has  this  to  say  in  defense  of 
his  derivation  of  it  from  phoenix : “The  phoenix  in  each 
shape,  whether  of  the  dog,  the  ape,  (Ben,  Aan,  Fan  or 
An),  or  the  various  birds,  was  a type  of  return  and 
periodic  renewal.  We  have  all  these  fonns  of  the  phoenix 
in  the  British  Isles.  The  benen  is  represented  by  name 
in  the  Irish  bunnan,  a crane  or  heron ; the  Gaelic  punnan, 
a bittern;  the  fineun  (Gaelic),  a buzzard;  the  finniog,  an 
Irish  name  for  the  royston  crow;  and  the  faing,  a raven. 
Therefore  I claim  the  finch  as  a phoenix.” 

The  reader  may  accept  this  theory  or  not  as  he  pleases. 

I myself  believe  “finch”  to  be  an  altered  rendering  of 
the  sharp  clinking  notes  uttered  by  these  active  little 
birds.  The  editor  of  the  English  adaptation  of  Bech- 
stein’s  “Chamber  Birds,”  says  that  in  its  migration  the 
chaffinch— 

“As  brisk,  as  merry  and  as  loved  a bird, 

As  any  ia  the  fields  and  woodlands  heard, 

“calls  yack!  yack!  In  the  expression  of  joy,  fink!  fink! 
When  excited  by  anger,  a rapid  fink  ! fink ! fink !”  Pink, 
spink,  twink,  and  flinch  are  names  commonly  heard  in 
Great  Britain.  Any  one  of  these  might  make  the  softer 
and  more  lasting  word  “finch.”  The  fact  that  its  nest, 
which  is  carefully  concealed,  is  a dome-shaped,  muff-like 
affair,  entered  through  an  obscure  opening  at  the  side,  has 
put  this  bird  into  the  phallical  category  _ of  Mediaeval 
Europe,  whence  comes  the  Italian  name  pincione  (allied 
to  picus),  which  was  originally  a sound-word,  and  from 
which  a trifling  and  customary  change  would  make 
“finch.”  I have  devoted  so  much  space  to  what  seems  to 
me  a very  plain  case,  only  because  others  have  neglected, 
or  professed  themselves  baffled  by,  the  word. 

Our  American  representatives,  the  goldfinch  (yellow 
color),  housefinch  (California),  and  so  forth,  are  obvious; 
as  also  are  the  names  of  the  allied  forms — grosbeak,  cross- 
bill, redpoll  and  longspur,  the  last  on  account  of  its  in- 


ordinately long  hind  toe,  for  it  has  no  spur,  properly 
speaking.  Linnet  is  the  diminutive  of  the  obsolete  linoce, 
and  is  often  applied  to  our  black-winged  yellowbird,  but 
it  belongs  properly  in  this  country  only  to  the  Arctic 
JEgiothus,  which  visits  us  in  winter;  the  word  indicates 
a fondness  for  flax  seed. 

The  origin  of  “bunting”  is  said  by  the  dictionaries  to  be 
unknown.  It  is  certainly  an  ancient  denomination.  In 
1300  Wright  wrote  in  his  “Lyrick” — 

“Ich  wold  Ich  were  a threstelcok, 

A bounting  or  a lavercok.” 

In  Sussex  “bunt”  is  a name  for  a kind  of  small  fagots, 
and  the  brush-heaps  are  the  favorite  resort  of  this  kind 
of  sparrow,  so  that  “the  bird  of  the  fagots”  would  be 
a proper  enough  and  easily  suggested  name,  like  “bram- 
bling”  (i.  e.,  bramblebird)  for  a brother  species.  The 
Scotch  vary  the  word  into  “buntlin,”  which  is  not  far 
from  bantling.  Now  bantling  is  only  another  form  of 
bairnling,  or  little  child;  and  the  cradle  song, 

“Bye,  baby  bunting, 

Father’s  gon’  a-hunting,’’ 

shows  that  such  a change  has  in  fact  been  made,  and  sug- 
gests how  the  pretty  and  familiar  bird  of  every  lane  and 
field  may  have  got  its  name  out  of  affectionate  regard. 
Best  of  all,  however,  I like  the  following  explanation 
which  came  into  my  mind  quite  unprompted,  but  which  I 
am  pleased  to  find  given  as  probable  in  the  Murrays’ 
learned  dictionary : Among  country  people,  even  now,  a 
short-tailed,  stocky  chicken  is  called  a “bunt,”  and  has 
been  from  time  immemorial.  The  buntings  are  round  and 
plump  compared  with  most  other  small  song  birds,  and 
“buntlin”  or  “bunting”  (a  diminutive  of  “bunt”)  I be- 
lieve to  have  been  given  in  reference  to  this  appearance. 
One  of  the  British  Provincial  names  of  the  common  Eng- 
lish species  is  bunting-lark. 

“Sparrow”  can  be  traced  back  to  the  earliest  English, 
and  literally  means  “a  flutterer,”  from  its  jerky  flight. 
The  United  States  has  a host  of  varied  sparrows,  but 
none  with  remarkable  local  names  except,  perhaps,  the 
Zonotrichia  albicollis,  or  white-throated  species.  This 
sings  so  sweetly  in  its  Canadian  summer  home  as  to  be 
called  “nightingale”  in  Quebec.  In  Labrador  it  is  simply 
“chip  bird,”  and  in  Nova  Scotia  “poor-Kennedy-bird.” 
Prof.  S.  Matthew  Jones  says  this  commemorates  the  story 
of  a man  named  Kennedy  who  was  lost  in  the  forest  and 
heard  the  bird  repeating  this  condolence.  In  the  White 
Mountains  everybody  knows  it  as  “Peabody  bird.”  It  is 
especially  numerous  in  the  Peabody  Glen,  where  all  the 
guide  books  call  attention  to  it  as  one  of  the  local  attrac- 
tions, and  whence,  I believe,  comes  the  popular  name; 
but  certainly  its  quavering  notes  might  make  those  sylla- 
bles— “p-e-a-body-body” — and  certainly  did  so  to  the  ear 
of  Starr  King,  who  more  than  once  alludes  to  the  bird  in 
this  way  in  his  “White  Hills.”  Our  familiar  “chippy” 
Is  the  “hairbird”  of  New  England,  because  there  horse- 
hair is  oow  the  principal  material  in  its  nest,  which  is  a 


familiar  object  in  every  village  garden.  “Rosignol,”  the 
trench- Canadian  name  of  the  song  sparrow  (and  also  the 
Louisiana  Creole’s  name  for  the  mockingbird),  is  a modi- 
fication of  rosignor — Lord  of  the  Rose — the  Spanish  name 
of  the  nightingale ; and  is  given  in  each  case  not  only 
m reference  to  the  fine  melody,  but  to  the  fact  that  both 
birds  frequently  tune  up  at  night. 

Chewink,”  “joree,”  “towhee,”  and  so  forth,  are  sound- 
names  of  the  exclamatory  pipilos;  while  “cardinal”  (the 
scarlet  Virginia  redbird),  “indigobird,”  “lazuli  finch,”  etc., 
are  suggested  by  the  brilliant  coats. 

Among  icterine  birds,  the  “bobolink”  is  noticeable  for  a 
great  many  local,  names ; part,  like  “summerseeble”  and 
‘bobolink”  (fancifully  expanded  by  Bryant  into  Robert 
0’  Lincoln),  derived  from  its  song;  another  set,  like 
‘ reedbird”  and  “ricebird,”  testifying  to  haunts  and  food; 
a third,  such  as  skunk-blackbird,  describing  its  parti- 
colored  dress;  and  a fourth,  “ortolan”  (West  Indies), 
referring  to  the  toothsome  quality  of  its  flesh.  Ortolan 
is  a term  often  and  always  misapplied  in  this  country.  It 
pioperly  belongs  to  an  European  finch  highly  esteemed  in 
Italy  forbearing,  and  comes  from  the  Latin  hortus,  a 
gaiden.  Oriole’  also  comes  from  the  Latin,  through  the 
French,  and  refers  to  the  prevailing  golden  yellow  in  the 
plumage  of  the  family.  Our  Baltimore  oriole,  or  “Balti- 
more bird,”  was  so  named  by  Linnaeus  out  of  compliment 
to  Lord  Baltimore  because  the  first  specimen  came  to  the 
naturalist  from  Maryland  and  bore  in  its  plumage  the 
heraldic  colors,  orange  and  black,  of  his  Lordship’s  family 
•Hangnest,”  “hangbird”  and  “firebird”  are  synonyms 
which  explain  themselves.  . “Grackle”  is  another  Latin 
name  for  the  birds  of  the  jay  sort  (which  our  grackles 
are  not),  and  was  undoubtedly  a sound-word  at  the  start. 

The  raven  in  many  American  Indian  vocabularies  has 
names  directly  imitated  from  its  hoarse  cry,  such  as  the 
Creek  kah-kee;  but  I believe  our  English  word  is  from  a 
root  meaning  to  rob  or  “raven,”  in  allusion  to  its  nest- 
plundermg  habit.  “Rook”— an  English  species— may  or 
may  not  be  thus  acounted  for,  but  it  is  a coincidence  that 
to  rook  in  thieves’  jargon  is  to  cheat,  or  to  steal  by 
cunnmg,  but  this  may  very  likely  refer  to  the  bird 
Crow,  on  the  contrary,  as  already  mentioned,  is  a sound- 
word  expressing  the  croak  of  its  kind;  just  as  “jay” 
drawl mgly  uttered,  gives  the  cry  of  that  bird,  though  ety- 
mologists seem  to  show  conclusively  that  the  word  really 
means  “gay,”  and  combines  in  its  sense  both  the  gaudy 
Plumage  and  lively  disposition  characteristic  of  the  race. 

Whiskey-Jack,  one  of  the  many  aliases  of  our  northern 
and  inquisitive  Canada  jay,  is  said  to  be  a corruption  of 
an  Indian  word  wiskashon.  “Magpie”  has  a double  name  * 
the  latter  half,  pie,  which  is  generic  (Larin  pica)  seems 
to  come  from  the  same  root  as  several  other  bird  names 
the  original  sense  of  which  was  probably  “the  chirper” 
This  gave  rise  in  Latin  to  the  verb  pipere,  and  in  Greek  to 
spizem  Mag  is  short  for  Margaret,  and  is  given 
to  the  bird  for  the  same  reason,  or  no  reason  that  the 
street  sparrow  is  called  “Jim”  in  London,  One  of  the 


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French  names  for  the  magpie  is  “margot,”  a familiar  con- 
traction of  Margaret.  The  French  often  call  the  mis- 
chievous bird  “Jacques,”  and  “jacasser”  means  to  chatter 
like  a magpie.  “Jackdaw”  is  a similar  example,  as  well  as 
“jacquot” — a name  for  a parrakeet  kept  as  a cage  bird, 
and  frequently  written  “jocko”  in  English.  The  Indians 
of  the  West  have  many  descriptive  names  for  our  mag- 
pie, and  the  Californians  relate  legends  about  it.  The 
curious  relation  between  pica  and  picus,  the  woodpecker, 
etc.,  will  be  referred  to  a little  further  on. 

The  “flycatchers”  constitute  a large  tribe  of  small,  soft- 
billed  birds  living  on  insects,  which  they  snap  up  mainly 
upon  the  wing.  Our  species  are  often  distinguished  by 
.their  notes,  as  the  “pewees,”  but  also  by  plumage,  as  the 
“scissor- tail”  of  Texas.  The  title  of  “kingbird”  is  . a true 
nom  de  plume,  derived  from  the  knightly  crest,  of  feathers 
on  its  cap;  but  “tyrant  flycatcher”  is  in  reference  to  the 
bird’s  autocratic  and  pugnacious  treatment  of  all  other 
birds,  even  the  largest.  I have  seen  a kingbird  , riding 
gayly  on  the  back  of  the  big  hawk  he  had  got  tired  of 
nagging  at,  which  recalled  to  my  mind  the  European 
stories  of  le  roitelet.  “Beebird”  and  “beemartin”  disclose 
this  bird’s  pestilent  attacks  upon  the  apiary. 

As  to  the  hummingbirds,  let  me  quote  a comprehensive 
’note  from  Wallace’s  “Tropical  Nature,”  p.  130:  “The 

name  we  usually  give  to  the  birds  of  this  family  is  derived 
from  the  sound  of  their  rapidly  moving  wings — a sound 
which  is  produced  by  the  largest  as  well  as  by  the  smallest 
member  of  the  group.  The  Creoles  of  Guiana  similarly 
call  them  Bourdons  or  hummers.  The  French  term 
oiseau  mouche  refers  to  their  small  size,  while  colibri  is 
a native  name  which  has  come  down  from  the  Carib  in- 
habitants of  the  West  Indies.  The  Spaniards  and  Portu- 
guese called  them  by  more  poetical  names,  such  as  flower- 
peckers,  flowerkissers,  myrtlesuckers,  while  the  Mexican 
and  Peruvian  names  show  a still  higher  appreciation  of 


their  beauties,  their  meaning  being  rays  of  the  sun,  tresses 
of  the  day-star,  and  other  such  appellations.  Even  our 
modern  naturalists,  while  studying  the  structure  and 
noting  the  peculiarities  of  these  living  gems,  have  been 
so  struck  by  their  inimitable  beauties  that  they  have  en- 
deavored to  invent  appropriate  English  names  for  the 
more  beautiful  and  remarkable  genera.  Hence  we  find  in 
common  use  such  terms  as  sun-gems,  sun-stars,  hill-stars, 
wood-stars,  sun-angels,  star-throats,  comets,  coquettes, 
flame-bearers,  sylphs  and  fairies;  together  with  many 
others  derived  from  the  character  of  the  tail  or  the  crest.” 
The  swifts  get  their  name  from  their  exceedingly  rapid 
flight ; and  “chimney  swallow,”  for  our  commonest  one, 
is  a misnomer.  In  England  and  Ireland  they  are  often 
called  “devilings”  and  “devil  shriekers.” 

The  nocturnal  and  extraordinary  manner  and  notes  of 
the  Capriniulgidce  have  loaded  them  with  erroneous  epi- 
thets. The  Latin  family  name  given  above  is  a translation 
of  “goat  sucker,”  which  embodies  an  ancient  old  world 
error.  “Night-bat”  and  “night-hawk”  are  equally  wrong, 
scientifically,  for  the  birds  are  neither  bats  nor  hawks. 
“Night-jar”  and  “bull-bat”  refer  to  the  strange  booming 
01  tearing  sound  often  emitted  in  their  flight.  “Death 
bird”  is  a name  in  the  Bahamas,  where  the  negroes  attach 
to  the  local  species  the  office  of  foretelling  a death  by 
their  nocturnal  cry,  which  in  our  Southern  States  is  trans- 
lated into  “chuck-will’s-widow”  and  “chip-the-red-oak- 
white-oak.”  The  earliest  recorded  designation  of  the 
“whippoorwill,”  another  species,  is  “chuwhweeoo”  (see 
Proc.  Am.  Antiq.  Soc.,  IV.,  222),  which  the  Delawares 
called  wecoalis,  the  Iroquois  wish-ton-zvich,  the  Chippe- 
was  muckawiss,  etc.  “Piramadig”  (West  Indies),  “pum- 
pillion”  (Cape  Cod),  and  “mosquito  hawk,”  are  unusual 
names  for  our  Cliordeiles  popetue — the  last  part  of  which 
is  pure  Muscogee.  I think  night-jars  the  best  general 
name  for  the  group. 


“Woodpecker”  needs  no  explanation.  In  the  Southern 
States  the  absurd  rendering  “peckerwood”  obtains,  and 
the  giant  of  the  class  is  called  “logcock.”  “Sapccck”  is  a 
designation  for  certain  smaller  species,  referring  to  the 
bird’s  habit  of  piercing  the  outer  bark  of  trees  in  the 
spring  to  get  at  the  bast  and  the  sweet  rising  sap.  “Car- 
pentero”  is  the  good  general  name  of  the  tribe  in  Mexico. 
I have  collected  twenty-five  or  thirty  local  and  widely 
varying  appellations  of  the  golden-winged  woodpecker, 
showing  how  striking  and  ubiquitous  he  is.  One  of  these 
is  “yellow-hammer,”  which  at  first  glance  would  seem  to 
be  simply  the  yellow-hammerer.  But  this  is  the  name  in 
Great  Britain  of  several  small  birds  of  yellow  plumage, 
and  comes  directly  from  the  Icelandic  hanir,  an  ancient 
word  allied  to  A.  S.  hama,  meaning  the  skin — especially 
the  skin  of  a bird  flayed  off  with  the  feathers  and  wings 
attached;  a mythical  monster  living  in  the  North  Sea, 
and  having  wings  on  its  haunches,  was  known  as  fether- 
amr.  Thus  our  “yellow-hammer”  is  “yellow  wings,”  or 
at  any  rate  “yellow  hide.” 

The  Latin  name  of  the  woodpecker — picas — opens  the 
way  to  a large  exploration  of  both  classical  and  Mediaeval 
fancies.  It  is  supposed  to  be  derived  from  that  vague  old 
root  whence  we  get  the  Sanskrit  name  of  the  East  Indian 
cuckoo — pika;  the  European  pie  (or  pica),  and  the  Latin 
spiza,  a kind  of  sparrow,  whence,  perhaps,  has  descended 
the  Italian  parent  of  “finch,”  as  lately  discussed.  In  De 
Gubernatis’s  “Zoological  Mythology,”  the  whole  subject 
may  be  found  treated  at  length.  The  woodpecker  was  a 
phallic  symbol,  personified  in  King  Picus,  progenitor  of 
the  race.  “The  Latin  legend  puts  picus  in  connection  with 
picumnus,  pilumnus,  the  pilum  and  the  pisior.  * * * 

In  the  Piedmontese  dialect  the  common  name  of  the  phal- 
los  is  pic  in;  in  Italian,  pinco  and  pincio  have  the  same 
meaning;  pincione  is  the  chaffinch  (in  French  pinson ); 
and  pincone  means  a fool.”  Ernest  Ingersoll. 


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Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

. In  your  issue  of  January  7 an  article  by  Spectator  rela- 
tive to  “not-shooting,”  reminds  me  of  the  old  story  of  the 
French  Count  who,  while  a.  guest  of  an  English  noble- 
man, shot  a pheasant  as  it  was  about  to  jump  through 
a hedge.  In  reply  to  the  polite  though  rebuking  query 
of  his  host  as  to  whether  he  did  not  always  shoot  his 
birds  on  the  wing,  he  said : “I  shoot  ’em  01a  ze  wing,  on 

ze  tail,  on  ze  head — anywheres.”  In  nay  opinion,  this  whole 
controversy  boils  down  to  the  question  of  whether  the 
shooter  is  out  for  sport  or  meat.  In  the  last  case  “pot- 
shooting” is  always  justifiable,  for  it  is  from  this  the  word 
comes. 

I remember  some  years  ago  I went  on  a shooting  trip 
up  in  the  northeast  neck  of  this  county.  The  old  farmer 
and  his  son  whom  I was  visiting  dropped  the  farm  work 
for  the  day  and  came  out  to  show  me  the  game.  The  old 
man  had  a single  muzzleloader  of  ancient  pattern.  Gene, 
the  boy,  had  a 12-bore  hammer  gun  with  fore  end  action ; 
it  was  loose  in  every  joint,  and  had  not  been  cleaned  for 
six  years.  Gene  had  some  shells  loaded  with  three  drams 
of  black  powder  and  an  ounce  of  No.  8s,  which  were  safe 
enough,  but  he  insisted  on  having  some  of  my  heavy 
smokeless  shells — live  bird  trap  loads.  I tried  to  explain 
that  they  would  be  unsafe  in  his  gun,  but  he  thought  my 
interest  in  his  gun  was  prompted  through  stinginess, 
though  he  didn’t  say  so ; and  it  all  ended  by  his  helping 
himself  to  a bunch  of  shells  out  of  my  bag,  at  which  time 
I firmly  resolved  to  take  a chance  with  his  father  and  the 
muzzleloader. 

We  started  off  first  for  some  woodcock  down  in  a little 
wet  piece  of  alder  thicket.  It  was  a likely  place,  sheltered 
by  a high  bank,  overgrown  with  evergreens,  at  the  foot 
of  which  was  a noisy  brook,  which,  by  the  way,  runs  into 
Croton  Lake.  Gene  took  the  center  of  the  swamp,  his 
father  went  on  one  side  and  I on  the  other.  The  dog — 
one  I had  borrowed- — knew  his  business,  and  picked  out 
Gene  as  a good  one  to  hunt  with,  though  if  his  dog  sense 
had  given  him  the  capacity  of  judging  guns  and  ammuni- 
tion he  might  have  hunted  with  me  a while.  Well,  the 
boy  had  advanced  not  more  than  ten  feet  before  two  birds 
got  up.  Bang!  went  Gene’s  gun;  and  when  he  picked  up 
the  bird  the  three  drams  of  black  powder  behind  the 
ounce  of  No.  8s  had  picked  up  Miss  Philohela  at  short 
range,  and  a Punch  of  feathers  and  skin  was  all  there 
was  left.  Well,  to  cut  this  part  of  it  short,  we  went 
through  that  little  thicket  and  Gene  got  seven  more  shots 
and  killed  six  birds,  never  using  his  second  barrel,  and 
the  old  man  over  to  the  left  got  three  shots  and  dropped 
two  birds,  and  I never  got  a shot. 

We  then  worked  off  to  the  south  after  some  partridges. 
We  finally  got  into  a swale  which  the  old  man  said 
always  had  partridges  in  it.  There  were  bunches  of  silver 
birches  on  the  side  hill  and  patches  of  laurel  and  springs 
surrounded  by  thick  growths  of  alder  and  grasses.  I 
knew  there  was  game  there,  ami  Gene,  as  usual,  bucked 
into  the  center  of  the  growth,  and  I took  the  hillside, 
while  Gene’s  pap  had  to  take  what  there  was  left. 
Whir-r-bang ! \vwih  a special  accent  on  the  bang  from 
Gene’s  direction. 

“Did  you  get  him  ?” 

“Get  him ! Yes,  but  I blew  the  left  barrel  clean  off  my 
gun.” 

“Come  on  out  and  let’s  see  it,”  I called. 

“No,  go  on;  there  are  more  birds  here.” 

“Did  it  hurt  you.  Gene?”  inquired  the  old  man  from  up 
ahead  somewhere. 

“No,  only  blew  a piece  of  my  thumb  off.”  [Whir-r-r !] 
“Look  out,  Pop !”  and  the  old  muzzleloader  spoke,  and  a 
big  cock  partridge  fell  to  it. 

I had  commenced  to  get  a little  discouraged,  and  won- 
dered if  I was  going  to  get  a shot,  when  right  then 
happened  that  which  prompted  this  story.  A big  cock 


partridge- — he  looked  like  a turkey  to  me — jumped  or  flew 
into  the  top  of  one  of  the  alders  ahead  of  Gene,  who  was 
binding  up  his  thumb.  He  stretched  out  his  neck  at  the 
dog,  which  had  chased  him  up.  There  was  a tree  right 
ahead  lining  him  up.  “If  he  flies,  you  won’t  get  a shot,” 
my  instinct  told  me.  “Whir-r-r!”  I called,  and  had  him 
before  he  got  nicely  started. 

“Hey,  boy !”  shouted  the  old  man,  “you  shot  him  in  the 
tree !” 

“Tree  nothing!”  I retorted,  “didn’t  you  hear  him  fly?” 

But  it  didn’t  go ; so  I had  to  own  up.  I made  good 
later  and  got  two  more  out  of  four  shots,  while  Gene  and 
his  pop  each  missed  several  comparatively  easy  shots. 
This  was  small  wonder,  for  the  boy  was  shooting  a badly 
bent  right  barrel,  the  left  having  a great  hole  in  it,  and  his 
thumb  was  pretty  badly  mangled.  He  got  a new  gun 
a few  weeks  after — one  that  would  shoot  nitro  powder; 
but  the  old  man  still  sticks  to  his  muzzleloader. 

• Chas.  G.  Blandford. 


The  Shiras  Bill* 

Charlestown,  N.  H.,  Jan.  10. — Editor  Forest  and 
Stream:  “A  Happy  New  Year”  to  Forest  and  Stream, 

its  writers  and  readers ! “Better  late  than  never,”  but  my 
eyes  have  been  troubling  me,  and  my  poetic  muse  has 
deserted  me,  or  if  she  calls  to  me,  it  is  in  the  accents  of 
the  old  hymn, 

“Remark  my  soul,  the  narrow  bounds 
Of  the  revolving  years.” 

I have  put  off  from  day  to  day  sundry  comments  on 
the  various  topics  discussed  in  your  columns,  until  the 
so-called  Shiras  Bill  has  waked  me  up  to  add  my  note  of 
approval  of  it  to  those  of  the  other  game  commissioners, 
and  ex-commissioners,  which  you  have  already  published, 
and  I wish  to  do  so  most  emphatically.  Had  not  New 
Hampshire  been  so  small  a portion  of  the  United  States, 
and  with  so  little  migratory  game,  and  that  so  well  pro- 
tected by  our  local  laws,  I should  have  urged  some  such 
action  on  the  part  of  our  representatives  in  Congress  long 
since ; and  now  that  it  has  been  taken  by  Pennsylvania, 
I hope  it  may  be  carried  through  successfully. 

There  is  no  doubt  in  my  mind  that  the  enormous  de- 
crease in  our  supply  of  migratory  wildfowl  is  due  to  a 
large  extent  to  spring  , shooting,  and  that  the  only  way 
to  put  an  end  to  this  is  by  the  enactment  of  a national 
law  which  shall  prohibit  the  shooting  of  all  migratory 
birds  on  their  way  to  their  breeding  grounds  in  the 
north,  whether  that  be  in  our  Northern  States  or  in 
Canada  or  Alaska,  and  such  prohibitory  law  should  be  en- 
forced by  every  marshal  or  other  law  officer  of  the  United 
States. 

It  should  forbid  all  shooting  of  migratory  wildfowl  from 
the  first  of  March  to  the  date  when  such  birds  begin  their 
return  to  their  winter  quarters  in  the  south,  whether 
that  be  August  or  October,  according  to  the  habits  of  the 
species.  Plover,  with  us,  begin  their  return  in  August, 
woodcock  not  until  October,  and  what  few  ducks  and 
geese  we  have,  later  still. 

Some  of  those  who  are  not  fully  in  favor  of  this  bill 
still  haggle  over  the  old  bugbear  of  “State  rights,”  a 
specter  which  was  pretty  thoroughly  laid  at  Appomattox, 
and  which,  so  far  as  applied  to  our  game,  is  a perfect  fic- 
tion, for  three-quarters  nearly  of  our  States  in  number, 
and  more  than  that  in  territory,  never  had  any  State 
rights  at  all,  but  were  carved  out  of  the  Territories  ac- 
quired and  owned  by  the  people  of  the  whole  Union  after 
that  was  formed.  It  is  all  right  to  vest  in  each  State 
the  proprietorship,  for  the  benefit  of  all  its  people,  of  such 
game  as  is  born  and  bred  in  the  State,  and  makes  it  a per- 
manent residence,  but  all  wrong  to  permit  the  people  of 
such  States  to  shoot  at  their  will  migratory  wildfowl 
which  belong  equally  to  the  citizens  of  other  parts  of  the 


Union  while  on  their  way  to  their  breeding  grounds.  And 
1 trust  that  as  an  act  of  common  justice  and  equity  to  the 
people  of  the  country  at  large  that  this  bill  may  pass  in 
some  form. 


Among  other  topics  which  have  interested  me  in  your 
columns  the  last  season  have  been  the  notes  on  irrigation; 
and  while  I fully  agree  with  Dr.  Ambler  that  the  first 
step  to  be  taken  is  the  preservation  of  our  forests,  I can- 
not help  thinking,  with  Mr.  Jaques,  that  we  must  even- 
tually come  to  some  great  system  of  irrigation  to  utilize 
large  sections  of  our  territory.  What  might  appear  to  be 
visionary  at  first  sight  will  be  only  a repetition  of  what 
nations  now  extinct  did  thousands  of  years  ago,  and  if 
one  will  look  into  Sir  Samuel  Baker’s  “Eight  Years’ 
Wanderings  in  Ceylon,”  he  will  be  astonished,  if  he  is  not 
informed  on  the  subject,' at  his  account  of  the  enormous 
reservoirs  or  “tanks”  which  this  ancient  nation  built  in 
forgotten,  ages,  some  of  them  covering  from  15  to  25 
square  miles,  with  their  long  canals  and  conduits  running 
along  the  hillsides  to  convey  the  water  to  the  plains  be- 
low. So,  too,  in  Egypt,  the  traveler  sees  the  “Bahr  el 
Yusuf,”  or  Canal  of  Joseph,  which  furnishes  water  to  the 
district  of  the  “Fayoom,”  and  which  the  natives  tell  him 
was  built,  by  the  Joseph  of  Scripture,  the  great  Hebrew 
Prime  Minister  of  one  of  the  Pharaohs  ! 


I am  no  duck  shooter,  and  do  not  feel  called  upon  to 
comment  on  the  ethics  of  duck  shooting;  but  it  amuses 
me  to  see  a man  who  dees  not  know  enough  of  wild  life 
to  know  that  the  ruffed  grouse  drums  freely  all  through 
the  autumn  months,  undertake  to  criticise  John  Bur- 
loughs,  as  he  did  Rudyard  Kipling  a year  ago.  Charles 
Iiallock  is  right  on  this  question,  as  he  always  is;  and 
further  than  this,  the  grouse  does  not  always  drum  on  a 
log,  for  I have  both  heard  and  seen  him  drum  on  a rock, 
though  I nevei  shot  him  while  so  doing.  Neither  does 
he  strike  his  wings  together  behind  his  back ; they  would 
not  drum  if  he  did,  only  rattle.  The  drum  is  produced 
by  the  compressed  air  beaten  together  by  his  wings  and 
against  his  inflated  breast.  He  makes  no  noise  flying 
unless  disturbed. 


I have  spoken  of  the  woodcock  going  south  in  October 
in  New  Hampshire;  and  as  some  persons  in  the  Middle 
States  claim  that  they  go  earlier,  when  they  have  merely 
retired  to  the  woods  during  the  moulting  season,  I wish 
to  note  that  one  of  the  most  successful  days  among  them 
I ever  had  was  November  1 some  forty  years  ago,  when 
the  flight  was  passing  down  through  New  Hampshire. 

Von  W. 


Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts, 
Department  of  Fisheries  and  Game. 

Boston,  Mass.,  Jan.  9. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream  • ” I 
find  your  letter  addressed  to  our  late  chairman,  Captain 
J.  W.  Collins,  in  reference  to  the  bill  introduced  by  Hon. 
Geo  Shiras  3d,  to  give  Federal  protection  to  wildfowl" 
Such  a bill  seems  to  the  writer  to  be  the  sole  feasible 
method  of  attaining  a most  highly  desirable  result  It 
should  receive  the  active  support  of  all  who  are  sincere 
in  the  desire  to  perpetuate  the  supply  of  such  birds 
While  the  possible  co-operation  with  the  Canadian  Gov- 
ernment upon  a uniform  bill  along  these  lines  is  huffily 
desirable,  I do  not  see  that  the  absence  of  such  an  agree- 
ment should  be  any  reason  why  we  should  not  take  the 
initiative  in  this  matter.  George  W.  Field, 

. Chairman. 

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FOREST  AND  STREAM, 


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Do  Foxes  Destroy  Game  Birds  ? 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

The  above  question  is  asked  in  the  Forest  anb  Stream 

of  January  7.  , . y. 

For  some  thirty  years  I have  hunted  foxes  in  tins 
county  in  our  New  England  manner— with  dog  and  gun. 
My  hunting  has  been  almost  entirely  during  the  winter 
months.  During  the  time  named  I have  seen  a great 
many  foxes,  killed  some  two  hundred,  and  spent  much 
time  tracing  the  plainly  written  story  of  Reynard  s nightly 
wanderings,  and  I have  often  wondered  what  our  foxes 
lived  upon.  I never  killed  a thin  fox,  and  many  were 
quite  fat.  In  all  of  my  cruisings  about  after  foxes,  1 do 
not  recall  over  half  a dozen  instances  where  I have  found 
proof  of  a fox  catching-  and  killing  a partridge,  borne 
years  ago,  on  a fresh  snow,  my  dog  started  on  a fresh 
track,  and  in  a few  minutes  came  back  to  me.  I followed 
up  the  trail  and  found  the  fox  holed.  He  was  in  there 
before  the  dog  took  the  trail.  It  was  an  easy  place  to  get 
him,  and  I dug  him  out.  When  taking  off  his  pelt,  I 
noticed  his  stomach  was  very  full,  and  cutting  him  open, 
found  that  he  had  recently  eaten  a partridge.  Since  then 
I have  opened  nearly  every  fox  I killed  whose  stomach 
seemed  full.  Usually  I found  more  signs  of  mice  than 
anything  else.  Sometimes,  late  in  the  fall,  I find  apples. 

Twenty  years  ago  in  this  section  there  were  consider- 
ably more  foxes  than  now,  and  there  were  also  a great 
many  partridges.  I have  seen  six  foxes  in  a day,  and 
once  during  three  successive  days  I killed  seven.  In 
those  days  I would  often  start  from  twenty  to  forty  paj~ 
tridges  when  hunting  foxes.  The  birds  were  packed  in 
bunches  frequently  from  ten  to  fifteen  each,  and  I would 
start  them  from  piles  of  pine  tops  in  comparatively  open 
ground.  I also  found  quite  a number  buried  in  the  snow 
when  the  latter  was  deep  and  soft.  I frequently  saw 
where  foxes  had  cruised  about  in  such  places,  but  I never 
saw  where  I thought  a bird  had  been  caught.  I have 
seen  where  such  attempts  were  made,  but  as  far  as  I could 
judge  the  partridge  escaped  with  the  loss  of  a few 
feathers.  Many  times  I have  tracked  foxes  through  places 
where  partridge  tracks  were  leading  in  all  directions,  and 
the  fox  seemed  to  pay  no  attention  to  then* ; and  the 
same  with  rabbits,  although  I have  seen  a few  signs  of 
where  a fox  had  caught  conies. 

One  day  I killed  a fox  quite  early,  and  soon  had  an- 
other started.  While  standing  in  some  scrub  oak  growth 
I saw  one  of  our  large  white  rabbits  running  fast  and 
coming  straight  toward  me.  I very  seldom  shoot  at  a rab- 
bit, and  I watched  this  one.  When  within  a few  feet  the 
rabbit  saw  me  and  turned  off.  I felt  that  something  had 
started  that  rabbit,  and  waited  to  see.  In  about  a minute 
along  came  a fox  and  I took  him  in.  This  fox  may  have 
been  chasing  the  rabbit,  but  as  the  latter  ran  five  rods 
to  the  fox’s  one,  it  did  not  seem  to  be  in  any  danger. 

While  foxes  may  do  considerable  damage  during  the 
spring  to  partridge  nests  and  very  young  birds,  I have 
never  seen  any  evidence  of  such.  Frequently  while  tr°nt 
fishing  on  our  brooks,  I find  partridge  nests.  I recall  the 
finding  of  two  with  the  old  birds  on.  Both  nests  were 
within  five  feet  of  cattle  paths,  and  there  were  numerous 
si'gns  that  foxes  traveled  those  paths  and  hao  passed 
within  easy  jumping  distance  of  the  nests  and  birds  with- 
out discovering  them.  ...  . 

As  there  are  practically  no  quail  in  this  section,  I can- 
not say  as  to  what  foxes  may  or  may  not  do  toward 
destroying  them.  I have  mentioned  only  what  I have 
seen  C.  M.  Stark. 

Dunbarton,  N.  H.,  Jan.  9. 


Barre,  Vt .—Editor  Forest  and  Stream:  Some  two 

years  ago  I took  an  active  part  in  a discussion  on  this 
subject  through  the  columns  of  a sporting  paper.  I main- 
tained then,  as  I do  now,  that  foxes  do  not  destroy  the 
quantity  of  partridges  as  has  always  been  claimed,  bor 
twenty-five  years  I have  given  this  question  a close  study 
from  personal  observation,  living,  as  I have,  where  par- 
tridges and  foxes  are  abundant,  and  a hunter  of  both.  In 
these  years  I have  dissected  the  stomachs  of  more  than 
one  hundred  foxes,  and  I am  yet  to  discover  a trace  of  a 
partridge.  It  is  true,  the  greater  number  of  the  stomachs 
were  dissected  during  the  fall  and  winter  months,  and 
not  during  the  months  of  incubation  when  the  young. are 
unable  to  fly;  but  during  this  season  I am  led  to  believe 
the  fox  does  little  grouse  hunting.  I have  traveled  over 
our  hills  all  winter  in  pursuit  of  Reynard  in  a country 
where  the  flushing  of  fifty  partridges  a day  was  no  un- 
usual occurrence,  and  I have  never  found  where  a.  fox 
captured  a partridge  in  the  snow.  That,  there  is  a 
scarcity  of  grouse  is  a fact,  and  that,  too,  in  a country 
where  the  gun  is  seldom  heard,  and  where  twenty-five 
years  ago  they  were  found  in  great  abundance.  I cannot 
attribute  the  scarcity  to  the  fox,  nor  have  I yet  solved 
the  question  why  they  are  on  the  decrease.  When  one 
finds  a young  covey  to-day,  it  is  not  the  old-time  covey  of 
a few  years  ago.  B.  A.  Eastman. 

The  Worcester  Telegram  says,  in  commenting  on  the 
Massachusetts  Association’s  fox  inquiry:  “Worcester 

fox  hunters  are  qualified  to  tell  things  about  the  habits  of 
the  fox,  which  includes  the  stuff  he  eats.  They  are  better 
qualified  than  bird  hunters,  as  these  know  nothing  of  the 
habits  of  the  fox.  They  are  a unit  in  the  belief  that  the 
fox  is  responsible  for  the  loss  of  few  birds,  one  of  the 
least  important  factors  in  the  decreasing  number  of  game 
birds.  They  unite  in  pointing  back  to  a score  of  years 
ago,  when  everybody  acknowledges  partridges  were  plen- 
tiful. So  were  foxes,  more  plentiful  than  now.  Foxes 
had  no  depreciable  effect  on  the  number  of  birds.  Since 
that  time,  the  bird  hunter  has  increased  many  fold.  The 
partridges  had  decreased  many  fold. 

“Probably  no  man  in  Massachusetts  is  better  qualified 
to  speak  on  the  question  the  association  asks  than  one  of 
its  vice-presidents,  A.  B.  F.  Kinney,  of  Worcester,  and 
Mr.  Kinney  will  tell  his  confreres  a thing  or  two  when  he 
attends  the  next  meeting.  Several  years  ago  Mr,  Kinney 
spread  broadcast  among  fox  hunters  the  information  that 
he  would  pay  25  cents  each  for  every  fox  stomach  brought 
to  him.  Mr.  Kinney  announced  that  he  desired  the  maws 
for  the  purpose  of  investigating  what  the  fox  ate.  He 
secured  85  stomachs,  in  all  times  of  the  hunting  season. 
In  four  of  these  maws  Mr.  Kinney  found  feathers  of  four 
game  birds,  one  partridge,  one  quail  and  two  woodcock. 
The  feathers  were  found  in  foxes  which  had  been  killed 


in  the  open  hunting  season  on  game  birds,  which  made 
it  plain  to  Mf.  Kinney  that  these  birds  Had  either  died 
from  gunshot  wounds  or  were  wounded- and  caught  by 
foxes.  Of  the  large  number  of  foxes  killed  after  the 
close  of  the  bird  season,  not  one  had  the  feather  of  a 
game  bird  in  its  maw. 

“During  the  early  season,  before  the  frosts,  the  stomachs 
contained  grasshoppers  and  mice.  Mr.  Kinney  says,  the 
amount  of  grasshoppers  in  each  stomach  astonished  Him, 
and  shows  that  the  fox  does  a lot  of  good  for  the  farmer, 
for  which  it  is  not  given  credit.  After  frost  and  before 
snow  time,  ffozen  apples  and  dried  berries,  together  with 
mice  and  rabbits,  formed  the  food.  After  snow  time  con- 
siderable meat  was  found,  which  appeared  like  meat  from 
the  carcass  of  a cow  or  horse.  There  was  a larger  amount 
of  rabbit  meat  than  before  snow  time.  In  four  instances 
hen  feathers  were  found  after  snow  time,  showing  that 
the  foxes  had  come  on  dead  hens,  for  farmers’  hens  are 
usually  kept  housed  after  snow  time. 

“Mr.  Kinney  said  foxes  cannot  catch  game  birds.  These 
are  too  wary.  House  cats  which  prowl  in  the  fields  are 
more  clever  than  a fox  in  catching  game  birds.  Foxes 
can  catch  crows,  which  rise  from  the  ground  much  more 
slowly  than  a game  bird.  Weasels,  mink,  skunks  and 
squirrels  are  more  destructive  of  game  bids  than  foxes. 
Birds  are  plentiful  where  foxes  are  plentiful,  showing  that 
:t  is  not  the  fox  that  is  responsible  for  any  decrease. 

"Hon.  Ledyard  Bill,  president  of  Worcester  Fur  Com- 
pany, who  is  a thorough  sportsman  and  a believer  in  the 
protection  of  game  of  all  kinds,  says : 

“ ‘Mv  opinion  is  that  the  fox  is  not  a great  factor  in 
the  destruction  of  game  birds.  The  natural  food  of  the 
fox  is  field  mice,  meadow  moles,  berries,  grasshoppers 
and  young  rabbits,  with  perhaps  an  occasional  game  bird 
that  has  been  wounded  or  snowbound. 

“ ‘The  fox  is  no  more  likely  to  catch  a game  bird  under 
ordinary  circumstances  than  is  a bird  dog,  and  we  all 
know  the  dog  cannot.  The  fox  has  not  a tithe  of  the 
instinct  of  a bird  dog,  either  trained  or  untrained,  for 
catching  or  pursuing  birds. 

“ ‘In  Maine,  where  the  fox  is  little  hunted  and  yet 
abounds,  the  partridge  also  abounds  in  great  numbers, 
showing  that  the  fox  troubles  the  king  of  game  birds 
but  little.  The  chief  enemies  of  the  partridge  among 
animals  are  the -skunk  and  squirrel;  among  birds,  the 
pigeon  hawk  and  crow. 

“ ‘A  veteran  hunter  of  my  acquaintance  has  made  a 
practical  test  of  this  question  by  having  examined  the 
stomachs  of  nine  foxes  killed  at  different  periods  of  the 
year.  In  one  instance  only  did  the  stomach  contain 
feathers,  and  those  were  feathers  of  the  common  barnyard 
fowl. 

“ ‘Many  suggestions  are  being  made,  as  to  the  best 
methods  of  protecting  the  partridge  and  other  game  birds. 
The  only  practical  measure,  to  my  mind,  is  to  cut  the 
open  season  in  halves.’ 

“A.  C.  White,  the  veteran  fox  hunter,  whose  unvary- 
ing success  year  after  year  in  shooting  foxes  makes  it 
plain  that  he  understands  their  habits,  when  asked  on 
the  question,  said : 

“ ‘I  have  hunted  for  many  years  all  through  the  winter, 
the  time  when  a fox  would  be  most  likely  to  catch  par- 
tridges if  it  caught  them  at  all.  Partridges  burrow  under 
the  snow  for  warmth  and  protection.  In  all  my  travels 
I have  yet  to  see  where  a fox  has  ever  caught  a partridge. 
1 think  anybody  who  knows  anything  at  all  of  the  habits 
of  foxes,  will  quickly  say  that  the  game  birds  that  foxes 
catch  are  few.’ 

“Congressman  John  R.  Thayer,  former  president  of 
Worcester  Fur  Company,  a fox  hunter  since  boyhood, 
said : 

“ ‘I  notice  that  the  Massachusetts  Fish  and  Game  Pro- 
tective Association  is  seeking  information  relative  to  the 
propensity  of  the  fox  to  destroy  game  birds. 

“ ‘I  have  been  somewhat  of  a careful  observer  of  the 
traits  and  habits  of  the  fox  for  the  last  thirty  years  and 
more,  and  the  fox  is  the  only  game  I hunt.  I have  inter- 
ested myself  studying  its  habits  and  propensities  some- 
what during  that  time.  With  scarcely  an  exception  in 
all  these  years,  during  the  months  of  April  and  May,  I 
have  made  excursions  to  their  burrows  and  retreats  out 
of  curiosity  and  a desire  to  watch  the  antics  of  the  young 
and  the  care  and  conduct  of  the  old  mother  fox. 

“‘One  will  find,  in  visiting  these. burrows  in  the  spring, 
when  the  young  have  grown  sufficiently,  to  be  out  around 
the  burrow,  the  traces  of  the  food  which  the  fox  feeds 
upon,  and  almost  without  exception  I have  noticed 
quantities  of  crow  feathers,  pieces  of  woodchuck  or 
groundhog,  skins  and  claws,  pieces  of  snakes,  skunks, 
rabbits  and  hen  feathers;  but  I have  never  seen,  a par- 
tridge or  quail  feather  at  any  burrow  in  all  this  time. 
It  is  well  known  that,  during  the  summer  months,  the  fox 
feeds  much  upon  crickets,  grasshoppers,  frogs,  snakes, 
woodchucks,  skunks  and  crows,  the  last  of  which,  by  the 
way,  seem  to  be  easily  captured  by  the  fox,  as  a crow  can- 
not rise  from  the  ground  as  quickly  as  most  other  birds. 

“ ‘The  crow  is  very  slow  in  getting  under  way,  and 
can  be  pounced  upon  and  caught  before  it  can  get  fairly 
started,  the  fox  is  so  much  quicker  in  its  movements.  I 
presume  that  after  the  heavy  frosts  and  snows  come,  the 
fox  feeds  somewhat  on  partridge  and  quail,  as  it  also 
prowls  around  the  farm  buildings  in  search  of  poultry,  or 
anything  it  can  find  to  eat;  but  I believe  the  impression 
people  have  that  foxes  destroy  a considerable  number  of 
game  birds,  partridges  or  quail,  in-  this  latitude  is  entirely 
erroneous.  The  partridge  is  one  of  the  quickest  starting 
birds  we  have,  and  they  are  always  on  the  lookout.  I 
also  know  that  a bird  hunter  of  Worcester  county  is  re- 
ported in  the  papers  to  have  stated  some  time  ago  that 
the  way  to  protect  partridges  and  quails  is  to  stop  the 
fox  hunters  shooting  them  in  the  fall  and  after  the  season 
closed.  A more  foolish  and  erroneous  statement  could 
not  easily  be  made. 

“ ‘Our  fur  company  consists  of  about  150  members,  and 
upon  inquiry  among  them,  I am  satisfied  that  but  few  of 
the  whole  number  shoot  a single  game  bird  in  the  year, 
and  the  few  that  do  hunt  birds  in  season  enjoy  the  hunt- 
ing of  the  fox  so  much  better  that  they  devote  but  little 
time  to  bird  hunting.  To  illustrate  my  view  that  these 
150  men  shoot  but  few  birds,  and  none  out  of  season,  I 
will  give  my  own  experience.  I have  shot  but  one  par- 
tridge in  ten  years,  and  have  shot  at  but  one  partridge 
during  that  time.  I think  what  is  true  of  myself  is  true 
of  most  fox  hunters. 


tj4»-  n,  !0gf. 


“It.  is  no  pleasure  to  a , genuine  fox  hunter  to  shoof. 
partridges  or  quail.  We  let  them  severely  alone;  first; 
because  we  do  not  care  to  shoot  them,  and,  secondly,  we 
will  net  jeopardize  our  chances  to  get  a fox  by  shooting 
at  anything  when  the  dogs  are  driving.  That  has  been 
the  experience  as  related  by  the  members  of  our  club 
wherever  we  have  gathered,  as  we  do  in  our  hunting 
season,  to  talk  over  the  experiences  of  the  hunts. 

“ 'If  partridges  and  quail  are  to  become  more  numerous 
in  Massachusetts  than  they  are  now,  or  have  been  in  the 
last  few  years,  some  means  must  be  taken  to  stop  the 
professional  bird  hunter,  lie  who,  with  his  hammerless 
gun  and  dog  trained  to  a nicety,  goes  out  and  proudly  ■ 
returns  at  night  with  eighteen  or  twenty  birds  as  the  re- 
sult of  the  day's  sport.  I have  known  of  two  men  in 
Worcester — and  there  are  many  others  like  them — -in 
days  gGne  by  who  felt  that  they  had  a poor  day’s  sport 
if  they  did  not  return  with  eighteen  or  twenty  birds 
apiece.  That  was  when  partridges  were  more  plentiful 
than  they  are  now,  but  they  are  just  as  eager  now  as 
they  were  then  to  slaughter  the  birds,  and  would  kill  just 
as  many  if  they  had  the  opportunity.  One  of  these  men 
will  destroy  more  birds,  in  my  judgment,  than  fifty  fox' 
hunters  will  during  the  season.  Then,  too,  I do  not  think 
it  . is  entirely  fair  for  the  bird  hunters  to  seek  to  exter- 
minate the  foxes  in  order  that  they  may  have  the  more 
birds  to  slaughter.  We  who  enjoy  the  chase  are  just  as  . 
much  entitled  to  our  recreation  as  the  hunters  who  go 
out  to  kill  a few  game  birds  for  their  table,  or  for  the 
sport,  or  those  pot-hunters,  if  I might  so  call  them  (ex- 
perienced slaughterers),  who  go  out  to  load  themselves 
down  with  game  that  they  may  sell  it  in  the  markets. 

“ ‘The  prohibition  of  selling  game  in  the  markets,  I 
think,  has  done  away  in  large  measure  with  the  general 
slaughter  of  game  by  expert  bird  hunters ; but  still  we  all 
know  that  the  law  is  violated  in  many  ways,  and  much, 
game  finds  its  way  to  the  markets  even  with  the  law  op-,  j 
posed  to  it.  I think  also  that  any  law  placing  a bounty, 
on  foxes  would  have  no  appreciable  tendency  to  increase- 
the  number  of  game  birds  in  Massachusetts.  There  has, 
been  for  many  years  in  Rhode  Island  and  Connecticut, 
a bounty  on  foxes,  and  how  is  it  taken  advantage  of?  A 
few  men,  if  I may  call  them  men,  in  a county  will  go, 
prowling  about  in  the  woods,  find  a fox  burrow  in  the.- 
spring  of  the  year,  and  then  with  a fox  terrier  go  to, 
the  hole,  put  in  the  terrier  and  run  out  these  little  foxes,, 
catch  them  in  a bag,  and  get  the  bounty  of  $1  or  $1.50, 
apiece.  Many  of  these  young  foxes  would  never  have- 
lived  to  maturity  if  they  hadn’t  been  captured,  as  we  all] 
knew  nature  .is  very  prolific  in  producing  young,  but  int 
many  instances  they  die  in  infancy,  so  to  speak.  It  is, 
well  known  by  the  hunters  in  Worcester  county  that-  il 
there  is  no  better  place  to  hunt  foxes  than  in  Rhode-  1 
Island  and  Connecticut,  where  this  bounty  has  been  om 
for  many  years ; that  is,  they  have  made  no  substantial!  i 
diminution  of  foxes  in  those  States.  Then,  if  a bounty  is-,  j 
placed  upon  foxes,  we  shall  have  traps  set  everywhere,, 
which  will  catch  our  dogs  and  cats  and  other  domestic  - 
animals.,  and  poison  will  be  placed  where  domestic  ani-. 
mals  will  find  it  and  be  destroyed.  : 

“ 'Bird  hunters  should  respect  the  rights  of  fox  hunters;,  - 
and  not  attempt  to  encourage  trapping,  poisoning  and!  j 
the  like,  of  foxes.  We  are  all  sportsmen,  only  our  tastes;  ] 
lead  us  in  different  directions,  and  we  ought  not  to  at--; 
tempt  to  injure  the.  chances  of  true  sportsmanship  off  S 
either.  Let  us  all  live  and  let  live,  and  not  get  into  a-, 
wrangle  among  ourselves.  I am -inclined  to  think  that  the- 
law  protecting  game  is  about  as  perfect  as  it  can  practi- 
cally be  made,  .and  further  tinkering  with  it  will  be  of  lit-- 
tie  avail  to  protect  the  game  birds  of  Massachusetts.  T01  | 
increase  the  game  bird  to  any  considerable  extent,  the:  j 
hog  hunter  must  be  suppressed.’ 

"Hon.  Joseph  H.  Walker  is  one  of  the  best  qualified!  1 
sportsmen  in  Worcester  to  give  an  opinion  on  game  ques- 
tions. Mr.  Walker  has  been  a hunter  since  he  Was  aj  1 
mere,  boy,  and  even  though  he  is  seventy-five  years  old!,, 
he  still  hunts  with  ardor.  The  former  Congressman  hunts; 
birds  and  foxes  in  their  season.  He  says: 

“‘I here  is  nothing  to  be  gained  in  the  way  of  inereas;- 
ing  the  number  of  birds  by  destroying  foxes.  I do  not  jj 
think,  foxes  hunt  birds  as  one  of  their  foods.  Foxes  will  : 
eat  birds,  of  course,  when  they  come  on  a dead  one  or  a 
wounded  one.  and  sometimes  they  catch  game  birds.  I do  ' 
not  think,  however,  that  they  catch  any  appreciable 
number. 

"‘It  is.  veil  known  that  young  partridges  and  the 
mother  bird  d.o  not  give  any  scent  when  they  are  dis- 
turbed, and  scatter  and  hide.  Neither  do  quail  when  they  ' 
light.  It  is  win n. they  run.  and  it  is  usually  some  little  ■ 
period  after  they  light  that  quail  give  forth  a scent  which 
enables  a dog  or  a fox  to  trace  them. 

“ ‘I  can  well  illustrate  this  by  an  experience  which  two 
other  men  and  myself  had  in  hunting  quail.  We  had  * 
three  as  good  dogs  as  I ever  knew  of.  We  were  in  tiie  ; 
center  of  a field  where  we  felt  sure  the  quail  were.  For  , 
over  an  hour  we  watched  the  dogs  quartering,  but  they 
could  not  get  scent  of  quail.  We  decided  to  leave  the 
field.  We  had  not  gone  more  than  three  rods  when  we 
were  enveloped  by  the  largest  flock  of  quail  that  I have  i 
ever  seen.  We  walked  on  them  accidentally.  Our  dogs  j 
could  not  find  them,  and  foxes  would  have  had  the  same 
difficulty. 

“ ‘In  giving  an  opinion  on  this  question,  a bird  hunter 
is  not  nearly  as  well  qualified  as  the  fox  hunter.  The  bird 
hunter  knows  nothing  of  the  habits  of  a fox.  The  fox 
hunter  knows  the  habits  of  both.  When  in  the  woods  the 
bird  hunter  naturally  spends  no  time  in  making  investiga-  , 
lions,  being  constantly. on  the  go.  The  fox  hunter,  on  the  ’ 
other  hand,  may  remain  for  hours  at  a time  in  a runway,, 
and  has  plenty  of  time  in  which  to  investigate  what 
foxes  do,  what  their  habits  are,  and  what  they  feed  on.. 
Out  of  season  the  fox  hunter  is  making  investigations 
in  regard  to  foxes,  so  that  he  may  find  them  when  the- 
hunting  time  comes.  He  has  thus  a chance  to  observe- 
the  burrows.  I have  noticed  many  burrows  during  my 
hunting  career,  and  found  remains  that  tell  what  the- , 
foxes  eat.  I have  seldom  seen  chicken  feathers  at  the: 
burrows,  and  never  partridge  or  quail  feathers. 

“ ‘I’d  advise  you  to  get  the  opinion  of  Edward  T.  Whit- 
taker on  this  question.  He  is  the  most  careful,  painstak- 
ing, as  well  as  truthful,  hunter  I have  ever  known.  He 
knows  about  the  habits  of  foxes. 

“I’ve  hunted  a great  deal,  and  what  I’ve  told  you  is  my 
experience  and  judgment.  It  conforms  to  the  experience' 


Jan.  21,  1905.] 


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of  Nathan  Harrington,  the  veteran  with  whom  I hunted 
forty  years  and  more.* 

“Edward  T.  Whittaker,  referred  to  by  former  Congress- 
man Walker,  when  asked  as  to  whether,  in  his  observa- 
tion; hfe  eVer  saw  anything  to  indicate  that  foxes  feed  to 
any  extent  oh  game  birds,  said  : . 

“‘I  can  tell  one  incident  that  came  under  my,, persona, 
observation,  which  is  an  answer  to  any  claim  that  foxes1 
are  liable  to  destroy  young  partridges  during  the  breed- 
ing season.  I once  discovered  in.  the  grounds  where  1 
have  done  considerable  of  my  hunting,  a partridge  setting 
on  a nest  within  two  or  three  rods  of  a burrow  in  which 
a litter  of  foxes  was  being  reared.  . It  was  near  the  edge 
of  a clump  of  bushes,  and  in  going  out  into  the  open 
the  foxes  would  often  pass  within  eight  feet  of  the  setting 
partridge.  The  litter  was  raised,  and  the  hen  partridge 
brought  out  and  raised  a brood  of  partridges.  I watched 
the  foxes.  I kept  track  of  the  partridges,  and  know  that 
they  lived  Into  . the  hunting  season,  for  I hunted  them  m 
that  same  coyer.  • ;.  ■> 

“ ‘Speaking  of  what  foxes  eat,  I am  certain  that  gariie 
birds  form  an  extremely  small  portion  of  their  food. 
Foxes  feed  in  the  open,  as  everybody  who  studies  their 
habits  knows.  Foxes  may  lie  in  the  woods,  but  when  they 
start  out  to  pick  up  their  food,  they  make  straight  for  the 
open  fields.  Partridges  do  not  remain  in  the  open.’ 

“Similar  belief  is  expressed  by  fox  hunters  in  general. 
They  maintain  that  sportsmen  who  credit  the  fox  with 
desifoyihg  game  birds  have  lid  foal  pfobf  feXfcept  the  occa- 
sional finding  of  game  bird  feathers  beside  a fox  track 
in  snow  time.  Frequenters  of  the  woods  who  may  come 
on  game  bird  feathers,  at  once  make  up  their  mind  that  a 
- fox  has  picked  up  a partridge.  I11  reality,  except  when 
snow  is  on  the  ground,  they  have  no  right  to  make  such 
an  assertion,  as  many  animals  destroy  game  birds  if  they 
have  the  opportunity. 

“The  consensus  of  opinion  among  fox  hunters.  m 
Worcester  is  that  the  fox  is  maligned  many  times  with- 
out reason  or  knowledge,  and  before  any  attempt  is  made 
to  interfere  with  one  form  of  hunting  for  the  benefit  of 
another,  the  would-be  reformers  should  satisfy  themselves 
that  they  khbw  what  they  are  driving  at;” 


A Duck  Breeding  Station, 

Washington,  D,  C,  Jan.  12.— Editor  Forest  and 
Stream;  A movement  Is  now  on  foot.. which  has  gamed 
impetus  by  ati  able  afttcle  oil  the  subject  that  appe&fed 
in  the  Washington  Post,  Sunday,  January  1,  last,  to  inter- 
■ est  Congress  iii  the  mattef  with  a view  of  purchasing  .a 
tract  of  land  on.  the  Potomac.  Rivet,  WlierC  wild  celery  is 
to  be  found  in  large,  quantities,  or  elsewhere,  to  operate 
A game  experimental  .Station,  or  farm  along,  the  lines  of 
the  work  being  done  by  the  United ; States  Fish  Commis- 
sion (and  as  is  beifig  done  successfully  oii,  a small  scale 
now  on  the  Potomac  River,  in.  the  State  of  Pennsylvania 
and  elsewhere,  where  .mallard  ducks  and  other  game  birds 
are  .raised);  under  the  direction  of.  the  Department  of 
Agneultufoj  Continuing  and  ehlafgmg  the  work  com- 
menced several  years  ago,  by  the  passage  of  the  Lacey 
Act,  which  authorized  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  to 
take  charge  of  this  matter. 

The  Washington  Post  says* 

“An  idea  of  the  disappearance  of  the  eanvasbaek  m 
recent  years  may  be  derived  from  the  records  from  one 
of  the  leading  western  clubs.  The  annual  kill  has  dropped 
from  about  2,600  to  legs  tliah  too.  Almost  as  qeplofablf 
ft  dfolinfi  lias  occurred  on  the  Atlantic  Coast,  but  steps 
Have  been  taken  to  prevent  the  extermination  of  the 
species.  By  most  of  the  clubs  the  shooting  days  have 
been  limited  to  three  per  week,  and  limitations  have  been 
fixed  on  the  bags.  The  trouble  now  is  with  the  pot- 
hunters or  ‘bushwhackers’  — men  who  hunt  for  the  mar- 
ket, and  to  whom  the  inducement  of  $6  to.  $12  per  pair 
is  a sufficient  offset  to  all  other  considerations.  It  is  a 
matter  of  profound  regret  that  these,  men  cannot  be  made 
to  see  that  the  extinction  of  a species  creates,  a break  in 
nature  than  can  never  be  filled.  The  favorite  food  of 
the  canvasback,  which  imparts  to  it  the  peculiar  flavor 
so  highly  esteemed  by  epicures,  is,  on  the  Atlantic  Coast, 
the  valesneria,  an  aquatic  plant  popularly  called  wild 
celery,  and  on  the  Pacific  Coast  a bulbous  plant  called  by 
the  Indians  wapato,  the  botanical  name  of  whidh  is  Stipel- 
l&H'a  Vdridbilis.  The  root  is  the. most  palatable  part,  and 
the  cahvasbaClc  secures  it  by  diving,  but  a constant  com- 
panion— the  widgeon — is  frequently  on  hand  to  snatch 
away  from  him  the  coveted  morsel  as  soon  as  he  comes  to 

J-h 0 SUl*f3.C6  ^ ' 

The  plan  in  brief  is  this:  To  interest  one  or  more 
wealthy  sporting  men  or  gun  clubs  to  donate  a specified 
sum  of  money,  say  $30,000,  on  condition  that  Congress 
donates  a like  sum  to  purchase  a suitable  tract  of  land, 
equip  the  plant  and  take  charge  of  it  thereafter,  on  the 
same  plan  or  principle  that  the  large  poultry  or  duck 
farms  in  the  various  States  are  now  being  operated;  to 
experiment  with  wild  celery  culture  and  other  aquatic 
plants  which  supply  food  for  the  duck  family. 

The  writer  knows  of  an  ideal  tract  of  land  for  this  pur- 
pose on  the  Potomac  River,  near  the  Chesapeake  Bay, 
where  3,000  acres  with  a large  creek  making  up  into  the 
land  can  be  purchased  for  $to  an  acre;  and  later  ex- 
perimental  farms  could  be  established  in  the  north  and 
west  under  the  direction  of  the  Department  of  Agricul- 
ture R.  B.  B.  Chew,  Jr. 


Quail  Under  the  Snow  Crust. 

New  Bedford,  Mass.,  Jan.  n.— Regarding  the  scarcity 
of  quail,  here  is  a little  item  of  interest  to  your  army  of 
readers.  Mr.  A.  E.  Manchester,  of  Slade  s .Corner,  Dart- 
mouth, Mass.,  about  ten  miles  from  this  city,  who  was 
tramping  the  woods  near  his  farm  in  search  of  a Christ- 
mas tree,  found  twenty-two  frozen  quail  m the  snow. 
They  were  all  fat  and  in  good  condition,  and  had  when 
found  been  dead  perhaps  a week,  or  two,  and  were  all 
huddled  together  and  were  buried  in  the  snow,  which  had 
become  quite  deep  and  crusted  on  the  top,  so  that  it  was 
impossible  for  them  to  get  out.  This  is  a case  of  hard 
l„cV_r,  coed  sized  flock  of  birds  that  lived  to  get  by  the 
huuliu0'  reason,  inly  to  be  wiped  out  by  a hard  winter. 
' - -•  ~ Constant  Reader. 


Massachusetts  Association. 

Boston,  Jan.  14 .—Editor  Forest  and  Stream:  The  an- 
nual meeting  of  the  State  Association  for  the  election  of 
officers  for  1905  was  held  at  the  Copley  Square  Hotel, 
Wednesday  evening,  the  nth  inst.  The  attendance  was 
good,  and  the  names  presented  by  the  nominating . com- 
mittee, 6f  tvhidl  the  librarian  was  chairman,  were  all 
elected  ulvahlmously.  Mr.  W.  S.  Hinman  was  re-elected 
president,  and  most  of  the  members  of  (he.  old  Board  of 
Management  are  continued.  Mr.  J.  C.  .Phillips,  of  Boston 
and  Beverly,  who  served  in  1903  on  the  Executive  Coni  • 
mittee,  is  now  one  of  the  vice-presidents.  Mr.  C.  A.  Taft,- 
of  Whitinsville,  elected  a vice-president,  is  a new  man 
on  the  list,  as  is  also  Hon.  Wm.  A.  Morse.  Hon.  C.  M. 
Bryant  comes  back  to  the  board  after  an  absence  of  two 
years,  during  which  time  his  duties  as  Mayor  of  Quincy 
have  prevented  his  working  actively  in  the  cause  of  game 

Krotection.  Three  ex-presidents  of  the  . association — 
lessrs,  Clark,  Wiggin  and  Reed— will  continue  to  render 
valuable  service  as  vice-presidents.  Five  of  the  up- 
country  clubs  are  represented  in  the  board  by  Dr.  J.  T. 
Herrick,  of  Springfield;  A..B.  F.  Kinney,  of  Worcester; 
H.  S.  Fay,  of  Marlborough;  I.  0.  Coflterse,  of  Fitch- 
burg, and  A.  C.  Sylvester,  of  North  Attleboro. 

As  your  readers  have  doubtless  observed,  it  has  beet! 
the  policy  of  the  management  for  the  last  few  yeafs  to 
bring  the  outlying  clubs  into  close  touch  with  the  State 
organization.  This  plan  has  not  only  been  helpful  to  the 


w,  s.  hinman. 

Pres.  Mass&cliusfetts  jfes’fl  for  the  Protection  of  Fish  and  Game. 


ocal  clubs,  but  has  enabled  the  Sportsmen  of  the  State 
:o  present  a united  front  upon  matters  of  legislation.  It 
iias  also  been  the  means  of  increasing  the  membership  01 
the  State  Association,  and  in  the  near  future  it  is  con- 
fidently expected  much  greater  results  in  that  direction 
will  follow.  It  is  doubtful  whether  any  other  State  can 
be  named  where  there  is  a greater  degree  of  harmony 
among  the  various  local  clubs. 

The  report  of  the  treasurer  showed  that  the  permanent 
fund  had  been  increased  by  accrued  interest,  and  that 
from  money  received  during  the  year  a balance  of  $670 
remained  unexpended.  Aside  from  the  ordinary  account, 
$3,oOO  had  been  raised  for  the  purchase  of  live  quail,  about 
of  which  had  to  be  returned  to  the  donors  on  ac- 
count of  inability  to  obtain  birds.  After  business  was 
transacted,  several  spoke  on  the  outlook  for  birds  and 
kindred  subjects.  Dr.  W.  C.  Woodward  said  that  about 
Middleboro  they  were  feeding  quail,  and  had  birds  enough, 
due,  in  the  main,  to  the  systematic  feeding  last  winter. 
From  his  remarks  it  is  evident  there  will  be  no  lack  of 
suitable  food  for  the  birds  in  that  vicinity  this  winter. 
He  suggested  that  a bounty  on  foxes  in  Plymouth  county 
would  be  a good  thing  for  the  birds.  One  farmer,  he 
said,  told  him  he  was  feeding  “everything— quail,  jays, 
crows  and  squirrels.”.  They  kept  one  market-hunter  away 
from  the  covers  by  hiring  him  to  take  care  of  a bungalow. 

Mr  Converse  told  of  a Fitchburg  fox  hunter  who  had 
been  out  a good  deal,  but  only  got  two  this  fall  He  also 
told  of  two  men,  one  from  New  York  city,  who  m six 
days’  hunting  in  southern  New  Hampshire  killed  63  par- 

11  Mr^Walter  Farmer,  of  Brookline,  and  Henry  Eager,  of 
Marlboro,  related  very  interesting  experiences,  and  Mr. 
C.  W.  Dimick  urged  the  necessity  of  pushing  the  work  of 
re-stocking,  incidentally  commenting  on  the  destruction 
of  birds  by  foxes.  This  brought  Mr.  Kinney  to  his  feet 
in  a masterly  defense  of  what  he  called  a “much  abused 
animal.”  Saying  anything  against  the  fox  to  Mr.  Kin- 
ney is  like  “shaking  a red  flag  to  a bull,  except  that 
Brother  Kinney  shows  not  the  least  trace  of  excitement, 
so  sure  is  he  of  his  ground  and  so  confident  of  his  ability 
to  defend  his  position. 

The  meeting  was  one  of  unusual  interest,  the  various 
speakers  in  their  remarks  drawing  from  personal  ex- 
perience As  a committee  to  arrange  for  the  annual  ban- 
quet, February  16,  the  president  has  appointed.  Dr  A R, 
Brown,  Thos.  H.  Hall,  author  of  “Just  One  Bite,  C.  W. 
Dimick  G W Wiggin.  B.  V.  Howe  and  the  secretary. 
The  Tinner  will  be  held  at  the  Copley  Square  Hotel. 

The  State  Commissioners  have  arranged  with  the 
United  States  Fishing  Bureau  for  a consignment  of 
q 000,000  perch  eggs,  two  carloads  of  shad  fry,  30,000 
landlocked  sajmon  eggs,  and  200,000  Colorado  trout  eggs. 


If  our  Commission  can  break  away  from  the  antiquated 
custom  of  planting  fry  and  secure  an.  adequate  supply  of 
fingerling  or  yearling  trout,  there  will  be  some  chance 
of  replenishing  the  streams.  As  to  the  results  of  shad 
planting  in  the  Taunton  River,  the  writer  is  unable  to 
speak  from  personal  investigation,  but  he  does  know  that 
the  results  in  North  River  are  very  disappointing;  due,  it 
is  believed,  to  the  contamination  of  the  water  by  the 
acid  and  refuse  of  a small  rubber  factory  located  in  the 
town  of  Hanover.  The  people  along  the  stream  are  desir- 
ous of  reaping  the  benefits  they  were  accustomed  to  de- 
rive from  an  abundance  of  fish  years  ago,  and  they  say 
that  if  there  is  no  law  by  which  the  Commission  can  effect 
a remedy  of  the  present  state  of  things,  the  board  should 
secure  such  legislation  as  is  needed  without  delay. 

In  the  town  of  Sharon  is  a beautiful  lake  called  Massa- 
poag,  and  it  is  reported  that  about  half  a million  bass  and 
perch  are  frozen  in  the  ice,  killed  by  experiments  made 
under  the  direction  of  the  State  Board  of  Health,  in  order 
to  determine  the  efficacy  of  copper  sulphate  in  exterminat- 
ing algae.  Fishermen  in  the  vicinity  are  a good  deal  dis- 
turbed in  view  of  the  consequences. 

The  New  Hampshire  Commissioners  are  still  hoping 
to  “pinch”  the  miscreant  who  shot  a bull  elk  last  summer 
in  South  Danbury.  Two  years  ago  the  managers  of  Cor- 
bin Park  presented  the  State  with  twelve  elk,  which  were 
taken  to  Andover  and  turned  loose  on  Ragged  Mountain. 
The  body  of  one  was  found  shot  last  August,  and  the  last 
week  of  December,  near  the  same  spot,  was  found  the 
carcass  of  a bull  with  8 points,  which  apparently  was 
killed  about  the  same  time  as  the  other.  Commissioner 
Wentworth  offered  a reward  of  $100  for  the  apprehension 
of  the  guilty  party,  and  is  of  the  opinion  that  he  will  soon 
be  able  to  land  his  man. 

Among  the  frequenters  of  the  ponds  and  lakes  of  the 
Granite  State  for  winter  fishing  is  heard  the  voice  of 
mourning  and  lamentation.  From  Concord  the  edict  has 
been  promulgated  that  many  of  the  waters  of  the  State 
are  to  be  closed  for  the  period,  of  five  years.  A section 
to  suffer  much  from  this  fiat  is  the  Mascoma  Valley,  a 
charming  stretch  of  rural  beauty.  Mascoma  and  Crystal 
lakes  are  in  the  town  of  Enfield,  and  on  their  shores  a 
community  of  distinguished  summer  sojourners  has  been 
established.  In  Mascoma  it  is  said  the  German  carp  lias 
been  causing  havoc  to  the  more  desirable  fish,  which,  com- 
bined with  over-fishing  of  the  lake,  has  led  the  Commis- 
sion to  adopt  a drastic  measure  to  bring  about  a better 
condition  of  the  fishing  interests.  Other  bodies  of  water 
wilefo  winter  fishing  is  prohibited  are  Conway,  Newfound, 
Webster,  Highland*  Ossipee  lakes  and  Pleasant  Pond. 

Central, 


Brown's  Tract  Guides* 

The  Brown’s  Tract  Guides'  Association,  one  of  the 
most  energetic  and  active  of  the  many  organizations,  in 
New  York  State  which  are  interested  in  the  protection 
of  forest,  fish  and  game,  held  its  eighth  annual  meeting 
in  Boonville  on  Thursday,  January  12.  The  association 
has  one  hundred  active  members,  all  of  whom  are  ex- 
perienced guides,  and  an  associate  membership  of 
nearly  five  hundred.  The  recent  meeting  was  very  largely 
attended,  and  the  reports  presented  by  the  officials  were 
highly  encouraging.  Officers  for  the  ensuing  year  were 
elected  as  follows:  President,  Richard  Crego ; Vice- 

President,  Hon.  H.  D.  Grant;  Secretary  and  Treasurer, 
A.  M.  Church;  Executive  Committee— Garry  Riggs,  Mel- 
ville Oley,  Ben  Sperry,  Ira  Parsons,  Will  Burke,  Charles 
H.  Smith,  Archibald  Delmarsh.  The  following  resolutions 
were  adopted : . 

“Whereas,  Vast  areas  of  virgin  forest  lands  m the 
Adirondacks  are  being  lumbered  for  the.  timber  each  year, 
practically  denuding  such  land  of  its  timber  and  foliage 
and  leaving  vast  quantities  of  inflammable  material  upon 
the  ground  to  the  great  damage  of  the  adjoining  forest 
lands  belonging  to  the  State,  and, 

“Whereas,  The  opening  up  of  these  dense  forest  lands 
to  the  rays  of  the  sun  and  warm  winds  of  early  spring, 
causing  the  rapid  increase  of  the  melting  snow  and  the 
subsequent  increase  of  high  water  in  the  streams  that 
flow  to  the  St.  Lawrence  and  Hudson  rivers,  to  the  great 
danger  of  the  destruction  of  the  much  valuable  property 
along  the  banks  of  those  streams  and  rivers,  therefore, 

be  it  . . 

“Resolved,  That  it  is  the  sense  of  this  association  that 
it  is  the  imperative  duty  of  the  State  to  take  such 
measures  as  is  within  its  power  to  check  this  increasing 
danger  by  the  purchase  of  forest  lands  in  the  Adirondacks 
and  to  prevent  the  cutting  of  any  timber  on  lands  belong- 
ing to  the  State  in  the  Adirondack  preserve.” 

Resolutions  were  also  adopted  approving  of  a law  re- 
quiring non-residents  of  the  State,  who  do  not  own  prop- 
erty or  pay  taxes  in  the  forest  preserve,  to  pay  a license 
fee  of  $25  before  they  are  permitted  to  hunt  deer  in  this 
State ; favoring  amending  the  law  so  as  to  prohibit  any 
person  from  killing  more  than  one  deer  in  each  year ; that 
the  killing  of  otter  be  permitted  from  December  to  April 
inclusive. 

Secretary  A.  M.  Church  presented  a very  interesting 
report,  which  was  in  part  as  follows : 

“To  the  Officers  and  Members  of  the  Brown  s Guides 
Association— The  more  a man  studies  the  history  of  this 
country,  the  further  he  goes  back  into  the  lives  of  the 
men  who  were  its  founders,  the  more  respect  and  admira- 
tion he  must  have  for  the  men  who  have  been  before  him. 
It  is  impossible  to  study  the  lives  of  the  men  of  colonial 
times  down  to  the  War  of  the  Revolution  without  becom- 
ing filled  with  admiration  for  the  wonderful  foresight  and 
honesty  of  purpose  that  characterized  all  their  public  acts. 

“September  18,  1708— ‘No  person,  Christian  or  Indian, 
freeman  or  slave,  shall  kill  or  destroy  any  buck,  doe,  or 
fawn,  or  any  sort  of  deer  whatsoever,  wild  turkeys,  part- 
ridge’ or  quail,  except  between  the  first  day  of  August  and 
the  first-  day  of  January.’ 

“This  is  the  exact  text  of  an  act  passed  for  the  preser- 
vation of  deer  and  other  game  by  the  Governor,  the 
Council  and  the  General  Assembly  of  the  colony  of  New. 
York  in  the  year  1708— nearly  200  years  ago— years  before 
the  United  States  was  a nation  by  itself,  when  the  whole 
country  from  Albany  to  the  Mississippi  was  infinitely 
more  of  a wilderness  than  the  remotest  nook  of  the 
Adirondacks  is  to-day.  And  this  was  not  the  first  act 
of  game  protection,  for  there  was  a previous  enactment 
in  the  year  1705.  The  sale  of  deer,  grouse  and  quail,  fresh 


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deer  skins  and  venison  was  prohibited  during  the  close 
season,  and  a penalty  of  thirty  shillings  or  thirty  days  in 
jail  was  imposed  for  each  violation.  These  acts  were 
sealed,  signed  and  sent  across  the  Atlantic  Ocean  to  Eng- 
land, where  they  were  pronounced  ‘good’  by  the  King  and 
returned  to  become  the  law  of  the  land.  In  the  year 
1771,  some  persons,  as  the  legislative  act  calls  them,  con- 
ceived the  idea  of  stocking  the  Hudson  River  with  sal- 
mon, advancing  the  theory  that  were  they  put  there  young 
they  would  come  back  to  the  headwaters  to  spawn,  and 
petitioning  the  authorities  for  a law  to  protect  them.  The 
Governor  and  Legislature  passed  an  act  imposing  a fine  of 
ten  pounds  (nearly  $50)  for  each  and.  every  salmon 
caught  and  killed  in  the  Hudson  River  within  five  years 
of  the  date  of  the  act  becoming  a law.  Any  person  or 
persons  could  sue  and  recover  in  his  own  name  for  viola- 
tion of  this  act,  and  was  not  asked  to  notify  anyone  at  the 
capital  city,  and  run  the  risk  of  his  notification  being  in- 
tercepted, nor  was  he  asked  to  send  the  amount  recovered 
to  any  officer  to  be  kept  a month  or  two  and  such  part 
returned  as  it  was  thought  he  or  they  were  entitled  to. 
He  just  put  the  money  down  in  his  breeches  pocket  and 
went  out  and  looked  for  another  victim.  Salmon  ascend 
the  Hudson  River  to-day,  presumably  from  this  plant,  and 
were  it  not  for  dams  at  Glens  Falls  and  elsewhere,  would 
undoubtedly  be  on  the  headwaters  of  that  stream  in  con- 
siderable numbers  each  year.  There  is  no  record  of  the 
tons  of  them  that  have  been  taken  since  the  passage  of 
this  act. 

“And  so  we  come  down  to  April  19,  1859,  when  the 
Legislature  of  New  York  passed  an  act  making  the  closed 
season  for  deer  February  1 to  August  x.  You  could  hunt 
deer  all  through  August,  September,  October,  November 
and  December  and  January.  The  penalty  for  violating 
this  act  was  $25.  In  1862  the  deer  season  was  brought 
down  to  August,  September,  October  and  November.  You 
could  hunt  deer  with  dogs  during  the  month  of  October. 
You  could  have  venison  in  possession  till  the  15th  of 
February.  In  1864  a license  was  required  if  you  were 
to  hunt  in  Kings,  Queens  or  Suffolk  counties,  a fee  of 
$10.  In  1867  you  must  hunt  deer  only  in  the  months  of 
October,  November  and  December,  and  have  in  posses- 
sion till  January  10.  Right  here  began  the  fight  between 
the  pot-hunter  and  the  guide,  and  in  1868  the  open  season 
was  put  back  to  August  1.  closing  December  15.  It  was 
about  this  time  that  the  Brown’s  Tract  guides  began  to 
wake  up.  The  last  moose  had  been  killed,  deer  were  be- 
coming scarce,  panther  and  wolves  plenty.  Sportsmen 
came  to  the  woods  more  and  oftener.  The  practice  of 
taking  a man  out  to  see  how  many  trout  he  could  catch  in 
a day,  or  how  many  deer  he  could  kill  in  a single  night 
began  to  lose  its  attractiveness.  The  extra  money  re- 
ceived for  the  big  basket  of  trout  caught  and  thrown 
away,  and  the  dollar  a head  for  each  deer  that  had  been 
left  to  rot  in  the  marshes,  somehow  lost  its  glimmer,  and 
the  halt  was  called.  Winter  time  they  hunted  the  panther, 
for  whose  head  was  paid  a bounty  of  $20,  and  by  1879 
they  were  practically  exterminated— forty  or  more  of 
them  having  been  killed.  At  this  time  the  open  season 
for  deer  had  been  made  August  1 to  November  30.  You 
could  use  dogs  from  August  15  to  November  1.  No 
fawns  in  the  spotted  coat  should  be  killed,  and  the  Legis- 
lature— now  that  they  were  all  gone— wisely  said,  no  more 
moose  should  be  killed.  Dogs  were  prohibited  in  the 
year  1885,  and  in  1886  the  deer  season  was  made  still 
shorter  in  response  to  a demand  of  the  Brown’s  Tract 
guides, 'brought  about  by  the  appearance  of  Pennsylvania 
pot-hunters,  who,  driven  from  their  own  State  by  a five 
years’  close  season,  came  to  the  Adirondacks  and  killed 
and  hauled  them  out  by  the  sleighload  to  market.  x\nd 
the  season  for  hunting  was  cut  to  August  15  to  November 
1,  and  one  person  to  kill  but  three  deer.  Could  use  dogs 
from  September  1 to  October  T5. 

“In  1888  dogs  could  be  used  from  September  1 to  Octo- 
ber 20.  In  1889  only  two  deer  could  be  killed  by  any  one 
person,  and  in  1899  we  got  rid  of  the  dogs  forever. 

“But  now  we  had,  instead  of  the  old  corduroy  road, 
a pair  of  gleaming  railway  tracks,  and  instead  of  Charley 
Phelps  and  Frank  Barrett  and  Frank  Coonrod  and  Dan 
Gookins  and  “Old  Nig,”  and  the  blackboard,  instead  of 
those  things  a hundred-ton  locomotive  and  a train  of 
palace  cars,  and  a man  has  been  known  to  leave  New 
York  at  8:10  in  the  evening  and  come  to  Charley  Bar- 


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rett’s,  at  the  head  of  Third  Lake,  kill  his  two  deer,  and 
leave  for  home  the  next  day  at  noon.  And  now  if  there 
was  need  of  the  Governor,  the  Council  and  the  General 
Assembly,  when  the  whole  country  was  practically  a wil- 
derness, to  protect  the  game  for  a few  months  of  the 
year,  what  is  the  condition  now  that  the  wilderness  has 
been  narrowed  down  to  a few  square  miles  and  the  shel- 
tering timber  taken  from  the  greater  part  of  that? 

“The  winter  of  1903  and  1904  was  unusually  severe,  and 
reports  came  in  early  in  February  of  the  difficulty  deer 
were  having  in  getting  food.  Everything  was  buried  be- 
neath five  feet  of  snow,  and  through  which  they  could 
not  go  far.  Parties  of  guides  were  immediately  sent  out 
searching  for  places  where  deer  were  wintering  and  cut- 
ting down  browse  wherever  they  were  found.  Nearly 
every  wintering  ground  furnished  its  quota  of  dead  deer. 
Some  were  found  unable  to  get  to  their  feet.  Fatalities 
seemed  to  occur  oftener  during  the  extreme  cold.  No 
browse  were  cut  except  where  there  were  signs  of  deer, 
and  later  examinations  always  showed  that  they  had 
found  and  fed  from  the  foliage  put  within  their  reach. 
The  guides  who  could,  cheerfully  turned  out,  and  some 
of  them  made  , hard  trips' on  snowshoes.  Nor  was  the 
work  confined  wholly  to  guides  of  the  association.  Others 
there  were  who  did  good  service,  some  of  whom  were 
offered  pay,  but  declined  to  accept.  It  has  been  steadily 
claimed  by  .the  people  at  Albany  up  to  and  including  last 
year,  that  deer  were  on  the  increase' because  more  were 
carried  by  the  express  companies  and  the  kill  was  greater. 
No  allowance  was  made  for  the  increase  in  facilities  for 
shipping,  nor  for  the  immense  number  of  hunters  com- 
pared with  previous  years.  This  last  season  deer  were 
scarce,  and  there  were  fewer  hunters  than  the  previous 
year,  and  as  a consequence  it  is  estimated  the  kill  of 
last  season  will  be  much  below  that  of  1903.” 


At  the  conclusion  of  the  business  meeting,  the  annual 
banquet  was  enjoyed.  At  the  post-prandial  session  which 
followed.  Hon.  Garry  A.  Willard  acted  as  toastmaster, 
and  delivered  an  interesting  address,  as  did  also  Harry 
V.  Radford,  Hen,  TI.  D.  Grant,  Rev.  T.  F.  Jessup,  Rev. 
A.  W.  Cody,  Rev.  E.  R.  Pendergast,  Fred.  A.  White  and 
George  O.  Bridgeman.  W.  E.  Wolcott. 

Utica,  N.  Y , Jan.  11 


Michigan  Game  Interests. 

Detroit,  Mich.,  Jan.  14  —Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 
No  doubt  you  will  have  an  interest  in  the  probable 
changes  in  the  Michigan  game  laws  to  be  put  through 
the  sitting  Legislature,  and  also  will  be  interested  in 
knowing  the  sentiment  of  the  sportsmen  of  Michigan  on 
the  question. 

There  has  been  a considerable  effort  made  in  the  past 
few  years  to  create  sentiment  in  favor  of  amending  the 
laws  relating  to  wildfowl  shooting,  as  it  is  felt  that  the 
present  law  does  not  meet  the  case  fairly.  As  you  know, 
the  game  laws  of  this  State  impose  no-  license  fee  on 
sportsmen  from  other  States  who  hunt  here,  and  as  our 
neighboring  commonwealths,  almost  without  exception, 
impose  a license  fee  of  from  $10  to  $25,  this  question  was 
also  agitated. 

As  the  result  of  agitation  for  the  amendment  of  the 
fish  and  game  laws  of  the  State  of  Michigan,  a mass 
meeting  of  the  sportsmen  of  the  State  was  called  to  meet 
at  the  Griswold  hotel  on  Wednesday,  January  11.  There 
were  present  some  sixty  or  seventy  sportsmen,  and  ten  or 
more  “market  hunters.”  For  the  most  part  the  repre- 
sentation was  confined  to  the  region  bordering  on  the 
Detroit  and  St.  Clair  rivers,  Lakes  Erie  and  Huron,  with 
a very  few  from  the  interior  of  the  State.  The  questions 
brought  before  the  meeting  were : 

1.  Shall  spring  wildfowl  shooting  be  done  away  with? 

2.  Shall  the  fall  season  for  duck  shooting  be  lengthened? 

3.  Should  the  shooting  of  quail  be  prohibited  for  a 
term  of  years? 

4.  Shall  a law  be  asked  for  imposing  a license  fee  on 
resident  and  non-resident  hunters? 

5.  Should  the  number  of  birds  to  any  one  bag  be 
limited,  and  should  the  total  number  of  birds  to  any  one 
bag  for  the  season  be  limited? 


[Jan.  21,  1905. 


These  were  the  main  questions  discussed,  and  there' 
seemed  to  be  quite  a diversity  of  opinion  as  to  all  of1 
them.  This  meeting  does  not,  of  course,  mean  that  the; 
Legislature  will  act  in  accordance  with  the  decision! 
arrived  at  by  a majority  of  those  present,  but  may  be 
taken  as  an  index  of  the  sentiment  of  the  great  body  of 
Michigan  sportsmen. 

On  the  first  question  at  issue,  the  majority  favored1 
doing  away  with  spring  duck  shooting.  This  was  particu- 
larly true  of  those  who  shoot  on  or  near  the  Great  Lakes. 
On  the  contrary,  the  residents  of  inland  points  say  that 
spring  shooting  is  all  they  have;  that  the  ducks  do  not 
come  in  to  the  inland  waters  in  the  fall,  and  that  there-1 
fore  they  must  shoot  in  the  spring  or  go  to  the  big  lakes, 
for  their  sport  in  the  fall.  As  there  was  but  a light 
representation  from  interior  points,  it  is  impossible  to  say 
what  the  majority  of  sportsmen  from  the  interior  would 
say  on  the  subject,  but  it  is  safe  to  assume  they  would 
almost  unanimously  agree. 

As  to  the  second  question  at  issue,  it  was  the  unani- 
mous sentiment  of  the  gathering  that  the  fall  season1 
should  be  lengthened.  The  majority  favored  opening  the' 
season  September  15  and  closing  December  31.  As  the 
present  season  has  been  exceptionally  open,  the  ducks: 
have  remained  in  the  waters  of  Lake  Erie,  the  Detroit  and 
St.  Clair  rivers,  and  in  the  bays  of  Lake  St.  Clair  and 
Lake  Huron,  and  it  was  stated  that  thousands  of  canvas- 
backs  could  be  seen  as  late  as  New  Year’s  Day,  while 
there  were  also  many  hundreds  of  redheads  and  some 
mallards  still  lingering  in  the  open  water. 

As  to.  the  shooting  of  quail,  there  did  not  seem  to  be! 
much  difference  of  opinion,  but  that  the  birds  should  be 
given  from  two  to  four  years’  rest  from  the  guns.  Some! 
enthusiastic  members  proposed  that  contributions  be! 
asked  from  all  of  the  sportsmen  of  the  State  for  the  pur-1 
chase  of  breeding  stock,  claiming  that  this  would  be 
preferable  to  a close  season  for  any  term  of  years.  It 
is  well  understood  that  the  quail  do  not  suffer  so  much 
from  the  guns  as  they  do  from  the  severe  winters  we[ 
have  had  in  the  past  two  years.  The  intense  cold  and 
deep  snow  of  1902-3  and  1903-4  did  more  to  exterminate 
the  quail  than  all  the  sportsmen  in  the  country  could  have 
done  in  the  same  two  seasons.  It  was  claimed  by  many 
that  the  weasel,  mink,  skunk  and  fox,  in  a severe  winter,) 
destroy  more  quail  and  partridge  than  are  killed  by 
hunters  during  the  season.  The  partridge,  being  hardier 
and  better  able  to  subsist  on  scant  feed  than  the  quail, 
have  not  suffered  as  have  the  smaller  game  bird ; in  fact, 
it  is-  stated  that  the  partridge  were  never  more  plentiful, 
and  the  promise  is  for  grand  sport  next  season  with  this 
fine  bird. 

The  question  of  a gun  license  was  not  unanimously 
agreed  to,  although  the  opponents  of  the  measure  did  not 
take  the  open  and  make  their  opposition  felt.  A nominal 
fee  of  $1  for  a shotgun  for  all  residents  of  the  State  will 
probably  be  asked  for.  Regarding  license  fee  for  non-' 
resident  hunters,  one  proposition  is  to  make  the  license 
the  same  as  that  imposed  by  the  State  from  which  the 
hunter  comes.  This  will  not  meet  with  favor  in  the 
Legislature,  however.  The  probable  action  will  be  to  im-i 
pose  a license  fee  of  $15  on  sportsmen  carrying  a shot-5 
gun,  and  leave  the  deer  license  at  $25,  as  it  now  stands.- 
With  reference  to  deer,  it  is  proposed  that  the  limit  of 
three  for  the  season  be  left  stand,  but  that  it  be  specified 
that  there  shall  be  not  less  than  two  bucks  to  each  doe  in: 
such  a bag.  In  other  words,  a man  shall  not  shoot  two 
does  in  one  season. 

With  reference  to  limiting  the  bag,  there  did  not  seem 
to  be  any  well-formed  opinion  as  to  what  was  desired. 
As  a matter  of  fact,  none  but  the  true  sportsmen  in  the 
gathering  were  in  favor  of  limiting  the  bag,  and  I judge1 
that  the  number  of  true  sportsmen  must  have  been  few,! 
from  the  manner  in  which  the  question  was  received. 

The  game  warden  department  is  endeavoring  to  get 
such  a measure  incorporated  in  the  new  law,  and,  as  out- 
lined at  the  meeting  that  night,  the  proposal  is  ’to  limit 
each  gun  to  ten  birds — ducks,  partridges  or  quail — for  the’ 
day’s  shoot,  and  to  limit  the  gun  to  fifty  birds  for  the 
season.  . Coupled  with  the  proposal  to  impose  a license  on! 
non-resident  hunters  will  also  be  a provision  permitting' 
the  shipment  of  a certain  amount  of  birds  out  of  the 
State,  under  rigid  restrictions  as  to  such  shipment.  This,! 
I think,  would  be  a decent  thing  to  do.  F.  K.  G. 


The  Log  of  a Sea  Angler* 


BY  CHARLES  F.  HOLDER,  AUTHOR  OF  “ANGLING,”  “BIG  GAME 

FISHES,”  ETC. 

IIL  Hunting  the  Nurse  Shark — Hauled  Overboard — 
Diving  for  Queen  Conchs — The  Fan  Shell — 
Pugnacity  of  Crabs — Stealing  from 
Birds — In  a Pipe. 

There  was  nothing  more  delightful  in  this  fishing 
ground  than  to  go  out  with  the  dinghy  at  sunrise,  stand 
in  the  bow,  grains  in  hand,  one  man  sculling  slowly,  the 
others  amidships,  and  watch  the  marvelous  panorama  of 
the  lagoon,  gazing  down  into  the  splendid  vistas.  No 
forest  of  the  land  had  more  beauties  than  this  forest  of 
the  sea.  Everything  was  in  miniature,  and  one  might 
compare  it  to  a Japanese  garden  where  everything  is 
dwarfed  and  the  trees  stunted,  as  the  leaf  coral  with 
branches  four  feet  across,  resembled  the  cedars  of  Japan, 
while  the  bottom  was  covered  with  gorgonias  of  countless 
hues. 

Suddenly,  as  though  cut  with  a knife,  this  would  end 
and  a clear  sandy  bottom  would  be  seen  through  the 
water  box — the  home  of  the  great  queen  conch  and  others. 
The  water  here  was  about  fifteen  feet  in  depth,  the  sand 
a perfect  gray  without  the  slightest  object,  sea  weed  or 
coral,  to  break  its  perfect  tone;  yet  suddenly  the  field  of 


the  gorgonias  would  begin  again,  or  perhaps  a growth  of 
algte;  but  there  was  a belt  of  this  clear  bottom  about 
nearly  every  key. 

In  drifting  along  one  morning  I saw  a peculiar  mound, 
apparently  a foot  across,  and  recognized  the  large  queen 
conch  (Cassis),  a rarity  even  here.  None  of -the  men  ap- 
peared to  be  anxious  to  go  down,  John  said  it  was  “too 
dogged  near  the  channel  for  comfort,”  meaning  that  he 
was  afraid  of  sharks.  Chief  doubted  if  he  could  hold  his 
wind  that  long;  while  Bob  explained  that  the  “Conchs 
wa’nt  good  for  anything -anyhow.” 

That  my  men  were -not  divers  was  evident,  so  I dele- 
gated John  to  hold  the  grains  and  prod  any  man-eater 
that  came  along  while  the  others  held  the  boat  directly 
over  the  spot,  and  I stepped  over  and  went  down.  The 
water  at  the  surface  was  warm  ; at  ten  feet  co.ol,  and  at 
the  bottom — perhaps  twelve  or  fifteen  feet— decidedly  cold 
by  contrast — a delightful  series  of  transitions.  So  clear, 
was  it  that  for  many  feet  about  various  objects  could  be 
seen,  and  grasping  the  conch  I turned  it  quickly  to  see  if 
it  was  alive.  To  my  delight  I saw  the  rich  red  mouth 
and  platform  and  the  animal  parts  squeezing  themselves 
in ; then  doubling  up  and  placing  my  bare  feet  on  the 
sandy  bottom,  I shot  upward  and  rose  from  the  sea  bear- 
ing a rich  trophy. 

It  was  a splendid,  specimen,  of  perfect  shape  and  color. 
The  shell  (Cassis)  is  sometimes  seen  cut  into  cameo,  and 
common,  I understand,  in  the  South  Pacific,  but  rare  in 


Atlantic  waters.  This  experience  opened  up  the  delights.' 
of  diving  in  these  clear  waters,  and  I determined  to  see’ 
the  great  reef  from  below  as  well  as  above. 

In  contemplating  the  marvelous  creatures  of  the  sea, 
one  ultimately  compares  the  fishes  to  the  birds,  and  other 
marine  animals  with  those  of  the  land,  and  it  does  not 
take  long  to  become  convinced  that  the  ocean  is  even 
more  densely  populated  than  the  dry  land.  The  inhabi- 
tants here  were  living  on  the  slopes  of  a mountain ; some; 
near  the  surface  in  the  zone  of  coral;  some-  intermediate, 
others  in  deep  water,  while  others  again  live  in  the  open, 
watery  soaring  continually,  like  the  condor  and'  eagles,’ 
always  in  search  of  prey. 

Presently  we  came  into-  smooth  water  ten  feet  in  depth, 
the  bottom  covered  with  a sparse  growth  of  short-leaved 
coral  secreting  algae.  Here  numbers  of  small  conchs 
were  found,  and  as  the  water  shoaled  the  ordinary  conch 
appeared  in  all  stages  or  ages.  I dived  and  brought  up 
one  in  each  hand,  sometimes  three  on  one  arm.  As  I. 
neared  the  bottom  I could  see  them  lumbering  along  with, 
r.  peculiar  hitching  motion.  The  saber  like  I im  , , . 

lum  would  be  thrown  out.  dug  into  the  sand  as  an  anchor5 
or  kedge,  and  the  heavy  shell  “hitched”  ot  j--t  !-.-■<  1 j 
it.  No  color  is  more  beautiful  than  the  i ro-.ii  14  in  rc 
huge  strombus. 

In  its  delicacy  of  pink  it  defies  descnVl <cr,  an  1 -no'),, 

doubtless,  become  a valuable  article  of  '-rv  -w-i  i, 
some  means  be  devised  to  preserve  the  color  which  slowly 


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fades.  These  shells  were  in  demand  as  grouper  bait,  so 
I brought  them  up  until  weary,  and  I believe  that  I could 
have  filled  the  boat.  When  the  men  cut  them  up  a week 
or  ten  days  later  I watched  for  the  famous  pink  pearls,.  so 
valued,  but  did  not  find  one.  The  method  of  opening 
conch  is  singular.  The  tip  or  back  of  the  shell  is  cut 
around  with  a hatchet,  and  the  immense  animal  taken  out 
by  a screw-like  twist. 

The  charm  of  drifting  over  these  gardens  of  the.  sea, 
now  and  then  diving  down  into  them,  cannot  be  described. 
John  advised  me  not  to  go  beyond  the  length  of  his 
grains,  yet  he  could  not  recall  that  any  one  had  been 
attacked. 

As  the  men  poled  along  slowly,  I looked  for  queen 
conchs,  or  any  rare  animal  that  might  afford  an  excuse  to 
drop  over  and  go  down ; the  floor  of  the  lagoon  suddenly 
shoaled,  and  Chief  called  my  attention  to  some  jet-black 
spot  coming  into  view. 

“School  of  nurse  sharks  takin’  a siesta.” 

I wanted  a nurse,  and  still  more  to  see  them  asleep,  the 
question  of  sharks  sleeping  being  a disputed  one;  so 
Chief  put  a piece  of  sail  cloth  in  the  stern  rowlock  and 
began  to  scull  noiselessly  toward  the  school.  There  were 
ten  of  them,  seemingly,  all  jet-black,  lying  in  every  posi- 
tion, well  bunched  and  not  more  than  two  or  three  feet 
apart.  They  were  of  good  size,  from  seven  to  eight  feet 
in  length,  and  seemed  to  have  more  pliability  than  most 
sharks,  as  in  their  positions  they  were  bent  and  twisted. 
Slowly  and  carefully  Chief  sculled  until  we  were  within 
three  yards  or  so  of  them,  then  in  perfect  silence  the 
dinghy  drifted  over  the  school.  The  water  was  not  over 
eight  feet  deep,  clear  as  crystal,  and  I could  see  the  ani- 
mals as  plainly  as  though  among  them.'  Their  heads  were 
down  or  had  dropped  upon  the  sand ; and  that  they  were 
asleep  there  could  be  no  question.  Had  they  been  awake 
they  would  have  darted  away  at  the  sight  of  the  strange 
and  menacing  figures  above  them. 

I raised  the  long  grains,  took  a look  at  the  line,  then 
Chief  knocked  on  the  gunwale  with  his  oars,  awakening 
■ the  sleepers.  Each  shark  dashed  ahead  in  the  direction  h' 
was  aimed,  throwing  the  sand  high  into  the  watery  at- 
mosphere, creating  a cloud  which  involved  the  entire 
school.  I picked  out  one  of  the  largest  and  sent  the 
grains  into  it;  then  one  of  those  peculiar  unexpected 
■things  occurred : the  line  had  a twist  around  the  pole, 
and  as  I grasped  it  to  jerk  it  from  the  socket— still  hold- 
ing the  line — the  fish  rushed  violently  and  jerked  me 
overboard,  and  my  next  impression  was  being  dragged 
under  water. 

The  instinctive  impulse  is  to  hold  on  when  fishing,  and 
I obeyed  it,  and  must  have  been  dragged  ten  feet  under 
water.  Chief  later  said  that  he  thought  I had  dived  after 
the  shark  as  he  saw  me  shooting  along  after  it,  “scaring 
him  to  death.”  But  I came  up  in  a few  seconds,  and  by 
bending  back  and  presenting  my  chest  to  the  water,  I dis- 
couraged the  shark  in  a few  moments ; but  when  I threw 
myself  on  my  side,  it  towed  me  at  a rapid  rate,  badly 
demoralized. 

It  was  an  excellent  and  safe  opportunity  to  test  the 
strength  and  towing  capacity  of  a large  nurse  shark,  so 
I indulged  in  the  sport,  the  exciting  pastime  of  shark 
riding,  my  men  following  with  the  dinghy,  shouting  in- 
structions, the  bent  of  which  were  that  I must  not  allow 
the  shark  to  tow  me  into  deep  water.  It  towed  me  possi- 
bly one  hundred  yards  up  and  down,  and  I had  the  crea- 
ture well  tired  out  in  that  time,  due  to  the  fact  that  it  was 
all  in  shallow  water. 

If  the  shark  could  have  reached  the  channel  it  could 
easily  have  carried  me  down.  It  finally  swam  over  a 
shallow  sand  spit,  where  I regained  my  footing  and 
slowly  worked  my  steed  in,  with  the  aid  of  my  men  haul- 
ing it  on  the  beach.  This  experience  happened  several 
times;  that  is,  some  of  us  were  jerked  overboard  by  these 
sharks;  but  it  should  be  explained  that  we  were  standing 
on  the  little  forward  deck  of  a light  boat.  I can  commend 
the  sport  as  “lively”  while  it  lasts. 

The  nurse,  sometimes  called  the  “sleeping  shark,”  from 
the  fact  that  it  is  nearly  always  observed  asleep,  is  a big, 
harmless  creature,  almost  black  or  a dark  reddish  brown, 
with  a small  mouth  and  insignificant  teeth.  To  con- 
template one  towing  me  about,  its  fierce  rushes,  its  savage 
jerks,  its  doubling  and  turning,  its  frantic  dashes  to  the 
surface,  beating  the  water  with  its  tail,  would  have  im- 
pressed the  innocent  observer  that  I was  the  personifica- 
tion of  daredevil  courage;  but  a glance  at  the  mouth  of 
the  monster  would  have  despoiled  the  scene  of  its  dramatic 
.effect.  The  nurse  is  a grubber,  a coward.  I doubt  if  it 
.has  the  temerity  to  attack  a big  crayfish.  The  short- 
spined  echinus  and  tough  holothurian,  or  sea  cucumber, 
are  its  prey.  Of  all  the  animals  of  die  sea,  this  fish  is  the 
best  “bluffer.”  It  puts  up  a splendid  fight  and  looks 
very  dangerous;  but  the  nurse  is  motel)  frightened.  The 
shallow  lagoon  was  a pasture,  the  nurses  were  a herd  of 
marine  cattle  asleep,  and  they  returned  to  -about  the  same 
spot  day  after  day.  I "rarely  went  on  a drifting  and  div- 
ing excursion  over  the  reef  but  they  could  be  seen,  always 
asleep,  always  running  away  in  a state  of  frenzied  alarm. 

As  we  went  ashore  and  ran  the  dinghy  on  to  the  beach, 
hundreds  of  sand  crabs  ran  in  every  direction — one  of  the 
most  interesting  features  of  the  life  of  this  isolated  place. 
There  are  three  or  four  kinds  of  crabs : first  the  spirit 
crabs  which  live  in  holes  along  the  beach  in  countless 
numbers,  and  which  mimic  the  sand  in  color;  a big  red 
and  purple  crab  which  lives  in  the  brush;  a big  hermit 
crab,  also  a brush  lover,  while  its  young  fill  every  small 
shell  alongshore.  All  the  large  ones  are  bait  of  the  best 
quality;  but  the  crabs  constitute  the  sanitary  department 
of  the  island,  and  the  raids  on  the  birds  are  a constant 
source  of  interest. 

Not  far  from  camp  I heard  a vociferous  crying,  and 
on  approaching  found  a noddy’s  nest  being  appropriated 
by  crabs.  I stood  and  watched  the  proceedings.  The 
noddy,  a beautiful  bird  with  mild  brown  eyes  of  a delicate 
chocolate  color,  with  white  topknot,  had  brought  a flying- 
fish  to  its  young,  and  all  the  crabs  of  the  neighborhood 
were  coming  unbidden  to  the  feast.  There  were  bands  of 
hermits  ranging  in  size  from  a pea  to  others  occupying 
the  big  pearly  trochus  shell  as  large  as  a top,  all 
laboriously  climbing  the  bay  cedar  tree.  The  large  ones 
overran  and  knocked  off  the  smaller  ones,  and  there  was  a 
constant  rain  of  shells  from  the  bush. 

As  soon  as  they  lost  their  hold,  they  would  slip  into 
the  shell,  which  would  drop,  and  the  crab  would  imme- 
diately make  for  the  tree  again.  The  advantage  seemed 


held  by  a large  purple  land  crab  which  lived  beneath  a 
neighboring  cactus  patch,  and  several  were  slowly  ascend- 
ing, crawling  over  the  cowardly  hermits  and  brandishing 
their  war-like  claws  in  a menacing  manner.  Presently 
two  reached  the  rude  nest,  where  a number  of  hermits 
were  stationed.  One  advanced  boldly  to  the  attack,  seized 
the  head  of  the  fish,  while  the  young  noddy  held  the  tail, 
screaming  and  hissing  vociferously,  at  which  all  the  crabs 
made  an  advance.  In  the  melee  the  young  bird  was  out- 
rageously robbed,  illustrating  the  fact  that  the  mother 
bird  fished  not  only  for  its  young,  but  for  the  land  crabs 
as  well.  I recall  that  Moseley  describes  the  crabs  of  a 
Southern  Pacific  island  as  stealing  the  young  rabbits  from 
their  dens,  carrying  them  off  bodily. 

the  big  hermit  crabs  were  interesting  pets,  and  I de- 
cided to  become  better  acquainted  with  them ; so  I baited 
a tree  with  a dead  grouper,  and  in  a short  time  had 
gathered  in  a large  crop.  They  came  from  beneath  the 
roots  or  leaves  of  a patch  of  cactus  hard  by,  and  were 
all  sorts  and  conditions  of  crabs— large,  small,  and  in  all 
styles  of  shells  robbed  and  pilfered  from  some  other  crab. 
Never  was  there  such  a community  as  theirs  living  to- 
gether, each  on  the  lookout  to  steal  the  other’s  home  at 
the  slightest  provocation.  That  a hermit  crab  could  be 
tamed  there  was  little  doubt,  and  in  a short  time  I had  a 
large  one  living  in  a pearly  trochus  shell  that  would  take 
a piece  of  fish  from  my  hand  and  would  sit  for  an  hour 
looking  at  me,  evidently  trying  to  study  out  what  manner 
of  thing  it  was  that  gave  it  food  while  the  birds  fought 
against  it.  By  heating  the  (tip)  back  of  the  shell — a 
miserable  trick — I obliged  the  crab  to  vacate  its  stolen 
shell,  when  its  fear,  its  attempts  to  conceal  its  soft  body, 
were  laughable. 

Bob  had  a broken  clay  pipe,  and  clearing  this  out  I 
placed  it  in  the  box  with  the  crab.  In  a very  short  time 
the  latter  darted  into  it  and  proudly  dragged  it  about.  I 
played  the  same  trick  on  a marine  hermit.  Bob,-  as  this 
crab  was  named  (as  he  never  said  anything),  became 
highly  civilized,  and  later  made  a trip  to  the  north,  where 
he  fell  a victim  to  the  cold  weather. 

These  crabs  were  all  land  hermits,  but  there  were  giants 
in  the  water.  One  I found  occupying  a 5-pound  strombus 
or  conch  shell,  dragging  it  about  with  ease,  its  huge  red 
claws-  filling  the  entrance — a menacing  operculum. 


A Visit  to  Old  Back  Creek. 

As  the  sun  was  just  peeping  over  the  eastern  hills, 
our  team  rattled  down  the  lane  from  Jim  Dehaven’s 
house  to  the  old  ford  on  Back  Creek.  We  had  left  Win- 
chester in  the  early  morning  hours  that  we  might  reach 
cur  destination  early,  and  therefore  have  a full  day  before 
us.  Reaching  the  old  camp  site  we  put  up  the  tent.  It 
was  a glorious  November  morning,  the  cool,  bracing  air 
making  us  step  around  lively,  and  we  soon  had  the  blue 
smoke  curling  up  through  the  trees.  Camping  once  more ! 
How  good  it  was ! How  familiar  the  old  tent  looked 
there  stretched  under  the  shelter  of  the  old  sycamore 
where  it  had  stood  so  many  times  before.  The  water  was 
as  clear  as  crystal.  How,  in  former  years,  had  we  longed 
to  see  it  in  this  condition ; but  we  can’t  always  have  good 
water  when  out  on  these  trips.  We  had  come  up  here 
to  old  Back  Creek  simply  to  spend  a few  days  camping 
and  fishing  and  living  over  the  days  of  years  ago.  My 
partner  had  gone  up  to  Jim’s  to  see  if  he  could  get  some 
eggs  for  breakfast  while  I was  getting  a pot  of  coffee 
ready.  Pretty  soon  he  came  back,  accompanied  by  old 
Jim,  with  a bucket  of  fresh  eggs  and  some  milk.  Right 
you  say ! That  breakfast  tasted  better  than  anything  we 
had  had  since  last  we  were  out. 

After  breakfast  and  a good  smoke  and  talking  over  old 
times  with  Jim,  we  got  our  fishing  traps  together  and 
wended  our  way  up  through  the  meadow  to  Beaver  Pond, 
about  a quarter  of  a mile  distant.  The  sun  had  gotten  up 
some  little  distance  by  this  time  and  was  bathing  the 
scene  with  golden  splendor.  The  air  was  full  of  tonic 
elixir,  and  we  drank  in  with  deep  draughts  the  pure,  fresh 
air  and  the  beauty  of  the  landscape.  As  we  neared  the 
pond  we  could  hear  the  splash  of  the  bass  as  the  monsters 
sallied  forth  in  search  of  whatever  they  might  devour. 
Our  hearts  throbbed  with  anticipation  of  some  good 
sport,  for  we  knew  that  in  former  years  we  had  caught 
fish  here,  and  why  not  now?  Arrived  at  one  of  our 
iavorite  points  on  the  pond,  we  jointed  our  rods  together 
put  on  a “catty,”  and  went  after  them.  Partner’s  bait  had 
hardly  touched  the  surface  of  the  water  before  I heard 
the  whir-r  of  his  reel  and  saw  the  old-time  excitement  in 
his  eyes.  The  fish  took  a straight  shoot  right  down 
stream  and  probably  ran  thirty  feet  of  line  out  before  he 
slopped.  Off  he  tore  again,  but  not  so  far  this  time. 
Partner  stopped  him  in  his  mad  rush,  and  then  the  fun 
commenced.  Partner  was  getting  excited,  and  said  if  he 
lost  that  fish  he’d  go  back  to  camp  and  mourn  the  rest 
of  the  day.  He  was  playing  him  for  all  he  was  worth, 
but  that  fish  had  the  devil  in-  him  for  sure.  He  sawed 
and  he  zigzagged  and  threw  himself  clear  out  of  the 
water  in  a vain  endeavor  to  free  himself,  but  partner  had 
him — had  him  good  and  fast — and  as  his  struggles  grew 
fainter  my  friend  reeled  him  in — a monster  5-pounder. 

“Ah,  Cline !”  he  said,  “that  was  worth  a lifetime.” 

Nothing  had  been  “doing”  with  my  “catty,”  which  was 
pirouetting  around  over  the  bottom  of  the  pond;  but 
presently  something  scented  him  from  afar,  and  soon  my 
reel  was  ringing  out  to  the  music  of  a 17-year  locust.  I 
at  once  forgot  about  partner’s  5-pounder — I only  thought 
of  the  monster  at  the  end  of  my  line,  for  he  certainly 
felt  heavy.  My  fish  ran  probably  twenty  feet,  stopped  a 
few  seconds,  and  struck  out  again.  Now  is  the  time 
most  fishermen  will  call  a halt,  and,  by  the  force  of  habit, 
I did  so,  and  as  usual  hooked  into  something.  Now  it 
was  my  turn  to  have  some  fun.  My ! but  it  was  great, 
i was  once  more  full  of  the  old  excitement  that  thrills  the 
soul  and  takes  one  back  to  old  experiences.  My  line 
cut  the  water  like  a knife  as  the  fish  struggled  in  vain  to 
break  away.  I finally  wore  him  out  and  landed  him  high 
and  dry  and  compared  him  with  partner’s.  He  was  shy 
one  pound,  but  he  was  a beauty,  nevertheless.  The  finny 
denizens  of  the  depths  seemed  crazy  for  the  “catties.”  It 
was  certainly  a repetition  of  one  morning  years  ago  when 
Steiman  Snapp  and  myself,  who  were  camping  at  the 
ford,  took  37  pounds  out  of  this  place.  After  an  hour 
and  a half  of  some  of  the  best  sport  I ever  experienced, 
we  counted  up  and  had  29  pounds.  My!  but  what  a 
bunch  it  was, 


It  was  along  about  12  o’clock,  and  we  had  run  out  of 
bait,  so  concluded  to  stop  fishing  and  eat  our  lunch,  after 
which  we  lighted  up  our  pipes  and  reminisced  of  former 
camping  trips.  When  old  “Snappy”  and  I used  to  pirouette 
around  here,  there  could  always  be  seen  followers  of 
Izaak  along  the  banks  of  Back  Creek;  but  nowadays  it 
seems  as  if  the  anglers  have  found  new  fishing  grounds 
and  forsaken  the  old  creek,  which,  if  they  only  knew, 
furnishes  just  as  good  sport  now  as  it  ever  did.  It  was 
along  here  that  “Snappy”  and  I were  caught  in  a cloud- 
burst, and  it  was  an  experience  that  neither  of  us  will 
ever  forget.  We  were  wading  just  below  the  pond,  and 
why  wC  never  heard  the  roar  of  the  water  coming  I could 
never  understand.  The  wall  of  water  swooped  down  upon 
us  and  carried  us  down  some  distance  before  we  really 
knew  what  had  happened.  Then  we  came  to  our  senses 
and  took  in  the  situation,  which  didn’t  appear  to-  be  a very 
pleasant  one.  We  had  on  very  little  clothing  and  no 
shoes,  and  as  we  both  could  swim  we  managed  to  keep 
on  top,  pulling  for  the  bank  all  the  time,  but  it  was  hard 
work  in  that  rush  of  water.  We  finally  reached  the  bank, 
and  grabbing  hold  of  some  bushes  held  on  until  we  could 
pull  ourselves  out.  We  then  raced  down  through  the 
meadow  to  camp  to  pull  down  the  tent  should  the  water 
get  up  that  high,  and  we  were  on  the  point  of  doing  so 
when  we  saw  the  torrent  encroaching  upon  our  camp. 
But  it  didn’t  quite  reach  us,  and  we  congratulated  our- 
selves upon  having  escaped  with  our  lives  and  being  high 
and  dry  above  the  flood. 

. tlm  members  of  the  old  Back  Creek  camp  are  mar- 
ried now  except  yours  truly,  and  I am  afraid  that  as  long 
as  1 retain  a fondness  for  camping  and  life  in  the  wilds, 
the  ladies  will  have  to  excuse  me. 

Retracing  our  steps  and  looking  down  over  the  level 
meadow  to  the  ford  we  could  see  the  white  canvas 
through  the  trees.  What  sweet  recollections  the  sight  of 
it  brought,  to  mind.  I could  almost  imagine  I could  see 
my  old  friend  Snappy”  lying  flat  along  the  high  banks 
there  m the  meadow  trying  to  fool  the  fish  with  a fly. 

What  times  we  used  to  have  down  there  at  camp  at 
night  when  the  boys  from  the  country  near-by  would 
come  down  with  their  sweethearts  and  say,  “Let’s  have  a 
dance.  We  d light  up  the  old  camp  torches  and  repair 
to  the  green  just  over  the  fence.  “Snappy”  was  excellent 
on  the  mandolin  and  I played  the  second  on  the  guitar, 
and  when  we  got  warmed  up  on  the  “Georgia  Camp-’ 
Meeting  there  was  some  great  swinging  of  partners  in 
that  meadow.  But  those  days  are  gone,  and  the  pity  of  it 
all  is  we  can  never  live  them  over  again. 

After  supper  Jim  Dehaven  came  down  to  see  us  We 
could  never  forget  old  Jim,  especially  “Snappy”  and 
myself,  for  we  remembered  so  well  the  first  time  we 
camped  up  here.  It  was  our  first  trip  out,  and  we  were 
youngsters  then,  and  it  got  mighty  lonesome  down  there 
m the  hollow  some  nights  until  Jim  would  come  down 
and  stay  awhile,  and  sometimes  stay  all  night.  We  talked 
ovei  expei iences  of  the  past  until  10  o’clock,  when  our 
triend  went  home,  and  then  we  stretched  out  upon  our 
cots  with  naught  to  disturb  our  slumbers  save  the 
monotonous  orchestra  of  the  katydids. 

The  next  morning  we  went  down  the  creek  to  Ducks’ 
Roost,  another  favorite  camping  place  of  Winchester 
sportsmen.  Charley  Brown,  now  a member  of  the 
Shenandoah  Rod  and  Reel  Club,  has  had  experiences 
down  there  and  says  it  is  one  of  the  best  places  on  Back 
Creek  for  bass.  Mr.  Brown  has  fished  all  along  this 
and  haS  P,r°babIy  caught  as  big  fish  as  any  one 

oims  r °Vefr  the,water-  We  caught  some  very  nice 
ones  at  the  Roost,  and  returned  to  camp  at  1 o’clock  in 
II  was  right  along  here  that  “Snappy”  used  to  rig  up 

ms  act  nuts,  vv  uen  uic  water  v,  ciear  you  cuuitl  see  lac 
oass  very  pianny  swimming  auuui,  ana  uie  omy  way  you 

could  catch  them  was  to  stretch  a line  from  bank,  bait  it 
with  live  minnows,  and  then  go  away  and  wait.  They 
wouldn  t bite  if  any  one  was  near.  After  a farewell  swim 
at  high  banks  we  returned  to  camp  and  pulled  down  the 
tent,  and  after  bidding  a fond  adieu  to  the  scenes  of  our 
younger  days,  we  pulled  out  for  old  Winchester 

A.*T.  C. 

Winchester,  Va. 


British  Colombia  Salmon. 

Vancouver,  B.  C. — Consul  L.  Edwin  Dudley  writes: 
" f he  sockeye  season  on  the  Fraser  River  has  been  the 
most  disappointing  ever  experienced ; only  about  80,000 
cases  (.48  pounds  each)  have  been  put  up  in  -the  twenty- 
three  canneries  operated.  Overfishing  and  the  absence  of 
wise  practices  in  respect  to  propagation  are  assigned  as 
the  reasons,  and  it  is  certain  that  unless  prompt  and 
energetic  measures  are  adopted  the  industry  is  doomed. 
In  this  connection  it  is  gratifying  to  report  that  a con- 
ference between  the  Puget  Sound  and  the  Fraser  River 
canners  has  been  held  in  Vancouver,  which,  it  is  earnestly 
hoped,  with  the  assistance  of  the  governments  of  the 
State  of  Washington  and  of  the  United  States,  will  result 
in  joint  and  energetic  action  being  taken  on  both  sides 
of  the  border  to  avoid  so  great  a calamity. 

‘‘At  present  there  are  hatcheries  in  this  Province  as  fol- 
lows : Operated  by  the  Dominion  Government — Bon 

Accord,  New  Westminster,  capacity  10,000,000  fry;  Har- 
rison Lake,  (building),  capacity  25,000,000  fry;  Salmon 
Arm,  capacity  20,000,000  fry ; Lakelso,  capacity  10,000,000 
fry.  Operated  by  the  Provincial  Government — Seaton 
Lake,  capacity  20,000,000  fry.  Operated  by  the  British 
Columbia  Packers’  Association — Alert  Bay,  capacity 
5,000,000  fry.  Three  more  hatcheries,  with  a capacity  for 
handling  25,000,000  fry  each,  have  been  ordered  to  be 
constructed,  one  on  the  Skeena,  one  on  Rivers  Inlet,  and 
one  on  the  Fraser  Riyer.  These  will  probably  be  installed 
early  in  1905,  and  will  be  available  for  the  collection  of 
spawn  in  the  fall  of  that  year.  It  will  thus  be  seen  that 
provision  has  already  been  made  for  handling  90,000,000 
spawn,  and  that  facilities  for  handling  75,000,000  more  are 
being  provided;  consequently  it  only  needs  the  adoption 
of  reasonable  and  sensible  methods  for  permitting  fish  to 
reach  the  spawning  grounds  to  perpetuate  the  supply.” 


All  communications  intended  for  Forest  and  Stream  should 
always  be  addressed  to  the  Forest  and  Stream  Publishing  Co., 
New  York,  and  not  to  my  individual  connected  with  the  papey. 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


[Jan.  2i,  1905. 


The  Cttviet  Club. 

Cincinnati,  O.,  Jan.  12. — The  annual  meeting  of  the 
Cuvier  Club  of  Cincinnati  was  held  January  - 7, 
marked  the  close  of  one  of  the  most  successful  years_  in 
the  history  of  the  club.  Judge  Peter  F.  Swing,  acting 
president,  presided.  The  annual  reports  of  J.  W,  Lawler, 
secretary,  Charles  Drury,  custodian,  and  J.  Ryan,  game 
warden,  were  read*  Mr.  Drury  announced  that  the  club 
had  been  offered  many  rare  specimens  for  their  museum. 
The  game  warden  reported  many  arrests  and  convictions 
for  violations  of  the  game  laws.  Dr.  A.  B.  Heyl,  J.  J. 
Faran  and  Robt.  J.  Morgan  were  elected  trustees,  and, 
with  Judge  Peter  F.  Swing,  P.  E.  Roach,  Henry  Hanna, 
J.  T.  Rouse,  George  Gerke  and  E.  M.  Pattison,  constitute 
the  new  board.  Dr.  A.  B.  Pleyl  was  unanimously  elected 
president.  In  his  speech  of  acceptance.  Dr.  Heyl  paid  a 
high  compliment  to  Alex.  Starbuck,  his  predecessor,  who. 


he  said,  had  served  the  club  faithfully  for  nine  years,  and 
had  set  a high  standard  of  excellence  for  his  successor. 
Judge  P.  F.  Swing,  Henry  Hanna  and  P.  E.  Roach  were 
elected  first,  second  and  third  vice-presidents.  Over  1,500 
members  and  guests  attended  the  New  Year’s  Day  recep- 
tion of  the  club  on  January  2,  and  enjoyed  the  hospitali- 
ties extended;  especially  the  egg-nogg  prepared,  as  for 
many  years  past,  by  Captain  Luther  Parker. 

Bonasa. 


New  York  Legislature. 

Special  'Correspondence  Forest  and  Stream. 

Albany,  N.  Y.,  Jan,  14. — Standing  legislative  committees  on 
forest,  fish  and  game  have  been  announced  for  the  Senate  and  the 
Assembly,  as  follows: 

Senate. — Senators  Allds,  of  Chenango;  Armstrong,  of  Monroe; 
Warnick,  of  Montgomery;  Cobb,  of  Jefferson;  Riordan  and  Fraw- 
ley,  of  New  York. 

Assembly  Fisheries  and  Game.— Messrs.  Reeve,  of  Suffolk;  F.  C. 


Wood,  of  Fulton  and  Hamilton;  Knapp,  of  Clinton-;  Stevens,  of 
Rensselaer;  C.  R.  Matthews,  of  Franklin;  Hooper,  of  Essex;  ; 
Foster,  of  Jefferson;  Bass,  of  Otsego;  Waddell,  of  Warren;  Bis- 
land,  of  Sullivan;  Caughlan,  Rosenstein  and  Machacek,  of  New 
York. 

Assembly  Public  Lands  and  Forestry.— Messrs.  Hanford,  of 
Tioga;  Stanley,  of  New  York;  Platt,  of  Steuben;  F.  C.  Wood, 
of  Fulton  and  Hamilton;  Pratt,  of  Oneida;  Rigby,  of  Westchester;  ; 
Slocum,  of  Lewis;  Becker,  of  Monroe;  Ellis,  of  New  York; 
T.  F.  Matthews,  of  Kings;  Salomon,  of  New  York. 

Bills  amending  the  forest,  fish  and  game  laws  have  been  intro- 
duced in  the  Legislature,  as  follows: 

By  Senator  Gardner,  amending  Section  114  so  as  to  provide  that 
from  the  first  da}'  of  May  to  the  first  day  of  October  in  each  year  fish 
shall  not  be  taken  by  any  device  other  than  angling,  in  Great 
South  Bay  and  its  inlets. 

By  Assemblyman  Gates,  prohibiting  non-residents  hunting  for 
deer  without  having  first  provided  themselves  with  _ a license . 
issued  by  the  State  Forest,  Fish  and  Game  Commission,  at  an 
annual  cost  of  $25. 

By  Assemblyman  Gates,  prohibiting  the  catching  of  brook  trout  . 
for  the  purpose  of  selling  the  same  from  any  waters  within  the 
Adirondack  or  Catskill  forest  preserves. 


LET  THE  MEASUREMENT  RULE  STAND. 

We  publish  this  week  the  complete  report  of  the  Com- 
mittee on  Measurement  appointed  by  the  New  York  Y. 
C.  This  report  is  accompanied  by  a very  intelligent  paper 
by  Mr.  Charles  Lane  Poor,  a member  of  the  committee, 
in  which  he  outlines  just  what  has  been  accomplished 
during  the  past  year. 

From  the  first  we  have  supported  the  rule;  not  because 
we  believed  it  ideal,  but  because  it  seemed  to  be  the  best 
formula  yet  devised  for  the  handicapping  of  racing  yachts. 
There  has  been  some  adverse  criticism  of  the  rule,  and 
the  New  York  Y.  C.  has  accomplished  very  much  to  bring 
about  so  general  an  adoption  of  it  in  the  face  of  such 
opposition.  The  best  evidence  that  the  rule  has  some 
merit  is  the  fact  that  the  majority  of  our  foremost  clubs 
have  adopted  it.  Uniformity  of  measurement  was  the 
goal  that  all  wished  to  attain,  and  much  has  been  accom- 
plished in  that  direction.  So  far  the  merits  of  the  rule 
have  not  been  adequately  tested  in  practice,  and  its  value 
remains  a subject  of  conjecture.  They  can  be  proven  only 
by  a practical  demonstration.  The  schooner  Ingomar  is 
the  only  vessel  of  any  size  that  has  been  built  under  the 
rule,  and  she  came  from  the  board  of  Herreshoff,  the 
real  exponent  of  the  formula.  Ingomar  is  a fine  all- 
around  boat.  Her  performances  both  here  and  abroad 
preclude  any  criticism  in  so  far  as  her  speed  is  concerned ; 
and  in  the  bad  weather  experienced  while  making  the 
ocean  passages  to  and  from  England,  she  proved  an  ex- 
cellent sea  boat. 

It  is  not  our  purpose  at  this  time  to  defend  the  rule, 
even  if  it  needed  a champion,  and  we  are  very  sure  it  does 
not ; but  now  that  it  has  been  adopted  by  so  many  influen- 
tial clubs,  which  were  represented  by  so  many  capable 
men  at  the  conferences,  the  only  thing  remaining  is  for 
the  organizations,  whether  individually  or  collectively,  to 
let  well  enough  alone,  avoid  any  amendments  or  changes 
for  a reasonable  length  of  time,  say  five  years,  and  see 
what  the  result  will  be. 

During  such  a period  ample  opportunity  will  be  had  to 
demonstrate  the  value  or  lack  of  value  of  the  rule,  and 
no  matter  what  the  outcome,  progress  will  certainly  be 
made.  The  time  will  not  have  been  lost.  If  the  rule  is 
weak,  the  results  of  the  next  few  years  will  prove  it  so, 
and  a change  can  then  be  made.  In  any  event,  a great 
deal  of  data  and  material  will  be  available,  which  will  be 
of  great  value  in  securing  a better  formula;  and  certainly 
layman  and  scientist  will  then  be  more  amply  equipped 
for  the  undertaking.  Perhaps  the  evolution  which  the 
sport  of  yachting  is  undergoing  will  bring  forth  some- 
thing better  in  the  way  of  a rule ; indeed  we  hope  so.  In 
the  meantime  we  ask  the  indulgence  of  all  yachtsmen, 
and  we  ask  them  to  give  the  rule  a fair  test  before  aban- 
doning it.  For  the  present,  let  us  abide  by  what  has  been 
done.  Let  the  men  who  believe  in  the  rule  build  under  it 
and  prove  its  value ; and,  on  the  other  hand,  let  those  who 
do  not  believe  in  it  do  likewise,  and  any  weaknesses  can 
then  be  proved  to  everyone’s  satisfaction.  This  is  the 
only  real  test,  and  the  only  way  in  which  progress  can  be 

made. 

Rating  Rule  Modification. 

BY  CHARLES  LANE  POOR. 

During  the  months  of  November  and  December  com- 
mittees from  various  yacht  clubs  met  in  conference  at  the 
New  York  Y.  C.  The  present  lack  of  uniformity  in 
measurement  rules  has  greatly  injured  racing,  and  the 
conference  was  the  outcome  of  an  attempt  to  harmonize 
the  existing  rules.  No  effort  was  made  to  investigate 
the  theoretical  relation  of  speed  to  the  various  factors  of 
measurement,  nor  to  deduce  a formula  for  rating  from 
mathematical  or  mechanical  laws.  A condition  of  chaos 
confronted  the  members  of  the  conference,  and  they  at- 
tempted to  bring  order  out  of  confusion,,  and  to  find  a 
rule  of  measurement  which  would  be  adopted  by  all  clubs. 
With  the  conditions  as  they  are,  this  is  all  that  could  be 
attempted;  radical  changes  are  not  wanted,  uniformity  is. 


The  proposed  rule  is  good,  and  if  adopted  by  all  clubs 
should  produce  good  racing.  It  is  probably  _ the  best 
method  of  arbitrarily  handicapping  boats  of  various  build 
and  design  that  has  yet  been  considered. 

As  a basis  the  Herreshoff  formula, 


was  adopted.  This  is  a purely  arbitrary  formula,  and  has 
no  theoretical  relation  to  speed;  but  as  the  result  of  ex- 
perience during  the  past  two  years  this  formula  was 
deemed  the  fairest  yet  proposed  for  handicapping  and 
classifying  boats  of  different  design  and  construction.  It 
is  the  basis  of  nearly  all  the  measurement  rules  now  in 
force,  and  has  produced  good  results. 

The  methods  of  measuring  L.,  V S A,  and  D which 
appear  in  the  formula  were  the  cause  of  much  discussion. 
The  adopted  methods  are  the  result  of  compromise,  and, 
it  is  to  be  hoped,  successfully  harmonize  the  diverse  views. 

Method  of  Measuring  L. 

The  method  of  measuring  length  in  vogue  with  the  At- 
lantic Y.  C.  was  adopted.  This  substitutes  a single 
measurement  in  place  of  the  mean  of  two,  as  in  the 
present  New  York  method;  and  further,  it  is  claimed,  the 
new  method  measures  as  nearly  as  possible  the  actual 
waterline  of  a modern  yacht  when  heeled  over  in  sailing. 
The  proposed  method  undoubtedly  has  the  effect  of 
heavily  penalizing  the  scow  bow,  which  was  so  objec- 
tionable a few  years  ago.  In  this  regard  the  new  length 
measurement  is  fully  as  effective  as  the  Larchmont  tax. 
A comparison  of  three  existing  boats  of  different  types 
will  show  this  clearly.  From  the  designs  of  the  three 
boats  I find: 

Waterline.  Larchmont  L.  Proposed  L. 

(A)  35.00  35-i6  33.00 

(B)  36.00  39.50  38.00 

(C)  41.10  41.90  39.10 

(B)  is  a full  bowed  boat,  (A)  is  an  older  boat  of  more 
moderate  design,  and  (C)  a boat  designed  and  built  since 
the  present  quarter  beam  rule  went  into  effect.  Allowing 
for  the  one  foot  difference  in  waterline  length,  it  will  be 
seen  from  the  above  figures  that  (B)  relative  to  (A) 
takes  penalties  of 

3.34  ft.  under  the  Larchmont  rule, 

4.00ft.  under  the  proposed  rule. 

Again  comparing  (B)  with  (C)  and  allowing  for  the 
difference  of  waterline,  we  see  that  (B)  relative  to  (C) 
is  penalized  by 

2.70ft.  under  the  Larchmont  rule, 

4.00ft.  under  the  proposed  rule. 

Thus  the  proposed  method  of  measuring  length  taxes 
the  scow  bow  even  more  heavily  than  does  the  Larch- 
mont method. 

The  trouble  with  the  proposed  method  is  that  it  will  be 
very  difficult,  if  not  impossible,  to  obtain  L.  directly  from 
the  boat.  Measurers  will  be  forced  to  accept  designers’ 
drawings  from  which  to  calculate  L.  In  this  particular 
the  Larchmont  method  for  measuring  length  is  preferable. 

Method  of  Measuring  Sail  Area. 

All  methods  of  measuring  sail  area  are  arbitrary,  and 
none  of  them  attempt  to  measure  the  actual  sail  carried 
by  a yacht  during  a race.  Such  an  attempt  would  result 
in  endless  confusion;  each  and  every  sail  carried  on  a 
yacht  would  have  to  be  measured  and  officially  marked; 
and  further,  in  each  race,  an  accurate  account  would  have 
to  be  kept  of  the  number  of  minutes  each  and  every  sail 
was  in  actual  use.  All  that  a rule  of  measurement  can 
do  is  to  give  an  approximate  idea  as  to  the  amount  of 
sail  the  yacht  can  carry. 

The  method  adopted  was  proposed  by  Mr.  Crane. 
Under  it  the  spars  are  measured,  and  from  these  spar 
measurements  is  determined,  by  simple  calculations,  a very 
close  approximation  to  the  actual  area  of  the  mainsail 
and  topsail.  If  the  gaff  be  at  right  angles  to  the  diagonal 
drawn  from  the  after  end  of  the  boom  to  the  topmast 
head,  the  Crane  formula  will  give  the  actual  area  of  the 
after  sails ; in  every  other  case  the  Crane  formula 
gives  a result  too  large.  In  three  sail  plans  by  different 
designers  and  of  different  types  of  boats,  the  Crane 
formula  made  the  areas  of  the  after  sails  exceed  the 
actual  areas  by  2)4,  5 and  4 per  cent,  respectively. 

A great  improvement  was  made  by  taking  as  the  area 
of  the  headsails,  90  per  cent,  of  the  area  of  the  fore- 
triangle.  The  headsails  (balloon  jib  excepted)  never  fill 
more  than  75  to  80  per  cent,  of  the  fore-triangle;  the 
balloon  jib,  which  fills  the  entire  triangle,  is  carried  but 
a small  fraction  of  the  time  in  the  average  race.  Thus 
when  the  whole  triangle  was  used  in  the  measurement,  the 


boat  was  taxed  for  sail  which  she  could  carry  only  a ' 
small  part  of  the  time.  The  new  method  will  give  the 
designers  more  freedom  in  designing  the  headsails ; they 
will  not  feel  under  the  necessity  of  putting  on  large  sails 
in  the  attempt  to  fill  up  the  triangle. 

On  the  whole,  the  sail  area  rule  gives  fully  as  satisfac- 
tory results  as  any  rule  that  has  been  tried ; it  is  more 1 
simple  than  the  present  New  York  rule,  and  it  has  the 
great  advantage  that  it  avoids  all  complications  due  to 
stretching  of  sails,  peaking  up  of  gaff,  position  of  hounds, 
halliard-blocks  carried  on  pennants,  etc. 

Limits  and  Penalties. 

The  limits  on  draft  and  sail  area  were  made  dependent 
upon  L.,  and  the  penalties  for  excessive  draft  and  sail 
area  were  removed  from  all  existing  boats.  Boats 
launched  after  January  1,  1905,  are  subject  to  the  penalties 
and  rate  at  the  highest  limit  of  their  respective  classes. 
This  seems  a fair  and  proper  provision ; boats  designed 
and  built  under  the  old  rules  take  their  full  rating  under 
the  rule,  but  are  not  penalized  for  exceeding  certain  arbi- 
trary limits,  which  were  not  thought  of  at  the  time  they 
were  designed.  This,  however,  puts  a heavy  handicapi 
on  new  boats,  and  it  will  take  some  exceedingly  clever! 
designing  to  win  against  some  of  the  boats  now  ini 
existence. 

Boats  built  five  or  ten  years  ago  should  stand  very 
good  chances  in  future  races,  and  it  is  to  be  hoped  that 
next  season  will  bring  together  a number  of  the  old 
favorites.  With  new  sails  and  up-to-date  rigging,  manyi 
of  the  old-timers  would  undoubtedly  win  out  against,,  the 
racing  freak  of  the  last  three  or  four  years. 

_ One  of  the  most  important  changes  is  the  abolition  of 
time  allowance  for  all  new  boats.  This  is  an  attempt  to! 
re-establish  the  successful  class  racing  of  former  years. 


Proposed  Amendments  to  the  Racing  Rules. 

Proposed  amendments  as  recommended  by  the  Committee  on 
Measurement,  consisting  of  S.  Nicholson  Kane  (Chairman),1 
W.  B.  Duncan,  Jr.,  Newbury  D.  Lawton,  Oliver  E.  Cromwell, 
Charles  Lane  Poor,  H.  De  B.  Parsons,  Archibald  Rogers,  G.  A. 
Cormack  (Secretary),  in  conference  with  committees  from  the 
following  yacht  clubs:  Atlantic  Y.  C.,  Larchmont  Y.  C.,  East- 
ern Y.  C.,  Corinthian  Y.  C.  (Marblehead),  Corinthian  Y.  C.j 
(Philadelphia),  Seawanhaka  Corinthian  Y.  C.,  and  the  Yacht1 
Racing  Association  of  Long  Island  Sound,  comprising  American 
Y.  C.,  Bridgeport  Y.  C.,  Corinthian  Y.  C.  of  Stamford,  Harlem, 
Y.  C.,  Hartford  Y.  C.,  Hempstead  Harbor  Y.  C.,  Horseshoe  Har- 
bor Y.  C.,  Huguenot  Y.  C.,  Huntington  Y.  C.,  Indian  Harbor 
Y.  C.,  Knickerbocker  Y.  C.,  Manhasset  Bay  Y.  C.,  New  Haven1 
Y.  C.,  New  Rochelle  Y.  C.,  New  York  Athletic  Club,  Northport 
Y.  C.,  Norwalk  Y.  C.,  Park  City  Y.  C.,  Riverside  Y.  C., 
Sachem’s  Head  Y.  C„  Sea  Cliff  Y.  C„  Shelter  Island  Y.  C., 
Stamford  Y.  C. 

Amend  Rule  I.  of  the  Racing  Rules,  entitled  “Measurement1 
for  Classification  and  Time  Allowance,”  by  striking  out  all  follow- 
ing the  headings,  “Length”  and  “Sail  Area,”  page  227,  to  and 
including  “Topsails,”  page  233,  and  substituting  therefor  the, 
following: 

LENGTH. 

L.  measured  on  a line  parallel  with  the  middle  fore-and-aft; 
vertical  plane  at  a distance  from  it  equal  to  one-quarter  of  tbei 
greatest  beam  (B)  at  the  load  waterline,  and  one-tenth  of  this 
beam  (B-10)  above  the  load  waterline;  and  in  case  there  are  many1 
notches,  jogs,  curves  or  angles  at  or  near  the  plane  of  measure- 
ment, L.  shall  be  taken  on  a fair  line  bridging  such  notches,, 
curves,  jogs  or  angles. 

SAIL  AREA. 

The  measurer  shall  measure  the  spars  and  calculate  the  sail 
area  in  the  following  manner,  and  the  square  root  of  this  area 
shall  be  the  VS  A in  the  rating  formula. 

Mainsail  and  Topsail  Sloops,  Schooners  and  Yawls,  and  Mizzen 
and  Topsail  of  Three-Masted  Schooners. 

B. — Length  of  boom  measured  from  after  side  of  mast  to  out- 
board end. 

G. — Length  of  gaff  measured  from  after  side  of  mast  to  out-' 
board  end.  (At  the  option  of  the  owner  the  outer  points  of 
measurement  on  tb,e  boom  and  gaff  may  be  black  bands,  beyond 
the  inner  edges  of  which  the  sail  shall  not  be  extended. 

P. — A perpendicular  taken  along  the  after  side  of  the  mast 
from  the  upper  side  , of  the  sheave  of  the  highest  halliard  block 
or  sheavb  on  the  mast  or  topmast  to  the  upper  side  of  the  boom 
when  resting  on  the  saddle  or  on . the  lowest  part  of  the  goose- 
neck; the  distance.of  which  point  above  the  fair  line  of  solid  bul-t 
warks.  shall  be  recorded  by  the  measurer. 

In  pole-masted  yachts  which  carry  the  upper  .halliard  block  on 
a pennant,  the  upper  point  of  measurement  shall  be  the  point  at 
which  the  pennant  is  fastened  to  the  mast. 

II.-— A perpendicular  measured  along  the  after  side  of  the  mast 
from  the  upper  side  of  the  boom,  when  resting  on  the  saddle  or' 
on  the  lowest  part  of  the  gooseneck  to  the  lower  edge  of  a blacl 
hand,  or  other  distinctive  mark  upon  the  mast,  above  which  marl 
the  throat  cringle  of  the  mainsail  shall,  not  be  hoisted. 

The  area  of  the  mainsail,  and  topsail  in  sloops,  schooners  am' 
yawls,  or  pf  the  mizzen  arid,  topsail , in  three-masted  schooners1 
shall  be  obtained  from  the  above  measurements  by  multiplyin? 
J3  hy  H,  and  G by  the  square  root  of  the  sum  of  the  squares  0 


JAK.  21,  1905.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


53 


B and  P,  adding  tie  two  products  together  and  dividing  the 
result  by  two. 

BXH  + G xTB^+P1 

Formula:  - — - — — — — — 

2 

In  pole-masted  vessels,  not  carrying  topsails,  the  area  of  the 
mainsail,  and  in  yawls  the  area  of  the  mizzen,  shall  be  obtained 
from  the  above  measurements,  or  from  similar  measurements  on 


the  mizzenmast  and  boom,  by  multiplying  B by  H,  and  G by  the 
square  root  of  rhe  sum  of  the  squares  of  H and  B,  adding  the 
two  products  together  and  dividing  the  result  by  2. 


BXH  + GV  B2  + H2 

Formula : 

2 

In  pole-masted  vessels-  carrying  sprit  topsails,  tbc  area  of  the 
mainsail,  and  in  yawls  the  area  of  the  mizzen,  shall  be  calculated 
as  above  for  pole-masted  vessels,  and  the  area  of  the  sprit  top- 
sails added  thereto. 

Foresails  of  Two-Masted  Schooners  and  Foresails  and  Mainsails 
of  Three-Masted  Schooners. 

B,. — The  length  of  boom  from  after  side  of  foremast  to  the 
outer  end. 

P,. — A perpendicular  taken  along  the  after  side  of  the  fore- 
mast from  the  upper  side  of  the  sheave  of  the  highest  halliard 
block  or  sheave  on  the  topmast  to  a point  at  the  same  distance 
above  the  fair  line  of  solid  bulwarks  at  the  foremast,  as  the 
lower  point  of  measurement  of  P is  at  the  mainmast. 

The  area  of  the  foresail  and  topsail  of  schooners  shall  be  ob- 
tained from  these  measurements  by  multiplying  B,  by  P,  and 
taking  80  per  cent,  of  the  product 

Formula:  0.80  (Bj  X P|). 

The  area  of  the  mainsail  and  topsail  in  three-masted  schooners 
shall  be  obtained  in  a similar  manner  from  like  measurements 
made  on  the  mainmast  and  main  boom. 

Headsails. 

J. — The  base  J to  be  measured  from  the  fore  side  of  mast  to 
where  the  line  of  the  luff  of  the  foremost  headsail  when  extended 
cuts  the  bowsprit,  other  spar,  hull,  -etc.,  as  the  case  may  be. 

In  yachts  of  27ft.  rating  and  over,  if  the  distance  from  the 
center  fore-and-aft  line  of  the  mast  to  the  outer  end  of  the  spin- 
naker boom,  when  in  position,  exceeds  the  distance  from  the 
foreside  of  the  mast  to  the  bowsprit  end  (where  cut  by  the  line 
of  the  luff  of  the  foremost  headsail),  the  excess  shall  be  added  to 
the  base  of  the  fore  triangle.  In  the  case  of  a schooner,  the 
base  J shall  be  measured  from  the  foremast,  but  if  the  main  or 
longest  spinnaker  boom  exceeds  the  before-mentioned  dis- 
tance, the  excess  shall  be  added  to  the  base  J. 

In  yachts  under  27ft.  rating,  the  spinnaker  boom  may  be  40 
per  cent,  of  the  length  of  the  base  line,  measured  from  the  fore- 
most point  of  measurement  on  the  bowsprit,  other  spar,  or  hull, 
as  the  case  may  be,  in  a straight  line  to  the  extreme  after  point 
of  measurement.  Any  excess  of  the  spinnaker  boom  over  such 
40  per  cent,  shall  be  added  to  the  base  J. 

In  sloops,  cutters  and  yawls,  the  area  of  the  headsails  shall  be 
obtained  "by  multiplying  J by  P,  dividing  by  2,  and  taking  90 
per  cent,  of  the  result. 

P X J 

Formula:  0.90  

2 

In  schooners  the  area  of  the  head  sails  shall  be  obtained  by 
multiplying  J by  P„  dividing  by  2,  and  taking  90  per  cent,  of  the 
result. 

P X J 

Formula:  0.90 

2 

TOTAL  AREA. 

In  sloops  and  cutters  the  total  sail  area  for  purposes  of  meas- 
urement shall  be  the  sum  of  the  area  of  mainsail  and  topsail  and 
headsails,  as  calculated  by  the  above  method;  in  yawls,  the  sum 
of  the  areas  of  mainsail  and  topsail,  mizzen  and  topsails  and 
headsails;  in  schooners,  the  sum  of  the  areas  of  mainsail  and  top- 
sail, foresail  and  topsail  and  headsails;  in  three-masted  schooners, 
the  sum  of  the  areas  of  the  mizzen,  mainsail,  foresail  and  top- 
sails and  headsails. 

A spinnaker  .may  have  a headstick,  or  board,  not  longer  than 
one-twentieth  the  .length  of  the  spinnaker  boom,,  but  not  a foot- 
yard,  or  more  than  one  sheet,  or  any  other  contrivance  for  ex- 
tending the  sail  to  other  than  a triangular  shape. 

In  case  a yacht  shall,  carry  a square  sail,  or  square  topsail,  or 
rafee  (together  or  separately)  instead  of  a spinnaker,  the  actual 
area  of  the  same  shall  be  computed;  and  if  such. area  exceed  the 
area  of  the  fore  triangle,  the  excess  shall  be  used  in  the  total 
area  for  determining  the  rating. 

In  case  the  area  of  a club  topsail,  carried  by  any  yacht,  shall 
exceed  160  per  cent,  of  the  area  of  the  working  topsail  or  jib- 
header,  such  excess  shall  be  used  in  computing  the  total  area 
for  determining  the  rating, 

Further  amend  Rule  1,  pages  233  and  234,  by  striking  out  all 
under  heading  of  “Limit  of  L.  W.  L.,”  including  the  headlines, 
also  paragraph  (page  234)  entitled  “Limit  of  Sail  Area,’’  and 
substituting  therefor  the  following: 

LIMITS  AND  PENALTIES. 

Qne-half  of  any  excess,  of  L.W.L,  over  116  per  cent.,  of  L shall 
be  added  to  the  rating  measurement. 


The  L.W.L.  shall  be  the  distance  in  a straight-line  between 
the  points  furthest  forward  and  furthest  aft,  where  the  hull  ex- 
clusive of  the  rudder  post,  is  intersected,  by  the  surface  of  the 
water  when  the  yacht  is  afloat  in  racing  trim. 

. The  limit  of  draft  of  yachts  shall  be  in  feet;  0.15  times  the 
L plus  2.50,  and  any  excess  of  draft,  exclusive  of  centerboard, 
as  per  above  formula,  shall  be  multiplied  by  3 and  added  to  the 
rating  measurement;  this  penalty,  however,  shall  not  apply  to 
yachts  launched  prior-  to  Jan.  1,  1905. 

Any  excess  of  the  square  root  of  sail  area  over  135  per  cent,  of 
L shall  be  added  to  the  rating  measurement;  this  limit,  however, 
shall  not  apply  to  yachts  launched  prior  to  Jan.  1,  1905. 

Also  further  amend  Rule  I.,  page  234,  by  adding  to  paragraph 
I.,  headed  “Certificates  of  Measurement,”  line  5,  after  the  words 
“the  measurer  shall  personally,”  the  words  “measure  the  spars 
and,”  so  that  when  amended  the  paragraph  will,  read: 

“The  measurer  may  accept  drawings,  dimensions  and  calcula- 
tions of  any  or  all  specified  measurements  when  certified  to  by 
the  designer;  but  previous  to  the  filing  of  a certificate  of  meas- 
urement with  the  secretary,  the  measurer  shall  personally  measure 
the  spars  and  verify  the  line  of  flotation,  and  all  dimensions  and 
calculations  depending  thereon.” 

Amend  Rule  II.  of  the  Racing  Rules,  page  235,  by  striking  out 
the  entire  rule  and  substituting  the  following: 

CLASSIFICATION. 

Schooners. 

Class  A.— All  over  90ft.,  rating  measurement 

Class  B.— Over  75ft.,  not  over  90ft.,  rating  measurement. 

Class  C.— Over  64ft.,  not  over  75ft.,  rating  measurement. 

Class  D.— Over  55ft.,  not  over  64ft.,  rating  measurement. 

Class  E.— 55ft.  or  less,  rating  measurement. 

Sloops  and  Yawls. 

Class  F.— All  over  100ft.,  rating  measurement. 

Class  G.— Over  82ft.,  not  over  100ft.  rating  measurement. 

Class  H.— Over  68ft.,  not  over  S2ft.,  rating  measurement. 

Class  T.— Over  57ft.,  not  over  68ft.,  rating  measurement. 

Class  K— Over  48ft.,  not  over  57ft.  rating  measurement. 

Class  L— Over  40ft.,  not  over  48ft.,  rating  measurement. 

Class  M.— Over  33ft.,  not  over  40ft.  rating  measurement. 

Class  N.— Over  27ft.,  not  over  33ft.,  rating  measurement. 

All  boats  launched  after  Jan.  1,  1905,  shall  rate  at  the  highest 
limit  of  their  classes,  except  classes  A of  schooners  and  F of 
sloops  and  yawls, 

^ Amend  time  allowance  table,  page  249,  by  striking  out  the  first 
and  second  paragraphs  under  that  heading,  and  substituting 
therefor  the  following: 

3600  3600 

Time  equals  0.7 ; 3600  representing  the  number  of 

VI  VL 

seconds  in  an  hour,  1 the  rating  measurement  of  small  yacht 
and  L that  of  the  large  one. 

2520  2620 

Practically  the  formula  is — ; seven-tenths  of  3600 

VI  VL 

being  2520. 


ISOLDE. 


Owned  by  Rear-Commodore  Fred  M.  Hoyt,  Larclimont  Y.  C. 
Photo  by  James  Burton,  New  York. 


Seawanhaica  Corinthian  Y.  C.  Meeting.— The  an- 
nual meeting  of  the  Seawanhaka  Corinthian  Y.  C.  was 
held  at  the  City  Club,  W.  Forty-fourth  street,  New  York, 
on  the  evening  of  Tuesday,  January  10.  The  following 
officers  and  committees  were  elected  : Com.,  W.  K.  Van- 
derbilt, Jr.,  steamer  Tarantula;  Vice-Corn.,  William  J. 
Matheson,  steamer  Lavrock;  Rear-Corn.,  Frank  S.  Hast- 
ings, ketch  Peggy;  Sec’y,  Francis  G.  Stewart;  Treas., 
Frederic  P.  Moore;  Meas.,  C.  Sherman  Hoyt;  Race 
Committee — Henry  H.  Landon,  Clinton  H.  Crane, 
Howard  C.  Smith,  Victor  I.  Cumnock  and  Francis  G. 
Stewart ; Law  Committee — Henry  W.  De  Forest,  Wil- 
liam G.  Low,  Jr.,  and  William  A.  W.  Stewart;  Commit- 
tee on  Lines  and  Models— John  Hyslop  and  St.  John 
Smith. 

Mr.  William  K.  Vanderbilt  succeeds  Mr.  A.  Curtiss 
James  as  commodore  Mr.  John  Hyslop  declined  to  serve 
again  as  measurer,  and  at  his  request  Mr.  G.  Sherman 
Hoyt  was  elected  in  his  place.  Mr.  Hyslop  has  served  the 
club  as  measurer  for  twenty-two  years,  and  the  members, 
in  an  effort  to  show  their  appreciation  of  his  services, 
presented  him  with  a loving  cup. 

* n k 

Owner  Wanted  for  Competition  Drawings.— There 
remains  at  this  office  one  set  of  drawings  submitted  in  the 
competition  for  a 40ft.  waterline  cruiser.  These  drawings 
were  sent  in  without  the  owner’s  name  and  address  in 
separate  envelope,  as  was  called  for  in  the  conditions. 
If  the  designer  will  forward  the~  pseudonym  under  which 
lie  submitted  the  drawings,  as  a means  of  identification, 
together  with  his  name  and  address,  the  drawings  will  Jpg 
returned. 


New  Glass  Q Boats* 

The  greatest  amount  of  activity  is  being  evidenced  in 
the  new  boats  for  class  Q of  the  Gravesend  Bay  Yacht 
Racing  Association.  The  men  belonging  to  the  clubs  m 
this  section  are  now  the  most  active  in  the  East,  and  the 
best  racing  next  season  will  be  had  on  the  waters  of 
Gravesend  Bay  and  vicinity. 

Class  Q boats  are  not  the  only  ones  receiving  attention, 
but  the  interest  in  this  class  is  perhaps  keener  than  in  the 
others,  principally  because  the  boats  are  of  a popular  size 
and  afford  fair  accommodation  and  excellent  racing  at  a 
moderate  figure. 

Ogeemah,  the  admirable  little  boat  built  in  1903  from 
designs  by  that  clever  amateur,  Mr.  John  R.  Brophy,  has 
done  much  toward  the  upbuilding  of  class  Q.  When  Mr. 
Brophy  turned  out  Ogeemah  he  endeavored  to  produce  as 
healthy  and  substantial  a boat  as  was  possible  under  the 
new  rule.  Speed  was  not  the  sole  factor  that  entered  into 
the  design,  but  no  one  was  more  surprised  than  the  de- 
signer himself  when  this  heavy  displacement  boat  turned 
out  to  be  a remarkably  smart  all-around  performer. 

Class  Q calls  for  a boat  over  18ft.  and  not  ever  22ft. 
racing  measurement.  Under  the  rule  it  is  possible  to  turn 
out  a roomy  and  serviceable  boat  for  this  class  which 
assures  its  popularity.  The  Gravesend  Bay  clubs  were  the 
only  organizations  to  give  the  rule  a trying  out  in  the 
small  classes  last  season,  i.  e.,  boats  under  40ft.  racing 
measurement.  The  success  of  the  boats  produced  showed 
that  the  rule  was  applicable  to  small  craft,  and  that  one- 
design  classes  were  not  necessary  to  secure  good  boats 
of  small  size. 

Orders  for  five  boats  have  already  been  placed.  Mr. 
Henry  J.  Gielow  has  been  commissioned  to  design  two, 
and  Messrs.  Tams,  Lemoine  & Crane,  Mr.  John  R. 
Brophy,  and  Mr.  Charles  D.  Mower  one  each. 

One  of  the  boats  of  Gielow  design  is  for  Mr.  F.  J. 
Havens,  and  the  other  is  for  Mr.  George  H.  Church. 

Mr.  Havens’  boat  is  being  built  at  Willard  F.  Downs’ 
yard.  Bay  Shore,  L.  I.  She  is  33ft.  over  all,  25ft.  3m. 
waterline,  7ft.  6in.  breadth,  5ft.  6in.  draft,  and  will  carry 
575  SQ-  ft-  of  sail  in  the  mainsail  and  jib.  There  will  be 
4ft.  3in.  head  room  under  the  cabin  house.  The  con- 
struction has  been  looked  to  carefully.  The  keel,  stem, 
and  deadwood  will  be  of  white  oak,  the  frames  of  white 
oak  steamed  and  bent,  the  clamps,  shelf  and  bilge  stringers 
of  yellow  pine,  and  the  deck  of  white  pine.  The  planking 
will  be  double,  the  inner  skin  being  of  cedar  and  the  outer 
of  mahogany. 

The  Milton  Point  Shipyard,  of  Rye,  N.  Y.,  has  the  con- 
tract for  Mr.  Church’s  boat.  She  is  longer  over  all,  shorter 
on  the  waterline,  and  has  one  inch  less  breadth  than  the 
Havens  boat.  The  draft  is  the  same.  She  is  34ft.  gin. 
over  all,  24ft.  waterline,  7ft.  7in.  breadth,  and  5 ft.  6iru 
draft.  The  sail  carried  is  580  sq.  ft.  The  construction  is 
almost  identical  with  that  of  the  Flavens  boat.  In  the 
Church  boat  there  are  air  tanks  forward  and  aft  of  suffi- 
cient capacity  to  keep  the  boat  afloat  in  case  of  collision 
or  other  acident. 

The  boat  from  the  board  of  Messrs.  Tams.  Lemoine  & 
Crane  is  for  Mr.  Hendon  Chubb,  owner  of  Bagheera. 
Particulars  of  this  boat  are  not  as  yet  available. 

The  new  Brophy  boat  is  for  Mr.  George  Reiners,  of  the 
Brooklyn  Y.  C.,  and  she  is  building  at  the  yard  of  the 
Huntington  Mfg.  Co.,  at  New  Rochelle.  Her  dimensions 
are  as  follows:  33ft.  3m.  over  all,  22ft.  waterline,  8ft.  8in. 
breadth  extreme,  8ft.  breadth  at  waterline,  5ft.  2in.  draft, 
and  will  carry  670  sq.  ft.  of  sail.  The  head  room  in  the 
cabin  is  4ft.  6in.  On  the  keel  there  will  be  3,200  pounds 
of  lead.  The  planking  is  single,  the  garboards  being  oak 
and  the  balance  of  Georgia  pine.  The  stem,  keel,  frames, 
stern  timbers  and  floors  are  of  white  oak.  The  bilge 
stringers,  clamps  and  shelves  are  of  Georgia  pine. 

Mr.  Charles  D.  Mower  is  now  .working  011  the  design 
of  a boat  for  Mr.  W.  H.  Childs,  owner  of  Umbrina  and 
Trouble,  one  of  the  earlier  class  Q boats.  Mr.  Childs’ 
new  boat  will  also  be  built  by  the  Huntington  Mfg.  Co., 
and  will  be  known  as  More  Trouble. 

This  little  facetiousness  on  Mr.  Childs’  part  recalls  the 
way  in  which  the  well  known  English  yachtsman,  Captain 
J.  Orr  Ewing,  named  his  two  small  racing  boats  built 
from  designs  by  Mr.  William  Fife,  Jr.  The  first  of  the 
two  was  named  Piccolo  (a  little  fife),  and  the  second 
Andrum  (fife  and  drum). 


International  Power  Boat  and  Water  Carnival  at 
Paim  Beach. — The  first  Annual  Power  Boat  and  Water 
Carnival  will  be  held  at  Lake  Worth,  Palm  Beach, 
Florida,  February  1-4.  The  meet  will  be  held  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Palm  Beach  Power  Boat  Association.  The 
list  of  events  follows : 

Feb.  1 — Free-for-all  day — No  handicap. 

1.  2:30  P.  M. — High  speed  motor  boats,  4 miles,  for  the  H. 
M.  Flagler  trophy. 

2.  3:00  P.  M.— For  pleasure  motor  boats,  under  12  miles  per 
hour,  4 miles. 

3.  3:30  P.  M. — Motor  boats,  manufacturers  only,  4 miles,  for  the 
Lieut.  H.  L.  Willoughby  trophy. 

4.  4:00  P.  M. — Cabin  motor  boats,  4 miles,  for  the  Motor 
Boat”  cup. 

5.  4:30  P.  M.— Charter  motor  boats,  4 miles. 

6.  5:00  P.  M.— High  speed  motor  boats,  8 miles,  Royal  Poin- 
ciana  trophy. 

Feb.  2 — Royal  Poinciana  and  East  Coast  Cup  Day. 

7.  2:30  P.  M.— High  speed  boats,  20  miles,  for  the  Howard 
Gould  prize. 

S.  3:30  P.  M.— Sailing  boats  and  auxiliaries,  4 miles. 

9.  4:00  P.  M. — Charter  rowboat,  1 mile. 

10.  4:30  P.  M.— Pleasure  rowboat,  1 mile. 

11.  4:45  P.  M.— Fishing  boats  (sailing). 

12.  5:00  P.  M.— 1 kilo.— High-speed  boats,  best  two  in  three 
heats,  for  the  Proctor  Smith  cup. 

13.  8:00  P.  M.— Night  illuminated  parade.  Three  prizes  for  best 
decorations  and  evolutions. 

Feb.  3— Florida’s  Floral  Day. 

14.  10:00  A.  M.— Endurance  race,  all  motorboats,  based  on  speed, 
reliability  and  facility  of  operation,  for  “the  Breakers”  prize. 

15.  11:00  A.  M.— All  motor  boats  (under  12.  miles),  1 mile  dash, 
best  two  in  three  heats,  for  the  W.  C.  Allison,  prize. 

16.  2:30  P.  M.— High,  speed  boats,  1 mile,  best  two  in  three, 
for  the  Sir  Thomas  Dewar  prize. 

17.  3:15  P.  M.— Motor  boats  (under  12  miles).  4 miles,  Ameri- 

can Power  Boat  Association,  handicap,  .fqr  the  Louis-  S.  Clarke 
fro  hy  ' r J * *■  '-Ad 

IS.  " 4:00  P.  M. — Prize  flower  carnival  and  parade, ' for  the  H.  A. 
l.rzicr,  IT.,  prize.  Second  and  third  prize*  also. 

Feb.  4.— Start  of  endurance  race  to  Miami,  Key  West  and 
Havana,  with  races  at  all  points.  .... 

Full  particulars  can  be  htid  of  Mr,  W,  J-  Morgan,  116  Nassau 
street.  New  York. 


80 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


[Jan.  21,  1905, 


The  Swampscott  Club* 

The  north  shore  of  Massachusetts  is  the  home  of  the 
small  boat  sailor,  and  there  is  certainly  no  place  in  Amer- 
ica . where  the  interest  is  so  general  and  so  keen  in  the 
racing  and  sailing  of  the  moderate  sized  yacht.  Almost 
every  town  boasts  of  a yacht  club,  and  in  each  case  it  is 
a live,  thriving  institution. 

Some  places  have  "boats  peculiar  to  that  place  brought 
about  by  natural  conditions  and  restrictions,  and  this  is 
true  of  Swampscott,  which  is  pre-eminently  the  home  of 
the  dory. 

The  dory,  as  a type,  was  originally  built  at  Salisbury, 
Mass.,  by  Hiram  Lowell  & Son.  Mr.  Andrew  L.  Harris, 
in  a lecture  before  the  Swampscott  Historical  Society, 
gave  some  interesting  data  regarding  these  craft. 

The  dory  was  designed,  originally,  to  meet  the  require- 
ments of  the  fishermen  of  Swampscott,  who  wanted  a 
light  rowboat,  strong,  seaworthy,  and  with  a bottom  suffi- 
ciently flat  to  enable  the  boat  to  run  in  through  the  surf 
on  to  the  beach  without  capsizing.  These  conditions 
gave  rise  to  the  narrow  V-shaped  stern,  against  which 
seas  might  break  without  overturning  the  craft,  the  pro- 
nounced sheed,  the  narrow  flat  bottom  and  straight, 
slightly  overhanging  bow. 

The  original  dories  were  about  13ft.  long,  and  at  one 
time  it  was  customary  to  use  13ft.  oars,  the  rower  work- 
ing cross-handed.  Since,  however,  a shorter  oar  has  been 
generally  adopted. 

The  dory,  however,  is  not  confined  to  alongshore  fish- 
ing. Not  a schooner  of  all  the  fishermen  hailing  from 
the  Atlantic  seaports  and  casting  anchor  on  the  Georges 
or  Grand  banks  but  carries  its  quota  of  the  craft,  snugly 


Catspaw — Swampscott  Club  Dory. 
Owned  by  John  J.  Blaney. 


nested  in  piles  on  deck  when  not  in  use,  for  it  is  a boat 
that  is  easily  dismantled  and  set  one  within  the  other. 

Racing  and  sailing  in  dories  has  been  encouraged  by  the 
Swampscott  Club,  which  was  formed  with  the  idea  of 
fostering  this  type  of  craft. 

Residents  of  Swampscott  living  on  the  shore  and  hav- 
ing. one  of  the  best  sheets  of  water  to  be  found  for  boat 
racing,  it  was  only  natural,  with  so  much  in  common, 
that  a club  was  formed.  The  formation  of  a club  was 
hastened  when  the  time  came  that  interest  in  the  sport 
languished,  for  the  reason  that  each  season  there  would 
be  new  boats  built  of  a newer  design  and  perhaps  larger 
in  some  ways,  and  would  consequently  be  faster,  which 
would  mean  that  owners  of  the  old  craft  must  sell  at  a 
great  sacrifice  and  get  a new  one.  After  a while  it  got  too 


expensive^  and  the  interest  died  out.  In  the  fall  of  1898 
forty  gentlemen  got  together,  talked  the  matter  over, 
formed  the  club,  which  was  incorporated  as  the  Swamp- 
scott Club,  and  decided  to  build  a class  of  one-design 
dories  to  be  known  as  the  Swampscott  Club  dories.  The 
dory  type  was  selected  because  it  could  be  built  and  main- 
tained for  much  less  than  any  other  type'.  Mr.  Chas.  D. 
Mower,  the  well-known  designer  of  some  fast  small  boats, 
was  commissioned  to  draw  plans  for  a dory  to.  be  sea- 
worthy and  fast,  not  to  carry  ballast  except  crew.  The 
plans  called  for  the  following  dimensions:  Length  on 


Swampscott  Club  Dories  Crossing  the  Starting  Line. 


bottom,  14ft.  6in. ; width,  ift.  2in. ; length  over  all,  21ft.; 
extreme  beam,  5ft.  Sin. ; depth,  ift.  Sin.  Although  never 
having  designed  a boat  of  this  type  before,  he  produced 
one  that_  is  the  fastest  ever  built.  The  sail  plan  designed 
by  him  is  a leg-o’-mutton  of  19^  sq.  yds.,  jib  3 sq.  yds. 
Mainsail  measurements  are  luff,  19ft.  4m. ; foot,  19ft.  4m. ; 
leach,  2 1 ft.  7in. ; jib  luff,  10ft.  4m.;  foot,  6ft.  7in. ; leach, 
8ft.  6in. 

there  were  seven  boats  built  the  first  year,  viz.,  Oregon, 
Barbara,  Columbia,  P.  B.,  Too  Doo,  Busy  Bee  and  No.  8. 
Some  very  exciting  races  were  held,  but  no  championship 
was  awarded.  The  next  year  opened  with  Busy  Bee 
sold  and  two  new  ones  added,  Lillian  and  Catspaw.  The 
championship  was  won  by  Barbara.  The  third  year  Ore- 
gon won  the  championship  after  some  very  close  racing. 
The  fourth  year  Oregon,  Columbia  and  Lillian  were  sold, 
and  two  new  ones  added — Perseus  and  Oom  Paul. 
I easer  won  the  championship  series  and  Pointer  II.  the 
series  called  the  boat  owners’  races  sailed  on  Sundays, 
the  prize  being  contributed  by  the  owners.  In  1903  two 
boats  were  added,  Bugaboo  II.  and  Question,  Teaser 
taking  the  championship  of  the  club  and  the  boat  owners’ 
series.  The  Annisquam  Y.  C.  entered  the  field  with  six 
boats  built  the  same  dimensions  as  the  Swampscott  Club’s 
fleet,  but  designed  by  Benner,  of  East  Boston.  A series 
of  three  races  was  arranged,  only  one  being  sailed,  with 
the  result  that  the  Swampscott  Club  boats  finished  ten 
minutes  before  their  rivals.  The  other  two  races  were 
called  off  on  account  of  the  lateness  of  the  season.  The 
Annisquam  Y.  C.  presented  the  Swampscott  Club  with  a 
handsome  copper  cup  with  the  names  of  the  first  five 
boats  and  their  order  of  finishing  engraved  thereon,  viz., 
Catspaw,  Teaser,  Barbara,  Pointer  II.  and  Question. 

In  1904  the  Bay  State  Y.  C.,  of  Revere,  ordered  twelve 
boats  built  on  the  Swampscott  Club’s  design,  and  an  asso- 
ciation between  the  three  clubs  was  formed.  It  is  known 
as  the  Massachusetts  Bay  Dory  Racing  Association.  There 
was  a series  of  six  races,  two  off  each  club.  With  an 
entry  list  of  thirty  boats,  there  was  one  of  the  largest 
classes  along  the  coast,  and  also  one  of  the  most  popular. 
It  can  also  be  said  that  these  boats  have  raced  for  the 
last  five  years  every  holiday,  most  every  Saturday  and 
Sunday,  and  have  never  had  to  reef. 

Returning  to  the  formation  of  the  club  and  its  growth. 
At  the  first  meeting  each  member  was  assessed  two  dol- 
lars, which  was  understood  to  be  an  admission  fee,  and 
annual  dues  were  made  twelve  dollars.  That  gave  the 
large  sum  of  $80  to  furnish  with.  Two  rooms  were  then 
rented  and  furnished  in  a modest  way,  and  in  1903  it  was 
necessary  to  look  for  larger  quarters.  On  April  1,  1903, 
a building  one  hundred  and  thirty-nine  years  old  known 
as  the  Ingalls  house,  opposite  the  beach,  with  a fine  ocean 
view,  was  leased.  It  was  very  much  out  of  repair,  and  it 
was  understood  the  club  was  to  make  its  own  repairs  and 
alterations.  The  first  thing  done  was  to  remove  all  parti- 
tions on  the  lower  floor,  which  left  a large  assembly  room 
with  a chimney  8ft.  by  8ft.  in  the  center,  with  two  large 
open  fire-places.  On  the  second  floor  half  of  the  partitions 


THE  OLD  INGALLS’  HOUSE,  NOW  THE  HOME  OF  THE  SWAMPS  COTT  CLUB. 


were  removed,  which  made  a large  card  and  dining. room; 
the  ceiling  was  also  removed  in  this  room,  which  left 
the  beams  I2in.  by  I2in.  from  the  chimney  to  the  corners, 
and  two  to  the  side ; then  by  sheathing  between  the  rafters 
and  varnishing  a very  attractive  room  was  made.  That 
left  three  rooms  in  front  and  one  in  the  ell  which  was 
finished  for  the  kitchen.  Of  the  front  rooms,  one  was 
left  for  the  parlor,  a small  one  for  an  office,  and  the  other 
for  a reading  room.  All  this  time  the  club  was  growing 
fast,  and  when  it  moved  in  June  there  were  nearly  one 
hundred  members. 

One  may  ask  how  it  was  possible  to  make  all  these 
repairs,  etc.,  with  just  the  dues  to  depend  on.  Eight  hun- 
dred dollars  in  club  notes  of  five  dollars  each  was  issued, 
running  four  years,  bearing  interest  at  5 per  cent.  Each 
quarter  twelve  or  more  to  be  retired  with  interest;  no 
member  was  allowed  to  take  more  than  ten.  They  were 
subscribed  for  as  soon  as  issued,  and  the  last  were  re- 
tired in  1903.  The  membership  numbers  one  hundred  and 
twenty-five,  with  a waiting  list  of  eleven;  a good  sized 
bank  account,  and  no  outstanding  bills. 


The  Houseboat  Whileaway. 

Whileaway  was  built  for  use  on  the  Hudson  River  and 
Long  Island  Sound,  and  to  furnish  a summer  home  for 
the  owner’s  family  and  guests,  the  object  being  to  produce 
a cruising  boat  of  more  than  the  ordinary  comforts  as  to 
room  and  airiness;  also  to  be  readily  handled,  and  to  have 
a fair  amount  of  speed  and  sufficient  power  to  handle  her 
under  adverse^  conditions.  The  motor  is  a 20  horsepower 
Standard,  which  has  given  the  boat  a speed  of  8J2  to  9 
miles  per  hour,  and  she  has  been  tried  out  in  the  worst 
blows  of  the  past  summer  and  fall,  and  the  motor  has 
been  found  ample  to  do  what  is  required  even  with  all 
top  hamper  and  awning  in  place. 

The  main  saloon  is  forward,  and  is  12ft.  by  14ft.,  has 
built-in  sideboard,  and  transoms  with  drawers  convertible 
into  berths,  which  comfortably  sleep  four  persons.  This 
room  is  paneled  as  shown,  and  is  finished  in  a dark  green 
wax  stain  and  furnished  with  Mission  furniture.  The  ef- 
fect is  exceedingly  pleasing  and  satisfactory  in  hot  weather. 
Next  comes  the  owner’s  stateroom  on  the  starboard  side, 
7ft.  by  14ft. ; here  the  arrangement  is  for  two  single  beds, 
a lavatory  and  ample  wardrobe  space  being  provided,  and 
a regulation  bureau  being  secured  to  bulkhead;  space 
under  bed  also'  being  used  for  a steamer  trunk,  etc.,  a 
valance  preventing  an  untidy  appearance.  Opposite  on  the 
port  side  is  a guests’  stateroom,  with  lavatory,  wardrobe, 
and  berth,  which  readily  extends  to  sleep  two  people.  This 
room,  as  also  the  owner’s,  is  finished  in  white,  as  also  is 
the  furniture.  Next  is  the  bathroom  with  closet  and 


shelving.  In  the  after  part  of  the  passageway  a closet 
for  coats,  umbrellas,  oilskins,  etc.,  is  provided.  Here  the 
door  leads  to  the  galley,  which  is  roomy  and  well  ven- 
tilated, and  has  all  conveniences.  From  the  galley  we 
next  step  aft  into  the  motor  room,  which  is  formed,  as 
shown, . with  a passage  on  the  port  side  of  motor.  The 
motor  is  all  neatly  floored  up  to,  and  there  is  ample  room 
for  a couple  of  cots  in  a pinch  aft  of  motor,  as  the  reverse 
clutch  and  all  working  parts  are  under  the  floor. 

A stateroom  for  crew  is  on  the  starboard  side,  entrance 
being  just  forward  of  flywheel  of  motor.  The  captain’s 
stateroom  is  aft,  and  opens  on  to  the  quarter  deck.  A 
large  refrigerator  is  located  aft  on  the  port  side,  and  is  so 
arranged  that  the  ice  can  be  put  in  from  the  after  deck. 

The  gasolene  tank,  with  a capacity  of  250  gallons,  is  for- 
ward in  a water-tight  compartment,  and  the  feed  pipe 
runs  outside  along  the  keel,  thus  preventing  any  leakage 
inside  hull  of  boat.  On  the  fore  deck  is  a windlass  bitts 
and  anchor  davit ; also  an  auxiliary  steering  wheel  which 
unships  when  not  in  use.  A lever  also  controls  the  re- 
verse to  motor  at  this  point.  This  arrangement  is  for  use 
in  locking  in  canals,  when  the  awning  has  to  be  unshipped 
and  deck  steering  wheel  removed  to  allow  passage  under 
fixed  bridges. 

The  entire  upper  deck  is  given  over  to  lounging  chairs 
and  wicker  couches,  tables  and  rugs;  the  awning  being 
lined  with  dark  blue  canvas  makes  it  a very  pleasant  spot. 
A tank  for  water  has  cushions  and  a back,  making  an 
ever-ready  resting  place.  All  the  windows  and  doors  are 
provided  with  rustless  fly  screens,  which  add  greatly  to 
the  pleasure  of  a cruise  in  this  vicinity.  Many  little  fea- 
tures of  comfort,  utility  and  decoration  are  embodied  in 
the  interior  arrangement  and  furnishings  too  numerous  to 
mention. 

The  bulwark  was  carried  uo  in  an  unbroken  sweep  and 
to  the  line  of  the  window  sill,  as  it  gives  a much  better 
proportioned  whole,  and  takes  awav  from  that  top-heavy 
appearance  so  common  in  houseboats  and  many  other 
launches.  It  also  gives  better  freeboard  forward,  mak- 
ing an  abler  boat.  The  guards  are  of  heavy  oak  shod 
with  galvanized  iron,,  and  are  of  ample  width  to  protect 
the  side  of  hull  in  locking  or  lying  at  piers.  .Beam  outside 
of  guards  is  17ft.,  the  limit  for  locks  on  Erie  and  Cham- 
plain canals  being  17ft.  6in.  The  highest  point  with  awn- 
ing down,  oft.  8in.,  the  clearance  on  canals  being  11ft. 
This  gives  the  boat  a wide  range  of  cruising  waters  both 
north  and  south,  and  makes  her  a desirable  craft.  The 
material  and  workmanship  are  of  the  best,  although  no 
fancy  woods  were  used.  The  frame  is  of  oak,  planking 
yellow  pine,  and  house  inside  and  out  of  cypress;  decks 


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white  pine,  upper  deck  covered  with  canvas  and  painted. 
All  the  galavanized  iron  work  on  awning,  etc.,  is  painted 
white,  as  is  the  hull  and  house. 

Many  pleasant  days  were  spent  by  the  owner  and  his 
guests  last  summer,  and  the  boat  seemed  to  fulfill  all  ex- 
pectations as  to  comfort  and  seaworthiness. 

Whileaway  is  6oft.  over  all,  54ft.  waterline,  x6ft. 
breadth,  and  draft  2ft.  6in.  She  was  designed  by  Mr. 

R.  M.  Haddock,  and  built  at  Tarrytown  by  Julius  Peter- 
son for  Mr,  J.  Herbert  Carpenter,  of  Ossining,  N.  Y. 


Yacht  Squadron  of  the  West  Hampton 
Country  Qub* 

At  meetings  of  the  Regatta  Committee  of  the  Yacht 
Squadron  of  the  West  Hampton  Country  Club,  held  No- 
vember 25,  1904,  and  January  5,  1905,  the  various  recom- 
mendations of  the  conference  held  October  28,  1904,  and 
the  final  report  of  the  Committee  of  Five,  dated  Decem- 
ber 12,  1904,  and  giving  exact  form  to  the  changes  in  the 
rules,  were  considered  and  accepted  for  this  organization, 
and  are  as  follows: 

RULE  IV.— CLASSIFICATION. 

1.  All  yachts  shall  be  classified  by  racing  lengths,  and  shall  be 
divided  into  classes  as  follows: 

Sloops — Class  Q. — All  boats  in  this  class  shall  conform  to  the 
restrictions  and  regulations  for  competitors  for  the  Seawanhaka 
challenge  cup. 

Catboats  with  overhangs,  measured  light,  less  than  25  per  cent. 
<of  their  length  over  all.  Class  A,  19  feet  and  over.  Class  B, 
under  19ft. 

Catboats  with  overhangs,  measured  light,  equal  to  or  greater 
than  25  per  cent,  of  their  length  over  all.  Class  AA,  over  19ft. 
and  not  over  21ft.  Class  BB,  19ft.  and  under. 

And  special  classes  at  the  option  of  the  Regatta  Committee. 

2.  In  the  measurement  of  catboats,  one-quarter  of  the  load 
overhangs  (forward  and  aft)  shall  be  added  to  the  load  waterline 
length  in  computing  the  racing  length. 

3.  The  racing  measurements  of  yachts  in  classes  AA  and  BB 
shall  be  considered  to  be  the  maximum  limit  of  their  classes; 
when  these  yachts  race  in  one  class,  each  class  shall  race  at  its 
maximum  measurement,  and  the  time  allowance  figured  accord- 
ingly. 

4.  The  restricted  classes  shall  include  only  such  yachts  as  have 
been  or  shall  be  built  in  accordance  with  the  definitions  and  limi- 
tations appended  to  these  rules. 

5.  Yachts  having  more  than  one  certified  racing  measurement 
shall  sail  under  the  largest  measurement,  unless  the  Regatta  Com- 
mittee be  notified  twenty-four  hours  before  the  start  of  the  race 
that  the  yacht  is  to  sail  under  a smaller  certified  measurement. 

DEFINITIONS  AND  LIMITATIONS  OF  RESTRICTED 

CLASSES. 

Catboat  Classes  A,  B,  AA  and  BB. 

The  intention  of  the  restrictions  in  these  classes  is  to  produce 
types  of  catboats  substantially  constructed,  free  from  freak  features 
as  sharpies,  scows,  catamarans,  double  hulls,  or  other  unusual 
types  or  any  yacht  fitted  with  bilge  fins,  bilge  boards  or  other 
similar  contrivances. 

1.  All  catboats  entitled  to  enter  and  race  in  these  classes  dur- 
ing the  season  of  1904  as  regulated  by  the  racing  rules  and  re- 
strictions adopted  by  the  Conference  of  Associated  Clubs  of  1903, 
shall  be  exempt  from  the  requirements  of  the  following  scantling 
restrictions. 

2.  Scantling  Restrictions. — Frames,  keel,  stem,  sternpost  and 
deck  beams  shall  be  of  oak,  or  its  equivalent  in  strength.  The 
minimum  cross-sectioned  area  for  frames  or  timbers  shall  be  1 14 
square  inches  for  each  running  foot  of  boat’s  length.  This  re- 
quired area  may  be  made  up  of  smaller  frames  spaced  closer  to- 
gether, or  larger  frames  further  apart;  or  in  combinations  of 
large  and  small  frames  with  appropriate  spacings.  The  minimum 
cross-sectional  area  for  deck  timbers  shall  be  IV2  square  inches 
to  each  running  foot  of  boat’s  length  or  proportional  area.  Shelf 
or  clamp  strake  not  less  than  V/2  by  IV2  inches,  or  equal  area, 
entire  length  of  boat.  Planking  not  less  than  % inch  on  the 
bottom  and  % inch  above  the  load  waterline.  Deck  planking 
not  less  than  % inch  thick,  except  that  an  allowance  of  %mch  in 
thickness  can  be  made  if  canvas  covered.  The  centerboard  shall 
be  of  wood,  but  may  be  weighted  not  to  exceed  30  pounds. 

3.  The  angle  of  the  half-breadth  plan  of  the  bow  shall  not 

exceed  30  degrees.  , . , , , 

4.  Catboats  shall  not  be  rigged  or  fitted  with  back  or  preventer 

St|yS’ln  Classes  AA  and  BB  the  light  overhang  shall  not  exceed 
40  per  cent,  of  the  over  all  measurement,  and  the  forward  over- 
hang shall  not  exceed  50  per  cent,  of  the  total  overhang  meas- 
urement, taken  light. 

The  dates  for  next  season  are  as  follows : 

Club  Regatta— July  15- 
Squadron  Cruise— July  29. 

Association  Regatta— August  12. 

Ladies’  Regatta— August  25. 

Open  Regatta — September  2. 

About  June  1 the  usual  regatta  schedule  and  general 
orders  will  be  issued  giving  all  further  details.  The  offi- 
cers elected  at  the  annual  meeting  are  as  follows:  Com., 
Walter  H.  Martin;  Vice-Com.,  Griswold  Denison  2d; 
Rear-Corn.,  Gilbert  C.  Halstead;  Fleet  Captain,  George 
P.  .Sanborn;  Meas.,  William  F.  Howard. 


Annual  Meeting  of  the  Bensonhurst  Y.  C. — On 
Wednesday  evening,  January  11,  the  annual  meeting  of 
the  Bensonhurst  Y.  C.  was  held  in  Brooklyn.  The  follow- 
ing officers  and  committees  were  elected : Com.,  A.  C. 

Bellows;  Vice-Com.,  Charles  E.  Allen;  Rear-Corn.,  John 
B.  O’Donoghue;  Sec’y,  W.  W.  Roberts;  Treas.,  -Clarence 

H.  Clayton;  Meas.,  John  R.  Brophy;  members  Board  of 
Directors — Arthur  T.  Wells,  William  J.  O’Neill  _ and 
Louis  H.  Hall ; House  Committee — Charles  H.  Hamilton, 
A.  G.  Boyd,  Carl  L.  Dingens,  John  F.  Eggert  and  P. 
Douglas  Knowles ; Racing  Committee — Alfred  D.  Mackey, 
chairman;  William  H.  Childs,  Randall  C.  Birch,  George 
D.  Eggert  and  Richard  W.  Rummells ; Delegates  to  the 
Yacht  Racing  Association  of  Gravesend  Bay — Alfred  D. 
Mackey  and  William  H.  Childs. 

•S  * * 

Shackamaxon  Y.  C.  Officers. — At  the  annual  meeting 
of  the  Shackamaxon  Y.  C.,  of  Philadelphia,  the  following 
officers  were  elected:  Com.,  John  Engle;  Vice-Com., 

Marx  Scladensky;  Financial  Sec’y,  Frank  Barrett; 
Recording  Sec’y,  William  Zeiber;  Treas.,  William  Gaun; 
Board  of  Directors — John  Engle.  William  Gaun,  William 
Morse,  Charles  Schoenleber  and  George  Pfirrman. 

•5  8?  8? 

New  Home  for  Shelburne  Y,  C. — The  new  home  of 
the  Shelburne  Y,  C.,  of  Shelburne,  Nova  Scotia,  was 
opened  to  its  members  011  Tuesday  evening,  January  17. 
The  growth  of  the  organization  during  the  past  few  years 
made  the  erection  of  a new  home  and  a new  boat  house 
necessary.  Mr.  T.  Walter  Magee  is  the  secretary,  and 
jyjr.  Robert  G,  JLiervey  is  commodore, 


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Boston  Letter. 

Boston,  Jan.  16. — Members  of  the  Quincy,  Squantum 
and  Wollaston  Y.  C.  have  come  together  for  the  purpose 
of  maintaining  the  Cape  cat  type  and  racing  it  for  the 
mutual  benefit  cf  the  owners  of  such  boats.  Last  Monday 
a meeting  was  held  at  the  office  of  Vice-Commodore 
Frank  Fessenden  Crane,  of  the  Quincy  Y.  C.,  and  an 
association  was  formed,  to  be  known  as  the  Cape  Catboat 
Association,  12  boats  being  entered  at  this  meeting. 
All  owners  of  Cape  cats  have  been  invited  to  join  the 
association,  for  membership  in  which  there  will  be  no 
fees.  All  that  is  necessary  is  to  send  the  name  of  the 
boat  with  that  of  the  owner  to  Dr.  Dawes,  secretary, 
Neponset,  Mass.,  o'f  to  Ralph  E.  Winslow,  measurer,  122 
Hancock  street,  Quincy.  All  boats  to  be  eligible  must 
be  of  the  cabin  type,  not  less  than  20ft.  or  more  than  30ft. 
over  all.  Another  meeting  of  the  association  will  be 
held  at  Vice-Commodore  Crane’s  office,  4 Chestnut  street, 
Quincy,  on  Monday  evening,  January  23.  For  some  time 
interest  in  the  Cape  cat  type  has  been  waning  in  Massa- 
chusetts Bay,  mainly  because  of  the  development  of  the 
knockabout  type,  which  most  yachtsmen  believe  to  be 
more  easily  handled.  There  still  remain  many,  however, 
who  believe  in  the  Cape  Cat  type,  and  who  enjoy  racing 
and  cruising  in  them  just  as  much  as  in  the  days  when  the 
cat  was  the  most  popular  boat  in  the  Bay.  These  yachts- 
men are  desirous  of  preserving  the  type,  and  have  formed 
this  association  for  the  purpose. 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Corinthian  Y.  CL  of 
Marblehead,  the  new  uniform  rating  rule,  as  proposed  by 
the  New  York  Y.  C.  was  adopted.  The  following  officers 
were  elected:  Conk,  John  O.  Shaw;  Vice-Com.,  Henry 

A.  Morss ; Rear-Gom.,  George  P.  Hodgdon ; Sec’y, 
Everett  Paine;  Treas.-Meas.,  W.  B.  Stearns;  Executive 
Committee — Frank  E.  Peabody  and  W.  H.  Rothwell ; 
Regatta  Committee — Herbert  S.  Goodwin,  L.  F.  Percival, 

H.  H.  Walker,  W.  L.  Carlton  and  Stephen  Bowen;  Mem- 
bership Committee — Percival  W.  Pope,  O.  W.  Shead, 
Frederick  Estabrook  and  Charles  D.  Wainwright;  House 
Committee  for  three  years,  Robert  C.  Morse. 

^ At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Cohasset  Y.  C.,  held  last 
Thursday  evening  at  the  Boston  Y.  C.,  the  following  offi- 
cers were  elected— Com.,  Alanson  Bigelow,  Jr.;  Vice- 
Com.,  C.  H.  Cousens;  Sec’y  and  Treas.,  G.  W.  Collier; 
Executive  Committee — L.  B.  Willcutt,  J.  A.  Bouve,  A.  A. 
Lawrence,  C.  W.  Gammons  and  S.  R.  Pegram;  House 
Committee — S.  M.  Ripley,  Edward  Nichols  and  G.  G. 
Crocker,  Jr.;  Regatta  Committee — F.  J.  Moors,  W.  R. 
Sears,  R.  E.  Williams,  G.  S.  Tower  and  H.  E.  Cousens; 
Membership  Committee — P.  J.  Bates,  R.  B.  Tower,  Odin 
Towle,  S.  R.  Nichols,  H.  B.  Tower,  J.  M.  Willcutt  and 

S.  C.  Bates, 

The  annual  dinner  of  the  Quincy  Y.  C.  was  held  at  the 
Revere  House  last  Thursday  evening.  The  guest  of  honor 
was  Mr.  Sumner  H.  Foster,  vice-president  of  the  Yacht 
Racing  Association  of  Massachusetts,  who  gave  an  inter- 
esting talk  on  “Racing  in  Massachusetts  Bay.”  John  T. 
Cavanagh,  one  of  the  cleverest  amateur  skippers  in  the 
Bay.  told  stories  of  his  racing  experiences. 

The  third  of  a series  of  smokers  was  held  at  the  Wol- 
laston Y.  C.  last  Thursday  evening.  J.  J.  Feeley,  owner 
of  the  sloop  Katonah,  gave  a talk  on  lighthouses  and 
other  aids  to  navigation  along  the  coast.  Dr.  Brayton 
entertained  with  stereopticon  views  illustrating  the  evolu- 
tions of  types,  from  the  Norseman’s  galley  to  the  modern 
racing  yacht. 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Savin  Hill  Y.  C.,  held  at 
the  Hotel  Essex,  Thursday  evening,  the  following  officers 
were  elected : Com.,  J.  E.  Robinson ; Vice-Com.,  F.  E. 

Merrick;  Rear-Coni.,  A.  L.  Kidd;  Sec’y,  H.  T.  Washburn; 
Treas.,  C.  A.  J.  Smith ; Meas.,  R.  N.  Burbank ; Directors 
- — A.  Coombs  and  J.  P.  Hawes;  Membership  Committee — 
W,  R.  Beetle,  J.  A.  Will,  C.  W.  Hull,  W.  S.  Flarvey,  Dr. 
M.  F.  Rogers,  G.  C.  Scott  and  G.  R.  Horsman. 

The  following  officers  have  been  elected  by  the  Kenne- 
bec Y.  C. : Com.,  E.  W.  Hyde;  Vice-Com.,  F.  M.  Cook; 
Sec’y,  E.  R.  Wittekindt;  Treas.,  F.  F.  Blaisdell;  Meas., 
L.  M.  Lemont;  Directors — A.  A.  Percy.  S.  L.  Fogg  and 

I.  H.  Nash;  Regatta  Committee — S.  C.  Greene,  O.  J.  Led- 
vard  and  W.  B.  Stevens.  Commodore  Hyde  appointed 
F.  S.  McLennan  Fleet  Captain. 

John  B.  Killeen. 


Meeting  of  the  Corinthian  Y.  C.  of  Philadelphia.— 
The  annual  meeting  of  the  Corinthian  Y.  C was  held  at 
the  Bellevue-Stratford  Hotel,  Philadelphia,  on  Thursday 
evening,  January  12,  and  the  following  officers  were 
elected : Com.,  Alexander  Van  Rensselaer,  steam  yacht 
May;  Vice-Com.,  E.  Walter  Clark,  Jr.,  sloop  Irolita ; 
Rear-Com.,  C.  Howard  Clark,  schooner  Savarona;  Sec’y, 
Addison  F.  Bancroft;  Treas.,  George  E.  Kirkpatrick; 
Race  Committee — Addison  F.  Bancroft,  Harvey  J, 
Mitchell,  Henry  S.  Jeanes;  Committee  011  Admissions — 
Alexander  Van  Rensselaer,  Frank  H.  Rosengarten,  Brere- 
ton  Pratt,  George  C.  Carson,  Robert  Poland.  Nominated 
by  members  of  the  club  at  large  for  Committee  on  Admis- 
sions, Dr.  Hobart  A.  Hare.  For  Trustees  to  serve  for 
three  years — Dr.  Hobart  A.  Hare,  Randal  Morgan. 

« H H 

Philadelphia  Y.  C.  Meeting.— A regular  monthly 
meeting  of  the-  Philadelphia  Y.  C.  was  held  at  the  club 
house  at  Tinicum  on  Wednesday  afternoon,  January  11, 
and  the  following  officers  were  elected : Com.,  Abraham 

L.  English;  Vice-Com.,  Phillip  H.  Johnson;  Rear-Com., 

J.  Anderson  Roff;  Recording  Sec’y,  Frederick  W.  Ab- 
bott; Financial  Sec’y,  C.  Carroll  Cooke;  Fleet  Surgeon, 
Dr.  Frederick  Harrison;  HaPbor  Master,  Lloyd  Titus; 
Meas.,  George  T.  Gwilliams ; Board  of  Trustees— George 
W.  Fite,  Alexander  Rea,  J.  William  Goode,  F.  W.  Book- 
hammer,  Charles  J.  Eisenlohr,.  Robert  C.  Thompson,  Wil- 
liam Christy,  Sr.;  Regatta  Committee — Robert  Clarkson, 
C.  Carroll  Cooke,  Frank  Matten. 

New  Auxiliary  Schooner  (Building  at  City  Island. — 
Contract  has  been  signed  with  Mr.  Robert  Jacob  for 
an  auxiliary  schooner  to  be  built  for  Mr.  William  T. 
Collron,  of  New  York.  The,  yacht  was  designed  by  Mr. 
Henry  J.  Gielcw,  and  A 84ft.  over  all,  60ft.  waterline, 
19ft.  breadtli  and  8ft.  draft.  She  will  lie  fitted  \yith  a 
40  horsepower  Craig  engine. 


[Jan.  21,  1905-. 


u Forest  and  Stream”  Designing 
Competition  No.  IV. 

Sixty-foot  Waterline  Cruising  Power  Boat. 

$225  ia  Prizes. 

The  three  designing  competitions  previously  given  by 
Forest  and  Stream  have  been  for  sailing  yachts.  In 
this  competition,  the  fourth,  we  are  to  change  our  sub- 
ject and  give  the  power  boat  men  an  opportunity.  The 
competition  is  open  to  amateurs  and  professionals,  except 
that  the  designers  who  received  prizes  in  any  of  the  three 
previous  contests  may  not  compete  in  this  one. 

The  following  prizes  will  be  given: 

First  prize,  $100. 

Second  prize,  $60. 

Third  prize,  $40. 

Fourth  prize,  $25,  offered  by  Mr.  Charles  W.  Lee  for 
the  best  cabin  arrangement. 

Mr.  Henry  J.  Gielow,  N.A.,  has  very  kindly  agreed  to 
act  as  judge.  In  addition  to  making  the  awards,  Mr. 
Gielow  will  criticise  each  of  the  designs  submitted;  and 
the  criticisms  will  be  published  in  these  columns. 

The  designs  will  be  for  a cruising  launch  propelled  by 
either  gasolene  ot  kerosene  liiotoirs,  conforming  to  the 
following  conditions : 

I.  Not  over  60ft.  watefiinfe. 

II.  Not  over  4ft.  draft. 

III.  A signalling  rhast  only  to  be  shown. 

IV.  Cabin  houses,  if  used  at  all,  to  be  kept  as  low 
and  narrow  as  possible. 

V.  Construction  to  be  of  wood,  and  to  be  strong, 
simple,  and  inexpensive.  The  cost  of  the  boat  complete 
in  every  detail  must  not  exceed  $9,000. 

VI.  The  location  of  tanks  and  engine  or  engines  to 
be  carefully  shown.  Either  single  or  twin-screws  may  be 
adopted.  The  power  and  type  of  the  motor  must  be 
specified. 

VII.  The  boat  must  have  a fuel  capacity  sufficient  to 
give  a cruising  radius  of  700  miles  at  a rate  of  § miles 
an  hour.  The  maximum  speed  shall  not  b'e  more  than  14 
miles  nor  less  than  to  miles.  The  estimated  maximum 
speed  must  be  specified. 

VIII.  All  weights  must  be  carefully  figured,  and  the 
results  of  the  calculations  recorded.  A thousand-word 
description  of  the  boat  and  a skeleton  specification  must 
accompany  each  design. 

The  design  must  be  modern  in  every  - particular,  with- 
out containing  any  extreme  or  abnormal  features.  We 
wish  to  produce  an  able,  safe,  and  comfortable  cruising 
boat,  one  that  will  have  ample  accommodations,  so  that 
the  owner  and  his  wife  and  two  guests,  or  three  or  four 
men,  can  live  aboard,  and  one  that  can  easily  be  managed 
at  all  times  by  two  or  three  paid  hands  in  addition  to  the 
steward.  The  draft  is  restricted  to  4ft.  in  order  that  the 
boat  may  have  access  to  nearly  all  harbors,  canals  and  rivers 
North  and  South,  and  may  thereby  widely  increase  the 
cruising  field.  We  have  in  mind  a boat  that  can  be  used 

North  in  the  summer  and  South  in  the  winter,  and  a 

craft  well  able  to  withstand  outside  passage  along  the 
coast  in  all  seasons  of  the  year. 

Special  attention  must  be  given  to  the  cabin  arrange- 
ment. The  interiors  should  be  original,  but  devoid  of  any 
impractical  features.  Arrangements  s.iould  be  made  for 
a direct  passage  forward  and  aft  without  going  on  deck. 

Drawings  Required, 

I.  Sheer  plan.  Scale,  y2m.— ift. 

II.  Half  breadth  plan.  Scale, 

III.  Body  plan.  Scale,  H'n.=ift. 

IV.  Cabin  plan  and  inboard  profile  and  at  least  one 
cross-section.  Scale,  j/2in.=ift. 

V.  Outboard  profile.  Scale,  k^ill.^lft. 

The  drawings  should  be  carefully  made  and  lettered; 
all  drawings  should  be  preferably  on  tracing  cloth  or 
white  paper,  in  black  ink.  No  colored  inks  or  pigments 
should  he  used. 

The  drawings  must  bear  a now  de  plume  only,  and  no 
indication  must  be  given  of  the  identity  of  the  designer. 
In  a sealed  envelope,  however , the  designer  must  inclose 
his  name  and  address,  together  with  his  nom  de  plume. 

All  designs  must  be  received  at  the  office  of  the  Forest 
and  Stream  Publishing  Company,  346  Broadway,  New 
York,  not  later  than  February  3,  1905.  All  drawings  will 
be  returned.  Return  postage  should  accompany  each. 

The  Forest  and  Stream  reserves  the  right  to  publish 
any  or  all  the  designs. 


Meeting  of  the  Harlem  Y.  C. — The  annual  meeting  of 
the  Harlem  Y.  C.  was  held  on  Saturday  evening,  January 
14,  and  the  following  officers  were  elected:  Com.,  F.  J. 

Muhfeld ; Vice-Com.,  Richard  Webber,  Jr.;  Rear-Com., 

T.  W.  Jarchow;  Treas.,  Walter  S.  Sullivan;  Financial 
Secretary,  H.  B.  McAllister ; Recording  Sec’y,  J.  F.  Proc- 
tor; Fleet  Surgeon,  T.  A.  Martin,  M.D. ; Board  of  Direc- 
tors— F.  J.  Fitch,  T.  C.  Allen  and  E.  J.  Martin  to  serve 
two  years,  and  J.  Surman,  H.  Merz  and  A.  Black  to 
serve  one  year;  Meas.,  John  Wormer;  chairman  of  Race 
Commit!  ee,  Frank  McDermott.  The  committees  appointed 
were  as  follows : Flouse  Committee — F.  J.  Fitch,  T,  C. 

Allen  and  A.  Black ; Membership  Committee — H.  Merz, 

J.  Surnan  and  E.  J.  Martin ; Representatives  to  Y.  R.  A. 
of  Long  Island  Sound— John  Wimmer  and  Frank 
McDermott. 

*£  H 

Seventy-footer  Virginia  Being  Rebuilt.— The  work 
of  rebuilding  the  70-footer  Virginia  is  now  going  on  at 
Jaeob’s  yard,  City  Island,  under  the  direction  of  Messrs. 
Tams,  Lemoine  & Crane.  Virginia  has  not  been  sold,  as 
was  reported,  and  is  still  owned  by  Commodore  William 

K.  Vanderbilt,  Seawanhaka  Corinthian  Y.  C. 

A New  High  Speed  Launch. — Mr.  Robert  Jacob  is 
building  at  his  yard  at  City  Island  a high  speed  launch 
40ft.  over  all  for  a member  of  the  New.  York  Y.  C,  The 
boat  will  be  of  light  construction,  and  she  will  be  equipped 
with  9 powerful  motor  cf  French  manufacture. 


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Putting  tin  Power  Boat  in  Com- 
mission* 

BY  A.  E.  POTTER. 

Now  that  the  winter  is  partly  gone,  it  will  soon  be  time 
to  think  of  putting  the  launch  or  auxiliary  boat  into  shape 
tor  next  season.  There  is  much  to  be  accomplished,  and 
some  of  it  can  be  done  as  soon  as  the  weather  is  suitable. 
Everything  will  need  overhauling,  so  that  when  the  boat 
is  ready  for  launching  there  will  be  no  delay  in  getting 
into  commission. 

On  the  outside  of  the  boat  the  principal  things  to  be 
looked  after  are  the  rudder,  the  strainer  over  the  pump 
suction,  stern  bearing  and  propeller  wheel. 

See  that  the  rudder  works  freely,  that  the  pintles  are 
not  worn;  and  one  thing  in  particular,  see  that  the  tiller 
is  not  loose  on  the  rudder  head.  Next  examine  the 
strainer  to  see  that  it  is  not  filled  with  dirt,  grass,  etc. 
The  propeller  wheel  should  be  looked  after;  if  loose, 
tightened  up,  and  the  retaining  nut  and  lock  nut,  if  one  is 
used,  carefully  examined.  Lift  the  propeller  and  shaft  to 
see  if  it  or  the  stern  bearing  shows  excessive  wear.  If 
the  boat  has  an  outside  stuffing-box,  take  out  all  the  pack- 
ing and  see  that  the  shaft  is  smooth  where  it  comes.  in 
contact  with  the  packing.  Put  in  new  packing,  using 
square  hemp,  which  is  braided  in  tallow.  Add  plenty  of 
graphite  and  oil  or  hard  grease.  If  you  are  unable  to  get 
any  braided  hemp  small  enough,  ravel  out  some  and  re- 
braid it.  Do  not  wind  it  about  the  shaft,  but  put  it  in 
in  sections  that  will  go  just  around  the  shaft..  Screw  the 
gland  up  until  you  can  feel  it  is  snug  by  moving  the  pro- 
peller wheel  back  and  forth.  Do  not  get  it  so  that  it 
binds,  for  it  will  swell  as  scon  as  it  gets  wet.  If  the  en- 
gine has  an  inside  stuffing  box,  do  not  screw  the  gland  up 
until  after  the  boat  is  overboard,  and  in  that  case  you  will 
not  get  it  too  tight. 

A good  coat  of  bottom  paint  put  on  in  March,  after 
the  surface  has  been  smoothed  with  sandpaper,  is  an  ex- 
cellent protection;  or  better  still,  do  that  in  the  fall  when 
the  boat  is  laid  up.  All  nail  holes,  should  be  filled  with 
beeswax,  which  can  be  softened  in  the  mouth  to  the 
proper  consistency.  Painting  the  top  sides  can  be  left 
until  just  before  launching,  when  another  coat  of  bottom 
paint  should  be  applied.  There  are  three  colors  of  bot- 
tom paint — red,  green  and  brown.  The  red  and  green 
both  look  better  than  the  brown,  but  will  not  last  as  long. 

The  tank  should  be  carefully  looked  after,  cleaned  out 
and  examined  for  any  chance  of  leaks.  If  it  is  made  of 
galvanized  sheet  iron  or  steel,  it  should  be  taken  out  for 
more  careful  examination.  If  you  can  afford  it,  replace  it 
with  a good  hot  rolled  copper  one,  with  the  bottom  or 
side  where  the  gasolene  pipe  enters  reinforced  with  a 
piece  of  copper  several  inches  square,  riveted  and  sweat 
on  the  inside  before  the  top  is  put  in  place  and  the  tank 
closed  up.  The  connection  for  the  supply  pipe  should  be 
a short  piece  of  brass  pipe  with  a regular  pipe  thread  on 
one  end  and  a valve  screwed  on  it,  the  other  end  a long 
thread.  On  this  long  thread  a lock  nut  previously  filed 
bright  and  tinned  on  the  outside  should  be  screwed  up  as 
far  as  it  will  go.  This  pipe  should  pass  through  the 
double  metal  of  the  tank  and  have  a lock  nut,  also  bright- 
ened and  tinned,  screwed  up  snug.  In  addition  these  two 
lock  nuts  should  be  soldered  carefully  both  inside  and  out. 
You  can  then  be  reasonably  sure  that  there  will  be  no  leak 
at  the  pipe  connection  of  the  tank  next  season  or  in 
several  seasons  to  come.  If  you  have  a galvanized  iron 
tank,  you  are  never  sure  of  it  after  the  first  season.  If 
it  rests  on  pieces  of  . pine  it  will  last  longer  than  if  it 
rests  on  pieces  of  green  oak.  I have  known  cases  where 
from  that  cause  alone  a tank  has  not  survived  a single 
season.  Galvanized  30  and  60  gallon  house  boilers  make 
good  tanks,  but  they  need  to  be  examined  and  tested 
frequently. 

Get  all  the  dirt  out  of  the  gasolene  pipe,  taking  it  apart 
at  all  low  spots  and  pour  gasolene  through  it  to  wash  out 
sediment  and  possible  dirt.  I his  brings  you  up  to  the 
vaporizer  or  carburetor.  Be  careful  to  use.  shellac  on 
all  gasolene  joints.  Never  use  red  lead  and  oil.  . 

Your  old  batteries  having  been  removed,  likewise  spark 
coil,  etc.,  look  over  the  wiring  carefully,  brighten  the  con- 
tacts at  the  switch,  and  if  it  looks  as  if.it  was  wet  or 
damp,  better  renew  it,  for  its  extra  cost  is  very  little. 

If  your  engine  has  a reversing  wheel,  examine  it  care- 
fully, for  they  will  not  run  much  without  loosening. 
If  a reversing  gear,  look  it  over  carefully,  see  that  it  is 
not  rusted  and  works  easily.  The  dogs  may  need  tighten- 
ing up,  but  I would  not  touch  them,  except  to  possibly 
even  up  their  bearing,  until  the  engine  is  running  and  the 
clutch  does  not  hold.  It  is  not  best  to  have  the  clutch 
any  tighter  than  necessary,  for  it  has  a strong  liability  to 
drag  when  going  astern  if  too  tight. 

If  the  engine  is  of  the  two-cycle  type,  I should  by  all 
means  advise  taking  the  piston  and  connecting  rod  out, 
especially  if  there  seems  to  be  any  lost  motion  at  the  con- 
necting rod  bearings,  and  it  will  be  remarkable  if  there  is 
not.  Next  see  that  the  bearings  through  the  end  plate  or 
plates  or  where  the  shaft  itself  runs  are  not  loose  and 
badly  worn.  The  forward  one  is  the  more  likely  to  give 
trouble.  You  can  tell  this  quite  readily  by  lifting  the  fly- 
wheel to  see  if  there  is  any  play.  If  it  shows  to  be  loose, 
a new  bushing  should  be  provided  or  the  end  plate,  if  of 
cast  iron,  should  be  bushed  with  bronze,  being  careful 
tc  drill  an  oil  hole  through  it.  End  plates  and  where  the 
base  and  cylinder  separate  should  be  cleaned  off  care- 
fully and  good  heavy  wrapping  paper  and  shellac  used  to 
make  the  joints  tight.  The  crank  case  should  be  cleaned 
carefully  and  washed  out  with  kerosene.  The  fitting 
of  the  connecting  rod  to  the  crank-pin  should  be  done 
by  someone  who  knows  just  how,  and  one  should  note 
whether  the  connecting  rod  lower  bearing  is  worn  straight 
across  or  bell-mouthed.  If  the  latter,  it  shows  conclu- 
sively that  the  shaft  and  connecting  rod  are  not  in  line 
with  each  other. 

Examine  the  wrist-pin  to  see  if  it  shows  excessive  wear. 
The  sides  of  the  piston  should  be  examined  to  see  if  they 
are  worn  on  the  "top  above  one  end.  of  the  wrist-pin  hole 
and  on  the  bottom  on  the  opposite  side.  Such  a condition 
would  show  that  the  hole  through  the  piston  was  not  ex- 
actly at  right  angles.  The  piston  rings  should  be  exam- 
ined and  if  stuck  into  their  grooves  may  have  to  be  re- 
newed. If  they  are  rusted  it  shows  the  presence  of  water 
in  the  cylinder  at  some  time,  and  that  should  be  guarded 
against  carefully  in  the  future.  Before  replacing  the  head, 


FOREST  AND  STREAM.  _ 

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YACHTING  NEWS  NOTES- 


examine  the  rocket  shaft  that  operates  the  dapper  inside, 
making  contact  with  the  insulated  electrode.  If  it  is  badly 
worn,  both  that  and  the  bushing  in  which  it  runs  will 
need  renewing,  likewise  the  arm  on  the  outside  which 
operates  it.  If  the  engine  operates  on  jump  spark  or  the 
igniter  can  be  removed  from  the  outside,  the  head  can  be 
replaced.  If  you  have  any  suspicions  that  water  had.  ever 
leaked  into  the  cylinder,  look  to  the  top  of  the  cylinder 
carefully  for  traces  of  a leak,  a blackening  of  the  metal 
or  iron  rust. 

For  a gasket  use  a combination  of  brass  wire  gauze  and 
long  fibre  asbestos  paper  with  graphites  on  one  side  and  a 
combination  of  red  lead,  etc.,  on  the  other,  which  can. be 
purchased  from  almost  any  supply  house.  Just  as  soon  as 
the  engine  has  run  a few  minutes,  stop  it  and  screw  up 
the  nuts  holding  down  the  head,  for  they  will  be  bound 
to  have  loosened  as  soon  as  the  engine  warms  up. 

Look  over  the  pump  carefully,  replace  the  checks 
in  the  valves,  and  put  new  packing  in  the  stuffing- 
box.  See  that  the  eccentric  strap  on  the  shaft  which 
operates  the  pump  and  igniter  is  not  too  loose.  Take  up 
lost  motion  wherever  you  can.  Don’t  do  anything  by 
guess.  New  mica  may  he  necessary  on  the  insulated  elec- 
trode, but  I should,  with  an  old  toothbrush  and  some 
gasolene,  clean  it  carefully  and  see  whether  or  not  it 
looked  intact  before  attempting  to  renew  it.  Don’t  at- 
tempt to  cut  these  washers  out  of  sheet  mica,  for  it  will 
prove  unsatisfactory  and  a tedious  job.  Get  the  built-up 
washers  from  the  factory,  also  an  extra  set  of  igniter 
springs  throughout.  You  may  not  need  them,  but  their 
cost  is  light,  and  if  you  should  need  one  and  not  have  it, 
it  would  be  worth  more  to  you  than  the  cost  of  an  entire 
new  set.  Adjust  the  length  of  contact  and  the  timing 
of  the  spark,  and  when  ready  to  start  the  engine,  put  in 
the  batteries  and  connect  them  up.  The  last  thing  to  be 
looked  after,  and  one  of  the  most  important,  is  the 
vaporizer  or  carburetor.  These  should  be  carefully  taken 
apart  and  tested  to  see  if  the  needle  valves  are  tight  and 
all  small  holes  are  cleared  from  small  particles  of  dirt  or 
sediment.  If  the  engine  has  been  run  a year,  the  chances 
are  about  even  that  you  will  need  a new  vaporizer.  The 
reason  for  this  is  that  the  tendency  for  all  angle  check 
valves  is  to  wear  on  the  sides  of  the  seat  in  line  with  the 
discharge  making  the  opening  slightly  oblong,  and  unless 
this  check  valve  is  tight,  there  will  result  a considerable 
loss  of  gasolene,  which  will  spit  back  into  the  boat  and 
become  an  element  of  danger. 

If  the  engine  is  of  the  four-cycle  type,  it  will  usually 
not  be  necessary  to  remove  the  piston  to  take  up  wear  of 
the  crank-pin  brasses  or  of  the  main  bearings,  as  the 
crank  case  dees  not  need  to  be  tight.  The  inlet  and  ex- 
haust valves  should  be  carefully  ground  into  place.  An 
excellent  material  for  this  purpose  is  the  dirt  which  set- 
tles under  a grindstone.  Be  careful  that  none  of  it  gets 
into  the  cylinder.  Be  sure  that  the  valve  stems  are  not 
stuck  in  the  guides,  that  the  igniting  apparatus  works 
well,  the  length  of  contact  and  timing  ate  correct,  and 
then  try  your  compression.  If  this  is  good,  oil  up  wher- 
ever oil  is  needed,  fill  the  oil  cups,  and  if  you  did  not 
add  any  oil  after  cleaning  out  the  crank  case,  pour  in  a 
cupful  or  so  to  each  cylinder  and  your  engine  ought  to  be 
in  ‘shape  for  running,  and  while  not  just  as  good  as  new, 
sufficiently  in  shape  to  have  many  a fine  day’s  sport,  free 
from  either  trouble  or  breakdown. 

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Queries  on  Marine  Motors. 

Q.  E.  R.,  Bayonne,  N.  J. — Is  elm  ever  used  in  the  United 
States  for  boat  timbers?. 

Ans.- — In  a description  of  some  of  the  launches  shown 
at  the  Paris  Automobile  Show,  several  are  mentioned  as 
having  elm  timbers.  Oak  is  the  only  thing  generally  used 
here,  although  sometimes  hackmatack,  red  cedar  and  ap- 
ple tree  throats  are  used  where  natural  crooks  are  desired. 

H.  R.  G.,  Albany,  N.  Y.— Would  you  call  a consumption  of 
four-fifths  of  a pint  of  gasolene  per  hour  per  horsepower  in  a 
marine  gasolene  engine  too  much  or  too  little? 

Ans. — The  consumption  cf  gasolene  in  marine  gasolene 
engines  rarely  is  less  than  one  pint  per  hour  per  horse- 
power, all  claims  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding.  Honest 
horsepower  and  honest  consumption  of.  fuel  are  both  so 
scarce  in  automobile  and  marine  engine  construction  as 
tc  be  practically  non-existent. 

B.  E.  B.,  New  Haven,  Conn. — 1.  Will  it  cost  more  or  less  to  in- 
stall a two-cycle  than  a four-cycle  engine  in  my  boat?  2.  Which 
will  probably  cost  the  more  for  repairs?  3.  Will  it  take  more  cells 
of  battery  for  one  than  the  other? 

Ans.- — i.  The  cost  of  installation  will  not  vary  a great 
deal.  The  engine  bed  cannot  be  too  heavy,  especially  for 
a two-cylinder  four-cycle  engine.  2.  If  the  engine  is 
properly  protected  from  the  elements  there  will  be  little 
difference.  If  left  out  and  abused,  the  four-cycle  will  cost 
more  for  repairs.  3.  The  same  number  of  cells  will 
usually  operate  both  types,  but  a double  cylinder  two- 
cycle  engine,  operating  on  an  open  circuit,  will  use  just 
twice  the  amount  of  battery  or  electrical  energy  that  a 
four-cycle  will,  all  other  conditions  being  the  same. 

IT.  R.  B.,  Norfolk,  Va. — Which  are  the  better  to  use  in  plank- 
ing a boat,  brass  screws  or  copper  nails? 

Ans. — Never  use  copper  nails  unless  they  are  riveted 
over  copper  burrs.  A clinched  copper  nail  is  not  much 
better  than  a raw  wire  nail.  Galvanized  boat  nails  are 
better  than  clinched  copper  nails.  You  will  probably 
have  better  results  with  nails  than  screws. 


Syndicate  Boat  for  Lipton  Cup  Races.- — Thirty  mem- 
bers of  the  Toledo  Y.  C.  have  subscribed  $100  each  to- 
ward the  building  and  running  of  a 21-footer  which  will 
be  built  to  compete  in  the  races  for  the  Lipton  Cup  next 
season.  The  cup  is  now  held  by  the  Detroit  Country  Club, 
and  the  races  will  take  place  off  that  port. 

«! 

New  Auxiliary  Cruiser— Augustus  Dean  & Son,  of 
Alexandria,  D.  C.,  are  now  building  an  auxiliary  cruiser 
for  a Mr.  Goldsborough,  of  Washington,  D.  C.  The  boat 
will  be  used  on  the  Potomac  and  the  Chesapeake.  She  is 
40ft.  over  all,  14ft.  breadth,  and  of  shallow  draft.  The 
sail  spread  will  be  liberal,  and  she  will  be  equipped  with 
a gasolene  motor. 


For  advertising  relating  to  this  department  see  pages  ii  aild  iii. 


Proposed  Massachusetts  Legislation.  Regulating 
Noisy  Power  Boat  Exhausts. — Judge  Davis,  the  Demo- 
cratic Representative  from  Plymouth,  has  introduced  a bill 
in  the  Massachusetts  Legislature  requiring  all  power  boats 
using  the  explosive  type  of  engine  to  either  exhaust 
under  water  or  use  a muffler  subject  to  the  approval  of 
the  chief  of  the  State  police.  We  have  not  the  context  of 
the  proposed  act,  and  do  not  know  whether  or  not  the 
act  is  framed  to  cover  installations  already  made,  nor  if 
boats  owned  in  other  States  would  have  to  be  inspected 
by  the  State  police  chief  before  they  could  be  operated 
in  Massachusetts  waters.  The  proposed  law  might  cause 
a great  deal  of  needless  expense  to  the  owners  of  power 
boats  in  making  the  necessary  changes,  which,  outside  the 
cost  of  the  muffler  itself,  would  likely  be  considerable. 
If  the  matter  is  left  to  the  chief  of  the  State  police,  he 
can  select  -a  style  and  type  that  would  be  cumbersome, 
expensive,  hard  to  obtain,  and  practically  prohibitive.  On 
the  other  hand,  it  is  impractical  to  run  the  exhaust  of  a 
two-cycle  engine  under  water.  This  cannot  be  done 
satisfactorily,  and  the  two-cycle  engine  manufacturer 
would  be  put  to  a decided  disadvantage  thereby.  The 
ordinary  four-cycle  engine,  except  in  certain  cases,  can  be 
made  to  exhaust  below  the  surface,  but  that  also  is 
usually  quite  unsatisfactory.  Water  in  the  valve  chests 
and  cylinders,  and  broken  cam  shafts  and  valve  stems  can 
frequently  be  traced  to  water  in  the  exhaust  piping. 

The  two-cycle  engine  usually  makes  more  noise  than 
the  four-cycle  from  its  construction,  which  it  is  unneces- 
sary to  explain  here.  Some  manufacturers  muffle  their 
engines  more  than  others  from  their  better  understanding 
of  principles  covering  their  design,  while  others,  were 
they  to  muffle  their  engines  to  the  point  reached  by  others, 
would  be  able  to  get  very  ordinary  to  poor  results.  It  is 
this  latter  class  who  would  suffer  more  than  the  better 
designed  engine  manufacturers.  There  are,  we  are  sorry 
to  say,  some  who  rate  their  engines  higher  than  others  of 
the  same  dimensions  are  rated,  and  depend  upon  little 
muffling  to  help  out  overrating.  Some  manufacturers 
in  the  past  have  furnished  two  mufflers  with  their  en- 
gines, and  the  owner  of  the  boat  would  promptly  discard 
at  least  one,  and  fortunate  would  his  neighbors  be  if  he 
were  to  even  use  one  of  them.  There  are  others  who  put 
in  a tee  and  valve,  and  when  they  wish  a little  extra 
speed — particularly  from  2 to  5 A.  M. — open  the  valve 
and  gloat  over  the  disturbance  they  make.  If  legislation 
must  be  had,  and  there  is  no  other  way  out  of  it,  let  a 
committee  of  practical  engineers — not  necessarily  gasolene 
engine  men — investigate  carefully  what  causes  unpleasant 
and  noisy  exhausts  (engines  do  not  all  have  them),  co- 
operate with  the  manufacturers,  who  later,  if  it  proves 
necessary  or  expedient,  may  be  forced  to  furnish  with 
each  engine  a muffler  that  will  be  sufficient  to  reduce  the 
sound  to  the  least  amount  consistent  with  reason,  and  not 
prohibitive  to  the  manufacturer.  Then  force  the  boat 
owner  to  use  the  muffler  furnished.  Do  not,  under  any 
circumstances,  allow  the  powerboat  and  gasolene  engine 
industry  to  suffer  should  one  man,  be  he  chief  of  State 
police  or  town  clerk,  err  in  his  judgment  and  knowingly 
or  not  condemn  a gasolene. engine  installed  in  a boat,  with 
no  power  of  appeal  or  chance  for  redress  without  recourse 
tc  the  law,  its  complications  and  delays. 

If  a gasolene  engine  makes  too  much  noise  in  its  ex- 
haust, in  most  towns  a complaint  to  the  local  board  of 
health  will  usually  abate  the  nuisance, 

American  Launches  at  the  Paris  Salon  D’Automo- 
iiile. — There  were  but  three  American-built  launches  , on 
exhibition,  and  not  a single  British-built  boat.  An  Eng- 
lish correspondent  claims  that  the  American-built  hulls 
were  shapely  enough,  and  the  interior  work  good,  but 
takes  exception  to  the  planking,  which,  he  says,  will  not 
‘‘compare  for  a moment  with  French  or  British  work.” 
It  is  also  with  some  complacency  that  he  predicts  “that 
Great  Britain  will  shortly  take  an  assured  lead”  in  the 
industry  of  engine  and  boat  building.  And  this  with  im- 
ports into  Great  Britain  each  year  of  hundreds  of  Ameri- 
can-built gasolene  marine  engines  to  one  exported  to  the 
United  States.  It  certainly  looks  that  way. 

at  « e! 

The  True  Sportsman  and  the  Power  Gunning  Punt. 
— One  of  our  English  exchanges,  in  glowing  accounts, 
points  to  the  power-driven  gunning  punt,  explaining  its 
possibilities,  its  location,  size,  construction  of  the  boat, 
etc.  The  laws  of  several  States  absolutely  and  rightfully, 
too,  prohibit  the  shooting  of  ducks  or  other  wildfowl 
from  any  boat  propelled  by  any  means  other  than  oars. 
Even  in  at  least  one  State  the  “sneakbox”  is  prohibited. 
But  with  no  restraining  law,  the  question  that  arises 
in  our  minds  is,  would  a true  sportsman  shoot  a duck  or 
any  other  wild  water  fowl  from  a power  boat,  steamboat 
or  even  sailboat? 

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Hudson  River  Yachting  Association. — Representa- 
tives of  the  prominent  yacht  clubs  located  on  the  Hudson 
River  will  meet  at  Newburgh  some  time  this  month  for 
the  purpose  of  forming  the  Hudson  River  Yachting  Asso- 
ciation. The  following  clubs  have  signified  their  desire 
to  join  an  association:  Tappan  Zee  Y.  C.,  Yonkers  Y.  C., 
Poughkeepsie  Y.  C.,  and  the  Newburgh  Canoe  and  Boat 
Association.  The  object  of  the  association  will  be  to 
promote  inter-club  racing  and  cruising,  and  to  bring 
about  closer  social  relations  between  the  organizations 
interested.  Arrangements  will  be  made  for  two  regattas 
during  the  season  of  1905,  one  at  Nyack  and  the  other 
at  Newburgh  or  Poughkeepsie. 

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Motorboats  on  the  Canals  of  Venice.— Former  U.  S. 
Consul  Bliss,  who  was  stationed  at  Venice,  and  is  now  it 
St.  Petersburg,  says  in  a letter  to  the  Department  of 
Commerce  that  the  power  boat  can  be  made  to  supersede 
the  ancient  and  antiquated  gondolas  on  the  Venetian 
canals.  Yankee  manufacturers  will  not  be  slow  to  grasp 
the  situation,  judging  from  activity  following  previous 
consular  correspondence,  especially  with  reference  to  Cen- 
tral and  South  America.  Wonder  if  the  regulation  now 
in  force  that  all  gondolas  shall  be  painted  black  will  apply 
to  power  boats?  


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Yacht  and  Marine  Engine  Builders  at  the  Automo- 
bile Show. — There  are  at  least  four  exhibitors  at  the 
automobile  show  in  whom  the  yachting  public  is  especially 
interested.  Smith  & Mabley,  Inc.,  have  a good  exhibit. 
They  show  one  of  their  Simplex  engines,  four-cylinder, 
mounted  on  a chassis.  The  especial  features  of  the  equip- 
ment are  lightness,  strength  and  ball-bearing  transmission. 
The  secondary  current  is  commutated,  necessitating  but 
a single  coil.  The  Lozier  Motor  Company  has  a complete 
car,  of  the  usual  four-cylinder  vertical  construction.  We 
sincerely  hope  that  they  will  not  abandon  the  marine 
field  for  land  vessels.  The  car  makes  a good  appearance, 
and  judging  from  the  quality  of  work  turned  out  by  them 
heretofore,  it  is  an  “honest”  production.  F.  W.  Ofeldt  & 
Sons  show  their  new  blue  flame  kerosene  oil  burner  with 
a new  blue  flame  pilot  light  which  is  always  left  burning, 
and  can  be  arranged  to  keep  up  steam  when  the  car  is 
standing.  They  have  not  yet  made  any  attempts  in  the 
explosive  engine  field.  Their  boiler  is  too  well  known  to 
be  any  more  than  mentioned,  but  some  slight  improve- 
ments in  adapting  it  to  steam  automobile  use  are  noticed. 
The  Gas  Engine  & Power  Company,  and  Chas.  L.  Sea- 
bury  & Co.,  Consolidated,  have  on  exhibition  for  the  first 
time  their  new  “Speedway”  car.  The  mechanism  shows 
careful  attention  to  detail,  in  keeping  with  their  previous 
productions  and  customs.  One  feature  will  be  appreciated 
by  owners  and  chauffeurs.  This  is  the  absence  of  the 
sprag,  which  at  best  was  hardly  to  be  depended  upon, 
and  the  substitution  of  a pawl  on  the  drive  shaft  to  lock 
the  driving  gear  in  its  forward  motion  from  going  back- 
ward. A very  short  transmission  case — only  I2in.  over 
ail — bevel  drive,  direct  on  high  speed,  four  speeds  ahead 
and  one  back,  and  double  ignition,  are  also  noticeable 
points,  and  features  to  be  appreciated. 

« *?  *? 

New  Seabury  Autoboat  for  George  W.  Childs 
Drexel. — With  a guaranteed  speed  of  26  statute  miles, 
the  new  “Speedway”  launch  now  building  at  Morris 
Heights  ought  to  be  able  to  “show  her  heels”  to  a good 
many  high  speed  launches  this  summer.  With  12  cylin- 
ders 6I/^in.  by  Sin.  there  should  be  sufficient  power. 
Length  over  all  is  62ft. ; extreme  beam,  5ft.  qin.  The  addi- 
tional cockpit,  or  three  all  told,  is  something  of  an  inno- 
vation. This  will  put  the  helmsman  away  from  the  engi- 
neer and  get  the  weight  further  aft.  The  collapsible  spray 
hoods  will  effectually  protect  the  engines  from  water  in  a 
sea,  or  when  running  at  express  speed. 

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Recent  Sales. — The  following  sales  have  been  made 
through  Mr.  Frank  Bowne  Jones’  agency:  46- footer 
Sayonara,  owned  by  Mr.  John  Hubbard,  sold  to  Mr.  E. 

J.  Randolph ; knockabout  Gowan,  ex-Annawon,  owned  by 
Mr.  F.  W.  Bemis,  to  Mr.  F.  W.  Robertson ; sloop  Gladys, 
owned  by  Mr.  Henry  Pearce,  Jr.,  to  Mr.  E.  S.  Reiss. 
Sayonara’s  rig  will  be  changed  to  that  of  a yawl,  and  the 
work  will  be  done  at  Jacob’s  yard,  City  Island,  under 
direction  of  Mr.  Morgan  Barney,  who  is  associated  with 
Mr.  Frank  Bowne  Jones. 

Mariquita  Changes  Hands. — Messrs.  Macconell  & 
Cool  have  effected  the  following  sales : The  46-footer 
Mariquita,  owned  by  Mr.  R.  Keresey,  Jr.,  to  Mr.  Nellis 
M.  Crouse;  the  launch  Ethel  B.  to  Mr.  Walter  Blackburn; 
the  launch  Spark  to  Mr.  E.  C.  Worrell;  the  launch  Brad- 
ford to  Mr.  O.  Shubert ; the  launch  Fourstep  to  Mr.  H. 
A.  Johnson,  and  the  yawl  Olivia  to  Mr.  C.  H.  Phillips. 

m **  ** 

International  Automobile  and  Autoboat  Race  Meet. 
— The  first  annual  automobile  and  autoboat  race  meet  will 
be  held  at  Havana,  Cuba,  Feb.  9-12,  and  the  events  will  be 
under  the  auspices  of  the  International  Automobile  Racing 
Association,  of  Cuba.  The  autoboat  races  will  be  held  on 
February  10  in  Havana  Harbor.  There  will  be  four  con- 
tests as  follows : i-mile  race,  5-mile  race,  10-mile  race  and 
20-mile  race.  The  American  representative  is  Mr.  W. 

J.  Morgan,  of  116  Nassau  street,  New  York,  and  full 
particulars  may  be  had  from  him. 

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Annual  Meeting  of  the  Indian  Harbor  Y.  C. — The 
annual  meeting  of  the  Indian  Harbor  Y.  C.  was  held  at 
the  club  house  at  Greenwich  on  Wednesday  evening, 
January  11.  The  officers  and  members  of  committees 
elected  follow : Com.,  George  Lauder,  Jr.,  schooner  En- 
dymion;  Vice-Corn.,  Edward  Shearson,  schooner  Quick- 
step; Rear-Com.,  Seymour  J.  Hyde,  cutter  Kahma;  Sec’y, 
Lorenzo  D.  Armstrong;  Treas.,  Richard  Outwater ; Meas., 
Morgan  Barney;  Directors,  term  expiring  1906,  Henry  F. 
Tiedemann;  term  expiring  1907,  Francis  H.  Page;  terms 
expiring  1908,  Edward  Shearson,  Charles  B.  Geddes;  Re- 
gatta Committee — H.  Wilmer  ITanan,  chairman;  Thomas 
J.  McCahill,  Jr.,  Charles  E.  Simms,  Charles  F.  Kirby, 
.Charles  P.  Geddes. 

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Horseshoe  Harbor  Y.  C.  Meeting. — At  the  annual 
meeting  of  the  Horseshoe  Y.  C.,  held  at  the  Holland 
House,  New  York,  on  Wednesday  evening,  January  11, 
the  following  officers  were  elected : Com.,  William  Mar- 
ble; Vice-Corn.,  Lester  H.  Riley;  Sec’y,  William  Stuart 
Allen;  Treas.,  L.  A.  Winship;  Trustee;  William  Haigh. 


“We  hear  it  frequently  asserted  that  if  persons  will  im- 
press the  thought  firmly  upon  their  minds  and  continue 
thinking  about  it  until  they  have  fallen  asleep,  that  they 
desire  to  awake  at  a certain  hour  in  the  morning,  that 
they  will  do  so  without  fail,”  Dr.  Joseph  L.  Boehm  tells 
me,  “but  how  many  people  have  tried  this  method  of 
insuring  a prompt  awakening  at  a given  hour  in  the 
morning,  only  to  find  their  rest  throughout  the  night 
disturbed  and  uneasy?  I’ll  venture  to  say  that  they  are 
many,  and  some  few  of  such  cases  have  come  under  my 
personal  observation,  which  prompts  me  to  speak  of  the 
matter.  The  brain  will  usually  respond  to  the  will  and 
awaken  one  in  the  morning  near  the  desired  hour  under, 
any  circumstances,  but  to  prevent  the  broken,  uneasy 
sleep  the  adoption  of  a very  simple  device  is  necessary. 
The  last  thing  before  getting  into  bed  take  a watch  or 
clock  and  turn  the  hand  to  the  hour  at  which  one  wishes 
to  rise,  and  gaze  at  this  just  long  enough  to  fix  the  hour 
firmly  on  the  retentive  memory.  Then,  if  no  other  ab- 
sorbing thoughts  intervene  between  that  and  the  moment 


t Jan.  21,  1905. 


one  is  locked  in  slumber,  the  night’s  rest  will  be  easy  and 
unbroken,  and  promptly  at  the  hour  in  the  morning,  as  a 
rule,  one  will  find  one’s  self  released  from  sleep  and  wide 
awake.  There  is  no  need  to  keep  thinking  of  the  hour 
continually  for  a number  of  minutes,  no  need  to  repeat  it 
over  and  over  in  the  mind ; all  this  makes  the  brain  un- 
easy and  results  in  the  disturbed  slumber.  Simply  look 
at  the  watch  or  clock  as  I have  indicated  and  the  in- 
fluence of  mind  over  matter  will  be  clearly  demonstrated 
in  the  morning.  Try  it  some  night  and  observe  how 
smoothly  this  psychological  fact  works. — St..  Louis 
Globe-Democrat. 


New  Books  Received* 

Mr.  Thomas  Fleming  Day,  editor  of  our  contemporary,  the 
Rudder,  has  added  another  valuable  little  work  to  his  “Rudder 
On”  series.  The  new  book  is  entitled  “Hints  to  Young  Yacht 
Skippers,”  and  deals  at  length  on  the  various  things  which  all 
boat  sailers,  both  young  and  old,  should  know.  It  is  illustrated 
by  Mr.  Warren  Sheppard,  and  contains  122  pages  of  interesting 
and  instructive  matter.  Price,  bound  in  cloth,  $1. 


The  demand  for  a book  treating  with  the  design  of  yachts  has 
prompted  the  well-known  naval  architect,  Mr.  Norman  L.  Skene, 
S.  B.,  to  put  on  the  market  a valuable  book,  “Elements  of  Yacht 
Design.”  This  book,  as  Mr.  Skene  says  in  his  introduction,  “is 
intended  to  be  a concise  and  practical  presentation  of  the  pro- 
cesses involved  in  designing  a modern  yacht.”  In  the  book  there 
are  nearly  100  pages  of  matter  and  plates.  The  first  chapter  opens 
with  a general  discussion,  and  this  is  followed  by  Methods  of 
Calculation,  Displacement,  Lateral  Plane,  Design,  Stability,  Bal- 
last, Sail  Plan,  Construction;  and  the  Appendix  includes  many 
tables,  etc.  In  the  book,  Mr.  Skene  displays  a wide  theoretical 
knowledge  of  the  subject  to  which  he  has  given  so  much  study. 
The  book  is  well  printed  on  heavy  paper  in  bold  type,  and  bound 
in  cloth;,  costs  $2. 


To  the  student  of  naval  aichitecture,  “The  Naval  Constructor,” 
by  G.  Simpson,  M.  I.  N.  A.,  is  an  almost  indispensable  handbook. 
A copy  of  this  beautifully  gotten  up  work  has  just  been  received 
at  this  office,  and  a perusal  shows  it  to  be  the  most  complete  and 
valuable  treatise  of  its  character  to  be  found  anywhere.  In  the 
600  pages  of  this  book  is  contained  a vast  amount  of  information 
and  data.  Mr,  Simpson  says  in  the  preface:  “This  handbook  has 

been  prepared  with  the  object  of  supplying  a ready  reference  for 
those  engaged  in  the  design,  construction  or  maintenance  of 
ships — such  a work  as  should  give,  simply  and  concisely,  informa- 
t:or>.  on  most  of  the  points  usually  dealt  with  in  the  theory  and 
practice  of  marine  architecture,  and  in  addition,  much  that  is  new 
and  original.  Under  the  latter  heading  should  be  included  the 
chapter  on  Design,  and  many  of  the  tables  of  standardized  fittings, 
details,  etc. 

_ “The  freeboard  tables  have  been  explained  and  their  application 
simplified  by  working  out  examples  embracing  the  various  types 
to  which  freeboards  are  assigned,  including  the  modern  shelter 
decker,  for  which  rules  have  recently  been  issued.  * * * 

“It  has  been  the  author’s  aim  to  eliminate  all  obsolete  matter 
and  antiquated  data,  and  to  bring  the  book  right  in  line  with 
present-day  requirements.” 

Mr.  Simpson  has  made  the  subject  of  naval  architecture  a life 
study,  and  the  results  of  his  wide  practical  and  theoretical  ex- 
perience, both  in  England  and  America,  are  incorporated  in  “The 
Naval  Constructor.” 

As  a marine  draughtsman,  Mr.  Simpson  is  without  a peer,  and 
the  drawings  of  his,  which  we  have  had  the  good  fortune  to  re- 
produce in  these  columns,  have  caused  much  favorable  comment. 

Mr.  Simpson  is  fully  versed  in  every  branch  of  his  profession, 
and  this  work  may  be  accepted  as  standard. 

We  cannot  speak  too  highly  of  “The  Naval  Constructor,”  and 
we  strongly  recommend  that  every  man  in  the  least  interested  in 
the  design  and  construction  of  yachts,  warships  or  merchant  ves- 
sels, or  the  building  of  engines,  should  purchase  a copy. 

“The  Naval  Constructor”  is  splendidly  printed  on  high  grade 
paper,  and  is  handsomely  bound  in  green  seal  leather.  The  book 
is  of  a convenient  pocket  size,  4%  by  6 % inches,  so  that  it  may  be 
readily  carried  about.  The  illustrations  are  many,  and  they  are 
reproduced  from  finely  executed  drawings.  The  whole  is  indexed 
so  thoroughly  that  the  book  is  made  doubly  valuable  as  a refer- 
ence work,  and  a time  saver.  The  price  is  $5  net. 

Messrs.  Kegan  Paul,  Trench,  Triibner  & Co.,  Ltd.,  Dryden 
House,  43  Gerrard  street,  London,  are  the  publishers,  and  the 
D.  Van  Nostrand  Co.  are  the  New  York  agents. 


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National  Board* 

The  National  Board  of  Rifle  Practice  has  issued  the  following: 
“Field  Marshall  Earl  Robers  has  sounded  a timely  warning  in 
advocating  military  training  for  the  youth  of  England,”  said  an 
officer  of  high  rank  in  the  United  States  Army,  to-day;  “and  his 
words  are  largely  applicable  to  the  United  States.  He  does  not 
believe  in  compulsory  military  service,  but  insists  that  Great 
Britain  should  have  a large  reserve  force,  of  partially  trained  men. 
He  advocates  that  it  is  ‘the  duty  of  the  State  to  see  that  every 
able-bodied  man  in  England,  no  matter  to  what  grade  of  society 
he  may  belong,  undergoes  some  kind  of  military  training  in 
youth  sufficient  to  enable  him  to  shoot  straight  and  carry  out 
simple  orders  if  ever  his  services  are  required  for  national  de- 
fense. 

“Military  officers  agree  that  in  this  country  it  is  not  necessary 
that  every  citizen  should  have  military  training,  because  of  the 
much  larger  population  and  the  less  likelihood  of  invasion  or 
foreign  wars  in  which  land  battles  would  play  a conspicuous  part, 
but  it  is  extremely  desirable  that  as  many  of  the  male  citizens  of 
the  United  States  as  possible  should  understand  the  working  of 
the  regular  army  rifle,  and  be  more  or  less  familiar  with  its 
employment.  To  this  end  it  is  sought  to  make  service  in  the 
militia  as  attractive  as  possible,  with  a view  of  enlisting  in  that 
service  young  men  in  civil  life,  and  giving  to  them  all  the  train- 
ing, both  in  rifle  practice  and  in  drilling,  maneuvering,  camping, 
etc.,  for  which  they  could  spare  the  time  from  their  ordinary 
business  pursuits.  But  there  are  many  able-bodied  men  who 
would  be  cailed  upon  to  serve  the  country  in  time  of  war  who  are 
prevented  by  various  reasons,  either  of  a personal  or  business 
character,  from  joining  the  militia  and  being  subject  to  the  regu- 
lations thereof,  and  it  is  considered  very  necessary  for  the  future 
welfare  of  this  country  that  these  men  should  at  least  be  trained 
in  rifle  practice.  This  can  be  done  by  the  formation  of  rifle  clubs, 
which  would  give  to  the  members  a working  knowledge  of  the 
government  arm,  and  train  them  to  shoot  at  distances  of  from  200 
to  1,000  yards.  What  Earl  Roberts  says  about  learning  to  shoot 
straight  has  been  said  by  every  English  military  authority  since 
the  experience  of  the  English  troops  in  the  Boer  war,  when  the 
inferior  numbers  of  the  Boers  were  able  to  hold  so  long  in  check 
the  superior  forces  of  the  English  because  every  man  and  boy  in 
the  Boer  army  knew  his  rifle  and  was  proficient  in  its  used.  Since 
then  England  has  been  making  great  efforts  to  increase  the  in- 
terest in  rifle  practice.  William  Waldorf  Astor  has  contributed 
$50,000,  and  other  private  citizens  amounts  in  proportion.  The 
King  of  England  annually  gives  $5,000,  and  the  National  Rifle 
Association  of  Great  Britain  is  doing  everything  it  can  to  enlist 
the  financial  support  of  wealthy  citizens  and  the  active  interest  of 
available  material  for  soldiers,  especially  among  the  youth  and 
boys  at  the  school  and  college. 


"The  National  Board  for  the  Promotion  of  Rifle  Practice,  which 
was  directed  by  Congress  to  draw  up  a plan  to  encourage  rifle 
practice  in  this  country  under  the  supervision  of  the  Secretary  of 
War,  has  formulated  such  a plan,  and  Senator  Proctor  and  Repre- 
sentative Hull,  the  Chairman  of  the  Senate  and  House  Committees 
on  Military  Affairs,  have  introduced  a bill  to  enable  the  board  to 
carry  out  the  plan.  It  is  the  object  of  the  National  Board,  sup- 
ported by  the  War  Department,  to  establish  suitable  outdoor 
ranges  at  various  places  throughout  the  country  for  the  use  of 
the  army,  navy,  militia  and  citizen  rifle  clubs,  and  to  construct 
indoor  shooting  galleries  in  armories  and  schools  which  will  be 
available  for  the  use  of  such  citizens  as  desire  to  qualify,  and  it 
is  earnestly  hoped  that  the  bill  now  before  Congress  will  be 
passed  at  this  session.” 


New  York  City  Schuetzen  Corps. 

At  the  bi-monthly  practice  shoot  of  the  above  society,  the  fol- 
lowing scores  were  recorded.  Eighty  men  faced  the  butts  in  the 
race  for  high  scores:  N.  C.  L.  Beverstein  207,  221;  H.  Beckman 

220,  232;  J.  Bradley  205,  224;  W.  J.  Behrens  190,  205;  C.  J.  Brin- 

kama  203,  222;  J.  C.  Brinckama  209,  189;  Adolf  Beckman  197,  214; 

G.  N.  Bohlken  184,  207;  C.  Boesch  153,  169;  J.  C.  Bonn  222,  237; 

F.  W.  Diercks  212,  223;  H.  Decker  187,  202;  W.  Dahl  213,  211; 

M.  V.  Dwingelo  206,  218;  D.  Dede  195,  211,  A.  Evers  214,  203;  F. 
Facompre  233,  227;  J.  Facklamm  226,  230;  G.  H.  Fixsen  198,  210; 
W.  F.  Grell  231,  213;  F.  Gobber  191,  189;  H.  Gobber  217,  219;  Dr. 
C.  Grosch  225,  224;  R.  Gute  243,  244;  Capt.  J.  H.  Hainhorst  219, 
221;  H.  C.  Hainhorst  219,  220;  H.  Haase  223,  216;  H.  Hoenisch 
218,  219;  H.  Hesse  222,  190;  P.  Heidelberger  219,  227;  N.  W.  Haaren 
168,  184;  L.  C.  Hagenah  220,  229;  J.  N.  Herrmann  203,  220;  J. 
Jantzen  224,  203;  N.  Jantzen  193,  188;  H.  Kahrs  207,  209;  C. 
Konig  213,  201;  J.  H.  ICroeger  221,  213;  FI.  Koster  217,  204;  F. 
Laukenau  208,  215;  A.  Lederhaus  158,  198;  H.  Leopold  207,  220; 
A.  W.  Lemcke  225,  216,  G.  Ludwig  238,  241;  Von  der  Leith  213, 
208;  C.  Mann  221,  223;  J.  H.  Meyer  209,  226;  H.  D.  Meyer  228, 
2-19;  C.  Meyer  232,  233;  IF.  Martens  204,  206;  H.  Meyn  208,  222; 

H.  B.  Michaelsen  227,  229;  H.  Nordbruch  208,  213;  H.  Offermonn 
194,  194;  G.  W.  Offermann  213,  214;  R.  Ohms  205,  213;  P.  Prange 
188,  192;  J.  Paradics  206,  213;  D.  Peper  225,  227;  C.  Roffmann  225, 
212;  F.  von  Ronn  213,  233;  H.  Quaal  207,  209;  F.  Schulz  209,  207; 
W.  Schults  220,  206;  W.  Schaefer  191,  217;  C.  Schmitz  219,  228; 
O.  Schwanemann  236,  235;  J.  N.  F.  Seibs  231,  234;  C.  Sievers  224, 
231;  Capt.  J.  G.  Tholke  216,  214;  G.  Thomas  232,  222;  M.  J.  Theu 
212,  202;  G.  J.  Voss  214,  222;  G.  H.  Wehrenberg  214,  212;  B. 
Zettler  239,  242;  H.  Lohden  202,  212;  A.  Sibberns  208,  210,  N. 
Ubrieh  146,  154;  Ch.  Plump  212,  213. 

Bullseye  target:  H.  Meyn  35%  J.  G.  Tholke  40y2,  R.  Ohms  46%, 
H.  Gobber  48%,  Dr.  Chas.  Grosch  51%,  Chas.  Plump  54,  D.  Dede 
62%,  F.  Gobber  64,  J.  H.  Hermann  65%,  C.  Meyer  66,  J.  N.  F. 
Seibs  72%,  Geo.  Ludwig  76,  F.  Ehlen  78. 


Providence,  (R.  I.)  Revolver  Club. 

Providence,  R.  I. — Our  annual  meeting  was  held  Jan.  12,  and 
the  following  officers  were  elected  for  the  ensuing  year:  Presi- 

dent, Albert  B.  Coulters;  Vice-President,  William  Almy;  Sec- 
retary-Treasurer, Arthur  C.  Hurlburt.  Executive  Committee: 
Albert  B.  Coulters,  Arthur  C.  Hurlburt,  William  Bosworth,  L. 
A.  Jordan,  Major  Wm.  F.  Eddy.  Range  Committee:  W.  Bert 

Gardiner,  Wm.  T.  Bullard,  Arno  Argus. 

A neat  medal  was  adopted  for  1905  qualification. 

The  challenge  of  the  Myles  Standish  Rifle  Club  for  a telegraph 
rifle  match  was  accepted,  and  the  date  set  for  the  21st.  Terms 
are  five-man  teams,  German  ring  target,  25yds.  range,  each  team 
shooting  on  its  home  range,  and  totals  exchanged  by  telegraph. 
No  restrictions  on  rifle,  sights,  etc.  The  Portland  Club  offered 
to  bar  four  of  their  best  shots,  but  it  was  voted  to  waive  this 
privilege,  and  allow  them  to  select  any  five  men  they  chose. 

This  is  our  first  experience  in  a telegraph  rifle  match,  and  it 
may  be  a sad  one  when  up  against  a proposition  like  the  Port- 
land men;  but  we  prefer  .to  shoot  and  take  our  chances  of  de- 
feat and  run  the  risk  of  criticism  rather  than  keep  out  of  sight. 

Hurlburt,  Sec’y. 

Independent  New  York  Schuetzen  Corps. 

Fifteen  members  assembled  at  headquarters,  159  West  Twenty- 
third  street,  Jan.  12,  in  competition  for  high  scores.  Particular 
interest  centered  in  the  race  between  Capt.  Zimmerman,  R.  Gute 
and  Geo.  Ludwig  for  the  honor  of  first  place.  Capt.  Zimmerman 
finally  won  out  by  a margin  of  3 points.  Scores  follow:  Gus 
Zimmerman  244,  247;  R.  Gute  244,  244;  Geo.  Ludwig  243,  245;  Lam- 
bert Schmidt  243,  242;  A.  Begerow  242,  241;  F.  Liegibel  238,  239; 
L.  C.  Hamerstein,  Jr.,  238,  235;  Wm.  Soli  233,  232;  J.  Facklamm 

228,  232;  J.  Schmid  230,  230;  F.'  A.  Young  226,  227;  J.  Bittschier 

229,  224;  IT.  J.  Behrens  207,  217;  F.  C.  Halbe  206,  206;  E.  Gartner 

206,  206.  

Zettler  Rifle  Club. 

At  headquarters,  Tuesday,  Jan.  10,  the  following  scores  were 
recorded: 

One  hundred  shots:  A.  Hubalek  2423,  L.  P.  Hansen  2413,  A. 

Begerow  2344,  F.  J.  Herpers  2316. 

Fifty  shots:  C.  Zettler,  Jr.,  1207,  H.  Fenwirth  1194,  H.  C.  Zet- 
tler 1182,  L.  Maurer  1181,  B.  Zettler  1165. 


If  you  want  your  shoot  to  be  announced  here  send  a 
notice  like  the  following: 

Fixtures. 

Jan.  20. — Middleton,  N.  Y. — All-day  shoot  of  Mullerite  Gun  Club, 
on  grounds  of  the  Orange  County  Gun  Club.  Albert  A. 
Schoverling  and  O.  H.  Brown,  Mgrs. 

Jan.  25. — Freeport,  L.  I.,  Gun  Club  first  annual  tournament. 

Jan.  23-28. — Brenham,  Tex. — Sunny  South  Handicap. 

Jan.  31-Feb.  2. — Taylor  Tex. — Central  Texas  Handicap  tournament. 
C.  F.  Gilstrap,  Mgr. 

Feb.  6-9. — Houston,  Tex. — Sen’s  Grand  Southern  Handicap.  Alf. 
Gardiner,  Mgr. 

Feb.  11. — Phillipsburg,  N.  J.,  Opposite  Easton,  Pa. — Alert  Gun 
Club  first  annual  tournament.  Ed.  F.  Markley,  Mgr, 

Feb.  13. — Concord,  S.  I. — All-day  shoot  of  the  Richmond  Gun  Club. 
A.  A.  Schoverling,  Sec’y. 

Feb.  18. — Newark,  N.  J. — All-day  shoot  of  the  Mullerite  Gun  Club. 
A.  A.  Schoverling,  Mgr. 

Feb.  22.— Batavia,  111.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  Henry  Hendrick- 
son, Mgr. 

Feb,  22.— Concord,  S.  I. — All-day  shoot  of  the  Richmond  Gun 
Club.  A.  A.  Schoverling,  Sec’y. 

Feb.  22. — Schenectady,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  V.  Wall- 
burg,  Sec’y. 

Feb.  22. — Utica,  N.  Y. — Riverside  Gun  Club’s  eighth  annual  tour* 
nament-  E.  J.  Loughlin,  Sec’y. 


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i?eb.  16-16. — Detroit,  Mich. — Jacob  Klein’s  tournament  on  Rusch 
House  grounds,  under  auspices  of  Tri-State  Automobile  and 
v.  Sportiiig  Goods  Association. 

March  20-26. — Kansas  City,  Mo. — Dickey  Bird  Gun  Club  six-day 
tournament. 

April  6-6. — Augusta,  Ga. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tourna- 
ment, under  the  auspices  of  the  Augusta  Gun  Club.  Chas.  C. 
Needham,  Sec’y. 

April  14. — Spring  tournament  of  Delaware  Trapshooters’  League, 
pn  grounds  of  Wilmington  Gun  Club. 

April  19. — Springfield,  Mass.,  Shooting  Club  annual  tournament. 
C.  L.  Kites,  Sec’y. 

May  2-5. — Pittsburg,  Pa. — Tournament  of  the  Pennsylvania  State 
Sportsman's  Association,  under  auspices  of  the  Herron  Hill 
Gun  Club;  $1,000  added  to  purses.  Louis  Lautenstager,  Sec’y. 
May  9-12. — Nebraska  State  Sportsmen’s  Association  tournament. 
May  9-12. — Hastings,  Neb. — Nebraska  State  Sportsmen’s  Associa- 
tion’s twenty-ninth  annual  tournament.  Geo.  L.  Carter,  Sec’y, 
Lincoln,  Neb. 

May  30. — McKeesport  Pa. — Enterprise  Gun  Club  tournament. 
Geo.  W.  Mains,  Sec’y. 

May  30-31. — Washington,  D.  C. — Analostan  Gun  Club  two-day 
tournament;  $200  added.  Miles  Taylor,  Sec’y,  222  F street, 
N.  W. 

May  31-June  1. — Vermillion. — South  Dakota  State  Sportsmen’s 
Association  tournament. 

June  8-9. — Daltcn,  O.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  Ernest  F. 
Scott,  Capt. 

June  27-30. — Indianapolis,  Ind. — The  Interstate  Association’s  Grand 
American  Handicap  target  tournament;  $1,000  added  money. 
Elmer  E.  Shaner,  Sec’y-Mgr.,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

July  4. — South  Framingham,  Mass.- — Second  annual  team  shoot; 
$50  in  cash. 

July  12-13. — Menominee,  Mich. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  Menominee  Gun  Club. 
W.  W.  McQueen,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  2-4. — Albert  Lea,  Minn. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  Albert  Lea  Gun  Club. 
N.  E.  Paterson,  Sec’y. 

Oct.  12.- — Fall  tournament  of  the  Delaware  Trapshotoers’  League, 
on  grounds  of  Dover  Gun  Club. 

DRIVERS  AND  TWISTERS* 


Club  secretaries  are  invited  to  send  their  scores  for 
publication  in  these  columns,  also  any  news  notes  they 
may  care  to  have  published.  Mail  all  such  matter  to 
Forest  and  Stream  Publishing  Company,  346  Broadway, 
New  York.  Forest  and  Stream  goes  to  press  on  Tues- 
day OF  EACH  WEEK. 


The  South  Framingham,  Mass.,  Gun  Club  has  claimed  July  4 
as  the  date  for  its  second  annual  team  shoot. 

It 

The  Springfield,  Mass.,  Shooting  Club,  through  its  Secretary, 
Mr.  C.  L.  Kites,  claims  April  19  as  the  date  of  its  spring  tourna- 
ment. 

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The  Secretary,  Mr.  A.  A.  Schoverling,  writes  us  that  the  Rich- 
mond Gun  Club,  of  Concord,  S.  I.,  will  hold  all-day  shoots  on  Feb. 
13  and  22. 

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On  Saturday  of  this  week  the  Montclair,  N.  J.,  Gun  Club  will 
commence  the  series  for  the  trophy  of  1905.  It  is  a sterling  silver 
loving  cup,  to  cost  over  $60. 

A live-bird  shoot  is  announced  for  Jan.  26,  at  Easton,  Pa.,  con- 
sisting of  three  events,  one  at  5 birds,  $3;  one  at  20  birds,  $15; 
winner  to  receive  $20  in  gold,  and  a miss-and-out,  $2  entrance. 

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The  Secretary-Manager,  Mr.  Elmer  E.  Shaner,  announces  that 
“the  Interstate  Association’s  Grand  American  Handicap  target 
tournament  will  be  held  at  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  June  27,  28,  29  and 
30,  on  the  grounds  of  the  Indianapolis  Gun  Club.” 

K 

Three  teams  contested  in  the  five-man  team  championship  race 
at  Wellington,  Mass.,  on  Jan.  14.  The  conditions  were  50  targets, 
25  known  and  25  unknown  angles.  The  scores  were:  Birch  Brook 
Gun  Club  190,  Watertown  Gun  Club  182,  Lowell  Rod  and  Gun 
Club  180. 

Capt.  C.  G.  Blandford,  of  the  Ossining,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club,  writes 
us  concerning  the  club’s  100-target  misses-as-kills  handicap,  to  be 
shot  on  Jan.  28:  “The  prize  is  a repeating  shotgun.  Members 
should  note  that  entries  for  this  event  must  be  made  before  the 
first  squad  shoots.  Competition  begins  at  2 o’clock.” 

K 

As  per  a communication  from  the  Secretary-Manager,  Mr. 
Elmer  E.  Shaner,  published  elsewhere  in  our  trap  coluumns,  it 
will  be  noted  that  Capt.  A.  W.  Money  and  Mr.  Edward  Banks 
were  elected  to  honorary  membership  in  the  Interstate  Association, 
in  recognition  of  services  rendered  during  the  many  years  they 
were  representing  the  E.  C.  & Schultze  Co. 

* 

The  Secretary-Manager,  Mr.  Elmer  E.  Shaner,  Pittsburg,  Pa., 
announces  officially  tournaments  as  follows:  “The  Interstate 

Association  has  made  arrangements  to  give  a tournament  at 
Augusta,  Ga.,  April  5 and  6,  under  the  auspices  of  the  Augusta 
Gun  Club;  also  to  give  one  at  Albert  Lea,  Minn.,  Aug.  2,  3 and 
4,  under  the  auspices  of  the  Albert  Lea  Gun  Club.” 

* 

In  the  series  of  the  Philadelphia  Trapshooters’  League,  shot  in 
the  vicinity  of  Philadelphia  last  Saturday,  there  were  contests 
as  follows:  Meadow  Springs  defeated  Highland,  182  to  179;  Clear- 
view  defeated  North  Camden,  190  to  170;  Narberth  defeated  S.  S. 
White  Gun  Club,  136  to  132;  Hill  Rod  and  Gun  Club  defeated 
Hillside,  149  to  147;  Florists  defeated  Media,  190  to  183. 

K 

The  programme  of  the  Mullerite  Gun  Club  shoot,  to  be  held 
at  Middletown,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  20,  provides  four  events,  one  at  10, 
two  at  20,  and  one  at  100  targets;  entrance  $1,  $2  and  $5.  The 
latter  event  is  shot  in  four  strings  of  25,  and  has  eight  merchan- 
dise prizes.  Shooting  begins  at  10  o’clock.  This  club  also  an- 
nounces a shoot  to  be  held  on  Feb.  18  at  Newark,  N.  J. 

The  Secretary,  Mr.  F.  K.  Stelle,  sent  to  us  the  following  com- 
munication: “On  Jan.  21,  at  2 P.  M.,  the  Bound  Brook,  N.  J. 

Gun  Club  will  hold  an  afternoon  shoot.  The  programme  con- 
sists of  five  or  six  events;  one  for  a silver  loving  cup,  another  for 
some  merchandise,  one  for  a gold  scarfpin,  one  for  a medal,  one 
a sweepstake,  and  one  for  club  members  for  three  cups.  All 
visitors  are  welcome.  First-class  shells  for  sale  at  club  house.” 

The  Trenton,  N.  J.,  Shooting  Association  announces  an  all-day 
target  shoot,  to  be  held  on  Jan.  28,  beginning  at  10  o’clock.  The 
events  will  be  15  targets,  from  two  sets  of  traps.  Four  prizes  will 
be  shot  for,  as  follows : Parker  hammerless  . gun,  L.  C.  Smith 

hammerless  gun,  decorated  toilet  set,  decorated  umbrella  stand. 
Lunch  served  on  grounds.  A deadmark  shoot  for  poultry  will 
be  an  event  also.  There  will  be  a 200-target  special  prize  for  pro- 
fessional* j. — h 


The  Freeport,  L.  I.,  Gun  Club,  at  their  forthcoming  tournament 
will  offer  several  merchandise  prizes.  Three  were  donated  by  Mr. 
Geo.  A.  Barker;  as  follows:  A silver  loving.. cup,  an  oak  gun 

cabinet,  a copper  shell  box.  The  club  house  will  be  enlarged  to 
twice  its  size,  so  that  the  accommodations  will  correspond  ac- 
cordingly. Mr.  F.  C.  Willis,  the  Treasurer,  informs  us  that  the 
conditions  governing  the  competition  for  these  prizes  will  be  ex- 
plained on  the  day  of  the  shoot,  Jan.  25. 

A correspondent  informs  us  that  a meeting  of  the  Delaware 
Trapshooters’  League  was  held  at  the  cafe  of  A.  L.  Ainscow, 
Wilmington,  Del.,  Jan.  12.  Dates  and  places  were  selected  for 
holding  the  two  tournaments  during  the  year.  The  spring  tourna- 
ment will  be  held  at  the  grounds  of  the  Wilmington  Club  on 
April  14,  while  the  fall  tournament  will  be  held  at  the  grounds 
of  the  Dover  Club  on  Oct.  12.  The  clubs  represented  at  the  meet- 
ing last  night  were  Wawaset,  Claymont,  Dover,  Wilmington, 
Blue  Ball,  and  Middletown.  In  the  absence  of  the  President,  Dr. 
W.  E.  Barnard,  Mr.  James  J.  Skelly  presided. 

The  Freeport,  L.  I.,  Gun  Club  has  issued  the  programme  for 
its  first  annual  midwinter  tournament,  Jan.  25.  It  prefaces  it 
with  a cordial  greeting  and  invitation  to  the  friends  of  the  club, 
the  trapshooters  throughout  the  country,  to  attend.  Twelve  events 
are  provided,  two  at  10,  the  remainder  at  15  targets,  $1,  and  $1.30 
entrance;  totals,  170  targets,  $15  entrance.  Shooting  begins  at 
9:30.  Targets,  2 cents,  Rose  system,  5,  3,  2,  1.  Three  average 
moneys.  A fund  of  25  per  cent,  from  target  receipts  will  be 
divided  40  per  cent,  to  high  professional,  40  per  cent,  to  high 
amateur  and  20  per  cent,  to  low  amateur.  Ship  guns  and  shells 
to  the  Treasurer,  Mr.  F,  C.  Willis.  The  President  is  Mr.  T. 
B.  Rider;  Vice-President,  F.  E.  Gildersleeve ; A.  D.  Lott,  Secre- 
tary; W.  C.  Ansel,  Captain. 

* 

A keenly  contested  two-man  team  race  was  held  at  Wilming- 
ton, Del.,  on  the  grounds  of  the  Wawaset  Gun  Club,  on  Jan.  12. 
Messrs.  Edward  Banks  and  James  T.  Skelly  were  in  friendly  con- 
test arrayed  against  Messrs.  Wm.  M.  Foord  and  Luther  J.  Squier. 
All  are  men  of  high  renown,  inasmuch  as  they  cause  the  scorer 
to  wear  straight  seams  in  the  score  board  ' because  of  the  suc- 
cessiveness of  Is  which  the  scorer,  event  after  event,  scores  re- 
peatedly in  the  same  places.  The  weather  conditions  were  un- 
favorable. Messrs.  Banks  and  Skelly  won  by  a score  of  162  to  160. 
Mr.  Foord  scored  90  and  was  high  man.  Considering  the  weather 
conditions  90  was  a high  class  performance,'  yet  there  are  some 
shooters  who  would  be  pleased  to  make  an  equal  score  in  weather 
which  had  all  the  balmy  delights  of  a June  morning.  However, 
it  may  be  accepted  as  a demonstrated  fact  that  the  martial  spirit 
of  the  defeated  team  will  not  be  pacified  till  a return  match  is 
arranged.  . 

Bernard  Waters. 

The  Peters  Cartridge  Co.  Salesmen  Reunion. 

The  value  of  personal  intercourse  in  business  affairs  was  never 
more  clearly  demonstrated  than  by  the  annual  reunion  of  the  sales- 
men of  the  Peters  Cartridge  Company,  which  was  held  at  Cin- 
cinnati, Jan.  2-7.  These  representatives  came  from  every  section 
of  the  country  and  constitute  a body  of  highly  intelligent,  pro- 
gressive men,  experts  alike  on  the  subject  of  ammunition  and  in 
the  science  of  salesmanship.  They  are,  of  course,  almost  continu- 
ally in  correspondence  with  the  office  of  the  company,  an  alto- 
gether satisfactory  means  of  communication  ordinarily,  but  a 
week  of  intimate  association  with  each  other  and  with  those  who 
control  their  movements,  supplies  a generous  stock  of  information 
and  inspiration  for  the  year’s  work. 

The  men  began  to  arrive  on  Saturday,  Dec.  SR  but  the  formal 
programme  started  with  the  morning  of  Jan.  2.  Conferences 
concerning  the  work  of  individual  salesmen  were  held  during  that 
day,  and  at  6 o’clock  the  annual  roll  call  and  supper  took  place 
at  the  Business  Men’s  Club.  Every  man  answered  to  the  call  of 
his  name,  with  the  exception  of  Mr.  Wallace  R.  Miller,  who,  to 
the  regret  of  all,  was  detained  at  his  home  in  Austin,  Tex.,  owing 
to  a recent  attack  of  typhoid  fever.  It  is  needless  to  say  that  he 
was  often  spoken  of  during  the  week,  and  that  there  was  general 
gratification  at  the  reports  of  his  convalescence. 

Tuesday  was  occupied  with  conferences,  and  at  2 P.  M.,  the 
president  of  the  company,  Mr.  O.  E.  Peters,  addressed  the  men 
concerning  the  results  achieved  in  the  year  1904,  and  giving  gen- 
eral instructions  with  regard  to  the  work  of  1905.  Tuesday  even- 
ing at  6:30,  the  salesmen  and  officers  of  the  company  met  at  a 
smoker,  where  various  phases  of  the  business  were  discussed  for 
the  benefit  of  all  concerned,  until  quite  a late  hour. 

On  Wednesday  evening  the  salesmen,  together  with  a number 
of  representatives  from  the  jobbing  trade,  were  the  guests  of  the 
company  at  a theatre  party.  The  attraction  was  the  spectacular 
play  “The  Wizard  of  Oz,”  which  proved  delightfully  entertaining. 

As  is  the  custom  at  these  reunions,  one  day,  Thursday,  was 
devoted  to  a trip  to  the  factories,  located  at  King’s  Mills,  O., 
some  twenty-five  miles  north  of  Cincinnati.  The  party  divided 
into  small  groups  and  visited  the  various  departments,  one  after 
the  other,  finding  at  each  point  many  interesting  processes  to  de- 
light the  heart  of  the  ammunition  expert.  The  additions  and 
extensions  to  the  factories  were  carefully  noted,  and  in  the  testing 
gallery  demonstrations  were  made.  An  old-fashioned  country 
dinner  was  served,  at  1 o’clock,  and  after  an  hour  or  two  spent 
at  the  traps,  the  party  returned  to  Cincinnati  in  time  for  the 
annual  banquet  at  6:30.  This  proved  to  be  a most  enjoyable  affair, 
and,  in  fact,  the  climax  of  the  entire  week.  The  tables  were  most 
artistically  arranged,  and  appropriate  music  was  furnished  by  an 
instrumental  quartet.  The  menu  was  as  follows: 

Blue  Points 

Celery  Olives 

Cream  of  Celery 
Broiled  Spanish  Mackerel 
Maitre  D’Hotel 
Pommes  Julienne 
Punch  Romaine 

Filet  Mignon . Chasseur  Petits  Pois 

Lettuce  and  Tomato 
Tutti  Frutti 

Roquefort  and  Brie  Crackers 

Demi  Tasse  „ 

After  the  coffee  Mr.  O.  E.  Peters,  acting  as  toastmaster,  made 
a brief  but  most  happy  address,  and  then  introduced  Mr.  G.  M. 
Peters,  who  although  called  upon  without  preparation,  made  a 
speech  so  earnest  and  eloquent,  so  impressive  in  its  definition  of 
the  company’s  policy  and  high  ideals,  that  all  present  were  moved 
to  the  point  of  enthusiasm  and  the  applause  which  followed  his 
final  words  lasted  SOjme  minutes.  Then  followed  addresses  by 
Mr.  Keplinger,.  the  vice-president;  Mr.  McKibben,  secretary;  Mr. 
Tuttle,  treasurer;  Mr.  Keller,  of  the  New  York  office;  Mr-  George- 
King,  of  the  manufacturing  department;  Mr.  Maurice  Kaufman, 
speaking  on  behalf  of 'the  salesmen,  as'  well  as  some  very  kind 
expressions  from  the  jobbing  representatives  present.  Mr.  O.  E. 
Peters  at  11  o’clock  announced  that  he  had  hoped  to  hear  from 


many  more  of  those  at  the  board,  but  adjournment  was  necessary 
on  account  of  the  lateness  of  the  hour. 

Friday  the  men  assembled  at  the  grounds  of  the  Cincinnati 
Gun  Club  for  some  practice  shooting  and  a team  race.  It  was 
the  intention  to  make  up  a race  between-  the  fat  men  and  the 
lean  men,  but  that  plan  had  to  be  abandoned,  owing  to  the  fact 
that  a majority  of  the  shooters  were  found  to  be  in  the  fat  men’s 
class.  However,  two  teams  were  chosen  by  Captain  Dave  Elliott 
and  Captain  Harry  Kirby,  twenty-five  men  each,  the  race  being 
at  50  targets.  Some  very  good  shooting  was  done,  although  it 
must  be  said,  owing  to  the  good-natured  but  persistent  bantering, 
some  very  poor  records  were  also  developed.  At  the  end  of  the 
race,  it  was  found  that  Captain  Kirby’s  team  led  the  Dave  Elliott 
team  by  a score  of  991  to  897,  but  everybody  had  a good  time, 
and  there  were  no  regrets.  Friday  evening  and  Saturday  were 
used  to  finish  up  individual  conferences  and  give  final  instruc- 
tions for  the  immediate  future,  and  the  men  dispersed  to  their 
various  territories  Saturday,  very  well  satisfied  with  the  week’s 
experience. 


Trap  Around  Reading. 

Reading,  Pa.,  Jan.  7. — The  regular  club  shoot  of  the  South  End 
Gun  Club,  of  this  city,  which  was  shot  to-day,  was  won  by  W.  W. 
Essig,  with  a score  of  24  out  of  25  targets.  The  scores  follow: 

Club  shoot,  25  targets:  Miles  20,  Ball  19,.  Matz  20,  Yost  22, 

Eshelman  16,  Farr  19,  Gerhart  22,  Shultz  20,  Henry  14,  Essick  24, 
Smith  18,  Melcher  19. 

Lebanon,  Pa.,  Jan.  5. — Frank  C.  Wright  defeated  Capt.  Fred 
Ehrhorn,  of  the  Keystone  Gun  Club,  in  a live-bird  shoot  by  killing 
17  out  of  20  birds,  while  Ehrhorn  killed  16.  Capt.  George  S. 
Irafford  defeated  William  PI.  Bollman  by  killing  10  straight,  Boll- 
man  missing  two  of  his  quota. 

West  Chester,  Pa.,  Jan.  3. — The  target  shoot  held  on  the  grounds 
of  the  West  Chester  Gun  Club,  with  a silver  tea  set  and  tray  as 
first  prize  in  the  50-target  event,  the  big  event  of  the  shoot,  was 
well  attended.  The  scores  follow:  Regester  43,  Lee  41,  Bennett 

39,  Eachus  37,  H.  Beebe  35,  Ferguson  35,  Cardwell  34,  Gill  32, 
Haines  32,  Dale  30,  D.  Beebe  27. 

Mahanoy  City,  Pa.,  Jan.  9. — Richard  Lovell,  the  local  crack  shot, 
and  Elijah  Ashton,  of  Green  Ridge,  have  been  matched  to  shoot 
a live-bird  match  on  Jan.  21,  at  Stuartsville,  for  $75. 

Bloomsburg,  Pa.,  Jan.  5. — An  interesting  sweepstake  in  which 
three  were  tied  for  first  honors,  was  held  by  Berwick  sportsmen 
yesterday  afternoon.  Five  birds  were  shot  at  by  each  contestant, 
the  conditions  being  28yds.  rise  and  50yds.  boundary.  The  scores: 
Davis  4,  Miller  4,  Bomboy  4,  Henry  3,  Schweppenhiser  2. 

A match  shoot  for  a purse,  between  Ban  Henry  and  C.  W.  Freas 
was  won  by  Henry,  who  killed  7 straight,  Freas  missing  his 
seventh  bird. 

Ambler,  Pa.,  Jan.  7.- — The  Ambler  Gun  Club  held  its  annual 
handicap  live-bird  shoot  at  this  place  this  morning,  when  creditable 
scores  were  made.  Interstate  rules  governed  the  two  events  shot 
off,  which  resulted  in  the  following  scores: 

Ten-bird  event:  Detoc  10,  Meehan  5,  Achuff  8,  Reed  7,  Claymer 
6,  Bray  5. 

Second  event,  10  live  birds:  Detoc  9,  Meehan  8,  Achuff  8, 

Bramble  7,  Claymer  7,  Bray  6,  Meyers  5. 

Hamburg,  Pa.,  Jan.  7.— The  annual  shoot  of  the  Pirate  Chief 
Gun  Club  was  held  to-day  on  their  grounds  here.  All  previous 
records  were  broken,  despite  the  misty  condition  of  the  weather. 
H.  and  J.  Confer  broke  84  and  82  targets  respectively,  out  of  a 
possible  100.  The  scores: 


Events: 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 6 

7 

8 

9 10 

Broke 

Id  Confer  

8 

9 

8 

9 10 

9 

8 

9 

9 

84 

Kalbach  

7 

6 

5 

6 8 

9 

8 

8 

5 

69 

C Confer  

5 

6 

8 

8 8 

9 

6 

7 

5 

69 

Sousley 

5 

7 

5 

8 6 

6 

7 

8 

8 

67 

J Confer  

4 

9 

8 

8 9 

8 10 

9 10 

82 

1 Confer  

3 

5 

6 

9 10 

6 

5 

7 

5 

60 

Heiss  

7 

6 

2 

7 5 

8 

7 

4 

8 

56 

Bailer  

4 

7 

3 

6 7 

8 

7 

7 

8 

60 

Balthauser  

7 

9 

3 

8 7 

6 

4 

Buck  

3 

7 

4 

6 5 

5 

2 

C Heckman  

4 

6 

2 

3 

6 6 

4 

3 

Moyer  

5 

6 

7 

. . • 

Lenhart  

6 

* • • 

R Heckman  

8 

4 

Flourtown,  Pa.,  Jan.  5. — The  live-bird  shoot  for  a purse  of  $100 
in  gold,  held  on  the  Flourtown  Gun  Club  grounds  this  afternoon, 
was  a largely  attended  affair.  The  entries  included  well-known 


wing  shots  from  Philadelphia  and  nearby  points.  Cloverdale,  of 
Chestnut  Hill,  shot  high  gun  for  the  day,  killing  16  birds  straight. 
The  best  scores  follow: 

Ten-bird  handicap  shoot:  Cloverdale  10,  Detoc  9,  Clymer  8, 

Green  7,  Dull  7,  Achuff,  Shilling,  Rotsell,  Gate  and  Winkle  6 
each. 

Sweepstake,  miss-and-out:  Dull  8,  Green  8,  Winkle  8,  Clover- 

dale  6,  Detoc  5,  Dull  4,  Donohue  4.  Duster. 

, Five-Man  Team  Championship, 

Boston,  Jan.  14. — The  first  competition  for  the  five-man  team 
championship  cup  was  held  on  grounds  of  the  Boston  Shooting 
Association,  at  Wellington,  Mass.,  this  afternoon.  There  were 
twenty-seven  shooters,  who  took  part  in  the  different  events. 

The  first  leg  for  the  cup  was  won  by  the  Birch  Brook  Gun 
Club.  Following  are  the  team  scores,  25  known  and  25  unknown 
angles : 

Birch  Brook  Gun  Club.  Watertown  Gun  Club. 


Kirkwood  

8 14 

9 14—45 

Morse 

4 12 

7 10- 

-33 

Straw  ........ 

6 9 

6 9—30 

R03 

7 00 

8 15 

7 15—46 

Rowe  

S 10 

7 10—35 

Gol 

:ev 

6 11 

4 13- 

-34 

Bell 

7 12 

8 12—39 

Philbrook 

5 6 

7 10- 

-28 

Frank  ........ 

8 13  10  10-41—190 

Bartlett 

8 13 

9 12—42—182 

Lowell  Rod  and  Gun  Club. 

Climax  

8 12 

7 12—39 

Rule  . 

8 14 

3 12- 

-37 

Dean  

6 8 

7 9-30 

Currier 

6 11 

5 11- 

-33—180 

Edwards  ..... 

8 13 

7 13—41 

Other  events: 

Targets : 

10 

15 

10 

16 

10  16 

10 

15 

Griffith  

10 

12 

8 

13 

8 14 

9 

14 

Rule  

9 

14 

7 

10 

7 13 

9 

12 

Foster  

9 

8 

5 

12 

9 13 

9 

11 

Kirkwood  

7 

13 

9 

11 

6 13 

8 

13 

Frank  

6 

12 

8 

14 

9 12 

7 

13 

Dean  

4 

13 

9 

9 

6 8 

7 

9 

Chase  

6 

8 

3 

10 

7 10 

8 

11 

Straw  

6 

10 

5 

6 

6 9 

6 

9 

Climax  

8 

12 

7 

12 

8 13 

7 

14 

Edwards  ...... 

8 

13 

7 

13 

9 12 

8 

13 

Currier  

5 

8 

6 

11 

6 11 

6 

Morse  

7 

10 

4 

12 

7 10 

Roy  

8 

14 

8 

15 

7 15 

Rowe  

7 

9 

8 

10 

7 10 

Bell  

7 

12 

8 

12 

9 13 

Peabody  

4 

8 

5 

7 

6 9 

Jordan  

5 

8 

4 

7 

3 11 

Burns  

7 

11 

8 

13 

5 12 

Eaton  

6 

11 

5 

9 

7 10 

Gokey  

6 

11 

4 

13 

7 12 

Philbrook  . . . . 

3 

8 

6 

6 

7 10 

Woodruff  

9 

12 

7 

11 

9 .. 

Remick  

6 

12 

9 

11 

10  .. 

Bartlett  ...... 

8 

13 

9 

12 

Bowers  

6 

12  ■ 

7 

Stewart  ....... 

6 

10 

Hinckley  ..... 

6 

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Cincinnati  Gan  Club* 

Cincinnati,  O. — A few  of  the  Peters  Cartridge  Company’s  boys 
were  in  town  this,  week,  and  of  course  put  in  a part  of  their  time 
at  the  club.  A team  match  at  100  targets  was  shot  the  first  of 
the  week,  the  Kirby  team  winning  by  a score  of  416  to  401.  Don 
Minto  seems  to  have  got  back  to  his  one-time  form  again,  and 
was  high  man  with  a score  of  91.  Gambell  second  with  89.  The 
match  was  shot  in  strings  of  20,  and  but  one  straight  was  made, 
Seymour  smashing  all  of  his  first  20. 


•Team  match,  100  targets: 
Cambell's  Team. 


Targets : 2u  20  20  20  20 

Gambell  19  17  17  19  17—  89 

Storr  17  16  17  18  19—  87 

Hardy  15  14  18  13  17—  77 

French  13  13  12  15  18 — 71 

Davies  ......  16  16  15  15  15 — 77 


80  76  79  80  86  401 


Kirby’s  Team. 

Targets:  20  20  20  20  20 

Kirby  .......  18  15  18  17  14— 82 

Wheeler  17  14  16  17  14—  78 

Seymour  ....  20  19  16  18  15—  88 
Don  Minto..  19  17  19  19  17—  91 
Carter  16  14  14  15  18 — 77 


90  79  83  86  78  416 


Saturday,  Jan.  14,  was  a typical  winter  day,  clear  and  cold.  The 
attendance  was  not  quite  up  to  the  mark,  only  fourteen  taking 
part  in  the  cash  prize  event,  and  five  of  these  not  shooting  in 
competition.  The  light  was  not  very  good,  but  an  absence  of 
wind  made  the  conditions  fair,  and  some  good  scores  were  made. 
Harig  was  high  man  of  those  who  shot  in  competition,  tying  with 
Trimble  on  46.  Hesser  second  with  45.  C.  O.  Le  Compte,  a trade 
representative,  was  present  and  tied  with  Don  Minto  for  fourth 
place  on  42.  Williams  was  not  in  his  usual  form,  and  finished  out 
of  place.  In  this  contest  the  shooters  are  divided  into  three 
classes,  there  being  s x prizes  in  each  class,  $20,  $17,  $15,  $12,  $9 
and  $7.  Two  more  snoots  decide  the  winners.  Ackley  still  con- 
tinues to  improve,  and  we  hope  to  see  him  at  the  grounds  before 
long.  Supt.  Cambell's  son  Lutie  is  much  better  and  will  be 
about  once  more  very  soon.  Jay  Bee  is  sick  and  confined  to  the 
house.  It  is  feared  he  will  be  unable  to  attend  the  club  dinner 
on  the  26th.  Several  matches  were  shot  to-day,  but  the  boys  did 
little  practice  shooting. 

Cash  prize  shoot,  50  targets,  distance  handicap:  Harig  (18)  46, 

*Trimble  (16)  46,  Hesser  (.16)  45,  *Gambell  (16)  44,  *Don  Minto 
(16)  42,  *Le  Compte  (16)  42,  Bullerdick  (18)  41,  Pohlar  (18)  38, 
Pfieffer  (17)  38,  Ii.  Sunderbruch  (19)  36,  Peters  (18)  36,  *Carter 
(16)  36,  Falk  (17)  35,  Williams  (18)  34. 

*Did  not  compete. 

Match  at. 25  targets,  four  high  men  out:  Gambell  22,  Peters  23, 

Harig  22,  Le  Compte  22,  Hardy  21,  Hesser  20,  Carter  20,  Buller- 
dick 16. 

Match,  50  targets,  four  high  men  out:  Harig  47,  Bullerdick  45, 

Hardy  45,  Le  Compte  43,  Gambell  42,  Carter  40,  Williams  36, 
Hesser  35,  Peters  35. 

Match,  25  targets,  three  high  men  out:  Gambell  23,  Harig  23, 

Le  Compte  22,  Hardy  21,  Peters  20,  Hesser  18. 


Dayton  Gun  Club  Annual  Meeting. 

The  Dayton,  O.,  Gun  Club  held  its  first  annual  meeting  at  the 
Phillips  House  on  the  evening  of  Jan.  12,  and  almost  every 
member  of  the  club  was  in  attendance.  At  the  business  meeting 
many  plans  for  the  advancement  of  the  club,  and  the  improve- 
ment of  the  grounds  were  discussed,  but  no  definite  action  was 
taken  on  the  different  matters.  The  officers  elected  were:  John 
L.  Theobald,  President;  Zenas  Craig,  Vice-President;  O.  H. 
Bailey,  Secretary;  J.  M.  Curpliey,  Treasurer.  Executive  Com- 
mittee: A.  F.  Kempert,  H.  M.  Carr,  Charles  Sander. 

At  the  close  of  the  business  session  a banquet  was  served  to 
the  members  and  guests..  Messrs.  C.  O.  Le  Compte  and  Ralph 
Trimble,  trade  representatives,  were  guests  of  honor,  and  both 
responded  happily  when  called  upon  informally  for  toasts.  Many 
toasts  were  given  and  responded  to  by  those  present,  and  the 
affair  was  a great  success  in  every  way.  Bonasa. 

In  Other  Places. 

The  Hamilton,  Ont.,  Gun  Club  shoot,  which  began  on  Tuesday 
last  promised  to  be  the  best  of  its  kind  ever  held  on  the  soil  of 
the  mother  country.  Besides  the  $1200  in  prizes,  the  Canadian 
Handicap  will  be  held,  and  many  Americans  will  be  present  to 
mingle  with  the  great  cracks  of'  Canada. 

The  Linden,  la.,  Cun  Club  will  hold  a tournament  Jan.  24  and 
25.  It  is  reported  that  C.  W.  Budd,  H.  R.  Patterson,  F.  S. 
Whitney  and  D.  Y.  French,  all  of  Des  Moines,  la.,  will  be 
present. 

It  has  been  given  out  by  the  Downs,  la..  Gun  Club  that  on 
Jan.  26  and  27  its  members  will  entertain  all  visitors  who  are 
shotgun  enthusiasts  with  a gathering  at  the  target  grounds. 

There  is  little  of  the  “cold-bloodedness”  connected  with  the 
Coldbrook  Gun  Club,  as  on  last  Wednesday  evening  a large 
number  met  at  the  home  of  Mrs.  Pearl,  at  Monmouth,  111.,  and 
sat  down  to  a three-course  dinner.  There  were  decoration  and 
music,  which  were  much  enjoyed.  This  was  the  outcome  of 
choosing  sides  and  holding  a team  rabbit  hunt,  and  the  bunnies 
suffered  to  the  extent  that  there  are  150  less  cottontails  in  the 
Illinois  cornfields  than  formerly. 

Thirteen  crack  men  took  part  in  a shoot  at  Broadhead,  Wis., 
last  Monday.  Though  the  wind  was  strong  and  facing  the  shoot- 
ers, the  scores  were  good.  Dr.  Chase,  of  Madison,  was  high  man 
with  36  out  of  41.  Louis  Dodge,  of  Monroe,  came  second  with 
35,  and  Fred  Roel,  of  Albany,  third. 

Shooting  is  on  the  increase  at  Johnstown,  O.,  as  twenty-seven 
shooters  in  attendance  are  a “whole  lot.” 

Business  of  Importance  was  scheduled  for  the  meeting  of  the 
Cumberland  Gun  Club,  of  Davenport,  la.,  for  their  Tuesday  even- 
ing meeting.  All  Western  trapshots  should  keep  an  eye  on  the 
dates  that  this  club  fixes,  for  their  opening  shoot,  to  be  held  on 
their  new  grounds. 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  South  Side  Gun  Club,  of  Milwaukee, 
Wis.,  was  held  in  this  week,  Wednesday,  at  which  officers  were 
to  be  elected — particulars  in  next  issue. 

A shoot  was  announced  for  Friday  of  this  week  at  Worthing- 
ton, Minn.  Results  later. 

Robert  Dye,  Roy  Harris  and  Frank  McKeon,  of  Clive,  la., 
were  the  committee  in  charge  of  the  late  shoot  held  by  the  gun 
club. 

The  shooters  in  Illinois,  Indiana  and  other  Central  States 
should  take  note  that  in  many  of  the  towns  in  Wisconsin,  Michi- 
gan and  Canada,  the  gun  clubs  hold  their  regular  weekly  shoots 
during  the  winter. 

Those  well-kown  Buckeye  shooters,  Heikes,  Rike  and  Wray, 
tcok  part  in  a turkey  shoot  last  Saturday,  held  out  in  the  adjoin- 
ing township,  and  report  has  it  that  Heikes  had  turkeys  “to 
burn.” 

Reports  at  the  annual  Pentwater,  Mich.,  shoot  were:  C.  F. 

Lewis  174,  Henry  Reed  172,  M.  D.  Girard  164,  S.  T.  Collins  149, 
Elmer  Stanhope  145,  Bert  Jeffries  138,  W.  J.  Sloan  135,  Ely  Lewis 
130,  Matt  Sloan  124,  A.  F.  Wickham  118. 

That  the  Cleveland,  O.,  Gun  Club  will  have  a prosperous  year  is 


assured  when  it  starts  oil’  the  first  shobt  of  ten  with  $260  in  prizes 
£of  high  and  low  guns.  A full  attendance  is  desired,  as  to  be  a 
partieipant  in  the  prize  distribution  a shooter  must  have  par- 
ticipated in  seven  of  the  ten  shoots  scheduled. 

A bit  of  news  from  Sulphur  Hill,  Ind.,  relates  that  the  Geneva 
Gun  Club  held  a shooting  match  last  Saturday,  and  many  good 
scores  were  made,  but  the  item  was  minus  the  scores. 

George  Mosen,  of  Sandy  Run,  Pa.,  won  the  first  prize  at  the 
shoot  held  at  Hazelton,  Pa.,  on  last  Monday. 

There  is  no  doubt  shooting  at  many  gun  club  grounds  ’way  out 
in  Kansas  that  is  unknown  to  the  outside  world  caused  by  the 
backwardness  of  those  interested  to  furnish  reports  for  the  sport- 
ing press.  Here  is  a new  one,  though.  Last  Thursday,  the  Cul- 
lison,  Kan.,  target  “busters”  entertained  the  Pratt  “boys”  with  a 
target  shoot.  Scores:  C.  A.  Hopper  68  out  of  80;  H.  Jenkins 

50,  70;  Pedigo  44,  60;  Look  19,  40;  Balfour  4,  20;  Babbitt  62,  70; 
Ed  Jenkins  54,  70;  Springer  31,  40;  J.  C.  Jones  19,  30;  J.  K. 
Cochran  13,  30;  Shaw  10,  20;  Oscar  Roll  4,  10;  Mr.  Hopper  made 
the  best  scores. 

The  Northwestern  shooters,  especially  the  experts,  are  busy 
with  preparations  for  their  trip  to  Texas,  where  the  three  big- 
shoots  are  to  be  held. 

Hutchinson,  Kan.,  Jan.  9. — The  first  shoot  for  the  1905  season 
was  held  here  yesterday  at  the  park.  There  will  be  something 
doing  all  the  year,  as  a fine  loving  cup  is  up.  On  this  day  it  was 
O.  H.  Guy  who  was  able  to  “guy”  the  others,  as  his  41  out  of  50 
was  the.  topmost  score.  Billy  Allen  got  left  in  this  event,  though 
he  won  out  the  high  average  for  the  day  by  one  target.  The  low 
scores  are  accounted  for  on  account  of  the  hard  targets,  which 
were  unreasonable,  being  about  a 75yd.  fall.  Coupled  with  a 
strong  wind  from  behind,  any  one  must  know  there  was  some 
strain  on  the  “choke-bores.”  W.  H.  Peck  made  38,  Chas.  Rankin 
37,  Van  Kuren  32,  Willard  31,  Shumway  25.  Mr.  Rankin  has 
challenged  Guy  for  a try  for  the  cup.  They  will  shoot  in  two 
weeks.  Regular  club  shoot  in  February. 

The  Linden,  la.,  Gun  Club  tournament  will  be  a handicap,  from 
16  to  20yds.  There  will  be  events  open  to  all.  On  the  second 
day  will  occur  the  Guthrie-Dallas  county  championship.  Prizes 
will  be  awarded  the  highest  averages,  and  the  Sargent  system  of 
trapping  will  be  used.  J.  W.  Burnham  will  attend  to  shooters’ 
wants,  with  old  Chas.  W.  Budd  as  assistant,  while  Fred  Whitney 
will  be  in  the  office. 

Mr.  Lewis  Dodge,  of  Monroe,  Wis.,  wishes  it  understood  by 
the  Western  shooters  that  there  will  be  a pigeon  shoot  on  the 
club  grounds  on  Feb.  22. 

George  O.  Harriss,  secretary  of  the  South  Dakota  Sportsmen’s 
Association,  is  out  with  the  claim  that  the  next  State  tournament 
will  be  held  at  Vermillion  on  May  31,  and  June  1 and  2. 

G.  A.  Mann,  of  Hastings,  Neb.,  writes  that  the  twenty-ninth 
annual  meeting  and  the  tournament  of  the  Nebraska  State  Sports- 
men’s Association  will  be  held  May  9,  10,  11  and  12. 


Philadelphia  Trapshooters*  League. 


Meadow  Springs — Highland. 


First  event:  Barker  ?,  Henderson  6.  Fontaine  6,  Breaker  8, 

Beyer  4,  Dr.  Lotting  4,  Parry  4,  Hand  3,  Hinkson  3,  Harris  3, 
Dill  1. 

Second  event:  Newcomb  9,  Sharp  8,  Brenizer  7,  Hawkins  8, 

Cantrell  6,  Davis  6,  Halberstadt  5,  Dillon  6,  Hinkson  4,  Alker  3. 

Third  event:  Newcomb  8,  Hand  8,  Dr.  Cotting  8,  Henderson  8, 
Hawkins  7,  Humphries  6,  Stahr  6,  Beyer  5,  Ott  4,  Dill  3,  Fon- 
taine 3. 

Fourth  event:  Hawkins  9,  Halberstadt  8,  Duffield  7,  Beecher  7, 
Alker  7,  Dillon  6,  Fontaine  5,  Hand  5,  Appleton  5,  Ott  4. 

Fifth  event:  Hawkins  10,  Henderson  9,  Beecher  7,  Dr.  Cotting 
7,  Hinkson  6,  Brenizer  6,  Heite  5,  Janes  4,  Burgess  4,  Cantrell  4, 
Jackson  2. 

Hill  Rod  and  Gun  Club— Hi  1 'sides. 


The  Hill  Rod  and  Gun  Club  defeated  the  Hillside  Gun  Club 


at  Hill  Crest,  149  to  147. 
Hillside. 

Hill  Rod  and 

Gun  Club. 

Larent  

..14 

McDowell  

.........15 

Haywood  

.12 

Cassidy  

15 

M Bisbing  .............. 

.15 

Dilks  

.........16 

Parson  

.15 

Birney  

.........14 

R Bisbing  

.21 

Samsel  ...... 

..13 

Lawson  ................. 

.12 

Miller  

.........18 

Clark  

.15 

Urian  

22 

Aiman  

.19 

*LI  R & G....... 

12 

^Hillside  

.12 

*H  R & G....... 

12 

^Hillside  

.12—147 

*H  R & G.. 

12—149 

^Absent  members. 


F iorists — Media. 

At  Media,  Pa.,  Jan.  14,  the  Florists’  Gun  Club  defeated  the 


Media  Gun  Club  by  a 

score  of 

190  to  183.  The  scores 

in  detail 

follows : 

Florists’. 

Media. 

Bell  ..................... 

Copple  

Guerney  

Lee  

...16 

Shields  

...19 

Evans  

Shaw  

..20 

Smedley  

...20 

Anderson  

...19 

Pennington  

...20 

Landis  

Little  

...12 

E Coleman  

...20 

Williamson 

...18 

Huttonbock  

Howard  

...18 

Sanford  

Bennett  

...22 

F Coleman  

Powell  ................. 

...20-183 

IN  NEW  JERSEY. 

North  River  Gun  Club. 

Edgewater,  N.  J.,  Jan.  14. — Event  9 was  for  a silver  trophy, 
and  it  was  won  by  Mr.  C.  E.  Eickhoff. 


Events:  123456789  10 

Targets:  10  15  15  10  15  15  10  10  25  10 

Eickhoff  8 12  13  8 12  10  8 ..  23  9 

Vosselman  8 10  11  10  13 22  .. 

Morrison  . . 6 10  11  9 6 21  9 

Gusshell  6 11  10  7 9 7 8 7 17  6 

Addis  4 9 11  8 12  11  7 8 19  7 

Fisher  8 11  12  9 13  14  9 6 21  6 

Geycr  7 10  11  8 11  10  7 6 18  7 

Bachrack  6 9 6 5 7 8 6 5 15  4 

Copeland  7 11  10  6 11  10  8 6 18  7 

Sherman  6 12  10  6 5 11  6 6 20  8 

Jas.  R.  Merrill,  Sec’y.  js j 


Montclair  Gun  Club. 


On  the  grounds  of  the  Meadow  Springs  Gun  Club,  Jan.  14, 
Meadow  Springs  defeated  the  Highland  Gun  Club  by  a score  of 
182  to  179.  A cold,  stiff  wind  was  a severe  weather  condition 
against  the  shooters. 


Team  match,  26  targets  per  man. 


Meadow  Springs. 


G Smith  ... 

18 

Franklin  

23 

Roberts  ..... 

Bush  

.....20 

Henry  

.....18 

Depew  

Murdock  . . . 

11 

ILansell  

13 

Hall  ........ 

21 

Coyle  

18—182 

Club  event. 

25  targets,  handicap 

Hdp. 

Brk.  Tot  1. 

Christ  

20 

26 

Watson  

.....10 

16 

26 

Hall  

0 

24 

24 

*Elliott  

.....  0 

24 

24 

Heathcote  . . 

2 

21 

23 

Lee  

. ... .10 

14 

24 

Martin  

6 

17 

22 

Chandler  . . . 

9 

14 

23 

Coyle  

0 

22 

22 

Mardin  

0 

21 

21 

Sintz  

4 

17 

21 

Henry  

0 

21 

21 

*Ringgold  .. 

0 

21 

21 

Warner  

21 

21 

*EUiott  ..... 
"‘Visitors. 

0 

20 

20 

ten  men  to  a team: 


Highland. 


A Ballentine. . . 

22 

T Ballentine  . . 

Everett  

Johnson  

21 

Lutz  

20 

Denham  ...... 

16 

Meehan  ........ 

16 

Pinkerton  ...... 

M Wentz  

20 

Dalton  

added  to  score: 

Hdp.  Brk.  Tot’I. 

f J McKane  . . . . 

...0 

18  18 

^Garrett  

...  0 

18  18 

^Murray  

...  0 

18  18 

Hansell  ....... 

..  9 

9 18 

*Galbraith  . . . . 

...0 

18  18 

Roberts  ....... 

...  0 

17  17 

Pepper  

...  2 

15  17 

*Bush  

...  0 

17  17 

Street  

...  6 

9 15 

Jackson  

...  0 

15  15 

Wright  

10 

3 13 

G Dill  ........ 

...  2 

7 9 

Lucas  

...  0 

12  12 

*H  McKane  ... 

....0 

7 7 

Kaullman  

...  0 

6 6 

Clearview — North  Camden. 


On  the  grounds  of  the  North  Camden  Gun  Club,  Jan.  14,  the 
Clearview  team  was  victorious  over  the  Camden  team  by  a score 
of  190  to  170.  The  cold  weather  impaired  the  competition.  The 


scores: 

North  Camden. 

Tilton  

Stratton  

Rav  • • • ■ 

Fleming  

.21 

,.19 

.13 

.15 

.18 

Pratt  

.17 

Cavallier  

..13 

Wicks  

.16 

Garrigues  

..21 

Silver  

. .17—170 

Clearview. 


Ludwig  

23 

Dyer  

23 

Daveson  

...19 

Charlton  

20 

Springer  

...16 

Downs  

..........21 

Huber  

24 

Fisher  

.12 

Edwards  

15 

Sibole  

..........17-190 

Sweepstakes  were  shot  as  follows: 

Event  No.  1,  25  targets:  Pratt  23,,  Reifsnyder  13,  Buckwalter 

24,  Springer  17,  Daveson  20,  Silver  18. 

Event  No.  2,  15  targets:  Sibole  13,  Daveson  14,  Bilhartz  11, 

Fisher  10,  J.  Edwards  9,  Huber  11. 

Event  No.  3,  15  targets:  Colton  9,  Downs  11,  Pratt  11,  Charl- 


ton 11,  Reifsnyder  12,  Weimer  7. 

Event  No.  4,  15  targets:  McAfee  9,  Fisher  9,  Huber  13,  Bil- 


hartz  9,  Sibole  9,  Wicks  7, 

Event  No.  5,  15  targets:  Buckwalter  15,  Ludwig  10,  Charlton  10, 


Stratton  6,  Grant  10. 

Event  No.  6,  15  targets:  Ray  10,  Fleming  12,  Leicht  9,  Dyer  9, 
Cavilier  13,  A.  Sharp  10,  Tilton  13. 


Narberth — S.  S.  White. 


On  the  Belmont  track  the  Narberth  Gun  Club  team  defeated 
the  S.  S.  White  Gun  Club  team  by  a score  of  136  to  132. 


Narberth. 

S.  S.  White. 

Sharp  

21 

Newcomb  

Davis  

v 18 

Brenizer  

Duffield 

17 

Dr  Cotting  ..... 

..........16 

Barker  . . . . . 

17 

Byer  

..........15 

Halberstadt 

Fontaine  ........ 

13 

Burgess  ... 

.....12 

Harty  

11 

Hand  ............ 

Humphries 

...............  9 

Hinkson  ........ 

Alker  

Cantrell  ........ 

Appleton  . . 

...............  6-136 

Parry  

The  open 

sweepstake  events  were  at  10  targets, 

and  scored  as 

follows; 

; . 9,4.  v 

; „ . 

Montclair,  N.  J.,  Jan.  14. — Nine  men  shot  through  some  six 
events  to-day.  In  the  gold  medal  event,  Messrs.  Babcock,  Batten, 
Winslow  and  Moffatt  qualified  by  breaking  7 straight  in  a certain 
specified  25.  In  event  No.  4 Messrs.  Winslow,  Kendall  and  Bab- 
cock tied  for  a box  of  shells. 

- On  next  Saturday  the  club  will  begin  shooting  for  the  1905 
“trophy,  a sterling  silver  loving  cup,  to  cost  over  $60. 

• Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 

Targets:  25  10  25  25  25  25  Targets:  25  10  25  25  25  25 

P Cockefair 19  7 19  18  20  21  C W Kendall..  12  8 17  19  23  17 

W T Wallace..  8 2 12  13  17  9 E Winslow 6 17  19  19.. 

C Babcock......  20  4 19  19  ..  ..  J W Claister...  ..  ..  20  18  15  18 

Geo  Batten 12  8 16  15  21  18  F W Moffett 17  17  19  17 

W I Soverel...  13  4 15 Edward  Winslow,  Sec’y. 


Cleve’and  Gjn  CLb. 

Cleveland,  O. — Great  preparations  are  being  made  by  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Cleveland  Gun  Club  for  target  shooting  next  season. 
The  membership  for  the  past  season  has  shown  a wonderful  in- 
crease, ninety-five  new  members  being  added  to  the  rolls,  so  that 
now  there  are  225  members. 

The  club  held  a banquet  at  the  Euclid  Hotel,  Jan.  10,  at  which 
fully  fifty  members  of  the  organization  were  present.  Plans  for 
improving  the  club,  to  make  it  more  attractive  for  the  members 
were  discussed,  and  an  effort  will  now  be  made  to  increase  the 
membership  to  300. 

It  was  shown  that  the  club  has  one  of  the  finest  shooting  parks 
in  the  country,  forty  acres  being  acquired  for  the  sport,  repre. 
sentirig,  with  the  equipment,  an  investment  of  $12,000. 

After  an  elaborate  banquet,  officers  were  chosen,  as  follows: 
F.  G.  Plogen,  President;  VV.  C.  Talmage,  Vice-President;  A.  M. 
Allyn,  Secretary;  S.  C.  Payne,  Treasurer;  F.  H.  Wallace,  Financial 
Secretary  and  Manager;  C.  E.  Doolittle,  Captain.  F.  W.  Judd 
and  R.  C.  Hopkins  were  elected  to  the  Board  of  Directors. 

President  Hogen  acted  as  toastmaster,  and  toasts  were  re- 
sponded  to  by  City  Engineer  W.  J.  Carter,  who  is  a member  of 
the  Recreation  Club,  and  Messrs.  Beers  and  O’Dell,  other  guests 
of  the  club,  besides  Paul  North,  of  the  Ohio  Fish  and  Game 
Commission,  and  several  others.  Mr.  North  seemed  to  disap- 
prove of  the  present  system  of  hunting  down  violators  of  the  fish 
and  game  laws,  and  hinted  that  some  changes  should  be  made. 

A team  of  ten  men  will  go  to  Akron  next  month  to  defend  the 
trophy,  which  has  been  twice  won  by  Cleveland.  Should  Cleve- 
land win  again,  the  trophy  will  become  the  property  of  the  Cleve- 
land Gun  Club.  A.  M.  Allyn,  Sec’y. 

Skelly  and  Banks — Squier  and  Foord. 

Wilmington,  Del. — In  a two-man  team  race,  Messrs.  J.  T. 
Skelly  and  Edward  Banks  against  Messrs.  W.  M.  Foord  and 
Luther  J.  Squier,  on  the  grounds  of  the  Wawaset  Gun  Club,  on 
Jan.  12,  Messrs.  Banks  and  Skelly  were  victorious  by  two  targets. 
The  team  scores  were  162  to  160.  The  weather  conditions  were 
quite  unfavorable,  the  weather  was  cold  and  the  light  and  a 
strong  wind  being  of  the  kind  which  detrimentally  affect  the 
shooting  even  of  experts. 

The  race  was  contested  pluckily  from  start  to  finish.  At  the 
conclusion  of  the  first  string  of  25,  Banks  and  Skelly  led  by  four 
targets;  when  60  were  shot,  they  led  by  three,  and  when  75  had 
been  shot,  their  lead  had  been  cut  down  to  one  target.  Thus 
practically  the  race  and  victory  hung  on  the  doings  of  the  con- 
testants in  the  last  25.  Skelly  lost  his  stride  for  a few  moments 
on  the  home  stretch,  losing  7 out  of  the  first  10,  but  pulled  him- 
self together  and  made  a strong  finish.  The  skip,  however,  en- 
abled Messrs.  Foord  and  Squier  to  take  the  lead,  but  Banks 
acted  as  wheel  horse,  scoring  23,  and  pulled  the  race  out  of  a bad 
place  into  victory.  Foord  was  high  man,  with  90,  an  excellent 
performance,  considering  the  conditions.  A large  number  of 
spectators  witnessed  the  race.  Scores: 

Banks  22  22  19  23—86  Foord  20  24  25  21—90 

Skelly  20  20  21  15—76—162  Squier  .....  18  19  17  16—70—160 


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Crescent  Athletic  Club. 


The  handicaps  which  will  govern  the  eighty-six  shooters  of  the 
Crescent  Athletic  Club  during  January,  follow: 


Targets : 

25  15 
T.  T. 

P. 

Targets: 

25  15 
T.  T. 

P. 

E Banks  

..  0 

0 

0 

C Kenyon,  |r.. 

. 4 

2 

2 

A M Boucher 

..  b 

3 

2 

J J Keyes 

. 2 

1 

2 

H M Brigham 

..  0 

0 

0 

E B Ivnowlton 

. 4 

2 

2 

G L Blake 

..  8 

5 

5 

H L Kenyon 

. 2 

1 

1 

F T Bedford,  Jr 

..  2 

1 

1 

E H Lott..... 

. 1 

0 

1 

H A Bourne 

..  6 

4 

3 

Jere  L'ott  

. 4 

2 

2 

L R Boudon 

..  8 

5 

5 

D V B Lott 

. 6 

3 

3 

D C Bennett 

..  3 

1 

2 

C E Lockwood 

. 3 

2 

2 

T B Barnes.. 

..  8 

5 

5 

IT  H Morton 

. 7 

4 

4 

E G Babcock 

...  7 

4 

5 

W W Marshall 

. 5 

3 

3 

D E Brower 

..  7 

4 

5 

C J McDermott 

. 6 

4 

3 

h A Consmiller 

..  7 

4 

4 

W T McConville 

. 4 

2 

2 

G W Cropsey 

..  3 

1 

1 

IT  G McKenzie  

. 5 

3 

3 

C H Chapman 

..  7 

4 

4 

F E Minder 

. 8 

5 

5 

A E Corlies 

..  5 

3 

2 

G W Meeker 

. 4 

2 

3 

W H Cornell 

. . X 

5 

5 

Grant  Notman  

O 

1 

2 

E A Cruiksliank. . . . 

, 7 

4 

4 

C F Nicholson 

. 7 

4 

4 

R G Clarke 

..  7 

4 

4 

II  L O’Brien 

. 4 

2 

3 

J J Colligan 

•7 

4 

4 

L C Oswald 

. 8 

5 

5 

E F Driggs 

. , 7 

4 

4 

L M Palmer,  Jr 

. 0 

0 

0 

W H Deeghan 

7 

4 

3 

Geo  E Pool 

. 4 

2 

2 

W C Damron 

. 7 

4 

3 

S S Bedlow 

. 7 

4 

4 

J H Ernst 

7 

4 

3 

F C Raynor 

. 5 

3 

3 

J P Fairchild 

W K Fowler 

..  7 

4 

3 

T S S Remsen 

. 0 

0 

0 

7 

4 

4 

E L Rhett 

. 4 

2 

2 

T C Faulkner 

5 

3 

3 

Tames  Rhett 

. 7 

4 

4 

E R Fiske 

..  5 

3 

3 

C G Rasmus 

. 5 

3 

3 

A R Fish 

. 2 

1 

1 

T W Stake 

. 4 

2 

0 

C E F Foster 

..  5 

3 

2 

W H Shepard 

. 7 

4 

4 

G W Gair 

..  8 

5 

5 

F B Stephenson 

. 1 

0 

0 

J O Graham 

..  8 

5 

5 

G G Stephenson 

. 8 

5 

5 

O C Grinnell,  Jr... 

..  3 

1 

2 

G G Stephenson,  Jr.. 

. 2 

1 

0 

R W Hail 

..  5 

3 

3 

C A Sykes 

. 4 

2 

2 

C C Henry 

..  7 

4 

4 

S A Sherwell 

. 7 

4 

4 

J H Hallock 

..  4 

2 

3 

A G Southworth 

. 0 

0 

0 

G W Hagedorn 

..  3 

1 

2 

Wm  Sherer  

. 7 

4 

4 

DVB  Hegeman... 

..  3 

1 

2 

E W Snyder 

. 5 

3 

4 

E W Hickling 

7 

4 

4 

W H Talcott 

. 7 

4 

3 

A A Hegeman 

..  5 

3 

2 

IT  B Vanderveer 

. 4 

2 

2 

A W Higgins 

..  8 

5 

5 

S E Vernon 

. 8 

5 

5 

L C Hopkins 

..  2 

1 

3 

H C VVerleman 

. 7 

4 

4 

S P Hopkins 

..  4 

2 

2 

B E Wigham 

. 4 

2 

2 

II  Kryn  

..  3 

1 

2 

E G Warfield 

. 7 

4 

4 

Bay  Ridge,  L.  I.,  Jan.  14. — For  the  January  cup,  a handicap 
event,  Mr.  O.  C,  Grinnell  scored  a win.  He  was  high  man  alone 
with  a score  of  23.  Quite  a number  of  trophy  contests  were  de- 
cided. The  chief  winners  were  Messrs.  Vanderveer,  Grinnell, 
Palmer  and  Marshall.  The  scores  follow: 

Trophy  shoot,  15  targets,  handicap : 


Hdp.  Brk.  Tot’l. 

Hdp.  Brk.  Tot’l. 

Grinnell,  Jr 

..  1 

11 

12 

Stephenson  . . . 

...  0 

11 

11 

Damron  

..  4 

8 

12 

Bedford,  Jr 

...4) 

10 

10 

Lockwood  

..  2 

9 

11 

Southworth  .. 

...  0 

10 

10 

Lott  

..  0 

11 

11 

Raynor  

...  3 

6 

9 

Vanderveer  

..  2 

9 

11 

Marshall  

...  3 

4 

7 

Palmer,  Jr 

..  0 

11 

11 

Shoot-off,  same  conditions: 

O.  C.  Grinnell, 

Jr., 

15, 

W.  C. 

Damron  12. 

Trophy  shoot, 

15  targets 

, handicap: 

Grinnell,  Jr 

..  1 

14 

15 

Palmer,  Jr 

...  0 

11 

11 

Damron  

..  4 

10 

14 

Raynor 

...  3 

8 

11 

Southworth  . . . 

..  0 

13 

13 

Stephenson  ... 

...  0 

11 

11 

Lockwood  

..  2 

11 

13 

Lott  

...  0 

8 

8 

Bedford,  Jr.  ... 

..  0 

11 

11 

Marshall  

...  3 

O 

O 

6 

Trophy  shoot, 

15  targets,  handicap : 

Vanderveer  

..  2 

12 

14 

Raynor  

8 

11 

Grinnell,  Jr 

..  1 

12 

13 

Damron  

...  4 

7 

11 

Palmer,  Jr 

..  0 

12 

12 

Stephenson  . . . 

....0 

10 

10 

Bedford,  Jr 

0 

12 

12 

Lott  

9 

9 

Lockwood  

..  2 

10 

12 

Southworth  . . . 

....0 

8 

8 

Marshall  

..  3 

8 

11 

Shoot  for  January 

cup, 

25  targets,  handicap: 

Grinnell,  Jr 

..  3 

20 

23 

Bedford,  Jr  .. 

...  1 

IS 

19 

Palmer,  Jr 

..  0 

22 

22 

Raynor  

...  5 

14 

19 

Vanderveer  

..  4 

18 

22 

Southworth  . . . 

. , .0 

18 

18 

Damron  

..  7 

14 

21 

Vanderveer  ... 

11 

IS 

Marshall  

..  5 

15 

20 

O’Brien  

...  4 

12 

16 

Stephenson  

..  1 

19 

20 

Robinson  

...  1 

13 

14 

Team  shoot,  ! 

25  targets, 

handicap: 

Southworth  . . . . 

0 

16 

16 

Robinson  

. 1 

15 

16 

Marshall  

5 

11 

16—32 

Stephenson  ... 

. 1 

22 

23—39 

Bedford  

1 

16 

17 

Lott  

. 1 

15 

16 

Grinnell,  Jr 

3 

18 

21—38 

Vanderveer  ... 

. 4 

17 

21—37 

Trophy  shoot. 

, 25  targets,  handicap: 

Palmer,  Tr 

..  0 

14 

14 

Stephenson  — 

...  0 

11 

11 

Marshall  

..  3 

11 

14 

Chapman  

...  4 

7 

11 

Damron  

..  4 

9 

13 

Southwell  ...... 

...  0 

8 

8 

Grinnell,  Jr 

..  1 

11 

12 

Lockwood  

...  2 

6 

8 

Vanderveer  

2 

10 

12 

Robinson  

...  U 

8 

8 

Bedford,  Jr 

..  0 

11 

11 

Trophy  shoot,  15  targets 

, handicap: 

Palmer,  Jr 

..  0 

13 

13 

Wellman  

...  4 

6 

10 

Marshall  

..  3 

10 

13 

Southworth  

...  0 

8 

8 

Stephenson  . . . , 

12 

12 

Vanderveer  

...  2 

5 

7 

Grinnell,  Jr 

..  1 

11 

12 

Lockwood  , . . . , 

rrr  ‘4 

4 

6 

Pamron  ...... T 

4 

7 

H 

Trophy  shoot,  15  targets,  handicap: 

Marshall  

Stephenson  . . 

Palmer,  Jr 


3 

11 

14 

Southworth  . . . 

...  0 

10 

10 

0 

13 

13 

Damron  

...  4 

6 

10 

0 

12 

12 

Lockwood  

...  2 

8. 

10 

4 

7 

11 

Grinnell,  Jr  . . . 

...  1 

S 

9 

Bergen  Beach  Gun  Club. 

Bergen  Beach,  Brooklyn. — The  shoot  of  the  Bergen  Beach  Gun 
Club,  held  on  Jan.  10,  was  well  attended.  The  last  event  was  shot 
in  the  twilight.  The  popularity  of  this  club’s  events,  for  practice, 
competition  and  wholesome  enjoyment  are  rapidly  growing  in  the 
good  esteem  of  shooters.  The  scores: 

Events:  123456789 

Targets:  15  15  15  15  15  25  15  15  20 

Schorty  9 11  9 12  12  19  13  14  13 

Cottrell  7 11  10  10  12  17  12  7 7 

Schoverling  8 7 5 7 6 12  9 6 11 

Willis  ....: 7 7 10  10  10  12  9 9 .. 

Tyler  6 7 6 8 4 9 8 7 15 

Slim  & 11  13  9 10  21  11  11  12 

Hopkins  11  11  11  12  14  20  11  9 16 

Kelly  14  12  12  13  12  21  12  11  .- 

Ryder  11  8 9 11 

Dreyer  10  11  7 10  6 20  12  9 .. 

Garms  5 9 7 10  

C Stuetzle  7 9 11  11 

Hitchcock  11  7 10 

Pfender  10  11  7 13 

Glover  10  13  15  21  15  12  .. 

Remsen  -. 12  13  14  19  12  12  15 

Kortright  1 9 1 5 12 

Fischer  9 19  11  13  9 

Keim  11  16  7 8 15 

Dakota  U 13  8 11  18 

Snyder  13  14  12  11  12 

Gus  . 13  22  13  13  11 


Ossining  Gun  Club. 

Ossining,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  8.— A little  extra  shoot  was  held  on  the 
club  grounds  to-day.  Besides  a series  of  ten  clay-bird  events,  a 
match  at  50  targets  each  was  arranged  between  Scott  and  Con- 
nors, to  be  shot  on  the  21st  inst.  A bet  was  made  by  a spec- 
tator that  Scott  could  not  break  25  out  of  the  50,  the  birds  being 
thrown  70yds.  Scott  “made  good”  by  negotiating  32. 

Events:  12  3 

Targets:  10  10  10 

6 T Tompkins  1 ..  .. 

Wm  Fisher  2 3 .. 

J Hyland  5 


12  3 


10  10  10 
2 3 


2 Wm  Coleman  7 8 9 

..  G Hubbell  7 .. 


Events: 

Targets : 

W Scott  

Mack  5 

J Keenan  5 

Dr  Tompkins  4 

D Connors  3 

Geo  Coleman  0 

Jan.  14. — To-day  was  the  regular  bi-monthly  shoot  of  this  club. 
Quite  a number  of  the  boys  came  out  for  practice  preparatory 
to  the  big  100-bird,  misses  as  kills  handicap,  to  be  held  on  the 
28th  inst.  for  a “pump”  gun.  Entries  for  this  match  must  be 
made  before  the  first  squad  shoots — members  please  take  notice. 
Shooting  starts  at  2 P.  M.,  but  those  who  are  entered  and  paid 
( price  of  birds),  may  enter  up  to  4 P.  M.  Considerable  interest 
was  centered  to-day  upon  two  “chicken”  events,  Nos.  4 and  5 
Entrance  was  15  cents,  exclusive  of  targets.  A.  Bedell  won  No. 
4 alone  with  9,  while  G.  B.  Hubbell  had  to  shoot  off  a tie  with 
Brandreth  and  Blandford.  The  chickens  were  worth  having, 
weighing  about  71bs.  each,  dressed.  Birds  were  thrown  50yds.  to- 
day, but  a strong  wind  made  difficult  shooting.  Blandford,  after 
being  off  in  his  shooting  for  three  months,  got  his  first  straight 
score  to-day  in  that  period,  and  the  only  one  made  during  the 
day,  shooting  his  old  load.  Brandreth  did  the  best  shooting  for 
the  day’s  average.  In  the  50-bird  match  between  Scott  and  Con- 
nors, the  former  won  by  9 birds,  the  score  being  32  to  23. 
Events:  123456789  10  11 

Targets:  10  10  10  10  10  25  15  10  25  10  25 

W Scott  6 4.3  8 6 16  10  ... . 7 . 

A L Harris 5 6 4 6 4..  6 6. 

T Hyland  6 3 8 7 

C G Blandford 5 9 8 4 

C G Blandford  6 10  7 

W S Smith 5 ..  1 

A Bedell  7 9 

W H Coleman 9 7 

G B Hubbell  6 7 

E McDonald  2 

H L Stratton  

D Brandreth  

M H Dyckman 

Barlow  

Messrs.  Hyland  and  Donald  shot  for  targets  only. 


4 ..  6 
8 ..  10 
3 12  8 
7 15  9 
3 ..  6 

6 !! 
5 .. 

3 .. 
8 .. 

5 20 
4 .. 

..  18 
4 .. 

5 14  13 

4 17 

5 13 

7 ..  11 

8 14 

7 .. 

3 ..  7 

3 .. 

6 .. 

2 ..  10 

4 .. 

6 .. 

7 20  10 

7 21 

..  20 

6 ..  8 

..  9 

3 .. 

..  ..  6 

C.  G.  B. 


Money — Banks. 

Pittsburg,  Pa.,  Jan.  14. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream:  Kindly 

state  in  the  columns  of  Forest  and  Stream  that  Capt.  A.  W. 
Money,  of  Oakland,  N.  J.,  and  Mr.  Edward  Banks,  of  Wilming- 
ton, Del.,  have  both  been  unanimously  elected  to  honorary  mem- 
bership in  the  Interstate  Association  in  recognition  of  the  ser- 
vices they  rendered  it  during  the  many  years  they  were  represent- 
ing the  American  E.  C.  & Schultze  Gunpowder  Co.,  Ltd.,  in 
the  Association,  Elmer  E.  Shaner,  Sec’y-Mgr, 


Amackassin  Gun  Club. 

\ onkers,  N.  Y. — The  Amackassin  Heights  Gun  Club,  of 
Yonkers,  held  its  initial  tournament,  Jan.  2.  It  was  well  attended 
considering  the  weather.  Mr.  T.  II.  Hasbrouck,  of  the  home 
club,  carried  off  the  honors  with  five  firsts  and  two  seconds,  and 
the  amateur  high  average  cup.  Mr.  J.  Hyland,  of  the  Ossining 
Gun  Club,  carried  off  second  honors. 

1 he  club  was  greatly  assisted  by  Jack  Fanning,  who  acted  as 
referee  and  handicapper,  and  was  verywhere  helping  the  club  to 
make  a success  of  its  first  shoot. 

No.  10  was  a handicap,  and  handicaps  apply  to  that  event  only. 
The  high  average  for  professionals  was  won  by  Mr.  J.  A.  R. 
Elliott,  167  out  of  200.  The  amateur  high  average  was  won  by  T. 
Hasbrouck,  155  out  of  200;  second,  J.  Hyland,  139' out  of  200. 

Events:  12  3 456789  10 

Targets:  20  15  20  25  15  25  20  20  15  15 

T Phillips  11  ..  H 12  ..  ..  ..  ..  .. 

Dr  Berlew  10  7 8 10  ..  . . 

W J Johnson 13  . . 12  7 6 13  ..  9 .. 

H W Mallinson 7 8 10  10 

E Carey,  11 11  7 11  12  3 .1  i6  '9  's  16 

Hasbrouck,  2 15  13  19  19  7 21  18  14  11  18 

T Seibert  11  12  11  16  11  17  ..  12  ..  .. 

J Fellows  11  12  14  13  10  15 

J Hyland,  5 18  13  13  15  8 15  9 12  7 17 

J Thompson  11  ..  12  19  10  17  12  15  11 

JAR  Elliott 16  12  19  21  10  25  19  15  11 

J Fanning  16  13  17  17  7 19  18  16  13 

G Phillips,  7 10  ..  ..  11  ..  ..  ..  ..  16 

Bruce  2 ..  ..  4 . 4 

Schaffer  8 13  ..  11  ’ !' 

Torpey  ..  7 8 ..  3 ..  ..  „„  ..  .. 

Keenan  . . H . . 6 

Linderman,  20  5 2 3 ..  ..  2 6 *8 

C Queil,  14  12  7 11  13  9 7 14 

O Rourke  14  12  13  12 

F Queil  ..  6 16  14  8 .. 

Pye,  8 8 6 8 .. 

gaul  16  10  12  12  .. 

Ketcham,  8 ..  ..  ..  13  9 8 

Dr  Duffy,  7 12 

Edgar  7. . . " " ” " ” 12 

H.  W.  Mallinson,  Sec’y. 


SIDE  LIGHTS  OF  TRADE. 


Under  the  caption  “A  Runaway  Race,”  the  Winchester  Re- 
peating Arms  Co.,  New  Haven,  Conn.,  calls  attention  to  Sporting 
Life’s  Trapshooters’  Review  for  1904,  wherein  is  shown  that  out  of 
twenty-nine  shooters  who  made  90  per  cent,  or  better,  each  shoot- 
ing 3,000  shots  or  more,  seventeen  shot  Winchester  factory  loaded 
shells. 

The  calendar  for  1905,  issued  by  the  Peters  Cartridge  Company, 
lias  proved  so  popular  with  sportsmen  and  dealers  all  over  the 
country,  and  the  demand  for  them  has  been  so  great,  that  the 
supply  has  already  been  exhausted.  Therefore,  the  announcement 
is  made  by  the  Peters  Cartridge  Company  that  no  further  orders 
can  be  filled. 

The  Marlin  Firearms  Co.,  New  Haven,  Conn.,  will  send,  without 
charge,  their  1905  calendar  to  applicants.  It  is  entitled  “A  Great 
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Trap  shooters  in  the  Field* 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

Since  leaving  the  firing-line  as  a professional  shot,  the  last 
annual  tournament  and  pow-pow  of  the  Scatter  Shoot  Tribe 
which  was  held  at  West  Baden  during  the  summer  just  past, 
having  marked  my  departure  from  the  ranks,  separation  from  the 
gang  and  the  entering  upon  my  duties  as  salesman.  I have  had 
a number  of  letters  from  the  boys  asking  as  to  how  I was  pro- 
gressing, weather-  or  not  I ever  had  any  fun.  etc. ; and  as  these 
letters  are  entirely  too  numerous  to  reply  to  in  detail,  I have 
thought  to  crave  your  indulgence  and  use  your  columns  to  com- 
municate once  more  with  the  “bunch,”  let  ’em  know  that  I was 
glad  to  hear  from  them  and  that  the  life  of  a salesman  for 
gun  and  ammunition  company,  while  traveling  in  the  South  and 
West,  can  be,  and  is  a very  pleasant  one,  -especially  in  the  game 
season  and  if  you  know  the  right  people.  One  little  shooting 
trip  in  particular  stands  out  jn  my  memory  as  one  long  to  be 
retained  and  treasured  and,  thinking  the  boys  might  want  to 
hear  it,  will  give  it  to  you  here. 

While  calling  upon  my  trade  in  Little  Rock  I was  spending 
a very  pleasant  hour  with  Mr.  John  H.  Martin,  and  was  intro- 
duced to  Mr.  William  B.  Payne,  of  Beebranch,  in  Van  Buren 
county.  Now  this  same  William  B.  Payne  is  some  punkins  as  a 
sportsman,  and  he  must  have  some  friends  in  his  county,  as  he 
has  just  been  elected  as  a Representative  to  the  next  general 
Assembly  of  the  State  of  Arkansas.  This  of  itself  is  not  sur- 
prising, but  when  you  know  that  brother  Payne  is  a Republican 
and  was  the  only  man  on  that  ticket  elected  to  office  in  his 
county  and  is  one  of  the  four  from  that  party  holding  seats  in 
the  next  Legislature  at  Little  Rock,  why,  that’s  different. 

It  chanced  that  Brother  Payne  happened  to  mention  the  killing 
of  a 22-pound  gobbler  in  my  hearing,  and  I can  only  describe 
my  feelings  at  hearing  this  news,  when  I say  I felt  about  like 
Tom  Marshall  and  Fred  Gilbert  did  out  at  Kansas  City  once,  when 
Charlie  Stevens  dealt  them  each  a royal  flush. — that  is,  before 
the  hands  were  showed  down,  and  by  which  comparison  I mean 
that  I felt  some  glad.  I may  say,  too,  that  I felt,  when  Mr. 

■ Payne  invited  me  out  to  help  him  kill  another,  a great  deal  better 
than  either  Tom  or  Fred,  when  the  smoke  cleared  and  they 
found  the  hands  were  a tie.  It  is  needless  to  say  that  brother 
Payne’s  invitation  was  accepted  before  he  had  a chance  to  get 
away  from  it,  and  upon  the  following  Thursday,  which,  by  the 
way,  was  Thanksgiving  Day,  Nov.  24  last,  I set  out  on  my 
journey,  a drive  of  about  thirty-eight  miles,  and  alone  across  a 
country  I never  knew  was  there.  However,  Mr.  Payne  had 
given  me  ample  instructions,  and  at  about  5 o’clock  P.  M.,  I 
drove  up  to  his  door.  I think,  privately,  he  was  somewhat  sur- 
prised, as  knowing  your  Uncle  Jim  to  be  a tenderfoot,  he  thought 
the  thirty-eight  miles  would  bluff  me.  'But  the  chance  of  getting 
a shot  at  America’s  greatest  game-bird  and,  I believe,  wildest 
- game,  made  that  thirty-eight  miles  appear  to  me  like  a walk 
around  the  block.  I was  quartered  with  Brother  Jones,  of  the 
Jones  House  at  Beebranch,  and  Brother  Jones  sure  knows  how 
to  take  care  of  a sportsman  and  his  horse,  etc.  As  my  time  was 
limited  to  two  days,  in  which  to  hunt,  Mr.  Payne  was  down  early 
the  following  morning,  Fridajr,  and  we  set  out  in  my  buggy  for 
the  Cataran  Creek  Bottoms,  where  he  had  been  having  some 
sport  with  the  turkeys,  and  which  locality  he  thought  most 
favorable  for  me  to  get  a shot  in  the  limited  time  at  my 
disposal. 

The  morning  was  exceedingly  dry  and  the  atmosphere  full  of 
smoke  from  forest  fires  raging  in  North  Arkansas  at  that  time, 
and,  in  consequence,  at  8 o’clock,  when  we  left  the  main  road 
-and  drove  out  through  some  black-jack  timber  along  a little 
used  road  to  reach  Cataran  Creek,  objects  were  not  easily  dis- 
tinguished at  distances  to  exceed  100  to  150  yards.  We  had 
hardly  gotten  well  away  from  the  road  and  out  into  the  timber, 
when  Mr.  Payne  suddenly  grabbed  the  - lines  and,  speaking 
cautiously,  said:  “I  think  I see  something  out  there  in  the 
oaks.”  He  stopped,  then  drove  along  for  a few  feet,  stopped 
and  drove  along  again,  all  the  while  .intently  looking  off  to  our 
right,  and  finally  stopped  and  got  out  of  the  buggy  to  see 
better,  but  finally  said,  “I  guess  it  was  only  a squirrel  on  the 
ground;  but  T thought  I saw  a turkey  sneak  along  through  the 
trees.”  The  light  was  so  uncertain*  that  it  was  impossible  to  say 
just  what  it  was.  While  lighting  a cigar,  Mr.  Payne  suggested 
that  I hand  him  a .32-20  rifle  that  I had  in  the  buggy,  as  he 
wanted  to  try  a shot  before  we  got  to  the  hunting  grounds,  and, 
if  he  could  shoot  it,  he  would  use  it  instead  of  his  shotgun.  I 
neglected  to  say  that  about  100yds.  to  our  right  was  a bare  tree 
lap,  which  was  the  only  obstruction,  aside  from  the  fog,  to  a clear 
view  of  the  open  woods.  Mr.  Payne  took  a piece  of  paper  from 
his  pocket,  walked  down  into  the  woods  about  60  to  65yds.  and 
fastened  it  upon  a tree.  Upon  his  return  I handed  him  the  .32. 
All  this  time  we  had  been  at  this  particular  spot,  I should  think 
some  seven  or  eight  minutes.  Mr.  Payne  drew  a bead  on  this 
piece  of  paper,  and  at  the  crack  of  the  rifle  out  from  that  bare 
tree-lap  jumped  about  as  pretty  a specimen  of  a wild  turkey 
gobbler  as  one  would  want  to  see.  Imagine,  bovs,  how  your 
Uncle  Jim  felt  after  driving  thirty-eight  miles  to  get  a shot  at 
a turkey,  and,  before  the  hunt  was  started,  here  was  a “beaut” 
skirting  around  him  at  about  75  to  80yds.  distant,  while  my  gun 


was  reposing  safely  in  its  case  in  the  bottom  of  the  buggy,  as 
we  had  two  miles  yet  to  go  before  reaching  the  hunting  grounds. 

I have  a friend  who  was  once  on  his  way  to  a pigeon  shoot,  and 
stopped  over  at  a hotel  in  one  of  the  large  cities  of  the  country. 
Following  morning  he  carefully  packed  every  pair  of  his  trousers 
in  his  trunk  and  sent  them  to  the  depot  without  having  taken 
the  precaution  to  put  on  one  pair  or  even  to  reserve  one  pair 
for  that  meritorious  purpose.  That’s  how  I felt,  “ye  scoffers.” 
There  was  no  word  I could  think  of  at  that  particular  time  to 
fit  the  occasion.  Brother  Payne  was  in  the  meantime  busily 
getting  another  cartridge  into  the  rifle  and  took  a running  shot 
at  this  Mr.  Turkey,  distant  about  100  to  125yds.,  and  going  so 
fast  that  he  looked  more  like  a boa  constrictor  than  he  did  a 
turkey.  At  this  Mr.  Gobbler  rose  and  sailed  majestically  off  over 
the  treetops  toward  Scroggins  Creek  Bottoms,  about  three-quarters 
of  a mile  to  our  left.  Brother  Payne  recited  a few  measured 
sentences  not  often  heard  in  meeting,  and  we  wended  our  way 
to  the  Cataran  Creek.  This  is  how  I didn’t  kill  the  lone  gobbler; 
but  I did  kill  him  a little  later  in  the  day,  and  in  doing  so  I was 
some  gratified. 

Going  down  to  the  creek  bottom,  to  begin  our  hunt,  Mr. 
Payne  gave  me  a little  history  of  this  lone  gobbler,  which  he 
well  knew,  and  also  a careful  description  of  the  country  and  how 
we  would  try  to  circumvent  him.  After  carefully  staking  our 
steed  and  putting  our  belongings  into  the  trees  out  of  reach  of 
the  range  cattle  and  razor-back  hogs,  the  real  hunt  began.  The 
forenoon  was  spent  in  a still-hunt,  covering  a portion  of  the 
Cataran  Creek  Bottoms  below  or  to  our  southeast,  also  a care- 
ful return  along  Scroggins  Creek,  where  it  appeared  that  our 
lone  gobbler  had  gone.  While  on  this  hunt,  Mr.  Payne  gave 
a very  slight  exhibition  of  what  he  can  do  in  the  way  of 
seductive  calling  for  wild  turkeys,  but  did  a very  little  of  this, 
as  he  knew  this  Mr.  Gobbler  of  old  and  knew  that  he  was  just 
as  liable  to- run  the  other  way  when  called  as  to  come  toward  the 
caller. 

Upon  reaching  Cataran  Creek  again  and  without  having  gotten 
a glimpse  of  our  quarry,  after  which  Brother  Payne  enjoyed  a 
cigar,  while  your  humble  servant  “made  much  medicine,  accord- 
ing to  the  custom  of  the  tribe  of  Okobojis,”  and  laid  plans  for 
the  taking  of  Mr.  Gobbler’s  scalp. 

It  was  agreed  that  the  tenacity  that  this  turkey  had  exhibited 
in  running  around  us  that  morning,  and  in  flying  to  our  left 
when  shot  at,  instead  of  going  away  down  to  our  right,  as  he 
should  have  done,  according  to  all  the  laws  of  wild  things,  es- 
pecially as  the  dense  timber  along  the  Cataran  Creek  lay  nearest 
in  that  direction,  had,  to  a certain  extent,  tipped  his  hand.  In 
other  words,  there  was  some  reason  why  he  insisted  upon  going 
in  a certain  direction  in  spite  of  his  scare  at  us  and,  as  Mr. 
Payne  knew  of  a cornfield  yet  unharvested  that  lay  just  on  the 
east  bank  of  Cataran  Creek  about  a mile  above  us  and  almost 
due  east  of  the  point  where  we  had  flushed  Mr.  Gobbler,  it  was 
decided  that  this  cornfield  was  his  object. 

Knowing  the  country  as  he  did  his  own  dooryard,  Brother 
Payne  soon  had  me  at  the  west  edge  of  this  cornfield,  on  the  east 
side  of  Cataran  Creek  and  right  opposite  where  a little  dry  run 
opened  up  a gap  in  the  mountain,  which  lay  on  the  opposite 
bank. 

Here  Brother  Payne  said:  “Now,  Jim,  this  looks  like  the 

place  Mr.  Gobbler  would  just  about  cross  over  the  east  side  of 
that  mountain  to  get  to  the  field,  and  if  you  will  climb  up  that 
little  dry  run,  I will  go  about  a quarter  of  a mile  further  north, 
climb  the  mountain,  and  we  will  hunt  back  across  it,  taking  the 
remainder  of  the  afternoon  to  hunt  about  a half-mile  and  will 
keep  our  respective  distances.  If  I mistake  not,  you  will  meet 
that  fellow  coming  across.  Of  this  I am  certain,  for  we  did  not 
find  him  in  Scroggins  Bottoms.” 

Slowly  I climbed  the  mountain,  keeping  on  the  bare  stones 
and,  upon  reaching  the  top,  there  lay  the  unmistakable  signs  of  a 
cyclone  having  several  years  before  uprooted  all  the  tall  timber, 
which  lay  in  a tangled  mass  over  the  entire  level  top  of  the 
mountain.  I also  encountered  a large,  fat  and  saucy  fox-squirrel, 
who  ran  up  a stunted  oak  and  defied  me  to  pot  him.  As  I 
was  hunting  turkey,  I maintained  my  rule  to  let  all  smaller  game 
pass  unnoticed,  which  was  a good  thing.  Proceeding  slowly  and 
with  great  care  toward  a fallen  tree,  against  the  upturned  roots 
of  which  I had  decided  to  take  a stand  for  a while,  I must  have 
consumed  not  less  than  fifteen  minutes  in  going  100yds.  All  this 
time  Mr.  Gobbler  was  concealed  in  a tree-lap  about  40yds  to 
my  left  and  about  the  same  distance  from  the  top  of  the  bluff 
which  I had  climbed.  It’s  a cinch  that  he  saw  me  the  minute 
the  top  of  my  head  showed  over  the  mountain,  and  if  he  had 
run  away  I would  never  have  seen  him,  on  account  of  the  tangled 
timber.  Evidently  the  cornfield  had  such  an  attraction  for  him 
that  he  decided  to  let  your  Uncle  walk  out  of  gun  shot  on  past 
him,  and  then  he  would  sail  off  that  mountain,  like  Jim  Elliott 
going  after  a straight.  However,  he  must  have  underestimated  my 
distance,  on  account  of  the  length  of  time  I consumed  in  going 
toward  my  fallen  tree,  for  I was  just  about  100yds.  from  the 
edge  of  the  bluff  when,  “flop!  flop!”  I heard  him  get  up  be- 
hind me.  I wheeled  just  in  time  to  see  what  looked  to  me  like 
the  largest  bird  I had  ever  seen  just  skimming  the  top  of  some 
scrub  oaks,  going  faster  than  Old  Charlie  Budd,  says  Frank 
Parmelee  did  when  the  jack  rabbit  got  in  his  way,  and  he  looked 


a quarter  of  a mile  away.  It  was  a long  shot  and  a desperate 
chance;  but  I had  not  driven  thirty-eight  miles  for  this  chance 
to  point  wrong,  so,  as  Tom  Marshall  would  say,  I threw  some- 
thing into'  that  Mr.  Turkey’s  system,  where  it  would  do  the  most 
good,  and  down  he  came  with  a crash,  like  Hugh  Clark  raisirlg 
the  pot  on  a pair  of  aces. 

Thinking  I might  have  by  chance  run  into  a flock,  I got 
another  shell  into  the  right  barrel,  having  reserved  the.  left,  else, 
as  Fred  Gilbert  would  say,  would  have  knocked  a little  fine  dust 
off  his  back  with  the  second  as  he  came  down.  " Waiting  about 
ten  seconds,  which  seemed  a week,  for  something  to  run  or  fly, 
and,  as  nothing  showed  up,  I hollered.  And  when  I say  that  I 
hollered,  there  are  some  of  you  who  know  just  what  that  sounds 
like.  There  is  a gentleman  sportsman,  Mr.  J.  Quincy  Ward,  of 
Paris,  Ky.,  by  gad,  suh!  who  once  essayed  to  yell  a fox  hunters’ 
carol  against  your  Uncle  Jim.  He  quit  on  the  second  round,  and 
I will  say,  that  had  J.  Quincy  been  listening,  he  probably  would 
have  heard  the  yell  I cut  loose  on  this  occasion.  It  was  sure 
some  copious.  Brother  Payne  soon  hove  in  sight,  coming  through 
the  bushes  like  a buck,  and  the  first  thing  he  said  was,  “What’s 
the  matter,  have  you  shot  yourself?”  Funny,  how  ridiculous 
things  will  come  up  under  various  circumstances,  and  I replied: 
“No;  I have  killed  that  gobbler,  and  if  Ernie  Tripp  was  here 
he  could  tell  you  a funny  story.” 

When  Brother  Payne  asked  me  why  I had  not  gone  to  my 
prey,  I told  him  that  it  was  because  I could  not  believe  I had 
killed  that  turkey  at  the  distance,  and  I wanted  his  word  to 
prove  it  to  me,  so  I had  not  moved  out  of  my  tracks  since  pulling 
the  trigger.  Upon  going  to  the  spot  where  he  had  fallen,  we 
found  him  stone  dead,  and,  I believe,  he  was  dead  before  he 
struck  the  ground.  The  distance  was  71yds.,  and  an  ounce  and  a 
quarter  of  double  Bs  ahead  of  three  and  one-half  drams  powder 
(smokeless,)  had  doubled  him  up  like  a rag  at  that  distance.  He 
was  the  most  beatiful  bird  I have  ever  seen  anywhere,  had  a 
beard  14%  inches  in  length,  which,  with  his  spurs,  showed  him 
to  be  not  less  than  three  years  old,  and  he  weighed  on  the  scales 
21%  pounds.  Brother  Payne  dragged  him  out  of  the  tree-lap 
and  fairly  gloated  over  the  prize.  I have  at  various  times  in  my 
trapsfiooting  career,  when  in  that  unusual  form  that  an  “in  and 
outer”  will  get  occasionally,  won  some  honors  and  much  of  the 
plaudits  of  the  audience  that  always  accompany  a good  win  at 
the  traps;  but  I cannot  now  recall  a moment  in  my  career  that 
gave  me  the  pride  that  accompanied  the  killing  of  the  lone 
gobbler  of  Pine  Tree  Mountain. 

Having  driven  so  far  for  only  a shot,  and  that  shot  having  been 
successful,  I was  ready  to  go  home,  and  declared  to  Brother 
Payne,  that  I was  satisfied.  I shouldered  the  gobbler,  while  he 
carried  the  guns,  and  when  we  left  them  at  a native’s  house  on 
the  other  side  of  the  mountain,  while  we  went  after  our  rig,  the 
lady  native  said:  “We  know  that  tuhky.  He  has  been  about 
heah  for  two  yeahs,  and  in  the  spring  there  is  a hen  tukhy  with 
him,  but  aftah  that  he  goes  always  alone.” 

The  drive  of  thirty-eight  miles  back  to  the  railroad  was  with 
the  lightest  of  spirits,  as  I had  accomplished  what  I went  after 
and,  further  than  this,  I had  added  one  more  sportsman  noble- 
man to  my  list  of  friends,  the  Hon.  W.  B.  Payne,  of  Van  Buren 
county,  Ark.  With  kindest  regards  to  all  the  bunch  and  promis- 
ing— if  Mr.  Editor  lets  you  see  this — to  regale  you  with  a story 
of  my  good  friend.  Judge  N.  M.  Williams,  of  the  Indian  Terri- 
tory, and  his  one-eyed  dog  Stag,  I am, 

Yours  truly, 

J.  L.  Head. 

Analostan  Gtm  Club. 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  Analostan  Gun  Club,  of  Washing- 
ton, D.  C.,  was  held  Jan.  12,  and  the  following  officers  were 
elected  for  the  ensuing  year:  President,  Burridge  Wilson;  Vice- 

President,  Chas.  S.  Wilson;  Treasurer,  John  Coleman;  Secretary, 
Miles  Taylor;  Field  Captain,  Louis  F.  C.  Heintz;  Trustees,  M.  D. 
Hogan,  W.  R.  Baker  and  W.  H.  Hunter. 

The  club  decided  to  hold  a two  days’  tournament  on  May  30 
and  31.  Two  hundred  dollars  in  added  money  will  be  given,  and 
in  addition  to  the  $200,  $15  will  be  given  to  first  and  second  high 
averages,  $10  to  the  first  and  $5  to  the  second. 

The  money  will  be  divided  on  the  percentage  plan  in  40,  30,  20 
and  10  per  cent..,  and  the  events  will  be  shot  under  the  sliding 
handicap  system. 


PUBLISHERS'  DEPARTMENT. 


Florida. 

Two  Weeks’  Tour  via  Pennsylvania  Railroad. 

The  first.  Pennsylvania  Railroad  tour  of  the  season  to  Jackson- 
ville, allowing  two  weeks  in  Florida,  will  leave  New  York,  Phila- 
delphia, Baltimore  and  Washington  by  special  train  on  Jan.  31. 

Excursion  tickets,  including  railway  transportation,  Pullman  ac- 
commodations (one  berth),  and  meals  en  route  in  both  directions 
while  traveling  cn  the  special  train,  will  be  sold  at  the  following 
rates:  New  York,  $50;  Trenton,  $49;  Philadelphia,  Harrisburg^ 

Baltimore  and  Washington,  $48;  Pittsburg,  $53,  and  at  proportion- 
ate rates,  from  other  points. 

Similar  tours  will  be  run  Feb.  14  and  28. 

For  tickets,  itineraries,  and  other  information  apply  to  ticket 
agents,  or  to  Geo.  W.  Boyd,  General  Passenger  Agent,  Broad 
Street  Station,  Philadelphia. 


BAKER  GUNS  SHOOT  HARD 


and  are  SAFE. 


They  are  noted  for  this  wherever  known,  and  that  is 
almost  everywhere.  Ask  the  man  who  owns  one. 
Fine  Trap  and  Medium  Field  Grades,  $25.00  to  $200.00  and  up. 

Inquire  of  your  dealer  or  send  for  full  descriptions. 


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Laws  as  now  in  force 

are  given  in  the  Game  Laws  in  Brief.  The  compilation  is 
complete.  It  covers  the  country.  All  is  given  that  one 
needs  know  of  game  seasons,  modes  of  killing,  number 
permitted,  transportation,  export  out  of  State,  non- 
resident and  resident  licenses. 

The  laws  are  complex  and  many.  The  Brief  states 
them  clearly  and  concisely. 

There  is  a fund  of  good  stories  besides  in  the  Wood- 
craft pages. 

Sold  by  all  dealers  or  sent  postpaid  for  25  cents  by  the 
Forest  and  Stream  Publishing  Company. 


THE  BIG  GAME  OF  AMERICA 


is  well  represented  in  the  collection 


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of  Pictures  from  Forest  and  Stream. 
Moose,  elk,  antelope,  mountain  sheep, 
Virginia  deer,  mule  deer  and  buffalo 
are  shown  in  scenes  which  have  in 
them  the  spirit  of  the  wild  creatures 
and  their  surroundings.  Each  picture 
is  an  accurate  portrait  of  the  subject 
and  has  a pleasing  landscape  setting  as 
well.  Of  smaller  game  there  are  field 
scenes  in  which  figure  the  quail,  ruffed 
grouse;  and  a number  of  splendid 
reproductions  of  Audubon  bird  pic- 
tures. The  dog  pictures  by  Osthaus 
and  the  yachting  scenes  round  out  the 
volume,  and  make  it  all  in  all  a very 
comprehensive  volume  of  American 
outdoor  sports. 


LIST  OF  THE  PLATES. 


1.  Alert  (Moose),  - Carl  Rungius 

2.  The  White  Flag  (Deer),  - - Carl  Rungius 

S.  “ Listen ! ” (Mule  Deer),  - - Carl  Rungius 

4.  On  the  Heights  (Mountain  Sheep),  Carl  Rungius 

5.  “ What’s  That  ?”  (Antelope).  - Carl  Rungius 

6.  The  Home  of  the  White  Goat. 

Photo  by  H.  T.  Folsom 

7.  Calling  the  Buffalo — 1 The  Lure,  E.  W.  Deming 

8.  Calling  the  Buffalo — 2 The  Drive,  E.  W.  Deming 

9.  Calling  the  Buffalo — 3 The  Fall,  E.  W.  Deming 

10.  Calling  the  Buffalo-^  Packing  the  Meat. 

E.  W.  Deming 

11.  Sail,  Sea  and  Sky,  Navahoe  on  the  Solent. 

Photo  by  West  & Son 

12.  The  Trapper’s  Camp.  - - E.  W.  Deming 

13.  Pearl  R.  (Setter),  - - - E.  H.  Osthaus 

14.  The  Purple  Sandpiper,  - - J.  J.  Audubon 

15.  The  Black  Duck,  - - - J.  J.  Audubon 

16.  The  Shoveller  Duck,  - - J.  J.  Audubon 


17.  The  Redhead  Duck,  - J.  J.  Audubon 

18.  The  Canvasback  Duck,  - - J.  J.  Audubon 

19.  The  Prairie  Chicken,  - - - J.  J.  Audubon 

20.  The  Willow  Ptarmigan,  - - J.  J.  Audubon 

21.  The  American  Plover,  - J.J.  Audubon 

22.  Rap  Full,  Schooner  Constellation  in  a 

North  Easter,  - - Photo  by  N.  L.  Stebbins 

23.  First  Around  Home  Mark.  The  Altair 

off  Larchmont,  - - Photo  by  Jas.  Burton 

24.  The  Challenge  (Elk),  - - Carl  Rungius 

25.  Quail  Shooting  in  Mississippi,  - - E.  Osthaus 

26.  Ripsey  (Pointer)  - - - • - E Osthaus 

27.  Between  Casts,  - - W.  P.  Davison 

2S.  Home  of  the  Bass,  ...  W.  P.  Davison 

29.  In  Boyhood  Days,  ...  w.  P.  Davison 

30.  A Country  Road  (Partridge),  W.  P.  Davison 

81.  When  Food  Grows  Scarce. (Quail),  W.  P.  Davison 

82.  In  the  Fence  Corner  (Quail),  W.  P,  Davison 


The  plates  are  carefully  printed  on  heavy  coated  paper  and  handsomely 
bound,  making  a most  attractive  volume.  The  size  of  page  is  about  that  of 
the  Forest  and  Stream  or  about  16x11^  inches.  Price,  postpaid  $2. 

In  response  to  numerous  enquiries  from  those  who  desire  to  frame  these 
engravings,  rather  than  to  keep  them  in  a volume,  a special  price  of  $1.75  each 
has  been  made  for  sets  of  unbound  sheets. 

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MODERN  RIFLE  SHOOTING 


FROM  THE  AMERICAN  STANDPOINT, 

By  W.  G.  HUDSON,  M.  D., 

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In  its  160  pages  are  treated,  in  popular  language  but  with  technical 

accuracy,  all  the  details  of  Rifles,  Bullets,  Triggers  and  Trigger  Pulls 
Equipments,  Sights  and  Sighting,  Aiming.  Adjustments  of  Sights,* 
Helps  in  Aiming,  Optics  of  Rifle  Shooting,  Positions  at  all  Ranges,  Tar- 
gets in  General  Use,  Ammunition,  Reloading,  Cleaning,  Appliances,  etc. 

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Bargains  in  floccasins  and 
Storm  Shoes. 


Moccasins  of  soft,  light-colored  buckskin,  es- 
pecially adapted  to  snowshoeing,  tobogganing, 


etc.  Per  pair .$2.50 

Moccasins  of  oil-tanned  moose  hide,  single  sole, 
extra  well  made  and  serviceable.  Per  pair. . . ,$3.C0 
Moccasins  of  oil-tanned  moose  hide,  double 
sole,  extra  strong  and  especially  adapted  to  rough 
and  hard  outdoor  work.  Per  pair , $4.00 


“Moscow”  Hunting  Boots  of  heavy  waterproof, 
black  leather,  soft  and  pliable;  ten  inches  high, 
heavy  sole  and  heel,  guaranteed  to  give  entire 

satisfaction.  Per  pair  $5.50 

Smith  “Ideal”  Boots  of  dark  gray  horse  hide, 
absolutely  waterproof,  hand-sewed,  extra  soft  and 
flexible,  ten  inches  high,  with  or  without  hob- 


nails, especially  adapted  to  tramping  or  exposure 
of  any  kind  (an  ideal  storm  boot).  Per  pair. $7. 50 
The  ‘Tver  Johnson”  Storm  Boot  of  russet 
leather,  extra  soft  and  light  weight,  absolutely 
waterproof,  ten  inches  high,  with  or  without  hob- 
nails. The  best  and  most  popular  storm  or  hunt- 
ing boot  made.  Per  pair $7.50 

The  “Barker”  Boots,  with  rubber  scries  and 
leather  uppers,  eight  inches  high,  waterproof  to 
top,  the  best-known  still-liunting  or  storm  bool 

on  the  market.  Per  pair $4.00 

The  “Arctic”  Stocking,  extra  heavy  fleece  lined, 
colors  gray,  black  and  red.  For  use  with  Moc- 
casins, heavy  boots,  etc.  Per  pair .....,$1.50 

Send  for  free  catalogue. 


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FINE  GUNS  AT  REDUCED  PRICES. 

1 fine  Scott  Premier  Quality  Hammer  Gun,  built  1 Special  W.  YV.  Greener  Hammer  Gun,  straight 
to  order.  Damascus  barrels,  J4  p.g.,  in  leather  grip,  wrought  steel  barrels,  30  x 12  x 844-  Latest 
trunk  case;  34  x 8 x 13 A superb  gun.  Cost  cross-bolt.  In  new  condition.  This  is  an  excep- 

$325.00  in  gold $175.00  tionally  nice  gun.  Built  for  trap,  and  cost  $125.00 

1 fine  Edward  Lang  (89  Wigmore  St.,  London),  only  a short  time  since $75.00 

Hammer  Gun,  full  p.g.,  Whitworth  steel  barrels,  1 ditto  Greener  Hammer  Gun,  pistol  grip,  1am- 
originally  cost  $250.00,  and  in  fine  condition;  30  x mated  steel  barrels,  30  x 12  x 8.  Good  second- 

12  x 7 10-16.  Complete  in  leather  trunk  case,  $85.00  hand  condition  $45.00 

1 fine  Scctt  Hammer  Gun,  Damascus  barrels,  1 IV.  & C.  Scott  & Son  Premier  Quality  Ham- 
full  p.g.,  26  x 20  x 5%.  In  fine  condition;  good  met  Gun,  finest  Damascus  barrels,  pistol  grip. 

as  new  $45.00  superbly  engraved.  In  nice,  refinished  condition. 

1 J.  P.  Clabrough  & Bros.  (London),  fine  Has  Scott  pat.  compensating  lump,  and  cost 
Under-lever,  Single-barrel  Hammer  Gun,  lam-  $300.(0.  Barrels  full  London  proof.  30  x 10 

inated  steel,  % P-g-,  41  x 4 x 18.  Built  to  order  x 8%  $75.00 

for  stand  shooting.  Almost  new  condition,  $100.00  1 L.  C.  Smith  Hammerless  8-bore.  Made  for 

1 Parker  D.  H.  grade  Hammerless,  fitted  with  long-range  goose  shooting.  Damascus  barrels, 
automatic  ejector.  Damascus  barrels,  pistol  grip.  Full  pistol  grip,  heavy  breech,  and  almost  as 
Good  second-hand,  30  x 12  x 7 10-1(5.,.-. $65.00  good  as  new.  32  x 8 x 13J4 $65.00 


Also  the  following  Hammerless  Guns,  consigned  to  us  for  sale  by  the  noted  old  London  makers, 
JOSEPH  LANG  & SON,  102  New  Bond  St.,  London: 

No.  13647.  Special  Box  Locks,  Single  Triggers,  No.  13649.  One  ditto,  27  x 16  x 6,  14  x 2%,  $200. 

Ejector,.  Hammerless,  special  steel  barrels,  No.  13650.  One  Anson  & Deeley  Ejector  Ham- 

straight  stocks,  28  x 12  x 614,  1414  x 2%  . . .$250.00  merless  Double  Triggers,  steel  barrels,  half  pis- 

No.  13648.  One  ditto  Single  Trigger  Ejector,  tol  grip,  30  x 12  x 2(4,  14(4  x 2% $165.00 

hammerless,  special  steel  barrels,  half  pistol  grip,  No.  13651.  One  ditto  straight  grip,  28  x 12  x 

28  x 12  x 6 10-16,  14i/g  x 2% $200.00  614,  14  x 2% ..$165.00 

Also  all  other  makes,  Hammer  and  Hammerless  guns  (regular  new  stock)  and  all  articles  per- 
taining to  them.  Send  six  cents  in  stamps  for  large  illustrated  catalogue. 

WM.  READ  & SONS,  Established  1826.  107  Washington  St  , Boston,  Mass. 


FRANCOTTE  GUNS” 


“KNOCKABOUT  GUN” 


Are  the  Leading  Imported  Shotguns  on  the  American 
Market  in  Every  Respect. 

Francotte  Guns,  - from  $80.00  to  $450.00  net 

Knockabont  Guns,  in  one  grade  only,  - - $60.00  net 

DESCRIPTIVE  PRICE  LIST  ON  APPLICATION.  SOLE  U.  S.  AGENCY, 

von  lengIerkeT^detmold, 

318  Broadway,  - NEW  YORK. 


HINTS  AND  POINTS  FOR  SPORTSMEN. 

Compiled  by  “Seneca.”  Cloth,  illustrated,  224pp.  Price,  $1.50. 

This  compilation  comprises  six  hundred  and  odd  hints,  helps,  kinks,  wrinkles, 
points  and  suggestions  for  the  shooter,  the  fisherman,  the  dog  owner,  the  yachts- 
man, the  canoeist,  the  camper,  the  outer;  in  short,  for  the  field  sportsman  in 
all  the  varied  phases  of  his  activity.  The  scope  of  the  information  it  contains 
embraces  a wild  field,  and  “Hints  and  Points”  has  proved  one  of  the  most  prac- 
tically useful  works  of  reference  in  the  sportsman’s  library. 

FOREST  AND  STREAM  PUBLISHING  CO.,  NEW  YORK. 


The  Finest  Greener  Gun  Ever  Built. 
Who  Wants  To  Own  This  Magnificent  Gun? 
Awarded  The  Grand  Prize  at  St.  Louis. 

Among  the  many  fine  Greener  guns  shown  at  the  World’s  Fair  at  St.  Louis, 
was  one  of  superlative  merit  and  beauty,  and  which  Mr.  Greener  says  is  the  finest 
gun  he  ever  made. 

This  gun  is  now  in  New  York,  and  is  offered  for  sale  as  the  most  unique  speci- 
men of  the  gunmaker's  art  that  has  yet  been  produced.  The  price  is  $1,400  net;  and 
if  cash  accompanies  the  order  we  will  include  a best  quality  English  solid  pigskin  case 
lined  with  silk  velvet,  and  a full  set  of  nickel-silver  implements. 

An  adequate  description  of  the  gun  itself  is  impossible  in  cold  type,  for  the  sym- 
metry of  proportion,  the  bal  ance,  the  studied  elegance  of  design  and  the  exquisite 
workmanship  must  be  seen  to  be  appreciated. 

Mr.  Greener’s  best  goldsmith  worked  over  six  months  on  the  hand  carving  and 
gold  work  alone,  which  will  give  an  idea  of  the  value  of  the  ornamentation. 

The  entire  metal  work  of  the  action  is  carved  in  high  relief  and  embellished  with 
the  most  beautiful  gold  embossing,  there  being  no  less  than  26  encrusted  figures  on  the 
action  and  guard,  of  cupids,  dogs,  woodcock,  quail,  pheasants,  ducks,  etc.,  in  pure 
24-carat  gold,  and  more  than  40  inlaid  letters  and  figures  on  the  barrels  and  fore-end, 
of  ducks,  dogs,  pigeons  and  stags,  all  in  pure  gold,  two  of  the  stags  being  beautifully 
-wrought  into  the  Whitworth  fluid  steel  barrels,  each  figure  measuring  over  an  inch 
and  a half  long. 

Every  other  feature  of  the  gun  has  received  the  same  care  as  the  ornamentation. 
It  makes  an  even  full-choked  pattern  of  260  with  the  right  barrel  and  267  with  the 
left  in  a 30-inch  circle  at  40  yards  with  No.  6 Newcastle  chilled.  270  pellets  to  the 
ounce. 

It  has  30-inch  barrels,  w eighs  7 pounds  9^2  ounces,  small  half-pistol  grip,  drop 
of  stock  at  heel  2 inches,  at  comb  il/2  inches,  length  of  stock  14J4  inches,  including1 
Silver’s  recoil  pad. 

The  rib  is  flat,  level  and  file  cut  by  hand,  making  a dead  finish.  The  ejector 
mechanism  is  Greener’s  new  “Unique”  system,  the.  very  latest  product  of  Mr.  Greener’s 
inventive  genius.  In  this  system  the  limb  in  the  ejector  lock  does  double  duty  in  firing 
the  case  and  ejecting  the  shell.  It  also  takes  the  blow  or  strain,  usually  received  on 
the  action,  from  the  weight  of  the  falling  barrels  on  opening  the  gun.  This  one  fea- 
ture alone  will  obviously  lengthen  the  life  of  the  action  indefinitely. 

All  the  interior  of  the  locks  are  gold-plated  to  prevent  corrosion.  It  is  in  truth 
a perfect  gun,  and  yet  withal  a work  of  art.  At  least  half  its  value  is  in  its  artistic 
ornamentation. 

Comparatively  few  can  appreciate  the  worth  of  the  very  best  in  anything,  yet 
comparatively  many  in  America  demand  the  best  that  skill  can  produce. 

We  offer  this  gun  at  $1,400  net  to  either  the  connoisseur  or  the  dilettante  in  gun 
matters,  believing  in  either  case  the  purchaser  will  secure  to  himself  that  which  he 
will  prefer  to  his  money. 

Greener  guns  are  good  guns,  and  their  use  is  a fine  habit. 

HENRY  C.  SQUIRES  & SON, 

No.  20  Cortlandt  St.,  New  York. 


CANOE  and  BOAT  BUILDING. 


A complete  manual  for  Amateurs.  Containing  plain  and  comprehensive  direc- 
tions for  the  construction  of  Canoes,  Rowing  and  Sailing  Boats  and  Hunting 
Craft.  By  W.  P.  Stephens.  Cloth.  Eighth  and  enlarged  edition.  264  pages, 
numerous  illustrations,  and  fifty  plates  in  envelope.  Price,  $2.00.  This  office. 


DuPont  Smokeless 

AGAIN  THE  CHAMPION 

D yi  Pont  Smokeless 

Won  the  Professional  and  Amateur  Championships  for  1904. 

Mr.  Fred  Gilbert,  High  Professional. 

Mr.  John  W.  Garrett,  High  Amateur. 

Why  don’t  you  shoot 

DuPont  Smokeless? 


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NEW  PREEN 
WALSRODE 

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the  world  for  cold  weather. 
Arctic  explorers  use  no  other 
smokeless  powder  in  the  North. 
If  you  can’t  get  the  powder  at 
your  dealers,  write  for  prices 
and  samples  to 


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VOL*  LXIV.— No*  4. 


SATURDAY,  JANUARY  28,  1905* 


Copyright  1904,  by  Forest  and  Stream  Publishing  Co.  ESTABLISHED  1873. 

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A RUN  IN  THE  RAIN 

In  a violent  rain  storm  at  Decatur,  111.,  F.  C.  Riehl  made  a run  of  108  straight, 
winning  the  day's  average.  Shooters  who  are  familiar  with  scores  under  such 
trying  conditions  will  appreciate  that  Mr.  Riehl  has  made  a remarkable  record, 
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A NEED  OF  THE  YELLOWSTONE  PARK. 

The  act  setting  apart  the  Yellowstone  National  Park 
was  passed  in  1872,  but  little  public  interest  was  mani- 
fested in  that  great  reservation  for  several  years  after. 
All  the  time,  however,  people  from  different  parts  of  the 
country  were  visiting  it,  and  gradually  it  came  to  be 
known.  About  this  time  it  occurred  to  certain  money- 
making people  and  politicians  in  the  East  and  the  West 
that  here  was  a large  tract  of  country  which  some  time 
would  be  of  great  public  interest.  Would  it  not  be  a 
good  thing,  they  asked  themselves,  to  get  hold  of  this 
tract,  to  make  some  arrangement  now,  before  it  was 
; known,  by  which  it  could  be  controlled  by  one  group  of 
men  for  ten  or  twenty  years,  or  even  for  a longer  period. 
The  law  permitted  the  Secretary  of  the  Interior  to  lease 
certain  limited  tracts  of  country,  and  to  do  pretty  much 
anything  else. 

Although  the  Yellowstone  Park  was  thus  in  charge  of 
the  Secretary,  neither  he  nor  any  of  his  subordinates  knew 
much  about  it.  There  were  a few  printed  reports,  but 
the  Park  was  a long  way  off,  and  absolutely  inaccessible 
except  by  wagon  or  on  horseback.  In  fact,  only  a little 
earlier,  there  was  no  wagon  road  into  the  Park  except 
one  from  Virginia  City,  Montana,  and  travel  through  it 
was  practically  on  horseback  with  pack  mules. 

The  group  of  men  who  thought  that  it  would  be  a 
good  thing  to  secure  control  of  the  National  Park  went 
about  the  work  very  quietly  and  judiciously,  and  offered 
to  the  Secretary  of  the  Interior  a number  of  harmless 
looking  contracts  and  leases,  some  of  which  were  signed. 
Even  as  long  ago  as  that,  however,  there  were  other 
people  who  had  seen  the  marvelous  possibilities  of  the 
National  Park,  and  were  watching  it  closely,  and 
when  they  learned  of  the  harmless  contracts  and  leases, 
they  scrutinized  them  with  such  care  as  to  discover  that 
they  were  not  so  harmless  as  they  seemed.  A strong 
effort  was  made  to  have  the  leases  canceled  or  modified, 
and  this  was  done. 

From  that  time  on  for  a good  many  years  there  was  a 
perpetual  struggle  between  two  parties,  one  of  which 
wanted  the  Park  used  for  its  own  benefit  and  the  other 
wanted  the  Park  used  for  the  public’s  benefit.  Some- 
times it  was  a question  of  hotels,  sometimes  of  establish- 
ing a cattle  ranch  within  its  boundaries,  sometimes  of 
running  a railroad  through  it.  It  was  a long  and  tire- 
some fight,  but  the  friends  of  the  Park  “stayed  with  it,” 
as  the  term  is,  and  at  last  tired  out  the  people  who  were 
trying  to  grab  the  Park  for  their  own  benefit,  and  now 
for  some  years  there  has  been  no  effort  to  steal  this  part 
of  the  public’s  property.  It  may  be  doubted  if  ever  again 
such  an  effort  will  be  made. 

In  its  early  history  the  Yellowstone  Park  for  years 
suffered  from  lack  of  satisfactory  appropriations  and  the 
curse  of  politics;  but  at  length  details  from  the  regular 
army  were  stationed  there,  and  an  era  of  proper  protec- 
tion began.  From  Captain  Moses  Harris  twenty  years 
ago  to  Major  John  Pitcher  to-day,  there  has  been  a 
steady  improvement  in  conditions  in  the  Park.  Each 
officer  detailed  there  has  had  the  benefit  of  the  ex- 
perience of  his  predecessor,  and  it  may  truthfully  be  said 
that  never  has  the  Park  been  so  well  cared  for  as  it  is 
to-day.  This  gratifying  state  of  things  is  of  course 
a high  tribute  to  the  army,  and  shows  that  men  of  the 
highest  class  have  been  selected  for  a task  which  is  both 
difficult  and  delicate. 

In  Major  Pitcher’s  recent  report  on  conditions  there, 
is  a reference  to  the  necessity  of  feeding  the  game.  This 
must  be  done,  for  as  the  wild  animals  increase,  the  food 
supply  for  each  individual  must  decrease,  and  although 
in  ordinary  seasons  when  the  grass  is  good  and  the  snow 
is  light,  there  is  still  ample  grazing  for  all  these  animals, 
z winter  may  soon  come  of  deep  snows,  of  crusts  and  of 
hard  spring  storms,  which  will  sweep  away  thousands  on 


thousands  of  elk,  deer  and  antelope,  and  will  destroy  in  a 
month  the  results  of  all  the  thought,  time  and  money 
that  have  been  devoted  to  the  preservation  of  game  here. 
Major  Pitcher  should  be  given  funds  sufficient  to  enable 
him  to  irrigate  certain  extensive  flats  on  the  Yellow- 
stone River  and  its  tributaries  on  which  could  be  grown 
crops  of  hay  to  be  harvested  and  held  against  some 
season  of  deep  snows  and  bitter  cold,  when  food  will  be 
greatly  needed.  These  river  valleys  will  grow  thousands 
of  tons  of  alfalfa  or  timothy,  and  are  close  to  water,  but 
ditches  must  be  dug  and  crops  sown  and  harvested,  and 
for  this  work  money  is  needed.  The  extraordinary  suc- 
cess of  the  small  alfalfa  fields  near  Gardiner  in  attract- 
ing the  antelope  is  an  object  lesson  which  shows  what 
can  he  done  in  this  matter.  It  is  to  be  hoped  that 
Congress  and  the  Interior  Department  will  unite  in 
furnishing  the  needed  funds  to  the  Superintendent  of 
the  Park.  All  that  is  required  is  the  money  to  make  a 
start.  Major  Pitcher  will  do  the  rest. 


CURRITUCK  DUCK  SHOOTING. 

From  time  immemorial  the  great  lagoons  and  broad 
waters  lying  between  the  fringe  of  the  outer  beach  and 
the  mainland  along  the  southern  Atlantic  Coast  have 
been  a resort  for  wildfowl,  and  when  the  winter  frost  has 
sealed  up  the  northernmost  of  these,  the  Great  South 
Bay,  the  fowl  pass  on  southward  to  Chesapeake  Bay, 
Currituck  Sound,  and  other  open  waters  where  food 
is  abundant.  To  such  wintering  grounds  the  fowl  are 
followed  by  the  gunners,  who  ply  their  trade  all  winter 
long,  slaying  great  numbers  of  ducks,  geese  and  swan. 
The  number  of  the  birds  varies  somewhat ; but  if  some 
shooting  seasons  are  poor,  others  are  extremely  good ; 
and  since  the  abolition  of  spring  shooting  in  many  States 
and  Provinces,  the  fowl  seem  to  be  almost  holding  their 
own. 

Of  these  winter  homes  for  wildfowl,  Currituck  Sound 
is  the  most  famous,  perhaps  for  no  better  reason  than 
that  it  has  been  frequented  by  gunners  of  the  Northern 
States  since  a time  long  preceding  the  Civil  War.  Each 
year  many  thousands  of  birds  are  killed,  chiefly  bv  the 
local  gunners,  who  in  large  measure  derive  their  living 
through  the  winter  from  the  fowl  which  they  capture, 
but  also  a great  many  by  visiting  snortsmen — club  mem- 
bers and  persons  who  go  to  various  resorts  kept  by 
natives  and  secure  good  shooting.  There  are  still  multi- 
tudes of  birds  in  Currituck  Sound,  and  each  year  the 
geese  and  swans  seem  to  grow  more  numerous.  Never- 
theless the  constant  gunning,  extended  over  many  years 
and  over  many  months  of  each  vear,  is  slowly  teaching 
the  birds  wisdom,  instilling  in  them  suspicion  of  the  de- 
covs  to  which  they  once  flew  so  unsuspectingly,  and  gen- 
erally causing  them  to  act  in  such  a manner  that  they  are 
each  year  more  difficult  to  secure. 

There  have  been  seasons  when  the  battery  and  the 
bush  blind  have  almost  driven  the  ducks  out  of  Currituck 
Sound.  From  Back  Bav.  Va.,  southward  over  much  of 
this  water,  batteries  and  bush  blinds,  each  with  a large 
stand  of  decoys,  are  scattered  at  frequent  intervals.  A 
great  flock  of  canvasbacks,  starting  on  its  flight  north 
or  south,  descends  to  alight  among  these  decoys,  loses 
two  or  three  of  its  members,  and  flies  on.  to  stoop  to 
another  bunch  of  decoys,  and  to  be  shot  at  again.  This 
may  continue  for  a distance  of  twenty  or  thirty  miles, 
and  the  ultimate  result  must  be  to  teach  the  birds  to  sus- 
pect all  decoys  and  hence  avoid  them.  Besides,  the  ten- 
ders of  the  batteries  are  always  moving  about,  putting 
on  the  wing  bunches  of  birds  that  may  be  sitting  on  the 
water,  in  the  hope  that  they-  may  go  to  the  decoys. 

A wise  move  recently  made  in  Currituck  Sound  has 
been  to  set  aside  an  area  where  batteries  should  not  be 
used,  and  where  it  should  be  unlawful  to  disturb  the 
birds  on  the  water  for  the  purpose  of  making  them  go 
to  decoys.  It  is  understood  that  at  the  present  session  of 
the  Legislature  Messrs.  S.  M.  Beasley  and  Mr.  Owens, 
the  Senator  and  Representative  from  Currituck  county, 
purpose  to  introduce  a bill  extending  this  area,  so  that 
it  shall  include  all  of  Currituck  Sound  south  of  an  east 
and  west  line  drawn  through  the  north  end  of  Church’s 
Island,  to  an  east  and  west  line  drawn  through  Hog 
Quarter  Landing.  Within  these  limits  no  batteries  are 
to  be  used,  and  it  is  forbidden  to  row,  sail  or  propel  any 
boat  for  the  purpose  of  disturbing  ducks  sitting  on  the 
water.  Such  a law,  if  enforced,  would  measurably  turn 


the  waters  indicated  into  a refuge  for  the  birds,  and 
would  give  the  residents  of  Currituck  county  who  gun 
there  much  better  shooting  than  they  have  at  present. 
It  is  to  be  hoped  that  this  bill  will  pass. 

It  is  a matter  of  regret,  alike  to  visiting  gunners  and 
those  who  make  their  living  by  following  the  Sound, 
that  the  efforts  at  wildfowl  protection  by  the  Audubon 
Society  of  North  Carolina  have  not  been  more  success- 
ful. The  organization  and  machinery  of  the  Audubon 
Society  seem  excellent,  but  it  has  failed  in  the  choice  of 
efficient  wardens  to  patrol  the  Sound.  From  north  of 
Knott’s  Island  south  to  the  end  ®f  Currituck  Sound 
there  is  general  complaint  of  violation  of  the  game  laws 
and  inefficiency  of  wardens.  Night  shooting  is  common 
at  many  points  in  the  Sound,  as  is  also  shooting  on  lay 
days — not  a violation  of  the  law,  unless  done  over  decoys. 

We  believe  that  the  Audubon  Society  will  before  long 
take  steps  to  improve  present  conditions. 


In  this  season  when  game  eaten  at  hotels,  clubs  and 
private  tables  must  almost  everywhere  he  ati  illicit  luxury, 
a common  item  of  news  is  the  report  of  a seizure  of 
cold  storage  game.  The  papers  the  other  day  told  of  a 
St.  Paul  raid  under  the  conduct  of  Executive  Agent 
Sam.  F.  Fullerton,  in  which  nearly  900  grouse  were  dis- 
covered and  confiscated.  They  were  in  the  possession  of 
a St.  Paul  dealer  with  whom  the  game  and  fish  com- 
missioners have  had  much  trouble  in  the  past,  and  this 
seizure  is  very  gratifying,  because  it  means  that  they  have 
been  successful  when  they  had  to  deal  with  an  offender 
who  is  described  as  one  of  the  smoothest  men  and  the 
hardest  to  catch  they  have  had  to  do  with  for  years. 
The  fines  which  may  be  imposed  are  in  the  neighborhood 
of  $10,000.  A similar  case  of  activity  is  reported  from 
Spring-field.  Mass,,  where  six  deputies  of  the  State  Game 
and  Fish  Commission  the  other  day  raided  a refrigerat- 
ing plant  and  seized  thirty-seven  partridges  and  five 
woodcock.  The  raid  was  made  under  the  new  Massa- 
chusetts law  which  allows  the  deputies  to  search  places 
of  business  where  it  is  suspected  that  game  may  be  kept 
illegally,  and  in  this  instance  the  action  was  prompted  by 
complaints  made  by  local  sportsmen.  The  case  was  con-, 
ducted  for  the  prosecution  by  Ex-Commissioner  E.  H. 
Lathrop.  Other  seizures  of  illicit  game  have  been  made 
in  Worcester  and  other  Massachusetts  towns,  demon- 
strating that  the  new  search  law  is  giving  just  the  results 
that  were  hoped  for  when  the  Commissioners  asked  for  it 
last  winter. 

That  is  a peculiar  situation  in  New  Hampshire  where 
the  people  of  the  southern  counties  have  for  several  years 
been  protecting  deer  that  the  ransre  might  once  again 
be  stocked  as  in  the  old  days;  and  now  that  they  have 
established  a deer  stinnlv  they  are  in  a quandary  as  to 
what  they  shall  do  with  them.  If  the  protection  shall  he 
continued,  the  deer,  already  numerous,  will  come  to  be 
a denredating  nuisance.  If  an  open  season  shall  be  pro- 
vided, the  hunting  country,  which  is  also  a settled  dis- 
trict, will  be  invaded  by  hunters  whose  shooting  will  be 
a menace  to  human  beings ; and  under  existing  conditions 
it  would  be  folly  to  allow  men  to  go  into  the  woods 
with  high  power  rifles  where  the  danger  to  people  pass- 
ing on  the  roads  or  working  in  the  fields  at  home  is  so 
great.  In  short,  New  Hampshire  has  undertaken  to 
establish  deer  hunting  in  a region  which  is  not  adapted 
to  the  sport.  The  practical  solution  of  the  perplexing 
problem  which  confronts  the  game  authorities  will  be 
awaited  with  interest. 

*, 

The  Minnesota  Historical  Society  honored  itself  not 
less  than  Mr.  Nathaniel  P.  Langford,  of  St.  Paul,  the 
other  day  when  it  elected  him  to  the  Presidency.  Mr. 
Langford,  who  takes  the  chair  made  vacant  by  the  death 
of  the  late  Judge  Greenleaf  Clark,  has  lived  forty  years 
in  the  West,  and  has  been  a life  member  of  the  Minne- 
sota Historical  Society  for  twenty  years  and  long  its  first 
vice-president.  He  has  deserved  well  of  his  fellow  citi- 
zens in  many  ways,  but  we  may  well  believe  that  the 
proudest  title  that  he  bears  is  that  of  father  of  the  Yel- 
lowstone Park.  As  one  of  its  very  earliest  explorers,  its 
practical  founder,  and  its  first  superintendent,  he  has  for 
nearly  thirty-five  years  felt  the  keenest  interest  in  that 
grand  national  possession;  and  it  must  have  been  a great 
satisfaction  to  him  during  the  past  autumn  again  to  visit 
the  Park  and  to  spe  it  in  the  perfection  of  its  prime. 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


[Jan.  28,  1905. 


Trails  of  the  Pathfinders. —XX VIL 


Samuel  Parker. 

In  the  year  1838  there  was  published  in  Ithaca,  N.  Y., 
by  the  author,  the  “Journal  of  an  Exploring  Tour  Be- 
yond the  Rocky  Mountains,  Under  the  Direction  of  the 
A.  B.  C.  F.  M.,  Performed  in  the  Years  1835,  ’36  and  ’37; 
Containing  a Description  of  the  Geography,  Geology, 
Climate  and  Productions;  and  the  Number,  Manners  and 
Customs  of  the  Natives.  With  a Map  of.  Oregon  Terri- 
iory.”  By  Rev.  Samuel  Parker,  A.M. 

As  may  be  imagined  from  this  title,  Mr.  Parker 
was  a missionary  whose  business  in  setting  out  into  the 
wild  West  was  to  spread  the  Gospel.  The  American 
Board  of  Commissioners  for  Foreign  Missions  sent  him 
out  to  ascertain  by  personal  observation  the  condition 
and  character  of  the  Indian  nations  and  tribes,  and  the 
opportunities  for  introducing  the  Gospel  and  civilization 
among  them.  He  -writes  in  a more  or  less  ponderous 
style,  and  his  mind  is  dominated,  as  is  natural,  by  the  mis- 
sionary idea,  often  to  such  an  extent  that  his  volume  at 
times  even  has  something  of  the  flavor  of  some  of  the 
volumes  of  the  Jesuit  Relations. 

At  St.  Louis  Mr.  Parker  met  Dr.  Marcus  Whitman, 
appointed  by  the  American  Board  to  be  his  associate  in 
his  western  explorations,  and  here  the  two  missionaries 
waited  for  a time  until  the  caravan  which  they  were  to 
accompany  should  be  ready  to  start. 

Dr.  Whitman’s  name  is  so  closely  connected  with  the 
securing  of  Oregon  Territory  by  the  United  States  that 
it  is  hardly  necessary  to  speak  of  him  at  any  length. 

Before  leaving  Liberty,  Mo.,  the  steamer  on  which  they 
were  traveling  broke  down,  and  it  was  necessary  to  pro- 
ceed overland,  and  they  reached  Fort  Leavenworth  early 
in  May.  During  the  journey  Parker  met  with  a number 
of  men  who,  at  various  times,  had  had  close  intercourse 
with  the  Wichitas  or  Pawnees,  Piets;  Comanches,  Nava- 
joes  and  Apaches;  and  from  all  these  individuals  he 
heard  stories  which  made  him  think  well  of  these  wild 
and  distant  tribes,  and  of  their  adaptability  to  Chris- 
tianity and  to  civilized  pursuits.  He  was  observant,  too, 
of  the  local  Indians,  Iowas,  Sioux  and  Foxes,  and  was 
favorably  impressed  by  all. 

After  reaching  Council  Bluffs  there  was  a long  wait 
before  the  caravan  set  out  on  its  western  journey.  Much 
is  said  of  the  Indians  inhabiting  this  region,  Yanktons, 
Omahas,  Poncas,  and  the  more  distant  Mandans;  and 
some  hints  are  given  as  to  the  mode  of  life  of  these  tribes. 
The  party  traveled  up  the  Platte,  meeting  the  usual  diffi- 
culties and  discouragements  attendant  on  the  stormy 
weather  in  summer.  Much  of  the  time  they  were  drenched 
to  the  skin.  Occasionally  a storm  of  hail  would  come, 
which  scattered  their  animals,  and  much  time  was  de- 
voted to  gathering  them  again.  Traveling  westward,  the 
Messrs.  Campbell  and  Sublette,  with  a few  men,  were 
met  returning  from  the  Black  Hills.  The  rich  bottom 
land  of  the  Platte,  over  which  they  were  traveling,  greatly 
impressed  the  missionary,  who  prophesied  concerning  it 
as  follows:  “No  country  could  be  more  inviting  to  the 

farmer,  with  only  one  exception— the  want  of  woodland. 
The  latitude  is  sufficiently  high  to  be  healthy ; and  as  the 
climate  grows  warmer  as  we  travel  west,  until  we  ap- 
proach the  snow-topped  mountains,  there  is  a degree  of 
mildness^  not  experienced  east  of  the  Alleghany  Moun- 
tains. The  time  will  come,  and  probably  is  not  far  dis- 
tant, when  this  country  will  be  covered  with  a dense 
population.  The  earth  was  created  for  the  habitation  of 
man,  and  for  a theatre  on  which  God  will  manifest  his 
perfections  in  his  moral  government  among  his  moral 
creatures,  and  therefore  the  earth,  according  to  divine  pre- 
diction, shall  be  given  to  the  people  of  God.  Although 
infidels  may  sneer,  and  scoffers  mock,  yet  God  will  ac- 
complish His  designs  and  fulfill  every  promise  contained 
in  His  Word.  Then  this  amazing  extent  of  most  fertile 
land  will  not  continue  to  be  the  wandering  ground  of  a 
few_  thousand  Indians,  with  only  a very  few  acres  under 
cultivation;  nor  will  millions  of  tons  of  grass  grow  up 
to  rot  upon  the  ground,  or  to  be  burned  up  with  the  fire 
enkindled  to  sweep  over  the  prairie,  to  disincumber  it  of 
its  spontaneous  burden.  The  herds  of  buffalo  which  once 
fattened  upon  these  meadows  are  gone;  and  the  deer 
which  once  cropped  the  grass  have  disappeared;  and  the 
antelopes  have  fled  away ; and  shall  solitude  reign  here  till 
the  end  of  time?  No:  here  shall  be  heard  the  din  of 
business,  and  the  church-going  bell  shall  sound  far  and 
wide.” 

Before  long  the  travelers  reached  the  Loups  Fork, 
which  they  crossed;  and  here  they  met  a number  of 
Pawnee  Indians,  who  treated  them  with  great  courtesy 
and  kindness,  and  invited  them  to  feast  with  them. 
Reference  is  made  here  to  Messrs.  Dunbar  and  Allis,  and 
of  the  missionary  work  that  they  were  doing  among  the 
Pawnees. 

From  the  Pawnee  country  the  party  kept  on  up  the 
Platte,  through  the  open  country.  Here,  it  seems,  those 
Indians  most  feared  were  the  Arickaras,  not  the  Sioux 
and  Cheyennes,  as  was  the  case  thirty  years  later.  At  this 
time  that  tribe  was  said  to  have  gone  far  up  the  south 
fork  of  the  Platte  to  avoid  the  United  States  dragoons, 
under  command  of  Col.  Dodge,  who  was  pursuing  them. 
As  Parker’s  party  went  up  the  north  fork  of  the  Plated 
he  speaks  of  “their  using  particular  caution  to  be  pre- 
pared for  an  attack  of  the  Arickaras,  should  any  of  their 
war  parties  be  about  us.  Every  pian  was  required  to  see 
that  his  rifle  was  in  good  order,  qnd  to  have  a good  sup- 


ply of  powder  and  balls.  We  all  slept  with  our  clothes 
on,  so  that,  if  called  with  the  sentinels’  fire,  we  might  in 
less  than  a moment  be  ready  for  action.” 

Here  is  a word  about  the  animals  that  they  saw  next 
day  as  they  journeyed  on: 

“Saw,  on  the  16th,  the  buffalo  in  great  numbers,  and 
in  nearer  view  than  previously.  They  are  less  shy  than 
ihose  we  first  found.  They  are  more  majestic  than  the 
elk,  but  less  beautiful.  The  antelopes,  some  of  which 
we  have  seen  for  several  days  past,  are  becoming  very 
numerous.  They  are  rightly  named,  for  their  speed  ex- 
ceeds any  animal  I have  ever  seen.  Our  hounds  can  do 
nothing  in  giving  them  the  chase;  so  soon  are  they  left 
far  in  the  rear,  that  they  do  not  follow  them  more  than 
ten  or  twenty  rods  before  they  return,  looking  ashamed 
of  their  defeat.  Our  hunters  occasionally  take  some  of 
them  by  coming  upon  them  by  stealth.  When  they  are 
surprised,  they  start  forward  a very  small  space,  and  then 
turn,  and  with  high-lifted  heads  stare  for  a few  seconds 
at  the  object  which  has  alarmed  them,  and  then,  with  a 
half  whistling  snuff,  bound  off,  seeming  to  be  as  much 
upon  wings  as  upon  feet.  They  resemble  the  goat,  but  are 
far  more  beautiful.” 

Court  House  Rock,  Chimney  Rock,  and  Scott’s  Bluffs 
were  duly  passed.  Some  very  friendly  Ogallallahs  were 
met  with  just  before  they  reached  the  Laramie  River. 
Their  camp  that  night  was  close  to  the  fort.  Here  took 
place  one  of  the  days  of  revelry  and  carousing  which 
are.  so  frequently  noted  in  these  old  books  as  occurring 
periodically.  There  were  dances  by  the  Indians,  and  other 
celebrations.  Keeping  on  up  the  Platte,  they  passed  In- 
dependence Rock  on  the  7th,  and  reached  the  Sweet- 
water. The  weather  was  now  growing  colder,  and  ice 
often  made  during  the  night. 

On  reaching  Green  River  they  came  to  the  rendezvous 
of  the  American  Fur  Company.  Who  was  in  command 
Parker  does  not  tell  us;  but  that  various  well-known  per- 
sons. were  present  is  certain.  For  example,  “While  we 
continued  in  this  place,  Dr.  Whitman  was  called  to  per- 
form some  very  important  surgical  operations;  he  ex- 
tracted an  iron  arrow  three  inches  long  from  the  back  of 
Captain  Bridger,  which  he  had  received  in  a skirmish 
three  years  before  with  the  Blackfeet  Indians.  It  was  a 
difficult  operation,  in  consequence  of  the  arrow  being 
hooked  at  the  point  by  striking  a large  bone,  and  a carti- 
laginous substance  had  grown  around  it.  The  Doctor 
pursued  the  operation  with  great  self-possession  and  per- 
severance, and  Captain  Bridger  manifested  equal  firm- 
ness. The  Indians  looked  on  while  the  operation  was 
proceeding  with  countenances  indicating  wonder,  and 
when  they  saw  the  arrow,  expressed  their  astonishment 
in  a manner  peculiar  to  themselves.  The  skill  of  Doctor 
Whitman  undoubtedly  made  upon  them  a favorable  im- 
pression. He  also  took  another  arrow  from  under  the 
shoulder  of  one  of  the  hunters  which  had  been  there  two 
years  and  a half.” 

Here  Parker  consulted  the  Flatheads  and  Nez  Perces, 
asking  them  if  they  would  be  willing  to  receive  a minis- 
ter of  the  Gospel.  They  needed  no  persuasion,  but  were 
agreed  to  have  him  come  to  them,  and  so  cordial  was 
their  response,  that  it  seemed  best  that  Dr.  Whitman 
should  return  with  the  caravan,  enlist  some  more  workers, 
and  return. the  next  year  with  another  caravan,  to  estab-  ' 
lish  a mission  among  these  people.  Dr.  Whitman  at  first 
was  unwilling  to  leave  his  fellow  missionary  to  go  on 
alone,  but  finally  did  so. 

During  another  day  of  drunkenness  a fight  took  place 
at  the  rendezvous.  “A  hunter,  who  goes  technically  by 
the  name  of  the  great  bully  of  the  mountains,  mounted  his 
horse  with  a loaded  rifle,  and  challenged  any  Frenchman, 
American,  Spaniard  or  Dutchman  to  fight  him  in  single 
combat.  Kit  Carson,  an  American,  told  him  if  he  wished 
to  die,  he  would  accept  the  challenge.  Shunar  defied  him. 

C.  mounted  his  horse,  and  with  a loaded  pistol  rushed 
into  close  contact,  and  both  almost  at  the  same  instant 
fired.  C.’s  ball  entered  S.’s  hand,  came  out  at  the  wrist, 
and  passed  through  the  arm  above  the  elbow.  S.’s  ball 
passed  over  the  head  of  C.,  and  while  he  went  for  another 
pistol,  Shunar  begged  that  his  life  might  be  spared.” 

„ Parker  had  arranged  to  travel  on  with  the  Flatheads. 
The  chief  of  these  gave  him  a young  man  as  an  assistant, 
and  Parker  secured  a voyageur  who  understood  English 
and  Nez  Perce.  Parker  and  his  Indian  friends  started, 
August  21,  in  company  with  Bridger,  whose  way  led  in 
the  same  direction  as  theirs.  Bridger  had  about  fifty 
men.  They  followed  up  the  stream  to  Jackson’s  Hole, 
and  encamped  on  a small  stream  which  the  author  says  is 
one  of  the  upper  branches  of  the  Columbia  River.  He 
says  something  about  the  difficulties  of  travel  and  the 
narrow  passages  which  it  was  necessary  to  traverse,  and 
which  he  calls  “kenyans.”  This  term  is  found  more  or 
less  frequently  in  these  old  books  by  persons  who  seem 
to  have  written  it  down  only  from  hearing  the  word 
spoken.  Near  Jackson’s  Hole  he  climbed  one  of  the 
high  mountains,  and  was  greatly  impressed  by  what  he 
saw.  One  day  while  traveling  through  the  mountains  “a 
number  of  buffalo,  which  were  pursued  by  our  Indians, 
came  rushing  down  the  side  of  the  mountain  through  the 
midst  of  our  company.  One  ran  over  a horse,  on  the 
back  of  which  was  a child,  and  threw  the  child  far  down 
the  descent,  but  it  providentially  was  not  materially  in- 
jured. Another  ran  over  a packed  horse  and  wounded  it 
deeply  in  the  shoulders.” 

Mr.  Parker  evidently  enjoyed  the  companionship  of  the 
Indians,  whom  he  seems  to  have  regarded  with  most 
pleasant  feelings.  He  says:  “The  Indians  are  very  kind 
to  each  other,  and  if  one  meets  wjfh  any  disaster,  the 


others  will  wait  and  assist  him.  Their  horses  often  turn 
their  packs,  and  run,  plunge  and  kick,  until  they  free 
themselves  from  their  burdens.  Yesterday  a horse  turned 
his  saddle  under  him  upon  which  a child  was  fastened, 
and  started  to  run,  but  those  near  hovered  at  once  around 
with  their  horses  so  as  to  inclose  the  one  to  which  the 
child  was  attached,  and  it  was  extricated  without  hurt. 
When  I saw  the  condition  of  the  child,  I had  no  expecta- 
tion that  it  could  be  saved  alive.” 

A little  later,  still  speaking  of  the  children,  he  says  of 
the  Indians : “They  are  so  well  supplied  with  horses  that 
every  man,  woman  and  child  are  mounted  on  horseback, 
and  all  they  have  is  packed  upon  horses.  Small  children, 
not  more  than  three  years  old,  are  mounted  alone,  and 
generally  upon  colts.  They  are  lashed  upon  the  saddle  to 
keep  them  from  falling,  and  especially  when  they  go 
asleep,  which  they  often  do  when  they  become  fatigued. 
Then  they  recline  upon  the  horse’s  shoulders;  and  when 
they  awake,  they  lay  hold  of  their  whip,  which  is  fastened 
to  the  wrist  of  their  right  hand,  and  apply  it  smartly  to 
their  horses ; and  it  is  astonishing  to  see  how  these  little 
creatures  will  guide  and  run  them.  Children  which  are 
still  younger  are  put  into  an  encasement  made  with  a 
board  at  the  back,  and  a wicker-work  around  the  other 
parts,  covered  with  cloth  inside  and  without,  or  more 
generally  with  dressed  skins;  and  they  are  carried  upon 
the  mother’s  back,  or  suspended  from  a high  nob  upon  the 
fore  part  of  their  saddles.” 

Still  moving  westward,  early  in  September  they  met  a 
band  of  Nez  Perces.  They  came  to  Parker’s  camp  about 
the  middle  of  the  day,  “the  principal  chief  marching  in 
front  with  his  aid,  carrying  an  American  flag  by  his  side. 
They  all  sung  a march,  while  a few  beat  a sort  of  drum. 

As  they  drew  near,  they  displayed  columns,  and  made 
quite  an  imposing  appearance.  The  women  and  children 
followed  in  the  rear.” 

The  next  day’s  diary  is  devoted  almost  entirely  to  an 
account  of  missionary  work,  in  which -the  author  gives 
an  extract  of  the  various  sermons  that  he  preached  to  the 
Indians,  who  received  his  teachings  with  great  patience 
and  interest.  By  this  time  the  party  was  out  of  provi- 
sions, and  all  were  getting  hungry,  but  no  game  was  seen. 
However,  on  September  9,  buffalo  were  seen,  and  prepara- 
tions were  made  to  chase  them.  All  the  best  hunters 
chose  their  swiftest  horses,  and  seeing  that  their  arms 
were  in.  good  order,  made  ready  for  the  run ; while 
Parker  did  what  he  could  by  lifting  up  “my  heart  in 
prayer  to  God,  that  He  would  give  them  judgment,  skill 
and  success.  They  advanced  toward  the  herd  of  buffalo 
with  great  caution,  lest  they  should  frighten  them  before 
they  should  make  a near  approach;  and  also  to  reserve 
the  power  of  their  horses  for  the  chase  when  it  should 
be  necessary  to  bring  it  into  full  requisition.  When  the 
buffalo  took  the  alarm  and  fled,  the  rush  was  made,  each 
[ndian  selecting  for  himself  a cow  with  which  he  hap- 
pened to  come  into  the  nearest  contact.  All  were  in 
swift  motion  scouring  the  valley;  a cloud  of  dust  began 
to  arise,  firing  of  guns  and  shooting  of  arrows  followed 
in  close  succession ; soon  here  and  there  buffalo  were  seen 
prostrated,  and  the  women,  who  followed  close  in  the 
rear,  began  the  work  of  securing  the  valuable  acquisition, 
and  the  men  were  away  again  in  pursuit  of  the  fleeing 
herd.  Those  in  the  chase  when  as  near  as  two  rods  shoot 
and  wheel,  expecting  the  wounded  animal  to  turn  upon 
them.  The  horses  appeared  to  understand  the  way  to 
avoid  danger.  As  soon  as  the  wounded  animal  flies  again, 
the  chase  is  renewed,  and  such  is  the  alternate  wheeling 
and  chasing  until  the  buffalo  sinks  beneath  its  wounds. 
They  obtained  between  fifty  and  sixty,  which  was  a signal 
mercy.” 

Not  long  after  the  Nez  Perces  and  Flatheads  left  them, 
wishing  to  remain  in  the  buffalo  range  to  secure  their 
winter’s  meat.  Before  going  away,  however,  they  pre- 
sented Parker  with  twenty  tongues  and  a large  quantity 
of  dried  meat.  About  a hundred  and  fifty  of  the  Indians 
kept  on  down  Salmon  River  with  the  missionaries ; and 
not  long  afterward  they  had  a tremendous  Indian  scare, 
supposing  that  they  were  about  to  be  attacked  by  the 
Blackfeet.  A little  investigation,  however,  showed  that 
what  had  been  seen  were  buffalo,  and  not  Blackfeet,  and 
food  again  became  plenty  in  the  camp.  Parker  appears  to 
have  been  a man  of  considerable  attainments.  He  re- 
marks upon  the  geology  of  the  region  he  passes  through; 
enumerates  the  birds  and  mammals  which  he  sees,  and 
has  much  to  say  about  the  habits  and  characteristics  of 
the  Indians;  and  interspersed  through  all  are  frequent 
references  to  the  Deity,  His  wishes  and  purposes  as  in- 
terpreted by  the  missionary,  together  with  earnest  aspira- 
tions for  the  spread  of  the  Gospel  among  the  red  pepole. 

Walla  Walla  was  reached  early  in  October,  and  there, 
at  the  post  of  the  Hudson’s  Bay  Company,  Parker  was  re- 
ceived by  Mr.  Pambrun  with  great  hospitality.  For  this 
the  guest  was  very  grateful,  and  he  says  many  good  , 

words  concerning  the  kindly  people  and  the  company  ; 

which  they  represented;  words  which  are  not  only  good, 
but  true. 

. After  a day  or  two  of  rest  at  Walla  Walla,  the  mis- 
sionary started  down  the  river  in  a canoe  with  three 
Walla  Walla  Indians,  and  before  long  stopped  at  a camp 
of  Cayuse  Indians,  with  whom,  however,  he  was  unable 
to  communicate.  He  noticed  that  all  along  the  river  as 
he  passed  the  Indians,  though  of  different  tribes,  seemed 
to  be  on  good  terms  with  one  another,  a condition  which 
was  inevitable  from  the  fact  that  all  these  Indians  drew 
their  support  from  the  river,  to  which  they  resorted  for 
salmon,  and  coming  there  for  provisions,  could  not  have 
afforded  to  fight,  eyen  had  they  wished  to. 


Jan,  28,  1903.] 


— - — - 

Al  tll«J  I)aiieSj  Parker  diet  Cap  tain  Wyeth,  ffoiti  Pos- 
ton, with  whom,  it  will  be  remembered,  Townsend  and 
Nuttall  had  journeyed  westward  the  year  before.  A little 
above  the  Cascades  he  met  the  first  Chenooks,  which  he 
denominates  “the  only  real  Flatheads  and  Nez  Perces,  or 
pierced  noses,  I have  found.  They  flatten  their  heads 
and  pierce  their  noses.  The  flattening  of  their  heads  is 
not  so  great  a deformity  as  is  generally  supposed.  From 
a little  above  the  eyes  to  the  apex  or  crown  of  the  head 
there  is  a depression,  but  not  generally  in  adult  persons 
very  noticeable.  The  piercing  of  the  nose  is  more  of  a 
deformity,  and  is  done  by  inserting  two  small  tapering 
white  shells,  about  two  inches  long,  somewhat  in  the 
shape  of  a thorn,  through  the  lower  part  of  the  carti- 
laginous division  of  the  nose.”  While  following  the  trail 
along  the  river,  he  came  to  a pleasant  rise  of  ground, 
upon  which  were  several  houses  of  a forsaken  village, 
which  were  both  larger  and  far  better  than  any  he  had 
hitherto  seen  in  any  Indian  country.  They  were  about 
sixty  feet  long  and  thirty-five  wide,  the  frame  work  very 
well  constructed,  and  covered  with  split  planks  and  cedar 
bark.  These  houses  thus  greatly  resemble  those  seen  in 
recent  times  on  the  coast  of  portions  of  British  Columbia. 
The  next  dav  Mr.  Parker  reached  Fort  Vancouver,  the 
Hudson’s  Bay  post,  where  Dr.  J.  McLaughlin,  a chief 
factor  of  the  company,  received  him  very  kindly.  From 
here  Parker  went  on  down  the  river,  and  reached  the 
brig  May  Dacre,  of  Boston,  belonging  to  the  Wyeth 
Company.  Here  he  met  Dr.  Townshend,  and  before  long 
they  set  sail  down  the  river,  and  reached  Astoria,  the 
far-famed  New  York  of  the  West. 

After  more  or  less  journeying  about,  Parker  returned 
to  Fort  Vancouver,  where  he  was  invited  to  spend  the 
winter.  He  devotes  much  of  his  time  to  a description  of 
the  country  and  its  people,  and  recounts  many  of  the  inci- 
dents which  Townshend  gives  in  his  volumes..  He  has 
something  to  say  about  the  fur  trade,  as  carried  on  by 
the  Hudson’s  Bay  Company,  and  often  speaks  of  Dr. 
McLaughlin,  as  well  as  of  Duncan  Finlayson,  Esq.,  who 
was  so  well  known  long  afterward  in  Victoria,  V.  I.,  until 
his  death  there.  Parker  goes  at  great  length  into  the  con- 
dition of  the  Indian  women,  and  his  misstatements  about 
this — of  course  unintentional — have  been  quoted  for  many 
years,  and  are  still  believed  by  many  persons. 

The  last  half  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Parker’s  book  is  devoted 
to  a description  of  the  animals,  fish  and  plants  of  Oregon, 
remarks  about  its  geology,  and  quite  an  extensive  descrip- 
tion of  the  natives,  with  a meteorological  table,  and  a 
vocabulary  of  several  Indian  tribes.  He  speaks  of  a dark 
day  in  August,  1831,  which  some  have  thought  must  have 
been  caused  by  smoke  from  an  eruption  of  a volcano.  The 
day  was  nearly  as  dark  as  night,  except  a little  red  lurid 
appearance  in  the  sky,  and  lighted  candles  were  necessary 
through  the  day.  The  air  was  filled  with  smoke,  ashes 
and  leaves ; the  last  scorched,  while  the  ashes  were  like 
wood  ashes.  Yet  no  fire  was  known  to  be  in  any  part  of 
the  region.  After  the  atmosphere  became  clear,  it  was 
thought  that  the  pure  white  snow  of  Mt.  St.  Helens  was 
discolored. 

The  Indians  of  the  country  beyond  the  Continental 
Divide  through  which  Parker  passed,  he  divides  into 
those  of  the  plains,  which  live  in  the  upper  country  from 
the  falls  of  the  Columbia  to  the  Rocky  Mountains,  and 
those  of  the  lower  country,  between  the  shores  of  the 
Pacific  and  the  falls  of  the  Columbia  River.  He  observes 
that  the  first  of  these  divisions  are  remarkable  for  then* 
cleanliness;  that  they  are  well  supplied  with  horses,  which 
are  very  cheap,  a good  horse  selling  for  not  more  than 
enough  to  purchase  a blanket  or  a few  small  articles  of 
merchandise.  As  to  their  habits,  he  declares  that  the  In- 
dians of  the  plains  are  not  lazy,  as  they  are  commonly 
supposed  to  be,  for  he  rarely  saw  any  of  those  Indians 
without  their  being  engaged  in  some. object  of  pursuit. 
To  him,  the  Indians  appeared  as  they  since  have  to  others 
— not  especially  different  from  other  people.  They  have 
the  same  natural  propensities,  and  the  same  social  affec- 
tions. “They  are  cheerful  and  often  gay,  sociable.,  kind 
and  affectionate;  and  anxious  to  receive  instruction  m 
whatever  may  conduce  to  their  happiness  here  or  here- 
after.” They  have  but  few  manufactures,  and  those  are 
the  most  plain  and  simple. 

Concerning  their  manufactures,  while  Parker  has  much 
to  say  of  them,  he  tells  us  nothing  that  has  not  long  been 
known. 

He  calls  attention,  however,  to  the  fact  that  these  In- 
dians have  no  wars  among  themselves,  and.  appear  averse 
to  all  wars,  not  entering  into  battle  except  in  self-defense. 
Their  only  enemies  are  the  Blackfoot  Indians,  whose 
country  is  along  the  east  border  of  the  Rocky  Mountains, 
and  who  are  constantly  roaming  about  in  parties  on  both 
sides  of  the  mountains  in  quest  of  plunder.  When  the 
Indians  on  the  west  side  meet  with  these  war  parties  they 
endeavor  to  avoid  an  encounter,  but  if  compelled  to  fight, 
show  a firm,  undaunted,  unconquerable  spirit,  and  rush 
upon  their  enemies  with  the  greatest,  impetuosity.  When 
an  enemy  is  discovered,  every  horse  is  driven  into  camp, 
and  the  women  take  charge  of  them,  while,  every  man 
seizes  his  weapons,  mounts  his  horse,  and  waits,  firm  and 
undismayed,  to  see  if  hostilities  must  ensue..  Very  fre- 
quently when  the  Blackfeet  see  white  men  with  the  Nez 
Perces  and  Flatheads,  they  decline  battle,  even  though 
they  themselves  may  be  far  superior  in  numbers,  for  they 
know  that  the  white  man  can  furnish  a large  supply  of 
ammunition  on  such  occasions.  The  Nez  Perce  or  Flat- 
head  chief  will  accept  the  pipe,  explaining  as  he  does  so 
that  he  knows  the  Blackfeet  mean  war,  although  they  pre- 
tend peace. 

The  Indians  were  great  gamblers,  especially  at  running 
horses  and  in  foot  races.  Drunkenness  was  as  yet  a vice 
strange  to  these  Indians,  but  Parker  predicted  that  it 
would  come  to  them  so  soon  as  it  was  possible  to  trans- 
port liquor  to  them.  He  describes  the  method  of  doctor- 
ing by  a medicine  man,  , and  the  practice  of  the  sudatory 
or  sweat  bath.  All  this  is  of  the  plains  Indians. 

Those  of  the  lower  country  are  of  less  attractive  type 
than  the  others.  They  do  not  dress  as  well,  nor  with  as 
o-ood  taste.  As  their  subsistence  depends  almost  entirely 
on  fish,  they  are  less  well,  clad,  for  they  have  not  the  same 
opportunity  to  obtain  skins  as  those  of  the  buffalo  coun- 
try. Liquor  had  been  brought  into  the  lower  country,  and 
the  Indians  were  slaves  to  it.  ...  , 

These  Indians  believe  in  the  immortality  of  the  soul, 
and  that  in  the  future  state  we  shall  have  the  same  wants 
as  in  this  life.  Thus,  in  1829,  the  wife  of  an  influential 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 

chief  of -the  Chettooks,  fte&f  Cape  IJisappoirttelefit,  killed 
' two  female  slaves,  which  should  attend  her  child  to  the 
world  of  spirits,  and  especially  should  row  her  canoe  to 
the  Happy  Hunting  Ground  in  the  south. 

He  speaks  of  pipes  made  of  black  slate,  at  the  mouth 
of  Queen  Charlotte’s  Island,  which  the  Indians  carve  with 
remarkable  skill. 

As  the  wealth  of  the  upper  Indians  is  estimated  in  their 
horses,  so  those  of  the  lower  country  count  their  property 
1-y  the  number  of  their  wives,  slaves  and  canoes.  Special 
attention  is  called  to  the  excellent  canoes  which  they 
make,  and  also  to  the  baskets  woven  so  closely  as  to  hold 
water,  and  to  be  used,  for  pails.  Of  course  they  were 
also  used  as  pots  in  which  to  cook  fish  and  mush. 

After  having  spent  the  winter  on  the  Columbia,  Parker 
set  out  in  May  to  revisit  the  Nez  Perces.  He  reached 
them  in  a short  time,  and,  as  it  happened,  came  to  a 
village  just  as  a little  child  was  being  buried.  The  In- 
dians had  prepared  a cross  to  be  set  up  at  the  grave,  very 
likely  having  been  taught  to  do  so  by  some  Iroquois  In- 
dians, of  whom  there  were  not  a few  trapping  in  the 
. country ; and  here  appears  the  bigotry  of  the  missionary 
of  that,  and  of  indeed  later  days  as  well,  for  Parker  says: 
“But  as  I viewed  a cross  of  wood  made  by  men’s  hands, 
of  no  avail  to  benefit  either  the  dead  or  the  living,  and  far 
more  likely  to  operate  as  a salve  to  a guilty  conscience, 
or  a stepping  stone  to  idolatry,  than  to  be  understood  in 
its  spiritual  sense  to  refer  to  the  crucifixion  of  our  sins, 

I took  this,  which  the  Indians  had  prepared,  and  broke  it 
to  pieces.  I then  told  them  we  place  a stone  at  the  head 
and  foot  of  the  grave  only  to  mark  the  place ; and  without 
a murmur  they  cheerfully  acquiesced,  and  adopted  our 
custom.” 

Parker  appears  to  have  regarded  the  Nez  Perce  Indians 
as  especially  adapted  to  conversion,  and  laments  that  he 
is  unable  to  speak  their  language,  and  thus  to  communi- 
cate with  them  directly.  Parker  was  an  active  and  con- 
scientious person,  and  evidently  wished  to  see  all  he  could 
of  the  country  to  which  he  had  been  sent.  He  set  out. 
from  the  Nez  Perces  for  the  Colville  country,  meeting 
Spokanes,  Cayuses,  Coeur  D’Alenes,  and  a number  of 
• other  small  tribes.  Returning,  he  was  unable  to  get  trans- 
portation down  the  Columbia  River,  and  was  obliged  to 
take  horses  for  Fort  Okanagan.  The  journey  was  long 
and  very  dry,  and  the  party  suffered  more  or  less  from 
thirst.  At  Fort  Okanagan  he  took  a boat  to  run  down  the 
river  400  miles  to  Walla  Walla,  which  he  reached  in 
safety.  Toward  the  end  of  June  he  took  ship  for  the 
Sandwich  Islands,  and  in  December,  1836,  sailed  on  board 
the  Phoenix  for  his  home  in  the  East.  After  a stormy 
passage  he  reached  New  London,  May  x8,  and  five  days 
later,  after  two  years  and  two  months  of  absence,  and 
journeyings  which  covered  28,000  miles,  arrived  at  his 
home  at  Ithaca,  N.  Y.  George  Bird  Grinnell. 


A Buffalo  Hunt  with  the  Comanches 

( Continued  from  page  47.) 

Our  squaws  were  beginning  to  put  the  finishing 
touches  on  a few  of  the  robes.  Most  of  them  would  only 
be  stretched,  scraped  and  dried  now,  then  left  to  be 
tanned  after  the  Indians  had  got  back  home;  but  an  old 
squaw  that  the  chief  had  to  help  his  squaw  now  went 
to  work  on  a large  robe  off  a young  bull  that  I had  shot 
myself,  and  after  tanning  it  began  to  paint  it.  They  use 
a bone  instrument,  and  after  marking  out  the  figure,  rub 
the  lines  with  this  bone,  then  rub  in  the  paint.  The  chief 
had  a robe  which  bore  his  coat-of-arms  that  he  would 
not  take  $30  for,  though  at  that  time  good  robes  could 
be  bought  for  $5,  though  they  would  not  be  painted. 
The  old  squaw  asked  me  if  the  eagle  was  not  my  coat-of- 
arms. 

“Yes,”  I told  her.  “But  it  is  the  coat-of-arms  of  all 
white  men,  and  I have  another  one  of  my  own.” 

She  wanted  to  see  it.  I had  it  engraved  on  my  watch- 
charm,  and  showed  it  to  her.  “Oh,  yes,  I savey,”  she 
told  me.  “It  is  the  antelope,”  and  she  got  it  on  the  robe. 
Then  going  out  to  the  herd  examined  my  horse  for  his 
brand.  He  had  “H-4,  U.  S.,”  the  troop  letter,  the  regi- 
ment number,  and  United  States  for  his  coat-of-arms. 
The  squaw  got  this  on  the  robe,  too.  Then  the  chief 
offered  it  to  me. 

, “No,”  I said,  “I  cannot  take  this.  It  is  too  much 
money.  You  sell  it  to  the  agent.  It  will  pay  $25  on 
your  bill.”  Had  I that  robe  now  it  would  be  worth 
almost  any  amount  I might  ask  for  it.  I had  often  to 
smile  at  my  coat  of  arms.* 

The  old  chief  was  about  sixty  years  of  age;  he  did  uot 
know  how  old  he  was,  but  he  was  as  spry  as  a man  of 
half  his  age.  He  had  the  marks  of  at  least  twenty 
wounds  on  different  parts  of  his  body;  each  of  these 
wounds  had  a tattoo  mark  alongside  of  it,  and  each 
wound  had  a history.  One  had  been  given  him  by  a 
Cheyenne  he  had  caught  stealing*  his  ponies ; then  he 
had  shot  the  Cheyenne;  and  so  on  for  each  of  these 
other  marks. 

His  squaw  was  about  thirty  years  old.  She  was  the 
sister  of  the  chief  of  the  other  band  of  Pena-teth-kas, 
and  her  father  had  been  a chief,  and  she  never  failed  to 
let  it  be  known  that  she  was  the  daughter  of  a chief  and 
the  wife  of  another  one.  She  was  one  of  the  best  look- 
ing squaws  I had  ever  seen.  We  had  another  one  here 
who  I thought  was  still  better  looking;  but  I took  care 
not  to-  tell  the  chief’s  squaw  so,  or  else  the  other  one 
would  have  been  given  many  a snub  for  it ; for  until  they 
get  to  be  old  (and  then  they  don’t  care)  all  the  squaws 
want  to  be  thought  good  looking. 

They  address  their  women  as  “my  sister”  until  she 
gets  old;  then  she  is  “my  mother.”  I knew  that;  but 
after  I could  talk  to  the  squaws  in  , Comanche,  I would 
often  address  a young  squaw  as  “my  mother,”  only  to' 
be  told  that  I knew  better  than  that — she  was  still  my 
sister.  While  the  squaws  generally  dress  in  a slip  (it 
can’t  be  called  a dress)  made  of  four  or  five  yards  of 
calico,  the  chief’s  squaw  never  wore  anything  but  fine 

*1  have  one,  though.  It  is  a wild  goat’s  head  and  neck  above 
an  earl's  baton,  with  the  motto  below  it.  My  old  grandfather 
used  to  show  it  to  me  about  once  a week,  and  tell  me  that  it  was 
his,  and  would  be  mine  some  day.  I was  the  eldest  son  of  his 
oldest  son,  he  said.  The  only  use  I see  made  of  it  nowadays, 
though,  is  to  furnish  a trade-mark  for  Brooks’  spool  cotton 
thread.  The  old  fellow  would  do  some  tall  cussing  were  he  alive 
now  to  see  it.  . , 


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Woolen  cloth  called  strong  cloth,  and  slid  hid  half  h 
dozen  dresses  made  of  it  She  rode  a man’s  Mexican 
saddle  that  was  covered  with  silver,  and  she  had  more 
silver  jewelry  than  she  could  find  room  for. 

I often  wondered  how  these  squaws  could  stand  the 
winter  weather  here.  It  is  not  cold,  of  course;  nothing 
such  as  it  is  further  north  ; but  their  only  clothing  was 
this  thin  dress,  a pair  of  moccasins  with  buckskin  legs 
dial  came  above  the  knee  and  were  tied  there,  and  a 
blanket  doubled  and  tied  around  their  waist,  if  they  were 
working,  and  if  not  (and  it  was  not  often  that  they  were 
not),  then  half  the  blanket  would  be  drawn  up  about 
their  shoulders,  but  never  over  their  heads. 

The  chief’s  squaw  was  one  of  the  cleanest  women 
about  her  cooking  that  I have  ever  seen.  If  she  were 
cooking  or  baking  and  stopped  to  bring  in  wood  for  her 
fire  or  cover  a pack,  she  would  not  touch  the  food  again 
before  she  had  washed  her  hands.  No  white  man  need 
fear  eating  any  part  of  his  peck  of  dirt  in  anything  that 
she  cooked.  They  bake  the  bread  before  each  meal, 
using  baking  powder,  and  making  the  bread  in  flat  cakes, 
then  baking  it  in  a frying-pan;  and  some  of  the  best 
bread  I have  ever  eaten  has  been  that  baked  by  these 
squaws.  Sometimes  they  boiled  the  meat;  but  generally, 
if  it  was  fresh,  they  fried  it ; and  a standing  dish  with  us 
three  times  a day,  if  not  ate  so  often,  was  the  white  fat 
off  the  buffalo,  dried  and  eaten  raw.  I got  to  like  it  in 
time,  and  could  eat  my  share.  They  made  the  coffee 
very  strong,  and  the  squaw  will  put  a lot  of  sugar  in 
each  man’s  tin  cup  before  handing  it  to  him;  but  if  a 
white  man  is  present,  she  will  offer  him  the  sugar  to 
put  in  himself.  I knew  their  custom,  and  the  first  time 
she  offered  me  the  sugar,  I told  her  to  put  it  in  the 
coffee  herself — that  her  hands  were  clean.  That  pleased 
her. 

The  camp  was  on  a river  bank  with  a high  prairie 
around  it,  and  the  wolves  would  come  on  this  prairie 
and  sit  here  howling  all  night  long.  It  would  be  no  use 
to  try  to'  shoot  them ; but  the  chief  had  two'  one-ounce 
bottles  of  strychnine  in  his  packs — he  had  almost  every- 
thing in  these  packs — and  getting  the  strychnine,  I put 
out  bait  for  the  wolves.  I would  put  it  out  in  the  even- 
ing, then  next  morning  I and  the  boys  would  put  in  all 
forenoon  hunting  up  our  dead  wolves  and  skinning  them. 
We  generally  found  them  close  to  water;  they  would  get 
a dose  of  my  poison,  then  hunt  up  the  nearest  water, 
drink  and  die.  We  took  about  150  of  their  skins,  which 
the  squaws  cured  for  us,  and  we  got  a dollar  in  trade  for 
each  of  them  when  on  our  way  home  the  following 
spring. 

When  we  had  been  in  this  camp  about  three  weeks  the 
buffalo  left  us  again,  and  we  followed  them.  Two  days’ 
march  from  here  going  directly  west  brought  us  to  a 
creek  that  was  not  down  on  my  map,  although  this  map 
was  an  official  one  printed  by  the  War  Department;  but 
I explored  this  creek  now  to  its  source,  then  put  it  on 
my  map. 

Just  west  of  us  now  was  New  Mexico.  I knew  about 
where  the  boundary  line  was.  Our  cavalry  under  General 
Mackenzie  had  done  a good  deal  of  exploring  in  this 
country,  but  most  of  it  south  of  this,  and  had  corrected 
the  map.  These  maps  needed  some  correcting,  too,  for 
when  I was  a small  boy  I had  been  shown  the  Great 
American  Desert  on  the  map,  and  had  been  told  all  about 
it,  and  a good  deal  more;  and  a few  years  after,  while 
still  a boy,  I had  crossed  this  desert,  or  a part  of  it,  at 
least,  and  found  it  to  be  no  desert  at  all,  but  a lever  plain 
covered  with  buffalo  grass  and  buffalo. 

The  chief  said  that  now  lie  was  as  far  west  as  he 
meant  to  go ; the  buffalo  were  here ; they  could  not  get 
away  from  us  it  seemed,  and  although  we  might  drive 
them  still  further  west,  the  Mexican  hunters  who  were 
west  of  us  would  send  them  east  to  us  again.  These 
Mexicans  were  hunting  buffalo  under  white  men  for 
their  hides,  the  chief  told  me.  Nothing  could  take  place 
in  this  country  and  this  chief  not  know  it.,  I used  to 
think  that  I could  follow  a trail,  and  I could:  but  I was 
like  a schoolboy  learning  his  letters  alongside  of  this 
chief.  When  out  with  him  I was  still  learning  something 
every  day.  Nothing  escaped  his  notice;  if  a blade  of 
grass  was  turned  the  wrong  way,  he  would  see  why  be- 
fore he  went  further. 

When  we  had  been  a few  days  in  camp  here,  I con- 
cluded to  go  on  a hunt  of  my  own  further  west.  I took 
two  boys  about  fourteen  years  old,  one  of  them  my.  pet 
boy,  the  Antelope,  without  whom  I never  went  anywhere, 
and  the  other  was  named  the  Crow.  I took  some  bread, 
coffee,  sugar  and  salt,  and  leaving  my  gun  in  camp,  bor- 
rowed a Winchester  from  the  chief.  I wanted  a maga- 
zine gun,  and  there  were  Winchesters  in  camp.  The 
boys  could  not  get  arms,  SO'  they  had  only  bows  and 
arrows.  I took  the  white  pony  to  ride,  I had  been 
riding  him  every  day  now,  and  had  made  a pet  of  him. 
I could  dismount  and  walk  off  and  he  would  follow  me 
all  day  if  I wanted  him  to. 

Going  directly  west,  when  a few  miles  from  camp  we 
ran  into  a big  herd  of  buffalo,  and  getting  behind  them, 
started  them  toward  camp  for  our  men  to  get,  then  kept 
on  again.  I wanted  a deer  or  antelope,  but  found  none. 
Then  late  in  the  afternoon  we  scared  up  a flock  of  prairie 
chickens,  and  the  boys  got  a number  of  them,  using 
their  bows  and  arrows.  I could  not  do  any  shooting 
here.  I was  not  as  good  a shot  as  the  men  I found  in 
books.  I did  not  find  them  anywhere  else,  for  the  reason 
that  they  are  not  to  be  found  outside  of  these  boys’  books. 
I could  not  cut  off  a chicken’s  head  with  a Winchester, 
and  did  not  want  to  waste  my  cartridges  anyhow  j I 
might  need  them  for  more  dangerous  game  than  prairie 
chickens. 

We  camped  at  a small  pond  on  the  open  prairie,  there 
being  no  timber  in  sight.  I did  not  like  to  camp  here, 
for  from  the  looks  of  the  clouds  I thought  we  might 
have  a storm  before  next  morning;  but  this  was  the  best 
we  could  do ; so  staking  our  ponies  out  on  grass,  we 
cooked  the  chickens,  then  lay  down  on  our  saddle 
blankets — an  Indian  boy  on  each  side  of  me.  We  needed 
no  camp  guard  here;  nothing  could  get  near  11s  and  these 
boys  not  know  it. 

Just  before  sunrise  next  morning  that  norther  that  I 
had  been  looking  for  came  up  and  brought  a snowstorm 
with  it.  So  getting  our  saddles  on  we  started  to-  look 
for  timber,  and  at  ten  o’clock  a blue  streak  away  across 
the  prairie  told  me  I had  found  it,  or  would  find  it  when 
I got  that  far. 

The  snow  was  still  falling,  but  not  heavy,  and  just  on 


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this  side  of  that  timber,  when  crossing  a draw — a dry 
watercourse— we  scared  up  a band  of  antelope  that  had 
been  lying  down  in  here  to  get  out  of  the  storm.  Jump- 
ing off  the  pony,  I turned  the  Winchester  loose,  and  two 
of  the  antelope  dropped.  We  let  them  lie  here,  then  kept 
on  to  the  timber,  which  we  found  to  be  down  in  a small 
canon.  There  was  good  grass  and  water  down  there, 
and  the  canon  ran  east  and  west;  that  sheltered  us  from 
the  wind.  As  soon  as  we  had  our  ponies  tied  out,  I 
and  the  Antelope  went  after  our  game,  while  the  Crow, 
who  was  cook  for  the  expedition,  started  a fire  and  got 
his  coffee  on  in  quart  tin  cups.  We  brought  in  the  ante- 
lope, then  leaving  the  boy  to  dress  them,  I put  up  a shel- 
ter out  of  pine  boughs  and  saddle  blankets  to-  keep  the 
snow  off  us.  Between  now  and  next  morning  the  three 
of  us  had  about  finished  one  antelope,  and  the  boys  had 
started  in  on  the  other.  I managed  to  get  all  I needed 
at  dinner  and  supper,  but  the  boys  put  in  the  first  part  of 
the  night  half  the  time  making  and  smoking  cigarettes 
and  the  rest  of  the  time  broiling  steaks  and  ribs;  then 
they  went  to  bed — or  I thought  they  did — but  they  were 
up  several  times  between  then  and  morning  cooking  more 
meat  and  eating  it. 

An  Indian  can  eat  all  day  if  he  has  it,  then  go  a week 
without  eating  anything  and  not  growl  unless  he.  thinks 
that  you  have  something  of  which  he  is  not  getting  his 
share.  I was  not  Indian  enough  yet,  nor  never  got  to  be 
Indian  enough,  to  want  to  eat  more  than  three  times  a 
day. 

It  had  cleared  off  next  morning,  and  after  breakfast 
the  boys  started  off  after  more  antelope,  while  I took  the 
gun  and  went  up  along  the  canon  to  hunt  turkeys  or 
anything  large  enough  fcr  a .44  ball,  but  saw  nothing, 
and  after  a while  came  back  to  camp  to  wait  for  the 
boys  to  come  in.  I wanted  to  leave  now  since  the 
weather  had  got  warm  again.  I had  hardly  sat  down 
when  I heard  a shot  fired  off  on  the  prairie,  and  a 
moment  after  my  boys  came  tumbling  down  the  bank 
here  so-  badly  scared  that  they  could  not  speak. 

I asked  them  no  questions,  but  taking  up  the  carbine 
pumped  a load  into  the  chamber,  then  got  it.  to  my 
shoulder  and  pointed  up  the  hill,  just  as  a white  man 
rode  forward. 

“Halt!”  I told  him.  “Up  with  your  hands — quick, 
now !” 

He  pulled  up  his  horse,  and  his  hands  went  up  quick 
enough  for  me  even;  he  seemed  not  to'  be  able  to  get 
them  up  quick  enough  or  high  enough  to  suit  himself, 
though  his  gun  lay  across  his  legs  as  he  sat  in  the  sad- 
dle, but  mine  was  in  my  hands  here  pointed  at  him. 

The  Antelope  had  got  over  his  scare  now,  and  the 
first  thing  he  did  was  to  reach  and  take  one  of  my  pis- 
tols and  throw  up  the  hammer;  the  next  thing  would  be 
a ball  sent  into  that  man  there.  He  never  knew  how  near 
death  he  was. 

“Wait,”  I told  the  boy,  “I’ll  tell  you  when  to  shoot.” 
The  Crow  took  the  other  pistol.  I heard  his  hammer 
go  up,  but  knew  he  would  not  fire  until  I told  him. 
These  pistols  were  now  where  I wanted  them.  If  there 
were  any  more  shooting  to  be  done  here,  these  boys 
could  and  would  do  their  share  of  it. 

The  man’s  hands  began  to  drop. 

“Keep  those  hands  up,  sir,  or  I’ll  send  a ball  into  you !” 
I told  him. 

“Why,  I don’t  want  to  hurt  you,  partner.  I would  be  a 
fool  to  fire  at  you  now.” 

“Well,  I won’t  take  your  word  for  it.  Have  you  got 
anyone  along  with  you?” 

“Yes,  sir,  I have  two  Mexicans.  They  have  stopped 
back  here,  I reckon,”  and  he  was  about  to  look  back, 
when  I said,  “Keep  your  head  this  way  and  call  them.” 
He  did  so,  and  both  came  in  sight  now,  their  hands 
up  also.  Had  they  been  white  men  their  guns  would 
probably  have  been  up,  but  a Mexican  never  does  any- 
thing until  he  is  told,  then  does  it  wrong,  if  possible. 

“Is  that  all  of  your  party?”  I asked. 

“Yes,  sir,  this  is  all.  Now  can’t  I get  my  hands  down? 
We  ain’t  dangerous.” 

“Not  now  you  are  not.  There  is  a little  difference  be- 
tween shooting  at  two  boys  who  have  no  arms  and  three 
of  us  who  have  and  know  how  to  use  them.  Yes,  put 
your  hands  down  and  come  in.  I only  wanted  to  be  sure 
that  you  did  no  more  shooting.” 

They  led  their  horses  down,  and  the  white  man  said: 
“I  had  not  the  least  idea  that  there  were  any  white  men 
but  myself  in  the  country.” 

“It  is  a good  thing  for  you  that  there  was,  or  else  there 
would  be  no-  white  man  alive  here  now.  Had  there  been 
a party  of  the  tribe  these  boys  belong  to  here  instead  of 
me,  they  would  have  killed  you  so  quick  you  would  never 
have  known  who  did  it.  What  was  your  idea  in  firing 
at  these  boys,  anyhow?” 

“Why,  I shot  a mile  above  their  heads.  I would  not 
shoot  a boy,  of  course,  even  if  he  is  an  Indian.” 

“Then  never  do  a trick  like  that  again.  If  I had  said, 
‘Shoot!’  a few  minutes  ago,  that  boy  would  have  sent  a 
ball  through  you  in  a hurry.” 

“Yes,  I reckon  he  would — that  is,  if  he  could  hit  me. 

I w£S  afraid  he  might  be  fool  enough  to  try.” 

“Don’t  worry  about  his  not  hitting  you.  He  would  hit 
you,  and  hit  you  where  you  live,  too.” 

The  boys  still  had  the  pistols;  they  would  not  put 
them  up  now  until  I told  them  to  do  it,  and  the  Antelope 
kept  eyeing  this  man.  He  at  least  understood  part  or 
all  of  what  was  said,  as  I had  been  teaching  him  English. 

“Put  the  pistols  away  now,”  I told  them  in  Comanche, 
“the  war  is  over.”  They  laughed  and  returned  the 
pistols. 

“Can  you  talk  their  iingo?”  the  man  asked. 

“A  little,  enough  to  make  myself  understood,  and  these 
boys  both  understand  English.”  I thought  I would  tell 
him  so,  as  then  he  might  be  careful  about  what  he  said. 
These  beys  might  meet  him  some  time  again  when  there 
was  no  white  man  with  them,  and  they  have  long 
memories.  He  took  the  hint,  and  I heard  no  more  about 
Indians. 

I got  out  the  tobacco  now  and  we  made  cigarettes; 
the  boys  had  no  more  shucks  for  wrappers  they  told  me, 
so  I got  them  a bunch  from  these  Mexicans.  This  man 
told  me  that  he  had  a large  party  of  Mexicans  west  of 
this  killing  buffalo.  He  used  lances,  he  said.  I had  heard 
that  they  did,  but  had  never  seen  them  used,  and  told 
him  that  a Colt  was  good  enough  for  me. 

He  wanted  us  to  go  home  with  him  and  visit  his  camp. 
I should  have  liked  to  have  done  so,  but  he  was  too  far 


out  of  my  road.  I meant  to  go  south  from  here,  and 
not  any  further  west.  I had  told  the  chief  before  leav- 
ing that  I might  be  gone  a week,  and  did  not  want  to 
stay  longer  lest  he  should  be  uneasy  and  send  out  to 
hunt  for  us. 

There  was  a lieutenant  of  ours  with  half  a troop  of 
cavalry  out  here  somewhere,  and  I asked  this  man  if  he 
knew  where  this  camp  was.  Yes,  he  did,  but  it  was  a 
long  distance  south  of  this.  He  could  direct  me,  though, 
if  I wanted  to  see  him. 

I did  not  want  to  see  him.  In  fact,  he  would  be  about 
the  last  man  out  here  that  I would  care  to  see;  for  I had 
not  been  sent  out  here  to  go  prowling  all  over  New 
Mexico  with  two  young  Indians,  but  to  stay  in  that  In- 
dian camp  and  keep  them  out  of  mischief.  There  was 
no  danger  of  their  getting  into  any  or  I should  not  have 
left  them;  but  it  would  be  of  no  use  for  me  to  tell 
him  so,  and  he  would  waste  some  of  his  valuable  time 
and  some  of  mine  in  telling  me  what  I had  been  sent  here 
for.  It  would  all  be  wasted,  though.  I did  not  want  any 
more  orders,  and  wanted  to  know  where  he  probably 
was  so  that  I could  steer  clear  of  him. 

We  got  our  saddles  on  now,  and  all  left  here,  keeping 
each  other  company  for  a few  miles;  then  these  men 
turned  north,  while  we  kept  on  toward  the  southwest. 

Cabia  Blanco. 

[to  be  continued.] 


Growing  Wild  Turkeys. 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

And  why  not?  One  man’s  recreation  is  in  studying  the 
haunts  and  habits  of  the  chickadee,  the  swan,  the  black 
bear  or  field  mice;  of  another  the  chief  delight  is  in 
angling  for  black  bass,  sea  trout,  pike  or  sunfish;  his 
neighbor  takes  stock  in  nothing  but  canoes,  paddles, 
creeks,  rapids  and  rivers;  and  those  four  gunners  coming 
up  the  road  hunt  respectively  quail,  deer,  rabbits  and 
turkeys.  And  no  man  knows  better  than  this  last-named 
nimro.d  what  a keen  eye,  quick  ear,  power  of  mimicry 
and  tireless  legs  are  good  for.  And  more  than  this,  no 
man  knows  better  how  to'  keep  a cool  nerve  under  a 
hard  strain  if  we  may  except  the  deer  hunter  and  his 
brother  hunter  who  goes  out  for  sheep,  elk  or  moose. 
Then  why  not  turkeys? 

Thousands  of  acres  of  farm  and  forest  land  in  all  the 
New  England,  Middle,  Southern  and  Central  Mississippi 
States  would  make  veritable  paradises  for  wild  turkeys 
if  they  were  once  stocked  with  these  noble  birds.  And 
the  amount  of  good  sport  that  might  be  had  in  a few 
years  by  a little  effort  upon  the  part  of  the  populace 
can  only  be  imagined. 

But  just  here  is  the  most  serious  obstacle  in  the  work 
of  stocking  a section  of  country  with  turkeys.  It  is 
practically  impossible  to  restrain  people  from  killing 
them  at  every  opportunity,  in  season  and  out,  Sunday, 
Monday  and  every  other  day,  old  or  young,  either  or  both 
sexes  and  by  any  means,  legitimately  or  diabolically, 
day  or  night,  lean  or  fat.  The  people  simply  go  mad 
after  them,  and  the  only  compensation  the  propagators 
have  is  in  the  thought  that  perhaps  some  of  the  reckless 
gunners  will  surely  pepper  each  other  with  No.  4 shot. 

In  the  winter  of  1888  four  pairs  of  fine  wild  turkeys 
wandered  into  the  woody  hills  back  of  our  home.  They 
were  part  of  a large  flock  we  had  grown  from  birds  ob- 
tained in  the  mountains  of  Central  Pennsylvania.  They 
became  nervous  at  my  young  brothers’  style  of  catching 
them — namely,  by  picking  out  the  birds  wanted  and 
shooting  their  heads  off — and  betook  themselves  to  the 
woods.  The  next  season  these  birds  made  a brave  fight 
for  existence,  and  succeeded  in  reaching  September  over 
forty  strong,  and  this  in  spite  of  the  fact  that  one  man 
accidentally  found  one  nest  of  nine  eggs  which  he 
hatched  at  home,  of  course;  another  fellow  shot  and 
killed  a hen  brooding  a flock  of  poults  a week  or  two  old, 
and  other  equally  atrocious  raids. 

It  was  a sight  worth  seeing!  Somewhere  on  those 
chestnut  ridges,  basking  in  the  warm  sunlight  that 
glinted  between  the  trees  that  made  the  resting  birds  look 
like  a dozen,  a score,  yes,  two  dozen  figures  in  purple  and 
green  gold,  these  noble  birds  reclined  upon  the  brown 
leaves  and  dreamed  of  old  pastures  teeming  with  grass- 
hoppers, chestnut  trees  from  which  the  brown  nuts 
rustled  like  rain,  wild  grapes  loaded  with  purple  fruit, 
and  here  and  there  a field  of  buckwheat  and  corn  from 
which  a small  tribute  would  occasionally  be  exacted! 
Yes,  they  were  beautiful,  those  wild  fellows,  ten  to 
twelve  pounds  for  hens,  and  thirteen  to  eighteen  pounds 
for  gobblers,  and  as  fleet  of  foot  and  strong  of  wing  as 
the  wind  itself. 

But  their  halcyon  days  were  of  short  duration,  for  all 
the  guns  within  a radius  of  ten  miles  were  soon  in  pur- 
suit of  them,  and  ceased  only  when  but  a straggling, 
widely  scattered  remnant  was  left. 

This  taught  us  the  folly  of  trying  to  stock  a locality 
with  these  birds  under  ordinary  conditions.  But  some- 
thing might  be  done  if  the  work  were  taken  up  by  a 
club  with  some  means  back  of  it.  In  fact,  I believe  I 
could  stock  a large  preserve  or  a section  of  farming 
country  at  small  cost  comparatively. 

The  exclusive  right  to  shoot  over  all  the  territory  in 
question  would  be  obtained  of  the  owners  and  tenants. 
The  actual  tenants  of  each  farm  might  be  permitted  to 
quietly  take  one  or  two  turkeys  each  year,  one  for 
Thanksgiving,  another  for  Christmas,  after  the  flocks 
had  once  got  a good  foothold.  Compensation  for  actual 
damage  done  crop  of  com  and  buckwheat  (they  would 
injure  no  others)  should  be  made  where  it  amounted  to 
more  than  the  value  of  two  turkeys  allowed  each  tenant, 
and  a liberal  reward  for  apprehending  illegal  killing  and 
trespassing.  This  would,  I think,  insure  the  faithful 
service  of  all  dwelling  on  the  stocked  grounds. 

To  a certain  extent  the  turkeys  would  get  beyond  any 
ordinary  preserve,  and  would  fall  victims  to  hunters; 
but  they  would  never  be  decimated,  for  they  soon  learn 
where  safety  lies.  Again,  they  may  be  raised  and 
stocked  upon  forest  land  where  there  are  few  inhabitants, 
and  these  can  usually  be  paid  to  protect  the  turkeys,  thus 
insuring  large  flocks  and  good  hunting. 

Well,  don’t  imagine  that  you  are  going  to  have  any 
serious  trouble  getting  your  game  home  when  you  have 
your  preserve  stocked  and  go  out  after  the  birds  some 
fine  September  or  October  morning.  You  will  see  where 
they  have  been  feeding  beneath  the  acorn  and  chestnut 


tjAN.  28,  1905. 


trees;  you  will  probably  hear  them  calling  at  a distance 
in  the  forest,  and  may  see  a number  hastily  disappearing 
m the  shadowy  distance;  and  you  get  a crack  at  a fine 
old  gobbler  that  you  have  warily  called  to  a point  almost 
outside  the  range  of  your  rifle  (for  it  is  small  caliber), 
and  to  your  delight  may  see  flutter  his  last  at  your  feet. 
And  again  you  may  bring  in  three  or  four  from  one 
day’s  hunt,  while  your  less  fortunate  comrade  may  hunt 
four  days  and  bring  in  nothing  but  his  tired  frame.  But 
you  have  enough  for  both,  and  the  central  roast  will 
compensate  for  the  vain  tramping  over  the  hills. 

...  „ George  Enty. 

Templeton,  Pa. 


Death  of  Old  Non  Comprend. 

Joe  Francis  told  it  to  me  in  this  way,  when  we  were 
at  supper  at  Rippogenus : 

“One  fall  I was  guiding  Frank  Hinkley;  Louie  Nicho- 
las  was  guiding  another  sport.  We  were  near  the  mouth 
ot(  Alligash.  Frank  said,  ‘Joe,  do  you  speak  French?’ 

„A  don  t know  a word  of  French,  but  I said  ‘Yes.’ 
c tT  !’  sa.ys  krank,  ‘ I want  you  to  go  down  to  the 
, t.  Johns  with  me  this  afternoon  to  get  some  milk  and 
butter  and  eggs.’ 

I told  him  to  get  Nicholos,  as  I knew  he  spoke 
f rench ; but  he  must  have  me;  so  I thought  I could  work 
it.  I asked  Nicholas  in  Indian  what  milk,  butter  and 
e?i^  T Vere  in  French,  and  I kept  saying  over  the  words 
till  I thought  I knew  them.  Well,  when  we  came  to  the. 
first  house,  Frank  says,  ‘Joe,  let  us  stop  here.’ 

When  I tried  to  remember  the  words  I found  I had 
forgotten  them  all.  There  were  a lot  of  children  out 
doors,,  and  I says,  ‘Frank,  you  don’t  want  to  stop  here, 
this  is  a school  house.  Don’t  you  see  the  children?’ 
I was  m hopes  I might  get  time  to  remember,  but  Frank 
would  go  in.  Well,  when  we  got  in  there  were  over  a 
dozen  children.  They  had  no  ladder,  but  there  were  pins 
driven  into  the  corner  posts,  and  the  children  were  run- 
ning upstairs  just  like  mice.  Frank  says,  ‘Joe,  fire  away 
your  French.’ 

“I  asked  the  woman  in  Indian.  She  says,  ‘Non  com- 
prend.’ Frank  says,  ‘What  does  she  say?’  I says,  ‘She 
says  there  is  an  old  peddler  named  Non  Comprend 
who  comes  round  every  week  and  buys  all  the  milk,  but-' 
ter  and  eggs.  He  has  just  been  round.’  Frank  says. 
Then  we  will  try  the  next  house.’ 

“I  asked  the  next  woman  in  Indian.  She  says,  ‘Non 
comprend.  I says,  ‘There,  Frank;  didn’t  you  hear  her 
say  Non  Comprend?  I tell  you,  Frank,  it  is  no  use; 
that  old  Non  Comprend  has  just  been  and  bought  up  all 
the  milk  and  eggs  and  butter  there  is.’  Frank  says,  ‘I 
don’t  believe  you  can  speak  French.’  I told  him  I could, 
but  no  one  could  get  any  milk  and  butter  and  eggs  when 
they  were  all  bought  up. 

“Well,  next  day  we  were  paddling  down  the  St.  John,1 
and  where  the  road  came  close  to  the  river  there  was  a 1 
funeral.  I saw  a boy  on  the  bank,  and  I says  ‘Boy  ! 
whose  funeral  is  this?’  It  was  a French  boy,  and  he- 
says,  ‘Non  comprend,’  I says,  ‘There,  Frank,  do  you 
hear  that?  He  says  it  is  old  Non  Comprend’s  funeral’!' 
‘Never  was  so  glad  in  my  life  that  old  Non  Comprend  ' 
is  dead.  Now  we  can  get  all  the. milk  and  butter  and” 
eggs  we  want.’  ” M.  Harpy. 

In  Appreciation  of  Cabia  Blanco. 

I’ve  been  reading  your  work,  C.  B.,  from  the  smallest 
jotting^  upward,  and  if  I’ve  skipped  any  it  was  because 
1 didnt  see  it.  I know  something  about  those  old  buf- 
falo  bows,  with  their  dark  brown  matting  of  sinew  glued" 
0r!  back,  and  the  dirty  old  rag  wrapped  around  thei 
middle,  the  back  as  wide  as.  a shovel  to  a small  boy’s” 
hands.  I had  one . once,  with  a sheaf  of  flint-headed 
arrows,  now  full  thirty  years  ago;  but  I could  as  easily 
use  a crowbar  as  that  bow ! The  arrows  were  another 
matter,  and  gave  me  cause  to  love  a long  bow  from 
that  day  till  now.  Incidentally,  an  enemy  might  say  I 
could  use  one,  on  a pinch;  but  why  not?  ’Tis  a warrior’s 
trade. 

But  I’m  truly  glad  for  that  translation  of  your  name ! ' 
Taken  with  probable  age,  possible  youthful  hirsute  char- 
acteristics, and  a wild  shot  at  impossible  Spanish,  I’d J 
figured  it  out  as  “Tow-head”  in  my  mind.  That  was 
my  name  some  forty  years  ago ; but  I was  perfectly  ready 
to  give  it  up  if  you  had  a prior  claim.  How ! Give  us 1 
plenty  more,  ' J.  p.  T. 

Boston,  Mass, 


Medic  me  in  Camp, 

Chicago,  Jan.  15, — Editor  Forest  and  Stream:  I no-  ! 
ticed  Mr.  George  Kennedy’s  inquiry  about  medicines  to 
be  taken  in  camp.  I am  an  old-time  camper;  have, 
camped  all  over  the  Northwest,  often  a hundred  miles 
from  the  railroad.  Some  years  ago  one  of  our  eminent!! 
physicians  here,  Dr.  Gustav  Fiitterer,  a fine  sportsman, 
whose  office  is  in  the  Venetian  building,  presented  me  ; 
with  a small  medicine  case  which  I have  carried  ever 
since,  and.whieh,  in  my  estimation,  cannot  be  improved 
upon.  It  is  about  8 inches  long,  5 inches  wide,  and  2)4 
inches  thick.  It  contains  about  thirty  small  glass  tubes 
filled  with  condensed  tablets;  has  forceps,  a lancet,  hypo- 
dermic syringe,  plasters,  surgeons’  needles,  and  a printed  - 
list  of  contents  and  how  and  when  to  use  same.  I always 
carry  the  little  case  on  my  trips,  and  it  has  proven  of 
great  value  in  many  instances. 

If  you  wish  to  see  it,  or  if  any  of  your  readers  wish’ 
to  have  one  made  like  it,  I shall  be  only  too  glad  to  ex-  ! 
press  vou  the  small  case  and  its  contents.  Besides  the 
case,  I always  carry  two  rolls  of  bandages,  one  narrow” 
and  one  wide,  and  a small  package  of  antiseptic  cotton. 

E.  Lipkau. 

“Next  time  you’re  in  the  armory,”  said  the  captain  of 
G Company,  proudly,  “take  a look  at  our  room.  We’ve 
had  it  repainted  and  refurnished  throughout.”  “I  saw  it,” 
replied  the  major,  “and  really,  sir,  your  room  is  better 
than  your  company.” — Philadelphia  Ledger. 


First  Young  Highwayman  (in  dark  and  deserted  street) 
—“Say,  Chimmie,  is  dey  any  danger  in  bein’  out  late  at 
night  like  dis  ?”  Second  Highwayman— “Naw ! O’  course 
dey  ain’t.  Why,  we  is  d’  real  dangers  !”-Life. 


Jan.  28,  1955.1 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


National  Park  Game. 

From  the  annual  report  of  Major  John  Pitcher,  U.  S.  A.,  Supt. 

Game. 

The  past  winter  was  an  exceedingly  favorable  one  for 
all  game  in  the  Park,  except  the  wild  herd  of  buffalo. 
There  is  danger  that  this  herd  may  become  extinct  in  the 
course  of  time,  and  our  new  herd  was  started  none  too 
soon.  As  stated  in  previous  reports,  the  remnant  of 
the  wild  herd  is  located  on  the  head  of  Pelican  Creek. 
This  is  an  exceedingly  unfavorable  country  for  them  to 
winter  in,  for  in  that  section  the  snowfall  is  very  heavy, 
and  the  only  way  that  they  can  keep  alive  is  by  grazing 
on  the  few  places  kept  open  by  the  hot  springs.  This 
herd  could  be  driven  out  of  that  locality  and  possibly  a 
few  of  them  caught  up,  but  it  is  more  than  likely  that  the 
greater  part  of  them  would  be  killed  in  the  attempt.  In- 
stead of  attempting  to  catch  up  the  old  ones,  men  are 
sent  out  each  spring  for  the  purpose  of  capturing  the 
young  calves,  which  are  brought  in  to  this  place,  raised 
by  a domestic  cow,  and  then  turned  out  in  the  inclosure 
with  the  tame  herd.  The  capture  and  transportation  of 
these  animals  to  a point  where  they  can  be  cared  for  is 
an  exceedingly  difficult  and  somewhat  dangerous  matter, 
for  at  the  season  when  it  is  necessary  to  make  the  at- 
tempt, the  men  have  to  travel  on  snowshoes,  and  the 
snow  is  usually  in  wretched  condition  for  such  work. 

Last  summer  a lot  of  hay  was  cut  and  stacked  up  for 
these  buffalo  at  what  was  supposed  to  be  the  most  con- 
venient point  for  them,  but  when  the  scouts  went  out 
there  in  the  spring  this  stack  was  so  deeply  covered  with 
snow  that  they  were  unable  to  find  it.  Up  to  the  present 
time  three  calves  have  been  caught  up  from  the  wild 
herd  and  placed  with  the  new  or  tame  herd.  Two  of 
these  are  males  and  one  is  a female. 

If  for  any  reason  the  wild  herd  should  abandon  their 
present  range  on  the  head  of  Pelican  Creek  and  should 
move  down  to  the  lower  country  where  they  formerly 
lived,  the  chances  of  their  survival  would  be  greatly  in- 
creased, and  they  might  become  the  progenitors  of  a con- 
siderable wild  herd.  The  increase  in  certain  semi- 
domesticated  herds  justifies  a hope  that  this  wild  herd 
may  be  saved. 

The  New  Buffalo  Herd. 

The  increase  in  this  herd  during  the  past  season  has 
been  very  encouraging.  It  now  consists  of  thirty-nine 
animals,  and  they  are  all  in  fine  condition.  The  follow- 
ing table  shows  the  yearly  increase  in  the  herd  since  its 
establishment,  and  also  gives  the  number  of  males  and 
females.  The  bull  which  is  noted  as  having  died,  is  the 
one  which  was  turned  out  with  the  wild  herd  on  Pelican 
Creek.  He  wandered  away  from  the  herd  and  died  on 
the  edge  of  the  lake  near  the  Thumb  station.  The  cow 
which  died  broke  her  leg  by  stepping  into  a badger  hole 
while  running  in  the  pasture.  Every  effort  was  made  to 
save  her,  but  it  was  impossible  to  do  so. 


Purchased  October,  1902 

Males. 
3 

Females. 

IS 

Total. 

21 

Born,  spring  of  1903 

2 

3 

5 

Caught  spring  of  1903 

2 

— 

2 

Total  Oct.  1,  1903 

7 

21 

28 

Born  spring  of  1904 

6 

6 

12 

Caught  spring  of  1904 

1 

1 

Total  

13 

28 

41 

Died  spring  and  summer,  1904 

1 

1 

2 

Total  Oct.  1,  1904 

12 

27 

39 

Antelope. 

The  herd  of  antelope  which,  winters  on  the  northern 
slope  of  Mount  Everts  and  near  the  town  of  Gardiner 
is  doing  exceedingly  well,  and  seems  to  be  increasing 
in  numbers.  About  1,150  were  seen  and  counted  last 
winter  by  both  the  scouts  and  members  of  the  detach- 
ment now  permanently  located  at  the  new  station  near 
the  gate  at  Gardiner.  As  all  stock  has  been  kept  off  this 
range  during  the  past  year,  or  ever  since  the  fence  near 
Gardiner  has  been  completed,  the  grass  or  winter  feed 
for  these  animals  should  be  in  better  shape  than  it  has 
been  for  a number  of  years,  and  unless  a very  deep  snow- 
falls in  the  late  spring,  they  will  certainly  do  well  this 
winter.  A few  have  already  discovered  the  new  alfalfa 
field  that  has  been  started  this  year  in  front  of  the  town 
of  Gardiner.  While  this  field,  which  is  about  50  acres  in 
extent,  will  not  yield  much  of  a crop  of  hay  this  season, 
next  year  it  should  produce  a crop  of  from  100  to  200 
tons,  which  will  be  sufficient  to  carry  the  antelope 
through  the  winter,  no  matter  how  severe  it  may  be. 

Deer. 

The  blacktail  or  mule  deer  are  also  undoubtedly  in- 
creasing in  numbers,  and  are  becoming  more  tame  and 
fearless  each  year.  One  hundred  and  twenty  were 
counted  on  the  parade  ground  of  Fort  Yellowstone  one 
day  last  winter,  and  this  is  considerably  more  than  have 
ever  been  seen  at  any  time  in  the  past. 

Mountain  Sheep. 

The  band  of  mountain  sheep  which  winters  on  Mount 
Everts  was  fed  quite  liberally  last  spring,  and  therefore 
passed  through  the  winter  in  good  shape._  A few  have 
been  seen  during  the  past  summer  in  the  vicinity  of  their 
feeding  corral,  but  as  yet  we  have  been  unable  to  deter- 
mine the  increase  in  this  band.  A new  band  of  about 
100  was  seen  last  winter  near  the  northwestern  corner 
of  the  park.  Where  they  came  from  or  where  they  spent 
the  past  summer  no  one  at  present  knows,  but  we  are 
in  hopes  that  they  have  taken  up  their  permanent  resi- 
dence within  the  limits  of  the  Park.  If  this  band  is 
still  in  the  Park  it  will  be  located  within  the  next  month 
or  so,  


Bear. 

There  seems  to  be  about  the  same  number  of  bear  in 
the  Park  as  we  had  last  year,  and,  as  they  can  be  seen 
at  any  time  about  the  various  hotels,  they  still  con- 
tinue to  be  a great  source  of  interest  to  the  tourists,  and 
give  but  little  trouble,  except  where  people  fail  to  obey  the 
few  simple  rules  concerning  them.  One  man,  an  employe 
of  the  hotel  at  the  lake,  was  slightly  injured  by  a bear 
during  the  past  summer,  but  from  the  best  information 
that  I could  get,  I believe  that  this  man  got  simply  what 
he  deserved  for  his  violation  of  the  rules  and  regulations, 
and  that  his  punishment  by  the  bear  was  a good  lesson 
for  others. 

In  almost  every  case  where  a bear  has  become  unruly 
or  troublesome  it  has  been  due  to  the  fact  that  he  has 
been  fed  and  petted  by  some  misguided  individual.  This 
is  a mistaken  kindness,  as  sooner  or  later  it  usually  re- 
sults in  the  death  of  the  bear,  for  whenever  it  is  reported 
that  they  have  become  troublesome  or  dangerous,  a scout 
is  sent  out  to  investigate  the  matter,  and  if  he  finds  the 
facts  to  be  as  stated,  he  quietly  executes  the  offender. 

Mountain  Lion,  Lynx  and  Coyotes. 

With  the  increase  of  horned  game  in  the  Park,  a cor- 
responding increase  has  taken  place  in  the  carnivora. 
Mountain  lions  or  panthers,  formerly  not  abundant,  are 
now  quite  common,  though  rarely  seen.  They  prey 
chiefly,  perhaps,  upon  the  elk,  but  are  known  to  be  very 
destructive  also  to  deer  and  mountain  sheep.  Deer  and 
elk  are  so  abundant  that  the  number  killed  by  the 
panthers  could  perhaps  be  spared;  but  the  case  is  very 
different  with  the  mountain  sheep,  which,  on  account  of 
their  small  numbers,  should  be  carefully  protected. 

It  therefore  seemed  necessary  to  destroy  the  panthers, 
and  a pack  of  hounds  has  been  procured  which  last  win- 
ter rendered  good  service  and  enabled  our  game  warden 
and  scouts  to  kill  fifteen  of  these  animals. 

The  mountain  sheep  which  winter  near  the  Mammoth 
Hot  Springs  range  chiefly  on  Mount  Everts,  and  this  is 
therefore  a favorite  winter  hunting  ground  for  the 
panthers.  After  each  fresh  snow  during  the  winter 
hunters  with  dogs  are  sent  around  Mount  Everts,  and 
if  a panther  has  visited  it  the  hounds  take  up  the  fresh 
trail  and  usually  bring  the  animal  to  bay,  when  the 
hunters  coming  up  shoot  it.  Usually  the  lions  take  to 
the  trees,  but  last  winter  one  was  driven  into  an  aban- 
doned shaft  sunk  years  ago  by  coal  prospectors.  Here 
he  drove  off  the  dogs,  but  traps  were  set  just  within  the 
entrance,  which  was  then  stopped  up,  and  the  next  day 
the  animal  was  found  in  the  trap  and  killed. 

The  Canada  lynx  and  bay  lynx  are  not  abundant,  and 
owing  to  their  habits  are  seldom  seen.  They  prey  chiefly 
on  birds  and  small  mammals,  and  probably  seldom  attack 
the  large  game,  though  now  and  then  they  may  kill  a 
chance  calf  elk  or  fawn.  The  injury  that  they  do  is 
trifling,  and  no  measures  have  been  taken  for  their 
destruction. 

It  is  the  general  impression  that  coyotes  are  protected 
in  the  Park,  but  this  is  far  from  true,  for  it  is  a well- 
known  fact  that  they  are  very  destructive  to  the  young 
game  of  all  kinds,  and  we  therefore  use  every  means 
to  get  riel  of  them.  The  game  warden,  scouts,  and  cer- 
tain good  shots  among  the  soldiers  are  directed  to  kill 
them  whenever  the  opportunity  is  offered.  They  are  also 
destroyed  by  the  use  of  traps  and  poison,  and  during 
the  past  winter  between  75  and  100  of  these  animals  were 
killed. 

Feed  for  Large  Game. 

Owing  to  the  limited  winter  range  for  all  large  game, 
both  within  the  boundary  of  the  Park  and  in  the  sur- 
rounding country,  it  is  only  a question  of  time  when  it 
will  become  absolutely  necessary  to  provide  feed  for  this 
game  during  at  least  a portion  of  the  winter.  There  are 
a number  of  places  in  the  Park,  particularly  along  the 
Yellowstone  and  Lamar  rivers,  near  the  northern  border 
of  the  Park  and  in  the  midst  of  the  chief  winter  range 
of  the  large  game,  where  a large  quantity  of  alfalfa  and 
hay  could  be  raised  at  a comparatively  small  cost.  As  I 
have  already  stated,  we  have  experimented  in  a small 
way  in  feeding  the  mountain  sheep,  deer  and  antelope  in 
the  vicinity  of  the  Mammoth  Hot  Springs,  and  the 
marked  improvement  in  the  condition  and  increase  in 
the  number  of  these  animals  seem  to  warrant  carrying 
this  experiment  to  a much  greater  extent. 

It  will  probably  never  be  necessary  to  feed  any  of  our 
game  during  the  entire  winter,  but  I am  of  the  opinion 
that  in  the  future  it  should  be  treated  in  about  the  same 
way  that  the  cattlemen  handle  their  range  stock;  in  other 
words,  in  case  of  a very  bad  winter  or  a spring,  when 
the  snow  falls  very  deep  and  a crust  forms  over  it,  we 
should  have  a number  of  haystacks  scattered  about  the 
range,  so  that  the  greater  part  of  the  game  could  be  fed 
just  a sufficient  amount  to  carry  them  over  the  dangerous 
period,  which  in  most  cases  would  not  continue  for 
more  than  a week  or  two. 

During  the  time  that  I have  been  in  the  Park  the 
winters  have  been  particularly  favorable  for  the  large 
game,  and  only  a small  percentage  have  died  of  starva- 
tion at  any  time;  but  this  is  not  to  continue  indefinitely, 
and  in  the  near  future  we  are  liable  to  lose  a large 
amount  of  game  if  the  precaution  suggested  above  is  not 
taken. 

Fish  and  Fish  Hatchery. 

During  the  past  summer  the  United  States  Fish  Com- 
mission has  constructed  a small  frame  building  at  the 
West  Thumb  of  the  Yellowstone  Lake,  for  the  purpose 
of  eyeing  the  eggs  of  the  black-spotted  trout.  This  sta- 
tion has  heretofore  been  in  charge  of  the  superintendent 
of  the  hatchery  at  Spearfish,  South  Dakota,  but  on  ac- 
count of  the  distance  and  . inconvenient  railroad  com- 
munication between  this  point  and  Spearfish,  it  would 
seem  much  better  to  place  the  station  in  the  Park  under 


the  care  of  the  superintendent  of  the  hatchery  at  Boze- 
man, Montana. 

It  was  the  intention  of  Mr.  Booth,  the  superintendent 
of  the  Spearfish  station,  to>  place  quite  a large  plant  of 
eastern  brook  and  Loch  Leven  trout  in  the  Park  this 
spring;  but  owing  to  a flood  or  cloudburst  at  his  station, 
which  interfered  with  his  plans,  only  21,000  brook  trout 
could  be  shipped.  This  shipment,  however,  was  very 
acceptable,  and  these  young  trout  were  all  planted  in 
Willow  Creek,  the  stream  where  they  were  most  needed. 


Snaileries. 

The  rearing  of  snails  as  a food-product  is  by  no  means 
a new  industry,  and  it  is  to-day  carried  on  in  various 
European  countries,  especially  in  France  and  Italy.  Many 
species  are  regarded  as  edible,  but  the  large  white  snail 
( Helix  pomatia)  seems  to  be  the  snail  that  is  generally 
preferred.  The  Romans  reared  this  species  in  enormous 
quantities  in  gardens  or  inclosures,  banked  or  surrounded 
with  ashes  and  sawdust,  so  that  the  snails  could  not  get 
out,  feeding  them  on  bran  and  sodden  wine.  These  snail- 
eries are  said  by  Pliny  to  have  been  invented  by  Fulvius 
Herpinus  some  time  before  the  civil  wars  between  Csesar 
and  Pompey;  and  from  another  Latin  author,  Varro,  we 
learn  all  about  snail  stews  and  how  to  make  them.  It  is 
from  the  Roman  period  that  snails  as  delicacies  have 
descended  to  us.  According  to  Varro,  the  Romans  also 
grew  their  snails  so  large  that  the  shells  of  some  would 
hold  ten  quarts ! 

. Besides  rearing  these  wonderful  snails  in  cochlearia, 
they  also  drew  supplies  from  Capri,  Sicily,  and  the 
Balearic  Isles,  as  we  learn  that  from  these  places  came 
the  snails  that  were  most  prized  in  the  Roman  market. 
The  Romans  further  acclimatized  this  gasteropod,  and 
spread  their  taste  for  it,  in  all  the  provinces  they  con- 
quered, Gaul  or  France  retaining  the  taste  to  this  day. 

The  Helix  pomatia  is  in  England  an  introduced  and  not 
a native  snail,  and  is  called  the  Roman  snail,  because  it  is 
generally  supposed  to  have  been  brought  here  by  the 
Romans,  though  tradition  has  it  that  it  was  first  intro- 
duced by  monks  into  Cambridgeshire,  and  also  that  it 
was  introduced  into  Surrey — where  it  is  known  as  the 
Italian  snail — by  one  of  the  Countesses  of  Arundel.  The 
Helix  pomatia,  however,  whether  introduced  or  not,  is 
now  found  from  Finland  to  Lombardy. 

All  edible  snails  are  nocturnal  hermaphrodites,  and  be- 
long to  a family  which  are  distinguished  into  three  groups 
— sea,  fresh-water  and  land  snails.  Our  interest  at  present 
lies  with  the  last  named.  Besides  Helix  pomatia,  the 
other  snails  that  are  used  as  food  are  Helix  aspersa  (the 
common  garden  snail),  and  Helix  nemoralis  (the  wood 
snail).  In  the  United  States  edible  snails  are  frequently 
to  be  seen  exposed  for  sale;  but  they  are  not  raised  in 
that  country,  and  those  on  sale  have  been  shipped  to 
America  alive  from  Europe.  In  Vienna,  again,  during 
Lent  there  is  a large  snail  market,  the  snails  coming  in 
barrels  from  Swabia.  The  great  center  for  the  consump- 
tion of  snails,  however,  is  Paris  and  some  of  the  French 
provinces.  There  is,  indeed,  a very  large  trade  in  this 
commodity  in  France,  the  large  white  snail  being  in 
special  demand  in  Paris,  while  the  garden  and  wood 
snails  are  in  common  use  among  poorer  consumers  in  all 
parts  of  France.  Snails  are  a recognized  dish  in  French 
menus,  and  the  maitre  d’hotel  can  serve  you  snails  d la 
Cettoise,  or  M arse  liaise,  or  Parisienne,  or  Bourguignonne, 
or  Bordelaise,  all  being  excellent  ways  of  disguising  the 
snail.  For  example,  Bordelaise  is  simply  a combination 
of  snails,  red  wine,  butter  and  garlic.  Frenchmen  also 
take  snails  medicinally  for  phthisis  and  catarrhal  troubles, 
preference  being  given  to  preparations  made  from  or  with 
raw  and_  uncooked  snails.  Under  the  name  helicine,  a 
powder  is  also  sold  in  France  which  is  said  to  have 
absorbed  the  juice  of  the  snail. 

It  must  be  confessed  that  snails  by  themselves  make  a 
very  insipid  dish,  but  this  is  relieved  by  the  strong  condi- 
ments that  are  generally  used;  yet  owing  to  their  glu- 
tinous nature,  snails  still  remain  a difficult  morsel  to 
digest — that  is,  if  the  condiments  used  do  not  excite  the 
secretion  of  gastric  juice.  They  should  generally  be  con- 
sumed immediately  after  they  are  gathered,  after  having 
been  purged  of  all  noxious  vegetable  substances  that  they 
may  contain.  Instances  of  poisoning  have  been  known 
to  occur  when  the  snails  were  picked  off  henbane,  bella- 
donna, and  other  plants  of  like  nature;  but  accidents  of 
this  kind  are  avoided  when  snails  so  gathered  are  first 
subjected,  as  is  the. usual  custom,  to  a lengthened  period 
of  fasting  before  being  used. 

The  production  of  snails  in  France  is  now  not  equal 
to  the  demand,  and  large  quantities  are  yearly  imported 
from  Italy,  Switzerland,  and  Germany.  During  the  Paris 
Exhibition  of  igoo  there  was  such  a scarcity  of  snails  in 
the  Paris  markets  that  at  one  time  prices  rose  as  high  as 
fifty-five  francs  per  thousand.  In  the  wholesale  trade  in 
snails  in  Paris  from  sixty  to  eighty  millions  of  snails 
are  received  yearly. 

In  this  snail  market  there  are  two  seasons,  called 
respectively  coureurs  and  bouches.  In  the  first  period, 
which  extends  from  April  15  to  the  end  of  May,  gros 
blanc  sells  at  from  eight  to  ten  francs  per  thousand,  and 
petit  gris  from  two  to  three  francs.  The  second  period  is 
divided  into  two:  the  first,  called  voiles,  extends  from 
September  1 to  October  15,  the  price  for  gros  blanc  rang- 
ing from  twelve  to  fourteen  francs,  and  for  petit  gris  about 
four  francs;  the  second  is  the  bouches  proper,  extending 
from  October  15  to  April,  and  in  it  prices  average  about 
eight  francs  for  gros  blanc  and  five  francs  for  petit  gris 
per  thousand. 

The  snails  that  are  sold  in  the  period  of  bouches  have 
generally  been  kept  in  snaileries,  where  at  the  first  frost 
they  inter  themselves  about  ten  to  fifteen  centimeters 
deep,  and  secrete  a slime,  which,  mixed  with  the  earth, 
forms  a cement.  The  nails  sold  during  the  voiles  period 


FOREST  AND  STREAM, 


IJaw,  2S?  mi 


are  those  which  have  hot  been  placed  in  preserves  aftei 
being  picked  up,  but  have  been  simply  shut  up  m pens, 
where,  through  want  of  nourishment  or  from  unnatural 
conditions,  they  have  only  formed  at  the  entrance  to  the 
shell  a simple  veil  of  slime.  , . 

Snails,  as  has  already  been  noted,  are  nocturnal  m their 
habits,  moving  about  and  eating  during  the  night,  espe- 
cially so  during  the  rains  of  spring.  In  the  period  known 
as  coureurs  they  are  gathered  on  dewy  mornings  01  after 
heavy  showers;  consequently  when  there  is  a wet  spnng 
enormous  quantities  come  to  hand  in  the  maikets.  of 
Paris.  It  may  be  added  that  they  are  “moist  goods  to 
handle,  and  therefore  become  easily  heated,  and  deterio- 
rate in  three  or  four  days.  It  is  during  this  season  that 
they  are  sold  in  the  streets  of  Paris  from  small  carts. 
The  snails  that  are  despatched  to  the  Halles  Centrales  are 
packed  in  cases,  baskets,  or  sacks  containing  from  five 
hundred  to  two  thousand  each,  the  cases  being  pierced 
with  holes  for  aeratian.  With  respect  to  the  snails  that 
come  to  hand  in  the  voiles  and  bouches  periods,  these  are 
generally  sold  by  private  contract  to  grocers,  pork- 
butchers,  wine-sellers,  and  restaurant-keepers,  who  pre- 
pare them  and  sell  them  to  consumers. 

The  collecting  of  the  snails  is  carried  on  in  the 
provinces  all  day  long  by  men,  women  and  children,  who 
with  iron  hooks  search  for  them  at  the  foot  of  thorn 
hedges  and  under  ivy,  and  in  winter  in  old  walls.  If 
lucky,  a good  searcher  will  collect  from  one  thousand  to 
fifteen  hundred  snails.  These  are  paid  for  according  to 
their  weight,  about  a thousand  snails  averaging'  ten  kilo- 
grams, and  the  payment  varies  with  the  prices  current  m 
the  Paris  market,  but  it  usually  ranges  from  twenty  to 
forty  centimes  per  kilo.  This  work,  therefore,  cannot  be 
said  to  be  well  paid.  The  result  of  allowing  children  to 
collect  them  has  been  that  they  pick  up  and  bring  in  snails 
that  are  unsalable,  and  as  these  are  thrown  away,  broken, 
or  in  other  ways  made  useless,  the  snail-population  of. the 
country,  through  the  loss  of  immature  young,  is  rapidly 
decreasing. 

Generally  the  slack  time  in  the  snail  market  is  during 
May  and  June,  when  the  collectors  endeavor  to  restrict 
their  collections  so  as  to  place  more  on  the  market,  in 
August  and  September.  In  some  cases,  instead  of  being 
sent  to  market  the  snails  gathered  are  held  in  reserve  by 
being  kept  in  snail  preserves  or  gardens.  The  size  of 
these  snaileries  vary  greatly,  according  to  the  number  of 


snails  they  are  intended  to  stock.  In  these  pens  are  a 
number  of  shelters  about  two  meters  long  and  one  meter 
broad,  and  each  of  them  looks  like  a wooden  roof  laid  on 
a bed  of  soil  having  a slight  slant.  They  are  so  placed 
that  round  about  each  of  them  food  for  the  snails  may  be 
grown,  and  every  morning  the  keeper  has  to  pick  up  and 
replace  the  snails  that  have  wandered  about  during  the 
night  in  search  of  food. 

Snail  gathering  and  preserving  does  not  seem  to  be  at 
all  profitable,  and  curiously  enough  we  now  find  many 
French  authorities  expressing  the  opinion  that  snails,  as 
an  edible  commodity,  trade  a good  deal  on  their  ancient 
fame.  It  is  possible  that  snails  will  some  day  be  a lost 
or  exceedingly  rare  commodity  so  far  as  French  cooks 
and  gourmands  are  concerned.  Undoubtedly  the  edible 
snail  is  getting  very  rare  in  certain  parts  of  France,  and 
it  is  possible  that  there  may  come  a period  when  a few 
edible  snails  will  be  kept  and  exhiijted  at  the  Jardin  des 
Plantes  in  Paris  as  unique  specimens  of  an  animal  which 
through  man’s  gastronomic  voracity  has  disappeared. 
The  loss  will  not  be  felt  in  England.- — Chambers’s  Journal. 


Tom,  Turkey  and  Fox. 

A good  fox  story  was  told  me  last  season  by  old  friend 
Tom,  a well-known  hunter  in  Ticonderoga,  which  I will 
try  to  relate  in  his  original  and  simple  way: 

“One  day  I was  coming  down  the  hill  leading  to  the 
upper  part  of  Weedville,  when  I saw  a big  red  fox  walk- 
ing slowly  along  closely  followed  by  a great  turkey 
gobbler  that  would  have  weighed  about  twenty  pounds. 
Knowing  that  the  bird  belonged  to  a neighbor’s  flock 
on  the  next  farm,  I quickly  stepped  into  some  brush  by 
the  side  of  the  road  and  got  the  old  muzzleloader  shot- 
gun ready  for  business.  The  two  looked  so  comical  that 
I had  hard  work  to  keep  from  shouting,  but  I succeeded, 
and  again  peered  forth,  and  what  do'  you  think?  I saw 
that  fox  turn  about  and  kill  that  turkey  in  a second. 
He  then  looked  sort  of  sorrowful  around  and  lay  down 
and  watched  the  struggling  bird.  Fie  then  got  up  and 
went  over  and  took  a good  sniff  at  his  game,  when  I let 
him  have  it  for  all  I was  worth.  Fie  hardly  moved  from 
his  tracks,  and  I afterward  sold  his  skin  for  three  dol- 
lars. I walked  up  the  hill  with  my  prize  and  sent  word 
to  the  neighbor  that  a fox  had  killed  his  gobbler,  and 
for  him  to  come  down  and  get  him.  Do  you  know  that 


old  chap  always  had  it  in  for  me  that  1 had  shGt  his 
turkey,  and  said  that  they  found  a shot  or  two  in  hi s; 
carcass  when  they  dressed  it.  Well,  perhaps  they  did. 
The  fox  was  pretty  close  to  the  bird,  and  I was  a good! 
ten  rods  away  when  1 shot.” 

I have  seen  a fox  annoy  turkeys  in  a meadow,  when! 
they  would  form  in  battle  array,  with  the  old  ones  out- 
side, and  the  young  inside  the  circle,  at  the  same  time 
making  loud  cries  and  showing  fighting  spirit  in  abund- 
ance. I never  waited  to  see  the  outcome  of  Reynard's 
tactics  for  fear  of  missing  a good  shot;  but  I am  sure 
that  in  the  case  referred  to  by  my  friend,  the  fox  per- 
suaded the  old  gobbler  that  he  was  afraid  of  him,  and 
cut  him  out  of  the  flock  to  make  the  killing  the  easier, 
for  himself.  Then  he  would  not  have  to  carry  the  bird 
so  far  tO'  eat  his  share.  Peter  Flint. 


Panthers  m Pennsylvania? 

Readers  of  Mr.  Samuel  N.  Rhoads’s  extremely  inter- 
esting volume  on  the  “Mammals  of  Pennsylvania  and 
New  Jersey”  will  recall  frequent  mention  of  the  observa- 
tions of  Mr.  Seth  Nelson,  an.  old  hunter  and  trapper,  with 
whom  Mr.  Rhoads  made  many  excursions  and  had  fre- 
quent correspondence. 

From  his  studies  of  Pennsylvania  fauna,  Mr.  Rhoads' 
concluded  that  the  panther  is  extinct,  and  SO'  declares. 
Recently  he  received  from  Mr.  Nelson  a letter  which  in 
substance  is  as  follows  : 

“Jan.  io,  T905 — Mr.  S.  N.  Rhoads:  Dear  Sir — I just 
read  in  the  National  Sportsman  of  a man  killing  af 
panther  near  Port  Jervis,  N.  Y.,  measuring  eight  feet, 
one  inch.  A hunter  at  Eaglesmere,  Pa.,  saw  that  animal 
and  two  panthers  were  seen  near  Eaglesmere  this  fall. 
One  panther  was  killed  at  Meadix  Run  this  fall 
measuring  eleven  feet.  Two  bear  hunters  in  Cameron 
county,  about  ten  or  eleven  miles  from  where 
you  and  I were  trapping  and  hunting,  got  after  a very 
large  panther  with  two  bear  dogs.  They  treed  the 
panther  twice,  and  then  the  panther  licked  the  dogs,  so 
they  would  not.  look  after  it  any  more.  The  hunters  sawi 
the  panther  jump  off  the  tree,  but  could  not  get  a sure 
shot  at  him.  Meadix  Run  is  in  Elk  county.  I killed 
five  bears  and  two  deer  this  fall  and  one  wildcat  near  my 
camp.  Seth  Nelson.” 

Keating,  Clinton  Co.,  Pa. 


In  Massachusetts* 

Boston,  Jan.  21. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream:  At,  a 

meeting  of  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  Central  Com- 
mittee for  Protection  of  Fish  and  Game,  last  evening, 
George  M.  Poland,  Esq.,  of  Wakefield,  was  chosen  chair- 
man to  succeed  Mr.  H.  A.  Estabrook,  of  Fitchburg,  who 
desired  to  be  relieved  of  the  duties.  Mr.  Poland  is 
House  chairman  of  the  legislative  Committee  on  Pro- 
bate and  Chancery,  to  which  has  been  referred  a bill 
to  prohibit  the  killing  of  game  by  use  of  the  automatic 
gun.  The  committee  passed  a vote  indorsing  the 
measure,  and  a similar  vote  was  passed  later  in  the  even- 
ing by  the  Board  of  Management  of  the  Massachusetts 
Fish  and  Game  Protective  Association.  The  Central 
Committee  also  passed  a resolution  giving  its  hearty  in- 
dorsement of  the  Shiras  bill  for  the  protection  of  wild- 
fowl now  before  Congress.  The  committee  and  the 
board  voted  to  support  the  bill  presented  by  the  Board  of 
Agriculture,  which  calls  for  an  appropriation  of '$3,000 
for  the  publishing  of  a pamphlet  on  birds  and  their  uses 
to  the  farmer.  The  purpose  of  this  publication  is  to 
stimulate  the  study  of  the  farmers’  feathered  friends, 
and  disseminate  information  concerning  their  habits  and 
the  importance  of  their  care  and  protection. 

Mr.  E.  Howe  Forbush,  State  ornithologist,  last  year 
prepared  a valuable  monograph  on  the  destruction  of 
birds  in  Massachusetts  in  1903,  which  was  published  by 
the  Board  of  Agriculture,  his  data  being  derived  chiefly 
from  reports  of  a large  number  of  observers  m various 
sections  of  the  State.  In  regard  to  quail,  he  expressed 
the  opinion,  based  on  the  reports  sent  in,  that  95  per 
cent,  of  them  died  from  cold  and  starvation  during  the 
winter. 

At  the  meeting  of  the  board,  the  standing  committees 
on  publication,  legislation,  enforcement  of  laws,  etc., 
were  appointed,  and  Flon.  C.  M.  Bryant,  of  Quincy,  spoke 
forcibly  in  favor  of  a bill  which  he  will  introduce  in  the 
Legislature  providing  for  the  payment  of  a bounty  on 
foxes.  He  stated  that  the  Blue  Hills  Reservation  was  a 
great  breeding  place  for  them,  and  that  they  are  increas- 
ing very  rapidly  there  and  making  their  way  out  into 
the  surrounding  country,  causing  destruction  to  . bird 
life  and  great  loss  to  the  farmers  and  poultry  raisers. 
His  poultry  farm  and  yards  are  in  the  infested  neighbor- 
hood, and  he  states  that  he  had  offered  $5  bounty  to  any- 
one who  would  bring  him  the  carcass  of  a fox  killed  on 
his  premises.  It  being  late  in  the  evening  when  the  mat- 
ter was  brought  up,  and  several  members  having  startel 
for  trains,  it  was  thought  best  to  defer  action  to  another 
meeting,  which  will  be  held  soon.  With  Mr.  Kinney 
and  Salem  D.  Charles  on  one  side,  and  Col.  Dimick  and 
Mayor  Bryant  on  the  other,  there  would  seem  to  be  a 
chance  for  a very  pretty  forensic  discussion  on  the  fox 
bounty  question. 

Our  Springfield  friends  and  some  others  are  urging  a 
hunters’  license,  and  have  secured  the  introduction  of  a 
bill  establishing  a fee  of  $1  for  the  privilege  of  hunting. 
The  attitude  of  the  Central  Committee  is  not  unfavorable 
to  the  bill,  and  it  voted  to  lend  its  support,  but  several 
members  are  doubtful  whether  it  is  quite  time  for  such 
legislation.  The  bill  provides  that  unnaturalized  resi- 
dents shall  pay  a fee  of  $10.  Another  bill  before  the 
Legislature  removes  the  limit  of  length  (ioj4  inches) 


on  lobsters  imported  from  the  British  Provinces. 

There  will  doubtless  be  the  usual  annual  crop  of  bills 
on  fish  and  game  matters,  which  often  number  forty  or 
more,  and  present  a great  variety  of  opinions.  It  is  not 
unlikely  that  a close  season  of  one  or  more  years  on 
upland  game  birds  will  be  called  for;  but  while  there 
is  no  doubt  our  quail  are  scarce,  the  weight  of  testimony 
in  reference  to  the  woodcock  and  ruffed  grouse  proves 
conclusively  that  they  have  been  fairly  plentiful,  and  the 
shooting  of  those  birds  has  been  as  good  as  the  average 
of  the  last  three  or  four  years.  There  are  exceptional 
localities  where  most  of  the  cover  has  been  removed  and 
birds  have  been  scarce.  As  a whole,  I believe  sportsmen 
would  prefer  to  put  out  money  for' restocking  with  quail 
rather  than  be  deprived  of  the  opportunity  for  shooting 
even  for  one  year.  There  are  those  who  look  upon  a 
close  season  for  three  or  four  years  as  necessary  to  re- 
gaining our  quail.  It  seems  to  the  writer  that  such  a 
step  is  unnecessary,  provided  the  work  of  restocking  is 
pushed  vigorously,  and  the  birds  we  have  are  provided 
with  adequate  food. 

Mr.  E.  Harold  Baynes  is  eagerly  pursuing  his  work 
for  saving  the  buffalo.  On  Wednesday  evening  a start 
was  made  in  the  rooms  of  the  Natural  History  Society 
toward  forming  an  organization  for  that  purpose.  In  his 
lecture  before  the  society  he  used  about  100  lantern 
slides,  and  told  of  the  reckless  slaughter  by  which  these 
animals  had  been  almost  annihilated.  He  enumerated 
the  remaining  herds — that  of  the  Government  in  Yellow- 
stone Park,  the  Corbin  herd,  a few  small  ones  owned 
by  private  individuals,  and  a mythical  (?)  one  in 
Canada.  He  read  letters  from  prominent  men,  including 
President  Roosevelt,  showing  the  widespread  interest  in 
the  subject.  A committee  was  appointed  to  take  the 
necessary  steps  for  organizing  and  holding  future 
meetings. 

The  Sportsmen’s  Protective  Association  of  Eastern 
Massachusetts  held  its  second  meet  for  a fox  and  rabbit 
hunt  to-day.  The  usual  quiet  of  North  Reading  Square 
was  broken  at  an  early  hour  by  the  gathering  of  mem- 
bers, about  seventy  in  number.  The  committee  for  the 
day  included  M.  E.  S.  Clemans,  Wakefield;  John  Baxter, 
B.  Frank  Goodwin,  Reading;  Dr.  E.  A.  Merrill,  Somer- 
ville, and  J.  Allen  Eames,  of  West  Reading.  A little 
after  8 o’clock  A.  M.  the  party  divided  into  sections  and 
started  for  the  north  part  of  the  town.  The  hard  surface 
of  the  snow  proved  somewhat  of  a handicap  to  the 
twenty  or  more  dogs.  When  the  hunters  rounded  up, 
however,  at  the  town  hall  about  4 P.  M.,  there  were 
spoils  to  the  extent  of  two  foxes  and  seven  rabbits.  J. 
Allen  Eames  secured  one  of  the  foxes,  a young  lad  the 
other,  and  Messrs.  J.  Baxter,  D.  T.  Strange  and  Justin 
Curtis  bagged  the  rabbits.  Several  foxes  were  seen,  but 
too  far  away  to  warrant  a shot.  The  members  enjoyed 
the  tramp  greatly,  and  when  gathered  at  the  well-laden 
tables  in  the  town  hall  rehearsed  to  each  other  the  ex- 
periences of  the  day. 

Large  additions  were  made  to  the  membership  list,  which 
has  already  more  than  100  names.  The  club  has  an  in- 
vitation to  join  the  Middleton  Fur  Club  in  a fox  hunt 
on  the  22d  of  February,  and  most  of  the  members  have 
signified  their  acceptance. 

The  events  of  to-day  continue  late  into  the  night,  as 
your  readers  will  understand  when  informed  that  “King 


Megantic”  has  rallied  his  cohorts  at  the  Somerset  for  the 
annual  banquet.  This  is  the  one  occasion  of  the  year 
when  men  gather  from  half  a dozen  different  States  just 
for  a jolly  good  time.  Last  year  the  feast  was  at 
Delmonico’s,  and  from  all  reports  everybody  had 
enough.  No  questions  of  very  serious  import  are  ex- 
pected to  come  up  for  consideration  on  these  occasions, 
although  Commissioner  Carleton  is  allowed  to  draw  the 
lines  over  the  members,  in  a mild  and  agreeable  manner. 
1 his  evening  Dr.  George  H.  Payne,  vice-president  of  the 
club,  occupied  the  seat  of  honor  and  introduced  Mr.  Wm. 

L.  Quimby,  of  Boston,  as  toastmaster.  In  marched  four 
stalwart  men  to  the  tune  of  the  “Torpedo  and  the 
Whale,”  with  a large  fish  from  which,  when  cleft  by  a 
villainous-looking  bolo,  there  emerged  a tiny  Miss — 
Olga  Clark — who  presented  the  chairman  a bunch  of 
roses.  A telegram  from  President  Richards,  of  New 
York,  was  read,  also  one  from  President  Roosevelt 
which  set  the.  boys  wild.  After  Commisisoner  Carleton 
had  depicted  in  glowing  colors  the  beauties  of  the  appli- 
cation of  the  license  law,  he  was  given  three  cheers  and 
a “Bengal”  and  made  an  honorary  member.  A telegram 
from  Grover  Cleveland  was  read  by  the  toastmaster  and 
received  with  vociferous  applause.  Gen.  Charles  W. 
Bartlett,  Rev.  Fr.  J.  E.  Choquette,  Cure  of  Megantic; 
Rev.  George  A.  Crawford,  Chaplain  FT.  S.  N. ; Samuel 

M.  Child,  Esq.,  all  spoke  in  a vein  that  suited  the  occa- 
sion. The  speaking  was  interspersed  with  the  singing 
of  the  songs  which  form  an  important  part  of  the  pro- 
gramme on  such  occasions.  The  Harvard  Quartette’s 
rendering  of  the  "Old  Kentucky  Home”  raised  a vocifer- 
ous call  for  repetition,  which  was  given  with  telling- 
effect.  There  were  about  200  at  the  tables. 

Mr.  Roll  in  Jones,  with  half  a dozen  boon  companions, 
has.  gone  to  his  camp  on  Winnipiseogee  for  winter 
fishing.  Central. 


Talk  About  Old  Arms. 


I read  with  interest  the  remarks  of  Air.  George  Bird 
Grinnell  on  the  subject  of  the  early  use  of  the  Colt's  re- 
volver and  repeating  rifle.  I presume  the  question  of  the 
date  of  introduction  of  these  weapons  can  readily  be 
cleared  up  by  referring  it  to  the  Colt’s  Arms  Company 
My  impressions  of  the  matter  may  be  erroneous  as 
they  refer  back  to  the  period  of  my  early  youth,  1 re- 
member  when  a boy  reading  a book  by  Captain'  Mayne 
Reed,  I think  The  Scalp  Hunters,”  a book  written  for 
boys,  in  which  the  Colt’s  revolver  is  introduced  as  a new 
device  to  astonish  the  Indians.  I believe  the  period 
covered  by  the  story  was  the  early  fifties. 

Early,  m 1861,  one  of  the  newly  organized  Confederate 
companies  was  armed  with  the  Colt’s  repeating  rifle 
until  then  unheard  , of  by  me.  It  was  said  that  these 
rifles  were  ineffective  because  more  than  one  of  the 
chambers  were  discharged  when  the  piece  was  fired 
During  the  Civil  War— 1861-1865— repeating  ’ and 
breechloading  rifles  were  regarded  as  novelties-  only  a 
few  were  in  use,  I believe,  and  were  not.  held  in  much 
esteem.  When  in  the  trenches  around  Atlanta  in  1864, 
the  “Confeds”  were  occasionally  aroused  at  night  by 
rapid  firing  from  the  Federal  lines,  with  the  expectation 
of  a night  attack,  when  some  soldier  would  remark 


Jan.  28,  1905.] 


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“Oh,  it’s  nothing  but  those  d — d little  bullets,”  and  all 
would  resume  their  slumbers.  These  “little  bullets,”  from 
some  sort  of  repeating  rifle,  were  held  in  contempt.  It 
was  a long  time  before  the  writer  overcame  this  early 
prejudice  against  “little  bullets”  as  contrasted  with  the 
large  Minie  bullet,  whose  voice  was  so  familiar  along 
the  “firing  line”  in  those  days. 

I have  in  my  possession  two>  breechloading  carbines 
that  are  new  so  far  as  use  is  concerned,  sent  to'  me 
several  years  ago  by  a gentleman  in  Chicago,  who  had  in 
the  course  of  trade,  I believe,  acquired  a considerable 
number  of  them.  They  were  sent  to  me  as  curious  ex- 
amples of  the  earlier  efforts  to  manufacture  effective 
breechloading  weapons.  These  carbines  have  on  them 
the  following  inscriptions:  (1)  “Burnside  Patent. 

Model  of  1864.  No.  18967.”  (2)  “Gallager’s  Patent, 

July  17,  i860.  Manufactured  by  Richardson  & Overman, 
Philadelphia.  No.  12624.” 

From  the  numbers  inscribed  on  them,  the  manufacture 
of  these  carbines  must  have  been  carried  to  a consider- 
able extent;  and  yet  they  appear  to  be  rather  impracti- 
cable for  actual  service.  They  are  provided  with  the 
common  musket  hammer  and  nipple  for  percussion  caps. 
In  one  a breech  block  is  tilted  up  at  the  forward  end 
with  a chamber  into  which  the  cartridge  was  to  be  in- 
serted backwards.  The  other  tilts  up  the  breech  of  the 
barrel  for  thrusting  a cartridge  in  by  a forward  move- 
ment. In  either  case  it  would  seem  difficult  to  insert  a 
paper  cartridge  and  bring  the  charge  into  proper  rela- 
tions with  the  cap  after  closing  the  breech.  Both  are 
actuated  by  a trigger  guard  lever. 

During  the  latter  part  of  the  Civil  War,  and  possibly 
earlier,  a few  of  the  Federal  cavalry  were  armed  with 
Spencer  carbines  that  carried  six  or  seyen  cartridges 
in  a magazine  in  the  stock.  These,  I believe,  were  the 
most  effective  breechloading  or  repeating  rifles  of  that 
period. 

The  above  are  some  of  the  reflections  that  led  me  to 
question  the  introduction  of  the  Colt’s  revolvers,  and 
especially  the  repeating  rifles,  as  early  as  1839. 

Coahoma. 

Concerning  the  dates  in  question,  the  Colt’s  Patent 
Firearms  Manufacturing  Company  writes  as  follows: 

Hartford,  Conn.,  Dec.  30,  1904. — Editor  Forest  and 
Stream:  Replying  to  your  favor  of  the  29th  inst.,  refer- 

ring to  the  Colt  revolvers  used  by  the  1 exas  Rangers, 
would  state  that  in  1836  the  Texas  pistol,  caliber  .34, 
was  introduced.  This  was  immediately  followed  by  the 
Walker  pistol,  caliber  .44,  named  after  a Texas  Ranger, 
which  was  considerably  heavier  than  the  first  model. 
This  last  pistol  was  principally  used  by  the  Texas 
Rangers.  In  1836  and  1837  the.  first  Colt  revolving  rifles 
were  placed  on  the  market,  caliber  .42.  A limited  num- 
ber of  these  rifles  was  made  prior  to  1842,  later  changes 
were  made  in  the  model  and  large  numbers  were  manu- 
factured. We  trust  that  this  information  will  meet  your 
requirements.  Colt’s  Patent  Firearms  Mfg.  Co., 

L.  C.  Grover,  President. 


A New  Hampshire  Deer  Quandary 

The  Fish  and  Game  Commissioners  and  the  shooting 
fraternity  are  up  against  a peculiar  case — namely,  what 
are  we  to  do  with  the  deer?  Comparatively  few  years 
since,  when  deer  were  introduced  to  the  lower  counties, 
sportsmen  favored  the  plan,  also  the  protection  _ at  all 
times.  The  deer  evidently  were  pleased  with  their  new 
grounds  and  have  increased  considerably,  For  some 
reason  they  hang  around  quite  near  our  cities  and 
villages,  and  are  frequently  seen  on  the  lines  of  our 
steam  and  electric  car  routes.  . 

I11  a recent  letter  from  a well-known  fox  hunter  living 
in  Wilton,  the  writer  says:  “This  town  is  overrun  with 

deer.  Recently  a herd  of  nine  and  another  of  eleven 
were  seen  just  on  the  outskirts  of  this  village.  ’ 

In  the  recent  report  of  our  Fish  and  Game  Commis- 
sion is  the  following:  “ 1 he  deer  question  in  southern 

New  Hampshire  is  becoming  a serious  one.  They  have 
increased  rapidly,  and  are  found  within  easy  rifle  lange 
of  our  largest  cities.  The  question  now  being  consideied 
is,  What  are  we  to  do  with  them?  An  open  season  is 
suggested.  There  are  certain  objections  to  such  a move. 
The  Commissioners’  report  further  says : If  the_  time 

comes  when  an  open  season  is  made,  to  hunt  deer  in  the 
lower  counties,  there  can  be  no  question  that  many  people 
will  be  killed,  for  with  the  high  power  rifles  now  in  use, 
it  is  impossible  to  tell  where  a bullet  will  stop. 

I will  give  my  reasons  why  I think  we  would  be  better 
off  were  there  no  deer  in  the  State  south  of  Plymouth, 
and  I am  sure  a majority  of  our  sportsmen  agree  with 

me.  I am  content  to  hunt  birds  and  nothing  larger  than 

a fox  in  this  section.  When  I want  deer,  I go  north, 
where  there  are  suitable  places  to  hunt  them. 

There  are  many  law-abiding  sportsmen  in  our  lower 
counties  who'  like  to  hunt  foxes,  ’coons  and  rabbits,  l hey 
own  valuable  dogs  and  take  pains  that  they  hunt  only 
such  animals.  It  is  very  discouraging  when  one  gets 
a promising  young  fox  hound,  which  shows  every  indi- 
cation of  being  just  what  is  wanted,  to  have  this 

youngster  jump  a deer  (as  he  is  liable  to-  any  day). 

Where  one  such  dog  may  take  no  notice  of  a deer,  many 
of  them  will,  and  after  once  chasing  one  is  very,  likely  to 
repeat  it.  Owing  to  the  presence  of  our  deer,  it  is  now 
difficult  to  buy  a good  fox  hound  at  a reasonable  price; 
that  is,  one  that  will  not  chase  deer.  I have  been  trying 
for  some  time  to  get  such  a dog;  have  seen  several  and 
written  to  owners  of  others.  My  first  question  would  be, 
“Will  the  dog  chase  deer,  and  has  he  ever  done  so? 
The  usual  answer  is,  “He  has  chased  them  once  or  twice, 
but  he  got  a good  licking  and  may  not  do  it  again. 
This  once  or  twice  settled  the  question  as  to  my  buying. 

A11  objection  to  an  open  deer  season  in  this  and  similar 
localities  would  be  as  follows:  There  aie  too  many 

houses,  too  many  roads  with  people  traveling  on.  them, 
too  many  domestic  cattle  in  the  pastures,  to  make  it  sate 
to  turn  loose  a lot  of  rattle-headed  would-be  deer  killers 
Even  up  in  our  north  country,  where  there  are  miles  of 
woods,  and  where  there  is  an  open  season,  the  careful 
deer  hunter  lias  to  be  over-careful ; not  that  he  will 
shoot  someone  by  mistake,  but  that  someone  may  shoot 

him.  . . , . 

T recently  my  an  illustration  m a daily  paper  as 

id  lows ; 


“Guide — Here,  you  blank  blank  city  idiot,  what  are 
you  shooting  at  me  for?” 

“Sportsman — My  dear  sir,  I am  awfully  sorry  I took 
you  for  a bear.  I don’t  see  how  I shot  so  badly  as  to 
miss  you.” 

It  has  been  suggested  that  in  case  of  an  open  season 
the  deer  hunter  be  restricted  to  a shotgun  and  buckshot. 
This  would  be  a pretty  poor  outfit  for  still-hunting  deer. 
Where  one  was  killed,  a number  would  be  more  or  less 
wounded.  The  object  of  an  open  season  seems  to  be 
to  reduce  the  number  of  deer.  If  such  a season  is  deemed 
best,  I think  December  the  time  The  ground  is  usually 
covered  with  snow,  there  is  less  travel  on  our  roads,  and 
cattle  are  housed;  also'  it  is  much  easier  to  see  a deer  on 
snow  and  to  know  it  is  a deer,  and  one  which  is 
wounded  can  be  followed.  We  wanted  the  deer  (or 
thought  we  did).  Now  we  have  them,  we  don’t  want 
them,  and  do  not  know  how  to’  get  rid  of  them. 

When  the  law  protecting  deer  at  all  times  was  passed, 
there  was  also  one  prohibiting  dogs  from  chasing  them, 
and  it  gave  any  one  the  right  to'  kill  any  dog  SO'  doing. 
Owners  of  valuable  hunting  dogs  are  protesting  against 
this  law,  and  have  good  reason  to.  Anyone  who  dislikes 
dogs  or  who'  may  have  some  personal  grudge  against 
the  owner  of  one,  can,  out  of  pure  cussedness,  shoot  a 
dog,  and  if  it  is  brought  home  to  him,  swear  the  dog 
was  after  deer;  and  if  it  happens  on  bare  ground,  and  the 
owner  is  not  near-by,  he  will  have  trouble  to  prove  other- 
wise. 

I am  sure  that  the  majority  of  sportsmen  acknowledge 
that  a sheep  or  deer-chasing  dog  should  be  killed ; but 
they  want  reliable  evidence  that  the  dog  deserves  it.  We 
think  it  high  time  this  promiscuous  dog  killing  were 
ended. 

We  have  a law  which  says  that  all  dogs  must  be 
licensed,  and  must  wear  collars  with  owner’s  name,  ad- 
dress and  license  number  plainly  marked  thereon.  There 
are  certain  scallawag  dogs  which  wander  about  at  will 
night  or  day.  While  their  owners  probably  have  paid 
a dog  license,  these  dogs  seldom  wear  a collar,  and  are 
hard  to  identify.  Such  dogs  usually  are  ready  to  get  into 
mischief,  and  take  special  delight  in  enticing  well  be- 
haved, stay-at-home  dogs  to  join  them  in  their  wander- 
ings. I think  it  would  be  well  to’  double  the  price  of 
the  present  dog  license,  and  to  place  and  enforce  a good 
big  penalty  for  letting  a dog  loose  without  a proper  col- 
lar. Compel  these  shiftless  owners  to  look  after  their 
dogs  and  there  will  be  less  complaint  of  damage  to  deer 
or  sheep.  C,  M.  Stark, 

Dunbarton,  N.  H.,  Jan  18. 


The  Shiras  Bill* 

State  of  Ohio 

Fish  and  Game  Commission. 

Columbus,  O.,  Jan.  17. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 
Your  inquiry  under  date  of  December  9,  1904,  received. 
A Federal  game  law  to  protect  migratory  birds  should 
be  welcomed  and  earnestly  supported  by  all  persons,  and 
especially  sportsmen. 

Efforts  made  in  our  State  to  prevent  the  killing  of 
migratory  birds  in  the  spring  resulted  in  adding  fifteen 
days  to  the  open  season. 

The  best  informed  advocates  of  no  protection  to 
migratory  birds  do  not  claim  that  it  is  in  the  interest  of 
protection;  they  claim  the  privilege  to  join  others  in  the 
alarming  and  injudicious  _ destruction  of  them.  Those 
who  are  most  interested  in  having  good  shooting,  and 
who  are  best  prepared  to  enjoy  it,  favor  a closed  season 
in  the  spring  while  the  birds  are  migrating  to  the  breed- 
ing grounds,  and  for  this  reason  do  not  avail  themselves 
of  the  spring  shooting  permitted  by  our  present  laws. 

In  this  State,  for  selfish  motives,  one  locality  is  ar- 
rayed against  another,  and  the  whole  against  all  other 
States,  permitting  the  wholesale  killing  of  migratory 
birds  during  the  winter  and  spring.  For  this  reason  we 
have  failed"  to  pass  the  necessary  protective  law,  and 
must  look  to  Federal  protection  or  expect  future  destruc- 
tion of  wildfowl.  With  very  best  wishes  for  your  suc- 
cess, I am, 

Sincerely  yours, 

J.  C.  Porterfield,  Chief  Warden. 


United  Effort* 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

We  all  of  us  are  familiar  enough  with  the  importance 
of  organization.  We  know  that  the  blow  of  a 100-pound 
hammer  carries  more  force  than  one  hundred  blows  by  a 
1 -pound  hammer.  We  know  that  a regiment  of  trained 
soldiers  can  do  more  than  the  same  number  of  men  fight- 
ing individually;  that  to  accomplish  any  work  men  must 
get  together  and  all  push  at  the  same  time  and  in  the 
same  direction,  under  proper  guidance.  But  how  seldom 
do  we  act  on  this  knowledge. 

I am  led  to  this  reflection  by  reading  your  editorial 
in  Forest  and  Stream  of  January  21  on  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  Lewis  and  Clark  Club.  As  you  say,  “It  is  a 
good  sign  for  this  country  when  men  of  whatever  walk 
in  life  associate  themselves  together.with  the  honest  pur- 
pose of  protecting  those  natural  objects  which  since  the 
settlement  of  America  have  been  regarded  as  belonging 
to  whoever  should  take  them  without  regard  to  the  time 
or  the  method  of  taking.” 

For  a good  many  years  past  there  have  been  sports- 
men’s clubs,  many  of  them  devoted  merely  to  recreation, 
many  others  with  the  ostensible  object  of  doing  some 
good  for  their  fellow  men,  or  for  those  who’  are  to  come 
after  them.  There  have  even  been  State  associations  of 
sportsmen  and  national  associations  of  sportsmen;  but 
the  interest  felt  in  the  subject  of  game  and  fish  protection 
has  never  been  strong  enough  to  induce  these  men  to 
get  together  and  to  work  earnestly  for  the  benefit  of  all. 
If  it  had  not  been  for  the  splendid  work  and  leadership 
given  by  Forest  and  Stream,  little  would  have  been 
accomplished  in  the  last  twenty  years.  In  that  time  there 
has  been  a great  advance,  but  it  must  be  acknowledged 
that  this  is  -due  largely  to  you  and  to  your  leadership. 

In  the  editorial  to  which  I referred,  you  speak  very 
justly  of  the  good  work  done  bjr  the  Boone  and  Crockett 
Club.  Not  only  has  this  association  stood  in  the  front 
rank  fer  the  protection  of  our  natural  resources  and  done 
splendid  work  with  legislators  both  of  State  and  of 


National  Government,  but  it  has  also  spread  the  doc- 
trines which  it  advocates  among  the  people  at  large  by 
means  of  the  beautiful  and  interesting  volumes  that  it 
lias  published  from  time  to  time.  Take  for  example  its 
last  book,  “American  Big  Game  in  Its  Haunts.”  Only 
one  who  has  read  the  volume,  and  who  is  to  some  extent 
acquainted  with  the  large  game  of  America,  can  appre- 
ciate how  broad  a field  this  book  covers,  and  how  full  it 
is  of  interest  to  sportsmen  and  to  naturalists  and  to<  game 
protectors.  Mr.  Kidder’s  chapters  on  his  Alaska  hunting 
open  a new  world  to  the  ordinary  stay-at-home  sports- 
man, and  unconsciously  reveal  an  amount  of  pluck  and 
endurance  on  the  part  of  the  author  which  must  excite 
the  admiration  of  those  who  themselves  have  not  pene- 
trated the  real  wilds.  President  Roosevelt’s  account  of 
the  Yellowstone  Park  and  his  visit  there  a year  ago  last 
spring  is  one  of  the  most  delightful  chapters  that  I 
have  ever  read,  and  should  teach  each  one  of  us  a lesson. 

Now,  the  Boone  and  Crockett  Club,  I believe,  is  lim- 
ited to  one  hundred  members,  and  of  that  one  hundred 
we  may  assume  that  a large  majority  are  not  very  active. 
Probably  the  real  work  of  that  club  is  done  by  a small 
number  of  men,  yet  their  accomplishments  have  been 
great,  as  is  shown  by  their  record  printed  in  the  volumes 
which  the  club  have  published. 

For  the  newly  organized  Lewis  and  Clark  Club  there 
should  be  a work  quite  as  important  as  that  done  by  the 
Boone  and  Crockett.  What  this  work  may  prove  to  be, 
it  is  of  course  impossible  to  point  out  now;  but  if  the  club 
is  in  earnest,  it  will  find  its  work.  Is  it  not  possible  for 
these  two  clubs  to  work  together,  uniting  with  them 
other  associations,  if  there  are  any,  in  whom  they  have 
confidence?  It  is  conceivable  that  a committee  of  half 
a dozen  men  representing  such  clubs  as  these,  backed  by 
the  influence  of  their  several  organizations,  might  carry 
a weight  with  legislators  and  others  which  would  be 
overwhelming. 

The  growth  of  interest  in  the  protection  of  natural 
things  is  most  gratifying,  and  when  we  see  men  of  in- 
telligence and  education  feeling  an  enthusiasm  for  these 
matters,  it  seems  as  if  a protest  ought  to.be  made  against 
the  waste  of  energy  involved  in  mere  individual  effort. 
The  same  amount  of  vigor  and  push  in  combination  will 
surely  accomplish  greater  things, 

I venture  to  submit  these  views  to  you,  to.  the  members 
of  the  Boone  and  Crockett  and  the  Lewis  and  Clark 
clubs,  and  to  sportsmen  generally.  Outsides. 


On  the  Missouri  River  Sandbars. 

About  fifteen  years  ago  I hunted  wild  geese  on  the 
sandbars  of  the  Missouri  River  one  winter  when  the 
weather  was  favorable  for  them ; that  is  to'  say,  when  it 
was  neither  too>  cold  for  them  to  find  open  water  and 
food,  or  too  warm  for  them  to  tarry  in  that  region.  It 
was  then  no  difficult  thing  to'  dig  a hole  in  the  smooth 
surface  of  a sandbar  so-  that  one  could  stoop  down  until 
his  head  was  below  the  level,  and  going  to  one  of  these 
places  before  daylight,  or  toward  evening,  one’s  chances 
of  getting  a brace  of  honkers  as  they  passed  over  from 
the  wheatfields  were  good,  while  if  he  took  with  him  a 
rifle  he  was  reasonably  certain  of  a shot  if  the  geese 
happened  to  alight  out  of  range  of  the  scatter  gun.  I 
have  seen  geese  so  numerous  in  that  region  that  flock 
after  flock  would  come  in  from  the  wheat  fields  and  stop 
on  the  bars  to'  rest  until  there  would  be  thousands  of 
them  in  sight,  they  generally  selecting  some  low,  flat  bar 
300  to  500  yards  from  willows,  drift  or  cover  of  any 
"sort,  and,  with  their  sentinels  on  guard,  rest  and  feed 
on  the  wild  smartweed  for  hours,  during  which  time  the 
sportsman  could  only  be  patient  and  hope  that  some 
other  fellow  would  happen  along  to  stir  the  geese  up 
and  possibly  give  him  the  shot  he  coveted.  As  my 
favorite  weapon  was  the  rifle,  and  I often  accompanied 
a young  man  who>  it  seemed  to  me,  could  hit  a goose 
with  his  io-bore  shot  at  marvelously  long  range,  by  hid- 
ing in  holes  or  “rack  heaps”  several  hundred  yards 
apart,  our  bag  was  not  always  an  empty  one  at  nightfall. 

A few  weeks  ago  I visited  these  same  sandbars  on 
which  in  former  years  it  was  a rare  occurrence  to  pass 
a day  without  a shot.  The  river  was  almost  as  low  as  it 
was  during  the  winter  of  1883-4,  when  I first  trod  the 
bars,  but  not  only  did  I see  nothing  larger  than  a crow, 
but  there  were  no  indications  to  be  found,  in  a tramp  of 
some  fifteen  miles,  that  any  geese  had  been  ‘‘using”  any 
of  the  most  favorable  spots  since  the  last  rainfall,  some 
time  previously.  In  a journey  of  upward  of  100  miles 
by  train  which  followed  the  shores  continuously,  only 
two  small  bunches  of  geese  were  seen,  at  total  of  about 
fifteen  individuals.  No  ducks  at  all  were  seen,  although 
it  was  not  too  cold  for  them  Perry  D.  Frazer. 


A Foxhound's  Voice  Over  the  Telephone. 

For  some  time  I have  been  trying  to  get  a foxhound  of 
the  right  sort.  I wanted  a small,  well-built  dog  with  a 
clear,  rather  light  voice;  a good  starter  and  stayer,  and 
one  which  would  not  chase  deer.  _ I heard  of  several  dogs, 
and  had  some  on  trial  which  did  not  suit.  I .have  two 
now  which,  as  far  as  look  and  size  go,  seem  just  what 
I want.  They  are  about  of  a size,  well  marked  black, 
white  and  tan.  The  dog  is  under  three  years,  ^and  nine 
foxes  are  said  to  have  been  killed  with  him  this  season. 
'The  bitch  is  nearly  twice  the  age  of  the  dog,  and  said  to 
be  a good  one.  Both  are  claimed  to  be  deer  proof.  I.  have 
had  these  dogs  for  several  days,  and  it  is  provoking  that 
there  has  been  no  chance  to  try  them.  I am  ready  to  go 
out  and  so  are  the  dogs,  and  I am  quite  sure  I could 
find  a fox  track  in  a few  minutes.  Our  last  snowfall 
measured  over  twenty  inches  of  very  soft,  light  snow. 
A fox  can  paddle,  along  in  such  snow,  but  a dog  cannot. 
Both  of  mine  sink  so  deep  that  only  their  heads  show. 
Yesterday  a neighbor  who  is  interested  in  all  kinds  of 
hunting,  called  me  up  on  the  telephone.  Both  dogs  were 
in  my  house  at  the  time,  and  seemed  to  understand  that 
I was  talking  to  a fox  hunter.  My  neighbor  asked,  “How 
do  you  like  the  dogs— have  they  good  voices?”  I said, 
“You  can  hear  one  of  them.”  I held  the  receiver  near  the 
bitch  and  spoke  to  her  and  she  let  out  a few  hoots.  My 
neighbor  called  out,  “That  one  has  a good  voice;  I can 
hear  her  plainly.” 

I have  a large  megaphone  which  I made  of  tin.  It  is 
over  fifty  inches  in  length  and  twenty  inches  diameter  at 
open  end.  Some  two  or  three  miles  south  of  my  house 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


[Jan.  28,  1905. 


there  is  a large  tract  of  high  hills.  I frequently  hear  fox- 
hounds (sometimes  at  night)  running  on  those  hills.  By 
using  my  megaphone  as  a receiver,  holding  the  small  end 
to  my  ear,  I can  hear  those  dogs  plainly  when  a long 
distance  away.  I would  suggest  to  the  Massachusetts 
fox  hunting  clubs  that  a big  megaphone  made  of  light 
metal  (metal  is  much  better  than  cardboard),  would  be  a 
good  thing  to  take  along  when  they  have  their  field  trials 
when  they  are  using  some  of  those  flyers  of  southern 
breeding  who  are  claimed  to  be  able  to  catch  our  New 
England  foxes  (I  don’t  recall  hearing  of  any  instance 
where  they  did).  The  megaphone  would  be  handy  to  yell 
at  the  dogs,  also  to  use  as  a receiver  when  the  dogs  were 
out  of  reach  of  ordinary  ears. 

Up  here  we  do  not  want  our  fox  dogs  to  try  to  catch 
our  foxes  (at  least  I do  not).  The  southern  fox  hunters 
may  condemn  our  manner  of  killing  foxes.  It  will  not 
cause  us  to  change.  We  do  not  drive  deer  with  dogs  as 
they  do.  When  we  hunt  deer  still-hunting  is  the  rule, 
and  it  is  a rule  which  is  enforced.  A dog  running  our 
deer  stands  more  chances  of  getting  killed  than  does  the 
deer.  C.  M.  Stark. 

Dunbarton,  N.  H. 


Skunk  Trapping. 

Sayre,  Pa. — The  reference  to  the  above  industry  pub- 
lished in  Forest  and  Stream  of  January  7,  calls  to  mind 
the  fact  that  one  need  not  necessarily  invest  in  vast  landed 
estates  or  remove  to  remote  corners  of  the  earth  to  cap- 
ture the  intrepid  polecat.  A neighbor  living  across  the 
street  from  the  writer,  in  the  center  of  a town  of  6,000 
inhabitants,  has  within  the  year  trapped  and  killed  nine 
skunks,  and  he  is  convinced  that  the  industry  is  not  on 
the  decline. 

When  a boy,  living  on  the  bleak  hillside  south  of  Ithaca, 
N.  Y.,  the  writer  and  an  uncle  conceived  the  idea  of  ex- 
tensively engaging  in  the  skunk  trapping  business,  and  to 
that  end  a supply  of  steel-traps  was  bought  and  a line  of 
them  run  out  over  a likely  circuit  of  country.  The  morn- 
ing following,  the  writer  found  himself  confined  to  bed 
threatened  with  an  attack  of  pneumonia,  a circumstance 
which  compelled  the  uncle  to  go  over  the  line  of  traps; 
a duty  he  performed,  I am  convinced,  with  great  heroism, 
inasmuch  as  he  was  compelled  to  club  one  perfume-laden 
member  of  the  fur-bearing  tribe  to  an  untimely  death. 
The  daring  feat  of  skinning  the  husky  beast  then  ensued, 


during  which  operation  the  brave  relative  acquired  suffi- 
cient odor  to  create  a riot  at  the  family  dinner  several 
hours  later, 

It  was  only  after  the  interment  of  the  clothes  worn  at 
the  first  “husking  bee”  indulged  in  by  the  senior  member 
of  the  newly  chartered  trapping  firm,  and  overmuch  bath- 
ing practiced  for  many  weeks,  that  final  traces  of  the  un- 
studied contact  with  the  fetid  outlaw  of  all  creation  were 
eliminated,  and  life  on  the  wind-swept  farm,  with  its  won- 
derful outlook  across  to  the  sunset  hills,  again  assumed 
its  normal  functions. 

Perhaps  it  is  needless  to  add  the  trapping  enterprise, 
by  virtue,  of  this  first  untoward  circumstance,  was 
strangled  in  its  infancy,  and  its  promoters  immediately 
and  with  great  cheerfulness  turned  their  attention  to 
more  congenial  and  less  odoriferous  occupations. 

M.  Chill. 


All  communications  for  Forest  and  Stream  must  be 
directed  to  Forest  and  Stream  Pub.  Co.,  New  York,  to 
receive  attention.  We  have  no  other  office. 


The  Log  of  a Sea  Angler. 

3Y  CHARLES  F.  HOLDER,  AUTHOR  OF  “ANGLING,”  “BIG  GAME 
FISHES,”  ETC. 

IV. — Dodging  a Sawfish — Dangerous  Game — A Hard  Fight 

— Sawfish  and  Thermometers — Collecting  Eggs — Vast 
Quantities — A Disappearing  Spider — The  Cast-Net 
for  Mullets — Old  Bones  in  a Keg — Tattooed 
by  Physaiia — Attendant  Fish  Nomeus. 

My  guide  once  blew  out  the  flambeau  in  a cave  three 
miles  under  ground  to  give  me  a clear  idea  of  what  abso- 
lute darkness  meant.  I realized  on  East  Key  at  night 
what  solitude  was.  It  was  hot,  nearly  90  degrees  at 
midnight,  and  lying  on  the  sand  just  out  of  the  brush 
watching  for  a green  turtle  it  was  absolutely  silent..  The 
wind  had  gone  down,  the  stars  blazed  like  electric  lights 
in  the  sky,  and  constellations  were  seen  that  are 
strangers  to  northern  eyes.  I could  see  ghostly  spirit 
crabs  wandering  over  the  strand;  see  lights  on  the  sur- 
face of  the  sea  where  some  luminous  animals  wandered. 
Then  the  wind  would  begin  to  rise,  the  water  along  the 
sand  giving  out  a low  sweet  melody,  a tinkling  sound, 
and  then  a dim,  far-away  roar  gradually  comes  down 
the  wind  telling  of  the  sea  breaking  on  the  reef  to  the 
windward.  A gull  came  in  from  the  sea.  with  a weird 
cry;  a heavy  crash  sounded  where  some  big  fish  jumped, 
and  the  wind  began  to  moan  and  sough  through  the  bush, 
the  gulls  taking  to  the  air  to  see  what  was  abroad. 

The  stars  disappeared  one  by  one,  an  inky-black  cloud 
shut  in  the  night,  and  with  a roar  of  mighty  sounds  a 
hurricane-like  squall  burst  upon  the  island.  The  bushes 
were  beaten  to  the  ground,  hundreds  of  birds  were  sent 
whizzing  through  the  air,  clouds  of  water  whipped  the 
face,  and  the  sands  rose  like  spectres  and  were  whirled  over 
the  water.  Pandemonium  was  let  loose,  the  spirits  of  the 
deep  were  invoked  and  played  havoc ; then  as  suddenly 
it  passed  on ; the  stars  came  out,  and  the  normal  state  of 
affairs  came  again. 

We  are  cooled  off;  the  mercury  has  dropped  five  de- 
grees, and  Bob  is  making  coffee.  It  has  been  my  good 
fortune  to  see  storms  and  squalls  of  all  kinds,  but.  no- 
where do  they  come  and  go  with  such  marvelous  rapidity 
as  in  this  portion  of  the  world. 

It  is  not  everywhere  that  one  can  see  a bird  lay  an 
egg  on  the  wing.  I have  been  almost  struck  by  such  mis- 
siles -several  times ; and  in  walking,  when  the  entire  bird 
population  is  on  the  wing,  one  must  keep  a weather  eye 
out.  The  birds  have  begun  to  hatch,  and  one  of  the 
mysteries  is  how  a mother  bird  can  tell  her  own  in  such 
a swarm.  I crawled  to-day  under  and  into  the  bush-- 
and  filled  a water  bucket  with  eggs  without  moving  from 
a space  five  by  five  feet. 

In  reaching  a lane  in  the  bush  I found  a remarkable 
spider,  as  large  as  my  thumb,  yellow  and  black,  perched 
on  a big  stout  web  that  completely  closed  the  way.  As 
I rose  up  to  examine  it,  the  spider  began  to  swing  to 
and  fro,  and  in  a few.  seconds  fairly  disappeared  before 
my  eyes  from  the  rapidity  of  the  motion.  I stood  and 
watched  it  a moment  or  two,  when  the  rapidity  of  its 
swing  gradually  subsided,  and  it  came  to  a standstill. 
A more  clever  defense  it  would  be  difficult  to  imagine; 
and  that  a spider-loving  bird  would  be  completely  de- 
ceived was  very  evident. 

Bob  and  I took  the  dinghy  one  morning  and  sculled  out 
over  the  reef,  while  John  waded  alongshore  with  .cast- 
net  slung  over  his  shoulder  with  an  eye  out  for  mullets. 
He  was  a strange  figure,  tall  and  lank.  . Bob  said  they 
had  once  used  him  as  a jury  mast  on  a ship  that  was  dis- 
masted down  by  Trinidad.  Suddenly  he  stopped,  swung 
the  net  to  the  left,  then  to  the  right,  and  launched  it  in  a 
broad  circle  over  a school  of  mullets  which  were 
presently  shaken  out  on  to  the  sands.  Mullet  of  the  right 
size  with  roe  is  a delicious  dish.  The  dinghy  had  gone 
out  near  the  channel,  and  we  were  moving  slowly  along 
near  the  heads  when  I saw  a long  gray  object  passing 
directly  across  our  path.  It  looked  like  a shark,  but  a 
moment  later  I made  out  a long  snout,  and  saw  the  per- 
fect outline  of  the  largest  sawfish  I had . ever  sighted. 
It  paid  no  attention  to  the  dinghy,  and  wishing  to  take 
its  saw,  I drove  the  grains  into  it. 

Have  you  ever  seen  a swordfish  leap?  It  is  the 
clumsiest  of  all  motions,  a slow  rising  and  dropping 
back,  a lift  without  the  forward  motion;  and  this  jump 
of  the  sawfish  was  almost  identical.  The  whole  fish  came 
out  of  the  water  a foot  or  more,  and  the  ugly  saw  swung 
around  in  search  of  the  enemy  as  the  fish  dropped  back 
With  a splash,  sending  #*§  spray  flying  oyer  t?s.  I had 


about  fifty  feet  of  light  line  on  the  spear;  the  fish  jerked 
that  overboard  so  quickly  that  I had  just  time  to  drop 
on  my  back,  brace  and  hold  to  the  piece  of  wood  the 
line  was  fast  to,  when  the  shock  came.  Bob  said  later 
that  he  heard  my  arms  crack,  and  in  truth  I only  held  on 
by  a miracle  while  the  boat  got  under  way ; then  I 
slipped  the  wood  crosswise  under  the  seat,  and  Bob 
steered  with  his  oar. 

The  fish,  maddened  by  the  sudden  attack,  ran  straight 
inshore,  dragging  the  bow  down,  making  a menacing 
wave  of  foam  ahead  of  us ; then,  on  nearing  the  beach, 
turned  so  suddenly  that  the  dinghy  partly  filled,  and 
sped  away  up  the  long  white  sandy  beach,  from  which 
John  waved  his  straw  sombrero  and  cheered.  There  was 
nothing  to  do  but  to  tire  out  the  fish,  and  after  enjoying 
the  run  a while,  I put  over  a pair  of  oars  and  tried 
to  stop  it,  forcing  the  fish  to  swim  in  a circle  while  we 
climbed  to  windward  on  the  turns  and  displayed  our 
agility. 

The  water  was  not  over  four  feet  deep,  and  the  saw- 
fish took  us  nearly  around  the  island  before  it  began  to 
weaken;  then  the  dinghy,  being  a third  full  of  water, 
proved  too  much  of  a pull,  and  I took  the  line  and  in 
half  an  hour  had  the  boat  over  the  sawfish. 

The  grains  had  struck  just  over  the  gills,  where  the 
neck  ought  to  be;  in  a good  place  for  towing,  but  as 
I tried  to  lift  it,  out  came  the  big  saw,  and  we  dropped 
into  the  bottom  of  the  dinghy,  while  the  toothed  saber 
struck  the  gunwale  a slashing  blow,  breaking  off.  several 
teeth.  A cut  from  such  a weapon  would,  Bob  said,  leave 
a man  full  of  holes,  and  the  quickness  with  which  the 
fish  sent  the  weapon  around  to  right  and  left  was  amaz- 
ing. Three  times  it  literally  swept  the  deck,  ramming  its 
teeth  into  the  soft  cedar  of  the  boat,  breaking  several, 
suggestive  of  the  damage  it  might  do. 

It  was  essentially  a “down  bridge”  performance,  and 
no  jackies  dodged  shells  quicker  than  did  we  drop  when 
that  ivory-toothed  saw  cleaver  came  whirling  across  the 
boat,  while  the  sawfish,  partly  held  by  myself,  seemed  to 
stand  on  its  tail.  Bob  finally  got  the  end  of  the  line  and 
literally  lassoed  it,  and  with  a jerk  hauled  the  saw  down 
to  the  rail,  placing  the  big  fish  hors  du  combat,  as  help- 
less as  a turtle  on  its  back. 

The  sawfish  has  certain  claims  on  the  angling  frater- 
nity as  a game  fish;  at  least  by  another  name  it  is  a 
game  fish,  but  by  some  it  is  classed  with  the  sharks,  and 
looked  upon  as  vermin.  I have  had  as  hard  and  gamy  a 
play  with  the  sawfish  on  a rod  as  some  tarpon  have 
given  me,  and  the  struggle  this  fish  gave  me  on  the  grains 
established  its  reputation  with  me  at  least  as  a game, 
not  to  say  dangerous,  animal. 

In  swordfish  fishing,  one  is  liable  to  be  spitted,  and 
a friend  told  me  he  was  twice  rammed  by  one  he  had 
hooked,  and  forced  to  cut  away  the  line;  but. the  sword- 
fish hacks  you  with  a bludgeon  filled  with  ivory  nails. 
We  now  made  the  fish  fast  by  its  saw,  and  towed  it  in, 
and  when  the  other  men  came  along,  hauled  it  up — a 
splendid  specimen  weighing  at  least  500  pounds,  a strange 
combination  of  ray  and  shark,  with  a four-foot  sword, 
the  sides  armed  with  stout  ivory  teeth  an  inch  in  length 
■ — a savage  and  dangerous  weapon. 

The  body  of  the  sawfish  is  wide,  the  side  or  pectoral 
fins  giving  it  the  appearance  of  a ray,  making  it  a con- 
spicuous object  against  the  bottom.  The  sawfish  is  in 
demand  for  a singular  purpose.  The  big  saw  is  mounted 
as  a base  for  thermometers,  and  all  the  specimens  the 
men  caught  were  sold  for  this  purpose  to  a little  German 
in  Kew  West  who  collected  strange  flotsam  of  the  sea. 

The  sun  was  so  hot  that  I determined  to  return  to 
camp,  and  had  hardly  started — Chief  bearing  the  trophy 
and  John  his  net  and  mullets — when  I tripped  and  fell, 
and  found  myself  waist-deep  in  a big  hogshead,  having 
landed  on  a human  skeleton,  crushing  in  the  jaw  and 
lower  part  of  the  skull.  The  men  professed  complete 
ignorance,  although  they  have  been  here  twenty  years. 
There  was  nothing  about  it  to  tell  the  story,  no  vestige 
of  clothing,  and  the  supposition  was  that  some  sailor  had 
died  and  been  buried  in  the  cask  in  default  of  a coffin. 

These  islands  back  in  the  forties  or  early  fifties  were 
the  resort  of  pirates  and  freebooters,  the  harbor  afford- 
ing an  excellent  retreat  for  vessels  which,  did  they 
know  the  reef,  could  slip  in  through  the  narrow  channels 
and  easily  throw  an  enemy  off  the  track. 

The  heat  on  this  and  other  keys  at  midday  in  the  last 
.part  of  June  was  sometimes  unbearable.  A thick  nebu- 
lous  caloric  wave  rose  from  the  .white  sand  and  distorted 
every  object.  Masses  of  old  timbers,  pieces  of  wreck- 
age, ' rfi3fl-0S'War  birds  roosting— all  took  on  gigantic 


shapes  in  this  heat  mirage.  There  was  no  getting  to 
windward,  as  there  was  no  wind,  and  the  thing  to  do 
was  to  go  in  swimming  every  half  hour,  five  minutes  in 
the  sun  being  sufficient  to  dry  my  linen,  trousers  and 
shirt,  and  create  an  appetite  for  another  swim. 

It  was  during  one  of  these  cooling  swims  that  I tested 
the  stinging  powers  of  the  Portuguese  man-o’-war 
{Physaiia) . These  beautiful  fairy  ships  were  common 
everywhere ; the  shore  was  lined  with  their  dried  bal- 
loons that  exploded  as  I trod  upon  them,  and  the  lagoon 
was  the  field  of  action  for  myriads.  In  swimming  on 
my  side,  I ran  over  one,  the  mass  of  tentacles,  which 
extended  away  about  fifteen  feet,  covering  my  abdomen 
and  legs  with  a purple,  virulent  mass.  The  impact  came 
like  an  electric  shock,  and  I had  barely  power  to  get  to 
my  feet  and  stagger  inshore ; and  I was  told  by  Bob  that 
I had  had  “a  close  call.”  The  mass  was  cut  or  scraped 
off  with  a razor,  then  covered  with  sweet  oil  while  I 
was  dosed  with  whiskey.  Singularly  enough,  while  the 
burning  was  excruciating,  the  most  serious  symptom  was 
loss  of  breath ; doubtless  the  action  of  the  heart  was 
affected.  For  a year  or  more  the  flesh  was  covered  with 
the  fanciful  markings,  and  I could  have  passed  a credit- 
able examination  as  the  tattooed  man.  . Some  French 
naturalist  has  made  a number  of  interesting  experiments 
with  Physaiia,  killing  dogs  and  cats  by  internal,  doses 
of  the  tentacles,  proving  the  presence  of  a virulent 
poison.  I am  confident  that  if  I had  not  had  immediate 
common  sense  treatment  I might  not  have  recovered, 
and  I doubt  if  off  bottom  I could  have  reached  shore. 

I was  on  the  lookout  for  these  animals  when  swim- 
ming, and  saw  this  one,  but  did  not  suppose  that  its 
tentacles  were  extended  so  far  behind.  In  large  indi- 
viduals the  train  is  sometimes  one  hundred  feet  in  length. 
No  more  beautiful  object  than  Physaiia  can  be  imagined; 
a floating  bubble  four  inches  long,  with  a perfect  sail 
that  can  be  elevated  or  depressed,  and  depending  from 
its  lower  surface  a mass  of  vivid  blue  or  purple  zooids 
or  tentacles  which  can  be  held  closely  to  the  body  or  ex- 
tended many  feet. 

They  constitute  at  once  the  drags,  the  keel  of  the  fairy 
ship,  and  lures  as  well.  I have  often  watched  their 
action;  lowered  into  a school  of  sardines  they  resemble 
purple  worms  twisting  about  a small  fish,  bites  at  one, 
and,  as  though  struck  by  lightning,  turns  over  dead;  it  is 
instantaneous.  Bob  said,  “The  sardine  never  knew  what 
hit  him.”  The  moment  contact  came  tens  of  thousands 
of  lasso  cells — animate  bombs,  capsules  loaded,  with 
screw-drivers — exploded  and  struck  the  fish,  piercing  it, 
pouring  into  the  myriad  of  wounds  a purple  poison  that 
was  as  effective  as  so  many  electric  bolts. 

But  this  is  not  the  strange  part  of  it.  I can  imagine 
no  more  terrifying  creature  in  the  sea  than  this- — a living 
torpedo  made  up  of  millions  of  tubes,  , death  lurking  in 
every  one;  yet  among  them,  swimming  about  freely, 
were  from  one  to  half  a dozen  little  fishes  ( Nomeus ) 
that  had  been  endowed  by  nature  with  the  exact  color  of 
the  tentacles,  a vivid  purple.  So  perfect  was  the  imi- 
tation that  a “tenderfoot”  would  never  see  them.  When 
I lifted  a Portuguese  man-o’-war  by  the  sail  and  held 
the  mass  of  death-dealing  darts  above  the  water,  the  lit- 
tle purple  fishes  appeared,  darting  about,  terrified  at  be- 
ing disturbed  by  their  protector;  upon  releasing  it,  they 
immediately  came  back  and  resumed  their  position  be- 
neath it. 

I have  been  told  that  the  Physaiia  devours  its  attend- 
ants; but  in  hundreds  examined,  I never  found  a 
Nomeus  in  the  toils,  which  of  course  does  not  prove 
that  they  are  immune;  but  it  does  show  that  they  know 
more  about  it  than  the  sardines.  When  the  Physaiia 
is  feeding,  its  fishing  line  is  lowered  many  feet,  and  the 
moment  a fish  is  caught  it  is  hauled  in  by  short  jerks  and 
pulls,  so  that  in  two  or  three  minutes  a two-inch  sardine 
will  be  hauled  ten  or  twelve  feet  and  surrounded  by  the 
tentacles.  When  the  Physaiia  wishes  to  move,  it  ele- 
vates its  beautiful  pearl-colored  sail  tinted  with  pink, 
which  displays  a wind  surface  of  six  or  even  seven  square 
inches,  and  with  its  purple  drags  trailing  behind  to  steady 
it,  sails  away  over  the  Gulf  with  countless  hordes  of 
P or  pita  and  V elella  and  the  purple  snail  Ianthina — all 
ships  of  the  sea  of  greatest  beauty. 


Daisy — “Why,  Rose,  dear,  what  have  you  done  to  your 
poodle?  The  last  time  I saw  him  his  hair  was  white.” 
Rose — “Yes,  but  it  was  such  a nuisance  to  keep  hint 
washed,  you  know;  so  I just  had  him  dyed  brown  1”—* 
Detroit  Free  Press, 


Jan.  28,  1905.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


* _ Dictionary  of  Angling. 

COMPILED  BY  SHAGANOSS. 

Anchor. — A mechanical  device  for  sub-aqueous  en- 
gagement with  the  alluvial  or  rocky  bottom  of  lake  or 
river.  Fish-hooks  are  sometimes  so  employed,  but  such 
use  is  not  recommended  by  the  best  standard  authori- 
ties. 

Angler. — An  Enthusiast.  See  “Bait-Bottle.” 
Angleworm.- — An  attractive  kind  of  bait,  highly  popu- 
lar with  small  boys,  and  sometimes  for  convenience  car- 
ried in  the  mouth.  But  this  practice  is  open  to  some 
obj  ections. 

Bait. — Something  for  the  angler  to  spit  on:  usually  a 
worm. 

Bait-Bottle. — A dark  colored,  hollow,  vitreous  recep- 
tacle, preferably  of  overcoat-pocket  size;  usually  filled 
with  enthusiasm  in  the  morning,  and  always  empty  at 
night. 

Bite. — When  a black  bass  grabs  a minnow,  chaws  it  to 
death  and  spits  it  out,  that  counts  as  a bite — but  it  don’t 
help  the  score. 

Black  Fly. — An  original  and  malicious  back-biter. 

Boat. — A floating,  leaky  structure  of  considerable  size, 
intended  to  be  loaded  with  fish,  but  generally  isn’t. 

Camp.— A convenient  place  in  which  to  forget  it’s 
Sunday. 

Camp-Fire. — A rendezvous  for  the  making  up  of 
“scores,”  and  a kind  of  “Clearing-Flouse”  for  “Fish 
Yarns”— q.  v. 

Clearing  Ring. — When  you  hook  fast  on  to  a rocky 
bottom,  reel  up  taut  and  run  a heavy  clearing  ring  down 
the  taut  line.  It  will  push  the  rocky  bottom  down  away 
from  the  hook,  and  leave  the  latter  free  to  come  up.  Sel- 
dom known  to  fail. 

Click. — A musical  attachment  to  a reel,  and  about  as 
musical  as  the  bark  of  a yellow  dog. 

Dope.— A filthy,  vile  and  malodorous  concoction  of 
castor  oil,  pennyroyal  and  tar;  chiefly  used  for  fattening 
black  flies,  mosquitoes  and  no-see-ums. 

Fish  Yarn.- — A synonym  for  what  soap-makers  call 
“Concentrated  Lye.” 

Float. — An  implement  used  by  the  lazy  to  augment 
their  own  laziness. 

Fly. — A tinseled  and  feathered  delusion,  extensively 
used  as  a decoration  for  tree-tops. 

Fly-Fishing. — Wading  a cold  stream,  sitting  down  in 
it  now  and  then;  monkeying  a fly  along  the  surface  of 
the  water,  or  hooking  it  into  the  neighboring  bushes  and 
calling  it  sport. 

Guide.- — A native  who  is  hired  (and  well  paid)  to  go 
along.  Presumably  he  does  the  hard  work,  and  pre- 
sumably you  capture  the  game;  but  sometimes  it  works 
out  the  other  way. 

Gut. — Two  kinds.  Some  are  carried  in  a tub;  some 
are  tied  to  a line  or  hook.  See  “Snell.” 

Hook. — “Deceitful  above  all  things  and  desperately 
wicked.”  Jer.  17:9. 

Landing  Net— See  “Rod.” 

Leader.- — There  are  several  kinds.  The  one  that  breaks 
is  the  most  common. 

Line.- — A high-priced  variety  of  pack-thread,  coiled  up 
in  measured  lengths,  frequently  rotten,  usually  tangled, 
and  generally  N.  G. 

Minnow.- — The  innocent  victim  of  an  angler’s  brutality. 
Mosquito.— A somewhat  numerous  denizen  of  the  cir- 
cumambient atmosphere,  j ustly  celebrated  for  five  virtues : 

1.  Late  to  go  to  bed. 

2.  Early  to  get  up. 

3.  A musical  note  of  friendship. 

4.  A long  bill. 

5.  General  cussedness. 

No-See-Um. — Six  of  them  would  break  up  the  stiffest 
kind  of  a poker  game. 

Over-Run. — The  chief  purpose  of  a reel  is  to  over- 
run the  line. 

Portage. — A place  where  the  angler  becomes  a pack- 
mule  (or  jackass),  acquires  an  assortment  of  aches  and 
pains  not  known  to  Christian  Science,  and.  frequently 
indulges  in  highly  reprehensible  acts  of  profanity. 

Reel. — In  miniature  the  crank  of  a grindstone,  the 
spool  of  a windlass,  the  break  of  a trolley  car,  the  slick- 
ness  of  a bunco-steerer,  and  the  howl  of  a coffee- 
mill. 

Rise. — When  an  angler  sits  down  in  cold  water,.  he  gen- 
erally rises,  and  also  makes  a few  remarks  “not  intended 
for  publication,”  but  which  are  a sufficient  “guarantee  of 
good  faith”  on  his  part. 

Rise-Short. — If,  in  trying  to  rise,  he  loses  his  balance 
and  goes  down  again,  that  is  a “rise-short.” 

Rod. — Any  angler  who  does  not  know  a fishing-rod 
v/hen  he  meets  one  in  the  woods,  is  too  much  of  a D.  F. 
to  learn  anything  from  a dictionary. 

Sandwich. — Nominally  an  article  of  food,  chiefly  in- 
tended to  delude  the  stomach. 

Scales.- — There  are  two  kinds : 

1.  The  armor-plate  of  a fish. 

2.  The  protection  of  a liar. 

Score.— A sum-total  made  up  of: 

1.  Your  own  game — usually  not  much. 

2.  Your  guide’s  game — a little  more. 

3.  The  game  that  got  away— rather  numerous. 

4.  Game  of  imagination— -quite  abundant. 

Sinker.— An  article  of  high  specific  gravity,  sometimes 
made  of  lead  and  sometimes  of  soggy  dough  and  tough 
ham.  It  doesn’t  make  much  difference  which  you 
swallow. 

Snell.— A short  section  of  the  intestinal  secretions  of  a 
silkworm,  tied  to  a hook,  chiefly  for  the  purpose  of  en- 
hancing its  selling  price. 

Speckled  Beauties. — A cant  phrase  once  much  in 
vogue,  but  now  used  only  by  idiots  and  greenies. 

Spoon.— “Three  of  a kind”  and  a pendant  that  has  the 
“jim-jams”  when  in  use.  . 

Sportsman. — A man  who  enjoys  hard.  work  with  no 
pay,  and  prefers  the  leaky  tents  of  barbarism  to  the  com- 
forts of  civilization.  " 

Sportsmanship. — Trying  to  get  something  you  dont 
own  without  paying  for  it.  . 

Still- fishing. — Sitting  motionless,  holding  a rod,  eye- 
ing a float  and  damning  the  fish. 

Strike. — An  excellent  way  to  break  a rod,  especially  if 
you  have  hooked  on  to  a sunken  log,  tree-root  or  rooky 
bottom.  I have  tried  all  three, 


Sport  with  the  Steelheads. 

San  Francisco,  Jan.  16. — For  the  past  ten  days  local 
devotees  of  rod  and  spoon  have  been  having  some  ex- 
cellent and  exciting  sport  with  the  big  fresh  run  of 
steelheads  which  recently  swam  in  from  ocean  waters 
and  assumed  temporary  position  in  the  tidewater  pools 
of  Paper  Mill  Creek,  awaiting  opportunity  for  a trip  up 
stream  to  their  spawning  grounds.  The  recent  heavy 
rainfall  afforded  the  opportunity.  The  banks  of  the 
stream  were  comfortably  filled  last  Friday;  the  finny 
travelers  fared  upward,  and  the  anglers  were  left  to  their 
own  devices. 

The  presence  of  these  kings  of  the  water  was  dis- 
covered ten  days  since,  and  while  the  schools  were  held 
back  by  low  water,  many  good  kills  were  made,  several 
good  tackles  lost,  and  some  good  “yarns”  treasured  up 
for  future  use  around  camp-fire. 

Frank  Dolliver  landed  a 9-pounder,  which  was  enough 
glory  for  one  afternoon.  On  Sunday  the  8th  inst.,  “Dell” 
Cooper,  J.  M.  Thomson,  James  Lynch,  “Pop”  Carroll, 
Bert  Spring,  . Joseph  Pincus,  “Abe”  Banker,  and  Frank 
Fompf,  hearing  that  the  condition  of  the  stream  for 
steelhead  angling  was  about  right,  repaired  thither  with 
proper  paraphernalia  and  high  hopes. 

Mr.  Cooper  was  the  first  to  “get  busy.”  His  antago- 
nist was  a big  strong  fellow,  hooked  on  a spoon.  The 
struggle  was  long  and  fierce,  the  steelhead  finally  dis- 
gorging the  spoon.  Cooper,  nothing  daunted,  now  rigged 
up  with  bait,  and  was  soon  engaged  in  a second  unsuc- 
cessful argument  with  the  same  big  one.  Next  Bert 
Spring  went  a-prospecting  for  the  doughty  giant,  and 
was  more  careful  and  more  successful  than  Cooper. 
After  a long  and  tedious  battle,  the  handsome  steelhead 
was  laid  on  the  scales,  w'hich  stopped  at  the  io-pound 
notch.  It  was  a female  full  of  roe. 

“Pop”  Carroll  got  into  an  argument  with  a 12- 
pounder,  which  proved  to  be  a “spent”  fish.  Another 
angler,  whose  name  I did  not  learn,  killed  an  8-pound 
“buck”  trout  near  the  bridge. 

Messrs.  Dolliver  and  Banker  explored  the  “White 
House”  pool  last  Monday  afternoon,  and  found  a-plenty 
doing.  Their  two  first  strikes  got  well  hooked,  but  that 
was  all.  They  simply  “walked  away”  with  a couple  of 
handsome  tackles,  and  are  walking  yet,  for  aught  to  the 
contrary  known.  These  two,  after  repairing  their  mis- 
fortunes, succeeded  in  annexing  a brace  of  handsome 
ones,  but  their  next  engagements  lost  them  their  tackles 
- — Dolliver  even  breaking  a stout  rod. 

By  Tuesday  more  sports  had  received  the  tip,  and  S. 
A.  Wells,  Bert  Spring  and  Clarence  Ashlin  tried  the 
stream.  Most  of  the  trout  previously  seen  in  the  pools 
had  evidently  gone  out  with  the  tide ; nevertheless  Mr. 
Spring’s  cup  of  happiness  was  filled  to  the  brim  when 
he  rolled  a io-pound  beauty  in  the  green  grass.  Mr. 
Wells’  luck  was  with  him,  as  usual;  a 14-pounder  came 
to  his  gaff.  Mr.  Ashlin  was  “left  at  the  post.”  He  had 
a number  of  strikes,  but  failed  to  set  his  barb. 

Last  Thursday  the  “Dook  of  ’Ayden,”  Chas.  Lynn, 
and  his  son,  John  Schloen  and  Messrs.  Gorden  and 
Dougal  made  the  last  killings,  taking  a number  of  splen- 
did trout.  Besides  the  noteworthy  catches  mentioned 
above,  a large  number  of  smaller  ones  were  made.  Alto- 
gether the  sport  was  excellent  while  it  lasted. 

The  storm  of  last  Friday  drove  the  fishermen  home. 
But  a number  of  the  regulars  went  away  with  ill-con- 
cealed intent  to  further  prospect  the  stream  last  Sunday 
— yesterday — and  the  early  part  of  this  week. 

A close  season  on  steelhead  will  prevail  from  Febru- 
ary 1 to  April  1.  It  is  now  lawful  to  catch  steelhead  in 
tidewaters  only.  The  law,  I am  sorry  to  say,  is  scantily 
observed.  Many  violations  are  reported  to  have 
occurred  in  Paper  Mill  Creek  above  the  flow  of  the  tide, 
where  the  spearing  of  trout  is  the  favorite  method  of 
capture.  This  sort  of  vandalism,  I am  reliably  informed, 
is  of  annual  recurrence  in  this  section.  The  fault  lies  not 
so  much  at  the  threshold  of  the  game  protectors  as  at 
the  lack  of  State  game  protection.  The  Florida  game 
hog  seems  to  have  emigrated  to  California  after  having 
almost  killed  every  living  thing  within  the  borders  of 
the  Land  of  Flowers. 

Russian  River  at  Duncan’s  is  reported,  to  be  yet  too 
high  for  good  angling.  This  is  a favorite  resort  with 
many  anglers.  If  there  is  opportunity  for  any  sport 
before  the  close  season  falls,  a number  of  local  sportsmen 
purpose  giving  the  stream  a final  test.  J.  D.  C. 


Fish  and  Fishing* 

The  Court  of  Appeals  of  the  Province  of  Quebec, 
technically  called  the  Court  of  King’s  Bench,  has  given 
its  long-expected  decision  upon  the  appeal  of  the. Fraser 
estate  from  the  judgment  of  the  court  below,  which  lat- 
ter was  favorable  to  the  Government,  in  the.  action  in- 
volving the  salmon  angling  rights  in  the  Moisie  River  on 
the  north  shore  of  the  Lower  St.  Lawrence.  The  his- 
tory of  this  river  and  of  the  litigation  in  connection 
therewith  is  a most  interesting  one.  The  Moisie  has 
yielded  the  largest  salmon  o#  the  coast,  and  some  of  the 
biggest  fishing  scores.  The  property  along  the  banks  of 
the  river  opposite  the  famous  pools  has  for  many  years 
past  belonged  to  Mr.  Alexander  Fraser.  These  riparian 
rights  were  supposed  to  carry  with  them  the  rights  to 
the  salmon  angling,  and  so  valuable  have  they  become 
in  recent  years  that  the  sum  of  $40,000  was  placed  upon 
them.  They  were  acquired  some  time  ago  by  Mr.  Ivers 
W.  Adams,  of  Boston,  who  also  owns  a number  of  other 
vaiuable  salmon  fishing  rights  in  different  parts  of 
Canada.  The  Provincial  Government,  however,  con- 
tested the  right  of  Mr.  Adams  to  the  fishing,  and  leased 
it  to  Messrs.  Fitch,  Boswell  and  others,  of  Quebec.  Mr. 
Adams  enforced  his  rights,  and  the  Attorney-General,  of 
the  Province,  being  pressed  by  the  lessees,  took  an  action 
in  law  to  dispossess  him,  the  Superior  Court  deciding 
that  because  the  river  was,  in  its  opinion,  a navigable  one, 
the  fishing  in  it  was  the  property  of  the  Crown.  Mr. 
Adams,  in  the  name  of  the  estate  of  Mr.  Fraser,  ap- 
pealed from  this  judgment,  with  the  result  that  it  has 
been  unanimously  reversed  by  the  full  bench  of  five 
judges  of  the  Court  of  King’s  Bench,  and  Mr.  Adams, 
or  rather  the  Fraser  estate,  from  whom  he  looks  for  the 
complete  title,  is  confirmed  in  possession  of  the  fishing 
rights  It  has  not  yet  been  decided  whether  or  not  the 
case  will  be  further  appealed  to  the  Supreme  Court  of 


the  Dominion.  The  present  judgment  is  not  based  upon 
the  navigability  or  otherwise  of  the  river,  concerning 
which  the  judges  differed,  stating  that  they  found  they 
could  decide  the  matter  unanimously  on  other  grounds, 
and  that  the  fishing  was  secured  to  the  owner  of  the 
riparian  rights  by  the  Crown  patent  conveying  the 
property.  The  judgment  is  a most  important  one,  both 
to  salmon  fishermen  and  to  the  Government,  since  it 
tends  to  upset  what  was  supposed  to  have  been  already 
definitely  settled  concerning  the  jurisprudence  affecting 
riparian  rights  in  both  navigable  and  non-navigable 
rivers.  And  it  is  . still  a mooted  question  with  the  judi- 
ciary as  well  as  with  the  Government  and  with  fishermen 
as  to  what  constitutes  a navigable  river  in  the  sense  of 
the  law  affecting  salmon  fisheries,  since  many  rivers  are 
necessarily  navigable  by  birch  bark  canoes  which  could 
not  be  navigated  by  an  ocean  steamer,  nor  even  by  a 
schooner  or  sailboat.  E.  T.  D.  Chambers. 


Forbid  the  Sale  of  Trout. 

J.  W.  Pond,  Chief  Protector  of  the  Forest,  Fish  and 
Game  Commission,  recently  returned  from  an  extended 
trip  through  the  Adirondack  region.  When  asked  if  the 
people  he  met  made  any  reference  to  legislation  affect- 
ing fish  and  game,  he  replied  as  follows: 

“There  seems  to  be  an  almost  unanimous  sentiment 
against  the  sale  of  venison  and  brook  trout  taken  withim 
this  State,  and  many  go  so  far  as  to  say  that  if  the  law 
cannot  apply  to  the  whole  State,  they  sincerely  hope 
that  a law  will  be  passed  that  will  apply  to  all  of  the 
Adirondack  counties  included  in  the  Forest  Preserve. 

“Personally  I believe  this  would  be  a move  in  the  right 
direction,  and  if  such  a law  could  be  enacted  there  would 
be  no  further  need  of  legislation  for  the  protection  of  the 
deer  of  the  Adirondacks;  and  surely  all  fair-minded 
people  must  admit,  that,  in  view  of  the  expense  the  State 
has  been  put  to  in  the  last  fifteen  or  twenty  years  in 
propagating  and  distributing  trout — which  are  the 
property  of  the  general  public  and  not  of  any  few  indi- 
viduals, as  the  courts  have  unanimously  declared — it 
seems  too-  bad  that  a small  number  of  persons  who 
might  be  termed  “fish  pirates”  are  permitted  to  whip  the 
streams  from  the  time  the  trout  season  opens  until  it 
closes,  in  all  kinds  of  weather  and  under  all  circum- 
stances, merely  to  sell  to  meat  markets  in  the  neighbor- 
ing villages,  the  proceeds  of  the  catch  supporting  them 
in  idleness  to  the  detriment  of  the  majority  and  better 
class,  of  people  who  realize  that  good  trout  fishing 
furnishes  healthful  recreation,  and  brings  to  the  Adiron- 
dacks a large  revenue  annually.” 

Mr.  Pond  further  said : “In  past  years  several  persons 
who  persist  in  fishing  for  the  market  have  been  caught 
with  small  gill  nets  that  can  be  carried  in  the  pocket,  and 
which  will  span  the  ordinary  trout  stream.  If  the  sale 
of  trout  could  be  prohibited,  it  would  certainly  put  a 
stop  to  this  illegal  mode  of  fishing,  and  must  result  in 
great  good — a fact  which  cannot  be  disputed.” 

Major  Pond,  said  he  saw  a petition  which  was  being 
freely  circulated  through  three  or  four  of  the  Adiron- 
dack towns  asking  for  legislation  of  this  nature. 


Lake  Pleasant  Landlocked  Salmon. 

Sussex,  N.  B.,  Jan.  13. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

I notice  in  your  issue  of  December  10,  1904,  a letter 
from  Mr.  E.  T.  D.  Chambers  in  re  landlocked  salmon 
in  Pleasant  Lake,  near  Sussex,  N.  B.,  wherein  he 
describes  the  lake  planting  of  25,000  salmon  fry,  the 
growth  of  same,  and  a certain  number  caught  in  one 
day ; also,  in  your  issue  of  December  31  of  the  same 
month,  a reply  from  The  Old  Angler,  in  which  he  takes 
Mr.  Chambers  to  task  for  using  extracts  from  the  re- 
ports of  Prof.  Prince  and  the  managers  of  several  hatch- 
ing houses,  “mere  incredible  fish  stories  as  truths,  and 
by  so  doing  leads  his  readers  and  himself  astray.” 

I beg  to  state  that  Mr.  Chambers  is  quite  right  in  what 
he  says  in  re  young  salmon  in  Pleasant  Lake;  and 
although  The  Old  Angler  writes  that  he  is  “familiar  with 
all  the  lakes  around  Sussex,”  I think  that  Pleasant  Lake 
is  not  quite  clear  to  him,  as  it  is  about  ten  or  twelve 
miles  from  Dick’s  Lake  (which  I think  he  refers  to), 
and  flows  from  Big  Salmon  River  and  not  to  it,  as  he 
states. 

After  the  salmon  fry  had  been  in  Pleasant  Lake  for 
two  years,  there  were  places  in  it  where  it  seemed  im- 
possible to  catch  anything  other  than  young  salmon. 
The  writer,  along  with  other  gentlemen,  has  been  com- 
pelled to  move  his  boat  on  account  of  catching  salmon 
only. 

The  Old  Angler  says  “he  will  have  to  see  a salmon 
ten  inches  in  length  taken  from  the  lake  before  he  will 
believe  it.”  Well,  during  the  coming  summer  I will  try 
and  show  him  one,  as  I have  caught  them  twelve  and 
fourteen  inches  long. 

The  fifty  caught  by  one  rod  in  one  day  should  read 
“hooked,”  as  we  put  all  back  that  are  not  hooked  too 
badly.  The  young  salmon  rise  to  the  fly  with  a ven- 
geance, and  show  the  trait  of  what  they  are  by  the  fight 
they  put  up. 

The  Old  Angler  says  he  has  “tried  to  get  a specimen 
of  these  salmon  for  the  past  five  years,  and  so  far  has 
not  succeeded.”  This  I cannot  understand,  as  the  club 
is  composed  of  gentlemen  well  known  in  this  town,  any 
of  whom  would  gladly  have  shown  him  one  or  more  had 
his  wishes  been  made  known. 

In  closing,  I would  like  to  state  that  in  matters  per- 
taining to  fish  and  fishculture  I take  off  my  hat  to  The 
Old  Angler;  but  as  regards  the  young  salmon  in  Pleas-' 
ant  Lake,  he  has  been  misinformed;  and  I take  this 
opportunity  to  invite  The  Old  Angler  to  Kamp  Kill 
Kare  (our  club  house),  where  he  may  have  the  privilege 
of  fishing  the  Lake  and  catching  some  of  these  young 
salmon.  Jasper  J.  Daly, 

Managing  Director  Pleasant  Lake  Club,  Ltd. 


A German  review  contains  an  article  by  Bertarelli  on 
a new  adulteration  of  coffee.  The  roasted  beans  are 
plunged  in  a 5 per  cent,  solution  of  borax,  and  then  left 
to  dry.  The  borax  makes  them  shine,  and  absorbs  water, 
thus  adding  to  the  weight  of  the  coffee.  The  way  to  dis- 
cover this  ingenious  fraud  is  to  dry  the  coffee,  and  if  it 
loses  over  4 per  cent,  of  its  weight,  there  has  been  a 
fraudulent  absorption  of  water.— London  Qloh§. 


74 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


[Jan.  28,  1905. 


gshe  fennel 

— $ — 

Shooting  over  Spaniels* 

The  spaniel  is  the  only  breed  of  “gun-dog”  which  has 
been  kept  in  a very  high  state  of  efficiency,  so  far  as  ap- 
pearance and  physique  are  concerned,  without  any  assist- 
ance from  the  richer  classes.  Spaniel  trials  are  quite  a 
fpovelty,  and  spaniel  breeding  either  for  shows  or  per- 
formance was  until  recent  days  confined  to  a few  en- 
thusiasts, though  they  got  capital  results.  The  Clumber, 
with  its  association  with  the  Duke  of  Newcastle,  is  one 
of  the  few  exceptions  to  the  rule  that  these  dogs  were  not 
the  result  of  the  careful  and  select  breeding  of  noblemen 
or  great  landowners.  It  is  true  that  they  were  an  indis- 
pensable part  of  the  sporting  outfit  of  every  estate  at  the 
beginning  of  the  last  century.  In  the  main  they  were 
keepers’  dogs,  used  in  rough  shooting  to  get  the  scarce 
pheasant  of  the  day  for  the  house.  Partridge  shooting, 
not  cover  shooting,  was  the  “smart”  thing  from  1750  till 
1840,  and  the  grandees  devoted  nearly  all  their  attention 
to  their  famous  breeds  of  pointers.  Perfectly  broken  and 
bred  to  a degree  of  fineness  which  is  the  envy  of  the 
present  day,  the  pointers  of  eighty  or  ninety  years  ago 
were  really  a very  artificial  product.  When  times  changed, 
they  disappeared,  and  were  it  not  for  enthusiasts  like  Mr. 
'Arkwright,  and  for  their  usefulness  on  the  Scotch  moors 
where  driving  the  grouse  is  not  yet  taken  up,  we  should 
see  very  few  of  them.  Even  as  it  is,  pointers  are  the 
rarest  breed  of  “gun-dogs.”  There  are  few  places  in 
England  where  they  could  be  said  to  be  either  common 
or  easy  to  purchase. 

The  cheerful  spaniel  stands  in  quite  a different  position. 
It  has  maintained  itself  locally,  among  the  middle  class 
and  among  the  farmers,  in  unimpaired  efficiency,  notwith- 
standing all  the  changes  and  chances  of  this  mortal  life, 
wherever  there  are  thick  hedgerows,  “shaws”  as  in 
Sussex,  or  furze  brakes  and  rough  banks  and  broken 
ground.  In  Ireland  that  wonderful  dog-of-all-work,  the 
red  setter,  has  to  some  degree  taken  its  place.  Yet  the 
Irish  water  spaniel  is  still  almost  the  most  useful  “gen- 
eral” dog  that  any  one  can  own.  Lastly,  the  merits  of  the 
spaniel  as  a fast  and  bold  retriever  are  so  far  recognized 
that  it  is  very  commonly  seen  both  at  cover  shoots  and 
behind  the  butts  on  the  grouse  moors.  Less  docile  than 
the  retriever,  the  spaniel  has  more  initiative,  as  a rule, 
than  the  dogs  which  have  had  most  of  the  spirit  bred 
or  broken  out  of  them  by  keepers  anxious  to  make  “per- 
fect non-slip”  retrievers.  An  old  English  sportsman  con- 
nected with  the  Ministry  at  The  Hague  used  to  vow  that 
he  “wouldn’t  give  a damn  for  a dog  that  was  not  ready 
and  willing  to’  assist  its  master  on  any  possible  occasion,” 
a confession  of  faith  intended  to  cover  the  excursions  and 
alarums  of  his  own  particular  retriever,  which  he  ex- 
pected to  course  and  kill  any  rabbit  he  wounded.  Without 


accepting  this  view,  it  may  be  admitted  that  the  “go”  of 
a retriever  spaniel  is  often  a refreshing  contrast  to  the 
over-timid  anxiety  of  the  retriever  of  the  day. 

To  understand  the  value  of  spaniels,  it  is  almost  neces- 
sary to  visit  the  localities  in  which  they  have  continued 
to.  flourish,  and  to  watch  their  wonderful  courage,  dash, 
and  unflagging  energy  under  difficulties  of  all  kinds  and 
descriptions.  In  Sussex  the  ordinary  type,  now  known 
by  the  name  of  the  county,  remained  as  the  principal 
stand-by  for  working  the  great  woods  and  the  network 
of  “shaws”  or  narrow  bushy  belts  of  coppice  and  trees 
with  which  that  county  is  covered.  It  was  absolutely  the 
only  means  of  getting  the  numerous  rabbits  and  rare 
pheasants  in  the  “shaws”  to-  show  themselves  or  to  give 
a chance  of  a shot.  The  Ground  Game  Act  has  so  de- 
pleted the  rabbits  that  these  spaniels  are  already  rapidly 
decreasing  in  numbers  as  a local  and  county  dog.  On  the 
other  hand,  there  is  a demand  for  the  breed  all  over 
England,  and  kennels  which  are  maintained  at  a high 
pitch  of  excellence,  such  as  those  of  Mr.  Campbell  New- 
ington at  Ticehurst,  are  a fine  nucleus  for  maintaining  the 
type. 

At  present  the  great  strongholds  of  the  spaniel  are 
Somerset,  Devon,  and  Cornwall.  The  high  banks  and  the 
enormous  area  of  the  furze-brake,  the  sloping  cliffs,  and 
the  broken  ground  round  the  moors  are  full  of  rabbits, 
while  wild  pheasants  and  woodcock  are  pretty  common, 
and  this  ground  must  be  worked  by  spaniels.  The  furze 
is  too  prickly  for  terriers.  Sturdy  as  they  are,  they  can- 
not last  out  a day  like  the  thick-coated  spaniel.  The  rab- 
bits, too,  are  so  numerous  and  the  cover  so  much  to  their 
liking,  that  they  are  not  easily  killed  down,  while  Devon- 
shire people  of  all  classes  like  keeping  a handsome  dog, 
even  though  they  can  only  use  it  occasionally.  The  result 
is  that  the  spaniel  population  of  that  county  probably  ex- 
ceeds the  number  in  any  other  five.  Teams  of  seven  or 
eight  are  commonly  owned  by  Devonshire  landowners,  for 
at  least  two  couple  are  needed  for  a day’s  shooting  on 
the  rough  hillsides,  and  these  dogs  cannot  fairly  be  used 
on  two  consecutive  days.  Add  to  this  that  most  farmers, 
and  a good  many  innkeepers  and  tradesmen,  own  one, 
and  the  percentage  of  spaniels  to  the  general  canine  popu- 
lation can  readily  be  guessed.  The  writer  once  went 
down  to  Devon  dogless,  to  the  outskirts  of  the  parish  of 
Sidbury,  a place  up  the  Sid  Valley,  which  has  given  its 
name  to  one  of  the  most  irrepressible  and  persevering 
races  of  spaniels  on  the  face  of  the  earth.  He  was  about 
to  shoot  some  plantations  and  rough  hillsides,  and  know- 
ing the  ease  with  which  the  dogs  can  be  obtained,  merely 
sent  word  to  one  of  two  likely  people  to  intimate  that  he 
should  be  glad  of  “one  or  two”  spaniels  near  a certain 
wood  at  a certain  hour  next  day.  Half  a dozen  were  on 
the  scene  to  start  with.  The  rabbits  in  the  big  plantation 
must  have  thought  that  their  last  hour  was  come,  judging 
from  the  energy  and  the  desperate  assaults  on  bramble, 
brake  and  bracken  made  by  this,  the  first  division.  But 
these  were  presently  reinforced  by  volunteer  spaniels  from 
the  valley,  who,  hearing  shots,  sneaked  off  up  the  hill, 
sidled  in  at  convenient  corners,  and  joined  in  the  fray. 


Considering  the  noise,  the  number  and  the  vigor  of  the  ■ 
spaniels,  not  one  rabbit  should  have  been  left  unshot  | 
above  ground,  and  a number  were  shot.  But  the  volun- 
teer spaniels  were  so  irrepressible  that  as  and  when  they  1 
could  be  caught,  they  were  tied  up  by  bits  of  rope  or  any  1 
handy  ligature  to  trees,  where  they  rent  the  air  with  in-  - 
dignant  barks  and  howls. 

Spaniels  in  those  parts  are  lent  and  borrowed  with 
great  freedom,  and  a certain  number  of  casualties  are 
expected,  especially  when  the  scene  of  action  is  the  cliffs. 
Those  dogs  unused  to  the  ground  frequently  “go-  out 
over,”  a euphemism  for  falling  over  some  hundreds  of  ■ 
feet  of  precipice.  A dog  j umps  over  what  he  thinks  is  a 
bank,  and  alights  in  the  sea  200  feet  below.  Others  get  • 
peppered  with  shot  when  driving  rabbits  in  the  furze. 
“Dear,  dear,  I fear  that  must  be  Mr.  Brown’s  dog,”  re- 
marked a careless  shooter  in  the  hearing  of  the  writer,  as 
a dog  went  off  home,  limping  down  the  hill  and  howling 
dismally,  from  a noted  furze-brake.  “Never  mind,  sir, 
never  mind,”  was  the  keeper’s  comforting  reply.  “He  bor- 
rowed our  old  Bess  last  Christmas  and  shot  ’un  dead.”  , 
These  scratch  packs  are  only  used  for  hustling  difficult 
cover,  like  the  cliffs  or  big  furze-brakes.  For  more  regu- 
lar  shooting  a pack  of  four  or  five,  well  in  hand,  give  , 
charming  sport.  These  packs  are  usually  composed  of 
several  generations.  A veteran  dog  who  is  the  “model” 
of  the  rest,  a couple  of  well  broken  three-year-olds,  and 
two  intelligent  puppies  bustle  down  the  hedgerows,  sniff 
round  every  furze  bush,  pry  under  the  brambles,  and 
worm  their  way  among  tufts,  tussocks,  and  boulders,  all 
their  sterns  wagging  and  all  their  nostrils  widespread, 
and  open  in  merry  chorus  after  every  rabbit  started.  They 
do  what  it  is  the  ambition  of  every  trainer  to  make  them  : 
do- — they  come  back  when  called,  even  from  the  hot  pur-  j 
suit  of  some  escaping  rabbit.  At  the  end  of  a cover  they  [i 
hustle  up  the  wild  pheasants  that  have  run  there  and 
squatted,  and  in  no  case  do-  they  leave  a rod  of  ground  1 
untried  throughout  the  day.  Hedgerow  shooting  with 
spaniels  is  excellent  sport,  especially  in  a “heavy  land” 
country  where  there  are  ditches.  Spaniels  are  adepts  at 
working  a ditch,  smelling  upwards  both  on  the  near  side  | 
and  under  the  stumps  and  “stubs.”  They  have  also  an 
abounding  faith,  which  makes  them  work  hard  in  the 
most  unpromising  places,  and  ready  and  eager  to  take 
more  than  their  share  of  work.  Their  “slap-dash”  ways  , 
often  cause  people  to  credit  them  with  less  intelligence 
than  dogs  which  work  more  slowly.  In  reality  they  are 
full  of  resource,  and  their  exploits  in  retrieving  wounded 
birds  are  wonderful.  A small  brown  and  white  spaniel 
broke  its  fore  leg,  which  was  set  in  stiff  bandages 
hardened  with  some  preparation.  It  could  only  go  on 
three  legs,  but  hopped  out  after  its  master  with  the  other 
dogs  when  these  were  taken  for  a walk.  There  had  been 
a pheasant  shoot,  and  the  little  spaniel  could  not  resist 
slipping  off  to  smell  down  the  side  of  a small  belt.  Tt 
discovered  a winged  cock  pheasant,  dashed  after  it  on 
three  legs,  and  caught  and  retrieved  it,  hopping  into  the 
road  with  the  big  bird  in  its  mouth ! — C.  J.  Cornish,  in  j 
* lounty  Gentleman. 


Bantam's  1903  Cruise* 

BY  WILLIAM  P.  MORRISON. 

. The  morning  of  the  23d  of  June,  1903,  found  me  land- 
ing from  one.  of  the  Bath  and  Boothbay  steamers  at 
Southport,  Me.  The  morning  was  still  fine,  but  it  looked 
as  if,  as  usual,  I was  to  have  rain  on  this  the  first  day — 
the  day  when  clothes  and  bed  and  bedding  are  to  be 
taken  aboard,  and,  if  comfort  and  health  are  to  be  con- 
sidered, taken  aboard  dry. 

A call  at  the  post-office  and  the  walk  around  by  the 
draw-bridge  consumed  twenty  minutes ; but  during  the 
last  ten  I had  had  my  good*  little  old  ship  Bantam  in 
sight,  and  I began  to  feel  that  the  summer’s  fun  had 
begun..  But  first  of  all  must  come  the  beforementioned 
busy  time  of  turning  things  out  of  trunks  and  boxes  p.nd 
bundles  into  the  ship’s  lockers;  and  this  consumed  the 
whole  day— between  showers.  Captain  M.  always  de- 
clared, as  he  helped  me  get  my  things  out,  that  I would 
never  get  them  all  stowed;  but  I always  did,  and  when 
they  were  all  in  their  places,  one  would  not  know  that 
I had  an  unusual  lot  of  duffle  aboard.  I suppose,  how- 
ever, most  single-hand  cruisers  would  think  that  I had; 
for  instance,  golf  clubs  and  clothes  and  fifteen  or  twenty 
books.  But  I calculated  to  have  an  outing  of  ten  weeks, 
and  concluded  that  it  was  worth  a little  trouble  the  first 
day  in  order  to  have  the  means  of  enjoying  a pleasant 
change  ashore  when  opportunity  offered.  “All  the  com- 
forts of  home,”  mixed  in  with  the  necessary  roughing 
it  that  every  single-hander  must  experience,  will  not  de- 
tract from  the  romance  of  the  cruise,  and  will  add  to  its 
pleasures  and  health-giving  qualities.  I call  myself  a 
single-hander  because  during  most  of  the  ten  weeks  I 
am  alone,  and  during  the  three  or  four  weeks  when  I 
have  the  pleasure  of  having  one  friend  or  another  with 
me,  the  undivided  responsibility  of  the  sailing  depart- 
ment usually  falls  upon  me. 

Bantam  is  27ft.  over  all,  21ft.  6in..  waterline,  8ft 
breadth,  5ft.  draft,  and  carries  about  550  sq.  ft.  of  sail. 
She  has  no  centerboard,  and  there  is  4ft.  6in.  to  4ft.  ioin. 
bead  room  under  a low  house.  The  house  could  easily  be 
6in.  higher  and  not  be  higher  than  most  boats  of  her 
size.  Query,  however,  whether  it  is  worth  while.  Six 
inches  more  would  not  give  full  standing  height,  and  at 
present  there  is  height  enough  to  enable  one  to  sit  erect 
on  transoms  wdiich,  with  the  bedding  on  them,  are  as 
high  as  an  ordinary  chair;  and  to  stand  erect  enough  to 
pull  one’s  trousers  on  or  to  move  about  the  cabin  with- 
out being  uncomfortably  cramped.  On  the  other  hand, 
six  inches  added  to  the  house  would  have  some  effect  on 


Bantam’s  windwardly  qualities,  and  certainly  would  not 
add  to  her  looks. 

The  cockpit  seats,  too,  are  as  high  as  ordinary  chairs. 
This,  to  my  mind,  is  one  of  the  most  important  points 
about  a boat  under  the  item  “comfort.”  Nothing  is 
so  tiresome  as  sitting  at  the  tiller  all  day  perched  on 
the.  apices  of  one’s  hip  bones.  I speak  from  the  ex- 
perience of  a thin  man.  Fat  sailormen  may  be  able  to 
stand  it. 

Bantam  is  rigged  as  a pole-mast  sloop,  with  two  head- 
sails.  Her  model  is  rather  of  the  compromise  cutter 
type.  Both  headsails  run  on  stays,  and  either  can  be 
hoisted  or  lowered  from  the  cockpit.  Halliard  and 
down-haul  are  spliced  together  so  as  to  make  them  one 
endless  piece  of  running  rigging.  They  were  formerly 
separate,  but  there  was  SO'  much  halliard  in  the  cockpit 
when  the  headsails  were  up  that,  after  one  or  two  ex- 
periences with  them  catching  around  cleats,  etc.,  and 
preventing  the  sails  coming  down  handily,  I cut  off  about 
half  of  each  down-haul  and  spliced  the  ends  to  the  hal- 
liards. The  main  halliards  do  not  lead  aft.  The  dis- 
advantage of  being  unable  to  cast  off  the  main  halliards 
of  an  uncapsizable  boat  instantly  is  so  slight  that  it  is 
counterbalanced  by  the  advantage  of  having  so  much 
rope  forward  out  of  the  way.  For  a single-hander,  the 
important  thing  is  to  have  all  the  headsail  rigging  lead 
aft.  One  has  plenty  of  time  to  hoist  one’s  mainsail 
leisurely  before  getting  the  anchor  in  the  morning;  and 
usually  plenty  of  time  to  lower  it  in  the  evening  after 
the  hook  has  taken  the  bottom.  But  in  coming  into  port 
one  must  be  able  to  handle  one’s  jib  and  staysail  quickly. 
This  is  still  more  important  in  getting  under  way.  If 
there  is  another  boat  on  either  side  of  you  and  one  astern 
and  it  is  blowing,  your  little  ship  can  do  a lot  of 
“things”  after  you  break  the  anchor  out  of  the  mud, 
while  you  haul  in  three  or  four  fathoms  of  cable,  make 
it  fast,  get  up  a headsail  and  get  way  on.  And  if  you 
anchor  in  ten  fathoms,  as  it  is  sometimes  convenient  to 
do— for  instance,  at  Castine  or  at  Cliff  (Crotch)  Island 
m Casco  Bay,  it  seems  an  awful  long  time  before  you 
hear  the  anchor  clank  against  the  bobstay.  So  I have  the 
cable  of  one  of  my  anchors  lead  aft.  This  is  the  process 
of  getting  under  way:  Hoist  the  mainsail  and  coil  and 
stow  halliards  behind  the  standing  parts;  get  the  cable 
nearly  up  and  down,  then  take  the  bight  aft  and  coil 
down  what  I have;  then  brace  feet  against  the  cabin 
house  and  break  out  the  anchor;  haul  up,  make  fast  to 
cleat  on  side  deck  outside  the  cockpit,  get  up  jib  and 
trim  sheets.  As  soon  as  she  has  way  on,  I get  up  stay- 
sail, and  then  I have  time  to  coil  up  the  rest  of  the 
cable.  Of  course  it  is  inconvenient  to  have  the  cable 
all  over  the  cockpit,  but  not  nearly  so  much  so  as  if  it 


were  on  the  forward  deck  mixed  up  with  the  headsail 
sheets  and  down-hauls.  The  cable  spatters  up  the  cock- 
pit, too;  but  that  is  soon  remedied.  . On  account  of  this  ! 
latter  objection,  however,  I find  this  mode  of  getting 
under  way  is  unsatisfactory  when  there  are  ladies  aboard. 
As  soon  as  the  cable  is  coiled  up  and  stowed  on  the 
cockpit  floor,  I have  time  to  go  forward  and  fish  the 
anchor.  In  regard  to  the  headsail  halliards,  I forgot  to  ; 
say  that  they  lead  down  the  shrouds  and  through  blocks 
lashed  to  the  chain  plates.  This  keeps  them  clear  of  the 
cleat-rail  around  the  mast.  I am  aware  that  some  of  '! 
my  wrinkles  are  unyachty,  but  a single-hander  must 
needs  do  as  he  best  can.  1 

Bantam  is  uncapsizable,  having  about  3,000  pounds  of 
lead  on  her  keel ; but  having  no  pronounced  bilge,  she 
heels  to  the  wind  rather  easily,  so  that  she  is  slow  in  a 
light  and  uncertain  head  wind,  as  under  such  conditions 
she  is  constantly  shaking  the  wind  out  of  her  sails.  She 
is  best  in  a strong,  free  wind.  Her  fastest  long  run  has 
been  from  the  red  buoy  at  the  mouth  of  Townsend’s 
Gut,  Boothbay,  to  Camden,  via  Franklin  Light,  and 
south  through  Herring  Gut,  a distance  of  45  sea  miles  in 
7I1.  20m.,  an  average  of  over  6 knots.  This  was  done  j 
before  half  a gale  from  the  S.W.,  which  of  course  was 
free  except  through  Herring  Gut,  under  whole  mainsail, 
but  no  spinnaker.  Under  other  conditions  I do  not  con- 
sider her  fast,  though  perhaps  she  would  do  better  in 
charge  of  a skipper  who  is  more  efficient  as  a speed- 
getter.  But  comfortable!  Well,  I have  lived  on  her 
an  average  of  ten  weeks  each  year  for  the  last  three 
years — barring  getting  most  of  my  meals  ashore — and  I 
don’t  see  how  I could  have  been  more  comfortable  in  a 
house  on  land. 

Well,  all  the  necessaries  were  aboard,  and  that  night  1 
found  me,  after  a pleasant  call  on  Captain  M.  and  his  J 
family,  snugly  tucked  away  between  Bantam’s  crisp  j 
sheets  and  warm  blankets,  and  though  the  rain  pattered 
down  upon  the  deck  only  three  feet  above  my  head,  I I 
soon  was  in  dreamland,  and  knew  nothing  tiil  daybreak. 
After  taking  an  observation  which  did  not  disclose  any 
favorable  promises  from  the  weather  man,  I crawled 
back  into  my  warm  bed  and  continued  my  sleep  till  6:30, 
when  I rowed  across  the  Gut  for  breakfast,  to  be  had  at 
an  unostentatious  but  good  little  hostelry.  You  must 
know  that  this  is  Townsend’s  Gut  I am  speaking  of — 
the  busiest  little  reach  of  water  in  Maine  in  summer. 
Mrs.  T.  saw  me  coming,  and  began  the  manufacture  of  ; 
one  of  her  wonderful  omelettes,  so  that  by  the  time  I , 
reached  the  table  it  was  ready,  hot  and  puffy. 

It  soon  turned  to  rain,  so  I spent  the  day  between 
Captain  M.’s  shop  and  Bantam,  fixing  up  little  odds  and 
ends  and  changing  the  running  rigging  to  suit  my  own  ■ 


Jak.  28, 1905.] 


1 FOREST  AND  STREAM 


peculiar  whims.  The  same  weather  and  programme  were 
in  order  on  the  25th;  but  on  June  26  the  weather 
promised  better,  .so  immediately  after  a late  breakfast  I 
prepared  to  work  out  of  the  Gut.  The  wind  was  still 
S.E.,  as  it  had  been,  I believe,  most  of  June — a head 
wind.  But  Bantam  was  still  moored  stem  and  stern  in 
her  winter  quarters;  so  by  the  time  I had  cast  off  the 
various  warps  and  made  them  fast  to  other  various 
warps,  so  that  the  other  yachts  would  not  go  adrift, 
and  had  worked  into  a position  where  I could  get  up 
sail,  it  was  well  on  to  slack  high  water.  So  10 130  found 
me  under  way,  and  a few  minutes  later  I cleared  the 
point  at  the  mouth  of  the  Gut,  on  the  starboard  tack, 
passing  inside  the  red  buoy,  for  there  is  depth  enough 
at  high  water.  I beat  down  the  eastern  side  of  the  bay 
to  get  the  advantage  of  the  east  in  the  wind,  for  I notice 
that  when  the  wind  is  S.E.  it  is  not  true  between  Mouse 
Island  and  Southport,  but  comes  more  out  of  the  south. 
Made  the  north  end  of  Damiscove  in  two  short  tacks 
and  two  long  ones,  after  which  I eased  the  sheets  and 
reached  down  the  eastern  side  of  the  island,  then  bore 
away  and  ran  across  the  southern  end  and  got  a peep 
into  Damiscove  Harbor.  I’ve  never  been  in  there,  and 
I was  not  much  tempted  on  this  occasion  to  try  to  enter; 
for,  though  I am  told  there  is  plenty  of  room  for  a larger 
boat  than  Bantam  to  luff  up,  it  is  very  narrow,  and  one 
must  moor  to  a stone  pier  on  the  west  side.  The  weather 
was  too  unpropitious  to  try  it  alone,  for  there  would  be  a 
good  chance  to  scrape  a lot  of  paint  off  if  nothing- 
worse.  So  I kept  on  around  The  Motions.  There  had 
been  a good  swell  on,  coming  down  the  eastern  side,  the 
result  of  almost  a month  of  easterly  weather,  but  after 
turning  The  Motions  it  was  much  smoother.  Ran  up 
the  western  side  of  the  bay  and  anchored  behind  Mouse 
for  lunch.  After  Lunch  ran  up  the  Gut  to  Capt. 
M.’s,  and,  as  both  his,  fnoorings  were  occupied,  anchored 
for  the  night.  The  weather  had  improved,  and  it  looked 
like  a change  for  the  better. 

June  27. — Wind  S.W.,  “bright  and  fair.”  Got  up  sail 
about  11  A.  M.  and  beat  out  of  the  Gut  and  down  the 
west  side  and  around  Burnt  Island.  Bore  away  for 
Boothbay  Harbor,  where  I anchored,  and  after  a lunch 
on  board  of  scrambled  eggs,  crackers  and  coffee,  went 
ashore  and  spent  the  afternoon  shopping,  in  anticipation 
of  my  friend  S.  joining  me  Monday  morning.  While 
I was  ashore  somebody  had  thrown  a handbill  into  my 
cabin.  It  turned  out  to  be  the  harbor  regulations — some- 
thing new  this  year  (1903).  I turned  out  and  took  an 
observation.  Found  I was  lying  all  right,  being  to  the 
west  of  a line  drawn  from  the  black  buoy  off  McFar- 
land’s Island  to  the  steeple  of  the  Congregational 
church.  This  line  runs  about  over  the  eastern  end  of  the 
freight  house  on  the  Eastern  Steamship  Company’s 
wharf,  The  other  anchorage  in  the  inner  harbor  is  to 
the  eastward  of  a line  front  the  westernmost  tree  on 
Tumbler  Island  to<  a lone  spruce  tree  between  the  Meta- 
warmet  Hotel  and  Pierce  & Hartung’s  coal  wharf. 

June  28  (Sunday). — Had  breakfast  ashore.  Had  just 
returned  to  Bantam  when  Capt.  M.  hailed  me  and  luffed 
up  alongside  long  enough  to  hand  me  a telegram,  to 
deliver  which  he  had  kindly  sailed  over  from  his  place, 
and  tO'  transmit  an  invitation  to  dinner  from  a friend 
who  conducts  a summer  camp  for  boys  in  an  ideal  spot 
on  Townsend’s  Gut,  just  inside  the  Ink  Bottle.  Anchored 
in  the  cove  there  that  night. 

June  29. — Practiced  picking  up  a mooring  in  the  cove 
with  poor  success,  and  made  some  calls. 

June  30. — S.  arrived  and  we  sailed  around  Southport 
tc  Boothbay  Harbor.  Were  hailed  by  a catboat  off  Lower 
Mark  Island.  The  skipper  wanted  something  with  which 
to  buoy  his  anchor.  He  had  anchored  on  the  ledge  to 
fish,  and  could  not  get  it.  We  happened  to  have  a piece 
of  board,  so  we  sailed  close  past  him  and  threw  it  aboard. 
Got  lunch— crackers,  figs  and  port  wine — after  turning 
the  end  of  Southport  between  Cape  Island  and  the 
Cuckolds. 

July  1. — Summer  has  come.  Wind  S.W.  Were  to 
the  northward  of  Inner  Herron  Island  in  the  Damaris- 
cotta  River  by  noon  intending  to  run  into  Christmas 
Cove  and  eat  lunch;  but  as  the  wind  gave  every  indica- 
tion of  dying  out  completely,  and  S.  had  to  be  in  Booth- 
bay  Harbor  that  night  for  important  mail,  we  gave  it  up 
and  began  to  work  down  the  west  side  of  Herron  against 
the  head  flood  tide,  which,  but  for  our  sweep  in  S.’s 
hands,  would  have  set  us  on  the  reefs.  Late  in  the  after- 
noon the  wind  freshened  enough  to  get  us  into  Booth- 
bay  Harbor. 

July  2. — Wind  S.W.  Ran  up  the  Gut  to  try  Southport 
for  S.’s  mail,  which  had  not  materialized  at  Boothbay 
Harbor.  Wind  was  freshening  and  getting  into  the  west, 
and  we  went  through  the  draw  at  a satisfactory  speed. 
It  takes  a pair  to  open  this  draw — not  a pair  of  Jacks, 
but  a pair  of  noises — two  blows  of  the  whistle  or  two' 
toots  of  your  fog-horn;  or,  if  you  have  no  mechanical 
noise-maker,  two  yells.  Luffed  up  off  the  landing  and 
S.  took  the  boat  and  went  ashore  while  I sailed  about  the 
cove.  By  this  time  the  puffs  were  coming  in  heavy  from 
anywhere  between  west  and  north,  and  Bantam  got 
several  knockdowns.  A launch  passed  and  a lady  in  it 
took  a snapshot  of  us — I think  when  we  were  pretty  well 
heeled  over.  If  so,  I would  like  to  have  had  one  of 
the  photographs,  to  see  what  sort  of  an  exhibition  Ban- 
tam makes  of  herself  when  sailing  on  her  rail.  I thought 
it  was  time  to>  reef,  and  I was  busy  at  this  when  S.  came 
aboard,  and  we  were  soon  under  way  again  for  Five 
Islands.'  The , wind  had  backed  around  again  to  S.W. 
As  we  came  about  off  Boston  Island  it  blew  very  hard 
for  a few  seconds,  and  the  port  jib  sheet  parted.  I carry 
both  headsails  with  only  one  reef  in  the  mainsail.  As 
soon  as  I had  headway,  I put  her  back  on  the  starboard 
tack,  and  then  slacked  sheets  and  ran  up  behind  Isle  of 
Springs  while  S.  got  in  the  headsails.  We  anchored  in 
the  little  cove  north  of  the  steamboat  landing. 

' July  3. — The  strong  wind  of  yesterday  must  have 
started  the  luff  of  the  mainsail  from  the  bolt-rope.  We 
did  not  notice  it,  however,  as  we  raised  the  sail,  so  the 
whole  strain  of  our  swigging  on  the  throat  halliard  came 
on  the  edge  of  the  duck,  and  it  tore  a little.  Uncle  Sam 
still  had  his  grip  on  S.’s  mail,  and  our  programme  had 
been  to  run  over  to  Southport  and  get  it  and  then  go 
over  to  Five  Islands.  But  as  I now  had  a job  of  sail 
mending  on  my  hands,  S.  thought  he  could  row  over  to 
Southport  , and  back,  by  the  time  i had  it  finished.  (This 
proved  correct,  as  I am  not  an  expert  with  the  needle, 
and  the  rent  was  in  an  awkward  place  fo  get  at,  and  it 


was  almost  noon  before  I had  it  mended  to  suit  me.  We 
had  lunch  aboard  and  then  set  sail,  reefed  mainsail  and 
both  headsails.  The  wind  was  still  in  strong  puffs  from 
the  west,  mixed  with  intervals  when  it  was  almost  calm. 
After  sailing  down  the  Sheepscot  some  distance  below 
Five  Islands,  we  put  back  and  anchored  there  for  the 
night. 

July  4.— Sailed  over  to  Popham  Beach.  There  was  no 
incident  till  we  reached  the  mouth  of  the  Kennebec, 
which  we  did  some  time  before  the  ebb  had  ceased  to 
run.  We  found  we  could  do  nothing  against  it  with 
the  uncertain  N.W.  to  N.  wind  which  was  steadily  be- 
coming lighter.  When,  after  having  worked  up  to  be- 
tween North  and  South  Sugar  Loaf,  we  drifted  almost 
down  to  the  red  spar  off  north  end  of  Pond  Island,  we 
thought  it  time  to  quit,  so  ran  over  close  to  the  beach 
on  the  west  side  and  anchored.  After  loafing  a while, 
during  which  I put  a new  strand  in  the  cable  where  it 
had  chafed  against  the  bobstay,  we  had  a swim.  The 
water  was  cold,  but  the  sun  and  wind  were  delightfully 
warm.  The  wind  the  last  three  days  had  been  unusually 
warm  and  dry  for  Maine,  almost  as  if  a few  parched 
whiffs  from  Kansas  had  strayed  our  way.  By  the  time 
lunch  was  over  and  cleared  away,  the  current  was  mak- 
ing up  stream,  but  not  till  more  than  an  hour  after  low 
water.  We  shook  out  the  reef  and  got  up  sail,  and  now, 
as  a few  light  zephyrs  came  off  the  sea,  we  made  in  a 
few  minutes  more  than  twice  the  distance  we  had  won 
and  lest  in  an  hour  in  the  morning.  Anchored  near  the 
beach  opposite  the  hotel,  between  the  steamboat  wharf 
and  the  fort.  After  stowing  the  sails,  landed  on  the 
beach,  as  there  is  no  floating  stage  here.  In  fact,  there 
is  no  region  on  the  coast  of  Maine  that  I know  of  where 
the  facilities  for  landing  are  so  good  as  in  the  neighbor- 


BANTAM. 


hood  of  Boothbay.  There  are,  for  ins  .lance,  floating 
stages  at  the  Metawarmet  and  on  the  town  side,  at  West 
Harbor,  Mouse  Island,  Capital  Island,  Squirrel  Island, 
Murray  Hill  (head  of  Linekin’s  Bay),  Cape  Harbor, 
Christmas  Cove,  Southport  Landing,  Isle  of  Springs  and 
Five  Islands,  and  others  which  the  writer  does  not  re- 
member exactly. 

July  5. — Light  wind  from  the  south.  Our  objective  to- 
day was  Mackerel  Cove,  Bailey’s  Island.  About  half 
way  between  Seguin  and  Cape  Small,  while  S.  was  at  the 
tiller,  a young  land  bird,  tired  of  flying,  perched  itself 
on  my  sleeve.  I stroked  its  tail  with  my  hand,  but — my 
usual  luck — had  no  salt  handy.  It  remained  a few 
seconds  longer,  then  winged  away  again.  Had  lunch  be- 
tween Cape  Small  and  the  Monument,  during  which  we 
passed  Ragged  Island,  which  is  said  to  have  been  the 
scene  of  Kellogg’s  “Elm  Isle”  stories,  which  I used  to 
pore  over  as  a boy.  Anchored  in  Mackerel  Cove  in  five 
fathoms  at  3 P.  M.  The  oronrietor  of  the  boat  livery 
here  has  a floating  stage,  but  he  had  not  put  it  in  com- 
mission yet. 

July  6.— Rained  during  the  night  and  part  of  the  fore- 
noon. Under  way  at  10.  Beat  down  to  the  Monument, 
then  put  helm  up  and  reached  between  Haskell’s  Island 
and  Haddock  Rock  into-  Broad  Sound,  and  ran  up  past 
Green  Islands  and  the  pretty  little  Pound  of  Tea— on 
the  latter  of  which  a camping,  party  were  enjoying  an 
outing— into  Freeport  River  and  anchored  off  the  village 
of  South  Freeport.  It  had  now  cleared  up,  and  was 
bright  and  warm.  Got  supper  at  Casco  Castle  and  en- 
joyed the  magnificent  view  from  its  roof;  the  flood  had 
made  enough  to  cover  the  flats,  which  are  the  one  eye- 
sore in  this  part  of  Casco  Bay.  There  is  a yacht  club 
at  South  Freeport,  just  above  the  upper  wharves.  There 
are  steps  at  the  upper  wharves  where  one  can  land,  and 
a float  at  the  lower  wharves;  which,  however,  is  not 
accessible  at  low  water. 

July  7.— Went  out  of  Freeport  River  on  the  first  of  the 
ebb.  Almost  no  wind  at  any  time,  and  at  times  flat 
calm.  In  a calm  and  a tide-way  Bantam  has  a tendency 
to  go  stern-foremost.  If  we  permitted  this  procedure, 
it  would  take  the  whole  force  of  the  next  little  whiff  to 
get  us  pointed  on  our  course  again,  and  then  there 
would  be  another  soft  spot,  another  “tail-turning,”  and  a 
loss  of  any  advantage  there  was  in  the  intermittent 
zephyrs.  So  we  had  a sweep  over  the  side,  and  a few 
strokes  during  the  soft  spots  kept  up  our  steerage-way. 
Between  Busting’s  and  Bibber’s  Islands  the  wind 
freshened  a little  from  the  south,  and  we  bore  up  and 
skirted  along  the  deep  west  shore  of  the  Goose  Islands, 
and  peeped  through  the  romantic  looking  passage  be- 
tween Upper  and  Lower  Goose,  and  thought  we  would 
like  to  go  through  some  time  at  high  water.  Turned  the 
upper  end  of  Goose  and  beat  down  Middle  Bay,  going 
within  a few  feet  of  little  Irony  Island,  which  is  cer 
tainly  well  named.  The  wind  worked  to  the  S.W.  and 
freshened  to  a whole-sail  breeze,  and  we  reached  our 
objective  point — South  Harpswell — in  time  for  lunch 
which  we  took  on  board,  After  lunch,  landed  at  the 


7 B 


Merriconeag  House  float  and  sought  a bathroom,  which 
we  found  at  the  Ocean  View  House,  about  a mile  up  the 
Harpswell  Neck.  Returned  to  the  Merriconeag  and  had 
a most  excellent  supper  there,  which  we  enjoyed  to  the 
utmost. 

July  8.— Rained  during  the  night  and  at  intervals  dur- 
ing the  day.  S.  was  to  take  the  night  boat  from  Port- 
land to  Boston,  so  we  spent  the  morning  looking  for 
wind  enough  to'  take  us  over  to  Portland,  but  it  came 
not;  so  S.  had  to  fall  back  on  the  steamer  from  South 
■Harpswell. 

July  9. — Fine  morning.  Sailed  to  Portland,  or  rather 
Peak’s  Island.  As  the  wind  was  very  light  and  westerly 
— S.W.  to  W.  by  N. — and  would  have  a head  tide 
through  Chandler’s  Cove,  after  crossing  Broad  Sound 
I went  outside  through  Luckse’s  Sound  and  crept  along 
the  sea  side  of  .Long,  Peak’s  and  Cushing’s.  Off  White 
Head  the  wind  freshened  materially.  Anchored  off 
Forest  City  Landing.  After  lunch  aboard,  went  ashore 
and  walked  about  the  island,  as  I felt  rather  lonely  after 
S.’s  departure. 

July  10. — Fog.  Took  the  ferry  to  Portland  and  the 
trolley  out  beyond  Underwood  Springs,  which  are  on  the 
north  shore  of  Casco  Bay,  and  back.  By  this  time  the 
fog  had  cleared  off,  so  got  up  sail  and  knocked  about 
the  harbor  a little.  There  is  a float  at  the  steamer 
landing. 

July  ix. — Wind  N.N.E.  Went  off  before  it,  and 
through  the  passage  between  Peak’s  and  Cushing’s,  in- 
tending to  return  to  South  Plarpswell  via  the  passage  be- 
tween Crotch  (Cliff)  Island  and  Jewell’s  Island,  as  I 
had  never  been  through  that  way.  From  White  Head 
could  just  lay  my  course,  close-hauled;  but  the  wind 
came  lighter  and  lighter,  and  it  finally  fell  flat  calm 
when  up  with  Crotch  Island.  After  lolling  about  for 
twenty  minutes,  however,  it  suddenly  breezed  up  dead 
astern,  and  bowled  me  through  the  passage  and  into 
Pott’s  Horbor  in  good  style.  About  4 P.  M.  a coasting 
schooner  came  through  Pott’s  Harbor,  and,  attempting 
to  go  out  through  the  eastern  passage,  was  set  on  Pott’s 
Point  by  the  tide.  She  had  to  stay  there  four  or  five 
hours. 

July  12. — Flad  intended  to  go  out  through  the  eastern 
passage  if  the  wind  should  be  fair.  But  the  wind  was 
S.  and  not  very  strong  nor  steady,  and  the  worst  of  the 
flood  had  hardly  run.  So,  with  the  example  of  the 
schooner  before  me,  I determined  to'  go  round  by  the 
Monument.  Got  under  way  about  9:30,  and  passed  a big 
schooner  yacht  which  had  gone  out  ahead  of  me.  Of 
(course  she  hadn’t  wind  enough ; she  overtook  me  again 
off  Haddock  Rockj  but  just  as  she  was  about  to  pass  to 
windward  of  me,  between  me  and  the  black  buoy,  she 
came  about,  shaving  the  buoy  pretty  close,  and  easing 
her  sheets,  went  off  to,  the  northward  again.  The 
maneuver  seemed  rather  odd,  but  she  certainly  made  a 
stirring  picture.  Cleared  the  Monument  at  10:35,  and 
laid  a course  of  E.  by  S.  for  Small  Point.  The  wind 
was  freshening,  and  by  the  time  Bantam  was  up  with 
Bald  Head  Ledge  it  was  all  of  a whole-sail  breeze.  I 
kept  on  around  the  south  end  of  Seguin  before  easing 
my  sheets,  then  bore  up  and  headed  for  the  Cuckolds.  I 
was  now  dead  before  it,  as  the  wind  had  worked  around 
to  S.W.  by  S.  _ My  foresail  is  laced  to'  a boom,  and  I 
tried  to  boom  it  out  as  a makeshift  spinnaker,  but  did 
not  succeed,  for  the  wind  and  sea  were  so  lively  now 
that  Bantam,  before  the  wind,  would  not  spare  me,  from 
the  helm  more  than  a minute  at  a time.  I finally  gave  it 
up,  and  as  the  foresail  then  began  to  slash  viciously  from 
one  side  to  the  other,  I lowered  it,  and  the  jib,  too, 
though  it  was  not  so  obstreperous.  Off  the  Cuckolds  it 
became  necessary  to  gybe  or  come  about,  and  as  it  was 
blowing  too  hard  to  gybe  with  a whole  mainsail,  con- 
sidering the  risk  of  breaking  something,  I raised  the 
jib  and  came  about.  Off  Tumbler  Island  the  wind  was 
lighter,  so  I gybed;  and  again  after  passing  the  harbor 
buoy,  and  came  to  anchor  once  more  in  Boothbay 
Harbor  at  2 430  P.  M. 

July  13. — At  the  post-office  found  a letter  from  my 
friend  F.,  saying  he  would  take  passage  with  me  to 
Camden.  This  was  in  response  to  an  open  invitation 
given  before  leaving  home.  After  wiring  an  acknowledg- 
ment, I got  up  sail  and  went  around  into  Townsend’s 
Gut  to  visit  some  friends  who  had  come  since  I had  left. 
Anchored  in  the  cove  inside  the  Ink  Bottle. 

July  14. — Came  out  of  the  Gut  at  slack  high  water 
about  half  past  two  in  the  afternoon.  The  true  wind  was 
S.W..  but  in  the  narrow’s,  owing  to'  the  back  draft  from 
the  high  banks,  this  means  a foul  wind  on  both  tacks. 
It  becomes  more  and  more  fair  as  you  cross,  but  just  as 
you  are  pointing  fairly  down  the  Gut  you  have  to  come 
about. 

I had  two  ladies  as  passengers.  My  intention  was  to 
take  them  for  a sail,  then  make  for  Boothbay  Flarbor, 
where  I was  to  meet  F.  the  next  morning,  and  drive 
them  home.  But  the  wind  was  coming  in  heavy  puffs, 
and  Bantam,  sailing  pretty  well  over  on  her  side,  and 
occasionaly  taking  a bucketful  of  water  over  the  cock- 
pit rail,  proved  too  uncomfortable  for  them;  so  after 
beating  far  enough  down  the  west  side  to'  weather  Burnt 
Island,  ‘I  put  the  helm  up  and  crossed  over  to  the  east 
side  of  the  bay.  Finding  the  wind  had  too  much  west 
in  it  to  let  me  head  for  Tumbler  with  boom  on  port 
side  without  sailing  by  the  lee,  I came  about  again  to 
avoid  gybing.  Anchored  at  “The  Harbor,”  and  drove 
the  ladies  home  according  to  programme.  On  my  re- 
turn was  delighted  R>  find  that  F.  had  arrived,  twelve 
hours  earlier  than  he  had  expected.  So-  Bantam’s  sleep- 
ing accommodations  were  soon  once  more  fully  occupied. 

July  15. — Wind  S.  Got  under  way  at  10:30  A.  M. 
After  weathering  Gangway  Ledge  off  Ocean  Point,  we 
had  a fair  wind,  growing  stronger  and  hauling  a little 
to  the  W.  of  S.  for  Port  Clyde.  Flad  lunch  after  coming 
to  anchor  there;  then  rowed  about  the  harbor,  landing- 
on  a little  island,  which  had  a single  inhabitant,  a lobster 
fisherman  who  had  built  himself  a swing  to  help'  him 
while  away  his  lonely  idle  hours.  Then  landed  in  the 

town,  made  some  purchases,  and  returned  in  time  to  get 

supper  and  wash  and  put  away  the  things  before  dark. 

July  16. — While  I washed  and  put  away  the  breakfast 
things,  F.  rowed  ashore  tc  make  some  purchases  and  get 
some  fresh  water.  Under  way  at  10:15  A.  M.  Were 

delayed  at  the  last  moment  by  the  lacing  along  the  gaff 

starting.  After  the.  bell  buoy  off  Mosquito  Island  was 
weathered,  we’  again  had  a fair  wind  for  Rockland — 
south,  hauling  a,  little  jo  westward,  and  increasing,  so 


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that  as  we  entered  Rockland  Harbor  we  had  all  we 
needed  with  whole-sail.  A big  sloop,  say  60ft.,  over- 
hauled us  between  the  can  buoys  in  Owl’s  Head  Bay, 
but  not  so1  very  easily,  for  we  were  going  at  good  speed 
ourselves  about  that  time.  Anchored  in  Rockland 
Harbor  at  2 P.  M. 

July  17.- — Wind  E.  and  light.  This  was  the  first  indi- 
cation of  a change  from  the  beautiful  weather  we  had 
been  enjoying  since  June  26.  It  hauled  around  to  the 
S.,  however,  before  we  had  reached  the  breakwater, 
which  we  cleared  at  10:15.  Ran  into  Camden  Harbor  at 
12  to  enable  F.  to  get  his  mail,  and  out  again  at  12 :35, 
past  the  bell  buoy;  Turtle  Head  2:40.  There  was  a 
rainstorm  hanging  over  the  land  between  Northport  and 
Belfast.  The  wind  hauled  to  the  S.  by  E.,  and  we  had  to 
trim  the  sheets  flat  in  order  to  weather  Dice  Head.  I 
had  been  sailing  in  the  upper  bay  by.  a chart  which  had 
not  been  corrected  since  1900,  SO'  mistook  a new  black 
buoy  off  Nautilus  Island,  which  was  not  marked  on  the 
chart,  for  black  spar  No.  1,  which  was  obscured  against 
the  land.  F.  insisted  it  was  the  wrong  buoy.;  but  I, 
though  I had  some  misgivings  on  account  of  its  great 
distance  from  Dice  Head,  insisted  it  was  the  right  one. 
Suddenly  my  eye  caught  a streak  of  black  on  the  port 
quarter,  and  there,  to  my  mortification  and  also  relief, 
was  the  real  black  spar  No.  1 about  two  hundred  yards 
away.  The  day  had  been  bright  and  sunny  till  we 
turned  Turtle  Head,  but  now  the  rain  overtook  us.  . It 
was  only  a few  drops,  however,  and  was  over  by  the  time 
we  came  to  anchor  in  Smith’s  Cove.  “Duded  up”  and 
went  ashore,  and  after  walking  down  to  the  Dome  of  the 
Rock,  returned  on  board  and  got  supper.  Had  to  put 
the  mosquito-  netting  across  the  companion  way  before 
we  had  finished. 

July  18. — One  of  the  most  beautiful  mornings  I have 
ever  seen.  It  was  high  water,  and  the  sun  shone  brightly 
on  the  entrancing  little  town  across  the  Bagaduce.  I 
know  of  no  village  on  the  coast  that  puts  forth  a more 
homogeneous  and  charmingly  consistent  front  than 
Castine,  as  it  terraces  back  from  the  harbor  front  to 
Ft.  George.  After  breakfast,  F.  had  an  ambition  to  go 
ashore  and  sit  on  a rock  under  a tree  while  he  applied 
the  Bristol  brick  to  the  knives,  and  while  I busied  my- 
self about  the  boatswain’s  department.  After  getting 
some  water  at  the  well  of  an  empty  summer  cottage, 
we  got  under  way  about  ten  and  sailed  over  to  the  town, 
where  I lay  to  while  F.  went  ashore  and  did  some 
errands.  After  a reach  across  to  Turtle  Head  and  a 
thrash  to  windward  down  the  western  bay,  ending  up 
with  a little  more  than  a whole-sail  wind,  we  came  to 
anchor  in  Gilkey  Harbor — Ames’  Cove,  to  be  more 
precise.  __  _ 

July  19. — Wind  easterly;  rain.  As  we  only  intended  to 
run  over  to  Camden,  and  it  was  snug  and  comfortable 
in  bed  and  cold  and  cheerless  outside,  we  stayed  abed 
late.  Got  off  under  full  sail  about  a quarter  of  eleven. 

It  was  not  blowing  hard  enough  to  suggest  . a reef 
with  a free  wind.  Glanced  at  the  clock  in  the  cabin  when 
up  with  Minot’s  Ledge  buoy.  It  was  between  10 :55  and 
11.  By  this  time  it  began  to  blow  much  harder,  and  if 
the  wind  had  not  been  free  I would  have  put  in  a reef. 
By  the  time  we  had  cleared  the  Ensign  it  was  blowing 
pretty  near  a gale.  We  could  not  see  the  Camden  side, 
so  laid  our  course  WJ4S.  for  the  bell  buoy.  It  was 
now  blowing  a full  gale,  and  when  we  sighted  the  buoy 
we  realized  that  we  were  making  some  speed.  We 
passed  it  at  11 :35,  having  run  the  five  miles  in  37  or  38 
minutes.  We  came  to  anchor  a couple  of  minutes  later, 
dropping  both  anchors.  I keep  the  second  anchor  at  the 
bow,  too,  with  cable  bent  and  coiled  around  the  bitts, 
so  that  after  casting  off  a stop  or  two  it  is  all  ready  to 
let  go.  Furling  the  jib  was  a wet  job,  seeing  that 
Bantam  was  putting  her  bowsprit  under  with  every 
heave;  but  when  that  was  done,  the  outside  work  was 
over,  and  we  retired  to  the  cabin  and  indulged  in  a 
change  of  clothes.  We  spent  most  of  the  afternoon  in 
the  cabin,  only  going  on  deck  occasionally  to  tend  to  the 
cables,  and  later  to  put  F.  ashore,  for  this  was  the  end 
of  his  cruise.  I then  returned,  and  after  a good  supper 
retired  early  and  slept  soundly,  notwithstanding  the 
motion. 

July  19-August  13. — Remained  in  Camden  Harbor,  tak- 
ing friends  out  for  a sail  occasionally.  But  Bantam  is 
not  well  adapted  to-  accommodate  a party,  for  her  cock- 
pit is  small. 

August  14. — Sailed  for  Boothbay  Harbor.  The  wind 
was  W.,  coming  in  strong  puffs,  so  put  in  one  reef,  as 
would  be  close-hauled  in  Mussel  Ridge  Channel.  Though 
the  wind  was  shifty.  Bantam  managed  to  get  through 
Owl’s  Head  Bay  without  tacking— now  pointing  west 
and  again  south.  The  wind  came  light  after  passing 
Ash  Island,  and  I thought  of  shaking  out  the  reef.  But 
off  Otter  Island  it  came  up  fresh  from  the  S.W.  When 
up  with  Whitehead,  found  I could  just  lay  my  course  for 
Tennant’s  Harbor,  so,  as  I had  never  been  in  there,  and 
it  was  a dead  beat  for  Mosquito  Island  bell  buoy,  I de- 
cided to  make  for  Tennant’s,  especially  as  the  chances 
were  that  the  wind  would  start  in  N.W.  again  in  the 
morning,  as  it  had  been  doing  for  the  last  few  days, 
backing  to  S.W.  After  spending  a couple  of  hours 
ashore  at  Tennant’s  Harbor,  I returned  to  Bantam,  got 
my  supper  and  turned  in  at  8. 

August  15.— Turned  out  at  4:50  A.  M.,  and  after  get- 
ting breakfast  and  cleaning  up,  got  under- way,  gliding 
gently  out  of  the  harbor  at  6.  The  wind  was  light 
from  N.W.,  but  by  the  time  Bantam  had  cleared  the 
bell  off  Mosquito  it  had  worked  around  to  the  west- 
ward enough  to  prevent  laying  a course  direct  for  Davis 
Straits,  so  headed  to  the  south  of  Black  Rock.  I had 
kept  the  reef  in,  as  I expected  it  to  do  as  it  had  done 
recently — blow  hard  during  the  day;  but  finally  despair- 
ing of  wind,  1 shook  out  the  reef  and  within  half  an 
hour  after  had  all  I wanted.  It  was  so  clear  that  the 
houses  on  Monhegan,  six  miles  away,  could  easily  be 
distinguished.  The  new  wind  was  from  the  S.W.,  so  did 
not  drop  anchor  in  Townsend’s  Gut  till  2:30  P.  M. 

August  16. — Had  a sail  in  a friend’s  auxiliary  round 
by  the  Sheepscot  and  Cross  River,  past  The  Ovens’ 
Mouths,  returning  by  Back  River.  This  trip,  practically 
impossible  without  power,  made  me  wish  I had  a power 
tender.  I wouldn’t  have  a motor  in  the  yacht  herself; 
it  would  take  away  all  interest  in  cruising  for  me.  I 
don’t  know  but  that  a power  tender  would  do  so,  too; 
but  it  certainly  would  be  handy  for  getting  into  such  re- 


mote and  beautiful  nooks  as  the  Ovens’  Mouths.  It 
would  perhaps  double  one’s  cruising  radius. 

August  17. — With  one  reef  in,  the  wind  being  strong 
from  the  W.,  sailed  some  members  of  the  “Hope  and 
Faith  Association,”  together  with  sundry  remains  of  a 
lawn  fete  over  to  “The  Harbor.” 

August  18-22. — Made  my  headquarters  in  “The  Gut,” 
taking  an  occasional  morning  or  afternoon  sail.  On  the 
19th  returning  to  Bantam  about  9 P.  M.  after  a visit 
ashore,  I found  her  dragging  anchor.  Carried  a line  to 
one  of  Captain  M.’s  moorings,  and  on  getting  up  the 
anchor  found  the  cable  fouled  around  one  of  the  flukes. 
On  coming  to  anchor  that  afternoon  a strong  puff  came 
up  just  as  I was  going  to  round  up  into  the  wind,  and  I 
had  to  snub  her  with  the  hook  to  keep  from  going  ashore. 

1 suppose  in  dropping  back  she  caught  the  bight  of  the 
cable  over  the  fluke.  On  the  20th  put  Bantam  out  on 
Captain  M.’s  blockings  to  scrub  bottom.  She  was  very 
foul  with  grass  from  keel  to-  waterline,  and  either  scup- 
per had  a nest  of  mussels  in  it.  How  seasons  differ ! 
Last  season  after  a similar  cruise,  there  wasn’t  a particle 
of  grass  on  her  bottom — just  a little  fringe  on  the  edge 
of  the  lead. 

August  23. — My  friend  B.,  who  is  no  stranger  to  Ban- 
tam, arrived  on  the  morning  boat,  and  was  soon  installed 
in  the  guest  chamber,  namely,  the  port  berth.  As  soon  as 
he  had  stowed  his  belongings,  we  worked  out  of  the  Gut 
with  a head  wind  and  favoring  tide.  As  B.  had  had  but 
a nominal  breakfast,  we  dined  at  the  hotel  at  Boothbay 
Harbor,  then  got  up  sail  and  worked  down  the  bay  to* 
windward,  until,  below  Squirrel  Island,  the  wind  left 
us.  After  a half  hour  it  arose  again  from  the  same 
quarter,  and  we  ran  up  the  bay  and  inspected  the  new 
Bath-built  cruiser  Cleveland,  which  had  come  . in  pre- 
paratory to  making  her  trial  trip.  Anchored  in  “The 
Harbor.” 

August  24.- — Under  way  at  10  A.  M.  Sailed  around  to* 
Linekin’s  Bay,  where  B.  got  into  the  dinghy  with  the 
camera  while  I sailed  Bantam  back  and  forth  to  have 
her  picture  taken.  Sailed  up  to  Murray  Hill  and 
anchored  for  lunch,  after  which  we  rowed  ashore  and 
walked  over  to  East  Boothbay  and  visited  the  shipyards 
on  the  Damariscotta. 

August  25. — Under  way  about  10  A.  M.  I seldom  sail 
before  9,  and  more  often  it  is  after  10  before  I get  up 
sail.  I find  that  if  one  is  under  way  by  10  and  in  harbor 
again  by  4:30,  he  usually  gets  the  cream  of  the  day’s 
sailing,  and  has  fewer  hard  luck  calm  stories  to  tell  than 
the  other  fellow;  at  least  this  is  so  on  the  Maine  coast. 
Ran  into  Christmas  Cove  long  enough  to  have  lunch, 
which,  after  cooking  it  below,  we  ate  in  the  cockpit  while 
drinking  in  the  quiet  beauties  of  this  landlocked  harbor. 
On  the  beat  back  to  Boothbay  Harbor,  had  an  unpleasant 
experience  with  one  of  the  regular  steamers  plying  these 
waters.  We  were  standing  in  on  the  starboard  tack  to- 
ward Inner  Herron  Island.  I had  noticed  the  steamer 
about  a minute  before  rounding  the  northern  end  of  the 
island,  but  did  not  give  her  a second  thought,  it  never 
entering  my  head  that  she  would  not  give  us  plenty  of 
room.  Having  run  as  near  the  reefs  as  I thought  pru- 
dent, I came  about,  and  there  was  the  steamer  almost 
upon  us ! I kept  on  a few  seconds  to  get  some  headway, 
at  the  same  time  figuring  whether  the  steamer  could  turn 
quickly  enough  to  clear  us  if  we  kept  on.  She  decided 
that  point  by  giving  three  whistles.  We  gave  her  the 
benefit  of  the  doubt  by  translating  this  to  mean  “We 
can’t  clear,”  and  not  “We  won’t  try  to  clear.”.  I imme- 
diately put  Bantam  on  the  starboard  tack  again,  and  as. 
soon  as  she  had  headway,  back  on  the  port  tack,  for  I 
was  as  near  the  rocks  as  I cared  to  be,  and  by  this  time 
the  steamer  had  passed. 

August  26.- — Rain.  After  breakfast,  waited  on  board 
till  eleven  looking  for  wind.  Then  gave  it  up  an  went 
ashore  and  put  in  the  morning  at  the  barber’s  and  the 
bowling  alleys,  the  rain  meanwhile  keeping  up  steadily. 
The  conditions  being  the  same  in  the  afternoon,.  stayed’ 
aboard.  B.  read  some  short  stories  aloud  while  I listened, 
and  later  brewed  a hot  Scotch — or  to  speak  accurately,  a 
hot  Irish. 

August  27. — Bright  and  cheerful  again.  About  10 
A.  M.  ran  out  before  a light  N.E.  wind  which  dropped 
away  to  nothing  off  Tumbler.  After  a calm  which  lasted 
about  two  minutes,  it  came  up  light  from  the  S.W.  Beat 
leisurely  down  the  bay  and  between  Cape  Island  and 
The  Cuckolds,  intending  to  run  into  Cape  Harbor — the 
little  harbor  inclosed  about  the  end  of  Cape  Newagen  by 
Cape  and  Hunting  islands  and  The  Ark.  After  clearing 
the  reefs  making  off  from  Hunting,  gybed  and  ran 
in  for  the  entrance.  I realized  I had  to  hug  the  South- 
port  shore,  and  thought  I was  doing  so,  as  the  lobster-pot 
buoys  on  that  side  were  only  a few  feet  away..  But  I 
soon  found  that  the  channel  is  not  nearly  as  wide  as  it 
looks  after  half  flood,  and  what  looks  like  the  middle  of 
the  entrance  is  really  the  edge  of  the  reefs  making  out 
from  the  north  of  Hunting  Island,  for  we  suddenly  felt 
a bump  and  a scrape  and  found  ourselves  hanging  on  the 
said  reef.  Fortunately  the  wind  was  very  light,  and  the 
tide  had  still  a couple  of  hours  to  flow..  So  we  got  the 
anchor  over  the  port  quarter,  and  a friendly  .fisherman 
offering  to  carry  it  out  for  us,  and  the  proprietor  of  a 
catboat  which  we  saw  moored  within  the  harbor,  helping 
us  heave  on  the  cable,  Bantam  was  off  again  in  short 
order.  After  lunch,  we  left  the  harbor  by  the  eastern 
passage,  first  rowing  through  it  in  the  dinghy  to  locate 
the  deep  water,  for  the  passage  is  very  narrow.  A reef 
makes  out  from  the  Southport  shore,  overlapping  The 
Ark.  This  reef  and  those  which  fill  the  southern  part 
of  the  harbor  were  under  water,  and  to  pass  between 
them  we  made  for  a rock  off  the  southern  end  of  The 
Ark,  which  we  had  fixed  upon  as  a mark.  As  soon  as.  we 
had  passed  the  grass  on  the  port  side,  we  put  the  tiller 
down  and  turned,  almost  at  right-angles,  to  the.  north- 
ward through  a well-defined  passage,  and  so  out  into  the 
open  bay. 

August  28.- — B.  was  forced  to  take  his  departure,  and 
I felt  the  season  was  growing  to  a close.  After  seeing 
him  off,  sailed  down  the  bay  and  around  Ram  Island. 
You  can  anchor  between  it  and  Fisherman’s  or  make  fast 
to  a buoy  there  and  go  ashore  and  get  a fine  chowder  and 
cup  of  coffee  at  the  lighthouse  keeper’s  home. 

August  29. — Sailed  about  the  bay,  ending  by  anchoring 
at  Mouse  Island.  The  best  anchorage  is  in  the  bight  on 
the  west  shore  of  the  island.  The  water  is  rather  deep, 
but  there  is  good  holding  ground  and  no  kelp  ledges..  On 
the  north  shore  pf  the  islands  you  are  apt  to  lose  your 


anchor  on  account  of  these. 

August  30. — Sailed  a Sabbath  day’s  journey  into  “The 
Gut,”  and  ended  the  cruise  by  picking  up  one  of  Captain 
M.’s  moorings. 


Selecting  Marine  Gasolene  Engines 

BY  A.  E.  POTTER. 

Between  now  and  the  close  of  the  Motorboat  and 
Sportsmen’s  Show,  which  occurs  March  9,  many  of  .our 
readers  will  be  called  upon  to  make  selections  of  engines 
or  launches  for  their  own  use.  There  are  two  classes — - 
those  who  know  what  they  want,  and  those  who  do  not. 

If  a man  has  owned  and  run  a power  boat,  he  ought  to 
know  more  about  what  he  wants  than  if  this  is  to  be  his 
first  season.  If  he  has  had  experience  in  sailing  boats 
he  is  better  fitted  to  know  the  requirements  in  a launch, 
particularly  if  to  be  used  for  cruising,  which  is  usually 
the  power  boat  owner’s  ideal  type  even  if  he  is  unable 
to  stand  the  cost. 

In  selecting  an  engine,  there  are  several  important 
things  to  be  taken  into  consideration,  and  these  should 
be  carefully  weighed  in  the  mind  if  one  would  avoid 
possibility  of  dissatisfaction,  trouble  or  other  contin- 
gencies. 

The  price  is  no  mean  question,  and  is  of  course  first 
to  be  considered.  If  you  are  not  familiar  with  the  two 
and  four-cycle  types,  study  them  carefully,  find  out  their 
difference,  the  advantages  and  disadvantages  of  both 
types,  for  they  have  both.  Inquire  from  owners  why 
they  selected  as  they  did,  and  if  they  would  make  a 
similar  selection  a second  time. 

If  an  agent  makes  any  verbal  attempts  to  sell  you  an 
engine,  have  him  in  all  cases  commit  to'  writing  just  what 
he  claims,  so  that  you  may  investigate  and  find  whether 
his  claims  are  indefinite,  tending  to  deceive  you,  or  are 
bona  fide.  Carefully  study  all  catalogues,  and  sift  out 
claims  that  you  find  extravagant  and  on  their  face  un- 
reasonable. If  you  are  unable  to  understand  some  claims, 
write  to  the  manufacturer  and  have  him  verify  what. he 
says.  In  other  words,  put  in  all  your  spare  time  studying 
up  the  gasolene  engine  for  your  own  benefit.  Having 
decided  what  type  you  prefer,  select  the  particular  make 
you  think  best  adapted  to  your  needs,  and  then  find  out 
if  possible  whether  or  not  it  is  well  adapted  to  your 
needs  or  your  requirements.  It  may  be  necessary . to 
consult  someone  who  will  advise  you  as  to  its  suitability, 
size,  etc.  You  should  be  able  to  decide  whether  you  will 
use  an  engine  with  a reversing  gear  or  reversing  wheel, 
as  some  cases  will  not  permit  of  the  use  of  one  and  will 
allow  the  other.  It  may  be  convenient  and  quite  essen- 
tial to  use  a governor,  and  there  are  also  cases  where 
a governor  would  be  superfluous. 

You  should  be  familiar  with  both  make-and-break  and 
jump  spark  ignition,  and  ought  to  be  able  to  say  which 
you  prefer.  Some  two-cycle  engines  are  of  the  more 
modern  “three-ported”  style,  while  others  use  the  check 
valve  inlet.  Some  two-cycle  engines  have  to  be  “primed” 
with  gasolene  when  starting,  others  do  not;  some  will 
start  with  the  relief  cock  open  or  the  compression  other- 
wise relieved,  and  others  never;  some  run  in  both  direc- 
tions, others  do  not;  some  use  gear  pumps,  some  centri- 
fugal, and  some  plunger  pumps  for  water  circulation; 
float  feed  carburetors  may  be  used  in  some  cases  and 
vaporizers  in  others ; there  are  removable  heads,  and 
heads  and  cylinders  in  one  piece;  there  are  some  built  to 
separate  at  the  base,  and  others  with  end  bearing  plates; 
hand  holes  and  without;  removable  igniters,  and  those 
that  have  to  be  taken  out  after  removing  the  heads; 
valves  may  in  some  cases  be  easily  removed  and  ground, 
and  in  others  it  may  take  a man  from  the  shop  several 
hours.  These  are  all  important  features,  but  they  are 
by  no  means  all  you  should  know  of  the  engine  before 
you  give  an  order  for  it. 

You  should  know  the  diameter  of  the  cylinders  and  the 
length  of  stroke,  as  well  as  the  number  of  revolutions, 
and  compare  these  with  other  engines  of  similar  dimen- 
sions and  rated  horsepower.  The  life  of  the  engine 
and  its  probable  cost  of  operation  should  be  considered; 
likewise  probable  cost  of  repairs  and  new  parts.  Its  value 
as  a second-hand  engine  after  a year  or  two’s  careful  use 
should  be  estimated  by  comparison  with  others.  You  do 
not  know  how  soon  you  may  want  to  purchase  a larger 
engine  or  larger  boat,  and  a second-hand  engine,  unless 
it  is  well  made  and  well  known,  is  not  usually  a particu- 
larly salable  article. 

One  of  the  most  usual  defects  I have  found  in  engines, 
and  these  not  necessarily  of  the  cheaper  makes,  is  poor 
alignment.  This  is  a very  hard  thing  to  correct,,  and 
unless  the  engine  with  respect  to  its  crank  shaft,  cylinder 
bore,  piston  and  connecting  rod,  is  absolutely  in  line,  its 
life  is  materially  shortened,  and  value  correspondingly 
lessened. 

The  amount  of  muffling  that  the  manufacturers  sup- 
ply with  their  engines  varies  greatly.  In  the  design  of 
the  engine  the  amount  that  it  will  stand  without  great 
loss  of  power  may  be  more  in  some  cases  than  in  others. 
If  you  do  not  care  how  much  noise  your  engine  makes, 
it  does  not  matter;  but  rarely  have  I met  a power  boat 
owner  but  that  he  had  greater  respect  for  an  engine  if 
it  did  not  make  too  much  noise. 

In  the  construction  of  some  engines,  cheaper  material 
is  often  used.  In  some  cases  it  does  not  materially  de- 
crease the  value  of  the  product,  and  in  other  cases  it 
does.  Iron  water  piping  of  course  will  not  last  so  .long 
as  brass.  Around  salt  water  black  iron  exhaust  piping 
is  usually  preferable  to  galvanized,  and  it  costs  less. 

Frequently  the  engine  itself,  without  wheel,  shaft,  bat- 
teries, tools,  etc.,  will  be  offered  at  a very  low  price;  but 
when  the  necessary  extras  are  added,  usually  at  a padded 
price,  the  total  exceeds  that  at  which  you  considered 
another  make  too  high  priced. 

It  may  be  that  one  make  of  engine  has  5m.  cylinders 
and  Sin.  stroke,  while  another  has  4l4in.  cylinders  and 
Sl^in.  stroke.  They  both  are  perhaps  listed  at  the  same 
horsepower,  but  the  piston  displacement  of  the  sin.  by 
Sin.  is  nearly  \2]A  per  cent,  more  than  the  by  Sl4in. 

Ordinarily  the  sin.  stroke  engine  would  run  fully  as  fast 
as  the  5H>in.  stroke,  and  all  other  things  being  equa.l, 
either  the  sin.  by  sin.  is  under  or  the  4l4in.  by  Sl4in.  is 
overrated. 

The  rate  of  compression  is  another  feature  to  be  looked 
after.  Jt  may  be  so  high  that  the  engine  ?s  hat4  tQ  start, 


Jan.  28,  1905.] 


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or  it  may  be  likely  to  cause  pre-ignition.  It  may  be  so 
low  as  to  lose  valuable  power.  The  crank  case  compres- 
sion may  be  lower  than  it  ought — it  cannot  be  too  high. 

Lubrication  is  a very  important  feature  which  is  liable 
to  be  slighted,  and  a careful  study  of  that  important 
equipment  is  essential.  Some  engine  manufacturers  claim 
that  a wrist  pin  turning  in  the  piston  is  preferable  to 
one  having  a bearing  in  the  upper  end  of  the  piston  rod. 
Both  have  their  good  and  bad  points,  but  no  matter 
which  method  is  employed,  it  should  never  be  allowed  to 
protrude  through  the  piston  sufficient  to  “score”  the  wall 
of  the  cylinder. 

The  engine  that  has  its  parts  easily  accessible,  is  well 
and  carefully  designed  and  built,  that  is  the  best  adapted 
to  your  especial  requirements,  that  will  wear  the  longest 
and  be  worth  the  most  second-hand,  is  a good,  safe 
engine  to  buy. 

The  installation  must  be  made  safe  and  the  greatest 
care  should  be  exercised  in  running  it  and  caring  for  it 
for  the  sake  of  personal  safety  and  to  get  the  full  value 
out  of  the  engine. 

In  the  matter  of  guarantees  from  the  manufacturer  or 
salesman,  they  should  be  carefully  drawn,  if  at  all. 
If  a man  buys  something  that  is  guaranteed  to  be  as 
represented,  the  manufacturer  should  be  willing  to  re- 
duce the  claims  to-  writing.  The  guaranteed  horsepower 
and  consumption  should,  however,  be  cautiously  drawn, 
for  it  is  quite  easy  if  one  is  so  disposed  to  readily  re- 
duce the  efficiency  of  an  engine,  and  a manufacturer 
would  be  very  foolish  to  guarantee  a certain  horsepower 
for  any  length  of  time,  for  there  are  a great  many  things 
that  may  reduce  it  for  which  the  manufacturer  ought  not 
be  responsible;  but  if  an  engine  is  sold  and  guaranteed 
to  give  a certain  brake  horsepower,  it  ought  to  show 
that  on  test  before  being  placed  in  the  boat.  When  the 
engine  is  first  installed,  the  owner  or  operator  should 
carefully  time  the  engine  speed,  and  note  it  for  future 
comparison.  If  the  engine  is  rated  at  5 horsepower  at 
375  revolutions  per  minute,  and  only  shows  300,  it  can 
readily  be  seen  that  the  engine  is  developing  fully  20 
per  cent,  less  power  than  it  ought.  If  after  a few  weeks’ 
use  the  speed  is  reduced,  it  can  also  be  seen  that  the 
engine  efficiency  is  decreasing,  and  a remedy  should  be 
immediately  applied;  first  discovering  the  cause,  which 
at  that  time  may  be  very  slight,  but  if  left  may  do 
incalculable  harm. 

Engines  built  this  season  ought  to  be  of  better  general 
construction  than  ever  before.  There  are  some  new  en- 
gines seen  this  spring  for  the  first  time,  and  the  knowl- 
edge of  the  art  is  so  well  understood  and  the  necessity 
of  careful  machining  so  well  appreciated  by  gas  engine 
manufacturers  of  responsibility,  that  they  will  be  in 
duty  bound  to  make  good  any  damage  resulting  from 
poor  material  or  workmanship ; but  do  not  expect  them 
to  replace  or  be  responsible  for  breakage  or  accidents  for 
which  you  alone  are  to  be  blamed. 

In  the  matter  of  delivery,  hardly  a season  but  that  de- 
lays of  several  months  beyond  the  agreed  time  of  delivery 
occur,  and  it  is  but  just  that  delivery  should  he  guar- 
anteed under  forfeit,  for  no  power  boat  owner  should  be 
compelled  to  forego  the  pleasures  of  its  use  for  several 
weeks  or  months  of  the  season  with  redress. 

In  selecting  your  engine  for  next  season  you  have  an 
unenviable  assignment  at  least. 


Queries  on  Marine  Motors. 

R.  J.  H.,  Port  Jefferson,  N.  Y. — Would  I improve  my  ignition 
by  using  twenty  cells  dry  battery  connected  five  in  series  and 
four  in  parallel? 

Ans. — There  seems  to  be  no  ouject  in  loading  your 
launch  with  20  cells  dry  battery  when  two  sets  of  5 each 
will  be  found  ample,  no  matter  whether  using  make-and- 
break  or  jump  spark.  If  your  ignition  is  properly  ad- 
justed, contact  is  not  too  long,  and  spark  coil  is  adapted 
to  the  current  and  engine,  five  ct  . will  be  found  suffi- 
cient with  another  s<t  in  reserve,  jr  case  by  any  over- 
sight both  sets  should  become  weak,  they  can  be  con- 
nected together  in  parallel  -nd  will  do  for  temporary  use. 

B.  E.  J.,  Jamestown,  Va.— How  can  I increase  the  speed  and 
power  of  my  launch?  I use  hei  for  towing  occasionally,  and  do 
not  get  results  I would  like.  Engine  is  double  cylinder,  25 
H.  P. 

Ans. — It  is  hard  to  diagnose  the  case  with  no  data 
from  which  to  work.  The  proper  thing  for  you  to  do  is 
first  find  from  the  manufacturer  whether  or  not  the 
present  speed  of  the  engine  can  be  increased  safely  and 
profitably.  Increasing  the  engine  speed  increases  the 
power  up  to  a certain  limit,  depending  on  the  type  and 
design  of  the  engine.  A change  in  your  propeller  is 
probably  necessary.  If  you  will  send  data  we  will  answer 
the  question  more  fully  later.  We  would  like  to  know 
the  name  of  the  engine  (not  for  publication,  though),  the 
number  of  revolutions  the  engine  made  when  new  and 
number  now.  Would  also  like  to  know  the  size  of  wheel, 
diameter,  pitch,  width  of  blade,  number  of  blades,  and 
whether  true  or  compound  pitch. 

B.  J.  E.,  Tarrytown,  N.  Y.— Is  there  more  or  less  power  in 
kerosene  than  gasolene? 

Ans. — More  heat  units  in  one  gallon  of  kerosene  and 
more  in  one  pound  of  gasolene.  The  reason  for  this  is 
that  kerosene  is  heavier  than  gasolene,  having  more 
carbon  and  less  hydrogen. 

H.  R.  S.,  Sandusky,  O.— What  difference  is  there  between  salt 
water  and  fresh  water  equipment  for  gasolene  engines. 

Ans. — Cast  iron  and  steel  are  sometimes  used  for 
power  boats  in  fresh  water  for  propeller  wheels,  stern 
bearings  and  shafts,  but  not  in  salt  water,  on  account 
of  the  corrosive  action  of  the  saline  solution.  Bronze  is 
the  only  metal  suitable. 


The  Ormond-Daytona  Beach  Fatal  Accident. — It 
was  with  sorrow  that  the  many  friends  in  both  power 
boat  and  automobile  circles  of  Frank  Croker,  the  well- 
known  owner  of  XPDNC,  learned  of  his  death  and 
that  of  his  chauffeur  a few  days  ago  on  the  Florida 
beach.  Automobile  running  at  such  lightning  speed  is  in 
itself  dangerous,  much  more  so  than  power  boating;  but 
the  most  deplorable  part  of  the  affair  is  that  in  spite  of 
posted  notices  and  general  knowledge  of  the  presence  of 
high  speed  cars,  anyone  would  knowingly  expose  him- 
self and  others  to  such  deadly  peril  by  his  presence  on 
(be  beach  \yitb  a motor  chair. 


British  Letter. 

There  has  been  an  animated  controversy  going  on  in 
one  of  our  leading  yachting  papers  for  the  last  two 
months  on  the  subject  of  hospitality  among  yacht  clubs 
to  strangers  visiting  their  ports,  and  the  general  con- 
sensus of  opinion  appears  to  be  that,  although  Scotch, 
Irish  and  Welsh  clubs  are  almost  without  exception  will- 
ing and  anxious  to  admit  strange  A to  their  clubs  and 
make  them  welcome  during  their  visit,  the  South  of 
England  clubs  act  on  precisely  the  opposite  plan,  and 
show  strangers  the  cold  shoulder.  There  have  been 
many  letters  from  owners  of  yachts  who  have  visited 
southern  ports  time  after  time  and  laid  in  their  yachts 
for  days  together  flying  the  burgees  of  well  known  clubs, 
but  no  notice  has  been  taken  of  their  presence;  and  on 
one  or  two  occasions  where  owners  have  gone  ashore  to 
inquire  whether  they  could  use  the  club  during  their 
stay,  they  have  been  met  with  a curt  refusal.  One  of  the 
worst  offenders  in  this  respect  appears  to  be  the  Fowey 
Y.  C.,  a body  of  not  much  importance  nor  of  very  long 
standing;  and  although  its  rear-commodore  has  been 
endeavoring  to  champion  its  cause,  he  has  not  been  able 
to  do  so-  with  any  marked  degree  of  success.  The  fact 
is  the  South  of  England  clubs  are  more  social  bodies 
than  yacht  racing  clubs.  Most  of  them — especially  the 
larger  ones — give  only  one  regatta  a year,  during  which 
every  owner  of  a yacht  belonging  to-  a recognized  club 
is  . welcome  to  use  tb“  club  premises  and  to  bring  any 
friends  he  may  have  on  uoard  with  him.  The  clubs,  in 
fact,  keep  “open  house”  at  regatta  time,  but  at  any  other 
the  only  way  in  which  a stranger  is  admitted  is  through 
being  put  up  temporarily  by  a friend  (if  he  happens  to 
have  one)  who  is  a member  of  the  club.  Of  course 
eve^y  club  has  a perfect  right  not  to  allow  strangers 
within  its  doors,  but  the  fact  should  be  clearly  under- 
stood. The  Fowey  Y.  C.,  however,  while  apparently  pro- 
fessing to  a custom  of  inviting  visiting  yachtsmen  to 
use  the  penalises,  does  not  carry  it  out  in  practice. 

As  regards  the  larger  clubs,  they  are  so  essentially 
social  bodies  that  they  can  hardly  be  blamed  for  being 
exclusive.  Most  of  their  members  are  not  yachtsmen  at 
all,  and  being  far  from  London  they  are  looked  upon 
in  much  the  same  light  as  county  clubs.  The  question  of 
yacht  club  hospitality  is  a very  important  and  far-reach- 
ing one.  It  would  be  far  better  for  yachting  in  general 
if  more  courtesy  were  shown  to  strangers.  At  the  same 
time,  there  is  much  to  be  said  on  the  other  side,  and  the 
right  of  clubs  to-  exclude  strangers  if  they  so  wish  is 
undoubted,  although  the  use  of  a little  discretion  would 
usually  be  sufficient  to  keen  out  undesirable  people. 

According  to  the  telegraphic  messages  received  on  this 
side  from  time  to  time,  the  entries  for  the  German  Em- 
peror’s Ocean  Race  continue  to  increase  in  number. 
Rumor  has  it  that  over  fifteen  vessels  have  entered,  but 
the  conditions  of  the  match  are  stated  to  have  been 
altered,  and  it  is  said  that  two  of  the  old  America’s  Cup 
defenders  are  entered.  A more  recent  report  includes 
Ailsa  in  the  list.  It  seems  scarcely  credible  that  such  ves- 
sels should  be  allowed  to  compete  in  a race  which  was 
originally  intended  for  bona  fide  cruisers,  and  if  such  is 
the  case,  all  interest  in  the  match  will  be  eliminated. 
Ingomar  is  a sufficiently  awkward  competitor  for  most 
of  the  old-fashioned  vessels  which  will  take  part  in  the 
ocean  voyage.  She  is  in  everything  but  scantling  as 
much  of  a racer  as  most  vessels,  but  the  Cup  defenders 
running  would  be  a farce,  and  it  is  to  be  hoped  the 
rumor  is  not  true.  Earl  Crawford’s  ship-rigged  Val- 
halla and  the  handsome  auxiliary  Utowana  are  reported 
among  the  latest  entries ; but  the  information  received 
on  this  side  about  the  race  has  been  very  vague,  and 
probably  incorrect.  However,  there  is  plenty  of  time  to 
have  all  that  set  right,  only  it  would  be  more  satisfactory 
to  kno-w  the  actual  state  of  affairs.  One  thing  is  certain, 
and  that  is  the  German  Emperor  will  spare  no  efforts  to 
make  the  event  a success,  and  to  get  the  boats  to  go-  on 
to  Kiel  to  swell  the  regatta  fleet  there. 

E.  H.  Kelly. 

Boston  Letter. 

At  the  next  meeting  of  the  Eastern  Y.  C.,  to  be  held 
on  February  14,  Messrs.  Henry  Howard  and  Louis  M. 
Clark,  special  committee  on  the  revision  of  racing  rules, 
will  make  the  following  report : 

Boston,  Jan.  20,  1905. 

To  the  Eastern  Yacht  Club: 

The  report  of  the  special  committee  on  revision  of  racing  rules, 
with  authority  to  confer  with  committees  from  other  clubs,  is 
herewith  submitted : 

Two  years  ago  this  club,  in  conjunction  with  the  New  York 
Y.  C.,  adopted  a new  rule  of  measurement  based  upon  length,  sail 
area  and  displacement.  The  change  came  none  too  soon.  Under 
the  old  rule  the  racing  of  yachts  of  the  size  recognized  by  this 
club  had  come  to  a standstill.  The  efforts  of  designers  to  evade 
the  rule  had  been  so  successful  that  the  racing  measurement  of  a 
yacht  was  no  indication  whatever  of  her  actual  racing  size.  Under 
any  rule  of  measurement  a designer,  to  be  successful,  is  obliged 
to  take  the  largest  possible  amount  of  those  elements  which  are 
r.ot  taxed  by  the  rule  and  the  least  possible  amount  of  those 
elements  which  are  taxed;  hence,  it  follows  that  a rule  which  on 
its  face  seems  to  give  the  designer  the  freest  hand  because  it  taxes 
the  smallest  number  of  elements  of  speed,  in  practice  bars  out 
everything  except  one  extreme  type,  and  to  most  people,  ex- 
tremes of  any  kind  are  undesirable.  The  old  rule  resulted  in  an 
extreme  type,  not  only  undesirable,  but  absolutely  useless  except 
for  racing  purposes,  and  nobody  was  willing  to  build  under  it. 

The  new  rule  was  adopted  after  a most  careful  investigation 
and  consideration,  in  the  course  of  which  the  opinions  of  many 
leading  yacht  designers  and  experts  were  sought  and  obtained. 
These  men  were  unanimously  of  the  opinion  that  the  racing  meas- 
urement should  be  a rating  measurement,  based  upon  length,  sail 
area  and  displacement.  The  formula  in  the  rule  adopted  was 
suggested  and  recommended  by  Mr.  Herreshoff  as  one  which 
would  be  difficult  to  evade,  which  would  tax  the  element  of  speed 
of  any  given  design  at  approximately  their  fair  value,  and  which 
would  not  tend  to  produce  one  type  of  boat  to  the  exclusion  of  all 
others. 

That  rule  has  now  been  under  trial  for  two  years,  and  we  are  of 
the  opinion  that  the  results  ha/e  been  eminently  satisfactory. 
There  are  several  matters  of  detail  which  eventually  will  have  to 
be  modified,  but  the  principle  upon  which  the  rule  is  based 
seems  to  be  correct.  The  strongest  point  brought  forward  against 
the  rule  up  to  this  time  has  been  that  it  favored  the  smaller  boats; 
but  this  objection  goes  only  to  the  matter  of  time  allowance.  Up 
to  two  years  ago  the  time  allowance  table  used  by  the  club  was 
figured  at  60  per  cent,  of  the  theoretical  time  allowance,  which 
proved  to  be  inadequate.  At  the  time  of  the  adoption  of  the 
new  rule  the  actual  allowance  was  increased  to  80  per  cent,  of  the 
theoretical  allowance;  80  per  cent  seemed  to  be  excessive,  so  that 
the  proposed  amendment  of  70_  per  cent,  of  the  theoretical  allow- 
ance will,  we  believe,  be  as  satisfactory  as  any  rule  of  time  allow- 
ance.is  likely  to  be.  Time  allowance  at  best  is  an  arbitrary  han- 
dicap, and  under  the  proposed  amendment,  rating  a new  boat  at 
the  maximum  limit  of  her  class,  this  unsatisfactory  feature  of  fac- 
ing will  gradually  be  eliminated. 


While  the  rule  of  1903  is,  like  the  rules  adopted  for  the  various 
restricted  classes  of  Massachusetts  Bay,  based  upon  the  elements 
of  length,  it  is  an  improvement  on  those  rules,  in  that  it  meas- 
ures -equitably  the  length  which  a boat  sails  on  and  allows  the 
designer  to  vary  the  proportions  of  length,  sail  area,  and  dis- 
placement at  will — provided  he  does  not  exceed  a given  rating — 
instead  of  arbitrarily  limiting  each  element.  Restricted  classes 
and  one-design  classes  serve  no  purpose  other  than  to  test  the 
skill  of  the  men  who  sail  the  boats — a matter  of  little  interest  to 
others  than  those  concerned. 

The  ideal  rule  would  measure  all  the  fundamental  elements  of 
speed  in  any  given  boat,  whatever  the  type;  and  tax  those  ele- 
ments at  their  true  value,  leaving  to  the  designer  a free  hand  to 
use  such  combination  of  those  elements  as  to  him  seems  de- 
sirable. How  near  to  such  a rul-e  is  the  present  one  time  alone 
can  determine;  but  after  two  years’  trial,  in  the  course  of  which 
yachts  of  widely  different  types  have  competed  with  each  other, 
it  does  not  appear  that  any  one  type  is  favored  to  the  exclusion 
of  others.  The  schooner  Ingomar,  the  only  large  yacht  built  to 
race  under  the  rule,  has  shown  herself  to  be  extremely  fast,  and 
has  twice  crossed  the  Atlantic.  She  is  Mr.  Herreshoff’s  idea  of 
one  type  that  will  succeed  under  the  rule,  and  has  demonstrated 
her  speed  and  seaworthiness;  but  there  is  no  evidence  whatever 
that  she  is  the  only  type  that  can  succeed. 

Last  fall  a movement  was  started  in  favor  of  the  adoption  of  a 
uniform  rule  of  measurement  and  time  allowance  for  all  the  yacht- 
ing organizations  of  the  country.  As  a result  of  this  movement 
the  rule  herewith  submitted  was  agreed  upon  by  committees  from 
the  following  organizations,  and  will  be  recommended  to  these 
organizations  by  their  respective  committees;  there  is  little  doubt 
of  its  adoption  by  all: 

New  York  Y.  C.,  Eastern  Y.  C.,  Atlantic  Y.  C.,  Larchmont  Y. 
C.  Corinthian  Y.  C.  of  Marblehead,  Corinthian  Y.  C.  of  Phila- 
delphia, Seawanhaka  Corinthian  Y.  C.  and  the  Yacht  Racing  As- 
sociation of  Long  Island  Sound,  which  includes  the  following 
yacht  clubs:  American,  Bridgeport,  Corinthian  of  Stamford, 

Harlem,  Hartford,  Hempstead,  Horseshoe  Harbor,  Huguenot, 
Huntington,  Indian  Harbor,  Knickerbocker,  Manhasset  Bay,  New 
Haven,  New  Rochelle,  New  York  Athletic,  Northport,  Sachem’s 
Head,  Sea  Cliff,  Shelter  Island  and  Stamford. 

The  proposed  rule  is  a modification  of  our  present  rule.  The 
formula  is  unchanged,  but  the  methods  of  ascertaining  the  ele- 
ments of  the  formula  have  been  somewhat  changed.  The  material 
changes  are  as  follows: 

First— The  quarter  beam  length  will  be  measured  on  a plane  a 
given  distance  above  the  water,  instead  of  being  taken  as  the  mean 
quarter  beam  length.  The  old  way  of  taxing  the  extreme  quarter 
beam  length  had  a tendency  to  cut  down  the  freeboard,  as  of 
course,  the  lower  the  freeboard  the  shorter  the  extreme  length. 
This  change  is  a good  one,  and  is  in  line  with  a suggestion  made 
by  _ this  club  two  years  ago.  The  distance  above  the  water  at 
which  the  quarter  beam  length  is  to  be  measured  has  been  deter- 
mined with  the  intention  of  measuring  the  length  which  a boat 
actually  uses  when  heeled  to  a moderate  angle. 

Second — The  method  of  obtaining  the  sail  area  measurement  has 
been  changed  in  a number  of  particulars,  but  the  result  in  meas- 
urement will  not  be  materially  different  from  that  obtained  under 
tlm  old  rule.  _ This  change  is  not  considered  important. 

Third— Limit  of  draft:  The  effect  of  this  change  is  to  increase 

the  limit  of  untaxed  draft  for  a given  measurement  of  length,  es- 
pecially in  the  larger  classes.  For  example,  a boat  with  an  L 

measurement  of  90ft.  now  is  allowed  14.63ft.  of  untaxed  draft; 

under  the  proposed  rule,  she  would  be  allowed  16ft.  A boat  of 
21ft.  L measurement  is  now  allowed  5.45ft.  of  untaxed  draft; 

under  the  new  rule  she  would  be  allowed  5.65ft. 

In  the  opinion  of  your  committee,  the  interests  of  the  club 
and  of  yachting  in  general  will  be  advanced  by  the  adoption  of 
the  proposed  amendments.  The  advantages  resulting  from  a 
uniform  rule  more  than  offset  any  minor  defects  in  the  details  of 
the  rule,  and  the  larger  the  number  of  organizations  using  a rule, 
the  sooner  will  such  defects  be  discovered,  and  the  stronger  will 
be  the  demand  for  a remedy. 

(Signed) 


Henry  Howard, 

Louis  M.  Ci.ark, 

Special  Committee  on  Revision  of  Racing  Rules. 


The  Paris  Motor  Launch  Congress* 

From  The  Yachtsman. 

The  final  meeting  of  the  Congress  was  held  on  Decem- 
ber 24,  with  Baron  de  Zuylen  de  Nyevelt  in  the  chair.  M. 
Famechon  read  his  report,  composed  of  the  reports  of  the 
secretaries  of  the  different  sub-sections. 

RESOLUTIONS  ADOPTED  BY  THE  CONGRESS. 

Section  I. — Racing. 

For  1905  the  Congress  decides  to  maintain  the  rules  obtaining  at 
the  Monaco  meeting.  For  1906  and  the  following  years  the  Con- 
gress recommend  that  racing  boats  be  divided  into  length  classes 
as  heretofore,  no  restrictions  being  placed  on  horsepower.  The 
length  to  be  measured  between  perpendiculars,  excluding  rudder 
and  mouldings,  unless  the  rudder  form  part  of  the  propelling 
mechanism.  After  1906,  the  boats  will  be  measured  according  to 
the  metric  system,  but  allowance  will  be  made  for  boats  built  in 
1905  and  preceding  years. 

For  the  cruiser  classes,  the  Congress  considered  that  no  rating 
or  handicapping  formula  should  be  considered  that  does  not 
encourage  the  construction  of  efficient  and  economical  motor,  and 
permit  of  motors  of  all  systems  of  working — four-cycle,  two-cycle, 
rotary  and  turbine— running  together  in  an  equitable  manner. 

The  Congress  considered  that  motor  makers,  hull  designers 
and  propeller  makers  should  be  left  untrammel-ed  as  far  as 
possible. 

The  following  rule  was  therefore  adopted: 

The  rating  will  be  based  on  the  product  of  length  and  H.  P., 
divided  by  weight  of  boat,  or  formulated: 

L X H P 

Rating  = 

Displacement. 

Section  II. — Touring. 

This  section  deals  with  the  improvement  of  existing  conditions 
on  the  French  waterways,  and  the  facilitating  of  inland  touring 
by  the  publication  of  guides  and  charts,  etc. 

Section  III. — Technical  Questions. 

The  Congress  recommends:  That  owners  and  builders  send 

details  of  hulls,  motors,  propellers,  etc.,  to  the  Technical  Com- 
mittee. _ The  information  will  be  given  in  order  to  facilitate  the 
elucidation  of  technical  questions  and  difficulties. 

That  all  communications  of  this  nature  be  addressed  to  the 
Association  Technique  Maritime,  who  will  be  able  to  give  infor- 
mation to  interested  persons,  who  in  time  will  be  at  liberty  to 
make  such  information  public. 

The  Congress  also  recommends  that  the  rating  of  H.  P.  launch 
motors  be  based  upon  their  consumption  at  their  maximum 
working  output,  the  thermal  properties  - of  the  fuel  employed 
being  taken  into  account. 

Section  IV. 

The  Congress  recommends  that  builders  should  endeavor  to 
bring  out  a type  of  motor  launch  suitable  for  use  in  the  merchant 
service. 

The  Government  will  be  asked  to  facilitate  and  reduce  the 
formalities  necessary  to  obtain  the  remission  of  the  tax  on  liquid 
fuel  in  .fishing  vessels,  in  order  to  encourage  the  use  of  internal 
combustion  engines. 

It  was  also  decided  to  ask  the  various  railway  companies  to 
facilitate  the  carriage  of  fishing  vessels  over  6.5  m.  in  length. 


Knickerbocker  Y.  C. — The  Knickerbocker  Y.  C.  held 
its  annual  meeting  at  the  Hotel  Manhattan,  New  York, 
on  Wednesday  evening,  January  19.  The  following  offi- 
cers were  elected:  Com.,  Walter  B.  Beam;  Vice-Com., 

G.  Edgar  Allen;  Rear-Com.,  Frank  G.  Brown;  Treas., 
George  H.  Cooper;  Sec’y,  J.  D.  Sinkinson;  Meas.,  G. 
J.  Stetz ; Fleet  Surgeon,  G.  D.  Hamlen,  M.D. ; Directors 
— Harry  Stephenson,  Rodman  Sands,  F.  H.  Stellman, 
L.  C.  Berrian,  O.  D.  Dike. 

* K * 

Steam  Yacht  Parthenia  Changes  Hands. — Commo- 
dore Morton  F.  Plant,  Larchmont  Y.  C.,  has  sold  the 
steam  yacht  Parthenia  to  Mr.  H,  C.  Converse,  of  Boston, 


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[Jan.  28,  1905. 


21-FOOT  BERMUDA  SLOOP SAIL  PLAN. 

Designed  by  Fred.  M.  Iloyt.  Built  by  the  Green  port  Basin  & Construction  Co. 


: / --  - 

A 2 \ -Foot  Bermuda  Sloop. 

It  is  seldom  that  we  have  the  opportunity  of  reproduc- 
ing so  interesting  a boat  as  the  one  appearing  in  these: 
columns  this  week.  The  design  is  from  the  board  of  Mr. 
Fred.  M.  Hoyt,  an  associate  of  Messrs.  Gardiner  & Cox.. 
Mr.  Hoyt  designed  the  boat  for  himself.  The  boat  will, 
be  used  at  Bermuda,  where  Mr.  Hoyt  frequently  spends 
the  winter,  and  she  will  be  built  at  the  yard  of  the  Green- 
port  Basin  & Construction  Co.,  at  Greenport,  L.  I.  1 his. 
firm  built  another  boat  of  this  type  which  Mr.  Hoyt  has. 
used  up  to  the  present  time  in  Bermuda. 

A modern  boat  with  all  her  ballast  inside  is  rather  am 
unusual  thing  in  these  days,  but  in  Mr.  Hoyt’s  boat  it 
was  necessary  to  carry  the  ballast  inside,  as  there  are  no 
marine  railways  or  docks  at  Bermuda  except  those  for 
20,000-ton  battleships.  The  only  way  in  which  the  boat; 
can  be  cleaned  or  painted  being  to  remove  the  ballast 
and  heave  her  down  in  the  old  manner,  first  one  side  and 
then  the  other. 

Owing  to  the  ingenious  construction  Mr.  Hoyt  uses,  he 
is  able  to  get  the  weight  well  down  and  have  an  absolutely 
tight  and  sound  craft  besides.  _ Heavy  winds  prevail  in 
Bermuda  most  of  the  time  in  winter,  and  a boat  for  con- 
stant use  there  must  be  put  together  in  an-  unusually 
strong  manner. 

As  the  boat  is  to  be  used  for  day  sailing  only  in  Hamil- 
ton Harbor  and  Great  Harrington  Sound,  no  effort  has 
been  made  to  get  even  small  cabin  accommodations,  and 
there  is  a large  and  roomy  cockpit  amidships. 

The  sail  plan  is  most  unusual,  but  it  has  been  found  to 
be  best  adapted  to  the  requirements  of  sailing  in  Ber- 


muda, as  boats  never  lay  to  an  anchor  or  mooring 
there,  but  are  brought  alongside  the  quays.  The  great 
advantage  of  the  Bermuda  rig  is  that  one  does  not  have 
to  bring  the  boat  up  into  the  wind  in  order  to  get  sail 
in.  The  mainsail  can  be  taken  in  without  difficulty  even 


when  the  main  sheet  is  broad  off. 

The  dimensions  are  as  follows : 

Length — 

Over  all  33ft-  6in. 

L.W.L.  21ft. 

Breadth — 

Extreme  8ft.  din. 

L.W.L.  7ft.  inn. 

Draft — 

Extreme  4ft.  9m. 

Freeboard — 

Least  ift.  7J4in. 

Displacement  -3-76  tons. 

C.B.  aft  fore  end  L.W.L.  11.41ft. 

C.L.R.  aft  fore  end  L.W.L.. 12ft. 

C.E.  aft  fore  end  L.W.L 11.67ft. 

Sail  area — 

Mainsail  '. 479  sq.  ft 

Jib  154  sq.  ft. 


633  sq.  ft. 

Ballast  (all  inside)  4,160  lbs. 


The  specifications  follow : 

Stem — To  be  of  oak.  Sided  4V2 in.  Stem  and  sternpost  to  be 
secured  to  keel  and  bronze  garboard  by  bronze  angles. 

Sternpost — To  be  of  oak.  Sided  4in.  at  head,  2in.  at  heel. 

Iveel — To  be  of  oak.  Sin.  deep,  15in.  wide.  Frames  to  be  let 
into  keel  as  per  midship  section. 

Rudder — To  be  of  oak. 

Rudder  Post — To  be  of  locust,  3%in.  at  head,  l%in.  at  heel. 
Rudder  to  be  supported  by  composition  hangers. 

Tiller — To  be  of  locust. 

Frames. — Frames  spaced  lOin.  on  centers.  The  after  side  of 
No.  (i  frame  is  on  No.  1 station.  Frames  amidships  from  frame 
No.  13  to  frame  No.  28,  inclusive,  excepting  frames  No.  16  and 
27,  as  shown  on  drawing,  to  be  of  oak,  moulded  l%in.  at  heels, 
l!4im  at  heads,  sided  l^in.  Frames  Nos.  10,  11,  12,  16,  27 
moulded  the  same,  sided  2in.  Frames  forward  of  No.  10  and  aft 
of  No.  28  to  be  sided  lin.,  moulding  to  be  the  same. 

Planking — Garboard  to  be  of  oak,  %in.  thick.  Rest  of  plank- 
ing to  be  of  %in.  white  cedar,  excepting  sheer  strake,  which  is 
to  be  of  %in.  oak.  A garboard  of  51bs.  to  61bs.  Tobin  bronze 
to  be  worked  inside  oak  garboard,  and  Tobin  bronze  angles 
I14 in.  by  1 by  3-16  inches,  and  51b.  Tobin  bronze  floors.  Bronze 
angles  to  be  on  frames  Nos.  17  to  25,  inclusive.  Bronze  floors  to 
be  on  frames  Nos.  17,  21  and  25. 

Covering  Board; — To  be  of  %in.  mahogany,  Gin.  wide  amidships, 
tapered  to  4in.  at  ends. 

Deck. — To  be  of  selected  white  pine,  %in.  thick,  laid  with  curve 
of  boat,  blind  fastened,  caulked,  payed  and  varnished. 

King  Plank — To  be  of  mahogany,  %in.  thick. 

Bulwark — To  be  of  mahogany,  lin.  at  bottom,  %in.  at  top, 
rounded  on  inner  edge. 

Stern  Piece — To  be  of  mahogany. 

Knees — To  be  of  hackmatack. 

Wooden  Floors — To  be  of  oak,  as  shown,  l%m.  thick,  Sin. 
deep,  excepting  under  mast,  where  they  are  to  be  2in.  thick. 
Floors  to  be  lin.  thick  forward  of  No.  10  frame  and  aft  of  No.  28. 

Mast  Step — To  be  of  oak. 

Riding  Bitt — To  be  of  oak. 

Diagonal  Straps — To  be  of  Tobin  bronze,  2in.  by  3-10in.  To  be 
placed  as  shown  on  drawing. 

Lead — About  42001bs.,  to  be  furnished  by  builder.  To  be  cast 
in  pieces  weighing  not  over  2001bs.  each,  in  order  to  fit  snugly 
into  well,  until  lead  reaches  a point  2ft.  Gin.  from  top  of  keel, 
after  which  regulation  jugs  may  be  used.  Moulded  pieces  to 
have  holes  for  inserting  hook  to  lift  them  from  well. 

Shelf. — To  be  of  yellow  pine,  2 by  l%,m.  at  middle,  1%  by  lf4>in. 
a?-  ends.  Chamfered  on  lower  inside  edge. 

Bilge  Clamp— To  be  of  yellow  pine,  3 by  Hein,  at  middle,  re- 
duced uy  2 by  lin,  at  ends. 

Deck  Beams— To  be  of  oak.  Moulded  lG2in.,  sided  lin.  Large 
beams,  where  shown,  to  be  moulded  213in.,  sided  2m, 


^FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


Cockpit  Coaming — To  be  of  mahogany. 

Interior — To  have  two  bulkheads  of  yellow  pine,  with  doors 
and  two  seats. 

Fastenings — To  be  copper  throughout.  Floor  and  floor  plate 
fastenings  to  be  of  bronze.  Absolutely  no  iron  fastenings  to  be 
used. 

Pump — Boat  to  have  Sands’  bilge  pump,  discharging  on  deck. 

Deck  Fittings — All  cleats  to  be  of  locust;  other  fittings  to  be 
of  bronze. 

Painting — Topsides  to  be  given  one  coat  of  priming  and  two  of 
color.  Below  L.W.L.  to  be  given  one  coat  of  lead  and  one  of 
anti-fouling  paint.  All  interior  to  have  two  coats,  excepting 
seats  and  bulkheads,  which  shall  have  three  coats  of  best  spar 
varnish.  All  bright  work  and  spars  to  have  three  coats  of  varnish. 

Spars — Mast,  boom,  bowsprit  and  spinnaker  boom  of  cleat- 
spruce. 

Ironwork — All  ironwork  necessary  for  the  Bermuda  rig  of 
galvanized  iron. 

Chainplates — To  be  of  Tobin  bronze. 


Schooner  Atlantic’s  New  Owner. — Mr.  Charles  E. 
Rector  lias  purchased  the  old  schooner  Atlantic  from 
Mr.  Wilson  Marshall.  Mr.  Rector  had  Atlantic  under 
charter  last  season. 

m it  ■? 

Schooner  Mayflower  Changes  Hands. — Mr.  E.  S. 
Reiss  has  purchased  the  schooner  Mayflower  from  Mr. 
William  A.  Gardner,  of  Boston,  The  transfer  was  made 
through  the  agency  of  Mr.  Frank  Bowne  Jones.  The 
yacht  will  be  overhauled,  and  in  the  future  will  be  used 
jo.r  commercial  purposes  in  and  about  tin-  West  Indies. 


YACHTING  NEWS  NOTES. 


For  advertising  relating  to  this  department  see  pages  li  ana  iii. 


Passing  of  the  Whileaway. — The  old  sloop  While- 
away,  built  in  1881  at  Greenport,  L.  I.,  has  been  sold,  and 
will  be  converted  into  a fishing  craft  for  parties.  Equip- 
ment will  consist  of  two  20  horsepower  engines  built  at 
Mariners’  Harbor,  Staten  Island,  by  the  Motor  Engine 
Company. 

»t  t?  *6 

P'ower  Boat  for  Lake  Placid. — Mr.  George  H.  Mc- 
Neely,  of  the  Philadelphia  Corinthian  Y.  C.,  is  having 
a power  boat  built  at  Wignall’s  Yard,  Philadelphia,  for 
use  on  Lake  Placid.  The  boat  will  be  fitted  with  a 10 
horse-power  engine. 

it  it  it 

Power  Boat  Building  at  Bridgeport.— Captain  Matti- 
son,  who  built  the  Ellen  S.  for  a water  boat,  afterward 
converting  her  into  a yacht,  has  contracted  for  a new 
yacht  with  Green  Bros.,  of  Bridgeport,  Conn.,  giving 
Ellen  S.  in  part  payment. 

H »t  it 

The  Gregory’s  Misfortune. — The  power  , yacht  Gre- 
gory, owned  by  Mr,  Lewis  Nixon,  which  was  forced  to 


Jaw,  2S,  4905,3 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


21-FOOT  BERMUDA  SLOOP LINES  AND  CONSTRUCTION  PLAN. 

Designed  by  Fred.  M.  Hoyt.  Built  by  the  Greenport  Basin  & Construction  Co. 


put  into  Greenport  for  repairs,  will  be  ready  to  start 
across  the  ocean  this  .week.  For  some  thirty-two  hours 
during  the  storm  which  they  encountered  shortly  after 
leaving  Sandy  Hook  all  hands  were  kept  below  deck. 
Only  for  the  loss  of  the  forward  hatches,  which  flooded 
and  disabled  one  engine,  even  at  that  they  would  have 
proceeded  south  toward  Charlestown,  their  first  stop. 
Power  equipment  of  Gregory  consists  of  two  six- 
cylinder  12m.  by  14m.  gasolene  engines  of  the  well- 
known  Standard  make.  The  tankage  for  a supply  of 
gasolene  for  the  trip,  even  with  stops  at  Bermuda  and 
the  Azores,  would  necessarily  have  to  be  immense.  It 
speaks  well  for  the  hull  construction  that  after  the  three 
days’  gale  she  should  have  been  able  to  make  Greenport, 
L.  I.,  under  one  engine.  Reports  are  that  she  has  shown 
a speed  of  26  miles,  and  that  Gregory  will  race  at 
Monaca  and  also  compete  for  the  Charley  Cup. 

R R R 

! iring  of  High  Speed  Gasolene  Engines. — One  of 
our  English  contemporaries,  the  Yachting  World,  re- 
marks, ‘‘it  is  therefore  interesting  to  note  that  practical 
men  are  becoming  heartily  tired  of  the  type  in  France. 
Several  speakers  at  the  recent  Marine  Motor  Congress 
pointed  out  its  defects  at  length,  and  their  remarks  ap- 
peared to  agree  with  the  sense  of  the  meeting.”  It  is 
universally  agreed  among  American  yachtsmen  that  the 
development  of  high  speed  steam  yachts  and  gasolene 
power  boats  is  something  of  a fad,  and  outside  of  speed 
supremacy  there  is  little  to  be  gained.  In  order  to  get 


the  best. speed,  vast  sums  have  been  spent  and  the  end 
in  America,  at  least,  is  not  yet.  The  coming  season  will 
show  some  remarkable  achievements,  and  those  who  pre- 
tend to  know  say  that  the  Standard  has  still  a few 
miles  in  reserve.  If  such  is  the  case,  it  looks  as  if  she 
would  need  her  reserve  power  if  she  would  maintain  her 
prestige.  The  high  speed  autoboat  has  accomplished 
much  for  the  betterment  of  the  marine  engine  art,  and 
while  its  life  must  necessarily  be  short,  it  has  fully 
demonstrated  that  the  excessive  weight  employed  ten 
years  ago  can  be  readily  and  practically  reduced  until  the 
happy  medium  is  reached.  An  engine  can  be  too  heavy 
as  well  as  too  light. 

»s  n 

Liljegren  & Clark  Dissolve. — Messrs.  Liljegren  & 
Clark,  the  firm  of  naval  architects,  marine  engineers  and 
yacht  brokers,  of  45  Broadway,  New  York,  have  dis- 
solved partnership,  and  Mr.  Montgomery  FI.  Clark  has 
taken  over  the  business,  and  will  carry  it  on  at  the  same 
address. 

« « 

Wanted — A Better  Knowledge  01  the  Power  Boat 
by  the  Power  Boat  Owner. — Note  the  following  from 
The  Yachtsman,  English:  * 

. The  Paris  Motor  Launch  Congress  has  finished  its  sit- 
tings, and  in  another  column  will  be  found  a report  of  the 
resolutions  adopted.  The  results  are  valuable,  inasmuch 
as  they  represent  the  consensus  of  international  opinion 
on  motor  launch  questions.  All  kinds  of  clubs— both 


yacht  clubs  and  automobile  clubs — were  represented,  and 
the.  solutions  are,  in  principle,  good  and  sound.  The 
ciuiser  rating  rule,  if  not  perfect,  is  sensible,  and  the  pro- 
posal to  measure  power  by  consumption  is  an  acceptance 
of  the  only  logical  method. 

I he  formation  of  a collection  of  records  and  data  is  an 
excellent  idea,  and  one  that  we  have  often  suggested. 
Progress  without  knowledge  is  impossible,  and  knowledge 
to  be  useful  must  be  accessible.  At  present  it  is  stored 
away  in  the  minds  and  data  books  of  manufacturers  and 
owners,  and  the  process  of  diffusion  is  slow  in  the  ex- 
treme. Some  points  there  are,  of  course,  that  represent  a 
man’s  intellectual  capital,  and  therefore  cannot  be  given 
out  to  all  the  world,  but  full  and  free  information  can  be 
g;iven  on  many  vital  points.  Such  publicity  would  be  for 
the  informant’s  ultimate  benefit  rather  than  for  his 
prej  udice. 

There  is  another  side  of  this  question.  How  often  is 
this  reticence  due  to  disinclination,  and  how  often  to- 

ignorance?  . We  have  known  cases  where  designers 

strange  as  it  may  seem — are  ignorant  of  sundry  data  of 
their  boats,  and  where  motor  makers  have  no  idea  what- 
ever of  the  B.H.P.  their  motors  give  out,  or  what  their 
consumption  was. 

R R R 

E.  Burton  Hart  Buys  Kestrel. — The  Fife  cutter- 
Kestrel  has  been  purchased  by  Mr.  E.  Burton  Hart  from 
Mr.  Henry  S.  H.  Wood  through  the  agency  of  Mr. 
Frank  Bowne  Jones.  Kestrel  was  built  at  Wood’s  Yard* 


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City  Island,  in  1897,  and  since  that  time  she  has  been 
used  but  little.  Kestrel  is  a fine  vessel,  and  now  that  she 
has  not  been  in  commission  for  so  long,  it  is  gratifying 
to  know  that  she  has  fallen  into  the  hands  of  so  clever 
an  amateur  as  Mr.  E.  Burton  Hart. 

* « 

Monaco  Entries. — The  entries  for  the  Monaco  meet 
this  year  now  number  one  hundred  and  three,  of  which 
seven  are  English.  The  Lozier  Motor  Co.,  who  were 
the  only  American  exhibitors  at  the  Paris  Salon,  have 
entered  the  three  launches  exhibited,  and,  _ so  far  as 
known,  these  will  be  the  only  American  entries. 

Bayside  Y.  C.  Meeting. — At  the  annual  meeting  of 
the  Bayside  Y.  C.,  held  at  the  Hotel  Astor,  New  York, 
on  Friday  evening,  January  20,  the  following  officers 
were  elected:  Com.,  G.  Walter  Smith;  Vice-Corn.,  G. 

Howland  Leavitt;  Rear-Corn.,  W.  W.  Cole;  Treas., 
Hugh  L.  Weber;  Sec’y,  William  H.  Johns;  members  of 
the  Board  of  Governors,  to  serve  for  three  years,  Robert 
B.  Currie  and  Elmer  G.  Story. 

The  annual  dinner  which  followed  the  meeting  was  at- 
tended by  one  hundred  and  thirty  members,  which  is  a 
remarkable  showing  when  the  club’s  total  membership 
is  only  154.  The  Secretary  of  the  club,  Mr.  William  H. 


ISOLDE. 

Owned  by  Fred  M.  Hoyt,  Rear-Commodore  Larchmont  Y.  C. 

Photo  by  James  Burton. 

Johns,  acted  as  toastmaster.  Mr.  Johns  made  a short  ad- 
dress in  which  he  traced  the  development  of  the  club 
since  its  inception,  a little  over  a year  ago.  When  the 
club  was  started  there  were  ten  members;  there  are  now 
154.  Arrangements  have  been  made  for  a new  one- 
design  class,  and  the  boats  will  be  designed  and  built  by 
Mr.  Thomas  Clapham,  of  Roslyn,  L.  I.  The  boats  are 
24ft.  over  all,  19ft.  waterline,  6ft.  breadth,  and  will  carry 
385  sq.  ft.  of  sail.  Five  boats  have  already  been 
\ ordered. 

* k 

Two  Launches  Sold. — Mr.  Stanley  M.  Seaman  has 
made  the  following  sales : The  launch  Helen,  by  Mr.  F. 
W.  Carpenter,  Southold,  N.  Y.,  to  Mr.  Louis  Orgelfinger, 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y. ; the  cruising  launch  Marion,  by  Mr. 
George  A.  Coles,  Middletown,  Conn.,  to  Mr.  James  Tay- 
lor, Passaic,  N.  J.  The  new  owner  died  soon  after  the 
purchase,  and  the_  boat  is  now  at  Miami,  where  Mr. 
Taylor  intended  using  her. 

H * 

Schooner  Clytie  to  be  Used  South. — Mr.  Henry  C. 
Ward  has  sold  the  schooner  Clytie  to  Mr.  E.  S.  Reiss. 
The  boat  is  now  at  the  Morse  Iron  Works,  South  Brook- 
lyn, where  she  will  be  put  in  shape  for  use  in  southern 
waters. 

« «S  « 

New  Boat  Building  at  Amityville. — A small  racing 
boat  is  being  built  by  Mr.  A.  Ingles,  of  Amityville,  L.  I., 
for  his  own  use.  She  is  22ft.  over  all,  18ft.  waterline, 
7ft.  6in.  breadth  and  of  shallow  draft.  The  boat  is  of 
the  skip-jack  model,  and  will  be  entered  in  all  the  local 
events  next  season. 

« * * 

Boats  for  Defense  of  Canada’s  Cup. — At  least  three 
new  boats  will  be  built  for  the  defense  of  the  Canada’s 
Cup  by  members  of  the  Rochester  Y.  C.  The  Herreshoff 
Mfg.  Co.  will  design  and  build  one  of  the  trio;  Messrs. 
Gardner  & Cox  are  working  on  the  design  of  a second 
boat,  and  Mr.  C.  F.  Herreshoff  has  completed  plans  for 
the  third  boat. 

* *S  « 

Three  Starters  for  Brooklyn  Y.  C.  Ocean  Race.— 
The  details  of  the  ocean  race  to  be  given  by  the  Brooklyn 


Y.  C.  next  season  have  been  arranged.  The  course  will 
be  from  Gravesend  Bay  to  Hampton  Roads,  and  the  start 
will  be  made  on  Thursday,  June  29.  The  first  prize  will 
be  a cup  valued  at  $500,  the  money  for  which  will  be 
raised  by  subscription  among  the  members.  Mr.  Charles 
A.  Kelley,  secretary  of  the  Brooklyn  Y.  C.,  and  Mr.  J. 
Leon  Wood,  of  the  Hampton  Roads  Y.  C,  have  arranged 
for  the  details  of  the  event,  and  also  for  a series  of 
races  to  be  held  in  Hampton  Roads  after  the  finish  of  the 
outside  race  between  the  local  and  the  visiting  craft. 
Three  boats  are  being  built  for  the  ocean  race;  one  is 
for  Mr.  Thomas  Fleming  Day,  one  of  the  promoters  of 
the  contest.  This  boat  will  be  built  by  the  Huntington 
Mfg.  Co.  Mr.  L.  D.  Huntington,  of  the  Huntington  Mfg. 
C.,  will  build  a boat  for  himself,  and  Mr.  R.  D.  Floyd, 
of  New  York,  will  have  a boat  built  from  designs  by 
Messrs.  Small  Brothers. 

* * * 

New  York  Y.  C.  Meeting. — The  first  general  meeting 
of  the  New  York  Y.  C.  was  held  at  the  club  house,  West 
Forty-fourth  street,  New  York,  on  Thursday  evening, 
January  19.  The  report  of  the  Secretary,  Mr..  George  A. 
Cormack,  showed  that  there  are  566  vessels  in  the  club 
fleet,  whose  total  tonnage  amounts  to  67,900.  The  club 
now  has  2,170  members,  and  55  more  were  elected 
at  the  meeting,  ten  of  which  were  navy  members.  1 he 
Committee  on  Measurement  created  some  time  ago  re- 
ported, and  the  modifications  and  amendments  suggested 
by  them  were  adopted  after  some  discussion.  Mr.  Theo- 
dore C.  Zerega,  a member  of  the  Model  Committee, 
spoke  of  the  progress  that  had  been  made  by  that  body. 
A committee  was  appointed  to  make  arrangements  for 
the  presentation  of  a fitting  gift  for  ex-Commodore  S. 
Nicholson  Kane,  who  retired  this  year  from  the  Regatta 
Committee  after  serving  for  fifteen  years.  The  portrait 
presented  to  the  club  of  ex-Commodore  Gerry  by  him- 
self was  accepted. 

Commodore  Bourne’s  Appointments. — Commodore 

Frederick  G.  Bourne,  New  York  Y.  C.,  has  made  the 
following  appointments:  Fleet  Captain,  J.  D.  J.  Kelley, 

U.  S.  N. ; Fleet  Surgeon,  J.  McG.  Woodbury,  M.D. 


“Forest  and  Stream”  Designing 
Competition  No.  IV. 

Sixty-foot  Waterline  Cruising  Power  Boat. 


$225  in  Prizes. 

The  three  designing  competitions  previously  given  by 
Forest  and  Stream  have  been  for  sailing  yachts.  In 
this  competition,  the  fourth,  we  are  to  change  our  sub- 
ject and  give  the  power  boat  men  an  opportunity.  The 
competition  is  open  to  amateurs  and  professionals,  except 
that  the  designers  who  received  prizes  in^any  of  the  three 
previous  contests  may  not  compete  in  this  one. 

The  following  prizes  will  be  given : 

First  prize,  $100. 

Second  prize,  $60. 

Third  prize,  $40. 

Fourth  prize,  $25,  offered  by  Mr.  Charles  W.  Lee  for 
the  best  cabin  arrangement. 

Mr.  Henry  J.  Gielow,  N.A.,  has  very  kindly  agreed  to 
act  as  judge.  In  addition  to  making  the  awards,  Mr. 
Gielow  will  criticise  each  of  the  designs  submitted ; and 
the  criticisms  will  be  published  in  these  columns. 

The  designs  will  be  for  a cruising  launch  propelled  by 
either  gasolene  or  kerosene  motors,  conforming  to  the 
following  conditions: 

I.  Not  over  60ft.  waterline. 

II.  Not  over  4ft.  draft. 

III.  A signalling  mast  only  to  be  shown. 

IV.  Cabin  houses,  if  used  at  all,  to  be  kept  as  low 
and  narrow  as  possible. 

V.  Construction  to  be  of  wood,  and  to  be  strong, 
simple,  and  inexpensive.  The  cost  of  the  boat  complete 
in  every  detail  must  not  exceed  $9,000.  . 

VI.  The  location  of  tanks  and  engine  or  engines  to 
be  carefully  shown.  Either  single  or  twin-screws  may  be 
adopted.  The  power  and  type  of  the  motor  must  be 
specified.  . 

VII.  The  boat  must  have  a fuel  capacity  sufficient  to 
give  a cruising  radius  of  700  miles  at  a rate  of  8 miles 
an  hour.  The  maximum  speed  shall  not  be  more  than  14 
miles  nor  less  than  10  miles.  The  estimated  maximum 
speed  must  be  specified. 

VIII.  All  weights  must  be  carefully  figured,  and  the 
results  of  the  calculations  recorded.  A thousand-word 
description  of  the  boat  and  a skeleton  specification  must 
accompany  each  design. 

The  design  must  be  modern  in  every  particular,  with- 
out containing  any  extreme  or  abnormal  features.  . We 
wish  to  produce  an  able,  safe,  and  comfortable  cruising 
boat,  one  that  will  have  ample  accommodations,  so  that 
the  owner  and  his  wife  and  two  guests,  or  three  or  four 
men,  can  live  aboard,  and  one  that  can  easily  be  managed 
at  all  times  by  two  or  three  paid  hands  in  addition  to  the 
steward.  The  draft  is  restricted  to  4ft.  in  order  that  the 
boat  may  have  access  to  nearly  all  harbors,  canals  and  rivers 
North  and  South,  and  may  thereby  widely  increase  the 
cruising  field.  We  have  in  mind  a boat  that  can  be  used 
North  in  the  summer  and  South  in  the  winter,  and  a 
craft  well  able  to  withstand  outside  passage  along  the 
coast  in  all  seasons  of  the  year. 

Special  attention  must  be  given  to  the  cabin  arrange- 
ment. The  interiors  should  be  original,  but  devoid  of  any 
impractical  features.  Arrangements  suould  be  made  for 
a direct  passage  forward  and  aft  without  going  on  deck. 

Drawings  Required. 

I.  Sheer  plan.  Scale,  }4in.=ift 

II.  Half  breadth  plan.  Scale,  /4in.=ift. 

III.  Body  plan.  Scale,  ^4in.=ift. 

IV.  Cabin  plan  and  inboard  profile  and  at  least  one 
cross-section.  Scale,  J41n.=ift. 

V.  Outboard  profile.  Scale,  ^4in.=ift. 

The  drawings  should  be  carefully  made  and  lettered; 
all  drawings  should  be  preferably  on  tracing  cloth  or 
white  paper,  in  black  ink.  No  colored  inks  or  pigments 
should  be  used. 


The  drawings  must  bear  a nom  de  plume  only,  and  no 
indication  must  be  given  of  the  identity  of  the  designer. 
In  a sealed  envelope,  however,  the  designer  must  inclose 
his  name  and  address,  together  with  his  nom  de  plume. 

All  designs  must  be  received  at  the  office  of  the  Forest 
and  Stream  Publishing  Company,  346  Broadway,  New 
York,  not  later  than  February  3,  1905.  All  drawings  will 
be  returned.  Return  postage  should  accompany  each. 

The  Forest  and  Stream  reserves  the  right  to  publish 
any  or  all  the  designs. 


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Officers  of  A.  C.  A.,  1905. 

Commodore — C.  F.  Wolters,  14  Main  St.,  East  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Secretary — H.  M.  Stewart,  85  Main  St.,  East  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

'J  reasurer — F.  G.  Mather,  30  Elk  St.,  Albany,  N.  Y. 

ATLANTIC  DIVISION. 

Vice-Commodore — W.  A.  Furman,  846  Berkeley  Ave.,  Trenton, 

N.  J. 

Rear-Commodore — F.  C.  Hoyt,  57  Broadway,  New  York. 

Purser— C.  W.  Stark,  118  N.  Montgomery  St.,  Trenton,  N.  J. 
Executive  Committee — J.  C.  Maclister,  U.  G.  I.  Building,  Phila- 
delphia, Pa.;  L.  C.  Kretzmer,  L.  C.  Schepp  Building,  New 
York;  E.  M.  Underhill,  Box  262,  Yonkers,  N.  Y.  t „ 

Board  of  Governors — R.  J.  Wilkin,  26  Court  St.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Racing  Board — H.  L.  Quick,  Yonkers,  N.  Y. 

CENTRAL  DIVISION. 

Vice-Commodore — Lyman  T.  Coppins,  691  Main  St.,  Buffalo,  N.Y. 
Rear-Commodore — Frank  C.  Demmler,  526  Smithfield  St.,  Pittsburg. 
Purser— J.  C.  Milsom,  736  Mooney  Brisbane  Bldg.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
Executive  Committee — F.  G.  Mather,  30  Elk  St.,  Albany,  N.  Y. ; 
H.  W.  Breitenstein,  511  Market  St.,  Pittsburg,  Pa. ; Jesse  J. 
Armstrong,  Rome,  N.  Y. 

Board  of  Governors — C.  P.  Forbush,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Racing  Board — Harry  M.  Stewart,  85  Main  St.,  East  Rochester, 
N.  Y. 

EASTERN  DIVISION. 

Vice-Commodore — D.  S.  Pratt,  Jr.,  178  Devonshire  St.,  Boston, 

Rear-Commodore — Wm.  W.  Crosby,  8 Court  St.,  Woburn,  Mass. 
Purser — W.  S.  Stanwood,  Wellesley,  Mass. 

Executive  Committee — Wm.  J.  Ladd,  18  Glen  Road,  Winchester, 
Mass.;  F.  W.  Notman,  Box  2344,  Boston,  Mass.;  O.  C.  Cun- 
ningham, care  E.  Teel  & Co.,  Medford,  Mass.;  Edw.  B. 
Stearns,  Box  63,  Manchester,  N.  H. 

Racing  Board— Paul  Butler,  U.  S.  Cartridge  Co.,  Lowell,  Mass.; 
H.  D.  Murphy,  alternate. 

NORTHERN  DIVISION. 

Vice-Commodore — Chas.  W.  McLean,  303  James  St.,  Montreal, 
Can. 

Rear-Commodore — J.  W.  Sparrow,  Toronto,  Canada. 

Purser — J.  V.  Nutter,  Montreal,  Canada. 

Executive  Committee — C.  E.  Britton,  Gananoque,  Ont. ; Harry 
Page,  Toronto,  Ont. 

Board  of  Governors — J.  N.  MacKendrick,  Galt,  Ont. 

Racing  Board— E.  J.  Minett,  Montreal,  Canada. 

WESTERN  DIVISION. 

Vice-Commodore — Burton  D.  Munhall,  care  of  Brooks  Household 
Art  Co.,  Cleveland,  Ohio.  _ 

Rear-Commodore — Charles  J.  Stedman,  National  Lafayette  Bank, 
Cincinnati.  Ohio. 

Purser — George  A.  Hall,  care  of  Bank  of  Commerce,  Cleveland,  O. 
Executive  Committee — Thomas  P.  Eckert,  31  West  Court  St., 
Cincinnati,  O.;  Dr.  H.  L.  Frost,  10  Howard  St.,  Cleveland,  O. 
Board  of  Governors— Henry  C.  Morse,  Peoria,  Ilk 

How  to  Join  the  A.  C.  A. 

From  Chapter  I.,  Section  1,  of  the  By-Laws  of  the  A.  C.  A.: 
“Application  for  membership  shall  be  made  to  the  Treasurer, 
F.  G.  Mather,  30  Elk  St.,  Albany,  N.  Y.,  and  shall  be  accompanied 
by  the  recommendation  of  an  active  member  and  by  the  sum  of 
two  dollars,  one  dollar  as  entrance  fee  and  oae  dollar  as  dues  for 
the  current  year,  to  be  refunded  in  case  of  non-election  of  the 
applicant.”  

A.  C A*  Membership. 

The  following  have  been  proposed  for  membership  in 
the  A C.  A. : Atlantic  Division — Charles  F.  Daymond, 
of  West  Englewood,  N.  J.;  Frank  E.  Kimble,  Ralph  B. 
Lucas,  William  U.  Ale,  Louis  N.  Chevrier  and  Harvey 
F.  Whitehead,  all  of  Trenton,  N.  J.  Eastern  Division— 
Samuel  B.  Burnham,  of  Providence,  R.  I. 

Frederic  G.  Mather,  Treasurer. 


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Position  in  Rifle  Shooting. 

By  Walter  G.  Hudson,  M.D.,  President  Manhattan  Rifle  and 
Revolver  Association. 

Rifle  shooting  is  generally  practiced  in  certain  prescribed 
positions,  depending  on  the  distance.  It  is  important  at  the  out- 
set to  acquire  good  positions  for  each  range,  for  faulty  ones  are 
easier  to  learn  than  to  unlearn. 

At  200  yards  the  off-hand  or  standing  position  is  generally  re- 
quired, both  in  military  and  match  rifle  shooting.  It  is  the  most 
difficult  one  in  which  to  hold  steady,  and  requires  the  most  practice 
to  become  expert  in,  so  far  as  good  holding  alone  is  concerned. 

By  the  off-hand  position  is  meant  standing,  with  neither  the  gun 
nor  the  body  resting  upon  or  against  any  artificial  support.  But 
it  is  not  required  that  the  shooter  shall  adopt  the  shotgun  position, 
with  the  left  hand  fully  or  partly  extended.  The  physique  of  some 
men  makes  this  the  easiest  position  for  them,  but  others  can  do 
better  work  with  the  left  arm  close  to  or  against  the  body,  and  it 
is  permissible  and  entirely  within  the  rules  for  them  to  shoot  in 
that  way  if  they  prefer  it. 

A little  observation  when  a large  number  of  expert  riflemen  are 
competing  in  some  important  match,  will  show  numerous  modi- 
fications of  the  off-hand  position.  What  is  easy  and  natural  for 
one,  might  be  strained  and  difficult  for  another,  who  in  his  own 
position  is  equally  expert.  It  will  also  be  noticed  that  some  of 
these  positions  are  more  graceful  than  others.  Good  scores,  how- 
ever, are  not  made  by  dainty  posing,  but  by  steady  holding.  There- 
fore, having  by  careful  trial  of  all  positions  found  that  in  which 
you  can  hold  the  rifle  steadiest,  even  though  it  is  a little  less 
graceful  than  some  other,  don’t  let  any  one  induce  you  to 
change  it. 

Practice  with  the  target  or  Schuetzen  rifle  is  particularly  valuable 
in  acquiring  skill  in  the  off-hand  position.  One  who  has  be- 
come even  a fair  shot  with  the  latter  weapon  can  generally  do 
surprisingly  good  work  with  the  military  rifle  at  200  yards.  The 
reason  is  that  the  Schuetzen  rifleman  has  trained  himself  to  hold 
for  the  center  of  the  bullseye,  while  the  military  shooter  does  not 
care  whether  it  is  the  center  or  the  margin,  so  long  as  he  hits 
the  bull.  - _ - — - 


.Jan.  28,  1905.3] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


There  has  been  a tendency  of  late  years  to  belittle  the  import- 
ance of  the  off-hand  position  chiefly  because  it  is  not  well  adapted 
to  long-range  work,  and  perhaps  in  some  cases  because  of  the 
amount  of  practice  it  necessitates.  It  has  certain  prominent  ad- 
vantages, however,  which,  from  a military  standpoint,  demand  that 
it  receive  due  attention  and  practice.  It  is  the  quickest  position 
to  assume,  and  perhaps  used  more  than  any  other  in  the  battles 
of  former  times.  It  can  be  used  with  comfort  upon  occasions 
where  the  only  other  alternative  would  be  to  sit,  kneel  or  lie 
down  in  dirty  water  or  mud;  and  there  are  occasions,  such  as 
firing  from  long  grass  or  a very  uneven  field,  where  it  is  the 
only  position  from  which  an  enemy  could  be  seen  to  shoot  at. 
While  it  is  only  practiced  at  200  yards,  it  is  capable  of  better  work 
than  is  generally  supposed  at  much  longer  distances;  for  instance, 
I have  seen  three  bullseyes  made  in  five  shots  at  100  yards,  and  a 
score  of  48  out  of  60  at  500  yards,  shooting  in  this  position  at  the 
regulation  targets. 

Shooting  at  300  yards  may  be  regarded  as  distinctly  military, 
for  this  distance  is  not  used  in  any  other  branch  of  the  sport. 
The  nearest  approach  to  it  is  the  300-metre  distance  in  vogue 
among  a few  of  the  German  and  Swiss  shooting  societies  in 
Europe;  but,  so  far  as  I can  learn,  it  is  not  a popular  range,  and 
is  gradually  giving  way  to  those  in  more  general  use.  But  the 
300-yard  range  is  important  to  the  military  rifleman,  for  it  is  here 
that  part  of  his  qualification  as  marksman  is  earned. 

At  300  yards  the  sitting  and  kneeling  positions  are  prescribed  in 
the  National  Rifle  Association  rules,  although  some  States  permit 
the  use  of  the  prone  position  at  this  distance  in  class  practice. 
The  sitting  position — though  the  stout  rifleman  generally  has  dif- 
ficulty when  he  attempts  it — is  much  steadier  than  the  kneeling 
position,  once  it  is  acquired;  but  the  kneeling  position  is  more 
easily  and  quickly  taken,  and  for  that  reason  should  be  prac- 
ticed. For  the  kneeling  position  the  right  knee  should  be  about 
at  right  angles  to  the  line  of  fire,  and  a boot  with  a strong,  thick 
sole  enables  the  rifleman  to  adopt  what  is  really  a partly  sitting 
position,  using  his  right  shoe  for  a seat.  Keep  the  left  foot  well 
forward,  so  that  the  left  leg  and  forearm  may  form  a nearly  ver- 
tical column,  which  is  most  suitable  for  steady  support. 

The  sitting  position  depends  so  much  on  one’s  physique  that 
more  can  be  learned  by  studying  illustrations  or  the  positions 
adopted  by  skillful  marksmen,  and  practicing  by  snapping  the 
empty  rifle  in  various  modifications  that  feel  comfortable  to  the 
rifleman,  than  by  any  description  I can  give.  I myself  am  not 
of  stout  build,  but  I never  yet  have  been  able  to  get  into  a sit- 
ting position  in  which  I could  work  satisfactorily  to  me;  and  yet 
some  riflemen  take  to  it  as  naturally  as  a duck  takes  to  water. 
There  are  not  many  matches  in  our  annual  competitions  in  which 
shooting  is  done  at  300  yards,  but  it  should  nevertheless  be 
practiced;  for  lack  of  familiarity  with  the  necessary  positions  is 
liable  to  result  in  a most  mortifying  score  at  a critical  time,  as 
the  bullseye  is  smaller  in  proportion  to  the  range  than  at  any 
other  distance  the  rifleman  is  called  upon  to  shoot. 

The  prone  position  is  perhaps  the  most  popular  and  useful  of 
all;  certainly  so  for  military  rifles.  It  is  permitted  at  all  ranges  of 
500  yards  and  over,  and  the  majority  of  military  riflemen  use  it 

even  at  the  longest  ranges.  Therefore,  it  will  well  repay  the 

novice  to  devote  considerable  time  and  attention  to  attaining  a 
good  prone  position.  The  body  should  not  lie  in  a direct  line 

with  the  target,  but  the  legs  should  be  thrown  to  the  left  and 

stretched  comfortably  apart;  most  experienced  shots  lie  at  an  angle 
of  about  45  degrees  with  the  line  of  fire.  Also  keep  your  rifle 
and  all  parts  of  your  body  as  close  to  the  ground  as  possible. 
Hold  the  rifle  firmly  with  the  left  hand,  which  should  be  as  far 
forward  as  comfortable,  with  the  sling  strap  loop  slipped  two- 
thirds  of  the  way  toward  the  shoulder  from  the  elbow.  On  the 
Krag,  the  sling  should  be  fastened  for  the  prone  position  to  the 
rear  and  middle  swivels,  and  the  strap  carrying  the  loop  should 
pass  around  the  forearm  just  back  of  the  wrist.  The  length  of 
strap,  which  it  is  necessary  to  let  out  in  order  to  do  this,  will 
vary  sqme  in  individual  cases,  and  new  holes  will  perhaps  have  to 
he  cut  in  the  Strap  for  the  hook.  The  average  man  requires  the 
extremity  of  the  loop  for  prone  shooting  to  be  let  out  about  23 
ipcfles  from  the  middle  swivel;  but  long  or  stout  arms  will  require 
greater  length.  Using  the  strap  is  a great  help  to  steadiness 
in  this  position,  although  the  novice  may  not  at  first  appreciate  it. 
It  requires  some  little  practice  and  some  adjustment  before  all 
the  benefits  of  the  sling  can  be  felt.  Hold  the  rifle  firmly  against 
the  muscles  of  the  shoulder,  and  not  against  the  collar  hone. 
With  the  now  obsolete  .45  caliber,  as  one  became  bruised  from 
the  recoil,  there  was  strong  temptation  to  “distribute  the  agony,” 
as  one  rifleman  expressed  it,  by  applying  the  butt  to  a different 
part  at  each  shot.  This  leads  to  irregular  shooting.  With  the  .30 
calibers,  the  recoil  is  not  severe  enough  to  cause  trouble  of  this 
kind,  and  the  rifleman  should  be  careful  to  hold  the  weapon 
exactly  alike  for  each  shot. 

The  great  point  in  acquiring  a perfect  prone  position  is  to  find 
one  that  is  lqw  and  comfortable,  so  that  one  does  not  have  to 
shift  about  continually.  Other  details  which  condone  to  comfort 
are  the  finding  of  a soft  spot  on  which  to  rest  the  elbows,  avoid- 
ing any  slippery  material  like  a rubber  blanket,  A very  little  slip 
qf  the  elbow  is  sufficient  to  score  a clean  miss.  Equally  to  be 
avoided  as  elbow  rests  are  the  rough  rope  mats  in  use  on  some 
ranges— the  -elbows  will  get  sore  enough  at  first  without  rasping 
them  on  a rough  surface.  Then  again,  much  unnecessary  reach- 
ing and  moving  about  can  be  avoided  if  the  rifleman  will,  before 
lying  down,  so  dispose  of  his  outfit  that  everything  is  within 
easy  reach.  Try  to  find  an  arrangement  that  is  convenient,  and 
then  always  follow  it  systematically. 

The  various  back  positions  are  permitted  at  ranges  of  800  yards 
and  over.  They  are  undoubtedly  the  steadiest  of  all,  and  most  of 
the  long-range  match  rifles  are  shot  in  that  way.  The  Krag  can 
also  be  shot  in  this  way,  but  if  used  with  military  sights  the  rear 
sight  is  too  far  away  from  the  eye  for  comfort.  With  target 
sights,  it  is  all  right.  A particularly  comfortable  and  steady  posi- 
tion for  the  military  rifle  is  that  known  as  the  Texas  grip.  The 
old  .45  caliber  Springfield  is  well  adapted  to  this  position,  and  in 
it  can  be  manipulated  with  an  astonishing  degree  of  accuracy  and 
rapidity.  The  Krag,  however,  does  not  fit  the  Texas  grip  position 
so  well.  Its  bolt  handle  is  in  the  way,  and  it  does  not  seem  to 
shoot  as  accurately  this  way  as  it  does  in  the  prone  position — 
probably  because  of  interference  with  the  flip  of  the  barrel.  Nev- 
ertheless, some  riflemen  use  this  position  by  preference,  even  with 
the  Krag.  Besides  being  steadier,  it  brings  the  left  arm  into  such 
a position  that  it  acts  as  a pillow  for  the  head,  relieving  all 
strain  upon  muscles  of  the  neck,  so  noticeable  in  the  long-range 
back  position.  It  also  causes  the  sling  strap  to  take  up  all  of  the 
recoil,  transferring  it  to  the  thigh,  where  recoil  is  unnoticeable. 

In  searching  for  a comfortable  back  position,  it  is  well  to 
acquire  the  habit  of  keeping  one’s  toes  well  out  of  the  line  of  fire. 
It  may  sound  absurd,  but  is  nevertheless  a fact,  that  several  rifle- 
men have  managed  to  shoot  off  one  or  more  toes  from  failure  to 
observe  this  precaution,  and  with  the  shorter  weapon  now  in 
general  use  such  accidents  are  more  likely  to  happen. 


West  Sonora  (O.)  Rifle  Club. 

Tkt:  following  scores  were  made  at  the  shoot  of  the  West 

Sonora,  O.,  Rifle  Club  on  Jan.  14,  ten  members  taking  part.  The 

matches  were  all  shot  at  100yds.,  offhand,  open  sights.  Target 
om.  center  counting  %,  four  shots,  possible  48.  Money  prizes. 
C.  W.  Matthews  was  high  man  for  the  day,  scoring  a total  of  255 
in  24  shots,  possible  288.  Chalmer  Tice  second  with  253.  S.  Hoff- 
man third  with  247,  and  R.  Tice  fourth  with  243.  The  scores: 
Match  No.  1: 

C W Matthews... 12  11  12  10 — 45  L Bruner  10  10  11  10—41 

Chalmer  Tice 1112  1111—45  J Piles  ....12  0 11  11— 40 

R Tice  12  10  12  9-43  S Hoffman  ...... .11  11  10  3-34 

J McGriff  8 12  11  10 — 41  Clarence  Tice  ....9  12  4 8 — 33 

J Trissel  1 102  8 11-41  L Heina  6 12  10  4—32 

Shoot-off  of  tie  for  first  money:  C.  W.  Matthews  12,  C.  Tice 

11.  Matthews  first,  C.  Tice  second,  R.  Tice  third,  J.  McGriff 
fourth. 

Match  No.  2:  ^ ,,  j 1 ^ 

C W Matthews..  12  12  12  8^4  R Tice  10  12  10  9— 41 

J Files  12  11  10  10—43  J McGriff  9 8 10  10—38 

Chalmer  Tice  9 12  10  11—42  Clarence  Tice  7 10  li  9—37 

S Hoffman  9 12  11  9—41  L Bruner  8 2 11  8—29 

L Heina  11  7 10  10—38  J Trissel  11  0 10  (i— 27 

E.  Heina  first,  C.  W.  Matthews  second,  R.  Tice  third,  Clarence 
Tice  fourth. 

Match  No.  3: 

F Heina  1C  12  11  12—45  J McGriff 11  11  7 12—41 

C W Matthews... 10  10  12  11 — 43  Chalmer  Tice  10  7 10  10—37 

R Tice  12  11  12  7—42  J Piles  11  12  4 9—36 

Clarence  Tice 8 1112  11-42  L Bruner  12  10  4 9—35 

S Hoffman  ......111111  8-41  J Trissel  11  9 4 11—35 

U-  Heina  first,  C.  W.  Matthews  second,  R.  Tice  third,  Clarence 
Tice  fourth. 

Match  No.  4:  j 

S Hoffman  12  12  1112—47  R Tice  ...10  1110  8-^39 

C W Matthews...  12  10  10  12 — 44  Clarence  Tice  ...5  111112—39 

Chalmer  Tice  10  9 10  12—41  J Piles  11  12  2 10—35 

J McGriff  9 11  10  11-41  J Trissel  10  6 8 11—35 

U Heina  .12  12  6 9—39  L Bruner  7 10  5 9—31 

S.  Hoffman  first,  C.  W.  Matthews  second,  Chalmer  Tice  third, 
J.  McGriff  fourth. 

Match  No.  6: 

J Files  12  12  11  12—47  R Tice  10  9 8 10—37 

Chalmer  Tice  ....12  12  12  9-45  L Bruner  9 8 10  9—36 

L Heina  .10  1112  10—43  Clarence  Tice  ...12  7 10  6—35 

C W Matthews... 10  10  10  12— 42  J Trissel  3 7 12  11—33 

S Hoffman  9 10  10  12 — 41 

J.  Piles  first,  Chalmer  Tice  second,  L.  Heina  third,  C.  W. 
Matthews  fourth. 

Match  No.  6: 

Chalmer  Tice  ....12  11  12  8—43  C W Matthews... 12  4 12  9—37 

S Hoffman  10  11  11  11—43  JTrissel  10  10  8 9—37 

R Tice  10  11  12  8—41  Clarence  Tice  ....  8 10  7 12—37 

J McGriff  12  10  12  4—38  L Bruner  9 8 7 10—34 

L Heina  9 8 9 12—38  J Piles  3 10  7 11—31 

Chalmer  Tice  first,  S.  Hoffman  second,  R.  Tice  third,  J.  Mc- 
Griff fourth.  Bonasa. 


New  York  Central  Corps. 

Scores  follow  for  the  monthly  practice  shoot,  held  Wednesday 
evening,  Jan.  18,  all  shooting  offhand  on  the  regular  %Jn.  ring 
. target:  J.  Hess  242,  238,  G.  Viemeister  238,  -238,  H.  D.  MulUr 

. 235,  240,  J.  N.  F.  Seibs  231,  237;  D.  Scharninghausen  232,  232,  F. 
Rolfes  233,  229,  C.  Gerken  235,  224;  J.  von  der  Leith  223,  234;  W. 
Schillingmann  224,  229;  G.  Rohde  213,  235;  W.  Wessel  225,  219; 
: Capt.  Ch.  Tietjen  212,  222;  D.  Kuehrmann  221,  210;  H.  Roffman 
214,  216;  H.  A.  Ficke,  Jr.,  206,  220;  A.  Ritterhoff  212,  211;  H. 
-Brummer  206,  216;  F.  Baumann  193,  223;  G.  Dettloff  192,  215; 
H.  von  der  Leith  195,  211;  J.  Eisinger  212,  190;  J.  Witten  89. 

Bullseye  target:  J.  N.  F.  Seibs  46 V2,  J.  Hess  67,  C.  Gerken  78^, 
A.  Ritterhoff  89,  F.  Bauman  97,  S.  Viemeister  100,  D.  Scharning- 
hausen 103,  W.  Schillingmann  105,  H.  D.  Muller  105,  H.  von  der 
Leith  143,  F.  Rolfs  150,  Capt.  C.  Tietjen  158,  J.  Witten  159,  H. 
Brummer  165,  W.  Wessel  173,  J.  von  der  .Leith  178,  G.  Rohde  232, 
H.  A.  Ficke,  Jr.,  270. 


Cincinnati  Rifle  Association. 

Cincinnati,  O. — The  following  scores  were  made  in  regular 
competition  by  members  of  the  Cincinnati  Rifle  Association,  at 
Four-Mile  House,  Reading  road,  Jan.  15.  Conditions:  20yds., 
offhand,  at  the  25-ring  target.  Hasenzahl  was  declared  cham- 
pion for  the  day,  with  the  good  score  of  225.  Hofer  was  high 
on  the  honor  target  with  71  points.  The  scores: 

Hasenzahl  225  221  217  215  214 

Payne  225  218  217  215  213 

Hofer  223  213  204  200  197 

Roberts  218  211  209  206  206 

Coleman  199  190  188  186  ... 

Fieitag  194  194  191  191  190 

Bruns  180  168  


New  York  Gty  Corps. 

On  Thursday  evening,  Jan.  20,  but  four  members  appeared  at 
headquarters  to  take  part  in  the  regular  practice  shoot.  While 
but  few  in  number,  the  competition  was  keen.  Chas.  Wagner 
won  out  over  the  veteran  Charlie  Zettler  by  a margin  of  three 
points  on  the  ring  target,  while  the  result  was  simply  reversed 
on  the  bullseye  target:  C.  Wagner  241,  242;  C.  G.  Zettler  240, 

241;  Jos.  Keller  228,  237;  A.  Wilts  188,  200. 

Bullseye  target:  C.  G.  Zettler  35,  A.  Wiltz  135,  C.  Wagner  136. 


Harlem  Independent  Schuetzen  Corps. 

On  Friday,  Jan.  20,  the  above  society  occupied  the  Zettler 
ranges  in  Twenty-third  street.  E.  Karl  236,  230;  A.  Thiebauth 
228,  232;  A.  Feigert  230,  219;  A.  Muller  218,  226;  G.  Thomas  213, 
223;  A.  Fenninge  216,  214;  F.  Koch  209,  213;  W.  Mensch  194,  218; 
P.  Zugner  218,  190;  J.  Fey  199,  181. 

Bullseye  target:  A.  Thiebauth  87,  A.  Feigert  89,  E.  Karl  107, 
P.  Zugner  118,  F.  Koch  168,  A.  Muller  260. 


Italian  Rifle  Club. 

At  the  weekly  practice  shoot,  held  Monday,  Jan.  16,  at  head- 
quarters, 159  West  Twenty-third  street,  the  following  scores  were 
recorded,  all  shooting  offhand  on  the  regular  %in.  ring  target: 
Minervini  474,  Selvaggi  468,  De  Felice  467,  Gallina  464,  Burrani 
448,  Raimondi  440,  Mastipaque  428,  Cassetti  422,  Carbyons  421,  De 
Stefino  403,  Bianchi  235,  Muzio  224. 


Zettler  Rifle  Club. 

Scores  follow  for  the  regular  practice  shoot  Tuesday  evening, 
Jan.  17:  A.  Hubalek  2453,  L.  P.  Hansen  2421,  C.  Zettler,  Jr., 
1211,  G.  Schlicht  2414,  C.  G.  Zettler  2393,  A.  Begerow  2364,  H. 
Fenwirth  2359,  F.  J.  Herpers  2347,  B.  Zettler  1183,  George  Ludwig 
1171,  L.  Maurer  1165,  Geo.  J.  Bernina  2244. 


Providence,  (R.  I.)  Revolver  Club, 

Providence,  R.  I. — We  certainly  were  nicely  defeated  in  our 
first  rifle  match  on  the  21st  by  the  Myles  Standish  Rifle  Club,  of 
Portland;  but  all  things  considered,  do  not  feel  crestfallen  at  the 
lesult.  It  was  not  a surprise,  and  we  are  going  up  against  them 
again,  if  only  to  be  knocked  down,  but  not  quite  so  hard. 

The  match  was  thoroughly  enjoyed,  all  of  our  men  were  en- 
thusiastic, and  everything  passed  off  smoothly  for  our  first  trial. 
We  could  only  shoot  one  target  at  a time,  but  a match  calling 
for  100  shots  gives  us  a good  easy  evening’s  work. 

lhe  first  shot  was  fired  at  8:13  by  Mr.  Beach,  and  the  supersti- 
tious ones  say  that  the  next  match  will  start  earlier  and  with  a 
less  unlucky  figure  showing  on  the  watch. 

Arno  Argus  kept  the  targets  ready,  and  greatly  assisted  the 
men  by  calling  each  shot. 

The  team  kept  up  to  its  expected  average,  and  with  few  excep- 
tions, the  shots  averaged  nicely  for  our  class. 

Where  is  the  next  club  that  would  like  a try  with  us? 

For  a revolver  club  we  are  at  present  very  much  interested  in 
indoor  rifle  shooting,  and  unless  we  get  defeated  too  often,  this 
branch  bids  fair  to  be  more  popular  than  we  anticipated. 

Scores  of  teams  in  rifle  match,  Miles  Standish  Rifle  Club,  of  Port- 
land, Me.,  vs.  Providence  Revolver  Club,  shot  Jan.  21,  25yds„  German 
ring  target.  Each  team  on  its  home  range,  five-man  teams,  20 
shots  per  man.  Signed  targets;  totals  telegraphed  at  close  of 
match.  Each  club  to  select  any  five  men  for  its  team: 


R H Crosby  . 

F C Davis 

Myles  Standish 
E L Cobb,  Jr. 
M S Folkins  .. 


Myles  Standish  Rifle  Club  Team. 

122  123  121  123—489 

122  121  122—489 

121  124  119  120—484 

120  122  120  120 — 482 

120  121  118  120—479—2423 


Providence  Revolver  Club  Team. 


L A Jordan  

24 

23 

25 

24—120 

25 

19 

20 

22 

20—106 

23 

25 

22 

25 

23—118 

Sterry  K.  Luther 

25 

25 

24 

21 

25 

24 

24 

23 

20 

23—121—465 

25 

25 

JLJ.tr 

23— 11S 

19 

23 

25 

21 

23—111 

Albert  B Coulters 

25 

24 

23 

23 

23 

23 

23 

25 

2d 

24—121—464 

22 

23 

23—114 

21 

24 

24 

23 

23—115 

W Bert  Gardiner 

24 

20 

23 

22 

24 

23 

24 

23 

24 

24 — 116 — 461 

23 

24 

21—114 

19 

23 

22 

25 

23—112 

C L Beach...... 

23 

23 

21 

21 

24 

22 

24 

24 

25 

23—117—456 

21 

23 

21—110 

24 

24 

24 

21 

23—116 

21 

22 

25 

21 

22—111—447- 

Portland  team  won  by 


130 

Hurlburt. 


Indoor  .22  Caliber  Rifle  League. 

Pittsburg,  Pa.— The  annual  tournament  of  the  Iroquois  Rifle 
Club,  held  in  this  city,  Jan.  16  to  20,  was  conducted  at  the  club’s 
indoor  range.  The  champion  contest  was  won  by  Mr.  Louis  P. 
Ittel,  of  Pittsburg.  The  conditions  restricted  ammunition  to  .22 
cartridges.  Any  sights  were  allowable. 

In  the  continuous  match  Messrs.  H.  M.  Pope  and  L.  P.  Ittel 
tied  for  first  place  with  scores  of  299.  Dr.  A.  A.  Stillman  was 
second  with  29S.  The  scores  of  the  indoor  championship  follow: 

L.  P.  Ittel  2459,  A.  A.  Stillman  2441,  W.  A.  Tewes  2440,  H.  M. 
Pope  2440,  C.  A.  Frank  2435,- F.  C.  Ross  2432,  R.  Gute  2423,  Owen 
Smith  2421,  M.  Dorrler  2420,  L.  C.  Buss  2419,  E.  C.  Reed  2418, 
A.  J.  Huebner  2413,  J.  W.  Hessian  2412,  Peter  Paulsen  2408,  R.  F. 
Phillips  2403,  George  Williams  2394,  A.  F.  Landensack  2394,  H. 

M.  Thomas  2385,  R.  R.  Bennett  2384,  Rodney  Pierce  2380. 

A meeting  of  the  League  was  held  on  the  evening  of  Jan.  18. 
Officers  were  elected  as  follows:  President,  Henry  Sperling; 

Vice-President,  R.  R.  Bennett;  Secretary,  Treasurer  and  Corres- 
ponding Secretary,  Karl  W.  Zoeller.  All  these  officers  are  resi- 
dents of  Pittsburg. 

Board  of  Directors:  Henry  L.  Born  and  L.  P.  Ittel,  of  Pitts- 

burg; William  Wylie,  Washington,  Pa.;  H.  Mossberger,  Wilkins- 
burg;  Frank  H.  Chandler,  Shelburn  Falls,  Mass.;  W.  A.  Tewes, 
Jersey  City;  Owen  Smith,  Hoboken,  and  W.  B.  Jarvis,  Grand 
Rapids,  Mich. 

Jersey  City  or  Grand  Rapids  will  be  the  next  place  in  which  the 
championship  will  be  held,  but  a definite  selection  is  at  present 
in  abeyance. 


Leever's  Powder  Mill  Blows  Up. 

Goshen,  O.,  Jan.  20. — Special. — Sam  Leever’s  powder  mill  blew 
up  to-day.  Leever  was  drying  a batch  of  powder  in  his  factory— 
a 10  by  10  affair— when  a spark  from  the  stove  dropped  in  and 
Sam  dropped  out,  with  hair  badly  singed,  but  otherwise  not  seri- 
ously damaged.  However,  the  loss  on  the  investment  may  break 
his  heart.  It  is  “Stransky’s  patent,”  and  the  investment  may  be 
summed  up  as  follows:  “Formula,”  25  cents;  material  for  10 

pounds  of  powder,  50  cents;  building,  $3  (no  insurance);  total 
loss,  $3.75.  His  partner,  Frank  Holmes,  will  bear  his  share  of  the 
loss. 

Later  advices  concerning  this  violent  explosion,  are  to  the  effect 
that  Stransky  powder  is  composed  of  chlorate  of  potash,  flour, 
sugar,  etc.— strictly  for  hand  loading. 


Providence,  R.  I.,  Revolver  Club. 

Scores  shot  in  regular  practice  on  the  armory  range,  Provi- 
dence, R.  I.,  Jan.  19,  1905:  S.  K.  Luther  241,  233,  242;  L.  A. 

Jordan  241,  220;  A.  B.  Coulters  231,  237,  236;  C.  L.  Beach  221,  231, 
225,  229;  W.  B.  Gardiner  230,  221,  219,  222;  W.  F.  Eddy  224. 

Revolver,  20yds.,  Standard  American  target:  W.  F.  Eddy  71; 

Arno  Argus  66,  59,  63,  66. 

At  Portsmouth— W.  Almy:  20yds.,  91,  88;  50yds.,  89,  88,  89; 
Bradford  Norman,  20yds.,  89. 

Hurlburt. 


Massachusetts  Rifle  Club. 

German  ring  target:  J.  Busfield  221,  A.  Neider  210,  M Alden 
209. 

Standard  target:  C.  A.  Coombs  85,  I.  James  81,  W.  A.  Chester 
78,  F.  Carter  75,  M.  T.  Day  74,  J.  B.  Hobbs  73. 


Rifle  Notes. 

There  is  a movement  on  foot  toward  the  formation  of  an  up-to- 
date  rifle  club  in  Washington,  D.  C.  All  parties  interested  should 
communicate  with  Dr.  W.  M.  Kemball,  1107  G street,  N.  W.» 

Washington,  D.  C. 


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If  you  want  your  siioot  to  bfe  announced  Here  send  a 
notice  like  the  following: 

Fixtures. 

Tan.  28. — Trenton,  N.  J.,  Shooting  Association  merchandise  shoot. 
Jan.  31- Feb.  2.— Taylor  Tex.— Central  Texas  Handicap  tournament. 

Feb^"'  S^cLesterf’  N.  &Y.,  Gun  Club  all-day  shoot.  Hiram  B. 

Feb.^  6-9.— Houston,  Tex.— Sen’s  Grand  Southern  Handicap.  Alf. 

Feb^lld— Philltpfburg,  N.  J.,  Opposite  P\7^lert  Gun 

Club  first  annual  tournament.  Ed.  F.  Markley,  Mgr. 

Feb  13.— Concord,  S.  I.— All-day  shoot  of  the  Richmond  Gun  Club. 
A.  A.  Schoverling  Sec’y. 

Feb.  13.— Rahway,  N.  J.,  Gun  Club  shoot.  , ...  „ 

Feb.  13. — Shrewsbury,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  W.  H. 

Feb  15-16'. — Allentown,  Pa. — Two-day  tournament  at  Duck  Farm 
Hotel.  C.  L.  Straub,  Mgr. 

Feb.  15-16. — Detroit,  Mich. — Jacob  Klein  s tournament  on  Rausch 
House  grounds,  under  auspices  of  Tri-State  Automobile  and 

Feb8?!^^ shoot  of  the  Mullerite  Gun  Club. 

FebSlb-Nfw  VPaHnzg’ NIgY.— Mullerite  Gun  Club  all-day  shoot. 

FebA22^—  AtglenT 'pag— ^ Christiana- Atglen  Gun  Club  all-day  shoot. 
Lloyd  R.  Lewis,  Cor.  Sec’y. 

Feb.  227 Batavia,  Ll.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  Henry  Hendrick- 

Feb?°<S'.— Concord.  S.  1.— All-day  shoot  of  the  Richmond  Gun 
Club.  A.  A.  Sch j\  erling,  Sec'y.  w ,, 

Feb.  22.— Schenectady,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  V.  Wall- 

Feb'3  22^-UtLa,'  N.  Y.— Riverside f Gun  Club’s  eighth  annual  tour- 

March™ 20-2L— Ka^isas°  Chty,  Llo.— Dickey  Bird  Gun  Club  six-day 

Apri™™!— Augusta,  Ga.— The  Interstate  Association’s  tourna- 
P ment,  under  the  auspices  of  the  Augusta  Gun  Club.  Chas.  C. 

April  14- — Spring  tournament  of  Delaware  Trapshooters’  League, 
on  grounds  of  Wilmington  Gun  Club.  . .. 

April  18-20.— Waco,  Tex.— Texas  State  Sportsmens  Association 

April  19.— Springfield,  Mass.,  Shooting  Club  annual  tournament. 

May  2-5.— Pittsburg,  Pa— Tournament  of  the  Pennsylvania  State 
Sportsmen’s  Association,  under  auspices  of  the  Herron  H 
Gun  Club;  $1,000  added  to  purses._  Louis  Lautenstager,  Sec  y. 
May  2-6.— Kansas  City,  Mo. — Missouri  State  Game  and  Fish  Pro- 
tective Association  tournament.  ...  * 

Mav  9-12.— Nebraska  State  Sportsmen  s Association  tournament. 
Mav  9-12  —Hastings,  Neb.— Nebraska  State  Sportsmen  s Associa- 
tion’s twenty-ninth  annual  tournament.  Geo.  L.  Carter,  Sec  y, 

May^  14-16.— Des  Moines,  la. — Iowa  State  Sportsmen  s Associa- 

Mav'°16-18.— Parkersburg,  W.  Va. — West  Virginia  State  Sports- 
men’s  Association  tournament. 

May1 17-19. — Stanley  Gun  Club  of  Toronto  Oncorporated),  Can 
annual  tournament.  Alexander  Dey,  Sec  y,  178  Mill  ^ > 

MayT023°25.-LinC0ln,  111.,  State  Sportsmen’s  Association  tourna- 

May^  30.— McKeesport,  Pa.— Enterprise  Gun  Club  tournament. 

MajP  30-3L— -Washington,^  D.  C.— Analostan  Gun  tiyg'day 

tournament;  $200  added.  Miles  Taylor,  Secy,  222  F street, 

May  31-June  1. — Vermillion. — South  Dakota  State  Sportsmens 

JuneA|T-D°rton!Ua?IGun  Club  annual  tournament.  Ernest  F. 

JimfC9.-Shanmkin,  Pa„  Gun  Club  tournament.  S.  C.  Yocum, 

T In  Tndianaoolis  Ind  —The  Interstate  Association’s  Grand 

^Un Am^HMnnHandlcap,  target  tournament;  $1,000  added  money. 

Elmer  E.  Shaner,  Sec’y-Mgr.,  Pittsburg,  Pa.  y 

july  4. — Shamokin,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  S.  C.  Yocum, 

Jul/t-South  Framingham,  Mass.-Second  annual  team  shoot; 

Tuly\Vll -Menominee,  Mich.-The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
J lament,  under  the  auspices  of  the  Menominee  Gun  Club. 

AugWL^AfbCe?tULea,SMinn.-The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  Albert  Lea  Gun  Club. 

.Oct.^2.— Fall  tournament  of  the  Delaware  Trapshotoers  League, 
on"grounds  of  Dover  Gun  Club. 


drivers  and  twiste.rs 

Among  the  distinguished  visitors  in  New  York  last  week  were 
Col.  J.  B.  Ewing,  Mr.  J.  T.  Skelly  and  Mr.  Phil  B.  Bekeart. 

At  Holmesburg  Junction,  Jan  21  Mr  Fred  Parker  was 

first  in  an  open  handicap  shoot  at  25  birds.  Fie  scored  24  out  of 
’5  from  the  32yd.  mark,  the  lost  bird  being  dead  out. 

* 

The  Chester,  N.  Y„  Gun  Club  have  arranged  to  hold  an  all- 
day  shoot  on  Feb.  3.  The  totals  of  the  programme  are  lo0 
targets,  $10  entrance.  Mr.  Hiram  B.  Tuthill  is  the  President. 

‘ The  100-target  handicap  for  club  members,  to  be  held  by  the 
naming  N Y„  Gun  Club  on  Saturday  of  this  week,  will  have 
a handicap  of  misses  as  kills.  Shooting  will  commence  at  2 

o’clock.  ^ 

At  the  Point  Breeze  Track,  Philadelphia,  Jan.  21,  fifteen  partici- 
nated  in  a handicap  at  10  live  birds.  Messrs.  Aimen,  Kirk  and 
Murphy  were  high  with  a score  of  9 each.  The  weather  was 
pleasant  and  the  birds  were  a good  lot. 

Advance  notice  has  been  sent  out  concerning  the  tournament 
'be  held  under  the  auspices  of  the  Tri-State  Automobile  and 
Snorting  Goods  Association,  to  be  held  on  the  Rusch  Plouse 
grounds  Feb.  15-17.  For  programmes  apply  to  Mr.  John  Parker, 
Detroit,’ or  Mr.  Fred  F.  Foster,  Lansing,  Mich. 

A five-man  team  shoot  between  Homer  and  Merchantville,  at 
Merchantville,  N.  J.,  Jan  21,  was  won  by  the  latter  with  scores  as 
follows:  Homer  Gun  Club-Durant  13,  Manes  18,  Pew  16,  Spooner 
12  Hilmick  10;  total  69.  Merchantville  Gun  Club— Walton  16, 
Morgan  18,  Paul  19,  Simpson  23,  Hill  16;  total  92. 

* 

A two-man  team  match  lias  been  arranged  to  take  place  at  the 
Point  Breeze  Track,  Philadelphia,  on  Saturday  of  this  week. 
The  principals  are  Messrs.  J.  B.  McHugh  and  C.  B.  Milton,  of 
Wilmington,  and  Messrs.  S.  C.  Aimen  and  Fred  Murphy,  of 
Philadelphia.  Conditions,  30yds.,  25  birds  each,  $100  a side. 

at 

The  programme  of  the  shoot  announced  by  the  Shrewsbury, 
Pa  Gun  Club,  to  be  held  on  Feb.  13,  provides  thirteen  events, 
one  at  10  targets,  50  cents  entrance,  the  remainder  at  15  targets, 
$1  entrance.  Class  shooting.  First  high  gun,  $3;  second,  $2;  low 
gun,  $1.  Shooters  will  be  conveyed  to  and  from  the  grounds  free. 


Saturday  of  this  week  is  fixed  as  the  duy  oti  which  the  fits! 
shoot  of  the  series  for  the  Montclair,  N.  J.,  Gun  Club  loving  cup 
will  be  held.  The  last  Saturday  of  each  month  during  the  year 
will  measure  the  extent  of  the  series. 

Mr.  Thomas  A.  Duff,  Toronto,  writes  us  as  follows:  “In  your 
shooting  fixtures  please  insert:  May  17,  18,  19,  Toronto,  Can. 
The  Stanley  Gun  Club  of  Toronto  (incorporated)  annual  tourna- 
ment. Alexander  Dey,  Secretary,  178  Mill  street,  Toronto,  Can.’’ 

Mr.  C.  L.  Straub,  of  Allentown,  Pa.,  announces  a two-day  target 
tournament,  at  the  Duck  Farm  Hotel,  Feb.  15  and  16.  There  are 
twelve  programme  events,  each  at  15  targets,  $1  entrance.  Shoot- 
ing begins  at  10:30.  Class  shooting.  High  amateur  averages, 
first  and  second,  $5  and  $3.  Lunch  a la  Griesemer. 

Mr.  J.  Mowell  Hawkins,  of  Baltimore,  was  the  bright,  particu- 
lar star  at  the  shoot  of  the  Meadow  Springs,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  last 
Saturday,  as  he  blew  into  vacuity  all  prior  club  records  of  the 
grounds.  He  made  a run  of  50  straight,  and  scored  94  out  of  100. 
He  used  a good  gun,  good  ammunition  and  a good  eye,  the  latter 
being  personal. 

X 

The  Manager,  Mr.  A.  A.  Schoverling,  2 Murray  street,  New 
York,  writes  us  that  the  Mullerite  Gun  Club  will  hold  an  all-day 
shoot  on  the  grounds  of  the  Awosting  Gun  Club  at  New  Paltz, 
N.  Y.,  on  Feb.  22.  Shooting  will  begin  at  10  o’clock.  The  com- 
petition will  be  sweepstakes,  and  merchandise  prizes  will  be  an 
added  attraction. 

K 

The  Christiana- Atglen  Gun  Club  announce  a shoot  to  be  held 
on  Feb.  22,  at  Atglen,  Pa.  The  programme  has  eleven  events,  of 
which  three  are  at  live  birds,  respectively,  5 birds,  $2.50;  7 birds, 
$3;  10  birds,  $4.  The  target  events  are  at  10  and  15  targets,  75 
cents,  $1  and  $1.25  entrance.  Class  shooting.  Lloyd  R.  Lewis  is 
the  Corresponding  Secretary. 

The  committee  in  charge  of  the  Fulford  Memorial  Fund  are 
desirous  that  all  who  contemplate  subscribing  to  it  will  do  so 
promptly,  as  it  will  be  closed  on  Feb.  1.  About  $400  have  been 
subscribed,  and  about  $100  more  are  needed  to  secure  such  monu- 
ment as  the  Committee  deems  suitable.  Subscriptions  should  be 
forwarded  to  Mr.  James  T.  Skelly,  Wilmington,  Del. 

The  first  event  of  the  handicap  series  of  twelve  shoots  in- 
augurated by  the  Clearview  Gun  Club,  was  held  at  Darby,  Pa., 
on  Jan.  21.  They  are  handicap  contests,  allowances  added.  There 
were  thirty-one  contestants,  of  whom  five  were  visitors.  Each 
shot  at  25  targets,  and  four  tied  on  a full  score,  namely,  Messrs. 
D.  Sanford,  IT.  M.  Sibole,  L.  R.  Huber  and  J.  Colton.  In  the 
shoot-off  Sibole  won  with  a straight  score. 

The  Secretary,  Mr.  S.  C.  Yocum,  writes  us  that  the  Shamokin, 
Pa.,  Gun  Club  elected  officers  as  follows:  U.  H.  Prichard, 
President;  J.  E.  Herrold,  Vice-President;  S.  C.  Yocum,  Secretary; 
F.  G. . Seiler,  Treasurer;  Dr.  A.  B.  Longshore,  Captain;  Warren 
Iveiser,  Vice-Captain.  Executive  Committee:  Harvey  Sowers,  B. 

B.  Smith,  William  T.,  Wray,  D.  W.  Shipman,  D.  P.  Faust.  Dates 
for  tournaments  were  selected  as  follows:  First,  June  9;  second, 

July  4.  Each  programme  provides  200  targets,  $10  entrance,  Av- 
erage prizes  will  be  given. 

A new  order  has  been  created,  the  title  of  which  is  “The  Ex- 
alted Order  of  Fulminators,”  and  the  correspondence  department 
is  in  charge  of  “The  Esteemed  Head  Scribe,”  Mr.  Paul  R. 
Litzke,  of  Little  Rock,  Ark.  The  other  officers  are:  Most  Ex- 
alted  Fulminator,  J.  W.  Osborne,  Albany,  Ga. ; Chief  Detonator, 
Maurice  Kaufman,  New  Orleans;  Esteemed  Head  Mixer,  C.  G. 
Grubb,  Pittsburg;  Keeper  of  Paraphernalia,  G.  A.  Muenzen- 
roaier,  Kings  Mills;  Musical  Mixer,  Capt.  A.  H.  Hardy,  Lincoln; 
Chief  Artist,  B.  E.  Seymour,  Grand  Forks;  National  Word  Mixer, 
W.  W.  Webber,  Ft.  Smith. 

R 

Last  Saturday  afternoon  a two-man  team  race  was  shot  on  the 
grounds  of  the  Wawaset  Gun  Club,  at  Wilmington,  Del.  In  the 
one  team  were  Messrs.  J.  A.  McKelvey  and  W.  M.  Foord,  each 
of  whom  shoots  from  his  northwest  shoulder;  in  the.  other  team 
were  Messrs.  Luther  J .Squier  and  Janies  T.  Skelly,  who  shoot 
from  their  northeast  shoulder.  All  are  valiant  men  in  competi- 
tion, and  ready  to  do  and  dare  at  all  times.  Each  shot  at  100 
targets,  divided  into  25s.  The  scores  were:  Squier  23,  21,  22,  23; 

total,  89.  Skelly  21,  22,  20,  19;  total  82.  Foord  21,  20,  19,  24;  total 
84.  McKelvey  16,  19,  19,  22;  total  76.  Northpaws,  171;  South- 
paws, 160.  - -‘-J  I— L‘-*J 

In  the  Sun  the  following  was  recently  published:  “William  P. 

Shattuck,  of  Minneapolis,  who  is  stopping  at  the  Holland  House, 
and  who  is  an  exhibitor  at  the  automobile  show  in  Madison 
Square  Garden,  went  to  the  Tenderloin  police  station  about  10 
o’clock  last  night  and  reported  that  a fur  coat,  made  of  muskrat 
skins,  which  he  valued  very  highly  on  account  of  its  associations, 
had  been  stolen  from  his  booth  in  the  Garden.  He  told  the 
police  that  there  were  about  100  skins  in  the  coat,  and  that  his 
wife  shot  every  one  of  the  muskrats  on  a trip  which  she  made 
with  him  in  an  automobile  a year  ago  through  Minnesota  and 
South  Dakota.  His  wife,  he  said,  was  a crack  rifle  shot,  having 
won  the  Grand  American  Handicap  shoot  at  Oakwood  five  years 
ago.  She  was,  he  said,  the  only  woman  who  ever  won  this  shoot. 
The  police  promised  they  would  look  for  the  coat,  and  if  they 
hadn’t  found  it  before  Mr.  Shattuck  left  New  York,  that  they 
would  notify  him  in  Washington,  where  he  is  going  to  consult 
with  the  Secretary  of  War  in  regard  to  a device  to  enable  soldiers 
to  shoot  at  night  just  as  well  as  they  can  in  the  daytime. 

K 

A correspondent  writes  us  that  “the  first  annual  spring  tourna- 
ment of  the  Delaware  State  Trapshooters’  League  will  be  held  on 
the  grounds  of  the  Wilmington  Gun  Club  on  April  12-13.  The 
first  day  will  be  devoted  to  open  sweeps,  everybody  welcome, 
manufacturers’  representatives,  of  course,  shooting  for  targets 
only.  The  second  day’s  programme  will  consist  of  several  open 
sweepstake  events,  and  will  also  include  the  State  team  cham- 
pionship at  50  targets  per  man,  and  the  individual  State  cham- 
pionship at  100  targets,  these  events  being  shot  off  in  series  of  25 
targets  each,  with  optional  sweeps  open  to  all  amateurs,  whether 
residents  of ’the  State  of  Delaware  or  not.  The  Wilmington  Gun 
Club  may  issue  in  the  near  future  a challenge  to  any  club  to 
shoot  a team  race  under  the  following  conditions:  Five-man 

teams,  50  targets  per  man,  the  total  weight  of  the  team  to  be  not 
less  than  1,500  pounds  avoirdupois.  The  Wilmington  Gun  Club 
can  produce  such  a team,  the  well-known  Harry  Hartlove  being 
captain,  although  he  is  the  baby  of  the  bunch,  weighing  only 
265  pounds.”  This  Pee-Wee  team  match,  on  the  terms  above  set 
forth,  would  be  of  special  interest  in  itself,  but  the  members 
would  confer  incalculable  benefit  if  they  would  di\  ulge  to  the 
public  the  menu  of  their  training  table. 


At  Gdfigus  fetation,  La.,  Jan,  i!i,  the  invitation  shoot  yl  the 
Highland  Gun  Club  was  held  , Thitty  shooters  were  pres- 
ent, the  Florists,  Olney  Field  Club,  Highland,  Hillside,  S.  S. 
White,  and  other  clubs  being  well  represented.  Twelve  of  the 
sixteen  programme  events  were  shot  off.  A number  of  valuable 
merchandise  prizes  were  objects  of  competition, 

SS 

The  Treasurer’s  report  shows  the  Crescent  Athletic  Club  to  be 
in  an  excellent  financial  condition.  It  has  a surplus  of  $166,380.31, 
which  will  be  applied  to  the  erection  of  a new  town  house,  which 
will  be  built  soon  at  a cost  of  $600,000.  At  the  close  of  last  year 
it  had  100  life  members,  257  non-resident  members,  1,730  resident 
members,  a total  of  2,087.  By  way  of  showing  the  sound  financial 
stability  of  the  club,  it  may  be  mentioned  that  it  has  assets  as 
follows:  Bay  Ridge  property,  264  city  lots;  buildings,  furniture, 

etc.,  $220,000;  boat  house  and  boats,  $20,000;  Pierrepont  street 
property,  three  city  lots,  $105,000;  building  account,  payments  on 
account  of  new  building,  $6,375;  furniture  and  fixtures  Clinton 
stieet  house,  $10,000;  stock  on  hand,  $8,422.47;  members’  accounts, 
$26,094.99;  cash  on  hand,  $6,026.59;  total,  $401,919.05.  Liabilities: 
Funded  debt,  first  mortgage  Bay  Ridge,  $150,000;  second  mort- 
gage bond  subscriptions,  $40,620;  old  second  mortgage  bonds  called 
for  payment,  $1,300;  unpaid  bills,  $44,918.74;  Christmas  fund,  $3,745; 
surplus  fund,  $166,380.31;  total,  $401,919.05.  The  expenses  for  ath- 
letics were:  Baseball,  $1,160.26;  golf,  $1,601.32;  hockey,  $451.15; 

lacrosse,  $2,240.84;  tennis,  $1,665.61.  Shooting  netted  a credit  bal- 
ance of  $478.19,  making  the  total  cost  of  athletics,  $6,641.02.  Mr. 
A.  W.  Higgins,  the  able  and  courteous  secretary  of  the  Laflin 
& Rand  Powder  Co.,  is  a leading  genius  of  the  club,  and  was 
elected  to  important  office  as  a member  of  the  Nominating  Com- 
mittee for  1905. 

Bernard  Waters. 


IN  NEW  JERSEY* 

North  River  Gun  Club* 


Edgewater 

, N. 

J.,  Jan 

i.  21.— Event  7 was  a 

handicap 

for 

silver 

cup.  It  was 

won 

by  C. 

Leasenfeld. 

The  scores: 

Events : 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

Targets : 

15 

10 

15 

10 

15 

10 

25 

15 

10 

Eickhoff  

14 

10 

14 

6 

11 

7 

24 

13 

8 

Vosselman  ,. 

13 

7 

10 

6 

13 

6 

23 

I.easenfeid  . 

7 

7 

12 

7 

12 

10 

25 

Morrison  ... 

7 

12 

5 

10 

9 

22 

1.4 

P Truax  ... 

12 

10 

22 

12 

io 

Sherman  . . . 

10 

8 

20 

11 

6 

Jones  

11 

7 

18 

10 

7 

Fisher  

14 

9 

22 

13 

9 

Kaufman.  . . 

13 

8 

23 

12 

8 

C Truax  

15 

9 

24 

14 

9 

Montclair  Gun 

Club. 

Montclair, 

N.  J. 

, Jan. 

21. — Events  1, 

2 

and 

3 

were 

for  practice. 

Events  4 and  5,  50  targets,  for  a box  of  fine  cigars,  was  won  by 
Cockefair,  with  44  breaks  to  his  credit,  Crane  being  a close  second 
with  43  breaks. 

Messrs.  Howard  and  Soverel  qualified  to-day  in  the  gold  medal 
event. 

On  next  Saturday  the  monthly  competition  for  the  club  trophy 
of  1905,  a very  handsome  sterling  silver  loving  cup,  will  begin. 
This  will  continue  during  the  year,  on  the  last  Saturday  of  every 
month. 

Events:  1 2 3 4 5 6 Events:  1 2 3 4 5 6 

~ Targets:  25  25  25  25  25  25  Targets:  25  25  25  25  25  25 

Cockefair  20  19  18  22  22  16  Babcock  19  ..  18  16  ..  .. 

Howard  18  ..  . . Winslow  13  10  14  14  . . 

' Crane  16  . . 21  22  . . Butler  22  17  19  19  18  24 

Geo  Batten  15  ..  19  20  15  SR  Soverel 15  19  17  . . 

C W Kendall..  17  19  21  12  19  15 

Edward  Winslow,  Sec’y. 


Sheepshead  Bay  Gun  Club. 

Sheepshead  Bay,  L.  I.,  Jan.  19. — In  the  contest  for  the  Remsen 
cup  and  Dreyer  prize,  50  targets,  handicap  allowance,  the  actual 
scores  were  as  follows:  Schortemeier  (0)  43,  Dreyer  (20)  29, 

McKane  (12)  41,  Tyler  (20)  32,  Voorhies  (10)  34,  Montanus  (16) 
26,  Cooper  (18)  24,  Williamson  (16)  29,  Allen  (38)  18,  Gewert  (26) 
17,  Franciola  (38)  12,  P.  Suse  (18)  18,  A.  Cottrell  34,  F.  Schov- 
erling 36,  Dr.  Goubeaud  (24)  22,  Bishop  3,  McElroy  2,  Carolan 
(26)  28,  Fink  16. 

The  Remsen  cup  and  Dreyer  prize  shoot-off  was  postponed  until 
the  next  shoot.  Schortemeier  did  not  contest  for  any  prize. 
Dreyer  did  not  contest  for  his  own  donation. 

Medal  shoot-off,  25  targets,  won  by  F.  Tyler,  as  follows:  Dreyer 
(5)  20,  Tyler  (5)  21,  Montanus  (4)  19,  Allen  (9)  15,  Francioli  (9)  15, 
Carolan  (7)  20. 

Event  1,  25  targets:  Schorty  22,  Cottrell  14,  Schoverling  22, 

Williamson  15,  Voorhies  22,  McKane  15,  Tyler  14,  Dreyer  12,  Mon- 
tanus 11,  Francioli  6,  C.  Cooper  17,  Tyler  12. 

Event  3,  15  targets:  Schorty  14,  Cooper  12,  Montanus  12, 

Vocrhies  10,  Dreyer  10,  Carolan  8,  Tyler  7,  Schoverling  12,  Cot- 
trell 9,  Frank  3.  Williamson  10,  Voorhies  12,  Schorty  12,  Mon- 
tanus 13,  Dr.  Goubeaud  5. 

Ossining  Gun  Club. 

Ossining,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  21. — While  to-day  was  not  the  regular  bi- 
monthly club  day,  some  of  the  boys  came  up  to  “shoot  one  box 
of  shells  to  keep  their  hands  in,”  and  below  find  the  result — ’twere 
ever  thus. 

A few  other  little  side  matches  were  shot  besides  these  recorded 
events.  Saturday,  the  28th  inst.,  is  the  day  set  for  the  big  100 
clay-bird  handicap  for  members.  The  handicaps  are  to  be  misses 
as  kills,  and  they  have  been  carefully  apportioned  by  the  Com- 
mittee, who  have  tried  to  make  it  as  equitable  as  possible. 
Shooting  will  start  promptly  at  2 P.  M.  Entrance,  price  of  birds. 
Prize  a pump  gun;  also  optional  sweeps: 

Events:  1234567S9  10  11 

Targets:  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  25 

G B Hubbell 5 7.  7..  8 7..  8 ..  .. 

I T Hyland 7 9 7..  5....  7..  6 18 

D Brandreth  9 6 8 6 6 7 5 5 9 7 22 

C G Blandford 9596689767  18 

A Aitchison 4 ..  .. 

C.  G.  B. 

Keystone  Shooting  League. 

Holmesburg  Junction,  Pa.,  Jan.  21.— A good  lot  of  birds  were 
trapped  and  tested  the  skill  of  the  shooters  thoroughly.  Mr.  F. 
I’arker  was  placed  at  the  back  mark,  32yds.,  three  yards  further 
back  than  the  next  furthest  mark,  29yds.  He  scored  24  out  of 
the  25. 

The  conditions  were  25  birds,  handicap  rise,  $10  entrance,  high 
guns,  birds  extra;  gun  as  prize  to  winner: 

F Parker  32  ...  . 2222222222222*22222222222rv-24 

F Stevens  ?9  222222222222220222*202222—22 

F Coleman  ~29  2200022222222022222222222—21 

lames  30  ’ ’. . 22222222*2022222*02222222—21 

Talbot  28  22200*2222222222222*20200—18 

Harrison  29  20220*22222*2222222222222—21 

lameson  ' 30  20222022*220222222*222222—20 

Garret!  ’ ' ' 222*022222*0*222222222222—20 


Jan.  28,  1905.I 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


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S.  CARTRIDGES 

497-503  Peecrl  Street,  35-43  Pe^rk  Street,  New  York. 
114-116  Market  Street,  San  Francisco, 


WESTERN  TRAP. 


South  Siders  Annual  Election. 

Milwaukee,  Wis.,  Jan.  17.— At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  South 
Side  Gun  Club,  held  at  Turner  Hall,  the  following  well-known 
shooters  were  elected  to  serve  for  1905:  President,  Dr.  Adolph 

Gropper;  Vice-President,  Charles  W.  Mott;  Secretary,  James  T. 
Drought;  Treasurer,  Thomas  M.  Drought;  Director,  Charles  W. 
Mitchell;  Captain,  Frank  Gunther. 

The  report  made  by  the  treasurer  shows  the  club  to  have  pros- 
pered during  1904,  and  that  applications  for  membership  were 
on  file. 

There  was  much  interest  in  the  awards  for  last  season.  The 
James  Bush  cup,  a fine  silver  loving  cup  for  the  largest  number  of 
scores  by  a member,  was  won  by  Thomas  M.  Drought,  who  shot 
225  scores  of  15  targets  each,  or  a total  of  3,375.  He  also  won  the 
twenty  best  scores,  being  294  out  of  300,  and  he  was  awarded  the 
Chas.  F.  Pfister  medal.  The  second  best  score  was  that  of  Chas. 
W.  Mott,  278;  Gropper  and  Bush  tied  and  must  shoot  off,  each 
having  275. 

A committee  was  duly  appointed  for  the  purpose  of  conferring 
with  other  Milwaukee  clubs,  having  in  view  the  holding  of  a large 
tournament  during  the  summer.  It  is  certain  that  Milwaukee  can 
hold  a large  shoot  if  all  the  clubs  join.  Shooters  from  many 
States  will  attend.  Mott,  Mitchell  and  Hammersmith  are  a good 
trio  to  push  the  “good  thing”  along. 

First  of  the  Season. 

Des  Moines,  la. — The  prospects  for  the  Iowa  shoot  to  be  a 
grand  starter  for  this  year  are  growing  bright.  If  the  weather 
during  the  middle  of  March  will  be  on  its  good  behavior,  then 
there  will  be  a very  large  attendance. 

Des  Moines  is  surely  the  best  place  in  the  State  to  hold  the 
shoot;  being  in  the  center,  it  can  easily  be  reached  alike  by  all. 
More  shooters  can  and  will  come  to  this  city  than  any  other  that 
could  be  selected.  This  being  the  capital  of  the  State,  there  are 
ample  hotel  accommodations,  and  amusements  for  the  evening’s 
entertainments  not  found  elsewhere. 

Not  only  the  traveling  representatives,  but  all  the  amateurs 
will  be  glad  of  the  first  opportunity  of  the  season  to  show  what 
they  can  do  after  the  winter  lay-off.  Conservative  estimates 
place  the  attendance  at  100.  This  being  Charles  Budd’s  home 
towm,  the  Western  boys  will  do  him  proud.  Fred  Gilbert  and 
Pat  Adams  will  get  busy  and  bring  all  the  shooters  from  their 
part  of  the  State. 

There  is  a wonderful  difference  in  size  of  a crowd  at  the  open- 
ing of  the  year,  to  what  there  generally  is  at  the  close  of  the 
season,  and  all  that  now  stands  out  as  a prominent  factor  to 
defeat  the  wishes  of  the  great  horde  of  Iowa  shooters  is  the 
elements.  Wind,  rain  or  snow  may  come,  but  hope  for  the  best. 

In  Other  Places. 

The  local  sportsmen  of  La  Plata,  Mo.,  are  waking  up,  as  the 
following  would  indicate:  The  La  Plata  Gun  Club  was  organized 
Saturday,  Jan.  14,  with  charter  members,  as  follows:  Julius 
Ensline,  E.  M.  Gates,  W.  H.  Johnson,  T.  J.  Tate,  A.  E.  Park, 
G.  H.  Lyons,  J.  T.  Donighy,  Dr.  Paul  Smith,  W.  T.  Robin- 
son, H.  I.  Sears,  T.  L.  Rubey,  B.  G.  Lyda,  Geo.  W.  McDavitt, 
and  W.  W.  Henderson.  This  organization  proposes  the  enforce- 
ment of  the  game  laws  and  to  work  for  better  legislation  for  the 
protection  of  game  and  fish. 

The  Freedom  Gun  Club,  of  Ottawa,  111.,  held  a shoot  at  Hard- 
ing, on  Jan.  17.  A special  prize  was  awarded  to  the  one  making 
the  best  score  at  50  targets. 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  Pastime  Gun  Club,  of  Detroit,  Mich., 
was  held  Thursday  last.  Officers  elected:  Herman  Schaeberle, 

President;  James  Gordon,  Vice-President;  Matthew  Woolenweb- 
ber,  Secretary;  William  Buesser,  Treasurer;  Captain,  William 
Webber;  A.  Tolsma,  J.  Cline  and  C.  Weis,  Directors.  The  win- 
ners for  1904  are:  Tolsma,  Class  A;  Whitmore,  Class  B;  C. 

Weis,  Class  C;  Hallebaur,  Class  D.  The  trophy  event  also  was 
won  by  Tolsma. 

The  old  officers  of  the  Empire  Gun  Club,  of  San  Francisco, 
Cal.,  were  all  re-elected  for  1905,  viz.:  President,  James  P. 
Sweeney;  Vice-President,  Dr.  George  B.  Bere;  Secretary,  B. 
Hauer;  Captain,  A.  J.  Webb;  Lieutenant,  W.  O.  Cullum.  The 
club  is  in  excellent  financial  condition. 

The  Kentucky  Gun  Club  held  their  regular  shoot  on  Saturday 
last,  no  matter  if  the  Ohio  and  Mississippi  rivers  were  frozen 
over.  There  were  two  events,  25  targets,  and  10  live  birds. 
Members  so  desiring  competed  for  the  trophies  without  entering 
the  purse  events. 

The  shoot  held  at  St.  John,  Mich.,  was  as  follows:  Jud  Cox’s 
side:  C.  D.  Wpoley,  A.  F.  Ryder,  T.  Newsome,  G.  E.  Franks, 


R.  D.  Letts,  W.  J.  Strong,  Roy  Galligan,  Roy  Carr,  E.  H.  Wes- 
ton, J.  Gardham,  Carl  Letts,  Fred.  Kelsey.  Capt.  Jake  Carr: 
Adrian  Wilson,  J.  FI.  Sessions,  Roy  Letts,  F.  Bennett,  M.  J. 
Hooton,  J.  W.  Smith,  J.  Gubaugh,  F.  J.  Bradley,  F.  Thomlinson, 
A E.  Sutfin,  John  Letts,  Jr.,  and  Irwin  Smith. 

Jan.  23  was  the  day  selected  by  the  Great  Bend,  Kans.,  Gun 
Club  for  their  big  shoot.  At  the  election,  held  last  week,  the 
new  officers  proved  to  be:  B.  McMullen,  President;  L.  Beightte, 

Vice-President;  W.  T.  Seward,  Secretary;  Ed.  Chapman,  Treas- 
urer. The  prospects  are  that  this  club  will  flourish  during  the 
present  year. 

If  the  hopes  of  many  of  the  shooters  of  Allentown,  Pa.,  are 
realized,  there  will  be  a gun  club  of  some  75  members  at  that  burg 
during  the  coming  season. 

The  incorporators  of  the  Mansfield,  O.,  Rod  and  Gun  Club  are: 
J.  F.  Harrington,  H.  Lomack,  Thos.  Miller,  James  English, 
Charles  W.  Moore  and  others. 

The  Elgin,  111.,  Gun  Club  are  working  up  to  time.  A fine 
prize  is  up.  The  shoots  will  be  four  in  number,  with  a total  of 
100  targets.  The  dates  fixed  are  Jan.  15,  Jan.  29,  Feb.  12  and 
Feb.  26.  Provision  is  made  whereby  a member  can  shoot  two 
scores  one  day,  should  the  occasion  require  it. 

Cincinnati  Gun  Club. 

Three  members  of  the  club  were  unable  to  be  present  on  Jan. 
14,  and  shot  their  scores  in  the  cash  prize  series,  50  targets,  on  the 
15th,  as  follows:  Dick  (20)  41,  A.  Sunderbruch  (21)  34,  Ward  (19) 
34. 

The  weather  on  Jan.  21  was  very  disagreeable,  with  snow  and 
rain.  Only  thirteen  members  took  part  in  the  main  event  at  100 
targets.  In  spite  of  the  bad  weather,  an  unusual  number  of  good 
scores  were  made.  Randall  was  high  gun  with  96,  shooting  his 
last  string  in  the  dark  and  breaking  straight.  Hesser  was  second 
with  94.  Peters  third  with  92,  and  Trimble  fourth  with  90.  Oster- 
felt,  though  not  among  the  high  guns,  made  the  run  of  the  day, 
breaking  42  straight. 

It  will  be  good  news  to  the  boys  to  learn  that  Ackley  is  once 
mere  able  to  be  up  and  about. 

Lutie  Gambell  is  well  again,  and  is  able  to  take  active  interest 
in  the  sport. 

The  boys  are  looking  forward  to  a great  time  at  the  banquet  on 
the  26th. 

Several  matches,  team  races  and  a few  practice  events  were  shot. 
Gambell  shot  mere  in  his  old  form,  making  a run  of  49  straight. 
The  scores: 

One  hundred  target  race,  16yds. : Randall  96,  Hesser  94,  Peters 
92.  Trimble  90,  Don  Minto  88,  Gambell  S6,  Pfieffer  84,  Osterfeldt 
84,  Pohlar  83,  Herman  83,  Nemo  77,  Maynard  75,  Flarry  61. 

Team  match,  25  targets: 

Gambell  23  Pohlar  23 

Pfieffer  ....21 — 44  Osterfeldt  20—43 

Match,  25  targets,  low  man  pays:  Gambell  22,  Peters  20,  Bar- 

ker 14. 

Match,  25  targets,  low  man  pays:  Peters  25,  Gambell  20,  Barker 
16,  Maynard  16,  Burton  13. 

Team  match,  50  targets: 

Randall  23  25—48  Peters  23  24—47 

Gambell  19  22—41  Barker  21  16—37 

42  47  89  44  40  84 

Bo  NASA. 


Fulford  Memorial  Fund. 

Wilmington,  Del.,  Jan.  20.- — Since  furnishing  a list  of  the  sub- 
scribers to  the  Fulford  fund  up  to  Dec.  30,  on  which  date  I had 
on  hand  $286,  additional  donations  amounting  to  $114.50  have  been 
received,  and  bring  up  the  total  to  $400.50. 

The  committee  has  received  assurances  from  a number  of  people 
that  within  the  next  few  weeks  good  round  donations  will  be 
forwarded,  and  by  Feb.  1 I hope  to  see  the  fund  attain  the  $500 
mark. 

The  donors  since  last  report  are  as  follows:  Sheepshead  Bay 

Rod  and  Gun  Club,  Wm.  T.  Spciser,  Col.  J.  T.  Anthony,  H.  H. 
Stevens,  Keystone  Gun  Club,  Lebanon,  Pa.  (Wm.  Bollman,  treas- 
urer), J.  L.  Head,  Thos.  F.  Adkin,  H.  C.  Hirschy,  E.  C.  Grif- 
fith, C.  G.  Grubb,  W.  M.  Locke,  J.  C.  Garland,  J.  S.  French, 
C.  M.  Wheeler,  J.  W.  Osborne,  G.  E.  Cook,  T.  H.  Keller,  Jr., 
G.  R.  Benjamin,  Neaf  Apgar,  E.  H.  Storr,  H.  B.  Lemcke,  Paul 
R.  Litzke,  L.  I.  Wade,  Maurice  Kaufman,  Dave  Elliott,  H.  W. 
Cadwallader,  L.  T.  Spinks,  A.  C.  Thomas,  A.  N.  Hardy,  L.  H. 
Reid,  Howard  George,  Milt  Lindsey,  J.  W.  Hightower,  Fred 
Coleman,  M.  F.  Sharp,  J.  S.  Cole,  Jr.,  J.  L.  D.  Morrison,  F.  D. 
Alkire,  A.  W.  du  Bray,  L.  B.  Fleming,  Anton  Molle,  Elmer  E. 
Shaner.  Jas.  T.  Skelly. 


Trap  Around  Reading. 

Reading,  Pa.,  Jan.  12.— The  tournament  of  the  South  End  Gun 
Club,  of  this  city,^  was  held  to-day  on  the  Island  grounds,  and 
was  a success.  This  shoot  was  held  in  honor  of  the  club’s  seven- 
teenth anniversary,  and  guests'  were  in  attendance  from  different 
parts  of  Pennsylvania.  In  the  open  sweepstake  events  Harry 
Ball.^of  this  city,  carried  off  the  high  average  prize  with  a score 
of  16o  out  of  175  targets,  with  Frank  Gerhard  a close  second  with 
162  scored.  The  scores  follow: 


Ball  .175 

Gerhard  175 

Essick  175 

Eshelman  175 

Miles  175 

Smith  100 

Henry  100 

Matz  100 

Gicker  100 

Farr  100 

Melcher  100 


Shot  at.  Broke. 


165 

162 

149 

149 

144 

88 

84 

82 

82 

78 

77 


Schultze  100 

Seibert  85 

Yost  go 

Wilson  55 

Garrett  45 

Chas.  Carver 40 

Gile  35 

Barry  35 

J Ennis  30 

F Ennis  30 

W Carver  30 


Shot  at.  Broke. 


76 

37 

71 

33 

35 

29 

25 

20 

20 

18 

14 


Tower  City,  Pa.,  Jan.  14.— Two  thousand  persons  here  witnessed 
a shooting  match  at  live  birds  for  a purse  of  $200  between  Evan 
Rimmel,  of  Donaldson,  and  William  Bendigo,  of  Tower.  City 
which  resulted  in  a tie,  each  man  killing  9 out  of  15.  Scores: 
Bendigo  110110111100001—  9 Kimmel  111110000100111—  9 

South  Bethlehem,  Pa.,  Jan.  12.— On  snowbound  Madden  Field 
the  North  End  Gun  Club  erected  improvised  traps  to-day  and  held 
a live-bird  shoot.  Fifteen  birds  were  shot  at  for  a club  medal. 
Klme  and  Saeger  were  tied  for  first  place,  and  the  shoot-off  will 
take  place  in  a day  or  two.  The  individual  scores  follow:  Kline 

14,  Saeger  14,  Boehm  12,  R.  Marsh  12,  Ache  12,  Cole  10,  Fehr  10. 

ansdale,  Pa.,  Jan.  10.— A very  interesting  live-bird  match 
shoot  was  decided  on  the  grounds  of  the  Lansdale  Gun  Club,  be- 
tween Frank  Henry,  of  this  place,  and  James  Walters,  of  Easton. 
The  shoot  was  at  50  birds  each  for  a purse  of  $50  a side,  and  at- 
tracted many  admirers  of  the  sport  from  this  and  adjoining 
counties.  The  event  was  close  from  start  to  finish,  as  the  contest- 
ants proved  to  be  well  matched.  Henry  won  out  by  2 birds,  and 
another  match  shoot  will  likely  be  the  result.  The  final  score 
showed  Henry  had  killed  41  to  Walters’  39  pigeons. 

Trappe,  Pa.,  Jan.  9. — The  live-bird  shoot  of  the  Trappe  Gun 
Club  was  held  on  the  grounds  at  this  place,  this  afternoon.  Inter- 
state Association  rules  governed  the  events,  shot  off  before  one 
of  the  best  attendances  of  the  season.  The  principal  events  were 
the  two  20  live-bird  races  between  Albert  Geist,  of  Fagleysville; 
Edward  Emmers,  of  Royersford,  and  Charles  Knipe,  of  this  place, 
the  two  former  each  killing  47  out  of  50  birds.  Scores: 

First  event,  25  birds  each,  purse  $25:  Geist  24,  Emmers  23, 
Knipe  19. 

Second  event,  25  birds  each,  purse  $25:  Emmers  24,  Geist  23, 
Knipe  19. 

Reading,  Pa.,  Jan.  11. — The  team  shoot  held  on  the  Island 
grounds,  this  city,  between  the  Eureka  Camping  Club  and  the 
“South  End  Regulars”  resulted  in  a victory  for  the  latter  team 
by  15  targets.  The  scores  follow: 


Team  shoot,  teams  of  six  men,  25  targets  each: 

South  End  Regulars— Gerhart  (captain)  24,  Ball  25,  Eshelman  23, 
Shultz  18,  Miles  24,  Farr  22;  total  136. 

Eureka— Essick  (captain)  22,  Matz  20,  Yost  23,  Gicker  20,  Henry 
18,  Melcher  18;  total  121. 

Tamaqua,  Pa.,  Jan.  10. — In  the  presence  of  sporting  men  from 
all  parts  of  the  region,  William  Fox,  of  Morea,  defeated  Michael 
Hannon,  of  town,  in  a shooting  match  here  at  live  birds,  killing 
10  to  his  opponent’s  8.  The  match  was  for  $200  a side  and  the 
gate  receipts.  Much  money  was  wagered  on  the  result. 

Avon,  Pa.,  Jan.  12.  H.  A.  Blecker,  of  Richland,  to-day  won  a 
match  at  live  birds,  at  the  Avon  Inn  grounds,  making  a clean 
score  by  killing  25  straight.  George  Diffenbaugh  and  Thomas 
Kissinger  each  killed  18  of  their  quota. 

Robesonia,  Pa.,  Jan.  14. — The  live  pigeon  and  target  shoot  to- 
day at  the  Robesonia  House,  D.  T.  Link,  proprietor,  was  well 
attended.  The  scores: 

First  event,  7 birds,  Gorge  Zeller  6,  Kissinger  5,  Batdorf  6, 
Link  1,  Rabold  2,  Blecker  5,  Bensinger  4,  Mathew  5,  Wise  6. 

Second  event,  10  targets:  Kissinger  10,  Bensinger  8,  Rabold  2, 
Link  10. 


Flourtown,  Pa.,  Jan.  12. — The  best  and  largest  attended  live- 
bird  shoot  of  the  season  was  held  by  the  Flourtown  Gun  Club 
at  this  place,  when  expert  wing  shots  from  Philadelphia,  Chest- 
nut Hill  and  up  the  Schuylkill  Valley  were  in  attendance.  The 
prize  was  a handsome  pony,  and  was  won  by  Albert  P.  Geist 
the  well-known  wing  shot  of  Fagleysville.  A large  number  of  en- 
tries faced  the  traps,  and  the  best  scores  follow: 

Miss-and-out,  28yds.  rise:  Geist  17,  Harry  Tones  16,  Edward 

Rolhnell  lt>,  Hoopes  14,  William  Cloverdals  13,  "Thomas  Smith  13, 
George  Bull  12,  Mortimore  12,  Peterman  9.  Hothersall  9,  Inson  9 
Bircber  9,  Green  7,  Trimble  7,  Felton  5.  Ballentine  5,  Emmers  5! 
Fitzwater  6,  Streeper  4,  Rothinson  4,  Everett  4.  Duster, 


84 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


! 


[Jan.  28,  igog, 


Crescent  Athletic  Club. 


Bay  Ridge,  L.  I.,  Jan.  21. — “Dr.  Martin”  scored  a win  on  the 
January  cup,  with  a score  of  25  straight,  he  being  one  of  the 
club’s  scratch  men.  Messrs.  Vanderveer  and  Bedford  were  close 
seconds  with  24.  Scores: 


January  cup  shoot,  25  targets,  allowances  added: 


Hdp.  Brk.  Tot’l. 


Palmer,  Jr.  ... 

...  0 

23 

23 

Dr  Martin  

...  0 

25 

25 

Marshall  

...  5 

10 

15 

V anderveer  . . . 

...  4 

20 

24 

Team  shoot,  25  targets: 


Palmer  

...  0 

20 

20 

Dr,  Martin  . 

...  0 

24 

24—44 

Stephenson 

...  1 

22 

23 

Hopkins  . . . . 

...  1 

15 

16—39 

Event,  15  targets: 

Remsen  

0 

13 

13 

Glover  

0 

14 

14 

Bedford  

0 

12 

12 

Stephenson  . 

0 

11 

11 

Marshall  

3 

8 

11 

Hdp.  Brk.  Tot’l. 

Dr  O’Brien  . 

. ....  4 15  19 

Damron  

7 10  17 

Bedford,  Jr.  . 

1 23  24 

Lockwood  . . . 

5 13  18 

Lott  

. . . 1 19  20 

Vanderveer  . . 

...4  15  19—39 

Vanderveer  .. 

....  2 

10 

12 

Lockwood  . . . 

....  3 

6 

9 

Hopkins  

....  0 

13 

13 

Stake  

....  2 

8 

10 

Damron  

....  4 

7 

11 

Shoot-off,  same  conditions:  Remsen  13,  Hopkins  13. 

Shoot-off,  same  conditions:  J.  S.  Remsen  13,  L.  C.  Hopkins  10. 


Event,  15  targets: 


Remsen  

..  0* 

13 

13 

Lockwood  

...  2 

12 

14 

Glover  

..  0 

12 

12 

Vanderveer  ... 

...  3 

9 

12 

Bedford  

..  0 

12 

12 

Hopkins  

...  0 

13 

13 

Stephenson 

..  0 

13 

13 

Stake  

...  2 

11 

13 

Marshall  

..  3 

7 

10 

Damron  

12 

15 

Event,  15  targets: 

Palmer,  Jr 

..  0 

15 

15 

Stake  

...  2 

9 

ii 

Glover  

..  0 

12 

12 

Remsen  

...  0 

13 

13 

Bedford,  Jr 

..  0 

10 

10 

Damron  

...  4 

9 

13 

Stephenson  . . . 

..  0 

13 

13 

Lott  

...  0 

14 

14 

Marshall  

..  3 

8 

11 

A7 anderveer  . . . 

...  2 

11 

13 

Lockwood  

..  3 

11 

14 

O’Brien  

...  2 

10 

12 

Event,  15  targets: 

Remsen  

..  0 

12 

12 

Vanderveer  ... 

...  2 

12 

14 

Glover  

..  0 

11 

11 

Martin  

...  0 

13 

13 

Palmer,  Jr 

..  0 

11 

11 

Hopkins  

...  0 

11 

11 

Stephenson  . . . 

..  0 

12 

12 

Lockwood 

...  3 

12 

15 

Bedford,  Jr 

..  0 

12 

12 

O’Brien  

u 2 

7 

9 

Lott  

..  0 

12 

12 

Damron  

...  4 

10 

14 

Marshall  

..  3 

8 

11 

Trophy  shoot, 

15  targets: 

Palmer,  Jr 

..  0 

13 

13 

Lockwood  

...  3 

12 

15 

Stephenson  ..... 

...0 

14 

14 

O’Brien  

...  2 

6 

8 

Martin  

..  0 

10 

10 

Damron  

....  4 

10 

14 

Lott  

..  0 

14 

14 

Hopkins  

...  0 

10 

10 

Event,  25  targets: 

Remsen  

..  0 

20 

20 

A’ anderveer  . . . 

...  4 

22 

25 

Glover  

..  0 

22 

22 

Martin  

...  0 

23 

23 

Palmei,  Jr 

..  0 

23 

23 

Lockwood  

...  5 

13 

IS 

Stephenson  

..  1 

24 

25 

McDermott  .. 

...  6 

13 

39 

Bedford,  Jr 

..  1 

20 

21 

Damron  

15 

22 

Lott  

..  1 

18 

19 

O’Brien  

...  4 

17 

21 

Marshall  

..  5 

10 

15 

Sykes  

...  4 

18' 

22 

Shoot-off,  same  conditions:  F.  B.  Stephenson  24,  H.  B.  Vander- 


veer 21. 


Experiments  with  a Choke  Bore. 

Those  of  our  readers  who  followed  the  experiments  to  deter- 
mine the  flight  of  shot  charges  which  we  published  about  the 
beginning  of  last  year  will  no  doubt  remember  that  we  showed 
that  the  passage  of  the  shot  through  the  muzzle  of  a choked  gun 
reduced  its  velocity.  It  seemed  reasonable  enough  at  the  time  to 
suppose  that  the  motion  of  a charge  of  shot  through  the  barrel 
would  be  checked  in  its  exit  through  the  constricted  muzzle;  but 
the  experimental  proof  of  this  fact  represented  an  original  piece 
of  work.  To  establish  an  actual  difference  of  muzzle  velocity  as 
between  choke  and  cylinder  barrels  of  identical  characteristics, 
and  firing  the  same  charge,  was  to  confirm  a very  interesting  and 
by  no  means  generally  accepted  theory  concerning  the  action  of 
the  choke  in  diminishing  the  dispersion  of  the  pellets.  Stated 
briefly,  the  theory  is  that  the  slight  check  put  upon  the  motion 
of  the  shot  when  it  encounters  the  choke  causes  a piling  up  of 
the  gases  behind  the  wad.  These  gases  rebound  backward  and 
check  the  outflow  of  the  gases  during  the  period  when  the  shot 
is  getting  clear  of  the  muzzle.  In  this  way  the  impact  of  the 
blast  of  gas  against  the  rear  of  the  shot  charge  just  after  it 
leaves  the  muzzle  is  diminished,  so  allowing  the  shot  pellets  to 
travel  in  a straightei  line  than  if  they  are  more  violently  pushed 
about  by  the  outrush  of  gas. 

At  the  time  of  making  the  above-quoted  experiments  we  de- 
cided to  subject  this  theory  of  choke  boring  to  further  analysis. 
An  opportunity  for  so  doing  recently  arose  when  the  Birmingham 
Small  Arms  Company  forwarded  a speciment  of  their  new  B.  S.  A. 
barrel  tubes,  in  order  that  it  might  be  subjected  to  a destruction 
test  for  determining  the  quality  of  the  steel.  There  is  always  a 
feeling  of  regret  at  spoiling  a fine  piece  of  workmanship,  and  we 
can  certainly  say  that  the  barrel  submitted  to  us  represented  an 
exceptionally  well  executed  sample  of  the  company’s  output.  It 
was  perfectly  straight,  as  judged  by  the  trained  human  eye,  and 
without  a mark  or  ripple  along  its  entire  interior  surface.  In 
fact,  it  showed  most  conclusively  that  the  genuine  English  barrel 
tube  can  be  made  perfect,  as  well  as  cheap.  So  as  to  obtain 
some  interesting  experimental  information  from  this  barrel  be- 
fore destroying  it,  we  decided  to  carry  out  with  it  a series  of  choke 
experiments  which  had  been  planned  out  in  detail  for  some  time 
past.  The  barrel  was  accordingly  fine  bored  and  lapped  out  to  a 


diameter  of  732in.,  and  the  shape  of  the  choke  at  the  muzzle  was 
adjusted  on  ideal  lines.  As  the  barrel  tube  was  made  to  screw 
into  our  experimental  action,  there  was  no  difficulty  about  firing 
it.  The  chamber  was  made  true  in  form  and  dimensions,  being 
,002in.  larger  than  the  recognized  minimum  sizes. 

The  special  object  of  the  series  of  experiments  which  were 
undertaken  was  to  ascertain  exactly  what  influence  the  choke 
exerted  upon  the  muzzle  velocity  of  the  shot.  Incidentally  we 
also  decided  to  ascertain  the  influence  upon  pattern  and  velocity 
of  the  distance  of  the  choke  from  the  muzzle  of  the  gun.  We 
accordingly  arranged  that  the  choke  should  be  finished  off  so  as 
to  leave  %in.  of  parallel  bore  between  the  choke  and  the  muzzle. 
It  is  a well-known  fact  in  practical  gun-making  that  the  quality 
of  the  pattern  is  to  a great  extent  influenced  by  the  distance  of 
the  choke  from  the  muzzle.  Our  own  experience,  which  covers 
a great  number  of  experiments,  is  that  the  chamber,  the  cone,  and 
the  barrel  need  no  subsequent  regulation  or  adjustment,  so  long 
as  they  are  truly  fashioned  to  a proper  specification  of  dimensions. 
The  value  of  the  pattern  thrown  is  mainly  influenced  by  the  shape 
and  position  of  the  choke,  and  it  is  at  this  portion  of  the  barrel 
that  the  expert  borer  can  produce  any  needful  change  in  the 
shooting  of  the  weapon.  The  finished  barrel,  when  ready  for  our 
tests,  had  a diameter  at  the  muzzle  of  .713in.,  ,732in.  being  the 
diameter  of  the  barrel,  and  ,695in.  being  the  accepted  muzzle 
diameter  of  a fully  choked  12-bore  barrel.  This  diameter  of 
muzzle  would  be  considered  half-choke  boring,  and  the  patterns 
should  accordingly  average  about  180  pellets  under  the  usual  con- 
ditions of  test.  Previous  experience  has  frequently  shown  us 
that  the  best  shooting  is  obtained  when  the  front  cylinder  does 
not  exceed  % in.  in  length.  We  accordingly  decided  to  reduce 
the  %in.  length  existing  in  the  barrel  by  progressive  steps  in  the 
course  of  the  experiments.  To  avoid  altering  the  interior  shape 
of  the  barrel  by  working  the  choke  away  from  the  back,  we  de- 
cided that  a more  perfect  comparative  test  would  be  obtained  by 
cutting  off  pieces  from  the  muzzle,  stage  by  stage.  We  accordingly 
made  a series  of  rings  at  different  distances  from  the  muzzle,  so 
that  upon  cutting  away  up  to  the  marked  places  we  should  have, 
first,  the  existing  %in.  front  cylinder,  then  one  of  %in.  length, 
following  that  a Jiin.  front  cylinder,  and  finally  one  of  %in.  in 
length,  the  next  piece  removed  from  the  barrel  taking  away  the 
whole  of  the  choke  and  converting  it  into  a true  cylinder. 

With  each  length  of  barrel  we  conducted  an  exhaustive  series  of 
tests,  first  for  pattern,  and  secondly  for  velocity.  The  latter  ex- 
periments were  of  an  exceedingly  complex  character,  involving  the 
taking  of  no  less  than  125  time  measurements  to  the  nearest  ten- 
thousandth  part  of  a second,  and  an  account  of  them  must  be 
deferred.  For  the  moment  we  are  content  with  giving  the  accom- 
panying table  of  patterns,  showing  the  shooting  of  the  gun  under 
each  of  the  five  conditions  above  enumerated: 


Choke  Patterns. 

Cylinder  Patterns. 

Length  of  front  cylinder.  (Choke  entirely 

%m. 

%m. 

14m. 

y8m. 

removed). 

195 

216 

196 

208 

122 

173 

205 

204 

199 

134 

205 

208 

213 

209 

122 

206 

198 

204 

202 

148 

185 

210 

207 

210 

108 

Average  193 

207 

205 

206 

127 

Percentage  of  total  charge...  63 

68 

68 

68 

42 

Figure  of  merit  for  regularity  11 

5 

4 

4 

13 

The  figures  here  given  represent  the  number  of  pellets  in  a selected 
30in.  circle,  firing  at  40yds.,  with  a standard  cartridge  containing 
l%cz.  of  No.  6 shot.  The  most  remarkable  aspect  of  the  records 
is  that  such  a high  range  of  patterns  should  be  obtained  from  a 
barrel  with  a difference  between  bore  and  muzzle  of  .019in.  in- 
stead of  the  .037in.,  which  is  usually  considered  necessary  for  ob- 
taining full-choke  results.  With  the  long  front  cylinder  an  av- 
erage pattern  of  193  pellets  was  obtained,  the  deviation  from  shot 
to  shot  being  small.  When,  however,  the  muzzle  was  reduced  so 
as  to  come  within  %in.  of  the  choke  the  pattern  was  materially 


improved,  giving  an  average  of  14  more  pellets  on  each  reading, 
and  a degree  of  regularity  which  we  can  only  regard  as  phenom- 
enal. The  column  showing  the  figure  of  merit  represents  the 
average  deviation  of  each  pattern  from  the  average  for  the  series. 
Like  figures  of  merit  in  rifles,  the  smaller  they  are  the  greater 
the  merit.  When  the  front  cylinder  was  further  reduced  to  a 
liin.  the  patterns  remained  practically  the  same,  with  a fractional 
improvement  in  regularity,  and  a further  reduction  to  %in.  simi- 
larly produced  no  effect.  The  first  four  columns  of  results  thus 
show  that,  with  a perfect  barrel  tube  and  perfect  boring,  a choke 
of  ,713in.  is  capable  of  producing  a good  average  pattern  slightly 
over  200  pellets  on  the  30in.  circle.  Such  a result  is,  however, 
much  superior  to  the  accepted  behavior  of  half-choke  boring,  and 
we  may  attribute  the  high  average  value  of  the  patterns  obtained 
to  the  absence  of  occasional  bad  shots,  whose  tendency  is  natu- 
rally to  lower  the  mean  figures  for  the  series.  After  removing  the 
whole  of  the  remaining  choke,  we  obtained  a series  of  cylinder  pat- 
terns, which  must  be  characterized  as  remarkably  good.  For 
once  in  a way  there  was  an  absence  of  any  low  shots,  and 
although  the  regularity  was  not  by  any  means  equal  to  that  of  the 
choke  results,  it  must  still  be  passed  as  exceedingly  satisfactory. 
A deviation  of  thirteen  pellets  in  127  is  markedly  inferior  to  five 
pellets  in  207,  but  this  is  quite  usual.  In  the  entire  series  of 
twenty-five  patterns,  only  two  were  deleted  from  the  records,  as 
inconsistent  with  the  other  figures  in  the  same  series. 


Speaking  of  the  patterns  as  a whole,  we  must  say  that  they  were 
characterized  by  great  evenness  of  distribution,  and  a marked 
absence  of  any  tendency  to  cluster  in  some  places  at  the  ex- 
pense of  bareness  in  others.  In  spite  of  the  high  count  of  the 
pellets  and  the  consistency  of  the  individual  readings  to  the 
average  for  each  series,  the  tendency  toward  close  grouping  in 
the  center  of  the  circle  was  much  less  noticeable  than  when  shoot- 
ing with  an  ordinary  fully-choked  gun.  With  the  maximum 
construction  of  muzzle,  the  pellets  are  oftentimes  so  close  at  the 
center  of  the  pattern  as  to  reduce  the  diameter  of  the  killing 
circle  to  something  less  than  30in.  In  the  series  of  shots  under 
consideration,  the  whole  30in.  was  a true  killing  circle,  the  pellets 
being  so  well  distributed  around  the  inner  margin  of  the  inclosed! 
space  as  to  obviate  all  appearance  of  a heavily  indented  center. 
Although  our  tests  at  this  time  of  year  are  commonly  character- 
ized by  a velocity  lower  than  1050ft.  per  second  over  the  usual 
20yds.,  on  the  present  occasion  the  average  exceeded  by  a small 
margin  the  limit  we  are  in  the  habit  of  expecting  from  a standard 
cartridge.  Using  the  same  barrel,  and  firing  cartridges  similar 
to  those  employed  for  the  tests  of  pattern,  the  average  20yds. 
velocity  of  the  twenty-five  cartridges  fired  in  our  velocity  experi- 
ments was  1062ft.  per  second.  While  this  excess  is  immaterial  in 
itself,  it  at  least  goes  to  show  that  the  good  patterns  recorded 
were  not  obtained  at  the  expense  of  velocity. — London  Field. 


Springfield  (O.)  Gun  Club. 


After  a rest  of  several  weeks,  the  Springfield,  O.,  Gun  Club  re- 
sumed activities  on  Jan.  14  and  held  a shoot  in  which  seven  mem- 
bers participated.  Young  headed  the  list  with  110  out  of  125  and 
88  out  of  his  first  100.  Poole  was  second  with  99  out  of  125.  We 
arc  glad  to  state  that  Gen.  W.  Morgan,  one  of  the  officers,  and  a 
prominent  member  of  the  club,  who  has  been  ill  for  some  time, 
has  fully  recovered,  and  is  once  more  able  to  take  up  his  duties. 
In  appreciation  of  the  services  rendered, by  Mrs.  Morgan  during 
the  past  year  as  score-keeper,  the  club  made  her  a Christmas  pres- 
ent of  $25.  The  scores  follow: 


Events : 
Targets: 
Young  .. 
Poole  ... 
Kirby  ... 
Strong  . . . 
Foley  ... 
Phillips  . 
Thompson 


1 2 3 4 5 

Shot 

25  25  25  25  25 

at. 

Broke. 

. 24  20  22  22  22 

125 

110 

. 21  17  23  18  20 

125 

99 

. ..  21  22  19  19 

100 

81 

100 

80 

. 21  21  19  18  . . 

100 

79 

. . . 17  18  . . 20 

75 

65 

. 20  17 

50 

37 

BO  NASA. 

Foord  and  Squier  vs.  Banks  and  McKelvey. 

Wilmington,  Del.,  Jan.  19.— On  the  grounds  of  the  Wawaset 
Gun  Club  to-day,  a two-man  team  match  was  shot,  the  contestants 
being  Messrs.  W.  M.  Foord  and  Luther  J.  Squier  against  Messrs. 
Banks  and  James  McKelvey.  The  former  won  by  a score  of  180 
to  169.  The  scores  follow: 

Foord  22  25  20  25—92  Banks  20  25  21  22-87 

Squier  22  21  21  24—88—180  McKelvey  ...24  19  18  21—82—169 


SIDE  LIGHTS  OF  TRADE. 


The  W.  S.  Dickey  Clay  Mfg  Co.,  of  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  refer 
to  their  clay  targets  and  traps,  Dickey  Bird  and  Dickey  Bird 
Autotrap,  in  our  advertising  columns.  These  traps  are  shipped 
ready  for  use,  firmly  bolted  to  2in.  by  12in.  base  board,  4ft.  long. 
Minute  descriptions  and  sectional  views  are  furnished  the  users 
of  these  traps.  The  sectional  views  show  that  the  whole  mechan- 
ism is  simple  as  A,  B,  C.  In  use,  the  workings  of  the  mechanism 
are  prompt,  accurate  and  simple.  This  trap  will  throw  known  or 
unknown  angles,  as  desired,  and  the  trapper,  with  a little  prac- 
tice, can  easily  supply  targets  to  the  fastest  squad  in  action.  The 
Dickey  Clay  Mfg.  Co.  guarantee  every  part  of  the  trap,  and  will 
replace  without  charge  any  part  that  breaks  or  gives  away  because 
of  defective  material  or  workmanship  within  one  year,  upon 
return  of  the  defective  part. 


PUBLISHERS’  DEPARTMENT. 


Pinehurst,  N.  C. 

Low-Rate,  Personally-Conducted  Tours  via  Pennsylvania  Railroad. 

For  the  benefit  of  those  desiring  to  visit  Pinehurst,  N.  C., 
during  the  height  of  the  social  and  golf  season,  the  Pennsylvania 
Railroad  Company  has  inaugurated  a series  of  personally-con- 
ducted tours  to  this  attractive  mid-South  resort. 

Two  tours  will  be  run  this  season,  leaving  New  York,  Phila- 
delphia, Baltimore  and  Washington,  Feb.  10  and  March  31,  by 
special  train.  The  rates_  for  these  tours,  including  railway  trans- 
portation in  both  directions,  Pullman  berth  and  meals  in  dining 
car  on  going  trip  only,  and  three  days’  board  at  the  Hotel  Caro- 
lina, will  be:  New  York,_  $32;  Philadelphia,  $30;  Baltimore  and 

Washington,  $29.  Proportionate  rates  from  other  points. 

For  tickets,  itineraries  and  other  information,  apply  to  ticket 
agents,  or  to  Geo.  W.  Boyd,  General  Passenger  Agent,  Broad 
Street  Station,  Philadelphia. 


All  communications  intended  for  Forest  and  Stream  should 
always  be  addressed  to  the  Forest  and  Stream  Publishing  Co., 
New  York,  and  not  to  any  individual  connected  with  the  paper. 


BAKER  GUNS  SHOOT  HARD 


and  are  SAFE. 


Fine  Trap  and  Medium  Field  Grades,  $25.00  to  $200.00  and  up. 


Inquire  of  your  dealer  or  send  for  full  descriptions. 

BAKER  GUN  AND  FORGING  CO., 

Car.  Liberty  & School  Sts.,  BATAVIA,  N.  Y. 


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WE  are  selling  a good  SMOKELESS  powder  loaded 
shell  for  trap  or  field  work,  12-gauge,  at  $18.00 
per  1,000,  Soft  Shot,  and  $19,00  per  1,000,  Chilled  Shot. 
Any  load,  any  size  shot.  Sample  100  at  same  price. 
Packed  100  in  a box.  Cash  wiih  order.  Try  a 100. 

SCHOVERLING  & WELLES, 

2 Hurray  Street,  - New  York. 

We  reserve  the  right  to  withdraw  this  offer  without 
further  notice. 


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NEW 


No.  00  Armor  Steel  L.  C.  Smith  Gun 

cun.  y5>25.009  net,  e> 

HUNTER  ARMS  COMPANY. 

Sold  through  dealers  only. 

Send  for  catalogue.  *A  lA 


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In  the  hands  of  both  Experts  and  Amateurs 

LEFEVER  ARMS  CO.  GUNS 

ARE  WINNING  SIGNAL  VICTORIES 

at  all  the  prominent  tournaments. 

No  Guns  built  will  outshoot  or  outwear  them. 

We  will  be  pleased  to  mail  our  1905  catalogue  and  to  answer  inquiries.  Write  us 

50c.  buys  the  Ideal  Brass  Wire  Cleaner.  Guaranteed  not  to  scratch  the  barrels. 


LEFEVER 
ARMS  CO., 


Syracuse, 
N.  Y. 


Laws  as  now  in  force 


MODERN  RIFLE  SHOOTING 


are  given  in  the  Game  Laws  in  Brief.  The  compilation  is 
complete.  It  covers  the  country.  All  is  given  that  one 
needs  know  of  game  seasons,  modes  of  killing,  number 
permitted,  transportation,  export  out  of  State,  non- 
resident and  resident  licenses. 

The  laws  are  complex  and  many.  The  Brief  states 
them  clearly  and  concisely. 

There  is  a fund  of  good  stories  besides  in  the  Wood- 
craft pages. 

Sold  by  all  dealers  or  sent  postpaid  for  25  cents  by  the 
Forest  and  Stream  Publishing  Company. 


THE  BIG  GAME  OF  AMERICA 


FROM  THE  AMERICAN  STANDPOINT, 

By  W.  a.  HUDSON,  M.  D., 

is  a m&dest  title  to  a work  which  contains  an  epitome  of  the  world’s  best 
knowUdge  on  the  practical  features  of  the  art. 

In  its  160  pages  are  treated,  in  popular  language  but  with  technical 

accurtcy,  all  the  details  of  Rifles,  Bullets,  Triggers  and  Trigger  Pulls, 
Equip  nents,  Sights  and  Sighting,  Aiming,  Adjustments  of  Sights, 
Helps  in  Aiming,  Optics  of  Rifle  Shooting,  Positions  at  all  Ranges,  Tar- 
gets in  General  Use,  Ammunition,  Reloading,  Cleaning,  Appliances,  etc. 

Thirty  five  illustrations.  Price,  $1.00. 

For  sa’e  by  FOREST  AND  STREAM  PUB.  CO.,  346  Broadway,  New  York. 


is  well  represented  in  the  collection  of  Pictures  from  Forest  and  Stream. 

Moose,  elk,  antelope,  mountain  sheep, 
Virginia  deer,  mule  deer  and  buffalo 
are  shown  in  scenes  which  have  in 
them  the  spirit  of  the  wild  creatures 
and  their  surroundings.  Each  picture 
is  an  accurate  portrait  of  the  subject 
and  has  a pleasing  landscape  setting  as 
well.  Of  smaller  game  there  are  field 
scenes  in  which  figure  the  quail,  ruffed 
grouse;  and  a number  of  splendid 
reproductions  of  Audubon  bird  pic- 
tures. The  dog  pictures  by  Osthaus 
and  the  yachting  scenes  round  out  the 
volume,  and  make  it  all  in  all  a very 
comprehensive  volume  of  American 
outdoor  sports. 

LIST  OF  THE  PLATES. 


1.  Alert  (Moose),  ....  Carl  Rungius 

2.  The  White  Flag  (Deer),  - - Carl  Rungius 

- 8.  “ Listen ! ” (Mule  Deer),  - - Carl  Rungius 

4.  On  the  Heights  (Mountain  Sheep),  Carl  Rungius 

6.  “ What’s  That  ?”  (Antelope).  - Carl  Rungius 

6.  The  Home  of  the  White  Goat. 

Photo  by  H.  T.  Folsom 

7.  Calling  the  Buffalo — 1 The  Lure,  E.  W.  Deming 

8.  Calling  the  Buffalo — 2 The  Drive,  E.  W.  Deming 

9.  Calling  the  Buffalo — 8 The  Fall,  E.  W.  Deming 

10.  Calling  the  Buffalo — 4 Packing  the  Meat. 

E.  W.  Deming 

11.  Sail,  Sea  and  Sky,  Navahoe  on  the  Solent. 

Photo  by  West  & Son 

12.  The  Trapper’s  Camp.  - - E.  W.  Deming 

18.  Pearl  R.  (Setter),  - - - E.  H.  Osthaus 

14.  The  Purple  Sandpiper,  - - J.  J.  Audubon 

16.  The  Black  Duck,  - - - - J.  J.  Audubon 

16.  The  Shoveller  Duck,  - - J.J.  Audubon 


17.  The  Redhead  Duck,  - J.  J.  Audubon 

18.  The  Canvasback  Duck,  - - J.  J.  Audubon 

19.  The  Prairie  Chicken,  - - - J.  J.  Audubon 

20.  The  Willow  Ptarmigan,  - - J.  J.  Audubon 

21.  The  American  Plover,  ...  J.  J.  Audubon 

22.  Rap  Full,  Schooner  Constellation  in  a 

North  Easter,  - - Photo  by  N.  L.  Stebbins 

23.  First  Around  Home  Mark.  The  Altair 

off  Larchmont,  - - Photo  by  Jas.  Burton 

24.  The  Challenge  (Elk),  - - Carl  Rungius 

25.  Quail  Shooting  in  Mississippi,  - - E,  Osthaus 

26.  Ripsey  (Pointer)  - - - E Osthaus 

27.  Between  Casts,  - - W.  P.  Davison 

28.  Home  of  the  Bass,  ...  W.  P.  Davison 

29.  In  Boyhood  Days.  ...  w.  P.  Davison 

30.  A Country  Road  (Partridge),  W.  P.  Davison 
81.  When  Food  Grows  Scarce  (Quail),  W.  P.  Davison 
32.  In  the  Fence  Corner  (Quail),  W.  P,  Davison 


The  plates  are  carefully  printed  on  heavy  coated  paper  and  handsomely 
bound,  making  a most  attractive  volume.  The  size  of  page  is  about  that  of 
the  Forest  and  Stream  or  about  16  x iiJ4  inches.  Price,  postpaid  $2. 

In  response  to  numerous  enquiries  from  those  who  desire  to  frame  these 
engravings,  rather  than  to  keep  them  in  a volume,  a special  price  of  $1.75  each 
has  been  made  for  sets  of  unbound  sheets. 


FOREST  AND  STREAM  PUBLISHING  COMPANY,  NEW  YORK, 


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gOME  day  men  may  not  need  weapons  of  defense,  but  since 
humanity  is  what  it  is  tc-day,  arms  must  sometimes  be  carried, 
and  those  who  carry  them  should  insist  on  having  the  best. 

You  cannot  provide  yourself  with  a weapon  without  some 
feeling  of  responsibility.  Properly  used,  the  arm  that  you  possess 
will  protect  your  property  and  even  save  your  life.  You  must 
have  the  weapon  which  is  most  reliable — the  best. 

The  best  is  the  safest;  safest  because  simplest,  made  with  the 
greatest  care  and  of  materials  which  experience  has  shown  to  be 
the  most  perfect  for  the  purposes  for  which  they  are  used. 

It  is  precisely  for  these  reasons  that  the  best  revolver  is 

THE  COLT 


Catalogue  on  Application. 

Colt’s  Patent  Fire  Arms  Mfg.  Co., 

HARTFORD,  CONN.,  U.  S.  A. 

London  Office,  15a,  Pall  Mall,  S'.  W.,  London,  W.,  England. 


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Good  Guos  for  Little  Money. 


Remington  Single  Shot  Rifle,  .38-40  caliber, 

28  in.  octagon  barrel,  p.g.  checkered  stock.  Reg- 
ular price,  $15.00.  Now $7.50 

W.  & C.  Scott  & Son  Hammerless  Gun,  12  ga., 
28  in.  Damascus  barrels,  weight  6%  lbs.  Regu- 
lar price  $110.00.  Now $75.00 

Parker  Bros  Hammerless  Gun,  G.  H.  Grade,  12 
ga.,  30  in.  Damascus  barrels.  Regular  price, 

$80.00.  Now  $45.00 

Baltimore  Hammerless  Gun,  A-Grade,  12  ga., 

30  in.  twist  barrels,  weight,  6 lbs  14  oz.  Regular 

price,  $33.00.  Now $20.00 

Francotte  Hammerless  Gun,  12  ga.,  30-in.  Sie- 
mens-Martin barrels,  weight  7%  lbs.  Regular 

price,  $125.00.  Now,  $85,00 

Iver  Johnson  Hammerless  Gun,  16  ga.,  26  in. 
twist  barrels,  weight  6%  lbs.  Regular  price, 
$25.00.  Now  $19.00 


Stevens  Ideal  Rifle,  .25-25  caliber,  28  in.  half- 
octagon barrels,  Lyman  Nos.  1,  3 and  6 sights, 
Swiss  butt  plate,  with  reloading  tools  and  outfit. 
Original  cost  $75.00.  Now $15.00 

Remington  Single  Shot  Rifle,  .25-20  caliber, 
28  in.  half-octagon  barrel,  mid-range  Vernier  and 
wind  gauge  front  sights,  Swiss  butt  plate.  Reg- 
ular price,  $28.  Now  ...., $12.00 

Frank  Wesson  Rifle,  .32,  rim  or  center  fire, 
with  reloading  tools  and  cartridges.  Regular 

price  $25.00.  Now $10.00 

Stevens  Favorite  Rifle,  .22  caliber,  Lyman  No. 
2 and  wind  gauge  combination  front  sights,  Swiss 

butt  plate.  Regular  price,  $12.00.  Now $4.50 

W.  W.  Greener  Hammer  Double  Gun,  “Far 
Killing  Duck’’  grade,  10  ga.,  30  in.  laminated  bar- 
rels, weight  9 lbs.  Regular  price,  $150.00.  Now, 
$50.00. 


All  the  above  are  second  hand,  but  in  good  condition. 

Iver  Johnson  Sporting  Goods  Co., 

163-165  Washington  St.,  - - Boston,  Mass. 


SWEDISH  LEATHER  JACKETS 

Our  Specialty — Finest  Quality— Soft  as  a Glove. 

Soft  and  pliable  as  kid.  A complete  protection  to  sportsmen  or  any  exposed  to  cold.  Work 
under  the  overcoat,  they  are  a handsome  garment  and  much  used.  A capital  jacket  for  bicycle  use,  skating 
and  driving.  Also  automobile  use. 

JE^“We  take  the  entire  product  of  the  manufacturers  of  above  Finest  Jackets,  and  this  make  cannot  be 
obtained  elsewhere  in  the  United  States. 

A Quality,  of  the  very  finest  skin,  brown  grass-color,  $18.00 

B Quality,  2d  grade,  ------  $15.00 

Black  Jackets  at  - - $7.00,  $8.00  and  $10.00 

Send  measurement  around  chest  outside  vest.  If  money  is  sent  with  order  we  will  forward  free  by  mail, 
and  if  not  satisfactory  on  receipt,  we  will  return  money  on  return  of  Jacket.  Entirely  different  from  any 
other  make. 

As  there  are  many  different  makes  of  Leather  Jackets  in  the  market  advertised  as  finest,  etc., 
mostly  made  here  of  common  skins,  we  invite  those  desiring  such  to  send  for  one  of  ours,  and  if  not  found 
superior  on  examination  to  any  other,  it  can  be  returned  at  our  expense,  and  we  will  refund  money. 

WM.  READ  & SONS,  Washington  st.,  Boston,  Mass, 

ESTABLISHED  1826.  THE  OLD  GUN  HOUSE. 


“FRANCOTTE  GUNS” 


“KNOCKABOUT  GUN” 


Are  the  Leading  Imported  Shotguns  on  the  American 
Market  in  Every  Respect. 

Francotte  Guns,  - - from  $80.00  to  $450.00  net 

Knockabout  Guns,  in  one  grade  only,  - - $60.00  net 

DESCRIPTIVE  PRICE  LIST  ON  APPLICATION.  SOLE  U.  S.  AGENCY, 

VON  LENGERKE  & DETM0LD, 

318  Broadway,  - NEW  YORK. 


HINTS  AND  POINTS  FOR  SPORTSMEN. 

Compiled  by  “Seneca.”  Cloth,  illustrated,  224pp.  Price,  $1.50. 

This  compilation  comprises  six  hundred  and  odd  hints,  helps,  kinks,  wrinkles, 
points  and  suggestions  for  the  shooter,  the  fisherman,  the  dog  owner,  the  yachts- 
man, the  canoeist,  the  camper,  the  outer;  in  short,  for  the  field  sportsman  in 
all  the  varied  phases  of  his  activity.  The  scope  of  the  information  it  contains 
embraces  a wild  field,  and  “Hints  and  Points”  has  proved  one  of  the  most  prac- 
tically useful  works  of  reference  in  the  sportsman’s  library. 

FOREST  AND  STREAM  PUBLISHING  CO.,  NEW  YORK. 


SECOND-HAND  GREENERS. 


1469.  Greener  Crown  Non-Ejector  Gun,  very 
little  engraving,  made  to  order  for  a ducking 
gun.  Dark,  handsome  stock,  half  pistol  grip,  steel 
barrels.  This  gun  is  in  excellent  second-hand  condi- 
tion. Dimensions:  12  ga.,  30  in.,  7 lbs.  5 oz., 
2%  in.  drop,  14  in.  stock.  Cost  new  $400.00. 
Price  .....$225.00 

2438.  Greener  Grand  Prize  Pigeon  Gun,  $350 
grade,  Sir  Joseph  Whitworth  fluid  steel  barrels, 
full  choke,  half  pistol  grip,  elaborate  engraving. 
Dimensions:  12  ga.,  30  in.,  7%  lbs.,  2%  in.  drop, 
14%  hr.  stock.  An  extremely  fine  gun.  Price,  $225. 

1782.  Greener  16  ga.  Ejector,  $300  grade.  Slight- 
ly shopworn,  with  27  in.  barrels,  Sieman  steel, 
carved  fence,  very  fine  dark  stock,  beautifully 
engraved.  Weight  5 lbs.  13  oz.,  2%  in.  drop, 
14  in.  stock.  Modified  and  cylinder.  Great  bar- 
gain at $200.00 

1519.  Greener  Monarch  Ejector,  full  choke  both 
barrels,  12  ga.,  30  in.,  6 lbs.  14  oz.,  2%  in.  drop, 
14%  in.  stock,  Sieman  steel  barrels.  Slightly 
shopworn.  Cost  new  $200.00.  Price $150.00 

1089.  Greener  Featherweight  Field  Hammerless, 
$175  grade.  Modified  left  and  cylinder  right,  with 
straight  grip.  Sieman  steel  barrels,  carved  fence, 
game  engraving.  A most  desirable  gun  and  only 
slightly  shopworn.  Dimensions:  12  ga.,  28  in., 

5%  lbs.,  2%  in.  drop,  14  in.  stock.  Price,  $125.00. 

1492.  Greener  Double  4-bore,  weighing  22  lbs., 

and  cost  new  $450.  It  has  a fine  pair  of  Damas- 
cus barrels,  without  a pit  or  flaw,  40  in.  long, 
stock  14  in.,  heavy  Silver  recoil  pad,  half  pistol 
grip,  3 in.  drop,  and  is  one  of  the  most  power- 
ful guns  we  have  ever  seen.  Price,  net $200.00 

1690.  Greener  Facile  Princeps  Hammerless, 

$150  grade,  slightly  shopworn,  12  ga.,  28  in.  bar- 
rels, 6 lbs.  14  oz.,  3%  in.  drop,  14%  in.  stock. 
Barrels  modified  choke,  fine  English  Damascus. 
Extremely  handsome  stock.  Price $100.00 

1913.  Greener  Facile  Princeps  Hammerless, 

$150  grade,  slightly  shopworn,  12  ga.,  28  in.  bar- 
rels, 7 lbs.  weight,  2%  in.  drop,  14%  in.  stock, 
Sieman  steel  barrels,  modified  and  cylinder. 

Fine  dark  stock.  Price $100.00 

1493.  Greener 
Gun,  $200  grade, 
rels,  low  hammers, 
grip,  full  choke,  10  ga., 

14%  in.  stock.  Price 

1400.  Greener  “Far  Killing  Duck”  Hammer 

Gun,  $250  grade.  Fine  English  laminated  barrels, 
low  hammers,  full  pistol  grip,  dark  handsome 
stock.  Extra  full  choke;  10  ga.,  32  in.  barrels, 
9 lbs.  4 oz.,  3 in.  drop,  14%  in.  stock.  This  gun 
has  never  been  shot.  Price $100.00. 


1427.  Greener  Single  Barrel,  10-bore  Duck  and 
Goose  Gun.  Extreme  full  choke  for  long-range 
work,  36  in.  fine  Damascus  barrels.  Weight 
11%  lbs.,  2%  in.  drop,  14%  in.  stock.  Under-grip 
action.  This  gun  has  never  been  shot.  Original 
price  $125.00.  Price $75.00 

1510.  Greener  Grand  Prize  Pigeon  Hammerless 
Gun,  $200  grade,  full  choke  both  barrels.  Wrought 
steel  barrels,  half  pistol  grip,  12  ga.,  32  in.  bar- 
rels, 7 lbs.  6 oz.,  2%  in.  drop,  14%  in.  stock. 
Like  new.  Price $125.00 

1745.  Greener  Facile  Princeps  Hammerless, 

$150  grade,  slightly  shopworn,  16  ga.,  26  in.  bar- 
rels, 5%  lbs.,  2%  in.  drop,  14  in.  stock.  Sieman 
steel  barrels,  half  pistol  grip.  A bargain  at  $100.00 

1943.  Greener  Monarch  Ejector,  $200  grade. 

Slightly  shopworn,  12  ga.,  30  in.  barrels,  7 lbs. 
14  oz.,  2%  in.  drop,  14%  in.  stock.  Extra  full 
choke  both  barrels.  Sieman  steel  barrels.  Ex- 
tremely handsome  stock  and  a fine  pigeon  gun. 
Price  $150.00 

1610.  Greener  Facile  Princeps  Hammerless, 

$175  grade,  slightly  shopworn,  12  ga.,  27  in.  bar- 
rels, 6 lbs.,  2 1-16  in.  drop,  14%  in.  stock,  straight 
grip,  very  handsome  stock.  English  Damascus 
barrels,  modified  choke.  Price $125.00 

1779.  Greener  Monarch  Ejector,  $250  grade. 
Slightly  shopworn,  12  ga.,  28  in.  barrels,  6%  lbs., 
2%  in.  drop,  14%  in.  stock.  Sieman  steel  barrels, 
half  pistol  grip.  Fine  engraving  and  very  hand- 
some stock.  Modified  and  cylinder.  A great 
bargain.  Price  $190.00 

1203.  Greener  Grand  Prize  Pigeon  Hammer- 
less, $250  grade,  slightly  shopworn,  12  ga.,  30  in. 
barrels,  7 lbs.  4 oz.,  2%  in.  drop,  14  in.  stock. 
Full  choke,  beautifully  engraved  and  finished. 
Sieman  steel  barrels,  half  pistol  grip.  Price,  $150. 

1911.  Greener  Hammer  Field  Gun,  12  ga.,  28  in., 
7 lbs.  6 oz.,  2 5-16  in.  drop,  13%  in.  stock,  Sieman 
steel  barrels,  half  pistol  grip,  Greener  cross-bolt. 
In  good  second-hand  condition.  Cost  new  $120. 
Price  $45.00 

1841.  Greener  “Regent”  Hammerless,  $65  net 
quality,  12  ga.,  30  in.,  7%  lbs.,  2%  in.  drop,  14% 
in.  stock.  Straight  grip,  Sieman  steel  barrels, 
full  choke,  top  safety.  Like  new.  Price. . . .$50.00 


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* FISHING  TRESPASS. 

The  notion  that  one  may  invade  private  property  for 
the  purpose  of  exercising  an  assumed  right  of  fishing  in 
public  waters  has  wide  vogue  and  persistency  worthy  of  a 
better  cause.  It  has  come  up  in  the  courts  repeatedly,  and 
in  the  final  decision  always  disastrously.  We  have 
recorded  numerous  decisions  on  the  subject.  There  was 
a Vermont  case;  in  1892  the  Legislature  adopted  a law 
to  the  effect  that  crossing  uncultivated  lands  to  reach 
public  waters  for  the  purpose  of  fishing  should  not  be 
actionable  unless  actual  damage  were  shown;  but  when 
a case  got  into  court  it  was  held  that  the  law  was  un- 
constitutional because,  in  effect,  it  was  taking  private 
property  for  private  use  without  the  consent  of  the  owner. 
“The  Legislature  could  as  well  pass  a law,”  said  the 
court,  “that  any  private  property  may  be  crossed  against 
the  will  of  the  owner  for  the  purpose  of  reaching  a high- 
way by  land,  as  to  pass  one  that  it  may  thus  be  crossed 
for  the  purpose  of  reaching  public  waters  for  the  purpose 
of  taking  fish  therefrom.” 

The  Swartswood  pond  case  in  New  Jersey  was  another 
one  in  point.  Here  the  claim  was  made  that  the  waters 
had  been  stocked  with  landlocked  salmon  by  the  State, 
that  in  consequence  there  was  public  right  of  fishing,  and 
that  an  individual,  as  one  of  the  public,  had  the  right  to 
enter  upon  the  private  property  of  the  owner  to  take  the 
fish.  Here  again  the  contention  failed  to  stand  judicial 
scrutiny.  The  court  declared  that  contention  of  a right 
to  fish  was  sustained  neither  by  common  law  nor  by 
statute.  There  is  in  the  common  law  “no  general  rule 
authorizing  a member  of  a community,  merely  as  such,  to 
invade  private  property  in  order  to  reach  something  that 
is  devoted  to  the  public.”  Nor  do  the  acts  relating  to  fish 
and  game  “manifest  a legislative  intent  to  legalize  what 
would  otherwise  be  trespass,  in  pursuit  of  a private  ad- 
vantage, and  if  they  had  manifested  such  intent,  it  would 
be  to  that  extent  invalid.” 

The  point  has  been  threshed  out  in  New  York,  where 
if  there  were  any  statutory  justification  for  fishing  tres- 
pass, it  would  be  found  in  the  act  of  the  Legislature 
which  provided  that  all  water  theretofore  stocked  by  the 
State  or  which  might  thereafter  be  so  stocked  should 
remain  open  to  the  public  to  fish  therein.  The  most  recent 
case  nullifying  this  legislative  provision  was  that  of 
Rockefeller  vs.  Lamora,  which  has  already  been  reported 
in  these  columns.  Lamora  claimed  the  privilege  of  fishing 
in  certain  Adirondack  waters  owned  by  Rockefeller,  bas- 
ing his  claim  upon  the  contention  that  the  waters  had 
been  stocked  by  the  State,  and  that  as  a citizen  of  the 
State  he  was  justified  in  trespassing  upon  the  Rockefeller 
preserve  to  take  the  fish.  The  court  pointed  out  that 
under  the  operation  of  such  a law  the  State  Fish  Commis- 
sioners might  enter  upon  a man’s  private  fisheries  with- 
out his  knowledge  and  consent,  and  by  depositing  in  them 
fish  hatched  by  the  State,  convert  his  property  to  public 
use,  and  thus  destroy  his  private  rights,  which  would  be 
taking  private  property  for  public  use  without  compen- 
sation. “The  effect  of  the  law  would  be  a more  complete 
destruction  of  riparian  rights  than  the  declaring  of  a 
stream  a public  highway  for  the  floating  of  logs  without 
adequate  compensation,  which  the  courts  have  uniformly 
condemned.” 

The  latest  manifestation  of  the  fishing  right  delusion 
is  reported  from  Colorado  in  the  case  of  Hartman  vs. 
Tresise,  now  in  the  Supreme  Court.  The  facts  as  agreed 
upon  by  both  parties  were  these : 

“1.  That  the  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of,  is  in  the  pos- 
session and  enjoyment  of,  and  has  properly  inclosed  with 
a lawful  fence,  the  land  described  in  the  complaint. 

“2.  That  the  plaintiff  has  at  all  times  had,  and  now 
has,  notices  posted  forbidding  trespassing  and  fishing  on 
his  premises. 

“3.  That  the  defendant  went  upon  and  into  the  stream 
which  flowed  through  said  premises,  for  the  purpose  of 
fishing;  that  he  had  gone  there  frequently  against  the 
protest  and  warnings  of  the  plaintiff,  given  to  him  person- 
ally by  the  plaintiff,  and  that  he  had  refused  repeatedly  to 
quit  fishing  in  said  stream,  and  declared  frequently  to 
said  plaintiff  that  he  would  fish  in  said  stream  whenever 
he  chose  to  do  so. 

“4.  That  the  stream  in  which  the  defendant  Tresise 
was  fishing  at  said  time  was  a natural  stream  and  was 
stocked  with  fish  at  the  expense  of  the  public. 

“5.  That  the  defendant  Tresise  was  armed  with  a re- 


volver and  was  prepared  to,  and  declared  his  intention  to 
plaintiff  to,  resist  a forcible  ejectment  from  said  stream 
by  said  plaintiff.” 

It  was  held  by  the  lower  court  that  the  only  ques- 
tion to  be  determined  was  whether  or  not  a citizen  of  the 
State  had  a right  to  fish  in  the  natural  streams  against 
the  wishes  and  protests  of  the  owner  of  the  land  through 
which  the  streams  flow. 

The  assumed  right  as  a citizen  is  found  in  an  article 
of  the  constitution  of  Colorado,  which  declares  the  waters 
of  every  natural  stream,  not  heretofore  appropriated,  the 
property  of  the  public,  and  the  same  is  dedicated  to  the 
use  of  the  people  of  the  State.  And,  further,  upon  a pro- 
vision in  the  fish  act  of  1903,  which  provided  that  the 
public  should  have  the  right  to  fish  in  any  stream  stocked 
at  public  expense,  subject  to  actions  in  trespass  for  any 
damage  done  property  along  the  bank  of  any  such 
stream. 

We  have  not  space  to  go  into  a full  consideration  of  the 
argument  of  Mr.  Sprigg  Shackleford,  the  plaintiff’s  at- 
torney, in  which  is  demonstrated  the  fallacy  of  the  decree 
of  the  lower  court  from  which  appeal  has  been  taken : 

The  reasoning  of  the  judge,  who  rendered  the  decree,  is  fatally 
defective.  His  major  premise  is-  “The  Constitution  declares  the 
waters  of  the  natural  streams  belong  to  the  public,  and  are  dedi- 
cated to  the  use  of  the  people,  as  hereinafter  provided  (for  domes- 
tic, agricultural  and  manufacturing  purposes);”  his  minor  prem- 
ise is:  “The  defendant  is  the  people  (one  of  the  citizens  of 

the  State),”  and  his  conclusion  is:  “Therefore,  the  defendant  has 

the  right  to  invade  his  neighbor’s  premises,  to  fish.”  Could  there 
be  a more  pronounced  case  of  non  sequitur? 

Of  the  act  of  the  Legislature  in  which  alleged  justifica- 
tion is  found  for  fishing  trespass,  Mr.  Shackleford  perti- 
nently says  that  it  is  not  only  obnoxious  to  the  provisions 
of  the  State  and  Federal  Constitutions,  but  vicious  in 
itself,  for  it  is  an  open  invitation  to  trespass  and  to  viola- 
tion of  rights  which  have  been  recognized  ever  since 
ownership  in  land  has  been  recognized  by  law.  We  may 
be  confident  that  the  outcome  of  this  fishing  trespass  case 
in  Colorado  will  be  what  the  outcome  has  been  elsewhere. 
When  we  consider  the  principles  involved,  we  can  antici- 
pate no  other  conclusion. 


CANINE  GUARDIANS. 

Concerning,  a recent  distressing  murder  which  took 
place  in  Massachusetts,  the  Troy  Press  suggests: 

Supposing  a lively  fox-terrier,  with  a loud  barb  and  sharp  teeth, 
bad  been  in  the  house  when  the  assassin  called.  It  would  have 
greatly  embarrassed,  if  not  completely  thwarted,  his  hellish  work. 
In  such  circumstances,  killing  both  a dog  and  a woman  is  a 
much  more  hazardous  undertaking  than  to  kill  a woman  alone. 
Indeed,  the  presumption  is  that  the  presence  of  a dog  would 
have  saved  Miss  Page’s  life.  At  such  a country  home  a tramp  is 
likely  to  call  at  almost  any  time,  and  finding  a woman  alone,  to 
resort  to  crime.  But  every  criminal  intruder  has  a wholesome 
dread  of  a dog;  it  will  readily  risk  death  in  defense  of  its  mis- 
tress. The  dog  beats  bolts  and  bars  as  a protection,  and  as  a 
companion  is  worth  more  than  it  costs.  Every  woman  who  is 
left  alone  much  in  a house  should  keep  a good  dog;  it  will  save 
her  trouble  when  pestered  with  tramps  or  agents,  and  in  a case 
like  the  one  in  question  it  might  save  her  life. 

The  fame  and  utility  of  the  dog  as  a trusty  sentinel 
and  guardian  of  the  domicile,  whether  in  town  or  wilder- 
ness, have  been  well  known  to  man  from  time  imme- 
morial. By  long  heredity  from  his  wild  ancestors,  he  re- 
tains the  character  of  watchfulness,  an  essential  trait  in 
maintaining  the  safety  and  existence  of  the  pack  in  wild 
life. 

As  a guardian  he  is  keen  and  discriminating.  In  the 
daytime  he  is  only  passively  curious.  Friends  of  the 
family  are  approved  without  a sniff  or  growl.  In  the 
nighttime  he  is  actively  hostile  to  all  intruders.  Of  these 
few  escape  his  attention.  He  is  a light  sleeper,  and 
phenomenally  keen  of  nose  and  ear.  Disturbances  so 
light  as  to  be  imperceptible  to  the  household,  are  easily 
perceived  by  him  and  investigated  silently  or  announced 
with  wild  outcry,  according  as  he  deems  them  to  be  safe 
or  dangerous. 

Concerning  the  reckless  classes  of  criminals  and  their 
professional  methods,  it  has  been  stated  many  times  that 
those  whose  specialty  has  to  do  with  the  robbing  of 
houses — the  sneak-thief,  house-breaker  and  burglar — have 
a lively  dread  of  the  small,  alert,  active,  plucky  terriers. 
The  fox-terrier  is  particularly  disliked,  because  of  his  in- 
cessant watchfulness,  promptness  to  sound  an  alarming 


outcry  of  barks,  and  readiness  to  pluckily  take  hold  if 
need  be.  If  pursued,  he  can  escape  through  a small  open- 
ing; if  he  acts  as  pursuer,  he  is  so  small  and  agile  that 
no  man  is  quick  enough  to  reach  him.  At  all  times, 
whether  pursuing  or  pursued,  he  is  sounding  an  alarm. 

As  a guardian  of  the  home,  the  dog  has  been  tried  for 
centuries  and  proved  to  be  true  and  useful.  A good  one 
costs  but  a few  dollars,  and  costs  no  more  to  keep  than  a 
cur  which  is  worthless.  Besides  being  guardians,  they 
are  good  companions,  and  if  well  bred  and  typical,  they 
also  are  an  ornamental  appendage  to  a home. 

But  what  a commentary  it  is  upon  our  social  organiza- 
tion that  at  this  stage  of  the  world’s  history  ' we  should 
be  enjoined  to  resort  to  the  general  keeping  of  dogs,  and 
thus  to  adopt  the  expedient  of  primitive  man,  to  safe- 
guard our  homes  and  persons. 


MODERATION. 

A common  objection  urged  in  criticism  or  depreciation 
of  the  laws  which  set  a limit  on  the  amount  of  game  one 
may  kill  in  a day  or  a season,  is  that  they  are  in  practice 
incapable  of  enforcement.  Unquestionably  a weak  point 
in  the  law  is  that  it  has  to  do  with  the  conduct  of  the 
individual  when  in  the  field  and  beyond  surveillance.  The 
law  may  declare  that  no  more  than  ten  birds  may  be 
taken  in  a day;  but  whether  or  not  the  limitation  shall  be 
observed  in  actual  practice  must  of  necessity  be  a matter 
of  individual  conscience.  The  probabilities  are  that  in- 
fractions of  the  law  will  not  come  to  the  knowledge  of 
those  whose  business  it  may  be  to  take  notice  of  them. 

Nevertheless  the  influence  of  the  game  bag  limitation 
makes  for  good.  It  does  govern  the  conduct  of  many, 
actually  causing  them  to  stop  when  they  have  reached  the 
prescribed  limit;  and  in  other  cases  it  prevents  at  least  the 
display  of  execessive  bags  and  the  taking  of  credit  for 
the  making  of  them.  In  other  words,  it  exerts  a silent 
influence  to  create  a standard  of  conduct  beyond  which 
men  may  not  pass  and  make  public  boast  of  it.  The  exist- 
ence of  the  limit  rule  in  the  law,  and  the  common  knowl- 
edge that  it  is  there,  create  a popular  sentiment  in  favor 
of  the  restriction  it  is  intended  to  secure.  Men  will  no 
longer  brag  of  a big  bag  of  birds  when  the  achievement 
is  illicit.  Thus  simply  to  have  put  the  big  bag  under  a 
ban  is  to  have  abolished  it  from  the  toleration  of  the 
shooter  who  wishes  to  conform  to  the  sentiment  of  the 
craft  and  be  well  thought  of  by  his  fellow  sportsmen.  In 
sport,  quite  as  truly  as  in  other  fields,  sentiment  is  a fac- 
tor of  exceeding  power.  It  will  secure  much  more  than 
can  ever  be  achieved  by  wardens  and  courts.  There  is 
no  question  that  the  growing  sentiment  is  in  deprecation 
of  the  big  bag  of  game,  and  in  censure  of  the  shooter 
who  boasts  of  excessive  killing. 

The  duty  of  every  sportsman  in  these  days  is  to  preach 
and  practice  the  doctrine  of  moderation. 


MINNESOTA  LICENSES. 

Minnesota  has  discovered  that  it  is  one  thing  to  de- 
clare by  statute  that  the  non-resident  sportsman  must  pay 
a license  for  shooting  birds,  and  quite  another  thing  to 
enforce  the  law.  According  to  the  current  report  of  the 
Game  and  Fish  Commissioners,  hundreds  of  non-resi- 
dents invade  the  State  every  season  and  kill  birds,  and 
ayoid  paying  license  by  the  simple  expedient  of  declaring 
themselves  residents  of  Minnesota.  To  circumvent  this 
abuse,  Executive  Agent  Fullerton  proposes  a universal 
shooting  license  to  apply  to  residents  as  well  as  visitors. 
Then  every  shooter  would  be  compelled  to  show  a 
license;  if  he  could  not  show  that  of  a resident,  he  would 
be  compelled  to  take  out  a non-resident  permit.  Mani- 
festly this  would  effectually  end  the  non-resident  no 
license.  Again,  Mr.  Fullerton  says,  under  the  proposed 
system  provision  would  be  made  for  attaching  a coupon 
to  each  license,  thereby  allowing  the  sportsmen  to  ship 
their  game  home.  This  has  been  a very  vexed  question 
with  the  Minnesota  authorities,  because  under  the  law 
they  could  not  distinguish  between  the  genuine  sports- 
men and  the  market-hunter,  but  had  to  prevent  every- 
body from  shipping.  But  “if  a license  law  were  in  force, 
all  that  a sportsman  would  have  to  do  would  be  to  tear 
off  his  coupon,  attach  it  to  his  shipment,  and  send  to  his 
home  to  be  enjoyed  by  his  family,  while  he  remained  in 
the  field;  and  in  warm  weather  this  is  essential,  because 
game  spoils  very  quickly.” 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM 


[Feb.  4,  1905. 


A Buffalo  Hunt  with  the  Comanches 

( Continued  from  page  6;1.) 

The  days  were  warm  and  pleasant,  but  the  nights  were 
cool.  I rode  all  day  in  my  shirt  sleeves,  only  wearing  a 
coat  at  night.  When  away  from  the  post  this  way,  our 
officers  were  not  particular  as  to  what  we  wore  as  long 
as  we  kept  on  at  least  one  piece  of  the  uniform;  we  had 
to  do  that.  I had  left  the  post  wearing  a pair  of  cor- 
duroy trousers,  an  army  blouse  and  a white  hat ; but  had 
since  thrown  off  the  blouse  and  put  on  a canvas  hunting 
coat  of  the  chiefs,  and  wore  moccasins  instead  of  boots. 
Had  this  lieutenant  met  me  and  not  known  me,  the  . only 
evidence  he  could  find  about  me  to  suspect  me  of  being  a 
soldier  would  be  my  saddle  and  pistol  holsters;  my  field 
belt  even  I had  made  myself.  But  I had  a traveling- 
order.  It  is  given  to  every  man  who  leaves  the  post  for 
more  than  a dajr  or  two,  and  tells  who  he  is,  where  he  is 
going,  what  he  is  going  there  for,  and  tells  him,  lest  he 
should  forget  it  (I  would  be  liable  to  forget  it  anyhow), 
to  return  without  loss  of  unnecessary  time.  He  is  sup- 
posed to  show  this  order  to  anyone  asking  for  it.  I 
would  never  show  mine  to  anyone  except  a commissioned 
officer  or  a sheriff  if  I knew  him  to  be  one;  or  if  he  first 
showed  me  his  badge  or  commission.  Some  of  these  fel- 
lows out  on  the  frontier  here  were  always  anxious  to 
see  our  orders  when  they  met  us;  they  were  after  the 
$30  that  are  paid  for  arresting  a deserter.  To  one  of 
them  I would  refer  to  my  pistol  as  my  traveling  order, 
and  generally  had  to  refer  to  it  only  once  to  the  same 
man.  I had  the  sheriff  of  Parker  county,  Texas,  stop  me 
in  the  road  one  day  and  hand  out  his  commission.  I 
did  not  know  him,  but  he  only  wanted  me  and  six 
men  I had  with  me  to  act  as  his  posse  and  help  him  to 
arrest  a lot  of  cowboys.  He  got  us  as  soon  as  I knew 
who  he  was.  I was  always  ready  to  help  civil  authorities 
until  Congress  told  us  to  step  it,  and  not  meddle  with 
civil  affairs. 

I camped  early  to-night,  as  I came  to  a creek  that  had 
good  timber  on  it,  and  did  not  know  whether  the  next 
creek  would  be  five  or  fifty  miles  from  here,  and  did  not 
want  to  make  another  camp  without  fire.  I left  the  Crow 
in  camp  to  watch,  and  the  Antelope  and  I went  to  look 
for  more  of  his  namesakes  to  shoot.  We  kept  up  along 
the  creek,  looking  carefully  at  both  banks  of  it  for  a 
trail  of  deer  or  antelope  which  would  be  coming  here  for 
water,  and  at  last  found  one  only  a few  hours  old.  The 
Antelope  got  down  on  his  knees  and  studying  it,  said : 
“They  were  in  here  this  morning.” 

"Let  us  go  out  on  the  trail  and  wait  until  they  come 
in  this  evening,”  I said. 

After  we  had  watched  on  this  trail  for  an  hour,  the  boy 
told  me  that  they  were  coming.  I could  just  see  them 
away  across  the  prairie.  He  let  them  come  up  to  within 
thirty  yards,  then  fired,  and  the  leader  dropped.  Then 
I fired  and  got  one ; then  let  him  fire,  and  it  took  two 
shots  for  him  to  get  another.  Then  T sent  three  shots 
among  them.  They  had  got  over  their  panic  now,  and 
were  beginning  to  run,  and  I downed  my  second  one. 

“Don’t  fire  again,”  I told  the  boy,  “we  have  enough. 
Let  the  rest  go  until  the  next  time.” 

I should  have  shot  but  two,  only  that  I wanted  the 
hides  for  buckskin.  The  Antelope  brought  out  the 
ponies,  and  putting  two  antelope  on  each,  we  returned 
to  camp. 

In  traveling  over  this  country  I had  to  do  just  as  we 
do'  at  sea,  only  I had  no  sextant  to  tell  me  at  noon  each 
day  just  where  I was.  Now  I had  to  go  by  dead  reckon- 
ing, and  never  knew  exactly  just  where  I was.  I would 
mark  on  the  map  each  night  the  spot  where  I thought  I 
was  then;  next  note  the  direction  our  main  camp  was 
from  here;  then  make  up  my  mind  as  to  where  I wanted 
to  go  next  day;  go  there  after  I had  marked  it  in  my 
map,  then  try  to  verify  by  the  distance  I had  traveled 
to-day  and  the  direction  whether  I was  right  or  not. 
There  were  no  mountains,  or  I could  have  taken  bearings 
from  them,  and  then  be  sure  that  I was  right. 

While  I was  at  this  the  boys  would  watch  me  closely, 
then  ask.  “Where  are  we  now?” 

“Here,”  I would  say,  pointing  to  my  map. 

“And  where  is  the  big  camp?” 

“Over  here  where  this  mark  is.” 

“Does  the  box  [the  compass!  say  so  ?” 

“Yes;  it  tells  me  where  I am  and  where  the  big  camp 
is.  That  mark  there  on  the  box  points  to  the  big  camp 
to-day.  To-morrow  it  won’t;  but  to-morrow  I’ll  show 
you  which  of  these  marks  points  to  it  then.” 

I kept  to  the  northeast  next  day.  The  place  I meant 
to  camp  at,  if  I had  not  made  any  mistakes,  would  be 
thirty  miles  directly  south  of  our  main  camp.  Before 
starting  to-day  I put  two  venison  hams  on  each  saddle 
to  carry  with  us,  as  I did  not  know  but  what  we  might 
strike  a poor  camp  for  game. 

The  creek  on  which  I camped  at  night  had  some  heavy 
limber  on  it,  and  I thought  it  would  be  a good  place  to 
find  turkeys.  The  Antelope  and  I went  to  look  for  them, 
and  found  a turkey  roost,  but  the  turkeys  were  not  at 
home  yet.  After  dark  all  three  of  us  went  back  and 
found  that  the  turkeys  were  there.  The  tree  was  full  of 
them.  It  was  so-  dark  that  we  could  not  see  to  aim,  but 
could  only  stand  under  the  tree  and  shoot  straight  up. 
If  we  shot  the  lower  ones  first,  then  those  roosting 
higher  up  would  sit  still  and  let  us  shoot  until  we  got 
all  of  them ; but  if  we  should  happen  to  hit  one  which 
yvas  roosting  high  up  and  this  one  on  its  way  down  were 


to  hit  one  of  the  others,  as  it  was  likely  to  do,  then  all 
would  leave;  and  that  is  just  what  happened.  I gave  the 
boys  each  a pistol  and  kept  the  rifle  myself,  and  we  got 
under  the  tree  and  began  firing.  A number  of  turkeys 
dropped,  and  at  last  a big  one  that  must  have  had  a room 
near  the  roof  got  a call,  and  on  its  way  clown  knocked 
another  one  off  its  perch,  and  this  one,  giving  a squawk, 
lit  out,  followed  by  the  rest  of  them.  But  the  big  turkey 
was  not  through  knocking  yet;  it  landed  square  on  the 
Crow’s  head  and  shoulders,  knocking  him  down  also. 

The  Comanche  language  does  not  contain  a great  many 
curse  words;  but  the  English  language  has  a few  also, 
and  the  Crow  getting  up  now  proceeded  to  make  copious 
extracts  from  both  languages  to  express  his  opinion  of 
this  turkey,  his  fathers,  his  grandfathers,  and  all  the  rest 
of  the  turkey  tribe,  while  I and  the  Antelope  rolled  on 
the  grass  yelling  and  laughing.  We  hunted  up  our  dead 
turkeys,  and  found  that  we  had  six. 

“Now  I don’t  want  many  of  these  turkeys  cut  up  to- 
night.” I t old  the  boys.  “We  go  home  to-morrow ; Jet 
us  bring  most  of  them  in  for  the  squaws  to  cook.  The 
Crow  can  eat  the  big  one  which  hit  him,  though;  I don't 
care.” 

“No,  I’ll  take  him  home,”  he  said,  “but  I’ll  scalp  him 
here.”  Lie  did  this,  and  then  burned  the  scalp,  after 
doing  some  more  cursing  over  it.  Then  they  plucked  a 
smaller  turkey  for  our  supper. 

Next  morning  I got  ready  to  pull  out  for  home.  1 had 
six  cleer  skins  and  five  turkeys  to  carry  on  three  ponies; 
but 'an  Indian  pony  can  carry  almost  any  load  that  is 
put  on  him,  and  generally  looks  as  though  you  had  for- 
gotten him  if  you  don’t  pile  half  a ton  on  his  back  and 
climb  on  top  of  it  yourself. 

Late  in  the  afternoon  the  Crow,  who  was  riding  ahead, 
on  coming  to  a rise  in  the  prairie,  pointed  ahead  and 
said.  “There  is  campo.” 

“Yes,  the  box  told  me  that  it  was  there  an  hour  ago.” 

I had  been  gone  five  days,  but  no  one  had  come  to 
the  camp.  Buffalo  were  getting  scarce,  but  there  was 
no  use  in  our  going  further  west  after  them.  I had 
been  far  enough  west  to  see  that  there  were  none 
there,  none  at  least  in  the  country  I had  been  in.  They 
were  west  of  11s  somewhere;  but  the  Mexicans  would 
sooner  or  later  drive  them  east  to  us  again.  The  chief 
said  he  would  stay  here  a while  longer,  then  if  buffalo 
did  not  come  he  would  go  home.  It  would  take  him  a 
month  or  more  to  get  home  if  he  were  to  start  now. 
He  had  as  many  robes  and  as  much  meat  as  the  ponies 
he  had  saddles  for  could  carry.  They  can  carry  robes 
on  a pony  without  a saddle,  but  don't  like  to  do  it. 
The  squaws  made  the  saddles,  and  I had  been  handling 
them  for  years,  but  had  never  seen  them  made.  I did 
now.  They  are  only  two  forks,  cut  out  of  limbs  of 
trees,  with  small  boards  cut  out  of  soft  wood  to  rest 
on  the  pony’s  back.  All  the  tools  a squaw  has  to  make 
them  with  are  her  small  ax,  penknife  and  butcher 
knife,  and  a stout  piece  of  wire  to  burn  holes  with. 
There  is  not  a nail  or  rivet  about  the  saddle.  It  is  put 
together  with  rawhide  thongs  put  on  wet,  and  when 
they  get  dry  they  are  nearly  as  hard  as  iron. 

The  chief  set  the  squaws  to  making  saddles  and  mend- 
ing broken  bridles.  Their  work  on  these  bridles  was 
rather  clumsy;  I had  made  and  mended  machine  belts 
years  ago,  and  taking  a broken  bridle  rein,  I shaved  off 
each  end,  then  lapping  them,  sewed  it  with  sinews, 
while  the  squaws  looked  on;  then  they  could  do  it 
themselves. 

What  I had  been  looking  for  all  winter  now  took 
place,  rations  ran  out.  The  chief’s  squaw  cut  us  down 
to  bread  once  a day.  and  soon  gave  us  none  at  all. 
There  was  no  more  flour.  Next  the  coffee  and  sugar 
went.  “Well,  I can  live  on  deer,  turkey  and  buffalo 
as  long  as  the  Comanche  can,”  I said  to  the  chief. 

“Yes  you  are  a Comanche  now.  I say  it.  I have 
given  you  the  Comanche  . feathers  and  you  wear  them. 
Every  Comanche  will  know  when  he  sees  them  that 
you  are  one;  and  some  day  you  will  come  to  me;  then 
we  will  come  here  and  stay.  We  won’t  go  back  any 
more.  It  is  good.  I say  it.” 

“If  I think  it  is  as  good  as  the  chief  seems  to  think 
it  is,”  I said  to  myself,  “I  may  be  out  here  some  day 
with  these  Comanches,  deployed  across  the  prairie 
here  ready  to  fight  the  cavalry.  I would  have  one  ad- 
vantage over  the  chief  then,  I would  know  just  how 
this  cavalry  would  go  about  taking  me  in;  and  know 
how  to  block  the  game,  and  I might  know  the  officer 
in  command,  and  whether  he  was  fast  or  slow,  and  if 
he  were,  slow,  while  he  was  studying  up  his  next  move, 
I might  take  him  in.  I have  been  with  a troop  of 
cavalry  when  it  has  driven  a lot  of  Indians  before  it  like 
a flock  of  sheep,  when,  if  there  had  been  with  these 
Indians  a white  man  who  knew  just  the  strength  of 
this  troop,  and  had  these  Indians  been  Comanches,  he 
might  have  swung  them  into  line  and  have,  wiped  the 
troop  out. 

“No,”  I told  the  chief,  “it  is  not  well.  In  a few  years 
now  the  buffalo  will  be  all  gone,  the  white  man  is 
killing  them  off;  we  see  it;  and  then  the  Comanche 
could  not  live  here;  he  would  starve  to  death.  _ You 
are  a good  Indian  now,  the  Great  Father  knows  it,  his 
big  chiefs  here  tell  him  so.  You  stay  on  the  reserva- 
tion. I don’t  .want  to  see  my  brothers  starve.” 

More  than  one  Indian  war  might  have  been  avoided, 
had  there  been  a white  man  whom  the  Indians  could 
trust  to  tell  them  to  stop  at  home. 

Seven  years  after  this,  when  this  band  and  a num- 


ber of  others  did  go  out,  I rode  into  their  camp 
alone,  and  persuaded  him  to  take  his  band  home  again 
and  another  that  he  controlled.  My  troop  was  over 
twenty  miles  away,  and  I did  not  have  to  fire  a shot.  _ 

We  had  about  all  the  robes  and  meat  the  ponies 
could  carry.  A pony  cannot  carry  much  over  180 
pounds,  and  carry  it  day  after  day;  and  while  a good 
mule  can  only  carry  300  pounds,  he  can  drag  a thous- 
and. I was  studying  a plan  to  give  us  more  transporta- 
tion, but  found  that  I could  not  make  it  work.  I did 
not  have  the  right  kind  of  saddles.  I wanted  to  make  : 
travois — they  are  only  a rude  kind  of  horse  litter,  and  •! 
are  not  much  used  by  these  southern  Indians.  I had 
seen  them  among  the  Crows  at  the  north.  These  J 
Crows  are  the  Comanches  of  the  north,  they  and  the 
Comanche  have  many  traits  in  common.  The  travois 
is  made  by  lashing  two  long  poles  to  the  saddle,  then 
lacing  a rawhide  between  them;  the  load  goes  on  the 
rawhide,  and  once  on  it,  can  be  left  on,  as  the  poles 
have  to  be  taken  off  the  saddle  each  night  to  get  the 
saddle  off. 

I made  one  of  these  for  my  packsaddle,  and  one  of  J 
the  chief’s  big  mules  dragged  half  a ton  of  robes  on 
it  all  the  way  home.  (I  could  not  use  these  travois 
now  though,  for  they  do  not  use  packsaddles  in  the 
army,  but  aparajoes,  which  resemble  a_  bed  sack,  only 
they  are  made  of  leather  and  are  stuffed  with  straw; 
they  beat  a packsaddle  all  hollow  though.)  1 he 
Indian  saddles  were  too  light  for  travois,  they  would 
pull  all  to  pieces,  I thought. 

there  was  a high  “butte,”  a hill  that  stands  out  by 
itself,  on  a prairie  a few  miles  south  of  camp;  and  a few 
days  after  I had  come  home  from  New  Mexico,  I took 
my  mule  one  morning  and  went  to  examine  it.  I found 
that  the  only  place  where  I could  get  up  on  it,  was 
on  the  south  side,  a mere  deer  trail.  I led  my  mule 
up  on  top  and  found  a flat  place  covered  with  tall 
partly  dry  grass.  I left  my  mule  and  walked  dbwn  to 
the  eastern  end  of  this  flat.  I wanted  to  look  at  the 
country  east  of  this  through  the  glass  to  see  if  there 
were  signs  of  buffalo  being-  in  it;  but  before  doing  so 
I glanced  down  at  the  foot  of  the  butte,  and  just  be- 
low me  saw  a flock  of  about  a dozen  turkeys  that  had 
for  a leader  one  of  the  largest  turkeys  I had  ever  seen. 
They  had  not  seen  me,  and  were  starting  to  come  up 
here.  I ran  to  my  saddle  and  got  my  carbine,  then  com- 
ing halfway  back  lay  down  just  as  the  big  turkey  came  in 
sight.  And  aiming  at  bis  breast,  1 fired,  and  he  tumbled 
clear  to  the  foot  of  the  hill,  the  others  running  back 
to  where  they  had  come  from  in  the  bottom. 

I led  my  mule  down  to  where  the  big  one  lay  and 
stooped  to  pick  him  up.  I had  no  idea  but  that  lie 
was  dead;  but  he  got  up  and  ran  a hundred  yards  before 
I caught  and  killed  him.  I had  put  a .44  ball  in  at  his 
breast,  and  it  bad  come  out  under  his  wing,  and  had 
not  killed  him.  I tied  him  as  high  as  I could  to  the 
cantle  of  the  saddle,  and  still  his  head  dragged  on  the 
ground.  I had  to  cut  it  off. 

Leaving  the  mule,  I went  down  into  the  bottom  to 
where  I had  marked  down  the  other  turkeys  and  shot 
a smaller  one.  I tied  this  to  the  saddle,  also  telling  the 
mule  that  I would  load  him  with  turkeys  and  then  walk- 
home.  I do  not  know  if  that  mule  quite  understood 
me,  but  I kept  my  word  only  in  part.  I did  not  load 
him  with  turkeys  or  anything  else,  but  I did  walk  home.  : 

I had  not  tied  the  mule,  as  I had  never  known  him 
to  move  from  the  spot  I left  him  in,  and  he  was  graz- 
ing now  quietly.  I started  after  more  turkeys,  but  had 
not  gone  one  hundred  yards,  when,  hearing  a noise 
behind  me,  I looked  around  in  time  to  see  the  mule 
leaving  on  the  jump,  headed  for  camp.  Lie  needed 
no  compass  either  to  find  it.  He  would  go  about  a 
hundred  yards,  then  stop  to  kick  at  the  big  turkey, 
then,  look  to  see  if  I were  coming — I was — then  go  on  : 
again.  I was  mad  enough  to  shoot  that  mule.  The 
only  thing  that  saved  him  was  the  fact  that  I would  , 
have  to  pay  for  him  if  I did,  or  else  “swear  him  off 
the  papers” — make  an  affidavit  that  he  had  died  or  had 
been  stolen.  I could  not  do  that  and  did  not  want 
to  pay  $150  for  a dead  mule,  so  I let  him  go. 

He  got  into  camp  a long  way  ahead  of  me.  The 
boys  caught  him  and  took  off  the  saddle  and  the  big 
turkey;  he  had  managed  to  lose  the  small  one  on  his 
way  home,  but  I sent  the  boys  back  on  the  trail  and 
they  found  it.  The  squaws  cooked  the  big  one,  and 
then  there  was  only  one  camp  kettle  in  the  band  large 
enough  to  hold  him  after  he  had  been  cut  up.  The 
heart  did  not  go  in  it  either;  it  was  burned  lest  it 
should  make  cowards  of  us. 

Cabia  Blanco. 

[to  be  continued.] 


Senator  Spooner  yesterday  was  propounding  a conun- 
drum to  his  colleagues.  It  was  propounded  to  him  the 
other  evening  while  he  was  out  to  dinner.  Although 
a very  simple  little  thing,  the  Senator,  while  possessing 
the  keenest  legal  mind  in  Congress,  had  been  unable  to 
frame  a correct  reply.  He  enjoyed  trying  it  on  others.  1 

This  conundrum  was:  “Which  has  more  feet — one  cat  r 
or  no  cat?” 

“I  pass  it  over  to  you,”  or  something  like  that,  was  the  | 
almost  invariable  reply. 

“Why,  no  cat,  of  course,”  Mr.  Spooner  would  respond. 
“One  cat  has  four  feet,  No  cat  has  five  feet.” — Washing- 
ton Post. 


Feb.  4,  1905.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


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IN  A GERMAN  DEER  FOREST 

From  “ Jagdbilder  n von  Carl  Zimmermann. 


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KANAWHA. 

.Crossing  the  finish  line  and  winning  the  HAUOLI  CUP.  Designed  and  built  by  the  Gas  Engine  & Power  Co.  and^Charles  L.  Seabury  & Co.,  Consolidated.  Owned  by  Mr.  H.  H.  Rogers. 

Photograph  by’ James.Burton,  New. York. 


Feb.  4,  1 90s.] 

Floating  Down  the  Mississippi. 

Few  men  on  the  Mississippi  know  more  or  have  more 
notions  about  its  phases  of  life  than  old  man  Ander- 
son, with  whom  I stopped  on  the  sandbar  above 
Helena.  He  started  on  the  Big  River  in  Iowa,  and 
fished  there  until  the  fishing  failed.  Then  he  dropped 
down  the  river,  hunting  new  waters,  until  finally,  after 
more  than  a quarter  of  a century,  he  tied  up  in  the 
Helena  Chute,  to  catch  the  “mud  rooters”  of  the  lower 
river.  A man  who  succeeds  in  living  twenty-five  years 
in  cabin  boats  on  the  Mississippi  is  a wonder.  Ander- 
son was  such  a man,  a tall,  untiring,  hard-working 
Swede. 

His  first  fishing  brought  him  from  $30  to  $50  a week 
— all  game  fish.  He  carried  thousands  of  pounds  of 
black  bass  to  the  market  at  Burlington,  la.,  and  at  the 
last  couldn’t  understand  why  netting  should  be*  pro- 
hibited. “I  had  my  good  times,”  he  said.  “I  ust  to 
go  to  market  with  my  fish,  und  gom  back  mit  two 
quarts  of  goot  viskey,  unt  drink  it  oop  in  von  night. 
By  golly,  I vas  strong  dem  days.  I could  lift  dat  skiff 
mit  von  hand.  Now  I take  two  hands  to  change  my  oars.” 

Johns,  the  Helena  fish  market  man,  told  me  “the  old 
man  has  just  burned  his  life  out.”  One  gathers  a notion 
of  what  must  have  been  the  old  man’s  constitution 
from  the  fact  that  he  lived  through  more  than  twenty- 
five  years  of  hardest  kind  of  physical  work,  and  the 
draining  of  countless  gallons  of  beer  and  whisky.  He 
walked  erect,  big-boned  and  apparently  muscular;  but 
the  pace  had  told.  IT  is  muscles  were  wasted  away. 
Malaria  had  seized  upon  him  relentlessly.  The  “Ar- 
kansaw  hunger”  gnawed  his  stomach,  and  food  did  not 
appease  it.  “Louisiana  shakers”  had  overcome  his 
frame  with  trembling  that  made  the  boat  rattle — a sec- 
ond attack  would  prove  fatal.  His  whole  system  was 
a mass  of  aches  and  pains.  “I  guess  I have  to  go  to 
Oregon  an’  catch  salmon,”  he  said.  “Dis  Arkansaw 
country  dond  agree  mit  me.” 

Uncle  Charlie  Robertson  said  of  him,  “He’s  just  like 
a lot  of  other  fishermen.  Malaria  keeps  sapping  their 
strength.  They  grow  weaker  day  by  day  without  real- 
izing it.  Suddenly  they  drop.” 

Anderson  had  a soap  box  full  of  ducks  and  geese 
which  he  had  killed  and  packed  away  in  salt.  He  said 
it  used  to  be  no  trouble  to  get  all  the  meat  one  wanted 
along  the  river.  “We  ust  to  salt  down  beaver  in  a bar- 
rel— ducks,  wild  torkeys,  geese,  squirrels,  deer  meat, 
too.  But  der  ain’t  no  game  any  more.  I don’t  know 
what’s  de  matter.”  There  are  quite  a number  of  beaver 
along  the  Mississippi  to  this  day,  but  they  are  a shy, 
.crafty  beast,  which  refuses  to  “shine”  by  firelight,  and 
seldom  gets  into  a trap.  They  live  in  the  caving  banks 
of  the  river,  and  come  out  on  the  logs,  to  breathe  and 
rest.  They  eat  the  willow  and  other  browse  with  which 
the  river  keeps  them  constantly  supplied  by  undermin- 
ing the  banks.  There  is  no  need  of  building  dams,  nor 
making  runways  on  the  bank.  It  will  be  a long  while 
before  the  last  of  them  is  killed. 

Anderson’s  boat  was  moored  to  the  foot  of  a mile- 
long  sand  and  mud  bar.  The  bar,  under  the  impulse 
of  wind  and  water  is  gradually  working  its  way  down 
stream,  and  the  foot  of  it  is  a bluff  reef.  “Ven  de 
vater  was  up  I catch  a lot  off  eels  in  onder  dis  reef,” 
Anderson  said,  pointing  to  the  almost  perpendicular 
slope  of  mud  and  sand.  Just  where  the  boat  lay  was  a 
wide  patch  of  almost  pure  yellow  sand,  ten  by  twelve 
rods  in  size.  To  reach  the  upper  bar,  one  must  cross 
.a  dozen  rods  of  the  black,  oozing  slime,  which  is  “Mis- 
sissippi mud.”  This  mud  came  down  to  the  water  be- 
side the  patch  of  sand,  and  on  a warm  day  it  was  not 
possible  to  get  away  from  the  boat,  save  by  skiff.  I 
watched  the  mud  thaw  out  after  some  freezing  nights. 
The  stuff  was  upheaved  by  the  cold,  and  some  pretty 
crystals  formed  over  the  surface.  But  when  the  melting 
began,  the  mud  quivered  and  moved  like  a thing  of  low 
life.  A few  million  years  from  now,  scientists  will  find 
ibeds  of  Mississippi  mud  rock.  On  chiseling  it  out, 
creatures  of  these  days  will  be  found  encased  “in  mar- 
velously life-like  postures” — perhaps  a “real  man” 
reaching  out  through  the  stuff,  his  face  horribly  con- 
torted and  his  toes  reaching  down  for  the  hardpan 
somewhere  in  the  depths. 

The  river  man  is  in  every  storm  that  passes  his  way. 
In  one  or  other  direction,  the  wind  has  a clean  sweep, 
and  it  is  the  cabin-boater’s  first  lsson  to  prepare  for  cy- 
clones. A flood  is  nothing,  but  the  wind  has  no  mercy. 
Anderson  was  caught  on  the  upper  river  in  a storm  one 
night.  -He  had  a 6o-foot  three-roomed  boat.  He 
thought  it  would  ride  any  kind  of  storm.  That  was  why 
he  had  so  large  a one.  It  was  moored  broadside  to  the 
river  bank.  It  was  fitted  with  fine  curtains,  clean  bed- 
ding—Anderson  was  always  neat,  having  been  a Baltic 
sea  sailor — plenty  of  furniture,  a few  Swedish  books, 
big  lamps— a river  luxury— a feather  bed  filled  from 
birds  of  his  own  killing,  and  in  fact,  everything  that  he 
wanted,  for  $50  a week  would  fit  and  maintain  a pro- 
digious single  man  boat  on  the  river.  One  night  it 
began  to  storm.  Rain  fell,  and  the  wind  increased  in 
the  snappy  fashion  of  some  cyclones.  Anderson  was 
in  bed,  congratulating  himself  on  his  safety,  when  he 
beard  something  coming  011  the  far  side  of  the  river,  a 
long-drawn  roar,  and  a whole  bunch  of  lightning  flashes 
accompanied  the  thing.  It  reached  the  big  cabin  boat 
and  turned  it  over  on  its  side.  Anderson  had  ten  or 
twelve  stone  jugs  of  fish  oil  along  one  gunwale  of  the 
boat.  These,  the  bed  and  all  the  other  furniture  of  the 
boat  were  thrown  to  the  opposite  side.  The  jugs  broke, 
and  the  oil  spread  out  on  the  water  that  flooded  in 
through  windows  and  door. 

“By  golly!”  Anderson  said,  “It  was  a trick  getting 
out  of  a up-side-down  boat  mit  two  doors  to  go 
through,  and  the  boat  on  its  side.  I tell  you  I dank 
I was  drowned.” 

A hundred  yards  up  stream  was  another  cabin  boater. 
He  had  a little  bit  of  a boat— 18  feet  long  and  6]/2  wide. 
“The  wave  that  rolled  ahead  of  the  wind”  lifted  the 
little  boat  a dozen  feet  up  on  the  bank,  where  the  wind 
did  not  hurt  it.  The  cabin-boater  looked  to  see  what 
had  become  of  Anderson’s  boat.  He  saw  the  low  sunk 
hulk,  and  concluded  Anderson  was  drowned,  so  he 
went  to  getting  breakfast,  and  had  it  well  under  way, 
when  Anderson  walked  in  on  him  with  only  his  night 
■clothes  on. 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


Anderson  never  bought  so  large  a boat  again.  A 
small  boat,  properly  built,  is  handled  much  more  easily 
and  is  stronger  in  proportion.  The  best  river  men  of 
the  cabin-boat  class  have  tiny  craft.  “Whisky  Wil- 
liams,” “Old  Doc  White,”  Anderson,  Applegate,  and 
other  notable  men  have  boats  less  than  20  ffeet  long. 
A heavy  frame,  and  sound  lumber  insures  the  occupant 
against  trouble  with  shags  and  cyclones,  and  getting 
around  has  no  great  terrors.  The  old  fishernlail  chose 
to  tie  up  on  the  low  sand  bar  in  shallow  water.  He 
moored  the  craft  end  on  to  the  bank  by  four  lines:  oile- 
from  a timber  head  in  each  corner.  Heavy  stakes,  ash 
preferably,  were  driven  deep  into  the  sand,  so  that  each 
line  had  a stake  of  its  own.  The  two  bow  stakes  were 
far  enough  apart  to  keep  the  bow  from  swinging,  and 
far  enough  ashore  to  hold  the  bow  pressed  against  the 
fending  stage  plank.  The  stern  lines  kept  the  stern 
from  swinging  and  helped  hold  the  boat  to  the  bank  as 
well.  It  was  safe  in  any  storm  not  strong  enough  to 
lift  the  boat  out  of  water.  A cabin-boater  says  that  a 
sandbar  is  the  safest  port  in  a gale,  and  a caving  bank 
the  deadliest. 

While  I was  with  Anderson,  the  water  ranged  from 
six  to  ten  feet  on  the  gauge  at  Helena.  It  was  so  low 
that  most  of  the  chutes  were  dry,  and  there  were  no 
bays  in  which  cabin  boats  could  be  sheltered.  Ander- 
son always  maintained  his  lonely  vigil  at  the  foot  of 
the  Helena  Bar  at  such  times,  although  he  had  only  to 
go  down  to  the  transfer  dock  (railroad  ferry)  and  find 
plenty  of  company — Abbey,  the  Johns,  and  the  transient 
river  people. 

“I  don’t  go  down  der,”  he  said  repeatedly.  “I  tell 
you  I seen  boats  sunk  along  dat  bluff  bank  in  a south 
wind!  Seven,  eight  boats  at  once;  an’  de  folks  staff- 
ing on  de  bank.  Op  here  you  can’t  sink — you  rub  de 
bottom  if  de  water  goes  down  two  inches.  I rather 
move  de  boat  every  day  dan  sit  on  de  bank  von  night 
in  de  rain,  I tell  you! 

The  day  I reached  Anderson’s  boat,  a river  tramp 
was  tied  in  beside  him.  A strong  wind  had  blown  from 
the  north  for  thirty  hours.  The  tramp  used  a single 
stake  to  hold  his  16-foot  boat,  and  that  one  loosely 
driven  in  the  sand.  In  the  morning  the  stake  was  al- 
most pulled  out  of  the  ground.  The  two  extremes  of 
river  people  were  there  side  by  side — Anderson,  hard- 
working, with  his  four  ash  stakes,  selected  and  hard 
driven,  and  four  carefully  inspected  lines,  and  the  river 
rat  with  one  splintering  willow  stake,  ratty  line  and  lazy 
carelessness.  And  both  men  were  equally  subject  to 
malaria  and  with  the  same  lonely  future  before  them, 
and  probably  the  same  unhappy  fate. 

There  are  men  on  the  river  too  lazy  to  float  with  the 
current.  The  task  of  keeping  their  boat  in  the  current 
worries  them.  One  of  these  called  “the  Bear,”  never 
floats  in  the  day  time.  He  casts  loose  at  dusk  and  then 
goes  to  bed.  In  the  morning  he  looks  out  to  see  where 
he  is.  If  the  wind  rises,  or  the  water  drives  him  into  a 
caving  bank,  the  Bear  must  get  out  and  work  for  life.  One 
cannot  guess  how  many  of  this  kind  have  been  hit  by 
the  coal  tows  and  rolled  under,  to  come-  up  “buzzard 
food.” 

Anderson  was  not  talkative — he  had  lived  alone  too 
much  of  his  time  during  recent  years;  but  what  he  said 
was  to  the  point.  His,  “I  tell  you,  I give  dem  tough 
fellers  a sharp  look  when  day  come  along,”  meant  more 
than  another  man’s  most  vivid  description  of  river 
pirates.  Two  toughs  who  went  by  the  name  of  Stout 
came  down  the  river  one  time,  “killing  beef  and  hogs 
on  the  way.”  Anderson  and  two  others  were  playing 
casino  when  the  two  Stouts  dropped  into  their  landing 
just  below  Cairo.  It  was  after  dark,  and  the  Stouts 
hung  around  till  the  game  broke  up,  and  then  one  of 
them  followed  Anderson  on  board  his  boat,  though  it 
was  midnight.  Grant  Stout,  he  said  his  name  was,  and 
he  watched  the  Swede  as  sharply  as  Anderson  watched 
him.  ^ “I  dank  he  meant  somedings,”  the  Swede  said. 
He  went  away  at  last,  and  an  hour  later  Anderson 
heard  a little  grinding  sound,  like  a mouse  gnawing. 
Anderson  strained  his  ears,  trying  to  locate  the  sound, 
but  without  avail,  for  a long  time.  At  last  he  decided 
it  was  astern,  and  with  that  he  got  out  of  bed,  un- 
latched the  door  and  peered  into  the  darkness.  As  he 
looked,  he  saw  a man  in  a dugout  darting  away  in  the 
gloom,  having  heard  Anderson  stirring  out.  In  the 
morning  Anderson  found  that  a link  of  his  $35  skiff’s 
painter  had  been  filed  almost  through. 

These  Stouts  one  time  stole  a church  bell  up  on  the 
Ohio.  They  carried  it  down  to  the  levee  and  buried  it, 
then  went  to  a prominent  merchant  of  the  town,  and 
told  him  they  had  the  bell.  “We  want  a couple  of  dol- 
lars to  get  out  of  town,”  they  said.  “You  take  the  bell 
and  give  us  the  money.”  The  merchant  took  the  bell. 
A few  days  later  the  Stouts  went  to  the  merchant  again. 
“You  give  us  twenty-five  dollars  apiece,”  said  they,  “or 
we’ll  tell  about  your  deal.”  They  got  the  $30  and  went 
away  as  cabin  passengers  on  a river  steamboat.  This 
was  the  favorite  funny  story  of  the  Stout  boys.  One 
of  them  was  afterward  killed  for  card  cheating  on  a 
Government  job  above  Cairo. 

One  objection  Anderson  had  to  tying  in  at  Helena 
was  the  “tough  fellows”  who  sometimes  come  down 
and.  attempt  to  rob  the  cabin-boaters  there.  The  river 
pirate  knows  well  enough  that  the  lone  fisherman  on  a 
sandbar  is  watchful,  and  would  give  the  bad  man  short 
shift,  but  on  the  edge  of  town  it  is  different.  The 
sneak  thief  can  disappear  in  a moment.  Anderson  was 
just  below  the  coal  fleet  at  Helena  for  a while,  and 
while  there  men  tried  to  sneak  aboard  once  or  twice— 
one  tough  fellow  especially  hanging  around  with  a 
gang.  One  day  Anderson  whiled  his  time  away  trying 
to  catch  alligator  gars.  They  bit  the  stoutest  line  in 
two,  however,  and  ran  away  with  the  largest  hooks. 
Finally  Anderson  took  a piece  of  pork  and  hooked  it 
on  to  a 6-inch  hook,  tied  it  to  a quarter  inch  rope  and 
lowered  it  into  the  water.  Not  getting  a bite,  he  took 
two  half  hitches  around  the  bulkhead  and  forgot  about 
it  That  night  he  felt  some  one  step  on  the  boat.  Then 
another,  and  another  time  the  boat  ducked  under  the 
weight  of  some  one,  and  Anderson  listened  so  hard  that 
he  heard  whispers.  Stealthily  he  rose  to  his  feet,  seized 
his  shotgun  and  threw  open  the  door.  The  stern  was 
empty.  So  was  the  bow,  nor  was  any  one  in  sight. 
Anderson  thought  it  must  be  spirits  until  he  recollected 
the  pork-baited  gar  hook.  A io-foot  gar  had  come 


along,  and  when  he  bit,  it  pulled  the  cabin  boat  down 
like  the  weight  of  a two-hundred-pound  man. 

Anderson’s  faith  in  dreams  was  unbounded.  “Many  a 
night  I saved  a big  catfish  on  my  line.  I dream  I have 
a piece  of  meat  in  my  fingers  and  great  big  snake  comes 
and  takes  it  out,  That  kind  of  scares  me,  and  I wake 
up.  Then  I jumps  up  and  gets  into  my  skiff  and  go 
run  ray  line.  _ Many  a big  fish  I save  dot  way.  I find 
dem  just  pulling  off  de  hook  when  I dream  dat  way. 

“I  have  many  dreams.  If  I dream  of  fish  jumping  all 
around,  den  I know  high  water  coming.  Just  so,  too, 
when  I dream  of  water  pouring  over  a big  high  falls. 
1 don  t need  de  paper  for  high  water  news.  My  spirit 
leaves  my  body — I go  way  op  de  river,  op  de  Ohio,  op 
de  Mississippi  op  de  Missouri,  and  see  if  it  rain  der. 
I knowed  about  de  Charleston  earthquake.  I vas  der. 
I valk- along  de  streets.  De  houses  dey  begin  to  move, 
long  cracks  go  op  an’  dowm  in  de  fronts  of  de  houses, 
and  den  de  dust  fly  op  an’  choke  me.  I vake  op.  Two 
days  aftei  dat  a man  says  Charleston  was  earthquaked. 
I know  dot!  Den  von  night  I dream  dat  two  trains 
come  toward  one  anoder  on  de  same  track.  De  en- 
gineer he  jumps,  but  he  gets  drowned.  I dank  and 
dank.  Who  vas  dat  engineer?  I know  den,  it  was  dat 
big  railroad  smashup  going  to  de  World’s  Fair.  Den 
I dream  about  a man  way  up  on  a high  mountain  hang- 
ing by  his  hands,  an  slippin’  an’  slippin’.  Five  or  six 
men  run  around— I know  den.  De  President  he  is 
over  all- — on  de  mountain!  The  men  what  run,  dey  the 
doctors.  So  I knew  de  President  he  sick  or  hurt,  and 
he  going  to  fall— he  die.  So  I tell  dem.  McKinley  done 
just  dat.  It  all  goes  to  show  dat  a man  have  a spirit 
what  go  away  from  his  body  by  itself  and  study  op 
what  is  doing!” 

One  of  Anderson’s  lost  opportunities,  he  thought, 
was  his  failure  to  go  to  a certain  stump  in  the  lumber 
yard  of  an  Iowa  mill  owner,  whose  fortune  disappeared 
at  his  death.  Anderson  dreamed  about  the  stump,  and 
failed  to  go  to  it  after  the  lumberman’s  death  and  find 
the  fortune. 

The  river  people  have  many  superstitions,  and  dream 
books  are  important  literature  of  the  cabin  boats.  But 
dreams  are  not  the  only  signs  read.  The  most  interest- 
ing bird  story  I ever  heard  was  one  Anderson  told 
about  blue  herons. 

“One  nice  warm  day,  I was  in  Helena  Chute.  Dey 
was  a lot  of  cranes  der — wery  wise  birds,  dose  cranes 
is.  Pretty  soon  I seen  a crane  coming  up  de  chute 
slow  an’  easy,  but  high,  like  he  was  going  way  op  nord. 
Den  I see  anoder  crane  cornin’  down  de  chute.  My! 
but  he  was  just  a cornin’.  He  flap  his  wings,  an’ 
stretched  his  neck  furder  ahead  dan  mos’  cranes.  Veil, 
dem  cranes  dey  passed  one  anoder.  De  nord  von  squawk 
like  he  was  in  a hurry.  Den  dey  began  to  circle  round 
and  round,  squawking  like  good  fellers.  De  von  from 
dc  nord  he  squawk  hard  an’  short;  de  odder,  he  squawk 
different;  so  I knowed  him.  De  nord  von  pretty  soon 
start  off  south  again.  De  odder  von  vent  on  nord,  but 
de  nord  von  yust  squawk  again  hard,  and  den  dey 
circled  roun’  some  more.  Pretty  soon  dey  both  started 
avay  south  like  dey  was  in  a hurry.  Dat  night,  woooo! 
De  nord  vind  come  sweeping  down  de  river,  and  in  de 
morning  we  was  froze  op.  Den  hard  times  come  to  de 
cranes.  Dey  got  so  lean  in  a couple  weeks  dey  vouldn’t 
fly  from  a man.  I walked  right  up  to  some  of  dem.  I 
tell  you,  dat  crane  out  of  de  nord  know  what  he  run- 
ning from.” 

On  the  sandbar  one  could  almost  imagine  himself  on 
the  shores  of  a sea.  A south  wind  had  a clean  sweep 
up  the  river  of  over  four  miles.  In  the  main  current 
the  waves  were  thrown  up,  yellow  capping  the  surface, 
but  Anderson’s  boat  was  in  the  great  eddy  along  the 
west  bank  above  Helena.  The  water  was  nearly  dead, 
and  waves  rolled  in  a foot  high,  breaking  along  the 
sloping  beach  with  a low  whir  that  suggested  the  sea. 
Washing  against  the  bluff  reef,  they  undermined  the 
sand  and  caused  it  to  cave  off.  It  was  easy  to  under- 
stand how  a man  with  unlimited  time  could  dwell  at 
such  a place.  There  were  drifts  of  sand  that  shifted 
with  the  wind,  and  waves  of  sand  and  mud  that  flowed 
with  the  current  of  water.  The  man  with  a microscope 
or  telescope  finds  unlimited  opportunity  for  looking. 
Anderson’s  eyes  turned  often  to  the  window,  which  he 
threw  open  on  occasion  in  order  to  look  at  the  sky. 
“I  like  to  watch  the  water,”  he  said  once. 

The  position  on  a sloping  sandbar  required  constant 
watching  of  the  water  marks.  High  water  slacked  the 
lines  and  low  water  frequently  “hung  the  boat,”  so  that 
it  had  to  be  pried  off.  As  the  water  rose,  the  boat  was 
worked  around  into  a little  pocket  formed  by  the  reef, 
and  as  it  fell,  the  boat  must  needs  be  kept  moving  back 
toward  the  point  into  deeper  water.  Watching  the  boat, 
getting  the  meals  and  keeping  an  eye  open  for  ducks 
were  Anderson’s  main  occupations.  He  said  that  when 
he  was  alone  nights,  he  played  “blind  casino” — solitaire. 

I could  not  but  marvel  at  the  opportunity  wasted  by  the 
river  men.  Fancy  what  a record  of  the  Mississippi  the 
diary  of  a lone  cabin-boater  would  be!  In  less  than  six 
months  on  the  river  I made  300,000  words  in  notes, 
scarcely  a line  of  wdiich  could  be  classed  as  “scientific.” 
On  Dec.  29,  I started  for  town  in  my  skiff.  As  the 
bow  turned  in  the  main  current,  I saw  a low  white  spot 
on  the  river  miles  up  stream.  It  was  in  motion,  and 
somehow  the  thing  looked  familiar.  Very  quickly  it 
took  form,  and  I saw  that  it  was  a rag-top  boat.  Finally 
my  glasses  showed  the  “double  hull,”  or  catamaran 
which  Senor  Carlos  J.  San  Carlos  came  from  Toronto 
in.  I ran  out,  and  long  before  I came  alongside,  I 
could  hear  the  paddle  wheel  chucking  into  the  water, 
steamboat  fashion.  My  hail  routed  him  from  under  the 
canvas,  and  greetings  passed.  He  told  how  he  worked 
for  Sam  Cole  on  the  6o-foot  cabin  boat  in  Ash  Slough, 
supposing  he  was  getting  $1.25  a day  and  board.  Cole 
charged  him  for  boat,  so  that  he  only  cleared  $4  a 
week.  Cole  had  paid  a carpenter  $2.50  a day  for  doing 
less  work  a week  than  Carlos  did  in  two  days — but 
Carlos  was  “easy.” 

“But  I don’t  care!”  Carlos  said.  “I  got  enough  to 
see  me  through  now — and  I’m  going  clear  to  Havana 
now.” 

He  ran  on  down  stream,  and  thereafter  I heard  of 
him  at  intervals  until  I reached  Vicksburg,  when  I lost 
track  of  the  cabin  boat  people  and  their  kind.  A won- 
der of  the  cabin  boat  people  is  the  fact  of  their  homo- 


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geneity;  in  spite  of  the  attenuated  region  which  they 
inhabit,  they  have  few  things  in  common  with  the  bank 
people.  Living  miles  apart,  they  nevertheless  keep  up 
an  acquaintance  with  one  another.  One  could  trace 
a cabin  boat  from  St.  Paul  to  New  Orleans,  months 
after  the  passage.  Cabin-boaters  tie  in  beside  their 
kind  for  a night,  and  there  is  sure  to  be  intercourse 
between  the  newcomers  and  their  neighbors,  if  no  more 
than  a hail.  A river  man  sizes  up  another  by  his  “out- 
fit”— that  is,  the  looks  of  the  boat.  A man  in  a good 
skiff,  with  tent  and  outfit,  is  received  with  less  caution 
than  one  in  a 25-foot  “ratty”  shack,  built  of  drift  wood 
and  covered  with  tar  paper.  Men  like  Anderson  take 
in  a hundred  details  at  a glance.  Nets  on  the  roof  in 
the  weather,  frayed  rope  ends,  and  unselected  firewood 
are  a better  criterion  of  a river  man  than  the  paint  on 
his  cabin  boat,  however,  for  the  river  man  is  always 
“swapping,”  and  some  of  them  change  their  boats  every 
month,  as  good  horse  traders  change  their  horses. 

Anderson  told  me  one  day  that  he’d  put  me  “on  to 
something.  You  take  the  green  heads  of  mallards  and 
you  skin  them  out.  You  take  the  skins  and  have  you 
a vest  made.  It’ll  cost  you  considerable  to  have  a 
tailor  make  it,  but  you  go  into  a restaurant  in  some  of 
those  big  cities  and  there’ll  be  somebody  looking  at 
your  vest  all  the  time.  Then  some  big  merchant  or 
somebody  offer  you  a big  price  for  it — mebbe  you  make 
$40  or  $100  on  it.”  Most  of  Anderson’s  tastes,  as  he  ex- 
pressed them,  ran  in  similar  lines. 

He  liked  salted  beaver,  and  the  memory  of  the  barrels 
ful  which  he  had  put  away  for  winter  use  came  back  to 
him  frequently.  He  mourned,  almost  daily,  the  dis- 
appearance of  game.  “I  ust  to  have  a hundred  ducks 
and  geese  salted  down,”  he  would  exclaim.  Again,  “I 
killed  seven  wild  torkeys  out  of  one  tree — shoot  the 
inunder  von  first.  Blame  dis  sifilasion.  The  Indians 
lifed  the  right  kind  of  vay.  I vould  like  to  live  the  vay 
they  did  it.  The  white  men  bothered  them — spoiled  the 
goot  vay  of  living.” 

Considering  the  way  Anderson  was  living,  one  could 
hardly  imagine  a more  primitive  life,  save  that  he  had 
to  buy  his  flour  and  pork  instead  of  raising  it,  or  trap- 
ping substitutes.  He  mourned  the  old  produce  boat 
days.  In  those  times  men  came  down  the  river  in  long 
fiat  boats,  which  they  loaded  down  with  all  sorts  of 
vegetables,  for  sale  at  New  Orleans  and  on  the  sugar 
plantations  of  the  lower  river. 

Mrs.  Mahna  and  her  son  dropped  in  one  day  while  on 
the  way  to  Helena  from  the  mouth  of  the  St.  Francis — 
a nine-mile  pull,  and  nine  miles  against  the  current. 
Mrs.  Mahna  had  keen  eyes,  a remarkable  chin,  and  most 
decisive  manners.  One  had  only  to  note  the  stroke  she 
gave  her  oars  to  see  the  sort  of  a woman  she  was.  The 
dip  and  recover  of  the  oar  blades  spelled  “head  of  the 
family”  if  anything  ever  did.  She  came  in  to  warm  by 
the  fire,  and  as  she  wriggled  her  fingers  over  the  stove 
she  asked  if  we  had  seen  Whiskey  Williams  go  down 
with  his  gasolene  launch  and  little  beauty  of  a cabin 
boat?  We  had. 

“I  thought  likely,”  Mrs.  Mahna  said.  “You  know, 
Anderson,  the  first  time  I met  up  with  Whiskey  Williams 
was  up  the  river.  I seen  him  coming  down  stream  with 
the  wind  blowing  him  fit  to'  lift  the  roof.  He  kept  look- 
ing up  stream,  didn’t  pay  any  ’tention  to  my  boat,  till, 
says  I,  ‘Ha,  thar!  Gwin  to  tear  my  boat  up?’  With 
that  he  looks  around  and  grins.  ‘Throw  me  a line,’  says 
I,  and  he  done  it,  and  I made  him  fast  and  swung^  him 
in,  but  he  not  paying  no  ’tention  to  me  till  I yelled,  ‘Say, 
you  gwin  to  take  me  with  you?’  seein’  as  he  was  about 
rootin’  out  my  stakes.  He  no  more’n  tied  in  than  three 
fellers  come  along  down  into'  a blue  skiff  with  a red 
gunwale,  an’  then  I knowed  what  was  up.  Sure  enough, 
they  was  after  him  for  whiskey  boating,  but  they  stood 
off,  and  went  back  pretty  soon.” 

“Did  he  have  any  whiskey  this  trip?”  Anderson  asked. 

“Naw ! He  ain’t  carried  any  whiskey  down  below  since 
they  ketched  up  with  him  two  years  ago  and  fined  him 
$300.  That  like  to  have  made  his  heart  dreen  dry.  He 
loads  up  with  medicine  now  to  Memphis,  and  sells  that. 
Las’  time  he  got  fined  ’twas  $50  up  the  way.  Whiskey 
Williams  took  on  so  the  feller  as  was  judge  said,  ‘Well, 
gimme  a drink  of  good  whiskey  an’  $25  an’  you  can  go.’ 
Williams  done  hit — huee  ! 

“By  ginger,  me  and  the  ole  man  an’  the  boy’s  gwin  to 
fish  up  here  this  spring.  That  boy’s  sixteen  now — got 
his  own  nets.  Say,  I’m  running  nine  nets  myself. 
They’re  making  all  kinds  of  fun  of  me.  My  nets  got 
inch  an’  a half  mesh,  an’  they  say  I’m  catching  minners. 
Hue-e!  I’ll  minner  them,  I will  Well,  now  say,  Ander- 
son, what  do  you  say  to  drappin’  down  to  Old  Arkansaw 
River?  They  say  that  tough  crowd  down  there  ain’t  no- 
wise so  bad  as  it  used  to  be.  Old  Best — that  feller  who 
tried  to  kill  his  girl  there — married  her  at  las’.  an’  now 
he’s  gone  up  to  Rosalie,  layin’  in  a stake,  ’lowing  to  go 
into  a whiskey  boat,  I hearn  say.  Well,  should  he,  I 
’low  he’ll  be  his  own  bes’  customer,  he  will.  Hue-e ! but 
don’t  he  go  on  his  high  lonesomes,  though! 

“Say,  you  know  after  Whiskey  Williams  got  shot  up 
that  time,  I was  on  to  his  boat  soon’s  he  was  out  of 
range — thought  mebbe  he’d  got  killed.  He  was  just  a 
prancing  around  inside.  He  was  just  tickled  to  death. 
‘Never  touched  me  anywhere — ain’t  a hole  in  the  cabin!’ 
said  he,  laughing  happy  ; but  I seen  something  wet  run- 
ning out  of  one  of  his  closets,  an’  showed  him.  He 
jumped  like  a cat  ‘Busted  a bottle!’  he  shrieked,  ‘Busted 
a bottle ! Lawse,  busted  a three-dollar  bottle !’  said  he, 
tas’in’  the  juice.  Well,  sir,  how  that  man  took  on  ’bout 
them  a-busting  a bottle  of  whiskey  while  shooting  him 
up.  My,  but  he  does  hold  it  ag’in  them  bank  folks  for 
shootin’  that  bottle!  He  ain’t  never  been  there  since  to 
sell  ’em  whiskey,  nuther.  Well,  boy,  you  got  the  kinks 
thawed  out  of  your  knuckles?  Hain’t  we  better  be 
movin’,  then?  All  right,  come  on.  So  long,  Anderson, 
see  you  ’g’in.  You  think  it  over — lots  better  fishin’ 
down  the  lower  river  than  yereaway.  They’ll  be  shifts 
down;  send  word  up,  an’  if  you’ll  go  down,  we’ll  all  drap 
down  to  Old  Mouth  any  day  come  decent  wahmin’ 
weather.” 

With  that  Mrs.  Mahna  popped  into  her  skiff  at  the 
stroke  oar,  and  away  she  went  with  the  boy,  lifting  the 
boat  through  the  water  like  a gasolene.  A couple 
of  hours  later  she  returned,  and  without  a pause  buckled 
into  the  river  current,  with  six  miles  up  stream  yet  to  go, 
and  not  minding  it  a bit.  A woman  who  could  tend 


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twenty-five  nets  a day  in  spring  fishing  and  clear  from 
$20  to  $50  a week  doing  it,  Mrs,  Mahna  is  a type  of  the 
“new  woman”  of  the  river.  “She’s  a better  man  than  her 
husband,”  Anderson  said.  Some  women  of  her  type  are 
known  from  end  to  end  of  the  cabin  boat  waters  of  the 
Big  River.  It  is  worth  noting  that  river  women  are 
scrupulous  about  marrying  their  lovers.  Many  of  them 
have  had  several  husbands — with  wedding  certificates  and 
either  divorce  or  burial  certificates  to  prove  their  claim 
to  respectability.  It  sometimes  happens  that  one  helps 
kill  her  husband  in  order  that  a legal  marriage  to  her 
new  love  be  possible.  I saw  one  wedding  certificate  on 
a cabin  boat  in  which  the  name  of  the  woman  had  been 
scratched  out  with  a lead  pencil  and  another  one  sub- 
stituted; but  this  appears  to  have  been  an  exception. 

I was  much  interested  in  Helena,  Arkansaw.  Daily  I 
went  down  there  after  my  mail  and  to  get  supplies. 
Sometimes  it  was  convenient  to  walk  around  town  and 
look  at  its  streets — a genuine  Mississippi  River  levee 
town,  it  had  most  of  its  features  different  from  those  of 
“hill  villages.”  It  is  worth  seeing— or  Arkansas  City, 
either,  which  is  of  the  same  sort. 

Raymond  S.  Spears. 


Medicine  in  Camp. 

A few  weeks  since  some  of  your  readers  asked  for  an 
article  upon  how  to  fill  a medical  case  that  had  been  pre- 
sented to  him,  and  I have  waited  for  some  of  my  profes- 
sional brethren  to  comply.  In  the  last  issue  a gentleman 
made  some  good  suggestions  relative  to  the  practice  of 
medicine  in  the  woods — suggestions  that  may  be  followed 
with  a great  deal  of  profit  by  the  average  woods  loafer. 
With  the  kind  permission  of  the  editor,  I will  attempt  to 
amplify  his  sketch  somewhat,  in  the  hope  that  what  I shall 
say  may  be  of  value  to  my  hunting  and  fishing  colleagues. 

By  far  the  greater  number  of  causes  for  the  hunter  to 
resort  to  the  healing  art  will  be  in  the  various  accidents 
that  may  befall  one.  Here  the  old  saying  that  “cleanliness 
is  next  to  godliness”  should  apply  with  all  the  force  pos- 
sible. If  a wound  of  any  character  is  kept  absolutely 
clean,  there  is  very  little  danger  of  it  giving  much  trouble. 
Dirt  is  the  surgeon’s  abomination.  Follow  out  the  first 
aid  suggestions  of  the  U.  S.  Army  and  do  little  else.  The 
first  bottle  in  the  case  should  be  filled  with  antiseptic 
tablets,  known  among  physicians  as  Bernay’s  Tablets. 
They  are  made  in  white  and  blue;  get  the  blue,  as  there 
is  less  danger  of  confusing  them  with  other  tablets  that 
you  may  carry  in  the  case.  One  of  these  dissolved  in  a 
quart  of  hot  water  makes  the  ideal  antiseptic  solution  for 
all  cuts  and  wounds ; and  aside  from  washing  thoroughly 
and  binding  up  in  a pad  of  absorbent  cotton  saturated  in 
the  solution,  little  else  need  be  done  to  any  incised,  punc- 
tured or  contused  wound.  Carry  a half  pound  of  pure 
surgeon’s  cotton,  three  or  more  two-inch  rolled  bandages, 
and  one  yard  of  sterilized  corrosive  gauze  in  a bottle. 
These  will  make  you  a full  supply  of  surgical  necessities. 
Be  careful  to  not  do  too  much.  Meddlesome  interference 
will  work  harm.  Resort  only  to  simple  measures  in  all 
cases  of  surgical  nature. 

Your  correspondent  of  last  week  suggested  cocaine. 
Well,  cocaine  is  a good  thing  in  the  hands  of  a surgeon, 
and  a very  bad  one  in  the  hands  of  a layman.  Still,  there 
is  nothing  that  will  allay  pain  like  it,  and  if  you  see  fit 
to  fill  the  second  bottle  with  that  drug,  let  me  advise  you 
to  get  it,  not  in  the  crystals,  but  in  tablet  form.  One 
tablet  will,  when  dissolved  in  the  hypodermic,  make  a 
4 per  cent,  solution  which  is  strong  enough  to'  render 
anaesthetic  anti  superficial  part  of  the  body  for  a time 
long  enough  to  perform  any  simple  surgical  operation — 
such  as  extracting  splinters  or  fish-hooks.  Let  me  caution 
you  to  be  very  careful  in  its  use,  however,  as  certain  per- 
sons are  very  susceptible  to  its  action. 

Morphine  sulphate,  Bt  grain  in  tablets,  is  a very  valu- 
able adjunct  to  the  case.  The  indications  for  use  are 
commonly  known — pain  being  the  most  important.  I do 
not  approve  of  the  use  of  the  hypodermic  by  laymen, 
and  would  suggest  that  you  use  all  remedies  by  the  mouth 
whenever  possible.  One  tablet  of  morphine  by  the  mouth 
every  two  hours  will  allay  pain  fully  as  well  as  by  hypo- 
dermic, and  with  far  less  risk  to  you. 

In  all  congestive  conditions  such  as  colds,  fevers,  etc., 
you  will  find  that  three-grain  doses  of  quinine  will  be 
invaluable.  Therefore,  carry  some  capsules  of  that  drug 
in  the  next  bottle.  I will  say  this  to  you,  unless  you  use 
at  least  eighteen  grains — that  is,  six  three-grain  doses  in 
the  course  of  one  night — the  quinine  will  do  you  no  good 
in  colds. 

The  other  gentleman  spoke  of  Sun  cholera  tablets.  I 
have  found  a preparation  called  “Chloranodyne,”  as  pre- 
pared by  Parke,  Davis  & Co.,  far  superior  for  conditions 
of  that  character  to  anything  that  I have  ever  had  occa- 
sion to  use.  Given  in  fifteen  drop  doses,  it  will  relieve 
any  choleraic  condition  that  it  has  ever  been  my  misfor- 
tune to  meet.  I use  it  on  my  own  person;  and  you  know 
when  a doctor  uses  a thing  himself  that  it  must  be  all 
right. 

You  will  do  well  to  take  some  calomel  tablets,  say  x/\- 
grain,  or  else  some  C.  C.  pills,  which  amounts  to  the 
same  thing.  In  the  beginning  of  fevers,  colds,  etc.,  and  in 
fact  all  places  where  the  system  needs  a good  overhaul- 
ing, there  is  nothing  equal  to  a grain  of  calomel,  given 
in  broken  doses. 

As  a fever  eradicator,  there  is  nothing  that  will  take  the 
place  of  phenacetine,  given  in  five-grain  tablets  every 
three  hours.  The  action  is  to  produce  profuse  sweating, 
and  persons  with  a weak  heart  will  do  well  to  be  cautious. 

Certain  persons  are  very  apt  to  find  out  when  they  ap- 
proach the  higher  altitudes  that  they  are  possessed  of  a 
heart — something  that  never  occurred  to  them  before.  A 
few  gravies  of  digitalin  will  relieve  the  feeling  of  suffo- 
cation, and  may  be  the  means  of  saving  a life.  Therefore 
it  may  be  well  to  carry  one  bottle  with  digitalin.  It  is  a 
thing  that  you  will  not  need,  unless  there  is  some  heart 
disease  lurking  about  in  your  system. 

Coughs  and  colds  are  a very  common  ailment,  especially 
during  the  fall  and  winter  seasons.  One  of  your  case 
bottles  supplied  with  a combination  tablet  composed  of 
senega,  ammon.  bromide,  tinct.  squill,  tr.  aconite,  ex. 
grindelia,  ex.  guiac,  and  supplied  to  the  drug  trade  under 
the  title  Senega  Compound,  will  be  a very  valuable  thing 
in  the  winter  coughs. 


[Feb.  4,  1905. 


Lastly,  let  a stick  of  silver  nitrate  be  wrapped  in  blue 
paper  and  placed  in  one  of  the  case  bottles.  This  is  the 
caustic  par  excellence,  and  may  be  applied  to  poisoned 
wounds  or  bites,  stings,  etc.  Cauterize  deep,  and  then  stop 
the  action  of  the  drug  with  common  salt. 

You  will  notice  that  I have  said  nothing  about  snake- 
bite remedies.  The  reason  is  this : There  is  not  one  case 
in  ten  thousand  where  the  common  rattlesnake  kills  a 
man.  I have  lived  in  a snake  country  all  my  life,  and 
have  never  known  a full-grown  man  to  die  from  the  bite 
of  a rattlesnake.  Children  and  weak  persons  do1  die,  hut 
not  full  grown  healthy  men.  At  the  same  time  it  is  not 
pleasant  to  run  the  risk,  and  I will  tell  you  what  to  do. 
In  the  first  place,  there  is  no  medicine  that  has  a hit  of 
influence  upon  any  snake  bite.  The  remedy  for  the  virus 
of  snakes  is  as  yet  undiscovered,  consequently  it  would  be 
folly  for  you  to  carry  a lot  of  drugs  under  the  assumption 
that  you  could  cure  yourself  if  bitten.  The  remedy  par 
excellence  is  to  remove  the  poison,  and  no  other  is  of  any 
avail.  Wash  the  wound  clean,  and  make  an  incision 
across  it  down  deeper  than  the  fangs  of  the  serpent  pene- 
trated, then  suck  the  virus  out,  washing  your  mouth  out 
with  warm  water.  Do  this  several  times.  Before  all, 
though,  when  you  are  first  bitten,  tie  a handkerchief 
around  the  limb  above  the  wound  and  twist  a stick  into 
it,  making  an  improvised  tourniquet.  In  half  hour  loosen 
the  bandage  for  a short  time  and  allow  a little  of  the 
poison  to  flow  into  the  circulation.  In  this  manner  you 
may  instil  the  poison  gradually,  and  the  system  will  take 
care  of  it.  After  having  sucked  the  wound  out  fully,  you 
may  cauterize  it  well  with  the  caustic.  Then,  above  all 
things,  do  not  get  rattled.  Keep  cool  and  you  are  in  very 
little  danger.  I have  no  knowledge  of  the  bites  of  the 
southern  snakes  such  as  copperheads,  moccasins,  and 
cotton-mouths,  but  see  no  reason  why  they  should  be  any 
worse  than  rattlesnakes.  The  sooner  people  lose  their 
fear  of  snakes,  the  simpler  the  problem  of  treating  their 
bites  will  be. 

Appendicitis  was  mentioned  by  someone.  When  a doc- 
tor does  not  know  what  to  do  in  these  cases,  there  is  little 
probability  of  your  being  able  to  do  very  much.  Appendi- 
citis is  a matter  for  the  surgeon.  If  you  should  have  an 
attack  of  the  disease  in  the  woods,  simply  do  nothing  and 
you  will  be  doing  the  wise  thing.  The  average  case  of 
appendicitis  will  right  itself  as  far  as  can  be  under  abso- 
lutely no  treatment  whatever,  and  every  attempt  at  treat- 
ing it  only  renders  the  matter  more  complicated.  In  my 
own  work  here  in  the  city,  I do  not  give  one  dose  of 
medicine.  I shoot  them  into  the  hospital  as  soon  as  possi- 
ble and  proceed  to  remove  the  offending  organ.  I should 
hardly  advise  your  attempting  it,  however,  while  out  in 
the  hills. 

The  natural  tendency  of  persons  ill  with  ordinary  com- 
plaints is  to  recover;  therefore  let  your  treatment  be  of 
the  simplest. 

In  some  future  article,  with  the  kind  permission  of  the 
editor,  I may  try  to  set  down  some  simple  rules  for  sur- 
gical cases  that  will  meet  the  ordinary  requirements. 

Chas.  S.  Moody. 

Sand  Point,  Idaho. 


In  an  Alaska  Snow  Slide. 

Ira  F.  Wood,  writing  from  Dawson,  Yukon  Terri- 
tory, in  a letter  which  is  published  in  the  Elizabeth- 
town (N.  Y.)  Post,  relates: 

“We  had  a little  experience  in  a snow  slide  Oct.  28. 
It  might  interest  you.  It  did  me  for  a few  minutes. 
We  killed  eight  caribou  one  day.  As  one  wounded  one 
had  strayed  some  distance  from  the  rest,  and  we  were 
anxious  to  get  the  game  out  of  the  hills  as  soon  as 
possible  on  account  of  going  to  the  lower  country,  we 
decided  to  haul  this  one  to  the  foot  of  the  mountain 
ourselves,  to  enable  the  dog  driver  to  get  to  it  more 
readily. 

“The  mountains  were  very  steep  where  we  were,  some 
rising  almost  perpendicular.  The  ravines  were  filled 
with  drifted  snow,  some  to  a depth  that  afterward 
proved  surprising.  It  being  so  early  in  the  season  we 
thought  there  was  little  danger  of  a snow  slide.  So 
we  pulled  the  caribou  to  the  mountain  crest  and  slid 
it  down  the  mountain  side  through  a ravine.  We 
watched  the  caribou  until  it  reached  the  bottom.  Then 
thinking  of  no  danger,  we  started  on  a trip  that  came 
near  being  our  last.  George  was  the  first  to  start. 
Sitting  on  his  snowshoes  he  followed  the  trail  of  the 
caribou  and  reached  the  bottom  in  safety.  I waited 
until  George  was  nearly  down,  so  as  not  to  run  into 
him.  Then,  placing  my  snowshoes  under  me,  I fol- 
lowed the  course  of  my  companion.  I had  only  got 
nicely  started,  when  I saw  George  running  for  one  side 
of  the  ravine.  As  he  ran,  he  said:  “Ira,  we  are  gone.” 
He  nearly  made  the  outer  edge  of  the  slide  when  he 
was  hurled  down  and  passed  from  my  sight  almost 
instantly.  At  the  same  moment  great  seams  opened 
up  above  and  below  me  and  tons  and  tons  of  snow 
broke  away  with  a roar  I shall  never  forget.  As  it 
tore  down  the  mountain  side  with  a force  irresistible 
carrying  with  it  its  two  human  occupants  for  passengers, 
I expected  each  moment  to  be  my  last,  and  even  now 
I wonder  what  power  enabled  me  to  keep  on  top  of 
that  heaving,  tumbling  mass  of  snow. 

“Just  before  the  slide  stopped,  some  distance  to  my 
left,  I saw  George  in  his  struggle  for  life  extend  his 
arms  above  the  snow.  So  I knew  that  he  still  lived. 
As  the  slide  suddenly  stopped  I climbed  over  great 
cakes  of  snow  that  had  piled  up  near  me  and  made  my 
way  as  quickly  as  possible  to  where  I last  saw  George. 
As  I did,  I saw  him  rise  slowly  to  his  feet.  As  he 
stood  there  bare-headed  on  that  cold  day,  half  ex- 
hausted and  suffocated  with  his  struggle  between  life 
and  death,  his.  first  words  were:  ‘Ira,  we  are  lucky  to 

get  out  of  this  thing  alive.  I never  expected  to  see 
you  again.’ 

“Time  will  undoubtedly  erase  from  my  memory  a 
good  many  of  the  adventures  I have  experienced  in  this 
land  of  snow  and  ice;  but  I am  under  the  impression 
that  it  will  be  some  time  before  I entirely  forget  the 
incident  that  came  so  near  being  fatal  on  Oct.  28,  1904.” 


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The  Nightingale’s  Name. 

Iditor  Forest  and  Stream: 

You  will,  I am  sure,  pardon  the  intrusion  upon  your 
atholic  columns  of  one  who  is  but  a hunter  of  words ; 
or  after  all  we  have  much  in  common.  Let  your  hunters 
ring  in  the  kill,  let  the  philologists  give  it  the  name, 
len  confusion  will  be  avoided.  That  some  such  arrange- 

|;nt  is  needed  will  show  in  your  own.  annals.  Take  four 
glers  from  the  cardinal  points  of  no  more  than  this 
untry;  let  them  essay  to  talk  about  the  bass,  and  see 
w intelligible  to  one  another  they  can  be  if  they  con- 
e themselves  to  common  names.  Another  case : what 
e partridges,  quail,  grouse,  unless  you  know  the 
ography  of  the  hunting  grounds?  But  enough  of 
ology. 

I have  chuckled  to  see  you  under  the  obsession  of 
libipia ;”  but  that  was  in  itself  harmless ; it  was  so 
rotesque  that  it  would  never  lead  anyone  astray.  But 
drat  a marvelous  thing  it  was ! It  was  not  a word,  for 
: was  neither  Russ  nor  English.  It  was  rather  a snap 
hot  of  a Russian  word,  as  much  a pictograph  as  any  one 
f the  symbols  on  the  hide  in  the  Dakota  winter  count. 
Here,  however,  is  one  that  from  the  beauty  of  its 
resentation  might  well  lead  the  reader  into  blind  courses. 
11  Mr.  Ernest  Ingersoll’s  charming  and  thoughtful  paper 
n “Bird  Names”  is  the  following: 

“ ‘Rosignol,’  the  French-Canadian.  name  of  the  song 
parrow  (and  also  the  Louisiana  Creole’s  name  for  the 
lockingbird),  is  a modification  of  rosignor — Lord  of  the 
lose — the  Spanish  name  of  the  nightingale;  and  is  given 
1 each  case  not  only  in  reference  to  the  fine  melody,  but 
r the  fact  that  both  birds  frequently  tune  up  at  night.” 

, It  is  a fancy  charged  with  poetry,  this  Lord  of  the 
lose;  ’tis  pity  that  it  does  not  chime  with  fact.  Yet 
hope  to  show  you  that  the  real  nightingale  name  is 
istinct  with  quite  as  much  appreciation  of  the  songster. 

; I do  not  immediately  place  the  word  rosignor;  it 
uffices  to  note  that  the  Spanish  name  of  the  nightingale 
5 ruisenor.  To  follow  up  the  Lord  of  the  Rose  sugges- 
ion,  we  note  in  senor  a good  enough  Lord,  but  the  Rose 
as  vanished.  Now  let  us  go-  one  step  backward  toward 
be  origin  of  the  word — let  us  cross  the  Pyrenees  and  find 
he  French  rossignol.  As  before,  we  find  some  sugges- 
ion  of  Lord,  for  signal  might  seem  reminiscent  of  the 
talian.  signor;  and  the  Rose  is  also  in  sight.  But  cross 
he  Alps  for  a second  backward  step,  and  find  the  Italian 
osignuolo.  Here  we  lose  the  Lord  suggestion  out  of 
he  name  definitely  and  permanently;  the  Rose  may  seem 
uperficially  to  persist.  Take  now  the  third  step — not  one 
f geography,  but  of  time;  go  back  to  the  classic  Latin 
nd  find  the  immediate  parent  of  all  these  later  names  in 
usciniola,  the  caressing  diminutive  of  luscinia.  The 
.ord  and  the  Rose  together  have  vanished  entirely. 

To  discover  just  what  luscinia  meant  to  those  who  ap- 
plied the  name  to  the  nightingale,  we  must  take  the  word 
0 pieces,  and  go  back  to  the  Sanskrit  for  its  roots.  It 
s in  the  Latin  form  three  words, _ the  last  of  which,  be- 
ng  atrophied  into  a mere  formative  sign,  we  may  omit, 
"or  the  effective  elements  of  the  compound  we  find  the 
wo  Sanskrit  roots  gru  and  km. 

The  latter  root,  km,  represented  to  the  Aryan  fore- 
athers  the  name  of  a sound  of  a certain  quality,  a sense 
hat  has  endured  to  our  tongue  in  chant,  chanticleer, 
•ccent,  incentive,  and  many  more.  It  is  the  sound  of 
inging,  the  woodnote  wild,  the  voice  of  the  turtle  heard 
n the  land. 

The  former  root,  gru,  it  may  not  be  quite  so  easy  to 
rasp  in  its  bare  simplicity.  It  refers  to  hearing  in  some 
ort ; not  the  mere  physical  fact  of  audition,  but  with  a 
lear  connotation  that  a thing  is  heard  often— heard  be- 
ause  it  is  worthy  of  the  hearing.  Some  of  its  descend- 
nts  are  found  in  loud,  clear,  client,  glory,  declare,  laicd. 
f you  can  discover  the  elemental  residual  in  these 
arying  senses  you  will  have  the  signification  of  the 
oot  gru. 

It  is  no-  easy  task  for  those  untrained  in  the  arts  of 
rimitive  speech  to  grasp  the  relationless  barrenness  of 
hese  crude  roots.  They  exist  devoid  of  all  the  categories 
f grammar— they  are  without  voice  or  .number,  they 
re  not  yet  noun  or  verb.  Therefore  when  we  regard 
‘iscinia  as  a synthesis  of  gru  and  kan,  it  will  be  necessary 
0 supply  the  idea  of  interrelation  without  which  our 
.finds  fail  to  comprehend.  The  two  elements  are 
espectively  in  their  last  analysis  these,  hearing-sounding, 
f we  view  the  sound  as  in  the  relation  of  subject,  the 
ense  is  “the  sound  which  is  heard.”  If,  on  the  other 
and,  we  incline  to  regard  it  as  object,  we  develop  the 
ollateral  sense  of  “hark  to  the  sound.” 

That  is  to  say,  our  earliest  forebears  knew  a bird 
drose  note  was  so  sweet  as  tO'  challenge  their  rude  ad- 
liration — it  made  them  listen  to  its  carols  and  trills.  It 
ras  so  distinctively  a characteristic  of  but  one  bird 
rnong  all  they  knew,  that  it  served  to  identify  that  bird 
rom  its  fellows — the  bird  whose  song  is  listened  to. 
Ve  do  not  know  if  this  grukan  bird  in  Kapilavastu  was 
ae  nightingale,  but  it  was  certainly  the  sweetest  singer 
f those  forests  through  which  the  earliest  Aryas  fought 
ieir  way  down  from  the  snows.  In  Italy  we  find  lus- 
inia  attached  to  the  nightingale  of  Europe  ( Luscinia 
hilomela).  But  remember  this,  before  it  became  a 
ame  it  was  a description.  Three,  four,  five  millenniums 
go  there  was  set  into  grukan  a sense  so  rich  that  it  has 
ndured  the  attrition  of  all  the  ages,  and  is  ready  to 
pring  into  new  vitality  when  the  first  opportunity  comes, 
'hat  you  will  find  in  the  citation  from  the  “Bird  Name” 
iaper,  for  which  we  cannot  thank  Mr.  Ingersoll  too 
rarmly.  In  Canada  rossignol  is  the  name  of  the  song 
marrow,  not  because  of  any  slight  superficial  resemblance 
> the  nightingale,  but  because  of  its  rank  as  a songster, 
ar  to  the  south  the  Creole  calls  his  mockingbird  ros- 
gnol,  not  that  there  is  any  resemblance  except  in  that 
larvelous  song. 

That,  to  my  way  of  thinking,  is  the  wonder  of  the 


word,  and  for  it  we  may  unregrettingly  let  pass  the 
dainty  fancy  of  the  Rose  Lord.  It  is  that  countless  ages 
ago  a rude  race,  probably  in  the  depths  of  neolithic  raw- 
ness, were  able  to  put  such  a signification  into  grukan 
as  the  name  of  some  bird  that  when  we  misapply  it — that 
is,  misapply  so-  far  as  concerns  Luscinia  philomela — we 
are  certain  to  rightly  apply  it,  just  as  primitive  man 
made  it  to  be  applied,  to  whatever  hitherto  unnamed  bird 
of  our  avifauna  there  be  whose  note  is  most  challengingly 
sweet.  Parolles. 


Bears,  Trout,  Foxes,  Game* 

Elizabethtown,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  23. — Editor  Forest  and 
Stream:  Official  figures  are  at  hand  showing  that  39 

black  bears  were  killed  in  Essex  county  during  the  year 
1904.  Four  of  these  bears  were  killed  by  two  men  in  one 
day  during  the  late  autumn.  Pretty  good  for  a county 
that  was  to  be  shunned  by  bruin  after  the  black  bear  pro- 
tective measure  went  into  effect.  And  by  the  way,  what 
adjoining  county  has  furnished  more  than  39  black  bears 
during  the  year  just  passed  into  history? 


An  old  guide  residing  in  the  Boquet  Valley — a close 
observer  of  nature,  by  the  way — informs  me  that  not 
only  scores,  but  hundreds  of  minnows,  chubs  and  small 
trout  are  being  found  dead  in  the  small  streams  which 
empty  into  the  Boquet  River  just  above  New  Russia.  He 
says  that  just  after  the  big  thaw  a few  days  since  he 
observed  that  large  numbers  of  small  fish  had  come  up 
through  the  air-holes  and  were  swimming  around  in  the 
overflow.  After  the  second  or  top  ice  commenced  to 
form,  the  fish  continued  to  be  active  in  the  water  between 
the  two  forma/ions  of  ice.  It  is  his  opinion  that  there  is 
something  in  the  water— a miasma — which  is  causing  the 
death  of  the  small  fish,  as  they  evidently  were  trying  at 
the  time  of  the  recent  overflow  to  get  up  into  better 
water.  He  says  he  has  examined  many  of  the  dead  fish 
and  finds  no  external  marks  whatever,  and  he  also  says 
he  doesn’t  believe  the  loss  of  fish  life  was  caused  by 
freezing  or  lack  of  food.  Has  anyone  a more  rational 
explanation? 


I note  that  some  men  maintain  that  they  have  no 
knowledge  to  the  effect  that  foxes  do  destroy  game  birds. 
As  one  who  was  born  and  brought  up  here  in  the  Adiron- 
dacks,  I can  truthfully  say  that  a fat  fox  is  a rarity  in 
this  section.  I have  trapped  and  skinned  quite  a number 
of  red  foxes  and  never  yet  saw  a fat  one.  Furthermore 
I must  say  that  the  foxes  in  the  Adirondacks  do  destroy 
game  birds — particularly  partridges.  Here  the  foxes 
catch  many  partridges  in  the  snow.  The  foxes  also  catch 
partridges  during  the  spring  months.  In  the  month  of 
May,  1884,  I discovered  a fox  burrow  on  the  old  “Bullard 
Job,”  two  miles  distant  from  any  human  habitation.  The 
old  mother  fox  and  her  young  were  there,  and  there 
was  ample  evidence  of  slaughter  around  the  entrance  to 
the  burrow.  There  were  pieces  of  rabbits  and  partridge 
bones  and  feathers  galore.  I have  no  hesitation  whatever 
in  saying  that  the  fox  is  the  greatest  enemy  of  the  par- 
tridge to  be  found  in  this  Adirondack  region. 

George  L.  Brown. 


The  Loon's  Flight. 

Hoquiam,  Wash.,  Dec.  31. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 
About  natural  history  and  ways  and  habits  of  birds  and 
animals,  if  a person  has  observed  a trait  or  condition  , or 
way  of  doing  things  that  is  common  to  some  bird  or  ani- 
mal, and  has  always  seen  it  performed  in  one  particular 
way,  he  is  justified  in  concluding  that  it  is  never  done 
otherwise.  In  the  December  17  copy  of  Forest  and 
Stream,  appeared  a very  fine  article  in  regard  to  the  loon 
and  its  nest,  and  the  patience  and  perseverance  that  the 
writer  exercised  in  securing  a chance  for  photographs. 
My  only  excuse  for  writing  this  is  to  correct  an  erroneous 
impression  that  he  has  got  about  the  loon  not  being  able 
to  take  wing  from  the  water  without  the  aid  of  a strong 
wind. 

I formerly  lived  in  a part  of  Michigan  where  there  were 
a great  many  small  'ponds  or  lakes,  and  many  of  them  had 
during  the  summer  a pair  of  loons  on  them.  One  of  those 
small  lakes  was  on  the  place  that  my  father  took  up  under 
the  Homestead  Act  in  ’63,  and  the  house  was  built  only 
a short  distance  from  the  lake.  It  is  more  than  likely  that 
I have  more  than  fifty  times  seen  a loon  fly  from  the 
water  when  there  was  no  perceptible  wind.  It  is  some- 
what difficult,  apparently,  for  them  to  do  so,  and  a wind 
is  a great  help;  but  they  seldom  take  to  flight  to  escape 
danger,  for  their  wings  hit  the  water  for  a hundred  yards 
before  they  are  completely  clear  of  it,  and  their  wings  are 
so  small  for  the  weight  of  their  body  (which  is  from  10 
to  12  pounds),  that  in  flying  from  that  lake  on  my  father’s 
place,  which  had  tall  timber  all  around,  they  would  circle 
around  three  times  before  they  could  clear  the  tops  of  the 
trees. 

I say  seldom  take  wing  to  escape  danger.  Now,  a per- 
son that  has  never  seen  one  take  to  the  wing  to  escape 
danger  might  be  excused  for  the  belief  that  they  never 
did  so;  but  I have  seen  one  do  so.  It  was  in  Charleroix 
county,  Michigan,  and  the  loon  was  on  a small  lake 
through  which  ran  a small  stream.  Another  person  and 
myself  were  driving  some  logs  down  the  stream.  The  lake 
was  so  small — probably  not  more  than  two  acres  of  sur- 
face—and  there  was  no  opening  up  or  down  the  stream, 
for  the  tree-tops  interlaced  above  the  stream,  and  the  loon 
was  so  alarmed  at  what  doubtless  appeared  to  him  to  be 
an  arrangement  to  overwhelm  him,  that  he  took  to  flight 
without  any  aid  from  the  wind;  and  in  circling  around 
to  get  above  the  timber,  he  came  so  close  to  me  that  I 
tried  to  play  baseball  with  him.  I struck  at  him  with  the 


pike-pole  and  yelled  “shoo !”  That  completed  his  demor- 
alization, and  he  dove  in  the  swamp  with  a crash  like  a 
runaway  steer.  If  I had  not  seen  that,  I doubtless  would 
always  have  been  under  the  impression  that  they  never 
flew  to  escape  danger.  W.  A.  Linkletter. 


The  Dog  and  the  Bone. 

I have  sometimes  seen  a dog  bury  in  the  ground  a 
bone  for  which  he  did  not  seem  to  have  any  present 
need.  _ I have  always  understood  that  he  did  this  on  the 
principle  which  actuates  a provident  man  to  lay  up 
something  “for  a rainy  day.”  This  may  be,  though  I 
have  never  known  a dog  to  dig  up  the  bone  afterward; 
yet  some  persons,  tell  me  they  have  known  him  to  do 
this.  I should  think  the  dog  must  be  hard  pressed  by 
famine  that  would  attempt  to  gnaw  a bone  covered  with 
clay  and  dirt,  as  this  bone  must  be  after  being  buried 
in  the  ground.  If  the  dog  hides  it  away  through  any 
such  provident  forethought  as  this,  it  must  be  the 
slightest  remnant,  a mere  adumbration  of  a former  in- 
stinct of  his  race.  He  does  not  pursue  this  practice  in 
the  steady,  methodical  way  in  which  an  ant  or  a bee  or 
a squirrel  lays  up  a stock  of  food  against  a time  of 
need.  With  him,  it  is  only  a fitful  and  rare  occurrence. 
His  long  domestication  and  the  ages  through  which 
he  has  received  his  food  from  the  hand  of  his  master, 
have  obliterated  largely  the  sense  of  this  necessity 
from  his  mind,  if  he  may  be  supposed  to  have  a mind. 

The  fox,  when  he  has  had  the  good  fortune  to  cap- 
ture several  fowls  at  the  same  time,  will,  it  is  said, 
secrete  such  as  he  has  no  present  need  for  under  a bush 
or  behind  a log.  I remember  that  in  Rowland  Robin- 
son’s pleasant  book,  “Sam  Lovel’s  Boy,”  a young  fox  is 
represented  as  doing  this.  “He  began  burying  the  leg 
of  a lamb  in  the  loose  earth,  but  desisted  when  he  saw 
that  the  eyes  of  all  his  mates  were  upon  him,  then  un- 
earthed the  half-buried  treasure  and  sought  a new  hid- 
ing place.”  I do  not  understand  that  the  wolf  has  this 
food-hiding  instinct.  Gilbert  White,  of  Selborne,  says 
in  his  quaint  way  that  he  had  “some  acquaintance  with 
a tame  brown  owl,”  which,  when  full,  hid,  like  a dog, 
what  he  could  not  eat, 

“The  origin  of  most  of  our  domestic  animals,”  says 
Darwin,  “will  probably  forever  remain  vague.  But  I 
may  here  state,”  he  continues,  “that,  looking  to  the 
domestic  dogs  of  the  whole  world,  I have,  after  a labori- 
ous collection  of  all  known  facts,  come  to  the  conclu- 
sion that  several  wild  species  of  Canidse  have  been 
tamed,  and  that  their  blood,  in  some  cases  mingled  to- 
gether, flows  in  the  veins  of  our  domestic  breeds.”  He 
mentions  a dog  whose  great-grandfather  was  a wolf, 
and  this  dog  still  betrayed  its  wild  ancestry  in  the  fact 
that  it  never  approached  its  master  in  a straight  line 
when  called.  But  which  species  of  the  Canidae  from 
which  the  dog  may  have  descended  has  the  food-hiding 
instinct  or  habit  I have  nowhere  seen  stated. 

T.  J.  Chapman. 


The  Nest  of  the  Chaffinch. 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

In  his  article  on  bird  names  in  your  issue  of  January 
12,  Mr.  Ernest  Ingersoll,  referring  to  the  nest  of  the 
British  chaffinch,  says : 

“The  fact  that  its  nest,  which  is  carefully  concealed, 
is  a dome-shaped,  muff-like  affair,  entered  through  an 
obscure  opening  in  the  side,”  etc. 

Is  not  your  contributor  mistaken  about  this?  I was 
familiar  with  the  nest  of  the  chaffinch  in  my  youth,  and 
it  certainly  is  not  dome-shaped.  In  fact,  it  is  perfectly 
open  at  the  top  like  a cup.  I may  state  further  that  it  is 
decidedly  the  most  beautiful  bird’s  nest  built  in  Great 
Britain,  or  possibly  in  any  country.  Others  there  are 
more  elaborate  or  ingenious,  but  none  so  beautiful,  I 
think.  At  any  rate,  there  is  none  more  so.  It  is  woven 
of  fine  moss  and  hairs  for  the  most  part.  Within  it  is 
like  a lady’s  chamber,  . so  soft  and  silken  is  it,  while 
without  it  is  rounded  with  perfect  symmetry  and  studded 
with  silvered  lichens.  The  object  of  the  latter  will  be 
apparent  when  it  is  stated  that  the  nest  is  usually  found 
in  the  fork  of  a hoary  apple  tree  or  hawthorn  bush.  So 
well  does  it  harmonize  with  its  surroundings  that  only 
the  cunning  eye  of  a school  boy  or  professional  ornitholo- 
gist would  discover  it.  I have  known  persons  to-  whom 
I pointed  it  out  in  my  youthful  days  to  tell  me  again 
and  again  that  they  could  see  no  nest.  It  is  truly  a 
marvel  of  bird  architecture.  No  doubt  the  skill  of  the 
chaffinch  is  inherited,  and  yet  it  is  curious  to  note  (as 
recorded  by  Mr.  Dixon  in  his  recent  work  on  birds’ 
nests)  that  a pair  of  the  birds  which  had  been  brought  to 
New  Zealand  from  England  departed  very  abruptly  in 
their  nest  building  from  the  family  type.  What  they 
built  was  a hanging  structure,  not  unlike  that  of  the 
oriole,  only  open  at  the  top.  But  perhaps  this  was  a 
mere  freak  after  all.  Birds,  as  well  as  men,  however, 
when  transported  from  their  native  habitat,  are  sure  to 
change  their  methods  and  even  their  natures  to  a certain 
extent.  Some  are  more  conservative — more  retentive  of 
heredity — than  others,  but  all  submit  sooner  or  later  to 
the  influence  of  their  new  environment  F.  M. 

New  York,  Jan  23.  


Mr.  Ryan  was  in  the  room  with  a friend.  In  the  room  was  an 
open  grate  fire,  which  had  died  down.  Mr.  Ryan  looked  around 
for  something  to  place  on  the  coals.  He  found  a lump  of  what  he 
thought  was  lamp  black,  and  broke  off  a piece  weighing  about 
2 y2  pounds  and  placed  it  on  the  live  coals.  Immediately  there 
was  an  explosion,  which  threw  them  out  of  their  chairs  and  broke 
the  plate-glass  window.  Fire  spread  to  papers  in  the  room,  but 
before  the  firemen  arrived,  the  flames  had  been  extinguished  with 
a few  pails  of  water.  The  only  thing  that  prevented  the  place 
from  being  destroyed  was  the  fact  that  this  powder  had  been  in 
the  lumber  room  for  ten  years,  and  had  lost  much  of  its  strength. 
— New  York  World. 


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Days  in  Cherry  County* — II. 

Wymore,  Neb.,  Jan.  12. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 
When  I left  the  Stilson  Ranch  and  started  for  home  in 
October,  1903,  with  an  invitation  and  a promise  to  return 
in  October,  1904,  the  year  in  the  prospective  seemed  a 
long,  long  time;  but  it  slipped  away  as  all  years  do,  and 
from  the  retrospective  view  it  seemed  so  short  that  I 
wonder  what  became  of  it.  This  is  another  illustration  of 
the  difference  between  a man’s  foresight  and  his  hind- 
sight. 

True  to  my  promise,  October  1,  1904,  found  me  on  the 
road  between  Hyannis  on  the  railroad  and  the  Stilson 
Ranch  nestled  in  Survey  Valley,  forty-two1  miles  away. 

Will  Stilson  met  me  at  the  railroad  and  carried  part 
of  my  luggage  to  the  depot;  among  other  duffle,  my 
kodak,  and  as  he  mounted  the  platform  and  started  for 
the  waiting  room  door,  the  bottom  fell  out  of  the  kodak, 
and  the  twelve  plates  with  which  I had  loaded  it  for 
the  purpose  of  getting  some  pictures  on  the  trip  hit  the 
sidewalk  and  were  ruined. 

The  day  was  fine,  and  the  long  drive  behind  a fine  team 
through  valleys  and  over  hills  was  delightful.  When 
we  arrived  at  the  ranch  fence,  a few  miles  from  the 
house,  I got  out  to  open  the  gate,  and  several  grouse  got 
up.  They  seemed  to  be  sitting  all  around  the  team  and 
buggy,  and  as  I had  promised,  if  allowed  to  come  back  to 
that  particular  ranch,  to  keep  the  family  supplied  with 
grouse,  I took  the  gun  out  of  its  case,  put  a few  shells 
in  my  pocket,  and  again  started  for  the  gate,  and  as  the 
grouse  continued  to  get  up,  I killed  five  and  threw  them 
in  the  buggy;  and  as  that  seemed  enough  for  all  present 
needs,  we  finished  our  journey,  arriving  at  the  house  at 
about  one  o’clock,  where  we  found  a good  dinner  await- 
ing us. 

I received  a hearty  welcome  from  all,  and  as  the  hay 
was  all  up  and  the  fall  work  about  all  done,  it  was  soon 
arranged  that  nothing  should  interfere  with  our  hunting 
for  the  next  week,  if  we  wanted  to  hunt. 

After  dinner  we  spent  the  most  of  the  afternoon  in 
visiting,  until  at  just  sundown  the  ’Squire  and  I took 
our  guns  and  walked  through  a sunflower  patch  adjoining 
the  garden,  and  in  a few  minutes  brought  in  eleven 
grouse,  the  ’Squire  remarking  that  I did  better  shooting 
than  I did  a year  before.  I think  what  he  said  was  true, 
but  I attribute  it  to  the  fact  that  I took  it  more  deliber- 
ately, and  allowed  the  grouse  to  get  off  a little  further 
and  gave  the  shot  a chance  to  scatter  out  a little  more; 
and  I improved  so  fast  in  my  shooting  in  two  or  three 
days  that  I hit  nearly  all  my  grouse  in  the  left  eye.  Like 
Old  Jason,  “I  never  could  shoot  much,  but  just  hap- 
pened to  hit  ’em  in  the  left  eye.” 

On  Sunday  morning,  it  being  forty-two  miles  to 
church,  we  decided  to  stay  at  home,  and  as  we  discovered 
that  seven  or  eight  hundred  of  their  cattle  had  broken 
through  the  wire  fence  and  come  in  from  the  summer 
range  on  to  the  winter  range,  we  at  once  made  our 
arrangements  to  put  them  back  where  they  belonged. 
What  is  called  the  winter  range  consists  of  the  hay  val- 
leys, from  which  the  hay  has  been  cut,  and  the  grass  has 
come  up  green  and  tempting,  and  I did  not  blame  the 
cattle,  although  having  to  put  them  back  would,  to  an  ex- 
tent, interfere  with  our  plans  for  the  devotional  exercises 
of  the  day.  So  while  Will  went  after  the  horses,  the 
’Squire  and  I took  an  early  morning  walk  through  the 
sunflower  patch  before  mentioned,  where  the  grouse  came 
to  feed  upon  the  seed  of  the  sunflower,  and  enjoyed 
studying  their  habits. 

When  Will  arrived  with  the  horses,  we  each  mounted 
a good  one  and  started  with  the  cattle.  It  being  the  Sab- 
bath Day,  we  took  no  guns,  but  allowed  four  or  fiv&  of 
the  stag  hounds  to  go  with  us,  and  had  the  pleasure  of  see- 
ing a couple  of  fine  chases  after  jack  rabbits,  the  hounds  be- 
ing successful  in  both  cases,  although  the  last  race  after 
an  old  black-tailed  jack  was  the  hardest  and  closest  race 
I ever  saw. 

By  noon  we  had  the  cattle  back  on  the  range  where 
they  belonged,  and  then  we  took  a ride  up  the  valley  to 
call  upon  Mr.  Tull  and  invite  him  to  go  duck  shooting, 
with  us  one  day  the  following  week.  Mr.  Tull — com- 
monly and  lovingly  called  “Grandpap  Tull”  by  his  friends, 
and  neighbors — is  nearly  seventy  years  old,  tall,  slim  and 
wiry,  and  can  go  up  the  side  of  a sandhill  like  an  ante- 
lope, and  is  still  a dead  shot.  He  used  to  hunt  for  the 
market,  but  will  not  kill  a bird  unless  the  law  permits  it: 
to  be  done.  Some  of  his  friends  tell  the  story  on  him: 
that  in  the  old  market-hunting  days  he  was  such  a re- 
markably good  shot  that  when  a grouse  got  up  in  front: 
of  him  and  recognized  him,  it  would  drop  as  though  shot,, 
and  wait  for  him  to  pick  it  up.  While  this  story  may  be 
simply  an  allegory  or  figurative  only,  I had  good  reason 
later  on  to  respect  the  good  judgment  of  the  grouse  that 
dropped  without  waiting  for  the  charge  of  shot  that  was. 
sure  to  come.  After  a pleasant  visit  with  Mr.  Tull,  we 
rode  home,  and  although  it  was  nearly  four  o’clock  in 
the  afternoon  when  we  arrived,  we  found  our  dinner 
waiting,  hot  and  steaming. 

After  dinner  we  studied  the  habits  of  the  grouse  in  the 
sunflower  patch  again,  and  then  laid  our  plans  for  the 
week’s  work.  As  I did  not  expect  to  start  for  home  until 
the  following  Sunday,  and  we  could  kill  all  the  grouse 
that  I was  permitted  to  take  home  in  a day,  all  we  had' 
to  do  for  a few  days  was  to  visit,  ride  horseback,  have  a. 
good  time,  and  kill  just  enough  grouse  for  the  table  and' 
the  lunch  basket. 

On  Monday  morning  the  ’Squire  and  I took  another 
horseback  ride  lasting  until  afternoon.  We  visited  the 
different  ranges  and  climbed  to  the  highest  points  of  the- 
sandhills  to  enjoy  the  view.  From  one,  said  to  be  the 
highest  point  in  Cherry  county,  we  could  see  in  all  direc- 
tions for  twenty  miles;  Twin  Lakes  lay  to  the  northeast: 
six  or  seven  miles  away,  and  numerous  other  lakes  in: 
all  directions. 


After  dinner  we  took  a drive  in  the  spring  wagon,  Will 
doing  the  driving;  and  we  did  a little  grouse  shooting, 
bringing  home  thirty-three  grouse  and  a couple  of  jack 
rabbits  to  feed  to  the  hounds.  It  is  the  rule  in  the  cattle 
country  to  shoot  every  jack  rabbit  on  sight,  as  they  in- 
terfere with  the  hounds  in  hunting  coyotes,  because,  after 
chasing  two  or  three  jacks,  the  hounds  are  unfitted  to 
chase  and  kill  coyotes  for  that  day  at  least. 

While  on  this  little  hunt,  and  while  all  three  were  rid- 
iug,  a grouse  got  up  in  front  of  the  horses  and  started  for 
Montana — a way  they  have  when  being  hunted,  and  this 
particular  grouse  happened  to  be  on  the  ’Squire’s  side 
of  the  wagon,  he  shooting  right-handed  and  I left-handed, 
so  he  threw  up  his  old  Parker  and  fired  and  killed  the 
grouse.  This  is  quite  a feat  when  the  horses  are  trotting 
along  over  uneven  ground,  and  when  the  dog  next 
pointed,  the  ’Squire  handed  his  gun  to  Will  and  told  him 
to  get  out  with  me,  as  I was  no  longer  in  his  class.  Will 
and  I got  out  and  had  some  very  nice  shooting,  but  it  did 
not  interest  the  ’Squire — it  was  too  easy  for  him.  But 
later  on  while  all  were  riding . again,  a grouse  got  up 
under  the  horses’  feet  and  whirled  around  the  wagon  and 
started  on  our  back  track,  and  as  I was  in  the  back  seat, 
I whirled  around,  threw  my  gun  to  my  shoulder  and 
fired  in  the  general  direction  of  the  grouse,  and  just  hap- 
pened to  center  it  and  kill  it  dead,  and  after  that  had  no 
trouble  in  inducing  the  ’Squire  to  get  out  when  the 
actions  of  the  dog  indicated  grouse. 

On  Tuesday  morning  we  took  a team  and  wagon  and 
drove  to  a valley  four  or  five  miles  away  called  Rattle- 
snake Heaven,  or  Prairie  Dog  Paradise,  after  a load  of 
cow  chips  for  fuel.  Mr.  Stilson  and  Will  each  took  a 
long-handled  four-tined  fork,  with  which  to  pick  up  the 
chips,  and  I took  their  Winchester  shotgun,  with  which 
to  shoot  a few  prairie  dogs  to  feed  to  the  hounds. 

The  cow  chips  are  found  mostly  in  prairie  dog  towns, 
there  being  little  grass  and  the  ground  being  almost 
always  smooth  and  bare,  and  by  ten  o’clock  the  wagon 
was  loaded.  By  this  time  the  sun  had  come  out  warm, 
and  the  rattlesnakes  began  to.  come  out  and  lie  in  the  sun 
near  the  mouth  of  the  burrow  in  which  he  had  taken  up 
his  winter  quarters.  We  killed  five  snakes  and  skinned 
three  of  them,  the  other  two  having  to  be  shot  to  keep 
them  from  getting  into  the  holes,  and  one  of  the  snakes 
shot  contained  a good  sized  prairie  dog.  Our  experience 
with  the  snakes  was  reported  to  Forest  and  Stream 
shortly  after-  my  return  from  Cherry  county  in  a few 
notes  relating  to  that  subject  alone,  and  the  skins  of 
three  very  beautiful  specimens  were  sent  to  the  editor  of 
Forest  and  Stream. 

We  arrived  at  home  with  our  load  of  stove  wood  about 
one  o’clock,  and  after  dinner  and  a little  rest,  we  took  a 
drive  among  the  little  foothills  of  one  of  the  great 
ranges  of  sandhills,  and  had  some  very  nice  grouse  shoot- 
ing, coming  home  with  thirty-four  grouse,  notwithstand- 
ing some  unaccountable  misses  and  accidents  of  different 
kinds,  which  all  added  zest  to  our  afternoon’s  sport. 

On  Wednesday  the  weather  was  very  cold  and  stormy, 
and  we  did  not  hunt.  We  were  already  overstocked  with 
grouse,  and  the  disagreeable  weather  did  not  worry  us. 
We  visited,  drove  to  the  post-office,  got  the  latest 
papers  and  the  family  mail-,  and-ate  three  square  meals. 
Our  grouse  had  all  been  pulled  and*  hung  upon  the  plat- 
form of  the  windmill  over  night  and  placed  in  the  cave 
in  the  morning,  where  they  would  keep  well  until  needed ; 
and  if  Ah-se-bun,  the  Indian  who  ate  Fred.  Mather  out 
of  house  and  home  in  the  Wisconsin  woods,  had  dropped 
in  on  us,  we  could  have  given  him  more  than  “half 
plenty.” 

In  the  evening  Mr.  Tull  arrived  to  stay  all  night  and 
go  with  us  after  ducks  the  next  day. 

On  Thursday  morning  the  weather  was  still  very  cold 
and  disagreeable,  but  we  started  for  the  lakes ; and  when 
we  got  too  cold  for  comfort  in  the  spring  wagon,  we  got 
out  and  walked,  and  we  walked  and  rode  alternately  all 
day.  It  was  about  noon  when  we  arrived  at  Silver  Lake, 
the  most  beautiful  of  the  group  of  lakes  that  form  the 
headwaters  of  the  North  Loup  River.  It  is  about  a mile 
across  the  east  end  of  this  lake,  and  the  shore  line  is  as 
straight  as  you  could  shoot  an  arrow,  then  it  gradually 
runs  to  a point  at  the  west  end,  nearly*  two.  miles  away, 
■and  as  it  narrowed  down  the  shores  were  lined  with 
willows  and  rushes,  making  it  an  ideal  place  to  shoot 
ducks.  It  was  also  very  deep,  clear  and  full  of  fish; 
black  bass,  croppie  and  catfish  could  be  plainly  seen  in 
the  water.  The  lake  was  covered  with  blue-winged  teal, 
the  larger  ducks  not  having  arrived  yet. 

Having  arrived  and  made  sure  that  the  ducks  were 
there,  the  first  step  was  to  get  on  the  warm  side  of  a 
haystack  near  a water  tank  and  open  the  basket  of  lunch. 
Mr.  Stilson  was  not  with  us  at  the  time,  as  he  had  taken 
•a  walk  around  the  lake,  but  I knew  the  combination,  and 
besides,  he  should  have  been  there  at  that  critical  time. 
We  found  the  basket  to  contain  the  breasts  of  twelve 
grouse,  lets  of  bread  and  butter,  pickles,  pie  and  cake — 
certainly  a bountiful  supply;  but  had  Mr.  Stilson  not 
arrived  in  the  nick  of  time,  in  all  probability  he  would 
have  had  no  dinner,  as  I have  been  taught  from  child- 
hood to  improve  my  opportunities. 

After  dinner  we  tried  the  ducks,  but  as  both  my  com- 
panions got  the  start  of  me  in  a short  time,  I complained 
•of  the  cold,  and  finally  prevailed  upon  them  to.  start  for 
home.  Of  course  they  had  the  advantage  of  knowing  the 
country,  and  being  used  to  that  kind  of  ducks,  while  all 
was  strange  to  me,  and  at  that  time  I had  not  had  the 
advantage  of  reading  the  discussions  that  have  been  going 
■on  lately  in  Forest  and  Stream,  as  to  the  proper  manner 
•of  killing  a duck,  and  might  have  shot  one  flying  or 
:sitting  or  sleeping,  or  caught  one  and  kicked  it  to  death — 
all  of  which  I know  now  would  have  been  unsportsman- 
like, and  I have  been  "lad  ever  since  that  the  weather 
was  so  bad.  After  I got  them  well  started  on  the  way 
Lome  I got  over  my  hurry,  and  a walk  through  the  hills 


warmed  me  up,  and  we  had  some  rare  sport  with  thij 
grouse,  and  in  fact  I enjoyed  the  day  as  well  as  any  ij 
ever  put  in  with  the  gun.  While  the  weather  was  bad! 
the  company  was  good,  the  lunch  was  fine,  and  while  J 
could  not  claim  to  have  killed  my  share  of  the  gam# 
that  day,  1 wras  pleased  and  proud  of  the  results ; ancj 
one  thing  that  I especially  enjoyed  was  listening  to  1m 
two  companions,  the  best  of  whose  lives  had  been  spen 
in  the  wilds  of  the  West,  as  they  told  of  experiences  rare 
interesting  and  ridiculous  that  they  had  passed  through 
in  years  gone  by,  and  through  all  this,  and  from  what: 
each  said  to  me  when  the  other  was  not  present,  I could 
see  the  warm  friendship  and  respect  that  each  bore  for 
the  other ; and  knowing  them  both  as  I think  I do,  it  does 
not  seem  at  all  strange  that  such  mutual  feelings  should 
exist.  Both  rugged,  manly,  generous  and  law-abiding,  I 
ask  for  no  better  company  under  any  circumstances. 

On  Friday  morning  the  weather  was  fine  again,  and 
Mr.  Stilson  and  I took  a long  drive  up  the  valley  to 
the  west.  The  scenery  of  the  sandhill  country  is  beautiful, 
the  air  was  pure  and  balmy,  and  the  ride  delightful.  At 
a small  house  where  we  stopped  for  a drink  of  water 
we  found  a woman  with  five  or  six  children,  the  husband, 
having  been  away  somewhere  at  work  for  more  than  al 
month,  and  the  family  out  of  meat;  and  here  we  left  all 
our  grouse  and  drove  home. 

Saturday  came  all  too  soon.  This  was  the  great  day; 
I was  going  to  the  railroad  on  Sunday,  and  the  fifty 
grouse  that  I was  permitted  to  take  home  with  me  were 
yet  to  be  killed.  It  was  to  be  a final  and  friendly  contest1 
between  the  ’Squire  and  myself,  and  we  were  both  from 
Missouri  and  had  to  be  shown.  The  weather  was  warm 
and  nice  and  the  grouse  would  lay  well,  so  we  decided 
that  we  would  not  go  out  until  after  dinner.  If  we  could, 
net  kill  fifty  grouse  in  a half  day,  then  I would  go  home’ 
short. 

After  dinner  we  drove  about  five  miles  to  a cornfield. 
The  sandhill  corn  is  only  about  four  feet  high,  arid  we 
could  stand  in  it  anywhere  and  see  all  over  it,  but  the 
cover  for  the  birds  was  not  good,  and  they  got  up  very 
wild.  Each  had  a good  gun,  loaded  with  smokeless  pow- 
der and  No.  6 chilled  shot,  and  two  good  dogs.  It  was 
three  o’clock  when  we  got  to  the  cornfield,  and  the  fun 
soon  commenced.  We  killed  our  birds  at  from  forty  to 
eighty  yards.  Just  at  dusk  we  met  at  the  further  side  of 
the  field  and  counted  up.  We  lacked  just  one  bird  of; 
having  the_  required  fifty,  and  there  was  just  one  bird: 
difference  in  our  scores.  I was  satisfied  to  quit  with' 
the  forty-nine  birds,  but  the  ’Squire  told  me  to  drive  the: 
team  around  and  he  would  walk  across  the  field  and  meet 
me  at  the  other  side.  It  was  too  dark  for  me  to  shoot,! 
and  I naturally  reasoned  that  it  would  be  too  dark  fol- 
ium; but  I was  mistaken,  and  have  always  been  sorry! 
that  I did  not  insist  on  his  getting  in  the  buggy  and  allow  ! 
me  to  come  home  with  what  we  had. 

On  Sunday  the  ride  from  the  ranch  to  the  railroad  was, 
pleasant  and  interesting.  Will  and  Mrs.  Stilson  came 
with  me,  leaving  -the  ’Squire  at  home  alone,  and  I was  1 
sorry  that  I could  not  stay  with  him.  I arrived  at  home 
on  Monday  night  with  fifty  grouse  in  fine  condition,  and 
distributed  them  among  my  friends,  and  on  the  first  of 
next  October  I hope  and  expect  to  spend  a few  days  at; 
the  hospitable  home  of  the  Stilsons  in  Cherry  county. 

A.  D.  McCandless. 


A Quail  Hunt  in  Old  Virginia. 

We!  had  been  counting  the  months,  weeks  and  days  ; 
to  the  opening  of  the  game  .season  in  Virginia,  and  when  ' 
the  long-looked-for  day  arrived,  we  felt  a sense  of  relief 
that  the. long  probation  was  ended,  and  that  the  season, 
was  really  at  band.  In  the  early  morning  hours,  before 
the  sun  had  shown,  its  rim  over  the  hills,  our  party,  com- 
posed of  Lou  Jackson  and  W arren  Rice,  of  Winchester,  1 
and  Fritz  Keidel,  of  Baltimore,  pulled  out  over  the  level 
valley  pike  to  the  farm  of  Mr.  John  W.  Rice,  situated 
near  Vancluse,  in  Frederick  county.  The  radiant  light  of 
a perfect  November  morning  was  breaking  over  the 
landscape  when  we  drove  up  to  the  hospitable  abode  of  1 
Mr.  Massie,  the  overseer  of  the  farm.  This  gentleman 
soon  made  his,  appearance,  when  we  extricated  ourselves 
from  a jumble  of  dogs,  guns,  etc.,  and  got  out.  After  a . 
good  hot  breakfast  served  in  good  old  Virginia  style,  we 
got  ready  for  the  day’s  hunt.  Starting  out,  Mr.  Massie  i 
suggested  that  we  get  over  into  the  peach  orchard,  where 
he  had  heard  some  birds  calling  the  day  before.  The 
dogs  were  already  over,  and  Comet,  the  English  setter  of  •! 
Mr.  Rice,  had  struck  the  birds.  Getting  them  up,  we 
succeeded  in  bringing  down  four.  The  others  scattered, 
but  were  gotten  up  again,  and  two  more  fell  to.  our  guns.  ; 
Ihe  dogs  found  birds  right  along,  and  there  was  a' con- 
tinuous fusilade  over  those  old  Virginia  fields.  We 
called  the  sport  off  at  11  o’clock,  having  secured  a fair 
number,  and  returned  to  the  house  for  dinner.  We  were 
very  enthusiastic  over  the  morning’s  hunt  and  reviewed 
the  incidents  and  excellent  shooting  of  some  of  our  party, 
while  partaking  of  the  well-prepared  dinner  set  forth  by  ; 
Mrs.  Massie.  After  satisfying  the  inner  man,  gun-cleaning  , 
came  next,  preparatory  to  the  hunt  in  the  afternoon.  ' 
This  through  with,  we  struck  a wheat  stubble  field,  which 
was  overgrown  with  foxtail  four  or  five  feet  high,  where 
shooting  would  be  rather  difficult.  Ned,  the  Irish  setter 
of  Mr.  Keidel,  found  the  birds  after  pirouting  around 
for  some  time,  and  when  gotten  up  they  flew  into  some 
heavy  timber.  Count  found  them  here,  and  four  birds  j 
were  killed.  Another  flock  was  gotten  up  further  on, 
but  they  were  sharp  and  flew  over  on  posted  land.  That 
settled  our  business  with  them,  but  there  were  other 
birds  than  these,  and  we  kept  on  in  search  of  them.  The  : 
dogs  found  several  more  flocks  out  in  the  open,  where  : 
shooting  was- not  so  difficult,  and  out  of  these ’we  got 
what  we  thought  our  full  share.  The  sun  was  nearing 


Feb.  4,  1905.] 


forest  and  stream. 


the  western  hills  when  we  retraced  our  steps  toward  the 
house,  and  after  supper  that  night,  after  cleaning  our 
guns,  yarn-telling  was  indulged  in  until  bedtime,  when  all 
turned  in. 

The  first  one  up  the  next  morning  rushed  to  the  win- 
dow to  see  the  weather,  and  observing  a flile  sky,  shouted. 
Get  up  boys,  it's  6 o clock  and  everything  is  favorable 
toi  another  gooa  hunt.”  The  balance  of  us  needed  no 
Second  invitation,  and  there  was  a tumbling  out  of  bed 
and  getting  into  togs  ready  for  breakfast. 

The  morning  meal  oyer,  we  sallied  forth  across  the 
helds  m search  of  the  birds.  Count  soon  found  a covey, 
and  Ned  made  a pretty  back  stand.  They  got  up  in  con- 
fusion,  but  Messrs.  Jackson  and  Rice  got  a single  apiece. 
Mr.  Jackson  thought  the  birds  came  to  the  ground  again 
about  fifty  yards  up  a fence,  but  when  we  reached  them 
hey  were  not  to  be  found,  and  when  the  dogs  did  find 
hem  they  were  probably  too  yards  further  on.  This  time 
nx  of  them  fell  to  our  guns,  and  the  rest  of  them  flew 
iver  on  to  posted  land,  but  as  some  of  our  party  knew 
he  owner  of  the  farm,  we  got  over.  The  dogs  found 
wo  flocks  Over  here,  out  of  which  we  got  ten  birds.  We 

!yere  not  quite  satisfied  with  our  number  yet,  and  strayed 
urther  on  to  the  edge  of  some  timber,  along  which  ran 
m old  Virginia  rail  fence,  and  right  along  here  Ned 
t|ound  another  covey.  Six  more  birds  were  added  to  our 
lumber,  and  then  we  started  in  the  direction  of  the 
louse.  On  the  way  back  a couple  of  rabbits  were  scared 
ip,  one  of  which  we  killed. 

1 After  supper  that  night,  after  lighting  our  pipes,  we 
athered  around  the  old-fashioned  fire-place,  in  which 
be  logs  cracked  and  stewed,  and  recounted  the  pleasures 
f our  two  days’  hunt. 

The  next  morning,  after  bidding  our  host  and  hostess 
ood-by,  and  expressing  our  appreciation  and  thanks  for 
icir  generous  hospitality,  we  dfove  back  to  Winchester 
u our  way  to  Pleasant  Level,  the  Country  home  of  Mr. 
aCksotl.  s Mr.  Rice,  much  to  our  regret,  was  detained 
\ the  City  by  law  business,  so  we  had  to  proceed  on 
dthout  him.  The  weather  for  our  last  day’s  hunt  looked 
ather  gloomy  in  the  morning,  and  it  didn’t  improve 
inch  in  the  afternoon.  It  was  cold  and  drizzling  rain, 
id  our  spirits  were  rather  low— I don’t  mean  liquid— 
,id  for  some  time  we  were  undecided  whether  to  go  out 
• stay  in.  However,  we  tried  it  for  a while,  and  I think 
wound  up  the  afternoon  with  four  birds  and  two 
.bbits. 

We  were  entertained  at  dinner  by  Mr.  Charles  McCain, 
ho  lives  about  five  miles  from  town,  and  late  in  the 
.ternoon  drove  to  the  home  of  Mr,  A1  Rutherford, 
here  we  took  Supper,  Mr.  Rice  came  down  and  joined 
; about  f o’clock  in  the  evening,,  and  after  spending 
Tefal  pleasant  hours  with  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rutherford 
id  their  charming  daughters,  we  started  toward  Win- 
lester  with  pleasant  thoughts  of  quail  hunt  in  Old 
irgima.  A.  T.  C. 

VlNCHESTER,  Vi, 

From  the  Bayman's  Viewpoint, 

Blue  Point,  L.  I.,  Jan.  5.- — Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 
ss uming  that  the  fire-place  crowd  of  Forest  and  Stream 
e open  to  both  sides  of  a question,  with  your  permission 
will  draw  illy  cider  barrel  up  into  the  glow  and  join  the 
'od-iiatUred  group  of  duck  shooters. 

If  you  fellows  understand  the  difference  between  an 
casional  gunner  and  a man  who  gets  a few  dollars  out 
the  game,  you  possibly  would  see  the  sport  from  a 
fferent  standpoint.  The  raft  of  ducks  on  closer  inspec- 
>n  would  turn,  out  to  be  only  a bunch.  The  pair  of  sleep- 
s' black  ducks  (when  you  get  upon  them)  would  be 
nay  be)  two  pieces  of  driftwood.  The  child-like  zeal 
the  $400  gun  owner  is  an  emotion  quite  different  from 
calm  speculation  of  the  parchment-skinned  bavman. 
Now  will  you  let  me  say  something  about  spring  duck 
ooting  here?  Would  you  believe  that  last  election  this 
assure  was  made  to  occupy  a prominent  position  on  the 
itform  of  all  Long  Island  candidates  for  political 
nor?  Bo  you  know  they  have  promised  to  do  all  they 
n to  repeal  the  spring  duck  law  ? Why?  Because  it  is  of 
ry  great  importance  to  the  people  of  this  section,  to  the 
mg  Island  Railroad  and  the  bayrnen.  That  political 
erest  and  legislative  ping-pong  may  interfere  and  with 
punity  occasion  considerable  inconvenience  and  financial 
>s.to  a community,  is  a consideration;  and  I think,  in 
Tice  to  those  who  have  been  your  guides,  your  cooks, 
ur  faithful  attendants,  to  those  who  have  got  up  in  the 
ddle  of  the  night  to  put  an  extra  rug  over  you  as  you 
in  the  little  bunk  in  the  little  hut  on  the  sand  dunes, 
due  at  least  a fair  judgment.  Compared  with  the  bay- 
'll with  the  battery,  what  has  the  man  with  the  gun  to 
e?  The  former  a living  for  part  of  the  year,  the  latter 
luck  or  two. 

did  you  ever  hear  of  the  man  who  gets  a living  at  the 
ne  objecting  to  shooting  duck  in  the  spring?  No.  • 
ell,  that’s  because  he  understands  the  true  condition, 
r me  to  enter  into  the  details  would  occupy  a column 
two.  Suffice  it  to  say  that  the  thrifty,  provident  bay- 
n is  not  going  to  “cut  off  his  nose  to  spite  his  face;” 

I _ while  I don’t  want  to  cast  any  reflection  on  myself, 
vish  to  say  that  those  who  know  the  most  about  duck 
loting  conditions,  on  the  Great  South  Bay  are  those 
0 can  least  explain  or  bring  their  argument  before  the 
_>per  quarter.  Those  who  make  the  agitation  are,  to  a 
tain  extent,  masters  of  the  situation  because  of  clap- 
p sentiment.  . They  are  the  class  of  duck  shooters  who 
you  that  it  is  easier  to  kill  a duck  on  the  water  than 
the  wing. 

[he  Plaintiff — The  calamity  monger. 

1 he  Defendant— The  quiet,  horny-handed  man  of  the 
tery  and  the  point. 

he  Jury- — The  good,  kind,  what-do-we-care-easy-mark- 
iw-nothing-about-it  people  of  the  State  of  New  York, 
’ermit  a few  questions  and  facts. 

).  Suppose  you  had  a full  year  to  shoot,  have  you  ever 
ired  the  actual  number  of  days  it  is  possible  to  kill  and 
e ducks  ? 

lote— In  the  season  of  1903-4  you  could  not  have  taken 
big  the  months  of  December,  January  or  February  fifty 
•ks  un  the  Bay  (I  say  the  Bay,  assuring  you  that  I am 
mssing  this  matter  absolute^  from  a local  standpoint), 
of  the  millions  that  hovered  around. the  neighboring 
n sea,  because  of  the  ice. 

).  r>0  you  figure  Oil  the  days  when  the  gull  flies  Jo\y 


a”o  preveHts  the  rigging  of  a battery? 

qUa]ities.o)Ten  4o  sLTafdeSte"  ‘he  “‘“"S 
Him  uhliyf  J:,Lbi)al  ’eSS  d“cks  assCTlble  on  the  Bay 

fn^cmhnt'~Piere  are  a hundred  dwellings  along  shore 
to-day  where  there  was  one  then.  Standing  up  from  the 

of  nPnP  and  theie  appears  the  dul1  red  smokestack 
a!irfinryPmfaut0u  ’ TV  ie  ,w?ter  h™dreds  of  oyster  fishers 
hna u LJ  * ,W  V e plyin2  their  trade.  Puffing  tug- 
° PL  d snappy  little  motor  craft  hurry  to  and  fro— not 
nd  t J s,ettmg  for  the  “haunts  of  the  wild  ” 

thei'e  are  leSS  dllcks  on  the  Bay  to-day  than  in 
othei  years,  must  we  attribute  the  deficiency  to  the  battery 
and  the  pump  gun  ? J 

Statement.— Ducks  are  wilder  while  on  the  Bay  to-day 

SPTe?]y  th,e  bagS  are  smalIer-  Incidentally  the  man 
with  the  $400  shooting  iron  howls. 

reliable  naturalist  will  tell  you  this  is 
not  the  breeding  ground  of  the  ducks.  That  they  mate 

mfpK0  any.1extenf  comparable  to  their  vast  incalculable 

nf  fnrm  P Some <Foving-  That  egg s in  course 

ot  formation  have  been  discovered  within  a dead  bird 
taken  here  in  the  spring  may  be  true,  I’ll  admit.  Again 
the  vast  proportion,  ask  of  the  duck  shooters  how  often 
they  have  observed  this. 

Referring  to  shooting  at  ducks  on  the  water,  I have 
seen  a box  of  cartridges  used  up  on  one  on  the  water,  the 
same  presenting  a passable  mark  every  time  it  was  shot 
at.  Had  those  cartridges  been  used  by  the  same  gunner 
at  birds  on  the  wing  at  the  same  distance,  I venture  to 
say  he  would  have  taken  at  least  twenty  out  of  the  twenty- 
hve.  Adepts  generally  try  to  scare  up  birds  alighting 
within  the  radius  of  the  decoys.  S 

Here  there  is  no  indiscriminate  slaughter.  No  traps 
ate  used,  llor  nets;  and  there  is  very  little  market-shoot- 
ing. J he  men  prefer  to  hire  their  outfit  to  a sportsman. 

I he  bags  secured  here  last  season  have  been  a happy,  glad 
old  average  To  the  adept  came  the  spoils.  The  canvasback 
hunter  paid  his  money  to  the  bayman,  got  in  the  box, 
missed  all  that  came  along,  and  religiously  purchased  half 
a dozen  pair  to  take  home,,  where  he  put  on  his  smoking 
jac  vet  and  took  out  his  ink-pot  and  told  Forest  and 
f iaf  die  ducks  would  have  to  be  protected, 
that  protection  is  required  for  the  ducks  in’  these 
wateis  will  require  proving,  and  the  proof  must  come 
from  those  who  know  facts. 

If  a regiment  of  soldiers  were  afloat  on  the  Bay  each 
equipped  with  a first-class  battery  and  the  latest  lightning- 
like  magazine  gun  at  his  side  to-morrow,  they  would  take 
no  more  ducks  with  their  thousand  guns  than  we  did 
yesterday,  forty  of  us.  Ask  an  old  gunner  and  he  will 
tell  you  Avhy. 

\ou  men  who  take  the  train  to  Albany,  see  that  this 
measuie  is  (as  far  as  Long  Island  goes)  considered  with 
intelligence  Let  us  have  a fair  game.  We  men  of  the 
battery  and  the  point  are  not  without  sentiment  You 
must  not  be  cajoled  into  believing  that  ducks  are  mowed 
down  like  blades  of  grass.  Do  not  imagine  we  do  not 
appreciate  the  full  import  of  the  word  protection  The 
ducks  come  and  go  in  other  waters  further  north,  where 
the  cold  blue  waters  lap  whole  continents  of  iqe  on  which 
the  foot  of  man  has  never  trod.;  to-day  countless  legions 
01  web-footed  fowl  flap  their  wings  in  glorious  ignorance 
ot  such  a thing  as  a pump  gun. 

All  the  ducks  don’t  come  to  the  Great  South  Bay. 
there  me  enough  for  Jersey,  for  Connecticut,  and  then 
innumerable  clouds  of  them  are  left  for  every  other  State  in 
the  Union.  Will  Graham. 

Deer  Hunting  in  Wisconsin* 

1 he  Doctor  is  the  plague  of  my  life.  No  sooner  has 
he  consumed  his  last  bite  of  venison  than  he  is  ready  for 
the  next  year  s outing,  i he  first  thought  he  utters  is  as 
to  how  deer  wintered ; the  second,  where  we  will  locate, 
then  how. many  will  be  in  the  party,  and  how  long  will 
we  stay.  These  are  foundation  stones  for  the  building 
tnat  gees  on  during  the  summer  months,  until  by  the 
fust  of  October  he  has  changed  to,  “Have  you  heard 
trom  S ? By  this  time  I am  getting  pretty  well  worked 
up,  and  if  prevented  from  carrying  out  our  plans  (which 
seem  to  grow  just  like  mushrooms),  something  more 
serious  would  probably  happen. 

I don’t  believe  I am  any  more,  responsible  for  my  love  • 
for  the  camp  and  the  chase,  than  Mother  Earth  is  for  the 
weeds  that  choke  the  growing  crops.  (If  the  reader  can 
find  any  philosophy  in  the  illustration  he  has  me.)  Don’t 
overlook  the  fact,  though,  I said  camp  as  well  as  chase. 
Camp  sounds  less  bloodthirsty,  and  presents  altogether 
a different  aspect.  A.  camp  may  be  located  near  Mr  Kip- 
ling’s “raw  right-angled  log-jam”  or  his  “blackened  tim- 
ber,' and  far  removed  from  anything  to  chase  of  conse- 
quence; or  it  may  he  in  the  heart  of  the  wilderness,  with 
windfalls  alternating  with  swamp.  Again,  it  may  be 
pitched  by  the  side  of  a “babbling  brook”  or  brook  about 
which  men  babble,  or  on  the  shore  of  a lake  where  in 
the  late  fall  you  fish  during  midday  and  freeze  at  mid- 
night. But  give  me  a camp  in  a sheltered  cove,  near 
the  edge  of  a lake  or  the  outlet  to  one,  with  green  woods 
sheltering  me,  the  ground  carpeted  with  pine  needles  or 
maple  leaves,  and— but  what’s  the  use— where  will  you 
find  it?  If  any  reader  of  Forest  and  Stream  knows  of 
such  an  ideal  place  in  . Wisconsin  or  Minnesota,  please 
drop  me  a line.  The  time  was  I knew  such  spots;  but 
now  blackened  stubs  and  stumps  mark  the  place,  briers 
and  weeds  cover  the  camping  ground,  and  you  can  walk 
dryshod  down  the  lake’s  bank  to  where  my  birch  pole 
and  long  line  flung  the  bait  eighteen  years  ago. 

As  to  the  chase— that’s  different.  Deer  are  easily  do- 
mesticated ; so  are  rabbits,  pine  squirrels,  bears,  etc.,  and 
if  you  care  only  for  the  chase,  you  may  locate  almost 
anywhere  north  of  the  center  of  Wisconsin,  Michigan  or 
Minnesota  and  not  be  disappointed.  The  non-resident 
hunter  will  find  the  railroads  that  run  through  or  into  the 
game  centers  his  best  friends.  He  will  find  them  ready 
to  grant  any  reasonable  request  not  inconsistent  with 
the  laws  governing  the  handling  of  game  or  interstate 
commerce. 

On  November  8,  at  10:30  P.  M„  we  boarded  the 
Chicago,  Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul  train  at  Chicago  for 
Sayner,  Vilas  county,  Wisconsin.  I had  arranged  with 
Mr.  Sayner  to  haul  us  out  to  our  last  year’s  camp-site: 
also  10  furnish  us  a table,  cock-stove,  hale  of  straw  and 


kerosene.  We  were  taking  two  tents,  each  16ft.  by  12ft., 
and  a sheet-iron  box-stove,  but  we  wanted  a stove  in 
each  tent.  There  were  six  of  us,  and  we  needed  the  two 
tents;  therefore  why  not  two  stoves?  Besides,  the  Doc- 
tor had  promised  me  that  if  we  got  a cook-stove  for  our 
cook  tent,  he  would  bake  some  biscuits.  Now,  biscuits 
are  my  delight.  If  there  is  any  one  eatable  I like  better 
than  a soft,  cream-colored  biscuit,  it  is  six  of  the  same 
kind  with  good  fresh  butter.  So  a cook-stove  we  had, 
and  the  biscuits  later.  Our  train  was  nearly  two  hours 
late  at  Sayner  and  another  party  had  to  be  taken  down  to 
Hlum  Lake,  so  it  was  nearly  3 P.  M.  when  Mr.  S.  got 
our  nme  pieces  of  baggage  loaded  and  started  for  our 
camping  ground  on  Lost  Creek,  nearly  three  miles  dis- 
tant. I he  straw  Mr.  S.  had  ordered  from  somewhere 
nad  not  arrived,  but  he  brought  a long-necked  quart 

• ttox  ,1  ed  °F  f°r  our  lamp  and  lantern,  and  by 

nightfall  we  had  the  sleeping  tent  up  on  the  exact  spot 
it  occupied  in  November,  1903.  We  used  the  same  ridge- 
pole; the  same  logs  protected  the  bottom  of  the  tent, 
and  the  stove  sat  on  the  same  earthen  platform,  and 
blinked  at  us  through  the  draft-hole  as  of  yore.  We 
had  left  home  at  2:18  P.  M.  on  the  8th,  and  in  spite  of 
three  delays  of  from  30  minutes  to  two  hours  each,  were 
now,  twenty-six  hours  later,  eating  lunch  in  camp,  over 
miles  from  home  and  three  miles  from  the  railroad. 
With  some  boughs  and  the  extra  tent  we  made  a founda- 
tion for  our  beds,  and  the  following  morning  put  up  the 
other  tent  in  front,  opened  the  back  end  of  it  and  con- 
nected the  two.  Toward  evening  Mr.  S.  brought  out 
the  cook-stove  and  a six-foot  table,  but  brought  no  stove- 
pipe nor  straw.  We  spent  the  10th  putting  our  trunks — ■ 
most  of  which  had  lain  out  over  night— in  place,  gather- 
ing wood,  and  viewing  the  country  near  camp  ; getting 
ready,  in  fact,  for  the  nth,  which  was  the  first  day  of 
the  open  season  for  deer. 

The  morning  of  the  nth,  Hedrick  got  up  at  4 o’clock, 
built  a fire,  and  sat  down  to  wait  until  time  to  get  break- 
fast.  He  did  not  wait  long,  however,  for  Bender  don’t 
let  daylight  find  hint  abed  in  a hunting  camp.  Breakfast 
was  eaten  by  lamp-light,  and  as  soon  as  we  could  see,  we 
scattei  ed  out  m various  directions,  the  net  result  being  a 
5-Pomt  buck  which  fell  to  Spahr’s  gun.  Saturday  the 
12th  Bender  and  Spahr  went  out  northwest,  Hedrick  and 
Journay  (our  new  man)  southwest,  but  at  11  A.  M.  they 
began  to  return  to  camp  without  bagging  any  game.  The 
Doctor  and  I wrote  some  letters  and  did  the  morning 
camp  work.  Then  I prepared  dinner,  consisting  of  bean 
soup  with  a liberal  supply  of  sliced  bacon,  and  a dish  of 
stewed  apples,  bread,  butter  and  coffee.  At  11  I helped 
myself,  then  got  into  my  shooting  outfit,  got  the  kero- 
sene bottle,  and  started  for  Sayner  post-office,  nearly 
four  miles  distant.  The  wagon  road  is  a snake-like  trail 
around  and  between  hills  near  our  camp,  and  where  it 
circles  the  second  hill  I followed  an  older  track  over  the 
top,  and  was  descending  the  northern  side  when  a good 
sized  buck  fawn  bounded  off  to  the  northeast  of  me, 
going  nearly  straightaway.  Now,  if  there  is  any  target 
I would  rather  shoot  at  than  a running  deer  I have  never 
seen  it.  It  has  occurred  to  me  that  the  shooter  who 
can  with  the  average  repeating  rifle  under  conditions 
that  prevail  in  the  deer  haunts  of  to-day,  stop  every  deer 
he  sees,  ought  to  command  a high  salary  as  a batter  in  a 
ciack  ball  team.  For  the  most  scientific  twirler  can 
hardly  put  up  a more  difficult  proposition  than  deer  do 
for  the  hunter  in  the  burnt-over  land  of  Wisconsin.  I 
had  to  shoot  down  through  a number  of  small  trees,  and 
had  worked  my  gun  three  times  when  a second  deer 
that  had  at  my  first  shot  sprung  from  its  cover,  seemed 
to  offer  a better  mark,  and  I turned  slightly  to  the 
right  and  threw  two  balls  at  it  before  both  were  out  of 
sight.  Then  I took  time  to  get  vexed  at  myself.  The 
boys  told  me  a few  moments  later  that  those  five  shots 
came  thick  and  fast,  and  caused  them  all  to  jump  from 
the  table  and  grab  their  guns;  nevertheless  there  was  no 
deer  in  sight,  and  all  about  quiet  reigned  supreme.  Then 
I counted  off  one  hundred  long  steps,  and  found  myself 
about  two-thirds  of  the  distance  to  where  the  deer  were 
when  I fired  my  first  shot.  That  was  sufficient  to 
satisfy  me  that  my  judgment  was  about  right  when  I 
aimed  at  the  deer,  and  not  over  them,  as  I should  have 
done  if  they  had  been  300  yards  distant.  The  ground  was 
extremely  dry,  but  I found  the  tracks  of  the  first  one  I 
saw,  and  soon  came  to  where  one  of  my  bullets  had 
plowed  a furrow  some  two  feet  long  just  in  front  and 
between  the  deer’s  tracks.  Evidently  I had  shot  a little 
low.  A few  jumps  further  was  a drop  of  blood,  and 
about  fifty  yards  further  on,  and  on  the  crest  of  a little 
hill,  lay  a fine  buck  fawn.  He  must  have  fallen  about  the 
instant  I turned  my  attention  to  the  second  one,  which 
was  further  to  my  right,  and  some  forty  yards  nearer. 

1 hat  second  deer  was  a corker.  He  was  too  quick  for 
me.  and  got  away,  leaving  no  sign  of  being  wounded. 

1 he  Doctor  and  Journay  came  to  me,  and  I asked  them 
to  take  care  of  the  dead  deer  and  I would  jog  on  toward 
Sayner.  Journay  soon  called  out  that  he  never  saw  a 
deer  shot  like  that  one.  Then  he  held  up  the  heart  and 
told  us  the  bullet  had  struck  near  the  navel,  gone  through 
the  heart  and  out  between  the  forelegs.  That  reminded 
me  of  a shot  I made  at  a rabbit  with  the  same  gun  at 
about  forty,  steps.  The  ball  clipped  of  a portion  of  one 
of  the  rabbit’s  hindfeet,  ripped  it  open  and  tossed  it  over 
to  the  left,  while  its  entrails  lay  on  the  ground  directly 
under  where  it  was  when  the  ball  struck  it.  It  might 
occur  to  some  reader  to  keep  track  of  that  kerosene  bot- 
tle, and  that  thought  occurred  to  the  Doctor.  My  ex- 
planation was  that  when  that  first  white  flag  went  up  the 
bottle  was  unceremoniously  dropped,  to  be  picked  up 
later. 

Saturday  evening  the  12th  found  us  in  shipshape.  My 
notes  read : “This  year  we  seem  to  be  well  supplied 

with  everything  needful  for  a comfortable,  jolly  time. 
Now  if  the  deer  will  just  be  meek  and  well  mannered,  we 
may  bag  our  quota  of  game  and  go  home  happy.”  ’But 
we  had  that  evening  no  idea  what  fate  had  dished  up  for 
us.  To  read  on:  “I  notice  my  old  friend  Hedrick  wab- 
bles more  and  more  as  these  outings  come  and  go,  and 
the  stumps  are  more  contrary  as  I try  to  draw  myself 
up  on  them,  and  when  one  of  us  gets  into  the  shin- 
tangle  he  don’t  go  through  so  nimbly  as  he  did  fifteen 
years  ago;  but  the  cool  water  is  just  as  sweet,  the  air 
as  bracing,  and  the  bean  soup  and  potatoes  with  jackets 
on  taste  just  as  good,  and  we  can  handle  our  rifles  and 
shoot  just  about  as  straight  as  before  the  stiffness  came 
into  our  knees  and  cramps  into  our  muscles,  As  I sit 


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[Feb.  4,  1905. 


by  the  camp  stove  and  he  lies  near  me  snoozing,  I cant 
help  but  think  of  these  things,  and  one  by  one  I see  the 
camps  we  have  dwelt  together  in.  One  over  at  Witch 
Lake,  Michigan,  from  which  blessed  spot  we  wandered 
by  the  hour  day  and  week,  has  for  some  years  been  an 
oatfield.  Our  camp  a mile  below  where  I now  sit,  and 
in  which  we  swapped  lies  only  two  years  ago,  is  now 
cut  in  twain  by  a settler’s  wagon  road,  and  the  deer 
crossing  hard  by  is  a deer  crossing  only  in  memory. 
Verily  time  changes  all  things.  To-day  we  are  and  to- 
morrow we  are  not,  and  thus  ends  my  Sabbath  reverie. 

Sunday  night  the  clouds  left  us  and  the  stars  twinkled 
up  so  high”  just  as  they  did  in  my  old  school  reader,  and 
I stood  outside  the  tent  and  lived  over  a few  boyhood 
thoughts.  And  then  I heard  the  Doctor  telling  the  boys 
in  the  tent  that  he  just  tried  to  see  how  much  of  this  air 
he  could  draw  into  his  lungs  at  one  time. 

Monday  morning  was  a frosty  one.  Hedrick  took  a 
couple  of  turns,  looking  at  his  watch  by  the  light  of  a 
match,  then  dressed  himself,  started  a fire  first  in  the 
heating  stove,  then  the  cook-stove.  By  this  time  Charley 
was  up,  and  Journay  and  Spahr  followed  in  regular  order. 
To  Doc  and  I,  who  demurred,  it  seemed  but  a short  time 
until  there  was  a call  from  the  other  tent,  and  we  had 
to  hustle  to  get  to  the  table.  It  was  4 o’clock  when 
Hedrick  got  up,  and  I roasted  him  considerable  for  stir- 
ring us  out  to  hunt  deer  j ust  at  the  hour  deer  were  going 
to  bed.  The  day  was  a bright  one,  and  Journay  and 
Spahr  each  got  a couple  of  snap  shots,  but  failed  to  bung 
in  any  game.  I put  some  venison  on  to  boil  and  prepared 
potatoes  for  frying,  and  whiled  away  the  forenoon  in 
camp;  then  after  dinner  went  over  the  hill  back  of  camp 
and  added  to  the  missing  score  by  sending  three  bullets 
after  a doe  that  got  away  in  the  brush.  Tuesday  even- 
ing Journay  shot  a doe  at  long  range,  but  she  turned  and 
came  toward  him  and  he  had  to  stop  her  with  a second 
bullet  He  was  shooting  a .30-30.  We  carried  the  doe 
in  after  dark  and  had  three  deer  at  the  end  of  four  days 
hunting,  which  wasn’t  bad,  considering  the  dry  weather 
and  the  number  of  deer  sighted.  Wednesday  the  16th  we 
drew  a blank.  Thursday  the  17th  Hedrick  said  he  would 
keep  camp,  and  all  the  rest  were  to  take  a hunt  east  of 
the  big  swamp  just  east  from  camp.  The  Doctor  went 
around  on  the  north  of  the  swamp  to  a crossing  on  Lost 
Creek,  while  the  four  of  us  took  the  wagon  road  for 
Lost  Lake,  then  divided  up  and  circled  the  swamp  toward 
where  the  Doctor  was  located.  I went  to  the  right  near 
Big  St.  Germain  Lake,  then  bore  off  the  Lost  Lake  road, 
where  an  old  logging  road  much  overgrown  with  under- 
brush went  north  through  the  heavy  timber  toward  Lost 
Creek.  There  was  a good  bit  of  sign  in  this  woods,  but 
the  brush  was  thick,  the  leaves  very  dry,  and  woods 
generally  noisy.  For  these  very  reasons  we  were  hunting 
in  skirmish  line,  the  other  boys  being  scattered  along  be- 
tween me  and  the  big  swamp.  I stood  on  a log  for  a 
time,  then  sat  quite  a while  on  a large  pine  stump  on  a 
hill,  where  I could  see  down  through  the  hazel  and  other 
brush;  then,  thinking  the  boys  had  moved  on,  I got 
down,  crossed  a hollow,  and  was  standing  on  a log  on 
another  and  lower  hill,  when  Journay  got  a shot  over 
near  the  swamp,  and,  as  it  turned  out,  killed  a fine  large 
buck  fawn.  A moment  later  Spahr’s  big  .42-80  roared, 
and  soon  after  I heard  the  quick  jumps  of  a deer,  and  to 
my  chagrin  got  a glimpse  only  of  a good  sized  doe  going 
eastward  along  the  hollow  my  last  vacated  perch  enabled 
me  to  see  perfectly.  Why  had  I not  stayed  on  that  stump 
five  minutes  longer?  My  circle  brought  me  to  the  creek 
below  the  boys,  but  I saw  Bender  and  learned  that 
Journay  had  killed  one,  so  went  up  to  where  Doc  was 
blowing  his  bike  whistle.  Hedrick  had  been  there  with 
an  ax  and  felled  a dead  tree  across  the  creek  near  the 
spot  I bridged  last  year  with  my  little  tomahawk.  The 
Doctor  went  out  and  met  the  boys,  and  we  took  turns 
carrying  the  deer  to  camp,  and  right  there  is  where  a 
hunter  pays  for  the  sport  of  hunting  deer.  You  can’t 
drag  a deer  on  the  dry  ground  and  over  logs,  roots  and 
brush  without  bruising  it  and  raking  the  hair  off,  and 
exhausting  your  knees  and  lungs ; and  if  two  men  carry 
it  on  a pole  they  will  have  their  shoulders  grained  and 
their  backs  yanked  until  they  feel  like  laying  up  for  re- 
pairs. Then  there  is  the  added  risk  of  losing  the  coupon 
that  the  laws  of  Wisconsin  say  must  be.  attached  to  the 
deer  as  soon  as  killed,  and  if  this  flimsy  paper  and 
cheap  muslin  coupon  is  not  in  good  condition  when  the 
deer  is  presented  to  the  transportation  company  for  ship- 
ment, the  agent  may  refuse  to  accept  it,  and  there  you 
are  with  a deer  on  your  hands  and  no  proof  that  it  is 
yours  or  that  you  have  complied  with  the  law  in  regard 
to  it.  For  these  obvious  reasons  local  game  wardens 
are  disposed  to  take  the  sensible  view  that  if  a non- 
resident hunter  pays  for  and  has  a deer  hunter’s  license 
it  is  the  part  of  wisdom  to  so  preserve  his  coupons  that 
they  may  be  in  good  condition  when  he  turns  his  game 
over  to  the  express  company,  and  that  it  is  not  necessary 
that  he  tie  a coupon  on  each  deer  “as  soon  as”  it  is  killed. 
The  State  Game  Warden  likewise  sees  the  point,  and.  is 
disposed  to  be  reasonable  in  the  matter,  the  primary  prin- 
ciple involved  being  the  protection  of  game.  But  there 
are  always  some  extremely  wise  people  abroad  in  the 
land,  and  a couple  of  this  class  were  awaiting  us  at  camp, 
and  thereby  hangs  a tale,  but  it  does  not  belong  to  this 
story.  We  rested  mostly  until  Friday  morning;  though 
I distinctly  heard  brush  breaking  in  a swamp  near  our 
tent  some  time  during  the  night,  and  though  it  might 
have  been  our  callers  of  the  preceding  day,  I most  knew 
it  was  nothing  but  deer,  so  went  off  to  sleep  again.  Fri- 
day morning  Hedrick  started  us  out  in  a bunch  while  he 
stayed  at  camp.  I had  forgotten  about  the  noise  I heard 
in  the  night,  and  was  tagging  along  behind  the  other 
boys,  not  over  200  yards  from  camp,  when  those  in  front 
opened  fire.  Three  or  four  shots  rang  out,  and  then  I 
saw  a large  buck  on  a hill,  but  only  for  an  instant.  He 
was  going  northwest,  and  the  Doctor  and  I,  being  on  a 
ridge  while  the  other  three  boys  were  over  the  ridge,  we 
started  to  head  him  off.  He  had  to  go  at  a lively  clip 
if  I did  not  get  a shot  at  him,  but  when  I arrived  at  a 
point  where  I could  see  down  into  the  wagon  road,  the 
buck  was  nowhere  in  sight.  Then  I saw  the  Doctor 
stalking,  and  I enjoyed  the  situation  more  than  if  I had 
been  in  his  place.  He  took  a step  and  fired,  then  ad- 
vanced toward  a thicket  with  his  rifle  at  “ready,”  fired 
once  or  twice  more,  a shot  from  Bender’s  gun  mingling 
with  the  confusion.  Poor  buck!  He  was  sorely  pressed 
and  mortally  wounded  it  seems,  for  he  ran  down  the  hill 
Jo  the  southwest  and  fell  dead  at  Bender’s  feet.  He  was 


shot  in  front  of  the  hamstring,  twice  in  the  shoulder, 
and  once  through  the  head.  Journay  said  he  saw  a doe 
also,  but  she  dodged  off  to  the  left  around  the  swamp 
and  got  away.  While  this  buck  was  not  more  than  40 ° 
yards  from  camp  where  he  lay  dead  in  an  old  trail,  it 
was  necessary  to  drag  him  over  several  logs,  over  two 
ridges,  and  through  a hollow  or  draw,  the  bottom  of 
which  was  twenty-five  feet  lower  than  the  top  of  the 
ridges,  so  broken  was  the  land  near  camp.  We  took 
the  buck  back  to  camp,  then  scattered  and  hunted,  but 
got  no  more  game  that  day.  G.  W.  Cunningham, 
[to  be  concluded.] 


Minnesota  Game  and  Fish, 

From  advance  sheets  kindly  furnished  by  Sam.  F.  Ful- 
lerton, Executive  Agent  of  the  Minnesota  Board  of  Game 
and  Fish  Commissioners,  we  quote  the  following  para- 
graphs : 

Arrests  and  Convictions. 

During  the  year  our  wardens  made  256  arrests  and  ob- 
tained 214  convictions.  The  amount  of  fines  collected 
was  $3,789.10 — one  fine  of  $20,000  being  still  in  litigation; 
and  a jail  sentence  of  220  days  having  been  served  in  lieu 
of  paying  another  $20,000  fine. 

The  fines,  which  go  to  the  different  county  treasuries, 
have  ranged  in  amounts  from  $1  up  to  $20,000.  The 
amount  of  jail  sentences  imposed  by  the  different  courts 
was  1,195  days,  the  sentences  running  from  ten  days  up 
to  300  days. 

While  our  wardens  at  the  railroad  centers  report  less 
game  and  fish  seized  this  year  than  last,  still  a great  deal 
was  smuggled  into  market.  We  have  made  several  com- 
mission men  pay  dearly  for  this  traffic ; but  still  they  will 
continue  to  take  their  chances  to  a limited  extent,  the 
profits  being  large  enough  to  serve  as  a temptation. 

In  this  connection  our  Board  wishes  to  call  to  your  at- 
tention, and  through  you  to  that  of  the  Legislature,  very 
serious  miscarriages  of  justice.  In  at  least  two  of  the 
counties  of  our  State,  the  county  attorneys  will  not  do 
anything  to  assist  in  enforcing  the  game  laws  if  they  can 
possibly  avoid  it.  Also,  in  a great  many  cases,  the  j ustices 
of  the  peace  will  do  nothing.  If  such  a law  could  be 
passed,  we  would  recommend  that,  where  conditions  of 
this  kind  exist,  a change  of  venue  may  be  taken  by  the 
State  from  one  county  to  another.  . This  is  the  only  way 
that  we  can  see  to  remedy  this  evil.  We  have  had  the 
clearest  kinds  of  cases  brought  for  violating  the  game 
laws — men  who  even  wanted  to  plead  guilty  when 
arrested— but  through  the  advice  of  the  county  attorney 
or  justice,  would  stand  trial  and  be  acquitted.  In  one 
county  we  have  withdrawn  our  wardens  altogether,  as 
there  is  no  use  in  spending  money  to  arrest  violators  of 
the  law  when  the  authorities  will  under  no  circumstances 
convict.  It  is  a terrible  state  of  affairs  to  contemplate, 
when  the  best  element  of  the  county  seems  powerless  at 
the  hands  of  a class  of  men  like  this.  The  very  action  of 
these  officials  is  demoralizing  to  any  community,  and  will 
sooner  or  later  reap  its  own  reward  in  the  disregard  of 
all  laws. 

We  have  destroyed  over  50,000  feet  of  nets  of  different 
make  and  description,  from  a 6oo-foot  seine  to  the  small 
channel  hot>p  net  that  catches  every  fish  from  a minnow 
up — all  first-class  agents  of  fish  destruction. 

Fishways. 

We  have  caused  to  be  constructed  in  the  different  dams 
during  the  year  thirty  fishways.  There  are  still  owners  of 
dams  who,  for  one  cause  and  another,  have  not  yet  com- 
plied with  the  provision  of  our  law ; but  the  Board  has 
served  notice  on  all  that  the  law  must  be  obeyed,  and  the 
man  who  lives  above  the  dam  must  have  the  same  rights 
that  the  man  below  has. 

Fish  Distribution. 

We  are  glad  to  report  a very  successful  year  at  our 
fish  hatchery  in  St.  Paul.  We  spawned  5,000,000  trout 
eggs,  112,000,000  wall-eyed  pike  or  pike-perch  eggs. 
The  bass  and  croppy  we  get  from  the  sloughs  of  the  Mis- 
sissippi River  and  Lake  Pepin,  where  we  employ  men  to 
seine  for  them.  We  distributed  during  the  year  4,310,000 
trout  fry,  1,866,000  bass  and  croppy  fry,  and  67,000,000 
wall-eyed  pike  fry.  We  placed  these  in  the  different  lakes 
and  streams  where  the  most  depletion  from  fishing  had 
taken  place. 

Restocking  with  Game. 

While  artificial  propagation  of  fish  can  re-stock  our 
lakes,  we  cannot  do  the  same  with  game  birds  and  ani- 
mals. The  only  solution  is  suitable  places  as  breeding 
grounds,  and  if  those  are  furnished  and  proper  protection 
given,  there  will  be  no  question  of  the  result  in  Minnesota. 
We  are  glad  that  not  only  the  different  States,  but  the 
Congress  of  the  United  States  are  taking  up  this  matter 
and  setting  aside  tracts  of  land,  where  in  the  mating 
season  the  birds  and  game  animals  will  not  be  molested. 
Hon.  George  Shiras,  of  Pennsylvania,  has  introduced  a 
bill  to  have  the  Federal  authorities  take  charge  of  the  pro- 
tection of  ducks,  geese  and  all  aquatic  fowl  when  in  their 
flight  in  the  spring  to  their  breeding  grounds  in  the  north. 
Our  Board  believes  that  this  is  a happy  solution  of  a very 
vexed  question.  While  States  like  Minnesota  have  passed 
laws  against  spring  shooting,  other  States  still  allow  it, 
which  nullifies,  to  a certain  extent,  our  law;  but  when  we 
have  a Federal  law  making  it  a crime  to  interfere  in  any 
way  with  these  migratory  birds,  the  practice  of  spring 
shooting  will  be  a thing  of  the  past,  and  men  who  have 
advocated  this  crime  against  nature  will  be  ashamed  to 
let  it  be  known  that  they  were  ever  in  favor  of  anything 
like  it,  when  they  note  the  increase  in  flights  in  the  fall 
months  when  shooting  will  be  allowed. 

The  Game  Supply. 

Several  friends  of  game  protection  have  advanced  the 
idea  that  we  ought  to  have  a close  season  on  deer  and 
moose  for  some  time  to  come.  That  sentiment  is  not 
shared  by  the  Commission,  because  we  believe  that  under 
the  present  law  our  deer  and  moose,  if  saved  for  the  citi- 
zens of  the  State,  will  increase,  and  we  will  have  them  for 
all  , time  to  come  in  Minnesota. 

Our  feathered  game,  such  as  prairie  chickens,  will 
naturally  disappear  as  civilization  advances.  The  quail 


we  will  always  have  with  us  unless  destroyed  by  sever 
winters  with  sleet.  They  are  increasing,  and  are  now  e 
far  north  as  Brainerd,  and  it  may  not  surprise  the  deni 
zens  of  Duluth  to  hear  the  cheery  Bob  White  whistlinj 
in  their  parks. 

Most  States  in  the  Union  are  looking  to  having  tlj 
game  bag  reduced.  Minnesota  allows  three  deer,  of 
moose  and  one  caribou  in  a season.  They  also  allow  or 
hundred  ducks,  geese  or  brant,  combined,  and  fit! 
chickens,  partridges  or  quail  combined.  We  wou, 
urgently  request  that  the  Legislature  pass  a law  reducirj 
that  bag  to  two  deer,  one  moose  and  one  caribou;  twent; 
five  chickens,  grouse  or  quail,  combined,  and  fifty  duck 
geese  or  brant,  combined,  and  make  it  unlawful  to  hat 
any  more  in  possession  at  any  one  time.  We  believe  tin 
that  would  do  away,  to  a certain  extent,  with  the  “gam 
hog”  and  market-hunter,  who,  despite  the  fact  that  t| 
sale  of  game  is  prohibited  in  Minnesota,  will  go  out  ar 
shoot  for  market. 

Hunting  Accidents. 

The  public  is  becoming  aroused  because  of  the  deati 
from  accidents  by  careless  hunters.  While  Minnesota  h J 
fared  well  compared  with  some  of  our  sister  States,  st  I 
the  accidents  are  altogether  too  numerous ; and  our  Boa: 
is  of  the  opinion  that  a law  ought  to  be  passed  making 
a penitentiary  offense — manslaughter  in  the  first  degree-1 
for  one  man  to  kill  another  in  the  woods,  mistaking  hi: 
for  a deer,  and  that  the  defense  that  such  killing  was  | 
accident  ought  not  to  be  considered  in  the  trial.  Wh 
we  do  not  believe  this  would  stop  it  altogether,  it  wou 
help  immensely ; but  as  long  as  we  have  with  us  the  fo, 
who  will  for  fun  (as  he  calls  it)  point  a loaded  gun  at] 
man’s  head  just  to  see  him  jump,  just  so  long  will  i 
have  accidents  in  the  woods  when  such  fellows  can  d. 
mand  a license  from  the  County  Auditor  of  his  count 
and  until  we  do  something  to  improve  the  human  rat 
the  placing  of  firearms  in  the  hands  of  such  men  w 
always  be  a mistake;  but  we  do  not  know  how  to  stop 
We  believe,  however,  that  while  a different  law  ought 
be  passed,  the  newspapers  throughout  the  State  can  do 
great  deal  to  keep  up  the  agitation  by  warning  men  to  ! 
absolutely  sure  before  they  shoot  that  the  object  they  aj 
shooting  at  is  a wild  animal. 


A Michigan  Programme* 

Mr.  W.  B.  Mershon,  writing  in  the  Saginaw  Ne\ 
says: 

“The  next  comment  is  on  the  statement  that  t 
sportsmen  themselves  are  the  most  interested;  that  t 
general  public  is  not  particularly  interested  in  gai 
protection. 

“I  believe  the  State  of  Maine  by  reason  of  its  gar 
protection  draws  a bigger  revenue  from  its  game  a, 
its  fish  and  the  tourists  that  these  two  things  bring  1 
their  woods  and  streams  than  Michigan  gets  out  of  i 
sugarbeet  crop.  The  public  is  interested  in  game  pi. 
tection,  first,  because  of  its  food  value.  It  is  stated  : 
the  papers  that  this  fall  5,000  deer  were  killed  in  t 
upper  peninsula.  I do  not  know  whether  this  is  c< 
rect  or  not,  but  as  a food  product,  are  not  5,000  c; 
casses  of  venison  of  any  value  to  the  puolic? 

“Rabbits,  partridges  and  ducks  that  are  killed  annua 
contribute  tons  to  the  food  products  of  Michigan. 

“You  cannot  take  the  fishing  interests  away  fro 
the  game  interests  very  well;  there  are  game  fish  a 
commercial  fish;  the  same  sentiment  that  takes  c; 
of  one  does  the  other,  and  as  a food  product  Michig 
fisheries  are  not  to  be  sneezed  at.  Thus  is  the  put 
interested. 

Possibly  the  largest  interest  the  public  has  is  in  th<! 
natural  resources  that  are  so  attractive  to  non-reside! 
who  come  to  Michigan  to  spend  their  money  becai; 
of  the  fishing,  shooting,  boating,  sailing  and  outing 
forest  and  on  stream. 

“First,  the  railroads  derive  a benefit  in  bringing  t 
strangers  here;  then  the  liverymen,  hotelkeepers,  guid, 
the  grocerymen,  marketmen,  vegetable  gardeners  a 
farmers,  all  get  their  share  of  the  hundreds  of  tho\ 
ands  of  dollars  that  are  annually  brought  to  Michig 
by  the  non-residents.  This,  of  course,  is  in  additi 
to  the  large  sum  spent  by  the  citizens  of  our  0 
State  for  sport  and  pastime. 

“Now,  suppose  you  exterminate  the  wild  life  of  c 
forests,  destroy  the  fishing  in  the  streams,  how  la 
do  you  suppose  these  patrons  of  our  northern  sumn 
resorts  would  continue  to  come  here?  So  the  pul 
and  the  sportsmen  should  work  hand  in  hand  to  p' 
petuate  and  not  exterminate  the  game,  fish  and  fore:! 

“Our  fish,  under  certain  conditions,  can  be  rep 
duced;  fish  hatcheries  can  supply  depleted  streams  s, 
cessfully,  but  no  way  yet  has  been  found  to  incre; 
artificially  the  supply  of  ruffed  grouse  and  seve] 
other  kind  of  game;  therefore,  the  killing  of  same  m 
be  restricted  so  it  does  not  exceed  the  natural  sup; 
and  increase. 

“ ‘You  cannot  kill  your  cows  and  have  calves  in 
spring,’  is  an  old  farmer’s  saying. 

‘ What  I should  like  to  see  done  in  the  way  of  ga 
protection,  briefly  stated,  is  in  line  with  the  followi:. 

“I  am  not  technical  on  any  of  the  fine  points,  bu 
should  like  to  see,  first,  a proper  means  of  enforc- 
the  game  laws  adopted;  the  present  warden  system, 
too  political;  a non-partisan  commission,  honorary, 
character,  composed  of  public  spirted  men,  serv 
without  a salary,  should  have  the  entire  enforcement 
the  game  laws  in  their  hands,  engage  and  discha? 
game  wardens  at  will;  pay  these  deputy  wardens  ab« 
the  same  as  policemen  in  the  city  are  paid;  the  mo:! 
would  go  farther  than  it  does  now  and  ; 
could  have  more  game  wardens,  men  that  wc; 
serve  because  of  their  ability  and  not  beca: 
of  their  political  pull.  First,  I would  stop  all  spr 
shooting.  Next,  I would  limit  the  killing  of  deer: 
one  or  two,  and  not  allow  deer  to  be  killed  unless  t : 
wore  horns.  I would  limit  the  bag  of  birds  that  i 
be  taken  in  any  one  day,  any  one  season,  and  any  . 
hunting  trip;  I would  not  be  niggardly  about  the  lit 
make  it  large  enough  so  the  law  can  be  enforced 
so  that  public  sentiment  will  support  it.  Fifteen  p 
tridge  or  quail  ought  to  be  enough  for  the  most  grq 
ing  as  a day’s  bag;  twenty-five  ducks  also  would  h 
good  daily  limit,  etc. 


Feb.  4,  1905.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


9S 


“I  would  have  a non-resident  license,  $15  for  birds, 
$25  for  deer,  the  latter  to  include  both  birds  and  deer; 
a nominal  license,  say  one  or  two  dollars  for  residents. 
This  would  be  so  a check  could  be  kept  on  the  non- 
residents, and  it  would  also  furnish  a fund  for  the 
support  of  the  game  wardens’  department.  I should 
allow  the  nonresidents  to  take  out  of  the  State  a 
certain  amount  of  game  of  their  own  killing,  properly 
tagged  and  accompanied  by  them,  not  a large  amount. 

“This  law  could  be  enforced,  but  is  not  enforced  at 
present;  it  is  impossible  to.  The  present  good  feature, 
that  is,  prohibiting  the  marketing  of  game,  should  be 
continued.  I should  like  to  see  squirrel  protected  pei- 
manently;  closed  season  for  quail,  one  or  two  years  at 
the  most;  that  would  be  ample.  Make  the  penalty  of 
dynamiting  fish  an  extreme  one;  that  the  season  for 
shooting  rail,  plover  and  snipe  open  early  enough  so 
that  some  sport  could  be  had,  for  as  the  law  is  now, 
the  birds  have  all  gone  south  before  the  law  permits 
any  of  them  to  be  killed;  limit  the  bag,  of  course,  on 
all  game  birds. 

“Now,  if  sportsmen  and  citizens  are  in  accord  in  the 
mam  with  these  changes  in  the  game  laws,  or  some 
other  equally  protective,  would  only  make  their  opinions 
known  to  their  representatives  in  Lansing,  some  good 
would  come  out  of  it.  There  is  no  use  talking,  you 
have  got  to  lessen  the  number  of  birds  and  animals  that 
are  being  killed  now  in  order  to  keep  up  the  present 
supply.  “W.  B.  Mershon.” 

In  Indian  Territory. 

Muskogee  Correspondence  Kansas  City  Journal. 

The  mercenary  hunter  and  trapper  who  has  been 
responsible  for  the  extinction  of  valuable  animals  and 
birds  in  older  sections  of  the  United  State^,  is  now  plying 
his  trade  in  Indian  Territory,  in  spite  of  the  strict  game 
laws  in  force. 

The  Indian  Agent  has  discovered  that  quail  trappers 
are  making  a systematic  campaign  against  this  class  of 
birds  by  trapping  them  and  sending  them  out  of  the  Ter- 
ritory. While  waiting  for  a train  at  Crowder  City  the 
other  day,  Agent  Shoenfelt  noticed  a commotion  in 
several  boxes,  and  upon  investigation  found  that  they 
were  filled  with  live  quail  which  were  billed  to  Anthony, 
Kansas.  He  ordered  them  released,  and  at  least  3,000 
full-grown  birds  flew  away  toward  the  neighboring  fields. 
Last  year  the  agent  discovered  5,000  live  quail  at  Paul’s 
Valley,  which  were  about  to  be  shipped  to  New  Zealand 
tO'  a firm  that  is  trying  to  establish  these  birds  in  that 
country. 

The  professional  quail  trapper  is  probably  the  greatest 
enemy  of  the  true  sportsman  of  Indian  Territory.  He 
stretches  a large  net  in  the  tall  grass  and  then  drives  the 
birds  along  the  ground  until  they  are  within  its  reach, 
when  the  ends  are  closed  in  upon  them  and  they  are 
prisoners  in.  its  meshes. 

The  Indian  policemen,  through  the  instructions  of  the 
Indian  Agent,  have  been  releasing  a large  number  of  quail 
this  year  which  have  been  caught  in  this  way,  and  wher- 
ever the  trappers  can  be  found  they  are  being  arrested. 
In  order  to  make  the  Indian  policemen  more  vigilant,  they 
are  allowed,  to  keep  any  game  that  they  confiscate  which 
has  been  killed  by  hunters.  When  they  confiscate  live 
game  it  is  always  released. 

One  of  the  great  menaces  to  the  game  of  Indian  Terri- 
tory is  the-  professional  trapper  of  fur-bearing  animals, 
who  travels  over  the  country  plying  his  trade  at  different 
seasons  in  the  sections  of  the  country  where  he  will  get 
best  results.  In  certain  portions  of  the  Blue  River  thous- 
ands of  beavers  build  their  dams.  These  animals  are 
easily  trapped,  and  the  professional  trapper  catches  them 
by  the  hundreds  if  allowed  to  work  unhindered.  The  In- 
dian police  are  instructed  to  keep  close  watch  on  these 
streams  and  to  arrest  all  persons  who  attempt  to  trap  or 
kill  the  beaver. 

Indian  Territory  also  has  many  other  fur-bearing  ani- 
mals which  would  make  rich  prizes  for  the  trapper  if  he 
were  allowed  to  hunt  them  unrestrained. 

The  Indian  Agent  is  having  his  usual  trouble  with  hun- 
ters of  deer  this  season.  If  a man  wishes  to  kill  a deer 
or  two  for  his  own  use  there  is  no  objection:  But  there 
are  men  in  the  Territory  who  attempt  to  make  their  live- 
lihood by  hunting  deer  and  selling  them  to  butchers  in 
and  out  of  the  Territory.  The  great  and  increasing  de- 
mand for  venison  in  railroad  eating  houses  and  in  butcher 
shops  all  over  this  section  of  the  country  makes  the  traffic 
in  venison  profitable.  The  Indian  police  are  instructed  to 
make  the  rounds  of  the  butcher  shops  in  each  town  in  the 
Territory  at  regular  intervals  and  to  confiscate  any  veni- 
son or  quail  that  they  may  find  for  sale  in  these  places. 
This  is  done  very  frequently  in  most  Territory  towns,  but 
seldom  becomes  known  to  the  general  public,  as  no  arrests 
are  made,  and  the  butcher  from  whom  the  meat  is  taken 
keeps  his  own  counsel. 


Royal  Elks  Killed  in  Olympics. 

Stanley  Hopper,  who  was  one  of  the  pioneer  settlers 
in  the  Lake  Cushman  section  of  the  Olympic  Mountains, 
has  achieved  his  ambition — killed  a royal  elk. 

It  was  the  most  magnificent  trophy  of  the  chase'  that 
has  ever  come  from  the  wild  and  scenic  wonderland 
near  Mount  Skookum,  and  had  accurate  measurements 
been  taken  at  the  time  of  killing,  would  undoubtedly 
have  been  recorded  in  the  notes  of  W.  T.  Hornaday,  of 
the  New  York  Zoological  Society. 

The  antlers  of  a royal  elk  must  have  seven  points. 
The  specimen . secured  by  Mr.  Hopper  not  only  ful- 
filled the  requirements  in  every  detail,  but  went  even 
further.  The  antlers  were  absolutely  symmetrical, 
spreading  from  the  head  in  beautiful  curves  with  the 
bone  large,  round  and  absolutely  free  from  defects. 

On  and  off  for  sixteen  years  Mr.  Hopper  has  been 
hunting  for  . a king  leader  of  the  famous  Roosevelt  elk. 
Time  and.  time  again  he  has  let  lordly  bulls  pass,  be- 
cause their  antlers  did  not  come  up  to  his  expectations. 
On  one  occasion  he  followed  the  leader  of  a herd  three 
days  before  bringing  him  down,  but  even  then  he  found 
that  the  antlers  were  not  quite  what  he  had  expected. 

“I  do  not  claim,”  says  Mr.  Hopper,  “that  I killed  the 
largest  elk  that  ever  came  out  of  the  Olympics.  It  was 
fhe  largest  that  I ever  savyj  MpHIS  Hanson,  who  was 


with  me,  estimated  its  weight  at  1,000  pounds.  I 
thought.it  would  tip  the  scales  at  about  900.  Some  idea 
of  its  size  may  be  gained  from  the  fact  that  on  the 
morning  following  the  killing  two  of  us  were  almost  on 
the  point  of  giving  up  in  our  efforts  to  turn  the  huge 
body  over.  Hanson,  who  is  a large  and  very  powerful 
man,  could  hardly  handle  a quarter  after  it  was  dressed. 

“There,  were  forty  elk  in  the  herd.  We  got  track  of 
them  in  one  section  of  the  country  back  of  Mount 
Skookum  and  followed  them  until  we  came  within 
striking  distance.  By  the  aid  of  my  glass  I discovered 
that  there  were  two  huge  bulls.  It  was  a hard  matter 
to  choose  between  them,  but  I finally  determined  which 
was  the  larger,  and  then  commenced  to  work  around 
for  the  shot.  .1  must  have  put  in  at  least  three  hours 
studying  the  situation. 

“It  was  a difficult  matter  to  get  within  range,  because 
the  leader  was  on  the  farther  side  of  the  herd,  and  I 
had  to  work  my  way  around  without  disturbing  the 
other  animals.  It  was  my  good  fortune,  however,  to 
succeed  in  my  undertaking,  although  there  was  one 
time  when  I thought  I had  been  winded. 

“At  the  first  shot  I brought  the  king  down,  but  he  was 
up  and  away  like  a locomotive.  The  entire  herd  broke 
for  cover;  it  was  a grand  sight.  Three  more  running 
shots  and  my  prize  went  down  on  a snow  bank.  Even 
then  he  tried  to  struggle  on,  but  the  end  had  come. 

“A  close  examination  of  the  antlers  showed  that  there 
were  seven  clearly  defined  points,  and  what  was  best 
of  all,  both  branches  were  perfect.  I was  delighted 
with  my  success,  as  I realized  that  it  will  not  be  long 
before  the  public  is  prohibited  from  hunting  Roosevelt 
elk  in  the  Olympic  Mountains. 

“During  my  hunt  I saw  several  other  herds,  but 
the  bulls  were  not  worth  going  after.  The  cows  were 
in  good  condition,  but  I did  not  trouble  them.  I am 
having  the  head  and  antlers  mounted  and  shall  keep 
them  as  a memento  of  the  many  pleasant  days  I have 
spent  in  the  glorious  wilds  of  the  Olympics.” 

One  of  the  big  mountains  in  the  group  at  the  first 
divide  is  named  after  Stanley  and  Roland  Hopper. 
Roland  is^  Stanley’s  brother  and  almost  as  good  a 
hunter.  1 heir  father  was  the  first  president  of  the 
Singer  Sewing  Machine  Co. 

Elk  hunting  in  the  Olympics  is  a costly  sport,  even 
for  one  who  knows  the  country.  Hopper  was  on  the 
trail  only  a few  weeks,  yet  his  expenses  ran  between 
$200  and  $300.  Portus  Baxter. 


Early  Use  of  Colt's  Revolver. 

New  York,  Jan.  26. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream:  The 

date  of  early  use  of  the  revolver  in  Texas  interests  me 
not  a little,^  as  it  does  another  of  your  correspondents, 
Coahoma.  lo  him,  and  to  others  who  may  care  for  in- 
formation on  the  subject,  I offer  a little  testimony  taken 
from  an  out-of-print  book  entitled,  “Three  Years  Among 
the  Comanches,  the  Narrative  of  Nelson  Lee,  the  Texan 
Ranger,  containing  a detailed  account  of  his  captivity 
among  the  Indians,  his  singular  escape  through  the  in- 
strumentality of  his  watch,  and  fully  illustrating  Indian 
life  as  it  is  on  the  war  path  and  in  the  camp.  Troy, 
N.  Y.  W.  J.  Morrison,  Publisher.  1871.” 

Lee  was  born  in  Jefferson  county,  N.  Y.,  in  1807,  en- 
listed in  the  army,  but  did  not  reach  the  front  in  time  to 
take  part  in  the  Black  Hawk  War.  He  became  a sailor, 
and  finally,  about  1840,  found  himself  in  Texas,  where 
he  became  one  of  the  Texas  Rangers.  This  is  what  he 
has  to  say  about  the  Rangers  and  their  equipment : 

“At  the  time  of  my  arrival  in  Texas,  the  country  was 
in  an  unsettled  state.  For  a long  period  of  time  the  sys- 
tem of  border  warfare  had  existed  between  the  citizens 
of  Texas  and  Mexico,  growing  out  of  the  declaration  of 
independence  on  the  part  of  the  young  Republic. 
Marauding  parties  from  beyond  the  Rio  Grande  kept  the 
settlers  of  western  Texas  in  a state  of  constant  agitation 
and_  excitement.  Besides  these  annoyances,  the  in- 
habitants of  other  sections  were  perpetually  on  the  alert 
to  defend  themselves  against  those  savage  tribes  which 
roamed  over  the  vast  region  to  the  north,  and  which, 
not  unfrequently,  stole  down  among  the  settlers,  carrying 
away  their  property  and  putting  them  to  death. 

“This  condition  of  affairs  necessarily  resulted  in  bring- 
ing into  existence  the  Texas  Rangers,  a military  order 
as  peculiar  as  it  has  become  famous.  The  extensive  fron- 
tier exposed  to  hostile  inroads,  together  with  the  ex- 
tremely sparse  population  of  the  country,  rendered  any 
other  force  of  comparatively  small  avail.  The  qualifica- 
tions necessary  in  a genuine  Ranger  were  not,  in  many 
respects,  such  as  are  required  in  the  ordinary  soldier. 
Discipline,  in  the  common  acceptation  of  the  term,  was 
not  regarded  as  absolutely  essential.  A fleet  horse,  an 
eye  that  could  detect  the  trail,  a power  of  endurance 
that  defied  fatigue,  and  the  faculty  of  ‘looking  through 
the  double  sights  of  his  rifle  with  a steady  arm,’  these 
distinguished  the  Ranger  rather  than  any  special  knowl- 
edge of  tactics.  He  was  subjected  to  no  ‘regulation  uni- 
form,’ though  his  usual  habiliments  were  buckskin  moc- 
casins and  overalls,  a roundabout  and  red  shirt,  a cap 
manufactured  by  his  own  hands  from  the  skin  of  the 
coon  or  wildcat,  two  or  three  revolvers  and  a bowie 
knife  in  his  belt,  and  a short  rifle  on  his  arm.  In  this 
guise,  and  well  mounted,  should  he  measure  eighty  miles 
between  the  rising  and  setting  sun,  and  then,  gathering 
his  blanket  around  him,  lie  down  to  rest  upon  the  prairie 
grass  with  his  saddle  for  a pillow,  it  would  not  at  all 
occur  to  him  that  he  had  performed  an  extraordinary 
day’s  labor.” 

Here  is  something  more  about  the  Rangers  which  I 
think  may  be  worth  reprinting,  as  the  book  is  scarce : 

‘There  are  few  readers  in  this  country,  I venture  to 
conjecture,  whose  ears  have  not  become  familiar  with 
the  name  of  Jack  Hays.  It  is  inseparably  connected 
with  the  struggle  of  Texas  for  independence,  and  will 
live  in  the  remembrance  of  mankind  so  long  as  the  his- 
tory of  that  struggle  shall  survive.  In  the  imagination 
of  most  persons  he  undoubtedly  figures  as  a rough,  bold 
giant,  bewhiskered  like  a brigand,  and  wielding  the 
strength  of  Hercules.  On  the  contrary,  at  the  period  of 
which  I write,  he  was  a slim,  slight,  smooth-faced  boy, 
not  over  twenty  years  of  age,  and  looking  younger  than 
he  was  in  fact.  In  his  manners  he  was  unassuming  in 
the  extreme — a stripling  of  a few  words,  whose  quiet 
demeanor  stretched  quite  to  the  verge  0f  piodesty, 


Nevertheless  it  was  this  youngster  whom  the  tall,  huge- 
framed, brawny-armed  campaigners  hailed  unanimously 
as  their  chief  and  leader  when  they  had  assembled  to- 
gether in  their  uncouth  garb  on  the  grand  plaza  of  Bexar. 
It  was  a compliment  as  well  deserved  as  it  was  unselfishly 
bestowed;  for  young  as  he  was,  he  had  already  ex- 
hibited abundant  evidence  that,  though  a lamb  in  peace, 
he  was  a lion  in  war;  and  few,  indeed,  were  the  settlers 
from  the  coast  to  the  mountains  of  the  north,  or  from 
the  Sabine  to  the  Rio  Grande,  who  had  not  listened  in 
wonder  to  his  daring,  and  gloried  in  his  exploits. 

“On  a previous  page  I have  given  the  general  appear- 
ance of  a Ranger,  and  have  now  nothing  further  in  par- 
ticular to  add  in  that  regard.  Perhaps  I should  have 
said  that  if  he  was  more  sensitive  in  one  point  than  an- 
other, it  was  in  regard  to  the  condition  and  qualities  of 
his  horse.  So  well  was  this  feeling  understood,  and  the 
necessity  which  created  it  appreciated,  that  every  animal 
remarkable  for  its  power  and  speed  was  secured  by  the 
inhabitants  far  and  wide  for  the  service  of  the  Rangers. 
It  may,  therefore,  be  supposed  that  they  were  well  pro- 
vided for  in  this  respect.  The  horse  I rode  was  a gallant 
black,  clean-limbed,  fleet  as  the  wind,  and  recognized  the 
name  of  Prince.  He  was  a native  of  New  York,  and  had 
been  sent  to  Galveston  when  a year  or  two  old  as  a 
present  to  Col.  Walton,  the  Mayor  of  the  city.  He  had 
more  than  once  almost  taken  the  life  of  the  Colonel’s  son, 
and  was  of  such  a savage  and  vicious  temper  that  he 
determined  to  get  rid  of  him.  He  happened  to  fall  into 
my  possession,  and  for  years  we  lived  together,  mutually 
sharing  in  numerous  adventures  in  the  hunt  and  on  the 
trail,  in  peace  and  war,  the  most  intimate  of  companions. 
In  the  course  of  his  experience  he  came  to  regard  a 
Mexican  or  Indian  with  intense  hatred,  and  in  the  con- 
fusion and  shock  of  battle,  with  his  teeth  and  heels  often 
rendered  as  effectual  service  as  the  armed  rider  on  his 
back.” 

To  go  back  again  to  revolvers,  Lee  says  on  page  34,  still 
about  1840:  “Now  for  the  first  time  we  had  furnished 
ourselves  with  Colt’s  revolvers — instruments  of  death 
destined  thereafter  to  figure  prominently  in  the  wild 
warfare  of  Texas.”  From  this  point  all  through  the 
book,  there  is  frequent  mention  of  revolvers  and  their  use. 
The  little  book  from  which  I quoted  is  well  worth  read- 
ing, as  a curious  and  simple  picture  of  life  on  the  Texas 
frontier  sixty  years  ago.  George  Bird  Grinnell. 


Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

When  writing  an  account  of  how  I killed  a bear  with  a 
Colt’s  Texas  Ranger  pistol  in  1855,  I was  told  by  a man 
who  claimed  to  know  all  about  it  that  the  first  Colt’s 
pistol  had  not  been  made  so  early;  and  wanting  to  be  sure 
of  it,  I wrote  to  a New  York  paper  to  tell  me  when  the 
first  Colt’s  firearms  had  been  put  on  the  market,  and  got 
about  the  same  reply  that  you  did  when  you  wrote  to  the 
makers  themselves.  Colt’s  pistol  was  an  old  one  even 
in  1855. 

Those  Burnside  carbines  which  Coahoma  mentions 
were  all  carried  by  the  volunteer  cavalry.  We  called 
them  “pop-guns.” 

The  Spencers  which  were  used  on  him  around  Atlanta 
were  all  carried  by  our  regiment,  the  Fourth  U.  S. 
Cavalry.  No'  others,  so  far  as  I know,  had  them.  They 
were  caliber  .50,  though;  not  so  small,  after  all.  I may 
have  done  some  of  the  shooting  that  he  tells  about  my- 
self there. 

Another  of  these  pop-guns  was  the  Ward-Burton,  a 
bolt  gun.  We  were  given  it  to  try  in  1869;  then  it  was 
condemned.  Next  we  got  the  Remington;  it  did  no  better. 
Then  next  we  tried  the  Sharps;  it  was  a very  good  gun, 
but  was  soon  thrown  aside  for  some  reason  or  other.  We 
got  the  Springfield  carbine  next,  but  it  would  not  carry 
far  enough ; so  we  threw  it  aside  for  the  Springfield  rifle, 
and  in  a year  or  two  exchanged  the  rifle  for  the  Hotchkiss 
carbine,  the  best  gun  of  them  all.  It  was  another  bolt 
gun,  having  a magazine  in  the  stock,  and  with  it  I have 
done  some  of  the  closest  shooting  I have  ever  done  with 
any  gun — better  even  than  I could  ever  do  with  my 
favorite  gun,  the  Marlin  rifle. 

Coahoma  mentions  the  fact  that  the  Colt’s  repeating 
rifles  had  the  fault  that  several  of  its  barrels  would  be 
discharged  when  one  of  them  was  fired.  The  worst  arm 
for  that  I ever  met  was  the  old  Remington  army  pistol. 
You  were  never  sure  when  firing  it  whether  one  shot  or 
the  whole  six  would  go.  Generally  the  six  went.  Just 
after  the  close  of  the  Civil  War  we  had  a few  of  these 
pistols.  (I  took  good  care  not  to  have  any  of  them, 
though;  the  Colt’s  suited  me  well  enough.)  While  we 
were  on  the  way  to  Texas  from  Georgia  we  camped  a 
week  just  above  New  Orleans  at  the  coal  boat  landing; 
and  one  afternoon  a dozen  of  us  were  shooting  at  a mark 
with  pistols  just  beyond  camp.  A young  trumpeter  had 
one  of  the  Remington  pistols,  and  when  it  came  his  turn 
to  fire,  three  or  four  of  his  chambers  went  off,  and  taking 
the  pistol  he  threw  it  as  far  as  he  could  into  the  river  in 
about  forty  feet  of  water.  It  might  be  supposed  that  this 
pistol  was  lost  now;  but  it  was  not.  The  boy  found  it 
again.  Nothing  is  ever  lost  in  the  army.  If  you  cannot 
find  it  anywhere  else,  you  can  always  find  it  in  the  pay- 
roll. The  boy  found  it  there,  and  it  only  cost  him  $13  to 
find  it. 

I always  thought  that  the  thin  walls  between  the  cham- 
bers were  the  cause  of  these  shots  going  off  in  a bunch, 
or  there  may  have  been  small  holes  in  some  of  the  cham- 
ber walls.  All  of  these  pistols  did  not  act  that  way. 

Cabia  Blanco. 


New  Hampshire  Winter* 

Derry,  N.  H.,  Jan.  16. — We  are  having  a good  old- 
fashioned  winter  here.  Partridges  are  all  right,  but  find 
tough  budding.  Two  good  flocks  of  quail  were  left  over, 
but  there  is  no  knowing  what  will  become  of  them  by 
spring.  My  friend,  C:  N.  Sprague,  and  I tramped  several 
miles  through  the  snow  to-day  with  our  pockets  full  of 
grain ; we  found  no  signs  of  them,  but  we  left  the  grain 
where  we  hoped  they  might  find  it.  A few  foxes  have 
been  shot.  It  has  not  been  very  good  weather  for  rabbit 
hunting,  so  there  are  plenty  of  them.  We  have  both 
kinds,  the  cony  and  the  large  swamp  white  hare.  They 
run  like  a fox  ahead  of  the  dog,  and  don’t  hole  like  the 
little  conies.  A herd  of  eight  deer  was  seen  a few  days 
since  up  on  thq  English  range. ' John  W,  Babbitt, 


96 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


[Feb.  4,  1905. 


An  Unintentional  Pot  Shot. 

While  on  the  question  of  pot  shots,  you  might  as  well 
put  the  following  on  record.  Four  of  us  were  out  rab- 
biting, with  indifferent  success.  H.  got  tired  of  it,  and 
thought  he  would  try  to  walk  up  a bunch  of  quail.  He 
walked  along  a road  dividing  a stubble  field,  and  in  near- 
ing a bunch  of  grass  alongside  of  the  road,  a bunch  of 
birds  got  up  out  of  the  grass ; he  gave  them  the  first  bar- 
rel as  they  rose,  but  missed ; then  gave  them  the  second, 
and  saw  two  drop.  One  was  dead,  but  the  other  only 
wounded.  He  picked  up  the  dead  bird,  and,  having  no 
dog,  ran  after  the  wounded  bird  and  retrieved  it.  Then 
he  followed  up  the  birds  he  had  marked  down  in  some 
scrub  oak  to  try  for  another  shot. 

About  an  hour  afterward  we  came  along  the  same  place, 
when  S.  noticed  one  of  the  beagles  mouthing  a bird  in 
the  bunch  of  grass.  The  grass  was  about  a foot  and  a 
half  high,  about  two  yards  long  and  one  yard  wide.  S. 
shouted  to  the  dog  to  drop  it,  and  ran  toward  him.  We 
both  got  there  about  the  same  time,  and  S.  had  taken  the 
bird  from  the  dog,  saying,  “Why,  it’s  a quail.”  Just  then 
I noticed  one  at  my  feet,  and  said,  “Here’s  another.”  S. 
walked  on  a step  and  said,  “Here’s  another.”  Just  then 
W.  came  along  and  stopped  and  said,  “Here  is  another,” 
picking  one  up  at  the  same  time.  Well,  we  picked  up  four 
quail  in  that  bunch  of  grass ; the  birds  were  still  quite 
warm,  and  were  all  lying  on  their  breasts  with  wings 
spread  out. 

Well,  we  all  wondered  how  such  a thing  could  have 
happened.  We  all  had  heard  H.  shoot  twice  after  he’d 
been  gone  a short  time,  but  no  others.  Just  then  we 
saw  FI.  coming  up  the  road ; when  he  got  to  us  we  asked 
him  if  he  had  fired  the  two  guns  a short  time  before. 
“Yes,”  said  he.  “What  at?”  asked  S.  “Quail,”  said  H. 
Then  he  explained  that  as  he  walked  along  the  road,  the 
bunch  of  quail  got  up  about  sixty  feet  away,  he  fired  the 
first  barrel,  but  missed,  “as  he  thought,”  as  they  got  up 
out  of  the  grass.  Then  he  gave  them  the  left  barrel, 
knocking  down  two.  “The  one  was  dead,  but  I had  a 
good  run  after  the  other  one,”  he  said,  “and  here  they 
are,”  taking  the  two  birds  out  of  his  game  pocket.  We 
then  told  him  about  the  four  we  had  found,  and  after  a 
lot  of  talk  and  study  we  concluded  that  he  had  shot  too 
low  with  the  first  barrel  and  killed  the  birds  on  the 
ground,  and  not  knowing  it,  had  went  right  on  after  the 
others. 

H.  has  been  my  shooting  partner  for  the  past  eighteen 
years,  and  we  all  know  him  to  be  a thorough  sportsman — 
one  who  would  not  shoot  a quail  on  the  ground.  I don’t 
know  about  a duck  asleep.  Nevertheless  I am  afraid  the 
name  of  pot-hunter  will  stay  by  him  a long  while. 

^ G.  E,  J. 


“No  Shooting;  Allowed”  Signs. 

While  the  United  States  is  quite  generally  dotted  with 
signs  nailed  to  posts  and  to  trees  and  bearing  the  familiar 
warning  that  trespassing  and  shooting  will  not  be  per- 
mitted on  the  premises,  there  is  one  place  where  similar 
signboards  are  seen  here  and  there  facing  highways,  and 
staring  the  pedestrian  in  the  face  are  phrases  that  are 
marvelous  in  their  wording.  I,  at  least,  have  seen  the 
like  nowhere  else.  This  is  in  St.  Louis  county,  Missouri, 
near  the  limits  of  the  city  of  that  name.  The  boards 
bear  the  phrase,  “Keep  Out  or  Get  Shot.”  The  first 
board  of  this  sort  that  I noticed  was  one  facing  the  St. 
Charles  Rock  Road,  a wide  thoroughfare  that  is  much 
traveled,  and  it  struck  me  as  the  work  of  some  disagree- 
able fellow  whom  small  boys  had  annoyed  by  stealing 
apples  until  he  was  exasperated,  and  did  not  stop  to  think 
what  the  warning  implied ; but  in  other  walks  I saw 
numerous  other  signboards  bearing  the  same  words. 

Whether  or  not  it  is  within  the  right  of  a landowner 
to  post  his  woods  and  fields  in  this  odious  manner,  it  is 
not  my  purpose  to  discuss.  That  such  warnings  go  far 
toward  marring  the  pleasure  of  one’s  walks  afield  is  cer- 
tain, however.  One  who  is  accustomed  to  go'  for  a long 
tramp  now  and  then,  without  gun  or  dog,  and  whose 
wanderings  through  the  woods  are  harmless  to  owner  or 
land,  is  likely  to  come  upon  one  of  these  boards  suddenly, 
and  the  feeling  is  not  a pleasant  one  as  he  involuntarily 
glances  here  and  there,  expecting  to  see  a gun  poked 
around  a tree  trunk.  “Keep  Out  or  Get  Shot!”  And 
this  in  free  America ! Perry  D.  Frazer. 


Eastport  Rod  and  Gun  Club. 

Eastport,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  26. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 
At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Eastport  Rod  and  Gun  Club, 
the  following  officers  were  elected  : President,  George  E. 
Jantzer;  Vice-President,  Edward  Hurbison,  Jr.;  Secretary, 
William  H.  Moeller;  Treasurer,  A.  Schwebke;  Board 
of  Trustees — Frederick  Ruppert,  Phil.  P.  Zubiller,  J.  B. 
Ulrich;  Warden,  William  C.  Rogers,  of  Eastport.  This 
club  was  organized  last  February,  and  is  limited  to 
twenty-five  members.  They  have  leased  an  almost  con- 
tinuous strip  of  farms  from  Eastport,  Speonk,  East 
Moriches  and  Manor,  Long  Island,  comprising  about 
6,000  acres.  On  account  of  the  lateness  of  organization 
last  year,  they  found  it.  impossible  to  purchase  game  for 
propagating  purposes ; but  had  quite  good  shooting  on 
quail  and  rabbits  as  it  was. 

This  year  they  have  already  set  out  15  dozen  quail,  and 
expect  to  put  out  50  to  100  pair  cottontails,  provided  they 
can  purchase  them.  They  seem  to  be  scarce  and  hard  to 
get.  There  were  quite  a number  of  grouse  last  year,  and 
few  killed.  With  a good  breeding  season,  there  ought 
to  be  good  shooting  there  next  fall.  Our  warden  has 
been  feeding  21  coveys  with  from  6 to  15  birds  in  each 
left  over  from  last  fall.  For  a young  club  they  are  in  a 
flourishing  condition,  with  a full  membership. 

G.  E.  J. 

The  Deer's  Flag. 

I would  like  to  refer  to  another  mistaken  idea  held  by 
everyone  that  I ever  talked  with  on  the  subject  of  shoot- 
ing deer — and  I have  talked  with  more  than  a hundred. 
They  all  think  that  they  know  that  if  a deer  is  badly 
wounded  it  will  invariably  drop  its  tail ; but  I know  that 
there  are  exceptions  to  that. 

J know  of  a case  of  deer  reasoning  that  certainly  beats 
anything  that  I ever  heard  anybody  else  speak  of.  This 


deer  was  running  from  me  on  the  big  marsh  in  the  Upper 
Peninsula  of  Michigan,  and  he  had  his  tail  as  straight  up 
as  a mast  in  a sailing  ship.  I shot  at  him,  and  that  deer 
put  his  tail  down,  apparently  to  cause  me  to  think  that  he 
was  shot,  but  he  wasn’t ; and  then  he  commenced  a course 
of  reasoning  that  from  a less  confident  gunner  should 
have  saved  his  life,  for  he  appeared  to  be  just  as  well 
aware  of  what  was  happening  as  I was.  His  actions  indi- 
cated that  he  realized  that  it  took  cousiderable  time  for 
a bullet  to  get  to  where  he  was  after  the  gun  was  fired, 
and  he  took  steps  accordingly — i.  e.,  he  did  his  jumping 
diagonally  when  his  main  course  was  straight  away,  and 
in  that  manner  got  600  yards  from  me  before  a bullet 
caught  him.  I knew  that  he  was  not  hit  by  the  first  shot 
or  any  of  the  others  but  the  last  one,  and  that  struck 
him  in  the  spinal  column  about  three  inches  ahead  of  the 
root  of  the  tail  as  he  was  on  the  rise,  and  passed  through 
about  sixteen  inches  of  backbone  and  came  out  at  the 
sticking  place,  and  if  his  tail  had  been  up,  as  it 
theoretically  should  have  been,  it  would  have  been  shot  off 
or  broken  by  the  bullet.  There  were  no  marks  of  any 
other  bullet  having  touched  him,  and  under  the  circum- 
stances I certainly  looked  him  well  over,  so  as  to  be  sure 
°f  it-  W.  A.  Linkletter. 


North  Dakota  Game  Law. 

From  State  Game  Warden  Clarence  A.  Hale  we  have 
received  the  following  abstract  of  the  new  game  bill  now 
before  the  Legislature.  The  measure  was  prepared  by 
Warden  Hale  and  a committee  of  the  North  Dakota 
Sportsmen’s  Association,  has  the  indorsement  of  the 
Audubon  Society,  and  probably  will  be  enacted  by  the 
Legislature : 

the  new  iaw  provides  for.  the  division  ef  the  State  into  two  dis- 
tricts, as  at  present,  and  gives  the  Governor  power  to  appoint  a 
warden  for  each  district,  he  to  appoint  deputies  and  special 
deputies  as  provided  by  the  present  law. 

the  permit  system  is  practically  the  same  as  now,  resident 
peimits  being  sold  at  $1  each,  instead  of  75  cents;  non-resident 
peimits  at  $25  each. 

Under  the  present  law  20  per  cent,  of  till  fees  collected  go  to 
the  state,  into  the  general  fund;  40  per  cent,  to  the  regular  deputy 
wardens,  30  per  cent,  to  the  district  game  warden,  and  20  per 
cent,  to  the  county  auditor  issuing  the  permits.  The  new  law 
provides  that  10  per  Cent,  shall  go  to  the  State,  to  be  credited  to 
a fund,  known  as  the  game  and  fish  fund,  for  each  district,  50  per 
cent,  to  the  regular  deputies,  30  per  cent,  to  the  district  game 
wardens,  and  10  per  cent,  to  the  county  auditors.  The  new  fund 
created  is  to.  be  used  for  fish  and  game  propagation,  paid  on 
recommendation  of  the  district  game  wardens,  sanctioned  at  all 
times  by  the  Governor. 

Ihe  new  law  gives  wardens  and  deputies  more  power  than  the 
old  in  the  matter  of  making  arrests,  and  also  gives  deputies 
authority  to  act  any  place  in  the  district,  not  confined  to  the 
county  from  which  they  were  appointed,  as  in  the  present  meas- 
ure. Driving  across  fields,  off  the  public  highway,  with  hunting 
clogs  and  guns,  will  be  deemed  prima  facie  evidence  that  those 
so  caught  are  violating  the  provisions  of  the  act.  The  game  sea- 
sons are  the  same  in  the  new  as  the  old  law,  with  the  exception 
that  the  chicken  season  will  close  Nov.  1,  instead  of  Oct.  15, 
thus  conforming  with  the  Minnesota  law,  opening  Sept.  1. 

Ihe  limit  of  the  nv.mber  of  birds  that  may  be  shot  each  day  is 
not  changed  in  the  new  measure — twenty-five  prairie  chickens  or 
grouse,  not  twenty- five  each;  twenty-five  ducks  and  twenty- 
five  geese  is  also  the  daily  limit. 

1 he  proposed  law,  in  protecting  wild  and  song  birds,  is  much 
n yU'  stringent,  this  including  the  destruction  of  nests  and  eggs, 
lhis  portion  of  the  bill  has  the  indorsement  of  the  State  Audubon 
Society.  English  sparrows  red-winged  blackbirds,  Brewer’s  and 
yellow-headed  blackbirds,  sharp-shinned  and  Cooper’s  hawks,  and 
the  great  horned  owl  are  not  included  in  the  protection  given  to 
wild  and  song  birds, 

Under  a tag  system  hunters'  will  be  allowed  to  retain  game 
killed  during  the  open  season  longer  than  five  days,  following  the 
close  of  the  season,  the  Minnesota  system  being  adopted  in  lieu  of 
cards  as  heretofore. 

Non-residents  of  the  State,  who  have  a permit  in  their  posses- 
sion may  take  out  of  the  State  openly  25  chickens,  35  ducks,  35 
geese,  50  plover  and  50  jacksnipe,  and  not  to  exceed  four  deer, 
during  the  open  season  for  killing  the  same.  The  sale  of  all  game 
is  prohibited.  Penalty  is  provided  for  violations,  extending  not 
only  to  the  seller  but  to  the  purchaser  of  game.  The  provision 
regarding  the  regulations  to  be  observed  by  taxidermists  is  very 
stringent,  providing  that  game  must  be  received  by  them  in  open 
season  and  properly  tagged  in  close  season,  giving  permission  to 
ship  specimens  out  of  the  State  and  receive  game  for  mounting 
from  other  States.  Permission  is  given,  under  certain  conditions, 
to  take  or  kill  game  of  any  kind  for  scientific  or  educational  pur- 
poses, to  be  used  in  this  or  any  other  State  or  country. 

By  making  satisfactory  showing  to  the  district  wardens,  hunt- 
ers may  bring  game  into  this  State  during  the  closed  season  here, 
having  the  same  tagged  upon  its  arrival. 

The  use  of  automatic  shotgun  is  prohibited.  This  does  not 
mean  the  magazine  gun,  or  more  commonly  known  as  the  pump 
gun. 

The  minimum  penalty  for  chicken  or  duck  violation  is  $25.  The 
old  law  provided  a maximum  penalty  of  $10.  Violation  of  the 
deer  regulations  carries  a minimum  fine  of  $25,  and  in  addition 
there  should  be  added  the  sum  of  $25,  in  addition  to  the  costs 
of  prosecution,  which  shall  go  to  the  informer  leading  to  con- 
viction of  violations  of  the  deer  regulations,  provided  the  in- 
former is  not  one  of  the  district  or  regular  deputy  wardens.  The 
minimum  fine  for  beaver  and  otter  violations  is  fixed  at  $100,  which 
are  at  all  times  protected.  All  fines  are  in  addition  to  Costs  of 
prosecution.  The  spring  shooting  of  ducks  and  geese,  as  here- 
tofore, is  prohibited  by  the  new  measure,  and  on  that  account  an 
emergency  clause,  is  attached  to  the  new  game  bill. 


Legislation  at  Albany, 

Special  'Correspondence  Forest  and  Stream. 

Albany,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  28. — Fewer  than  the  usual  number  of  fish 
and  game  bills  have  thus  far  made  their  appearance  in  the  Legis- 
lature. As  a rule,  those  introduced  to  date  are  of  local  applica- 
tion. The  Senate  Committee  has  not  acted  upon  any  of  the  meas- 
ures in  its  keeping.  The  Assembly  Committee  has  reported  but 
one  bill  favorably— that  of  Assemblyman  Hanford  (Int.  No.  165), 
relative  to  the  close  season  for  woodcock  and  grouse  in  Tio°-a 
county. 

The  following  additional  bills  have  been  introduced  in  the  Senate 
amending  the  fish  and  game  law : 

By  Senator  Armstrong  (Int.  No.  132),  being  a new  section,  to 
be  known  as  20b,  to  provide  that  ducks,  geese,  brant  and  swan 
shall  not  be  taken  in  Monroe  county,  except  on  Thursdays,  Fri- 
days and  Saturdays  of  each  week  from  Sept.  15  to  Dec.  1,  or  taken 
in  the  night  from  half  an  hour  after  sunset  until  daylight. 

By  Senator  Cobb  (Int.  No.  142),  amending  Section  48,  so  as  to 
provide  that  muskallonge  less  than  20  inches  in  length  shall  not 
be  possessed  Or  intentionally  taken,  and  if  taken  shall,  without 
avoidable  injury,  be  returned  immediately  to  the  water  where 
taken. 

Additional  bills  introduced  in  the  Assembly  are  the  following: 

By  Assemblyman  YVainright  (Int.  No.  293),  amending  Section 
141,  relative  to  close  season,  so  as  to  make  it  apply  only  to  fish. 

By  Assemblyman  Cowan  (Int.  No.  282),  amending  Section  11a 
so  as  to  provide  that  no  person  shall  take  more  than  two  black 
bears  in  the  open  season. 

By  Assemblyman  Wade  (Int.  No.  278),  amending  Section  12a 
to  provide  that  the  close  season  for  black  and  gray  squirrels  in 
Chautauqua  county  shall  be  from  Dec.  1 to  Oct.  15,  both  inclu- 
sive; also,  amending  Section  279  to  provide  that  the  close  season 
for  grouse,  woodcock  and  quail  In  Chautauqua  county  shall  be 
from  Dec.  1 to  Oct.  15,  both  inclusive. 

By  Assemblyman  Foster  (Int.  No.  262)  amending  Section  48,  to 
provide  that  muskallonge  less  than  20  inches  in  length  shall  not  be 
possessed  or  intentionally  taken,  and  if  taken,  shall  be,  without 
avoidable  injury,  immediately  returned  to  the  water  where  taken 

By  Assemblyman  Gray  (Int.  No.  264),  amending  Section  41  so 
as  to  provide  that  in  all  waters  inhabited  by  trout,  in  Dutchess 
county,  the  close  season  shall  be  from  July  15  to  March  31  both 
inclusive,  " 1 


By  Assemblyman  Gray  (Int.  No.  263),  amending  Section  12a  to 
provide  that  the  close  season  for  black  and  gray  squirrels  in 
Dutchess  county  shall  be  from  Dec.  1 to  Sept.  30,  both  inclusive. 

.By  Assemblyman  Gray  (Int.  No.  265),  amending  Section  259 
so  as  to  forbid  the  taking  through  the  ice  with  hook  and  line  or 
tip-ups  of  bullheads,  catfish,  eels,  perch  and  sunfish,  in  the 
waters  of  the  town  of  North  East,  Dutchess  county,  inhabited 
by  .trout. 

By  Assemblyman  Gray  (Int.  No.  266),  amending  Section  23a  to 
provide  that  woodcock  shall  not  be  taken  in  Dutchess  county 
from  Dec.  1 to  Sept.  30,  both  inclusive;  also  .amending  Section  26 
to  provide  that  grouse  shall  not  be  taken  in  Dutchess  county, 
from  Dec.  1 to  Sept.  30,  both  inclusive;  also  amending  Section  27a 
so  as  to  strike  out  the  provision  making  the  close  season  for 
quail  and  woodcock  in  Dutchess  county  from  Dec.  1 to  Oct  15 
both  inclusive. 


Club  Constitution. 

1'or  the  guidance  of  organizers  of  sportsmen’s  clubs,  we  print 
this  very  excellent  constitution,  with  the  by-laws,  of  the  Eastport 
Koci  and  Gun  Club. 

Constitution, 

ARTICLE  I. 

^>ecD'  JU?  organization  shall  be  known  as  the  Eastport  Rod 
and  Gun  Club. 

Sec.  2.  Its  object  shall  be  the  preservation  and  propagation  of 
game  and  game  fish,  and  for  the  purpose  of  hunting  and  fishing 
m a sportsmanlike  and  legitimate  manner,  owning  and  leasing 
property  for  that  purpose. 

ARTICLE  II. 

g^ec.  1-  The  club  shall  be  limited  to  a membership  of  twenty- 

Sec.  2 All  members  shall  sign  the  Constitution  and  By-Laws, 
which  shall  be  construed  as  an  obligation  and  a pledge  of  each 
member  to  abide  by  the  same,  and  any  amendments  thereto,  and 
also  by  all  by-laws,  rules  and  regulations  which  may  exist  or  be 
hereafter  adopted. 

Sec.  3.  Proposals  for  membership  shall  be  made  in  writing,  and 
signed,  by  the  proposing  member  and  applicant,  accompanied  by 
the  initiation  fee. 

Sec.  4.  The  initiation  fee  shall  be  $10. 

-.Pec-5.  The  officers  of  the  club  shall  consist  of  a President, 
Vice-President,  Treasurer,  Secretary  and  three  Trustees. 

Sec.  6.  Seven  members  personally  present  at  a regular  meeting 
shall  constitute  a quorum  for  the  transaction  of  business. 

bec‘  RTT1le  annual  meeting  of  the  club  shall  be  held  on  the 
second  Monday  in  January  of  each  year.  The  place  of  meeting 
shall  be  determined  bv  the  President. 

Sec.  8.  Special  meetings  of  the  club  shall  he  called  by  the 
president  on  the  written  request  of  three  members. 

Sec.  9.  Two  thirds  of  the  members  of  this  club  shall  have  the 
power  to  change  the  Constitution  and  By-Laws  at  any  meeting 
which  has  been  called  regularly  by  the  president  for  such  purpose. 

Sec.  10.  Regular  meetings  of  this  club  shall  be  held  every  three 
months,  on  the  second  Monday  of  January,  April,  July  and  Oc- 
tober of  each  year. 

By-Laws. 


ARTICLE  I. 

Officers. 

Sec.  1.  The  President  shall  preside  at  all  meetings  of  this  club 
and  shall  appoint  all  committee  and  fill  pro  tempore  any  vacancy 
in  any  office,  and  shall  have  general  supervision  over  the  affairs 
oi  the  Club. 

Sec.  2.  Tne  V ice-President  shall,  in  the  absence  of  the  Presi- 
dent,  preside  at  all  meetings  of  the  club  and  perform,  in  his  ab- 
sence, all^the  duties  of  the  President. 

Sec.  3.  file  Secretary  shall  receive  all  applications  for  member- 
ship; shall  receive  and  turn  over  to  the  Treasurer  all  fees  and 
dues;  shall  keep  suitable  books  of  accounts  between  himself  and 
the  members  of  the  club  and  the  Treasurer  thereof. 

Sec.  4.  The  Treasurer  shall  receive  and  be  accountable  for  all 
moneys  paid  over  by  the  Secretary,  or  received  from  other 
sources;  he  shall  keep  suitable  books  of  account  and  shall  pay  out 
funds  of  the  club  only  on  the  order  of  the  President  and  Secre- 
tary. 

Sec.  5.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Trustees  to  take  charge  of 
all  the  personal  effects  of  the  club  in  the  absence  of  a special 
committee,  to  take  and  have  charge  of  all  entertainments,  and  act 
as  a house  committee,  and  also  act  as  a tribunal  for  the  trial  of 
any  membef  against  whom  charges  have  been  brought. 

ARTICLE  II. 

Sec,  1.  All  officers  of  the  club  shall  be  elected  in  accordance 
with  the  corporation  laws  of  the  State  of  New  York  under  which 
this  club  is  incorporated. 

ARTICLE  III. 

Members. 

Sec.  1.  An  applicant  for  membership  shall  be  balloted  for  at  a 
regular  meeting;  one  black  ballot  shall  deny  the  applicant  admis- 
sion. 

Sec.  2.  The  annual  dues  for  members  shall  be  $10  per  year, 
payable  annually  in  advance  at  the  regular  meeting  in  January. 

Sec.  3.  Members  shall  strictly  observe  the  game  laws  of  this 
bt&te,  and  at  all  times  protect  the  song,  insectivorous  and  other 
innocent  birds  not  classed  as  game  birds,  for  the  preservation  of 
our  forests. 

Sec.  4.  A member  may  invite  not  more  than  two  guests  in  any 
open  season,  to  shoot  and  hunt  over  the  preserves  of  this  club; 
only  one  guest  permitted  to  one  member  in  any  one  week,  and 
such  guest  must  be  accompanied  by  the  member  so  inviting. 

A license  fee  of  $2  per  day  for  each  guest  must  be  paid  to  the 
secretary  of  this  club  by  the  member  responsible  for  such  guest. 

Sec.  5.  Members  and  guests  must  each  day  record  in  the 
books,  kept  for  that  purpose,  the  number  of  fish  caught  or  game 
killed  by  them. 

Six  quail  and  six  rabbits  shall  constitute  the  limit  allowed  to  any 
one  gun  on  any  one  day’s  shoot  on  club  grounds. 

No  restrictions  as  to  other  game  allowed  by  law. 

Sec.  6.  , Members  or  guests  shall  replace  at  once  all  fences, 
stone  walls,  gates  and  turnstiles  which  may  have  been  torn  down, 
displaced  or  broken  in  hunting  or  in  coming  or  going  through 
fields  or  woods. 

Sec.  7.  Arty  member  or  guest  bringing  a loaded  gun  into  any 
part  of  the  club  house,  or  who  shall  load  his  gun,  or  shall  place 
any  cartridge  id  the  magazine  of  his  gun  while  in  the  club  house 
shall  pay  a fine  of  $5. 

Sec.  8.  Arty  member  in  arrears  of  dues  and  assessments  for  one 
month  may  be  suspended  by  the  order  of  the  President,  who 
shall  have  full  power;  , but  such  suspension  shall  only  take  effect 
after  due  notice  has  been  given  in  writing  to  the  delinquent 
member  and  such  notice  mailed  to  his  address  by  registered 
letter,  and  a receipt  for  same  is  returned. 

Sec.  9.  Charges  may  be  brought  against  any  member  for  vio- 
lations of  the  constitution  and  by-laws  of  the  club,  or  conduct 
prejudicial  to  the  interest  of  the  club,  such  charges  must  be  made 
in  writing;  the  President  may  suspend  such  member,  pending 
an  investigation  of  the  charges. 

Sec.  10.  Any  member  against  whom  charges  may  have  been 
preferred  a?  above,  shall  be  furnished  with  a copy  of  the  charges 
and  shall  be  heard  in  his  own  defense,  after  not  less  than  ten 
days’  notice,  before  a committee  consisting  of  the  President  as 
Chairman  and  the  three  Trustees,  and  if  found  guilty  of  the 
charges  preferred,  may  be  reprimanded,  suspended  for  a specified 
time,  or  expelled  from  the  club,  as  the  Trial  Comnmittee  deems 
best. 

ARTICLE  IYT. 

Wardens. 

Sec.  1.  The  President  and  Trustees  are  authorized  to  appoint 
one  or  more  wardens  each  year,  whose  duties  shall  be  to  notify 
all  tresspassers  on  the  premises  of  the  acquired  or  leased  pre- 
serves of  the  club;  protect  the  game  and  report  all  violations  of 
the  game  and  fish  and  forestry  laws  to  the  proper  authorities;  and 
to  furnish,  if  possible,  ample  evidence  of  such  violations,  and 
co  operate  with  the  State,  county  or  municipal  authorities,  in 
every  honorable  way,  in  bringing  law-breakers  to  justice. 

Sec.  2.  The  game  wardens  so  appointed  shall  receive  a yearly 
salary,  payable  annually  on  the  first  day  of  November  of  each  year, 
the  amount  of  such  salary  to  be  determined  at  a regular  meeting 
of  the  club. 

ORDER  OF  BUSINESS. 

1.  Roll  Call. 

2.  Reading  of  the  Minutes  of  the  previous  meeting. 

3.  Payment  of  Dues. 

4.  Reports  of  Committees. 

5.  Communications. 

6.  Unfinished  business. 

7.  New  business. 

8.  Reports  of  the  Treasurer  and  Secretary. 

9.  Election  of  Officers. 

10,  Adjournment, 

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P The  Novitiate's  Rainbow. 

San  Francisco,  Cal.,  Jan.  22.— To  paraphrase  a say- 
ing of  the  late  E.  W.  Nye,  of  New  York  and  Laramie 
City,  “We  San  Franciscans  from  the  East”  are  just 
now  , in  the  throes  of  the  regular  marked-down  holiday 
sale  of  rainstorm  and  hurricane.  This  is  a big  country 
—a  large  and  generous  empire  in  itself.  Here  one 
catches  the  biggest  game  fishes,  kills  the  biggest  bags 
of  game  birds,  drives  coaches  through  the  biggest  trees  in 
the  world,  lodges  at  the  biggest  hotels,  looks  at  other 
worlds  through  the  biggest  telescope  and  finds  every- 
thing done  on  a corresponding  scale  of  bigness. 

; Except  the  variety  of  the  people,  they  are  big  of 
modesty,  big  of  heart,  small  of  boasting.  Instance: 
My  morning  paper  speaks  of  this  veritable  hurricane  in 
.its  forecast  as  “slightly  cloudy,  slight  showers,  fairly 
high  south-westerly  winds.”  The  aforesaid  winds  have 
just  blown  the  roof  off  the  elevator  shaft  of  the  cliff 
dwelling  (called  for  politeness’  sake  apartment  house), 
in  which  the  writer’s  family  have  assembled  their 
Lares  and  Penates;  the  house  rocks  from  side  to  side 
like  Pip’s  wonderful  saw-horse  in  the  “Marvelous  Land 
of  Oz,”  and  my  better-half,  only  accustomed  to  the 
.gentle  cloudburst  of  Colorado,  ventured  to  ask  Mr. 
Miller,  the  quiet-mannered  carpenter  who  undertook 
to  repair  damages  with  tarpaulin  and  wagon  sheets,  if 
“this  wasn’t  just  dreadful?” 

“Why,  no  indeed,  mum;  this  ain’t  nothin’  to  what  we 
gits  sometimes.  Most  generally  we  has  lightnin’  and 
thunder  a-plenty,  and  the  wind  blows  a hull  lot.”  , And 
he  changed  the  course  of  a rivulet  fast  disappearing 
down  his  collar  with  a swipe  of  his  left  hand  and 
“swam”  back  to  the  roof,  where  his  hammer  blows 
were  drowned  by  the  booming  of  the  wind. 

But  after  the  storm— sunshine.  And  such  sunshine, 
too!  Perhaps  to-morrow  the  parks  and  breathing  places 
will  be  filled  with  people,  gaily  caparisoned  and  smiling 
of  mien;  they  will  trample  down  the  velvety  green  grass 
meeting'  the  horizon  of  one’s  sight  at  every  point  of 
the  compass  and  waving  its  myriad  tiny  blades  in 
welcome,  to  his  “Merry  Sunship.”  There  is  a charm 
about  this  “native  sunshine”  I have  found  nowhere  else. 
Mellow,  like  a June  apple,  it  is,  and  fills  one’s  mouth 
with  a taste  of  youth,  recalling  visions  of  crabapple 
blossom  and  honeysuckle.  If  the  babe  of  nursery 
rhyme,  who  cried  for  the  moon,  had  opened  his 
lachrymal  ducts  for  the  particular  brand  of  solar  ray 
that  envelops  San  Francisco,  to  my  mind  there  would 
have  been  nothing  inconsistent  in  his  plea.  Myself,  I 
feel  like  crying  for  a gleam  of  sunshine  after  being  shut 
up  in  my  bedroom  four  days  with  a stiff  neck  and 
nothing  to  cheer  save  the  patter  of  the  rain  and  the 
howling  of  the  wind,  both  big  with  promise  of  great 
crops  at  next  harvest-time. 

But  it  was  not  of  this  climate,  this  sunshine,  nor  this 
particular  “neck  of  the  woods”  that  I started  to  write. 
My  confinement  caused  memory  to  hark  back  to  one 
particularly  beautiful  fall  morning  in  Colorado,  Sept. 
18  last.  All  our  household  goods  have  either  been 
disposed  of  at  auction,  or  packed  in  four  big  trunks, 
now  resting  in  the  baggage  car'  of  the  “Overland  Lim- 
iteted,”  and  our  tickets  give  us  license  to  ride  and  ride 
i and  ride,  till  we  shall  come  to  the  Golden  Gate.  Our 
powerful  engine  quickly  gets  down  to  business  and  soon 
we’re  whirling  past  the  orchards  and  ranches  and  beet 
farms  of  northern  Colorado. 

j Cheyenne,  Wyoming,  that  modern  Gretna  Green  of 
divorced  ones,  who  want  another  “hack”  at  matrimony, 
’.is  hailed  and  passed.  Our  ponderous  steed  begins  now 
a monotonous  thump,  thump,  thump  toward  the  town 
where  Col,  Nye  began  life  “skinning  mules”  and  grind- 
ing out  humor  for  the  Laramie  Boomerang. 

Tt  was  “gittin’  along  to’ards  dusk”  when  we  “hit  the 
tijaii”  across  the  Laramie  plains,  with  their  wonderful 
'shadings  in  red-and-yellow  brick-dust  soils  and  drab 
grasses.  As  we  sat  back  in  our  varnished  car,  watch- 
1 ing  the  miles  go  reeling  into  the  bygone,  without  seeing 
any  bigger  game  on  the  limitless  plains  than  now  and 
then  an  impudent  little  prairie  dog,  standing  man-like 
at  his  hole  with  hand  across  his  pretty  white  breast, 
making  mocking  obeisance  at  the  passing  train,  I re- 
called an  interview  of  recent  date  with  that  veteran 
engineer  and  railroad  builder,  Gen.  G.  M.  Dodge,  of 
Omaha  and  New  York.  He  had  just  returned  from 
an  inspection  tour  over  the  first  railroad  to  cleave  the 
great  plains  and  weld  West  and  East  into  closer  and 
'ever  closer  bond. 

“Railroad  building  in  the  late  ’60s,”  said  the  grizzled,  old 
path-builder,  sunning  a gouty  foot  in  his  luxurious 
apartments  at  the  Brown  Palace  Llotel  in  Denver,  “was 
not  like  it  is  now.  There  was  more  zest,  more  risk, 
more  of  the  wild-and-wooly  about  it  then.  Plains 
swarmed  with  buffalo  and"  Indians.  Uncle  Sam’s 
soldiers  kept  pretty  busy  killing  Injuns,  who  opposed 
the  building  of  the  railroad,  and  protecting  our  men. 
Every  engineer’s  corps  was  guarded;  so  was  every 
grader’s  camp  and  every  other  working  department. 
Without  the  soldiers  my  work  must  have  failed.  For  meat 
the  camp  was  supplied  with  buffalo  in  abundance,  and 
buffalo  robes  were  more  common  than  woolen  blankets. 
■The  streams  were  full  of  trout;  no  trick  at  all  to  take 
all  one  wanted  for  the  whole  ‘mess’  after  knocking  off 
from  work.  Coyotes  were  bold  and  fearless — for 
coyotes — and  furnished  most  of  the  nocturnal  music. 

“It  has  been  years  since  I was  here;  the  changes  are 
striking.  No  Indians — not  one.  No  buffalo.  Only  a 
tew  wallows,  I am  told,  remain  to  tell  the  story  of  his 
greatness.  Coyotes — yes,  a few  still  skulk  in  the  fast- 
nesses, but  most  of  these,  too,  are  gone.  And  trout — 
hey,  too,  would  be  gone  but  for  the  fostering  hand  of 
nan.  However,  I am  too  old  for  the  fly-rod,  too  old. 

[ fear.  But  there  vyas  a time””— and  the  doughty  old 


railroad-builder’s  eyes  sparkled  youthfully,  as  though 
he  d like  just  one  more  try  at  the  leaping  beauties.  It 
pleased  him  much,  said  this  old  frontiersman,  to  hear 
the  leading  railroad  experts  of  the  country  had  declared 
lecently  that,  notwithstanding  the  Union  Pacific  had 
literally  been  built  amid  a shower  of  hostile  arrows  and 
bullets,  yet  every  engineering  problem  had  been  so 
carefully  wrought  out  that  no  change  was  recommended, 
after  the  lapse  of  thirty-five  years.  Fremont,  the  great 
pathfinder,  was  no  more  beset  in  his  time  than  was  this 
later  pioneer  whose  work  has  made  possible  the  rapid 
civilization  of  the  far  West. 

At  Wolcott  we  piled  off,  rod  and  suit  cases  in  hand, 
and  sought  slumber  in  a nearby  hotel.  It’s  a.  twenty- 
four  mile  ride  tO'  Saratoga,  but  the  trip  was  charmingly 
negotiated  behind  a pair  of  powerful  bays  who  simply 
walked  away  with  the  comfortable  four-seated  Spalding, 
into  which  were  stored  all  necessary  camping-out  duffle, 
not  forgetting  some  choice  breakfast  bacon  and  eggs 
to  “settle  the  coffee.”  I demurred  somewhat  at  “settled” 
coffee,  allowing  the  “bootleg”  variety  the  proper  thing 


mr.  j.  b.  caldwell’s  record  amber  jack. 


for  camp;  but  femininity  prevailed  and  the  eggs  were 
not  jettisoned.  Arrived  at  Saratoga  we  decided  to  call 
it  a day,  and  Fred  Wolfe,  hotel  man  and  sportsman’s 
friend,  made  us  comfortable  for  the  night. 

Off  early  Tuesday  morning,  after  an  inspiring  and 
sustaining  breakfast  prepared  by  Mr.  Wolfe,  a twentv- 
mile  drive  on  a gorgeous  Colorado  day  fetched  us  to 
the  Tilton  ranch,  situated  on  the  North  Platte  River 
flowing  from  Colorado  into  Wyoming.  Here  we  “fed” 
both  team  and  ourselves,  and  “settled  coffee”  with 
real  cream  lost  none  of  its  charm  for  being  made  over 
a wood  fire  and  quaffed  from  granite  cups.  So  far  no 
trout;  the  occasional  young  sage  chickens  and  grouse 
had  escaped  our  larder  simply  for  lack  of  a gun'.  A 
comfortable  half  day’s  ride  brought  us  at  sunset  to  the 
Big  Creek  ranch  of  John  Hunter.  One  may  stop  here 
and  do  well  with  the  pink-bellied  rainbows,  if  he  choose, 
but  we  pushed  on  to  the  ranch  of  another  Hunter, 
whose  surname  is  “Jack.”  His  home  is  about  three 
miles  from  Pinkhamton  and  the  same  distance  from  the 
mouth  of  North  Platte  Canon.  The  distances  named 
may  be  fair  subject  of  criticism.  I received  them  at 
second  hand,  pass  them  over  in  silence  and  hope  those 
who  follow  me  will  do  likewise.  Westerners  are  never 
niggardly,  even  in  the  matter  of  a few  miles — more  or 
less. 

“The  Platte  was  just  right,”  said  Uncle  Jack,  a lean 
and  active  young-old  man  who  knows  not  how  many 
head  of  cattle  he  owns,  and  grows  richer  and  richer 
each  year  in  spite  of  himself.  With  a bank  account 
of  over  $100,000  Mr.  Hunter  lives  in  a style  of  such 
surprising  simplicity  that  the  modern  medium-salaried 
city  man  would  deem  it  discomfort  to  live  so.  How- 
ever, Mr.  Hunter  has  lived  in  style  in  Chicago;  knows  ■ 
what  he  wants.  The  exterior  of  his  nondescript  log- 
house  gives  no  intimation  of  the  good  cheer  within. 
But  once  seated  on  either  of  the  two  long  wooden 
benches  which  parallel  the  oilcloth-covered  dining  table 
in  one  end  of  the  kitchen,  the  guest  loses  himself 
wondering  where  all  those  good  things  come  from.  So 
many  campers  and  “hoboes”  pass  his  way  and  have 
despitefully  used  him  in  one.  way  or.  another  that  “Uncle 
Jack”  generally  bids  them  all  “begone,”  But  I had, 


known  him  previously,  had  traded  him  a pair  of  gum 
wading  boots  for  a coyote  dog,  and  then  lost  the  dog. 
That  made  a difference. 

I m like  Ben  Franklin;  I pass  this  way  but  once,  and 
I want  to  treat  everybody  right.  But,  like  President 
Roosevelt,  I’m  not  going  to  let  anybody  treat  me  wrong 
u ^ (jnow  it-  I’ve  enough  to  live  on  and  some  to  leave 
the  boys.  I’ve  a most  discriminating  tooth  (he  has  a 
whole  mouthful  of  them,  white  and  sound  as  a dog’s), 
and  I like  to  treat  it  well.  But  I’m  denied  if  I am 
going  to  wear  Tuxedos  and  English  walking  coats, 
when  I feel  more  comfortable  in  75-cent  overalls.” 
With  this  picturesque  remark,  the  gaunt  old  cattle  king 
turned  to  the  subject  of  the  next  day’s  fishing. 

The  water  was  just  right,”  he  repeated,  and  we 
were  to  be  congratulated  in  that  regular  vacation  time 
was  now  past.  “The  fish  were  not  kept  in  a state  of 
perpetual  fright,”  he  said,  “by  the  passing  of  would-be 
sports  up  and  down  the  banks.” 

By  the  bye,  Uncle  Jack  uses  never  a fly.  But  I have 
yet  to  see  the  fly-fisher  who  can  cast  further  or  better 
or  more  accurately  than  he.  By  this  I mean  in  prac- 
tical work  on  the  stream,  not  in  tournament.  Filling 
a bucket  with  live  minnows,  netted  in  one  of  the  many 
shallows  on  the  Platte,  the  lithe  old  gentleman  gathers 
his  line  in  his  left  hand  in  a score  or  more  of  four- 
foot  loops,  gently  clutches  the  end  of  the  leader  about 
eighteen  inches  from  the  hook,  to  which  the  minnow 
lias  been  previously  attached  through  the  thick  part  of 
the  back,  and  after  a few  quick  whirls,  releases  the 
leader  from  between  finger  and  thumb  of  right  hand. 
Immediately  the  impaled  minnow  sails  straight  up  into 
the  air  in  the  intended  direction.  You  hardly  see  it 
strike  the  water,  the  resultant  “drag”  is  almost  im- 
perceptible, and  you  wonder  how  in  thunder  the  caster 
knew  to  such  a nicety  just  how  much  line  to  pay  out. 

[;How  do  you  do  it?”  I asked. 

Dunno,  been  doin  it  all  my  life.  Practice  maybe. 
Yes,  I can  cast  a fly  pretty  fairly,  thank  you,  but  this 
way  suits  me  best.  I get  the  biggest  trout,  and  that’s 
what  I m after.  Flies  is  all  right  for  fly-casters,  but 
bait-castuq  for  me  all  the  time.  It  takes  more  science 
to  cast  bait  successfully,  too.  Try  it.”  I did,  and  went 
back  to  flies  as  being  easier,  though  I knew  somewhat 
or  bait-casting  for  black  bass  in  the  Shenandoah  and 
Delaware  in  years  past. 

Next  morning  we  invaded  that  portion  of  the  Platte 
which  meanders  through  a few  miles  of  meadow  land 
owned  by  our  host.  This  was  out  of  deference  to  my 
life  comiade,  now  to  make  her  first  killing — maybe. 
I he  latter  and  I had  four-ounce  lancewoods,  very 
supple  and  willowy.  She  decided  to  use  bait.  Her 
host  gallantly  baited  and  cast  for  her  into  a pool,  tellin°- 
her  to  “let  it  stay  thar  till  somethin’  takes  the  bait  and 
runs,  off  a bit  with  it;  then  strike  him  hard” 

“What  will  I strike  him  with?”  «tsks  the  Novitiate, 
looking  helpless. 

“Wffh  your  fist,”  said  I,  sassily,  “you  know  how  ” 

’ With  your  rod— just  so,”  replied  the  gentle  old 
angler,  illustrating.  Thank  you/'  beamingly  to  her 
instructor.  “Shet  up,”  defiantly  to  me. 

Quickly  rigging  up  a killing  battery,  I was  soon 
slashing  away  in  the  still  waters,  reversing  methods 
winch  lead  to  success  earlier  in  the  season.  In  these 
waters,  after  the  crisp  September  weather  sets  in,  trout 
iorsake  the  deep  holes  and  lie  along  the  shallow  edges. 
So  I waded  into  deep  water,  much  to  the.  consternation 
ot  the  -Novitiate,  who  said  several  Things  about  my 
being  Foolish  and  Getting  a Cold  and  Dying,  but  grew 
Calm  when  I Assured  herqny  Insurance' Premiums  were 
lasting  my  ^'es  'nto  I'le  Still  water  alongside 
the  riffles  I soon  had  a strike; -returned  it,  and  was  in 
the  act  of  making  a “grand  stand  play”  for  the  benefit 
ot  the  Novitiate  who,  I could  see  out  of  the  corner  of 
my  eye  was  looking  at  me  in  open-mouthed  admiration 
when  she  screamed:  “Oh,  oh,  I got  one!  I got  one'” 
and  began  dancing  about  excitedly.  Mine  was  a small 
trout  and  I lost  no  time  in  beaching  him.  Hastenin°- 
to  the  Novitiate,  who  was  doing  all  sorts  of  stunts  and 
working  hard  to  turn  a really  big  one,  I offered  to  re- 
lieve her. 

“You  keep  away;  don’t  you  dare  touch  this  rod.  I 
landed  you,  and  I guess  I’ll  land  this  one,  too  just 
stand  there  and  tell  me  what  to  do.”  So  the  next 
few  minutes  it  was: 

. “Give  him  line — let  him  run — reel  in,  reel  in— don’t 
tip  your  rod  so  high— there,  look  out— he  jumps— 
steady  steady— he’s  got  too  much  line— look  out  for 

those  br  ush— -reel  slowly,  slowly — keep  playing'  him 

not  too  fast”— and  on  through  the  stages  till— “now 
walk  up  the  beach  backward”— was  carefully  obeyed, 
and  the  big  fellow  also  “walked  out  on  dry  land  ” 

Not  even  after  it  was  all  over  and  Mr.  Rainbow  was 
kicking  in  safety  in  the  grass  did  the  Novitiate  get 
p^Tntatl°in’  or  something  of  that  sort.  Not  she. 

Why,  the  greedy  thing,  he  took  my  minnow'”  she 
exclaimed  and  forthwith  began  bawling: 

“Mr.  Hunter,  oh,  good  Mr.  Hunter!  do  please,  come 
and  cast  for  me  again!  And  good  Mr.  Hunter  came 
and  did  as  he  was  commanded,  looked  at  the  fast  dying 
monarch  of  the  pool,  said,  “A  good  four-pounder ’’  and 
went  back  to  his  “knitting”  downstream.  I returned 
to  my  chops  and  succeeded  within  an  hour  in  bagging 
five  more  nice  little  fellows,  none  over  two  pounds 
Joining  the  Novitiate  I offered  to  put  her  catcli  in 
my  creel,  and  was  surprised  to  find  a second  victim 
alongside  her  first,  both  as  like  as  two  peas. 

“J  you  do  that?”  I queried. 

“Uh,  huh!”  quoth  the  Novice. 

“Don’t  believe  you;  you  didn’t  holler.” 

“No,  Toaten,  I couldn’t  holler;  1 was  too  dum- 
founded.”  That  was  convincing.  Hallooing  to  our  host 
that  time  was  up.  we  wended  our  way  across  the.  newly 
cut  grain  stubble  to  the  house,  running,  first  into  3 


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covey  of  quail,  later  into  a big  bunch  of  willow  grouse. 
Both  were  quite  tame;  they  would  hardly  get  out  of  our 
road  and  a good  marksman  could  have  bowled  over 
many  of  them. 

The  Novitiate’s  two  rainbows  weighted  4 and  4%. 
pounds  respectively.  She  killed  her  first,  the  smaller, 
in  less  than  five  minutes  under  my  coaching.  The  last 
consumed  somewhat  more  time,  as  she  was  alone  and 
feared  that  too  fast  work  would  result  in  loss.  Neither 
had  swallowed  the  hook,  the  last  dropping  off  the 
hook  while  being  “walked  up  the  beach.”  My  catch 
of  six  tipped  the  scale  neatly  at  eight  pounds. 

“Sorry  you  didn’t  do  any  business,  Mr.  Hunter,”  I 
said,  banteringly.  “Better  take  the  loan  of  a few  flies; 
you’ll  do  better  next  time.” 

“Don’t  be  too  brash,  young  man.  I didn’t  say  I 
hadn’t  ketched  none,”  and  running  his  long  arm  into 
the  regions  of  his  hunting  coattail  he  fetched  forth 
three — every  one  a mate  to  the  Novitiate’s  capture. 
Eleven  and  one-half  pounds  was  their  total. 

“Now  what  about  your  ginger  quills  and  hare’s  ears 
and  such  like?  They  are  all  right  for  you,  sonny; 
but  the  old  man  will  stick  to  his  minnows.” 

I was  unable  to  stay  and  convince  him,  for  we  wanted 
a day  at  Wood’s  Landing  on  the  Big  Laramie;  time 
was  pressing. 

“The  boys” — there  were  several  of  them — had  built 
a rousing  fire  near  the  little  rivulet  that  flows  by  the 
doorway  of  the  Hunter  home,  and  “oodles  and  oodles” 
of  red  hot  embers  and  sizzling  ashes  awaited  us.  With- 
out disemboweling  or  scaling  our  trophies  they  were 
wrapped  in  a coating  of  mud,  cast  into  a bed  of  hot 
ashes,  covered  with  lurid  embers,  next  with  hot  coals. 
There  they  lay  and  sputtered  while  we  prepared  for 
breakfast.  In  time  the  sputtering  grew  less  boisterous, 
the  baked  mud  cases  that  encompassed  the  fish  were 
duly  cleft,  and  peeled  off,  skin  and  scales  coming  away 
simultaneously.  It  was  a simple  thing  to  run  the  thin 
blade  of  a steel  knife  in  at  the  gill  and  deftly  turn  the 
point  so  as  not  to  disturb  the  ribs.  Thus  one  entire 
side  of  the  trout  was  lifted  unbroken  on  to  a platter — 
smoking  hot.  A similar  motion,  and  the  entire  bony 
framework  was  lifte'd  away  from  the  lower  side  and 
cast  into  the  midst  of  a pack  of  hungry  deer  hounds. 
One  lean  fellow  caught  the  morsel  on  the  fly  with  wide 
open  mouth,  the  others  looked  disappointed  and  as 
though  they  wished  they  had  been  the  lucky  dog.  The. 
latter  a moment  later  probably  wished  the  same  thing, 
for  he  had  swallowed  it  without  knowing  how  hot  his 
prize  was,  and  demonstrated  that  dogs  can  shed  tears. 
If  he  didn’t  get  indigestion  he  was  surely  a wonder. 
Deftly  lifting  the  other  half  of  the  trout  on  to  the 
platter,  our  cook  gave  the  other  similar  treatment.  A 
sauce  of  hot  butter  of  the  Hunter  home-brewed  brand, 
hot  vinegar,  pepper — hot  also — salt,  sugar,  all  thor- 
oughly emulsified  over  the  fire,  completed  that  part  of 
the  menu.  Then  there  were  fresh-laid  dropped  eggs, 
light  fluffy  baking  powder  biscuits,  coffee  that  crinkled 
in  one’s  mouth  and  a hearty  “Now,  help  yourselves,  all.” 

The  Novitiate  repeatedly  counseled  me  to  “be  care- 
ful of  your  indigestion.”  I must  have  obeyed  her  for 
once,  for  I got  away  with  that  meal  without  turning 
a hair. 

Pinkhamton  is  an  aggregation  of  cottages  known  as 
“Kings,”  a justly  popular  stopping  place  for  hunters 
and  fishers.  It  is  close  to  the  Platte — about  three  miles 
distant,  Colorado  lineal  measure — and  grouse,  sage 
hens,  quail  (now  under  three  years’  protection,  I be- 
lieve) abound.  Chasing  the  coyote  also  furnishes  great 
sport,  if  one  has  a good  pack  of  trained  coyote  hounds. 
Uncle  Jack  Hunter  has  such  a pack;  many  coyote  skins 
adorn  the  floors  of  his  home. 

Our  course  now  bore  us  back  toward  Laramie  via 
the  Wood’s  Landing  road,  crossing  the  Big  Laramie  at 
the  landing  of  that  name.  Three  years  previously  I had 


visited  a rancher  friend  in  this  vicinity  and  had  had 
the  sport  of  my  life,  on  three  successive  days  filling  my 
creel  with  rainbows  ranging  from  twelve  to  sixteen 
inches — big,  chunky,  fat  ones,  all.  I took  all  that  were 
coming  to  me,  too,  for  the  reason  that  back  under  the 
eastern  foothills  were  many  fish-hungry  “can’t-get- 
aways,”  to  whom  I had  solemnly  given  promise  of  a. 
trout  dinner — a regular  gorge.  I was  going  to  keep 
my  word,  and  did. 

We  reached  our  destination  late  and  I persuaded  the 
Novitiate  to  forego  fishing  for  the  evening  and  help 
wash  dishes.  She  accepted  the  suggestion.  I soon 
found  my  favorite  pool.  It  was  75  to  100  feet  wide, 
several  hundred  feet  long,  but  not  above  thigh-deep. 
A royal  coachman,  white  miller  and  coachman,  all  No. 
6,  comprised  my  cast.  I did  not  use  over  twenty  feet 
of  line.  It  grows  dark  before  8 o’clock  at  this  season, 
and  the  darker  the  better  the  fishing.  One  hour’s  cast- 
ing in  ice-cold  water  netted  twenty-four  like  those  de- 
scribed above.  Another  charming  breakfast,  a portion 
of  which  consisted  of  freshly  caught  fried  trout,  more 
zephyr-like  biscuits,  country  butter  and  Colorado  honey, 
a hearty  command  to  “come  again  and  stay  longer,” 
and  the  Novitiate  and  the  undersigned  soon  “hit  the 
dusty  trail”  for  Laramie  City,  whence  we  set  out  for 
Lake  Tahoe,  the  wonderful,  to  have  a try  at  the  big 
lakers  who — but  of  that  we  will  have  more  later. 

J.  D.  C. 


Fish  and  Fishing. 


The  Netting  in  Missisquoi  Bay. 

Nothing  decisive  is  yet  known  as  to  the  outcome  of 
the  interview  at  Ottawa  the  other  day  between  American 
fishery  officers  and  others  and  the  Dominion  and  Provin- 
cial Ministers  of  Fisheries,  Hon.  Messrs.  Prefontaine  and 
Parent,  respecting  the  netting  of  Missisquoi  Bay.  The 
delegates  from  both  New  York  and  Vermont  presented 
their  case  very  strongly,  commenting  upon  the  impro- 
priety, to  say  the  least,  of  the  netters  upon  one  side  of 
the  international  boundary  being  permitted  to  take  spawn- 
ing fish  out  of  waters  common  to  both  countries,  which 
are  only  stocked  by  the  authorities  of  the  other  side. 
Many  millions  of  young  fish  were  being  planted  in  Lake 
Champlain  every  year  from  American  hatcheries,  and 
neither  New  York  nor  Vermont  now  permits  seining  in 
the  spawning  season  in  Missisquoi  Bay.  The  North 
American  Fish  and  Game  Protective  Association  was 
represented  by  Dr,  Finnie,  of  Montreal,  vice-president  for 
the  Province  of  Quebec,  who  strongly  supported  the  con- 
tentions of  the  American  delegates.  The  representatives 
of  the  Canadian  netters  were  particularly  vigorous  in 
their  opposition  to  the  views  of  the  delegation.  Among 
them  were  the  Hon.  Mr.  McCorkill,  Treasurer  of  the 
Province  of  Quebec,  and  therefore  a member  of  Mr. 
Parent’s  cabinet,  who  represents  in  the  Government  the 
section  of  country  bordering  upon  Missisquoi  Bay;  Mr. 
Meigs,  M.  P„  who  represents  the  county  of  Missisquoi 
in  the  Dominion  Parliament,  and  a Mr.  Jamieson,  a 
lawyer  retained  by  the  interested  parties.  These  parties 
rather  staggered  their  opponents  by  the  assertion,  which 
they  supported  by  a quotation  from  some  alleged  Govern- 
ment publication,  to  the  effect  that  the  so-called  pike- 
perch  which  were  being  planted  in  Lake  Champlain  were 
not  the  Stizostedicm  vitreum  or  dore  of  Canadian  waters 
at  all,  but  simply  the  yellow  perch.  It  is  most  remarkable’ 
to  say  the  least,  where  such  a statement  could  have 
originated,  when  the  last  published  list  of  the  details  of 
distribution  of  young  fish  issued  by  the  United  States 
Commission  of  Fisheries  shows  that  only  1,700  yellow 
perch  were  distributed  in  all  during  the  year,  while  the 
Vermont  Fish  Commission  alone  distributed  16,000,000 
of  the  fry  and  fingerlings  of  the  pike-perch.  The  dele- 


gates from  Vermont  and  New  York  seemed  to  be  dumb-  ; 
founded  by  the  announcement,  and  not  only  promised  to 
obtain  reliable  information  on  the  subject  immediately, 
but  also  to  secure  orders  to  stop  the  planting  of  the  yel- 
lov  perch  at  once — that  is,  if  it  be  true  that  any  are  being  i 
planted.  In  the  meantime  the  matter  is  left  in  the  hands 
of  Hon.  Messrs.  Prefontaine  and  Parent,  who  will  shortly 
hear  of  more  vigorous  protests  against  the  netting  . 
nuisance  from  the  North  American  Fish  and  Game  Pro- 
tective Association,  which  is  meeting  this  week  in  St. 
John,  N.  B.,  and  will  devote  much  of  its  attention  to  this 
important  subject,  as  it  has  already  done  at  former 
meetings. 

Why  Protective  Associations  are  Needed. 

No  individual  member  of  the  North  American  Associa 
tion_  has  worked,  harder  in  it  for  the  abolition  of  the 
seining  in  Lake  Champlain  than  its  second  president,  the 
Hon.  John  W.  Titcomb,  now  in  charge  of  the  Division  of 
Fishculture  at  Washington.  Mr.  Titcomb  is  unable  to 
be  present  at  the  meeting  of  the  association  this  year,  but 
he  has  written  it  one  of  the  most  striking  arguments  in 
support  of  its  work  ever  uttered  or  penned.  Among  other 
things,  Mr.  Titcomb  says:  “I  wish  it  were  possible  for 

me  to  be  with  you.  The  association  is  an  influence  for 
creating  an  appreciation  of  nature’s  blessings.  When  the 
whole  people  appreciate  the  liberality  of  the  agencies 
which  carry  on  the  processes  of  creation  or  of  being,  the 
problem  of  the  protection  of  fish  and  game  will  be  easily 
solved.  Nature’s  equilibrium,  disturbed  by  civilization, 
must  be  aided  by  both  propagation  and  protection.  I 
sometimes  think  it  would  be  a good  thing  if  fish  and 
game  were  exterminated,  if  only  we  had  a source  of 
supply  to  draw  upon  in  order  to  restore  nature’s  equi- 
librium in  this  respect.  Take,  for  illustration,  the  little 
country  of  New  Zealand,  of  one  million  inhabitants.  The 
people  there  appreciate  the  advantages  of  the  propagation 
and  protection  of  fish  and  game.  Through  the  work  of 
just  such  societies  as  the  North  American  Fish  and  Game 
Protective  Association,  the  waters  of  New  Zealand  have  j 
become  stocked  with  fish  introduced  from  Europe  and 
North  America,  and  the  country  is  now  an  angler’s  para- 
dise. Englishmen  take  the  long  journey  to  New  Zealand 
purely  for  the  fishing  and  hunting.  Hunting  also  is  the 
result  of  introducing  game  from  abroad.  I have  just 
had  the  pleasure  of  meeting  Mr.  Donne,  who  is  New  . 
Zealand’s  promoter  in  the  introduction  of  game,  etc.  He 
informed  me  that  in  1882  two  hinds  and  one  stag  were  in-  j 
troduced  from  England,  and  that  now  more  than  ten 
thousand  deer  roam  over  the  islands.  Other  game  has 
been  successfully  introduced,  and  he  is  now  about  to  take  > 
from  this  country  ten  elk  and  as  many  moose.  I do  not 
believe  the  people  of  New  Zealand  require  protective  ! 
associations  at  present,  because  they  appreciate  the  bless-  I 
mgs  which  have  been  brought  to  them.  Nature  was  so 
liberal  with  us  at  the  start  that  we  did  not  appreciate  our  , 
blessings,  and  thus  the  necessity  for  associations.” 

I only  wish  that  the  above  extract  from  Mr.  Titcomb’s 
Ftter  could  be  scattered  broadcast  throughout  the  land, 
in  the  columns  of  every  newspaper  in  the  country. 

E.  T.  D.  Chambers. 


A Palm  Beach  Amber  Jack. 

The  illustration  shows  the  largest  amber  jack  on 
record.  The  fish,  weighing  92  pounds,  was  taken  on  rod 
and  reel  by  Mr.  J.  B.  Cauldwell,  of  New  York.  The  time 
required  to  bring  the  fish  to  gaff  was  forty  minutes.  The 
record  up  to  this  time  for  amber  jack  was  84  pounds.  The 
tackle  used  was  supplied  by  Edward  vom  Hofe,  of  New 
York,  and  consisted  of  a star  reel  equipped  with  an  auto- 
matic and  adjustable  friction  drag,  greenheart  rod  7 feet 
long,  weight  13  ounces;  600  feet  No.  24  line,  and  9/0 
forged  hook. 


Worn-Out  Gasolene  Engines* 

BY  A.  E.  POTTER. 

^ HE  question  was  asked  me  some  time  ago  as  to  when 
I considered  a gasolene  marine  engine  worn  out  and 
valueless  but  for  junk.  The  importance  of  the  question 
at  the  time  did  not  impress  me  greatly,  but  latterly  I 
have  been  considering  the  matter  carefully,  and  it  appears 
worthy  of  attention..  Owing  to  the  usual  trunked  piston 
construction,  there  is  no  take-up  for  wear  due  to  side 
thrust  in  both  two  and  four-cycle  engines,  and  the 
effectiveness  of  the  engine  does  not  usually  decrease  until 
the  cylinder  walls,  piston,  or  rings  become  so  worn  as  to 
lose  compression.  The  piston  and  rings  should  be  made 
of  softer  material  than  the  cylinder  itself,  and  if  atten- 
tion is  paid  to  the  selection  of  materials  entering  into  the 
construction  of  these  wearing  parts,  with  proper  lubrica- 
tion a cylinder  should  out-wear  several  sets  of  rings.  If, 
on  the  other  hand,  a piston  fits  the  cylinder  too  snugly, 
and  no  allowance  is  made  for  unequal  expansion,  the  pis- 
ton will  bind  and  cause  excessive  wear  on  the  walls  of 
the  cylinder.  Rings  are  used  to  prevent  the  hot  gases 
from  passing  from  . the  explosion  to  the  compression 
chamber,  if  the  engine  is  two-cycle,  or  the  crank  case  or 
open  air  if  four-cycle. 

While  the  carburetor  has  been  termed  the  lungs  of  the 
gasolene  engine,  the  piston  rings  could  well  be  called  the 
nerves  If  the  rings  are  in  good  shape,  of  the  proper 
material,  well  designed,  properly  proportioned,  decently 
well  machined,  practically  fitted,  and  renewed  when  they 
ought  to  be,  the  life  of  the  engine  will  be  prolonged.  If, 
on  the  other  hand,  the  conditions  are  bad  in  one  or  more 
of  the  above  essentials,  gasolene  engine  “nervous  prostra- 
te?1 can  be  looked  for  as  a result  of  what  could  with 


propriety  be  called  piston  ring  malpractice.  A gasolene 
engine  is  a piece  of  high-strung  machinery. 

Snap  rings  are  about  the  only  ones  used  in  gasolene 
engine  work,  as  they  seem  to  fill  the  requirements  better 
than  any  other  construction.  The  material  should  be 
close-grained,  homogeneous  gray  cast  iron,  with  good 
springing  qualities.  These  will  be  enhanced  by  molding 
each  ring  separately,  so  that  the  scale  may  be  left  on  the 
inside  of  the  ring.  The  top.  and  bottom  edges  may  be 
ground  off  on  a surface  grinder,  or  the  ring  may  be 
chucked  for  the  purpose  and  the  grinding  done  on  a uni- 
versal grinding  machine.  No  matter  what  method  is 
pursued,  the  width  of  the  ring  should  be  absolutely  uni- 
form, and  the  ring  itself  should  not  be  distorted.  In 
some  cases  one  side  only  is  ground,  then  the  ring  held 
by  an  expanding  clutch  and  plate  pressing  against  the 
under  ground  edge,  until  the  outside  of  the  ring  is  turned 
off,  when  the  front  clamp  being  released,  the  ring  is  held 
by  outside  jaws  and  the  third  side  finished.  Even  should 
this  method  be  pursued,  I always  advise  that  the  side 
which  was  ground  at  first  have  a light  chip  turned  off, 
so  that  no  ground  surface  should  be  exposed  with  the 
possibility  of  its  becoming  “charged”  with  emery  or  any 
other  abrasive  substance,  and  cause  excessive  wear  on  the 
cylinder  walls,  which  should  be  kept  as  perfect  as  possi- 
ble. For  these  same  reasons  I have  always  heartily  dis- 
approved of  grinding  the  pistons.  It  may  never  cause  any 
trouble,  but  there  is  a possibility  of  it,  and  I have 
always  maintained  that  such  chances  should  never  be 
taken,  knowing  how  easily  cast  iron  may  be  charged  with 
abrasive  material— emery,  corundum,  powdered  oilstone 
pumice,  or  other  similar  materials. 

A ring  that  is  too  wide  causes  not  only  excessive  wear 
in  the  cylinder,  but  shortens  the  life  of  and  reduces  the  effi- 
ciency of  the  ring.  Too  much  -spring  ip  the  ring  will  pro- 
duce the  same  results,  3 


There  should  be  much  more  spring  in  the  ends  of  the 
ring  at  the  point  of  parting  than  at  the  back,  consequently 
the  ring  is  usually  made  eccentric.  The  eccentricity  is 
frequently  not  made  as  great  as  it  ordinarily  would  be 
on  account  of  weakening  the  ends,  causing  a liability  to 
breakage,  especially  if  the  ends  are  so  constructed  as  to 
lap  one  half  the  width  of  the  ring.  To  obviate  this 
danger,  it  is  good  practice  to  have  the  ring  cast  not 
exactly,  round  on  the  inside,  but  with  a flattened  section, 
increasing  the  thickness  considerably  at  the  point  of  part- 
ing. The  cylinder  is  less  liable  to  be  cut  by  rings  that  are 
parted  diagonally  than  where  the  ends  lap  by  each  other; 
and  were  it  not  that  a square  parted  ring,  similar  to  those 
used  in  the  Westinghouse  steam  engines,  is  liable  to  cut 
and  score  the  cylinder  at  its  point  of  parting,  this  ring 
would  be  found  every  bit  as  efficient  as  the  more  expen- 
sive method,  and  the  liability  of  broken  ends  and  points 
would  be  entirely  eliminated.  These  rings  should  be  re-; 
newed  much  oftener  than  is  customary.  As  they  wear, 
they  become  more  and  more  open  at  the  ends,  and  the  hot 
gases  passing  by  . the  ends  of  the  rings  have  a deleterious 
effect  on  the  polished  cylinder  surfaces.  1 

Marine  and  automobile  engine  cylinders  do  not  usually 
last  as  long  as  stationary ; for  one  reason,  on  account 
of  the  different  proportions  of  the  length  of  the  connect- 
ing rod  to  the  stroke.  Where  it  is  essential  that  the  length 
of  the  rod  should  be  very  short,  there  is,  of  course,  more 
side  thrust  and  more  wear.  In  stationary  design  the  con- 
necting rod  is  rarely  less  than  two  and  one-half  times 
the  stroke  with  an  angularity  at  its  greatest  of  g°  ; while 
in  automobiles  and  marine  engines  it  is  seldom  that  the1 
length  of  the  connecting  rod  exceeds  twice  the  stroke,  or 
a maximum  angularity  of  ii°  15',  an  increase  of  25  per 
cent,  in  the  amount  of  the  side  thrust  of  the  shorter  over 
the  longer  rod. 

Leaky  cylinders  also,  in  two-cycjp  engines  partipu- 


Feb.  4,  1905.]! 


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larly,  render  the  wrist  and  crank  pin  and  main  shaft 
bearings  subject  to  excessive  wear  from  the  heat  of  the 
gases  which  pass  by  the  rings  into  the  crank  case.  These 
have  a tendency  to  burn  up  the  oil  and  heat  the  bearings. 
If  the  engine  is  of  the  two-cycle  type,  the  leaking  products 
of  combustion  foul  the  gas  so  that  it  is  not  so  explosive, 
reduce  the  quantity  of  each  charge  by  heating  and  dis- 
placing its  volume. 

There  is  one  cause  of  scoring  of  the  cylinder  which  is 
all  too  frequent,  and  that  is  by  the  ends  of  the  piston 
or  wrist  pin  protruding  through  the  hole  in  the  piston. 
Some  pins  have  their  bearings  in  the  piston  itself,  and 
others  are  tight  in  the  piston  and  have  their  bearing  in 
the  upper  end  of  the  connecting  rod.  No  matter  which 
construction  is  employed,  the  ends  of  the  pin  should  never 
come  into  contact  with  'the  cylinder  walls.  The  pin  must 
be,  by  some  absolutely  positive  method,  kept  in  place. 
This  seems  easy,  but  some  of  our  best  designers  have 
fallen  down  on  this  particular  feature,  and  results  of  this 
imperfection  have  frequently  proved  disastrous.  The  new 
designer  does  not  usually  appreciate  the  necessity  of  care 
in  this  respect  until  he  has  an  opportunity  to  note  the 
damage  resulting  from  a loose  wrist-pin.  When  rebor- 
ing with  new  piston  and  rings  becomes  necessary,  or  a 
new  cylinder  has  to  be  supplied  and  the  expense  is 
realized,  he  awakens  to  the  fact  that  the  success  of  a gas- 
olene engine  is  in  careful  attention  to  the  little  things, 
kinks,  etc.,  learned  by  sad  experience  ofttimes. 

A gasolene  engine  is  not  worn  out  until  its  cylinder  is 
so  badly  worn  or  broken  that  it  will  not  hold  compression, 
and  cannot  be  replaced  or  rebored.  Pistons  and  rings, 
as  well  as  connecting  rods,  can  be  cheaply  replaced,  and 
in  some  cases  cylinders  can  be  rebored,  but  the  work 
should  only  be  done  by  people  who  know  how,  and  the 
cost  is  sometimes  prohibitive. 

The  matter  resolves  itself  into  a careful  study  into  the 
actions  and  conditions  of  the  engine’s  nerves  or  piston 
rings;  and  in  buying  engines  a good  deal  of  money,  time 
and  trouble  may  be  saved  you  by  investigating  the  piston 
ring  end,  and  the  life  of  your  engine  may  be  prolonged  by 
attendance  upon,  and  renewals  of,  the  piston  rings  when 
necessary,  or  sometimes,  perhaps,  a little  before  this  be- 
comes imperative. 


Queries  on  Marine  Motors. 

H.  B.  L.,  Trenton,  N.  J. — My  engine,  the  past  season,  bothered 
me  from  pressure,  blowing  the  oil  out  of  the  lubricating  cup  on 
the  cylinder.  It  would  only  feed  about  one-half  a cupful  before 
the  feed  would  stop.  What  caused  it,  and  how  can  it  be  remedied? 

Ans. — In  multi-cylinder  engines,  even  when  new,  fre- 
quently one  cylinder  will  bother  the  same  as  you 
describe,  while  all  the  others  will  feed  regularly.  The 
cause  is,  in  your  case,  undoubtedly  due  to  excessive 
wear,  either  of  the  cylinder  or  piston  rings,  or  the  top 
ring  may  be  broken.  The  piston  pin  may  have  scored 
the  cylinder,  or  it  may  have  been  caused  by  too  little 
oil  at  some  time.  You  may  have  had  water  in  the 
cylinder  some  time,  and  the  upper  ring  may  have  be- 
come rusted  or  stuck  in  the  slot.  It  shows  conclusively 
that  the  pressure  leaks  by  the  top  ring  and  is  held  by 
the  next  one  or  even  the  third,  and  this  pressure  blows 
the  oil  back.  Unless  the  lubricating  hole  through  the 
cylinder  wall,  when  the  piston  is  on  the  upper  and 
lower  center,  is  covered  by  the  piston,  the  lubrication 
cannot  be  fully  depended  upon.  This  is  the  reason  for 
the  necessity  of  the  piston  always  being  at  least  one  and 
one-fourth  the  length  of  the  stroke,  unless  splash  lubri- 
cation is  employed. 

P.  E.  J.,  Westerly,  R.  I. — Why  does  a right-hand  propeller 
wheel  throw  the  stern  of  the  boat  to  the  starboard  when  going 
ahead  and  to  the  port  when  “backing”? 

Ans. — The  screw  propeller  exerts  more  power  at  the 
lower  part  where  the  water  is  less  disturbed  than  at 
the  top.  In  backing,  this  phenomenon  is  not  so  pro- 
nounced as  when  going  ahead.  The  wake  of  the  boat, 
or  the  water  coming  together  as  it  leaves  the  sides  of 
the  boat  is  responsible  in  part. 

H.  B.  R.,  Norfolk,  Va. — 1.  How  fast  ought  a 6in.  by  6in.  single 
cylinder  two-cycle  engine  to  run?  2.  Could  I not  increase  the  power 
by  increasing  its  speed  from  300  to  450  r.  p.  m.  ? 

Ans. — (i)  The  manufacturer  of  your  engine  is  the 
proper  one  for  you  to  address,  for  he  should  know  how 
fast  it  is  safe  to  run  it,  at  what  speed  it  develops  the 
most  power,  whether  the  piston,  connecting  rod  and 
crank  pin  is  counterbalanced  or  not.  (2)  If  the  speed 
could  be  safely  increased  and  the  ports  are  properly 
proportioned,  exhaust  piping  is  ample  and  there  is  not 
too  much  back  pressure  on  the  exhaust,  you  might  in- 
crease the  power  by  increasing  the  speed — but  450  revo- 
lutions per  minute  for  the  average  6in.  x 6in.  single- 
cylinder engine  is  very  high. 

J.  B.  P.,  East  Alburgh,  Vt. — My  propeller  wheel,  as  measured 
by  the  apparatus  described  in  your  paper  a few  weeks  ago,  is  any- 
where from  24in.  to  31in.  pitch.  One  of  the  three  blades  has  over 
40  per  cent,  more  pitch  than  the  others.  Could  I not  bend  that 
blade  to  reduce  the  pitch,  or  would  I get  better  results  by  getting 
a new  wheel? 

Ans.- — You  do  not  give  sufficient  information  to 
judge  of  just  what  is  needed;  but  we  hardly  think  you 
can  bend  the  blades  to  make  them  all  uniform.  Even 
were  they  all  alike,  the  wheel  would  not  give  the 
best  results,  for  the  pitch  is  nothing  like  true  screw. 


American  Boats  in  South  America. — P.  T.  Blose,  a 
boat  manufacturer  of  Detroit,  Mich.,  passed  through 
Pittsburg  last  night  to  his  home,  after  spending  several 
weeks  in  South  America,  where  he  formerly  shipped 
many  boats  to  be  used  on  the  rivers  in  that  country.  Mr. 
Blose  stated  that  in  former  years  the  majority  of  the  boats 
used  on  the  South  American  rivers  were  built  in  this 
country,  many  of  them  being  shipped  from  Pittsburg. 
He  said  that  of  recent  years  the  boat  manufacturers  of 
Germany  had  underbid  the  American  manufacturers,  and 
as  a result  the  Germans  were  getting  the  bulk  of  that 
trade.  The  boats  are  shipped  to  South  America,  where 
they  are  put  together.  The  machinery  for  the  boats  sent 
from  Germany  does  not  equal  that  sent  from  this  country, 
according  to  statements  made  by  Mr.  Blose,  and  he  be- 
lieves that  it  will  be  but  a few  years  until  the  Americans 
make  nearly  all  the  boats  used  on  the  rivers  in  South 
America. — Pittsburg  Times. 


Boston  Letter* 

Boston,  Jan.  29. — The  annual  meeting  of  the  Boston 
Y.  C.  was  held  at  the  Rowe’s  Wharf  club  house  last 
Wednesday  evening.  It  was  thought  that  some  mention 
of  the  new  uniform  rating  rule  would  be  made,  and  pos- 
sibly that  a proposition  would  be  made  to  adopt  it.  Noth- 
ing was  said  about  it,  however,  and  it  will  remain  for  an- 
other meeting  to  be  agitated.  It  was  voted  to  hold  an 
annual  cruise  during  the  season  of  1905,  and  Vice-Com- 
modore E.  P.  Boynton  at  once  extended  an  invitation  to 
the  members  of  the  club  to  again  become  his  guests  at 
Five  Islands,  Me.  Last  year  the  fleet  of  the  Boston  Y.  C. 
visited  Vice-Commodore  Boynton  at  Five  Islands,  and 
from  the  manner  in  which  they  enjoyed  themselves  it  is 
likely  that  they  will  be  anxious  to  go  again.  The  fleet 
was  up  against  the  “Down-East”  fog  proposition  last 
season,  but  in  spite  of  this  the  cruise  was  successful.  Mr. 
William  Avery  Carey,  who  was  re-elected  Secretary- 
Treasurer  at  the  meeting,  tendered  his  resignation,  and  a 
committee  was  appointed  to  wait  upon  him  to  see  if  he 
could  not  be  induced  to  alter  his  decision.  If  he  remains 
firm,  it  will  be  necessary  to  call  a special  meeting  of  the 
club  to'  fill  the  position.  Mr.  Carey  was  secretary  of  the 
Hull  club  from  1880.  He  continued  the  office  when  the 
Hull  and  the  Massachusetts  Y.  C.’s  were  amalgamated, 
and  has  continued  with  the  Boston  Y.  C.  since  the  amal- 
gamation with  the  Hull-Massachusetts  Club  two  years 
ago.  The  following  officers  were  elected : Com.,  B.  P. 
Cheney,  steam  yacht  Jule;  Vice-Corn.,  E.  P.  Boynton, 
schooner  Magnolia;  Rear-Com.,  Alfred  Douglas,  sloop 
Shigessa;  Sec’y-Treas.,  William  Avery  Carey;  Executive 
Comittee — Foster  Hooper,  Charles  A.  French,  Charles 
Playden  and  Walter  Burgess ; Membership  Committee — 
W.  C.  Lewis,  L.  B.  Goodspeed,  Charles  H.  Cross  2d  and 
Arthur  Prince  Plawes;  Regatta  Committee  for  two-  years, 
Sumner  H.  Foster,  C.  G.  Brown,  David  A.  Weir  and 
George  P.  Keith. 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Corinthian  Y.  C.,  of 
Marblehead,  the  following  officers  were  elected:  Com., 

John  O.  Shaw;  Vice-Corn.,  Henry  A.  Morss ; Rear-Com., 
George  P.  Hodgdon;  Sec’y,  Everett  Paine;  Treas.-Meas., 
W.  B.  Stearns;  Executive  Committee — Frank  E.  Pea- 
body and  W.  H.  Rothwell ; Regatta  Committee — Herbert 
S.  Goodwin,  L.  F.  Percival,  H.  H.  Walker,  W.  L.  Carl- 
ton and  Stephen  Bowen ; Membership  Committee — Per- 
cival W.  Pope,  O.  W.  Shead,  Frederick  Estabrook  and 
Charles  D.  Wainwright;  House  Committee  for  three 
years,  Robert  C.  Morse.  It  appears  to  be  the  sentiment  in 
the  club,  that  the  new  uniform  measurement  rule  should 
be.  adopted,  and  with  this  in  view,  a committee  was  ap- 
painted  to  revise  the  racing  rules.  Since  the  annual  meet- 
ing, the  regatta  committee  has  organized  and  has  an- 
nounced the  following  fixtures : 

June  10,  Saturday — Club  race. 

June  17,  Saturday — -Invitation  ocean  race. 

July  I,  Saturday — Club  race. 

July  4,  Tuesday — Invitation  race. 

July  8,  Saturday — Club  race. 

July  22,  Saturday — Club  race. 

July  29,  Saturday — Club  race. 

August  9,  Wednesday — Midsummer  series. 

August  10,  Thursday — Midsummer  series. 

August  11,  Friday — Midsummer  series. 

August  12,  Saturday — Invitation  race. 

August  26,  Saturday — Club  race. 

September  2,  Saturday — Club  race. 

September  4,  Monday- — Grand  handicap. 

The  new  90ft.  schooner  for  Mr.  F.  F.  Brewster  is  about 
half  plated  in  Lawley’s  west  shop.  In  the  east  shop  an 
87ft.  twin  screw  gasolene  yacht,  designed  by  Mr.  Fred. 
D.  Lawley  for  Mr.  Herbert  F.  Hanson  has  been  planked 
and  the  deck  laid,  and  the  cabin  w'ork  is  now  going  in. 
A 60ft.  gasolene  yacht  designed  by  Mr.  Arthur  Binney  is 
planked.  A 22-footer  for  Mr.  C.  A.  Morss  is  being 
finished  up  inside.  This  boat  will  be  used  in  Buzzard’s 
Bay.  The  30-footer  fbr  Mr.  Albert  Stone  has  been 
finished.  She  will  be  called  Ursula  II.  In  the  boat  shop 
four  of  the  ten  17-footers  of  the  Cohasset  one-design 
class  have  been  finished,  and  all  of  the  boats  have  been 
started.  The  cabin  house  is  being  put  on  the  35ft.  launch 
for  Mr.  Francis  C.  Welch.  A 20ft.  cat  for  Mr.  Felix 
Rackerman  is  planked.  A 35-footer,  designed  by  Mr.  W. 
H.  Hand,  Jr.,  for  Mr.  A.  R.  Meyer,  of  Kansas  City,  has 
been  laid  down.  Mr.  Fred.  D.  Lawley  has  designed  a 
35ft.  schooner  for  Mr.  C.  S.  Dennison,  to  be  used  in 
Buzzard’s  Bay. 

The  following  officers  have  been  elected  by  the  Cottage 
Park  Y.  C. : Com.,  Russell  Gardner;  Vice-Com.,  Lemuel 
C.  Moody;  Treas.,  Alfred  J.  Rogers;  Sec’y,  Charles  C. 
Ehrman;  Directors — Henry  J.  Wright,  Wesley  A.  Gove, 
Herbert  L.  Drew  and  William  M.  McMillan;  Membership 
Committee — Horace  A.  Magee,  W.  Harry  Williams, 
Timothy  A.  Atwood,  Fred.  E.  Drew,  William  P.  Morri- 
son, John  W.  Herbert  and  William  A.  Byrne;  Regatta 
Committee — Albert  B.  Freeman,  Frederick  C.  Hight, 
Louis  E.  Noble,  Edwin  C.  Johnson  and  Roland  Bailey. 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Winthrop  Y.  C.  the  fol- 
lowing officers  were  elected:  Com.,  W.  D.  Allen;  Vice- 

Com.,  S.  C.  L.  Haskell;  Sec’y,  Charles  G.  Bird;  Treas., 
Edgar  H.  Whitney;  Meas.,  A.  S.  Richards;  Directors — 
C.  A.  Heney,  C.  H.  Billings,  H.  M.  Frost  and  C.  A. 
Rouillard ; House  Committee — J.  P.  Feehan,  C.  W.  Gray 
and  A.  S.  Richards ; Regatta  Committee — W.  A.  Garratt, 
W.  T.  Milton,  G.  J.  Buchanan,  H.  L.  Pease  and  Lewis 

B.  McKie ; Membership  Committee — G.  A.  Nash,  Frank 
Beckler,  J.  L.  Rankin,  W.  J.  Kelley,  F.  S.  Mason,  M. 

C.  Rogers,  Albert  Partridge,  G.  W.  Roberts  and  J.  J. 
Devereaux.  _ George  J.  Buchanan  was  appointed  fleet 
captain.  This  is  Charles  G.  Bird’s  nineteenth  election  as 
secretary  of  the  club. 

Wilson  & Silsby  have  orders  for  suits  of  sails 
for  the  following  yachts:  25-footer,  Dr.  Franklin 

Dexter;  25-footer  Babs,  E.  B.  Alford;  21-footer, 
P..  E.  Greeg;  18- footer  Broncho,  Charles  Este ; 30- 
footer  Ursula  II.,  Albert  Stone;  21-footer,  F.  T.  Catlin; 
21-footer  Jack  Rabbit,  W.  H.  Bradbury;  25-footer,  A.  C. 
Crawford,  Nassau,  Bahamas;  18-footer,  Huntington 
Manufacturing  Company;  schooner  Agatha,  W.  S.  Eaton; 
iceboat,  Archibald  Rogers;  42ft.  schooner,  C.  E.  Gibson; 
35-footer  Vayer  II.,  Dr.  R.  H.  Hart,  Philadelphia;  8 suits 
for  15-footers,  George  Lawley;  35ft.  yawl,  Charles  Long- 
streth,  Philadelphia;  30-footer  and  15-footer,  Burgess  & 


Packard;  21-footer  Tartan,  A.  H.  Pirie;  22-footer,  Dr.  E. 
W.  Galvan;  22- footer,  George  Lawley;  mainsails  for  R. 
PL  Post,  Porto  Rico,  and  schooner  Ploosier,  Edgar  Hard- 
ing; No.  2 jib  topsail  for  schooner  Chanticleer;  George 
W.  Weld;  spinnaker  for  Henry  H.  Palmer,  San  Diego, 
Cal.,  and  set  of  awnings  for  steam  yacht  Narada,  Vice- 
Commodore  Henry  Walters,  New  York  Y.  C. 

John  B.  Killeen. 

Kanawha* 

On  the  27th  of  May,  1899,  was  launched  at  Morris 
Heights,  on  the  Harlem  River,  New  York  city,  a steel 
yacht  which  her  sponsor,  Miss  Duncan,  christened 
Kanawha.  While  much  was  anticipated  in  the  way  of 
speed,  Kanawha  gave  no  disappointment  to  either  owner 
or  builders,  for  from  the  preliminary  trials  the  yacht 
became  the  talk  of  the  yachting  contingent,  by  reason  of 
its  fine  appearance  and  great  speed.  Indeed,  one  of  the 
considerations  of  the  contract  when  the  order  was  given, 
was  that  in  a run  between  New  York  and  Sandy  Hook 
the  yacht  was  to  beat  the  time  of  the  then  famous  flyer, 
Monmouth.  The  race  occurred  on  the  31st  of  July,  which 
resulted  in  defeat  for  the  Monmouth,  and  gave  to  the 
builders  a large  bonus  over  the  contract  price.  Some  dis- 
cussion as  to  the  fitness  of  Monmouth’s  condition  fol- 
lowed, in  consequence  of  which  a second  trial  of  speed 
was  made  on  September  19,  Kanawha  covering  the  dis- 
tance of  twenty-three  miles  in  57m.,  and  again  leaving 
the  competitor  far  astern.  There  were  frequent  brushes 
during  the  club  cruise  that  fall,  and  during  the  Interna- 
tional Cup  races  between  the  yacht  and  Corsair — Felicia 
Marietta ; in  fact,  the  owner  of  the  latter  was  reported  to 
have  challenged  for  a race,  but  the  contest  never  came  off. 
After  the  Monmouth  contests  there  was  no  real  test  of 
Kanawha’s  speed  against  a foe  worthy  of  her  steel  until 
the  summer  of  1903,  when  a race  was  made  between  her 
and  Mr.  W.  B.  Leeds’  Noma  for  the  Lyistrata  Cup  given 
by  Mr.  James  Gordon  Bennett.  Kanawha  won  by  a liberal 
margin,  and  was  accorded  the  well-merited  title  of  Queen 
of  the  Fleet. 

Last  summer  Mr.  F.  M.  Smith  challenged  with  his 
fast  yacht  Hauoli,  and  the  general  impression  seemed  that 
there  was  danger  of  Kanawha’s  colors  being  brought 
down ; but  while  the  race  was  close,  she  still  merited  her 
title  at  the  first,  and  by  the  second  race  became  perma- 
nent owner  of  the  Bennett  Cup. 

Kanawha  is  227 ft.  in  length  over  all,  24ft.  beam, 
and  draws  10ft.  The  hull  and  deck  houses  are  of  steel. 
The  propelling  plant  consists  of  two  triple  expansion  en- 
gines, with  cylinders  14,  23^  and  42  by  27-inch 
stroke;  four  water-tube  boilers;  has  ice  and  electric 
plants,  also  one  for  air  cooling.  On  deck  is  located  dining 
saloon,  chart  and  smoking  room,  captain’s  stateroom, 
laundry  and  butler’s  pantry ; also  large  music  roof  aft. 
Below  decks  aft  there  are  seven  staterooms,  toilet  rooms 
and  baths ; also  a commodious  saloon.  The  crew’s  quar- 
ters are  forward,  and  comprise  four  staterooms  for  junior 
officers  and  berthing  accommodation  for  crew  of  twenty. 

The  yacht  was  built  for  the  late  John  P.  Duncan,  Esq., 
but  is  now  owned  by  Mr.  H.  H.  Rogers.  Her  cost  was 
over  a quarter  of  a million  dollars.  Mr.  Charles  L.  Sea- 
bury  was  designed,  and  the  builders  the  Gas  Engine  & 
Power  Company  and  Charles  L.  Seabury  & Co.,  Con- 
solidated. 

Our  supplement  this  week  shows  Kanawha  winning  the 
Lysistrata  Cup.  The  picture  was  taken  as  she  crossed  the 
line  in  the  lead  of  Hauoli. 


Steam  Yacht  Toinette  Sold. — Mr.  E.  E.  Smathers 
has  sold  his  steam  yacht  Toinette  through  the  agency  of 
Henry  J.  Gielow  to  Mr.  Thomas  A.  McIntyre,  New  York 
Y.  C.  Toinette  is  175ft.  over  all,  143ft.  waterline,  22.2ft. 
beam,  11ft.  draft,  and  has  a compound  engine,  steam  being 
supplied  by  a Scotch  boiler.  She  was  designed  by  W.  C. 
Store}',  and  built  by  Ramage  & Ferguson,  at  Leith,  Scot- 
land. She  has  large  coal  and  water-carrying  capacity, 
haying  been  designed  for  offshore  cruising.  Her  official 
British  tonnage  is  341  gross,  and  159  net.  The  official 
number  is  92,028.  and  the  International  Code  Signal  Let- 
ters are  K.  C.  W.  G.  Toinette  was  originally  named 
Lady  Beatrice,  and  as  such  went  on  her  maiden  trip  to 
Australia.  Her  second  owner  was  Mr.  George  Randall, 
connected  with  Messrs.  Armstrong  & Co.,  of  Newcastle- 
on-Tyne,  England,  and  he  sold  her  to  his  brother.  Lord 
Randall.  During  the  ownership  of  these  two  gentlemen, 
cruises  were  made  up  the  Baltic  Sea  to  Copenhagen,  on 
the  Mediterranean  and  around  the  British  Islands.  The 
yacht  was  then  sold  to  Mr.  E.  V.  Douglas,  of  Philadel- 
phia, coming  to  that  city  from  Greenock,  Scotland,  via 
Queenstown  and  Fayal.  The  last  part  of  the  trip  was 
made  in  eleven  days  at  a speed  of  eight  knots  per  hour. 
Mr.  Douglas  changed  the  yacht’s  name  to  Aroc  and 
cruised  on  her  one  summer  to  the  head  of  Lake  Superior, 
and  the  following  year  to  Bar  Harbor  and  other  eastern 
ports.  He  gave  her  a complete  and  thorough  overhaul- 
ing, installing  an  elaborate  system  of  modern  plumbing, 
and  refurnishing  her  in  a sumptuous  manner.  There  was 
also  added  the  present  superstructure,  extending  about 
one-third  of  her  length  amidships,  and  a forecastle  head, 
so  that  the  yacht  is  to-day  one  of  the  roomiest  of  her  size 
afloat.  Mr.  McIntyre,  the  present  owner,  is  an  old  and 
experienced  yachtsman,  having  owned  among  others  the 
stern-wheeled  houseboat  George  D.  Purdy,  the  55ft. 
steam  launch  Stray,  the  steam  yacht  Neaira,  and  the 
racing  sloop  Cymbra,  and  having  chartered  at  one  time 
the  schooner  yacht  Brunhilde. 

m,  e?  «e 

Race  Committee  of  the  Royal  St.  Lawrence  Y.  G— 
At  a meeting  of  the  Royal  St.  Lawrence  Y.  C.,  held  a 
short  time  ago,  the  Race  Committee  for  1905  was  ap- 
pointed. The  committee  is  made  up  of  the  following  gen- 
tlemen: Charles  H.  Routh,  chairman;  F.  P.  Shearwood, 
Arthur  H.  Hersey,  Charles  E.  Archbald,  Morley  Holland, 
George  W.  Slaughter,  A.  August  Macdonald,  J.  H.  Hun- 
ter, Robert  Lucas,  George  H.  H.  Eadie,  H.  Desbarats, 
J.  R.  W.  Papmeau,  Andrew  S.  Forman,  H.  L.  Peiler, 
George  H.  Kent,  Thornton  Davidson  and  H.  R.  Crombie! 

« a?  »? 

New  Inlet  to  Great  South  Bay.-— The  heavy  storm 
that  reached  its  height  on  January  27  caused  such  a ter- 
rific sea  that  it  cut  a new  inlet  between  Great  South  Bay 
and  the  ocean.  The  new  waterway  lies  just  to  the  west- 
ward of  the  Hemlock  life-saving  station. 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM 


[Feb.  4,  1903. 


Savanilla. 

Of  all  the  sailing  houseboats,  none  is  more  inter- 
esting than  Savanilla,  and  the  accompanying  plans  give 
an  excellent  idea  of  her  design,  construction,  rig  and 
interior  arrangement. 

Savanilla  was  designed  for  Mr.  John  Price  Wetherill, 
of  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  by  Commodore  R.  M.  Munroe' 
of  Cocoanut  Grove,  Florida,  and  was  built  in  1903  at 
Greenwich  Piers,  New  Jersey,  by  the  Greenwich  Piers 
Marine  Railway  Company. 

She  was  intended  for  inland  cruising  in  the  shallow 
waters  of  Florida,  and  she  draws  only  2ft.  6in.  of  water 
with  the  centerboards  up.  The  rig  is  that  of  a top- 
sail schooner,  and  has  been  found  to  be  satisfactory  in 
every  respect.  Only  one  change  was  made  in  the  rig 
the  substituting  of  a square  topsail  for  the  triangular 
one  shown  on  the  sail  plan.  Savanilla  handles  well 
and  has  shown  a very  fair  turn  of  speed.  The  owner 
objected  to  having  any  motive  power  in  the  boat  her- 
self, but  she  is  not  dependent  on  her  sail  power  alone 
for  she  has  a tender,  the  47ft.  launch  Columbia,  which 
is  fitted  with  a 10  horsepower  gasolene  motor.  Columbia 
has  proven  a very  useful  adjunct  to  Savanilla,  for  she 
is  used  m many  ways.  It  would  be  manifestly  impos- 
sible to  sail  Savandla  through  the  narrow  inland  chan- 
nels and  canals,  and  Columbia  is  used  to  tow  the  larger 
boat  when  such  places  are  encountered.  Should  the 
wind  fail  at  any  time.  Columbia  can  also  tow  her  back 
to  her  moorings.  Then  again  she  can  go  for  the 
mails,  get  supplies  and  take  the  owner  and  guests  back 
and  forth  to  the  mainland.  Columbia  is  sufficiently 
large,  and  has  enough  power  to  tow  Savanilla  at  good 
speed  against  a head  wind  or  tide.  All  tenders  to  be 
ol  real  all-around  use  should  combine  the  qualities 
which  enter  into  tins  boat’s  design,  ■ 


Although  Savanilla  is  70ft.  in  length,  her  design  is 
really  nothing  more  than  a huge  sharpie,  adapted  to  the 
requirements  of  a vessel  of  her  size  and  dimensions. 
I he  floor  is  absolutely  flat,  while  the  sides  have  a little 
flare  until  they  reach  the  chime  and  then  continue  up 
m an  almost  perpendicular  line.  Commodore  Munroe 
has  worked  out  the  design  admirably,  for  the  boat  is 
most  successful  in  every  respect  and  presents  a very 
shippy  appearance.  While  intended  solely  for  inland 
cruising,  she  has  already  encountered  some  very  bad 
weather  and  acquitted  herself  remarkably  well.  On  the 
trip  south  she  went  outside  from  Beaufort  to  Charles- 
ton, very  heavy  weather  being  experienced  on  the  run, 
but  she  came  through  without  damage.  Being  flat- 
bottomed,  she  pounded  considerably  in  the  vicious  sea, 
but  other  than  that  she  went  very  comfortably.  Heavy 
wooden  frames,  fitted  with  regular  port-holes,  are  sub- 
stituted for  the  glass  windows  when  an  outside  passage 
is  to  be  made  or  bad  weather  is  met  with,  so  all  danger 
on  that  score  is  eliminated.  Savanilla  is  equipped  with 
a skag  aft,  and  two  centerboards,  one  aft  and  one 
amidships — these  help  her  steering  qualities  and  give 
sufficient  lateral  plane  to  turn  out  to  windward  in  good 
shape. 

A gangway  on  the  starboard  side  amidships  leads 
to  the  main  deck.  This  deck,  like  the  raised  poop 
aft,  is  cut  up  by  a number  of  hatches.  These  hatches 
aie  placed  over  all  the  important  rooms  below  decks, 
and  were  found  indispensable  in  order  to  ventilate  the 
cabins  properly  when  the  boat  was  used  in  hot  climates. 
As  a matter  of  fact  they  have  not  proved  in  the  least 
objectionable.  On  the  contrary,  they  have  been  found 
to  be  useful  and  convenient  lounging  places  for  those 
on  deck. 

A compamomyay  close  to  the  gangway  leads  to  a 
Si eci age  which,  jp  turn,  opens  into  4 passageway  that 


extends  almost  the  entire  length  of  the  vessel.  The 
centerboard  trunks  practically  cut  the  boat  in  two,  in 
so  far  as  the  interior  is  concerned.  A door  at  the 
after  side  of  the  steerage  opens  into  a stateroom  10ft. 
.square,  while  opposite  is  an  unusually  large  and  com- 
pletely fitted  bathroom.  The  stateroom  contains  a 
double  bed,  a bureau,  chairs,  etc.  A lounge  runs  along 
the  side  of  the  vessel,  under  which  there  are  lockers. 
Overhead  is  a large  hatch,  and  a window  affords 
a pleasant  outlook,  as  well  as  necessary  air.  In  the 
bathroom,  which  measures  5ft.  by  10ft.’  6in,  there  is 
a tub,  closet  and  set  marble  basin,  and  a linen  locker 
is  located  under  the  companion  stairs. 

Following  the  passage  forward,  one  reaches  the 
mam  cabin,  which  occupies  all  the  bow  of  the  boat. 
This  room,  which  is  triangular  in  shape,  is  19ft.  wide 
at  the  after  end,  and  comes  almost  to  a point  forward. 
It  is  a most  attractive  apartment,  and  its  location  insures 
the  best  possible  air  and  view.  On  each  side  the  hull 
is  pierced  by  three  windows,  and  under  these  are  wide 
transoms,  which  are  ordinarily  used  for  sitting  or  loung- 
ing,  but,  in  case  of  an  emergency,  can  be  readily  turned 
into  comfortable  berths,  as  they  are  made  to  extend 
Placed  against  the  after  bulkhead  on  the  port  side  is 
the  buffet,  while  in  the  corresponding  place  on  the 
starboard  side  is  a writing  desk.  A large  dining  table 
and  a number  of  comfortable  chairs  complete  the 
furniture  in  the  cabin. 

G01  responding  with  the  door  leading  to  the  passage 
is  another  one  on  the  starboard  side  of  the  center- 
board  trunk  that  gives  access  to  the  owner’s  state- 
loorn,  1 oft.  by  12ft.  1 his  is  the  largest  sleeping  cabin 

on  the  ship,  and  is  a very  completely  fitted  and  well 
arranged  room.  Here  is  also  found  a double  bed.  and 
the  usual  bureau,  lounge,  chairs,  etc.  A door  leads 
directly  ro  111,  bathroom.  Besides  the  overhead  hatch 


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there  are  two  windows  in  this  cabin. 

On  the  port  side  of  the  passage  there  are  two  more 
staterooms,  which  are  separated  by  a bathroom.  The 
forward  room  is  7ft-  wide  by  12ft.  long,  and  like  the 
owner’s  room  opposite,  has  two  windows  and  is  fitted 
up  very  much  the  same,  only  on  a slightly  smaller  scale, 
this  being  necessary,  as  the  cabin  was  not  so  large. 
The  bath  is  5ft-  by  7ft.,  and  has  a tub,  closet  and  set 
basin.  The  other  stateroom  is  7ft.  by  10ft.  and  is  ar- 
ranged very  much  like  the  others. 

Aft  of  this  cabin  is  a smaller  room  6ft.  by  7ft.,  which 
is  occupied  by  the  cook  and  steward.  Further  aft  is 
another  room,  6ft.  6in.  by  6ft.,  for  the  use  of  the  crew. 

Here  the  passageway  ends,  and  three  steps  lead  up  to 
the  galley,  which  occupies  all  of  the  after  portion  of  the 
vessel.  I he  galley  is  under  the  raised  poop,  and  the 
floor  level  is  higher  in  consequence,  yet  the  same  head- 
room  is  obtained.  The  galley  is  16ft.  long  and  17ft. 
wide.  On  either  side  there  are  two  windows,  and  there 
are  three  in  the  stern,  making  seven  all  told.  These, 
together  with  the  overhead  hatch,  carry  off  all  odors 
arising  from  the  cooking.  The  stove  is  placed  on  the 
port  side  of  the  galley  forward.  In  the  corresponding 
place  on  the  other  side  is  the  crews’  companionway, 
under  .which  is  the  crew’s  water  closet  and  wash  room. 
On  the  port  side,  placed  against  the  side  of  the  hull, 
are  a table  and  the  sink,  opposite  on  the  starboard  side 
is  another  table  with  lockers  and  drawers  underneath. 
In  the  after  part  of  the  galley  on  either  side  are  two 
huge  refrigerators,  in  which  a large  quantity  of  ice 
and  perishable  supplies  can  be  stowed. 

A door  in  the  forward  partition  of  the  galley  opens 
into  another  room  used  by  the  crew.  It  contains  four 
berths  and  closets  for  the  men’s  dunnage.  This  room 
is  10ft.  square. 

Water  tanks  are  provided  with  sufficient  fall  to  en- 
able the  water  to  run  in  the  different  tubs  and  basins 
without  pumping.  The  total  capacity  of  the  tanks  is 
over  620  gallons. 

Savanilla  is  84ft.  6in.  over  all;  70ft.  waterline;  24ft. 
extreme  breadth;  19ft.  breadth  at  waterline;  freeboard 


forward,  8ft.;  freeboard  aft,  7ft.  Sin. ; least  freeboard, 
5ft.  3in.;  draft,  with  boards  up,  2ft.  6in.;  draft,  with 
boards  down,  7ft.  9111. 


/ACHTING  NEWS  NOTES. 


i'or  advertising  relating  to  this  department  see  pages  11  ana  iii. 

Power  Boat  Moorings. — In  sheltered  coves,  bays  and 
harbors  the  mooring  of  power  boats  is  comparatively 
simple,  a light  anchor  or  heavy  stone  attached  to  a strong 
rope  or  a pile  driven  into  the  mud  will  usually  suffice ; 
but  where  boats  are  to  be  kept  in  places  raked  by  storms 
in  rough  water,  drifting  kelp,  outside  of  the  danger  of 
swamping,  there  is  a possibility  of  dragging  on  to  the 
shore  or  into  crib  work,  wharf  or  rocks.  If  a mooring  is 
selected  as  convenient,  secure  a heavy  mushroom  or  an 
old  fishing  anchor  and  cut  off  one  fluke  even  with  the 
shank,  if  the  water  is  so  shallow  that  there  is  a possi- 
bility of  the  boat  ever  grounding  upon  it,  or  to  keep  the 
chain  from  fouling  it.  Attach  by  means  of  a proper 
shackle  a piece  of  chain  of  good  size  about  twice  or  three 
times  the  depth  of  the  water  at  high  tide.  To  a ring  or 
shackle  in  the  other  end  of  the  chain  attach  a good 
strong  rope  long  enough  to  allow  the  chain  to  he  on 
bottom  and  permit  the  buoy  to  float  easily  at  all  stages  of 
the  tide.  The  upper  end  of  the  rope  can  be  attached  to 
the  buoy  securely  near  the  end  and  a thimble  and  eye 
spliced  into  the  extreme  end.  Both  ends  of  the  rope 
should  be  carefully  served  with  canvas  and  marline  to 
prevent  chafing.  A good  strong  snap-hcok  in  the  end  of 
a short  painter  securely  attached  to  a ring-bolt,  strong 
cleat  or  Samson  post  on  the  boat  with  canvas  and 
marline  to  protect  it  where  it  passes  through  the  chock 
and  where  it  is  ever  likely  to  come  in  contact  with  the 
stem  is  highly  important  There  is  one  essential  thing 
to  do,  however,  at  least  by  August  15  or  just  after  the 
middle  of  the  season,  and  that  is  to  renew  the  rope  connect- 
ing the  chain  with  the  buoy;  for  there  is  so  much  decay- 
ing vegetable  matter  in  the  water  during  August  that  a 


,,  rope  is  likely  to  rot  and  become  unsafe.  If  the  rope  is 
carefully  washed  and  dried  and  kept  from  getting  wet 
while  stored,  two  ropes  will  easily  last  two  seasons,  while 
a single  rope,  unless  it  is  carefully  dried  once  or  twice, 
ought  not  be  depended  upon.  Relying  upon  an  anchor 
with  accompanying  dirt  and  muss  on  deck,  its  liability  to 
foul,  trip,  etc.,  is  extremely  dangerous,  and  if  found 
necessary  to  use  even  temporarily,  should  be  examined 
every  day  to  see  that  it  is  clear.  Simple  precautions  in 
this  way  take  very  little  time,  and  will  often  save  con- 
siderable trouble,  expense  and  loss  of  pleasurable  cruises. 

•?  * 

I he  Week-End  Yachtsman. — The  major  portion  of 
[he  yachting  fraternity  has  been  dubbed,  not  in  derision, 
but  with  all  due  respect,  the  week-end  yachtsman.  He 
it  is  who  labors  diligently  during  the  hot  summer  days 
until  the  Saturday  half-holiday  permits  of  his  release 
from  business  cares  and  worries,  when  he  hies  himself 
with  his  family  or  friends  to  the  mooring  place  of  his 
boat  which  may  range  in  size  from  the  uncouth  flat- 
bottomed  batteau  to  the  shapely  auxiliary  sloop  or 
schooner,  or  the  perhaps  fine-lined  yacht.  More  likely 
of  late  years  he  has  become  the  proud  possessor  of  a 
power  launch,  which  with  infinite  care  and  pains  he  has 
put  into  commission,  equipped  with  a gasolene  engine, 
remodeling  some  sailboat,  perhaps;  and  if  size  and 
finances  will. permit  he  has  built  a cabin  for  at  least  partial 
shelter,  and  instead  of  the  occasional  run,  he  is  ready  for 
cruising. 

. What  is  there  about  the  word  that  awakens  in  us  all 
teehugs  of  pleasure,  memories  of  thunder  tempests  and 
downpours  of  rain,  hard  work,  blistered  backs,  and  per- 
haps raw  or  half-cooked  food?  Did  you  ever  see  a crowd 
of  this  sort  get  ready  to  embark  that  you  were  not  en- 
vious of  the  enjoyment  that  they  foresaw  and  con- 
templated ? Unless  you  have  been  on  just  such  trips,  you 
cannot  begin  to  realize  the  pleasures  to  be  derived  from 
thein.  A day  and  a half  finishing  up  the  week’s  work  and 
on  which  to  begin  the  following  is  the  ideal,  I might  truly 
say,  of  one-half  the  laboring  people  of  every  seashore 
city.  Independence,  democracy,  simplicity  and  good  fel- 
, -°ushlf  go  hand-in-hand.  Care  is  cast  to  the  winds,  new 
fields  for  exploration,  different  scenes,  fishing,  perhaps 
wet  clothing  but  who  cares?  Early  to  bed  and  possibly 
glad  to  get  up,  take  a dip  and  straighten  out  kinked 
uacks. 

The  power  boat  has  accomplished  what  the  sailing  yacht 
never  could  furnishing,  as  it  does,  a means  of  recreation 
where  the  maximum  time  between  the  weeks  can  be  put 
to  best  account.  The  average  week-end  yachtsman  of 
Greater  New  York  needs  no  hints  from  his  brethren  in 
sister  cities  as  to  how  to  enjoy  his  outings;  give  him  the 
means  with  which  to  follow  his  inclinations  in  that 
direction. 

8?  * « 

E.  E.  Lorillard  to  Serve  on  New  York  Y.  C.’s  Race 
Committee.  Mr.  Ernest  E.  Lorillard  has  been  appointed 
a member  of  the  New  York  Y.  C.  Regatta  Committee. 
Mr.  Lorillard  will  fill  the  place  made  vacant  by  the  resig- 
nation of  Mi.  C.  L.  F.  Robinson.  The  other  two  mem- 
bers of  the  committee  are  Messrs.  H.  de  B.  Parsons  and 
Oliver  E.  Cromwell. 

Gilbert  s Bar  Y.  C.  Meeting. — The  annual  meeting  of 
the  Gilberts  Bar  Y.  C.,  of  Dade  county,  Florida,  was  held 
1 at  the  club  house  early  in  January  and  the  following  offi- 
cers were  elected:  Com.,  H.  E.  Sewall,  of  Sewall’s  Point, 

• j kw  ce-Com-,  Flarry  Jennings,  of  Tibbals,  Fla.;  Sec’y 
and  Treas.,  C.  S.  Schuyler,  of  Jensen,  Fla.;  Meas.,  H W 
bessey,  of  Stuart,  Fla.,  and  Flag  Officer,  Jerome  Twichei] 
ot  Sewall’s  Point,  Fla.  All  correspondence  should  be 
addressed  to  the  club  at  Sewall’s  Point. 

•?*?*? 

Ma\ flower  Again  Sold. — Mr.  E.  S.  Reiss,  who1  pur- 
chased the  schooner  Mayflower  a short  time  ago,  has  sold 
her  to  Mr.  George  B.  Campbell,  through  Mr.  Frank 
Bowne  Jones’  agency. 

•e  * « 

V.IGHr:'vFT  Sold.  Mr.  F.  Lothrop  Ames  has  sold  the 
yawl  Vigilant  to  Mr.  Stephen  Peabody.  Mr.  Ames  will 
put  the  sloop  Shark  in  commission  next  season,  and  it  is 
barely  possible  that  she  will  meet  Humma,  recently  pur- 
chased by  Mr.  R.  W.  Emmons,  and  Affair,  as  the  New 
York  Y.  C.  fleet  is  to  combine  with  that  of  the  Eastern 
Y . C.,  and  a long  cruise  down  the  Maine  coast  is  planned- 

»?•?»? 

Cutter  Gloria  Sold. — The  Payne-designed  cutter 
Gloria  has  been  sold  by  Mr.  H.  E.  McLeod,  of  the  Royal 
Canadian  Y.  C.,  to  a syndicate  of  Halifax  yachtsmen. 

Recent  Sales. — Mr.  George  E.  Bartol,  of  Philadelphia, 
has  sold  his  50ft.  auxiliary  yawl  Arelar  through  the 
agency  of  Macconnell  & Cook,  to  Mr.  Charles  H.  Eagle, 
secretary  of  the  Atlantic  Y.  C.  The  same  agency  has  sold 
the  sloop  Banshee  for  Mr.  Henry  DascheFto  Mr.  Parke 

G.  Sedley,  of  New  York;  the  50ft.  cruising  launch,  owned 
by  Mr.  Bernard  W.  Duke,  of  Baltimore,  to  Professor  C. 

H.  Ellard,  of  Columbia  University. 

« *? 

1 he  First  National  Motorboat  Exhibition. — An- 
nouncement is  made  that  the  opening  night  of  the  first 
National  Motorboat  Exhibition  to  be  given  this  year  in 
i ladison  Square  Garden,  New  York  city,  in  conjunction 
with  tne  Sportsmen’s  Show,  will  be  made  more  interesting 
by  the  attendance  of  prominent  naval  officials,  and  of 
commodores  of  the  leading  yacht  clubs.  Gentlemen 
prominent  m water  sports  have  accepted  invitations  to 
act  as  patrons.  011  the  opening  night,  and  in  their  honor 
the  Careen  will  be  gaily  decorated  with  yacht  club  pen- 
nants, which  are  being  received  from  clubs  from  all  over 
the  countiy.  At  the  exhibition  this  year,  which  opens 
February  21,  certain  nights  will  be  assigned  to  the  yacht 
clubs, .and.  from  distant  points  members  have  arranged 
to  visit  New  York  on  special  cars,  so  that  the  occasion 
should  be  the  greatest  gathering  of  yachtsmen  that  has 
ocen  known  in  some  years. 

At  the  Garden,  in  connection  with  the  National  Motor- 

boat  Exhibition  and  Sportsmen’s  Show,  will  be  shown 


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the  very  latest  things  in  motorboats.  The  largest  lagoon 
ever  arranged  under  one  roof  will  be  placed  in  the  center 
of  the  Garden,  Avhere  the  boats  will  be  shown.  More 
than  800,000  gallons  of  water  will  be  used,  and  the  course 
will  be  twelve  laps  to  the  mile,  with  an  island  in  the 
center.  Of  course  the  usual  interesting  sports  of  the 
Sportsmen’s  Show,  including  swimming,  canoeing  and 
tub  racing,  will  be  in  evidence,  and  the  two  weeks’  affair 
will  have  greater  attraction  than  ever.  The  entire  Show 
will  be  under  the  management  of  J.  A.  H.  Dressel,  who 
has  handled  the  Sportsmen’s  Show  for  the  past  ten  years. 

m,  * 

Hudson  River  Yacht  Racing  Association. — At  the 
annual  meeting  of  the  Tappan  Zee  Y.  C.,  held  at  Grand 
View-on-Hudson  last  September,  a committee,  consisting 
of  Ex-Commodore  Jos.  R.  Ellicott,  Valentine  Mott  and 
Edward  Cornell,  was  appointed  to  take  measures  to  form 
a yacht  racing  association  among  the  Hudson  River  clubs. 
Representatives  of  various  clubs  along  the  river  were  in- 
vited to  meet  the  committee  at  a dinner  held  at  the 
Arena  on  Saturday  evening,  January  21,  for  an  informal 
discussion  of  the  matter.  Three  clubs  sent  delegates,  the 
Albany  Y.  C.  being  represented  by  Commodore  Rowe, 
the  Newburgh  Canoe  and  Boating  Association  by  Com- 
modore Cantine  and  three  associates,  and  the  Tappan  Zee 
Y.  C.  by  Commodore  Sturtevant  and  seven  members. 

Steps  were  taken  to  form  a permanent  organization, 
and  with  this  end  in  view  a committee  was  appointed, 
consisting  of  Ex-Commodore  Ellicott,  of  the  Tappan  Zee 
Y.  C.,  chairman,  and  Mr.  Darragh,  of  the  Newburgh  Club 
secretary,  to  meet  at  the  call  of  the  chair  in  New  York 
during  February. 

The  object  of  the  association  is  to  encourage  yachting 
of  all  kinds  and  to  bring  the  clubs  into  closer  contact  by 
means  of  inter-club  races,  cruises  and  squadron  meets. 
A one-design  boat  will  also'  be  built,  as  when  the  clubs 
come  together  there  is  almost  no  similarity  of  type.  The 
first  boat  decided  upon  is  a 21ft.  clipper  dory  from  the 
design  of  Messrs.  Gardner  & Cox,  several  of  which  are 
now  building.  As  the  association  wishes  to  encourage 
yachting  among  the  boys  and  build  up  a lot  of  young 
sailors,  a boat  of  this  size  will  be  very  serviceable,  as  it 
is  not  too  heavy  for  them  to  handle.  They  have  been 
very  fortunate  in  their  first  design,  and  consider  that  it 
combines  more  good  points  in  the  way  of  speed,  sea- 
worthiness and  construction  than  can  be  found  in  any 
special  class  of  its  size  adopted  by  any  club. 

u Forest  and  Stream”  Designing 
Competition  No.  IV. 

Sixty-foot  'Waterline  Cruising  Power  Boat. 


$225  in  Prizes. 

The  three  designing  competitions  previously  given  by 
Forest  and  Stream  have  been  for  sailing  yachts.  In 
this  competition,  the  fourth,  we  are  to  change  our  sub- 
ject and  give  the  power  boat  men  an  opportunity.  The 
competition  is  open  to  amateurs  and  professionals,  except 
that  the  designers  who  received  prizes  in  any  of  the  three 
previous  contests  may  not  compete  in  this  one. 

The  following  prizes  will  be  given: 

First  prize,  $100. 

Second  prize,  $60. 

Third  prize,  $40. 

Fourth  prize,  $25,  offered  by  Mr.  Charles  W.  Lee  for 
the  best  cabin  arrangement. 

Mr.  Henry  J.  Gielow,  N.A.,  has  very  kindly  agreed  to 
act  as  judge.  In  addition  to  making  the  awards,  Mr. 
Gielow  will  criticise  each  of  the  designs  submitted;  and 
the  criticisms  will  be  published  in  these  columns. 

The  designs  will  be  for  a cruising  launch  propelled  by 
either  gasolene  or  kerosene  motors,  conforming  to  the 
following  conditions: 

I.  Not  over  60ft.  waterline. 

II.  Not  over  4ft.  draft. 

III.  A signalling  mast  only  to  be  shown. 

IV.  Cabin  houses,  if  used  at  all,  to  be  kept  as  low 
and  narrow  as  possible. 

V.  Construction  to  be  of  wood,  and  to  be  strong, 
simple,  and  inexpensive.  The  cost  of  the  boat  complete 
in  every  detail  must  not  exceed  $9,000.  _ 

VI.  The  location  of  tanks  and  engine  or  engines  to 
be  carefully  shown.  Either  single  or  twin-screws  may  be 
adopted.  The  power  and  type  of  the  motor  must  be 
specified. 

VII.  The  boat  must  have  a fuel  capacity  sufficient  to 
give  a cruising  radius  of  700  miles  at  a rate  of  8 miles 
an  hour.  The  maximum  speed  shall  not  be  more  than  14 
miles  nor  less  than  10  miles.  The  estimated  maximum 
speed  must  be  specified. 

VIII.  All  weights  must  be  carefully  figured,  and  the 
results  of  the  calculations  recorded.  A thousand-word 
description  of  the  boat  and  a skeleton  specification  must 
accompany  each  design. 

The  design  must  be  modern  in  every  particular,  with- 
out containing  any  extreme  or  abnormal  features.  > We 
wish  to  produce  an  able,  safe,  and  comfortable  cruising 
boat,  one  that  will  have  ample  accommodations,  so  that 
the  owner  and  his  wife  and  two  guests,  or  three  or  four 
men,  can  live  aboard,  and  one  that  can  easily  be  managed 
at  all  times  by  two  or  three  paid  hands  in  addition  to  the 
steward.  The  draft  is  restricted  to  4ft.  in  order  that  the 
boat  may  have  access  to  nearly  all  harbors,  canals  and  rivers 
North  and  South,  and  may  thereby  widely  increase  the 
cruising  field.  We  have  in  mind  a boat  that  can  be  used 
North  in  the  summer  and  South  in  the  winter,  and  a 
craft  well  able  to  withstand  outside  passage  along  the 
coast  in  all  seasons  of  the  year. 

Special  attention  must  be  given  to  the  cabin  arrange- 
ment. The  interiors  should  be  original,  but  devoid  of  any 
impractical  features.  Arrangements  saould  be  made  for 
a direct  passage  forward  and  aft  without  going  on  deck. 

Drawings  Required. 

I.  Sheer  plan.  Scale,  $4ifi.=ift 

II.  Half  breadth  plan.  Scale,  J4in.=ift. 

III.  Body  plan.  Scale,  ^4in.=ift. 

IV.  Cabin  plan  and  inboard  profile  and  at  least  one 
cross-section.  Scale,  /4in.=ift. 

V.  Outboard  profile.  Scale,  J4ffi.=lft. 

The  drawings  should  be  carefully  made  and  lettered; 


all  drawings  should  be  preferably  on  tracing  cloth  or 
white  paper,  in  black  ink.  No  colored  inks  or  pigments 
should  be  used. 

The  drawings  must  bear  a nom  de  plume  only,  and  no 
indication  must  be  given  of  the  identity  of  the  designer. 
In  a sealed  envelope,  however,  the  designer  must  inclose 
his  name  and  address,  together  with  his  nom  de  plume. 

All  designs  must  be  received  at  the  office  of  the  Forest 
and  Stream  Publishing  Company,  346  Broadway,  New 
York,  not  later  than  February  3,  1905.  All  drawings  will 
be  returned.  Return  postage  should  accompany  each. 

The  Forest  and  Stream  reserves  the  right  to  publish 
any  or  all  the  designs. 


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Officers  of  A.  C.  A,,  1905. 

Commodore — C.  F.  Wolters,  14  Main  St.,  East  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Secretary — H.  M.  Stewart,  85  Main  St.,  East  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

'J  reasurer — F.  G.  Mather,  30  Elk  St.,  Albany,  N.  Y. 

ATLANTIC  DIVISION. 

Vice-Commodore — W.  A.  Furman,  846  Berkeley  Ave.,  Trenton, 
N.  J. 

Rear-Commodore — F.  C.  Hoyt,  57  Broadway,  New  York. 

Purser— C.  W.  Stark,  118  N.  Montgomery  St.,  Trenton,  N.  J. 

Executive  Committee — J.  C.  Maclister,  U.  G.  I.  Building,  Phila- 
delphia, Pa.;  L.  C.  Kretzmer,  L.  C.  Schepp  Building,  New 
York;  E.  M.  Underhill,  Box  262,  Yonkers,  N.  Y. 

Board  of  Governors — R.  J.  Wilkin,  26  Court  St.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Racing  Board— H.  L.  Quick,  Yonkers,  N.  Y. 

CENTRAL  DIVISION. 

Vice-Commodore — Lyman  T.  Coppins,  691  Main  St.,  Buffalo,  N.Y. 

Rear-Commodore — Frank  C.  Demmler,  526  Smithfield  St.,  Pittsburg. 

Purser — J.  C.  Milsom,  736  Mooney  Brisbane  Bldg.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Executive  Committee — F.  G.  Mather,  30  Elk  St.,  Albany,  N.  Y.; 
H.  W.  Breitenstein,  511  Market  St.,  Pittsburg,  Pa.;  Jesse  J. 
Armstrong,  Rome,  N.  Y. 

Board  of  Governors — C.  P.  Forbush,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Racing  Board — Harry  M.  Stewart,  85  Main  St.,  East  Rochester, 
N.  Y. 

EASTERN  DIVISION. 

Vice-Commodore— D.  S.  Pratt,  Jr.,  178  Devonshire  St.,  Boston, 

Rear-Commodore — Wm.  W.  Crosby,  8 Court  St.,  Woburn,  Mass. 

Purser — W.  S.  Stanwood,  Wellesley,  Mass. 

Executive  Committee — Wm.  J.  Ladd,  18  Glen  Road,  Winchester, 
Mass.;  F.  W.  Notman,  Box  2344,  Boston,  Mass.;  O.  C.  Cun- 
ningham, care  E.  Teel  & Co.,  Medford,  Mass.;  Edw.  B. 
Stearns,  Box  63,  Manchester,  N.  H. 

Racing  Board — Paul  Butler,  TJ.  S.  Cartridge  Co.,  Lowell,  Mass,  j 
H.  D.  Murphy,  alternate. 

NORTHERN  DIVISION. 

Vice-Commodore — Chas.  W.  McLean,  303  James  St.,  Montreal, 
Can. 

Rear-Commodore — J.  W.  Sparrow,  Toronto,  Canada. 

Purser— J.  V.  Nutter,  Montreal,  Canada. 

Executive  Committee — C.  E.  Britton,  Gananoque,  Ont. ; Harry 
Page,  Toronto,  Ont. 

Board  of  Governors — J.  N.  MacKendnck,  Galt,  Ont. 

Racing  Board — E.  J.  Minett,  Montreal,  Canada. 

WESTERN  DIVISION. 

Vice-Commodore — Burton  D.  Munhall,  care  of  Brooks  Household 
Art  Co.,  Cleveland,  Ohio.  . . 

Rear-Commodore — Charles  J.  Stedman,  National  Lafayette  Bank, 
Cincinnati.  Ohio.  , _ 

Purser— George  A.  Hall,  care  of  Bank  of  Commerce,  Cleveland,  O. 

Executive  Committee — Thomas  P.  Eckert,  31  West  Court  St., 
Cincinnati,  O. ; Dr.  H.  L.  Frost,  10  Howard  St.,  Cleveland,  O. 

Roard  of  Governors — Henry  C.  Morse,  Peoria,  111. 


Vaseline  foT  a Leaky  Canoe. 

New  York,  Jan.  25. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream:  Mr. 

H.  Hardy’s  article  in  January  21  issue  on  using  vaseline 
for  greasing  the  wheel  of  his  wagon,  reminds  me  of  an 
incident  which  happened  two  summers  ago.  We  were  in 
camp,  a party  of  canoeists,  when  one  complained  of  his 
canoe  leaking  badly  somewhere  in  the  stern.  He  had  had 
to  stop  and  bail  her  several  times  while  on  the  way  to 
camp,  and  did  not  want  to  repeat  the  performance  on  his 
way  home.  He  asked  me  to  take  a look  at  her.  . It  had 
been  very  warm  the  week  previous,  and  the  planking  not 
being  a tight  fit,  the  heat  opened  up  her  seams.  I got  a 
bottle  of  vaseline  out  of  my  grub  box,  and  taking  a liberal 
quantity  rubbed  it  in  well,  testing  the  canoe  every  now 
and  then  to  see  if  the  leak  was  filled.  It  worked  like  a 
charm,  and  friend  John  paddled  home  that  evening  m a 
dry  canoe.  A.  C.  A.,  No.  4663- 

A.  C.  A.  Membership. 

The  following  have  been  proposed  for  membership  to 
the  Eastern  Division  of  the  A.  C.  A.:  Benjamin  C.  Lane 
and  Frank  J.  Wilson,  both  of  Boston,  and  both  proposed 
by  Edward  A.  Hatch.  New  members  Central  Division- 
No.  4862,  G.  H.  H.  Hills,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.;  No.  4863,  Robert 
W.  Gallagher,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. ; No.  4864,  J.  H.  L.  Galla- 
gher, Palmyra,  N.  Y.  New  members  proposed,  Central 
Division— Evans  S.  Kellogg,  Schenectady,  N.  Y.  Eastern 
Division— Ralph  F.  Reynolds,  Somerville,  Mass.;  Samuel 
B.  Burnham,  Providence,  R.  I. 

Frederic  G.  Mather,  Treas. 


lifle  and  (§alhry. 


Fixtures. 

Feb  22  —Greenville,  N.  J.— American  record  100-shot  match. 
March  1-9.— New  York.— Zettler  annual  gallery  tournament. 


For  Better  .22's. 

Ottawa,  Jan.  27.— Editor  Forest  and  Stream:  If  the  subject 

meets  with  your  approval  and  is  likely  to  be  of  interest  to  any  of 
your  readers,  I would  like  to  offer  a plea  for  the  production  of  a 
higher  grade  of  ,22cal.  bolt-action  rifle  than  is  now  to  be  had. 
The  little  weapons  which  have  been  on  the  market  for  the  last 
four  or  five  years  have  met  with  a fair  share  of  appreciation  not 
only  at  the  hands  of  the  younger  population,  but  also  by  sports- 
men, who  have  found  a light  .22cal.  rifle  a useful  adjunct  to  a 
general  camp  outfit. 

I have  used  one  of  these  little  weapons  for  the  last  two  seasons, 
and  have  found  it  a very  convenient  article  around  camp.  The 
action  is  of  the  simplest  character,  of  few  parts,  and  its  liability 
to  getting  out  of  order,  even  with  very  rough  usage,  is  almost 
nil;  and  while  it  cannot  be  said  that  it  can  be  made  to  afford  as 
rapid  fire  as  some  of  the  other  breech  raephanisms,  yet  I think 
that,  with  some  modifications  of  the  prefeirii  weapons,  it  could  be 
made  sufficiently  fast  in  its  action  to  requirements  of  a 

large  number  of  sportsmen  who  want  a tSsist  serviceable  weapon, 
with  mechanism  of  the  simplest  character,  for  staall  game  shooting 
or  target  practice. 


Now,  as  to  desired  improvements,  it  seems  to  sne  that  no  better 
guide  can  be  had  than  that  afforded  by  an  examination  of  the 
main  features  of  One  or  other  of  the  larger  military  or  sporting 
models  of  the  same  general  type. 

Modern  arms  of  this  kind  are  equally  serviceable  as  single-shot 
or  as  magazine  rifles.  Some  may  contend  that  a magazine  is  not 
necessary  in  these  small  weapons,  but  at  the  same  time  it  may  be 
pointed  out  that  where  one  wishes  to  use  the  popular  long  rifle 
ammunition  he  is  ever  at  a difficulty  from  the  facility  with  which 
these  cartridges  attach  to  themselves  any  dirt  with  which  they 
may  come  in  contact,  and  that  a magazine  of  that  kind  which  is 
used  in  the  1903  model  Savage  gets  over  this  difficulty  in  a very 
satisfactory  manner. 

The  cocking  of  the  piece  is  effected  by  the  working  of  the  bolt 
in  the  act  of  loading;  and  to  obviate  the  danger  of  premature 
explosion  from  carrying  a loaded  rifle  with  the  hammer  cocked, 
a safety  device  of  some  kind  is  provided;  in  some  cases  a half- 
cocking  device  is  used;  in  others  a locking  flange  is  attached  to 
the  bolt,  and  in  still  others  a trigger  safety,  actuated  by  a thumb 
piece,  as  in  hammerless  guns,  is  used;  this  latter  arrangement  is 
probably  the  most  convenient. 

The  firing-bolt,  or  hammer,  does  not  partake  of  the  rotation  of 
the  breech-bolt,  and  while  this  is  not  as  necessary  in  the  .22  as  in 
rifles  of  larger  bore,  it  would  enable  the  use  of  a peep  sight  at- 
tached to  the  head  of  the  firing-bolt,  which,  in  the  estimation  of 
many,  is  the  most  convenient  way  of  adapting  the  peep  sight  to 
bolt-action  rifles. 

The  bolt  may  be  conveniently  withdrawn  from  the  frame  without 
its  being  necessary  to  further  dismount  the  arm;  with  this  pro- 
vision the  shooter  is  enabled,  in  case  of  necessity  or  otherwise,  to 
get  a clear  view  of  the  interior  of  the  barrel  throughout  its  length 
without  any  delay. 

In  addition  to  those  enumerated  above,  there  are  some  other 
points  which  should  receive  careful  attention  in  the  production  of 
a higher  grade  weapon.  The  screw-heads  which  disfigure  the 
present  models  by  projecting  from  beneath  the  fore-end,  should 
be  done  away  with,  and  some  neater  form  of  barrel  fastening 
adopted;  the  general  design  of  the  stocks  might  also  be  modified 
to  suit  different  requirements;  such  matters  as  pistol  grips, 
checking  and  other  variations  from  any  standard  which  may  be 
adopted,  could  be  classed  as  extras;  a system  of  detachable  bar- 
rels might  be  in  favor  with  some.  In  short,  I think  that  the 
manufacturers  would  be  conferring  a favor  on  many  sportsmen 
and  at  the  same  time  find  it  advantageous  to  themselves  were 
they  to  bring  out  a weapon  in  the  same  degree  of  completeness 
as  that  which  characterizes  many  of  the  other  productions  of  the 
day.  Robt.  A.  A.  Johnston. 


New  York  Schuetzen  Corps. 

The  regular  bi-monthly  practice  shoot  of  the  above  society  was 
held  at  the  Zettler  ranges,  in  Twenty-third  street,  Jan.  27.  Al- 
though the  weather  was  inclement,  the  attendance  was  well  up  to 
the  average.  Seventy-four  men  lined  up  for  the  fray.  Scores  fol- 
low: N.  C.  L.  Beverstein  212,  225;  H.  Beckmann  218,  206;  C.  J. 
Brinckama  214,  240;  J.  C.  Brinkmann  207,  222;  A.  Beckmann  211, 
212;  G.  N.  Bohlken  199,  207;  C.  Boesch  201,  197;  J.  C.  Bonn  240, 
236;  Aug.  Beckmann  197,  208;  F.  W.  Dierks  218,  238;  H.  Decker 
192,  206;  W.  Dahl  200,  220;  M.  Y.  Dwingelo  185,  206;  D.  Dede  197, 
221;  J.  F.  R.  Ernst  170,  181;  F.  Facompre  225,  230;  D.  Ficken  194, 
201;  G.  H.  Fixsen  204,  212;  A.  Giebelhaus  199,  219;  L.  L.  Gold- 
stein 179,  203;  F.  Gobber  181,  204;  Dr.  C.  Grosch  206,  216;  R. 
Gute  241,  244;  Capt.  J.  H.  Hainhorst  234,  235;  H.  C.  Hainhorst 
227,  224;  H.  Haase  227,  225;  H.  Hoenisch  208,  207;  H.  Hesse  203, 
192;  P.  Heidelberger  220,  221;  N.  W.  Haaren  206,  196;  L.  C. 
Hagenah  213,  226;  J.  Jantzen  222,  223;  N.  Jantzen  167,  165;  G. 
Junge  189,  203;  H.  Kahrs  199,  202;  C.  Konig  195,  204;  J.  H. 
Kroeger  230,  208;  B.  Kumm  200,  201;  F.  Lankenau  213,  212;  H. 
Leopold  199,  221;  A.  W.  Lemcke  227,  222;  G.  Ludwig  239,  242; 
J.  von  der  Leith  215,  212;  C.  Mann  211,  203;  J.  H.  Meyer  228,  224; 
H.  D.  Meyer  226,  211;  C.  Meyer  226,  234;  H.  Meyn  213,  188;  H.  B. 
Michaelsen  226,  221;  H.  Nordbruch  216,  218;  H.  Offermann  204, 
204;  G.  W.  Offermann  210,  208;  R.  Ohms  215,  227;  C.  Plump  215, 
221;  J.  Paradies  206,  219;  D.  Peper  217,  227;  C.  Roffmann  197, 
229;  F.  von  Ronn  231,  237;  F.  Schulz  160,  192;  W.  Schults  230,  213; 
W.  Schaefer  223,  213;  C.  Schmitz  212,  217;  J.  N.  F.  Seibs  233,  236; 
C.  Seivers  228,  232;  Capt.  J.  G.  Tholke  215,  223;  G.  Thomas  212, 
233;  M.  J.  Theu  205,  215;  G.  J.  Voss  214,  217;  G.  H.  Wehrenberg 
211,  220;  J.  Willenbrock  224,  230;  B.  Zettler  233,  229;  H.  Lohden 
210,  223;  A.  Sibberns  193,  202;  \V.  Ulrich  161,  189;  H.  Quaal  207, 
215. 

Bullseye  target:  J.  N.  F.  Seibs  34,  H.  Decker  40,  J.  Paradies 
65%,  C.  Sievers  68,  F.  W.  Dierks  68,  J.  C.  Brinckmann  77,  Chris. 
Konig  77%,  R.  Gute  83,  H.  C.  Hainhorst  85%,  G.  W.  Ludwig  87. 


Providence,  R.  I.,  Revolver  Club. 

Providence,  R.  I.— We  have  surely  struck  the  “freezeout”  side 
of  the  game  just  now,  the  defeat  of  our  rifle  team  being  followed 
by  a typical  New  England  blizzard,  whose  ungentle  zephyrs  per- 
vaded our  shooting  hall  and  caused  the  few  enthusiasts  who 
turned  out  at  the  Thursday  evening  shoot  to  do  most  of  their 
good  shooting  verbally  in  the  boiler  room.  The  rifle  squad  seemed 
to  be  able  to  hug  their  .22s  tight  enough  to  avoid  much  loss  of 
accuracy,  but  the  revolver  cranks’  shivering  discouraged  good 
scores,  though  they  had  the  satisfaction  of  knowing  that  one 
was  as  good  as  another. 

Mr.  F.  L.  Vaughn  was  a visitor,  and  enjoyed  a few  shots  with 
rifle,  pistol  and  revolver. 

The  targets  shot  by  the  Portland  team  were  on  hand  and  created 
much  interest.  The  Myles  Standish  club  certainly  does  things  up 
brown,  from  the  get-up  of  their  targets  to  the  finish  of  a match. 

One  of  the  local  militia  rifle  teams,  none  other  than  the  winner 
of  the  Brigade  trophy,  has  suggested  a match  with  the  Krag. 
They  are  using  a bushing  for  the  .32  S.  & W.  cartridge,  and  re- 
port good  results.  With  one  exception,  none  of  our  men  have 
ever  shot  a Krag  rifle,  and  it  looks  a little  one-sided  for  the 
militia  team;  still,  if  we  can  bring  about  a trial,  there  are  enough 
men  in  our  organization  who  would  like  to  try,  and  we  have  put 
it  up  to  the  trophy  winners  to  arrange  the  matter. 

Twenty-five  yards,  German  ring  target:  A.  B.  Coulters,  239,  235, 
235;  C.  L.  Beach,  232,  223;  W.  B.  Gardiner,  221,  228;  Maj.  Wm. 
F.  Eddy,  220. 

Twenty  yards,  revolver,  Standard  target:  Arno  Argus,  73,  72, 

65;  Wm.  F.  Eddy,  73,  68;  A.  C.  Hurlburt,  69,  74,  72,  68. 


New  York  Independent  Corps. 

New  York.— Scores  follow  for  the  practice  shoot  held  at  head- 
quarters, 159  West  Twenty-third  street,  Jan.  26.  The  feature  of  the 
evening  was  the  contest  between  George  Ludwig  and  F.  Liegibel, 
for  the  honor  of  first  place,  Ludwig  winning  out  handsomely  on 
his  final  target:  G.  Ludwig  244,  245;  F.  Liegibel  244,  240;  A. 

Begerow  241,  242;  F.  A.  Young  234,  240;  B.  Eusner  239,  227;  J. 
Schmid  230,  234;  H.  J.  Behrens  227,  213;  J.  Facklamm  220,  218; 
E,  Gartner  210,  222,  . 


Feb.  4 1 90s.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


Zettler  Rifle  Club. 

New  York. — On  Tuesday  evening,  Jan.  24,  the  following  scores 
were  recorded  at  headquarters,  159  West  Twenty-third  street: 
One  hundred  shots:  L.  P.  Hansen  2431,  A.  Hubalek  2427,  A. 

Begerow  2371,  H.  Fenwirth  2350,  G.  J.  Bernius  2295. 

Fifty  shots:  C.  Zettler,  Jr.,  1212,  R.  Gute  1212,  H.  C.  Zettler 
1197,  G.  Ludwig  1189,  C.  G.  Zettler  1180,  B.  Zettler  1171,  T.  H. 
Keller  1164. 


Italian  Rifle  Club. 

At  the  weekly  contest  of  the  above  club  Minervini  led  the  race, 
closely  followed  by  Gallina.  Scores:  Minervini  235,  243;  Gallina 

236,  240;  De  Felice  235,  238;  Muzio  224,  235;  Rossotti  230,  226; 
Alfero  220,  234;  De  Stefano  199,  213;  Cassetti  193,  217. 


Massachusetts  Rifle  Club. 

Long  range,  100yds.:  F.  Daniels  48,  F.  Carter  40,  W.  Charles  38. 
Pistol  match:  C.  H.  Eastman  87,  R.  L.  Dale  83. 

Two  hundred  yards,  offhand  match:  R.  L.  Dale  228,  J.  Bus- 

field  223,  A.  Nieder  219,  H.  V.  Hill  209. 


Rifle  Notes. 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  stockholders  of  the  Savage  Arms 
Company,  Utica,  N.  Y.,  was  held  on  Jan.  25,  and  the  following 
officers  were  elected:  President,  Benj.  Adriance;  Vice-President, 

Walter  Jerome  Green;  Secretary  and  Treasurer,  J.  De  Peyster 
Lynch. 

*1 

The  Electric  Rifle  Club,  of  Scranton,  Pa.,  are  desirous  of 
arranging  telegraph  matches  with  other  clubs  on  25yd.  range.  All 
communications  should  be  addressed  to  A.  A.  Brown,  322  Wash- 
ington avenue,  Scranton,  Pa. 

We  have  to  report  the  sad  death  of  Charles  Ryan,  after  a brief 
illness,  from  pneumonia.  Mr.  Ryan  was  a member  of  the  Zettler 
Rifle  Club.  A host  of  fellow  marksmen  mourn  his  loss. 


trapshooting. 


If  you  want  your  shoot  to  be  announced  here  send  a 
notice  like  the  followings 


Fixtures. 

Feb.  3. — Chester,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  all-day  shoot.  Hiram  B. 
Tuthill,  Pres. 

Feb.  6-9. — Houston,  Tex. — Sen’s  Grand  Southern  Handicap.  Alf. 
Gardiner,  Mgr. 

Feb.  11.— Phillipsburg,  N.  J.,  Opposite  Easton,  Pa. — Alert  Gun 
Club  first  annual  tournament.  Ed.  F.  Markley,  Mgr. 

Feb.  13. — Concord,  S.  I. — All-day  shoot  of  the  Richmond  Gun  Club. 
A.  A.  Schoverling,  Sec’y. 

Feb.  13. — Ossining,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  shoot.  C.  G.  Blandford, 
Capt. 

Feb.  13.— Rahway,  N.  J.,  Gun  Club  shoot. 

Feb.  13.— Shrewsbury,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  W.  H. 
Myers,  Sec’y. 

Feb.  15-16.— Allentown,  Pa.— Two-day  tournament  at  Duck  Farm 
Hotel.  C.  L.  Straub,  Mgr. 

Feb.  15-16.— Detroit,  Mich.— Jacob  Klein’s  tournament  on  Rusch 
House  grounds,  under  auspices  of  Tri-State  Automobile  and 
Sporting  Goods  Association. 

Feb.  18. — Newark,  N.  J.— All-day  shoot  of  the  Mullerite  Gun  Club. 
A.  A.  Schoverling,  Mgr. 

Feb.  22.— New  Paltz,  N.  Y.— Mullerite  Gun  Club  all-day  shoot. 
A.  A.  Schoverling,  Mgr. 

Feb.  22.— Harrisburg,  Pa.,  Shooting  Association  seventeenth 
annual  live-bird  tournament.  A.  H.  Roberts,  Sec’y. 

Feb.  22.— Atglen,  Pa.— Christiana-Atglen  Gun  Club  all-day  shoot. 
Lloyd  R.  Lewis,  Cor.  Sec’y. 

Feb.  22.— Batavia,  HI.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  Henry  Hendrick- 
son, Mgr.  , _ 

Feb.  22.— Concord,  S.  I.— All-day  shoot  of  the  Richmond  Gun 
Club.  A.  A.  Schoverling,  Sec’y. 

Feb.  22.— Schenectady,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  V.  Wall- 
burg,  Sec’y. 

Feb.  22.— Utica,  N.  Y.— Riverside  Gun  Club’s  eighth  annual  tour- 
nament. E.  J.  Loughlim  Sec’y.  . 

March  20-25.— Kansas  City,  Mo— Dickey  Bird  Gun  Club  six-day 
tournament. 

March  28-31.— Kansas  City,  Mo— Schmelzer  spring  tournament. 
C.  J.  Schmelzer,  Mgr. 

April  5-6.— Augusta,  Ga.— The  Interstate  Association’s  tourna- 
ment, under  the  auspices  of  the  Augusta  Gun  Club.  Chas.  C. 
Needham,  Sec’y.  ^ 

April  12-13.— Spring  tournament  of  Delaware  Trapshooters  League, 
on  grounds  of  Wilmington  Gun  Club.  H.  J.  Stidman,  Sec  y, 
Wilmington.  , . . . 

April  18-20.— Waco,  Tex.— Texas  State  Sportsmen  s Association 
tournament.  . 

April  19.— Springfield,  Mass.,  Shooting  Club  annual  tournament. 

C.  L.  Kites,  Sec’y.  . 

May  2-5.— Pittsburg,  Pa.— Tournament  of  the  Pennsylvania  State 
Sportsmen’s  Association,  under  auspices  of  the  Herron  Hill 
Gun  Club;  $1,000  added  to  purses.  Louis  Lautenstager,  Secy. 
May  2-6.— Kansas  City,  Mo.— Missouri  State  Game  and  Fish  Pro- 
tective Association  tournament. 

May  9-12.— Hastings,  Neb.— Nebraska  State  Sportsmen  s Associa- 
tion’s twenty-ninth  annual  tournament.  Geo.  L.  Carter,  Sec  y, 
Lincoln,  Neb.  _ _ , . 

May  14-16.— Des  Moines,  la.— Iowa  State  Sportsmen  s Associa- 
tion tournament.  A „ 

May  16-18.— Parkersburg,  W.  Va.— West  Virginia  State  Sports- 
men’s Association  tournament. 

May  17-18.— Auburn,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  two-day  tournament.  Knox 
& Knapp,  Mgrs. 

May  17-19.— Stanley  Gun  Club  of  Toronto  (incorporated),  Can., 
annual  tournament.  Alexander  Dey,  Sec’y,  178  Mill  street, 
Toronto.  „ , . . . 

May  23-25.— Lincoln.— Illinois  State  Sportsmen  s Association  tour- 
nament. , , , , 

May  25-27.— Montreal,  Quebec,  Gun  Club  grand  trapshooting 
tournament.  D.  J.  Kearney,  Sec’y,  412  St.  Paul  street,  Quebec. 
May  30.— McKeesport,  Pa— Enterprise  Gun  Club  tournament. 
Geo.  W.  Mains,  Sec’y. 

May  30-31— Washington,  D.  C— Analostan  Gun  Club  two-day 
tournament;  $200  added.  Miles  Taylor,  Sec’y,  222  F street, 

N.  W.  , 

May  31- J une  1.— Vermillion.— South  Dakota  State  Sportsmen  s 

Association  tournament.  , _ 

June  8-9.— Dalton,  O.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  Ernest  h. 
Scott,  Capt. 

June  9.— Shamokin,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  S.  C.  Yocum, 

Jumf  27-30.— Indianapolis,  Ind.— The  Interstate  Association’s  Grand 
American  Handicap  target  tournament;  $1,000  added  money. 
Elmer  E.  Shaner,  Sec’y-Mgr.,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 
july  4— Shamokin,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  S.  C.  Yocum, 
Sec’y. 

July  4. — South  Framingham,  Mass. — Second  annual  team  shoot; 

July^l2-13.— Menominee,  Mich.— The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  Menominee  Gun  Club. 
W.  W.  McQueen,  Sec’y.  . . , 

Aug.  2-4.— Albert  Lea,  Minn.— The  Interstate  Association  s tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  Albert  Lea  Gun  Club. 
N.  E.  Paterson,  Sec’y.  A . . , . 

Aug.  16-18.— Kansas  City,  Mo.— The  Interstate  Association  s tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  O.  K.  Gun  Club.  C.  C. 
Herman.  Sec’y.  , ,, 

Oct.  11-12.— Dover,  Del.,  Gun  Club  tournament;  open  to  all  ama- 
teurs. W.  H.  Reed,  Sec’y.  . , T 

Oct.  12. — FM1  tournament  of  the  Delaware  Trapshooters  League, 
9»  grounds  of  Dover  Gun  Club. 


• DRIVERS  AND  TWISTE.RS 

The  Secretary,  Mr.  W.  H.  Reed,  announces  that  the  Dover, 
Del.,  Gun  Club  claims  the  dates  Oct.  11  and  12  for  a two-day 
tournament,  open  to  all  amateurs. 

The  annual  tournament  of  the  Freeport,  L.  I.,  Gun  Club,  fixed 
to  be  held  on  Jan.  25,  was  postponed  on  account  of  the  blizzard. 
Feb.  2 has  been  fixed  upon  as  the  date.  Shooting  begins  at  10 
o’clock. 

*5 

Messrs.  J.  F.  Schmelzer  & Son  Arms  Co.  write  us  as  follows: 

We  are  pleased  to  advise  you  that  our  usual  spring  tournament 
will  be  held  on  March  28,  29,  30  and  31.  Mr.  C.  J.  Schmelzer  is 
manager.” 

We  are  informed  by  Mr.  M.  R.  Bingham,  of  Rome,  N.  Y., 
that  the  New  York  State  shoot  is  fixed  to  be  held  June  13  to  16, 
inclusive,  and  that  Mr.  James  W.  Brown  is  the  secretary.  His 
address  is  65  Taylor  avenue,  Utica,  N.  Y. 

It 

The  first  win  of  the  five-man  State  team  championship,  held  at 
Wellington,  Mass.,  on  the  grounds  of  the  Boston  Shooting  As- 
sociation, was  made  by  the  team  of  the  Watertown  Club,  defeating 
the  Lowell  Rod  and  Gun  Club  by  a score  of  189  to  187,  out  of  a 
possible  250.  The  next  shoot  is  arranged  for  Feb.  11. 

* 

The  contests  in  the  Philadelphia  Trapshooters’  League,  Jan.  28, 
resulted  as  follows:  Clearview  defeated  Highland,  159  to  149; 

Florists’  defeated  Narberth,  221  to  186;  Meadow  Spring  defeated 
Hill  Rod  and  Gun  Club,  176  to  172;  S.  S.  White  defeated  Hillside 
169  to  152. 

The  Indiana  Legislature  has  a bill  under  consideration,  the 
purpose  of  which  is  the  prohibition  of  live-bird  shooting  at  the 
traps.  Latest  advices  are  to  the  effect  that  the  bill  is  in  a fair 
way  to  become  a law,  specially  so,  if  each  trapshooter  waits  for  the 
other  fellow  to  oppose  it. 

*e 

Messrs.  Knox  & Knapp,  write  us  that  “the  Auburn  Gun  Club 
will  give  a two-day  tournament,  May  17-18,  with  added  money. 
Two  nice  merchandise  events,  which  will  have  at  least  three  nice 
hammerless  guns  in  same,  etc.  Targets  included  in  all  entrances 
at  lYz  cent.  Programmes  out  May  1.” 

n 

Mr.  N.  P.  Leach  writes  us  that  “the  Montreal  Gun  Club,  of 
Montreal,  Quebec,  claim  May  25,  26  and  27  as  dates  for  a grand 
trapshooting  tournament.  There  will  be  a long  list  of  cash  and 
other  prizes.  For  full  particulars  address  D.  J.  Kearney,  Sec- 
retary, 412  St.  Paul  street,  Montreal,  Quebec.” 

m 

The  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  Shooting  Association  have  issued  the  pro- 
gramme of  their  seventeenth  annual  live-bird  tournament,  to  be 
held  on  Feb.  22.  Shooting  commences  at  7 o’clock.  There  are 
eight  target  events,  a total  of  100  targets,  $5  entrance.  At  12  M. 
the  individual  live-bird  trophy  contest  will  begin,  open  to  members 
of  clubs  of  the  Pennsylvania  State  Sportsmen’s  Association.  Con- 
ditions, 20  birds,  $10  entrance;  handicaps  25  to  30yds.  Mr.  A.  H. 
Roberts  is  the  secretary,  Fifth  and  Camp  streets. 

Mr.  W.  M.  Foord,  of  Wilmington,  Del.,  meandered  to  Trenton, 
N.  J.,  to  attend  the  shoot  of  the  Trenton  Shooting  Association, 
held  on  Saturday  of  last  week,  and  returned  to  his  home  with  the 
first  prize,  a Parker  hammerless,  and  third  prize,  a jardiniere. 
Mr.  L.  F.  Emann,  of  Trenton,  won  second  prize,  a decorated 
toilet  set.  It  was  a re-entry  contest,  tickets  60  cents.  Six  tied 
for  first  prize,  and  the  winner  was  determined  by  a miss-and-out 
shoot-off.  Foord  broke  43  straight  to  win. 

Bernard  Waters. 

IN  NEW  JERSEY* 


Montclair  Gun  Club. 

Montclair,  N.  J.,  Jan.  28. — Some  seven  events  were  run  off 
to-day,  seventeen  men  participating.  Messrs.  Apgar,  Fanning  and 
Schneider,  the  trade  representatives,  were  present,  and  did  some 
very  nice  shooing. 

Events  2 and  3,  50  birds,  unknown  angles,  handicap,  were  to 
settle  who  was  the  winner  of  the  members’  silver  trophy  for 
January.  P.  H.  Cockefair  was  high  man,  with  43  breaks  to  his 
credit,  plus  4 added,  gave  him  a score  of  47. 

Event  No.  4,  25  targets,  unknown  angles,  handicap,  prize  a box 
of  fine  cigars,  went  to  F,  W.  Moffett,  who  made  a perfect- score. 

Mr.  C.  V.  V.  Gunther  qualified  in  the  gold  medal  event. 


Next  Saturday  the 
begin. 

February  contest  for 

the 

gold 

medal  will 

Events: 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

Targets : 

25 

25 

25 

25 

25 

25 

25 

C Gunther,  1. 

20 

21 

22 

20 

C Schneider  

21 

22 

21 

21 

24 

J Fanning  

24 

24 

24 

24 

22 

N Apgar  

23 

22 

24 

23 

22 

. . 

F W Moffett,  2 

18 

22 

22 

25 

21 

19 

19 

C Babcock,  1 

23 

21 

23 

P H Cockefair,  2 

21 

23 

23 

24 

23 

17 

W T Wallace,  4 

18 

20 

24 

23 

17 

17 

E Winslow,  4 

IS 

18 

21 

Adams  

14 

16 

19 

G Boxall,  2 

18 

15 

18 

23 

15 

C W Kendall  

12 

19 

22 

23 

15 

22 

is 

I S Crane,  2 

22 

21 

19 

W T Soverel,  3 

20 

19 

17 

J W Glaister,  2 

20 

18 

17 

13 

Geo  Batten,  2 

19 

17 

19 

16 

Theo.  Badgley  

12 

Handicaps  apply  only  in  events  2,  3 and  4. 

Edward  Winslow,  Sec’y. 


North  River  Gun  Club. 

Edgewater,  N.  J.,  Jan.  28. — Event  7 was  a handicap  for  a silver 
cup,  resulting  in  a tie  between  Vosselman  and  Morrison.  In 
the  shoot-off  in  event  8 Vosselman  won.  Scores  follow: 


Events:  123456789 

Targets:  15  10  15  10  15  10  25  25  15 

Eickhoff  11  8 13  9 13  9 24  23  11 

Vosselman  11  8 7 8 13  8 25  25  .. 

Morrison  12  9 9 9 13  9 25  21  . . 

Mayser  12  7 ..  4 10  4 20  .. 

Leasenfeld  8 13  7 23  20  8 

Dr  Richter  13  8 21  24  12 

G Groning  11 

Jap  15  9 14  10  15  9 25  25  15 


Hudson  Gun  Club. 

Jersey  City,  N.  J.,  Jan.  22. — The  Hudson  Gun  Club  held  its 
regular  shoot  on  the  above  date,  and  while  snow  fell  in  the  morn- 


10; 


ing,  it  cleared  up  by  noon,  and  an  enjoyable  time  was  had  by  all 
present.  Some  remarkable  shooting  was  done  by  Mr.  Staples,  he 
breaking  70  targets  before  missing.  He  finished  the  day  with  5 
misses  out  of  120  shots. 

The  next  shoot  takes  place  on  Feb.  5,  if  we  can  dig  ourselves 
out;  but  as  we  have  only  missed  a few  shoots  in  the  last  ten 
years,  it  looks  as  though  we  will  be  there. 

The  dates  for  shooting  for  the  coming  year  are  as  follows: 
Jan.  8,  22;  Feb.  5,  19;  March  5,  19;  April  2,  16,  30;  May  14,  28; 
June  11,  25;  July  9,  23;  Aug.  6,  20;  Sept.  3,  17;  Oct.  1,  15,  29; 
Nov.  12,  26;  Dec.  10,  24. 

Following  are  the  scores: 

Targets:  25  25  15  25  15  15  Targets:  25  25  15  25  15  16 

PaPe  21  16  10  16  11  11  Fancher  14  

Hughes  17  15  ..  . . 10  11  Cottrell,  Jr ..15 

Cottrell  18  17  11  19  13  ..  O’Brien  10 

Staples  25  25  14  24  14  13  Kurzel  , 10  8 

J.  Hughes. 

Trenton  Shooting  Association. 

Trenton,  N.  J.,  Jan.  28. — The  all-day  target  shoot  of  the  Tren- 
ton Shooting  Association  was  well  attended.  In  the  merchandise 
event,  a re-entry  contest,  there  was  lively  competition.  The  win- 
ners were  as  follows:  Parker  hammerless,  W.  M.  Foord,  of  Wil- 

mington, Del.;  L.  F.  Eman,  second  prize,  a decorated  toilet  set; 
third,  W.  M.  Foord,  a decorated  jardiniere.  There  were  six  ties 
for  first  prize,  each  full  score  of  15  targets. 

In  the  shoot-off,  miss-and-out,  Eman  missed  his  forty-third 
target,  leaving  Foord  the  winner. 

There  were  also  six  ties  for  second,  and  Emann  broke  31  straight 
in  the  shoot-off,  miss-and-out,  to  win. 

Iwenty-one  tied  for  third,  and  Foord  won  in  the  shoot-off,  miss- 
and-out  on  the  twenty-first  target.  Mr.  Luther  Squier  won  high 
average  in  the  professional  class. 

The  Smith  gun  was  not  shot  for,  the  required  number  of  entries 
not  filing.  The  scores  in  the  main  event,  15  targets,  were  as 
follows: 

The  15s:  Foord,  Emann,  Emann,  Foord,  W.  H.  Mathews, 

Jules,  Squier. 

The  14s:  Foord,  Scattergun,  Squier,  Emann,  Emann,  Foord, 

Emann. 

The  13s:  Stutesman,  Foord,  Emann,  Thorn,  Mulford,  W.  H. 

Mathews,  Foord,  Squier,  Cole,  Grant,  Foord,  Squier,  Mathews, 
Squier,  Thorn,  Grant,  Mathews,  F.  W.  M.,  Muldoon,  W.  H. 
Mathews,  Thorn,  Squier,  Squier,' Grant,  Wilks,  Hope,  Hope. 

The  12s:  Taylor,  Emann,  Herbert,  Emann,  Herbert,  Squier, 

Herbert,  Thorn,  Taylor,  Mulford,  Grant,  Muldoon,  Thorn,  J.  R. 
T.  Mulford,  Wilks,  Scattergun,  Muldoon,  Squier,  Emann,  Mul- 
dcon,  Mulford,  Thorn,  Emann,  Foord,  Squier,  W.  H.  Mathews, 
W.  H.  Mathews,  Mulford,  Wilks. 

The  11s:  Wilks,  Wilks,  Mulford,  George,  McCardle,  McCardle, 

Stutesman,  Muldoon,  Grant,  Emann,  J.  R.  T.,  Foord,  Emann, 
W.  D.  Wilson,  F.  W.  M.,  Wilks,  Thorn,  F.  W.  M.,  Squier,  Foord, 
E.  Hart,  Grant,  Grant. 

The  10s:  Herbert,  Mason,  Crawford,  Herbert,  Wilks,  Muldoon, 

Jules,  E.  Rank,  Grant,  Harding,  Herbert,  McCardle,  Scattergun, 
Cole,  Stutesman,  Crannage,  W.  H.  Mathews,  Squier,  F.  W.  M., 
W.  H.  Mathews,  Thorn,  George,  F.  W.  M.,  George,  Muldoon, 
W.  H.  Mathews,  Mulford. 

The  9s:  Wilson,  Squier,  Thorn,  Scattergun,  F.  W.  M.,  Cole, 

Thorn,  Mulford,  Mulford,  Scattergun,  Thorn,  Wilks,  Ryan,  Cole, 
W.  D.  Wilson,  Scattergun,  Herbert,  Jules,  McCardle,  Grant, 
Wilks,  W.  H.  Mathews. 

The  8s:  Cole,  Jules,  Ryan,  Vialkovitch,  F.  W.  M.,  Frank,  Jules, 
Foord,  Cole,  Wilks,  George,  George,  F.  W.  M.,  Cole,  George, 
Cole. 

The  7s:  Scattergun,  McCardle,  McCardle,  Snedeker,  Crannage, 

Ryan,  Grant,  W.  H.  Mathews,  W.  H.  Mathews,  Cole,  Jules,  Wilks, 
Grant. 

The  6s:  Jules,  Jules,  Thorn.  Scattergun,  Wilson. 

The  5s:  Thorn,  Crannage,  Scattergun. 

Rank  4. 


North  Side  Gun  Club. 

Paterson,  N.  J.,  Jan,  28. — The  members  of  the  North  Side  Gun 
Club  were  hosts,  and  the  Jackson  Park  Gun  Club  members  were 
guests,  at  the  successful  shoot  held  to-day.  Their  club  house  at 
Riverside,  was  taxed  to  its  limit  of  room  to  shelter  the  attend- 
ance. 

Mr.  Frank  Butler  was  the  only  trade  representative  present,  and 
he  was  high  man  of  the  day. 

Mr.  Wm.  Dutcher,  though  a guest,  worked  diligently  with  Capt. 
Banta  and  Secretary  Terhune,  to  keep  things  running  smoothly 
and  to  make  a success  of  the  shoot.  Shooting  commenced  at  2 
o’clock,  and  the  visitors  arrived  at  3 o’clock,  the  interval  of  time 
being  devoted  to  some  short  events  of  10  and  15  targets. 

The  third  event  had  merchandise  prizes,  a fishing  rod  being  the 
award  to  the  highest  score. 

Since  live-bird  shooting  in  New  Jersey  was  prohibited,  the  trap- 
shooters of  Paterson  have  done  very  little  shooting.  They  are 
about  to  resume  at  the  traps.  Before  long  the  Jackson  Park  Gun 
Club  will  be  active  again. 

Several  new  gun  clubs  have  been  organized  about  Paterson, 
and  the  prospect  is  much  better  for  the  sport.  An  open  tourna- 
ment is  contemplated  as  a trapshooting  event  at  Paterson  this 
year. 

The  scores  follow: 


Events : 

12  3 4 

5 6 

Events : 

12  3 4 

5 6 

Targets : 

10  15  25  15  10  15 

Targets: 

10  15  25  15  10  15 

E Planten  

. ..  ..  ..  6 

4 .. 

A Howard  .... 

..  8 ..  .. 

J Kryger  

. ..  ..  ..  4 

4 

E Van  Houten. 

..  7 14  8 

9 9 

J Polhemus 

. 10  ..  11  .. 

G Barry  

..  5 14  6 

9 12 

W Banta  

. 8 8 19  .. 

J Powers  

8 .. 

C Lewis  

. 8 9 13  . . 

T Radcliff 

..  ..  13  .. 

C Tiddes  

. 5 ..  15  .. 

3 .. 

W Miller  

....  13  2 

6 .. 

B Terhune  . . . . 

. 5 ..  16  .. 

F Landis  

....  11  4 

7 .. 

I Storms  

. 3 ..  17  5 

6 .. 

A Howard  . . . . , 

....  10  8 

6 .. 

O Buckner 

. 3 

A Voenstra 

..  ..  9 .. 

F Butler  

. ..  13  16  13 

9 12 

W Clarke  

6 

G A Hopper. . 

. ..  955 

5 9 

C Kevitt  

5 .. 

H Beckert 

...  9 14  . . 

T Radcliffe  .... 

5 .. 

C Lenone  

. . . 8 13  4 

8 9 

E Planten  

..  ..  ..  6 

4 .. 

E Morgan 

. . . 8 17  7 

6 10 

J Kryger  

4 .. 

Interstate  Association. 

Pittsburg,  Pa.,  Jan.  28. — I have  been  instructed  by  the  Presi- 
dent, Mr.  Irby  Bennett,  to  advise  you  that  a special  meeting  of 
the  stockholders  of  the  Interstate  Association  will  be  held  Friday, 
Feb.  10,  at  2:30  P.  M.,  in  the  offices  of  the  Laflin  & Rand  Powder 
Company,  99  Cedar  street,  New  York  city,  to  consider  matters 
of  importance  in  connection  with  the  year’s  work. 

A meeting  of  the  Tournament  Committee  of  the  Association 
has  been  called  for  1:30  P.  M.,  the  same  date  and  place. 

The  Interstate  Association  has  made  arrangements  to  give  a 
tournament  at  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  Aug.  16,  17  and  18,  under  the 
auspices  of  the  O.  K.  Gun  Club. 

. _ . Elmer  E.  Shaner,  Sec’y-Mgr, 


104 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


,£fW  4,  IQOS • 


16yd.  man,  19yds.;  17yd.  man, 
man,  22yds. ; 20yd.  man,  23yds. 

20yds. ; 18yd 
Scores: 

man, 

21yds. 

19yd. 

Events : 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

TAR  Elliott,  19-22 

18 

17 

20 

15 

19 

16 

19 

E G White,  18-21 

17 

17 

18 

20 

14 

19 

18 

10 

F Conover,  18-21 

19 

15 

16 

17 

16 

19 

15 

19 

J S Fanning,  19-21 

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Dr  Overholt,  18-21 

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12 

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14 

13 

18 

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P Wakefield,  18-21  

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16 

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A Tolsma,  iS-21  

15 

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Broderick,  .17-20  

12 

14 

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19 

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J Cantilon,  18-21  

12 

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B Emslie,  16-19  

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Jan.  18,  Second  Day. 

At  the  close  of  the  second  day,  the  two  leaders  in  the  Grand 
Canadian  Handicap  were  Messrs.  H.  A.  Horning  and  J.  Stew- 
art, who  were  two  of  six  men  who  had  completed  their  full 
score  of  20  birds.  The  others  were  J.  Farmer  17,  G.  Reid  17, 
L.  Waters  16,  R.  Barrett  16.  The  weather  conditions  were  favor- 
able for  good  scores. 

There  were  a total  of  forty-nine  entries  in  the  Grand  Canadian 
Handicap,  five  more  than  those  of  last  year. 

The  live-bird  event  of  to-day  was  at  10  birds,  $100  guaranteed, 
surplus  added,  $5  entrance,  birds  extra;  high  guns,  two  moneys 
for  every  five  entries.  The  scores  follow: 

C J Mitchell,  Brantford 1221222211—10 

M E Fletcher  1221122212—10 

W Root,  Toronto  2211111222 — 10 

M Reardon,  Hamilton 2112111212 — 10 

R Coffey,  Detroit  2222222222—10 

j E Cantelon,  Clinton 1111211211 — 10 

Robbins,  Dunville  : 2222222222—10 

Mayhew,  Utica,  N.  Y....V 2222021222—9 

J A Spittal,  Brantford *212222122 — 9 

J Alexander,  Windsor  2202221222 — 9 

F W Brown,  Dunville 2222220222 — 9 

A King,  Hamilton  1121011211—  9 

Kirkover,  Fredonia,  N,  Y 2222212022 — 9 

McColl,  Fingal  2022112121—  9 

J W Broderick,  Niagara  Falls 2222121120 — 9 

A Simpson,  Sarnia  2101211111 — 9 

A Brown,  Dunville 1122011111—  9 

Dr  Wilson,  Hamilton 1221120101—  8 

Tolsma,  Detroit  0221*22222—  8 

Burk,  Niagara  Falls  S 1221*112*2 — -8 

Jas  Crooks,  Hamilton  121212011* — 8 

Dr  Green,  Hamilton  0111111*21 — 8 

H Scane,  Ridgeton  2220A21222 — 8 

Daniels,  St.  Thomas ". 2220212202 — 8 

A McRitchie,  Ridgetown  1220022122 — 8 

Geo  Annis,  Toronto  ..." 22120*2222 — -8 

L Waters,  Woodstock  2222202012 — 8 

P Wakefield,  Toronto  1121200221 — 8 

J Farmer,  Oakville  0102220111—  7 

John  Stroud,  Hamilton 2222**2220 — 7 

T Upton,  Hamilton  . ^ 02*2*11121 7 

G R Willison 0101101211—  7 

R Day,  London  221*012022 7 

C Crew,  Toronto  0122201021 7 

C Scane,  Ridgetown  11020*0112 6 

M B Downs,  Toronto 2222200010 6 

S Lavender,  Toronto  22010*0212 6 

The  target  events  were  shot  under  the  same  conditions  as 
those  of  yesterday. 

Events : 

JAR  Elliott 

E G White 

F Conover  

J S Fanning 

IT  D Kirkover  

PI  Scane  

Cl  Scane  

M Fletcher  

Dr  Groves  . 1 

D Overholt  

Thos  Duff  

S Wakefield  

A Tolsma  

Broderick  

C Mitchell  


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Hamilton  Tournament. 

Hamilton,  Out.— The  Hamilton  Gun  Club  held  a very  success- 
ful tournament,  Jan,  17-21,  at  Hamilton. 

The  Grand  Canadian  Handicap,  20  live  birds,  $600  in  cash 
guaranteed,  was  the  main  event  of  the  meeting. 

The  club  entertained  the  visitors  at  a banquet  on  the  evening 
faf  Jan.  17. 

On  the  first  day,  besides  commencing  the  Grand  Canadian 
Handicap,  an  event  at  10  live  birds,  $5  entrance,  $100  guaranteed, 
moneys  divided  according  to  the  Rose  system,  was  shot,  the 
scores  of  which  are  as  follows: 

IT  Scane,  Ridgetown 1222112222 — 10 

Dr  Wilson,  Hamilton 1221221221 — 10 

J E Cantelon,  Clinton 1112*11211 — 9 

M E Mayhew,  Utica,  N.  Y 1211222012—9 

H Marlatt,  Simcoe 1210222212 — ■ 9 

H A Horning,  Plamilton 1*21122212 — 9 

L Waters,  Woodstock 2222202120 — 8 

T TJpton,  Plamilton 2222201201 — 8 

R Coffey,  St.  Thomas ...2222201022 — 8 

J Alexander,  Tororito.. 1220222022 — 8 

Brown  0121012211—8 

J W Broderick,  Niagara  Falls 2222202012 — 8 

R Day  0222222012—8 

Jas  Crooks,  Hamilton 11112*0111 — 8 

J L Farmer,  Oakville 1200121121 — 7 

R Barrett,  Dunville.... 2*11012012 — 7 

McRitchie,  Windsor  10*22222*2—7 

C Scane,  Ridgetown 0202110211 — 7 

M Fletcher,  Hamilton  0212012120 — 7 

T A Rock,  Toronto 2021210202 — -7 

K Daniels,  St.  Thomas 1222020101 — 7- 

Talsma,  Detroit  2002222022 — 7 

A King,  Hamilton  1022102102 — 7 

G W Gooch,  Detroit..-. 1010221202 — 7 

C J Mitchell,  Brand  J 0021121210—7 

Dr  Green,  Hamilton  1220212100 — 7 

II  D Kirkover,  Fredonia,  N.  Y 0202222202—  7 

T IT  Thompson,  Toronto 2*001122*2 — 6 

P Wakefield,  Toronto 2222000101—  6 

A Simpson,  Sarnia  1001220110 — 6 

Phippin  0*12000221—  5 

Birnie  -..0010011210—5 

H Day  1002022200—  5 

G W Lang 01011101*0—  5 

Downs  2002001020—  4 

Thirty-five  shot  through  this  event,  eight  dropping  out  on 
account  of  missing. 

On  the.  first  day  . there  were  eight  target  events  on  the  pro- 
gramme, $2  entrance,  and  $20  added  to  each,  except  the  first. 
Surplus  was  added  and  money's  were  divided  Rose  system,  ratios 
5,  4,  3,  2.  Handicaps,  sliding  from  16  to  23yds.  The  limits  were 


C MeCall  17  17  20  18  16  14  ..  .. 

M Mayhew , 16  ..  18  18  16  ..  .. 

Hunk  16  14  20  

G McGill  17  19  10  17  14  16  17  16 

C McMeckin  16  17  18  15  13.  *7  14  17 

F Heney  lg  12  20  11  PC 

M Reardon  19 17  . . 

Jan.  19.  Third  Day. 

The  Grand  Canadian  Plandicap  was  finished  about'  midday,  and 
was  won  by  Mr.  A.  S.  Tolsma,  of  Detroit,  Mich.  The  conditions 
were  20  live  birds,  $500  guaranteed,  $100  to  high  gun,  Rose  system, 
5,  4,  3;  surplus  added;  handicaps  26  to  33yds.;  $15  entrance,  birds 
included.  Scores: 

A S Tolsma,  Detroit 22222222221222112222—20 

Dr.  Wilson,  Hamilton 22202121112111121212—19 

J Stewart,  Hamilton 22222222122220222222—19 

H A Horning 21101121212211222222—19 

M E Fletcher,  Hamilton 11122111122202211212—19 

M E Mayhew,  Utica,  N Y 22221220122221221222—19 

McColl,  Fingal,  Ont 21220211102222222222—18 

E G White,  Ottawa 22221211121021222022—18 

C J Mitchell,  Brantford 21220211102222222222— IS 

H Scane,  Ridgetown 2122*110211122121012—17 

R Coffey,  St.  Thomas 22220222222220222022—17 

Dr  Green,  Hamilton 11212101221211020221—17 

Alexander,  Windsor  .......22222021012202222212—17 

J Farmer,  Oakville  21222112202120212022—17 

J E Cantelon,  Clinton 01120212221221221201—17 

H W Burk,  Niagara  Falls  South 222220212210*2122212—17 

J A Williamson,  Toronto 22*22221022202212121—17 

H D Kirkover,  Buffalo,  N.  Y 22222221222222200220—17 

JAR  Elliott,  New  York 2012022111221221*121—17 

Alf  King,  Hamilton  22111012022101222222—17 

Jas  Crooks,  Hamilton 2111210112*211012102—16 

A Simpson,  Sarnia  11101021112110111210—16 

M Reardon,  Hamilton  102112121200*2122221—16 

John  Stroud,  Hamilton  00222222222022222022—16 

A Brown,  Sarnia  120110120112212111*2—16 

C Crew,  Toronto  22202201221011122012—16 

J S Phippin,  Belleville  11101200210112121112—16 

L Waters,  Woodstock  2*222102122120212120—16 

R Barrett,  Guelph  220*1011221221220110—15 

A McRitchie,  Ridgetown  *0221220022222222220—15 

R Daniels,  St.  Thomas 1*111212212012020102—15 

F H Conover,  Leamington 10222222012222020220 — 15 

B McLean,  Hamilton 1200*222221202122202—15 

C Scane,  Ridgetown 20011122*12012212102—15 

C F Lavender,  Toronto 222111*0220220212202 — 15 

J A Spittal,  Brantford 02001112122202210122—15- 

George  Stroud,  Hamilton 222*2222020202202222 — 15 

II  Day,  Belleville  2101201122011*121020—14 

Burney,  Belleville  10*10210201101112212—14 

The  following  withdrew  when  shot  out  of  the  money:  P. 

Wakefield,  Toronto;  T.  Upton,  Hamilton;  G.  Robbins,  B. 

Brown,  W.  Root,  G.  Reid,  Dunnville;  Geo.  Gooch,  Toronto;  J. 
Fanning,  New  York;  A.  D.  Bates,  Hamilton. 

In  the  10-live-bird  event,  $5  entrance,  $100  guaranteed,  high 
guns,  thirty-one  competed.  It  resulted  as  follows:  C.  J.  Mitchell 

10,  H.  Scane  10,  Simpson  9,  Cantelon  9,  George  Stroud  9,  M. 

Fletcher  9,  Daniels  9,  McRitchie  9,  Mayhew  9,  Dr.  Wilson  9, 
PI.  Burk  8,  Root  8,  M.  Reardon  8,  John  Stroud  8,  Crew  8,  P. 
Wakefield  8,  McColl  8,  Coffey  8,  McMacken  8,  Upton  8,  A.  Brown 
8,  Phippen  7,  Dr.  Green  7,  F.  W.  Brown  7,  B.  McLean  7,  Lewis 
7,  J.  A.  Spittal  6,  G.  Reid  6,  Dr.  Hunt  6,  Broderick  5,  Alexander 
withdrew. 

The  target  programme  was  like  that  of  the  preceding  days, 
except  that  event  5 was  a sweepstake  with  no  added  money. 
Scores: 

JAR  Elliott 

E G White 

T Conover  

J S Fanning 


H Scane  . . . 
T Upton  .. 
M Fletcher 
Dr  Groves  . 
D Overholt 
T Duff  .... 
R Wakefield 
A Tolsma  . 
Broderick  . . 
C Mitchell  . 
J Cantelon 


G McCall  . , 
R Coffey  . , 
M Mayhew 
G McGill  .. 
C McMeckii 
M Reardon 


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Jan.  20,  Fourth  Day. 

The  main  event  was  at  10  live  birds,  $5  entrance,  high  guns. 
Scores : 

McColl,  Fingal  .2122221222—10 

Mayhew,  Utica,  N.  Y 1111112112—10 

Cantelon,  Clinton  2111111112 — 10 

White,  Ottawa  2122222221—10 

Horning,  Hamilton  1210221112—  9 

Reardon,  Hamilton  2112122220 — • 9 

Dr  Wilson  2212022211—9 

Wakefield,  Toronto  0112212211—  9 

A Brown,  Sarnia  1221122210 — 9 

Simpson,  Toronto  1222220012 — -8 

Upton,  Hamilton  0022212222—  8 

Mitchell,  Brantford  021220*012—  6 

Daniels,  St.  Thomas  1220001202 — 6 

Coffey,  St.  Thomas  2222010200—  6 

IT  Scane,  Ridgetown  , 21020w 

The  four  10s  divided,  and  each  received  $15.  The  9s  received  $3. 

A number  of  miss-and-outs  were  shot. 

All  the  visiting  gun  men  were  loud  in  their  praises  of  the 
Hamilton  Gun  Club  officers  and  the  management  of  the  tourna- 
ment. 

Messrs.  Geo.  W.  Burkholder  and  ITarry  Graham,  who  looked 
after  the  score  sheets  and  clerical  work  generally,  are  deserving 
of  much  credit.  They  did  their  work  well. 

Thomas  Upton  is  president  of  the  Hamilton  Gun  Club;  M.  E. 
Fletcher  is  vice-president;  Harry  Graham  secretary  and  J.  Hun- 
ter treasurer.  

Keystone  Shooting  League. 

ITolmesburg  Junction,  Pa.,  Jan.  28.— Five  events  at  live  birds 
were  shot  on  the  grounds  of  the  Keystone  Shooting  League.  All 
the  events  were  short  races,  at  10  and  7 birds.  The  scores: 

First  event,  10  live  birds,  handicap  rise,  $5  entrance: 

Harrison,  29  1221111111—10  Budd,  30  2022221220—  8 

Frank,  30  0222222122—  9 Luther,  30  0220022000—  4 

Second  event,  10  live  birds,  same  conditions: 


-10 
- 9 


Harrison,  29  1121221221- 

Budd,  30  2222012222- 

Third  event,  7 live  birds: 

Coleman  22-22222 — 7 

Budd  2222222—7 


Frank,  30  2222022212—  9 

Luther,  30  2121001122—  8 


Frank  2221122—7 

Luther  2222220—6 

Fourth  event,  10  live  birds,  special  club  event,  handicap  rise: 

Harrison,  28  1221221222—10  Van  Loon,  28 2222202222—  9 

Budd,  30  2222202222—  9 Frank,  30  1020122222—  8 

Coleman,  31  0222222222—  9 Harvey,  28  2222200222—  8 

Jones,  30  2222222202—  9 Morris,  28  2202222022—  8 

Fifth  event,  7 live  birds,  $3  entrance: 

Coleman  2222222-7  Davis  2221220—6 

Jones  2222222—7  Plarvey  2222200—5 

Frank  2222120-6  Van  Loon  2200122—5 


Crescent  Athletic  Club. 

Bay  Ridge,  L.  I,,  Jan.  28. — The  January  cup  was  won  by  Mr. 
IT.  M.  Brigham,  one  of  the  scratch  men  of  the  club.  He  was 
tied  in  the  shoot  to-day  by  Mr.  L.  M.  Palmer,  Jr.,  also  scratch, 
and  Dr.  J.  J.  Keyes.  Each  scored  23.  Mr.  Brigham’s  three  scores 
for  January,  however,  were  the  highest,  as  follows:  22,  25,  and 
-’3,  a total  of  70  out  of  75,  nearly  a 91  per  cent,  performance.  The 
January  cup  event,  25  targets,  handicap  allowance,  had  scores  as 
follows : 


Hdp.  Brk. 

Tot'l. 

Hdn.  Brk.  Tot’ 

Brigham  . 

0 

23 

23 

Vanderveer  ... 

...  4 

18  22 

Palmer  ... 

0 

23 

23 

Damron  

...  7 

15  22 

Keyes  . . . . 

21 

23 

Bedford  

...  1 

14  15 

Grinnell  . 

1 

21 

22 

For  the 

team  cups, 

two-man 

teams,  25  targets 

per 

man,  hand 

caps  added,  six  teams  entered.  Messrs.  Brigham  and  Palmer, 
scratch,  tied  with  Messrs.  Southworth  and  Marshall  on  43.,  In 
the  shoot-off  Messrs.  Brigham  and  Palmer  won  by  a score  of  45 
to  44. 

Team  shoot,  25  targets: 


Brigham  

Hdp.  Brk.  Tot’l. 
..  0 21  21 

Lott  

Hdp 

1 

. Brk.  Tot’l. 
16  17 

Palmer  

..  0 

22 

22—43 

Vanderveer  

4 

18 

22—39 

Grinnell  

..  1 

20 

21 

Stephenson 

1 

21 

22 

Bedford  

..  1 

19 

20—41 

L C Hopkins.. 

1 

15 

16-38 

Southworth 

..  0 

22 

22 

Keyes  

2 

18 

20 

Marshall  

..  5 

16 

21—43 

S P Hopkins.. 

5 

14 

19—39 

Shoot-off:  Brigham  21,  Palmer  22;  total  45.  Southworth  21, 

Marshall  23;  total  44. 

The  dates  of  the  club  championship  contest  are  March  18  and 
25,  beginning  at  11  o’clock.  Each  contestant  will  shoot  at  100 
targets  each  day  from  scratch,  a total  of  200  targets.  This  will  be 
a yearly  event.  The  winner  will  receive  a trophy  emblematic  of 
the  event,  and  the  club  will  commemorate  the  championship  events 
with  a shield  on  which  will  be  engraved  the  names  of  the  cham- 
pions year  by  year. 

Mr.  T.  W.  Stake  has  presented  a Sauer  gun  to  the  club  for 
competition  at  the  weekly  shoots  of  February.  The  conditions 
are  50  targets,  25  from  each  set  of  traps.  The  three  highest  scores 
win.  The  members  are  planning  to  end  the  shooting  season  in 
April,  with  a Rhode  Island  clambake,  which  will  be  a scratch 
event  well  filled.  The  scores  in  the  other  trophy  events  were  as 
follows : 

Trophy,  15  targets: 


Hdp.  Brk.  Tot’l. 

Hdp.  Brk.  Tot’ 

Stephenson  

0 

14 

14 

Bedford,  Jr 

...  0 

9 

9 

Palmer,  Jr 

0 

15 

15 

Werlemann  ... 

...  4 

7 

11 

Marshall  

3 

5 

8 

Vanderveer  ... 

...  2 

9 

11 

Hopkins  

3 

8 

11 

Damron  

...  4 

6 

10 

Southworth  

0 

15 

15 

Shoot-off,  same 

conditions : 

Palmer  Jr.,  14,  Southworth 

12. 

Trophy,  15  targets: 

Bedford  

0 

8 

8 

Marshall  

...  3 

9 

12 

Stephenson  

0 

15 

15 

Hopkins  

...  0 

10 

10 

Brigham  

0 

13 

13 

Damron  

...  4 

12 

15 

Southworth  

0 

12 

12 

Werlemann  .. 

...  4 

8 

12 

Grinnell  

0 

14 

14 

Vanderveer  ... 

...  2 

10 

12 

Lott  

0 

9 

9 

Raynor  

...  3 

9 

12 

S P Hopkins... 

3 

10 

13 

Shoot-off,  same 

conditions: 

Stephenson  14,  Damron 

12. 

Trophy,  15  targets: 

Bedford  

0 

10 

10 

S P Hopkins. 

...3 

7 

10 

Stephenson  

0 

12 

12 

Marshall  

...  3 

9 

12 

Brigham  

0 

13 

13 

L C Hopkins. . , 

...  0 

9 

9 

Southworth  

0 

14 

14 

Damron  

...  4 

9 

13 

Grinnell  

0 

11 

11 

Werlemann  .. 

...  4 

7 

11 

Vanderveer  

2 

7 

9 

Raynor 

...  3 

11 

14 

Shoot-off,  same 

conditions : 

Southworth  10,  Raynor 

13. 

Trophy,  15  targets: 

Bedford  

0 

12 

12 

Raynor  

...  3 

10 

13 

Brigham  

0 

13 

13 

Werlemann  . . 

...  4 

7 

11 

Southworth  

0 

10 

10 

Palmer  

...  0 

13 

13 

Grinnell  

0 

8 

8 

Sykes  

...  4 

9 

13 

Stake  

2 

9 

11 

Damron  ....... 

...  4 

10 

14 

L C Hopkins 

0 

7 

7 

Keyes  

...  1 

10 

11 

Trophy,  15  targets: 

Palmer  

0 

11 

11 

L C Hopkins. . 

...  0 

8 

8 

Bedford  

0 

14 

14 

Sykes  

...  2 

9 

.11 

Stephenson  

0 

14 

14 

Raynor  

...  3 

10 

13 

Brigham  

0 

13 

13 

Damron  

...  4 

11 

15. 

Southworth  

0 

15 

15 

Werlemann  ... 

...  4 

6 

10 

Grinnell  

0 

11 

11 

S P Hopkins.., 

...  3 

9 

12 

Vanderveer  

2 

10 

12 

Stake  

...  2 

9 

11 

Marshall  

3 

9 

12 

Shoot-off,  same  conditions:  Southworth  13,  Damron  15. 


Ossining  Gun  Club. 

Ossining,  N,  Y.,  Jan.  28. — A “pump  gun”  was  the  prize  of- 
fered in  competition  at  the  regular  bi-monthly  shoot  of  the  Ossin- 
ing Gun  Club  to-day.  The  conditions  were  100  birds,  misses  as 
kills  handicap. 

Jap  broke  78  out  cf  100,  which,  with  his  handicap  of  6,  gave-him 
a total  of  84.  Blandford  was  second  with  82. 

The  targets  were  thrown  hard,  and  a nasty  cold  wind  made  dif- 
ficult shooting,  as  the  scores  will  testify. 

A large  attendance  was  expected,  but  as  the  grounds  are  isolated 
on  account  of  a trolley  tie-up — or,  snow-up,  rather — we  will  con- 
sider'eleven  shooters  a fair  turnout.  Figures  after  names  signify 
misses  as  kills  handicap: 


Events : 

1 

2 

3 4 5 6 7 

Total  with 

Targets : 

25  10  10  25  25  25  25  Handicap. 

C G Blandford,  14 

16 

4 

6 17  17  14  20 

82 

D Brandreth,  16  

18 

6 

7 15  17  14  14 

76  . 

Jap,  6 

22 

8 

7 20  18  19  21 

S4 

W H Coleman,  15 

17 

7 

7 15  15  15  16 

76 

O W von  der  Bosch,  14 

5 

6 9 16  16  11 

66 

A L Harris,  20 

9 

5 9 14  11  13 

67 

G B Hubbell,  20  

9 

9 16  16  10  16 

78 

H L Stratton,  22 

..  9 10  7 13 

61 

W S Smith,  25 

w 

M H Dyckman,  16 

. . 16  12  14  12 

70 

J T Hyland 

16 

1 

c.  g.“b. 

Five-Man  Team  Championship, 

Boston,  Mass.,  Jan.  2S. — The  second  shoot  for  the  five-man  team 
Slate  championship  was  held  on  the  grounds  of  the  Boston  Shoot- 
ing Association,  at  Wellington,  Mass.,  this  afternoon.  Owing  to 
bad  weather,  only  two  teams  entered.  The  Watertown  won  a leg 
for  the  cup. 


Watertown  Club. 


Lowell  Rod  and  Gun  Club. 


Roy  

...22  20—42 

Climax  

21  24—45 

Burns  

. . .18  14—32 

Rule  

22  19—41 

Morse  

. . .18  17-35 

Dean  

17  17-34 

Barry  

...21  15—36 

Edwards  

22  18—40 

Gokey  

...21  23—44—189 

Currier  

15  12—27  187 

Other  events: 

Targets: 

25  25  25  25  25 

Targets: 

25  25  25  25  25- 

Kirkwood  

. . 23  23  20  21  22 

Edwards  

20  17  

Frank  

. . 25  24  23  21  19 

Climax  

23  22  

Straw  

. . 16  17  16  17  12 

Rule  

18  14  

Rowe  

. . 12  10  17  16  15 

Blinn  

Griffith  

. . 22  21  24  24  . . 

Owen  

14  11  

Wild  

. . 20  15  20  16  . . 

Burns  

20 

Woodruff  

. . 20  16  17  . . . . 

Currier  

14 

The  next  shoot  will  be  held  Feb.  11. 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


Firft  Prize--- 1 887-8 


AWA  R D S 

jFinSt  Prize— 1888-9 


Special  Firit  Prize--- 189 1-2 


ADELAIDE 


MELBOURNE 


'ASMANIA 


INDIVIDUALITY 

IS  an  indication  of  strength  of  character,  and  the  man  who  possesses  it  usually 
knows  ju£  what  he  wants.  INDIVIDUAL  GUNS  express  the  taite 
and  judgment  of  such  men.  We  make  INDIVIDUAL  GUNS,  and  we 
cater  to  the  man  who  knows  jusT  what  he  wants.  Guns  and  Gloves  alike 
should  ht  well  to  give  comfort,  and  comfort  makes  success  doubly  sure. 


Our  purpose  in  using  this  valuable  space  in  FOREST  AND  STREAM  is  to  bring  ourselves 
into  closer  contact  with  the  individual  American  Sportsman. 

§ * t • i i • ^ 'ivr  i ^ order  enables  us  to  assure  the  sportsman  that  we  can 

meet  his  individual  requirements.  We  do  not  make  cheap  guns.  We  do  not  know  how.  Our 
energy  and  experience  cannot  be  wafted  in  that  way. 


Jt  0 is  interested  in  the  beft  of  English  gun  making  will  dousla  favor  by  writing  us  on  the  subied. 

tJJ  We  have  many  mterefting  details  to  send  to  correspondents,  showing  the  records  made  by  the 
individual  Cashmore  Guns. 

WILLIAM  CASHMORE,  Maker  of  Fine  Guns 

BIRMINGHAM,  ENGLAND 


106 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


[Feb.  4,  1905. 


for.  winter  reading. 


N' 


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Men  I Have  Fished  With. 


By  Fred  Mather.  372  pages;  8 portraits.  Brice,  $2.00. 

A series  of  delightful  character  sketches.  Mr.  _ Mather 
enjoyed  a fishing  comradeship  with  a number  of  interest- 
ing  characters,  and  possessed  in  an  unusual  degree  the 
faculty  of  appreciating  and  making  the  most  of  those  with 
whom  he  came  in  contact  in  his  angling  experiences. 

My  Angling  Friends. 

A Second  Series  of  Men  I Have  Fished  With.  By  Fred 
Mather.  Cloth.  369  pages,  with  13  illustrations. 

Price,  $2.00.  , . . . c . 

The  second  book  has  all  the  characteristics  of  the  first— 
the  same  insight  into  human  nature,  the  experience-taught 
philosophy  of  life,  the  kindly  humor,  and  the  touch  that 
stirs  to  deeper  feeling  and  moistens  the  eye.  The  interest 
is  sustained  throughout,  and  there  is  here,  too,  a quality 
which  has  been  often  remarked  of  Mr.  Mather  s writings, 
his  faculty  of  imparting  a vast  fund  of  instruction  in 
natural  history  and  the  art  of  angling  without  being  the 
least  pedantic  or  assuming  to  put  himself  up  as  an 
angling  instructor- 

In  the  Louisiana  Lowlands. 

A sketch  of  plantation  life,  fishing  and  camping  just  after 
the  Civil  War;  and  other  tales.  By  Fred  Mather. 
With  portrait  of  author.  Cloth.  Price,  $1.50. 
Contents:  The  Natchitoches.  At  the  Lake.  A Hospit- 
able Southern  Home.  A Bear  Hunt  Spinning  \ arns. 
“Shuckin’  of  de  cawn.”  Fishing  for  Crappies.  Shooting 
in  the  Berry  Patch.  Down  the  Atchafalaya.  A Short  Cut 
Home.  “Hurry  Up  Dem  Mules.”  On  the  Tanyapahoa. 
Fishing  with  a Bow  and  Arrow.  On  Bistineau  Lake.  A 
Gander  Pull  in  Arkansaw.  An  Arkansaw  Turkey  Shoot. 
Around  the  Camp-Fire.  Catching  an  Octopus.  Some 
Virginia  Men  and  Fish.  Cooking  a Trout  in  Camp. 

Uncle  Lisha’s  Shop. 

Life  in  a Corner  of  Yankeeland.  By  Rowland  E-  Robin- 
son. Cloth.  Portrait  of  the  author.  187  pages. 
Price,  $1.25.  , T , t • v. 

The  shop  itself,  the  place  of  business  of  Uncle  Lisha 
Peggs,  bootmaker  and  repairer,  was  a sort  of  sportsman  s 
exchange,  where,  as  one  of  the  fraternity  expressed  it, 
the  hunters  and  fishermen  of  the  widely  scattered  neigh- 
borhood used  to  meet  of  evenings  and  dull  outdoor  days 
“to  swap  lies.”  This  is  the  first  volume  in  the  Danvis 
series;  here  we  are  first  made  acquainted  with  Uncle 
Lisha  Peggs,  Sam  Lovel,  Huldah  Purington,  Antwme, 
Gran’ther  Hill,  and  the  rest  of  Mr.  Robinson  s inimitable 
group.  The  “Shop”  should  be  read  first,  for  it  is  the  key 
to  the  other  books,  in  which  the  same  characters  appear. 
The  rest  of  the  series  in  order  is  as  follows: 

Sam  Lovel’s  Camps. 

A Sequel  to  “Uncle  Lisha’s  Shop.”  Price,  $1.00. 

Danvis  Folks. 

A Continuation  of  “Uncle  Lisha’s  Shop”  and  Sam 
Lovel’s  Camps.”  Price  $1.25. 

Uncle  Lislia’s  Outing. 

A Sequel  to  “Danvis  Folks.”  Price,  $1.26. 

Hunting  Without  a Gun 

And  other  papers.  By  Rowland  E.  Robinson.  With  illustra- 
tions from  drawings  by  Rachael  Robinson.  Price  $1.50. 
This  is  a collection  of  papers  on  different  themes  con- 
tributed to  Forest  and  Stream  and  other  publications, 
and  now  for  the  first  time  brought  together. 

A Danvis  Pioneer. 

A story  of  one  of  Ethan  Allen’s  Green  Mountain  Boys. 
By  Rowland  E.  Robinson.  Cloth.  214  pages.  Price, 

$1.25.  • , ,,t 

Mr.  Robinson’s  Forest  and  Stream  serial.  In  Pioneer 
Days”  has  been  published  in  a volume  uniform  in  style 
with  “Danvis  Folks,”  and  those  readers  who  are  so  for- 
tunate as  to  possess  Mr.  Robinson’s  other  books  will 
'>e  glad  to  add  this  to  the  series. 

Pawnee  Hero  Stories  and  Folk  Tales. 

With  Notes  on  the  Origin,  Customs  and  Character  of  the 
Pawnee  People.  By  George  Bird  Grinnell.  Cloth. 
417  pages.  Illustrated.  Price,  $1.75. 

Like  most  Indian  tribes,  Pawnees  are  story-tellers.  They 
have  a vast  fund  of  folk-tales  and  traditions,  which  nave 
been  handed  down  from  father  to  son,  and  transmitted 
from  generation  to  generation.  Years  ago,  when  the 
tribe  lived  in  Nebraska,  the  author  of  the  present  volume 
camped  and  hunted  with  them,  and  joined  in  their  village 
life.  The  nights  were  given  up  to  story-telling,  and 
many  of  the  tales  told  in  the  lodge,  and  by  the  flickering 
camp-fire,  were  carefully  translated  and  written  down. 
When  published,  they  excited  great  interest 

Blackfoot  Lodge  Tales. 

The  Story  of  a Prairie  People.  By  George  Bird  Grinnell. 
Cloth.  300  pages.  Price,  $1.75. 

Mr.  Grinnell  has  for  years  been  on  terms  of  intimacy 
with  two  or  three  tribes  which  made  up  the  great  con- 
federation known  as  the  Blackfoot  Nation,  and  having  the 
confidence  of  the  bravest  and  wisest  of  the  old  men,  he 
has  penetrated  deep  into  the  secret  history  of  the  tribe. 

The  Story  of  the  Indian. 

By  George  Bird  Grinnell,  author  of  “Pawnee  Hero 
Stories,”  “Blackfoot  Lodge  Tales,"  etc.  12mo.  Cloth. 
Price,  $1.60. 

The  Indians  oi  To-day. 

By  George  Bird  Grinnell.  Demi-quarto.  186  pages.  Many 
portraits  of  chiefs.  Buckram.  Price,  $6.00. 


Jack,  the  Young  Ranchman. 

Or,  A Bov’s  Adventures  in  the  Rockies.  By  George  Bird 
Grinnell.  Illustrated.  Cloth.  Price,  $1.25. 

Jack  Danvers  was  a young  New  York  boy  whose  health 
was  not  good,  and  who  was  sent  by  his  family  to  spend 
some  months  on  a Western  ranch.  This  was  before  the 
extermination  of  the  buffalo  and  the  wild  Indian,  and 
when  the  cattle  business  was  at  its  best.  On  the  ranch 
jack  met  with  many  adventures,  learning  to  ride  and 
shoot,  killing  antelope,  elk,  etc.,  riding  a wild  horse,  and 
finally  returning  to  New  York  the  proud  possessor  oi  a 
tame  wolf. 

American  Big-Game  Hunting. 

The  Book  of  the  Boone  and  Crockett  Club.  Editors; 
Theodore  Roosevelt  and  George  Bird  Grinnell.  Illus- 
trated. Cloth.  345  pages.  Price,  $2.50. 

Hunting  in  Many  Lands. 

The  Book  of  the  Boone  and  Crockett  Club.  Editors: 
Theodore  Roosevelt  and  George  Bird  Grinnell. 
Vignette.  Price,  $2.60. 

Trail  and  Camp-Fire. 

The  Book  of  the  Boone  and  Crockett  Club.  Editors: 
George  Bird  Grinnell  and  Theodore  Roosevelt.  Illus- 
trated. 353  pages.  Price,  $2.60. 

Like  its  predecessors,  the  volume  is  chiefly  devoted  to 
the  great  game  and  the  outdoor  life  of  Northern  America; 
yet  it  does  not  confine  itself  to  any  one  land,  though  it  is 
first  of  all  a book  about  America,  its  game  and  its  people. 
The  book  is  printed  in  uniform  style  with  earlier  volumes 
of  the  club,  on  a heavy  laid  paper,  beautifully  illustrated 
and  bound  in  dark  red,  with  a silver  stamp. 

American  Big  Game  in  Its  Haunts. 

The  Book  of  the  Boone  and  Crockett  Club  jor  190f. 
George  Bird  Grinnell,  Editor.  490  pages  and  46  full- 
page  illustrations.  Price  $2.60. 

This  is  the  fourth,  and  by  far  the  largest  and  hand- 
somest of  the  Club’s  books.  It  opens  with  a sketch  of 
Theodore  Roosevelt,  founder  of  the  Boone  and  Crockett 
Club,  and  contains  an  extremely  interesting  article  from 
his  pen  descriptive  of  his  visit  to  the  Yellowstone  Park 
in  1903.  Other  papers  are  on  North  American  Big 
Game;  Hunting  in  Alaska;  The  Kadiac  Bear;  Moose, 
Mountain  Sheep;  Game  Refuges,  and  other  big-game 
topics. 

American  Duck  Shooting. 

By  George  Bird  Grinnell.  Cloth.  630  pages.  With  68 
portraits  of  North  American  Swans,  Geese  and  Ducks, 
Plans  of  Boats  and  Batteries.  Fifty  Vignettes  in  the 
text  and  a Chart  of  the  topography  of  a duck  s 
plumage.  Price,  $3.50. 

Though  a number  of  books  have  been  written  on  the 
fascinating  sport  of  wildfowl  shooting,  this  is  the  first 
one  to  present  the  subject  in  anvthing  hke  adequate  form. 

One  of  the  most  interesting  and  valuable  features  of 
the  volume  is  its  natural  history.  In  plain,  untechnical 
language,  a description  is  given  of  every  species  of  swan, 
goose  and  duck  found  in  North  America,  together  with  a 
brief  account  of  its  life  history.  With  the  description  is 
given  a careful  portrait  of  each  species  drawn  by  Mr. 
Edwin  Sheppard,  so  well  known  as  the  illustrator  of 
many  important  ornithological  works.  Thus  the  volume 
serves  as  an  illustrated  book  of  reference  for  the  duck 
shooter,  by  means  of  which  he  may  identify  the  fowl 
which  he  secures  on  his  shooting  trips. 

Edition  de  luxe. 

In  response  to  many  requests,  a special  de  luxe  edition 
of  this  monumental  work  has  been  issued.  This  edition, 
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handsome,  yet  durable,  buckram  binding,  is  one  of  the 
most  beautiful  as  well  as  the  most  valuable  books  on. 
sport  issued  during  the  present  year.  Price,  $5.00. 

Samoa  ‘Uma. 

Where  Life  is  Different.  By  Llewella  Pierce  Churchill. 
Price,  $1.60.  Edition  de  Luxe,  $2.50. 

Under  the  title  “Samoa  ‘Uma”  (“Ail  Samoa”)  Mrs. 
Churchill  has  written  this  book,  for  which  she  gathered1, 
the  material  during  her  residence  at  Apia.  Into  the  chap- 
ters she  has  put  a vast  fund  of  interesting  information! 
which  is  absolutely  new,  and  which  a writer  less  sym- 
pathetic and  less  fully  trusted,  could  not  have  gathered.. 
She  has  given  us  a picture  of  the  real  Samoa — of  the 
Samoans  as  they  really  are.  The  book  is  well  balanced. 
There  is  just  enough  history  of  Samoa  to  give  an  under- 
standing of  the  events  which  brought  a portion  of  the- 
island  under  the  flag  of  the  United  States,  and  just, 
enough  of  description  to  make  an  appropriate  and  effec- 
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Limited  Edition  de  Luxe,  600  copies,  signed  by  the 
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Charley’s  Wonderful  Journeys. 

By  C.  F.  Amery.  Profusely  illustrated  by  F.  H.  T. 
Bellew,  F.  P.  W.  Bellew,  Miss  Etheldred  Breeze 
Barry  and  A.  W.  Bennett.  Cloth.  4to.  114  pages.. 
Price,  $1.50 

A small  boy’s  journey  in  dreamland  which  will  com- 
pare favorably  with  the  famous  “Alice’s  Adventures  ia 
Wonderland. 


With  Fly-Rod  and  Camera. 

In  his  handsome  work  “With  Fly-Rod  and  Camera,” 
Mr.  Edward  A.  Samuels  gives  spirited  accounts  of  salmon 
fishing  in  Canada,  and  trout  fishing  in  Maine.  It  is  much 
more  than  a mere  fishing  story,  for  the  chapters  are  filled 
with  angling  lore.  The  illustrations  picture  the  charm- 
ing scenery  which  contributes  so  much  to  the  pleasure  of 
the  American  salmon  angler  in  Canada,  and  in  the  Maine 
fishing  country.  The  volume  of  480  pages  has  147  full- 
page  half-tones  from  photographs  by  the  author.  Sent 
postpaid  on  receipt  of  price,  $5.00. 

Book  of  tlie  Black  Bass 

And  the  Supplement  “More  About  the  Black  Bass,” 
combined  in  one  volume.  Revised  to  date  and  large- 
ly re-written.  By  Dr.  James  A.  Henshall,  author  of 
“Cruising  in  Florida,”  “Ye  Gods  and  Little  Fishes,” 
“Bass,  Pike,  Perch  and  Others,”  etc.  140  new  il- 
lustrations. 12  mo.  About  500  pages.  Price  $3. 

In  its  present  compact  form,  with  a great  deal  of  new 
matter,  it  is  with  confidence  offered  to  the  angling  pub- 
lic as  one  of  the  most  interesting  fishing  books  ever 
written. 

Pictures  From  “Forest  and  Stream.” 

A volume  of  illustrations  comprising  thirty-two  of  the 
full-page  pictures  printed  as  supplements  of  Forest  and 
Stream.  The  collection  comprises  the  illustration  supple- 
ments of  the  last  two  or  three  years,  including  the  repro- 
ductions of  the  Audubon  bird  plates,  some  of  the  big- 
game  pictures  by  Rungius,  field  scenes  by  Edmund 
Osthaus,  hunting  and  fishing  scenes  by  Deming  and 
Davison,  and  pictures  of  well-known  yachts  and  water 
scenes.  Size  of  page  UVfcxl6V£.  Cloth.  Price,  $2.00. 

Forest  Runes. 

Poems  by  George  W.  Sears  (“Nessmuk”).  With  artotype 
portrait  and  autobiographical  sketch  of  the  author. 
Cloth.  2k)  pages.  Price,  $L50. 

Training  tlie  Hunting  Dog  tor  the  Field 
and  Field  Trials. 

By  B.  Waters.  Cloth.  281  pages.  Price,  $1.50. 

This  is  the  latest  and  best  manual  on  the  subject.  As 
an  owner  and  handler  of  field  trial  dogs,  and  one  having 
had  an  exceptionally  wide  experience  in  the  field  and  at 
field  trials,  Mr.  Waters  was  admirably  equipped  to  write 
such  a work.  It  has  already  taken  its  place  as  the 
standard  authority. 

Supplement  to  Small  Yaclits. 

Containing  Examples  of  Yachts  and  Small  Craft  built  in 
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WESTERN  TRAP. 


Cincinnati  Gun  Club. 

The  attendance  cn  Jan.  2S  was  very  good,  sixteen  members 
taking  part  in  the  cash  prize  shoot.  Hesser  was  high  gun  with 
47.  Don  Minto  second  with  46.  The  day  was  cold,  with  quite  a 
little  wind,  and  not  an  ideal  one  for  the  sport,  nor  for  high 
scores.  Several  team  matches  were  shot  and  the  time  until  dark 
so  fully  taken  up  that  few  practice  events  were  run  off.  Mr. 
Sweeney,  of  the  Sportsman,  St.  Louis,  was  a visitor  at  the 
grounds.  The  last  shoot  in  the  cash  prize  series  takes  place  on 
Feb.  4,  and  on  Feb.  10,  the  first  in  the  new  prize  series  will  be 
shot.  The  day’s  scores: 

Cash  prize  shoot,  50  targets : 

Targets:  15  15  20 

Hesser,  16  15  15  17 — 47 

Don  Minto,  16 15  14  17 — 46 

Roll,  19  13  13  18—43 

Medico,  19  11  14  16—41 

Peters,  17  13  10  17—40 

Herman,  18  12  12  15 — 39 

Cambell,  16  12  10  16—38 

Harig,  19  11  10  14-35 

Team  matches: 

No.  1,  25  targets:  Medico  20,  Williams  21,  Hester  19;  total  60. 

Cambell  21,  Herman  19,  Peters  19;  total  59. 

No.  2,  25  targets:  Medico  20,  Hesser  £3,  Williams  21;  total  64. 

Cambell  23,  Peters  20,  Herman  15;  total  58. 

No.  3,  50  targets:  Gambell  44,  Don  Minto  44;  total  SS. 

42,  Peters  42;  total  84. 


'targets: 
Pfieffer,  17  . . 
Williams,  IS 
Maynard,  19 


15  15  20 

12  9 14—35 

13  S 14—34 
9 12  12—33 


Boeh,  16  10  10  12—32 


Falk,  17 
Pohlar.  18  . 
Roanoke,  19. 
Gering,  16  . . 


11 

10 

9 

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8 11—30 

5 11—29 
7 6—22 

6 S-20 


Hesser 


Cincinnati  Gun  Club  Annual  Dinner. 

The  club’s  annual  dinner  was  held  on  the  evening  of  Jan.  26,  at 
the  Stag  Cafe,  and  Mine  Host  Joe  Coyle  prepared  a feast  which 
was  thoroughly  enjoyed,  from  oysters  to  black  coffee,  by  all  present. 

The  committee  having  charge  of  the  affair — Messrs.  LI.  M. 
Norris,  Chairman;  Col.  R.  H.  West  and  Dr.  A.  B.  Heyl — pro- 
vided a musical  and  intellectual  feast  not  a whit  behind  the  solid 
viands  served  at  the  table,  in  point  of  excellence. 

The  tables,  arranged  in  the  shape  of  a rectangle,  minus  one 
end,  were  handsomely  decorated.  Many  mounted  specimens  of 
game  and  other  birds  and  several  shotguns  and  rifles  were  a part 
of  the  decorative  scheme,  and  served  to  remind  those  present  that 
the  gathering  was  one  of  sportsmen. 

President  R.  H.  West  presided,  and  with  him  were  the  other 
members  of  the  committee.  There  was  a large  attendance  of  mem- 
bers and  guests,  and  those  present  remarked,  with  regret,  the 
absence,  caused  by  ill  health,  of  two  prominent  and  active  mem- 
bers, Judge  Thos.  A.  Logan,  and  John  B.  Mosby. 

Col.  West  proposed  a toast  to  the  two  absent  members,  referring 
to  them  and  their  services  to  the  club  in  a few  pleasant  words. 
The  toast  was  drunk  standing. 

Mr.  Norris,  the  chairman,  then  introduced  Col.  Robt.  H.  West 
as  toastmaster  of  the  evening,  in  a speech  full  of  humorous  al- 
lusions, which  were  appreciated  by  all.  As  was  to  be  expected, 
Col.  West’s  speech  of  acceptance  was  witty  from  beginning  to 
end.  Among  other  things,  he  said:  “This  is  an  occasion  which 

appeals  to  all  of  us.  There  are  very  few  real  sportsmen  in  the 
Cincinnati  Gun  Club.  I can  count  them  on  my  fingers,  beginning 
with  myself  and  then  my  friend  Norris.  The  club  has  very  few 
gcod  shots.  Judge  Logan,  Norris  and  myself,  with  one  or  two 
others,  have  kept  the  club  alive.  Recognizing  the  ability  of  Mr. 
Norris,  the  club  elected  him  chairman  of  this  committee,  but 
I give  you  my  word  of  honor,  gentlemen,  that  I have  done  all 
the  work,  sent  invitations  and  seen  every  one  personally.”  Some 
one  at  the  table  asked  if  he  had  collected  the  money.  “No;  my 
friend  Norris  attended  to  that,  and  informs  me  that  he  has  done 
better  than  he  expected.  Last  year  he  got  enough  to  pay  for  his 
shooting  all  summer.” 

The  committee  provided  an  excellent  entertainment,  the  pro- 
gramme consisting  of  instrumental  and  vocal  music,  an  exhibition 
of  black  art  by  Mr.  G.  W.  Stock,  stories  and  speeches  by  mem- 
bers. The  quartette  consisted  of  Messrs.  Wm.  P.  Snechter,  W.  LI. 
Geiger,  W.  H.  Behlendorf  and  Henry  L.  Korb.  Their  selections 
were  all  good,  and  they  were  generous  in  the  matter  of  encores. 
Mr.  J.  W.  Roberts  presided  at  the  piano  as  accompanist. 

* Mr.  J.  E.  Worth  (Maynard)  was  selected  to  speak  on  the  sub- 
ject “Does  Practice  at  the  Traps  Help  in  Field  Shooting:  and 

Col.  West  introduced  him  as  the  one  best  fitted  by  experience 
to  deal  with  the  question.  Mr.  Maynard  said  in  part  that  he  had 
spent  the  best  part  of  fifty-five  years  in  field  sports,  and  had 
devoted  much  time  to  trapshooting  since  the  clay  pigeon  was  in- 
vented by  George  Ligowsky,  and  he  felt  that  this  practice  had 
made  him  a better  field  shot.  He  considered  ignorance  and  selfish- 
ness the  twin  relics  of  barbarism,  and  believes  they  are  eliminated 
from  the  makeup  of  members  who  adhere  strictly  to  the  rules  of 
their  gun  club. 

Those  who  shoot  infrequently  in  the  field  are  apt  to  brag  if 


they  secure  the  most  game,  and  shoot  only  for  the  size  of  the 
bag.  This  spirit  is  not  seen  at  the  gun  club  meets.  Members 
who  live  up  to  the  spirit  and  letter  of  the  club  rules  are  made 
better  men  and  better  citizens,  and  act  more  kindly  to  their 
fellow  members.  In  regard  to  the  artificial  part  of  trapshooting 
the  target  starts  fast  and  slows  up,  while  the  birds  start  quickly 
and  fly  with  accelerating  speed,  but  as  the  best  shots  all  shoot 
quickly,  this  does  not  count.  New  members  are  apt  to  be  care- 
less in  handling  their  guns,  and  cause  other  members  of  the 
squad  they  shoot  in  to  feel  nervous  and  drop  in  their  average. 
This  is  unintentional,  and  a short  while  at  the  traps  teaches  them 
bow  to  handle  their  guns  properly,  renders  them  cool  and  mind- 
ful of  their  companions’  rights  and  safety,  whether  in  the  field 
or  at  the  traps.  The  best  part  of  the  club  is  the  sociability. 
When  you  visit  the  grounds  you  meet  Col.  West  and  other  good 
shots,  and  enjoy  the  meeting. 

Mr.  Milt.  Lindsley  spoke  on  the  question  “Probability  of  the 
16-gauge  Becoming  the  Standard  at  the  Trap.”  Mr.  Lindsley 
stated  that,  personally,  he  did  not  believe  it  ever  would,  and 
in  a talk  of  some  length  gave  his  reasons  for  his  be- 
lief, the  principal  one  being  the  small  killing  circle  of 
the  16-gauge.  Lie  said  that  the  killing  circle  of  the  16- 

gauge  at  40  yards  is  26  inches,  of  the  12-gauge,  30  inches.  The 
maximum  charge  for  the  16  is  1 ounce  of  shot;  the  medium  load 
for  the  12-gauge  is  1%  ounces,  and  the  latter  will  drive  that 
charge  with  less  bursting  strain  than  the  16-gauge  will  drive  the 
1 ounce. 

In  introducing  Dr.  A.  B.  Heyl,  the  next  speaker.  Col.  West 
said  that  he  was  the  best-known  man  of  the  Cincy  Gun  Club, 
by  reason  of  his  experiences  and  his  researches  along  all  lines 
of  thought.  The  story  he  tells  to-night  he  has  told  and  retold 
so  often  that  every  one  is  tired  of  hearing  it.  Dr.  Heyl,  when 
he  got  a chance  to  speak,  said  that  he  would  give  up  the  story 
referred  to  bjr  ,he  chairman,  and  in  its  place  tell  an  anecdote  of 
a colored  preacher  in  Alabama. 

Mr.  Arthur  Gambell  spoke  as  follows  on  the  subject  “Various 
Methods  of  Throwing  Targets”: 

“Mr.  Chairman  and  Gentlemen:  As  I have  been  requested  to 

say  my  little  piece  this  evening,  and  as  I never  wait  for  a second 
invitation,  I will  proceed  to  give  those  present  a few  minutes  of 
torture.  Owing  to  my  physical  condition,  it  was  considered  a 
much  too  dangerous  undertaking  to  allow  me  to  kiss  the  blarney 
stone.  Consequently  I am  an  Irishman  without  the  ‘gift  of  gab.’ 
However,  as  St.  Patrick  always  takes  care  of  his  sons  in  some 
manner,  to  punish  me  for"  my  lack  of  wit  and  ready  tongue,  he 
has  given  me  what  rightfully  belongs  to  our  German  friends,  ‘an 
unquenchable  thirst,’  with  apologies  to  the  present  board.  So,  as 
a man  who  is  always  thirsty  is  rarely  a good  orator,  I hope  you 
will  pardon  any  inaccuracies  of  speech  or  address.  The  various 
manners  of  throwing  targets  are  quite  numerous,  and  as  minor 
details  are  not  necessary  on  this  occasion,  we  wall  ‘cut  them 
out,’  and  just  give  a general  description  of  modern  methods.  As 
to  traps,  we  have  several  similar  to  the  expert,  used  entirely  by 
our  club;  then  we  have  the  magazine  trap  and  a large  assortment 
which  are  similar  to  the  Legget  trap— a combination  of  the  expert 
and  magazine.  These  traps  all  differ  in  their  flights  and  angles, 
so  that  one  who  is  in  the  habit  of  shooting  over  one  kind  is  at 
a temporary  disadvantage  when  he  is  compelled  to  shoot  over 
another.  The  methods  of  throwing  targets  from  these  traps  are  as 
numerous  as  clubs,  each  having  their  own  ideas.  Some  have  sev- 
eral and  use  any  or  all  of  them  in  one  afternoon.  Some  clubs 
use  men,  some  boys,  some  children,  some  use  motors,  while 
some  have  their  members  take  turns  at  trapping,  as  well  as  all 
other  work  connected  with  shooting.  Sometimes  the  targets  are 
thrown  high,  sometimes  low,  sometimes  fast  and  sometimes 
slow;  sometimes  hard  and  sometimes  easy;  and  where  you  find 
these  conditions  existing,  it  is  a safe  bet  that  sometimes  they 
won’t  go  at  all.  ‘Breaking  away,’  I might  say,  my  first  year’s 
experience  as  superintendent  of  our  club  would,  I am  sure,  have 
driven  any  one  else  to  the  tall  timber,  if  not  over  the  white 
bridge.  I was  pleaded  with  and  ordered  by  Tom,  Dick  and 
Harry  to  throw  targets  this  way,  that  way  and  the  other  way; 
to  pull  promptly,  slowly  or  not  pull  at  all;  in  fact,  anything  to 
get  the  boys  ‘up  in  the  air’ ; then  when  we  go  away  from  home 
and  meet  these  conditions  we  can  remain  on  ‘Mother  Earth.’  We 
bad  squads  which  were  as  well  mixed  as  one  of  Joe  Coyle’s  cock- 
tails; some  in  the  same  squad  would  shoot  double,  some  single, 
others  would  shoot  about  three  targets  and  drop  out,  and  some 
would  bring  out  one  hundred  shells  and  shoot  them  all  up  before 
leaving  the  firing  line.  So  to  bring  order  out  of  chaos  and  save 
my  family  the  trouble  of  caring  for  a crazy  man,  I took  a tape 
line  and  monkey  wrench,  set  the  traps  a certain  height  and  dis- 
tance. They  are  the  same  way  to-day,  weather  only  changing  the 
conditions.  A great  many  clubs  throw  their  targets  too  hard; 
others  much  too  easy.  Either  one  is  a great  mistake,  as  in  one 
instance  the  members  fail  to  make  a creditable  score,  and  in  the 
other  they  break  ’em  all— at  home.  When  they  go  away  from  home 


the}-  are  almost  ashamed  to  come  back,  as  from  a 95  per  center 
they  have  tumbled  to  about  60,  and,  to  use  a slang  phrase,  ‘that 
won’t  get  you  anything.’  So  in  both  cases  they  simply  quit. 
The  targets  at  our  club  are  thrown  to  give  the  members  good 
practice  and  general  satisfaction,  and  if  you  can  break  targets  at  the 
Cincinnati  Gun  Club  grounds,  you  can  hold  your  own  anywhere. 
A letter  received  last  week  from  a prominent  member  of.  the 
Cleveland  Club,  recognized  as  one  of  the  foremost  in  the  country, 
stated  that  in  1904  they  threw  92,692  targets.  The  Cincinnati  Club 
threw  167,000  in  1899;  in  1900,  156,000;  in  1901,  246,000;  in  1902, 
299,000;  in  1903,  297,000;  in  1904,  322,000 — and  we  will  raise  that 
some  in  1905. 

“In  conclusion,  I wish  to  $ay — and  I want  all  present  to  in- 
form others,  a kind  of  endless  chain  affair — that  in  the  spring  there 
will  be  installed  a set  of  expert  traps,  which  will  give  an  unlimited 
variety  of  shooting  to  the  members.  Five  traps  will  be  set  level 
with  the  ground,  five  yards  apart,  and  on  a straight  line,  with  a 
high  blind  or  backstop.  The  many  styles  of  shooting  from  these 
traps  are  too  numerous  to  remark  on  just  now,  but  what  will 
appeal  most  to  our  members  is  that  it  will  give  assured  benefit 
for  field  work.” 

Other  speakers  were  Mr.  F.  C.  Tuttle,  who  gave  his  views  on 
the  subject  “Desirable  Modifications  of  the  Existing  Game 
Laws”;  Mr.  Joe  Coyle  and  Mr.  Jas.  O’Dowd.  A song  by  the 
quartette  concluded  the  entertainment. 

Mr.  Wuest  moved  that  a vote  of  thanks  be  extended  to  the  com- 
mittee by  the  members  and  guests,  and  this  was  passed  unanimously. 
The  following  sat  at  tables:  R.  IT.  West,  LI.  31.  Norris,  J.  C. 

Hobart,  Robert  Wuest,  Joe  Coyle,  M.  F..  Lindsley,  F.  C.  Tuttle, 
W.  E.  Keplinger,  Frank  See,  Henry  L.  Korb,  H.  F.  Jergens,  Jos. 
II.  Block,  John  W.  Coleman,  Rudolph  Tietig,  A.  K.  Andrews, 
L\  C.  Regan,  John  N.  Roberts,  Wm.  P.  Tuechter,  Walter  LI. 
Geier,  Gus  Boeh,  LI.  Osterfelt,  Chas.  Leger,  R.-  T.  Sohngen,  C. 
A.  Zimmerman,  J.  A.  Schmidt,  Jas.  C.  Norris,  Arthur  Gambell, 
Frank  Osterfelt,  J.  L.  Strauss,  IT.  Gosney,  Ad.  R.  Roll,  D. 
LI.  Eaton,  W.  H.  Behlendorf,  Jr.,  Charles  Menninger,  Jr., 
Conrad  Klein,  LI.  Bumiller,  Frank  L.  Haffner,  J.  E.  Devine,  W. 
R.  Randall,  Dr.  A.  B.-  Heyl,  R.  C.  Anderson,  A.  C.  Dick,  Chas. 
P.  Brown,  LI.  C.  Hoefinghoff,  J.  E.  Worth,  H.  Van  Ness,  Chas. 
E.  Volk,  Dr.  J.  W.  Dennis,  Dr.  D.  G.  Stafford,  Dan  Pohlar,  Wm. 
A.  Miller,  Louis  Pfieffer,  H.  S.  Rosenthal,  P.  N.  Siefert,  Carroll 
Brookfield 

Rohrer's  Island  Gun  Club,  Dayton,  O. 

The  annual  meeting  and  banquet  of  the  Rohrer’s  Island  Gun 
Club,  Dayton,  O.,  was  held  at  the  Phillips  Llouse,  on  Jan.  26,  and 
was  attended  by  a majority  of  the  members.  After  the  business 
meeting  the  balance  of  the  evening  was  devoted  to  having  a 
good  time. 

The  officers  elected  were  as  follows:  President,  Gus  A.  Llodapp; 
Vice-President,  W.  C.  Oldt;  Secretary,  Will  E.  Kette;  Assistant 
Secretary,  M.  K.  Lluffman;  Treasurer,  C.  F.  Miller;  Captain, 
Geo.  C.  Rohrer;  Trustees:  M.  K.  Huffman,  Charles  Smyth, 

Harry  Oswald,  Phil  Hanauer,  Horace  Lockwood. 

After  the  business  meeting  an  adjournment  was  taken  to  the 
dining  room,  where  the  banquet  was  spread. 

William  F.  Breidenbach  acted  as  toastmaster,  and  was  a de- 
cided success  in  the  position.  He  made  very  many  witty  re- 
marks and  caused  many  a hearty  laugh.  There  were  no . set 
speeches,  the  responses  being  impromptu,  those  called  on  being 
taken  by  surprise  in  some  cases.  Among  the  speakers  were  John 
Schaerf,  Charlie  Miller,  Phil  Hanauer,  Charlie  Barr,  A1  Fiorini, 
Harry  Oswald,  M.  Schwind,  W.  H.  Stark  and  John  Theobald. 

Messrs.  Ralph  Trimble  and  C.  O.  Le  Compte  were,  present  as 
guests  of  honor,  and  made  happy  responses  when  called  upon. 

A pleasant  feature  of  the  affair  was  the  presentation  to  John 
Schaerf — Honest  John,  his  friends  call  him — of  a handsome  medal 
a yard  long.  It  was  of  leather.  On  it  was  burned  the  inscrip- 
tion, “For  regular  attendance,”  and  this  means  a good  deal,  for 
John  was  present  at  every  meeting  during  the  year.  In  his  re- 
sponse to  the  presentation  speech  of  Toastmaster  Breidenbach, 
John  announced  that  he  would  wear  it  every  day  in  the-  year,  with 
his  mind  at  rest,  knowing  that  it  could  not  be  taken  front  him  in 
one  of  the  weekly  shoots  of  the  club,  and  that  he  should  prize 
it  as  highly  as  though  it  were  made  of  gold. 

The  committee  consisted  of  Charlie  Miller,  Phil  Hanauer  and 
Secretary  Will  E.  Kette,  and  they  deserve  great  credit  for  the 
success  of  the  club’s  first  banquet. 

In  Other  Places, 

There  was  a very  interesting  all-day  shooting  tournament  held  at 
■Waterloo,  Ind.,  on  Thursday  last. 

The  Alpena,  Mich,  trapshots  do  not  fail  to  get  busy,  and  burn 
seme  powder  during  January.  Those  preparing  for  the  annual 
banquet  are  C.  W.  Edwards,  A.  W.  Brown,  D.  D.  Hanover,  R. 
H.  Rayburn,  F.  N.  Potter,  H.  L.  Brood,  R.  H.  Collins,  John 
Beck,  F.-  B.  Johnston,  I.  R.  Meyers,  Chas,  Dust,-  Geo.  Burston, 


108 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


[Feb.  4, 1905. 


H.  K.  Gustin,  R.  H.  Ellsworth,  Fred  Farman,  and  Will  A. 
Prince. 

At  Loudonville,  O.,  the  Germany  Gun  Club  is  doing  well. 
After  constant  practice  during  the  past  four  weeks,  the  honors 
at  the  present  writing  rest  with  Emanuel  Huffman,  who  secured 
the  belt  at  the  last  practice  meeting. 

One  well-known  Chas.  W.  Budd  is  busy  while  roasting  his 
shins  by  the  Iowa  corn  cob  fire,  with  letters  and  such  head  work 
as  may  be  necessary  to  make  the  Iowa  State  shoot  the  greatest 
in  that  great  shooting  center.  Charlie  announces  that  several 
handsome  shotguns  will  be  offered  for  competition.  It  has  been 
several  years  since  Mr.  Budd  held  a State  shoot  at  his  home 
town. 

After  holding  nearly  all  the  Western  trophies  during  the  better 
part  of  1904,  Mr.  Clayton,  the  Kansas  City  crack  shot,  was  on 
last  Monday  defeated  by  Wm.  Veich,  of  Fall  River,  Neb.,  for  the 
Elliott  target  trophy.  Score  at  100  targets:  Veich  86,  Clayton 

76.  Clayton  will  have  another  try  with  him  on  Feb.  14.  The 
match  will  likely  be  held  at  St.  Joseph,  Mo.  Veich  was  on  his 
best  mettle,  as  he  killed  20  straight  live  birds  to  Clayton’s  19  in 
a sweep.  Others  shooting  were  Dave  Elliott  and  H.  Tipton 
with  16  and  Taylor  with  15. 

After  a third  trial,  Frank  Keeler,  of  the  Tobasco  Gun  Club, 
was  discharged.  His  offense  was  that  of  shooting  ducks  half  an 
hour  after  sundown.  The  jury  disagreed,  and  the  defendant  was 
told  by  the  judge  to  go  his  way  and  sin  no  more. 

The  Capron,  111.,  Gun  Club  will  hold  the  next  contest  for  the 
Hunter  Arms  Co.  badge  on  Feb.  1,  instead  of  the  22d,  as  pre- 
viously announced.  Mr.  A.  Vance  served  notice  on  all  interested. 

Jim  Head,  Ernest  Tripp,  John  Lilly  and  many  other  Indiana 
trapshooters  should  get  very  busy,  as,  Senator  Beardsley  has  in- 
troduced a bill  in  the  Senate  having  for  its  object  the  prohibition 
of  pigeon  shooting  at  the  traps.  It  also  includes  doves,  whether 
at  the  traps  only,  the  informant  did  not  specify. 

One  of  the  old-time  and  businesslike  clubs,  the  Lake  St.  Clair 
Fishing  and  Shooting  Club,  of  Detroit,  Mich.,  held  their  meeting 
on  Tuesday  night,  and  Thomas  S.  McGraw  was  made  President; 
Judge  Durfee,  Vice-President;  Hamilton  Dey,  Treasurer,  and 
Bryant  Walker,  Secretary. 

Fred  Gilbert  and  Wm.  Crosby  are  a good  team,  and  they  are 
reported  to  be  now  touring  the  principal  cities  of  Texas,  giving 
exhibitions  of  smashing  clay  targets  with  the  shotgun.  When 
last  heard  from  they  were  getting  ready  to  shoot  at  Forth  Worth. 

The  big  gun  shooters  are  many  of  them  now  touring  through- 
out the  great  State  of  Texas. 

Manager  Will  Holt,  of  the  Waco,  Tex.,  Gun  Club,  states  that  the 
State  shoot  will  come  off  at  their  club  grounds  during  the  month 
of  April.  Gilbert  and  Crosby  will  appear  early  in  Waco  in  all 
their  glory,  and  warm  up  the  blood  of  those  who  take  interest 
in  target  shooting. 

The  Akron,  O.,  Gun  Club  held  its  shoot  Saturday  under  some 
difficulties  as  to  weather,  yet  some  very  fair  scores  were  said  to 
have  been  made.  C.  F.  Haak,  now  holding  the  tri-county  cham- 
pionship cup,  will  be  challenged  by  one  of  the  best  of  the  Bar- 
beton  Club.  This  is  the  cup  won  at  Canton  last  November  by 
Mr.  Flick. 

Few  of  the  Illinois  gun  clubs  are  as  enthusiastic  as  the  Nichol’s 
Park,  of  Jacksonville,  111.,  as  it  holds  shoots  weekly,  no  matter 
what  the  weather  may  be. 

This  shows  how  much  easier  it  is  to  divide  money  than  to 
split  a cow  in  three  equal  parts.  On  Thursday  last,  in  a match 
at  bluerocks,  held  at  Chester,  Pa.,  in  which  there  were  thirty 
contestants  shooting  for  an  Alderny  cow,  George  Williamson, 
George  Powell  and  F.  E.  Pennington  killed  straight  and  tied. 
The  owner  gave  the  option  of  accepting  $25  cash  in  lieu  of  the  cow, 
and  the  cash  was  split  as  the  easiest  way  of  a settlement. 

In  about  one  week  from  this  writing  there  will  be  a tournament 
under  the  auspices  of  the  Hill  Rod  and  Gun  Club,  held  at  Chester, 
Pa.  Many  of  America’s  greatest  trapshots  are  expected.  Some 
enthusiast  writes  us  that  between  one  and  two  hundred  will  be  in 
the  contest. 

The  North  Allentown,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  1905  officers  are:  Presi- 

dent, Arthur  Berger;  Vice-President,  Robert  Mullen;  Recording 
Secretary,  Harvey  Diefenderfer;  Financial  Secretary,  Oland 
Keiper;  Treasurer,  John  Elinger;  Captain,  Elmer  Meyers.  The 
last  monthly  contest  was  not  held,  owing  to  high  water.  The  next 
shoot  will  be  held  on  Feb.  11. 

Notice  has  been  received  that  a gun  and  athletic  club  has  been 
formed  at  Jeroroeville,  O. 

It  was  J.  A.  Jackson,  Sr.,  who  outstripped  all  the  boys  in  the 
20-live-bird  handicap  at  Taylor,  Tex.  He  scored  19  without  a tie. 
The  second  money  men  were  Fred  Gilbert,  the  world’s  famous 
shot;  William  Heer,  the  champion  of  Kansas,  and  Otto  Senns, 
of  Houston,  Tex.,  as  they  had  18  each  in  the  “game  bag.” 

It  is  reported  that  the  Northwest  Gun  Club,  of  Milwaukee,  held 
a shoot  to  begin  at  8 A.  M.  Now  the  enthusiasts  must  have 
stayed  up  all  night  to  keep  warm  and  to  get  out  that  early  these 
frosty  mornings.  Let’s  see,  only  12  degrees  below. 

It  must  be  said  of  the  Highland  Gun  Club,  of  Des  Moines,  la., 
that  the  members  are  not  lacking  in  their  enthusiasm  for  the 
State  shoot.  That  there  may  be  no  lack  of  practice,  the  club 
has  arranged  for  prizes  to  be  awarded  which  will  bring  the 
members  together  at  least  once  per  week. 

Ye  pigeon  shooters  of  Indiana  must  get  their  eagle  eye  on  that 
pigeon  bill  introduced  by  Mr.  Beardsley,  as  the  minority  mem- 
bers of  the  committee  adopted  the  provisions  for  the  enactment  of 
the  bill.  There  seems  to  be  a decided  predilection  on  the  part  of 
the  Senators  in  favor  of  the  measure  as  introduced. 

The  members  of  the  Peoria  Gun  Club  met  Thursday,  and  be- 
sides shooting  a few  bluerocks,  there  was  an  election  of  officers, 
viz.:  Walter  Smith,  President  and  H.  C.  Conklin,  Secretary. 

Patterson  was  high  gun  at  the  last  shoot  of  the  Des  Moines,  la., 
Gun  Club,  getting  the  good  score  of  93  out  of  100,  while  Chas. 
W.  Budd  came  second.  There  is  an  awakening  at  the  Iowa  hub, 
and  there  will  be  a number  of  local  men  to  enter  in  the  State 
shoot,  which  opens  March  14. 

Capt.  W.  T.  B.  Wilson  was  elected  as  the  president  of  the 
Atlanta,  Ga.,  Rifle  Association,  with  Col.  Clifford  L.  Anderson 
Vice-President,  and  W.  T.  Spratt  Secretary  and  Treasurer. 

For  several  years  the  Paducah,  Ky.,  Gun  Club  has  been  noted 
for  its  activity  as  tournament  promoter.  This  will  appeal  to  you 
as  an  easy  matter  when  you  understand  that  this  club  has  more 
than  one  hundred  members. 

A large  number  of  Kansas  trapshots  met  at  Great  Bend,  Kans., 
on  Jan.  23  and  participated  in  a one-day  shoot.  The  handicap 
system  was  used.  Shooting  at  130  targets,  Gano  was  the  best  with 
115.  Others  were  Downs  112,  Arnold  112,  Lewis  108,  Gruber  107, 
Ed.  O’Brien  106,  Gottlieb  105,  Nihlo  104,  Rankin  103,  Dave  El- 
liott 102,  McMullen  96,  French  81.  In  the  live  birds,  10  each, 
Gano  killed  10,  Downs  8,  Arnold  9,  Lewis  10,  Gruber  10,  O’Brien 
8,  Gottlieb  8,  Nihlo  10,  Rankin  8,  Elliott  9,  McMullen  9,  and 
French  10.  Dave  Elliott  was  a trade  representative,  and  Chris. 
Gottlieb  came  down  with  him  from  Kansas  to  watch  that  no 
harm  was  done  him  by  the  “short  grass”  people,  . 


At  Taylor* 

Taylor,  Tex.,  Jan.  21. — The  Central  Texas  Handicap,  held  here 
this  week,  was  a drawing  card.  There  are  a number  of  Northern 
people  down  here  at  the  present  time  who  will  take  in  all  the 
three  big  shoots:  Fred  Gilbert,  of  Spirit  Lake,  accompanied  by 
John  Burmister;  W.  R.  Crosby,  of  O’Fallon,  111.;  H.  G.  Taylor, 
Meckling,  S.  D. ; W.  IT.  Heer,  Concordia,  Kans. ; Charley  Spencer, 
St.  Louis;  Pop  Heikes,  Dayton,  O. ; Hood  Waters,  Baltimore, 
Md. ; H.  Anderson,  Salina,  Kans. 

Gilbert  and  Crosby  tied  on  the  targets  for  the  two  days,  413 
out  of  450,  both  at  the  21yd.  mark.  Taylor  next  with  399;  then 
Heer  398.  H.  G.  Taylor  won  the  Central  Texas  Handicap  at  100 
targets  with  95  out  of  the  100.  J.  A.  Jackson  won  the  live-bird 
handicap,  with  19  out  of  20.  Robert  Conorly,  of  Austin,  Tex.,  and 
Bill  Crosby  tied  for  the  Smith  gun  on  47  out  of  50.  The  longest 
runs  on  targets  were  those  of  Gilbert  with  72,  and  Heer  with  63. 

The  first  day  was  devoted  to  live  birds,  there  being  one  20- 
bird  sweep  handicap.  Scores:  Fred  Gilbert  18,  Wm.  Crosby  16, 
Heikes  16,  Chas.  Spencer  18,  Wm.  Heer  18,  F.  Faurote  17,  T.  E. 
Hubby  17,  L.  I.  Wade  17,  Hood  Waters  17,  H.  M.  Jackson  7,  J. 
A.  Jackson  19,  Otto  Senns  18,  J.  L.  Jones  181  H.  G.  Taylor  12, 
Hy.  Anderson  15,  Jas.  Day  18,  Ed.  Coe  3 (withdrew),  W.  Miller 
17,  John  Burmister  15,  M.  Stith  16,  M.  E.  Fosgard  16,  B.  F. 
Rowe  16,  Chas.  Ledbetter  17,  John  Jackson  14. 


Targets,  two  days: 


Gilbert,  21  

Shot  at.  Broke. 
250  237 

Shot  at.  Broke. 
200  176 

Total. 

413 

Crosby,  21  

250 

234 

200 

179 

413 

Heikes,  20  

250 

213 

200 

164 

377 

Spencer,  20  

250 

232 

200 

158 

390 

Heer,  20  

250 

225 

200 

173 

398 

Faurote,  19  

250 

206 

200 

151 

357 

Hubby,  19  

250 

220 

200 

164 

394 

Wade,  18  

250 

206 

200 

158 

364 

Waters,  IS  

250 

225 

200 

160 

385 

Fleming,  19  

150 

128 

200 

161 

289 

Jackson.  18  

250 

227 

200 

164 

391 

Senns,  18  

250 

222 

200 

152 

374 

Atchinson,  19  

220 

200 

175 

395 

Taylor,  18  

250 

228 

200 

171 

399 

Anderson,  18  

250 

212 

200 

153 

365 

Day,  18  

Miller.  17  

250 

232 

200 

161 

393 

250 

216 

200 

160 

326 

Burmister,  16  

250 

205 

200 

160 

365 

Barnes,  16  

250 

220 

200 

148 

368 

T Jackson,  16  

250 

217 

200 

157 

374 

Bagerman,  16  

175 

149 

200 

162 

311 

Philadelphia  Trapshooters*  League* 


Clearview — Highland. 


Gorgas  Station,  Pa.,  Jan.  28.— The  Clearview  Gun  Club  scored 
a sixth  victory  in  the  League  series  to-day.  A strong  wind  added 


to  the  difficulties  of 

shooting.. 

Scores : 

Clearview. 

Belhartz  

....  7 

Highland. 

Crooks  

...22 

Bell  

....  4 

Lutz  

...18 

Ellwell  

... .10 

Ringgold  

...  7 

Ludwig  

....18 

M W entz  

...12 

Downs  

....18 

Denham  

...11 

Huber  

....24 

Everett  

...17 

Charlton  

....20 

Pinkerton  

...14 

Davidson  

... .17 

Dalton  

...13 

Fisher  

....18 

Franklin  

...18 

Buckwalter  

....23—159 

A Ballantine  

. . .17—149 

Florists — N arberth. 


Wissinoming,  Pa.,  Jan.  28.— A cold,  strong  wind  was  an  un- 
pleasant weather  condition.  The  competition  was  nevertheless 
keen,  and  a number  of  excellent  scores  were  made.  Scores: 


Florists’. 


F Coleman  24 

Landis  23 

Huttenlock  24 

Bell  23 

Shew  20 

Whitaker  22 

E Coleman  ..16 

Sheeler  23 

Anderson  22 

Sanford  24 — 221 


Narberth. 


Alker  17 

Galbraith  17 

Hamel  24 

Davis  21 

Humphreys  16 

McClellan  20 

Halbstadt  15 

Duffield  19 

Barker  19 

Sharp  18 — 1S6 


Meadow  Springs— Hill  Rod  and  Gun  Club. 


Chester,  Pa.,  Jan.  28. — The  League  contest  between  Meadow 
Spring  and  Hill  Rod  and  Gun  Club  was  won  by  the  form.er,  the 
scores  being  as  follows: 


Meadow  Spring. 


Franklin  

22 

Hare  

20 

Mardin  

19 

Roberts  

18 

Depew  

18 

Henry  

17 

W Hansell  . . . 

16 

Heathcote  . . . 

Bush  

16 

Coyle  

14-176 

Hill  Rod  and  Gun. 


C Birney  21 

Urian  21 

H Birney  18 

McDowell  , 18 

Lambert  18 

Samsall  17 

J Birney  16 

Cassidy  15 

Hunter  12—172 


S.  S.  White — Hillside. 


Chestnut  Hill,  Jan.  28.— The  League  match  between  the  Whites 
and  Hillsides  was  won  by  the  former,  the  detailed  scores  being 
as  follows: 


S.  S.  White. 

Harper  

Brenizer  

Fontaine  

Cantrell  

Hand  

Beyer  

St.  Clair  

Hinkson  

Dr  Cotting  

Stahr  


Hillside. 


.19  J B Haywood 20 

.19  W Aiman  17 

.18  R Bisbing  16 

.18  Caie  ...16 

.18  Laurent  15 

17  Parsons  15 

.16  Clark  ■ 15 

.16  M Bisbing  14 

.15  Larson  12 

.13 — 169  Absentee  12 — 152 


Media— North  Camden. 


Media,  Pa.,  Jan.  28. — The  Media  and  North  Camden  teams  made 
some  remarkable  team  scores,  as  follows: 


Media. 

Howard  21 

Smedley  16 

Powell  20 

Pennington  20 

Reilly  15 

Rhodes  14 

Little  ...14 

Williamson  13 

Dee  12 

Leedom  10 — 157 


North  Camden. 

Tilton  15 

Ray  17 

Grant  16 

Silver  16 

Pratt  15 

Wickes  14 

Flemington  10 

Bateman  10 

Cavileer  10 

Stratton  8 — 134 


New  Jersey  State  Sportsmen's  Association. 

The  call  for  the  special  meeting  failed  to  obtainja  quorum  on 
Jan.  18,  and  under  the  rules  an  adjournment  was  made  to  Feb. 
2 at  8 o’clock  P.  M.  at  the  same  location,  842  Broad  street,  New- 
ark. Those  present  at  the  meetmg  last  week  were  the  first  vice- 
president,  the  treasurer,  the  chairman  of  the  executive  com- 
mittee, the  acting  secretary,  E.  A.  Mahnken  and  George  B.  Gas- 
kill.  representing  the  Rahway  Gun  Club;  Asa  Whitehead,  the 
South  Side  Gun  Club  of  Newark  and  Charles  Van  Nuis,  the 
Brunswick  of  New  Brunswick.  President  George  N,  Thomas,  qf 
Trenton,  wired  that  he  was  tQQ  ill  to  attend.  


Bound  Brook  Gun  Club. 

Bound  Brook,  N.  J. — In  spite  of  the  threatening  weather  on 
Saturday,  Jan.  21,  there  was  a good  attendance  at  the  Bound 
Brook  Gun  Club  shoot.  Several  visitors  from  various  towns 
were  present  and  took  part  in  the  sport. 

In  the  club  event  for  the  three  silver  loving  cups  three  mem- 
bers tied  on  25  for  first.  This  was  shot  off  miss-and-out,  Mr. 
Hooey  holding  out  the  longest.  The  second  was  won  by  Mr.  A. 
K.  Smith,  and  third  by  Dr.  Bache. 

In  the  other  events  some  straight  scores  were  made.  Mr.  Hooey 
landed  a prize  in  every  event  except  the  fourth,  which  was  a 
handicap  event,  and  the  silver  cup  was  won  by  Dr.  Bache,  who 
shot  out  six  others  in  this  event  that  were  tied  with  him. 

Dr.  J.  B.  Pardoe  was  also  a heavy  winner.  Mr.  Reynolds  made 
the  straight  scores  and  took  first  prize  in  the  events. 

Other  winners  were  Mr.  McDonough,  of  Orange,  and  Mr.  H. 
R.  of  North  Branch. 

The  seventh  event  was  an  extra  one,  and  the  prize,  a box  of' 
cigars,  was  donated  by  Mr.  Du  Four.  Mr.  Reynolds  won  a lamp. 
Dr.  Pardo  won  the  cigars  on  10  straight,  and  Mr.  Hooey  won  the 
lamp. 


Messrs.  Neaf  Apgar  and  Hearn  were  present.  The  scores  are: 


Events : 

1 

2 3 

4 

5 6 

7 

Shot 

Targets : 

25  10  10  10  10  10  10 

at. 

Broke. 

Reynolds  

17 

3 10  10  10  7 

75 

61  . 

Dr  Bache  

13 

7 7 

7 

9 6 

5 

85 

64 

Apgar  

17 

5 S 

8 

9 9 

8 

85 

64 

Slater  

12 

5 8 

4 

6 6 

. , 

75 

41 

Hearn  

16 

6 10 

9 

9 9 

, , 

75 

59 

Stelle  

15 

6 .. 

35 

21 

Pardoe  

16 

9 8 

. 9 10 

65 

52 

Smith  

10 

5 .. 

4 2 

4 

65 

25  ■ 

Hcoey  

19 

9 9 

9 

9 10 

8 

85 

73 

Du  Four  

11 

4 3 

45 

18 

McDonough  

20  10  10 

8 

8 8 

7 

85 

71 

Crater  

2 5 

4 

5 .. 

5 

50 

21 

M II  R 

8 6 

8 

6 8 

6 

60 

42  j 

Withling  

6 

. 9 

. . 

30 

25  ; 

Dr  Lucky  

Club  event,  handicap: 

..  b 

6 

8 6 

8 

50 

33 

Broke 

Total. 

Dr  Bache,  8 

. . . .0110100011100010100111110—13 

21 

Dr  Pardoe,  4 

. . . .1000011111111101100001111- 

-16 

20 

Flooey,  8 

Smith,  12  

. . . .1011101101111110011111101- 

-19 

25 

. . . .0100101001010011000100110- 

-10 

22 

Stelle,  10  ..; 

. . . .1100001110111101011100101- 

-15 

25 

Du  Four,  14  

. . . .0100100110011010011100100- 

-11 

25 

F. 

R. 

Stelle,  Sec’y. 

Charlestown  Shoot. 

Charlestown,  Md.,  Jan.  25. — The  all-day  shoot  at  Charlestown, 
Md.,  was  notable  for  some  excellent  scores.  Three  Wilmington 
trapshooters,  Messrs.  W.  M.  Foord,  J.  A.  McKelvey  and  L.  J.' 
Squier,  tied  for  second  with  a score  of  92  out  of  100.  High  man 
was  Mr.  J.  Mowell  Hawkins,  who  scored  96  out  of  100. 

A ten-man  team  race  was’  an  event  of  special  interest.  Rising 
Sun  defeated  Charlestown  by  a score  of  220  to  205.  Each  man! 


shot  at  25  targets.  Scores: 


Events : 

1 

2 

3 

4 5 6 

7 8 

Shot 

Targets: 

10  10  10  10  10  25  10  15 

at. 

Broke. 

H Barnes  

7 

7 

9 

9 9 22 

8 13 

100 

84 

J M Hawkins 

9 10  10  10  9 24  10  14 

100 

96 

M Miller  

9 

7 

8 

7 7 18 

7 12 

100 

75 

FI  England  

10 

6 10 

7 10  23 

9 14 

100 

89 

J Gifford  

8 

8 

6 

8 9 22  10  10 

100 

81 

D Letz  

7 

5 

6 

..  7 ... 

40 

25 

1'  Riale  

8 

8 

9 10  8 17 

6 11 

100 

77 

P Jackson  

7 

8 

9 

..  7 .. 

40 

31 

H L Worthington 

......  10 

7 

8 

8 10  25 

9 13 

100 

90 

H Alexander 

10 

9 

9 

9 9 22 

75 

68 

J McCush  

7 

9 

8 

9 9 23 

9 ii 

100 

88 

W Jackson  

8 

8 

8 

9 10  24 

8 13 

100 

88 

Wm  Foord  , 

8 10 

8 

9 9 23  10  15 

100 

92 

J A McKelvey 

9 

9 

9 

9 10  23 

8 15 

100 

92 

L J Squier  

8 

9 

9 

8 10  24 

9 15 

100 

92 

E Dill  

8 

9 

7 

8 ..  19 

9 11 

90 

71 

Gregg  

7 

6 

6 

6 12 

55 

37 

Harry  Hartlove  

10  10 

9 8 22 

8 14 

90 

81 

Clarence  Kirk  

8 

7 6 23 

9 13 

80 

66 

L Koerner  

9 

8 10 

7 10  .. 

50 

44 

C.  A Stephens  

..  8 22 

. . . . 

35 

30 

Gilbert  

..  8 17 

5 . . 

45 

30 

F A Foster  

..  7 .. 

9 13 

35 

29 

Cecil  Kirk  

..  9 23 

9 15 

60 

56 

R McCardle  

..  9 25 

9 14 

60 

57 

J M Heisler 

..  ..19 

. . . . 

25 

19 

J R Marr 

..  ..23 

7 .. 

35 

30 

FI  E Richardson 

..  ..17 

, , 

25 

17 

O B Lamar 

..  ..17 

. . . . 

25 

17 

M E Cole 

10  14 

25 

24 

W Jackson  

9 13 

25 

22 

Deibert  

15 

11 

Team  contest,  25  targets  per  man: 

Rising  Sun — H.  L.  Worthington  25,  J.  S.  Gifford  22,  H.  Eng-, 
land  23,  J.  McCush  23,  U.  Jackson  24,  T.  Riale  17,  H.  Alexander* 

22,  Clarence  Kirk  23,  M.  Miller  18,  Cecil  Kirk  23;  total  220. 
Charlestown — J.  M.  Heisler  19,  C.  A.  Stephens  22,  J.  R.  Mam 

23,  H.  E.  Richardson  17,  H.  A.  Barnes  22,  W.  M.  Foord  23,  II. 

Hartlove  20,  O.  B.  Lamar  17,  J.  M.  McKelvey  23,  E.  Dill  19;, 
total  205.  


j/Lmwer§  to  i^omspondqnk. 

— $ — 

Ho  notice  taken  ot  anonymous  communications. 


J.  W.  G.,  Springboro,  Pa.— Is  the  statement  true  that  shotguns, 
of  the  best  makes— 7%  to  8 pounds— at  the  traps  will  often  shoot 
loose  after  a season  or  two  of  use,  and  require  rifling?  Ans.  No; 
but  with  qualification.  The  length  of  time  a gun  will  last  de- 
pends  on  the  strain  to  which  it  is  subjected.  The  modern  loads 
used  at  the  trap  are  heavy;  those  used  at  live  birds  still  heavier. 
A shooter  who  uses  150  or  200  cartridges  each  week  through  the 
year  is  likely  to  shoot  his'  gun  loose  m the  course  of  two  or  three 
years.  If  he  shoots  the  same  number  of  live  bird  charges,  he 
might  even  shoot  his  gun  loose  in  a year.  On  the  other  hand,  the 
gun,  used  more  moderately,  as  it  is  by  most  trapshooters,  should 
last  five,  six,  seven  or  more  years. 


PUBLISHERS*  DEPARTMENT. 


California. 

Thirty-three  Days’  Tour  via  Pennsylvania  Railroad. 

The  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Company  has  arranged  for  a special 
personally-conducted  tour  through  California,  to  leave  New  York, 
Philadelohia,  Baltimore  and  Washington,  on  Feb.  16,  by  the 
“Golden*  Gate  Special,”  composed  exclusively  of  Pullman  parlor- 
smoking, dining,  drawing-room  sleeping,  compartment,  and  ob- 
servation cars,  returning  by  March  21.  This  special  tram  will  be 
run  over  the  entire  route.  The  best  hotels  will  be  used  where 
extended  stops  are  made,  but  the  train  will  be  at  the  constant 
command  of  the  party.  _ 

Round-trip  tickets  covering  all  necessary  expenses,  $375  from  a hi 
points  on  Pennsylvania  ^Railroad  except  Pittsburg,  from  which 
point  the  rate  will  be  $370. 

For  itineraries  and  further  information  apply  to  ticket  agents; 
C Studds,  Eastern  Passenger  Agent,  263  Fifth  avenue,  New 
York-  Hugh  Hasson,  Jr.,  Passenger  Agent,  Baltimore  District, 
Baltimore,  Md. ; B.  M.  Newbold,  Passenger  Agent  Southeasterr 
District  Washington,  D.  C. : Thos.  E.  Watt,  Passenger  Agem 
Western  District,  Pittsburg,  Pa.;  or  address  Geo,  W.  Boyd,  Gen 
eral  Passenger  Agent,  Philadelphia.— Adv.  , 


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MODERN  RIFLE  SHOOTING 


are  given  in  the  Game  Laws  in  Brief.  The  compilation  is 
complete.  It  covers  the  country.  All  is  given  that  one 
needs  know  of  game  seasons,  modes  of  killing,  number 
permitted,  transportation,  export  out  of  State,  non- 
resident and  resident  licenses. 

The  laws  are  complex  and  many.  The  Brief  states 
them  clearly  and  concisely. 

There  is  a fund  of  good  stories  besides  in  the  Wood- 
craft pages. 

Sold  by  all  dealers  or  sent  postpaid  for  25  cents  by  the 
Forest  and  Stream  Publishing  Company. 


THE  BIG  GAME  OF  AMERICA 


is  well  represented  in  the  collection 


of  Pictures  from  Forest  and  Stream. 
Moose,  elk,  antelope,  mountain  sheep, 
Virginia  deer,  mule  deer  and  buffalo 
are  shown  in  scenes  which  have  in 
them  the  spirit  of  the  wild  creatures 
and  their  surroundings.  Each  picture 
is  an  accurate  portrait  of  the  subject 
and  has  a pleasing  landscape  setting  as 
well.  Of  smaller  game  there  are  field 
scenes  in  which  figure  the  quail,  ruffed 
grouse;  and  a number  of  splendid 
reproductions  of  Audubon  bird  pic- 
tures. The  dog  pictures  by  Osthaus 
and  the  yachting  scenes  round  out  the 
volume,  and  make  it  all  in  all  a very 
comprehensive  volume  of  American 
outdoor  sports. 


LIST  OF  THE  PLATES. 


I.  Alert  (Moose),  ....  Carl  Rungius 

'2.  The  White  Flag  (Deer),  - - Carl  Rungius 

3.  “ Listen ! ” (Mule  Deer),  - - Carl  Rungius 

4.  On  the  Heights  (Mountain  Sheep),  Carl  Rungius 

5.  “ What’s  That  ?”  (Antelope).  - Carl  Rungius 

6.  The  Home  of  the  White  Goat. 

Photo  by  H.  T.  Folsom 

7.  Calling  the  Buffalo— 1 The  Lure,  E.  W.  Deming 

8.  Calling  the  Buffalo— 2 The  Drive,  E.  W.  Deming 

9.  Calling  the  Buffalo— 3 The  Fall,  E.  W.  Deming 

10.  Calling  the  Buffalo— 4 Packing  the  Meat. 

E.  W.  Deming 

II.  Sail,  Sea  and  Sky,  Navahoe  on  the  Solent. 

Photo  by  West  & Son 

12.  The  Trapper’s  Camp.  - - E.  W.  Deming 

13.  Pearl  R.  (Setter),  - - - E.  H.  Osthaus 

14.  The  Purple  Sandpiper,  - - J.  J.  Audubon 

15.  The  Black  Duck,  - - - - J.  J.  Audubon 

16.  The  Shoveller  Duck,  - - J.  J.  Audubon 


17.  The  Redhead  Duck,  - J.  J.  Audubon 

18.  The  Canvasback  Duck,  - - J.  J.  Audubon 

19.  The  Prairie  Chicken,  - - - J.  J.  Audubon 

20.  The  Willow  Ptarmigan,  - - J.  J.  Audubon 

21.  The  American  Plover,  ...  J.  J.  Audubon 

22.  Rap  Full,  Schooner  Constellation  in  a 

North  Easter,  - - Photo  by  N.  L.  Stebbins 

28.  First  Around  Home  Mark.  The  Altair 

off  Larchmont,  - - Photo  by  Jas.  Burton 

24.  The  Challenge  (Elk),  - - Carl  Rungius 

25.  Quail  Shooting  in  Mississippi,  - - E.  Osthaus 

26.  Ripsey  (Pointer)  E Osthaus 

27.  Between  Casts,  - - - W.  P.  Davison 

28.  Home  of  the  Bass,  ...  W.  P.  Davison 

29.  In  Boyhood  Days,  ...  w,  P.  Davison 

30.  A Country  Road  (Partridge),  W.  P.  Davison 

31.  When  Food  Grows  Scarce  (Quail),  W.  P.  Davison 

32.  In  the  Fence  Corner  (Quail),  W.  P,  Davison 


The  plates  are  carefully  printed  on  heavy  coated  paper  and  handsomely 
bound,  making  a most  attractive  volume.  The  size  of  page  is  about  that  of 
the  Forest  and  Stream  or  about  i6x  inches.  Price,  postpaid  $2. 
In  response  to  numerous  enquiries  from  those  who  desire  to  frame  these 


engravings,  rather  than  to  keep  them  in  a volume,  a special  price  of  $1.75  each 
has  been  made  for  sets  of  unbound  sheets. 


FOREST  and  stream  PUBLISHING  COMPANY,  NEW  YORK, 


EROM  THE  AMERICAN  STANDPOINT, 

By  W.  Q.  HUDSON,  M.  D., 

is  a^medest  title  to  a work  which  contains  an  epitome  of  the  world’s  best 
knowledge  on  the  practical  features  of  the  art. 

In  its  160  pages  are  treated,  in  popular  language  but  with  technical 
accuracy,  all  the  details  of  Rifles,  Bullets,  Triggers  and  Trigger  Pulls, 
Equipments,  Sights  and  Sighting,  Aiming.  Adjustments  of  Sights, 
Helps  in  Aiming,  Optics  of  Rifle  Shooting,  Positions  at  all  Ranges,  Tar- 
gets in  General  Use,  Ammunition,  Reloading,  Cleaning,  Appliances,  etc. 
Thirty  five  illustrations.  Price,  $1.00. 

For  sa'e  by  FOREST  AND  STREAM  PUB.  CO.,  346  Broadway,  New  York. 


for  t be  Spoilsman’s  mall 

FOREST  AND  STREAM  offers  to  sportsmen  a number  of  beautiful 
pictures,  suitable  for  framing  and  hanging  on  the  wall  of  dining  room  or  den. 
Of  these,  four  appeal  especially  to  the  big-game  hunter,  and  show  four 
characteristic  species  of  North  American  animals.  They  are  artotype  engrav- 
ings by  Bierstadt  from  original  paintings  by  the  celebrated  animal  painter, 
Carl  Rungius. 

Moose — Single  figure.  Plate  12  x 19  on  plate  paper  22  x 28. 

Blk — Several  figures.  Plate  12  x 19  on  plate  paper  22  x 28. 

Antelope — Several  figures.  Plate  9 x 14  on  plate  paper  19  x 21. 

Mule  Deer— Two  figures.  Plate  12  x 19  on  plate  paper  22  x 28. 

Two  other  artotype  engravings  by  Bierstadt,  from  original  paintings 'by 
Edmund  Osthaus  have  a vivid  interest  for  the  upland  shooters.  These  are 

Close  Quarters — Ripsey,  the  pointer,  on  point.  Plate  12  x 19  on  plate  paper  22  x 28. 
Quail  Shooting  In  Mississippi—  Plate  12  x 19  on  plate  paper  22  x 28. 

The  price  of  each  of  the  above  is  $3.00,  mailed  safely  in  a pasteboard  tube 
Two  will  be  sent  for  $5.00. 


The  duck  shooter  will  be  interested  in  a series  of  colored  photographs 
which  we  now  offer  for  the  first  time.  These  are 

The  Goose  Shooter— Two  photographs  showing  the  gunner  In  his  blind  surrounded 
by  decoys. 

Canada  Goose — Large  figures  of  a goose  standing  on  a bar. 

No  Rubber  Boots— The  gunner  wading  out  in  shoal  water  to  recover  his  birds. 

The  Duck  Hunters— The  gunner  in  the  bow  of  a gunning  float  being  paddled  by 
his  companion  up  to  ducks  on  the  water. 

Each  of  these  prints  is  6 x 8 inches  in  size,  mounted  on  a card  11  x 14 
and  all  are  beautifully  and  naturally  colored  by  hand.  Price  $2.00  each. 


PICTURES  FROn  FOREST  AND  STREAfl. 

A volume  of  32  full-page  pictures  of  popular  subjects,  similar  to  those  in 
Christmas  issue  of  Forest  and  Stream. 

Printed  on  heavy  coated  paper  and  handsomely  bound.  Price,  $2.00,  postpaid. 
The  same  series  of  32  plates,  suitable  for  framing.  Price,  $1.75,  postpaid. 

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Good  Guns  for  Little  Money. 


Remington  Single  Shot  Rifle,  .3S-40  caliber, 
28  in.  octagon  barrel,  p.g.  checkered  stock.  Reg- 
ular price,  $15.00.  Now .’ $7.50 

W.  & C.  Scott  & Son  Hammerless  Gun,  12  ga., 
28  in.  Damascus  barrels,  weight  6%  lbs.  Regu- 
lar price  $110.00.  Now $75.00 

Parker  Bros  Hammerless  Gun,  G.  H.  Grade,  12 
ga.,  30  in.  Damascus  barrels.  Regular  price, 

$80.00.  Now  $45.00 

Baltimore  Hammerless  Gun,  A-Grade,  12  ga., 
30  in.  twist  barrels,  weight,  6 lbs  14  oz.  Regular 

price,  $33.00.  Now $20.00 

Francotte  Hammerless  Gun,  12  ga.,  30-in.  Sie- 
mens-Martin barrels,  weight  7%  lbs.  Regular 

price,  $125.00.  Now,  $85.00 

Iver  Johnson  Hammerless  Gun,  16  ga.,  26  in. 
twist  barrels,  weight  6%  lbs.  Regular  price, 
$25.00.  Now  ?19(W 


Stevens  Ideal  Rifle,  .25-25  caliber,  23  in.  half- 
octagon barrels,  Lyman  Nos.  1,  3 and  6 sights, 
Swiss  butt  plate,  with  reloading  tools  and  outfit. 
Original  cost  $75.00.  Now $15.00 

Remington  Single  Shot  Rifle,  .25-20  caliber. 
28  in.  half-octagon  barrel,  mid-range  Vernier  and 
wind  gauge  front  sights,  Swiss  butt  plate.  Reg- 
ular price,  $28.  Now  $12.00 

Frank  Wesson  Rifle,  .32,  rim  or  center  fire, 
with  reloading  tools  and  cartridges.  Regular 

price  $25.00.  Now $10.00 

Stevens  Favorite  Rifle,  .22  caliber,  Lyman  No. 
2 and  wind  gauge  combination  front  sights,  Swiss 

butt  plate.  Regular  price,  $12.00.  Now $4.50 

W W.  Greener  Hammer  Double  Gun,.  “Far 
Killing  Duck”  grade,  10  ga.,  30  in.  laminated  bar- 
rels, weight  9 lbs.  Regular  price,  $150.00.  Now, 
$50.00. 


All  the  above  are  second  hand,  but  in  good  condition. 

Iver  Johnson  Sporting  Goods  Co., 

163-165  Washington  St.,  - - Boston,  Mass. 


“FRANCOTTE  GUNS 


99 


“KNOCKABOUT  GUN” 

Are  the  Leading  Imported  Shotguns  on  the  American 
Market  in  Every  Respect. 

Francotte  Guns,  - from  $80.00  to  $450.00  net 

Knockahont  Guns,  in  one  grade  only,  - - $60.00  net 

DESCRIPTIVE  PRICE  LIST  ON  APPLICATION.  SOLE  U.  S.  AGENCY, 

VON  LENGERKE  & DETM0LD, 


318  Broadway, 


NEW  YORK. 


HINTS  AND  POINTS  FOR  SPORTSMEN. 

Compiled  by  “Seneca.”  Cloth,  illustrated,  224pp.  Price,  $1.50. 

This  compilation  comprises  six  hundred  and  odd  hints,  helps,  kinks,  wrinkles, 
points  and  suggestions  for  the  shooter,  the  fisherman,  the  dog  owner,  the  yachts- 
man, the  canoeist,  the  camper,  the  outer;  in  short,  for  the  field  sportsman  in 
all  the  varied  phases  of  his  activity.  The  scope  of  the  information  it  contains 
embraces  a wild  field,  and  “Hints  and  Points”  has  proved  one  of  the  most  prac- 
tically useful  works  of  reference  in  the  sportsman’s  library. 

FOREST  AND  STREAM  PUBLISHING  CO.,  NEW  YORK. 


CANOE  and  BOAT  BUILDING. 


SWEDISH  LEATHER  JACKETS 

Our  Specialty — Finest  Quality — Soft  as  a Glove. 

Soft  and  pliable  as  kid.  A complete  protection  to  sportsmen  or  any  exposed  to  cold.  Work 
under  the  overcoat,  they  are  a handsome  garment  and  much  used.  A capital  jacket  for  bicycle  use,  skating 
and  driving.  Also  automobile  use. 

!E®”We  take  the  entire  product  of  the  manufacturers  of  above  Finest  Jackets,  and  this  make  cannot  be 
obtained  elsewhere  in  the  United  States. 

A Quality,  of  the  very  finest  skin,  brown  grass-color,  $18.00 

B Quality,  2d  grade,  ------  $15.00 

Black  Jackets  at  - $7.00,  $8.00  and  $10.00 

Send  measurement  around  chest  outside  vest.  If  money  is  sent  with  order  we  will  forward  free  by  mail, 
and  if  not  satisfactory  on  receipt,  we  will  return  money  on  return  of  Jacket.  Entirely  different  from  any 
other  make. 

As  there  are  many  different  makes  of  Leather  Jackets  in  the  market  advertised  as  finest,  etc., 
mostly  made  here  of  common  skins,  we  invite  those  desiring  such  to  send  for  one  of  ours,  and  if  not  found 
superior  on  examination  to  any  other,  it  can  be  returned  at  our  expense,  and  we  will  refund  money. 

WM.  READ  & SONS,  w«.hi.£o..  st..  Boston,  Mass. 

ESTABLISHED  1826.  THE  OLD  GUN  HOUSE. 


SECOND-HAND  GREENERS. 


1469.  Greener  Crown  Non-Ejector  Gun,  very 
little  engraving,  made  to  order  for  a ducking 
gun.  Dark,  handsome  stock,  half  pistol  grip,  steel 
barrels.  This  gun  is  in  excellent  second-hand  condi- 
tion. Dimensions:  12  ga.,  30  in.,  7 lbs.  5 oz., 
2%  in.  drop,  14  in.  stock.  Cost  new  $400.00. 
Price  $225.00 

2438.  Greener  Grand  Prize  Pigeon  Gun,  $350 
grade,  Sir  Joseph  Whitworth  fluid  steel  barrels, 
full  choke,  half  pistol  grip,  elaborate  engraving. 
Dimensions:  12  ga.,  30  in.,  7 % lbs.,  2%  in.  drop, 
14%  in-  stock.  An  extremely  fine  gun.  Price,  $225. 

1782.  Greener  16  ga.  Ejector,  $300  grade.  Slight- 
ly shopworn,  with  27  in.  barrels,  Sieman  steel, 
carved  fence,  very  fine  dark  stock,  beautifully 
engraved.  Weight  5 lbs.  13  oz.,  2%  in.  drop, 
14  in.  stock.  Modified  and  cylinder.  Great  bar- 
gain at $200.00 

1519.  Greener  Monarch  Ejector,  full  choke  both 
barrels,  12  ga.,  30  in.,  6 lbs.  14  oz.,  2%  in.  drop, 
14%  in.  stock,  Sieman  steel  barrels.  Slightly 
shopworn.  Cost  new  $200.00.  Price $150.00 

1089.  Greener  Featherweight  Field  Hammerless, 
$175  grade.  Modified  left  and  cylinder  right,  with 
straight  grip.  Sieman  steel  barrels,  carved  fence, 
game  engraving.  A most  desirable  gun  and  only 
slightly  shopworn.  Dimensions:  12  ga.,  28  in., 

5%  lbs.,  2%  in.  drop,  14  in.  stock.  Price,  $125.00. 

1492.  Greener  Double  4-bore,  weighing  22  lbs., 
and  cost  new  $450.  It  has  a fine  pair  of  Damas- 
cus barrels,  without  a pit  or  flaw,  40  in.  long, 
stock  14  in.,  heavy  Silver  recoil  pad,  half  pistol 
grip,  3 in.  drop,  and  is  one  of  the  most  power- 
ful guns  we  have  ever  seen.  Price,  net. ..  .$200.00 

1690.  Greener  Facile  Princeps  Hammerless, 
$150  grade,  slightly  shopworn,  12  ga.,  28  in.  bar- 
rels, 6 lbs.  14  oz.,  3%  in.  drop,  14%  in.  stock. 
Barrels  modified  choke,  fine  English  Damascus. 
Extremely  handsome  stock.  Price $100.00 

1913.  Greener  Facile  Princeps  Hammerless, 
$150  grade,  slightly  shopworn,  12  ga.,  28  in.  bar- 
rels, 7 lbs.  weight,  2%  in.  drop,  14%  tn.  stock, 
Sieman  steel  barrels,  modified  and  cylinder. 
Fine  dark  stock.  Price $100.00 

1493.  Greener  “Far  Killing  Duck”  Hammer 

Gun,  $200  grade.  Fine  English  laminated  bar- 
rels, low  hammers.  Handsome  stock,  half  pistol 
grip,  full  choke,  10  ga.,  32  in.  barrels,  8%  lbs.. 
14%  in.  stock.  Price $100.00 

1400.  Greener  “Far  Killing  Duck”  Hammer 
Gun,  $250  grade.  Fine  English  laminated  barrels, 
low  hammers,  full  pistol  grip,  dark  handsome 
stock.  Extra  full  choke;  10  ga.,  32  in.  barrels, 
9 lbs.  4 oz.,  3 in.  drop,  14%  in.  stock.  This  gun 
Price. $iuu.uu 


1427.  Greener  Single  Barrel,  10-bore  Duck  and 
Goose  Gun.  Extreme  full  choke  for  long-range 
work,  36  in.  fine  Damascus  barrels.  Weight 
11%  lbs.,  2%  in.  drop,  14%  in.  stock.  Under-grip 
action.  This  gun  has  never  been  shot.  Original 
price  $125.00.  Price. $75.00 

1510.  Greener  Grand  Prize  Pigeon  Hammerless 
Gun,  $200  grade,  full  choke  both  barrels.  Wrought 
steel  barrels,  half  pistol  grip,  12  ga.,  32  in.  bar- 
rels, 7 lbs.  6 oz.,  2%  in.  drop,  14%  in.  stock. 
Like  new.  Price.... $125.00 

1745.  Greener  Facile  Princeps  Hammerless, 

$150  grade,  slightly  shopworn,  16  ga.,  26  in.  bar- 
rels, 5%  lbs.,  2%  in.  drop,  14  in.  stock.  Sieman 
steel  barrels,  half  pistol  grip.  A bargain  at  $100.00 

1943.  Greener  Monarch  Ejector,  $200  grade. 
Slightly  shopworn,  12  ga.,  30  in.  barrels,  7 lbs. 
14  oz.,  2%  in.  drop,  14%  in.  stock.  Extra  full 
choke  both  barrels.  Sieman  steel  barrels.  Ex- 
tremely handsome  stock  and  a fine  pigeon  gun. 
Price  $150.00 

1610.  Greener  Facile  Princeps  Hammerless, 

$175  grade,  slightly  shopworn,  12  ga.,  27  in.  bar- 
rels, 6 lbs.,  2 1-16  in.  drop,  14%  in.  stock,  straight 
grip,  very  handsome  stock.  _ English  Damascus 

barrels,  modified  choke.  Price $125.00 

1779.  Greener  Monarch  Ejector,  $250  grade. 

Slightly  shopworn,  12  ga.,  28, in.  barrels,  6%  lbs., 
2%  in.  drop,  14%  in.  stock.  Sieman  steel  barrels, 
half  pistol  grip.  Fine  engraving  and  very  hand- 
some stock.  Modified  and  cylinder.  A great 

bargain.  Price  $190.00 

1203.  Greener  Grand  Prize  Pigeon  Hammer- 
less, $250  grade,  slightly  shopworn,  12  ga.,  30  in. 

barrels,  7 lbs.  4 oz.,  2%  in.  drop,  14  in.  stock. 
Full  choke,  beautifully  engraved  and  finished. 
Sieman  steel  barrels,  half  pistol  grip.  Price,  $150. 

1911.  Greener  Hammer  Field  Gun,  12  ga..  28  in., 
7 lbs.  6 oz.,  2 5-16  in.  drop,  13%  in.  stock,  Sieman 
steel  barrels,  half  pistol  grip,  Greener  cross-bolt. 
In  good  second-hand  condition.  Cost  new  $120. 

Price  $45.00 

1841.  Greener  “Regent”  Hammerless,  $65  net 
quality,  12  ga.,  30  in.,  7%  lbs.,  2%  in.  drop,  14% 
in.  stock.  Straight  grip,  Sieman  steel  barrels, 

full  choke,  top  safety.  Like  new.  Price $50.00 

1845.  Greener  “Regent”  Hammerless,  $65  net 
quality,  12  ga.,  26  in.  barrels,  6 lbs.,  2%  in.  drop, 
14%  in.  stock,  half  pistol  grip.  Barrels  full  choke 

and  modified.  Like  new.  Price $50.00 

2442.  Greener  Crown  Ejector  Pigeon  Gun,  full 
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Damascus  barrels,  12  ga.,  30in.,  7%  lbs.,  2%in. 
drop,  14%in.  stock.  Cost  new  $425.00.  Price  $275.00 


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NETS  IN  LAKE  CHAMPLAIN. 

There  is  no  promise  of  an  early  adjustment  of  the  dif- 
ferences between  New  York  and  Vermont  on  the  one  side 
and  Canada  on  the  other  with  respect  to  the  fisheries  of 
Lake  Champlain.  New  York  and  Vermont  prohibit  sein- 
ing in  the  lake,  while  Canada  permits  it.  The  Federal 
and  State  commissions  stock  the  lake,  and  Canada  nets 
the  fish.  Strong  efforts  have  been  made  to  induce  the 
Canadian  authorities  to  abolish  the  netting,  but  so  far 
nothing  has  been  accomplished.  At  a conference  between 
representatives  of  New  York  and  Vermont  with  Mr. 
Parent,  Minister  of  Mines,  Lands  and  Fisheries,  in  Mon- 
treal last  month,  though  it  was  shown  beyond  contro- 
versy that  the  netting  meant  the  ruin  of  the  lake  fisheries, 
no  assurance  could  be  obtained  from  Minister  Parent  that 
Canada  would  co-operate  to  drive  out  the  seines.  • On 
the  contrary,  he  urged  in  return  that  the  action  of  the 
United  States  in  propagating  yellow  perch  in  the  lake 
had  been  injurious  to  its  fishing  interests. 

As  the  matter  now  stands,  Senator  Prince,  of  the  New 
York  committee,  and  Chief  Protector  Pond  express 
themselves  as  favoring  resort  to  strong  measures  unless 
the  Canadian  authorities  shall  show  a change  of  front. 
If  seine  fishing  is  to  continue  in  Canadian  waters,  the 
States  should  refuse  longer  to  stock  the  lake.  Some 
members  of  the  committee  are  in  favor  of  going  so  far 
as  to  take  off  the  bar  on  netting  and  give  full  license  to 
seiners  on  the  New  York  and  Vermont  sides  of  the  lake. 
This  is  heroic  treatment  which  should  not  be  resorted  to 
so  long  as  there  remains  the  slightest  hope  of  persuading 
the  Provincial  authorities  to  join  in  the  abolition  of  nets. 
It  is  said  that  the  question  is  a political  one,  the  fisher- 
men and  their  allies  holding  a very  substantial  balance  of 
power  by  their  votes,  and  that  action  inimical  to  their 
personal  interest  is  therefore  impossible. 


p TRANSFER  OF  FOREST  RESERVES. 

After  efforts  extending  over  several  years,  the  cause 
of  national  forest  protection  has  won  a substantial  victory 
by  the  passage  of  a law  transferring  the  management  of 
the  forest  reserves  from  the  General  Land  Office  of  the 
Interior  Department  to  the  Department  of  Agriculture. 
The  urgent  need  of  such  a measure  has  long  been  recog- 
nized. The  adoption  in  1891  of  a forest  reserve  policy, 
the  management  of  which  should  be  in  the  General  Land 
Office,'  introduced  to  that  bureau  a number  of  novel 
problems  which  it  was  not  well  fitted  to  handle.  It  has 
received  help  from  the  United  States  Geological  Survey 
and  from  the  Bureau  of  Forestry,  but  for  several  years  it 
has  been  recognized  that  a change  should  be  made,  and 
that  the  work  of  caring  for  the  forest  reserves  should  be 
transferred  to  the  Department  of  Agriculture,  where  the 
Bureau  of  Forestry  is. 

This  view  was  well  expressed  in  the  President  s last 
message.  He  said: 

“As  I have  repeatedly  recommended,  all  of  the  forest 
work  of  the  Government  should  be  concentrated  in  the 
Department  of  Agriculture,  where  the  larger  part  of  the 
work  is  already  done,  where  practically  all  of  the  trained 
foresters  of  the  Government  are  employed,  where  chiefly, 
in  Washington,  there  is  comprehensive  first-hand  knowl- 
edge of  the  problems  of  the  reserves,  acquired  on  the 
ground,  where  all  problems  relating  to  growth  from  the 
soil  are  already  gathered,  and  where  all  the  sciences 
auxiliary  to  forestry  are  at  hand  for  prompt  and  effective 
co-operation.” 

Bills  providing  for  such  transfer  have  been  introduced 
in  Congress  in  previous  years,  but  have  failed  to  pass. 
This  year,  however,  the  objections  of  Congress  were 
overcome,  and  on  February  1 the  President  signed  the 
hill,  which  at  once  became  law.  It  has  transferred  the 


business  of  the  reserves  to  the  Department  of  Agriculture, 
where  such  business  and  everything  relating  to  it  will 
hereafter  be  administered.  The  officials  of  the  Forest  Re- 
serve Service  in  the  field  and  elsewhere — the  force  num- 
bering about  450  men — are  transferred  to  the  Department 
of  Agriculture.  What  has  been  known  as  the  Bureau  of 
Forestry  will  hereafter  be  called  the  Forest  Service  of 
the  United  States  Department  of  Agriculture,  and  Mr. 
Gifford  Pinchot  remains  its  head,  with  the  title  of  Chief 
Forester. 

Under  this  branch  of  the  service  will  now  come  all  the 
cutting  of  timber,  whether  for  sale  or  for  free  use,  per- 
mits for  grazing  live  stock,  together  with  any  changes  of 
management  and  methods  that  the  experience  of  the 
Forest  Bureau  recommends.  For  the  present  the  rules 
and  regulations  of  the  General  Land  Office  will  remain  in 
force,  but  before  long  we  may  look  for  changes  and  im- 
provements. 

The  importance  of  the  forest  reserves  to  the  industries 
of  the  Western  States  cannot  be  overestimated.  Whether 
we  consider  agriculture,  stockraising,  mining  or  manu- 
factures, water  is  the  absolute  essential,  and  the  chief 
purpose  of  the  forest  reserves  is  to  insure  an  even  and 
never-failing  water  supply.  The  whole  United  States, 
but  especially  the  West,  is  to  be  congratulated  on  the 
change  made  by  the  present  law,  as  well  as  on  the  fact 
that  Mr.  Gifford  Pinchot,  the  man  of  all  Americans  who 
has  done  most  for  forestry  in  America,  remains  at  the 
head  of  the  Forest  Service. 


POLICE  MARKSMANSHIP. 

With  regular  periodicity  there  appear  accounts  in  the 
daily  papers  of  the  policeman  who  shoots  at  a malefactor 
and  kills  an  innocent  dog,  or  who  shoots  at  a dog  and 
kills  an  innocent  citizen,  or  who  shoots  in  the  air  and 
kills  a prattling  infant  on  the  doorstep  of  its  home.  Per- 
chance there  is  need,  as  a humane  act,  to  kill  a crippled 
horse,  than  which  no  target  is  easier  to  hit,  yet  the  ac- 
counts now  and  then  show  bungling  work,  a number  of 
shots  being  necessary  to  have  the  effect  of  one  properly 
placed,  with  some  peril  to  the  immediate  neighborhood 
from  wild  shots.  There  is  betimes  a pleasing  variation  in 
the  recountals  of  such  revolver  practice  on  fleeing 
offenders,  inasmuch  as  all  six  shots,  flying  promiscuously 
around  in  the  city  streets,  do  not  hit  anything  whatever 
so  far  as  can  be  discovered.  Once  in  a long  while,  prob- 
ably due  to  the  laws  which  govern  even  long  chances,  an 
offender  is  hit.  It  is  truly  marvelous  that  in  police  use 
of  the  revolver  there  is  an  impartial  result  in  the  hitting 
of  men,  women,  children,  horses  and  dogs. 

For  all  this  deplorably  inefficient  marksmanship  there 
is  a good  reason,  namely,  the  policemen  as  a class  are 
unskilled  in.  the  use  of  the  revolver.  Many  of  them  have 
never  been  taught  the  elementary  principles  of  handling 
it,  much  less  to  shoot  it  accurately.  To  turn  loose  a large 
body  of  men,  nominally  guardians  of  the  public  weal, 
armed  with  weapons  of  whose  use  they  are  ignorant, 
would  seem  to  be  more  of  a menace,  so  far  as  the  use  of 
revolvers  is  concerned,  than  a protection. 

The  following,  taken  from  the  columns  of  the  daily 
press,  will  show  clearly  why  one  thing  is  shot  at  and  an- 
other thing  hit  by  the  average  New  York  policeman,  who 
probably  is  a fair  type  of  the  policeman-marksman 
throughout  the  United  States.  Commissioner  McAdoo  is 
quoted  as  saying : 

“The  reports  show  that  out  of  1,500  men  who  have 
been  at  the  ranges  so  far,  only  nine  have  qualified  as 
marksmen.  That  is  deplorable.  A man  who  scores  55 
out  of  a possible  75  with  three  rounds  of  five  shots  each 
at  fifteen  yards  gets  the  grade  of  marksman.  A man 
who  gets  70  is  a sharpshooter.  This  poor  showing  ex- 
hibits the  necessity  of  beginning  at  the  beginning  and 
teaching  the  men  how  to  handle  and  clean  their  weapons. 
The  situation  is  worse  than  I thought  it  was.  Already 
one  man  has  killed  another  at  the  range.  It  was  purely 
accidental,  but  certainly  ought  never  to  have  happened.” 

Skill  with  the  revolver  is  acquired  only  by  constant 
practice.  The  unskillfulness  of  the  police  is  in  no  wise 
different  from  that  of  all  novices  in  the  use  of  firearms. 
The  individual  policeman  is  not  to  be  held  responsible 
for  his  inefficiency  as  a marksman.  The  responsibility 
rests  with  the  higher  officials  whose  duty  it  is  to  attend  to 


able  to  shoot  accurately  is  as  essential  to  the  police  officer 
as  it  is  to  the  soldier.  If  the  policemen  cannot  use  then- 
revolvers  properly,  the  question  naturally  arises  then  as 
to  why  they  are  armed  with  them. 


GAME  FOR  CHARITY. 

This  is  the  season  of  the  year  when  patients  in  hos- 
pitals, children  in  orphan  asylums,  and  the  dwellers  in 
homes  for  the  aged  and  indigent  are  surprised  and  grati- 
fied by  having  set  before  them  quail  on  toast,  woodcock 
and  other  choice  tid-bits  of  game  from  the  markets.  In 
Springfield,  Mass.,  the  other  day  the  sick  in  the  hospitals 
had  such  a treat  at  the  expense  of  the  Eastern  States 
Refrigerating  Company,  a local  concern  upon  whose  cold 
storage  vaults  the  game  constables  had  pounced,  dis- 
covering therein  thirty-five  woodcock  and  seven  par- 
tridges, which  were  promptly  confiscated  and  turned  over 
to  the  authorities.  The  Eastern  States  people  got  off 
cheaply  at  that.  The  fine  which  might  have  been  imposed 
for  the  unlawful  possession  of  the  entire  number  of  forty- 
two  birds  would  have  amounted  at  $20  per  bird  to  $840. 
The  court,  however,  appeared  to  entertain  the  opinion 
that  such  a penalty  would  have  been  excessive,  and  the 
defendants  were  therefore  permitted  to  plead  guilty 
to  having  in  possession  three  birds  only,  for  which  the 
fine  amounted  to  $60. 


In  California  the  same  course  is  followed  of  donating 
contraband  game  to  charitable  institutions.  A current  re- 
port of  the  State  Board  of  Fish  Commissioners,  which 
records  seizures  at  various  times  aggregating  more  than 
13,617  pounds  of  striped  bass,  2,400  pounds  of  salmon, 
1,200  pounds  of  steelheads,  1,290  pounds  of  sturgeon,  260 
abalones  and  600  pounds  of  trout,  all  taken  as  evidence 
against  violators  of  the  fish  law,  also  records  that  there 
were  seized  1,500  California  deer  hides  which  were 
offered  for  sale  or  cached  awaiting  a favorable  oppor- 
tunity for  shipment,  some  in  transit  as  baggage,  being 
packed  in  trunks,  others  in  dry  goods  boxes  marked 
“household  goods,”  and  consigned  to  private  residence- 
As  the  skins  could  not  be  eaten  by  the  folk  in  the  old 
people’s  homes,  they  were  disposed  of  to  tanners  ano 
the  proceeds  deposited  in  the  game  preservation  fund. 

There  did  go,  however,  to  the  hospitals,  orphan  asy- 
lums and  old  people’s  charity  homes  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, among  them  the  Little  Sisters  of  the  Poor,  the 
Alms  House,  and  the  Protestant  and  Hebrew  and 
Catholic  orphan  asylums  about  ill  dozen  of  quail,  175 
dozen  of  ducks,  30  dozen  doves,  and  snipe,  grouse,  pheas- 
ant and  venison  in  small  lots  aggregating  large  amounts. 


The  investigation  instituted  by  the  New  York  Forest, 
Fish  and  Game  Commission  to  determine  the  cause  of 
the  unusual  mortality  of  Adirondack  deer  last  winter,  has 
resulted  in  a finding  of  don’t  know.  We  print  elsewhere 
the  conclusions  of  the  experts  who  studied  specimens 
made  the  subject  of  autopsies.  This  is  disappointing,  in- 
asmuch as  until  the  cause  of  death  shall  be  determined 
and  demonstrated  to  be  something  within  the  power  of 
man  to  control,  we  may  not  hope  to  provide  a remedy. 
Aside  from  this  announcement  of  the  futility  of  the  deer 
inquiry,  the  report  of  the  State  game  authorities  on  the 
animals  of  the  Adirondacks  will  be  read  with  sincere 
satisfaction. 

The  Grand  Army  man  and  the  amateur  deer  hunter 
were  discussing  their  favorite  themes.  Said  the  G.  A. 
man : “I  was  in  every  battle  of  the  Civil  War,  where  the 
bullets  rained,  and  came  through  without  a scratch.  The 
ratio  was  about  10,000  bullets  to  one  kill.”  “Pooh,”  re- 
torted the  deer  hunter,  “I  hunted  one  day  in  the  woods 
for  deer,  and  escaped  death.  The  ratio  is  one  bullet  to 
one  kill.” 

SI 

The  services  of  Secretary  John  D.  Whish,  of  the  New 
York  Forest,  Fish  and  Game  Commission,  in  providing 
for  the  St.  Louis  Exposition  the  admirable  exhibit  of 
New  York  fishes,  has  received  merited  recognition  in  the 
award  of  a silver  medal.  The  exhibit  comprised  about 
100  specimens  which  represented  all  the  better  known 


the  efficiency  of  the  department  in  all  respeqts.  To  be  species 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


An  Aries  Person  of  the  Fire 
Triplicity. 


Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  23. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 
Will  you  pardon  a question?  Mr.  Raymond  S.  Spears’ 
“Floating  Down  The  Mississippi”  for  Dec.  17,  ends 
with  the  following  words:  “For  my  host  was  an  Aries 
Person  of  the  Fire  Triplicity.” 

I feel  certain  that  it  is  only  an  error  of  the  types, 
but  perhaps  there  is  something  more.  At  any  rate,  I 
should  be  glad  to  be  made  wise. 

An  Interested  Reader. 


-We  perceive  that  in  withholding  the  further  particulars 
of  the  Fire  Triplicity  man  we  have  been  guilty  of  three- 
fold offending,  as  to  Mr.  Spears  by  whom  they  were 
written,  the  man  of  whom  they  were  written,  and  the 
public  for  whom  they  were  written.  Here,  then,  is  some- 
thing which  will  resolve  our  correspondent’s  perplexity, 
and  tell  him  and  others  what  manner  of  individual  one 
whose  sign  is  of  the  Fire  Triplicity  may  be.  Here  is  the 
picture  of  him  as  painted  by  himself  and  transmitted  by 
Mr.  Spears : 

“Had  ary  supper?  Shoo!  I just  had  mine,  and  you 
set  right  thar,  the  coffee’s  hot,  the  biscuits  hot,  molasses 
and  jelly  and  some  of  that  bacon,  and — just  he’p  yo’se’f. 
Hueh-h ! Just  listen  to  that  rain — let’s  see!  Where  is  it 
that  roof  leakes — there’s  one,  and  there’s  another  one. 
I ’lowed  to  fix  it,  but  plumb  forgot.  I’ll  just  hang  them 
buckets,  though,  and  I can  empty  them  when  they  gets 
full,  ’lowing  I don’t  forget.  My  name’s  J.  P.  Robertson ; 
yes,  sir,  Jedediah  P.  Robertson,  born  in  Kentucky;  but 
it’s  ‘come  easy  go  easy,  God  send  Sunday’  down  in  these 
parts.  Everybody’s  got  lots  of  money — don’t  give  a cuss. 
You  see  I try  to  lead  a good,  honest,  Christian  life,  and 
don’t  swear  much;  and  so  long’s  the  roof  keeps  most 
the  rain  out  it’s  all  right  till  we  gets  a better  one. 
Hu-e-e-h ! but  she’s  raining  now. 

“Yessir,  lots  of  money  in  these  parts  nowadays.  You’d 
ought  to  have  been  here  a month  ago — tents  up  one  side 
and  down  t’other  of  the  river — pearlers.  Fust  they  drug 
the  stream  with  crowsfeet  and  then  they  tonged  for  ’em, 
and  toward  the  last  they  got  right  in  with  hip  boots  and 
feed-forked  ’em  out.  Sixty-two  thousand  dollars’  worth 
of  shells  sold  right  here  in  the  ten  miles  from  L’Anquille 
to  Madison.  Willis  Starkey — that  man  right  over  there — 
got  $1,700  worth  of  pearls  and  shells  himself — pearls  and 
slugs  and  shells.  I tell  you  it  was  a sight ! Enough 
scalding  out  going  on  to  keep  forty  steamboats  running. 
And  money ! Everybody  had  it — everybody’s  got  it  in 
these  parts.  Finest  country  in  the  world — -when  you  get 
used  to  it.  Yessir,  bestest,  goodest  natur’d,  handsomest, 
cleverest  you  ever  did  meet.  And  they’re  all  friends  of 
mine,  black  and  white.  Go  out  here  any  time,  and  it’s 
Why,  how  de  do,  Mr.  Robertson,’  or  ‘Uncle  Jim;’ 
nothing  like  having  friends  and  going  to  church.  I goes 
every  time  there’s  preaching. 

“When  they  commences  to  dig  pears  here  this  spring 
I’m  going  to  load  this  old  boat  of  mine— ’taint  so  old, 
built  it  two  years  ago,  and  she’ll  hold  thirty-two  tons, 
and  I’ll  pay  $10  right  here  on  the  bank.  I’ll  tow  down 
if  I don’t  have  a gasolene  in  by  that  time.  I used  to  own 
a steamboat  myself — Tom  Scott,  belonged  to  the  Big 
Sandy  trade — but  Ed.  Smith  chartered  it  to  carry  vege- 
tables down  to  the  Creoles  in  the  Laygoons  of  Louisiana. 
That  was  back  in  1874.  We  went  down  there  to  the 
laygoons,  and  when  we  got  to  the  head  of  the  Chaffelli 
(Atchafalaya)  there  was  a mud  bar  clean  across  it,  water 
falling,,  and  we  just  lathering  there  wanting  to  get  that 
cargo  into  the  Creole  country.  Well,  Smith  he  said,  ‘I’ll 
give  you  a. hundred  dollars  if  you’l  go  acrost  it,’  and  I 
said,  ‘All  right,  if  you’ll  pay  the  damage  to  the  boat  if  I 
don’t  get  over.’  _ ‘All  right,’  and  he  was  getting  reckless 
you  see,  and  I didn’t  care  in  them  days ; so  I j ust  backed 
Tom  Scott  clear  ’crost  Red  River  and  had  the  stern 
wheel  just  sprinkling  the  trees  on  the  other  side  when  we 
started,  and  the  safety  valve  tied  down,  and  the  boat 
just  shivering,  and  she  jumped  and  we  headed  for  that 
mud,  and  everybody  ketched  hold  of  something  so’s  he 
wouldn’t  get  knocked  down.  I didn’t  have  to,  because 
my  legs  was  all  right  then.  And  we  hit  that  mud  and 
went  right  through,  and  like  to  have  went  clear  to  the 
Gulf  of  Mexico  before  we  could  stop  the  blamed  old 
thing,  slicking  through  that  way  and  onexpectedly  in  a 
hurry.  But  we  stopped  her,  and  Ed.  Smith  guv  me  the 
hundred  and  he  sold  the  hull  cargo  and  had  a wad  big 
as  your  hat,  and  three  or  four  shot  bags  full  of  silver 
and  some  gold.  And  I got  a good  price  for  my  work,  too, 
you  know,  for  I was  born  lucky.  Yessir,  born  lucky.  A 
gentleman  out  here  by  the  name  of  Mr.  Horton— he’s 
postmaster— sent  my  name  with  the  date  of  my  birth, 
and  so  on,  and  I never  suspected  nothing.  Well,  sir  that 
professor  he  sent  it  to  just  sent  what  I call  a perfect  pen 
picture  of  me— a fine  diagnosis  of  my  life,  if  I do  say  it 
It’s  around  here  somewhere— let’s  see.  Here  ’tis  in  that 
old  pile  of  papers.” 

He  brought  out  an  envelope  and  from  this  took  a pink 
paper,  on  which  was  printed,  among  other  things  • 

“Dear  Friend— Your  sign  is  Aries,  The  Ram.°  This  is 
the  sign  of  the  Fire  Triplicity.  This  is  the  most  favor, 
able  sign  to  be  born  under,  as  the  Aries  usually  possess 
extraordinary  characters  and  are  noted  for  their  push, 
energy  and  executive  ability.  As  to  earnestness  they 
are  unequalled — Aries  do  not  recognize  opposition  and 
Swing  through  Jiff  overriding  all  obstacles,  P' ~ 1 ' 


“They  make  excellent  scholars,  charming  conversation- 
alists— brilliant,  witty,  charming.  They  have  active 
minds — can  change  from  one  subject  to  another — and  are 
of  great  intuitive  powers,  possessing  electro-magnetic 
power  by  means  of  laying  on  hands.  They  can  amass 
great  wealth  and  achieve  high  distinction  by  paying  strict 
attention  to  improving  their  higher  nature  and  making 
it  rule  and  dominate  their  lower  nature.  They  love  and 
adore  beauty,  like  order,  harmony  and  luxurious 
surroundings — ” 

“Yessir,”  Robertson  said,  breaking  in,  “that’s  just  me. 
I ain’t  old,  no  sir.  I ain’t  married.  My  wife  died  in  ’92 
— good  woman,  too,  and  I’ve  been  alone  ever  since  except 
when  I’ve  had  a housekeeper.  I expect  to  get  one  before 
long — just  as  soon  as  she  can  get  a divorce,  and  she’s  a 
good  girl.  Yessir,  twenty-six  years  old  and  good  looking 
and  graceful ; only  when  she  was  a little  girl  she  fell 
down  stairs  and  broke  her  back,  and  that  left  a hump, 
so  she  can’t  wear  tight-fitting  clothes.  That’s  why  her 
husband  left  her — all  the  reason  in  the  world.  She  said 
so,  and  now  I’m  going  to  take  care  of  her — dress  her  up 
and  make  a lady  of  her;  that’s  me. 

“There  never  was  anything  narrow  or  mean  about  the 
Robertsons,  no  sir.  My  father  was  murdered  in  1873  by 
old  Jim  Shelton,  who  helped  him  build  the  Glade  Spring 
church.  They  paid  my  father  $2,000  for  the  work  in  cash, 
and  he  started  for  home  with  it,  after  paying  the  money 
lie  owed  Shelton,  Shelton  passing  the  remark  that  he’d 
have  more  of  that  money.  Well,  when  father  was  away 
from  there  a bit  he  passed  the  money  over  to  mother, 
and  when  Shelton  shot  him  in  the  back  with  a load  of 
buckshot  from  the  bresh,  she  just  hiked  out  and  got 
away,  and  Shelton  didn’t  get  ary  cent  of  it.  Just  beat 
him  clean  out  of  it.  She  seen  Shelton,  and  the  sheriff’s 
guard  got  him,  but  he  escaped  from  it  and  started,  and 
then  the  boys  and  neighbors  took  after  him,  run  him 
’cross  Pike  county  into  Lawrence  county  from  Washing- 
ton county,  and  overtook  him  on  Big  Plain  Creek,  him 
and  his  wife;  and  they  put  fifty-seven  bullets  into  him 
before  he  could  turn  round,  and  she  went  back  to  her 
relatives,  the  Troxal  family. 

I’ve  been  engaged  in  the  merchantile  business  lately, 
and  it  seems  like  the  merchantile  business  just  fits  my 
internal  disposition.  I always  was  very  good  at  a trade, 
and  in  merchantile  transactions  I have  usually  always, 
I might  say,  kept  up  my  end  of  the  lifting.  Of  late, 
however,  I have  been  catching  logs  for  the  mill  down 
here,  and  they  do  say  my  logs  are  the  best  in  the  market, 
for  I always  tell  them  if  there  are  any  spikes  or  iron  in 
them,  they  can  cut  them  out;  so  I always  gets  the  highest 
market  price  for  them.  Before  I got  tangled  up  in  the 
vines  at  the  ferry  and  had  my  legs  broke,  I was  a track 
walker  on  a great  railroad  system;  but  now  I have  to  de- 
pend on  my  own  resources  for  my  living,  and  I run  the 
ferry  here  at  present,  but  I expect  to  put  in  a gasolene  en- 
gine on  this  boat  now.  I have  it  ordered  from  the  gaso- 
lene mortar  company  at  Connecticut,  and  I believe  I shall 
go  down  to  Red  River,  engaging  in  the  merchantile  busi- 
ness when  the  weather  opens  up. 

“That  cat  feeding  there  is  a pretty  good  one;  but  I 
used  to  have  a large  one  here.  One  large  as  four  of 
that  one,  and  more  smarter  than  any  other  I ever  saw. 
He  was  a big  one — I tell  you  he  was  a golly-whopper. 
He  used  to  go  out  and  catch  rabbits  and  bring  them  in 
for  me  to  cook  when  I wasn’t  so  able  to  get  out  around 
as  I am  now  on  account  of  my  legs.  One  of  my  neigh- 
bors up  the  river  has  him  now,  and  positively  refused  to 
let  me  have  it. 

“Did  you  ever  engage  in  the  detective  business?  I 
have  been  considering  the  advisability  . of  sending  for  a 
detective  to  look  into  matters  fifteen  miles  above  here. 
My  neighbors  are  the  finest  people  in  the  world,  but  fif- 
teen miles  above  here  there  have  been  some  killings  that 
ought  to  be  looked  into.  Some  men  when  they  once  gets 
to^  killing  never  know  when  to  stop.  Seems  like  they  are 
mighty  careless,  and  needs  a lesson.  There  was  John 
Luckett,  a farmer,  who  came  three  years  ago  from  Ohio; 
and_  Henry  Spurgeon,  who  came  in  representing  a de- 
tective agency,  and  married  John  Pattison’s  daughter; 
and  then  William  Sackett,  a medicine  peddler,  with  his 
right  hand  cut  off— all  friends  of  mine,  pussonel  and 
dost — and  they  got  killed  on  the  St.  Francis  line  at  Sand 
Slough,  fifteen  miles  above  here.  They  found  Luckett 
shot  through  twice,  and  off  the  back  of  his  horse  and 
robbed.  And  Sackett  was  found  in  a boat  beat  to  death 
with  an  oar,  and  Henry  Spurgeon  just  up  and  disap- 
peared, nobody  knowed  what  did  become  of  him ; and 
this  was  all  right  around  John  MoselyY  house.  Yessir, 
somebody’s  getting  mighty  keerless’  bought  killing  folks ; 
and  bein’  a law-abiding  citizen  of  these  yer  parts,  I just 
can’t  stand  it  no  longer,  and  I’m  going  to  send  for  a 
detective  to  look  into  these  matters.” 

And  so  or  and  so  on — an  endless  variety  of  curious 
gossip.  ..  Raymond  S.  Spears. 


A Buffalo  Hunt  with  the  Comanchesi 


The  Eagle* 


He  clasps  the  crag  with  hooked  hands; 
Close  to  the  sun  in  lonely  lands, 

Ring’d  with  the  azure  world,  he  stands. 


( Continued  from  page  86.) 


The  wrinkled  sea  beneath  him  crawls; 

He  watches  from  his  mountain  walls; 

Artd  like  a thunderbolt  he  falls. 

y Alfred  Tennyson. 


The  long  evenings  here  were  passed  in  the  chief’s  lodge’! 
holding  “talks.”  I was  teaching  astronomy,  geology, 
geography  and  theology  now;  the  theology  they  lugged  in 
themselves,  though,  or  I should  not  have  touched  on  it 
at  all. 

When  out  with  me  the  boys  would  take  my  compass  and 
turn  it  around  quickly  to  see  the  needle  fly  back,  then  ask 
why  it  did  so.  I tried  to  tell  them.  I might  have  given 
them  any  fool  answer  and  they  would  have  believed  it; 
but  I wanted  to  give  them  the  right  one  or  none  at  all ; 
and  in  order  to  do  that  I had  to  tell  them  that  the  world 
was  round  like  a ball,  and  not  flat  as  they  supposed  it 
was;  and  then  tell  them  about  the  North  Pole  and  why 
this  needle  always  pointed  to  it.  Then  the  boys  would 
tell  their  fathers  what  I had  told  them,  and  every  night 
I would  have  as  many  men  and  boys  as  the  lodge  would 
hold  asking  questions  about  what  the  white  man  knew 
about  this,  that  and  the  other.  They  called  this  holding 
talks.  One  night  they  would  want  to  know  about  the 
creation  of  the  world,  how  long  this  world  had  been  here, 
and  if  there  were  any  other  worlds.  Another  night  they 
wanted  to  know  how  many  white  men  there  were  in  all 
this  country. 

“How  many  grains  of  sand  are  there  on  the  bank  of  the 
river  at  the  Salt  Fork?”  I asked. 

“We  do  not  know,  we  could  not  count  them,  there  are 
so  many.” 

“So  it  is  with  the  white  men.  I never  could  count 
them.  No  man  can--they  are  so  many.  Their  houses 
cover  the  land  everywhere.” 

“He  tells  you  the  truth  now,”  the  chief  said,  “they  are 
many.  I have  seen  them.  Their  houses  stand  close  to- 
gether as  far  as  you  can  see.  There  is  hardly  room  to 
walk  there ; the  houses  stand  everywhere.” 

Then  the  chief  told  us  of  a visit  he  had  made  to  the  Great 
Father ; it  was  between  1856  and  i860,  as  I found  by 
questioning  him,  for  the  great  father  he  had  seen  was 
President  Buchanan.  He  told  them  of  the  big  cities  he 
had  seen,  of  the  railroads  and  the  ships.  He  had  seen 
the  ships  in  Baltimore ; at  least  his  description  of  the  big 
city  fitted  Baltimore.  The  ships  opened  up  another 
branch  of  the  subject,  and  now  I had  to  tell  them  where 
the  ships  went  to'  and  what  for.  I had  been  all  over  the 
South  Pacific  in  a steam  whaler,  and  told  them  about 
those  islands  and  their  people.  Then  I told  them  that 
these  ships  which  the  chief  had  seen  could  go  east,  and  by 
keeping  on  could  come  home  from  the  west ; and  that  this 
was  one  way  we  had  of  telling  that  the  world  was  round 
and  not  flat. 

At  last  early  one  morning  the  chief  started  on  his  way 
home.  As  usual,  I left  the  camp  in  advance  with  the  boys’ 
and  we  had  not  gone  three  miles  when  we  met  the  buffalo 
we  had  been  waiting  for,  but  they  were  coming  from  the 
east  now,  the  Indians  hunting  east  of  us  having  driven 
them  west.  I sent  a boy  back  on  a fast  pony  to  tell  the 
chief,  so  that  he  could  camp  again  before  he  had  left  the 
creek.  Then  getting  behind  the  herd  we  drove  them 
closer  in  and  began  killing  them.  In  less  than  half  an 
hour  the  chief  and  his  men  were  out  and  at  it.  We  shot 
them  all  this  day,  and  the  next  we  took  at  least  150  more. 
The  greater  part  of  the  meat  we  had  to  leave  here.  We 
could  not  have  carried  it  if  we  had  stopped  to  cure  it.  I 
told  the  chief  to  keep  on  and  shoot  down  these  buffalo 
and  skin  them;  that  was  what  the  white  men  were  doing, 
and  the  buffalo  belonged  to  the  Indian. 

Only  a few  of  us  hunted  on  the  second  day,  the  rest 
of  the  men  and  all  the  boys  skinned  them,  and  at  dark  the 
prairie  was  dotted  all  over  with  buffalo  that  had  not  yet 
been  skinned.  We  killed  fewer  of  them  the  second  day; 
there  were  not  so  many  of  them  here  now.  At  last  the 
chief  told  us  to  stop.  He  had  all  the  robes  he  could 
carry,  and  was  in  good  humor  about  it.  We  had  taken 
altogether  this  winter  between  600  and  700  robes,  besides 
a lot  of  skins  from  old  bulls ; these  would  be  tanned  on 
both  sides  to  make  pack  covers.  The  chief  had  140  of 
these,  the  other  families  the  rest.  I must  have  shot  over 
fifty  buffalo  myself.  I never  kept  count  of  them.  Part 
of  these  went  to  the  chief,  the  rest  to  whoever  skinned 
them. 

The  larger  boys  skinned  the  buffalo  I shot.  Two  of 
them  would  take  off  a hide  almost  as  fast  as  his  men 
could.  I could  skin  them  myself  for  a robe.  When  I did 
any  skinning  my  pet  boy,  the  Antelope,  who  was  always 
wherever  I was,  helped  me.  We  opened  them  first  just 
along  the  backbone,  and  not  under  the  belly  as  a butcher 
would ; that  would  spoil  the  skin  for  a robe.  The  choice 
parts  of  the  buffalo  were  the  tongue  and  tenderloin.  I 
always  took  these,  no  matter  how  much  else  was  left. 
Another  part  of  the  buffalo  that  these  and  all  other  In- 
dians ate  was  the  unborn  calf  cut  out  of  the  mother  cow 
that  had  been  killed.  I had  eaten  them  with  Tonkaway 
Indians,  but  did  not  care  for  them. 

After  a few  days  we  made  another  start  and  kept  on 
this  time,  but  went  ahead  very  slowly.  The  grass  was 
poor  and  our  ponies  were  so  heavily  loaded  that  we  only 
made  about  fifteen  miles  a day,  and  traveled  only  four  or 
five  days  at  a time;  then  lay  over  to  rest  our  ponies,  j 
New  Year’s  Day,  1876,  found  us  camped  on  the  Salt  Fork, 
and  now  we  would  have  to  follow  this  river  down  to  S 
about  where  I had  sent  the  Arapaho  chief  on  our  way  out.  , 
We  could  not  follow  the  trail  we  had  come  in  here  on; 
it  would  be  too  far  between  water,  and  the  next  place  1 


fan.  ii,  i§0j.§ 


FOREST  AND  STfcfcAM. 


Ill 


Ihese  camps  were  too  far  apart  for  our  heavily  loaded 
ponies  to  make  them  in  a day.  I kept  an  account  of  the 
time  by  marking  off  a day  each  evening  in  a small 
almanac  that  I had  in  my  notebook,  and  thus  knew  when 
Christinas  and  New  Year’s  came. 

The  chiefs  oldest  son,  Te-ta-too-a-nippa,  came  in  one 
evening  and  reported  to  his  father  that  he  had  seen  a 
Kiowa  to-day  who  had  told  him  that  there  was  a trader 
down  the  country  somewhere  south  of  us.  Next  morning 
the  chief  and  I started  to  hunt  him  up,  and  found  him 
in  camp  almost  twenty  miles  below  us  on  the  river.  He 
wanted  to  come  up  and  trade,  but  when  he  found  out  that 
there  was  no  escort  but  me  with  the  Indians,  he  was 
afraid  to  come.  He  said  that  Stumbling  Bear’s  band  of 
Kiowas  had  tried  to  plunder  him  a few  days  before  this, 
and  they  had  a big  escort.  “Yes,”  I told  him,  “and  they 
should  have  had  a bigger  one  or  else  have  been  kept  at 
home.  They  did  not  plunder  anyone  when  I had  them 
out  last  spring.” 

This  man  was  a licensed  trader  who  had  a big  store  on 
the  reservation.  I knew  him  very  well.  I will  call  him 
Jones,  because  that  was  not  his  name;  he  had  a name  that 
is  just  as  common  as  Jones,  though.  Jones  had  a great 
dread  of  being  “put  in  the  papers,”  as  he  called  it.  I 
promised  not  to  put  him  in  and  won’t — under  his  proper 
name,  at  least — even  now.  He  may  be  living  yet,  though 
it  is  hardly  probable;  and  if  he  is  he  would  still  hate  to 
be  “put  in  the  papers,”  I know. 

“Well,  Jones,”  I said,  “we  are  not  Kiowas.  We  are 
Comanches,  and  if  you  don’t  know  the  difference,  I do, 
and  you  know  me.  You  come  part  of  the  way  up  if  you 
don’t  want  to-  come  clear  to  camp,  and  1 will  stay  in  your 
camp  while  we  trade  and  guarantee  that  not  a pound  shall 
be  taken  out  of  it  until  it  is  paid  for.  Anything  that  my 
Indians  steal  from  you  I’ll  pay  for.  I won’t  have  much 
to  pay  for  after  I tell  them  not  to  plunder  you.  That 
chief  there  would  shoot  down  an  Indian  that  tried  to 
plunder  you  after  he  or  I had  told  him  not  to  do  it.  We 
are  Comanches,  not  Kiowas.” 

This  conversation  was  carried  on  in  English,  of  course, 
and  as  the  chief  did  not  seem  to  be  paying  any  attention 
to  us,  I did  not  think  he  had  understood  us;  but  he  had, 
as  I found  out  next  day. 

The  chief  now  got  twenty-five  pounds  of  flour  and  some 
coffee  and  sugar,  promising  to  pay  for  them  next  day; 

; he  did  not',  though— he  forgot  it.  Then  I got  some  to- 
bacco, for  which  Jones  would  not  take  pay  when  I offered 
the  money,  and  we  left. 

The  trader  came  up  to  within  a mile  of  us  next  day, 
and  we  got  ready  to  go  down  to  him.  The  men  and 
I boys  and  a few  of  the  squaws  were  sitting  on  their 
ponies  ready  to  start  when  the  chief  gave  the  order. 

| Every  pony  had  a load  of  skins — furs  or  buffalo  robes, 
i Our  wolf  skins  all  went;  I had  given  them  to  the  squaws, 
who  had  taken  care  of  them. 

The  chief,  mounting  his  pony,  now  sang  out : “Hear 

me  now,  everybody:  That  trader  is  afraid  we  will  plun- 
der him.  The  Kiowas  did  it.  We  are  Comanches,  not 
Kiowas.  Let  no  man  take  anything  out  of  that  camp 
until  he  pays  for  it.  The  Cabia  Blanco  has  told  that 
trader  that  Comanches  are  not  thieves.  See  that  you  don’t 
make  him  a liar.  I have  spoken.” 

The  trader  had  five  or  six  large  wagons,  each  drawn 
by  four  horses  or  mules,  and  all  were  well  loaded.  Be- 
fore he  opened  up  he  told  me  to  go  to  his  wagons  and 
help  myself,  and  I did  so,  taking  fifty  pounds  of  flour  and 
coffee,  sugar,  salt  and  baking  powder,  and  a lot  more  to- 
bacco for  myself  and  the  boys.  What  I took  would  come 
to  at  least  fifty  dollars,  Indian  prices,  but  they  cost  me 
nothing.  The  trader  depended  on  me  to  keep  him  from 
being  robbed,  and  I would  do  it.  Then  he  was  anxious 
also  to  keep  me  from  “putting  him  in  the  papers.”  I 
would  not  put  him  in  them  and  did  not.  These  traders 
had  been  in  hot  water  about  that  time;  their  transactions 
with  the  Indians  had  been  overhauled.  This  man  had 
got  off  scot  free,  and  did  not  want  another  inspector 
after  him.  That  accounted  for  his  dread  of  the  papers. 

I sent  my  stuff  to  camp  by  a squaw,  then  took  my  seat 
on  top  of  a wagon  where  I could  see  all  that  took  place, 
and  trading  began. 

They  generally  only  pay  75  cents  for  a wolf  skin,  but 
that  would  be  for  skins  taken  off  by  the  white  wolf 
hunters,  who  do  not  take  pains  either  in  taking  them  off 
or  in  curing  them.  I told  him  that  these  had  been  taken 
off  by  me  and  the  Indians,  and  that  there  were  no  flaws  in 
them ; they  must  all  go  in  as  first  grade,  and  we  wanted 
the  dollar  for  them.  He  paid  the  Indians  one  dollar 
for  each ; but  had  I not  been  there  he  would  have  found  a 
flaw  in  every  one  of  them — they  would  have  all  been 
“seconds.”  No  white  man  living  could  take  better  care  of 
the  skins  than  the  squaws  could,  and  he  and  I knew  it. 
He  would  examine  each  skin,  then  pay  for  it,  and  he  could 
examine  and  pass  three  a minute.  His  checks  were  felt 
shotgun  wads ; each  wad  represented  a dollar.  As  soon 
: as  a man  had  got  his  checks  he  would  band  them  to  his 
squaw;  then  she,  going  to  the  wagons,  got  what  she 
wanted.  His  drivers  were  his  salesmen.  Every  few 
minutes  I would  have  to  act  as  interpreter  for  the 
squaws. 

After  I had  ground  out  Comanche  for  a while,  the 
trader  said:  “You  seem  to  have  it  all.  What  is  this 
‘menana’  and  ‘mahenda’  that  you  give  these  squaws  so 

much  ?” 

“hly  sister  and  my  mother,”  I told  him. 

“How  long  have  you  been  with  them?” 

“All  winter.” 

“Well,  you  can  stand  them  better  than  I could.  Half 
that  time  would  be  enough  for  me.” 

“You  don’t  know  these  Indians,  Jones.  The  white  men 
don’t  live  that  could  treat  me  better  than  these  In- 
dians do.” 

His  prices  were  Indian  prices.  He  sold  eight  pounds  of 
flour  for  a dollar,  or  a pound  of  coffee  or  a pound  and 
a half  of  sugar,  or  a plug  of  tobacco — about  a quarter  of 
a pound,  natural  leaf.  A squaw’s  dress  pattern  of  five- 
cent  calico  (five  yards  is  a pattern)  cost  her  one  dollar; 
and  his  prices  for  paints,  beads,  bridles,  needles,  thread, 
and  the  hundreds  of  things  that  an  Indian  will  buy  were 
on  the  same  scale;  but  these  were  exactly  the  prices  he 
would  have  charged  the  Indians  at  his  store,  and  he  had 
hauled  these  goods  hundreds  of  miles  to  get  them  to  us ; 
so  I had  no  fault  to  find.  This  trader  was  one  of  the 
fairest  that  did  business  here.  I knew  that  long  since. 

One  of  his  big  wagons  was  loaded  with  nothing  but 


flour  in  one  hundred  pound  square  sacks  such  as  are  put 
up  for  the  army  and  the  Indians.  Every  one  of  these 
sacks  was  marked  in  letters  six  inches  high,  “U.  S.  I.  D.” 
—United  States  Indian  Department.  This  was  flour  that 
had  been  sent  out  to  feed  the  Indians,  and  which'  some 
agent  had  stolen  from  them  and  sold.  I called  his  atten- 
tion to  it. 

“Yes,”  he  said,  “but  it  has  been  condemned  and  sold.” 
‘ Tell  that  condemned  story  to  some  tenderfoot.  I 
have  been  out  here  nearly  long  enough  to  know  better 
than  swallow  it.  You  and  I know  about  how  bad  Indian 
flour  would  have  to  be  before  it  was  fit  to  condemn. 
But  that  is  all  right.  I am  not  putting  you  in  the  papers, 
Jones.  I am  Comanche  enough  now  to  ‘look  the  other 
way’  when  my  friends  do  wrong.  But  I guess  I have 
had  the  man  who  sold  you  that  flour  in  the  papers 
already.” 

There  was  nothing  at  all  wrong  with  this  flour.  We 
got  no  better  in  the  army,  and  we  were  supposed  to  get 
the  best,  and  generally  did.  I had  a squaw  wash  out  one 
of  the  muslin  sacks  and  put  it  carefully  away  for  the 
agents  benefit;  but  I never  used  it.  Had  any  one  but 
Jones  sold  it,  though,  I would  have  tried  to  get  that  agent 
another  inspection.  I think  I had  got  him  one  already. 

The  trader  in  his  stores  had  some  pound  packages  of 
tea.  The  men  don’t  care  for  it,  but  the  squaws  want  it. 
This  tea  had  probably  cost  him  forty  cents  a pound ; he 
wanted  two  dollars  for  it.  I asked  for  a pound  and 
offered  him  the  money.  “No,”  he  told  me,  “help  yourself 
to  whatever  you  see.  You  are  welcome.”  Then,  looking 
to  see  that  no  Indian  men  were  near  enough  to  hear  him, 
he  added : “I  have  some  whiskey  in  the  cook  wagon  for 
my  own  use.  Go  and  help  yourself.” 

“No,  I don’t  need  any  now;  and  don’t  let  an  Indian 
have  a drop.  You  know  what  a drunken  Indian  is  as 
well  as  I do.” 

I need  not  fear  their  getting  it;  he  was  not  ready  to  be 
plundered  or  shot  yet,  he  told  me. 

He  had  a large  lot  of  cartridges  of  everv  caliber  that 
was  in  use  out  here,  and  the  Indians  wanted’  them,  but  he 
dare  not  sell  them ; he  carried  them  to  sell  to  the  whites 
and  Mexicans.  It  was  a penal  offense  to  sell  an  Indian 
arms  or  ammunition  or  to  even  bring  whiskey  into  the 
Indian  country.  Had  he  been  caught  with  this  whiskey, 
his  whole  outfit  would  have  been  confiscated. 

“Well,  I can’t  give  you  permission  to  sell  them  car- 
tridges, Jones,  but  I want  them  to  have  them.  They  won’t 
shoot  me  with  any  of  them.  You  sell  them  all  they  want. 
Don’t  be  afraid  of  me — I won’t  see  it.” 

“I  can’t — you  know  how  strict  they  are  with  us  now.” 
“Well,  we  are  nearly  out  of  ammunition,  and  the 
Cheyennes  and  Arapahoes  are  burning  the  grass  ahead  of 
us.  When  I overtake  them  I mean  to  stop  it.  If  they 
don’t  I’ll  make  them,  and  I want  ammunition.” 

“Then  take  what  you  want  yourself,  and  buy  what  you 
want  for  them.  I’ll  take  their  checks  from  you;  the  law 
does  not  prevent  me  from  selling  you  what  you  want, 
and  I am  not  supposed  to  follow  you  and  see  what  you  do 
with  it.” 

I gathered  up  a lot  of  his  checks,  then,  when  his  drivers 
were  where  they  could  hear  me,  I said:  “Jones,  I have  a 
Winchester  in  camp  and  want  a lot  of  cartridges  for  it. 
Sell  me  some.” 

“Yes,  of  course.”  Then  to  one  of  his  men:  “Go 

and  give  him  what  Colt’s  or  .45s  he  wants.  Then  sell  him 
the  Winchesters,  but  be  careful  and  sell  none  to  these 
Indians.” 

I took  all  the  Winchester  ammunition  he  had,  and  then 
gave  it  out  myself. 

One  of  his  wagons  was  partly  loaded  with  bacon  which 
he  meant  to  throw  away,  he  told  me;  the  Indians  did  not 
want  it. 

“Ours  will  eat  it,”  I said.  “Let  the  squaws  have  it.  Go 
to  that  wagon,  my  sister,”  I called  out,  “and  take  that 
bacon,  but  take  nothing  else.  The  trader  gives  you  that 
bacon— it  is  his  present.”  In  five  minutes  there  was  no 
bacon  in  the  wagon,  the  chief’s  squaw  standing  there  to 
see  that  each  one  got  her  share,  and  that  nothing  else  was 
lifted  along  with  the  bacon. 

Trading  was  about  over  now,  it  was  getting  late,  and 
the  chief  told  the  Indians  to  go  home.  “Wait  a moment,” 
I told_  him;  then  called  out,  “If  any  of  my  brothers  have 
any  of  this  money  yet,  let  them  buy  something  now.  This 
trader  will  not  be  here  to-morrow,  and  his  money  is  not 
good  with  any  other  trader.” 

A lot  more  of  his  checks  came  out,  and  the  Indians  did 
not  carry  home  any  gun  wads  that  had  cost  them  a dollar 
each.  All  had  now  left  but  the  chief  and  I.  “The  chief 
has  not  paid  me  for  that  flour  he  got  yesterday.  I reckon 
he  forgot  it,”  Jones  told  me. 

“No,  he  never  forgets  anything,  but  he  thinks  that  you 
have  forgotten  it.  I’ll  tell  him  about  it  and  he  will  pay 
you.” 

“No,  never  mind  it.  I want  to  keep  on  the  right  side 
of  these  chiefs.” 

“Yes;  you  keep  on  the  right  side  of  these  Comanche 
chiefs  and  no  Comanche  will  ever  plunder  you.  If  he  did 
he  might  as  well  go  out  and  shoot  himself.” 

I was  the  last  to  leave,  and  when  bidding  Jones  good-by 
I said:  “Well,  we  did  not  plunder  you,  did  we?” 

“No,  your  crowd  is  all  right.  Now  I need  not  look  for 
myself  in  the  papers,  need  I?” 

“No,  Jones,  I am  not  putting  you  in  the  papers.  You 
are  all  right.  I wish  the  rest  were  as  fair  as  you  always 
are,  then  I need  not  put  anyone  in  the  papers.” 

I had  been  in  the  habit  of  sending  letters  to  four  dif- 
ferent eastern  papers  whenever  anything  of  interest 
occurred,  as  an  Indian  outbreak  or  the  like,  and  once  in 
a while  I would  give  one  or  another  of  these  Indian 
agents  a left-handed  compliment.  I signed  my  letters 
Duquesne,  after  a locality  in  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  where  I had 
come  from,  but  everyone  out  here  knew  who  Duquesne 
was.  These  papers  called  me  “our  special  correspondent 
in  the  field.”  I never  sent  any  account  of  this  trip  to 
these  papers.  It  would  not  probably  interest  their 
readers ; but  some  years  after  this  I sent  a mere  skeleton 
sketch  of  it — only  a couple  of  columns — to  the  Forest 
and  Stream,  which  published  it 

The  Kiowas  that  Jones  had  said  had  tried  to  plunder 
him  were  about  the  meanest  gang  that  we  had,  and  their 
chief,  Stumbling  Bear,  was,  if  possible,  still  meaner  than 
his  band.  I had  been  sent  from  St.  Louis  up  to  Sill  at 
my  own  request  the  last  spring  to  join  the  troop  I was 


now  in  as  a recruit;  but  I had  been  in  this  regiment  ten 
years  already,  and  the  general  here  knew  me.  My  troop 
was  out  now,  and  while  waiting  to  join  them  here,  these 
Kiowas  were  sent  out  on  a hunt,  and  I got  permission  to 
go  along  with  their  escort.  There  were  a sergeant  and 
twenty  men  in  this  escort.  Any  other  band  would  have 
got  along  with  five  or  six  men.  An  escort  as  large  as 
this  should  have  had  at  least  one  corporal.  We  had  none, 
the  general  telling  the  sergeant  to  use  me  as  his  corporal. 
The  first  day  out  the  sergeant  was  thrown  by  his  horse 
getting  his  foot  into  a gopher  hole,  and  both  he  and  his 
horse  were  hurt  badly.  He  turned  his  escort  over  to  me 
until  another  sergeant  should  be  sent  to  relieve  me,  and 
went  back  to  Sill.  No  one  came  to  supersede  me,  and  I 
took  Stumbling  Bear  and  his  band  out  west,  got  them 
plenty  of  buffalo,  and  did  not  let  them  plunder  anyone, 
but  had  to  level  my  carbines  at  them  one  day  to  convince 
them  that  i meant  what  I said.  They  had  been  riding 
past  buffalo  all  day  and  did  not  want  them ; “they  were 
no  good,”  he  said.  When  late  in  the  afternoon  they  be- 
gan to  round  up  a bunch  of  cattle  to  drive  to  camp  and 
kill,  1 rode  up  to  the  chief  and  told  him  to  drop  those 
cows  and  go  on.  He  “no  savied  me.”  Had  I asked  him 
to  take  a drink  of  whiskey,  he  would  have  savied  that 
quick  enough,  though. 

. My  escort  was  back  straggling  along  the  trail,  and  rid- 
ang  back  to  them  I told  them  to  form  fours ; then  came  up 
to  where  the  Indians  were  at  a trot,  then  called  out,  “On 
right  front,  into  line,  gallop,  marsh !”  Then  “Halt !”  The 
Indians  now  got  to  be  interested — something  was  about  to 
be  doing.  Next  I called  out,  “Unsling  carbines — load  at 
will.” 

The  chief  rode  up  to  me  now  and  asked,  “You  shoot?” 
He  had  found  his  English  again.  I pretended  not  to  hear 
him,  and  said:  “Ready,  aim!”  And  the  chief  and  his 
men,  dropping  the  cattle,  almost  rode  over  each  other  to 
get  away  from  there.  I was  going  to  shoot. 

After  this  I never  had  to  give  this  chief  an  order  the 
second  time.  He  always  “savied”  me  the  first  time. 

Cabia  Blanco. 


The  Louisiana  Purchase  Exposition 


Some  Features  of  Special  Interest  to  Sportsmen. 

The  St.  Louis  Exposition  is  gone— the  Sportsmen’s 
Show  is  coming.  Some  notes  on  the  former  may  in- 
crease the  helpfulness  of  the  latter.  The  first  question 
regarding  any  proposed,  hunting  or  fishing  trip  is, 

How  to  get  there?”  In  ’other  words,  transportation. 

This  includes  not  only  route,  but  means  of  travel. 
These  were  abundant,  interesting  and  instructive  at  St. 
Louis.  One  looked  with  wonder  at  the  Siamese  collec- 
tion of  wooden  carts  and  other  vehicles,  mainly  small 
and  adapted  only  to  light  loads.  Involuntarily  one 
pitied  a people  so  old  among  nations,  yet  using  such 
primitive  conveyance.  But  a few  steps  caused  a re- 
vulsion of  feeling  as  one  saw  another  wooden  cart 
having  a medium-sized  rack  of  small  stakes  (like  an 
old-fashioned  hayrack  for  cart  or  wagon)  surmounting 
it,  and  a single  steer  (mounted)  between  the  thills,  the 
whole  being  labeled,  “the  only  means  of  transportation, 
N.  W.  of  St.  Paul,  prior  to  1871.”  Pity  for  Siamese 
gives  place  to  admiration  for  our  hardy  pioneers,  who, 
at  such  cost,  redeemed  our  great  northwest  and  made 
possible  and  appropriate  such  an  exposition  at  St. 
Louis.  Another  crude  form  of  transportation  was  a 
Brazilian  dugout,  estimated  to  be  60ft.  long,  4ft.  wide, 
and  2l4ft.  deep.  It  was  provided  with  both  sails  and 
oars,  but  was  a clumsy  looking  affair.  From  all  these 
it  was  far  to  the  modern  Pullman  car,  yacht,  or  launch. 
Much  of  interest  introduced,  e.  g.,  there  was  a great 
display  of  early  forms  of  the  locomotive.  The  “De- 
Witt  Clinton,”  with  its  train  of  stage  coaches,  was 
there,  and,  with  the  others,  furnished  an  almost  com- 
plete history  of  locomotive  development.  From  the 
earliest  to  the  most  recent  engines  was  as  far  a cry  as 
from  the  primitive  cart  to  the  first  railway  train.  Look, 
for  instance,  at  the  new  “695”  of  the  Lake  Shore  Rail- 
road, an  engine  with  three  driving  wheels,  eighty  inches 
high,  on  each  side,  and  everything  else  in  proportion. 
Indeed,  the  machine  might  well  stand  as  a railway 
model  of  symmetry.  No  trouble  about  “getting  there” 
where  “695”  draws  the  train.  She  is  built  for  speed. 
Quite  in  contrast  is  the  B.  & O.  “St.  Louis,”  the 
biggest  engine  in  the  world — a compound  engine  with 
two  sets  of  cylinders  and  two  sets  of  drivers,  three 
in  a set,  on  each  side,  making  twelve  drivers  in  all— a 
monster  boiler  in  size  and  length,  the  whole  machine, 
equipped  for  business,  weighing  240  tons,  a veritable 
Jumbo,  and,  by  a reversal  of  railway  ancestry,  “the 
grandfather  of  them  all.”  Surely,  this  freighter  is  able 
to  draw  the  heaviest  loads  of  game  that  even  Maine 
can  produce.  Sometimes  it  is  a question  how  to  get 
game  to  the  railroad,  and  strong  lumber  wagons  are 
needed.  For  such  cases  attention  is  directed  to  a lum- 
ber wagon  shown  by  the  Studebaker  Co.,  which  ex- 
pended over  400  days’  work  and  $2,150  in  building  it. 
The  box  was  rosewood,  piano-finish,  and  the  rest  was 
in  keeping. 

Mention  should  be  made  of  a cross  section  of  the 
Pennsylvania  Railroad  tunnel  under  the  Hudson,  show- 
ing the  iron  tube  that  rests  on  steel  piles  driven  to 
bedrock,  and  large  enough  in  diameter  for  the  cars 
to  pass  through.  A beautiful  model  was  also  shown  of 
the  new  passenger  station  to  be  erected  in  Manhattan 
by  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad.  Surely  the  modern 
sportsman  can  now  travel  with  speed  and  comfort, 
while  aerial  navigation,  as  illustrated  at  the  fair,  sug- 
gests future  possibilities  of  reaching  the  remote  wilder- 
ness that  will  surpass  present  methods  as  much  as 
the  high-power  rifles  of  to-day  are  ahead  of  the  old 
flintlock  muskets,  and  this  leads  to  the  various  ex- 
hibits of  arms. 

The  Winchester  Company  made  a fine  showing  of 
rifles.  Several  exhibits  of  shotguns,  both  of  home  and 
foreign  make,  were  seen.  In  one  French  collection  was 
a rifle  of  peculiar  construction.  It  was  a double  rifle 
with  but  one  barrel.  Tn  this  one  barrel  were  two  bores 
— -one  about  .40,  the  other  about  .22  caliber — the  smaller 
one  underneath  the  larger.  No  one  was  at  hand  to 
describe  the  practical  working  of  the  piece,  but  cer- 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


l^EB.  II,  I90S. 


tainly  in  the  showcase  it  looked  as  though  it  might 
do  good  work. 

But  by  far  the  most  interesting  exhibit  of  firearms  was 
that  of  the  U.  S.  Cartridge  Co.,  a very  complete  his- 
torical collection  from  the  ancient  crossbow  gun  and  the 
blunderbuss,  down  through  the  flintlock  period  of  the 
Revolution,  through  the  Civil  Wat,  and  so  to  the  latest 
productions.  Several  individual  specimens  of  great 
historic  interest  were  shown,  e.  g.,  John  Brown’s  rifle. 
Sitting  Bull’s,  and  the  “Cookson  Magazine  Gun,”  said 
to  have  been  made  in  1586.* 

The  true  sportsman,  ‘‘in  the  love  of  nature  holds 
communion  with  her  visible  forms.”  (And  after  all  the 
discussion  about  sportsmen,  “true”  and  otherwise,  does 
not  their  knowledge  and  appreciation  of  nature  afford 
a higher,  better  standard  of  classification  than  th.eir 
method  of  taking  game?)  Those  who  think  a real 
sportsman  goes  into  the  woods  merely  to  secure  game 
and  fish,  that  he  thinks  little  and  cares  less  for  any- 
thing else,  should  recall  the  Adirondack  experiences 
of  Emerson  and  Alcott,  and  of  the  historian,  Headley, 
and  his  ringing  words  and  true:  “I  love  nature  and  all 
things  as  God  made  them.  * * * I love  it,  and  I 
know  it  is  better  for  me  than  the  thronged  city,  aye, 
better  for  soul  and  body  both.  * * * I have  been 

astonished  at  the  remarks  sometimes  made  to  me  on 
my  jaunts  in  the  woods,  as  if  it  were  almost  wicked  to 
cast  off  the  gravity  of  society,  and  wander  like  a child 
amid  the  beauty  which  God  has  spread  out  with  such 
a lavish  hand  over  the  earth.  Why,  I should  as  soon 
think  of  feeling  reproved  for  gazing  on  the  _ mid- 
night heavens,  gorgeous  with  stars,  and  fearful  with  its 
mysterious  floating  worlds.  I believe  that  every  man 
degenerates  without  frequent  communion  with  nature. 
It  is  one  of  the  open  books  of  God,  and  more  replete 
with  instructions  than  anything  ever  penned  by  man.” 

Again  he  says:  “Nature  and  the  Bible  are  in  harmony 
— they  both  speak  our  language  to  the  heart.”  And 
again,  describing  his  feelings  at  Indian  Pass,  a scene 
of  wonderful  grandeur  and  beauty,  he  says:  “How 

loudly  God  speaks  to  the  heart,  when  it  lies  thus  awe- 
struck and  subdued  in  the  presence  of  His  works.”  So 
it  was  with  keen  and  not  unaccustomed  enjoyment  one 
looked  upon  the  varied  and  beautiful  exhibits  of  wood 
at  St.  Louis 


The  company  has  lately  published  an  illustrated  catalogue  fully 
describing  this  collection  of  over  700  pieces. 


Entering  the  Forest,  Fish  and  Game  Building,  one  of 
the  first  attractions  to  catch  the  eye  was  the  Canadian 
arch  and  staircase  near  the  center,  built  in  rustic  style 
and  containing  over  3,000  varieties  of  wood,  all  grown 
in  Canada.  There  were  also  fine  specimens  of  lumber 
■ — undressed  and  finished — from  various  places,  notably 
some  highly  polished  “curly”  maple,  and  other  hard 
woods.  The  Northwest  sent  sections  of  pine  and  fir 
seven  to  nine  feet  in  diameter,  and  one  gigantic  pine 
had.  been  cut  into  eight  logs  sixteen  feet  long,  the  smallest 
of  which  was  thirty  inches  through  at  the  top  end. 
The  Washington  State  Building  showed  external  braces 
of  unspliced  fir  no  feet  long,  and  two  feet  square. 
The  collection  of  woods  from  the  Philippines  was  a 
cause  of  wonder  and  admiration.  The  variety,  size  and 
quality  elicited  much  remark.  One  massive  table  was 
finished  like  mahogany,  its  top,  about  6 feet  by  12  feet, 
being  made  from  a single  plank.  It  impressed  one  with 
the  value  of  our  newly  acquired  possessions  in  the 
east.  From  here  it  was  but  little  distance  to  the  Filipino 
collection  of  mounted  trophies. 

The  variety  was  perhaps  greater  than  in  any  other 
collection  of  the  sort,  but  the  specimens  were  mainly 
of  small  game — the  deer  were  like  our  fawns  in  size, 
only  the  snakes  were  large.  Some  python  skins  were 
large  enough  to  be  unpleasantly  suggestive.  It  is  a 
relief  to  turn,  even  now,  in  thought,  from  these  to  the 
fine  collections  of  trophies  of  the  chase  from 
Minnesota,  Colorado,  Wyoming,  Idaho  and  Montana. 
Bear,  lion,  moose,  elk  and  deer  were  in  abundance,  as 
well  as  smaller  game.  Minnesota  had  a miniature 
forest,  in  which  the  game  looked  quite  life-like.  Canada 
and  Alaska  also  had  good  showings,  the  latter  many 
beautiful  white  bear  skins. 

The  Roosevelt  cabin,  in  which  our  President  once 
lived  “a  ranchman,”  and  whence  so  many  hunting  trips 
were  made,  was  a trophy  in  itself.  The  Maine  building 
was  a gem  of  its  kind,  built  of  logs,  in  approved  size 
anu  style,  and  embellished  with  a good  collection  of 
moose  heads,  deer  heads,  bear  and  other  trophies  of 
the  hunter’s  skill.  It  also  showed  a large  number  of  the 
very  large  brook  trout,  for  which  the  .State  is  justly 
famed.  The  whole  exhibit,  building  and  contents,  was 
characteristic,  unique  and  attractive.  Not  less  so  were 
the  fair  hostesses  in  charge. 

In  the  Idaho  exhibit  in  the  Mining  Building  was  seen 
a large  pair  of  mountain  sheep  horns  firmly  embedded 
in  a tree.  They  were  nine  feet  from  the  ground,  and  the 


tree  at  that  point  was  over  two  feet  in  diameter.  It  is 
supposed  that  about  135  years  ago  the  horns  were 
carried  down  a mountain  side  by  an  avalanche  of  snow 
and  cast  upon  the  young  tree  which  afterward  grew 
about  them  with  the  above  result. 

The  largest  of  all  the  trophies  was  a sulphur  bottom, 
(blue)  whale  in  the  U.  S.  Government  Building.  It 
is  78  feet  long  as  mounted  separate  from  the  skeleton. 
This  is  75  feet  long,  and  the  skull  is  19 Jo  feet  long  in 
a,  straight  Jine.  It  is  said  this  species -of  whale  some- 
times attains  a length  of  89  feet,  and  is  the  largest 
animal  now  known  or  , extinct. 

Of  living  wild  animals  the  exhibit  was  meagre  and 
disappointing.  The  Government  bird  cage  was  large, 
but  the  collection  far  inferior  to  that  shown  at  the  New 
York  Zoological  Park.  Missouri  showed  live  animals, 
such  as  panthers,  wolves,  bear  and  foxes,  and  a few 
ducks  and  turkeys  and  other  birds,  but  the  collection 
and  the  specimens  were  small. 

One  felt  like  going  to  Hagenbeck’s,  on  the  Pike,  for 
relief.  These  lions,  tigers,  bears  and  elephants  were 
“the  real  thing.” 

So  were  the  Indians  representing  the  various  tribes 
which  once  roamed  over  the  territory  of  Louisiana 
Purchase.  Crow,  Navajo,  Pawnees  and  many  others 
were  in  evidence.  Some  were  making  crude  pottery, 
others  beautiful  rugs,  and  still  others  were  silversmiths 
at  their  trade.  In  the  U.  S.  Government  Indian 
Schools  Buildings  were  many  beautiful  specimens  of 
Indian  handiwork,  and  of  Indian  clerks  to  sell  them. 
A young  Crow,  “White  Eagle”  (English  name,  Wm. 
Towns),  had  on  a feather  headdress  reaching  to  the 
floor  and  a pair  of  gold  bowed  spectacles.  On  being 
told  that  the  latter  did  not  correspond  with  the  former, 
he  replied,  “That  is  what  civilization  has  done  for  me.” 
Further  conversation  elicited  the  facts  that  he  was  well 
educated  and  had  been  a believer  in  Christ  since  nine 
years  old. 

Contrasting  the  present  condition  of  the  Indians  with 
their  past,  remembering  what  their  past  has  been  in 
the  development  of  the  great  territory  of  “the  pur- 
chase,” and  remembering  the  part  which  sportsmen-ex- 
plorers  have  had  in  that  development,  one  aopreciates 
the  sentiment  inscribed  on  the  U.  S.  Government  Build- 
ing: “To  the  pioneers  who  first  braved  the  unknown, 
whose  deeds  developed  the  vast  empire  comprised  in 
the  Louisiana  Purchase,  this  building  is  dedicated  by 
a grateful  people.”  Juvenal. 


A New  Natural  History.* 


In  these  days  of  outdoor  life  and  nature  study  there 
is  a constantly  increasing  demand  for  a popular  general 
natural  history,  but  it  has  always  been  a difficult  matter 
to  satisfactorily  answer  any  one  who  asks  for  such  a 
work.  Many  natural  histories,  beautifully  illustrated 
and  handsomely  gotten  up,  have  been  published  during 
the  past  few  years,  but  very  few  have  been  written  in 
such  a way  as  to  interest  the  public.  Most  of  them  have 
fairly  bristled  with  the  italics  of  Latin  names,  or  with 
technical  terms  which  demand  constant  reference  to  a 
dictionary,  so  that  the  average  man  finds  it  difficult, 
or  impossible,  to  comprehend  what  the  learned  author 
no  doubt  thought  he  had  made  extremely  simple. 

A very  excellent  natural  history  has  just  been  written 
by  Mr.  Wm.  T.  Hornaday,  well  known  as  the  Director 
of  the  New  York  Zoological  Society’s  Park,  and  pub- 
lished by  the  Scribners.  It  is  a work  which  will  tend 
more  to  a knowledge  of  and  interest  in  natural  history 
than  many  much  more  scientific  and  pretentious  works 
which  appeal  only  to  a limited  class  of  readers. 

All  human  beings  are  interested  in  animals,  and  to 
most  of  us  from  early  childhood  a visit  to  the  menagerie 
has  seemed  one  of  the  most  desirable  of  pleasures. 
We  love  to  see  things  that  move,  and  so  zoological 
gardens  and  aquariums  attract  people  of  all  ages.  Next 
to  seeing  animals  alive,  the  best  thing  is  to  read  about 
them,  especially  if  what  we  read  is  illustrated  with 
good  pictures.  And  for  that  reason  a wide  popularity 
may  be  predicted  for  any  book  that  tells  the  story  of 
animals  simply,  and  pictures  them  attractively.  Such 
a book  is  Mr.  Hornaday’s  “American  Natural  History. 
A foundation  of  useful  knowledge  of  the  higher  animals 
of  North  America.”  It  deals  with  the#  vertebrates, 
chiefly  those  of  the  new  world,  though,  in  discussing 
the  great  group  of  apes,  or  primates,  Mr.  Hornaday 
brings  in  some  old  world  forms  which  are  nearest  to 
man0  and  are  necessary  to  connect  American  groups, 
links  which  have  never  existed  or  which  no  longer  exist 


on  this  continent.  . , , . . 

Science  is  knowledge  set  in  order,  but  the  general 

public— though  glib  enough  in  its  use  of  the  term 
science— has  little  or  no  zoological  knowledge  which 
can  be  set  in  order.  In  an  introduction  of  seven  pages 
Mr  Hornaday  gives  in  the  plainest  and  simplest  lang- 
uage a great  number  of  fundamental  facts  and  of  defi- 
nitions of  ordinary  terms  used  in  zoology,  and  these 
terms  and  their  meanings  should  be  learned  by  every 
one  who  purposes  to  use  this  book.  Besides  these 
definitions,  a few  words  are  given  on  the  intelligence 
of  animals,  warning  people  not  to  believe  too  much  of 
what  they  are  told  by  the  popular  nature  writers,  point- 
ing out  that  animals  are  not.  civilized  human  beings, 
and  that  the  so-called  “surgical  operations’  attributed 
to  birds,  and  the  supposed  “schools  of  the  woods 
exist  only  in  the  imagination  of  fiction  writers.  He 
might  also  have  added  that  to  call  the  tiger  treacherous 


American  Natural  History:  A Foundation  of  Useful 

r A Higher  Animals  of  North  America.  By  William 

^Hornfday  Direc  or  of  the  New  York  Zoological  Park;  author 
Jf  ‘‘Two  Years  in  the  Jungle,”  etc.  Illustrated  by  227  original 
drawings  and  115  photograph®?  pp.  440.  Price,  $3.6®, 


is  as  great  a misuse  of  language  as  to  call  the  dove 
gentle.  He  very  truly  says  that  there  is  no  great  harm 
in  idealizing  animals  and  making  them  act  from  human 
motives,  so  long  as  it  is  plainly  told  that  the  tale  is 
a story — is  fiction,  but  that  where  these  wonderful  acts 
of  wild  animals  are  given  as  facts  with  motives  actually 
supplied  by  the  author’s  imagination,  that  author  is 
doing  something  that  is  wholly  misleading  and  wrong. 

The  plan  of  the  present  volume  is  excellent.  In- 
stead of  beginning  with  the  lowest  vertebrates — the 
fishes — and  working  up  to  the  highest,  Mr.  Hornaday 
begins  with  the  highest  mammals — which  to  the  average 
person  of  whatever  age  are  the  most  familiar,  and  so 
the  most  interesting — and  works  down  to  the  lowest. 
He  thus  starts  his  readers  with  something  that  they 
enjoy,  and  leads  them  along  with  increasing  interest 
to  other  things,  in  which  at  first  they  might  have  felt 
no  interest,  but  which  increasing  information  leads 
them  to  wish  to  know  about. 

The  body  of  the  book  opens  with  a chapter  on  the 
orders  of  mammals,  explained  by  a chart  indicating  the 
relative  importance  of  the  different  orders.  The  graphic 
method  here  used  is  effective.  Then  follows  the  order 
of  primates,  with  a startling  picture  of  a gorilla,  and 
two  or  three  capital  ones  of  chimpanzees  and  orangs. 
The  carnivora,  cats,  dogs,  weasels,  and  bears,  come 
next  with  excellent  illustrations,  with  an  introduction 
to  each  group,  giving  its  chief  characteristics,  and  with 
a descriptive  account  of  each  species  telling  in  simple 
language  the  important  points  about  its  range,  colors 
and  habits. 

Next  come  the  seals  in  three  divisions — the  eared 
seals,  or  sea  lions,  the  seals  proper  and  the  walruses. 
The  group  is  of  very  great  interest  and  of  some  com- 
mercial importance,  and  one  about  which  not  very 
much  is  known  to  the  general  public.  In  the  account 
of  the  fur  seal  Mr.  Hornaday  gives  a description  by 
years  of  the  condition  of  the  fur  seals  of  the  Pribilof 
Islands  since  Alaska  passed  into  the  hands  of  the 
United  States.  He  shows  how  by  pelagic  sealing,  in 
which  both  mother  and  young  are  killed  during  the 
breeding  season,  the  vast  numbers  of  inhabitants  of 
these  summer  homes  of  the  fur  seal  have  been  now 
reduced  to  less  than  200,000.  Another  species  that  is 
constantly  growing  less  in  number  is  the  Pacific 
walrus. 

The  moles,  shrews,  bats  and  rodents  follow  in  that 
order,  and  after  them  comes  the  great  order  of  hoofed 
animals,  which  contains  our  buffalo,  muskox,  sheep, 
deer  and  many  of  the  other  game  animals  which  we  have 
in  such  plenty  in  America.  To  this  last  group  Mr.  Horna- 
day gives  much  attention. 

The  whales  and  porpoises,  the  sea  cows,  the  edentates, 
including  the  armadillos,  anteaters  and  sloths  and, 
finally,  the  order  of  diggers,  with  the  marsupials  and 
the  monotremes,  end  the  list  pf  the  mammalia. 

Children  and  adults  alike  will  rejoice  in  Mr.  Horna- 
day’s pages  describing  the  birds,  for  they  are  full  of 
interest  and  information,  and  of  beautiful  illustration. 
The  camera  and  the  best  artists  have  united  to  furnish 
the  whole  volume  with  pictures  that  are  quite  irre- 
sistible. Of  hardly  less  interest  and  usefulness  are  the 
parts  of  the  work  which  speak  of  the  reptiles  and  am- 


phibians and  fishes,  though,  after  all,  we  can  hardly 
expect  as  much  interest  to  be  found  in  these  lower  and 
far  less  known  groups  as  is  taken  in  the  birds  and  the 
mammals. 

A useful  and  practical  bit  of  information  is  given  on 
Pages  353  to  355,  where  the  author  writes  of  snake 
poisons  and  their  treatment  and  gives  much  informa- 
tion which,  simply  and  directly  told  as  it  is,  may  well 
save  many  a life. 

An  especially  wise  step  toward  ease  of  reading,  and 
so  toward  popularity,  has  been  taken  in  this  book;  for 
all  the  Latin  names  of  the  animals,  commonly  so  great 
a stumbling  block  to  the  reader,  are  printed«*s  foot 
notes  at  the  bottom  of  the  page.  They  thus  do  not 
occur  in  the  text  to  interrupt  the  thought,  and  yet  the 
reference  which  each  English  name  carries  to  the  Latin 
name  at  the  foot  of  the  column  enables  the  seeker 
after  information  to  look  up  that  Latin  name,  which 
is  so  divided  and  so  accented  that  it  may  be  pronounced, 
even  though  the  reader  is  quite  guiltless  of  any  knowl- 
edge of  Latin. 

Very  full  information  is  given  above  about  the 
game  animals  and  birds,  and  the  book  should  find  a 
place  in  every  sportsman’s  library.  We  believe  that 
it  will  do  much  good,  and  it  deserves  a wide  public, 
among  children  as  well  as  adults. 


The  Story  of  Monarch. 

“Wyndgoul,”  Cos  Cob,  Conn.,  Jan.  31. — Editor  Forest 
and  Stream:  I inclose  copy  of  a letter  that  I recently  sent 
to  Allen  Kelly  without  getting  reply.  Will  you  oblige  me 
by  giving  it  the  same  publicity  as  you  did  the  attack  on 
me.  Ernest  Thompson  Seton. 


“Wyndgoul,”  Cos  Cob,  Conn.,  Jan.  19. — My  Dear  Kelly: 
Upon  my  return  from  England,  after  three  months’  ab- 
sence, I learn  with  surprise  that  someone  thinks  that  in 
writing  the  story  of  Monarch  I am  trespassing  on  your 
claim. 

I can  scarcely  believe  that  this  idea  originated  with 
you;  in  case,  however,  you  have  any  feeling  in  <he  mat- 
ter, I hope  it  will  disappear  when  I act  on  the  suggestion 
of  cur  mutual  friend,  Dr.  Morris,  and  remind  you  of  one 
or  two  important  facts.  . 

First,  I met  Monarch  on  the  27th  of  August,  1899,  many 
weeks  before  I knew  you,  and  at  the  same  time  I met 
Louis  Ohnimus,  who  was  in  charge  of  ..the  menagerie  at 
Golden  Gate,  and  from  him  learned  much  about  the  big 
grizzly.  I spent  the  month  of  September  of  that  year  on  a 
hear  hunt  around  Mount  Tallac,  in  company  with  Lou 
Ohnimus  and  Clark  Summerfield,  and  there  gathered 
many  bear  incidents.  Later,  J.  S.  Mackenzie,  Jr.,  of 
Bakersfield,  supplied  others.  I had  the  tale  all  planned 
and  partly  written  when  first  I met  you  at  Los  Angeles, 
October  9,  1899.  I then  told  you  I was  writing  a bear 
story  with  Monarch  as  the  basis,  and  I read  you  part  of 
my  story  across  the  table  that  night  when  you  and  Mrs. 
Kelly  dined  with  Mrs.  Seton  and  myself  at  Van  Nuy*s 
Hotel.  This  written  part  is  now  before  me;  it  occupies 
pp.  138  to  160  of  my  California  Journal.  You  gave  me 
some  additional  information,  and  told  me  I was  free  to 


E6REsf  AND  STREAM. 


Feb.  ii,  1905.1 


;e  it  in  any  way  I pleased.  There  was  no  evidence  then 
:at  you  had  any  intention  of  publishing  a book  of  bear 
ories.  The  story  of  Monarch  you  then  told  me  was 
.tile  different  from  the  one  Ohnimus  gave  me,  and  I did 
at  use  yours.  I had  my  Journal  on  the  table,  and  while 
dinner  wrote  down,  with  your  approval,  two  incidents, 
ie  of  the  bear  and  the  hunter  in  the  pool,  the  other  of 
ie  little  bear  and  the  yellow  jackets.  These  you  said  you 
mid  r'ca  :y  claim  no  credit  for,  as  one  belonged  to  Jim 
reer,  the  other  to  Morgan  Clark.  They  occupy 
ispectively  three  lines  and  one  page  and  a half  in  my 
Diurnal,  as  written  in  your  presence  (pp.  172-3). 

I11  1901  I joined  with  an  Examiner  reporter  in  getting 
p an  illustrated  article  on  Monarch.  This  appeared  in 
pril  of  that  year,  and  was  evidently  read  by  you,  be- 
mse  two  years  afterward  you  wrote  to  me  asking  for 
ie  use  of  tht  drawings  with  which  I had  illustrated  the 
tide.  1 acceded  to  this  in  a spirit  of  friendliness,  feel- 
ig  that  you  believed  anybody  had  the  right  to  tell  about 
[oiiarch,  since  he  was  a real  character,  not  a creature  of 
:tion.  Within  a year  my  bear  story  was  announced  in 
cribner’s  prospectus.  I cannot  see  that  your  story  and 
ine  have  anything  in  common  beyond  these  main  his- 
■rical  outlines,  which  are  as  much  public  property  as  the 
story  of  Rome.  You  certainly  raised  no  question  of  ex- 
usive  claim  to  the  subject  when  I read  you  part  of  my 
ory  at  Los  Angeles,  and  I did  not  get  one  word,  line, 
■cident  or  suggestion  from  your  book,  fur  my  sto’-y  v\as 
ritten  before  your  book  came  out,  as  you  can  see  by  com- 
uring dates  of  copyright,  and  remembering  that  manu- 
ript  for  the  Ladies’  Home  Journal,  where  my  -tory  was 
“st  published,  is  sent  in  months  before  publication.  And 
never  saw  any  article  by  you,  except  your  book  of 
ugust,  1903,  in’  which  you  used  my  1901  drawing  and 
tter  of  June  15,  1903. 

Credit  is  due  you  for  suggesting  the  two.  incidents 
entioned  above,  but  more  credit  is  due  Ohnimus  than 
ly  other  of  the  hunters.  I expected  to  give  it,  but  he 
irticularly  asked  me  not  to  put  his  name  in  print,  re- 
resting  rather  that  his  friend  Kelly  get  all  possible 
•edit.  This  was  a puzzle,  as  I did  not  then  know  you, 
id  you  did  not  capture  the  bear.  I thought,  however, 
had  solved  it  satisfactorily  by  using  your  name  in  a 
ightly  disguised,  but  recognizable,  form  throughout..  I 
jmld  not  do  more  as  the  character  was  composite. 

When  the  story  was  in  press  I tried  to  reach  you  for 
insultation,  but  had  no  address.  Our  mutual  friend, 
fr.  Charles  G.  D.  Roberts,  to  whom  I put  the  matter  in 
iur  absence,  was  of  the  ‘ opinion  that  I had  done  well 
j you. 

If  you  object  to  the  hunter  being  so  named,  of  course 
will  change  it  in  the  forthcoming  new  edition,  and  give 
du  formal  credit  for  suggesting  the  two  incidents  re- 
ared to  above. 

This  is  the  whole  matter,  and  perhaps  I do  you  wrong 
; believing  from  newspaper  talk  that. you  have  announced 
grievance.  1 should  be  sorry  to  think  that  our  pleasant 
iendship  is  endangered  by  such  unnecessary  misunder- 
:anding. 

If  you  are  in  New  York  in  the  near  future,  I hope  you 
ill  look  me  up.  Yours  sincerely, 

Ernest  Thompson  Seton. 

'0  Allen  Kelly,  Esq. 


Detroit,  Feb.  3. — Mr.  Ernest  Thompson  Seton,  Cos 
ob.  Conn.:  Dear  Mr.  Seton— Your  letter  dated  Jan.  19, 
lailed  on  Jan.  24,  to  Philadelphia,  where  I have  not  lived 
nee  August,  1903,  remailed  to  New  York  and  finally  re- 
ddressed  to  Detroit,  has  reached  me,  closely  followed  by 
letter  from  the  editor  of  Shooting  and  Fishing,  inclos- 
lg  a note  from  you  asking  him  to  publish  your  letter  to 
ie  as  a reply  to  what  you  please  to  term  my  “attack 
n you. 

I was  about  to  mail  my  reply  to  you,  but  your  note  to 
hooting  and  Fishing  puts  the  matter  in  a different  light, 
nd  makes  it  necessary  to  amend  my  letter,  a copy  of 
rhich  now  goes  to  Mr.  Humphrey. 

i While  it  is  true  that  the  idea  of  calling  attention  to 
ie  remarkable  similarity  of  most  , of  the  incidents  in 
our  book  to  stories  contained  in  mine  did  not  originate 
dth  me,  I did  not  discourage  it  when  it  was  suggested, 
ecause  it  was  obvious  that  a great  deal  of  my  material 
ad  been  used.  Someone— I forget  who— called  my  at- 
;ntion  to  your  story  of  Monarch  in  the  Home  Journal, 
nd  pointed  out  the  parallels,  and  when  I read  the  story 
did  feel,  and  do  yet,  that  my  work  had  been  treated  un- 
iirly.  The  similarity  is  in  many  instances not  only,  m 
ie  two  you  have  mentioned.  There  are  incidents  which 
re  not  in  any  sense  a part  of  the  history  of  Monarch, 
[though  you  have  so  treated  them.  For  example,  the 
cory  of  the  bear  that  herded  sheep  in  a canon.  No  doubt 
told  you  that  story  in  Los  Angeles,  but  it  never  was 
rinted  until  I used  it  in  my  book  as  part  of  the  Clubfoot 
iyth.  That  was  my  story  and  no  other’s,  and  it  was 
nder  my  copyright  before  your  story  was  published. 
)ther  incidents  could  be  specified,  but  all  that  has  been 
one  over  pretty  thoroughly  by  others,  and  I do  not  feel 
lclined  to  enter  into  a detailed  discussion  of  the  matter. 
My  recollection  of  our  interview  in  Los  Angeles  is  not 
ke  yours.  I do  not  remember  that  you  read  any  part  of 
our  story  to  me;  but  I do  remember  that  you  took 
opious  notes  while  I told  bear  stories,  and  that,  you 
olunteered  the  assurance  that  you  would  give  credit  for 
uhat  you  should  use.  I do  not  object  at  all  to  your  using 
Monarch  and  his  history,  and  I assert  no  exclusive  claim 
d the  subject  My  criticism  is  that  you  have  used,  as 
art  of  what  purports  to  be  Monarch’s  history,  many  bear 
ories  helving  no  relation  to  Monarch  stories  that  I had 
ublished  before  our  interview,  and  some  not  then  pub- 
shed,  but  published  and  copyrighted  by  me  before  your 


Dk  appeared.  „ , . . 

Concerning  your  sketch  of  Monarch,  if  that  is  un° 
rtant  let  me  say  that  I did  not  read  the  story  in  which 
appeared.  The  clipping  of  the  sketch  was  sent  to  me. 
t I do  not  see  that  it  matters  whether  or  not  I saw 
: story.  My  disclaimer  of  exclusive  right  to  deal  with 
march  disposes  of  that. 

t seems  to  me  that  even  if  your  story  was  written 
'ore  my  book  came  out,  the  publication  of  my  book 
ler  copyright  was  sufficient  notification  of  my  claim  to 
nership  of  my  own  material,  and  that  it  would  have 
:n  better  had  you  made  some  acknowledgment  of  the 
e source  of  your  information  in  the  preface  to  your 


113 


You  will  remember  that  I wrote  to  you  of  my  inten- 
tion to  publish  the  book,  some  time  before  it  appeared, 
and  offered  to  send  proof  sheets  to  you;  that  I did  send 
to  you  a copy  of  my  book  in  1903  as  soon  as  it  was 
printed,  and  that  you  read  it.  Perhaps  you  may  not 
remember  that  I told  you  in  Los  Angeles  that  1 bad  in- 
tended to  publish  my  bear  stories  in  a book  in  1894  or 
1895,  but  had  postponed  publication  because  Murat 
Halstead  got  out  a bear  book  at  that  time  in  which  he 
used  some  of  my  stories,  not  only  without  permission,  but 
in  spite  of  my  written  objection.  Yet  those  are  the  facts. 

You  say  you  did  not  use  the  story  of  Monarch  as  I 
told  it  to  you.  That  is  quite  obvious,  for  your  story  of 
the.  capture  of  Monarch  is  not  correct  in  any  particular. 
It  is  pure  fiction,  but  it  is  made  up  almost  entirely  of 
stories  that  I told  you,  with  the  exception  of  a few  fan- 
tastic features,  like  the  drugging  of  the  bear.  1 told  you 
that  a crack-brained  doctor  proposed  to  me  to  capture  the 
bear  by  putting  atropine  in  honey,  and  I laughed  at  the 
suggestion. 

You  must  be  mistaken  in  your  recollection  that  I gave 
credit  for  an  incident  to  Jim  Freer.  As  I never  knew  or 
saw  Jim  Freer,  and  never  got  any  story  from  him,  I 
could  not  have  said  what  you  quote  on  that  point. 

I do  not  see  the  relevancy  of  your  assertion  that  I 
“did  not  capture  the  bear.”  I have  told  exactly  how 
Monarch  was  taken,  and  never  have  I said  that  I went 
out  and  grabbed  him  by  the  tail  and  took  him  into  camp 
by  main  strength.  It  remains  true,  however,  that  the 
bear  was  trapped  for  me,  that  I took  him  to  San  Fran- 
cisco, named  him  “Monarch,”  and  turned  him  over  to 
Mr.  Hearst,  and  that  he  would  not  have  been  caught  had 
1 not  gone  on  an  expedition  for  that  purpose,  built  traps 
and  employed  men  to  watch  them.  The  question  at  issue, 
however,  is  not  the  capture  of  Monarch,  but  the  manner 
in  which  you  have  made  use  and  misuse  of  my  literary 
property. 

Your  suggestion  that  you  give  me  credit  for  two  inci- 
dents in  your  new  edition  is  impossible.  Nor  do  I think 
it  worth  while  to  change  the  name  of  your  hunter.  The 
suggestion  is  more  calculated  to  arouse  a feeling  of  re- 
sentment than  to  allay  it;  for  it  carries  the  inference  that 
you  are  indebted  to  me  only  for  two  trivial  incidents, 
which  is  not  the  fact. 

The  two  books  speak  for  themselves.  Most  of  the  inci- 
dents in  them  are  essentially  the  same,  and  it  cannot  be 
alleged  with  the  slightest  color  of  plausibility  that  I ob- 
tained any  material  from  you  or  from  your  story. 

It  is  not  pleasant  to  me  to  have  any  controversy  over 
this  matter,  but  as  Dr.  Morris,  whom  I met  but  once, 
and  then  only  by  casual  introduction  across  a banquet 
table,  has  been  tactful  enough  to  start  a discussion,  it 
seems  necessary  to  state  the  facts  as  they  appear  to  me, 
and  to  tell  you  plainly  how  I feel,  even  at  the  risk  of 
getting  our  feelings  hurt  all  around.  If  we  cannot  arrive 
at  the  same  understanding  of  facts,  perhaps  it  will  be 
better  to  call  it  a closed  incident.  Yours  very  truly, 

Allen  Kelly. 


Some  Bird  Names. 

( Continued  from  page  50.) 

“Kingfisher”  comes  from  the  prominent  crest,  I think, 
rather  than  because  of  any  kingly  superiority  in  fishing, 
as  etymologists  generally  assert.  “Cuckoo”  is,  of  course, 
an  imitation  of  its  note;  the  large,  terrestrial  species  of 
the  Pacific  Slope  is  known  as  “chaparral  cock,”  “road- 
runner”  and  “racer,”  on  account  of  its  habits.  “Rain- 
crow”  is  another  common  name  for  the  two  American 
species,  from  a supposition  that  their  notes  foretell  a 
storm;  the  same  is  true  of  the  many-named  “ani”  of  the 
Mexican  boundary.  Our  one  parrakeet,  now  nearly  ex- 
tinct, allows  me  to  say  that  both  “parrot”  and  “parro- 
quet”  are  derived  from  the  French  Pierre,  and  given 
originally  as  a pet  name,  just  as  we  would  understand 
what  was  meant  if  we  read  in  a story  that  a “polly”  was 
hanging  in  a cage  in  the  heroine’s  room. 

As  for  the  owls,  their  name  is  simply  an  expression 
of  howling,  the  aspirated  initial  having  disappeared,  as  so 
easily  happens.  “Owlet”  or  howlet  is  not  the  diminutive 
form  of  this,  however,  but  the  French  hulotte,  an  owl, 
having,  however,  the  same  derivation. 

“Eagle”  is  the  Latin  aquila,  through  the  French.  Our 
“bald”  eagle  is  not  so  in  fact,  but  appears  to  be  from 
the  white  feathers  of  the  head  in  contrast  with  the  brown 
of  the  rest  of  the  plumage.  The  “golden”  eagle  takes  its 
name  from  the  bright  yellow  at  the  base  of  the  bill  and 
on  the  feet,  and  was  the  “war”  eagle  of  the  Indians, 
whose  feathers  could  be  worn  only  by  men  of  assured 
prowess. 

The  words  “hawk”  and  “falcon”  open  to  us  a vista 
which  leads  into  one  of  the  richest  fields  of  old  English, 
where  the  once  royal  sport  of  falconry  has  preserved 
terms  elsewhere  lost  to  the  language.  “Falcon”  itself  is 
of  course  the  Latin  word  folds,  in  allusion  to  the  sickle- 
shaped talons.  “Hawk”  is  given  as  probably  “the  seizer,” 
and  is  allied  to  “have;”  to  “cry  havoc”  originally  meant 
merely  “beware  of  the  hawk.”  In  Europe  most  of  the 
hawks  employed  in  falconry  have  particular  names,  the 
study  of  which,  and  of  the  terms  of  this  ancient  sport, 
is  most  interesting.  “Osprey”  is  a corruption  of  ossi- 
fragus,  bonebreaker;  and  “buzzard”  of  bnteo,  the  Latin 
name  (French  bossard ) of  this  sluggish  kind  of  falcon. 
Milton  uses  “buzzard”  to  mean  a slow-witted,  inactive 
person.  “Kite”  comes  from  an  antique  Teutonic  word, 
the  idea  of  which,  apparently,  was  to  express  the  poising 
or  hovering  so  characteristic  of  this  falcon’s  graceful 
flight,  and  the  name  of  the  toy  is  from  the  same  source. 
The  “vulture”  is  the  creature  that  tears,  like  vulpes,  the 
fox. 

In  “pigeon”  we  find  a French  form  out  of  the  Latin  verb 
pipere.  to  cry  pi-pi—  that  is,  to  chirp.  “Dove,”  however, 
is  descended  through  Teutonic  channels  from  a root-word 
meaning  to  dive;  and,  curiously  enough,  the  Greek  word 
copied  in  the  Latin  columba  meant  the  same  thing,  and 
originally  belonged  to  sea  birds.  As  the  doves  returned 
in  flocks  across  the  Mediterranean,  resembled  gulls  in 
appearance,  and  nested  for  the  most  parts  on  the  cliffs, 
the  confusion  was  natural.  “Turtle”  (dove)  is  the  bird 
that  says  “tur-tur.”  “Turkey”  (which  in  French  is  coq 
d’Inde ) refers  to  its  supposed  oriental  origin;  as  a mat- 
ter of  fact,  however,  the  turkey  is  a purely  American 
bird,  and  was  introduced  to  the  old  world  about  1624 


from  Mexico,  where  it  had  been  domesticated  by  the 
subjects  of  .Montezuma.  It  is  a curious  fact  that  among 
the  Germans  of  Pennsylvania  the  turkey  is  called  “wild 
Welsh  cock” — an  interesting  survival,  no  doubt,  from  the 
time  when  anything  foreign  to  the  Teuton  was  “Welsh” 
—whence  Welshmen  for  native  Britons.  The  “pheasant” 
is  ana  her  example  of  a country  name,  that  of  Phasis, 
whence  ihe  bird  was  brought  to  Europe. 

In  regard  to  “grouse,”  Prof.  Scheie  de  Vere  suggests 
that  perhaps  it  is  from  grass,  which  in  early  English 
was  gerse;  but  Skeat  says:  “Grouse  appears  to  be  a false 
form,  evolved  from  the  old  word  gricc,  which  seems  to 
have  been  taken  as  a plural  form  (cf.  mouse,  mice) — O. 
F.  griesche,  gray,  speckled;  perdrix  griesche,  the  gray 
partridge.  * * * Origin  unknown.”  “Partridge”  is, 

of  course,  from  Latin  Perdu r;  but  in  many  parts  of  this 
country  is  wrongly  applied  to  the  grouse.  Our  quail 
(the  bird  that  crouches  or  “quails”)  is  nearer  a true  par- 
tridge. Its  pet  name  "Bob  White”  is  both  onomalopoetic 
and  a mark  of  our  liking,  akin  to  “Colin,”  a foreign 
shortening  of  Nicholas. 

This  brings  11s  to  the  tall  wading  birds,  most  of  which 
are  either  “herons”  or  “egrets.”  These  two  names,  though 
now  so  dissimilar,  were  originally  one,  both  coming  from 
the  old  High  German  hiegro,  which  Professor  Skeat 
thinks  refers  to  its  harsh  voice.  “Hiegro  became  in 
French  aigre,  of  which  the  diminutive  is  aigrette,  our 
egret;  hiegro  also  became  in  Low  Latin  aigro,  and  (in 
the  tenth  century)  airo,  whence  the  modern  French 
heron,  our  heron.  Heronshaw  means  a young  heron,  be- 
ing corrupted  from  the  French  heronceau,  as  is  proved 
by  the  northern  [English]  form  heronsew ; but  heron- 
shaw, meaning  a heronry,  is  a ‘shaw’  or  wood  where 
herons  build”  (Wharton).  “Ibis”  is  of  Coptic  descent, 
and  “stork”  an  Anglo-Saxcn  appellation  allied  to  “stalk,” 
and  referring  to  its  long  legs.  “Bittern”  is  probably  the 
disguise  of  an  ancient  word  (of  which  the  Mediaeval 
Latin  generic  term  Botaurus  is  an  adaptation)  originating 
in  an  attempt  to  express  the  booming  noise  made  by 
these  marsh  birds,  which  has  here  given  to  them  such 
vernacular  names  as  “thunderpump,”  “stake-driver,” 
“bog-bull,”  “pumpillion,”  “plunket,”  “caulker,”  and  “dunk 
a doo.”  Hence  botaurus  was  made  from  bos  taunts, 
taunts : being  a term  applied  by  Pliny  to  a bird  that  bel- 
lows like  an  ox.  In  several  European  languages  this  idea 
controls  the  vernacular  names. 

The  love  of  field  sports  which  characterizes  the 
Anglo-Saxon  race,  and  the  fact  that  this  people,  ever 
since  the  dawn  of  history,  have  been  dwellers  by  the 
sea,  have  combined  to  preserve  in  Great  Britain  and 
among  English-speaking  sailors  and  fishermen,  a large 
body  of  ancient  name-words  designating  the  birds  of  the 
beaches,  salt  marshes  and  open  sea.  As  many  of  these 
water  fowl  are  circumpolar  in  their  distribution,  and 
were  recognized  on  this  side  the  Atlantic  by  the  early 
colonists,  they  naturally  received  the  same  names  here, 
new  ones  being  coined,  as  a' rule,  only  where  the  species 
in  question  was  new  or  locally  peculiar  in  some  way. 

Gunners’  names  are  almost  legion  in  number,  and  are 
often  absurd  or  confusingly  applied;  but  without  trying 
to  sift  this  confusion,  since  this  is  not  an  essay  in 
ornithology,  it  will  be  interesting  to  examine  a few  of 
the  more  common  designations,  first  of  the  shore  birds, 
and  afterward  of  the  waterfowl. 

Such  words  as  “sandpiper”  and  its  diminutive  “sander- 
ling,”  “sand-runner.”  “beach-bird,”  “rock-bird,”  etc.,  ex- 
hibit their  beach-loving  propensities.  The  name  “knot” 
belongs  among  these,  since  it  has  been  supposed  to  be 
short  for  canutus.  or  King  Canute,  because,  like  that 
foolish  monarch,  this  bird  always  keeps  at  the  edge  of  the 
surf,  but  is  careful  to  retreat  just  as  far  as  the  waves 
advance.  But  there  are  other  theories:  one  that  it  was 
so  called  because  a favorite  dish  with  the  king,  being 
given  in  Draytcn’s  curious  poem,  “Pojybion”  (1612), 
thus : 

“The  knot  that  called  was  Canutus’  bird  of  old, 

Of  that  great  King  of  Danes,  his  name  that  still  doth  hold. 

His  appetite  to  please,  that  far  and  near  was  sought, 

For  him  (as  some  have  said)  from  Denmark  hither  brought.” 

Other  early  authors  support  this  version,  but  Mr.  J. 
E.  Harting.  of  London,  an  excellent  authority  in  such 
matters,  brings  evidence  to  show  that  the  word  is  no 
doubt  the  same  as  our  common  knot,  used  in  the  sense 
of  a cluster  (e.  g.,  “Richard  III.,”  3,  i.),  in  allusion  to 
the  habit  this  species  has  of  going  in  compact  little 
bunches  or  knots.  It  seems  probable  that  this  is  nearer 
the  truth,  and  that  the  story  about  Canute  is  one  of  those 
ex-post  facto  inventions  growing  out  of  an  equivoque 
which  are  so  frequent  in  history  as  well  as  in  etymology. 

In  this  category  also  falls  the  ruff,  whose  name  is 
usually  accredited  to  the  ruffle  of  feathers  around  its 
neck;  but  as  the  female  is  called  a reeve.  Professor  Skeat 
thinks  some  different  source  must  be  looked  to.  “Do- 
witch”  or  “dowitcher”  can  only  be  guessed  at ; as  dove 
(which  comes  from  dive,  and  is  a word  primitively  ap- 
plied to  sea  birds)  is  often  pronounced  “dow”  in  Eng- 
land, it  is  possible  that  the  gray  of  this  snipe’s  plumage 
may  have  suggested”  some  such  a name  as  dove-snipe. 
“Doughbird”  has  perhaps  the  same  origin.  “Dotterel” 
means  the  little  sleepy  head  or  doter. 

The  names  “humility”  (for  Lhnosa  fedoa),  “wander- 
ing tattler,”  or  “sandpiper,”  and  “tumstone,”  also  refer 
to  behavior.  “Tell-tale”  and  “tattler”  are  applied  to 
various  species  whose  wary  eyes  are  quick  to  detect  the 
gunner’s  presence,  and  to  warn  the  whole  region  of 
danger  by  loud  cries.  “Stilt,”  “long  shanks,”  “calico- 
back,”  “stint,”  (stunted),  and  many  others,  obviously 
refer  to  appearance;  one  of  these  is  “dunlin”  (properly 
“dunling,”  the  little  dun-colored  thing;  another  “brant- 
bird,”  or  burnt  bird,  from  its  charred  appearance  (cf. 
brant  goose)  ; a third  is  “avocet,”  derived  by  Skeat  from 
the  Spanish  avucasta,  coming  from  the  Latin  avis 
custa,  the  pure  or  chaste  bird,  in  reference  to  its 
white  plumage;  a fourth  is  “phalarope,”  meaning 
in  Greek,  ccot-footed;  a fifth  “ox-bird”  (or  “oxseve” 
in  the  United  States),  in  which  Mr.  Harting  finds  the 
Sanskrit  root  uksh,  “sprinkled,”  marking  their  speckled 
plumage.  Ernest  Ingersoll. 

[to  be  continued.] 


“Who’s  your  friend  over  there?”  “He’s  no  friend  of 
mine.”  “But  I just  heard  you  ask  him  for  a loan.”  “Yes, 
and  he  didn’t  let  me  have  it.” — Cleveland  Plain  Dealer. 


114! 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


[Feb.  ii,  1905. 


^ Boone  and  Crockett  Club* 


Annu 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  Boone  and  Crockett  Club 
was  held  in  Washington  on  Saturday,  February  4-  Fli. 
Arnold  Hague  entertained  the  club  at  his  house.  Mr. 
W.  Austin  Wadsworth  presided. 

The  secretary  reported  that  much  work  had  been 
accomplished  by  the  club  during  the  year;  that  they  had 
taken  a prominent  part  in  regard  to  the  Alaska  game 
laws,  and  had  also  successfully  opposed  the  passage  of 
the  repeal  of  the  law  prohibiting  spring  shooting  in  New 
York.  While  the  latter  is  somewnat  out  ot  tne  line  of 
the  general  work  of  the  club,  the  club  had  acted  in  con- 
nection with  other  organizations  in  the  general  interest 
of  the  protection  of  animals.  V ery  satisfactory  progress  m 
the  cause  of  game  protection  has  been  made  during  the 
year.  The  growth,  sentiment  and  interest  in  the  protec- 
tion of  game  is  strikingly  shown  by  the  replies  received 
from  the  members  of  Congress  to  whom  copies  of  the 

club  book  had  been  sent.  . 

The  following  officers  for  the  ensuing  year  have  been 
elected:  President,  W.  Austin  Wadsworth,  Geneseo,  N. 

Y. • Vice  Presidents — Charles  Deenng,  Illinois;  Walter 
B.  *Devereux,  Colorado;  Howard  Melville  Hanna,  Ohio; 
William  D.  Pickett,  Wyoming;  Archibald  Rogers,  Hew 
York;  Secretary,  Madison  Grant,  11  Wall  street,  Hew 
York  city;  Treasurer,  C.  Grant  La  barge,  30  L.  21st 
street,  Hew  York  city.  Executive  Committee— Alden 
Sampson,  Owen  WTster,  to  serve  until  1906;  Arnold 
Hague,  Winthrop  Chanler,  to  serve  until  1907;  Job11  Ltill 
Prentice,  James  Hathaway,  to  serve  until  190S.  Editorial 
Committee — George  Bird  Grinnell,  New  York;  Theodore 

Roosevelt,  Washington,  D.  C. 

After  the  meeting  of  the  club,  a banquet  was  held  at 
the  New  Willard  Hotel,  at  which  the  following  members 
were  present:  W.  Austin  Wadsworth,  Madison  Grant, 

Walter  H.  Brownson,  J.  Coleman  Drayton,  Arnold  Hague, 
J.  H.  Kidder,  C.  Grant  La  Large,  Henry  May,  H.  Clay 
Pierce,  Gifford  Pinchot,  John  Rogers,  Jr.;  Alden  Samp- 
son, W.  Cary  Sanger,  M.  G.  Seckendorft,  William  Lord 
Smith,  Henry  L.  Simpson,  Hon.  John  F.  Lacey,  C.  H. 
Merriam,  Major  Pitcher,  Commandant  of  Fort  Yellow- 
stone, and  Superintendent  of  the  Yellowstone  Park;  Win- 
throp Chanler,  A.  P.  Proctor,  judge  Townsend,  John  H. 
Prentice,  Senator  Newlands.  ihe  following  guests  were 
also  present:  Mr.  Roosevelt,  who  was  the  original 

founder  and  the  first  president  of  the  club;  Hon.  W.  E. 
Humphreys,  Representative  from  Washington;  Hon. 
Joseph  M.  Dixon,  Representative  from  Montana;  Dr.  E. 
W.  Nelson,  George  Shiras  3d,  Charles  Sheldon. 

Mr.  Roosevelt  congratulated  the  club  on  the  noticeable 
increase  in  the  support  that  all  .measures  foi.  the  pro- 
tection  of  the  forests  and  game  animals  are  receiving,  ana 
spoke  in  appreciation  of  the  large  part  which  the  club 
has  had  in  bringing  about  this  state  of  things. 

The  event  of  the  evening  was  an  address  by  one  of  . the 
members  of  the  club,  Mr.  William  Lord  Smith,  on  tiger 
shooting  in  Asia.  Mr.  Smith  has  hunted  tigers  from 
Corea  to  Manchuria,  China,  the  Malay  Peninsula,  Java, 
India  and  finally  in  Persia,  obtaining  specimens  from 
each  ’country  with  the  exception  of  Persia,  where  the 
tiger  is  scarcely  a game  animal,  as  it  has  taken  to  skulking 
in  caves,  and  has  abandoned  the  habits  which  make  it 
dangerous  in  Eastern  Asia.  The  address  .was  illustrated 
by  a series  of  lantern  slides  showing  hunting  scenes,  and 
was  characterized  by  great  modesty  on  the  part  of  . the 
speaker.  Mr.  Smith  had  on  exhibition  a number  of  tiger 
skins  and  skulls,  all  of  which  had  fallen  to  his  rifle.  d he 
address  was  one  of  the  most  remarkable  ever  delivered 
before  the  club,  and  excited  great  interest. 

At  the  annual  dinner  of  the  Boone  and  Crockett  Club 
the  guests  are  invited  only  by  the  Executive  Committee, 
and  consist  solely  of  men  of  special  distinction  111  the 
cause  of  game  protection,  or  who  have  achieved  some 
recent  and  interesting  exploits  in  hunting.  A dinner  will 
be  held  during  April,  however,  when  members  of  the 
club  will  be  at  liberty  to  bring  guests  with  them. 

Following  out  its  plan  of  endeavoring  to  interest  our 
legislators  and  the  public  in  the  preservation  of  the 
natural  resources  of  the  continent- — the  wild  animals  and 
the  forests — the  Boone  and  Crockett  Club— as  above  sug- 
gested in  the  report  of  the  secretary— recently  sent  out  to 
members  of  Congress  and  a few  other  individuals  espe- 
cially interested  in  the  subject,  a number  of  copies  of  its 
last  publication,  “American  Big  Game  In  Its  Haunts. 

The  volume  is  one  of  about  500  pages,  beautifully  illus- 
trated. It  opens  with  a sketch  of  President  Roosevelt, 
the  founder  of  the  club,  followed  by  an  article  from  his 
pen  on  “Wilderness  Reserves,”  and  contains  also  these 
chapters:  “The  Zoology  of  North  American  Big  Game,” 
Arthur  Erwin  Brown;  “Big-Game  Shooting  in  Alaska,” 
James  H.  Kidder;  “The  Kadiak  Bear  in  His  Home,”  W. 
Lord  Smith;  “The  Mountain  Sheep  and  Its  Range,’ 
George  Bird  Grinnell ; “Preservation  of  the  Wild  Animals 
of  North  America,”  Henry  Fairfield  Osborn;  “Distribu- 
tion of  the  Moose,”  Madison  Grant;  “The  Creating  of 
Game  Refuges,”  Alden  Sampson;  “The  Temiskaming 
Moose,”  Paul  J.  Dashiell;  “Two  Trophies  from  India,” 
John  H.  Prentice. 

There  are  several  editorial  articles  dealing  with  Big 
Game  Refuges,”  “The  Forest  Reserves  of  North 
America,”  and  “Forest  Reserves  as  Game  Preserves.” 
The  whole  makes  a work  of  the  greatest  interest  to 
sportsmen,  naturalists,  and  those  who  are  merely  inter- 
ested in  the  economic  side  of  forest  preservation. 

' From  the  gentlemen  to  whom  the  volumes  were  sent 
have  been  received  a multitude  of  notes  of  acknowledg- 
ment, indicating  a sincere  appreciation  of  the  work  of  the 
club  as  shown  in  its  latest  volume,  and,  what  is  more 
important,  a hearty  interest  in  this  work,  and  an  apparent 


wish  to  co-operate  with  the  club  in  its  efforts  to  bring 
about  better  conditions. 

A few  extracts  from  some  of  these  letters  of  acknowl- 
edgment we  are  permitted  to  print: 

As  a sportsman  myself,  the  book  will  be  of  great  inter- 
est to  me,  and  I am  in  entire  sympathy  with  the  splen- 
did work  which  your  club  is  doing  in  the  protection  and 
preservation  of  the  natural  resources  of  the  continent. — 
Wm.  P.  Frye. 

It  has  given  me  a great  deal  of  pleasure  to  scan  its 
pages,  and  I shall  from  time  to  time  have  additional 
pleasure  in  giving  it  more  careful  reading.  I live  in  the 
land  of  big  game.  No  State  has  so  varied  and  ample  a 
supply  as  Idaho. — W.  P.  Hepburn. 

I * * * ijeg  congratulate  the  club  on  the  good 
work  it  is  doing.- — J.  H.  Gallinger. 

I assure  you  of  a deep  interest  in  the  matter  touched 
upon  in  your  letter,  and  beg  to  say  that  I will  gladly  sup- 
port any  measures  tending  to  this  additional  protection 
and  for  the  creation  of  additional  parks.  I consider 
myself  fortunate  in  the  possession  of  this  volume,  which 
I shall  take  pleasure  in  reading. — Jos.  Howell  (Utah). 

I desire  to  express  to  you  my  appreciation  of  it,  and 
to  assure  you  of  my  sincere  desire  to  co-operate  in  every 
way  possible  in  the  purpose  mentioned  in  your  letter.  I 
feel  a deep  interest  in  these  matters.— Geo.  F.  Burgess 
(Texas). 

I am  thoroughly  in  sympathy  with  the  movement,  and 
shall  gladly  do  anything  in  my  power  to  aid  it.  My  only 
regret  is  that  my  experience  in  hunting  has  not  yet  qual- 
ified me  for  membership  in  a club  which  is  doing  such 
good  work  as  yours. — J.  H.  Davidson  (Wisconsin). 

The  publication  is  one  which  has  aroused  my  interest, 
and  it  will  be  a pleasure  for  me  to  peruse  it.  In  matters 
of  Federal  legislation  I have  been  in  favor  of  all  measures 
which  had  for  their  object  the  preservation  and  propaga- 
tion of  game.— John  J.  Esch  (Wisconsin). 

I am  in  full  sympathy  with  the  aims  of  your  club,  and 
that  is  an  additional  reason  why  I prize  the  book. — B.  S. 
Rodey. 

I am  deeply  interested  in  the  preservation  of  forests 
and  of  game,  and  am  especially  glad  to  have  you  call  my 
attention  to  the  articles  by  President  Roosevelt,  Professor 
Osborn  and  Mr.  Sampson.— D.  S.  Alexander  (New 
York). 

1 do  not  know  whether  it  was  by  design  or  by  accident 
that  you  happened  to  send  me  this  work,  but  I am  very 
much  interested  along  the  line  of  the  work  which  your 
club  is  doing.  As  you  know,  I live  at  Seattle,  in  a coun- 
try where  there  is  still  some  big  game,  and  most  of  it 
needs  protection,  especially  the  . Roosevelt  . elk  in  the 
Olympics. — W.  E.  Humphrey  (Washington). 

I think  you  may  count  upon  Congress  to  act  liberally 
and  wisely  in  the  matter  of  preserving  our  forests  and 
public  parks.- — H.  S.  Boutell  (Illinois). 

You  could  not  have  sent  me  anything  more  interesting, 
and  I can  say  to  you  with  enthusiasm  that  all  proposed 
legislation  for  the  protection  of  the  natural  resources  of 
the  country  and  their  preservation  shall  find  in  me  a loyal 
friend. — Abraham  L.  Brick. 

You  could  not  have  sent  me  a publication  that  I would 
have  appreciated  more.  I have  camped  eleven  seasons  in 
the  Rocky  Mountains,  hunting  big  game,  and  I am  an 
enthusiastic  sportsman.  I enthusiastically  favor  both 
State  and  Federal  game  protection.  I assure  you  that 
I will  do  everything  possible  in  that  direction. — Ben  F. 
Caldwell  (Illinois). 

I am  heartily  in  sympathy  with  the  object  of  your  club, 
and  I shall  take  pleasure,  when  opportunity  arises,  in 
furthering  the  object  by  proper  legislation.— E.  Y.  Webb 
(North  Carolina). 

I usually  succeed  in  spending  a month  of  each  year  in 
the  woods  myself,  and  while  the  time  is  almost  exclu- 
sively given  to  fishing,  I am  in  thorough  sympathy  with 
the  aims  and  purposes  of  your  association.  I beg  to  say 
that  if  at  any  time  I can  in  my  capacity  as  a member  of 
Congress  promote  such  purposes,  I should  be  very  glad 
to  do  so. — J.  S.  Sherley  (Kentucky). 

I am  not  only  earnestly  interested  in  the  preservation 
of  the  forests  and  game  of  the  country,  but  I am  an  en- 
thusiastic admirer  of  the  hardy  men  for  whom  your 
unique  club  is  named.  The  last  home  and  the  original 
burying  place  of  Boone  were  in  Warren  county,  Missouri, 
which  is  in  my  Congressional  district.  The  Kentucky 
Legislature  promised  to  erect  a monument  on  the  spot 
where  Boone  was  originally  buried  in  return  for  the 
privilege  of  removing  the  bones  to  Kentucky.  This 
promise  has  never  been  kept. — Champ  Clark  (Missouri). 

I am  heartily  in  sympathy  with  the  objects  of  your 
association,  and  it  will  give  me  pleasure  to  aid  in  securing 
legislation  tending  to  protect  and  preserve  the  animals 
and  birds  which  form  a picturesque  attractiveness  that 
cannot  be  spared  from  the  rugged  grandeur  of  our 
country’s  wilds. — H.  L.  Maynard  (Virginia). 

It  is  late,  I fear,  for  any  action  to  influence  the  work 
of  the  present  Congress,  but  I took  pains  to  introduce  the 
subject  at  the  recent  meeting  of  the  State  Academy  of 
Science  in  connection  with  a paper  read  at  that  time, 
and  presented  the  following  resolutions,  which  were 
adopted : 

Whereas,  The  destruction  of  large  animals  in  this  country  has 
brought  many  kinds  to  the  verge  of  extinction,  and  promises, 
unless  speedily  checked,  to  ultimately  lead  to  the  extermination 
of  all;  and 

Whereas,  Such  an  outcome  would  be  to  the  public  a serious 
deprivation  by  removing  natural  features  of  the  greatest  interest 
to  tourists  and  pleasure  seekers,  and  of  the  greatest  educational 
value;  to  the  nation  a deplorable  waste  by  the  sacrifice  of  great 
natural  wealth  before  its  value  can  be  calculated,  or  its  possibili- 
ties investigated;  and  to  the  scientific  world  at  large  an  irreparable 
loss;  therefore,  be  it 


Resolved,  by  the  Nebraska  Academy  of  Sciences,  That  it  does' 
most  heartily  indorse  all  measures  w'hich  may  serve  to  keep  the 
killing  of  such  animals  within  reasonable  bounds  and  prevent  such 
extermination,  including  the  enactment  of  laws  restricting  the  ■ 
killing  of  them  and  the  setting  aside  of  game  and  forest  preserves 
under  Government  control;  and  further  be  it 

Resolved.  That  copies  of  these  resolutions  he  furnished  for  ' 
publication  to  the  press  of  the  State,  and  be  also  communicated 
to  our  representatives  in  Congress,  with  the  request  that  they 
lend  all  the  support  in  their  power  to  such  legislation. 

Especially  deplorable  is  in  this  State  the  killing  of  the 
few  remaining  antelope  and  deer  and  the  shooting  of  j 
eagles.- — Robt.  H.  Wolcott  (Nebraska). 

The  Boone  and  Crockett  Club,  if  it  never  did  anything 
else,  deserves  the  thanks  of  every  American  citizen  for 
the  agitation  started  setting  aside  breeding  grounds  as 
havens  of  rest  for  our  big  game.  That  agitation  taken 
up  by  your  club  has  spread  all  over  the  United  States;  we 
feel  the  effects  even  here  in  Minnesota,  where  we  have  - 
set  aside  several  small  tracts  of  land,  where  shooting  of 
all  kinds  is  prohibited,  and  we  see  the  effects  in  the  in- 
crease of  our  big  game  just  from  small  tracts,  scattered 
throughout  the  State. — Sam  F.  Fullerton  (Minnesota).  5 

I have  always  felt  that  the  diminution  of  sporting  with 
the  rod  and  gun  was  a loss  to  the  country,  a loss  in  health 
and  happiness,  in  the  pure  and  beautiful  outdoor  life. 
Let  us  try  to  preserve  it  as  long  as  we  can.  That  has  . 
been  my  effort  through  life,  and  1 am  glad  that  your  club 
is  taking  up  the  good  work  in  an  earnest  way.  As  the  k 
president  of  the  New  York  Society  for  the  Protection 
of  Game,  I can  promise  you  our  hearty  support. — Robert 
B.  Roosevelt. 

Heart  and  soul  am  I interested  in  nature  and  in  all  ef- 
forts to  maintain  the  equilibrium  thereof. — E.  W. 
Brackett  ( M assachusetts ) . 

At  the  last  session  of  Congress  I had  the  pleasure  of 
co-operating  in  the  passage  of  the  bill  by  which  20,000 
acres  were  added  to  our  State  Forest  Reserve  area  in 
Northern  Minnesota.  While  Governor  I succeeded  in  ex- 
tending the  boundaries  of  the  Itasca  Park  materially.  _ I 
also  secured  a family  of  beaver  for  the  park  from  Canada. 

1 hope  to  see  our  park  and  game  reserve  area  extended  to 
at  least  100,000  acres  in  the  northern  part  of  our  State 
shortly.  I mention  these  matters  only  to  indicate  that 
you. can  count  on  my  co-operation  in  furthering  the  aims 
of  your  club  on  any  and  all  occasions. — John  Lind 
(Minnesota). 

The  volume  has  really  much  interested  me,  and  I think  ; 
such  publications  will  be  a great  help  for  the  protection  : 
of  our  game,  as  they  contribute  largely  to  spread  all  over 
the  continent  the  knowledge  we  ought  to  have  on  the  ■ 
importance  of  protecting  our  fish  and  game. — Hector 
Caron  (Canada). 


The  Shiras  Bill* 

Denver,  Colo.,  Jan.  3.- — Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 
In  my  letter  of  December  16,  published  in  your  issue 
of  December  31,  in  relation  to  the  Shiras  migratory- 
bird  bill,  I stated  incidentally  that,  in  my  opinion, 
Congress  had  no  power  to  extend  Federal  protection 
of  game  over  private  -lands,  but  could  extend  such 
protection  over  all  public  lands,  as  an  incident  to  the 
control  of  their  occupancy  and  use,  and  that  this 
could  be  effected  by  regulations  in  accord  with  the 
laws  of  the  States  in  which  such  lands  lie. 

Since  writing  that  letter,  and  in  your  issue  of  the 
24th  ult.,  I notice  that  Representative  Lacey,  of 
Iowa,  has  introduced  a bill  looking  to  the  designation 
by  the  President  of  a game  preserve  in  the  Wichita 
Forest  Reserve  in  Oklahoma.  In  this  bill  not  only 
the  idea  above  indicated  is  embraced,  but  it  goes 
further,  in  that  it  entirely  supersedes  the  local  laws 
within  the  limits  of  the  area  to  be  set  aside  as  a game 
preserve.  It  is  also  properly  based  on  the  power  to 
control  the  occupancy  and  use  of  the  land  rather  than 
the  right  of  property  in  the  game,  and  also  confers 
the  power  on  the  “Secretary”  of  Agriculture  to  make 
the  rules  restricting  hunting  thereon,  and  provides 
the  penalty  in  the  lave  itself,  instead  of  undertaking 
to  authorize  the  “Department’'  of  Agriculture  to  make 
the  rules  and  also  prescribe  what  the  penalty  for  vio- 
lation shall  be,  thus  avoiding  two  fatal  defects  in  the 
Shiras  bill. 

The  committee  to  whom  the  Lacey  bill  was  re- 
ferred not  only  reported  it  favorably,  but  called  atten- 
tion to  the  fact  that  the  President  in  a former  message 
asked  that  such  authority  be  given  him  as  to  all  the 
forest  reserves  in  the  United  States.  No  general  law 
in  this  direction  has  as  yet  been  passed. 

Many  lawyers  have  expressed  doubts  as  to  the 
power  of  Congress  to  interfere  even  on  public  lands 
with  the  police,  power  of  the  States  as  to  game  protec- 
tion. These  doubts  have  arisen  from  viewing  the 
question  on  the  basis  of  legislation  aimed  at  game 
protection  alone,  and  from  this  view  they  are  unques- 
tionably well  founded;  but  I am  quite  well  satisfied 
that  when  this  Congressional  power  is  exercised  in 
prescribing  merely  the  conditions  under  which  the 
public  lands  may  be  entered  upon  for  the  purpose  of 
hunting  (not  only  game  quadrupeds,  but  birds,  migra-. 
tory,  song  and  insectivorous),  it  will  be  a valid  exer- 
cise of  such  power,  even  if  one  of  its  effects  may  be 
to  interfere  with  the  right  to  hunt  as  given  in  State 
game  laws. 

The  same  principle  is  involved  as  is  involved  in  the 
unquestionable  right  of  any  owner  of  land  to  prohibit 
others  from  coming  at  any  time  on  his  land  to  hunt, 
while  permitting  them  to  enter  it  for  other  purposes, 
and  notwithstanding  the  State  laws  may  give  the  right 
to  every  one  to  hunt  at  particular  seasons,  as  such 
right  to  hunt  confers  no  right  to  trespass  on  another’s 
land  for  that  purpose. 


Feb.  ii,  igos.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


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The  distinction  between  such  a prohibition  and  one 
involving  the  protection  of  game  alone,  is  obviotiS, 

Now,  if  the  President  will  go  one  step  further  than 
he  did  in  his  former  message,  and  request  it,  or  if 
Congress  will  take  the  step  without  such  request,  and 
put  not  only  the  forest  reserves,  but  nil  public  lands 
under  similar  control  and  regulations,  and  require  all 
United  States  marshals,  timber  agents  and  forest  offi- 
cers to  enforce  the  regulations  (and  see  that  they  do 
enforce  them),  it  will  go  far  toward  solving  the  ques- 
tion of  game  protection  on  all  such  lands,  and  will, 
as  stated  in  my  former  letter,  furnish  almost  perfect 
protection  to  the  big  game  of  the  West,  the  great 
majority  of  which  ranges  the  entire  year  on  public 
landss  but  on  forest  reserves  only  in  the  summer 
■season. 

As  to  attempted  Federal  protection  of  game  oh  pri- 
vate lands,  because  it  may  happen  to  be  migratory,  as 
contemplated  by  the  Shiras  bill,  in  my  opinion  it  is 
clearly  an  invasion  of  State  rights,  no  matter  how 
desirable  it  might  be. 

That  the  game  within  the  State,  on  land  or  water, 
although  its  presence  there  is  transitory,  is  neverthe- 
less the  property  of  the  State  in  which  it  for  the  time 
being  is,  has  been  too  long  settled  by  judicial  decision 
to  admit  of  question,  and  any  effort  to  interfere  with 
this  property  by  Federal  legislation  based  solely  on 
game  protection  will  surely  prove  nugatory. 

I have  read  all  the  letters  from  game  wardens  Slid 
other  game  protectionists  that  have  appeared  in  your 
paper  favoring  the  passage  of  the  Shiras  bill,  some  of 
them  declaring  that  no  sportsman  will  ever  fight  it  if 
passed,  although  of  doubtful  validity. 

The  passage  of  invalid  game  laws  at  the  instance  of 
enthusiasts  in  game  protection  who  often  leave  out 
of  the  question,  or  ignore,  the  constitutional  limita- 
tions on  legislative  power  (such  as  is  popularly  de- 
nominated “one-eyed  legislation”),  has  been  one  of 
the  greatest  obstacles  to  efficient  laws  and  their  rigor- 
ous enforcement. 

Numerous  cases  have  been  prosecuted  under  such 
invalid  laws,  resulting  invariably  in  the  defeat  of  the 
game  authorities  and  the  success  of  the  violators  in 
retaining  possession  of  the  game  in  question,  and 
sometimes  in  mulcting  the  prosecutors  in  heavy 
'damages  and  costs;  the  remoter  consequences  being 
fear  on  the  part  of  game  wardens  generally  to  prose- 
cute under  invalid  laws,  and  corresponding  encourage- 
ment of  violators  to  continue  to  transgress  all  laws._ 

It  is  quite  true,  as  stated,  that  real  sportsmen  will 
not  fight  this  bill  even  if  of  doubtful  validity,  but  such 
sportsmen  are  not  law  violators. 

The  meat  hunters  and  game  dealers,  however, 
whom  game  laws  are  especially  intended  to  restrain, 
will  fight  it  to  the  bitter  end,  and  if  enacted  and  found 
not  to  be  valid,  it  will  fall, 

Therefore  it  seems  to  me  unwise  in  the  extfeme  to 
favor  the  passage  of  any  game  law  which  has  nothing 
but  enthusiasm  and  necessity  for  its  foundation,  and 
the  final  overthrow  of  which  will  result  only  in  weak- 
ening the  cause  of  game  protection. 

Representative  Lacey  is  also  the  author  of  the  act 
regulating  interstate  commerce  in  game,  and  is  well 
posted  in  the  legal  relations  between  the  States  and 
the  United  States,  and  can,  no  doubt,  be  induced  to 
fo-*- and  introduce  a bill  on  the  lines  I have 
indicated. 

as  to  Federal  protection  of  birds,  migratory  and 
otherwise,  it  is  quite  probable  that  it  can  be  lawfully 
extended  to  all  inland  navigable  waters  and  public 
waters  along  the  coast,  by  prohibiting  shooting 
thereon  (under  the  guise  of  enhancing  the  safety  of 
navigation  or  something  of  that  kind),  except  under 
regulations  promulgated  by  the  Secretary  of  the 
Department  having  control  of  such  waters. 

D.  C.  Beaman. 


State  of  New  Jersey 
Fish  and  Game  Commissioners. 

' Long  Branch,  N.  J.,  Feb.  i. — Editor  Forest  and 
Stream:  I am  heartily  in  favor  of  the  movement  to  place 

migratory  fowl  under  the  protection  of  the  Government. 
While  it  may  work  a hardship  in  some  localities,  it  is 
idecidedly  the  best  thing  to  do,  and  will  be  the  means  un- 
doubtedly of  preserving  the  remnant  of  game  that  we  now 
have.  The  difficulty  with  most  States  is  that  the  members 
'of  the  Legislature,  in  order  to  please  individual  con- 
stituents, are  constantly  tampering  with  the  laws  and  pos- 
sessing enough  political  influence  to  have  their  measures 
passed  through,  and  from  time  to  time  placed  upon  the 
'statute  book  laws  in  the  different  States  entirely  at 
Variance  with  each  other,  and  absolutely  vicious,  so  far  as 
protection  goes.  Now,  with  the  Government  in  charge, 
they  would  make  one  uniform  rule  to  go  by,  and  the  birds 
would  receive  proper  protection  in  every  State  of  the 
Union.  I quite  agree  with  everything  stated  in  your  edi- 
torial of  December  io,  and  I sincerely  trust,  that  all  who 
are  interested  in  the  subject  will  make  it  their  business  to 
advocate  the  passage  of  the  law.  Benj.  P . Morris. 


Quebec  Game  Statistics* 


Aylmer,  East  Quebec,  Canada,  Jan.  26. — Editor  Forest 
id  Stream:  The  following  are  the  numbers  of  deer, 

oose  and  caribou  shipped  during  open  season,  October 
id  November,  1904,  in  the  counties  of  Ottawa  and 
ontiac,  as  far  as  reported  from  stations  on  the  Canadian 
acific  Railway,  Province  of  Quebec: 

Kipawa.  30  moose:  Temiskaming,  22  moose;  Grand  Piles,  from 
Maurice,  3 moose,  1 caribou;  Montebello  74  deer ; Pointe-au- 
hene,  34  deer;  Papineauville,  100  deer;  North  Nation  Mdls  12 
:er;  Thurso,  8 deer;  Buckingham,  35  deer;  Hull,  42  deer.  Tota. 
1 deer,  55  moose  and  1 caribou.  . 00  ,r  , T 

Labelle  Division,  C.  P.  R— Deer:  St.  Jovite  .22,  Mont  Trem- 

ant,  15;  Annonciation,  13;  Labelle,  50;  Nomimngue,  128,  total, 

Gatineau  Branch,  C.  P.  R.— Deer:  Wakefield  6 y N°rth  Wake- 

sld,  G:  Low,  12;  Venosta,  S;  Razabazua,  124;  Giacefield,  138, 
laniwaki,  9;  total,  303  deer;  Maniwaki  4 moose^ 

Pontiac  Branch  C.  P.  R.— Shawville  88  deem  Campbells  Bay,  14 
eer;  Coulonge,  37  deer;  Waltham,  4 deer,  3 moose,  total  143 

Eastern ''Towiishipa.—Deert  Megantic.  station.  148;  Scotstown, 

!2.  Total  270.  . 

Tota’ - rE'r  1 339-  moose,  (52;  caribou,  1. 

■ ' ’ N.  F.  Cormier. 

Provincial  Game  Warden  and  fishery  Or  ei  Seer. 


Adirondack  Animals, 

_ By  courtesy  of  Mr.  John  D.  Whish,  secretary  of  the 
r orest,  Fish  and  Garrie  Cottlrtlission,  we  are  permitted 
to  publish  from  advance  sheets  the  following  para- 
graphs of  his  report  to  Commissioner  D.  C.  Middleton: 
In  presenting  the  compilation  showing  the  condition 
of  the  more  important  wild  animals  of  the  woods,  it 
is  a satisfaction  to  note  again  the  fact  that,  under  the 
prevailing  laws,  there  is  a continuation  of  conditions 
satisfactory  to  the  great  mass  of  sportsmen.  Recent 
evidence  to  this  effect  was  given  at  the  annual  meeting 
of  the  Black  River  Fish  and  Game  Protective  Associa- 
tion, in  December,  when  the  secretary,  Mr.  W.  E, 
Wolcott,  said  in  his  report: 

Meil  who  are  familiar  with  the  Adirondack  region, 
and  have  had  long  experience  in  deer  hunting  agree 
that  since  jacking  and  hounding  were  abolished  there 
has  been  a marked  increase  in  the  number  of  cervine 
animals;  and  that,  notwithstanding  the  fact  that  the 
ranks  of  the  hunters  have  been  receiving  large  ac- 
cessions annually,  there  are  more  deer  in  the  woods 
now  than  there  were  twenty  years  ago. 

There  is,  however,  no  question  that  the  hunters  had 
a poor  season  in  the  Adirondacks  as  well  as  in  the 
Maine  woods  in  1904.  The  leaves  were  late  in  falling, 
there  was  little  rain  or  snow  to  wet  them  down  or 
cover  them  after  the  trees  and  brush  were  bare,  and, 
altogether,  natural  conditions  did  not  favor  °-ood  shoot- 
ing. It  is  also  a fact  that  many  sportsmen  were  de- 
tained from  their  annual  pastime  by  their  interest  in  the 
political  work  of  the  campaign,  and  did  not  spend  the 
usual  number  of  days  in  the  deer  forest.  Neverthe- 
less the  reports  of  shipments  made  from  various 
Adirondack  points  by  the  American  and  National  Ex- 
press Companies  show  that  the  hunters  had  fairly  good 
luck  in  spite  of  unusual  disadvantages.  The  returns 
for  the  past  five  seasons  are  as  follows: 

The  Annual  Kill. 


Year.  Carcasses.  Saddles.  Heads. 

1900 1,020  89  95 

1901. 1,062  103  121 

190^ L354  1 13  193 

1903  1,961  145  188 

1904  '. 1,618  124  152 


From  this  table  it  appears  that  those  who  predicted 
that  the  aggregate  number  of  deer  killed  during  the 
past  season  would  prove  to  be  considerably  smaller 
than  the  number  killed  during  the  open  season  for 
several  years  past  were  mistaken  in  their  judgment. 
1 lie  figures  show  that  the  hunters  procured  a greater 
number  of  deer  in  1904  than  they  did  in  any  previous 
season  except  that  of  1903,  which  shows  an  unusual 
increase,  and  which  was  noted  at  the  time. 

Attention  is  also  called  to  the  gratifying  results  of 
the  investigation  made  by  your  order  as  to  the  mor- 
tality among  the  deer,  the  published  reports  of  which 
were  at  one  time,  so  alarming.  Undoubtedly  a number 
of  deer  died  in  the  Adirondacks  and  on  Long  Island 
last  spring,  from  causes  which  were  not  generally  under- 
stood; but  it  will  be  highly  satisfactory  to  sportsmen  to 
know  bat  t'  ere  was  no  general  epidemic  in  the  forest 
and  that  there  was  no  widespread  destruction  among 
the  herds  of  deer.  The  investigation  shows  that  these 
deaths  occurred  in  well  defined  localities  and  from 
natural  causes. 

E k a rd  Moose. 

Reports  indicate  that  the  number  of  wild  elk  in  the 
Adirondacks  has  increased  steadily  since  the  first  herd 
of  twenty-two  was  liberated  in  June,  1901.  The  animals 
are  so  widely  distributed  through  the  Adirondack 
counties,  and  have  so  separated  into  small  bands  that 
it  is  no  longer  possible  to  state  accurately  their  num- 
ber. It  is  estimated,  however,  after  making  allowance 
for  probable  fatalities  that  there  are  no  less  than  200 
elk  now  in  the  woods.  The  animals  appear  to  winter 
well,  and  the  experiment  of  re-introducing  elk  into  the 
woous  is,  no  doubt,  a success.  During  the  last  session 
of  the  Legislature  an  act  was  passed  giving  the  Com- 
mission authority  to  acquire  live  elk  by  gift  as  well  as 
by  purchase.  As  no  appropriation  is  available,  dona- 
tions of  elk  to  the  State  would  prove  highly  acceptable, 
if  only  for  the  purpose  of  infusing  new  blood  into  the 
present  herds. 

Owing  to  the  lack  of  an  appropriation,  it  has  not 
been  possible  to  procure  additional  moose.  The  friends 
of  the  movement  to  restore  this  animal  to  the  Adiron- 
dacks insist  that  not  enough  moose  have  been  pur- 
chased and  liberated  to  make  the  experiment  a fair 
one.  They  point  to  the  success  which  has  attended  the 
introduction  of  elk  as  an  evidence  of  what  might  be 
done  if  sufficient  number  of  moose  could  be  set  at 
liberty. 

The  Bfack  Bear, 

Sportsmen,  headed  by  Mr.  H.  V.  Radford,  of  New 
York,  last  winter  secured  the  passage  of  an  act  which 
gave  the  black  bear  legal  recognition  as  a game  animal 
for  the  first  time  in  the  history  of  the  State.  Under 
this  law  the  bear  is  protected  during  the  months  of 
July,  August  and  September,  the  time  when  its  pelt 
is  without  value.  The  law  also  provides  for  the  filing 
of  a report  with  the  commission  by  each  hunter  killing 
a bear,"  so  as  to  show  the  place  and  date  and  the  sex 
and  weight. 

The  reports  received  by  the  commission  from  the 
time  the  law  went  into  effect  (May  9)  to  Dec.  31,  are 
shown  in  the  following  summary  by  counties:  Cat- 

taraugus 3,  Clinton  5,  Delaware  1,  Essex  27,  Franklin  1, 
Fulton  4,  Greene  18,  Hamilton  7,  Herkimer  8,  Lewis  3, 
St.  Lawrence  6,  Ulster  19,  Warren  4;  total,  106. 

The  greatest  weight  record  was  that  of  a male  bear 
shot  in  Cattaraugus  county  by  F.  E.  Morrison,  of 
Tunesassa.  It  was  428  pounds.  Four  other  bears 
reached  or  exceeded  a weight  of  400  pounds.  Seven 
were  given  as  weighing  between  300  and  400  pounds; 
nineteen  between  200  and  300  pounds,  and  twenty-eight 
irom  100  to  200  pounds.  Seventeen  were  recorded  as 
weighing  less  than  100  pounds,  three  of  which  were 
cubs  weighing  but  ten  pounds  apiece.  The  weights  of 
thirty  of- the  bears  reported  killed  were  not  given. 


It  is  not  probable  that  the  above  records  include  the 
entire  number  of  bears  killed  in  the  State  during  the 
time  specified.  The  Hon.-  Charles  C.  Coutant,  member 
of  Assembly  from  Ulster  county,  declares  that  fully 
fifty  bears  were  taken  in  his  county  during  1904.  If 
this  be  true  more  than  one-half  were  not  reported  to 
the  commission.  While  the  law  enacted  by  the  last 
Legislature  providing  for  a close  season  on  bruin  re- 
quires that  “Whosoever  shall  kill  or  take  a black  bear 
shall  within  sixty  days  file  with  the  Forest,  Fish  and 
Game  Commission  a record  of  the  date  such  black 
bear  was  killed  or  taken,  the  place  where  killed  or 
taken,  together  with  the  sex  and  approximate  weight 
of  said  bear,”  through  a technical  mistake  the  penalty 
of  $25  for  failure  to  so  report  was  dropped  out  when 
the  act  became  effective,  so  that  at  present  the  com- 
mission is  unable  to  effectually  enforce  the  require- 
ment. It  is  presumed  that  the  Legislature  of  1905  will 
supply  the  omission. 

In  Essex  county,  where  a bounty  is  paid  on  bears 
killed,  the  Hon.  C,  C.  Whitney,  county  treasurer,  re- 
ports that  the  total  number  of  bounties  paid  during 
1904  was  thirty-nine. 

Beaver  and  Otter. 

With  the  appropriation  of  $500  made  by  the  last 
Legislature  for  the  purchase  of  beaver,  which  Mr. 
Radford  and  other  sportsmen  hope  to  restore  to  the 
Adirondacks,  the  commission  has  been  able  to  pur- 
chase three  pairs  of  these  interesting  animals  and  an 
additional  male.  The  beaver  were  taken  to  Old  Forge 
late  in  December,  and  ordered  kept  there  at  the  State 
hatchery  through  the  winter,  as  it  was  not  deemed  ad- 
visable to  liberate  them  until  spring.  The  Adirondack 
guides  are  taking  great  interest  in  this  experiment,  and 
it  is  hoped  that  in  time  colonies  of  beaver  will  again 
be  found  in  many  parts  of  the  forest. 

The  last  Legislature  also  enacted  a law  forbidding 
the  taking  of  any  otter  prior  to  Oct.  1,  1906.  This 
action  on  behalf  of  a rare  and  valuable  animal  indi- 
cates the  awakening  interest  of  the  people  in  the  more 
important  fur-bearing  animals  of  the  State.  To  preserve, 
to  perpetuate  and  to  restore  is  every  year  becoming 
more  and  more  the  wise  policy  of  the  State  as  its 
citizens  come  more  fully  to  understand  and  appreciate 
the  important  position  which  game  and  forest  conser- 
vation hold  toward  the  health,  happiness  and  prosperity 
of  the  Commonwealth.  John  D.  Whish,  Sec’y, 


Four  carcasses  of  dead  deer  from  the  Adirondacks 
were  sent  to  the  Bender  Hygienic  Laboratory  at 
Albany,  where  they  were  studied  by  Richard  M.  Pearce. 
The  result  of  the  investigation  as  given  by  him  follows: 

Death  did  not  result  from  an  acute  bacterial  in- 
fection as  a careful  bacteriological  examination  of  each 
animal  was  negative.  The  suggestion  in  regard  to 
foot-and-mouth  disease  has  not  been  confirmed.  No 
lesions  of  turberculosis  existed. 

The  constant  and  prominent  features  are  (1)  _ ex- 
treme emaciation,  and  (2)  fluke  disease  of  the  liver. 
The  first,  indicative  of  malnutrition,  points  to  starva- 
tion as  the  cause  of  death.  Opposed  to  this,  however, 
we  have  the  knowledge  that  in  each  animal,  the  stomach 
and  intestines  contained,  respectively,  a comparatively 
large  amount  of  food  and  faeces.  If  death  was  due 
to  starvation,  we  must  assume  that  the  material  eaten 
possessed  insufficient  nutritive  value.  It  is  to  be  re- 
gretted that  a more  thorough  examination  of  this  ma- 
terial was  not  made.  The  whole  twigs  examined  ap- 
pear to  be  hemlock  and  spruce. 

From  the  evidence  of  guides,  hunters  and  others  it 
is  evident  that  fluke  disease  of  the  deer  is  a common, 
if  not  constant  condition,  and  that  this  lesion  alone  is 
apparently  insufficient  to  account  for  death.  On  the 
other  hand  it  is  possible  that  this  infection  with  the 
great  degree  of  blood  destruction  accompanying  it, 
might  in  connection  with  the  insufficient  food  supply 
of  winter,  lead  to  considerable  fatality.  Histological 
examination  of  the  liver  of  each  animal  shows  marked 
chronic  inflammation,  while  the  spleen  of  each  exhibits 
evidence  of  extensive  blood  destruction.  I am,  there- 
fore, strongly  of  the  opinion  that  these  two  factors — 
poor  food  supply  and  fluke  disease — are  responsible 
for  the  death  of  these  animals.  In  regard  to  this  pos- 
sibility I wrote  to  Dr.  Chas.  Wardell  Stiles,  Consulting 
Zoologist  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C.,  giving  him  complete  data  of  the  situation. 
In  his  reply,  Dr.  Stiles  says:  “Several  outbreaks  of 
liver  fluke  disease  in  deer  have  been  reported  and,  if 
the  infection  is  severe,  I think  it  very  possible  that 
that  parasite  is  responsible  for  the  trouble  you  are  in- 
vestigating.” , , . . , 

I regret  that  after  exhausting  every  promising  method 
of  investigation  I cannot'  come  to  a more  definite  con- 
clusion. Richard  M.  Pearce. 


Dr,  Ward's  Findings. 

June  5,  1904 .—Hon.  DeWitt  C.  Middleton,  Forest , 
Fish  and  Game  Commissioner:  My  Dear  Sir — To  ac- 
company Dr.  Pearce’s  report  on  the  autopsies  of  four 
deer  which  died  in  the  Moose  River  region,  during  the 
past  spring,  I have  been  requested  by  Colonel  Fox,  the 
Superintendent  of  Forests,  to  add  some  remarks  of  a 
general  character. 

Almost  every  spring  reports  come  from  some  portion 
of  the  North  Woods  that  an  unusual  number  of  deer 
have  died.  These  reports  spread  rapidly,  are  usually 
greatly  exaggerated  as  they  pass  from  one  reporter  to 
another,  and  it  is  very  difficult  to  ascertain  the  exact 
truth.  In  order  to  get  some  facts.  Colonel  Fox  and  I wrote 
many  letters  to  actual  winter  residents  in  various  parts 
of  the  Adirondacks  and  received  thirty-nine  replies. 
From  these  it  is  perfectly  clear  that  in  most  localities 
the  deer  wintered  well,  some  of  the  writers  estimating 
the  mortality  as  no  greater  than  usual,  and  a few  as 
being  even  less. 

On  the  other  hand  in  the  two  localities  the  num- 
ber of  dead  this  winter  appears  to  be  larger  than  usual. 
Mr.  Elbert  Parker,  who  is  in  charge  of  Mr.  Robert  C. 
Pruyn’s  preserve,  near  Newcomb,  Essex  county,  writes 
that  he  has  himself  found  three  dead  deer  on  the  pre- 
serve, and  estimates  the  total  deaths  this  winter  at 


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twenty-five  to  fifty.  On  a preserve  of  about  15,000  acres 
this  is  certainly  a large  number.  In  the  same  region, 
near  the  edge  of  the  burned  district,  in  Township  20, 
adjoining  the  Pruyn  preserve,  Mr.  John  Anderson,  of 
Newcomb,  reports  that  quite  a number  of  dead  deer 
have  been  found.  Mr.  A.  J.  Chase,  also  of  Newcomb, 
says  that  he  hears  that  twelve  to  fifteen  have  been  found 
in  the  .Tahawus  Club  grounds.  He  expresses  the 
opinion  that  the  mortality  has  been  exaggerated  and  that 
we  will  find  that  there  are  plenty  next  fall.  Mr.  David 
Hunter,  Tahawus,  thinks  the  condition,  of  deer  about 
medium.  He  knows  of  fifteen  being  winter-killed  and 
thinks  that  there  are  probably  many  more. 

As  to  the  rest  of  Essex  county,  reports  appear  to 
be  quite  different.  Mr.  H.  G.  Alford,  of  Newman,  in 
the  town  of  North  Elba,  Essex  county,  says  that  re- 
ports from  the  district  bounded  by  Newcomb  on  the 
south,  Long  Lake  on  the  west,  Saranac  River  on  the 
north  and  Lake  Champlain  on  the  east,  show  that  not 
a single  carcass  has  been  found.  Since  the  Pruyn  pre- 
serve is  in  the  southwest  portion  of  this  district,  this 
report  is  manifestly  not  literally  true,  but  is  probably 
approximately  so  for  the  rest  of  the  region.  Mr.  B. 
R.  Brewster,  also  of  Newman,  says  that  he  has  been  in 
the  woods  himself  and  does  not  think  that  any  dead 
deer  have  been  found  in  Essex  county.  Mr.  David  G. 
Helms,  Long  Lake,  knows  of  only  two  dead  deer 
being  found,  and  thinks  that  they  wintered  very  well. 
Mr.  John  Shandrow,  Blue  Ridge,  Town  of  North 
Hudson,  Essex  county,  saw  one  carcass  in  February, 
near  Lake  Henderson,  but  thinks  that  the  deer  .wintered 
as  usual.  Hon.  George  A.  Stevens,  Lake  Placid,  Essex 
county,  says  that  he  has  been  in  the  woods  a great 
deal  this  winter,  having  two  lines  of  sable  traps,  one 
fifteen  and  the  other  twelve  miles  long.  He  saw  many 
signs  of  living  deer,  but  not  a single  dead  one.  He 
says  “the  deer  have  not  suffered  much  in  this  section. 
My  information  is  from  actual  travel  in  the  woods.” 
This  evidence  is  much  more  reliable  than  what  some 
one  has  heard  that  some  one  else  told  his  informant. 

If  the  above  information  is  correct,  it  is  clear  that 
most  of  the  deaths  in  this  region  were  in  two  preserves, 
that  of  the  Tahawus  Club  and  Mr.  Pruyn’s.  In  this 
connection  it  is  interesting  to  note  the  reports  from 
other  preserves.  Byron  P.  Ames,  of  Ne-ha-sa-ne  Park, 
Dr.  Seward  Webb’s  preserve,  says  “we  found  thirty 
dead  deer  in  the  park.  Much  ground  was  burned  over 
last  year  and  destroyed  their  food.  Six  of  us  went 
through  the  woods  and  lopped  down  small  trees; 
otherwise  many  more  would  have  died.”  Hon.  Warren 
Higley,  president  of  the  Adirondack  League  Club, 
whose  preserve  covers  67,000  acres,  writes  that  five 
dead  deer  were  found  in  the  Little  Moose  district;  and 
seven  in  the  Bisby  district.  As  to  the  Honnedaga  dis- 
trict, Mr.  Nelson  and  his  son,  on  March  13,  14  and 
15,  went  through  the  north  part  of  Township  5,  Yule 
Brook,  Cobble  Stone  Creek  and  headwaters  of  the 
Indian  River,  into  Township  8 and  back  through  Town- 
ship 7 to  Forest  Lodge,  without  finding  a single  dead 
deer.  “There  were  hundreds  wintering  in  this  locality 
in  fine  condition,  more  around  Honnedaga  Lake  than 
have  ever  been  known  before.”  In  two  districts  of 
this  preserve  there  appears  to  have  been  a considerable 
mortality;  in  the  third  district  none  at  all.  In  the 
one  watershed  the  mortality  was  considerable,  on  the 
other  practically  nothing  at  all.  Mr.  E.  H.  Johnson, 
superintendent  of  the  Whitney  preserve  of  59,000  acres, 
writes  that  they  have  found  a great  many  dead  deer 
in  this  preserve,  mostly  young  ones  and  old  bucks. 
They  seem  to  have  died  mostly  where  they  had  to  eat 
balsam.  They  just  seem  to  curl  up  and  freeze  to  death. 
We  found  a number  with  their  ears  frozen.  “I  con- 
sider the  mortality  due  entirely  to  the  severe  winter.” 
Mr.  E.  LeBoeuf,  of  Faust,  reports  that  many  died  on 
the  Kildare  preserve.*  Mr.  W.  Scott  Brown,  super- 
intendent of  the  Adirondack  Mountain  Reserve, 
Beede’s,  Essex  county,  reports  only  two  dead  deer 
found  in  their  preserve.  This  is  the  only  exception 
as  to  the  preserves  from  which  we  have  liad  reports. 

As  I understand  the  matter,  your  attention  was  called 
to  this  subject  this  year  by  the  reported  great  mor- 
tality in  the  Moose  River  region,  a considerable  part 
of  which  lies  in  the  Adirondack  Club  preserve,  though 
the  waters  drain  a region  some  miles  to  the  north 
of  it. 

There  is  no  evidence  of  any  unusual  mortality  in  any 
other  part  of  the  Adirondack  region.  In  many  regions 
the  number  of  living  deer,  in  excellent  condition,  is 
reported  as  unusually  large. 

In  conclusion  we  regret  to  be  forced  to  admit  that 
we  have  been  unable  to  satisfactorily  account  for  the 
unusual  mortality  in  the  Moose  River  region,  which, 
by  the  way,  is  not  limited  to  this  past  winter,  but  oc- 
curred in  the  winter  of  1894-5,  and  probably  in  other 
seasons  as  well.  The  snow  was  deeper  than  in  many 
other  places;  but  the  weather  was  no  colder  than 
elsewhere;  flukes  are  no  more  common  than  elsewhere. 
The  stomachs  of  the  deer  that  we  examined  were  full 
of  food;  they  did  not  die  of  thirst;  and  there  was  no 
infectious  disease  among  them.  That  there  may  be 
some  local  cause  seems  possible.  It  cannot  be  the  air, 
or  the  water.  It  is  possible  that  the  food  may  in  some 
way  be  improper,  and  I would  suggest  that,  if  the  mor- 
tality is  repeated  another  year,  investigation  be  di- 
rected particularly  in  this  direction. 

Undoubtedly  the  snow  was  deeper  in  the  Moose 
River  region,  where  most  of  the  deaths  occurred,  than 
in  other  parts  of  the  Adirondacks,  and  lasted  longer. 
Senator  Douglas  informs  me  that  his  lumber  com- 
pany. at  McKeever,  had  to  spend  several  thousand 
dollars  more  than  usual  in  keeping  their  lumber  roads 
in  proper  condition;  that  it  commenced  to  snow  in  the 
latter  part  of  November,  and  that  more  or  less  fell 
almost  every  day  until  March. 

The  most  plausible  theory  that  I have  ever  heard  to 
connect  the  mortality  of  deer  with  deep, snow  and  pro- 
tracted. severe,  cold  weather,  is  that  advancec  by  David 
Ciiarbonneau,  a guide,  at  Old  Forge.  He  says  that 
after  the  disappearance  of  their  summer  food,  the  deer 
are  in  the  habit  of  subsisting  on  the  roots  of  the  brakes 
and  the  “ground  hemlock”— 3 variety  of  yew;  'that 


this  is  nutritious  food  for  them;  that  to  get  at  these 
two  articles  of  diet,  they  habitually  paw  away  the  snow 
until  it  gets  too  deep;  that  finally  they  begin  to  con- 
sume the  boughs  of  the  evergreen  trees  only  as  a last 
resort;  that  the  boughs  are  a poor  kind  ot  food,  es- 
pecially poor  in  heat-producing  power;  that  the  deer 
get  along  on  them  in  ordinary  winters  for  three  or  four 
weeks  very  well;  but  that  when  obliged  to  subsist  on 
boughs  alone  for  five,  or  six,  or  eight  weeks  of  very 
severe  weather,  numbers  of  them  succumb  not  to  star- 
vation alone,  but  to  the  combined  effect  of  starvation 
and  cold.  They  may  be  found  frozen  to  death  with 
their  stomachs  full  of  this  unnutritious  food.  This 
theory  would  account  for  the  four  deer  which  we  ex- 
amined, and  is  the  only  one  so  far  advanced  that  would. 

Samuel  B.  Ward. 

Deer  Hunting  in  Wisconsin. 

I Concluded  from  last  week.) 

Saturday  morning  the  w’eather  was  fine,  but  the  ground 
was  dry  and  noisy.  Journay  went  off  north,  and  Hedrick, 
Doc  and  I started  southwest  down  the  old  railroad  bed, 
leaving  Spahr  and  Bender  yet  at  camp,  though  Bender 
was  getting  ready  to  cross  the  creek  and  go  down  the 
wagon  road  toward  Big  St.  Germain  Lake.  Hedrick 
went  on  to  Bass  Lake  at  the  west  end  of  the  wooded 
hill,  the  Doctor  climbed  up  the  big  hill  to  the  left,  while 
I left  the  railroad  bed  and  followed  an  old  swamp  road 
to  the  left  of  the  hill  and  bordering  the  creek.  As  the  old 
road  approaches  the  east  side  of  the  hill  it  is  lined  with 
small  trees  and  thicket,  the  brush  standing  so  thick  and 
rugged  as  to  offer  a formidable  barrier  to  any  animal 
as  large  as  a man  or  deer.  Beyond  this  the  timber  was 
cut  clean  at  some  time  between  the  months  of  November, 
1902  and  1903,  from  the  top  of  the  hill  to  the  creek.  It 
was  one  of  the  finest  bunches  of  young  pine  I ever  saw. 
Just  before  I reached  this  chopping,  'a  large  buck  jumped 
across  in  front  of  me  and  stopped  behind  a clump  of 
small  trees  and  brush,  headed  toward  the  hill.  I could 
see  his  nose  and  the  outline  of  his  back,  but  hesitated  to 
shoot  at  either.  The  second  thought  was  that  he.  would 
turn  and  run  straight  away,  keeping  the  obstruction  be- 
tween us,  so  I sent  a ball  into  the  brush  at  the  chance 
of  hitting  him  through  the  body.  Now  here  was  a case 
where  I didn’t  care  to  be  bothered  with  another  deer, 
for  I might  have  gotten  another  shot  at  the  buck  before 
he  got  away;  but  when  I shot  there  was  a ripping  noise 
back  and  to  the  left  of  me,  and  there,  not  over  twenty- 
five  feet  distant,  was  a doe  going  at  top  speed  through 
the  thick  brush.  As  she  dashed  into  the  old  road  about 
fifty  feet  distant,  my  finger  touched  the  trigger,  but  as 
luck  would  have  it,  not  hard  enough,  for  she  swerved  to 
the  right  up  the  road,  then  turned  into  the  brush  on  the 
left.  Now  or  never,  I thought,  and  drew  on  a small 
opening  only  a few  inches  wide  and  pulled  the  trigger, 
just  as  her  fore  parts  came  in  view.  She  was  gone.  I 
turned  to  run  up  the  hill  overlooking  the  swamp,  and 
then  saw  my  buck  make  a couple  of  jumps  on  the  top  of 
the  hill,  going  north  toward  the  Doctor.  Knowing  I 
could  not  make  the  situation  any  worse,  I hallooed  to  the 
Doctor  to  look  out,  and  ran  on  as  fast  as  I could.  Be- 
fore I got  where  I could  see  what  was  doing  on  the  hill 
top,  I heard  the  Doctor  shoot  three  times,  and  when  I 
got  in  speaking  distance  asked  him  what  he  shot  at.  He 
answered,  “A  deer.”  I asked,  “Which  deer?”  He  said 
“A  doe.”  I said,  “There  is  a big  buck  on  the  hill  east 
from  you.”  Then  the  situation  was  interesting.  Bender 
was  standing  by  the  tent  looking  my  way,  and  I called  to 
him  to  come  up,  but  he  turned  and  went  off  across  the 
creek.  I had  been  listening  for  Hedrick’s  gun,  for  the 
buck  could  not  get  through  between  Doc  and  I and  the 
lake  without  going  near  Hedrick;  but  presently  I saw 
Hedrick  going  eastward,  and  I ’went  up  that  way  also  to 
see  what  had  become  of  the  buck.  Then  we  heard  Bender 
shoot  down  the  road  east  of  the  creek,  and  he  told  'us 
later  that  a buck  came  out  of  the  timber  near  the  creek, 
and  at  his  shot  turned  and  ran  into  the  timber  again. 
But  I am  sure  it  was  not  my  buck,  for  his  tracks  led  over 
the  south  point  of  the  hill,  then  down  to  the  edge  of 
Bass  Lake,  and  along  the  shore  back  of  Hedrick  as  he 
came  up  toward  the  Doctor,  then  off  west  after  the  doe. 
1 trailed  him  to  the  wagon  road  a half  mile  to  the  west, 
and  he  made  squirrel  tracks  all  the  way,  but  I could  not 
follow  him  further  through  the  undergrowth  that  covered 
the  hillside.  I think  I shot  him  through  the  body.  The 
Doctor  said  the  doe  was  wounded,  and  I had  him  direct 
me  to  where  he  saw  her  last.  Sure  enough,  she  had 
slipped  and  smeared  a pole  with  blood.  But  she  only 
bled  occasionally,  and  it  was  the  hardest  kind  of  trailing 
to  follow  her  along  an  old  grass-grown  path,  zig-zagging, 
short-circuiting,  - side-stepping,  and  all  other  tricks  a 
wounded  deer  could  resort  to.  There  was  very  little 
moisture  to  cause  one  track  to  look  fresher  than  another, 
and  there  was  scarcely  half  the  time  the  tracks  showed 
through  the  weeds,  grass,  leaves  and  twigs  covering  the 
ground,  but  we  found  her.  She  had  left  a bloody  trail 
at  the  foot  of  the  hill,  and  the  Doctor  laid  no  claim  to 
the  hide,  for  the  only  bullet  bark  was  one  at  the  left  of 
the  tail,  which  angled  and  lodged  in  front  of  the  right 
hip.  This  showed  the  direction  she  was  going  from  me, 
and  something  of  the  speed,  for  I aimed  at  her  foreparts. 
For  years  I have  tried  to  shoot  in  front  of  deer  that  were 
running  broadside,  but  would  forget  now  and  then  until 
too  late.  I am  satisfied  that  more  shots  at  deer  in  that 
position  go  behind  than  over  them. 

The  20th  was  Sabbath,  but  while  loitering  about  camp 
I was  tempted  to  bait  a hook  and  cast  it  into  the  pool 
near  camp.  I stood  around  watching  the  cork  float  this 
way  and  that  as  it  was  caught  in  the  ebb  and  flow,  and 
tiring  finally  drew  the  line  out  of  the  water.  Hedrick 
had  said  there  were  no  fish  in  the  pool.  He  had  tried  it, 
so  had  I,  last  year  and  the  year  before,  but  only  with 
meat  bait,  as  I was  doing  now.  What  was  my  surprise, 
when  the  bait  neared  the  surface,  to  see  a large  fish  fol- 
lowing it.  He  came  on  and  snapped  at  the  bait  a?  it  left 
the  water,  then  turned  on  his  side,  righted  himself,  and 
deliberately  disappeared.  Hedrick  and  I tried  our  flip- 
jacks,  but  got  no  bite.  Monday  I got  a dead  minnow 
from  a pool  back  of  the  tent,  where  some  hunters  had 
been  shooting  them  for  bait,  and  with  that  I caught  a 
wall-eyed  pike  that  measured  iglA  inches  by  the  tape  line, 
Th®  hiest  day  Hedrick  and  the  Doctor  tried  It,  and  th® 
latlsfwith*  live  minoew  that  he  iupoeeded  In  netting 
pike.  Tto  m Sm  M,  st|4  $j&  im 


made  a good  dinner  for  our  party  of  six.  The  weathe 
changed  to  winter,  and  the  following  day  I went  t< 
Sayner  post-office.  Mr,  S.  had  gone  to  the  station  wit! 
the  mail  and  sent  back  word  that  a large  buck  was  be 
tween  the  house  and  station.  His  sons  ran  up  the  roaq 
with  their  guns,  but  when  coming  out  I saw  the  buck’ 
tracks  in  the  wagon  road.  He  had  simply  slipped  off  tij 
the  east  and  escaped,  that  was  all.  On  nearing  camp  | 
saw  Bender  and  Spahr,  and  learned  that  two  deer  hat. 
crossed  the  road  a short  time  before,  but  none  of  us  sav 
the  deer. 

Wednesday  Spahr  and  Journay  each  shot  a rabbit, 
had  murdered  one  the  day  previous  in  trying  to  shoot  i 
in  the  swamp  near  camp  with  .38  shot  shells.  They  ar 
no  good  when  shot  from  a rifle.  They  will  do  all  righ 
to  miss  with,  and  they  will  lead  the  gun ; that’s  about  all- 

Thursday,  the  24th,  there  was  a light  tracking  snow 
The  Doctor  stayed  in  camp.  The  other  boys  went  wes 
while  I crossed  the  creek  and  followed  the  Eagle  Rive 
road  to  the  east  of  Big  St.  Germain  Lake.  Here  I wen 
east,  crossing  a fresh  buck  track  not  far  from  the  lake 
and  climbed  the  hills.  Presently  large,  damp  flakes  0 
snow  began  to  fall,  and  1 climbed  up  an  elevation  tha 
gave  me  a good  view  and  sat  down  on  a log  with  m 
back  to  a blackened  stub.  Here,  then,  was  Kipling’ 
“blackened  timber,”  but  it  was  not  very  interesting  ex 
cept  by  contrast  with  the  “beautiful,”  which  continue 
to  fall  in  unceasing  quantity.  The  burned-over  hills  be 
fore  me  resemble  in  contour  huge  potatoes  with  sprout 
covering  their  surface,  while  the  stillness,  unbroken  b 
voice  or  flutter  of  wing,  became  oppressive.  I got  u; 
shook  the  snow  from  my  shoulders,  and  sought  shelte 
in  the  green  woods,  where  I regaled  myself  with  a sand 
wich  of  bread,  fried  mush  and  bacon,  then  continue 
my  tramp  northward,  finally  circling  toward  camp,  whic 
I reached  about  1 P.  M.,  having  covered  about  ten  mile 
without  seeing  any  game.  I he  bean  soup  tasted  bette 
than  any  other  meal  I had  eaten  in  camp,  and  1 lighted 
cigar  and  sat  up  to  the  heating  stove  while  the  snov 
turned  to  rain  and  rattled  on  the  tent  overhead.  M 
note-book  reads : “I  am  sore  and  tired.  My  left  eye  ha 
cold  in  it,  my  nose  is  sore;  I have  rheumatism  in  m 
right  arm,  and  don’t  feel  good  generally.” 

On  the  24th  there  was  a light  tracking  snow,  and  w 
did  considerable  trailing  the  remainder  of  the  week,  bt 
got  no  game  except — yes,  except — a couple  of  rabbits 
and  I doubt  if  a very  large  per  cent,  of  the  patrons  c 
this  paper  know  how  cute  these  little  game  birds  arc 
On  Saturday  I was  coming  back  from  a tramp  that  ha 
extended  across  Plum  Creek  or  Glen  Brook,  as  it  i 
named,  and  in  the  heaviest  timber  met  a rabbit.  Tha 
is,  the  rabbit  had  been  going  westward  and  I was  goin 
eastward.  “Now,”  I said,  “I  will  just  pick  that  felloi 
up.  He  hasn’t  gone  far.”  So  I turned  about,  althoug 
I was  tired  and  a mile  and  a half  from  camp,  and  for 
lowed  the  trail,  under  fallen  trees,  around  logs,  an 
sometimes  over  them.  Once  or  twice  he  had  danced  a ji 
or  some  other  figure,  and  here  I had  to  circle  his  plaj 
ground  to  find  the  trail,  then  follow  the  long  leaps  c> 
ten  to  fifteen  feet  for  a couple  of  hundred  yards  agait 
Finally  he  passed  within  thirty  feet  of  a large  tree  th;' 
was  blown  up  by  its  roots  and  fallen  northeastwarc- 
Here  the  rabbit  turned  to  the  northwest,  toward  tWj 
fallen  trees  that  lay  with  the  tops  to  the  east,  and  ju.‘; 
touching  the  top  of  the  first  named  tree.  The  rabb 
crawled  under  the  first  log,  then  hopped  along  betwee' 
them  nearly  to  the  first-named.log,  then  with  extra  Ion 
jump,  and  lighting  with  feet  all  in  a bunch,  he  hiked  bac 
southwest  to  the  roots  of  the  first-named  tree,  and  wifi 
a long  side  jump  landed  on  the  old  root  and  bunche: 
himself  up  in  as  small  space  as  possible  on  one  larg 
root  and  under  another,  and  about  three  feet  abov 
ground. 

When  I found  him  I was  about  fifteen  feet  from  hin 
and  instead  of  blowing  his  head  off  with  my  .38  rifle, 
pulled  my  little  .32  Smith  & Wesson  revolver,  at  thi 
crack  of  which  he  went  off  like  a streak  some  thirl 
steps,  jumped  up  on  a small  log,  then  tumbled  off  deaf 

Monday  the  28th  was  a stormy  day.  I stayed  in  an 
“took  stock,”  which  showed  half  a dozen  large  potatoe 
about  three  pounds  of  meal,  two  pounds  of  flour,  a met 
of  bacon,  a bit  of  tea,  coffee,  butter,  five  loaves  of  brea; 
and  a little  canned  goods.  Bender  came  in  at  xo  A.  M 
Hedrick  about  11.  Spahr,  Journay  and  the  Doctor,  afte 
following  a doe  all  over  the  green  woods  east  of  the  bi’ 
swamp,  left  her  east  of  Big  St.  Germain  Lake  and  carr 
to  camp  at  noon,  covered  with  snow  and  ice.  After  dir 
ner  I went  out  to  Sayner  for  our  mail,  and  to  the  statio 
at  4:45  P.  M.  and  interviewed  the  express  messengt 
on  the  train  as  to  bringing  deer  out  of  the  State  aftt 
November  30.  While  I was  tarrying  at  Sayner’s,  the 
shewed  me  some  fine  photos,  among  which  was  one  of 
maskinonge  caught  from  a small  lake  some  five  mile 
distant.  They  said  this  fish  weighed  51  pounds  whe 
caught.  While  going  out  to  the  station  with  Mr.  Sayner 
small  boy,  he  pointed  to  a small  shelter  made  by  leanin 
poles  together  in  tepee  fashion,  and  told  me  the  startlin' 
tale  that  the  buck  that  I heretofore  mentioned  had  hi dde 
in  and  been  chased  out  of  that  lean-to.  We  passed 
tiny  school  house,  and  in  response  to  my  inquiry,  Mastf 
Sayner  said  there  were  ten  pupils  now,  but  after  tl 
hunting  season  there  would  be  about  sixteen.  I thougl 
of  my  first  school  when  I was  yet  eighteen  and  the) 
were  nearly  fifty  pupils,  and  there  was  woods  near,  ar 
some  wild  turkeys  and  foxes.  And  on  Xmas  the  bt 
boys  (there  were  eleven  pupils  as  old  as  I was)  threa 
ened  to  duck  me  in  a pond  if  I did  not  treat  them  wil 
candy. 

By  the  time  we  reached  the  station  my  gun  and  clollu 
were  covered  with  a sheet  of  ice  from  frozen  rain  tlx 
fell  thick  and  fast.  It  was  dark  before  I reached  cam 
though  helped  on  my  way  by  some  settlers  driving  • 
good  road  team  to  a spring  wagon.  Daylicht  came  abo1 
7:30  the  29th,  and  we  got  ready  for  business.  I wet 
back  up  the  Sayner  road  to  the  green  weeds,  and  he 
was  tempted  by  two  rabbits  that  had  patted  the  sno 
down  under  the  shelter  of  the  jack  pine.  I found  the 
runway,  and  after,  circling  the  end  of  one’s  trail,  wall 
ing  within  ten  feet  of  him  sitting  under  the  tips  of  i 
small  limb  of  a fallen  sapling.  I saw  his  dark  eye  shinit 
by  contrast  with  his  nearly  white  coat  and  the  snow,  ( 
course  I got  that-  rabbit;  but  the  other  ong  was  li! 
Banquo’s  ghost, , When  I turned  toward  camp  I did  n 
ht  until  J found  myself  in  the  trades  of  two  de 
tfart  W twlfwily  were  fdlng  my  way.  | bad 


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them  out  of  the  heavy  timber  while  following  that 
specter  of  a rabbit.  Where  they  crossed  the  wagon  road 
about  one-fourth  of  a mile  from  camp  I left  the  trail  and 
went  to  camp. 

When  Journay  came  in,  he  said  he  had  followed  the 
same  trail  back  toward  Plum  Creek.  After  dinner  I 
went  back  and  picked  up  the  trail  again,  hoping  the  deer 
had  stopped  in  the  heavy  timber  east  of  Plum  Creek,  for 
it  was  very  cold  and  stormy.  But  the  deer  had  turned 
north  toward  the  railroad  and  followed  the  open  chop- 
ping nearly  to  Sayner  station,  then  turned  east,  and  I 
left  the  trail  where  it  crossed  the  wagon  road,  convinced 
that  following  deer  in  the  snow  is  a very  poor  way  to 
hunt  deer.  I never  had  any  faith  in  it,  but  this  was  our 
last  day,  and  it  was  too  cold  to  stand  and  watch,  so  we 
must  either  tramp  or  stay  in  camp.  Now  I was  at  least 
2^  miles  from  camp,  and  had  not  tramped  less  than 
twelve  miles  that  day.  The  weather  was  below  the 
freezing  point,  and  the  wind  blew  strong  enough  to 
almost  obliterate  deer  tracks  within  a half  hour  in  ex- 
posed places.  I must  trudge  back  to  camp  and  to-mor- 
row pack  up.  Thirty  minutes  later  I had  reached  the 
shelter  of  the  green  timber,  and  from  the  depressed  feel- 
ing that  accompanied  me  through  the  bleak,  lonely  chop- 
ping, my  spirits  rose  with  the  greeting  and  my  flesh 
warmed  under  the  influence  of  the  stately  young  pine 
trees  which  formed  a perfect  barrier  to  the  wintry  blasts. 
The  Doctor,  moved  either  by  compassion  or  remembrance 
of  his  promise,  had  a large  pan  of  excellent  biscuits  for 
supper,  and  I felt  when  I drew  up  to  the  table  that  truly 
it  is  an  ill  wind  that  blows  no  good. 

The  morning  of  the  30th  came  like  a thief  in  the  night, 
and  I was  loth  to  leave  my  warm  bed,  though  the  hour 
was  late.  The  Doctor,  Snahr,  Journay  and  Hedrick 
started  for  a morning  hunt,  but  Bender  and  I had 
enough ; Charley  gave  his  attention  to  the  kitchen,  and 
soon  had  some  rabbits  stewing,  while  I shook  out  my  bed 
and  beat  the  ice  and  snow  from  the  tents,  pulled  the 
stakes,  and  got  things  as  far  as  possible  ready  to  pack  up. 
The  wind  had  laid,  and  the  sun  shone  through  a film  of 
cloud,  SO'  it  was  not  unpleasant  work  except  for  the  ice 
that  adhered  to  the  bottom  of  the  tents;  and  by  the  time 
the  boys  came  in  and  we  had  lunched,  I had  the  tents 
pretty  well  dried,  . and  Charley  had  the  kitchen  ware 
assorted  and  ready  for  packing.  Mr.  Sayner  came  for 
us  with  his  bobsled,  and  by  4 P.  M.  we  were  at  the 
station  awaiting  the  train.  We  arrived  home  at  9 :03 
P.  M.  December  1,  and  have  nothing  but  the  kindliest 
feelings  for  each  and  every  person  with  whom  we  came 
in  contact  except  the  two  aforesaid  gentlemen  ( ?)  who 
visited  our  camp.  Permit  me,  Mr.  Editor,  to  especially 


Blank  the  management  of  the  Chicago,  Milwaukee  and 
Sfi  Paul  Railway  Company  and  their  employes  for  the 
universally  courteous  treatment  they  have  accorded  us. 

G.  W.  Cunningham. 


Ducks  in  New  York  Market* 

New  York,  Jan.  30. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream:  I was 
interested  in  an  article  in  your  last  issue  telling  of  the 
good  work  done  by  the  game  commissioners  in  seizing 
game  sold  out  of  season.  Personally  I neither  break  game 
laws  nor,  fond  as  I am  of  wild  duck  properly  cooked,  will 
I even  buy  game;  but  although  prevented  by  the  Brown 
law  from  shooting  one  duck  for  my  own  use,  ducks  are 
openly  displa.yed  and  sold  by  the  butcher  stores  on 
Columbus  avenue  at  the  present  time  within  one  block 
from  where  I write.  The  claim  that  these  ducks  are  killed 
south  is  all  rot.  This  year,  for  my  own  personal  amuse- 
ment, I have  examined  the  crops  of  the  following  birds : 
Black  duck,  broadbill,  pintail  and  teal.  Microscopically 
the  contents  of  birds’  crops  south  of  Barnegat,  including 
Currituck  and  south  of  there,  showed  corn,  wheat  kernels, 
and  a form  of  green  leaf  which,  from  the  amount  of  chlor- 
ophyl  and  the  direction  of  the  striae,  I take  to  be  the  tops 
of  wild  celery.  These  three  things  were  not  in  the  crops 
of  birds  from  Long  Island  which  I shot  myself.  I know 
where  the  other  birds  came  from,  because  they  were 
presents  to  me  from  patients  who  had  been  shooting  on 
the  Chesapeake  and  Currituck.  The  corn  was  probably 
because  they  “bait”  places  in  the  South.  Maryland 
is  quite  a wheat  country.  The  neighborhood  of  the  Chop- 
tank  River  raises  thousands  of  bushels  shipped  to  Balti- 
more by  the  “bug-eye”  fleet. 

The  result  of  the  matter  is  that  those  who  support  the 
“lobster  palaces”  of  Broadway,  and  who  would  not  know 
a game  law  if  it  met  them  in  the  street,  and  could  not  hit 
a duck  in  a year,  can  get  all  the  ducks  they  want,  while 
those  who  respect  the  law  go  duckless. 

This  is  too  much.  One  is  tempted  to  take  Herford’s 
advice  to  the  Persian  kittten  and  “plead  the  rumble  of  an 
empty  turn”  for  ducks.  Henry  Thorp. 


The  New  York  Legislature* 

Special  Correspondence  Forest  and  Stream. 

Albany,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  7.— Amendments  to  the  fish  and  game  law 
have  just  been  introduced  in  the  Legislature  as  follows: 

By  Senator  Raines  (Int.  247),  adding  a new  section,  to  be 
known  as  Section  43b,  so  as  to  provide  that  trout  shall  not  be 
sold,  exposed  for  sale  or  possessed  for  the  purpose  of  selling  from 
Sept.  1 to  April  21  in  any  year. 


By  Senator  Raines  (Int.  No.  248),  amending  Section  28  so  as  to 
provide  that  quail  shall  not  be  sold  or  possessed  during  the  close 
season,  except  in  the  month  of  December,  and  possession  and 
sale  thereof  during  December  shall  be  presumptive  evidence  that 
they  were  unlawfully  taken  by  the  possessor. 

By  Senator  Raines  (Int.  No.  249),  adding  a new  section  to  be 
known  as  Section  28a,  to  provide  that  woodcock  and  grouse  shall 
not  be  sold,  exposed  for  sale  or  possessed  for  the  purpose  of  sell- 
ing from  Dec.  6 to  Sept.  21,  in  any  year. 

By  Senator  Cordts  (Int.  No.  271)  and  Assemblyman  Coutant 
(Int.  IN o.  379),  providing  that  there  shall  be  no  open  season  for 
wild  deer  in  the  county  of  Sullivan  before  Sept.  1,  1907. 

By  Assemblyman  Thompson  (Int.  No.  371),  amending  Section 
30  so  as  to  provide  that  Wilson,  yellowlegs,  rail,  mudhen,  gallinule, 
curlew,  water  chicken,  jacksnipe,  baysnipe  or  shore  birds,  shall 
not  be  taken  or  possessed,  in  the  counties  of  Niagara,  Genesee  or 
Orleans,  from  May  15  to  Sept.  15,  both  inclusive. 

By  Assemblyman  Reeve  (Int.  No.  321),  providing  a new  section 
to  be  known  as  15a,  so  as  to  prohibit  the  taking,  killing  or  ex- 
posing for  sale,  any  land  turtles  or  tortoises,  including  the  box 
turtle;  also  amending  Section  16,  so  as  to  provide  an  additional 
penalty  of  $25  for  each  wild  moose  or  any  such  wild  animal  taken, 
or  possessed  in  violation  of  the  law;  also  a penalty  of  $50  for  each 
wild  black  bear  similarly  taken;  also  a penalty  of  $100  for  each 
turtle  so  taken,  and  a penalty  of  $10  for  each  land  turtle  or  tor- 
toise thus  taken.  Any  person  failing  to  file  a report  with  the  State 
forest.  Fish  and  Game  Commission  of  the  killing  or  taking  of  the 
black  bear  is  liable  to  a penalty  of  $25. 

By  Assemblyman  Leggett  (Int.  No.  351),  a new  section,  to  be 
known  as  20b,  providing  that  bluebills,  sawbills,  whistlers  and 
sheldrakes  shall  not  be  taken  on  the  Niagara  River  from  March  1 
to  Sept.  15,  both  inclusive.  Nor  taken  in  the  night  from  an  hour 
after  sunset  until  an  hour  before  sunrise. 

Assemblyman  Standard  (Int.  No.  362),  amending  Section  20  so 
as  to  provide  that  wild  ducks  shall  not  be  taken  in  the  counties 
of  Niagara  and  Erie,  from  March  1 to  Oct.  15,  both  inclusive,  or 
possessed  from  March  1 to  Oct.  15,  both  inclusive;  nor  shall 
ducks,  geese,  brant  and  swan  be  taken  in  the  night  from  an  hour 
after  sunset  until  an,  hour  before  sunrise. 

By  Senator  Davis  (Int.  No.  226),  the  same  bill  as  the  Standard 
bill  above. 

The  Senate  Committee  on  Fish  and  Game  has  reported  favor- 
ably the  bill  of  Senator  Cobb  (Int.  No.  142),  amending  Section  48 
so  as  to  provide  that  muscallonge  less  than  20  inches  in  length 
shall  not  be  possessed  or  intentionally  taken,  and  if  taken,  shall 
without  avoidable  injury  be  returned  to  the  water  where  taken. 

The  Assembly  has  passed  the  bill  of  Assemblyman  Hanford  (Int. 
No.  165)  relative  to  the  close  season  for  woodcock  and  grouse 
in  Niagara  county. 

The  following  bills  have  been  advanced  to  third  reading  by  the 
Assembly : 

Assemblyman  Beebe’s  (Int.  No.  223),  regulating  the  taking  of 
ducks,  geese,  brant  and  swan  in  Monroe  county. 

Assemblyman  Wade’s  (Int.  No.  249),  relative  to  the  meshes  of 
nets  to  be  used  in  Lake  Erie. 

Assemblyman  Wadsworth’s  (Int.  No.  243),  relative  to  the  use  of 
set  lines  in  Hemlock  Lake. 

Assemblyman  Foster’s  (Int.  No.  262),  limiting  the  size  of  mus- 
kallonge  to  be  taken. 

Assemblyman  Wade’s  (Int.  No.  278)  relative  to  the  close  season 
for  squirrels,  grouse,  woodcock  and  quail  in  Chautauqua  county. 


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The  Log  of  a Sea  Angler. 


3Y  CHARLES  F.  HOLDER,  AUTHOR  OF  “ANGLING,”  “BIG  GAME 
FISHES,”  ETC. 


V* — Taking  a Sailfish* 

Last  night  I left  camp  at  midnight  and  walked  around 
the  key  alone,  and  I am  confident  that  I know  definitely 
what  isolation  means. 

Deep  in  the  heart  of  a forest,  a stroller  may  walk 
out,  if  his  sense  of  direction  is  well  developed;  but  on 
this  green-capped  coral  key  the  isolation  is  complete. 
One  may  walk,  but  it  is  an  interminable  circle  over  end- 
less sand  that  at  night  has  a spectral  whiteness,  yet 
strange  beauty.  The  low  bush,  green  during  the  day, 
has  now  a purple  hue,  and  the  strange  noises  of  the 
night  come  with  a crisp  distinctness  that  tells  of  nerves 
attuned  to  a high  pitch.  The  shapes  of  gold-laden  gal- 
leons that  have  been  wrecked  here  rise;  the  wrecks  that 
have  pounded  to  pieces  on  the  toothed  reefs,  and  the 
spectral  shapes  of  the  sand  and  various  objects  stranded 
in  long,  irregular  windrows,  seem  exaggerated  in  the 
peculiar  phosphorescent  light  that  . is  emitted  by  the 
sea  that  comes  piling  in  on  the  windward  side.  The 
gulls  are  sleeping;  only  an  occasional  wanderer  is 
abroad;  its  weird  cry,  intense  and  stridulent,  bites  the 
very  air.  As  far  as  the  eye  can  seee,  the  shore  line  is  a 
mass  of  ghostly  light,  while  the  pounding  of  the  waves 
has  a hollow,  insistent  booming  sound,  that  adds  to  the 


weirdness  of  the  scene. 

The  previous  night  I had  suggested  that  we  take  turns 
in  patrolling  the  key  in  search  of  turtles;  but  Chief  ob- 
jected at  once,  and  I found,  to  my  astonishment,  that 
none  of  my  companions  would  walk  around  the  island 
at  night  alone.  They  knew  that  we  were  absolutely 
alone  on  the  key,  as  we  had  tramped  across  the  island 
from  every  point;  yet  Long  John’s  excuse  was  that  he 
“didn’t  know  what  he  might  meet.”  So  I fell  to  won- 
dering whether  this  was  the  lair  of  the  sea  serpent,  or 
whether  perhaps  sirens  basked  on  the  golden  sands 
at  midnight;  but  I met  none  of  them,  and  held  to  my 
walk  around  the  north  end,  leaving  the  breaking  sea 
behind.  The  wind  was  hot,  the  sand  still  threw  out 
radiations  of  heat,  and  the  sea  was  a blaze  of  phos- 
phorescence, as  I waded  along  in  the  shallows. 

Suddenly  I heard  a pouff-pouff,  and  stopped.  A 
swirl  of  phosphorescence  about  thirty  feet  from  the 
shore  told  the  story  of  a turtle,  and  I stood  like  a 
statue  as  it  came  slowly  in.  It  stopped  at  the  beach 
five  minutes,  then  deciding  that  I was  a tree,  came  on, 
and  a few  seconds  later  I sprang  upon  it.  Four  or  five 
times  I raised  it  upon  its  side,  and  as  many  times  it 
threw  me  off  with  stinging  blows;  but  I finally  top- 
pled it  over  and  went  swinging  down  the  beach  exultant. 

Suddenly  I made  out  a figure  standing  near  the  brush, 
then  another*  then  came  the  resonant  voice  of  Bob, 
'‘Whose  fhar?”  I did  not  reply,  but  kept  on. 

"Stop,  6f  Til  blew  a hole  In  you,  § tremulous 
t'plee;  sn4  I 4^4  - « .<  ... 


“Oh,  it’s  you,  boss,”  and  the  two  men  came  down  the 
beach. 

“Who  did  you  think  it  was?”  I asked. 

“I’ll  be  dogged  if  I knew,”  said  Bob,  and  then  I got 
the  story  out  of  them. 

“The  last  time  I was  over  here,”  said  Bob,  “we  camped 
out  where  we  are  and  divided  up  the  turtle  watch. 
Chief  went  out  first,  and  he  hadn’t  been  gone  long  be- 
fore back  he  came  and  sings  out,  ‘You  both  there?’  and 
we  were.  ‘Well,’  says  he — and  he  hadn’t  had  a drop — 
‘I  followed  a man  half  around  the  point;  he  kept  about 
a hundred  yards  ahead  of  me.’  We  laughed;  but  Chief 
said  he  wouldn’t  go  out  again  without  a gun,  and  we 
didn’t  have  any.  So  John  started,  and  in  half  a hour 
he  came  over  the  island  and  said  he  had  met  a man  on 
the  other  side,  face  to  face,  and  had  lost  him  in  the 
bush. 

“Well,  boss,  we  all  started  out  together,  and  we  found 
there  was  no  boat  there,  and  the  next  day  we  walked 
over  every  foot  of  the  key  and  never  found  a thing  or 
a sign  of  a soul;  so  it’s  kind  of  unpleasant  strollin’  over 
the  key  alone.  The  place  is  haunted,  that’s  a fac’.” 

“That’s  it,”  acquiesced  Chief.  “I  made  many  trips 
around  the  key  at  night,  but  never  encountered  the 
stranger.” 

When  we  came  over,  John  had  brought  two  tame 
pelicans  that  he  had  raised  from  infancy — long-billed, 
asthmatic,  wheezy  creatures  of  bilious  mien.  They  sat 
on  the  deck  of  the  Bull  Pup,  deep  in  thought  when  not 
eating  or  fishing,  and  went  with  us  on  the  daily  fishing 
trips,  either  alighting  on  the  boat  or  swimming  near 
us,  and  wheezing  for  food,  which  we  tossed  them.  One 
morning  I found  Bob  fastening  a leather  collar  about 
the  neck  of  the  birds.  This  accomplished,  he  drove 
them  from  the  sands  into  the  water,  where  they  began 
to  fish.  They  would  rise  and  fly  along  twenty  feet  or 
so  above  the  surface,  and  when  sighting  a school  of 
sardines,  turn  and  plunge  downward,  head  first,  with 
great  velocity,  opening  the  large  mouth  at  the  impact 
and  endeavoring  to  fill  the  net-like  pouch.  So  light  is 
the  pelican  that  it  immediately  assumes  the  perpendicu- 
lar, and  whether  successful  or  not  invariably  wags  its 
short  tail  and  tosses  its  beak  in  air,  preparatory  to 
swallowing  the  game. 

The  tame  pelicans  did  this,  but  they  could  not  swal- 
low on  account  of  the  strap,  so  gave  it  up  and  came 
ashore,  where  Bob  took  the  fish.  I found  I was  mis- 
taken in  laying  the  act  to  laziness, _ all  of.  which  illus- 
trates the  fact  that  circumstantial  evidence  is  not  always 
to  be  relied  upon.  Bob  merely  used  the  pelicans  to 
catch  some  special  gray  snapper  bait  that  was  beyond 
the  reach  of  his  cast-net,  and  the  result  of  an  hour’s 
fishing  with  them  was  two  or  three  dozen  little  fishes 
which  he  called  “hard  heads.”  The  Chinese  employ 
loons  in  a similar  manner. 

We  pulled  out  this  hot  day  to  some  coral  heads  op 
the  edge  of  the  channel,  and  I tried  the  gray  snapper, 
which,  to  my  mind,  when  it  can  be  had  at  its  best,  is  far 
ahead  of  the  black  bass.  The  two  fishes  look  very  mweh 


alike,  but  the  snapper  is  the  cleanest  cut,  the  gamiest, 
and  on  a light  rod — and  by  light  I mean  a heavy  bass 
rod — is  a fish  to  conjure  with,  and  a 25-pound  gray 
snapper,  a few  of  which  I have  taken  on  various  parts 
of  the  reef,  affords  splendid  sport. 

They  are  usually  murdered  with  big  cotton  lines,  and 
the  fine  play  of  the  fish  is  lost  and  the  sport  brutalized. 
The  young  on  a trout  rod  afford  all  the  pleasure  of  this 
sport,  and  I was  never  tired  of  stocking  our  well. 

On  this  delectable  morning  I had  caught  everything 
on  the  piscatorial  bill  of  fare — yellowtail,  hogfish,  porgy, 
grunts,  and  finally  hooked  a snapper  with  a bunch  of 
hardheads.  In  a second  he  had  unreeled  one  hundred 
feet  of  line,  and  from  a short  sulk,  came  bounding  up- 
ward to  turn  at  the  surface  and  make  the  circuit  of  the 
dinghy  at  the  top  of  his  speed,  playing  me,  not  I him, 
for  twenty  minutes,  and  then  I purposely  broke  the 
line.  We  did  not  need  him,  and  to  see  Chief  gaff  so 
beautiful  and  so  gamy  a creature  was  not  on  my  pro- 
gramme. Of  all  fishes,  the  gray  snapper  has,  at  least 
to  me — the  most  attractive  “face.”  Its  eyes  are  beau- 
tiful, the  antipodes  of  those  of  the  sardines,  or  the  tar- 
pon, black  and  white  marbles  which  glare  at  you,  fixed 
and  immovable;  but  the  eye  of  the  snapper  in  the  water 
is  a gem,  radiant  with  colors,  which  give  to  this  fish 
an  expression  not  found  in  other  fishes. 

While  I was  pretending  to  mourn  the  loss  of  my  big 
snapper.  Long  John  turned  and  whispered,  “Look 
yander,  boss!”  I followed  the  direction  of  his  long 
bony  finger  and  saw  what  appeared  to  be  a miniature 
sail  moving  slowly  along.  I knew  it  at  once,  though 
I had  never  seen  the  sailfish  alive.  With  a word  to 
Bob,  we  had  the  coral  hook  up  and  I was  standing  in 
the  bow,  grains  in  hand,  while  Long  John  steered  the 
dinghy  after  the  fish. 

It  presented  a singular  appearance;  was  possibly 
seven  feet  in  length,  its  sail-like  dorsal  and  the  upper 
lobe  of  its  tail  protruding  from  the  water.  The  dorsal 
fin  was  an  enormous  affair,  nearly  as  long  as  the  fish, 
seemingly  four  feet  in  height  and  deeply  notched,  re- 
sembling a huge  ribbon  fan;  and  as  the  sun  played  upon 
it,  it  seemed  to  glisten  and  scintillate  with  many  hues. 
The  big  fin  had  a peculiar  motion  like  a fan  about  to 
shut  up,  quivering  and  trembling.  It  was  moving  very 
slowly,  the  tail  fin  working  like  a screw  and  wafting  it 
along,  a fanciful  ship  on  this  glass-like  sea,  yet  the  in- 
carnation-of  power  and  viciousness  I knew  full  well. 

Long  John  was  swearing  to  himself;  he  did  not  ap- 
prove of  the  game,  but  Chief  was  all  excitement;  his 
veins  were  under  pressure  all  the  time  with  sporting 
blood;  there  was  no  game  too  fierce,  too  dangerous,  for 
him.  Nearer  we  crept,  and  presently  I could  see  the 
dome-like  head  of  the  swordsman,  its  back  looking 
green  against  the  blue;  then  the  short  dagger-like 
sword;  and  then  i tQSSgd  the  grains,  and  into  the  air 
literally  burst  the  splendid  fish,  flinging  itself  from  side 
to  side,  giving  si 
gwordsman  I?  w 
Jehij  p&elfji4  1 


Qtpws  to  pgnt  anq  lett  mce  tns 

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[Feb.  ii,  1905. 


seconds  the.  fish  seemed  to  go  mad,  flinging  its  tail  out 
of  water,  rolling  over  and  over  in  a flurry  of  rage,  then 
suddenly  darting  away  like  an  arrow  from  a bow. 

I had  about  fifty  feet  of  line  on  the  grains— sufficient 
for  turtle,  but  not  for  game  of  this  kind — so.  Chief  had 
made  fast  another  rope,  and  this,  to  the  painter  none 
too  soon,  as  the  line  was  jerked  out  of  the  dinghy  in  a 
marvelous  fashion,  keeping  11s  jumping  to  avoid  it. 
The  end  quickly  came,  the  dinghy  being  jerked  ahead 
with  a force  that  nearly  sent  me  overboard.  Out  into 
the  channel  we  went,  back  on  to  the  reef  again;  the  fish 
now  dashing  into  the  air,  rushing  to  and  fro  in  a sug- 
gestive manner,  as  though  hunting  for  the  cause  of  the 
trouble,  leaping  and  plunging,  to  follow  with  a rush 
that  carried  us  half  around  the  island;  then,  striking 
a steady  pace,  the  fish  headed  out  to  sea.  We  then 
took  the  line,  passed  it  aft  and  “laid  on.”  How  many 
times  I had  hauled  on  big  game  in  this  way! — exciting 
sport,  hard  work,  but  here  was  a game  that  had  it  in  its 
power  to  spit  us  again  and  again,  and  Long  John  was 
not  backward  in  expressing  his  opinion  ominously. 

“Boss,  I’m  dogged  if  I like  this  yer  sp’dfishing;  he’s  a 
reg’lar  volador;  maybe  he’s  a man-killer,  an’,  Lord! 
how  he’s  a-pullin’.” 

At  this  moment  the  swordfish  was  rushing  around  in 
a circle  about  two  hundred  feet  distant,  hauling  our  lit- 
tle dinghy  around  and  over  in  a manner  not  particularly 
pleasant,  though  Chief  had  an  oar  out  astern,  and  was 
trying  to  keep  her  bow  to  the  fish.  The  swordfish  made 
a complete  circle  of  the  boat,  and  John  swore  softly  to 
emphasize  his  view  that  the  fish  was  hunting  for  us. 
So  we  laid  on,  the  men  joining  in  a quaint  chanty, 
“Blow  the  man  down,”  as  we  ran  the  dinghy  up  nearer, 
coiling  the  slack  as  we  earned  it. 

The  fish  continually  took  us  offshore,  and  here  made 
a fine  leap  into  the  air,  shaking  itself  and  falling  with 
a crash,  to  make  off  in  a new  direction.  Nearer  we 
came. 

“Blow  the  man  down!” 

We  were  within  thirty  feet  of  the  fish,  which  was 
bearing  down  while  we  laid  and  held  the  dinghy  to  it 
until  it  seemed  as  though  she  would  go  under;  then 
“all  together!”  and  she  shot  ahead.  “Once  more,  lads,” 
and  the  boat  cut  the  foaming,  water  directly  oyer  the 
fish,  and  with  a rush  we  had  it  alongside,  beating  the 
water,  striking  from  left  to  right,  rolling  over  and  over, 
until  Chief  lassoed  the  spear,  caught  it  and  held  on 
while  Long  John  sent  his  sharp  knife  into  the  white 
throat  and  ended  the  game. 

Then  we  pulled  for  the  key,  towing  the  big  fish  that 
soon  baited  up  two  or  three  sharks,  which  followed  up 
the  trail  of  blood  like  hounds,  only  to  be  beaten  off 
by  blows  and  splashing  of  the  oar.  In  a short  time  we 
had  reached  the  sand  and  had  our  fish  high  on  the 
beach,  a splendid  specimen  of  the  American  sailfish 
(Istiophorus) . We  had  no  facilities  for  securing  the  skin 
and  tall  fin,  much  to  our  regret,  so  cured  the  head  and 
sword,  which  made  an  excellent  trophy. 

There  is  a great  deal  of  mystery  about  the  breeding 
of  this  swordfish.  I frequented  this  section  of  the  reef 
winter  and  summer  for  five  years,  and  saw  many  of  the 
sailfishes,  but  never  the  young,  nor  did  I ever  meet  any 
one  who  had,  and  where  the  fishes  spawn,  or  where  they 
go,  is  at  least  to  me  unknown.  Our  catch  was  over 
seven  feet  in  length,  with  a remarkable  tail,  large  and 
powerful,  telling  the  story  of  its  powerful  leaps  and 
how  made.  Chief  said  there  was  another — aguja  de 
costa,  he  called  it— that  was  very  rare,  but  much  dreaded. 
I did  not  See  this  great  fish,  though  I hunted  for  it  in 
deep  and  shallow  water;  nor  did  I succeed  in  hooking 
a third  and  common  species.  T ctrapterus  imperator, 
though  more  than  once  we  put  the  grains  into  speci- 
mens and  raced  with  them  over  the  smooth  waters  of 
a deep  lagoon  to  the  south.  . 

There  is  a great  difference  in  swordfishes.  Xiphias 
of  the  North  Atlantic  is  a large  and  powerful  fish,  and 
the  records  show  it  to  be  a dangerous  foe,  many  ships 
and  boats  having  been  injured  by  it;  but  it  will  not  take 
bait,  and  can  only  be  harpooned.  The  spearfish  not 
only  takes  the  bait,  but  is  a fine  game  fish,  playing  like 
a tiger  and  leaping  into  the  air  continually,  though  its 
leap,  which  I have  often  watched,  is  a clumsy  affair,  a 
spring  upward  not  unlike  that  of  the  tarpon,  a wild, 
hysterical  bound  of  rage,  fear  and  savage  intent,  yet 
unable  to  turn,  the  fish  falls  back  bodily  upon  its  belly 
with  a loud  crash. 

That  night  after  dinner,  while  we  laid  on  the  hot 
sands  watching  the  clouds  change  from  pink  to  ver- 
milion, scarlet  and  other  tints  that  Turner  reveled  in. 
John  related  a weird  yarn  of  his  luck  with  the  sloop 
San  Rosalie. 

“We  were  fishin’  for  red  snapper,”  he  said,  011  the 
bank  to  the  south’ard  one  summer,  in  the  Havana  trade. 
When  we  filled  the  well  we  jest  ran  over  and  sold  the 
goods,  and  was  back  the  next  day.  . 

“I  reckon  we  must  have  rammed  into  a big  so  dfish— 
they  have  a way  of  leapin’  on  the  surface.  I was  settin 
on  the  rail,  fishin’,  and  the  smack  was  hauled  up  into  the 
wind  driftin’,  but  hardly  movin’,  when  I see  what  I 
thought  was  a shark  fin  cornin’  along  cuttin’  through 
the  water  like  a knife.  I yelled  to  the  boys  to  look, 
and  then  I see  a long,  narrer  fish  like  a torpedo — 1 11 
swear  it  was  twenty  feet  long — then  it  hit  us  under  the 
port  bow,  biff!  You  may  not  believe  it,  boss,,  but  that 
sloop  was  head  down  by  the  time  we  got  the  dinghy 
overboard,  and  in  twenty  minutes  she  was  full,  only,  the 
air  in  the  well  kept  her  afloat,  and  we  got  her  into 
shallow  water  after  a six-hour  tow  with  the  two  boats, 
and  at  ebb  tide  got  at  the  hole.  The  fish  had  struck  the 
head  of  a rotten  -plank  that  had  given  way,  and  left  a 
hole  in  her  as  big  as  a man’s  head. 

“When  we  were  gettin’  her  underway,  continued 
John  who  was  lying  flat  on  the  sands,  his  red  face  sup- 
ported by  his  long  arms,  “I  saw  something  thrashing 
the  water,  and  it  turned  out  to  be  the  so’dfish;  so  we 
took  it  out  of  him  jest  for  luck.  He  was.  swimming 
in  a circle  and  fighting  mad,  but  I put  a pair  of  grains 
into  him  and  made  him  fast  and  towed  most  of  him  in. 
The  sharks  got  a share,  and  when  we  got  him  on  the 
beach  we  found  that  the  so’d  was  broken  off,  so  that 
his  whole  doggoned  head  was  splintered.  The  fish  was 
twelve  foot  long  and  must  have,  weighed  fifteen  hundred 
pounds;  but  we  didn’t  weigh  him.  I never  see  another 
like  him,  and  never  want  to,  as  when  we  g<?t  the  bow 
of  the  smack  out  of  water,  there  was  about  eight  inches 


of  the  so’d. rammed  into  one  of  the  smack’s  knees;  it 
was  in  so  tight  that  we  jest  cut  it  off.” 

This  large  fish  must  have  been  the  rare  Tetrapterus 
amplus,  found  south  of  Cuba,  of  large  size. 

At  daybreak  I found  the  men  asleep  on  the  sands 
that  were  still  warm;  they  had  forgotten  the  formality 
of  turning  in.  As  I stole  down  to  the  beach  to  reach 
the  warm  bath,  always  ready  with  its  clear  sandy  bot- 
tom, the  spit  was  covered  with  birds.  A flock  of 
flamingoes  stood  like  statues,  white  and  red;  roseate 
spoonbills  plumed  themselves  with  spatulalike  bills; 
gray  pelicans,  laughing  gulls,  and  on  a bush  hard  by  a 
flock  of  man-of-war  birds,  by  all  odds  the  most  graceful 
flier  of  bird  creation. 

I swam  down  shore  near  them.  Doubtless  they 
thought  me  some  kind  of  turtle;  but  as  the  sun  came 
up  out  of  a bank  of  vermilion  clouds  they  all  went  to 
sea,  and  as  I laid  on  the  beach  there  began  one  of  those 
conflicts,  illustrating  how  the  other  half  lives.  A laugh- 
ing gull  had  alighted  on  the  head  of  John’s  pelican  just 
as  the  latter  was  about  to  swallow  a fish  it  had  caught, 
and  leaning  over  snatched  it  from  its  mouth  and  rose 
aloft  with  exultant  cries,  at  which  a man-of-war  bird 
unlimbered  and  flew  after  it;  then  followed  one  of  the 
most  remarkable  contests  I have  ever  witnessed.  For 
twenty  minutes  the  man-of-war  bird  chased  the  gull 
up  and  down,  in  and  out,  dashing  at  it  fiercely,  the  two 
constantly  rising  until  they  seemed  to  be  lost  in  the  em- 
pyrean, then  the  gull  was  plundered;  it  dropped  the  fish  it 
had  filched  from  the  pelican,  which  fell  like,  a plummet, 
while  the  black,  red-pouched  man-of-war  bird  followed 
with  a downward  rush  like  a meteor,  overtook  the.falling 
fish,  rose  beneath  it,  caught  it  deftly  in  the  air,  and 
slowly  flew  to  its  perch  in  the  bay  cedars  to  enjoy  the 
thrice-stolen  game. 

I watched  this  bold  robbery  many  times,  but  never 
knew  the  pelican  to  resist  or  protest  when  the  gull  sat 
on  its  head  or  back;  nor  did  I ever  see  a man-of-war 
bird  fish  for  itself,  though  of  course  it  does,  but  not 
when  it  can  filch  from  the  laughing  gull,  the  pelican 
robber,  which  in  turn  kidnaps  the  fishes  of  the  sea. 


Age  and  Angling. 

Nowadays  when  the  heart  is  being  constantly  torn 
with  the  woes  of  the  old  man — when  from  day  to  day 
he  is  reported  as  being  shut  out  of  employment  in 
pulpit,  school  house,  counting  house  and  work  shop; 
when  great  corporations  set  an  arbitrary  limit  to  his 
usefulness,  and  even  the  civil  service  threatens  to  fall 
into  line — it  is  pleasant  to  reflect  that  there  is  an  occu- 
pation in  which  the  old  man  still  reigns  supreme.  This 
occupation  is  angling. 

Considering  the  matter  carefully  from  the  stand- 
point of  an  observer,  I believe  it  is  not  too  much  to 
say  that  the  old  angler  is  the  most  to  be  envied  of  all 
men,  and  the  reasons  are  not  hard  to  find.  Not  only 
does  his  skill  with  rod  and  line  remain  the  same,  no 
matter  what  his  age,  but  the  masterly  way  in  which 
he  outgenerals,  outmaneuvers  and  outshines  his  youth- 
ful rivals  is  a warning  to  all  to  attempt  no  competi- 
tion. He  is  proof  against  many  of  the  ills  that  fre- 
quently befall  old  age,  being  rendered  so  by  the  life 
of  exposure  he  has  led.  He  is  always  the  most  com- 
panionable of  old  men,  and  his  fund  of  humor  and 
stock  of  stories  good  and  bad  make  him  even  more 
delightful  a companion  than  in  his  youth;  and  a cer- 
tain irresponsibility  or  vagabondage  that  goes  with 
the  calling  adds  to  his  charm.  Indeed,  few  autocrats 
hold  their  position  in  so  firm  a grasp  as  does  the  old 
angler.  That  is,  if  we  admit  that  an  angler  ever  does 
grow  old.  His  body,  of  course,  will  show  signs  of 
age.  His  hair  will  grow  white,  his  shoulders  bowed, 
his  step  more  slow,  his  years  will  string  out  in  an 
ever-lengthening  chain;  but  whether  he  ever  really 
grows  old — whether,  whatever  the  infirmities  of  his 
body,  his  heart  is  not  always  the  heart  of  a boy — ■ 
whether  the  day  ever  comes  when  a new  fishing  story 
ceases  to  cheer  him,  when  he  would  not  gladly  leave 
his  family  to  care  for  themselves,  don  his  disreputable 
fishing  garments,  and  start  out  if  only  his  strength 
would  permit,  is  a question  that  at  least  admits  of 
discussion. 

Why,  up  the  Sock — that  blessed  region  beloved  of 
fishermen— nobody  ever  dreams  of  an  angler  stopping 
fishing  because  he  is  old.  They  tell  of  an  angler  who 
has  been  coming  up  for  the  trout  fishing  each  spring 
for  ninety  years,  and  who  has  each  year  brought  along 
a new  rod.  The  ninety  years  never  seem  to  occasion 
much  remark.  It  is  the  ninety  rods  that  agitate  the 
story  tellers. 

Neither  is  infirmity  considered  a bar,  and  the  expe- 
riences of  the  quick-tempered  old  judge  are  still 
relished.  He  is  said  to  have  kept  coming  up  into  this 
paradise  that  ensnared  his  youth — had  to,  you  know, 
couldn’t  help  it — until  at  last  it  took  one  man  on  each 
side  to  hold  him  up  and  one  behind  to  shove  him 
along.  Yet  even  then  he  vigorously  cast  the  fly,  and 
when  a youth  of  seventy  odd  ventured  to  remark  on 
the  very  few  fish  he  caught,  the  Judge  is  said  to  have 
shouted  maledictions  upon  him,  and  to  have  demanded 
if  he  hadn't  yet  grown  old  enough  to  know  that  a man 
didn’t  go  a-fishing  just  to  catch  the  fish. 

Still  another  old  chap  they  tell  of  who  grew  rheu- 
matic with  advancing  years,  and  who  consequently 
fell  a victim  to  prudence.  Not,  however,  sufficiently 
to  stay  at  home  comfortably  and  take  care  of  himself. 
No,  indeed,  that  were  too  much  to  ask!  But  he  bought 
himself  an  old  white  horse,  and  taught  it  how  to  wade, 
and  for  years  it  is  said  this  ingenious  angler  fished 
each  spring  from  the  horse’s  back  with  quite  the  same 
joy  he  had  felt  in  his  youth,  if  not  with  the  same 
luck. 

But  all  of  these  men  were  outdone  by  the  angler 
who  couldn’t  sit  up  at  all,  but  who  had  himself 
bolstered  up  in  the  end  of  a spring  wagon.  The 
wagon  was  then  backed  into  the  stream  at  various 
favorite  spots,  and  the  old  man  fished  to  his  heart’s 
content  over  the  tailboard. 

Now,  these  men  were  not  old— not  one  of  them. 
They  were  boys.  Their  poor  frail  bodies  had  played 
them  false.  They  had  to  be  propped  up  and  shoved 
along,  bolstered  in  wagons  and  mounted  on  borrowed 
feet,  yet  their  hearts  were  not  old,  and  their  love  for 


the  sky,  the  mountain,  the  clear  running  water,  was 
just  as  keen— aye,  keener — than  it  had  been  when  first 
they  tramped  the  dear  familiar  paths. 

No,  they  were  all  of  them  boys.  The  very  same 
boys,  too,  let  me  say  in  passing,  who  years  and  years 
before  had  carried  proudly  through  the  streets  home 
to  their  mothers  their  first  strings  of  shiners,  and 
who,  sitting  in  the  pantry  in  the  dear  old  home,  had 
related  to  her  the  exact  manner  in  which  each  sunny 
and  chub  had  been  captured.  And  no  one  who  knows 
anglers  will  doubt  that  these  same  boys,  in  just  the 
same  manner,  with  just  the  same  pride  and  delight, 
will  relate  the  story  of  the  last  fish  they  ever  catch. 

Neither  do  anglers  themselves  seem  to  have  any 
idea  of  age  being  a barrier  to  fishing.  One  young 
angler  whom  I know,  who  is  already  growing  older 
every  day,  fully  expects  to  fish  until  he  is  an  hundred. 
He  expects,  he  says,  to  fish  for  trout  until  he  is  eighty, 
for  bass  until  he  is  ninety,  and  to  round  out  the  cen- 
tury fishing  for  catfish.  In  moments  of  exaltation  he 
even  speaks  incoherently  of  fishing  later  on  over  the 
tailboard  of  a wagon,  as  did  the  old  man  in  the  story; 
and  he  will  do  it, unless  he  dies. 

Suppose,  however,  we  admit  that  age  attacks  an 
angler  just  as  it  does  the  rest  of  mankind,  he  none 
the  less  enjoys  a position  that  largely  compensates 
him  for  the  loss  of  his  youth.  Indeed,  the  old  angler 
comes  in  time  to  be  a hero  in  a certain  way,  and  many 
are  the  traditions  which,  of  course,  are  not  without 
some  foundation  in  fact,  that  fasten  themselves  to  him 
and  enhance  his  importance.  Anyone  who  has 
haunted  a trout  stream  knows  what  I mean.  The 
old  man  may  not,  indeed,  have  the  fish  all  marked  and 
named,  so  that  they  answer  to  his  call,  as  they  are 
said  to  do,  but  he  does  know  the  secrets  of  the  streams 
as  few  others  do.  That  he  was  always  a powerful 
wader,  no  one  doubts;  yet  the  story  that  he  was  able 
to  wade  a riffle  so  stiff  that  the  water  ran  into  his 
coat  collar  on  the  one  side  yet  failed  to  wet  his  stock- 
ings on  the  other,  or  that  he  habitually  waded  down 
the  middle  of  even  the  swiftest  creeks  because  it  was 
too  much  trouble  to  go  around  by  the  road,  may  have 
to  be  taken  with  some  discretion,  together  with  other 
tales  of  his  remarkable  endurance  and  skill,  and  of  his 
strange  influence  over  the  powers  of  the  water.  But 
they  are  none  of  them  entirely  untrue,  and  all  add  to 
the  proud  position  he  occupies. 

Then,  too,  no  matter  what  his  age,  the  days  are 
still  pleasant  ones  to  him  when  he  can  sit  in  the  sun 
and  relate  his  adventures  and  listen  to  those  of  other 
anglers,  questioning,  of  course,  the  truth  of  every 
story  not  his  own;  when  he  can  criticise  every  bit  of 
tackle  and  its  unfortunate  owner,  condemn  every  new 
device,  and  deride  unsparingly  the  unfortunate  user  of 
it,  point  every  moral  from  his  sheaf  of  favorite  yarns, 
scorn  every  unwelcome  advance,  knowing  full  well 
that  his  companionship  is  a prize  for  which  many 
seek. 

In  the  summer  days  he  still  fishes,  and  frequently 
routs  his  youthful  rivals  completely.  In  the  winter  he 
listens  to  the  tales  Of  the  creeks,  of  the  ice,  of  the 
logs.  The  floods  yield  him  interest,  and  the  man  with 
a new  story  is  the  joy  of  his  life.  Indeed,  so  well 
satisfied  is  the  old  angler  that  he  envies  no  one — ex- 
cepting perhaps  Methuselah  or  the  Wandering  Jew— 
and  these  only  because  of  the  unequaled  opportunities 
for  fishing  their  lives  afforded.  Probably  the  only 
real  dread  he  has  is  of  the  time  when  he  can  no 
longer  tramp  around  nor  sit  under  the  blue  sky.  Noth- 
ing else  matters  greatly.  Sorrow  he  can  bear — has 
borne  in  large  measure — suffering,  privation,  disap- 
pointment— anything  that  does  not  keep  him  from  his 
land  of  heart’s  desire. 

Now,  whether  or  not  the  fact  of  eternal  youth  has 
been  proved  for  the  old  angler  matters  not,  his  en- 
viable old  age  can  not  be  doubted.  For  whether  he  be 
sitting  in  the  sun,  delighting  an  audience  with  his 
comments  on  modern  methods  in  angling,  or  mounted 
on  a white  horse  casting  a fly  for  trout;  whether  he  be 
propped  up  in  a wagon  or  shoved  and  pulled  along  the 
bank;  whether  he  be  telling  his  favorite  yarn  for  the 
thousandth  time,  or  whether  he  be  carrying  home  only 
sunfish,  there  is  no  time  when  his  age  cuts  him  out; 
and  to  the  very  last  he  is  to  be  envied  above  all  other 
old  men.  Justina  Johnson. 


Fish  Hospital  at  Vienna. 

The  Frankfort  (Germany)  News  states  that  since  the 
beginning  of  the  winter  term  a station  for  research  and 
observation  of  sick  fish  has  been  established  at  the  veter- 
inary high  school  of  Vienna,  under  the  direction  of  Pro- 
fessor Doctor  Fiebiger.  Officials  of  this  institution  will 
investigate  the  biology  and  pathology  of  fish.  One  of  the 
main  objects  of  the  researches  will  be  to  study  whether 
certain  diseases  of  fish  are  transmitted  to  man,  and  if  so 
to  what  extent.  The  scientific  diagnosis  of  the  sick  fish 
is  affixed  to  each  compartment  containing  them.  Fishes 
are  to  be  found  suffering  from  smallpox  and  others  from 
intestinal  catarrh.  A dolphin  was  brought  to  the  institute 
with  a disease  which  was  diagnosed  as  inflammation  of 
the  lungs.  The  director  is  very  reluctant  about  express- 
ing an  opinion  with  reference  to  the  curability  of  fish 
diseases.  At  any  rate  instructive  observations  in  the  field 
of  comparative  therapeutics  may  be  expected 

Florida  Fish  Killed  by  Cold. 

Lemon  City,  Fla.,  Jan.  29. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 
The  cold  wave  of  January  26  and  27  which  swept  over  the 
State  of  Florida  was  not  only  disastrous  to  vegetation,  but 
killed  and  rendered  helpless  many  kinds  of  fish.  The  tar- 
pon especially  were  affected  by  the  cold.  1 here  were 
brought  to  this  place  between  forty  and  fifty  tarpon  which 
had  been  so  benumbed  by  the  cold  as  to  be  easily  speared 
by  parties  who  were  searching  for  them.  The  largest 
fish  was  in  length  7 feet  1 M inches,  girth  39^  inches, 
weight  194  pounds.  Several  others  were  nearly  this  size. 
Hundreds  of  small  fish  of  various  species  were  killed  out- 
right. Two  boys,  after  being  out  a short  time  gathering 
the  fish,  brought  in  99,  mostly  crevalle  or  jack.  The  tar- 
pon were  salted,  to  be  sent  to  the  Key  West  market, 
where  there  is  a ready  sale  for  them,  So.  the  killing  of 
the  fish  was  not  dope  wantonly,  E.  J.  Brown, 


Feb.  ii,  1905.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM* 


Land-Locked  Salmo  Salar. 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

In  your  issue  of  January  28,  Dr.  Daly,  of  Sussex,  N.  B., 
Managing  Director  of  the  Pleasant  Lake  Club,  corrobo- 
rates, from  his  own  knowledge,  all  the  statements  made 
by  Mr.  Chambers  in  your  issue  of  December  10  last 
respecting  the  fry  of  Salmo  salar  placed  in  that  lake  some 
six  or  seven  years  ago,  and  confined  to  it  by  an  arrange- 
ment made  to  prevent  the  fish  from  escaping.  Dr.  Daly’s 
experience  seems  to  have  been  more  extensive  than  that 
related  by  Mr.  Chambers,  whose  one  rod  caught  fifty  in  a 
day,  all  about  the  same  size,  some  ten  inches  in  length. 
From  the  Doctor’s  letter  we  learn  that  he  has  caught  these 
smolts  from  twelve  to  fourteen  inches  in  length,  and  that 
he  and  a companion  “were  compelled  to  move  their  boat 
on  account  of  catching  salmon  only.” 

Since  both  Mr.  Chambers  and  Dr.  Daly  vouch  for  these 
facts,  The  Old  Angler  must  not  doubt  them,  and  hence 
he  is  compelled  to  reconsider  and  revise  all  he  thought  he 
knew  about  salmon  and  trout  acquired  from  extensive 
reading  and  the  practical  experience  of  a long  life  with 
exceptional  facilities  for  the  study.  In  the  interests  of 
science  it  is  much  to  be  regretted  that  Dr.  Daly  did  not 
enter  somewhat  more  fully  into  particulars.  As  the  case 
stands.  _ there  is  a lamentable  want  of  data  for  careful 
comparison.  If  confinement  in  this  lake  has  not  essen- 
tially changed  the  nature  of  the  fish,  some  of  them  should 
have  attained  maturity  in  the  fourth  year,  and  should 
have  spawned  at  least  twice  since,  if  Salmo  salar  is  an 
annual  spawner. 

From  what  we  know  of  landlocked  salmon  in  other 
lakes,  we  have  no  reason  to  think  that  any  essential 
change  has  been  produced  in  the  last  hundred  years.  The 
ouananiche  of  Grand  Lake  Stream  to-day  are  precisely 
similar  to  those  caught  fifty  years  ago.  If  a considerable 
number  of  the  fry,  as  Mr.  Chambers  and  Dr.  Daly  state, 
escaped  their  enemies  and  attained  a length  from  ten  to 
fourteen  inches,  it  is  difficult,  in  the  present  state  of  our 
knowledge,  to  believe  that  none  attained  maturity — say 
an  average  of  twelve  pounds — like  their  parent  fish  in  the 
Miramichi.  If  any  considerable  number  attained  this 
size,  it  is  most  extraordinary  and  wholly  unaccountable 
that,  in  all  these  years,  no  member  of  the  club  has  ever 
caught  one.  and  that,  so  far,  the  largest  Dr.  Daly  caught 
has  not  exceeded  fourteen  inches  in  length — say  a pound 
in  weight! 

We  are  told  this  is  a scientific  age — that  “the  school- 
master is  abroad,”  and  natural  history  forms  a part  of  the 
curriculum  of  all  our  high  schools.  We  have  been  in- 
formed by  two  writers  in  your  columns  that  the  so-called 
sea  trout  is  a true  sea  fish  that  comes  into  our  rivers  to 
feed  on  salmon  ova.  By  another  we  have  been  told  that 
it  is  identical  with  the  brook  trout,  but  is  spawned  and 
brought  up  in  the  sea;  by  still  another  that  it  is  a 
“marine  type”  distinct  from  the  “fluvial  type,”  which  last 
dictum  is  applauded  and  indorsed  by  the  genial  writer 
who  first  made  known  the  wonders  of  Pleasant  Lake, 
where  an  instance  of  transformation  is  in  progress  beside 
which  those  recorded  by  Charles  Darwin  are  common- 
place. This  is  vouched  for  by  the  manager  of  the  club 
which  controls  the  water — a club  which  includes  among 
its  members  several  professional  men  of  high  standing, 
some  well-read  and  skillful  anglers,  and  a number  of  in- 
telligent, practical  men  quite  capable  of  appreciating  the 
biological  phenomena  involved  in  the  statements  made  by 
'Mr.  Chambers  and  Dr.  Daly;  and  yet  no  specimens  of  this 
transformed  fish  have  reached  the  natural  history 
museums  of  Canada  or  the  United  States. 

While  thanking  Dr.  Daly  for  his  kind  offer  of  the  hos- 
pitalities of  “Kamp  Kill  Kare,”  the  writer  deeply  regrets 
that  his  age  and  physical  infirmities  will  prevent  him 
from  investigating  on  the  spot  the  phenomena  presented 
by  this  unique  case.  He  can  only  hope  that  during  the 
coming  summer  the  Doctor  himself  or  some  other  member 
of  the  club  will  send  him  specimens  of  these  Salmo  salar 
fry  which,  in  seven  years,  have  attained  a length  of  only 
fourteen  inches  and  a weight  of  about  one  pound.  If  any 
of  your  numerous  readers  can  tell  of  a similar  case,  he 
will  help  the  cause  of  science  by  making  the  facts  known 
through  your  widely-read  magazine. 

The  Old  Angler. 

Sussex,  N.  B , Jan.  30. 


Under  the  Gilded  Dome. 

Boston,  Feb.  4.- — Editor  Forest  and  Stream:  Twenty- 
nine  different  bills  have  been  referred  to  the  Legislative 
Committee  on  Fish  and  Game  in  our  State.  House  bill 
No.  157  provides  for  an  outlay  of  $2,000  for  the  purpose 
of  collecting  statistics  in  regard  to  damage  to_  food  fish 
caused  by  dogfish  and  other  predatory  fish;  this  in  view 
of  the  fact  that  a bill  for  this  purpose  is  now  pending  in 
Congress.  The  money  is  to  be  expended  under  the  direc- 
tion of  the  State  Commissioners  . on  Fish  and  Game. 
House  bill  No.  214  provides  for  the  continuance  of  the 
close  season  on  quail  on  the  Island  of  Nantucket  until  the 
first  day  of  March,  1908.  House  bill  No.  251  provides 
that  the  open  season  on  quail  be  the  months  of  Novem- 
ber and  December  instead  of  October  and  November  as  at 
present.  It  has  been  the  contention  of  sportsmen  gen- 
erally that  after  the  leaves  have  fallen  the  birds  should 
not  be  slaughtered,  and  that  to  continue  the  open  season 
into  December  would  be  very  unwise.  Bristol  county  has 
been  persistent  in  its  desire  to  make  December  an  open 
month.  House  bill  No.  252  prohibits  the  shooting  of  wild 
ducks  “from  a boat,  raft  or  other  structure  in  any  pond 
owned  by  the  State  or  any  fresh-water  pond,”  and  to 
allow  their  shooting  only  from  the  shore  “in  the  county 
of  Dukes  county.”  This  bill  is  the  outgrowth  of  occur- 
rences described  by  your  correspondent  some  weeks  ago, 
when  a State  officer  slaughtered  many  ducks  in  a man- 
ner .contrary  to  the  customs  of  the  natives,  and  to  what 
they  regard  as  an  unwritten  law  of  the  county. 

House  bill  No.  287  is  designed  to  repeal  the  provision 
which  gives  deputies  the  right  of  search  in  enforcing  the 
laws  against  short  lobsters.  It  originates  from  the  North 
Shore,  which  has  always  been  conspicuous  for  violations 
of  the  lobster  laws.  House  bill  No.  288  provides  for  a 
license  fee  of  $10  to  be  paid  by  “every  unnaturalized  for 
eign-born  person"  before  beginning  to  hunt  in  this  Com- 
monwealth. One-half  the  money  so  paid  is  to  go  to ‘the 
Ipvva  and  the  other  half  to  the  Commissioners,  to  be  used 


by  them  for  the  enforcement  of  fish  and  game  laws. 
House  bill  No.  289  is  designed  to  fix  the  length  of  trout 
that  may  b©  legally  caught  in  the  county  of  Berkshire  at 
five  inches;  in  all  other  counties,  six  inches.  The  ques- 
tion of  the  length  of  trout  that  may  be  caught  in  the 
four  western  counties,  like  Hamlet’s  ghost,  “will  never 
down.” 

House  bill  No.  336  originates  with  the  Springfield 
Sportsmen’s  Club,  and  is  sure  to  have  strong  support  and 
perhaps  equally  strong  opposition.  It  provides  for  a 
license  fee  of  one  dollar  for  citizens  of  the  State  and  of 
ten  dollars  for  “unnaturalized  persons.”  One-half  the 
money  derived  from  the  sale  of  licenses  is  to  be  used  by 
the  Commissioners  for  “the  employment  of  game  war- 
dens for  the  enforcement  of  laws  for  protection  of  birds 
and  game,  and  one-half  for  the  importation  and  liberation 
of  quail,”  but  10  per  cent,  of  the  same  in  any  year  may 
be  transferred  from  one  class  to  the  other.  The  bill,  how- 
ever, exempts  persons  hunting  on  farm  land  owned  or 
leased  and  occupied  by  them  and  any  member  of  the 
owner’s  family  “acting  with  his  authority  and  consent.” 
This  last  provision  leaves  a wide  opening  in  the  bill.  An- 
other provision  limits  the  bag  of  ruffed  grouse  to  five 
in  one  day.  Section  9 puts  a limit  of  three  years,  un- 
less sooner  repealed.  From  interviews  with  many 
hunters,  the  writer  is  of  the  opinion  that  there  is  a 
growing  sentiment  in  favor  of  some  such  enactment 
and  some  express  doubt  whether  it  will  ever  be  pos- 
sible without  such  a law  to  put  a stop  to  the  indis- 
criminate slaughter  of  every  species  of  bird  by  the 
horde  of  foreigners  which  swarm  in  all  our  manufactur- 
ing centres.  Others  think  such  a law  will  antagonize 
the  farmers  and  lead  them  to  post  their  lands  much 
more  extensively  than  they  do  now.  The  hearing  on 
this  measure  is  sure  to  bring  together  a large  number 
of  men  with  diverse  opinions.  Last  winter  a similar 
bill  met  with  no  favor  from  the  committee. 

Representative  Charles  S.  Davis,  of  Salem,  is  sponsor 
for  a bill  which  ranks  as  a curiosity,  not  only  in  its 
provisions,  but  in  phraseology.  It  embodies  the 
chimerical  plan,  which  has  been  broached  before  of 
regulating  the  size  of  lobsters  caught  by  the  distance 
between  the  slats  of  the  pot.  It  does  away  with  all 
measurements  of  lobsters. 

It  seems,  to  the  writer,  that  the  purpose  of  the  bill 
could  be  accomplished  in  a much  more  direct  way,  by 
simply  expunging  every  statute  for  protection  of 
lobsters.  Possibly  that  might  be  the  quickest  way  to 
convince  lobster-fishermen  that  they  cannot  “have  the 
cake  and  eat  it,  too.”  We  shall  be  interested  to  see 
what  the  hearing  on  the  bill  will  develop. 

Our  fishermen  friends  in  Franklin,  Hampshire  and 
Hampden  counties  have  in  a bill  to  'fix  the  length  of 
trout  that  may  legally  be  caught  in  those  counties  and 
Berkshire  at  five  inches.  To  outsiders  it  appears  they 
have  a good  reason  for  desiring  that  they  be  put  in 
the  same  class  with  Berkshire.  Perhaps  some  time  they 
will  all  agree  to  be  classed  with  the  rest  of  the  State 
and  agree  to  a six-inch  limit. 

House  bill  No.  441,  by  Salem  D.  Charles,  provides 
for  a fine  of  $50  for  the  owner  of  a dog  found  chasing 
a deer,  “with  the  knowledge  and  consent  of  the  owner 
or  keeper,”  and  authorizes  the  killing  of  the  dog  under 
such  circumstances  by  any  person. 

Mr.  J.  A.  Cook  asks  for  legislation  to  prohibit  the 
taking  of  fish  by  nets  and  seines  or  any  movable  device 
in  certain  waters  of  Cape  Cod  Bay  and  Nantucket  and 
Vineyard  Sounds. 

House  bill  No.  560  is  to  prohibit  the  running  at  large 
of  female  dogs.  When  Mayor  Bryant’s  bill  (Senate 
No.  143)  is  heard,  the  largest  committee  room  in  the 
State  house  is  liable  to  be  too  small  to  accommodate 
all  who  will  desire  to  be  heard  for  or  against  the  fox. 
I will  try  to  keep  your  readers  informed  of  the  result 
of  hearings.  Central. 


Fish  Chat. 

BY  EDWARD  A.  SAMUELS. 

A Fly-Book  Revery. 

A wild  northeast  gale  is  blowing  and  the  snow,  in  dense 
masses  and  in  fleecy  clouds,  is  fleeting  across  the  fields 
and  pastures,  bidding  fair  to  pile  up  drifts  which  will  fill 
the  roads  and  obstruct  travel  in  all  directions.  The  sky 
is  of  a leaden  darkness,  and  so  furiously  are  the  clouds 
of  snow  driving  along,  the  entire  horizon  is  shut  out, 
the  view  from  my  study  window  being  circumscribed  to  a 
very  few  rods. 

The  northern  sides  of  the  pines  and  the  buildings  near- 
by are  so  densely  covered  with  the  fleecy  mantle  they 
seem  almost  lik  grotesque  creations  of  snow,  and  the  win- 
dows are  completely  hidden  from  view.  How  the  wind 
howls  as  it  rushes  by  the  house ! It  seems  impatient  at 
being  shut  out  from  the  warmth  within.  Not  a sign  of 
life  is  visible,  even  the  sea  gulls  and  crows  seeking  pro- 
tected hiding  places  from  the  blast.  Yesterday  a small 
flock  of  those  hardy  little  sprites,  the  blue  snowbirds  or 
j uncos,  were  flitting  about  the  dooryard,  busily  engaged 
in  seeking  for  the  seeds  of  weeds  and  grasses  which  were 
left  uncovered  by  the  snow;  but  not  one  is  visible  to-day, 
and  probably  they  departed  during  the  night  for  a more 
genial  clime,  where  snow  drifts  and  ice  and  cold  and 
piercing  winds  are  unknown.  Plucky  little  mites  they 
ordinarily  are,  and,  like  the  chickadee  or  black-cap  tit- 
mouse, they  often  brave  the  intensest  cold ; but  many 
there  are  which  mount  high  in  the  air  when  a storm  like 
this  is  approaching  and  wing  their  way  to  the  sunny 
South. 

Huge  rollers  from  the  mighty  Atlantic  are  rushing  and 
crashing  up  the  long,  shelving'  beach  a few  rods  from 
where  I sit  by  the  cheerful  fire  of  the  king  of  grate  coals, 
that  from  the  “Old  Sydney  Mines,”  and  with  a thunder- 
ing roar  dash  upon  the  rocks  and  boulders  with  tremen- 
dous force.  The  surface  of  the  ocean  has  lost  its  cerulean 
hue,  and  is  of  a leaden  gray  and  white,  and  has  a cold  and 
hungry  look. 

This  is  winter— frigid,  storm-bearing,  relentless  winter 
— the  season  which  has  the  fewest  attractions  and  enjoy- 
ments for  those  who  are  obliged  to  endure  its  rigors. 
It  is  true,  it. has  charms  for  the  hunterj  to  him  who  has 
the  vigor,  strength  and  endurance  to  follow  the  mighty 
moose  '.or  restless  caribou  over  the  snow-covered  barrens 
or  through  .the  dim  vfsfas  of  the  forest,  to  him  it  js  4 


season  replete  with  exhilaration  and  keen  enjoyment;  but 
to  the  angler  its  long  and  weary  months  are  blank  ones 
in  his  existence.  The  glorious  rivers  and  streams  whose 
meanderings  he  follows  in  the  halcyon  days  of  summer 
in  quest  of  the  royal  salmon  or  the  beautiful  and  gamy 
trout,  are  sealed  with  ice;  and  where  a few  short  months 
ag©  were  pools  upon  whose  surface  he  cast  the  delicate 
feathered  lure,  nothing  is  visible  but  drifts  of  snow  and 
huge  masses  of  particles  of  ice  which  have  accumulated 
below  the  rapid  water  that  still  comes  down  from  the 
mountains  many  miles  away.  But  if  he  is  debarred  by  the 
inclemencies  of  the  season  from  visiting  those  dearly 
loved  streams,  he  still  has  the  blessed  privilege  of  enjoy- 
ing in  retrospect  the  pleasures  that  on  them  have  been 
vouchsafed  him. 

On  such  a day  as  this  when  I am  storm-bound,  as  it 
were,  my  thoughts,  like  those  of  my  other  brothers  of  the 
angle,  revert  to  the  many  thrilling  encounters  I have  had 
with  the  denizens  of  the  water,  and  instinctively  I remove 
from  the  tackle  cases  my  fly-books  filled  with  the  beauti- 
ful feathered  lures  which  have  in  the  past  given  me  such 
perfect  enjoyment,  and  examine  them  one  by  one  and 
smooth  their  delicate  fibers  as  tenderly  and  softly  as  does 
the  loving  mother  stroke  the  golden  tresses  of  her  darling. 

To  the  uninitiated  the  contents  of  an  angler’s  books  seem 
but  a collection  of  more  or  less  gaudy  imitations  in 
feathers,  wool  and  tinsel,  of  moths,  butterflies  and  other 
insects.  As  imitations  they  are  really  impossiblities  when 
viewed  in  such  a way,  for  most  of  them  resemble  nothing 
that  ever  possessed  life  and  motion;  but  to  him  who  has 
acquired  a knowledge  of  the  peculiarities  each  fly  has 
when  drawn  through  the  water,  they  are  not  weighed 
and  valued  as  artificial  insects,  but  are  to  him  delicate, 
even  exquisite,  pieces  of  handiwork  especially  adapted  as 
lures  for  the  capture  of  certain  species  of  fish  in  different 
waters,  and  even  in  different  conditions  of  water. 

Fishing  with  the  fly  has  been  a rulling  passion  with  me 
for  many  years,  and  I have,  in  consequence,  a large  and 
varied  collection  which  has  been  gathered  from  many 
sources  on  both  sides  of  the  Atlantic.  These  flies  have 
been  arranged  systematically  in  different  books,  according 
to  the  variety  of  fish  for  which  they  are  intended.  Thus 
in  one  or  two  books  are  nothing  but  salmon  flies ; beauti- 
ful creations  they  are,  and  wonderfully  perfect  in  texture 
and  workmanship.  In  another  book  are  trout  flies,  and 
the  variety  of  these  and  the  delicate  manipulation  dis- 
played in  their  construction  are  as  great,  if  they  do  not 
exceed,  even  those  that  were  bestowed  upon  the  others. 
In  another  book  are  flies  especially  intended  for  the 
gamy  black  bass  and  the  maskinonge;  most  of  these 
latter  are  large  and  rather  gaudy  affairs,  such  as  no 
angler  would  ever  think  of  offering  to  a trout  or 
salmon,  and  in  still  another  book  is  a collection  of 
faded,  tattered  wrecks  of  flies,  each  of  which  has  its 
history  and  brings  to  memory  incidents  that  have 
transpired  and  struggles  with  gamy  antagonists  in  the 
long  ago,  and  causes  the  eye  to  brighten,  the  nerves 
to  tingle  and  the  hand  to  grasp  impulsively,  as  if  the 
fingers  clutched  the  rod,  whose  supple  form  is  bent 
in  a great  circle  by  the  struggles  of  a splendid  fish 
that  has  been  hooked.  Most  anglers  discard  those 
frayed  and  torn  creations,  but  I have  saved  mine  as 
scrupulously  and  almost  as  tenderly  as  does  the  lover 
treasure  the  letters  of  his  sweetheart,  or  the  mother 
the  toys  and  trinkets  which  delighted  her  daughter  when 
she  was  but  a child;  and  I sometimes  feel  that  my 
collection  of  broken,  bedraggled  flies  is  of  as  high 
value  to  me,  if  not  higher,  than  is  that  of  all  the  rest. 

The  Tomah-Jo  Fly. 

Among  these  defaced  and  broken  lures  are  three  or 
four  of  one  of  my  favorite  flies,  the  “Tomah-Jo,”  which 
was  named  in  honor  of,  and  probably  was  first  put 
together  by  an  Indian  guide  who  lived  in  a little  Indian 
settlement  near  Princeton  on  the  lower  of  the  Schoodic 
chain  of  lakes. 

Tomah  Jo  was  well  known  to  anglers  who  visited 
the  Grand  Lake  stream  in  the  long  ago  in  quest  of 
! the  landlocked  salmon,  or,  as  it  was  called  in  those 
days,  the  “white  trout”  and  the  “Schoodic  trout,”  and 
the  old  fellow  was  as  expert  with  the  fly-rod  as  with 
the  paddle  and  setting  pole.  This  fly,  which  is  now  a 
great  favorite  among  anglers  who  follow  the  ouananiche 
and  other  so-called  landlocks,  is  tied  with  a yellow  and 
white  floss  body;  wound  quite  hard  around  it  is  a 
narrow  strip  of  silver  tinsel.  The  tail  is  composed  of 
a number  of  fibres  from  the  crest  of  the  Chinese 
golden  pheasant;  the  hackle,  which  is  rather  full,  is 
red  and  yellow,  and  the  wings,  which  are  somewhat  large 
in  size,  are  made  of  the  beautiful  striated  feathers,  with 
their  black  and  white  bars,  from  the  ruff  of  the  wood 
or  summer  duck.  The  first  of  these  that  I will  speak 
of  here  is  so  badly  torn  by  the  sharp  teeth  of  sea 
trout,  that  it  is  almost  unrecognizable.  I had  used 
it  on  that  beautiful  and  picturesque  river,  the  Jacquet, 
which  empties  into  the  Bay  des  Chaleurs,  a few  miles 
from  Dalhousie,  and  it  proved  a taking  lure,  for  I suc- 
ceeded in  landing  two  salmon  with  it,  much  to  the 
astonishment  of  my  guides,  Hiram  and  William  Miller, 
to  whom  it  was  an  absolute  novelty.  I had  for  a long 
time  been  casting  on  two  or  three  of  the  _ best  pools 
with  the  usual  varieties  and  changes  of  flies  without 
succeeding  in  stirring  a fin;  we  knew  that  salmon  must 
be  lying  in  them,  but  they  semed  to  have  been  educated 
and  disdained  to  accept  my  offerings. 

Having  on  many  occasion  proved  that  the  Tomah- 
Jo  was  a grand  lure  among  the  landlocks,  and,  believing 
I could  do  no  worse  than  I then  was  doing,  I affixed 
one  to  my  casting  line  and  threw  it  out,  and  this  in 
opposition  to  the  advice  of  the  Miller  brothers,  who 
declared  it  was  too  large  and  light-colored  for  those 
waters.  As  a rule,  experienced  guides  are  good  advisers 
in  the  matter  of  choice  of  flies,  but  they  dislike  innova- 
tions and  they  are.  moreover,  not  infallible;  but  when 
I rose  my  first  salmon  and  hooked  and  landed  him, 
their  excited  congratulations  knew  no  bounds. 

“Reallv,  sir!”  exclaimed  Hiram,  removing  the  fly 
from  the  salmon’s  mouth  and  smoothing  the  ruffled 
feathers  carefully,  examining  its  make-up  critically  at  the 
same  time.  "I  never  saw  its  like  before!” 

'“Nor’  l,”  added  William.  “’Tis  a beautiful  fly,  surely, 
but  the  last  one  I Would  pick  tor  a saumon.” 

After  my  second  fish  was  landed  with  that  fly,  the 
delicate  wmgs  were  broken  and  torn,  and  I relegated 


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[Feb.  ii,  1905. 


it  to  the  compartment  in  my  book  in  which  I kept 
flies  for  use  among  the  sea  trout,  whose  sharp  teeth 
soon  make  tatters  of  the  fly  they  are  allowed  to  take. 
I used  the  Tomah-Jo  subsequently  for  salmon  on  the 
Miramichi  and  Nepisiquit  rivers,  and  it  always  proved 
successful.'  Of  course,  I had  them  tied  in  different  sizes 
to  meet  the  requirements  of  different  conditions  and 
stages  of  the  water;  the  wings,  when  dry,  seem  to  be 
over  long,  and,  light-colored  as  they  are,  they  would 
hardly  seem  adapted  to  any  but  deep,  dark  pools.  But 
after  they  have  been  cast  two  or  three  times,  the 
feathers  of  the  wings  lose  much  of  their  stiffness,  and 
shortly  the  fly,  when  drawn  beneath  the  surface,  has 
much  of  the  appearance  of  a small  sand-eel,  and  at  times 
one  would  almost  believe  it  is  a capelin  when  in  motion. 
Without  at  all  resembling  the  ordinary  silver-doctor, 
it  has  qualities,  when  being  moved,  that  remind  one  of 
that  killing  lure,  and  I have  often  imagined  that  it  was 
taken  for  a minnow  rather  than  for  a presentment  of 
an  insect. 

I have  a half  dozen  or  more  of  mutilated  ones,  each  of 
which  has  landed  at  least  one  salmon  and  no  end  of 
sea  trout,  and  several  others  show  the  hard  usage  they 
have  received  from  the  ouananiche  and  the  landlocks. 
Of  the  former,  one  is  tagged  as  having  landed  four 
of  the  first  named  fish  in  fifteen  minutes  on  the  Ashua- 
pmouchouan  River,  which  empties  into  Lake  St.  John, 
P.  Q.,  near  the  village  of  St.  Felicienne.  None  of 
these  ouananiche  was  over  two  pounds  in  weight  and, 
as  I was  using  my  heavy  salmon  rod,  they  were  quickly 
brought  to  the  landing  net,  more  quickly,  in  fact,  than 
would  as  many  fresh  run  grilse;  with  lighter  tackle  the 
record  would,  no  doubt,  be  quite  different. 

I have  stated  that  the  Tomah  Jo  originated  in  the 
fertile  brain  of  an  old  Indian  guide  of  the  Schoodic 
Lakes.  The  genesis  of  the  fly  is  given  by  my  old 
friend,  Charles  W.  Stevens,  in  his  charming  little  book, 
“Fly  Fishing,”  as  follows; 

“I  turn  to  my  work.  Does  the  brown  son  of  the 
forest  do  likewise?  No;  he  has  discovered  my  fly-book 
by  my  side;  a satisfied  grunt  attracts  my  attention;  I 
look  behind  me,  and  see  the  Work  of  Sarah  McBride’s 
delicate  fingers  passing  under  the  examination  of  his 
critical  eye. 

“'Those  good  flies,  Mr.  Stevens — McBride?’ 

‘“Yes,  Sarah’s.’ 

“‘Sarah,  she  make  good  fly;  that  fly  made  like  one 
I sent  you;  salmon  take  that  fly,  sure.’ 

“ ‘Undoubtedly,  Tomah,  she  made  these  from  your 
sample.” 

Yes,  this  fly  is,  and  always  was,  a taking  lure  on 
Grand  Lake  stream.  It  is  true  that  those  landlocks 
are  not,  as  a rule,  at  all  fastidious,  for  it  hardly  ever 
happens  that  they  will  not  rise  to  almost  any  feathered 
lure  that  may  be  cast  to  them,  but  there  are  times 
when  they  are  not  particularly  voracious,  and  it  is  then 
they  invariably  rise  to  the  Tomah-Jo. 

The  changes  through  which  that  river  has  passed 
are  somewhat  peculiar.  A half  century  ago  the  gamy 
little  salmon  were  so  abundant  in  its  pools  that  they 
seemed  absolutely  numberless,  and  the  veriest  “fish- 
hog”  could  satisfy  himself  without  diminishing  the 
myriads  which  filled  the  stream.  When  the  great 
tannery  was  erected  on  the  river,  the  fish  abandoned 
the  stream  almost  entirely,  and  for  a number  of  years 
very  few  passed  beyond  the  dam  at  the  outlet  of  Grand 
Lake.  But  with  the  destruction  of  the  tannery  and 
the  subsequent  restoration  of  the  river  to  its  normal 
condition,  the  fish  once  more  began  to  appear  in  the 
pools,  and  they  are  now,  as  I am  informed  by  one  of 
my  correspondents,  almost  as  numerous  as  they  were 
in  the  ’60s,  and  they  average  considerably  larger  in  size 
than  did  those  fish. 

Those  who  are  familiar  with  the  great  prices  that 
are  paid  for  angling  privileges  on  salmon  rivers  will, 
no  doubt,  be  surprised  when  I state,  that  about  forty 
years  ago  the  whole  of  Grand  Lake  stream,  with  its 
contiguous  shores,  was  offered  to  a gentleman  of 


Boston,  the  late  lamented  Prouty,  whose  memory  is 
very  dear  to  old-time  anglers,  for  a ridiculously  small 
sum,  a few  hundred  dollars.  Mr.  Prouty,  who  was 
a lover  of  the  landlocks,  endeavored  to  induce  some  - 
of  his  friends  to  unite  with  him  in  purchasing  the  river, 
but  was  forced  to  abandon  the  project  for  the  reason 
that,  as  angling  privileges  were  everywhere  free  and 
abundant,  no  one  thought  it  worth  his  while  to  spend 
money  in  buying  a river. 

If  Grand  Lake  stream  were  now  on  the  market,  I 
venture  to  say  that  one  would  have  no  difficulty  in 
obtaining  subscriptions  of  many  thousands  of  dollars 
for  it. 


A Fox  and  Rabbit  Hunt. 

Cambridge,  Mass. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream:  The 
first  annual  fox  hunt  of  the  Sportsman’s  Protective 
Association  of  Eastern  Massachusetts,  held  at  Wil- 
mington, Mass.,  Dec.  15,  last,  met  with  such  favor,  that 
the  Association  voted  at  a subsequent  meeting  to  hold 
a combination  fox  and  rabbit  hunt,  and  to  that  end  a 
committee  was  appointed,  consisting  of  Messrs.  M.  E. 
S.  Clemons,  John  Baxter,  J.  Allen  Eames,  B.  F.  Good- 
win and  Dr.  A.  E.  Merrill,  to  take  the  matter  in  charge. 
This  committee  arranged  for  the  hunt  at  North  Read- 
ing, Mass.,  Saturday,  Jan.  21.  The  town  hall  was 
secured  as  headquarters,  where  members  and  friends, 
to  the  number  of  sixty-four,  congregated  at  8:15  A.  M., 
and  at  8:30  A.  M.,  a photograph  was  taken  by  Mr. 
Geo.  R.  King,  of  Boston,  after  which  the  party  sepa- 
rated and  started  for  the  hunting  grounds  in  two  sec- 
tions. The  first  section,  J.  Allen  Eames  in  charge,  with 
three  dogs,  headed  for  the  northwest  part  of  the  town 
in  the  vicinity  of  Martin’s  Pond.  The  second  section 
Frank  Black  in  charge,  with  eight  dogs,  selected  the 
northeast  part  of  the  town. 

The  day  was  an  ideal  one  for  this  season  erf  the 
year,  and  the  party  had  hardly  got  into  the  woods  be- 
fore the  chase  was  on  in  earnest,  and  excitement  ran 
high  the  entire  day.  Remus,  owned  by  Fred  Skinner, 
of  Lynnfield  Centre,  was  in  his  usual  good  form,  and 
jumped  two  foxes  within  a few  feet  of  each  other  and 
drove  them  in  almost  a direct  line  to  J.  Allen  Eames, 
who  killed  No.  1 and  badly  wounded  No.  2,  but  he 
made  his  escape.  The  second  fox  killed  was  by  J. 

D.  Montgomery,  of  Lynn,  and  the  third  by  Percy  R. 
Bridgett,  of  Boston;  a fourth  was  wounded  by  Justin 
Curtis,  but,  like  the  second  one,  made  good  his  escape. 
The  foxhounds  outnumbered  the  beagles  many  times, 
but  those  who  followed  the  beagles,  reported  some 
royal  good  sport.  Seven  rabbits  were  bagged;  one 
by  Justin  Curtis;  one  by  John  Haggerty;  one  by  Geo. 
Baxter;  one  by  T.  E.  Webb,  and  three  by  James  Baxter. 

At  4 o’clock  the  hunt  was  called  off,  and  all  returned 
to  headquarters,  where  a tempting  spread  was  in 
waiting,  served  by  caterer  C.  H.  Curtis,  of  Wakefield. 
Mr.  Geo.  R.  King,  the  photographer,  was  evidently 
not  idle  during  the  day — although  he  did  not  take  part 
in  the  hunt — as  he  had  on  exhibition  at  the  banquet  a 
picture  of  the  party  which  he  had  taken  in  the  morn- 
ing. Among  those  who  took  part  in  the  hunt  were: 

M.  E.  S.  Clemons,  E.  H.  Ives,  Dr.  A.  S.  Lamb,  H. 

E.  Blake,  G.  B.  Beaudrey,  R.  S.  Burgess,  Arthur  S. 
Abbott,  Jas.  E.  Boutwell,  J.  A.  Long,  W.  J.  Ballou, 
John  J.  Connell,  John  Geary,  Geo.  E.  Gill,  Chas.  E. 
Taylor,  E.  W.  Coombs,  A.  J.  Amart,  H.  E.  Wentworth, 
G.  E.  Martin,  J.  Allen  Eames,  L.  G.  Durkee,  Wm. 
McLeod,  Geo.  N.  B.  Lord,  Calvin  Penny,  C.  L.  Ford, 
John  A.  Roberts,  F.  K.  Black,  L.  Black,  Chas.  R. 
White,  R.  F.  Loring,  W.  S.  Kinsley,  T.  R.  Sheehan, 
John  Hagerty,  Fred  Skinner,  N.  F.  Ives,  M.  F.  Emilio, 
W.  R.  Wheeler,  E.  Seebis,  Leonard  Chapman,  P.  W. 


Mclntire,  Dr.  W.  M.  Parker,  Chas.  R.  Forsythe,  M.  i 

F.  Holt,  G.  N.  Poland,  Ed.  Dannahey,  F.  H.  Hackett, .! 
Arthur  Bliss,  Jr.,  James  Baxter,  D.  T.  Strange,  Geo.  ; 
F.  Baxter,  Thomas  E.  Webb,  J.  Hugh  Smith,  Albert  j 
Mclntire,  A.  P.  J oil,  Wm.  H.  Jones,  J.  D.  Montgomery, 
Daniel  W.  Eaton,  L.  A.  Penney,  Justin  Curtis,  Dr. 
Chas.  Henderson,  A.  Chandler  Manning. 

Ater  the  dinner,  the  party  broke  up,  all  agreeing  that 
they  had  spent  one  of  the  pleasantest  days  of  the  sea- 
son. An  invitation  was  received  from  the  Middleton  1 
Fur  Club  to  join  them  Feb.  22  in  a fox  hunt,  to  be 
held  at  Middleton,  Mass. 

The  Sportsman’s  Protective  Association  of  Eastern 
Massachusetts,  while  in  its  infancy — being  organized 
June  23  last — has  a membership  of  161.  A fund  is  now 
being  raised  by  the  Association  to  be  used  for  the 
purchase  of  quail,  to  be  liberated  the  coming  spring, 
and  any  person  who  is  interested  in  the  propagation 
and  protection  of  quail  and  who  wish  to  contribute  to 
this  fund,  are  requested  to  send  their  subscriptions  to 
the  secretary,  Vinton  W.  Mason,  1290  Massachusetts  ' 
Avenue,  Cambridge,  Mass.  The  objects  for  which 
this  association  stands  should  commend  itself  to,  and 
receive  the  support  of  every  sportsman  in  this  section.  ; 
Every  bevy  of  quail  known  to  members  of  this  associa-  I 
tion  are  being  cared  for  this  winter — a step  fully  as 
important  as  restocking.  V.  W.  M. 


Dog  and  Fish  Bones, 

Philadelphia,  Pa.,  Feb.  4. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 
“The  Novitiate’s  Rainbow,”  published  in  Forest  and 
Stream  of  Feb.  4,  afforded  me  unlimited  delight  in  its 
perusal — up  to  the  point  where  I read  the  following 
portrayal  of  an  act  of  barbarism,  which  would  have 
been  degrading  even  to  untutored  savages: 

“It  was  a simple  thing  to  run  the  thin  blade  of  a 
steel  knife  in  at  the  gill  and  deftly  turn  the  point,  so 
as  not  to  disturb  the  ribs.  Thus  one  entire  side  of  the 
trout  was  lifted  unbroken  on  to  a platter — smoking 
hot.  A similar  motion,  and  the  entire  bony  framework 
was  lifted  away  from  the  lower  side  and  cast  into  the 
midst  of  a pack  of  hungry  deer  hounds.  One  lean 
fellow  caught  the  morsel  on  the  fly  with  wide  open 
mouth,  the  others  looked  disappointed  and  as  though 
they  wished  they  had  been  the  lucky  dog.  The  latter 
a moment  later  probably  wished  the  same  thing,  for 
he  had  swallowed  it  without  knowing  how  hot  his  prize 
was,  and  demonstrated  that  dogs  can  shed  tears.  If  he 
didn’t  get  indigestion,  he  was  surely  a wonder.”  What 
a pleasure!  What  a pain! 

How  any  man,  particularly  one  who  claims  to  be  a 
sportsman,  could  find  it  in  his  heart  to  perpetrate  such 
an  act  of  wanton  cruelty  on  a dumb  and  helpless  com- 
panion, is  impossible  to  conceive  and  condone. 

The  dog’s  life  was  endangered,  first  of  all,  with  the 
fish  bones,  even  if  they  were  cold;  to  throw  them 
smoking  hot  to  a dog  was  an  act  which,  I am  sure, 
for  wanton,  barbarous  cruelty  is  unknown  to  the  gen- 
uine barbarian. Humanity. 

A Good  Dog  Done  to  Death. 

Derry,  N.  H.,  Feb.  1. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream:  Mr. 
Chas.  A.  Sprague,  one  of  your  subscribers  and  a friend 
to  game  and  good  dogs,  met  with  a loss  that  a sports- 
man most  keenly  feels.  His  only  dog,  a pointer  right 
in  its  prime,  most  thoroughly  trained  and  a dog  of 
unusual  talent,  was,  shot  to  death  by  a native,  who  has 
more  guns  than  good  sense.  The  dog  wandered  from 
home.  The  dog  was  shot  probably  by  mistake  by 
some  one  who  thought  it  was  a dog  that  had  killed 
his  sheep.  But  he  takes  the  New  Hamphire  loop  hole 
to  save  his  neck  by  claiming  the  dog  was  “chasing  a 
deer.”  This  is  most  improbable,  but  who  can  prove 
that  it  was  not?  There  is  no  redress  under  such  a 
law,  and  it  should  be  wiped  from  the  statute  book,  as 
suggested  by  Mr.  Stark.  J,  W.  B, 


An  “ Escapade.” 


Log  of  the  Yawl  Escape. 

BY  GEORGE  MATTHEWS. 

“Safe  around  the  Cape”  was  the  message  that  came 
from  Provincetown,  and  it  meant  that  my  friends  had 
made  good  their  very  welcome  offer  to  take  the  yawl 
Escape,  of  New  York,  over  the  shoals  and  deliver  her 
to  her  owner  “somewhere  to  the  eastward”  that  he 
might  get  a good  start  for  one  of  his  periodic  voyages 
to  the  Maine  coast. 

The  fast  express  that  night  carried  the  “Old  Man” 
and  his  17-year  old  son  “Dodo”  to  Boston,  and  about 
noon  on  the  6th  of  July,  1904,  they  were  welcomed 
aboard  Escape  by  Emil,  the  sailing  master,  who 
declared  the  sail  around  Cape  Cod  was  the  finest  run 
the  boat  had  ever  made. 

Log. 

July  7.— All  hands  called  at  5:30  A.  M.,  and  vessel 
under  way  at  6:30,  with  a light  and  baffling^winct  which:, 
continued  all  day.  Fog  shut  down  occasionally,  but 
land  was  made  out  near  Gloucester  just  before  night 
shut  down.  Light  airs  off  the  land  kept  us  drifting 
about  until  2:30  A.  M.,  when  we  managed  to  sneak  in 
behind  the  breakwater  and  drop  anchor.  It  wps  4 very 
tiresome  day’s  sail.  ' ' 

July  S.—The  morning  came  in  hagy,  with  only  a Jight 
air  fanning  out  of  the  east.  The  tlsepy  Grew'  iqt 
up  sail,  and  &t  IQ:$X  there  king  % fifths . mors,  bree&k 
m started  out,  . -(.vv  PVt.lh’' 


Skirting  close  along  shore,  by  Eastern  Point,  with 
the  beautiful  hills  back  of  Norman’s  Woe  astern,  and 
Thatcher’s  Island  with  its  two  tall  towers  ahead,  we 
had  our  first  sample  of  the  rocky  and  picturesque 
stretch  of  coast  that  reaches  from  Cape  Ann  away 
to  Labrador.  We  passed  close  by  the  bold  rocks  of 
Thatcher’s  Island,  and  Dodo  took  a snap-shot  with 
the  kodak. 

Afternoon. — It  is  now  clear,  and  a brisk  little  breeze 
bowling  us  along  toward  the  Isle  of  Shoals.  Around 
us  fish  are  jumping,  and  Dodo  has  just  landed  two 
with  the  bluefish  tackle.  A fisherman  in  a dory  tells 
us  they  are  pollock,  which  is  strange,  as  I did  not 
know  that  pollock  would  bite  at  a troll.  They  are 
about  two  pounds  each,  and  we  shall  have  fish  tor 
dinner.  A beautiful  big  yawl  has  been  chasing  us  all 
day,  and  is  now  passing  beyond  our  view  out  at  sea. 
We  think  that  she  must  be  Vigilant. 

Evening/ — As  the  afternoon  wore  away,  and  it  came 
time  to  hunt  a harbor,  we  consulted  the  chart  and  de- 
cided to  try  Little  Harbor,  a landlocked  little  port  at 
the.  entrance  to  the  larger  but  unsatisfactory  anchorage 
of  Portsmouth.  - j 

The  entrance  tq  Little  Harbor  is  a narrow  passage 
between  breakwaters,  but  we  were  spared  all  diffLi 
culties  by  following  in  a couple  of  local  boats,  whus'li 
were  returning  with  sailing  parties.  We  had  to  slack 
off  sheets  and  zig-zag  in  to  avoid  passing  our  guide's, 
who  finally  pointed  out  the  best  anchorage  to  ug  and 
then  went  on  their  way  up  to  the  head  of  the  harbor,' 
This  is  one  of  the  sweetest  little  places  imaginable, 
perfectly  sheltered,  the  water  just  deep  enough,  arid 
the  only  sip  of  civttiwiftoft  * beautiful  big  hm]  qtfm 


a way  back  from  the  water,  among  the  trees,  but  near 
enough  for  us  to  hear  the  music  and  enjoy  the  brilliant 
illumination.  We  set  our  collapsible  lobster  pot,  baited 
with  some  of  the  pollock,  and,  after  enjoying  the 
lovely  evening  a while,  turned  in. 

July  9. — Another  perfect  day,  with  a light  S.  breeze. 
No  lobsters  in  the  pot.  Got  under  way  at  8:45,  and 
stood  up  the  shore,  Vigilant  following  out  of  Ports- 
mouth and  soon  passing  us. 

Caught  another  pollock.  A grand  breeze  sprung  up 
this  afternoon,  and  we  were  off  the  lights  of  Port- 
land by  dark,  and  anchored  off  the  yacht  club  house 
by  7:30. 

July  10,  Sunday. — Went  ashore  and  found  Pawnee 
Bill’s  Wild  West  Show  just  unloading  from  its  train. 
The  Indians,  Cossacks,  Japs  and  cowboys  looked  as, 
though  they  had  had  a hard  night’s  trip.  We  wandered 
about  the  quiet  town  and  tried  to  get  our  soda  water 
and  provisions — sent  from  New  York — from  the 
steamer  wharf,  but,  having  no  bill  of  lading,  the  agent; 
would  not  give  them  up.  He  finally  agreed  to  de- 
liver to-morrow,  if  we  sent  yacht’s  boat  as  a sort  of 
identification.  Mate  Struthers,  with  two  large  grips, 
arrived  via  S.  S.  North  Star,  of  the  Maine  S.  S.  Co.,  at 
3 P.  M.,  and  was  welcomed  with  enthusiasm.  The 
warmth  of  the  old  man’s  greeting  was,  no  doubt,  some- 
what influenced  by  his  catching  sight  of  a suspicious 
bulge  on  one  of  the  grips,  which  his  experienced  eye 
diagnosed  as  “'good  spirits,” 

Afternopn  pd  eyeping  spent  in  exchanging  con 
dpiftiwloni'  enjoying  Emil's  geeci  dinner,  and  promis- 
ing o«rl#ivee  that  mm  of  fog  would  diMpptl?! 
wftb  ftfp  filing  ql  she  worror?  sun*  . 

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July  11. — 7 A.  M.,  barometer  29.32;  wind  light  from 
S.  Fog  outside,  but  clear  in  the  harbor.  All  hands 
ashore  for  provisions,  ice,  etc.  Zuzu,  as  Dodo  has  been 
rechristened  by  the  mate,  got  a hair  cut.  Found  the 
agent  more  inclined  to  be  agreeable  this  morning,  and 
soon  had  our  stuff  aboard,  stowed  neatly  away,  and 
the  harbor  littered  with  the  boxes,  excelsior,  and  all 
manner  of  rubbish. 

At  12:30  P.  M.,  the  mate  compounded  two  of  his 
famous  bounce  cocktails,  and  the  weather  looked 
brighter.  Sail  up  at  3 P.  M.,  and  brave  start  made;  but 
at  the  mouth  of  the  harbor  a bank  of  fog  rolled  over 
us,  and  we  could  not  see  a length  ahead.  Turned  tail 
and  ran  back  to  harbor,  but  soon  got  up  fresh  courage 
and  tried  again,  this  time  being  followed  out  by  a fine 
white  yawl  with  ladies  aboard. 

Now  we  could  see  our  way  fairly  well,  until  about 
halfway  to  Chandler’s  Cove,  on  the  north  side  of  Long 
Island  in  Casco  Bay,  when  the  fog  shut  down  thick 
again.  Blundered  along  by  compass,  with  a light 
breeze,  and  strained  our  eyes  trying  to  find  the  buoys 
marking  the  entrance  to  Chandler's  Cove.  Suddenly 
sighted  land  ahead,  within  a hundred  feet  or  so,  and 
then  gently  bumped  on  a rock.  Mate,  who  is  some- 
times a trifle  sarcastic,  wanted  to  know  if  this  was 
what  the  old  man  meant  by  “touching  at  all  the  prom- 
inent places  along  the  coast.” 

Where  were  we  at?  Retraced  our  course  a ways  and 
then  stood  south  to  make  the  shore  of  Long  Island,  be- 
lieving ourselves  too  far  north.  Suddenly  sighted  land 
close  aboard  again,  and  altered  our  course  to  run 
along  shore  to  the  east.  It  was  very  still,  and  it  was 
most  disconcerting  to  hear  voices,  birds  chirping,  and 
all  sorts  of  shore  noises  on  all  sides  of  us  and  ap- 
parently within  a few  yards.  About  this  time  we  heard 
a commotion  off  to  port,  and.  without  seeing  a thing, 
could  hear  the  white  yawl  bump  on  the  same  place  that 
had  caught  us,  go  about,  lower  a boat  and  take  out 
an  anchor. 

We  felt  our  way  along  until  we  sighted  the  dim 
outlines  of  a dock,  and,  deciding  that  we  were  well  in 


ESCAPE. 


the  Cove,  dropped  anchor  at  5:30  and  tidied  up  for 
the  night.  Were  kept  busy  banging  the  dishpan  to 
warn  off  the  island  steamboats  that  came  poking  around 
in  the  fog  looking  for  the  dock.  Fine  dinner,  of  steak 
and  asparagus,  and  a merry  evening. 

July  12. — Still  enveloped  in  fog.  8 A.  M. — All  hands 
piped  to  breakfast.  Barometer  29.28.  Breakfast 
finished,  it  being  still  foggy  with  light  air  stirring,  all 
hands  rowed  ashore  for  a stroll  and  later  hunted  up 
the  white  yawl,  which  was  still  anchored  just  outside 
the  cove,  and  proved  to  be  Stalwart,  of  New  York, 
Captain  had  plucked  a beautiful  nosegay  of  wild  flowers, 
but  was  too  bashful  to  present  them  to  the  lady  on  the 

yawl.  . 

12  noon. — Fog  lifting.  Went  ashore  again  and  dug 
a pailful  of  soft  clams.  Not  liking  our  anchorage,  it 
being  in  the  steamboat  track,  we  hoisted  jib  and  moved 
to  the  easterly  end  of  the  cove.  Set  lobster  pot,  having 
caught  a fine  mess  of  flounders,  some  of  which  we  used 
for  lobster  bait.  At  lunch  to-day  Emil  brought  on  a 
find  lot  of  broiled  lobster,  but  no  one  could  guess  where 


e got  them.  . . . 

July  !3. — Still  foggy.  No  lobsters  m the  pot.  About 
1 A.  M.,  clearing;  got  under  way.  Stood  out  by 
dark  Island.  Nice  breeze  in  the  afternoon — S.  A 
;ood  sized  swell  gave  a very  pleasant  roll  to  the  yacht, 
clinched  on  some  of  the  mysterious  lobsters. . Capt. 
Tiompson  declares  he  caught  them  by  smearing  the 
nchor  cable  with  Durkee’s  salad  dressing,  whereupon 
hey  came  right  aboard.  . , 

5 P.  M.— Wind  lightening.  Sailing  up  the  New 
deadows  River  toward  our  favorite  old  anchorage,  the 
lasin,  and  at  6 P.  M.,  we  passed  through  the  narrows 
.nd  were  soon  anchored  safe  and  sound.  It  is  hard 
o believe  that  this  is  a salt-water  harbor,  so  like  an 
nland  lake  are  its  landlocked  placid  waters,  and  its 
agged  wooded  shores. 

The  only  signs  of  life  are  the  one  or  two  distant 
arms  Dodo  dropped  sometl  ing  on  deck,  and  we 
vere  startled  by  the  sharp  double  report  from  the 
hore  Upon  raising  a shout,  we  got  back  a wonderful 
.eries  of  echoes,  two  voc'ferous  and  angry,_  and  then 
; mocking  distant  and  deliberate  retort.  It  is  a weire, 

onesome,  beautiful  place.  . 

7 p m.— Dinner,  and  a right  good  one.  Wind  N.W. 
ind  strong;  the  sky  clear  and  starlit.  All  retnea  eaily, 
wen  our  night-hawk,  the  first  mate. 

yuly  J4.—A  glorious  morning;  wind  N.W.,  and  sky 
ilmost  cloudless.  Breakfasted  late,  as  we  have  be- 

dded to  lay  over  8 day  8nfl  §hve  yacht  a coat  of 
rarnish«~anything  is  suffWisHt  y&citss  iof  lingering  m 

hts  tranquil  paffldise,  , 

As  sfpon  Etnil  ifot  td  work  With  his  brush,  ..ft 


deserted  the  ship  and  took  to  the  boat  for  a row  around 
the  shores,  right  in  the  shadow  of  the  trees.  Then 
ashore  for  a leg-stretch  and  a lunch  on  the  rocks,  of 
steamed  clams,  etc. 

The  yacht  looks  fine  in  her  fresh  varnish— we ’’are 
almost  afraid  to  go  aboard  in  our  muddy  boots. 

July  15 — All  hands  on  deck  at  5 A.  M.,  in  order  to 
get  through  the  gut  before  the  turn  of  the  tide.  No 
wind.  Struthers,  at  the  oars,  towed  us  part  way,  when 
we  stuck  on  a shoal.  Vigorous  work  with  the  spinnaker 
pole  got  ns  off,  and  we  drifted  and  towed  until  well 
clear  of  the  entrance. 

Drifted  about  until  noon,  when  a light  S.  breeze 
came  up,  and  rounded  Cape  Small  about  1:15  P.  M. 
The  breeze  improved  as  the  day  wore  on,  and  we 
made  Booth  Bay  about  3:30  P.  M.  A water-boat  came 
alongside  and  we  filled  the  tanks.  Cabin  boy,  Zuzu, 
and  mate,  Struthers,  went  ashore  for  the  mail  and  a 
stroll — provisioned  up. 

July  16. — Under  way  by  8:45  A.  M.,  with  a nice 
strong  S.  breeze.  Soon  passed  Pemaquid,  boosted 
along  by  a heavy  following  roll,  then  ran  through  the 
passages  past  Marshal’s  Point  and  laid  a straight  course 
for  Whitehead.  Off  that  point  we  were  becalmed  for  a 
while  and  rolled  badly  in  a nasty  seaway,  with  the  tide 
running  strong  out  of  Mussel  Ridge  Channel.  Finally 
got  around  and,  the  breeze  freshening,  made  Rockland 
by  6 P.  M. 

All  the  way  from  Whitehead  we  were  chased  by  the 
sloop  Rosland,  of  Boston.  Both  yachts  used  spin- 
nakers, and  it  was  a very  pretty  race,  but  we  beat  her 
in  by  a good  margin. 

Zuzu  got  out  the  phonograph  and  discoursed  sweet 
music,  which  seemed  to  be,  enjoyed  by  the  crew  of  the 


THE  OLD  MAN  AND  EMIL, 


U.  S.  Revenue  service  boat,  Algonquin,  which  is  an- 
chored close  beside  us.  After  dinner,  cards  and  read- 
ing made  the  evening  pass  pleasantly.. 

July  17. — Took  it  easy  in  the  morning,  and  got  upder 
way  after  lunch.  Light  S.  W.  wind.  Steered  general 
N.E.  course  for  Egmoggin  Reach.  The  wind  fell  fiat 
off  Spruce  Head,  and  we  sought  an  anchorage  in  a 
cove  off  north  shore  of  Pickering’s  Island,  at  4 P.  M., 
where  we  were  immediately  attacked  by  swarms  of 
mosquitoes.  W e drove  them  out  the  companion  and 
shut  every  thing  tight,  then  smoked  at  full  pressure 
until  they  were  all  dead  or  discouraged.  Dominoes 
and  solitaire  after  dinner.  Being  forced  to  open  the 
hatches  for  air,  we  were  again  assaulted  by  the  enemy, 
and  it  was  impossible  to  sleep. 

We  now  know  where  not  to  anchor  the  next  time 
we  are  in  this  neighborhood,  especially  if  the  wind  is 
from  the  S.  . 

July  18. — Flounders  (caught  yesterday  in  Rockland) 
for  breakfast.  Under  way  at  11  A.  M— still  worried  by 
the  mosquitoes.  Wind  S.,  and  a beautiful  day.  By 
noon  we  entered  Egmoggin  Reach,  and  the  wind 
shifted  to  the  S.E.  Had  a glorious  sail  through  the 
beautiful  reach  and  arrived  off  Bear  Island  about  4 P.  M. 

Captain  and  mate  ashore  for  exploration,  and,  after 
circumnavigating  Little  Bear  Island,  it  was  decided  to 
be  the  very  prettiest  of  all  the  lovely  islands  of  Maine. 

6:30  P.  M. — First  mate  busy  catching  our  breakfast 
(flounders),  but,  wearying  of  small  fry,  he  has  baited 
a large  hook  for  big  game. 

7 p.  M. — Dinner  served,  but  rudely  interrupted  by 
frantic  jerks  at  the  fish  line.  Hauled  in  and  found  the 
disturbance  chargeable  to  a big  skate.  Resumed  dinner, 
but  had  to  haul  in  a skate  between  every  six  bites. 

Set  the  lobster  pot.  baited  with  skate,  and  went  to 
bed,  leaving  the  world  shrouded  in  fog. 

[TO  BE  CONTINUED.] 


Yawl  Columbine  Sold.— The  yawl  Columbine  has  been 
old  by  Mr.  Chas.  M.  Gould,  New  York  Y.  C,  through  the 
gency  of  Stanley  M,  Seaman,  New  York,  to  Mr.  Geo. 
'avler,  Jr„  Huntington,  N,  Y.  She  is  45ft,  over  all,  soft, 
^terline,  raft,  breadth,  gft,  6in.  draft;  designed  by  Mr, 
l B.  Crqwnifishleld  and  built  at  Quinfty,  WW0, 


Conditions  Governing'  Brooklyn  Y*  C.  Ocean 
Challenge  Cup. 

The  following  are  the  conditions  governing  the 
Brooklyn  Y.  C.’s  Ocean  Challenge  Cup.  The  race  for 
1905  will  be  from  Nevv  York  to  Hampton  Roads,  and 
the  start  will  be  made  on  Thursday,  June  29: 


The  Brooklyn  Y.  C.,  offering  a perpetual  challenge  cup,  to  be 
known  as  the  Brooklyn  Y.  C.  Ocean  Challenge  Cup,  donated 
by  the  Brooklyn  Y.  C.,  designed  to  encourage  the  building  and 
sailing  of  small  seaworthy  yachts,  to  make  popular  the  art  of 
navigating  or  cruising  upon  deep  water,  and  to  develop  a love 
of  true  seamanship  in  the  amateur  sailor,  hereby  sets  forth  the 
terms  and  conditions  under  which  this  cup  can  be  challenged 


and  raced  for: 


ARTICLE  I. 


Any  organized  yacht  club  in  good  standing,  of  any  country, 
shall  have  the  right  to  challenge  for  this  cup  and  sail  for  it, 
provided  the  challenge  be  made  in  accordance  with  the  spirit, 
terms  and  conditions  of  this  instrument. 


ARTICLE  II. 

The  cup  shall  be  raced  for  by  vessels  propelled  by  sails  only. 
Boats  to  compete  shall  not  exceed  in  their  greatest  length  40ft. 
Such  measurements  to  be  taken  from  the  foreside  of  the  stem 
to  the  afterside  of  the  sternboard  or  transom.  The  boats  must 
be  yachts  built  and  used  for  cruising,  and  must  conform  to  the 
following  requirements:  . 

To  be  of  a seaworthy  type,  substantially  built,  strongly  rigged 
and  properly  ballasted,  with  closed  cabins  and  water-tight  cock- 
pits. They  must  have  a specified  headroom  over  a specified 
number  of  square  feet  of  cabin  floor,  as  follows: 

Length  Over  All.  Headroom.  Cabin  Floor. 

25  to  28ft.  4ft.  lOin.  16  sq.  ft. 

28  to  32ft.  5ft.  2in.  24  sq.  ft. 

32  to  36ft.  5ft.  6in.  30  sq.  ft. 

36  to  40ft.  6ft.  lOin.  34  sq.  ft. 

This  measurement  for  headroom  shall  be  taken  from  the 
underside  of  the  deck  or  cabin-top  beams  to  the  topside  of  the 
floor  boarding,  this  latter  to  be  laid  over  and  not  between  the 
frames.  The  square  feet  of  floor  space  to  be  found  by  taking 
the  length  and  breadth  of  the  floor  space  over  which  the  speci- 
fied headroom  exists,  and  not  to  include  space  taken  up  by  the 
bunks,  transoms  or  lockers,  but  to  include  space  occupied  by 
centerboard  trunk  or  table. 

Boats  must  carry  a complete  cruising  outfit  of  anchors  (2), 
cables  or  chain  (2),  compasses  (2),  lights,  lead-line,  charts,  etc. 
Stores  sufficient  for  ten  days  must  be  carried. 

Lower  sails  must  be  those  carried  by  the  boat  when  cruising; 
no  restrictions  as  to  light  sails. 

A dinghy  or  tender  of  not  less  than  8ft.  must  be  carried. 

The  combined  length  of  the  fore  and  aft ' overhangs  shall  not 
exceed  40  per  cent,  of  the  boat’s  over  all  measurement. 


THE  MATE. 


Boats  with  bulb  keels,  metai  fins,  or  balanced  rudders  are  barred. 

ARTICLE  III. 

Races  shall  be  sailed  under  the  rules  of  the  challenged  club, 
except  as  regards  the  rule  for  measurement  for  computing  the 
time  allowance.  This  measurement  to  ascertain  the  racing  length 
shall  be  taken  as  follows:  The  distance  between  the  foreside  of 

the  stem  and  the  afterside  of  the  sternboard  or  transom  is  the 
racing  length.  If  any  portion  of  the  boat’s  bull  projects  beyond 
stem  and  stern  such  portion  shall  be  included  in  the  measure- 
ment. The  time  allowance  shall  be  8s.  per  foot  per  mile  without 
allowance  for  rig. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

The  race  shall  be  managed  by  the  regular  regatta  committee 
of  the  club  holding  the  cup,  but  there  shall  also  be  chosen  three 
judges,  to  whom  shall  be  referred  all  questions  in  dispute  or 
protest,  and  upon  which  they  shall  sit  and  give  decision.  These 
judges  shall  be  selected  in  this  way:  One  from  the  challenged 

club;  one  from  the  challenging  club,  and  a third  to  be  chosen 
by  the  two,  but  this  third  person  must  not  be  a member  of  any 
club  having  a yacht  entered  in  the  race.  The  decision  of  these 
judges  shall  be  final. 

1 ARTICLE  V. 


The  crew  of  a competing  yacht  shall  not  exceed  six  persons, 
five  of  whom  must  be  amateurs.  The.  master  or  skipper  of  the 
vessel  must  be  a member  of  the  club  under  whose  flag  the 
yacht  is  entered.  One  paid  hand  may  be  carried  as  cook  or 
steward,  but  such  paid  hand  must  do  no  work  on  deck  or  en- 
gage in  handling,  navigating  or  piloting  the  yacht.  No  paid 
pilot  or  navigator  may  be  carried  or  be  employed  in  any  capacity 
aboard  a competing  vessel.  An  amateur  is  one  who  does  not 
“follow  the  sea”  as  a means  of  livelihood,  or  who  has  never 
accepted  remuneration  for  sailing  or  serving  on  a yacht. 

Inside  cabin  must  be  ceiled,  have  permanent  transoms  or  bunks, 
lockers  and  a regular  place  for  stove  and  ice-box.  The  water 
tank  must  be  fixed,  and  be  of  capacity  to  hold  sufficient  supply 
for  ten  days. 

ARTICLE  VI. 


The  master  of  each  competing  yacht  shall  file  with  the  com- 
mittee twelve  hours  before  the  start,  a list  giving  the  names  and 
occupations  of  his  crew,  and  shall  certify  to  their  being  amateurs. 


ARTICLE  VII. 

The  club  holding  the  cup  shall  be  open  to  a challenge  at  any 
time,  but  the  races  shall  only  be  sailed  between  June  1 and  Sept.l, 
and  there  shall  not  be  more  than  one  race  during  one  season. 
All  challenges  must  be  in  writing  and  be  delivered  to  the 
challenged  club  not  less  than  thirty  days  before  the  date  chosen 
for  the  starting  of  the  race. 

ARTICLE  VIII. 


The  course  shall  be  upon  the  open  ocean,  clear  of  all  head- 
lands, except  that  the  start  and  finish  may  be  made  in  a port, 
bay,  sound  or  barber,  and  shall  be  not  less  than  250  nautical 
miles  or  more  than  500  nautical  miles  in  length.  It  shall  be  a 
straightaway  course  or  passage  from  port  to  port,  either  the 
starting  or  finishing  line  must  be  oft  the  anchorage  of  the 
Brooklyn  Y.  C.,  New  York  Harbor.  The  course  for  race  shall 
be  determined  by  the  club  holding  the  cup. 


After  the  challenge  of  the  challenging  club  has  been  accepte 
by  the  club  holding  the  cup,  any  other  organized  yacht  clu 
may  enter  a yacht  or  yachts  for  the  race,  upon  its  officers  agrei 
ing  to  observe  and  maintain  the  terms  and  conditions  of  tfi: 
instrument.  Any  of  the  clubs  may  bg  represented  by  one  c 
more  yachts, 

ARTICLE  K, 


, In  ease  th©  club  holding  the  cup  within  nine  months  dating 
from  the  first  day  of  January  following  the  last  race  does  not 
receive  a Challenge  ana  hold  a race  for  the  cup  it  shall  be  re* 


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[Feb,  ii}  1903, 


Designed  for  John  R.  Buchan,  N.  Y.  Y.  C.,  by  Albert  B.  Hunt. 


turned  to  the  custody  of  the  Brooklyn  Y.  C.,  and  the  unchallenged 
club  shall  forfeit  all  claims  to  its  possession.  If  the  club  having 
custody  of  the  cup  shall  be  dissolved  or  cease  to  exist  the  cup 
shall  revert  to  the  Brooklyn  Y.  C.,  and  in  both  cases  be  again 
offered  by  that  club  for  competition  under  the  terms  and  con- 
ditions of  this  instrument. 

ARTICLE  XL 

If  deemed  desirable,  the  terms  of  this  instrument  may  be 
altered  or  modified  by  the  Brooklyn  Y.  C.,  when  the  cup  is  in 
its  possession,  and  when  in  the  possession  of  another  club  by 
mutual  agreement  between  the  Brooklyn  Y.  C.  and  the  club 
holding  the  cup.  But  such  alterations  or  modifications  shall  not 
be  made  during  the  time  a challenge  is  in  action,  unless  all 
challengers  consent  to  the  change. 

ARTICLE  XII. 

The  challenged  club,  or  the  committee  appointed  by  it  to 
manage  the  race,  shall  have  the  power  to  reject  the  entry  of 
any  yacht  in  whose  design,  construction  or  equipping  is  shown 
an  inclination  to  evade  the  terms  of  Article  II,  either  in  sub- 
or  spirit.  Regatta  Committee. 

Charles  A.  Kelly,  Sec’y, 

21  Park  Row,  New  York. 


A 60-foot  Cruising  Launch* 

The  plans  for  the  60ft.  waterline  cruising  launch, 
published  herewith,  were  prepared  for  Mr.  John  R. 
Buchan,  of  the  New  York  Y.  C.,  by  Mr.  Albert  B. 
Hunt.  The  boat  is  intended  solely  for  cruising,  and  in 
working  out  her  design  nothing  has  been  sacrificed 
that  would  in  any  way  detract  from  her  comfort  or  sea- 
going qualities.  The  ends  have  been  carried  out  suf- 
ficiently to  give  her  buoyancy  forward,  and  to  prevent 
settling  aft  while  running.  The  freeboard  is  liberal, 
but  in  no  way  excessive,  and  the  weights  have  been 
kept  low. 

The  deck  houses  are  low,  and  there  is  a 2ft.  water- 
way all  around.  The  space  between  the  two  houses 
will  be  used  as  a general  lounging  place,  and  the  boat 
will  be  handled  from  that  point.  An  awning  will  ex- 
tend from  the  forward  end  of  the  first  house  to  the 
after  end  of  the  cockpit.  This  will  afford  shade  for 
those  on  deck  and  keep  the  direct  rays  of  the  sun  from 
beating  on  the  top  of  the  houses  and  making  the 
quarters  below  unbearable. 

The  cabin  arrangement  was  adapted  from  a scheme 
which  was  laid  out  by  Mr.  Eugene  Lentilhon  for  a 
smaller  boat.  The  companionway  leads  to  the  steerage, 
on  the  port  side  of  which  is  the  toilet  room.  This 
room  is  lighted  by  a large  window  and  ventilated  by 
two  port  holes.  On  the  starboard  side  of  the  steerage 
are  two  large  clothes  lockers,  while  oilers,  etc.,  can 
be  placed  under  the  companion  stairs.  Two  port  holes 
also  open  into  the  steerage.  The  owner’s  room  oc- 
cupies the  forward  end  of  the  boat.  It  is  a large  well- 
lighted  and  well-ventilated  cabin,  with  wide  berths  on 
either  side.  Forward  of  the  berths  on  the  port  side  is 
a set  wash  basin,  while  opposite  is  a bureau.  Between 
the  two  is  a transom,  and  behind  this  is  a large  clothes 
locker.  The  gasolene  tank  is  placed  forward  of  the 
clothes  locker  and  is  separated  from  it  by  a watertight 
steel  bulkhead. 

The  main  cabin  is  aft  of  the  steerage.  It  is  8ft.  6in. 
long  and  runs  the  full  width  of  the  boat.  The  transoms 
are  wide  and  are  available  for  use  as  berths  if  necessary. 
On  each  side  at  the  after  end  of  the  cabin  there  is  a 
sideboard.  The  after  house  extends  partly  over  the 
main  saloon,  giving  thereby  additional  headroom  and 
ventilation. 

The  galley,  motor  room  and  crew’s  quarters  are  all 
in  one.  The  floor  of  the  engine  room  is  higher  than 
that  of  the  cabin,  so  a step  up  is  necessary.  The  galley 
is  located  on  the  starboard  side  of  the  engine  room,  and 
all  the  fittings  have  been  arranged  in  order  to  simplify 
and  facilitate  the  steward’s  work  as  much  as  possible. 
The  motor  is  covered  with  a slate  slab,  which  will  be 
used  as  a table. 

On  the  port  side  is  a transom,  over  which  are  pipe 
berths.  Two  are  called  for,  but  four  could  be  placed 
there  without  crowding.  The  crew’s  toilet  room  is  on 
the  port  side  aft. 

At  the  after  end  of  the  house  two  deck  beams  are 
to  be  carried  across,  in  order  to  add  to  the  boat’s 
'stiffness.  Under  this  space  will  be  placed  a large  fresh- 
water  tank. 

The  cockpit  is  8ft.  long  in  the  clear,  and  it  is  in- 
tended that  chairs  should  be  provided,  although  there 
is  a seat  at  the  after  end. 

It  is  estimated  that  a 50 ~ h o rs ep o w e r engine  would 
•give,  the  boat  a speed  of  10  mile's  an  hour  for  ordinary 


running.  The  fuel  capacity  would  give  her  a wide 
cruising  radius  at  this  speed. 

Two  boats  will  be  carried  on  davits,  a dinghy  and  a 
gig.  It  is  planned  to  run  the  boat  with  three  men — 
a captain,  engineer  and  steward.  She  is  70ft.  over  all, 
60ft.  waterline,  12ft.  breadth  and  4 ft.  draft.  The  free- 
board forward  is  4ft.  Iiin.  and  3ft.  aft. 


Boston  Letter. 

Boston,  Feb.  6. — It  has  been  announced  that  the 
high-speed  automobile  boat,  which  Mr.  B.  B.  Crown- 
inshield  has  been  commissioned  to  design  for  a Boston 
automobile  enthusiast,  whose  name  is,  for  the  present, 
withheld,  is  to  be  equipped  with  a Winton  motor  of 
150  horsepower.  This  motor  will  have  twelve  cylinders. 
No  estimate  of  the  speed  expected  has  been  given  out 
yet,  but  if  the  boat  is  not  a flyer,  somebody  will  be  dis- 
appointed. She  will  be  built  by  Messrs.  Stearns  & 
McKay  at  Marblehead,  and  it  is  needless  to  say 
that  her  construction  will  be  as  light  as  possible.  She 
is  limited  to  40ft.  in  length  and  her  beam  will  probably 
be  about  4ft.,  although  the  plans  have  not  yet  been 
completed.  The  same  designer  has  orders  for  a cruising 
yawl  for  a Boston  yachtsman,  to  be  used  at  Marblehead; 
a large  raceabout  for  Mr.  William  J.  Curtis,  of 
Summit,  N.  J.,  to  be  used  in  Penobscot  Bay;  a class 
Q boat,  for  a member  of  the  Atlantic  Y.  C. ; and  a 
16ft.  knockabout  for  Mr.  A.  R.  Gooderham,  of  Toronto. 

Messrs.  Small  Bros,  have  designed  a 30ft.  waterline 
auxiliary  yawl  for  Dr.  A.  Hamilton  Smith,  of  Rochester, 
N.  Y.  This  yacht  will  probably  be  built  in  the  east. 
They  also  have  orders  for  a 37ft.  speed  launch  for  Mr. 
Hutchinson,  of  Pouglastown,  Can.;  a 28ft.  launch  for 
Mr.  E.  J.  Bryan,  of  Wyandotte,  Mich.;  a 33ft.  launch 
for  Mr.  Hunter  Wickler,  of  McHenry,  111.,  and  a 32ft. 
launch  for  Mr.  Richard  Hutchison,  of  Boston. 

The  motorboat  race  committee  of  the  Eastern  Y.  C. 
has  issued  rules  for  a restricted  motorboat  class.  The 
object  of  these  restrictions  is  to  encourage  a racing 
class  of  launches  which  shall  combine  speed,  safety, 
comfort  and  durability,  in  which  racing  will  be  close 
enough  to  make  good  sport. 

No  boat  shall  be  allowed  to  compete  in  this  class 
without  a certificate  of  inspection  from  the  measurer, 
and  no  boat  containing  any  features  of  design  or  con- 
struction which  the  measurer  may  deem  unsafe  shall 
be  given  a certificate. 

The  length  shall  not  exceed  32ft.  over  all,  including 
the  propeller,  but  not  including  the  rudder  stock. 

The  maximum  load  waterline  beam  should  be  not 
less  that  4ft.  2in.,  measured  with  the  equipment  and 
300  pounds  dead  weight  on  board,  placed  substantially 
amidships,  and  fuel  tanks  empty. 

The  horsepower  shall  be  measured  by  the  area  of 
cylinders  alone.  The  total  cylinder  area  of  four-cycle 
engines  shall  be  82.52  sq.  in.  (this  would  be  four 
cylinders  5ldsin.  diameter);  or  a total  cylinder  area  of 
61.89  sq.  in.  for  two-cycle  engines.  The  above  areas 
may  be  exceeded  by  not  more  than  2 per  cent. 

The.  boat  shall  be  equipped  with  reversing  gear  or 
reversible  propeller  satisfactory  to  the  measurer. 

Each  boat  shall  be  equipped  when  racing  with  the 
following  articles:  One  anchor  weighing  not  less  than 
25  pounds;  cable  not  less  than  ijdiin.  in  circumference, 
nor  less  than  30  fathoms  in  length;  bilge  pump;  one 
pair  of  oars  at  least  8ft.  long  and  rowlocks;  one  ser- 
viceable life  preserver  for  each  person  on  board;  side- 
lights and  headlight,  as  required  by  law;  one  foghorn; 
one  spirit  compass. 

There  shall  be  at  least  15  cu.  ft.  of  air  space  con- 
tained in  watertight  compartment  or  compartments,  ex- 
clusive of  gasolene  tank. 

Total  weight,  exclusive  of  above  equipment,  300 
pounds  dead  weight  and  fuel  tanks  empty,  shall  be  not 
less-  than-  1,800  pounds.  Nothing  shall  be  removed 
when  racing  which  has  been  included  in  the  boat- as 
weighed.  , •■  - ' , 

Boats  must  be  measured  at  least  once  during  the 
calendar  year  and  remeasured  as  often  as  may  be 
deemed  necessary,  owing  to  changes  or  alterations  to 
hull  or  motor. 

The  motorboat  race  committee  of  the  Eastern  Y.  C. 
consists  of  Henry  Howard,  chairman;  S.  W.  Sleeper 
W.  B.  Stearns,  A.  Appleton  Packard  and  William 
Wallace,  John  B,  B[.il.leen, 


Knickerbocker  Y.  C.  Powerboat  Race* 

Knickerbocker  Y.  C.  Power  Boat  Race. — The  follow- 
ing are  the  rules  governing  the  Knickerbocker  Y.  C.’s 
Power  Boat  Race  from  New  York  to  Marblehead,  Mass., 
July  22 : 

First  prize,  a $250  cup,  presented  b,y  the  Rudder  Publishing 
Company.  Second  prize,  a $100  cup,  presented  by  the  Knicker- 
bocker Y C. 

1 he  Knickerbocker  Y.  C.  will  also  present  a souvenir  cup  to  the 
owner  of  each  launch  that  finishes  within  twenty-four  hours  of  the 
first  boat. 

the  officers  of  the  Eastern  Y.  C.  have  placed  at  the  service  of 
the  participating  launch  owners  their  anchorage,  landing  and 
house  at  Marblehead,  and  will  arrange  a series  of  power  boat 
races,  to  take  place  on  the  days  following  the  arrival  of  the  racers, 
to  which  the  visiting  craP  are  invited  to  enter. 

The  race  is  for  cruising  boats,  not  exceeding  the  greatest  length 
of  40ft.  This  measurement  to  be  taken  on  deck,  and  to  include 
projecting  ends,  either  at  bow  or  stern. 

A cruising  boat  is  one  that  is  built  for  and  is  used  for  cruis- 
boats:  George  J.  Stelz,  measurer,  of  the  Knickerbocker  Y.  C. ; 

canvas  covered.  Cabin  must  be  water-tight  and  capable  of  re- 
sisting a sea;  must  contain  sleeping,  cooking  and  general  living 
accommodations  for  crew. 

Propelling  power  to  be  a mojor  or  engine,  operated  by  gaso- 
lene or  kerosene.  The  motor  to  be  of  the  explosive  type. 

Crew  to  consist  of  not  less  than  four  persons;  one  of  these  may 
be  a paid  hand.  No  paid  navigators  or  pilots  allowed. 

Boats  must  cai’ry  fuel  in  fixed  tank  or  tanks,  and  not  in  cans. 
Amount  of  fuel  optional;  drinking  water  and  stores  sufficient  for 
five  days;  two  anchors  and  rodes,  side  lights,  life  preservers, 
compass,  charts,  lead  line,  etc. 

Rating  and  allowance  will  be  calculated  under  the  rules  of  the 
American  Power  Boat  Association. 

Course — From  off  College  Point,  Long  Island,  through  East 
River,  Long  Island  and  Block  Island,  vineyard  and  Nantucket 
sounds,  around  Monomoy,  up  Cape  Cod,  and  across  Boston  Bay 
to  Marblehead ; distance  280  nautical  miles. 

All  boats  must  be  measured  and  rated  before  starting.  No 
unrated  boat  will  be  allowed  to  start,  and  entries  must  be  made 
in  writing  with  rating,  before  noon  on  July  1.  A full  description 
of  the  boat  should  be  sent  with  the  entry.  All  entries  will  be 
accepted  subject  to  an  inspection  by  the  committee. 

No  protest  covering  eligibility  will  be  accepted  unless  made  in 
writing  twenty-four  hours  before  the  start. 

The  committee  reserve  the  right  to  reject  any  entry,  if  in  their 
judgment  the  boat  is  not  a bona  fide  seaworthy  cruising  craft. 

The  following  have  been  appointed  inspectors,  and  have  the 
committee’s  authority  to  inspect  and  pass  upon  the  eligibility  of 
ing.  Must  have  stationary  cabin  house,  not  standing  roof  or 
J.  H.  McIntosh,  measurer  of  the  Columbia  Y.  C.,  and  E.  W. 
Graef. 

Upon  an  owner  notifying  the  committee  that  he  desires  to  have 
his  craft  inspected  and  rated,  an  inspector  will  be  sent  to  examine 
and  report  upon  the  boat.  P.ans  of  boats  designed  to  be  built 
for  the  race  can  be  submitted  to  the  committee  for  their  approval. 

Applications  for  entry  blanks  and  information  should  be  made 
tj  J.  O.  Sinkinson,  secretary  Knickerbocker  Y.  C.,  P.  O.  Box 
1700;  J.  H.  McIntosh,  32  Broadway,  and  E.  W.  Graef,  9 Murray 
street.  New  York  city. 


Riverside  Y.  C.  Officers. — On  Friday  evening,  Febru- 
ary 3,  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Riverside  Y.  C.  was  held 
at  the  Hotel  Astor.  The  following  officers  were  elected : 
Com.,  Alfred  R.  Starr;  Vice-Com.,  George  J.  Bascom; 
Rear-Com.,  Herbert  T.  Hand;  Sec’y,  John  G.  Porter; 
Treas.,  George  T.  Higgons;  Meas.,  T.  E.  Ferris; 
Trustees  for  term  ending  February,  1908,  C.  T.  Pierce 
and  Frederick  Beltz ; Trustees  for  unexpired  term  end- 
ing February,  1907,  T.  A.  Liebler;  Regatta  Committee— 
C.  P.  Tower,  C.  T.  Pierce  and  T.  E.  Ferris ; Membership 
Committee — George  E.  Marks,  W.  J.  B.  Mills  and  George 
T.  Higgons;  Entertainment  Committee — Frederick  Beltz, 
Jr.,  George  T.  Higgons  and  T.  A.  Liebler;  Fleet  Surgeon, 
Dr.  PI.  H.  Tyson,  and  Chaplains,  the  Rev.  George  C. 
Houghton,  D.D.,  and  the  Rev.  Charles  W.  Boylston. 

r,  * *, 

New  Rochelle  Y.  C.  Annual  Meeting. — The  annual 
meeting  of  the  New  Rochelle  Y.  C.  was  held  at  Shanley’s 
on  Saturday  evening,  February  4,  and  the  following  offi- 
cers were  elected:  Com.,  F.  H.  Waldorf;  Vice-Com.,  E. 
M.  Gill;  Rear-Com.,  Frank  Maier;  Sec’y,  C.  A.  Marsh- 
land; Treas.,  D.  Edmund  Dealey;  Meas.,*  Robert  N. 
Bavier;  Regatta  Committee — G.  P.  Granberry,  J.  D. 
Sparkman,  E.  B.  Wright,  J.  C.  Connolly  and  H.  W. 
Lloyd;  Law  Committee— J.  F.  Lambden  and  E.  A.  Scott; 
Trustees,  class  of  1908,  George  E.  Edwards,  A.  S.  Cross 
and  C.  M.  Fletcher. 

**,  * * 

Ridgemont  and  Katherina  Sold. — The  steam  yacht 
■ Ridgemont  has  been  sold  through  the  agency  of  Mr. 
Frank  Bowne  Jones  by  Mr.  David  C.  Whitney,  of  Detroit, 
to  Mr.  Lewis  Herzog,  New  York  Y.  C.  Ridgemont  is  a 
steel  boat  98ft.  over  all,  and  was  built  in  1903.  Mr.  Her- 
zog will  use  the  yacht  for  cruising  on  the  Maine  coast. 
Mr.  Jones  lias  also  sold  for  Mr.  A,  Homer  Skinner,  of 
Fall  River,  his  auxiliary  yawl  Katherimi  to  a member  of 
the  Larchmont  Y,  C. 


Fee,  ii,  1905.]' 


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Designed  by  Charles  G.  Davis  for  Forest  and  Stream. 


A Rowing  and  Sailing  Skiff. 

It  is  not  strange  that  there  should  be  a wide  diversity 
of  opinion  among  yachtsmen  as  to  the  type  of  dinghy 
best  adapted  for  general  use.  Almost  every  man  has 
pronounced  ideas  on  the  subject  usually  because  he 
needs  a boat  to  fill  certain  requirements.  Where  one 
man  will  recommend  a round-bottom  boat,  another  will 
advise  a flat-bottom  skiff.  As  a matter  of  fact,  there 
are  good  boats  of  both  kinds  that  answer  their  require- 
ments perfectly. 

It  is  not  so  much  a question  of  type  as  it  is  of  model. 
Most  of  us  have  had  experience  with  the  cranky  boat 
that  slews  and  slides  in  every  direction  when  being 
towed  even  in  smooth  water,  and  is  quite  impossible 
when  it  is  rough.  The  stern  of  this  boat  usually  rears 
up  when  one  steps  in  the  bow  and  either  capsizes  or 
careens  sufficiently  to  nearly  fill  with  water.  Then 
there  is  the  boat  that  is  so  low  in  the  water  that  it 
is  impossible  to  row  without  hitting  one’s  knees  at 
each  stroke  or  clear  the  wave  crests.  A very  frequent 
trouble  with  rowboats  is  the  impossibility  to  keep  them 
from  sheering  wildly,  even  when  the  man  on  the  oars 
exerts  an  equal  pressure  on  each.  These  are  common 
faults,  and  many  others  might  be  mentioned. 

The  dinghy  question  always  has  been,  and  probably 
always  will  be,  under  dispute.  In  publishing  the  plans 
of  a 12ft.  skiff  this  week  we  do  not  say  that  we  have 
found  the  perfect  boat  that  will  suit  everybody.  This, 
would  be  impossible.  But  in  the  preparation  of  this 
design  Mr.  Charles  G.  Davis  has  avoided  all  the  faults 
usually  found  in  such  craft,  and  the  result  is  a capital 
little  boat  that  will  tow  straight,  row  well  with  two  or 
three  on  board  and  will  also  handle  under  sail  fairly 
well.  She  will  serve  for  a general  all-round  row  and! 
sail  boat,  or  she  would  make  an  excellent  little  tender 
for  a moderate-sized  cruising  or  racing  boat. 

The  construction  is  as  simple  and  the  plans  have: 
been  made  so  carefully,  that  any  man  or  boy  with  a fair- 
knowledge  of  the  use  of  tools  could  build  such  a boat: 
without  any  difficulty.  For  the  benefit  of  those  who' 
wish  to  buy  a boat  of  this  type  and  size  we  have  secured 
an  estimate  from  the  Huntington  Mfg.  Co.,  of  New 
Rochelle.  This  firm  is  prepared  to  build  a boat  from-, 
this  design  of  oak  and  cedar,  varnished,  complete  in: 
every  particular,  for  $55. 


The  Florida  Power  Boat  Races. — Outside  of  the  re- 
markable showing  made  by  Mr.  W.  Gould  Brokaw’s  40- 
footer  Challenger,  equipped  with  a 125  horsepower  Smith: 
& Mabley  engine,  interest  has  for  the  most  part  been: 
purely  local.  M.  A.  D.  Proctor  Smith  has  had  the  hand- 
ling of  Challenger.  The  record  of  im.  21s.  for  one  kilo- 
meter and  one  mile  in  2m.  11  2-5S.  will  stand  for  some 
time  to  come.  The  former  is  something  like  one  second 
faster  per  mile  than  the  latter,  and  is  better  than  2 7% 
miles  per  hour.  On  Friday,  however,  from  scratch  with 
a turn,  she  did  8 miles  in  world’s  record  time  of  16m. 
33s.,-  better  than  29  miles  per  hour.  In  a trial  against  time 
made  February  4,  Challenger  did  a mile  in  2m.  4s.  The: 
events  closed  with  a power  boat  parade  of  some  forty  or 
more  electric  and  gasolene-propelled  launches,  auxiliary 
yachts  and  houseboats. 

The  sad  accident  resulting  in  the  death  of  Frank: 
Croker  had  a dampening  effect  on  the  sport,  and  the  ex- 
pected trials  of  XPDNC  and  Challenger  would  have  been: 
well  worth  seeing.  As  it  was,  Challenger  had  things 
pretty  much  her  own  way.  XPDNC  was  not  unloaded! 
from  the  car. 


Power  Boat  Racing 

BY  A.  E.  POTTER. 

The  racing  of  power  boats  needs  careful  attention 
to  several  fundamental  principles,  in  order  to  get  satis- 
factory results,  and  not  cause  unpleasantness  in  the 
club  or  among  different  organizations.  The  American 
Power  Boat  Association  has  promulgated  a set  of 
rules,  which,  so  far  as  they  go,  have  proved  pairly 
satisfactory.  The  American  Power  Boat  Association 
pays,  of  course,  more  attention  to  high  speed  or  auto- 
boats, which  are  frequently  built  to  compass  certain 
rules  by  which  they  hope  to  get  some  slight  advantage, 
than  to  the  cruiser  class,  which,  in  France,  is  made  to 
include  launches  of  all  kinds  not  racers.  They  limit 
the  length,  amount  of  freeboard,  beam  and  piston  dis- 
placement. This  manifestly  favors  the  two-cycle  engine 
manufacturer  in  being  able  to  get  more  power  out  of 
his  engine  at  lower  speed,  and  again,  unless  his  engine 
is  properly  designed,  one  is  unable  to  run  it  at,  such 
high  speed  as  the  other  man  with  the  four-cycle. 

In  England  the  Marine  Motor  Association  figures 
horsepower  from  fuel  consumption.  This  favors  the 
four-cycle  engine.  The  American  Power  Boat  Associa- 
tion, in  figuring  the  horsepower,  takes  into  considera- 
tion the  speed  of  the  engine,  and  this  can  also  be 
changed  about,  so  that  advantage  can  be  taken  of 
some  loophole  perhaps. 

The  remedy  for  the  existing  evils  in  classifications  is 
not  so  apparent,  but  it  may  come  to  the  one-design 
class  in  power  boats,  even  as  it  has  in  sailing  craft. 
Limits  of  length,  breadth  and  power  seem  to  be  about 
;the  only  means  of  proper  classification.  For  instance, 
;a  boat  24ft.  long  4ft.  8in.  wide  could  have  a range  of 
power  that  would  put  her  into  a certain  class  from 
length  and  beam,  and  then  into  several  sub-classes,  fol- 
lowing the  substitution  of  one  engine  for  another  from 
,3  to  16  horsepower,  if  that  is  the  agreed  upon  limit 
of  power  allowed  in  that  class,  and  there  should  be  a 
limit. 

Boats  built  for  heavy  and  rough  water,  can  hardly 
be  classed  with  light  low-powered  launches,  and  in  such 
contests  endurance  is  more  essential  frequently  than 
itemporary  efficiency. 

The  projected  power  boat  race  by  the  Knickerbocker 
Y.  C.  for  cruisers  is  an  excellent  idea,  and  I sincerely 
!hope  that  the  event  may  prove  sufficiently  attractive 
to  tempt  many  entries.  It  is  for  a popular  class  of 
boats;  length  is  restricted  to  40ft.,  and  each  competing 
boat  must  be  a bona  fide  cruising  launch,  propelled  by 
■either  a kerosene  or  gasolene  explosive  engine,  and 
have  ample  living  accommodations  for  at  least  four 
people.  These  are  wise  conditions,  and  I trust  that  we 
-shall  have  many  more  similar  trials  before  the  close 
■of  the  season. 

In  England  and  France  many  more  racing  events 
for  power  boats  have  been  booked  than  here,  but  with 
the  natural  resources  of  the  typical  American  yacht 
■club,  boat  races  can  be  conceived,  advertised  and  run, 
•and  almost  before  the  daily  papers  can  describe  the 
boats  entering  and  the  course,  the  contest  is  on  and 
■over. 

If  power  boat  racing  in  the  next  year  or  two  be- 
comes as  popular  as  it  now  promises,  rules  and  regu- 
lations will  not  be  made  to  govern  the  contestants,  but 
the  boats  will  be  built,  as  they  should  be — to  conform 
to  the  provisions  of  the  rules  and  conditions  in  force. 


Installation  Control. 

From  English  Yachtsman. 

The  Bureau  Veritas  has  now  published  its  long-ex- 
pected recommendations  for  the  use  of  internal  com- 
bustion engines  in  launches.  For  petrol  and  alcohol 
motors  they  recommend  that: 

The  tanks  be  in  copper  of  substantial  gauge,  joints 
being  rivetted  and  soldered.  Perforated  partitions  to 
be  placed  inside  to  prevent  a heavy  volume  of  liquid 
washing  about  and  straining  the  tank. 

The  tanks  to  be  placed  in  a special  compartment 
completely  isolated  from  the  motor  room  and  the  rest 
of  the  boat.  This  compartment  to  be  as  far  forward 
as  practicable,  the  after  part  being  closed  in  by  a suit- 
able bulkhead.  The  tank  to  be  of  the  same  volume  and 
shape  as  the  compartment  surrounding  it,  thus  leaving 
little  room  for  the  accumulation  of  inflammable  vapor. 
Should  the  tank  not  equal  the  compartment  in  height 
it  should  be  raised  upon  a tight  flooring. 

In  wooden  boats  the  compartment  should  be  lined 
with  lead  or  copper  sheets,  and  a drain-pipe  fitted  that 
any  leakage  of  petrol  may  drain  out.  In  metal  hulls, 
a petrol  tight  floor  should  be  fitted  to  the  tank  com- 
partment, also  to  be  fitted  with  a drain.  Certain  makers 
arrange  that  the  space  around  the  tank  can  be  flooded 
with  water  if  necessary;  this  is  a practice  to  be  recom- 
mended, but  is  not  necessary  if  the  tank  and  its  com- 
partment are  carefully  fitted  up. 

The  tank  must  be  securely  held  down,  so  that  the 
filling  and  emptying  pipes  are  not  strained  by  vibration 
or  pitching. 

Ihe  walls  of  the  tank  must  be  strengthened  at  the 
points  of  junction  of  the  filling  and  emptying  pipes. 

The  filling  pipe  must  lead  up  through  the  deck,  and 
the  emptying  pipe  through  the  bulkhead,  suitable  pro- 
vision being  made  for  keeping  the  compartment  petrol- 
tight. 

The  pipe  leading  to  the  carburetor  must  be  of  an- 
nealed copper,  preferably  in  one  length.  If  several 
lengths  be  used  they  must  be  brazed,  not  soldered  to- 
gether, the  joints  to  carburetor  and  tank  must  be 
ground  cone  joints.  Two  cocks  must  be  placed  on 
this  pipe,  one  at  the  tank,  and  one  at  the  carburetor 
inlet. 

Certain  makers,  chiefly  abroad,  pass  the  feed  pipe  out- 
side the  hull ; this  appears  superfluous ; the  pipe  may  lead 
inside  perfectly  well,  provided  that  no  electric  wires,  in- 
sulated or  not,  are  in  contact  with  it. 

A metal  box  or  tray,  fitted  with  a drain  pipe,  should  be 
fitted  under  the  carburetor;  thus  it  can  be  emptied  when 
necessary  for  cleaning  or  inspection. 

The  usual  precautions  must  be  taken  in  fitting  the  cir- 
culating water  inlets  and  outlets. 

The  exhaust  pipe  should  be  in  copper  or  iron,  and  not 
less  in  diameter  than  the  exhaust  port  on  the  motor.  All; 
joints  must  be  packed  with  asbestos. 

It  is  advisable  that  part  or  all  of  the  circulating  water 
be  sent  either  directly  down,  or  through  a water  jacket: 
surrounding  the  exhaust  pipe.  In  any  case  care  must  be 
taken  that  the  pipe  does  not  become  dangerously  hot,, 
more  especially  in  wooden  boats. 

The  use  of  water-jacketed  silencers  is  recommended’.. 

Should  the  motor  be  in  an  inclosed  space,  means  must 
be  provided  for  efficient  ventilation. 

Electric  ignition  should  invariably  be  used,  and  no  ex- 
ternal sparks  should  be  allowed,  in  case  any  inflammable 
vapors  be  present.  This  is  especially  important  in  boats 
where  two  motors  are  fitted,  and  where  one  might  need 


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examination  when  under  way.  (Accident  to  La  Pari- 
sieime  last  year.) 

jhe  electric  wiring  must  be  carefully  insulated ; the 
wiijes  must  be  inclosed  in  lead  piping  or  insulated  with  a 
material  unaffected  by  damp.  Wires  should  never  be 
plated  in  proximity  to  the  petrol  piping.  Accumulators 
should  be  fitted  in  an  easily  accessible  and  well  ventilated 
compartment. 

If  electric  lighting  is  installed  on  board,  the  Veritas 
wiring  rules  should  be  followed. 

When  paraffin  or  other  heavy  oils  are  used,  such  strict 
precautions  need  not  be  taken  • the  tanks  need  not  be  in 
a special  compartment,  and,  if  the  motor  is  not  inclosed, 
tube  ignition  may  be  used.  If  petrel,  benzol  or  alcohol 
be  necessary  for  starting  up  a heavy  oil  motor,  the  con- 
taining tank  must  be  placed  outside  the  motor  compart- 
ment and  fitted  with  two  cocks,  one  at  the  tank  and  one 
at  the  carburetor  inlet. 

The  Bureau  Veritas  has  emitted  these  rules  rather  as 
recommendations  than  a series  of  hard-and-fast  regula- 
tions; at  the  same  time  it  is  obvious  that  if  insurance  is 
to  be  effected  in  France,  these  recommendations  will  have 
to  be  carried  out,  and  their  general  adoption  by  makers 
is  merely  a matter  of  time. 

Iff  our  opinion,  it  is  high  time  that  Lloyd’s  took  up  the 
question  of  regulating  the  installation  of  motors  in 
launches.  There  is  room  for  a series  of  rules  which  would 
form  the  criterion  of  launch  engineering,  and  provided 
that  the  rules  are  sound.  “Built  to  Lloyd’s  rules”  would 
be  an  excellent  guarantee. 

[On  November  26,  1904,  we  published  an  article  on  the 
installation  of  marine  gasolene  engines.  It  is  pleasing  to 
note  that  the  Bureau  Veritas  has  taken  the  matter  up 
and  published  their  recommendations.  Lloyd’s,  as  soon 
as  its  importance  is  realized,  will  in  all  probability  formu- 
late requirements,  and  some  day  regulations  may  be  in 
force  in  America  looking  entirely  to  the  safety  of  operator 
and  others  who  may  be  exposed  to  danger  resulting  from 
faulty  or  improper  engine  installation.] 


Queries  on  Marine  Motors. 

H.  H.  R.,  St.  Louis,  Mo.— I thought  to  improve  the  circulation 
in  my  two-cycle  engine  by  substituting  a rotary  gear  for  the 
plunger  pump  with  which  it  was  equipoed.  It  ran  very  satisfac- 
torily until  I ran  the  boat  backward,  at  the  warf  one  day  for  some 
time,  and  as  a result  had  to  have  cylinder  rebored,  new  pistons 
and  rings.  Do  you  know  of  a pump  of  this  sort  that  will  run  in 
either  direction? 

Ans. — As  four-cycle  engines  nearly  always  are  built. to 
run  in  the  same  direction,  gear  pumps  can  be  used  with 
them  to  good  advantage,  but  a two-cycle  engine  that 
can  be  run  in  either  direction,  unless  it  is  equipped  with 
a system  of  check  valves,  and  piped  so  that  the  suction 
may  become  the  discharge,  may  give  you  trouble. 

M.  O.  B.,  Bath,  Me.— Which  do  you  consider  the  better  for 
gasolene  engine  bearings,  bronze  or  Babbitt  metal  (?) 

Ans. — Removable  bronze  bushings  can  be  renewed 
much  more  readily  than  Babbitt  metal,  and  can  be  put 
in  place  much  more  surely  than  Babbitt  can  be  poured, 
Unless  one  has  facilities  for  the  purpose — same  as  in 
the  shop  where  the  engine  is  built.  We  do  not  know 
of  any  manufacturer  at  present  using. for  the  lower  half 
of  his  bearing  a removable  bronze  with  Babbitted  cap; 
but  it  seems  as  if  the  plan  was  a good  one.  Whether 
bronze  is  better  than  Babbitt,  we  are  unwilling  to  . say, 
as  there  is  a great  difference  of  opinion,  as  there  is  in 
bronze  and  Babbitt  themselves. 

J.  H.  B.,  Washington.  N.  C.— What  ought  it  to  cost  to  rebore 
my,  two-cycle  engine  cylinder  where  the  pin  scored  it  badly  so 
that  I cannot  get  compression,  or  keep  the  oil  from  blowing  out 
of  the  cups? 

Ans.— The  manufacturer  of  your  engine  will,  proba- 
bly give  you  a better  price  than  you  can  get.  it  done 
elsewhere,  as  they  are  fitted  up  for  it.  It  is  a job 
that  every  machinist  cannot  be  trusted  to.  do.  as  there 
may  not  be  sufficient  metal  left,  and  it  will  necessitate 
new  piston  and  rings.  The  simple  matter  of  getting  the 
hole  for  the  wrist  pin  exactly  at  right  angles  to  the 
sides  of  the  piston  is  not  so  simple  when  you  come  to 
try  and  do  it. 

YACHTING  NEWS  NOTES. 


For  advertising  relating  to  this  department  see  pages  ii  and  iii. 


The  National' Motorboat  Exhibition. — Not  to  be  out- 
done by-  any  foreign  country,  the  management  of  the  first 
National-Motorboat  Exhibition,  which  will  open  in  Madi- 
son-Square  Garden,  New  York  city,  on  February  21  in 
conjunction  with  the  Sportsmen’s  Show,  has  arranged  to 
have  the  big  affair  opened  by  either  President  Roosevelt 
or  his  personal  representative.  Word  to  this  effect  was 
received  yesterday  by  Manager  Dressel,  and  in  case  Presi- 
dent Roosevelt  himself  cannot  be  on  hand,  the  Hon.  Paul 
Morton,  Secretary  of  the  Navy,  is  expected  to  honor  the 
Association  by  opening  their  first  exhibition. 

Never  before,  outside  of  Naval  functions,  has  there 
been  anything  which  will  compare  with  the  demonstration 
at  this  opening,  as,  aside  from  the  naval,  officials,  there 
will  be  present  commodores  of  all  the  leading  yacht  clubs 
in  the  United  States. 

The  largest  indoor  lagoon  ever  known  in  this  country 
will  occupy  the  center  of  the  Garden,  and  motorboats  will 
whirl  around  the  twelve-lap  course,  while  spectators  view 
them  from  outside,  and  from  the  island  in  the  center, 
which  will  be  reached  by  rustic  bridges  from  the  main- 
land. The  Sportsmen’s  Show  has  ever  been  a favored 
event  in  the.  Garden,  and  with  its  guides,  trappers,  water 
sports,  combined  with  the  motorboats,  the  eleventh  ex- 
hibition should  surpass  all  former  ones.  The  Show  in- 
terests the  lover  of  outdoor  sports,  whether  he  be  a 
hunter,  fisherman,  canoeist,  yachtsman  or  motorboat 
enthusiast. 

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Power  Boat  Installation. — Our  esteemed  English 
contemporary,  Yachtsmen,  is  publishing  a series  of  arti- 
cles on  installation  in  power  launches.  It  is  a subject 
worthy  of  careful  thought,  and  anything  that  we  can 
learn  to  make  power  boating  any  safer  or  pleasanter  does 
not  come  amiss.  We  have  never  heard  of  any  electric 
welded  tanks  having  been  used  for  the  purpose  here,  and 
were  facilities  convenient  for  the  operation  they  would 


indeed  make  good  tanks.  In  a recent  issue  it  was  pre- 
dicted that  Lloyds  would  soon  take  up  the  matter,  and 
note  the  following: 

“Although  marine  motors  are  only  a few  years  old, 
Lloyds  have  already  recognized  the  necessity  for  draw- 
ing up  a set  of  rules  to  regulate  their  installation  in  boats. 
A committee  may,  we  understand,  be  shortly  appointed 
to  go  thoroughly  into  the  matter.  This  should  tend  to 
simplify  the  insurance  of  motor  craft,  which  has  to  be 
done  nowadays  in  a rather  happy-go-lucky  style.  Lloyds 
are,  after  all,  the  only  proper  and  fitting  body  to  take  up 
the  question;  the  Board  of  Trade  can  qnly  interfere  when 
the  launch  is  a public  conveyance.  A uniform  standard 
would  be  an  inestimable  boon  and  would  form  a standard 
for  the  makers  to  work  to  and  a guarantee  for  the  buyer, 
always  provided  that  the  rules  are  sound.” 

*!  * 

Exhibits  at  the  Motor  Boat  and  Sportsmen’s  Show. 
— The  Gas  Engine  & Power  Co.  and  Chas.  L.  Seabury 
& Co.  will  show  the  32ft.  high  speed  yacht  tender  built 
for  Com.  F.  G.  Bourne,  steam  yacht  Delaware,  with 
guaranteed  speed  of  18  miles,  a description  of  which  we 
gave  in  these  columns  several  weeks  since;  a 33ft.  by  7ft. 
family  launch  with  a 12  horsepower,  four  cylinder  Speed- 
way gasolene  engine,  with  speed  of  10  miles;  a 21ft. 
standard  naphtha  launch,  and  two  and  four-cycle  engines 
from  3 to  70  horsepower. 

Racine  Boat  Manufacturing  Company,  Muskegon, 
Mich.,  will  have  a 21ft.  semi-speed  boat  with  an  8 horse- 
power double  cylinder  two-cycle  engine,  an  18ft.  standard 
launch  with  a 3 horsepower  single  two-cycle  engine,  and 
an  entirely  new  type  12  horsepower  double  cylinder  four- 
cycle engine.  They  will  show  an  assortment  of  hunting 
canoes  and  Racine  boats. 

Lunkenheimer  Company,  of  Cincinnati,  O.,  will  show 
detail  of  every  power  boat  device  they  manufacture, 
vaporizers,  lubricators,  valves,  etc.,  and  will  have  several 
working  models. 

Lozier  Motor  Company’s  exhibit  will  consist  of  a 21ft. 
standard  launch  with  a 3 horsepower  two-cycle  engine, 
and  a 31ft.  semi-speed  launch  with  25  horsepower  new 
design  four  cylinder  four-cycle  engine.  They  will  also 
show  a new  40  horsepower  four-cycle  and  a full  line  of 
two-cycle  engines,  from  3 to  10  horsepower. 

Newbury  & Dunham,  of  Kingsbridge,  will  show  23ft. 
by  4ft.  launch  with  7 horsepower  double  cylinder  two- 
cycle  engine  built  by  the  Western  Launch  & Engine 
Works.  Boat  will  be  finished  bright  all  over.  They  will 
have  on  exhiibtion  an  eight  cylinder,  1,000  revolutions  per 
minute,  100  horsepower  four-cycle  engine  of  the  same 
make  weighing  1,500  pounds,  a 12  horsepower  double 
cylinder  heavy  service  engine,  also  several  sizes  two-cycle 
engines. 

Palmer  Bros.,  Mianus,  Conn.,  will  confine  their  exhibit 
entirely  to  engines  of  both  the  two  and  four-cycle  type. 
Their  1905  model  three-ported  two-cycle  engines  will  be 
shown  multiple  and  single  cylinder,  using  jump  spark 
ignition.  Their  four-cycle  line  will  also  show  some 
modern  ideas. 

The  Williams-Whittelsey  Company,  successors  to  the 
Standard  Boat  Company,  Steinway,  N.  Y.,  will  show  a 
mahogany  launch  built  for  former  police  inspector  Alex. 
S.  Williams;  also  a high  speed  launch  with  either  a 
Standard  or  French-made  engine  of  25  or  more  horse- 
power. The  hull  construction  for  which  Mr.  E.  Newton 
Whittelsey  received  a patent  a short  time  ago  will  be 
shown,  and  as  this  method  was  employed  in  the  autoboat 
Standard,  it  will  be  of  interest. 

Smith  & Mabley  will  show  duplicates  of  the  engines 
used  in  Vingt-et-un  and  Challenger,  as  well  as  a 33ft. 
mahogany  launch  with  30  horsepower  Simplex  engine 
and  speed  of  17  miles. 

James  Craig,  Jr.,  of  New  York,  will  have  the  Onontio’s 
engine  on  exhibition;  also  several  different  sizes  of  en- 
gines, parts,  etc. 

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Chicago  Y.  C.  Makes  Plans  for  its  Annual  Race 
to  Mackinac. — The  marked  success  of  the  race  to  Mack- 
inac last  year  has  resulted  in  the  decision  of  the  Yacht 
Owners’  Association  of  the  Chicago  Y.  C.  to  promote  a 
similar  race  this  year,  and  at  their  meeting  on  Thursday 
they  definitely  determined  upon  the  event  and  the  date 
for  the  same.  The  yachts  will  leave  here  on  Saturday, 
July  29,  at  two  P.  M.,  and  on  approximately  the  same 
date  another  fleet  of  boats  will  leave  Port  Huron  for  the 
same  objective  point— Mackinac  Island.  The  Detroit 
yachtsmen  have  been  in  correspondence  with  the  Chicago 
Y.  C.,  and  promise  a considerable  fleet  of  sailing  yachts 
from  Toledo,  Cleveland  and  Detroit,  which  will  be  ac- 
companied by  a number  of  steam  yachts,  the  idea  being 
to  have  a big  regatta  when  the  boats  all  meet  at  Macki- 
nac. The  distance  is  three  hundred  and  thirty-three 
miles,  and  compares  very  favorably  with  the  large  cruis- 
ing races  which  are  so  popular  on  the  eastern  seaboard. 
It  has  been  decided  to  make  the  race  an  open  event  and 
invite  all  the  other  yacht  clubs  on  Lake  Michigan  to  par- 
ticipate. A handsome  prize  will  be  given  for  each  of 
the  different  classes;  there  will  also  be  a time  prize,  as 
was  the  case  last  year.  It  is  hardly  to  be  expected  that 
the  record  time  of  37h.  40m.,  which  was  made  by  the 
winning  boat  last  August,  will  be  duplicated.  It  will  be 
recalled  that  on  that  occasion  the  wind  was  extremely 
favorable  and  all  the  boats  carried  spinnakers  practically 
the  whole  distance.  Vencedor  beat  Vanenna  with  a nar- 
row margin  of  4m.  40s.,  which  result  stands  unparalleled 
in  the  history  of  long  distance  races. 

Preparations  have  now  been  made  for  the  annual  din- 
ner of  the  Chicago  Y.  C.,  which  will  be  held  some  time 
this  month. 

A number  of  new  boats  are  being  spoken  of,  and  all 
indications  point  to  a most  successful  season. 

««  H it 

Mount  Hope  Y.  C.  Officers. — The  Mount  Hope  Y.  C, 
of  Fall  River,  has  elected  the  following  officers : Com., 

Roger  Brooks;  Vice-Com.,  William  Slade;  Recording 
Sec’y,  Michael  F.  Gallagher;  Treas.,  George  Flindle; 
Directors — Roger  Brooks,  Samuel  Oldham,  Stephen  Har- 
rington, D.  F.  Keefe  and  Frank  Milliken. 

* *5  * 

Rules  and  Regulations  Governing  Cruisers  in  the 
Monaco  Races. — The  Lozier  Motor  Company  has  en- 


tered three  boats  they  had  at  the  Parts  Salon  D’Auto 
mobile  in  the  Monaco  races,  the  32ft.  cruiser  Usona  II., 
the  21  ft.  open  launch  Bascom,  and  25ft.  standing  roof  i 
launch  Newport.  Through  their  courtesy  we  are.  enabled 
to  give  a summary  of  the  Monaco  rules  and  conditions. 

The  first  class  of  cruisers  or  pleasure  launches  includes 
boats  up  to  6.5m.;  i he  second  6.5m.  to  8m.;  third,  8m.  to  . 
12m.;  and  fourth,  12m.  to  18m.  In  each  series  there  is  a 
limit  to  the  horsepower  which  is  obtained  from  cylinder 
volume,  or  as  we  would  express  it,  piston  displacement, 
which  is  found  by  multiplying  the  area  of  the  piston  by 
the  stroke  and  that  by  the  number  of  cylinders.  This 
limit  for  the  first  class  is  2.5  liters,  3.75  liters  for  the 
second,  7.5  liters  for  the  third,  and  15.  liters  for  the 
fourth.  The  height,  of  freeboard  and  passenger  capacity 
are  both  considered  in  defining  a pleasure  boat.  For  boats 
without  deck  or  only  partially  decked  over  the  coefficient 
for  safety  of  navigation  will  be  the  height  of  freeboard 
at  greatest  beam,  and  the  number  of  passengers  to  be 
carried  must  be  one  less  than  the  length  of  the  boat  in 
meters,  each  fractional  part  counting  as  one  meter.  For 
all  boats  in  the  first  class  there  is  a minimum  of  four 
passengers.  The  available  space  for  each  passenger  is 
45  cm.  minimum,  and  as  long  as  the  required  space  is 
provided  70  kilos  ballast  may  be  used  in  lieu  of  each  pas- 
senger. The  freeboard  when  boat  is  loaded  and  gasolene 
is  aboard  must  be  at  least  ,2m.  plus  .03  the  length  of  the 
hull,  exclusive  of  coaming  or  other  artifice.  The  mini- 
mum beam  allowed  is  .60m.  plus  one-eighth  the  length  of 
the  hull.  The  diameter  of  the  cylinders  will  be  measured 
by  means  of  a micrometer  to  one-tenth  of  a millimeter, 
equivalent  to  slightly  less  than  .004  inch. 

[One  meter  is  39.37m.,  and  the  lengths  given  here  being 
metric  can  be  readily  reduced  to  feet  and  inches.  A liter 
is  a cubic  centimeter  or  61.016  cubic  inch.— Ed.] 


The  W.  H.  Mullins  Co.,  of  Salem,  O.,  have  added  to  their  out- 
put a line  of  stamped  steel  motor  boats,  guaranteed  to  be  non- 
ieakable  and  unsinkable.  This  firm  will  have  boats  that  will  suit 


all  classes  of  buyers,  from  a 16-foot  torpedo  stern  model,  fitted 
with  V/z  h.  p.  Mullins  reversible  engine,  at  $135,  to  their  beaver 
tail  auto  racing  boat,  as  shown  in  the  accompanying  cut. 


moving. 


Officers  of  A.  C.  A.t  1905. 

Commodore— C.  F.  Wolters,  14  Main  St.  East,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Secretary— H M Stewart,  85  Mam  St.,  East  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Treasurer — F.  G.  Mather,  30  Elk  St.,  Albany,  N.  Y. 

AILANTIC  DIVISION. 

Vice-Commodore — W.  A.  Furman,  846  Berkeley  Ave.,  Trenton,  N.  J. 
Rear-Commodore — F.  C.  Hoyt,  57  Broadway,  New  York. 

Purser— C.  W.  Stark,  118  N.  Montgomery  St.,  Trenton,  N.  J. 
Executive  Committee—  L.  C.  kretzmer,  L.  C.  Schepp  Building, 
New  York;  E.  M.  Underhill,  Box  262,  Yonkers,  N.  Y. 

Beard  of  Governors — R.  J.  Wilkin,  211  Clinton  St.,  Brooklyn,  N.Y. 
Racing  Board— FI.  L.  Guick,  Yonkers,  N.  Y. 


CENTRAL  DIVISION. 

Vice-.Commodore — Lyman  T.  Coppins,  691  Main  St.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
Rear-Commodore — Frank  C.  Demmler,  526  Smithfield  St.,  Pittsburg. 
Purser— J.  C.  Milsom,  136  Mooney  Brisbane  BMg.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
Executive  Committee — F.  G.  Mather,  30  Elk  St.,  Albany,  N.  Y. ; 
II.  W.  Breitenstcin,  511  Market  St.,  Pittsburg,  Pa.;  Jesse  J. 
Armstrong,  Rome,  N.  Y. 

Beard  of  Governors — C.  P.  Fcrbush,  Buffalo,  N.  \. 

Racing  Board— Harry  M.  Stewart,  85  Main  St.,  East  Rochester, 
N.  Y. 


EASTERN  DIVISION. 

Vice-Commodore— D.  S.  Pratt,  Jr.,  178  Devonshire  St.,  Boston, 

Mass. 

Rear-Commodore— Wm.  W.  Crosby,  8 Court  St.,  Woburn,  Mass. 
Purser— William  E.  Stanwood,  Wellesley,  Mass. 

Executive  Committee— Wm.  I.  Ladd,  18  Glen  Road,  Winchester, 
Mass.;  F.  W.  Notman,  Box  2344,  Boston,  Mass.;  O.  C.  Cun- 
ningham, care  E.  Teel  & Co.,  Medford,  Mass.;  Edw.  B. 
Stearns,  Box  63,  Manchester,  N.  H. 

Racing  Board— Paul  Butler,  U.  S.  Cartridge  Co.,  Lowell,  Mass.; 
IT.  D.  Murphy,  alternate. 

NORTHERN  DIVISION. 

Vice-Commodore — Chas.  W.  McLean,  303  James  St.,  Montreal,  Can, 
Rear-Commodore— J.  W.  Sparrow,  Toronto,  Canada. 

Purser— J.  V.  Nutter,  Montreal,  Canada. 

Executive  Committee— C.  E.  Britton,  Gananoque,  Ont.;  Harry 
Page,  Toronto,  Ont. 

Board  of  Governors— J.  N.  MacKendrick,  Galt,  Ont. 

Racing  Board— E.  J.  Minett,  Montreal,  Canada. 

WESTERN  DIVISION. 

Vice-Commodore— Burton  D.  Munhall,  care  of  Brooks  Household 
Art  Co.,  Cleveland,  O.  . , t ? t>  < 

Rear-Commodore— Char.es  J.  Stedman,  National  Lafayette  Bank, 
Cincinnati,  O. 

Purser— George  Q.  Hall,  care  of  Bank  of  Commerce,  Cleveland,  O. 
Executive  Committee — Thomas  P.  Eckert,  31  West  Court  St., 
Cincinnati,  O.;  Dr.  H.  L.  Frost,  10  Howard  St.,  Cleveland,  O. 


How  to  Join  the  A.  C.  A. 

From  Chapter  I.,  Section  1,  of  the  By-Laws  of  the  A.  C.  A.: 
“Application  for  membership  shall  be  made  to  the  Treasurer, 
F.  G,  Mather,  30  Elk  St.,  Albany,  N.  Y.,  and  shall  be  accompanied 
by  the  recommendation  of  an  active  member  and  by  the  sum  of 
two  dollars,  one  dollar  as  entrance  fee  and  one  dollar  as  dues  for 
the  current  year,  to  be  refunded  in  case  of  non-election  of  the 
applicant.” 

Atlantic  Division  Annual  Dinner. 

The  following  letter  has  been  sent  out  to  members  of 
the  Atlantic  Division  of  the  A.  C.  A.  by  Messrs.  W.  A. 
Holcombe,  H.  C.  Allen,  W.  B.  Maddock  and  C.  W.  Stark, 
who  compose  the  committee  on  arrangements: 

Annually  for  several  years,  this  division  of  the  A.  C.  A.  has 
held  an  informal  dinner  early  in  the  year,  to  enable  its  members 
and  their  friends  to  spend  an  evening  in  good  fellowship,  as  well 
as  discuss  the  possibilities  of  the  sport  and  make  plans  for  the 

C°This^yea^  t?ie"  dinner  will  be  held  at  the  Hotel  Sterling,  Trenton, 
N.  J.,  Saturday  evening,  Feb.  18,  at  7 o’clock.  ....  , , 

As  Trenton,  situated  about  the  center  of  the  division,  and  its 
membership,  is  easily  reached  by  the  best  of  tram  service,  the 
committee  earnestly  desire  that  you  make  an  effort  to  be  present; 
also  to  induce  some  other  member  or  friend  with  whom  you  are 
in  close  touch  to  accompany  you,  an  enjoyable  time  being  assured 
beforehand.  


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Feb.  ii >1905.31 


FOREST  AND  SfREAM. 


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All  planning  to  attend  should  send  two  dollars  to 
Charles  W.  Stark,  118  N.  Montgomery  street,  Trenton, 
N.  J.,  as  soon  as  possible. 

A meeting  of  the  Atlantic  Division  Executive  Commit- 
tee will  be  held  at  4 o’clock  on  the  afternoon  of  the  dinner 
at  the  Hotel  Sterling,  25  W.  State  street,  Trenton,  N.  J. 

A.  C.  A.  Membership* 

New  members  elected: 

Eastern  Division. — 4865  Samuel  B.  Burnham,  Provi- 
dence, R.  I. 

Atlantic  Division. — 4866  Charles  F.  Daymond,  W. 
Englewood,  N.  J.;  4868  Louis  N.  Chevrier,  4868  Harvey 
F.  Whitehead,  4869  William  U.  Ale,  4870  Ralph  B. 
Lucas,  4871  Frank  E.  Kimble,  Trenton,  N.  J. 

New  members  proposed: 

Atlantic  Division. — Frederick  Gilkyson,  Trenton,  N. 
J.,  proposed  by  Merton  S.  West;  Frederic  R.  Brace,  Jr., 
Trenton,  N.  J.,  proposed  by  Arthur  H.  Wood;  Hudson 
C.  Burr,  Plainfield,  N.  J.,  proposed  by  Charles  W. 
Buckelew;  Paul  L.  Cort,  Trenton,  N.  J.,  proposed  by 
Fred.  G.  Furman;  Alfred  Q.  Belfield,  Philadelphia,  pro- 
posed by  Alvin  S.  Fenimore. 

Central  Division. — David  Y.  Swaty,  Howard  Baetjer 
and  Harry  M.  Laithe,  all  of  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  and  all 
proposed  by  Alfred  W.  Allyn  and  seconded  by  H.  W. 
Breitenstein. 

New  life  membership:  1904 — No.  30  George  J.  Bailey, 
Buffalo,  N.  Y.  1905 — No.  31  William  G.  Mackendrick, 
Toronto;  No.  32  Lucian  Wilson,  Cincinnati,  O.;  No.  33 
Frank  L.  Dunnell,  New  York  City. 


fUtmpshooting. 


If  you  want  your  shoot  to  be  announced  here  send  a 
notice  like  the  following : 


Fixt  ttres* 

Feb.  11.— Phillipsburg,  N.  J.,  Opposite  Easton,  Pa.— Alert  Gun 
Club  first  annual  tournament.  Ed.  F.  Markley,  Mgr. 

Feb.  13.— Concord,  S.  I.— All-day  shoot  of  the  Richmond  Gun  Club. 

A.  A.  Schoverling,  Sec’y.  „ ,,  , 

Feb.  13.— Ossining,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  shoot.  C.  G.  Blandford, 
Capt. 

Feb.  13. — Rahway,  N.  J.,  Gun  Club  shoot. 

Feb.  13.— Shrewsbury,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  W.  H. 

Myers,  Sec’y.  _ , _ 

Feb.  15-16.— Allentown,  Pa.— Two-day  tournament  at  Duck  Farm 
Hotel.  C.  L.  Straub,  Mgr. 

Feb.  15-17.— Detroit,  Mich.— Jacob  Klein’s  tournament  on  Rusch 
House  grounds,  under  auspices  of  Tri-State  Automobile  and 
Eporting  Goods  Association. 

Feb.  18.— Newark,  N.  J.— All-day  shoot  of  the  Mullerite  Gun  Club. 

A.  A.  Schoverling,  Mgr.  , , 

Feb.  22— New  Paltz,  N.  Y.— Mullerite  Gun  Club  all-day  shoot. 

A.  A.  Schoverling,  Mgr.  . 

Feb.  22.— Harrisburg,  Pa.,  Shooting  Association  seventeenth 
annual  live-bird  tournament.  A.  H.  Roberts,  Sec’y. 

Feb.  22.— Atglen,  Pa.— Christiana-Atglen  Gun  Club  all-day  shoot. 

Lloyd  R.  Lewis,  Cor.  Sec’y.  . 

Feb.  22.— Batavia,  111.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  Henry  Hendrick- 
son  Mgr. 

Feb.  22‘— Concord,  S.  I.— All-day  shoot  of  the  Richmond  Gun 
Club.  A.  A.  Schoverling,  Sec’y.  „ 

Feb.  22.— Schenectady,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  V.  Wall- 
burg  Sec’y 

Feb.  9-m-T Tries'  N.  Y.— Riverside  Gun  Club’s  eighth  annual  tour- 
nament. E.  J.  Loughlin,  Sec’y.  , 

March  20-25—  Kansas  City,  Mo.— Dickey  Bird  Gun  Club  six-day 
tournament. 

March  28-31— Kansas  City,  Mo.— Schmelzer  spring  tournament. 

C.  J.  Schmelzer,  Mgr.  . . 

April  5-6.— Augusta,  Ga— The  Interstate  Association  s tourna- 
ment, under  the  auspices  of  the  Augusta  Gun  Club.  Chas.  C. 
Needham,  Sec'y.  _ , T 

April  12-13.— Spring  tournament  of  Delaware  Trapshooters  League, 
on  grounds  of  Wilmington  Gun  Club.  H.  J.  Stidman,  Sec  y, 
Wilmington.  _ , . . ,. 

April  18-20.— Waco,  Tex.— Texas  State  Sportsmen  s Association 

tournament.  , , 

April  19. — Springfield,  Mass.,  Shooting  Club  annual  tournament. 
c k Kites  Sec’y. 

April  22.— Easton,  Pa.— Independent  Gun  Club  all-day  tournament. 

Jacob  Pleiss,  Sec’y.  , , _ , c,  . 

May  2-5.— Pittsburg,  Pa.— Tournament  of  the  Pennsylvania  State 
Sportsmen’s  Association,  under  auspices  of  the  Herron  Hill 
Gun  Club;  $1,000  added  to  purses.  Louis  Lautenstager,  Sec  y. 
May  2-6.— Kansas  City,  Mo.— Missouri  State  Game  and  Pish  Pro- 
tective Association  tournament.  , . . 

May  9-12. — Hastings,  Neb.— Nebraska  State  Sportsmen  s Associa- 
tion’s twenty-ninth  annual  tournament.  Geo.  L.  Carter,  sec  y, 

May"1 1 L 1 (1— Des  Moines,  la.— Iowa  State  Sportsmen’s  Associa- 
tion tournament.  . 0 

May  16-18. — Parkersburg,  W.  Va.— West  Virginia  State  Sports- 
men’s Association  tournament. 

May  17-18.— Auburn,  N.  Y„  Gun  Club  two-day  tournament.  Knox 

May1  lM9a-Stanfey‘  Gun  Club  of  Toronto  (incorporated).  Can., 
annual  tournament.  Alexander  Dey,  Sec  y,  178  Mill  street, 

MayT^S.— Lincoln.— Illinois  State  Sportsmen’s  Association  tour- 

May13  25^27." — Montreal,  Quebec,  Gun  Club  grand  trapshooting 
tournament.  D.  J.  Kearney,  Secy,  412  St.  Paul  street,  Quebec. 
May  30.— McKeesport,  Pa.— Enterprise  Gun  Club  tournament. 

MayGe36-3lf-wShmgton,^'p.  C.-Analostan  Gun  two-day 

tournament;  $200  added.  Miles  Taylor,  Secy,  222  F street, 

May^'31-June  1.— Vermillion.— South  Dakota  State  Sportsmen  s 

Association  tournament.  x- 

June  8-9.— Dalton,  O.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  Ernest  F. 

JunfC9.*-Shamokin,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  S.  C.  Yocum, 

June* 27-30. — Indianapolis,  Ind.-The  Interstate  Association’s  Grand 
American  Handicap  target  tournament;  $1,000  adued  money. 
Elmer  E.  Shaner,  Sec’y- Mgr.,  Pittsburg,  1 a.^  _ 

July  4— Shamokin,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  S.  C.  Yocum, 

July^4°— South  Framingham,  Mass.— Second  annual  team  shoot; 

July^ml-Me'nominee,  Mich.-The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament,  under  the  auspices  of  the  Menominee  Gun  Club. 

AugWi4^iMbertULea,^linn.-The  Interstate  Associates  tour- 
nament,  under  the  auspices  of  the  Albert  Lea  Gun  C b. 

Aug^'l6TS.— Kansas  Cityf'Mo.-The  Interstate  ^sociation’s  tour- 
nament,  under  the  auspices  of  the  O.  K.  Gun  Club.  C.  C. 

OctHl-Sf— boven'  Del.,  Gun  Club  tournament;  open  to  all  ana- 

Oct,*  12. — Fall  tournament  of  the  Delaware  Trapshooters  League, 
on  grounds  of  Dover  Gun  Club. 

DRIVERS  AND  TWISTERS 

Mr.  Jacob  Pleiss,  Secretary,  writes  us  that  “the  Independent 
Gun  Club,  of  Easton,  Pa.,  will  hold  an  all-day  tournament  on 
April  22. 


The  Bradford,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  contemplate  the  holding  of  an  all- 
day shoot  on  Feb.  22. 

Feb.  18  has  been  fixed  upon  as  the  date  for  the  Crescent  Ath- 
letic Club  return  match  with  Yale.  It  will  be  held  on  the  Bay 
Ridge,  L.  I.,  grounds. 

* 

Mr.  F.  K.  Stelle,  Secretary,  writes  us  as  follows:  : “In  con- 

nection with  the  shoot  of  the  Bound  Brook,  N.  J.,  Gun  Club  on 
Saturday  afternoon,  Feb.  18,  the  club  will  give  a shoot  at  which 
all  are  welcome.  Further  particulars  will  be  sent  next  week,” 

•s 

The  freight  yards  of  the  Pennsylvania  R.  R.  Co.,  at  Newark, 
N.  J.,  are  being  enlarged,  and  will  take  in  the  grounds  of  the 
Forester  Gun  Club.  Tuesday  of  this  week  was  fixed  upon  for  the 
club’s  last  big  shoot,  and  Feb.  22  for  the  last  shoot  on  the  old 
grounds,  dear  to  memory  with  the  associations  of  fourteen  years’ 
shooting. 

On  Thursday  of  last  week,  at  Pinehurst,  N.  C.,  there  was  a 
close  contest,  the  leaders  who  tied  being  Messrs.  C.  E,  Lock- 
wood,  of  New  York,  and  C.  A.  Taft,  of  Whitingsville,  Mass.  In 
a shoot-off  at  25  targets,  Mr.  Taft,  with  an  allowance  of  two,  won 
with  a lead  of  three.  Out  of  the  50  targets  in  the  event,  they 
tied  on  41. 

•t 

The  Schenectady,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  has  issued  the  programme 
of  its  eighth  annual  tournament,  to  be  held  on  Feb.  22.  Eight 
events  are  offered,  of  which  seven  are  at  15  targets  and  one  at  20 
targets.  The  latter  has  $2  added.  Entrance  $1.30  and  $1.40.  Shoot- 
ing begins  at  10  o’clock.  Targets  2 cents.  Rose  system  will  gov- 
ern the  moneys.  Shooters  may  enter  for  targets  only.  Loaded 
shells  and  lunch  obtainable  on  the  grounds.  Professionals  may 
shoot  for  targets  only.  High  averages  $3,  $2  and  $1.  Ship  shells 
prepaid  to  Secretary  V.  Wallburg,  234  Union  St. 

•t 

The  Newark'  Sunday  News  states  that  “in  an  exhibition  shoot 
yesterday  (Feb.  4)  afternoon  on  the  grounds  of  the  Smith  Gun 
Club,  this  city,  Frank  E.  Butler,  the  well-known  marksman,  and 
husband  of  Annie  Oakley,  smashed  98  targets  out  of  a - possible 
100.  The  exhibition  was  given  in  connection  with  the  weekly 
shoot  of  the  club.  A large  attendance  was  present,  and  though 
the  shooters  were  handicapped  somewhat  by  a background  of  snow, 
good  scores  were  made  in  the  other  events.”  We  cannot  con- 
ceive the  reason  of  Mr.  Butler  dropping  those  two  remaining 
targets.  Better  luck  next  time. 

Mr.  Will  K.  Park,  the  able  trap  editor  of  Sporting  Life,  Phila- 
delphia, discusses  the  impending  pigeon  bill  as  follows:  “Those 

who  indulge  in  pigeon  shooting  from  the  traps  in  this  State  should 
awaken  to  the  fact  that  their  sport  is  in  danger.  The  Keystone 
Shooting  League,  of  this  city,  has  taken  up  the  fight,  but  must 
have  the  co-operation  of  every  gun  club  in  the  State.  They  have 
issued  a call  to  all  trapshooters  to  help  them,  and  request  that 
they  ‘write  to  their  representatives  in  the  Legislature  immediately, 
that  they  desire  the  passage  of  a bill  that  will  only  permit  the 
shooting  of  live  pigeons  from  traps  when  conducted  with  strict 
accord  to  the  rules  of  the  Pennsylvania  State  Sportsmen’s  Asso- 
ciation.’ It  is  believed  that  the  bill  can  be  compromised  after  this 
manner,  if  it  receives  the  immediate  support  of  the  shooters  them- 
selves as  above.  Please  write  your  representative  at  once,  and 
induce  all  your  friends  to  do  the  same.  This  is  important.” 

It 

The  programme  of  the  second  Grand  Sportsmen’s  Handicap  at 
targets  and  live  birds,  $250  in  cash  added,  to  be  held  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Tri-State  Automobile  and  Sporting  Goods  Asso- 
ciation, Feb.  15,  16  and  17,  on  the  Rusch  House  grounds,  pro- 
vides target  shooting  on  the  first  day  and  live-bird  shooting  on  the 
two  remaining  days.  The  ten  target  events  are  each  at  20  targets 
$2  entrance,  $10  added.  Shooting  commences  at  9 o’clock  on  the 
first  day.  On  the  second  day,  the  four  live-bird  events  are  as 
follows;  No.  1,  6 birds,  $5  entrance,  $10  added;  No.  2,  9 birds, 
$7  entrance,  $15  added;  No.  3,  10  birds,  $10  entrance,  $25  added; 
No.  4,  miss-and-out,  $2,  three  moneys,  50,  30  and  20  per  cent., 
high  guns.  Shooting  at  live  birds  each  day  commences  at  8:30 
o’clock.  On  the  third  day  the  Gillman  & Barnes  international 
live-bird  championship  trophy,  25  live  birds,  $25  entrance,  $100 
added,  high  guns,  is  the  one  event  of  the  day.  Three  places  are 
provided  for  each  ten  entries  or  fraction  thereof.  Birds,  25  cents. 
All  live-bird  events  high  guns.  Target  events  Rose  system.  Live- 
bird  handicaps  26  to  33yds.  Target  handicaps,  16  to  21yds.  Prac- 
tice day,  Feb.  14.  Preliminary  live-bird  shooting  Feb.  15.  Two 
sets  each  of  live-bird  traps  and  target  traps.  Ship  shells  to  J. 
A.  Marks,  93  Woodward  avenue,  Detroit,  Mich.  Managers,  Mr. 
John  Parker,  Detroit,  and  Fred  Foster,  Lansing,  Mich.  Handicap 
committee,  Messrs.  Alec  Tolsma,  Geo.  Roll,  C.  M.  Powers,  Geo. 
Volk  and  C.  Vermylea.  Manufacturers’  agents  can  shoot  for 
price  of  targets  only  on  Feb.  15. 

Bernard  Waters. 


At  Point  Breeze. 

Philadelphia,  Pa.,  Feb.  4. — At  the  Point  Breeze  race  track 
two  sweepstakes  and  two  miss-and-outs  were  shot.  The  scores: 

Handicap,  10  live  birds,  $3  entrance,  high  guns: 

Aiman,  30  2002212222—  8 Murphy,  31  2010111012—  7 

Murray,  28  2012111010—  7 Felix,  31 2201222222—  9 

Kirk,  27  2101212202—  8 Johnson,  30  2222222222—10 

Prize  shoot,  10  live  birds,  handicap,  $5  entrance,  high  guns: 

Aiman,  30  2222202222—  9 Charles,  27  2202202022—  7 

Murray,  28  .........0121102022—  7 Gilligan,  26  222202022—7 

Kirk,  27  ..0222222210—  8 Dixon,  29  ...2022220222—8 

Murphy,  30  2221220210—  8 Jones,  28  2222002202—  7 

Felix,  31  0222222222—  9 Johnson,  30  2222222202—  9 

Martin,  28 226UU222U2—  6 

Miss-and-out,  $1  entrance:  Kirk  2,  Aiman  3,  Murray  4,  Murphy 
5,  French  2,  Charles  1,  Felix  4,  Jones  1,  Wilson  1,  Gilligan  2, 
Dixon  1. 

Miss-and-out,  $2  entrance:  Aiman  1,  Murphy  3,  Felix  3,  Murray 
1,  Kirk  1,  French  2,  Wilson  1. 


Bradford  Gun  Glub. 

Bradford,  Pa. — The  regular  Saturday  afternoon  shoot  of  the 
Bradford  Gun  Club  was  held  Feb.  4,  at  the  traps  at  Clarkdale. 
Cold  weather  deterred  many.  L.  E.  Mallory,  Jr.,  made  a score  of 
76  straight  targets  before  he  missed  one.  His  total  score  was  117 
out  of  a possible  125 — a score  which  is  seldom  equalled.  The 
scores  of  the  other  shooters  were  as  follows:  Pringle  64  out  of 

76;  Hoey  54  out  of  75;  White  37  out  of  85;  Russell  35  out  of  65. 

The  club  is  arranging  for  an  all-day  shoot  on  Washington’s 
Birthday,  Feb.  22,  commencing  at  9 o’clock  in  the  morning.  This 
shoot  will  be  a feature  for  members  of  the  club,  a luncheon  being 
among  the  pleasures  planned  for  the  day. 


WESTERN  TRAP. 


Cincinnati  Gun  Club.  * 

The  weather  on  Feb.  4 was  milder  than  during  the  first  part  of 
the  week,  and  the  attendance  was  good  in  consequence.  Sixteen 
members  took  part  in  the  last  shoot  of  the  cash  prize  series 
Cambell,  Williams  and  Don  Minto  headed  the  list  of  shooters  with 

V j ®ters  was  second  with  44  and  was  high  of  those  who  com- 
peted for  the  prize. 

The  advocates  of  the  pump  gun  tried  conclusions  with  the  users 
of  double  barrels  to-day,  and  the  latter  came  out  winners  by  a 
score  of  218  to  202.  A match  at  25  targets  was  shot,  Peters  and 
Dre.hs  being  high  with  23  and  22  respectively.  A few  practice 
events  concluded  the  sport  for  the  day.  P 

Three  prizes  in  Class  C were  not  qualified  for,  and  the  board  of 
directors  decided  to  give  them  to  the  last -three  men  in  Class  B 
who  would  otherwise  be  shut  out,  thus  distributing  all  the  money. 

h,e  ifre*  me«who  won  under  this  ruling  were  Bullerdick,  Falk 

$17  $15  $T2  ?eWPriZeSrrere  CAanged  als0’  Slx  in  each  ciass’  ?20’ 
$17,  $15  $12,  $9  $9  m Classes  A and  B,  and  $20,  $17,  $15,  $8,  $8, 

$8  m Class  C.  In  this  series  Gambell  and  Don  Minto  shot  from 

16yds.  and  were  not  in  the  competition  for  the  prizes.  The 

“me"S  ‘f11  best  scores  were  46,  46,  45,  45,  45,  45,  44,  44,  44  44- 

448  The  latter’s  ten  best,  46,  46,  45,  42,  42,  41,  41,  40,  39-382. 

! he  first  shoot  for  the  trophy  donated  by  the  Peters  * Cartridge 
Co  will  be  held  on  Friday,  Feb.  10.  This  is  a race  at  50  targets, 
shot  in  strings  of  two  15s  and  a 20,  instead  of  at  100  targets  The 
handicap  committee  authorized  Arthur  Gambell  to  arrange  the 
handicaps  for  the  first  shoot.  The  handicap  to  be  changed  each 
week  at  the  discretion  of  the  committee. 

At  a meeting  of  the  board  of  directors  the  following  tournament 
commit  ee  was  appointed:  Col.  R.  H.  West,  E.  B.  Barker  Arthur 

win  be ^dCHD,rhS’  L'  SqUiel'  and  St3nley  Rhoads-  The  dates 
will  be  decided  upon  at  the  next  meet,  and  will  probably  be 

urmg  the  third  week  in  September.  Supt.  Gambell  is  studying 
up  a good  programme  for  the  holiday  shoot  on  Feb.  22  and 
promises  to  give  the  boys  something  interesting. 

Cash  prize  shoot,  50  targets,  distance  handicap: 

twmbe11’  % 13  13  — 15  *Dreihs 

♦Williams,  lb 13  13  19—45 


^T)on  Minto,  16 14  13  18—45 

Reters,  18  H 14  19-44 

Herman,  17. ........ .11  14  16—41 

faran,  20  14  11  15—40 

liefer-  ,16.. 12  11  17-40 

Bullerdick,  18  12  12  15—39 

*Did  not  compete. 


_ , .16 10  14  15—39 

Pohlar,  18  ..... 11  12  15-38 

Pfaefler  li 13  10  15— 3S 

Hang  19  13  H 13-37 

Roanoke,  16 8 12  14—34 

Maynard,  18  .......  6 13  14-33 

Keplmger,  Iff  8 10  14—32 

Falk.  i7  6 10  15-31 


Ten  best  scores  of  winners  in  the  different  classes  of  the  cash 
prize  senes  follow.  First  line  gives  distance  in  each  shoot;  sec- 
ond  line,  score: 


Distance: 


Class  A. 


Faran 44 


18  20  20  19  20  21  20  17  19  21 


44  44  43  43  43  43  42  42  42—430 


18  18  18  17  18  18  IS  19  19  17 

46  44  43  42  41  41  40  40  40  40 — 417 

18  18  19  19  20  18  18  19  19  18 

43  43  43  43  42  41  41  40  40  40—416 

19  18  20  18  19  19  19  19  19  19 

43  42  42  42  42  41  41  41  41  40—415 

20  19  20  19  20  20  19  20  21  20 

46  43  43  43  42  41  40  40  39  36—413 


Peters  

Maynard  

Medico  

A Sunderbruch 

wir  18  13  19  17  16  17  17  18  17  17 

Williams  42  41  41  40  39  38  38  38  37  36—390 

Class  B. 

n.  , 19  19  19  19  17  18  20  20  20  19 

1J1CK  ••••• 46  4b  44  43  42.42  42  42  42  41 429 

TT  • 18  18  17  19  19  20  19  19  19  20 

46  45  44  44  42  41  41  40  40  40 — 123 

■p  ,,  17  17  IS  IS  19  17  18  18  17  19 

Ko11  44  44  43  43  42  42  39  38  38  38—411 

rj,  . 17  19  19  19  18  19  20  20  19  18 

alock  44  42  42  41  41  40  39  38  37  36—400 

p . , 18  17  17  18  18  18  IS  19  18  18 

not.Iar  46  43  41  40  40  38  38  38  37  35—396 

17  18  17  17  IS  18  17  18  18  17 

42  42  41  39  39  39  38  3S  38  37 — 393 

Class  C 

19  18  17  18  18  19  16  18  19  20 


Ward 


Bleh  

Herman  

H Sunderbruch 
Bullerdick  . . . . 

Falk  

Pfieffer  


46  45  45  43  41 .40  38  38  38  36—410 
16  18  16  17  19  17  17  17  17  18 

45  42  41  41  41  39  39  38  37  36—399 

16  18  17  16  16  16  16  16  IS  19 

46  43  42  37  37  37  37  37  36  36—388 

17  IS  17  16  17  17  17  17  17  17 

41  41  46  ay  39  38  38  37  36  35—384 

16  17  17  16  17  16  18  L7  17  16 

41  41  38  38  38  37  37  36  36  36—378 

16  16  17  16  17  16  17  16  17  17 

43  39  38  38  38  37  36  36  35  34—374 


Match,  pump  guns,  vs.  double  barrels,  50  targets: 
Double  Barrel. 

Gambell  14  12  19—45 

Don  Minto  14  13  17—45 

Herman  12  13  19 — 44 

Hesser  14  14  15—43 

Peters  11  14  16—41 


Pumps. 

Barker  13  14  16—43 

Faran  13  12  18—43 

Hang  13  12  17—42 

Dreihs  12  9 14—35 

Maynard  12  11  16—39 


65  66  86  218 

Match,  25  targets,  two.  high  men  out: 
Faran  21,  Harig  20,  Barker  19. 


Peters 


63  58  81  202 
23,  Dreihs  22, 
Bonasa. 


South  Side  Gun  Club. 

Milwaukee,  Wis.— At  a meeting  of  the  South  Side  Gun  Club, 
held  last  Monday,  there  was  a very  active  campaign  of . trap- 
shooting mapped  out,  to  which  the  officers  have  pledged  them- 
selves toward  carrying  on  a movement  that  will  keep  the  best  of 
gentlemanly  sports  alive  in  this  city  during  this  year. 

This  well  established  club  has  been  one  of  the  foremost  of  its 
kind  in  the  State,  and  is  destined  to  remain  so  for  all  time. 
Owning,  as  it  does,  its  own  ground,  it  has  heretofore  been 
opposed  to  a union  of  all  the  Milwaukee  gun  clubs.  They  are  not 
opposed,  however,  only  to  this  extent,  that  the  club  owns  their 
land,  which  is  well  fitted  and  arranged  to  suit  the  most  exacting 
trapshooter.  Every  device  used  by  this  club  is  up  to  date,  and 
the  plans  submitted  for  the  present  season  promise  a more  brill- 
iant year  than  that  of  any  previous  season. 

The  medal  and  prize  committee  may  be  depended  upon  to  bang 
up  attractive  trophies  for  this  year’s  competition.  With  Aider- 
man  Becker  at  the  head,  the  committee  is:  Dr.  Adolph  Gropper, 
Chas.  F.  Pfister,  Henry  F.  Seefeld,  Emil  O.  Hoffman,  Thomas 
J.  Fleming  and  H.  Hammersmith. 

This  committee  will  select  the  medals  and  arrange  for  the 
trophies,  and  will  arrange  the  rules  for  competition,  and  that 
will  include  the  handicaps.  The  following  are  the  tournament 
dates:  Feb.  22,  May  30,  July  4,  Nov.  23,  Dec.  31,  and  Jan.  1,  1906, 
one  day  being  devoted  to  live  birds. 

The  president’s  medal,  worth  $50,  has  been  donated  by  Adolph 
Grapper,  and  the  rules  have  been  agreed  to,  viz.':  Shall  be  shot 

for  monthly;  the  average  of  the  five  best  scores  to  each  shooter 
to  decide  the  monthly  winner;  if  a shooter  wins  twice  in  sue- 
cession,  he  will  be  handicapped  one  yard;  at  the  close  of  the 
year  the  one  having  won  the  greatest  number  of  times  shall  be 
declared  the  winner;  all  scores  to  be  made  at  15  targets,  and  to 
be  shot  on  regular  shooting  days. 


126  1 FOREST  AND  STREAM.  Bi  *.  ws. 


The  following  scOftCs  were  made  at  the  shoot  held  here  Sun- 


day, each  being  a 15-target  event: 
(Wrapper  14  13  13  13  14 

C W Mitchell..,.  10  10  11  12  10 

T N Drought.,.,,  13  12  10  . . .. 

N C Williver ..  9 10  8 10  9 

I T Drought 12  13  ..  .,  .. 

Woodward  .10  9 8 9 . . 

L Stoergel........  12  10  12  14  12 


Leidel  10  11  9 10  8 

J E Bush 13  12  11  12  11 

C W Mitchell,  Jr.  7 10  9 ..  .. 

Black  11-13  13  10  11 

A Hammersmith..  12  14  10  9 13 

J C Clark 12  9 10  11  . . 


Denver  Trophy. 

C'hiowa,  Neb.,  Jan.  30. — Since  the  Denver  Post  trophy  was  won 
by  a Nebraska  shot,  it  has  been  the  “bone  of  contention,”  and 
many  shoots  have  been  held  in  connection  therewith.  As  all 
who  score  a win  will  be  entitled  to  a try  for  the  trophy  in  the 
final  disposition  of  same,  which  will  be  had  some  time  this  year, 
accounts  no  doubt  for  so  many  challenges  for  the  trophy. 

Mr.  C.  E.  Williams  was  the  “fellow”  who  thought  he  could 
beat  Mr.  L.  E.  Reed,  the  man  who  won  it  from  Billy  Clayton,  the 
noted  Kansas  City  gun  ^handler.  But  he  did  not  reckon  with  the 
weather  man,  and  the  very  cold  weather,  together  with  the  sun 
reflecting  on  the  hard,  frozen  snow,  caused  him  to  make  the  low 
.score  of  70  out  of  the  100. 

The  committee,  selected  from  the  three  States,  Kansas,  Colorado 
rand  Nebraska,  placed  Mr.  Williams  at  17yds.  and  Mr.  Reed  at  19, 
;so  that  it  is  possible  that  Mr.  Reed  was  really  doing  fine  execu- 
tion when  he  made  80  out  of  his  100.  W.  A.  Waddington,  of 
jBeatrice,  was  the  Nebraska  man  in  charge  of  the  trophy  shoot. 

You  must  realize  that  the  Nebraska  men  have  the  shooting 
ffever  in  their  blood,  for  there  were  many  of  them  present,  and 
ithey  unpacked  their  guns  and  went  at  it  in  good  fashion,  A 
{total  of  350  shots  were  fired,  and  Maxwell,  the  one-armed  man, 
jwrade  281,  Reed  2.9,  :..ach  265,  Townsend  264,  Bray  251.  Others 
sfcooitmg  who  dm  lmt  complete  the  programme  were  Mann, 
Rhoda.  Williams,  Evans,  Van  Buren,  Thorpe,  Waddington, 
Harley,  Bigler,  Guthrie,  Cameron,  Domier,  Schrenhost  and 
Leiler. 

- In  Other  Places. 

It  is  reported  that  500  live  birds  will  be  used  by  the  San  Jose, 
111.,  Gun  Club  for  their  coming  tournament.  It  is  supposed  that 
some  crank  will  be  coming  out  with  an  anti-pigeon  shoot  bill  before 
the  Illinois  Legislature  is  much  older. 

The  Jaysville  Gun  Club,  of  Dayton,  O.,  held  a shoot  on  the 
, Cox  Farm  last  Thursday. 

Any  resident  of  Montgomery  county,  Ohio,  can  participate  in 
i the  clay-bird  championship.  It  is  shot  at  50  targets,  with  distance 
) handicap. 

The  Union  City  Gun  Club,  of  Greenville,  O.,  gave  a banquet  to 
i its  members  last  Thursday  evening.  There  were  several  invited 
j guests,  and  a good  time  was  reported. 

We  learn  that  J.  S.  Reelhorn  is  one  of  the  crack  shots  in  the 
iKickersville,  O.,  Gun  Club. 

When  Feb.  22  rolls  around  there  will  be  held  a tournament  at 
'.Vincennes,  Ind.  This  will  be  the  fourth  annual  tournament  of  the 
IJefferson  County  Gun  Club.  There  will  be  two  events,  one  at  10, 
ithe  other  at  25  live  birds.  A trophy  valued  at  $35  will  go  to  the 
winner  of  the  latter  event. 

There  was  another  shoot  for  the  Denver  Post  trophy,  at 
Ofeiowa,  Neb.,  Jan.  25.  C.  E.  Williams,  of  Home,  Colo.,  at- 
tempted to  beat  L.  E.  Reed.  The  match  was  at  100  targets. 
The  storm  that  swept  the  country  delayed  mails  and  prevented 
the  scores  arriving  in  time  for  this  issue. 

The  shoot  between  Dr.  Grapper  and  James  E.  Bush,  of  the 
Milwaukee  South  Side  Gun  Club,  was  postponed  by  mutual  agree- 
ment until  some  future  time.  The  regular  weekly  shoot  was  held 
on  Sunday.  There  were  four  events,  each  of  15  targets,  in  which 
T.  M.  Drought,  J.  E.  Bush  and  C.  W.  Mott  went  straight.  These 
and  other  scores  were  good,  as  there  were  zero  conditions,  with 
a snow-covered  ground. 

And  now  comes  the  Owosso  Gun  Club,  of  Owosso,  Mich., 
through  the  secretary,  with  a statement  that  a tournament  will  be 
held  May  18  and  19.  With  a purse  of  $200  hung  up,  the  contest 
will  be  open  to  all  amateurs. 

Shall  the  spring  duck  shooter  shoot  in  the  springtime?  is  now 
.the  question  that  arises  among  some  of  the  Western  shooters. 

There  was  a large  delegation  of  shooters  who  journeyed  from 
'Waco,  Tex.,  to  Brenham  for  the  shoot  held  there  under  Alf. 
^Gardiner’s  management. 

F.  G.  Hogan,  president  of  the  Cleveland,  O.,  Gun  Club,  with 
John  Ashley  and  Mathew  Andrews,  are  now  touring  the  southern 
part  of  Georgia  on  a hunting  trip.  The  quail  will  be  the  object 
<of  their  search. 

The  very  cold  weather  has  chilled  the  ardor  of  some  of  the 
shooters  on  the  Illinois  prairies,  and  the  report  has  reached  us 
that  at  the  last  meeting  of  the  Nicholas  Park  Gun  Club  only  one 
event  was  shot,  when  an  adjournment  was  made  to  the  club 
house  for  a thaw  out.  When  the  thawing  out  process  had  been 
completed,  the  cry  was  homeward. 

It  would  be  a renewal  of  the  old  times  should  Freeport,  111., 
shooters  consume  a carload  of  targets  during  1905.  This  may  not 
occur,  but  the  club  is  flourishing  out  there,  and  as  prizes  are 
offered,  there  will  be  an  incentive  for  regular  attendance,  as  they 
are  holding  shoots  on  Fridays. 

H.  B.  Williams,  James  Porter  and  E.  P.  Shepherd  are  the 
incorporators  of  the  Calumet  Gun  Club,  of  Chicago. 

The  Berea,  O.,  Gun  Club  will  in  the  near  future  have  a contest 
at  the  traps  with  the  Recreation  Gun  Club,  of  Newburg,  as  their 
challenge  has  been  accepted. 

Members  of  the  Mansfield,  O.,  Gun  Club  had  a novel  experi- 
ence last  week.  They  invited  their  friends  out  to  witness  a fox 
chase.  It  is  said  that  there  were  some  two  thousand  people  at 
the  club  house  to  witness  the  start. 

While  April  showers  are  warming  up  the  Northern  country, 
there  will  be  something  doing  on  the  Gulf  coast,  as  the  League 
of  Trapshooters  will  hold  a tournament  at  the  City  Park  Gun 
Club  grounds,  New  Orleans,  April  16,  17  and  18.  There  will  be 
$350  added  money,  and  the  indications  are  for  a great  gathering 
■ of  shooters  from  all  along  the  coast  line.  Biloxi,  Pascagoula, 
;Mobile,  Pensacola,  Chef  Menteur,  Hattiesburgh,  Laurel  and 
.Meridian  will  each  have  representatives  of  their  clubs  present  to 
contest  for  the  team  and  the  individual  prizes. 

The  Spring  Lake  Rod  and  Gun  Club,  of  Streator,  111.,  gave  a 
«upper  last  Tuesday.  The  members  were  a jolly  lot,  and  they 
were  entertained  with  rare  musical  talent. 

The  Riverside  Gun  Club,  of  Detroit,  Mich.,  has  held  their  an- 
nual meeting,  and  has  elected  officers  for  1SC5  as  follows:  Presi- 

dent, J.  Hocker;  Secretary,  J.  H.  Galston;  Treasurer,  J.  Repp; 
Captain,  A.  J.  Whitmore;  Assistant  Captain,  J.  Stark. 

The  Sturgeon  Gun  Club,  of  Sturgeon,  Mo.,  has  formulated  plans 
for  pushing  trapshooting  through  this  year.  Already  plans  are 
laid  for  a tournament  to  be  held  June  22,  which  will  be  the  annual 
tournament.  These  are  the  new  men  at  head  of  affairs,  viz.: 
J.  H.  Wiscott,  President;  Dr.  A.  R.  McComas,  Vice-President; 
Cha§.  Harris,  Secretary  and  Treasurer. 


The  Cleveland,  O.,  Gun  Club  held  its  regular  tournament  last 
Tuesday,  Shooting  at  50  targets  each,  the  results  follow:  Class 

A — North  42,  Snow  38.  Class  B — Brugge  39,  King  38.  Class  C — 
Kramer  44,  Doolittle  43,  Stillson  39,  Hull  39,  Freeman  35,  Saffold 
26,  Bob  '33,  Hopkins  31.  Class  D— Wallace  41,  Burns  41,  Hopkins 
40,  Mack  38,  Frank  33,  Toby  33,  Herbert  30,  and  Drake  23. 

The  Riverside  Gun  Club,  of  Detroit,  Mich.,  starts  out  for  this 
year  with  money  in  the  treasury,  and  a good  attendance  of  shoot- 
ers is  promised  for  the  future. 

They  take  Dave  Elliott  for  his  big  brother  Jim  out  in  the 
“short  grass”  country”  along  the  Arkansas  valley.  A local  paper 
refers  to  Dave  as  the  former  U.  S.  champion  shot. 

Another  Schmelzer  trophy  has  been  heard  from.  This  time  it 
was  at  Great  Bend,  Kans.,  where  on  Friday  last,  at  25  targets,  the 
scores  were:  Lewis  23,  Roesler  18,  Cornelius  IS,  Logan  16,  NiblolO. 

At  the  last  shoot  held  by  the  Lorraine,  Kans.,  Gun  Club,  the 
scores  were  low,  but  the  charm  of  shooting  was  there.  At  12  tar- 
gets Herman  Janssen  made  9,  J.  Hopkins  2,  John  Janssen  6, 
W.  Melchert  5,  Geo.  Zarn  9,  A.  Matoush  12. 

It  is  well  that  members  of  gun  dubs  should  look  to  the  social 
features  of  their  organization.  Some  of  the  clubs  in  central  Illinois 
are  looking  after  this  feature,  and  its  results  are  beneficial.  The 
last  banquet  reported  was  that  of  the  Areola  Club,  and  nothing 
but  bad  weather  dampened  their  flow  of  good  spirits. 

The  Denver  Post  trophy  is  still  held  by  L.  E.  Reed,  of  Ohiowa, 
Neb.,  as  he  defeated  O.  E.  Williams  by  10  targets. 

Many  of  the  northern  Illinois  excellent  trap  shots  will  turn  their 
attention  to  Batavia,  111.,  as  the  best  place  to  spend  Washington’s 
Birthday.  The  shoot  there  should  draw  well,  as  there  are  some 
fellows  there  to  run  afiairs,  and  it  can  be  reached  from  all  the 
surrounding  towns,  including  Chicago,  by  trolley  cars. 

Harry  Kirby,  the  well-known  trade  representative,  was  present  at  a 
shoot  held  by  the  Rosewood  Gun  Club  at  Springfield,  O.,  and 
proved  the  honor  winner  - with  a score  of  80  out  of  90  targets 
shot  at. 

Last  Thursday  was  the  meeting  day  for  the  Kendallville,  Ind., 
Gun  Club,  when  scores  thus  were  recorded:  P.  G.  Klmkenberg 

out  of  75  targets  shot  at,  broke  53;  Joe  Weber  46  per  cent.;  R. 
P.  Bruck  52  per  cent.;  the  last-named  was  on  the  IS  mark  most 
of  the  time. 

The  following  statement  will  be  news  to  man}',  since  this  week 
there  will  be  a big  shoot  held  at  Houston,  Tex.  It  seems  that  local 
shcoters  are  discussing  a proposition  to  establish  a new  gun 
club.  This  one  to  take  the  place  of  the  old  one,  which  has  ap- 
parently passed  from  its  former  usefulness.  There  has  been  much 
trouble  in  the  past  to  secure  suitable  grounds  where  shoots  could 
be  held  successfully.  The  old  Bonrig  club  became  objectionable 
to  the  people  living  in  the  neighborhood,  and  it  was  declared  a 
nuisance.  The  Highland  was  then  secured,  and  it  was  very 
unpopular  on  account  of  being  an  unhandy  location.  There  was 
bad  street  car  service  and  the  background  was  dark,  and  thus  very 
much  to  be  condemned.  The  prospect  now'  is  that  the  new  men 
will  arrange  for  a park  which  meets  with  all  the  requirements,  and 
that  there  will  be  regular  shoots  held  in  Houston. 

There  was  a meeting,  of  the  Plainview,  Minn.,  Gun  Club  last 
week,  at  which  the  club  decided  to  hold  the  next  tournament  May 
23.  The  newly  elected  officers  are:  G.  R.  Plall,  President;  J.  W. 
McCarty,  Vice-President;  A.  J.  Fricke,  Secretary;  F.  T.  Dicker- 
man,  Treasurer;  John  Mills,  Captain. 

'I  here  was  an  election  last  week  at  the  Pomona,  Cal.,  Gun  Club, 
the  result  being  that  Dr.  E.  Henderson  is  now  President;  J, , T. 
Nugent,  Vice-President;  J.  A.  Gallup,  Secretary;  C.  G.  George, 
Treasurer.  If  all  goes  well  the  club  will  hold  a series  of  shoots. 

Yes,  sure,  there  will  be  something  doing  when  the  date  rolls 
around  for  the  Ohio  State  shoot.  Just  you  watch  the  smoke  that 
will  arise  when  the  Canton  boys  send  the  first  to  the  firing  line. 

Out  at  Novo,  Colo.,  the  target  shooters  are  busy,  though  their 
scores  would  indicate  room  for  much  improvement.  At  25  targets 
C W.  Plart  scored  6,  Ed,  Bailey  11,  C.  McFadden  15,  E.  Ziegler 
12,  W.  Hart  13,  E.  Kiplinger  8,  E.  E.  Miller  12,  C.  Swope  4, 

D.  Phillips  8. 

Mexia,  Tex.,  reports  a shoot,  wherein  Carter  and  Foster,  of 
Gresbeck,  were  beaten  by  one  target  by  Dick  Johnson  and  Hardy 
Story,  of  that  city. 

Something  doing  in  the  shooting  line  at  Fisher,  111.,  where  out 
of  25,  Theo.  Williams  scored  23  and  Henderson  22  to  Arie  the 
same. 

At  Alma,  Wis.,  there  was  a live-bird  shoot.  At  9 each  there 
was  a tie  on  6 between  W.  H.  Palmer  and  Dr.  Geo.  Kempter. 

Few  are  the  Legislatures  that  have  met  this  winter  but  have 
had  their  attention  called  to  live-bird  shooting  by  the  introduction 
of  a bill  to  stop  it.  Shooters  in  Illinois,  Indiana,  Pennsylvania 
and  other  States  must  wake  up  ere  it  be  too  late. 

There  are  some  stayers  at  Ivesdale,  111.,  as  on  Tuesday  last 
there  were  three  shooters  out  at  the  traps,  and  out  of  30  live  birds 
each  Styan  killed  ail  his  birds  but  one — two  were  carried  out  by 
the  wind.  Scores:  Styan  27,  Hubbard  22,  Johnson  23.  Well,  they 
do  report  that  the  thermometer  registered  way  down  to  7 below. 

The  Whitehall,  111.,  boys  are  surely  awaiting  the  spring  flight 
of  ducks.  They  were  out  getting  the  rust  out  of  their  guns  last 
Saturday  at  25  targets.  H.  Robley  made  23,  B.  Nevins  22,  E.  H. 
Griswold  22,  Dr.  Plume  18,  L.  Griswold  18,  M.  Watt  17,  W. 
Tanner  17,  VV.  E.  Fischer  15,  T.  A.  Mytinger  15,  W.  Tites  14, 

E.  Morris  11. 

Last  year  there  were  few,  if  any,  clubs  that  shot  as  much  as 
did  the  Le  Mars,  la.,  organization.  Now  it  looks  as  if  another 
prosperous  year  will  be  this  present  one.  The  19C5  officers  are: 
II.  J.  Fuller,  President;  Al.  Souer,  Vice-President;  T.  W.  Eding- 
ton,  Secretary  and  Treasurer;  A.  L.  Adamson,  Field  Captain; 
L.  L.  Jones,  H.  N.  Kern,  I.  C.  Hise,  Executive  Committee.  A 
big  tournament  is  in  prospect  for  the  early  springtime. 

Trapshooting  has  again  begun  to  boom  at  Kewanee,  111. 

And  now  comes  G.  W.  Lewis,  of  Herrington,  Kans.,  secretary 
of  the  Kansas  State  Association,  with  the  announcement  that  the 
next  shoot  will  be  held  May  16,  17  and  18. 

Ben  Stilling,  of  McHenry,  111.,  an  old  hand  at  promoting  tourna- 
ments, is  out  with  the  statement  that  he  will  give  a two  days’ 
tournament  at  his  place,  Feb.  18  and  19. 

Did  you  notice  that  that  tournament  to  be  held  by  the  only 
Elmer  Shaner  at  Kansas  City  should  be  an  O.  K.  shoot? 

Sunny  South  Handicap, 

Brenham,  Tex. — The  winter  shoot  held  here  each  year,  and 
known  as  the  Sunny  South,  came  off  on  schedule  time.  The 
weather  was  very  disagreeable,  not  being  so  very  sunny,  and  the 
northers  do  blow  in  this  country.  It  was  thought  by  some  that 
the  small  attendance  of  amateurs  was  due  to  the  handicaps  not 
being  sufficient  for  ihe  best  shots.  There  were  a total  of  fourteen 
present,  who  are  classed  as  professionals,  and  of  the  amateur  class 
there  were  not  above  a dozen,  while  some  of  them  were  from  the 
North. 

Of  course,  there  was  Gardiner,  who  always  manages  the  shoots 
in  the  best  of  order,  and  the  week  was  well  spent. 


The  opening  day  was  devoted  to  the  preliminary  shoot,  it  being 
100  targets.  It  was  was  won  by  Still  Bill  Heer,  of  Concordia, 
Kans.,-  with  87;  Atchinson,  of  Gidding,  Tex.,  second,  86;  Waters, 
of  Baltimore,  third,  85;  Heikes,  of  Dayton,  O.,  and  Burmister  and 
Fred  Gilbert  84  each. 

The  Sunny  South  Handicap  was  won  by  “Tobacco  Bill”  with 
94  out  of  the  100. 

When  the  final  events  closed  for  the  week  Fritz  Gilbert,  the 
wizard  from  Spirit  Lake,  was  credited  with  high  average,  his 
sccre  being  519  out  of  573.  Then  came  “Pop”  Heikes  with  616, 
with  Wm.  R.  Crosby  third,  508. 

In  the  amateur  class  there  were  H.  G.  Taylor,  the  Dakota  shot, 
first  with  505;  M.  E.  Atchinson,  of  Giddings,  Tex.,  second,  602; 
"George  Tucker,  of  Brenham,  Tex.,  third,  484. 

Other  scores  were:  Heer  503,  Spencer  501,  Waters  474,  Money 

473,  Hubby  471,  Faurote  469. 

At  the  close  of  the  shoot  most  all  the  visitors  scattered  and  will 
visit  points  where  there  is  good  game  shooting.  It  is  expected, 
however,  that  all  will  meet  again  at  the  Houston  shoot,  which  is 
to  be  held  Feb.  7,  S and  9. 


IN  NEW  JERSEY* 

Montclair  Gun  Club. 


Montclair,  N.  J.— Notwithstanding  the  cold,  some  ten  men 
shot  through  five  events  to-day.  Event  No.  3,  25  targets,  un- 
known angles,  was  tied  for  by  Messrs.  Cockefair,  Moffett  and 
Winslow,  but  on  the  shoot-off  the  first  prize,  100  targets  free, 
was  won  by  Moffett;  the  second  prize  was  tied  for  again  by 
Winslow  and  Cockefair,  who  tossed  for  second  and  third  prizes, 
a card  case  and  a box  of  shells. 

Event  4,  for  a box  of  shells,  was  won  by  Babcock  with  a score 
of  23.  Scores: 


Events:  1 2 3 4 5 

Targets : 25  25  25  25  25 

P H Cockefair,  2.  18  21  22  20  17 

C W Kendall 11  16  17  20  21 

E Winslow,  4.....  11  15  22  18  14 
F W Moffett,  2....  21  16  22  22  22 
I S Crane,  2 ..  17  21  21  .. 


Events:  1 2 3 4 6 

Targets:  25  25  25  25  25 

C Babcock,  1 19  23  18 

W I Soverel ..  ..  19  ..  .. 

J W Glaister,  2 15  14  19 

Taylor  ................  21  8 14 


F H Robinson 15  ..  13 

.Handicaps  apply  on  event  3 only. 


Edward  Winslow,  Sec’y. 


North  River  Gun  Club. 


Edgewater,  N.  J.,  Feb.  4. — Event  5 was  a handicap  for  a silver 


cup.  It  resulted  in  a tie.  In  the  shoot-off  it  was  won  by  Mr. 


F.  Truax.  Scores: 
Events : 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

Targets : 

15 

10 

15 

10 

25 

25 

25 

Morrison,  3 

13 

7 

12 

8 

19 

15 

19 

Richter,  3 

10 

6 

9 

8 

16 

20 

Truax,  1 

Williams,  0 

12 

8 

12 

7 

25 

2i 

22 

15 

6 

10 

8 

22 

19 

Vosselman,  6 

12 

6 

9 

6 

19 

a 

16 

Glover,  0 

10 

14 

10 

24 

24 

22 

Eickhoff,  3 

10 

10 

11 

9 

19 

16 

21 

Keystone  Shooting  League. 

Holmesburg  Junction,  Pa.,  Feb.  4. — The  weather  was  cold,  the 
birds  were  good  and  the  contestants  were  in  fine  form.  The  first 
shoot  of  a series,  a shoot  each  week,  through  February,  March 
and  April,  was  begun.  At  the  end  of  the  series,  the  contestant 
scoring  the  most  wins  will  be  awarded  the  beautiful  silver  trophy. 
Competition  is  open  to  members  only.  The  first  win  was  scored 
by  Mr.  Walter  S.  Harrison,  who  killed  19  out  of  20. 

The  scores  follow: 

Club  handicap,  20  live  birds,  optional  sweekstake,  $10  entrance. 


high  guns: 

Harrison,  29  12110122221122112222—19 

Frank,  30  12201221220012222222—17 

Parker,  32  02202222222202222222—17 

Geikler,  29  12222020222022222222—17 

McFalls,  30  22200222022222022222—16 

Coffin.  30  22220022222222202222—17 

Russell,  30  22022202222200222222—16 

Jackson,  29  22220202000222222222—15 

South,  28  22222222200220220222—16 


In  the  second  event,  open  handicap,  10  birds,  Mr.  C.  Geikler 
was  first  with  a straight  score.  Messrs.  Frank  and  Parker  tied 
on  9.  The  scores: 


Harrison  2010111212—8  McFalls  ....2120002012—6 

Frank  1222112022—  9 Coffin  ...2220022222—8 

Geikler  ....2222222122—10 

The  third  event  was  a handicap  at  15  birds,  and  Messrs.  Frank 
and  Geikler  tied  for  first  with  straight  scores,  as  follows: 

Frank  222222222222222—15  Harrison  2*0222212212222—13 

Parker ...2*2222222222222—14  Smith  200021220222222—11 

Geikler  222222222222222—15  Russell  2220202*22212*2—11 

McFalls  ......22*02*222222222—12  Jackson  0021*202122*222—10 


Stanley  Gjq  Club, 

A meeting  of  the  Management  Committee  of  the  Stanley  Gun 
Club  (Incorporated)  was  held  on  Jan.  31,  to  consider  the  plans  for 
the  annual  tournament  in  Toronto  on  May  17,  18  and  19.  Those 
present  were  Thomas  A.  Duff  (chairman),  Aid.  Robert  Fleming, 
J.  H.  Thompson  (president)  and  Alex.  Dey  (secretary).  It  was 
decided  to  have  ten  20-target  events  each  day,  making  600  targets 
in  all;  and  to  guarantee  $1,250  in  cash.  It  was  agreed  to  have 
a valuable  prize  each  day  for  high  average,  and  a grand  prize  to 
the  competitor  who  makes  high  average  for  the  entire  tourna- 
ment. The  committee  also  decided  to  present  a diamond  medal 
to  the  professional  shot  standing  first  in  his  class.  The  compe- 
tition will  be  managed  on  the  handicap  system  and  open  to  the 
wcrld.  Professionals  and  manufacturers’  agents  to  shoot  for 
targets  only.  The  rules  governing  the  shooting  are  those  of  the 
Dominion  of  Canada  Trapshooting  and  Game  Protective  Associa- 
tion. 

No  expense  will  be  spared  to  make  this  tournament  a success, 
and,  with  the  liberal  cash  guarantee  and  other  inducements  of- 
fered, the  club  feels  that  Toronto  will  see  in  May  next  a tourna- 
ment that  will  eclipse  the  one  held  in  August,  1903,  which  was  the 
second  largest  strictly  amateur  tournament  ever  held  in  America. 

Competitors  will  be  able  to  remain  in  Toronto,  and  on  May  20 
see  the  race  at  the  Woodbine  for  the  King’s  plate,  the  oldest  con- 
tinuously run  racing  stake  of  the  Continent. 


Millvale  Gun  Club. 


Millvale,  Pa.,  Feb.  4.— Good  scores  were  made  at  the  shoot  of 
the  Millvale  Gun  Club,  Hickey  being  high  with  the  excellent 


average  of  94  out  of  100.  Scores: 
Targets: 

Hickey  

Butler  .... 

Burnham  

Tegethoff  

McGlasson  

Shaw  

Weherley  


10 

15 

ID 

15 

25 

25 

Total. 

10 

14 

9 

14 

23 

24 

94 

9 

11 

8 

12 

20 

23 

83 

9 

10 

7 

11 

18 

20 

74 

8 

11 

9 

11 

19 

a • 

• a 

7 

12 

8 

13 

o a 

a a 

• • j 

6 

12 

7 

13 

« a 

a a 

e a 

7 

10 

6 

11 

. . 

a « 

c » 

Pte H,  tgrts-1  FOREST  AND  STREAM.  127 


ON  LONG  ISLAND. 


Crescent  Athletic  Club. 


Bay  Ridge,  L.  I.,  Feb.  4. — Sixteen  contested  in  the  February 
cup  event.  Mr.  George  G.  Stephenson,  Jr.,  scored  a win  with 

25  straight — the  possible.  Mr.  F.  B.  Stephenson  was  a close  sec- 
ond with  24.  In  the  two-man  team  shoot,  Mr.  II.  C.  Werleman 

and  F.  C.  Raynor  were  high  with  47  out  of  50.  In  the  Stake 


trophy  event,  Mr.  G.  G.  Stephenson  was  second  with  47.  Scores: 
Shoot  for  February  cup,  25  targets,  handicap: 


Hep.  Brk.  Tot’l. 

Hep.  Brk. 

Tot’l. 

Stephenson,  Jr.. 

..2 

25 

25 

Vanderveer  . 

4 

17 

21 

F B Stephenson 

..1 

. 23 

24 

Marshall  . . . . 

5 

16 

21 

Palmer,  Jr 

..0 

23 

23 

Southworth  . 

0 

20 

20 

Damron  

. .6 

17 

23 

Bennett  

3 

17 

20 

Brigham  

..0 

22 

22 

Stake  

5 

15 

20 

Bedford,  Jr 

..1 

21 

22 

Keyes  

2 

17 

19 

Werleman  

..7 

15 

22 

Dr  Hopkins 

5 

13 

18 

L C Hopkins... 

..1 

20 

21 

Grinnell,  Jr. 

1 

15 

16 

Raynor  

..5 

16 

21 

Trophy  shoot, 

15 

targets, 

handicap : 

Brigham  

. 0 

12 

12 

Bennett  

1 

13 

14 

Bedford  

. 0 

13 

13 

Grinnell  . . . . 

0 

10 

10 

F B Stephenson. 

. 0 

14 

14 

Stake  

3 

9 

12 

Southworth  

. 0 

12 

12 

Raynor  

3 

6 

9 

Damron  

. 3 

9 

12 

Dr  Hopkins 

3 

12 

15 

L C Hopkins... 

. 0 

10 

10 

V anderveer  . 

2 

10 

12 

Marshall  

. 3 

13 

15 

Palmer  

0 

10 

10 

Shoot-off,  same 

conditions 

; : Dr.  Hopkins  14, 

Marshall 

13. 

Trophy  shoot, 

15 

targets. 

handicap : 

Brigham  

. 0 

14 

14 

Bennett  

1 

9 

10 

Bedford  

..0 

10 

10 

Grinnell  . . . . 

0 

11 

11 

F-  B Stephenson. 

. 0 

14 

14 

Stake  

3 

13 

15 

Palmer  

. 0 

15 

15 

Damron  

3 

7 

10 

Southworth  

. 0 

12 

12 

Raynor  

3 

11 

14 

Werleman  

. 4 

6 

10 

Dr  Hopkins 

3 

11 

14 

Marshall  

. 3 

10 

13 

Vanderveer  . 

2 

11 

13 

Shoot-off,  same  conditions:  Palmer  14,  Stake  10. 


Team  shoot,  25  targets,  handicap: 


Brigham  .. 

0 

22 

22 

F B Stephenson  1 

24 

25 

Palmer  ... 

0 

23 

23—45 

L C Hopkins.. 

. 1 

19 

20—45 

Southworth 

....  0 

21 

21 

Bedford  

. 1 

20 

21 

Marshall  . 

5 

12 

17—38 

Grinnell  

. 1 

16 

17-37 

G G Ste’ns’ 

n,  Jr  2 

21 

23 

Dr  Hopkins  .. 

. 5 

15 

20 

Stake  

5 

17 

22—45 

Dr  Keyes  

. 2 

15 

17—37 

Sykes  

4 

22 

25 

Werleman  

. 7 

16 

23 

Barnett  . . . 

3 

18 

21—46 

Dr  Raynor  . . . 

. 5 

19 

24—47 

Stake  trophy,  50  targets: 


—1st  25- 

—2d  25— 

Hdp.  Broke.  ITdp. 

Broke. 

L 

M Palmer,  Jr 

0 

21 

0 

23 

H 

M Brigham 

0 

18 

0 

23 

F 

B Stephenson.... 

....1 

22 

1 

22 

L 

C Hopkins 

1 

16 

1 

19 

A 

G Southworth. 

0 

18 

0 

23 

W 

W Marshall 

5 

12 

5 

13 

F 

T Bedford,  Jr 

1 

18 

1 

18 

O 

C Grinnell,  Jr 

1 

22 

1 

18 

G 

G Stephenson,  Jr 

2 

20 

2 

23 

D 

C Bennett 

3 

20 

3 

19 

W 

C Damron 

6 

12 

6 

9 

F 

C'  Raynor 

5 

16 

5 

17 

S 

P Hopkins 

11 

5 

16 

c 

A Sykes 

4 

15 

4 

16 

IT 

C Werlemann 

7 

14 

7 

14 

H 

B Vanderveer 

4 

19 

4 

19 

Total. 

44 
41 
46 

37 

41 
35 

38 

42 
49 

45 
33 

43 
37 

39 
42. 
48 


Trophy  shoot,  15  targets: 

Brigham  0 15 

Bedford  0 14 

F B Stephenson.  0 12 

Palmer  0 12 

Southworth  0 13 

L C Hopkins 0 10 

Marshall  3 9 

Barnett  1 10 


15  Grinnell  0 13 

14  Stake  3 8 

12  Damron  3 13 

12  Raynor  3 12 

13  Dr  Hopkins  3 6 

10  Vanderveer  2 13 

12  Werleman  4 8 

11 


13 

11 

15 

15 

9 

15 

12 


Shoot-off,  same  conditions:  Brigham  13,  Damron  13,  Raynor  14, 


Vanderveer  14. 

Shoot-off,  same  conditions:  Vanderveer  12,  Raynor  11. 


Freeport  Gun  Club. 

Freeport,  L.  I.,  Feb.  2.— The  shoot  of  the  Freeport  Gun  Club, 
which  owing  to  the  heavy  snowstorm,  was  postponed  from  Jan. 
25.  was  held  to-day,  and  drew  a goodly  attendance  of  shooters  from 
different  sections.  Thirty  shooters  competed  in  the  merchandise 
event. 

A very  high  wind  and  bitter  cold  weather  made  shooting  any- 
thing but  easy.  The  scores  therefore  are  very  creditable. 

The  winner  of  the  cup  in  event  No.  6 and  of  the  high  amateur 
average,  Mr.  L.  B.  Huntington,  of  New  Rochelle,  N.  Y.,  had 
never  shot  in  an  open  tournament  before.  E.  W.  Reynolds  won 
second  choice,  a handsome  oak  gun  cabinet,  in  the  merchandise 
event,  and  Shanley  Smith  the  third  prize,  a copper  shell  case.. 

The  trade  was  represented  by  J.  A.  R.  Elliott,  J.  S.  Fanning, 
Neaf  Apgar,  H.  S.  Welles,  Frank  Butler  and  Sim  Glover. 

Neaf  Apgar  made  high  score,  46,  of  actual  breaks  in  the  main 
event  and  made  the  only  score  of  25  straight  of  the  day.  J.  A. 
R.  Elliott  won  the  $5  offered  as  a prize  for  the  professional  high 
average.  Mr.  E.  W.  Reynolds  was  cashier. 

Ties  in  event  6 were  shot  off  in  event  10,  at  25  targets,  handi- 
caps being  cut  tWQt 


Events:  1 

Targets:  10 

J A R Elliott 8 

J S Fanning 7 

N Apgar  9 

H S Welles 8 

F Butler  8 

Bafigman,  8 7 

J H Hendrickson,  7 2 

L H Schorty,  7 8 

L B Huntington,  7 8 

Sim  Glover  7 

G Call,  10  4 

F C Willis,  9 5 

F Sutton,  10  7 

Abe  Smith,  10  7 

Gosman,  13  5 

L W Valentine,  13 

Moffett,  9 

T D Carman,  10 

C Eickhoffy 11 

E W Reynolds,  8 

E P Smith,  13 

W C Ansel,  12 

L B Smull,  9 

J Bradley,  9 

W Simonson,  10  

W M Hyde,  9 

Stanley  Smith,  12. 

Bert  Lott,  10 

F E Gildersleeve,  10 

F D White,  10 


5 6 7 8 9 10 


15 

15 

15 

50 

15 

15 

15 

25 

14 

15 

14 

44 

12 

12 

15 

10 

14 

12 

45 

10 

10 

14 

13 

14 

11 

46 

13 

9 

14 

' 9 

13 

14 

43 

11 

12 

13 

10 

9 

11 

35 

6 

9 

10 

12 

14 

11 

48 

12 

12 

14 

is 

14 

13 

12 

41 

12 

14 

14 

22 

14 

15 

11 

48 

6 

12 

14 

18 

13 

14 

13 

50 

10 

12 

13 

20 

13 

12 

13 

42 

12 

15 

14 

12 

8 

12 

42 

7 

12 

12 

is 

11 

12 

13 

50 

10 

12 

11 

16 

9 

41 

12 

12 

14 

m _ 

14 

43 

10 

11 

13 

12 

45 

45 

10 

10 

12 

19 

, , 

, , 

42 

12 

13 

11 

50 

. _ 

14 

w 

41 

ii 

12 

22 

48 

41 

37 
43 
46 

46 

38 

47 
55 

42 
46 


3 13  9 


21 

7 

12 

20 

17 

16 

12 


..  ..  18 
. . . . 17 

9 10  13 


New  York  German  Gun  Club. 

Herewith  you  will  find  the  monthly  scores  for  1904  of  the 
New  York  German  Gun  Club,  shot  at  Outwater’s,  Carlstadt,  N.  J. 
You  will  notice  all  the  months  are  filled  out. 

The  club  held  two  special  shoots,  June  3 and  15,  at  25  birds  each. 
These  were  added  to  the  other  months  so  as  to  make  up  the 
year’s  score  of  10  birds  each  month,  excluding  the  months  of 
July  and  November.  In  these  two  months  the  club  never  shoots. 

You  will  notice  Count  Lenone  has  the  club’s  first  prize,  15 
points. 

The  annual  meeting  was  held  Jan.  26,  at  Baudendistel’s  Hotel, 
for  the  election  of  officers  and  the  distribution  of  prizes,  of  which 
you  will  find  a list  on  the  score  sheet. 

The  following  officers  were  elected:  J.  F.  Wellbrock,  Presi- 

dent; Peter  Albert,  Vice-President;  J.  P.  Dannefelser,  Treasurer; 
Emil  Steffens,  Secretary;  Peter  Garms,  Captain. 

The  president  appointed  a committee  to  see  what  arrangements 
could  be  made  for  the  club  to  shoot  live  birds  at  Allentown,  Pa., 
and  to  report  at  a special  meeting  in  February.  After  other  busi- 
ness and  discussions,  the  meeting  adjourned,  and  the  members 
partook  of  a game  supper  put  up  by  member  Baudendistel’s  wife. 
Between  Peter  Garms  and  President  Wellbrock  it  was  a clean 
score  on  the  potatoes,  for  Wellbrock  got  the  last  dish  and  won 
out. 

After  supper  the  table  was  cleared  and  the  members  got  real 
sociable.  Doc  Hudson  sat  with  a big  black  powder  cigar,  throw- 
ing rings  of  smoke  into  the  air  that  looked  like  Japanese  bombs 
bursting  over  Port  Arthur.  Then  came  the  gun  surgeon,  who 
has  a hospital  at  No.  9 Chambers  street.  He  was  a pitiful  look- 
ing sight,  like  all  the  commuters.  The  big  snowstorm  had  him 
snowed  in  and  he  could  not  get  to  Orange,  N.  J.  He  had  two  or 
three  time-tables,  and  was  figuring  which  railroad  would  get  their 
tracks  clear  of  snow  first,  so  we  kept  Mr.  Dannefelser  at  Bau- 
dendistel’s  Hotel  for  the  night,  and  we  hope  he  slept  well.  Ten 
birds  were  shot  each  month. 

Prizes  taken  were  a rocker,  dress  suit  scarf,  toilet  set,  leather 
cartridge  case,  fishing  pole,  German  beer  mug,  fancy  gilt  clock, 
$5  check  for  merchandise,  order  for  merchandise,  box  of  100 
special  cigars,  check  for  $10  for  merchandise,  fancy  gilt  calendar, 
order  for  dress  hat,  Barnegat  fishing  reel,  check  for  $3  for  mer- 
chandise. 

New  York  German  Gun  Club  monthly  scores,  1904: 


Analostan  Gun  Club. 

Washington,  D.  C.,  Feb.  3. — The  year  1904  marked  an  era  of 
prosperity  for  the  Analostan  Gun  Club  of  this  city.  In  April  , the 
club  was  reorganized  with  a small  but  enthusiastic  membership. 
Excellent  grounds  were  secured,  first-class  traps  installed,  and  the 
affairs  of  the  organization  were  conducted  on  strict  business  prin- 
ciples. The  result  of  this  was  to  interest  the  shooters,  and, appli- 
cations for  membership  were  received  at  every  meeting.  The 
club  closed  the  season  with  an  active  membership  of  sixty-eight. 
Targets  were  thrown  at  one  cent  each,  and  more  than  60,000  were 
trapped  during  the  season.  All  the  improvements  were  paid  for, 
and  the  club  closed  the  season  with  a handsome  balance  in  the 
treasury. 

The  club  contests  were  commenced  on  July  5 and  closed  on 
Oct.  27.  The  shooters  were  divided  into  three  classes,  A,  B,  and 
C.  The  trophies  were  two  elegant  silver  cups,  and  the  Hunter 
Arms  Co.’s  gold  medal.  The  conditions  were  25  targets,  and  the 
winners  were  handicapped  one  yard  every  time  they  were  success- 
ful— the  limit  being  20yds. 

Mr.  Jos.  H.  Hunter,  one  of  our  veterans  at  the  trapshooting 
game,  won  Class  A trophy.  ITe  was  successful  four  times,  and 
his  scores  were  24,  23,  21  and  22.  The  runner  up  was  Mr.  L. 
F.  C.  ITeintz,  who  tied  with  Mr.  Hunter  in  the  number  of  wins, 
but  was  shot  out  for  the  prize.  Messrs.  Burridge  Wilson  and 
Francis  Petrola  each  won  it  twice,  and  Messrs.  Brown,  Craig  and 
Wilhite  had  wins  to  their  credit.  In  the  Class  A shoots,  Uncle 
Billy  Wagner  scored  23  four  times  out  of  six  shoots,  but  did  not 
contest  for  the  trophy. 

The  Class  B trophy  was  won  by  Mr.  F.  N.  Bauskett,  who  had 
a walkaway  for  it,  winning  it  five  times  on  scores  of  21,  20,  20, 
21  and  18.  W.  FI.  Hunter  won  it  twice  on  scores  of  23  and  21,  and 
M.  D.  Hogan  the  same  number  of  times,  his  scores  being  20  and 
23.  Mr.  Geo.  Nalley  also  scored  two  wins  for  it,  while  Mr.  Ralph 
Nutting  and  Harry  Utz  were  each  successful  once. 

The  Class  C trophy — the  Hunter  Arms  Co.’s  gold  medal— was 
won  by  Dr.  Bruce  L.  Taylor,  who  carried  it  away  six  times,  his 
scores  being  19,  15,  17,  18,  17  and  18.  Dr.  W.  D.  Monroe  was  the 
runner-up  in  this  class,  winning  it  four  times  on  scores  of  20,  18, 
18  and  14.  Mr.  Chas.  Williams  (the  oldest  and  one  of  the  most 
respected  members  of  our  club),  won  It  twice,  and  Messrs.  Pushaw 
and  Haven  each  scored  one  win  for  it. 

The  club  will  offer  numerous  prizes  for  the  year  1905,  and  ex- 
pects to  increase  the  membership  to  100  or  more.  More  interest 
is  manifested  in  trapshooting  in  Washington  at  this  time  than 
there  has  been  since  the  ’80s.  The  two  days’  tournament  to  be 
held  May  30  and  31,  will  do  much  to  stimulate  interest  in  the 
spert.  Assurances  already  received  by  the  officers  indicate  that 
the  tournament  will  be  a great  success.  The  $215  in  cash  which 
will  be  added  to  the  purses  has  attracted  the  attention  of  shooters 
all  over  the  East.  The  programmes  will  be  ready  for  distribution 
about  April  1,  and  can  be  had  by  addressing  the  secretary,  Miles 
Taylor,  222  F street  N.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C. 


Highland  Gun  Club. 

Gorgas  Station,  Pa.,  Feb.  4.— The  seven  events  totaled  100 
targets,  at  the  shoot  of  the  Highland  club  to-day.  Lutz  was  high 
average  with  82.  Scores: 

10  10  15  15  15  15  20  Total. 


Targets : 

Lutz  9 

A Ballantine  3 

Pratt  5 

Ringgold  5 

Nixon  4 

T Ballantine  3 

Denham  7 

Crooks  3 

McMichael  4 


10  12  11  11  14  15  82 

10  10  14  12  13  12  74 

8 10  10  15  10  15  73 

7 7 11  11  9 14  64 

4 10  12  7 10  13  .60 

4 7 9 6 8 12  47 

7 8 12  5 7 ..  46 

..  9 10  8 9 ..  39 

5 7 12  10  ..  ..  38 


Jan.  Fet 

E Kattengill 8 7 

J F Wellbrock 6 

Peter  Albert 8 6 

Dr  Hudson 9 8 

J Schlicht 5 8 

H W Mesloh 7 6 

J P Dannefelser 8 9 

Peter  Garms 8 8 

Emil  Steffens 7 7 

R Baudendistel. 6 

C Lenone 8 4 

H Meyn  5 

Paul  Exner  4 

Wm  Lampe 5 4 

J H Block 8 3 

E Radle  

A E Hendrickson........  5 

H Ludeking  3 

C Jacob  ,• 

Jos  Zeman  4 1 

Gus  Hagnah  5 

C W Schultz 

C R Schultz 

Blanks  denotes  absence. 


10 

5 

’7 

7 

5 

6 
6 
5 


8 

6 

5 

7 
10 

8 

6 
8 
7 
7 

'4 

6 

7 

8 

3 

4 


Green 

10  11  . 

21 

June. 

Aug. 

Green 

Sept. 

Oct. 

Dec. 

Yards. 

Handi- 

cap. 

Birds 
Shot  at. 

Birds 

Killed. 

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Fixtures. 

Feb.  22.— Greenville,  N.  J. — American  record  100-shot  match. 
March  1-9. — New  York. — Zettler  annual  gallery  tournament. 


Providence  Revolver  Club. 


Providence^  R.  I. — The  regular  weekly  practice  shoot  was  well 
attended  Thursday  evening,  and  proved  of  more  than  usual  in- 
terest. 

Sterry  K.  Luther  apparently  caught  the  knack  of  shooting  on 
the  indoor  range,  and  shot  in  his  regular  form,  scoring  well  into 

the  240s. 

Arno  Argus  struck  an  SO  gait  and  held  his  officer’s  model  for  a 
50-shot  string  of  405,  which  is  considered  excellent  work  for  our 

club. 

Albert  B.  Coulters  surprised  the  members  by  uncasing  a Krag 
rifle,  and  spent  the  evening  in  trying  some  short  range  loads  for 
that  arm,  and  apparently  he  will  make  it  give  a good  account  of 
itself  in  the  near  future. 


C.  L.  Beach,  whose  little  .22  has  been  difficult  to  hold,  on  ac- 
count of  its  lightness,  brought  in  his  .32-40  target  Winchester 
with  some  trial  short-range  loads,  and  made  one  pretty  group  of 
ten  shots,  which,  had  his  elevation  been  a point  higher,  would 
have  netted  him  240  or  better,  German  ring  count. 

Major  Eddy  scored  an  82  with  his  military,  and  felt  satisfied 
with  the  load  he  has  -worked  out  for  that  regulation  arm.  A 5- 
point  handicap  would  have  made  that  figure  look  larger,  but 
the  Major  was  satisfied  with  the  net  result. 

Fred  Collins,  a local  crack,  was  a visitor  at  the  range,  and  it  is 
probable  he  will  appear  next  week  with  his  .25-25,  for  which  he 
has  a load  that  shoots  a good  string  at  25yds. 

Down  at  Bristol  the  rifle  and  hand  arm  shooters  are  getting 
busy,  it  is  rumored,  and  it  is  possible  there  may  be  a delegai  ion 
from  that  vicinity  added  to  the  club  rolls  at  no  distant  day. 
Bristol  has  some  fine  shots,  and  could  add  materially  to  the 
organization  by  joining  hands  under  the  plan  followed  by  the 
Portsmouth  men.  They  want  to  add  a trapshooting  division,  as  do 
also  the  shooters  of  Saylesville,  and  it  rather  looks  as  if  Rhode 
Island  air  will  be  pretty  well  smoked  this  season. 

That’s  the  stuff,  boys.  Keep  it  going,  and  Little  Rhody  will 
wake  up.  Instead  of  the  plain,  simple  little  revolver  club  of 
half  a dozen  members,  there  may  be  something  besides  plans  in  a 
State  Association.  What  do  you  say,  shooters? 

There’s  a preposition. 

In  the  meantime  the  club  enjoys  its  limited  once-a-week  shoots, 


and  the  regulars  are  pushing  the  local  interests. 

Scores  Providence  Revolver  Club,  Feb.  2: 

Twenty-five  yard  practice,  German  ring  target:  Sterry  K. 

Luther  244,  245;  L.  A.  Jordan  229,  238,  231,  231;  C.  L.  Beach 
229,  222,  229,  231;  A.  B.  Coulters,  224;  Fred  Collins,  203. 

Twenty-yard  revolver  practice,  Standard  American  target:  Arno 
Argus  80,  77,  82,  84,  84—405;  Wm.  F.  Eddy  75,  82;  A.  C.  Hurlburt 
74;  Geo.  F.  Hey  wood  53,  58. 

Twenty-yard  revolver  practice,  Creedmoor  target,  possible  50: 


D.  P.  Craig,  37,  33. 

Shooting  has  started  in  well  at  the  Portsmouth  range,  Mr. 
William  Almy,  vice-president  of  the  Revolver  Club,  having  inter- 
ested a number  of  the  small-bore  rifle  shooters  in  a match  at 


60yds.,  which  was  shot  Jan.  31.  William  Almy  was  the  winner 
and  F.  A.  Coggesball  raised  the  50yd.  range  record  with  a 90, 
Standard  count.  Following  are  the  scores  in  detail: 


Wm  Almy 


F A Coggeshall 


W S Sisson 


Bradford  Norman 


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7-65 

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7 

8 

5 

10 

8 

10 

7 

8 

9-78-503 

This  is  the  first  rifle  match  which  has  been  shot  on  the  Ports- 


mouth range  in  some  time,  and  shows  that  the  shooters  are  pick- 
ing up  the  former  interest,  and  that  this  season  will  see  the  range 


busy. 

Little  Rhody  has  come  good  shots,  and  it  is  hoped  that  eventu- 
ally they  will  all  join  in  making  the  only  civilian  organization  in 


the  State  a strong  one,  so  that  target  shooting  will  again  be 
brought  to  the  front. 

Since  the  organization  of  the  Revolver  Club,  many  rifle  shooters 
have  taken  hold;  the  sporting  goods  dealers  report  an  increased 
sale  and  interest  in  small  bore  rifles  and  target  revolvers  and 
pistols,  and  it  is  apparent  that  there  are  shooters  who  enjoy  the 
sport,  but  carry  on  their  practice  in  private.  The  Revolver  Club 
has  nearly  outgrown  its  original  plan,  and  there  is  no  reason  why, 
if  all  the  interested  target  shooters  would  join  hands,  we  could 
not  have  a State  Rifle  Association. 

The  Portsmouth  range  is  available  for  members  in  that  vicin- 
ity; the  proposed  club  range  at  Cranston  will  take  care  of  the 
local  shooters;  one  of  the  expert  members  has  a private  100yd. 
range  at  Thornton,  and  if  a combination  was  effected  there  is  no 
doubt  arrangements  could  be  made  with  the  militia  officials  for  the 
use  occasionally  of  the  State  range  for  practice  with  the  Govern- 
ment Krag,  under  the  Government  idea. 

All  this  is  possible  if  the  shooters  will  back  up  the  efforts  of  the 
club  pushers  by  membership,  which  is  but  a small  contribution  to 
shooting  interests. 

Why  not  add  Rhode  Island  to  the  National?  This  is  the  ques- 
tion asked  of  any  shooter  who  reads  our  weekly  reports,  but  keeps 
in  the  shade. 

If  you  like  to  shoot  and  want  a place  to  shoot  on  a standard 
basis,  why  not  come  in  with  us?  Don’t  be  backward  because  you 
fear  you  will  not  make  top-notch  scores.  You  can  do  your  prac- 
ticing better  on  a club  range  than  elsewhere;  you  will  progress 
better  a little  friendly  competition  than  a lone  shoot;  you  will 
meet  men  who  will  give  you  many  practical  pointers. 

What  we  ought  to  have  is  a State  Rifle  Association,  under  the 
National  Association  plan,  with  the  proposed  Government  encour- 
agement, then  for  winter  practice  we  need  a club  range  indoors, 
where  we  will  not  be  confined  to  one  night  a week,  but  where  a 
man  can  shoot  at  any  time  the  mood  strikes  him.  We  all  agree 
this  is  needed,  even  the  unknown  shooters.  And  it  is  simply  up 
to  each  one  interested  to  give  the  plan  a lift  by  coming  forward 
and  contributing  a dollar  or  two  for  a good  cause. 


West  Sonora  (O.)  Rifle  Club. 

Twelve  members  took  part  in  the  shoot  of  the  West  Sonora 
Rifle  Club  on  Jan.  28.  The  conditions  were  100yds.,  offhand,  open 
sights.  Four  shots  on  target  with  4in.  center,  value  12,  possible 
48.  Five  matches  were  shot,  with  four  money  prizes  in  each. 
C.  W.  Mathews  was  high  man  for  the  day  with  216  out  of  a pos- 
sible 240.  C.  Tice  second,  212;  T.  Garreth  third,  206;  R.  Tice 
fourth,  204.  The  prize  winners  in  their  order  are  given  in  the 
scores  below: 

Match  No.  1:  T.  Garreth  48,  C.  Pitman  45,  L.  Bruner  44,  C. 

Tice  42,  C.  W.  Matthews  37,  Chalmer  Tice  36,  R.  Tice  35,  S. 
Huffman  34,  C.  Pease  32,  L.  Hinea  30,  J.  McGriff  27,  J.  Piles  18. 

Match  No.  2:  C.  W.  Matthews  44,  J.  Piles  43,.  L.  Hinea  43, 

C.  Tice  43,  S.  Huffman  42,  T.  Garreth  42,  Chalmer  Tice  41,  R. 
Tice  41,  C.  Pease  34,  C.  Pitman  34,  L.  Bruner  25,  J.  McGriff  21. 

Match  No.  3:  L.  Hinea  43,  C.  W.  Matthews  42,  R.  Tice  41,  S. 
Huffman  41,  T.  Garreth  40,  C.  Tice  40,  J.  McGriff  40,  C.  Pitman 
39,  J.  Piles  38,  Chalmer  Tice  38,  L.  Bruner  37,  C.  Pease  32. 

Match  No.  4:  C.  W.  Matthews  46,  C.  Tice  45,  R.  Tice  45, 
Chalmer  Tice  43,  L.  Bruner  42,  L.  Hinea  41,  J.  McGriff  40,  S. 
Huffman  39,  C.  Pease  37,  J.  Piles  36,  T.  Garreth  33,  C.  Pitman  31. 

Match  No.  5:  C.  W.  Matthews  47,  J.  Piles  47,  J.  McGriff  44, 

L.  Bruner  44,  T.  Garreth  43,  C.  Tice  42,  S.  Huffman  42,  L.  Plinea 
42,  R.  Tice  42,  Chalmer  Tice  40,  C.  Pease  37,  C.  Pitman  30. 

Bonasa. 


New  York  Central  Schuetzen  Corps. 

Scores  follow  for  the  practice  shoot  held  on  the  Zettler  ranges, 
Wednesday,  Feb.  1.  A spirited  contest  between  R.  Gute  and  R. 
Busse  for  first  place  was  the  main  feature  of  the  evening,  Mr. 
Gute  winning  out  by  a comfortable  margin:  R.  Gute  244,  246; 

R.  Busse  242,  240;  J.  Hess  240,  237;  G.  Viemeister  236,  236;  J.  N.  F. 
Seibs  238,  236;  W.  J.  Daniels  230,  232;  PI.  D.  Muller  235,  225; 
F Rolfes  229,  230;  D.  Scharninghausen  229,  230;  C.  Gerken  230, 
228;  J.  von  der  Leith  230,  219;  B.  Eusner  223,  222;  H.  A.  Ficke, 
Tr.,  219,  2-22 ; W.  Schillingmann  225,  216;  W.  Wessel  223,  211;  D. 
Wuehrmann  187,  229;  H.  von  der  Leith  208,  201;  G.  Rohde  210, 
204;  J.  Eisinger  205,  197;  H.  Roffmann  208,  182;  G.  Dettloff  203,  180. 

Bullseye  target:  PI.  D.  Muller  36,  PI.  A.  Ficke  53%,  J-  von 
der  Leith  54y2,  W.  Wessel  55%,  W.  J.  Daniels  56,  D.  Wuehrmann 
63%,  G.  Dettloff  76,  R.  Busse  90,  W.  Schillingmann  102,  R.  Gute 
112,  C.  Gerken  122,  D.  Scharninghausen  127,  G.  Viemeister  143, 
J.  Eisinger  145,  J.  Pless  155,  H.  von  der  Leith  164.  J.  N.  F. 
Seibs  164,  G.  Rohde  184,  B.  Eusner  208. 


Harlem  Independent  Corps. 

A.  Fegert  led  the  race  for  high  score  at  the  practice  shoot 
Friday  evening,  Feb.  3,  with  the  grand  total  of  462.  Scores. 
A.  Fegert  227,  235;  B.  Eusner  229,  228;  A.  Muller  222,  215;  P. 
Zugner  210,  214;  F.  Monatsberger  205,  213;  V.  Horn  205,  207; 
C.  Hopf  186,  220;  S.  Baumann  170,  205;  E.  Hilker  160,  184;  J.  Fey 
163,  205. 

Bullseye  target:  P.  Zugner  56,  B.  Eusner  92%,  V.  Horn  96, 

C.  Hopf  103,  A.  Fegert  145,  J.  Fey  151,  A.  Muller  197,  E.  Hilker 
198,  F.  Monatsberger  201. 


Cincinnati  Rifle  Association. 

Cincinnati,  O.— The  following  scores  were  made  in  regular 
competition  by  members  of  this  association,  at  Four-Mile  House, 
Reading  road,  Jan.  29.  Conditions:  200yds.,  offhand,  at  the 

25- ring  target.  Hasenzahl  was  declared  champion  for  the  day  with 
the  good  score  of  226.  Payne  was  high  on  the  honor  with  70 
points.  The  scores: 


Hasenzahl  226  221  217  215  214 

Nestler  ....223  220  217  212  211 

Payne  , 220  216  215  210  205 

Odell  216  216  214  210  209 

Hofer  ....213  210  206  203  200 

Bruns  212  202  197  198  190 

Coleman  212  201  198  196  191 

Freitag  204  200  197  194  193 

I)rube  187  


New  York  City  Schuetzen  Corps. 

Scores  follow  for  the  practice  shoot  of  the  above  society  at 
headquarters,  159  West  Twenty-third  street  on  Thursday,  Feb.  2. 
R.  Busse  and  the  veteran,  C.  G.  Zettler,  had  an  exciting  race  for 
first  place,  resulting  in  a victory  for  Capt.  Busse:  R.  Busse  241, 

242;  C.  G.  Zettler  239,  241;  R.  Bender  236,  237;  J.  Metzger  220,  209; 
G.  Schroeter  221,  228;  W.  Gravenstein  214,  233;  H.  Radloff  217,  217; 
W.  Heil  214,  203;  J.  Keller  203,  205;  C.  Stover  160,  157;  A.  Wiltz 
170,  175. 

Bullseye  target:  R.  Busse  33,  R.  Bendler  80%,  C.  G.  Zettler 

100%,  G.  Schroeter  107,  C.  Stover  136,  H.  Radloff  152,  W.  Heil 
180,  J.  Keller  180.  

Zettler  Rifle  Club. 

Thirteen  members  took  part  in  the  weekly  practice  shoot  of  the 
above  club  Tuesday  evening,  Jan.  31.  Scores  follow:  A.  Huba- 

lek  1226,  R.  Gute  1210,  L.  P.  Hansen  1209,  G.  Schlicht  1207,  C. 
Zettler,  Jr.,  1202,  B.  Zettler  1193,  C.  G.  Zettler  1192,  A.  Begerow 
1184,  T.  H.  Keller,  Jr.,  1180,  H.  Fenwirth  1174,  L.  Maurer  1173. 
T.  H.  Keller  1131,  G.  J.  Bernius  1110. 


Williamsburg  Rifle  Club. 

Scores  follow  for  the  regular  practice  shoot.  A.  Hubalek  was 
in  good  form  and  led  the  race  for  high  score  with  a total  of 
2444:  A.  Plubalek  2444,  J.  Kaufman  2427,  G.  Worn  2414,  P. 

Muth  2406,  Mertens  2405,  Baal  2399,  Audrassy  2382,  Kost  1198, 
Kuckh  1175,  Schroeder  1122,  Grimm  1130,  Laube  1125. 


Rifle  Notes. 

An  open-to-all  100-shot  match  will  be  held  at  Armbruster’s 
Greenville  Schuetzen  Park  on  Feb.  22.  Entrance  fee,  $5.  Any  rifle 
and  any  sights  allowed.  All  shooting  offhand  on  the  Standard 
American  target,  with  llin.  bullseye,  which  includes  the  7 ring, 
distance  200yds.  For  further  particulars,  apply  to  Capt.  W.  A. 
Tewes,  98  Chambers  street,  New  York. 

An  interesting  telegraph  team  match  was  shot  between  the 
Willow  Rifle  Club,  of  Chicago,  and  the  Myles  Standish  Club,  of 
Portland,  which  resulted  in  a victory  for  the  Standish  Club  by  a 
comfortable  margin.  Scores:  Myles  Standish  Rifle  Club  4738, 

Willow  Rifle  Club  4669. 

Mrs.  Hix— “What  makes  you  look  so  happy,  my  dear?”  Mrs. 
Dix— “Oh,  my  husband  and  I have  just  had  an  awful  quarrel.” 
Mrs.  Plix — “I  fail  to  see  the  connection.”  Mrs.  Dix— “Why, 
there’s  a new  sealskin  sack  in  it  when  he  asks  me  to  forgive 
him.” — Chicago  News. 

The  uninspired  idiot  was  descanting  on  the  race  suicide  situa- 
tion. “Those,”  he  declared  with  conviction,  “who  do  not  marry 
in  this  world  will  be  married  in  the  next.”  “But,”  interposed  the 
bachelor  girl,  who  had  once  refused  him,  “in  heaven  they  neither 
marry  nor  are  given  in  marriage.”  “I  know  it,”  replied  the  idiot, 
selecting  a toothpick  and  withdrawing  hastily. — Princeton  Tiger. 


Mr.  Goodman — “Drink  is  the  source  of  all  evil.”  The  Hobo — 
“Well,  dat  ain’t  my  fault,  boss.” — Yonkers  Plerald. 


PUBLISHERS'  DEPARTMENT. 


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trip  from  New  York  on  this  occasion.  Tickets  on  sale  March  1 to 
6,  good  to  return  until  March  11.  By  depositing  ticket,  with  pay- 
ment of  $1,  extension  of  same  can  ire  had  until  March  18,  1905. 
Pullman  Drawing  Room,  Sleeping  and  Dining  Cars,  New  York  to 
New  Orleans.  Double  Daily  Service.  New  York  offices,  271  and 
1185  Broadway.  Alex.  S.  Thweatt,  Eastern  Passenger  Agent.— Adv. 


Mr.  William  Cashmere,  maker  of  fine  guns,  Birmingham,  Eng- 
land, calls  attention,  in  our  advertising  columns,  to  the  merits  of 
the  high  class  guns,  the  only  kind  which  he  manufactures.  These 
guns  have  already  proven  their  sterling  excellence  in  America, 
notably  by  the  performances  of  Dr.  W.  F.  Carver  and  the  Hon! 
Tom  Marshall,  shooters  of  international  fame.  Mr.  Cashmore  will 
be  pleased  to  answer  fully  all  inquiries,  and  furnish  details  of 
many  excellent  records  of  Cashmore  guns  in  successful  competi- 
tion. 


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Employing  no  experts  to  demonstrate  our  powder,  we  “offer 
CASH  PRIZES  for  AMATEUR  AVERAGES  in  one,  two  and 
three-day  tournaments,  and  for  wins  during  coming  GRAND 
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the  Interstate  Assoc  iation  Rules  for  target  and  live  bird  shooting,  and 
for  shooting  under  the  Sergeant  System.  The  cover  bears  the  title 
“ My  Trap  Scores,”  and  the  pages,  in  number  and  form,  are  arranged 
to  make  a complete  record  of  the  shooter’s  doings  at  the  traps.  The 
pages  are  ruled  to  make  a record  of  the  place,  date,  weather  condi- 
tions, number  of  traps,  number  of  shooters,  gun  and  load  used,  events, 
etc.  The  score  sheets  are  ruled  for  25  targets.  Bound  in  leather. 
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We  make  INDIVIDUAL  GUNS,  and  we  cater  to  the  man  who  knows  just  what  he  wants. 
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Our  purpose  in  using  this  valuable  space  in  Forest  and  Stream  is  to  bring  ourselves  into 
closer  contact  with  the  individual  American  Sportsman. 

Long  experience  in  making  Fine  Guns  to  order  enables  us  to  assure  the  sportsman  that  we 
can  meet  his  individual  requirements.  We  do  not  make  cheap  jjuns.  We  do  not  know  how. 
Our  energy  and  experience  cannot  be  wasted  in  that  way. 

If  you  are  interested  write  us  now.  One  who  is  interested  in  the  best  of  English  gun  making 
will  do  us  a favor  by  writing  us  on  the  subject.  We  have  many  interesting  details  to  send  to  cor- 
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MODERN  RIFLE  SHOOTING 

FROM  THE  AMERICAN  STANDPOINT, 

By  W.  Q.  HUDSON,  M.  D., 

is  a”mfrdest  title  to  a work  which  contains  an  epitome  of  the  world’s  best 
knowledge  on  the  practical  features  of  the  art. 

In  its  160  pages  are  treated,  in  popular  language  but  with  technical 

accuracy,  all  the  details  of  Rifles,  Bullets,  Triggers  and  Trigger  Pulls, 
Equipments,  Sights  and  Sighting,  Aiming,  Adjustments  of  Sights, 
Helps  in  Aiming,  Optics  of  Rifle  Shooting,  Positions  at  all  Ranges,  Tar- 
gets in  General  Use,  Ammunition,  Reloading,  Cleaning,  Appliances,  etc. 

Thirty -five  illustrations.  Price,  $1.00. 

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pictures,  suitable  for  framing  and  hanging  on  the  wall  of  dining  room  or  den. 
Of  these,  four  appeal  especially  to  the  big-game  hunter,  and  show  four 
characteristic  species  of  North  American  animals.  They  are  artotype  engrav- 
ings by  Bierstadt  from  original  paintings  by  the  celebrated  animal  painter, 
Carl  Rungius. 

Moose — Single  figure.  Plate  12  x 19  on  plate  paper  22  x 28. 

Elk — Several  figures.  Plate  12  x 19  on  plate  paper  22  x 28. 

Antelope — Several  figures.  Plate  9 x 14  on  plate  paper  19  x 21. 

Mule  fleer— Two  figures.  Plate  12  x 19  on  plate  paper  22  x 28. 

Two  other  artotype  engravings  by  Bierstadt,  from  original  paintings  by 
Edmund  Osthaus  have  a vivid  interest  for  the  upland  shooters.  These  are 

Close  Quarters — Ripsey,  the  pointer,  on  point.  Plate  12  x 19  on  plate  paper  22  x 28. 
Quail  Shooting  In  Mississippi — Plate  12  x 19  on  plate  paper  22  x 28. 

The  price  of  each  of  the  above  is  $3.00,  mailed  safely  in  a pasteboard  tube 
Two  will  be  sent  for  $5.00. 


The  duck  shooter  will  be  interested  in  a series  of  colored  photographs 
which  we  now  offer  for  the  first  time.  These  are 

The  Qoose  Shooter— Two  photographs  showing  the  gunner  in  his  blind  surrounded 
by  decoys. 

Canada  Qoose — Large  figures  of  a goose  standing  on  a bar. 

No  Rubber  Boots— The  gunner  wading  out  in  shoal  water  to  recover  his  birds. 

The  Duck  Hunters — The  gunner  in  the  bow  of  a gunning  float  being  paddled  by 
his  companion  up  to  ducks  on  the  water. 

Each  of  these  prints  is  6 x 8 inches  in  size,  mounted  on  a card  11  x 14 
and  all  are  beautifully  and  naturally  colored  by  hand.  Price  $2.00  each. 


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^OME  day  men  may  not  need  weapons  of  defense,  but  since 
humanity  is  what  it  is  tc-day,  arms  must  sometimes  be  carried, 
and  those  who  carry  them  should  insist  on  having  the  best. 

You  cannot  provide  yourself  with  a weapon  without  some 
feeling  of  responsibility.  Properly  used,  the  arm  that  you  possess 
will  protect  your  property  and  even  save  your  life.  You  must 
have  the  weapon  which  is  most  reliable — the  best. 

The  best  is  the  safest;  safest  because  simplest,  made  with  the 
greatest  care  and  of  materials  which  experience  has  shown  to  be 
the  most  perfect  for  the  purposes  for  which  they  are  used. 

It  is  precisely  for  these  reasons  that  the  best  revolver  is 

THE  COLT 


PICTURES  FROH  FOREST  AND  STREAfl. 

A volume  of  32  full-page  pictures  of  popular  subjects,  similar  to  those  in 
Christmas  issue  of  Forest  and  Stream. 

Printed  on  heavy  coated  paper  and  handsomely  bound.  Price,  $2.00,  postpaid. 
The  same  series  of  32  plates,  suitable  for  framing.  Price,  $1.75,  postpaid 

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FOUR  GUN-CASE  BARGAINS. 

IS  NOT  THE  SAFETY  OF  YOUR  GUN  WORTH  ONE  OF  THESE  BARGAIN 
CASES  AS  A PREVENTATIVE  AGAINST  DENTS  AND  DAMAGE? 


No.  4 H.  Leg  of  Mutton  Take-Down  Case  of 
heavy  canvas,  leather-bound,  brass-trimmed,  flan- 
nel-lined, and  shoulder  sling  strap,  stiff  as  a 
leather  case  and  a good  protection  to  any  gun. 

Former  price,  $3.50.  Now $2.00 

No.  28.  Leg  of  Mutton  Take-Down  Case  of 
heavy  dark  brown  mahogany,  rough  grain  leather, 
full  nickel  trimmed,  with  lock  and  key;  full 
flannel-lined  and  inside  rod  pocket;  shoulder  sling 
strap.  In  style  and  finish  equal  to  the  highest- 
priced  cases.  Very  stiff  and  an  extra  good  pro- 
tection to  a gun.  Former  price,  $6.50.  Now,  $4. 


No.  22.  Victoria  Pattern  Take-Down  Leather 
Case,  of  heavy  orange  embossed  leather,  with 
outside  rod  pocket,  full  flannel  lined  and  nickel 
trimmings.  Made  very  strong  and  serviceable.. 

Former  price,  $4.00.  Now $2.50 

No.  32,  Leg  of  Mutton  Take-Down  Case  of 
heavy  mahogany  pebbled  grain  leather,  full  brass 
trimmed,  with  shoulder  sling  strap,  lock  and 
key,  flannel-lined,  with  inside  rod  pocket.  A very 
rich  and  strong  case.  Former  price,  $5.50. 
Now  $3.50 


Can  supply  these  cases  to  fit  most  any  size  gun. 


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Soft  and  pliable  as  kid.  A complete  protection  to  sportsmen  or  any  exposed  to  cold.  Work 
under  the  overcoat,  they  are  a handsome  garment  and  much  used.  A capital  jacket  for  bicycle  use,  skating 
and  driving.  Also  automobile  use. 

|3i?“We  take  the  entire  product  of  the  manufacturers  of  above  Finest  Jackets,  and  this  make  cannot  be 
obtained  elsewhere  in  the  United  States. 

A Quality,  of  the  very  finest  skin,  brown  grass-color,  $18.00 

B Quality,  2d  grade,  ------  $15.00 

Black  Jackets  at  - - - $7.00,  $8.00  and  $10.00 

Send  measurement  around  chest  outside  vest.  If  money  is  sent  with  order  we  will  forward  free  by  mail, 
and  if  not  satisfactory  on  receipt,  we  will  return  money  on  return  of  Jacket.  Entirely  different  from  any 
other  make. 

As  there  are  many  different  makes  of  Leather  Jackets  in  the  market  advertised  as  finest,  etc., 
mostly  made  here  of  common  skins,  we  invite  those  desiring  such  to  send  for  one  of  ours,  and  if  not  found 
superior  on  examination  to  any  other,  it  can  be  returned  at  our  expense,  and  we  will  refund  money. 


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“KNOCKABOUT  GUN" 


Are  the  Leading  Imported  Shotguns  on  the  American 
Market  in  Every  Respect. 

Francotte  Guns,  - from  $80.00  to  $450.00  net 

Knockabont  Guns,  in  one  grade  only,  - - $60.00  net 

DESCRIPTIVE  PRICE  LIST  ON  APPLICATION.  SOLE  U.  S.  AGENCY, 

VON  LENGERKET iTdETMOLD, 

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HINTS  AND  POINTS  FOR  SPORTSMEN. 

Compiled  by  “Seneca.”  Cloth,  illustrated,  224pp.  Price,  $1.50. 

4' 

This  compilation  comprises  six  hundred  and  odd  hints,  helps,  kinks,  wrinkles, 
points  and  suggestions  for  the  shooter,  the  fisherman,  the  dog  owner,  the  yachts- 
man, the  canoeist,  the  camper,  the  outer;  in  short,  for  the  field  sportsman  ill 
all  the  varied  phases  of  his  activity.  The  scope  of  the  information  it  contains 
embraces  a wild  field,  and  “Hints  and  Points”  has  proved  one  of  the  most  prac- 
tically useful  works  of  reference  in  the  sportsman’s  library. 

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CANOE  and  BOAT  BUILDING. 


SECOND-HAND  GREENERS. 


1469.  Greener  Crown  Non-Ejector  Gun,  very 
little  engraving,  made  to  order  for  a ducking 
gun.  Dark,  handsome  stock,  half  pistol  grip,  steel 
barrels.  This  gun  is  in  excellent  second-hand  condi- 
tion._  Dimensions:  12  ga.,  30  in.,  7 lbs.  5 oz., 
2 % in.  drop,  14  in.  stock.  Cost  new  $400.00. 
Price  $225.00 

2438.  Greener  Grand  Prize  Pigeon  Gun,  $350 
grade,  Sir  Joseph  Whitworth  fluid  steel  barrels, 
full  choke,  half  pistol  grip,  elaborate  engraving. 
Dimensions:  12  ga.,  30  in.,  7%  lbs.,  2%  in.  drop, 
14%  in.  stock.  An  extremely  fine  gun.  Price,  $225. 

1782.  Greener  16  ga.  Ejector,  $300  grade.  Slight- 
ly shopworn,  with  27  in.  barrels,  Sieman  steel, 
carved  fence,  very  fine  dark  stock,  beautifully 
engraved.  Weight  5 lbs.  13  oz.,  2%  in.  drop, 
14  in.  stock.  Modified  and  cylinder.  Great  bar- 
gain at $200.00 

1519.  Greener  Monarch  Ejector,  full  choke  both 
barrels,  12  ga.,  30  in.,  6 lbs.  14  oz.,  2%  in.  drop, 
14%  in.  stock,  Sieman  steel  barrels.  Slightly 
shopworn.  Cost  new  $200.00.  Price $150.00 

1089.  Greener  Featherweight  Field  Hammerless, 
$175  grade.  Modified  left  and  cylinder  right,  with 
straight  grip.  Sieman  steel  barrels,  carved  fence, 
game  engraving.  A most  desirable  gun  and  only 
slightly  shopworn.  Dimensions:  12  ga.,  28  in., 

5%  lbs.,  2%  in.  drop,  14  in.  stock.  Price,  $125.00. 

1492.  Greener  Double  4-bore,  weighing  22  lbs., 
and  cost  new  $450.  It  has  a fine  pair  of  Damas- 
cus barrels,  without  a pit  or  flaw,  40  in.  long, 
stock  14  in.,  heavy  Silver  recoil  pad,  half  pistol 
grip,  3 in.  drop,  and  is  one  of  the  most  power- 
ful guns  we  have  ever  seen.  Price,  net. ..  .$200.00 

1690.  Greener  Facile  Princeps  Hammerless, 
$150  grade,  slightly  shopworn,  12  ga.,  28  in.  bar- 
rels, 6 lbs.  14  oz.,  3%  in.  drop,  14%  in.  stock. 
Barrels  modified  choke,  fine  English  Damascus. 

Extremely  handsome  stock.  Price $100.00 

1913.  Greener  Facile  Princeps  Hammerless, 
$150  grade,  slightly  shopworn,  12  ga.,  28  in.  bar- 
rels, 7 lbs.  weight,  2%  in.  drop,  14%  in.  stock, 
Sieman  steel  barrels,  modified  and  cylinder. 

Fine  dark  stock.  Price $100.00 

1493.  Greener  “Far  Killing  Duck”  Hammer 

Gun,  $200  grade.  Fine  English  laminated  bar- 
rels, low  hammers.  Handsome  stock,  half  pistol 
grip,  full  choke,  10  ga.,  32  in.  barrels,  8%  lbs., 
14%  in.  stock.  Price $100.00 

1400.  Greener  “Far  Killing  Duck”  Hammer 
Gun,  $250  grade.  Fine  English  laminated  barrels, 
low  hammers,  full  pistol  grip,  dark  handsome 
stock.  Extra  full  choke;  10  ga.,  32  in.  barrels, 
9 lbs.  4 oz.,  3 in.  drop,  14%  in.  stock.  This  gun 
has  never  been  shot.  Price $100.00 


1427.  Greener  Single  Barrel,  10-bore  Duck  and 
Goose  Gun.  Extreme  full  choke  for  long-range 
work,  36  in.  fine  Damascus  barrels.  Weight 
11%  lbs.,  2%  in.  drop,  14%  in.  stock.  Under-grip 
action.  This  gun  has  never  been  shot.  Original 
price  $125.00.  Price $75.00 

1510.  Greener  Grand  Prize  Pigeon  Hammerless 
Gun,  $200  grade,  full  choke  both  barrels.  Wrought 
steel  barrels,  half  pistol  grip,  12  ga.,  32  in.  bar- 
rels, 7 lbs.  6 oz.,  2%  in.  drop,  14%  in.  stock. 
Like  new.  Price $125.00 

1745.  Greener  Facile  Princeps  Hammerless, 
$150  grade,  slightly  shopworn,  16  ga.,  26  in.  bar- 
rels, 5%  lbs.,  2%  in.  drop,  14  in.  stock.  Sieman 
steel  barrels,  half  pistol,  grip.  A bargain  at  $100.00 

1943.  Greener  Monarch  Ejector,  $200  grade. 
Slightly  shopworn,  12  ga.,  30  in.  barrels,  7 lbs. 
14  oz.,  2%  in.  drop,  14%  in.  stock.  Extra  full 
choke  both  barrels.  Sieman  steel  barrels.  Ex- 
tremely handsome  stock  and  a fine  pigeon  gun. 
Price  $150.00 

1610.  Greener  Facile  Princeps  Hammerless, 
$175  grade,  slightly  shopworn,  12  ga.,  27  in.  bar- 
rels, 6 lbs.,  2 1-16  in.  drop,  14%  in.  stock,  straight 
grip,  very  handsome  stock.  English  Damascus 

barrels,  modified  choke.  Price $125.00 

1779.  Greener  Monarch  Ejector,  $250  grade. 
Slightly  shopworn,  12  ga.,  28  in.  barrels,  6%  lbs., 
2%  in.  drop,  14%  in.  stock.  Sieman  steel  barrels, 
half  pistol  grip.  Fine  engraving  and  very  hand- 
some stock.  Modified  and  cylinder.  A great 

bargain.  Price  $190.00 

1203.  Greener  Grand  Prize  Pigeon  Hammer- 
less, $250  grade,  slightly  shopworn,  12  ga.,  30  in. 
barrels,  7 lbs.  4 oz.,  2%  in.  drop,  14  in.  stock. 
Full  choke,  beautifully  engraved  and  finished. 
Sieman  steel  barrels,  half  pistol  grip.  Price,  $150. 

1911.  Greener  Hammer  Field  Gun,  12  ga.,  28  in., 
7 lbs.  6 oz.,  2 5-16  in.  drop,  13%  in.  stock,  Sieman 
steel  barrels,  half  pistol  grip,  Greener  cross-bolt. 
In  good  second-hand  condition.  Cost  new  $120. 

Price  $45.00 

1841.  Greener  “Regent”  Hammerless,  $65  net 
quality,  12  ga.,  30  in.,  7%  lbs.,  2%  in.  drop,  14% 
in.  stock.  Straight  grip,  Sieman  steel  barrels, 
full  choke,  top  safety.  Like  new.  Price. ..  .$50.00 
1845.  Greener  “Regent”  Hammerless,  $65  net 
quality,  12  ga.,  26  in.  barrels,  6 lbs.,  2%  in.  drop, 
14%  in.  stock,  half  pistol  grip.  Barrels  full  choke 

and  modified.  Like  new.  Price $50.00 

2442.  Greener  Crown  Ejector  Pigeon  Gun,  full 
choke  both  barrels,  half  pistol  grip,  fine  stock, 
Damascus  barrels,  12  ga.,  30in.,  7%  lbs.,  2%in. 
drop,  14%in.  stock.  Cost  new  $425.00.  Price  $275.00 


Any  of  the  above  guns  sent  C.  O.  D.  allowing  examination,  on  receipt  of  $5.00,  which  amount 
will  be  returned,  less  express  charges;  or  if  cash  accompanies  the  order,  5 per  cent,  discount 
may  be  deducted  from  above  prices. 

HENRY  C.  SQUIRES  & SON, 

No.  20  Cortlandt  St.,  New  York. 


A complete  manual  for  Amateurs.  Containing  plain  and  comprehensive  direc- 
tions for  the  construction  of  Canoes,  Rowing  and  Sailing  Boats  and  Hunting 
Craft.  By  W.  P.  Stephens.  Cloth.  Eighth  and  enlarged  edition.  264  pages, 
numerous  illustrations,  and  fifty  plates  in  envelope.  Price,  $2.00.  This  office. 


LAFLIN  & RAND  POWDERS, 


“INFALLIBLE,”  “E.  C.” 
and  “SCHULTZE," 

won  everything  in  sight  at  the 

3 1904  GRAND  AMERICAN  HANDICAP. 

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by  shooting  the  powder  the  Champions  shot. 


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all  large  cities.  Send  for  booklet. 

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SATURDAY,  FEBRUARY  13,  <905. 


A HOUSTON  HURRICANE 

The  Texas  Tornado,  which  occurred  at  the  Sunny  South  Handicap,  in  the  form  of  a U.  M.  C. 
victory,  has  been  followed  by  another  whirlwind  victory  at  Houston. 

U.  M.  C.  NITRO  CLUB  SHELLS, 

in  the  gun  of  Mr.  M.  E.  Atchison,  won  the  Houston  Post  Diamond  Medal,  emblematic  of  the 
Highest  General  Average,  at  the  Grand  Southern  Handicap  held  at  Houston,  Texas,  Feb.  7-8-9. 
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FEDERAL  CONTROL  OF  GAME  AND  FISH. 

The  conviction  is  general  that  in  the  Federal  control 
if  migratory  game  as  contemplated  in  the  Shiras  Bill 
vill  be  found  the  solution  of  a problem  which  has  been 
/-exatious  and  baffling.  Mr.  Shiras’s  proposal  to  put  the 
vildfowl  under  the  care  of  the  National  Government, 
is  to  the  shooting  season,  has  been  hailed  with  unquali- 
ied  satisfaction.  The  only  questioning  of  it  has  been 
vith  regard  to  the  constitutional  point  of  jurisdiction.  Is 
:he  regulation  of  the  taking  of  migratory  game  properly 
i legitimate  subject  for  Congress  to  legislate  on?  If 
Ihis  question  may  be  answered  in  the  affirmative,  the 
Problem  is  solved. 

We  printed  last  week  a letter  from  Judge  D.  C.  Bea- 
nan,  of  Colorado,  in  which  the  jurisdiction  of  Congress 

Ivas  seriously  questioned.  To-day  we  publish  a reply  by 
Mr.  Shiras,  whose  deep  study  of  the  points  at  issue  has 
•.onvinced  him  that  Congress  will  be  well  within  constitu- 
ional  bounds  in  undertaking  the  control  not  only  of 
migratory  game,  but  of  migratory  fish  as  well.  The 
nagnitude  of  the  commercial  interests  involved  in  the 
fisheries  far  transcends  that  attaching  to  the  game.  If 
Mr.  Shiras  shall  be  successful  in  establishing  the  prin- 
ciple that  Congress  may  legislate  for  the  fisheries  as  to 
migratory  species,  and  that  the  Federal  authorities  may 
execute  the  laws  made  for  their  regulation,  he  will  have 
wrought  in  the  conditions  controlling  the  fishing  industry 
a change  of  which  the  value  must  eventually  be  computed 
in  millions  of  dollars. 

We  speak  not  only  for  Mr.  Shiras  as  author  of  the 
measure  which  bears  his  name,  but  for  all  who  have 
indorsed  it  and  are  working  for  its  enactment,  when 
,,  we  say  that  no  satisfaction  whatever  would  be  Sound 
in  the  attainment  of  a statute  which,  however  salutory 
’jit  might  be  for  a brief  period,  would  be  overthrown 
by  the  courts  as  radically  wrong  because  unconstitu- 
! tional.  In  his  communication  of  to-day  Mr.  Shiras 
gives  the  reasons  which  have  convinced  him  that  his 
measure  is  right  in  principle  and  will  be  found  in- 
vulnerable when  put  to  the  test  of  the  courts.  Whatever 
may  be  the  merits  of  the  question  with  respect  to  the 
| legal  and  constitutional  questions  involved,  it  certainly 
j*  is  to  be  said — and  may  not  be  said  too  strongly — that  the 
Shiras  Bill  has  in  its  support  the  consideration  of  public 
I advantage  and  public  gain,  present  and  permanent.  If 
fi  ever  a game  measure  was  proposed  for  the  good  of  the 
| whole  people,  now  and  in  the  future,  the  Shiras  Bill  is 
| such  a one. 

= '=== 

THE  INDIAN  THEN  AND  NOW. 

The  story  of  his  buffalo  hunt  with  the  Comanche  In- 
| dians  which  is  concluded  by  Cabia  Blanco  this  week,  is 
I one  of  great  interest.  Told  with  entire  simplicity  and  in 
If  the  present  tense,  it  is  very  vivid  and  real. 

I Many  of  us  stay-at-home  bodies  have  thoughtlessly 
(|  supposed  that — except  for  the  buffalo — the  conditions 
$ described  in  this  account  are  to-day  much  as  they  were 
thirty  years  ago.  This  is  not  true.  The  country  then 
occupied  only  by  the  wandering  Indians  is  now  full  of  white 
people,  whose  fertile  farms  stretch  away  for  unending 
I miles  over  a fenced  country,  where  right-angled  roads 
H follow  the  section  lines,  and  one  can  journey  only  over 
i the  roads.  The  Indians  who  then  hunted  the  buffalo, 
I fought  with  each  other,  and  from  time  to  time  chased  the 
I casual  white  man,  are  now  confined  to  their  reservations 
ij  or  have  had  lands  allotted  to  them  in  severalty  and  are 
I proprietors  of  quarter  sections.  We  are  told  that  in  the 
rtj  Indian  Territory  there  are  not  over  17,000  full  blooded 
Indians,  and  these  are  more  than  there  are  in  the  ad- 
joining Oklahoma.  On  the  other  hand,  the  In- 
dian Territory  holds  600,000  white  people,  or  people 
J whose  color  and  manners,  even  though  they  may  have 
| some  Indian  blood,  are  those  of  the  Caucasian.  The 
I Comanches  are  on  a reservation  in  the  Indian  Territory 
i near  the  Wichita  Mountains. 

Not  the  least  interesting  point  in  Cabia  Blanco  s ac- 
I count  is  the  way  in  which  he  was  treated  by  the  Indians, 
| and  the  sympathy  that  he  felt  with  them.  Fie  found  them 
ill  kindly  and  friendly  and  he  had  the  same  feelings  toward 
them ; they  hated  the  Cheyennes,  whom  they  called  dogs, 
and  Cabia  Blanco  also  regarded  the  Cheyennes  as  dogs, 
j In  similar  situations,  with  other  tribes,  other  white  men 
! have  a hundred  times  had  similar  experiences.  Whether 
his  lot  was  cast  among  Sioux,  Cheyennes,  Pawnees, 
£lapkfpgt  or  Ner  Perpes,  the  white  man  who  lived  among 


them  ever  found  the  Indian  camp  to  be  only  similar  to 
other  communities,  and  he  came  to  regard  their  enemies 
as  his  enemies,  and  to  credit  these  enemies  with  the  bad 
qualities  which  all  men  attribute  to  those  toward  whom 
they  have  hostile  feelings. 

It  is  not  strange  that  the  Comanches  hated  the 
Cheyennes.  During  many  years  in  the  early  half  of  the 
last  century,  the  Cheyennes  and  their  allies,  the  Arapa- 
hoes,  were  at  bitter  war  with  the  allied  Kiowas, 
Comanches  and  Apaches.  These  three  tribes,  • living  to 
the  south  and  within  striking  distance  of  the  Mexican 
settlement,  were  constantly  engaged  in  raiding  the  settle- 
ments and  taking  from  them  great  numbers  of  horses 
and  other  plunder.  The  Cheyennes  and  Arapahoes,  living 
further  to  the  north,  had  fewer  horses  and  had  no  way  to 
supply  their  need  of  horses  except  by  in  turn  raiding  the 
villages  of  the  southern  tribes  and  taking  from  them  the 
horses  which  they  had  captured  from  the  Mexicans. 

The  last  great  fight  between  these  two  brave  and 
powerful  alliances  took  place  in  the  year  1838.  Long  ago, 
as  it  seems  to  11s  now,  yet  we  have  known  not  a few  men 
who  took  part  in  that  fight. 

Two  years  after  the  “great  fight” — for  it  still  bears 
that  name  among  the  Cheyennes — a peace  was  made.  The 
Cheyennes  and  Arapahoes  on  the  one  hand,  and  the 
Kiowas,  Comanches  and  Apaches  on  the  other,  met  on  the 
Arkansas  River  below  Bent’s  Fort,  smoked  together,  ate 
together,  gave  presents  to  on  another  and  became  friends. 
The  treaty  then  made  was  never  broken,  but  the  memory 
of  the  old  hostilities  lingered  long,  and  perhaps  still 
lingers,  among  the  peoples  of  the  two  tribes.  We  have 
accounts  both  of  the  great  fight  of  1838  and  of  the  peace 
of  1840,  told  by  men  who  were  present  at  each,  which  we 
shall  before  long  publish  as  an  interesting  commentary 
on  Cabia  Blanco’s  buffalo  hunt. 

As  was  said  the  other  day,  Cabia  Blanco’s  story  is  of 
a game  animal  and  a phase  of  hunting  which  has  disap- 
peared from  the  earth ; not  less  is  it  a picture  of  a mode 
of  life  that  has  passed  away  forever. 


THE  BIOLOGICAL  SURVEY. 

The  report  of  Dr.  C.  Hart  Merriam,  Chief  of  the 
Division  of  Biological  Survey  of  the  United  States 
Department  of  Agriculture,  contains  much  matter  of 
interest. 

In  the  section  of  geographic  distribution  it  deals  with 
the  natural  life  zones  and  crop  belts  of  the  country,  for 
the  purpose  of  showing  to  the  farmer  what  crops  are 
likely  to  be  profitable  in  his  locality.  The  data  for 
such  work  accumulated  in  the  field  is  worked  up  in 
the  office  with  gratifying  results.  The  study  of  eco- 
nomic ornithology  deals  with  the  influence  of  birds  on 
crops.  Since  the  insect  is  the  farmer’s  worst  enemy, 
that  creature  which  destroys  the  insect  should  be  the 
farmer’s  best  friend.  It  is  therefore  of  great  im- 
portance to  have  an  actual  knowledge  of  the  food  of 
our  native  birds,  and  over  2,000  birds’  stomachs  have 
been  examined  in  order  to  learn  more  of  what  birds 
feed  on.  California  has  been  an  especial  field  for  such 
investigation,  and  here  it  has  been  found  that  two 
common  and  beautiful  California  birds,  the  black- 
headed grosbeak  and  Bullock’s  oriole,  feed  to  a con- 
siderable extent  on  the  pupae  of  the  destructive  codling 
moth,  so  important  in  the  apple-raising  counties . of 
Santa  Cruz  and  Monterey.  The  habits  of  the  codling 
moth  are  such  that  it  is  almost  entirely  protected  from 
the  attack  of  birds.  The  adult  moth  flies  only  at  night, 
while  the  larvae  live  inside  the  apple.  In  neither  of 
these  stages  could  birds  be  expected  to  destroy  them, 
but  when  the  larvae  leave  the  apple  to  become  pupae, 
they  seek  crevices  in  the  bark  of  the  trees  or  descend 
to  the  ground  and  there  conceal  themselves  among  the 
rubbish.  But  these  birds  search  for.  them,  and  destroy 
them  in  great  numbers,  thus  doing  much  to  help  the 
fruit  grower. 

Complaints  that  birds  destroy  honey  bees  were  in- 
vestigated, especially  in  southern  California.  It  was 
learned  that  in  some  special  situation  birds  do  destroy 
bees,  but  a further  investigation  shows  that  almost  all 
the  bees  eaten  are  males  or  drones.  Other  investiga- 
tions carried  on  as  to  the  food  of  the  quail  show  that 
this  bird  feeds  largely  on  some  of  the  most  injurious 
insects  known  to  agriculture.  Among  these  are  the 
cottonboll  weevil,  potato  bug,  chinch  bug,  \vireworrn, 
various  cutworm?  and  the  cottonboll  worm, 


The  records  of  the  section  of  game  protection  show 
that  during  the  year  1,470  mammals  and  about  247,000 
birds  were  admitted  to  the  country.  Of  the  mammals 
more  than  1,000  were  guinea  pigs,  and  of  the  birds 
the  most  were  song  birds.  There  were  among  them 
65  capercailzie  brought  in  by  the  fish  and  game  com- 
missioner of  Ontario,  for  liberation  in  the  Algonquin 
Park  in  Ontario;  some  Mexican  quail,  for  liberation 
in  California,  and  a number  of  rare  pheasants  for  ex- 
hibition in  confinement. 

The  division  has  been  energetic  in  its  prosecu- 
tion of  violations  of  the  Lacey  act,  involving  inter- 
state commerce  in  game.  Ten  cases  have  been  reported 
during  the  year,  representing  shipments  of  700  birds 
and  36  rabbits.  Six  convictions  were  secured  during 
the  year.  The  authorities,  not  only  the  Federal  author- 
ities, but  those  of  the  various  States,  have  cordially 
co-operated  with  the  division.  The  enactment  of  a 
law  in  Texas  in  1903  prohibiting  the  sale  and  export 
of  waterfowl,  presumably  did  much  to  restrict  the 
enormous  destruction  of  ducks  for  the  northern  mar- 
kets which  formerly  occurred  in  that  State.  A close 
watch  was  maintained  on  the  usual  routes  of  shipments, 
but  no  unlawful  packages  were  detected. 

The  various  restrictions  on  the  sale  of  game  in 
different  places  has  resulted  in  a remarkable  increase 
in  the  price  of  certain  game. 

POLICE  AND  REVOLVERS. 

It  was  about  ten  years  ago  that  the  Forest  and 
Stream  urged  the  Board  of  Police  Commissioners  in 
New  York  city  to  establish  a school  of  revolver  practice 
for  the  police  force.  This  was  done  chiefly  in  defense  of 
the  public,  for  the  police  used  to  kill  and  wound  not  a 
few  innocent  people.  In  1895  most  policemen  carried  re- 
volvers, but  a very  large  proportion— possibly  a majority 
of  the  force — knew  little  more  about  the  use  of  a revolver 
than  they  did  about  the  handling  of  an  automobile— at 
that  time  a machine  practically  unknown.  At  the  same 
time  every  policeman  who,  in  the  discharge  of  his  duty, 
felt  that  he  must  arrest  an  offender,  every  policeman  who 
saw  a dog  having  a fit  on  the  street,  every  policeman  who 
saw  a frightened  cat  run  into  an  area,  was  likely  to  draw 
his  pistol,  to  point  it  in  the  general  direction  of  the 
object  he  wished  to  hit,  and  to  pull  the  trigger.  The  pis- 
tol balls  went  anywhere  except  in  the  direction  desired. 
Men,  women  and  children  anywhere  within  range  of  the 
arm  were  likely  to  be  killed  or  wounded ; in  short,  a very 
large  proportion  of  the  police  force  were  entirely  unfit  to 
be  trusted  with  dangerous  weapons. 

The  school  of  revolver  practice  was  established  and  for 
a time  carried  on.  It  was  put  in  charge  of  Sergeant 
Petty,  an  expert  pistol  shot,  and  the  men  made  good 
progress.  Then,  for  some  reason  or  other,  the  school  was 
abandoned,  and  until  recently  nothing  more  was  heard 
of  it. 

Police  Commissioner  McAdoO'  has  lately  re-established 
this  school,  and  the  men  to  whom  he  has  handed  over  the 
work  of  training  the  police  officers  find  among  the  force 
to-day  just  as  much  ignorance  of  firearms  as  existed 
when  the  earlier  school  was  started  ten  years  ago.  There 
are  men  who  do  not  know  how  to  load  or  unload  their 
pistols,  and  there  are  men  who  had  their  revolvers  loaded 
by  the  gunsmiths  when  they  purchased  them  years  ago, 
and  who  have  never  used  their  revolver  or  taken  out  the 
cartridges  since.  Marksmanship  is  the  rare  exception. 
In  some  cases  the  weapons  have  remained  so  long  un- 
touched that  rust  has  collected  on  the  arm  so  that  the 
chamber  will  not  revolve,  and  the  weapon  is  of  course 
ineffective.  Incidentally  at  a recent  practice  session  of 
the  school  a policeman  shot  a brother  officer  by  mere 
carelessness.  The  man  who  did  the  shooting  was  reported 
by  the  surgeons  to  be  under  the  influence  of  liquor. 

It  is  very  clear  that  a school  of  instruction  in  revolver, 
practice  is  a very  pressing  and  immediate  need  of  the 
New  York  police  force.  Commissioner  McAdoo’s  atti- 
tude appears  to  indicate  that,  so  long  as  he  has  charge 
of  the  force,  this  is  one  matter— among  many  others 
looking  to  its  improvement— which  he  will  carry  through. 

We  print  in  our  angling  columns  the  ample  programme 
of  the  casting  tournament  which  will  be  held  in  connec- 
tion with  the  Sportman’s  Show  in  the  Madison  Square 
Garden,  this  city,  next  v/eek.  The  meet  of  last  year  was 
a pronounced  success,  and  it  is  anticipated  that  that  of 
1905  will  prove  of  increased  importance. 


A Buffalo  Hunt  with  the  Comanches 

(Concluded  from  page  111.) 

There  was  no  talk  held  to-night;  we  put  in  the  first 
part  of  the  night  in  eating,  while  the  squaws  were  kept 
busy  cooking  for  us,  and  no  one  cared  just  now  where 
the  Happy  Hunting  Grounds  were  or  whether  they  were 
anywhere  at  all  or  not. 

We  remained  in  this  camp  the  next  day,  and  about  the 
middle  of  the  forenoon  a Cheyenne  rode  across  the  river 
and  up  to  camp,  but  stopped  at  the  edge  of  it  and  sat 
there  on  his  pony.  Our  chief  came  out  and  began  to  use 
the  sign  language  to  question  him.  No  two  tribes  here 
use  the  same  language,  but  every  Indian  from  Hudson’s 
Bay  to  the  Rio  Grande  can  speak  in  the  sign  language. 
The  chief  led  the  way  to  hrs  lodge,  then  stepping  outside 
of  it  said  to-  his  squaw,  “Feed  this  Cheyenne.  Give  him 
bread  and  meat  for  his  journey,  then  let  him  go.”  Then 
the  chief  walked  away. 

The  Cheyenne  now  got  off  his  pony,  took  off  his  bow 
and  arms,  laid  them  on  the  ground,  then  taking  off  his 
belt  and  pistol  laid  them  down  also ; then  opening  a 
coat  he  was  wearing,  held  it  so  that  I could  see  he  had 
no  more  arms  on  him.  “Bueno,”  I told  him,  and  pointed 
to  the  lodge,  and  he  entered  and  the  squaw  fed  him. 

Had  this  been  a friendly  Indian,  the  chief  and  I,  who 
was  his  guest,  would  have  gone  in  now  and  sat  down 
to  eat;  but  he  would  not  eat  with  a Cheyenne,  nor  want 
me  to  eat  with  him,  either.  Still  he  would  not  let  this 
Cheyenne  leave  his  camp  hungry. 

When  the  Cheyenne  had  eaten,  he  mounted  his  pony 
and  rode  slowly  out  of  camp,  and  when  passing  me 
stopped,  and  seeing  my  Comanche  feathers,  which  I 
always  wore  tied  to  my  button-hole  where  the  dude 
wears  his  flowers,  pointed  to  them  and  asked,  “You 
Comanche?” 

“Yes,”  I told  him,  “I  am  a Comanche,”  and  was  about 
to  give  him  our  usual  information  about  the  Cheyennes 
being  dogs,  when  I looked  in  his  face  and  saw  that  he 
was  either  sick  or  in  trouble;  so  I omitted  the  dog  part 
of  the  story  to-day,  and  was  glad  that  I did  so  after- 
ward. Going  into  the  lodge  now,  I asked : “What  is 
wrong  with  the  Cheyenne,  my  sister?” 

“His  heart  is  sick,”  she  told  me.  “His  squaw  has  died 
in  camp,  and  now  he  is  going  home.” 

“Oh,  well,  he  is  a Cheyenne;  he  can  get  another  squaw 
for  three  or  four  ponies ; anyone  can ; I could.” 

“Yes,  but  my  brother  would  not  want  a Cheyenne 
squaw,  would  he?” 

“Oh,  I don’t  know.  The  Cheyennes  are  dogs,  but  their 
squaws  can  do  much  work.  I have  seen  them.” 

We  moved  next  day,  and  kept  on  for  several  days,  go- 
ing about  fifteen  miles  a day.  The  Cheyennes  and 
Arapahoes  had  been  burning  the  grass  behind  them  and 
ahead  of  Us.  They  had  two  objects  in  doing  this:  one 
was  to  give  the  new  grass  a chance  to  grow,  the  other  to 
keep  our  ponies  from  getting  it.  I meant  to  stop.  it. 

One  morning  just  after  we  had  left  camp,  I and  the 
boys,  who  were  as  usual  away  ahead,  saw  a party  of 
Cheyennes  setting  the  prairie  on  fire,  and  I called  to  my 
boys  to  circle  them.  The  boys  started  off,  giving  their 
Comanche  yell.  It  resembles  nothing  so  much  as  it  does 
a pack  of  coyotes  yelping.  I could  at  that  time  give  it 
as  true  as  a Comanche.  The  Cheyennes  took  the  alarm, 
and  mounting  their  ponies  started  west,  only  to -run  into 
a party  of  men  the  chief  was  bringing  here  to  reinforce 
me.  Then  the  Cheyennes  appealed  to  me  next. 

“Tell  them  by  signs  to  put  out  that  fire,”  I told  our 
chief. 

“I  speak  English,”  a young  Cheyenne  said,  “I  have 
been  to  the  school.”  The  Carlisle  Indian  school  he 
meant. 

“Yes,  and  much  good  the  school  seems  to  have  done 
you.  Well,  tell  your  men  to  put  that  fire  out,  then  come 
to  me  or  I’ll  shoot.” 

They  took  off  their  blankets,  and  after  hard  work  beat 
it  out,  then  came  to  me. 

“Now,”  I told  this  Indian  who  had  been  to  the  school, 
“the  next  time  a Cheyenne  starts  a fire  here  I’ll  shoot 
that  Cheyenne.  I say  it.” 

“The  big  chief  with  the  crooked  finger  [General  Mac- 
• kenzie]  won’t  let  you  shoot  us,”  the  boy  told  me. 

“He  is  not  here;  I am,  and  I’ll  shoot  you  first  then  tell 
him  about  it  afterward.  I am  his  little  chief;  he  told 
me  to  watch  you  bad  Indians,  and  I’ll  tell  him  that  the 
' Cheyennes  burn  the  grass  so  that  the  Comanche  pony 
can’t  live.  Now  go;  but  start  no  more  fires,  remember.” 
No  more  fires  were  started  after  this,  either  by  them 
or  others. 

We  had  not  had  any  rain  for  a long  time  and  needed 
some  badly.  The  medicine  man  is  supposed  to  bring 
rain,  or  anything  else,  as  wanted.  I told  ours  to  get  us 
some  now,  but  he  said  he  would  have  to  wait— his  medi- 
cine was  not  good  just  now;  he  would  get  us  that  rain 
poco  tempo — after  a while. 

“We  don’t  want  it  poco  tempo,  we  need  it  now,”  I told 
him.  “You  bring  that  rain  or  I will.”  If  my  medicine 
was  good  I might  bring  it — he  did  not  care.  “I’ll  bring 
it,  then,”  I told  him.  I was  playing  him  for  a sure 
thing  now.  He  saw  no  signs  of  rain,  so  his  medicine 
was  no  good.  Mine  was.  I had  caught  a dose  of  the 
rheumatism  while  lying  out  in  the  mud  in  1862,  when 
McClellan  was  trying  to  take  Richmond,  and  had  had  it 
ever  since,  and  have  it  yet;  and  always  before  a rain  for 
day  or  two  if  I were  put  in  the  open  air  rov  arms 


and  legs  would  tell  me  the  rain  was  coming.  They  told 
me.  so  now. 

We  were  camped  at  the  foot  of  a rather  high  mountain 
that  I had  tried  to  climb  when  here  several  years  ago, 
but  I had  been  stopped  when  half  way  up  by  a wall  of 
rock.  I afterward  saw  a place  where  I might  have  gone 
up  the  whole  way,  but  had  not  time  then  to  try ; but  I 
had  the  time  now.  This  afternoon,  taking  the  boys,  I 
tried  to  climb  the  mountain  again,  and  got  up  on  it  this 
time.  While  up  here  I could  see  at  least  sixty  miles  to 
the  southeast,  and  saw  a rain  cloud  away  off  there  so 
far  off  that  the  boys  did  not  notice  it.  “I’ll  bring  the  rain 
now,”  I told  the  boys.  “Sit  here  in  a circle,  cover  your 
heads  and  don’t  look.” 

They  squatted  down  in  a circle  and  those  of  them  who 
had  on  blankets  pulled  them  over  their  heads ; a few  who 
wore  coats  poked  their  heads  under  other  boys’  blankets. 
Their  heads  were  covered,  but  I knew  they  were  watch- 
ing me  closely.  Stepping  into  the  middle  of  the  circle, 
I took  off  my  pistols,  laid  them  down,  then  laid  my  hat 
on  top  of  them,  then  taking  my  note-book  scribbled  a 
page  of  it,  then  laying  it  at  my  feet,  open  at  the  page 
T had  written  on,  I faced  to  the  east  and  repeated  all  the 
Latin  phrases  I could  think  of  just  now,  commencing 
with  Pax  Vobiscum  and  winding  up  with  In  Hoc  Signo' 
Vinces.  Then  tearing  out  the  page  I had  written  on,  I 
struck  a match  and  burned  the  paper. 

“Come  now,”  I said,  “let  us  go.  The  medicine  is  good, 
the  rain  comes.  You  see  it?”  They  saw  it  now. 

Hurrying  down  to  camp  I had  the  squaws  cover  their 
packs ; then  finding  that  the  chief  was  away,  I sent  out 
men  and  boys  to  round  up  the  pony  herd  and  hold  it. 

In  a short  time  the  rain  came  in  torrents,  accompanied 
by  thunder  and  lightning  and  it  kept  up  for  an  hour. 
The  chief  came  in  while  it  was  raining,  and  he  was  wet 
through. 

“I  did  not  know  you  were  out,  chief,”  I told  him,  “or  else 
I should  not  have  made  it  rain  just  now.” 

“It  is  good,”  he  said,  “I  don’t  care  for  a wetting.  My 
ponies  need  rain.” 

The  boys  told  their  fathers  that  I had  brought  the 
rain;  they  had  seen  me  make  the  medicine  up  on  the 
mountain.  I had  talked  to  the  Great  Spirit  in  a language 
that  they  could  not  understand ; it  was  neither  Americana 
nor  Comanche. 

They  had  an  idea  that  I could  do  anything.  One  day 
a man  brought  me  two  old  pistols  that  had  been  picked 
up  somewhere;  one  was  a Colt’s,  the  other  a Remington; 
one  had  lost  its  cylinder  and  mainspring;  the  other 
needed  a hammer  and  a few  other  parts.  He  wanted  me 
to  make  him  one  good  pistol  out  of  the  two.  Had  they 
both  been  of  the  same  make  I could  have  done  it,  as  then 
all  parts  would  be  interchangeable;  but  it  would  take  a 
better  mechanic  than  I to  make  anything  but  scrap  iron 
out  of  these.  I had  to  explain,  though,  why  I could  not 
do  it. 

We  got  back  into  the  Indian  Territory  long  after  the 
first  of  February.  I had  no  almanac  now  and  had  to 
guess  at  the  time ; and  at  last,  one  evening  late  in  March, 
I landed  the  band  in  the  camp  we  had  left  over  six 
months  ago. 

I got  ready  to  leave  next  day,  and  while  I was  bidding 
them  good-by,  the  chief  came  in  from  the  herd  leading 
my  white  pony,  and  handing  his  lariat  to  me  said,  “Take 
him.” 

“I  will,”  I told  him;  “but  you  must  keep  him  for  me. 
Let  him  run  in  your  herd  until  I come  again,  and  let  the 
boys  ride  him.” 

“No  Comanche  shall  ride  him.  He  is  yours,  but  I will 
watch  him  closely.” 

He  never  would  allow  a boy  to  mount  him.  I rode  him 
the  next  winter,  then  left  him  there;  and  the  last  time 
I ever  saw  this  band  in  1881  the  pony  still  ran  with  the 
herd.  He  had  never  had  a saddle  on  him  since  the  win- 
ter of  1879,  when  I rode  him  the  last  time  myself  and 
helped  the  chief  to  kill  his  and  my  last  buffalo.  He  prob- 
ably ran  loose  this  way  until  he  died  of  old  age. 

. When  I got  to  the  agency  I reported  my  band  present; 
then  taking  my  horse  to  the  stable  turned  him  out  a big 
feed  of  corn,  the  first  he  had  seen  in  months,  and  then 
going  to  the  dining  room  got  my  own  dinner. 

The  agent  was  anxious  to  know  if  we  had  got  many 
robes. 

“All  we  could  carry  home,”  I told  him.  Then  I said 
to  myself,  “Enough  to  pay  your  bill  and  a few  more  be- 
sides. I have  a notion  to  audit  that  bill  of  the  chief’s 
and  see  if  I can’t  cut  it  down  a little  for  him.”  I did 
that  the  next  winter,  though,  and  after  I had  overhauled 
the  chief’s  account,  this  agent  suddenly  discovered  that 
the  chief  only  owed  him  $100  instead  of  twice  that 
amount,  as  it  appeared  here  on  his  books.  This  was  a 
mistake  of  his  clerk,  the  agent  explained.  His  clerk  kept 
books  by  double  entry,  I suppose.  This  agent  was  not 
sent  out  here  to  conduct  a trading  business  with  Indians, 
but  to  look  after  their  moral  and  temporal  welfare.  The 
only  time  I ever  knew  him  to  concern  himself  about  their 
moral  welfare  would  be  when  he  saw  some  of  us  talking 
to  a squaw. 

My  horse  had  lost  all  his  shoes  months  ago,  and  I 
meant  to  shoe  him  here,  so  I asked  for  an  order  on  the 
blacksmith.  He  was  sorry,  but  his  blacksmith  had  left 
him. 

“Well,  he  did  not  take  the  shop  with  him,  did  he?” 

“Oh,  no,  but  I have  no  one  who  can  use  it.” 

/‘I  can,  then;  J always  shoe  my  otyn  horse;  3II  I yrqnt 


is  a set  of  shoes  and  the  use  of  the  shop.” 

Oh,  I could  have  that  and  shoe  the  horse  and  mule 
also.  I shoed  the  horse,  but  let  the  mule  run  barefooted., 
I had  not  forgiven  him  for  the  trick  he  had  played  on 
me  when  he  and  I were  hunting  turkeys.  When  I got 
home  I had  to  make  my  report  to  General  Mackenzie. 
He  wanted  to  know  how  the  Indians  had  treated  me. 

“As  one  of  themselves,  sir.” 

“I  sent  you  alone  as  an  experiment.” 

“I  am  ready  to  repeat  it  with  those  Indians,  sir,  at  any 
time.” 

“Well,  I shall  send  you  again  next  winter  if  we  are 
still  here.” 

I had  been  out  six  months  on  eighteen  days’  rations, 
and  thought  this  a good  time  now  to  try  and  get  pay 
for  the  rations  I had  not  got.  I should  not  have  men- 
tioned it  at  all,  as  there  was  an  order  then  forbidding 
the  payment  of  back  rations  in  kind,  even  much  less  in 
money;  but  the  General  might  get  them  for  me;  they 
would  come  to  about  $50. 

“I  am  going  to  try  and  get  the  money,”  he  told  me, 
“you  should  have  it.”  He  did  try  hard,  but  did  not  get 
it.  The  paymaster  had  been  around  twice  since  I had 
been  out  and  was  about  due  again.  I went  to  our  first 
lieutenant  and  he  handed  me  two  months’  pay  he  had, 
drawn  for  me,  $33.75;  I got  $18  a month,  veteran  pay; 
a recruit  got  $13  then.  On  my  going  next  to  the  captain** 
he  turned  me  over  another  two  months’  pay  that  he  had! 
drawn  for  me;  and  the  paymaster  came  in  a few  days 
and  paid  me  two  months  more. 

I took  the  Comanches  out  again  the  following  winter, 
and  we  hunted  this  year  up  in  the  Wolf  Creek  country, 
doing  as  well  as  usual.  This  was  the  last  year  that  In- 
dians had  a separate  escort.  The  following  two  years; 
they  were  sent  out  without  one,  while  our  troop  watched1 
them  from  a central  camp.  And  now  the  buffalo  were’ 
done.  The  last  one  had  been  killed  off.  The  last  gen-; 
eral  hunt  had  been  made  in  the  winter  of  1878.  Thai; 
winter  the  Indians  came  near  starving;  we  had  to  feedt 
some  of  them  on  our  horses’  corn;  they  could  not  get 
buffalo. 

In  the  winter  of  1879  I got  a pass  and  going  down| 
from  Fort  Reno,  where  we  were  then  stationed,  I got! 
the  old  chief  and  a few  of  his  boys  out  on  a hunt  of 
our  own,  and  here  we  shot  our  last  buffalo. 

It  was  just  as  well,  perhaps,  that  the  buffalo  werej 
killed  off;  for  while  there  were  any  we  could  not  keep 
Indians  on  the  reservation ; they  knew  that  there  was; 
plenty  of  meat  on  the  plains,  and  when  rations  got  short1 
they  went  out  to  get  it.  Then  we  would  have  a sum- 
mer’s job  driving  them  in  and  disarming  them. 

But  soon  after  the  buffalo  were  all  gone  we  left  that 
country  also  and  went  to  fight  Indians  over  in  Arizona; 
I had  no  compunctions  about  shooting  Apaches,  but  1 
should  have  hated  to  have  to  fire  on  a Comanche. 

Cabia  Blanco. 


Camp  Medicine. 

The  comments  on  this  subject  in  Forest  and  Stream, 
have  been  of  value  as  well  as  interest.  May  I add  my1 
mite? 

Did  you  ever  notice  how  awkward  one  always  is  with 
his  hands  the  first  two  or  three  days  on  a trip  in  thf 
woods.  Fingers  seem  to  get  in  the  way  of  every  ax. 
knife,  fire,  splinter  or  thorn  encountered,  and  the  result  is 
a pair  of  hands  more  or  less  damaged.  Adhesive  plastei 
is  found  useful,  but  I have  found  a compound  made  as 
follows  most  useful  and  comforting:  Equal  parts  by 
weight  of  Japan  wax,  mutton  tallow  and  vaseline,  melted 
together.  While  warm  add  half  as  much  glycerin.  Fil 
a metal  primer  box  with  this,  and  at  night  rub  it  well 
into  the  hands.  It  is  neither  sticky  nor  unpleasant,  and 
will  cure  damaged  hands  or  chapped  lips  very  quickly 
I have  never  tried  to  do  so,  but  if  raw  linseed  oil  will 
mix  readily  with  this  compound,  it  will  be  found  ad- 
vantageous. Rubbing  it  alone  on  the  hands  is  a good 
plan;  but  while  it  heals  quickly,  all  surplus  must  bd 
rubbed  off  or  it  will  ruin  any  fabric  with  which  it  come: 
into  contact,  and  can  never  be  removed  in  any  ordinary 
way. 

Tincture  grindelia  should  never  be  omitted,  as  it  is  £ 
rapid  and  certain  cure  for  ivy  poison,  and  will  alleviate 
the  suffering  induced  by  the  bites  of  chiggers,  sand  flea: 
and  mosquitoes.  I consider  it  the  most  valuable  item  ir 
one’s  ditty  box  for  summer  trips.  A three-ounce  bottk 
of  equal  parts  linseed  oil  and  lime  water  is  worth  it: 
weight  in  gold  for  sunburn  and  for  ordinary  burns  a: 
well.  An  ounce  bottle  of  chloroform  will  surely  drive 
chiggers  and  ticks  away.  Lacking  this,  use  grain  oil 
wood  alcohol.  Either  one  must  be  applied  locally,  fo: 
these  pests  are  not  removed  by  ordinary  means.  A tiny 
tin  box  of  mercurial  ointment  will  prevent  rust  in  firearnr 
barrels  in  which  nitro  powders  are  shot  if  the  barrel  i: 
cleaned  thoroughly  before  applying  the  ointment  on  £ 
cloth  patch.  In  places  where  sand  fleas  and  ticks  art 
bad,  it  will  prove  the  right  thing  for  the  occasion,  thougl 
not  pleasant  to  apply  to  one’s  person.  Shellac  or  spa; 
varnish  will  keep  a cut  closed  if  covered  with  a bit  o 
muslin.  A reserve  supply  of  matches,  the  heads  of  whicl 
have  been  dipped  in  shellac  and  dried,  should  be  kep 
handy  in  a vaseline  bottle.  These  are  “good  medicine’ 
when  everything  is  wet.  And  don’t  forget  a tiny  bottl 
of  Sun  cholera  cure.  Jt  may  save  your  life. 

" " ‘ _ ^erry  D.  Frazer,  - 


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Trails  o ! the  PathfindefS.-XXVIll. 

Thohiai  }.  Farcham* 

A curious  little  book,  the  title  page  of  which  bears 
the  date  1841,  is  Thomas  J.  Farnham’s,  Travels  in  the 
Great  Western  Prairies,  The  Anahuac  and  Rocky 
Mountains,  And  in  The  Oregon  lerritory.  It  was 
published  in  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.,  by  Killey  & Lessing, 
printers.  It  contains  nearly  two  hundred  pages,  and 
is  printed  in  very  fine  type,  and  on  thin  paper,  with 
small  margins;  so  that  in  fact  it  looks  more  like  a tract 
than  a volume.  Yet  it  contains  about  a hundred  and 
twenty  thousand  words. 

Its  title  indicates  the  character  of  the  book.  It  is 
the  narrative  of  a journey  made  in  order  to  obtain  “a 
view  of  the  Great  Prairie  Wilderness,  the  Rocky  Moun- 
tains, and  the  sweet  vales  of  the  Oregon  Territory.” 

Farnham  was  one  of  a party  of  fourteen  men  who 
left  Peoria,  111.,  on  the  first  day  of  May,  1839.  The 
company  was  followed  by  a wagon  containing  their 
provisions,  ammunition,  and  other  baggage,  and  each 
man  carried  “a  rifle  swung  at  his  back;  ^a  powder  horn, 
bullet  pouch  and  long  knife  at  his  side.” 

Their  way  westward  was  marked  by  no  adventure, 
except  the  usual  ones  of  travel  on  the  prairie;  but  at 
Quincv  the  author  met  Joe  Smith,  Jr.,  the  father  of  the 
Mormon  prophet,  and  he  interrupts  his  narrative  to 
give  a somewhat  extended  account  of  Mormonism,  and 
the  history  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints,  up  to  that  time. 
From  Quincy  they  passed  on  to  Independence,  Mo., 
twenty  days  out  from  their  starting  point.  Here  the 
travelers  beheld  a sight  novel  to  them — the  breaking 
■of  green  mules  to  harness;  and  after  some  time  devoted 
to  loitering  about  Independence,  and  making  prepara- 
tions for  their  journey,  which  was  henceforth  to  be 
far  from  the  settlements,  they  started  westward  m a 
'storm. 

Farnham’s  party  followed  the  track  of  the  Santa  Fe 
traders,  and,  like  others  who  passed  over  this  road, 
they  met  with  the  Kauzaus  (Kansas)  Indians,  whom 
they  saw  and  wondered  at.  Early  in  the  trip,  near  the 
Osage  River,  the  members  of  Farnham’s  company  be- 
gan to  weary  of  prairie  life,  and  three  of  his  best  men 
determined  to  return  to  the  “States,”  and  left  him.  The 
journey  continued  along  the  Santa  Fe  trail,  but  pro- 
visions began  to  grow  short.  Game  was  seen  from 
;time  to  time,  but  none  was  killed.  Continual  storms 
drenched  the  traders,  wet  their  packs  and  their  ropes, 
and  made  life  more  or  less  of  a burden  to  them.  At 
last,  however,  in  the  latter  half  of  June,  they  came  to 
the  buffalo  range,  overtaking  there  a party  of  Santa 

Fe  traders.  ...  , 

Buffalo  now  began  to  be  found,  and  the  party  killed 
their  first  one,  "a  noble  bull;  a mountain  of  flesh 
weighing  at  least  three  thousand  pounds.”  This  re- 
lieved their  necessities,  but  they  were  anxious,  because 
of  the  prospect  of  soon  meeting  Indians— Caws,  Paw- 
nees or  Comanches,  or  all  three.  And  now,  to  make 
things  worse,  one  of  the  men  of  the  party  accidentally 
shot  himself  with  his  own  rifle.  For  a day  or  two  he 
was  carried  in  one  of  the  wagons  belonging  to  the 
Santa  Fe  caravan,  but  presently  Farnham  s party  turned 
off  from  this  trail,  and  then  the  wounded  man  was 
obliged  either  to  ride  a horse  or  travel  in  a litter.  Ex- 
periment soon  showed,  however,  that,  the  last  method 
of  traveling  was  impracticable,  and  it  was  necessary 
for  the  man  to  ride.  His  wound  became  inflamed  and 
painful,  but  the  constant  care  of  the  author  made  life 
much  easier  for  the  wounded  man.  June  23d,  the 
buffalo  were  more  numerous  than  ever.  They  were  ranged 
in  long  lines  from  the  eastern  to  the  western  horizon. 
The  bulls  were  forty  or  fifty  yards  in  advance  of  the 
bands  of  cows,  to  which  they  severally  intended  to 
give  protection.  And  as  the  moving  embankment  of 
wagons,  led  by  an  advanced  guard,  and  flanked  by 
horsemen  riding  slowly  from  front  to  rear,  and  guarded 
in  the  rear  by  my  men,  made  its  majestic  way.  along, 
these  fiery  cavaliers  would  march  each  to  his  own 
band  of  dames  and  misses,  with  an  air  that  seemed  to 
say  ‘we  are  here’;  and  then  back  again  to  their  lines, 
with  great  apparent  satisfaction,  that  they  , were  able 
to  do  battle  for  their  sweet  ones  and  their  native  plains. 
Farnham  says  that  during  three  days  they  passed  over 
a country  so  completely  covered  by  buffalo  that  it  ap- 
peared often  times  dangerous  even  for  the  immense 
cavalcade  of  the  Santa  Fe  traders  to  attempt  to  break 
its  way  through  them.  He  figures  that  they  traveled 
over  1,350  square  miles  of  territory  so  thickly  covered 
with  buffalo  that,  when  viewed  from  a height,  if  scarcely 
afforded  a sight  of  a square  league  of  its  surface,  boon 
after  this,  disaffection  showed  itself  111  the  ranks  ot 
Farnham’s  company,  and  it  was  proposed  to  abandon 
the  wounded  man;  the  mutineers  declaring  that  he 
would  die  in  any  event,  and  that  it  was  not  worth  while 
to  delay  the  whole  party  to  await  that  event. 

Now,  too,  a jealousy  as  to  the  command  arose,  there 
was  a bully  who  determined  to  frighten  Farnham  into 
abdicating  the  leadership  of  the  party  m his  favor 

At  last  they  reached  Fort  William,  or  Bents  Fort, 
on  the  Arkansas,  and  on.  account  of  the  differences 
which  had  sorung  up  within  the  party,,  it  was  decided 
to  disband  here.  The  property  owned  m common  was 
to  be  uivided  up  among  the- members  of  the  expedition 
and  they  were  to  go  their  several  ways.  As  it  turned 
out,  Farnham  and  a few  others  went  on  together.  Be- 
fore proceeding  to  speak  of  their  adventures  further, 
let  us  read  the  author’s  quaint  description  of  the  plains 
country  as  he  saw  it  sixty-three  years  ago;  and  then 
compare  it  with  the  same  region  as  it  is  seen  to-day 
by  the  overland  traveler  who  passes  from  any  of  the 
Mississippi  cities  of  1905.  riding  behind  the  iron  horse, 
to  the  shores  of  the  Pacific  Ocean.  He  says:  . 

“The  tract  of  country  to  which  I have,  thought  it 
fitting  to  apply  the  name  of  the.  'Great  Prairie  W ilder- 
ness,’ embraces  the  territory  lying  between  the  States 
of  Louisiana,  Arkansas  and  Missouri,  and  the  J£ 
Mississippi  on  the  east,  and  the  Black  Hills,  and  the 
eastern  range  of  the  Rocky  and  the  Cordilleras  Moun- 
tains on  the  west.  One  thousand  miles  of  longitude, 
and  two  thousand  miles  of  latitude,  equal  to  2,000,000 
square  miles,  equal  to  1,280,000,000  of  acres  of  an  al- 
most unbroken  plain!  The  portion  of  this  Vast  region 


2bb  fiiiies  in  width,  alortg  the  toast  of  Teieits,  and  the 
frontier  of  the  States  Of  Louisiana,  Arkansas  and  Mis- 
souri, and  that  lying  within  the  same  distance  of  the 
upper  Mississippi,  in  the  Iowa  Territory,  possfes  a rich, 
deep  alluvial  soil,  capable  of  producing  the  most  abun- 
dant crops  of  the  grains,  vegetables,  etc.,  that  grow  iff 
such  latitudes 

“Another  portion  lying  west  of  the  irregular  western 
line  of  that  just  described,  500  miles  in  width,  extending 
from  the  mouth  of  St.  Peter’s  River  to  the  Rio  del 
Norte,  is  an  almost  unbroken  plain,  destitute  of  trees, 
save  here  and  there  one  scattered  at  intervals  of  many 
miles  along  the  banks  of  the  streams.  The  soil,  except 
the  intervals  of  some  of  the  Rivers,  is  composed  of 
coarse  sand  and  clay  so  thin  and  hard  that  it  is  difficult 
for  travelers  to  penetrate  it  with  the  stakes  they  carry 
with  them  wherewithal  to  fasten  their  animals  or  spread 
their  tents.  Nevertheless  it  is  covered  thickly  with  an 
extremely  nutritious  grass  peculiar  to  this  region  of 
country,  the  blades  of  which  are  wiry  and  about  two 
inches  in  height. 

“The  remainder  of  this  Great  Wilderness  lying  300 
miles  in  width  along  the  Eastern  Radices  of  the  Black 
Hills  and  that  part  of  the  Rocky  Mountains  between 
the  Platte  and  the  Arkansas,  and  the  Cordilleras  range 
east  of  the  Rio  del  Norte,  is  the  arid  waste  usually 
called  the  ‘Great  American  Desert.’  Its  soil  is  com- 
posed of  coarse  dark  gravel  mixed  with  sand.  Some 
small  portions  of  it,  on  the  banks  of  the  streams,  are 
covered  with  tall  prairie  and  bunch  grass;  others,  with 
the  various  kinds  of  prickly  pear;  others,  with  wild 
wormwood;  but  even  these  kinds  of  vegetation  decrease 
and  finally  disappear  as  you  approach  the  mountains.  A 
scene  of  desolation  scarcely  equaled  on  the  continent  is 
this,  when  viewed  in  the  dearth  of  midsummer  from  the 
bases  of  the  hills.  Above  you  rise  in  sublime  confusion, 
mass  upon  mass,  of  shattered  cliffs  through  which  are 
struggling  the  dark  foliage  of  the  stinted  shrub-cedars; 
while  below  you  spreads  far  and  wide  the  burnt  and 
arid  desert,  whose  solemn  silence  is  seldom  broken  by 
the  tread  of  any  other  animal  than  the  wolf  or  the 
starved  and  thirsty  horse  that  bears  the  traveler  across 
its  wastes.  The  principal  streams  that  intersect  the 
great  prairie  wilderness  are  the  Colorado,  the  Brasos, 
Trinity,  Red,  Arkansas,  Great  Platte  and  the  Missouri. 
The  latter  is  in  many  respects  a noble  stream.  Not 
so  much  so  indeed  for  the  intercourse  it  opens  be- 
tween the  States  and  the  plains,  as  the  theatre  of  agri- 
culture and  the  other  pursuits  of  a densely  populated 
and  distant  interior;  for  these  plains  are  too  barren  for 
general  cultivation.  But  as  a channel  for  the  trans- 
portation of  heavy  artillery,  military  stores,  troops, 
etc.,  to  posts  that  must  ultimately  be  establishel  along 
our  northern  frontier,  it  will  be  of  the  highest  use. 

In  the  months  of  April,  May  and  June  it  is  navigable 
for  steamboats  to  the  Great  Falls;  but  the  scarcity  of 
water  during  the  remainder  of  the  year,  as  well  as  the 
scarcity  of  wood  and  coal  along  its  banks,  its  steadily 
rapid  current,  its  tortuous  course,  its  falling  banks, 
timber  imbedded  in  the  mud  of  its  channel,  and  its  con- 
stantly shifting  sand  bars,  will  ever  prevent  its  waters 
from  being  extensively  navigated,  how  great  soeyer 
may  be  the  demand  for  it.  On  that  part  of.  it  which 
lies  above  the  mouth  of  the  Little  Missouri  and  the 
tributaries  flowing  into  it  on  either  side,  are  said  to 
be  many  charming  and  productive  valleys,  separated 
from  each  other  by  secondary  rocky  ridges  sparsely 
covered  with  evergreen  trees;  and  high  over  all,,  far 
in  the  southwest,  west  and  northwest,  tower  into 
view,  the  ridges  of  the  Rocky  Mountains,  whose  in- 
exhaustible magazines  of  ice  and  snow  have  from  age 
to  age  supplied  these  valleys  with  refreshing  springs — 
and  the  Missouri,  the  Great  Platte,  the  Columbia,  and 
Western  Colorado  rivers  with  their  tribute  to  the  seas.” 

“Fort  William,”  he  says,  “is  owned  by  three  brothers 
by  the  name  of  Bent,  from  St.  Louis.  Two  of  them 
were  at  the  post  when  we  arrived  there.  They  seemed 
to  be  thoroughly  initiated  into  Indian  life;  dressed 
like  chiefs;  in  moccasins,  thoroughly  garnished  with 
beads  and  porcupine  quills;  in  trousers  of  deerskin, 
with  long  fringes  of  the  same  extending  along  the 
outer  seam  from  the  ankle  to  the  hip;  in  the  splendid 
hunting  shirt  of  the  same  material,  with  sleeves  fringed 
on  the  elbow-seam  from  the  wrist  to  the  shoulder,  and 
ornamented  with  figures  of  porcupine  quills  of  various 
colors,  and  leathern  fringe  around  the  lower  edge  of 
the  body.  And  chiefs  they  were  in  the  authority  ex- 
ercised in  their  wild  and  lonely  fortress.” 

The  country  in  which  the  fort  was  situated  was  then 
the  common  hunting  ground  of  several  buffalo  tribes, 
unfriendly  alike  to  one  another  and  the  whites.  The 
Utaws  and  Cheyennes,  the  Pawnees  and  the  Comanches 
gather  here  in  summer  to  hunt  the  buffalo;  and  thus,  in 
the  neighborhood  of  the  post,  there  might  be  from  fifteen 
to  twenty  thousand  savages,  ‘ready  and  panting  for 
plunder  and  blood.’.  If  the  Indians  engaged  in  fighting  had 
their  own  battles  among  themselves,  the  people  of 
Bent’s  Fort  felt  safe;  but  if  the  Indians  kept  the  peace 
among  themselves,  there  was  great  anxiety  at  Fort 
William. 

“Instances  of  the  daring  intrepidity  of  the  Comanches 
that  occurred  just  before  and  after  my  arrival  here, 
will  serve  to  show  the  hazard  and  dangers  of  which  I 
have  spoken.  About  the  middle  of  June,  1839,  a band 
of  sixty  of  them  under  cover  of  night  crossed  the 
river  and  concealed  themselves  among  the  bushes  that 
grow  thickly  on  the  bank  near  the  place  where  the 
animals  of  the  establishment  feed  during  the  day.  No 
sentinel  being  on  duty  at  the  time,  their  presence  was 
unobserved;  and  when  morning  came  the  Mexican 
horse  guard  mounted  his  horse,  and  with  the  noise 
and  shouting  usual  with  that  class  of  servants  when,  so 
employed,  rushed  his  charge  out  of  the  fort;  and  riding 
rapidly  from  side  to  side  of  the  rear  of  the  band,  urged 
them  on  and  soon  had  them  nibbling  the  short  dry 
grass  in  the  little  vale  within  grape-shot  distance  of 
the  guns  of  the  bastions.  It  is  customary  for  a guafld 
of  animals  about  these  trading  posts  to  take  his  sta- 
tion beyond  his  charge;  and  if  they  stray  from  each 
other,  or  attempt  to  stroll  too  far,  he  drives  them  to- 
gether, and  thus  keeps  them  in  the  best  possible  situation 
to  be  driven  hastily  to  the  corral,  should  the  Indians,  A 
or  other  evil  persons,  swoop  down  upon  them.  And  as 


there  is  constant  datigef  of  this,  his  hofsg  Is  held  by, 
a long  rope,  and  grazes  around  him,  that  he  may  be 
mounted  quickly  at  the  first  alarm  for  a retreat  within 
the  walls.  The  faithful  guard  at  Bent’s,  on  the  morn- 
ing of  the  disaster  I am  relating,  had  dismounted 
after  driving  but  his  animals,  and  sat  upon  the  ground 
watching  with  the  greatest  fidelity  for  every  call  of 
duty;  when  these  fifty  or  sixty  Indians  sprang  from 
their  hiding  places,  ran  upon  the  animals,  yelling  hor- 
ribly, and  attempted  to  drive  them  across  the  river. 
The  guard,  however,  nothing  daunted,  mounted  quickly, 
and  drove  his  horse  at  full  speed  among  them.  The 
mules  and  horses  hearing  his  voice  amidst  the  frighten- 
ing yells  of  the  savages,  immediately  started  at  a lively 
pace  for  the  fort;,  but  the  Indians  were  on  all  sides 
and  bewildered  them.  The  guard  still  pressed  them 
onward,  and  called  for  help;  and  on  they  rushed, 
despite  the  efforts  of  the  Indians  to  the  contrary.  The 
battlements  were  covered  with  men.  They  shouted  en- 
couragement to  the  brave  guard-— ‘Onward!  onward!’ 
and  the  injunction  was  obeyed.  He  spurred  his  horse 
to  his  greatest  speed  from  side  to  side,  and  whipped 
the  hindermost  of  the  band  with  his  leading  rope.  He 
had  saved  every  animal;  he  was  within  twenty  yards 
of  the  open  gate;  he  fell;  three  arrows  from  the  bows 
of  the  Comanches  had  cloven  his  heart.  And  relieved 
of  him,  the  lords  of  the  quiver  gathered  their  prey, 
and  drove  them  to  the  borders  of  Texas,  without  in- 
jury to  life  or  limb.  I saw  this  faithful  guard’s  grave. 
He  had  been  buried  a few  days.  The  wolves  had  been 
digging  into  it.  Thus  forty  or  fifty  mules  and  horses 
and  their  best  servant’s  life,  were  lost  to  the  Messrs. 
Bent  in  a single  day.  I have  been  informed  also  that 
those  horses  and  mules,  which  my  company  had  taken 
great  pleasure  in  recovering  for  them  in  the  plains, 
were  also  stolen  in  a similar  manner  soon  after  my  de- 
parture from  the  post;  and  that  gentlemen  owners 
were  in  hourly  expectation  of  an  attack  upon  the  fort 
itself.” 

It  was  midsummer  when  Farnham  left  Fort  William, 
with  four  companions,  for  Oregon  Territory.  He 
stopped  at  Fort  El  Puebla,  five  miles  above  Bent’s 
Fort,  and  here  met  a number  of  trappers.  One  of  these 
greatly  impressed  him,  a man  from  New  Hampshire. 
“He  had  been  educated  at  Dartmouth  College,  and  was, 
altogether,  one  of  the  most  remarkable  men  I ever 
knew.  A splendid  gentleman,  a finished  scholar,  a 
critic  on  English  and  Roman  literature,  a politician,  a 
trapper,  an  Indian.”  Dressed  in  a deerskin  frock,  leg- 
gings and  moccasins;  there  was  not  a shred  of  cloth 
about  his  person,  Stiff,  cold  and  formal  at  first,  he 
thawed  as  their  acquaintance  grew,  and  gave  Farnham 
glimpses  into  his  nature  which  greatly  interested  the 
traveler.  There  were  other  men  among  these  trappers, 
who  told  the  author  tales  of  adventure  which  he  gladly 
set  down,  and  which  are  well  worth  reproducing,  did 
space  permit.  Here  Farnham  traded  for  additional 
horses,  and  before  long  they  set  out  to  follow  up  the 
Arkansas,  and  to  cross  the  mountains. 

Led  by  a trapper  named  Kelly,  who  was  familiar  with 
the  country  through  which  they  were  to  go,  the  party 
followed  up  the  Arkansas,  and  at  last  entered  the 
Rocky  Mountains.  Before  they  had  gone  very  far 
their  way  seemed  barred  by  mountains  impracticable 
for  packhorses;  yet  their  guides,  after  considering  the 
way,  marched  straight  onward  over  mountains  of  which 
some  notion  may  be  had  from  the  following  description: 
“The  upper  half,  though  less  steep,  proved  to  be  the 
worst  part  of  the  ascent.  It  was  a bed  of  rocks,  at  one 
place  small  and  rolling,  at  another  large  and  fixed, 
with  deep  openings  between  them.  So  that  our  animals 
were  almost  constantly  falling,  and  tottering  upon  the 
brink  of  the  cliffs,  as  they  rose  again  and  made  their 
way  among  them.  A11  hour  and  a half  of  this  most 
dangerous  and  tiresome  clambering  deposited  us.  in  a 
grove  of  yellow  pines  near  the  summit.  Our  animals 
were  covered  with  sweat  and  dirt,  and  trembled  as  if 
at  that  instant  from  the  race  track.  Nor  were  their 
masters  free  from  every  ill  of  weariness.  Our  knees 
smote  each  other  with  fatigue,  as  Belshazzar’s  did  with 
fear.  Many  of  the  pines  on  this  ridge  were  two  feet 
in  diameter,  and  a hundred  feet  high,  with  small  clusters 
of  limbs  around  the  tops.  Others  were  low,  and 
clothed  with  strong  limbs  quite  near  the  ground. 
Under  a number  of  these  latter  we  had  seated  our- 
selves, holding  the  reins  of  our  riding  horses,  when  a 
storm  arose  with  the  rapidity  of  a whirlwind,  and 
poured  upon  us  hail  and  rain  and  snow  with  ail  im- 
aginable liberality.  A most  remarkable  tempest  was 
this.  * * * One  portion  of  it  had  gathered  its 

electricity  and  mist  around  James’  Pe^k  in  the  east; 
another  among  the  white  heights  northwest;  and  a 
third  among  the  snowy  pyramids  of  the  Utaw  in  the 
southwest;  and  marshalling  their  hosts,  met  over  this 
connecting  ridge  between  the  eastern  and  central 
ranges,  as  if  by  general  battle  to  settle  a vexed  ques- 
tion as  to  the  better  right  to  the  pass;  and  it  was 
sublimely  fought.  The  opposing  storms  met  nearly  at 
the  zenith,  and  fiercely  rolled  together  their  angry 
masses.  And  as  if  to  carry  out  the  simile  I have  here 
attempted,  at  the  moment  of  their  junction,  the  elec- 
tricity of  each  leaped  upon  its  antagonist  transversely 
across  the  heavens,  and  in  some  instances  fell  in  im- 
mense bolts  upon  the  trembling  cliffs;  and  then,  in- 
stantly came  a volley  of  hail  as  grape-shot,  sufficient 
to  whiten  all  the  towers  of  this  horrid  war.  It  lasted 
an  hour.” 

After  the  tempest  had  ceased  they  clambered  to  the 
summit — whence  a marvelous  view  was  had  of  the 
Great  Main  snowy  range  of  the  “Ripcky,”  “Stony”  or 
“Shining”  mountains — then,  clambering  down  on  the 
other  side,  camped  not  far  below,  on  the  headwaters 
of  the  Platte  River.  Food  was  scarce,  and  nothing 
had  been  killed  since  they  left  Fort  William;  but  when 
they  came  in  sight  of  the  Bayou  Salade,  Kelly  promised 
them  that  before  long  they  would  have  meat;  and  sure 
enough,  during  the  day  a buffalo  was  seen,  killed  by  the 

guide,  and  greedily  devoured.  A hearty  meal  of  its 
esh;  tongue,  fat  ribs,  tenderloin,  marrow  bones,  and 
blood  pudding  were  all  enjoyed,  and  the  party  ate  al- 
most the  whole  night  long. 

George  Bird  Grinnell. 
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FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


[Feb.  18,  1905. 


Peril  from  Snakes. 


Courage  of  Repti/e  Keepers/  i; 

To  the  keepers  in  the  reptile  house  in  the  New  York 
Zoological'  Park  fall  most  extraordinary  and  dangef'Ous 
duties.  The  handling  of  some  of  the  smallest  snakes, 
for  instance,  involves  more  peril  than  attendance  on  a 
large  collection  of  lions,  tigers  and  other  fierce  car- 
nivora. Some  of  the  most  insignificant-looking  reptiles, 
that  the  visitor  passes  with  scarcely  a moment’s  glance 
as  they  lie  quietly  coiled  in  the  corners  of  their  cages, 
are  capable  of  dealing  swift  death  by  one  bite. 

It  is  not  with  the  great  boas  and  pythons  or  the  qb'isy 
rattlesnakes  that  the  principal  danger  lies,  although 
the  former  seem  capable  of  crushing  their  keepers  into 
a shapeless  mass,  and  the  latter  have  notoriously  terrible 
“stings.”  But  the  big  constrictor  snakes  are  lazy  and 
generally  good-natured,  and  they  rarely  use  their  crush- 
ing  powers  on  anything  but  their  prey.  The  rattle- 
snakes  are  dangerous  enough,  but  they  are  honest,  for 
they  express  their  temper  when  it  is  evil  by  the  loud 
buzzing  of  their  tails,  and  so  warn  the  keepers. 

The  danger  lies  with  the  quiet  snakes,  such  as  the 
copperhead,  the  moccasin  and  the  lance-headed  viper 
of  the  West  Indies.  Without  a sound  or  an  instant’s 
warning  these  deadly  creatures  strike  with  the  speed 
of  a traveling  bullet,  and  usually  with  unerring  aim. 
The  most  treacherous  and  formidably-fanged  of  Them 
is  the  lancehead,  a native  of  the  West  Indies  and 
northern  South  America,  called  fer-de-lance  on  the 
islands  of  Martinique  and  St.  Lucia,  where  it  kills  many 
people  every  year.  I 

“Cleaning  time”  in  the  reptile  house  witnesses  sfcenes 
of  real  jheroism  among  the  keepers.  The  reptiles  are 
exhibited  in  great  glass-fronted  cages.  Of  these  there 
are  nineteen  which  must  be  entered  by  a small  iron 
door  in  the  rear,  as  the  big  glass  fronts  are  immovable, 
and  in  these  cages  are  the  rattlesnakes,  copperheads  and 
moccasins,  the  deadly  fer-de-lance,  Gila  monsters,  and 
besides  these  venomous  species,  the  giant  constrictors 
of  enormous  girth  and  power.  In  the  cages  with  all 
these  creatures  the  keepers,  Snyder  and  Dahl,  enter 
with  a nonchalance  surprising  to  spectators. 

“Are  you  not  afraid  to  go  in  there?”  was  the  question 
put  to  Snyder  as  he  prepared  to  enter  a cage  con- 
taining three  big  rattlesnakes,  which  were  sounding 
a sinister  warning  from  within. 

“Oh,  no!”  was  the  reply.  “I  cover  the  snakes  with  a 
couple  of  blankets,  and  they  don’t  disturb  me.” 

Sliding  back  the  door  the  young  fellow  was  greeted 
with  the  sound  of  the  whirr  from  the  serpents’  rattles. 

“That  big  fellow  is  an  ugly  brute,”  said  Snyder, 
pointing  to  a green  and  yellow  coil,  from  which  a flat 
head  lunged  suddenly.  “He  bites  every  thing  in  sight 
when  he  gets  mad  and  sometimes  bites  the  other  snakes, 
but  they  are  immune  to  each  other’s  poison.  After 
crowded  days  in  the  park,  when  large  numbers  of  people 
pass  this  fellow’s  cage,  the  glass  is  smeared  with  his 
poison  in  a dozen  places  where  he  has  struck  at  some 
gaily-colored  dress  or  bonnet.  We  have  to  be  careful 
in  washing  it  off,  for  it  mingles  with  the  water,  and 
should  even  a small  portion  of  it  enter  a cut  the  result 
is  apt  to  be  serious.” 

Throwing  a blanket  over  this  dangerous  brute. and 
its  companions,  Snyder  entered  the  cage.  From  under 
the  blanket  the  rattling  of  the  snakes  continued.  Sud- 
denly a smaller  reptile  coiled  in  the  branches  of  a tree, 
but  a few  inches  from  the  keeper’s  head,  sounded  its  , 

rattle.  . 

“He’s  , all  right,”  said  the  snake  keeper,  as  he  vigor- 
ously scrubbed  the  glass.  “I  never  knew  him  to  strike 
yet.  We  raised  that  fellow,  and  he  only  rattles  to 
show  off.”  . 

And  down  the  line  of  cages,  entering  each  one,  some 
of  them'  containing  the  most  deadly  of  reptiles,  went 
the  keepers  of  the  reptile  house.  Their  only  protec- 
tion was  a couple  of  blankets,  from  under  which  the 
animals  could  have  glided  at  will.  But  the  most,  danger- 
ous part  of  this  work,  so  it  seems  to  the  visitor,  are 
the  men’s  duties  in  the  big  python’s  cage,  which  con- 
tains five  specimens,  including  Czarina,  which  is  proba- 
bly the  largest  snake  in  captivity.  This  reptile  _ meas- 
ures twenty-five  feet  and  four  inches.  Her  weight  is  • 
nearly  two  hundred  and  twenty-five  pounds. 

The  first  part  of  the  operation  of  attending  these 
monsters  is  the  emptying  of  their  bath  tub.  This  is 
a zinc  tank  about  five  feet  long  by  four  wide,  and  six 
inches  deep.  One  or  more  of  the  snakes  is  always 
lying  in  this  receptacle.  Sometimes  the  masses  of 
reptilian  flesh  are  packed  in  so  tightly  that  little  water 
remains.  On  entering  the  cage  the  keeper  provides 
himself  with  a blanket.  This  he  pushes  ahead  off  him 
on  a long  pole.  It  is  thrown  over  the  top  of  the  tank, 
and  he  advances  toward  the  snakes.  In  the  meantime, 
he  must  keep  a sharp  lookout  for  the  other  snakes. 
The  iridescent  Sultana  generally  roosts  in  the  top- 
most branches  of  the  big  cedar  tree  in  the  cage,  from 
which  she  takes  delight  in  making  long  drives  at  her 
keepers. 

Another  keeper  goes  into  the  cage  with  the  first 
to  look  after  the  snakes  in  the  trees  and  various  cor- 
ners. They  are  covered  with  blankets  and  must  be 
constantly  watched,  for  their  inquisitive  natures  lead 
them  to  peep  from  under  their  coverings  at  frequent 
intervals.  When  the  first  keeper  reaches  the  bath  tub, 
which  is  generally  done  after  dodging  several  playful 
sallies  from  the  smaller  boas,  which  are  left  uncovered, 
he  lifts  up  one  corner  of  the  blanket  and  looks  care- 
fully beneath  it  to  discover  the  whereabouts  pf  -the 
snakes’  heads.  This  act  is  sometimes  accompanied  by 
a lunge  from  one  of  the  snakes,  sending  the  blanket 


sailing  upward.  A little  diplomatic  maneuvering  is 
then  necessary. 

Discovering  at  last,  to  his  satisfaction,  the  position 
of  the  snake,  the  keeper  thrusts  his  hand  between  scaly 
coils  to  the  bottom  of  the  tank,  and  pulls  out  the 
plug,  thus  letting  out  the  water.-  At  the  same  time,  a 
stream  of  tepid  water  flows  in  from  one  side.  This 
continues  for  about  ten  minutes,  when  the  plug  is 
again  dropped  into  its  place,  and  the  tank  refills.  The 
last  thing  to  be  done  before  leaving  the  pythons’  cage 
is  to  spray  it  with  a hose  which  emits  a fine  mist  of 
tebid  wdter.  This  produces  the  heavy  atmosphere 
necessary  for  the  big  reptiles.  The  blankets  have  al- 
ready been'  handed  out,  and  the  men  continue  their 
work,  entering  other  cages. 

Passing  down  the  row  of  cages  containing  the  various 
reptiles  the  keepers  arrive  at  the  last.  This  contains 
the  cobras,  the  most  dangerous  snakes  in  the  building. 
No  man  is  allowed  to  enter  this  cage.  In  the  keeper’s 
room  a special  notice  commands  the  greatest  caution  in 
looking  after  these  deadly  creatures.  The  smallest  meas- 
ures over  five  feet.  As  the  visitor  behind  the  scenes 
approaches  the  iron  door  opening  into  the  cobras’ 
cage,  he  is  greeted  with  a warning  painted  upon  its 
panels.  This  is  surmounted  by  a skull  and  cross  bones. 
It  reads:  “Be  careful  in  opening  this  cage.  The  bite 

of  these  snakes  means  death.  Be  careful.” 

When  their  keeper  opens  the  door  of  their  cage,  a 
watcher  stands  in  front  of  the  glass  and  shouts  to  the 
rear  man,  warning  him  of  eyery  move  of  the  snakes, 
so  that  he  may  act  accordingly.5  The  glass  is  cleaned 
on  the  inside  of  the  cage  by  spraying  it  with  a hose,  and 
the  snake’s  food  is  introduced  on  the  tend  of  a more 
than  usually  long  pole.  On  most  occasions,  when  their 
door  is  opened,  the  cobras  rise  into  the  peculiar  and 
graceful  attitude  of  their  kind.  The  green  “hood” 
spreads  widely,  and  they  watch  intently  for  a chance  to 
deliver  a deadly  blow.  The  least  move  of  one  of  the 
snakes  toward  the  door  results  in  the  latter  being 
closed  with  a bang,  when  the  men  wa.it  for  the  reptiles 
to  become  quiet  before  resuming  their  dangerous  duties. 

In  speaking  of  these  reptiles  Curator  Raymond  L.  Dit- 
mars  said : “There  are  few  snakes  more  vicious  and 

nervous  than  the  cobra-di-capello.  The  big  king  cobra, 
which  has  been  in  the  reptile  house  for  over  two  years, 
is  a saint  compared  with  these  creatures.  At  the  slightest 
annoyance  they  raise  their  bodies  some  two  feet  from  the 
ground  and  prepare  for  fight.  As  the  snake  assumes  the 
characteristic  attitude  and  spreads  the  hood,  it  hisses  with 
a whistling  sound  quite  distressing  to  the  nervous  visitor. 

“The  sudden  appearance  of  the  spectacled  markings, 
which  are  never  visible  until  the  neck  is  expanded,  is 
also  startling  to  the  uninitiated.  As  long  as  there  is  the 
slightest  occasion  for  suspicion,  a cobra  will  remain  in 
the  upright  position,  motionless  as  a statue,  but  with  a 
stony  glare  in  the  direction  of  its  wrath  that  disconcerts 
even  the  most  experienced  keeper. 

“It  is  the  irritable  nature  of  these  snakes  which  causes 
them  to  perform  the  famous  cobra  dance  under  the  direc- 
tion of  the  Hindoos.  There  is  no  secret  or  ‘charming’ 
in  any  way  connected  with  the  exhibition.  The  fakir, 
provided  with  a reed  instrument,  plays  ‘snakey’  music  for 
his  captive  cobras,  which  are  liberated  from  baskets  and 
rise  angrily  before  him.  Swaying  his  body  steadily  to  the 
music  of  his  reed,  the  fakir’s  every  movement  is  followed 
by  the  nervous  snakes  as  they  endeavor  to  strike  him  in 
a frenzy  of  hysterical  indignation.  Needless  to  say,  the 
fakir  places  sufficient  distance  between  him  and  -the 
cobras  to  be  on  safety’s  side. 

“Several  times  since  the  arrival'  of  the  cobras  at  the 
reptile  house  'the  ‘snake  dance’  has  been  illustrated  with 
entire  success,  and  without  the  tuneful  flute  of  the 
‘charmer.’ 

“The  food  of  these  snakes  consists  of  small  rats  and 
mice  which  are  given  them  from  the  end  of  a slender 
pole.  The  rats  are  killed  to  the  number  of  a dozen,  and 
each  snake  is  fed  individually,  great  care  being  taken  that 
they  refrain  from  fighting.  Four  rats  constitute  a sub- 
stantial meal.  The  reptiles  are  fed  once  every  week. 

“Differing  from  the  poison  of  the  rattlesnakes  and 
other  venomous  serpents,  the  venom  of  the  cobra  at- 
tacks the  nerves  and  not  the  blood.  The  rattlesnake 
and  its  allies  are  provided  with  poison-bearing  fangs 
which  closely  resemble  the  needle  of  a hypodermic 
syringe.  The  cobras,  on  the  contrary,  possess  the  most 
delicate  of  fangs.  They  are  hardly  the  size  of  a small 
thorn.  With  them  there  is  no  need  of  injecting  the 
poison  directly  into  the  blood.  A scratch  suffices,  and 
the  poison  rapidly  paralyzes  the  nerves.  Death  has 
occurred  within  twenty  minutes  in  the  human  from  a 
cobra  bite.  There  is  little  pain.  A stupor  steals  over 
the  unfortunate  victim,  unconsciousness  comes  quickly, 
wfth  a fluttering  and  failing  pulse,  then  death.  In  British 
India  the  average  annual  number  of  deaths  from  the 
bite  of  this  snake  reaches  the  appalling  number  of  20,000. 
The  British  surgeons  have  been  provided  with  an  anti- 
; toxin  for  the  treatment  of  snake  bites  in  India,  and  the 
application  of.  the  serum  is  said  to  have  been  attended 
. with  very: -favorable  results.  t 

“In  fhe  Zoological  Park,,  -constantly  on  hand,  and  kept 
on  icebtp  prevent  change,  are  a number  of  tubes  of  an 
anti-toxin  manufactured  in  France.  The'  knowledge  that 
these  tubes  are  there  is  the  only  encouragement  for  the 
reptile.y  keepers  who  handle  the  poisonous  snakes. : A set 
. . of.  printed  instructions  hangs  in  the  reptile  house.  On 
these  it,  is  explained  what  to  do  in  case  of  snake  bite. 

< :“An  interesting  thing  about  the  cobras  in  the  Zoological 
Park  is  their  : remarkable  similarity  to  a harmless  snake.: 
They  are  graceful  ahd  slender,  with  small  heads  and  no 
signs  of  viciousness  when  coiled' quietly  in  their,  cage.: 
They  belong  to  a peculiar  family  of  the  venomous  snakes 
vthat  differs  from  the  harmless  serpents  in  only  one  slight 
but  constant  feature.  This  is  the  absence  of  a tiny  scale 


on  the  side  of  the  head.  Its  presence  can. only  be  noticed 
by  the  scientist,  and  in  a country  where  serpents  of  the 
cobra  kind  are  numerous,  it  is  safe  to  treat  all  snakes 
with  the  same  respect.” 


Tame  Florida  Egrets, 

Come  with  me,  if  you  will,  gracious  reader,  in  fanci- 
ful imagination,  and  enjoy  a scene  taken  from  a Florida 
yard.  It  is  a bright  and  glorious  morning;  tall  live  oaks 
grace  the  well  kept  lawn.  From  orange  trees,  yellow 
with  the  winter  fruit,  chirp  the  mockingbirds;  redbirds 
of  -the  most  brilliant  scarlet  hue  feed  complacently  along 
with  the  dove,  breakfasting  on  the  seed  of  the  now  dying 
grass;  jay  birds  in  numbers  herald  their  presence  as  they 
beg  for  bread  crumbs — their  every  morning  breakfast. 
Central  in  this  scene  are  two  large  white  birds — the  great 
white  heron.  Those  who  know  only  the  wild  herons  of 
Florida,  .will  be  surprised  to  learn  how  charming,  how 
full  of  confidence,  these  same  birds  can  be  under  habits 
of  domestication. 

For  a number  of  years  it  has  been  an  ambition  of  mine 
to  possess  a pair  of  these  beautiful  birds,  and  many  offers 
have  been  made  to  trappers  as  well  as  the  Seminole  In- 
dians to  procure  a pair  of  the  young.  Nesting,  as  they 
do,  in  such  tall  trees,  it  is  a difficult  feat  to  take  them; 
but  an  inducement  sufficient  for  the  extra  effort  to  Chief 
Billy  Bowlegs,  a Seminole  Indian,  two  years  ago  had  the 
desired  effect,  and  a few  months  later  came' a letter  from 
the  Everglades  of  Florida  which  read : 

"My  Good  Friend:  Me  send  you  -two  white  birds. 

Your  friend,  Mr.  Billee  Bowlegs.” 

Billy  writes  a very  neat  hand,  and  always  uses  the 
prefix  “Mr.”  in  his  signature. 

The.  birds — snowy  white  and  beautiful  as  a poem— 
came  in  a cage  made  of  green  palm  stalks,  and  a marvel 
of  neatness  and  ingenuity.  They  were  soon  at  home,  eat- 
ing beef  from  our  hands,  and  contented  and  happy,  but 
very  much  creatures  of  habit.  When  night  came,  they 
insisted  upon  going  to  roost  inside  the  cage;  and  when 
-this  was  prohibited,  insisted  upon  roosting  on  top  of  it. 

These  pets  are  snow  white,  with  yellow  beak,  dark, 
piercing  eyes,  and  black  legs  and  feet.  Standing  four 
feet  in  height,  with  every  feather  ruffled  at  the  approach 
of  an  object  of  dislike,  they  are  formidable  looking  birds. 
The  female  is  more  slender  and  smaller  than  the  male, 
and  much  more  timid  in  all  her  approaches,  but  the  affec- 
tion existing  between  them  would  be  a lesson  to  many  a 
cottage  home  or  brown-stone  front. 

Gradually  the  birds  became  tamer  and  tamer,  till  they 
now  dine  at  the  same  time  with  their  owners — in  this 
way,  if  you  please:  They  have  learned  that  on  the  ap- 
pearance of  -the  master  of  the  house,  it  is  meal  time,  and 
immediately  they  station  themselves,  like  two  sentinels, 
at  the  dining  room  piazza.  Here  they  stand  with  their 
long  necks  craning  into  the  doorway,  alert  and  tense, 
waiting  for  a piece  of  beef  to  be  thrown  to  them;  the 
female  standing  just  3.  little  back,  of  her  spouse  in  timid 
attitude. 

The  birds  on  their  arrival  in  civilization  were  at  once 
christened  “Mr.  and  Mrs.  Billee  Bowlegs,”  and  they  soon 
learned  to  respond  to  their  names  with  the  sense  of  a 
dog,  coming  when  called,  or  if  reproved,  which  has  been 
necessary  lately,  when  the  advent  of  a kitten  disturbed 
their  equilibrium.  They  were  at  once  jealous  of  the  lit- 
tle stranger,  and  their  antipathy  vented  itself  in  a spiteful 
strike  from  the  sharp  beak. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bowlegs  object  seriously  to  the  large 
sandhill  crane  coming  into  their  part  of  the  yard,  and 
run  him  away  at  his  first  intrusion;  but  when  nightfall 
comes  that  instinct  that  belongs- to  bird  life  (and  which 
is  so  well  illustrated  in  the  rookeries  of  Florida)  brings 
the  birds  together,  separated  only  by  the  wire  netting, 
the  herons  roosting  on  one  side  of  the  fence,  and  the 
crane  sleeping  with  head  under  his  wing  and  resting  on 
one  foot,  on  the  other. 

Dear  old  Dick — familiar  to  Forest  and  Stream 
readers — is  still  the  bugler  and  picket  guard  for  the  yard. 
A call  of  fright  from  him  and  the  white  birds  raise  their 
heads  and  move  stealthily  about,  wondering  where  and 
what  the  trouble  is. 

The  aigrettes  are  showing  beautifully  on  the  herons 
now,  and  have  been  growing  for  six  months,  so  will  be 
beautiful  by  the  time  they  are  two  years  old,  the  age  at 
which  hunters  claim  they  make  their  nests;  and  the  time, 
too,  while  they  are  rearing  their  birdlings,  the  fiendish 
plume  hunter  takes  the  lives  of  these  beautiful  birds, 
leaving  the  nestlings  to  starve;  and,  shameful  as  it  is,  to 
gratify  the  whim  of  the  women  who  still  insist  upon 
wearing  the  aigrette. 

But  Billy  and  Mrs.  Billy  in  the  Florida  yard,  with  their 
long  silken  plumes,  beautiful  enough  to  tantalize  the 
fashionable  woman  into  a spirit  of  covetousness,  are  safe 
and  happy.  These  birds  are  delightfully  affectionate  and 
playful.  With  the  instinct  of  nature,  they  gather  small 
sticks  or -twigs  that  fall  from  the  oak  trees  and  carry 
them  about,  chattering  and  fussing  over  them.  Occa- 
sionally-Mr.  Billy  will  pull  the  twig  from  his  mate,  and 
she  will  wrench  it  from  it  with  a petulant  screech,  and 
then  they  go  to  clattering  again — qua-qua-qua. 

Recently  Mrs.  Billy  has  been  cooing  and  trying  every 
way  in  a most  seductive,  coquettish  manner  to  convince 
her  liege  lord  that  she  is  his  own,  his  only  love.  He  is 
•:  heroic,  big  and -strong-minded,  and  looks  upon  her  coo- 
ings  and  little  coquettish  ways  as  the  amiable  weaknesses 
of  a weaken  creature.  With  the  bigness  of  the  masculine 
heart  he  does  not  resent  it,  rather  likes  it,  and  after  she 
has  ruff  hear  long  sharp  beak  so  gently  and  seductively 
. through  his  welblcep't  feathers,- and  toyed  with  his  beak 
and  cuddled  up  to  him  like  some  young  love-sick  crea- 
ture, he  breaks  out  in  a great  clatter,  and  with  that  qua- 
qua-qua  of  the  heron  family  they  turn  beak  to  beak,  their 


Feb.  18,  1905.] 


)ng  necks  distended,  yet  arched,  and  with  beaks  inter- 
ipping  caress  and  “kiss”  with  a degree  of  happiness  that 
/ould  turn  many  a lovesick  Lothario  green  with  envy. 
The  birds  love  companionship,  standing  around  when 
ae  family  are  about.  They  are  not  nearly  as  pugnacious 
bird  as  the  great  blue  heron,  who  quarrels  at  the  ap- 
roach  of  anything  and  everybody. 

If  the  reader  will  look  ahead  a few  months  he  may,  in 
is  imagination,  see  Billy  and  his  mate  moving  about 
Irith  their  long  silken  plumes  reaching  from  the  head  to 
be  ground,  and  as  they  watch  over  their  nestlings  with 
( s much  gentleness  and  care  as  the  human  parents,  who 
ball  say  God  will  not  call  to  account  every  plume  hunter 
nd  every  woman  who  wears  the  aigrette — the  very 
resence  of  which  on  the  hat  means  not  only  destruction 
f the  parent  birds,  but  of  starving  nestlings. 

Minnie  Moore-Willson. 

Kissimee,  Fla. 

The  Tule  Elk. 


A New  Species. 

Attention  has  frequently  been  called  in  the  columns 
' f Forest  and  Stream  to  a small  band  of  elk  long  known 
i->  have  been  living  on  the  Button  Willow  ranch  in  the 
ran  Joaquin  Valley  in  California.  It  will  be  remembered 
that  Messrs.  Miller  and  Lux  have  for  years  had  their 
Ibwboys  and  range  riders  look  after  these  elk  and  care- 
|llly  protect  them.  Two  or  three  years  ago,  through  the 
liological  Survey  of  the  Department  of  Agriculture,  the 
;erd  was  presented  to  the  United  States  Government  by 
fessrs..  Miller  and  Lux.  After  much  difficulty  a small 
ipropriation  was  obtained  from  Congress  for  the  pur- 
sse  of  making  a park  for  these  animals,  and  a site  was 
fleeted  and  fenced  on  Kaweah  River  in  the  Sequoia 
ational  Park.  Still  more  recently  an  effort  was  made 
Si  capture  the  elk  for  the  purpose  of  removing  them  to 
tis  park,  and  on  November  12,  1904,  a drive  was  made 
fir  the  purpose  of  corralling  the  animals.  The  drive  was 
Sirefully  planned,  and  many  of  the  best  riders  of  the 
an  Joaquin  Valley  took  part  in  it,  but  it  was  not  a suc- 
;ss.  The  elk  refused  to  be  driven,  broke  through  the 
ders,  and  escaped  to  the  adjacent  foothills  of  the 
emploa  Mountains.  During  the  chase  the  riders  roped 
•ght  or  ten  of  the  elk,  but  most  of  these  died. 

An  the  early  days  of  California,  elk  abounded  in  the 
an  Joaquin  and  Sacramento  valleys,  and  particularly  in 
id  about  the  tule  marshes  along  the  Sacramento,  San 
laquin,  Kings,  Kern  and  other  rivers,  and  Tulare, 
uenavista  and  Kern  lakes.  The  early  travelers  found 
k abundant  here,  and  it  was  then  supposed  that  in 
tese  regions  the  elk  would  long  survive.  The  rapid 
“ttling  up  and  the  enormous  development  of  California, 
owever,  have  exterminated  the  elk  over  most  of  its 
nmer  range,  and  the  only  survivors  left  alive  were  those 
1 the  Button  Willow,  ranch. 

Dr.  C.  Hart  Merriam,  Chief  of  the  Biological  Survey 
the  United  States  National  Museum,  has  long  believed 
lat  these  San  Joaquin  elk  constituted  a species  different 
om  any  other  American  elk.  He  knew  that  the  other 
iammals  of  the  hot  San  Joaquin  Valley  differ  materially 
■om  their  relatives  in  the  mountains,  and  he  felt  confi- 
ent  that  the  elk  would  .not  prove  an  exception  to  the 
lie.  For  fifteen  years  he  has  been  trying  to  secure 
lecimens,  but  without  success.  At  the  drive  for  the 
filler  and  Lux  elk  he  was  present,  and  the  skins  and 
culls  of  the  animals  which  died  were  preserved  and  are 
□w  in  the  collection  of  the  Biological  Survey  in  the 
nited  States  National  Museum. 

On  these  specimens  is  based  the  newly  described 
ervus  nannodes,  which  is  very  different  from  the  three 
lecies  of  elk  heretofore  known  to  the  United  States— 
ervus  canadensis  of  the  Middle  West  and  Rocky  Moun- 
ins,  C.  roosevelti  of  the  extreme  northwest,  and  C.  mer- 
ami  of  the  southwest,  Arizona,  and  so  forth.  A com- 
irison  of  the  new  form  with  these  three  shows  that  it  is 
fry  different  from  any  of  them;  far  more  so  than  they 
e from  one  another.  It  is  much  smaller,  shorter  legged, 
uch  paler  in  color,  and  has  more  white  on  the  ears..  A 
unparison  of  the  skulls  shows  that  its  closest  relation- 
lips  are  with  C.  canadensis  of  the  Rocky  Mountains, 
.ther  than  with  other  outlying  forms. 

The  new  species  is  described  by  Dr.  Merriam  in  the 
roceedings  of  the  Biological  Society  of  Washington. 


The  Fight  to  Save  the  Buffalo* 

The  movement  for  the  preservation  of  the  last  few 
iindred  specimens  of  American  buffalo,  not  long  since 
Be  most  numerous  of  the  earth’s  big  mammals,  is 
;pidly  gaining  ground.  The  deep  regret  of  the  Ameri- 
n people  at  the  fact  that  their  grandest  native  animal 
is  all  but  disappeared,  finds  expression  in  a hundred 
ays.  Naturalists  and  true  sportsmen  are  meeting  both 
i public  and  in  private,  not  to  discuss  the  advisability 

■ the  possibility  of  preserving  the  animal — those  points 
ive  been  decided  once  and  for  all  by  the  best  authorities 

the  country— but  to  consider  and  formulate  wise 
ans  for  its  preservation.  Naturalists  who  have  never 
ctured  or  spoken  in  public  before  are  raising  their 
^ices  in  this  cause;  they  know  that  if  they  have  any- 
:ing  to  say  in  the  interest  of  the  buffalo  they  must 
y it  at  once  or  it  will  be  too  late.  And  men,  aye,  and 
omen,  too,  who  are  not  naturalists,  but  who  are  lovers 
things  which  live,  are  helping  the  movement  by  ex- 
essing  to  others  their  interest  in  it.  Those  who  can 
rite  well  are  writing  strong  letters  and  articles  for 
iblication  in  the  papers  and  magazines,  and  many 
hers  of  less  ability  are  writing  the  best  they  can,^  and 

■ reason  of  their  great  earnestness  these  are  oft  times 
lite  as  eloquent  as  those  who  have  a more  finished 
yle. 

jThe  interest  of  scientific  bodies  is  being  aroused,  and 
most  every  day  we  hear  of  some  sportsman’s  club  or 
.tural  history  society  discussing  the  subject  of  the 
iffalo  and  passing  resolutions  expressing.  sympathy 
th  the  movement  now  on  foot  to  save  him.  Some 
ve  gone  even  further  than  this,  and  are  even  now 
itating  the  question  of  organizing  a national  society, 
rose  object  shall  be  to  arrange  for  the  preservation 
the  typical  American  mammal.  The  first  step  has 
in  taken,  the  men  and  women  who  took  it  are  in 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


earnest,  and  it  is  safe  to  predict  that  before  the  buffalo 
has  grown  his  heavy  coat  to  protect  him  from  next 
winter  s cold,  his  friends  will  have  gathered  around 
mm  in  force,  for  the  purpose  of  protecting  him  from 
the  colder  hand  of  the  fate  which  now  threatens  his 
existence.  And  when  these  people  have  once  organized, 
I believe  that  the  preservation  of  the  bison  will  no 
longer  be  one  of  the  objects  which  “should”  be  accom- 
plished, but  rather,  one  of  those  which  “must  be  and 
shall  be  accomplished. 

In  the  meantime  it  is  very  desirable  that  those  who 
are  now,  and  who  for  months  have  been,  working  so 
hard  for  this  cause  should  be  assured  of  the  co-opera- 
tion of  all  who  have  the  interest  of  our  native  animals 
at  heart.  The  success  of  the  movement  would  be  bene- 
ficial to  the  entire  nation,  and  therefore  it  should  have 
the  support  of  the  nation.  That  means  the  support  of 
the  readers  of  this  article,  just  as  much  as  that  of  the 
man  in  Cincinnati,  or  St.  Louis.  The  preservation  of 
the.  buffalo  is  probably  dependent  on  governmental 
action  in  the  matter,  since  in  the  hands  of  the  Govern- 
ment alone  will  it  be  quite  safe  from  those  who  are  con- 
tinually offering  big  prices  for  heads  and  hides.  In 
other  words,  the  matter  is  in  the  hands  of  the  people, 
and  my  reader  is  one  of  these.  Every  set  of  resolu- 
tions that  is  passed  favoring  the  movement;  every  letter 
addressed  to  me  at  Meriden,  New  Hampshire,  will  help 
the  cause  of  the  buffalo,  and  will  bring  nearer  to  us  the 
day  when  this  great  animal  will  be  out  of  danger.  In 
the  entire  United  States  there  are  now  only  600  odd 
buffaloes,  exclusive  of  those  confined  in  public  parks 
and  gardens,  and  which  cannot  be  counted  on  to  assist 
in  the  perpetuation  of  the  race.  The  majority  of  these  are 
in  three  herds,  the  Corbin  herd  at  Newport,  N.  H. ; the 
Pablo-Allard  herds  in  Montana,  and  the  James  Philips 
herd  in  South  Dakota.  If  tuberculosis  or  other  con- 
tagious disease  were  to  carry  off  any  one  of  these  herds, 
the  fate  of  the  race  would  probably  be  sealed,  as  even 
now  there  are  none  too  many  strains  to  allow  for  the 
necessary  interchange  of  blood.  This  danger  could  be 
avoided  at  once  if  the  Government  divided  these  herds 
into  smaller  ones  and  provided  for  their  maintenance  on 
separate  reservations. 

While  speaking  on  this  subject  with  an  old  plains- 
man the  other  day,  he  remarked:  “Well,  there  is  no 

other  native  animal  toward  which  Americans  should 
have  so  kindly  a feeling  as  for  the  buffalo;  it  has  done 
more  toward  the  civilization  of  the  country  than  all 
the  rest  put  together.  To  the  explorers  and  early  set- 
tlers it  was  an  unfailing  supply  of  the  best  kind  of  food, 
and  many  a hundred  times  have  thirsty  travelers  been 
more  than  grateful  for  the  water  which  collected  in  the 
buffalo  wallows.  And  who  shall  say  how  many  thou- 
sands have  enjoyed  the  luxury  of  a fire  on  the  treeless 
plains  of  the  West,  when  but  for  the  constant  supply  of 
the  buffalo  chips,  they  would  have  been  obliged  to  spend 
the  days  and  nights  damp,  cold  and  miserable.  Save 
the  buffalo?  Well,  I should  say  they  ought  to,  rather.” 

Ernest  Harold  Baynes. 


Prairie  Wolves. 

The  other  day  in  a Montreal  paper  was  a piece  copied 
from  a western  journal  saying  how  a man,  while  plow- 
ing, was  attacked  by  two  prairie  wolves,  and  would  have 
inevitably  lost  his  life  had  not  another  man  come  to  his 
rescue  and  beaten  off  the  brutes. 

This  may  be  all  right  for  the  general  readers,  but  with 
a hunter  it  only  causes  him  to  smile  and  feel  tired.  I 
doubt  very  much  if  a whole  pack  of  prairie  wolves  would 
attack  a man,  much  less  poor  miserable  two.  They  are 
not  much  larger  than  a large  cur,  and,  like  the  jackal, 
keep  at  a respectful  distance  from  man.  The  timber 
wolf,  be  it  acknowledged,  is  a bold  and  ferocious  animal ; 
but  even  he  will  not  attack  man  in  fewer  numbers  than 
three  or  five,  and  then  only  when  gaunt  with  starvation. 
Knowing  the  size  and  nature  of  the  prairie  wolf,  I can-  , 
not  believe  this  western  story. 

Many  years  ago  I was  followed  down  one  of _ our  rivers 
by  two  large  timber  wolves  for  forty-five  miles,  and  al- 
though they  were  savage  with  starvation,  they  never 
came  within  gunshot  distance.  I camped  two  nights  on 
the  trail,  as  the  snow  was  deep  and  the  walking  bad, 
yet  during  those  long  northern  nights  they  never  came 
very  near  my  camp.  This  I read  by  their  tracks  each 
morning.  I admit  that  having  such  “varmint”  about  did 
not  conduce  to  the  tranquility  of  my  slumbers.  I was 
young  then  and  consequently  a bit  nervous;  still  I had 
grit  enough  not  to  turn  back  to  the  shanty. 

As  soon  as  I would  leave  camp  in  the  morning,  the 
wolves,  which  had  passed  the  night  on  the  river  ice, 
would  at  once  ascend  the  bank  and,  I suppose,  nose  all 
about  the  fire-place  for  some  stray  scraps.  Shortly  after 
they  would  appear  coming  loping  down  my  trail,  and  , 
slacken  their  speed  when  about  long  rifle  range,  and  suit 
their  pace  to  mine  all  the  time  I was  on  the  tramp. 

During  the  second  day’s  march,  I pulled  out  of  my 
pack  an  old  worn-out  moccasin  and  dropped  it  on  the 
trail.  When  they  reached  this  they  both  pounced  on  it 
at  once  and  each  tugged  desperately  for  a share.  From 
this  they  turned  savagely  at  each  other,  and  I stood  on 
the  ice  and  watched  the  fight.  The  weaker  one  soon  ha;d! 
enough,  and  followed  the  victor  at  a respectful  distance 
for  the  remainder  of  the  afternoon.  When  I finally' 
reached  the  post  at  the  mouth  of  the  river  they  were  still 
the  same  distance  behind  my  snowshoes. 

I told  the  men  of  my  experience  with  the  wolves,  and 
a couple  of  hunters  immediately  got  their  guns  and 
started  up  river  to  get  a shot;  but  when  the  brutes  saw 
the  men  coming,  they  left  the  ice  and  took  to  the  barren 
grounds,  and  nightfall  coming  on  the  men  were  obliged 
to  return  without  being  successful  in  their  hunt. 

However,  next  day,  all  hands  at  the  post  with  the  best 
guns,  turned  out  for  a proper  rounding  up.  The  trail 
of  the  wolves  was  soon  found  and  followed.  After  an 
hour’s  sharp  walk  on  the  fresh  and  plain  trail,  the  tracks 
led  off  toward  a clump  of  stunted  poplar  and  alder 
bushes.  In  this  grove,  one  of  the  men  said,  there  was  an 
old  Indian  tepee  of  the  previous  autumn,  and  most  likely 
the  wolves  had  found  some  bones  or  offal  to  keep  them 
about.  A plan  of  action  was  rapidly  concocted.  Two- 
thirds  of  the  party  were  stationed  a short  gunshot  apart, 
fan-like,  along  the  brow  of  the  surrounding  hills,  the 


is  s 


others  making  r%  wide  detour  to  approach  the  woods  on 
the  windward  side. 

As  the  scent  became  hot  to  the  hidden  wolves,  they 
broke  cover  and  loped  back  in  the  direction  from  whence 
they  came.  However,  before  reaching  the  rise  of  the 
land  a shot  from  the  concealed  hunters  laid  one  of  them 
low.  The  remaining  wolf  made  back  in  all  haste  toward 
the  sheltering  woods,  only  to  receive  his  quietus  from  the 
men  who  had  by  this  time  got  through  the  thicket  and 
had  witnessed  the  fall  of  the  first  wolf  and  the  oncoming 
of  the  second  one.  Thus  ended  the  interior  strangers. 
Gaunt  does  not  convey  an  idea  of  the  state  of  emaciation 
the  brutes  were  found  to  be  in.  Their  fur  was  mangy 
from  insufficiency  of  food  and  the  skins  of  little  value. 
But  the  coast  settlement  was  rid  of  the  marauders,  and 
that  end  was  worth  achieving. 

On  my  return  journey  to  the  shanty  I met  with  no  ad- 
venture, and  as  I had  . my  old  trail  to  travel  on,  made 
much  better  time,  sleeping  only  one  night  instead  of  two. 
Being  only  a youth,  I became  quite  a hero  with  the  men, 
and  several  of  them  told  me  they  would  have  turned  back 
with  such  dangerous  animals  following  their  tracks. 

Martin  Hunter. 


The  Loon's  Flight. 

Regarding  the  flight  of  the  loon,  this  bird  will  oc- 
casionally take  wing  to  escape  danger.  When  floating 
down  the  Lewis  River  (one  of  the  forks  of  the  Yukon) 
in  the  spring  of  1896,  on  rounding  a sharp  bend,  we 
came  suddenly  upon  a loon  that  had  been  diving  up 
stream.  He  came  up  so  close  to  our  boat  and  was  so 
surprised  at  our  sudden  appearance  that  he  took  wing 
and  afforded  me  an  excellent  opportunity  to  secure  his 
breast  for  the  crown  of  my  next  winter’s  cap. 

A species  of  loon  is  occasionally  found  in  that  country 
having  light  buff-colored  bill  and  feet.  These  are  very 
rare,  and  are  highly  prized  by  the  Shamans  (medicine 
men)  who  attribute  to  them  mystic  powers. 

About  dogs  burying  bones.  Two  prospectors  were 
on  the  upper  waters  of  the  Klondike  River  in  the  fall 
of  1897.  They  had  with  them  a large  dog,  which  had 
been'  brought  in  from  the  States,  probably  part  New- 
foundland. Having  killed  a moose,  they  buried  the 
greater  portion  of  the  meat  under  the  snow  for  use  on 
their  return.  After  the  meat  was  covered,  the  snow 
was  left  in  a rough  condition,  plainly  showing  that  it 
had  been  recently  disturbed.  This  did  not  suit  the  dog, 
who  smoothed  the  surface  with  his  nose  until  nearly 
all  evidence  of  recent  disturbance  had  been  removed. 

The  Indians  of  Alaska  interbreed  their  dogs  with  the 
wild  wolves,  and  the  resulting  strain  so  closely  re- 
sembles the  wild  animal  that  experienced  travelers  in 
that  country  will  not  shoot  at  a woolf  if  anywhere  near 
a settlement  or  a trail  for  fear  of  killing  a dog.  Dogs 
in  that  country  were  worth  from  $50  to  $300  each,  and 
a.  mistake  would  be  likely  to  prove  costly. 

Edward  F.  Ball. 

[The  yellow-billed  loon  is  Urinator  adamsii .] 


Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  6. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 
While  camping  on  Lake  Sallie  in  Minnesota  about  fifteen 
years  ago  I had  an  experience  with  a loon  which  is  re- 
called by  W.  A.  Linkletter’s  recent  letter  to  Forest  and 
Stream. 

Within  a short  distance  of  Sallie  is  a small  lake,  and 
one  morning,  seeing  a loon  on  it,  I went  back  to  camp 
for  one  of  the  boys  and  my  Winchester.  My  companion 
walked  around  to  the  other  side  of  the  lake,  and  I 
stayed  where  I was.  Our  object  was  to  see  how  much 
lead  he  would  stand  before  flying.  For  about  ten  min- 
utes we  kept  him  under  water  almost  continuously,  when 
he  took  wing  and  started  off  in  a straight  line  for  the 
other  lake.  I took  a shot  at  him  on  the  wing,  and  he 
folded  his  wings  and  went  back  into  the  lake  head  first. 
When  he  came  up  we  gave  him  another  chance  to  dodge 
our  bullets.  He  then  flew  away . in  the  direction  of 
Sallie  for  good. 

I did  not  notice  that  the  bird  circled  at  all  in  this  case, 
but  flew  away  in  a straight  line.  This  was  on  a calm, 
misty  morning,  and  the  loon  did  not  have  the  assistance 
of  the  wind  in  getting  started.  Dixmont. 


A Skunk  and  Seventeen  Hens. 

Shasta,  California.— A few  nights  ago  a skunk  got 
into  my  hen  house  and  killed  seventeen  hens.  They  were 
chiefly  young  pullets  that  huddled  together  on  the  floor 
instead  of  going  to  roost.  The  skunk  merely  bit  their 
heads,  leaving  them  all  dead  in  a heap  except  one  that 
the  animal  evidently  tried  to  drag  through  the  hole 
where  it  had  entered.  The  next  evening  at  dusk  the 
skunk  came  back,  and  I fired  both  barrels  of  a shotgun 
at  him  from  a distance  of  six  feet.  Apparently,  owing  to 
my  anticipation  of  recoil  from  the  gun,  which  I had  to 
hold  in  a cramped  position — or  a recoil  from  the  animal, 
which  I hoped  to  put  into  a cramped  condition — I never 
touched  him.  Couldn’t  find  a hair.  I must  have  insulted 
him,  though,  for  he  hasn’t  been  here  since. 

Here  is  an  instance  of  an  animal  killing  seventeen  fowls 
weighing  in  all  about  thirty-five  pounds — every  bird  that 
was  on  the  floor  of  the  house.  How  many  more  might 
it  have  killed  had  they  been  within  reach?  Truly  the 
ways  of  nature  are  not  all  admirable.  How  do  skunks 
and  snakes  affect  the  game  supply?  Ransacker. 


A Large  Fungus. 

Lockport,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  31. — While  spending  the  past 
season  in  Theresa,  I saw  in  the  window  of  a local  drug- 
store the  largest  “puff-ball”  that  I had  ever  seen  or  heard 
of.  It  was  oblong  in  shape,  measuring  17  inches  long 
and  14  inches  broad,  and  weighing  10 pounds.  Is  not 
this  an  unusually  large  size?  The  measurement  was  not 
taken  until  three  or  four  days  after  it  had  been  lying  in 
the  window,  and  had  shrunken  perceptibly.  A tape 
measurement  showed  3 feet  11  inches  around  the  longest 
Way,  and  3 feet  4 inches  in  circumference. 

J.  L.  Davison. 

AH  communications  intended  for  Forest  and  Stream  should 
always  be  addressed  to  the  Forest  and  Stream  Publishing  Co., 
New  York,  and  not  to  any  individual  connected  with  the  paper. 


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The  Shiras  Bill* 

Committee  on  the  Public  Lands, 
House  of  Representatives,  U.S. 

Washington,  D.  C.,  Feb.  n. — Editor  Forest  and 
Stream:  On  December  5,  1904,  I introduced  into  the 

House  of  Representatives  a bill  I prepared  for  the  protec- 
tion of  migratory  game  birds,  placing  the  control  of  the 
shooting  seasons  in  the  Federal  Government. 

Immediately  thereafter  I sent  to  a number  of  sports- 
men’s magazines  a printed  copy  of  the  bill,  with  the  re- 
quest that  this  proposed  legislation  be  given  prompt  con- 
sideration, with  a view  of  learning  how  the  sportsmen 
throughout  the  country  feel  on  the  question  of  Federal 
supervision,  and  further  for  the  purpose  of  obtaining  the 
opinion  of  lawyers,  legislators  and  other  persons  familiar 
with  game  legislation,  upon  the  constitutionality  of  the 
principles  necessarily  involved  in  a bill  of  this  character. 

The  past  two  months  seem  to  show  a practical 
unanimity  among  the  papers  devoted  to  the  protection 
of  game  in  favor  of  such  legislation,  which  in  turn  has 
been  echoed  by  other  writers  who  expressed  their  views 
on  this  subject.  Such  a verdict  has  been  very  gratifying 
to  me,  and  I shall  endeavor  in  every  way  to  reciprocate 
by  giving  my  best  efforts  in  behalf  of  such  legislation  in 
whatever  form  it  may  take. 

In  regard  to  the  second  question  submitted  for  con- 
sideration, viz.,  the  constitutionality  of  the  act,  I find 
expression  rather  limited  by  editors  and  other  writers, 
all  apparently  approving  the  same  or  expressing  a hope 
that  the  bill  will  be  sustained  by  the  courts,  without,  as 
I can  recall,  any  serious  discussion  of  the  legal  phases. 

In  the  multitude  of  other  duties  I have  neglected  to  en- 
large upon  this  feature  of  the  bill,  although  realizing  that 
something  more  should  be  said  than  appears  in  the  pre- 
amble and  the  bill  itself.  In  the  issue  of  Forest  and 
Stream  of  even  date,  I read  to-day  with  great  interest 
Judge  Beaman’s  letter,  dated  January  3,  1905,  and  his 
rather  blunt  fiat  that  “it  has  been  settled  too  long  by 
judicial  decision  to  admit  of  question,  and  any  effort  to 
interfere  with  this  property  by  Federal  legis- 
lation, based  solely  on  game  protection,  will  surely  prove 
nugatory,”  and  again,  where  he  says  any  “attempted 
Federal  protection  of  game  on  private  lands,  because  it 
may  happen  to  be  migratory,  as  contemplated  by  the 
Shiras  Bill,  in  my  opinion  is  an  invasion  of  State  rights, 
no  matter  how  desirable  it  may  be.” 

For  the  first  time,  therefore,  I am  confronted  with  a 
direct  challenge  on  the  legality  of  the  bill  in  its  vital  fea- 
tures. No  pride  of  authorship  leads  me  to  resent  this 
criticism,  however  sweeping  it  may  be;  for  I fully  recog- 
nize the  fact  that  it  is  an  entirely  new  question  in  its 
present  form,  and  I am  glad  to  be  called  upon  to  defend 
it,  for  it  is  only  by  a candid  interchange  of  views  that  I 
hope  to  be  able,  with  the  assistance  of  abler  minds,  to  so 
perfect  the  measure  as  to  bring  adequate  protection  to 
our  rapidly  vanishing  wildfowl. 

That  I may  not  be  misunderstood  or  considered  dis- 
courteous, let  me  say  that  I have  a high  opinion  of 
Judge  Beaman’s  ability  and  a very  high  regard  for . the 
interest  he  has  shown  in  progressive  game  legislation; 
and  if  I differ  with  him,  it  is  because  I feel  that  my 
worthy  opponent  has  not  given  that  thought  to  the  ques- 
tion which  would  have  been  the  case  had  he  heard  the 
other  side  more  fully,  and  had  realized  that  the  principle 
of  Federal  control  had  never  been  decided  adversely  by 
any  court  wherein  the  distinction  I have  made  was  sub- 
ject to  consideration,  direct  or  remote. 

If  Judge  Beaman  is  in  error,  it  therefore  arises  from 
taking  the  various  decisions  on  the  ownership  of  game  by 
the  State  without  distinguishing  the  fact  that,  while  that 
part  of  the  decision  relating  to  the  ownership  of  game 
localized  within  the  State  was  right,  it  was  wrong,  on 
the  other  hand,  if  it  possibly  included  that  class  of  game 
which  from  its  habits  could  never  be  subject  to  State 
ownership. 

Every  lawyer  knows  it  occasionally  happens  that  a 
judicial  decree  goes  beyond  the  pleadings  or  the  jurisdic- 
tion of  the  court  on  some  subject  not  properly  considered 
at  the  time  the  question  was  determined,  and  that,  at 
other  times,  ignores  the  rights  of  parties  not  of  record 
in  the  case,  and  that  as  to  them  it  has  no  binding  force 
if  they  had  a right  to  be  heard.  Therefore  I must  dis- 
sent from  the  statement  that  the  matter  has  been  “too 
long  settled  by  judicial  decision  to  admit  of  question,” 
for  the  reasons  I have  already  stated,  and  for  others 
which  I shall  attempt  to  show  hereafter. 

Minor  Features  of  the  Bill. 

The  phraseology  of  the  bill,  the  methods  provided  for 
its  enforcement,  whether  under  the  “Department”  of 
Agriculture  or  the  “Secretary”  thereof,  or  by  embody- 
ing all  the  regulatory  provisions  and  penalties  in  the  bill 
itself,  are  really  of  minor  importance  and  subject  to 
change  whenever  the  conclusion  was  reached _ that  the 
principle  of  Federal  supervision  was  as  sound  in  law  as 
it  would  seem  to  be  beneficial  in  its  operation. 

Judge  Beaman’s  assumption  that  regulation  by  the 
“Department”  of  Agriculture  constitutes  a “fatal  defect” 
in  the  bill  is  in  the  face  of  an  opinion  of  the  Attorney- 
General,  although  it  is  true  that  several  Federal  Courts 
have  taken  the  same  view  as  the  former.  But  these 
cases,  as  I recall,  have  never  reached  the  Supreme  Court. 
Many  Departments  do  exercise  the  right,  notably  the 
War  Department  in  its  regulations  over  navigable 
streams,  and  exacts  severe  penalties  for  their  violation. 

The  Lacey  Bill  was  introduced  a number  of  times  be- 
fore it  took  its  present  shape,  and  therefore  I will  pass 
over  these  minor  questions,  only  touching  on  one  other 
statement  of  Judge  Beaman’s  which  seems  to  merit  a 
special  reply. 


A Good  Purpose  Never  Justifies  an  Illegal  Statute. 

The  writer  says  that  several  game  protectionists  have 
taken  the  position  on  the  bill  that  no  true  sportsman 
would  attack  its  validity,  and  then  remarks,  “The  passage 
of  invalid  game  laws  at  the  instance  of  enthusiasts  in 
game  protection  who  often  leave  out  of  the  question  or 
ignore  the  constitutional  limitations  on  legislative  power 
(such  as  is  popularly  denoted  as  ‘one-eyed  legislation’), 
has  been  one  of  the  greatest  obstacles  to  efficient  laws  and 
their  rigorous  enforcement.”  While  I am  not  charged 
with  deliberately  fathering  an  illegal  measure,  it  seems  to 
me  that  I possibly  come  under  the  head  of  an  “enthusiast 
in  game  protection”  who  knows  little  law,  but  has  a great 
abundance  of  misdirected  energy;  and  in  view  of  this  sit- 
uation I am  warned  that  it  is  “unwise  in  the  extreme  to 
favor  the  passage  of  any  game  law  which  has  nothing 
but  enthusiasm  and  necessity  for  its  foundation,  and  the 
final  overthrow  of  which  will  result  only  in  weakening 
■the  cause  of  game  protection.” 

On  the  present  question  I was  going  to  say  that  we 
agree,  for  in  my  judgment  untenable  laws  passed  with 
the  idea  that  they  will  run  the  gauntlet  of  the  courts  long 
enough  to  do  some  good,  or  such  as  are  hastily  framed 
by  some  novice  and  not  the  result  of  mature  reflection 
and  careful  research,  only  in  the  end  injure  the  object  to 
be  benefited, ' and  cast  discredit  on  the  author,  But  per-' 
haps  we  do  not  agree,  after  all,  on  the  ethics  upon  which 
we  have  expressed  ourselves,  for  in  the  conclusion  of 
Judge  Beaman’s  letter  is  the  following  odd  statement: 
“As  to  Federal  protection  of  birds,  migratory  or  other- 
wise, it  is  quite  probable  that  it  can  be  lawfully  extended 
to  all  inland  navigable  waters,  and  public  waters  along 
the  coast,  by  prohibiting  shooting  thereon  (under  the 
guise  of  enhancing  the  safety  of  navigation  or  something 
of  this  kind),  except  under  regulations  promulgated  by 
the  Secretary  of  the  Department  having  control  of  these 
waters.”  Now,  it  seems  to  me,  that  this  scheme  of  pro- 
tecting all  “birds,  migratory  or  otherwise,”  on  “all  inland 
navigable  waters  and  public  waters,”  as  he  states,  “under 
the  guise  of  enhancing  the  safety  of  navigate V;  or  some- 
thing of  that  kind,”  would  be  a most  beneficial  way  of 
throwing  the  navigation  laws  around  our  web-footed 
fowl.  I fear,  however,  that  the  dull  thud  and  tremendous 
splash  which  would  follow  the  knockout  blow  given  by 
the  Federal  Courts  might  cause  a tidal  wave  on  the 
navigable  waters  and  all  our  little  ducks  might  be 
drowned. 

History  of  Game  Regulations. 

In  the  early  days  of  the  country,  wild  game  and  fish 
were  regarded  as  no  one’s  property,  either  State  or  indi- 
vidual, until  reduced  to  possession,  and  thereupon  the 
property  right  became  a complete  and  unqualified  one; 
later  statutes  creating  close  seasons  for  the  protection  of 
game  were  gradually  passed  in  all  States,  followed  by 
restrictions  in  the  devices  for  killing  game,  and  a multi- 
tude of  other  protective  features,  such  as  limiting  the 
number  that  could  be  killed,  prohibiting  the  sale  or  ship- 
ment of  game  out  of  the  State,  licenses,  etc.,  culminating 
finally  in  many  State  Courts  sustaining  declaratory 
statutes  that  the  wild  game  belonged  to  the  State  for  the 
benefit  and  use  of  the  citizens  thereof.  Upon  the  latter 
legislation,  it  seems  to  me,  Judge  Beaman  relies  for  his 
position  that  the  title  to  game  being  in  the  State,  it  is 
therefore  beyond  Federal  control  or  interference.  Of 
course  he  is  right  up  to  a certain  point,  but  fails,  in  my 
judgment,  to  differentiate  on  the  lines  upon  which  my 
bill  must  necessarily  depend  for  its  validity. 

Like  other  sportsmen,  I regarded  this  as  very  beneficial 
legislation,  for,  before  such  statutory  declarations,  there 
were  many  hunters  who  looked  upon  our  wild  game  and 
wild  birds  as  having  no  ownership  until  placed  in  the 
game  bag,  thus  making  it  easy  to  ignore  or  violate  State 
game  laws  on  the  plea  that  close  seasons  were  an  inter- 
ference with  their  inalienable  rights  to  take  freely  that 
which  belonged  to  nobody.  Therefore,  with  others,  I 
rejoiced  in  such  legislation  fixing  the  stability  of  prop- 
erty in  game  before  it  was  reduced  to  individual  owner- 
ship. But  when  Judge  Beaman  says,  in  effect,  that  such 
declaratory  statutes  end  the  matter  of  Federal  custody 
of  migratory  game  birds,  we  have,  it  seems  to  me,  a 
good  example  of  a State  jumping  a claim  and  asserting 
a title  thereto  on  the  sole  basis  of  legislative  pronun- 
ciamento;  though,  as  a matter  of  fact,  no  statute  goes  so 
far. 

It  is  true  the  individual  may  sometimes  acquire  title 
in  such  a way  if  he  holds  on  long  enough;  but  national 
rights  are,  fortunately,  not  subject  to.  loss  by  adverse 
possession  or  non-user,  even  though  it  were  a State 
which  sets  up  such  a claim.  To  me  the  proposition  is  a 
simple  one,  that  game  having  its  permanent  habitat 
within  the  State — like  grouse,  quail,  wild  turkey,  etc. — 
should  be  controlled  by  the  State  laws,  and  any  Federal 
interference  in  such  a case  would  be  utterly  wrong  in 
morals  and  in  legal  principles.  If  such  game  is  ruthlessly 
destroyed,  the  loss  falls  upon  the  citizens  thereof;  if  the 
game  is  protected  and  fostered  by  wise  State  legislation 
and  liberal  appropriations,  the  citizens  receive  the  direct 
benefit  of  these  efforts;  and  thus  as  they  sow  they  shall 
reap. 

“State's  Rights”  in  Game  and  Fish. 

A review  on  my  part  of  the  conditions  which  explain 
the  gradual  growth  of  the  National  power  and  the  asser- 
tion by  the  Government  of  that  authority  which,  at  one 
time,  was  never  exercised  or  its  exercise  conceded  to  the 
State,  would  involve  too  much  space  in  your  j ournal ; 
and  yet  it  is  a full  understanding  of  such  National 
growth  and  the  relinquishment  of  the  State’s  arbitrary 
claims  to  the  exercise  of  rights  purely  National  that  we 
must  look  to  the  complete  answer  for  the  positions 


assumed  by  me  in  this  matter  of  Federal  control  0 ! 
migratory  game  birds. 

In  the  Colonial  days,  and  for  a long;  time  thereafter- 
the  sovereign  people  of  these  communities  were  wont  t( 
look  with  grave  suspicion  upon  the  Federal  Governmen 
in  its  dealings  with  the  people.  States  that  were  side  bp 
side  in  those  days  were  further  apart  socially,  economj 
cally,  and  I might  say  geographically,  than  are  the  State: 
of  California  and  Maine  to-day.  This  week  we  witnessed1 
the  strange  sight  of  a joint  meeting  of  the  House  o 
Representatives  and  the  Senate  of  the  United  States  n 
tabulate  the  vote  of  the  Electoral  College,  an  institution 
constitutionally  created  so  that  the  people  were  ever 
denied  the  privilege  of  voting  directly  for  the  chief  ex. 
ecutive  officer,  and  conferring  this  great  power  upon  : 
convention  of  electoral  delegates  who  still  retain  the  lega 
right  to  vote  for  whom  they  please ! 

In  the  present  day  the  people  are  recognizing  the  fac 
that  the  National  Government  in  many  ways  can  bes 
conserve  their  interests,  and  we  now  have  before  us  ii 
the  two  Houses  of  Congress  many  measures  vesting; 
Federal  control  in  the  Government  over  vast  corpora) 
tions  that  heretofore  were  subject  only  to  State  super 
vision.  The  day  is  rapidly  approaching  when  Federa 
laws  will  regulate  the  pollution  of  public  waters,  the 
manufacture  and  sale  of  adulterated  foods  and  drugs,  anc1 
many  similar  matters  of  grave  importance  to  the  publii 
at  large. 

At  this  point,  permit  me  to  say  that  I would  apply  ex, 
actly  the  same  argument  to  local  fish,  whether  game  0: 
commercial  in  character;  and  I think  that  Judge  Beamai 
will  agree  with  me  that  there  is  no  more  reason  fo: 
Federal  control  of  bass,  pickerel,  perch  and  fish  of  sim 
ilar  nature  that  live  permanently  in  ponds,  rivers  anc^ 
streams  of  the  State,  than  in  the  case  of  game  birds  anc 
animals  having  their  permanent  habitat  within  the  State 

“United  States  Rights”  Over  Migratory  Game  and  Fist 

It  is  here  that  Judge  Beaman  and  myself  part  company 
on  the  question  of  State  ownership  of  game  and  fish,  anc 
it  is  at  this  juncture  that  it  becomes  my  duty  to  show 
if  I can,  that  the  right  of  the  nation  to  the  control  of  iff 
migratory  game  birds  and  migratory  fish  for  the  benefi 
of  the  people  of  the  entire  United  States  is  just  as  cleai 
and  just  as  righteous  as  is  the  claim  of  the  State  to  th< 
control  of  the  non-migratory  species  of  game  and  fisl 
for  the  benefit  of  the  citizens  within  its  own  borders. 

It  is  a general  maxim  of  law  that  possession  is  essen- 
tial to  the  ownership  of  personal  property,  or  that  sucl 
property  is  so  subject  to  control  that  it  can  be  reduced 
to  possession,  or  so  brought  within  the  sphere  of  actioij 
as  to  amount  to  a practical  dominion  thereover.  There 
fore  the  case  turns  upon  a question  of  fact — has  the  State 
acquired  such  a title,  as  evidenced  by  practical  control 
as  justifies  the  claim  to  the  ownership  of  migratory  game 
and  fish?  A flock  of  geese  in  their  northern  migraton 
flight,  sweeping  over  the  State  of  Colorado  from  the  Gul 
to  Hudson's  Bay,  at  the  rate  of  150  miles  per  hour,  thre< 
or  four  miles  high,  invisible  by  night  or  by  reason  of  in 
tervening  clouds  which  sometimes  lie  beneath  them  anc 
the  earth,  are  mighty  poor  subjects  for  State  ownership 
and  control.  Theoretically  they  might  be  1,000  mile) 
high,  for  in  principle  there  could  be  no  line  drawn;  anc 
thus  we  must  inevitably  come  to  the  conclusion  that  Stab 
ownership  in  migratory  game  must  really  rest  upon  the 
sole  requisite  that  once  over  the  State  line  the  title  vests 

When  the  moon  is  in  the  meridian  the  State  of  Cofpl 
rado  might  just  as  well  lay  claim  to  its  fractional  part  0: 
the  luminary  as  to  try  to  shoot  effectively  the  sovereignty 
of  the  State  into  this  flock  of  wild  geese  as  it  passes  un 
seen  and  unknown  in  the  heavens  above.  But  perhap:.1 
I should  treat  the  subject  in  a more  serious  vein.  It 
the  migratory  game  bill  I did  not  attempt  to  declan 
ownership  in  the  National  Government,  for  many  ol 
these  birds  are  international,  wintering  in  the  southern 
most  part  of  South  America  and  breeding  beyond  tin 
Arctic  Circle  in  northern  Canada.  The  bill  gives  th< 
Government  control  of  the  shooting  seasons,  and  put. 
the  migrants  in  the  “custody”  of  the  country  at  large 
whenever  they  tarry  long  enough  to  need  our  protection 
A very  different  thing  from  a declaration  of  ownership 
though,  of  course,  there  are  some  varieties  of  migratory 
birds  which  live  wholly  within  the  confines  of  the  Unitec 
States,  and  which  kind  we,  doubtless,  could  declare  af 
ownership  therein  which  would  be  just  as  tangible  as  ir 
the  case  of  local  birds  within  the  State. 

At  present  renewed  efforts  are  being  made  by  thy, 
United  States,  England  and  other  countries,  by  treaty 
to  so  fix  the  title  of  the  seals  which  breed  in,  Alaska*' 
waters  as  will,  in  effect,  virtually  make  the  several  coun 
tries  joint  owners  of  these  valuable  animals,  which,  by 
reason  of  their  migratory  character,  have  received  n( 
adequate  protection,  and  whose  annihilation  is  certaii 
without  proper  adjustment  of  some  character.  And  11 
my  humble  judgment  the  day  will  yet  come  when,  if 
recognition  of  the  joint  interest  that  the  American  conti 
nent  has  in  the  proper  protection  of  the  migratory  birds 
aquatic  animals  and  fish,  we  will  enter  into  treaty  O; 
other  relations  with  Canada  and  possibly  Central  anc 
South  America,  for  the  better  protection  of  such  inter 
ests.  And  when  this  happens,  no  State  will  be  heard  t. 
set  up  a claim  that  it  owns  everything  that  comes  in  riff 
range  or  swims  the  sea. 

Respective  Efficiency  of  State  and  National  Legislation. 

I can  quote  here  with  propriety  a paragraph  from  : 
letter  written  several  months  ago: 

“The  wild  pigeon  was  practically  exterminated  be 
cause  each  State  permitted  unlimited  slaughter  on  ac- 
count of  its  being  a migrant,  and,  therefore,  to  b 
killed  in  as  great  numbers  as  possible  before  it  too? 


FOREST  AND  STREAM, 


188 


^EB.  l8,  1905,] 


wing  for  other  localities.  A national  law  would  have 
prevented  this,  and  we  would  have  had  the  passenger 
jpigeon  in  abundance  to-day.  On  the  other  hand,  had 

1 the  wild  pigeon,  this  bird  of  countless  myriads,  existed 
in  limited  numbers  and  inhabited  restricted  areas,  it 
would  have  been  found  in  abundance  to-day,  simply 
jbecause  the  State  Legislatures  would  have  guarded 
Bagainst  its  total  destruction. 

“In  either  illustration  cited  you  have  instances  of  the 
{(respective  efficiency  or  inefficiency  of  State  legislation 
{[according  to  the  class  of  birds  it  seeks  to  protect.  By 
this  classification  the  several  States  retain  the  title 
jalid  custody  of  the  game  birds  having  their  habitat 
within  the  respective  boundaries,  such  as  quail,  grouse, 
wild,  turkey,  etc.,  etc.,  and  which  from  their  breeding 
habits  and  other  traits  are  easily  protected  and  fostered 

I by  local  legislation.  Then,  too,  the  effectual  enforce- 
ment of  a national  law  is  very  much  easier,  as  a rule, 
;han  where  the  violator  is  prosecuted,  if  at  all,  by 
ocal  authorities;  and  this  is  hardly  secondary  to  the 
question  of  uniformity  aimed  at  in  this  measure.” 
Again  let  us  assume  that  all  of  the  Atlantic  coast 
States  protected  Our  shore  birds  (snipe,  curlew,  plover, 
;tc.)  in  their  northern  migratory  flight  and,  on  the 
return  fall  flight,  imposed  restrictions  on  excessive 
| shooting,  except  say  in  the  case  of  Virginia,  and  let  us 
; issume  (which  is  substantially  correct)  that  the  shores 
)f  this  State  covered  several  hundred  miles  on  the  line 
; }f  migratory  flight,  and  that  by  inviting,  not  only  all 
■'its  citizens,  but  all  the  sportsmen  of  the  United  States 
find  the  world  at  large,  it  could  in  a few  seasons  utterly 
exterminate  these  birds,  Would  the  fact  that  such  birds 
nbontinuously  on  wing  over  a few  miles  of  barren  sand 
Jpeach  and  mud  flats  of  the  State  of  Virginia  give  such 
jii  right  to  the  State  for  their  total  destruction  that  we, 
>f  other  States,  would  have  no  right  to  seek  the  interven- 
ioii  of  the  National  Government  for  their  proper  protec- 
ion?  One  of  more  broken  links  in  the  chain  of  protection 
vhether  on  the  Atlantic  or  Pacific  coast  or  the  central 
vaterways  of  the  country,  means  the  eventual  wiping 
iut  of  certain  of  the  migratory  game  birds  in  such 

Sines  of  flight.  Just  why  any  one  should  insist  on  any 
State  exercising  such  a power,  lacking  as  it  does  any 
fibquity  or  any  basic  principles  of  ownership  in  such 
tnirds,  is  beyond  my  comprehension. 

; State  laws  for  State  game  and  fish,  Federal  laws  for 
national  and  international  game  and  fish,  are  joint 
impositions  so  fair  and  just  that  I believe  the  courts 
vill  eventually  sustain  the  same,  provided,  the  sports- 
nen  of  this  country  and  the  great  magazines,  who 
ipeak  for  them,  will  conduct  a careful  and  persistent 
campaign  in  favor  of  these  principles. 

Federal  Control  of  Migratory  Fish. 

If,  therefore,  local  fish  like  local  game  belong  to  the 
State,  it  must  be  apparent  that  the  same  reasoning 
which  supports  Federal  supervision  of  migratory  wild- 
OWl  will  apply  to  migratory  fish.  I will  be  frank,  how- 
ever, and  say  that,  while  I have  had  such  an  idea 
massing  through  my  mind  for  the  past  two  weeks,  it 
-vas  not  until  yesterday  that  I fully  realized  the  im- 
portance of  this  principle  when  applied  to  the  migra- 
:or.y  fish,  and  am  now  able  to  state  with  some  degree 
pf  definiteness  as  to  the  result  of  an  interview  this 
ifternoon  with  Commissioner  Bowers  and  his  able 
assistant  at  the  Bureau  of  Fisheries,  that  if  the  general 
principle  set  forth  in  my  game  bill  is  sustained,  it  means, 
pn  a purely  commercial  basis,  the  addition  of  nearly 
£25,000,000  a year  in  the  food  value  of  the  migratory 
Ish.  So  immense  are  the  possibilities  in  this  direction 
chat,  without  further  examination,  I do  not  care  to 
elaborate  on  the  subject  other  than  to  say,  that  if  we 
:att  put  under  Federal  control  the  salmon  and  shad 
industry  of  the  United  States,  the  increase  ill  our  pro- 
duction will  hardly  have  a limit,  while  the  great  ex- 
pense of  artificial  propagation  of  the  shad  and  salmon 
will  be  wholly  dispensed  with  in  a short  time, 
i In  talking  over  the  subject  with  Commissioner 
Bowers,  he  expressed  the  greatest  interest  in  the 
possibilities  of  national  legislation  and  gave  me  con- 
>iderable  information,  showing  how  his  department  was 
Hampered  by  the  lack  of  national  authority  over  public 
waters. 

In  Albemarle  Sound  the  national  shad  hatcheries, 
pwing  to  the  almost  entire  catch  of  the  shad,  before 
Fey  reached  the  fresh-water  spawning  beds,  by  the 
ntervening  nets  further  down  the  sound,  had  obtained 
;pawn  amounting  only  to  10,000,000,  while  the  hatcheries 
lad  the  capacity  for*  100,000,000.  If  a fair  proportion 
pf  the  shad  could  reach  the  spawning  beds,  perhaps  one 
housand  million  additional  spawn  would  be  deposited 
and  the  shad  industry  overwhelmingly  benefited.  As 
t is,  I have  been  informed  that  the  shad  industry  of 
:he  Atlantic  coast  is  almost  wholly  dependent  upon 
Fe  artificial  propagation  conducted  by  the  Govern- 
nent,  and  yet  while  our  nation  spends  the  people’s 
noney  for  this  worthy  purpose,  is  has  no  power  to 
protect  this  migratory  fish  from  practical,  annihilation 
py  certain  States,  except  through  its  persistent  efforts 
n obtaining  annually  enough  spawn  to  provide  for  a 
imited  catch  each  season.  Can  it  be  doubted  that  the 
Fad  and  salmon,  living  far  out  at  sea  and  migrating 
mnually  to  our  waters  for  the  purpose  of  reproduction, 
io  not  belong  to  any  State,  and  yet  a State,  by  reason 
pf  the  public  waters  passing  through  its  domain,  may 
;o  net  the  streams  and  inlets  as  to  exterminate  a fish 
which  surely  belongs  to  the  people  at  large  and  for 
which  so  much  of  the  public  money  is  expended? 

All  ornithologists  and  fishculturists  recognize  a 
wonderful  similarity  in  the  migratory  habits  of  certain 
ish  and  birds,  each  coming  annually  to  the  same  local- 
ty,  over  the  same  general  course,  for  the  purpose  of  re- 
production, and  then  returning  to  some  distant  locality 
pn  water  or  land  respectively.  Destroy  certain  shore 
pirds  of  the  Atlantic  coast  and  they  are  gone  forever, 
so  completely  are  some  varieties  confined  to  this  narrow 
ivenue  of  migration;  destroy  all  the  salmon  which  are 
iccustomecl  to  spawn  in  a particular  stream  or  estuary 
md  these  waters  are  forever  barren,  so  wonderful  is 
he  predilection  of  this  fish  for  the  same  spawning 
ped.  The  State  of  Maine  improvidently  wiped  out  the 
.asi  salmon  schools  winch  once  visited  its  streams; 
he  Sjaj.e  of  Connecticut  has  largely  lost  its  shad,  and 


a*-  j^sent  ^ ie  STeat  Pacific  coast  States  of  Washington 
and  Oregon  are  temporarily  filling  the  pockets  of  their 
commercial  fishermen,  who  are  unrestrained  by  a Federal 
law  so  regulating  the  catch  as  to  correspond  with  the 
maintenance  of  a permanent  supply,  and  soon  the 
Columbia  River  will  be  like  those  of  Maine. 

Is  it  possible  that  our  National  Government  possesses 
no  power  to  enact  the  legislation  I have  suggested  and 
we  must  sit  idly  by  while  our  lands  and  waters  are 
depleted  of  those  wonderful  treasures  which  are  such 
a source  of  enjoyment  to  our  sportsmen  and  the  basis 
of  great  commercial  enterprises?  George  Shiras  30. 

A Letter  from  Texas. 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream : 

Here’s  a letter  from  a cousin  of  mine— third  removed— 
which  was  not  written  for  publication,  but  as  an  evidence 
of  good  faith,  or,  dropping  newspaper  talk,  as  an  evidence 
of  good  feeling  and  good  fellowship,  as  the  writer  is 
three  days’  journey  from  here.  I will  take  the  responsi- 
bility if  you  care  to  publish  it.  I have  an  idea  that  a 
lot  of  your  readers  who  are  “chained  to  business”  will 
feel  their  blood  tingle,  and  will  take  down  their  guns 
and  give  them  a caress,  vowing  that  another  season  the 
first  of  November  will  find  them  so  run  down  in  health 
that  a trip  to  the  Lone  Star  State  will  be  an  absolute 
necessity.  H.  S.  Chandler. 


San  Antonio,  Texas,  Feb.  1. — My  Dear  H.:  As  I 

have  a little  time  to-day  I thought  I might  interest  you 
by  talking  a little  about  myself,  and  let  you  know  that 
I had  not  forgotten  you. 

I have  been  leading  quite  a strenuous  life  since  I came 
home  last  October.  I have  come  to  the  conclusion  that 
when  a person’s  boyhood  has  been  spent  out  of  doors 
that  it  is  well  for  him  to  return  in  a great  measure  to  the 
habits  of  his  early  life  after  he  has  passed  the  half- 
century  mark.  For  that  reason  I have  spent  a good  deal 
of  my  time  out  of  doors  hunting. 

The  quail  season  opened  on  the  first  of  November  and 
closed  yesterday.  During  that  time  I have  been  hunting 
about  fifteen  or  sixteen  times,  spending  the  whole  day  out 
in  the  country,  and  in  some  cases  two  days.  I have  kept 
a little  memorandum  of  the  birds  I have  shot,  and  my 
figures  show  a total  of  500  quail  and  about  100  ducks. 

Last  Friday  Mrs.  C.  and  I with  Mr.  and  Mrs.  L.  went 
out  to  a small  town  about  fifty  miles  from  here  called 
Karnes  City.  We  had  a two-horse  team,  a darkey  driver 
and  a three-seated  wagon,  and  drove  over  some  of  the 
land  on  which  I had  loans  to  the  owners,  who  of  course 
did  not  object  to  my  hunting.  We  had  three  good  dogs 
and  were  hunting  in  an  open  country.  The  dogs  would 
hunt  back  and  forth  in  front  of  us  until  a covey  of  quail 
was  discovered,  when  my  large  dog  would  come  to  a 
point  and  the  little  one  would  immediately  back  him. 
They  would  stand  steady  until  we  got  out  and  walked  up 
to  the  quail.  We  would  usually  get  one  or  two  quail  on 
the  first  rise,  and  after  they  lit  we  would  follow  them 
up  as  the  dogs  pointed  on  single  birds.  This  happened 
to  be  the  place  where  the  field  trials  were  held  for  the 
whole  of  the  United  States  a short  time  ago,  therefore 
the  grounds  were  particularly  adapted  for  the  sport. 

We  took  our  lunch  and  at  noon  had  the  fire  made  and 
cooked  coffee,  fried  potatoes  and  bacon,  and  had  home- 
made sausage.  The  ladies  seemed  to  enjoy  the  trip  as 
much  as  Mr.  L.  and  myself.  Meanwhile  I killed  about 
seventy-five  birds,  saw  the  country  very  thoroughly, 
visited  a number  of  my  loans,  and  arrived  at  home  Sun- 
day night. 

The  Thursday  before  I went  out  with  a friend  of  mine 
and  killed  about  thirty  quail.  The  Saturday  and  Sunday 
before  that  we  spent  at  Mitchell  Lake,  where  we  have  a 
little  house.  It  is  located  about  twelve  miles  from  here. 
Nearly  every  Saturday  Mrs.  C.  and  I,  with  a driver  and 
colored  girl,  go  down  in  the  morning.  I get  out  when  we 
get  to  the  fields  and  hunt  quail  for  an  hour  or  two,  and 
generally  when  I arrive  at  the  house  at  about  half-past 
one,  I have  something  like  fifteen  quail  in  my  bag.  We 
then  have  dinner,  which  has  been  cooked  on  an  open 
fire-place.  The  girl  we  have  understands  how  to  cook  all 
the  old-fashioned  southern  dishes,  including  corn  pone. 

In  the  afternoon  we  go  out  on  the  lake,  and  I am  pad- 
died  around  by  my  man  and  shoot  a few  ducks,  while 
Mrs.  C.  shoots  a little  rifle  at  whatever  she  sees  fit.  We 
play  a little  game  of  cards  in  the  evening,  go  to  bed  about 
nine  o’clock,  and  Sundajr  morning  I am  up  at  five.  The 
girl  gets  up  and  cooks  my  breakfast,  which  I enjoy  more 
than  any  meal  of  my  life.  By  daylight  I am  in  my  boat. 
I have  a blind,  and  sometimes  I put  my  decoys  out  and 
sit  on  the  blind.  Other  times  I go  around  in  the  boat 
rowed  by  the  darkey.  I generally  kill  fifteen  or  twenty 
ducks.  Sometimes  the  mornings  have  been  damp,  some- 
times pleasant,  and  twice  they  have  been  so  cold  that  the 
water  froze  on  the  oars  when  they  were  taken  out  of  the 
water.  I thought  of  Cleveland’s  description  of  a duck 
hunter— that  they  are  born  and  not  made. 

About  eleven  or  twelve  o’clock  I come  in  and  usually 
bring  a friend  or  two  from  the  lake,  and  we  have  a din- 
ner cooked  in  the  same  manner  as  mentioned  above,  in- 
cluding broiled  quail,  broiled  duck,  sweet  potatoes  dug 
out  of  the  ground  right  in  front  of  the  house,  etc.  In  the 
afternoon  I may  hunt  quail  a little,  and  by  night  I drive 
home.  It  takes  about  an  hour  and  a half.  We  have  a 
wagon  fitted  up  for  the  occasion,  on  the  back  of  which  is 
placed  a box  covered  with  canvas,  and  as  we  go  through 
town  with  our  layout  and  our  two  dogs  we  look  as 
though  we  were  moving  to  the  frontier. 

Meanwhile  I have  been  doing  a little  business  and  read- 
ing “Frenzied  Finance.”  My  condition  as  regards  money 
matters  seems  at  present  to  be  that  the  supply  of  money 
is  much  greater  than  the  demand  for  loans  to  take  up 
same.  The  country  is  improving  a great  deal.  They  are 
building  a large  number  of  railroads  throughout  this  sec- 
tion, and  the  attention  of  capital  seems  to  be  directed 
this  way.  I am  inclined  to  think  that  our  lands  here  are 
cheaper  than  anywhere  else  in  the  country,  and  that  this 
fact  is  being  discovered  by  people. 

We  have  had  some  pleasant  weather  so  far  this  winter, 
and  although  we  have  had  two  or  three  days  of  cold 
weather,  the  temperature  has  never  gone  below  freezing 
but  two  or  three  times. 

With  Jriqdest  regards  I remain,  very  sincerely  yours, 

E.  B.  Chandler. 


Chasing  Around. 

Dear  Uncle  Davison:  I must  tell  you  about  my  rabbit 
shooting  yesterday.  About  9 A.  M.  Len  and  I started 
to  the  woods.  There  was  a very  light  snow,  just  suffi- 
cient to  show  here  and  there  a track  without  enough  to 
enable  a person  to  track  the  rabbit.  We  tried  to  follow 
several  tracks,  but  couldn’t.  After  stopping  at  the  house 
a few.  moments,  we  went  across  the  creek  and  got  George 
and  went  down  into  Dailey’s  woods.  Along  the  line  fence 
we  struck  a lot  of  tracks,  and  succeeded  in  tracking  a 
rabbit  out  into  the  field.  George  assured  me  that  I would 
better  keep  an  eye  out,  for  we  might  jump  the  rabbit  any 
moment.  So  I kept  an  eye  out — in  fact,  I kept  it  so  far 
out  that  when  we  did  eventually  jump  the  rabbit,  I 
couldn’t  get  it  back  in  time  to  get  a bead  on  him.  He 
was  sitting  by  a stump,  and  though  I fired  at  him,  owing 
to  the  fact  that  I forgot  to  put  any  silver  in  the  charge, 
he  got  away.  We  tried  to  track  him  up,  but  couldn’t 

After  this  we  went  along  up  to  the  berry  patch  south  of 
Dailey’s  woods,  and  got  another  track.  Len  and  George 
struck  it  back  on  the  edge  of  the  patch,  but  I was  in 
close  to  the  woods,  and  struck  the  same  track  in  there, 
So  I did  the  Sherlock  Holmes  act,  and  the  way  I tracked 
that  rabbit  would  have  made  the  last  of  the  Mohicans 
envious.  . In  fact  I got  so  interested  tracking  him  that 
when  he  jumped  from  behind  a tree  back  of  me  he  scared 
me  so  I nearly  threw  a fit.  He  was  what  the  trapshooters 
call  a “left-quarterer ;”  that  is  to  say,  I quartered  and 
he  left.  I shot  at  him,  but  he  declined  the  invitation. 
Then  the  Sole  Survivor  of  the  Old-Time  Fool  got  on  the 
trail,  and,  as  the  hunting  stories  have  it,  “made  the  woods 
ring  with  his  music.”  The  trouble  with  that  dog  is  that 
he  is  too  much  of  a musician.  When  he  starts  to  yelp 
he  gets  so  interested  in  the  tune  he’s  playing  that  he  for- 
gets what  he’s  after.  Anyway,  he  tore  around  in  circles, 
and  geed  and  hawed  and  backed  water,  and  finally  came 
back  with  a self-satisfied  air,  as  much  as  to  say,  “I  didn’t 
get  him,  but  I bet  he  won’t  stop  till  he  gets  in  the  next 
county.”  Each  of  us  addressed  a few  remarks  to  him, 
and  he  seemed  quite  flattered  at  the  attention  he  was 
attracting. 

Well,  then  we  went  up  to  Lockwood’s  Creek,  just  west 
of  Dailey’s  woods.  Found  some  tracks  up  there,  but  they 
all  led  into  the  swamp  and  the  devil  himself  couldn’t  have 
found  the  makers  of  them.  So  we  monkeyed  around  and 
finally  Len,  who  is  trapping,  got  on  a skunk  trail  and  left 
us.  Thereafter  every  once  in  awhile  we  would  run  across 
Len.  zigzagging  along  through  the  orchard,  with  his  nose 
in  the  air,  his  eyes  on  the  trail,  and  the  bit  in  his  teeth. 
It  was  really  remarkable  the  way  that  skunk  made  him 
cover  the  entire  fields  and  orchards,  and  finally  brought 
him  out  at  the  exact  point  of  the  road  where  we  crossed. 
Len  seemed  to  be  a bit  put  out  at  it,  but  we  comforted 
him  by  telling  him  that  the  dog  couldn’t  have  done  it, 
anyway.  Somehow  he  didn’t  seem  to  take  that  as  a com- 
pliment, either.  Well,  we  crossed  the  road  and  George 
and  I started  through  a berry  patch,  with  Len  down 
along  the  fence  east  of  us.  Finally  I heard  Len  yell  like 
an  Indian,  and  looked  up  in  time  to  see  a rabbit  humping 
himself  straight  across  me,  about  fifty  yards  in  front.  He 
was  going,  like  the  deuce.  I pulled  in  a couple  of  feet 
ahead  of  him  and  shot,  and  then  gave  him  the  second  bar- 
rel. He  went  right  along,  and  I made  up  my  mind  that 
it  was  my  day  off,  and  that  I would  better  go  home  and 
try  throwing  the  snow  shovel  at  the  barn.  The  Old- 
Timer  got  on  the  trail  by  mistake,  but  soon  found  out  his 
error  and  quit.  I don’t  believe  he  would  follow  the  trail 
of  a bologna  sausage  hung  on  a stick  over  his  nose,  he’s 
so  sort  of  sensitive  about  going  where  he  may  not  possi- 
bly be  wanted.  Anyway  George  found  his  trail  a little 
way . further  on,  and  a short  distance  on  he  found  the 
rabbit,  dead,  with  his  left  hindleg  shot  off.  And  yet 
they  say  the  left  hindleg  of  a rabbit  is  lucky ! It  is  quite 
likely  that  Bre’r  Rabbit  will  entertain  Deacon  Dave 
Mecorney  about  Sunday. 

This  practically  ended  the  hunt,  for  we  saw  no  more, 
and  had  to  hurry  to  get  home  in  time  for  dinner.  It  was 
very  hard  tracking,  but  I believe  I never  saw  so  many 
squirrel  tracks,  mice  tracks,  etc.  I found  one  place 
where  apparently  a troop  of  about  a dozen  mice  had 
been  along,  making  a trail  about  three  inches  wide. 
I saw  lots  of  small  birds — those  little  chaps  that  don’t 
know  enough  to  go  south  even  when  the  coal  supply 
is  short.  I also  saw  one  lone  duck,  variety  unknown. 

We  got  home  about  six  last  night,  having  had  a fine 
trip.  The  only  trouble,  I’m  getting  so  I hate  this  win- 
ter weather;  but  I don’t  see  any  way  to  abate  the  nuis- 
ance, so  I guess  I’ll  let  her  go.  Come  and  see  us  when 
you  get  home.  Yours  sincerely,  Dave. 


Arizona  Dock  Shooting* 

Phcenxx,  Arizona,  Feb.  3. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 
Duck  shooting  is  usually  good  here  all  winter,  but  this 
season,  on  account  of  a mild  winter  in  the  States  to  the 
north  of.  us,  the  ducks  have  not  come  here  in  great  num- 
bers until  the  past  few  weeks ; at  present  there  are  more 
here  than  we  have  had  in  a couple  of  years.  Those  being 
killed  are  principally  mallards,  sprigs,  teal,  widgeon, 
spoonbills,  and  occasionally  a redhead  or  canvasback. 
Duck  shooting  is  found  on  the  rivers  and  irrigating 
canals  and  on  the  irrigated  fields  within  ten  or  fifteen 
miles  of  this  city.  The  best  shooting  is  about  seventy- 
fiye  miles  from  here  (reached  by  rail  in  a few  hours’ 
ride),  on  an  irrigating  reservoir  about  DA  by  2)4  miles 
in  dimensions;  the  limit  of  twenty-five  birds  is  usually 
obtained  there  in  an  hour’s  shooting. 

On  the  completion  of  the  Tonto  dam  and  reservoir, 
about  sixty-five  miles  up  Salt  River  from  Phoenix,  in 
about  two  years,  we  expect  to  have  one  of  the  finest  duck 
shooting  grounds  in  the  West. 

Fish  and  Game  Commissioner  W.  L.  Pinney  has  been 
planting  a large  quantity  of  wild  rice  this  winter  in  the 
lakes  and  sloughs  adjoining  the  rivers  near  the  city. 

Quail  have  been  more  abundant  than  usual  this  year; 
our  season  on  these  closes  March  1.  Doves  are  so 
abundant  all  the  time  as  to  be  nearly  a pest,  and  furnish 
abundant  sport  for  the  tourist  and  local  sports.  B. 


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[Feb.  18,  J905. 


Some  Deer  Hunters  of  Maine. 

Hardly  the  usual  number  of  deer  have  been  killed  in 
this  section  the  past  season.  Plenty  have  been  seen,  uut 
somehbw  the  most  of  them  had  a great  knack  of  keep- 
ing out  of  harm’s  way.  The  hunters  of  our  own  town 
have  been  particularly  unlucky,  so  far  as  I can  learn,  but 
two  deer  being  shot  hereabouts  by  fellow-residents. 
Erskine  L.  Watson  and  Almon  Linscott  were  the  for- 
tunate parties,  though  the  ‘‘fortunate”  admits  of  a libei  al 
qualification  in  the  case  of  Mr.  Linscott,  as  he  failed  to 
find  his  deer  until  the  meat  was  unfit  for  use,  despite  the 
fact  that  it  fell  dead  within  a few  yards  of  the  spot  where 
it  was  shot.  Mr.  Watson’s  prize  was  a magnificent  buck. 
He  had  the  head  mounted,  while  the  meat  was  generously 
distributed  among  his  friends. 

Mr.  Watson  is  a present-day  sportsman  of  the  best 
type.  The  most  of  his  time  is  taken  up  with  his  business, 
but  by  improving  the  early  morning  hours  and  occasional 
dull  days,  together  with  an  annual  outing,  he  manages  to 
gratify  in  part  an  ardent  propensity  for  sport  with  the 
rod  and  gun.  He  is  a good  shot  and  expert  angler,  and 
rarely  in  his  expeditions  do  the  woods  and  streams  fail 
to  yield  tribute  to  his  skill.  Yet  he  never  kills  more  than 
lie  needs. 

Mr.  George  W.  Adams  is  another  of  our  most,  per- 
sistent deer  hunters,  and  being  a gentleman  of  . leisure, 
he  has  ample  time  to  devote  to  the  sport.  Plavmg  lost 
a leg  in  a railroad  accident,  which  renders  walking  diffi- 
cult, he  adopts  the  somewhat  novel  method  of  hunting 
with  a team.  Behind  a pure-bred,  mettlesome  stallion 
he  drives  day  after  day  over  miles  of  rough  wood  and 
logging  roads  that  would  be  thought  impassable  for  any- 
thing but  a truck  horse  by  the  average  individual.  Every 
haunt  of  the  game  is  known  and  visited  by  him.  Some- 
times he  takes  a companion  along  to  hold  the  horse  when 
he  gets  a shot,  or  to  enable  him  to  make  short  detours 
on  foot;  but  occasions  are  not  wanting  when  he  has 
dropped  his  deer  from  the  wagon,  though  a sharp  strug- 
gle with  his  spirited  steed  invariably  follows  such  act. 
Mr.  Adams  was  one  of  the  first  to  bag  a deer  after  then 
influx  into  this  section,  and  since  that  time  has  rarely 
failed  to  secure  his  quota  up  to  the  present  season,  when 
he  was  unable  to  score.  „ 

Wm  Clark,  living  nine  miles  further  up  the  valley 
(Ossipee),  is  reported  to  have  recently  secured  two 
bucks  in  a morning.  He  was  gone  from  the  house  less 
than  two  hours  to  get  the  first,  which  he  had  hardly 
landed  at  his  home,  when  a second  buck  appeared  but  a 
short  distance  from  the  house,  and  this  he  also  shot. 
Clinton  Rowe,  of  Baldwin,  was  similarly  lucky,  finding  a 
big  buck  awaiting  him  almost  in  his  dooryard  when  he 
arose  one  morning.  I hear,  too,  of  kills  being  made  m 
Parsonfield,  Hiram,  Denmark,  Fryeburg,  and  m tact 
nearly  all  surrounding  towns.  . . , . XT  , 

Two  parties  from  this  town  have  visited  the  Worth 
Woods.  One,  composed  of  J.  T.  Irish,  Dr.  S.  G.  Sawyer 
and  Frank  Stearns,  brought  home  two  deer;  the  other— 
Fred  Bowie  and  Bion  Bradley — captured  a deer  and  a 
moose,  the  latter  falling  to  Bowie’s  gun.  Both  parties 
saw  plenty  of  game,  but  encountered  the  prevailing  diffi- 
cult conditions  for  trailing,  which  are  urged  as  account- 
able for  the  shortage  in  the  record  of  shipments  of  deer 
in  comparison  with  last  year.  It  is  probable,  however, 
that  the  previous  unusually  severe  winter  depleted  the 
deer  considerably.  W.  H.  Hatch,  a registered  guide  of 
twelve  years’  experience  in  the  country  north  of  Moose- 
head  informs  me  that  the  number  of  carcasses  he  found 
in  the  woods  as  the  result  of  death  from  hunger  and  cold 
was  far  in  excess  of  that  of  any  previous  year. 

Whether  deer  are  increasing  or  decreasing  m the  State 
is  a mooted  question.  We  trust  that  every  effort  will  be 
made  to  speedily  determine  the  truth  of  the  matter  and 
proper  steps  taken  to  long  continue  the  sport  alike  to 
native  and  visiting  sportsmen.  J.  L.  Woodbury. 


Cornish,  Me. 


Prosecutions  in  Illinois. 

State  Game  Commissioner  J.  A.  Wheeler  sends  us  a 
gratifying  satement  of  the  work  of  his  department  m 
enforcing  the  game  laws,  and  punishing  violators.  I he 
record  shows  great  activity  on  the  part  of  Commis- 
sioner Wheeler  and  the  executive  force  under  his  di- 
rection. Since  the  present  act  became  effective,  July 
1,  1003,  there  had  been,  up  to  Dec.  17,  last,  321  prose- 
cutions of  alleged  violation  of  the  game  laws  of 
Illinois.  Of  this  number  of  cases,  84  per  cent,  resulted 
in  convictions,  which  have  had  a salutary  effect  upon 
persons  who  have  sought  to  hunt  out  of  season  or  with- 
out a license,  or  to  otherwise  ignore  the  statutes. 
About  $3,000  in  fines  has  been  collected  on  these  con- 
victions. . - 

The  offenses  for  which  the  largest  number  of  persons 
were  arrested  was  shooting  without  a license;  of  these 
120  were  prosecuted,  the  penalty  being  a fine  of  $2o- 
Among  the  other  offenders,  52  were  dose  season 
shooters,  37  killed  song  birds,  12  hunted  with  ferrets 
and  10  were  guilty  of  illicit  sale  or  shipment  The 
record  of  the  seizures  of  game  show  the  following 

P°Nov  26,  1904,  seized  34  quail  in  candy  pails,  marked 
from  S N.  C.,  Whittington,  Illinois,  to  Otto  shu- 
macker,  St.  Louis,  Mo.  Shipper  not  yet  arrested. 

Nov  26  1904,  seized  28  quail  m candy  pails, _ maiked 
from  S N.  C.,  Whittington,  Illinois,  and  consigned  to 
Missouri  P.  & G.  Co.,  405  Franklin  Avenue,  St.  Louis. 

Evidently  same  shipper  as  above.  , 

Nov  29,  1904,  seized  59  quail,  marked  buttei,  and 
shipped  from  West  Frankfort,  111.;  shipper  B.  Keeley, 
to  R M.  Kieley  & Go.,  St.  Louis,  Mo.  This  shipper 

has  left  the  State.  . , , 

Dec  12,  1904,  seized  36  quail  in  egg  case,  marked  from 
T T "Plumlee,  to  P.  M.  Kieley,  St.  Louis,  billed  as 
eggs."  This  man  is  under  bond  of  $500  to  the  county 

C°Nov.  23,  1904,  seized  3 squirrels,  from  PI.  L.  Gersten- 
schle^er,  Pinckneyville,  111.,  to  H.  Brenelce,  St.  Louis, 
Mo  ° Shipped  as  dressed  poultry.  Defendant  prose- 
cuted and  fined  $7S  and  costs. 

Nov  30,  1904,  seized  2 squirrels  from  George  Kahn, 
Redbud,  111.,  to  Charles  F-  Brann,  Pittsburg,  Pa.  De- 
fendant fined  $50  and 


Dec.  15,,  1904,  seized  68  quail  from  Peckham,  shipper 
No.  7,  Irvin,  111.,  to  P.  M.  Kieley  & Co.,  St.  Louis. 
Shipper  arrested  and  under  bond. 

Dec.  15,  1904,  seized  240  quail  in  telescopes  in  the 
hands  of  Harlan  Ray  and  John  Hudson,  of  Benton, 
111.,  while  trying  to  get  them  through  to  St.  Louis  as 
baggage.  Violators  arrested  and  fined  $200  and  costs. 

Dec.  16,  1904,  seized  161  quail  in  candy  pails;  shipped 
by  William  Tyler,  Texico,  111.,  to  McLean  & Alcorn, 
St.  Louis,  Mo.  Shipper  arrested,  now  under  bond  of 
$500  for  trial  in  January. 

Nov.  29,  1904,  seized  one  pail  and  one  box  containing 
87  quail;  shipped  by  No.  135,  Jefferson  county,  111.,  to 
McLean  & Alcorn,  St.  Louis,  marked  butter.  Shipper 
same  as  above  case,  under  bond  for  separate  offense. 

Nov.  26,  1904,  seized  124  quail,  in  three  candy  pails, 
marked  and  billed  as  butter;  shipped  by  Samuel  Daubs, 
Franklin  county,  to  McLean  & Alcorn,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Violator  now  under  bond  of  $500  to  the  county  court. 


The  Cunning  of  a Buck* 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

I can  personally  vouch  for  the  following: 

In  the  early  part  of  November  last  I was  stopping  at 
Guide  Clements’  camp,  on  the  Fourth  Debsconeag  Lake, 
northern  Maine,  twenty-five  miles  from  Norcross,  the 
nearest  railroad  station,  and  four  miles  from  the  nearest 
inhabited  camp. 

It  was  the  first  good  snowstorm  of  the  season,  the  fall 
being  about  five  inches.  My  guide  and  I started  out  at 
8 A.  M.  with  the  intention  of  killing  a buck.  We  canoed 
across  the  fourth  lake,  and  had  not  gone  far  into  the 
woods  before  we  struck  the  track  of  what  appeared  to  be 
a good  sized  buck.  The  trail  was  made  during  the  night. 
We  followed  it  up  the  Forrest  Hill  and  down  to  the  lake, 
then  back  again  on  the  mountain  side,  occasionally  meet- 
ing with  evidence  of  his  pawing  and  bucking  at  small 
trees.  We  did  not  permit  ourselves  to  be  thrown  off 
by  the  tracks  of  other  deer  which  occasionally  crossed 
his.  We  could  see  where  he  had  gone  under  fallen  trees 
which  interfered  with  his  progress ; some  of  these  were 
so  low  to  the  ground  that  it  seemed  incredible  that  a 
fair  sized  buck  could  go  under  them  without  showing 
some  evidence  in  the  snow  that  he  had  crawled.  But  he 
did  not;  he  simply  bent  under  these  fallen  trees,  the 
tracks  on  either  side  being  perfect,  and  showing  no  evi- 
dence of  his  having  jumped  them.  It  seemed  to  me, 
with  little  experience  in  hunting  deer,  that  he  must  needs 
be  a small  deer,  but  my  guide  insisted,  however,  that  he 
was  a good  sized  one,  judging  alone  from  his  tracks. 

We  followed  him  for  over  four  hours,  covering  a dis- 
tance of  over  seven  miles,  and  during  most  of  this  time 
he  was  going  on  a walk  or  an  easy  trot  over  the  roughest 
kind  of  woodland,  rocks  and  moss-covered  boulders. 
There  were  evidences  of  his  having  lain  down  only  twice 
during  his  journey. 

At  noon  we  sat  on  a log  and  ate  our  simple  lunch, 
quietly  chatting.  Lunch  through,  we  started  out  again. 
The  trail  took  us  up  a fair  sized  hill  about  half  a mile, 
and  this  brought  us  to  a small  opening  in  the  woods, 
and  here  we  saw  our  prize,  but  he  did  not  see  us,  and 
instead  of  being  alone,  he  was  with  a fine  doe.  As  we 
had  an  abundant  supply  of  venison  at  camp,  and  only 
wanted  the  buck,  we  waited  a second  for  him  to.  emerge 
from  among  a clump  of  trees  that  partially  hid  him  from 
view,  and  the  moment  he  came  in  sight  I let  him  have 
one  shot  from  my  rifle,  but  instead  of  seeing  him  lie 
down,  he  disappeared.  We  again  took  up  the  trail,  this 
time  of  blood,  and  every  time  he  stepped  you  could  see 
blood  spattered  on  the  snow,  showing  the  wound  was 
rather  high. 

After  going  about  seventy-five  rods,  he  lay  down;  but 
hearing  us  before  we  could  locate  him,  he  went  on;  you 
could  see  the  pool  of  blood  where  he  had  rested.  We 
followed  him  another  fifty  or  sixty  rods,  when  he  again 
lay  down,  and  we  saw  more  marks  showing  a consider- 
able loss  of  blood,  but  still  not  as  much  as  before.  Scent- 
ing us  before  we  could  get  a glimpse  of  him,  he  again 
went  on ; but  we  could  see  the  blood  marks  get 
fainter  and  fainter,  and  finally  disappear.  We  followed 
him  by  his  tracks,  now  through  a ravine  down  to  the 
Third  Debsconeag  Lake,  a distance  of  about  a mile,  and 
here  all  trace  of  him  stopped. 

We  went  up  and  down  the  lake  a short  distance  to 
see  if  we  could  find  his  track;  finding  none,  we  went 
out  on  a large  tree  which  had  fallen  into  the  lake  and 
looked  up  and  down  and  across  the  lake,  and  to  our  sur- 
prise we  saw  an  object  moving  in  the  water  near  the 
opposite  shore.  We  saw  this  object  come  out  of  the 
water,  and  could  see  it  was  our  buck.  My  guide  then 
shot  at  him  twice,  and  he  apparently  fell  down  near  the 
water’s  edge.  We  subsequently  found  out  that  neither 
shot  took  effect,  owing  to  a miscalculation  of  distance. 

My  guide  went  to  get  his  canoe  at  the  head  of  the  lake, 
about  a mile  away,  while  I remained  to  keep  a weather 
eye  on  the  spot  where  the  deer  fell.  Upon  reaching  the 
spot  with  his  canoe  about  an  hour  after,  the  guide  saw 
the  buck  lying  near  the  edge  of  the  lake. 

He  hallooed  to  me,  “He’s  a dandy ! I will  bring  him 
over  in  the  canoe.”  He  proved  to  be  a fine  specimen; 
four  prongs  on  each  side,  with  remarkably  heavy,  thick 
horns,  weighing  about  170  pounds.  The  deer’s  long  swim 
in  the  icy  water  with  his  mortal  wound  not  only  ex- 
hausted him,  but  made  him  stiff,  and  he  lay  there  as  if 
dead.  My  guide  approached  him  cautiously,  and  stuck 
him  with  his  knife  a couple  of  times  in  the  neck  over  the 
artery,  and  twisted  the  blade  to  make  sure  work  of  him. 
After  waiting  a couple  of  minutes  he  started  to  drag  him 
to  the  canoe,  which  was  only  a few  steps  away  to  bring 
him  over  to  me.  I could  just  see  him  in  the  dim  light 
on  the  other  side  of  the  lake  lean  down  to  get  a hold  on 
his  horns,  and  then  saw  him  tug  away  in  the  act  of  drag- 
ging him  toward  the  canoe,  when  all  of  a sudden  the 
buck  was  on  his  feet.  Immediately  he  lowered  his  head 
and  charged  my  guide!  He  needed  just  this  help  to  over- 
come his  stiffness  and  get  on  his  feet.  There  was  a 
small  spruce  near  the  water’s  edge,  and  the  guide,  realiz- 
ing his  danger,  by  a dexterous  move  put  the  tree  between 
"himself  and  the  deer.  The  buck  charged  and  hit  the 
tree,  and  the  man  grabbed  his  horns,  one  in  each  hand, 
and’ held  him  as  if  in  a vise;  but  the  buck,  to  free  him- 
?elff  iwtmg  his  body  to  one  side,  pressing  the  guide’s 


wrist  against  the  tree  and  forcing  him  to  let  go  his  hold 
with  that  hand,  but  he  held  on  to  the  other  horn  for 
dear  life.  With  this  side  move  and  sudden  release,  the 
buck  slipped  on  a rock  into  the  lake,  and  by  this  time  he 
was  so  exhausted  that  he  could  not  pull  himself  up  off 
his  feet,  and  the  guide  at  an  opportune  moment  plungeci 
his  knife  into  his  neck  again.  My  guide  now  left  thf’ 
game  and  came  over  after  me.  When  we  reached  the 
other  shore,  the  buck,  hearing  us,  raised  his  head  as  i: 
gathering  strength  to  get  away,  but  he  was  too  weak, 
and  after  a few  gasps  died. 

We  found  the  shot  had  entered  from  behind  rathe) 
high,  breaking  no  bones,  but  plowed  through  the  vitals 
causing  a severe  internal  hemorrhage.  We  dressed  anc 
hung  him  up  for  the  night  and  returned  to  camp  afte; 
our  eventful  day’s  sport.  J.  Newton  Williams. 

New  York,  Jan  20. 


Foxes  and  Game  Birds* 

Ossining,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  6. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream : 
Anent  the  question,  “Do  Foxes  Destroy  Game  Birds? 
I recently  saw  some  very  interesting  evidence  of  a fo:i| 
having  caught  a partridge  near  Boston  .Corners, 
Dutchess  county.  The  tracks  in  the  snow  indicate* 
that  a fox  had  been  following  a rabbit’s  track  in  a: 
easterly  direction,  along  the  edge  of  a swamp  over 
grown  with  tamerack,  alders,  etc.  A partridge,  flyin, 
in  a westerly  direction,  had  lit  in  the  snow  almost  di 
rectly  opposite  the  fox,  taken  a few  steps  and  stoo, 
facing  the  open.  The  fox  had  turned  at  right  angle; 
to  its  previous  course,  and  a few  feathers  on  the  snov 
told  the  rest  of  the  story.  On  the  two  preceding  day 
we  flushed  a partridge  within  a few  hundred  yards  c 
the  spot  where  the  tragedy  occurred.  t 

In  Alaska,  when  the  geese  are  arriving  in  great  flock 
in  the  spring,  foxes  may  be  seen  skulking  in  the  brus  i 
close  to  their  feeding  grounds  and,  no  doubt,  levy 
toll  on  the  newly  arrived  birds.  Edward  F.  Ball. 


Winchester,  N.  H.,  Jan.  13. — Editor  Forest  an * 
Stream:  I have  noticed  in  your  paper  a number  of  arti 

cles  in  regard  to-  scarcity  of  game  birds,  and  in  almos 
every  case  the  fox  has  been  blamed  for  it.  I would  lik 
to  ask  my  brother  hunters  a few  questions. 

Who  is  there  that  will  dispute  my  statement  ths 
twenty-five  years  ago  there  were  at  least  fifteen  pap 
tridges  where  there  is  now  one?  And  also  at  that  tint 
were  not  the  foxes  correspondingly  as  thick  or  there 
abouts  ? 

We  will  all  admit  that  the  game  birds  have  been  de 
creasing  very  fast  in  the  past  fifteen  or  twenty-five  year: 
and  those  that  have  watched  the  decrease  will  say  tin 
the  foxes  have  very  much  decreased  also ; I am  very  sur 
old  hunters  of  the  fox  will  agree  with  me.  We  will  a: 
admit  that  the  fox  catches  some  game  birds.  He  ha! 
always  done  that;  he  caught  them  fifty  years  ago  an 
does  now.  But  who  can  say  truthfully  that  the  scarcity 
belongs  to  him?  With  the  modern  gun  and  the  late: 
improved  methods  of  trapping,  the  fox  has  had  to  d< 
crease  with  the  other  game.  Back  twenty-five  years  agj 
how  many  schoolboys  were  there  that  could  shoot  on  th 
wing?  How  is  it  to-day?  The  average  man  with  moderj 
guns  and  improvements  is  killing  game  at  a big  advan: 
age  over  his  brother  of  twenty-five  years  ago. 

Who  is  blamed  for  what  disease,  wood-ticks,  sevei 
winters  and  cats  have  done?  By  many  it  is  the  fox. 

One  . of  the  greatest  enemies  that  game  birds  have  1 
contend  with  is  the  house  cat.  How  many  farmers,  ; 
well  as  village  people,  have  from  two  to  ten  cats?  Tl 
woods  are  full  of  them.  Instead  of  hunting  aroun 
buildings,  you  will  find  them  around  the  orchards  ar. 
woods.  These  cats  break  up  whole  bunches  of  gan 
birds,  and  there  is  no  end  to  the  slaughter  of  young  son 
birds  that  can  be  justly  laid  to  them. 

If  brother  sportsmen  of  Massachusetts  instead  of  ptl 
ting  a bounty  on  the  fox,  as  I see  they  are  talking  ,t 
doing,  will  put  it  on  cats,  or  pass  a law  that  each  c: 
should  be  taxed  at  the  same  rate  as  the  dog,  we  cou) 
get  rid  of  some  of  these  roving  cats  that  destroy  eac; 
season  hundreds  of  thousands  of  birds  of  all  kinds. 

I am  positive  the  partridge  in  the  past  few  years  h; 
been  a great  sufferer  of  disease  and  wood-ticks,  as  we* 
as  from  these  other  enemies.  The  severe  winters  of  tl 
Northern  States,  the  worst  of  all  enemies,  play  have 
with  the  quail. 

I claim,  as  before  stated,  that  the  fox  does  catch  son 
birds;  but  he  has  gone,  to  a certain  extent,  the  same  w £ 
all  game  has.  The  most  able  and  intelligent  of  all  gan 
animals,  the  fox  is  king  of  all,  and  the  best  sport  an 
most  genuine  hunting  come  from  the  fox  chase. 

Brother  sportsmen,  give  the  fox  all  the  blame  that 
due,  but  do  not  blame  him  for  what  the  above  mentions 
enemies  to  birds  are  responsible.  I claim  the  fox  is  nil 
to  blame  for  the  scarcity  of  our  game  birds.  You  caj 
blame  him  for  the  loss  of  the  song  birds  just  as  well.  M 
will  all  admit  that  the  song  birds  have  decreased  veil 
much  in  the  past  few  years.  L.  R.  Nelson.  ’ 


Arizona  Legislation. 

Phcenix,  Arizona,  Feb.  3. — Editor  Forest  and  Strean: 
The  Territorial  Legislature,  which  meets  biennially, 
now  in  session  and  the  officers  of  the  Arizona  Sport: 
men’s  Association  and  the  Arizona  Fish  and  Game  Cor; 
missioners  have  prepared  an  entirely  new  game  la'-: 
which  has  been  introduced  and  will  undoubtedly  pas 
There  are  not  many  important  changes  from  the  la: 
already  in  force.  The  bill,  if  passed,  will  prohibit  tl| 
killing  of  antelope  until  March  1,  1911;  it  changes  it! 
male  deer  and  turkey  season  to  the  month  of  NovemNj 
(at  present  September  15  to  November  1)  ; changes  t! 
trout  season  from  June  1 to  August  1 (now  June  1 ! 
September  1)  ; in  addition  to  present  limits  places  a lin 
on  doves  of  fifty  in  one  day,  and  on  fish  not  exceedii 
twenty  pounds  or  forty  fish.  The  new  law  also  provid 
a non-resident  license  of  $10  per  year  on  male  deer  a? 
turkey.  Sale  of  all  game  prohibited. 

It  is  also  quite  likely  a bill  will  be  introduced  providir 
for  an  active  game  and  fish  commissioner  under  sala 
and  expenses.  Arizona  has  a large  quantity  and  varie 
of  game  and  realizes  fully  the  necessity  of  taking  stej 
to  protect  it,  ...  r 


Feb.  18,  1905.] 


More  About  Old  Revolvers* 

Green  Bay,  Wis.,  Feb.  6. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 
As  early  as  1842  the  Colts  revolver  was  known  in  this 
territory,  as  my  father,  who,  at  that  time  came  from 
New  York  State  a boy  of  14  carrying  chain  in  the 
surveying  party  operating  in  this  territory,  makes  a 
note  of  one  of  the  party  owning  one  which  was  looked 
upon  as  a wonderful  weapon  but  of  small  caliber.  Un- 
doubtedly, it  was  one  of  the  early  makes,  as  from  what 
.1  learned  from  an  old  gentleman  who  had  lived  in  the 
Southwest  in  the  early  days,  the  first  Colt  revolvers 
they  had  came  from  some  party  in  New  York  City 
and  were  very  small,  and  a few  of  the  Texas  Rangers, 
had  them;  and  during  the  trouble  on  the  frontier  these 
rangers  had  larger  and  heavier  revolvers  built  specially 
for  them.  I was  unable  to  learn  the  exact  date,  but  it 
was  in  the  early  ’40s. 

Cabia  Blanco  speaks  of  the  Remington  revolver  of 
Civil  War  time  going  off  on  account  of  the  wall  of  the 
chambers  being  thin  and  often  fire-burnt.  This  brings 
to  my  mind  an  incident  of  my  earliest  boyhood  days 
My  father  had  an  old  Remington  cap  and  ball  re- 
volver, which  my  uncle  had  used  during  the  Civil  War 
and  had  been  loaded  for  a long  time,  and  at  length  he 
drew  the  charges  from  the  old  thing  and  laid  it  away. 
Boy-like,  I thought  it  the  finest  weapon  of  the  land,  and 
longed  to  shoot  it.  So  finally  one  day  I got  hold  of  the 
pistol  and  loaded  it,  putting  in  paper  wadding  and  filling 
it  up  with  shot  and  capped  it. 

I did  not  have  a chance  to  use  it,  until  one  day  when 
no  one  was  home  and  the  neighbor’s  rooster  came  into 
our  yard  and  gave  our  old  rooster  a great  whipping 
almost  killing  him.  I got  the  pistol  from  the  house 
and,  getting  within  a few  feet  of  the  victorious  rooster, 
let  go.  Well-,  it  was  a five-shot-  pistol,  and  the  five 
loads  went  off  at  once.  Result:  dead  rooster,  and  boy 
with  a lame  hand  and  good  chance  for  a thrashing  I 
buried  the  rooster  and  put  the  old  pistol  back  and  did 
not  tell  the  incident  until  long  after,  when  father 
laughed  about  the  matter.  A.  G.  Holmes 


Long  Island  Ducking* 

Orient  Point,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  18. — Editor  Forest  and 
Stream:  I must  state  that  our  gun  club  of  about  fifty 

members,  are  greatly  put  out  about  the  spring  shooting 
law..  If  it  continues  as  it  now  is  our  sportsmen  will  lose 
all  interest  in  shooting.  We  don’t  ask  for  big  bags,  but 
small  ones  and  more  of  them.  I have  used  a gun  fifty- 
five  years  and  I have  never  had  poorer  shooting  than  this 
«^e  were  ^old  before  the  present  law  was  passed 
that  “if  no  shooting  was  done  in  the  spring,  we  would 
have  better  shooting  in  the  fall.”  About  all  the  spring 
shooting  I do  is  for  sheldrakes.  We  have  very  few  ducks 
here  except  trash  ducks,  and  our  up-State  people,  it 
seems  to  me,  don’t  want  us  to  kill  even  them.  Last 
spring  sheldrakes  were  quite  plentiful,  but  I did  not  fire 
my  gun  nor  any  one  else.  Well,  this  fall  I expected 
sheldrakes  galore,  but,  if  you  will  believe  me,  I did  not 
kill  a single  one  or  have  one  within  range.  Altogether  I 
killed  just  nineteen  ducks,  one  black  (or  dusky)  and 
balance  were  coots  and  old  squaws.  Our  shooters  ask, 
“What’s  the  use  of  buying  a good  gun  for  the  little  time 
we  are  allowed  to  shoot?  Any  old  thing  will  do.”  The 
conditions  here  are  quite  different  from  other  portions 
of  the  State,  and . we  are  more  than  willing  that  our 
brother  sportsmen  in  other  territory  should  have  laws  to 
suit  the  conditions  there;  but  we  feel  that  they  should 
be  just  as.  willing  for  us  in  this  little  corner  of  the  great 
world  to  have  our  own  laws  as  regards  our  shooting  in 
this  county.  We  are  willing  to  apply  the  Golden  Rule 
in  the  matter  and  be  done  by  just  as  we  are  willing  to  do 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 

hrJ?heIi5  Is  tHs  right-  trothei?  Just' think  of  it— 
oots  old  squaws  and  mejfeansers  (mostly  which  we 
"?aYv  ’ comjH red  with  "canvasbacks,  mallards,  dusky  and 
redheads  which  many  of  you  have.  We  implore  you  to  , 
?On\0ct?ber  *5  to  Aprils  15  with' a small  bag 
1 mit,  and  not  unlimited  numbers  as  now  and  a short 

season-  Uncle  Dan. 

Cuteness  of  a Cat. 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

- In  this  busy  life,  when  our  minds  are  absorbed  dur- 
ing the  most  of  our  waking  hours  with  the  affairs  of 
the  .present,  it  is  well  that  we  can  sometimes  relax,  and 
read  in  our  good  Forest  and  Stream  some  of  the  in- 
cidents in  the  lives  of  the  brethren,  for  it  is.  nearly  sure 
o remind  us  of  some  happening  in  our  own  experience, 
perhaps  long  forgoten  but  pleasant  to  recall.  Some 

yGi?-r  1 a^°  ,Pe,ter  J°M  us  of  a remarkable  shot, 

which  recalled  to  my  mind  something  which  had  nearly 

b5,en  i(Yg°tten’  and  now  he  has  come  forth  with  one, 
W*3^11  • urbey  an<^  Fox,”  which  recalls  a happening  in 

One  evening,  about  sundown,  I was  leaving  my 
cabin,  and  as  I was  walking  along,  I heard  a fox  bark; 
looking  m the  direction  of.  the  sound,  I saw  Old  Tom,  ' 
a large  yellow  cat,  belonging  to  my  nearest  neighbor, 
evidently  on  Ins  way  over  to  make  a call  on  me,  which 
he  frequently  did,  and  near  him  was  a ’ young  red 
fox,  more  than  half-grown,  evidently  bent  on  having  ” 
some  fun,  which  was  not  relished  by  Tom.  When  the 
cat  would  stop  and  turn  around  facing  the  fox,  it 
would,  stop  at  a respectful  distance,  about  six  or  eight 
feet,  sit  down  and  bark,  just  as  a puppy  would  do,  then 
wnen  the  cat  would  start,  it  would  follow  as  close  as 
it  dared,  much  to  the  annoyance  of  the  cat. 

.At  last  the  cat  stood  and  watched  it  a while,  lashing 
his  tail  as  if  angry,  then,  as  if  struck  .with  an  idea 
by  which  he  might  get  revenge,  on  his  tormentor,  he 
wheeled  about  quickly,  and  started  “ion  in  The  direction 
he  had  been  going,  on  a lively  trot,  as  if  he  meant  to 
get  away  from  the  fox.  The  fox,  of  course,  started  ' 
alter,  cautiously  at  first,  blit  as  the  cat  seeuied  deter- 
mined  to  get  away  this  time  and  kept  going  faster,  the 
fox  got  under  good  headway  and  a little  reckless,  when 
al  at  once,  without  any  warning  and  like  a flash,  Tom 
whirled  around  and  jumped  right  into  the  face  of  the 
before  it  had  time  to  turn,  and  oh,  how  the  fur 
did  fly! 

The  poor  little  fox  was  fairly  paralyze^,  and  squalled 
like  a. good  fellow,  and  a,s  soon  as.  he  got  at  a good 
safe  distance  he  sat  down  and  gave  vent, to  the  most’ 
mournful  howls,  while  Tom  went  on  his  .way  un- 
molested. The  fox  was  still  sitting  in  the  same  spot 
when  I passed  out  of  sight.  From  where?;I  was  it  just 
looked  as  if  the  cat  had  deliberately  planned  his  scheme 
for  getting  his  claws  into  his  tormen.tor. 

,ir  Emerson  Carney. 

Morgantown,  W.  Va. 

Wild  Pigeon  Flights. 

Ironton,  Ohio  .—Editor  Forest  and  Stream:  I remem- 
ber the  enormous  flight  of  wild  pigeons  in  1863.  I then 
lived  in  Lewis  county,  Ky.  My  . father  , shot  sixty  or 
seventy  in  three  shots  with  a shotgun,  and  would  kill 
no  more,  for  he  could  not  use  them.  He  could  have 
killed  hundreds  as  they  were  feeding  on  the  beech  mast 
and  came  on  like  a wave,  the  birds  in  the  rear  flying  over 
and  lighting  ahead..  That  was  the  last:  of  the  great  flight. 

In  1895  my  father-in-law,  Mr.  George  W.  Howland,  and 
I were  hunting  in  Carter  county,  Ky..  on  a foggy  morn- 
ing We.  were  calling  turkeys,-  and  they  were  answering 
and  coming,  so  we.  could  not  shoot,  anything  else.  A 
flock  of  nine  wild  pigeons  came  into  "a  beech  tree  within 


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twenty  yards  of  us,  and  we  both  distinctly  saw  and 
counted  them.  I was  entirely  familiar  with,  or  rather 
knew  well  what  they  were,  and  he  was  sure  that  they 
were  the  true  wild  pigeon.  He  was  as  good  a hunter  as 
one  would  find  in  a month,  and  a close  observer. 

I saw  him  shoot  a drumming  grouse  the  last  day  of 
October,  1894*  and  we  often  heard  them  drum  during  our 
fall  camping  trips.  He  said  you  could  step  up  On  a drum- 
ming grouse  if  you  were  below  it  on  the  hill/but  could 
not  do  so  to  go  down  hill ; he  invariably  got  below  it  if 
he  tried  to  kill  it. James  Dupuy. 

Waterproofing  Shoes. 

Galesburg,  N.  D.,  Jan.  31.- — In  renewing  my  subscrip- 
tion to  Forest  and  Stream,  which  I have  done  so  many 
times  before,  and  which  I always  do  with  an  increased 
sense  of  its  worth,  I beg  to  send  as  a sort  of  “laggniappe” 
to  its  readers  a wrinkle  for  waterproofing  boots  and 
shoes  which  I have  made  use  of  for  years,  and  which  I 
believe  to  be  simply  the  best  ever. 

Melt  together  equal  parts  of  paraffine  wax,  tallow  and 
harness  oil.  Apply  to  the  footgear  while  hot.  Have  the 
leather  perfectly  dry  and  put  on  all  over  liberally  with  a 
small  brush,  blowing  it  into  the  crack  between  the  sole 
and  upper.  Heat  the  first  two  coats  before  an  open 
fire,  then  apply  the  third  coat  and  leave  on  outside.  This 
dressing  does  not  hurt  the  leather,  is  quite  durable,  and 
makes  the  leather  about  as  waterproof  as  a rubber  boot. 
It  is  also  simple,  and  the  ingredients  can  be  got  almost 
anywhere.  When  cold  it  is  solid,  and  can  be  easily  car- 
ried. In  fact,  it  is  hard  to  beat.  J.  P.  W. 

The  Winter  and  the  Game. 

Wymore,  Neb.,  Feb.  7. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 
In  this  part  of  Nebraska  the  quail  have  nearly  all  starved 
to  death.  Just  five  weeks  ago  to-day  we  had  our  first 
snow;  it  fell  to  a depth  of  eight  to  ten  inches,  and  in  a 
day  or  two,  the  weather  being  warm,  it  settled  down  to 
about  half  that  depth,  and  the  colder  weather  that  fol- 
lowed formed  a crust  upon  it  that  will  almost  bear  the 
weight  of  a.  man.  Then  other  snows  came,  one  after 
another,  until  we  have  from  fifteen  to  eighteen  inches  of 
snow  on  the.  level.  The  weather  has  been  unusually  cold 
for  this  latitude  for  the  past  four  weeks,  the  mercury 
reaching  20  below  zero  three  different  times. 

Farmers  that  I have  talked  to  tell  me  that  dead  quail 
can  be  found  along  all  the  hedges,  and  that  only  now 
and  then  a live  one  can  be  found  near  a feed  lot  or  along 
the  railroad,  where  they  can  pick  up  some  grain  that 
has  fallen  from  the  passing  cars. 

• A._D.  McCandless. 

Cold  at  Currituck. 

Currituck,  Feb.  6. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream:  We 

have  just  had  two  weeks  of  the  coldest  weather  we  have 
had  in  many  years.  Our  Sound  is  frozen  solid.  There 
are  so  few  open  places  that  all  our  ducks  are  suffering 
severely  for  want  of  food  and  are  getting  very  poor, 
d he  little  ruddy  ducks  must  have  been  warned  in  a 
dream  to  seek  sunnier  climes,  for  two  days  before  the 
storm  began  they  got  up  high  in  the  air  and  went  south 
by  the  thousands.  It  was  a strange  sight  to  see  them 
flying  so  high,  and  still  stranger  that  they  should  know 
what  was  coming.  I think  that  every  strong,  well  ruddy 
duck  left  Currituck  during  those  two  days.  There  are 
still  many  canvasbacks,  black  ducks,  mallards,  widgeon, 
sprigs,  and  swans  and  geese  left  with  us.  The  redheads 
followed  the  ruddy  soon  after  the  freeze  began.  I am 
glad  to  say  the  killing  has  been  light.  The  weather  has 
been  so  cold  that  even  the  natives  could  not  stand  it. 
There,  has  been  little  snow,  and  I think  the  quail  are  all 
right-  More  Anon. 


The  Old  Virginia  Chub. 

During  the  past  summer,  while  sojourning  in  the 
mountains  of.  southwest  Virginia,  where  one  day  of  the 
ozone-laden  air  is  a delight,  two  days  a dissipation,  and  a 
week  an  orgie,  I began  to  crave  yet  further  joys.  A 
breath  of  sea  air  and  a season  of  sea  food  came  to  loom 
up  with  aggressive  prominence  in  my  list  of  wish-I-could, 
and  finally  led  me  to  seriously  consider  a run  down  to  the 
beach.  A letter  to-  my  friend  the  Judge  in  Norfolk  met 
prompt  reply.  “Come,”  he  said,  “Come  at  once.  The 
weather  is  fine,  fishing  good,  and  I am  not  too  busy  to 
enjoy  a.  little  sport  with  you.” 

The  journey  down  was  without  special  incident,  with 
the  exception  of  a rather  humiliating  experience  while 
seeking  knowledge  from  a native,  who  was  a fellow  pass- 
enger from  one  of  the  small  towns  into  Norfolk.  Having 
had  little  opportunity  of  becoming  well  acquainted  with 
the  goober  pea  of  Georgia,  ground  pea  of  Mississippi, 
and  peanut  of  Virginia,  and  seeing  field  after  field  of 
what  I believed  to  be  that  interesting  and  valuable  tuber 
on  each  side  of  the  track  as  we  sped  over  the  flat  land 
between  Suffolk  and  Norfolk  (which  I now  know  to  be 
given  over  almost  exclusively  to  that  industry),  I ac- 
costed the  young,  man  who  had  stalked  into  the  sleeper 
and  taken  a seat  immediately  in  front  of  the  one  I occu- 
pied, and  politely  requested  that  he  tell  me  what  was 
growing  in  the  field  we  were  passing,  pointing  out  to  a 
tract  covered  with  the  bright  green  foliage  of  the  pea- 
nut. Merely  glancing  an  instant  in  the  direction  indi- 
cated, he  then  turned  and  took  me  in  with  a deliberate 
and.  comprehensive  stare,  as  though  lost  in  wonder  at 
finding  such  an  ignoramus  going  about  alone,  then  turn- 
ing back  to  the  window  as  we  were  sweeping  by  a farm- 
house garden,  and  pointing  to  it,  he  said : “That  is  corn, 
that  potatoes,  and  that  (as  we  passed  on  to  a field  like 
fhq  ppe  I had  inquired  about)  i§  peanuts.”  Anc}  while  I 


was  debating  as  to  whether  I ought  to  thank  him  or  grab 
him  by  the  ears  and  bang  -his  head  against  the  side  of  the 
car,  he  arose  and  left.  Knowledge  is  power,  whether  it  is 
gained  from  a gilded  globe  or  by  the  kick  of  a mule,  and 
I now  know  peanuts;  and  I hazard  the  guess  that  if  my 
supercilious  young  teacher  had  given,,  me  plenty  of  time 
and  a sufficient  number  of  guesses  that  morning,  I might 
possibly  have  thought  up  something  I knew  that  he  did 
not..  But  this  is  not  fishing,  and  I further  wager  that 
the  individual  above  referred  to  was  no  fisherman. 

Arriving  at  Norfolk  with  an  accumulated  appetite  for 
marine  provender,  .and  in  nowise  discouraged  by  my 
previous  experience  in  seeking  knowledge*  I asked  three 
benevolent  citizens,  one  after  the  other,  to  kindly  direct 
me  to  the  best  place.imthe  city  to  get  good  fish. 

“W’y,  Mistah  Jones’)  suh,”  said  the  first,  a janitor  of 
a building,  whom  I found  at  the  door.  “Dey  ain’t  no- 
body here  can  beat  hyn,”  followed  by  directions  for  find- 
ing the  place. 

“James  Jones,  sir,  one  block  up  on  the  other  side,”  said 
the  next. citizen,  a substantial  middle-aged  man. 

"Jimmie’s  is  what:  you  want,  right  across  the  street 
there.  Not  much  cut.  glass,  and  silver  play,  but  the  eat  is 
there  all  right,”  said  the  third,  a young  man. 

With  my  little'Tnowledge  of  human  nature,  I con- 
cluded that  concurrent  testimony  of  so  many  men  of 
such  diversity,  of  character  should  be  sufficiently  con- 
vincing, so  without  further  imposition  on  the  kindness 
of  benevolent  citizens,  made  straight  for  Mr.  Jones’  much- 
recommended  place.  This  is  not  a guide-book  article, 
but  justice  compels  me  to  say  that  my  three  kind  inform- 
ants were  men  of  veracity  and  good  taste. 

The  Judge  was  at  his  office  to  welcome  me  when  I 
finally  left  off  eating  spot  and  went  to  look  him  up,  and 
a right  warm  welcome  he  gave  me. 

In  a manner  that  economized  time  and  conserved 
physical  exertion  mutually  agreeable,  he  showed  me  the 


city.  . It  was  from  the  top  of  the  new  eight-story  office 
building,  and  something  like  a birdseye  view. 

The  market  being  well  supplied,  the  first  few  days 
were  -spent  near  the  base  of  supplies — i.  e.,  Jas.  Jones’ — 
while  I ran  about  to  near-by  points  of  interest.  When 
fortified  to  an  extent  that  made  the  idea  of  one  meal 
without  fish  endurable,  we  began  to  seriously  prepare  for 
sport. 

The  sea  fishing  at  Ocean  View— as  the  Judge  had  pre- 
dicted did  not  interest  me,  being  done  with  hand-lines, 
and  not  much,  taken  except  the  diminutive,  though  deli- 
cate and  delicious,  spot ; but  the  marvelous  tales  of  sport 
to  be  had  in  the  Reservoir  lakes  led  me  to  entertain  great 
expectations. 

These  lakes,  from  which  is  obtained  the  city’s  water 
supply,  are  reached  by  an  excellent  suburban  trolley  line 
connecting  the  city  and  Virginia  Beach,  and  are  easy  and 
convenient  of  access.  They  are  a succession  of  small 
reservoirs  separated  by  artificial  dams.  Deep  in  what  is 
called  the  channel  and  near  the  dam,  but  shallow  where 
the  water  has  spread  out  over  the  trees  and  undergrowth 
of  what  was  formerly  the  banks  of  a stream.  The  one 
we  fished  was  three  or  four  hundred  yards  wide  at  the 
lower  end,  and  something  less  than  a 'mile  in  length. 

The  water  company  charges  a small  fee  for  a fishing 
privilege,  and  patrols  the  water,  thereby  providing  at  a 
slight  cost  an  excellent  and  well  stocked  fishing  preserve 
accessible  to  all  gentlemen  sportsmen.  An  introduction 
by  a Norfolk  citizen,  and  payment  of  fee  admits  yott  to 
membership  in  this  democratic  club,  and  the  only  by-law 
Js  one  quoted  to  a gentleman  in  the  boat  next  to  ours: 
“Don’  spit  in  de  watah,  if  yo’  please,  suh.” 

We  arranged  one  fine  morning  for  our  first  trip,  and 
called  in  consultation  a specialist  in  the  person  of  the 
Judge’s  office  boy, 

“Sus-sus-sus-wimp  is  what  you  want  for  bub-bub-bait,” 
•said  the  ‘Wf^  'foid:'ah  impediment  in  his  speedy 


“You  let  me  gug-gug-go  early  to  dinner  and  I will  leak- 
kak-catch  you  some  and  bring  them  bub-bub-back/'  I 
rather  lost  confidence  in  the  young  man  when  he  had 
worried  himself  loose  from  this  information,  as  fl  had 
always  believed  that  you  should  follow  the  cardinal  prin- 
ciple of  the  Homeopathic  school  of  medicine  in  selecting 
bait  for  fishing — “Similia  similibus  curanlur ” — and  could 
not  subscribe  to  the  heterodox  idea  of  salt-w'ater  bait  for 
fresh-water  fishing.  But  even  fishing  could  not  be  more 
entertaining  than  the  spectacle  of  the  boy  twisting  in 
agony  as  he  gurgled  out  voluminous  extracts  from  his 
giteat  store  of  fishing  information,  while  my  sympathetic 
friend,  the  Judge,  wriggled  about  in  a most  undignified 
and  futile  though  praiseworthy  effort  to  aid  him  in  his 
difficult  task;  so  I not  only  refrained  from  exposing  the 
weakness  of  the  boy’s  argument,  but  encouraged  and  con- 
tinued it  as  long  as  possible. 

He  was  a nice  boy  with  good  intentions,  and  we  appre- 
ciated his  kindness  in  catching  us  the  shrimp  just  as 
much  as  though  we  had  fished  with  them,  instead  of  turn- 
ing them  into  the  lake  as  soon  as  our  boatman  had  pro- 
vided a bucket  of  minnows  that  afternoon. 

We  secured  a nice  dry  boat  and  the  Judge’s  favorite 
boatman,  who  went  out  with  us  despite  the  fact  that  he 
both  claimed  to  be,  and  certainly  looked,  ill. 

“What’s  been  the  matter  with  you,  John?’’  said  my 
benevolent  friend,  who,  though  a young  man,  has  all  the 
rough  edges  and  corners  rubbed  smooth,  and  is  generally 
beloved. 

“I’se  mos’ly  dis  weak,  suh,”  was  the  response,  in  the 
feeble  pathos  of  the  suffering  African.  “I  had  a fit  yis- 
tiddy,  and  like  to  have  died.” 

“Well,  I am  sorry  to  hear  that,  but  I’m  awfully  glad 
you  can  go  out  with  us  to-day,”  said  the  Judge. 

I was  not.  I remembered  the  Scriptural  injunction  to 
rejoice  with  them  that  rejoice,  but  could  not  apply  it  in 
this  case.  The  thought  of  being  out  on  deep  water  in  a 
small  boat  with  one  hundred  and  sixty  pounds  of  lusty 
black  man  that  might  at  any  moment  conclude  to  have 
another  fit,  and  cause  a shipwreck,  in  nowise  inclined  me 
to  rejoicing. 

John  and  I did  not  hit  it  off  as  well  as  I like  to  be  the 
case  with  all  of  my  sportsmen  helpers,  and  I do  not  re- 
gard him  as  highly  as  does  my  good  friend;  but  I am 
sincerely  and  deeply  grateful  to  John  for  the  fact  that 
he  refrained  from  having  another  fit  while  I was  with 
him.  Like  all  anglers  of  experience,  I was  a little  in- 
clined to  offer  suggestions,  and  these  were  not  very  well 
received  by  our  boatman,  who  had  decided  opinions  of 
his  own. 

“Don’t  you  think  that  bit  of  water  over  there  looks  like 
a good  place,”  I would  say. 

This  suggestion  would  be  received  in  silence  twice  out 
of  three  times;  then  John  would  cease  rowing,  assume  an 
injured  air,  and  in  a querulous  tone  say:  “Well,  of  co’se 
I will  go  there,  if  you  say  so,  but  I talcin’  you  now  right 
where  / know  de  fish  is.”  Then  the  genial  Judge  would 
proceed  to  act  peacemaker,  and  soon  have  the . ruffled 
waters  smooth ; but  not  for  long,  as  but  for  the  fact  we 
were  most  of  the  afternoon  fully  occupied  with  the  sport, 
it  would  have  taxed  the  powers  of  even  the  gentleman 
from  Virginia  to  keep  the  peace  between  John  and  me. 

As  we  approached  the  fishing  grounds  at  the 
upper  end  of  the  lake  (approved  by  John),  the 
Judge  proceeded  to  explain  the  method  and  the 
kind  of  fish  we  could  expect  to  catch.  The  fish- 
ing was  best,  he  said,  among  the  brush  and  small  growth 
where  the  water  had  spread  out  over  what  had  been 
undergrowth  in  the  woods,  and  we  would  catch  “chub, 
perch,  coon  perch,  pike,  and  perhaps  an  eel,”  all  of  which 
we  did.  and  a little  more.  The  Judge  knew  before,  as 
well  as  I did  after,  seeing  these  fish  that  the  “chub”  was 
the  big-mouth  black  bass,  the  “perch”  the  crappie,  and  the 
“coon  perch”  the  yellow  perch;  but  that  had  been  the 
names  given  them  in  the  streams  that  flowed  through 
the  red  hills  of  the  home  of  his  boyhood  in  old  Chester- 
field county,  and  as  friends  of  his  youth  he  could  call 
them  by  no  new  names.  Talk  of  the  Ethiopian  and 
leopard,  transplant  or  even  cremate  a Virginian  and  he  is 
a Virginian  still. 

We  finally  got  down  to  business,  but  not  until  I had 
left  a new  leader  and  three  flies  hanging  to  one  of  the 
numerous  snags  which  stuck  up  out  of  the  water,  in  a 
vain  attempt  to  fish  the  water  decently  and  in  order  as  we 
rowed  along.  When  we  finally  hove  to,  in  a spot  ap- 
proved by  our  boatman,  the  Judge  declined  politely,  but 
firmly,  the  offer  of  my  extra  rod,  and  proceeded  to  attach 
his  line  to  a tough,  springy  cane  pole  he  had  selected 
from  the  rack  in  the  boat  house.  No  reel,  no  rod,  noth- 
ing scientifically  orthodox — just  a pole  and  line.  I was 
shocked,  mortified  and  grieved,  but  determined  to  say 
nothing,  trusting  to  the  strength  of  the  object-lesson  I 
would  give  to  convert  him. 

The  Judge  drew  first  blood — a lusty  crappie,  which  he 
deftly  lifted  out  of  a nest  of  snags  and  dropped  into  the 
boat.  What  a pity,  I thought,  to  waste  good  sport  by 
dragging  such  a fish  right  into  the  boat,  and  I hope  I 
may  soon  have  a strike,  so  that  the  Judge’s  education 
may  begin.  My  wish  was  gratified,  and  the  strike  vigor- 
ous. As  the  submerged  forest  was  much  in  evidence,  I 
did  not  give  as  much  line  as  usual,  but  struck  vigorously 
and  immediately  began  to  reel  in.  A snag  extending  out 
of  the  water  near  the  end  of  my  line  was  violently  agi- 
tated for  a moment,  and  then  the  line  came  in  unresist- 
ing, and,  as  later  disclosed,  minus  hook  and  sinker.  ^ 

“You  will  have  to  be  a little  quicker,”  said  my  friend. 
“Snap  judgment  is  the  best  mode  of  procedure  in  these 
waters.” 

While  I repaired  damages,  the  Judge  took  two  more 
fish,  a crappie  and  a yellow  perch.  Once  more  in  com- 
mission, I cast  into  a bit  of  clear  water  and  reeled  off 
few  yards  of  line  that  had  become  bunched  on  the  reel, 
intending  to  rewind  it.  While  so  engaged  a warning 
shout  from  the  Judge,  followed  immediately  by  a tighten- 
ing of  the  line,  announced  another  strike.  I tried  hard 
to  be  quick  enough,  but  got  started  a little  late,  and  only 
succeeded  in  getting  good  and  fast  to  another  bit  of  sub- 
merged forest,  with  the  same  result  as  before.  Somewhat 
ruffled  in  temper,  but  not  discouraged,  I repaired 
damages  and  prepared  to  try  again.  My  friend  was  fish- 
ing away  in  a most  unscientific,  but  successful,  manner, 
tearing  fish  out  of  the  water  and  slinging  them  into  the 
boat.  Not  exceeding  thirty  seconds  was  the  time  he  de- 
moted to  a nj  fish-front  the  strike . to  boating— though 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


some  of  them  were  good  for  half  hour  of  fine  sport  in 
open  water.  Occasionally  I- actually  believed  the  Judge 
struck  first,  he  was  so  quick;  but  he  surely  did  catch  fish. 
He  was  the  personification  of  a man  in  earnest  as  he 
wrestled  with  the  big  gamy  fellows,  sitting  with  from 
six  to  twelve  inches  of  atmosphere  between  him  and  the 
boat  seat,  as  he  braced  his  feet  and  threw  his  whole 
weight  aginst  the  fighting  fish,  only  sinking  back  on  the 
seat  to  rest  a moment  while  John  rebaited  his  hook. 

He  was  catching  quite  a variety — crappie,  yellow  perch 
and  bass — and  all  running  large;  the  crappie  especially 
averaging  larger  than  any  I had  ever  seen. 

Made  timid  by  my  bad  beginning,  I fished  near  the 
boat  for  some  time  without  any  result,  but  finally  had 
another  strike.  This  time  I was  about  as  much  too  soon 
as  before  I had  been  late,  and  missed  altogether;  but 
given  another  chance,  I made  connection,  and  that  fish 
must  have  thought  a butcher  had  him.  He  was  a lusty 
bass,  game  from  tip  to  tail,  but  I can  honestly  say  that  he 
did  not  gain  an  inch  of  line  from  the  time  he  struck  my 
bait  to  the  time  he  lit  in  the  boat  Instead  of  the  usual 
methods,  I simply  jerked,  hauled  and  dragged  him 
aboard.  I was  tired  of  pulling  snags,  and  willing  to  use 
any  method  to  catch  a fish. 

“That  is  the  way,”  said  my  friend.  “You  have  just  got 
to  get  these  fellows  in  the  boat  sans  ceremony.  They  are 
Indians  in  their  fighting  tactics,  and  will  take  a tree  on 
you  every  time.  Some  of  our  scientific  experts  occasion- 
ally take  a fish  into  open  water  and  kill  it  decently  and 
in  the  approved  manner;  but  for  the  most  part  we  do  our 
fishing  here  by  the  old-fashioned  method  of  getting  the 
hook  in  and  the  fish  out  with  all  possible  expedition,” 
illustrating  the  fact  by  snatching  a vigorous  but  helpless 
3-pound  bass  out  of  a thicket  of  brush,  in  a small  opening 
of  which  he  had  dropped  his  bait  a moment  before. 

As  a disinterested  spectator  I should  have  criticised 
and  condemned  the  methods  we  used;  but  as  “particeps 
criminis,”  and  under  spell  of  my  principal's  enthusiastic 
abandon,  I fairly  reveled  in  wickedness,  and  pulled, 
hauled,  dragged  and  snatched  those  big  game  fish  into  the 
boat  like  a small  boy  catching  suckers.  I think  nothing 
we  caught  weighed  less  than  a pound,  and  the  majority 
of  our  fish  ran  from  two  to  four.  The  climax  of  the 
catch  was  when  the  Judge,  with  no  more  consideration 
than  he  had  shown  the  little  fellows,  tore  a six-pound 
bass  out  of  the  water  and  slammed  it  into  the  boat  with 
a thud  that  all  but  knocked  out  the  bottom. 

We  kept  the  bass,  crappie  and  perch,  only  twenty-three 
fish,  but  it  took  a well  man  to  lift  our  string. 

Returning  to  the  landing,  we  nearly  ran  down  one  of 
the  largest  moccasin  snakes  either  of  us  had  ever  seen. 
Swimming  straight  across  the  lake,  it  crossed  our  bow 
not  ten  feet  in  front  of  the  boat,  and  was  first  seen  by 
the  Judge.  The  interesting  observation  which  he  was 
indulging  remains  unfinished  to  this  present  time,  and 
one  look  over  the  side  of  the  boat  in  the  direction  of  his 
fascinated  gaze  caused  me  to  permanently  lose  interest 
in  the  subject  under  discussion.  The  big,  ugly  reptile 
was  continuing  its  course  with  head  twisted  round  to- 
ward us,  and  from  its  mouth  was  darting  the  forked 
tongue,  in  apparent  defiance. 

“Shall  I tackle  him,  Boss?”  was  John’s  inquiry,  as  he 
began  to  draw  in  one  oar. 

“No!”  almost  shouted  the  Judge.  “Don’t  you  make  a 
motion  at  him — don’t  so  much  as  look  cross  at  him !” 

“Good  thing  we  didn’t  run  him  down.  He  would  sho’ 
have  come  aboard  of  us  if  we  did,”  was  the  careless  ob- 
servation of  our  factotum. 

“He  would  have  found  plenty  of  room,”  said  my  com- 
panion, with  a shudder.  “I  would  have  given  him  my 
share  of  the  boat  if  the  water  had  been  fifty  feet  deep  and 
the  shore  half  a mile  away,”  which  remark  exactly  voiced 
my  sentiments. 

A strange  thing  about  that  snake,  noticed  by  all — and 
fortunately,  as  the  Judge  and  I belong  to  a profession 
not  noted  for  veracity — was  the  fact  that  it  rode  the 
water  like  a duck,  its  entire  body  visible  from,  head  to 
tail.  Of  the  many  swimming  snakes  observed  in  years  of 
experience  on  and  about  the  water,  they  had  always 
swam  with  the  body  partially  or  wholly  submerged. 

With  no  further  narrow  escapes  we  made  the  landing 
in  time  to  get  our  tackle  and  fish  put  up  for  the  cool-of- 
the-evening  car  to  the  city. 

With  very  pleasant  recollections  of  the  trip,  fervent 
gratitude  to  John  for  not  having  a fit;  and  the  snake  for 
not  coming  aboard,  I compare  the  fishing,  as  we  found  it, 
to  a most  enjoyable  romp.  Lewis  Hopkins. 


Lake  Champlain  Fishing. 

Of  the  effort  to  secure  an  international  agreement  re- 
garding fishing  in  Lake  Champlain,  the  Burlington  Free 
Press  says: 

“The  people  of  Vermont,  and  particularly  the  residents 
of  the  Champlain  Valley,  have  a lively  interest  in  the  an- 
nouncement that  in  the  event  of  the  failure  of  Canada 
to  co-operate  in  the  matter  of  putting  a stop  to  seine  fish- 
ing in  Lake  Champlain  the  Legislature  of  New  York 
may  appeal  to  President  Roosfevelt.  The  movement 
against  seine  fishing  began  a number  of  years  ago,  and, 
as  our  readers  know,  it  has  been  crowned  with  compara- 
tively little  success.  When  the  committee  appointed  by 
Governor  Bell  recently  visited  different  Canadian 
authorities  in  company  with  a similar  body  of  men  from 
New  York  it  seems  that  the  excuse  made  by  the 
Canadians  was  that  the  policy  of  the  Government  of  the 
United  States  in  propagating  yellow  perch  in  the  lake 
had  been  injurious  to  other  fish.  A letter  was  sent  to 
United  States  Fish  Commissioner  Bowers,  asking  if  the 
Federal  Commission  would  stop  propagation  of  yellow 
perch  in  the  lake. 

“Commisisoner  Bowers,  in  his  reply,  says  that  the  yel- 
low perch  were  released  at  Swanton,  while  the  Govern- 
ment was  experimenting  with  pike  perch  or  wall-eyed 
pike.  It  was  explained  that  the  National  Commission  re- 
ceives requests  from  many  parts  of  the  country  for  yel- 
low perch,  and  that  these  fish  are  propagated  at  the 
Swanton  hatchery  to  meet  these  requests.  He  saw  no 
reason  for  releasing  further  fish  in  Lake  Champlain. 

“With  the  argument  in  question  disposed  of,  the  Ver- 
mont and  New  York  Commissioners  will  renew  their 
efforts  to  secure  the  co-operation  of  the  Canadian 
authorities  in  suppressing  seining  in  Lake  Champlain, 


r 18, 1905. 


The  Canadians  have  taken  many  tons  of  fish  from  Mis- 
sisqtioi  Bay  every  year,  and  the  result  is  that  Vermont 
sportsmen  who  try  to  fish  in  the  lake  with  hook  and  line 
have  very  little  success  during  the  open  season  for  dif- 
ferent kinds  of  fish.  Residents  of  the  New  York  shore 
have  a similar  interest  in  the  movement.  It  is  announced 
that  some  of  the  authorities  are  in  favor  of  taking  strong 
measures  if  the  Dominion  Government  refuses  to  act,  but 
the  commissioners  deprecate  any  strong  talk  of  this 
character. 

“The  explanation  is  made  that  the  question  in  Canada 
is  a political  one,  and  tjiat  officials  hesitate  to  take  any 
action  which  might  affect  the  votes  of  fishermen  living- 
on  Missisquoi  Bay,  or  in  that  vicinity.  People  in  this 
vicinity  know  how  some  of  the  residents  on  the  Vermont 
shore  of  the  lake  have  sought  to  influence  votes  on  seine 
fishing,  and  it  is  hardly  strange  that  our  Canadian  neigh- 
bors, who  have  everything  to  gain  and  nothing  to  lose 
from  seining,  should  seek  to  make  their  political  influence 
felt  in  a similar  way.” 

It  is  to  be  hoped  that  Canada’s  public  men,  despite  the 
political  influence  brought  against  it,  will  see  their  way 
clear  to  entering  into  such  a convention.  They  cannot 
but  admit  the  justice  of  the  contention  put  forth  by  the 
States  of  New  York  and  Vermont. 

Their  sense  of  fairness  will  tell  them  it  is  not  right 
that  the  commercial  instincts  of  a few  fishermen  on  Mis- 
sisquoi Bay  should  be  allowed  to  interfere  with  the  larger 
interests  of  the  section  in  which  the  great  body  of  the 
lake  is  located.  At  any  rate,  let  us  hope  that  they  will 
look  at  it  in  this  light. 


Mr.  Chambers  on  Sea  Trout. 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

In  your  issue  of  December  24,  Mr.  Chambers  takes  The 
Old  Angler  to  task  for  making  gratuitous  assumptions 
and  drawing  erroneous  conclusions,  and  strenuously 
asserts  that  there  is  nothing  in  the  context  of  his  letter 
to  lead  the  reader  to  conclude  that  last  summer  was  the 
only  time  he  had  studied  the  “sea  trout.”  Let  us  see 
about  this. 

That  part  of  his  letter  dealing  with  sea  trout  opens  in 
these  words:  “During  the  last  summer  I was  fortunate 

enough  to  enjoy  opportunities  for  the  study  of  the  sea 
run  trout  of  the  Saguenay  and  some  of  its  tributaries.” 
Then  follows  over  a column  of  matter  taken  bodily  from 
the  writings  of  the  late  M.  H.  Perley,  Frank  Forrester, 
Charles  Hallock,  Thad.  Norris  and  others,  with  all  their 
errors  of  description  and  classification  into  a distinct 
species  under  the  various  names  of  Trutta  marina,  Salmo 
trutta,  or  Salmo  immaculatus,  according  to  the  ignorance 
of  the  writers  whose  matter  he  appropriated  and  whose 
opinions  he  apparently  indorsed ; but  not  another  word 
throughout  the  whole  letter  to  indicate  that  he  had  made 
any  previous  study  of  the  fish. 

The  Old  Angler  submits  that  any  reader  unacquainted 
with  Mr.  C.’s  later  explanations  must  come  to  the  same 
conclusion  he  did  without  imagining  or  assuming  any- 
thing, and  without  the  slightest  wish  to  misrepresent. 
Had  Mr.  C.  been  writing  of  Europe  or  New  Y'ork,  and 
had  he  adopted  bodily,  without  a hint  at  quotation,  the 
erroneous  descriptions  of  writers  more  ignorant  than 
himself,  the  irresistible  inference  would  be  that  he  had 
not  been  there,  and  that  he  did  not  write  from  his  own 
observations.  But  the  excellence  of  his  matter  on  sub- 
jects he  fully  understands  would  preclude  any  possible 
inference  that  he  had  never  been  to  school. 

Mr.  Chambers  quotes  with  admiration  from  our  friend 
Charles  Hallock,  who  has  given  up  his  first  contention 
as  to  species,  and  even  his  subsequent  opinion  as  to 
variety,  and  has  settled  down  into  what  he  calls,  with 
Mr.  C.’s  emphatic  approval,  “the  marine  and  fluvial 
types.”  To  those  of  your  readers  who  have  followed 
the  discussion,  this  must  be  very  amusing.  Mr.  Hallock 
first  sought  the  aid  of  Mr.  Gregory,  of  Quebec,  and  Mr. 
Manuel,  of  Ottawa,  who  agreed  with  him  that  this 
“type”  was  a true  sea  fish  that  came  into  the  rivers  to 
feed  upon  salmon  ova ! When  the  present  writer  showed 
the  crass  ignorance  his  friends  displayed,  Mr.  Hallock 
invoked  the  assistance  of  Prof.  D.  Starr  Jordan,  who, 
consenting  to  “arbitrate,”  pronounced,  ex-cathedra,  that 
the  only  difference  between  the  brook  trout  and  the  sea 
trout  was  that  the  latter  was  brought  up  and  fed  in  the 
sea,  and  he  volunteered  the  following  sapient  opinion : 
“Presumably  the  young  of  any  brook  trout  hatched  out 
in  the  sea  and  fed  in  the  sea  would  be  the  same.” 
Whether  Mr.  H.  considered  that  this  dictum  of  the  lead- 
ing ichthyologist  in  the  United  States  strengthened  either 
of  his  contentions,  The  Old  Angler  is  not  advised;  but 
the  fact  disclosed  by  Mr.  Chambers  that  he  has  dropped 
both  species  and  variety  and  taken  his  stand  on  type, 
would  seem  to  indicate  that  he  was  not  quite  satisfied 
with  the  arbitrator’s  award,  and  was  not  so  grateful  as, 
in  your  opinion,  we  all  ought  to  be  for  the  condescension. 

Authorities  competent  to  give  an  opinion  now  agree 
that  the  species  is  Salmo  fontinalis  and  the  variety  brook 
trout.  Where  does  the  “type”  come  in?  How  will  Mr. 
Hallock  or  Mr.  Chambers,  who  considers  the  term  so 
happy,  distinguish  between  “types”  that  have  no  constant 
characteristics?  How  far  up  river  does  the  “marine 
trout”  change  into  the  “fluvial  trout,”  or  how  far  down 
river  does  the  fluvial  type  change  into  the  marine  type? 
Unless  there  are  some  permanent  characteristics  to  dis- 
tinguish one  individual  from  another,  how  are  we  to  de- 
cide on  the  “type?”  When  all  the  characteristics  that 
make  a marine  trout  in  one  part  of  a river  are  changed 
into  those  that  make  it  a fluvial  trout  in  another  part  of 
the  same  river,  what  mere  logamachy  is  all  this  pseudo- 
science with  which  these  savants  are  bewildering  them- 
selves ! 

As  the  outcome  of  the  discussion  in  your  columns,  the 
writer  is  gratified  to  know  that  both  Mr.  Hallock  and 
Mr.  Chambers  are  now  agreed  that  when  Salmo  fontinalis 
is  caught  in  salt  water  he  is  a sea  trout;  but  when  taken 
in  fresh  water  he  is  a brook  trout,  which  has  been  all 
along  the  contention  of  The  Old  Angler. 


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Ault’s  Landing. 

“Let’s  go  down  to  Ault’s.” 

What  fond  memories  the  mention  of  this  river  landing 
brings  to  mind.  When  I was  a youngster  and  lived  in 
Leesburg  I was  a member  of  the  gang  that  used  to  fre- 
quent this  point  on  the  Potomac.  Who  of  us  boys  could 
ever  forget  the  happy  days  spent  down  there,  the  roaring 
great  big  fires  we  used  to  make  in  the  spring  of  the  year 
when  suckers  were  running  ? How  we  used  to  roll  the 
big  broad  scales  (that  is,  if  we  were  lucky  enough  to 
catch  them)  up  in  clay  and  cook  them  in  the  ashes— the 
finest  way  in  the  world  to  cook  a fish.  In  those  days_  we 
kids  didn’t  know  a bass  from  a sucker ; but  I believe 
since  then  some  of  us  have  found  out  the  difference. 
Ault's  Landing  has  always  been  a favorite  place  for  Lees- 
burg fishermen.  It  is  the  closest  point  on  the  river,  and 
furnishes  excellent  bass  fishing.  I believe  I am  the  only 
one  of  the  old  crowd  who  now  visits  the  place.  Some 
have  lost  their  fondness  for  the  sport,  while  others  are 
scattered  over  the  country,  probably  too  far  away  to 
come  back  to  the  scenes  of  their  early  exploits. 

Last  Fourth  of  July  found  me  wading  the  riffles  below 
Ault’s  again.  I could  feel  the  same  old  familiar  rocks 
under  my  feet,  see  the  same  boulders  around  which  I 
had  cast  in  former  years,  and  could  almost  imagine  I 
could  feel  the  tugging  of  the  beauties  I used  to  catch 
along  here.  Going  on  down  to  Red  Rock,  I ran  across 
my  old  fisherman  friend,  Uncle  Ben  Adams,  who,  it 
would  be  no  exaggeration  to  say,  has  fished  every  foot  of 
water  from  White’s  Ferry  to  several  miles  below  Red 
Rock.  As  usual,  he  had  a nice  bunch  tied  nearby. 

“Boy,”  he  said,  “I  am  glad  to  see  you.  I look  for  you 
every  year,  for  I know  you  will  come.  I believe  you 
love  the  place  for  the  days  you  spent  here  when  a kid. 
I can  remember  the  days  very  distinctly  when  you  kids 
used  to  come  down  here.  If  I was  on  the  river  on  Sat- 
urdays, I’d  generally  look  toward  Ault’s,  and  if  it  was 
smoky  in  the  trees  I’d  know  you  were  there,  and  if  I was 
near  enough  would  always  come  by  to  warm  up.” 

The  old  man  was  in  reminiscent  mood,  and  talked  for 
some  time  of  the  big  ones  he  had  caught  since  he  saw 
me  last.  I left  him  sitting  there  puffing  away  at  his  pipe. 
He  is  too  old  now  to  go  it  wading,  and  has  to  be  satisfied 
with  bank  and  boat  fishing;  but  he  has  seen  the  day 
when  he  could  wade  with  the  best  of  them. 

Taking  a boat  I crossed  over  to  the  Maryland  side  and 
went  up  the  canal.  I remember  how  I used  to  hate  the 
sight  of  the  mules  along  here,  for  when  I saw  them 
coming  I knew  I had  to  take  all  lines  up  and  myself,  too, 
to  let  the  towline  pass.  The  old  boats  along  here  never 
change.  They  look  just  the  same  now  as  they  did  fifteen 
years  ago,  and  the  people  on  them  look  the  same,  too. 
On  this  particular  day  I was  in  search  of  an  old  ware- 
house that  used  to  stand  along  the  canal  some  distance 
up,  where  we  used  to  fish  for  carp.  There  was  a sort  of 
wharf  attached  to  the  house,  and  in  loading  the  boats 
some  little  grain  would  fall  into  the  water,  making  a 
feeding  place  for  the  fish.  There  was  always  something 
queer  about  the  fish  here.  They  would  bite  right  along 
until  you  had  caught  several  and  then  stop,  and  you 
might  as  well  move  on  to  another  place,  for  the  time  be- 
ing, any  way,  for  it  seemed  as  if  they  missed  their  com- 
rades and  got  wise.  I found  the  place,  and,  as  usual, 
caught  several,  when  they  stopped  biting.  I had  for- 
gotten about  the  peculiarities  of  the  fish  here,  and  when 
they  stopped  biting  I suddenly  remembered  this  fact. 
Having  a right  good  string  of  bass  and  several  of  those 
peculiar  carp,  I took  the  boat  and  pulled  for  the  other 
shore.  I had  spent  a most  pleasant  day  roaming  around 
over  places  so  familiar  and  which  recalled  such  pleasant 
recollections.  Reaching  the  Virginia  side  I tied  the  boat 
and  sat  down  awhile  to  rest.  I was  soon  day-dreaming 
of  past  events,  and  it  was  not  until  the  setting  sun  in  all 
its  golden  splendor  was  sinking  behind  the  western  hills 
tint  I wended  my  way  across  the  fields  home. 

One  of  the  Kids. 


Mountain  Herring  of  Fremont  Lake. 

The  low  water  at  the  outlet  of  Fremont  Lake  where 
it  passes  into  Pine  Creek,  is  now.  alive  with  a little  fish 
commonly  known  as  the  mountain  herring,  which  have 
come  up  to  spawn.  The  outlet  presents  a most  scenic 
appearance  at  this  time.  The  water  is  open  here  the  yeai 
around,  and  the  outlet  where  the  fish  are  spawning  is 
rocky  and  full  of  boulders  forming  a beautiful  rapids. 
The  fish  seek  the  many  pools  and  are  so  thick  at  times 
as  to  force  one  another  high  and  dry  out  of  the  water. 
The  sight  is  a beautiful  one.  The  fish  are  never  seen  ex- 
cept during  the  spawning  season.  The  lake  has  fathom- 
less  depths  in  places,  and  it  is  presumed  that  the  fish  only 
come  up  out  of  the  deep  water  to  spawn.  They  are  pom 
six  to  ten  inches  long,  speckled,  and  with  scales,  with  a 
mouth  like  a herring.  . , . , T 

The  traits  of  the  fish  were  first  discovered  by  the  In- 
dians years  ago,  and  they  would  face  the  terrors  of  any 
storm  in  order  to  get  here  by  January  IS  and  make  camp, 
waiting  for  the  fish  to  arrive.  The  outlet  of  the  lake  is 
a very  narrow  channel,  which  they  would  rock  up  ex- 
cept for  a small  opening  for  the  fish  to  pass  through,  lhe 
water  below  trickled  through  the  rocks,  and  the  only  way 
for  passage  below  was  to  jump  the  rapids.  Very 
would  escape  from  the  trap,  when  once  it  was  closed.  A 
line  would  be  formed  across  the  rapids  with  clubs,  and  as 
soon  as  the  outlet  had  been  closed  they  would  advance, 
driving  the  fish  into  the  higher  water  where. the  nets  had 
been  set.  They  would  sometimes  get  as  high  as  a ton 
at  one  drive.  This  was  their  only  chance  for  fish  supply, 
and  each  catch  would  be  frozen  and  packed  back  to  the 
rendezvous.  Tn  spite  of  the  fact  that  hundreds  of  thous- 
ands  of  the  fish  were  taken  out  each  year,  the  supply  never 

seemed  fo  decrease.  . _ . 

This  iake  is  also  well  stocked  with  the  finest  of  trout- 
three  species  having  been  found — but  they  do  not  spawn 
until  later.— Pinedale  (Wyo.)  Roundup,  January  19. 


An  Old  Man's  Device. 

When  a man  is  growing  old  and  his  eyesight  begins 
to  fail,  his  ardor  for  fishing  does  not  diminish,  nor  does 
he -lose  interest  in  the  sport  because  it  becomes  more 


difficult  for  him  to  indulge  in.  For  several  years  I have 
found  difficulty  in  threading  the  line  through  the  ring, 
or  snake  guides  on  my  light  rods,  and  a study  of  this 
phase  of  the  trouble,  which  comes  to  us  from  failing 
eyesight,  led  me  to  devise  a guide  which  would  enable 
me  to  line-up  the  rod  without  the  use  of  my  glasses. 
I made  a number  of  rod  guides  of  sheet-metal  and  of 
bent  wire,  all  of  one  general  design,  which  was  to 
enable  me  to  thread  the  line  upon  the  rod  without 
pushing  the  elusive  end  through  ring  after  ring. 

Last  month  I took  my  lightest  split-bamboo  (a  six- 
ounce  special  of  the  late  C.  F.  Murphy’s  make)  to  his 


son,  Joseph,  in  Newark,  and,  showing  him  one  of  the 
guides  of  this  design,  asked  him  to  make  a full  set  of 
them  as  light  and  stiff  as  possible  and  remount  the  rod. 
He  returned  the  rod  last  week  fully  equipped  with 
the  “blind  man’s  guides”  and  rewrapped  and  varnished. 
I have  since  tried  it  on  the  snow-covered  fields  and 
have  had  no  trouble  with  the  guides.  It  is  scarcely 
necessary  to  explain  that  the  line  is  laid  into  one  of 
these  guides  crosswise  and  then  pulled  straight.  The 
ends  of  the  spiral  approach  the  wrapping  so  closely  that 
there  is  just  room  to  snap  the  line  in  and  out.  The 
spirals  are  made  of  hard  German  silver  wire  fastened 
to  the  plates  with  medium  hard  solder.  There  is  no 
patent  on  this  device,  and  if  any  one  should  ask  for  one 
he  would  probably  be  told  by  the  intelligent  examiners 
that  he  could  not  have  it  because  somebody  once  made 
a harness  terret  or  a piece  of  ship  hardware  upon  the 
same  plan. 

The  smallest  guide  on  my  rod  will  just  take  a parlor 
match  through  it,  and  the  lower  spiral  on  the  butt  is 
three-sixteenths  of  an  inch  in  diameter  and  made  of 
No.  18  wire.  The  whole  appearence  of  these  mount- 
ings is  neat,  and  I find  the  “loop  the  loop”  guides  far 
more  convenient  than  the  rings  and  keepers  which  Joe 
Murphy  removed. Harrimac. 

Fly  and  Cast  Box. 

In  England  the  G.  H.  H.  fly-box  is  well  known  and 
popular.  It  has  recently  been  improved,  however,  in  a 
way  which  makes  it  still  more  useful.  The  new  box 
has  ten  fly  divisions,  a cast  holder,  and  a compartment 
for  gut  points.  The  lids  of  the  fly  divisions  are  fitted 
with  ingenious  hinges,  which  spring  the  lid  up  on 
easing  the  metal  clips,  which  are  easily  manipulated. 


This  is  a decided  advantage  in  cold  weather  and  in 
many  other  respects.  A special  feature  of  the  new 
springs  is  their  simplicity.  The  steels  may  be  re- 
placed  at  small  cost  and  little  trouble  by  the  user.  It 
would  be  a decided  improvement  if  the  box. were  made 
of  aluminium  in  place  of  tin,  as  the  latter  is  so  heavy 
in  comparison.  The  box  costs  ns.  od.,  ana  may  be 
obtained  from  Messrs.  Carter  & Co.,  Ltd.,  137  St.  John- 
street-road,  London,  E.  C.,  or  any  dealer  m the  United 
States  will  order  it. 

The  Ohio  Fish  Laws. 


granted,  for  the  very  obvious  reason  that  they  simply 
form  loopholes  through  which  the  law  may  be  violated 
with  impunity.  JAy  Beebe, 

Toledo,  O,,  Jan.  17. 

Game  Legislation  at  Albany. 

Bills  amending  the  fish  and  game  law  not  already  noted  have 
been  introduced  as  follows: 

By  Senator  Prime  (Int.  No  98)  and  Assemblyman  Plank  (Int. 
No.  158),  appropriating  $2,140  for  continuing  the  restocking  of  the 
Adirondack  region  with  wild  moose. 

By  Assemblyman  Hanford  (Int.  No.  168),  amending  Section  23a 
so  as  to  provide  that  woodcock  shall  not  he  taken  in  the.  counties 
of  Greene  and  Tioga  from  Dec.  1 to  Sept.  30,  both  inclusive. 
Also  amending  Section  26  so  as  to  provide  that  grouse  shall  not 
be  taken  in  the  counties  of  Sullivan,  Greene  and  Tioga  from  Dec. 

1 to  Sept.  30,  both  inclusive. 

By  Assemblyman  Hanford  (Int.  164)  amending  Section  40  so  as 
to  provide  that  trout  less  than  7 inches  in  length  shall  not  be 
taken  or  possessed.  The  present  law  makes  the  length  0 inches. 

By  Assemblyman  Peeve  (Int.  No.  161),  amending  Section  16  so 
as  to  fix  a penalty  of  $50  for  each  black  bear  taken  or  possessed 
in  violation  of  Section  11a,  and  imposing  a fine  of  $-5  on  any 
person  failing  to  file  a report  with  the  State  Forest,  Fish  and 
and  Game  Commission  of  the  killing  or  taking  of  a wild  black 
bear,  under  the  provisions  of  Section  11a. 

Assemblyman  Reeve  (Int.  No.  115),  amending  Section  39  as 
regards  penalties  so  as  to  make  the  section  apply  to  any  person 
buying  or  selling  any  game  in  violation  of  the  law.  ... 

Assemblyman  Foelker  (Int.  No.  110),  making  it  unlawful  for 
any  person  not  a bona  fide  resident  of  this  State  and  actually 
domiciled  therein  to  hunt,  take  or  kill  any  deer  at  any  time  with- 
out first  having  procured  a license  from  the.  State  r orest,  risn 
and  Game  Commission,  at  a cost  of  $25.  A violation  of  the  act  is 
to  be  punishable  by  a fine  of  not  less  than  $25  nor  more  than  $1™* 
Senator  Burr  (Int.  No.  65)  and  Assemblyman  Hobbs  (Int.  No. 
113),  amending  Section  113  so  as  to  provide  that  ducks,  geese  and 
swan  shall  not  be  taken  from  April  16  to  Sept.  30,  both  inclusive,, 
instead  of  from  Jan.  1,  and  that  they  shall  not  be  possessed  from 
April  16  to  Sept.  30,  both  inclusive,  instead  of  from  April  lb. 

Senator  Elsberg  (Int.  No.  76),  amending  Section  170  so  as  to 
provide  that  the  State  Forest,  Fish  and  Game  Commission  shall 
appoint  a special  assistant  oyster  protector,  a resident  of  the 
Borough  of  Manhattan,  at  an  annual  salary  of  $600.  His  field  of 
operations  shall  be  confined  to  the  Borough  of  Manhattan.  _ 

By  Assemblyman  A.  P.  Smith  (Int.  No.  139),  amending  Sec- 
tion  43b  so  as  to  provide  that  trout  shall  not  be  sold,  exposed  for 
sale  or  possessed  for  the  purpose  of  selling,  from  Sept.  X to  April 

21,  in  any  year.  „ _ , 

By  Assemblyman  A.  P.  Smith  (Int.  No.  137)  adding  a new  sec- 
tion, to  be  known  as  Section  28a.  and  providing  that  woodcock 
and  grouse  shall  not  be  sold,  exposed  for  sale  or  possessed  for  the 
purpose  of  selling,  from  Dec.  6 to  Sept.  21,  in  any  year.  . 

By  Assemblyman  A.  P.  Smith  (Int.  No.  138),  amending  Section 
28.  so  as  to  provide  that  quail  shall  not  be  sold  or  possessed 
during  the  close  season,  except  in  the  month  of  December,  and 
possession  and  sale  thereof  during  December  shall  be  presumptive 
evidence  that  they  were  unlawfully  taken  by  the  possessor. 

By  Senator  Drescher  (Int.  No.  82),  adding  a new  section,  to  be 
known  as  Section  180,  and  providing  that  three  additional  game 
prelectors  and  one  additional  assistant  chief  protector  snail  be 
appointed.  They  shall  be  assigned  to  enforce  the  law  for  the 
protection  of  fish  in  Jamaica  Bay  and  adjacent  waters.  lhe 
salary  of  the  assistant  chief  protector  shall  be  $1,200  a year,  with 
$750  for  traveling  and  other  necessary  incidental  expenses,  and 
the  salaries  of  the  additional  game  protectors  shall  be  $1,000  each 

a year.  ,,  . . . 

Albany,  Feb.  ll.—Fish  and  game  matters  were  rather  quiet  in 
the  Legislature  the  past  week.  A bill  introduced  by  Senator 
Armstrong,  Int.  No.  316,  adding  Article  5v.IV.  to  the  fish  and 
game  law,  providing  for  licensing  non-resident  sportsmen,  at- 
tracted considerable  attention.  It  requires  non-residents  who  wish 
to  hunt  in  this  State  to  secure  licenses  from  the  Forest,  Fish  and 
Game  Commission,  approved  by  the  Secretary  of  State,  lhe  bill 
further  provides  that  resident  sportsmen  must  obtain  licenses 

frTheCSenafe  hTpassed  the  bill  of  Assemblyman  Cobb  (Int.  No. 
142)  amending  Section  48  so  as  to  prov.de  that  muskallonge  less 
than  24  inches  in  length  shall  not  be  possessed,  and  if  taken  shall, 
without  inj‘ury,  be  immediately  returned  to  the  water  where  taken. 
The  Assembly  has  passed  these  bills: 

Assemblyman  Wade’s  (Int.  No  278),  relative  to  the  close  sea- 
son for  squirrels,  grouse  and  woodcock,  and  quail  in  Chautauqua 

C°Assernblyman  Wade’s  (Int.  No.  249)  providing  for  the  use  of 
nets  with  1%-inch  meshes  in  Brie  county.  . . 

Assemblyman  Beebe’s  (Int.  No.  223  , relative  to  taking  geese, 
ducks,  brant  and  swan  in  the  county  of  Monroe. 

The  Assembly  has  advanced  to  third  reading  the  bill  of  As 
semblymfn  Reeve.  (Int.  No.  305),  relative  to  the  protection  of 
l?nd  turtles  and  wild  black  bears.  . . , . 

The  following  bills  have  been  introduced  in  the  Assembly: 

By  Assemblyman  F.  C.  Wood  (Int.  No  427k fen-eS in 
13  so  as  to  allow  the  hunting  of  hares  and  rabbits  with  ferrets  in 

FbY  Assemblyman  F.  C.  Wood  (Int.  No.  428),  amending  Sectjon 
172  so  as  to  permit  the  State  Forest,  Fish  and  Game  Commission 
to  increase  from  $2,500  to  $3,000  the  annual  salary  of  any  chief 
game  protector  who  has  served  as.  ^ch  for  twelve  contmuous 
years.  It  also  provides  for  increasing  from  $1,200  to  $1,400  the 
annual  compensation  of  the  assistant  chief  protectors 

By  Assemblyman  West  (Int.  No..  469)  amending  Segon  CTw 
TS  tn  nrohibit  the  placing  of  carp  in  the  waters  of  Keuka  Hake 
fn  the  counties  of  Steuben  and  Yates,  or  in  any  waters  inhabited 

Hi? sms  St  gter&'sszsi 

S„Sy“.,CtL’£e  #7  Sf  .7  Schenec- 

so  as  to  make  the  close  season  for  woodcock  in  Sullivan  county 

“nSSi.  Committee  °* 


Editor  forest  and  Stream:  . . . 

A very  important  case  tending  to  sustain  the  existing 
fish  laws  of  this  State  was  decided  a few  days  ago  by 
the  Ohio  Supreme  Court.  This  was  the  case  of  Ohio  vs. 
John  T.  French,  and  the  decision  goes  to  uphold  the 
constitutionality  of  a law  passed  in  April,  1898,  under 
which  a game  warden  is  given  authority  to  destroy  on 
the  spot  nets  and  other  fishing  apparatus  taken  in  illegal 
use.  Warden  David  Sutton,  of  Ottawa  county,  captured 
and  destroyed  certain  nets  which  were  being  used  by 
John  French  in  violation  of  the  laws,  whereupon  French 
brought  suit  for  the  nets  so  destroyed,  and  obtained  a 
judgment  in  the  lower  court.  The  Supreme  Court  ruled 
that  the  State  Warden  may  destroy  nets  illegally  used 
without  ceremony,  and  that  the  State  is  not  liable  to  the 

owners  for  damages.  . . . , , , . 

The  present  Ohio  fish  laws  forbid  the  taking  of  black 
bass  by  any  other  method  than  hook  and  line,  Rnd  make 
the  minimum  limit  of  fish  so  taken  ten  inches.  I his  very 
wise  restriction  has  been  very  generally  ignored  about 
Toledo  till  late  this  fall,  when  a Lucas  county  warden 
arrested  two  well-known  amateur  fishermen  with  the 
“goods”  in  their  possession.  The  statutory  penalty  is 
$?5  f0l-  each  offense,  but  it  is  understood  that  the  culprits 
were  allowed  to  plead  guilty  to  a single  fish. 

'Lhe  Hw  prohibits  the  drawing  of  semes  in  the  Maumee 
River  above  the  head  of  the  Maumee  Bay,  but  allows 
seinino-  for  carp  under  permits  granted  bj  the  fish  and 
game  warden  of  the  -county,  that  official  has  just  an- 
p cm  per  cl  that  hereafter  ihoic  ihh  Ii  permits  will  bo 


New  York  Casting  Tournament, 

dison  Square  Garden,  Feb.  21  to  March  9,  Inclusive 

.urnament  Committee:  Harold  .G-  g^B^Lawrence, Hilton 

nwright.  Chancellor  G.  Eevison,  KODeri 

smith,  Harold  De  Raasloff.  Ha#  T AbercroJ*  ^ Smlth. 

-neG  meTwIll  KaSp«k  NlthaJnier  S.  Smith  T Elmer 
5.  Ur.  1 eteL:>  c ...  T Amen  Weir,  L.  Bougie.  Robert  Let- 
en  James  D.  Sm  Ui,  L timber,  Harrv  L.  Cadmus,  Geo.  B. 
2s  Vd  Cloves.  Tohn  E.  Bullwinkel,  Theo.  A.  Knapp.  James 

§w?S$  ««« 1 «*uii 

;,  silver  medal,  and  third  prize,  bronze  medal. 

5ENERAL  RULES  GOVERNING  ALL  CONTESTS, 

,le  1. — All  contests  shall  be  governed  by  two  judges  and  & 
Tn  case  0f  disagreement  the  referee  shall  decide. 

1 9 Tsin  nnp  shall  be  permitted  to  enter  any  contest,  except 

lif'^nnen  to  all”  who  has  ever  taught  casting  for  pay; 
:d  lfor  aP  living,  been  a guide,  or  who  has  been  engaged  ia 
m*  the  manufacture  or  sale  of  fishing  tackle9  . . m 

ile  3.— All  persons  competing  shall  pay  an  entrance  fee  of  $1 

qgC4  —The""  order  in  which  the  contestants  shall  cast  1 shall I be 
‘mined  by  the  judges..  The  contestants  must  be  ready  to  cast 

tleCll— Th^°leadert^indUflyeSor  lure  in  each  contest  must  be 
-t  at  the  time  of  record  by  the  judges,  and  the  length  an 

32  SAXkSire’„,,,bY.irbrf™d,  by  .h,  M*.  ««  accurately 
rmine  the  point  at  which  the  fly  or  lure  falls. 

,le  7—  Contests  shall-  be  called  promptly  at  o.30  r,  M.  and 

ife  gY-After  the  contestant  has  taken  his  place  on  the  stand. 

h is  a. platform  not  more  than  18  niches  above  the  surface  °t 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


[F£b.  18,  1905. 


the  water,  his  time  shall  be  counted  from  the  moment  he  says 
Ready,.,  and  the  first  cast  thereafter  shall  count.  The  longest 
cast  during  the  five  minutes  succeeding  the  word  “Ready”  shall 
be  taken  as  his  record  for  distance. 

j 9,’77?'I\e  rot?  must  be  held  in  one  hand,  and  no  rod  shall 
exceed  11%  feet  in  length,  excepting  when  otherwise  specified. 
Ihe  line  must  not  be  weighted. 

r>U]e  }!'  JIle  Earb  and  point  must  be  removed  from  all  hooks. 
iU\  i?'7T  .out  fl'es  °n  hooks  no  smaller  than  No.  12  (old 
scale;  shall  be  used  unless  otherwise  specified.  Leaders,  which 
must  be  of  single  gut,  shall  not  exceed  the  length  of  the  rod  by 
m°re  than  2 feet,  unless  otherwise  specified. 

Rule  12.  -Time  will  be  allowed,  in  case  of  accident,  to  make 
rePairs  at  the  discretion  of  the  judges. 

,.  e ^le  switch  style  of  casting  will  not  be  allowed,  except 
ln  the  class  so  devoted  to  that  method. 

Rule  14.  All  difficulties  or  disputes,  arising  and  not  provided 
tor  in  these  rules  or  the  rules  governing  each  contest,  shall  be 
relerred  to  the  judges,  whose  decision  shall  be  final. 

tvule  15.  When  . the  method  of  casting  to  be  employed  is 
specified  in  the  rules  governing  an  event,  no  other  style  than  that 
, designated  will  be  allowed. 

Rule  16.— In  all  events  where  the  weight  of  the  rod  is  limited, 
an  allowance  of  three-quarters  of  an  ounce  shall  be  fnade  for  the 
solid  metal  reel  seat,  and  three-quarters  of  an  ounce  for  an  in- 
dependent handle,  providing  such  handle  and  butt  joint  of  the 
r°d>  ar6  eac(h  made  with  the  usual  metal  ferrule  and  the  rod,  exclusive 
of  the  handle,  is  made  in  three  pieces  joined  by  metal  ferrules. 

Rule  17.  Whenever  a,  contest  combines  both  distance  and  ac- 
curacy, the  competition  for  accuracy  shall  precede  that  for  dis- 
tance. 

Rule  18.  The  standard  for  hooks  is  that  of  Harrison’s  sproat, 
regular  size,  old  scale. 

Opening  Event. 

TUESDAY,  FEB.  21,  8:30  P.  M. 

Grilse  or  Salmon  Fly-Casting  for  Distance  Only.— Open  to  all. 
Rods  must  not  exceed  14  feet  in  length.  Fly  to  be  furnished  by 
the  committee. 

WEDNESDAY,  FEB.  22,  3:30  P.  M. 

Event  1.  Single-Handed  Bait-Casting  Contest,  Distance  Only. — 
Open  to  all,  excepting  those  who  have  cast  more  than  100  feet  in 
any  similar  contest.  Five  casts  shall  be  made  overhead  with 
half-ounce  rubber  frog  to  be  furnished  by  the  committee.  The 
longest  cast  to  count.  Each  contestant  may  make  not  more  than 
three  trial  casts  before  casting  to  score.  No  limit  to  weight  of 
rod  or  line,  but  cast  must  be  made  from  free  running  reel.  Should 
the  frog  fall  outside  the  side  boundaries  of  the  tank,  the  cast 
shall  count,  but  will  not  be  scored. 

WEDNESDAY,  FEB.  22,  5:30  P.  M. 

Event.  No.  2.  Trout  Fly-Casting  for  Distance  Only. — Open  to 
youths  not  over  twenty  years  of  age.  Weight  of  rod  and  length 
of  leader  unrestricted. 

THURSDAY,  FEB.  23,  3:30  P.  M. 

Event  No.  3.  Trout  Fly-Casting  Contest  for  Distance  Only. — 

. Open  only  to  those  who  have  never  cast  more  than  60  feet  in 
single-hand,  club  or  tournament  contest.  Weight  of  rod  and 
length  of  leader  unrestricted. 

THURSDAY,  FEB.  23,  8:30  P.  M. 

Event  No.  4.  Switch  Trout  Fly-Casting  Contest  for  Distance 
Only. — Open  to  all,  excepting  those  who  have  cast  more  than 
75  feet  in  any  similar  club  or  tournament  contest.  An  obstacle 
will  be  placed  15  feet  back  of  the  contestant.  Weight  of  rod  and 
* length  of  leader  unrestricted. 

. FRIDAY,  FEB.  24,  3:30  P.  M. 

Event  No.  5.  Black  Bass  Fly-Casting  Contest;  Distance  Only 
to  Count. — A fly  on  No.  4 hook  to  be  used.  These  will  be  fur- 
nished by  the  committee.  Open  only  to  those  who  have  never 
cast  more  than  75  feet  in  any  similar  contest  in  either  club  or 
open  tournament.  Weight  of  rod  and  length  of  leaders  un- 
restricted. 

FRIDAY,  FEB.  24,  8:30  P.  M. 

Event  No.  6.  Light  Trout  Fly-Rod  Contest  for  Distance  Only. — 
Rod  must  not  weigh  more  than  5 ounces.  For  allowances  see 
Rule  16.  Open  only  to  those  who  have  never  cast  more  than 
60  feet  in  any  similar  contest  in  either  club  or  open  tournament 
with  a rod  of  five  ounces  or  less. 

SATURDAY,  FEB.  25,  3:30  P.  M. 

Event  No.  7.  Single-Handed  Bait-Casting  Contest  for  Distance 
and  Accuracy. — Open  to  all,  excepting  those  who  have  cast  more 
than  100  feet  with  a quarter-ounce  lure  in  either  club  or  open 
. tournament.  Fiye  casts  shall  be  made  for  distance  with  a quar- 
ter-ounce rubber  frog,  to  be  furnished  by  the  committee.  Ten 
casts  shall  be  made  for  accuracy,  five  at  each  of  two  buoys  60  and 
■ 70  feet  distance  from  casting  point. 

These  casts  to  be  made  with  quarter-ounce  rubber  frog,  and 
for  each  foot  or  fraction  of  a foot  that  the  frog  fjtlls  from  the 
buoy  cast  at,  a demerit  of  one  shall  be  counted,  the  sum  total 
of  such  demerits,  divided  by  10,  shall  be  considered  the  demerit 
. per  cent.  The  demerit  per  cent,  deducted  from  100  shall  be  the 
accuracy  per  cent. 

For  distance  five  casts  shall  be  made,  and  the  average,  added 
to  the  percentage  of  accuracy,  shall  constitute  the  score.  Highest 
wins. 

No  limit  as  to  rod,  line  or  method  of  casting,  but  all  casts  must 
be  made  from  a free-running  reel. 

Should  frog  fall  outside  the  side  boundaries  of  the  tank,  the 
cast  shall  count,  but  will  not  be  scored. 

Two  trial  casts  for  distance  and  one  trial  cast  at  each  buoy 
may  be  made  by  each  contestant  before  casting  to  score. 


SATURDAY,  FEB.  25,  8:30  P.  M. 
n^VentnN°'  ^•tch  Trout  Fly-Casting  Contest  for  Distance 
° iy-'T  jpenA  to  ?1L  Weight  of  rod  and  length  of  leader  un- 
restricted. An  obstacle  will  be  placed  15  feet  back  of  the  con- 
testant. 

MONDAY,  FEB.  27,  3:30  P.  M. 

Event  No.  9.  Light  Trout  Fly-Casting  Contest  for  Distance 
Uniy.— Rod  must  not  weigh  more  than  5 ounces.  For  allowances 
J Open  only  to  those  who  have  never  cast  more  than 

. Jee^  in  any;  similar  contest  in  either  club  or  open  tournament 
with  a rod  weighing  5 ounces  or  less. 

MONDAY,  FEB.  27,  8:30  P.  M. 

Event  No.  10.  Light  Rod  Trout  Fly-Casting  Contest  for  Dis- 
tance Only.— Rod  must  not  weigh  more  than  4 ounces.  For 
allowances  see  Rule  -16.  Open  only  to  those  who  have  never  cast 
more  than  75  feet  in  any  similar  club  or  open  tournament  contest 
stricted  welghmg  4 ounces  or  less.  Length  of  leader  unre- 

TUESDAY,  FEB.  28,  3:30  P.  M. 

Event  No  11.  Trout  Fly-Casting  Contest.— Forward  obstacle. 
Distance  only.  Open  to  all.  A horizontal  bar  or  tape  supported 
by  two  upright  posts,  one  on  each  side  of  the  tank,  under  which 
the  cast  must  be  made,  will  be  placed  in  front  of  the  contestant 
at  a distance  of  30  feet,  and  6 feet  above  the  water  level.  Dis- 
tance between  Ihe  posts  within  which  the  casts  must  be  made 
restricted  ^ 1S  teet’  Weight  of  rod  and  length  of  leader  un- 

TUESDAY,  FEB.  28,  8:30  P.  M. 

Event  No.  12.  Black  Bass  Fly-Casting  Contest  for  Distance 
Unly.— Open  to  all,  excepting  those  who  have  cast  85  feet  in  any 
Slmilac  contest  m either  club  or  open  tournament.  A fly  on 
JNo.  4 hook  to  be  used,  to  be  furnished  by  the  committee.  Weight 
of  rod  and  length  of  leader  unrestricted. 


WEDNESDAY,  MARCH  1,  3:30  P.  M. 

nEve”J  No’  13-  Bait-Casting  Contest;  Distance  Only.— Open  to 
all.  Greenwood  Lake  style,”  with  half  ounce  rubber  frog,  to 
be  furnished  by  the  Committee.  No  limit  to  rod  or  line  or  reel 
but  cast  must  net  be  made  from  the  reel.  The  longest  cast  for- 
ward made  within  the  five  minutes  succeeding  the  time  the  con- 
ann.0.unce  “Ready,”  to  count.  Unless  the  frog  falls 
within  the  side  boundaries  of  the  tank  the  cast  shall  not  score. 
Prog  must  touch  the  water  on  the  back  cast  and  be  raised  there- 
from for  each  forward  cast. 

WEDNESDAY,  MARCH  1,  8:30  P.  M. 

Event  No.  14.  Single-PIanded  Bait-Casting  Contest;  Distance 
(July.  Open  to  all.  Five  casts  shall  be  made  overhead  with 
half  ounce  rubber  frog  to  be  furnished  by  the  committee.  The 
longest  cast,  to  count.  Each  contestant  may  make  not  more  than 
three  tiial  casts  before  casting  to  score.  No  limit  to  weight  of 
rod  or  hue,  but  cast  must  be  made  from  free-running  reel.  Should 
the  frog  fall  outside  the  side  boundaries  of  the  tank  the  cast  shall 
count,  but  will  not  be  scored. 

THURSDAY,  MARCH  2,  3:30  P.  M. 

Event  No.  15.  Trout  Fly-Casting  for  Accuracy  Only. — Open  to 
all  No  restrictions  as  to  weight  of  rod  and  line.  The  contest  is 
to  be  conducted  as  follows:  When  the  contestant  has  taken  his 

place  on  the  platform  and  has  said  “Ready,”  he  shall  begin  to 
cast  at  a buoy,  and  after  saying  “Count,”  or  after  having  made 
five  casts,  the  subsequent  five  shall  be  noted  for  record.  The 
buoy  shall  be  placed  against  the  side  of  the  tank  and  30  feet 
from  contestant  under  an  overhanging  bush,  which  shall  extend 
3 feet  over  and  be  3 feet  above  the  water.  The  score  shall  be  kept  as 
follows:  The  buoy  at  which  the  casts  are  made  is  a semi-circular  disk, 
b feet  in  diameter.  It  is  level  with  the  surface  of  the  water  and  marked 
by  concentric  circles  6 inches  apart.  The  fly  landing  in  the  cen- 
ter counts  10;  in  the  next  space,  9;  in  the  next  space,  8;  and  so 
on  down  to  5.  The  highest  score  wins  the  contest. 

THURSDAY,  MARCH  2,  8:30  P.  M. 

Event  No.  16.  Light  Trout  Fly-Casting  Contest  for  Distance 
})n-iy.— Rod  must  not  weigh  more  than  4 ounces.  See  Rule  16 
U a o!wance-s'  Open  to  all,  excepting  those  who  have  cast  more 
than  80  feet  m any  similar  club  or  tournament  contest  with  a rod 
weighing  4 ounces  or  less.  Length  of  leader  unrestricted. 

FRIDAY,  MARCH  3,  3:30  P.  M. 

Event  No.  17.  Single-Handed  Bait-Casting  Contest  for  Dis- 
tance and  Accuracy  with  Quarter-Ounce  Rubber  Frog.— Open  to 
ah-  Five  casts  shall  be  made  for  distance  with  a quarter-ounce 
rubber  frog  to  be  furnished  by  the  committee.  Ten  casts  shall 
be  made  for  accuracy— five  at  each  of  two  buoys  60  and  70 
feet  distant  from  casting  point. 

These  casts  to  be  made  with  quarter-ounce  rubber  frog,  and 
for  each  foot  or  fraction  of  a foot  that  the  frog  falls  from  the 
buoy  cast  at,  a demerit  of  1 shall  be  counted.  The  sum  total  of 
such  demerits  divided  by  10,  shall  be  considered  the  demerit  per 
cent.  The  demerit  per  cent,  deducted  from  100  shall  be  the  ac- 
curacy per  cent. 

For  distance  five  casts  shall  be  made,  and  the  average,  added 
to  the  percentage  of  accuracy,  shall  constitute  the  score.  High- 
est wins. 

No  restrictions  as  to  rod,  line,  reel  or  method  of  casting,  pro- 
vided that  all  casts  are  made  from  the  reel. 

Should  frog  fall  outside  the  side  boundaries  of  the  tank,  the 
cast  shall  count,  but  shall  not  be  scored. 

Two  trial  casts  for  distance  and  one  trial  cast  at  each  buoy 
may  be  made  by  each  contestant  before  casting  to  score. 

FRIDAY,  MARCH  3,  8:30  P.  M. 

Event  No.  18.  Light  Rod  Trout  Fly-Casting  Contest  for  Dis- 


tance Only. — Open  to  all.  Rod  must  not  weigh  more  than  4 
ounces.  For  allowances  see  Rule  16.  Length  of  leader  unre- 
stricted. 

SATURDAY,  MARCH  4,  3:30  P.  M. 

No.  19.  Dry  Fly-Casting  for  Accuracy.— Open  to  all. 
the  flies  to  be  used  in  this  event  will  be  furnished  by  the  com- 
mittee. At  buoys  20,  30,  40,  50  and  60  feet. 

1 he  contestant  shall  start  taking  aim  at  the  first  buoy,  by 
making  a reasonable  number  of  false  or  preparatory  casts  in  the 
air,  and  when  the  distance  is  determined,  shall  allow  the  fly  to 
iall  on  the  water  as  near  as  possible  to  the  center  of  the  first 
buoy.  Ihe  fly  must  be  permitted  to  remain  floating  on  the 
water  for  a few  seconds,  and . then  be  retrieved  as  delicately  as 
possible  and  the  next  buoy  aimed  at  in  a similar  manner,  and 
unrtlJi  ^ve.  casts  have  been  made.  One  at  each  buoy. 

If  ny  falls  within  one  foot  of  buoy  cast  at,  accuracy  shall  be 
considered  perfect.  For  each  foot  or  fraction  of  a foot  in  excess 
of  one  foot  from  such  a buoy,  a demerit  of  one  shall  be  counted, 
and  for  each  time  the  fly  fails  to  float  while  on  the  water,  a 
demerit  of  one  shall  also  be  counted.  The  sum  total  of  such 
aements,  divided  by  5,  shall  be  considered  the  demerit  per  cent, 
the  demerit  per  cent.,  deducted  from  100,  shall  be  the  accuracy 
pei  cent.  Should  the  fly  be  whipped  off,  time  will  be  allowed  to 
attach  a new  one. 

SATURDAY,  MARCH  4,  8:30  P.  M. 

Event  No.  20.  Trout  Fly-Casting  Contest.— Right  and  left-hand 
event.  Distance  only.  Weight  of  rod  and  length  of  leader  un- 
restricted. Open  to  all. 

The  contestant  is  allowed  six  minutes  for  two  alternate  trials 
°*  °ne  and  a half  minutes’  duration  to  cast  with  each  hand. 

I he  longest  cast  made  during  each  one  and  a half  minute  term 
shall  be  counted,  and  the  average  of  these  four  casts  shall  be  the 
score.  Highest  wins. 

MONDAY,  MARCH  6,  3:30  P.  M. 

Event  No.  21.  Trout  Fly-Casting  Contest. — For  accuracy  only. 
Open  to  all.  Distance  at  buoys,  40,  45  and  50  feet.  Weight  of 
rod  and  length  of  leader  unrestricted.  There  shall  be  five  casts 
at  each  buoy.  If  the  fly.  falls  within  one  foot  of  the  buoy  cast 
at  the  cast  shall  be  considered  perfect;  for  each  foot  or  fraction 
of  a foot  m excess  of  one  foot  from  such  a buoy  a demerit  of  one 
shall  be  counted.  The  sum  total  of  such  demerits  divided  by  15 
shall  be  considered  the  demerit  per  cent.  The  demerit  per  cent, 
deducted  from  100  shall  be  the  accuracy  per  cent.,  and  the  highest 
score  wins.  Should  the  fly  be  whipped  off,  time  will  be  allowed  to 
replace  it,  and  one  minute  allowed  to  extend  line  to  buoy  then  to 
be  cast  at 

MONDAY,  MARCH  6,-  8:30  P.  M. 

Event  No.  22.  Light  Trout  Fly-Rod  Contest. — Distance  only. 
Open  to  all.  Rod  must  not  weigh  more  than  5 ounces.  For 
allowances  see  Rule  16. 

TUESDAY,  MARCH  7,  3:30  P.  M. 

Event  No.  23.  Single-Handed  Bait-Casting  Contest  for  Dis- 
tance and  Accuracy.— Open  to  all.  Five  casts  shall  be  made  for 
distance  with  half-ounce  rubber  frog  to  be  furnished  by  the 
committee.  Ten  casts  shall  be  made  for  accuracy — five  at  each  of 
two  buoys,  60  and  SO  feet  distant  from  casting  point. 

Ihese  casts  to  be  made  with  half-ounce  rubber  frog,  and  for 
each  foot  or  fraction  of  a foot  that  the  frog  falls  from  the  buoy 
cast  at,  a demerit  of  one  shall  be  counted.  The  sum  total  of  such 
demerits,  divided  by  10,  shall  be  considered  the  demerit  per  cent. 
The  demerit  per  cent.,  deducted  from  100,  shall  be  the  accuracy 
per  cent. 

For  distance  five  casts  shall  be  made,  and  the  average,  added 
to  the  percentage  of  accuracy,  shall  constitute  the  score.  High- 
est wins. 

No  restrictions  to  rod,  line  or  method  of  casting,  but  all 
casts  must  be  made  from  a free-running  reel. 

Should  frog  fall  outside  the  side  boundaries  of  the  tank,  the 
cast  shall  count,  but  will  not  be  scored  for  distance,  but  will  be 
scored  for  accuracy. 

TUESDAY,  MARCH  7,  8:30  P.  M. 

Event  No.  24.  Trout  Fly-Casting  Contest  for  Distance  Only. — 
VV eight  of  rod  and  length  of  leader  unrestricted,  excepting  those 
who  have  cast  over  90  feet  in  any  club  or  tournament  events. 

WEDNESDAY,  MARCH  8,  3:30  P.  M. 

Event  No.  25.  Single-Handed  Bait-Casting  Contest  for  Dis- 
tance Only.— Open  to  all.  Five  casts  shall  be  made  overhead  for 
distance  with  a quarter-ounce  rubber  frog  to  be  furnished  by  the 
committee.  Each  contestant  may  make  not  more  than  three 
trial  casts  before  casting  to  score.  No  limit  to  weight  of  rod  or 
line,  but  cast  must  be  made  from  free-running  reel.  Should  the 
frog  fall  outside  the  side  boundaries  of  the  tank,  the  cast  shall 
count,  but  will  not  be  scored.  Longest  cast  to  count. 

WEDNESDAY,  MARCH  8,  8:30  P.  M. 

Event  No.  26.  Single-Handed  Trout  Fly-Casting  Contest  for 
Distance  Only. — Open  to  all,  excepting  to  those  who  have  cast 
over  100  feet  in  any  club  or  tournament  event.  Weight  of  rod  and 
length  of  leader  unrestricted. 

THURSDAY,  MARCH  9,  3:30  P.  M. 

Event  No.  27.  Black  Bass  Fly-Casting  Contest  for  Distance 
Only. — Open  to  all.  A fly  on  a 0.4  hook  to  be  used;  these  to  be 
furnished  by  the  committee.  Weight  of  rod  and  length  of  leader 
unrestricted. 

THURSDAY,  MARCH  9,  8:30  P.  M. 

Event  No.  28.  Single-Handed  Trout  Fly-Casting  Contest  for 
Distance  Only. — Open  to  all.  Weight  of  rod  and  length  of  leader 
unrestricted. 


An 


“ Escapade.” 


Log  of  the  Yawl  Escape. 


BY  GEORGE  MATTHEWS, 
t Continued  from  page  121. ) 

July  19. — Fog  in  all  directions,  but  clear  in  our 
; particular  neighborhood.  Spent  a lazy,  happy  day 
rambling  over  the  islands,  digging  clams  and  catching 
flounders  and  skates.  Cabin  boy  took  some  photos. 

As  provisions  are  running  low  and  this  is  a wild  and 
townless  coast,  we  economized  by  having  fried  soft 
clams  for  lunch — a very  attractive  kind  of  economy. 

We  shall  hate  to  leave  this  wild,  beautiful  place,  with 
its  mysterious  wooded  islands  and  its  quiet,  deserted 
stretches  of  mist-covered  waters. 

Toward  evening  we  caught  a gigantic  skate,  which 
must  have  weighed  twenty  pounds.  Muggins  and 
solitaire  after  dinner.  Discussion  on  ship’s  bells 
terminated  by  the  old  man’s  wanting  to  know  what 
“two  bells”  at  a watering  place  meant. 

He  said  the  answer  was  “trouble,”  so  his  bells  must 
be  spelled  with  an  e. 

July  20. — The  sun  and  fog  had  a short  struggle  this 
morning,  but  the  sun  came  out  victorious,  and  at  10 
o’clock  Escape  was  got  under  way.  The  wind  was 
very,  light  and.from  all  directions.  After  a little  care- 
ful navigation,  we  got  safely  clear  of  the  cluster  of 
islands  and.  stood  over  to  Casco  Passage.  It  soon 
breezed  up  from  . the  N.  W.  and  sped  us  along  until 
we  had  Bass  Head  abeam,  and  there  it  began  to  blow 
bard,  so  that  we  had  all  we  could  do  to  carry  full  sail. 


Beat  up  to  Southwest  Harbor  in  the  teeth  of  half 
a gale,  lugging  sail  and  lee  rail  under.  Anchored  at 
4:15  P.  M.,  and  sent  Emil  ashore  to  get  ice  and  fresh 
meat. 

6:30  P.  M. — Dinner  served  and  greatly  enjoyed — then 
solitaire  and  muggins,  followed  by  music  from  the 
phonograph. 

We  are  now  in  the  shadow  of  the  mountains  of 


THE  OTD  MAN  AFTER  FOUR  DAYS  OF  FOG. 


Mount  Desert,  and  the  most  handsome  coast  on  this 
side  of  the  Atlantic  is  before  us. 

In  anchoring,  we  have  to  allow  for  nearly  three 
fathoms  of  rise  and  fall  of  tide;  but  the  shores  are 
so  bold  in  this  part  of  the  world  that  low  water  leaves 
no  unsightly  bank. 

July  21. — Southwest  Harbor,  8 A.  M.  First  mate  on 
deck  for  his  usual  morning  dip  (out  of  the  bucket) — 
reports  a beautiful  day,  with  the  wind  S.  W.  Tackled 
breakfast  in  leisurely  fashion,  and  got  under  way  about 
11  o’clock.  At  11:15,  Bear  Island  Light  abeam,  and 
wind  freshening  rapidly.  Hove  to  and  turned  in  a 
double  reef.  Enjoyed  a fine  sail  around  to  Bar  Harbor, 
where  we  dropped  anchor  at  1:30  P.  M. 

The  cloud  effects  and  the  light  and  shadow  on  the 
mountains  were  very  fine;  and  the  cliffs  and  surf- 
trimmed  mountain  slopes  called  forth  the  usual  com- 
parisons with  the  more  peaceful  beauties  of  Long 
Island  Sound. 

While  nearing  the  harbor,  sailing  close  under  the 
shadow  of  the  mountains,  a vicious  squall  struck  us 
butt  end  first,  and  Captain  had  just  time  to  remark,  “this 
is  regular  Bar  Harbor  style,”  when  snap  went  the  hook 
at  the  tack  of  the  jib,  and,  after  a scramble,  that  sail 
was  stowed  (Escape’s  jib  is  set  flying). 

After  lunch  we  admired  the  fine  appearance  and 
capital  sailing  of  several  of  the  Herreshoff  one-design 
3 1 ft.  class,  especially  Curlew.  Went  ashore  for 
mail  and  grub.  Immense  quantity  of  the  former  wait- 
ing for  us,  but,  alas!  a box  of  fancy  cigars  (Romeos), 
which  we  learned  had  been  mailed  to  us,  could  not  be 
found. 

A grand  steak  for  dinner.  So,  safely  and  pleasantly, 


Feb.  18,  1905.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


141 


we  have  reached  our  “farthest  east,”  twenty-seven  days 
from  New  Rochelle. 

July  22.— Bar  Harbor.  A beautiful  day.  Captain,  mate, 
cabin  boy  off  to  climb  Green  Mountain,  some  1,500  and 
odd  feet  high.  We  went  up  by  the  Gorge  path,  an 
artificial  stairway  built  by  some  enterprising  inhabi- 
tants from  the  rocks  of  a mountain  brook  running 
through,  or  rather  down,  a most  beautiful  glen  or 
gorge.  It  was  a difficult  and  laborious  climb,  but  well 
worth  the  effort.  It  took  a little  over  two  hours  to 
make  the  ascent,  and  we  were  rewarded  with  a most 
magnificent  view  over  all  the  surrounding  maze  of  land 
and  water. 

“Water,  water  everywhere,  but  not  a drop  to  drink, 
neither  beer. 

The  rapidity  of  the  climb  told  severely  on  the  wind 
of  the  husky  but  ponderous  mate,  while  the  cabin  boy 
never  turned  a hair.  The  old  man,  somewhat  used  up, 
was  still  game.  All  hands  dry  and  almost  famished,  so 
we  lost  no  time  in  taking  the  home  trail  by  way  of  the 
long  and  dusty  track,  called  the  road,  and  reached 
Escape,  well  tired  out  by  2 o’clock. 

July  23.— Bar  Harbor.  A threatening  morning.  Put 
in  our  time  usefully  by  taking  the  closet  apart  and  in- 
serting a washer,  making  a very  creditable  plumbing 
job.  Mr.  Colson  arrived  on  the  steamer  from  Port- 
land at  2 P.  M.,  to  take  the  place  of  mate  Struthers, 
whose  vacation  is  about  to  expire. 

Welcomed  the  new  mate  with  due  honors  in  spite 
01  the  fact  that  he  brought  with  him  a heavy  down- 
pour of  rain  and  a bank  of  fog. 

About  1 P.  M.,  the  fleet  of  the  Eastern  Y.  C.  came 
into  the  harbor  and  anchored  in  the  fog.  They  are 


The  National  Motor  Boat  and 
Sportsman's  Show. 

Announcement  has  been  made  that  Rear-Admiral 
Joseph  H.  Coghlan,  U.  S.  N.,  at  present  in  command  of 
the  Brooklyn  Navy  Yard,  acting  as  the  personal  repre- 
sentative of  Paul  Morton,  Secretary  of  the  Navy,  will 
officially  open  the  annual  National  Motor  Boat  and 
Sportsman’s  Show  at  Madison  Square  Garden,  New 
York,  on  February  21.  The  building  of  power-driven 
boats  is  fast  taking  a place  beside  the  automobile,  and 
as  such  is  receiving  recognition  from  everyone  interested 
in  safe  and  fast  navigation. 

Admiral  Coghlan  will  be  accompanied  by  his  staff,  and 
his  presence  insures  a big  attendance  of  yachtsmen,  who 
are  coming  from  all  over  the  country  to  review  the  latest 
products  of  American  and  foreign  manufacturers.  Secre- 
tary Gambel,  of  the  Motorboat  Association,  has  received 
acceptances  from  the  commodores  of  yacht  clubs  as  far 
west  as  St.  Paul.  Other  navy  and  army  officers  who 
have  accepted  invitations  to  officiate  at  the  opening  are 
Rear-Admiral  George  W.  Melville;  Naval  Constructors 
W.  J.  Baxter  and  G.  J.  Nutting;  Captain  W.  Brownson, 
Superintendent  of  the  Naval  Academy,  and  General  Fred. 
Dent  Grant. 

The  addition  of  a representative  motorboat  exhibit  to 
the  Sportsman’s  Show,  which  is  always  a success,  makes 
this  years  affair  of  two  weeks  one  of  general  interest  to 
all  sportsmen.  In  the  big  amphitheatre  the  motorboats 
will  be  shown  on  the  largest  indoor  lagoon  ever  used.  It 
will  contain  more  than  half  a million  gallons  of  water. 


A VISTA  OF  BAR  HARBOR. 


a particularly  fine  looking  lot  of  yachts.  We  were  much 
interested  in  the  troubles  of  two  sloops  which  got 
foul  of  each  other  while  anchoring. 

3 P.  M. — Weather  growing  worse  and  worse. 

6 P.  M.— A heavy  roll  coming  in  from  seaward,  and 
mate  Colson  in  the  throes  of  seasickness.  Voted  him 
a Jonah,  and  our  sympathy  withheld.  Steak  and  onions 
for  dinner,  enjoyed  by  the  veterans,  but  not  appreciated 
by  the  new  mate.  Tucked  him  tenderly  into  his  bunk, 

where  he  kept  murmuring:  “Who  the  h said  I was 

a sailor?’’ 

Midnight. — Escape  still  rolling  and  pitching,  the 
fog  around  us  like  . a blanket;  no  lights;  no  stars. 
The  new  man  groaning  dismally  in  his  sleep,  the  rest 
slumbering  peacefully,  and  the  old  man  wondering  how 

long  it  is  to  last.  , , 

July  24,  Sunday. — Thick  as  mud.  Mate  Colson  Rel- 
ing  a little  better,  the  roll  having  greatly  diminished. 
Mate  Struthers  left  us  on  the  1 P.  M.  steamer  with 
regret  on  both  sides.  Nothing  to  do  but  read,  curse 
the  weather,  and  listen  to  the  phonograph. 

July  25. — Still  thick  as  mud,  and  no  signs  of  clear- 
ing. Idle  all  day.  . . , , 

July  26.— Still  at  Bar  Harbor,  enveloped  in  thick  fog. 
Made  an  attempt  to  get  to  South  West  Harbor  about 
11  o’clock,  but  off  Schooner  Head  the  fog  became  so 
dense  that  we  ran  back  to  anchorage.  . 

july  27.— Still  fog  bound.  Tried  again  to  get  to 

South  West  Harbor,  but  failed.  . 

July  28 — Thicker  than  ever.  Tried  again. 
juiy  29.— Still  foggy  and  blowing  quite  hard  from 
the  S.  W.  About  2 P.  M.,  it  cleared  up  a little,  and  we 
hurriedly  got  under  way  under  double-reefed  mainsail, 
reefed  mizzen  and  No.  2 jib.  Made  a good  run  until 
near  North  East  Harbor,  when  the  wind  died  out  and 
we  shook  out  the  reefs.  Soon  after  this,  a heavy  squall 
from  the  N.W.  struck  us  and,  after  lugging  sail  awhile, 
we  took  in  mainsail' altogether  and  made  South  West 
Harbor  under  mizzen  and  jib.  We  came  near  to  break 
ing  all  records  to-day,  as  the  phonograph  and  its  music 
broke  from  its  moorings  and  all  our  best  tunes  went 

smash.  Anchored  at  5:3°  P-  M. 

[to  be  concluded.] 

Knickerbocker  One-Design  Power  Boats.— The  New 
York  Kerosene  Oil  Engine  Company,  of  College  Point 
N.  Y.,  adjacent  to  the  Knickerbocker  Y.  U has  under 
construction  for  members  of  the  Knickerbocker  VC 
several  21ft.  original  one-design  class  boats  to  be  p - 
pelled  by  new  3^4  horsepower  gasolene  engines,  which 
are  likewise  manufactured  by  the  New  York  Kerosene 
Oil  Engine  Company. 


and  will  be  twelve  laps  to  the  mile  on  the  inside.  In  the 
center  will  be  an  island,  reached  by  rustic  bridges  from 
the  mainland  at  each  end.  The  exhibits  of  Canada, 
Maine  and  other  States,  the  interesting  contests  on  the 
lake,  the  fly-casting,  and  all  sorts  of  similar  contests 
which  have  always  been  popular  at  the  Sportsmen 
Show,  will  be  promoted  on  a larger  scale  than  ever 

before.  . , . , r • 

Not  alone  will  everything  from  this  country_  ot  in- 
terest to  sportsmen  be  shown  at  the  National  Motor 
boat  and  Sportsman’s  Show,  which  opens  at  J^a<Vs°,n 
Square  Garden,  New  York,  on  the  eve  of  Washington  s 
birthday,  but  from  foreign  countries  as  well.  Applica- 
tions for  space  have  been  received  from  Pretoria, 
South  Africa,  which  will  send  an  exhibit  of  antlers  and 
skulls.  E.  A.  Grunwaldt,  Executive  Commissioner  for 
Russia  at  the  St.  Louis  fair,  takes  the  entire  exhibit 

from  that  city  to  the  garden  show. 

Followers  of  Izaak  Walton  will  be  interested  to 
learn  that  this  year  the  New  Brunswick  Fisk  Com- 
mission will  send  from  Nova  Scotia  an  exhibit  of  live 
game  trout.  More  space  than  ever  before  has  been 
taken  by  the  State  of  Maine  exhibit,  while  the  fore- 
cast of  what  will  be  shown  by  Virginia,  the  Adiron- 
dack section  of  New  York  and  other  States  insures  the 

best  of  all  shows.  „ . 

Every  representative  manufacturer  of  motorboats  m 
America  and  Europe  will  show  his  finest  products  for 
1003.  There  will  be  everything  m power-driven  craft 
from  the  diminutive  yacht  tender,  which  goes,  at  six 
miles  an  hour,  to  the  trim  autoboats,  with  their  ponder- 
ous engines  that  drive  them  through  the  water  at  thirty 
miles  an  hour. 

Exhibitors  at  the  Motor  Boat  and  Sportsman's  Show. 

The  Standard  Motor  Construction  Co.,  of  189  Whiton 
street,  Jersey  City,  N.  J.,  will  have  on  exhibition  a 100 
horsepower  6-cylinder,  also  12,  18  and  25  regular  Stand- 
ard engines,  and  a special  25  horsepower  auto-marine  en- 
gine In  the  lagoon  they  will  have  a high  speed  auto 
vackt  tender.  A small  direct-connected  electric  light 
plant  operated  by  one  of  their  engines  will  bjshown 
One  of  the  most  interesting  features  of  their  exhibit  will 
be  the  various  cups  and  other  prizes  won  by  the  famous 

autoboat  Standard.  ,.T  T mi 

The  Electric  Launch  Company,  of  Bayonne,  N.  J.,  will 
show  a 30ft.  standard  design  electric  launch,  equipped 
with  their  new  light  weight  storage  batteries,  giving  a 
cruising  radius  of  75  miles  on  one  charging.  This  boat 
will  have  150  small  electric  lamps  for  illumination,  and 
will  be  used  on  the  miniature  lake  for  demonstration 
On  a 36ft,  platform  they  will  show  a 46ft.  autoboat  with 


a 30  horsepower  engine  of  French  design,  three-cylinder, 
four-cycle;  total  weight  of  boat  and  engine  will- be  under 
1,650  pounds.  The  Electric  Launch  Company  built  the 
auto  yacht  tender  exhibited  by  the  Standard  Motor  Con- 
struction Company,  also  the  40ft.  launch  in  the  Panhard 
& Levassor  exhibit.  This  boat  is  double  planked,  the  en- 
tire thickness  being  but  one-fourth  of  an  inch,  and  over 
17,000  copper  fastenings  were  employed.  . The  hull  has 
eight  coats  of  paint,  the  last  being  of  aluminum. 

C.  L.  Altemus  & Co.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  will  have  in 
their  exhibit,  in  addition  to  their  high  tension  secondary 
distributors  and  primary  timers  equipped  as  working 
models  with  special  Splitdorf  coils,  the  Breeze  car- 
buretors and  a full  line  of  Grant-Ferris  engines,  a_  30 
horsepower  four-cycle,  four-cylinder  high  speed  engine, 
with  a removable  rectangular  brass  water-jacket,  an  18 
horsepower  four-cylinder,  four-cycle  of  regular  design, 
and  a single  cylinder  four  horsepower  two-cycle. 

Abercrombie  & Fitch  Co.  will,  as  usual,  make  an  ex- 
tended display  of  their  goods,  so  far  as  possible  in  actual 
use,  such  as  tents,  cooking  outfits,  pack  harnesses,  and 
other  methods  of  transportation..  Among  the  large  line 
of  canoes  will  be  an  innovation  in  the  shape  of  a power 
canoe  of  fine  appearance  and  good  speed.  It  will  be  pro- 
vided with  tight  sponsons  to  prevent  any  possibility  of 
upsetting,  making  it  absolutely  safe.  They  have  over 
100  linear  feet  of  space,  and  are  trying  to.  get  together 
the  most  comprehensive  exhibit  of  everything  necessary 
for  outdoor  life  that  has  ever  been  shown  here  or  else- 
where. 

Herz  & Co.,  167  Elm  street,  New  York,  will  have  a 
full  exhibit  of  spark  plugs,  and  such  material  , as  they 
manufacture,  and  a full  and  complete  line  of  imported 
carburetors,  spark  coils  and  marine  gasolene  engine  ac- 
cessories. The  only  goods  this  house  handles  are  either 
manufactured  in  their  new  quarters  or  of  foreign  manu- 
facture. 

The  Isham  Company,  Norwich,  Conn.,  will  confine 
their  exhibit  to  engines  solely,  and  will  show  a 10  horse- 
power double  cylinder  four-cycle  Isham  gasolene  engine 
and  a 31/2  horsepower  single  and  7 horsepower  double 
cylinder  two-cycle  Thames  engine.  This  latter,  is  an  en- 
tirely new  design,  engine,  and  has  for  an  especial  feature 
a modification  of  the  Scotch  yoke  instead  of  the  usual 
connecting  rod  construction. 

The  Mehlbach  Saddle  Company,  106  Chambers  street. 
New  York,  will  show  a full  line  of  saddles  and  equestrian 
outfits,  as  well  as  novelties  in  quick  safety  girths,  rubber 
horseshoes,  etc.  They  are  manufacturers  of  the  well- 
known  Whitman  saddles,  in  general  use  by  officers  of 
the  United  States  Army. 

Warren  H.  Jeffers,  373  Canal  street,  New  York,  will 
have  on  exhibition  a three  and  five  horsepower  stationary 
Backus  gas  or  gasolene  engine  and  probably  one  marinq 
gasolene  engine.  These  will  all  be  of  the  four-cycle 
type,  and  are  manufactured  by  the  Backus  Water  Motor 
Company. 

The  Victor  Metals  Company,  29  Broadway,  New  York, 
propose  to  show  their  new  Victor  non-corrosive  silver 
metal,  made  up  into  hardware  and  yacht  goods  generally. 
Claim  is  made  that  salt  water  has  no  effect  on  it  what- 
ever, and  that  it  is  the  only  cast  bronze  that  can  be 
forged. 

Armour  & Co.,  through  their  New.  York  agency,  175 
Duane  street,  will  have  as  their  exhibit  a booth  in  the 
iorm  of  a mammoth  pound  jar  of  beef  extract.  T\yo 
demonstrators  will  serve  beef  tea,  tomato  bouillon  and 
asparox.  Flags  will  be  used  extensively  for  decoration. 

The  various  Canadian  transportation  lines,  Canadian 
Pacific,  Intercolonial  and  Grand  Trunk  Railways  will 
show  as  usual  a full  line  of  pictures  of  game,  fish  and 
sporting  scenes.  The  Grand  Trunk  in  particular  will 
have  an  interesting  exhibit  in  an  assortment  of  paddles 
on  which  fish  of  various  kinds  are  mounted. 

Charles  E.  Miller,  101  Reade  street,  New.  York,  will 
show  his  usual  line  of  sporting  goods,  camping  utensils, 
necessities  and  luxuries,  and  in  addition  will  have  a full 
line  of  power  boat  accessories,  lubricators,  spark  coils, 
plugs,  carburetors,  vaporizers,  etc. 

Wm.  H.  Brodie  Co.,  45  Vesey  street,  New  York, 
will  have  in  their  exhibit  their  Perfection  reversing 
gear  whieh  has  given  excellent  satisfaction  the  past 
year. 

Panhard  & Levassor,  230  West  13th  street,  New 
York,  are  showing  24  horsepower  marine  four  cylinder, 
vertical,  four-cycle  engine,  the  approximate  weight  of 
which  is  500  pounds;  also,  60  horsepower  engine  in. a 
40ft.  autoboat.  Their  exhibit  will  be  on  the  island  in 
the  lagoon. 

Mianus  Motor  Works,  Mianus,  Conn.,  will  show, 
single  and  double  cylinder  two-cycle  engines,  also 
double  cylinder  four-cycle. 

August  Mietz,  138  Mott  street,  New  York,  will  have 
the  only  kerosene  engines  on  exhibit,  3J2.  horsepower 
single  and  7 and  10  horsepower  double  cylinder  marine 
and  3 horsepower  stationary  direct,  connected  to  an 
electric  light  generator. 

Eagle  Bicycle  Company,  Torrington,  Conn.,  will 
show  an  8 horsepower  four-cycle  engine  of  new  design, 
a 2 horsepower  regular  and  zYz  horsepower  special 
two-cycle  marine  engine. 

Mackay  Engineering  Company,  149  Broadway,  New 
York,  agents  for  the  Walruth  engine,  two-cycle,  will 
show  a two-cylinder  engine  direct  connected  to  an 
Akron  dynamo,  showing  incandescent  and  arc  light- 
ing, also  charging  storage  batteries. 

Richelieu  & Ontario  Navigation  Company  will  use 
the  exhibit  they  had  at  the  St.  Louis  fair,  which  was 
awarded  first  prize.  It  will  consist  of  a ^ inch  to  the. 
foot  scale  reproduction  of  their  steamer.  City  of 
Kingston.  An  artistic  model  of  the  Lachine  rapids 
and  a collection  of  fine  oil  paintings  is  also  to  be 


shown. 

Adirondack  Guides’  Association  will  have,  as  usual, 
an  extensive  exhibit,  cabins  and  general  camping 
outfit. 

H.  W.  Hubbard  Company,  Middletown,  Conn.,  will 
show  various  sizes  of  the  Hubbard  engine,  both  last 
vear’s  and  1905  models. 

Richardson  Engineering  Company,  Hartford,  Conn., 
will  have  on  exhibition  a section  of  a yacht,  showing 
ohe  of  their  direct  connected  electric  light  outfits,  in- 
candescent and  arc  searchlights,  standard  launch  an<J 


SEVENTY-FOOT  POWER  HOUSEBOAT—- OUTBOARD  PROFILE  AND  CABIN  PLAN 

Designed  by  Swasey,  Raymond  & Page. 


yacht  switchboards,  special  electric  fixtures  and  electric 
storage  batteries. 

Douglas  Manufacturing  Company,  96  Church  street, 
New  York,  will  occupy  booth  15,  trimmed  with  green 
denim.  They  will  show  their  stuffed  animal  group  and  a 
moving  picture  cabinet  illustrating  graphically  the  use  of 
New-Skin,  and  a demonstration  of  its  application. 

Bird,  Jones  & Kenyon,  Utica,  N.  Y.,  manufacturers  of 
Duxbak  sportsmen’s  clothing,  will  show  a full  line  of 
Duxbak  goods  made  up  in  business  vests,  cartridge  vests, 
ladies’  outing  coats  and  skirts.  They  will  also  have  a 
line  of  fine  English  corduroy  double-breasted  coats  lined 
with  Duxbak  which  can  be  worn  either  side  out,  the  cor- 
duroy side  for  the  sportsman  in  town  or  city,  and  the 
Duxbak  side  when  the  showers  come.  A Norfolk  coat 
and  other  sportsmen’s  novelties  will  be  shown. 

The  Siegel-Cooper  Co.  exhibit  an  18ft.  Pierce  launch 
completely  fitted  out  at  a popular  price.  In  the 
22ft.  launch  of  the  Pierce  exhibit  is  shown  en- 
tirely a new  idea  as  to  the  fitting  up  of  a launch.  This 
boat  has  a horsepower  motor  situated  in  the  center 
of  the  boat,  with  seats  running  around  the  back  of  the 
engine,  covered  with  pantasote  cushions,  and  forward 
of  the  engine  are  six  cane-seated  chairs  attached  to  the 
sides  of  the  boat,  when  not  in  use  these  can  be  folded 
down  flat  and  put  out  of  the  way.  This  boat  has 
proven  quite  an  attraction  when  tried  in  the  West  last 
season,  and  it  is  not  alone  comfortable  and  attractive, 
but  the  extra  room  given  by  the  turning  down  of  the 
seats  should  be  quite  a taking  point.  The  Siegel- 
Cooper  Co.  booth  is  situated  in  the  arena  of  the  garden 
immediately  to  the  left  of  the  entrance.  One  boat  is 
in  the  large  lake  for  demonstration  purposes. 

It  is  the  intention  of  the  Canadian  Pacific  Railway 
to  illustrate  in  their  exhibit,  life  in  the  backwoods  of 
Canada.  This  is  attracting  an  ever-increasing  share 
of  attention  from  the  sportsmen  of  the  United  States. 
A large  space  has  been  taken  for  a forest  scene,  as 
nearly  as  possible  like  the  real  thing  will  be  shown. 
Northern  evergreen  trees  will  be  set  up,  giving  a true 
forest  aspect  to  the  exhibit,  in  the  midst  of  which  will 
be  erected  a genuine  Indian  tepee  made  of  buffalo  skin, 
and  one  of  the  very  few  of  this  kind  that  are  still  in 
use.  Another  tepee  will  also  be  shown,  which  is  a 
medicine  lodge  of  the  Stoney  Indians.  Details  are  all 
in  evidence  as  to  its  having  been  used  for  some  years 
by  the  Stoney  Indians.  It  is  their  Temple  of  Worship. 
Smaller  tents  will  be  placed  among  the  trees.  In  each 
one  will  be  found  a complete  camp  outfit,  and  these 
outfits  have  been  in  actual  use  in  the  woods.  Fishing 
and  shooting  exhibits,  including  some  very  beautiful 
views  taken  in  the  wilds,  and  shown  in  bromide  en- 
largements, will  be  displayed.  In  every  possible  par- 
ticular nature  will  be  followed,  and  the  Canadian  back- 
woods,  with  all  their  charms,  brought  to  New  York. 
The  illusion  will  be  well  sustained  by  the  presence  of 
real  guides,  both  white  men  and  Indians,  dressed  in 
characteristic  fashion,  and  ready  to  give  information 
as  to  the  particular  section  of  the  country  from  which 
they  come.  Two  of  these  guides  hail  from  the  Rockies, 
where  they  have  done  good  work  in  giving  tourists, 
during  the  past  summer,  the  best  of  sport.  These 
guides  have  with  them  an  exhibit  containing  examples 
of  Stoney  Indian  work,  which  cannot  fail  to  interest. 
There  are  three  guides  from  the  Mississagua  country. 
All  know  and  are  able  to  talk  upon  the  wonderful  sport- 
ing country  through  which  the  Mississagua,  the  best 
of  canoeing  rivers,  flows.  Carrying  bags  for  campers 
of  a new  and  most  efficient  kind,  designed  and  brought 
out  as  a result  of  his  own  personal  experience  by  Mr. 
L.  O.  Armstrong,  of  Montreal,  are  also  included.  ■ The 
whole  exhibit  has  been  devised  and  arranged,  and  is 
under  the  superintendance  of  Mr.  L.  O.  Armstrong,  the 
tourist  agent  of  the  Canadian  Pacific  Railway;  - 


William  Roche,  52  Park  Place,  New  York,  expects  to 
have  an  exhibit  of  coils,  plugs  and  batteries.  The  high 
tension  “fire-ball”  coil,  mica  and  porcelain  insulated  plug, 
and  the  standard  and  auto  gas  batteries  made  and  con- 
trolled by  him  will  make  an  interesting  exhibit,  especially 
to  those  interested  in  marine  jump  spark  ignition. 

E.  H.  Godshalk  & Co.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  will  show  the 
famous  little  boat  Nada  on  a cradle,  probably  the  fastest 
boat  of  her  length  last  season.  Her  trophies  are  also  ex- 
hibited. In  the  lagoon  they  will  have  a 20ft.  mahogany 
yacht  tender  with  a 15  horse-power  Giant  gasolene  en- 
gine, weighing  complete  but  1,200  pounds,  capable  of  do- 
ing 14  miles  per  hour.  A 60-70  horsepower  model  B 
engine  weighing  680  pounds  complete.  Four  sizes  model 
A are  shown,  5,  10,  15  and  20  horsepower;  1,  2,  3 and  4 
cylinders  respectively,  all  of  the  two-cycle  type. 

American  Electric  Novelty  and  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany, Hudson,  Spring  and  Vandam  streets,  New  York, 
in  addition  to  a full  line  of  Ever  Ready  batteries,  flash- 
lights, etc.,  they  will  give  a complete  demonstration  of 
the  goods  they  manufacture. 

D.  P.  Van  Gorden,  Orange,  N.  J.,  will  have,  as  usual, 
a full  line  of  rustic  work,  benches,  bird-houses,  chairs, 
vases,  etc.  His  exhibit  always  attracts  attention. 

G.  W.  Cole  Company,  141-5  Broadway,  New  York,  will 
show  but  the  single  article  they  manufacture— “3  in 
One  Oil.”  The  extensive  use  of  this  oil,  and  its  wonder- 
ful sale  has  been  brought  about  by  patient,  judicious  ad- 
vertising and  actual  merit  combined.  It  is  an  absolute 
rust  preventer,  and  an  excellent  gun  oil. 

Foster  Rubber  Company,  Boston,  Mass.,  manufacturers 
of  the  Foster  rubber  heels,  will  have  a complete  exhibit 
of  such  goods  as  they  sell. 


Annual  Meeting  of  the  Gloucester  Y.  C. — The 
Gloucester  Y.  C.,  of  Gloucester,  N.  J.,  held  its  annual 
meeting  on  the  evening  of  February  6.  Commodore 
Benjamin  Wilson  was  named  for  re-election,  but  declined 
to  serve,  so  the  election  of  a commodore  was  deferred 
for  one  month,  and  in  the  meantime  efforts  will  be  made 
to  have  him  reconsider  his  decision.  The  other  officers 
elected  were:  Vice-Com.,  William  Lowry;  Rear-Com., 

Robert  McDonald ; Recording  Sec’y,  George  Van  Fossen; 
Financial  Sec’y,  Frank  Smith;  Treas.,  Henry  Toland; 
Trustees— George  Kurtz,  Washington  Shaw,  John  Fitz- 
maurice;  Measurers — Americus  Brinton,  Jesse  Giberson, 
George  S.  Cattell. 

* *,  * 

Brooklyn  Y.  C.  Annual  Meeting.— At  the  annual 
meeting  of  the  Brooklyn  Y.  C.,  held  on  Wednesday  even- 
ing, February  8,  the  following-  officers  were  elected : 
Com.,  Samuel  S.  Fontaine;  Vice-Com.,  A.  C.  Soper; 
Rear-Com.,  John  Lewis;  Treas.,  Willard  Graham;  Sec’y, 
Frank  W.  Bradford;  Meas.,  W.  H.  Griffin;  Trustees,  for 
three  years,  Cornelius  Furguson,  Charles  A.  Kelly,  John 
E.  Haviland;  for  two  years,  Hollis  E.  Cooley;  Regatta 
Committee— D.  J.  Whitlock,  G.  Curtis  Gillespie,  Sidney 
Baker;  Committee  on  Membership — N.  T.  Cory,  Thomas 
J.  Moore,  Thomas  F.  Diack;  Committee  on  Nominations 
—Albert  B.  Voorhees,  Jr.,  Walter  D.  Haviland,  Edward 
E.  Hutchings. 

»,  « a* 

Stamford-Corinthian  Y.  C.  Officers. — At  a recent 
meeting  of  the  Corinthian  Y.  C.  of  Stamford,  the  follow- 
ing officers  were  elected:  Com.,  James  H.  Ferris;  Vice- 
Com.,  Belden  B.  Brown ; Rear-Com.,  Harry  Bell ; Sec’y, 
Charles  H.  Keteltas;  Treas.,  O.  James  Stewart;  Chap- 
lain, R.  M.  Losey;  Fleet  Surgeon,  F.  J.  Rogers,  M.D. ; 
Meas.,  P.  W.  Cuddy;  Regatta  Committee — Harry  S. 
Hart,  Mansfield  Toms  and  Harry  B.  Dayton ; Power 
' Boat  Race  Committee— Arthur  Bradley,  William  J.  Flem- 
ing and  T,  YV,  Havee, 


A 70-Foot  Power  Houseboat. 

The  design  of  the  motor  houseboat,  illustrated  here- 
with, combines  some  unique  and  unusual  features, 
among  them  being  the  stern,  which  is  cut  off  square, 
suggesting  the  small  power  tender  rather  than  the 
good  sized  houseboat.  The  client  for  whom  Messrs. 
Swasey,  Raymond  & Page  made  the  design  put  a re- 
striction on  over  all  length,  and  in  order  to  obtain 
the  necessary  amount  of  displacement  and  interior 
room,  overhangs  were  abandoned,  and  the  boat  is  the 
same  length  over  all  as  she  is  on  the  waterline.  She 
is  70ft.  long,  16ft.  extreme  breadth  and  2ft.  join  draft. 

_ The  boat  is  to  be  built  of  steel  throughout  and  the 
sides  of  the  hull  are  carried  up  to  form  the  cabin  house. 
The  rail  is  carried  all  around,  and  this  gives  the  needed 
break  in  order  to  reduce  the  apparent  height. 

The  roof  of  the  cabin  house  is  utilized  as  the  promen- 
ade deck.  It  is  16ft.  wide  and  for  a length  of  46ft  it 
is  unobstructed  except  for  the  companionway.  An 
iron  rail  extends  around  the  edge,  and  heavy  iron 
stanchions  support  an  awning,  which  is  practically' per- 
manent, as  it  is  not  intended  to  take  down  except  under 
trying  conditions. 

A companionway  3ft.  wide  on  the  port  side  leads 
directly  into  the  after  end  of  the  main  saloon,  which 
room  is  15ft-  square.  On  each  side  are  two  windows, 
and  additional  light  and  air  are  obtained  from  the 
alcoves  located  on  each  side  of  the  wheel  house.  These 
alcoves  are  inclosed  in  heavy  plate  glass  and  are  in- 
tended for  use  as  lookouts  for  the  owner  in  inclement 
and  boisterous  weather.  By  stepping  into  one  of  these 
alcoves  one  can  see  at  a glance  what  is  going  on 
outside,  without  exposing  himself  in  any  way.  Access 
to  the  forward  deck  and  the  wheel  house  is  had 
from  the  starboard  alcove,  while  the  one  to  port  is 
fitted  with  book  shelves  and  is  used  as  a sort  of  library. 
The  wheel  house  is  4ft.  by  5ft.  The  floor  is  raised, 
so  that  the  helmsman  may  have  an  absolutely  unob- 
structed view  in  every  direction.  The  vessel  is  handled 
at  all  times  from  the  wheel  house,  and  on  top  of  it 
there  is  a powerful  searchlight. 

The  main  saloon  is  comfortably  fitted.  On  the  port 
side,  close  to  the  library  alcove,  is  a transom.  Op- 
posite is  another  transom  which  returns  around  the 
after  bulkhead  as  far  as  the  passageway.  In  this  cor- 
ner is  placed  the  dining  table,  at  which  seven  persons 
can  be  served  comfortably.  The  piano  is  aft,  and  placed 
against  the  wheel  house  partition  is  an  open  fireplace, 
so  that  the  dampness  can  be  overcome  in  continued 
foggy  or  rainy  weather.  The  location  of  the  saloon 
and  the  arrangements  made  for  the  ventilation  give 
assurance  that  it  will  be  cool  and  comfortable  on  the 
hottest  day,  even  though  the  boat  may  remain  at 
anchor. 

On  the  port  side  adjoining  the  saloon  is  the  butler’s 
pantry,  3ft.  by  3ft.  6in.  The  cabin  china  is  kept  here, 
as  well  as  the  linen,  and  a small  ice  box  placed  under 
the  companionway  is  reached  from  the  pantry. 

Proceeding  aft,  one  finds  two  staterooms  with  a bath 
between.  The  staterooms  are  each  6ft.  by  6ft.  6in., 
while  the  bath  is  5ft.  6in.  by  6ft,  Both  of  the  state- 
rooms are  fitted  alike,  with  one  exception— the  after 
one  having  an  upper  berth.  One  window  in  each  of 
these  rooms  affords  the  requisite  amount  of  air  and 
sunlight.  The  bathroon  can  be  reached  directly  from 
each  of  the  rooms,  as  well  as  from  the  passageway 
which  is  2ft.  6in.  wide.  ’ 

On  the  starboard  side  opposite  are  two  more  state- 
rooms and  a bath.  The  bath  is  the  same  size,  but  the 
staterooms  are  considerably  larger,  being  6ft.  by  8ft 
Both  these  rooms  are  fitted  with  iron  beds,  desk" 
lounge,  easy  chair,  etc.  There  is  a window  in  each 


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The  two  bathrooms  are  equipped  with  full  size  tubfej 
patent  closets,  set  wash  basins,  etc.  Hot  and  cold* 
fresh  and  salt  water  may  be  drawn  in  the  tubs  or  basins, 

A door  at  the  after  end  of  the  passage  separates  the 
galley,  engine  room  and  servants’  quarters  from  the 
owner’s  rooms.  On  the  port  side  is  a servants’  state- 
room, 6ft.  by  6ft.,  fitted  with  two  berths.  Opposite 
to  starboard  is  a storeroom,  5ft.  by  6ft.,  where  a large 
amount  of  supplies  can  be  carried.  Adjoining  this 
storeroom  is  a large  ice-box,  and  still  aft  is  another 
storeroom  of  smaller  size.  The  ice-box  is  filled  from 
the  outside,  and  this  is  a very  great  convenience.  It 
has  a capacity  of  a ton  of  ice. 

The  galley  is  on  the  port  side,  and  is  4ft.  6in.  by  9ft. 
Here  is  a coal  stove  and  all  other  necessary  equipment. 
The  gasolene  motor  is  incased  in  a glass  partition  and 
ventilation  from  above  carries  off  all  gases  and  odors. 
The  motor  room  separates  the  galley  from  the  store- 
room, although,  as  a matter  of  fact,  the  engine  is  in  the 
galley  itself.  A passage  on  the  starboard  side  of  the  en- 
gine space  gives  access  to  the  after  deck,  which  is  6ft. 
wide  and  covered.  This  gives  an  excellent  lounging  place 
for  the  crew,  and  they  are  protected  and  out  of  the  way  as 
well.  The  deck  forward  of  the  cabin  house  is'  lift, 
long,  and  a hatch  leads  to  the  forecastle  below,  where 
there  are  quarters  for  two  men,  or  more,  if  they  are 

carried.  . . . 

A 16ft.  launch  is  carried  on  the.  starboard  davits.  A 
market  boat  is  carried  to  port,  while  on  the  upper  deck 
in  chocks  is  a birch  canoe,  used  by  the  owner  when 
lying  in  protected  waters. 

This  vessel  was  designed  with  care  and  study.  She  is 
a very  good  example  of  the  really  substantial  type  of 
moderate  speed  power  houseboat.  Such  a vessel  is 
suitable  for  making  outside  passages  along  the  coast 
with  safety  and  reasonable  comfort. 


FOREST  AND  STREAM, 

YACHTING  NEWS  NOTES. 

For  advertising  relating  to  this  department  see  pages  u and  lit. 


14  a 


Forest  and  Stream  Designing 
Competition  No.  IV. 

For  a 60-Foot  Waterline  Cruising  Launch. 

Our  body  of  competitors  has  enabled  us  to  recog- 
nize a very  interesting  response  to  this  contest,  ancl 
while  it  was  not  as  full  as  we  would  have  liked,  the 
results  are  gratifying  when  we  consider  that  this  was 
the  first  venture  on  a new  and  practically  unti  led  helc . 
Whatever  the  competition  lacked  in  quantity  was  more 
than  offset  by  the  quality,  for  the  larger  number  of  the 
drawings  are  very  well  rendered.  Several  of  the  de 
signs  are  admirably  executed  and  were  plainly  the  work 
of  very  capable  draughtsmen.  . . 

A disappointing  part  of  the  competition  was  that  a 
number  of  drawings  were  necessarily  placed  hors  de 
combat,  owing  to  the  fact  that  their  authors  did  not 
follow  the  rules  governing  the  contest.  We  en- 
deavored  to  make  the  path  easy  and  simple  by  placing 
but  few  restrictions  on  the  competition,  but  the  num- 
ber  of  men  who  neglected  to  follow  the  conditions 
outlined  makes  us  feel  that  we  must  lay  greatest  stress 
on  this  most'  important  particular  in  the  future,  the 
problem  in  the  contest  was  indeed  an  excellent  and 
interesting  one,  but  we  gather  from  the  character  of 
the  designs  submitted  that  it  was  rather  too  complex 
for  anybody  but  the  professional  to  attempt 

In  the  four  designing  competitions  which  have  been 
given  so  far  by  this  paper,  the  prizes  in  almost  every 
instance  have  been  awarded  to  professionals.  While 
we  can  see  but  little  objection  to  this,  the  competition 
serves  as  an  education  to  all  competitors,  still  the  ie- 
sult  discourages  many  men,  and  some  are  prevented 
from  competing  mainly  because  of  their  apparent  ina- 
bility to  have  their  ' drawings  rank  with  the  prize 
winners.  Accepting  this  theory  as  being  correct,  we 
feel  that  it  would  best  serve  the  larger  number  of  our 
followers  if  we  were  to  restrict  the  future  competitions 
to  amateurs  only.  The  great  expense  of  building 
boats  of  any  size  nowadays  also  keeps  the  major  por- 
tion of  our  yachtsmen  in  small  and  moderate  sized 
craft  So  we  shall  henceforth  give  designing  contests 
for  small’ boats  and  give  them  more  frequently,  say 
twice  a year,  and  for  amateurs  only.  Suggestions  in 
regard  to  the  formulating  of  future  competitions  would 
be  most  welcome  and  helpful  to.  us.  . , , 

The  drawings  in  the  competition  just  closed  have 
been  handed  to  Mr.  Henry  J.  Gielow,  who  will  pass 
upon  their  merits  and  make  the  awards.  As  soon  as 
Mr.  Gielow  reaches  his  decision  the  list  of  . prize 
winners  will  be  published,  together  with  his  criticisms 
of  each  design.  After  that  we  shall  reproduce  each 
week  one  of  the  drawings  until  ten  have  been  published. 

Baltimore  Y.  C.  Officers.-AI  a meeting  of  the  Balti- 
more Y.  C.,  held  a short  time  ago,  the  following  officers 
were  elected : Com.,  Henry  B.  Gilpm ! Vice-Com.,  John 

K.  Andrews ; Rear-Corn.,  Daniel  B.  Banks ; Treas.,  W 1 
litm  E.  Dibbell ; Sec’y  J.  Austin  Dinning;  Boaid  of 
Governors— Walter  Ancker  and  James  A SmJos^’ 
Meas.,  Frederick  A.  Savage;  House  Committee-Baker 
Waters  Arthur  Hale,  Frank  C.  Bolton,  J.  Austin  Dm- 
Mng  and  William  E.  Dibbell;  Regatta  C°mmittee- 
W after  Ancker,  Robert  Ramsay  and  Dudley  Williams. 

y. 

■Keystone  Y.  C.  Improvements.-TIic  Keystone  Y C. 
■will  shortly  commence  the  construction  of  a hoardwa  k 
7so  feet  long,  extending  from  the  mainland  out  to  its 
club  house  on  Brower’s  Point.  The  club  will  also  have  a 
walk  and  float  built  in  front  of  the  club  house  out  to  the 
edge  of  the  channel.  ^ ^ 

Canada  Cup  Boat  BuiLDiNG.-The  frame  of  the 
Canada  Cup  challenger  that  arrived  on 1 the  steamer  Tri- 
i-nnia  a short  time  ago  is  now  being  set  up  m Captain 
Andrew’s  shop  at  Oakville,  Canada.  This  boat  was  de- 
signed by  Mr.  Alfred  Mylne  for  Mr.  James  Warts,  of 
the  Royal  Canadian  Y.  C. 


Delaware  and  Colonia  Burned. — The  steam  yachts 
Delaware  and  Colonia,  both  owned  by  Commodore 
Frederick  G.  Bourne,  New  York  Y.  C.,  were  destroyed 
by  fire  while  in  winter  quarters  at  Weehawken  Basin, 
Floboken,  N.  J.,  on  Monday  evening,  February  13.  . The 
two  yachts  were  moored  close  to  the  piers  off  Tietjen  & 
Lang’s,  Hoboken,  and  just  above  them  was  the  old.sloop- 
of-war  Portsmouth,  now  used  as  a training  ship  for  the 
New  Jersey  Naval  Reserves.  Fire  was  first  discovered 
on  Delaware,  and  it  was  only  a short  time  before  the 
vessel  was  pretty  well  enveloped  in  flames.  The  sparks 
from  the  burning  vessel  soon  communicated  the  fire  to 
Colonia,  which  yacht  was  less  than  200  feet  away.  An 
alarm  of  fire  was  sent  in  as  soon  as  the  fire  was  dis- 
covered, which  was  immediately  followed  by  a second 
and  a third.  The  department’s  response  was  prompt,  but 
the  icy  condition  of  the  streets  and  hydrants  hampered 
the  firemen  greatly.  The  crew  on  board  Portsmouth 
warped  that  vessel  into  a place  where  she  could  be  of 
service  in  fighting  the  fire,  and  her  crew  was  soon  pour- 
ing on  water,  although  she  was  some  200  feet  away. 
Three  tugs  went  to  help,  but  had  difficulty  in  breaking 
through  the  ice,  which  was  packed  in  solidly  around  the 
vessels  in  the  basin.  The  tugs  that  aided  in  the  fire- 
fighting were  the  Gilkinson,  Westfield  and  Fuller. 

' Colonia  sank  in  about  half  an  hour  after  the  fire  was 
discovered  on  her.  It  was  10:30  before  the  fire  was  ex- 
tinguished on  Delaware,  and  then  she  had  been  flooded 
with  water  for  considerably  over  an  hour.  There  is  lit- 
tle left  of  the  vessel  other  than  the  steel  shell  of  her  hull. 
Colonia  is  probably  a total  loss,  and  it  is  not  known 
whether  Delaware  can  be  repaired  or  not. 

The  fire  was  of  such  a spectacular  character  that 
thousands  of  people  were  attracted  to  the  water  front, 
and  many  assisted  in  the  fire-fighting.  The  property  near 
where  the  yachts  were  lying  was  badly  damaged.  There 
werg  care-takers  on  both  Delaware  and  Colonia,  but  as 
we  go  to  press  nothing  could  be  learned  as  to  the  origin 
of  the  fire.  Delaware  was  being  put  in  a shape  for  a 
southern  cruise. 

Delaware,  ex-Maria,  was  designed  by  the  late  George 
L.  Watson,  and  built  at  Glasgow,  Scotland,  in  1896.  She 
is  216ft.  waterline,  254ft.  over  all,  27ft.  6in.  breadth  and 
14.3ft.  draft.  Delaware  was  one  of  the  finest  steam  yachts 
in  the  world,  and  was  entirely  renovated  and  refitted  by 
Commodore  Bourne  after  he  purchased  her  two  years 
ago. 

Colonia,  ex-Alberta,  was  a much  smaller  vessel.  She 
was  designed  by  Messrs.  Gardner  & Cox  and  built  by  the 
Delaware  River  Iron  Works  at  Chester,  Pa.,  in  1899. 
Colonia  was  163ft.  waterline  , 189ft.  over  all,  22.3ft. 
breadth  and  9ft.  draft.  Both  vessels  were  built  of  steel. 

* *.  H 

Changes  in  Ocean  Race  Conditions. — Commander 
Plebbinghaus  and  Mr.  C.  L.  F.  Robinson  have  received  a 
cable  from  Mr.  Allison  V.  Armour,  their  associate  on  the 
sub-committee  of  the  Imperial  Y.  C.,  to  the  effect  that 
the  conditions  governing  the  ocean  race  for  the  German 
Emperor’s  Cup  have  been  modified  in  several  important 
particulars.  The  date  of  the  start  has  been  changed  from 
Monday,  May  15,  to  Tuesday,  May  16.  The  hour  of  start- 
ing, 2 o’clock,  remains  the  same,  as  does  the  place  of 
starting,  Sandy  Hook  light  vessel.  The  limit  of  100  tojis 
has  been  reduced  to  80,  in  order  to  allow  the  schooner- 
Fleur  de  Lys,  owned  by  Dr.  Lewis  A.  Stimson,  to  stjjrt.. 
The  third  ’change  made  affects  the  auxiliaries.  The, 
original  conditions  stated  that  all  auxiliaries  should  re- 
move their  propellers  and  leave  them  ashore  and  have 
them  sent  across  by  steamer.  Now  that  the  auxiliaries 
are  not  to  remove  their  propellers,  the  engines  will  be 
sealed.  Starters  must  all  agree  on  the  conditions  as  out- 
lined to  avoid  any  disagreements.  . . 

We  have  learned  that  neither  Columbia  nor  Constitution 
will  start.  The  owners  of  these  boats  have  reached  this 
conclusion,  after  some  consideration. 

It  is  rumored  that  Mr.  Thomas  W.  Lawson,  of  Boston, 
may  start  Jubilee,  which  boat  will  be  remembered  as  one 
of  the  starters  in  the  trial  races  for  the  selection  of  an 
America  Cup  defender. 

There  is  some  talk  about  Lord  Brassey  entering  Sun- 
beam, his  famous  auxiliary  that  has  been  around  the 
world  on  several  different  occasions. 

From  the  present  outlook  the  race  bids  fair  to  be  a 
most  successful  event. 

»,  n * 

German  Entry  for  Ocean  Race.— The  British-built 
schooner  Hamburg,  ex-Rainbow,  has  been  entered  for  the 
ocean  race  for  the  Kaiser’s  Cup.  Hamburg  was  designed 
■by  the  late  George  L.  Watson  and  built  in  1898  by 
Messrs.  D.  & W.  Henderson  at  Glasgow  for  Mr.  G.  L. 
Ewing.  The  yacht  is  of  composite  construction  and  is 
132.7ft.  waterline,  23.9ft.  breadth  and  14.1ft.  draft.  When 
the  vesel  was  sold  to  the  German  syndicate  she  was  re- 
named Hamberg.  She  has  never  shown  up  well  in  the 
racing. 

Wt  ■!  m, 

Manhasset  Bay'  Y.  C.  News. — Mr.  Edward  M.  Mac- 
Lellan,  secretary  of  the  Manhasset  Bay  Y.  C.,  has  sent 
out  the  following  letter  to  members,  which  is  of  in- 
terest i 

“In  arranging  details  connected  with  the  management 
of  the  club  for  the  season  of  1905,  your  Board  of 
Trustees  desires  to  call  the  attention  of  all  the  members 
to  the  distinct  advantage  of  increasing  our  membership. 

“No  concerted  action  has  been  taken  in  this  direction 
for  the  past  two  years,  because  it  was  believed  that  gen- 
eral conditions  were  not  favorable  for  doing  so.  The.year 
1905  however,  promises  a great  improvement  in  business 
and ’yachting  matters,  and  the  present  time  is  deemed 
most  opportune  for  adding  very  considerably  to  the  club 

membership  roll.  , . 

“Our  present  initiation  fee  is  fifty  dollars  and  annual 
dues  thirty  dollars.  With  an  unequalled  anchorage,  con- 
venience to  New  York  city,  and  a club  house  which  pro- 
vides every  facility  for  comfort  and  convenience,  the  co- 
operation of  the  individual  member  only  is  required  to 
add  a larger  number  of  names  to  the  roll  this  season 


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tory  of  the  club.  , , , 

“In  bringing  this  matter  to  the  attention  of -.the  mem- 
bers, your  trustees  do  so  in  the  confident  belief  that  a 
hearty  and  immediate  response  will  be  had  and  the  club 
thereby  placed  on  a better  footing  than  at  any  time  since 
its  inception.’’ 

« *£  « 

Athlon  Sold. — Rear-Commodore  Edwin  B.  Havens, 
Atlantic  Y.  C.,  has  sold  his  old  sloop  Athlon  to.  Mr.  J. 

D.  Probst,  who  is  also  a member  of  the  Atlantic  Club. 
Athlon  is  64ft.  iin.  over  all,  54ft.  2in.  waterline,  17ft. 
4m.  4ieam,  with  a draft  of  7ft.  4m.  She  was  built  in 
1884  at  Bay  Ridge  by  J.  F.  Mumm. 

»,  ». 

Seawanhaica  Cup  Boats. — The  Royal  St.  Lawrence 
men  will  only  build  one  new  boat  this  year  for  the  de- 
fense of  the  Seawanhaica  Cup.  This  boat  will  be  de- 
signed by  Mr.  Fred.  Shearwood  and  owned  by  a syndi- 
cate. In  the  trial  races  for  the  selection  of  a defender 
the  new  boat  will  meet  last  year’s  defender  Noorna, 
Thorella  (the  defender  in  1903),  and  zEolus  II.  The 
Manchester  Y.  C.  and  the  Royal  St.  Lawrence  represent- 
atives have  finally  agreed  that  the  crew  weight  for  each 
boat  shall  not  exceed  665  pounds.  This  is  15  pounds 
more  than  has  been  allowed  since  the  number  of  men  in 
the  crew  was  changed  from  three  to  four. 

* * 

Captain  William  Rogers  Dies.— Captain  William 
Rogers,  of  Bayport,  L.  I.,  died  at  his  home  in  that  place 
from  cancer  on  February  5.  At  the.  time  of  his  death 
he  was  experimenting  on  a metal  which  is  said  to  have 
qualities  that  resisted  the  growth  of  barnacles  and  grass 
and  did  not  corrode.  Captain  Rogers  was  well  known 
as  the  builder  of  many  successful  yachts. 

* »,  *» 

Uniform  Rule  for  Great  South  Bay  Clubs.— Mr.  A. 
F.  De  Otte,  chairman  of  the  Race  Committee  of  the 
South  Bay  Y.  C.,  is  trying  to  interest  the  clubs  on  the 
south  side  of  Long  Island  in  a project  of  a universal 
measurement  rule.  If  such  a plan  can  be  brought  about 
it  would  do  much  to  improve  the  racing  on  Great  South 
Bay.  The  following  eight  clubs  are  the  ones  that  have 
been  asked  to  co-operate  in  the  movement:  The  Unqua- 
Corinthian,  at  Amityville;  Babylon,  Point  o’  Woods,  and 
Penataquit-Corinthian  of  Bay  Shore;  Bayport  and  South 
Bay,  of  Patchogue;  Bellport  and  Moriches  Y.  C.’s. 

tP,  « 

Philadelphia  Y.  C.  Meeting.— The  twenty-ninth  an- 
nual meting  and  election  of  officers  of  the  Philadelphia 
Y.  C.  was  held  Wednesday  evening,  February  11,  at  the 
club  house  at  Tinicum.  The  reports  of  the  various 
officers  for  the  year  just  ending  indicated  the  splendid 
financial  condition  of  the  organization. 

Several  yachts  have  been  added  to  the  fleet,  and  with 
the  number  of  racing  events  in  contemplation,  . a most 
interesting  and  successful  season  is  promised  in  1905. 
A largely  attended  dinner  of  club  members  preceded  the 
meeting.  The  following  officers  were  elected  to  serve  for 
the  ensuing  year.:  Com.,  Abraham  L.  English,  steam 

yacht  Giralda;  Vice-Com.,  Philip  H.  Johnson,  sloop  Bon- 
nie Bairn;  Rear-Com.,  J.  Anderson  Ross,  steam  yacht 
Eunomia;  Fleet  Surgeon,  Dr.  Frederick  J.  Haerer; 
Harbor  Master,  Lloyd  Titus;  Meas.,  George  T.  Gwilliam 
Recording  Sec’y,  Frederick  W.  Abbott;  Financial  Sec’y,.' 
C.  Carroll  Cook;  Trustees — Robert  P.  Thompson,  S.  W. 
Bookhammer,  George  W.  Fite,  J.  William  Good,  Alex- 
ander G.  Rea,  Charles  J.  Eisenlohr  and  William  Christy  ; 
Librarian,  Samuel  B.  S.  Barth;  Regatta  Committee — C. 
Carroll  Cook,  Robert  C.  Clarkson  and  Frank  C.  Mattern. 

tUK 

New  Boat  for  Southern  Y.  C.  Fleet. — The  fleet  of 
the  Southern  Y.  C.  is  to  receive  a very  important  addi- 
tion to  the  larger  class  of  racing-cruising  sloops  in  the 
early  spring.  The  new  acquisition  has  been  ordered  de- 
signed and  built  by  Commodore  Jno.  A.  Rawlins,  one  of 
the  most  prominent  of  local  yachtsmen.  The  new  yacht 
will  contest  in  the  over  29ft.  racing  length  class,  which 
includes  the  Boston  crack  importations  Chewink  III., 
Calypso  and  Marion,  and  the  late  champion  of  the  Great 
Lakes,  Cadillac.  With  the  addition  of  the  new  boat  the 
South  will  have  the  most  important  class  in  the  country 
of  what  are  technically  known  as  30ft.  rating  cabin  sloops 
of  the  centerboard  variety. 

The  new  craft  will  be  designed  and  built  by  Messrs. 
Burgess  & Packard,  of  Boston,  Mass.,  and  they  agree  to 
deliver  her  here  during  the  month  of  April  next.  She 
will  be  49ft.  6in.  over  all,  40ft.  waterline,  14ft.  beam 
and  about  3ft.  draft,  including  the  rudder.  The  depth 
of  hull  to  rabbet  will  be  about  i6in.  The  mainsail  will 
contain  1,340  sq.  ft.  of  sail,  the  jib  275ft.,  and  total  work- 
ing sail  being  about  1,615  sq.  ft.  The  length  of  boom  is 
43ft.,  gaff  28ft.  9m.,  the  hoist  of  mainsail  being  the  same 
length  as  the  gaff.  There,  will  be  a cabin  house  built  of 
mahogany,  and  a large  and  roomy  cockpit.  The  rudder 
is  of  the  balance  type,  and  there  is  no  scag  of  any  sort 
underneath  the  boat. 

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Camden  Y.  C.  Incorporated. — The  Camden  Y.  C.,  of 
Camden,  N.  J.,  received  its  papers  of  incorporation  on 
February  8.  The  following  are  the  trustees : Harry  E. 
O’Grady,  Robert  Cavanaugh,  Mortimer  McHenry, . John 
O’Donnell,  George  Bird,  Harry  Adams,  E.  LeBoutiller 
and  Joseph  Arnott.  The  headquarters  of  the  club  are  at 
No.  320  Bridge  avenue,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

* X 

“The  Naval  Constructor.” — Some  of  our  readers  seem 
to  have  gained  the  impression  from  our  review  of  “The 
Naval  Constructor”  that  the  book  is  of  English  origin. 
We  did  not  mean  to  intimate  this  in  any  way,  for  the 
great  value  of  the  work  lies  in  the  fact  that  it  is  an 
American  book,  and  contains  American  data  in  many -in- 
stances never  before  published. 

* *?  * 

Auxiliary  Schooner  Seneca  Sold. — The  auxiliary 
schooner  yacht  Seneca  has  been  sold  by  Mr.  Roy  A. 
Rainey,  New  York  Y.  C.,  through  the  agency  of  Henry 


14  At 


J.  Gielow  to  a member  of  the  American  Y.  C.  Seneca 
was  designed  by  Mr.  A.  Cary  Smith  and  built  in  1901  by 
C.  & R.  Poillon.  Seneca  is  a sister  ship  of  Vencedor, 
ex-Oonas.  She  is  flush-decked  and  has  a centerboard 
below  the  cabin  floor.  Her  dimensions  are  95ft.  over 
all,  68ft.  load  waterline,  20.4ft.  breadth,  and  10ft.  draft. 
The  interior  is  handsomely  finished  in  mahogany,  white 
and  gold;  there  are  three  staterooms  for  owner  and 
guests,  a bathroom,  and  a roomy  main  saloon.  The 
.auxiliary  power  is  supplied  by  a 25  horsepower  Globe 
: gasolene  engine  giving-  a speed  of  about  seven  miles  per 
'.hour.  Current  for  the  electric  lights  is  obtained  from  a 
■ dynamo  and  storage  batteries.  Seneca  was  built  for  the 
■brothers  Roy  A.  and  the  late  William  T.  Rainey,  and 
when  the  latter  purchased  the  123ft.  steam  yacht  Viola 
•.the  former  bought  the  other’s  interest  in  the  yacht.  The 
•death  of  William  T.  Rainey  made  his  brother  the  owner 
•of  both: yachts,  and  he  still  has  Viola  at  the  present  time. 
•Mr.  Rainey  has  been  nominated  for  vice-commodore  of 
‘.the  Lar.chmont  Y.  C.  It  is  understood  that  the  new 
•owner  will  make  Seneca  his  home  during  the  coming 
summer,  with  headquarters  at  the  American  Y.  C.,  Rye, 
IN.  Y.,  and  that  he  will  probably  enter  the  yacht  in  many 
of  the  season’s  races. 

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Some  New  Boats. — The  new  designs  which  Mr. 
Charles  D.  Mower  has  turned  out  so  far  this  season 
include  the  class  Q boat  for  Mr.  W.  H.  Childs  to  be 
raced  in  Gravesend  Bay.  This  boat  will  rate  22ft.  under 
the  new  rule,  and  is  up  to  the  limits  in  every  particular. 
She  is  approximately  25ft.  on  the  water  line,  36ft.  over 
all,  7ft.  6in,  breadth,  and  5ft.  6in.  draft.  She  will  have 
about  700  sq.  ft.  of  sail  in  jib  and  mainsail  rig  with  a 
very  short  bowsprit.  She  is  being  built  by  the  Hunting- 
ton  Manufacturing  Company  at  New  Rochelle,  and  is  of 
the  best  construction  in  every  particular.  It  is  expected 
that  the  boat  will  be  launched  early  in  the  season  and 
tuned  up  to  racing  trim  by  Mr.  Mower  personally  before 
she  is  delivered  to  the  owner. 

Also  building  at  the  Huntington  shops  is  a racing  cat 
of  extreme  type  for  racing  in  Barnegat  Bay,  with  a 
special  view  of  capturing  the  much-coveted  Sewell  Clip. 
This  crip  is  sailed  for  under  the  old  Seawanhaka  rule 
of  W.  L.  plus  square  root  of  sail  area  divided  by  two; 
so  this  boat  is  of  a very  different  type  than  the  Childs 
boat  designed  under  the  New  York  Y.  C.  rule.  She  is 
a very  shallow  skimming-dish  of  small  displacement  and 
long,  full  overhangs  which  gain  length  effectively  when 
the  boat  is  heeled  to  her  sailing  angle.  The  hull  is  prac- 
tically unballasted,  and  will  be  fitted  with  bilge  boards 
and  double  rudders,  and  will  undoubtedly  be  the  first 
cat  rig  of  this  type  on  salt  water.  She  will  be  built  of 
mahogany  and  fitted  with  hollow  spars.  The  construc- 
tion is  light,  but  the  hull  is  braced  to  insure  ample 
strength.  This  boat  is  owned  by  Mr.  Henry  B.  Babson, 
who  will  sail  her  in  the  races  throughout  next  season. 
Her  dimensions  are  30ft.  over  all,  20ft.  waterline,  9ft. 
beam  and  pin.  draft  of  hull.  The  sail  area  is  540  sq.  ft. 

An  interesting  little  power  boat  has  been  designed  for 
Mr.  Samuel  C.  Hopkins,  of  Catskill,  N.  Y.,  which  is  a 
modified  Express.  The  new  design  is  26ft.  over  all,  25ft. 
waterline,  4ft.  9m.  breadth,  and  she  will  be  used  for 
genera!  service  and  also  as  a tender  for  towing  Mr. 
Hopkins’  raceabouts.  She  will  be  fitted  with  a Grant- 
Ferris  motor,  and  will  have  a speed  of  about  12  miles  an 
hour. 

A boat  for  use  on  Great  South  Bay  has  been  designed 
for  Mr.  James  Russell  Curley  which  will  be  built  by 
Warren  Purdy,  of  Amityville,  Long  Island.  This  boat 
is  intended  for  both  racing  and  cruising.  Her  dimen- 
sions are  30ft.  over  all,  20ft.  waterline,  9ft.  breadth  and 
2ft.  extreme  draft  without  centerboard.  She  will  have 
1,000  pounds  of  outside  ballast  and  carry  about  500  sq. 
ft.  of  sail  in  a sloop  rig  with  a short  bowsprit.  She  will 
have  a cabin  of  fair  accommodation  and  a large  cockpit. 

*S 

Bergen  Beach  Y.  C.  Elects  Officers.; — The  annual 
meeting  of  the  Bergen  Beach  Y.  C.  was  held  on  Tuesday 
evening,  February  7,  at  the  Imperial,  Brooklyn ; officers 
for  the  ensuing  year  were  elected  as  follows : Com.,  H. 
A.  Lachicotte;  Vice-Corn.,  John  A.  Still;  Rear-Corn.,' 
•Gilbert  S.  Terry;  Treas.,  George  C.  Sutton;  Financial 
,'Sec’y,  Harry  Boehm;  Recording  Sec’y,  Furman  Pearsall; 
Meas.,  Jas.  H.  Green;  Directors,  for  two  years,  A.  L. 
Fuller  and  Jas.  H.  Green;  for  one  year,  Harley  Merry, 
R.  O.  Sidney  and  W.  H.  Pitt.  The  club  is  considering 
plans  for  the  erection  of  a new  club  house  at  Bergen 
Beach,  and  has  every  prospect  for  a successful  year. 

« « 

New  .Cruising  Power  Boat  for  Mr.  H.  H.  Behse. — 
Trobably  no  more  commodious  and  able  a cruising  power 
iboat  will  be  built  this  season  than  the  one  in  process  of 
•construction  by  the  Milton  Point  Shipyard  for  Mr.  H.  H. 
Behse,.  A.  Y.  C,  from  designs  by  Mr.  H.  J.  Gielow. 
iDimensions  are  46ft.  4in.  over  all,  42ft.  on  the  load  water- 
iline,  9ft,  beam,  and  3ft.  draft.  The  cabin  forward  will 
fbe  12ft,  3m.  long,  aft  of  this  the  galley  and  toilet,  and 
immediately  aft  of  this,  the  full  width  of  the  boat,  is 
tthe  space  devoted  to  a Craig  IS  horsepower  gasolene  en- 
gine. The  cockpit  will  be  14ft.  long,  and  will  serve  as  a 
•dining  room  in  pleasant  weather.  Sufficient  fuel  capacity 
will  be  provided  to  serve  for  a 600-mile  run  without  re- 
filling the  tank.,  Steering  is  done  from  the  forward  star- 
board side  of  the  cockpit,  in  close  proximity  to  the  con- 
trol levers,  and  is  thus  made  a one-man  boat.  The  boat 
is  of  modern  trunk  cabin  construction,  and  would  stand 
extremely  heavy  weather  should  occasion  require.  Con- 
tract calls  for  delivery  April  15. 

* 

Work  at  Morris  Heights,— The  Gas  Engine  & Power 
Co.  and  Ghas.  L.  Seabury  & Co.,  Consol,  are  lengthening 
Mr.  John  H.  Hanan’s  Edithia,  built  by  Samuel  Ayers  at 
Nyack  from  plans  by  Messrs.  Gardner  & Cox.  When 
completed  she  will  have  24ft.  additional  length  and 
power  equipment  will  consist  of  two  250  horsepower  Sea- 
bury engines,  triple  expansion,  and  special  Seabury 
boilers.  They  are  overhauling  Mr.  Edwin  F.  Goltra’s 
New  York  Y.  C.’s  Xllini,  formerly  the  Reva.  _ A new  bow, 
raised  bulwarks,  new  teak  rail  and  changes  in  the  bridge, 
are  the  boat  features  getting  attention,  while  new  Sea- 
btsry  boilers  will  constitute  about  all  the  changes  in  the 
gapn®  room. 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


Marine  Gasolene  Engines. 

BY  A.  E.  POTTER. 

The  earliest  types  of  explosive  engines  were  used  en- 
tirely for  stationary  purposes,  and  the  fuel  employed  was 
illuminating  gas,  made  from  coal  by  the  old-fashioned 
process,  long  before  the  modern  water-gas  was  perfected, 
although  its  manufacture  had  been  attempted  experi- 
mentally some  years  previously.  The  gas  machines,  car- 
buretting  air  with  gasolene  vapor  for  illuminating  pur- 
poses, where  coal  gas  was  high  or  could  not  be  obtained, 
made  a ready  market  for  the  lighter  gasolene  of  86,  88 
and  90  degrees  gravity,  but  the  heavier  naphtha  and  ben- 
zine, having  not  much  merchantable  value,  was  practi- 
cally a waste  product  until  the  development  of  the  gaso- 
lene engine  following  the  use  of  the  gasolene 
or  vapor  stove,  this  latter  in  turn  giving  way  to  the 
safer  blue-flame  kerosene  stove.  While  for  many  years 
there  was  a surplus  of  naphtha  over  the  production  and 
consumption  of  kerosene,  it  is  only  the  present  winter 
that  kerosene  has  actually  been  produced  far  ahead  of 
consumption,  necessitating  a decrease  in  its  price  of  one 
cent  per  gallon,  while  the  price  of  naphtha  has  not  been 
changed  except  to . slightly  be  increased,  with  a strong 
probability  that  in  the  coming  yachting  and  automobiling 
season  the  price  will  be  considerably  advanced. 

While  a rich  gas  could  be  made  from  the  lighter  gaso- 
lene, it  was  too  rich  to  give  perfect  combustion  in  ex- 
plosive engines,  and  had  to  be  further  mixed  with  air  to 
secure  the  proper  proportions.  Naphtha. — called  stove 
gasolene,  and  often  gasolene — in  gravity  from  69  to  74 
degrees,  was  found  to  vaporize  easily  and  in  sufficient 
quantities  to  operate  explosive  engines,  with  a further 
reduction  in  richness  by  admixture  with  air,  and  by 
means  of  carburating  devices  the  old  engines  were  in 
some  cases  so  arranged  that  they  could  be  operated  on 
admixture  of  naphtha  vapor  and  air.  This  was  the  be- 
ginning of  the  so-called  gasolene  engine,  readily  taking 
its'  name  in  its  evolution  from  the  gas  engine.  Another 
reason  why  it  was  not  called  the  naphtha  engine  was 
that- the  name  had  been  pre-empted  by  the  late  F.  W. 
Qfeldt. 

Without  going  into  the  subject  of  the  inventor  of  the 
first  explosive  engine,  or  who  first  used  gasolene  in  lieu 
of  illuminating  gas  for  operating  engines,  all  of  which 
can  be  readily  found  out  by  consulting  various  encyclo- 
paedias and  other  books  of  reference,  it  is  my  intention 
to  explain  what  it  takes  to  make  a gas  or  gasolene  en- 
gine,J its  functions,  the  various  types,  the  weak  and  strong 
points  of  the  two  principal  types,  why  they  run,  etc. 

An  explosive  engine  is  usually  of  the  horizontal  or 
vertical  style.  The  old  method  and  that  at  present 
almost  universally  in  use  is,  in  stationary  practice,  to  fol- 
low horizontal  construction  with  comparatively  low  speed, 
rarely  exceeding  600  feet  piston  speed  per  minute,  mak- 
ing the  stroke  approximately  one  and  one-half  times  the 
diameter  of  the  cylinder.  When  these  engines  came  to 
be  used  for  marine  purposes,  the  excessive  stroke  made 
vertical  construction  so  high  that  the  proportions  were 
reduced  to  the  stroke  equal  to,  or  slightly  longer  than, 
the  diameter.  Where  excessive  stroke  has  been  employed 
in  some  cases,  it  has  usually  given  way  to  shorter  stroke 
or  increased  diameter  for  the  same  stroke,  and  even  dur- 
ing the  past  year  a large  English  manufacturer  of  marine 
gasolene  engines  has  adopted  a standard  of  stroke  but  60 
per  cent,  of  the  diameter.  What  results  he  is  able  to  get 
I am  unable  to  learn  from  any  published  tests  of  opera- 
t'iori,  consumption,  or  efficiency;  but  the  short  stroke  re- 
duces the  height  of  the  engine  materially  and  lowers  the 
center  of  gravity  to  about  the  lowest  point  possible,  no 
matter  what  efficiency  practical  tests  may  show.  Be  it 
as  it  may,  the  English  short  stroke  engine  is  meeting 
with  considerable  success  at  home,  and  a careful  eye  on 
its  progress  is  no  doubt  being  kept  by  American 
designers. 

A gasolene  engine  for  marine  purposes  must  neces- 
sarily have  features  in  common  with  stationary  gas  en- 
gines and  others  wholly  at  variance  from  the  nature  of 
requirements.  In  some  ways  the  stationary  needs  features 
not  necessary  to  the  operation  of  the  marine,  and  in 
others  the  marine  has  requirements  unnecessary  in  the 
stationary. 

Some  engines  are  advertised  as  “absolutely  valveless ;” 
but  when  they  come  to  be  carefully  analyzed  we  find  they 
all  have  admission  as  well  as  exhaust  valves.  To  be 
sure,  they  do  not  need  to  be  separately  cam  operated  with 
spring  return,  or  the  ordinary  clack  or  check  valves ; but 
they  are  nevertheless  valves,  even  if  they  are  ports  in  the 
walls  of  the  cylinder  opened  and  closed  by  the  piston 
itself.  A gasolene  engine  therefore  has  to  have  valves, 
and  in  its  operation  resembles  more  than  anything  else 
I know  a plunger  pump,  the  action  of  which  is  no 
doubt  familiar  to  all  our  readers.  As  the  piston  alter- 
nately draws  into  the  cylinder  or  crank  case  a charge  of 
naphtha  vapor  and  air,  it  in  turn  forces  it  out  as  the 
valve  leaves  its  seat  or  the  port  is  uncovered.  A recipro- 
cating rotary  motion  pump  of  necessity  has  valves;  so 
has  a gas  engine;  but  a centrifugal  pump  has  no  neces- 
sity for  valves,  for  there  is  constant  drawing  and  pres- 
sure, and  its  action  is  not  reciprocating,  alternately  draw- 
ing in  and  forcing  out. 

All  gasolene  engines  with  which  we  are  familiar  in 
marine  use  are  either  two  or  four-cycle.  This  distinctive 
nomenclature  seems  harder  for  the  beginner  to  learn  than 
almost  any  other  in  connection  with  the  two  types,  and 
I am  going  to  explain  it  carefully  and  thoroughly,  so  that 
anyone  of  ordinary  intelligence  may  be  able  to  explain 
the  action  of  the  two  types  and  readily  distinguish  the 
difference  and  tell  by  a glance  at  a cut,  photograph  or 
the  engine  itself,  whether  it  is  of  the  two  or  four-cycle 
type.  The  thing  hardest  to  drill  into  the  understanding 
of  one  who  is  taking  his  first  lesson,  is  what  is  a cycle, 
and  what  its  reference  is  in  connection  with  the  two  and 
four,  with  which  it  is  always  associated. 

It  is  hard  to  tell  who  first  used  the  term  cycle  in  ex- 
plaining the  two  types,  but  they  are  liable  to  be  mislead- 
ing. Properly  cycle  means  circle.  As  used  in  this  con- 
nection it  means  rather  a completion,  as  the  cycle  of  the 
moon  or  the  sun,  when  its  changes  return  to  the  same 
day  of  the  year. 

All  gasolene  engines,  when  running,  take  four  opera- 
tions to  complete  their  cycle  before  they  return  to  the 
first  or  repetition-  These  four  acts  are,  first,  induction, 


[Feb,  iB,  1905. 


or  drawing  the  charge  of  gas  into  the  engine;  second, 
compression,  or  reducing  its  volume;  third,  explosion, 
with  power  resulting  from  the  expansion  of  the  com- 
pressed volume  of  gas;  and  fourth,  exhaust  of  the  burned 
gases  or  products  of  combustion.  No  matter  what  type 
engine  is  examined,  these  four  operations  or  essentials 
may  be  observed.  If  no  gas  is  drawn  into  the  cylinder 
there  can  be  no  explosion;  if  no  compression,  there  is 
comparatively  little  power  when  explosion  takes  place; 
if  no  explosion,  there  can  be  no  power;  and  lastly,  if  the 
burned  gases  are  not  exhausted,  there  will  be  no  new  ex- 
plosive charge  drawn  into  the  engine.  Some  engines 
complete  the  cycle,  which  is  set  up  by  these  four  separate 
and  distinct  operations,  in  as  many,  or  four,  strokes  of 
the  piston,  two  up  and  two  down,  and  these  we  call  four- 
cycle. In  England  they  are  called,  much  more  appro- 
priately and  descriptively,  “four-stroke;”  while  other  en- 
gines unite  these  four  operations  so  that  two  are  con- 
current or  take  place  before  the  piston  changes  its 
direction. 

For  instance,  an  engine  has  an  inclosed,  fairly 
•tight  crank  case,  and  the  flywheel  is  turned  two  or  three 
times  until  the  crank  case  or  some  other  similar  recepta- 
cle is  filled  with  a mixture  of  naphtha  vapor  and  air, 
say  in  proper  proportion  to  be  available  for  use  in  the 
engine.  With  the  piston  on  the  upper  or  outer  center, 
descending,  it  partially  reduces  the  volume,  giving  more 
or  less  compression,  depending  entirely  on  the  clearance 
and  two  or  three  other  conditions  to  be  explained  later, 
until  the  port  is  uncovered  in  the  wall  of  the  cylinder, 
giving  a free  passage  from  the  crank  chamber  to  the 
space  above  the  piston,  which  is  known  as  the  combus- 
tion chamber.  The  piston  then  ascending  compresses 
this  charge  to  from  30  to  60  pounds  above  atmospheric 
pressure,  at  the  same  time  taking  a volume  of  new  gas 
into  the  crank  chamber,  combining  the  two  operations  of 
induction  and  compression,  which  are  both  present  in  the 
up-stroke.  The  explosion  takes  place  near  the  upper 
center,  and  the  power  becomes  operative,  continuing  until 
a port  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  cylinder  from  the  inlet 
port  is  opened,  when  the  exhaust  takes  place.  You  will 
see  that  the  last  two  operations  take  place  during  the 
down-stroke,  and  the  cycle  is  completed,  for  at  the  next 
up-stroke  the  two  first  operations  are  repeated.  The  cycle 
is  now  completed  in  two  strokes  instead  of  four,  and  we 
call  it  a two-cycle  engine,  while  our  English  cousins  call 
it  a “two-stroke.”  Some  writers  claim  that  a one-in- 
two-stroke  and  one-in-four-stroke  cycle  would  be  better; 
but  it  appears  to  me  that  these  are  too  long,  and  if  we 
thoroughly  understand  what  is  meant  by  our  terms  two 
and  four-cycle,  even  if  they  are  not  exactly  what  we 
would  like  from  a descriptive  point  of  view,  or  with 
strict  regard  to  correctness,  they  will  fully  answer  the 
purpose. 

A two-cycle  engine  could  have  outside  operated  inlet 
and  exhaust  valves,  but  very  seldom  does;  in  fact,  I have 
never  seen  an  engine  of  this  type  so  equipped,  but  several 
do  have  mechanically  or  automatically-operated  inlet 
valves.  If  an  illustration  of  the  engine  itself  shows  a 
spring-returned  valve,  which  is  operated  by  any  mechan- 
ism one-half  as  often  as  the  engine  flywheel  revolves 
completely,  it  will  be  sure  to  be  an  exhaust  valve,  and  the 
engine  is  necessarily  of  the  four-cycle  type.  A four- 
cycle engine  cannot  exhaust  entirely  through  a port  un- 
covered by  the  piston,  as  in  a two-cycle,  and  must  ex- 
haust through  a valve  kept  open  practically  during  the 
entire  time  of  each  alternate  up-stroke  of  the  piston.  On 
the  other  hand,  a two-cycle  engine  would  not  exhaust 
all  its  burned  gases  except  for  the  following  charge, 
which  enters  through  the  inlet  port  under  slight  com- 
pression, forcing  -the  greater  part  of  them  out  by  replac- 
ing their  volume  with  the  next  or  following  explosive 
charge. 

[to  be  continued.] 


[The  above  description  of  the  gasolene  engine  is  made 
simple  and  in  as  plain  terms  as  possible.  If  any  of  our 
readers  are  unable  to  understand  the  description  and 
difference,  we  will  be  very  glad  to  hear  from  them,  and 
will  cheerfully  answer  any  question  on  the  subject  in  our 
next  issue,  when  we  will  publish  a full  and  complete 
description  of  the  good  and  bad  features  of  both  forms 
of  construction;  and  we  shall  be  very  much  pleased  to 
have  any  reader  suggest  anything  for  or  against  either 
type  that  is  omitted. — Ed.] 


Queries  on  Marine  Motors. 

H.  B.  R.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. — What  is  the  usual  rate  of  com- 
pression in  gasolene  engines? 

Ans. — It  depends  on  how  well  the  parts  are  machined, 
clearance,  and  wire  drawing.  In  two-cycles  it  rarely 
exceeds  45  to  50  pounds,  while  in  four-cycles  it  fre- 
quently reaches  90  pounds  gauge,  which  seems  about 
the  limit.  In  the  Diesel  engine  40  atmospheres  is 
used,  approximately  600  pounds,  but  ignition  is  caused 
by  this  high  compression,  the  fuel  not  being  injected 
until  the  beginning  of  the  power  stroke. 

J.  A.  R.  Duxbury,  Mass. — How  many  revolutions  ought  a 
6in.  by  6in.  single  cylinder  engine  to  make  two-cycle? 

Ans. — As  many  as  possible,  so  long  as  there  is  no 
loss  of  power  from  excessive  speed  and  the  engine 
can  be  kept  on  the  bed  without  too  much  vibration. 
If  you  cannot  get  this  information  from  the  manu- 
facturer, you  can  tell  this  by  testing  with  a Prony 
brake.  For  this  the  engine  will  have  to  be  set  up  on 
a good  solid  foundation. 


The  Monaco  Power  Boat  Races. — The  boats  desig- 
nated as  racers  are  divided  into  four  classes  with  no  limit 
as  to  power,  as  follows:  Class  1,  up  to  8m.  long;  class 2, 
8 to  12m.  long;  class  3,  12  to  18m.  long.  English  or 
American-built  boats  of  40ft.  length  will  get  entry  in 
class  2,  while  60ft.  boats  will  race  in  class  3.  Commercial 
boats  are  divided  into  two  classes  as  follows:  Class  1 

or  working  boats,  up  to  6.5m.  long,  with  a maximum 
carrying  capacity  of  450  kilos;  class  2 or  fishing  boats 
must  be  registered  as  such  before  March  5,  and  must 
have  a capacity  of  100  kilos  per  meter  of  length.  The 
other  class,  including  pleasure  launches  and  cruisers,  was 
described  in  our  columns  last  week,  


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Eastern  Y.  C.  Power  Boat  Class. 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

In  your  February  11  number  you  publish  the  rules  and 
restrictions  adopted  by  the  Eastern  Y.  C.,  which  do  not 
seem  to  me  to  be  exactly  fair  or  reasonable.  The  restric- 
tions on  length  and  beam  are  wise,  and  will  undoubtedly 
tend  to  building  several  boats  of  this  class  for  the  coming 
season.  The  horsepower  question  is  one  that  possibly 
needs  a little  revision.  Instead  of  making  the  superficial 
measurement  of  the  top  of  the  piston  the  only  restriction, 
the  length  of  the  stroke  should  be  taken  into  considera- 

Ition;  for  while  the  ordinary  autoboat  four-cycle  engine 
is  sometimes  the  same  stroke  as  the  diameter,  there  are 
others  that  have  a stroke  more  than  the  diameter.  As  a 
case  in  point:  A has  an  engine  5in.  by  5in.  and  B has 
one  5in.  by  6in.  If  the  two  engines  use  the  same  com- 
pression and  are  run  at  the  same  speed,  B’s  engine  will 
develop  20  per  cent,  more  power  than  A’s,  and  he  would 
manifestly  have  an  advantage,  which  could  hardly  _ be 
called  fair.  The  clause  compelling  the  use  of  a reversing 
gear  or  wheel  in  itself  would  rule  out  all  four-cycle  en- 
gines, which  are  reversible,  as  are  nearly  all  two-cycle 
engines.  The  restrictions  as  to  air  space,  etc.,  are  excel- 
lent. I trust  that  the  power  boat  racing  committee  of 
the  Eastern  Y.  C.  will  pardon  my  criticising  their  rules. 

A Week-End  Yachtsman. 


Berlin  Automobile  Salon. — The  Lozier  Motor  Com- 
pany has  the  only  American  exhibit  of  power  boats. 
They  show  two  21ft.  launches  equipped  with  3 horse- 
power two-cycle  engines,  and  a line  of  two  and  four- 
cycle engines,  including  both  marine  and  automobile. 

« « It  . 

Olympia  Hall  Show. — The  Launch  Motor  Company, 
of  London,  is  showing  in  Olympia  Hall,  London,  Lozier 
two  and  four-cycle  marine  engines  up  to  40  horsepower. 
On  the  Thames  for  demonstration  purposes,  but  a short 
distance  from  the  hall,  they  have  a Lozier  launch. 

•e  si  « 

East  Indian  Power  Boat  Luxury.— The  following 
description  of  a power  boat  recently  consigned  to  India 
appears  in  Yachting  World  (English)  of  recent  date: 

“The  Kumarchu  is  50ft.  long,  7ft.  beam,  and  a molded 
depth  of  5ft.  9in.,  fitted  with  a 32  horsepower  Napier 
' marine  motor.  The  motor  is  carried  right  forward,  and 
there  is  a comfortable  steering  seat  provided  for  the 
driver  with  all  the  controlling  arrangements  within 
reach,  while  the  fuel  tank  and  the  whole  of  the  acces- 
sories for  the  engine  are  carried  comfortably  in  this 
compartment.  Abaft  this  is  a small  lounge  with  side 
boards  which  will  accommodate  four  persons,  and  an 
alleyway  leads  into  a somewhat  larger  lounge  compart- 
ment to  accommodate  four  more  persons,  and  has  a cir- 
cular table  fitted.  The  whole  of  this  is  covered  by  a 
canopy,  and  the  lounges  are  further  protected  by  silk 
draw-curtains.  The  upholstery  is  carried  out  in  old  gold 
plush,  and  the  paneling  and  woodwork  is  in  light 
polished  mahogany.  Passing  further  aft  we  come  to  a 
raised  divan,  consisting  of  two  lounges  running  fore  and 
aft  of  the  boat  and  protected  by  a raised  canopy  and 
curtains,  while  the  awning  is  continued  right  aft  to  over- 
hang the  counter.  The  general  run  of  the  boat  as  to  lines 
and  speed  is  equal  to  about  12  miles  an  hour.  Electric 
light  is  fitted,  and  all  the  noise  from  the  exhaust  is  abso- 
lutely eliminated  by  the  Napier  system  of  exhaust.” 

I?  I* 

An  Aluminum  Boat. — The  Cockerill  Company  are 
building  a 40ft.  racer  for  Monaco.  The  hull  will  be  of 
1]  aluminum,  and  she  will  be  fitted  Yvith  a 200  British  horse- 
power Royal  Star  motor.  Her  principal  dimensions  are : 
Length  over  all,  11.95m.;  molded  depth,  8.5m.;  maximum 
beam,  1.5m.;  draft,  .25m.  She  will  be  steered  throughout 
the  races  by  Mr.  Heirmann.  We  understand  that  M. 
Smal,  the  head  of  the  company’s  shipyard,  is  responsible 
fof  the  design'. 

At  first  sight  the  use  of  aluminum  might  appear  some- 
what ridiculous,  but  when  one  thinks  on  the  numberless 
marine  motors  with  aluminum  crank  cases,  which  show, 
in  most  cases,  few  signs  of  corrosion,  one  must  come  to 
1 the  conclusion  that,  with  proper  precautions,  it  could  be 
perfectly  well  used  for  a light  racing  hull.  The  chief 
reason  for  the  non-corrosion  of  aluminum  crank  cham- 
bers is  undoubtedly  that  they  take  on  a coating  of  hard 
grease  from  the  lubricating  and  other  oils  splashed  over 
them,  the  porosity  of  cast  aluminum  helping  matters  to 
a great  extent.  If  an  aluminum  hull  can  be  properly 
protected  by  paint,  both  inside  and  out,  she  should  re- 
main sound  during  the  racing  boat’s  ordinarily  short 
5 life.  We  must  confess  that  aluminum  is  not  an  ideal 
metal  to  paint  over,  but  a preliminary  roughing  of  the 
skin,  say  with  a sand-blast  or  wire  brush,  should  render 
the  surface  capable  of  carrying  the  paint.  Even  if  the 
boat  had  to  be  painted  every  week  or  two,  the  light 
weight  of  the  hull  should  more  than  compensate  for  this. 
— Yachtsman. 


The  Dog, 

From  the  Houston  Fost. 

The  dog’s  a funny  animal. 

Domesticated  kind, 

The  while  he  wears  his  teeth  before 
He  wears  his  smile  behind; 

This  seems  quite  paradoxical. 

Quite  waggish — you  won’t  fail 

To  note  howe’er  a canine’s  smile 
Is  just  a wagging  tail. 

I used  to  know  a little  dog 
Who  smiled  on  me  each  night, 

When  I returned  from  my  day’s  work 
His  tail  wagged  with  delight; 

He  was  a joyous,  happy  dog — 

I chronicle  with  pain 

The  fact  he  lost  his  tail  one  day; 

He  never  smiled  again. 

Oh,  children  all,  be  good  to  dogs, 

And  to  my  warning  hark; 

Don’t  twist  their  tails  nor  drown  their  pups, 
’Tis  wrong  to  wreck  a bark; 

Don’t  look  a big  dog  in  the  eye 
(Your  courage  well  might  fail) ; 

To  learn  if  he  think*  well  of  you 
Watch  if  he  wags  his  tail. 


Canals  in  China. 

From  United  States  Consul  Anderson,  Hangchau,  China; 

There  are  several  features  of  the  canal  system  of 
China,  especially  of  the  Imperial  or  Grand  Canal, 
which  can  be  studied  with  profit  by  the  people  of  the 
United  States.  One  of  these  is  the  use  of  the  canal 
for  the  production  of  food  in  addition  to  its  uses  as  a 
means  of  transportation.  Allied  to  this  is  the  use  of 
the  muck  which  gathers  at  the  bottom  of  the  waterway 
for  fertilization.  Another  is  the  use  of  every  particle 
of  plant  life  growing  in  and  around  the  canal  for 
various  purposes. 

The  Chinese  secure  a vast  quantity  of  food  of  one 
sort  or  another  from  their  canals.  To  appreciate  the 
exact  situation  with  respect  to  the  waterways,  it  must 
be  realized  that  the  canals  of  China  cover  the  plain 
country  with  a network  of  water.  Leading  from  the 
Grand  Canal  in  each  direction  are  smaller  canals,  and 
from  these  lead  still  smaller  canals,  until  there  is  hardly 
a single  tract  of  forty  acres  which  is  not  reached  by 
some  sort  of  a ditch,  generally  capable  of  carrying  good- 
sized  boats.  The  first  reason  for  this  great  network 
is  the  needs  of  rice  cultivation.  These  waterways 
naturally  take  up  a considerable  portion  of  the  land, 
and  the  Chinese  make  as  profitable  use  of  them  as  of 
the  land  itself. 

The  first  use  of  the  waterways  is  for  fishing.  The 
quantity  of  fish  taken  from  the  canals  of  China  annually 
is  immense.  The  Chinese  have  no  artificial  fish  hatch- 
eries, but  the  supply  of  fish  is  maintained  at  a high 
point  by  the  fact  that  the  flooded  rice  fields  act  as 
haccheries  and  as  hiding  places  for  the  young  fish 
until  they  are  large  enough  to  look  out  for  themselves. 
In  the  United  States  this  fish  propagation  annex  to  the 
canals  is  probably  neither  possible  nor  needful  in  view 
of  the  work  done  by  the  State  and  national  bureaus; 
but  in  China  it  is  nothing  less  than  providential. 

Along  the  canals  in  China  at  any  time  may  be  found 
boatmen  gathering  muck  from  the  bottom  of  the  canal. 
This  muck  is  taken  in  much  the  same  manner  that 
oysters  are  taken  by  hand  on  the  Atlantic  coast.  In 
place  of  tonges  are  large  bag-like  devices  on  crossed 
bamboo  poles  which  take  in  a large  quantity  of  the 
ooze  at  once.  This  is  emptied  into  the  boat,  and  the 
process  is  repeated  until  the  boatman  has  a load,  when 
he  will  proceed  to  some  neighboring  farm.  and  empty 
the  muck,  either  directly  on  his  fields— especially  around 
the  mulberry  trees,  which  are  raised  for  the  silkworms 
—or  in  a pool,  where  it  is  taken  later  to  the  fields. 
From  this  muck  the  Chinese  farmer  will  generally  se- 
cure enough  shellfish  to  pay  him  for  his  work,  and  the 
fertilizer  is  clear  gain.  The  fertilizer  thus  secured  is 
valuable. 

In  addition  to  securing  fertilizers  from  the  canals, 
and  thus  keeping  the  canals  in  condition,  the  farmers 
help  keep  them  purified  by  gathering  all  floating  weeds, 
grass,  and  other  vegetable  debris  that  they  can  find 
upon  them.  Boatmen  will  secure  great  loads  of  water 
plants  and  grass  by  skimming  the  surface  of  the  canal. 
The  reeds  growing  along  the  canals  are  used  for 
weaving  baskets  of  several  grades,  and  for  fuel.  In 
short,  no  plant  life  about  the  canal  goes  to  waste. 

Where  there  are  so  many  canals  there  is  more  or 
less  swamp  ground.  In  China  this  is  utilized  for  the 
raising  of  lotus  roots,  from  which  commercial  arrow- 
root  is  largely  obtained.  There  is  no  reason  why 
much  of  the  waste  swamp  land  in  the  southern  portion 
of  the  United  States  should  not  be  used  for  a similar 
purpose,  and  the  commercial  returns  from  a venture 
of  this  sort  in  that  part  of  the  country  ought  to  be 
satisfactory.  Where  the  canals  of  China  widen,  by 
reason  of  natural  waterways  or  for  other  seasons,  the 
expanse  of  water  not  needed  for  actual  navigation  is 
made  use  of  in  the  raising  of  water  nuts  of  several 
varieties,  especially  what  are  known  as  water  chestnuts. 
These  nuts  are.  raised  in  immense  quantities.  They  are, 
strictlv  speaking,  bulbs  rather  than  nuts.  They  are 
rich  in  arrowroot  and  are  prolific,  an  acre  of  shallow 
water  producing  far  more  than  an  acre  of  well  culti- 
vated soil  planted  in  ordinary  grain  or  similar  crops. 
These  nuts,  also,  could  be  produced  to  advantage  in 
the  United  States  where  there  is  land  inundated  for  the 
growing  season  to  a depth  which  will  give  ordinary 
water  plants  a chance  to  thrive  and  which  is  not  capable 
of  being  drained  for  the  time  being.  The  nuts  or 
bulbs  are  toothsome  when  roasted,  and  are  whole- 
some, but  probably  would  be  more  valuable  in  the 
United  States  for  the  manufactured  products  which  can 
be  secured  from  them.  There  are  duck  farms  all  along 
the  canals  in  China.  These  are  profitable. 


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Fixtures. 

Feb  22.— Greenville,  N.  J.— American  record  100-shot  match. 
March  1-9.— New  York.— Zettler  annual  gallery  tournament. 


Providence,  R.  I.,  Revolver  Club. 

Providence,  R.  I. — Since  our  defeat  by  the  crack  Myles  Stand- 
ish  Rifle  Club  team,  we  are  evidently  looked  upon  as  something 
“easy,”  for  propositions  (not  exactly  challenges)  have  been  re- 
ceived from  several  organizations  looking  toward  a contest.  This 
is  in  the  right  direction,  and  we  certainly  would  be  glad  to  carry 
the  matches  through. 

We  are  somewhat  handicapped  for  match  shooting.  Our  regu- 
lar evening  is  Thursday,  for  which  night  we  hire  the  use  of  an 
old  drill  hall.  But  two  targets  can  be  kept  going  at  one  time, 
and  as  the  boys  are  full  of  shoot,  our  regular  night  is  pretty  well 
taken  up  by  the  members.  Saturday  evening  is  the  ideal  time  for 
a match  for  many  reasons,  and  we  prefer  that  time,  though  there 
is  always  an  uncertainty  as  to  whether  or  not  we  can  hire  the  hall 
especially  for  our  own  use. 

A sleet  storm  prevented  the  usual  attendance  last  Thursday 
evening,  and  but  a few  scores  were  recorded,  as  follows: 

Rifle,  German  ring  target,  at  25yds.:  Sterry  K.  Luther  242,  239, 
238. 

Revolver  and  pistol,  20yds.,  Standard  American  target:  A.  C. 

Hurlburt  83,  Frank  L.  Corey  82,  Fred  Liebrich  64,  D.  P.  Craig  58. 

Shooting  was  brisk  on  the  Portsmouth  range,  in  spite  of  zero 


weather  ott  the  4th.  F.  A.  Coggesha.il,  not  quite  liking  the  result 
of  the  first  rifle  match,  challenged  the  winner,  William  Almy,  to 
a 50-shot  match  with  ,22cal.  rifles,  at  50yds,,  Standard  American 
target,  the  result  being  that  Mr.  Almy  again  stood  first  in  the 
competition.  It  was  a close  match,  and  Mr.  Coggeshall.  com?, 
mences  to  show  his  old-time  form.  Following,  are  the  scores  in 
detail : 

W Almy 8 6 7 9 6 10  6 10  7 7—76 

77976  10  7 10  9 9—80 
7 8 9 10  10  8 9 10  7 6—84 
10  79  10  66898  10—83 
699868989  9—81^404 

F A Coggeshall 776779889  7—75 

10  10  10  6 10  7 8 8 9 6—84 
7 10  10  10  8 8 7 7 9 8—84 
778977798  7—76 
887  10  8 10  997  6—82—401 
The  following  scores  were  also  shot  on  the  same  day,  with 
.22cal.  rifles,  50yds.,  on  Standard  American  target: 


Dr.  Lorah  5 7 9 8 4 9 5 10  6 9—72 

Bradford  Norman  6 4 10  9 8 7 5 4 10  7—70 

H Howel  6 4 7 0 10  9 8 7 8 10—69 


These  three  men  shot  well  together,  the  .Doctor  being  leader 
by  2 points. 


New  York  Schuetzen  Corps. 

Friday  evening,  Feb.  10,  the  above  society  occupied  the  Zettler 
ranges.  All  shooting  offhand  on  the  regular  %in.  ring  target  at 
75ft.  R.  Gute,  of  Middle  Village,  L.  I.,  was  high  man  on  the  ring 
target,  while  W.  Schults  secured  a bullseye  measuring  38  degrees, 
thereby  capturing  a handsome  cut-glass  trophy  given  as  a prize 
on  that  target.  Scores: 

N.  C.  L.  Beverstein  222,  217;  H.  Beckmann  227,  230;  W.  J. 
Behrens  161,  183;  C.  J.  Brinkama  211,  216;  J.  C.  Brinkmann  206, 
214;  Adolf  Beckmann  205,  229;  G.  N.  Bohlken  198,  220;  C.  Boesch 
188,  207;  J.  C.  Bonn  232,  238;  Aug.  Beckmann  102,  204;  II.  Decker 
220,  212;  W.  Dahl  207,  213;  M.  V.  Dwingelo  189,  200;  D.  Dede  179, 
201;  D.  Ficken  205,  208;  G.  II.  Fixsen  202,  212;  W.  F.  Grell  212, 
227;  F.  Gobber  173,  200;  H.  Gobber  213,  223;  Dr.  C.  Grosch  229,  219; 
R.  Gute  245,  245;  Capt.  J.  H.  Hainhorst,  224,  222;  II.  C.  Ilainhorst 
218,  229;  H.  Haase  234,  229;  H.  Iloenisch  200,  209;  H.  Slesse  196, 
189;  P.  Heidelberger  223,  233;  W.  W.  Haaren  173,  182;  L.  C. 
Hagenah  212,  214;  J.  N.  Herrmann  225,  230;  J.  Jantzen  205,  208; 
N.  Jantzen  213,  181;  G.  Junge  198,  205;  H.  Kahrs  203,  219;  C.  Konig 
205,  192;  J.  H.  Kroeger  205,  205;  H.  Koster  205,  221;  B.  Kumm 
166,  182;  F.  Lankenau  204,  209;  A.  Lederhaus  190,  202;  II.  Leopold 

217,  207;  A.  W.  Lemcke  228,  208;  G.  Ludwig  240,  241;  Von  der 
Leith  209,  205;  C.  Mann  211,  204;  J.  H.  Meyer  207,  231;  II.  D. 
Meyer  234,  223;  C.  Meyer  232,  236;  II.  W.  Mesloh  221, ‘232;  H. 
Meyn  198,  211;  H.  B.  Michaelson  220,  227;  H.  Nordbruch  229,  206; 
G.  W.  Offermann  208,  215;  R.  Ohms  169,  205;  C.  Plump  216,  219; 
P.  Prange  196,  212;  J.  Paradies  213,  204;  D.  Peper  228,  236;  C. 
Roffmann  190,  218;  F.  von  Ronn  228,  228,  H.  Quaal  201,  217;  F. 
Schultz  181,  197;  W.  Schults  212,  210;  W.  Schaefer  200,  172;  C. 
Schmitz  215,  225;  O.  Schwanemann  236,  238;  J.  N.  F.  Seibs  232,  237; 
C.  Seivers  235,  229;  Capt.  J.  G.  Tholke  217,  212;  G.  Thomas  209, 

218,  M.  J.  1 heu  219,  223;  G.  J.  Voss  224,  211;  G.  H.  Wehrenberg 
220,  221;  B.  Zettler  233,  226;  A.  Sibberns  204,  214;  W.  Ulrich  157, 
207. 

Bullseye  target:  W.  Schults  38,  J.  H.  Hainhorst  72,  C.  Mann 

76,  H.  Haase  84%,  J.  N.  F.  Seibs  57%,  C.  Plump  45%,  G.  Ludwig 
45%,  H.  C.  Hainhorst  48,  F.  Gobber  62. 


Zettler  Rifle  Club. 

Scores  follow  for  the  weekly  practice  shoot,  Tuesday,  Feb.  7. 
R.  Gute  was  leading  man  with  a total  of  1221  for  his  50  shots. 
All  shooting  offhand  on  the  regular  25-ring  (%in.)  target,  75ft.: 

...243  241 

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Independent  New  York  Schuetzen  Corps. 

Thursday  evening,  Feb.  9,  the  above  corps  held  their  regular  bi- 
monthly practice  shoot  on  the  Zettler  ranges.  Scores  follow,  all 
shooting  on  the  regular  25-ring  (%in.)  target:  Gus  Zimmermann 

247,  247;  R.  Gute  246,  244;  Geo.  Ludwig  242,  242;  Lambert  Schmid 
242,  241;  F.  A.  Young  237,  243;  A.  Begerow  238,  241;  Geo.  T. 
Zimmermann  235,  239;  Wm.  Soli  233,  236;  F.  Liegibel  234,  235; 
L.  C.  Hamerstein,  Jr.,  233,  231;  Jac.  Schmid  231,  232;  B.  Eusner 
231,  224;  J.  Bittschier  221,  232;  H.  J.  Behrens  220,  219;  F.  C. 
Halber.  198,  205. 


Lady  Zettler  Rifle  Club. 

Saturday  evening,  Feb.  4,  was  ladies’  night  on  the  Zettler 
ranges.  Miss  M.  Zimmermann  led  the  race  for  high  scores  with 
the  good  total  of  487.  Scores  follow,  on  the  regular  25-ring  (%in.) 
target,  at  75ft.:  Miss  M.  Zimmermann  244,  243;  Mrs.  H.  Fen- 

wirth  244,  239;  Mrs.  Liegibel  240,  243,  Miss  Zimmermann  236,  241; 
Miss  Ludwig  236,  239;  Miss  Eusner  232,  243;  Mrs.  II.  Scheu  239,  24L 


Rifle  Notes. 

The  Cottage  Rifle  Club,  of  Jersey  City,  has  an  exceedingly  prom- 
ising outlook  for  their  match,  to  be  held  at  Armbruster’s  Park, 
Greenville,  on  Feb.  22.  The  main  event  is  at  200yds.,  100  shots, 
American  target. 


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If  you  want  your  shoot  to  be  announced  here  send  a. 
notice  like  the  following: 


Fixtures. 

Feb.  15-16. — Allentown,  Pa. — Two-day  tournament  at  Duck  Farms 
Hotel.  C.  L.  Straub,  Mgr. 

Feb.  15-17. — Detroit,  Mich. — Jacob  Klein’s  tournament  on  Rusch , 
House  grounds,  under  auspices  of  Tri-State  Automobile  and  , 
Eporting  Goods  Association. 

Feb.  18.— Newark,  N.  J.— All-day  shoot  of  the  Mullerite  Gun  Club. 
A.  A.  Schoverling,  Mgr. 

Feb.  22. — New  Paltz,  N.  Y. — Mullerite  Gun  Club  all-day  shoot. 
A.  A.  Schoverling,  Mgr. 

Feb.  22. — Harrisburg,  Pa.,  Shooting  Association  seventeenth- 
annual  live-bird  tournament.  A.  H.  Roberts,  Sec’y. 

Feb.  22. — Atglen,  Pa. — Christiana-Atglen  Gun  Club  all-day  shoot. 
Lloyd  R.  Lewis,  Cor.  Sec’y. 

Feb.  22. — Batavia,  111.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  Henry  Hendrick- 
son.  Mgr. 

Feb.  22.— Concord,  S.  I.— All-day  shoot  of  the  Richmond  Gun  ■ 
Club.  A,  A,  Schoverling,  S«c’y. 


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burg.  Sec ’jfi 

•Feb.  22. — Utica,  f?.  X- — Rivefside  Gua  Club's  eighth  antlual  tout- 
nament.  E.  J.  Loughlin,  Sec’y. 

March  1L— -Lakewood,  N.  J. — All-day  shoot  of  the  Mullerite  Gun 
Club.  A.  A.  Sehoverling,  Sec’y. 

March  20-25. — Kansas  City,  Mo.— Dickey  Bird  Gun  Club  six-day 
tournament. 

March  28-29. — Kansas  City,  Mo. — Missouri  and  Kansas  League  of 
trapshooters’  first  tournament,  at  Schmelzer’s  Shooting  Park. 
Dr.  C.  B.  Clapp,  Sec’y,  Moberly,  Mo. 

April  6-6. — Augusta,  Ga. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tourna- 
ment, under  the  auspices  of  the  Augusta  Gun  Club.  Chas.  C. 
Needham,  Sec’y. 

April  12-13. — Spring  tournament  of  Delaware  Trapshooters’  League, 
on  grounds  of  Wilmington  Gun  Club.  H.  J.  Stidman,  Sec’y, 
Wilmington. 

April  18-20. — Waco,  Tex. — Texas  State  Sportsmen’s  Association 
tournament. 

April  19. — Springfield,  Mass.,  Shooting  Club  annual  tournament. 
C.  L.  Kites,  Sec’y. 

April  22. — Easton,  Pa. — Independent  Gun  Club  all-day  tournament. 
Jacob  Pleiss,  Sec’y. 

May  2-5. — Pittsburg,  Pa.— Tournament  of  the  Pennsylvania  State 
Sportsmen’s  Association,  under  auspices  of  the  Herron  Hill 
Gun  Club;  $1,000  added  to  purses.  Louis  Lautenstager,  Sec’y. 

May  2-6. — Kansas  City,  Mo. — Missouri  State  Game  and  Fish  Pro- 
tective Association  tournament. 

May  4-5. — Waterloo,  la.,  Gun  Club  spring  tournament.  E.  M. 
Storm,  Sec’y. 

May  9-10. — Oiean,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  B.  D. 
Nobles,  Sec’y. 

May  9-12. — Hastings,  Neb. — Nebraska  State  Sportsmen’s  Associa- 
tion’s twenty-ninth  annual  tournament.  Geo.  L.  Carter,  Sec’y, 
Lincoln,  Neb. 

May  11-12.— Wilmington,  Del. — Wawaset  Gun  Club  third  annual 
spring  tournament.  W.  M.  Foord,  Sec’y. 

May  14-16. — Des  Moines,  la. — Iowa  State  Sportsmen’s  Associa- 
tion tournament. 

May  16-18. — Parkersburg,  W.  Va. — West  Virginia  State  Sports- 
men’s Association  tournament. 

May  17-18.— Auburn,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  two-day  tournament.  Knox 
& Knapp,  Mgrs. 

May  17-19. — Stanley  Gun  Club  of  Toronto  (incorporated),  Can., 
annual  tournament.  Alexander  Dey,  Sec’y,  178  Mill  street, 
Toronto. 

May  23-26. — Lincoln.— Illinois  State  Sportsmen’s  Association  tour- 
nament. 

May  25-27. — Montreal,  Quebec,  Gun  Club  grand  trapshooting 
tournament.  D.  J.  Kearney,  Sec’y,  412  St.  Paul  street,  Quebec. 

May  30. — McKeesport,  Pa. — Enterprise  Gun  Club  tournament. 
Geo.  W.  Mains,  Sec’y. 

May  30-31.— Washington,  D.  C. — Analostan  Gun  Club  two-day 
tournament;  $200  added.  Miles  Taylor,  Sec’y,  222  F street, 
N.  W. 

May  31-June  1. — Vermillion. — South  Dakota  State  Sportsmen’s 
Association  tournament. 

June  8-9. — Dalton,  O.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  Ernest  F. 
Scott,  Capt. 

June  9. — Shamokin,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  S.  C.  Yocum, 
Sec’y. 

June  13-15. — New  Jersey  State  Sportsmen’s  Association  tournament, 
une  27-30. — Indianapolis,  lnd.— The  Interstate  Association’s  Grand 
American  Handicap  target  tournament;  $1,000  added  money. 
Elmer  E.  Slianer,  Sec’y  Mgr^  Pittsburg,  l’a. 

July  4. — Shamokin,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  S.  C.  Yocum, 
Sec’y. 

July  4. — South  Framingham,  Mass. — Second  annual  team  shoot; 
$50  in  cash. 

July  12-13.— Menominee,  Mich.— The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  Menominee  Gun  Club. 
W.  W.  McQueen,  Sec’y. 

July  24-28. — Brehm’s  Ocean  City,  Md.— Target  tournament.  H.  A. 
Brehrn,  Mgr.,  Baltimore. 

Aug.  2-4. — Albert  Lea,  Minn. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  Albert  Lea  Gun  Club. 
N.  E.  Paterson,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  16-18. — Ottawa,  Can. — Dominion  of  Canada  Trapshooting  and 
Game  Protective  Association.  G.  Easdale,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  16-18. — Kansas  City,  Mo. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  O.  K.  Gun  Club.  C.  C. 
Herman,  Sec’y. 

Oct.  11-12.— Dover,  Del.,  Gun  Club  tournament;  open  to  all  ama- 
teurs. Y\ . H.  Reed,  Sec’y. 

Oct.  12.— Fall  tournament  of  the  Delaware  Trapshooters’  League, 
on  grounds  of  Dover  Gun  Club. 


DRIVERS  AND  TWISTERS 


Club  secretaries  are  invited  to  send  their  scores  for 
publication  in  these  columns,  also  any  news  notes  they 
may  care  to  have  published.  Mail  all  such  matter  to 
Forest  and  Stream  Publishing  Company , 346  Broadway, 
New  York.  Forest  and  Stream  goes  to  press  on  Tues- 
day OF  EACH  WEEK. 


Open  shoot  of  the  Bound  Brook,  N.  J.,  Gun  Club,  to  be  held 
on  Saturday  of  this  week. 

X 

The  New  Jersey  State  Sportsmen’s  Association  has  fixed  on 
June  13,  14  and  15  for  its  next  tournament. 

m 

Mr.  B.  D.  Nobles,  Secretary,  announces  that  the  Oiean,  N.  Y., 
Gun  Club  will  hold  its  annual  tournament  on  May  9 and  10. 

K 

Hon.  Tom  A.  Marshall,  en  route  from  Panama  to  his  home  in 
the  West,  tarried  two  or  three  days  in  New  York,  in  the  latter 
part  of  last  week. 

m 

Mr.  W.  M.  Foord,  Secretary,  writes  us  that  the  third  annual 
spring  tournament  of  Wawaset  Gun  Club,  Wilmington,  Del.,  will 
be  held  on  May  11  and  12. 

Owing  to  Monday  of  this  week  being  a holiday,  and  reports 
arriving  late  on  account  of  stormy  weather,  several  reports  are 
necessarily  left  over  to  next  week. 

X 

At  the  holiday  shoot  of  the  Crescent  Athletic  Club  on  Monday 
of  this  week,  the  holiday  cup  was  won  by  Mr.  H.  B.  Vandeveer, 
after  shooting  off  a tie  with  Mr.  L.  M.  Palmer. 

& 

A match,  described  as  being  for  $2C0  a side,  has  been  arranged 
between  Mr.  George  Goettler,  of  Pottsville,  Pa.,  and  Mr.  William 
Lloyd,  of  Morea,  to  take  place  at  Mahanoy  City  Park  on  March  17. 

SI 

Mr.  J.  Mowell  Hawkins,  Baltimore,  writes  us:  “Brehm’s  Ocean 
City  target  tournament  at  Ocean  City,  Md.,  July  24,  25,  26,  27  and 
28.  Four  hundred  dollars  added  money.  H.  A.  Brehm,  Mgr., 
Baltimore,  Md.” 

81 

Dr.  C.  B.  Clapp,  Sec’y-Treas.,  Moberly,  Mo.,  writes  us  as  fol- 
lows: “The  first  tournament  of  the  Missouri  and  Kansas  League 

of  Trapshooters  will  be  held  March  28  and  29,  at  Schmelzer’s 
Shooting  Park,  Kansas  City,  Mo.” 

8| 

The  programme  of  the  Mullerite  Gun  Club  shoot,  Feb.  IS,  at 
Newark,  N.  J.,  provides  five  events,  a total  of  205  targets,  and 
$16.35  entrance.  Event  3,  handicap,  has  several  merchandise 
prizes.  Event  6 is  at  100  targets,  $10,  all  scratch,  high  guns, 
A,  A,  Sehoverling,  Manager,  2 Murray  street,  New  York. 


FOREST  Mind  8 f REAM, 


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Waterloo,  la.,  dttfi  Mt  it  ilfthHiatt  wfitfes  ttej 

“will  hold  its  spring  tournament  Thursday  and  Friday,  May  4 and 
5.  One  hundred  dollars  added  money  will  be  divided  into  aver- 
ages. Leggett  trap  will  be  used,  and  every  effort  made  to  make 
the  shoot  as  successful  as  former  ones.  Further  information  may 
be  had  on  application  to  E.  M.  Storm,  Sec’y.” 

II 

“Sporting  Life’s  Trapshooting  Review  for  1905,”  compiled  by  the 
well-known  authority,  Mr.  Will  K.  Park,  Philadelphia,  contains 
Id  pages,  the  record  of  the  important  doings  at  the  traps  in  the 
past  year.  Besides  the  valuable  records,  it  contains  portraits  of  all 
the  famous  experts.  It  is  sent  free  to  any  applicant  who  will 
send  5 cents  to  cover  postage. 

K 

The  Bound  Brook,  N.  J,,  Gun  Club  has  arranged  one  of  its 
popular  merchandise  programmes,  for  Saturday  of  this  week. 
There  are  six  events.  The  first,  at  25  targets,  three  cups,  is  for 
members.  The  remainder  are  at  10  targets  respectively,  50  cents 
entrance.  Shooting  commences  at  2 o’clock.  A prize  is  offered 
for  high  average.  Mr.  F.  K.  Stelle  is  the  secretary. 

86 

Mr.  Chris.  Gottlieb  journeyed  homeward  to  Kansas  City,  Mo., 
on  Sunday  of  this  week,  after  a sojourn  of  some  days  in  New 
York  and  New  Haven.  He  is  now  a representative  of  the 
Winchester  Repeating  Arms  Co.,  for  which  he  is  excellently  quali- 
fied by  nature  and  by  training.  He  is  famous  as  an  expert  with 
the  shotgun,  and  has  many  times  in  competition  demonstrated  his 
skill  and  nerve,  particularly  in  the  great  intercity  team  matches 
of  the  Kansas  City  trapshooters  against  all  comers.  He  has  a per- 
sonal acquaintance  with  nearly  every  trapshooter  of  note  in  Amer- 
ica. He  possesses  an  unvarying  affability  and  good  fellowship, 
qualities  which  will  promptly  make  good  friends  for  himself  and 
the  Winchester  Company. 

*6 

Mr.  E.  J.  Loughlin,  Secretary,  writes  us  that  “on  Washington’s 
Birthday,  Feb.  22,  the  Riverside  Gun  Club,  of  Utica,  N.  Y.,  will 
hold  its  eighth  annual  midwinter  tournament  at  targets.  The 
sweepstake  programme  is  open  to  amateurs  only,  and  will  have 
nine  events;  five  at  10,  three  at  20  and  one  at  25  targets.  Total 
entrance,  $8.75,  targets  included  at  V/2  cent  each.  The  club  adds 
$8.50  cash  in  the  programme  events.  Money  divided  under  Jack 
Rabbit  system.  No  handicaps.  Merchandise  prizes  to  the  value 
of  $40  will  also  be  provided,  to  be  shot  for  under  the  club’s  system 
of  handicapping,  with  free  entrance.  Grounds  at  foot  of  Washing- 
ton street,  three  blocks  west  of  all  depots.  Programme  at  10  A.  M. 

Bernard  Waters. 


Grand  Southern  Handicap* 

Houston,  Tex.,  Feb.  7. — The  much  anticipated  Southern  shoot 
opened  here  this  morning,  under  very  unfavorable  conditions  as 
to  weather.  The  rain  descended  and  did  not  stop  until  the  day 
was  well  near  the  end.  Still,  there  were  more  than  twenty-five 
enthusiasts  who  came  to  shoot,  and  as  many  of  them  were  far  from 
home,  and  had  come  on  purpose  to  shoot,  why  shoot  they  did,  no 
matter  if  the  rain  did  soak  them  through  and  through. 

The  management  had  evidently  taken  warning  by  the  very 
stormy  weather  of  the  past,  and  proposed  that  at  least  when  the 
shooters  present  were  not  shooting  they  could  be  dry  and  warm. 
So  when  they  arrived  on  the  ground  the  park  had  the  appearance 
of  a small  military  encampment. 

The  way  the  old  stagers  like  Heikes,  Gilbert  and  Crosby  stored 
themselves  away  and  began  to  unpack  their  guns  was  a revelation 
to  the  “tenderfoot.”  It  was  soon  discovered  that  they  were  pro- 
vided with  rain  coats  and  rubber  boots,  and  that  there  was  going 
to  be  no  delay  or  postponement. 

The  programme  of  even  20-target  events  was  shot  to  a finish, 
and  some  very  good  scores  were  made,  under  such  discouraging 
conditions.  Ihe  management  was  good,  and  though  some  stops 
were  made,  the  shoot  was  finished  for  the  day  early  in  the  fore- 
noon, although  the  opening  gun  was  not  fired  until  11  A.  M. 

There  were  good  fires  in  the  tent,  and  about  the  grounds,  and 
with  hot  coffee  and  plenty  of  good  lunch,  even  Fred  Gilbert  was 
happy.  It  was  surmised  that  he  would  much  prefer  being  tucked 
away  in  a duck  blind  on  such  a day. 

It  was  Atchison,  the  good  Texas  shot  who  hails  from  Giddings, 
who  made  the  highest  score  for  the  day,  as  he  scored  202  out  of 
the  220.  He  started  out  well,  getting  the  first  two  events  straight. 

It  was  a long  way  out  to  those  targets  from  the  21yds.  line, 
bu  then  Gilbert  and  Crosby  did  not  do  so  bad,  and  they  finished 
a tie  on  196;  Chas.  Spencer  at  the  19yd.  post  was  next  with  194, 
while  one  “Silent  Bill”  Heer  was  two  less,  and  he  was  at  the 
scratch  along  with  the  other  leaders. 

The  scarcity  of  amateurs,  both  local  and  otherwise,  was  com- 
mented upo  l by  some,  and  some  one  gave  out  the  information 
that  in  the  future  the  shoots  would  not  be  made  open  to  all. 
Even  the  experts  present  seemed  to  favor  that  plan.  It  would 
appear  that  traveling  men  at  16yds.,  shooting  for  averages  only, 
would  best  serve  the  interests  of  all  concerned. 

The  scores  that  follow  will  show  the  ups  and  downs,  and  how 
the  fall-downs  were  made  in  each  of  the  eleven  20-target  events: 


First  Day,  Feb,  7. 


Events : 

Gilbert,  21  

123456789  10  11 

17  18  20  16  17  17  18  18  20  15  20 

.....  18  IS  19  14  16  16  19  20  20  17  19 

16  17  15  18  20  19  20  16  17  17  17 

Total. 

196 

196 

192 

Heikes,  20  

16  14  18  15  17  19  14  10  10  18  19 
...  18  12  17  19  IS  17  19  20  17  19  18 

188 

194 

Money,  18  

Waters,  18  

Faurote,  18  

Hubby,  18  

Yeung,  19  

Atchison,  17  

. 18  15  16  18  14  18  18  18  17  15  20 

. . 19  16  19  14  16  18  16  17  17  19  16 

16  16  14  13  17  18  17  15  18  18  17 

. 16  17  14  15  19  17  18  18  17  20  19 

...  16  18  16  16  IS  15  15  18  19  19  19 

....  20  20  16  15  18  19  20  19  17  18  20 

. . 16  16  13  15  17  15  17  19  19  16  17 

187 

187 

179 
190 

188 
202 

180 

Wade,  17  

Fleming,  17  

Jackson,  17  

Burmister,  16  

Tucker,  15  

. 17  16  17  12  12  14  17  17  15  15  16 

" . ...  17  15  20  16  18  17  17  14  19  16  19 

. 17  16  IS  14  18  16  17  19  19  16  17 

. 19  18  17  13  18  18  19  19  17  15  17 

. 19  14  IS  18  19  16  IS  16  16  16  14 

....  17  14  IS  17  15  16  18  18  16  18  16 

168 

188 

187 

190 

184 

183 

Skelly,  13  

16  12  17  14  15  18  20  17  18  19  19 
12  15  15  17  16  18  14  19  16  19  16 

185 

177 

ATor'k  1 

. 17  16  16  14  15  17  15  15  17  17  19 

178 

14  13  18  17  19  13  17  17  16  17  18 

179 

. 16  15  19  14  17  16  19  17  20  19  18 

190 

Appleman,  16  

13  11  16  13  20  16  19  17  19  19  17 
17  15  IS  14  17  17  15  18  17  18  20 

180 

186 

12  16  14  18  IS  16  12  13  15  11  16 

162 

Second  Day,  Feb.  8. 

It  was  kind  of  the  Weather  Man  to  be  on  his  good  behavior, 
and  the  sun  shone  out  and  all  went  to  work  to  make  the  scores 
•of  their  lives.  The  top  rubber  coats  were  laid  away;  but  not  so 
the  rubber  boots,  as  the  mud  was  there  to  stay. 

The  shooting  was  phenomenal,  even  for  the  Texan,  who  has  a 
general  reputation  for  being  handy  with  the  gun.  Now,  there  is 


Rbp  Meikss,  tvfali  gpifida  psit  0 1 gaeii  tviiitef  doiVti  iftsfg,  Md  as 
he  pays  taxes  on  some  of  the  broad  Texas  acres  he  may  be  styled 
a native,  Vv  HI;  he  was  long  on  the  score  board  to-day,  as  he 
finished  strong  with  210.  While  he  shot  very  well,  there  rvere 
twenty  men  who  made  as  good  a score  as  Gilbert  and  Crosby  did 
the  day  previous.  \\  e ask  the  reader  to  follow  down  the  total 
column  and  note  how  near  these  men  finished  together,  and  how 
evenly  all  were  matched. 

Atchison  kept  up  his  good  score,  and  finished  well  in  the  lead 
for  the  average  for  the  two  days,  there  being  a handsome  prize 
to  be  awarded  to  the  one  who  wins  high  average  for  the  three 
days. 

The  shoot  was  started  at  10  P.  M.,  and  was  completed  at  3 
in  the  afternoon.  There  was  an  interest  shown  by  the  towns- 
people, as  the  day  afforded  them  an  outing,  and  they  came  to  see 
the  big  guns  shoot,  and  there  were  there,  as  thirteen  were  known 
to  belong  to  the  class  known  as  professionals.  The  scores,  each 
event  at  20  targets: 


Events:  123456789  10  11  Total. 

Heikes,  19  18  19  18  20  19  20  20  20  19  18  19  210 

Atchison.  IS  18  20  IS  18  19  19  18  20  19  20  19  207 

Young,  19  18  18  18  18  19  19  IS  20  19  20  19  205 

Spencer,  19  18  19  19  19  19  17  20  19  20  17  18  205 

Gilbert,  21  17  18  17  19  18  20  19  20  19  18  19  204 

Sens,  17  19  19  17  20  20  19  17  16  17  20  19  203 

Skelly,  16  17  20  15  20  15  18  20  20  19  19  19  202 

Burmister,  16  19  19  IS  19  20  18  19  15  18  19  17  201 

Heer,  21  19  18  17  18  20  19  19  19  16  18  17  . 200 

Hubby,  18  16  18  18  20  19  18  19  17  17  18  20  200 

Fleming,  17  17  19  20  20  17  18  18  18  18  18  17  200 

Tucker,  15  19  19  19  17  18  18  17  16  18  20  19  200 

Houston,  16  14  19  19  19  19  19  17  17  20  17  19  199 

Heard,  16  18  17  18  17  19  20  16  16  19  20  19  199 

Crosby,  21  19  18  16  17  19  16  18  18  19  19  19  198 

Cleveland,  15  17  19  17  19  17  18  19  16  17  20  18  197 

Barnes,  15  20  18  17  16  20  16  19  18  16  19  18  197 

Waters,  18  15  19  18  IS  19  18  17  20  16  18  18  196 

Jackson.  17  16  IS  14  18  20  19  19  17  17  18  20  196 

Nap,  16  20  19  18  20  18  17  16  15  17  17  19  196 

Miller,  16  15  16  15  17  16  18  18  18  19  20  20  192 

Wade,  17  20  14  15  19  16  16  15  16  20  19  20  190 

Money,  18  16  17  15  18  16  18  17  18  19  18  13  185 

Faurote,  18  17  13  17  12  20  16  19  18  16  16  18  182 

King,  16  10  15  17  17  18  16  19  18  17  19  15  181 

Bancroft,  16  17  14  18  16  14  15  15  15  18  17  19  177 


The  Interstate  Association. 

A meeting  of  the  stockholders  of  the  Interstate  Association,  and 
a meeting  also  of  the  Tournament  Committee,  was  held  in  the 
offices  of  the  Laflin  & Rand  Powder  Co.,  99  Cedar  street,  New 
York  city,  Friday,  Dec.  10,  President  Irby  Bennett  in  the  chair. 

The  roll  call  showed  the  following  members  present,  represented 
either  in  person  or  by  proxy:  Winchester  Repeating  Arms  Co., 

Mr.  Irby  Bennett;  Parker  Brothers,  Mr.  W.  F.  Parker;  Union 
Metallic  Cartridge  Co.,  Mr.  A.  C.  Barrel!;  Laflin  & Rand  Powder 
Co.,  Mr.  A.  W.  Higgins;  Peters  Cartridge  Co.,  Mr.  T.  H.  Keller; 
Hoyt  Metal  Company,  Mr.  C.  N.  Markle;  E.  I.  duPont  Company 
(by  proxy),  Capt.  A.  W.  Money;  Remington  Arms  Company  (by 
proxy)  Mr.  A.  C.  Barrcll,  and  the  Lefever  Arms  Co.  (by  proxy), 
Mr.  E.  E.  Shaner. 

The  secretary-manager  reported  that  arrangements  had  been 
made  and  contracts  duly  signed  for  the  holding  of  the  sixth  Grand 
American  Handicap  at  Targets,  at  Indianapolis,  lnd.,  on  the 
grounds  of  the  Indianapolis  Gun  Club,  during  the  week  com- 
mencing with  June  25. 

It  was  decided  to  schedule  a State  team  event  during  the  Grand 
American  Handicap  tournament,  for  amateurs  only,  each  team  to 
consist  of  five  men  bona  fide  residents  of  the  same  State. 

Matters  of  a routine  nature  in  connection  with  the  Grand  Ameri- 
can Handicap  were  passed  upon,  and  the  secretary-manager  was 
then  empowered  with  authority  to  make  all  other  necessary  ar- 
rangements for  the  success  of  this  great  event. 

The  secretary-manager  asked  for  a ruling  from  the  Association 
as  to  whether  clerks  employed  in  wholesale  and  retail  hardware 
and  gun  stores  should  be  classed  as  amateurs  or  manufacturers’ 
representative  at  Interstate  Association  tournaments.  The  Asso- 
ciation ruled  that  all  such  clerks  who  were  absolute  owners  of  the 
guns  they  shoot  and  pay  a legitimate  price  for  the  ammunition 
they  use,  should  be  allowed  to  compete  as  amateurs. 

The  secretary-manager  presented  considerable  correspondence  in 
connection  with  the  proposed  tournaments  on  the  Pacific  coast. 
This  matter  was  discussed  at  great  length,  every  member  present 
taking  part  in  the  discussion.  The  consensus  of  opinion  was  that 
it  would  be  to  the  best  interests  of  all  concerned  to  abandon  the 
idea  of  giving  two  tournaments  on  the  coast  this  year,  and  give 
one  only,  that  tournament  to  be  known  as  the  Pacific  Coast 
Handicap.  The  secretary-manager  was  authorized  to  arrange,  if 
possible,  to  give  this  tournament  at  San  Francisco  during  the 
month  of  September.  If  satisfactory  arrangements  can  be  made 
to  give  this  tournament,  it  is  the  intention  to  make  a feature  of 
it,  and  conduct  it  on  lines  somewhat  similar  to  the  Grand  Ameri- 
can Handicap. 

After  transacting  other  business  of  a routine  nature,  the  meeting 
adjourned. 


Boston  Shooting  Association. 


Wellington,  Mass.,  Feb.  11. — The  thiid  shoot  for  the  five-man 
team  State  championship  was  held  on  the  grounds  of  the  Boston 
Shooting  Association,  this  afternoon,  three  teams  competing  for 
the  cup.  Watertown  Club  team  won.  This  makes  their  second 


win. 

Watertown  Team. 


Gleason  18  20 — 38 

Baldwin  23  20 — 43 

Roy  23  21 — 44 

Bartlett  21  20-41 

Barry  15  15 — 30 — 196 


Birch  Brook. 

Kirkwood  24  19 — 43 

Rowe  13  10—23 

Bell  18  19—37 

Foster  12  10—22 

Frank  22  22-44—169 


Lowell  Rod  and  Gun  Club. 


Climax  

. 21  20 — 41 

Dean  . 

15  19-34 

Rule  

. 21  18-39 

211- 

-12— n si  • 

Edwards  

. 15  16—31 

Other  events: 

Events : 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

Targets : 

10 

15 

10 

15 

10 

15 

10 

15 

10 

15 

Frank  

8 

7 

9 

12 

8 

13 

7 

15 

8 

13 

Kirkwood  

4 

10 

9 

10 

5 

9 

6 

8 

9 

15 

Straw  

4 

10 

4 

11 

6 

5 

7 

9 

10 

9 

Rowe  

5 

4 

8 

12 

4 

10 

6 

10 

. . 

. . 

Philbrook  

4 

6 

5 

9 

3 

6 

4 

8 

• « 

. • 

Jordan  

6 

10 

5 

9 

3 

4 

5 

10 

. 0 

.. 

Peabody  

3 

5 

5 

7 

3 

... 

6 

11 

8 

13 

Edwards  

6 

12 

9 

9 

6 

12 

7 

12 

8 

9 

8 

11 

5 

12 

4 

8 

Nvp 

6 

8 

6 

8 

2 

7 

5 

5 

7 

11 

7 

11 

10 

14 

5 

6 

6 

3 

5 

4 

2 

Rule  

6 

The  next  shoot,  Feb.  25. 


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Boston  Gun  Club. 


Boston,  Mass.,  Feb.  8.— The  second  weekly  shoot  of  the  Boston 
Gun  Club  was  held  on  their  grounds  at  Wellington  to-day,  and 
the  perfect  weather  conditions  were  sufficient  inducements  to  bring 
out  a large  number  of  trapshooting  enthusiasts.  Representatives 
were  present  from  all  the  various  clubs  in  this  vicinity,  E.  C. 
Griffiths,  of  Pascoag,  coming  all  the  way  just  to  show  a clean 
pair  of  heels  in  the  race  for  high  average  on  85  per  cent.,  most  of 
which  was  when  shooting  from  the  21yd  mark,  being  just  about 
3 per  cent,  too  much  for  the  regular  B.  G.  C.  shooters.  Quite 
a number,  however,  were  placed  in  the  honor  class,  Frank,  Blinn, 
Burns,  Willard  and  Silsbee  all  having  80  per  cent,  or  better. 

Six  straight  scores  were  made  during  the  afternoon,  Blinn 
starting  in  the  good  work  on  his  first  10,  and  Frank  ending  up  the 
straights  with  Griff,  Foster,  Burns  and  Fenton  sandwiching  one 
each  between  times. 

Willard’s  match  score  of  26  proved  to  be  the  real  thing,  though 
not  without  a struggle,  as  Silsbee  and  Williams  were  only  1 target 
behind  with  25,  and  Griffiths,  Foster  and  Burns  with  24  in  third 
position.  Others  met  with  varying  success,  with  the  hope  that  at 
the  next  shoot  it  will  be  their  turn  to  carry  the  honors.  Scores 
as  follow: 


Events: 

Targets: 

91  

123456789 
10  10  15  10  15  15  15  10  25 
9 7 15  7 10  14  14  9 21 

TTr-tanV  IQ  

8 8 10 

6 10  12  14  10  24 

9 4.. 

10  8 13 

9 12  10  11 

7 .. 

9 9 11 

6 9 8 9 

6 .. 

9 10  8 

8 12  12  . . 

4 .. 

T Iff  

8 7 12 

8 10  10  12 

8 .. 

............  7 10  13 

6 7 13  12 

S 13 

8 7 11 

8 ..  .. 

7 13  11  15 
6 14  12  . . 

8 22 

9 6 9 

8 13  12  11 

. . . . 

6 9 

6 9 11  11 

. . . . 

QilcViPP  Iff  •. 

6 ..  .. 

9 13  12  12 

9 .. 

6 . . . . 

8 11  10  10 

4 .. 

9 11  11  10 

5 17 

8 7.. 

5 10  13  . . 

7 10  12  9 

7 16 

Muldown,  16 
Eaton,  16 
Frederick,  16 
George,  16  .. 
Andrews,  16 


Av. 

.848 

.816 

.650 

.800 

.670 

.741 

.750 

.712 

.816 

.800 

.755 

.650 

.813 

.643 

.700 

.716 

.677 

.500 

.600 

.300 

.100 

.100 


Prize  match,  30  unknown, 

Willard,  16  

Silsbee,  16  

Williams,  16  

Griffiths,  21.  

Foster,  16  

Burns,  16  • 

Gokey,  16  

Frank,  19  

Blinh,  16  

Lawler,  16  

Ford,  16  

Harding,  16  

Dickey,  21  

Lee,  16  

Fenton,  16  

Owen,  16  

Muldown,  16  


distance  handicap: 

101111111111111011111101111101—26 

111101111110111011111110011111—25 

. . . .111111110101111111101011111110—25 
. ...110100111011111111110111111111—24 

11111 1011111010011011101111111—24 

. .111111111101011111010111011110—24 
.110100111111100101111111110111—23 

lOllOt  0110011011011111101 01111— 22 

111111111101100011011100011111—22 

111011011100111101011111101011—22 

111010001011111111011101101111—22 

100111 011101111010111110100111—21 

111101000110011111101101110011—20 

011001111011011000011011111111—20 

000100101011110110111111110111—20 

111011000111010010100100111110-17 

110000101000111010111001110010—15 


Nineteen  shooters  opened  up  the  Boston  Gun  Club’s  1905  series 
to-day,  and  proved  that  cold  weather  held  no  fears  for  the  enthusi- 
■ astic  trapshooting  contingent. 

Ten  events  filled  out  the  programme,  and  while  as  a rule  a lack 
of  practice  was  evident,  there  were  a few  who  made  some  excellent 
scores  and  averages. 

=ilsbee’s  and  Burns’  26  in  the  match  was  just  the  right  score  in 
the  right  place,  and'  grasped  first  place  honors  for  the  first  shoot. 
' Frank  was,  however,  not  much  outdone,  as  his  25  was  only  one 
target  less,’  and  his  shooting  was  from  the  19yd.  line.  Roy’s  24 
me  next’  and  was  the  result  of  consistent  shooting,  his  80  per 
cent,  average  being  high  line  for  the  larger  number  of  targets. 


Other  scores: 


1 2 3 4 5 6 
10  10  15  10  15  15 
. 7 5.  9 7 13  12 
.8  4 7 5 5 9 

. 4-8  7 8 11  11 
. 4.  9 8 7 7 10 

. 7 8 13  S 11  13 

. 8 6 8 8 6 10 

. 9 3 8 6 8 7 

. 9 8 12  5 8 7 

. 5 9 . 6 7 12  7 
. 7 8 8 4 10  9 

. 7 5 13  6 12  14 

. 4 7 ....  10  9 

. 1 4 3 

. 6 9 6 5 10  8 

11  6 7 9 

13  9 12  14 

. ..  ...  9 7 11  10 


( ) >•  • t > * 1 ‘ ! * » • 


7 8 9 10 
10  15  10  15 
9 . . . . . . 
6 . . 7 . . 


..  ..  9 9 


7 7 ..  .. 
6 8 . . . . 


7 9 8 9 

3 8 4.. 

4 9 . . 6 


9 11  7 10 
7 9 . . . . 


6 .. 


Av. 

.729 

.526 

.653 

.630 

.800 

.600 

.550 

.653 

.632 

.554 

.660 

.600 

.200 

.648 

.753 

.872 

.672 

.600 

m 


Prize  match,  30  unknown,  distance  handicap:  „„ 

Silsbee  16  ..! llOlOmOHUlllllllOlllllllll— 26 

Burns  16  011011111111011111111110111111— 26 

Frank  19  010111111111111101111111111100—25 

Rov  19  010110111111110111101111101111—24 

Dickey  21  111011101011110101110101011111—21 

Gokey  16  111011111111000000011111101111—21 

Wheeler,  18  111111110111100110001100001011—19 

Woodruff,  17  111101011110001011100111010110-19 

Willard,  16  001111110010111011101110100011—19 

Rogers,  16  111101001101101111100001011100—18 

Kirkwood,  20  001101010111000101110011101101—17 

Ford  16  011101000100011111101000011101—16 

Blinn,  16  011010001000011010011101110111—16 

Owen,  16  001110001111100010101110010100—15 

Muldown,  16  101101010000111100101011010100—15 

Bell,  20  000101001100100011001110101101—14 

Bruce,  16  000111000000010010000001000010—  7 


A Long  Run. 

Bonesteel,  S.  D.- — On  the  grounds  of  the  Bonesteel  Gun  Club, 
Feb.  2,  in  the  presence  of  a few  of  the  more  enthusiastic  mem- 
bers, Mr.  Le  Roy  Leach,  the  champion  rifle  wing  shot  of  the 
world,  gave  an  exhibition  with  the  shotgun,  and  incidentally 
broke  all  known  world’s  records. 

Starting  to  shoot  25  targets  for  exhibition  purposes  and  breaking 
straight,  he  was  requested  to  shoot  25  more,  which  he  did,  again 
breaking  straight;  and  he  was  then  requested  to  shoot  until  he 
missed,  and  the  consequence  was  that  he  went  out  with  an  un- 
broken unfinished  run  of  500  straight. 

The  weather  conditions  were  very  unfavorable  for  high  scores 
on  account  of  the  intense  cold,  with  about  six  inches  of  snow  on 
the  ground. 

There  was  no  break  in  the  shooting  except  to  open  new  boxes 
of  shells  for  the  shooter  and  an  • occasional  pause  to  restore 
numbed  fingers.  Without  cleaning  the  gun,  and  without  a 
moment’s  rest  except  to  thrash  his  hands  to  restore  circulation, 
the  shooter  accomplished  the  Herculean  task  of  breaking  500 
targets  straight  in  two  hours  and  thirty  minutes.  The  expert 
traps  were  arranged  Sergeant  system,  and  the  shooter  shot  at 
16yds.  rise  from  five  pegs,  unknown  angles.  Starting  from  No.  1 
peg,  5 targets  were  shot,  then  5 from  peg  No.  2,  and  so  on  down 
the  line.  Twice  the  spring  on  No.  1 trap  broke,  throwing  the 
target  high  in  the  air,  but  aside  from  this,  the  traps  worked 
smoothly. 

This  performance  of  Mr.  Leach’s  stamps  him  as  not  only  one 
of  the  greatest  of  rifle  experts,  but  as  one  of  the  great  shotgun 
artists  of  the  world  also. 

Phenomenal  as  this  performance  is,  it  would  be  impossible 
without  the  wonderful  perfection  of  ammunition  and  weapon  which 
has  been  reached  in  modern  times.  J.  F.  Spatz,  Field  Captain. 


Chester  Gun  Club, 

Chester,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  7. — Inclosed  find  scores  of  our  shoot  on 
Feb.  3.  The  attendance  was  very  small  on  account  of  the  ex- 
treme cold. 

Messrs.  Glover,  Fanning,  Apgar,  Welles  and  J.  G.  Heath  rep- 


resented the  trade. 

Mr.  Heath  deserves  much  credit  for  the  able  manner  in  which 


he  assisted  the  Club.  Mr.  Sim  Glover  won  high  professional 
average,  118  out  of  125,  and  the  $5  gold  piece  which  went  with  it. 

Mr.  James  A.  Ogden  was  high  amateur,  99  out  of  125.  He  also 
captured  a $5  gold  piece.  Scores  of  regular  programme,  Feb.  3: 


Events: 

Targets: 

N Apgar  

H Welles  

J Fanning  — 

S Glover  

H B Tuthill. . . 

W H Smith 

L Hazen  

H J Woodward 

J A Ogden 

O H Brown... 
D D Steever. . 


123456789  10 
10  15  10  15  10  15  10  15  10  15 

6 8 8 10  6 11  8 11  8 12 

7 12  9 12  9 10  6 10  8 10 

9 16  10  13  10  12  10  12  9 14 

8 15  9 15  9 15  9 14  9 15 

7 14  8 13  9 12  9 8 6 11 

6 10  78788  12  76 
6 10  7 14  6 8 7 13  9 8 

8 10  7 12  7 9 7 13  9 11 

5 13  10  13  7 11  8 13  8 11 

12  9 10 

9 8 13 


Shot 

at. 

Broke. 

125 

88 

125 

93 

125 

114 

125 

118 

125 

97 

125 

79 

125 

88 

125 

93 

125 

99 

40 

31 

40 

30 

Five  extra  events  were  shot,  two  at  25,  three  at  10  targets. 


Apgar  shot  at  25,  broke  16;  Welles  25,  19;  Fanning  25,  21;  Glover 
25,  23;  Ogden  60,  44;  Woodward  60,  43;  Tuthill  80,  67;  Smith 
80,  54;  Brown  35,  27;  Steever  60,  47;  Woodhull  60,  37;  H.  Smith 
10,  6;  T.  D.  Mapes  10,  4;  G.  Hall  10,  4;  L.  Hazen  30,  21;  Brooks 


20,  7;  Nichols  20,  7. 


Mr.  F.  K.  Stelle,  Secretary,  writes  us  that  “the  Bound  Brook, 
N.  J.,  Gun  Club  has  purchased  prizes  such  as  a lamp,  cut-glass 
dish,  picture,  small  silver  loving  cup,  piece  of  statuary,  and  many 
others,  which  are  to  be  put  up  in  five  events  of  10  targets  each. 
Each  event  will  have  three  or  more  prizes;  $2,50  will  cover  the 
cost  of  the  programme.  The  shoot  will  begin  at  2:30  P.  M.,  Sat- 
urday, Feb.  18.  First-class  shells  for  sale  at  the  club  house.  The 
club  will  give  a prize  to  the  amateur  paaking  high  average 

through  programme,” 


ON  LONG  ISLAND. 

Crescent  Athletic  Club. 


Bay  Ridge,  L.  I.,  Feb.  11. — Three  men  tied  for  the  February 
cup,  namely,  Messrs.  G.  G.  Stephenson,  Jr.,  D.  C.  Bennett  and 
Dr.  H.  L.  O’Brien.  The  cup  scores  follow: 


Stephenson, 

Tr. 

Hdp.  Brk.  Tot’l. 
.2  25  25 

Fairchild  . . . . 

Hdp.  Brk.  Tot’l. 
....7  14  21 

O’Brien  ... 

..  4 

22 

25 

Keyes  

....  2 

18 

20 

Browen  

..  7 

IS 

25 

Stephenson  . . 

....  1 

19 

20 

Palmer,  Tr. 

..  0 

23 

23 

Hopkins  . . . . . 

....  2 

18 

20 

Damron  . . . 

..  6 

17 

23 

Grinnell,  Jr 

....  1 

19 

20 

Stake  

..  5 

17 

22 

Vanderveer  . . 

....  4 

16 

20 

Snyder  

..  5 

17 

22 

Bennett  

....  3 

18 

21 

Bedford,  Jr, 

..  1 

20 

21 

Marshall  

....  5 

12 

17 

Raynor  5 16 

There  were  six  two-man 

21 

teams.  The  winners  were 

Dr. 

J-  J- 

Keyes  and 

Dr. 

S.  P. 

Hopkins, 

who  scored  a 

total  of 

49. 

The 

team  scores  follow: 


Stephenson  ... 

Hopkins  

Bedford,  Jr 

Grinnell,  Jr 

Stephenson,  Jr. 
Stake  


1 

22 

23 

Vanderveer  .... 

4 

15 

19 

2 

20 

22—45 

Lott  

2 

17 

19—38 

1 

20 

21 

Bennett  

3 

18 

21 

1 

23 

24—45 

Sykes  

4 

21 

25-46 

2 

22 

24 

Keyes  

, 2 

22 

24 

5 

16 

21—45 

Hopkins  

5 

20 

25-49 

In  the  Stake  trophy  contest,  50  targets,  Mr.  F.  B.  Stephenson 
made  the  excellent  score  of  47  actually,  which,  with  his  2 allow- 
ance, made  him  an  official  score  of  49,  which  was  highest  of  all. 


Scores : 


Stake  trophy,  50  targets: 


Hdp. 

Brk.  Tot’l. 

Hdp.  Brk.  Tot’: 

F B Stephenson. 

2 

47 

49 

Keyes  

....  4 

39 

43 

Bennett  

6 

42 

48 

Raynor  

....10 

32 

42 

G G Stephenson. 

4 

43 

47 

Brou'er  

. . . .14 

28 

42 

Snyder  

10 

36 

46 

Grinnell,  Jr.. 

....  2 

39 

41 

Vanderveer  

8 

37 

45 

Fairchild  

. . . .14 

27 

41 

Bedford,  Jr 

2 

43 

45 

Marshall  

....10 

27 

37 

Damron  

12 

32 

44 

Manton  

....  6 

20 

26 

Sykes  

8 

35 

43 

Trophy,  15  targets: 

Palmer,  Jr  

0 

14 

14 

G Stephenson,  Jr.  1 

13 

14 

Bedford,  Tr 

0 

15 

15 

Damron  

....  3 

7 

10 

F B Stephenson.  0 

11 

11 

Snyder  

....  3 

9 

12 

Bennett  

1 

10 

11 

Lott)  ' 

....  1 

4 

5 

Hopkins  

3 

10 

13 

Raynor  

....  3 

6 

9 

Marshall  

3 

8 

11 

Dr  O’Brien  . . 

....  2 

12 

14 

Vanderveer  

2 

14 

15 

Shoot-off,  same  conditions:  F.  T.  Bedford,  Jr.,  12,  H.  B.  Van- 
derveer  15. 


Trophy,  15  targets: 


Palmer,  Jr 

0 

14 

14 

Vanderveer  

. 2 

13 

15 

Bedford,  Jr 

.0 

11 

11 

Piercy  

12 

12 

Stephenson  

0 

13 

13 

Lott  

9 

10 

Stephenson,  Jr... 

1 

14 

15 

Damron  

13 

15 

Bennett  

1 

11 

12 

Snyder  

12 

15 

L C Hopkins 

1 

12 

13 

Dr  O’Brien  

. 3 

11 

14 

Marshall  

3 

11 

14 

3 

9 

12 

S P Hopkins 

3 

9 

12 

Shoot-off,  same 

conditions: 

G.  G.  Stephenson, 

Jr., 

13, 

H.  B. 

Vanderveer  9,  W.  E.  Damron  12,  E.  W.  Snyder  15,  Dr.  O’Brien 
14. 


Trophy  shoot,  15  targets: 


Palmer  

..  0 

15 

15 

Bedford  ... 

..  0 

9 

9 

Grinnell  

..  0 

15 

15 

Stephenson  .... 

..  0 

14 

14 

S P Hopkins... 

..  3 

10 

13 

L C Hopkins.. 

..  1 

10 

11 

Shoot-off,  same  conditions: 


Vanderveer  ... 

...  2 

9 

H 

Dr  O’Brien  .. 

9 

11 

Damron 

6 

9 

Camp  

12 

15 

Stake  

7 

10 

Palmer  14,  Camp  15. 


Hell  Gate  Gun  Club. 

The  Hell  Gate  Gun  Club  finished  up  the  season  of  1904  with  a 
25  live-bird  event.  There  was  a snow  background,  cloudy  weather 
and  a fair  lot  of  birds.  Scores:  ~ ' ~L 


Pts.  Yds.  Tot’l. 


Col  T H Voss.. 

..  7 

30 

20 

C Van  Valk. . . . 

..  7 

28 

- 21 

Dr  David  

..  5y. 

26 

10 

Schorty  

..  7 

30 

23 

F Trostel  ....... 

..  6% 

28 

20 

P Garms  

..  6M> 

28 

20 

E A Meckel... 

..  7 

28 

19 

T Schlicht  .... 

..  6 

28 

22 

J Hughes  

..  5 

26 

17 

P Woelfel  

..  6 

28 

IS 

P Brennan  .... 

..  5 

26 

18 

V G Wilson... 

..  6 y2 

28 

22 

J A Belden 

..  6 

28 

20 

T T,  , Pts.  •Y'ds.  Tot’l. 

J Kreeb  .........  5^  28  13 

R Baudendistel...  6^  28  15 

J Selg  . 4 26  10 

F Guy  4 26  13 

J H Doherty 4 26  w 

G Lang  6y2  28  19 

? 9?fde,la  6%  26  19 

L 41rblrt  7 28  23 

C Weber  6 28  18 

l f,  L,annefeIser..  5y2  28  20 

J Wellbrock  7 28  18 

J H Ficken 4 26  13 


The  Secretary-Treasurer,  Mr.  G.  Easdale,  213  Sparks  street 
Ottawa,  Can.,  writes  us  that  the  Dominion  of  Canada  Trap- 
shooting and  Game  Protective  Association  claims  the  dates 
Aug.  16,  17  and  IS  for  its  annual  tournament,  to  be  held  at 
Ottawa. 


The  Mullerite  Gun  Club  announces  an  all-day  shoot  to  be  held 
pn  March  11,  on  the  grounds  of  the  TJakewood,  N,  J.,  Gvm  Cluh,- 


148 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


[Fk*.  j<jo& 


Velocity  Tests. 

In  our  last  issue  we  showed  how  patterns  were  influenced  by 
certain  variations  in  the  form  of  the  choke.  More  than  this,  we 
were  able  to  show  exactly  how  a choke  barrel  behaved  after  it 
had  been  converted  into  a true  cylinder  by  cutting  off  the  choked 
end  of  the  muzzle.  The  experiments  so  recorded  were  intended 
to  prepare  the  ground  for  the  present  report,  concerning  the 
influence  of  the  choke  on  the  muzzle  velocity  of  the  shot.  In  our 
experiments  of  a year  ago  we  were  successful  in  showing  that,  with  a 
standard  cartridge  giving  1050  feet  per  second  velocity  over  20 
yards,  No.  7 shot  left  the  muzzle  of  a choke  gun  with  a velocity 
of  about  1220  feet  per  second,  whereas  the  corresponding  figure  for 
the  cylinder  gun  was  as  nearly  as  possible  1290  feet  per  second. 
We  felt  safe  in  assuming  at  the  time  that  the  passage  of  the 
shot  through  a muzzle  constricted  to  full  choke  caused  a definite 
loss  of  velocity,  which  varied  with  the  size  of  the  shot./  The 
figures  here  quoted  are  not  those  which,  strictly  speaking,  were 
obtained  from  the  actual  experiment.  Our  instruments  gave  us 
the  mean  velocity  over  the  first  5 yards  of  the  shot’s  travel  from 
the  muzzle,  and  it  was  only  by  setting  the  figures  out  in  the  form 
of  a curve  that  we  were  able  to  obtain  the  probable  corresponding 
value  for  the  actual  rate  of  departure  from  the  muzzle.  In  com- 
paring the  two  systems  of  boring,  we  took  two  separate  barrels, 
as  much  alike  in  all  other  respects  as  skillful  manufacture  could 
make  them.  This  did  not,  however,  entirely  get  rid  of  the  ob- 
jection that  there  might  be  a sufficient  difference  between  the 
two  barrels  used  to  cause  the  apparent  difference  bf  muzzle  veloc- 
ity, quite  apart  from  the  question  of  choke  or  no  choke. 

In  the  present  experiments  we  cut  off  the  choke,  so  as  to  use 
the  same  barrel  throughout,  and  limit  the  difference  in  the  condi- 
tions to  a matter  of  % inch  more  or  less  in  the  length  of  the  bar- 
rel. In  so  far  that  the  cylinder  barrel  was  shorter  than  the  choke 
barrel,  we  were  free  to  assume  that  any  difference  in  the  amount 
of  muzzle  velocity  due  to  length  would  act  against  the  cylinder 
barrel.  Therefore,  if  we  found  a definite  difference  of  velocity, 
we  could  assume  that  it  arose  entirely  from  the  removal  of  the 
resistance  caused  by  the  presence  of  the  choke.  A very  valuable 
table  of  calculations,  which  was  compiled  jointly  by  Mr.  R.  W.  S. 
Griffith  and  the  late  Mr.  Frederick  Toms,  then  editor  of  the 
Field,  was  used  for  interpreting  the  time  measurements  obtained 
in  the  experiments  under  consideration.  It  is  interesting  to  note 
that  in  these  experiments  we  have  been  working,  so  far  as  we  are 
aware,  on  the  absolute  borderland  of  minute  time  measurements. 
The  Ordnance  Committee  has  for  the  past  few  years  been  conduct- 
ing a very  important  series  of  abstruse  scientific  experiments,  with 
a view  to  revising  the  values  given  in  the  Bashforth  tables.  A 
short  while  ago  it  was  a closely  guarded  official  secret  as  to  the 
precise  unit  of  time  which  constituted  the  basis  of  the  Govern- 
ment investigations.  A chance  word  dropped  during  the  discus- 
sion of  a paper  recently  read  before  the  Royal  Artillery  Institution 
showed  that  the  unit  of  time  in  which  the  Government  make  their 
tests  is  the  10,000th  part  of  a second.  This  is  also  the  unit  of 
time  which  we  can  get  from  our  own  chronograph,  with  a degree 
of  exactitude  which  we  have  reason  to  believe  is  fully  equal  to  that 
obtained  in  the  most  perfectly  conducted  Government  experiments. 

In  making  the  test  for  muzzle  velocity  with  our  chronograph 
we  decided  to  connect  up  our  instrument  so  that  we  had  a single 
wire  at  the  muzzle  operating  one  of  the  electro-magnetic  contacts 
for  registering  the  passage  of  the  bullet.  At  5 yards  from  the 
muzzle  we  fixed  two  wires,  attaching  each  of  them  to  a separate 
magnet  on  the  chronograph.  By  so  doing  we  obtained  a double 
measurement  of  the  time  over  this  distance  for  each  individual 
round  fired.  This  enabled  us  to  apply  a very  important  check  to  the 
instrument,  whereby  erroneous  readings  could  be  eliminated, 
so  leaving  an  average  value  for  a series  of  shots  very  close  to  the 
actual  truth.  The  importance  of  carefully  safeguarding  the 
accuracy  of  our  tests  is  made  manifest  by  referring  to  the  table 
of  chronograph  records  compiled  by  Mr.  Griffith  and  Mr.  Toms. 
A charge  of  shot  covering  the  5 yards  distance  at  1230  feet  per 
second  occupies  .0022  of  a second  in  accomplishing  its  journey. 
If  the  shot  takes  two  10,000ths  of  a second  less  time  in  passing 
over  this  distance,  the  average  velocity  becomes  1250  feet  per 
second.  Consequently,  the  difference  between  the  choke  and 
cylinder  velocity  becomes  no  more  than  the  fifth  part  of  the 
wavy  scratch  on  a plate  of  smoked  glass  which  is  produced  by 
the  tuning  fork.  We  have  1000  of  these  movements  in  a second, 
and  we  can  divide  each  complete  wave  into  ten  parts,  thereby 
giving  us  a time  measurement  in  units  of  the  10,000th  part  of  a 
second.  To  show  a consistent  difference  of  20  feet  between  choke 
and  cylinder  velocities,  we  must  obtain  an  average  velocity  for 
each  series  of  shots  to  the  nearest  10,000th  part  of  a second. 

Unfortunately,  the  particular  shape  of  the  barrel  tube  with  which 
these  tests  were  conducted  made  it  impossible  to  finish  it  off  to 
full  choke  size.  Consequently,  we  used  a half  choke,  and  so 
diminished  by  approximately  one-half  its  influence  on  the  velocity. 
However,  we  give  in  the  accompanying  table  the  complete  series 
of  velocity  readings  over  5 yards,  which  were  taken  with  the  dif- 
ferent forms  of  choked  muzzle: 

Velocity  readings  in  feet  per  second  over  5 yards  from  choke 


barrel : 

Length  of  Front  Cylinder  in  Choke. 
34in.  %in.  %in. 

Ys  m. 

1... ......... 

....  1230 

1230 

1230 

1250 

1220 

1230 

1230 

(1282) 

2............ 

....  1240 

1250 

1210 

1230 

1240 

1250 

1210 

1230 

3............ 

....  1250 

1259 

1220 

1230 

1260 

(1304) 

1220 

1230 

4............ 

....  1190 

1200 

1190 

1210 

1190 

1200 

1190 

1210 

5............ 

....  1220 

1250 

1220 

1220 

1220 

1260 

1220 

(1280) 

Average. . . . 

1226 

1235 

1214 

1226 

Average  of  entire  series, 

1225. 

It  will  be  seen  that  the  length  of  the  front  cylinder  in  the  choke 
exercises  no  influence  on  the  muzzle  velocity  of  the  shot.  Hence 
we  may  assume  for  velocity  purposes  that  the  whole  of  the  shots 
were  fired  under  identical  conditions.  The  average  velocity  for 
the  entire  series  thus  becomes  1225  feet  per  second  over  the  first 
5 yards  of  the  shot’s  travel.  The  figures  bracketed  together  repre- 
sent the  duplicate  readings  obtained  from  the  double  set  of  wires 
which  were  used  for  each  shot.  They  show  us  that  our  chrono- 
graph acted  in  a reliable  fashion  seventeen  times  out  of  the  total 
twenty  shots.  When  the  two  readings  only  varied  by  10  feet— 
that  is,  when  the  time  record  varied  by  the  10,000th  part  of  a 
second — we  felt  safe  in  assuming  that  the  average  of  the  two 
values  might  fairly  be  taken.  When,  however,  there  was  a larger 
difference,  we  placed  in  brackets  the  reading  which  appeared  to 
be  the  abnormal  one,  and  took  no  account  of  it  in  working  out 
the  average.  We  so  dealt  with  three  records  of  the  total  of  forty 
taken  over  twenty  rounds.  On  this  basis  we  may  assume  that  our 
chronograph  gives  accurate  results  in  93  per  cent,  of  its  records, 
which  is  quite  sufficient  for  the  obtaining  of  extremely  consistent 
Readings,  In  no  less  than  fourteen  out  of  the  twenty  shots  identi- 


cally the  same  readings  were  obtained  from  both  electro-magnets. 
This  sufficiently  proves  the  justice  of  our  contention  that  the 
time  unit  adopted  is  well  within  the  power  of  our  instrument, 
especially  when  we  remember  that  special  precautions  were  taken 
to  avoid  favoring  the  results  by  unconsciously  locating  the  marks 
on  the  positions  we  wished  them  to  occupy.  We  may  accord- 
ingly accept  with  every  confidence  the  value  1225  feet  per  second 
as  the  average  5 yards  velocity  of  a standard  cartridge  when  fired 
from  the  half-choke  barrel,  which  was  so:  fully  described  in  our 
previous  issue. 

After  cutting  off  the  choke  portion  of  the  muzzle,  we  made  a 
fresh  series  of  tests  for  velocity,  and  obtained  the  following  read- 
ings over  5 yards: 

1230  1271  1240  1240  1260 

1230  1271  1230  1240  1260 

Average  of  series,  1247. 

It  will  be  seen  that  the  variations  from  shot  to  shot  were  in 
several  instances  in  excess  of  the  actual  amount  which  distinguishes 
the  choke  from  the  cylinder  results.  On  the  other  hand,  this  is 
not  a greater  variation  than  that  which  normally  exists  between 
cartridge  and  cartridge,  even  when  loaded  in  a laboratory.  The 
average  of  the  series,  nevertheless,  displays  a marked  increase  of 
velocity  following  the  removal  of  the  muzzle  choke;  and  as  the 
shots  were  fired  within  a short  time  of  one  another,  and  the  car- 
tridges used  were  of  the  same  batch,  and  in  every  way  as  nearly 
as  possible  of  a uniform  character,  we  feel  that  there  is  every  justi- 
fication for  adopting  the  difference  of  22  feet  between  the  averages 
of  the  two  series,  as  fairly  representing  the  difference  between  the 
behavior  of  the  same  barrel,  first  with  a half-choke  muzzle,  and 
secondly,  with  a true  cylinder  bore.  In  our  experiments  of  last 
year  we  showed  a difference  between  a full  choke  and  a cylinder 
barrel  of  45  feet.  We  now  get  about  half  that  difference  with  a 
gun  having  a half  choke  muzzle.  This  seems  to  be  quite  in  ac- 
cordance with  what  one  might  expect.  Last  year  we  were  able  to 
fix  the  velocity  over  the  first  5 yards  for  No.  7 shot  at  1243  feet 
per  second.  Now  we  get  a velocity  of  1247  feet  per  second  with 
No.  6 shot.  This  again,  is  as  near  as  one  can  expect  to  go  in 
making  experiments  involving  such  minute  distinction  of  time 
intervals.  Last  year’s  full-choke  results  with  all  sizes  of  shot  gave 
us  a velocity  of  1185  feet  over  5 yards.  This  year,  with  a half- 
choke, we  get  1225  feet.  We  may  consider  this  distinctly  higher 
velocity  near  the  muzzle  as  mostly  accounted  for  by  the  differ- 
ence of  resistance  caused  by  the  two  sizes  of  choke. 

The  experimental  particulars  which  we  have  given  in  this  article 
no  doubt  suffer  from  the  introduction  into  a discussion  of  sporting 
gunnery,  of  facts  and  figures  which  are  unduly  minute'  and  tech- 
nical; but  we  have  at  least  the  justification  that  they  prove,  with 
as  much  force  as  our  present  state  of  knowledge  allows  for,  that 
the  charge  of  shot  in  traveling  along  the  barrel  is  retarded  when 
it  encounters  the  constricted  orifice  of  the  choked  muzzle.  That 
the  loss  of  speed  is  in  some  way  or  another  closely  related  to  the 
reduced  dispersion  of  the  pellets  we  feel  fully  convinced.  We 
have  never  regarded  the  theory  that  the  choke  acts  as  a kind  of 
deflecting  screen  which  drives  the  pellets  inwards  as  a sound 
explanation  of  choke  boring;  but  we  do  hold  that  a definite  loss 
of  velocity,  however  slight  it  may  be,  may  set  up  wave  pressures 
among  the  powder  gases  in  the  barrel  which  may  so  modify  their 
subsequent  outrush  as  to  influence  the  dispersion  of  the  pellets 
from  the  true  line  of  flight.  Future  experiments  with  a gun 
barrel  of  abnormal  length,  and  another  with  holes  so  drilled  around 
it  as  to  get  rid  of  the  gases  at  the  rear  of  the  shot  before  it  leaves 
the  muzzle,  may  serve  to  provide  further  confirmation  of  the  theory 
underlying  the  action  of  choke  boring  in  guns — Field  (London). 


IN  NEW  JERSEY. 


Plainfield  Gun  Club. 

Plainfield,  N.  J.--At  the  shoot  held  on  Feb.  4 events  4,  7 
and  8 were  for  silver  prizes;  a first  and  second  prize  was  of- 
fered in  each.  The  fourth  event  was  won  by  Brantingham.  The 
second  prize  was  won  by  John  Terry.  In  the  seventh  event  first 
prize  was  won  by  John  Terry;  second  was  won  by  Mr.  Moffett. 
In  the  eighth  event  first  was  won  by  Mr.  Moffett;  second  by 
S.  Terry.  Other  events  were  sweepstakes. 

It  gives  us  much  pleasure  to  see  Jas.  Goodman,  Thos.  Brant- 
ingham and  Scott  Terry  back  into  the  sport.  These  gentlemen 
were  all  members  of  the  famous  Climax  Gun  Club.  Many  of  the 
older  shooters  will  remember  the  Climax  as  the  most  popular 
gun  club  in  central  Jersey  when  live  pigeon  shooting  was  at  its 
height. 


Events : 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

Targets : 

10 

10 

5 

15 

15 

15 

10 

10 

T PI  Keller,  Jr 

8 

8 

3 

10 

9 

12 

5 

5 

Scott  Terry  

5 

8 

3 

12 

13 

11 

7 

7 

H Dreier  

5 

5 

3 

10 

4 

5 

4 

5 

1 

6 

C Maltby  

6 

8 

3 

5 

4 

4 

T Giles  

6 

3 

4 

6 

5 

Sabacher  

4 

5 

1 

11 

10 

3 

7 

3 

6 

3 

6 

3 

P Jahn  

5 

5 

2 

7 

T Brantingham  

6 

5 

4 

7 

14 

13 

8 

7 

F Cutting  

3 

6 

2 

e . 

» . 

6 

2 

Geo  Johnson  

8 

13 

7 

6 

T A Pope 

7 

, . 

2 

7 

Van  Goodman  

7 

11 

ii 

7 

6 

Moffett  

14 

8 

7 

John  Terry  .-. 

7 

7 

9 

P Terry  

10 

7 

s • 

6 

Dr  Luckey  

11 

7 

i2 

. , 

6 

Edw  Hand  

9 

5 

5 

Jas.  Johnson  

11 

4 

5 

Geo  Firstbrook  ............ 

. „ . . . 0 

. . 

«_» 

„ „ 

3 

, . 

2 

Jas  Goodman  

3 

6 

ii. 

P. 

VOSSELLER 

Sec’y 

Montclair  Gun  Club. 


Montclair,  N.  J.,  Feb.  11. — The  regular  Saturday  shoots  have 
been  very  well  attended  all  through  the  winter,  and  to-day’s  at- 
tendance was  no  exception,  some  thirteen  men  shooting  through 
some  six  events.  Some  1,400  targets  were  thrown. 

Dr.  Gardiner,  of  the  Mountainside  Gun  Club,  drove  over  from 
Orange  with  his  friend  Mr.  Spear,  and  shot  through  the  last  four 
events.  Messrs.  Cockefair,  Crane  and  Moffatt  and  Dr.  Gardiner 


each  won  a box  of  shells  as  a result  of  their  efforts. 


Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 

Targets:  25  25  25  25  25  25 

C Babcock,  1..  22  21  18  21  ..  .. 

C W Kendall,  0 18  18  22  21  19  17 
W T Wallace,  4.16  18  15  16  20  , . 

F W Moffett,  2 20  21  22  23  24  19 

I S Crane,  2 20  18  22  21  .. 

E Winslow  16  14 

R H Cockefair,  2. . 22  20  24  19  14 
Handicaps  apply  in  events  4 and 


Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 

Targets:  25  25  25  25  25  25 

W I Soverel,  3.  . . 17  19  21  . . 

G Boxall,  4.....  ..  15  17  16  IS  .. 

Spear,  2 17  20  21  19 

Dr  Gardiner  . . . . . . 25  23  20  22 

C Hartshorne,  6 ..  ..  15  20  17  .. 

F Robinson,  6..  ..  ..  12  19  ..  .. 

5. 

Edward  Winslow,  Sec’y. 


Alert  Gun  Club. 


Fhillipsburg,  N.  J.,  Feb.  11. — Messrs.  Hawkins  and  Apgar  were 
high  professionals.  Messrs.  Pleiss,  Markley  and  Hahn  were  high 


amateurs. 

The  first  annual  tournament  of  the  Alert  Gun  Club;  of  Phillips- 


burg,  N.  J.,  was  held  Feb.  11,  with  thirty-one  shooters  in  attend- 
ance. The  tournament  in  every  particular  was  a success,  and  the 
officers  and  the  members  of  the  club  feel  very  proud  with  the 
manner  in  which  same  was  conducted.  All  the  participants  left 
after  the  shoot  with  the  feeling  that  they  were  well  taken  care 
of,  and  with  the  idea  of  returning  again  at  some  future  time  to 
enjoy  the  pleasures  connected  with  target  smashing. 

We  had  with  us  the  following  professionals:  J.  S.  Fanning,  Sim 
Glover,  Neaf  Apgar,  J.  M.  Hawkins,  and  Frank  Butler,  and  also 
a large  number  of  out-of-town  amateur  shots. 

Mr.  Hawkins  enjoyed  the  privilege  of  being  high  professional 
with  156  breaks  out  of  180,  with  Neaf  Apgar  next  professional 
with  133  breaks  out  of  180. 

Mr.  Jacob  Pleiss,  of  Easton,  Pa.,  was  high  amateur,  and  shot 
at  the  head  of  both  professionals  and  amateurs.  His  shooting, 
with  all  the  conditions  taken  into  consideration,  was  the  best 
ever  seen  in  this  section.  His  score  was  160  breaks  out  of  180. 
Following  him  with  next  highest  amateur  shooting  was  Edw.  F. 
Markley,  of  Easton,  Pa.,  who  broke  145  out  of  180,  and  next  in 
line  for  the  third  amateur  average  money  was  I.  Hahn,  of  Beth- 
lehem, Pa.,  with  a score  of  121  breaks  out  of  180. 

The  following  explanation  can  be  given  for  the  low  scores  of 
both  amateurs  and  professionals.  The  targets  were  thrown  from 
a Leggett  trap  at  a distance  of  from  50  to  65yds.,  the  wind  catching 
the  targets  at  times  would  make  their  flight  vary  and  at  the 
same  time  make  the  most  difficult  target.  Total  targets,  180.  Fol- 
lowing are  the  scores: 


Events:  123456789  10  11 

Targets:  10  15  20  25  10  15  20  10  20  10  25  Total. 

Clark  6 8 17  12  7 8 11  6 16  3 16  110 

Grover  8 10  10  15  6 12  11  6 8 6..  92 

Markley  10  11  14  22  8 12  16  7 17  9 19  145 

Hawkins  6 11  18  20  9 12  20  10  19  9 22  156 

Butler  5 10  12  16  10  13  13  7 11  6 18  121 

C Miller  7 13  12  11  8 11  13  7 10  6 . . 97 

Arnwine  6 8 15  16  10  10  15  4 12  5 12  113 

Pleiss  9 13  18  21  10  11  17  10  19  9 23  160 

Hahn  7 10  13  23  6 11  12  6 16  4 13  121 

Maurer  7 9 12  11  8 8 12  6 10  6 17  106 

Wilson  6 10  12  13  6 11  13  7 15  7 . . 100 

Sked  6 7 18  20  7 9 11  4 15  7 13  117 

Kane  5 7 11  14  5 6 10  4 . . 6 . . 68 

Gapp  7 7 10  17  3 5 13  6 6 7 14  95 

Apgar  7 12  15  21  8 11  17  5 16  10  18  133 

Fanning  6 14  16  22  7 11  15  8 15  9 14  131 

Adams  9 10  11  22  8 7 17  2 10  7 ..  103 

George  3 9 6 18 

Glover  6 10  12  18  9 12  16  6 18  9 20  130 

Alert  8 8 12  4 32 

C H Snyder 6 12  16  6 ..  ..  ..  40 

Kendig  8 12  16  4 17  7 17  81 

Inscho  4..  ..  4..  1..  9 

Brunner  5 10  5 9 5 10  44 

Stubbelbine  11  12  5 15  8 ..  51 

G Elliot  7 15  ..  12  ..  ..  34 

H Snyder 8 17  7 10  ... . 42 

Hellyer  7 13  5 12  37 

Fretz  4 4 3 ..  11 

H Miller  7 16  8 12  43 

F Weiss  4 ..  4 

Haney  5 9 6..  ..  6..  27 


Harry  L.  Inscho,  Sec’y. 

North  River  Gun  Club. 


Edgewater,  N.  J.,  Feb.  11. — Event  No.  4,  handicap  trophy  shoot 


for  silver  cup,  resulted  in  a tie. 

The 

shoot- 

off 

was 

won 

by 

Mr.  F.  Vosselman  for  the  fifth  time, 

and 

he 

has 

won  it 

for 

good. 

Events: 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

Targets : 

10 

15 

15 

25 

25 

25 

15 

10 

Fickhoff,  3 

9 

14 

14 

22 

20 

20 

13 

10 

Truax,  1 

8 

12 

13 

24 

20 

Schoverling,  0 

8 

14 

15 

25 

15 

19 

9 

Morrison,  3 

5 

10 

15 

18 

O 6 

Reynolds,  1 

7 

12 

12 

20 

. . 

22 

10 

Fred,  0 .... 

3 

, . 

7 

3 

9 

. o 

. . 

S Sloan,  0 

3 

3 

7 

14 

, . 

21 

8 

Vosselman,  6 

5 

12 

10 

22 

21 

17 

„*J! 

H R Williams,  0 

6 

6 

11 

18 

14 

10 

N O Craighead,  0 

3 

12 

8 

8 

» • 

12 

. . 

H B Williams,  0 

10 

21 

» o 

20 

12 

Allison,  3 

13 

9 

20 

Richter,  3 

12 

12 

16 

19 

. , 

15 

Hans,  0 

9 

11 

16 

17 

11 

Schneider,  0 

10 

22 

24 

. , 

15 

Dr  Paterno,  0 

8 

5 

..  16 

SH 1 

Jas. 

R.  Merrill,  Sec’y 

PUBLISHERS’  DEPARTMENT. 


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Concerning  Proctor's. 

Carlotta,  “The  Marvel,”  still  thrills  the  big  audiences  at  Mr. 
Proctor’s  Twenty-third  Street  Theatre  with  her  death-defying 
plunge  on  a bicycle.  She  will  remain  at  that  house  for  three 
weeks  longer,  and  no  one  should  fail  to  see  this  demure  young 
woman  accomplish  her  remarkable  feat.  The  name  of  “Carlotta” 
has  already  become  a household  word  in  New  York  and  vicinity, 
and  no  one  should  miss  seeing  this  really  wonderful  accomplish- 
ment. 

The  stock  company  located  at  Proctor’s  Fifty-eighth  Street 
Theatre,  owing  to  its  unparalleled  success  from  the  opening  per- 
formance, is  now  a fixture.  Only  the  most  recent  Broadway  suc- 
cesses are  being  presented  at  this,  the  most  beautiful  of  all  the 
Proctor  playhouses,  and  with  the  exceptionally  strong  organiza- 
tion which  Mr.  Proctor  has  gathered  together,  it  is  easily  under- 
stood why  they  have  launched  into  the  tide  of  popularity  so 
quickly.  Another  notable  addition  is  about  to  be  made  to  the 
company  in  the  person  of  Mr.  William  Ingersoll,  as  leading  man. 
His  magnetic  personality  and  excellent  work  are  happily  remem- 
bered by  all  the  patrons  of  Mr.  Proctor’s  125th  Street  Theatre, 
where  he  was  specially  engaged  for  a number  of  weeks  this  sea- 
son. The  informal  receptions  held  by  the  ladies  and  gentlemen  of 
the  stock  company  on  the  stage  after  the  Wednesday  matinees  at 
Mr.  Proctor’s  125th  Street  Theatre  have  become  so  popular  that 
they  have  been  inaugurated  at  the  Fifty-eighth  Street  Theatre. 
These  little  social  affairs  will  be  carried  on  in  the  same  delightful 
manner  as  at  the  125th  Street  Theatre,  with  the  exception  that 
they  will  be  held  immediately  after  the  play  on  Thursday  after- 
noons, instead  qf  Wednesdays. 


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pictures,  suitable  for  framing  and  hanging  on  the  wall  of  dining  room  or  den. 
Of  these,  four  appeal  especially  to  the  big-game  hunter,  and  show  four 
characteristic  species  of  North  American  animals.  They  are  artotype  engrav- 
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Moose— Single  figure.  Plate  12  x 19  on  plate  paper  22  x 28. 

Elk — Several  figures.  Plate  12  x 19  on  plate  paper  22  x 28. 

Antelope — Several  figures.  Plate  9 x 14  on  plate  paper  19  x 21. 

Mule  Deer— Two  figures.  Plate  12  x 19  on  plate  paper  22  x 28. 

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The  price  of  each  of  the  above  is  $3.00,  mailed  safely  in  a pasteboard  tube 
Two  will  be  sent  for  $5.00. 


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Equipments,  Sights  and  Sighting,  Aiming,  Adjustments  of  Sights, 
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which  we  now  offer  for  the  first  time.  These  are 

The  Qoose  Shooter — Two  photographs  showing  the  gunner  in  his  blind  surrounded 
by  decoys. 

Canada  Qoose — Large  figures  of  a goose  standing  on  a bar. 

No  Rubber  Boots— The  gunner  wading  out  in  shoal  water  to  recover  his  birds. 

The  Duck  Hunters— The  gunner  in  the  bow  of  a gunning  float  being  paddled  by 
his  companion  up  to  ducks  on  the  water. 

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plains  and  in  the  mountains  in  the  old  days  of  game  plenty.  By 
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A complete  manual  for  Amateurs.  Containing  plain  and  comprehensive  direc* 
tions  for  the  construction  of  Canoes,  Rowing  and  Sailing  Boats  and  Hunting 
Craft  By  W.  P.  Stephens.  Cloth.  Eighth  and  enlarged  edition.  264  pages, 
numerous  illustrations,  and  fifty  plates  in  envelope.  Price,  $2.00.  This  office. 


SAUER  GUNS. 


No  better  guns  in  the  world  for  the  same  money.  Agencies  in 
all  large  cities.  Send  for  booklet. 

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BARGAINS  IN  COLD  WEATHER 
HUNTING  CLOTHING. 


No.  1.  The  Iver  Johnson  Jacket,  made  of  fine 
quality  yarn.  Buttons  all  the  way  down  the  front, 
and  strap  across  throat  on  collar,  allowing-  same 
to  be  buttoned  up  tightly  arourd  throat  if  de- 
sired. Fitted  with  strong  pockets  for  shells.  It 
is  made  to  fit,  at  the  same  time  allowing  perfect 
freedom  of  movement.  Gray  and  scarlet  carried 

stock.  Regular  price,  $5.00.  Now $4.00 

No.  2.  French  Knit  Hunting  Jacket,  made 
from  selected  worsted.  Double-breasted,  button 
on  front.  Sailor  collar,  with  straps  to  draw  same 
close  around  neck.  Strong  shell  pockets,  and  knit 
extra  heavy.  Regular  price,  8.00.  Now $6.50 


No.  3.  “Parker”  fleece-lined  jackets,  made  of 
finest  silver-gray  jersey  cloth.  Buttons  high 
around  neck,  giving  the  appearance  of  a cardi- 
gan jacket,  only  much  finer  and  richer.  Regu- 
lar price,  $4.00.  Now $2.75 

No.  4.  “Parker”  fleece-lined  vest,  with  sleeves, 
same  as  above  jacket.  Regular  price,  $2.50. 
Now  $1.25 

No.  5.  Arctic  Stockings,  extra  heavy,  for 
snowshoeing,  etc.  Regular  price,  $1,60.  Now 
75  cents  per  pair. 


ALL  SIZ,ES  Iff  STOCK 


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STANDARD  GUNS 
SPECIAL  PRICES. 

We  offer  just  now  a limited  lot  of  standard  American  make  Hammerless 
Double  Guns,  entirely  new,  made  on  interchangeable  plan,  12  and  16  bores, 
at  the  greatly  reduced  price  of 


■ 

.00  each. 


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"FRANCOTTE  guns”  SECOND-HAND  GREENERS. 


“KNOCKABOUT  GUN” 

Are  the  Leading  Imported  Shotguns  on  the  American 
Market  in  Every  Respect. 

Francotte  Guns,  - from  $80.00  to  $450.00  net 

Knockabont  Guns,  in  one  grade  only,  - - $60.00  net 

DESCRIPTIVE  PRICE  LIST  ON  APPLICATION.  SOLE  U.  S.  AGENCY, 

von  lengIerkeT^detmold, 


318  Broadway, 


NEW  YORK. 


ISTITE 

in  the  hands  of  simon  pure  amateurs 

WINS 

every  State  Event  for  the  season  in  Indiana. 

ISTITE 


1469.  Greener  Crown  Non-Ejector  Gun,  very 
little  engraving,  made  to  order  for  a ducking 
gun.  Dark,  handsome  stock,  half  pistol  grip,  steel 
barrels.  This  gun  is  in  excellent  second-hand  condi- 
tion. Dimensions:  12  ga.,  30  in.,  7 lbs.  5 oz., 
2%  in.  drop,  14  in.  stock.  Cost  new  $400.00. 
Prlce  $225.00 

2438.  Greener  Grand  Prize  Pigeon  Gun,  $350 
grade.  Sir  Joseph  Whitworth  fluid  steel  barrels, 
full  choke,  half  pistol  grip,  elaborate  engraving. 
Dimensions:  12  ga.,  30  in.,  7y2  lbs.,  2%  in.  drop, 
14 7S  in.  stock.  An  extremely  fine  gun.  Price,  $225. 

1782.  Greener  16  ga.  Ejector,  $300  grade.  Slight- 
ly shopworn,  with  27  in.  barrels,  Sieman  steel, 
carved  fence,  very  fine  dark  stock,  beautifully 
engraved.  Weight  6 lbs.  13  oz.,  2%  in.  drop, 
14  in.  stock.  Modified  and  cylinder.  Great  bar- 
gain at $200.00 

1519.  Greener  Monarch  Ejector,  full  choke  both 
barrels,  12  ga.,  30  in.,  6 lbs.  14  oz.,  2%  in.  drop, 
1414  in.  stock,  Sieman  steel  barrels.  Slightly 
shopworn.  Cost  new  $200.00.  Price $150.00 

1089.  Greener  Featherweight  Field  Hammerless, 
$175  grade.  Modified  left  and  cylinder  right,  with 
straight  grip.  Sieman  steel  barrels,  carved  fence, 
game  engraving.  A most  desirable  gun  and  only 
slightly  shopworn.  Dimensions:  12  ga.,  28  in., 

6%  lbs.,  2%  in.  drop,  14  in.  stock.  Price,  $125.00. 

1492.  Greener  Double  4-bore,  weighing  22  lbs., 
and  cost  new  $450.  It  has  a fine  pair  of  Damas- 
cus barrels,  without  a pit  or  flaw,  40  in.  long, 
stock  14  in.,  heavy  Silver  recoil  pad,  half  pistol 
grip,  3 in.  drop,  and  is  one  of  the  most  power- 
ful guns  we  have  ever  seen.  Price,  net.... $200.00 

1690.  Greener  Facile  Princeps  Hammerless, 
$150  grade,  slightly  shopworn,  12  ga.,  28  in.  bar- 
rels, 6 lbs.  14  oz.,  3%  in.  drop,  1414  in.  stock. 
Barrels  modified  choke,  fine  English  Damascus. 

Extremely  handsome  stock.  Price $100.00 

1913.  Greener  Facile  Princeps  Hammerless, 
$150  grade,  slightly  shopworn,  12  ga.,  28  in.  bar- 
rels, 7 lbs.  weight,  2%  in.  drop,  14%  in.  stock, 
Sieman  steel  barrels,  modified  and  cylinder. 
Fine  dark  stock.  Price $100.00 

1493.  Greener  “Far  Killing  Duck”  Hammer 

Gun,  $200  grade.  Fine  English  laminated,  bar- 
rels, low  hammers.  Handsome  stock,  half  pistol 
grip,  full  choke,  10  ga.,  32  in.  barrels,  8%  lbs., 
14*4  in.  stock.  Price $100.00 

1400.  Greener  “Far  Killing  Duck”  Hammer 
Gun,  $250  grade.  Fine  English  laminated  barrels, 
low  hammers,  full  pistol  grip,  dark  handsome 
stock.  Extra  full  choke;  10  ga.,  32  in.  barrels, 
9 lbs.  4 oz.,  3 in.  drop,  14%  in.  stock.  This  gun 
has  never  been  shot.  Price $100.00 


The  Standard  Dense  Powder  of  the  World.  Highest  Velocity,  Greatest  Penetration,  and 

Pressures  Lower  than  Black  Powder. 

j H LAU  & CO  76  CHAMBERS  STRE^IYNEW  YORK  CITY. 

A postal  brings  catalogue  and  “Shooting  Facts.” 


1427.  Greener  Single  Barrel,  10-bore  Duck  and 
Goose  Gun.  Extreme  full  choke  for  long-range 
work,  36  in..  fine  Damascus  barrels.  Weight 
11%  lbs.,  2%  in.  drop,  1414  in.  stock.  Under-grip 
action.  This  gun  has  never  been  shot.  Original 
price  $125.00.  ' Price .$75.00 

1510.  Greener  Grand  Prize  Pigeon  Hammerless 
Gun,  $200  grade,  full  choke  both  barrels.  Wrought 
steel  barrels,  half  pistol  grip,  12  ga.,  32  in.  bar- 
rels, 7 lbs.  6 oz,,  2 % in.  drop,  1414  in.  stock. 
Like  new.  Price...... $125.00 

1745.  Greener  Facile  Princeps  Hammerless, 
$150  grade,  slightly  shopworn,  16  ga.,  26  in.  bar- 
rels, 5 14  lbs.,  2%  in.  drop,  14  in.  stock.  Sieman 
steel  barrels,  half  pistol  grip.  A bargain  at  $100.00 

1943.  Greener  Monarch  Ejector,  $200  grade. 
Slightly  shopworn,  12  ga.,  30  in.  barrels,  7 lbs. 
14  oz.,  2%  in.  drop,  14%  in.  stock.  Extra  full 
choke  both  barrels.  Sieman  steel  barrels.  Ex- 
tremely handsome  stock  and  a fine  pigeon  gun. 
Price  $150.00 

1610.  Greener  Facile  Princeps  Hammerless, 
$176  grade,  slightly  shopworn,  12  ga.,  27  in.  bar- 
rels, 6 lbs.,  2 1-16  in.  drop,  14%  in.  stock,  straight 
grip,  very  handsome  stock.  English  Damascus 

barrels,  modified  choke.  Price $125.00 

1779.  Greener  Monarch  Ejector,  $260  grade. 
Slightly  shopworn,  12  ga.,  28  in.  barrels,  6%  lbs., 
2%  in.  drop,  14%  in.  stock.  Sieman  steel  barrels, 
half  pistol  grip.  Fine  engraving  and  very  hand- 
some stock.  Modified  and  cylinder.  A great 

bargain.  Price  $190.00 

1203.  Greener  Grand  Prize  Pigeon  Hammer- 
less, $250  grade,  slightly  shopworn,  12  ga.,  30  in. 
barrels,  7 lbs.  4 oz.,  2%  in.  drop,  14  in.  stock. 
Full  choke,  beautifully  engraved  and  finished. 
Sieman  steel  barrels,  half  pistol  grip.  Price,  $150. 

1911.  Greener  Hammer  Field  Gun,  12  ga.,  28  in., 
7 lbs.  6 oz.,  2 5-16  in.  drop,  13%  in.  stock,  Sieman 
steel  barrels,  half  pistol  grip.  Greener  cross-bolt. 
In  good  second-hand  condition.  Cost  new  $120. 

Price  $45.00 

1841.  Greener  “Regent”  Hammerless  $65  net 
quality,  12  ga.,  30  in.,  7%  lbs.,  2%  in.  drop,  14% 
in.  stock.  Straight  grip,  Sieman  steel  barrels, 
full  choke,  top  safety.  Like  new.  Price.... $50.00 
1845.  Greener  “Regent”  Hammerless,  $65  net 
quality,  12  ga.,  26  in.  barrels,  6 lbs.,  2%  in.  drop, 

I 1400.  Greener  “Far  Killing  Duck”  Hammer  14%  in-  stock,  half  pistol  grip.  Barrels  full  choke 

and  modified.  Like  new.  Price ....$50.00 

2442.  Greener  Crown  Ejector  Pigeon  Gun,;  full 
choke  both  barrels,  half  pistol  grip,  fine  stock, 
Damascus  barrels,  12  ga.,  30in.,  7%  lbs.,  2%in. 
drop,  14%in.  stock.  Cost  new  $425.00.  Price  $275.00 

Any  of  the  above  guns  sent  C.  O.  D.  allowing  examination,  on  receipt  of  $5.00,  which  amount 
will  be  returned,  less  express  charges;  or  if  cash  accompanies  the  order,  5 per  cent,  discount 
may  be  deducted  from  above  prices. 

HENRY  C.  SQUIRES  & SON, 

No,  20  Cortlandt  St.,  New  York. 


CANOE  and  BOAT  BUILDING. 


bREST  and  Stream. 

A Weekly  Journal  of  the  Rod  and  Gun. 

Copyright,  1904,  by  Forest  and  Stream  Publishing  Co, 


Germs,  $4  a Year.  10  Cts.  a Copy. 
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NEW  YORK,  SATURDAY,  FEBRUARY  2 8,  1905. 


< VOL.  LX1V.— No.  8. 

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A WHALE  AT  CHAHOOS. 

This  is  a story  of  the  New-Netherlands  and  of  the  year 
647,  which  was  the  thirty-fifth  after  the  exploration  of 

She  country  by  the  Englishman  Hendrik  Hudson,  sailing 
vestward  in  a Dutch  bottom  to  discover  a passage  to  the 
cingdom  of  China.  The  tale  is  told  by  that  Jonker  Adrian 
1 ,-an  der  Donck,  who,  having  purchased  from  the  Indians 
I in  the  east  bank  of  the  Hudson  River,  just  north  of  New 
4 \msterdam,  the  colony  of  Colen  Donck  gave  it  the  name 
r if  Yonkers  from  his  title,  the  name  which  it  still  bears. 

I Can  der  Donck  came  out  to  America  as  schout  (sheriff) 
if  the  Patroons’  Colony  of  Rensselaerwyck,  where  he  re- 
gained until  1647,  and  so  might  very  well  have  been  a 
witness  of  the  Cohoes  whale  incident  recorded  in  his 
‘Description  of  the  New  Netherlands,”  published  in  i6S5- 
As  all  the  early  Dutchmen  who  wrote  of  the  natural  at- 
tractions and  resources  of  the  new  country,  our  Jonker 
I was  impressed  with  the  beauty  of  the  lands  and  the  plen- 
titude  of  the  animal  life,  and  he  has  left  many  pleasing 
l and  suggestive  pictures  of  the  great  store  of  the  fish  and 
the  game  which  were  justly  reckoned  to  be  among  the 
notable  riches  of  the  colony.  Here  our  attention  is 
arrested  by  the  beautiful  landscape  around  us,”  he  writes. 
“Here  the  painter  can  find  rare  and  beautiful  subjects  for 

Ithe  employment  of  his  pencil,  and  here  also  the  huntsman 
is  animated  when  he  views  the  enchanting  prospects  pre- 
sented to  the  eyes ; on  the  hills,  at  the  brooks  and  in  the 
valleys,  where  the  game  abounds  and  where  the  deer  are 
feeding,  or  gamboling  or  resting  in  the  shades  in  full 
view.” 

Then,  as  now,  the  fall  was  the  hunter’s  choice  season  of 
the  year;  and  very  enticing  are  the  glimpses  given  in  Van 
der  Donck’s  pages  of  the  New  Netherland  autumn,  very 
fine,  lovely  and  agreeable— more  delightful  cannot  be 
found  on  the  earth.”  It  was  then  that  the  summer  pro- 
> ductions  were  gathered,  the  earth  yielded  its  surplusage, 
I the  fat  oxen  and  swine  were  slaughtered,  and  the  wild 
2 geese,  turkeys  and  deer  were  at  their  best.  The  country 
ilwas  filled  with  game,  and  immense  numbers  of  deer  were 
: taken  by  the  Indians. 

“This  is  also  the  Indian  hunting  season,  wherein  such 
bigreat  numbers  of  deer  are  killed  that  a person  who  is  un- 
ij  informed  of  the  vast  extent  of  the  country  would  imagine 
I that  all  these  animals  would  be  destroyed  in  a short  time. 
But  the  country  is  so  extensive,  and  their  subsistence  so 
abundant,  and  the  hunting  being  confined  mostly  to  cer- 
tain districts,  therefore  no  diminution  of  the  deer  is 
observable.  The  Indians  also  affirm  that  before  the 
arrival  of  the  Christians,  and  before  the  smallpox  broke 
out  amongst  them,  they  were  ten  times  as  numerous  as 
they  now  are,  and  that  their  population  had  been  melted 
down  by  this  disease,  whereof  nine-tenths  of  them  have 
died.  That  then,  before  the  arrival  of  the  Christians,  many 
more  deer  were  killed  than  there  now  are,  without  any 
perceptible  decrease  of  their  numbers. 

Information  about  the  interior  of  the  country  was 
vague;  how  far  inland  it  extended  was  a subject  of  specu- 
lation; but  Van  der  Donck  was  so  impressed  by  the  im- 
mense numbers  of  beaver  and  land  animals  taken  by  the 
Indians  and  brought  into  the  Dutch  posts  for  barter  that 
he  conjectured  that  the  country  must  be  very  large  to  pro- 
duce such  multitudes  of  fur-bearers.  Moreover  the  great 
numbers  of  water  fowl  “which  fly  two  and  fro  across  the 
country  in  the  spring  and  fall  seasons,”  convinced  him 
that  the  land  must  extend  several  hundred  miles  into  the 
interior.  It  was  known  in  those  days— though  in  these 
later  times  the  shooters  who  demand  spring  shooting  have 
apparently  forgotten  it — that  the  wild  ducks  seen  in  the 
country  inland  from  New  Netherland  were  not  all  emi- 
grants; for  Van  der  Donck  tells  of  the  great  Lake  Tra- 
coysen  (afterward  called  Ontario),  which  has  extensive 
reed  and  brook  lands  of  great  breadth,  wherein  great 
multitudes  of  water  fowl  breed  in  summer.” 

Bwt  to  the  whale  story,  which,  be  it  repeated,  is  of  the 


Hudson  as  it  was  in  the  full  generous  flow  of  i647> 
by  no  means  the  shallow  stream  of  the  present  day.  Be- 
tween the  two  have  intervened  centuries  of  wood  cutting 
and  forest  depletion,  and  a shrunken  flow.  Cohoes  is 
on  the  west  bank  of  the  Hudson  River,  nine  miles  above 
Albany,  at  the  mouth  of  the  Mohawk.  This  is  what  hap- 
pened there  in  the  days  of  Van  der  Donck  as  he  tells  it. 

“This  river  is  rich  in  fishes— sturgeon,  dunns,  bass, 
sheepheads,  etc.  I cannot  refrain,  although  somewhat  out 
of  place,  to  relate  a very  singular  occurrence  which  hap- 
pened in  the  month  of  March,  1647,  at  the  time  of  a great 
freshet  caused  by  the  fresh  water  flowing  down  from 
above,  by  which  the  water  of  the  river  became  nearly 
fresh  to  the  bay,  when  at  ordinary  seasons  the  salt  water 
flows  up  from  twenty  to  twenty-four  miles*  from  the  sea. 
At  this  season,  two  whales,  of  common  size,  swam  up  the 
river  forty  miles,  from  which  place  one  of  them  returned 
and  stranded  about  twelve  miles  from  the  sea,  near  which 
place  four  others  also  stranded  the  same  year.  The  other 
run  farther  up  the  river,  and  grounded  near  the  great 
Chahoos  falls,  about  forty-three  miles  from  the  sea.  This 
fish  was  tolerably  fat,  for  although  the  citizens  of  Rens- 
selaerwyck broiled  out  a great  quantity  of  train  oil,  still 
the  whole  river  (the  current  being  still  rapid)  was  oily 
for  three  weeks,  and  covered  with  grease.  As  the  fish  lay 
rotting,  the  air  was  infected  with  its  stench  to  such  a de- 
gree that  the  smell  was  offensive  and  perceptible  for  two 
miles  to  leeward.  For  what  purpose  those  whales  ascended 
the  river  so  far,  it  being  at  the  time  full  forty  miles  from 
all  salt  or  brackish  water,  it  is  difficult  to  say,  unless  their 
great  desire  for  fish,  which  were  plenty  at  this  season,  led 
them  onward.” 

*A  Dutch  mile  is  about  three  English  miles. 


THE  WEATHER  AND  THE  BIRDS. 

The  winter  of  1904-05  will  long  be  memorable  for  its 
severity.  Along  the  Atlantic  Coast  the  freezing  weather 
has  extended  down  into  Florida,  ruining  many  an  orange 
grove,  and  through  the  southern  quail  country  there  has 
been  winter  worthy  of  Canada.  In  many  places  in  North 
Carolina  the  thermometer  has  been  below  zero,  with 
abundant  snow  and  much  ice. 

On  the  other  hand,  this  year,  as  never  before,  efforts 
have  been  made  to  protect  the  birds  and  to  provide  them 
with  food  during  the  existence  of  such  unusual  condi- 
tions. The  game  commissions  of  Massachusetts,  Illinois, 
West  Virginia,  and  no  doubt  of  many  other  States,  have 
taken  active  steps  to  provide  food  for  the  birds,  and  these 
efforts  will  not  be  without  their  reward.  Usually  it  is  not 
the  cold  which  kills  the  birds,  but  starvation.  If  fuel  for 
the  internal  fires  is  provided,  the  birds  will  generate  heat 
enough  to  preserve  them  through  the  bitterest  winter 
weather. 

A number  of  the  States  mentioned  have  gotten  out 
posters  and  hand-bills  urging  the  farmers  to  feed  the 
birds,  and  while  sportsmen  have  readily  contributed 
money,  local  individuals  gave  the  work  to  carry  food  to 
the  fields  to  preserve  the  starving  quail.  At  Asheville, 
N.  C.,  grain  was  freely  distributed  to  responsible  persons 
for  scattering  where  the  birds  might  find  it. 

The  great  depth  of  snow  over  much  of  the  country  calls 
to  mind  the  inclined  feeding  trough  described  and  pic- 
tured in  Forest  and  Stream  of  October  15,  1904.  This 
inclined  trough  is  provided  with  partitions  to  keep  the 
grain  from  all  running  down  to  the  bottom,  and  its  in- 
clined position  makes  it  certain  that  some  portion  of  the 
trough  will  always  be  above  the  snow  level.  Moreover 
the  trough  is  roofed  to  keep  the  snow  and  rain  out  of 
the  grain,  and  a shelter  of  boughs  in  the  form  of  a brush 
house  in  part  protects  it.  In  Massachusetts  the  device  has 
served  to  keep  quail  alive  in  a time  of  deep  snows  and 
cold,  and  incidentally  many  small  birds  feed  here.  There 
is  no  reason  to  doubt  that  the  partridges  or  ruffed  grouse 
might  also  form  the  habit  of  feeding  at  such  a trough,  for 
it  is  well  established  that  the  ruffed  grouse  will  visit  regu- 
larly places  where  grain  has  been  strewn  or  spilled  by 
accident  and  feed  on  the  scattered  kernels. 

The  freezing  up  of  the  great  bays  and  sounds  along  the 
coast  has  been  an  evil  thing  for  the  wildfowl.  While  the 
sea  ducks,  like  broadbills,  redheads,  canvasbacks  and 
many  others,  commonly  shift  from  north  to  south  as  the 
water  closes  or  opens,  there  are  tnany  marsh  ducks  whose 
attachment  to  localities  -seems  to  be  so  great  that  when 
their  usual  winter  feeding  grounds  close  up  they  sit  about 


open  warm  spring  holes,  where  they  dabble  in  the  mud, 
and,  instead  of  migrating,  starve  to  death  where  they  are. 
Something  of  this  kind  took  place  during  the  bitter  winter 
of  1874-75,  when  at  a certain  point  in  New  England  the 
black  ducks  lost  all  their  flesh,  and  no  doubt  many  finally 
starved  to  death.  One  caught  in  a muskrat  trap  in  a 
little  spring  hole,  and  two  shot  in  ignorance  of  their  con- 
dition showed  the  birds  to  be  mere  bunches  of  feathers 
and  bones.  From  North  Carolina  come  accounts  of  can- 
vasbacks and  redheads  drowned  by  diving  into  the  air 
holes  and  coming  up  under  the  ice.  If  true,  these  reports 
show  very  extraordinary  conditions,  for  the  average  duck, 
as  we  have  seen  him  when  he^dives,  understands  very  well 
where  he  must  come  up  again. 

What  will  be  the  prospect  for  birds  next  summer  can- 
not now  be  told;  but  so  far  as  it  is  possible  to  judge,  it 
is  not  a cheering  one. 


DEATH  OF  PROFESSOR  PACKARD. 
Alpheus  Spring  Packard  died  last  week  aged  65 
years.  Prof.  Packard  was  an  eminent  zoologist  and  a pro- 
lific writer  on  biological  topics  as  well  as  on  geology  and 
paleontology.  He  was  born  in  Brunswick,  Me.,  in  1839, 
became  librarian  and  custodian  of  the  Boston  Society  of 
Natural  History  in  1865,  was  curator  of  the  Essex  In- 
stitute the  next  year,  and  in  1867  became  Curator  and 
afterward  Director  of  the  Peabody  Academy  of  Sciences. 
From  1877  to  1882  he  was  a member  of  the  United  States 
Entomological  Commission.  He  was  one  of  the  founders 
and  for  twenty  years  was  editor-in-chief  of  the  American 
Naturalist.  He  was  a member  of  many  scientific  societies. 

Among  his  better  known  books  are  his  “Guide  to  the 
Study  of  Insects,”  “Half  Hours  With  Insects,”  “Zoology,” 
and  his  text  book  on  “Entomology.” 

Prof.  Packard  was  long  a subscriber  to  the  Forest  and 
Stream,  and  in  its  earlier  years  was  a frequent  contribu- 
tor to  its  columns. 


The  Senate  has  a standing  committee  on  Forest 
Reservations  and  the  Protection  of  Game,  the  members 
of  which  are  Messrs.  Burton  (chairman),  Depew, 
Perkins,  Kearns,  Kittridge,  Burnham,  Ankeny,  Morgan, 
Tillman,  Gibson  and  Overman.  There  is  no  such  com- 
mittee of  the  House  of  Representatives,  where  measures 
relating  to  game  protection  are  referred  to  different  com- 
mittees which  are  made  up  in  part  of  men  of  no  expe- 
rience nor  special  interest  in  this  special  field.  The 
growing  importance  of  Federal  legislation  for  game  pro- 
tection makes  it  highly  desirable  that  there  should  be  a 
committee  of  the  House  specially  charged  with  the  con- 
sideration of  measures  in  this  field;  and  a recognition 
of  this  has  prompted  Mr.  Shiras,  of  Pennsylvania,  to 
submit  a resolution  providing  for  a committee.  It  reads: 

“Resolved  by  the  House  of  Representatives,  That  there 
be  added  to  the  standing  committees  of  the  House  a 
Committee  for  the  Protection  of  Game  and  Fish,  to  con- 
sist of  sixteen  members,  and  to  which  committee  there 
shall  be  referred  all  proposed  legislation  relating  to  the 
protection  and  propagation  of  game  and  fish.”  As  the 
need  of  the  proposed  committee  is  so  well  defined,  Mr. 
Shiras’s  resolution  will  without  doubt  be  adopted. 

V 

William  C.  Prime,  one  of  the  best  known  anglers  of 
this  country,  and  author  of  the  book,  “I  Go  A-Fishing,” 
died  at  his  home  in  this  city  last  week.  Dr.  Prime  was 
born  in  Cambridge,  N.  Y.,  in  1825;  he  graduated  from 
Princeton  in  1843;  and  practiced  law  in  New  York  until 
1861.  In  that  year  he  became  part  owner  of  the  Journal 
of  Commerce,  to  the  columns  of  which  he  contributed  the 
fishing  papers  which  won  for  him  wide  popularity  and 
appreciation,  and  when  collected  in  book  form  took  their 
place  among  the  classics  of  American  angling  literature. 
He  was  a fisherman  all  his  life,  and  had  cast  his  lure  in 
many  of  the  famous  fishing  waters  of  the  world,  not  only 
in  this  country,  but  abroad,  in  England,  Scotland,  Pales- 
tine and  Egypt.  With  the  White  Mountains  and  the 
Adirondacks  he  was  familiar  in  the  old  days  when  fished- 
out  waters  were  unknown  and  undreamt  of.  His  writ- 
ings are  characterized  by  the  enthusiasm  of-  the  devoted 
angler  and  glowing  descriptions  of  nature;  and  they  are 
pervaded  with  a depth  and  tenderness  of  sentiment  which, 
jielong  to  the  writings  of  a past  generation. 


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Trails  of  the  Pathfinders. — XXIX. 


Thomas  J.  Farnham. 

(Concluded  from  page  181.) 

They  were  now  in  the  country  of  the  Utes,  or  rather, 
in  the  debatable  land  visited  for  hunting  purposes  by 
Utes,  Cheyennes,  Arapahoes,  Shoshones,  Blackfeet  and 
Crees.  They  therefore  traveled  with  some  care,  put 
out  their  fires  at  night,  looked  to  their  arms,  and 
prepared  to  meet  the  foe.  No  Indians  were  seen,  how- 
ever; but  another  misfortune  visited  them  in  the  loss 
of  one  of  the  guide  horses,  poisoned  by  some  food  that 
it  had  eaten. 

As  they  journed  on,  food  again  became  scarce,  and 
the  travel  was  so  difficult  that  they  had  no  time  to 

hunt,  and  suffered  from  hunger.  On  the  Little  Bear 

River  they  met  a party  of  four  French  Canadians,  who 
a few  days  before  had  been  attacked  by  a Sioux  war 
party  on  Little  Snake  River  (of  Colorado).  Here 
again  attention  is  called  to  the  difference  in  character 
of  the  French  and  the  American  trappers.  The  former 
are  mercurial,  volatile,  and  always  merry,  cheering 
themselves  on  their  journeys  with  song;  while  the 
American  trapper  is  watchfulness  personified,  and  his 
concentration  in  this  direction  destroys  all  frivolity. 
“They  seldom  smile;  the  expression  of  their  counte- 
nances is  watchful,  solemn  and  determined.  They  ride 

and  walk  like  men  whose  breasts  have  so  long  been 

exposed  to  the  bullet  and  arrow,  that  fear  finds  within 
them  . no  resting  place.  If  a horseman  is  descried  in 
the  distance,  they  put  spurs  to  their  animals  and  are 
at  his  side  at  once,  as  the  result  may  be  for  death  or 
life.  No  delay,  no  second  thought,  no  cringing  in 
their  stirrups;  but  erect,  firm,  and  with  a strong  arm, 
they  seize  and  overcome  every  danger  ‘or  perish,’  say 
they,  ‘as  white  men  should,’  fighting  promptly  and 
bravely.” 

On  parting  next  day — August  5 — with  the  French  and 
American  trappers,  two  of  Farnham’s  party  left  him. 
Farnham  notes  the  kindness  and  freehandedness  of  the 
trappers.  He  had  given  them  a little  ammunition,  and 
they  sought  to  repay  the  kindness  by  presenting  him 
and  his  party  with  moccasins,  dressed  deer  and  elk 
skins,  and  other  articles.  “Everything,  even  their  hunt- 
ing shirts  upon  their  backs,  were  at  our  service; 
always  kindly  remarking  when  they  made  an  offer  of 
such  things,  that  ‘the  country  was  filled  with  skins,  and 
they  could  get  a supply  when  they  should  need  them.’  ” 
It  was  this  same  day  that  a man,  pursuing  some  bears, 
found  among  the  brush  a prize — an  excellent  pack  mule, 
feeding  quietly,  and  so  tame  as  to  permit  him  to  ap- 
proach within  ten  yards  of  it  without  even  raising  its 
head.  The  man  prepared  to  catch  it,  when  suddenly  the 
mule  “most  wonderfully,  most  cruelly,  metamorphosed 
itself  into  an  elk! — fat  as  marrow  itself,  and  sufficient 
in  weight  to  have  fed  our  company  for  twelve  days — - 
and  fled  away,”  the  man  who  had  prepared  to  catch  it 
being  too  astonished  to  shoot  at  it.  This  was  unlucky, 
for  now  they  had  no  food.  Game  was  seen  several 
times, _ but  none  was  killed.  The  next  day,  however, 
a family  of  bears  was  seen,  and  two  cubs  secured.  They 
weighed  about  twelve  pounds  apiece,  and  made  for  the 
party,  as  the  author  expresses  it,  “a  filthy  supper.” 
They  were  trying  to  reach  Brown’s  Hole,  but  progress 
was  slow.  For  forty-eight  hours  after  the  finishing  of 
the  cubs  they  had  no  food;  and  then,  with  great  regret, 
they  killed  their  dog,  singed  and  ate  it.  At  last,  after 
more  days  of  hunger,  they  found  themselves  in  Brown’s 
Hole,  and  at  Fort  David  Crockett. 

Here  there  was  food  and  to  spare,  and  white  men, 
traders,  especially  one  Robinson,  who  traded  chiefly 
with  the  Snakes..  Was  this  Robinson  “Uncle  Jack 
Robinson”  who  died,  a very  old  man,  at  Fort  Bridger 
about  1894?  In  this  “Happy  Valley,”  which,  however, 
was  not  free  from  incursions  by  the  wandering  enemy, 
the  travelers  spent  much  time,  and  here  Farnham  puts 
down  some,  things  that  he  has  learned  concerning  the 
Snake,  Crow,  Blackfeet  and  Arapahoe  Indians.  He 
describes  especially  the  pestilence  which  visited  the 
Blackfeet  in  1828,  at  which  time  they  numbered  about 

2.500  lodges,  or  families,  which  would  perhaps  mean 

12.500  people.  This  enumeration  may  perhaps  refer 
to  the  Piegan  Blackfeet  alone,  or  to  all  three  of  the 
tribes  of  that  nation. 

At  that  time,  as  in  later  visits  of  this  dread  disease, 
the  Blackfeet  treatment  was  by  the  sweat  lodge,  fol- 
lowed by  a plunge  into  icy  water,  from  which  often  the 
weakened  victim  was  unable  to  struggle  again  to  the 
shore.  At  this  time  the  Blackfoot  camp,  it  is  said,  was 
on  the  banks  of  the  Yellowstone. 

A glimpse  of  the  estimation  in  which  the  Blackfeet 
were  held  in  those  days  is  afforded  by  the  reflection 
with  which  the  author  concludes  his  description  of  this 
scourge;  for  he  says:  “But  this  infliction  has  in  no 

wise  humanized  their  blerod-thirsty  nature.  As  ever 
before,  they  wage  exterminating  war  upon  the  traders 
and  trappers,  and  the  Oregon  Indians.” 

At  Brown’s  Hole,  Farnham  met  an  old  Snake  Indian 
who  had  seen  Lewis  and  Clark  on  the  headwaters  of 
the  Missouri  in  1805.  This  man  was  the  first  of  his 
people  who  saw  the  exploring  white  man.  “He  ap- 
pears to  have  been  galloping  from  place  to  place  in  the 
office  of  sentinel  to  the  Shoshonie  camp,  when  he 
suddenly  fount]  liimself  in  the  very  presence  of  the 


whites.  Astonishment  fixed  him  to  the  spot.  Men  with 
faces  pale  as  ashes  had  never  been  seen  by  himself 
or  his  nation.  ‘The  head  rose  high  and  round,  the 
top  flat;  it  jutted  over  the  eyes  in  a thin  rim;  their 
skin  was  loose  and  flowing,  and  of  various  colors.’ 
His  fears  at  length  overcoming  his  curiosity,  he  fled 
m the  direction  of  the  Indian  encampment.  But  being 
seen  by  the  whites  they  pursued  and  brought  him  to 
their  camp;  exhibited  to  him  the  effects  of  their  fire- 
arms, loaded  him  presents,  and  let  him  go.  Having 
arrived  among  his  own  people,  he  told  them  he  had  seen 
men  with  faces  pale  as  ashes,  who  were  makers  of 
thunder,  lightning,  etc.  This  information  astounded  the 
whole  tribe.  They  had  lived  many  years,  and  their 
ancestors  had  lived  many  more,  and  there  were  many 
legends  which  spoke  of  many  wonderful  things;  but  a 
tale  like  this  they  had  never  heard.  A council  was  there- 
fore assembled  to  consider  the  matter.  The  man  of 
strange  words  was  summoned  before  it;  and  he  re- 
hearsed, in  substance,  what  he  had  before  told  to 
others,  but  was  not  believed.  ‘All  men  were  red,  and 
therefore  he  could  not  have  seen  men  as  pale  as  ashes.’ 
‘The  Great  Spirit  made  the  thunder  and  lightning;  he 
therefore  could  not  have  seen  men  of  any  color  that 
could  produce  them.  He  had  seen  nothing;  he  had 
lied  to  his  chief,  and  should  die.’  At  this  stage  of  the 
proceedings,  the  culprit  produced  some  of  the  presents 
which  he  had  received  from  the  pale  men.  These  being 
quite  as  new  to  them  as  pale  faces  were,  it  was  de- 
termined ‘that  he  should  have  the  privilege  of  leading 
his  judges  to  the  place  where  he  declared  he  had  seen 
these  strange  people;  and  if  such  were  found  there,  he 
should  be  exculpated;  if  not,  these  presents  were  to 
be  considered  as  conclusive  evidence  against  him,  that 
he  dealt  with  evil  spirits,  and  that  he  was  worthy  of 
death  by  the  arrows  of  his  kinfolks.’  The  pale  men — 
the  thunder  makers — were  found,  and  were  witnesses 
of  the  poor  fellow’s  story.  He  was  released;  and  has 
ever  since  been  much  honored  and  loved  by  his  tribe, 
and  every  white  man  in  the  mountains.  He  is  now 
about  eighty  years  old,  and  poor.  But  as  he  is  always 
about  Fort  David  Crockett,  he  is  never  permitted  to 
want.” 

At  Brown’s  Hole  arrived  Paul  Richardson,  who  was 
returning  from  the  borders  of  Oregon  to  St.  Louis. 
He  had  guided  some  missionaries  and  others,  from  the 
Western  States  to  that  unknown  region,  and  among  them  a 
man  whose  purpose  it  was  to  conquer  the  territory  of  Cali- 
fornia. The  missionaries  were  Messrs.  Munger  and 
Griffith,  and  their  wives  were  with  them.  Influenced 
by  Richardson’s  story,  which  was  very  unfavorable  to 
Oregon  as  a place  of  residence,  two  of  Farnham’s  men 
determined  to  return  to  the  Mississippi  Valley.  This 
left  him  only  Blair,  an  old  man,  and  the  useless  person 
whose  life  he  had  saved,  as  companions  for  the  long 
journey  before  him.  The  event  was  disheartening. 
Farnham,  however,  was  a man  of  determination,  and 
was  not  to  be  turned  from  his  purpose  of  striving,  at 
least,  to  reach  the  mouth  of  the  Colorado  River  that 
season.  He  therefore  engaged  a Snake  Indian  to  pilot 
him  to  Fort  Hall,  about  200  miles  distant;  the  com- 
pensation offered  for  the  service  being  fifty  loads  of 
ammunition,  and  three  bunches  of  beads.  One  of  the 
melancholy  things  of  continuing  the  journey  was  the 
necessity  of  parting  with  Kelly,  the  trapper  who  had 
bravely  and  effectively  guided  them  from  Fort  William 
to  Brown’s  Hole.  When  the  last  farewells  were  said, 
they  started  off,  following  the  Green  River,  which  here 
is  called  Sheetskadee;  and  on  a tributary  of  this  stream, 
a day  or  two  later,  Farnham  lost  his  Pueblo  mare — a 
prairie,  and  not  a mountain,  horse — which,  after  es- 
caping many  dangers  in  climbing  the  rough  mountains 
to  the  eastward,  at  last  fell  over  a cliff  about  600  feet 
high  and  was  killed. 

When  starting  out  from  Fort  David  Crockett,  they 
had  been  ill  supplied  with  food,  of  which  a considerable 
part  was  dog  meat,  but  Jim,  the  Indian  guide,  occas- 
ionally killed  an  antelope,  which  kept  the  party  from 
suffering.  While  still  traveling  up  the  river,  they  met 
a free  trapper,  named  Madison  Gordon,  who  told  them 
the  usual  story  of  few  beaver,  and  little  game;  and  he 
declared  that  he  purposed  to  move  west,  and  to  begin 
farming  in  the  valley  of  the  Willamette,  which  he  de- 
clared was  the  purpose  also  of  a large  number  of  his 
fellow  trappers.  One  morning,  as  they  were  packing, 
the  guide  detected  in  the  distance,  down  the  river, 
people  coming.  Who  these  might  be  they  did  not 
know.  They  had  visions  of  war  parties  of  Crows,  Sioux 
and  Blackfeet,  and  prepared  for  the  attack;  put  new 
caps  on  their  rifles,  mounted,  and  took  up  a favorable 
position.  But  before  long  their  guide  rode  out  from 
behind  their  brush-wood  camp,  and  hurried  his  horse 
toward  the  stranger.  This  man  proved  to  be  the 
celebrated  bear  killer,  Meek — perhaps  the  man  whose 
story  is  told  in  a book,  entitled,  “The  River  of  The 
West,”  which  gives  much  of  the  history  of  the  early 
settlements  on  the  Columbia  River.  A day  or  two 
after  this  food  must  have  become  scarce  with  them 
again,  for  the  author  says,  quite  incidentally,  “at  sun- 
set our  camp  kettle  was  bubbling  over  the  bones  of  a 
pelican  at  the  ‘Steamboat  Spring.’  Think  of  the  joy 
of  eating  boiled  pelican!  What  more  nauseous  dish 
can  be  imagined.  . Crossing  over  into  the  valley  of  Bear 
River,  they  hurried  on  their  way,  frequently  made  un- 
easy by  finding  the  tracks  of  people,  and  even  by  seeing 
fires  at;  night,  and  at  length  reached  Egrt  Hall, 


and  full  meals,  in  which  fresh  buffalo  tongue  figured 
largely. 

After  a short  stay  at  Fort  Hall,  Farnham  and  his  peo- 
pie,  under  (he  guidance  of  an  Indian,  set  out  to  cross  the 
burnt  plains  of  Snake  River.  Two  or  three  days  out  the 
party  was  joined  by  a Swiss  trapper  who  had  been  eight 
years  in  the  mountains.  He  had  been  a student  in  a 
seminary,  but  had  deserted  this  training-ground  for  the 
priesthood,  and  had  come  to  America  and  taken  to  the 
mountains. 

The  wormwood  deserts  of  the  Snake  River  were  hard 
enough  on  the  travelers,  but  harder  still  on  their  animals, 
which  had  little  to  eat.  Digger  Indians  were  sometimes 
met  with ;.  and  . when  they  reached  the  Boisais  River  they 
found  Indians  in  considerable  numbers  engaged  in  taking 
salmon  for  their  winter  provisions.  They  were  pleasant,  j 
hospitable,  and  ready  to  trade  provisions,  or  even  horses, 
and  here,  they  renewed  their  stock.  It  was  about  here  that 
their  guide  left  them,  explaining  that  now  that  he  had 
come  to  the  country  of  another  people,  it  would  not  be 
good  manners  to  act  as  guide  through  their  land.  Left 
without  guidance  in  a country  cut  up  with  trails,  they 
were  obliged  to  depend  on  themselves,  but  at  length  suc- 
ceeded in  hiring  a number  of  Bonak  Indians  [Bannock] 
to  guide  them  to  the  fort,  which  they  were  now 
approaching. 

The  fort  at  Boisais  was  as  hospitable  as  all  the  others 
had  been.  This  post  was  built  in  1832  by  the  Hudson’s  1 
Bay  Company  to  counteract  the  influence  of  Wyeth’s  Fort  - 
Hall,  the  building  of  which  is  described  in  J.  K.  Town- 
shend’s  sketches.  At  this  time  it  was  commanded  by  Mr. 
Payette.  The  stay  at  Boisais  was  not  long,  and  the 
travelers  moved  on  over  a country  sometimes  easy  to  tra- 
verse, again  extremely  difficult.  In  some  places  all  the 
party  walked,.  except  the  worthless  Smith,  who  insisted 
on  making  his  unfortunate  beast  carry  him  over  the 
roughest  ground.  A few  days  later  they  reached  the 
Columbia  River,  and  crossing  over  found  themselves  be-  j 
fore  the  mission,  in  the  presence  of  Dr.  Whitman.  Mr.  { 
Munger  and  Mr.  Hall  were  also  there.  A pretty  picture 
is  painted  of  the  life  and  work  of  this  mission  among  the 
Skyuse . Indians,  whom  they  were  endeavoring  to  teach 
the  ordinary  occupations  of  civilized  life. 

From  this  on  travel  was  chiefly  down  the  river.  Farn- 
ham speaks  of  the  advancement  already  of  some  of  the 
small  settlements;  of  one  where  there  is  a saw  mill,  a 
grist  mill,  and  other  machinery.  At  the  Dalles  he  speaks 
of  large  tracts  which  may  be  plentifully  irrigated  by 
ditches  . from  streams  coming  down  from  the  western 
mountains.  He  believes,  too,  that  hogs  might  be  fattened 
in  the  summer  on  the  acorns,  which  are  everywhere 
abundant. 

At  the  Dalles  Farnham  saw  some  Chinooks,  and  de- 
clared that  they  flattened  their  heads  more  and  are  more 
stupid  than  any  other  tribe  on  the  Columbia. 

Farnham  remained  some  time  at  the  Dalles,  and  saw 
more  or  less  of  the  Chinook  Indians.  As  he  was  about  to 
depart  on  horseback,  he  discovered  that  his  saddle  had 
been  stripped  of  its  stirrups,  straps,  girths  and  crupper, 
and  that  his  bridle  was  gone.  All  these  things  had  been 
stolen  by  the  Chinooks,  and  he  determined  to  recover 
them,  and  started  out  fully  armed  to  do  so.  Fie  gives  an 
amusing  account  of  a full  day  spent  in  frightening  the 
Indians  and  being  frightened  by  them ; but  at  last,  one  by 
one,  the  various  articles  taken  were  brought  to  him  and 
thrown  at  his  feet.  Both  parties  to  the  quarrel  continued 
to  threaten  each  other  for  a day  or  more,  and  at  length 
Farnham  departed,  in  company  with  Mr.  Lee,  the  mission- 
ary— by  water  after  all. 

He  tells  us  that  these  Indians  subsist  on  the  acorns  of 
the  white  oak  and  on  fish.  For  winter  the  fish  is  dried, 
and  then  pounded  to  powder  and  mixed  with  the  oil  of  the 
leaf  fat  of  the  fish,  and  packed  away  in  flag  sacks;  thus 
making  a sort  of  fish  pemmican.  Although  no  salt  is  used 
in  this  preparation,  it  remains  good  through  the  winter. 
The  acorns,  gathered  as  soon  as  they  fall  to  the  ground, 
are  buried  in  sand,  which  is  kept  constantly  saturated  with 
water,  where  they  remain  till  spring.  This  soaking  is 
said  to  remove  their  bitter  flavor. 

Passing  on  down  the  Columbia,  Farnham  passed  various 
settlements  and  farms,  one  of  which  belonged  to  Thomas 
McKay,  son  of  the  McKay  who  figured  with  John  Jacob 
Astor  in  the  doings  of  the  Pacific  Fur  Company.  McKay 
was  building  a grist  mill,  and  it  was  well  advanced  to- 
ward completion.  The  mother  of  McKay  was  a Cree  or 
Chippewa  Indian.  This  no  doubt  is  the  McKay  spoken  of 
by  Townshend,  earlier  referred  to. 

It  was  just  at  this  time  that  the  British,  as  well  as  the 
Americans,  were  beginning  to  take  possession  of  Oregon, 
and  what  is  now  Washington.  It  had  long  been  occupied 
by  the  Hudson’s  Bay  Company;  but,  on  the  other  hand, 
many  Americans  had  traded  and  settled  there;  and  the 
American  settlers  were  urgent  that  they  should  be  pro- 
tected, declaring  this  to  be  a portion  of  their  country’s 
domain.  The  settlers  held  a meeting  while  Farnham  was 
there,  and  handed  him  a petition,  signed  by  sixty-seven 
citizens  of  the  United  States,  and  persons  desirous  of  be- 
coming such,  the  substance  of  which  was  a description  of 
the  country,  their  unprotected  situation,  and  a prayer  that 
the  Federal  Government  would  extend  over  them  the  pro- 
tection and  institutions  of  the  Republic.  Farnham  says: 
“These  people  have  put  fifty  or  sixty  fine  farms  under 
cultivation  in  the  Williamette  Valley,  amid  the  most  dis- 
couraging circumstances..  They  have  erected  for  them- 
selves comfortable  dwellings  and  outbuildings,  and  have 
herds  of  excellent  cattle,  which  they  have  from  time  to 
tim?  up  ffoin  Califoj-fij!!,  at  expense  gf  prop. 


Feb.  2 5,  1903.] 


erty  and  even  life.  ' And  the  reader  will  find  it  difficult  to 
; learn  any  sufficient  reasons  for  their  being  left  by  the 
■:  Government  without  the  institutions  of  civilized  society. 

' 1 Their  condition  is  truly  deplorable.  They  are  liable  to  be 
:ri arrested  for  debt  or  crime  and  conveyed  to  the  jails  of 
® Canada  ! Arrested  on  American  territory  by  British  offi- 
jcers,  tried  by  British  tribunals,  imprisoned  in  British 
ii  prisons,  and  hung  or  shot  by  British  executioners!  They 
ri  cannot  trade  with  the  Indians.  For,  in  that  case,  the 
■business  of  British  subjects  is  interfered  with ; who, _ by 
rtJway  of  retaliation,  will  withhold  the  supplies  of  clothing, 
household  goods,  etc.,  which  the  settlers  have  no  other 
'means  of  obtaining.  Nor  is  this  all.  The  civil  condition 
(of  the  territory  being  such  as  virtually  to  prohibit  the 

■ emigration,  to  any  extent,  of  useful  and  desirable  citizens, 
‘they  have  nothing  to  anticipate  from  any  sensible  increase 
of  their  numbers,  nor  any  amelioration  of  their  state  to 
(look  for  from  the  accession  of  female  society.  In  the 

3 desperation  incident  to  their  lonely  lot,  they  take  wives 
C from  the  Indian  tribes  around  them.  What  will  be  the 
J ultimate  consequence  of  this  unpardonable  negligence  on 
| the  part  of  the  Government  upon  the  future  destinies  of 
n Oregon  cannot  be  clearly  predicted.  But  it  is  manifest 
g that  it  must  be  disastrous  in  the  highest  degree,  both  as 
T to  its  claims  to  the  sovereignty  of  that  territory  and  the 
u moral  condition  of  its  inhabitants.” 

Farnham’s  original  intention  was  to  explore.  Oregon 
11  during  the  winter  just  beginning,  and  the  following  sum- 
■1  mer  to  have  returned  to  the  States  with  the  American  fur 
r traders.  Already  the  rainy  season  had  begun,  however, 
. and  his  intended  course  was  impossible;  and  it  was  uncer- 
tain whether  the  fur  traders  would  return  to  the  States 
. j next  year.  That  plan  had  to  be  given  up.  Finally  he  de- 
termined to  take  ship  from  the  mouth  of  The  Columbia 
'River  either  for  New  York  or  California,  as  the  oppor- 
tunity might  offer.  But  before,  starting  for  the  mouth  of 
the  river,  he  gives  a long  description  of  the  geography  of 
Oregon  and  its  productions.  ; 

‘.j  At  Fort  Vancouver  he  found  a number  of  Hudsons 
’ Bay  people,  with  whom  the  time  passed  very  pleasantly. 
:)!  Then,  again  taking  to  his  canoe,  he  passed  down  to  the 

■ mouth  of  the  river,  where  he  found  the  good  ship  Van- 
couver, Captain  Duncan;  and  shortly  after,  passing  out  to 

j:  sea,  Farnham’s  travels  in  the  great  Anahuac  were  ended. 

George  Bird  Grinnell. 


Dr.  Samuel  Parker. 

j.  It  was  my  privilege  to  know  personally  Dr.  Samuel 
6j  Parker,  referred  to  in  Mr.  Grinnell’s  “Tales  of  the  Path- 
| finders,”  Forest  and  Stream,  January  28. 

In  the  middle  ’70s,  or  nearly  forty  years  after  the  ex- 
pedition  referred  to,  Dr.  Parker  was  one  of  a number 
I of  people  who  came  out  from  Ithaca  on  the  old  Ithaca 
1 and  Owego  turnpike  to  conduct  “revival”  meetings  in  the 
King  schoolhouse.  I remember  Dr.  Parker  as  a little 
■ spare  man,  with  a complexion  that  never  permits  its  pos- 
: sessor  to  look  old.  His  sparse  hair  and  “scraggly”  beard 

0 conveyed  small  intimation  of  advanced  age,  both  being  of 
a peculiar  flaxen  color  that  rarely  gets  gray.  Indeed,  I 

; at  that  time  hardly  believed  Dr.  Parker  to  be  much  past 

1 middle  life.  He  was  not  a ready  nor  in  any  sense  a 
1,  magnetic  speaker,  and  I greatly  fear  that  he  found  in  the 
? King  schoolhouse  gatherings  a large  per  cent,  of  hearers 
:■  less  attentive,  and  in  many  instances  less  respectful,  than 
1 the  untutored  children  of  the  plains,  whose  simple  life, 

I but  lost  religious  state,  appealed  to  him  so  strongly. 

Dr.  Parker  was  a man  of  strong  convictions,  deeply 
i sincere,  and  thoroughly  in  earnest,  and  in  the  mixed 
! assembly  of  South  Hill  farmers  he  enjoyed  a friendship 

II  that  grew  to  respect  and  appreciate  his  varied  attainments 
i and  kindness  of  heart.  I think  that  at  that  time  Dr. 

* Parker  practiced  medicine  to  some  extent  and  also  con- 
1 ducted  a patent  soliciting  business  of  considerable  propor- 
i tions.  He  died  some  years  ago  esteemed  and  . widely 
r known  as  a man  of;  broad  information  whose  life  was 

lived  in  the  open  and;  devoted  to  doing  good. 

M.  Chill. 

Mississippi  River  Fishermen* 

They  said  it  was  fifteen  miles  to  the  mouth  of  the 
i St.  Francis,  and  in  the  morning,  after  running  a bad 
: sand-bar,  I pulled  away,  half  expecting  to  make  the 
I mouth  by  noon.  The  narrow  river,  and  the  gloomy 
j tales  associated  with  its  drainage  area,  as  well  as  the 
natural  attraction  of  the  big  Mississippi,  made  me 
, anxious  to  get  out  of  the  cotton  land. 

The  river  was  so  deep  in  its  gully-like  course,  that  I 
could  see  but  little  of  the  country  through  which  I 
i|  was  passing,  and  that  little  was  dreary.  People  were 
! encouraged  to  clear  the  lands  there  by  the  success  of 
lj  lumbering  operations  which  paid  the  first  cost.  Re- 
| maining  trees,  the  worthless  ones,  had  been  deadened, 
■I  and  their  gaunt  features  for  miles  and  miles  formed 
1 the  horizon,  as  seen  from  the  river  banks.  These 
j trees  rot  and  fall  to  the  ground,  and  in  four,  or  five 
years  from  the  girdling  a plow  runs  freely  through  the 
mass  of  humus,  marking  the  decayed  trunks.  When 
the  plow  can  go  to  the  four  corners  of  the  plantation,  land 
that  was  formerly  worth  $1.25  an  acre  can  be  sold  for 
:j  $30  per  acre  as  “cotton  land.”  And  this  “new  land” 
is  woefully  needed  throughout  the  Mississippi  Valley. 
Some  of  the  most  wonderfully  productive  of  cotton 
plantations  have  fallen  off  more  than  half.  Rotation 
of  crops  is  scarcely  known,  and  the  consequence  is 
, worn-out  cotton  fields.  Nor  is.  there  much  hope  save 
from  the  Mississippi  River  itself.  When  the  great 
[ stream  decides  to  hurl  itself  through  the  levee  and  take 
a new  course  through  the  back  country,  depositing  its 
vast  quantities  of  fertilizing  sediment  on  the  hungry 
ground,  a new  lease  of  life  will  come  to  the  old  fields. 
But  the  river  will  have  to  do  it  in  spite  of  mankind. 
Some  believe  that  the  most  expensive  folly  ever  under- 
taken by  mankind,  for  peace  or  war,  was  the  modern 
levee  system.  It  builds  up  the  bed  of  the  river  in- 
evitably. The  levee  banks  are  now  higher  than  ever 
before,  and  each  decade  they  must  be  increased  in 
height  to  make  up  for  the  filled-in  bed.  Crevasse  fol- 
lows crevasse,  and  few  note  the  significance  of  these 
disasters. 

A Mississippi  River  commission  surveyor,  whom  I 
met  at  Helena,  Ark.,  said  that  the  river  bed  was  un- 
questionaDly  filling  up,  how  fast,  he  couldn’t  say. 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


“You’d  have  to  compare  the  measurements  of  many 
terms  of  years.  All  I care  about  is  getting  my  money.” 
He  added  that  the  “levees  must  be  built  higher  and 
higher”  to  meet  the  raising  bed-level.  “How  high?” 

I asked,  and  the  surveyor  made  an  expressive  gesture 
toward  the  sky  with  a toss  of  his  hand. 

“We’re  living  in  a fool’s  paradise,”  a St.  Francis 
Bottom  cotton  planter  said  to  me.  “We  think  and  hope 
the  levee  is  going  to  hold.  Once  in  ten  or  fifteen  years 
it  doesn’t,  and  we  lose  all  our  cattle  and  horses,  a cot- 
ton crop,  our  houses — the  profits  of  years.  If  we  knew 
the  flood  was  coming,  we  could  prepare  for  it.  If  the 
Government  has  got  to  spend  money  for  us,  and  won’t 
let  us  spend  it  ourselves,  then  have  the  dirt  that  is  used 
for  levees  thrown  into  mounds,  where  we  can  go  in 
highwater  times,  and  save  our  cattle.  There  are  a 
good  many  of  us  planters  would  like  to  have  that  silt 
on  our  lands.  It  would  save  the  damage  of  the  over- 
flow many  times  over.  We  got  along  before  the  St. 
Francis  was  leveed  off — two-story  houses  did  it.  And 
if  they’d  only  let  the  river  build  up  the  land  with  sedi- 
ment, a lot  of  that  low  swamp  could  be  worked  some- 
time with  effect.  I don’t  see  why  they  couldn’t  let 
us  have  some  of  the  sediment,  anyhow — put  locks  in 
the  levee,  at  places  where  it  would  relieve  the  pressure 
and  fertilize  the  ground,  too.” 

On  the  other,  hand,  a mere  question  in  regard  to  the 
wisdom  of  the  levees  put  to  a village  druggist  brought 
forth  an  emphatic  approval  of  the  dirt  barrier  between 
the  town  properties  and  the  yellow  floods.  It  was  de- 
nied that  the  river  bed  was  filling  up.  “What  would  we 
all  do  if  there  wasn’t  any  levees?”  he  asked. 

“Only  fifteen  miles  to  the  Mississippi!”  I said,  ex- 
uberantly to  myself,  as  I pulled  down  the  St.  Francis. 
Of  late  I had  paid  little  attention  to  the  twisting  and 
winding  of  the  stream.  It  was  common  to  have  the 
sunshine  on  me  from  all  sides  in  the  course  of  a day. 
Had  I paused  to  consider  the  matter,  or  asked  the 
simple  question  of  “By  land  or  by  the  river?”  some 
bitter  disappointments  might  have  been-  avoided. 

I started  early,  in  order  to  make  the  river  by  noon, 
if  possible,  and  Helena  by  night.  I drove  the  boat 
along  in  the  still  waters  as  rapidly  as  possibly,  with 
rare  contentment.  At  11  o’clock  I was  looking  ahead, 
almost  expecting  to  see  the  broad,  yellow  river  before 
me  at  each  turn,  but  suddenly  I saw  a cotton  gin  on  • 
the  left  bank.  That  meant  wide  cotton  plantations  be- 
tween that  gin  and  the  Mississippi.  It  meant  miles 
and  miles  down  the  St.  Francis  to  the  Mississippi. 
My  logic  might  possibly  have  been  wrong,  but  a 
skiffman  crossing  confirmed  my  conjecture. 

“Hits  thirteen  miles  by  water  to  the  mouth,”  he  said. 
The  negroes,  who  told  me  it  was  fifteen  miles,  had  not 
lied.  They  simply  indicated  the  distance  as  it  was  by 
land.  It  was  nearly  twice  as  far  by  the  river. 

With  reason,  the  news  made  me  dejected.  The  sky 
was  gray  and  growing  gloomier  perceptibly  hour  by  hour. 
There  was  no  mistaking  the  signs — rain  was  at  hand. 

I wondered  that  it  did  not  fall.  I cooked  and  ate 
dinner  and  then  away  T went  and  kept  the  water 
curling  from  the  bow  till  I reached  the  shack-boat  of 
an  unsocial  hoop  maker.  He  said  I had  made  nine 
miles.  As  he  said  it,  the  mist  took  form  in  the  air  and 
began  to  fall  as  tiny  rain  drops. 

A long  winding  still-water  marked  the  last  four 
miles  of  the  St.  Francis,  and  I pulled  them  with  the 
rain  dripping  from  the  wool  fuzz  of  my  sweater.  ' As  I 
neared  the  mouth  I heard  a roar  that  increased  in 
volume.  Finally  I could  see  a great  sand-bar  ahead,  and 
willow  trees — the  Mississippi,  unmistakably.  But  be- 
tween me  and  the  big  river  was  a low  bank  of  mud, 
from  which  issued  the  roar.  A man  hailed  me  from  his 
skiff: 

“You’d  better  not  try  to  go  out  now;”  he  said,  “water 
is  pretty  bad  there — liable  to  get  upset,  and  in  that  mud  ' 
you’d  never  get  out!” 

The  Mississippi  was  very  low,  and  the  St.  Francis  . 
was  cutting  through  the'  mud  bank  across  its  mouth, 
making  a tumult  of  rapidg&flt  was  nearly  dark.  The 
rain  was  falling  fast.  I would  much  rather  have  ap- 
proached the  river  in  broatT 'daylight.  I didn’t  know 
what  to  do.  But  after  the  man'  who  warned  me  had 
passed  on,  I hailed  a cabin  bpatman,  whom  I saw 
watching  me.  He  asked  me  to  come  aboard,  and  so  I 
made  the  acquaintance  of  Uncle  Charlie  Robertson. 

Uncle  Charlie  seemed  to  be  the  happiest  and  best 
natured  man  in  the  Delta  Country,  and  his  fifty-five 
years  sat  on  him  like  forty.  A clear  gray  eye,  a 
stocky  figure  of  medium  size,  a snap  to  his  motions,  and 
a fund  of  anecdote  made  him  equally  a companion  and 
a subject  for  the  note-book  man.  He  was  living  in  a 
little  cabin  boat,  warm,  comfortable,  with  a bottle  of 
whiskey  on  the  table,  the  cork  not  too  loose.  The  boat 
had  been  sold,  for  his  busy  season  was  at  hand.  He 
had  to  look  after  logs  of  a Helena  company,  which  were 
due  to  come  down  on  the  spring  rise.  Uncle  Charlie 
had  resisted  the  call  of  the  trapper’s  life  for  some  time, 
but  couldn’t  tell  how  long  it  would  be  before  he  would 
come  down  the  Missouri  again  in  a skiff  or  cabin  boat, 
trapping  and  hunting — getting  a great  deal  of  sport  out 
of  it,  as  well  as  profit. 

The  rain,  which  threatened  so  much,  didn’t  last  long 
enough  to  more  than  wet  the  leaves,  and  Harry  Smiley 
came  down  to  have  Uncle  Charlie  go  coon  hunting 
after  supper.  It  was  talk  this,  way  and  talk  that  way, 
and  look  at  the  weather  and  guess  at  it — nobody  pre- 
tends to  really  read  the  weather  on  the  lower  Missis- 
sippi. It  looked  so  threatening  that  it  was  almost  de- 
cided not  to  go,  but  finally  a start  was  made. 

They  carried  shotguns,  and  had  “lamps”  on  their 
heads — quarter-moon  shaped  cans  that  fitted  round  the  . 
forehead,  and  were  fastened  by  canvas  buckle  and  strap. 
A reflector  threw  the  light  from  two  round  torch 
burners,  one  in  each  horn  of  the  moon.  Soap  caked 
around  the  screw  tops  of  the  burners  prevented  leak- 
ing, more,  or  less.  All  through  the  Delta  land  these 
lamps  sell  for  50  cents.  I didn’t  have  a lamp,  but 
tagged  behind  Uncle  - Charlie,  and  found  things  suf- 
ficiently interesting. 

We  went  through  a cornfield  first,  the  tall  stalks  and  , 
flapping  leaves  in  the  yellow  light  making  an  impres- 
sion. Then  we  came  to  woods  and  here  were  further 
impressions — big  trees,  some  underbrush  and  creeping 
vines.  The  hunter  from  the  north  lifts  his  toes  as  he 


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lifts  his  feet ; but  the  southern  hunter  walks  with  a limp 
ankle  in  order  to . let  every  twig  slip  from  the  foot. 
I tripped  considerably  over  tiny  vines,  and  then  took 
to  watching  Uncle  Charlie’s  feet  to  see  why  he  didn’t  trip, 
too.  When  I let  my  ankles  hang  limp,  I progressed 
well  enough. 

The  light,  turning  with  the  hunter’s  head,  throws  the 
rays  here  and  there.  It  seemed  as  though  we  walked 
pretty  fast,  and  we  made  lots  of  noise — at  least  I did, 
for  the  flare  of  the  torch  above  the  reflector  blinded  me, 
and  I lunged  along,  unable  to  see  much.  The  ground 
was  level,  almost,  but  in  the  night  it  was  easier  to  tell 
the  grades  than  by  day.  We  traveled  on  for  miles  and 
miles,  it  seemed,  instead  of  the  mile  and  a half  we  were 
to  go  to  the  fence,  beyond  which  lay  the  Dark  Corner, 
where  a negro  became  so  badly  lost  that  he  didn’t 
know  his  own  sister  or  home  when  he  came  out. 

We  shined  no  coon,  but  we  found  a puddle  of  water 
all  stirred  up.  “See  this?  A coon’s  been  paddling 
around  here  within  twenty  minutes.” 

They  told  me  the  sloughs  ran  east  and  west,  and  that 
to  get  back  we  would  have  to-  go  south.  We  could 
see  Smiley’s  lamp  flashing  at  intervals  in  the  distance, 
being  visible  much  further  off  than  a man  would  be  in 
the  daytime.  Sometimes  we  saw  the  lights  of  other 
hunters.  Once  in  a while  a gun  would  be  fired,  sound- 
ing loud  in  the  stillness  of  the  woods.  Smiley  saw  the 
eyes  of  one  ’coon  up  in  a tree,  and  fired.  He  heard  it 
fall,  and  began  to  look  for  it.  He  circled  round  a 
couple  of  times,  called  for  us,  and  we  went  to  him.  By 
that  time  east  was  west,  and  west,  north  with  him. 
“That  coon’s  right  within  twenty  yards  of  us  now!”  he 
said.  I stood  still,  while  they  went  circling  around; 
but  the  coon  wasn’t  found.  Some  trees  were  then 
marked  with  a knife  in  order  to  make  a daylight  search, 
and  on  we  went,  but  not  until  matters  were  straight- 
ened out  by  the  compass  I carried.  Curiously  enough 
neither  of  the  hunters  had  a compass,  but  depended  on 
stars,  and  previous  acquaintance  with  the  forest. 

The  trees  and  woods  looked  different,  of  course,  and 
when  we  came  to  the  red,  fluted  swell-butt  cypress 
trees,  the  fluting  caught  the  light  along  the  rolls  and 
were  beautiful,  especially  when  overhead  the  vines 
hung  down.  It  was  among  these  vines  that  the  Adiron- 
dacx  habit  of  taking  hold  of  twigs  and  grass  blades  was 
completely  broken.  I got  hold  of  a vine  with  forty 
stings  to  the  inch.  Some  of  the  hunters  wear  thick 
gloves,  and  the  hardest  fisted  turn  their  elbows  up  and 
double  their  heads  down  into  the  crook  when  they 
buck  the  thickets — usually  they  go  around,  however, 
looking  for  openings. 

The  hunters  mostly  had  on  boots,  which  were  needed 
in  the  hollows  which  the  rain  during  my  stay  at  Windy 
Jim’s  (no  relation  of  Uncle  Charlie)  had  filled  more  or 
less.  The  thirsty  got  down  on  their  hands  and,  still 
on  their  feet,  drank  this  water,  which  proved  as  good 
as  the  cistern  water  which  the  people  of  the  Bottoms 
depended  on  for  drinking  during  the  hot  summer 
months;  only  I saw  inch-long  beetles  skating  round,  and 
it  took  a long  time  to  raise  sufficient  thirst  for 
drinking. 

After  a while — about  midnight,  to  my  reckoning, 
though  only  9 o’clock — we  came  to  a wire  fence,  beyond 
which  lay  the  Dark  Corner,  where  there  was  lots  of 
game,  but  the  canebrake  was  too  dense.  Here  other 
hunters  joined  us,  two  of  whom  had  coons  slung  sack- 
fashion  by  a string  over  their  shoulders.  They  were 
horribly  life-like,  frothing  red  at  the  mouth,  eyes  star- 
ing and  teeth  showing — much  like  a wounded  weasel 
cornered. 

Seven  or  eight  of  the  men  sat  down  in  a circle  to 
talk,  and  most  of  them  put  out  their  lights  to  save  oil. 
The  men  who  had  brought  only  half  a pint  of  oil  in 
Httle  bottles  tried  to  borrow  from  those  who  had 
started  with  a pint,  but,  unsuccessfully — very  like  the 
parable.  It  was,  “let’s  go  this  way,”  and  “that  way’s 
best!”.  Some  tried  half-hartedly  to  get  somebody  else 
to  go  with  them  beyond  the  fence,  but  no  oiie  would 
go  far  that  way.  Hunting  in  a land  of  canebrakes,  some 
with  cane  twenty  feet  high  is  sport  for  the  venturesome 
and  careless;  but  none  wanted  to  undertake  it  that 
night.  Uncle  Charlie  and  I,  on  going  through  a hay 
field  of  cane  on  our  way  back,  came  to  a point  where 
the  compass  pointed  exactly  wrong,  but  eventually 
Smiley  yelled  that  he  had  found  the  road,  and  we 
walked  down  it  for  a couple  of  miles  and,  suddenly,  I 
saw  a steamer  in  the  distance.  It  was  the  Mississippi, 
but  I couldn’t  have  told  how  we  got  there.  It  was  not 
long  before  midnight  when  we  turned  into  our  bed: 

The  morning  was  cold,  with  a bitter  wind  blowing, 
but  in  spite  of  that,  there  was  an  immeasurable  sense 
of  relief  in  being  on  the  wide  river  again.  I had  missed 
the'  deep,  strong  current,  the  distant  views  and  the 
companionship  of  other  travelers.  The  swamp  people 
were  narrow  in  their  horizon — -“We  never  been  thar; 
the  men  has,,  though.”  On  the  Mississippi  many  of 
the  cabin-boaters  had  traveled  through  more  States 
in  a month  than  most  men  do  in  a life  time. 

A little  detail  of  that  morning’s  trip  brings  a feeling 
to  my  hands,  even  now.  I mislaid  one  mitten  that 
morning,  and  rowing  was  a hand-nipping  task.  I lost 
many,  strokes  in  changing  my  lone  mitt  from  one  red 
hand,,  to  the  other  redder  one.  Six  miles  down,  I spied 
the  little  red  cabin  boat,  a wind-worn  craft,  where  a 
tall  man  with  a flowing  light  mustache,  resting  his 
elbow  on  the  roof  of  his  cabin,  answered  my  questions. 

. “Yas,”  he  said,  “I  ..bees  dot  fishermans  Anderson — 
vop’t  you  kom  in  unt  varm?” 

Anderson  came  from  Sweden  thirty  odd  years  ago, 
with  an  outfit  of  home-made  blankets,  mittens,  socks, 
mufflers  made  by  a sister.  He  went  west  till  he  was 
in  the  Michigan  wilderness,  and  there  he  tried  logging 
.- — quit  it — and  when  he  left  the  camp,  sold  his  blankets 
of  many  colors  to  Indians,  who  flung  them  round  their 
shoulders.  That  night,  for  the  first  time  in  two  years, 
Anderson,  found  himself  in  need  of  the  blankets.  He 
tramped  till  night,  crawled,  down  beside,  a log,  pulled 
leaves  over  himself,  and  tried  to  sleep  during  an  autumn 
frost.  Something  came  through  the,  brush  and  made  a 
noise  like  an  exhaust  pipe  in  a sawmill!  Anderson 
climbed  a,  tree  and  remained  there  till  long  after  the 
sound  of  something  running  away  ceased.  “Yust  a 
deer.  Vat  a fool  I wass  in  dose  days.” 

He  came  into  Burlington,  la.,  and  hit  the  Mississippi, 


and  had  never  left  it  from,  that  time.  He  had  been  a 
sailor  on  the  Baltic  Sea,  and  knew  the  flavor  of  cod. 
He  began  to  fish,  got  a cabin  boat  and  this  little  red 
one  was  the  last  of  the  many  he  had  owned. 

Now  Anderson  was  suffering  from  a cold,  the 
Arkansas  appetite  (always  hungry,  and  nothing  will 
satisfy  it),  biliousness,  kidney  trouble,  headaches,  joints 
aching,  feet  swelling,  chills — that  is  to  say,  malaria. 
“Yes,  he  come  down  here,  and  the  malaria’s  got  him,” 
Uncle  Charlie  Robertson  said.  “It’s  been  working  on 
him  for  years.  It’s  going  to  kill  him.  Malaria  just 
saps  them  down;  they  keep  getting  weaker  and  weaker, 
so  slow  they  don’t  notice  it — all  of  a sudden  it  grips 
them  and  they  die  like  a deadening.  I’ve  seen  hun- 
dreds like  him.” 

“Isn’t  it  funny,”  Anderson  said  to  me,  “I  used  to  be 
so  big  and  strong.  By  golly,  I could  lift  that  skiff 
with  one  hand,  and  now  I take  both  hands  to  change 
my  oars.  I am  tired  all  the  while.  I guess  I will  have 
to  get  away  from  the  river  here.  I would  like  to  go 
to  Oregon  and  fish  for  salmon.  They  say  it  ain’t 
there  like  it  is  here,  and  that  a man  can  get  well  there. 
Perhaps  I will  have  a good  spring  fishing,  and  then  I 
can  go.  I guess  I get  well  this  spring  anyhow,  and  be 
all  right  again,  like  I used  to  be  two  years  ago.  I feel 
better  to-day  already.  I guess  maybe  I be  all  right 
in  a day  or  two.  Last  spring  I was  sick  all  during  the 
good  fishing;  this  arm  here  I couldn’t  lift  it,  it  got 
small  like  my  fingers  used  to  be.  But  it’s  better  now. 
Yes;  I can  see  it  is  bigger.  I get  all  right.  Do  you 
know  how  to  play  casino?  I play  blind  casino  while 
I am  here  by  myself.” 

He  was  a mile  from  his  nearest  neighbor,  and 
three  miles  from  the  man  who  would  look  after  him 
when  he  got  down  sick.  His  boat  was  tied  to  four 
stakes,  bow  to  the  bluff  reef  at  the  head  of  the  big 
eddy  above  Helena.  “I  won’t  tie  down  there — I saw 
five  shanty  boats  sunk  there  one  day.  They  been  lucky 
down  at  the  Transfer  Dock.  For  two  years  there  has 
been  no  south  gale;  but  it  is  coming  some  time.  I don’t 
want  to  be  there  then.” 

For  twenty-five  years  he  had  watched  the  river  with 
eyes  that  gave  evil  things  like  river  rats  and  bad  land- 
ings “an  awful  sharp  look,”  and  he  refused  to  be  fooled 
down  to  a steep  bank  near  kind  people  who  might 
some  day  have  all  they  could  do  to  look  after  them- 
selves, let  alone  him,  so  he  held  to  the  sand-bar,  the 
shallow  water  and  his  lonely  shelter. 

It  is  so  with  most  of  the  fishermen.  They  seek  out 
the  pockets,  chutes  and  islands  where  the  water  in 
time  of  gales  does  little  more  than  rock  the  chips  and 
eddying  sediment.  Their  business  is  in  the  depths  of 
the  water,  and  they  know  what  it  can  do  when  wind- 
driven.  They  don’t  care  for  floods;  they  rise  and  fall 
with  the  water  on  the  gauges,  as  a general  thing,  and 
would  tie  to  the  topmost  branches  of  a tree  fearlessly, 
so  long  as  the  waves  and  wind  had  no  clear  sweep  at 
them.  Day  by  day  they  look  at  the  sky,  not  just  once 
in  the  morning,  but  almost  constantly  eyeing  each  cloud 
and  each  shift  in  the  wind.  Not  till  the  gale  settles 
down  on  them  and  their  boat  is  tied  to  meet  it,  not  till 
bow  lines,  stern  lines  and  anchor  lines  are  out  and 
stage  plank  set,  do  they  take  their  pipes  from  between 
their  teeth  with  anything  like  a breath  of  relief;  then 
it’s  “Well,  I guess  we’re  fixed  this  time — wonder  if 
that  anchor  is  going  to  get  hung  under?  I got  to  get 
a trip  line  first  chance  I get.” 

Ask  one  of  these  wise  old  fishermen  about  the 
weather  for  the  next  day,  and  it’s  “I  don’t  know;  can’t 
tell  anything  about  the  d — — thing  down  here.”  Let 
the  clouds  be  hanging  ever  so  low,  the  wind  sweeping 
in  lifting  gusts  along  crested  waves  and  the  feel  of 
rain  just  pouring  through  one’s  pores — not  even  then 
will  the  fisherman  say  it’s  going  to  rain.  “When  it 
gets  here,  it  will  rain — that’s  all  you  can  tell  about  it. 
It  makes  a man  mad  sometimes,  the  way  the  weather 
swings  round  and  don’t  do  like  it  looks.  The  weather’s 
a levee-camp  nigger.” 

Rain  is  rain,  and  snow  is  snow;  but  it  takes  wind 
to  make  a storm  for  the  fishermen,  and  the  wind  that 
travels  along  through  wide  areas  of  calm,  ripping  things 
up,  is  a cyclone.  Anderson  remembers  winds,  tough 
fellows  and  dreams.  One  night  he  had  gone  to  bed  in 
a big  three-room  boat  tied  to  the  bank  just  below  Burl- 
ington, la.,  when  a cyclone  came.  It  turned  his  boat 
over,  broke  a lot  of  jugs  full  of  fish  oil  on  the  gunwale, 
and  mixed  the  grease  with  the  feathers  of  a great 
feather-bed  and  several  pillows.  It  was  an  awful  job 
cleaning  the  boat  afterward,  but  the  boat  was  tied 
good  and  it  didn’t  float  away.  I wanted  to  know  how 
he  got  out.  “I  was  in  the  bed  when  it  hit  me,  think- 
ing it  was  blowing  pretty  hard.  Well,  it  come  and 
turned  the  boat  over  on  its  side,  down  come  those 
jugs  from  the  other  side  all  round  me.  I yomped  up— 
couldn’t  find  noddings.  Dark  as  the  inside  a coon  tree. 

I couldn’t  get  my  pants,  so  I tried  to  get  out.  I tell 
you  it  boders  some  to  find  a door  out  when  the  boat 
is  half  up  side  down.  I got  out  and  walked  in  my 
shirt  to  where  there  wass  aneinder  fisherman  in  a leetle 
boat.  The  wave  had  set  him  way  up  on  the  bank, 
high  and  dry,  and  when  I come  in  to  borrow  a pair  of 
pants,  he  was  getting  breakfast  of  potatoes,  it  bein’ 
mos’  time  for  to  get  op,  anyhow.  He  hadn’t  seen  any 
light  of  my  boat,  and  he  thought  I was  drowned.” 

Anderson  said  that  he  had  a sure  sign  as  to  the  rain, 
but  some  might  think  it  less  reliable  than  the  cloud 
colors.  “I  know  when  there  is  a rain  coming,”  he 
said,  “for  I dream  of  water.” 

Anderson  had  lived  long  and  most  of  the  time  alone 
on  the  river,  and  dreams  and  feelings  were  come  to  be 
significant  to  him  more  than  to  most,  but  for  all  that, 
he  was  a god  fisherman.  “I  dream  I have  a piece  of 
meat  in  my  fingers,  and  a great  big  snake  comes  and 
takes  the  meat  away.  That  kind  of  scares  me,  and  I 
wake  up — I yumps  up  and  goes  out  to  my  line  in  the 
middle  of  the  night  and  there  is  de  big  fish,  yust  ready 
to  get  off  de  hook.” 

There  is  not  a great  variety  of  ways  used  in  catching 
fish  for  market  out  of  the  Big  River,  but  they  have  proved 
to  be  so  efficient  that  any  old  fisherman  will  say,  “Fishing 
isn’t  what  it  used  to  be.”  That  is  to  say,  4,000  miles  of 
main  stream  have  been  fished  to  death,  or  are  being  fished 
to  death,  and  the  Government  will  be  called  on  to  stock 
the  river  one  of  these  days. 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


ft  if  n,ot  to  give  any  estimate  of  the  number 

°*  from  the  lower  river  in  any  given  time.  Not 

°ne , ^s“erman  in  a thousand  keeps  any  account  of  his 
catches,  but  a few  scattered  bills  will  indicate  something 
rr  11  e "s^erman's  catches.  P.  J.  McKey,  located  at  Fort 
I filow,  said  he  made  a thousand  dollars  a year.  He  said 
he  lived  easy  on  the  river,  scorned  the  little  hill  man  who 
ate  only  corn  bread  and  pork  most  of  the  time,  pointed  to 
the  chubby  cheeks  of  his  two  babies,  and  set  out  a bottle 
of  whiskey;  had  potatoes,  hot  bread,  fresh  pork  for  din- 
ne,r>  beef  for  supper,  and  smoked  his  pipe  contentedly. 

The  fish  buyers  are  rivals,  of  course,  and  do  their  best 
to  get  the  fish — do  everything,  in  fact,  so  I was  assured 
many  times,  save  have  honest  scales.  To  the  young  dealer 
just  starting  in  business  the  fishermen  go  with  their 
catches,  while  the  old  buyers  in  the  neighborhood  scorn 
him  as  green,  and  hate  him  for  honesty.  But  after  a 
while  the  young  buyer  becomes  learned,  “gets  tricky  like 
all  the  rest  of  them,”  and  scales  that  require  105  or  no 
pounds  to  bring  up  the  bar  at  100  pounds  take  the  place 
of  the  old  ones.  My  own  weight  varied  nearly  twenty 
pounds  on  various  scales  in  a few  days ; the  bank  stores 
were  not  exempt  from  the  variations.  “They’d  spend  it 
for  booze,  anyhow,”  is  the  excuse  offered.  The  fisherman 
says,  “He’s  a good  man — his  scales  are  all  right,”  or,  “I 
don’t  like  him  much— scales  no  good  for  the  fisherman.” 

In  the  river  there  is  plenty  of  deep  water,  and  there  is 
always  a current;  any  fish  can  go  deep,  and  must  keep 
moving  on  account  of  the  water;  its  flesh  is  harder,  better 
and  unmistakable  to  those  familiar  with  fish  of  the  bot- 
toms. But  the  lake  fish  are  in  stagnant  water — water 
that  grows  so  warm  that  the  meat  becomes  almost  like 
jelly,  and  the  fish  wallow  in  the  mud,  not  finding  deep 
water, ^ and  their  flesh  tastes  of  the  mud.  Probably  the 
best  idea  of  how  warm  the  water  gets  and  what  it  means 
to  the  fish  of  the  rivers  and  ponds — “Old  Rivers” — may 
be  gathered  from  the  fact  that  buffalo  and  other  clumsy 
fish  of  the  bottoms  have  small  forked  bones  throughout 
their  flesh  to  keep  it  from  melting  off  their  skeleton  or 
sloughing  from  their  sides; — an  interesting  little  scheme 
of  skewering  by  nature.  But  it  doesn’t  make  eating  fish 
from  the  bottoms  easier. 

In  some  of  the  deep  lakes  good  fish  are  found,  but  in 
the  shallow  ones  the  muddy  flavored  are  taken.  It  makes 
some  difference  to  the  fisherman  in  price,  but  the  lakes 
are  usually  the  “best”  fishing,  because  more  fish  are  taken 
from  them.  As  a result  of  the  difference  between  still 
water  and  running  water,  there  are  two  classes  of  fisher- 
men— those  who  follow  the  running  river,  and  those  who 
go  to  the  lakes.  The  men  who  buck  the  current  must  use 
different  tackle  from  those  who  run  the  lakes  and  still 
waters,  and  must  make  allowances  for  various  things  not 
known  on  the  lakes — long  trees  with  roots  that  reach  deep 
into  the  water,  gouging  the  set  nets  and  tearing  them 
lengthwise.  The  danger  from  river  rats  who  pick  up  nets 
and  go  on  down  stream  with  them  is  less  in  the  water 
back  from  the  main  channel,  too. 

The  man  who  sets  his  nets  along  the  banks  looking  for 
the  “runs”  of  the  fish,  seeks  places  where  the  fish  travel 
from  one  place  to  another;  he  finds  them  in  the  river  at 
little  points  jutting  out  into  the  current,  causing  eddies. 
The  fish  run  up  the  eddies  close  to  shore,  and  then  hit  the 
current  close  in  to  avoid  as  much  of  it  as  possible.  Right 
where  the  fish  round  the  point  is  where  the  fisherman 
tries  to  get  his  nets  fixed.  One  sees  pairs  of  fishermen, 
one  at  the  oars,  the  other  poking  down  into  the  opaque 
water  feeling  for  the  best  place  in  the  bank  to  lay  the 
mouth  of  the  hoop  net — incidentally  to  find  if  there  are 
any  snags  there  on  which  to  lose  his  nets. 

The  hoop  net  is  the  mainstay  of  the  river  fisherman. 
He  runs  from  five  or  ten  up  to  thirty  or  even  forty.  And 
these  hoop  nets  are  all  of  a model,  varying  only  in  size. 
Each  fisherman  has  his  own  notion  as  to  what  constitutes 
a proper  distance  between  the  hoops,  and  as  to  the  size  of 
the  hoops.  Raymond  S.  Spears. 


Newfoundland  Notes. 

St.  Johns,  Newfoundland,  Feb.  14. — During  the  last 
few  weeks  we  have  had  very  variable  weather — snow- 
storms, gales  of  wind,  spurts  of  keen  frost,  and  an  odd 
“soft  snap”  complete  the  cycle  as  we  get  it  here.  Even 
heavy  snowdrifts  and  keen  frosts  have  their  compensa- 
tions. They  bring  about  a condition  of  affairs  that  make 
it  possible  for  lumbermen  and  loggers  to  get  through  the 
woods  easily  and  cut  and  haul  their  timber  to  convenient 
rivers  preparatory  to  getting  them  down  to  the  mills  in  the 
spring,  and  incidentally  making  data  for  some  reader  of 
Forest  and  Stream  who  the  coming  summer  will  be 
shooting  or  fishing  in  the  vicinity  to  burst  into  poetry. 
After  a hard  day’s  tramp,  when  he  at  last  reaches  the 
bank  of  the  rushing  river,  can’t  you  imagine  him,  after 
apostrophizing  the  flies,  pushing  back  his  hat  off  his  fore- 
head, taking  his  corn-cob  out  of  his  mouth,  mopping  his 
face  with  his  bandana,  and  bursting  out — 

“At  last  the  blackened  timber  1 At  last  the  racing  stream! 

With  the  raw,  right-angled  log  jam  at  the  bend!” 

But  I must  not  anticipate. 

And  the  ice  men  are  now  reaping  their  harvest.  They 
can  get  all  the  ice  they  want  about  two  feet  thick  on  any 
of  the  lakes  near  the  city.  As  a result,  thousands  of  tons 
of  clear  blue  ice  have  been  stowed  away  during  the  last 
few  weeks,  to  serve  to  cool  the  thirsty  lieges  during  the 
hot  days  of  the  coming  summer. 

Winter  Sports. 

The  sports  indulged  in  consist  chiefly  of  skating  out- 
doors or  in  the  rinks,  hockey,  curling  and  racing.  We 
have  two  fine  rinks  in  St.  Johns,  and  they  are  largely 
patronized.  In  the  Princes  Rink  there  have  been  several 
hockey  contests  between  our  local  teams.  The  players 
and  spectators  enjoy  the  game  immensely.  A selecting 
committee  are  now  engaged  picking  out  of  the  various 
clubs  a team  to  meet  a Canadian  team  that  is  expected 
along  next  week. 

Sone  of  “auld  Scotia”  and  their  descendants  affect  the 
“roarin’  game,”  otherwise  curling.  The  Mic-Macs  and 
the  Terra  Novas  played  an  exciting  game  yesterday,  the 
former  winning  by  two  points. 

We  have  had  also  several  skating  carnivals,  a very  en- 
joyable pastime  for  participants  and  spectators.  The  cos- 
tumes range  from  the  grand  to  the  grotesque,  and  the 
motion,  the  brilliant  electric  lighting,  the  music  of  the 


[F®5,  25,  igos. 


band  and  the  gay-colored  dresses  of  the  maskers,  all  con 
bine  to  make  a very  pleasing  spectacle. 

We  have  had  a skating  race  in  which  there  were  abov 
a dozen  contestants.  It  was  won  by  F.  Chislett,  the  chair 
pion  skater  of  Newfoundland.  Though  not  hard  pressei 
're  skated  71  miles  in  5)4  hours,  nearly  12  miles  an  hou: 

J hat  is  not  bad  traveling,  even  on  ice. 

Caribou. 

Hie  railway  agent  at  Gaff  Topsails  reported  last  wee 
seeing  a herd  of  deer  going  north.  This  railway  statio 
is  situated  in  the  interior  of  the  country,  and  is  on  th' 
highest  altitude  attained  by  the  line.  It  is  most  unusur 
to  see  caribou  going  north  at  this  season,  and  the  “older 
inhabitant”  is  making  it  the  basis  of  a prophecy  of  a: 
early  spring. 

As  an  instance  of  how  plentiful  they  are,  train  men  te 
that  last  week,  while  the  train  was  running  full  speed  ai 
Grand  Falls,  two  deer  suddenly  jumped  on  the  trad 
They  kept  ahead  for  a short  time,  till  the  train  struc 
them ; one  of  them  had  three  of  its  legs  broken,  and  th 
other  was  thrown  clear  of  the  track.  The  train  hand 
got  off  and  despatched  the  wounded  deer  and  took  it  o 
board  the  train.  The  other  one  trotted  off  through  th 
woods  and  escaped. 

Trouting. 

Every  lake  near  the  city  has  its  devotees  seeking  trout 
J hey  fish  through  the  ice,  but  the  sport  is  not  very  excit 
ing.  While  a small  number  fish  for  sport,  the  greater: 
number  fish  for  food.  Several  large  catches  have  bee. 
reported  from  Gnidi  Vidi  Lake,  just  outside  of  the  towr 
A man  fishing  near  the  electric  power  house  caught  j 
brook  trout  weighing  six  pounds.  Another,  in  MundyL 
Pond,  caught  a Loch  Leven  26  inches  long  weighing  5JI 
pounds.  Several  of  these  latter  have  been  taken  in  othe 
lakes,  but  as  they  are  generally  thin,  scraggy  fellows,  the 
are  not  in  favor  with  sportsmen. 

The  Marine  and  Fisheries  Department  is  making  in 
quiries  into  a report  that  the  river  at  Salmonier  had  beer 
dynamited  last  season  for  salmon.  It  is  to  be  hoped  tha! 
the  matter  will  be  thoroughly  sifted,  as  this  is  one  of  th 
very  best  salmon  rivers  in  the  country. 

Cabia  Blanco’s  reminiscences  of  the  ■ Comanches  haw 
interested  me  very  much.  I have  been  reading  them  wit! 
a great  deal  of  pleasure.  They  deal  with  a very  interest 
ing.  epoch  in  the  lives  of  the  aborigines  of  the  plains,  anti 
while  they  may  not  be  unique,  I imagine  that  the  sports'; 
men  who  enjoyed  such  rare  experiences  must  be  very  few 
even  in  America.  Besides  supplying  interesting  reading 
matter  to  sportsmen  of  to-day,  he  is  putting  in  an  at 
tractive  form  data  as  to  Comanches  and  buffaloes — knowi 
to  most  of  us  only  through  Fenimore  Cooper  et  al. — tha 
will  prove  of  immense  value  to  the  historian  of  the  future 
As  a proof  how  such  information  not  only  flows  througl 
the  main  aqueducts  such  as  Forest  and  Stream,  but  fron 
them  trickles  through  innumerable  side  channels  such  a! 
country  and  provincial  newspapers,  I inclose  annexei 
clipping  from  Cabia  Blanco’s  excellent  article  of  a coupk 
of  weeks  ago.  As  you  will  notice,  it  is  cut  out  of  th<| 
middle  of  the  article,  and  appropriated  without  credit  tcj 
either  Forest  and  Stream  or  our  friend  Cabia.  I recog- 
nized it  immediately  I saw  it,  and  cut  it  out  and  sene, 
to  you  and  Cabia  as  an  illustration  how  these  things  travel  ! 

Old  War  Horses. 

These  old  horses  never  forget  the  calls,  no  matter  how  long  i| 
has  been  since  they  last  heard  them. 

One  day  some  years  ago,  when  I was  passing  an  open  lot  in  the 
outskirts  of  Chicago,  I found  a boy  trying  to  play  an  old  cornet!! 
While  the  boy  and  I were  at  work  on  the  cornet,  an  old  negre; 
ash  hauler  came  along  driving  an  animal  that  had  once  been  q 

food  horse,  but  was  now  only  a collection  of  skin  and  bones! 

he  horse  stopped  when  he  heard  us,  and  stuck  up  his  ears,  la 
came  to  the  conclusion  that  he  had  once  been  a cavalry  horse, 
and  asked  the  old  negro  where  he  had  got  him. 

“From  a farmer,”  he  said.  I could  not  find  a “U.  S.”  on  the; 
horse;  he  had  probably  been  discharged  so  long  ago  chat  his! 
brand  had  been  worn  off. 

But  taking  the  cornet,  I sounded  the  stable  call,  and  the  horse 
immediately  began  to  dance. 

“Hold  fast  to  your  lines,  now,  uncle,”  I warned  the  old  negro.' 
I am  going  to  make  that  old  horse  do  some  of  the  fastest  running 
he  has  ever  done  since  he  left  the  cavalry.” 

Then,  beginning  with  the  call  for  the  gallop,  I next  sounded 
the  charge,  and  the  old  plug  went  plunging  up  the  road  at  his 
fastest  gait,  dragging  his  wagon  after  him.  I gave  him  the  recall: 
next,  and  he  came  down  to  a walk,  much  to  the  relief  of  the  old 
negro. 

He  said  that  this  was  the  first  time  he  had  ever  seen  the  horse' 
run.  He  had  never  been  able  to  get  him  to  go  faster  than  a 
slow  walk  before. 

“You  don’t  feed  him  well  enough  to  get  him  to  do  much  run-1 
ning,”  I told  him.  “That  horse,  when  he  did  have  to  run,  got 
his  twelve  pounds  of  corn  and  all  the  hay  he  could  eat  every  day.”< 

' c.  I 

Extermination  of  Salmon. 

They  say  “unknown  conditions”  have  interfered  with  the  work 
of  the  salmon  hatcheries,  so  that  not  one-fifth  part  of  the  eggs 
expected  have  been  obtained.  The  conditions  are  not  unknown. 
Contrary  to  law,  the  fishing  season  was  extended,  or  at  least  was' 
not  closed  as  required  by  law.  Again,  there  should  be  closed, 
intervals,  even  in  the  fishing  season,  so  the  fish  may  have  a 
chance.  Artificial  propagation  will  do  wonders  if  the  fish  are 
allowed  to  come  in  from  the  ocean.  But  when  the  massacre  cuts 
off  life  in  its  source,  whsa  is  to  be  expected?  Most  of  the  fish 
having  been  caught  in  the  lower  river,  there  are  few  to  produce 
young  for  the  hatcheries.  The  greed  of  to-day  often  cuts  off  the 
gain  for  to-morrow.  A few  years  more  .and  there  will  be  no 
salmon  in  the  Columbia— unless  more  vigorous  enforcement  of  the 
law  of  the  closed  season  can  be  had,  and  the  law  itself  requires 
amendment  that  the  closed  season  may  be  longer.  Again,  there 
is  need  of  an  understanding  between  the  States  of  Oregon,’ Wash- 
ington and  Idaho,  and  vigorous  enforcement  of  the  joint  agree- 
ment, or  of  intervention  of  the  United  States  with  a uniform  law 
for  the  States  of  the  Columbia  basin.  Under  present  conditions 
the  salmon  are  doomed,  and  will  disappear,  and  money  expended1 
on  hatcheries  is  wasted.— Portland  Oregonian. 


George  Fields,  Horace  Philhower,  Louis  Disbrow  and  Con- 
stable Frank  D.  Cranmer,  all  expert  shots  of  the  North  Branch1 
Gun  Club,  may  have  to  pay  damages  for  nearly  destroying  a 
flock  of  domesticated  geese  that  they  mistook  for  the  wild  variety. 
It  appears  that  John  Lore,  who  lives  a few  miles  from  North 
Branch,  owned  the  flock  of  geese,  and  that  Thursday  night  dogs 
got  into  the  flock  and  scattered  them.  Out  of  the  flock  of  fifteen, 
ten  flew  in  the  North  Branch  direction,  and  Friday  morning  they 
settled  on  the  meadows  near  the  village. 

An  early  riser  gave  the  alarm,  and  an  organized  posse,  the  prin- 
cipals being  those  named  above,  started  to  gather  in  on  the  birds 
that  were  feeding  on  the  meadows.  They  were  lucky  enough  to 
get  seven  out  of  the  ten.  Before  noon,  Lore,  who  had  been  out 
searching  for  his  much-prized  geese,  drove  into  North  Branch, 
where  the  birds  had  been  proudly  displayed  in  the  country  store. 
When  he  discovered  the  dead  geese  were  from  hL  own  flock,  he 
was  furious,  and  threatened  to  have  the  sportsmen  all  arrested, 'but 
when  explanation  was  made,  he  became  less  bellicose,  and  nego- 
tiations for  a settlement  are  in  progress.  The  geese  were  valu- 
able, as  the  breed  is  getting  very  scarce.— Newark,  N.  J.,  Call. 


fcni'wjJ  FOREST  AND  STREAM.  108 


*1  he  Wood  Buffalo'Past  and  Present. 

ifc* 

The  great  interest  which  attaches  to  the  almost  extinct 
buffalo  renders  anything  definite  that  may  be  published 
about  it  worth  noting. 

Except  for  a small  number  of  animals  now  protected  in 
the  Yellowstone  Park,  the  only  wild  buffalo  on  the  conti- 
nent are  the  wood  buffalo,  or  bison,  which  still  exist  in 
western  Canada.  These  buffalo — quite  different  in  habit 
from  their  brothers  of  the  plains — formerly  existed  in  the 
timbered  country  of  Canada  from  the  Athabasca  north  as 
far  as  Great  Slave  Lake.  But  within  the  past  century 
their  numbers  have  been  extraordinarily  reduced,  and  the 
area  over  which  they  range  is  so  great,  that  we  know  and 
can  know  little  that  is  definite  as  to  their  numbers.  Of 
late  years  they  have  been  guessed  at  as  numbering  any- 
where from  1,500  to  ioo;  but  since  they  range  over  an 
area  of  perhaps  15,000  square  miles  between  Peace  River 
and  the  Great  Slave  Lake  and  from  Slave  River  westward 
to  the  foothills  of  the  mountains,  these  estimates  are  little 
more  than  guesswork. 

Mr.  Warburton  Pike  and* Mr.  Caspar  Whitney  have 
both  written  of  these  animals,  but  saw  little  or  nothing  of 
them.  Much  more  recently  an  official  of  the  Hudson’s 
Bay  Company  endeavored  to  secure  information  from 
natives  along  the  McKenzie  River  and  the  streams  which 
form  it,  taking  care,  as  far  as  he  could,  not  to  count  the 
same  buffalo  twice.  His  conclusions  were  that  the  num- 
ber of  buffalo  left  alive  at  that  time  were  more  than  500. 

In  the  London  Field  last  summer  appeared  an  interest- 
img  account  of  the  country  in  which  the  buffalo  range, 
•wjfh  an  estimate  of  their  numbers,  which,  however,  is  not 
mutch  more  valuable  than  others  which  went  before  it. 
What  is  said  of  the  range,  present  and  past  of  this  sub- 
species is,  however,  very  well  worth  reading. 

It  will  be  remembered  that  a few  years  ago  Mr.  S.  N. 
Rhoads  described  this  subspecies  under  the  name  of  Bison 
anierican us  athabascce.  No  skulls  of  this  form,  so  far  as 
we  recall,  had  previously  been  examined.  Mr.  Rhoads’ 
specimen  came  from  the  Rocky  Mountains  west  of  Great 
' Slave  Lake.  It  ^ larger  and  with  more  slender  horns 
than  the  plains  form,  and  perhaps  is  thus  nearer  to  the 
European  bison,  though  we  know  too  little  of  the 
northern  form  to  draw  conclusions  about  it.  The  writer 
says : ) 

“The  whole  interior  of  the  country  is  unmapped  and 
unexplored,  and  is  traversed  only  in  the  winter  time  by  a 
few  roving  bands  of  Indians.  In  the  summer-time  these 
Indians  collect  at  the  different  Hudson’s  Bay  posts,  Forts 
Chipewyan,  Smith  and  Resolution,  getting  a little  tem- 
porary employment  from  the  fur  traders  as  boatmen  and 
voyagers,  or  in  making  hay,  and  eking  out  a miserable 
existence  on  what  fish  they  can  catch  in  the  rivers.  A few 
of  them  build  log  houses  and  raise  some  vegetables,  but 
the  majority  are  too  lazy  even  to  do  this,  and  live  in  cot- 
ton tents  and  flimsy  canvas  lodges  that  have  almost  en- 
tirely replaced  the  more  substantial  ones  of  deer  skin. 
Those  who  trade  at  Smith  and  Resolution  belong  to  the 
great  Chipewyan  tribe,  and  are  a bad  lot,  particularly  the 
younger  generation.  A few  Crees  find  their  way  into 
.the  country  from  the  south,  and  on  the  west  is  the  fast- 
wanishing  tribe  of  Beavers.  To  the  east,  across  the  Slave 
iRiver,  is  the  country  of  the  Caribou  Eaters,  another 
'branch  of  the  Chipewyan  tribe,  speaking  a slightly  dif- 
ferent dialect,  who  get  their  name  from  living  on  the  cari- 
bou of  the  barren  lands. 

“A  few  years  ago  the  wood  buffalo  were  found  over  a 
very  much  larger  area  than  at  present,  for  we  hear  of 
them  having  been  killed  as  far  west  as  Fort  St.  John 
and  Fort  Liard,  along  the  foothills  of  the  Rocky  Moun- 
tains, eastward  across  the  Slave  and  Athabasca  rivers, 
and  southward  toward  the  height  of  land.  That  they  were 
very  rare  as  far  northwest  as  Fort  Liard  is  shown  by  the 
fact  that  in  1866,  when  the  tracks  of  one  bull  were  seen 
by  the  Indians  about  twenty  miles  north  of. the  post,  they 
did  not  know  what  it  was,  and  were  afraid  to  shoot  it, 
until  a man  from  the  south  came  to  the  place  and  went 
out  and  shot  it.  There  is  a general  opinion  that  they  never 
went  further  north  than  Great  Slave  Lake;  but  among 
the  records  of  the  Hudson’s  Bay  Company  at  Fort  Simp- 
son there  is  an  item  which  apnears  in  the  journal  for  the 
year  1835,  showing  that  during  the  winter  six  wood  buf- 
falo were  killed  by  the  fort  hunters  on  the  east  side  of 
the  Mackenzie  River,  near  Marten  Lake,  and  nearly  100 
miles  north  of  the  outlet  to  Great  Slave  Lake.  But  this 
is  the  only  case  on  record,  and  it  was  probably  a herd  that 
strayed  much  further  north  than  usual.  Ten  or  twelve 
years  ago  there  was  a small  band  of  a dozen  or  twenty 
to  be  found  south  of  the  Peace  River,  near  Fort  McMur- 
ray;  but  recently  they  have  not  been  heard  of,  and  have 
probably  been  killed  off,  and  at  present  the  only  place  that 
one  does  find  them  is  in  the  country  north  of  the  Peace 
River  and  south  of  Great  Slave  Lake,  between  the  Slave 
River  and  the  Caribou  Mountains,  and  particularly  on  the 
Salt  Plain  near  the  brine  springs. 

“Several  people  have  attempted  to  make  an  estimate  of 
the  number  of  buffalo  in  this  region,  and  among  them 
Caspar  Whitney,  who  makes  their  number  to  be  about 
400.  This  is  rather  a difficult  thing  to  do,  as  they  are  not 
collected  together  in  one  large  herd,  but  are  scattered  over 
the  whole  area  in  small  bands,  of  from  ten  to  twenty  in  a 
band.  Pike  reports  seeing  eight  in  one  band,  while  the 
largest  band  that  we  came  in  contact  with  contained  about 
twelve.  Estimates  as  to  their  numbers  obtained  from  the 
natives  who  hunt  in  this  country  varied  all  the  way  from 
eighty  up  to  400.  The  mean  of  these  two  extremes  is 
240,  and  this,  I should  "judge,  would  be  the  outside  limit. 
It  is  said,  too,  that  an  unusually  large  proportion  of  these 
are  old  bulls. 

“Though  it  is  now  nearly  seven  years  since  the  killing 
of  the  wood  buffalo  was  prohibited  by  the  Dominion 
Government,  and  four  years  since  the  last  one  was  known 
to  have  been  shot,  there  does  not  seem  to  be  any  marked 
increase  in  their  numbers.  But  perhaps  it  may  be  too 
40cm  to  notice  it.  The  natives  account  for  this  by  the 


number  of  large  timber  wolves  that  frequent  the  same 
district,  and  kill  the  young  ones  in  the  early  spring  before 
they  are  strong  enough  to  take  care  of  themselves.  The 
price  paid  by  the  fur  traders  for  their  skins  is  in  itself 
not  a sufficient  inducement  for  the  Indians  to  go  in  largely 
for  trapping  wolves,  particularly  as  the  country  still 
abounds  in  many  of  the  more  valuable  fur-bearing  ani- 
mals, such  as  beaver  and  marten,  and  unless  some  effort 
is  made  to  exterminate  them,  or  even  keep  down  their 
numbers,  the  wolves  will  increase  at  the  expense  of  the 
buffalo.  That  the  wood  buffalo  were  once  very  much 
more  numerous  than  at  present  may  be  inferred  from  the 
number  of  old  tracks  and  wallows  that  are  seen  on  the 
ridges  and  some  of  the  more  open  placds;  and  if  we  go 
back  to  the  time  of  the  discovery  of  Great  Slave  Lake,  in 
December,  1771,  we  see  that  at  that  time  Samuel  Hearne 
reports  the  buffalo  in  hundreds  near  where  Fort  Resolu- 
tion now  stands  at  the  mouth  of  the  Slave  River,  and 
later  explorers  confirm  the  same  report.  The  same  indis- 
criminate slaughter  was  never  practiced  among  the  wood 
buffalo  by  the  Indians  and  others  as  among  the  buffalo  of 
the  prairies,  as,  because  living  in  a wooded  country,  they 
had  to  be  hunted  on  foot.  They  are  not  very  difficult  to 
hunt,  but  the  hunter  has  not  the  chance  of  firing  more 
than  three  or  four  shots  before  the  band  is  out  of  sight. 
It  is  said  that  about  forty  years  ago,  some  time  in  the 
sixties,  there  came  a heavy  fall  of  rain  in  the  middle  of 
the  winter,  completely  saturating  the  snow.  When  this 
again  froze  a thick  icy  crust  was  formed,  so  that  the 
buffalo  were  unable  to  paw  it  away  to  get  food,  and  in  at- 
tempting to  do  so  the  tendons  of  their  forefeet  were  cut, 
As  a result,  hundreds  of  them  died  of  starvation.  This 
story  is  corroborated  by  the  officers  of  the  Hudson’s  Bay 
Companj*,  and  appears  in  the  journals  of  some  of  their 
posts,  so  that  it  must  have  some  foundation,  and  the  fact 
would  account  for  the  disappearance  of  some,  though  not 
all,  of  the  animals. 

"The  question  whether  they  are  a distinct  species  from 
the  prairie  buffalo>  has  often  been  raised ; but  they  are  un- 
questionably the  same,  and,  though  the  wood  buffalo 
stands  perhaps  four  inches  higher,  and  is  proportionately 
heavier,  the  size  of  one  is  merely  the  result  of  his  environ- 
ment. They  had  probably  wandered  northward  into  the 
Peace  River  Valley  from  the  prairie  to  the  south,  and, 
finding  the  winters  not  severe  enough  to  drive  them 
southward  again,  they  remained  there.  The  climate  of 
this  country  is  not  any  severer  than  that  of  the  prairies 
to  the  south,  and,  living  in  a fairly  well  wooded  region, 
are  not  exposed  to  the  fierce  blizzards  that  sometimes 
rage  over  the  open  or  sparsely  timbered  districts  of 
Alberta,  Assiniboia  and  Manitoba.  This,  together  with 
some  difference  in  the  nature  and  quality  of  their  food, 
has  resulted  in  the  production  of  a larger  animal.  It  does 
not  follow,  however,  that  the  same  conditions  would  pro- 
duce similar  results  in  all  the  animals  found  in  this  coun- 
try. Moose  and  bear,  which  are  very  numerous,  are  no 
larger  than  those  found  elsewhere  through  Canada;  but 
then  the  cases  are  not  parallel,  for  neither  of  these  two 
animals  inhabit  a prairie  country  as  the  buffalo  did.  A 
parallel  case  would  be  that  of  the  wolves.  Wolves  living 
in  a wooded  country  are  always  larger  than  the  prairie 
wolves. 

“The  country  occupied  by  the  wood  buffalo  is  interest- 
ing in  many  respects,  though  the  topography  is  very 
simple.  Going  westward  from  the  Slave  River,  the  land 
rises  in  a series  of  low,  flat-topped  escarpments  composed 
of  limestone,  culminating  eventually  in  the  Caribou  Moun- 
tains at  a height  of  2,000  feet  at  something  over  100  miles 
from  the  river.  Lakes  are  few,  and  the  few  small  creeks 
and  streams  flowing  northward  to  Great  Slave  Lake,  or 
south  to  the  Peace  River,  meander  in  an  exasperatingly 
crooked  manner  through  their  wide  shallow  valleys,  only 
broken  here  and  there  by  shallow  rapids,  or  less  fre- 
quently plunging  in  waterfalls  over  the  face  of  an  escarp- 
ment. One  of  the  most  interesting  of  these  waterfalls  is 
that  on  the  Little  Buffalo  River.  At  the  time  of  my  visit 
in  August,  the  volume  of  water  in  the  river  was  not  great. 
The  drop  is  only  about  50  feet,  but  the  peculiar  thing  is 
that  one  can  actually  cross  to  the  opposite  side  of  the 
river  by  walking  underneath  the  falls ; not,  however,  with- 
out getting  wet  from  the  spray.  The  cause  of  this  is  that 
the  upper  strata  of  limestone  are  harder  and  more  re- 
sistant than  the  lower,  and  consequently  the  upper  over- 
hang. Below  the  falls  is  a deep  circular  basin  and  a 
narrow  gorge,  cut  to  a depth  of  100  feet  or  more  in  the 
solid  rock,  and  having  almost  vertical  walls.  The  gorge 
is  seven  miles  in  length,  and  marks  the  distance  the  falls 
have  retreated  from  the  face  of  the  escarpment  since  the 
genesis  of  that  part  of  the  river.  The  whole  thing  is 
representative  of  the  Niagara  Falls  and  gorge  in  minia- 
ture. The  Big  Buffalo  and  Hay  rivers  to  the  west  both 
flow  over  this  same  escarpment,  and  with  exactly  similar 
results  of  falls  with  gorges  below  them. 

“The  greater  part  of  the  country  is  densely  wooded, 
with  the  usual  northern  forest  of  spruce,  poplar,  tamarac 
and  birch.  The  small  openings  which  are  dignified  by  the 
name  of  prairies  are  rather  scattered,  and  are  usually  only 
200  or  300  yards  in  length ; but  it  is  on  these  that  one  is 
very  likely  to  run  across  the  buffalo.  The  Salt  Plain, 
which  covers  an  area  of  perhaps  seventy-five  square  miles, 
and  which  gets  its  name  from  having  several  brine  springs 
situated  on  it,  is  not  an  unbroken  stretch  of  prairie  land, 
but  is  dotted  here  and  there  with  clumps  or  groves  of 
poplar.  Part  of  it  is  covered  with  a luxuriant  growth  of 
grasses  and  different  flowering  plants,  and  looks  very 
beautiful  when  these  are  in  bloom,  and  part  is  barren  and 
alkaline.  It  lies  only  a few  miles  west  of  the  Slave  River, 
and  a few  years  ago  was  the  favorite  feeding  ground  of 
the  buffalo,  who  used  to  come  to  lick  the  salt.  Bear  and 
moose  still  frequent  the  neighborhood  of  the  brine  springs* 
but  the  buffalo  have  gone  further  inland,  and  little  trace 
of  them  is  left  but  a few  bleached  skulls. 

“One  need  have  no  difficulty  at  all  in  getting  game  any- 
where, for  the  country  abounds  in  moose,  caribou,  bear, 
and  some  of  the  smaller  animals.  We  found  in  one  of  the 


numerous  sink  holes  which  occur  all  through,  and  which 
are  characteristic  of  any  area  underlaid  by  beds  of 
gypsum,  a moose  imbedded  in  the  ice  at  the  bottom  of  the 
hole,  with  only  his  horns  protruding.  He  had  probably 
fallen  in,  and  as  the  sides  were  overhanging,  he  was  un- 
able to  get  out,  and  died  there.” 


A Wild  Turkey  Gross* 

Morgantown,  W.  Va. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream 
Recently  a West  Virginia  paper  contained  the  fol- 
lowing: “William  Warner,  of  Pendleton  county, 

who  is  making  a specialty  of  domesticating  and 
marketing  wild  turkeys,  sold  fifty  on  last  Saturday, 
They  were  the  finest  lot  ever  seen  in  that  county,  and 
the  aggregate  weight  was  615  pounds.  The  experiment 
of  raising  wild  turkeys  has  often  been  tried,  with  only 
moderate  results,  Mr.  Warner  seems  to  have  mastered 
the  secret.  His  method  is  to  procure  the  Vild  eggs  and 
hatch  them  out  under  tame  hens.” 

Believing  as  I did  that  it  was  unusual  to  domesticate 
wild  turkeys,  even  though  hatched  by  domestic  fowls,  I 
learned  the  address  of  Mr.  Warner,  and  wrote  him  for- 
particulars  concerning  his  experiments,  and  received  in 
reply  the  following  information.  He  found  two  wild 
turkey  eggs  in  the  woods,  and  set  them  under  a hen;  both 
hatched  and  did  well,  and  proved  to  be  a hen  and  gobbler. 
They  were  allowed  to  run  at  large;  when  they  were  one 
year  old  the  hen'  got  hurt  and  died.  He  put  the  gobbler 
with  his  bronze  turkey  hens  and  raised  seventy-five  of  the 
finest  young  turkeys  he  had  ever  seen.  When  he  mar- 
keted them  in  the  fall,  they  weighed  twenty  pounds  each. 
He  says  the  gobbler  was  the  finest  bird  he  ever  saw;  it 
would  come  up  and  eat  out  of  his  hand,  but  a stranger 
could  not  get  near  it.  He  declares  he  would  not-  have 
taken  ten  dollars  for  it.  He  had  a cornfield  some  distance 
from  the  house  where  the  gobbler  would  go  every  day, 
and  some  hunter  killed  it,  and  that  was  the  end  of  his  wild 
turkey  raising.  However,  his  neighbors  have  caught 
young  wild  turkeys  and  put  them  with  their  tame  ones, 
and  they  did  well,  and  got  much  larger  than  the  tame 
ones,  and  brought  better  prices.  No  bird  is  so  closely 
associated  with  the  pioneer  history  of  our  country,  and  it 
would  be  interesting  and  no  doubt  profitable  if  some  of 
the  dwellers  in  localities  where  they  can  yet  be  found 
were  to  secure  some  of  these  noble  birds  and  preserve  the 
species  before  they  pass  away,  as  they  must  sooner  or  later 
do  in  their  wild  state.  Emerson  Carney. 


White  Shovellers. 

Mr.  Chas.  Hallock,  now  wintering  in  Southern  Cali- 
fornia, sends  us  an  extract  from  a letter  which  he  has 
received  from  Mr.  W.  B.  Boardman,  of  Minneapolis, 
Minn.,  son  of  the  late  Geo.  A.  Boardman.  The  reference 
to  albinos  will  interest  some  of  our  readers.  Mr.  Board- 
man  writes : 

“I  trust  you  will  have  a pleasant  winter  in  California 
and  enjoy  yourself  with  nature,  which  pleasure  we  are 
denied  in  this  cold  country  during  the  winter.  It  was  18 
degrees  below  zero  this  morning. 

“I  was  in  Winnipeg  last  month,  and  when  on  my  way 
to  the  station,  noticed  a number  of  mounted  natural  his- 
tory specimens  in  a window,  including  both  birds  and 
animals,  on  which  there  was  a sign  stating  that  they 
were  for  sale.  Among  the  collection  were  three  pure  white 
spoonbill  ducks.  I tried  to  ascertain  from  the  man  in 
the  store  something  regarding  them,  but  he  knew  nothing 
about  them — said  the  man  in  that  side  of  the  store  was 
out. 

“Knowing  how  much  my  father  was  interested  in 
albinos,  it  occurred  to  me  that  possibly  some  of  your 
friends  might  like  to  secure  one  or  more  of  these  speci- 
mens. If  so,  I think  I might  possibly  secure  the  name  of 
the  owner  from  some  of  my  acquaintances  in  Winnipeg.” 


European  Widgeon  in  California, 

Los  Angers,  Cal.,  Feb.  10. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 
On  the  5th  inst.,  on  a marsh  near  this  city,  I shot  a fine 
specimen  of  the  European  widgeon  ( Mareca  penelope). 
The  bird  came  in  to  the  decoys  with  five  of  the  common. 
American  widgeon.  It  was  a male,  in  full  winter  plumage, 
and  weighed  two  pounds  and  one-half  ounce. 

About  a year  ago  another  specimen  of  this  widgeon 
was  brought  to  bag  by  a friend  of  mine,  Mr.  Joseph 
Welsh,  of  Pasadena,  shooting  on  another  part  of  the  same 
marsh. 

M.  penelope  is  a rare  straggler  on  the  western  coast, 
although  I believe  it  is  somewhat  more  common  on  the 
Atlantic  seaboard.  Robert  Erskine  Ross. 

[The  books  say  that  M.  penelope  is  rather  abundant, 
and  breeds  in  Alaska,  and  that  it  is  not  very  uncommon 
on  the  northwest  coast.  It  is  of  rather  rare  occurrence 
on  the  Atlantic  Coast.  Every  occurrence,  however,  should 
be  noted.]  


An  interesting  trial  under  the  Lacey  act  came  off  last 
week  before  Judge  Boarman  in  Florida.  It  appears  that 
one  jTohn  R.  Jack,  of  Punta  Gorda,  a commercial  collector* 
of  bird  skins,  had  long  been  engaged  in  collecting  the 
skins  of  small  birds  and  shipping  them  out  of  the  State 
to  collectors  elsew’here.  The  National  Committee  of 
Audubon  Societies  learned  of  this,  and  after  procuring 
evidence  against  the  man,  submitted  the  facts  and  the  tes^ 
timony  to  the  Department  of  Justice  at  Washington. 

The  case  was  put  in  the  hands  of  the  U.  S.  District 
Attorney  for  the  Southern  District  of  Florida,  the  accused 
man  was  arrested  and  put  under  bonds.  The  defendant, 
recognizing  that  he  had  no  case,  plead  guilty  and  was 
duly,  fined.  He  confessed  that  his  shipments  had  been 
considerable,  and  stated  that  within  a comparatively  short 
time,  he  had  shipped  out  of  the  State — of  course  in  contra- 
vention of  the  law— -not  less  than  forty  ivory-billed  wood- 
peckers, a species  which  is  on  the  verge  of  extinction. 


As  it  Happened  in  the  Canon. 

“Nobody  but  a tenderfoot  would  carry  a scatter  gun  in  a 
big-game  country,  anyway.  Condemn  it,  you’re  worse 
than  a tenderfoot.  You’re  a pilgrim — a condemned  pil- 
grim, that’s  what  you  are !”  and  by  way  of  emphasis  my 
partner  slapped  a few  slabs  of  bacon  in  the  frying-pan, 
jammed  it  down  on  the  coals  and  yanked  back  the  pot  of 
boiling  coffee. 

I made  no  reply.  I could  say  nothing  that  would  alter 
the  facts.  Besides,  when  I know  the  other  man  is  right 
and  I am  wrong,  I let  him  have  his  say.  What’s  the  use 
of  your  going  on?  You  might  go  as  far  as  you  like, 
maybe,  but  if  you  are  wrong,  you  have  to  come  all  the 
way  back;  so  what’s  the  use?  In  silence  I watched  him 
spread  on  the  ground  the  piece  of  greasy  old  canvas, 
throw  on  it  some  agateware  plates  and  cups  and  iron 
knives  and  forks.  He  set  the  coffee,  frying-pan  and  a pot 
of  frij ole's  within  reach,  then  dragged  up  an  aparajo  for  a 
seat. 

“Draw  up  that  cushioned  armchair,  Mr.  Pilgrim,”  said 
he,  pointing  to  another  aparajo,  “and  fall  to.  We  are  sort 
o’  out  o’  luck  to-day.  Our  butcher  and  the  ice  cream 
man  did  not  come ; the  stove  didn’t  draw  well,  and  our 
white  cake  and  lemon  meringue  pie  didn’t  come  through ; 
but  maybe  you  can  make  out  with  Chicago  quail  and 
Arizona  strawberries.  It’ll  be  something  for  your 
stomach  to  gnaw  on,  anyway.” 

Humph  ! As  if  our  stomachs  had  not  been  gnawing  .on 
bacon,  beans  and  frying-pan  bread,  straight,  for  three 
months.  We  were  down  in  the  Southwest  prospecting 
for  gold  and  copper;  one  is  about  as  good  as  the  other, 
and  were  then  hiking  back  to  the  nearest  supply  point, 
but  were  yet  nearly  ioo  miles  from  a railroad  station  and 
about  forty-seven  miles  outside  the  knowledge  of  God. 
I forked  out  a slab  of  bacon  and  said : 

“I  was  so  close  that  I might  have  knocked  him  down 
with  a rock.” 

“Why  didn’t  you  do  it?” 

Again  I made  no  reply.  I knew  my  partner.  It  took 
him  just  about  so  long  to  get  over  anything,  and  generally 
his  troubles  disappeared  after  supper  in  the  smoke  of  his 
pipe.  To  know  a man  thoroughly,  one  must  be  on  the 
trail  and  in  camp  with  him.  My  partner  might  be  a little 
slow  in  rolling  out  of  his  blankets  in  the  morning;  but 
at  night  when  one  was  stretched  out  on  the  ground,  all 
in,  it  was  he  that  unpacked  and  hobbled  the  burros, 
knocked  together  a little  fire,  boiled  coffee  and  fried  bacon. 
He  was  even  cheerful  when  the  tobacco  was  out  and  the 
grub  running  low ; could  smoke  tea  and  say  it  beat  noth- 
ing. You  know — one  of  those  fellows  that  you  are  not 
afraid  to  have  walk  behind  you  on  the  trail  and  carry  the 
last  canteen  of  water. 

Following  the  squaw  rains,  three  months  before,  we  had 
packed  into  a treeless,  waterless,  rocky  country.  After  a 
heavy  rain  the  tenejos  or  holes  scooped  in  the  granite  in 
the  bed  of  canons  will  sometimes  carry  water  for  months, 
and  we  expected  to  depend  on  these  tanks.  Of  course 
on  the  trip  out  we  had  packed  enough  water  to  do  us 
there  and  back.  No  one  but  a tenderfoot  will  leave  one 
desert  waterhole  for  another  without  packing  enough 
water  to  do  him  there  and  back;  the  second  one  may  be 
dry.  If  it  is  and  he  has  failed  to  obey  the  rule  of  the 
desert,  it’s  odds  on  that  he  does  not  get  back. 

We  had  made  two  dry  camps,  and  all  that  day  had 
plodded  across  a cactus  and  greasewood  mesa,  shaping 
our  course  by  a saddle  in  a dark  colored  mountain  in  the 
canons  of  which,  by  the  aid  of  our  glass,  we  saw  timber 
that  does  not  grow  where  its  roots  cannot  reach  water. 
The  sun  had  dropped  over  the  saddle,  and  the  shadows 
in  the  canons  were  turning  to  purple  at  the  base  when  we 
reached  the  mountain.  We  found  water  and  cottonwoods 
in  the  canons,  and  the  sides  covered  with  scrub  oak  and 
pine,  the  ridges  and  hogbacks  bare.  . T'~5' 

“This  sure  looks  good  to  me,”  said  partner,  as  We' ’began 
unpacking.  Up  the  canons  quail  were  calling  across  to 
one  another,  and  from  the  number  of  calls  the  mountain 
seemed  fairly  alive  with  them.  To  rest  our  tired  feet,  we 
had  removed  our  thick-soled,  hobnailed  brogans  and 
slipped  on  buckskin  moccasins,  which  we  carried  tied  con- 
veniently to  the  cinch  ropes.  As  the  quail  began  calling, 
my  partner  looked  at  me  and  grinned.  I yanked  a take- 
down shotgun  out  of  an  aparajo,  hurriedly  threw  it  to- 
gether, and  stuffed  some  shells  loaded  with  fine  shot  in  the 
pocket  of  my  jumper. 

“Sure,”  said  he,  “I’ll  unpack,  start  a fire  and  have  the 
pan  hot.  You  better  stick  some  blue  whistler  shells  in 
your  other  pocket ; this  country  looks  good  to  me  for 
something  bigger  than  quail.” 

“Quail  is  good  enough  for  to-night,”  I replied.  “We 
have  not  tasted  fresh  meat  for  three  months — not  even  a 
jack  rabbit — and  now  you  are  trying  to  think  of  some- 
thing better  than  quail.” 

I slipped  away  up  the  canon,  and  in  less  than  two  hun- 
dred yards  saw  a number  of  big,  plump  mountain  quail 
scuttling  through  the  brush  ahead  of  me.  Their  numbers 
increased  as  I went  on,  and  I soon  had  a big  covey  on  the 
move.  Now,  from  what  I have  said,  you  may  realize  that  I 
was  out  after  meat.  I decided  that  I would  drive  until  they 
bunched,  and  then  let  go.  I figured  that  I might  get  ten 
or  a dozen.  Yes,  a pot-shot;  but  remember  that  my  con- 
science had  been  oiled  by  bacon  grease  for  three  straight 
months.  I slipped  along,  stepping  high  and  softly  in  my 
moccasins,  the  wind  in  my  face.  I have  never  yet  figured 
out  why  it  is  that  the  wind  always  blows  up  a canon  in 
the  daytime  and  down  it  at  night. 

Another  one  hundred  yards  and  a long  file  of  quail 
streamed  over  the  hogback  and  down  into  the  next  canon, 
with  me  hot  foot  and  soft  after  them.  The  next  canon 
was  broad,  and  along  the  bench  was  a cottonwood  slash. 
The  quail  scurried  under  the  fringe  of  brush  surrounding 
this  slash,  and  noiselessly  I slipped  through  an  opening  in 
the  brush.  The  next  instant  I was  petrified  right  there  in 
my  tracks.  Not  thirty  steps  from  me  stood  an  elk.  Yes, 
an  elk,  big  as  an  ox,  and  I with  an  old  scatter  gun  loaded 


with  bird  shot.  He  had  just  risen  from  his  day  bed  and 
begun  feeding,  for  leaves  were  still  clinging  to  his  coat 
and  in  his  mouth  was  a cottonwood  shoot.  If  I was  petri- 
fied, he  was  paralyzed,  for  he  only  stood  and  looked,  his 
eyes  growing  bigger  and  bigger,  till  they  looked  to  me 
as  big  as  small  moons.  He  may  never  have  seen  a man 
before,  but  anyway  he  recovered  himself  first,  and  decided 
he  wanted  no  closer  acquaintance.  He  let  out  a whistle 
that  might  have  been  heard  a mile,  threw  his  antlers  back 
on  his  shoulders,  flagged  me,  and  was  gone,  flushing  over 
a hundred  quail  in  his  flight.  Then  I “came  to”  and  had 
to  sit  down.  I wish  I could  remember  what  I said.  Then 
I took  the  shotgun  by  the  barrel  and  was  tempted  to  break 
it  over  a log,  but  I didn’t.  It  would  be  nearly  dark  by 
the  time  I got  to  camp,  so  I went  back  and  told  my  part- 
ner. You  know  only  “some”  of  the  things  he  said. 

We  finished  our  supper  in  silence,  and  after  lighting 
his  pipe  he  settled  down  with  his  back  against  a boulder, 
took  a few  puffs  and  then  looked  across  at  me  and 
grinned.  We  decided  to  stay  there  two  or  three  days  and 
rest  ourselves  and  animals.  “And  it  will  give  you  another 
chance,”  said  my  partner,  as  he  hung  the  bean  pot  out  of 
the  reach  of  crawling  things  and  stuffed  a rag  in  the  spout 
of  the  coffee  pot. 

I did  get  my  other  chance  with  our  rifle,  and  made 
good  on  a fat,  three-year-old  buck,  and  we  had  elk 
cooked  in  every  style  conceivable  in  a frying-pan,  Dutch 
oven  and  on  the  coals,  and  had  jerky  enough  for  a month. 


Arctic  Wolves* 

The  current  number  of  the  Dansk  Jagttidende  con- 
tains an  article  upon  the  above  subject  from  the  pen 
of  the  zoologist  of  the  second  Fram  expedition  under 
Sverdrup.  Herr  E.  Bay,  in  the  course  of  his  narrative, 
says: 

“As  a striking  proof  of  the  destructive  influence  of  the 
wolf  on  other  wild  animals,  it  may  be  cited  that  in  1891- 
1892  we  of  the  Ryder  expedition  found  Jameson’s  Land 
full  of  reindeer.  When  Lieutenant  Amdrup’s  expedition 
landed  there  some  years  later,  the  wolves  had  in  the 
meantime  immigrated,  and  had  reduced  the  number  of 
rein  to  a minimum.  Only  the  Polar  bear  and  the  musk- 
ox can  hold  their  own  against  this  scourge. 

“One  day  Plenriksen,  who  had  dropped  his  ski  stick, 
was  picking  it  up  about  120  yards  behind  the  sledge, 
from  which  he  had  jumped.  Suddenly  a wolf  appeared 
in  front  of  the  sledge,  and  at  once  the  dogs  gave  chase; 
but,  of  course,  they  could  not  make  up  to  it.  In  the 
meantime  another  wolf  came  up  from  behind,  and  went 
right  up  to  Henriksen,  who  had  no  other  weapon  than 
his  ski  stick.  It  dared  not  attack,  however,  and  it 
must  have  been  pleasant  to  see  the  two,  the  man  and 
the  wolf,  walking  each  on  his  side  of  the  sledge  track, 
casting  distrustful  looks  at  one  another.  Finally  they 
reached  the  sledges,  when  Schei  fired  at  and  missed 
the  animal.  Whenever  he  related  the  story  afterward, 
he  swore  to  such  an  extent  that  the  air  became  quite 
sulphurous. 

“Nov.  22  being  Foshejm’s  birthday,  it  was  kept  in 
the  usual  festive  way.  I had  the  night  watch,  for  the 
sake  of  the  meteorological  observations.  By  twelve 
o’clock  all  had  gone  to  rest,  and  I came  up  on  deck 
to  observe.  With  a lantern  in  my  hand,  I went  forward 
to  the  bow,  where  the  thermometer  hung,  and  while 
■reading  it,  I heard  down  on  the  ice  the  heavy,  regular 
tread  of  a pair  of  animals,  which  were  evidently  neither 
dons  nor  bears.  Throwing  the  light  upon  them,  I 
saw  two  big,  white  heads,  which  were  turned  toward 
me;  they  were  those  of  two  wolves,  which  stood  not 
more  than  twenty  feet  from  the  ship.  I ran  below 
quickly,  hung  the  lantern  between  the  decks,  and  rushed 
to  my  cabin  for  a gun,  shouting  on  my  way  that  there 
were  wolves  near  the  ship.  Capt.  Sverdrup  and  Lieu- 
tenant Banman  heard  me  and  at  once  began  to  dress. 
I wished  to  wait  for  them,  being  uncertain  of  my  shoot- 
ing  powers  in  the  darkness;  but  the  captain  told  me  to 
'hurry  up  again  if  I were  ready.  * * * When  I came 
on  deck  again,  I saw  the  two  wolves  about  forty  feet 
from  the  ship;  it  was  nearly  pitch  dark,  and  I could 
only  make  out  their  outlines.  They  stood  quite  still, 
and  I hoped  that  they  would  remain  until  the  others 
joined  me  with  their  guns.  Then  a door  banged  below, 
and  they  at  once  began  to  move.  Although  it  was  too 
dark  to  take  aim,  I dared  not  wait  any  longer,  and  so 
I fired  in  the  direction  of  the  hindmost.  To  my  great 
astonishment  and  joy,  it  fell.  Then  Lieutenant  Ban- 
man  came  up,  and  we  went  down  onto  the  ice.  The 
fallen  wolf  was  not  dead,  and  when  I came  up  it  snapped 
at  me,  its  teeth  clicking  together  like  those  of  a steel 
trap.  I could  quite  well  have  killed  the  beast  in  a 
proper  fashion,  but  hearing  my  companion  getting  his 
gun  ready,  and  not  wishing  anybody  else  to  have  a 
hand  in  the  death  of  the  wolf,  I fired  at  it.  The  first 
shot  missed,  but  the  second  struck  only  too  well,  for  it 
rendered  the  animal’s  cranium  quite  useless  for  scien- 
tific purposes— an  act  which  was  all  the  more  disgrace- 
ful, as  it  was  the  zoologist  of  the  expedition  who  had 
committed  it!  * * * It  turned  out  to  be  a young 

wolf,  quite  white,  except  as  regards  a few  dark  hairs 
down  its  back.  * * * On  Dec.  1,  about  9 in  the 

■evening,  the  watch  observed  three  wolves  close  to  the 
ship,  he  went  below,  fetched  his  gun,  and  fired  a couple 
of  shots,  but  failed  to  hit  them.  The  wolves  did  not  go 
far,  however,  for  glimpses  were  obtained  of  them  every 
now  and  again;  but  although  we  were  all  on  deck  or  on 
the  ice,  none  of  our  shots  were  successful.  For  the 
next  week  things  were  lively  on  the  Fram.  During  the 
day  we  saw  nothing  of  the  wolves,  but  when  the  dogs 
were  taken  in  for  the  night,  and  it  had  been  quiet  for 
some  time  on  board,  they  were  not  long  of  turning  up: 
There  was  now  bright  moonshine,  with  a clear  sky, 
and  every  evening  shots  were  fired  at  the  wolves;  but, 


singularly  enough,  nothing  ever  came  of  them.  * * 
After  a time  the  many  misses  which  we  executed  b? 
gan  to  have  a demoralizing  effect, 

“But  there  are  other  means  than  shooting  of  gettirj 
hold  of  wild  animals,  and  it  was  not  long  before  tfi 
neighborhood  of  the  Fram  abounded  with  traps,  son1 
of  them  of  wonderful  construction.  The  most  remarl 
able  was  undoubtedly  a shark  hook  with  a piece  <i 
blubber  for  bait.  At  night  it  was  arranged  at  the  sic 
of  the  ship,  the  other  end  of  the  fishing  line  being  mac 
fast  to  the  shio’s  bell,  so  that  the  alarm  might  be  give 
whenever  there  was  a bite!  This,  it  may  be  adde. 
never  came  off,  although  certain  individuals  who  d: 
not  take  a serious  view  of  the  affair  took  the  op 
portunity  of  alarming  the  sanguine  anglers.  Anothc 
contrivance  was  put  up  with  intent  to  hang  a wo 
on  the  point  nearest  the  ship.  Early  one  morning  aft< 
the  dogs  had  been  let  out,  we  heard -a  great  comme 
tion  in  that  direction;  and  on  rushing  to  see  what  w;< 
the  matter,  we  found  that  Ingebrigt  (a  dog)  had  walke 
into  the  snare.  Fortunately,  it  was  released  withof 
sustaining  injury. 

“Gradually  we  grew  quite  accustomed  to  have  wolv<| 
round  us;  they  were  quite  harmless,  and  never  inte^ 
fered  with  us  or  the  dogs.  But,  on  the  other  hand, 
was  undoubtedly  humiliating  that  they  escaped  all  01 
afforts;  so  we  played  our  last  trump.  With  great  cai 
Foshejm  had  constructed  a large  box  trap  with  a clo 
ing  door,  and  on  the  fifth  this  was  brought  out  on  tr 
ice.  Already,  the  day  after,  it  appeared  that  a wolf  ha 
been  in  it,  but  much  to  the  disgust  of  the  maker,  it  ha. 
m some  mysterious  way,  lifted  the  door  again,  an 
got  out.  In  haste  some  improvements  were  made,  an 
at  last,  on  the  8th,  the  structure  was  brought  on  boar 
with  a captive  inside.  Great  activity  now  prevailed  d 
board  the  Fram  in  the  manufacture  of  a cage,  ari 
not  until  the  latter  was  nearly  ready  was  it  discovere 
jns^ea<^  one>  there  were  two  wolves  in  the  traj 
We  had  much  difficulty  in  inducing  them  to  enter  the 
new  abode,  but  at  last  we  succeeded;  they  reache 
Norway  in  good  condition,  and  they  are  now,  as  fa 
as  I know,  at  ‘Skandsen,’  in  Stockholm.  After  th 
captUi  e,  the  other  wolves  withdrew  from  our  neighbo1 
hood,  and  peace  again  reigned.”— London  Field. 


A Try  at  New  Brunswick. 

, We  had  bears  in  our  minds  this  autumn,  possibll 
because  we  suspected  that  our  hearthstone  looked  bar, 
No,  we  wouldn’t  have  the  head  attached  to  the  rur 
only  to  be  frequently  rearranged,  then  stumbled  ovb 
again  and  emphatically  condemned;  the  skin  would  if 
tossed  on  the  floor  and  forgotten  till  some  one  askef1 
tor  the  story  of  its  acquisition,  while  the  head  would  gjfi 
up  higher,  to  mingle  on  the  walls  with  types  of  famf 
liar  woodland  associates;  but  we  were  anticipating  Nef 
Brunswick  having  become  a rather  prominent  featui 
on  the  hunters  map  since  Maine’s  license  law  gave  o 
tense  to  some  of  her  annual  visitors,  who  hav' 
written  of  this  newer  country.  We  felt  a drawin' 
m that  direction;  not,  however,  because  we  bore  Main 
a grudge  for  her  legislative  enactment,  but  for  tb 
reason  that  here  was  a comparatively  new  field  fc 
experience  and  observation. 

Accordingly,  we  dispatched  an  inquiry  to  a poir 
some  thirty  miles  beyond  the  railroad  terminus,  an 
the  reply,  “Bears  are  more  numerous  than  ever  before! 
persuaded  us  to  engage  to  arrive  at  the  edge  of  th' 
woods  on  Oct.  15.  While  journeying  thither  along  tb, 
bank  of  the  Tobique  River,  we  saw,  awaiting  shipmen* 
some  exceptionally  fine  moose  heads,  which  had  parte: 
company  with  their  original  owners  during  the  callin 
season,  then  just  closed,  when  jealousy  had  overcom 
their  endowed  faculties  for  self-preservation  and  the 
tell  an  easy  prey  to  the  ingenuity  of  the  hunter.  J 
tew  days  later  we  were  encamped  upon  a “hardwoo 
ridge,  with  the  nearest  settlement  twenty-five  miles  be. 
hind  us,  while  before  us  and  on  either  hand,  stretchin 
out  for,  one  hundred  or  more  miles,  was  the  soleim 
woods.  In  our  wandering  during  the  succeeding  te 
days  we  visited  some  sections  of  this  wooded  countr 
which  had  probably  never  been  hunted  over  before,  an 
still  we  were  scarcely  within  the  shadows  of  this  vasi 
timberland.  An  inspection  of  the  neighborhood  su: 
lounding  our  first  camp  convinced  us  of  the  presenc 
of  bear  and  moose.  The  former  had  stripped  decaye 
logs  of  their  bark  in  search  for  insects,  and  turne 
over  the  fallen  leaves  far  and  near  to  feed  on  the  plent 
ful  beech  nuts,  while  the  latter  had  left  many  imprei 
sions  of  their  sharp  hoofs,  and  the  bulls  had  mutilate 
and  uprooted  the  young  evergreen  trees  while  burnish 
ing  their  horns  upon  them.  Hunting  conditions  wer 
bad,  owing  to  the  leaves  and  twigs,  which  lay  thief 
upon  the  ground,  being  dry  and  very  noisy;  but  not 
withstanding  this  drawback,  we  saw  on  the  first  morr 
ing  a cow  moose,  two  spike-horn  bulls  and  caught 
glimpse  of  a good  set  of  moose  horns  disappearin' 
among  the  trees.  When  returning  to  camp  in  the  aftei 
noon,  an  animal  of  some  kind  vanished  over  the  bro1 
of  a hill  we  were  ascending,  and  hastening  there  w 
found  ourselves  almost  in  the  midst  of  eight  caribot 
One  of  these  had  quite  a good  head,  and  him  we  took  t 
supply  meat  for  camp  and  bait  for  traps.  After  the  fa 
of  their  leader  a cow  with  calf  came  so  near  to  us  th? 
we  attempted  to  photograph  them.  The  latter  ws 
very  becomingly  attired  in  gray  coat,  black  stocking 
and  wore  a little  pair  of  chamois-like  horns  in  velve 
The  caribou  spend  the  spring  and  summer  on  “tbl 
barrens,”  some  distance  away,  and  go  into  the  wood,1 
for  the  winter.  This  band  seems  to  have  been  an  ad 
vance  guard,  as  the  bulls  usually  shed  their  antlers  be 
fore  this  migration.  To  see  an  animal  in  these  wood* 


Feb.  25,  1905.] 


eans  that  it  is  within  short  range  (excepting  around 
e lakes),  by  reason  of  the  rise  and  fall  of  the  ground 
d the  thick  timber;  but  being  within  short  range  does 
)t  mean  you  have  a good  shot  at  it,  for  quick  work 
rough  a narrow  lane  of  trees  is  often  necessary. 
When  visiting  the  bear  traps  on  the  second  day  we 
w a cow  moose,  and  jumped  two  more  with  calves, 
gain,  the  next  day,  we  found  empty  traps,  although 
one  instance  Bruin  had  plowed  up  the  leaves  all 
ound  it.  Evidently  meat  was  not  what  he  wanted 
ost.  On  this  day’s  journey  we  noticed  the  black  out- 
le  of  a moose  among  the  gray  tree  trunks,  and  while 
scovering  that  his  horns  were  mere  spikes,  had  our 
itentiori  attracted  to  another  bull  of  about  the  same 
;e,  and  presently  still  another  with  probably  five 
lints.  This  latter,  being  broadside  toward  us,  o fi- 
red a tempting  target  as  he  toyed  with  the  under- 
owth  surrounding  him.  While  we  watched  this  trio 
e crash  of  opposing  horns  was  heard  over  a nearby 
se  of  ground,  and  hoping  to  see  a contest,  we  at- 
impted  a flank  movement;  but,  unluckily,  crossed  the 
ind  and  saw  nothing  but  one  vanishing  moose.  Going 
» the  scene  of  the  set-to,  proved  to  us  that  there  had 
•en  four  moose  in  addition  to  the  three  we  saw,  mak- 
g up  quite  a herd.  When  camp  was  reached  after  this 
teresting  experience,  we  saw  convincing  evidence  that 
bull  moose  and  family  had  passed  within  25  yards  of  it 
nee  our  departure. 

At  a conference  now  held  across  the  kettle,  which 
died  in  the  fireplace  improvised  from  the  large  trunk 
E a standing  tree,  it  was  decided  that  the  bears  would 
}t  bait  so  long  as  they  could  get  the  abundant  beech 
jts,  and  furthermore,  while  there  were  a great  many 
6oose  near  at  hand,  they  were  young,  and  probably 
lose  with  broad,  spreading  horns  were  deeper  in  the 
oods.  So  our  thoughts  and  dreams  of  the  bear  orna- 
ients  for  our  hallway,  and  the  hair-raising  story  we 
ished  to  tell  in  connection  with  it,  were  foresworn, 
id  in  the  morning  we  shouldered  our  packs,  deserted 
le  traps,  and  forced  our  way  through  the  contentious 
ndergrowth  further  into  the  forest.  There  were  no 
ails  of  any  kind,  and  this  fact,  coupled  with  the  undu- 
dions  of  the  land,  do  not  admit  of  a pack-laden  trav- 
er  covering  much  more  than  two  miles  an  hour.  To 
e told  toward  the  end  of  a day’s  tramp  that  camp  is 
nly  two  miles  away,  is  very  comforting,  but  by  the 
me  the  point  is  reached  a visitor  to  these  woods  will 
robably  be  willing  to  wager  his  hunting  outfit  that 
imebody  has  willfully  lied.  We  headed  for  a bark 
amp  eighteen  miles  away,  where  we  would  find  a 


CLINGING  TO  EVERY  BOW  AND  TWIG. 


anoe  in  which  to  eventually  float  by  a circuitous  route 
rom  the  woods  to  the  settlement,  whence  we  started. 
Vhen  part  way  to  the  destination,  we  concluded  to 
dake  camp  for  a couple  of  days  on  the  shore,  of  an  at- 
ractive  lake,  which  was  seemingly  popular  with  ducks, 
nd  visit  the  adjacent  ridges.  Rain  fell  freely  at  night 
nd  promised  to  improve  the  hunting  by  soaking  the 
;aves  and  twigs,  thereby  deadening  sound  and  reveal- 
he  impressions  of  the  animals’  feet.  During  the  three 
ays  of  our  visit  here  we  saw  a number  of  deer,  a spike- 
iorn  bull,  two  cows  and  had  a gjere  glance  at  a very 
ine  bull.  The  spike-horn  and  cgfw  wfere  in  a small 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


pond,  and  another  invisible  companion  was  in  the 
bordering  bushes.  Possibly  this  was  our  bull,  and  we 
waited  his  appearance  with  great  expectations,  until  the 
treacherous  wind,  which  had  pursued  and  plagued  us 
since  the  rain  of  several  nights  previous,  swerved 
around,  and  the  critters  took  flight.  Continuing  our 
journey  on  the  day  following,  laden  with  packs,  we 
came  to  the  right  branch  of  the  Tobique,  which  was 
so  swelled  by  the  fall  of  rain  that  we  were  compelled 
to  bridge  it  by  felling  trees.  Signs  of  moose  were  fresh 
and  plentiful  along  the  banks,  and  it  would  seem  only 
necessary  to  sit  down  to  await  their  coming;  but  we 
preferred  carrying  war  into  the  enemy’s  country.  A 
little  later  a huge  buck  deer  crossed  our  course  and, 
when  too  late,  we  wished  we  had  risked  scaring  moose 
and  taken  a shot  at  him.  The  more  hunting  one  does 
after  any  and  all  kinds  of  game,  the  more  impressed  he 
becomes  by  the  self-sufficiency  of  the  ever  alert  deer. 

The  legs  and  bellies  of  two  moose  were  also  seen  as 
they  passed  along  a wooded  rise  of  ground  some  dis- 
tance ahead. 

When  darkness  began  to  close  in  upon  us  and  rain 
to  fall,  we  reached  camp  bedraggled,  tired,  wet,  hungry; 
but  so  soon  as  our  clothing  began  to  steam  before  the 
cordial  fire,  and  the  odor  of  stew  and  the  music  of  the 
boiling  kettle  filled  the  shack,  we  felt  the  delightful  sen- 
sation of  “don’t  care”  languor  which  belongs  to  the 
woods,  where  mental  fatigue  never  complicates  the  situ- 
ation by  interfering  with  the  prompt  action  of  nature’s 
restoratives. 

. Our  fireplace  opened  to  the  sky,  and  while  relieving 
the  pangs  of  hunger,  flakes  of  snow  began  substituting 
themselves  for  raindrops  and  floated  down  into  the  fire. 
Here  was  the  fulfillment  of  our  fondest  hope,  for  with 
a good  tracking  snow,  a big  set  of  horns  was  a sure 
thing  within  the  two  remaining  days  of  the  hunt.  In 


* j 


THE  OMNIPRESENT  COW. 


the  morning  the  landscape  was  white  to  an  unusual  de- 
gree, for  the  snow  was  five  inches  deep  on  the  ground 
and  clinging  to  every  bough  and  twig  till  they  bent  to 
the  breaking  point  under  the  weight.  What  an  . oppor- 
tunity is  here,  we  thought,  to  pry  into  the  affairs  and 
movements  of  all  our  neighbors,  and  we  set  off  for  the 
hills  across  the  lake  with  great  expectation.  Upon  en- 
tering the  woods,  we  found  it  a great  white  lattice, 
wonderfully  beautiful,  but  curtailing  the  view  to.  a dis- 
tance of  from  10  to  20  yards,  according  to  the  thickness 
of  the  undergrowth,  and  deluging  us  with  the  snow  at 
frequent  intervals.  Not  a creature  had  stirred  from  its 
bed;  ours  were  the  only  footprints  upon  the  earth’s 
white  covering  till  the  morning  was  wcli  advanced, 
when  a rabbit’s  track  partly  suaged  our  feeling  of  lone- 
liness. The  silence,  however,  was  unbroken  and  ab- 
solute. Presently  the  red  squirrels  began  showing 
signs  of  activity  by  nibbling  cones  in  sheltered  spots, 
but  were  too  subdued  to  make  the  customary  cutting 
remarks  to  us;  and  then  the  feeling  of  emptiness  im- 
pelled the  fox,  marten  and  fisher  to  go  a-hunting,  but 
the  larger  animals  showed  such  a pronounced  dislike 
for  this  new  environment  that  they  chose  hunger  as  a 
lesser  discomfort.  We  disturbed  a cow  in  the.  early 
afternoon,  and  toward  evening,  when  endeavoring  to 
locate  the  canoe  by  aid  of  the  compass,  came  close  upon 
a spikehorn  and  a cow,  which  pair  we  made  a dash 
toward  and  sent  them  careening  pell-mell  through  the 
forest  in  spite  of  their  former  reluctance. 

Our  last  day  was  at  hand,  and  the  same  untoward 
conditions  remained  as  on  the  preceding  day;  the 
boughs  dropped  the  snow  upon  us,  and  not  a moose 
track  was  to  be  seen.  Toward  noon  we  stumbled  upon 
a young  bull,  and  soon  afterward  a cow  with  calf. 
Their  beds  and  surroundings  proved  that  they  had  not 
stirred  since  the  fall  of  snow.  We  boiled  the  kettle, 
dried  our  clothing,  and  then  started  campward,  by  no 
means  in  low  spirits,  for  our  happiness  was  not  depend- 
ent upon  a bear  or  a big  moose,  and  the  varied  snow 
effects  were  a constant  source  of  entertainment,  and 
admiration  to  an  amateur  photographer  and  denizens 
of  a warmer  clime. 

We  had  jumped  a young  bull  with  curiously  deformed 
horns,  and  soon  afterward  saw  a cow  standing  on  the 
edge  of  a declivity  not  more  than  fifteen  yards  away, 
peering  at  us  through  the  snow-bedecked  undergrowth. 
Evidently  she  had  just  arisen,  and  had  not  gotten  our 
scent.  We  resolved  to  wait  until  she  began  to  run  and 
then  follow  her  as  rapidly  as  possible, ' hoping  to  see 
an  accompanying  bull  on  the  slope  beyond  her.  She 
was  deliberate,  but  presently  started.,  so  did  Guide  Bar- 
ker, and  I followed  behind,  half-blinded  by  the  flying 
snow  and  rebounding  branches.  There  was  a bull,  sure 
enough,  and  a large  on’e  at  that — the  very  one  we 


IBB 


UNREASONABLE  FRIGHT  AND  FLIGHT.; 


wanted.  When  he  attempted  to  follow  the  cow,  his 
immense  horns  caught  in  a whitewood  bush,  bringing 
him  to  a momentary  halt  not  twenty  yards  away,  and 
as  Barker  stopped  running  and  stepped  to  one  side, 
awaiting  the  tragedy,  my  foot  caught  in  a twig  and  I 
plunged  headforemost,  rifle  and  all,  into  the  snow. 

Our  return  to  civilization  was  via  the  swift-flowing 
Tobique  and  its  tributaries,  and  while  floating  the  forty 
intervening  miles  over  various  valuable  salmoon  pools, 
Barker,,  whose  hunter  never  before  failed  to  bring  out 
a large  head,  reasoned  as  follows:  “Hunting  at  this 

season  of  the  year  is  a gamble;  one  walks  through  the 
woods  and  may  promptly  come  face  to  face  with  his 
quarry  without  much  effort,  or  may  wear  out  his  shoe- 
packs  in  attempts  to  be  at  the  right  place  at  the  right 
time.  Game  is  plentiful;  but  still,  the  matter  of  luck 
must  be  reckoned  with.  I have  never  in  my  experience 
worked  so  hard  for  a big  moose  head  as  on  this  occa- 
sion, you  having  been  disappointed  about  the  bear. 
We  have  walked  throughout  each  of  twelve  days,  trav- 
ersed probably  200  hard  miles,  seen  more  than  twenty 
moose,  in  spite  of  disadvantages,  and  when  we  finally 
•found  one  which  would  have  been  a good  substitute  for 
the  coveted  bear,  luck  turned  her  back  upon  you.  Now, 
on  the  other  hand,  a man  came  to  me  this  autumn  who 
had  never  been  in  the  woods  before,  and  wanted  a 
moose.  Before  the  settlement  was  out  of  sight  I saw 
a standing  deer,  and  suggested  that  he  shoot  it.  He 
never  touched  a hair  of  it.  We  almost  walked  on  a 
partridge,  and  again  I asked  him  to  try  his  rifle.  As 
the  bird  flew  away  I advanced  the  supposition  that  he 
had  aimed  at  the  head.  ‘No,’  he  blandly  remarked,  ‘I 
aimed  at  the  whole  bird.’  So  I decided  to  keep  my 
rifle  near  at  hand  and  take  another  guide  along  for  an 
emergency.  This  nimrod  was  a very  stout  man,  and 
we  two  guides  gasped  for  breath  when  he  appeared  on 
the  first  morning  of  the  hunt  clad  in  a scarlet  sweater 
and  yellow  trousers.  Noting  our  speechlessness,  he 
said  he  had  read  of  accidental  shooting  of  hunters,  and 
feared  that  any  stray  lead  in  his  vicinity  couldn’t  pass 
him,  and  would  be  sure  to  select  him  as  a resting  place. 
Our  explanation  that  there  were  no  rifles  within  many 
miles  of  us  made  no  impression.  Well,  sir  he  actually 
cast  a sunset  glow  over  the  landscape,  and  the  trees 
seemed  to  cast  shadows  as  he  passed  them. 

“We  took  him  into  the  woods  and  put  him  in  a 
blind,  as  we  politely  termed  it,  covering  him  with  boughs 
to  keep  him  in  the  dark,  while  we  went  off  to  locate  the 
game  and  confer  as  to  how  to  deaden  the  sound  of  those 


j 


THERE  ARE  NO  TRAILS., 


clothes.  We  discovered  the  haunts  of  some  moose,  and 
stopping  on  our  way  back  to  camp,  dug  him  out  and 
toted  him  along.  The  next  morning  we  plead  for  a 
change  of  apparel,  but  without  avail,  and  sauntered 
forth  with  a feeling  of  hopelessness. 

“Ere  long  we  saw  two  cow  moose,  and  as  you  know, 
these  animals  cannot  depend  upon  their  eyesight;  but 
they  saw  this  red  hayrick  with  yellow  props  coming 
their  way,  all  right,  and  instead  of  waiting  for  the  scent 
to  reach  them,  with  eyes  protruding  and  jaws  dropped, 
or  so  it  seemed,  they  fled  as  though  possessed  of  devils. 
We  stopped  right  titen  and  there,  explained  the  useless- 


186 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


[Feb.  25,  1905, 


Hess  of  going  any  further  in  company  with  an  aurora 
borealis,  and  took  him  back  to  camp. 

‘‘On  the  morrow  a compromise  was  effected,  and  he 
agreed  to  part  with  the  sweater.  During  the  day  we 
saw  a large  bull  and  cow  arise  to  their  feet  within  short 
range.  The  bull’s  head  was  behind  a tree  and  he  didn’t 
see  us.  I told  my  companion  guide  to  draw  a bead  on 
his  hindlegs  and  not  let  him  get  away,  placed  the  hunter 
so  that  he  could  see  the  whole  of  the  animal’s  side,  in- 
structed him  to  shoot  as  soon  as  possible,  and  I cov- 
ered the  forequarters.  Well,  we  waited  and  waited  and 
waited.  My  rifle  barrel  began  to  wobble,  when,  hearing 
a shot,  I pulled  the  trigger.  The  moose  was  down,  and 
cm  looking  around  I was  astonished  to  find  that  the 
hunter  had  not  yet  discharged  his  gun.  My  assistant 
explained  that  his  left,  eye  was  getting  paralyzed  and 
his  arms  so  tired  that  he  couldn’t  keep  the  moose  cov- 
ered any  longer,  and  had  to  shoot  when  he  did  or  not 
at  all.  . We  led  the  hunter  to  the  animal,  and  he  then 
shot  him.  No  doubt  this  fine  head  will  soon  be  dis- 
played as  a result  of  only  three  days’  hunt  in  the  New 
Brunswick  forest,  and  men  who  have  failed,  maybe 
more  than  once,  notwithstanding  their  probable  hard 
work,  will  look  at  it  and  wonder  how  an  apparent  green 
hunter  (in  reality  a red  and  yellow  one)  of  such  a 
mould  could  so  completely  outflank  them.” 

Lippincott, 

Baltimore,  Nov.  21,  1904, 


Salt  Water  Limits  of  Wild  Rice** 

BY  CARL  S.  SCOFIELD,  BOTANIST  IN  CHARGE  OF  GRAIN  GRADE 
INVESTIGATIONS — IN  AGRICULTURAL  DEPARTMENT  BULLETIN. 

Wild  rice  ( Zizania  aquatica  L.)  is  naturally  a fresh- 
water plant,  and  its  growth  along  the  Atlantic  Coast  of 
the  United  States  is  confined  for  the  most  part  to  sluggish 
streams  or  to  those  deep  estuaries  that  are  diluted  by  a 
large  amount  of  fresh  water.  There  are  in  many  of  these 
streams  and  estuaries  large  areas  of  marsh  lands  or  mud 
flats  that  are  submerged  and  exposed  alternately  by  the 
tide.  Wherever  the  water  is  sufficiently  fresh,  such  condi- 
tions are  almost  ideal  for  its  growth,  and  in  many  places 
large  wild  rice  fields  now  exist,  but  there  are  still  other 
places  of  similar  nature  where  the  plant  is  not  found,  and 
where  attempts  to  establish  it  have  been  made  without 
success.  These  failures  have  been  ascribed  usually  to  the 
poor  quality  of  the  seed  used  in  planting,  and  probably 
this  has  been  one  of  the  important  causes. 

An  investigation  undertaken  two  years  ago,f  in  co- 
operation with  the  Seed  Laboratory  of  this  Department, 
demonstrated  the  fact  that  wild  rice  seed  should  never  be- 
come dry  if  its  vitality  is  to  be  preserved.  It  was  also 
shown  that  this  seed  can  be  gathered  and  stored  over  win- 
ter, if  need  be,  provided  it  is  kept  in  water  that  is  very 
cold,  and  well  aerated  or  frequently  changed,  or  even 
frozen. 

From  numerous  letters  received  during  the  year  from 
various  points  along  the  coast,  it  has  become  evident  that 
not  all  previous  failures  were  due  to  the  lack  of  vitality 
oi  the  seed.  It  has.  been  a well  recognized  fact  that  wild 
rice  will  not  grow  in  salt  water;  that  is,  in  water  as  salt 
as  that  of  the  ocean;  but  just  what  its  salt  water  limits 
are  seems  never  to  have  been  determined,  or  at  least  no 
definite  information  on  this  point  is  available.  It  was 
obvious  from  the  nature  of  the  inquiries  received  that 
some  such  information  was  needed,  and  consequently 
some  investigations  have  been  made  near  Washington, 
where  wild  rice  grows  along  streams  flowing  into  Chesa- 
peake Bay.  Three  separate  regions  were  examined,  and 
two  of  these  gave  excellent  opportunities  for  determining 
the  salt  water  limits  of  the  plant. 

As  wild  rice  is  a thoroughly  aquatic  plant — that  is, 
grows  on  soil  entirely  submerged  for  at  least  a part  of  the 
day  during  its  period  of  growth — the  tests  for  salinity 
were  confined  to  the  water  surrounding  the  plants.  The 
difficulties  attendant  upon  determining  the  quantity  of 
water  involved  in  cases  of  soil  samples  threatened  to  com- 
plicate the  investigation  without  adding  materially  to  the 
results  desired. 

The  Method  of  Testing  Salinity. 

The  salt  content  of  the  water  was  determined  by  means 
of  an  electrolytic  bridge  designed  by  Dr.  Lyman  J.  Briggs, 
of  the  Bureau  of  Soils  of  this  Department,  and  such  as  is 
now  in  general  use  by  that  Bureau.  The  principle  in- 
volved in  the  use  of  this  instrument  is  that  with  a given 
temperature  the  electrical  conductivity  of  the  water  in- 
creases with  the  amount  of  salt  in  solution,  or,  conversely, 
the  electrical  resistance  of  the  water  decreases  as  its 
salinity  increases.  The  instrument  is  compact,  portable, 
and  simple  of  operation,  and  gives  results  that  are  ac- 
curate to  a high  degree  and  capable  of  almost  direct  read- 
ing. All  the  difficulties  involved  in  securing  a large 
number  of  samples  and  making  numerous  laboratory 
analyses  are,  therefore,  obviated,  and  a survey  of  any 
locality  may  be  made  and  the  salt  content  of  the  water 
determined  on  the  spot,  where  such  information  is  of  the 
greatest  value  in  interpreting  the  distribution  of  the 
plants  studied. 

The  regions  surveyed  were  visited.  by  boat  and  the 
water  was  examined  both  where  the  wild  rice  grew  vigor- 
ously and  where  its  growth  was  obviously  inhibited  by  the 
excessive  salt  content  of  the  water.  A . special  form  of 
cell,  designed  by  Doctor  Briggs  for  use  in  testing  irriga- 
tion water,  was  found  best  adapted  to  this  work.  This 
cell  consists  of  two  platinum  terminals,  coated  with 

•Wild  rice  is  one  of  the  favorite  foods  of  wild  ducks  and  other 
game  birds  in  the  eastern  United  States,  and  owners  of  shoot- 
ing preserves  desire  to  plant  it  in  order  to  increase  the  richness 
of  their  feeding  grounds  and  thereby  attract  largn  numbers  of 
birds.  Plantings  heretofore  made  have  often  proved  failures, 
particularly  in  brackish  waters  along  the  seacoast.  The  cause  of 
failure  under  these  circumstances  have  been  two — the  -use  of  seed 
which  had  been  so  dried  in  the  curing  process  as  to  destroy  its 
vitality,  and  an  excess  of  salt  in  the  water,  by  reason  of  which 
either  the  seeds  or  the  young  plants  were  killed.  A method 
of  harvesting  and  curing  which  would  insure  vitality  in  wild  rice 
seed  has  already  been  described  in  Bulletin  No.  50  of  the  Bureau 
of  Plant  Industry.  In  the  present  paper  are  recorded  the  results 
of  an  inquiry  into  the  degree  of  salinity  which  the  plants  will 
withstand.  This  information  will  make  it  possible  to  ascertain  in 
advance,  by  a determination  of  the  salinity  of  a particular  body 
of  water,  whether  wild  rice  planting  can  or  cannot  succeed. 

Frederick  V.  Coville, 
Botanist. 

Office  of  Botanical  Investigations  and  Experiments, 

Washington,  D.  €.,  Nov.  30,  1904. 

jSee  Bulletin  No.  60  of  the  Bureau  <0?  flant  Industry,  “Wild 
Btep-  Its  Uses  and  Propagation  A 


platinum  black,  and.  protected  by  a perforated  hard  rub- 
ber bulb.  Ihe  cell  is  attached  to  the  bridge  by  insulated 
leads  and  immersed  in  the  water  to  be  tested.  The  bridge 
readings  are  given  in  ohms  and  a calibration  by  measur- 
mg  the  resistance  of  solutions  of  known  concentration 
suffices  to  transfer  these  readings  into  the  scale  of  per- 
centages by  weight  or  parts  of  a normal  solution,  as 
desired.  ; 

In  the  foilswing  notes  the  instrument  readings  are  used 
largely,  while  in  the  accompanying  table  the  relations  of 
those  readings  to  both  the  percentage  scale  and  parts  of  a 
normal  solution  are  given. 

The  Regions  Investigated, 

The  first  region  investigated  was  that  of  the  Potomac 
River  between  the  city  of  Washington  and  Chesapeake 
Bay.  Wild  rice  was  reported  as  abundant  in  the  deep  in- 
lets or  so-called  rivers  penetrating  both  shores  of  the 
Potomac  near  its  mouth.  It  was  found,  however,  that 
these  inlets  receive  so  little  fresh  water  in  proportion  to 
their  size  that  the  water  in  them  is  approximately  as  salty 
as  that  of  Chesapeake  Bay,  and  they  contained  no  wild 
rice.  There  were,  however,  many  clusters  and  even  small 
fields  of  salt  reed  grass  ( Spartina  polystachya  (Michx.) 
Ell.),  and  also  of  the  narrow  panicum  ( Panicum  digi- 
t an  aides  Carpenter)  that  may  possibly  have  been  mis- 
taken for  Zizania  by  casual  observation  from  a distance. 

There  was  some  wild  rice  growing  along  the  shores  of 
the  Potomac  River  below  Washington  as  far  down  as 
Widewater,  Va.,  near  which  point  the  water  becomes 
salty ; but  the  growth  was  so  scattering  and  so  obviously 
influenced  by  factors  other  than  the  salinity  of  the  water, 
that  no  opportunity  was  found  to  test  the  limiting  condi- 
tions with  respect  to  this  factor. 

The  second  region  investigated  was  at  the  head  of  a 
deep  inlet  from  Chesapeake  Bay,  northeast  of  Baltimore, 
Md.  This  inlet  is  known  as  the  Gunpowder  River,  it 
receives  fresh  water  from  two  small  streams  known  as 
the  Gunpowder  Falls  and  the  Little  Gunpowder.  These 
streams  annually  carry  out  and  deposit  in  the  head  of  the 
inlet  large  quantities  of  mud,  through  which  several  nar- 
row channels  are  kept  open  by  the  current.  The  mud 
flats  thus  formed  are  submerged  to  the  depth  of  a foot  or 
more  at  flood  tide  and  exposed  by  several  inches  at  low 
tide. 

This  annual  mud  deposit  is  gradually  filling  up  the 
inlet,  and  over  the  land  thus  made  the  progress  of  vegeta- 
tion is  to  be  seen  in  well-marked  stages.  The  first  plant 
to  appear  is  pickerel  weed  ( Pontederia  cordata  L.).  These 
usually  grow  on  the  freshly  deposited  mud  and  doubtless 
aid  greatly  in  holding  it  in  place.  These  plants  are  fol- 
lowed by  wild  rice  in  isolated  clusters  which  give  seed 
enough  to  produce  a dense  and  luxuriant  growth  the  year 
following.  Meanwhile,  additional  deposits  of  silt,  together 
with  the  debris  from  the  large  stems  of  the  wild  rice 
plants,  have  transformed  these  soft  mud  flats  into  firm 
land,  and  the  wild  rice  is  gradually  replaced  by  cat-tails 
( Typha  latifolia  L.)  and  various  species  of  sedges  and 
grasses. 

_ The  combined  volume  of  the  two  streams  above  men- 
tioned is  sufficient  to  dilute  the  otherwise  salty  water  of 
the  Gunpowder  River  for  a considerable  distance  out  over 
the  mud  flats,  and,  so  far  as  could  be  ascertained  by  care- 
ful observation,  all  other  conditions  are  sufficiently  uni- 
form so  that  the  spread  of  the  wild  rice  into  the  river  is 
limited  only  by  the  salinity  of  the  water.  In  other  words, 
conditions  at  the  head  of  the  Gunpowder  River  appear  to 
be  such  that  the  salt  water  limits  of  the  pajftic.ular  variety 
of  wild  rice  growing  there  can  be  definitely  measured. 

There  is,  of  course,  the  universal  complication  of  tide 
movement,,  with  the  result  that  the  concentration  varies 
at  any  point  in  the.  critical  zone  as  the  tide  alternately 
rises  and  falls.  While  the  measurements  of  salinity  were 
not  continued  at  a given  point  in  this  zone  throughout  a 
complete  cycle  of  tide  movement,  they  were  made  for  a 
sufficiently  long  period  to  give  an  approximate  idea  of  the 
range  of  concentration. 

The. conformation  of  the  mud  flats  and  channels  at  this 
point  is  such  that  there  is  very  little  actual  inflow  of  tide 
water  over  the  rice  fields.  The  incoming  tide  is  little  more 
than  sufficient  to  stop  the  outflowing  fresh  water,  even  in 
the  open  channels,  so  that  the  concentration  at  any  point 
within  the  wild  rice  field  is  practically  the  same  at  flood 
tide  as  when  the  tide  has  more  than  half  run  out. 

At  the  mouths  of  the  two  streams  mentioned,  the  Gun- 
powder Falls  and  the  Little  Gunpowder,  the  water  at  the 
beginning  of  ebb  tide  gave  about  1,400  ohms  resistance. 
Out  beyond  this  point  were  the  large  fields  of  wild  rice 
cut  by  open  channels.  Among  the  most  luxuriant  growth 
of  wild  rice,  where  the  water  was  practically  stagnant,  the 
resistance,  was  about  300  ohms,  varying  from  275  to  323 
ohms  at  different  points. 

On  the  outer  edge  of  the  wild  rice  field  and  in  the  chan- 
nels near  this  edge  at  flood  tide,  the  resistance  was  150 
ohms  or  less,  while  the  open  water  outside  of  the  field 
gave  a resistance  as  low  as  125  ohms.  This  latter  reading 
corresponds  to  a 0.03  normal  solution  of  sodium  chloride, 
and  at  this  point  evidently  marked  the  limits  of  the  resist- 
ance of  wild  rice  to-  salt  water. 

The  third  region  investigated  was  the  Patuxent  River 
in  Maryland,  from  Chesapeake  Bay  to  the  head  of  naviga- 
tion, which  is  Leon’s  Landing,  a point  just  north  of  where 
the  Chesapeake  Beach  Railroad  crosses  this  river. 

The  Patuxent  River,  for  a considerable  distance  above 
its  mouth,  is  very  wide  in  proportion  to  the  volume  of 
water  it  contributes  to  Chesapeake  Bay,  so  that  it  does 
not  form  the  conventional  delta.  As  a result  the  tide  is 
very  pronounced,  as  the  stream  narrows  to  the  propor- 
tions necessary  to  deliver  its  water,  and  the  line  between  • 
fresh  and  salt  water  shifts  for  a long  distance  with  each 
tide. 

This  action  of  the  large  tide  movement  considerably 
complicated  the  task  of  measuring  the  concentration  of 
the  water  with  which  the  plants  along  the  stream  are 
actually  surrounded.  It  was  found,  however,  that  the 
wild  rice  plants,  especially  those  along  the  lower  part  of 
the  river  where  the  salt  content  was  fairly  high,  are  so 
situated  that  they  have  a minimum  of  actual  water  move- 
ment past  them.  In  other  words,  where  the  conditions 
are  such  that  the  salt  content  of  the  river  water  at  high 
tide  is  considerably  greater  than  that  to  which  the  wild 
rice  is  accustomed,  the  plants  along  this  portion  of  the 
stream  were  surrounded  by  water  considerably  fresher 
than  that  of  the  stream  itself.  The  maximum  concentra- 
tion in  which  wild  rice  plants  were  found  extensively 


growing  in  the  lower  river  was  about  0.03  of  a normal 
solution  of  sodium  chloride,  equivalent  to  a resistance  of 
125  ohms.  Occasional  plants  were  found,  however,  where 
the  resistance  was  as  low  as  60  ohms,  but  these  were  so 
situated,  that  they  were  doubtless  surrounded  a Targe  part 
of  the  time  by  wafer  much  fresher  than  this.  This  latter 
test  was  made  shortly  after  high  tide,  and  the  plants  were 
found  in  a little  cove  of  slack  water.  It  is  probable  this 
represents  nearly  the  maximum  concentration  to  which 
the  plants  were  exposed. 

A careful  survey  of  the  river  below  this  point — White’s 
Landing — failed  to  show  any  quantity  of  wild  rice.  There 
were  occasional  plants  further  down  the  river,  but  always 
in  situations  well  inland,  that  were  probably  fed  by 
springs,  so  that  the  water  of  the  overflow  was  consider- 
ably diluted.  From  White’s  Landing  on  up  the  river  the 
concentration  of  the  water  diminished  rapidly,  and  the 
mud  flats  on  either  shore  produced  an  abundance  of  wild 
rice.  In  fact,  from  Nottingham  north  to  the  head  of 
navigation,  wild  rice  is  the  most  conspicuous  feature  of 
the  vegetation  bordering  the  river. 

Conclusions. 

From  the  surveys  thus  made  in  the  vicinity  of  Wash- 
ington, it  seems  fair  to  assume  that  the  salt  water  limit 
of  wild  rice  is  approximately  represented  by  0.03  of  the 
normal  solution  of  sodium  chloride.  This  is  very  con- 
siderably less  than  the  concentration  of  the  water  of 
Chesapeake  Bay,  which  has  a resistance  of  about  20  ohms, 
or  a concentration  equivalent  to  about  0.28  of  a normal 
solution  of  sodium  chloride.  It  is  also  obvious  that  this 
represents  about  the  maximum  salt  water  resistance  of  the 
species  in  the  regions  examined,  since  the  growth  along 
the  limiting  zone  is  abundant,  and  in  the  nature  of  the 
case  the  whole  tendency  is  toward  the  selection  of  plants 
able  to  resist  higher  concentrations.  The  streams  along 
which  these  plants  grow  on  the  Atlantic  Coast  usually 
flow  into  salt  water.  Nearly  all  of  them  carry  down  large 
deposits  of  mud  and  form  shallow  deltas  which  give- 
physical  conditions  best  adapted  to  the  plant,  and  any 
individuals,  able  to  succeed  in  saltier  water  would  con- 
siderably aid  the  species  in  its  conquest  of  territory. 

When  therefore,  the  question  of  establishing  cultures  of 
wild  rice  along  the  coast  streams  is  being  considered,  it 
is  highly  important  that  the  concentration  of  the  water 
covering  these  areas  be  determined,  for  this  appears  to  be 
the  factor  of  the  greatest  importance  in  ascertaining  the 
possibility  of  establishing  such  cultures. 

It  may  also  be  added  that  the  salt  water  limits  of  wild 
rice  may  be  determined  approximately  by  the  simple  test 
of  taste.  When  water  is  appreciably  salty  to  the  taste,  it 
is  too  salty  for  the  successful  growth  of  this  plant. 

Table  showing  the  relation  between  the  readings  of  the  testing 
cell  used  in  the  above  surveys  and  the  parts  of  a normal,  and 
the  percentage  by  weight  solutions  of  sodium  chiorid;  also 
the  relation  of  these  concentrations  to  the  growth  of  wild  rice. 


Resistance  of 

Parts  of  a 

Percentage 

Notes 

water  in  cell 

normal  solu- 

solution of 

at  80°  F. 

tion  of  NaCl. 

NaCl. 

20 

0.2800 

1.6380 

Concentration  of  Chesa- 
peake Bay;  no  wild  rice. 

00 

0.0640 

0.3740 

Limit  of  occasional 

plants ; excessive  for 
successful  growth. 

125 

0.0300 

0.1755 

Limit  of  wild  rice  growth  ; 
slight  taste  of  salt  in 
water 

250 

0.0140 

0.0820 

Luxuriant  growth  of 

wild  rice;  no  taste  of 
salt  in  water. 

1,400 

0.0027 

0.0158 

Water  at  the  mouth  of 
Gunpowder  Falls;  abun- 
ant  wild  rice. 

3,700 

0.0010 

0.0058  ' 

Water  of  the  upper 
Patuxent  and  Potomac 
rivers;  abundant  wild 
rice. 

According  to  this  test  the  water  of  Chesapeake  Bay  is  con- 
siderably fresher  than  that  of  the  Atlantic  Ocean. 


Tanawadeh  Outing  Club. 

What  proved  to  be  one  of  the  most  enjoyable  occasions 
in  the  history  of  the  Tanawadeh  Outing  Club,  was  the 
dinner  given  by  that  organization  on  the  evening  of  Feb- 
ruary 9,  at  the  St.  Denis  Hotel,  in  this  city,  in  honor  of 
the  retiring  president,  Mr.  F.  James  Reilly,  who  has  just 
completed  two  of  the  most  successful  terms  in  office  since 
the  club  was  organized,  in  1896.  The  entire  membership 
S'f  the  club,  with  the  exception  of  Cadet  John  F.  Curry, 
now  a student  at  West  Point,  were  in  attendance.  A 
letter  of  regret  was  read  from  Cadet  Curry,  written  from 
the  United  States  Military  Academy. 

Harry  V.  Radford,  chairman  of  the  presentation  com- 
mittee, presided.  At  his  right  sat  Ex-President  Reilly; 
at  his  left,  the  newly  elected  president,  J.  Frank  Case. 
It  was  a game  dinner.  The  menus  were  handsome  and 
appropriate.  At  one  side  of  the  list  of  viands  was  an 
oval  medallion  containing  the  portrait  of  the  guest  of 
honor,  and  surrounding  this  a medley  of  all  the  special 
accoutrements  dear  to  the  hearts  of  sportsmen,  such  as 
rifle,  paddle,  snowshoes,  trap,  rod,  reel,  creel,  etc.  Below 
the  portrait  medallion  were  the  words : “Dinner  given  by 
the  Tanawadeh  Outing  Club  in  honor  of  F.  James  Reilly, 
Fourth  President,  upon  his  completion  of  two  terms  in 
office,  Jan.  1,  1903-Dec.  31,  1904,  Hotel  St.  Denis,  New 
York,  Feb.  9,  1905.”  The  menu  was  printed  in  four 
colors. 

At  the  end  of  the  meal,  and  when  cigars  had  been 
lighted,  Mr.  Radford  proposed  the  health  of  “our  well- 
beloved  guest  of  honor,  Ex-President  Reilly;”  then  intro 
duced  Mr.  Charles  U.  Stepath,  who,  he  said,  would 
further  express  the  pleasure  of  the  club  in  having  their 
former  president  with  them.  In  a very  neat  speech  Mr 
Stepath  gave  expression  to  the  high  esteem  in  which  Ex- 
President  Reilly  is  held  by  the  club,  arid  told  how,  during 
his  two  years’  administration,  he  had  endeared  himself  to 
each  member  individually,  not  only  by  the  many  self 
sacrifices  he  had  made  in  the  interests  of  the  club,  which 
had  now  become  one  of  the  most  prominent  of  its  kind  in 
the  country,  but  also  by  the  frequent  individual  kind- 
nesses he  had  showered  upon  all,  and  his  broad  spirit  of 
the  finest  good  fellowship  which  had  actuated  and  sur- 
rounded his  every  official  act,  and  made  of  his  administra- 
tion the  distinguished  success  that  it  had  been.  Then,  in 
the  name  of  the  club,  he  presented  Mr.  Reilly  with  a 
splendidly  wrought  .44  caliber  Winchester  repeating  rifle 
and  sole  leather  carrying  case. 

The  rifle,  which  is  a superb  specimen  of  workmanship, 
W3S  constructed  especially  for  the  club  by  the  Winchester 


'EB.  25,  I90S.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


187 


peating  Arms  Company,  at  their  factory  in  New  Haven, 
is  a full  magazine,  octagon  barrel,  take-down,  with 
iborately  hand-carved,  fancy  walnut  pistol-grip  stock 
i forearm.  Into  the  right-hand  side  of  the  stock  is  set 
oval  plate  of  silver,  bearing  the  engraved  inscription: 
resented  to  F.  James  Reilly,  Fourth  President,  by  the 
nawadeh  Outing  Club,  1905.”  The  carrying  case  is  also 
the  finest  workmanship,  and  made  to  order  for  the 
b. 

The  presentation  had  been  kept  a complete  secret  from 
. Reilly,  and  it  was  evident  that  he  was  deeply  affected 
the  expression  of  regard  which  the  club  had  shown 
i.  With  becoming  modesty  he  thanked  the  members 
their'  handsome  gift,  said  he  did  not  feel  that  he  had 
erved  so  much  honor  at  the  hands  of  his  fellows,  and 
sed  by  toasting  the  future  success  of  the  organization 
! the  happiness  of  its  members. 

dr.  Radford  then  announced  that  no  further  speeches 
1!  been  arranged,  and  that  the  remainder  of  the  evening 
jld  be  devoted  to  story-telling  and  other  informal  en- 
ainment.  In  response  to  a general  appeal,  Mr.  Stepath 
1 the  story  of  how  he  had  caught  the  magnificent  4J2- 
|ind  small-mouth  black  bass  in  Lake  Mahopac,  N.  Y., 
ch  he  has  recently  mounted  and  presented  to  the  club, 
which  has  been  added  to  the  collection  of  mounted 
te  specimens  taken  by  the  members,  which  adorn  the 
house  at  Pelham  Bay  Park.  The  struggle  between 
i and  fish  had  been  exciting  to  a degree,  and  Mr. 
path’s  story  was  characteristically  and  thrillingly  told. 

I said  when  the  fish  struck  he  “thought  he  had  hooked 
American  continent.”  Although  the  great  bass  sue- 
lied  in  breaking  his  fragile  rod  in  three  separate  pieces, 
Stepath  was  able  to  net  and  bring  his  splendid  prize 
jpoat. 

Jr.  Joseph  E.  Ridder,  a son  of  the  distinguished  jour- 
Ist,  Herman  Ridder,  spoke  graphically  of  his  trout  and 
non  fishing  experiences  in  Norway  during  the  past 
on,  and  of  the  elk,  reindeer  and  other  game  animals 
ch  are  found  in  that  northern  country.  His  accounts 
je  very  interesting,  and  Mr.  Ridder  promises  to  further 
rrtain  the  club  members  with  discriptions  of  the  fauna 
flora  of  Norway  at  one  of  the  club’s  periodic  natural 
ory  seances  in  the  near  future. 

lr.  Joseph  B.  Hanf,  a charter  member  of  the  club,  told 
e amusing  incidents  of  his  first  squirrel  hunt  in  West- 
iter  county,  New  York,  taken  ten  or  twelve  years  ago. 
»he  very  pleasant  gathering  was  brought  to  a close  by 
singing  of  “Auld  Lang  Syne.”  Those  present  were: 
Bident  J.  Frank  Case,  Vice-President  F.  James  Reilly, 
betary  Harry  V.  Radford,  Treasurer  Joseph  B.  Hanf, 
l/alentine  Farrelly,  Frank  W.  Norris,  Jr.,  William  F. 
ly,  Joseph  E.  Ridder,  Charles  U.  Stepath. 


assachusetts  Association  Dinner. 

oston,  Feb.  18. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream:  The 
ibers  of  the  Massachusetts  Fish  and  Game  Protective 
ociation  have  become  accustomed  to  looking  forward 
W annual  dinner  as  an  event  of  peculiar  interest.^  This 
the  members  and  friends  assembled  at  the  Copley 
are  Hotel  on  Thursday  evening,  February  16,  to  the 
iber  of  about  150.  President  Hinman,  as  is  custom- 
reviewed  briefly  the  good  work  of  the  past  year,  and 
ared  the  aim  of  the  association  to  be  not  the  killing 
tame,  birds  and  fish,  but  their  protection.  He  alluded 
ae  distribution  of  quail  last  spring  for  restocking  and 
<ood  for  the  birds  this  winter,  which  has  been  sent 
nout  charge  to  all  who  have  made  application  for  it. 
■also  mentioned  the  large  increase  in  membership  dur- 
tjanuary.  It  is  a fact,  he  said,  that  the  members  who 
jt  game  nearly  all  go  outside  the  State  to  do  it,  and 
the  efforts  of  the  association  in  the  line  of  protection 
iz  not  made  with  a view  to  getting  larger  bags  of  game 
inselves.  Ex-Senator  Morse,  of  Boston,  made  a plea 
1 birds  on  the  ground  that  they  are  of  incalculable 
ffit  to  the  agricultural  interests  in  the  destruction  of 
lious  insects.  He  looked  back  with  pride  to  a vote  he 
1 cast  as  a legislator  against  the  wearing  of  birds  on 
ten’s  hats.  Rev.  Wm.  H.  Ryder,  of  Gloucester,  in 
ding  to  the  work  of  the  association  in  feeding  the 
s,  likened  the  members  to  St.  Francis  of  Assisi  as 
anthropists.  He  said  they  were  doing  what  the  church 
lit  to  do. 

Iidge  Jabez  Fox  was  greeted  by  the  singing  of  “Fair 
ilvard.”  He  spoke  of  the  English  method  of  raising 
t sants  under  hens  and  driving  the  young  into  the  woods, 
ye  an  effort  is  made  to  render  them  wild,  and  later  on 
are  driven  to  the  guns  of  the  hunters.  He  hoped  the 
[was  far  off  when  American  would  be  forced  to  raise 
game. 

Howe  Forbush  spoke  of  the  book  on  birds  for  print- 
which  an  appropriation  of  $3,000  is  expected,  having 
idy  received  the  indorsement  of  the  Agricultural 
iimittee  of  the  Legislature.  This  work  is  for  free  dis- 
ition  to  farmers  and  others  of  the  State, 
fdmiral  Maynard  spoke  of  the  protection  of  fur  seals, 

Jsaid  there  should  be  a treaty  with  Great  Britain  for 
: preservation.  Postmaster  Hibbard  told  several  amus- 
> anecdotes,  as  also  did  Mr.  E.  S.  Barker,  who  proved 
ry  humorous  raconteur.  Mr.  E.  T.  D.  Chambers  said 
e was  a general  desire  in  Canada  for  reciprocity  be- 
n sportsmen  of  the  two  countries  and  especially  a de- 
fer the  abolition  of  seining  for  pike-perch  on  the 
adian  shore  of  Lake  Champlain.  He  suggested,  if 
ssary,  that  the  sale  of  those  fish  in  this  country  should 
irohibited.  Mr.  Chambers  referred  to  the  meeting  of 
North  American  Fish  and  Game  Association,  of  which 
5 a representative,  in  Boston  next  summer,  as  an  event 
y to  bear  good  fruit  in  the  interest  of  the  fraternity 
portsmen. 

ther  speakers  were  Dr.  George  W.  Field,  of  the  State 
imission,  and  Dr.  F.  M.  Johnson, 
t the  meeting  of  the  Pittsfield  Rod  and  Gun  Club  this 
k,  James  M.  Burns  was  elected  President,  Charles  W. 
ght  Vice-President,  and  George  C.  Hubbell  Secre- 
-Treasurer.  The  dub,  on  motion  of  Mr.  J.  H.  Wood, 
d “to  use  all  the  means  at  our  command  to  help  de- 
thc  hunters’  license  bill.”  Messrs.  H.  S.  Russell  and 
1.  Stevenson  were  among  those  who  addressed  the 
ting. 

forts  are  making  to  secure  funds  for  the  much-talked- 
animal  park,  and  already  about  $14,000  have  been 
ged,  the  largest  contribution  being  $5,000  from  Col. 
1 F-.  Thayer,  of  Lancaster  and  Boston.  Several  have 
ged  sums  ranging  from  $100  to  $2,000,  the  latter  sum 


by  John  C.  Phillips.  The  writer  can  think  of  nothing 
more  needed  to  complete  the  many  attractions  of  the  Hub. 

At  the  hearing  before  the  Fish  and  Game  Committee 
last  Wednesday,  Mr.  Wm.  C.  Hathaway,  of  New  Bedford, 
urged  that  there  should  be  no  quail  shot  in  the  month  of 
October,  claiming  that  the  birds  were  only  partially 
grown,  and  many  small  birds  are  killed  every  year.  The 
bill  (House  Bill  No.  251)  which  he  had  been  instrumental 
in  Introducing,  provides  for  making  the  open  season  on 
quail  the  months  of  November  and  December  instead  of 
October  and  November,  Mr,  Hathaway  stated  that  he 
expected  several  witnesses  to  appear  in  support  of  the 
bill,  but  they  were  not  in  attendance.  In  opposition  ap- 
peared Lion.  Robt.  S.  Gray,  of  Walpole,  who  declared  the 
season  at  present  all  right;  but,  he  said,  he  only  knew  of 
two  quail  in  his  town.  Mr.  Gray  appeared  as  a member 
of  the  Committee  on  Legislation  of  the 'State  Association. 
He  was  followed  by  Mr.  Abbott  S.  Mitchell,  president  of 
the  Middlesex  Fish  and  Game  Protective  Association, 
with  headquarters  in  Arlington.  He  said  he  represented 
225  members  who  desired  the  law  to  remain  as  at  present, 
and  had  instructed  him  to  appear  for  them.  His  testimony 
was  reinforced  by  that  of  Dr.  J.  W.  Bailey,  secretary  of 
the  club.  Herbert  E.  Tuck,  of  Haverhill,  for  the  Fish 
and  Game  Association  and  Gun  Club  of  his  city,  said  the 
change  would  in  effect  open  the  shooting  for  three  months 
instead  of  two,  as  the  gunners  would  be  allowed  to  kill 
ruffed  grouse  in  October,  and  many  quail  would  fall  by 
the  guns  of  partridge  hunters.  Mr.  Joseph  Sherman, 
member  of  the  House  from  Marshfield,  spoke  strongly 
against  the  bill.  An  up-to-date  hunter,  Mr.  Jessup,  of 
Lowell,  made  a characteristic  argument  in  opposition,  say- 
ing “not  all  who  hunt  are  honorable  men,”  and  the  Eng- 
lish language  was  inadequate  to  describe  some  of  them. 
When  the  birds  have  gathered  “like  a little  family”  and 
selected  some  sheltered  spot  for  winter,  as  they  do  in  late 
fall,  “he  is  a mean  man  who  would  slaughter  them.”  He 
had  no  patience  for  the  class  of  hunters  ambitious  to 
“make  a record  for  killing”  more  than  any  of  their  brother 
sportsmen.  Not  one  should  be  allowed  to  scatter  the 
December  coveys  to  the  four  winds  to  freeze  and  starve. 
This  same  Mr.  Jessup  was  the  banner  witness  two  years 
ago  when  the  anti-sale  law  was  made  a permanent  statute. 

A.  B.  F.  Kinney,  of  Worcester,  declared  that  every  sports- 
man’s club  in  his  city  was  opposed  to  the  bill.  He  said 
it  was  against  protection,  for  more  birds  would  be  killed 
in  December  than  in  October.  No  sportsman,  he  said, 
shoots  the  small  quail.  Ex-President  J.  R.  Reed,  a mem- 
ber of  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  Central  Commit- 
tee, said  that  committee  and  the  State  Association  were 
opposed,  and  he  considered  the  present  law  the  fairest  one 
possible.  He  desired  that  wardens  have  a right  to 
“search”  any  man  out  with  a gun  without  a warrant.  Mr. 
George  H.  Mackey  requested  to  be  recorded  as  against  the 
bill.  Mr.  White,  of  Haverhill,  also  spoke  in  opposition. 

The  writer  has  no  doubt  the  committee — if  they  have 
not  already  done  so — will  report  “leave  to  withdraw.” 

Representative  Wm.  C.  Dunham,  of  Nantucket,  a mem- 
ber of  the  committee,  spoke  briefly  in  behalf  of  a bill  to 
continue  the  close  season  on  quail  in  Nantucket  for  three 
years  more.  The  committee  reported  favorably  on  this 
bill,  and  it  passed  the  House  on  Thursday. 

Hearings  on  House  Bill  No.  289  for  protection  of  trout 
in  Berkshire  county,  and  on  House  Bill  No.  440,  on  length 
of  trout  allowed  to  be  taken  in  the  western  counties,  are 
scheduled  for  Wednesday,  March  1,  at  10:30  A.  M. 

Central. 

In  South  Florida. 

Maitland,  Florida. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream:  In 

your  number  of  November  26  was  an  article  by  W., 
headed  “A  Cheap  Winter  in  Florida,”  and  contradicted 
in  your  number  dated  December  10  by  a Mr.  C.  A.  Dean. 

I have  hunted  and  camped  through  the  southern  parts  of 
Florida  every  winter  during  the  last  nineteen  years.  Your 
correspondent  W.  was  entirely  correct;  and  as  for  grow- 
ing radishes  in  three  weeks,  any  person  at  all  familiar 
with  truck  knows  that  a radish  older  than  three  or  four 
weeks  is  not  fit  to  eat. 

I have  also  passed  from  Kissimmee  to  the  Gulf,  and 
during  the  entire  trip  have  encountered  but  few  rattlers, 
and  have  several  friends  who,  having  made  the  trip,  will 
bear  out  my  statement. 

Mr.  Dean  is  entirely  wrong  when  he  states  that  the 
Disston  Canal  is  a failure,  many  thousand  acres  of  land 
having  been  reclaimed.  Also  Mr.  Dean  makes  the  state- 
ment that  the  pine  trees  of  Florida  are  not  disappearing. 
The  statistics  of  the  Port  of  Jacksonville  will  disprove 
that. 

Concerning  the  alligators,  there  are  thousands  of 
hunters  in  this  State  who  will  testify  that  where  fifteen 
years  ago  they  were  plentiful,  to-day  there  are  compara- 
tively none. 

I have  heard  many  hunting  men  familiar  with  sport  in 
Florida  speak  well  of  Mr.  W.’s  article.  While  not  per- 
sonally acquainted  with  Mr.  Dean,  I know  him  by  name, 
we  also  having  mutual  friends.  He  comes  south  every 
winter  with  a yacht,  chef,  guides,  etc.,  and  is  about  the 
last  person  who  would  know  how  to  spend  a cheap  win- 
ter in  Florida.  W.  B,  Willett. 

Butte  Rod  and  Gun  Club. 

Butte,  Mont.,  Feb.  13. — The  following  letter  sent  out 
by  the  club  to  the  members  of  the  Legislature  will  show 
how  they  stand  on  the  game  law  question: 

“Dear  Sir — It  has  come  to  the  knowledge  of  the  Butte 
Rod  and  Gun  Club  that  there  is  an  effort  being  made  to 
repeal  the  law  relating  to  game,  and  abolish  the  office  of 
the  Fish  and  Game  Warden.  We  are  authorized  to  earn- 
estly protest  against  any  material  change  in  the  laws  for 
the  protection  of  game. 

“Our  observation  convinces  us  of  the  fact  that  fish  and 
game  have  greatly  increased  during  the  four  years  past, 
all  of  which  we  attribute  to  the  fact  that  the  State  has 
had  a warden.  There  were  few  offenders  last  year,  which 
shows  that  a game  warden  who  goes  after  the  lawbreakers 
and  not  wait  for  a complaint  to  be  made,  as  a civil  officer 
does,  is  the  only  one  who  will  assist  in  the  preservation 
of  our  game. 

“If  the  only  reasonable  objection  to  the  present  law  is 
the  question  of  cost,  and  economy  is  sought,  we  suggest 
the  office  of  warden  may  easily  be  made  self-sustaining  by 
a small  license  collected  from  all  fishermen  ??nd  hunters, 


said  license  to  be  issued  by  some  county  officer,  as  treas- 
urer or  county  clerk. 

"We  call  to  your  attention  the  unwarranted  contention 
that  members  of  rod  and  gun  clubs  desire  game  protection 
for  their  own  use.  The  true  facts  are  that  many  members 
of  these  clubs  become  so  enamored  of  the  sport  of  shoot- 
ing inanimate  targets  from  traps  that  they  never  go  out 
in  the  field  hunting. 

“They  feel  that  if  the  fish  and  game  are  unprotected 
that  there  will  be  a loss  to  the  State. 

“Some  of  our  members  have  spent  their  money  stocking 
streams  with  fish  and  in  preserving  the  game  under  the 
impression  that  our  law  makers  would  help  to  preserve 
for  future  generations  the  splendid  game  and  fish  of  this 
our  much-beloved  State. 

“We  implore  you  there  should  be  no  backward  step  in 
this  matter.  Any  assistance  rendered  along  this  line  will 
be  duly  appreciated  by  the  members  of  the  Butte  Rod  and 
Gun  Club.  Respectfully  submitted, 

“E.  A.  Morlby,  President,” 

The  New  York  Dog  Show? 

The  Twenty-Ninth  Annual  Dog  Show  of  the  West- 
minster Kennel  Club  passed  far  away  beyond  all  its  prede- 
cessors in  magnitude.  The  entries  in  all  the  different 
classes  numbered  2,712.  The  actual  number  was  1,752. 
Last  year  the  actual  number  was  about  i,68o. 

It  was  managed  by  Mr.  James  Mortimer,  assisted  by 
Mr.  George  W.  Gall,  both  of  whom  have  had  the  ex- 
perience of  years  in  connection  with  this  greatest  event  of 
America’s  canine  world. 

The  benching,  feeding,  and  general  neatness  were  ad- 
mirable. By  order  of  the  committee  the  dogs  of  the  show 
were  benched  and  fed  by  Spratts  Patent  (America)  Lim- 
ited, whose  skill  and  products  have  contributed  so  much 
to  make  high  class  dog  shows  possible.  The  dogs  looked 
as  well  fed  and  contented  as  a whole  as  if  enjoying  the 
best  care  of  their  appreciative  owners  at  home. 

The  generous  display  of  cups,  large  and  small,  plain 
and  marvelously  wrought  in  beautiful  designs,  was  not 
the  least  of  the  dog  show  attractions.  Among  those  con- 
spicuously noticeable  for  their  beauty  and  numbers  were 
the  Westminster  Kennel  Club’s,  the  Ladies’  Kennel  Asso- 
ciation’s, the  Russian  Wolfhound  Club’s,  the  French  Bull- 
dog Club’s,  the  Toy  Spaniel  Club’s,  the  the  Bulldog  Club’s 
and  the  St.  Bernard  Club’s. 

The  classes  for  pointers  and  setters,  as  a whole,  shaded 
under  last  year  in  respect  to  numbers. 

The  judges  were  as  follows : St.  Bernards,  Mr.  Dudley 
E.  Waters;  Great  Danes,  Mr.  C.  A.  Mantler;  Newfound- 
lands, English  foxhounds,  Russian  sheep  dogs,  grey- 
hounds, retrievers,  chow-chows,  Schipperkes,  griffons, 
bruxellois  bull  terriers,  Mr.  Geo.  Raper;  deerhounds, 
Airedale  terriers,  Scottish  terriers,  fox-terriers,  Welsh 
terriers,  black-and-tan  terriers,  Dandie  Dinmonts,  Bed- 
lingtons,  whippets,  Pomeranians,  Mr.  Arthur  Maxwell; 
Russian  wolfhounds,  Dr.  J.  E.  De  Mund;  pointers,  Mr. 

A.  H.  Ball ; English  and  Gordon  setters  and  Chesapeake 
Bay  dogs,  Mr.  Wm.  Tallman;  bulldogs  and  French  bull- 
dogs, Mr.  Wm.  Codman;  sporting  spaniels  and  collies, 
Dr.  Henry  Jarrett;  beagles,  Mr.  A.  J.  Purinton;  Irish 
setters,  Dr.  Wm.  Jarvis;  American  foxhounds,  Dr. 
Heffinger;  Dalmatians,  Mr.  E.  N.  Barker;  pugs,  English 
toy  spaniels,  Japanese  spaniels,  toy  poodles,  Yorkshire  ter- 
riers, Maltese  terriers,  toy  terriers,  old  English  sheep  dogs 
and  basket  hounds,  R.  F.  Mayhew;  Irish  terriers,  Mr.  O. 
W.  Donner;  dachshunds,  Mr.  Jos.  Graeffle;  Boston  ter- 
riers, Mr.  H.  D.  RiSey. 

the  Westminster  Kennel  Club  cups,  offered  by  mem- 
bers of  the  club  and  won  outright,  were  as  follows : 

George  De  Forest  Grant’s  cup  for  the  best  pointer  dog — 

B.  F.  Lewis’s  champion  Mark  Rush. 

Walton  Ferguson,  Jr.’s,  cup  for  the  best  pointer  bitch — 
H.  A.  Waldron’s  Norwald  Primrose. 

• W.  K.  Vanderbilt,  Jr.’s,  cup  for  the  best  Old  English 
sheepdog — Frohman  and  Dillingham’s  Stylish  Boy. 

Andrew  Miller’s  cup  for  the  best  Clumber  spaniel — 
Norwood.  Kennel’s  champion  Norwood  Shot. 

R.  H.  Williams’s  cup  for  the  best  team  of  St.  Bernards 
— Alta  Kennels. 

H.  K.  Knapp’s  cup  for  the  best  beagle — W.  G.  Rocke- 
feller’s Rock  Ridge  Vixen. 

William  Rauch’s  cup  for  the  best  Gordon  setter — King 
and  Cane’s  Downham  Victor. 

Charles  M.  Chapin’s  cup  for  the  best  Scottish  terrier— 
Craigdarroch  Kennels’  champion  The  Laird. 

A member's  cup  for  the  best  collie — Meadow  Kennels’ 
Clayton  Countess  (smooth  coated). 

Robert  V.  McKim’s  cup  for  the  best  bull  terrier — M. 
Cunningham’s  Lady  Ruth. 

Thomas  Paton’s  cup  for  the  best  pointer  puppy — M.  T. 
Mason’s  Prospector. 

L.  A.  Eldridge’s  cup  for  the  best  English  setter  bitch — 
Bloomfield  Kennels’  champion  Mallwyd  Di. 

Frederic  Bull’s  cup  for  the  best  Boston  terrier — E.  C. 
Barnum’s  Miss  Barnum. 

Henry  W.  Bull’s  cup  for  the  best  Airedale  terrier — 
York  Kennels’  champion  York  Sceptre. 

Charles  S.  Guthrie’s  cup  for  the  best  English  setter  dog 
— 'Bloomfield  Kennels’  Bracken  o’  Leek. 

Samuel  T.  Peters’s  cup  for  the  best  team  of  Dalmatians 
—Windy  Valley  Kennels. 

Roswell  Eldridge’s  cup  for  the  best  deerhound — Miss 
Clarisse  H.  Livingston’s  Gelert. 

A.  W.  Hoyt’s  cup  for  the  best  parti-colored  cocker 
spaniel — W.  T.  Payne’s  champion  Lorelei. 

James  McGovern’s  cup  for  the  best  Irish  terrier — Rows- 
ley  Kennels’  Historian. 

B.  R.  Kittredge’s  cup  for  the  best  greyhound — B.  F. 
Lewis,  Jr.’s,  champion  Lansdowne  Hall  Stream. 

L.  S.  Thompson’s  cup  for  the  best  English  foxhound — ■ 
Middlesex  Hunt’s  Nemesis. 

W.  P.  Thompson’s  cup  for  the  best  Irish  setter— Dr. 
Charles  A.  Gale’s  Shan  Law. 

Harry  Payne  Whitney’s  cup  for  the  best  fox-terrier— 

C.  K.  Harley’s  Wandee  Doris. 

Louis  Fitzgerald’s  cup  for  the  best  bulldog— T.  W. 
Lawson’s  champion  La  Roche. 

Herman  B„  Duryea’s  cup  for  the  best  English  setter  in 
the  field  trial  classes— Bay  View  Kennels’  champion  Mall- 
wyd Queen. 

Center  Hitchcock’s  cup  for  the  best  Great  Danes — 
Monticello  Kernels’  champion  A,  Qes&r* 


188  PORESTANDSTREA  M . [Feb.  25, 1905. 


The  Log  of  a Sea  Angler. 


SY  CHARLES  F.  HOLDER,  AUTHOR  OF  "ANGLING,”  "BIG  GAME 
FISHES,”  ETC. 

VI. — Kiiing  a Devil  Fish — Big  Rays— Surrounded  by 
Water  Sports. 

One  of  the  interesting  diversions  in  fishing  on  the 
reef  was  watching  the  ways  and  habits  of  the  various 
fishes.  The  clear  sandy  bottom  of  the  reef  off  Middle 
Key  was  the  feeding  ground  of  various  ra.ys,  called 
stingarees,  whiparees  and  other  names  derived  from 
the  long,  slender  whip  or  lash,  with  which  they  were 
armed. 

They  appeared  like  birds  as  they  moved  along  the 
white  bottom,  their  black  shapes  silhouetted  against  it, 
the  side  wing-like  fins  moving  up  and  down.  _ One  spotted 
like  a leopard  was  famous  for  its  leaps,  clearing  the  water 
four  or  more  feet,  falling  prone  with  a loud  resonant 
crash.  Several  times  I hooked  one  of  these  rays  with 
a fairly  light  line  on  my  rod,  and  it  dragged  me  up 
and  down  the  beach  and  always  carried  away  the  line 
when  it  made  an  off-shore  run.  Then  I grained  them, 
and  they  towed  the  dinghy  about  for  a long  time, 
proving  a gamy  fish.  I secured  the  “brush”  of  one, 
and  just  above  it  were  three  sharp  serrated  spines — 
weapons  to  be  dreaded  as  I found  later  when  a com- 
panion was  struck  by  one,  the  blow  nearly  severing 
the  tendons  of  the  foot. 

Especially  in  the  evening,  the  leaps  of  the  rays  could 
be  heard  and  seen,  and  I believe  they  were  partly  in 
play  and  partly  to  escape  from  the  sharks,  as  at  night 
the  shallow  reef  was  the  feeding  ground  for  a vast 
horde  of  fishes  that  came  up  at  this  time  out  of  the 
adjacent  channels  to  feed.  Fishes  never  seen  at  other 
times,  now  disported  in  the  shallows;  the  waters  were 
churned  into  vivid  phosphorescence  by  this  hungry 
throng.  Even  the  crayfishes  left  their  nests  beneath 
the  coral  and  ranged  over  the  seaweed-covered  flats, 
in  such  numbers  that  I could  have  filled  my  boat  half 
an  hour  before  sunrise  almost  any  morning  by  using 
the  grains. 

One  morning,  when  the  heat  was  ranging  up  into 
high  thermometric  latitudes,  I laid  on  the  sands  beneath 
a sail  awning  Chief  had  rigged  up,  when  directly  op- 
posite a ray,  which  must  have  been  nearly  twenty  feet 
across  and  quite  as  long,  sprang  into  the  air.  It  was 
a marvelous  spectacle,  and  suggested  the  restorations 
of  the  giant  Pteranodon  of  early  days.  When  the 
ray  struck  the  water,  it  shot  away  with  the  tips  of  its 
wings  out  of  water,  and  then  we  saw  half  a dozen  on  the 
surface,  which  appeared  to  be  swimming  in  a circle. 

Chief  said  they  were  playing,  and  it  being  an  op- 
portunity that  evidently  would  not  occur  every  day,  I 
decided  to  try  and  take  one.  All  the  men  advised 
against  it,  having  had  various  experiences,  while  John 
declared  that  one  towed  a three-masted  schooner  out 
of  Garden  Key  Harbor  and  so  demoralized  the  crew 
that  they  jumped  overboard  and  left  her,  preferring  to 
risk  the  sharks  in  a swim  ashore  to  the  devil  fish. 

All  this  had  its  natural  effect  and  made  me  more 
desirous  of  taking  a ray.  There  was  a very  light  breeze 
and  we  hoisted  the  mainsail  of  the  sloop,  while  I rigged 
up  a rest  on  the  bowsprit  and  made  my  grains  fast 
to  all  the  available  rope,  mustering  about  500  feet;  then 
all  being  ready,  I took  my  place  in  the  bow  in  the 
fashion  of  swordfish  harpooners,  and  told  Chief  to 
steer  for  the  rays  that  had  moved  down  the  beach  a 
way,  and  were  still  swimming  in  a circle. 

As  we  crept  up  under  the  gentle  sculling  movement 
of  Chief’s  oar,  the  wind  failing  in  the  lee,  we  saw,  for 
a moment,  unobserved,  the  great  game  of  the  devil  fish, 
as  game  it  must  have  been.  They  were  swimming  one 
behind  the  other  at  intervals  of  ten  or  twenty  feet;  the 
sloop  stopped,  drifting  near  enough  to  the  outer  edge 
of  the  magic  circle  for  us  to  see  every  movement.  Their 
motion  was  a most  graceful  lifting  of  the  side  or 
pectoral  fins,  a virtual  flight  in  the  water;  but  most 
wonderful  was  the  series  of  evolutions  these  sub- 
marine fishes  went  through.  Suddenly  one  would  turn 
a complete  somersault,  showing  its  pure  white  under 
surface  like  a flash,  assuming  the  original  position  with- 
out losing  its  headway;  or  another  would  make  a 
swooping  plunge  down  to  the  sandy  bottom  and  rise 
with  a rebound  that  made  the  water  boil  like  a caldron. 
Again  I saw  the  devil  fish  tilt  to  one  side  with  a 
peculiar  motion,  displaying  a flash  of  black  and  white, 
again  falling  into  line  in  this  strange  swinging  around 
the  circle.  I could  have  watched  the  scene  for  hours, 
but  we  were  drifting  nearer  and  nearer,  so,  selecting 
a ray  that  tipped  its  back  invitingly  toward  me,  I 
hurled  the  grain  into  it. 

None  of  us  were  quite  prepared  for  what  followed,  as 
the  gigantic  fish  rose  from  the  water  as  though  blown 
up  from  below,  and  appeared  like  a huge  bird  flapping 
its  wings  and  swinging  its  whip-like  tail.  But  this 
was  only  for  a second;  it  fell  with  a crash  that  sent 
a wave  seething  back  over  the  bow  of  the  Bull  Pup, 
and  dashed  away,  tearing  the  rope  from  the  coil  in  an 
ominous  fashion. 

There  was  nothing  to  do  but  wait  until  the  end 
came — a few  seconds — then  the  line  came  taut  with  a 
thud  and  the  old  sloop  plunged  her  sturdy  bow  into 

the  sea.  The  ray  towed  us  over  the  reef  and  showed 

us  what  would  have  happened,  assuming  that  we  had 
used  the  small  boat.  I believe  that  it  could  have  been 
hauled  under  water;  as  it  was,  when  the  fish  reached 

deeper  water  it  hauled  the  bow  of  the  blunt-bowed 

sloop  down  ominously  near  the  deck  line,  and  its  course 
took  us  directly  across  the  end  of  Sand  Key  and  into 
shallow  water.  But  the  devil  fish  was  too  demoralized 
to  hunt  d'efep  witter  o‘r  to  chit  §n y particular  trail  * 


over  which  to  escape.  It  swam  across  country  at  the 
top  of  its  speed,  and,  as  it  happened  to  be  half  low 
tide,  it  dashed  or  slid  upon  a ragged  branch  coral 
patch,  a deadly  cheveaux  de  frise,  and  with  back  ex- 
posed, beat  and  pounded  the  water  like  some  huge  and 
uncanny  dragon,  trying  to  fly,  yet  unable  to  rise. 

The  dinghy  was  towing  behind  the  sloop,  so  tossing 
in  a lance  with  which  John  speared  conchs,  I jumped 
aboard  and  Chief  pulled  me  to  the  scene  of  the  wreck, 
as  wreck  it  was,  and  no  more  extraordinary  spectacle 
was  ever  witnessed  than  this  gigantic  bat-like  creature 
pounding  the  sea,  beating  it  with  resonant  blows  and 
tossing  the  spray  and  spume  in  air,  rolling  from  side 
to  side  in  its  efforts  to  escape,  which  only  served  to 
push  it  further  on  to  the  sharp  branch  coral.  I hesi- 
tated to  strike  so  helpless  a prey,  but  evidently  it  was 
a question  of  putting  the  animal  out  of  its  misery;  so 
we  ran  behind  and  I sent  the  lance  into  it  several 
times.  Up  in  great  convulsive  folds  the  animal  rose, 
presenting  an  appalling  spectacle,  altogether  uncanny 
and  menacing;  its  extraordinary  mouth  organs  or 
feelers  adding  to  the  horror  that  it  might  well  inspire 
in  some.  For  fifteen  minutes  it  struggled  and  fought 
against  the  inevitable  after  being  lanced  repeatedly, 
then  gave  up,  and  hung  inert  in  the  foot  or  more  of 
water  that  covered  this  natural  trap. 

The  tide  was  falling,  and  in  an  hour  the  great  fish 
was  high  and  dry,  and  we  went  ashore  and  waited  until 
the  flood,  when  we  floated  it  off  and  hauled  it  on  to  the 
beach,  making  it  fast  to  the  brush  by  a rope.  At  the 
next  low  tide  in  the  morning  the  devil  fish  was  spread 
out  for  inspection. 

It  has  been  my  good  fortune  to  take  nearly  all  the 
large  sea  game  of  American  waters,  but  this  fish  was 
the  climax  in  size,  fighting  qualities  and  extreme  ugli- 
ness, and  though  I later  took  one  in  a more  sportsman- 
like manner,  following  it  in  a dinghy,  the  tow  we  had 
in  the  sloop  was  quite  strenuous  enough  for  average 
nerves. 

I have  seen  men  rattled  by  an  octopus  not  three 
feet  in  width;  but  the  octopus  was  not  a circumstance 
to  this  manta  or  devil  fish,  this  diabolical  creature  with 
its  claspers,  wings  and  all-absorbing  mouth.  It  looked 
more  bat-li'ke  still  when  stretched  on  the  white  bleached 
coral  sands. 

It  was  nearly  seventeen  feet  across  (paced)  and  eigh- 
teen feet  or  more  long  by  the  same  measurement.  It 
had  the  general  shape  of  a flat  ray,  but  its  swimming 
fins  formed  wing-shaped  organs  on  the  side,  which  were 
used  as  wings  to  enable  it  to  fly  through  the  water. 
The  upper  surface  of  the  animal  was  black,  the  lower 
pure  white.  Here  were  the  enormous  gills.  The  mouth 
was  large  enough  to  have  stored  two  men,  though  the 
quarters  would  have  been  snug.  Extending  from  the 
mouth  were  two  fleshy  arms,  feelers  or  claspers,  about 
three  feet  in  length,  that  are  used  to  toss  or  waft 
food  into  the  capacious  mouth;  and  that  they  can  hold 
or  grasp  like  arms,  is  well  known.  Bob  told  of  an 
instance  where  one  had  seized  the  arm  of  a sailor  and 
held  it  like  a vise,  and  various  instances  could  be  cited 
to  illustrate  the  use  of  the  strange  “fins.”  The  tail 
was  five  feet  in  length  and  had  lost  its  tip,  and  bore 
the  appearance  of  a “bull  whip.”  As  to  the  weight  of 
our  capture,  I estimated  it  at  a ton.  John  guessed  two 
tons,  and  Chief  three,  which  shows  the  power  of  pro- 
gressive imagination. 

Few  fishes  have  the  faculty  of  conveying  fear  as  this 
huge  sea  bat,  dreaded  and  hated  by  all  seafarers;  and  as 
specimens  thirty  feet  across  have  been  seen  there  is 
good  reason  for  assuming  that  such  a fish  is  to  be 
dreaded  and  avoided  unless  one  has  a craving  for  sport 
of  the  most  strenuous  nature. 

The  weather  was  so  trying  and  the  heat  so  pitiless, 

I sailed  over  to  Sand  Key,  the  third  key  to  the  west 
from  East  Key,  to  find  the  same  conditions — sand, 
brush,  cactus,  no  gulls,  but  wrecks  of  old  buildings  used 
in  the  Civil  War,  and  graves  tunneled  by  crabs.  Chief 
pointed  to  a spot  on  the  horizon  as  Northwest  Key — 
the  smallest  of  the  group. 

After  noon  a wind  came  up  and  we  started  for  Middle 
Key,  making  a reach  out  into  the  main  channel.  When 
about  in  the  middle  I saw  a black  squall  cloud,  about 
the  size  of  a man’s  head,  rising  over  the  edge  of  the 
world  to  the  north.  It  came  on  with  remarkable  speed, 
and  in  twenty  minutes  the  sky  was  overcast  and  the 
sun  shut  out  by  a curious  copper-hued  cloud  of  ominous 
appearance  and  import. 

We  stood  ready  to  lower  the  sail,  but  instead  of  wind, 
there  came  a series  of  waterspouts.  First  a small 
pendulous  finger  appeared,  dropping  from  a lead-colored 
cloud  not  far  distant.  Down  it  fell,  growing  larger 
and  larger  until  halfway  to  the  ocean,  when  a respond- 
ing tip  was  seen  reaching  up  to.  meet  it.  The  two 
soon  joined.  The  spout  had  begun  in  the  heavens — a 
whirling  column  of  cloud  that  extended  downward,  the 
wind  proceeding  the  cloud  body,  reaching  the  sea  and 
whirling  it  about  with  such  inconceivable  velocity,  that 
it  quickly  took  the  shape  o fa  solid  pillar  of  water  that 
appeared  to  be  a pillar  supporting  the  sky.  Almost 
before  it  was  complete,  another  and  another  formed  on 
all  sides,  and  in  a short  time  we  were  surrounded  by 
five  of  the  tallest  waterspouts  it  was  ever  my  privilege 
to  1'ook  upon,  and  I have  seen  many. 

No  more  appalling  spectacle  can  be  imagined  than 
this.  How  high  they  were  it  was  impossible  to  con- 
jecture; they  appeared  a mile  in  height,  at  least,  that 
would  have  been  the  guess  of  a cool,  disinterested  party 
from  a safe  position;  but  they  may  have  been  but  500 
feet  in  height. 

As  soon  as  they  were  complete,  they  bent  before  the 
breeze,  which  now  came  up,  and  began  to  move  to  the 
east.  I do  not  know  what  were  the  sensations  of  my 
companions;  \ kept  my  own  to  my'self,  but  Chief  ex- 


pressed his  opinion  that  if  I had  let  the  devil  fish  alone 
we  would  at  this  precise  time  have  been  eating  fried 
grunt  on  Middle  Key,  instead  of  looking  at  our  own 
funeral.  It  was  a modern  miracle  that  we  escaped  all 
these  swaying  giants.  John  and  Bob  got  the  dinghy 
ahead  and  made  fast  the  line,  and  stood  ready  to  try 
and  tow  the  Bull  Pup  out  of  range  at  the  psycho- 
logical moment;  but  Chief  kicked  off  his  heavy  shoes 
and  lighted  his  pipe,  and  doubtless  made  other  prepara- 
tions for  immediate  and  violent  dissolution. 

But  he  was  disappointed;  the  spouts  went  careening 
by  us,  so  near  that  I had  to  bend  my  head  far  back  to 
see  the  top  of  the  nearest,  and  passed  on,  like  stalk- 
ing giants,  with  ominous  roar  and  a mass  of  foam  at 
the  base,  the  middle  bent  like  a bow,  the  top  lost  in 
the  coppery  vault  of  the  heavens. 

What  would  have  been  the  result  of  a collision  with 
one  of  these  giants  it  was  easy  to  conjecture.  The  Bull 
Pup  would  have  been  twisted  and  torn  into  fragments 
and  her  parts  tossed  high  into  the  air  by  the  whirling 
waters.  I have  been  within  thirty  feet  of  a large  water- 
spout, near  enough  to  be  drenched  by  its  spray,  deafened 
by  its  roar,  and  feel  confident  to  express  an  opinion; 
yet  I saw  a large  schooner  struck  by  one  that  came 
out  of  the  collision  with  little  or  no  damage.  I be- 
lieve, however,  that  this  was  an  exception,  and  the 
vessel  was  hauled  on  the  reef  at  the  time. 

With  the  passing  of  the  waterspouts  came  the  wind, 
fresh  and  sparking;  the  air  was  clear,  the  sun  shone 
again  on  the  blue  waters,  the  spouts  were  a blur  on  the 
horizon  and  had  doubtless  gone  to  pieces,  while  we  were 
bearing  away  under  press  of  sail  for  the  Middle  Key. 

I had  always  been  skeptical  as  to  the  ferocity  of 
sharks  as  regards  human  beings,  but  this  afternoon, 
when  the  sun  was  getting  low,  I was  driven  in  from 
the  reef  by  a large  shark  that  persistently  followed  us. 
I was  trying  to  catch  some  mullets  with  a cast-net,  and 
had  waded  out  into  water  waist-deep  when  I saw  the 
fin  of  a large  shark.  I was  partly  dragging  the  net 
in  the  water,  and  had  left  a trail  of  mullet  on  the 
smooth  water  which  the  wandering  shark  readily  picked 
up;  and  his  peculiar  motion  in  coming  on  rapidly,  beat- 
ing like  a boat  in  short  tacks  from  side  to  side,  was 
so  suggestive  that  I turned  inshore,  then,  reaching  the 
shallows,  pelted  the  brutish  fish  with  dead  coral  rock, 
but  did  not  succeed  in  driving  it  off.  It  swam  in  until 
it  grounded,  then  thrashed  the  water  into  foam  in. 'its 
attempts  to  escape,  while  I ran  alongside.  It  was  over 
eight  feet  long,  and  bulky  enough  to  have  played  havoc 
with  a swimmer;  yet  I still  had  my  doubts  as  to 
whether  it  would  have  attacked  me.  It  is  my  ex- 
perience that  the  average  shark  is  a coward,  but  I also 
think  there  are  certain  sharks  that,  like  tigers  and 
elephants,  are  man-killers  and  eaters.  I have  known 
such  sharks,  and  doubtless  tropical  hot  waters  aid  in 
debasing  their  appetites. 


Fish  Chat. 

BY  EDWARD  A.  SAMUELS. 

The  Jock-Scott  Fly. 

The  next  two.  or  three  pages  are  filled  with  a hetero- 
geneous collection,  which,  to  any  eyes  but  my  own, 
is  a group  of  that  incomparable  fly,  the  beautiful  “Jock- 
Scott.”  I have  always  wondered  at  the  killing  qualities 
of  this  fly,  for  it  seems  to  have  a strange  charm  for 
the  salmon,  notwithstanding  the  brilliancy  of  its  colors. 
I suppose  that  in  the  books  of  anglers,  generally,  there 
is  as  large  a proportion  of  these  flies  as  there  is  of  the 
other  highly  successful  creation,  silver-doctor,  which 
fly.  I consider  is,  for  all  waters  and  almost  all  con- 
ditions of  water,  the  most  seductive  lure  that  ever  was 
cast. 

Like  many  other  salmon  flies,  there  is  a vast  dis- 
similarity in  both  the  Jock-Scott  and  silver-doctor  of 
different  tyers.;  the  brilliancy  of  both  soon  fades  if  dyed 
feathers  and  imitation  tinsel  are  used,  and  a visit  to 
the  tackle  stores  will  show  the  extent  to  which  the 
cheaper  grade  of  feathers  are  used  in  these,  and,  in 
fact,  many  others  of  the  more  expensive  flies. 

Among  the  feathers  which  are  used  in  their  make- 
up by  the  more  responsible  tyers,  are  some  of  those 
delicate  and  beautiful  plumes  in  the  crest  of  the  Chinese 
golden  pheasant;  the  lustre  of  these  is  always  brilliant 
in  the  water,  and,  although  I have  handled  a great 
variety  of  feathers  which  were  dyed  in  the  most  skill- 
ful manner  possible,  I have  never  yet  seen  one  that 
began  to  approach  those  I have  named  in  brilliancy 
and  every  other  desirable  quality  in  a salmon  fly  as 
it  passes  through  the  water.  In  the  silver-doctor  and 
a number  of  other  kinds  a considerable  tinsel  is  used, 
and  it  is  of  the  utmost  importance  that  only  the  pure 
silver  tinsel  shall  be  wound. 

In  the  ordinary  run  of  store  flies  a poor  imitation 
is  employed,  on  account  of  the  greater  expense  of  the 
pure  article,  just  as  cheap  dyed  feathers  are  used  as 
a substitute  for  those-  of  the  pheasant;  and  many 
anglers  find  it  necessary  in  ordering  flies  to  stipulate 
that  all  the  material  used  shall  be  of  the  best  quality. 

My  torn  and  faded  Jock-Scotts  have,  like  the  others, 
filled  their  mission,  each  having  landed  at  least  one 
salmon,  and,  as  I gaze  upon  them  individually,  I re- 
call to  memory  all  the  incidents  of  the  struggle  and 
locate  the  very  pool  in  which  the  salmon  was  taken. 
Men  may  smile  at  one  bestowing  much  sentiment  on 
a lot  of  old  and  ruined  flies,  but  when  each  of  them  tells 
a thrilling  story  of  the  grand  old  rivers  among  the 
mountains;  of  the  delicious  aroma  of  the  forest;  of  the 
dark,  deep,  foam-flecked  pools;  of  the  delicate  lure  upon 
the  water;  of  the  rise  of  the  argent-clad  king  of  game 
fishes;  of  the  struggle,  and  of  the  final  victory— I hold 
that  such  sentiment  is  not  misplaced. 


Feb.  25,  1905.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


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Among  the  other  pages  of  this  book  are  “butchers,” 
“fairies,”  “Montreals”  of  different  shades  and  texture, 
a number  of  those  admirable  flies  for  a brighter  day 
and  low  water,  the  “black-dose,”  the  “gray-mouse,” 
the  “royal-coachman,”  and  many  others  that  are  used 
on  salmon  streams.  Like  the  others,  each  has  done 
its  duty,  each  has  its  history,  which  I should  dearly 
love  to  dwell  upon;  but  the  story  that  could  be  told  of 
them  with  pen  and  ink  would  not,  I fear,  prove  of 
sufficient  interest  to  warrant  my  telling  it. 

Another  page  or  two  is  turned,  and  my  eye  falls  on 
a still  brilliant  wreck  of  that  most  gaudy  creation,  the 

Prince-Wif  iam-of-Orange  Fly. 

I have  made  many  efforts  to  trace  out  the  origin  or 
originators  of  the  different  kinds  of  flies  in  common 
use,  and  have  in  many  cases  been  quite  successful;  but 
I have  never  been  able  to  ascertain  in  whose  fertile 
brain  was  created  this  magnificently  hued  lure.  In  the 
books  of  American  anglers  it  is  not  often  seen,  but 
in  those  of  our  British  cousins  it  is  very  common  and 
tied  in  large  patterns  at  that.  It  is  used  by  them 
chiefly  as  a trolling  fly. 

I have  but  three  or  four,  and  those  were  tied  by  my 
father,  who  was  an  amateur  fly-tyer  or  remarkable  ex- 
perience; in  fact,  I have  seen  a number  of  pieces  of 
his  handiwork  which,  when  laid  side  by  side  with  the 
well-known  Forrest  flies,  compared  more  than  favor- 
ably with  them.  He  was  a most  assiduous  seeker  for 
materials,  and  corresponded  with  bird  collectors  in 
various  localities  all  over  the  world  to  obtain  skins_  of 
rare  species,  whose  feathers  were  to  be  used  in  putting 
together  the  different  lures. 

Most  anglers  have  but  a faint  idea  of  the  _ great 
amount  and  variety  of  material  that  is  needed  in  the 
manufacture  of  the  varieties  of  flies  in  ordinary  use, 
and  many  would,  no  doubt,  be  surprised  at  the  rarity 
of  some  of  the  feathers  employed. 

The  Prince-William  as  it  is  usually  tied  is  hardly 
suitable  for  use  on  most  Canadian  rivers;  but,  I dare 
say,  if  it  were  built  on  a smaller  model,  as  are  our 
conventional  salmon  flies,  it  would,  in  dark,  deep  water 
and  on  a lowry  day,  prove  as  killing  as  a Jock-Scott, 
a silver-doctor  or  Durham-ranger.  I have,,  however, 
used  two,  which  were  tied  on  what  I consider  large 
patterns,  and  was  successful  with  both;  but  the  con- 
ditions in  which  they  were  employed  were  somewhat 
peculiar.  One  of  them  is  still  in  good  working  con- 
dition and  if  everything  goes  well,  I mean  to  try  its 
merits  again  in  the  Port  Medway  River,  N.  S.,  the 
coming  spring.  I say  “spring”  for  the  reason  that 
in  all  the  streams  on  the  eastern  coast  of  Nova  Scotia 
the  salmon  arrive  very  early  in  the  season,  it  being  a 
not  uncommon  occurrence  to  take  them  with  the  fly 
early  in  March.  The  other  of  the  flies  in  question  is  a 
perfect  wreck,  for  I killed  two  good  salmon  on  it  in 
the  Indian  River,  which  empties  into  Margaret’s  Bay, 
twenty  or  more  miles  south  of  Halifax,  and  subse- 
quently used  it  among  the  large  sea  trout  in  the  Marga- 
ree  River,  Cape  Breton,  which  fish  will  rise  to  almost 
any  lure  that  is  put  out  to  them. 

What  a glorious  day  that  was  on  the  Indian  River! 
when,  in  less  than  two  hours,  I landed  with  an  ordinary 
grilse  rod  four  goodly  salmon,  two  of  which  were 
killed  on  the  Prince-William  fly.  I had  with  me  on 
that  occasion  old  Tim  Mason,  one  of  the  best  all- 
round guides  I ever  had  the  pleasure  of  meeting.  He 
and  his  brother,  Loftus,  were  great  favorites  among 
the  army  and  navy  officers  and  other  anglers  from 
Halifax,  Loftus  having  had  the  distinguished  honor  of 
having  served  as  guide  and  canoemanto  the  then  Prince 
of  Wales,  now  king  of  England,  on  an  outing  on 
Canadian  rivers.  Indian  River  is  a small  one,  none  of 
its  pools  being  more  than  two  good  casts  in  width; 
but  it  is  rather  a difficult  stream  to  fish,  on  account  of 
its  wooded,  rocky  shores,  which  tax  the  patience  and 
ingenuity  ot  the  angler  when  making  his  “back-casts” 
to  avoid  losing  his  leader  and  fly.  In  fact,  in  several  of 
the  pools  anything  but  a rolling  or  “Spey”  cast  is  al- 
most impossible.  ' 

The  pools,  though  not  very  wide,  are  deep,  and  when 
the  water  is  high  in  the  river,  they  are  black  and  full 
of  all  sorts  of  twisting  eddies  and  tortuous  currents,  and 
their  surface  is  nearly  covered  with  great  patches  of 
foam,  which  have  been  cast  there  by  the  wild  rush  of 
the  rapids  above.  The  lower  or  first  pool  is  not  more 
than  five  rods  from  the  head  of  tide-water,  and  it  is 
always  good  for  at  least  one  salmon  on  any  day  early 
in  the  season. 

My  capture  of  the  four  salmon  occurred  in  early  May. 
The  season  had  been  a late  one,  some  patches  of  snow 
even  then  remaining  in  the  forest  by  the  side  of  the 
river,  and,  of  course,  the  stream  was  “banks-full.”  The 
third  or  fourth  pool  above  salt-water  is  called  the 
“Horseshoe”  from  its  peculiar  shape,  and  the  angler  in 
fishing  in  it  must  use  his  tackle  in  the  most  careful 
manner  possible.  I had  been  using  “Jock-Scotts,” 
“butchers”  and  a variety  of  other  flies,  but  met  with  no 
response.  Surface  fishing  was  entirely  out  of  the  ques- 
tion and  I used  them  as  sunken  flies,  and  pretty  well  down 
in  the  water  at  that.  At  last,  thoroughly  disgusted  at 
my  ill-success,  I exclaimed:  “It’s  no  use,  Tom,  I’ll 

waste  no  more  time  on  this  pool  with  such. small  flies! 
I’ve  got  something  here  that  will  suit  them.  I have 
no  doubt.”  And  I opened  my  book  and  selected  a 
Prince-William-of-Orange,  which  my  guide  declared 
was  “as  big  as  a yellow  bird,”  and,  attaching  it  to  my 
leader,  I threw  it  out  and  began  to  give  it  play.  Like 
others,  however,  it  received  no  attention  when  moved 
near  the  surface,  and  it  was  only  after  it  had  become 
thoroughly  saturated  and  was  permitted  to  sink  deep 
in  the  water  that  I felt  a tug,  and,  striking  sharply,  I 
found  I was  fast  to  a noble  fish. 

“That  beats  all!”  exclaimed  the  guide,  excitedly,  “I 
never  expected  to  see  the  like  of  that!  the  salmon  must 
be  of  a queer  mind  that  would  take  a fly  of  that  size 
and  complexion.” 

The  fight  I had  with  that  fish  in  such  heavy  water 
and  with  so  light  a rod  was  one  never  to  be  forgotten. 
Luckily  for  me  he  was  well  hooked  and  the  poel  was. 
free  of  snags  and  drift  stuff;  but  it  took,  me  a good 
quarter  of  an  hour  to  bring  my  beauty  (.0  terms  and. 
give  Tom  an  opportunity  to  use  the  gaff.  " ' > 


Lake  Champlain  Fishing. 

Following  is  a copy  of  the  petition  to  the  Hon.  Ray- 
mond Prefontaine.,  Canadian  Minister  of  Marine  and 
Fisheries,  concerning  seine  fishing  in  Lake  Champlain, 
adopted  by  the  North  American  Fish  and  Game  Protective 
Association  at  its  recent  meeting  held  at  St.  John,  N.  B. : 
To  the  Hon.  Raymond,  Prefontaine,  K.  C.,  M.  P.,  Minister 

of  Marine  and  Fisheries,  Ottawa: 

The  petition  of  the  undersigned  association,  known  as 
the  North  American  Fish  and  Game  Protective  Associa- 
tion, respectfully  represents — 

That  this  association  has  repeatedly  during  the  last  five 
years  called  upon  the- authorities  of  New  York,  Vermont, 
and  the  Dominion  of  Canada  to  put  an  end  to  the  disas- 
trous seining  of  pike-perch  or  pickerel  ( Stizostedion 
vitreum ) . 

That  on  the  8th  day  of  February,  1902,  on  the  recom- 
mendation of  the  Honorable  Minister  of  Marine  and 
Fisheries,  an  order-in-council  was  passed  by  His  Excel- 
lency the  Governor-General-in-Council,  taking  this  action 
desired  by  this  association,  so  far  as  Canada  was  con- 
cerned, since  it  prohibited  fishing  with  nets  of  any  kind 
in  the  lakes  and  tributary  streams  of  Missisquoi,  etc. 

That  on  the  strength  of  the  report  to  council  in  which 
the  above  order-in-council  was  adopted,  a copy  of  which 
report-to-ccuncil  was  furnished  at  his  own  request  to  the 
Hon.  Julius  Seymour,  representing  the  Legislature  of 
New  York,  that  Legislature  repealed  the  law  permitting 
the  granting  of  licenses  on  certain  conditions  for  seining 
in  Lake  Champlain. 

That  the  Legislature  of  Vermont  has  also  repealed  all 
permissive  legislation  of  a similar  character,  so  that  it  is 
no  longer  permissive  or  possible  for  seining  licenses  for 
Lake  Champlain  to  be  issued,  either  by  the  authorities  of 
the  State  of  New  York  or  by  those  of  the  State  of 
Vermont. 

That  it  was  learned  by  this  association  with  the  deepest 
regret  some  time  subsequently  to  the  passage  of  the 
order-in-council  of  the  8th  day  of  February,  1902,  that  the 
said  order-in-council  had  been  rescinded,  and  that  in  con- 
sequence of  such  repeal,  seining  licenses  were,  and  in  fact 
still  are,  being  issued  to  commercial  fishermen  to  net  the 
waters  of  the  Missisquoi  Bay  of  Lake  Champlain. 

That  this  association,  which  was  established  in  the  city 
of  Montreal  at  the  instance  of,  and  largely  through  the 
efforts  of,  that  zealous  friend  of  fish  and  game  protection, 
the  Hon.  S.  N.  Parent,  has  for  some  of  its  main  objects 
the  harmonizing  of  the  laws  of  the  different  Provinces  of 
Canada  and  the  contiguous  States  of  the  American 
Union ; the  preservation,  propagation  and  protection  of 
fish,  game  and  bird  life  and  maintenance  and  improve- 
ment of  the  laws  relating  thereto,  and  mutual  assistance 
in  enforcing  game  and  fish  laws  on  the  borders  of  the 
various  States  and  Provinces. 

That  your  petitioners  have  reason  to  believe,  and  do 
firmly  believe,  that  Canadian  holders  of  licenses  to  seine 
in  Missisquoi  Bay  in  past  years  have  sold  or  re-let  their 
leasing  rights  to  American  fishermen  in  Vermont,  and 
probably  without  legal  transfer  of  the  same,  or  permission 
to  so  transfer  them.  That  this  belief  is  founded  upon  the 
uncontradicted  statement  of  the  highest  fishery  official  of 
that  time  in  the  employment  of  the  Government  of  the 
Province  of  Quebec,  the  late  L„  Z.  Joncas,  as  reported  on 
page  86  of  the  published  transactions  of  this  association 
for  the  year  1902,  a copy  of  which  is  forwarded  herewith. 
That  Mr.  Joncas,  the  then  Superintendent  of  Fish  and 
Game  of  the  Province  of  Quebec,  said  upon  that  occasion : 
“I  may  say  here,  and  I know  it  as  a matter  of  fact,  that 
out  of  the  eighteen  licenses  which  we  give  in  the  Province 
of  Quebec,  only  three  are  used  by  Canadians;  all  the 
others  are  used  by  Vermonters.”  That,  as  will  be  seen 
further  on  upon  the  page  just  quoted  from,  Mr.  Nelson 
W.  Fisk,  of  Vermont,  said:  “I  want  to  thank  my  friend 
the  Commissioner  from  the  Province  of  Quebec  for  what 
he  has  said  here  to-day.  He  has  told  the  truth  that  out  of 
the  eighteen  licenses  issued  by  him  in  Canada,  a large 
number  of  them  are  used  by  Vermonters.'  I am  glad  that 
he  had  admitted  it.  In  fact,  I am  personally  acquainted 
with  four  or  five  men  who  have  used  these  licenses  in 
Vermont  from  my  own  town.  Now,  that  being  the  case1, 
that  Vermont  is  getting  all  the  benefits  of  the  licenses  be- 
ing issued  by  Canada,  practically  all — he  tells  you  all  but 
three — I cannot  see  the  first  reason — financially,  politically 
or  otherwise — why  Canada  should  issue  licenses.” 

That  your  petitioners  believe  that  the  vast  majority  of 
people  of  the  Province  of  Quebec,  including  certainly 
every  friend  of  the  cause  of  fish  protection  and  propaga- 
tion in  which  your  department  is  so  much  interested,  are 
entirely  opposed  to  the  continued  seining  in  Missisquoi 
Bay,  while  in  New  York  and  Vermont  the  sentiment  is 
unanimous  against  it,  as  shown  by  the  votes  in  the  Legis- 
latures of  those  States, 

That  your  association,  which  was  represented  by  the 
vice-president  for  the  Province  of  Quebec.  Doctor  Finnie, 
of  Montreal,  at  the  interview  granted  by  you  on  this  mat- 
ter, together  with  Honorable  Mr.  Parent,  on  the  12th  of 
January  last,  have  learned  with  pleasure  from  its  repre- 
sentative on  that  occasion  that  you  were  good  enough  to 
say  that  if  the  question  of  yellow  perch  were  eliminated, 
there  would  be  a probability,  in  your  opinion,  of  coming 
to  reasonable  terms. 

That  your  association  is  now  delighted  to  be  in  a posi- 
tion to  prove  to  your  entire  satisfaction  that  this  perch 
matter  has  been  entirely  eliminated  from  the  question  by 
the  reception  of  a letter  from  the  Hon.  George  M.  Bowers, 
United  States  Fish  Commissioner,  at  Washington,  which 
reads  as  follows :- 

“Department  of  Commerce  and  Labor,  Bureau  of 
Fisheries,  Washington,  Jan.  27,  1905.  Hon.  H.  G.  Thomas, 
Stowe,  Vt.,  Sir — Answering  your  inquiry  addressed  to 
Mr.  Carter,  you  are  informed  that  the  bureau  during  the 
spring  of  1903  propagated  some  yellow  perch  on  the  Mis- 
sisquoi River  at  Swanton,  Vt.,  in  connection  with  the 
regular  pike-perch  work.  The  fish  had  spawned  during 
high  water,  and  the  receding  of  the  river  left  great  quanti- 
ties of  the  eggs  suspended  on  the  grasses  and  shrubbery, 
where  they  were  destined  to  perish.  The  eggs  were  col- 
lected, partly  with  a view  to  experimental  work,  and  for 
the  purpose  of  transferring  them  to  waters  where  they 
are  in  demand.  The  bureau  does  not  contemplate  the 
propagation  of  yellow  perch  on  the  Missisquoi  River  with 
the  view  of  restocking  the  waters  of  Lake  Champlain 
until  there  is  a demand  for  this  species  in  those  waters. 
It  has  not  yet . been  decided  whether  any  yellow  perch 


operations  will  be  conducted  at  Swanton  the  coming 
season,,  but  if  so  it  will  be  for  the  purpose  of  obtaining 
fish  to  stock  waters  other  than  Lake  Champlain  and  its 
tributaries.  Respectfully, 

“George  M.  Bowers,  Commissioner.” 

That  there  is  also  annexed  to  this  petition  a positive 
declaration  from  H.  G.  Thomas,  the  sole  Fish  Commis- 
sioner of  the  State  of  Vermont,  which  effectually  sets  at 
rest  all  possible  doubts  on  the  subject,  since  it  shows  that 
Mr.  Thomas  will  never  permit  any  more  yellow  perch 
to  be  planted  in  Lake  Champlain,  and  that  nobody  else — 
not  even  the  United  States  Fish  Commissioners — can 
plant  such  fish  in  those  waters  without  his  permission. 

Wherefore,  for  all  the  reasons  which  have  been  thus  far 
related,  and  also  because  the  prohibition  of  such  seining 
as  herein  prayed  for  is  not  only  in  the  interest  of  fish  pro- 
tection, but  fair  and  reasonable  on  the  part  of  Canada, 
because  of  a similar  prohibition  on  the  part  of  the  States 
of  New  York  and  Vermont,  and  because  of  the  enormous 
number  of  good  food  fishes  planted  by  the  United  States 
Fish  Commission  in  the  w'aters  of  Lake  Champlain ; and 
further  because  such  action  for  all  these  reasons  would 
seem  to  be  called  for  by  the  international  courtesy  recog- 
nized by  the  comity  of  the  nations. 

Therefore  your  petitioners  humbly  pray  that  you  will 
be  pleased  to  recommend  to  His  Excellency  the  Governor- 
General  the  re-passage  of  the  order-in-council  of  the  8th  of 
February,  1902,  at  least  so  far  as  the  waters  of  the  Mis- 
sisquoi Bay  are  concerned. 

And  your  petitioners  as  in  duty  bound  will  ever  pray. 

(Signed,  as  instructed  by  resolution  of  the  association 
adopted  at  its  annual  meeting  at  St.  John,  N.  B.,  on  the 
2d  of  February,  1905.) 

President,  L.  J.  Tweedie, 

Premier  at  St.  John,  N.  B. 

Secretary,  E.  T.  D.  Chambers, 

Quebec. 


Pennsylvania  Fisheries  Department. 

In  a recent  report  to  the  Governor  of  Pennsylvania, 
Commissioner  of  Fisheries  W.  E.  Meehan  gave  the  fol- 
lowing as  among  the  operations  of  his  department  for  the 
year  1904 : 

Total  number  of  fish  hatched  and  distributed,  78,985,867. 
Of  these,  5>39b,750  were  game  fish  exclusively,  including 
brook  trout,  black  bass,  yellow  perch  and  sunfish.  The 
remainder  were  food  fish,  including  whitefish,  lake  trout, 
lake  herring,  blue  pike,  and  wall-eyed  pike;  also  38,000 
frogs.  Of  the  five  hatcheries  controlled  by  the  depart- 
ment, three  were  in  operation  so  far  as  hatching  fish 
was  concerned,  and  two  were  in  course  of  construction. 
The  total  cost  of  operating  the  five  hatcheries  was 
$28,656.21. 

The  total  number  of  arrests  made  for  illegal  fishing  was 
783.  The  total  number  of  acquittals  was  79,  and  the  total 
number  of  convictions  was  704.  The  amount  of  fines  col- 
lected was  over  $9,600,  of  which  $4,568.51,  being  the 
State’s  share,  was  paid  into  the  State  Treasury.  The 
total  cost  of  the  warden  service  was  $6,122.71.  The 
amount  of  fines  paid  into  the  State  Treasury  was  there- 
fore nearly  as  much  as  the  cost  of  the  service,  and  within 
$1,122.71  of  the  amount  appropriated  by  the  State.  The 
amount  above  the  appropriation  from  the  State  was  paid 
from  $1,750  collected  from  licenses  on  eel  baskets. 

According  to  the  report,  the  carp  industry  in  the  State 
is  valued  at  over  $325,000  a year;  that  in  Philadelphia 
alone  there  were  3,499,000  pounds  of  this  inferior  food  fish 
sold,  with  an  aggregate  value  of  $174,000.  Within  two 
years  the  eel  industry  of  the  State  has  been  developed 
from  practcially  nothing  to  about  $30,000  a year;  the  fish 
industry  in  Lake  Erie  at  the  City  of  Erie  was  worth  to 
the  dealers  $300,000,  a total  catch  of  7,280,580  pounds  be- 
ing reported.  The  shad  industry  on  the  Delaware  was 
given  at  $225,000. 

The  Commissioner  announced  that  he  is  erecting  ponds 
for  lake  trout  with  a capacity  of  5,000,000  eggs  a year, 
and  is  experimenting  with  Atlantic  salmon  with  a view  of 
domesticating  them  for  the  purpose  of  securing  eggs  for 
the  stocking  of  the  Delaware  River.  During  the  year 
twelve  fishways  were  built  in  dams  by  owners  on  orders 
from  the  department,  and  four  fishways  were  constructed 
at  the  expense  of  the  State. 


Albany  Legislation. 

Albany,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  IS. — The  Senate  Committee  on  Fisheries 
and  Game  has  reported  favorably  the  bill  of  Assemblyman  Wade 
(Int.  No.  249)  providing  that  the  meshes. of  nets  used  in  Lake 
Erie  shall  not  be  less  than  1%  inches  bar. 

The  Assembly  Committee  on  Fisheries  and  Game  has  reported 
favorably  the  bill  of  Assemblyman  Bisland  (Int.  No.  476)  provid- 
ing that  the  close  season  for  hares  and  rabbits  in  Sullivan  county 
shall  be  from  Feb.  16  to  Sept.  30,  both  inclusive,  and  that  in 
Schenectady  county  it  shall  be  from  Feb.  1 to  Oct.  31,  both  in- 
clusive. 

Game  bills  have  been  introduced  as  follows: 

By  Assemblyman  Santee  (Int.  No.  566),  amending  Section  13 
so  as  to  provide  that  the  close  season  for  hares  and  rabbits  in 
Steuben  county  shall  be  from  Jan.  16  to  Sept.  30,  both  inclusive. 

By  Assemblyman  Cunningham  (Int.  No.  599)  amending  Section 
S4  so  as  to  allow  the  spearing  of  suckers,  bullheads,  eels  and  dog- 
fish _in  Sanddring  Creek,  Ulster  county,  from  Center  street  bridge 
in  Ellenville,  to  Port  Nixon  dam  on  the  said  stream,  from  April 
1 to  Sept.  30,  both  inclusive. 

By  Assemblyman  Cox  (Int.  No.  601),  amending  Section  176, 
so  as  to  give  special  game  protectors  the  same  powers  as  State 
game  protectors,  if  they  are  regularly  employed  on  a salary  by  an 
incorporated  association  for  the  protection  of  fish  and  game  or 
are  employed  by  a board  of  supervisors. 

By  Assemblyman  Monroe  (Int.  No.  640),  amending  Section  41 
by  striking  out  the  provision  making  the  close  season  for  trout 
in  Tompkins  county  from  July  16  to  April  15,  both  inclusive. 

By  Assemblyman  Gates  (Int.  No.  651),  amending  Section  14,  so 
as  to  prohibit  the  taking  of  beaver  by  any  device  whatsoever. 

The  Assembly  has  passed  the  bill  of  Assemblyman  Reeve  (Int. 
No.  305)  in  relation  to  the  protection  of  land  turtles  and  wild 
black  bear. 

A bill  has  been  introduced  by  Assemblyman  Fish  prohibiting 
the  sale  of  slaughtered  game,  animals  or  poultry  unless  the  car- 
cases have  been  divested  of  the  lung  tissues  and  the  internal 
organs  within  forty-eight  hourse  after  slaughter. 


Gold’s  Gilding  Effect. 

“That  fellow  is  a perfect  boor.” 

“S-s-sh.  He’s  worth  $4,000,000.” 

“That  so!  Well,  as  I was  saying,  he’s  a man  of 
marked  individuality,” 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


[Feb.  25,  1905.  V -- 


An  “Escapade.” 


Log  of  the  Yawl  Escape, 

BY  GEORGE  MATTHEWS. 

( Continued  from  page  141.) 

July  30.— South  West  Harbor.  Under  way  at  7 A.  M., 
and,  with  a N.W.  breeze,  ran  along  shore  to  the  west- 
ward. The  wind  kept  shifting  from  N.W.  to  S.W.,  but 
generally  in  such  a way  as  to  allow  Ua  to  lay  our  course 
Went  through  Casco  Passage,  Deer  Island  Thorough- 
fare, and  Fox  Island  Thoroughfare. 

. At  this  point  it  got  very  squally  and,  on  coming  out 
into  West  Penobscot  Bay,  we  found  a heavy  sea  run- 
ning. Beat  out  under  mizzen  and  jib,  but,  finding  it 
slow  worm  put  double-reefed  mainsail  on  her  and  drove 
her  through  it.  In  attempting  to  ease  off  the  main- 
sail a trifle,  the  sheet  got  away  from  Emil,  and  mate 
Colson,  who  was  perched  on  the  cockpit  rail,  had  a 
narrow  escape  from  going  overboard,  as  it  was  his 
heels  flew  up  in  a most  undignified  manner.  We  fought 
our  way  to  Rockland,  and  were  glad  enough  when  we 
got  under  the  shelter  of  Owl’s  Head. 

July  31,  Sunday. — Blew  very  hard  during  the  night  and 
all  day.  At  anchor. 

August  1.-— Wind  still  S.W.,  but  more  moderate. 
Under  way  by  7:35  A.  M.,  and  had  a nice  beat  down 
to  Whitehead,  where  we  found  a very  heavy  swell.  The 
good  little  boat  rode  this  nicely,  and  we  gradually 
worked  past  Tennants  Harbor,  Mosquito  Island,  and 
finally  old  Pamaquid  itself,  after  which  we  could  ease 
sheets  a trifle  and  run  into  Booth  Bay  in  fine  style, 
anchoring  about  7 oclock.  A black  yawl,  considerably 
larger  than  Escape,  started  out  after  us  from  Rock- 
land, but  at  Whitehead,  we  had  left  her  nearly  out  of 
sight  astern.  While  rounding  Pemaquid  to-dav.  the 
phonograph  took  another  tumble,  and  went  permanently 
out  of  business  along  with  “Bedelia”  and  most  of  the 
other  Wagnerian  airs.  The  survivors,  including  “San 


Domingo  Maid”  and  the  “Boolah  Girl,”  were  conse- 
quently done  up  in  cotton  wadding  and  consigned  to  a 
padded  cell.  Next  time,  we  will  take  less  lively  music. 
A phonograph  is  a great  joy  on  a cruise,  but  a good 
strong  baritone  voice,  such  as  is  possessed  by  mate 
Struthers  is  more  easily  stowed  and  less  liable  to 
fracture  or  contusions. 

Colson  went  ashore  for  mail,  but  found  that  it  should 
have  been  addressed  Booth  Bay  Harbor,  instead  of 
Booth  Bay,  which  is  two  miles  inland.  He  telegraphed, 
and  it  was  sent  over  by  buggy.  While  waiting  at  the 
boat-landing  for  Dodo,  who  had  gone  to  the  post- 
office  the  second  time  for  the  forwarded  mail,  the 
Captain  met  a yachtsman  who  was  hunting  for  his 
dinghy  which  someone  had  evidently  borrowed.  He 
offered  to  take  the  boatless  man  out  to  his  yacht,  and 
was  astonished  to  find  his  vessel  was  Penikese,  of 
New  Rochelle,  the  last  boat  to  finish  in  the  Block 
Island  race.  She  had  followed  us  all  the  way  to  Maine 
and  was  now  on  the  way  home.  All  hands  tired— early 
to  bed. 

August  2. — Rained  a little  in  the  night,  and  the  morn- 
ing is  dull  and  cheerless.  Light  N.E.  breeze.  Said 
good-bye  to  the  owner  of  Penikese,  who  rcrwed  over 
to  us  to  bid  us  farewell,  he  having  to  wait  over  for  a 
new  gaff  to  replace  one  carried  away  on  Sunday.  Got 
water  and  provisions  aboard,  and  made  sail  at  10  A.  M. 

Light  and  variable  winds  carried  us  as  far  as  Cape 
Small,  when  it  died  away  to  nothing.  We  had  hoped 
to  make  Portland;  but  as  it  was  now  4 o'clock,  we 
eased  sheets  and  drifted  up  to  Carrying  Place  Head  and 
anchored  in  the  bight  off  the  northern  end  of  the  head. 
Beautiful  place,  but  spoiled  by  a smelly  fishing  camp. 

August  3. — It  rained  again  last  night,  and  we  are  in 
for  another  dismal  and  sprinkly  day.  Got  under  way 
at  7:30  A.  M.,  with  a light  N.  air.  Jigger  sheet  fouled 
bowsprit  of  a fishing  boat  anchored  close  aboard  us, 
and  threw  our  head  around  almost  on  the  rocky  shore. 
Got  off  without  touching,  however,  and  stood  out  by 
way  of  White  Bull  and  Bold  Dick.  Wind  continued 
very  light  and  variable  until  reaching  Chandler’s  Cove, 
then  freshened  consjde.rably,  and  we  made  a quick  run 


to  Portland,  arriving  about  3 P.  M. 

Mate  and  cabin  boy  landed  for  mail  and  marketing. 
Captain  and  sailing  master  got  aboard  the  spare  sails, 
etc.,  left  at  the  yacht  club  on  our  eastern  run,  and  then 
to  the  New  York  steamer  for  provisions  and  soda 
water  sent  from  New  York. 

August  4. — Under  way  at  8 A.  M.;  S.  breeze,  very 
light  at  first,  and  the  tide  against  us.  About  noon  the 
wind  freshened  a little;  but  a heavy  head-sea  made 
progress  very  slow,  and  at  about  6 o’clock  the  wind 
failed  altogether,  and  we  rolled  and  slatted  most  dis- 
tressingly, finally  working  into  Cape  Neddick  Roads  in 
the  dark.  Got  a bad  scare  while  feeling  our  way  in 
■with  the  lead.  Emil  reported  “five  fathoms”  several 
times,  and  then  shouted,  “No  water  at  all!”  and  the 
boat  was  put  in  the  wind — all  hands  in  a panic. 

It  turned  out  that  in  the  darkness  the  lead  had  caught 
in  the  runner  tackle.  We  anchored  in  three  fathoms 
and  found  pretty  fair  protection  from  the  roll;  but  this 
is  a risky  anchorage,  being  entirely  exposed  to  N., 
N.E.,  or  E.  winds.  Mate  Colson  must  leave  us  to- 
morrow, and  Captain,  Dodo  and  Emil  must  tackle  the 
Cape  alone. 

August  5. — Early  breakfast  in  order  to  give  mate 
Colson  a fair  start  on  his  trip  back  to  New  York.  The 
Captain  and  cabin  boy  manned  the  dinghy  and  landed 
him  on  the  beach  through  the  surf.  A small  comber 
came  over  the  stern  as  we  touched  the  shore,  and  the 
mate  got  his  feet  and  the  seat  of  his  trousers  wet,  but 
left  regretfully  for  Portsmouth,  Boston  and  New  York. 

Under  way  about  8:30  A.  M.,  with  brisk  S.  wind  and 
heavy  sea.  Soon  found  it  necessary  to  double  reef,  and, 
owing  to  the  rough  water,  made  very  slow  progress 
past  Portsmouth  and  down  the  shore.  At  about  3:30 
P.  M.,  we  found  ourselves  off  Newburyport  and,  as  we 
were  tired  of  threshing  so  slowly  to  windward,  we 
put  in.  Found  the  harbor  a difficult  one  to  enter,  and 
an  uncomfortable  anchorage,  on  account  of  the  fierce 
tide  and  narrow  channel.  Dropped  our  hook  rather  too 
near  Joppa  Flats. 


August  6. — Up  at  5 A.  M.,  hurried  breakfast,  and,  in 
spite  of  the  threatening  look  of  the  weather,  started 
out.  At  the  breakwater  were  struck  by  a bad 
squall,  and  knowing  that  if  we  once  got  out  we 
could  not  get  back  until  the  turn  of  the  tide,  six  hours 
later,  we  put  back  and  anchored  in  the  old  berth. 
We  there  reefed  the  mizzen  and  put  three  reefs  in  the 
mainsail,  and  about  noon,  the  weather  looking  a trifle 
better,  we  hoisted  No,  2 jib  and  stood  out  with  the 
last  of  the  ebb.  Wind  was  from  S.,  just  enough  to 
allow  us  to  lay  a course  for  Cape  Ann.  We  were 
greatly  bothered  by  the  breakwater  being  built  off 
Rockport,  as  it  is  very  long  but  does  not  yet  show 
above  water.  Finally  located  the  buoys,  and  stood  in- 
side of  it.  Going  out  between  the  breakwater  and 
Straitsmouth  Island,  we  encountered  a tremendous  sea 
and  head  wind,  bucking  up  against  the  strong  tide. 
Near  Thatcher’s  Island  it  grew  light,  and  we  rolled 
badly.  After  numerous  tacks,  we  got  clear  of  the 
island  and  could  lay  our  course  toward  Gloucester, 
which  port  we  made  about  dark,  anchoring  behind  Ten- 
Pound  Island. 

The  happy  days  of  gliding  down  the  wind,  early 
anchoring  and  delightful  evenings  under  the  awning  arc 
over.  Now  the  programme  is  early  rising,  hard  work, 
head  winds,  late  dinner,  canned  provisions  and  early 
to  bed. 

August  7. — Up  at  5 A.  M.  Dodo  sent  ashore  to 
mail  letters;  a hasty  breakfast,  and  under  way  bright 
and  early.  A fine  day  at  last,  with  a nice  breeze  from 
S.W.  By  3 o’clock  we  were  off  the  upper  end  of  Cape 
Cod,  and  as  it  looked  as  though  we  were  in  for  a spell 
of  nice  weather,  we  decided  to  run  down  the  cape  and 
anchor  as  near  Monomoy  as  possible.  Toward  evening 
the  wind  fell  light,  and  at  dark  we  were  able  to  make 
out  Nauset  Beacons.  After  leaving  these  (7=45)  and 
skirting  along  shore,  we  were  unable  to  make  out 
Chatham  Light. 

9 P.  M. — No  light  in  sight  and  all  hands  getting 
nervous,  as  we  have  sailed  far  enough  to  be  almost 
abreast  of  it,  and  it  is  starlight.  Now  we  know  the 
reason,  for  a heavy  bank  of  fog  from  the  §outhward  has 


rolled  over  us,  and  we  can  hear  fog  horns  tooting  all 

around  us. 

9:30  A.  M. — We  have  turned  tail  and  are  trying  to 
pick  up  Nauset  Beacons  again,  so  we  can  locate  our- 
selves and  anchor. 

10:30  A.  M. — The  fog  thinned  as  we  ran  north,  and 
we  soon  made  out  the  beacons  and  began  to  work  in- 
shore, sounding  constantly  as  we  went.  Now  anchored 
in  five  fathoms,  and  all  hands  decided  to  stay  up  all 
night,  as  it  is  most  uncanny  here  so  close  to  the  beach, 


TERN. 

Owned  by  John  Hyslop,  New  York  Y.  C.  , 

on  which  the  surf  is  dismally  roaring  and  the  fog 
shutting  out  everything  but  strange  noises. 

August  8.- — All  hands  tired  and  nervous.  Fog  still 
thick.  At  about  7 A.  M.,  were  startled  by  a loud  clap 
of  thunder  and  a downpour  of  rain  on  the  cabin  roof. 
Luckily  the  wind,  which  rose  rapidly,  came  right  off 
shore  and  did  not  disturb  us.  Tied  in  our  third  and 
last  _ reef  and  awaited  events.  About  11  A.  M.,  it 
partially  cleared  off,  and  the  wind  came  again  from  the 
S.W.  Got  our  anchor  and  eighteen  fathoms  of  chain 
with  great  labor  and  started  on  our  way  toward  Mono- 
moy, wishing  we  were  safely  back  on  Long  Island 
Sound. 

By  this  time  the  tide  was  strong  against  us,  and 
we  made  but  slow  progress.  Could  not  seem  to  get 
away  from  the  dismal  wreck  on  Chatham  Bar,  which 
had  a damaging  effect  on  the  old  man’s  nerves. 

Off  the  whistling  buoy  the  fog,  which  was  hanging 
in  a solid  bank  to  southward,  seemed  to  be  closing  in 
on  us  again,  and  we  squared  away  in  a panic  and  ran 
for  the  beach  to  anchor.  Before  we  got  there,  how- 
ever, the  mist  cleared  up  a little  and  the  wind  freshened, 
so  we  grew  bold  and  stood  in  the  direction  of  Pollock 
Shoal  Lightship  again,  shaking  out  our  reefs.  At  last 
we  made  out  the  lightship  in  the  fog,  and,  standing 
about  a mile  to  the  westward  of  it  to  get  out  of  the 
fairway,  anchored  in  five  fathoms,  at  about  4 P.  M. 
We  tied  in  two  reefs,  in  case  of  trouble  in  the  night, 
and  left  the  mizzen  set,  for,  should  an  easter  spring  up, 
it  would  catch  us  in  a dangerous  trap. 

About  dusk  we  sighted  a sloop,  remarkably  like 
Penikese,  standing  out  to  sea,  apparently  bound  over 
the  shoals  by  night.  Wonder  if  it  can  be  she?  By 
dark  it  was  quite  clear,  so  we  had  early  dinner  and 
Emil  turned  in  for  a rest,  while  the  old  man  and  Dodo 


PLEASURE. 

Owned  by  Theodore  C.  Zerega,  New  York  Y.  C. 


kept  anchor  watch  until  midnight,  by  which , time  it 
was  blowing  a fine  breeze  from  N.W.  and  clear  as  a 
bell.  A number  of  coasters  now  anchored  all  around 
us.  Emil  on  the  watch  until  4 A.  M. 

August  9. — Under  way  by  5 A.  M.,  Tide  against  us 
until  7:3 0,  Set  storm  jib,  reefed  mainsail  and  reefed 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM, 


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mizzen,  and  made  fine  time  out  to  Pollock  Rip  Light- 
ship and  then  to  Shovel  Full.  Wind  grew  lighter,  but 
with  favoring  tide.  Were  soon  off  Handkerchief  Light- 
ship. At  9:45  A.  M.,  had  Cross  Rip  Lightship  abeam, 
and  had  a second  breakfast  at  9:^0.  Wind  growing 
lighter,  we  shook  our  reef  and  set  balloon  jib. 

A large  fleet  of  vessels  and  tows  of  barges  crossing 
the  shoals  in  both  directions.  Wind  very  light,  but 
aided  by  a tremendous  tide,  we  made  fast  time  and 
soon  had  Vineyard  Haven  abeam.  Set  spinnaker  for 
a while  and  went  through  Vineyard  Sound  and  Quicks 
Hole,  where  we  struck  a fierce  head-tide.  A't  5 o’clock 
we  anchored  in  Cuttyhunk  Harbor,  having  made  57 
nautical  miles  since  morning,  and  the  boat  was  lowered 
for  the  old  man  and  Dodo  to  go  ashore  to  see  if  a 
telegram  could  be  sent  home  to  let  our  friends  know 
that  Escape  was  safely  over  the  treacherous  shoals. 
Inquiries  made  of  several  fishermen  and  natives  on  the 
shore  and  on  various  boats  brought  the  information  that 
we  might  be  accommodated  at  the  Cuttyhunk  Club,  so 
they  walked  over  to  the  famous  bas«  fishing  head- 
quarters only  to  find  that  the  only  communication  to 
be  had  with  the  world  was  through  the  life-saving 
station  a ways  down  the  beach.  Succeeded  in  getting 
a message  telephoned  from  there.  Made  57  nautical 
miles  _ to-day.  Grub  running  low.  Dodo's  appetite 
alarming. 

August  10. — Up  at  6:30  A.  M.,  and  found  the  weather 
looking  gloomy  and  the  wind  S.E.  Hurried  through 
breakfast  and  got  under  way  under  full  mainsail  and 
made  fast  time  before  the  rising  wind  and  a heavy 
following  sea.  Soon  made  out  Brenton’s  Reef  Light- 
ship, and  by  the  time  that  we  had  Point  Judith  abeam, 
11:30  A.  M.,  the  sea  had  risen  tremendously  and  we 
were  yawing  and  rolling  wildly,  but  making  a good 
754  knots  all  the  same.  No  chance  to  get  a lunch,  so 
munched  crackers.  It  is  not  the  first  time  that 
Escape  has  run  before  an  easter;  but  it  seemed  different 
away  out  here  so  far  from  land,  and  the  old  man  at 
the  stick  could  not  help  looking  anxiously  over  his 
shoulder  at  the  great  gray  mountains  sweeping  after 
the  poor  little  boat,  and  at  last,  after  two  or  three 
gigantic  combers  rolled  under  us  and  a fiercer  shriek 
than  usual  went  through  the  rigging,  he  gave  the  order 
to  reduce  sail.  With  a wide  sweep  and  a dizzy  roll 
to  leeward,  the  boat  came  around  and  faced  the  sea, 
and  only  one  wicked  swell  swept  over  her  weather  bow 
before  Emil  had  the  sail  half  down  and  she  was  kept 
ofi  on  her  course  again. 

Thank  Heaven  we  did  not  catch  this  easterly  gale 
when  anchored  off  Cape  Cod  night  before  last.  We  do 
not  like  to  think  of  that.  No  attempt  was  made  to  tie 
in  reefs,  but  the  sail  was  let  lie  in  the  lazy  jacks,  where 
the  belly  of  it  soon  collected  a barrel  or  two  of  rain 
and  spray,  which  had  to  be  bailed  out  with  the  bucket. 

By  this  time  the  rain  began  to  drive  past  us  in  such 
heavy  sheets  as  to  shut  out  all  sight  of  land.  The 
log  had  been  consulted  each  hour  and  our  position 
carefully  noted  on  the  chart,  but  we  were  now  nearing 
the  dangerous  reefs  at  the  eastern  end  of  Fisher’s 
Island,  and  anxious  eyes  were  strained  ahead.  A 
good-sized  sloop,  carrying  full  sail  and  topsail,  gradually 
overhauled_  us,  and  passed  close  aboard.  Two  men 
were  working  hard  at  her  wheel,  and  she  yawed  about 
frightfully,  almost  broaching  to  several  times.  We  were 
making  very  much  better  weather  of  it  than  she. 

We  finally  gave  up  the  idea  of  trying  for  the  Watch 
Hill  entrance,  as  the  weather  was  so  thick  and  squally. 
We  caught  sight  of  it,  however,  and  steered  for  the 
Race.  Here  it  was  so  thick  that  we  could  scarcely  see 
one-quarter  of  a mile,  and  the  wind  suddenly  changed 
to  N.,  gybing  us  in  a tremendous  sea.  The  N.  wind 
cleared  things  up  somewhat,  luckily  for  us,  as  we 
found  we  had  been  carried  well  over  toward  Gull  Island. 
Altered  our  course  and  went  by  Race  Rock  with  a 
fine  favoring  tide  and  anchored  off  the  Pequot  House 
at  5:15  P.  M.,  having  made  56  nautical  miles. 

August  11. — New  London.  Overcast  and  rainy.  The 
harbor  full  of  warships  and  torpedo  boats,  with  plenty 
of  music  and  bugle  blasts  to  cheer  us  up. 

It  is  a great  relief  to  be  snug  in  a safe  harbor.  Emil 
and  Dodo  off  to  town  for  supplies,  while  Captain  cleared 
things.  up  and  put  everything  out  to  dry  as  soon  as 
the  rain  let  up.  About  noon  the  queer-looking  sloop, 
now  owned  by  Mr.  T.  E.  Zerega,  came  in,  and  later  on 
Tern  came  sailing  around  under  mizzen  and  jib. 
Captain  and  Dodo  rowed  alongside  and  found  Mr. 
Hyslop  very  glad  to  see  us.  He  is  to  anchor  off  the  town 
to-night  to  pick  up  a passenger,  and  made  an  appointment 
to  start  off  with  us  for  the  westward  to-morrow  morn- 
ing at  7:30.  Wind  being  S.W.  and  the  water  tanks 
empty,  we  will  not  go  out  to-day. 

Afternoon. — The  old  man  paid  a visit  to  Zerega’s 
new  boat,  Pleasure.  She  is  a Herreshoff  design,  but 
very  odd,  her  spar  being  stepped  very  near  the  middle 
of  her  length.  Her  jib  stay  comes  to  the  stem  head, 
and  her  fore  stay  to  the  deck  away  inboard.  She  is 
very  shoal,  wide,  and  of  extremely  small  displacement, 
having  been  designed  for  use  in  the  Great  South  Bay. 

Just  before  dinner  Mr.  Zerega  and  his  guest  returned 
the  call,  and  were  much  interested  in  our  acetylene  gas 
outfit. 

Got  our  ice,  water  and  provisions,  and  are  ready  for 
an  early  start.  Our  troubles  are  over;  the  sound  lies 
before  us,  and  a few  days  more  should  see  us  safely 
home. 

August  12.— Under  way  at  7:15  A.  M.,  with  a fine 
N.W.  “breeze,  afterward  becoming  nearly  E,  Mr. 
Hyslop,  in  Tern,  started  out  before  we  were  quite 
ready,  but  hove  to  and  waited  for  us.  We  could  not 
keep  up  with  him,  and  he  gradually  drew  away.  The 
tide  was  tremendously  strong  in  our  favor  and  we  ran 
along  rapidly.  Were  a little  careless  about  picking  up 
buoys,  and  suddenly  saw,  right  ahead,  what  appeared 
to  be  a rock  awash.  Put  about  quickly,  and  stood 
further  off  shore  and  tried  to  locate  ourselves,  but 
could  see  no  buoys  either  inside  or  outside  of  us.  Soon 
after  we  made  the  red  nun  buoy  off  Saybrook,  and  so 
concluded  our  reef  must  have  been  either  Hatchett’s 
Reef  with  the  buoys  drifted  away,  or,  more  likely,  only 
a tide  rip.  It  gave  us  a good  scare,  and  Tern,  see"- 
ing  us  apparently  in  trouble,  came  up  in  the  wind  until 
we  stood  on  our  course  again.  Soon  passed  Say- 
bropk;  and  then  gfratford  Point,  when  Hyslop  bore 


away  for  Black  Rock  at  about  3:30  P.  M.  The  wind 
being  so  favorable,  we  kept  right  on,  and  quickly  sighted 
the  familiar  lights  on.  Sands  Point  and  Execution. 

We  stood  well  out  to  Execution  to  avoid  running  on 
the  Hen  and  Chickens  in  the  dark,  and  anchored,  just 
before  9 P.  M.,  in  New  Rochelle.  Our  long  cruise 
ended  without  mishap,  and  the  comforts  of  home  await- 
ing us  on  the  morrow.  We  have  made  the  distance 
from  Monomoy  to  New  Rochelle  in  three  sailing  days 
— not  a bad  record. 

August  13.— Packed  our  grips  and  bade  good-bye  to 
Emil  and  the  gallant  little  ship.  We  met  Jimmie  Spark- 
man at  the  landing,  and  he  was  greatly  interested  in 
our  fine  run  home. 

The  Motor  Boat  and  Sports- 
man's Show* 

Owing  to  a confliction  of  dates  between  our  going  to 
press  and  the  opening  of  the  show,  we  regret  that  we  will 
be  unable  to  give  our  readers  this  week  any  considerable 
idea  of  the  features  to  be  observed  in  this  wonderful  ex- 
hibition of  such  vast  interest  to  the  sportsman  and  yachts- 
man. Many  innovations  have  been  made,  and  the  success 
of  the  show  was  assured  from  the  very  first.  The  attend- 
ance will  undoubtedly  be  a record  breaker  for  similar 
events.  _ Next  week  we  will  devote  much  of  our  space  to 
recounting  the  fly-casting,  U.  S.  Life-Saving  Corps,  canoe 
tilting  and  similar  contests,  as  well  as  a description  of 
individual  exhibits.  The  scheme  of  decorations,  flags  and 
green  drapings,  together  with  the  abundance  of  cedar  and 
fir  boughs,  is  very  pleasing,  but  the  large  lagoon  will  prove 
the  piece  de  resistance. 

Dayton  Electrical  Manufacturing  Company,  of  Dayton, 
Ohio,  in  their  exhibit  of  their  combined  ignition  and  light- 
ing outfit,  show  the  Apple  dynamo,  belt,  gear  or  friction- 
driven,  an  8 volt  accumulator  or  storage  battery,  coil  and 
switchboard.  This  arrangement  will  furnish  ignition  for 
four  cylinders  and  at  the  same  time  light  three  six-candle 
power  electric  lights. 

Clifton  Motor  Works,  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  will  show 
8;  14  and  28  horsepower  four-stroke  engines.  This  year’s 
model  shows  many  improvements  over  the  engines  hereto- 
fore built  by  this  firm,  and  will  be  appreciated  by  those 
familiar  with  gasolene  engine  needs. 

Fairbanks  Company,  of  New  York,  will  show  five  en- 
gines, all  running,  built  by  the  Smalley  Motor  Com- 
pany, Bay  City,  Mich.,  more  than  any  other  exhibitor. 
The  marine  engines  shown  will  be  4L2,  9 and  20  horse- 
power, respectively  one,  two  and  three  cylinder  two-stroke 
type  and  a small  2 horsepower  engine.  A 4 horsepower 
horizontal  Fairbanks  stationary  engine  completes  their 
exhibit. 

The  Trenton  Malleable  Iron  Company,  Trenton,  N.  J., 
will  have  a full  line  of  castings  made  by  that  well-known 
firm. 

Stamford  Motor  Company,  Stamford,  Conn.,  will  have 
a full  line  of  two-stroke  engines  designed  by  Mr.  F.  L. 
Sneckner. 

Lackawanna  Motor  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  in  their 
exhibit  show  their  three-ported  marine  two-stroke  engine. 
This  was  one  of  the  first  manufacturers  to  realize  the 
importance  and  worth  of  this  modern  construction. 

Spaulding  Gas  Engine  Company,  of  St.  Joseph,  Mich., 
expect  to  show  three  engines,  3/2  and  7 horsepower/ two- 
stroke,  both  make-and-break  and  jump  spark  ignition. 
1 hey  make  especial  claim  to  their  reversing  wheel,  which 
is  the  only  one  using  a solid  shaft  and  no  outside  sleeve. 

John  Wanamaker,  New  York,  will  have  a line  of  canoes 
manufactured  by  the  Fraser  Hollow  Spar  and  Boat  Com- 
pany, Greenport,  N.  Y.,  and  several  launches. 

Truscott  Boat  Company,  St.  Joseph,  Mich.,  occupy  a 
part  of  the  island  in  the  lagoon  with  their  well-known 
line  of  launches  and  engines. 

Trebert  Auto  and  Marine  Motor  Company,  Rochester, 
N.  Y.,  makers  of  automobile  motors,  will  show  their  auto- 
marine four  cylinder  34  horsepower  four-stroke  engine. 

F.  L.  Crosby  Company,  Bangor,  Me.,  as  usual  will  show 
Bugs,  game  heads  and  novelties,  such  as  ink-wells,  ther- 
mometers, etc.,  made  from  deer  and  caribou  feet.  Indian 
moccasins  and  slinoers  will  also  be  shown. 

One  of  the  new  attractions  this  season  is  a line  of  gun 
cabinets  made  by  The  Yeager  Furniture  Company,  of 
Allentown,  Pa.  These  cabinets,  covering  all  the  require- 
ments of  sportsmen,  and  at  the  same  time  constituting  at- 
tractive pieces  of  furniture,  will  no  doubt  be  highly  ap- 
preciated by  a large  class  of  those  who  enjoy  the  gun  and 
dog.  The  present  demand  for  Arts  and  Crafts  and  Mission 
furniture,  led  to  the  adoption  of  these  styles  as  being  the 
best  and  most  suitable  for  cabinets  of  this  kind,  and  with 
due  care  to  workmanship  and  a high  quality  of  quarter 
sawed  oak  in  “weathered  finish,”  not  neglecting  hardware 
trim  of  special  design  in  “old  brass,”  “The  Yeager  Cabi- 
net” is  aii  article  worth  having,  and  will  be  a source  of 
never-ending  satisfaction  to  those  who  possess  one,  being 
a place  for  everything  and  everything  in  its  place.  At  the 
end  of  the  fishing  or  shooting  season  you  lay  away  your 
outfit  in  such  places  as  seem  most  convenient  without  a 
thought  as  to  whether  they  will  easily  be  found  when 
wanted  again.  No  doubt  there  are  a great  many  sports- 
men who  do  not  consign  their  favorite  gun  and  split- 
bamboo  to  some  out-of-the-way  corner,  but  rig  up  a 
special  contrivance  of  their  own  where  these  articles  can 
be  properly  cared  for  and  easily  accessible  in  case  of  need. 
This  is  a good  way,  so  far  as  it  goes ; but  consider  what  a 
great  advantage  a cabinet  would  be,  one  specially  designed 
to  hold  a complete  outfit,  from  guns  to  fish-hooks,  all 
within  easy  grasp,  and  an  ornament  to  your  den,  living 
room  or  camp. 

The  exhibit  made  by  the  Russian  collective  exhibitors 
of  the  World’s  Fair,  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  at  the  National 
Motorboat  and  Sportsman’s  Show  will  consist  of  different 
Russian  peasant  work,  house  industry,  made  by  hand, 
laces,  embroideries,  hangings,  table  covers,  etc. ; fur  skins,’ 
muffs,  rugs,  fur  carpets,  and  other  Russian  goods. 

The  Grand  Trunk  Railway  Svstem  has  arranged  a very 
comprehensive  and  artistic  collection.  This  exhibit  will 
consist  of  large  photographic  views  of  a comparatively 
speaking  new  fishing  and  hunting  territory  in  New  On- 
tario, known  as  the  “Temagami”  region,  which  has  been 
made  accessible  this  year  by  the  building  of  a new  rail- 
way from  the  northern  terminus  of  the  Grand  Trunk 
Railway  system,  at  North  .Bay,  through  the  Government 
forest  reserve,  located  73  miles  from  the  latter  point. 


addition  to  these  artistic  pictures,  a collection  of  mounted 
fish  and  game  are  shown,  including  specimens  of  moose* 
caribou,  deer,  mink,  beaver,  partridges,  duck,  site.  The 
fish  of  Canada  are  represented  by  black  bass,  speckled 
trout,  maskinonge,  wall-eyed  pike  and  other  species. 
There  will  also  be  biogen  machines,  projecting  moving 
pictures,  illustrating  some  of  the  fishing  and  hunting 
scenes  from  the  Canadian  rivers  and  forests.  All  of  which 
will  be  shown  in  an  artistic  booth,  built  of  red  cedar  and 
decorated  with  green  cedar  boughs. 

The  exhibit  will  be  in  charge  of  a representative  of  the 
railway  thoroughly  conversant  with  all  the  fishing  and 
hunting  regions  reached  by  the  lines  of  the  Grand  Trunk 
Railway  system.  He  will  be  assisted  by  Indian  guides 
from  some  of  the  different  resorts.  This  exhibit  will  be 
located  in  the  Garden  to  the  right  of  the  rear  end. 

The  Anglers’  Company,  Hartford,  Conn.,  have  on  ex- 
hibition a full  line  of  their  metal-whipped  rods  and 
service  fly-books. 

The  Foster  Rubber  Company,  of  Boston,  Mass.,  in  ad- 
dition to  the  well-known  Foster  heels,  will  show  a full 
line  of  golf,  yachting  and  tennis  shoes,  all  with  the 
Foster  heel. 

Wm.  Hjorth  & Co.,  Jamestown,  N.  Y.,  in  connection 
with  a display  of  wrenches  and  pliers,  will  have  a com- 
bination sportsman’s  tool.  This  consists  of  a hatchet, 
hammer,  pincers,  wire-cutter,  punch,  screwdriver  and  nail 
puller  all  in  one. 

Klean-Al  Manufacturing  Company,  36  Vesey  street, 
N,ew  York,  will  have  demonstration  of  their  cleaning 
compound.  Their  demonstrators  will  paint  their  hands 
with  various  kinds  of  dyes,  etc.,  and  remove  it  with 
Klean-Al,  and  to  show  absence  of  deleterious  or  harmful 
ingredients  will  rub  it  upon  their  lips,  teeth,  etc. 

The  Mianus  Motor  Works’  exhibit  will  consist  of  two, 
four  and  six  horsepower  single  cylinder  two-stroke  en- 
gines and  eight  and  twelve  horsepower  double  cylinder 
four-stroke.  These  engines  use  make-and-break  ignition 
in  preference  to  jump  spark,  and  are  of  the  heavy  low- 
speed  type.  Various  improvements  are  shown  in  the  1905; 
models  in  igniters,  connecting  rods  and  pumps. 

Blauvelt  Knitting  Company,  Newark,  N.  J.,  makers  of 
fine  worsted  garments  for  street  and  sporting  wear,  will 
have  an  attractive  exhibit. 


Boston  Letter. 

Boston,  Feb.  20. — At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Eastern 
Y.  C.,  held  at  the  St.  Botolnh  Club  last  Tuesday  evening, 
it  was  unanimously  voted  to  adopt  the  new  uniform  rule 
of  measurement  with  its  accompanying  conditions  and 
classification.  This  action  is  not  in  the  least  surprising, 
for  the  yacht  owners  have  been  generally  in  favor  of  such 
changes  as  would  produce  better  types  of  yachts,  and 
Chairman  Henry  Howard  and  Secretary  Louis  M.  Clark, 
of  the  Regatta  Committee,  have  been  the  strongest  advo- 
cates of  the  new  rule  in  Massachusetts  Bay.  The  follow- 
ing officers  and  committees  were  elected  for  the  year: 
Com.,  Laurence  Minot;  Vice-Com.,  F.  S.  Eaton;  Rear- 
Corn.,  W.  O.  Gay;  Sec’y,  George  Atkinson,  Jr.;  Treas., 
Patrick  T.  Jackson;  Meas.,  Henry  Taggard;  members  of 
the  Council-at-Large — George  A.  Goddard  and  Frank  B. 
McQuesten;  Regatta  Committee — Henry  Howard,  chair- 
man; George  Atkinson,  Jr.,  A.  Appleton  Packard,  Stephen 
W.  Sleeper  and  Louis  M.  Clark,  secretary;  Committee  on 
Admissions— Theophilus  Parsons,  J.  D.  Colt,  Robert  Sai- 
tonstall,  C.  S.  Rackemann  and  the  secretary,  ex-officio; 
House  Committee — Parkman  Dexter,  E.  W.  Bowditch,  F. 
O.  North,  E.  M.  Beals  and  W.  B.  Revere,  secretary.  The 
Regatta  Committee,  under  the  leadership  of  Mr.  Henry 
Howard,  which  performed  such  good  work  last  season, 
will  be  even  more  active  this  year.  The  committee  has 
not  yet  laid  out  its  programme,  but  it  can  be  announced, 
that  it  will  provide  for  the  usual  races  for  the  popular 
classes  of  Massachusetts  Bay,  and  will  also  hold  another 
series  of  power  boat  races,  probably  at  the  conclusion  of 
the  power  boat  race  of  the  Knickerbocker  Y.  C from 
New  York  to  Marblehead.  There  will  probably  be  other 
power  boat  races  during  the  season,  as  the  club  has  taken 
a great  interest  in  the  development  of  the  type,  and  has 
organized  a class  to  further  power  boat  racing.  It  is  quite 
likely  that  the  committee  plans  to  give  another  ocean  race, 
probably  to  the  eastward,  but  the  final  development  of 
this  feature  will  probably  depend  upon  the  response  from 
yacht  owners.  It  is  more  than  probable  that  there  will  be 
an  annual  cruise  to  Bar  Harbor,  and  this  should  be  even 
more  successful  than  the  one  that  was  held  last  season. 
If,  as  has  been  suggested,  the  fleet  of  the  New  York  Y.  C. 
joins  that  of  the  Eastern  Y.  C.  at  Marblehead,  the  east- 
ward cruise  will  be  the  greatest  ever  held. 

The  Regatta  Committee  of  the  Boston  Y.  C.  has  or- 
ganized and  has  announced  the  following  fixtures  for  22- 
footers,  18-footers  and  15-footers  and  two  handicap 
classes : 

June  13,  Saturday — Club  race,  City  Point. 

June  17,  Saturday — Y.  R.  A.  open,  Hull. 

July  1,  Saturday — Club  race,  Marblehead. 

July  29,  Saturday — Club  race,  Marblehead. 

August  3,  Thursday — Midsummer  series,  Y.  R A.  open, 
Hull. 

August  4,  Friday — Midsummer  series,  Y.  R.  A,  open, 
Hull. 

August  5,  Saturday — Midsummer  series,  Y.  R.  A.  open, 
Hull. 

August  7,  Monday — Y.  R.  A.  open,  Marblehead. 

August  14,  Monday — Club  race,  Marblehead. 

September  9,  Saturday — Club  race,  Hull. 

A special  series  of  races  will  be  held  at  Hull  for  18- 
footers  and  handicap  classes  in  c.onj  unction  with  the  Poinfe 
Aberton.  Associates  for  cups  and  prizes,  the  dates  for 
which  will  be  announced  later. 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Wollaston  Y.  C.,  the  fol- 
lowing' officers  were  elected:  Com.,  S.  B.  Wiley,  Jr.; 

Vice-Com.,  W.  M.  Chase;  Sec’y,  C.  W.  Dill;  Treas.,  John 
B.  Given;  member  of  Governing  Board  for  three  years, 
Franklin  E.  Dawes. 

The  members  of  the  American  Y.  C.,  of  Newburyport, 
have  been  organizing  a one-design  sailing  dory  class,  to 
be  raced  with  boats  of  the  Annisquam  and  Revere  Y.  C.’s 
and  the  Swampscott  Dory  Club.  A meeting  of  the  mem- 
bers interested  in  the  class  was  held  recently,  but  definite 
action  was  deferred  until  February  27.  At  this  meeting 
several  designs  ranging  in  cost  from  $75  to  $125,  were 
submitted.  One  of  the  members  of  the  club  has  offered  a 
pup  to  be  competed  for  by  boats  of  the  class. 

John  B.  Rillpbn- 


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British  Letter. 

The  failure  of  our  present  rating  rule  to  produce  an 
efficient  type  of  boat  for  class  racing,  coupled  with  the 
persistent  neglect  of  the  Yacht  Racing  Association  to 
provide  a table  of  scantlings  under  which  racing  yachts 
should  be  built,  has  resulted  in  the  decline  of  class 
racing  in  this  country  to  a lower  point  than  has  ever 
before  been  reached.  The  consequence  is  that  the  class 
racer  has  been  superseded  by  handicap  classes,  re- 
stricted classes,  and  by  one-design  classes.  The  last 
named  have  increased  in  numbers  so  much  of  late  years 
that  the  more  ardent  supporters  of  class  racing  are 
beginning  to  point  the  finger  of  scorn  at  owners  of 
one-designers  and  to  twit  them  with  not  indulging  in 
the  highest  form  of  the  sport.  To  this  the  one-design 
contingent  have  the  ready  and  plausible  reply  that  they 
cannot  afford  a new  boat  every  year,  especially  one 
which  costs  so  much  money  as  the  modern  racer,  and 
which  is  practically  useless  for  any  other  purpose  and 
is  unsalable  when  her  racing  days  are  over.  They 
furthermore  take  exception  to  the  statement  that  theirs 
is  an  inferior  form  of  yacht  racing  and  contend  that, 
on  the  contrary,  one-design  racing  does  far  more  to 
produce  sound  amateur  yachtsmen  than  any  amount  of 
class  racing.  The  fact  is,  there  is  much  to  be  said  for 
both  sides.  Theoretically,  of  course,  class  racing  is  the 
highest  form  of  the  sport. 

The  very  latest  creations  in  the  way  of  naval  archi- 
tecture from  the  board  of  the  most  celebrated  pro- 
fessional designers,  built  and  rigged  at  the  best  yards, 
with  sails  by  the  most  eminent  sail  makers,  and  the 
boats  steered  by  the  most  skilled  skippers  that  are  to 
be  had  for  love  or  money,  must  necessarily  -'"neal  to 
a large  section  of  lovers  of  yacht  racing.  Moreover, 
these  vessels  go  the  rounds  of  the  coast  ana  iuuu — - 
or  did  form  until  recent  years — the  basis  of  the  regatta 
programmes  of  all  the  principal  yacht  clubs,  which 
bestowed  their  chief  prizes  upon  the  class  racers', 


In  practice,  however,  this  high  standard  of  idealism 
has  many  flaws.  In  the  first  place,  the  owner  is  entirely 
dependent  upon  the  ability  of  the  designer  for  tire 
success  or  failure  of  his  boat.  Secondly,  the  owner  of 
a yacht  of  65ft.  rating  or  upward  never  steers  his  vessel 
himself  and  is  merely  a passenger  on  her  during  a 
race,  and  this  remark  frequently  applies  to  the  smaller 
classes.  Then  there  is  the  disadvantage  of  having  the 
same  designer  represented  by  more  than  one  boat  in 
a class,  for  it  is  obvious  that  one  of  them — probably  the 
very  latest — must  be  faster  than  the  others  which  will 
have  to  take  a back  seat.  Then  again  much  depends 
upon  the  kind  of  boat  encouraged  by  the  rule  of 
measurement  in  vogue,  for  no  man  is  so  well  off  that 
he  can  afford  to  throw  away  his  money  over  a type 
of  vessel  which  is  needlessly  expensive,  or  which  he 
does  not  consider  a sufficiently  good  investment  for  his 
money. 

There  is  no  doubt  that  the  present  day  racing  yacht 
is  costly  and  unsatisfactory  in  many  ways,  chiefly  by 
reason  of  flimsy  construction,  and  owners  have  realized 
this  so  fully,  that  class  racing  is  almost  a dead  letter 
and  will  remain  so  until  measures  are  taken  to  im- 
prove upon  the  present  rating  rule  and  to  insure  suf- 
ficiently strong  construction  of  hull.  If  the  proof  of 
the  pudding  is  in  the  eating,  the  owners  of  one- 
designers  have  the  best  of  the  argument.  One-design 
classes  have  not  any  of  the  drawbacks  enumerated 
above,  and  although  they  run  small  as  a rule,  they  are 
built  in  accordance  with  the  requirements  of  owners 
and  to  suit  the  waters  to  which  they  belong.  Economy 
and  solidity  of  construction  are  studied,  also  comfort 
in  the  way  of  internal  accommodation,  and  if  they  do 
not  represent  the  latest  development  in  naval  architect- 
ure, they  are  for  the  most  part  convenient  and  handy 
boats  which  answer  the  requirements  of  their  owners 
who  have  to  pay  the  piper,  and  have  therefore  a perfect 
right  to  call  the  tune. 

The  immense  popularity  of  the  monotype  classes  of 


Belfast  Lough,  Dublin  Bay,  and,  later,  of  the  Solent 
and  the  Clyde,  is  a sufficient  answer  to  enthusiasts  who 
will  not  tolerate  anything  else  than  class  racing,  and 
it  is  abundantly  clear  that  if  class  racing  is  to  be  re- 
vived it  must  be  under  other  conditions  than  obtain 
at  present.  With  the  places  of  first  class  yachts  and  65- 
footers  filled  as  they  now  are  by  two  handicap  classes, 
and  the  smaller  raters,  with  the  exception  of  the  52- 
footers,  ousted  by  restricted  and  one-design  classes, 
some  radical  changes  will  have  to  be  made  before  yacht 
racing  can  be  put  back  on  its  former  footing.  For  the 
present  one-design  classes  hold  the  sway  among  the 
smaller  boats  and  they  are  invaluable  as  nurseries  for 
the  younger  class  of  amateur  yachtsmen,  as  they  are 
nearly  always  steered  by  their  owners  and  frequently 
manned  in  whole  or  in  part  by  their  friends.  They  are 
a boon  to  men  of  moderate  means  and,  whatever  their 
drawbacks,  there  is  but  little  doubt  that  they  have  come 
to  stay. 

The  recent  decision  of  the  British  Admiralty  to 
moor  the  obsolete  men-of-war  they  propose  to  get 
rid  of  at  Spithead,  in  Southampton  Water,  and  in  the 
Kyles  of  Bute  and  Holy  Loch,  has  raised  quite  an 
outcry  in  yachting  circles,  as  all  these  localities  are 
much  frequented  by  yachtsmen  who  naturally  resent  the 
idea  of  strings  of  ungainly  hulks  being  dumped  down 
in  such  picturesque  places.  It  certainly  seems  un- 
fortunate that  waters  so  popular  with  the  pleasure  fleet 
should  be  disfigured  by  the  presence  of  so  many  un- 
sightly old  ships,  and  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  re- 
monstrances forwarded  by  the  yacht  clubs  to  the 
Admiralty  will  meet  with  a satisfactory  reply  and  that 
some  more  suitable,  if  less  convenient,  places  of  refuge 
may  be  found  for  these  ships  until  they  find  their  way 
into  the  ship  breaker’s  hands. 

E.  H.  Kelly. 

All  communications  intended  for  Forest  and  Stream  should 
always  be  addressed  to  the  Forest  and  Stream  Publishing  Co., 
New  York,  and  not  to  any  individual  connected  with  tfie  paper, 


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CLIPPER  DORY SAIL  AND  DECK  PLANS. 

Designed  by  Gardner  & Cox. 


Design  for  a Clipper  Dory. 

The  accompanying  cuts  show  a one-design  class  of 
clipper  dories,  recently  adopted  by  the  Tappan  Zee  Y.  C. 
This  class  will  receive  special  attention  in  the  Hudson 
River  Yacht  Racing  Association  next  season.  The  asso- 
ciation was  recently  formed  by  the  more  important  clubs 
on  the  Hudson  River.  The  cost  of  these  boats,  delivered 
and  complete  in  all  respects  except  ballast,  is  $150.  They 
were  designed  by  Messrs.  Gardner  & Cox,  and  are  being 
built  .by  the  Nassau  Shipyard,  of  Bayville,  L.  I. 

This  boat. is  an  improvement  on  the  regular  Swampscott 
dory  used  in  large  numbers  along  the  Massachusetts 
coast.  . The  boat  has  a much  fuller  dpck  line,  giving  a 
long  side  to  sail  on.  The  forward  overhang  is  longer, 
and  the  sections  are  much  fuller  than  the  regular  dory. 
The  boat  has  a much  harder  bilge,  and  the  stern  is  nearly 
twice  as  wide  as  the  regular  dory.  The  keel  is  much  nar- 
rower and  has  more  rocker  with  less  of  a knuckle  where 
the  keel  joins  the  stem.  This  makes  a splendid  boat  at  a 
reasonable  cost  for  afternoon  sailing  and  class  racing,  the 
difference  in  size  between  these  boats  and  the  regular  15ft. 
knockabout  being  considerably  less  than  the  difference  in 
price.  These  boats  have  white  cedar  plank,  spruce-sawn 
frames  with  light  oak  frames  between;  the  keel  is  of  oak 
and  deck  of  pine,  canvas-covered.  The  centerboard  logs 
are  of  spruce,  and  the  board  is  of  oak  weighted  with  lead. 
The  sails  are  cross  cut,  of  5-ounce  canvas,  made  by 
Messrs.  Wilson  & Griffen,  and  the  spinnaker  is  of  light 
sail  cloth.  All  hardware  is  of  galvanized  iron,  and  the 
blocks  are  of  bronze. 

The  dimensions  follow: 

Length — 

Over  all 21  ft.  iin. 

Waterline  15  ft. 

Beam — 

Extreme  5 ft.  ioin. 

Freeboard — 

Forward  2 ft. 

Least  1 ft.  2in. 

Aft  1 ft.  6in. 

Draft  board  up  7in. 

Draft,  with  board 3 ft.  4m. 

Approximate,  weight  1,065  lbs. 

Sail  area  mainsail  2x4  sq.  ft. 

Jib  36  sq.  ft. 


Total  250  sq.  ft. 


Courteous  Offer  to  Commodore  F.  G.  Bourne,  New 
York  Y.  C. — Immediately  on  learning  of  the  burping  of 
the  yachts  Delaware  and  Colonia  last  week,  Mr.  John  J. 
Amory,  president  of  the  Gas  Engine  & Power  Company 
and  Chas.  L.  Seabury  & Co.,  Consol.,  notified  Commo- 
dore Bourne  that  the  entire  Morris  Heights  plant  was  at 
his  disposal  for  the. rebuilding  and  refitting  of  his  yachts, 
leaving  it  entirely  to  Commodore  Bourne  whether  the 
work  would  be  done  under  the  supervision  of  the  under- 
writers, his  own.  men  or  the  Seabury  force  of  engineers. 
This  offer  at  a time  when  the  company  was  busiest  shows 
a spirit  of  accommodation,  and  in  a measure  accounts  for 
the  popularity  which  this  firm  enjoys.  Members  of  the 
New  York  and  other  yacht  clubs  who  have  learned  of 
Mr.  Amory’s  action,  express  themselves  as  being  im- 
pressed with  the  liberality  of  this  concern. 


A Bill  to  Prevent  Injury  to  or  Destruction 
of  Yacht  Moorings* 

A bill  has  recently  been  introduced  in  the  Massachu- 
setts Legislature  which  provides — 

1.  A fine  or  imprisonment  for  any  person  who  shall  will- 
fully and  without  right  destroy,  cut  or  injure  the  moor- 
ing of  a yacht  or  other  vessel. 

2.  Treble  damages  to  the  owner  of  such  mooring  for  the 
willful  destruction,  cutting  or  injury  to  such  mooring. 

3.  That  the  possession  of  any  part  of  the  mooring 
which  has  been  willfully  and  without  right  destroyed,  cut 
or  injured  shall  be  prima  facie  evidence  of  the  possessor’s 
guilt  or  liability. 

All  yacht  or  boat  owners  of  Massachusetts  who  approve 
of  the  legislation  outlined  above,  are  earnestly  advised  to 
write  to  William  L.  Barnard,  Esq.,  31  State  street,  Bos- 
ton, Mass.,  informing  him  that  they  approve  of  such  legis- 
lation, and  also'  write  and  request  their  local  representa- 
tive to  vote  for  such  legislation. 

It  will  be  noticed  that  this  does  not  affect  accidental 
destruction  of  a mooring  by  another  boat,  but  only  where 
the  act  is  willful. 

YACHTING  NEWS  NOTES.® 


For  advertising  relating  to  this  department  see  pages  ii  and  iii. 


Hartford  Y.  C.  Annual  Meeting. — The  annual  meet- 
ing of  the  Hartford  Y.  C.  was  held  at  the  Hotel  Lleublein, 
Hartford,  Conn.,  on  Thursday  evening,  February  9,  a 
very  large  proportion  of  the  club  membership  being- 
present.  The  annual  reports  of  the  officers  showed  the 
affairs  of  the  organization  to  be  in  a highly  satisfactory 
condition.  The  total  membership  is  275,  and  121  vessels 
are  enrolled  in  the  club’s  list.  The  races  in  the  Connecti- 
cut River  and  on  Long  Island  Sound  last  season  were 
exceptionally  successful,  the  entries  numbering  95.  Espe- 
cially interesting  was  the  pGwer  boat  race  of  July  2,  down 
the  Connecticut  from  Hartford  to  Fenwick,  a distance  of 
50  . miles,  in  which  fifteen  motorboats  started,  and  all 
finished.  The  ocean  race  from  Fenwick  around  Block 
Island  and  return,  sailed  in  September,  was  also  a suc- 
cess. During  the  year  thirty  new  members  were  admitted 
to  the  club.  The  following  officers  were  elected : Com., 
Louis  F.  Heublein,  steam  yacht  Katrina;  Vice-Com., 
Charles  A.  Goodwin,  yawl  Procyon;  Rear-Com.,  Walter 
S.  Schutz,  sloop  Neeche;  Sec’y,  Frank  W.  Theis;  Treas., 
E.  Hart  Fenn;  Meas.,  Harry  D.  Olmsted;  Fleet  Surgeon, 
Dr.  J.  Frank  Axtelle;  Trustees  for  three  years,  L.  D. 
Fisk,  Joseph  Merritt;  Race  Committee — E.  N.  Way,  chair- 
man; Joseph  Merritt,  secretary;  Charles  H.  Symonds, 
Newton  Case  Brainard,  Charles  N.  Robinson,  Frederick 
Law;  Delegates  to  Yacht  Racing  Association  of  Long 
Island  Sound — E.  N.  Way,  H.  M.  Luther,  Marcus  A. 
Potter;  Delegates  to  American  Power  Boat  Association — 
E.  N.  Way,  Frederick  Law  and  Charles  D.  Holmes;  An- 
nual Dinner  Committee — Commodore  Heublein,  Rear- 
Commodore  Schutz,  L.  D.  Fisk,  Joseph  Merritt  and 
Charles  Noel  Flagg. 

* *,  H 

C.  F.  Spiitdorf,  17  Vandewater  street,  New  York,  will 
have  a full  and  comprehensive  exhibit  of  spark  plugs, 
jump  spark  coils,  switches,  ignition  cable,  motor  cycle  and 
other  non-vibrating  coils,  and  a new  ignition  magneto. 


Larchmont  Y.  C.  Meeting. — Over  one  hundred  mem- 
bers attended  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Larchmont  Y.  C. 
held  at  Delmonico’s,  Fifth  avenue  and  Forty-fourth 
street,  New  York,  on  Wednesday  evening,  February  15. 
The  following  officers  were  elected : Com.,  A.  C.  Bost- 

wick,  auxiliary  Vergemere;  Vice-Com.,  Roy  A.  Rainey, 
steamer  Viola;  Rear-Com.,  R.  A.  C.  Smith,  steamer 
Privateer;  Sec’y,  A.  Bryan  Alley;  Treas.,  William  Mur- 
ray; Meas.,  John  Hyslop;  Trustees,  for  one  year,  John 
Proctor  Clarke;  for  three  years,  Francis  M.  Scott  and 
Edward  J.  Greacen.  Several  proposed  amendments  to  the 
constitution  were  adopted.  These  provide  for  a junior 
membership,  to  which  persons  between  the  ages  of  sixteen 
and  twenty-one  years  are  eligible.  These  members  have 
the  privilege  of  the  club  burgee,  the  anchorage  and  the 
club  house,  but  are  not  permitted  to  make  purchases  at  the 
club  house.  These  junior  members  must  be  elected  to 
regular  membership  when  the  age  limit  is  reached.  The 
initiation  in  the  future  will  be  $100,  and  $25  for  juniors, 
while  the  dues  will  be  $75  and  $25  for  juniors.  The -dues 
have  been  advanced  50  per  cent.,  as  the  club  felt  that  it 
should  have  more  revenue  from  its  members.  It;  was 
thought  at  first  that  this  increase  in  the  dues  would  result 
in  many  resignations,  but  there  were  only  five  more  than 
the  year  previous. 

The  New  York  Y.  C.  rule  of  measurement,  which  has 
been  accepted  by  nearly  all  the  prominent  organizations  in 
the  East,  was  adopted. 

The  report  of  the  Secretary,  A.  Bryan  Alley,  was  of  in- 
terest. There  are  now  406  yachts  enrolled,  and  the  mem- 
bership is  740. 

The  club,  house  is  being  added  to  and  improved.  The 
new  extension,  to  be  known  as  the  Augustin  Monroe  ex- 
tension, is  well  under  way,  and  will  be  ready  for  occu- 
pancy before  long. 

The  flag  officers  of  the  Royal  Victoria  Y.  - C.  were 
elected  honorary  members  of  the  club.  This  was  ;done 
in  appreciation  of  the  courtesy  and  hospitality  shown  Ex- 
Commodore  Morton  F.  Plant  while  he  was  in  British 
waters  with  the  schooner  Ingomar. 

New  Yawl  for  F.  T.  Rogers. — The  most  interesting 
announcement  concerning  new  boats  for  Rhode  Island 
waters  the  coming  season  is  that  of  a new . yawl  with 
auxiliary  power  for  Dr.  F.  T.  Rogers,  commodore  of  the 
Rhode  Island  Y.  C.  The  designers  are  Small  Brothers, 
of  Boston,  and  the  work  of  building  is  now  under  way 
by  Rice  Brothers  at  Boothbay,  Me.  The  new  yacht  will 
be  some  nine  feet  shorter  than  Rusalka,  the  schooner  that 
served  as  last  season’s  flagship,  but  will  be  equal  to  her 
in  accommodations,  and  superior  in  some  respects.  The 
dimensions  will  be  55ft.  over  all,  36ft.  waterline,  14ft. 
breadth  and  8ft.  draft.  Aft  the  cabin  contains  the  owner’s 
stateroom  on  the  starboard,  with  chart  lockers  and  toilet 
on  the-  port  side,  and  companionway  and  passage  between. 
Forward  of  this  is  the  main  cabin  with  a berth  on  the 
port  and  two  berths  on  the  starboard.  In  front  of  the 
berths  are  extension  transoms,  giving  a total  sleeping  ac- 
commodation for  five.  Next  is  a commodious  galley, 
lavatory  and  ice-box,  the  engine  being  in  the  center  of 
the  galley,  and  covered  when  not  in  use.  In  the  bow  is  a 
70-gallon  gasolene  tank.  The  forecastle  is  fitted  with  two 
pipe  bunks.  The  yawl  will  be  completed  about  . May  I, 
and  will  be  in  commission  by  Memorial  Day. 

H W,  * 

Changes  on  Privateer. — The  steam  yacht  Privateer, 
owned  by  Mr.  R.  A.  C.  Smith,  of  New  York,  who  has  re- 
cently been  elected  vice-commodore  of  the  Larchmont  Y. 
C.,  is  undergoing  extensive  alterations  at  the  yards  of  the 
James  Reilly  Repair  and  Supply  Company,  Jersey  City. 

When  the  alterations  are  completed,  Commodore  Smith 
will  have  a vessel  unique  in  many  ways.  There  will  be 
nine  staterooms  and  saloon  aft,  communicating  by  inclosed 
passage,  with  large  dining  saloon  forward  on  main  deck; 
in  addition  to  which  there  will  be  another  deck  saloon  for- 
ward in  the  mahogany  house  on  upper  deck.  With  the 
new  arrangement,  Privateer  will  have  a complete  prom- 
enade deck  from  stem  to  stern,  and  as  all  the  rooms  are 
unusually  large,  well  laid  out,  ventilated  and  lighted,  she 
will  be  most  attractive.  The  work  is  in  charge  of  Messrs. 
Gardner  & Cox,  her  designers,  and  will  be  finished 
May  15. 

SI  »t  . « 

Yachts  Burned  in  Yonkers  Fire. — A disastrous  fire 
that  started  in  the  Waring  Hat  Manufacturing  Co.’s  lum- 
ber shed  at  Yonkers,  destroyed  a number  of  yachts'  that 
were  housed  for  the  winter  in  an  adjoining  shop  owned 
by  Mr.  George  M.  Rae.  Most  of  the  boats  that  were 
destroyed  were  owned  by  members  of  the  . Yonkers 
Corinthian  Y.  C.  The  boats  entirely  destroyed  or  very 
badly  damaged  were:  Chas.  H.  Fancher’s  launch  Bessie 
and  catboat  Wa  Wa;  Commodore  Reeves’  knockabout  and 
Wave;  W.  L.  Andrus’  launch  Helen;  A.  L.  Skinner’s 
knockabout;  A.  C.  Smith’s  Coquette,  cabin  catboat;  A.  J. 
Van  Suetendael’s  auto  boat;  M.  Dee’s  May,  launch;  Louis 
Quanchi’s  Ermie,  launch;  Frank  Ford’s  Thelma,  launch; 
George  Daniel’s  Cupid,  gasolene  launch;  Mr.  Smith’s 
small  launch. 

* *1  *1 

Recent  Sales. — The  90ft.  twin  screw  gasolene  yacht 
Siesta,  owned  by  Mr.  Frank  A.  Egan,  Atlantic  Y.  C.,  has 
been  sold  through  the  agency  of  Messrs.  Macconnell  & 
Cook  to  Mr.  Charles  M.  Rosenthal,  of  New  York.  The 
same  agency  has  sold  the  sloop  Marion,  owned  by  Mr. 
Louis  H.  Strouse,  to  Dr.  Russell  Pemberton,  New  York. 
The  schooner  yacht  Rosina,  owned  by  Mr.  Irving  Cox, 
has  also  been  sold  by  the  same  agency  to. Mr.  Herbert 
Driggs,  of  New  York.  The  boat  will  be  taken  to  Chesa- 
peake Bay. 

«i  « n 

Sunbeam  Entered  for  Ocean  Race.— Right  Honorable 
Lord  Brassey  has  entered  his  famous  cruising  auxiliary 
Sunbeam  in  the  . ocean  race  for  the  German  Emperor’s 
Cup.  Sunbeam  is  a three-masted  auxiliary  schooner  of 
composite  construction.  She  is  an  old  vessel,  having  been 
built  in  1874  from  designs  by  Mr.  St.  Claire  Byrne.  She 
is  154ft.  waterline,  27.6ft.  breadth  and  13.9ft.  depth. 

•in*? 

Foxie  Changes  Hands. — The  auxiliary  yawl  Foxie  has 
been  sold  by  Mr.  Frederick  De  Funiak.  New  York  Y.  C., 
through  the  agency  of  Mr.  Thomas  A.  St.  Johnston,'  of 
this  city,  to  Mr.  James  Godfrey  Wilson,  L.  Y.  C,  who 
will  change  her  name  to  Albion. 


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Marne  Gasolene  Engines* 

!'  ' BY  A.  E,  POTTER, 

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WHILE  the  four-stroke  engine  is,  with  but  one  or  two 
‘exceptions,  always  used  in  automobile  work,  it  may  at 
first  seem  strange  that  there  are  comparatively  so  few  in 
use  in  boats.  If  the  conditions  were  alike  in  both  cases 
and  the  requirements  the  same,  engines  of  both  types 
would  be  made  use  of  in  automobiles  as  well  as  boats. 

For  general  marine  use,  slow  speed  engines  are  prefer- 
able to  high  speed.  They  weigh  more,  but  the  slightly 
increased  weight  is  more  than  offset  by  longer  wear,  and 
for  use  in  small  units  up  to  say  6 horsepower,  the  two- 
stroke  engine  seems  better  adapted  for  marine  work  than 
the  four-stroke.  Don’t  think  for  an  instant  that  because 
it  seems  better  adapted  that  it  really  is  better  than  a 
four-stroke  engine;  but  it  is  so  much  simpler  and  cheaper 
and  takes  up  so  much  less  room,  that  it  is  very  popular. 

As  usually  constructed,  a two-stroke  engine  can  be  run 
in  either  direction,  the  spark  taking  place  just  prior  to  the 
end  of  each  up  stroke,  no  matter  in  which  direction  the 
engine  runs,  while  in  the  four-stroke  the  spark  is  near 
the  end  of  each  alternate  up  stroke,  the  exhaust  valve 
being  held  open  during  the  whole  of  the  other  up  stroke. 
If  the  engine  were  to  be  operated  in  the  opposite  direction 
without  employing  an  entirely  different  set  of  sparking  and 
exhaust  cams,  the  exhaust  valve  would  open  at  the  be- 
ginning of  a down  stroke,  draw  in  gas  or  air  from  the 
■exhaust  piping,  close  on  the  lower  center,  this  charge 
which  could  not  be  explosive  would  be  compressed  on  the 
’up  strike,  and  if  the  valves  were  tight  on  the  next  down 
stroke,  there  would  be  no  gas  taken  in  through  the  inlet 
waive,  for  there  would  be  no  partial  vacuum  to  induce 
it.  The  spark  would  take  place  near  the  end  of  the  down 
stroke.  The  whole  cycle  would  be  out  of  adjustment  and 
out  of  time. 

In  order  to  run  backwards  as  well  as  ahead  without 
stopping  the  engine,  or  where  it  cannot  be  run 
in  the  opposite  direction,  it  becomes  necessary 
to  use  a reversing  mechanism,  to  reverse  the 
direction  of  the  propeller  shaft  itself,  or  change 
the  angle  of  the  propeller  blades  so  they  will  exert  power 
astern  instead  of  ahead,  the  rotation  of  the  crank  shaft 
always  being  in  one  direction.  Reversing  gears  are  ex- 
pensive, take  up  considerable  room,  and  unless  they  can  be 
kept  from  contact  with  salt  water,  will  rarely  give  satis- 
factory results.  In  building  them  gearing  is  almost  uni- 
versally used,  although  one  manufacturer  for  several 
years  employed  bevel  frictions  for  the  purpose.  In  using 
gearing,  either  bevels  or  trains  of  spur  gears  have  to  be 
used,  the  latter  being  usually  termed  planetary,  perfected 
as  it  was  for  automobile  use  in  the  older  type  where  hori- 
zontal engines  were  used  with  crank  and  driving  shafts 
running  transversely. 

There  is  considerable  power  lost  in  using  reversing 
gears  and  where  bevels  are  employed  unless  one  has  a 
knowledge  of  the  principles  of  bevel  and  direct  thrust,  this 
form  is  liable  to  work  injury  through  thrust  on  the  crank 
shaft  of  the  engine.  Some  bevel  reverse  gears  drive  the 
propeller  shaft  through  the  teeth  of  the  gears,  while  others 
lock  the  whole  together  and  drive  from  a double  clutch, 
■one  at  each  end  of  the  caging.  This  construction,  while 
much  more  expensive,  gives  better  satisfaction. 

The  planetary  gear,  however,  seems  to  be  the  more 
popular,  and  the  strong  point  in  its  favor  seems  to  be  less 
liability  of  thrusting  upon  the  engine  crank  shaft. 

In  itself,  simple  as  it  can  be  constructed,  this  part  of 
marine  equipment  is  complicated,  and  frequently  a source 
of  much  trouble.  The  small  two-stroke  engine  has  no  need 
of  any  such  contrivances.  To  be  sure,  in  making  a landing, 
■one  cannot  ran  up  to  it  as  he  would  with  a steamboat; 
ibut  with  a little  judgment  he  can  shut  his  engine  down 
and  make  a landing  in  good  shape.  If  he  needs  to  run  the 
■boat  astern  to  get  away  from  a float  or  wharf,  or  off  a 
bank  or  shoal  he  may  have  inadvertently  run  aground 
upon,  all  he  has  to  do  is  to  start  the  engine  in  the  op- 
posite direction,  and  if  he  has  been  taught  and  has  prac- 
ticed a little,  he  can  usually  stop  the  engine  and  reverse  it 
by  means  of  the  switch.  Ordinarily,  after  “getting  the 
hang  of  it,”  you  can  do  this  nine  out  of  ten  times ; but 
you  should  never  depend  upon  this  when  in  close 
corners  or  narrow  quarters,  for  if  it  was  to  fail,  there 
would  be  no  time,  and  results  might  be  disastrous. 

Two-stroke  engines  would  be  used  in  automobiles  more 
did  it  not  take  so  much  water  to  keep  them  cool.  In  a 
launch  there  is  an  ample  supply  of  water,  and  no  trouble 
to  keep  the  cylinder  cool  so  long  as  the  circulating  pump 
as  sufficiently  large  for  the  purpose. 

Two-stroke  engines  usually  consume  more  fuel  than 
four-stroke,  but  in  small  power  it  does  not  amount  to 
much  in  the  aggregate.  With  engines  of  10  to  100  horse- 
power, the  consumption  is  an  important  factor  to  be  taken 
into  consideration,  and  this  is  one  of  the  reasons  why 
larger  two-stroke  engines  are  not  oftener  met  in  marine 
work, 

A two-stroke  engine  is  a comparatively  simple  piece  of 
machinery;  but  to  be  a good  engine  it  needs  much  more 
careful  design  than  a four-stroke.  Some  makes  will  last 
much  longer  than  others,  and  this  can  usually  be  at- 
tributed to  one  or  a combination  of  three  things — material, 
machine  work  and  care  in  operation.  Again,  some  makes 
at  the  same  speed,  and  the  bore  of  the  cylinder  and  length 
of  the  stroke  being  the  same,  develop  decidedly  more 
power  than  others.  Design  is  largely  to  blame  for  such 
differences,  although  sometimes  the  method  of  machining 
may  account  for  some  of  the  wasted  power  which  is 
absorbed  by  the  engine  itself,  or  it  may  not  be  properly 
installed  or  may  be  out  of  adjustment. 

If  it  is  absolutely  necessary  that  a perfectly,  or  nearly 
so,  exhaust  must  be  had,  it  practically  shuts  out  the  two- 
stroke  engine,  as  for  it  to  ran  that  quiet,  it  would  be 
necessary  to  muffle  to  such  an  extent  as  to  kill  nearly  the 
entire  efficiency  of  the  engine. 

The  particular  parts  of  the  two-stroke  engine  are  the 
cylinder,  piston,  wrist  pin,  connecting  rod,  crank  shaft, 
piston  rings  and  main  bearings.  It  is  taken  for  granted 
that  the  igniter  and  vaporizing  devices  are  working 
properly,  but  if  not,  they  can  be  readily  examined  wi;h- 
out  taking  the  engine  to  pieces.  So  I am  going  to  make 
some  particular  reference  to  the  design,  selection  of  mate- 
rial, machining,  and  assembling  the  various  parts,  and  the 
engine  as  a whole. 

, , : [fO  BS  CONTINUES,] 


Queries  on  Marine  Motors. 

1 H.  F.,  Albany,  N.  Y. — My  two  cylinder  engine  with  reversing 
gear  would  sometimes  stop  when  1 attempted  to  run  backward 
last  summer.  Can  you  tell  me  what  the  probable  cause  w&6? 

Ans. — It  may  be  that  your  engine  has  a governor,  and 
that  the  springs  are  too  weak.  A marine  engine  should 
not  be  goverened  too  closely.  Fifteen  per  cent,  additional 
engine  speed  would  not  be  too  much  when  power  is 
thrown  off.  If  you  use  early-and-late  ignition,  always 
make  ignition  late  when  stopping  or  backing.  A good 
type  of  governor  is  one  that  does  not  shut  off  the  supply 
entirely  or  reduce  it  to  such  a point  that  the  engine 
misses  explosions  badly.  If  it  will  run  regularly  on  slow 
speed  with  power  thrown  out,  it  ought  not  stop  when 
throwing  in  back  motion.  If  engine  has  no  governor, 
there  should  be  a stop  in  the  throttle,  so  it  will  not  close 
off  too  much.  If  your  engine  stops,  it  may  be  from  too 
rich  or  too  poor  a mixture,  too  early  ignition,  or  too  much 
friction  in  the  reverse  gearing  possibly  caused  by  poor 
alignment. 

H.  R.  L.,  Boston,  Mass. — Which  do  you  consider  the  more 
satisfactory,  a reciprocating-  or  rotary  circulating  pump? 

Ans. — Marine  gasolene  engines  are  usually  equipped 
with  reciprocating  circulating  pumps,  although  auto 
marine  engines  are  almost  always  supplied  with  rotary 
pumps.  In  the  writer’s  opinion,  the  rotary  is  the  better 
construction,  for  one  does  not  have  to  depend  on  check 
valves,  and  should  a valve  be  closed  in  the  water  dis- 
charge, as  frequently  occurs,  it  would  not  wreck  things 
generally,  as  the  rotary  pump  will  not  generate  sufficient 
pressure  to  burst  the  water  jacket. 

B.  J.  G.,  New  Bedford,  Mass. — How  does  a four  cylinder  engine 
exhaust  four-cycle  (four-stroke),  numbering  the  cylinders  from  the 
forward  1,  2,  3 and  4?  2 — What  would  be  the  result  if  the  walls 
of  a gas  engine  were  very  thick?  3 — Are  there  any  marine  gas- 
olene engines  built  with  water  circulating  through  the  piston? 

Ans.- — 1.  Four  cylinder  engines  are  frequently  so  built 
that  the  two  forward  cylinders  exhaust  into  one  pipe  and 
the  after  pair  into  another,  which  are  in  turn  yoked  to- 
gether, Sometimes  the  explosions  are  timed  1-2-4-3,  but 
in  double  pair  construction,  as  noted  above,  x-3-2-4  would 
seem  to  be  better.  It  would  necessitate  the  two  forward 
crank  pins  1 and  2 to  be  in  line,  instead  of  the  usual  con- 
struction, 2 and  3 pins  in  line  and  1 and  4 also.  2.  If  the 
walls  of  the  cylinder  are  too  thick  the  heat  will  not  radiate 
fast  enough,  they  cannot  be  properly  lubricated,  and 
pistons  are  liable  to  stick.  3.  We  do  not  know  of  any 
marine  engines  built  with  water-cooled  pistons,  but  nearly 
all  the  large  stationary  engines  use  this  method  of  cooling. 
Some  marine  engines  cool  their  valve  poppets  with  circu- 
lating water. 


American  vs.  English-Built  Boats. — Some  time  ago 
we  took  exception  to  a criticism  in  the  English  Yachting 
World  of  the  planking  of  the  American  boats  exhibited  at 
the  Paris  Salon  d’Automobile.  It  appears  to  us  mani- 
festly unfair  to  judge  the  entire  American  product  by 
what  was  shown  by  a single  American  manufacturer, 
when  we  know  that  for  fine  outboard  finish  our  crack 
boat  builders  cannot  be  excelled  by  English  or  French. 
We  only  wish  our  worthy  contemporary  could  send  repre- 
sentatives here  to  view  the  aggregation  of  masterpieces 
in  this  line  now  being  shown  in  Madison  Square  Garden. 
American  manufacturers  like  to  sell  their  engines  in 
Great  Britain  for  one  very  good  and  sufficient  reason,  viz., 
they  get  more  for  them  abroad  than  in  their  own  market. 

85  85  85 

Power  Yacht  Gregory. — Mr.  Lewis  R.  Nixon’s  power 
yacht  Gregory,  which  left  Greenport,  N.  Y.,  9 A.  M.,  14th 
inst.,  arrived  at  Bermuda  less  than  48  hours  after  en  route 
to  Europe,  where  she  will  be  entered  in  the  races  the  com- 
ing season 

85  85  85 

Two  and  Four- Stroke  Engines. — We  have  taken  the 
initiative  to  hereafter  designate  what  in  America  has  been 
termed  the  two  and  four-cycle  engine,  as  the  two  and 
four-stroke,  because  we  consider  it  more  descriptive  and 
better  all  around. 

* « ft 

Handicap  Power  Boat  Races. — A letter  to  an  English 
contemporary,  the  Yaching  World,  suggests  that  their 
principal  yacht  clubs  should  inaugurate  handicap  races 
for  power  boats.  The  rules  and  regulations  in  force  gov- 
erning time  allowances  are  such  that  it  is  well-nigh  im- 
possible to  make  them  equitable.  Several  American  yacht 
clubs  have  extended  this  winter  the  one-design  class 
scheme  to  include  power  boats.  This  sport  will  be  much 
more  exciting  than  handicap  competition;  there  could  be 
no  claim  made  of  unfairness;  there  would  be  no  fear  of 
the  trophy  being  carried  off  by  a freak  boat  built  to  get 
around  some  technical  point  or  rale,  and  last,  but  not 
least,  one  cause  of  internal  dissension  or  disruption  would 
be  removed  from  the  average  yacht  club  fostering  handi- 
cap races.  The  one-design  class  is  especially  to  be  en- 
couraged, as  it  means  good  sport  at  a cost  sufficiently  low 
to  make  it  popular. 

85  $5  ft 

Power  Boat  for  J.  Insley  Blair,  New  York  Y.  C— 
The  Electric  Launch  Co.,  Bayonne,  N.  J.,  are  building  a 
70ft.  power  boat  for  Mr.  J.  Insley  Blair,  New  York  Y.  C. 
The  power  will  be  a six  cylinder  Standard  gasolene  en- 
gine of  100  horsepower.  The  general  lines  follow  those 
of  the  well-known  Standard.  This  is  one  of  the  first  boats 
of  a new  type  having  comfort  in  accommodations  as  well 
as  high  speed. 

8?  85 

Venetia  Saves  Schooner. — Venetia,  owned  by  Mr. 
Morton  F.  Plant,  New  York  Y.  C.,  towed  into  Algiers 
on  February  15  the  wrecked  schooner  Saint  Antoine  de 
Padone,  which  vessel  was  picked  up  in  the  Bay  of  Bougie. 
Venetia  was  slightly  damaged. 

85  81  *5 

Death  of  George  W.  Weld.— George  W.  Weld  died  at 
his  home  in  Boston  on  February  14  in  his  sixty-fifth  year. 
He  was  an  ardent  yachtsman,  having  owned  many  yachts. 
At  the  time  of  his  death  Mr.  Weld  owned  the  schooner 
Chanticleer.  He  was  one  of  the  syndicate  that  built  the 
America’s  Cup  defender  Puritan.  Mr.  Weld  had  been  an 
invalid  all  his  life. 


Hjfanpshaotmg, 

■ «■ 

Fixtures. 

Feb.  22.— Harrisbut’g,  Fa.,  Shooting  Association  seventeenth 
annual  live-bird  tournament.  A.  H.  Roberts,  Sec’y. 

Feb.  22. — Atglen,  Pa. — Christiana-Atglen  Gun  Club  all-day  shoot. 
Lloyd  R.  Lewis,  Cor.  Sec’y. 

Feb.  22. — Batavia,  111.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  Ilenry  Hendrick- 
son, Mgr. 

Feb.  22. — Concord,  S.  I. — All-day  shoot  of  the  Richmond  Gua 
Club.  A.  A.  Schoverling.  Sec'y- 

Feb.  22.— Schenectady,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  V.  Wall- 
burg,  Sec’y. 

Feb.  22. — Utica,  N.  Y. — Riverside  Gun  Club’s  eighth  annual  tour- 
nament. E.  J.  Loughlin,  Sec’y. 

Feb.  22. — New  Paltz,  N.  Y. — Mullerite  Gun  Club  shoot  on 
grounds  of  the  Awosting  Gun  Club.  A.  A.  Schoverling,  Mgr. 

March  6-7. — Indianapolis,  Ind.,  Gun  Club  two-day  amateur  shoot. 
Jas.  W.  Bell,  Sec’y. 

March  11. — Lakewood,  N,  J. — All-day  shoot  of  the  Mullerite  Gun 
Club.  A.  A.  Schoverling,  Sec’y. 

March  14-16. — Des  Moines,  la. — Iowa  State  Sportsmen’s  Associa- 
tion tournament. 

March  20-25. — Kansas  City,  Mo, — Dickey  Bird  Gun  Club  six-day 
tournament. 

March  28. — Mullerite  Gun  Club  shoot  on  grounds  ot  Bouna 
Brook,  N.  J.,  Gun  Club. 

March  28-29.— Kansas  City,  Mo. — Missouri  and  Kansas  League  of 
trapshooters’  first  tournament,  at  Schmelzer’s  Shooting  Park. 
Dr.  C.  B.  Clapp,  Sec’y,  Moberly,  Mo. 

April  5-6. — Augusta,  Ga. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tourna- 
ment, under  the  auspices  of  the  Augusta  Gun  Club.  Chas.  C, 
Needham,  Sec’y. 

April  12-13. — Spring  tournament  of  Delaware  Trapshooters’  League, 
on  grounds  of  Wilmington  Gun  Club.  H.  T.  Stidroan,  Sec’y, 
Wilmington. 

April  18-20. — Waco,  Tex. — Texas  State  Sportsmen’s  Association 
tournament. 

April  19. — Springfield,  Mass.,  Shooting  Club  annual  tournament. 
C.  L.  Kites,  Sec’y. 

April  22. — Easton,  Pa. — Independent  Gun  Club  second  annual 
tournament.  Jacob  Pleiss,  Cor.  Sec’y. 

April  26-27. — Scottdale,  Pa.  Gun  Club  shoot. 

May  2-5. — Pittsburg,  Pa. — Tournament  of  the  Pennsylvania  State 
Sportsmen’s  Association,  under  auspices  of  the  Herron  Hill 
Gun  Club;  $1,000  added  to  purses.  Louis  Lautenstager,  Sec’y. 

May  2-6.— Kansas  City,  Mo. — Missouri  State  Game  and  Fish  Pro- 
tective Association  tournament. 

May  4-5. — Waterloo,  la.,  Gun  Club  spring  tournament.  E.  M. 
Storm,  Sec’y. 

May  9-10.— Olean,  N.  Y.,  Glib  Club  annual  tournament.  B.  D. 
Nobles,  Sec’y. 

May  9-12.— Hastings,  Neb. — Nebraska  State  Sportsmeifs  Associa- 
tion’s twenty-ninth  annual  tournament.  Geo.  L.  Carter,  Sec’y, 
Lincoln,  Neb. 

May  11-12. — Wilmington,  Del. — Wawaset  Gun  Club  third  annual 
spring  tournament.  W.  M.  Foord,  Sec’y. 

May  14-16. — Des  Moines,  la. — Iowa  State  Sportsmen’s  Associa- 
tion tournament. 

May  16-1S. — Herrington,  Kans. — Kansas  State  Sportsmen’s  Asso- 
ciation tournament. 

May  16-18. — Parkersburg,  W.  Va. — West  Virginia  State  Sports- 
men’s Association  tournament. 

May  17-18. — Auburn,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  two-day  tournament.  Knox 
& Knapp,  Mgrs. 

May  17-18. — Owensboro,  Ky. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tourna- 
ment, under  the  auspices  of  the  Daviess  County  Gun  Club. 

May  17-19. — Stanley  Gun  Club  of  Toronto  (incorporated).  Can., 
annual  tournament.  Alexander  Dey,  Sec’y,  178  Mill  street, 
Toronto. 

May  23-25. — Lincoln.— Illinois  State  Sportsmen’s  Association  tour- 
nament. 

May  25-27. — Montreal,  Quebec,  Gun  Club  grand  trapshooting 
tournament.  D.  J.  Kearney,  Sec’y,  412  St.  Paul  street,  Quebec. 

May  29-31. — Louisville,  Ky. — Kentucky  Trapshooters’  League  third 
annual  tournament.  Frank  Pragoff,  Sec’y. 

May  30. — McKeesport,  Pa. — Enterprise  Gun  Club  tournament. 
Geo.  W.  Mains,  Sec’y. 

May  30. — Bound  Brook,  N.  J.,  Gun  Club  all-day  shoot.  Dr.  J.  H. 

V.  Bache,  Sec’y. 

May  30-31.— W ashington,  D.  C. — Analostan  Gun  Club  two-day 
tournament;  $200  added.  Miles  Taylor,  Sec’y,  222  F street, 
N.  W. 

May  31- June  1. — Vermillion. — South  Dakota  State  Sportsmen’s 
Association  tournament. 

June  6-8. — Sioux  City,  la. — Soo  Gun  Club  tournament. 

June  8-9. — Dalton,  O.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  Ernest  F. 
Scott,  Capt. 

June  9. — Shamokin,  I’a.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  S.  C.  Yocum, 
Sec’y. 

June  13-16.— Utica,  N.  Y. — New  York  State  shoot.  James  Brown, 
Sec’y. 

June  13-15. — Canton,  O.,  Trapshooters’  League  tournament. 

June  14-16. — New  Jersey  State  Sportsmen’s  Association  tournament. 

June  20-22. — New  London,  la.,  Gun  Club  tournament. 

June  27-30. — Indianapolis,  Ind. — The  Interstate  Association’s  Grand 
American  Handicap  target  tournament;  $1,000  added  money. 
Elmer  E.  Shaner,  Sec’y- Mgr^  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

July  4.— Shamokin,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  S.  C.  Yocum, 
Sec’y. 

July  4.— South  Framingham,  Mass. — Second  annual  team  shoot; 
$60  in  cash. 

July  6-7. — Traverse  City,  Mich.,  trapshooting  tournament. 

July  12-13. — Menominee,  Mich. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  Menominee  Gun  Club. 

W.  W.  McQueen,  Sec’y. 

July  24-28.— Brehm’s  Ocean  City,  Md.— Target  tournament.  H.  A. 
Brehm,  Mgr.,  Baltimore. 

Aug.  2-4. — Albert  Lea,  Minn. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  Albert  Lea  Gun  Club. 
N.  E.  Paterson,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  16-18. — Ottawa,  Can. — Dominion  of  Canada  Trapshooting  and 
Game  Protective  Association.  G.  Easdale,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  16-18. — Kansas  City,  Mo. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  O.  K.  Gun  Club.  C.  C. 
Herman,  Sec'y. 

Aug.  22-25. — Lake  Okoboji,  la. — Indian  annual  tournament. 

Sept.  5-8. — Trinidad,  Colo. — Grand  Western  Handicap. 

Oct.  11-12. — Dover,  Del.,  Gun  Club  tournament;  open  to  all  ama- 
teurs. W.  H.  Reed,  Sec’y. 

Oct.  12.— Fall  tournament  of  the  Delaware  Trapshooters’  League, 
on  grounds  of  Dover  Gun  Club. 


DRIVERS  AND  TWISTERS. 

The  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  Gun  Club  will  give  a two-day  amateur 
shoot  on  March  6 and  7. 

*1 

Mr.  J.  A.  R.  Elliott  was  a visitor  at  the  shoot  of  the  Clearview 
Gun  Club,  on  Saturday  of  last  week. 

85 

Mr.  P.  Laurent  was  high  with  48  out  of  60  in  the  monthly  handi- 
cap shoot  of  the  Hillside  Gun  Club  Feb.  18,  at  Chestnut  Hill, 
Philadelphia. 

m 

The  Mullerite  Gun  Club  announces  an  all-day  shoot,  to  take 
place  on  the  grounds  of  the  Bound  Brook,  N.  J.,  Gun  Club, 
March  25,  commencing  at  10  o’clock. 

85 

At  the  Point  Breeze  shoot,  Philadelphia,  Feb.  18,  two,  Messrs. 
Killian  and  Ferguson  tied  in  the  club  handicap,  a 10-bird  event, 
with  a straight  score.  Murphy  was  second  with  9. 

IS 

“No  bang,  no  bird”  encourages  the  use  of  rickety  guns,  shells- 
worn  out  with  reloading,  and  shooters  who  can  shoot  best  at  one 
angle  only;  and,  until  they  get  that  one  angle,  there  is  no  bang.. 

m 

Mr.  Elmer  E.  Shaner,  Secretary-Manager,  writes  that  "the' 
Interstate  Association  has  made  arrangements  to  give  a tourna- 
ment at  Owensboro,  Ky.,  May  17  and  18,  under  the  auspices  of* 
the  Daviess  County  Gun  Club." 


Fw..  25,  1905.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM, 


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In  an  eighteen-man  team  contest  between  the  Florists'  Gun 
Club  and  the  Lansdale,  Pa.,  Gun  Club,  at  Wissirtoming,  Pa,,  on 
Saturday  of  last  week,  the  Florists  won  by  a score  of  366  to  348, 
A return  match  is  contemplated  on  March  4, 

*S 

Dr.  J.  H.  V.  Baphe  writes  us  that  “the  Bound  Brook,  N.  J., 
Gun  Club  is  makirtg  •elaborate  preparations  for  an  all-day  shoot, 
which  will  be  held  on  Decoration  Day,  Tuesday,  May  30.  Further 
particulars  will  be  announced  later.  Watch  the  papers.” 

* 

Mr.  Frank  Pragoff,  Secretary,  writes  us  that  the  third  Annual 
target  tournament  of  the  Kentucky  Trapshooters’  League  will  be 
held  May  29,  30  and  31,  and  that  programmes  will  be  ready  in 
April.  This  tournament  will  be  held  under  the  auspices  of  the 
Jefferson  County  Gun  Club. 

K 

At  the  Bergen  Beach,  L.  I.,  Gun  Club  shoot  on  Tuesday  of 
last  week,  the  trade  was  represented  by  Messrs.  Frank  Lawrence, 
J.  S.  Fanning,  Frank  E.  Butler  and  A.  A.  Schoverling.  At  the 
Bound  Brook,  N.  J.,  Gun  Club  shoot  last  week  sociability  and 
good  fellowship  reigned.  Mr.  Frank  Lawrence  was  the  trade 
representative  present. 

8? 

The  birds  at  the  shoot  of  the  Keystone  Shooting  League, 
Holmesburg  Junction,  Feb.  18,  were  an  exceptionally  good  lot, 
yet  the  scores  were  remarkably  good.  The  scores  in  the  cup  event 
were  as  follows:  Harrison  20,  Frank  19,  Brodie  18,  Williams  17, 
Muns  18,  Albert  17,  Stoddard  16,  Jones  16,  Edwards  16,  Watkins  15. 

St 

On  Thursday  of  last  week  at  the  first  live-bird  shoot  of  the 
Miami,  Fla.,  Gun  Club,  “Red  Wing”  won  the  cup  presented  by 
the  Seminole  Club.  He  killed  14  out  of  15.  Wyeth  was  second 
with  13.  Messrs.  W.  Gould  Brokaw  and  L.  Q.  Jones  tied  for 
- third  with  11.  After  the  main  event  was  finished  Mr,  Brokaw 
defeated  Red  Wing  with  a score  of  13  to  12,  in  a 15-bird  contest. 

«t 

Mr.  R.  R.  Bennett,  of  the  Herron  Hill  Gun  Club,  was  the  win- 
ner of  the  Gillman  & Barnes  international  live-bird  championship 
trophy  at  Detroit  last  week.  He  killed  24  out  of  the  possible  25. 
Three  tied  for  second  place  on  23,  namely,  Messrs.  W.  R.  Crosby, 
of  O’Fallon,  111.;  H.  Scane,  of  Ridgeton,  Ont.,  and  I.  Chapman,’ 
of  Fulton,  N.  Y.  The  conditions  were  $25  entrance,  $100  added 
to  the  purse. 

96 

A tournament  is  announced  to  be  held  at  Traverse  City,  Mich., 
on  July  6 and  7.  Ten  events  are  on  the  programme  each  day. 
The  events  are  at  15,  20  and  25  targets,  entrance  $1.50,  $2  and  $2.50. 
Added  money,  $5,  $10  and  $15  to  the  different  events.  Rose 
system.  Shooting  begins  at  9 o’clock.  High  amateur,  $5;  high 
professional,  $5  each  day.  Ship  guns  and  shells  to  S.  F.  Saxon 
Hardware  Co. 

»S 

At  the  shoot  of  the  Florida  Gun  Club,  held  at  Palm  Beach  on 
beb.  16,  Mr.  Albert  Tilt,  of  New  York,  won  the  large  silver  pitcher 
donated  by  Mr.  W.  A.  H.  Stafford.  The  scores  were  as  follows: 

Tilt  (27)  14,  J.  S.  S.  Remsen  (32)  13,  Dr.  Daniel  Karsner  (29)  13, 

I.  E.  Emerson,  Baltimore  (29)  12;  J.  J.  Van  Nostrand,  New 
York  (27)  10;  J.  J.  Kelly,  New  York  (29)  8;  A.  D.  Proctor  Smith, 
New  York  (27)  8;  Joseph  Leiter,  Chicago  (30)  5;  W.  A.  H. 
Stafford  (29)  5,  J.  M.  Studebaker,  Jr.  (29)  5. 

9t 

At  a meeting  of  the  Oneida  County  Sportsmen’s  Association, 
held  in  Utica,  N.  Y.,  recently,  the  matter  of  the  State  shoot,  to 
be  held  under  the  auspices  of  the  O.  C.  S.  A.,  was  thoroughly 
discussed.  It  was  decided  that  the  famous  expert,  Mr.  John 
Parker,  of  Detroit,  would  be  manager  of  the  tournament.  The 
president  appointed  committees  to  attend  to  the  different  branches, 
and  they  tyill  begin  active  effort  at  once.  Regular  weekly  meet- 
ings will  be  held  at  which  the  committee  will  report. 

8? 

The  programme  of  the  Chicago  Trapshooters’  Association’s 
winter  tournament  for  amateurs,  Feb.  25  and  26,  at  Watson’s 
Park,  provides  a like  programme  for  both  days,  namely,  twelve 
events,  each  at  15  targets,  $1.50  entrance,  a total  of  180  targets, 
$18  entrance.  An  extra  event,  at  50  targets,  entrance  $5,  will  be 
a feature  of  the  second  day.  All  shoot  at  16yds.  Shooting  begins 
at  9:30.  Targets,  2 cents.  Average  money,  $50.  Mr.  E.  B. 
Shogren,  Sec’y,  Room  940,  First  National  Bank  Building,  Chicago 

« 

The  Cleveland,  O.,  Gun  Club  have  issued  the  programme  of 
their  Washington  Birthday  shoot.  It  contains  five  15-target  events, 
$1  entrance,  $2  added,  and  a team  race  between  the  Akron  Gun 
Club  and  the  Cleveland  Gun  Club,  for  the  northern  Ohio  10-man 
team  championship  trophy,  presented  by  the  Akron,  O.,  Gun 
Club.  In  the  team  race,  each  man  will  shoot  at  50  targets.  The 
cup  goes  to  the  team  first  winning  three  matches.  The  cup  is 
subject  to  challenge  by  any  club  of  northern  Ohio.  For  pro- 
grammes, apply  to  Cleveland  Gun  Club  Co.,  15  Craw  avenue 
Cleveland.  ’ 

Bernard  Waters. 

Great  Southern  Handicap. 

(.Continued  from  page  144.) 

The  weather  was  good  on  Feb.  9,  the  last  day,  which  makes 
two  good  days  to  the  one  bad  one  for  the  Houston  crowd.  Look- 
ing over  the  scores  and  noting  the  high  averages  for  the  last 
two  days  it  will  be  seen  that  if  the  first  day  had  been  pleasant 
the  totals  of  the  scores  for  the  three  days  would  never  have  been 
equaled.  Meantime  you  must  not  overlook  the  fact  that  this  was 
a handicap  shoot,  and  that  three  of  these  men  shot  from  21yds. 
two  from  20,  one  at  19,  and  several  at  18. 

Weather  always  cuts  a figure  at  a target  shoot.  Still,  there  are 
•other  features  that  cut  down  scores,  a notable  one  being  fast 
targets.  The  other  two  previous  shoots  at  Brenham  and  Taylor 
were  productive  of  low  scores,  caused  by  targets  having  fast  flight 
So  in  this  case,  to  please  the  shooters,  the  traps  were  set  to 
throw  about  45  to  50yds.  Then  there  was  rivalry  among  the  trap- 
pers and  the  managers  of  the  traps.  ^ 

The  Dickey  Bird  had  one  of  their  traps  in  the  pits  and  they 
was  being  used  alternately.  The  Dickey  worked  smoothly  under 
the  care  of  Harry  Sherman. 

M.  E.  Atchison,  the  Giddings  man  with  the  steady  nerve  held 
up  well  the  third  day,  as  he  had  the  first  two  days,  and  landed 
the  fine  watch  charm  by  6 targets  to  the  good  over  Wm  R. 
Crosby.  It  was  frisky  Fritz  Gilbert  who  started  out  with  a 15 
and  during  the  day  made  two  16s,  and  his  long-time  friend  T 
Bill,  nosed  him  out  by  2 targets  for  the  high  averages.  Talk 
about  your  shooting  machines.  Note  how  evenly  they  finished- 
Crosby  598,  Gilbert  596,  Spencer  596,  Heikes  595. 

If  Otto  Sens  had  not  been  so  much  worried  the  first  day 
and  having  lost  sleep  over  the  tournament,  his  showing  the  last 
two  days  would  have  put  him  into  either  the  first  or  second  place. 

J.  W.  Barnes,  the  Bay  Cityite,  surprised  them  all  on  the  last 


day,  and  lGyd.  line  will  not  find  him  again.  He  came  to  the  front 
as  high  man  on  the  last  day,  and  besides,  finished  second  ai  an 
amateur  for  the  whole  tournament. 

Capt.  J,  W.  Spait  was  very  busy  with  his  solicitations  for 
patronage  when  Waco  shall  hold  the  State  tournament,  April  17, 
18  and  19.  If  there  are  not  one  hundred  shooters  there  it  will 
not  be  the  captain’s  fault. 

One  of  the  very  necessary  things  that  makes  a shoot  a success 
is  that  of  good,  impartial  refereeing.  In  this  case,  there  is  little 
to  find  fault  with.  Lou  Stockbridge  and  Seth  Williams  proved  the 
right  men  for  the  place.  Their  decisions  were  prompt  and  cor- 
rect, or  as  near  so  as  mortal  man  can  see  things  as  they  happen. 

1.  E.  Hubby  was  using  a new  pump  gun,  and  yet  he  was  close 
up  near  the  top  of  the  experts.  Turner,  a well-known  Texas  shot, 
has  a habit  of  winning  averages  in  this  State. 

During  the  last  day  of  the  shoot  a letter  was  received  from 
Brenham,  stating  that  a gun  club  had  been  organized,  to  be  known 
as  the  Juvenile,  having  twenty  members.  This  was  the  out- 
come of  the  recent  handicap  tournament  held  there.  The  shooters 
here  subscribed  a liberal  amount  to  assist  the  boys  in  building 
up  a club  house. 

When  the  shoot  had  closed,  there  was  a 100-target  race  between 
some  of  the  local  State  shooters  that  attracted  attention.  Sens 
made  90,  Saunders  92,  Miller  93  and  Leader  87. 

The  following  scores  were  made  by  way  of  preliminary  that 
were  not  previously  reported.  Shooting  at  100  targets,  Spencer 
broke  94,  Heer  92,  Gilbert  92,  King  89,  Burmister  88,  Crosby  86, 
Young  92,  Barnes  83,  Waters  83,  Schofield  82,  Nop  82,  Schofield 
SO,  Parker  78,  Wade  78,  Raper  80.  Scores  last  day: 

Events : 123456789  10  11 

Targets:  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  Broke. 

Barnes,  15  20  20  16  17  17  20  20  20  19  19  18  206 

Atchison,  18  19  19  18  20  19  18  18  18  19  19  18  205 

£ens,  17  18  19  19  19  20  19  19  17  19  19  17  206 

Crosby,  21  20  17  20  19  18  19  17  19  18  19  18  204 

Jackson,  17  16  20  19  19  18  17  19  19  18  18  19  202 

Hubby,  18  16  19  18  20  18  19  17  19  17  19  19  201 

Tucker,  16  16  17  17  17  19  17  20  20  17  19  19  200 

Wade,  17  18  18  19  20  17  17  18  20  18  17  17  199 

Heikes,  20  17  17  18  19  18  19  17  19  17  18  18  197 

Spencer,  20  18  18  18  18  18  17  17  19  19  18  17  197 

Gilbert,  21  15  19  20  18  17  19  16  16  18  18  20  196 

Cleveland,  15  19  19  18  18  19  17  18  14  19  18  17  196 

Heer,  21  20  17  18  16  16  19  16  18  19  19  17  195 

Faurote,  18  16  18  19  18  18  18  18  18  18  16  18  195 

Nap,  16  20  19  20  17  18  18  16  18  15  17  17  195 

Shelly,  16  19  19  17  16  20  19  18  19  12  17  18  193 

Young,  19  17  18  18  18  19  19  17  19  13  19  14  191 

Bancroft,  16  15  18  16  18  17  19  17  19  17  17  18  191 

Waters,  18  17  16  17  18  16  18  16  18  16  20  17  189 

Miller,  16  15  13  18  17  19  17  19  16  19  19  16  188 

Heard,  16  17  13  20  17  17  18  18  16  15  17  17  186 

Money,  18  18  19  16  15  17  16  18  16  18  16  15  184 

Spoight,  16  16  17  20  17  18  16  16  14  20  16  17  180 

King,  16  17  14  17  13  16  16  16  17  15  18  16  175 

Lockett,  16  17  12  20  13  17  16  19  17  16 

Leader,  16  16  13  18  14  15  16  18  16  18  ... . ^ 

Averages  for  three  days  at  600  targets: 

* , . First  Day.  Second  Day.  Third  Day.  Total. 

Atchison  202  207  205  614 

Kppsby  196  198  205  598 

Spencer  194  205  197  596 

Heikes  188  210  197  595 

Hubby  190  200  201  591 

§arnes  186  197  206  689 

Sens  ISO  203  205  688 

Keer  192  200  195  587 

Jackson  187  196  202  585 

188  205  191  584 

Jucker  .....184  200  200  584 

Skelly  185  202  193  580 

Waters  187  196  189  572 

Cleveland  177  197  196  570 

Nap  178  196  195  669 

Wade  168  190  199  557 

Faurote  179  182  195  556 

Money  187  185  184  556 

Bancroft  179  178  191  54g 

King  183  181  175  539 


Grand  Prix  Du  Casino. 

The  thirty-fourth  contest  for  the  Grand  Prix  du  Casino  began 
on  Monday,  and  was  finished  late  Feb.  8.  The  contest  was 
one  of  the  most  exciting  ever  witnessed  at  Monte  Carlo.  It  did 
not  seem  last  week  as  if  there  would  be  so  many  competitors 
as  previously,  for  there  had  been  a falling  off  in  the  earlier 
events  of  the  season;  but  it  would  appear  that  many  shooters 
were  reserving  themselves  for  the  Grand  Prix,  as  the  total  of 
shooters  went  up  to  152,  this  being  only  one  less  than  last  year. 
With  so  many  competitors  it  was  not  at  all  sure  that  the  con- 
test would  be  got  through  in  the  three  days  allotted  to  it,  and 
the  doubts  became  all  the  greater  after  the  first  day,  for  only 
two  of  the  twelve  rounds  were  completed,  and  there  was  so 
little  wind  to  help  the  birds  that  the  proportion  of  birds  to 
misses  was  greater  than  usual.  The  progress  made  on  Tuesday 
was,  however,  greater  than  it  had  been  on  the  first  day,  and  at 
the  end  of  the  shooting  only  fourteen  competitors  had  killed  five 
birds,  while  forty-eight  had  killed  four  out  of  five,  seventy-four 
had  missed  two,  and  sixteen  were  out  of  the  contest  altogether. 
The  weather,  is  should  be  added,  was  very  fine  on  the  first  two 
days,  but  the  sky  was  clouded  this  morning,  and  for  an  hour 
or  two  rain  threatened.  However,  the  sun  came  out  toward 
noon,  and  the  weather  was  brilliant  for  the  finish  of  the  com- 
petition. The  most  notable  feature  in  the  6th  and  7th  rounds 
was  the  failure  of  Signor  Schiannini  (the  winner  last  year)  and 
of  Mr.  Mackintosh,  who,  as  usual,  had  the  worst  of  the  luck, 
and  by  the  time  that  the  10th  round  was  reached  it  became 
apparent  that  the  issue  would  be  left  to  two  Englishmen  (Mr.  R. 
Beresford  and  Mr.  Hayes)  and  to  two  Italians,  Signor  II. 
Grasselli  (the  winner  in  1902)  and  Signor  Marconcini,  the  latter 
of  whom  has  been  very  successful  at  Monte  Carlo  for  many 
seasons.  The  11th  round,  however,  disposed  of  both  the  English- 
men, as  Mr.  Hayes  missed  a fast  bird  from  the  second  trap, 
while  Mr.  Beresford  unfortunately  stumbled  just  as  the  trap  was 
pulled,  and  his  bird  got  clean  away.  Signor  H.  Grasselli,  on  the 
contrary,  had  an  easy  bird  from  the  fourth  trap,  while  Signor 
Marconcini  was  able  to  stop  a fast  one  from  the  first,  and  Mr. 
Mackintosh,  who  had  only  one  miss,  killed  smartly  in  the  11th 
round.  There  was  some  very  good  shooting  in  this  round,  and 
the  situation  became  extremely  interesting,  as  the  two  Italians 
were  the  only  competitors  who  had  killed  all  their  birds,  and  it 
followed  as  a matter  of  course  that  if  either  of  them  killed  in 
the  12th  and  final  round  the  contest  was  at  an  end,  so  far  as 
place  went.  The  12th  round  was,  therefore,  watched  keenly,  and 
it  began  with  the  defeat  of  Mr.  Mackintosh,  whose  bird  fell 
dead  in  the  sea,  and  after  Mr.  Hayes  had  shot  a good  bird  from 
the  center  trap,  Signor  Grasselli  made  it  certain  that  he  would 
be  either  first  or  second  by  killing  with  his  first  barrel  from  the 
center  trap.  Mr.  Beresford  brought  down  his  bird  in  good  style 
as  did  the  others  who  only  had  one  miss  in  the  preceding  rounds. 
Signor  Marconcini  had  now  only  to  kill  to  be  on  a level  with 
Signor  Grasselli,  and  to  insure  being  second  if  not  first.  He 
certainly  had  luck  on  his  side,  for  he  got  a very  easy  bird  from 
the  middle  trap,  which  took  very  little  killing.  This  brought  the 


contest  to  a conclusion  so  fat:  as  concerned  the  first  two  pmes, 
for  the  two  Italians  agreed  to  divide  the  money  (£1,440)  for 
first  and  second  and  shoot  off  for  the  handsome  trophy.  The  duel 
between  these  crack  shots  was  a prolonged  one,  both  of  them 
being  in  their  best  form  and  they  brought  down  six  birds  each. 
It  was  not  Until  the  19th  round  that  a miss  was  made,  as  after 
Signor  Grasselli  had  scored  a good  kill  from  the  center  trap,' 
Signor  Marconcini’s  bird  from  the  second  trap  got  away  hard  hit 
and  dropped  in  the  sea.  This  contest  over,  there  still  remained 
the  chance  of  the  English  winning  a share  of  the  money,  jit 
the  third  and  fourth  prizes,  the  six  who  had  only  one  miss  being 
eligible.  Mr.  Hayes  was  the  first  to  go,  as  he  missed  in  the 
opening  round,  and  there  being  left  only  Mr.  Beresford,  who 
had  been  decidedly  unlucky  in  accepting  his  11th  bird,  but 
who  was  shooting  remarkably  well.  He,  like  the  Marquis  de 
la  Villaviciosa  and  Signor  Petrosini,  killed  four  birds  in  suc- 
cession, but  in  the  5th  round  of  the  ties  the  two  former  missed, 
while  the  Italian  killed  and  secured  third  prize,  this  being  the 
first  time  that  the  Italians  have  secured  the  three  leading  places. 
I he  two  others  then  divided  the  fourth  prize,  which  amounted 
to  £215,  and  so  the  contest  came  to  a close.  The  Italians,  it 
should  not  be  omitted  to  say,  were  nearly  seventy  strong,  and 
eight  previous  winners  of  the  prize  were  in  the  field,-  Scores: 
Grand  Prix  du  Casino  of  £800,  added  to  a sweepstakes  of  £8 
each;  second,  £160  and  25  per  cent;  third,  £80  and  20  per  cent.; 
fourth,  £40  and  15  per  cent.;  three  pigeons  at  26  metres,  9 at 
27  metres;  last  year’s  winner  to  stand  back  a metre;  152  subs.: 

Signor  H.  Grasselli  (divided  first  and  second  of 

£1440  and  wins  objet  d’art) 111111111111-1^ 

Signor  Marconcini  (divided  first  and  second  of 

* ■ 144S  .111111111111—12 

Marquis  de  la  Villaviciosa  111101111111—11 

,1  „ 111111111101-11 

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M de  Warrelles.  __ 

de.  Valdelgrana  ! ! " ! i 1 ‘ ! ! ! ! .' ! 1 ! i i ! ! ! !nmnnoii 


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M 110111111111-11 


Mr  Mackintosh 


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M0rp  „Fa!coner  ! 111011111110— 10 

M Pellerm  ...111101111111—10 

M.  Mayeur  9,  Signor  R.  Gallardo  9,  Count  de  Meran  9,  Baron 
de  Dorlodot  9,  Count  Rodacanachi  9,  M.  Geynet  9,  M.  Faure  8, 
M„  Journu  8,  M.  de  Lesse  8,  Signor  Queirolo  8,  Prince  de  Cara- 
man-Chima  8,  M.  G.  Nagy  8,  Signor  Carrara  8,  Signor  Scolaro  8, 
Signor  Moro  8,  Signor  Soldi  7,  Signor  Schiannini  7,  Signor  Miola 
7,  M.  de  Gillies  7,  M.  Von  Eicke  6,  Mr.  McAlister  6,  Marquis  de 
Vvanrey  6,  Signor  Pienovi  6,  Lord  Savile  2,  Lord  Roslyn  5 
Capt.  F.  Leighton  6,  M.  Langhendonck  5,  Signor  Pellini  5,  Signor 
Bonora  5,  Baron  de  Coppin  5,  Mr.  W.  Watson  5,  Baron  Gour- 
gaud  5,  Mr.  Brace  5,  M.  Dufier  5,  Sir  Thomas  Freake  5,  Baron 
Leonino  5,  Marquis  de  Gresy  4,  M.  Asplen  4,  Baron  A.  de  Mont- 
pellier 4,  M.  Chaveriat  4,  Mr.  Collier  4,  Mr.  Harrison  4,  Mr.  H. 
Roberts  4,  M.  Le  Pape  4,  Signor  Fumagalli  4,  Signor  de  Quirini 
4,  Signor  Cavasoli  4,  Signor  Giougo  4,  M.  Moncorge  3,  M.  Paccard 
°>  Signor  Malfetaini  Guido  3,  M.  R.  Gourgaud  3,  Mr.  Carroll  3 
M.  de  Plagino  3,  Signor  Rapuzzi  3,  M.  Castadere  3,  Marquis 
Impenale  3,  M.  van  der  Hayden  3,  Mr.  Greville  Ryan  3,  Signor 
Redaelh  3,  Hon.  F.  Theilusson  3,  Signor  Montana  3,  Signor  A. 
Marietti  3,  Count  F„  d’Oultremont  3,  Signor  Setti  3,  Lord  West- 
bury  3. 

Missed  two  out  of  four:  Mr.  Hannam,  Mr.  Forden,  M.  R 
Huet,  Signor  Ghirlanda,  Count  Filippi,  Signor  G.  Bela,  Signor 
Fort1,  Lord  Newton  Butler,  Mr.  Hall,  Mr.  Crelluden  Robinson, 
Signor  Durio,  Signor  Ponti,  Mr.  Wootton,  Marquis  Ridolphi,  M. 
Brasseur,  Signor  Cavagnera,  Mr.  L.  Henry,  M.  D.  Dolfin,  Signor 
Bordoni,  Signor  Lainati,  M.  de  Lossonczy,  Count  Ginanni. 

Missed  two  out  of  three:  Signor  Monti,  Count  A.  de  Lazzaro 
M.  Dianin,  M.  Plevius,  Signor  Rossi,  Mr.  Spalding,  Baron  a! 
de  Tavernost,  Mr.  Scott,  Baron  de  la  Monaco,  Signor  Belloni 
Mr.  Suthery,  Mr.  Blake,  Signor  Girardi,  Herr  Hans  Marsch 
Capt.  Morrow,  Hon.  F.  Erskine,  M.  Pellier  Johnson,  Signor 
Castoldi,  Mr.  Stratford,  Signor  Gierleri,  M.  Tunnell,  Signor 
Fortumo,  Signor  O.  Galetti,  M.  Boutet,  Signor  Fadini,  Signor 
JVlugni,  Signor  Lavarello,  Signor  Mosca,  Mr.  J.  Roche- 
Missed  two  birds:  M.  Doyen,  Mr.  C.  James,  Signor"  Grasselli- 
Larin,  M.  Dements,  Mr.  L.  Davies,  Count  H.  d’Oultremont, 
Signor  Guidicini,  Baron  de  Waldner,  Signor  Sani,  Count  GajoB, 
M.  L.  Bivort,  Col.  Boswall-Preston,  Mr.  Carter,  Signor  Marchesi, 
M.  P.  Nouvelles,  Count  A.  Zichy,  Signor  Montecuculli,  Signor 
Catenacci,  Signor  Piccaluga  (retired,  after  having  killed  two 
birds,  owing  to  a family  bereavement),  Mr.  Ker. 

Ties  for  third  and  fourth  prizes: 

Signor  Petrosini  (third  of  £314) 11111  <; 

Mr.  R.  Beresford  (divided  fourth  of  £215) 'llllO—  4 

Marquis  de  la  Villaviciosa  (ditto) rtimZ  2 

M.  de  Warelles irri  t 

Count  de  Valdelagrana. in  ? 

Mr.  Hayes  f i I . . I . "q  Zq 

The  winners  of  the  Grand  Prix  since  its  foundation  in  1872 
have  been  as  under: 

tL'  Lorillard,  United  States. 

1873  Mr.  J.  Jee  V.  C.,  C.  B.,  England 

1874— Sir  William  Call,  England. 

1875 —  Capt.  Aubrey  Patton,  England. 

1876 —  Capt.  Aubrey  Patton,  England. 

1877 —  Mr.  W.  Arundel  Yeo,  England. 

H.  Cholmondeley  Pennell,  England. 

•1879 — Mr.  E.  R.  G.  Hopwood,  England. 

1880 —  Count  M.  Esterhazy,  Hungarv. 

1881 —  M.  G.  Camaner,  Belgium. 

1882—  Count  de  St.  Quintin,  France. 

1883 —  Mr.  H.  Roberts,  England. 

1884 —  Count  de  Caserta,  Italy. 

1885 —  M.  L.  de  Dorlodot,  Belgium.  ' • : 

1886 —  Signor  Guidicini,  Italy.  ' , 

1887 —  Count  Salina,  Italy. 

1888 —  Mr.  C.  Seaton,  England.  ' . ' 

1889 —  Mr.  Valentine  Dicks,  England. 

1890 —  Signor  Guidicini,  Italy. 

1891 —  Count  L.  Gajoli,  Italy. 

1892 —  Count  Trauttmansdorff,  Austria. 

1893 —  Signor  Guidicini,  Italy. 

1894—  Count  C.  Zichy,  Austria. 

1895 —  Signor  Benvenuti,  Italy. 

1896 —  M.  H.  Journu,  France. 

1S97 — Signor  G.  Grasselli,  Italy. 

1898 —  Mr.  Curling,  England.  . . 

1899 —  M.  R.  Moncorge,  France.  1 ! 

1900 —  Count  O’Brien,  Spain.  ’ - I 

1901 —  M.  Guyot,  France.  ; 

1902 —  Signor  Grasselli,  Italy. 

1903 —  Mr.  Pellier-Johnson,  England. 

1904 —  Signor  Schiannini,  Italy. 

1905 —  Signor  H.  Grasselli,  Italy. 

The  prize  has  now  been  won  twelve  times  by  an  Englishman 
eleven  times  by  an  Italian,  four  times  by  a Frenchman,  three 
times  by  an  Austria-Hungarian,  twice  by  a Belgian  and  once 
ea^h  by  a Spaniard  and  an  American.  The  Italian  victories  have 
nearly  all  been  gained  in  the  last  twenty  years,  tor,  as  will 
be  seen  from  the  above,  the  English-speaking  competitors  were 
to  the  front  in  the  first  eight  years,  but  since  then  the  Italians 
have  had  more  than  their  share  of  the  spoils. 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


WESTERN  TRAP. 


Cincinnati  Gun  Club. 

The  first  shoot  in  the  new  prize  series,  for  the  Peters  trophy 
was  held  on  Friday,  Feb.  10.  The  day  was  pleasant.  On  Satur- 
day, Feb.  11,  there  was  quite  a large  attendance,  and  many  more 
members  shot  their  first  score  in  this  contest.  The  day  was 
clear. 

For  the  Peters  trophy  there  will  be  fifteen  contests,  one  each 
week  at  50  targets  each,  and  members  must  take  part  in  at 
least  ten  contests  to  qualify;  added  targets  for  a handicap.  The 
contestant  having  best  average  with  his  handicap  in  the  total 
number  in  which  he  takes  part  wins  the  trophy.  All  ties  shot  off. 
Pfieffer  had  the  honor  of  making  the  best  score  of  actual  breaks 
in  the  first  shoot,  48,  and  making  a run  of  45  straight. 

Supt.  Gambell  had  the  misfortune  to  fall  on  the  ice  the  first 
of  the  week  and  severely  injured  his  knee.  He  was  confined 
to  his  bed  until  to-day,  when  he  hobbled  around  on  crutches.  The 
injury  is  a painful  one,  but  we  hope  to  see  Mr.  Gambell  about  as 
well  as  ever  soon. 

Peters  trophy,  50  targets:  Pfieffer  (7)  50,  Boeh  (8)  50,  Williams 
(2)  48;  Falk  (8)  48,  Peters  (1)  47,  Medico  (1)  47,  Bullerdick  (4)  47, 
H.  Kirby  46,  Harig  46,  Don  Minto  (1)  46,  Faran  (1)  46,  Hesser 
(2)  46,  Pohlar . (2)  45,  Barker  45,  Osterfelt  (2)  45,  Herman  (3)  45, 
Roll  (2)  44,  Maynard  (2)  43,  R.  H.  Kirby  32. 

New  Berlin  (O.)  Gun  Club. 

The  New  Berlin  Gun  Club  was  organized  Feb.  1,  1904  with  a 
good  membership  and  the  following  officers:  Jas.  Smith,  Presi- 
dent; J.  L.  Schlitz,  Secretary;  W.  J.  Mathie,  Treasurer;  C.  J. 
Schlitz,  Captain.  At  the  annual  meeting,  held  Jan.  10,  1905,  a 
new  board  was  elected  as  follows:  O.  J.  Evans,  President;  Jas. 

Smith,  Secretary;  W.  J.  Mathie,  Treasurer;  Ed.  Willaman, 
Captain.  The  club  shoots  are  held  every  Saturday,  and  visiting 
sportsmen  will  receive  a cordial  welcome. 

At  the  Jan.  28  shoot,  the  captain  and  president  chose  sides  and 
shot  a match  at  25  targets,  the  losing  side  to  pay  for  the  supper 
— sweethearts  and  wives. 

On  Feb.  4 only  three  members  were  on  hand.  The  scores 
follow: 

Team  match,  25  targets:  Evans  team — R.  Winnell  22,  T.  Schlitz 
21,  J.  S.  Schlitz  19,  W.  C.  Schlick  19,  O.  J.  Evans  18,  A.  Willaman 
17,  Jas.  Smith  16,  R.  B.  Evans;  total,  148. 

Willaman  team — C.  F.  Schlitz  21,  Ed.  Willaman  20,  Chas. 
Schlitz  20,  Ed.  Ream  19,  • Fred  Smith  19,  Wm.  Mathie  18,  J. 
Suffecoal  15,  H.  Lehr  15;  total,  147. 


Notes. 


The  Springfield  Gun  Club  proposes  to  send  a team  to  Urbana 
to  contest  for  the  new  trophies  presented  by  the  Peters  Car- 
tridge Co.  The  club  will  also  make  an  effort  to  capture  the 
Phellis  6-man  team  cup  recently  won  by  the  Newark  Gun  Club 
from  the  Dayton  Gun  Club. 

The  Bing  Club,  of  Dayton,  O.,  composed  of  hunters  and 
anglers,  held  their  annual  meeting  and  elected  the  following 
officers:  John  F.  Roehm,  President;  Mr.  J.  Schwind,  Vice-Presi- 

dent; John  A.  Wessalosky,  Sec’y;  Chas.  Miller,  Treasurer. 

Bonasa. 


Crescent  Gun  Club. 


Mankato,  Minn.,  Feb.  14. — The  Crescent  Gun  Club  held  its 
monthly  meeting  last  night.  There  was  a large  attendance. 

The  subject  of  trapping  quail  was  the  all-absorbing  topic. 
Resolutions  were  adopted  which  condemn  it  in  strong  terms. 

The  officers  of  the  club  are:  President,  Nick  Kleinschmidt; 

Vice-President,  Frank  L.  Bennett;  Secretary,  F.  P.  -Huettle;  Cap- 
tary, . C.  K.  Hanna. 

It  was  decided  to  build  a new  club  house,  one  large  enough  for 
storage  and  club  purposes  during  bad  weather. 

A committee  was  appointed  for  the  purpose  of  placing  fish  fry 
in  the  adjoining  lakes. 

The  club  has  now  eighteen  members,  viz.:  Nick  Kleinschmidt, 

Frank  L.  Bennett,  F.  P.  Huettle,  C.  K.  Hanna,  Oscar  Beirenbauer, 
C.  L,  Benedict,  F.  L.  McLauren,  Ed  Enfield,  James  McMurtrie, 
John  Brown,  John  G.  Hoerr,  Geo.  Pond,  J.  P.  Dineen,  Geo.  Wie- 
deman,  George  Albert  and  W.  H.  Anderson. 


North  Side  Gun  Club. 

. Milwaukee,  Wis.,  Feb.  14. — It  must  be  said  that  the  members 
of  the  North  Side  Gun  Club  are  enthusiastic  in  their  pastime  of 
smashing  up  a few  clay  birds,  as  yesterday  the  snbw  was  almost 
blinding.  • 

This  was  the  third  live-bird  shoot  held  this  winter,  and  they 
are  quite  popular,  and  they  are  not  expensive  the, way  they  are 
furnished  by  the  club. 

The  first  event  was  clay  targets,  25  each:  O.  Imse  22,  A. 

Krause  18,  W.  Birnsheim  20,  E.  Koehm  18,  J.  Oechsle  19,  J. 
Klinehert  18,  A.  Schroeder  14,  J.  Trester  13,  S.  Schneider  8,  J. 
Maunch  18,  P.  Lode  8,  F.  Sander  12,  G.  Lade  14,  and  P.  Peters  14. 

Six  live  birds  each:  J.  Oechsle  6,  A.  Krause  3,.P.  Peters  4,  J. 
Manch  6,  Wm.  Birnsheim  5,  G.  Lade  4,  F.  Minxer  6,  J.  Trister 
5,  S.  Schneider  4,  J.  Hornberger  4,  J.  Kleinert  3,  E.  Koehm  4, 
O.  Imse  4,  P.  Lade  4,  F.  Sander  5,  A.  Schroeder  5,  A.  Klomann  2. 


Permutations. 

Mansfield,  O.,  Feb.  12. — A match  between  Chief  of  Police  Jacob 
Wiel  and  P.  W.  Pettitt,  having  more  than  $100  up  on  the  result, 
was  partly  shot  to-day.  Much  interest  was  taken  by  the  local 
sportsmen,  and  the  “kidders”  who  helped  it  along. 

The  shoot  was  brought  about  through  bantering.  The  condi- 
tions were  as  follows:  The  first  bet  was  by  Pettitt,  $10  even 

money  that  he  could  break  the  most  clay  targets,  both  to  shoot 
at  25.  The  second  bet  was  that  Pettitt  could  break  more  targets 
with  a rifle  than  Wiel  with  a shotgun,  and  $5  to  $10  was  put  on 
this  bet.  The  third  bet  was  that  the  Chief  could  not  break  4 out 
of  25  targets  with  a shotgun.  The  next  was  that  Pettitt  wagered 
$90  that  Wiel  would  lose  two  out  of  the  three  bets. 

Wiel  borrowed  a 12-gauge  hammerless  shotgun  and  also  150 
shells  from  the  Mayor. 

The  match  started  off  similar  to  many  other  competitive 
events,  and  there  was  a promise  of  some  fair  shooting.  There 
were  many  shooters  and  would-be  fun-makers  present.  Each  side 
had  a long  following  and  masters  of  ceremony,  as  it  was  expected 
that  some  shells  without  shot  might  be  furnished. 

The  Chief  was  first  to  the  trap,  and  he  was  “going  some.”  He 
broke  the  first  4 straight,  and  then  the  crowd  got  busy  and 
started  the  “fun  poking,”  with  a result  that  said  Jake  only  broke 
one  more  out  of  the  following  six. 

Pettitt  now  took  his  turn,  and  he  made  7 from  his  10,  which 
put  him  2 in  the  lead. 

Jake  came  up,  but  was  the  worse  for  the  “joshing,”  and  only 
got  a small  piece  out  of  two  of  his  10.  Pettit  won. with  13  out  of 
20,  and  the  first  bet  was  passed  to  Pettitt. 


The  second  .bet  was  not  shot- to  a finish,  as  Pettitt  came  out 
with  an  automatic  rifle,  intending  to  shoot  at  each  target  as  long 
as  it  staid  in- the  air.  Now,  Wiel  very  strongly  objected,  stating 
that  one  shot  alone,  should  be  allowed  at  each  target.  This  ulti- 
mately broke  up  the  match,  and  the  money  was  returned  by  the 
stakeholder. 

There  was  fun  in  plenty  all  the  following  day,  and  will  not  end 
for  some  time  yet. 

The  policemen  were  busy  at  the  station.  Some  one  procured  an 
old  water  pitcher,  and  an  artist  painted  thereon  these  words: 

“Presented  to  J.  W.  Wiel,  champion  trap  shot  of  Mansfield.” 

As  soon  as  the  spokesman  can  prepare  an  appropriate  speech  the 
same  will  be  presented  at  police  headquarters. 

In  Other  Places. 

Let  all  other  shooters  take  heed.  And  now  comes  J.  F.  Spatz, 
of  Bonesteel,  S.  D.,  and  lays  claim  to  the  great  feat  that  he 
states  over  his  signature  was  made  at  his  town.  The  feat  was 
in  the  breaking  of  500  clay  targets  with  a shotgun,  without  a 
miss,  some  having  been  thrown  the  regulation  Sergeant  system, 
16yds.  and  a walk  around.  Now  a strange  feature  is,  why  did 
he  stop  at  the  end  of  the  500?  The  story  reads  that  the  am- 
munition was  perfect,  and  it  was  a pity  it  ran  out,  and  then,  as 
he  only  went  out  to  shoot  at  25,  how  did  he  happen  to  have  500 
out  there  in  the  cold  with  him? 

The  intended  programme  for  the  Warm  Springs,  Ga.,  June 
tournament  has  the  correct  idea — that  of  contests  between  State 
teams  and  club  teams.  Nothing  can  be  better  to  draw  a crowd 
of  shooters  and  to  hold  them  together  than  a team  shoot.  The 
idea  as  to  teams  seems  to  ..be  that  of  five  men  to  each  club  team, 
and . these  shall  be  residents  of  the  town  where  the  club  is 
located.  All.  the  other  State  associations  who  follow  the  ideas 
here  advanced  by  Georgia-  will  in  th-e  end  find  it  a success. 

The  Chicago  Gun  Club  will  surely  flourish  this  year,  as  a 
wagon  load  of  prizes  will  be  awarded  its  faithful  and  best  shooting 
members.  The.  secretary  is  .now  ready  to  enlist  new  members. 

There  will  be  many  big  tournaments  during  this  year,  one  of 
them  being  that  of  the  Los  Angeles  Gun  Club.  Reports  have 
it  that.  $500  cash  will  be  added  to  the  shoot  as  added  money, 
open. to  amateurs  only  with.  no  handicap. 

What  has  started  the  Indians  on  the  war  path  so  soon?  It  is 
a long  time  until  August;  yet  there  seems  to  be  an  unusual 
haste  in  claiming  dates  for  their  next  shoot.  Anyhow,  one  of 
the  tallest  of  the  tribe  has  given  it  out  that  Lake  Okoboji  or 
Spirit  Lake  will  pull  off  the  next  shoot,  and  that  August  22  to 
24  will  ^ee  the  warriors  with  their  “war  paint”  on,  while  the 
squaws  and  papooses  will  look  on  and  wonder. 

Denver  will  this  year  pass  the  grand  western  handicap  shoot 
around,  and  so  Trinidad,  Colo.,  will  try  it.  September  5 to  8 
will  be  the  dates,  and  there  will  be  a hot  shooting  time  then  sure. 

The  reports  that  come  in  show  that  one  Mr.  Frank  Butler  is 
surely  getting  very  young  and  frisky. 

It  has  come  to  our  knowledge  that  R.  S.  McMillan,  of 
Tilden,  111.,  will  be  the  manager  for  a shooting  tournament  to 
be  held  at  Coultersville,  111.,  on  Feb.  21  and  22.  He  will  provide 
a few  live  birds,  providing  the  Legislature  does  not  get  their 
bill  through  ere  that  time. 

As  mentioned  heretofore  in  the  columns  of  this  journal,  that 
there  was  a probability  of  a gun  club  being  formed  in  Houston, 
Texas,  the  one  man  necessary  to  lead  the  shooting  tribe  out 
of  the  wilderness  has  been  found.  He  is  Mr.  Ben.  Schwartz, 
who  is  reported  to  be  a sportsman  for  sport’s  sake,  and  a man 
who  can  command  the  respect  of  all  the  trap  men  or  would-be 
“target  busters”  of  the  great  city  of  Houston.  When  the 
great  bunch  of  traveling  men,  some  twelve  in  number,  put  in 
their  appearance  it  was  the  signal  for  a unity  of  effort.  Mr. 
Schwartz . will  take  the  initiative,  and  the  organization  will  be 
strictly  amateur.  The  trouble  heretofore  experienced  as  to 
grounds  will  be  overcome.  A good  and  permanent  ground  will 
be  established,  and  there  will  be  a salaried  keeper  present  at  all 
times,  where  all  the  members  can  practice  either  singly  or 
collectively  and  practice  all  that  they  may  desire.  The  best 
shots  will  be  handicapped,  and  in  a few  days  the  organization 
will  be  perfected.  Thus  will  the  town  of  Houston  be  in  the 
front  rank,  so  far  as  a gun  club  is  concerned.  Success  to  you 
Mr.  Schwartz,  as  well  as  to  all  your  associates.  What  is  needed 
in  very  many  other  cities  is  just  such  a broad-gauge  manager 
and  organizer  as  Houston  has  in  Mr.  Schwartz. 

James  L.  Davis,  of  Riverside,  Cal.,  won  the  silver  cup. offered 
as  a prize  for  September,  October  and  November,  with  a score 
of  93  1-3  per  cent.  , 

An  Ohio  cartridge  company  has  offered  a fine  loving  cup,  which 
will  be  contested  for  by  shooters  in  the  following  Ohio  counties, 
viz.,  Miana,  Champaign,  Clark,  Shelby,  'llnion,  Madison  and 
Logan.  The  first  shoot  will  be  held  in  Urbana  April  1. 

“Cad,”  H.  W.  Caldwallader,  is  doing  some  fine  shooting  in 
his  territory  of  Illinois.  He  is  handy  with-  both  rifle  and  shot- 
gun. He  is  billed  for  Centralia,  111. 

Some  of  the  Dixon,  Illinois,  boys  are  shooting  at  the  home  of 
W.  J.  Massholder,  one  mile  south  of  the  city. 

The  Council  Bluff,  la.,  shooters  are  getting  in  practice  for  the 
March  tournament  by  shooting  at  100  targets  at.  each  meeting. 

The  Minneska  Gun  Club,  Winona,  Minn.,  elected  their  officers, 
viz.,  President,  R.  R.  Young;  Treasurer,  Ed.  Fitzgerald;  Secretary, 
F.  E.  Hartman. 

A club,  to  be  known  as  the  Newport  Gun  Club,  has  been 
formed  by  the  shooters  at  New  Bloomfield,  Pa. 

The  Newton,  111.,  Gun  Club  held  their  shoot  Monday  last. 
Loto  Hardcastle  was  the  high,  man,  20  out  of  25  targets;  Frank 
Albright  and  W.  H.  Pipin  tied  for  second,  and  Paul  Williams 
and  George  Roebuck  were  third. 

The  Castle  Gun  Club,  of  Belvidere,  111.,  met  last  Saturday ' 
and  elected  Frank  Sewell  as  a member.  Thomas  Cornish  was 
their  choice  for  re-appointment  as  deputy  game  warden. 

The  Kinsley,  Kan.,  Gun  Club  have  sent  in  a protest  against 
the  bill  which  has  been  introduced  prohibiting  quail  shooting. 

Al.  Blunt,  H.  H.  Watkins,  F.  R.  Moore,  and  M.  F.  Thomas, 
members  of  the  Florence,  Colo.,  Gun  Club,  held  a practice  shoot 
last  week. 

Col.  W.  W.  Woodward  has  presented  the  Sandusky  Gun  Club 
with  a very  handsome  loving  cup. 

A proposition  is  on  foot  to  abolish  Sunday  hunting  in  Illinois. 

A gun  club  is  being  organized  at  Rapid  City,  South  Dakota. 

A new  gun  club,  to  be  known  as  the  Toyah  Lake  Club,  will 
be  formed  shortly  at  El  Paso,  Texas. 

Out  at  Le  Mars,  la.,  the  enthusiasm  that  was  so  strong  last 
year  will  not  be  dormant  during  1905.  After  the  notice  of  the 
election  of  officers  now  comes- the.  news  of  their  annual  tournament 
being  set  for.  May. 

The  handicap  beef  shoot  of.  the  Nichols  Park  Gun  Club  was 
finished  on  last  Tuesday.  There  was  snow  and  cold  to  contend 
with;  yet  there  was  some  hot  competition.  Frank  Riehl  made 
high  score,  92  out  of  the  ICO,  while  Ed.  Scott  C£me  next  -with  90. 

Once  upon  a time,  Paola,  Kans.,  could  boast  of  a flourishing 


gun  club,  and  some  big  matches  were  shot  there,  viz.,  the  Irwin- 
Elwell  match,  in  which  the  pot  was  $500,  being  by  far  the  largest 
ever  shot  for  on  Kansas  soil.  It  will  be  pleasant  news  to  many 
of  the  Western  boys  to  know  that  at  this  same  town  of  Paola,  there 
is  a new  club  with  the  new  name  of  the  New  Lancaster  Gun 
Club,  and  also,  that  a shoot  was  held-  Saturday  last. 

The  Houghton,  Mich.,  Gun  Club  members  are  considerably 
worked  up  over  the  effort  to  prevent  R.  M.  Edwards  from  win- 
ning the  president’s  cup. 

Trapshooters  in  the  “short  grass”  country  are  keeping  the 
ball  rolling  during  these  very  stormy  days.  Last  week  the  Larned, 
Kans.,  club  patd  a visit  to  Kinsley,  and  with  eight  men  on  a 
side  and  20  targets  to  the  man,  Larned  was  winner,  with  a score 
of  95  to  71.  Holzapfel,  of  Larned,  with  17,  was  high;  Phil 
Moletor,  with  13  out  of  15,  made  top  score  for  the  Kinsley  crowd. 

Annual  meeting  of  the  Cumberland  Valley  Gun  Club,  Carlisle, 
Pa.,  was  held  recently,  and  the  newly  elected  officers  are:  Presi- 

dent, H.  E.  Dawson;  Vice-President,  Thos.  E.  Vale;  Secretary, 
W.  G.  Hughes;  Treasurer,  Chas.  Chandler;  Field  Captain,  Wm.  G. 
Minnich.  After  the  election  was  settled,  a shoot  was  held.  H.  E. 
Dawson  won  the  medal  just  to  show  that  he  was  the  boss  presi- 
dent; W.  A.  Fairlor  won  the  silver  medal  and  Philip  Six  the 
bronze. 

The  Penn  Gun  Club,  Norristown,  Pa.,  are  contemplating  a 
change  of  the  shooting  grounds.  As  there  are  several  places  under 
consideration,  the  best  one  will  no  doubt  be  selected. 

It  appears  that  the  Cumberland  Gun  Club  of  Davenport,  la., 
did  not  get  the  new  club  house  free  as  originally  promised,  as 
ll.e  information  has  been  furnished  us  that  at  a late  meeting  of 
the  club  it  was  decided  to  spend  several  hundred  dollars  on  the 
club  house  upon  the  Grand  Isle  grounds. 

Even  at  Galveston,  Tex.,  there  come  times  when  even  Gilbert 
and  Crosby  do  not  care  to  shoot  under  existing  weather  condi- 
tions, as  their  shoot  billed  for  that  town  was  postponed. 

A letter  from  El  Paso  recited  that  of  course  Mr.  Will  Rand 
carried  off  some  of  the  prizes  at  the  big  shoot  held  at  Houston. 
There  will  be  twenty-two  average  prizes  at  the  Budd  and  Whitney 
shoot.  Besides,  there  will  be  a total  of  some  $500  in  cash  prizes. 
Won’t  there  be  a huge  battle  when  all  these  Iowa  men  get  to- 
gether and  try  for  supremacy  with  the  scatter  gun. 

The  Springfield,  O.,  Gun  Club  will  take  part  in  the  trophy 
shoot,  the  same  being  donated  by  H.  W.  Kirby,  of  Urbana. 

Only  four  members  of  the  South  Side  Gun  Club,  of  Milwaukee, 
faced  the  traps  on  Sunday  last,  and  they  were  not  making  their 
usual  scores,  owing  to  the  cold  and  snow. 

The  local  sportsmen  of  Mt.  Vernon,  S.  D.,  have  organized  a 
gun  club.  The  officers  are:  President,  Charles  Daniels;  Vice- 

President,  Charles  Lawrence;  Secretary,  G.  H.  Smith;  Treasurer, 
R.  T.  Hedden;  Captain,  Wm.  Wagner. 

The  Rice  Lake,  111.,  Gun  Club,  with  headquarters  at  Canton, 
will  make  some  additions  to  their  hunting  shack.  Some  fine 
new  boats  will  replace  the  old  ones  that  were  destroyed  by  fire. 
At  least,  one  of  the  boats  will  be  something  handsome  and  con- 
venient. 

The  John  F.  Weller  Gun  Club  held  its  shoot  last  Wednesday. 
The  weather  was  a great  handicap.  There  were  some  notables 
present,  among  them  Frank  Butler,  D.  D.  O’Connell  and  John 
K.  Jones,  of  New  York,  and  H.  C.  Longnecker,  of  Philadelphia. 

The  Rensselaer,  Pa.,  Rod  and  Gun  Club  held  their  annual 
election.  Result:  President,  Frank  Wilson;  Vice-President,  Frank 

Shibley;  Secretary, . Fred  Kopp;  Treasurer,  John  Otto;  Trustee, 
Herman  Sibley;  Captain,  Thomas  Kirby. 

The  experts  and  traveling  men  are  doing  some  tall  hustling  in 
Illinois.  Last  week  at  Centralia,  H.  W.  Cadwallader  interested 
the  Centralia,  111.,  crowd  with  some  fancy  shooting  with  the  rifle 
and  shotgun.  , 

Well,  the  weather  during  the  past  few  weeks  has  caused  the 
shotguns  to  lay  in  their  racks.  Most  of  the  shooters,  even  as  far 
south  as  Jacksonville,  Fla.,  have  found  it  pleasant  to  roast  their 
shins  around  a hot  stove  and  peruse  the  sporting  papers,  and  spec- 
ulate on  what  they  will  do  when  the  snow  is  gone  and  the  birdies 
come  again. 

The  first  shoot  of  the  Green  River  Gun  Club  was  held  at  Law- 
son’s, Seattle,  Wash.,  Feb.  11.  A fair  attendance  was  the  result 
of  the  gathering,  and  there  were  four  events  of  10  targets  each. 

At  Butte,  Mont.,  Feb.  13,  several  of  the  members  of  the  Butte 
Rod  and ‘Gun  Club  were  out  for  practice.  The  scores  were  good, 
considering  the  weather.  Mr.  Carmichael  led  the  bunch  with  82 
out  of  100. 


-b  , Independent  Gun  Club. 

Easton,'  Pa.,  Feb.  13. — At  the  last  meeting  of  the  Independent 
Gun  Club  the  following  officers  were  elected:  J.  Heil,  President; 

F.  Genther,  Vice-President;  W.  Ivey,  Sec’y;  W.  Maurer,  Treas- 
urer; J.  Pleiss,  Corresponding  Sec’y  and  Captain. 

This  club  held  their  ninth  anniversary  on  Saturday  evening, 
Feb.  11,  at  which  nineteen  members  of  the  Alert  Gun  Club,  of 
Phillipsburg,  and  Mr.  Neaf  Apgar  and  Mr.  S.  S.  Adams  attended. 
Lunch  and  refreshments  were  served,  also  speeches  from  quite 
a few  who  were  present.  Mr.  Forest  Colb,  a member  of  the  club, 
kindly  donated  a stuffed  hawk  and  a year’s  subscription  to  the 
Forest  and  Stream.  The  club  now  has  a membership  of  forty- 
six  members,  of  which  thirty-nine  are  shooters. 

Jacob  Pleiss. 


Fulford  Memorial  Fund. 

Nezu  York,  Feb.  14. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream:  The  committee 
having  charge  of  the  Fulford  Memorial  Fund  have  contracted 
with  Jenny  & Nelbach,  of  Utica,  N.  Y.,  to  erect  a monument  at 
a cost  of  $600  to  the  memory  of  the  late  Elijah  D.  Fulford.  This 
monument  will  be  erected  on  the  family  plot  in  New  Forrest 
Hill  Cemetery,  Utica,  N.  Y.,  and  will  be  dedicated  on  'the  first 
day  of  the  tournament  of  the  New  York  State  Sportsmen’s  Associ- 
ation, which  takes  place  in  June.  Mr.  G.  L.  Biederman,  of 
Utica,  N.  Y.,  has  kindly  consented  to  deliver  the  memorial 
address.  The  Committee, 

JT.  H.  Keller,  Chairman. 


Bergen  Beach  Gun  Club. 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  18. — The  cold,  stiff  wind  was  no  deter- 
rent to  the  small  band  of  shooters  who  alternately  shot  a while 
and  warmed  themselves  at  the  stove  a while.  The  stiff  wind 
made  erratic  targets.  The  club  house  was  heated  comfortably. 
The  star  performance  of  the  day  was  that  of  Mr.  Kelly,  who 
made  high  score  in  every  event,  one  of  his  most  excellent  per- 
formances being  five  pairs  straight.  The  scores:  , 


Events:  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 

Targets : 25  25  25  30  * 30  10 

Kelly  22  23  24  28  10  27  10 

Dryer  16  14  17  13  4 20  6 

Rider  ......  21  17  16  . . . . 24  . . 

*Five  pairs. 


Events:  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 

Targets : 25  25  26  30  * 30  10 

Anderson  ....13  14  7 16 

Waters  20  4 19  5 

Jones  10  12  10  3 ..  .. 


Feb.  25,  1905.]' 


167 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


Ossining  Gun  Club. 


Ossining,  N.  Y. — The  team  of  the  Ossining  Gun  Club  was  again 
victorious  in  their  match  with  the  Poughkeepsie  Gun  Club  team 
at  Ossining  on  the  13th  inst.  The  teams  are  evenly  matched,  for 
each  club  has  two  wins  to  its  credit. 

The  third  match  at  Poughkeepsie,  on  Jan.  2,  was  a 10-man  team 
affair,  and  was  won  by  Ossining  with  the  small  lead  of  three 
targets.  The  weather  was  threatening  and  cold,  but  thirty  shooters 
braved  it  all  and  shot  through,  there  being  4,100  targets  thrown. 
There  were  but  two  trade  representatives  present,  Sim  Glover 
and  Harry  Welles,  who  were  hustling  their  respective  powders. 
Sim  Glover  was  high  professional  with  142  out  of  160.  J.  B. 
Sanders,  of  Albany,  won  first  high  amateur  average,  with  134; 
I.  Tallman  of  South  Milbrook,  won  second  high  average;  A. 


Bedell  won  prize  for  high  score  on  the  Ossining  team. 

In  the  evening  the  Ossining  Gun  Club  gave  a banquet  at  the 
Weskora  Hotel  in  honor  of  the  visiting  team.  The  dining  room 
was  finely  decorated  with  sportsman’s  trophies  and  firearms,  col- 
lected from  the  members  by  E.  McDonald,  proprietor  of  the 
hotel.  This  dinner  was  a pleasant  sequel  to  a fine  day’s  fun. 

Mr.  J.  G.  Heath  kindly  helped  in  scoring  and  squad  hustling. 


Events : 
Targets 

H Welles  

E A Staples  . . . 
C G Blandford 
C W Floyd.... 

A Bedell  

J Q Adams 

J B Sanders  .. 

S Glover  

I Tallman  

J Rhoades  .... 

A Traver  

J Hyland  

L R McDonald 

A L Burns 

T Rhoades  

D McFarland  . 

W Scott  

R Whyte  

G B Hubbell  . 
T Hasbrouck  .. 

A L Harris 

Dr.  Shaw  

W Coleman  . . . 
D Brandreth  . . 
H L Stratton.. 

E J Snyder 

R Hendricks  . 
E F Ball 


123456789  10 
15  15  15  15  15  15  25  15  15  15 

10  12  12  9 14  12  20  11  13  8 

13  13  14  13  11  9 17  11  13  8 

13  12  13  12  12  11  18  11  11  10 

14  10  12  14  12  9 17  13  13  9 

9 12  11  11  10  11  22  11  13  13 

13  12  12  12  12  12  18  13  10  10 

13  12  10  14  13  13  22  12  11  14 

14  15  11  12  10  14  22  14  15  15 

13  14  11  13  12  11  18  12  13  12 

10  10  13  9 13  11  20  7 10  8 

7 9 13  9 8 8 17  11  8 11 

8 8 4 4 5 5 17  12  9 10 

6 11  9 6 9 10  . . 10  10  11 

88534  19  13  898 
6 10  10  7 9 5 17  7 10  .. 

5 6 4 . . 5 7 

875....  5 

6 10  8 8 8 12  ..  8 9 5 

10  10  12  12  ....  20  13  9 . . 

8 7 7 

17  11  9 8 

17  10  7 11 

16  8 7 12 

19  9 12  8 

12  9 8 6 

17  ..  12  12 

21  ..  11  .. 

11  ..  ..  7 


Broke. 

121 

122 

123 

123 

123 

124 
134 
142 
129 
111 
101 

82 

‘76 


Ossining  Gun  Club. 


22 

A Bedell  

22 

20 

R Hendricks 

21 

18 

G B Hubbell 

20 

18 

D Brandreth  

19 

17 

C G Blandford 

18 

17 

E A Staples 

17 

17—129 

C W Floyd 

17—134 

Team  match: 

Poughkeepsie  Gun  Club. 

T B Sanders 

T Rhoades  

I Tallman  18 

J Q Adams  18 

A Traver  JJ 

E J Snyder 

T Rhoades  

Extra  targets:  C.  W.  Floyd  shot  at  30,  broke  26;  A.  Travel,  65, 
49;  C.  G.  Blandford,  75,  57;  E.  A.  Staples,  60,  48;  J.  Hyland,  35, 
20;  J.  Q.  Adams,  45,  37;  G.  B.  Hubbell,  30,  23;  D.  Brandreth,  15, 
11;  H.  Stratton,  15,  5;  W.  Coleman,  15,  10;  D.  McFarland,  45,  17; 

E.  J.  Snyder,  15,  6;  R.  White,  45,  15;  A.  L.  Harris,  15,  11; 

R.  Hendricks,  15,  8;  E.  Ball,  30,  23;  W.  Scott,  80,  37;  L.  Lyon,  40, 
27;  S.  Glover,  15,  14;  I.  Tallman,  15,  10;  J.  Rhoades,  30,  17; 

T.  Rhoades,  30,  16:  A.  L.  Barnes,  15,  9;  L.  R.  McDonald,  30,  19; 

H.  Welles,  30,  23;  J.  Sanders,  30,  24.  C.  G.  B. 


Boston  Gun  Club. 

Boston,  Mass.,  Feb.  15.— Eighteen  shooters,  with  handicaps  from 
16  to  21yds.,  congregated  on  the  Boston  Gun  Club  platform  to-day, 
and  with  conditions  just  right  proceeded  to  do  or  die,  though  how 
well  they  succeeded  is  better  told  by  the  scores. 

Griffiths,  Frank,  Dickey  and  Sadler  had  a merry  time  of  it  in  the 
match,  26  breaks  being  recorded  for  each,  two  targets  too  good 
for  Gleason  and  Burns,  who  were  tied  on  second  with  24.  Owen 
with  23  occupied  third  place  all  alone.  Capt.  Woodruff,  just  back 
from  a Southern  trip,  held  fourth  place,  together  with  Roy,  but 
says  that  first  place  is  more  to  his  liking,  and  intends  to  have 
his  share  of  the  honors  before  long.  Hollis  had  a decidedly  bad 
half  hour,  and  seemingly  could  not  extricate  himself,  and  being  a 


usual  85  per  cent., 

it  was  clear  that  he 

was  away 

off  form. 

Other 

scores : 
Events: 
Targets: 

123456789  10 
10  15  10  10  15  15  10  15  10  10 
9 11  9 8 12  14  9 13  9 10 

Av. 

.866 

rvufitVic  9.1  

7 10 

7 

9 14  12  10  11  10  9 

.825 

9 11 

s 

7 13  13  10  15  9 10 

.875 

1/lCKCj  y ....  * 

8 

6 11  9 

7 14  10  9 

.783 

TT  f~»11  i c IQ  

6 12 

6 

9 10  6 

6 12  . . . . 

.670 

5 

5 12  11 

6 8 8.. 

.645 

9 13 

7 

7 11  13 

7 9 6 10 

.766 

7 10 

7 

7 7 8 

7 9 7 8 

.641 

17  ..... 

6 

8 9 13 

9 13  ,,  .. 

,760 

Sadler,  16  7 13  7 10  13  13  8 14  9 

Gleason,  19  8 13  9 8 11  13  

Roy,  19  9 13  8 8 10  12  

Kirkwood,  20  9 13  10  9 12  9 8 12  . . 

Worthing,  17  7 11  8 4 10  10  10  13  . . 

Paul,  16  6 10  8 7 10  . . 

Willard,  16  8 10  10  7 5 . . 

Bruce,  16  3 5 6 3 3 .. 

Baker,  16 8 


Merchandise  match,  30  unknown,  distance  handicap: 


.854 

.826 

.800 

.820 

.730 

.630 

.615 

.307 

.800 


Griffiths,  21  111111111110111111101011111011— 26 

Dickey,  21  101111111111011101111011111111—26 

Frank,  19  110111111110101111111111111110—26 

Sadler,  16  111111111110011011111111110111—26 

Gleason,  19  00011111 1111101011111110111111— 24 

Burns,  16  1 01 0111 1 1 0011 11  111  111  1.11110011—24 

Owen,  16  011111011101111001111011111110-23 

Roy,  19  011011101101110111101110111011—22 

Woodruff,  17  011101101101010101011111111111—22 

Kirkwoocf,  20  111001011111111110110101011100—21 

Bell,  20  001010111111111111010010010111—20 

Worthing,  17  110101100101111001111101101101—20 

Willard,  16  1010H1010U01H00111110101011— 20 

Paul,  16  011111011011100011001010011110—18 

Hollis,  19  1110100101101 11110010001100001 — 16 

Fenton,  16' 01101 0000001111111110010100001— 15 

Bruce,  16  010011010000010100001110100100—11 


Crescent  Athletic  Club. 

Bay  Ridge,  L.  I.,  Feb.  18. — The  main  contest  was  the  team  race 
between  teams  of  Yale  and  the  Crescent  Athletic  Club.  Victory 
was  with  the  home  club  by  the  exceedingly  safe  margin  of  248  to 
232.  There  were  six  men  on  each  team  and  each  shot  at  50  targets. 

The  February  cup  shoot  went  to  the  credit  of  Dr.  Henry  L. 
O’Brien  and  Mr.  L.  M.  Palmer,  each  scoring  24.  Messrs.  F.  B. 
and  G.  Stephenson  were  next  with  22.  In  the  team  event,  six 
teams  contesting,  Messrs.  C.  A.  Sykes  and  D.  C.  Bennett  were 
high  with  48. 

The  Stake  trophy  contest  resulted  in  a tie  of  three,  Messrs. 
Stephensons  and  Palmer,  each  scoring  47  out  of  a possible  50. 
Mr.  H.  B.  Vanderveer  was  a winner  in  another  event.  Scores: 


Monthly  cup,  25  targets: 

Hdp.  Brk.  Tot’l. 

Hdp.  Brk.  Tot’l. 

Palmer,  Jr 0 

24 

24 

Brower  

1 

14 

21 

O’Brien  4 

20 

24 

Southworth  . . 

....  0 

20 

20 

G Stephenson,  Jr.  2 

20 

22 

Damron  

13 

19 

F B Stephenson.  1 

21 

22 

Fairchild  

7 

12 

19 

Benford,  Jr 1 

20 

21 

Snyder  

5 

9 

14 

Team  shoot,  25  targets: 
F Stephenson..  1 23 

24 

Southworth  . , 

...  0 

18 

18 

Hopkins  2 

19 

21—45 

Marshall  

...  5 

9 

14—32 

Palmer,  Jr 0 

23 

23 

Lott  

...  2 

17 

19 

Brigham  0 

21 

21-44 

Vanderveer  .. 

...  4 

21 

25-44 

Bedford,  Tr 1 

19 

20 

Sykes  

...  4 

18 

22 

Grinnell,  Jr 1 

20 

21 — 41 

Bennett  

...3 

21 

24—46 

Stake  Irophy,  50  targets: 
G G Stephenson.  4 43 

47 

Vanderveer  . . 

6 

38 

44 

Palmer  0 

47 

47 

Bennett  

30 

42 

F B Stephenson..  2 

45 

47 

Damron  

12 

20 

42 

Grinnell  2 

42 

44 

Brower  

10 

26 

36 

Lott  .' 4 

38 

42 

Fairchild  .... 

14 

21 

35 

Match,  15  targets: 

Palmer,  Jr  . i....  0 

12 

12 

Stephenson  . . 

....  0 

11 

11 

Southworth  0 

9 

9 

Foster  

13 

16 

Damron  3 

9 

12 

Grinnell,  Jr... 

.....  0 

11 

11 

Match,  15  targets: 
Palmer,  Jr 0 

12 

12 

Vanderveer  .. 

....  2 

14 

15 

Grinnell,  Jr 0 

13 

13 

Brigham  

14 

14 

Stephenson  0 

11 

11 

O’Brien  

....  2 

12 

14 

Damron  3 

6 

9 

Foster  

12 

14 

Snyder  3 

9 

12 

Bennett  

....  1 

11 

12 

Lott  1 

12 

13 

Brower  

6 

10 

Marshall  4 

7 

11 

Bedford  

14 

14 

Raynor  3 

9 

12 

Fairchild  .... 

7 

11 

Trophy,  15  targets: 
Palmer  0 

10 

10 

Marshall  

8 

11 

Brigham  0 

12 

12 

Grinnell  

9 

9 

Southworth  0 

12 

12 

Foster  

11 

13 

O’Brien 2 

13 

15 

Hopkins  

....  1 

7 

3 

Stephenson  ......  1 

11 

12 

Damron  

....  3 

9 

12 

Trophy,  15  targets: 

Palmer  0 

14 

14 

Stephenson  . . 

....  1 

11 

12 

Brigham  0 

12 

12 

Damron  

....  6 

5 

11 

Southworth  0 

12 

12 

Match,  50  targets: 

25 

25  Total. 

25 

25  Total. 

A 

Mertz 

23 

21 

44 

H 

M 

Brigham 23 

23 

46 

T 

Clark 

21 

19 

40 

L 

M 

Palmer,  Jr.  ..22 

23 

45 

E 

Rugsley  

20 

20 

40 

F 

B 

Stephenson.  .20 

20 

40 

R 

Thompson. . . 

20 

20 

40 

G 

Ste 

phenson,  Jr.  .20 

19 

39 

C 

King  

18 

18 

36 

A 

G 

Southworth. . .18 

21 

39 

J Borden  

17 

15 

32 

O 

C 

Grinnell,  Jr.  .22 

17 

39 

119 

113 

232 

125 

123 

248 

A fly  and  a flea  in  a flue 

Were  imprisoned.  Now,  what  could  they  do? 

“Let  us  fly,”  said  the  flea — 

Said  the  fly,  “Let  us  flee,” 

So  they  flew  through  3 flaw  in  the  flue, 

"-Pud?? 


Oneida  County  Sportsmen's  Association. 

Utica,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  13. — The  Lincoln  Birthday  shoot  of  the 
Oneida  County  Sportsmen’s  Association  was  held  under  ex- 
ceedingly wintry  weather  conditions.  Messrs.  J.  A.  R.  Elliott,  J. 
S.  Fanning  and  F.  E.  Butler,  distinguished  experts,  were  visitors. 
They  are  members  of  the  Fulford  memorial  committee. 

The  committee  visited  the  establishment  of  Jenny  & Nelbach, 
monument  builders  in  this  city,  yesterday  morning  and  selected 
a,  monument,  which  will  be  of  Barre,  Vt.,  granite  of  an  attrac- 
tive design.  It  will  be  6 feet  4 inches  high,  double  base,  the  lower 
one  5 feet  7 inches  by  3 feet  3 inches  by  4 feet.  The  lower 
base  will  be  in  undressed  stone,  while  the  second  will  be  highly 
polished  and  bear  the  name  “Fulford.”  The  die  will  be  dark 
and  polished  and  the  cap  will  be  of  dressed  granite.  The  con- 
tractors will  have  the  monument  in  position  for  dedication  during 
the  week  of  the  State  shoot  in  this  city,  when  a programme  will 
be  arranged  under  the  direction  of  the  O.  C.  S.  A.  Gun  Club, 
of  which  Mr.  Fulford  was  a member.  The  scores: 

Events:  1 23456789  10  11  12 

-n.,v]:Fts:  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  25  15 

Eliott  8 10  9 7 8 10  9 9 8 9 ..  .. 

banning  8 9 10  10  9 10  9 10  9 10 

gutler  8 9 8 8 8 

leesdale  7 q 7 g 

Jenny  7 6 7 8 

Wmdheim  8 7 6 8 

Brunner  7 g 

e w s ;;  8 6 

Manine  7 7 

J Wagner  7 

Bilberbeck  ' 0 

Biederman  

Walling  

Morey  ] _ ’ [ 7 

C Brown  ' _ 0 

Wm  Wagner  ” " " 9 

Tuttle  ) ” __  g 

Klausner  ] ” ' " ” 

C Windheim,  Jr * “ 5 

J Brown  ” ” “ " 7 


7 8 8 8 


6 

7 

5 

8 

..  ..  11 

7 

6 

7 

5 

..  ..14 

8 

7 

8 

7 

9 21 14 

9 

7 

7 

8 

8 

7 10 

8 

9 ..  .. 

8 

8 

9 

8 

7 18  12 

6 

7 

7 

7 

6 ..  .. 

8 

7 

7 

6 

7 ..  .. 

7 

8 

7 

8 

7 ..  .. 

7 

7 

6 

7 

7 ..  .. 

6 

7 

6 

7 ,.  ... 

9 

7 

7 

8 ..  .. 

8 

9 

8 ..  13 

8 

7 ..  .. 

5 

6 . . .. 

7 

6 ..  .. 

And  Other  Things. 

Cincinnati,  O.,  Feb.  18.-— Editor  Forest  and  Stream : Bonesteel, 
South  Dakota,  and  J.  F.  Spatz,  field  captain  of  the  Bonesteel 
Gun  Club,  can  both  of  them  swell  out  their  respective  chests  by 
reason^  of  Mr.  Leroy  Leach’s  wonderful  record  of  “500  straight” 
made  “recently”  on  the  grounds  of  the  club  and  under  the  direct 
supervision  of  Mr.  J.  F.  Spatz.  Why  does  Mr.  Spatz,  field  captain, 
not  give  us  the  exact  date  on  which  such  a truly  record-breaking 
feat  was  performed?  We  must  know  it.  Even  children  know 
that  the  Appomattox  affair  took  place  on  April  9,  1865;  that  the 
Chicago  cow  kicked  over  the  oil  lamp  on  Oct.  8,  1871;  and  that 
Teddy  Roosevelt  will  be  inaugurated  on  March  4 next.  Give  the 
date,  please,  Mr.  Spatz. 

Also  tell  us  kindly,  why  in  the  world  Mr.  Leroy  Leach  did  not 
go  out  and  break  at  least  one  more  target,  so  as  to  make  it  “501 
straight”  or  even  better?  Did  he  only  have  500  shells  at  th« 
grounds? 

_ Seriously  speaking,  if  one  considers  that  “the  weather  .condi- 
tions were  very  unfavorable  for  high  scores,”  and  that  the  shooter 
was  occasionally  troubled  by  having  to  stop  “to  restore  numbed 
fingers,  and  last  but  not  least,  that  “the  shooter  accomplished 
the  Herculean  task”  in  such  a short  time  and  “without  cleaning 
the  gun.  I maintain  that  we  trapshooters,  interested  parties, 
ought  at  least  to  have  some  details  about  this  wonderful  feat. 

Will  not  Mr.  Spatz  please  accommodate  us?  48grs. 


Stanley  Gun  Club. 


Toronto,  Can.,  Feb.  14. — The  regular  weekly  shoot  of  the 
Stanley  Gun  Club  had  clear  and  cold  weather.  Mr.  McGill 
carried  off  the  honors  with  a score  of  24  out  of  25.  The  Stanleys 
will  be  the  guests  of  the  Balmy  Beach  Club  when  they  shoot  off 
their  league  series.  Scores: 


Events: 
Targets : 
Thompson 
McGill  . . 
Rock  ..... 
Ingham  . . 
Morgan  . 
Hirons  . . 

Buck  

Hooey  . . 
Hulme  . . 
Townson 

Lucas  

Martin  . . 
Charles  . . , 

Fritz  

Dey  

McGraw  . , 
^ilson  ... 


1 23456789  10  1112 
10  10  10  10  10  10  10  25  10  10  10  10 


10 

9 

7 

5 

5 


20  9 
10  24  10 
9 19  7 

7 18  .. 

8 20 
..  21 
..  18 
S 17 
..  22 
7 19 


9 

15 

19- 

13 


7 10 
9 10 


8 6 


7 10 


6 8 

J.  Mapsifgiiam,*  sW’y. 


168 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


[Fra-  25*  i<?°& 


IN  NEW  JERSEY. 

Rahway  Guo.  Club. 

Rahway,  N.  J.,  Feb.  13. — The  shoot  of  the  Rahway  Gun  Club, 
held  to-day,  was  well  attended. 

In  the  first  event,  Akers  won  in  the  shoot-off. 

In  the  second  event,  Morrison  won  in  the  shoot-off. 

The  sixth  event  was  won  by  Burtis. 

The  club  trophy  silver  series,  event  No.  4,  was  won  by  the 
Freehold  Gun  Club.  The  contestants  and  their  scores  follow: 
South  Side,  71;  Uquehonga,  64;  North  River,  80;  Climax,  68; 
Freehold,  96;  Rahway,  69. 


Sweepstakes: 


Events : 

12  3 5 

6 

Events : 

12  3 5 

6 

Reynolds  

...12  5 9 . . 

. , 

Hartman  

.10  8 

. e 

Luckey  

...12  9 7 8 

Brantingham  . . 

5 3 

12 

Arthur  

...  10  10  . . . . 

. . 

Lovett  

. . 

Piercy  ........ 

...10  8 2 5 

. . 

Hans  

. . . ...  . , 14  10 

. . 

Akers  

...  12  11  11  11 

7 

Burtis  

7 9 

Morrison 

...  12  13  8 . . 

Matthews  

...  ....  9 9 

9 

...  5 

11  13 

8 

. 5 

8 8 

10 

...  7 4 . . . . 

9 8 

3 

Vosselman  .... 

...  8 8 6 . . 

Scott  

11  .. 

■Goodman  Van 

...7  4 6 3 

. _ 

Hobbs  

11  5 

7 

Truax  

...  11  8 10  . . 

Schenck  

9 10 

9 

...  11  7 . . .. 

Gaskill  

11  .. 

Eickhoff  ...... 

...6  9 5 .. 

Blisch  

8 

F Slater  

1 7 4 

Saboclier  

10 

Engle 

...  . . 11  9 10 

R Terry  

5 

8 

Gunther  

11  10  14 

9 

T.  Terry  

Ehrlich  

S ..  13 

Van  Nest  

8 

Herrington  . . . 
Ellis  

11  13  . . 

7 .. 

S Terry  

10 

Montclair  Gun  Club. 


Montclair,  N.  J.,  Feb.  13.— Owing  to  the  unpleasant  weather,  the 
tournament  planned  for  to-day  had  to  be  postponed  till  the  22d 
inst.  Some  fourteen  men  were  in  attendance,  and  during  the 


morning  six  events  were  run  off. 

Event  No.  4,  25  targets,  handicap,  was  won  by  Mr.  P.  Har- 
rison, with  20  breaks  to  his  credit,  plus  5 targets  added,  giving 


him  a score  of  25,  and  a handsome  leather  cigar  case. 

Event  No.  5,  same  conditions,  resulted  in  a victory  for  Mr. 
Geo.  Batten,  with  Mr.  W.  I.  Soverel  a close  second,  with  prizes 


and  a box  of  shells,  respectively. 


of  a recoil  pad 
Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 

Targets:  25  25  25  25  25  25 

P Cockefair,  2. . 18  22  23  23  20  . . 
C Babcock,  2..  16  16  19  21  21  .. 
F Moffett,  2....  19  18  22  19  23  21 
H Holloway,  5.  17  16  15  19  20  .. 
E Winslow,  5..  12  9 ..  22  21  .. 
P Harrison,  5. . 14  14  . . 25  20 
C Kendall,  2...  16  14  ..  24  15  24 


Events:  12  3 

4 5 6 

Targets : 25  25  25  25  25  25 

G Batten,  3 19  .. 

23  25  . . 

Dr  Gardiner 

21  22  20 

Howlett,  2 

20  18  14 

F Baldwin,  5 

20  22  12 

W Wallace,  6 

19  19  18 

F Robinson,  6.  

20  ..  .. 

W Soverel,  5...  ..  ..  .. 

..  24  .. 

Handicaps  apply  only  in  events  4 and  5. 

Edward  Winslow,  Sec’y. 


The  Equitable  System. 

A clubman  who  had  served  on  the  house  committee  of  a yacht 
club  tells  of  an  odd  complaint  made  by  a millionaire  member. 
It  reads  as  follows: 

“Gentlemen:  I have  the  honor  to  inform  you  that  I lunched 

at  the  club  this  afternoon,  and  had  as  my  guests  three  gentlemen, 
all  well  known  gourmets.  Among  the  dishes  that  I ordered,  an 
omelet  was  served  which  contained  only  three  flies.  As  an  old 
member  of  the  club,  jealous  of  its  reputation  as  to  generosity  of 
portions,  this  naturally  touched  my  pride;  it  was,  moreover,  em- 
barrassing, because,  in  order  to  make  an  equitable  division  of 
the  omelet  it  was  necessary  either  to  divide  a fly — a nice  bit 
of  carving,  as  you  must  concede — or  to  forego  a fly  myself.  I 
beg  to  suggest  that  in  future,  when  an  omelet  is  ordered  for  four 
persons,  it  should  be  served  with  either — (a)  four  flies,  or  (b) 
no  flies  at  all. — Item.  

The  Ossining,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  defeated  the  Poughkeepsie 
Gun  Club,  in  their  team  contest,  at  Ossining,  Feb.  13.  There 
were  seven  men  on  a side.  Each  shot  at  25  targets.  The  scores 
were  134  and  129.  Each  club  now  has  two  wins.  A banquet  in 
the  evening,  given  by  the  Ossining  club  to  the  visitors  rounded 
out  a day  of  pleasure. 


SIDE  LIGHTS  OF  TRADE. 


The  Marlin  catalogue  for  1905  will  be  sent  to  applicants  who 
send  three  stamps  for  postage  to  the  Marlin  Fire  Arms  Co.,  New 
Haven,  Conn.  The  cover  is  in  colors,  and  portrays  two  hunters 
sitting  by  the  camp-fire  while  their  meal  is  cooking.  Guns  and 
dogs  give  added  realism  to  the  scene.  This  catalogue  gives  hun- 
dreds of  ideas  on  the  technique  of  the  rifle  and  its  practical  use, 
besides  a full  list  of  the  Marlin  rifles  and  shotguns. 


The  W.  S.  Dickey  Clay  Mfg.  Co.,  Kansas  City,  were  the  re- 
cipients of  the  following  hearty  endorsement  and  recommendation 
of  their  traps,  as  per  the  following  self  explanatory  letter: 
“Brenham,  Tex.,  Jan.  28.-W.  S.  Dickey  Clay  Mfg.  Co.,  Kansas 
City,  Mo.— Gentlemen:  After  having  used  your  auto  trap  in  com- 
petition with  other  automatic  traps  at  my  tournament,  I most 
heartily  recommend  your  trap  and  will  keep  the  trap  you  in- 
stalled here  for  our  shooting  grounds,  for  which  you  will  find  in- 
closed $25  in  payment  for  same.  Yours  truly,  , 

“Alf  Gardiner. 


§ifle  gxnge  and  {$aUerg. 

— — • — 

Fixtures. 

Feb.  22. — Greenville,  N.  J. — American  record  100-shot  match. 
March  1-9. — New  York. — Zettler  annual  gallery  tournament. 


Providence  Revolver  Club. 

Providence,  R.  I. — Very  little  shooting  was  done  at  the  regular 
practice  on  the  16th,  and,  with  the  exception  of  Major  Eddy  and 
Mr.  Jordan,  the  scoring  was  hardly  worth  recording. 

Mr.  Jordan  brought  in  his  new  target  rifle  fitted  with  a 6-power 
telescope,  and  with  Mr.  E.  W.  Brown,  our  new  member,  spent 
the  evening  in  adjusting  focus  and  testing  the  new  weapon. 
Familiarity  with  the  outfit  will  soon  bring  Mr.  Jordan’s  scores 
into  the  240’s  if  he  holds  the  ’scope  as  well  as  he  has  his  little 
sporting  repeater. 

W.  B.  Gardiner  has  had  set  triggers  put  on  his  rifle,  and  after 
sighting  in,  showed  improvement  over  some  previous  shooting. 

Major  Eddy  held  his  military  for  an  82,  and  D.  P.  Craig,  the 
“hospital  corps  man,”  shot  a 40  (Creedmoor  count)  with  the 
same  style  arm. 

The  Louisville,  ICy.,  Revolver  Club  has  suggested  that  we 
shoot  them  a match  at  10yds.,  included  in  which  is  a “rapid  fire” 
test.  The  revolver  men  present  tried  a few  strings  on  the  10yd. 
standard  target  and  found  the  reduced  bull  difficult  to  touch. 
Considerable  amusement  was  created  in  their  attempts  to  get 
in  five  shots  on  the  20yd.  target,  in  20  seconds.  It  is,  no  doubt, 
easy  for  those  accustomed  to  handling  the  revolver  in  rapid  work, 
but  when  one  bungles  over  the  cocking  and  tries  to  catch  his 
sights  after  the  word  “fire”  and  tries  to  catch  up,  the  result  to 
a novice  is  laughable  or  discouraging.  Hurlburt’s  second  trial 
resulted  in  36  out  of  a possible  50  points;  he  managed  to  get 
three  bulls  for  the  first  three  shots,  and,  fearing  near  the  limit, 
hurried  the  last  two,  getting  a four  and  five,  and  looked  sur- 
prised when  the  timer  announced  five  seconds  to  spare.  New 
experiences  are  interesting,  however,  and  with  a little  practice 
we  may  be  able  to  have  a try  with  our  Kentucky  friends. 

Following  are  the  scores  recorded.  Rifle,  25yds.,  German  ring 
target — L.  A.  Jordan,  235,  231;  W.  Bert  Gardiner,  232. 

Revolver  and  pistol,  20yds.,  Standard  American  target:  Major 

William  F.  Eddy,  77,  82;  Arno  Argus,  72;  A.  C.  Hurlburt,  72; 
Fred  Liebrich,  72;  D.  P.  Craig,  40,  31. 

Rapid  fire,  10yds.,  5 shots,  20  sec.  allowed,  possible  50:  A.  C. 

Hurlburt,  36  in  15  seconds. 

Portsmouth  Range. 

Target  shooting  with  both  rifle  and  revolver  has  been  brisk 
on  the  Portsmouth  range.  Two  local  experts,  Almy  and  Cogge- 
shall,  have  warmed  up  well,  and  it  is  nip  and  tuck  as  to  who  can 
hold  the  lead.  Two  50-shot  matches  have  been  finished  since 
the  trial  matches,  Coggeshall  winning  in  both  cases,  although  in 
the  last  match,  shot  on  the  9th,  Almy  came  within  one  point 
of  tying.  This  gives  each  of  the  Portsmouth  experts  two  matches, 
and  the  result  of  the  fifth  is  awaited  with  much  interest. 

Recorded  scores  in  rifle  matches  shot  at  Portsmouth — Almy  vs. 
Coggeshall,  50yds.;  Standard  American  target;  50  shots  per  man 
with  .22  caliber  target  rifles;  possible,  10  shots  100;  50  shots  500: 


February  6,  1905: 


F A Coggeshall 

...  6 

8 

9 

■ 7 

7 

8 

7 

10 

9 

7—78 

10 

7 

8 

8 

10 

7 

9 

10 

10 

8-87 

6 

6 

8 

8 

7 

6 

8 

8 

10 

7—74 

10 

9 

7 

7 

8 

9 

7 

9 

10 

10-86 

5 

10 

9 

8 

8 

9 

6 

8 

10 

8—81—406 

W m Almy  

...  0 

9 

10 

6 

8 

6 

7 

10 

7 

8—71 

9 

9 

8 

7 

6 

10 

5 

7 

9 

6—76 

5 

8 

7 

7 

9 

9 

9 

9 

9 

9—81 

8 

8 

6 

9 

10 

8 

8 

8 

8 

10-83 

7 

5 

7 

8 

9 

7 

7 

8 

8 

10—76—387 

February  9,  1905: 

8-77 

F A Coggshall  

...  7 

7 

7 

6 

9 

7 

9 

7 

9 

7 

9 

6 

7 

7 

10 

7 

5 

8 

9—75 

7 

10 

7 

8 

8 

10 

8 

9 

9 

9-85 

10 

10 

9 

5 

9 

8 

6 

9 

10 

9-85 

9 

9 

7 

9 

6 

8 

8 

8 

9 

8-81—403 

Wm  Almy  

10 

9 

9 

8 

7 

10 

6 

8 

8-82 

6 

8 

8 

9 

8 

9 

6 

9 

10 

7—80 

9 

9 

8 

10 

10 

7 

7 

10 

7 

10 — 87 

6 

6 

7 

7 

7 

10 

8 

8 

8 

6—73 

8 

8 

7 

6 

7 

9 

9 

9 

8 

9—80—402 

February  8. — The 

scores 

were 

shot  with 

revolver  and  rifle  at 

50yds.  on  Standard  American  target, 

10  shots,  possible  100: 

Wm  Almy  

10 

7 

9 

8 

5 

5 

8 

8 10—80 

10 

10 

7 

10 

7 

8 

9 

10 

10  10-91 

Bradford  Norman  . 

...9 

10 

5 

8 

7 

9 

10 

8 

9 10-85 

7 

7 

9 

10 

9 

8 

8 

6 

10  7—81 

Indoor  Championship. 

The  programme  for  the  indoor  100-shot  championship  match,  to 
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Shooting  Committee:  H.  D.  Muller,  Chairman;  E.  H.  Van 

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New  York  Central  Schuetzen  Corps. 

Scores  follow  for  the  regular  practice  shoot,  Feb.  15.  All 
shootng  offhand,  distance,  75ft.  on  the  regular  25-ring  %in.  target: 
R.  Gute,  243,  245;  C.  Ottmann,  238,  242;  J.  N.  F.  Seibs,  240, 
239;  R.  Busse,  237,  241;  H.  D.  Muller,  240,  236;  W.  J.  Daniels, 
233,  242;  J.  Hesse,  240,  226;  G.  Rohde  234,  231;  C.  Gerken,  232,  232; 
D.  Scharninghausen,  240,  224;  G.  Viemeister,  232,  228;  J.  von  der 
Leith,  226,  230;  F.  Rolfes,  229,  231;  B.  Eusner,  228,  221;  W. 
Wessel,  227,  219;  H.  Brummer,  208,  234;  W.  Schillingmann,  221, 
220;  H.  A.  Ficke,  Jr.,  216,  222;  Capt.  Chris.  Tietjen,  219,  212;  H. 
von  der  Leith,  211,  219;  J.  Eisinger,  224,  201;  G.  Dettloff,  192, 
213;  H.  Roffmann,  201,  202;  D.  Wuehrmann,  209,  193. 

Bullseye  target:  J.  N.  F.  Seibs  53,  G.  Viemeister  54%,  H. 

Brummer  54%,  C.  Ottmann  71,  H.  von  der  Leith  73,  F.  Rolfes  76, 
D.  Wuehrmann  88,  H.  D.  Muller  75,  C.  Gerken  82%,  B.  Eusner 
90%,  W.  J.  Daniels  96,  J.  Eisinger  125,  H.  Roffmann  131,  Capt. 
Tietjen  133,  W.  Wessel  136%,  J.  Hesse  142%,  J.  von  der  Leith 
149,  R.  Busse  163,  D.  Scharninghausen  180,  R.  Gute  182,  G. 
Dettloff  193,  G.  Rohde  210,  W.  Schillingmann  220,  H.  A.  Fick  265. 


Harlem  Independent  Corps. 

Scores  follow  for  the  practice  shoot  held  Feb.  17,  all  shooting 
on  the  regular  25  ring  (%in.)  target:  A.  Fegert  226,  231;  C. 

Thibault  216,  236;  Fenninger  222,  222;  B.  Eusner  220,  222;  F. 
Horn  221,  217;  J.  II.  Blumenberg  215,  222;  Fr.  Koch  215,  215;  G. 
Thomas  210,  219;  C.  Wolf  208,  214;  Dr.  A.  Muller  212,  207;  F. 
Monatsberger  199,  218;  P.  Zugner  201,  205;  W.  Mensch  202,  203; 
H.  Behrmann  204,  208;  E.  Modersohn  193,  217;  C.  Hopf  216,  190; 
S.  Baumann  210,  186;  L.  Lewinsohn  206,  184;  A.  Olsen  194,  196; 
J.  Lantzer  151,  136;  Holrieth  180,  202;  E.  Hilker  179,  182;  J.  Fey 
186,  157. 

Bullseye  target:  A.  Fegert  97,  F.  Monatsberger  123%,  J.  Fey 

124,  Fr.  Horn  124,  O.  Olsen  125,  B.  Eusner  132,  W.  Mensch  139, 
F.  Horn  150%,  C.  Thiebault  159,  C.  Wolf  165%,  Dr.  A.  Muller 
172%,  Fenninger  173%,  P.  Zugner  234. 


Zettler  Rifle  Club. 


The  following  scores  were  recorded  at  headquarters,  159  W. 
Twenty-third  street,  Feb.  14.  All  shooting  on  the  regular  twenty- 
five  !4in.  ring  target: 


R Gute  

242 

245 

243 

246 

244 

L P Hansen 

247 

242 

244 

244 

243 

G Schlicht  

245 

244 

245 

240 

244 

C G Zettler 

.............241 

239 

236 

236 

243 

H Fenwirth 

229 

237 

238 

242 

241 

T H Keller,  Jr 

244 

237 

234 

240 

232 

B Zettler  

232 

237 

241 

235 

233 

T J Helpers  

232 

234 

233 

239 

234 

T H Keller,  Sr 

228 

226 

228 

229 

221 

New  York  City  Schuetzen  Corps. 

On  Thursday  evening,  Feb.  16,  the  above  society  occupied  the 
Zettler  ranges,  all  shooting  offhand  on  the  regular  25-ring  (%in.) 
target:  A.  ICronsberg  243,  244;  C.  G.  Zettler  233,  241;  C.  Wagner 
238,  239;  O.  Schwanemann  238,  239;  G.  Schroeter  220,  221;  Jos. 
Keller  218,  220,  W.  Heil  214,  213;  J.  Metzger  200,  222;  A.  Mertz 
172,  193;  C.  Stover  147,  88. 

Italian  Rifle  Club. 

On  Feb.  13  the  above  club  occupied  the  Zettler  ranges.  Scores 
follow  on  the  regular  twenty-five  %in.  ring  target  at  75ft.:  Reali 
242,  Branchi  241,  Minervini  241,  Muzio  240,  Alfred  238,  Raimondi 
237,  De  Stefano  219. 

Rifle  Notes. 

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ENLARGING  THE  WORLD’S  FOOD  SUPPLY. 

That  story  in  our  angling  columns  of  striped  bass  fish- 
ing in  Pacific  waters  is  an  exposition  of  the  marvelous 
results  which  have  followed  the  enterprise  of  the  United 
States  Fish  Commission  in  transplanting  a species.  The 
establishment  of  this  valuable  fish  in  California  was  an 
achievement  which  has  contributed  in  incalculable  meas- 
ure to  the  economic  resources  of  the  country. 

We  are  indebted  to  Mr.  Hugh  M.  Smith,  of  the  U.  S. 
Bureau  of  Fisheries,  for  the  statistics  of  the  shad  and 
striped  bass  fishery  of  the  Pacific  coast: 

Total  cost  of  planting  shad  and  striped  bass  on  Pacific 

Coast,  under  .' $5,000 

Average  annual  catch  of  these  fish  at  present  time,  pounds  4,000,000 

Yearly  market  value  of  the  catch $165,000 

Aggregate  catch  to  end  of  1904,  pounds 26,400,000 

Total  value  of  the  catch  to  the  end  of  1904 • $955,000 


This  is  one  of  a score  of  successful  undertakings  in 
transplanting  and  acclimatization.  In  the  current  report 
of  the  Commissioner  of  Fisheries,  Mr.  John  W.  Titcomb 
notes  the  introduction  of  trout  into  the  waters  of  the 
Black  Hills  of  South  Dakota,  streams  which  were  once 
devoid  of  fish,  but  are  now  themselves  sources  of  supply, 
f In  like  manner  the  eastern  brook  trout  carried  to  Colo- 
rado has  thrived  there  to  such  an  extent  and  become  so 
firmly  established  that,  as  Mr.  Titcomb  says,  “it  is  now 
possible  to  collect  more  eggs  of  this  species  from  the 
natural  streams  and  ponds  at  the  subsidaries  connected 
with  the  Leadville  station  than  are  collected  from  any 
station  in  the  East,  where  the  fish  is  native.” 

Quite  as  noteworthy  as  tins  stocking  of  American 
streams  from  other  American  waters  is  the  vast  contribu- 
tion the  United  States  is  making  to  the  food  fish  resources 
of ' the  world  by  sending  its  native  species  to  foreign 
waters.  One  of  the  most  remarkable  of  recent  achieve- 
ments in  the  field  was  the  consignment  presented  to 
the  Argentine  Republic.  The  story  has  already  been  told 
in  our  columns.  The  shipment  consisted  of  eggs  of  steel- 
head  trout  (20,000),  brook  trout  (100,000),  lake  trout 

(50.000) ,  whitefish  (1,000,000),  and  landlocked  salmon 

(50.000) .  They  were  sent  out  in  charge  of  Mr.  Titcomb, 
were  en  route  from  forty-six  to  fifty  days,  and  arrived 
at  their  destination  and  were  hatched  with  an  average  loss 
of  less  than  10  per  cent.;  having  been  transported  a 
greater  distance  than  had  been  recorded  in  the  history  of 
fishculture,  taken  across  the  equator,  and  carried  by  team 
.300  miles  over  a hot,  sandy  country,  and  hatched  in  a 
season  of  the  year  the  direct  opposite  of  that  in  which 
they  would  have  hatched  at  home. 

Other  contributions  to  foreign  countries  noted  in  the 
report  included  a generous  shipment  of  rainbow  trout 
eggs  to  Canada,  rainbow  trout  and  whitefish  to  England, 
black-spotted  trout  to  Wales,  rainbow  trout  to  France, 
and  brook  trout  to  Japan. 


A LICENSE  FOR  ALL  HUNTERS. 

The  Gates  bill,  now  in  the  New  York  Legislature,  pro- 
vides for  the  licensing  of  all  hunters,  whether  resident, 
non-resident  or  unnaturalized  persons,  for  hunting  deer 
and  bear;  and  for  the  licensing  of  non-residents  and  un- 
naturalized persons  for  the  hunting  of  small  game.  The 
bill  is  patterned  after  the  systems  in  force  in  other  States. 
Applicants  for  licenses  are  required  to  give  such  particu- 
lars as  to  their  residence  and  personal  appearance  as  shall 
serve  to  identify  them.  The  licenses  are  to  be  issued  by 
the  county  clerks  and  to  be  in  force  for  one  year 
only.  For  the  hunting  of  deer  and  bear  everyone, 
whether  resident  or  non-resident  or  unnaturalized  per- 
son, must  have  a license.  The  fee  for  resident  licenses  is 
nominal,  being  75  cents;  that  for  others  is  $25.  The 
shipments  of  game  must  be  accompanied  by  the  coupons 
attached  to  the  license;  these  being  two  in  number,  give 
the  privilege  of  shipping  two  deer  in  a season;  and  ample 
provision  is  made  for  recording  shipments  and  preventing 
abuse  of  the  shipping  privilege. 

The  requirement  of  a license  for  killing  game  other 
than  deer  and  bear  applies  only  to  non-residents  and  un- 
naturalized persons.  The  bill  prescribes  that  before  a 
non-resident  or  unnaturalized  person  shall  hunt  any  game 
other  than  deer  or  bear,  he  must  procure  a license,  for 
which  the  required  fee  is  $10.  This  is  excellent  so  far 
as  it  goes,  but  it  does  not  go  far  enough ; for  it  fails  to 
secure  very  essential  control  of  the  unnaturalized  shooter. 
Most  of  the  abuse  of  the  violation  of  the  law  relating 
to  the  killing  of  song  and  insectivorous  birds  is  com- 


mitted by  the  foreigners  who  go  out  from  the  cities  and 
shoot  in  the  suburbs,  killing  without  discrimination 
everything  that  flies  within  range  of  their  guns.  Under 
the  Gates  law,  if  such  shooters  desire  to  take  out  a license 
they  may  do  so,  but  there  is  nothing  to  prevent  their 
going  out  and  shooting  without  a license,  and  then  mak- 
ing the  claim  that  they  are  citizen's.  This  throws  upon 
the  officer  the  burden  of  proving;  that  they  are  not  en- 
titled to  the  shooting  privilege.  On  the  other  hand,  if 
all  shooters,  whether  citizens  or  non-residents  or  un- 
naturalized persons,  were  required  to  take  out  a license, 
every  individual  would  in  turn  be  identified,  and  there 
would  be  no  such  possibility  of  evasion  by  numbers  of  the 
very  class  the  law  is  attempting  to  reach. 

Under  present  conditions  there  is  no  good  reason  why 
every  shooter  who  goes  off  from  his  own  lands  to  kill 
game  should  not  be  required  to  have  a license  for  that 
purpose.  The  time  has  come  when  it  is  absolutely  neces- 
sary to  exercise  such  control  over  shooters  as  can  be 
secured  only  by  some  system  of  registration  and  identifi- 
cation. The  Gates  measure  might  well  be  amended,  and 
would  prove  more  effective,  if  it  required  of  every  resi- 
dent hunter  of  small  game  a license  with  some  such 
nominal  fee  as  it  now  exacts  from  the  resident  hunter  of 
larger  game.  We  believe  that  it  is  the  experience  of  other 
States  where  universal  license  systems  are  in  force,  that 
the  results  are  such  as  to  commend  them. 


A FISHING  RIGHT  DELUSION. 

The  notion  that  if  private  waters  have  been  stocked 
with  fish  at  State  expense  outsiders  have  a right  to  invade 
them  for  the  purpose  of  fishing,  is  as  persistent  as  it  is 
mistaken.  Corrected  in  one  quarter,  it  bobs  up  serenely 
in  another.  The  protracted  Rockefeller-Lamora  litiga- 
tion over  this  point  has  only  recently  been  brought  to  a 
conclusion.  It  ended  in  a reiteration  by  the  higher  courts 
that  property  rights  may  not  be  invaded  in  any  such  way 
as  that  demanded  by  the  advocates  of  free  fishing  in  pri- 
vate waters.  Now  comes  Senator.  Drescher  in  the  New 
York  Legislature  with  a bill  which  provides  that  any 
waters  which  have  been  stocked  with  fish  by  the  State 
subsequently  to  April  17,  1896,  shall  be  open  to  the  public 
to  fish  in,  and  the  Forest,  Fish  and  Game  Commission 
is  required  to  keep  such  waters  open  to  the  public,  and  to 
maintain  sign-boards  proclaiming  that  they  are  open,  and 
warning  all  persons  from  molesting  or  interfering  with 
anyone  wading  or  fishing  in  them.  Another  measure  for 
which  Senator  Drescher  stands  sponsor  forbids  owners 
of  private  waters  which  may  have  been  stocked  by  the 
State  since  April  17,  1896,  from  displaying  upon  them 
signs  warning  off  trespassers.  The  particularity  of  these 
bills  as  to  the  date  of  the  stocking  points  to  some  specific 
waters  like  those  involved  in  the  Rockefeller  preserve 
controversy  in  the  Adirondacks  as  the  special  object  of 
the  framers  of  the  measure.  It  appears  to  be  an  attempt 
to  secure  by  statute  a right  of  fishing  which  the  courts 
have  held  does  not  exist  under  the  present  law;  but  it 
will  prove  futile  to  achieve  any  such  end.  The  Legislature 
has  no  power  to  confiscate  property  by  throwing  open 
private  lands  to  the  public.  The  bills  made  into  laws 
would  prove  nugatory.  They  would  not  be  sustained  by 
the  court.  They  are  crude,  ilLconsidered,  and  in  conflict 
with  common  law  rights. 


THE  FULLERTON  PARK  CRITICISMS. 

Something  over  two  years  ago  there  were  published  in 
various  newspapers,  east  and  west,  interviews' given  out 
by  one  James  Fullerton,  “of  Montana,”  charging  gross 
mismanagement  of  the  affairs  of  the  Yellowstone  National 
Park.  Game  killing  and  general  loose  management  were 
charged,  and  the  blame  for  the  supposed  -abuses  was 
placed  on  the  superintendent  of  the  Park. 

That  public  charges  should  be  made 'against  an  officer 
of  Major  John  Pitcher’s  high  standing  was  a great  out- 
rage—a matter  sufficiently  serious  to  call  for  a contradic- 
tion as  public  as  the  charges  had  been.  Such  a contradic- 
tion was  printed  in  Forest  and  Stream,  and  it  was 
pointed  out  that  the  author  of  the  charges  was  a person 
entirely  unworthy  of  credit,  or  attention  and  ‘wholly 
irresponsible,  and  that  the  charges  themselves  were  un- 
supported by  one  particle  of  evidence'. 

It  was  explained  that  a long  time  before  he  got  into 
the  daily  newspapers,  Fullerton  had  visited  this  office  and 
had  made  to  us  the  charges  which  other  papers  after- 


wards printed.  Cross-questioning  by  those  who  know  the 
Park  and  its  history  made  it  quite  evident  that  Fullerton 
was  talking  about  things  ,of  which  he  had  no  knowledge; 
attempts  to  pin  him  down  to  anything  like  specific  details 
were  fruitless.  He  had  no  facts,  knew  nothing  of  his 
own  knowledge,  was  simply  retailing  irresponsible  gossip, 
or  else  had  been  induced  to  make  these  charges  and  had 
been  primed  with  stories  to  support  them  by  someone 
who  was  hostile  to  the  Park  or  to  those  administering  it. 
Fullerton  had  nothing  to  relate  that  was  modern,  but  he 
did  tell  a lot  of  old  stories  of  things  that  had  happened 
there  a dozen  or  twenty  years  ago. 

The  matter  was  brought  to  the  attention  of  the  authori- 
ties at  Washington,  to  whom  Fullerton  was  reported  to 
have  written,  and  it  was  learned— as  might  have  been 
expected — that  the  Washington  authorities,  knowing 
Major  Pitcher  very  well,  were  not  disposed  to  pay  the 
slightest  attention  to  the  tale  Fullerton  related.  So,  after 
a week  or  two  of  brief  notoriety,  the  author  of  the 
“charges”  went  back  to  Red  Lodge,  where  he  belonged, 
and  relapsed  into  his  accustomed  obscurity. 

As  confirming  the  conclusions  reached  at  that  time 
with  regard  to  Fullerton,  it  is  interesting  to  learn  that 
he  has  recently  become  insane,  and  has  been  removed 
from  his  home  to  an  asylum.  This  will  hardly  surprise 
those  persons  possessing  any  knowledge  of  the  Park  who 
talked  with  him  when  he  came  East  to  make  his  charges. 
A malicious  person  who  was  in  his  right  mind  would 
not  have  made  public  statements  so  utterly  without 
foundation  and  so  easily  disproved  as  those  which  Fuller- 
ton made,  and  which  some  of  our  well  meaning,  but  not 
too  well  informed,  contemporaries  published  with  scare 
heads  of  portentous  size. 


THOMAS  I.  CHAPMAN. 

Prof.  Thomas  J.  Chapman,  for  many  years  a promi- 
nent figure  in  educational  circles  in  western  Pennsylvania, 
died  last  week  at  his  home  in  Ingram,  Pa.  Prof.  Chapman 
was  born  in  Blairsville,  Pa.,  in  1836,  and  .when  but  19 
years  old  chose,  the  vocation  of  teaching,  which  he 
followed  for  the  rest  of  his  life.  He  was  the  superin- 
tendent of  schools  in  Cambria  county,  Pa.,  for  eight  years, 
professor  of  English  in  the  Indiana  State  Normal  School 
for  two  years,  and  principal  of  the  North  School,  of  Pitts- 
burg, for  seventeen  years.  He  was  a close  student  of 
history  and  wrote  several  books  on  local  history  which 
have  a high  reputation  for  accuracy  and  are  quoted  in- 
more  general  works.  He  was  a facile  writer,  contributing 
frequent  letters  to  Forest  and  Stream  and  to  other 
periodicals.  Although  he  neither  hunted  nor  fished,  Prof, 
Chapman  was  a lover  of  nature,  and  one  of  her  close 
students.  He  took  great  pleasure  in  reading  the  Forest 
and  Stream,  and,  like  many  another,  was  a great  admirer 
of  the  writings  of  Rowland  E.  Robinson  and  Fred  Mather. 
His  last  contribution  to  our  columns  was  printed  but  a 
short  time  ago.  Mr.  Chapman  was  a man  of  high  ideals 
and  lofty  thought ; and  in  his  very  pleasing  writings  there 
was  always  much  to  inform  and  to  elevate. 


As  reported  in  our  fishing  columns,  the  Canadian 
authorities  have  declined  to  interfere  with  the  netting  of 
pike-perch  on  their  spawning  beds  in  Missisquoi  Bay  of 
Lake  Champlain.  The  reasons  are  political.  The  fisher- 
men have  votes.  Because  of  their  votes  they  must  be 
protected  in  the  netting  privilege  they  have  so  long  en- 
joyed, whether  or  not  that  privilege  means  great  public 
loss  and  a foolish  waste  of  the  natural  resources  of  the 
country.  The  netting  of  these  fish  is  precisely  what  our 
correspondent  terms  it — “rascally  rapacity.”  It  should  be 
suppressed,  and  suppressed  by  the  Canadians.  To  look 
to  our  own  Government  to  correct  the  evil  by  a regula- 
tion forbidding  the  importation  of  pike-perch,  is  to  look 
for  something  which  must  be,  at  best,  extremely  remote. 

A bill  before  Congress  provides  a oenalty  for  the 
transportation  of  the  gypsy  moth,  boll  weevil,  plum 
curculio,  hop  plant  lice,  and  other  insect  pests  from  State 
to  State.  The  measure  was  prompted  by  the  proposition 
of  an  enterprising  Texan  who  made  an  offer  to  a Wall 
Street  brokerage  firm  to  stimulate  the  cotton  market  by 
collecting  boll  weevils  in  infected  districts  and  liberating 
them  in  localities  not  yet  affected.  The  penalty  provided 
by  the  bill  is  a fine  of  $5,000  and  five  years  imprison- 
ment, a punishment  by  no  means  excessive  when  measured 
by  the  enormity  of  the  offense. 


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[March  4,  igog. 


In  the  Land  of  the  Espartillo* 

Arte  mis  a,  Cuba. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream:  Sitting 
on  my  porch  to-day  looking  over  the  immense  savannas 
of  espartillo  (prairie  grass)  stretching  away  for  ten  miles 
to  the  blue  range  of  mountains  forming  the  backbone  of 
the  Province  of  Pinar  del  Rio  (and  known  as  the  Sierra 
de  Los  Organos),  and  reading  my  Forest  and  Stream 
and  enjoying  every  word  of  it,  the  idea  came  to  me,  why 
don’t  you  try  to-  do  something  for  those  who  have  done 
so  much  for  your  pleasure?  So  here  goes. 

A friend  and  myself  left  New  York  on  the  Ward  Line 
steamer  Mexico.  We  were  a jolly  crowd,  and  after  the 
first  day  were  favored  with  smooth  sea  and  lovely  moon- 
light nights.  Three  and  one-half  days  from  New  York 
we  passed  between  the  Morro  and  Punta  forts  which 
guard  the  entrance  to  Havana  Bay,  and  j list  at  daybreak 
glided  in  over  a glassy  sea,  and  cast  anchor  near  all  that 
remains  of  the  once  stately  Maine.  The  picturesque  old 
city  looms  up  grand  and  strange  to  those  who  see  it  for 
the  first  time,  and  to  me  each  return  brings  forth  some 
new  and  pleasant  impression.  As  the  Ward  Line  ships 
do  not  dock,  a tug  came  out  and  transferred  us,  bag  and 
baggage,  to  the  Aduana  or  Custom  House,  where  the 
polite  manners  of  the  officials  and  the  lack  of  “roping  off” 
give  an  agreeable  contrast  to  New  York  methods.  Since 
the  war  great  improvements  are  noticed  on  every  side,  and 
with  our  protection  and  guarantee  Cuba  is  to-day  almost 
a part  of  the  United  States.  Three  million  dollars  in  the 
treasury  in  two  years  is  not  such  a bad  record  for  the  new 
republic.  Public  schools  are  being  established  all  over  the 
island,  good  roads  extend  in  every  direction,  and  Cuba  is 
fast  arising  from  the  ruins  of  the  late  war. 

We  spent  a few  days  in  Havana  riding  on  the  many 
excellent  electric  car  lines,  and  patronizing  the  neat  little 
rubber-tired  cabs  that  will  take  two  a mile  for  15  cents. 
One  thing  that  attracted  my  attention  was  the  large  num- 
ber of  Americans  engaged  in  renting  furnished  rooms, 
and  who  seem  to  all  be  doing  well. 

There  is  a boom  on  now  in  the  suburbs  reached  by  the 
new  car  lines,  and  some  fortunes  have  been  made  in  the 
Vadado,  the  beautiful  villa  section  fronting  the  sea  west 
of  the  citv,  and  new  towns  and  streets  are  laid  out  along 
the  heights  following  the  line  of  the  Marianao  electric 
railroad. 

We  leave  Havana  and  its  cool  fruit  ices  with  regret, 
and  take  the  Western  Railroad  at  7 A,  M.  from  Cristina 
station,  and  find  it  a most  enjoyable  ride.  Out  from 
Havana  we  climb  past  beautiful  white,  broad-porticoed 
quintas  nestling  among  the  deep  green  of  the  orange  and 
bananas,  with  the  great  royal  palms  towering  over  all  and 
dominating  the  landscape.  One  might  forget  everything 
seen  in  Cuba,  but  never  the  royal  palms.  On  many  of  the 
great  old  sugar  and  coffee  estates  the  palms  were  planted 
in  four  rows  from  the  entrances  to  the  palatial  dwellings, 
and  the  effect  of  these  towering  rows  of  great  gray  trunks 
crowned  with  feathery  foliage  which  seem  to  meet.  far 
down  the  vista,  is  something  you  must  see  to  appreciate. 
On  our  train  rushes,  stopping  often  at  little  flower-em- 
bowered stations,  and  two  hours  from  Havana  we  reach 
Artemisa.  Here  the  vegetation  changes,  and  we  realize 
that  we  are  in  the  heart  of  the  Vuelta  Abajo,  or  tobacco 
region.  The  soil  is  a bright  red,  and  the  plant  a vivid 
green,  forming  a beautiful  contrast. 

Artemisa  is  a hustling  little  town,  and  most  of  the  citi- 
zens are  employed  in  the  tobacco  industry.  We  find  our 
rig  waiting,  and  set  out  for  our  ranch,  eight  miles  down 
the  stone  highway.  The  Spaniards  evidently  knew  how  to 
build  roads,  and  this  splendid  calzada  would  be  an  exam- 
ple to  our  road  makers  at  home.  Running  from  Havana 
to  San  Cristobal,  75  miles,  it  is  beautifully  crowned  and 
raised  over  all  low  lands,  passes  over  streams  on  stone 
culverts,  and  is  shaded  by  great  algaroba,  mango,  almond 
and'  ceiba  trees.  Every  kilometer  is  a numbered  stone 
post,  and  every  three  kilometers  a road  worker  has  his 
house,  he  being  held  responsible  for  his  section;  and  this 
is  the  ideal  way  to  care  for  a road.  As  we  ride  along  we 
note  the  effects  of  the  war  in  the  ruins  of  wayside  inns 
and  graveyards,  and  a fine  old  church  rears  its  roofless 
walls  near  the  little  town  of  Mangas.  The  character  of 
the  soil  changes  again,  and  on  both  sides  of  the  road  are 
great  abandoned  ranches  which  were  before  the  war  filled 
with  cattle,  horses,  mules  and  sheep.  Our  ranch  lies  on 
the  slope  of  the  hill,  a-  half  mile  back  from  the  highway, 
and  as  we  pass  in  we  hear  the  sweet  notes  of  a hunting 
horn  and  soon  a pack  of  eight  American  hounds  go  yelp- 
ing down  the  trail  of  a deer,  followed  by  three  horsemen, 
one  with  a Winchester  rifle,  one  a double  muzzleloader, 
and  the  other  a single  breechloader.  Deer  are  plenty  here, 
and  often  we  taste  venison ; but  the  only  other  animal,  ex- 
cept the  wild  dog  and  pig,  is  the  jutia,  a kind  of  opossum, 
and  very  savory  eating. 

The  country  people  are  simple  and  unsophisticated;  but 
poor,  indeed,  is  the  “guajiro”  who  will  not  invite  El 
Americano  to  get  down  and  take  a cup  of  coffee.  Coffee 
is  the  great  beverage  here,  and  they  take  it  morning, 
noon  and  night,  and  between  times;  black  as  ink,  but 
clear  and  fragrant.  The  coffee  is  toasted  black,  ground 
to  a powder  and  placed,  a teaspoon  to  a cup,  in  a flannel 
bag,  sewed  to  a tin  ring  with  wire  handle,  and  then  hot 
water  is  poured  through  as  many  times  as  necessary. 
This  is  a simple  way,  and  the  coffee  is  always  good. 

Until  the  American  occupation,  drinking  of  liquor 
was  not  carried  to  excess,  but  the  price  at  which  the 
Cuban  cane  brandy,  or  “aguardiente”  (5  cents  a quart 
pottle),  could  be  obtained,  was  a great  temptation, 


With  Palma  came  internal  revenue  taxes,  but  alcohol 
could  not  be  taxed,  as  it  is  burned  extensively  in 
heating  lamps,  so  they  resorted  to  an  ingenious  ex- 
pedient, of  forcing  all  low-priced  alcohol  to  be  mixed 
with  camphor,  and  the  disgust  of  the  topers  when  they 
tried  to  drink  the  camphorated  alcohol,  was  very 
amusing. 

Ducks,  cranes  and  many  kinds  of  water  birds  are  num- 
erous, and  every  night  the  peculiar  piping  cry  of  the 
“yaguasa,”  a handsome  little  duck,  can  be  heard.  Be- 
fore leaving  New  York,  I bought  a handsome  little 
hammerless  single-ejector  gun  of  a well-known  make, 
and  I would  like  to  warn  shooters  not  to  take  a 
spring-ejector  gun  far  from  a gunshop.  Many  is  the 
time  I have  had  to  hunt  up  a stick  to  drive  out  a shell 
that  was  a little  tight,  or  if  I wanted  to  change  a loaded 
shell  it  usually  refused  to  eject.  Also  the  hammer  did 
not  always  rebound,  so  the  firing  pin  would  lock  the 
gun  shut,  and  I would  have  to  go  home  and  take  it 
apart.  I fear  I am  making  this  too  long;  but  I hope 
it  will  induce  others  abroad  to  let  us  hear  from  them, 
and,  brother  sportsmen,  should  any  of  you  appear  here, 
you  will  meet  with  a warm  welcome. 

Albert  C.  Gallup. 


The  Passing  of  a Weather  Prophet. 

In  these  scientific  days  the  business  of  prophesying 
has  fallen  into  decided  disrepute.  Yet  it  by  no  means 
follows  that  there  are  any  fewer  prophets  than  of 
old,  but  instead  of  ascending  to  the  housetops,  as  then, 
to  proclaim  their  warnings  to  an  awe-struck  world,  they 
maintain  a gloomy  silence,  or  deliver  themselves  in 
whispers  occasionally  to  sympathetic  ears.  The  fact 
is,  ridicule'  has  quite  unnerved  them.  But  there  are  a 
class  of  prophets  whom  it  has  not  unnerved,  and  proba- 
bly never  will,  and  these  are  the  weather  prophets. 
They  are  just  as  numerous — just  as  vociferous — just  as 
cocksure  as  ever.  Ridicule  unnerves  them  not,  neither 
does  failure  cause  them  to  doubt  the  gift  they  believe 
to  be  in  them.  I cannot  account  for  this,  except  on  the 
ground  of  the  extraordinary  fascination  of  the  weather. 
We  are  all  subject,  more  or  less,  to  this  (as  witness 
the  conversation  of  ninety-nine  out  of  every  hundred 
persons  who  meet  during  the  day),  but  there  is  a 
certain  type  of  . rural  mind,  to  which  it  is  more  power- 
ful even  than  religion  is  to  another  type.  Some  may 
dispute  this,  but  they  will  admit,  at  least,  that  when 
weather  prophesying  takes  hold  of  a man,  he  becomes 
a stranger  to  toleration,  and  so  carried  away  is  he  with 
conceit  in  his  own  opinions  that  he  will  die — yes,  die — 
rather  than  admit  them  to  be  in  error. 

A striking  example  of  this  was  recently  brought  to 
my  attention,  and  I feel  I should  be  lacking  in  my  duty 
if  I did  not  publicly  record  it.  To  be  brief  as  possible, 
then,  consistent  with  historic  accuracy: 

The  Christmas  holidays  had  passed,  and  life  in  the 
little  village  under  the  mountains  (which  has  been  in- 
troduced before,  though  not  by  name,  to  the  readers 
of  Forest  and  Stream)  had  lapsed  into  its  regular  mid- 
winter lethargy.  Yet  not  quite  so,  for  since  Christmas 
the  weather,  which  before  was  cold  and  rough,  had 
become  mild  and  gentle.  This  put  a spirit  of  activity 
and  sociability  into  the  people  quite  unusual  at  that 
season.  So  that  instead  of  hibernating  in  their  houses, 
they  came  abroad  to  look  after  this  or  that  and  have 
a pleasant  word  with  one  another.  The  climax  was 
reached  one  day  toward  the  end  of  January,  which  was 
so  mild  that  old  man  Sim  Jenkins,  the  weather  prophet, 
was  observed  making  spring  preparations.  That  even- 
ing Tim  Mulcahy  mentioned  the  fact  at  Jake  Kiimmel- 
wasser’s,  which  started  a lively  discussion  on  the 
weather.  In  the  midst  of  it  who  walked  in  but  Sim. 

“Phew!  why  don’t  you  put  out  that  stove,  Jake?” 
he  exclaimed.  “One  ’d  think  it  was  one  o’  them  old- 
time  winters.” 

“Meppe,”  said  Jake,  “de  vinter  ain’d  over  so  soon 
alretty.”  ' 

“It’s  over,”  said  Sim,  dogmatically.  “Yes,  sir,  over 
and  past — to  all  intents  and  purposes.  I ain’t  a govern- 
ment expert  but  I know  a thing  or  two  about  the 
weather.  Yes,  sir-ee.” 

; Wirt  Zaender,  who  occupied  his  usual  armchair,  looked 
admiringly  at  the  prophet,  but  did  not  lessen  his  dis- 
tance from  the  . stove.  Jake  Kiimmelwasser  heaved  a 
sigh' (which  might  have  been  of  pity,  or  weariness)  and 
smoked  in  silence.- 

. Tim  Mulcahy  got  up  and  looked  out  the  window. 

“Yes,  sir-ee,”  repeated  Sim. 

“Sim,”  said  Tim,  returning  and  placing  his  back 
demonstratively  before  the  stove,  “there’s  two  things 
I’d  never  vinture  to  predict  anything  about — a woman 
and  the  weather!” 

“I  guess  not,”  retorted  Sim;  “nor  about  any  thing 
else.  Prophecy,  my  friend,  ain’t  a gift  that’s  picked 
up  on  the  pike.  However,  Tim,  I’ll  allow  it’s  a putty 
hard  thing  for  any  one  to  predict  about  a woman. 
She’s  a plumb  unsartin  critter — that’s  so.  But  it’s  dif- 
ferent with  the  weather— when  you  know  it — when  you 
know  it.” 

“You  t’ink  you  know  it — hein?”  queried  Jake,  with  a 
sly  look,  between  puffs. 

“J  don’t  think  it — I know  I know  it,  so  far  as  mortal 


man  kin  know  natur’,  which  the  weather  is  a product 
thereof.  For  over  fifty  years  I’ve  made  it  my  constant 
study,  for  when  I was  a young  man  it  was  revealed 
to  me,  as  I may  say  (I’m  givin’  you  inside  facts)  that 
I had  a gift  that  way.  And  why  not?  Is  there  any- 
thing more  necessary  than  a knowledge  of  the  weather? 
Tell  me  that.  Nothing,  sartin’  sure.  Why,,  then, 
shouldn’t  an  all-wise  Providence  endow  some  of  his 
critters  with  a special  gift  in  regards  to  it?  I ain’t 
braggin’.  No.  nary  a brag.  But  I can’t  set  here  and 
hear  you,  Jake  Kiimmelwasser,  or  any  other  man,  in- 
sinooate  that  I’m  sailin’  under  false  colors — no,  sir-ee.” 
“And  so  you  b’lieve  the  winter’s  over?”  said  Tim 
Mulcahy,  after  a pause. 

“Such  is  my  confident  belief,  sir,”  replied  Sim,  loftily. 
“Thin  it’s  rather  strange  you  don’t  live  up  to  it.” 
“Live  up  to  it — what  do  you  mean,  sir?” 

“I  mean,”  said  Tim,  “I  notice  you  still  cling  to  that 
deerskin  vest.” 

“Oh,  pshaw!”  scoffed  Sim.  “Mere  force  of  habit,  sir 
- — mere  force  of  habit.” 

“Weather  prophets  are  a wise  lot,”  observed  Tim, 
sententiously.  “They  predict  an  early  spring,  but  they 
don’t  change  their  habits.” 

This  was  more  than  Sim  could  stand.  Up  he  jumped, 
exclaiming:  “Say,  Mulcahy.  if  you,  or  any  other  man, 
thinks  that  Sim  Jenkins  ain’t  got  the  courage  of  his 
opinions,  watch!”  With  that  he  pulled  off  his  coat  and 
then  the  deerskin  vest  (which  was  indeed  a comfortable 
garment,  lined  with  red  flannel  and  buttoning  right  up 
to  the  neck).  Resuming  his  coat,  Sim,  in  a state  of 
nervous  excitement,  went  on:  “Now,  gol  darn  your 

picture,  what  have  you  got  to  say?  No,  sir-ee,  you 
can’t  bluff  me.  And  now,  Jake,  you  just  hold  on  to 
that  vest  till  I ask  for  it ; and  if  any  one  inquires  about 
the  weather,  say  that  Sim  Jenkins  says  the  winter’s 
over — d’  you  hear? — over!” 

Without  another  word,  he  made  for  the  door. 

“Sim,”  cried  Tim,  “sure  you’re  not  goin’  home  like 
that!  Don’t  you  hear  the  storm  risin’?  Come  back. 
’Twas  all  a joke,  man.” 

But  before  he  could  say  more,  the  old  man  had 
banged  the  door  behind  him. 

. The  three  friends  sat  for  a while  around  the  stove 
listening  to  the  whistling  of  the  wind  and  the  swish  of 
the  snow  against  the  window  and  thinking  of  poor 
Sim,  who  had  a tramp  of  over  a mile  before  him.  At 
length  Tim.  got  up  and,  opening  the  door,  peeped  out. 

“It’s  a blizzard,  if  ever  I seen  one,  boys,”  he  said,  re- 
turning to  his  seat,  and  all  three  shook  their  heads. 

The  next  day  they  heard  that  Sim  was  down  with 
an  attack  of  pneumonia.  Tim  hastened  off  to  see  him, 
taking  the  vest  along,  but  he  tactfully  left  this  with 
Mrs.  Jenkins. 

“This  storm  ain’t  in  the  order  of  natur’,”  said  Sim, 
hoarsely,  as  Tim  took  his  hand. 

“I  never  knowed  a winter  that  was  hard  afore 
Christmas  and  after,  too.  I was  right  in  thinkin’  it 
was  over,  for  that  reason  and  others.” 

“To  be  sure  you  were,”  said  Tim;  “but  don’t  bother 
about  it.  Just  hurry  up  and  get  well.” 

Sim  heaved  a profound  sigh.  “I  don’t  think  I’ll  need 
that  vest  any  more,  Tim,”  said  he. 

It  was  evident  the  old  man  was  weary  of  life  now 
that  the  weather  had  betrayed  him  so  shamefully. 
His  disease  rapidly  grew  worse,  and  within  a week 
the  end  came.  As  usual,  the  ruling  passion  was  strong 
in  death,  and  poor  Sim’s  last  words  were:  “The  winter’s 
over.”  Francis  Moonan. 


Massachusetts  Fish  and  Game  Interests. 

Boston,  Feb.  27. — The  hearing  on  ex-Senator  Lus- 
comb’s  bill  to  allow  fishermen  to  take  “menhaden  for 
bait,”  which  was  appointed  for  the  24th  inst.,  has  been 
postponed  to  a date  not  yet  fixed.  Officers  of  the  Old 
Colony  Club,  which  has  several  times  fought  off  the 
American  Fisheries  Company  in  its  efforts  to  re-enter 
Buzzard’s  Bay  for  seining,  say  that  this  bill  is  a mis- 
chievous one.  In  their  efforts  to  defeat  it  they  will 
have  the  sympathy  and  co-operation  of  sportsmen 
generally. 

The  hearing  on  the  hunter’s  license  bill  will  occur 
on  March  8,  and  is  sure  to  bring  together  a large  num- 
ber of  men,  some  of  whom  are  strongly  in  favor  and 
others  who  will  line  up  solidly  against  it. 

I hear  that  the  sportsmen’s  clubs  of  Springfield, 
where  the  bill  originated,  and  Greenfield,  will  have  the 
assistance  of  the  Protective  Association  of  Eastern 
Massachusetts,  with  headquarters  at  Reading,  in  their 
efforts  for  the  bill.  A fear  that  the  bill,  if  enacted,  will 
tend  to  increase  posting  of  land  by  owners,  will  deter 
some  from  giving  it  their  support.  The  Massachusetts 
Fish  and  Game  Protective  Association  has  not  passed 
any  vote  for  or  against  the  measure,  and  its  members 
are  not  all  agreed  as  to  the  wisdom  of  passing  such 
a law.  So  far  as  it  relates  to  unnaturalized  residents, 
the  writer  has  heard  no  one  express  a hostile  opinion. 
I believe  there  is  a unanimity  of  sentiment  in  favor  of 
requiring  a license  fee  of  ten  dollars  from  all  that  class 
of  people  who  carry  a gun  afield. 

The  State  Association  is  doing  a grand  work  in  send- 
ing out  food  for  quail  (and  other  birds)  to  all  those 
who  apply  for  it, Central, 


March  4.  {905.3 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


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A Week  in  the  Meramee  Bottoms. 

BY  PEKRY  D.  FRAZER 

The  region  about  St.  Louis,  so  far  a«  climatic  con- 
ditions go,  is  hot  in  summer  and  cold  in  winter,  with 
heavy  thunder  storms  and  cyclonic,  disturbances  by 
way  of  variety  at  other  seasons  and  clouds  of  soft- 
coal  smoke  all  the  time;  but  there  is  no  denying  the  fact 
that  the  autumn  season  is  glorious,  is  appreciated  by 
all  the  good  people  and  particularly  by  the  man  who 
is  fortunate  enough  to  be  able  to  slam  his  desk  shut 
with  a bang  now  and  then  and  hurry  away  to  the  woods 
or  fields  for  a brief  respite  from  the  usual  grind  of 
routine  work. 

These  same  woods  are  anything  but  attractive  during 
the  summer  because  of  the  hordes  of  mosquitoes  that 
make  life  miserable  for  one  during  the  day,  as  well  as 
the  night;  the  redbugs,  ticks  and  chiggers  that  burrow 
into  his  cuticle  during  the  day,  and  the  fleas  that  worry 
him  when  he  endeavors  to  avoid  the  black  mud  or 
yellow  clay  and  pitch  his  tent  on  sandy  ground  near  a 
stream.  The  first  week  in  October  witnesses  a change 
for  the  better,  but  he  who  can  choose  his  time  to  go 
to  the  woods  should  wait  patiently  the  coming  of  at 
least  two  heavy  frosts  before  starting  out;  in  other 
words,  start  on  Oct.  15,  or  even  a fortnight  later,  by 
which  time  the  pests  will  have  disappeared  almost 
entirely,  many  of  the  dense  leaves  will  have  fallen,  so 
that  squirrels  may  be  seen  more  rapidly,  and  while 
the  nights  are  cool,  the  days  are  so  mild  and  the  air 
so  balmy  and  productive  of  rest  and  laziness,  that  it 
will  require  the  exercise  of  all  one’s  will  power  to  break 
camp  on  the  last  day  of  his  vacation  and  leave  sur- 
roundings so  agreeable  and  beneficial  to  his  physical 
and  mental  well-being.  To  readers  I would  say,  if  you 
have  never  camped  in  the  woods  in  the  foothills  of  the 
Ozarks  in  late  October  and  early  November,  make  a 
note  of  the  place  and  go  there  next  autumn.  You 
will  never  regret  it. 

Both  last  year  and  this  I was  compelled  to  go  to 
the  woods  the  first  week  in  October  or  not  at  all, 
and  while  both  trips  were  filled  with  keen  enjoyment, 
the  days  were  still  too  warm  and  the  frosts  too  light 
to  render  the  autumnal  conditions  ideal  for  one  who  is 
fond  of  woods  loafing  with  a bit  of  squirrel  shooting 
thrown  in.  The  Madam  being  in  Boston  at  the  time, 
I chose  as  a companion  for  this  trip  Charles  Noble 
Smith,  a young  man  who  had  never  camped  in  the 
style  adopted  by  the  Clan  Frazer — that  is  to  say,  with 
a view  to  simplicity  but  thoroughness.  The  choice 
was  a happy  one,  for  instead  of  being  discontented,  as 
many  beginners  are,  Noble  was  regretful  of  nothing 
but  the  fact  that  we  could  only  be  in  the  woods  one 
week  instead  of  a month.  He  picked  up  the  methods 
of  doing  things  readily,  and  the  only  criticism  I had  to 
offer,  was  that  he  flopped  across  country  so  much  all 
day  that  when  evening  came  he  was  too  weary  and 
sleepy  to  sit  beside  the  fire  and  swap  yarns  for  an  hour 
or  two  over  the  pipes. 

We  started  from  Valley  Park  on  an  early  train  on  a 
Sunday  morning,  our  equipment  consisting  of  a canoe, 
a box  of  provisions  and  a couple  of  bundles,  which  went 
:in  the  baggage  car,  while  we  carried  a rifle  and  the 


“i  TRIED  THE  EDDIES  NEAR  CAMP.” 


rods  and  camera  with  us.  The  train  was  late,  so  that 
it  was  nearly  noon  when  we  arrived  at  our  destination, 
:a  village  in  the  rough  hills  between  the  upper  Meramee 
rand  the  Gasconade  and  Piney  rivers;  but  the  station 
agent  had  kindly  made  arrangements  with  one  of  the 
villagers  to  meet  us,  and  he  was  on  hand  with  a pair 
of  white  mules  and  a wagon,  so  that  the  canoe  was 
tied  securely  to  the  standards,  the  duffle  thrown  in,  and 
in  a few  minutes  we  were  bumping  down  the  stony 
hill  to  the  Meramee,  a distance  of  about  two  miles. 
Arrived  there,  we  unpacked  the  vapor  stove  and  the 
provisions  and  dispatched  our  first  meal  with  a relish 
we  had  not  known  for  months,  while  our  new  friend 
angled  among  the  eddies  below  a shoal  hard-by  and 
soon  exhibited  a huge  carp  as  his  reward. 

The  outlook  for  squirrels  was  promising,  both  shores 
of  the  river  being  heavily  timbered  with  sycamores, 
elms,  soft  maples,  oaks  and  a few  hickories;  but  the 
leaves  were  very  thick  and  green  and  the  river,  which 
should  have  been  low  and  very  clear,  was  high  and 
somewhat  colored,  there  having  been  heavy  rains  dur- 
ing the  week  previous.  At  that  point  the  stream  is 
about  fifty  yards  in  width  and  quite  swift,  especially 
in  the  shallows.  At  the  place  where  we  launched  the 
canoe  there  was  an  old  railway-tie  chute,  and  there  we 
loaded  her  and  pushed  off,  it  being  our  intention  to 
look  over  the  gravelly  further  shore,  the  sunny  side 


of  the  stream.  With  the  high  water  we  descended  the 
shoal  with  a rush  and  stepped  out  on  the  cleanest, 
sweetest  bit  of  gravel  bar  imaginable— just  such  a spot 
as  my  old  friend,  L.  F.  Brown,  would  choose  in  which 
to  sun  himself,  and  fish.  The  shingle  extended  all  along 
that  side  of  the  shoal,  and  was  fringed  with  willows, 
behind  which  we  found  a sunny,  open  spot  beneath  a 
group  of  planes  and  ash  trees,  and  there  the  tent  was 
pitched.  It  was  an  ideal  spot  for  our  present  purpose, 
for,  while  there  was  an  abundance  of  room  for  fresh 
air,  the  willows  hid  the  tent  from  the  river  side  and 
boxelders  screened  it  on  the  woods  side,  so  that  in  only- 
one  direction  could  our  camp  be  seen  fifty  yards  away, 
and  in  our  jaunts  we  were  not  fearful  lest  some  prowler 
should  make  off  with  our  grub.  The  ground  being 
sandy,  with  a carpeting  of  broad  leaves,  the  place  was 
clean  and  wholesome,  while  the  hum  of  insects  and  the 
murmur  of  the  swiftly  flowing  stream  were  conducive 
to  restfulness  and  contentment. 

While  Noble  reduced  all  the  nearby  bits  of  scenery 
to  negatives,  I tried  the  eddies  near  camp  with  spinners, 
flies  and  various  forms  of  artificial  baits,  but  concluded 
that  the  hour  was  unfavorable  for  fishing.  And  as  the 
shadows  were  growing  long,  we  betook  ourselves  to 
the  depths  of  the  woods  and  came  back  presently  with 
a fat  squirrel. 

“Now,  Noble,”  I warned  him,  “I  will  ‘show  you’  what 
fried  squirrel  is  like.”  Noble’s  mouth  watered  at  the 


“a  dinner  any  hungry  man  could  relish.” 


thought.  My  intentions  were  good,  but  my  promise 
was  premature,  for  that  old  buck'  was  the  toughest 
squirrel  two  hungry  people  ever  tried  to  eat,  and,  al- 
though he  did  not  say  as  much  at  the  time,  Noble 
afterward  admitted  that,  while  chewing  this  leathery 
morsel,  he  had  made  up  his  mind  to  desert,  if  that  was 
the  sort  of  fare  I set  up  regularly.  I remember  now 
that  he  dwelt  often  during  the  evening,  as  we  en- 
deavored to  pick  shreds  and  wisps  of  squirrel  muscles 
from  our  teeth,  on  his  fondness  for  fried  black  bass, 
and  the  hope  that  we  would  catch  several  of  them  next 
day,  in  order  that  we  might  “have  a good  feed”  of 
fish.  But  gray  squirrels  were  abundant  in  the  flat 
woods  on  our  side  of  the  river.  We  breakfasted  early, 
and  by  sunrise  I was  in  my  element,  although  compelled 
to  smoke  my  pipe  in  order  to  keep  the  big,  hungry 
mosquitoes  at  a respectful  distance.  With  the  previous 
night’s  experience  in  mind,  I examined  the  first  squirrel 
I saw  very  minutely  through  the  telescope  sights  before 
deciding  that  it  was  a young  one  and  likely  to  be  tender. 

. It  was  in  the  very  top  of  a great  oak  tree,  but  the 
tiny  bullet  brained  it  completely  and  it  came  to  the 
ground  with  a bang.  That  was  the  second  shot  I had 
made  at  game  through  my  telescope,  which  had  been 
made  for  me  according  to  my  own  “cranky  notions” 
of  what  a rifle  telescope  for  squirrel  shooting  should 
be,  and  I was  highly  pleased  with  it,  for  both  squirrels 
bagged  showed  the  tiny  mark  to  be  exactly  where  the 
crosshairs  rested  at  the  time  of  pressing  the  trigger. 
And  I recalled  the  remark  of  an  old  hunting  friend, 
made  at  the  time  I tried  my  first  rifle  telescope  at 
target.  Said  he: 

"Don’t  get  it  into  your  head  that  all  you  have  got 
to  do  is  to  hold  the  crosshairs  on  the  game  and  it  is 
yours.  You  will  make  misses  with  the  glass,  just  as 
you  may  with  any  sights;  but  you  will  grow  more  and 
more  fond  of  it  the  longer  you  use  it.  And  if  you  pull 
when  you  have  a good  hold  you  will  lessen  the  chances 
of  crippling  game  but  losing  it.” 

His  words  were  prophetic.  Hunting  with  a telescope 
has  become  more  and  more  fascinating  to  me,  for  with 
it  one  can  kill  game  when  it  is  needed  for  food,  and 
watch  it  for  amusement  at  other  times. 

I was  even  better  pleased  over  the  next  shot,  made  at 
a young  gray  squirrel  located  in  a soft  maple  tree  near 
the  river;  for  it  dropped  to  the  shot,  but  on  top  of  a 
great  drift  heap,  and  when  I climbed  to  the  top  and 
looked  for  the  game,  it  was  not  there.  A maple  leaf 
with  a drop  of  blood  on  it  led  to  another  similar  mark, 
then  a smirch  on  the  side  of  a log  revealed  a hollow 
underneath,  and  careful  search  showed  more  further 
into  the  heart  of  the  rubbish.  A maple  sprout  was 
trimmed  of  all  its  branches  save  at  the  small  end,  those 
being  left  a half-inch  long  and  sharp.  This  was  in- 
serted in  the  hole  and  twisted  until  it  would  turn  no 
more,  and.  drawing  it  carefully  out,  I had  the  satis- 
faction of  finding  the  squirrel  was  mine,  and  not,  as  I 
had  feared,  hiding  away  to  die  miserably.  Give  me  a 
clean  kill  or  a clean  miss. 

Turning  northward,  another  gray  was  added  to  the 
string,  and  where  the  river  curved  sharply  back  of  camp, 
I found  Noble  photographing  an  immense  cave  which 


opens  ’ out  _ from  the  eottonstene  cliffs.  That  is  a 
famous  region  for  large  caves,  but  this  Ofie  is  reniark- 
able  for  the  reason  that  there  is  a smooth  pillar-like 
angle  on  either  side,  while  above  the  mouth  the  stone 
is  even  and  sharply  cut.  A tally-ho  coach  could  easily 
be  driven  through  the  entrance,  so  large  is  it.  Another 
interesting  place  is  found  a short  distance  below  the 
cave  and  in  the  same  cliff.  This  is  another  cave,  but  its 
opening  is  close  to  the  normal  water  level,  and  from 
it  there  emerges  with  a roar  that  is  distinctly  heard  a 
thousand  yards  away  a spring  of  water  so  cold  that 
no  ice  could  possibly  improve  it  as  a summer  drink. 
All  about  the  run  where  this  joins  the  Meramee  the 
water  is  tinted  bluish,  while  in  the  strong  sunlight  it 
has  a milky  appearance,  and  objects  at  the  bottom  take 
on  an  opalescent  hue.  Directly  opposite  our  camp 
there  was  quite  a strong  stream  of  the  coldest  water, 
and  this  came  direct  from  another  large  spring,  while 
a hundred  yards  further  down  there  was  a brook  ten 
feet  wide  and  a foot  in  depth,  whose  source  was  a 
spring  a half-mile  above.  All  the  water  has  the  bluish 
tinge  mentioned  above. 

After  I had  skinned  and  dressed  the  squirrels  Noble 
admitted  that  they  seemed  fine,  but  repeated  his  pref- 
erence for  fish.  During  the  day  we  tried  all  our  lures 
and  exerted  our  best  skill  to  tempt  the  bass,  but  as  the 
stream  was  still  highly  colored,  although  falling  slowly, 
we  ascribed  our  lack  of  success  to  the  poor  condition 
of  the  water.  We  did  catch  a large  channel  catfish, 
but  as  neither  one  of  us  is  fond  of  this  species,  and  we 
had  the  squirrels,  we  put  it  back  in  its  element,  re- 
turned to  camp  and  took  a swim  in  the  icy  water. 

Our  vapor  stove  behaved  very  badly,  at  times  refus- 
ing to  perform  its  duties  when  fed  with  the  exceedingly 
poor  quality  of  kerosene  the  groceryman  at  the  village 
had  sold  us.  “Coal-oil,”  he  called  it,  but  it  resembled 
castor-oil,  kerosene  and  water  in  combination.  How- 
ever, with  nursing  it  burned  after  a fashion,  and  as 
Noble  was  lighting  the  lantern  that  night,  he  stopped 
smoking  long  enough  to  remark:  “That  don’t  smell 
so  bad,  does  it?”  There  were  the  three  squirrels  in 
the  pot,  and  a generous  quantity  of  rice,  bits  of  bacon 
and  seasoning,  and  it  was  kept  stewing  until  the  dainty 
flesh  was  ready  to  drop  off  the  bones.  And  with  steam- 
ing hot  coffee,  baked  beans  with  tomato  sauce,  etc., 
there  was  a dinner  any  hungry  man  could  relish.  Noble 
was  converted  at  the  first  helping,  and  other  squirrels 
that  we  fried  or  stewed  being  young  and  tender,  he 
enjoyed  this  part  of  our  camp  life  as  much  as  he  did 
everything  else,  and  all  was  well  with  us  during  our 
stay. 

One  whole  day  was  passed  by  us  cruising  among  the 
islands  and  whipping  the  pools  far  up  and  down  the 
stream,  trying  everything  we  could  think  of  that  might 
lure  the  bass,  but  we  had  poor  success.  Still  we  be- 
lieve the  fault  was  in  the  stage  of  water,  the  real  rea- 
son coming  to  our  knowledge  later  on.  Another  day 
we  gathered  pawpaws  in  the  immense  bottom  woods 
opposite  and  above  camp,  finding  all  we  could  carry 
of  these  luscious  “Missouri  bananas,”  some  of  which 


the  cave  in  the  cliff.  |! 

were  five  or  six  inches  long  and  fully  three  in  diameter. 
All  were  then  green,  and  on  our  arrival  home  I sent 
a box  of  them  to  my  wife,  who  was  in  Boston,  where 
they  arrived  in  good  condition,  and  several  persons,  who 
had  never  before  seen  a pawpaw,  ate  them  with  a 
relish.  The  woods  where  we  found  these  pawpaws  were 
ideal  for  squirrels,  and  we  shot  a few  in  them  now  and 
then;  but  the  villagers  shot  black  powder  in  scatter  guns 
too  much  for  the  grays  to  relish  that  side  of  the  river, 
and  we  found  more  game  on  our  side,  although  nuts 
were  not  so  plentiful  there.  But  while  the  squirrels 
were  not  so  abundant  on  the  opposite  side  from  camp, 
burrs  were  not  scarce,  and  a walk  of  four  miles  through 
those  woods  put  one  in  possession  of  so  many  cockle- 
burrs,  sand-burrs,  Spanish  needles,  little  fiat  three-corn- 
ered burrs  and  several  other  varieties,  that  one’s  clothing 
was  covered  and  lined  and  stuffed  with  them.  Although 
we  scraped  them  off  with  our  knives,  for  comfort’s  sake, 
they  found  their  way  among  our  blankets  and  prodded 
us  all  night,  as  the  skeeters  did  during  the  day  in  the 
dark  woods. 

I don’t  know  much  about  bears  in  their  natural  state 
although  on  a very  dark  night  years  ago  I ran  plump 
against  a big  cinnamon.  I did  not  learn  until  after- 
ward that  the  bear  ran  faster,  if  possible,  than  I did 
I don’t  know  why,  for  he  had  his  weapons  with  him  and 
I didn  t,  and  he  could  not  give  it  as  an  excuse  lor 


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hiking  that  he  was  going  for  a rifle,  as  I did.  But  that 
bear  did  not  surprise  me  half  as  much  as  did  three  big 
dogs  one  morning  in  the  Meramec  woods.  I _ had 
passed  from  the  thick  woods  into  a persimmon  thicket 
and  was  exploring  for  this  fruit  when  a peculiar  sound 
attracted  my  attention.  It  was  low  but  deep,  and  was 
not  unlike  that  emitted  by  a bull  now  and  then  while 
feeding.  As  a big  red  seahorse  adorned  the  front  of 
our  tent,  I thought  it  best  to  make  sure  whether  there 
was  a bull  near  us,  and  crept  through  the  scrub  toward 
the  place  whence  the  sound  came.  The  grass  was  high 
among  the  small  bushes  and  I could  see  nothing,  but  in 
pushing  through  I almost  stepped  on  three  dogs,  which 
were  lying  in  the  grass,  gnawing  the  bones  of  a rabbit 
they  had  evidently  just  killed.  They  burst  out  at  me, 
all  yelling  and  with  hair  standing  on  end.  Taken  off 
guard  as  I was,  I might  have  turned  about  had  the 
surprised  been  less  sudden,  but  the  actions  of  the  biggest 
dog  of  the  three  mongrels  prevented  any  such  move, 
for  he  lunged  straight  at  me  while  the  others  circled 
about.  ' I had  a cartridge  in  the  chamber  of  my  rifle  and 
four  in  the  magazine,  and  knew  that  the  little  automatic 
would  rid  itself  of  all  these  in  a second,  if  necessary. 
The  temptation  to  kill  the  dogs  was  very  great,  but  I 
knew  full  well  the  exaggerated  value  a backwoods 
farmer  places  on  these  mongrels,  and  depended  on  using 
the  rifle  as  a club,  and  my  heavy  shoes,  with  a few 
vigorous  “cuss  words”  thrown  in,  as  further  argument. 
The  rumpus  was  a lively  one  for  a while.  It  was 
heard  by  Noble,  far  away  in  camp,  and  by  the  owner 
of  the  dogs,  who  was  husking  corn  in  a field  beyond 
the  woods-  Luckily  he  began  to  call  the  dogs,  and 
finally  they  heeded  his  voice  and  drew  away,  where- 
upon I resolved  once  more  never  to  shoot  a dog  under 
similar  circumstances  if  there  was  any  other  way  out 
of  an  encounter  with  one. 

Not  far  from  camp  there  was  a series  of  exceedingly 
crooked  chutes  among  the  islands,  and  it  was  interesting 
to  watch  the  raftsmen  navigate  these  waterways  with 
their  long  and  flexible  rafts  of  ties.  These  were  all 
“one  tire  wide,”  as  they  say — that  is,  the  width  of  the 
cross-ties  as  they  lie  on  a railway  roadbed.  The  lengths 
vary.  Perhaps  a hundred  yards  or  less.  The  binders 
are  spiked  along  the  edges  of  the  tire  of  ties  and  are 
capable  of  much  bending.  The  “bow  man,”  a husky, 
raw-boned  native,  handled  a long  pole  with  admirable 
skill  in  guiding  that  end  of  the  raft  into  the  tortuous 
channels,  while  his  helper,  two-thirds  of  the  distance 
toward  the  stern,  pushed  first  on  one  side,  then  on  the 
other,  often  by  signals  shouted,  or  rather  “tooted,”  by 
his  chief,  who  might  at  the  time  be  invisible  round  a 
bend  in  the  stream.  Near  the  stern  a square  hole  was 
left  in  the  raft,  and  the  opening  was  reinforced  with 
heavy  timbers.  Its  use  we  learned  one  day  when  a raft 
became  slightly  unmanageable  in  the  rapid  current.  In 
answer  to  a series  of  toots  the  man  at  the  stern  dropped 
his  push-pole  and  grabbing  a timber  twelve  feet  in 
length  and  six  inches  in  diameter,  shot  it  down  in  the 
opening  and  athwart  the  current,  then  wedged  another 
one  in  the  opposite  direction,  so  that  the  tops  crossed 
like  those  of  a sawbuck  while  their  bottom  ends  ground 
on  the  bottom  of  the  stream.  These  bumped  along  but 
a short  distance  before  they  began  to  lift  that  end  of 
; the  raft  bodily,  and,  although  it  seemed  utterly  im- 
possible for  them  to  break  the  great  headway  of  the 
raft,  this  they  did  to  such  an  extent  that  it  reached  the 
still  water  beyond  with  no  momentum  of  its  own.  Then 


The  Diamondback  Terrapin* 

No  reptile  in  this  country  is  more  famous  than  the 
diamondbacked  terrapin  of  the  south  Atlantic  seaboard. 
Its  best  known  center  of  abundance  is  in  Maryland,  and 
from  there  it. is  found  north  and  south  at  least  as  far  as 
Buzzard’s  Bay,  Mass.,  and  Yucatan  in  Central  America. 
There  are  a number  of  species  belonging  to  the  genus 
Malaclemmys,  all  of  them  edible;  and  indeed  among  the 
ordinary  terrapin  of  commerce  there  are  two  or  three 
which  are  commonly  called  diamondbacks. 

The  Bureau  of  Fisheries  has  recently  issued  an  inter- 
esting paper  entitled  “A  Revision  of  Malaclemmys,  A 
Genus  of  Turtles,"  written  by  Prof.  Wm.  Perry  Hay, 
who  has  devoted  two  summers  to  the  study  of  the  life 
history  of  the  diamondbacked  terrapin  and  its  adaptability 
to  artificial  propagation.  The  field  of  work  covered 
Chesapeake  Bay  and  its  tributary  rivers,  but  most  of  the 
time  was  spent  at  Solomon’s  Island  and  Crisfield,  Md., 
where  may  be  seen  not  only  the  terrapin  native  to  the 
Chesapeake  waters  but  those  from  other  localities  which 
are  brought  and  kept  there  in  ponds  to  fatten  for  market. 
Mr.  Hay  enumerates  five  forms  of  the  genus,  of  which 
two  are  now  described  for  the  first  time. 

All  species  of  this  genus  like  salt  or  brackish  water  and 
are  found  in  low-lying  swamps  and  in  protected  bays  or 
inlets  as  well  as  in  many  rivers  emptying  into  the  sea, 
which  they  often  ascend  to  points  where  the  water  is  quite 
fresh. 

The  northern  species,  or  true  diamondback  (M.  cen- 
trata),  lives  somewhat  in  this  wise.  Its  period  of  hiberna- 
tion begins  soon  after  the  advent  of  cold  weather,  but  for 
some  weeks  it  emerges  whenever  there  is  a warm  day. 
Eventually,  however,  it  buries  itself  completely  at  the 
bottom  of  some  pool  or  stream  and  remains  until  spring. 
Very  soon  after  the  winter  sleep  is  over  it  seeks  out 
others  of  its  kind  and  the  process  of  reproduction  begins. 
Conjugation  usually  takes  place  at  night  or  in  the  very 
early  hours  of  the  morning  and  always  in  the  water. 
The  eggs  are  laid  for  the  most  part  during  May  or  June. 
The  female  with  her  hindlegs  digs  in  some  convenient 
bank  a hole  for  the  nest  to  the  depth  of  five  or  six  inches 
and  deposits  from  five  to  twelve  eggs.  She  then  crawls 


the  bow  man  tooted  again  and  the  drags  were  pulled 
out  and  stowed  in  their  rack  amidships,  where  low 
limbs  could  not  sweep  them  off  the  raft.  Whereupon 
both  men  joined  in  a warbling  chant,  such  as  one 
hears  nowhere  else.  These  men  are  a remarkable  lot. 
During  the  several  days  occupied  in  floating  down  to 
the  towns,  where  the  ties  are  taken  out  of  the  water 
for  shipment,  they  are  in  the  icy  water  from  dawn 
until  dark.  So  heavy  are  the  waterlogged  ties  that  the 
men  are  always  standing  or  wading  in  six  inches  to  a 
foot  of  water.  Their  clothing  consists  of  calico  overalls 
and  shirts,  hats  and  shoes,  with  a wet  coat  for  evening 
wear.  Few  of  them  have  blankets,  but  instead  they 
build  up  a huge  fire  at  night  when  the  raft  is  tied  up, 
eat  their  supper  of  bacon  and  bread,  dry  their  cotton 
clothing  slightly,  and  sleep  on  the  bare  ground.  Harder 
work  I have  never  seen  men  perform,  but  for  it  they 
obtain  a dollar  a day  and  “grub,”  and  a more  cheerful 
lot  canot  be  found.  So  skilful  do  they  become  that  they 
will  sit  and  chew  tobacco  and  talk  while  their  un- 
gainly raft,  perhaps  in  the  form  of  a letter  “S,”  plunges 
through  a chute  that  is  equally  crooked,  keeping  in 
the  center  all  the  way,  apparently  by  chance  but  really 
as  the  result  of  the  nicest  of  calculations  while  the 
fifteen-mile-an-hour  rapid  is  still  500  yards  away. 

Our  week  was  ideal  as  to  weather.  Rain  fell  but 
twice,  in  showers.  Squirrels  were  plentiful  enough  for 
our  needs,  which  were  modest.  Best  of  all  was  the 
clean  gravel  beach  before  the  tent,  where  we  spent 
hours  just  sitting  on  the  warm  gravel,  basking  in  the 
sunshine  and  tossing  pebbles  in  the  water,  boy-fashion. 
Now  and  then  we  tried  the  pools  and  riffles  with 
spinners,  but  it  was  not  until  we  had  given  up  in 
despair  that  a friendly  farmer  who  happened  along  in- 
formed us  that  during  the. previous  week  some  “sports- 
men” from  St.  Louis,  as  he  called  them,  had  camped 
near  these  pools  and  had  dynamited  all  the  pools  nearby, 
killing  thousands  of  fish  of  all  sizes  and  frightening 
others  away,  so  that  none  would  take  any  sort  of  bait. 
Whereupon  we  put  the  rods  away  sadly  and  said  things 
it  would  not  be  well  to  repeat.  But  these  people  could 
not  kill  the  squirrels  with  dynamite,  and  although  they 
were  wild,  from  being  shot  at  with  ten-bores  and  black 
powder,  by  careful  hunting  we  obtained  all  we  needed. 
Even  though  these  were  mostly  young  grays,  fox 
squirrels  being  scarce  in  those  bottoms,  where  formerly 
they  were  very  numerous,  several  of  those  killed  by  us 
were  found  to  contain  shot. 

Saturday  afternoon  our  friend  with  the  white  mules 
arrived  promptly  on  the  hour  set  to  take  our  outfit  to 
the  station.  There  we  learned  that  the  4 o’clock  train 
was  three  hours  late,  and  the  jovial  agent,  thinking 
to  help  us  pass  away  the  time,  related  all  the  circum- 
stances connected  with  the  killing  of  a detective  by  two 
bank  robbers  and  murderers,  and  offered  to  take  us 
out  to  the  house — four  miles  away — where  the  bullet 
holes  of  the  posse  could  still  be  seen.  We  declined,  but 
he  insisted  in  taking  us  to  the  village  rum  shop,  where 
a cigar  box  was  proudly  handed  out  by  the  boy  who 
“tended  bar,”  and  its  contents  explained.  There  were 
three  buckshot  cartridges  of  a well-known  brand,  a 
bit  of  red  sealing-wax  and  a mouldy  portion  of  a plug 
of  black  tobacco,  the  contents  of  the  pockets  of  the 
detective  who  was  killed.  It  was  all  the  village  had  to 
be  proud  of- — except  a new  summer  residence  a wealthy 
man  was  building  on  the  stony  hills  overlooking  the 
river  near  the  town.  The  county  tax  collector  was 


out,  carefully  covers  up  the  nest,  effaces  every  trace  of  her 
work,  and  departs.  If  the  weather  is  warm,  the  eggs  hatch 
in  about  six  weeks,  but  if  the  season  is  a cold  one,  the 
process  may  be  twice  as  long.  Soon  after  hatching,  the 
young  go  to  the  marsh  and  dig  into  the  ground,  where 
they  spend  the  first  winter  and  possibly  a part  of  the 
second  summer.  The  average  increase  in  length  is  about 
one  inch  a year  until  about  five  inches  have  been  reached, 
when  it  becomes  slower.  Growth  probably  continues  dur- 
ing the  life  of  the  individual,  but  in  old  age  is  so  slow  as 
to  be  almost  imperceptible. 

A table  given  by  Mr.  Hay  shows  that  terrapins  measur- 
ing four  inches,  or  a little  more,  on  the  bottom  shell, 
weigh  from  10  to  16  ounces,  while  one  of  about  7 inches 
may  weigh  four  pounds. 

The  diamondback  terrapin  feeds  largely  on  such  crus- 
taceans and  mollusks  as  it  is  able  to  catch,  but  its  jaws 
are  rather  weak,  and  it  is  compelled  to  feed  on  the  softer 
and  smaller  animals  of  this  group. 

“During  exceptionally  high  tides  it  sometimes  follows 
the  water  into  the  grassy  law  lands,  and  may  be  seen  to 
catch  and  eat  insects.  The  tender  shoots  and  rootlets  of 
some  of  the  marsh  are  also  eaten,  and  undoubtedly  at 
times  form  a very  considerable  portion  of  the  food. 
Fresh  water  seems  to  be  a necessity  to  the  well-being 
of  the  diamondback  terrapin,  though  it  can  live  for  a long 
time  without  it.  Although  it  is  a common  belief  in 
many  places  where  this  turtle  is  found  that  it  is  nomadic, 
moving  restlessly  from  place  to  place,  and  that  it  is  able 
to  make  considerable  journeys  in  a very  shorty  space  of 
time,  there  is  no  evidence  to  support  these  notions.  On 
the  contrary,  the  individual  born  in,  or  accidentally  trans- 
planted to,  a favorable  locality,  probably  stays  there  in- 
definitely; no  other  theory  will  explain  the  numerous 
local  races  and  the  stories  of  the  reappearance  of  certain 
marked  terrapins  season  after  season.  The  former 
abundance  of  the  diamondback  is  a matter  of  record.  At 
one  time  hundreds  could  be  seen  in  a single  day  where 
now  perhaps  only  one  or  two  can  be  found  in  a season. 
Thanks  to  lax  laws  and  ruthless  hunters,  the  species  is  on 
the  verge  of  extinction,  and  before  long,  unless  proper 
measures  are  taken,  must  be  numbered  pnong  the  great 
host  of  animals  that  man  has  exterminated.” 


also  waiting  for  the  belated  train,  and  the  villagers  soon 
informed  us  with  great  pride  that  he  was  the  man- 
then  sheriff— -who  hanged  a man  whose  name  was 
known  all  over  the  Union  a decade  ago  because  of  the 
atrocity  of  his  crime  in  killing  his  wife  and  babe.  He 
was  tried  four  times.  And  it  was  even  said  that  a 
decoy  was  hanged  in  his  stead.  This  the  ex-sheriff 
stoutly  denied,  he  insisting  that  the  man  who  was  tried 
was  duly  executed.  He  was  a pleasant  old  fellow  who 
told  us  how,  when  he  was  a boy,  before  the  rocky  hills 
were  denuded  of  their  forest  growth  to  feed  the  lum- 
ber mills  and  supply  the  railways  with  crossties,  trout 
were  found  in  every  brook  and  the  streams  were  dear 
as  crystal,  whereas  they  are  highly  colored  now  except 
at  their  lowest  stages.  And  how  the  deer  browsed  in 
the  edges  of  the  clearings  and  black  bears  annoyed  the 
farmers. 

Seven  o clock  came,  whereupon  the  agent  announced 
that  our  train  was  five  hours  late.  The  ex-sheriff  and 
his  son,  a traveling  salesman  who  had  called  on  the 
grocer  and  was  also  waiting,  and  several  other  persons 
thereupon  adjourned  to  the  “hotel,”  where  a pleasant- 
faced matron  served  a country  dinner  that  was  worth 
all  the  waiting.  At  9:30  o’clock  our  train  arrived.  For 
an  hour  it  whirled  along  at  high  speed,  but  in  sixty  odd 
miles  it  was  “laid  out,”  as  the  drummer  told  us,  four 
times  because  of  break-downs  to  the  engine;  and  at 
2 o’clock  on  Sunday  morning  we  arrived  home,  some- 
thing like  nine  hours  behind  the  schedule  time.  By  way 
of  variety,  however,  there  was  a free  fight  in  the  car 
behind  ours,  which  the  conductor  settled  by  quick  use 
of  his  fists;  and  several  passengers,  noticing  that  the 
ex-sheriff  and  his  son  conversed  with  us,  queried  softly: 
“Don’t  you  know  who  that  man  is?”  or  “Did  you  know 
that’s  the  man  who  hung  D ?” 


Quanah  Parker. 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

I notice  by  a dispatch  from  Dallas,  Texas,  that  the  old 
Comanche  ..  .chief,  Qnanah  Parker,  has  been  converted  to 
Christianity,  and  has  begun  to  preach  the  Gospel  to  the 
Indians,  having  been  converted  by  his  daughter,  who  was 
educated  in  one  of  the  Northern  schools.  The  old  chief 
can  do  the  preaching  all  right,  if  he  takes  a notion  to  do  it. 
I had  always  considered  him  to  be  the  most  intelligent  of 
all  the  Comanches.  He  used  to  get  newspaper  notices, 
but  he  seems  to  have  been  almost  forgotten  of  late  years. 

A good  many  of  the  yarns  that  the  papers  would  get 
up  about  him  had  no  foundation  in  fact;  but  one  of  the 
last  of  these  stories  that  I ever  saw  about  him  sounds  a 
good  deal  like  Parker.  It  would  be  about  the  way  some 
white  men  would  have  treated  him,  and  Parker  would 
not  forget  it.  According  to  this  story,  he  was  building,  or 
having  built,  a new  house,  and  some  of  his  white  friends 
clubbed  together  to  get  him  the  furniture  for  it,  and  con- 
sulted him  as  to  what  he  would  want.  Among  other  things 
he  wanted  an  armchair  and  a rolltop  desk.  They  were 
curious  to  know  what  he  wanted  with  the  desk,  since  he 
could  not  write.  He  wanted  to  sit  in  the  chair,  he  told 
them,  then  put  his  feet  on  top  of  the  desk,  hold  a paper  in 
front  of  him  and  smoke  a cigar,  then  when  a white  man 
whom  he  did  not  care  to  see  would  call  on  him,  he  could 
blow  the  smoke  in  the  white  man’s  face  and  tell  him  to 
call  again  at  some  other  time,  that  he  was  busy  now. 

Cabia  Blanco. 


Is  the  Fox  a Grouse  Killer  ? fj 

From  many  years’  experience  in  the  ways  of  country 
life  I have  come  to  the  conclusion,  that  even  in  the 
wildest  and  most  isolated  regions  of  the  Adirondacks, 
and,  certainly,  in  those  bordering  on  Lake  Champlain 
where  Reynard  does  mightly  abound,  it  is  not  he  who 
does  the  harm  to  the  hens,  chickens  and  poultry,  as 
a rule.  For  the  first  ten  years  of  my  life  I lived  on  a 
farm  famous  for  the  number  and  size  of  its  foxes.  It 
was  in  a valley  between  two  high  ranges  of  mountains 
wooded  to  their  summits  and  full  of  old  lumber  roads. 
There  were  some  swamps,  and  the  waters  of  old 
Champlain  were  less  than  a mile  distant.  We  kept 
quantities  of  poultry,  about  two  hundred  head  every 
year,  and  they  were  allowed  to  wander  at  will  all  over 
the  place.  Indeed,  we  never  had  such  a thing  as  a 
yard  or  fowl  house.  The  birds  roosted  mostly  on  trees, 
on  the  fences  or  under  an  open  shed  fitted  in  the  old- 
fashioned  way  with  a set  of  poles  up  under  the  floor 
of  the  loft  above,  and  the  nests  were  located  on 
shelves  projecting  from  the  roosts.  Neither  chickens 
nor  hens  ever  suffered  from  foxes  to  my  knowledge, 
but  the  eagle  owls,  not  the  horned  owls,  by  the  way, 
but  the  great  owl  with  a leg  the  size  of  a boy’s  wrist 
and  a six-foot  spread  of  wing,  were  a different  proposi- 
tion. These  were  the  marauders  that  used  to  eat  the 
heads  off  hens  on  their  perches  in  the  barn  and  under 
the  sheds.  How  do  I know  it?  Because  we  took  one 
in  a brace  of  fox  traps  one  night  red-handed.  Also 
in  the  fall  raccoons  killed  quantities  of  turkeys  asid 
chickens,  just  eating  their  heads  off  and  leaving  their 
fat  carcasses  all  about  the  roosting  places.  We  caught 
several  of  these  gentlemen  in  the  act  and  some  in  traps. 
And  as  for  skunks,  no  hen  and  chickens  was  safe,  un- 
less her  coop  was  tightly  boarded  up  and  braced  every 
evening. 

I have  known  one  of  these  hideous  vermin  to  destroy 
a whole  coop  full  of  broilers  in  a single  night,  and 
once,  after  I had  descovered  one  at  his  mischief,  he 
went  on  steadily  with  the  work  of  slaughter,  not  heed- 
ing my  presence  any  more  than  if  I had  been  a bush 
or  tree.  Every  unprotected  nest  of  turkey  or  f®wl 


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that  a skunk  could  find  was  destroyed,  while  back  in 
the  woods,  where  the  foxes  were  supposed  to  come, 

!a  simple  band  of  iron  or  a little  wire  or  a few  old 
;plow  points  sufficed  to  keep  them  away  from  a sitting 

I turkey  hen,  and  I never  remember  of  one  having  been 
disturbed.  Perhaps  the  skunk  was  also  afraid  of  the 
arrangement. 

We  had  no  trouble  with  weasels.  Possibly  they  were 
not  at  all  thick.  The  next  great  trouble  was  that 
pirate  of  the  air,  called  the  hen-hawk.  This  bird,  if 
it  once  got  the  taste  of  chickens,  would  never  leave 
3 the  vicinity  for  long  when  hungry.  It  became  abso- 
lutely necessary  to  shoot  the  hated  creature,  if  we 
> desired  to  have  a young  fowl  left.  They  would  go  one 
by  one.  The  crows  often  took  chickens  around  the 
' coops,  but  were  afraid  of  the  hen  running  with  them. 

> There  was  a sort  of  large  gray  rat  that  used  to  annoy 
us,  but  the  hens  could  drive  it  away. 

One  season  a fox  used  to  dig  for  grubs  in  the  po- 
tato  hills  in  a secluded  ravine  every  day.  We  could 
see  him  at  work,  but  he  never  once  thought  of  visiting 
; the  chicken  yard  or  the  farm.  There  was  no  dog  to 
bother  him  either.  We  never  caught  foxes  in  traps 
around  the  coops,  nor  did  we  see  their  tracks  or  sign 
about.  From  all  this,  I am  led  to  believe  that  Reynard 
is  not  fiercely  inclined  during  the  spring,  summer  and 
fall,  at  least,  to  annoy  the  grouse.  They  are  used  to 
him  and  promptly  fly  into  a tree  and  watch  until  he 
cleaves.  In  fact,  he  can  no  more  catch  a grouse  by 
dav  than  a dog  can.  I know  that  foxes  are  crazy  for 
1 mice.  The  squeak  of  one  will  always  bring  the  fox. 

Peter  Flint. 


Spider-Spun  Silk. 

Consul  Wm.  H.  Hunt  writes  from  Tamatave  Mada- 
gascar: A good  deal  of  interest  has  been  raised  for  some 
time  by  the  Official  Quarterly  Economic  Review  as  to 
the  practical  uses  to  which  the  webs  of  a large  Mada- 
gascar spider  might  be  applied  to  replace  silk  for 
woven  fabrics.  I know,  from  visits  to  the  interior,  that 
the  webs,  spun  many  feet  across  the  walks  or  shady 
avenues  of  gardens,  are  sufficiently  strong  to  hang 
thereon  a light  bamboo  walking  cane.  At  the  Paris 
Exposition  of  1900  a whole  piece  of  fabric,  eighteen 
yards  long  and  eighteen  inches  wide  was  exhibited 
'which  was  woven  out  of  this  web,  for  which  it  was 
necessary  to  provide  100,000  yards  of  spun  thread  of 
twenty-four  strands.  For  its  manufacture  25,000  spiders 
had  to  be  brought  into  requisition,  and  these  were  pro- 
cured by  offering  the  natives  so  much  a hundred;  but 
not  knowing  or  ignoring  the  purpose  for  which  the 
insects  were  required,  and  having  a get-rich-quick 
desire,  they  brought  them  in  by  basketsful,  mostly  dead. 
So  it  was  found  necessary  for  the  winding-off  ma- 
chines to  go  to  the  spiders,  instead  of  calling'  in  the 
spiders  to  the  filatories.  However,  the  piece  of  cloth 
was  completed,  and  was  of  a shimmering  golden-yellow 
color. 

The  idea  of  obtaining  silk  of  the  spider  is  an  old 
one,  as  distinguished  men  discoursed  on  the  subject  as 
long  ago  as  1710  in  France,  but  the  first  study  of  this 
Madagascar  spider  ( halabe , big  spider)  ’came  up  some 
seven  years  ago,  and  the  spinning  of  its  web  was  then 
undertaken.  It  is  only  the  female  that  spins. 

The  first  difficulty  in  securing  the  thread  direct  from 
the  insect  consisted  in  contriving  how  to  secure  the 
living  spider,  so  as  to  wind  off  by  some  mechanical 
process  from  the  insect.  This  was  originally  per- 
formed by  confining  the  spiders  in  empty  match  boxes 
with  the  abdomen  protruding,  which  could  be  com- 
pared to  so  many  reels  from  which  the  filatory  winds 
them  off.  The  extraction  of  the  web  does  not  ap- 
parently inconvenience  the  insects,  although  care  has 
to  be  taken  not  to  injure  them.  From  that  stage  was 
derived  a frame  of  twenty-four  small  guillotines,  in 
each  of  which  a spider  is  secured  in  such  a manner  that 
on  one  side  protrudes  the  abdomen,  while  on  the  other 
the  head,  thorax,  and  legs  are  free.  This  precaution 
of  keeping  the  legs  out  of  the  way  is  necessary,  be- 
cause the  spiders,  when  their  secretions  are  spun  off 
in  this  fashion,  are  liable  to  break  off  the  web  with 
their  legs. 

It  appears,  in  the  opinion  of  many,  to  be  an  estab- 
lished fact  that  the  Madagascar  spider’s  web  is  capable 
of  being  woven  into  cloth  which  might  warrant  its 
cultivation  for  purposes  of  textile  industry.  The  idea 
of  using  cobwebs  as  a hemostatic  was  known  to  the 
Greeks  and  Romans,  and  before  the  present  antiseptics 
were  brought  into  use  by  medical  science  it  was  in  uni- 
versal use  for  stopping  the  flow  of  blood  from  wounds 
and  cuts.  From  an  industrial  point  of  view,  the  silk  of 
the  spinning  spider  ( Epeira ) has  been  known  for  cen- 
turies, even  by  the  savages  of  Paraguay,  and  in  the 
seventeenth  century  one  Alcide  d’Orbigny  in  South 
America  ordered  a pair  of  trousers  of  the  material. 
Consul  Plumacher,  in  his  report  of  December  26,  1899, 

, refers  to  the  existence  of  a spinning  spider  in  Venezuela, 
which  is  apparently  the  same  insect,* 

The  Madagascar  spider  in  question  is  the  Nephila 
madagascariensis,  and  combines  all  the  characteristics 
ot  Arachnida  in  general.  Its  bite  is  not  dangerous,  al- 
though the  irritation  caused  by  its  legs  is  annoying. 
The  egg  which  produces  this  spider  is  laid  by  the 
female  in  a silky  cocoon,  one  inch  in  diameter,  of  a 
yellow  color  at  first,  but  turning  white  after  an  exposure 
of  two  or  three  months  to  the  air,  at  the  end  of  which 
time  several  hundred  insects,  the  size  of  a pin-head, 
burst  the  shell  and  come  out.  Three  months  later  the 
female  is  2l/2  inches  long,  while  the  male  remains  only 
one-sixth  of  that  size.  The  female  is  generally  black, 


♦Silk-Spinning'  Spiders  in  Venezuela.— Consul  Plumacher,  of 
Maracaibo,  under  date  of  Dec.  26,  1899,  reports  that  large  silk- 
spinning  spiders  are  found  in  the  palm  trees  of  Venezuela.  Some 
produce  white  and  others  yellow  silk.  The  consul  understands 
that  the  silk  has  been  made  into  handkerchiefs.  A copy  of  the 
report,  together  with  a specimen  of  silk  which  accompanied  it, 
was  referred  to  the  Department  of  Agriculture.  Under  date  of 
Tan.  27,  1900,  the  entomologist  says  that  silk  produced  in  this  way 
cannot  be  made  valuable  commercially  because  of  the  trouble- 
some necessity  of  keeping  the  spiders  separated  to  prevent  their 
devouring  each  other.  To  keep  them  supplied  with  food— insects— 
involves  considerable  labor.  Attemps  to  utilize  the  silk  of  a 
Madagascar  spider  of  the  same  species  some  years  ago  resulted 
in  the  discovery  that  the  product  was  more  expensive  than  ordi- 
nary silk.— Republished  from  Consular  Reports  for  March,  1900, 


lives  in  solitude,  and  only  tolerates  the  presence  of  the 
male  at  the  moment  of  procreation.  The  spiders  are 
carnivorous  and  by  preference  frequent  the  foresto.  In 
some  of  the  wooded  gardens  in  the  suburbs  of  the 
capital,  especially  the  old  royal  parks,  they  may  be 
seen  in  millions,  and  would  give  the  impression  of  be- 
ing gregarious,  but  this  is  not  so,  it  being  the  abundance 
of  food  which  brings  them  together  in  seeming  peace 
and  amity;  but  so  soon  as  the  supply-  fails,  they  fight 
and  devour  each  other. 

In  the  early  attempts  to  rear  them,  200  were  placed 
in  a wire-cloth  case;  they  spun  their  webs  over  the 
walls  of  their  prison  until  it  was  so  completely  covered 
that  no  mosquitoes  or  other  insects  could  get  in.  Thus 
deprived  of  food,  on  the  principle  of  the  survival  of  the 
fittest,  the  stronger  went  to  devouring  the  weaker  until 
only  a few  were  taken  out  alive,  but  these  had  attained 
an  enormous  size. 

This  spider  is  little  disposed  to  migrate  from  its 
abode,  and  submits,  without  resistance,  to  the  manipu- 
lation of  the  filatory. 

The  first  experiments  in  Madagascar  were  due  to  a 
Catholic  missionary,  and  his  experience  proved  that 
after  the  laying  period,  or  formation  of  the  web,  it  can 
be  reeled  off  five  or  six  times  in  the  course  of  a month, 
after  which  the  spider  dies,  having  yielded  about  4,000 
yards.  Native  girls  do  the  work.  Each  one  has  a 
straw  basket  at  her  side  every  morning  filled  with  live 
spiders,  and  another  basket  to  receive  them  after  they 
have  been  wound  off.  One  dozen  are  locked  in  at  a 
time,  the  ends  of  their  webs  are  drawn  out,  collected 
into  one  thread,  which  is  passed  over  a metal  hook, 
and  the  reel  is  set  in  motion  by  a pedal.  So  soon  as  an 
insect  gives  out  no  more  web  it  is  replaced  without 
stopping  the  wheel,  and  later  on  carried  back  to  the 
park,  where  it  requires  nine  or  ten  days  before  being 
ready  for  a second  operation.  The  cost  of  this  silk 
web  is  high;  55,000  yards  of  nineteen  strands  in  thick- 
ness weigh  only  twenty-five  grams  (386  grains),  which, 
calculating  the  time  and  labor  of  nrocuring  and  pre- 
paring it,  brings  it  up  to  $40  a pound. 


More  Loon  Talk. 

Hoquiam,  Wash.,  Feb.  9. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 
The  loon  differs  from  other  birds  in  a number  of  ways. 
I have  reason  to  think  that  many  people  are  unaware  of 
some,  at  least,  of  these  peculiarities. 

The  loon  has  a hide  as  tough  as  an  ox,  and  their 
feathers  cannot  be  plucked  without  first  scalding  the  bird 
as  you  would  a hog.  This  incident  will  give  some  idea  of 
the  toughness  of  the  hide.  About  thirty-five  years  ago, 
when  I was  living  in  Michigan,  a loon  was  shot  at  with  a 
shotgun  industriously  all  summer,  without  apparently  do- 
ing him  any  harm.  In  the  fall  I killed  him  with  a rifle, 
just  to  convince  the  people  that  a loon  could  be  shot  and 
killed.  He  had  many  times  been  shot  at  with  a rifle  by 
the  same  people  who  had  used  the  shotgun,  and  they  had 
become  convinced  that  he  dove  so  quickly  that  he  dodged 
the  shot  in  that  way.  I had  seen  them  shoot  at  him  a 
number  of  times,  and  I could  see  the  splash  of  bullet  or 
shot  in  the  water  before  the  loon  dove.  I ridiculed  the 
idea  of  the  dodging,  and  that  led  to  my  shooting  him  to 
support  my  contention.  When  I skinned  the  bird,  I found, 
and  counted,  over  a hundred  No.  6 shot,  and  all  of  them 
stuck  to  the  inside  of  the  hide,  and  so  doing  him  no  per- 
manent harm.  It  is  remarkable  that  he  was  never  hit  in 
the  eye,  nor  sustained  a broken  wing. 

Another  thing  peculiar  to  the  loon,  is  that  after  the 
chicks  are  hatched,  if  the  mother  wishes  to  move  far,  she 
will  make  a shallow  dive  and  come  up  under  her  babies, 
and  swim  off  with  them  on  her  back.  The  person  that 
succeeds  in  photographing  her  under  such  conditions  may 
well  claim  the  pennant.  Only  once  have  I seen  a loon 
shoulder  her  young,  although  for  over  twenty  years  I 
lived  in  the  part  of  Michigan  where  then  there  was  the 
best  chance  imaginable  to  watch  loons.  Now  the  timber 
has  been  cut  off  around  most  of  the  lakes,  and  such  favor- 
able conditions  for  observation  no  longer  exist. 

Although  I have  only  once  seen  a loon  shoulder  her 
babies,  I have  seen  her  swimming  with  them  on  her  back 
many  times.  Once  one  swam  within  twenty  feet  of  me 
and  never  suspected  my  presence. 

One  of  their  calls  when  sitting  on  the  water,  for  volume 
beats  that  of  any  other  bird  or  beast  that  I know  of.  I 
have  heard  them  in  the  night,  when  they  were  more  than 
five  miles  distant,  for  they  only  make  that  kind  of  call 
from  the  water,  and  there  was  no  lake  in  that  direction 
short  of  that  distance.  To  say  that  the  loon  is  a very 
interesting  bird  is  as  mild  as  I can  express  it. 

W.  A.  Linkletter. 


Wild  Geese  Headed  South, 

San  Diego,  Cal.,  Feb.  16. — Several  flocks  of  wild  geese 
in  V’s  and  strings  passed  over  here  this  morning  bound 
south,  headed  for  the  Mexican  boundary,  and  bawling 
“Tee-a-wah-na ! Tee-a-wah-na !”  (spelled  Tia  Juana), 
which  is  a custom  house,  and  the  nearest  point  over  the 
line.  The  dazed  fowls  have  been  having,  a tough  expe- 
rience up  in  Oregon  and  Washington,  with  a continued 
temperature  much  below  all  degrees  of  comfort.  Usually 
they  begin  to  fly  north  at  this  date,  but  now  it’s  all  the 
other  way;  same  as  the  weather  we  have.  I have  never 
yet  happened  to  strike  a spot  on  earth  where  they  have 
had  so  much  rain  as  this  district  has  had  since  Christmas. 
It  has  rained  more  or  less  nearly  every  day  this  month. 
Every  stream  and  reservoir  is  bank  full,  and  we  are  not 
likely  to  hear  much  about  irrigation  for  two  years  at  least. 
The  main  point  now  is  to  keep  the  fruit  and  vegetables 
from  freezing.  Such  a universal  ice-cold  visitation  the 
whole  continent  has  not  had  since  the  second  glacial 
period.  When  are  we  to  have  a third? 

I send  by  evening  mail  a photograph  of  my  two-room 
bungalow  (16  by  12)  which  I have  had  built  as  a study 
and  retreat  from  the  maddening  mob.  You  may  like  to 
hang  it  up  in  the  office,  if  there  is  any  wall  space  left. 

I also  inclose  some  interesting  natural  history  notes 
from  this  and  other  sections— all  good  midwinter  matter, 
and  ordered  a copy  of  the  Northampton  (Mass.)  Gazette 
of  the  coming  week  mailed  to  you,  as  it  will  contain  an 
extended  descriptive  sketch  of  this  particular  part  of 
Southern  California,  with  some  pertinent  suggestions  as 


to  climate  and  local  attractions,  as  well  as  the  business 
outlook  for  the  immediate  future.  It  may  serve  to  assist 
migrants  coming  this  way. 

I am  very  well  and  hearty.  Have  sawed  a year’s  supply 
of  firewood  for  the  house  during  intervals  of  pleasant 
weather.  When  it  rains  I prefer  to  hole  in,  as  it  is  almost 
impossible  to  walk  or  wade  through  this  slippery  doby 
(adobe)  slush,  which  at  once  becomes  so  hard  as  soon  as 
it  dries  that  it  is  a job  to  remove  it  from  one’s  shoes. 
The  easiest  way  is  to  wear  cheap  gums  and  throw  them 
away  after  a trudge.  Charles  Hallock. 


mid  Turkey  Weights. 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

A correspondent  writes  to  ask  how  much  I thought 
that  big  turkey  weighed — the  one  I killed  when  the  mule 
left  me  to  walk  home.  I had  to  estimate  his  weight,  of 
course;  we  carried  m>  scales  with  us,  but  I could  guess 
pretty  close,  and  I guessed  his  weight  to  be  35  pounds; 
it  was  that  or  more. 

My  mule  stood  15  hands  (5  feet)  high.  I tied  the  tur- 
key to  the  side  cloak  strap,  passing  the  strap  around  the 
turkey’s  legs  as  high  up  as  possible,  then  had  to  cut  off 
the  head  and  part  of  the  neck  to  prevent  it  striking  the 
mule’s  feet  and  starting  him  to  kicking.  I had  intended 
to  ride  him  home.  Had  I known  that  he  did  not  intend 
to  wait  for  me,  he  might  have  kicked  and  be  blessed  to 
him. 

This  camp  of  ours  was  a first  rate  place  for  turkey. 
Hardly  a day  passed  but  what  more  or  less  of  them  would 
be  brought  in.  The  boys  got  the  most  of  them.  I needed 
my  shotgun  badly,  but  did  not  have  it.  I had  a good  one 
at  the  post — a Fox  .gun  that  I could  take  down  and  carry 
on  the  pack-mule;  but  I had  no  shells  loaded  and  had  no 
time  to  load  any,  and  could  not  buy  any  there  or  at  the 
agency.  That  was  not  a shotgun  country;  few  men  there 
except  army  officers  ever  had  a shotgun. 

We  got  another  turkey  here  nearly  as  large  as  this  one 
was  only  a day  or  two  afterward.  It  had  been  drizzling 
and  raining  all  night,  and  at  daylight  the  chief  sent  the 
negro  boy  out  to  the  herd  to  round  up  the  ponies  and 
see  if  any  were  missing.  When  he  came  back  to  report, 
he  said  that  he  had  seen  a big  turkey  up  in  a tree  between 
camp  and  the  herding  ground,  half  a mile  away,  and  gave 
it  as  his  opinion  that  the  turkey  meant  to  stop  there  for 
the  day;  it  would  be  too  wet  for  him  to  leave;  I might 
go  and  get  him. 

“I  might,”  I told  him,  “but  it  is  as  wet  for  me  as  it  is 
for  the  turkey,  and  I don’t  need  turkeys  bad  enough  just 
now  to  hunt  them  in  a rainstorm.  I’ll  send  Antelope 
after  him.”  Calling  the  boy  in  I gave  him  my  carbine, 
and  then  sent  the  negro  boy,  who  had  not  had  his  break- 
fast yet,  to  point  out  that  turkey. 

They  came  back  in  less  than  an  hour  with  three  turkeys, 
the  big  one  and  two  smaller  ones.  The  negro  had  to  carry 
all  three.  There  would  be  no  danger  of  Antelope  carry- 
ing any  if  I were  not  there  to  tell  him  to  do'  it.  He 
brought  up  the  rear,  carrying  the  gun  and  a broad  smile. 
Making  a pack-mule  of  the  negro  boy  just  suited  him. 

Cabia  Blanco. 


The  Starling;. 

Walking  in  Prospect  Park  the  other  day  I saw 
a whole  flock  of  English  starlings,  some  eighteen  or 
twenty  in  number.  They  were  perched  in  the  woods, 
pluming  themselves  and  whistling  as  blithely  as  though 
the  ground  were  not  bur.ied  deep  in  snow  and  the 
lakes  frozen  half  way  to  the  bottom.  It  is  evident  that 
this  bird  has  come  to  stay.  But  how  he  is  managing 
to  survive  our  winters,  especially  the  last  two,  is 
certainly  a cause  for  speculative  wonders.  In  England, 
where  the  winters  are  usually  mild  and  open,  he  has 
no  difficulty  in  picking  up  a living  in  the  fields,  grubs 
and  worms  being  his  favorite  diet.  But  what  does  he 
live  upon  here?  Since  last  November  the  ground  has 
been  under  snow,  so  that  his  favorite  diet  has  not 
been  procurable.  We  can  only  surmise,  then,  that  he 
has  taken  to  eating  seeds  and  berries,  for  he  does 
not  forage  about  human  dwellings  like  his  compatriot, 
the  sparrow;  at  least,  the  writer  has  never  seen  him 
so  engaged.  However,  he  appears  to  be  making  out 
the  consequences  and  withal  keeping  a cheerful  mind. 

If  only  for  the  beautiful  sheen  of  his  plumage  (which 
completely  outdoes  that  of  the  purple  grackle),.  the 
starling  would  be  an  acquisition,  but  when  to  this  is 
added  his  sweet  note,  we  may  very  properly  regard  him 
as  a prize.  A singer  in  the  true  sense  he  is  not,  but 
his  whistlings  and  twitterings  and  warblings  are  per- 
haps better  than  the  sustained  efforts  of  many  a 
singer;  for  there  is  a sweetness  and  purity  about  them 
which  simply  ravishes  the  ear.  Then  he  is  pre-emi- 
nently a sociable  bird  and  in  a double  sense — that  is 
to  say,  he  loves  his  kind  and  human  kind,  too.  At 
least  he  trusts  us,  for  he  builds  his  nest  almost  in- 
variably in  the  vicinity  of  our  homes.  Hence  his  music, 
like  so  much  other  bird  music,  is  not  lost,  but. is  offered, 
as  it  were,  to  man  instead  of  the  deity  of  solitude. 

Francis  Moonan. 

New  York,  Feb.  24. 


Birds  of  Southern  Michigan. 

Detroit,  Mich.,  Feb.  21. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 
For  many  years  I have  been  engaged  in  compiling  an 
authentic  list  of  the  birds  of  Southeastern  Michigan.  I 
am  very  anxious  to  secure  the  co-operation  of  the  numer- 
ous sportsmen  on  Lakes  Huron  and  Erie  and  Detroit  and 
St.  Clair  rivers  with  regard  to  the  water  fowl  and  waders 
that  come  to  their  attention.  I will  be  especially  thankful 
for  any  information  on  the  time  of  arrival,  time  of  de- 
parture in  spring  and  fall  with  exact  dates,  if  possible; 
any  notes  on  the  rarer  birds,  occurrence  in  winter,  etc. 
Notes  on  these  birds  are  hard  to  obtain,  and  many 
valuable  records  are  lost  because  the  knowledge  fails  to 
reach  an  ornithologist.  Notes  on  the  scoters,  ruddy  duck, 
swan,  Bartramian  sandpiper,  any  of  the  plovers  or 
phalaropes  I especially  wish.  I will  be  pleased  to  hear 
from  any  so  interested,  and  will  be  much  in  their  debt. 

Bradshaw  H.  Swales, 

46  Larned  street,  West,  Detroit,  Mich, 


FOREST  AND  STREAM- 


17  4 


I 

[MARCH  4)  1905.  I 


The  North  Carolina  Season. 

Rai.exgh,  N.  C.,  Feb.  24. — The  winter  has  been  the 
most  severe  ever  known  in  North  Carolina.  There 
was  some  bad  weather  before  Christmas,  but  the  real 
winter  began  Jan.  2,  and  the  ground  has  been  frozen 
ever  since,  last  week  there  having  been  three  sleets 
in  seven  days,  covering  all  the  middle  and  western 
part  of  the  State  and  causing  the  death,  by  starva- 
tion and  freezing,  of  a great  many  partridges.  No  in- 
jury was  done  to  the  birds  in  the  east,  it  seems,  though 
the  culd  was  very  great.  State  Secretary  Gilbert 
Pearson,  of  the  North  Carolina  Audubon  Society,  has 
had  thirty  game  wardens  at  work  distributing  food  to 
the  birds  and  enlisting  the  aid  of  thousands  of  farmers 
in  the  same  good  cause.  Sportsmen  also  contributed 
freely  and  went  into  the  fields  and  carried  food.  In  this 
way  many  birds  were  saved.  Some  of  the  pheasants 
of  the  mountains  have  been  killed  by  the  intense  cold, 
temperature  there  in  some  places  going  as  low  as  12 
below  zero.  Here  at  Raleigh  the  lowest  temperature 
was  7 degrees  above  zero.  At  Asheville,  arrangements 
were  made  at  nine  produce  stores  for  the  giving  away 
of  cracked  corn,  grits  and  other  bird  foods  to  respon- 
sible persons,  and  this  was  carried  in  all  directions. 

The  intense  cold  froze  the  great  sounds  on  the 
coasts  and  also  the  rivers,  with  the  exception  of  air 
holes,  in  which  thousands  upon  thousands  of  ducks 
and  geese  gathered  to  get  in  clear  water.  A great 
many  birds  were  drowned  by  diving  in  these  air  holes 
and  coming  up  under  the  ice.  One  man,  in  a day, 
picked  up  250  ducks,  a number  of  them  canvasbacks 
and  redheads,  which  had  lost  their  lives  in  this  way. 

The  sounds  are  now  clear,  and  the  pirates — the  fire- 
lighters— are  again  after  the  ducks.  Secretary  Pearson 
found  that,  while  last  winter  the  wardens  on  Currituck 
Sound  and  also  in  Albemarle  and  Pamlico  Sounds  did 
their  duty  very  well  and  kept  down  fire-lighting,  they 
gave  way  this  season,  and  so  he  determined  to  take 
a new  course.  Sportsmen  in  the  North  gave  several 
thousand  dollars  for  the  purpose  of  driving  out  fire- 
lighters, who  need  men  of  nerve  to  make  them  stop 
their  nefarious  business.  So  a fast  naphtha  is  being 
built  for  the  Audubon  Society  at  Ocracoke,  and 
Herbert  Brimley,  the  curator  of  the  State  Museum 
here,  who  is  a member  of  the  society  and  an  enthus- 
iastic sportsman,  has  gone  to  Ocracoke  to  inspect  the 
boat  which  in  a day  or  so  will  be  put  in  the  water. 
On  her  will  be  put  two  special  game  wardens,  brought 
from  another  State,  well  armed,  and  who  will  stand 
no  trifling  at  the  hands  of  the  fire-lighters,  who  have 
always  made  threats  that  they  would  kill  any  persons 
who  dared  to  interfere  with  them.  The  fire-lighters 
carry  bullets,  they  say,  ready  to  go  in  their  guns  in 
case  any  one  comes  up;  but  they  are  up  against  a 
tough  proposition  now,  as  they  will  find  to  their  cost, 
for  if  they  shoot  they  will  be  killed  certainly,  by  men 
who  will  be  prepared  for  business.  The  society  is  de- 
termined to  break  up  this  fire-lighting,  which  actually 
threatens  to  drive  the  ducks  from  North  Carolina. 
This  game  is  a source  of  great  revenue,  and  the  well 
disposed  people  are,  of  course,  against  the  fire-lighters, 
though  most  of  them  are  afraid  of  the  latter,  or  else 
wink  at  them. 

The  writer  found  two  years  ago  that  at  certain 
times  the  word  would  be  passed  along  the  sounds  that 
fire-lighting  could  begin,  and  then,  after  a period  of 
rest,  these  nighthawks  would  get  to  work  and  murder 
the  ducks.  As  we  came  through  the  sound  we  heard 
the  guns  of  these  sneaks,  way  off  in  the  darkness,  and 
we  picked  up  a couple  of  brant  which  some  of  them 
had  shot.  They  failed  to  get  as  many  birds  as  they 
bill.  One  of  them  boasted  that  he  had  shot  in  a raft 
of  ducks  and  had  killed  fifty-two,  with  the  two  barrels 
of  his  gun.  He  was  shooting  a ten-gauge,  using  five 
drams  of  powder  and  an  ounce  and  three-quarters  of 
shot.  The  regular  wardens  could  easily,  have  sup- 
pressed these  people  if  they  had  done  their  .duty.  . 

The  Audubon  Society  has  done  wonders  in  saving 
game  in  the  State,  and  so  far  every  bill  introduced  in 
the  Legislature  to  amend  the  Audubon  law  has  been 
defeated.  One  bill  provided  that  a club,  after  paying 
a license,  should  have  just  as  many  persons  as  it 
pleased  to  come  to  the  State  and  hunt  on  its  lands. 
Another  one  provided  that  any  landowner  could  invite 
persons  from  another  State  to  come  and  shoot,  on  his 
own  property.  These  people  forget  that  the  birds  do 
not  belong  to  them.  They  have  no  ownership  to  the 
birds,  except  about  what  may  be  called  courtesy.  It 
is  very  noticeable  that  the  farmers  this  year  are  pro- 
tecting the  birds  better  than  ever  before,  and  that  they 
are  getting  more  careful  in  giving  permits  to  hunt 
on  their  lands.  Bills  are  passing  the  Legislature  now, 
including  several  counties  in  the  list  in  which  hunting 
is  not  permitted  on  the  lands  of  another  except  by 
written  permission.  The  Audubon  Society,  is  well 
pleased  to  see  all  these  safeguards,  as  there  is  a des- 
perate effort  to  kill  and  get  to  market  all  the  North 
Carolina  birds.  Pot-hunters  want  everything  they  can 
get  for  the  big  clubs  and  hotels  north,  and  then  an- 
other class  of  them,  away  from  the  larger  towns,  want 
to  kill  birds  for  market  Some  shoot,  them  on  the 
ground  and  others  trap  and  net  them,  inducing  their 
neighbors  to  wink  at  these  offenses  against  the  law. 

There  has  been  less  hunting  in  the  State  (except 
in  the  southeastern  part,  which  was  particularly  favored 
by  very  light  snow  falls)  than  ever  before  in  the  recol- 
lections of  the  writer,  who  has  been  hunting  every 
season  for  thirty  years,  and  he  has  not  fired  a gun 
since  a few  days  before  Christmas.  Only  a few  men 
have  been  able  to  do  any  hunting  of  any  kind  Gov- 
ernor Glenn,  the  new  chief  executive  of  North  Caro- 


lina, and  the  writer  have  made  plans  ever  since  January 
10  to  have  a hunt  as  soon  as  the  weather  permitted, 
but  the  time  has  not  yet  arrived.  We  had  a fine  one 
with  Governor  Aycock  two  days  before  Thanksgiving, 
this  hunt  having  been  described  in  Forest  and  Stream 
in  the  next  issue  after  that  date.  This  inability  to  get 
out  and  kill  the  partridges  has  saved  a great  many,  as 
the  season  will  end  March  15  in  most  counties.  In  a 
few  it  lasts  until  April  1.  In  some  it  ends  March  1,  and 
in  two  or  three  hunting  is  only  permitted  during 
December  and  January. 

There  is  some  sentiment  in  favor  of  having  the  birds 
protected  from  three  to  five  years.  It  is  very  significant 
that  game  protection  laws  have  been  enacted  at  this 
session  of  the  Legislature  for  such  counties  as  Craven 
and  Jones,  which  have  never  had  them  and  in  which 
there  is  yet  much  game  left. 

The  writer  is  going  down  to  Florida  for  a little 
jaunt,  and  will  see  how  things  look  in  that  part  of  the 
world  and  tell  Forest  and  Stream  about  it,  and  will 
later  go  to  Pinehurst  and  see  the  conditions  there. 
Pinehurst  now  has  a game  preserve  of  about  52,000 
acres,  and  has  had  more  luck  than  most  of  the  States, 
the  snow  being  rather  light  there  and  the  soil  very 
sandy,  so  that  it  was  soon  absorbed. 

George  Vanderbilt  is  the  largest  landholder  in  the 
State,  and  of  course  has  the  biggest  game  preserve,  in 
all  something  like  150,000  acres.  George  Gould  has 
a very  large  one  near  High  Point,  and  Brokaw,  of 
New  York,  and  others  have  very  considerable  pre- 
serves; but  Leonard  Tufts,  the  owner  of  Pinehurst, 
comes  next  after  Vanderbilt.  Some  of  the  clubs,  mainly 
composed  of  local  people,  have  large  preserves,  one  of 
these  being  around  Linville  Falls,  another  near 
Fayetteville.  High  Point,  however,  continues  to  be  the 
center  of  attraction  for  people  from  the  north  as  a 
place  for  dog  training  and  shooting.  There  are  a 
dozen  kennels  within  a radius  of  say  twenty  miles  of 
that  point. 

A very  large  number  of  deer  have  been  killed  during 
the  season  and  many  bear.  A man  from  Cherokee,  who 
was  chatting  with  Governor  Glenn  the  other  day,  the 
writer  being  present,  said  he  had  killed,  up  to  Christ- 
mas, ten  bear,  big  fellows  all  of  them.  This  man  ex- 
pressed a very  fine  contempt  for  the  bear  down  on  the 
coast,  saying  the  mountain  ones  ate  chestnus  and  the 
finest  kind  of  mast,  and  were  as  fat  as  butter  and,  to 
his  mind,  the  most  delightful  food  in  the  world.  He 
thinks  nothing  on  earth  is  so  healthful  as  bear’s  grease, 
and  appears  to  think  it  will  cure  insomnia,  provided 
enough  of  it  be  eaten.  In  this,  perhaps,  he  is  some- 
what like  the  late  Chief  Justice  of  this  State,  who  pre- 
scribed as  a cure  for  insomnia  a pint  of  well  roasted 
peanuts  and  a quart  of  fresh  milk  just  before  going  to 
bed.  A good  many  tried  this,  some  it  killed,  while 
others  recovered,  and  a few  were  able  to  pull  through 
without  getting  sick  at  all.  Fred  A.  Olds. 


State  Reservations* 

The  State  reservations  of  Massachusetts  provide  a 
safe  harbor  of  refuge  for  all  the  wild  children  of  her 
woods,  fields  and  waters.  They  soon  learn  that  they  are 
safe  from  the  gun  and  snare  of  the  fowler. 

The  ponds  of  the  Middlesex  Fells  are  the  favorite 
resorts  of  wildfowls  of  many  kinds — wild  geese,  black 
ducks,  teal,  wood  ducks,  mallard,  sheldrake,  sprigtail, 
coot  and  gulls. 

Spot  Pond,  the  largest  of  quite  a number  in  this  reser- 
vation, being  about  a mile  and  a half  long  and  from  a 
quarter  to  a half  mile  wide,  is  the  most  frequented  by 
the  wildfowl,  which  come  in  the  fall  months  by  thousands, 
staying  as  long  as  ice  will  permit,  and  returning  in  the 
spring  in  increased  numbers  as  soon  as  the  ice  disappears. 
They  would  doubtless  breed  here  but  for  these  reasons : 
the  lack  of  suitable  covers  on  the  shore  for  nesting  and 
the  thousands  of  visitors — it  being  only  ten  miles  from 
Boston — that  come  here  during  their  nesting  season,  when 
the  birds  must  have  seclusion. 

Some  years  ago — before  spring  shooting  was  abolished 
— I found  in  an  old  apple  tree  near  a large  pond  a wood 
duck’s  nest,  where  they  raised  a brood  of  young  every 
year  until  someone  took  the  eggs  or  young,  and  they 
never  returned.  On  the  shore  of  the  same  pond,  by  the 
side  of  a brook  that  runs  into  it,  a pair  of  black  ducks 
reared  their  young  every  year.  But  this  was  before  the 
summer  cottages  were  built  beside  all  the  large  ponds  as 
they  are  to-day,  which  prevents  their  nesting  where  these 
conditions  obtain.  But  there  are  thousands  of  acres  of 
marsh  lands  and  ponds  where  the  above  conditions  could 
be  eliminated,  and  with  State  control  they  could  breed 
undisturbed.  I have  no  doubt  that  some  time  in  the 
future  this  plan  will  be  adopted.  This  State  already  has 
fourteen  reservations,  besides  seven  parkways.  The  area 
of  the  reservations  run  from  ten  acres  up  to  more  than 
four  thousand.  The  three  largest,  Blue  Hill,  4,855  acres; 
Middlesex  Fells,  1,883  acres;  Wachusett  Mountain,  1,300 
acres;  others  not  as  large  also  afford  protection  to  all 
their  wild  inhabitants,  an  added  protection  to  our  song 
bfrds  as  well  as  to  the  game  birds,  as  no  guns  are  allowed 
there. 

The  time  is  at  hand  when  all  the  States  should  have 
preserves  where  the  game  and  song  birds  can  multiply 
undisturbed.  The  Audubon  Society,  started  in  a small 
way  nearly  a score  of  years  ago  by  Forest  and  Stream, 
has  grown  to  be  a great  power  in  the  land  for  the  pro- 
tection of  our  insectivorous  birds  that  are  of  so  much 
value  to  the  agriculturist  and  the  horticulturist.  If  the 
Shiras  Bill  becomes  a law,  it  will  be  a long  step  toward 
saving  our  migratory  game  and  song  birds. 

George  L.  Brown. 

[“American  Big  Game  in  Its  Haunts,”  the  last 


volume  of  the  Boone  and  Crockett  Club’s  books,  con- 
tains a complete  list  of  the  National,  State  and  timber 
reservations  of  the  United  States  and  Canada,  which  may 
profitabiy  be  studied  by  all  who  are  interested  in  this 
subject.] 


A Captured  Burnside. 


Palo  Alto,  Cal.,  Feb.  16. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 
Apropos  of  the  question  of  the  use  of  breechloading 
rifles  during  the  Civil  War,  I am  reminded  of  how  I 
came  into  possession  of  my  first  rifle.  In  the  fall  of 
1863,  I,  a lad  of  twelve  years,  crossed  the  Tennessee 
River  from  my  father’s  farm  to  visit  a cousin.  Late 
in  the  afternoon  on  the  day  of  my  visit  a small  squad 
of  Confederate  cavalry  rode  up  to  my  cousin’s  resi- 
dence. The  leader  proved  to  be  a neighbor  and  former 
schoolmate. 

“Howdy,  Joe,”  said  I,  “what  are  you  after?” 
“Yanks,”  said  he.  “Any  around  here?” 

“Yes,”  I answered,  “there  is  a picket  guard  just 
across  the  river.”  At  this  particular  time  the  Con- 
federates had  possession  of  the  south  bank  of  the 
river,  and  the  Federals  of  the  north  one.  “I’ll  point 
the  Yanks  out  to  you,  Joe,  if  you  want  to  take  a 
crack  at  them.” 

“All  right,”  he  answered,  and  ordered  his  men  to> 
dismount.  I led  them  through  a field  of  tall  corn  until 
we  reached  a point  just  opposite  the  Federal  pickets, 
who  numbered  about  a dozen  men.  Joe  told  his  men 
in  a whisper  that  he  would  emerge  on  the  open  river 
bank  alone  and  try  to  decoy  a couple  of  the  enemy  over 
to  the  south  bank.  Handing  his  rifle  to  one  of  the 
men.  he  rushed  down  the  sloping  bank,  hallooing  to 
the  Federal  guards.  Presently  one  of  them  asked  him 
what  he  wanted. 

"I  am  an  escaped  prisoner  and  the  Johnnies  are  right 
at  my  heels.  Bring  a skiff  over  quick  and  rescue  me.” 
The  Yanks  seemed  in  no  hurry  to  do  anything,  and 
Joe  redoubled  his  pleadings.  I saw  the  bluecoats 
bunch  up  for  a moment,  and  then  a half  dozen  of  them 
leveled  their  rifles  at  Joe  and  sent  their  messages  per 
Minie  balls.  Joe  rushed  up  the  bank  yelling  to  his  men 
to  give  ’em  hell!  After  exchanging  a hundred  or  so 
shots,  Joe  withdrew  his  men  and,  while  walking  back 
to  the  house,  he  showed  me  his  rifle,  which  was  bulged 
and  fissured  a couple  of  inches  from  the  muzzle. 

“Got  a wad  of  mud  in  it,  and  it’s  done  for.” 

“Sure,”  said  I;  “give  it  to  me.” 

“Take  it  and  I’ll  draw  another,”  said  he. 

I greedily  seized  the  piece  and  hid  it  in  a fence  cor- 
ner, where  it  lay  for  many  days  until  the  Federals  left 
our  immediate  neighborhood.  I found  it  to  be  a Burn- 
side rifle,  and  it  was  a great  curiosity  to  myself  and 
chums,  as  we  had  never  seen  a breechloader  before. 
Doubtless  the  weapon  had  been  captured  from  the 
Federals;  and  alas!  for  me,  they  soon  had  it  again, 
for,  as  no  civilian  was  allowed  to  have  weapons  of  any 
kind  in  his  possession,  my  father  made  me  hand  it  over 
to  the  first  command  that  passed  by.  Roeel. 


Success  in  Feeding  Quail. 

New  York,  Feb.  24. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream:  Ira  i 

reference  to  feeding  quail  during  the  heavy  snows,  I 
want  to  tell  yon,  and  others  interested,  how  our  warden 
has  taken  care  of  the  quail  on  6,000  acres  on  Long 
Island. 

On  Jan.  8,  we  shipped  him  ten  dozen  northern  Mis- 
souri quail,  which  he  put  in  five  coops  in  a warm 
barn.  All  went  well  for  eight  or  ten  days,  until  the  ' 
morning  of  the  nth,  when  he  found  two  dead.  On  the 
12th  there  were  three  dead;  on  the  13th  there  were  ■ 
five  dead.  All  the  dead  had  the  top  of  their  heads 
mutilated.  He  notified  us  to  that  effect,  and  our  advice 
was,  as  the  weather  was  then  quite  nice,  to  set  themi 
out.  It  appears  that  they  only  killed  one  another  ini 
four  of  the  crates;  in  the  fifth  they  appeared  to  be  alii 
right.  The.  following  morning  lie  set  eighty-four  birds;, 
at  liberty,  six  to  eight  in  each  place,  choosing  the  south 
side  of  the  brush  next  the  field.  In  each  place  he 
first  strewed  lots  of  food  and  cut  down  the  brush  into1 
a sort  of  house,  building  it  next  a small  tree.  Ont  | 
the  tree  he  bound  a sheaf  of  wheat,  about  two  feet: 
from  the  ground,  tying  it  with  rope  around  the  middle;:  i 
then  bent  down  the  wheat  mushroom-fashion,  so  that: 
if  snow  came  they  could  always  find  food.  The  quaili 
took  to  their  brush  houses  at  once.  He  went  out: 
every  other  day  and  always  found  them  there.  Them 
when  the  snow  came  and  covered  up  the  loose  foodl 
they  fed  on  the  sheaf  of  wheat,  sometimes  for  three  or 
four  days;  he  could  not  get  near  some  of  the  outlying 
birds,  but  after  roads  were  broken  and  the  birds  could! 
be  looked  after  again,  he  always  found  them  in  the 1 
same  place  in  good  condition. 

As  we  knew  of  twenty-one  coveys  of  birds  left  over 
from  last  year,  and  counting  the  new  birds  that  wer^e 
put  out,  there  were  thirty  coveys  in  all.  This  worked 
well  during  all  the  cold  and  snow,  and  he  assures  us 
that  he  knows  of  not  one  bird  killed  by  either  snow 
or  cold. 

But  the  foxes  and  hawks  have  done  all  the  mischief. 
They  have  killed  off  fully  15  per  cent,  of  the  game. 
It  was  a simple  story  that  could  be  read  after  each 
snow — the  tracks  of  the  fox  toward  the  roost,  the 
bunch  of  feathers  on  the  ground,  and  here  and  there 
a dead  quail  which  had  flown  against  a tree  in  the 
dark  and  killed  itself  when  the  fox  rushed.  As  our 
warden  explains  it,  he  thinks  he  could  have  saved  al- 
most all  the  birds  if  it  had  not  been  for  foxes  and 
hawks. 


FOREST  AND  STREAM* 


178 


March  4,  1905.] 


I read  with  iritertest  the  account  in  Forest  and 
Stream  a few  weeks  ago,  of  how  to  kill  of?  the  foxes, 
i but  we  do  not  care  to  use  poison.  I would  thank  any 
of  your  readers  who  would  tell  me  of  some  other 
way  to  do  it,  as  I am  sure  a large  percentage  of  game 
birds  are  killed  of?  during  the  snow  by  them. 

The  partridge  seems  to  be  better  able  to  take  care 
of  themselves.  Our  warden  reports  that,  in  one  day’s 
feeding  quail,  he  put  up  fifteen,  always  near  the  food 
that  was  strewn  for  the  quail;  and  there  is  no  doubt 
that  they,  as  well  as  other  birds,  have  found  it  a good 
feeding  place. 

The  other  crate  of  twenty-eight  birds  are  doing  well 
hi  the  barn,  and  we  will  not  liberate  them  until  next 
I month.  They  will  come  in  handy  to  fill  the  gaps  the 
j foxes  have  made, 

I always  thought  the  rabbits  could  take  care  of  them- 
, selves;  but  as  early  as  the  last  week  in  December  last, 
after  a thaw,  he  found  here  and  there  a dead  pile, 
which  had  been  snowed  under  and  never  moved.  That 
was  after  the  deep  snow  of  December,  18,  1904. 

G.  E.  I. 


Long  Island  Duck  Shooting. 


Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

For  shine  weeks  past  1 have  been  scanning  the  pages  of 
your  valued  paper  for  ah  announcement  of  youf  “plat- 
form” or  “plafik”  against  the  Long  island  hotel  keepers 
and  market  shooters,  who  dre  making  d nfost  strehiioils 
j effort  to  have  the  present  law  prohibiting  the  spring 
l shooting  of  duck,  geese,  brant  and  swan,  repealed  or 
^amended  for  their  special  benefit  as  against  the  interest  of 
the  sportsmen  and  people  of  all  the  rest  of  the  State.  Con- 
Isidering  the  rapid  decrease  in  the  number  of  these  birds, 
why  should  these  people,  or  the  people  of  any  particular 
[locality  where  these  birds  assemble  on  their  way  to  their 
breeding  grounds,  be  permitted  to  make  merchandise  of 
; them.  Their  commercial  value  is  but  little  in  the  spring. 
[They  have  been  hunted  and  shot  at  at  every  opportunity 
for  nearly  or  quite  font  months.  Their  fitness  as  food 
{is  said  td  be  questionable  at  this  season.  Again,  it  is  but 
a matter  of  d ffew  Weeks  of,  days  befofe  these  birds  will 
be  on  their  nests  producing  their  kind,  so  that, killing  them 
ip  the  spring  season  is  about  next  to  killing  them  on  their 
bests.  They  have  run  the  gauntlet  of  shot  and  shell  for 
•four  months,  and  should  they  not  be  now  permitted  to 
produce  their  kind  in  comparative  quiet? 

! We  have  no  game  of  any  kind  to-day  that  can  be  con- 
sidered as  amounting  to  a commercial  or  marketable 
factor,  so  why  should  some  short-sighted  or  selfish  people 
.be  permitted  to  make  use  of  this  remnant  of  a former 
'abundance  by  killing  for  the  market,  or  be  used  in  any 
,way  to  procure  guests  for  hotels  ? 

Every  sportsman  knows  full  well  that  our  game  is  be- 
coming less  and  less  each  year.  Shall  we  exterminate 
what  remains,  or  shall  we  preserve  and  protect  it  for  in- 
crease that  we,  and  those  who  are  to  follow  us  may  see 
an  occasional  one  of  some  of  the  species.  It  is  frequently 
said  by  those  Who  have  lived  to  see  tile  carrier  pigeon  atid 
buffalo  practically  exterminated,  that  the  same  fate  awaits 
our  migratory  game  birds.  Why  not  shorten  the  season 
and  limit  the  bag?  The  latter  is  not  easily  enforced,  but 
(sportsmen  would  heed  it. 

Let  us  hope  that  the  Shiras  Bill  becomes  a law,  and 
(that  we  shall  find  therein  something  effectual. 

A As  I am  informed,  New  York  State  has  more  shooting 


days  than  either  Maryland  or  North  Carolina.  Do  w® 
need  any  more?  I think  not. 

A State  License  Law  for  Non-Residents.  Residents 
and  Unnaturalized  Persons. 

Our  State  has  a reciprocal  license  law,  passed,  I think, 
in  1902,  and  it  has  proved  almost  an  absolute  failure.  I 
am  informed  that  but  one  license  has  been  issued  under 
it.  We  are  at  present  furnishing  free  hunting  and  fishing 
for  the  people  of  all  the  world. 

Thirty-one  of  our  States  and  Territories  and  the 
Provinces  of  Canada  all  require  a license  of  non-residenta, 
and  many  of  residents.  Massachusetts  and  some  States 
which  as  yet  have  none  are  agitating  the  subject,  and 
have  bills  already  introduced  in  their  Legislatures;  and 
so,  sportsmen  of  New  York  State,  is  it  not  a matter  of 
self-protection  that  we  have  one? 

Our  sportsmen  should  see  to  it  that  the  bill  providing 
therefor,  and  introduced  in  the  Senate  by  Senator  Arm- 
strong, becomes  a law.  This  measure  was  approved  by 
the  New  York  State  Fish,  Game  and  Forest  League  at  its 
annual  meeting  held  at  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  December,  1904. 
It  is  important  that  sportsmen  from  all  parts  of  the  State 
should  inform  their  respective  Senators  and  Assemblymen 
as  to  their  wishes,  and  if  they  will  do  so,  the  outcome  is 
certain.  J,  R.  F. 

Rochester,  N,  Y.,  Feb.  21. 


Increase  in  the  Price  of  Steel  Gun  Barrels. 

Consul  James  C.  McNally  writes  from  Liege, 
Belgium : “The  price  of  steel  gun  barrels  has  gone-  up 
almost  ioo  per  cent,  in  the  last  few  weeks,  and  manufac- 
turers refuse  to  quote  prices  for  future  delivery.  This 
rise  is  attributed  to  the  advance  in  the  price  of  steel. 
All  the  gun  barrel  manufacturers  are  running  full  time 
and  are  taxed  to  the  limit  of  their  capacity.  A manufac- 
turer of  note  here,  having  one  of  the  largest  plants  in  the 
world,  informs  me  that  he  has  already  booked  orders 
for  the  United  States  for  over  100,000  gun  barrels,  and 
that  orders  are  coming  in  more  rapidly  than  ever  before. 
This  condition  with  regard  to  gun  barrels  reflects  similar 
conditions  in  the  manufacture  of  guns.  The  trade  is  at 
present  booming,  and  1903  promises  to  be  a record  year 
in  the  industry  for  which  Liege  is  noted.” 


Keeper  (to  children  who  were  playing  in  a field) — 
“Now,  then,  what  business  have  you  to  be  in  here?  Don't 
you  see  the  notice  at  the  gate?”  Little  Girl — “Oh,  yes, 
please,  sir,  we  saw  a notice,  but  it  had  ‘Private’  on  it, 
so  we  didn’t  like  to  look.” — Glasgow  Evening  Times. 


“Sometimes  I wish,”  said  the  very  lazy  man,  “that  I 
liked  to  work,  so  it  wouldn’t  be  so  disagreeable  to  me 
when  I am  compelled  to  do  so.  And  then  I get  to  think- 
ing that  maybe  if  I liked  it  I would  he  at  it  all  the 
time,  and  I can’t  bear  the  thought.” — Baltimore  American. 


Customer — “Is  there  any  way  I can  have  the  durability 
of  this  suit  tested  before  leaving  the  store?” 

Clerk — “Oh,  yes,  sir.  We  have  a former  Pullman  car 
porter  engaged  just  to  brush  our  patrons  down  with  a 
whisk  broom.” — Chicago  News. 


Test  for  Foreign  Firearms  Returned  to  Liege 

for  Repair. 

James  C.  McNally,  Consul  at  Liege,  Belgium,  writes: 
A recent  decision  of  the  tribunal  in  Liege,  requiring 
tests  of  all  foreign  firearms  introduced  into  Liege  for 
repair,  established  a regulation  which  may  be  of  in- 
terest to  American  dealers  importing  from  this  city. 
A manufacturer  here  received  from  Germany  for  re- 
pair firearms  which  had  been  taken  apart,  whether  to 
facilitate  shipping  or  with  attempt  to  deceive  is  not 
stated.  They  were  duly  repaired,  put  in  order,  and 
returned  to  Germany  without  having  undergone  the 
usual  and  required  test  given  to  new  firearms.  The 
manufacturer  having  been  called  to  account  contended 
that  the  requirement  did  not  apply,  the  firearms  not 
being  new.  The  court,  however,  held  that  the  matter 
was  one  for  proper  investigation  and  appointed  an  ex- 
pert to  pass  upon  the  arms.  The  expert  declared  that 
they  were  practically  new,  and  therefore  came  within 
the  provisions  of  the  law  requiring  firearms  to  pass 
the  official  test.  The  report  was  approved,  and  the 
manufacturer  was  fined  300  francs  ($57-90),  and  censured 
by  the.  court.  This  has  been  a mooted  question  for 
some  time,  and  the  decision  is  declared  to  be  one  of 
importance,  


Albany  Legislation. 

Albany,  Feb,  27.— Senator  Drescher  has  introduced,  by  request 
(Int.  No,  4629,  a bill  amending  Section  67  of  the  game  law,  so  as 
to  provide  that  waters  which  have  been  stocked  by  the  State  with 
fish  since  April  17,  1896,  shall  be  open  to  the  public  to  fish  in,  and 
it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  State  Fish  and  Game  Commission  to 
keep  such  waters  open  to  the  public.  The  Commission  shall  post 
and  maintain  notices  or  sign  boards  at  conspicuous  places  at  or 
near  such  waters,  to  the  effect  that  the  water  has  been  stocked  by 
the  State  with  fish,  and  that  it  is  open  to  the  public  to  fish,  and 
shall  warn  all  persons  from  molesting  or  interfering  with  any  one 
wading  or  fishing  therein. 

Senator  Drescher  has  also  introduced,  by  request  (Tnt.  No.  451), 
a bill  amending  Section  202  of  the  game  law,  forbidding  owners 
of  private  land,  not  parks,  from  maintaining  notices  of  trespass,  if 
pond  or  stream  on  such  land  has  been  stocked  with  fish  by  the 
State  since  April  17,  1896. 

Assemblyman  Santee  has  introduced  a bill  (Int.  No.  737)  amend- 
ing Section  170  of  the  game  law  so  as  to  increase  from  fiity  to 
sixty  the  number  of  game  protectors  to  be  appointed  by  the  State 
Commission.  ' One  of  the  new'  appointees  shall  reside  in  each  of 
the  following  counties:  Albany,  Niagara,  Orleans,  Ontario, 

Broome,  Chemung,  Genesee,  and  Steuben. 

Other  Assembly  bills  introduced  were: 

By  Assemblyman  Whitney  (Int.  No.  7S4),  adding  a new  section, 
to  be  known  as  73a,  so  as  to  provide  that  nets  may  be  used  from 
July  15  to  Dec.  1,  both  inclusive,  in  the  waters  of  Lake  Ontario 
in  the  towns  of  Sandy  Creek  and  Richland,  Oswego  county,  ex- 
cept the  waters  within  one-half  mile  either  way  from  the  mouth 
of  the  Salmon  River  and  the  mouth  of  the  outlet  of  Big  Sandy 
Pond. 

By  Assemblyman  Wade  (Int.  No.  771),  providing  that  the  close 
season  for  trout  in  Putnam  county  shall  be  from  April  15  to 
Nov.  1,  both  inclusive. 

Senator  Cobb  has  had  reconsidered  and  laid  on  the  table  the 
vote  by  which  the  Senate  passed  his  bill  (Int.  142),  amending 
Section  4S,  so  as  to  provide  that  maskinonge  less  than  twenty-four 
inches  in  length  shall  not  be  possessed,  and  if  taken,  shall,  with- 
out injury,  be  immediately  returned  to  the  water  where  taken. 

The  Assembly  has  advanced  to  third  reading  the  bill  of  Assem- 
blyman Monroe  (Int.  No.  640)  relative  to  the  close  season  of 
trout  in  Tompkins  county. 

The  Senate  has  advanced  to  third  reading  Assemblyman  Wade’s 
bill  (Int.  No.  249)  providing  that  meshes  of  nets  in  Lake  Erie 
shall  not  be  less  than  1%-inch  bar. 

A joint  session  of  the  fish  and  game  committees  of  the  Senate 
and  the  Assembly  was  held  the  past  week  to  listen  to  arguments 
for  and  against  the  Burr-Reeve  bill  to  repeal  the  Brown  law  pro? 
hibiting  duck  shooting  in  the  spring,  so  far  as  it  affects  Suffolk 
county.  The  speakers  against  the  proposition  to  repeal  the  law 
were  mostly  from  central  New  York,  while  those  favoring  the 
Burr-Reeve  bill  were  in  the  main  Long  Islanders.  The  com- 
mittees took  no  action  on  the  measure. 


The  Log  of  a Sea  Angler* 

SY  CHARLES  F.  HOLDER,  AUTHOR  OF  “ANGLING,”  “BIG  GAME 
FISHES,”  ETC. 

VII. — A Regular  Sea  Serpent. 

The  conventional  idea  of  a coral  reef  and  the  reef  itself 
are  two  different  things.  Not  one  person  in  ten  thousand 
has  seen  a living  coral  reef,  and  the  white  bleached  coral 
[■of  the  shops  that  dot  the  landscape  in  every  northern 
'town  pass  as  coral;  but  this  is  dead,  is  the  skeleton. 
.Again,  the  coral  is  supposed  to  be  made  by  an  “insect.” 

■ Montgomery  the  poet  long  ago  described  the  “coral  in- 
•::seciT  as  working  “ceaselessly,”  and  all  the  labors  of 
'(zoologists  and  text-book  writers  will  doubtless  be  unable 
jtc  overcome  this. 

The  coral  animal  is  a polyp,  a sea  anemone-like  creature 
(that  takes  lime  from  the  water,  secretes  it  in  and  about 
itself,  building  up  a little  cell  upon  which  others  appear, 
fas  the  branch  in  corals,  or  the  polyps  lie  in  grooves,  and 
|jthe  community  takes  the  form  of  a gigantic  coral  head, 
as  in  brain  coral,  or  star  coral  (Astraa),  or  there  is  one 
ilarge  polyp  a foot  long,  as  in  Fungia. 

■![  Nearly  all  reef  corals  alive  are  olive. colored;  Astrangia, 
rrla  northern  coral,  being  the  only  white  variety,  and  the 
' [great  masses  here  covered  miles  of  reef.  The  common 
( variety  is  the  branch  coral,  which  covers  the  reef  in 
great  plantations,  and  is  cut  in  streets  and  pathways  in 
'every  direction.  This  coral  rises  from  two  to  three  feet 
u'in  shallow  water,  but  on  the  edges  of  the  canon-like  chan- 
■nel,  a turquoise-tinted  artery  winding  in  and  out.  The 
■branches  extend  a foot  or  more  and  resemble  the  antlers 
|of  the  elk.  The  food  conditions  are  doubtless  better  in 
■this  locality. 

The  delights  in  drifting  over  this  garden  of  the  sea  can- 
i not  be  adequately  described.  The  wealth  of  color,  appeal- 
ing to  even  a stagnant  sense  of  the  beautiful,  the  mauve 
of  the  lagoon  floor,  the  deep  olive  of  the  coral  trees  and 
groves;  the  greens  or  algse  patches,  the  yellow  and  black 
if  whips  of  crayfishes  which  waved  under  every  branch,  the 
•Ifsplendid  masses  of  vivid  blue,  yellows  and  greens  front 


hordes  of  resplendent  fishes  that  pose  against  the  coral, 
'the  labrodorite  hue  of  the  channel,  the  splendor  of  the 
vermilion  clouds  into  which  the  sun  rises  and  sets,  the 
splashes  of  pearl  and  royal  purple  on  the  surface  in 
Ianthian  and  others,  and  over  all  the  mysterious  verti- 
ginous haze  of  the  heat  rays  distorting,  melting,  confus- 
ing all  objects  near  and  far. 

The  great  lagoons  and  forests  of  coral  are  the  homes 
of  myriads  of  creatures,  and  a diversion  that  never 
wearied  was  drifting  over  the  surface,  grains  in  hand,  or 
wading  along  in  search  of  shells  or  rare  corals.  Each 
coral  branch  was  the  home  of  thousands  of  animals,  par- 
ticularly the  beautiful  micramock,  a spotted  Cyprsea,  the 
comman  shell  seen  on  mantel  and  table  in  the  country 
from  Maine  to  Alaska. 

These  shells  live  in  the  branch  coral,  where  1 often  had 
to  break  the  points  to  secure  them,  and  here  the  secret  of 
how  they  preserve  their  wonderful  polish  is  seen.  The 
shell  appears  when  seen  like  a black  egg-shaped  mass, 
and  when  picked  up  is  found  to  be  the  beautiful  shell, 
the  animal  or  owner  of  which  has  thrown  out  a delicate 
covering  entirely  concealing  and  protecting  it  from  the 
slightest  scratch.  I spent  a portion  of  each  day  with 
Chief,  John  or  Bob  wading  and  towing  the  dinghy,  stop- 
ping  to  lift  a twenty  of  thirty-pound  mass  of  coral  and 
place  it  on  the  little  deck,  from  which  scores  of  strange 
animals  would  drop  and  scurry  to  be  caught.  Among  the 
corals  the  so-called  brain  corals  were  the  most  attractive 
from  their  size.  Some  on  the  edge  of  the  channel  I esti- 
mated were  four  feet  high  and  six  or  seven  feet  across, 
like  old  oaks  blasted  and  riven.  They  were  hollowed  out, 
forming  enormous  vases  in  which  were  posed  gorgeous 
angel  fishes,  parrot  fishes  and  many  more. 

One  hot  morning  I was  poling  along  when  I came  upon 
a plantation  of  heads  scattered  for  one  hundred  feet  along 
the  edge  of  the  channel.  From  beneath  each  came  a 
fringe  of  crayfish  whips,  big  fellows  weighing  possibly 
ten  or  fifteen  pounds,  while  the  interiors  were  veritable 
aquariums.  In  one  I noticed  a peculiar  black  pointed 
head,  and  having  a hazy,  indefinite  notion  as  to  what  it 
was.  put  the  grains  into  it,  to  have  them  as  promptly 
jerked  out  of  my  hands.  Grasping  the  cord  I found  I 


had  struck  a moray  that,  so  far  as  strength  was  con- 
cerned, was  a young  sea  serpent ; but  I finally  got  it  to  the 
surface,  and  stepping  on  to  the  rail,  slid  it  in,  partly  by 
its  own  volition. 

I believe  I never  was  more  surprised,  as  this  fish  proved 
to  be  a giant,  with  a mouth  and  fangs  like  a boa  con- 
strictor, which  it  opened  as  it  dashed  at  Bob,  who  was 
sculling.  He  struck  a mighty  blow  at  it,  but  missing, 
turned  and  sprang  overboard  into  water  about  up  to  his 
waist.  I jerked  the  monster  back  by  the  cord,  when  it 
turned  on  me,  and  being  unarmed  I did  the  next  best 
thing,  took  to  the  woods,  and  sprang  up  the  mast  of  the 
dinghy,  to  which  was  lashed  a spritsail.  I succeeded  in 
getting  my  legs  out  of  range  of  this  sea  serpent,  when 
the  dinghy  promptly  capsized,  my  weight  hauling  her  over, 
where  she  filled,  and  the  moray  wriggled  overboard. 

Fortunately  I had  kept  the  end  of  the  grains  cord,  and 
we  made  it  fast  to  the  painter  and  hauled  dinghy  and  sea 
serpent  ashore.  The  latter  was  over  eight  feet  in  length, 
its  body  as  large  around  as  my  thigh,  as  near  a sea  ser- 
pent as  one  could  imagine. 

No  fish  in  the  sea  presents  so  ferocious  and  ugly  an 
appearance  as  _ this,  and  while  its  bite  is  not  strictly 
poisonous,  it  is  dangerous.  A moray’s  teeth  are  sharp 
fangs  which  cut  and  lacerate,  tear  and  bite  like  those  of  a 
dog.  I had  no  apologies  to  make  for  my  retreat,  Bob  hav- 
ing set  the  example,  and  I found  all  the  men  held  the 
moray  as  a dangerous  fish. 

We  hauled  the  ugly  creature  upon  the  sands,  and  John 
skinned  it,  and  I must  say  that  broiled  moray  is  an  ex- 
cellent dish;  then  there  was  a barbaric  satisfaction  in 
eating  an  enemy.  In  some  localities  it  was  impossible  to 
fish  on  account  of  the  number  of  morays  which  came  up 
ready  to  attack  anything  or  anybody,  and  when  we  felt 
something  coming  up  like  a rock  we  generally  looked 
over,  and  if  it  was  a seeming  coil  of  snakes  cut  it  away. 

I had  decided  to  make  a collection  of  corals,  so  a sur- 
vey was  made  of  the  reef,  and  we  selected  the  most  sym- 
metrical pieces  we  could  find.  Many  I dived  for,  and  some 
few  leaf  corals  on  the  edge  of  the  channel  it  was  neces- 
sary to  pry  off  with  a bar.  These  we  placed  on  the 
beach  in  the  sun  until  they  were  dead,  then  when  de= 


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composition  had  taken  place  they  were  rinsed  in  water 
until  the  dead  animal  matter  was  all  removed,  this  opera- 
tion being  repeated  several  times  for  a week;  then  the 
specimens  were  placed  in  the  hot  sun  and  soon  bleached 
a pure  white. 

Some  of  the  “heads”  I found  must  have  weighed 
several  tons,  and  these  it  was  impossible  to  remove.  Each 
coral  had  a habit  and  environment  peculiarly  its  own. 
One  which  we  called  rose  coral,  a Caryophyllia,  I found 
only  in  deep  water  and  got  it  by  diving.  Others  grew 
among  weeds  in  the  shallows,  some  on  the  side  of  the 
channel.  But  the  most  remarkable  growth  was  found  in 
the  hull  of  an  old  ship.  How  long  ago  this  vessel  had 
been  wrecked  no  one  knew.  She  was  built  like  a frigate 
of  the  old  class,  and  evidently  had  been  driven  in  by  a 
southeast  hurricane,  carried  far  over  into  the  lagoon  and 
dropped  in  the  branch  coral  plantation. 

At  very  low  tide  I could  just  wade  around  her.  Her 
hull  was  a mass  of  teredo  shells,  nearly  all  the  wood- 
work having  disappeared;  but  where  the  hold  had  been 
was  the  most  luxuriant  growth  of  branch  coral  I had  ever 
seen,  calling  to  mind  weeds  or  plants  that  grow  always 
rank  and  tall  in  the  shade.  The  entire  hull  had  doubtless 
been  filled  with  coral,  so  the  old  ship’s  cargo  was  now 
alive. 

About  an  eighth  of  a mile  from  here,  in  poling  over  the 
reef  I noted  in  about  ten  feet  of  water  a long,  narrow 
outline,  and  diving  down  found  it  was  a cannon.  By  suc- 
cessive dives  I scraped  the  sand  and  mud  away  and  dis- 
closed its  entire  length,  later  getting  it  up.  This  was  ac- 
complished by  continuous  diving.  We  remained  down  as 
long  as  possible  and  dug  out  the  sand  beneath  it,  finally 
passing  a rope  under  the  gun.  A flat  scow  was  then 
brought  out,  a derrick  rigged,  and  we  took  ashore  an 
old  Spanish  gun  of  the  seventeenth  century  bearing  the 
arms  of  Spain  still  plainly  to  be  seen.  How  so  large  a 
gun  had  gotten  into  such  shallow  water  was  something,  of 
a mystery,  but  it  was  possibly  a gun  of  the  old. ship  which 
the  crew  may  have  tried  to  take  ashore  and  failed. 

To  lie  on  the  sloping  deck  of  the  old  vessel  and  look, 
unsuspected,  into  this  living  cargo  was  one  of  the  delights 
of  the  reef,  as  here  could  be  found  nearly  every  fish  of  the 
region.  Near  here  the  floor  of  the  lagoon  in  five  feet  of 
water  abounded  in  conchs,  and  long  worm-like  trepan.gs, 
the  holothuria  of  the  Chinese,  that  are  caught  and  dried 
off  the  Malay  peninsula  and  shipped  to  China,  where  they 
are  eaten.  To  impale  one  on  the  grains  meant  an  hour’s 
work  to  take  it  off,  so  tough  were  these  creatures,  and  I 
often  wondered  what  portion  the  Chinese  eat,  and  how 
much  beating  and  boiling  is  required. 

The  “tenderfoot”  wonders  how  the  so-called  Conchs  eat 
conch,  the  animal  being  as  tough  as  rubber ; but  the  secret 
is  to  pound  them  with  a club  or  rock  and  break  the  tissue, 
then  conch  is  possible.  This  is  the  secret  of  cooking 
abalone.  I knew  an  epicure  who  delighted  with  abalone 
chowder,  attempted  to  boil  the  shellfish,  and  at  the  end 
of  two  days  gave  it  up.  To  cook  abalone  it  should  be 
placed  in  a bag  and  pounded  with  a stone  until  it  is  per- 
fectly soft,  then  it  is  a delicacy  indeed. 

These  are  “gulfs  enchanted,”  yet  life  is  not  always  a 
dream.  Yesterday  Bob  and  I went  out  into  deep  water 
after  kingfish,  and  we  had  the  sport  of  kings,  trolling 
up  and  down  the  long  fringing  reef  that  made  music  in  its 
roar.  There  had  been  a storm  to  the  eastward  somewhere 
for  several  days,  reaching  us  as  a heavy  swell  that  piled 
in  upon  the  long  line  of  dead  coral  rock,  making  this  a 
cheveaux  de  frise  for  its  full  length. 

We  went  out  through  the  main  channel,  kept  on  to  the 
south,  and  had  made  a good  catch  when  Bob  pointed  out 
a black  spot  to  the  east.  It  did  not  look  larger  than 
a closed  hand,  but  grew  under  my  gaze  like  a living  thing, 
growing  wider  and  higher.  It  was  a black  squall  and  had 
already  killed  the  wind,  our  sail  hanging  motionless. 

Bob  looked  around  a moment,  then  expressed  the 
opinion  that  we  were  in  a hole.  It  was  impossible  to 
reach  the  channel  to  get  into  the  lagoon,  and  to  cross 
the  line  of  surf  looked  like  the  worst  hurdle  I had  ever 
faced  on  sea  or  land.  Bob  quickly  decided  it;  he  took 
down  the  sprit  and  made  a leg-o’ -mutton  out  of  our  big 
sail,  made  everything  fast  in  the  dinghy,  then  kicked  off 
his  shoes — a suggestive  move  which  I followed. 

“There’s  a chance  of  our  getting  over,  boss,”  he  said, 
“but  I reckon  in  the  wind  that’s  coming  we’re  liable  to 
miss  it;  but  if  she  misses  and  goes  over,  ies’  keep  right 
through  the  surf.  There’s  so  many  doggon  sharks  here 
that’s  it’s  onpleasant.” 

Briefly,  Bob  was  going  to  try  to  jump  the  mass  of  foam 
—take  the  ocean  hurdle— and  I learned  afterward  there 
was  a small  “five-foot  channel”  pilots  used  in  calm 
weather  through  which  a dinghy  could,  by  a special  dis- 
pensation, pass.  By  this  time  the  air  looked  as  though  the 
end  of  the  world  had  come.  The  sky  was  copper  colored, 
a deep  red,  the  water  a disk  of  steel,  the  whole  heavens 
presenting  a weird  and  gruesome  appearance.  I have 
never  seen  a change  come  on  so  rapidly.  It  was  appalling, 
and  I pulled  off  my  coat,  tied  the  sleeves  around  the  seat, 
and  as  Bob  took  the  oar  to  steer,  I grasped  the  sheet  in 
very  light  swimming  costume.  Out  from  the  red  cloud 
came  a long,  attenuated  finger  of  pearly  cloud,  apparently 
not  two  hundred  feet  from  the  water,  and  beneath  it  the 
glassy  sea  was  now  cut  in  every  direction  by  currents  of 
wind"  like  gashes  of  a knife,  and  far  behind  I could  see 
a wall  of  white. 

A strange  sound,  weird,  moaning,  became  apparent,  and 
then,  as  though  a gun  had  been  fired,  a blast  of  wind 
struck  the  rag  of  a sail  and  almost  lifted  the  dinghy  out 
of  the  water,  and  I saw  Bob’s  scheme.  He  was  going  to 
take  the  one  chance  of  riding  over  the  reef  before  the 
squall.  The  furies  were  behind  us,  and  we  certainly  raced 
with  them.  I never  sailed  quite  so  fast  as  I did  lying  on 
my  back  holding  to  the  slack  of  the  sheet  that  had  a turn 
about  the  seat.  We  fairly  flew  and  quickly  hit  the  outer 
swell  annd  were  in  the  heart  of  the  breakers  where  the 
full  force  of  the  black  squall  struck  us. 

I thought  the  mast  would  go,  but  Bob  shouted,  /‘Hang 
on!”  I can  see  him  now  crouching,  red-faced,  his  gray 
hair  flying,  his  bloodshot  eyes  gazing  at  the  maelstrom 
ahead,  his  hairy  chest  exposed  to  the  storm,  his  big  fists 
gripping  the  oar,  weighing  the  chances. 

Every  moment  a great  sea  came  rolling  in,  and  we  rose 
with  it ; and  if  being  shot  out  of  a gun  is  any  more  excit- 
ing, I shall  hone  to  be  spared.  But  as  fast  as  we  went, 
the’ sea  slipped  away  from  us  and  broke.  For  a moment 
% saw  the  bare,  jagged  refefcs  on  all  sides,  heard  the  grind- 


FOREST AND  STREAM. 


ing  wall  of  rocks  sawing  one  upon  another,  then  a great 
mass  of  foam  struck  us  and  in  darkness  that  could  be 
ocmpared  only  to  night,  and  in  a pandemonium  of  sounds, 
we  seemed  to  be  crushed  out  of  existence. 

Exactly  what  happened  I never  knew,  but  I found  my- 
self standing  in  the  water  about  waist-deep  in  the  lagoon, 
with  the  wind  tearing  the  water  out  of  its  basin  and  liter- 
ally hurling  it  into  the  air,  and  not  far  away  the  dinghy 
full  and  Bob  trying  to  hold  the  painter.  We  towed  her 
further  in,  wading  before  the  squall,  and  when  it  had 
passed,  as  it  did  very  rapidly,  I saw  that  we  had  accom- 
plished the  impossible — had  "by  sheer  good  luck  taken  the 
hurdle  of  the  reef  before  a virtual  hurricane.  Bob  never 
explained  it,  but  I believe  I was  never  quite  so  near  that 
shipmate  Davy  Jones  before  or  since.  There  really  is 
something  in  fisherman’s  luck,  as  our.  string  of  kingfish 
was  still  in  the  boat  where  they  had  been  lashed. 

If  the  kingfish  was  a fresh-water  fish  and  could  be 
taken  along  some  lake  or  stream,  the  ouananiche  or  sal- 
mon would  be  retired,  as  no  more  splendid  fighter  or 
better  general  can  be  found  when  played  with  a rod;  in- 
deed, half  the  tropical  fishes  are  known  only  from  report, 
and  these  are  taken  on  the  hand-line,  which,  being  “a 
dead  sure  thing,”  does  not  develop  their  true  game 
qualities. 

On  one  side  of  the  key  the  water  shoaled  very  gradually, 
and  six  hundred  feet  from  shore  it  was  not  six  feet  deep. 
This  was  the  home  of  the  mullet  and  sardine,  and  here 
lurked  the  barracuda — to  my  mind  one  of  the  most  gamy 
and  intelligent  of  all  fishes.  To  wade  along  the  shallow 
edge  of  this  lagoon  and  cast  in  front  of  this  fish  was  one 
of  the  angling  joys  of  the  reef.  Here  the  sand,  made  up 
of  ground  shell  and  the  limy  secretions  of  a certain  sea 
weed,  was  a very  light  gray,  and  the  three-foot  barracuda 
assumed  the  tint  so  exactly  that  for  a long  time  I dis- 
tinguished them  with  great  difficulty.  Poising,  almost  in- 
visible, they  crept  like  cats  upon  the  stupid  mullet,  and 
half  the  pleasure  of  the  fishing  was  to  watch  this  con- 
tinued warfare  and  its  success.  Crouching  close  to  the 
bottom,  head  on,  the  fish  moved  by  the  most  delicate  and 
almost  imperceptible  motion  of  its  fins.  A mere  auto- 
maton it  appeared,  only  the  fierce  black  eyes  telling  the 
story. 

I would  wade  out  and  often  stand  for  half  an  hour 
motionless  trying  to  fool  one  of  these  barracudas,  casting 
my  small  sardine  bait  beyond  and  endeavoring  to  simulate 
life  in  it  so  that  the  fish  would  strike. 

Twenty  times  I would  bring  the  sharp-nosed  game  to 
the  very  point.  Twenty  times  I have  known  it  to  break, 
back  off,  after  contemptuously  nosing  it,  and  then  when 
I was  in  despair  at  my  luck,  skill,  or  whatever  you  may 
call  it,  the  fish  would  dash  ahead  and  seize  it  like  a tiger. 
It  had  the  taste  and  smell  of  blood ; everything  looked  red 
to  it,  and  it  rose  determinedly  to  the  surface  and  bolted 
the  big  bait,  all  the  time  eyeing  me  with  defiant  look. 

Here  indeed  was  a game  that  was  game,  and  how  he 
fought ! How  he  drew  me  on  and  on,  reaching  for  the 
channel,  and  had  I not  been  in  need  of  barracuda,  having 
passed  my  word  to  a certain  red-faced  ex-topgallant  mast 
that  I would  provide  just  such  a barracuda  for  supper, 
why,  he  would  have  escaped  in  some  miraculous  manner. 

As  it  was,  I fought  him  along  the  shining  sands  just  as 
the  sun  sank  into  vermilion  clouds  and  great  rays  went 
streaming  upward;  fought  him  so  far  that  I could 
almost  imagine  I heard  the  syncopated  melodies  of  some 
yellow  friends  far  down  the  reef  on  the  next  key. 

After  all,  angling  is  not  the  killing  alone,  but  what  you 
see,  feel  and  hear  while  you  are  endeavoring  to  land  the 
game,  and  this  came  home  every  day  in  and  about  this 
camp  on  the  reef  in  what  some  people  would  doubtless 
consider  the  most  God-forsaken  spot  on  the  globe.  Sand 
and  water  everywhere. 

The  island  was  directly  in  the  line  of  bird  migration, 
and  after  every  gale  hundreds  of  birds  would  be  seen 
driven  in,  rails  and  gallinules  so  tame  that  I frequently 
caught  them — beautiful,  radiant-eyed  creatures,  eyes  of 
innocence  if  expression  goes  for  anything.  The  bush  at 
these  times  would  be  filled  with  warblers,  flocks  of 
coccoos,  bluebirds,  and  others,  and  before  long  they  would 
start,  having  before  them  a flight  of  at  least  three  hun- 
dred miles  over  water.  Later  in  going  from  here  to  the 
Pass  Christian,  two  hundred  and  fifty  or  three  hundred 
miles,  many  birds  joined  us  in  mid-gulf,  and  a wood- 
pecker (flicker)  did  me  the  honor  to  share  my  stateroom 
one  night. 

Early  the  next  morning  I smelt  land,  and  imparting 
this  information  to  my  guest,  opened  the  door,  when, 
without  even  a “Gracias,  senor,”  it  darted  away  in  the 
direction  of  that  land  smell,  and  followed  up  the  trail  out 
of  sight.  An  hour  later  I saw  smoke  and  then  land. 
Many  birds  are  blown  off  the  Texan  coast  at  night  and 
make  the  ocean  flight  from  the  Guineas  to  Louisiana,  rest- 
ing at  Cuba,  the  Florida  islands,  from  there  making  the 
flight  across  the  Gulf.  This  is  to  some  extent  true  of  the 
tarpon,  whose  migrations  take  it  from  all  along  the  Cen- 
tral American  coast  up  to  Florida,  Texas,  and  even  to 
Long  Island  at  times — as  marked  a migration  as  that  of 
the  birds. 

Chief  said  Bob  was  not  much  to  look  at,  but  he  was 
great  on  broiled  barracuda,  and  when  John  blew  the 
conch,  that  has  a tone  like  nothing  on  earth  or  under  it, 
there  was  my  barracuda  broiled  whole  with  a hard-boiled 
gull’s  egg  in  its  mouth  in  default  of  lemon  that  was  one 
hundred  varas  away.  John  was  a wag  in  his  way,  and  the 
morning  after  he  had  been  struck  on  the  head  by  a gull’s 
egg  he  turned  to  Bob  and  said,  “Bob,  if  you  see  any  eggs 
fall,  jest  catch  ’em  on  the  fly,  will  you?  I want  one  to 
settle  this  yer  coffee.”  At  this  moment  the  air  was  filled 
with  terns,  altogether  the  most  remarkable  sight  in  the 
way  of  birds  I had  ever  seen,  while  the  noise  was  an  in- 
describable roar,  caused  by  the  fact  that  Chief  was  some- 
where crossing  the  island  from  the  north  beach  loaded 
with  the  best  parts  of  a green  turtle. 


One  of  the  late  Prof.  Huxley’s  best  stories  is  of  an 
Irish  painter  who  was  observed  covering  the  side  of  a 
house  with  a fresh  coat  of  green,  applied  at  a furious 
rate  of  speed.  A passerby,  noticing  the  workman’s  evi- 
dent haste,  inquired  the  cause  of  his  hurry. 

“Sure,”  replied  the  Irishman,  glancing  uneasily  at  his 
half-empty  bucket,  “Oi’m  trying  to  finish  me  worrk  on 
this  wall  before  the  paint  runs  out.”— Harper’s  Weekly. 


[[March  4,1905. 


Striped  Bass  of  the  Pacific  Coast. 

Sacramento,  Cal.,  Feb.  20. — If  striped  bass  increase  in 
the  same  ratio  on  the  California  coast  during  the  ensuing 
ten  years  as  they  have  within  the  past  nine,  these  waters 
will  be  so  overrun  that  there  will  be  no  room  for  other 
game  fishes.  The  bass  was  brought  from  the  east  and 
placed  in  these  waters  about  half  a score  of  years  ago. 
Prof.  David  Starr  Jordan  predicted  that  he  would  obey 
the  Biblical  inj  unction  to  “be  fruitful  and  multiply,”  and 
Prof.  Jordan  is  not  a false  prophet;  neither  does  he  wear 
the  beard  of  a false  prophet;  neither  is  he  without  honor 
save  in  his  own  country.  To-day  there  is  scarcely  a north 
Pacific  coast  river  or  estuary  that  does  not  teem  with 
thousands  of  this  gamy  fighter  and  most  toothsome  deli- 
cacy. Already  he  has  penetrated  far  beyond  tidewater 
up  the  Sacramento  and  other  rivers,  and  residents  of  this 
pretty  little  city  are  already  polishing  up  their  tackle  for 
the  time  when  the  Sacramento  recedes  to  normal  and  the 
waters  clarify. 

Taking  striped  bass  with  light  tackle  is  truly  exhilarat- 
ing sport,  and  I hope  to  see  the  time  when  no  Pacific 
coast  angler  will  go  forth  with  an  outfit  which  affords 
this  graceful  fighter  no  chance  whatever  once  he  is 
hooked.  Superficially  it  looks  to  the  writer  as  though 
the  average  troller  was  bent  on  making  the  sport  a “sure 
thing” — as  though  he  were  reducing  it  to  the  same  “sys- 
tem” with  which  he  relentlessly  pursues  “business”  in 
order  to  insure  success.  For  some  take  away  that  ele- 
ment of  uncertainty  which  ought  to  characterize  the  play-  , 
ing  of  a gamy  antagonist,  and  all  zest  is  gone.  Anchor 
a stout  hook  in  the  maw  of  a poor  bass,  attach  an  un- 
breakable line  to  a sufficiently  capable  derrick,  and  there 
is  no  doubt  about  the  result.  Substitute  for  these  condi-  , 
tions  a light  rod  whose  factor  of  safety  is  limited  save  in 
careful  hands,  and  other  similar  conditions,  and  a lover  of 
the  sport  has  something  to  whet  his  zest. 

A dozen  or  more  years  ago  it  was  my  almost  weekly 
pleasure,  in  company  with  Mr.  George  Moulton,  Mr. 
Timothy  Flynn,  Mr.  Jonathan  Steele,  or  other  of  that 
coterie  of  rare  sportsmen,  to  hie  us  to  the  roaring  waters 
of  Hell  Gate  and  put  in  a day  of  unexcelled  pleasure 
in  pursuit  of  the  gamy  striped  bass  who  eked  his  living, 
and  something  more,  from  these  churning  waters,  luring 
him  to  battle  from  off  Hog’s  Back,  where  currents  leap 
and  crash  like  a millrace,  or  from  the  silent  and  great 
depths  of  The  Willows,  or  athwart  the  upper  end  of  for-  j 
bidding  old  Blackwell.  Such  excursions  were  sure- 
enough  all-day  affairs,  beginning  at  4 A.  M.  and  extending 
far  into  the  night,  for  our  bass  is  a night  feeder,  and  1 
often  can  be  taken  only  with  the  aid  of  moonlight.  Rare,  i 
indeed,  was  the  sport  one  sometimes  enjoyed  when  gamy  j 
old  silversides  was  out  after  the  juicy  white  worm.  On  1 
one  such  occasion  Mr.  Moulton  (with  my  assistance) 
captured  upward  of  100  pounds  of  bass,  ranging  from 
three  to  twelve  pounds  weight.  And  on  many  another 
occasion  we  trolled,  and  trolled,  and  trolled  again,  till 
both  varieties  of  bait — canned  and  bottled — were  ex-  j 
hausted,  and  the  cusps  of  the  new  moon — clean  and  bright  j 
as  a hound’s  “tushes”— shone  high  in  the  starry  zenith, 
yet  we  fared  home  without  so  much  as  a single  scale.  1 
Thanks  to  Mr.  Rockefeller’s  “business  enterprise,”  so 
much  Standard  oil  came  to  mingle  with  the  waters  of  this  i 
channel  that  the  bass  finally  betook  themselves  to  other 
feeding  grounds,  and  the  anglers  of  New  York  lost  one  of  | 
their  best  outing  places.  Later  someone  discovered  fine  \ 
bass  fishing  on  the  Susquehanna,  where  the  Baltimore  1, 
and  Ohio  and  Pennsylvania  railroads  cross,  and  we  \ 
turned  to  that  far-away  region  for  sport. 

For  the  “real  thing”  in  bass  fishing,  however,  one  must  ; 
try  these  western  waters.  I have  no  particular  place  to 
recommend ; almost  any  place  will  do.  The  average  size 
of  the  California  striped  bass  is  seven  pounds — so  I am 
informed  on  good  authority — and  I can  readily  believe  the  j 
statement  from  the  specimens  I have  landed  myself  and 
seen  in  such  profusion  in  the  market  places.  Some  have 
been  taken  as  large  as  forty  pounds.  The  law  limits  the 
size  to  three  pounds;  it  is  open  season  the  year  round,  i 
Formerly  it  was  legal  to  take  one-pounders,  and  June  was 
the  only  close  season.  In  eastern  waters  trolling  js  the  . 
really  killing  method.  Trolling  is  the  favorite  method 
here,  also,  though  still-fishing  is  pursued  with  consider-  . 
able  success.  The  details  of  the  eastern  and  western  • 
methods  differ  materially.  The  striped  bass  seems  to  have 
become  a much  less  dainty  feeder  since  his  transplanta-  j 
tion  to  these  waters.  Perhaps  as  he  grows  wiser  and 
warier  he  will  require  more  tempting  bait,  to  take  him. 
Imagine,  if  you  can,  taking  a right-minded  bass  in  Hell 
Gate  with  a big  “gob”  of  clam  stuck  on  a hook  so 
obviously  that  it  would  not  fool  a cross-eyed  crab. 
Understand,  I do  not  mean  to  say  it  could  not  have  been 
done ; perhaps  it  has  been  done,  but  I never  knew  of  it.  , 
A fair  type  of  the  tackle  used  by  the  eastern  bass  fisher 
of  my  acquaintance  consisted  of  a four  or  six-ounce  *, 
trout  rod,  a Leonard  or  other  reliable  make,  preferably  , 
8 or  8V2  feet  long,  a double  action  reel  carrying  150  feet 
of  light  line,  and  the  best  twisted  gut  leader  to  ’fend 
against  the  serrated  rocks  encountered  so  frequently,  j 
Two  three-foot  leaders  were  preferable.  Leader  No.  1 
we  attached  to  the  line  with  a brass  swivel.  The  second 
leader  was  attached  in  like  manner  to  the  first,  and  to  the 
end  of  this  by  means  of  swivel  was  attached  a small  spin- 
ner of  the  propeller-screw  type.  The  blades  of  this  spin-  • 
ner  were  kept  brightly  polished  in  order  to  attract  from  a 
distance.  To  the  swiveled  end  of  this  spinner  was  at- 
tached the  hook,  preferably  a 4/0  or  5/0  of  some  of  the 
popular  hand-forged  patterns.  We  used  the  longest  snell  j 
obtainable — three  or  four  strands  twisted  and  made 
specially  to  order,  though  this  was  perhaps,  unnecessary.  [ 
White  worms  were  the  bait  par  excellence ; it  was  a mat-  ; 
ter  of  utmost  importance  to  secure  in  advance  an 
abundance  of  big  juicy  fellows,  12  to  15  inches  long,  de- 
livered in  sea  moss  fresh  from  the  sands  the  day  before. 
Two  or  three  worms  were  required  for  a single  bait;  : 
they  were  threaded  right  through  the  body  from  head 
to  tail,  then  shoved  up  the  hook  to  the  loop  of  the  snell.  1 
Rather  expensive  bait  this,  for  if  a bass  struck  he  gen- 
erally “skinned  the  hook  good  and  plenty.”  The  hook  1 
was  covered  clean  down  to  the  very  point,  not  a particle 
of  the  snell  showed— only  the  silver  spinner  and  the 
dangly,  squirmy  mouthful  of  bait.  A few  shavings  of  thin 
lead  rolled  round  the  end  of  the  line  served  to  hold  the 
battery  bqneatjt  the  swift  current.  Thus  equipped,  Dafi, 


March  4,  1905.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


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the  boatman,  gory  of  lock  and  freckled  as  to  visage, 
sought  the  likeliest  currents  of  the  turbulent  waters  with 
a confidence  and  precision  born  of  long  experience,  and 
soon  one  or  both— generally  both,  for  those  bass  seemed 
to  run  in  twos — of  us  would  have  an  engagement  of  fif- 
teen or  twenty  minutes  with  a doughty  fighter. 

But  mark  the  difference  between  east  and  west.  Here 
it  is  clam,  or  shiner,  or  sardine,  or  Golcher,  or  Wilson  or 
Stewart  spoon.  For  tackle  a rod  of  great  heft  is  required, 
a most  capacious  reel  and  a hank  of  line.  Altogether 
the  generally  prescribed  tackle  seems  formidable,  but  a 
number  of  reputable  anglers  assert  that  it  is  necessary, 
and  opine  that  lighter  tackle  would  not  survive  the  first 
strike.  However,  I am  going  to  “take  a hack”  at  ’em  with 
trout  tackle  ere  long.  While  heavy  tackle  is  the  rule,  yet 
there  are  some  few  who  have  adopted  lighter  rods  and 
niodester  looking  reels.  Mr.  John  A.  Fatjo,  sportsman, 
club  man  and  good  fellow,  of  Oakland,  gives  the  follow- 
ing directions  for  rigging  out  as  many  do  who  angle  in 
Hake  Merritt,  which  is  in  the  heart  of  Oakland : 

/‘The  best  method,  in  my  opinion,  is  to  hook  a shiner  or 
sardine  inside  the  mouth  so  the  hook  penetrates  out- 
wardly through  the  neck,  using  a 000  Wilson  hook. 
There  should  be  two  swivels  on  the  leader,  one  at  top  and 
one  at  bottom.  At  the  junction  of  line  with  leader  place 
a'  ;sphere  of  lead  about  the  size  of  two  buckshot  with  a 
hole  in  it  large  enough  for  the  line  to  run  through  easily. 
This  is  to  prevent  the  line  from  raveling.  When  trolling 
on  the  flats  pay  out  about  75  feet.  In  deeper  water 
shbrten  the  line  to  about  40  feet.  The  most  popular  line 
in  use  on  the  lake  is  15  and  18  strand  Cuttyhunk.  Some 
few  use  trout  rods  and  even  Milam  reels,  but  they  are  in 
th$  minority.  However,  I look  for  lighter  tackle  to  soon 
displace  the  kind  now  generally  used.  The  lighter  the 
tackle  the  better  one’s  catch  can  play,  the  greater  the 
sport  and  the  more  skill  required  to  make  a kill.  Per- 
sonally I prefer  light  tackle. 

“So  rapid  has  been  the  growth  of  striped  bass,  and  so 
plentiful  have  they  become  within  the  past  few  years,  that 
now  we  of  Oakland  do  not  have  to  leave  home  for,  a day’s 
spfirt.  Lake  Merritt  is  tidewater,  and  the  gates  of  the 
lalce  are  SO’  arranged  that  it  fills  with  the  flood  tide,  but 
does  not  empty  with  the  ebb.  The  flood  waters  are  led 
through  the  city  in  another  direction,  being  used  for 
flushing  the  sewers.  The  bass  comes  gaily  swimming  in 
on  the  flood,  but  seldom  seeks  to  go  out  the  way  he  came 
in.  As  he.  can  go  no  further,  he  remains,  and  is  indeed 
lucky  if  he  is  not  later  stuffed  with  chestnuts  and  used  to 
fill  'several  yearning  voids  in  one  of  the  pretty  homes  for 
which  Oakland  is  justly  famed.” 

Some  idea  of  the  popularity  of  this  sport  may  be 
gained  from  the  statement  of  Mr.  Fatjo,  who  owns  up- 
ward of  thirty  yawls  arid  skiffs,  easily  accommodating 
sixty  men;  these  boats,  he  says,  are  more  than  demanded 
each  Sunday,  and  on  secular  days  many  are  in  use.  Other 
resorts  on  the  lake  have  a like  number,  yet  on  Sunday 
morning  the  sign  “No  boats  to  let”  is  up  and  about  with 
the  early  birds.  Dozens  of  the  late  comers  content  them- 
selves with  casting  from  the  solid  masonry  banks;  they 
seem  to  have  pretty  nearly  as  good  luck  as  the  boatmen. 
The.  lake  is  about  a mile  square;  a large  portion  is  flats, 
about  two  feet  deep.  These  flats  are  excellent  fishing 
ground  at  night  only;  great  are  the  killings  some  times 
made  there.  The  average  depth  of  the  lake  is  five  feet. 

Edward  Snider,  a local  angler,  is  high  line,  having 
landed  18  bass  in  one  afternoon,  the  smallest  4 pounds, 
the  largest  15.  James  Watts  has  also  made  a number  of 
very  fine  catches.  Arthur  Sherman  has  taken  the  largest 
bass  from  the  lake — 28 24  pounds.  The  bass  here,  as  in 
eastern  waters,  is  as  coy  and  fitful  as  an  unwooed  maiden; 
sometimes  he  rises  to  bait  or  spoon  and  swallows  every- 
thing1; greedily ; at  others  the  prettiest  compliments  fail  to 
interest  him.  But  almost  any  day,  if  one  exercise 
patience,  he  may  take  home  enough  sizeable  fish  to  “make 
the  frying-pan  stink.”  That’s  one  consolation  of  the 
sport;  here — bass  are  so  plentiful  that  patience  seldom 
goes  unrequited.  Another  feature  is  that  even  on  the 
coldest  winter  day  one  may  be  quite  “comfy”  in  a light- 
top  coat. 

San  Francisco  Bay  affords  good  sport  in  the  fall  of  the 
year.  ' Raccoon  Straits  is  the  favorite  grounds.  Here  one 
would  better  employ  a launch — the  cost  of  which  may  be 
made;  reasonable  by  dividing  the  hire — if  economy  be  an 
object.  The  troll  consists  almost  invariably  of  a Golcher, 
Wilson  or  Stewart  spoon,  No.  6 or  7;  it  is  here  especially 
that  the  heavy  tackle  already  referred  to  is  considered 
proper.  Once  in  a while  the  angler  encounters  a quinnat 
salmon;  then  he  has  need  of  stout  tackle.  Fishing  in  the 
straits  the  past  season  proved  rather  poor.  San  Leandro 
Bay  and  Bay  Farm  Island  in  the  same  district,  thirty 
minutes’  ride  by  electric  car  from  Oakland,  also  afford 
good  sport.  There  are  other  near-by  resorts,  as  Oakland 
estuary,  from  the  mouth  a considerable  distance  up. 
George  Tyler  scored  the  following  kill  at  the  mouth  on 
one  tide:  19  pounds,  19  pounds,  20  pounds.  21^2  pounds. 
The  sport  at  the  latter  point  is  good  only  during  Novem- 
ber and  December.  Casting  off  South  Rock  Wall,  Oak- 
land, also  affords  good  sport,  but  hundred-pound  sting- 
rays, dogfish  and  leopard  sharks  are  such  a nuisance  that 
many  anglers  avoid  this  point.  Some  fine  catches  have 
been  made  off  San  Quentin  Point,  and  some  at  Green 
Brae;  at  the  former  point  a 38-pounder  was  brought  to 
gaff- 

San  Antonio  Slough  seems  to  be  the  stamping  ground, 
the  “wallow”  of  the  big  striped  bass.  This  is  a branch  of 
Petaluma  Creek,  thirty  miles  from  San  Francisco  by 
water.  All  riparian  rights  are  owned  by  the  Petaluma 
Sportsman’s  Club,  but  the  stream  is  crossed  by  the  North 
Shore  Railroad,  and-  as  many  anglers  as  can  chain  their 
boats  to'  the  railroad  bridge  piling.  Boats  are  literally 
stacked  up  against  one  another  from  bank  to  bank,  pon- 
toon-like. A short  time  ago  ten  men  made  a killing  in 
this  slough  of  1,200  pounds.  Of  this  party  were  Mr.  Sam 
Wells,-  Mr.  Bliss.  Mr.  McFarland  and  Mr.  Chris.  John- 
son. They  fished  just  one  tide.  Wait  a bit,  kind  reader, 
before  yelling  “game  hog!”  It  seemed  that  way  to  me 
(filled  with  eastern  notions  of  the  proper  fishing  spirit) 
when  I first  heard  of  it,  but  acording  to  local  standards  it 
is  all  right  ethically  and  legally.  Certainly  the  men  named 
are  classed  as  fair-minded  sportsmen.  On  a different 
occasion  Mr.  McFarland  and  a companion  made  a catch 
of  ten  weighing  130  pounds.  A week  later  I was  one  of  a 
party  on  a ten-day  trip  to  the  same  spot  in  two  yawls, 
ffcg  other  piembprs  \yere  as  folloy/s : The  Pilgrim,  Capt, 


J.  Altendorf,  Prof.  A.  F.  Twite,  F.  Pratt  and  Bert  Adams; 
the  Mabel  A.,  Capt.  J.  Fatjo,  Ed.  Snider  and  Edwin 
Moore.  It  was  not  a question  of  how  many  we  could 
take,  but  how  many  we  should  take.  Mr.  Pratt  landed 
the  largest,  a i7k2-pounder  after  a spirited  tussle  of  fifteen 
minutes.  The  party  was  absent  ten  days,  and  the  boats 
came  home  laden  to  the  limit  with  finest  specimens  of 
bass  for  Oakland  friends  who  had  bespoken  them.  Here 
is  what  Mr.  Fatjo,  an  experienced  angler,  and  knowing 
California  waters  like  a book,  said  to  a friend  on  his 
return  from  the  trip  : 

“I  never  saw  the  like ; they  fill  the  water  like  a drove  of 
sheep.  It  is  dangerous  to  drive  them  inshore  in  shallow 
water  with  small  boats.  We  unintentionally  drove  a large 
school  of  them  into  a narrow  and  shallow  arm  of  the 
slough,  and  their  backs  stuck  out  till  we  could  not  count 
them.  Driven  to  the  limit  they  turned  to  seek  deeper 
water,  and  in  their  attempts  to  escape  many  jumped  upon 
the  banks  and  some  into  the  boats.  And  that  was  no  fun 
for  us,  I assure  you.  Indeed  it  was  dangerous,  for  they 
jump  and  come  sailing  through  the  air  like  a catapult 
had  released  them.  One  big  old  lunker — he  must  have 
weighed  at  least  30  pounds — lit  on  his  head  in  the  soft 
earth  and  stuck  up  straight  like  a flag-pole.  He  stood 
thus  for  some  moments,  but  finally  wriggled  and  twisted 
till  he  fell  over  and  fluttered  back  to  the  water.  Mr. 
Pratt  tried  to  turn  their  frightened  flight  with  an  oar— 
a bootless  effort.  We  had  to  finally  seek  deep  water  for 
safety — put  to  ignominious  flight  by  a horde  of  striped 
bass.  They  were  all  big  fish,  and  the  sight  was  one  I will 
not  soon  forget.”  J.  D.  C. 

The  Marking  of  Artificially 
Hatched  Salmon. 

Fxshculturists  the  world  over  will  be  interested  in 
the  outcome  of  experiments  which  the  United  States 
Bureau  of  Fisheries  has  recently  begun  with  the  Pacific 
salmon.  The  experiments  are  in  continuation  of  those 
first  undertaken  on  the  Columbia  River  in  1896,  and 
consist  of  the  marking  of  a large  number  of  artificially 
hatched  salmon  and  their  release  in  the  river.  The  re- 
sults of  the  early  experiments  were  so  striking — that 
is,  such  a large  percentage  of  the  fish  returned  as  full- 
grown  salmon,  and  were  captured  and  reported — that 
a very  strong  argument  as  to  the  value  of  salmon  cul- 
ture was  afforded;  and  the  present  writer  has  shown* 
that  if  the  hatching  of  salmon  on  the  Pacific  Coast  was, 
on  an  average,  only  one-tenth  as  successful  as  indi- 
cated by  the  experiments,  the  work  of  the  Govern- 
ment was  yielding  an  annual  money  return  of  1,000  per 


cent,  of  the  cost  of  salmon  cultivation.  Recent  experi- 
ments on  the  same  lines,  conducted  on  the  Columbia 
by  the  Fish  Commissioner  of  Washington,  have  been 
attended  by  noteworthy  results! 

With  a view  to  repeating  the  experiments  on  a much 
larger  scale,  and  under  conditions  that  would  insure 
information  of  the  most  reliable  and  varied  character, 
the  present  season’s  trials  were  inaugurated  with  both 
Chinook  and  blue-back  salmon. 

Experience  has  shown  that  the  fins  are  the  parts 
most  readily  marked,  and  that  they  may  be  mutilated 
without  essential  injury.  In  the  fish  recently  operated 
on,  the  precaution  was  taken  to  mark  two  fins,  so  that 
the  probability  of  overlooking  the  mutilations  in  the 
adult  would  be  minimized,  and  at  the  same  time  the 
chance  of  mistaking  accidental  marks  would  be  practi- 
cally eliminated.  Five  different  lots  of  salmon,  aggre- 

*“Economie  Aspects  of  National  Fishculture  and  Acclimatiza- 
tion.” By  Hugh  M.  Smith.  (Report  of  Commissioner  of  Fish 
and  Fisheries  for  1903,  pp.  14-18.) 

t“Salmon  Marking  Experiments  on  the  Pacific  Coast.”  By 
Hugh  M.  Smith,'  (Tb§  American  Fish  Culturist,  March,  1904, 
pp.  9,  IQ.) 


gating  over  51,000,  were  used  in  the  experiments — a 
number  large  enough  to  furnish  a sound  basis  for  de- 
ductions. The  fish  were  retained  for  several  weeks 
after  marking,  and  then  planted  in  good  condition  near 
the  hatcheries.  They  were  of  “fingerling”  size,  averag- 
ing 3 inches  long;  and  the  number,  history  and  marks 
of  the  various  lots  were  as  follows: 

(1)  Eleven  thousand  three  hundred  and  sixty-five 
Chinook  salmon  from  eggs  taken  at  the  Clackamas 
(Oregon)  hatchery,  Oct.  16  to  20,  1903;  planted  in 
Clackamas  River  May  18  to  June  15,  1904.  Marked  by 
removal  of  the  adipose  fin  and  anterior  half  of  dorsal 
fin. 

(2)  Ten  thousand  eight  hundred  and  thirty  Chinook 
salmon  eggs  taken  at  Rogue  River  (Oregon)  station 
Oct.  30,  1903;  planted  in  Clackamas  River  June  20  to  25, 
1904.  Marked  by  removal  of  adipose  fin  and  posterior 
half  of  anal  fin. 

(3)  Nine  thousand  one  hundred  and  ninety  Chinook 
salmon  from  eggs  taken  at  Mill  Creek  (California)  sta- 
tion, on  Sacramento  River,  Dec.  15,  1903;  planted  in 
Clackamas  River  July  12  and  13,  1904.  Marked  by  re- 
moval of  adipose  fin  and  anterior  half  of  anal  fin. 

(4)  Nine  thousand  eight  hundred  Chinook  salmon 
from  eggs  taken  at  Little  White  Salmon  (Washington) 
station,  in  the  fall  of  1903;  planted  in  Columbia  River, 
July  25,  1904.  Marked  by  removal  of  adipose  fin  and 
posterior  half  of  dorsal  fin. 

(5)  Ten  thousand  blueback  salmon  from  eggs  taken 
at  Baker  Lake,  Washington,  November,  1903;  planted 
in  lower  Baker  River  Nov.  11,  1904.  Marked  by  re- 
moval of  adipose  fin  and  one  ventral  fin. 

The  Bureau  of  Fisheries  has  addressed  to  the  salmon 
interests  of  the  Pacific  coast  a circular  in  which  the 
nature  and  purposes  of  the  Columbia  River  experi- 
ments are  described,  and  fishermen,  canners,  anglers 
and  citizens  generally  are  urged  to  co-operate  with  the 
Bureau,  so  that  whenever  a marked  fish  is  caught*  the 
date  and  place  of  capture  and  the  weight  shall  be  noted, 
and  a strip  of  skin  including  the  two  marked  fins  for- 
warded to  the  Bureau.  The  circular  requests  those  en- 
gaged in  the  propagation  of  salmon  to  mark  no  fish  in 
a similar  way  for  at  least  three  years,  in  order  that 
the  results  anticipated  from  the  present  experiments 
may  not  be  obscured.  It  is  expected  that  the  marked 
fish  which  survive  the  down-stream  journey  and  their 
long  ocean  sojourn,  will  return  to  the  rivers  to  spawn 
in  1906-8,  and  that  large  numbers  will  be  caught  and 
reported.  The  following  points  in  the  life  of  the  species 
ought  to  be  conclusively  established: 

(a)  The  percentage  of  artificially  hatched  salmon  that 
return  to  the  rivers  as  adult  fish;  or,  in  other  words, 
the  influence  of  artificial  propagation  on  the  salmon 
supply. 

(b)  The  duration  of  the  ocean  life  of  the  salmon, 
and  the  average  annual  increase  in  weight  resulting 
from  prolonging  the  ocean  residence  beyond  the  second 
year. 

(c)  The  tenabilitv  of  the  “parent  stream”  theory; 
and  the  extent  to  which  young  salmon  planted  in  par- 
ticular parts  of  the  Columbia  basin  return  when  ma- 
ture to  other  parts  of  that  basin  and  to  other  rivers. 

(d)  Whether  the  salmon  hatched  from  eggs  deposited 
by  the  early  or  the  late  runs  of  fish  always  return  to 
the  streams  at  the  same  season  that  their  parents  did; 
or  whether  the  particular  month  when  salmon  enter  the 
rivers  is  quite  independent  of  the  time  when  their 
parents  came  in  from  salt  water. 

(e)  Whether  salmon  whose  parents  frequentd  other 

streams  behave  any  differently  from  native  fish  when 
planted  in  the  Columbia.  Hugh  M.  Smith. 

U.  S.  Bureau  of  Fisheries,  Washington,  D.  C. 


Fish  and  Fishing. 


Canada  Declines  to  Stop  Seining. 

No  announcement  that  it  has  fallen  to  my  lot  to 
make  for  a long  time  past  is  more  regretfully  published 
than  the  statement  that  the  Government  of  Canada, 
represented  by  the  Honorable  Raymond  Prefontaine, 
has  refused  the  prayer  of  the  petition  addressed  to  the 
latter  as  Minister  of  Marine  and  Fisheries,  by  the  North 
American  Fish  and  Game  Protective  Association,  ask- 
ing that  the  Government  would  put  an  end  to  the  sein- 
ing of  pike-perch  upon  their  spawning  grounds  in 
Missisquoi  Bay,  Lake  Champlain.  This  petition,  which 
appeared  in  Forest  and  Stream  of  Feb.  25,  while  sup- 
porting the  applications  to  a similar  effect  made  by 
authority  of  the  Legislatures  of  New  York  and  Ver- 
mont, was  entirely  a Canadian  production,  the  drafting 
of  it  having  been  left  by  the  Association  to  a com- 
mittee consisting  of  Dr.  John  T.  Finnief  of  Montreal, 
and  the  undersigned,  though  the  Association  adopted 
it,  unanimously,  as  its  own,  and  instructed  its  president 
and  secretary  to  sign  and  to  forward  it  to  the  Minister. 
I mention  this  fact  to  show  that  Canadian  sportsmen, 
and  especially  the  Canadian  membership  of  our  inter- 
national protective  association,  feel  quite  as  keenly 
upon  this  matter  as  any  citizen  of  Vermont  or  of  New 
York  State  can  do.  I will  even  go  so  far  as  to  say 
that  I believe  that  the  Minister  of  Fisheries  himself, 
notwithstanding  the  reasoning  by  which  he  supports 
his  recent  decision,  feels  somewhat  as  we  do  in  this 
affair,  for  it  will  be  remembered  by  ex-Governor  Nelson 
Fisk,  of  Vermont,  and  the  other  members  of  the  depu- 
tation which  presented  the  petition  of  the  Association 
to  him  in  Montreal,  on  the  6th  of  February,  that  Mr. 
Prefontaine  distinctly  said  that  his  personal  sympathy 
was  with  the  movement  in  which  we  had  interested 
ourselves. 

Politics  versus  Protection. 

For  the  cause  of  the  present  condition  of  affairs  in 
this  matter  we  must,  unfortunately,  turn  to  politics. 
The  article  from  the  Burlington  Free  Press,  published 
in  Forest  and  Stream  of  Feb.  18,  touched  the  root 
of  the  whole  trouble.  Deplorable  as  it  may  be,  I have 
not  the  slightest  hesitation  in  declaring  that  for  so 
small  a mess  of  pottage  as  the  votes  of  the  fishermen 
living  on  Missisquoi  Bay  or  in  that  vicinity,  the  Gov- 
ernment of  Canada  is  prepared  to  sacrifice  the  whole 
fish  Jifp  of  Champlain,  The  Minister  at  the  head 


178 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


|March  4,  1905. 


of  a department  of  the  Canadian  government  seems  in- 
capable of  doing  what  he  conceives  and  knows  to  be 
right,  without  consulting  his  colleague  in  the  cabinet 
who  may  happen  to  represent,  for  the  time  being,  the 
particular  district  of  territory  affected  by  his  action. 

There  is  still  another  proposition  to  be  placed  before 
the  people  of  New  York  and  Vermont  wbo  are  en- 
gaged in  fighting  this  iniquitous  seining  matter;  but 
1 hesitate  to  suggest  it  in  print,  knowing  as  I do,  how 
money  and  influence  will  be  immediately  employed  by 
the  commercial  fishing  interests,  in  order  to  defeat  any 
and  every  move  which  they  may  make.  And  failing 
every  other  means  of  remedying  the  evil,  I sincerely 
hope  and  trust,  as  I had  the  honor  of  saying  the  other 
day  at  the  annual  banquet  of  the  Massachusetts  Fish 
and  Game  Protective  Association,  in  Boston,  that  an 
appeal  will  be  made  to  Washington  to  entirely  pro- 
hibit the  importation  of  pike-perch  from  Canada  into 
the  United  States.  Deprived  of  the  American  market, 
the  privilege  of  seining  this  fish  would  be  next  to 
valueless.  And  there  are  any  number  of  Canadians  who 
are  ready  to  join  in  such  an  appeal;  for  truly  loyal  as 
they  are  to  their  country  and  its  commercial  and  other 
interests,  and  for  that  reason  strongly  opposed  to  the 
acceptance  of  the  New  England  demands  for  reci- 
procity in  trade,  they  are  too  neighborly  and  too  much 
devoted  to  the  cause  of  the  honest  protection  of  fish 
and  game,  to  stand  for  one  moment  for  such  rascally 
rapacity  as  the  wholesale  netting  of  fish  upon  their 
spawning  beds.  E.  T.  D.  Chambers. 

Mr.  Prefontaine’s  letter  is  as  follows: 

“Office  of  the  Minister  of  Marine  and  Fisheries  of 
Canada,  Ottawa,  Feb.  17,  1905  — E.  T.  D.  Chambers, 
Secretary-Treasuret  N.  A.  F.  & G.  P.  Assn.,  Quebec, 
Dear  Sir:  I have  again  considered  the  question  of 

spring  seine  fishing  in  Missisquoi  Bay,  and,  after  reviewing 
the  various  representations  for  and  against  the  pro- 
posed prohibition.  I have  come  to  the  conclusion  that 
the  case  of  the  Canadian  fishermen  is  a strong  one,  and 
it  is  not  justifiable  to  deprive  them  of  the  privileges 
which  they  have  exercised  for  so  many  years. 

“You  may  recall  the  fact  that  when  the  Canadian 
prohibition  was  enforced  about  ten  years  ago,  under 
a mutual  arrangement  with  the  adjoining  States,  it  came 
to  the  knowledge  of  the  department  that  in  spite  of 
our  action,  and  the  understanding  arrived  at,  Vermont 
State  issued  a considerable  number  of  licenses,  and  thus 
strengthened  Canadian  fishermens’  opposition  to  the 
restriction  ever  sinc.e. 

“Yours  faithfully, 

(Signed)  “R.  Prefontaine.” 


The  Anglers'  Casting  Tournament* 


Held  in  Madison  Square  Garden,  New  York  Cify,  in 
Connection  with  th-  Motorboat  and  Sportsmen's 
Show,  February  21  to  March  9,  Inclusive, 

The  tournament  for  1905  opened  with  the  Sports- 
men’s Show  the  night  before  Washington’s  Birthday, 
ana  the  events  have  been  cast  every  afternoon  and 
evening,  with  the  exception  of  Sundays,  since  theh,  the 
attendance,  as  well  as  the  active  interest  displayed, 
showing  that  our  anglers  have  not  ceased  to  appreciate 
the  full  value  of  such  affairs;  hence  it  is  safe  to  predict 
that  the  tournament  now  running  will  be  remembered 
by  all  as  one  of  the  most  successful  held  so  far  in  the 
garden. 

Looked  at  through  the  eyes  of  the  visitor,  the  tourna- 
ment seems  to  be  but  slimly  attended  and  watched, 
but  there  is  a very  good  reason  for  this.  In  order 
to  make  the  lake  as  large  as  possible  for  the  accom- 
modation of  the  large  motor  boats  it  was  necessary 
to  cncrouch  on  floor  space  heretofore  given  to  ex- 
hibits or  to  the  casters,  and  it  must  at  one  time  have 
been  a serious  problem  where  to  put  the  casting  tank. 
This  was  solved  easily,  however,  by  building  a plat- 
form over  the  exhibits  on  the  island  and  placing  the 
casting  tank  on  this  platform  some  fifteen  feet  above 
the  water  in  the  lake.  The  building  department  there- 
upon placed  certain  restrictions  on  the  management,  it 
allowing  only  a given  number  of  persons  on  the  plat- 
form during  any  event;  hence  it  became  necessary  to 
restrict  the  attendance  to  casters  only,  although  the 
committee  very  generously  permitted  press  representa- 
tives to  be  present.  Not  a few  old  anglers  who  came 
to  the  Garden  complained  that  they  would  like  to  ob- 
tain a better  view  of  the  casting  than  could  be  obtained 
from  the  galleries,  but  there  was  no  help  for  conditions. 
On  the  other  hand,  the  casters  had  their  affair  all  to 
themselves,  the  light  during  the  day  being  excellent,  and 
at  night  the  tank  was  nearer  the  immense  central 
electric  light  chandelier  than  during  other  shows,  when 
it  was  held  on  an  arm  of  the  lake;  in  short,  the  tank 
was  better  lighted  than  ever  before,  and  this  was  ap- 
preciated by  men  whose  eyesight  is  not  so  strong  as 
it  was  in  former  years.  It  seemed,  therefore,  less  of 
an  exhibition  for  the  benefit  of  the  general  public  and 
more  of  a tournament  in  which  only  those  at  the  tank- 
side  were  interested,  and  those  who  have  at  past  tourna- 
ments suffered  slightly  from  stage  fright  forgot  all 
about  this  in  a few  minutes  and  did  their  best  work 
with  fly  or  rubber  frog.  Good  nature  ruled  through- 
out and  the  sentiment  was  invariably  that  the  best 
caster  should  win.  Our  record  for  this  week  is  closed 
with  the  event  cast  the  night  of  Monday,  Feb.  27. 
.Other  scores  will  be  given  in  next  week’s  issue. 

Opening  Event,  Feb.  21,  Evening. 

The  Initial  event  was  grilse  or  salmon  fly-casting  for 
distance  only,  open  to  all.  rods  not  to  exceed  14  feet 
in  length,  casts  to  be  made  with  fly  furnished  by  the 
committee.  The  judges  were  H.  B.  Leckler  and  M. 
H.  S inith,  with  Chancellor  G.  Levison  as  referee.  W. 
T.  Morrison  was  the  first  contestant  to  cast,  and  came 
away  with  76  feet  3 inches  to  his  credit,  followed  by  D. 
T.  Abercrombie  with  80  feet  8 inches;  but  the  gold 
medal  went  to  E.  J.  Mills,  who  scored  go  feet  10  inches. 

Feet,  inches.  Feet.  Inches. 

B,  J.  Mills.........  90  10  W.  T.  Morrison...  76  3 

P.  T.  Abercrombie.  80  8 J.  H.  Wainwright.  .Withdrew 


Event  J,  the  Afternoon  of  Washington^  Birthday, 

The  increase  in  interest  in  bait-casting  with  short 
rods  and  free  reels,  throughout  tire  country,  but  es- 
pecially in  the  west  and  northwest,  had  something  to 
do  with  the  lively  competition  witnessed  in  the  first 
event  open  to  this  style  of  casting,  but  the  fact  that  the 
day  was  a holiday  helped,  and  the  event  passed  off  very 
pleasantly,  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  committee  and  the 
contestants  who  won.  This  was  for  single-hand  bait- 
casting, distance  alone  to  count  and  open  to  all  who 
had  never  cast  more  than  100  feet  in  any  similar  con- 
test. Any  rod,  reel  or  line  could  be  employed,  but 
casts  were  all  made  overhead  and  from  the  reel,  which 
was  free  running.  Half-ounce  rubber  frogs  were  used 
and  distance  alone  was  scored.  Three  trial. casts  were 
permitted,  then  the  next  five  casts  coufited,  with  the 
longest  one  to  score.  For  the  benefit  of  our  English 
readers,  who  do  not  understand  perfectly  the  conditions 
governing  events  of  this  kind,  but  who  take  no  little 
interest  in  them,  it  may  be  as  well  to  state  that  rods 
used  in  such  events  are  generally  five  to  six  feet  long, 
sometimes  six  and  a half.  They  weigh  five  to  seven 
ounces  and  are  often  fitted  with  three  or  four  narrow 
agate  guides  of  large  diameter  and  an  agate  top  placed 
at  an  oblique  angle  to  the  plane  of  the  tip,  with  the 
first  guide  above  the  reel  some  30  to  36  inches  distant; 
in  short,  a rod  through  whose  guides  the  line  will 
run  with  little  resistance.  A very  fine  line,  little  more 
than  a thread,  of  braided  silk  but  not  dressed  or 
enameled,  is  the  favorite.  This  is  wound  on  the  spool  of 
the  reel  over  a dummy  line,  so  that  the  diameter  of  the 
surface  of  the  line  on  the  spool  will  be  as  large  as  the 
pillars  will  accommodate.  The  frog  is  attached  directly 
to  the  line,  on  which  no  leader  is  used.  By  this  means 
the  line  may  be  wound  in  until  the  frog  touches  the 
top  of  the  rod,  and  it  is  cast  just  exactly  as  one  would 
throw  an  apple  attached  to  the  end  of  a willow  switch. 
No  brake  check  is  used  to  prevent  the  reel  running 
away  with  the  line,  all  control  of  this  being  given  by 
the  right  thumb,  which  is  pressed  on  the  spool  hard  or 
light,  according  to  the  speed  of  the  bait  in  the  air, 
the  reel  being  stopped  the  moment  the  bait  touches 
the  water.  The  cast  having  been  recorded  by  the 
judges,  the  line  is  reeled  in,  the  left  thumb  guiding  it 
evenly  on  the  spool,  so  that  in  the  next  cast  it  will 
run  out  smoothly  and  without  snarling.  The  judges 
were  Lody  and  Milton  H.  Smith,  with  C.  G.  Levison 
as  referee.  G.  M.  L.  LaBranche  scored  104  feet  and 
won  the  gold  medal,  seconded  by  W.  D.  Cloves,  with 
101  feet  6 inches,  while  C.  R.  Rnckwood  was  third. 
The  score: 

Feet.  Inches.  Feet.  Inches. 


G.  M.  L.  LaBranchel04 

H. 

DeRaasloff 82 

W.  D.  Cloyes.... 

..101 

6 

C. 

Stepath  .........  71 

C.  R.  Rockwood.. 

..  97 

H. 

G.  Henderson..  71 

L.  S.  Darling...., 

94 

6 

D. 

T.  Abercrombie.  70 

E.  B.  Rice 

Event  2,  the  Night  of  Feb.  22, 

It  was  too  bad  that  this  event  did  not  attract  mute 
boys,  as  it  was  given  for  their  benefit,  it  being  open 
to  youths  of  20  years  or  less  who  could  erriploy  any 
rod  or  leader  they  chose,  while  the  committee  very 
kindly  offered  to  supply  rods  for  ally  intending  con- 
testants who  would  enter.  The  casting  was  with  trout 
flies,  for  distance  only.  H.  DeRaasloff  and  W.  D. 
Cloyes  were  the  judges,  R.  H.  Klotz  referee.  The 
score : 

Feet.  Inches.  Feet.  Inches. 

W.  H,  Cruickshank.  78  Albert  Bafends  ...  51  7 

H.  G.  Henderson, Jr.  52 

Event  4>  Thursday  Afternoon,  Feb.  23. 

This  was  a trout  fly-casting  contest  for  distance  only, 
without  restrictions  on  weight  of  rod  or  length  of 
leader,  and  open  to  all  who  had  never  cast  more  than 
60  feet  in  single-hand  club  or  tournament  contests. 
Lody  Smith  won  the  gold  medal.  The  judges  were  H. 
G.  Henderson  and  C.  G.  Levison,  with  E.  J.  Mills  as 
referee.  The  score: 

Feet.  Inches.  Feet.  Inches. 

Lody  Smith  ........  61  R.  H.  Klotz 56  10 

C.  Stepath  ..........  59  9 G.  M.  LaBranche..  52 

Event  5,  Thursday  Nigh1,  Feb.  23. 

This  event  was  for  switch  trout  fly-casting  for  distance 
only,  without  restrictions  on  weight  of  rod  or  length  of 
leader,  but  only  those  who  had  never  cast  further  than 
73  feet  in  a similar  dub  or  toufPament  contest  were  ad- 
mitted. All  casts  had  to  be  made  with  an  obstacle  15  feet 
behind  the  platform.  The  judges  were  H.  B.  Leckler  attd 
J.  S.  Farlee,  M.  H.  Smith  refereeing.  The  score: 

Feet.  Inches.  Feet  Inches. 

L.  S.  Darling 76  8 D.  T.  Abercrombie.  55 

L.  B.  Rice.........  61  • R.  J.  Held.........  52  4 

Event  5,  Friday  Afbrnoon,  Feb.  24* 

Another  contest  in  which  any  rod  of  leader  could  be 
used,  the  only  restrictions  being  that  a fly  on  a No.  4 hook 
furnished  by  the  committee  must  be  used,  and  only  such 
contestants  as  had  never  cast  further  than  75  feet  in  any 
similar  contest  were  admitted.  It  was  for  black  bass  fly- 
rods,  distance  alone  to  count.  W.  T.  Morrison,  who  was 
second  to  cast,  scored  66  feet  3 inches  and  was  high  man 
until  the  last  one  to  cast,  Mr.  Henderson,  had  finished 
with  67  feet  6 inches  and  stepped  to  first  place,  while 
third  was  tied  and  cast  off.  Will  K.  Park,  of  Philadelphia, 
winning.  Robert  B.  Lawrence  and  Perry  D.  Frazer  were 
the  j udges,  and  R.  H.  Klotz  was  referee.  The  score : 

Feet.  Inches.  Feet.  Inches. 


H.  G.  Henderson. 

. 67 

6 

H.  DeRaasloff.... 

...56 

W.  T.  Morrison..,, 

. 66 

3 

R.  J.  Held....... 

...51 

Will  K.  Park...., 

. 66 

The  cast-off: 

Park  ............... 

. 58 

2 

DeRaasloff  

Event  6,  Friday  Evening,  Ft  fa.  24. 

Light  trout  fly-rods  were  used  in  this  event,  which  was 
cast  off  with  trout  flies,  distance  alone  to  count,  and  open 
to  those  who  had  never  cast  further  than  60  feet  in  any 
similar  contest.  Rods  were  limited  to  five  ounces,  but 
under  Rule  16  (see  Forest  and  Stream  of  February  r8, 
page  139),  three-quarters  of  an  ounce  was  allowed  rods 
with  solid  metal  reel  seats,  and  a further  allowance  of 
three- fourths  of  an  ounce  if  the  handle  was  separate  and 


made  with  the  usual  butt  ferrule.  Will  K.  Park  used  a 
AlA  and  Charles  Stepath  a 4413-ounce  rod,  while  those  of 
King  Smith  and  H..  G.  Henderson,  Jr.,  weighed  §l/z 
ounces,  and  Harold  DeRaasloff’s  rod  weighed  ounces, 
the  three  last  named  having  solid  metal  reel  seats.  The 
judges  were  Milton  H.  Smith  and  W.  D.  Cloyes,  with 
J.  H.  Cruickshank  as  referee.  The  score: 

Feet.  Inches.  Feet,  Inches. 

King  Smith  ........  77  H.  G.  Hendersoiljf.  65 

H.  DeRaasloff  .....  61  4 C.  Stepath  .........  50 

Will  K.  Park 67  6 

Event  7,  Saturday  Afternoon*  Fib.  25. 

This  event  attracted  more  attention  from  contestants 
and  spectators  than  any  other  one  so  far  held.  There 
were  ten  contestaPts,  while  so  many  anglers  came  to  the 
platfofm  to  see  the  fun  that  many  had  to  be  turned  away 
for  safety’s  sake.  As  it  was  tile  event  lasted  until  long 
after  the  lights  were  turned  on,  and  tide  attendants  barely 
had  time  to  clear  away  the  targets  in  time  fot  the  next 
event  to  be  started.  The  conditions  called  for  single 
hand  bait-casting  with  quarter-ounce  rubber  frogs,  from 
free  running  reels,  for  both  distance  and  accuracy.  Only 
those  who  had  cast  further  than  100  feet  in  any  similar 
contest  were  barred,  and  any  rod,  reel  or  line  could  be 
used,  but  every  cast  must  be  from  the  reel.  Each  con- 
testant was  allowed  one  trial  cast,  then  was  required  to 
make  five  casts  for  accuracy  at  a buoy  60  feet  distant 
from  the  casting  platform,  aftef  which  he  was  allowed 
one  trial  cast  at  the  70-foot  buoy,  followed  by  five  casts 
for  accuracy  at  that  buoy.  After  all  had  finished  tile 
distance  half  of  the  event  was  called,  and  each  man  made 
two  preliminary  and  five  casts  for  distance  alone.  There 
were  a good  many  withdrawals  before  this  half  was 
started,  as  it  was  then  long  after  the  dinner  hour,  and 
some  of  those  who  withdrew  had  small  chance  of  pulling 
up  their  low  scores  in  the  accuracy  trial,  and  were  loth 
to  prolong  the  affair.  For  accuracy  the  scores  were 
recorded  in  this  manner:  For  each  foot  or  fraction  of  a 
foot  the  frog  fell  from  the  buoy  cast  at  a demerit  of  1 
was  scored,  the  sum  total  of  these  demerits,  divided  by 
10,  coup  ting  as  the  demerit  pet  cent.  Thi  s,  deducted 
from  too.  constituted  the  accuracy  per  cent.  The  average 
of  the  ten  distance  casts,  added  to  the  accuracy  per  cent, 
counted  as  the  score.  The  rods  used  were  various  in  all 
but  length.  In  this  they  varied  only  front  5 to  $l/2  feet, 
with  one  split  cane  rod  longer  than  6 feet.  One  steel  rod, 
two  wood  rods,  one  split  cane,  and  the  balance  were  six- 
si  rip  split  bamboo.  The  use  of  agate  or  narrow  ring  guides 
front  one-half  to  five-eighths  of  an  inch  in  diameter  was 
the  rule,  while  most  of  the  fods  carried  two  or  three 
guides  and  a top  instead  of  more.  In  the  short  rods 
those  of  one  piece,  with  possibly  a separate  hand-gfa&p, 
were  in  the  majority.  Only  two  reels  were  alike,  these 
being  of  the  all-metal  take-apart  variety,  with  automatic 
click.  There  were  two  aluminum  reels,  one  all  rubber, 
and  three  of  the  smallest  size  used  in  such  work,  carrying 
about  forty  yards  of  F silk  line.  The  lines  used  were  all 
of  the  smallest  size  made  for  such  use,  with  none  larger 
in  diameter  than  the  No.  53  Natchaug  line  and  most  of 
them  smaller,  in  fact,  mere  threads  of  the  finest  braided 
silk,  not  enameled.  It  is  Pot  ati  easy  thing  to  cast  a 
quarter-ounce  frog  at  a target  60  or  70  feet  dis’ant  with 
a free-runniPg  reel,  and  lack  of  practice  puts  the  expert 
oil  an  equal  footing  with  the  tyro,  as  was  evidenced  in 
this  event,  when  some  of  the  old-time  casters  failed  to 
make  a much  better  showing  thaP  those  who  were  on  the 
platform  for  the  first  time,  and  merely  over-zealous  or 
suffering  from  mild  attacks  of  stage  fright,  or  “buck 
ague,”  as  a visitof  laughingly  asserted.  He  added  that  to 
him  the^  distance  from  the  platform  to  the  6o-foot  buoy 
had  at  first  seemed  trifling,  but  after  Watchi'pg  the  efforts 
to  place  the  frogs  on  the  targets  he  came  to  the  conclu- 
sion that  the  distance  increased  steadily  until  it  seemed 
about  400  yards  to  the  tyros.  The  judges  were  Lody 
Smith  and  H.  G.  Henderson,  with  H.  B.  Leckler  as 
referee.  The  score,  percentage  to  count : 

Distance  Accuracy  Total 

Average.  Average.  Average. 

L.  S.  Darling 80  1-5  92.40  172.60 

C.  R.  Woodward 68  3-5  91.00  169.60 

C.  Stepath  44  4-5  95.70  140,10 

C.  M.  Lucky 129.40 

D.  T.  Abercrombie 112.80 

C.  C.  Ingraham 100.00 

Chancellor  G.  Levison,  Milton  H.  Smith,  Harold  DeRassloff 
and  Perry  D.  Frazer  withdrew. 

Event  8,  Saturday  Nigh*,  Feb.  25, 

An  open  eveilt  in  which  weight  of  rod  and  length  of 
leader  were  not  restricted,  distance  alone  counting.  All 
casts  had  to  be  made  with  an  obstacle  15  feet  to  the  rear 
of  the  casting  platform,  which  was  about  one  foot  above 
the  water  ievei.  Judges,  H,  G.  Henderson  and  Lody 
Smith;  referee*  R.  H.  Klotz.  The  score: 

Feet.  Inches.  Feet.  Inches. 

R.  Leonard  88  H.  Hawes  83 

L.  S.  Darling.......  83  9 E.  J.  Mills.., 76  6 

Event  9,  Morday  Afternoon,  Feb.  7, 

A light  fly  rod  contest,  distance  only  to  count,  and  open 
to  those  who  had  never  cast  further  than  75  feet  in  a 
similar  contest.  Rods  were  limited  to  five  ounces  with 
allowances  mentioned  above  (event  6).  The  judges  were 
Chancellor  G.  Levison  and  Edw.  Boote;  referee,  R.  H, 
Klotz.  The  score : 


Feet.  Inches.  Feet.  Inches. 

R.  F.  Cruickshank.  81  6 W.  H,  Hammett....  67 

H.  G,  Henderson. Jr.  67  6 H.  DeRaasloff  .....  57 

All  used  5t4-ounce  rods. 


Event  JO,  Morday  Night. 

Same  as  event  9,  but  rods  limited  to  four  ounces,  with’ 
allowances  as  per  rule  16,  and  open  only  to  those  who 
had  never  cast  further  than  75  feet  in  any  club  or  open 
contest  with  rod  weighing  four  ounces  or  less.  The  length 
of  leader  was  not  restricted.  The  judges  were  C.  G.  Levi- 
son and  M.  H.  Smith ; referee,  R.  F.  Klotz.  The  score : 

Feet.  Inches.  Feet.  Inches. 

W.  H.  Cruickshank.  77  H.  G.  Henderson..  65  C 

W.  H.  Hammett....  71  H.  DeRaasloff  .....  64 

__Rods:  Hammett,  4%-ounce;  Cruickshank,  i%;  DeRaasloff,  4%, 

Henderson,  4%.  All  had  metal  reel  seats. 


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A Mid-Winter  Fish  Story. 

This  is  a true  story.  It  concerns  fishes  and  those 
who  catch  them;  and  it  teaches  the  moral  that  he  who 
believes  that  a fish  is  dead  simply  because  it  is  frozen 
is  sometimes  mistaken  as  to  the  facts.  The  Lakeview 
club  had  a gathering  at  North  Hadley  one  afternoon 
this  week,  and  one  of  those  who  went  out  to  enjoy  the 
fun  and  partake  of  the  fish  dinner,  which  was  served  at 
the  club  house,  was  Howard  C.  French.  He  had  a 
good  time  along  with  the  rest  of  the  guests  and  ex- 
perienced nothing  unusual.  As  the  afternoon  wore  on 
he  bethought  himself  of  the  children  at  home  and 
concluded  that  they  would  derive  instruction  and  amuse- 
ment from  the  examination  of  a real  fish.  So  he  went 
out  to  the  pile  of  fish,  which  had  been  caught  by  the 
clubmen  and  selected  a fine  frozen  specimen,  weighing 
about  six  pounds.  This  he  wrapped  in  a piece  of  paper 
and  placed  in  the  pocket  of  his  overcoat.  He  returned 
to  his  home  in  the-  evening,  bearing  with  him  the  fish, 
entered  the  house  and  hung  ur>  the  coat  in  a warm 
corner.  He  did  not  think  of  the  fish  until  later’ in  the 
evening  , and  then  went  to  the  coat  to  take  out  his 
frozen  creature.  In  place  of  a frozen  fish  he  drew 
forth  a live  one.  It  was  the  same  one  which  was 
frozen  as  .stiff  as  a board  earlier  in  the  day.  It  was  now 
in  so  fair  a way  toward  complete  resuscitation  that  it 
was  thrown  into  a basin  and  the  water  was  turned  on  it. 
The  next  morning  the  fish  was  swimming  about  ad 
libitum.  A live  fish  is  very  much  to  He  preferred  to  a 
frozen  one. — Northampton  Gazette  (Mass.). 


Early  Salmon  Fishing* 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

Salmon  fishing  in  the  rivers  of  the  eastern  coast  of 
Nova  Scotia  is  now  well  under  way,  a number  of  fine  fish 
already  having  been  taken.  The  first  day  of  February 
ushered  in  the  sport  when  a beauty,  fresh  run  from  the 
sea,  was  taken  with  the  fly  in  Port  Medway  River;  the 
fish  weighed  18  pounds,  and  the  Indian  who  captured  it 
was  offered  a dollar  a pound  for  it  on  the  spot. 

Although  there  is  still  much  ice  and  snow,  the  salmon 
return  to  the  stream  as  early  as  they  did  of  yore  when 
the  winters  were  much  milder  than  they  have  been  in 
recent  years.  Edward  A.  Samuels. 


IPtu  fennel 

— <$> — 

Pointer  Club  of  America* 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  Pointer  Club  of  America 
was  held  on  February  13  at  Madison  Square  Garden,  New 
York.  There  was  a large  attendance  of  members.  In  the 
absence  of  the  president  and  vice-president,  Mr.  G.  Muss 
Arnolt  was  chosen  to  preside.  The  minutes  of  the  meet- 
ings held  at  Barber,  N.  C.,  during  the  field  trials  were 
read  and  accepted. 

It  was  resolved  that  competition  hereafter  for  the 
medals  of  the  club  at  dog  shows  which  may  be  donated 
shall  be  open  to  all ; when  two  medals  are  offered  for  the 
best  pointer  dog  and  best  pointer  bitch,  also  when  a field 
trial  class  is  open,  a medal  shall  be  donated  to  the  dog 
that  has  been  placed.  The  Rochester  and  Buffalo  Kennel 
Clubs  and  the  Canadian  National  Exhibition,  Toronto, 
were  each  donated  two  medals,  viz.,  one  for  the  best 
pointer  dog  and  one  for  the  best  pointer  bitch.  It  was 
resolved  that  the  thirty  days’  probationary  clause  of  arti- 
cles 6 and  7 of  the  by-laws  relating  to  candidates  for 
membership,  shall  be  annulled,  and  that  those  nominated 
for  membership  at  any  regular  meeting  when  properly 
vouched  for  shall  be  eligible  for  election.  The  following 
were  elpcted  to  membership:  Messrs.  Walter  H.  Hanley, 
G,  L.  Chapman,  Joseph  M.  Cooper,  F.  S.  Battershall.  The 
election  ot  othcers  for  the  ensuing  year  resulted  as  fol- 
lows: President,  R.  A.  Fairbairn;  Vice-President,  Dr. 

James  S.  Howe;  Secretary-Treasurer.  C.  F.  Lewis;  Board 
of  Governors — George  S.  Mott,  George  S.  Raynor,  G„ 
Muss  Arnolt,  C.  P.  Wilcox,  W.  C.  Root.  Dr.  A.  Y.  Ter- 
rell, E.  W.  Throckmorton,  L.  Victor  Fromont ; Delegate 
to  A.  K.  C.,  A.  H.  Ball.  C.  F.  Lewis,  Secretary. 


Hunt  Clubs* 

Following  is  a list  of  the  registered  hunt  clubs  and 
the  masters: 

Blue  Ridge,  Millwood,  Va..  Edward  G.  Butler. 
Berkshire,  Lenox,  Mass..  Clinton  G.  Gilmore. 
pi-'>nrtvwir>»  Wc^r  Ch^mr.  Pa..  OinrUs  F„  Mather. 
Cameron  Run,  Alexandria,  Va.,  Courtlandt  H.  Smith, 


Chester  Valley.  Berwyn.  Pa..  R.  Penn  Smith. 

Chevy  Chase,  Chevy  Chase,  Md.,  Clarence  Moore. 

Deep  Run.  Richmond,  Va..  H.  C.  Beattie. 

Elkridge.  Woodbrook,  Md.,  Edward  A.  Jackson. 

Es^ex  Hunt,  Gladstone  N.  J.,  Charles  Pfizer. 

Grafton  Hunt,  Grafton.  Mass.,  Harry  W.  Smith. 

Green  Spring  Valley,  Garrison,  Md„  Redmond  C. 
Stewart. 

Harkaway,  McDonald.  Pa..  F.  M.  Lowrey. 

Keswick.  Keswick,  Va  Julian  Morris. 

Lima.  Lima.  Pa..  Charles  A.  Dohnn. 

Loudoun,  Leesburg.  V d . . D.  B.  Tennant. 

Meadow  Brook,  West!  tiry.  N.  Y.,  P.  F.  Collier. 
Middlesex.  South  Lincoln,  Mass.,  A.  Henry  Higginson. 
Mr.  Hitchcock’s  Hounds,  Aiken,  S.  C,  T.  Hitchcock. 
Jr. 

Mr.  Maddux’s  Hounds.  Leeton  Hill.  Va.,  J.  K.  Maddux. 
Myopia,  Wenham  Depot,  Mass.,  George  S.  Mandell. 
Norfolk,  Medfield.  Mass.,  Henry  G.  Vaughn. 

Orange  County.  Goshen,  N.  Y.,  and  Farquier  county, 
Va.,  John  R.  Townsend. 

Patap^co,  Elkridge.  Md..  Dorsey  M.  Williams. 
Piedmont.  Upperville,  Va.,  R.  Hunter  Dulany. 

Pine  Hill.  Front  Royal.  Va..  James  D.  Hall,  Jr. 
Radnor.  Bryn  Mawr.,  Pa..  John  R.  Valentine. 

Rose  Tree.  Media.  Pa..  Edward  Morrell. 

Unland.  Upland.  Pa..  Edward  Crozer. 

W^rrenton,  Warrenton.  Va..  W.  D.  Benner. 

West  Chester  West  Chester.  Pa..  John  Jav  Gheen. 
Wf“=f cheater.  White  Plains.  N.  Y..  Eugene  S.  Revnal. 
White  Marsh,  Erdenheim,  Pa.,  Welsh  Strawbridge. 


Points  and  Flushes* 

The  Waterloo  Cnp.  England’s  greatest  coursing  event, 
was  won  hy  W.  H.  PawsoiTs  Pistol  IT.  at  the  Altcar 
course.  February  T7  The  runner-up  was  Mr.  L.  Pilking- 
ton’s  Prince  Plausible. 


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Marine  Gasolene  Engines. 

BY  A.  E.  POTTER. 

(.Continued  from  page  161.) 

Gasolene  engine  cylinders  must  be  carefully  designed 
in  order  to  get  anything  like  highest  efficiency,  to  say 
naught  of  long  life  to  the  engine.  There  is  an  intimate 
relation  between  the  cylinder,  piston,  connecting  rod, 
crank  shaft  and  rings  that  makes  each  separate  pail 
responsible,  as  a defect  in  any  one  is  a defect  in  the  en- 
gine as  a whole.  Two-stroke  cylinders,  differing  as  they 
do  from  four-stroke  construction,  will  be  treated  first, 
and  such  additional  points  as  have  not  been  mentioned 
will  receive  attention  later. 

To  design  a two-stroke  engine  cylinder,  having  decided 
on  the  diameter  and  length  of  the  stroke,  the  amount  of 
compression  desired  should  next  be  decided.  In  two- 
stroke  engines  this  is  usually  less  than  in  four-stroke, 
and  if  this  is  the  first  engine  to  be  designed,  an  excellent 
plan  is  to  start  with  a compression  of  say  45  pounds 
gauge.  It  is  rarely  that  a higher  pressure  than  this  is 
available  in  two-stroke  engines.  This  first  cylinder  should 
be  designed  with  a removable  head,  for  should  it  be  de- 
sirable to  change  the  compression  by  increasing  or  de- 
creasing the  clearance,  it  is  much  more  economical  to 
make  new  heads  than  new  pistons.  If  the  upper  part  of 
the  cylinder,  the  combustion  cylinder,  is  of  a cylindrical 
section,  it  is  much  more  easily  figured  than  if  the  upper 
part  is  spherical  or  a section  of  a sphere.  The  rule  for 
figuring  the  clearance  and  resulting  theoretical  compres- 
sion is  a simple  mechanical  one,  and  while  in  actual  prac- 
tice it  may  vary  somewhat  from  the  results,  these  varia- 
tions will  be  explained  later. 

The  piston  displacement,  which  is  often  mentioned  in 
gasolene  engine  articles,  is  the  amount  of  space  displaced 
in  the  cylinder  while  the  piston  is  traveling  from  the 
lower  to  the  upper  center.  For  instance,  if  an  engine  is 
5in.  diameter  and  sin.  stroke,  the  displacement  would  be 
the  area  of  the  top  of  the  piston  multiplied  by  the  stroke, 
or  more  properly,  the  area  of  a 5in.  circle,  which  is  found 
by  multiplying  the  square  of  the  diameter  by  7854  and 
that  by  the  length  in  inches, 

5 x 5 x .7854  x s — 98.175  cu.  in. 

The  displacement  now  being  98.175  cu.  in.,  if  the  clear- 
ance or  the  number  of  cubic  inches  between  the  top  of  the 
piston  and  the  cylinder  head  when  on  the  pis. on  is  on  the 
upper  center  is  equal  to  the  displacement,  theoretically  the 
compression  would  be  two  atmospheres,  approximately 

14.7  pounds  per  square  inch,  above  the  atmosphere,  as 
registered  by  a pressure  gauge,  or  29.4  pounds  absolute, 
which  is  known  as  two  atmospheres,  properly  the  volume 
of  two  atmospheres  compressed  into  the  space  of  one. 
If  the  clearance  is  one-half  the  displacement  or  but 

49.8  -r  cu.  in.,  the  compression  would  be  four  atmospheres 
instead  of  two,  44.1  pounds  gauge,  or  58.8  absolute.  _ 

If  it  is  desired  to  increase  the  compression,  it  can 
readily  be  accomplished  by  reducing  the  clearance,  and, 
vice-versa,  reduce  the  clearance  to  increase  the  compres- 
sion. If  you  desire  at  any  time  to  find  the  theoretical 
clearance  in  your  engine,  a very  simple  means  may  be 
employed,  provided  the  surface  is  irregular.  Put  the  pis- 
ton on  the  upper  center;  take  a 16-ounce  graduate  of 
kerosene  pr  other  thin  mineral  oil,  and  fill  the  cylinder  up 


through  the  place  where  the  insulated  electrode  or  relief' 
cock  screws  into  the  head,  and  carefully  measure  the 
amount  of  oil  it  takes.  A gallon  contains  231  cu.  in.  ; 
sixteen  ounces  is  one  pint,  or  1-16  of  231  cu.  in.  Then, 
knowing  the  displacement  of  the  piston  from  the  diameter 
and  stroke,  you  can  easily  figure  the  compression.  There 
is  one  allowance,  however,  which  should  be  made  in  figur- 
ing the  displacement  of  a two-stroke  engine.  As  the  pis- 
ton has  to  ascend  some  distance  before  compression  be- 
gins, or  until  the  exhaust  port  in  the  cylinder  is  closed, 
the  corrected  displacement  is  found  by  mul.iplying  the 
area  of  the  circle  by  the  corrected  stroke,  found  by  de- 
ducting the  distance  from  the  top  of  the  piston  when  ort 
the  lower  center  to  the  top  of  the  exhaust  port,  from  the 
stroke  of  the  engine.  By  using  this  corrected  displace- 
ment the  fractional  or  true  compression  can  be  found  in 
the  same  manner  as  the  theoretical  compression. 

Clearance  having  been  decided  upon,  the  next  and  most 
important  step  is  in  the  location  of  the  inlet  and  exhaust 
ports. 

No  empirical  rules  can  be  made  or  followed  in  their 
location,  length  or  width,  as  these  all  depend  on  the 
amount  of  back  pressure  in  the  exhaust  passages  and 
muffler,  the  speed  of  the  engine,  amount  of  compression 
in  the  crank  space,  and  several  other  important  points. 

'l  oo  early  opening  exhaust  ports  may  cause  large  loss  of 
power  and  inordinate  consumption  of  fuel,  while  insuffi- 
cient size  or  too  late  opening  may  cause  loss  of  power  by 
not  allowing  the  products  of  combustion  or  the  burned 
gases  to  escape.  If  there  is  but  little  pressure  on  the  gas 
in  the  crank  case,  there  will  be  insufficient  power,  and  the 
ports  must  be  opened  earlier.  In  the  length  of  the  ports 
there  can  be  no  mistake  made,  provided  they  are  made 
as  long  as  possible  and  not  permit  ends  of  the  rings  to 
catch  in  the  ports.  Bars  or  partitions  in  the  port  open- 
ings will  effectually  prevent  this.  In  some  cases  they  are 
set  diagonally  and  in  others  perpendicularly  to  the  axis 
of  the  shaft.  If  the  engine  is  one  that  takes  its  gas 
through  the  head  instead  of  a port  just  below  the  ex- 
haust port,  there  should  be  a series  of  exhaust  ports  ex- 
tending the  entire  circumference  of  the  cylinder,  if  best 
results  are  to  be  obtained.  An  excellent  object  obtained 
by  this  construction  is  heating  the  cylinder  by  the  passing 
out  of  tile  exhaust  gases  on  all  sides  of  the  cylinder,  with 
less  liability  of  warping. or  destroying  its  inner  surface. 

The  fast  running  engine  needs  an  earlier  opening  ex- 
haust port  than  a medium  or  slow  speed.  If  you  are  sure 
that  your  exhaust  port  is  sufficiently  wide,  when  you 
come  to  test  it  for  power  and  consumption  of  fuel,  it  can 
readily  be  determined  whether  the  ports  are  opened  too 
early  or  too  late  by  finding  at  what  speed  the  engine  de- 
velops the  most  power.  This  will  be  treated  fully  when 
we  reach  the  subject  of  testing. 

The  point  of  exhaust  opening  is  a very  fine  one,  and 
depends  also  upon  the  length  of  the  connecting  rod.  The 
longer  ihe  rod. in  proportion  to  the  stroke,  the  earlier  the 
port  should  open,  and  the  shorter  the  proportional  length 
the  later,  if  you  will  lay  out  out  on  a draughting  board  a 
5in.  circle,  loin,  connecting  rod  and  note  the  various  posi- 
tions of  the  lower  end  or  the  center  of  the  crank  pin  when 
the  piston 'has  traveled  down  4 inches  and  each  ^ in.  up 
to  its  full  stroke,  you  W ill  note  that  a difference  of  i-i6m, 
ot’  k&in.  in  the-  time  of  opening  the  exhaust  port  will 
make  a arrpqt  difference  ip  the  proportions  of  the  time  in 


the  half  circle  described  by  the  piston  on  the  down  or 
power  stroke.  If  the  length  of  the  piston  rod  is  in- 
creased to  uin.,  2 1-5  times  the  stroke,  you  will  notice 
quite  a change  in  conditions. 

[to  be  continued.] 


American  Power  Boat  Association. — At  the  annual 
meeting  of  the  A.  P.  B.  A.,  held  Monday  night.  Feb.  27, 
the  following  officers  were  elected:  President,  J.  Howard 
Wainwright,  American  Y.  C. ; Sec’y,  Anson  B.  Cole, 
Manhasset  Y.  C. ; Treas.,  F.  A.  Hill,  Norwalk  Y.  C. ; 
Meas.,  H.  J.  Gielow,  Atlantic  Y.  C.  The  Executive  Com- 
mittee consists  of  Harold  Brown,  Swampscott  Y.  C. ; J. 
H.  McIntosh,  Columbia  Y.  C. ; Alfred  Costello,  Frontenae 
Y.  C. ; Geo.  P.  Cranberry.  New  Rochelle,  Y.  C. 

President  J.  Howard  Wainwright  appointed  a commit- 
tee to  arrange  for  a cruise  for  power  boats  to  the  St. 
Lawrence  to  attend  the  gold  challenge  cup  races.  Start 
will  be  from  Albany,  August  19.  to  Oswego,  and  crossing 
Lake  Ontario  the  route  will  lead  to  Chippewa  Bay.  On 
the  return  the  itinerary  is  St.  Lawrence,  Ritchelieu  River, 
Lake  Champlain,  Champlain  Canal  to  the  Hudson  River. 
The  cruise  will  probably  occupy  in  the  neighborhood  of 
two  weeks. 

A week’s  power  boat  racing  will  follow  the  challenge 
cup  contests,  under  the  auspices  of  the  Frontenae  Y.  C. 

Memorial  Day,  May  30,  was  decided  upon  for  Man- 
hasset Bay  Y.  C.  power  boat  races. 

The  only  proposed  change  in  the  rules  was  in  that  in 
determining  the  horsepower  of  twe-stroke  engines,  substi- 
tuting 850  as  a constant  instead  of  750.  The  matter  was 
left  to  the  executive  committee  for  later  consideration 
and  decision.  The  Association  consists  of  thirty-nine 
clubs  in  Massachusetts,  Rhode  Island,  Connecticut,  New 
York.  New  Jersey  and  Pennsylvania.  Nominating  Com- 
mittee was  L.  F.  Jackson,  C.  P.  Tower  and  Edw.  J.  Mac- 
Lellan. 

n & 

Boston  Automobile  and  Power  Boat  Show.— This 
show  will  be  held  in  Mechanics’  Hall,  Boston.  March  11 
to  18.  inclusive.  Of  the  83.000  square  feet  of  exhibition 
space,  35,000  square  feet  was  reserved  for  power  boats  and 
engines.  The  automobile  space  was  all  taken  several 
weeks  ago,  and  but  less  than  500  feet  remain  of  that  re- 
served for  power  boats.  Nearly  all  the  exhibitors  at  the 
New  York  show  will  be  represented.  Geo.  Lawley  & Son. 
the  noted  shipbuilders,  will  have  a 64ft.  mahogany  cabin 
launch  on  exhibition.  Everything  points  to  a lar^e 
attendance.  & 

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— J i-’J.  I . 1 ty 

steam  yacht  designed  by  Messrs.  A.  Cary  Smith  & Ferris 
for  Captain  A.  B.  Benjamin,  is  now  nearing  completion 
at  Bayles’  yard.  Port  Jefferson.  She  is  90ft.  lono-  17ft 
7in.  breadth  and  5ft.  draft. 

*?  »f. 

Sayona  Changed  tnto  an  Auxiliary.— The  yawl 
Sayona,  ex-Iztaccihuatl.  owned  by  Mr..  Frank  C.  Swan 
is  being  fitted  with  a 15  horsepower  Craig  engine  “ The 
propeller  will  be  a two-bladed  one  of  the  feathering  type 
The  work  on  Sayona  is  being  done  under  the  direction  of 
Messrs,  A,  Cary  Smith  & Ferris,  Q "0n  0t 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


'[March  4,  1905, 


The  Motorboat  and  Sports- 
man's Show. 

The  Motorboat  and  Sportsman’s  Show  has  been  run- 
ning for  a week  as  we  go  to  press.  The  attend- 
ance has  been  phenomenal,  and  hardly  one  who  has  been 
there  but  has  repeated  his  visit  or  vowed  that  he  would 
before  the  second  week  is  over.  It  is  well  worth  seeing. 
The  large  lagoon  proves  a very  attractive  feature,  as  we 
predicted  last  week.  Its  fleet  of  boats,  ranging  from  the 
small  runabout  launch  to  the  high  speed  yacht  tender  and 
autoboat,  is  wonderful.  To  see  one  of  these  fast  boats 
race  up  and  down  the  lake  first  at  lightning  speed  ahead, 
then  stop  almost  instantly  and  run  backwards,  always 
under  perfect  control,  turning  sharp  corners,  is  amazing. 
The  arranging  of  such  a vast  exhibition  has  been  fraught 
with  more  or  less  apprehension  on  the  part  of  the  man- 
agement, but  not  a thing  has  yet  occurred  to  even  sug- 
gest that  the  1905  Motorboat  and  Sportsman’s  Show  is 
anything  that  it  ought  not  be.  It  was  feared  at  one  time 
that  the  sportman’s  end  would  be  slighted,  but  the  ex- 
tensive exhibits  of  camping  and  outdoor  goods,  fishing 
rods,  game  birds  and  animals,  canoes  and  general  sport- 
ing goods,  proves  that  the  fears  of  the  doubters  were 
groundless.  The  Intercolonial,  Grand  Trunk  and 
Canadian  Pacific  Railway  and  the  Richelieu  and  Ontario 
Navigation  Company’s  exhibits  take  up  the  entire  eastern 
end  of  the  promenade  floor.  These  exhibits  are  a part  of 
those  shown  at  the  Louisiana  Purchase  Exposition,  and 
are  more  extensive  than  they  ever  were  before. 

Among  the  Exhibitors. 

The  Gas  Engine  & Power  Company  and  Chas.  L.  Sea- 
bury  & Co.,  Consol.,  have  as  showy  an  exhibit  as  any  one 
at  the  Garden.  The  high  speed  launch  tender  in  the  water 
is  a particularly  able  looking  craft,  commodious  and  com- 
fortable. The  mahogany  launch  in  their  space  is  a marvel 
of  beauty  in  lines,  finish  and  appointment,  and  has  been 
sold  as  a tender  to  Com.  F.  G.  Bowne’s  flagship  Delaware, 
N.  Y.  Y.  C.  The  six  cylinder  engine  with  oval  brass  water 
jackets  is  probably  one  that  gets  more  attention  than 
any  other  at  the  Show.  It  runs  with  no  rattle,  vibration 
or  noise,  and  makes  an  excellent  appearance.  They  report 
several  sales,  more  than  they  ever  recorded  at  any  pre- 
vious exhibitions,  the  effect  of  such  showing  usually  re- 
sulting in  the  placing  of  orders  with  them  at  the  works 
following  the  shows,  rather  than  during  the  time  of  their 
exhibit. 

Panhard  & Levassor  show  the  40ft.  high  speed  boat 
built  for  them  by  the  Electric  Launch  Company,  and 
described  recently  in  these  columns.  She  is  a modern 
up-to-date  two-man  boat,  but  is  arranged  so  that  the 
engine  operator  may  also  act  as  steersman  if  desired,  an 
auxiliary  steering  apparatus  being  placed  just  abaft  the 
engine  on  the  port  side.  The  engine  is  a 60  horsepower 
Panhard  four  cylinder  auto-marine  type.  The  rudder, 
placed  ahead  of  a two-bladed  reversible  propeller,  is  of 
the  balanced  type.  The  object  of  this  location  is  to  re- 
duce strain  from  the  race  of  water,  and  to  enable  the  boat 
to  turn  more  quickly  and  steer  easily.  The  shaft  is 
inclosed  in  a brass  protecting  sleeve.  She  has  not  been 
thoroughly  tested  out  yet,  but  fully  28  miles  is  expected 
of  her  when  thoroughly  “tuned  up,”  a speed  greater  than 
any  boat  of  her  length  has  ever  attained.  They  also 
show  a 24  horsepower  four-cylinder  engine  of  the  same 
make,  and  an  assortment  of  power  boat  accessories  made 
by  them  or  imported. 

Abercrombie  & Fitch  Company  have  more  space  than 
any  other  exhibitor — 72  feet — on  the  main  promenade, 
and  space  for  their  canoes,  etc.,  on  the  island.  They  have 
a miscellaneous  collection  of  everything  necessary  or 
convenient  pertaining  to  outdoor  life,  prospecting,  hunt- 
ing, fishing,  boating,  canoeing,  etc.  Their  Touradif  rods 
and  Talbot  reels  have  taken  many  prizes  in  fly-casting 
tournaments.  Something  new  in  flies  is  their  Pennell-eyed 
flies  snelled.  A very  complete  and  light  rod  repair  kit  is 
shown  for  the  first  time.  To  even  the  veteran  angler 
their  exhibit  of  flies  is  a revelation.  In  outing  shoes  and 
boots  their  line  is  complete.  Lightness  and  wet-proof 
features  are  the  two  essentials  they  insist  upon.  Silk 
tents,  guaranteed  waterproof,  and  an  entirely  new  alu- 
minum cooking  outfit  will  be  appreciated  by  those 
forced  to  make  portages.  Sheet  steel  stoves,  folding 
chairs,  cots,  and  shelves  are  shown.  An  especial  pack- 
saddle  is  shown  on  a full  model  mule  equipped  with 
alforjas  and  pack-sheet  with  diamond  hitch  thrown. 
Prospectors’  picks,  miners’  wash-pans,  linen  mountain 
climbing  ropes,  skis,  snowshoes,  traps,  etc.,  are  but  a few 
of  the  multitude  of  articles  shown.  Winchester  rifles  fill 
a rack  and  a full  line  of  Colt’s  revolvers  is  to  be  seen. 
A most  complete  line  of  English  hunting,  boating  and 
surveying  compasses  needs  special  mention.  Four  models 
of  canoes  are  shown,  each  for  a particular  purpose,  in- 
cluding the  famous  Caughnawana  model,  canvas-covered, 
weighing  but  45  pounds.  The  novelty  of  the  show  is  a 
power  canoe,  equipped  with  a 2 horsepower  two-stroke 
gasolene  engine.  This  canoe  has  air  sponsons,  and  is 
absolutely  non-capsizable  and  non-sinkable. 

John  Wanamaker,  New  York,  has  two  exhibits,  one  on 
the  promenade,  where  he  shows  a full  line  of  canoes  made 
by  the  Fraser  Hollow  Spar  & Boat  Company,  Greenport, 
L.  I.,  formerly  the  Spalding  St.  Lawrence  Boat  Com- 
pany, Whitestone.  A 16ft.  special  canoe  is  shown  weigh- 
ing 46  pounds.  It  is  finished  in  medium  brown,  a neutral 
tint,  the  ideal  boat  for  trout  fishing.  Their  B grade  is 
better  adapted  for  salt-water  use,  being  a little  heavier. 
Mention  must  be  made  of  the  superior  filling  and  finish 
of  the  canvas  with  which  these  canoes  are  covered.  The 
filling  is  applied  and  carefully  smoothed  off,  after  which 
two  cases  of  enamel  are  applied,  color  to  suit  the  pur- 
chaser. On  the  island  in  the  lagoon  they  show  a full  line 
of  Pierce  launches  and  engines.  A 21ft.  compromise 
stern  launch,  being  neither  torpedo  round  nor  square, 
has  a 5 horsepower  two-stroke  Truscott  engine  in  the 
center,  with  the  after  part  of  the  cockpit  partitioned.  An 
18ft.  similar  boat  has  a 3 horsepower  engine  for  power 
equipment  This  boat  is  on  the  lagoon.  Two  launches 
of  an  entirely  new  type,  equipped  with  four-stroke  en- 
gines, are  shown.  Their  sterns  have  something  the  ap- 
pearance of  beaver  tails ; they  are  of  light  draft  and  espe- 
cially designed  for  fishing  and  hunting.  The  21ft.  launch 
has  8-12  horsepower  engine  and  the  25ft.  a 16-24  horse- 
power. 

TIlS  £$jibition  of  motorboats  apcl  iqotors  sftown  by 


The  Lozier  Motor  Company  has  attracted  manifold  in- 
terest of  visitors  at  the  Garden.  This,  no  doubt,  is  due 
to  the  fact  that  the  name  “Lozier”  was  so  long  associated 
with  the  manufacture  of  Cleveland  bicycles,  and  latterly 
with  the  power  boat  and  marine  engine  industry.  A hand- 
some 31ft.  semi-racer  with  a 25  horsepower  four  cylinder 
four-stroke  motor  of  the  latest  type  is  exhibited  in  the 
lake,  and  demonstrations  of  the  working  of  the  motor  are 
made  at  the  request  of  anyone  interested.  In  the  booth 
is  shown  a 21ft.  torpedo  stern  launch  of  standard  make, 
one  of  several  hundred  which  this  company  has  built  on 
the  same  lines.  Among  the  features  that  may  attract 
most  attention  is  the  silent  and  odorless  under-water  ex- 
haust with  which  all  Lozier  power  boats  are  provided ; and 
the  fact  that  these  boats  are  absolutely  safe,  it  being  im- 
possible for  any  gasolene  to  gain  admittance  to  the  cock- 
pit proper,  as  the  copper  gasolene  tank  is  located  in  a 
water-tight  compartment  under  the  forward  deck,  and 
the  gasolene  conducted  from  the  tank  to  the  vaporizer  by 
means  of  a seamless  brass  pipe  attached  to  the  outside  of 
hull.  The  motor  exhibit  consists  of  three  different  types 
of  motors  known  as  A,  B and  C.  A sample  3 horsepower 
type  C motor  is  set  up  with  shaft  attached,  the  wheel  re- 
volving in  a tank  of  water.  This  type  of  engine  pos- 
sesses many  new  and  novel  features,  and  those  who  have 
a knowledge  of  marine  engines  are  surprised  to  see  a two- 
stroke  engine  having  the  same  speed  control  as  one  of 
the  four-stroke  type.  A 40  horsepower  four  cylinder  four- 
stroke  marine  engine  of  conservative  weight  is  shown,  and 
a close  inspection  of  the  same  by  those  who  are  compe- 
tent to  judge  first-class  machine  work  will  demonstrate 
that  only  the  highest  class  of  work  is  put  upon  these 
engines. 

I he  Williams-Whittelsey  Company  show  three  espe- 
cially fine  built  boats.  The  30ft.  boat  in  the  booth  is  a 
handsome  yacht  tender  or  runabout  of  fine  lines  and  good 
model.  She  has  a raking  stem  and  double  transom  stern. 
Engine,  as  in  all  three  boats,  is  installed  forward  under 
cover.  Planking  is  of  specially  selected  Spanish  cedar 
with  African  mahogany  trimmings.  The  log  from  which 
this  mahogany  was  cut  sold  in  London  for  over  $16,000. 
This  is  _ the  best  finished  and  most  expensive  30-footer 
ever  built.  The  figure  in  the  wood  is  exceedingly  hand- 
some. In  the  water  they  have  a 35ft.  runabout  autoboat, 
single-planked  in  Spanish  cedar,  trimmed  with  quartered 
oak.  Boat  has  rear  transom  and  a combination  of  side 
seats  and  wicker  chairs.  A 20ft.  Spanish  cedar  yacht 
tender  with  mahogany  trim  is  also  afloat,  equipped  with 
an  18  horsepower  engine ; estimated  speed  12  miles  at 
800  revolutions  per  minute.  The  new  patented  Whittelsey 
double  frame  construction  is  shown  in  contrast  with 
double  planking.  Enough  is  said  of  this  new  departure  in 
hull  construction  when  one  learns  that  the  well-known 
Standard,  after  three  years  hard  service,  is  still  in  first- 
class  condition,  owing  to  this  system,  which  was  first  tried 
on  Standard.  This  concern  is  strictly  a boat  designing  and 
building  one.  They  have  no  connection  with  any  gaso- 
lene engine  builders,  and  are  prepared  to  install  any  en- 
gine selected,  with  absolutely  no  preferences. 

Bird,  Jones  & Kenyon,  Utica,  N.  Y.,  are  giving  a won- 
derfully impressive  demonstration  of  Duxback  clothing. 
A dummy  fitted  with  hat,  coat  and  trousers  is  placed  in  a 
tank  and  a sprinkler  directly  over  the  shoulders,  where 
the  liability  of  wetting  through  is  the  greatest,  discharges 
some  fifty  gallons  of  water  per  hour.  After  seven  hours 
the  outer  surface  is  but  slightly  dampened,  and  the  under 
surface  is  absolutely  dry.  Sulphur  matches  in  the  pocket 
can  be  readily  lighted  after  this  test.  This  clothing  is  not 
high  priced,  is  within  the  reach  of  the  amateur  as  well  as 
professional  sportsman.  The  fisherman  or  yachtsman 
could  use  Duxback  to  much  better  advantage  than  oiled 
clothing,  and  in  case  of  accidentally  falling  into  the  water, 
would  be  no  more  impeded  than  with  his  usual  habili- 
ments. These  goods  will  never  heat  when  rolled  up,  are 
moth  proof,  and  will  be  serviceable  until  worn  out.  The 
coat  weighs  less  than  three  pounds,  is  soft  and  pliable, 
and  of  a neutral  tint  that  will  not  reflect  or  radiate  the 
heat  of  the  sun.  The  texture  of  the  goods  is  sufficiently 
open  for  ventilation,  and  permits  of  the  evaporation  of 
bodily  exhalations,  something  impossible  with  rubber- 
filled  fabrics.  Porosity  is  not  sufficient  to  allow  cold  air 
and  wind  in  winter  to  chill  the  wearer.  A suit  complete 
consists  of  double-lined  coat,  reinforced  trousers  and  ven- 
tilated hat.  For  ladies’  wear  the  suit  would  consist  of 
hat,  coat  with  half-fitted  back,  and  five-gored  unlined 
skirt  provided  with  necessary  pockets.  The  same  gar- 
ments are  also  made  in  corduroy  lined  with  Duxback. 
These  are  all  reversible,  so  that  the  corduroy  can  be 
shown  in  town  and  Duxback  worn  when  it  rains.  Dux- 
back is  now  a standard  article  of  manufacture,  and  each 
garment  is  sold  with  a rain-proof  guarantee. 

The  Anglers’  Company,  Hartford,  Conn.,  were  unfor- 
tunate in  having  the  greater  part  of  their  exhibit  delayed 
in  transit  until  the  latter  part  of  the  week.  Their  “Dia- 
mond” metal-whipped  rods  are  a revelation  to  the  fisher- 
men who  have  never  before  seen  them.  They  are  light, 
strong,  sensitive  and  extremely  flexible.  Solid  cork  grip, 
Oriental  opal  bitt  and  tip  guards  and  aluminum  end  caps 
and  mountings  make  them  exceedingly  handsome  and 
durable.  They  show  light  fly,  bait  and  Adirondack  troll- 
ing rods  in  various  weights,  made  from  bamboo,  dagama 
and  other  woods.  Their  “Service”  fly-books,  combining 
soak  box  and  fly-book  is  an  entirely  new  and  practical 
book.  The  lines,  tackle  cases  and  other  specialties,  to- 
gether with  their  rods,  makes  an  attractive  and  popular 
exhibit. 

Newbury  & Dunham,  of  the  Western  Launch  Yard, 
Williamsbridge,  N.  Y.,  representing  the  Western  Launch 
& Engine  Company,  of  Michigan  City,  Mich.,  and  the 
Globe  Iron  Works  Company,  Menominee,  Wis.,  have  a 20 
horsepower  high  speed  four-stroke  engine  of  four  cylin- 
ders, weighing  approximately  400  pounds;  also  a four 
cylinder  12  horsepower  four-stroke  heavy  service  engine. 
These  two  engines  are  made  by  the  latter  firm  under  the 
name  of  the  “White.”  The  Western  engines  are  all  of  the 
two-stroke  type,  and  are  shown  as  follows : 21ft.  launch, 
3 horsepower  single  cylinder;  22}4ft.,  6 horsepower 
double,  and  25ft.  7 horsepower  single..  A 14  horsepower 
double  cylinder  engine  completes  their  exhibit,  with  the 
exception  of  the  Tige,  which  is  the  first  passenger  vessel 
gasolene-propelled  to  ever  ply  on  Sport  Lake. 

Smith  & Mabley,  Inc.,  513  Seventh  avenue,  New 
York,  have  on  the  lagoon  a 30ft.  yacht  tender,  single- 
planked  with  mahogany,  and  30  horsepower  Simplex  en- 
gine, The  forward  copkpit  contains  steering  and  operat- 


ing apparatus,  while  the  engine  and  passenger  space  is  in 
an  after  cockpit.  This  latter  is  divided  by  a glass  parti- 
tion which  can  be  lowered  in  good  weather.  A removable 
and  collapsible  spray,  rain  and  sun  hood  is  provided  on 
brass  framework.  A rear  transom  and  removable  side 
seats  are  provided  with  red  carpet  and  plush  hair-filled 
cushions.  Chairs  can  be  used  if  desired  by  removing 
the  side  seats.  Mr.  C.  K.  G.  Billings,  New  York  Y.  C, 
will  use  her  as  tender  to  Surf.  No  brass  railings  are 
necessary  to  correct  any  imperfections  in  shear  lines.  In- 
stallation is  in  every  respect  the  very  safest  possible. 
Duplicates  of  the  engines  in  the  Vingt-et-Un  II.  and 
Challenger  are  shown;  also  the  numerous  cups  and  tro- 
phies won  by  these  two  craft. 

John  V.  Rice,  Jr.,  & Co.,  Bordentown,  N.  J.,  show 
several  modern  two-stroke  engines,  a 10  horsepower 
double  cylinder  and  single  cylinder  1%  and  4 horsepower. 
These  engines  are  of  the  high  speed  piston  intake  type; 
one  of  the  engines  shown  the  builders  claim  to  have  run 
3,200  revolutions  per  minute,  with  a crank  case  compres- 
sion of  15  pounds  at  moderate  speed.  Ignition  is  by  jump 
spark  with  Splitdorf  coil  and  their  own  timer.  Engines 
will  run  in  either  direction.  They  also  show  a 4 horse- 
power single  cylinder  four-stroke  engine  of  good 
appearance. 

G.  W.  Cole  Company,  141  Broadway,  New  York,  have 
as  an  object-lesson  a hatchet  and  gun  barrel,  both  smeared 
with  “3-in-One”  immersed  in  a tank  of  water.  Neither 
shows  the  least  effect  of  the  action  of  the  water  on  the 
bright  surfaces  of  the  metal.  It  does  prevent  rusting,  for 
if  it  will  prevent  it  for  six  days,  there  is  no  reason  why  it 
should  not  for  six  weeks.  Hand  rails  and  bright  work 
around  yachts  and  boats,  after  polishing,  could  be  pro- 
tected from  the  action  of  salt  water  if  it  were  used 
occasionally. 

Douglas  Manufacturing  Company,  96  Church  street. 
New  York,  are  giving  demonstrations  of  “New-Skin,” 
patching  up  for  all  who  apply,  cuts,  scratches  and  barks, 
absolutely  gratis,  and  are  glad  to  have  people  meet  with 
minor  casualties  for  the  purpose  of  alleviating  their  slight 
discomfort  and  furnishing  them  with  “New-Skin.”  For 
the  fisherman,  sportsman  and  gas  engine  operator  to  be 
without  a supply  of  “New-Skin  is  hardly  excusable. 

The  Standard  Motor  Construction  Company,  of  Jersey 
City,  N.  J.,  has  on  exhibition  at  the  Garden  an  autoboat 
yacht  tender  of  a very  stable  design,  maintaining  the  lines 
of  a high  speed  boat.  One  of  their  motors  in  a boat 
similar  to  this  has  been  sold  for  a tender  to  the  President’s 
yacht,  Sylph.  They  exhibit  an  excellent  photograph  of 
the  motorboat  Gregory,  which  is  now  on  its  way  across 
the  ocean,  having  stopped  at  Bermuda.  Their  small  ice 
machine  and  direct-connected  electric  light  plant  for  yacht 
lighting,  and  a 12,  18  and  25  horsepower  engine  of  slow 
speed  type ; also  a 100  horsepower  motor  of  the  six  cylin- 
der reversible  type  are  also  shown  to  advantage. 


Small  Power  Gasolene  Engines. — We  are  pleased  to 
note  that  some  of  our  well-known  engine  builders  are 
catering  to  the  sportsmen’s  wants,  and  are  placing  on  the 
market  motors  of  from  ^4  to  1 horsepower,  designed  espe- 
cially for  rowboat  launches.  They  are  prepared  to  furnish 
outfit  with  gasolene  engine  installed  or  will  sell  engine 
and  all  accessories  necessary  for  installing  at  a reason- 
able price.  Some  have  the  gasolene  tank  in  the  base,  so 
that  no  tank  in  the  bow  of  the  boat  is  necessary,  and  all 
are  designed  for  ordinary  pleasure  and  fishing  boats. 
Some  men  already  possess  their  own  boats,  and  realize 
fully  what  a convenience  it  would  be  to  have  installed 
therein  a small  and  compact  motor  capable  of  driving  a 
boat  from  5^4  to  6j4  miles  an  hour,  the  speed,  of  course, 
depending  almost  wholly  upon  the  lines  of  the  boat.  _ To 
avoid  excessive  wear  in  these  high  speed  little  engines, 
it  is  necessary  that  many  of  the  wearing  parts  should  be 
of  hard  bronze  or  steel  case-hardened ; the  engine  must  be 
correctly  designed,  and  in  fitting  the  rings  and  assembling, 
painstaking  care  must  be  taken — even  greater  than  in  the 
larger  sizes,  for  while  an  ill-fitting  piston  ring  will  only 
lessen  the  power  of  a large  engine,  it  would  be  quite  apt 
to  prevent  one  of  these  small  engines  from  running  at  all. 
Hence  exceptional  care  must  be  taken  in  their  manufac- 
ture in  order  that  the  engine  may  prove  efficient  and  give 
satisfaction  to  the  owner  or  user.  There  is  no  question 
but  that  these  small  motors  are  here  to  stay,  one  firm  we 
know  of  having  sold  over  1,200  last  season,  and  the  de- 
mand for  them  is  constantly  increasing.  In  the  past,  igni- 
tion troubles  have  been  the  principal  drawback  to  the 
succesful  operation  of  the  baby  engine,  due  to  high  speed 
and  the  consequent  rapid  deterioration  of  dry  batteries. 
But  now  compact  magnetos  and  dynamos,  specially  de- 
signed, can  be  procured,  thus  eliminating  to  a large  ex- 
tent the  annoyance  of  weak  and  worn-out  batteries.  Not 
only  are  these  little  motors  being  sought  after  by  sports- 
men, but,  installed  in  a boat  of  proper  dimensions,  one 
can  have  an  ideal  family  launch  for  a comparatively  small 
outlay  of  money. 

« 

Thistle  and  Atlantic  Entered  in  Ocean  Race. — 
Commander  Hebbinghaus,  naval  attache  of  the  German 
Embassy  at  Washington,  has  received  two  more  entries 
for  the  ocean  race  for  the  Kaiser’s  Cup.  The  two  boats 
entered  are  Atlantic,  owned  by  Mr.  Wilson  Marshall,  and 
Thistle,  owned  by  Mr.  Robert  E.  Tod.  Thistle  is  a two- 
masted  steel  schooner  150ft.  over  all,  110ft.  waterline, 
28ft.  breadth  and  14ft.  draft.  She  was  designed  by  Mr. 
Henry  C.  Winteringham  and  built  at  Shooters’  Island, 
S.  I.,  by  the  Townsend  & Downey  Shipbuilding  Company 
in  1901.  Atlantic  was  designed  by  Messrs.  Gardner  & 
Cox,  and  built  at  Shooters’  Island  by  the  same  firm  that 
constructed  Thistle  in  1903.  She  is  of  steel  and  is  rigged 
as  a three-masted  schooner.  Atlantic  is  185ft.  over  all, 
135ft.  waterline,  29.3ft.  breadth  and  15ft.  draft.  The 
committee  in  charge  of  the  race  have  decided  that  all 
vessels  will  have  to  handle  their  sails  by  hand,  and  that 
the  engines  cannot  be  used  for  that  purpose.  This  is  a 
fair  and  just  provision,  and  should  attract  more  entries 
from  men  who  own  sailing  yachts. 

•6.  *S  ft 

Huguenot  Y.  C.  Meeting.; — At  the  annual  meeting  of 
the  Huguenot  Y.  C.,  held  on  February  18,  the  following 
officers  were  elected : Com.,  L.  C.  Ketchum ; Vice-Corn., 
G.  G.  Bell;  Rear-Corn.,  H.  A.  Woodward;  Treas.,  J, 
Riggs ; Sec’y,  Reune  Martin. 


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Cruising  Schooner  Blacfchawfc* 

The  requirements  of  the  owner  of  this  yacht  called  for 
a vessel  in  which  seaworthy  qualities  should  be  the  pre- 
dominating feature.  She  is  of  a fine,  easy  model,  with 
clipper  bow  and  liberal  deadrise.  For  the  sake  of  easy 
motion  at  sea,  a large  portion  of  the  ballast  is  to  be  car- 
ried inside.  Her  scantlings  are  excessively  heavy,  in- 
suring great  strength  and  durability. 

The  rig  is  a snug  one  with  a liberal  portion  of  sail  in 
the  foresail.  A common  defect  in  schooner  yachts  is 
getting  too  much  area  in  the  mainsail,  thus  sacrificing 
the  advantage  of  that  rig. 

The  cabin  plan  shows  accommodations  for  quite  a 
large  number  of  people.  In  the  main  saloon  there  are 
two  berths,  and  the  transoms  extend,  making  berths  for 
two  more.  Forward  of  the  saloon  there  are  two'  state- 
rooms with  two  berths  in  each,  the  upper  folding  up  like 
a Pullman  berth.  The  toilet  room,  galley  and  forecastle 
are  very  roomy,  with  full  head  room  throughout.  There 
is  a liberal  amount  of  locker  space  in  the  boat,  and  she 
should  make  a very  comfortable  cruiser. 

There  are  tanks  for  fresh  water  beneath  cabin  floor, 
with  capacity  for  120  gallons.  The  toilet  room  is  sup- 
plied with  hot  and  cold  running  water,  and  the  boat  is 
lighted  with  acetylene  gas.  The  joiner  work  in  saloon 
and  staterooms  is  mahogany.  A power  tender  and  sail- 
ing tender  are  to  be  carried. 

The  sails  for  the  boat  are  furnished  by  Messrs.  Wilson 
& Silsby,  and  the  blocks  by  Merriman  Bros. 

Blackhawk  was  designed  by  Mr.  Norman  L.  Skene, 
and  is  now  being  built  for  Mr.  Charles  E.  Gibson,  of 
Boston,  by  C.  F.  Brown  at  Pulpit  Harbor,  Maine. 

The  dimensions  are  as  follows: 


Length — 

Over  all  ..61  ft. 

L.W.L .42ft 

Overhang — 

Forward  8ft 

Aft  ..lift. 

Breadth — 

Extreme  14ft.  3m. 

Draft — 

Extreme  8ft.  3in. 

Freeboard — 

Least,  to  rail  3ft.  8in. 

Area,  lower  sails  1,95°  sq.  ft. 

Ballast,  iron — ■ 

Outside  10, 000  lbs. 

Inside  17,000  lbs. 


The  cabin  plans  and  details  of  rigging  and  iron  work 
will  be  published  next  week. 


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{March  4.  190& 


Boston  Letter, 

Boston,  Feb.  27. — Five  new  22-footers.  By  far  the 
greatest  development  in  racing  classes  for  the  coming 
season  will  be  among  the  22-footers,  in  which  class  live 
new  boats  are  now  under  way.  This  class  will  be  raced, 
•as  usual,  under  the  rules  of  the  association  wrhich  governs 
it;  and  it  may  be  said  that,  no  matter  what  favorable 
action  might  generally  be  taken  toward  the  adoption  of 
the  new  uniform  rating  rule,  the  owners  of  yachts  in 
this  class  would  undoubtedly  insist  upon  racing  as  a 
special  class.  It  looks  as  though  the  class  would  be  well 
(represented  at  all  races  throughout  the  season,  for  the  in- 
terest which  was  aroused  last  year  through  close  competi- 
tion has  in  no  way  abated.  Owners  of  the  older  boats 
are  just  as  enthusiastic  as  ever,  and  each  believes  that  he 
has  an  equal  chance  with  any  of  the  boats  which  may 
come  f'rCSn  from  the  builders  at  the  opening  cf  the  season 
of  1^05.  In  addition  to  the  new  boats  building,  there 
•are  at  least  four  of  the  older  ones  that  will  be  out  for 
blue  pennants,  and  it  is  quite  possible  that  there  may  be 
more.  It  is  likely  that  the  boats  will  stick  together  in  all 
of  the  circuit  racing  throughout  the  bay,  for  the  disposi- 
tion among  the  racing  owners  has  been  to  keep  at  it,  no 
matter  where  they  finished. 

One  of  the  most  enthusiastic  among  the  owners  of  the 
new  boats  is  Mr.  H.  H.  White,  who  is  having  one  built 
by  Mesrs.  Hodgdon  Bros,  at  East  Boothbay.  Mr.  White’s 
boat  was  designed  by  Messrs.  Small  Bros.  She  is  now 
all  planked,  and  is  said  by  those  who  have  looked  her 
over  to  be  a beauty ; that  is,  so  far  as  a Massachusetts 
Bay  22-footer  can  be  said  to  be  beautiful.  Mr.  White  is 
quite  confident  that  she  will  prove  a wonder  in  her  class; 
but  so  is  each  of  the  other  four  owners  of  new  boats. 
Another  boat  building  at  the  Hodgdon  shop  is  for  Mr. 
W.  H.  Joyce,  for  whom  Tayac  was  built  two  years  ago. 
This  boat  was  designed  by  Mr.  B.  B.  Crowninshield.  She 
lias  also  passed  the  planking  stage.  Another  boat  from 
the  board  of  Messrs.  Small  Bros,  is  building  at  Graves’ 
yard,  Marblehead,  for  Mr.  H.  L.  Bowden,  the  famous 
autompbilist,  whose  Hayseed,  sailed  by  Mr.  John  F. 
Small,  won  the  championship  in  the  18ft.  knockabout  class 
last  season.  The  new  boat  will  be  sailed  by  Mr.  Ernest 
Hendrie.  Boston  Y.  C.,  who  sailed  Mr.  F.  L.  Boroden’s 
18-fooier  Arbeka  II.  last  season.  This  is  the  only  one  of 
the  five  that  is  not  an  out-and-out  keel  boat.  She  is  a 
compromise  keel,  with  a draft  of  a little  more  than  5ft., 
carrying  a small  centerboard.  It  is  expected  that  this 
may  give  her  the  advantage  of  being  able  to  get  into 
shoaler  places  than  the  other  boats  when  all  hands  are 
hunting  for  dukes  in  the  breeze.  Mr.  C.  C.  Hanley  has 
been  at  work  on  a 22-footer  for  Mr.  A.  C.  Jones,  which 
should  now  be  in  the  finishing  state.  It  is  -somewhat  of  a 
departure  from  Mr.  Hanley’s  rule  to  turn  out  a keel  boat 
'of  his  own  design  for  racing  purposes,  but  he  feels  con- 
fident that  he  can  produce  the  speed  and  Lhere  are  many 
who  share  his  confidence.  Those  wrho  have  been  familiar 
with  Hanley  creations  in  the  past,  know  that  he  is  likely 
to  prove  a dangerous  competitor  with  any  type  of  small 
boat.  The  last  new  22-footer  to  be  heard  from  will  be 
designed  by  Mr.  Fred  D.  Lawley,  and  will  be  built  at  the 
Lawley  shops  at  Ci.y  Point.  The  owner’s  name  cannot 
be  announced  with  certainty  yet.  Mr.  Fred.  Lawley  did 
not  admit  knowing  anything  about  the  boat  last  Friday, 
but  the  contract  was  signed  on  that  day,  and  she  is  to  be 
finished  by  May  1. 

CHANGES  IN  OLD  BOATS. 

Some  of  the  22-footers  that  raced  last  season  and  in 
1903  are  to  receive  alterations  calculated  to  improve  their 
speed,  and  they  will  be  out  with  the  new  ones  when  the 
time  comes.  Commodore  B.  P.  Cheney  and  Mr.  Charles 
D.  Lanning,  Boston  Y.  C.,  have  felt  that  Clotho,  last 
season’s  champion,  is  still  fast  enough  to  make  them  all 
hustle  another  year.  It  is  said,  however,  that  some  altera- 
tions will  be  made  on  Clotho  before  the  season  opens. 
Clotho  is  now  at  Lawley’s.  Peri  II.,  which  was  purchased 
from  Mr.  George  Lee  by  Dr.  Morton  Prince,  is  being  re- 
built under  the  supervision  of  Mr.  E.  A.  Boardman.  who 
designed  her.  She  is  now  at  Graves’  yard,  Marblehead. 
Peri  II.  will  be  sailed  by  Mr.  Boardman  during  the 
coming  season,  and  will  be  raced  for  all  she  is  worth. 
Medric.  formerly  owned  by  Mr.  H.  H.  White,  and  now 
the  property  of  Mr.  George  Lee,  is  also  at  the  Graves’ 
yard.  She  will  be  altered  to  suit  her  new  owner,  and  is 
sure  to  be  raced  hard.  Opitsah  V.,  owned  by  Messrs. 
Sumner  H.  and  Herbert  I.  Foster,  will  be  out  again  this 
season,  but  with  few  if  any  alterations.  She  will  be 
sailed  part  of  the  time  by  Mr.  Sumner  H.  Foster,  but  as 
he  is  greatly  interested  in  the  welfare  of  Mr.  Joyce’s  new 
22-footer,  it  is  likely  that  his  brother,  Mr.  PI.  I.  Foster, 
will  do  most  of  the  stick  work  in  Opitsah.  It  is  expected 
that  Mr.  John  Greenough’s  Urchin  will  also  be  out,  but 
whether  or  not  there  will  be  any  changes  made  in  her  is 
not  known.  - ’ 

NINETY-FOOT  SCHOONER  FOR  MR.  ROY  A.  RAINEY. 

A 90ft.: .steel  centerboard  schooner  is  to  be  built  at 
Lawley’s  for  Mr.  Roy  A.  Rainey,  of  Cleveland,  a member 
of  the  New  York  Y.  C.,  from  designs  by  Mr.  A.  S.  Chese- 
brough.  Mr.  Fred.  D.  Lawley  has  been  assisting  Mr. 
Chesebrough  in  working  out  the  lines.  The  new  schooner 
is  a full-bodied  craft  of  wholesome  type,  with  a fair 
amount  of  deadrise.  While  it  is  quite  likely  that  she 
may  be  raced,  there  has  been  no  omission  of  detail  in  the 
layout  below  decks.  She  will  be  elaborately  fitted  up  and 
will  be  a most  comfortable  cruiser.  She  will  be  130ft. 
over  all.  90ft.  waterline,  25ft.  beam  and  13ft.  gin.  draft. 
The  work  of  laying  down  will  be  commenced  immediately. 

NINETY-FOOT  SCHOONER  ELMINA  II. 

The  90ft.  steel  schooner  Elmina  II.,  designed  by  Messrs. 
A.  Carey  Smith  & Ferris  for  Mr.  F.  F.  Brewster,  has 
been  plated  at  Lawley’s,  and  now  the  deck  and  cabin  work 
is  going  in.  Last  week  the  plate  seams  were  covered  with 
a specially  prepared  white  cement,  which  leaves  a glassy 
surface  when  dry  and  this  week  the  priming  coat  will 
probably  go  on.  The  schooner  is  a large  and  improved 
Elmina  I.  She  should  be  fast  and  comfortable,  and  a 
good  actor  in  a seaway. 

Canada’s  cup  defender. 

The  lead  keel  has  been  run  at  Lawley’s  for  the  Canada 
Cup  defender  designed  by  Mr.  Charles  F.  He’^e^hoff  for 
:<  member  of  the  Rochester  Y.  C.  This  boat  will  be  about 
48ft.  over  all,  30ft.  waterline,  10ft.  9m.  beam  and  7ft,  4in, 
draft,  She  will  have  9,600  pounds  of  ballast. 


NEW  21-FOOTER  FOR  LIPTON  CUP. 

Mr.  Fred.  D,  Lawley  is  at  work  on  the  lines  of  a 21- 
footer  for  a syndicate  of  members  of  the  Columbia  Y.  C., 
of  Chicago,  whose  names  are  for  the  present  withheld 
This  boat  will  compete  for  the  Lipton  Cup  for  21-footers 
presented  to  the  Columbia  Y.  C.  by  Sir  Thomas  Lipton. 

NEW  BOAT  FOR  SOUTHERN  WATERS. 

Messrs.  Burgess  & Packard  have  designed  and  are 
building  at  their  Salem  shop  a 40-footer  for  Mr.  J.  A. 
Rawlins,  of  New  Orleans,  vice-president  of  the  Bay 
Waveland  Y.  C.  She  is  50ft.  over  all,  the  limit  of  the 
class  in  which  she  will  race.  She  will  compete  with 
Calypso,  Chewink  III.,  Cadillac  and  others  which  have 
recently  been  purchased  in  southern  waters.  She  will 
carry  1,700  sq.  ft.  of  sail,  the  limit  of  the  class  being  2,000 
sq.  ft.  She  will  resemble  the  sktmming-dish  type  of  some 
years  ago,  with  flat  body  and  short  overhangs.  It  is  ex- 
pected that  she  will  be  completed  by  April  t,  when  she 
will  be  tried  out  in  Massachusetts  Bay.  She  will  then 
be  sailed  to  New  York,  whence  she  will  be  shipped  south 
on  the  deck  of  a steamer.  John  B.  Killeen. 


YACHTING  NEWS  NOTES.] 


For  advertising  relating  to  this  department  see  pages  ii  and  iii. 


Chicago  Y.  C.’s  i8ft.  Class. — There  is  no  doubt  that 
the  Chicago  Y.  C.  will  have  good  racing  next  summer  as 
a result  of  the  meeting  on  February  23  of  the  Yacht 
Owners’  Association  to  boom  the  18ft.  class.  As  a result 
of  this  meeting,  four  boats,  at  least,  will  be  started  at 
once,  being  built  by  Dr.  C.  P.  Pinckard,  Mr.  Sidney 
Mitchell,  and  Mr.  R.  V.  Price,  the  fourth  boat  being 
built  by  a syndicate  headed  by  Messrs.  Keogh,  Atkin  and 
Hacker.  It  is  expected  that  other  syndicates  will  be 
quickly  formed,  as  the  cost  of  these  boats  does  not  exceed 
$1,000  each,  and  they  are  seaworthy  and  particularly 
adapted  for  afternoon  sailing,  having  a large  cockpit  and 
a small  cabin. 

The  boats  will  be  named  after  Indian  tribes,  the  names 
having  been  selected  for  the  present  boats  being  Pequod, 


Keowa,  Miami  and  Apache.  It  is  reasonable  to  assume 
that  they  will  be  known  next  summer  as  “the  Indians.” 
The  members  are  subscribing  for  a handsome  cup  which 
will  cost  about  $750,  which  will  be  a perpetual  trophy  to 
be  raced  for  by  boats  belonging  to  any  yacht  club  on  the 
Great  Lakes,  and  the  first  regatta  for  this  cup  will  be  held 
September  2,  4 and  5 of  this  year.  Considerable  inter- 
est has  been  shown  in  this  class  by  other  clubs  outside  of 
the  Chicago  Y.  C.,  namely,  at  Milwaukee,  Detroit  and  the 
Corinthian  Y.  C.,  of  Chicago,  who  promise  to  have  at 
least  one  boat  in  the  race. 

* « « 

Sloop  Building  at  Atlantic  City. — A cruising  sloop 
55ft.  over  all  is  being  built  at  the  Vansant  Shipyard,  At- 
lantic City,  N.  J.,  from  designs  by  Mr.  Thomas  D.  Bowes 
for  Mr.  William  Somers. 

* * * 

C.  H.  Crane  Appointed  Fleet  Captain  S.  C.  Y.  C.— - 
Commodore  William  K.  Vanderbilt,  Jr.,  Seawanhaka 
Corinthian  Y.  C.,  has  appointed  Mr.  Clinton  H.  Crane 
fleet  captain  for  the  coming  year. 

*,  *»„  * 

Canada  Cup  Boat  by  Gardner  & Cox. — The  Canada 
Cup  boat  designed  by  Messrs.  Gardner  & Cox  for  a syndi- 
cate of  Rochester  Y.  C.  yachtsmen,  headed  by  Mr. 
Thomas  B.  Pritchard,  will  be  built  by  Mr.  William  M. 
Miller,  of  Charlotte,  N.  Y.  The  design  shows  a boat  of 
extreme  type.  The  rules  under  which  the  craft  was  de- 
signed do  not  produce  as  wholesome  a boat  in  the  small 
as  they  do  in  the  larger  classes. 

New  Racing-  Catboat.— Mr.  A.  C.  Middleton,  of  Cam- 
den, N.  J.,  has  secured  plans  from  Mr.  A.  Cary  Smith 
for  a racing  catboat.  The  boat  will  be  an  improved 
Bouquet,  which  craft  has  raced  for  the  past  five  years 
with  such  success  on  Barnegat  Bay. 

* H « 

New  Herreshoff  40-F00TER. — There  is  building  at 
Bristol  a 40ft.  waterline  cruising  sloop.  The  design  of 
the  hull  is  identical  in  every  particular  with  the  monotype 
30-footers  turned  out.  by  the  Herreshoff  Mfg.  Co.  for 
members  of  the  New  York  Y.  C.  In  fact  the  same  set  of 
lines  was  used,  the  scale  alone  being  changed  in  order  to 
make  the  waterline  work  out  to  40ft. 

St  K K 

Atlantic  Y.  C.  Meeting. — Some  fifty  members  at- 
tended the  annual  meeting  of  the  Atlantic  Y.  C.,  held  at 
the  Hotel  Astor  on  Monday  evening,  February  20.  The 
following  officers  and  committees  were  elected : Com., 
Daniel  G.  Reid;  Vice-Corn.,  F.  D.  Underwood;  Rear- 
Tom.,  Er-TU. Havens ; Sec’y,  E.  H.  ,M.  Roehr;  Treas., 
Bartow  S.  Weeks  ;::WIea-s,,-..H...J-  'Gielow Trustees  (to 
serve  three  years) —J.  R.  Maxwell,  Hendon  Chubb ; Re- 


gatta Committee-— Theodore  D.  Wells,  Fred.  Vilmar, 
Harold  Lee ; Membership  Committee — G.  D.  Provost,  F„ 
J.  Havens,  W.  L.  Pettibone ; Library  Committee—C.  E, 
Robertson,  Hendon  Chubb,  W.  H.  Nelson;  Entertainment 
Committee — J.  L,  Golden,  Charles  Baker,  PCD.  Bernard; 
Nominating  Committee — W.  H.  Nelson,  H.  B.  Chamber- 
lain,  J.  S.  Negus,  J.  B.  O’Donohue,  S.  E.  Vernon,  A.  W. 
Booth. 

Rear-Commodore  E.  B.  Havens  presided.  The  club 
now  has  559  members,  and  267  boats  are  enrolled  in  the 
club  fleet. 

The  club  will  probably  have  an  annual  cruise  this  year. 
The  details  will  be  arranged  for  by  the  Regatta  Commit- 
tee and  flag  officers. 

An  automobile  garage  will  probably  be  erected  on  the 
club  grounds.  If  constructed,  the  building  wiil.be  located 
at  the  southwest  coiner  of  the  property,  arid  will  cost 
$3,000.  _ 

The  initiation  and  life  membership  fees  will  go  toward 
a sinking  fund  for  the  purpose  of  meeting  $25,000  of  bonds 
due  in  nine  years. 

The  new  racing  rules  for  rating  measurement  adopted 
at  the  recent  conference  of  yacht  clubs  was  passed. 

K it  it 

John  McGilvray  Dies. — John  McGilvray  died  at  his 
home  in  Brooklyn  from  heart  failure  on  February  23.  He 
was  born  in  1820  at  Bailey’s  Brook;  Nova  Scotia.  He 
was  an  expert  in  the  building  of  marine  docks  arid  raiL 
_ ways.  Aboiit  tWenty-four  years  ago  lie  WdS  dppoihted 
dockmaster  of  the  graving  docks  at  Erie  Basin,  and  dur- 
ing that  time  he  has  had  charge  of  the  docking  of  all  the 
America’s  Cup  challengers  and  defenders.  His  acquaint- 
ance among  yachtsmen  was  a wide  one,  and  he  was  loved 
and  respected  by  all  who  knew  him. 

* S?  »» 

Auxiliary  Yawl  Sold. — The  auxliary  yawl  Yonondio 
has  been  sold  by  Mr.  Chas.  Morgan  to  Mr.  A.  A.  Spadone, 
through  the  agency  of  Stanley  M.  Seaman,  New  York. 
She  is  46ft.  over  all,  31ft.  waterline,  14ft.  beam,  4ft, 
draft;  designed  by  Mr.  Chas.  G.  Davis,  built  1899  by 
Detroit  Boat  Works  for  Mr.  C.  J.  Bousfield,  Bay  City, 
Miehigam 


^moqing 


Atlantic  Division  Dinner* 

The  annual  dinner  of  the  Atlantic  Division  of  the 
American  Canoe  Association  was  held  at  the  Sterling 
Hotel  in  Trenton,  N.  J.,  on  Saturday  evening,  February 
18,  1905. 

The  dinner  was  a great  success  in  many  ways,  and,  in 
fact  marked  a new  epoch  in  the  history  of  the  Association 
in  that  all  previous  records  were  broken  in  the  number  of 
guests  present.  There  were  one  hundred  and  one  mem- 
bers and  their  friends  present  by  actual  count,  and  every 
Division  was  represented.  The  arrangements  were  per- 
fect, and  great  credit  is  due  Commodore  Furman  and  his 
committee  for  their  untiring  zeal  in  looking  after  every- 
body’s comfort  and  seeing  that  sufficient  accommodations 
were  obtainable  for  all  who  wished  to  remain  in  Trenton 
over  night. 

The  banquet  hall  was  very  prettily  decorated  with  flags 
from  the  different  clubs  in  the  Division.  Among  those 
noticed  were  the  burgees  of  the  Trenton,  Red  Dragon, 
Knickerbocker,  and  others.  Of  course  “Old  Glory”  was 
there  in  profusion  and  headed  the  list. 

The  dinner  was  served  at  7 P.  M.,  and  the  menu  was 
excellent,  again  reflecting  great  credit  upon  the  committee 
and  the  caterer  alike. 

A very  pretty  feature  of  the  evening  was  the  presenta- 
tion to  every  guest  of  a souvenir  in  the  form  of  a stein 
appropriately  marked  with  the  date,  etc.,  stating  the  event 
it  commemorated. 

About  ten  o’clock  the  speaking  was  commenced  by  Com- 
modore Furman,  who,  amid  great  applause,  stated  in  out- 
line the  programme  for  the  Decoration  Day  cruise,  and 
who  was  later  assisted  by  H.  C.  Allen,  who  gave  further 
details  of  this  Division  camp,  and  upon  the  request  of  a 
member  present,  described  the  difference  between  a stop- 
ping place  and  a hotel.  Judge  R.  J.  Wilkin,  president  of 
the  Board  oi  Governors,  also  made  an  address  which  wis 
lustily  applauded.  Mr.  Fred.  G.  Mather,  treasurer  of  the 
Association,  was  the  next  speaker  who  told  some  pleasant 
experiences  of-  his  canoe  life,  and  incidentally,.  I noticed, 
he  received  quite  a number  of  applications  for  life  mem- 
bership in  the  Association.  Ex-Commodore  Lawson  and 
Thorne  also  spoke,  and  the  festivities  were  brought  to  a 
close  by  the  reading  of  letters  and  telegrams  by  Mr.  C. 
W.  Stark  from  the  absent  ones. 

There  was  one  incident  of  this  dinner  which  cannot  be 
forgotten.  It  was  the  silent  toast  drank  to  the  memory 
of  Commodore  MacLismr  of  the  Red  Draeon  Can^e  Cl”b 
who  died  so  suddenly  this  winter.  Mr.  M.  D.  Wilt  read 
a letter  from  the  members-  of  this  club  offering  a cup 
to  be  raced  for  atjhe  Division  meets,  to  be  known  as  the 
M aq  Lister  t'r dpKy.  Undoubtedly  the  Executive  Commit- 
Wee:  will  accept  the  offer. 


March  4,  foeg-I 


FOREST  AND  STREAM, 


As  above  Indicated,  -a  number  of  the  members  stayed  m 
Trenton  over  night,  and  were  entertained  the  following 
day  by  the  Trenton  Canoe  Club  members,  who,  in  the 
course  of  the  morning,  escorted  their  guests  to  Park 
Island,  and  a most  enjoyable  time  was  had  walking  home 
on  the  ice. 

A meeting  of  the  Executive  Committee  was  held  before 
the  dinner,  and  the  plans  decided  upon  for  the  spring 
camp,  notice  of  which  will  be  sent  in  time  to  each 
member. 


A.  C A.  Membership. 

NEW  MEMBERS  PROPOSED.  . 

Atlantic  Division— W.  Chapin  Thompson,  West  Phila- 
delphia; Wm.  G.  Jones,  Jr.,  New  York  city;  George  E. 
Taylor,  New  York  city;  James  E.  Taylor,  New  York  city. 
Atlantic  Division — Irwin  N.  M.  Cubberly,  Trenton,  N.  J. 
Central  Division — Geo.  Douglas  Miller,  Albany,  N.  Y. 
Central  Division — Edward  J.  Fonda,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Eastern  Division — Ratcliffe  G.  E.  Hicks,  Providence, 
R.  I. 

NEW  MEMBERS  ELECTED. 

Atlantic  Division — 4876.  Frederick  Gilkyson,  Trenton, 
N.  J. ; 4877.  Frederic  R.  Brace,  Jr.,  Trenton,  N.  J. ; 
4878.  Hudson  C.  Burr,  Plainfield,  N.  J. ; 4879.  Paul  L. 
Cort,  Trenton,  N,  J. ; 4880.  Alfred  L.  Belfield,  Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

Atlantic  Division — 4884.  W.  Chapin  Thompson,  W. 
Philadelphia,  Pa.;  4886.  William  G.  Jones,  Jr.,  New  York 
city;  4887.  George  E.  Taylor,  New  York  city;  4888. 
James  E.  Taylor,  New  York  city. 

Central  Division — 4873.  Evans  S.  Kellogg,  Schenectady, 

N.  Y. 

Central  Division — 4881.  Howard  Baetjer,  Pittsburg, 
Pa. ; 4882.  Henry  M.  Laithe,  Pittsburg,  Pa.;  4883.  David 
Y.  Swaty,  Pittsburg,  Pa.;  4885.  George  Douglas  Miller, 
Albany,  N.  Y. 

Eastern  Division — 4872.  Ralph  F.  Reynolds.  Somerville, 
Mass.;  4874.  Benjamin  C.  Lane,  Boston,  Mass.;  4875. 
Frank  J.  Wilson,  Boston,  Mass. 

NEW  LIFE  MEMBERS. 

2896.  William  W.  Crosby,  Woburn,  Mass. ; Life  Mem- 
bership No.  34. 

947.  William  R.  Huntington,  Rome,  N.  Y. ; Life  Mem- 
bership No.  35. 

February  18,  2987.  Frank  S.  Thorn,  of  Central  Divi- 
sion, Life  Membership  No.  36 ;_  February  18,  1089.  Walter 
U.  Lawson,  of  Eastern  Division,  Life  Membership  No. 
37;  February  18,  1945.  Henry  C.  Allen,  of  Atlantic  Divi- 
sion, Life  Membership  No.  38;  February  23,  982.  Henry 
C.  Ward,  of  Atlantic  Division,  Life  Membership  No.  39. 


*ijle  § mid  0 nlhr y. 


Fixtures. 

March  1-9.— New  York.— Zettler  annual  gallery  tournament. 


Ashevi'Ie  Rifle  Club. 


Asheville,  N.  C.,  Feb.  18. — Our  club  was  organized  in  Septem- 
ber, 1904.  At  present  we  have  a membership  of  thirty-two.  So 
far  this  winter,  we  have  not  missed  having  a shoot  each  week. 
Our  range  is  200yds.  Standard  American  target,  8in.  hullseye; 
8.  9 and  10  count  as  bullseyes;  3 to  7 are  outer  rings.  Offhand 
shooting,  any  sights  and  any  make  of  rifle. 

Double  shoot  of  Feb.  14,  1905,  ten  rounds: 


First  shoot: 

T M McCanless 7 10  10  10  7 8 3 7 7 9—78 

\V  H Wright  ...5  8 5 8 7 9 6 10  10  6—74 

Chas.  I Bard  ....10  94476  10  66  3-65 

Dr.  S W Battle 487474776  8—62 

Chas.  X Badger 9..  5655967  4 — 56 

Dr.  D E Sevier 33485874  4 10—56 

J A Perry 634467636  4—45 

Dr.  J T Sevier 634457635  4—45 

J E Stevens 55333..  479  3 — 42 

G H Lambert  3 6 5 4 4 5 6 3 3 3 — 42 

Second  shoot: 

J M McCanless  87659584  10  4—66 

Chas.  I Bard  3 9 6 6 5 7 7 7 5 6 — 61 

Dr.  S W Battle 674845767  6—60 

Dr.  D E Sevier. .5  8 6 6 7 10  7..  6 4—59 

J E Stevens 465755593  6 — 55 

Chas.  L Badger 346545845  7—51 

Dr.  J T Sevier. 34633446  10  7—50 

W H Wright 543555674  4—48 

J A Perry 355643583  4 — 46 


The  officers  are  as  follows:  President,  Hon.  J.  C.  Pritchard; 

Vice-President,  Dr.  C.  P.  Ambler;  Captain,  J.  M.  McCanless. 

Chas.  L.  Badger,  Sec’y. 


West  Sonora  (O.)  Rifle  Club. 

The  following  scores  were  made  on  Feb.  18  in  the  twenty-shot 
match  of  the  club;  shot  in  strings  of  four  shots,  100yds.,  off-hand, 
open  sights,  4in.  center,  value  12,  possible  240.  T.  Garreth,  of 
Euphemia,  O.,  was  high  man  with  217.  C.  W.  Matthews  second 
with  210. 

The  five  county  rifle  match  will  be  held  at  Eaton,  O.,  on  March 
3,  and  there  promises  to  be  a large  attendance  of  riflemen. 

T Garreth  43  47  43  42  42—217 

C W Matthews 41  44  44  38  43—210 

1,  I-Iinnea  40  42  39  42  43—206 

S lloffman  34  39  44  - 40  47—204 

P Rinehart  39  39  44  43  38 — 203 

Chalmer  Tice  42  40  38  41  41—202 

Clarence  Tice  -.. 33  44  42  37  45 — 201 

L Bruner  ..38  36  36  44  45—199 

1 Pyles  37  36  37  37  40-187 

j -Gephart  30  37  36  43  38-184 

C Pitman  ....31  36  36  39  36-178 


Englewood  O.  Rifle  Association. 

Cincinnati,  O. — The  medal  shoot  of  the  Englewood  Rifle 
Association  was  held  on  Feb.  22,  and  was  won  by  H.  Kerr,  of 
Butler  Township,  with  27  out  of  a possible  40.  Joe  Hoover,  the 
winner  of  the  previous  contest,  fell  off  in  an  unaccountable 
manner.  Several  special  matches  for  money  prizes  were  shot. 

Medal  contest,  100yds.  offhand,  and  rifle,  four  shots,  40  possible, 
Standard  American  target,  l%in.  center:  Kerr  27,  Liber  20, 

Iddings  16,  Mast  15,  Fetters  15,  Heck  4,  Hoover  0,  Mayer  0. 

Specials,  ICOyds,  offhand,  three  shots,  possible  30,  money  prizes: 

No.  1 — Liber  22,  Fetters  19,  Mast  15,  Hoover  12,  Heck  10, 
Iddings  9. 

No.  2— Iddings  23,  Liber  20,  Kerr  16,  Fetters  11,  Mast  11, 
Heck  11,  Hoover  6. 

No.  3— Fetters  24,  Kerr  19,  Mast  13,  Liber  11,  Iddings  11, 
Hoover  5. 

No.  4 — Kerr  19,  Iddings  19,  Fetters  16,  Liber  15,  Mast  14, 
Hoovar  7. 

No.  6 — Iddings  22,  Mast  17,  Liber  14,  Kerr  9. 


Italian  Rifle  Club. 

The  scores  follow  for  the  weekly  practice  shoot  at  headquarters, 
159  W.  23d  street,  New  York  City,  all  shooting  on  the  regular 
twenty-five  !4in.  ring  target:  Selvaggi  242,  Alferi  240,.Reali  237, 

De  Felice  237,  Borroni  235,  Muzio  234,  Rosotti  228,  Cassetti  221, 
De  Stefaao  217. 


Zettler  Rifle  Club. 

The  weekly  practice  shoot  brought  twelve  members  in  com- 
petition for  high  scores  Tuesday,  I;eb.  21.  All  shooting  offhand 
on  the  regular  twenty-five  Min.  ring  target: 

L C Buss  . 7.  242  247  245  243  248 

L P Hansen  242  244  243  248  242 

A Hubolek  246  246  242  243  240 

C Zettler,  Jr,. 244  246  243  239  243 

O Smith  241  241  237  244  244 

G Schlicht  240  240  242  242  242 

H C Zettler 238  243  240  242  240 

H Fenwirth  237  235  240  235  237 

C G Zettler  237  241  240  236  228 

B Zettler  236  232  236  233  235 

A Begerow  230  236  232  240  238 

G J Bernius 233  236  223  223  229 


Cincinnati  Rifle  Association. 

Cincinnati,  O. — The  following  scores  were  made  in  regular 
competition  by  members  of  the  Cincinnati  Rifle  Association  at 
Four  Mile  House,  Reading  road,  Feb.  12.  Conditions,  200yds. 
offhand  at  the  25-ring  target.  Payne  won  the  championship  for 
the  day  with  a score  of  225.  Odell  was  high  on  the  honor  target, 
with  67  points.  The  scores: 


Payne  225  218  217  211  209 

Hasenzahl  223  221  217  212  211 

Nestler  216  215  213  213  211 

Odell  215  215  215  212  210 

Hofer  214  207  204  200  194 


Independent  New  York  Schuetzen  Corps. 

The  following  scores  were  recorded  at  headquarters,  159  W.  23d 
street,  Feb.  23.  All  shooting  on  the  regular  twenty-five  Min. 
ring  target.  R.  Gute  was  leading  man,  with  the  exceptionally 
fine  total  of  493  out  of  a possible  500  for  his  twenty  shots.:  R. 
Gute,  246,  247;  Gus  Zimmermann,  244,  245;  G.  Ludwig.  243,  243; 
A.  Begerow,  238,  243;  L.  C.  Hamerstein,  239,  239;  T.  A.  Young, 
238,  239;  F.  Liegibel,  236,  237;  J.  Facklamm,  234,  236;  H.  J. 
Behrens,  225,  221;  F.  C.  Halbe,  218,  221;  A.  Rodler,  193,  208;  B. 
Eusner,  194,  206;  J.  Bittscher,  195,  204. 


Lady  Zettler  Rifle  Club. 

Saturday  evening,  Feb.  18,  was  ladies  night  at  the  Zettler  Clug. 
Miss  M.  Zimmermann,  daughter  of  the  famous  marksman,  Gus 
Zimmerman,  secured  a full  score  of  250  for  ten  shots  on  the 
regular  twenty-five  Min.  ring  target.  All  shooting  from  muzzle 
rest  on  regular  target  at  75ft. : Miss  M.  Zimmermann,  247,  250; 

Miss  K.  Zimmermann,  244,  246;  Miss  Ludwig,  245,  246;  Mrs. 
H.  Fenwirth,  242,  247;  Mrs.  F.  Liegibel,  248,  240;  Miss  B. 
Ludwig,  240.  245;  Miss  H.  Schen,  237,  238;  Mrs,  B.  Zettler,  236,  230. 


Fixtures* 

March  6-7. — Indianapolis,  Ind.,  Gun  Club  two-day  amateur  shoot. 
Jas.  W.  Bell,  Sec’y. 

March  7. — Shrewsbury,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  target  shoot.  W.  H.  Myers, 
Sec’y. 

March  11. — Lakewood,  N.  J. — All-day  shoot  of  the  Mullerite  Gun 
Club.  A.  A.  Schoverling,  Sec’y. 

March  14-16. — Des  Moines,  la. — Iowa  State  Sportsmen’s  Associa- 
tion tournament. 

March  20-25. — Kansas  City,  Mo. — Dickey  Bird  Gun  Club  six-day 
tournament. 

March  28.— Mullerite  Gun  Club  shoot  on  grounds  of  Bound 
Brook,  N.  J.,  Gun  Club. 

March  28-29. — Kansas  City,  Mo. — Missouri  and  Kansas  League  of 
trapshooters’  first  tournament,  at  Schmelzer’s  Shooting  Park. 
Dr.  C.  B.  Clapp,  Sec’y,  Moberly,  Mo. 

April  4. — Bethlehem,  Pa.,  Rod  and  Gun  Club  all-day  target  shoot. 
Howard  F.  Koch.  Sec’y. 

April  5-6. — Augusta,  Ga. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tournament, 
under  the  auspices  of  the  Augusta  Gun  Club.  Chas,  C.  Need- 
ham, Sec’y. 

April  8. — Richmond  Valley,  S.  I. — Ninth  all-day  shoot  of  the 
Mullerite  Gun  Club,  on  grounds  of  Aquehonga  Gun  Club. 
A.  A.  Schoverling,  Mgr. 

April  12-13. — Spring  tournament  of  Delaware  Trapshooters’  League, 
on  grounds  of  Wilmington  Gun  Club.  H.  J.  Stidman,  Sec’y, 
Wilmington. 

April  18-20. — Waco,  Tex. — Texas  State  Sportsmen’s  Association 
tournament. 

April  19. — Springfield,  Mass.,  Shooting  Club  annual  tournament. 
C.  L.  Kites,  Sec’y. 

April  22. — Easton,  Pa. — Independent  Gun  Club  second  annual 
tournament.  Jacob  Pleiss,  Cor.  Sec’y. 

April  26-27.— Scottdale  Pa.,  Gun  Club  shoot. 

May  2-5. — Pittsburg,  Pa. — Tournament  of  the  Pennsylvania  State 
Sportsmen’s  Association,  under  auspices  of  the  Herron  Hill 
Gun  Club;  $1,000  added  to  purses.  Louis  Lautenstager,  Sec’y. 

May  2-6. — Kansas  City,  Mo. — Missouri  State  Game  and  Fish  Pro- 
tective Association  tournament. 

May  4-5. — Waterloo,  la.,  Gun  Club  spring  tournament.  E.  M. 
Storm,  Sec’y. 

May  9-10. — Glean,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  B.  D. 
Nobles,  Sec’y. 

May  9-12. — Hastings,  Neb. — Nebraska  State  Sportsmen’s  Associa- 
tion’s twenty-ninth  annual  tournament.  Geo.  L.  Carter,  Sec’y, 
Lincoln,  Neb. 

May  11-12.— Wilmington,  Del.— Wawaset  Gun  Club  third  annual 
spring  tournament.  W.  M.  Foord,  Sec’y. 

May  14-16. — Des  Moines,  la. — Iowa  State  Sportsmen’s  Association 
tournament. 

May  16-18.— Herrington,  Kans.— Kansas  State  Sportsmen’s  Asso- 
ciation tournament. 

May  16-18. — Parkersburg,  W.  Va.— West  Virginia  State  Sports- 
men’s Association  ninth  annual  meeting  and  tournament; 
$600  added  money  and  prizes.  F.  E.  Mallory,  Sec’y. 

May  17-18. — Auburn,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  two-day  tournament.  Knox 
& Knapp,  Mgrs. 

May  17-1S. — Owensboro,  Ky. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  Daviess  County  Gun  Club. 
James  Lewis,  Sec’y. 

May  17-19.— Stanley  Gun  Club  of  Toronto  (Incorporated),  Can., 
annual  tournament.  Alexander  Dey,  Sec’y,  178  Mill  street, 
Toronto. 

May  23-25. — Lincoln. — Illinois  State  Sportsmen’s  Association  tour- 
nament. 

May  25-27. — Montreal,  Quebec,  Gun  Club  grand  trapshooting 
tournament.  _ D.  J.  Kearney,  Sec’y,  412  St.  Paul  street,  Quebec. 

May  29-31. — Louisville,  Ky. — Kentucky  Trapshooters’  League  third 
annual  tournament.  Frank  Pragoff,  Sec’y. 

May  30.— McKeesport,  Pa.— Enterprise  Gun  Club  tournament. 
Geo.  W.  Mains,  Sec’y. 

May  30. — Bound  Brook,  N.  J.,  Gun  Club  all-day  shoot.  Dr.  J.  H. 
V.  Bache,  Sec’y. 

May  30-31. — Washington,  D.  C. — Analostan  Gun  Club  two-day 
tournament;  $200  added.  Miles  Taylor,  Sec’y,  222  F street, 
N.  W. 

May  31.-June  1.— Vermillion. — South  Dakota  State  Sportsmen’s 
• Association  tournament. 

June  6-8. — Sioux  City,  la. — Soo  Gun  Club  tournament, 
une  8-9. — Dalton,  O.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament,  Ernest  E. 
Scott,  Capt. 

June  9. — Shamokin,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  S.  C.  Yocum, 
Sec’y. 

June  13-16. — Utica,  N.  Y. — New  York  State  shoot.  James  Brown, 
Sec’y. 

June  13-15. — Canton,  O.,  Trapshooters’  League  tournament. 

June  14-16. — New  Jersey  State  Sportsmen’s  Association  tournament. 
June  20-22. — New  London,  la.,  Gun  Club  tournament. 

June  27-30.— Indianapolis,  Ind.— The  Interstate  Association's.  Grand 
American  Handicap  target  tournament;  $l,ti0U  aaatu  m^ney. 
Elmer  E.  Shaner.  Secy-Mgr.,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

July  1. — Sherbrooke,  Can.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  C.  H. 
Foss,  Sec’y. 

July  4. — Shamokin,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  S.  C.  Yocum. 
Sec’y. 

July  4. — South  Framingham,  Mass.— Second  annual  team  shoot; 
$50  in  cash. 

July  6-7. — Traverse  City,  Mich.,  trapshooting  tournament, 
uly  12-13. — Menominee,  Mich. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  Menominee  Gun  Club. 
W.  W.  McQueen’  Sec’y. 


July  24-28.— Brehm’s  Ocean  City,  Md. “-Tar get  toimiaraei-it  JL 
A.  Brehm,  Mgr.,  Baltimore.  •_ 

Aug.  2-4.— Albert  Lea,  Minn.—1 The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  A.bert  Lea  Gun  Club, 
N,  E.  Paterson,  Sec’y.  _ - 

Aug.  16-18.— Ottawa,  Can. — Dominion  of  Canada  Trapshooting  and 
Game  Protective  Association.  G.  Easdale,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  16-1S. — Kansas  City,  Mo. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  O.  K,  Gun  Club.  C.  C. 
Herman,  Stc’y. 

Aug.  22-25. — Lake  Okoboji,  la. — Indian  annual  tournament. 

Aug.  29-31. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tournament,  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Colorado  Springs,  Colo.,  Gun  Club;  $1,000 
added  money.  A.  J.  Lawton,  Sec’y. 

Sept.  5-8. — Trinidad,  Colo. — Grand  W estern  Handicap. 

Oct.  11-12. — Dover,  Del.,  Gun  Club  tournament;  open  to  all 
amateurs.  W.  H.  Reed,  Sec’y. 

Oct.  12. — Fall  tournament  of  the  Delaware  Trapshooters’  League, 
on  grounds  of  Dover  Gun  Club. 


DRIVERS  AND  TWISTERS- 


Club  secretaries  are  invited  to  send  their  scores  for 
publication  in  these  columns,  also  any  news  notes  they 
may  care  to  have  published.  Mail  all  such  matter  to 
Forest  and  Stream  Publishing  Company , 346  Broadway, 
New  York.  Forest  and  Stream  goes  to  press  on  Tues- 
day OF  EACH  WEEK. 


The  Crescent  Athletic  Club,  of  New  York,  and  the  Boston, 
Mass.,  Athletic  Association  have  arranged  to  hold  a team  contest. 
It  will  probably  be  held  on  March  11. 

* » 

Mr.  Howard  F.  Koch,  Secretary,  informs  us  that  the  Bethlehem, 
Pa.,  Rod  and  Gun  Club  has  fixed  on  April  4 as  the  date  for  an 
all-day  target  shoot.  Programmes  will  be  issued  later. 

X 

The  team  of  the  Cleveland,  O.,  Gun  Club  Company  defeated 
the  Akron  team  and  thus  established  a permanent  ownership  of  the 
ttophy.  This  was  the  Cleveland  team’s  fourth  consecutive  win. 

X 

According  to  daily  press  accounts,  the  attempt  to  repeal  the 
New  Jersey  law  prohibiting  shooting  live  birds  at  the  traps,  has 
been  abandoned  owing  to  the  strong  public  hostility  to  such 
attempt. 

It 

Mr.  A.  A.  Schoverling,  Manager,  writes  us  that  the  ninth  all- 
day shoot  of.  the  Mullerite  Gun  Club  will  be  held  on  the  grounds 
of  the  Aquehonga  Gun  Club,  of  Richmond  Valley,  S.  I.,  on  Sat- 
urday, April  8,  at  11  A.  M. 

It 

The  five-man  team  contest  for  the  State  championship,  held  at 
Wellington,  Mass.,  was  won  by  the  Birch  Brook  team  by  a score 
of  215  to  204.  Birch  Brook  and  Watertown  are  now  tied  on  . two 
wins  each.  The  next  shoot  will  be  held  on  March  11. 

At  the  shoot  held  on  the  Point  Breeze  Track,  Philadel- 
phia, Feb.  25,  in  a 10-bird  event,  the  weekly  prize  shoot,  Messrs. 
Brown  and  Richards  tied  on  a full  score.  In  the  15-bird  event 
Murphv  scored  14  alone. 

X 

The  Philadelphia  Record  recounts  briefly  the  following  tragedy: 
“Mt.  Carmel,  Pa.,  Feb.  22.— In  a live-bird  shooting  match  here  to-day 
Dick  Lovell  killed  3 out  of  7 birds,  while  Charles  Keihl  killed  ibut 

I.  The  match  was  for  $50  a side.”  ,j 

X 

At  the  shoot  of  the  Florida  Gun  Club,  at  Palm  Beach,  Feb.:25, 
in  the  contest  for  the  Mortimer  cup,  Mr.  J.  S.  S.  Remsen,  of 
New  York,  was  high,  with  a straight  score.  He  shot  from  The 
32-yard  mark.  There  were  fourteen  contestants. 

X 

F.  W.  M.,  the  shooting  name  used  by  F.  W.  Mathews,  was 
associated  with  several  wins  at  the  poultry  shoot  of  the  Allan 
Magowan  Shooting  Association,  Feb.  18.  He  won  seven  of  the 
nine  chickens  which  were  offered  as  prizes. 

X 

In  the  contest  of  the  Philadelphia  Trapshooters’  League,  Feb. 
25,  the  following  named  clubs  contested:  The  Florists’  defeated 

the  Hillside,  188  to  141;  Meadow  Springs  defeated  the  S.  S-  White, 
178  to  16S;  Media  defeated  Narberth,  211  to  179;  North  CamdetFde- 
feated  Highland,  166  to  159.  • - 

X 

The  programme  of  the  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  Gun  Club  spring 
tournament  for  amateurs,  March  6 and  7,  provides  like  events") for 
each  day,  namely:  Ten  events,  each  at  20  targets;  $2  entrance. 
Four  moneys,  each  equal.  Orffy  manufacturers’  agents  may  shoot 
for  targets  only.  Ship  shells  to  Indianapolis  Gun  Club,  121  West 
Washington  St. 

X 

The  target  shoot  of  the  Shrewsbury,  Pa.,  Gun  Club,  M”arch  7, 
has  thirteen  events  on  the  programme,  of  which  one  is  at  10,  two 
are  at  20  and  the  remainder  at  15.  Entrance  50  cents,  $1  and  $1.20. 
Totals,  200  targets,  $12.60  entrance.  Tower  shooting,  if  time  per- 
mits. Added  money,  two  high  guns,  $3  and  $2.  Low  gun,  $1. 
Mr.  W.  H.  Myers  is  the  secretary. 

m 

In  a four-man  team  contest,  Feb.  25,  at  Travers  Island,  between 
teams  of  the  New  Yorth  Athletic  Club  and  the  Larchmont  Yacht 
Club,  the  former  won.  Each  man  shot  at  25  targets.  The  scores 
were;  N.  Y.  A.  C. : D.  J.  Bradley  20,  T.  J.  McCahlll  20,  C.  E.  T. 
Foster  16,  F.  W.  Perkins  16;  total  72.  L.  Y.  C.:  W.  D.  Rose  16, 

J.  A.  Pisani  18,  J.  R.  Collins  10.  David  Raib,  Jr.,  18;  total  62. 

X 

Mr.  E.  W.  Reynolds,  cashier  and  manager,  informs  us  that  a 
grand  winter  target  tournament  of  the  North  River  Gun  Club 
will  be  held  at  Edgewater,  N.  J,,  Thursday,  March  30  at  10  A.  M. 
Programme  consists  of  150  targets,  $11  entrance.  A five-man 
team  race,  $10  per  team,  50  targets  per  man,  $5  for  each  team  en- 
tered to  be  divided  50,  30  and  20;  Rose  system  of  division  in 
other  events. 

X 

The  twenty-eighth  annual  tournament  of  the  Iowa  State  Sports- 
man Association,  to  be  held  at  Des  Moines,  la.,  March  14-16,  has 
a like  programme  for  each  day,  twelve  events  at  15  and  20  targets, 
$1.50  and  $2  entrance.  On  the  second  day  there  also  will  be  the 
Ottumwa  diamond  badge  handicap  event,  50  targets,  $5  entrance; 
16  to  22yds.  Also  on  third  day  the  Smith  cup,  event  6,  additional 
entrance  $1.50.  The  championship  event  for  Iowa  amateurs,  1.0 
targets,  $5,  money  divided  into  four  equal  parts,  and  a cup  valued 
at  $50  to  the  winner.  Averages,  not  high  guns.  First,  second 
and  third,  choice  of  Remington,  Parker  or  Winchester;  value  $40. 
Twenty-one  prizes  in  all,  in  value  from  $40  to  $5,  most  of  which 
is  cash.  Shooting  will  begin  at  9 o’clock.  Targets,  2 cent's.  Ship 
guns  and  ammunition  prepaid  care  Hopkins  Bros.  Co.  Practice, 
March  13.  Association  meeting  on  March  15.  Messrs.  Budd  and 
Whitney,  managers,  : 


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The  Bradford,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  contemplate  holding  a three-day 
tournament,  and  to  that  end  are  endeavoring  to  raise  a fund  of 
$500  for  expenses.  Nearly  the  whole  amount  was  subscribed,  ac- 
cording to  last  reports.  On  Washington’s  Birthday,  this  club 
held  a shoot,  but  bad  weather  limited  its  scope.  However,  twenty- 
one  shooters  were  present.  Mr.  L.  E.  Mallory,  Jr.,  broke  159  out 
of  175. 

m, 

Mr.  Edward  Banks,  formerly  of  New  York,  but  now  a resi- 
dent of  the  serene  hamlet  of  Wilmington,  Del.,  was  a visitor  in 
New  York  on  Thursday  and  Friday  of  last  week.  His  chief 
object  was  to  meet  a nephew  from  England  who  was  journeying 
to  Calgary,  Alberta,  Canada.  He  proved  to  be  a fine  young  man, 
properly  equipped  with  excellent  shotguns  to  enjoy  the  shooting 
for  which  the  far  Northwest  is  famous.  Mr.  Banks  was  the  recipi- 
ent of  a present  from  his  good  friend,  Mr.  Wm.  Sherer,  Jr.  It  is 
a dainty,  finely  wrought  purse  of  ancient,  classical  design,  a 
product  of  Australian  workmanship. 

m 

The  recent  ruling  of  the  Interstate  Association,  commended  else- 
where by  “Amateur,”  in  our  trap  columns,  opens  the  door  freely 
to  certain  opportunities  of  professionalism,  masked  by  the  position 
of  clerk  in  a wholesale  or  retail  hardware  and  gun  store.  The 
weak  place  in  the  ruling  is  that  an  employer  can  engage  an 
expert  shooter  and  pay  him  a salary  in  excess  of  his  real  value 
as  a clerk,  so  that  he  can  thereby  pay  for  his  gun  and  shells,  thus 
complying  with  the  letter  of  the  ruling.  Indeed,  the  clerical  posi- 
tion might  be  merely  nominal,  and  still  comply  with  the  ruling. 
While  the  old  ruling  worked  a certain  degree  of  hardship  on  the 
small  number  of  clerks  mentioned  in  relation  to  trapshooting,  the 
present  ruling  has  possibilities  of  hardship  to  thousands  of  ama- 
teurs. 

Bernard  Waters. 

Stanley  Gan  Club® 

Toronto,  Can.,  Feb.  25. — The  regular  weekly  shoot  of  the 
Stanley  Gun  Club  took  place  on  their  grounds  on  Saturday.  The 
day,  being  mild  with  a light  southerly  wind,  was  all  that  could  be 
desired  for  good  shooting. 

In  the  spoon  contest,  which  is  a 25-bird  event,  handicap  by 
extra  birds  to  shoot  at,  there  were  seventeen  entries.  It  was  won 
by  Mr.  Wilson  with  6 extra,  totaling  23. 

Next  Saturday  the  Stanleys  meet  the  Riverdales  on  the  latter’s 
grounds  in  a league  match  at  25  targets  per  man.  This  will  be  the 
first  time  these  two  clubs  will  have  met  this  season,  and  a good 
match  is  looked  for.  The  following  is  a summary  of  Saturday’s 
scores: 

Spoon  contest,  25  targets,  handicap  extra  birds:  Dunk  (scratch) 
20,  Lewis  (5)  13,  Rock  (scratch)  15,  Hogarth  (4)  16,  Buck  (1)  20, 
Hulme  (scratch)  22,  XX  (5)  21,  Herbert  (2)  18,  Hampton  (2)  16, 
Dey  (scratch)  21,  Fritz  (3)  22,  Martin  (6)  22,  Wilson  (6)  23,  C. 
Chapman  (4)  21,  Green  (scratch)  22,  D.  Chapman  (5)  22,  Ingham 
(4)  16. 

Events:  123456789  10  11 

Targets:  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  15  10  15  10 

Rock  9 . . 5 . . 8 ....  12  ..  9 7 

Hulme  8 9 

Buck  8 .. 

Fritz  7 . . 

Herbert  6 . . 

Dink  9 

Ingham  7 

Dey  5 

West  3..  7..  4..  .. 

Lewis  3 ..  7 4 ..  .. 

Lewis  8 ..  ..  7 ..  .. 

Hampton  - 8 ..  7 .. 

XX  3 ..  8 11 

Wilson  . 8 

Martin  ..  ..  7 4..  4 

Townson  5 

Chapman  14  .. 

Alex.  Dey,  Capt. 

Sheepshead  Bay  Gun  Club. 

Sheepshead  Bay,  L.  I.,  Feb.  22.— At  the  holiday  shoot  of  the 
Sheepshead  Bay  Gun  Club,  four  25-target  events  and  several  10- 
target  events  were  shot.  The  scores  in  the  25-target  events  were 
as  follows: 


Orescent  Athletic  Club. 

Bay  Ridge,  New  York,  Feb.  22. — There  was  active  competition 
from  11  o’clock,  at  the  holiday  shoot  of  the  Crescent  Athletic 
Club.  In  the  shoot  for  the  holiday  cup  seventeen  members  con- 
tested. It  was  won  by  Mr.  W.  C.  Damron  in  a shoot-off  with 
Mr.  C.  J.  McDermott,  they  having  tied  on  24.  The  scores  of  the 
holiday  cup  event,  25  targets,  allowance  handicap,  follow: 


Hdp.  Brk.  Tot’l. 

Hdp. 

Brk.  Tot’ 

McDermott  . . 

...  6 

18 

24 

Lott  

. 2 

19 

21 

Vanderveer  . . 

Hopkins  ....... 

. 2 

19 

21 

Hegeman  . . . . 

...  3 

20 

23 

Grinnell,  Jr.  .. 

. 1 

19 

20 

Foster  

...  4 

19 

23 

Marshall  

. 5 

15 

20 

Sykes 

.....  4 

19 

23 

Vanderveer  .... 

..  3 

17 

20 

Raynor  

...  6 

17 

22 

Southworth  . . . 

..  0 

19 

19 

Notman  

...  3 

19 

22 

Stephenson,  Jr. 

..  2 

16 

18 

O’Brien  

...  4 

17 

21 

Stake  

..  5 

13 

18 

Palmer,  Jr.  .. 

...  0 

21 

21 

Shoot-off,  same  conditions:  W.  C.  Damron  23,  C.  J.  McDer- 

mott 17. 

A team  shoot,  eight  men  on  a side,  15  targets,  was  an  interesting 
event,  as  follows: 


Consolidated  Gun  Club,  Toledo,  O. 

The  club  held  & shoot  on  Feb.  22  which  was  attended  by  nine- 
teen shooters.  The  main  event  was  the  match  for  the  cast  iron 
medal,  emblematic  of  the  championship  of  Toledo.  J.  Graves,  of 
Toledo,  was  the  winner  with  a score  of  45  out  of  50.  The  winner 
of  the  medal  is  subject  to  challenge  from  any  shooter  in  the  city 
and  must  accept  and  name  date  and  place  not  later  than  two 
weeks  from  date  of  challenge.  If  he  fails  to.  do  so,  the  medal 
shall  be  shot  for  in  open  competition  on  the  grounds  of  the 
Consolidated  Gun  Club.  The  holder  may  choose  any  club  grounds 
in  Toledo  for  the  match.  In  addition  to  the  match  a number  of 
events  were  shot.  Trimble  was  high  gun  for  the  day  with  161 

out  of  175  shot  at.  He  did  not  compete  in  the  cast  iron  event. 

Cast  iron  medal,  60  targets:  Trimble  48,  Grove  45,  Volk  45, 

Crabb  44,  Markman  41,  Allen  40,  Miller  11,  Taylor  39,  Root  39, 

Niehaus  39,  Hoag  34,  Matzinger  33  Hill  23. 

Events:  123456789 

Targets:  10  50  50  15  10  15  10  15  15 


Sykes  11 

Palmer  13 

Southworth  9 

Hopkins  11 

Hegeman  13 

Damron  9 

Notman  ; 10 

McDermott  7 — S3 


-V anderveer  11 

Stephenson  ...10 

Grinnell  13 

Lott  12 

Foster  10 

Stake  8 

Raynor  10 

Marshall  6 — 80 


8 13 
8 15 

7 10  11 

8 12 
6 12 
6 .. 

8 .. 

8 .. 

7 13 


A number  of  trophy  events  were  keenly  contested,  and  brought 
out  several  different  winners,  notably  Messrs.  Foster,  Hopkins, 
Sykes,  O’Brien  and  Southworth.  Scores: 

Trophy  shoot,  15  targets,  handicap: 

Hdp.  Brk.  Tot’l.  Hdp.  Brk.  Tot’l. 


FosterJ  2 

Southworth  0 

Grinnell  0 


Vanderveer  1 

Stephenson  1 


14  16 

14  14 

10  10 

Trophy  shoot,  15  targets,  handicap: 

Bedford  0 12  12  Foster  2 

McDermott  4 8 12  Sykes  2 

Stephenson  0 11  11  Southworth  0 

Grinnell  0 11  11  Damron  3 

Shoot-off,  same  conditions:  McDermott  14,  Bedford  8. 
Trophy  shoot,  15  targets,  handicap: 


9 

9 

10 

6 


11 

11 

10 

9 


Trimble  7 48  48  13  10  14 

Volk  8 45  44  13  10  12 

Markman  8 41  38  12 

Root  9 39  37  13 

Taylor  9 39  40  10 

Grove  6 45  38  14 

Miller  9 41  40  12 

Allen  10  40  39  11 

McCarthy  ..  ..  40  14 

Crabb  ..  44  35  .. 

Grasser  ..  ..  39  9 

Hoag  8 34  32  .. 

Matzinger  33  31  .. 

Niehaus  39  29  ..  ..  ..  ..  .. 

Hill  4 23  20  ..  4 7 6 .. 

Messen  ..  2 7 3 8 

Fox  4 16  3 7 

Curzon  7 11 

Ball  9 5 ..  ..  .. 


8 11 

8 13 
7 9 

9 14 
9 13 

7 11 

8 11 
6 .. 

1 15  10  14  12 


Hopkins  

...  1 

14 

15 

Grinnell  

....  0 

12 

12 

Foster  

12 

14 

Sykes  

...  2 

10 

12 

Stephensorf  . . . 

...  1 

12 

13 

Stake  ......... 

8 

11 

Southworth  . . 

...  0 

13 

13 

Vanderveer  . . . 

...  1 

6 

7 

Damron  

...  3 

10 

13 

Boston  Shooting  Association. 

Wellington,  Mass.,  Feb.  25. — The  fourth  shoot  i 
team  State  championship  was  held  on  the  grounds  ( 

Shooting  Association  this  afternoon.  The  Birch  Brook  team 
won,  this  giving  them  two  wins,  tying  them  with  the  Watertown 
team.  The  next  shoot  will  be  Saturday,  March  11. 


Shot 

at. 

Broke. 

175 

161 

175 

155 

190 

146 

175 

139 

175 

132 

160 

132 

160 

132 

160 

126 

115 

93 

110 

85 

130 

100 

110 

74 

110 

73 

100 

68 

145 

64 

60 

20 

50 

20 

25 

18 

25 

14 

Bo  NASA. 

r the 

5-men 

the  Boston 

Trophy  shoot,  15  targets,  handicap: 


Sykes  

13 

15 

Marshall  

...  3 

8 

11 

Foster  

...  2 

12 

14 

Stake  

...  3 

8 

11 

Damron  

...  3 

11 

14 

Vanderveer  ... 

...  1 

10 

11 

Stephenson  . . 

...  1 

12 

13 

Grinnell  

...  0 

10 

10 

Lott  

...  1 

12 

13 

Hopkins  

...  1 

9 

10 

Southworth  . . . 

...  0 

12 

12 

Notman  

...  1 

7 

8 

McDermott  „ . . 

8 

12 

Raynor  

...  3 

5 

8 

O’Brien  

10 

12 

Birch  Brook  Team. 

K U 
25  25 

Bell  23  23—46 

Everett  .23  20—43 

Foster  21  16—37 

Kirkwood  23  22 — 45 

Frank  .21  23-^4- 


-215 


Targets: 

Frank  7 14 

Straw  6 14 


Watertown  Team. 

K U 
25  25 

Gleason  24  24 — 48 

Baldwin  .......... .22  24-46 

Roy  15  22—37 

Burns  15  18 — 33 

Bartlett  20  20-^0—204 

10  15  10  15  10  15  10  15  10  25  25  25 

9 14  8 11  10  13  8 17  ... . 
8 14  8 13  8 10  5 18  ... . 


Irophy  shoot,  £5  targets,  handicap: 


9 

io 

9 16 

9 

7 

9 

6 

8 

9 .. 

9 .. 

6 

..  11 

. . 

9 .. 

..  14 

Foster  4 22  25 

O’Brien  .........  4 22  25 

Southworth  0 24  24 

Hegeman  2 21  23 

Stake  5 19  24 

Damron  6 16  22 

Lott  2 19  21 


Marshall  6 

Vanderveer  3 

Stephenson  2 

Palmer  0 

Raynor  5 

Notman  3 

Grinnell  0 


Trophy  shoot,  15  targets,  handicap: 


13 


9 


Sykes 1 14  15 

Grinnell  0 14  14 

Palmer- 0 14  14 

Stake  3 11  14 

Lott  1 12  13 

Foster  1 11  12 

O’Brien  2 10  12 


.Southworth  0 

Stephenson  0 

Marshall  3 

Hopkins  1 

Damron  4 

Vanderveer  1 

Notman  1 


16 

17 

17 

16 

11 

8 

10 

11 
11 
8 
10 
6 
8 
. 3 


21 

20 

19 

16 

16 

11 

10 

11 

11 

11 

11 

10 

9 

4 


Foster 


Roy 


11  7 


Trophy  shoot,  15  targets,  handicap: 


. . . . 9 14  9 13  10  13 

9 13 

9 23  ..  .. 

....  8 9 3 4 

5 12 

8 8 

6 ..  ..  .. 

....10  13  8 15 

7 13 

8 12 

8 

....  8 13  10  12 

7 13  10  11 

9 24  21  18 

....  6 9 9 9 

9 11 

7 11 

6 

....  10  14  10  14 

6 14 

8 .. 

8 

....  2 5 6 9 

2 9 

7 8 

7 

. . . . 8 13  7 9 

7 .. 

9 .. 

7 

. . . . 7 15  10  14 

8 .. 

10  .. 

9 

8 11 

8 .. 

9 ..  ..  .. 

. . . . 9 12  8 11 

7 10 

..  10 

. . . . 7 8 9 13 

7 14 

it  ir  ■ ■ 

. . . . 10  13  10  12 

6 13 

. . . . 8 12  8 10 

6 11 

....  7 9 6 7 

8 10 

. . . . 9 11  8 12 

8 9 

. . 16  12  19 

12  9 .. 

..  16  15  .. 

11  .. 

Southworth  0 

15 

15 

Grinnell  .... 

0 

9 

9 

..  8 

McConville  ......  2 

Vanderveer  ......  1 

10 

10 

12 

11 

Bedford  . . . . 

0 

9 

9 

Clerks  and  Professionals. 

14  .. 

Shoot  for  February 

cup: 

-■>  •;  - - 

Easton,  Pa.,  Feb.  27. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream:  I see 

T B Stephenson..  0 
T M Palmer,  Jr..  0 
Dr.  O’Brien 3 


23 

21 

18 


Brk.  Tot’l. 


23 

A G Southworth. .0 

19 

19 

21 

21 

G G Stephenson,Jr2 

15 

17 

50  targets: 

47 

J B Stephenson..  2 

44 

46 

Events:  12  3 4 

Targets:  25  25  26  25 

Schorty  19  19  23  19 

Mqntanus  13  15  20  20 

Schoverling  15  18  23  . . 

A Cottrell  12  16  8 18 

B Thier  4 13  ..  .. 

F Thier  10  ..  11  .. 

Williamson  ..........  8 10  12  9 

Dr  Parker  3 4 6.. 

F A Gass.... 12  12  8 14 

McKane  9 15  . . 

Voorhies  ............14  19  17.. 

Feb.  16. — The  Remsen  cup  event,  50  targets,  allowance  handicap, 
resulted  as  follows:  E.  Voorhies  (10)  46,  I.  McKane  (12)  31,  H. 
Williamson  (16)  40,  H.  Montanus  (16)  46,  Capt.  Dreyer  (20)  46, 
R.  Genert  (26)  48,  C.  Cooper  (18)  51,  D.  Dede  (20)  30. 


Events:  1 2 

Targets:  25  25 

Koch  , 10  13 

Kelly  19  21 

Bergen  10  16 

Counterover  

McGlinn  ..  ,. 

Patterson  

Remsen  

Bishop  

Gtervert  11 

Carolan  

Griffen  


3 4 
25  25 

21  i9 

12 

17  .. 
13  .. 
19  .. 
7 .. 
12  12 
13  14 
..  15 


Independent  Gun  Club. 

Easton,  Pa.,  Feb.  27. — The  following  scores  were  made  on 
Feb.  22  shooting  over  a magautrap,  which  threw  the  targets 
60  yds.  A strong  east  wind  made  the  targets  buck  like  a 
broncho  and  were  just  as  hard  to  get  onto.  Mr.  Maurra,  one  of 
our  heavy-weight  cracks,  shot  in  his  old-time  form. 

Mr.  Isaac  Cohen,  champion  one-barrel  shot  of  Easton,  acted 
as  referee  and  trap  puller. 

Mr.  Pleiss  shot  50  shots  at  50yds.,  scoring  442  out  of  a possible 
600  points,  he  used  a Gould  model  pistol: 


Events : 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

Shot 

Broke. 

Targets : 

25 

25 

25 

25 

25 

at. 

J Pleiss  ................. 

21 

22 

23 

19 

. 

100 

85 

G Elliott  .............. 

........  15 

17 

16 

16 

11 

125 

75 

H Brunner  ............. 

........  15 

12 

13 

17 

» • 

100 

57 

G Richard  .............. 

........  16 

18 

19 

19 

„ 0 

100 

73 

W H Mourer........... 

22 

20 

18 

23 

21 

125 

104 

H G Miller 

14 

15 

18 

75 

47 

J E Genther. 

15 

12 

50 

27 

G G Stephenson, Jr4  43 

Team  shoot,  26  targets: 

W.  W.  Marshall  25,  A.  G.  Southworth  23;  total  48. 

H.  M.  Brigham  21,  D.  M.  Palmer,  Jr.,  withdrew;  total  21. 

J.  B.  Stephenson  24,  L.  C.  Hopkins  22;  total  46. 

E.  T.  Shott  18,  H.  B.  Vanderveer  18;  total  36. 

Trophy,  25  targets:  L.  M.  Palmer,  Jr.,  25,  J.  B.  Stephenson  25, 
A.  G.  Southworth  22,  O.  C.  Grinnell,  Jr.,  24,  N.  W.  Marshall  25, 
W.  C.  Damron  24,  H.  M.  Brigham  20,  L.  C.  Hopkins  20,  H.  B. 
Vanderveer  16,  Dr.  Raynor  25,  C.  A.  Sykes,  22,  D.  H.  Lott  18,  Dr. 
Keyes  16. 

Shpot-off,  same  conditions:  Palmer,  Jr.,  24,  J.  B.  Stephenson 

24,  Marshall  24,  Raynor  21. 

Shot-off,  same  conditions:  Palmer  21,  J.  B.  Stephenson  24, 

Marshall  25. 

Trophy,  15  targets:  Palmer  15,  Southworth  11,  Grinnell,  Jr., 

13,  Brigham  13,  Marshall  13,  Hopkins  12,  Notman  10,  Lott  9, 
Hendrickson  8,  Damron  15,  O’Brien  11,  Horn  9,  Sykes  13,  Varf- 
dervger  13. 

Trophy,  15  targets:  Brigham  12,  Marshall  14,  Hopkins  12,  Grin- 
nell 13,  Palmer  13,  Damron  15,  O’Brien  9,  Southworth  9,  Hen- 
drickson  10,  Horn  12,  Sykes  13. 

Trophy,  15  targets:  J.  B.  Stephenson  13,  G.  G.  Stephenson,  Jr., 

13,  J.  M.  Palmer,  Jr.,  14,  W.  C.  Damron  12,  A.  G.  Southworth 
12,  O.  C.  Grinnell,  Jr.,  13,  H.  B.  Vanderveer  13,  W.  W.  Marshall 

14,  J.  C.  Hopkins  8,  A.  E.  Hendrickson  8. 

Shoot-off,  same  conditions:  Palmer  13,  Marshall  14. 

Trophy  shoot,  25  targets:  Palmer,  Jr.,  22,  J.  B.  Stephenson  23, 
Southworth  19,  Grinnell  22,  Marshall  19,  Damron  18,  Hendrickson 
16,  Vanderveer  22,  O’Brien  20. 

Shoot-off,  same  conditions:  J.  B.  Stephenson,  24,  Southworth  23. 
Trophy,  15  targets:  Palmer,  Jr.,  13,  J.  B.  Stephenson  13,  G.  G. 
Stephenson,  Jr.,  11,  Southworth  12,  Grinnell  8,  Marshall  11,  Dam- 
ron 9,  Hendrickson  6,  Notman  11,  Vanderveer  14,  O’Brien  14, 
Raynor  15,  Sykes  13.  Lott  14. 


issue  of  Forest  and  Stream  that  the  Interstate  Association  has 
decided  that  a clerk  in  a wholesale  house,  who  gets  his  shells 
free,  is  considered  now  a professional. 

This  is  a very  good  thing,  as  there  are  entirely  too  many  of 
these  sharks  all  over  the  country  who  are  saying  they  are  out 
to  create  an  interest  in  trapshooting,  when  the  truth  really  is 
that  they  want  to  get  together  a lot  of  poor  shots  and  then 
simply  take  first  would-be  amateur  average  and  a nice  pot  of 
money,  which  the  true  amateur  furnishes. 

Just  these  kind  of  people  are  killing  the  sport.  They  should 
be  satisfied  to  have  their  expenses  and  shells  paid  for  and 
not  have  a lot  of  poor  shots  furnish  them  with  spending  money. 
I predict  it  will  be  only  a matter  of  a few  years  when  no  one 
will  attend  shoots  where  some  of  these  sharks  are  known  to  be. 
There  is  one  who  poses  _as  an  amateur  here,  who  really  has  been 
a professional  for  at  least  a year  or  more,  and  from  what  I under- 
stand, will  hereafter  be  considered  a professional,  and  will  be 
allowed  to  shoot  for  targets  only. 

We  are  paying  enough  for  our  cartridges,  and  do  not 
want  to  see  these  would-be  amateurs  win  our  money  besides. 
A man  who  works  hard  all  week,  and  who  pays  full  price  for  his 
shells,  does  not  care  to  shoot  against  a man  who  shoots  all 
week  and  who  gets  his  shells  and  expense  paid  for. 

I hope  others  will  take  this  up  and  have  something  to  say, 
as  it  is  of  vital  interest  to  all  who  love  to  meet  a true  amateur 
at  the  traps.  Amateur. 

Christiana — Atglen  Club. 

Atglen,  Pa.,  Feb.  22. — The  target  and  live-bird  shoot  of  the 
Cliristiana^Atglen  Club  had  scores  as  subjoined.  In  the  live-bird 
events  Coleman  killed  straight. 


Mount  Kisco  Gun  Club. 

Mt.  Kisco,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  24.— The  following  scores  were  made 
by  a few  members  of  Mt.  Kisco  Gun  Club  on  Washington’s 
Birthday.  The  weather  was  very  unpleasant  for  outdoor  sport. 
Only  thre  visitors  were  with  us,  Messrs.  Sherman,  Hutchison 
and  Flewelling: 

H Smith  7 8 12  17  12  21  14  16  9 

C Sherman  8 7 11  16  11  21  13  17  8 

R Gorham  9 8 13  18  13  20  13  18  8 

L Carson  7 7 11  16  H 18  12  15  6 

F E Wood  ® 7 10  1513  19  1112  8 

H P Dielh  ..  6 5101011181116  6 

A Betti  8 10  14  18  14  24  1319  9 

F Hutchison  • • • • • 0 J f IS  I 

A Burnham  — . . . . . . . . 12  11  16  10  14  6 

F W Baily. ••••••  0 6 14  12  11  8 

*{  9 R.  W.  Gowam,  Sec’y. 


Castleton  Gun  Club. 

Castleton  Corners,  Staten  Island,  Feb.  22. — Ten  shooters  faced 
the  traps  at  the  regular  holiday  shoot  to-day.  A cold  wind  from 
the  southeast  made  the  shooting  quite  difficult.  The  following 
scores  were  made: 

Events : 123466789 

Targets:  25  15  15  25  20  15  16  10  10 

L A Scofield..... 15  9 13  17  14  12  10  8 6 

J A Howard....... 19  8 13  21  18  11  14  6 8 

R Barnes,  Jr 18  10  10  ..  8 5 

R Barnes,  Sr.  11  6 5 ..  4 ..  ..  ..  6 

G Seawood  16  7 8 17  12  6 12  . . 6 

W Curry  21  12  12  20  14  7 10  4 10 

H Seawood  13  11  12  14  11  8 11  ..  5 

J Houseman  17  13  14  17  15  12  14  9 7 

E Houseman  15  H ..  17  14  9 7 7 .. 

C Smith  18  ..  21  18  8 . • . . • « 

J.  A,  Rqwa*©. 


Events : 

1 2 3 4 5 

6 7 8 9 10 

Shot 

Targets : 

25  15  15  15  16  15  15  15  15  15 

at. 

Broke. 

Av. 

Fielis  

...  20  

..  9 1114  14 

85 

68 

.80 

Coleman  ....... 

...  23  12  12  12  14  13  12  12  ..  .. 

130 

110 

.84 

Sanford  

...  19  15  12  15  12 

85 

73 

.85 

Townsley  

...  14  ..  ..  ..  .. 

11  10  8 . . . . 

70 

43 

.61 

Radcliffe  

...19  

9 6 4 9.. 

85 

47 

.55 

Krueger  

135 

111 

.82 

Benner  

13  14  13  13  14  13  11  13  11 

135 

115 

.85 

Wilson  

...  . . 15  13  11  12 

8 10  14  11  10 

135 

104 

.TO 

Jebb  

11  14  11  14  14 

75 

63 

.84 

Cassidy  

..  ..  13  ..  .. 

15 

13 

.86 

I Williams  

11  ..  13  14  11 

60 

49 

.81 

Baldwin  

7 ..  10  ..  .. 

30 

17 

.57 

Mowery  

9 ..  ..  ..  .. 

15 

9 

.60 

T Williams  

13  11  14  13  12 

75 

63 

.84 

Shively  

. 12  9 7 ..  .. 

30 

19 

.63 

Mattson  

10  8 13  12  13 

75 

56 

.76 

The  last  five 

live-bird  events 

were  miss-and-outs : 

Birds: 

5 7 10 

Fielis  

7 

4 

0 2 

1 3 

iownsley  ...... 

9 

1 

3 0 

0 6 

Coleman  

Radcliff  3 

Williams  3 

Tebb  3 6 7 

Mattson  4 6 

Shively  • ••  3 7 

Wilson  " •• 

Sanford  7 

Cassidy  0 

Helm  

Mowery 


10 

3 

0 

0 

3 


0 

4 

4 


0 1 


ItMMMtMMK* 


Liorc  R,  Lawn  Mgr, 


March  4,  1905.il 


FOREST  AND  StREAM. 


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IN  NEW  JERSEY. 


Montclair  Gun  Club. 

Montclair,  N.  J.,  Feb.  IS. — Nine  events  were  run  off  .to-day, 
some  eleven  men  participating.  Weather  conditions  were  favor- 
able to  good  scores. 

Events  3,  4,  5 and  6,  25  targets  each,  handicap,  prize  a box  of 
shells,  were  won  by  Messrs.  Cockefair,  Wallace,  Wheeler  and 
Harrison. 

Messrs.  Harrison  and  Wallace  showed  the  greatest  improvement 
over  past  performances,  while  Mr.  Moffett  made  the  highest  per- 
centage of  breaks,  .877.  Mr.  Moffett  also  made  the  longest  con- 
sucutive  run,  22,  thus  winning  a box  of  shells. 

Some  1,500  targets  were  thrown  during  the  afternoon — a goodly 
number  when  one  considers  that  it  was  the  regular  weekly  shoot 
and  only  members  in  attendance. 


Events : 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

Targets: 

25 

25 

25 

25 

25 

25 

25 

25 

26 

Geo  Howard  

W T Wallace,  5..... 

15 

16 

22 

23 

20 

20 

24 

- . 

. . 

C W Kendall  

17 

18 

20 

20 

16 

20 

22 

22 

23 

C L Bush  

19 

21 

17 

19 

20 

18 

Geo  Batten,  2 

18 

21 

18 

19 

19 

C V V Gunther 

21 

21 

19 

18 

P H Cockefair 

23 

21 

19 

19 

20 

20 

21 

F W Robinson,  5 

21 

- „ 

23 

F W Moffett  

21 

22 

21 

23 

21 

23 

S C Wheeler  

23 

22 

19 

17 

14 

P Harrison,  2 



. . 

, . 

. . 

25 

19 

13 

16 

Handicaps  apply  only  in  events  3,  4,  5 and  6. 

Feb.  22. — The  tournament  scheduled  for  to-day  brought  out 
some  twenty  marksmen,  some  2,000  targets  being  thrown  during 
the  morning. 

Event  1,  25  targets,  unknown  angles,  handicaps  added  targets, 
the  first  prize,  a set  of  silver  oyster  forks,  was  won  by  Mr.  Thos. 
Doremus;  the  second  prize,  a set  of  after-dinner  coffee  spoons, 
going  to  Mr.  P.  H.  Cockefair.  Mr.  Moffett  won  third  prize,  a 
leather  wallet,  Mr.  Bush  taking  fourth,  a box  of  shells. 

Event  2,  15  targets,  all  left-quartering,  was  won  by  Mr.  I.  S. 
Crane,  who  took  home  a set  of  tea  spoons.  Mr.  Moffett  won  sec- 
ond place  and  a set  of  after-dinner  coffee  spoons.  Mr.  Cockefair, 
in  third  place,  captured  a silver  cream  ladle,  and  Mr.  Winslow, 
in  fourth  place,  won  a box  of  shells. 

Event  No.  3,  miss-and-out,  was  provocative  of  a good  deal  of 
fun  and  excitement.  Messrs.  Cockefair,  Moffett,  Batten,  Crane 
and  Robinson  all  stayed  in  till  the  sixth  round,  and  then  all  fell 
down  together;  but  on  the  final  shoot  the  four  prizes,  a set  of 
dessert  forks,  a berry  spoon,  a cream  ladle  and  a box  of  shells, 
went  to  Messrs.  Moffett,  Batten,  Cockefair  and  Crane  respectively. 

Event  No.  4,  25  targets,  added  handicaps,  was  won  by  Messrs. 
Babbage,  Budd,  Bush  and  Holloway,  the  first,  second,  third  and 
fourth  prizes  being  a set  of  dessert  forks,  set  of  oyster  forks,  a 
cream  ladle  and  a box  ef  shells. 


Event  No.  5,  same  conditions  as  No.  4,  with  prizes  of  a set  of 
dessert  forks,  berry  spoon,  cigar  case  and  a box  of  shells,  went  to 
Messrs.  Crane,  Moffett,  Bush  and  Doremus  in  the  order  named. 
Mr.  Bush  was  also  the  winner  of  the  silver  prizes  for  the  longest 


consecutive  run,  and  high  gun,  he  making  a run  of  18,  and 
breaking  77  per  cent — very  fair,  considering  weather  conditions, 
which  were  not  favorable  to  high  scores,  a strong  gale  blowing 


across  the  range  all  the  morning. 

Events:  1 2 3 4 5 

Targets:  25  15  * 25  25 

P H Cockefair,  2.  22  13  8 19  20 
F W Moffett,  2..  21  13  11  19  23 

G Batten,  2. 16  8 10  19  14 

C L Bush,  1......  21  10  3 21  23 

W I Soverel,  3...  14  9 

I S Crane,  2 20  14 

E Winslow,  4. ....  19  12 
H F Holloway,  6.  21  7 
C W Kendall,  0. . 17  11 
T Doremus,  7....  23  11 


Events:  1 2 3 4 5 

Targets:  25  15  * 25  25 

C Hartshorn,  6...  18  6 0 21  18 

F Allen,  5 12  4 1 9 0 

G Hawkey,  7 15  1 0 15  15 

P Harrison,  2 14  7 0 16  16 

F H Robinson,  2.  ..  10  6 ..  .. 

W T Wallace,  0..  ..  7 3 18 


0 12  18 
6 17  25 
0 18  IS 
0 21  18 
2 20  21 
2 20  21 

Handicaps,  as  indicated,  apply  only  in  events  1,  4 and  5. 
half  these  handicaps  apply  in  event  2.  All  ties  to  be  shot 
succeeding  event. 

Feb.  25. — A goodly  number  of  members  of  the  gun  club 
in  attendance  to-day,  it  being  the  last  Saturday  of  the  month  and 


H Babbage,  2 4 22  16 

Budd,  1 ..  ..  0 23  IS' 

B T Bush,  7......  ..  ..  ..  15  .. 


One- 
off  in 


were 


the  regular  cup  shoot  for  the  members’  trophy  of  1905,  as  well  as 
the  last  chance  to  qualify  in  the  gold  medal  event. 

The  first  four  events  were  for  practice  only.  Messrs.  Moffett, 
Kendall,  Wallace  and  Howard  each  did  some  very  good  shooting. 
In  the  members’  trophy  for  1905,  event  No.  5,  60  birds,  un- 


known angles,  handicaps  added  birds,  Mr.  Winslow  broke  43,  plus 
7 handicap,  giving  him  a perfect  score  of  50,  and  puts  his  name 
on  the  cup  for  the  month  of  February. 

Mr.  Howard  qualified  in  the  gold  medal  event. 

During  the  month  of  March  the  finals  will  be  shot  in  this  last 
event. 

Weather  conditions  were  all  that  could  have  been  desired. 
Events:  1 2 3 4 5 Events:  1 2 3 4 5 

Targets:  25  25  25  25  50  Targets:  25  25  25  25  50 

C W Kendall,  0..  19  23  21  20  39  CL  Bush,  2 20  14  ..  43 

C Babcock,  2 20  11  ..  36  G Howard,  4.....  ..  ..  ..24  43 

W T Wallace,  5. . . 17  14  23  . . 44  P Harrison,  4. . . . . . . ..  15  15  29 

G Boxall,  8 15  19  ..  20  49  H Bettinson,  14 ..43 

P H Cockefair,  4.  ..  22  19  19  42  C V Gunther,  2 19  ..  19  39 

E Winslow,  7. 16  50  H F Holloway,  12 17  46 

G Batten,  4 13  16  . . ..34  F Robinson,  6....  ..  ..  ..17  43 

F W Moffett,  4...  19  20  21  23  45  Df  Foster,  14.....  ..  ..  ..  ..  34 

Handicaps  apply  only  in  event  No.  5. 

Edward  Winslow,  Sec’y. 


Hudson  Gun  Club, 

Jersey  City,  N.  J-,  Feb.  19. — The  Hudson  Gun  Club,  of  Jersey 
City,  N.  J.,  held  its  first  shoot  for  February  on  this  date.  The 
day  was  rather  favorable  for  shooting,  as  the  weather  had  mod- 
erated somewhat,  the  only  handicap  being  the  snow. 

There  was  a fair  number  of  the  members  present,  which  seems 
to  prove  that  the  sport  has  a fascination  that  weather  conditions 
cannot  control. 

The  club  has  reduced  the  price  of  targets  to  1 cent  for  mem- 
bers and  1%  cent  to  non-members.  This  was  the  old  price,  but 
as  the  club  needed  money  to  make  repairs  to  the  house,  the 
price  was  raised  to  lVs  cent  for  all  shooters. 

The  club  is  on  its  feet  again,  and  as  the  main  object  is  to  give 
shooters  a good  time,  not  to  make  money,  the  members  at  the 
last  shoot  arrived  at  the  above  conclusion.  The  next  shoot  will 


be  held  on  March  5,  rain  or  shine.  Scores: 


Events : 

1 2 3 4 5 

Events: 

12  3 4 

5 

Staples  ...... 

20  21  17  21  18 

Hughes  

Gille  ........ 

18  20  . . 14  . . 

Halley  . . . . 

Pearsall  ..... 

22  21  22  20  . . 

Heritage  . . . 

........  12  16  12  20 

Jenkins  

O’Brien  ... 

Banta  

21  21  22  20  20 

Schield  . . . . 

Kurzel  ....... 

17  ..  ..  10  .. 

Whitley  . . . 

15  14  ..  16 

Cocklin  

18  16  14  17  14 

Doran  

.......  12  12  16  .. 

Boldt  

Cottrell  

.....  20  22  21  20  19 

Brewer  . . . . 

13  16  14  .. 

• • 

Jim  Hughes,  Sec’y, 


North  River  Gun  Club. 


Edgewater,  N.  J.,  Feb.  22. — Event  6,  handicap  trophy  shoot  for 
g014  watch  charm,  presented  by  Mr.  L.  Schortemeier;  second  prize 


case  of  shells,  presented  by  Mr, 

. A. 

Schoverling 

. Greatest 

num- 

ber  of  wins  until  June  30,  1905, 

takes 

the 

prizes. 

To  be  shot 

for 

every  Saturday: 

Events : 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

Targets: 

10 

10 

15 

15 

20 

50 

15 

15 

10 

H Cathcart,  12  

5 

3 

18 

J Buchanan,  20  .... ... 

4 

7 

’8 

7 

32 

8 

6 

7 

A Walters,  18 

7 

6 

5 

5 

27 

7 

8 

J Morrison,  8 

8 

12 

6 

16 

28 

17 

8 

C Eickhoff,  8 

5 

14 

10 

12 

25 

9 

10 

7 

Dr.  Richter,  8... 

5 

11 

10 

13 

42 

14 

H Terrell,  20  

5 

4 

4 

13 

17 

E Vosselman,  10  

5 

6 

9 

13 

37 

C Truesdale,  0 

5 

4 

J Merrill,  15  

6 

6 

6 

5 

12 

5 

8 

2 

I Truax,  4 

10 

14 

14 

41 

R Townsend,  0 

7 

W Reynolds,  6 

6 

14 

35 

10 

Dr  Boldt,  16  

3 

6 

5 

7 

20 

6 

5 

E Finley,  0 

4 

12 

29 

11 

Dr  Fanoni,  0.... 

2 

5 

13 

5 

4 

H Cocklin,  14 

10 

14 

33 

A McMillan,  16 

5 

8 

15 

II  Schramm,  10 

17 

38 

O D Thees,  14........ 

9 

20 

G Allison,  8 

43 

Dr  Paterno,  20 

27 

11 

6 

D Renner,  0 

1 

Geo  Harland,  10 

6 

9 

28 

8 

Warner  

7 

Feb.  25.— Event  5,  contest  for  Mullerite  medal,  won  by  Mr.  F. 
Vosselman,  with  a handicap  of  6 targets.  Event  6,  60  targets, 
handicap  event,  for  a solid  gold  watch  charm.  Messrs.  Truax  and 
Reynolds  tied. 


Events: 

Targets: 

C E Eickhoff,  8. 
Dr  Richter,  8 ... 

F Truax,  4 

E Reynolds,  6...., 
F Schoverling,  0. 
H R Williams,  0 

Tuttle,  0 

H B Williams,  0. 
F Vosselman,  10 

Craighead,  0 

Dr  Paterno,  0 ... 

J D Thees,  0 

McClare,  0 

Brann,  0 

Buchanan  

Townsend,  0 


1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

10 

10 

15 

15 

25 

50 

15 

25 

8 

8 

12 

13 

17 

35 

11 

9 

12 

13 

20 

36 

12 

8 

15 

13 

20 

47 

13 

7 

12 

13 

18 

47 

6 

4 

12 

10 

18 

41 

1 

8 

9 

15 

6 

8 

10 

21 

38 

5 

13 

11 

22 

44 

6 

11 

18 

39 

2 

8 

4 

12 

6 

9 

9 

14 

32 

13 

3 

6 

13 

5 

5 

13 

0 

1 

10 

6 

20 

16 

19  7 8 7 

Jas.  R.  Merrill,  Sec’y. 


Pleasure  Gun  Glub. 


Englewood,  N.  J.,  Feb.  25. — Several  shooters  from  the  West- 
wood  Gun  Club  attended  our  shoot  on  Washington’s  Birthday 
and  added  greatly  to  the  sport  of  the  day.  Valuable  and  use- 
ful prizes  were  given  to  first  and  second  in  each  event.  Every- 
thing ran  smoothly,  and  every  one  pronounced  the  day  well 
spent.  The  score  follows: 


Events 

Targets 

Gruman  

Lewis  

F Westervelt 

Miloy  

Post  

Colligan  

C Westervelt 
J Westervelt 
E A Haring  . 
C Townsend  . 

Grahm  

Van  Buskirk  . 

C Ruel  

J Baldwin  ... . 
W Westervelt 

Decker  

Bennett  ....... 

Van  Houten  . 
Maxwell  


123456789  10  11 
15  15  15  25  15  15  15  15  15  10  15 

10  9 11  15  13  12  9 6 8 7 . . 

8 7 5 7 3 10  7 7 

8 7 7 16  . . 7 6 . . 12  . . 12 

8 12  6 . . 4 

12  12  10  17  11  11  12  12  9 . . . . 
1 8 . . . . 7 


10  8 ..  12 12 

7 . . ..  13 

....  9 14  ........  ..  5 ., 


3 5 . . . . 3 . . . . 2 10 
9 20  13  11  9 . . 9 . . . . 

..  10  8 5 

,.  ..  46  

...  3 5 10 

1 

4 3 .. 

. ..  ..  ..  9 


• C.  J.  Westervelt,  Sec’y. 


Plainfield  Gun  Club. 

Plainfield,  N.  J.,  Feb.  22— At  the  silver  shoot  to-day  shooting 
began  at  10:45.  During  the  day  4,730  targets  were  thrown.  Only 
local  shooters  were  permitted  to  shoot  for  prizes  in  events  6 and 
10.  The  weather  was  cloudy,  raw,  with  a strong  east  wind  blow- 
ing. 

High  professional  average  was  made  by  J.  S.  Fleming.  He 
broke  130  out  of  145.  High  amateur  average  by  Mr.  Staples,  132 
out  of  145;  second  amateur  average,  Mr.  Markley,  130  out  of  145. 

The  trade  representatives  were  Messrs.  J.  S.  Fleming,  R.  G. 
Schneider,  H.  P.  Vosseller  and  J.  Terry. 

Mr.  Vosseller  was  manager.  Sandwiches  and  coffee  were  fur- 
nished free  of  charge. 

Prize  winners  were  as  follows:  Event  No.  1,  first,  Staples;  sec- 
ond, Pardoe;  third  Hendricks;  Event  2:  First  Staples,  second 

Williams;  third  Piercy.  Event  3:  First  Staples;  second,  Williams; 
thjrd,  Hendricks.  Event  4:  First,  Staples;  second,  Hendricks; 

third,  Markley.  Event  5:  First,  Markley;  second,  Mathews; 

third,  Hendricks.  Event  6:  First,  Brantingham;  second  Piercy; 

third,  S.  Terry;  fourth,  McCarthy;  fifth,  Sebring.  Event  7:  First, 
Hendricks;  second,  Piercy;  third,  Gavin.  Event  8:  First,  Gavin; 
second,  Markley;  third,  Pardoe.  Event  9:  First,  Gavin;  second, 

Pardoe;  third,  Staples.  Event  10:  First,  Brantingham;  second, 

S.  Terry;  third.  Van  Nest. 


Events : 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

Targets: 

10 

15 

20 

25 

20 

15 

10 

10 

10 

10 

Staples  

13 

17 

25 

18 

13 

9 

9 

8 

10 

Jap  

11 

15 

21 

17 

12 

8 

9 

9 

7 

Piercy  

11 

17 

24 

15 

11 

9 

9 

9 

8 

Hendricks  

12 

16 

24 

18 

15 

10 

9 

9 

5 

Fanning  

14 

19 

24 

17 

13 

7 

10 

9 

8 

Dunn  

6 

14 

14 

12 

10 

7 

7 

5 

6 

Brown  

11 

15 

21 

11 

8 

7 

8 

6 

6 

Akers  

10 

16 

15 

10 

12 

6 

7 

7 

7 

Daughty  

3 

Gorman  

12 

15 

19 

18 

13 

6 

Brantingham  

12* 

12 

19 

15 

13 

8 

7 

9 

9 

Williams  

12 

18 

17 

18 

7 

7 

6 

2 

Batch  

6 

16 

19 

13 

Pardoe  

13 

15 

20 

17 

9 

7 

9 

10 

Painter  

10 

Cassidv  

7 

9 

10 

2 

5 

1 

Mathews  

12 

16 

18 

19 

6 

Muldoon  

8 

14 

20 

17 

10 

I.uckey  

10 

11 

18 

13 

8 

6 

8 

■ 7 

McCarthy  

15 

13 

10 

9 

7 

6 

Markley  

13 

17 

23 

20 

11 

9 

5 

9 

10 

Hobbs  

10 

12 

20 

11 

14 

9 

7 

8 

6 

Goodman  

10 

Applejack  

12 

14 

17 

18 

9 

6 

Emmons  

8 

8 

6 

Johnstone  

7 

Adams  

11 

17 

20 

18 

13 

8 

6 

9 

8 

Van  

11 

14 

19 

6 

Pope  

. 7 

12 

P Terry  

. 5 

10 

12 

7 

4 

Van  Nest  

. 6 

7 

Sabacher  

. 6 

7 

15 

15 

15 

7 

9 

6 

8 

7 

J Terry  

13 

8 

4 

Mahnken  

. 2 

4 

8 

14 

12 

2 

6 

7 

R Phillips  

. 5 

7 

8 

, , 

a . 

9 

4 

6 

3 

Hance  

. 9 

8 

15 

16 

14 

10 

8 

7 

Schneider  

4 

13 

17 

16 

12 

io 

5 

9 

9 

Walker  

7 

. „ 

12 

7 

Scribner  ....................... 

6 

8 

Tuttle  

17 

SB 

14 

* e 

8 

9 

7 

« q 

^,altby  J.3 

Ihorn  ■ . . ? 

Giles  

R Phillips  .r 

S Terry  ^ " 

F Terry  

G Kaeding 

Vosseller  \\  ” \\ 

Dreier  ” ” 

Sebring  . ’ ‘ ’ 

Jahn  ]]  ” 


13  6 


Thayer 
Singer 
Gille  .. 


Howes  .. 
Mumford 


Bound  Brook  Gun  Club. 


2 

1 

9 

6 

..  8 

13 

4 

8 

4 

13 

11 

7 

10 

14 

..  6 

. . 

8 

10 

5 

< m 

9 

7 

« . 

® . 

7 

6 

7 

8 

9 

12 

11 

6 

7 6 

14 

10 

8 

8 .. 

13 

13 

12 

8 

9 

10  7 

8 

•_» 

8 

7 

6 

. . 

. . 

8 

Bound  Brook,  N.  J.,  Feb.  22.— Shooters  displayed  their  en- 
thusiasm by  coming  to  the  shoot  of  the  Bound  Brook  Gun  Club 
and  taking  part  in  the  programme  when  the  wind  and  cold  were 
both  very  severe. 

The  wind,  blowing  across  the  trap,  made  the  left-quartering 
target  soar  skyward,  while  the  right-quarterer  ducked  and  dodged, 
which  made  shooting  everything  but  easy. 

The  scores  were  not  high,  and  some  of  the  shooters  were  sur- 
prised when  they  found  they  had  won  a prize  on  the  score  of  4 
or  5. 

Mr.  Hooey  did  the  best  shooting  ond  secured  a prize  in  each 
event.  Dr.  J.  B.  Pardoe,  Mumford  and  Cowdry  also  did  good 
work,  and  each  secured  several  merchandise  prizes. 

The  club  cups  for  this  month  were  won  by  Mr.  Prugh  first,  A. 
Crater  second  and  Mr.  Hooey  third. 

Mr.  Hooey  made  high  average,  and  secured  the  cake. 

Mr.  F.  Lawrence,  a trade  missionary,  was  present  looking  after 
the  interests  of  his  company. 


Shot  at. 

Broke, 

Dr  J B Pardoe. 

130 

52 

Pfister 

38 

Hooey  

....  90 

54 

Hobbs  

....  60 

21 

Mumford  

75 

29 

Slater  

19 

Jahn  

24 

Dryer  

....80 

36 

Twenty-five  target  handicap: 
(11)  21,  Dr.  Pardoe  (4)  19,  St 
(14)  18. 


Shot  at. 

Broke. 

Du  Four  .... 

5 

Gillam  

18 

Goodman  ... 

50 

21 

Cowdry  

26 

Crater  

17 

Stelle  ....... 

21 

Bache  

29 

Prugh  

11 

che  (8)  19,  Prugh  (12)  23,  Crater 
(10)  19,  Hooey  (7)  20,  Du  Four 


Chicago  Trapshooters*  Association. 

Chicago.— At  the  tournament  of  the  Chicago  Trapshooters’  As- 
sociation, held  Feb.  25  and  26,  at  Burnside,  111.,  fair  weather 
prevailed,  but  the  shooting  was  difficult.  Gilbert  was  high  in  the 
special  handicap  with  48. 


Feb.  25, 


Shot  at. 

Broke. 

Gilbert  

180 

172 

Weinberg  ... 

180 

147 

Slimmer  

180 

151 

Gibson  

180 

157 

Bolton  

180 

156 

Lord  

180 

158 

Tosetti  

180 

159 

Willard  ...... 

180 

162 

Shepardson  .. 

180 

152 

Graham  

180 

168 

Hirschy  

. .... .180 

168 

Steinberg  .... 

......180 

141 

Shogren  

.180 

151 

Myrick  

180 

137 

J Graham  

......180 

164 

Riehl  

180 

151 

Young  

......180 

149 

Dunneli  

180 

146 

First  Day. 


Shot  at.  Broke. 

Morehouse  

105 

82 

Kneussel  

140 

Vietmeyer  

180 

149 

Cadwallader  . 

180 

154 

Tweeth  ...... 

126 

Roll  

130 

Steck  

137 

Weber  

145 

Lawrence  . . . . 

122 

Jackson  

33 

Smith  

63 

Einfeldt  ...... 

58 

Getter  

31 

Wenona  

46 

Kinney  

63 

Engestrom  . . . 

26 

Kmg  

47 

Wagner  

32 

Feb.  26,  Second  Day. 


Shot  at. 

Broke. 

Gilbert  ...... 

180 

170 

Slimmer  

180 

144 

Gibson  

. . . . . .180 

146 

Weinberg  .... 

180 

161 

Bolton  .... 

......180 

154 

Lord  

......180 

146 

Tosetti  

180 

151 

Willard  

180 

160 

Shepardson  . . 

......180 

162 

Dunneli  

. . . . . .180 

171 

Hirschy  

......180 

168 

Steinberg  . . . . 

......180 

141 

Shogren  

180 

140 

Eick  

180 

156 

Roll  

. . . . . .180 

145 

Riehl  .......... 

.180 

163 

Young  ....... 

......180 

131 

Kinney  

......180 

147 

Knuessel  ...... 

......180 

140 

Vietmeyer  

......180 

153 

Cadwallader  . . 

......180 

141 

General  averages,  360  targets: 

J Graham  323,  L.  Willard  322,  E. 


Burnham  

Shot  at.  Broke. 

156 

Vance  

153 

Jackson  

142 

King  

97 

Hanagan  

128 

Gragg  ........ 

148 

Weber  

142 

J Graham  ... 

159 

E Graham... 

180 

151 

Sheldon  ...... 

62 

T Graham  . . . 

147 

Johnson  

78 

Lovell  

71 

Sharp  

47 

Bingham  ..... 

47 

Chott  

78 

Hook 

78 

Myrick  ....... 

47 

Rupel  

64 

Hess  ....... 

24 

F Gilbert  342,  H.  C Hirschy  336, 
Graham  319. 


Aetca  Park  Club. 


Herewith  are  scores  made  at  the  z£tna  Park  Club’s  monthly 
medal  shoot,  St.  Louis,  on  Feb.  19.  Weather  was  heavy  and 
snowing,  but  good  crowd  and  high  scores  notwithstanding.  Pete 
Baggerman  and  Joe  Lenharth  won  the  amateur  honors,  landing 
away  up  in  the  94  class.  Riehl,  who  was  the  only  representative 
present,  broke  the  ground  record,  with  a run  of  114  straight,  and 
total  of  146  out  of  150.  The  scores : 


Earl  

McCIaughan  . 

Leathers  

Clay  

W Baggerman 
P Baggerman 

Lenharth  

Huff  

Stoseberg  . . . . 

Schall  

Sparrow  ...... 

Child  

Ford  

Allen  

Riehl  

Daggs  


Shot  at. 

Scored. 

Average. 

84 

84 

92 

92 

129 

86 

HI 

89 

134 

89 

142 

94 

94 

94 

83 

83 

39 

78 

84 

84 

24 

48 

76 

76 

111 

89 

62 

62 

146 

97 

18 

72 

Long  Lake  Shoot. 


Long  Lake,  111.,  Feb.  24.— Appended  are  the  results  of  Graham’s 
live-bird  shoot,  held  here  to-day.  The  birds  were  trapped  by 
John  Watson  and  were  very  good.  The  weather  was  fair  and  the 
sport  was  fine.  No.  3 was  a miss-and-out: 


Events: 
Targets : 

J R Graham,  31 
T P Hicks,  29... 

F Gilbert,  33 

S Palmer,  29..., 
F H Lord,  29., 
F C RiehL  30... 
H Dunneli,  30.. 


12  3 Events: 

15  25  Targets: 

13  22  13  B Stilling,  28 

13  20  7 T E Graham,  29.,... „ 
15  24  13  J H Amberg,  30........ 

12  2111  E S Graham,  30........ 

15  16  11  Church,  28  

14  22  4 Vietmeyer,  29........... 

14  23  12  Slimmer,  27...... 


12  3 

15  25 

..  19  .. 

16  23  .. 

13  19  7 
13  24  4 
12  20  .. 
12  19  .. 

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18© 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


WESTERN  TRAP. 


Cindiinatl  Gua  Club. 


Cincinnati,  Feb.  25.—  As  me  days  get  longer,  the  boys  turn 
out  in  larger  numbers.  The  day  was  cloudy,  rainy  and  dis- 
agreeable, with  a strung  wind  blowing.  Some  of  the  scores  made 
would  be  a credit  to  any  of  the  experts.  In  the  third  contest 
in  the  I’etcrs  trophy  series,  lion  Minto  and  Darker  tied  for 
high  gun  in  actual  breaks  with  48  each.  Cambell  was  close 
up  with  47,  and  Pfieffer  was  third  with  46.  Nineteen  men  shot 
in  this  event,  and  all  but  live  broke  41  or  better.  Several  team 
matches  were  shot,  and  a couple  of  25-target  matches  ended  the 
day’s  sport. 

Falk  has  been  absent  for  some  time,  but  showed  up  to-day,  a 
little  out  of  practice,  but  the  same  old  John  as  before.  Cambell 
did  good  work,  missing  in  the  trophy,  team  and  match  races— - 
only  20  targets  out  of  275.  Lutie  Cambell  had  just  recovered 
from  a sprained  ankle,  and  to-day  carries  his  left  arm  in  a 
sling,  having  sprained  the  wrist.  He  says  he  don’t  do  it  for 
fun,  but  it  almost  looks  that  way. 

Peters  trophy,  50  targets,  handicap  allowance:  Don  Minto,  5, 

50;  Pfieffer,  4,  50;  Pohlar,  5,  50;  Boeh,  18,  50;  Barker,  4S;  Cambell, 
1,  4S;  tlesser,  7,  48;  W illiams,  4,  47;  Peters,  2,  47;  Faran,  2,  4G; 
Bullerdick,  1,  45;  Osterfeld,  2,  45;  Roll,  2,  44;  Herman,  3,  44; 
Falk,  5,  44;  Harig,  2,  44;  Maynard,  39;  Block,  2,  39;  Ahlers,  1,  36. 

Team  race,  50  targets: 


Gambell  

47 

Pohlar  ..... 

Pfieffer  

46—93 

Osterfeld  . . 

Team  race: 

Targets 

50 

25 

Targets: 

50 

25 

Barker  

48 

20 

Cambell  ... 

.........  47 

23 

Osterfeld  

45 

24 

Peters  

45 

21 

Hesser  

19 

Bu  lerdick  . 

39 

23 

Pfieffer  ....... 

......  40 

19 

Pohlar  ..... 

40 

21 

Totals  ...... 

82 

Totals  .... 

88 

Targets: 

50 

25 

Targets: 

50 

25 

Gamoeil  ...... 

20 

Ahlers  

..........42 

19 

Harig  

43 

23 

Faran  

22 

1 lesser  

38 

18 

Peters  ...... 

41 

23 

illiams  ...... 

21 

Bullerdick  . 

39 

19 

Herman  

20 

Roll  

..........36 

15 

Totals  

102 

Totals  .... 

98 

Sweepstakes, 

50  targets, 

50  cents  entrance, 

three  moneys,  50, 

30  and  20  per  cent.:  Faran  49,  Barker  47,  Bleh  46,  Don  Minto  45, 
Ahlers  45,  Roll  45,  llesser  45,  Maynard  44,  Bullerdick  44, 
W illiams  44,  Pfieffer  43,  Cambell  41,  Peters  40,  Pohlar  38,  Herman 
37,  Jack  36,  Sunderbruch  48. 

Sweepstakes,  20  targets  each,  60  cents  entrance  and  three 
moneys,  50,  30  and  20  per  cent,  in  each.  Total,  100  targets. 
Totals  follow:  A.  Sunderbruch  97,  Barker  94,  Peters  90,  Faran 

89,  Williams  91,  Bleh  93,  Don  Minto  89,  Iiesser  88.  Cambell  88, 
Ahlers  85,  Bullerdick  84,  Maynard  84,  Pohlar  79,  Pfieffer  79, 
Roll  33. 

On  Feb.  18  the  second  contest  in  the  Peters  trophy  series  was 
shot,  and  the  seventeen  members  who  took  part  made  a re- 
markably good  showing,  only  one  man  breaking  -less  than  40, 
or  80  per  cent.  Maynard  headed  the  list  with  a straight  score, 
including  his  handicap.  R.  Trimble  was  high  in  actual  breaks, 
accounting  for  48.  Pfieffer’s  good  score  of  last  week  put  hint  in 
scratch  class,  and  he  finished  with  82  per  cent.  Next  week 
he’ll  have  a few  added  targets.  Supt.  Gambell  is  still  unable 
to  get  around  without  the  aid  of  his  crutches,  but  says  he’ll 
shoot  on  the  22d  anyway.  The  old  regulars  are  beginning  to  come 
back,  and  it  seems  good  to  see  Roanoke,  Faran,  Medico  and 
Don  Minto  once  more  on  the  firing  line. 

In  the  practice  events  some  good  shooting  was  done,  Williams 
making  a better  showing  than  in  the  trophy  event,  breaking  over 
91  per  cent.;  Roll  90  per  cent.  E.  Trimble  broke  48  out  of  50, 
making  a straight  in  one  25-target  event,  and  shooting  better 
than  a 94  gait.  Bullerdick  also  made  a straight  25,  and  broke 
85  out  of  100  at  practice.  Altogether  the  scores  to-day  were 
better  than  for  some  time  past. 

The  day  was  pleasant  and  not  cold  enough  to  interfere  with 
outdoor  sport,  and  the  boys  kept  things  going  until  dark. 

Peters  trophy  shoot,  50  targets:  Maynard,  4,  50;  R.  Trimble,  48; 
Block,  4,  47;  Roll,  3,  46;  E.  Trimble,  2,  46;  Roanoke,  8,  46; 
Barker,  46;  Bullerdick,  2,  46;  Herman,  3,  45;  Peters,  43;  Medico, 
43;  Faran,  43;  Pohlar,  2,  42;  Pfieffer,  41;  Williams,  41;  Don  Minto, 
40;  llesser,  1,  39. 

The  final  contest  in  the  series  of  nine  shoots  for  the  silver 
cup,  presented  by  the  Bowler  & Burdick  Co.,  was  held  on 
Saturday  afternoon,  Feb.  11,  and  proved  to  be  one  of  the  most 
enjoyable  of  the  series.  The  contests  in  this  series  have  all  been 
hotly  contested,  and  7,500  targets  were  thrown  in  the  nine 
events.  The  cup  was  won  to-day  by  Geo.  Sanford,  who  broke 
49  out  of  50,  being  the  best  score  made  on  the  club  grounds  in 
the  past  year.  On  April  22  the  annual  smoker  and  field-day  con- 
test, at  50  targets,  will  be  held,  beginning  at  2 P.  M. 

Feb.  22. — On  Washington’s  Birthday,  Feb.  2ts,  there  was  a good 
attendance  of  members  and  guests,  and  the  day’s  sport  was 
thoroughly  enjoyed  by  all.  The  weather  was  cloudy  and  the 
light  very  trying.  Still  some  fine  scores  were  recorded. 

Lou  Ahlers,  having  returned  from  his  extended  trip  to  Cali- 
fornia, was  present.  The  long  controversy  between  the  pump 
and  double-barreled  gun  advocates  was  definitely  settled  in  a 
6-men  team  match,  at  100  targets  per  man.  It  was  a closely 
contested  race,  the  “Pumps”  having  the  best  of  the  argument 
until  the  last  round,  when  the  “Doubles”  braced  up  and  won  with 
a lead  of  3 targets,  448  to  445. 

In  the  team  match,  A.  Sunderbruch  was  high  gun,  with  97. 
Gambell  was  able  to  get  out  to  the  firing  line  once  more,  and 
accounted  for  88  out  of  100,  a good  showing,  considering  the 
fact  that  he  has  by  no  means  fully  recovered  from  his  fall. 

Match,  Pump  vs.  Doubles,  100  targets: 

Double  guns — A.  Sunderbruch,  97,  Peters  90,  Don  Minto  89, 
Hesser  88,  Bullerdick  84;  total,  448. 

Pumps — Barker  94,  Bleh  93,  Faran  89,  Ahlers  85,  Maynard  84; 
total,  445. 

Notes. 

The  Recreation  Gun  Club,  of  Cleveland,  will  make  extensive 
improvements  at  the  shooting  grounds  at  Corlett  Station,  and 
when  completed,  the  club  will  have  one  of  the  finest  ranges  in 
the  country.  The  Broadway  cars,  which  run  direct  to  the 
grounds  every  six  minutes,  make  access  easy.  A popular  change 
will  be  the  reduction  of  the  price  of  targets  to  one'  cent  each. 
Shoots  are  held  on  the  second  and  fourth  Saturdays  of  each 
month.  At  the  annual  meeting  Charles  Ducommun  was  elected 
president  for  the  third  consecutive  time.  Other  officers  elected 
were  Geo.  Burns,  Vice-President;  W.  Carter,  Captain;  R.  C. 
Osborne,  Treasurer;  Carl  Bingell,  Secretary.  Directors — F.  Burns, 
Chas.  McMeans,  A.  Fuhrmeyer. 

In  Other  Places. 

The  managers  of  the  Detroit  tournament  thought  they  could 


not  have  chosen  a better  tlae  far  their  tournament,  as  the  dog 
and  the  automobile  show  were  both  on,  and  many  shooters 
came  also.  But  the  weatherl  Just  imagine  Gilbert,  Spencer  and 
Crosby  coming  from  Texas  direct  to  the  frozen  north — and  it 
Was  frozen,  tool 

T he  Elizabethtown,  Ind.,  Gun  Club  holds  a matinee  shoot 
every  Friday  afternoon.  The  club  boasts  of  some  fifteen  good 
members,  and  all  shoot  clay  targets— no  live  birds. 

Alexander  Tolsma,  of  Detroit,  Mich.,  was  high  gun  on 
Feb.  15  at  the  shoot  held  at  his  home  town,  thus  with  176  out  of 
200  lie  broke  ahead  of  all  the  big  guns  present,  pould  Wood 
came  next,  and  thus  it  would  seem  that  their  fingers  were  more 
used  to  answering  pull!  in  cold  weather. 

1 lle  final  contest  for  the  Bowler  & Burdick  cup,  for  which  the 
members  of  the  Cleveland,  O.,  Club  have  shot  nine  times,  was 
decided  on  Saturday  last.  It  was  the  most  satisfactory  of  the 
whole  number,  Mr.  George  Burns  won  the  cup  the  greater 
number  of  times  and  became  the  permanent  owner.  George 
Sanford,  on  this  occasion,  made  the  highest  score  of  the  whole 
season.  Scores,  each  60  targets:  Sanford  49,  Toby  46,  Jack  44, 

Hogan  44,  King  44,  Snow  44,  Burns  42,  Eadie  41,  Hull  39,  Tug  25. 

There  is  prospect  of  some  new  clubs  being  organized  around 
about  central  Illinois. 

There  were  something  like  one  hundred  persons  gathered  at 
Kittaning,  Pa.,  at  the  residence  of  James  Claypool  in  North 
Buffalo  on  last  Friday  to  witness  the  pigeon  shoot.  There  was 
plenty  of  sport,  but  for  business  reasons  there  was  a request 
made  to  keep  scores  from  the  public. 

Another  Illinois  duck  preserve  has  been  leased.  This  time  it 
is  the  Rushville,  111.,  Gun  Club  who  have  leased  453  acres  of  the 
best  of  the  far-famed  breeding  grounds,  which  are  located  near 
the  mouth  of  the  Sangamon. 

Out  at  Morrison,  Y\  is.,  the  shooting  will  not  be  a thing  of 
the  past  for  this  year,  as  the  new  officers  will  keep  ft  going. 
They  are  C.  Rohrschneider,  President;  H.  Schwensow,  Treasurer; 
H.  Rohloff  N.  Bellock  and  L.  Plageman,  Directors. 

The  Follansbee;  O.,  Rod  and  Gun  Club  have  started  out  with 
a capital  of  $5, COO,  the  purpose  being  hunting  and  fishing  and 
general  sport  for  pleasure. 

V hat  a pity,  that  the  best  grounds  in  the  West  for  holding  the 
Grand  American  Handicap  should  be  abandoned.  The  following 
news  will  be  sad  to  many  trapshooters:  “At  a meeting  of  the 

Illinois  Gun  Club,  held  last  week,  it  was  decided  that  the  lease 
on  the  grounds,  where  the  Illinois  State  shoot  was  held  and 
where  the  most  wonderful  records  ever  known  were  made  on 
live  birds,  will  be  abandoned,  even  the  club  house  will  be  sold.” 
Such  a large  number  of  gun  clubs  are  held  together  by  one 
man’s  influence.  How  will  the  Indian  shooters  know  that,  when 
Col.  Yon  Cleve  let  go  the  shooting  game  at  the  town  of  Spring- 
field  the  great  club  began  to  wane.  It  is  still  good  news  to 
know  that,  though  the  club  will  not  have  a house,  the  club 
organization  will  not  disband.  It  is  to  be  hoped  that  it  will 
participate  in  the  State  shoot  as  a club  and  shoot  at  targets, 
as  there  are  no  more  live-bird  races  on  the  programme  of  the 
Illinois  State  Sportsmen’s  Association. 

The  enthusiasm  of  Charley  Budd’s  crew,  out  at  Des  Moines, 
was  frozen  up  during  the  last  two  weeks,  as  with  the  26  below, 
it  was  too  bad  for  even  lowans.  But  now  there  will  be  some 
big  smashing  of  targets  during  the  next  two  weeks.  Just  think 
of  it,  only  about  ten  days  from  date  of  this  issue  until  the  first 
State  shoot  for  1905  is  to  be  pulled  off! 

Fowlerton,  lnd.,  Gun  Club,  in  their  last  shoot  with  Sims,  was 
victorious,  with  a score  of  3 to  1. 

The  spring  tournament  of  the  Indianapolis  Gun  Club  comes 
early  in  the  spring,  as  the  dates  are  set  for  Monday  and  Tues- 
day, March  6 and  7. 

In  the  far-off  G.  Hopper  country,  the  report  comes  that  a gun 
club  with  fifteen  active  members  has  been  organized  at  Cowitland, 
Kan.,  and  that  practice  has  begun. 

The  Boon,  la.,  Gun  club  held  a shoot  on  Feb.  23. 

It  has  been  some  years  since  Hoisington,  Kan.,  held  a shooting 
tournament,  and  it  is  surely  a holiday  attraction,  as  what  else 
could  stop  the  duck  hunters  from  getting  busy  in  the  marshes? 

This  is  the  way  that  seems  good  to  run  a shoot.  There  is  no 
longer  any  use  for  a shooter  to  cart  shells  to  a tournament  as 
there  he  can  find  his  favorite  load  on  sale.  The  Amelia  O.,  Gun 
Club  last  week  gave  a shoot,  and  advertised  that  not  only  shells, 
but  guns  would  be  on  the  grounds  for  any  and  all  present.  Best 
Shots  will  always  prefer  their  own  gun. 

This  writes  an  Arkansas  friend:  “But  did  you  ever  think  how 

few  people  take  part  in  these  shooting  contests?  The  depletion 
of  the  game  of  the  State  has  had  the  effect  of  abating  interest 
in  such  affairs.  There  are  thousands  of  people  who  never  handle 
a gun  and  manifest  no  interest  in  sporting  events.  There  is  no 
promise  of  a revival  of  these  pleasures,  as  the  incentive  is  lack- 
ing. Those  who  belong  to  the  gun  clubs  of  the  State  and  who 
are  credited  with  being  fine  shots  are  born  sportsmen,  and  their 
natural  inclination  has  led  them  to  acquire  the  necessary  skill 
in  handling  a gun.” 

So  here  we  have  the  Janssen  Club  from  the  Swedish  portion  of 
the  Great  Sunflower  State.  On  last  Tuesday,  the  Janssens  and 
a few  others  made  the  following  scores  at  25  targets:  A.  Matoush 
22,  John  Janssen,  H.  D.  Janssen  17,  J.  H.  Janssen  18,  Geo.  Tarn 
20,  If.  Janssen  10,  Lew  Janssen  15,  John  Ouches  13. 

Herington,  Kan.,  Feb.  25. — The  sixteenth  annual  shooting  tour- 
nament of  the  Kansas  State  Sportsmen’s  Association  will  be  held 
at  Plerington,  Kan  , May  16,  17,  18  and  19.  The  first  three  days 
will  be  target  shooting,  and  the  fourth  day  has  been  assigned  to 
live  birds.  The  interest  will  center  in  the  amateur  champion- 
ship, the  trophy  now  being  held  by  Fatty  Arnold,  of  Larned. 
It  is  thought  that  our  own  town  will  have  a fair  show  to  land 
same,  as  George  W.  Lewis  will  be  among  the  top-notchers. 
There  will,  no  doubt,  be  some  seventy-five  of  Kansas  and  western 
trap  shots  present,  and  then  the  professional  cracks  will  be  here 
in  all  their  glory.  The  local  gun  club  has  but  a few  members, 
and  yet  they  are  enthusiastic  and  will  do  their  part,  it  is  most 
too  big  a task  for  them  to  raise  all  the  money  necessary  to 
conduct  the  shoot.  It  is  an  honor  to  have  Herington  selected 
as  the  place  for  this  event,  and,  no  doubt,  the  citizens  will 
assist  with  a proper  donation  to  see  the  boys  through,  so  that 
there  will  be  no  lacking  in  the  prizes. 

Wm.  Clayton  and  William  Veach  shot  for  the  Elliott  cup  one 
day  recently  at  Falls  City,  Neb.  In  their  first  contest,  held  at 
Kansas  City,  Mr.  Veach  was  an  easy  victor. 

The  regular  shoots  of  the  Infallibe  Gun  Club,  Buffalo,  N.  Y., 
will  hereafter  be  held  on  the  second  and  the  fourth  Sundays  of 
the  mon  h.  Shells  will  be  kept  constantly  on  hand  and  be  for 
sale  on  the  grounds. 

The  Winona,  Minn.,  Gun  Club,  on  Memorial  Day,  will  hold  a 
tournament,  to  which  all  the  shooters  are  invited.  There  are 
many  shooters  in  the  vicinity  of  Winona,  and  when  La  Crosse, 
Wis.,  and  other  towns  join  with  them,  there  is  always  a large 
crowd. 

Word  comes  from  Duluth,  Minn.,  that  the  Central  Gun  Club 


IMasoh  4, 


tu  acca.  rot  u 


lot  the  Coming  year,  as  the  owner  of  their  present  location  con- 
templates improving  the  property.  Some  of  the  visiting  shooters 
would  be  pleased  if  a ground,  not  having  the  lake  for  a back- 
ground,  should  be  chosen.  There  are  very  many  who  cannot 
shoot  well  over  the  water. 

A reorganization  of  the  old  Franklin  Gun  Club  was  effected 
recently  at  Columbus,  O.  Some  dozen  or  more  of  the  o,d  mem- 
bers met  and  selected  a committee,  which  was  authorized  to 
canvass  the  old  members  and  get  them  to  join  in  and  place  the 
old  club  on  its  former  footing.  Prominent  quarters  will  be 
selected,  where  weekly  practice  shoots  and  contests  will  be  held. 
The  temporary  officers  selected  were  C.  A.  Graham,  President; 
Christian  Siebert,  Vice-President;  John  Click,  Secretary  and 
Treasurer;  Edward  Corodi,  Warden;  Earl  Burkert,  Harry  Holly 
and  Ephraim  Harris,  Trustees. 

The  gas  belt  cities  of  Indiana  will  prepare  for  a big  tournament 
during  the  coming  summer.  The  members  of  the  gun  clubs 
of  the  city  of  Muncie  are  especially  alive.  It  is  stated  that 
when  the  spring  opens  up,  that  there  will  be  several  clubs  in 
action. 

Some  of  the  disciples  of  Izaak  Walton,  who  experience  each 
year  with  the  coming  of  spring  that  irresistible  habit  to  locate 
alongside  a lake  or  stream  and  drop  a struggling  worm  in  the 


cooling  waters,  are  about  to  identify  themselves  with  the  Valotia 
Rod  and  Gun  Club  of  Chatham,  N.  Y.  The  membership  of 
this  club  is  reported  to  be  steadily  increasing,  and  it  has  already 
accomplished  much  from  the  standpoint  of  the  true  sportsman. 

The  Sportsmen’s  Club  of  Winona,  Minn.,  have  lately  held  a 
meeting  to  arrange  for  a big  tournament  on  May  30,  and  to  make 
it  a big  one.  There  will  not  be  the  interstate  tournament  this 
year  to  stimulate  effort  in  the  shooting  line,  so  that  this  shoot, 
as  in  the  past,  will  be  the  shoot  of  the  year. 

This  city  has  a good  territory  to  draw  from,  and  shooters  from 
the  four  great  States  of  Minnesota,  Wisconsin,  Illinois  and  Iowa  I 
can  reach  this  town  readily. 


West  Virginia  Sprtsm?n’s  Association, 

Sistersville,  W.  Va.,  Feb.  20. — A few  weeks  since,  when  we 
called  the  attention  of  the  sportsmen  and  trapshooters  to  the  fact 
that  the  ninth  annual  meeting  and  target  tournament  of  the  \yest  ' 
Virginia  State  Sportsmen’s  Association  would  be  held  on  the 
grounds  of  the  Ohio  Valley  Shooting  Association,  Parkersburg, 
W.  Va.,  May  16,  17  and  18,  1905,  we  recall  that  we  promised  to 
have  something  more  to -say  about  the  event  later.  Well,  we  pro-  , 
pose  to  keep  our  word,  and  the  following  will  doubtless  be  of 
interest  to  the  trapshooters  throughout  the  country: 

It  will  not  be  necessary,  however,  fer  us  to  say  anything  more 
about  the  grounds  and  club  house  of  the  above  Association,  as  it 
is  a well-known  fact  that  they  are  not  only  by  far  the  finest  in  the 
State,  but  in  this  part  of  the  country,  costing  over  $6,000  to  equip. 
They  are  reached  by  one  of  the  best  trolley  lines  in  the  United 
States,  and  cars  pass  within  a hundred  yards  of  the  club  house 
every  fifteen  minutes.  The  club  house,  a three-story,  $5,000  struc- 
ture, is  simply  a thing  of  beauty  and  a joy  forever.  The  second 
story  is  occupied  by  the  superintendent  of  the  grounds,  who  will, 
during  the  above  tournament,  turn  the  entire  building  into  an 
up-to-date  hotel,  and  besides  serving  meals  to  all  present,  will  do 
everything  in  his  power  to  provide  for  every  comfort  and  con- 
venience of  our  visitors. 

The  regular  programme  each  day  will  consist  of  twelve  events 
at  15  targets,  $1.50  entrance  and  $15  in  cash  added  to  each  one.  In 
other  words,  there  will  be  $600  added  during  the  three  days,  $60  of 
which  will  be  reserved  for  averages;  $15  for  high  amateur  average, 
$10  for  second,  and  $5  for  third;  $15  for  lowest  average,  $10  for 
next,  and  $5  for  next. 

Immediately  after  dinner  on  the  first  day  the  first  State  event 
will  take  place.  This  will  be  for  teams  of  two  for  the  Peters 
trophy,  emblematic  of  the  two-man  team  championship  of  the 
State;  entrance  $3  per  team;  each  contestant  to  shoot  at  50  tar- 
gets. Of  this  entrance,  $1  from  each  team  will  be  reserved  to  be 
thrown  into  a purse  to  be  divided  between  the  second  and  third 
high  guns,  60  and  40  per  cent.  A full  explanation  in  reference  to 
this  race  will  appear  in  programme. 

On  the  second  day,  after  dinner,  the  most  interesting  race  of 
the  entire  tournament  will  take  place.  It  will  be  a friendly  five- 
man  team  race  between  the  Mallory  team,  composed  cf  F.  E.  Mal- 
lory, S.  T.  Mallory,  John  F.  Mallory,  L.  E.  Mallory  and  L.  E. 
Mallory,  Jr.,  of  the  Ohio  Valley  Shooting  Association,  and  the 
famous  Du  Pont  team  of  Wilmington,  Del.  While  there  will  be 
no  money  consideration  in  this  event,  the  winners  will  be  pro-  i 
vided  with  a suitable  trophy,  and  the  race  will  prove  interesting. 

It  will  be  recalled  that  the  first  race  between  these  two  teams 
a few  weeks  since  resulted  in  a victory  for  the  Mallorys  by  a 
small  margin. 

On  the  third  day,  after  dinner,  the  individual  State  champion-  1 
ship  event  at  50  targets  per  man,  will  be  pulled  off.  The  con- 
ditions governing  this  event  will  be  the  same  as  heretofore,  and 
will  be  explained  fully  in  programme.  One  of  the  most  hand- 
some programmes  ever  sent  out  for  a shoot  in  the  country  will 
tell  all  about  what  we  propose  to  do  during  the  above  three  1 
days,  and  can  be  secured  for  the  asking.  They  will  be  ready  for 
the  mail  by  April  20.  Put  your  name  on  a postal  and  address  to 
F.  E.  Mallory,  Parkersburg,  W.  Va.,  and  you  will  not  be  over- 
looked. E.  O.  Bower.  Sec’y-Treas. 


Wi'mington  Gao  Club, 

Wilmington,  Del.,  Feb.  23. — The  Wilmington  Gun  Club  is.  mak- 
ing energetic  preparations  for  the  first  annual  spring  tournament 
of  the  Delaware  State  Trapshooters’  League,  which  is  to  be  held 
under  its  auspices  on  April  12-13  next.  The  programme  for  their 
shoot  will  be  ready  for  issue  about  the  middle  of  March,’  and  in 
the  meanwhile  the  club  is  getting  together  a long  list  of  valuable 
merchandise  prizes  for  the  benefit  of  its  guests  on  that  occasion. 

The  plan  is  to  have  the  first  day’s  programme  open  to  all,  with 
good  added  money  inducements  for  amateurs.  The  main  feature 
of  the  first  day’s  programme  will  be,  however,  a merchandise 
event,  for  which  some  thirty  prizes  have  already  been  either 
donated  by  friends  or  purchased  by  the  club  out  of  its  funds. 
The  merchandise  event  will  be  open  to  all  amateurs,  whether  resi- 
dents of  Delaware  or  not.  Among  the  prizes  are  two  guns,  either 
of  which  is  well  worth  winning. 

The  second  day  will  have  several  open  sweeps,  and  also  the 
two  State  events,  the  individual  championship,  and  the  five-man 
team  race. 

In  connection  with  these  events  optional  sweepstakes  will  be  de- 
cided, and  these,  like  the  merchandise  event  on  the  first  day,  will 
be  “open  to  amateurs,  whether  residents  of  the  State  or  not.” 

Anybody  wishing  a programme  should  send  their  name  and  ad- 
dress to  H.  J.  Stidhan,  1H  East  Fourth  street,  Wilmington  Del., 
and  one  will  be  mailed  as  soon  as  they  are  out  of  the  printer’3 
hands. 


Iaech  4,  1905.]  FOREST  AND  STREAM.  187 


Arkansas  Championship. 

he  open  contest  for  the  live-bird  championship  and  the  Peters 
tridge  Co.  trophy  emblematic  thereof,  was  held  at  Little  Rock, 
17,  and,  considering  the  adverse  weather  conditions,  drew 
a good  field  of  entries,  and,  as  is  usually  the  case,  resulted  in 
>attle  royal  between  Pemberton,  Sonny  Dickinson,  -Powell, 
yd  and  Miller.  It  was  finally  won  by  Pemberton  by  the  close 
1 gin  of  one  bird.  Pemberton  shot  a splendid  race  and  won 
ctly  on  his  merits,  as  he  lost  two  birds  out  of  his  first  6 and 
1 I finished  out  with  an  unbroken  string.  The  best  shooting  of 
day  was  really  done  by  little  Sonny  Dickinson,  the  thirteen- 
r-old  son  of  J.  W.  Dickinson,  Jr.,  who  proved  to  be  one  of  the 
S ners  up  in  the  contest.  This  little  fellow  was  not  only  handi- 
ped  by  youth  and  inexperience,  but  owing  to  his  size,  was  corn- 
ed to  shoot  a 16-gauge  gun;  but  with  his  little  gun  loaded 
h 2%  drams  of  powder  and  an  ounce  of  shot,  he  cut  down  all 
ds  of  birds  in  slashing  style,  and  finished  within  one  of  the 
ner,  and  beat  his  father  two  birds,  who  last  year  won  the 
phy  at  the  open  contest. 

'urner  Hubby  and  Hood  Waters,  two  trade  representatives 
sent  shot  along  in  the  contest  for  the  birds,  as  none  but  resi- 
sts of  the  State  can  compete  for  the  trophy.  Both  made  a very 
ditable  showing.  The  birds  were  a good  lot.  In  addition,  it 
3 raw  and  cold,  with  a good  wind  at  times  which  chilled  one 
ough  so  that  quick,  snappy  shooting  on  the  fast  bird  was 
d to  acquire. 

.fter  the  main  event  was  decided,  a miss-and-out  was  shot.  In 

Miller  scooped  the  pot,  $22,  on  6 kills,  shooting  out  all  the 

cks,  including  the  experts.  The  conditions  of  the  match  were 

live  pigeons,  30yds.  rise,  Interstate  rules.  This  is  the  first 
ie  Pemberton  has  ever  won  the  trophy. 

Peters  Trophy, 

Pemberton  2022202222222222222222221—23 

C-Tubhv  0212222122222120112112222—23 

\ Dickinson'  2222222012021222012122212—22 

Lovd  “ ’ 2002221222222212222022222-22 

od  Waters 2222020222222222222220221—22 

B Powell  2220222222222220202222221—22 

B Miller  .....2120202222121012222121011—21 

Dickinson  "Tr  112222*1*0220122102112222—20 

T arkan  2222222200222020222212200—19 

P Bird  0020202121002221020222221—17 

T H Lenow 0112202110121021020220202—12 

Brown  ""  002220222001220w 

L Litzke  " " ,2022202202200w 

in  Younts  '!!!.’ 0222202001010w 

Lloyd  Chal'enge  Trophy. 

I Ir  J.  T.  Lloyd,  the  well-known  sporting  goods  dealer,  in  order 
stimulate  interest  in  pigeon  shooting,  offered  for  competition 
/ery  handsome  medal,  the  open  contest  for  which  was  held 
22.  With  ideal  weather  conditions,  this  brought  out  sixteen 
ries,  and  while  the  scores  are  not  very  high,  it  was  a stub- 
nly  contested  race,  and  ultimately  resulted  in  Pemberton’s  win- 
g with  22  out  of  25.  It  was  nip-and-tuck  between  Pemberton, 
jgzke,  Cromwell  and  Powell,  with  several  others  just  a bird  be- 
id.  Pemberton  showed  the  best  staying  qualities,  and  went 
j|  route,  while  the  others  fell  by  the  wayside.  This  makes 
nberton’s  second  win  within  a week,  and  until  some  one 
■;sts  one  of  the  trophies  from  him,  he  must  be  recognized 
champion. 

'he  weather  conditions  were  superb,  and  the  birds,  taken  col- 
ively,  were  the  finest  lot  ever  trapped  in  the  State,  with  no 
lid  to  aid  them,  as  was  the  case  on  this  occasion, 
ittly  Sonny  Dickinson  was  again  present,  and  while  his  score 
not  as  good  as  that  of  the  previous  Friday,  he  beat  out  a 
mber  of  the  other  competitors,  and  displayed  his  ability  to 
i[  good  fast  birds  by  the  manner  in  which  he  cut  down  some 
the  fast  ones  with  his  second  barrel.  The  little  fellow  is  com- 
, fast  and  within  another  year  he  will  be  carrying  off  the 

!'he  conditions  governing  this  new  trophy  are  that  all  contests 
st  be  at  25  live  birds,  30yds.  rise,  Interstate  rules.  Holder  is 
ject  to  challenge  and  must  defend  the  trophy  every  thirty 
rs  if  called  upon  to  do  so.  Challenger  must  post  $101  forfeit 
nnst  the  medal,  which  the  holder  must  cover  with  a like  sum; 
iner  takes  money  and  medal,  while  each  contestant  pays  for  his 
ds.  Mr.  Lloyd  will  redeem  the  trophy  once  annually,  paying 
p. : holder  $25. 

-'he  trade  representatives  present  were  Turner  Hubby,  Roy 
nnett,  Hood  Waters,  Wm.  Frenz  and  Paul  R.  Litzke. 

Che  following  are  the  scores: 

L’oyd  Trophy. 

IL  Pprnherton  2222220*22222222022222222—22 

VpwI  • 2220220*222222222*2222222 — 21 

I J?  22022*222222*222222220222—21 

r p j ‘ ‘ " 222222202222022220220122*— 20 

1 Cromwell' ' ‘ 7 • • • • .2022221220222221220101013-20 


J T Lloyd 

Geo  W.  Clements 
Hood  Waters  .... 

J P Wright 

C D Conrey 

J A Dickinson 

Dr  Breathitt  

W B Miller...... 

A L Morgan 

Dr  J H Lenow... 

W W Brown 

Calvin  

J E Mons 


. 2222022202*22222012222022—20 
, 2220202210222222222*****2—19 
, 022202222022202120*222122—19 
. 01022111110*0212011101212—18 
, 2202220*02022222202121020—18 
, 00222122022220*0122022*22—17 
, 1222010**02202012121*2221—17 
2022022200221222020*20022—16 
. 10*22120022021*1212220001—16 
. 2021022122222*02202000200—15 
. 200012000202000120220*022—12 
.22*220200020002220220200—12 
. 202202*02*20*2*2*020*11**— 11 


Target  Trophies. 

All  the  emblems  representing  the  various  championships  were 
held  by  the  Pine  Bluff  Club,  and  as  Camden  sent  a delegation  to 
the  shoot,  they  decided  to  try  for  all  of  them.  J.  P.  Wright 
challenged  J.  E.  Well  for  the  individual  flying  target  trophy,  but 
owing  to  the  latter’s  illness,  this  contest  could  not  take  place. 
Mr.  Wright  states  he  will  not  find  time  to  return  before  the  State 
shoot,  and  has  withdrawn  his  challenge.  The  two-man  cham- 
pionship was  held  by  Geo.  Clements  and  E.  C.  Arnold;  A.  L. 
Morgan  and  J.  P.  Wright  challenged  for  this.  The  result  was 
an  easy  win  for  Camden  by  the  following  scores:  Morgan  20, 

Wright  17;  total  37.  Arnold  18,  Clements  17;  total  35. 

Camden  also  won  the  three-man  team  trophy,  the  scores  being 
as  follows:  Morgan,  21,  Wright  20,  Brown  19;  total  60.  Pine 

Bluff — Clements  22,  Howell  14,  Arnold  13;  total  40. 

This  practically  started  the  ball  a-rolling,  and  the  indications  are 
that  considerable  shooting  will  be  done  in  the  State  during  the 
spring  and  summer.  

Centerville  Tournament. 

The  two  days’  shoot  given  by  R.  S.  McMillan,  at  Coulterville, 
111.,  Feb.  21-22,  had  thirty  shooters  in  all. 

Targets:  Riehl  high  with  94.4  per  cent.  Amateur  average  for 

the  two  days  was  won  by  J.  D.  Smith.  Mermod  and  T.  Robbins 
were  second  and  C.  Heiligenstein  (West)  third. 

Good  weather  and  good  shoot. 

Twenty  birds,  $10,  birds  extra;  handicaps  27  to  32yds.:  H. 
Spencer  (32)  17,  Mermod  (32)  18,  Cabanne  (31)  18,  Jacobs  (28)  19, 
Riehl  (32)  16,  J.  Robbins  (28)  15,  McKinley  (28)  17,  Armstrong 
(27)  8,  McMillan  (28)  15,  Craig  (28)  18,  West  (30)  19,  Reickert 
(31)  18. 

• — First  Day Second  Day — Total 

Shot  at.  Broke.  Shot  at.  Broke.  Shot  at.  Broke. 


Smith  

....165 

143 

105 

98 

270 

241 

West  

. . . .165 

138 

105 

92 

270 

230 

Reickert  

. . . .165 

141 

105 

85 

270 

236 

Pfiffer  

. . . .165 

144 

... 

. • 

. . . 

Davis  

....145 

111 

. . 

. . . 

Watson  

....165 

117 

35 

28 

. . a 

G Crosby  

. . . .145 

126 

105 

92 

. . . 

Werre  

. . . .165 

133 

.99 

. . 

. . • 

McClintock  

. . . .165 

125 

... 

J McKinley 

Mermod  

. . . .165 
. . . .165 

143 

144 

105 

105 

83 

96 

270 

270 

225 

240 

Ford  

146 

... 

. • 

. . . 

• . . 

P Baggerman. . . . . . 

....165 

146 

... 

. . 

. . . 

255 

Riehl  

....165 

157 

105 

98 

270 

McMillan  

....165 

128 

105 

74 

270 

202 

Higgins  ............ 

....165 

108 

. . . 

95 

. . . 

• . . 

G Robbins  

. . . .165 

147 

105 

270 

240 

Armstrong  

. . . .165 

118 

105 

71 

270 

189 

Craig  

. . . .165 

130 

105 

89 

270 

219 

J Robbins  

....165 

136 

105 

93 

270 

229 

Temple  

120 

25 

15 

Hayes  

35 

. . • 

32 

S McKinley  

....  55 

40 

50 

Fitzgerald  

46 

'50 

43 

R Edmonston  

....  60 

45 

Chas  Edmonston  . . 

....  55 

38 

... 

« . 

... 

W Edmonston  . . . . 

6 

... 

. . 

T Edmonston  ...... 

....  10 

5 

. . . 

, . 

Cabanne  

• . . 

105 

92 

H Spencer  

. • 

105 

92 

Childs  

... 

105 

72 

Poughkeepsie  Gun  Club. 

Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y. — Please  call  the  attention  of  the  members 
of  the  Poughkeepsie  Gun  Club  and  the  shooters  at  large,  that 
the  management  of  the  club  has  discontinued  the  weekly  Thursday 
shoots,  and  has  inaugurated  instead  monthly  tournaments,  to  be 
held  the  first  Saturday  of  each  month,  beginning  with  Saturday, 
March  4,  the  date  of  the  first  tournament. 

All  the  club  events,  club  cups,  individual  cups,  etc.,  will  be 
shot  for  on  these  tournament  days.  A programme  has  been 
arranged  consisting  mostly  of  15-target  events,  and  targets 
will  be  trapped  to  the  public  at  the  same  price  as  to  club  mem- 
bers, 1 cent  each.  Shooting  begins  promptly  at  1 P.  M.,  and 
will  continue  throughout  the  afternoon.  The  club  house  and 
grounds  will  be  thrown  open  to  the  public  the  same  as  on  other 
tcurnament  days  and  any  one  is  welcome  to  come  and  shoot 
either  for  the  targets  or  for  the  purses.  Ammunition  for  sale  on 
the  grounds,  __  Alered  Traver,  Capt, 


Cleveland  Gun  Club  Company. 

Cleveland,  O. — At  the  shoot  of  the  Cleveland  Gun  Club  Com- 
pany, the  Cleveland  team  defeated  the  Akron  team,  thereby  es- 
tablishing a permanent  ownership  of  the  championship  trophy 
presented  by  the  Akron  Club  four  years  ago.  This  was  the  fourth 
consecutive  win. 


The  shoot  was  a success.  In  the  50-target  event,  Mr.  J.  K. 
Williams,  of  the  Akron  Gun  Club,  scored  47,  and  was  high. 

Galt  of  Akron,  and  Sheldon,  of  Cleveland,  tied  for  second  with 
45.  After  his  first  half  dozen  targets,  Allyn,  of  the  Cleveland  Gun 
Club,  broke  30  targets  in  succession. 


The  scores  in  the  championship  team  match  were  as  follows: 


Cleveland.  Akron. 


Sheldon  

45 

Bradley  

.........44 

Hull  

40 

Metzler  

.........38 

Allyn  

44 

Galt  

...45 

Goss  

Dunn  

36 

Krammer  

44 

J K W 

Sanford  

43 

Tracy  

38 

Snow  

Wagoner  ......... 

Jack  

C A W 

Doolittle  

W W W 

..37 

Tryon  

..44  432 

Keppler  

37—401 

In  the  five  events  open  to  all,  Tryon  and  Doolittle,  both  of  the 
Cleveland  Gun  Club,  were  high  for  the  day,  having  67  a piece. 
Sheldon  and  Snow  were  one  point  behind.  The  scores: 


Targets:  15  15  15  15  15 

Latham  12  14  13  13  13—65 

Hull  ...........  11  11  13  13  12—60 

Saffold  12  10  10  11  13—56 

Hogen  11  9 13  13  13—59 

G Burns  12  10  11  12  13—58 

Sheldon  12  14  13  14  13—66 

Ducommum  ...10  13  11  8 10 — 52 

J I C 8 13  10  9 9—49 

Frank  13  7 10  12  14—56 

Snow  13  12  13  14  14 — 66 

Wagoner  13  11  13  12  12—61 

Bradley  10  13  14  14  12—63 

Val  13  8 11  13  ..— 4b 

Leggett  13  8 13  15  12—61 

Goss  13  12  10  13  13—61 

Brock  14  10  12  12  13—61 

Sanford  14  10  12  13  10—59 

Cathan  8 9 15  14  . . — 46 

Kramer  12  13  13  13  12—63 

Hopkins  12  8 11  10  12—53 

Tobey  11  9 14  10  11—55 

Blakeslee  13  14  13  13  12—65 

Tryon  14  13  13  13  14—67 

King  12  12  13  10  11—59 

Doolittle  ..... .13  14  13  13  14—67 


Targets:  15  15  15  15  15 

Bailey  12  13  14  12  12—63 

W W W ....  I 10  12  12  11  . .—45 

Metzler  14  14  12  12  12—64 

Dunn  12  12  13  8 10—55 

J K Williams..  11  13  10  11  10—55 
C A Williams.  10  14  12  11  .. — 47 

Hastings  11  9 9 12  11—52 

C T Schiltz. . . 9 8 12  13  13—55 

Leisk  11  10  9 9 13—52 

Renner  5 6 7 7 11—36 

Deibel  8 8 9 8 12—45 

Keppler  1112  9 15  10—57 

Ong  (Judge)..  8 11  8 6 11—44 

Bader  3 5 2 6 10 — 26 

North  11  10  13  11  ..—45 

J L Schiltz....  7 9 8 11  11 — 46 

Sherman  13  10  12  12  12—59 

Payne  8 10  14  1111—54 

Allyn  12  13  12  14  14—65 

James  11  11  11  10  10—53 

Cannon  3 8 12  10  12—45 

Galt  9 13  11  11  10—54 

Tracy  11  13  8 14  12—58 

Haak  9 8 .. — 17 

Jefferson  12  ..—12 


Ossining  Gun  Club. 

Ossining,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  25. — A very  interesting  club  shoot  was 
held  on  the  grounds  of  the  Ossining  Gun  Club,  Feb.  22.  The 
prizes,  two  handsome  silver  berry  dishes,  presented  by  Col.  Frank- 
lin  Brandreth,  were  hotly  contested  for  in  two  25-target  misses- 
as-breaks  handicap  events.  The  first  in  event  four  was  won  by  J. 
Hyland ; second,  No.  5,  was  won  by  G.  B.  Hubbell  after  a shoot- 
off  with  A.  Bedell.  Event  6 was  for  a meerschaum  pipe,  and 
was  marked  by  best  score  of  the  day,  in  which  W.  Coleman  made 
24  out  of  25.  No.  8 was  from  23yds.: 

Events:  12  3 4 

AT£r?e1i?:  „ 10  10  10  2E 

A Bedell,  3 8 9 7 22 

H L Stratton,  6 6 7 5 9f 

C G Blandford,  3 6 5 7 17 

G B Hubbell,  5 7 6 5 2C 

D Brandreth,  4 7 5 6 2C 

A L Harris,  5 7 1 0 21 

R Hendricks,  2 10  5 10  21 

A L Burns,  4 5 3 2 w 

F Brandreth,  4 ..  8 0 20 

W Coleman,  4 s fi  91 

F Hahn,  5 4 10 

E Ball,  4 ;.  7 ‘g  18 

J T Hyland,  7..... 8 6 24 

E McDonald,  7 . . 4 49 

Dr.  Tompkins,  7 **  2 

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Sherbrooke  Gao  Club. 

Sherbrooke,  Can.,  Feb.  24.— The  annual  meeting  of  the  Sher- 
brooke Gun  Club  was  held  on  Feb.  18,  and  the  following  officers 
elected  for  the  year:  President,  J.  B.  Goodhue;  Vice-President, 
C.  H.  Clark;  Captain,  G.  M.  Howard;  Directors,  N.  G.  Bray” 
C.  G.  Thompson,  T.  M.  Craig;  Secretary,  C.  H.  Foss. 

The  date  of  the  annual  tournament  was  set  for  July  1.  It 
is  expected  that  the  shooting  will  commence  by  the  first  Saturday 
in  March,  and  a successful  season  is  anticipated. 

The  spoon  competitions  which  proved  so  interesting  last  year 
will  be  continued,  and  in  addition  a club  trophy  is  to  be  arranged 

C.  H.  Foss,  Sec’y. 


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Detroit  Tournament. 

Detroit,  Mich. — It  is  said  by  old-timers  such  as  Gilbert, 
Crosby  and  Budd  that  there  was  never  a three  days’  tournament 
pulled  off  with  more  success  than  this  of  the  Tri-State  Automobile 
and  Sporting  Goods  Association,  under  such  bad  weather  con- 
ditions. The  wind  blew  a forty-mile  clip  across  the  traps  for 
three  days,  and  clouds  of  snow  made  it  impossible  at  times  to 
see  the  traps,  with  the  thermometer  registering  from  zero  to  18 
below  for  the  entire  three  days. 

We  had  thirty-three  shooters  through  the  entire  programme  and 
twenty-six  entries  for  the  Gillman  and  Barnes  international  live- 
bird  trophy,  four  more  entries  than  ever  before.  It  was  won  by 
Mr.  R.  R.  Bennett,  of  Pittsburg,  with  24  out  of  25  at  30yds.  The 
work  of  Tolsma,  Crosby,  Spencer,  Gilbert  and  others  was  phe- 
nomenal under  the  conditions  and  handicap. 

A number  of  Canadian  boys  were  with  us,  and  we  enjoyed  them 
very  much,  as  they  are  all  true  sportsmen  and  good  fellows.  It 
is  said  the  boys  all  enjoyed  the  entertainment  furnished  them  by 
Manager  Foster,  through  the  courtesy  of  the  Tri-State  Auto- 
mobile and  Sporting  Goods  Association  at  the  smoker,  but  a 
number  of  them  were  heard  to  sing,  “Go  way  and  let  me  sleep” 
as  their  bell  rang  for  breakfast  the  following  morning.  Tom 
Marshall  came  over,  as  did  E.  PI.  Tripp,  from  Indianapolis. 
Tom  brought  along  a monkey,  but  refused  to  tell  any  one  where 
he  got  it. 

Feb.  15,  First  Day. 

The  weather  conditions  were  unfavorable.  There  was  a sharp 
north  wind,  a bright  sun  and  a glare  from  the  snow.  The  tar- 
gets did  not  revolve,  and  therefore  were  difficult  to  break. 

Gilbert,  Crosby  and  Spencer  came  from  Brenham,  Tex.,  and 
the  veteran  Budd  from  Des  Moines,  la.;  H.  W.  Vietmeier,  Chi- 
cago; C.  W.  Phellis,  Mechanicsburg,  O.,  and  L.  H.  Schortemeier, 
New  York. 

Alex.  Tolsma,  of  Detroit,  holder  of  the  Gilman  and  Barnes 
trophy  for  1904,  was  high  gun  for  the  day,  breaking  176  out  of  a 
possible  200.  Gilbert  and  Wood  were  tied  for  second  at  173,  and 
Spencer  and  Fisher  for  third  at  172.  Tolsma  wins  the  diamond 
badge  offered  by  Messrs.  Foster  and  Parker,  the  promoters  of 
the  shoot..  Scores: 


Events: 

1 

9, 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

Targets: 

20 

26 

20 

20 

20 

20 

20 

20 

20 

20 

Broke. 

Tolsma,  18  

18 

19 

16 

19 

19 

18 

15 

19 

17 

16 

176 

Gilbert,  £1  

19 

18 

17 

17 

15 

20 

14 

19 

16 

18 

173 

Wood,  18  

........  0 

0 

16 

19 

16 

18 

13 

17 

16 

18 

173 

Spencer,  20  

17 

18 

16 

19 

18 

17 

16 

20 

12 

9 

172 

Fisher,  18  

20 

19 

18 

18 

10 

17 

15 

19 

16 

20 

172 

Schortemeier,  17  

IS 

17 

17 

16 

16 

18 

18 

18 

18 

14 

170 

Crosby,  21  

18 

17 

15 

18 

17 

19 

15 

16 

16 

17 

168 

Schuman,  16  

18 

16 

16 

18 

14 

18 

15 

18 

15 

18 

166 

Tripp  17  

15 

16 

16 

16 

17 

17 

16 

17 

15 

19 

164 

Scane,  18  

18 

20 

11 

18 

14 

19 

13 

20 

13 

17 

163 

Cox,  18  

16 

17 

13 

15 

15 

17 

14 

20 

15 

19 

161 

McMacken,  16  

16 

15 

19 

14 

18 

17 

18 

14 

17 

161 

Phellis,  18  

14 

19 

15 

17 

13 

18 

14 

19 

17 

13 

159 

McKall,  16  

16 

17 

14 

16 

14 

15 

16 

16 

18 

16 

158 

Conover,  18  

16 

18 

17 

13 

15 

10 

17 

15 

18 

157 

Stanley,  17  

16 

17 

11 

19 

14 

14 

11 

16 

10 

18 

149 

Taylor,  19  

14 

15 

17 

17 

18 

16 

17 

17 

16 

148 

Budd,  19 

14 

17 

is 

17 

13 

13 

14 

16 

15 

15 

148 

Clark,  19  

15 

11 

16 

9 

19 

8 

14 

14 

17 

138 

Vietmeyer,  18  

12 

15 

15 

11 

12 

13 

14 

15 

15 

10 

132 

J E Reed,  19 

14 

15 

9 

13 

10 

12 

7 

14 

13 

16 

123 

L A Reed,  19 

10 

10 

13 

13 

8 

11 

10 

16 

10 

14 

115 

Gaylord,  17  

15 

16 

10 

13 

10 

64 

Chapman,  17  

18 

10 

il 

41 

Dalton,  17  

10 

. . 

10 

36 

Albion,  17  

12 

14 

26 

Jarvis,  16  

17 

10 

18 

lb 

16 

17 

19 

16 

17 

Sparks,  16  

11 

16 

12 

18 

14 

13 

13 

18 

. . 

13 

Gill,  16  

12 

15 

8 

4 

8 

. . 

8 

9 

. , 

Lamerand,  16  

15 

16 

15 

15 

N acker,  16  

17 

15 

11 

9 

Tohnson,  16  

16 

8 

15 

14 

12 

ohnson,  16  16 

lenick,  16  18  14 


Feb.  16,  Second  Day. 


A strong  west  wind  helped  the  birds  materially.  There  were 
four  events  on  the  programme,  but  the  last,  a miss-and-out  event, 
was  omitted  owing  to  the  lateness  of  the  hour. 

In  the  6 bird  event  there  were  sixteen  shooters  who  scored 
straight;  in  the  9-bird  shoot  five  scored  straight,  and  nine  scored 


10  in  the  third  event. 

C G Spencer,  of  St  Louis,  Mo.,  was  high  man;  Charles  Budd, 
of  Des  Moines,  la.;  A.  H.  King,  of  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  who  at  one 
time  was  holder  of  the  Gilman  and  Barnes  trophy;  I.  Chapman, 
of  Fulton,  N.  Y.,  and  Fred  Gilbert,  of  Spirit  Lake,  la.,  were  tied 
for  second  with  24  each.  W.  R.  Crosby,  of  O’Fallon,  111.;  R. 
Coffee,  Mort  Mayhew,  of  Marcy,  N.  Y. ; H.  Scane,  of  Ridgetown, 
Ont. ; H.  G.  Taylor,  of  Mecklin,  S.  D.,  and  Spring  Smith  of 
Detroit,  were  in  for  third  money  with  23  apiece.  The  scores: 


Events: 

1 

2 3 

Events: 

Targets: 

6 

9 10 

Targets: 

Scane,  30  

....  5 

8 10—23 

Gilbert,  33  

R Coffee,  30 

....  4 

9 10—23 

Smith,  28  

Chapman,  29 

....  5 

9 10—24 

Cantelon,  30  

Tolsma,  31  

...»  4 

..  9—13 

T E Reid,  29 

Jarvis,  28  ....... 

5 

7 9—21 

Clark,  28  

Gies,  26  

....  2 

8 8—18 

L H Reid,  28  

Alban,  30  ... 

....  5 

5 ..—10 

A N King,  30 

Galton,  26  

.....  1 

..  ..—  1 

R R Bennett,  $0.... 

Gaylor,  26  

2 

7 ..—  9 

Hawthorne,  29 

Doods,  30  ....... 

6 

7 8—21 

Marshall,  31  

McCall,  29 

6 

8 8—22 

Budd,  31  

Mayhew,  30  .... 

6 

8 9—23 

Youngblood,  29  

Taylor,  28  

6 

7 10—23 

Vietmeyer,  28  ...... 

Fischer,  28  . . . . . 

5 

6 ..—11 

Armstrong,  27  

Scott,  29  

5 

8 9—22 

Phellis,  29  

Cox,  28  

5 

..  ..—  5 

Spencer,  31  

Crosby,  33  

.....  6 

9 8—23 

McMackin,  26 

2 3 
9 10 


7 9—22 

8 ..—13 
6 8—20 

9 9—24 
6 10—21 
..  ..—  5 
5 7—17 
8 10—24 
..  ..—  6 
8 ..—14 

..  ..—  6 


The  conditions  were:  Event  1,  6 live  birds,  entrance  $5;  $10 

added.  Event  2,  9 live  birds,  entrance  $7;  $15  added.  Event  3, 
10  live  birds,  entrance  $10;  $25  added. 

Feb.  17,  Third  Day. 


The  contest  of  the  day  was  the  international  live-bird  event  for 
Gilman  and  Barnes  International  live-bird  championship  trophy, 
25  live  birds,  $25;  $100  added;  high  gun  division  of  moneys. 

A strong  wind  from  the  west  favored  the  birds. 

Mr.  R.  R.  Bennett,  of  Pittsburg,  won  the  trophy.  He  is  the 
fifteenth  winner.  It  was  presented  to  Jack  Parker  in  1890  by 
Gilman  & Barnes,  proprietors  of  the  Hotel  Des-Chree-Shos-Ka, 
and  was  first  shot  for  on  Fighting  Island  that  year.  Those  who 
have  won  the  medal  since  then  are:  L.  T.  Duryea,  Glencove, 

L.  I.,  1890;  H.  L.  King,  Cincinnati,  1891;  Rolla  Heikes,  Dayton, 
O.,  1892;  A.  H.  King,  Pittsburg,  1893;  Richard  Merrill,  Mil- 
waukee, 1894;  J.  H.  Bortel,  River  Rouge,  1895;  T.  W.  Lathem, 
Cleveland,  1896;  Jake  Klein,  Detroit,  1897;  R.  D.  Emslie,  St. 
Thomas,  Ont.,  1898;  R.  Bates,  Ridgetown,  Ont.,  1899  and  1901; 
William  Ellison,  Nashville,  Tenn.,  1902;  Frank  Weatherhead, 
1903;  Alex.  Tolsma,  Detroit,  1904  and  R.  R.  Bennett,  Pittsburg, 
1905. 

The  scores  for  the  trophy  shoot  follow:  King  (30)  22,  Bennett 

(29)  24,  Crosby  (33)  23,  Gilbert  (33)  22,  Spencer  (32)  21,  Gill  (26) 
21,  Phellis  (29)  22,  Marshall  (31)  21,  Tolsma  (31)  22,  Mayhew  (30) 
22!  Scane  (30)  23,  Smith  (27)  22,  Taylor  (29)  21,  J.  Marks  (29)  21, 
Chapman  (30)  23,  Coffey  (29)  22,  J.  E.  Reid  (28)  22,  L.  H.  Reid 
(29)  18,  Sparkins  (27)  16,  Clark  (28)  21,  James  (27)  2L 


Riverside  Gun  Club. 


Utica,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  22.— The  Riverside  Gun  Club’s  midwinter 
tournament  had  about  fifty  participants.  The  target  championship 
was  won  by  Mr.  John  Watts,  of  Deerfield  Corners,  a well-known 
and  popular  sportsman  of  central  New  York. 

In  the  merchandise  event  No.  6,  the  winners  were  Messrs. 
Clifford  M.  Teller,  Kretzer,  Bert  Biddlecome,  G.  Walling,  D. 
Loughlin,  S.  Walling,  Walter  L.  Race,  John  Watts,  A.  E.  Conley, 
W.  A.  Lewis,  Walter  Milgate,  Wilson. 

Shooters  came  from  Cohocton,  Norwich,  Albion,  Little  Falls, 
Marcy,  Herkimer,  Richfield,  Springs,  Waterville  and  Sherburne, 
J.  H.  Briggs  was  the  trade  representative  present.  Messrs.  John 


McElwaine,  George  L.  Waters  and 

D.  and 

E. 

J. 

Loughlin  had 

the  tournament  in  charge. 

About  5,000  targets  were  thrown: 

Events: 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

Targets: 

10 

20 

10 

20 

10 

25 

10 

20 

Conley  

9 

16 

10 

16 

10 

24 

9 

, , 

E Loughlin  

7 

14 

6 

13 

9 

18 

5 

12 

C Teller  

10 

15 

9 

19 

8 

17 

7 

14 

W Lewis  

8 

19 

8 

20 

9 

22 

10 

18 

Carney  

7 

12 

6 

14 

5 

17 

8 

13 

Race  

9 

14 

6 

14 

10 

15 

7 

, . 

D Loughlin  

10 

15 

10 

20 

8 

14 

8 

15 

9 

20 

10 

18 

8 

M Teller  

6 

12 

6 

14 

7 

12 

5 

Visscher  

6 

14 

10 

5 

9 

Lawrence  

6 

16 

7 

12 

10 

18 

8 

Ballistite  

, 7 

11 

9 

14 

6 

0 • 

9 

Gangloff  

7 

13 

6 

12 

8 

16 

5 

16 

Pierce  

9 

13 

10 

16 

8 

16 

7 

12 

Mayhew  

8 

17 

8 

16 

7 

20 

9 

16 

Fleck  

8 

11 

10 

14 

9 

15 

7 

14 

Biddlecome  

8 

20 

8 

15 

6 

12 

6 

14 

Johnson  

9 

12 

6 

13 

5 

16 

8 

Deck  

6 

15 

8 

12 

8 

15 

6 

is 

Schultz  1 

8 

12 

7 

19 

5 

Jones  

9 

13 

5 

11 

4 

. . 

8 

G Walling  ..: 

7 

17 

10 

15 

7 

Graham  

8 

14 

6 

11 

9 

• . 

10 

S Walling  

8 

16 

10 

20 

6 

Cann  

11 

10 

15 

8 

lb 

7 

12 

A Walling  

17 

10 

7 

9 

Wheeler  

13 

7 

17 

9 

20 

7 

13 

Clarke  

16 

8 

11 

8 

15 

. 

Palmiter  

18 

6 

12 

5 

Miller  

10 

6 

11 

5 

Morgan  

15 

7 

13 

8 

19 

7 

14 

W eber  

12 

4 

11 

6 

. . 

9 

10 

5 

14 

7 

Wilson  

16 

5 

11 

9 

, , 

10 

6 

13 

9 

12 

8 

13 

8 

16 

6 

* 

10 

17 

9 

24 

10 

12 

6 

8 

14 

9 

8 

Milgate  

14 

9 

16 

9 

is 

15 

9 

15 

n 

5 

7 

12 

13 

7 

7 

12 

6 

7 

7 

6 

i2 

8 

6 

16 

5 

11 

At  Harrisburg. 


Harrisburg,  Pa.,  Feb.  24.— The  scores  of  this  shoot,  held  on 
the  grounds  of  the  Harrisburg  Shooting  Association,  Feb.  22,  are 
appended.  The  birds  were  a fine  lot.  Weather  very  raw  and 
cold.  The  following  day  the  tie  was  shot  off  at  10  o’clock,  Welling- 
ton winning  the  shoot-off,  with  Hoffmer  second.  Both  of  these 
men  are  from  our  city.  Mr.  Stephens  is  from  Oxford,  Pa.  There 
were  two  miss-and-outs  after  the  ties,  of  which  Wellington  suc- 
ceeded in  winning  both  of  the  miss-and-out  races,  killing  29 
birds  straight. 

We  had  a very  successful  shoot  throughout. 

Keystone  Trap  Shot  Wad  -Co.’s  trophy,  20  birds,  entrance  $10, 
birds  included;  four  moneys: 


Oliver,  29  

L C Smith,  29.. 
D H Herrold,  SO 

Stanley,  29  

Hawley,  29  

Fritz,  28  

Sylmar,  29  

Stephens,  30  .... 
Gcdcharles,  29  ... 
McKelvey,  29.... 

Walls,  29  

Curtis,  28  

Derk  30  

Woods,  29  

Roy,  29  

Boyd,  27  

Wellington,  30... 
Hoffman,  29  .... 

Patrick,  27  

Parker,  28  

Albert,  28  ....... 

Steward,  27  


, 22222222222022202220—17 
21000201120102122002—12 
00001220020222220220—11 
, 2220022222 1122212220—17 
.02200222200222222200—13 
,00222222202212222222—17 
. 02012121212111011222—17 
. 12021222212122111202—18 
. 12120121122202121201—17 
, 20222001220222020200—12 
. 12122002120112112220—16 
. 02222011220012112220—15 
. 00122202122212222201—16 
. 02222222222222002220—16 
.121200010021001 
.22202122012102200010—13 
. 22222222022220222222—18 
. 01220222122222221121—18 
.12122211001102220022—15 
.11120221011101101010—14 
. 01022020111201122212—15 
. 12012012100102120210—13 


Ties  for  trophy  shot  off  at  10  birds: 

Stephens,  30 2110221002—  7 Hoffman,  29. 

Wellington,  30 2222222222 — 10 


.0222211110—  8 


Dickey  Bird  Tournament. 

Kansas  City,  Mo.,  Feb.  21.— We  wish  to  withdraw  our  dates 
of  March  20  to  25,  for  a tournament,  and  in  doing  so  make  the 
following  explanation,  which  we  hope  you  will  publish  in  your 
columns : 

It  was  our  intention  to  give  an  indoor  tournament  in  Kansas 
City’s  celebrated  Convention  Hall.  We  intended  to  make  it«  a 
very  elaborate  affair,  and  in  addition  to  a tournament,  have  a 
small-sized  sportsman’s  show,  confining  the  displays  to  lines  closely 
allied  to  trapshooting. 

We  expected  to  make  backstops  of  iron,  on  which  would  be 
painted  signs  of  the  firms  interested.  We  found  that  we  could 
arrange  the  hall  so  that  the  targets  would  have  a flight  of  30yds. 
right  and  left,  and  45yds.  straightaway  before  striking  the  back- 
stops. We  proposed  to  add  $100  per  day  to  the  regular  pro- 
gramme, and  further,  to  purchase  a return  ticket  (no  matter  how 
far)  for'  every  man  shooting  1,000  targets  during  the  week.  Ar- 
rangements were  made  for  continuing  the  programme  through  the 
evening  and  including  a number  of  special  features,  sure  to  at- 
tract a large  crowd. 

We  have  received  considerable  encouragement  from  the  firms 
interested  in  promoting  the  shooting  game.  They  all  recognize 
the  novelty  of  the  tournament  and  the  fact  that  it  will  attract 
universal  attention.  A number  of  them  write  us,  however,  that 
they  will  be  unable  to  get  together  a suitable  exhibit  in  so  short 
a time.  We  have  therefore  decided  to  postpone  the  shoot  until 
just  before  or  just  after  Jan.  1,  1906.  We  intend  to  make  this 
tournament  and  exhibition  the  biggest  thing  of  its  kind  ever  held 
in  this  country. 

As  we  will  not  hold  the  shoot  in  the  hall,  we  will  postpone  our 
outdoor  tournament  until  later  in  the  season,  giving  way  to  the 
Omaha  and  St.  Joseph  gun  clubs  who  have  taken  dates  for  the 
same  week.  Our  dates  were  published  Jan.  5,  1905. 

W.  S.  Dickey  Clay  Mfg.  Co. 


Schenectady  Gan  Club. 

Schenectady,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  22. — First  high  average  was  won  by 
Warnick,  93.5  per  cent. ; second  high  average.  Sanders,  92.1  per 
cent.;  third,  Adams,  82,1  per  cent.  Money  was  divided  Rose  sys- 
tem. Scores: 


Events : 123456789  Shot 

Targets:  15  15  15  15  15  15  20  15  15  at.  Broke.  Av. 

Keller  13  13  13  13  14  14  16  14  12  140  122  .871 

Wallburg  .............  12  13  15  13  12  14  18  13  14  140  124  . 885 

Adams  12  12  13  14  14  14  18  15  14  140  126  .900 

Jones  ...12  13  11  11  13  14  16  12  13  140  115  .821 

Ferguson  14  13  13  11  14  . . 75  65  .866 

Sanders  14  14  15  15  13  12  17  14  15  140  129  . 921 

H E Greene. . .........  13  15  11  12  13  12  16  14  10  140  116  .828 

Warnick  ..............  14  15  14  13  15  14  18  14  14  140  131  .935 

Livingston  ...........  13  12  13  12  14  14  17  15  12  140  122  .871 

Valentine  ....14  13  14  14  13  14  15  12  14  140  123  .878 

Huyck  11  15  15  12  14  12  18  13  12  140  122  . 871 

Hancox  ...............15  13  14  13  13  14  15  14  14  140  125  .892 

Holloway  ............  11  9 9 12  8 11  16  10..  125  86  . 688 

Price  7 8 ............. . 30  15  .500 

Bryan  . 10  10  9 ..  8 13  19....  95  69  . 726 

Harvey  ...............  12  11  12  ..  11  13  15  13  10  125  97  .775 

Underhill  12  13  13  10  10  14  15  ....  110  87  .790 

Steves  7 6 10  45  23  .611 

Lovejoy  11  13  11  . . . . 45  35  .777 

Miller  18  14  14  5 0 46  . 920 

Fitzjohn  9 15  9 . 600 

Welling  8 15  8 .533 

Knight  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  6 15  6 . 400 

V.  Wallburg,  Sec’y. 


Target  Velocities. 

Dayton,  O.,  Feb.  22. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream:  Will  you 

kindly  find  space  in  your  columns  for  the  following  target  prob- 
lem? If  at  10yds.  from  the  trap  the  target  is  thrown  12ft.  high, 
what  height  will  it  have  to  attain  to  keep  it  in  the  air  long 
enough  to  go  40yds.?  At  what  distance  from  the  trap  will  its 
highest  rise  be?  And  what  will  the  velocity  per  second  be  to 
carry  it  the  40yds.? 

I would  be  pleased  if  some  ballistic  expert — reader  of  your, 
I won’t  say  valuable  paper,  for  that  goes  without  saying— would 
give  a solution  to  the  above.  I have  tried  to  work  it  out,  but 
am  not  satisfied  that  I have  got  the  solution  to  it.  Trap. 

[The  problem  cannot  be  solved  definitely  because  it  has  no  con- 
stants. The  wind,  gentle  or  strong,  from  any  direction;  the  vari- 
able power  of  the  springs  of  different  traps,  and  of  the  same  trap 
at  different  times;  the  targets  flying  edgewise  or  sidewise  offer- 
ing variable  resisting  surfaces;  their  spinning  fast  or  slow,  or  not 
at  all  are  all  variants.  However,  in  a general  way,  they  follow 
the  law  of  all  projectiles,  describing  approximately  a parabola;  and 
their  highest  point  of  flight  is  a trifle  less  than  two  thirds  of  the 
distance  thrown.] 


Springfield  Shooting  Association. 

Springfield,  Mass.— This  club  celebrated  Washington’s  Birth- 
day by  holding  a shoot  on  our  grounds  at  Red  House  Crossing 
on  the  afternoon  of  Feb.  22.  The  day  was  very  unfavorable  for 
trapshooting,  being  cold  and  windy.  However,  some  good  scores 
were  made,  all  things  considered. 

Only  six  shooters  turned  out,  many  staying  away  on  account  of 
the  weather.  Scores  follow: 


Events : 

1 2 

3 4 5 

6 

7 

8 

9 10  11  12 

Shot 

Targets: 

10  10  10  10  15  10  10  10  10  15  10  10 

at. 

Broke. 

Finch  

5 3 7 

8 

7 

7 

8 12  8 6 

no 

71 

Kites  

6 7 

9 10  9 

8 

8 

5 8 7 .. 

no 

77 

Snow  

9 6 

8 ..  11 

7 

7 

6 7 ..  4 

100 

65 

Cheesman  

7 5 

7 4 11 

6 

7 

8 

85 

55 

Le  Noir  ...... 

5 7 

6 6 10 

9 

6 

4 

85 

53 

Hawes  

6 6 

..  6 .. 

6 

4 

50  28 

Misfire. 

Interstate  at  Colorado  Springs. 

Pittsburg,  Pa.,  Feb.  25. — Kindly  announce  to  the  readers  of 
Forest  and  Stream  that  the  Interstate  Association  has  made 
arrangements  to  give  a tournament  at  Colorado  Springs  Colo., 
Aug.  29,  30  and  31,  under  the  auspices  of  the  Colorado  Springs 
Gun  Club.  The  Colorado  Springs  Gun  Club  advises  me  that  it 
will  add  $1,000  cash  to  the  programme  events,  and  in  addition  to 
this  amount  will  give  professional  averages  either  in  cash  or 
suitable  trophies.  This  will  undoubtedly  be  one  of  the  biggest 

tournaments  of  the  year.  . _ , 

Elmer  E.  Shaner,  Sec  y-Mgr. 


PUBLISHERS'  DEPARTMENT. 


Washington. 

Low-Rate  Tour  via  Pennsylvania  Railroad. 

March  9 is  the  date  on  which  will  be  run  the  next  Personally- 
Conducted  Tour  of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  to  Washington, 
This  tour  will  cover  a period  of  three  days,  affording  ample  time 
to  visit  all  the  principal  points  of  interest  at  the  National  Capital, 
including  the  Congressional  Library  and  the  new  Corcoran  Art 
Gallery.  Rate,  covering  railroad  transportation  for  the  round  trip 
and  hotel  accommodations,  $14.50  or  $12  from  New  York,  $13  or 
$10.50  from  Trenton,  and  proportionate  rates  from  other  points, 
according  to  hotel  selected.  Rates  cover  accommodations  at  hotel 
for  two  days.  Special  side  trip  to  Mount  Vernon. 

All  tickets  good  for  ten  days,  with  special  hotel  rates  after  ex- 
piration of  hotel  coupon. 

Similar  tours  will  be  run  on  March  23,  April  6 and  24,  and 

MFor  itineraries  and  full  information  apply  to  Ticket  Agents; 
C.  Studds,  Eastern  Passenger  Agent,  263  Fifth  avenue,  New  York; 
or  address  Geo.  W.  Boyd,  General  Passenger  Agent,  Broad  street 
station,  Philadelphia.— A dv. 


The  card  of  Messrs.  Lorillard  & Walker  appears  this  week  for 
the  first  time  in  our  advertising  columns  Mr.  Frank  H.  Walker 
was  for  a number  of  years  connected  with  the  brokerage  depart- 
ment of  Messrs.  Gardner  & Cox.  His  experience  there  was  varied 
and  thorough,  and  he  is  known  as  a man  of  rare  business  and 
executive  ability.  Mr.  Ernest  Lorillard  comes  from  a family  ot 
famous  yachting  men.  For  a number  of  years  he  was  in  charge 
of  the  brokerage  department  of  Mr.  A.  Cary  Smith’s  business. 
The  practical  experience  gained  there,  coupled  with  his  great 
knowledge  of  yachts,  fully  equips  him  for  the  new  undertaking. 
Messrs.  Lorillard  & Walker  will  carry  on  a general  yacht  broker- 
age and  insurance  business  at  41  Wall  street.  On  their  lists  will 
be  found  practically  all  the  yachts  that  are  in  the  market. 


The  Philadelphia  Arms  Co.,  makers  of  fine  shotguns  ranging  in 
price  from  $50  to  $500,  have  enlarged  their  plant,  and  are  now 
better  prepared  to  meet  the  constantly  growing  demand  for  their 
excellent  guns.  In  our  business  columns  this  firm  call  attention 
to  the  strength,  symmetry,  excellent  workmanship,  boring,  etc., 
of  which  more  is 'fully  set  forth  in  their  illustrated  descriptive 
catalogue,  which  is  sent  free  to  applicants. 


Evans’  ale  is  a beverage  that  has  had  a popularity  extending 
over  a great  many  vears  and  increasing  all  the  time.  It  is  more 
Generally  used  to-day  than  ever  before,  and  has  made  the  brewers, 
C H.  Evans  & Sons,  Hudson,  N.  Y.,  widely  known  throughout 
the  whole  country.  Men  who  drink  ale  or  beer  would  do  well  to 
make  a trial  of  Evans’  ale,  for  they  will  then  know  the  reason  of 
its  wide  popularity. 


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at  all  the  prominent  tournaments. 

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INDIVIDUALITY 


Is  an  indication  of  strength  of  character,  and  the  man  who 
possesses  it  usually  knows  just  what  he  wants.  INI)*' 
VIDUAL  GUNS  express  the  taste  and  judgment  of  such 

men.  We  make  INDI- 
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?R0M  THE  AMERICAN  STANDPOINT, 

By  W.  G.  HUDSON,  M.  D., 

is  a'msdest  title  to  a work  which  contains  an  epitome  of  the  world’s  best 
knowledge  on  the  practical  features  of  the  art. 

In  its  160  pages  are  treated,  in  popular  language  but  with  technical 

accuracy,  all  the  details  of  Rifles,  Bullets,  Triggers  and  Trigger  Pulls, 
Equipments,  Sights  and  Sighting,  Aiming.  Adjustments  of  Sights, 
Helps  in  Aiming,  Optics  of  Rifle  Shooting,  Positions  at  all  Ranges,  Tar- 
gets in  General  Use,  Ammunition,  Reloading,  Cleaning,  Appliances,  etc. 

Thirty -five  illustrations.  Price,  $1.00. 

For  sa^e  by  FOREST  AND  STREAM  PUB.  CO.,  346  Broadway,  New  York. 


doubly  sure.  Our  purpose  in  using  this  valuable  space  in  Forest  and  Stream  is  to  bring 
ourselves  into  closer  contact  with  the  individual  American  Spoitsman. 

Long  experience  in  making  Fine  Guns  to  order  enables  us  to  assure  the  sportsman  that  we 
can  meet  his  individual  requirements.  We  do  not  make  cheap  Alins.  We  do  not  know  how. 

°Ur  IfyoiT  are  fntere^te^writ^  whtris  Interested  in  the  best  of  English  gun  making  I TTJE  DTP  CAMF  OF  AMFRIPA 

will  do  us  a favor  by  writing  us  on  the  subject.  < We  have  many  interesting  details  to  send  to  cor-  ■ fl  |J  D I " 1 

respondents,  showing  the  records  made  by  the  individual  Cashmore  Guns, 

WILLIAM  CASHMORE,  Maker  of  Fine  Guns,  BIRMINGHAM.  ENGLAND. 


for  the  Sportsman’s  mall 

FOREST  AND  STREAM  offers  to  sportsmen  a number  of  beautiful 
pictures,  suitable  for  framing  and  hanging  on  the  wall  of  dining  room  or  den. 
Of  these,  four  appeal  especially  to  the  big-game  hunter,  and  show  four 
characteristic  species  of  North  American  animals.  They  are  artotype  engrav 
ings  by  Bierstadt  from  original  paintings  by  the  celebrated  animal  painter, 

Carl  Rungius. 

Moose — Single  figure.  Plate  12  x 19  on  plate  paper  22  x 28. 

Elk—  Several  figures.  Plate  12  x 19  on  plate  paper  22  x 28. 

Antelope — Several  figures.  Plate  9 x 14  on  plate  paper  19  x 21. 

Mule  Deer—  Two  figures.  Plate  12  x 19  on  plate  paper  22  x 28. 

Two  other  artotype  engravings  by  Bierstadt,  from  original  paintings  by 
Edmund  Osthaus  have  a vivid  interest  for  the  upland  shooters.  These  are 

Close  Quarters — Ripsey,  the  pointer,  on  point.  Plate  12  x 19  on  plate  paper  22  x 28. 
Quail  Shooting  In  Mississippi—  Plate  12  x 19  on  plate  paper  22  x 28. 

The  price  of  each  of  the  above  is  $3.00,  mailed  safely  in  a pasteboard  tube 
Two  will  be  sent  for  $5.00. 


^PICTURES  TROM 


is  well  represented  in  the  collection  of  Pictures  from  Forest  and  Stream 

Moose,  elk,  antelope,  mountain  sheep, 
Virginia  deer,  mule  deer  and  buffalo 
are  shown  in  scenes  which  have  in 
them  the  spirit  of  the  wild  creatures 
and  their  surroundings.  Each  picture 
is  an  accurate  portrait  of  the  subject 
and  has  a pleasing  landscape  setting  as 
well.  Of  smaller  game  there  are  field 
scenes  in  which  figure  the  quail,  ruffed 
grouse;  and  a number  of  splendid 
reproductions  of  Audubon  bird  pic- 
tures. The  dog  pictures  by  Osthaus 
and  the  yachting  scenes  round  out  the 
volume,  and  make  it  all  in  all  a very 
comprehensive  volume  of  American 
outdoor  sports. 


LIST  OF  THE  PLATES. 


The  duck  shooter  will  be  interested  in  a series  of  colored  photographs 
which  we  now  offer  for  the  first  time.  These  are 

The  Goose  Shooter — Two  photographs  showing  the  gunner  in  his  blind  surrounded 
by  decoys. 

Canada  Goose— Large  figures  of  a goose  standing  on  a bar. 

No  Rubber  Boots— The  gunner  wading  out  in  shoal  water  to  recover  his  birds. 

The  Duck  Hunters— The  gunner  in  the  bow  of  a gunning  float  being  paddled  by 
his  companion  up  to  ducks  on  the  water. 

Each  of  these  prints  is  6 x 8 inches  in  size,  mounted  on  a card  11  x 14 
and  all  are  beautifully  and  naturally  colored  by  hand.  Price  $2.00  each. 

PICTURES  FROn  FOREST  AND  STREATl. 

A volume  of  32  full-page  pictures  of  popular  subjects,  similar  to  those  in 
Christmas  issue  of  Forest  and  Stream.  < 

Printed  on  heavy  coated  paper  and  handsomely  bound.  Price,  $2.00,  postpaid, 
The  same  series  of  32  plates,  suitable  for  framing.  Price,  $1.75,  postpaid. 

FOREST  AND  STREAM  PUB.  CO. 


1.  Alert  (Moose),  ...  - Carl  Rungius 

2.  The  White  Flag  (Deer),  - - Carl  Rungius 

8.  “ Listen  ! ” (Mule  Deer),  - - Carl  Rungius 

4.  On  the  Heights  (Mountain  Sheep),  Carl  Rungius 

5.  “What’s  That?”  (Antelope).  - Carl  Rungius 

6.  The  Home  of  the  White  Goat. 

Photo  by  H.  T.  Folsom 

7.  Calling  the  Buffalo— 1 The  Lure,  E.  W.  Deming 

8.  Calling  the  Buffalo— 2 The  Drive,  E.  W.  Deming 

9.  Calling  the  Buffalo-8  The  Fall,  E.  W.  Deming 

10.  Calling  the  Buffalo-^  Packing  the  Meat. 

& E.  W.  Deming 

11.  Sail,  Sea  and  Sky,  Navahoe  on  the  Solent. 

Photo  by  West  & Son 


12.  The  Trapper’s  Camp. 
18.  Pearl  R.  (Setter), 
j 14.  The  Purple  Sandpiper, 

15.  The  Black  Duck,  - 

16.  The  Shoveller  Duck, 


E.  W.  Deming 

- E.  H.  Osthaus 
J.  J.  Audubon 

- J.  J.  Audubon 
J.  J.  Audubon 


17. 

18. 

19. 

20. 
21. 
22. 

23. 

24. 

25. 

26. 

27. 

28. 

29. 

30. 
81. 
82. 


The  Redhead  Duck, 

The  Canvasback  Duck,  - 
The  Prairie  Chicken,  - 
The  Willow  Ptarmigan,  - 
The  American  Plover,  - 


J.  J.  Audubon 
J.  J.  Audubon 

- J,  J.  Audubon 
J.  J.  Audubon 

- J.  J.  Audubon 


Rap  Full,  Schooner  Constellation  in  a 
North  Easter,  - - Photo  by  N.  L.  Stebbins 

First  Around  Home  Mark.  The  Altair 
off  Larchmont,  - - Photo  by  Jas.  Burton 

The  Challenge  (Elk),  - - Carl  Rungius 

Quail  Shooting  in  Mississippi,  - - E.  Osthaus 

Ripsey  (Pointer)  E Osthaus 

Between  Casts,  - - W.  P.  Davison 

Home  of  the  Bass,  - W.  P.  Davison 

In  Boyhood  Days,  ...  W.  P.  Davison 
A Country  Road  (Partridge),  W,  P.  Davison 
When  Food  Grows  Scarce  (Quail),  W.  P.  Davison 
In  the  Fence  Corner  (Quail),  W.  P,  Davison 


The  plates  are  carefully  printed  on  heavy  coated  paper  and  handsomely 
bound,  making  a most  attractive  volume.  The  size  of  page  is  about  that  of 
the  Forest  and  Stream  or  about  16  x n)4  inches.  Price,  postpaid  $2. 

In  response  to  numerous  enquiries  from  those  who  desire  to  frame  these 
engravings,  rather  than  to  keep  them  in  a volume,  a special  price  of  $1.75  each 
has  been  made  for  sets  of  unbound  sheets. 

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Won  the  Professional  and  Amateur  Championships  for  1904, 


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BARGAINS  IN  COLD  WEATHER 
HUNTING  CLOTHING. 


No.  1.  The  Tver  Johnson  Jacket,  made  of  fine 
quality  yarn.  Buttons  all  the  way  down  the  front, 
and  strap  across  throat  on  collar,  allowing  same 
to  be  buttoned  up  tightly  around  throat  if  de- 
sired. Fitted  with  strong  pockets  for  shells.  It 
is  made  to  fit,  at-  the  same  time  allowing  perfect 
freedom  of  movement.  Gray  and  scarlet  carried 

stock.  Regular  price,  $5.00.  Now $4.00 

No.  2.  French  Knit  Hunting  Jacket,  made 
from  selected  worsted.  Double-breasted,  button 
on  front.  Sailor  collar,  with  straps  to  draw  same 
close  around  neck.  Strong  shell  pockets,  and  knit 
extra  heavy.  Regular  price,  8.00.  Now $6.50 


No.  3.  “Parker”  fleece-lined  jackets,  made  of 
finest  silver-gray  jersey  cloth.  Buttons  high 
around  neck,  giving  the  appearance  of  a cardi- 
gan jacket,  only  much  finer  and  richer.  Regu- 
lar price,  $4.00.  Now $2.75 


No.  4. 
same  as 
Now  


‘Parker”  fleece-lined  vest,  with  sleeves, 
above  jacket.  Regular  price,  $2.80. 
.$1.25 


snowshoeing,  etc 
75  cents  per  pair. 


for 


No.  5.  Arctic  Stockings,  extra  heavy, 

Regular  price,  $1.50,  Now 


ALL  SIZ,ES  I JV  STOCK. . 


Iver  Johnson  Sporting  Goods  Go., 

163-165  Washington  St-,  - * Boston,  Mass. 


STANDARD  GUNS  AT 
SPECIAL  PRICES. 


We  offer  just  now  a limited  lot  of  standard  American  make  Hammerles: 
Double  Guns,  entirely  new,  made  on  interchangeable  plan,  12  and  16  bores 
at  the  greatly  reduced  price  of 


$15.00  each 


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1BTITE 

in  the  hands  of  simon  pure  amateurs 

WIMS 

every  State  Event  for  the  season  in  Indiana. 

LISTIT 


Stephen  Grant  Highest  quality  Ejector,  Ham- 
merless. A rare  opportunity  to  get  a best  Grant 
field  gun,  and  in  as  perfect  condition  as  new. 
The  gun  has  Sir  Joseph  Whitworth  fluid  steel 
barrels,  a magnificent  dark  curly  stock,  the  ac- 
tion covered  with  beautiful  scroll  and  game  en- 
graving, an  ornamental  fence  carved  in  relief, 
triggers,  lever  and  top  safety  in  gold.  Shooting 
modified  with  the  left  and  improved  cylinder 
with  the  right.  Dimensions:  12-ga.,  28-m.  bar- 

rels, 6 lbs.  §1/2  oz.  weight,  1 11-16  to  2 11-16  inch 
drop,  14-in.  stock.  Gun  complete  in  a Stephen 
Grant  solid  leather  trunk  case.  Special  net 

price  $325.00 

W.  W.  Greener  special  presentation  quality 
Imperial  Ejector,  with  Sir  Joseph  Whitworth 
fluid  steel  barrels.  Shown  at  the  World’s  Fair  at 
St.  Louis  and  greatly  admired  for  its  splendid 
balance.  Has  a dark  Italian  walnut  full  pistol 
grip  stock,  with  Silver’s  anti-recoil  pad.  Carved 
shell  fence.  Action  and  guard  completely  cov- 
ered with  the  most  elaborate  relief  engraving. 
Both  barrels  full  choke.  Dimensions:  12-ga.,  30- 
in.  barrels,  7 lbs.  8 oz.  weight,  2%-in.  drop,  14%- 
in.  stock.  This  magnificent  gun  has  never  been 
shot  and  is  like  new.  Special  net  price. . .$400.00 
W.  W.  Greener  special  Imperial  quality  Ejector 
with  Sir  . Joseph  Whitworth  fluid  steel  barrels. 
One  of  the  most  beautiful  specimens  of  a Greener 
pigeon  gun  in  the  United  States.  Cost  $550.00 
and  is  like  new.  Has  a straight  grip  stock  of 
curly  Italian  walnut,  carved  shell  fence,  elaborate 
game  engraving.  Both  barrels  extreme  full 
choke.  Perfect  balance.  Dimensions:  12-ga.,  30- 
in.  barrels,  7%  lbs.  weight,  2%-in.  drop,  14%-in. 

stock.  Special  net  price $350.00 

W.  W.  Greener  royal  quality  Crown  Ejector. 
Very  few  Crown  Greeners  ever  come  into  the 
market  second-hand,  and  are  always  snapped  up 
as  soon  as  they  appear.  This  one  is  a very  de- 
sirable example  of  this  gradfc,  and  with  a fine 
shooting  record.  It  has  Greener’s  special  Damas- 
cus barrels,  fine  half-pistol  grip  stock  and  is  full 
choke  in  both  barrels.  Dimensions:  12-ga.,  30-in. 
barrels,  7 lbs.  9 oz.  weight,  2 3-16-in.  drop,  14%-in. 
stock.  Cost,  $425.00,  and  is  in  perfect  condition. 
Special  net  price  $250.00 


Greener  Grand  Prize  Pigeon  Gun,  $350  grade, 
with  Sir  Joseph  Whitworth  fluid  steel  barrels, 
full  choke,  half  pistol  grip,  elaborate  engrav- 
ing. Dimensions:  12-ga.,  30-in.  7%  lbs,.  2%-in. 

drop,  14%-in.  stock.  An  extremely  fine  gun, 
Price  $225 . 00  net, 

Greener  double  4-bore,  weighing  22  lbs.,  and 
cost  new  $450.00.  It  has  a fine  pair  of  Damascus 
barrels  without  pit  or  flaw,  40-in.  long,  stock,  14 
in.,  heavy  Silver’s  recoil  pad,  half  pistol  grip, 

3- in  drop,  and  it  is  one  of  the  most  powerful 
guns  we  have  ever  seen.  Price. ...... .$200.00  net. 

W.  & C.  Scott  & Son  Duck  Gun,  with  ham- 
mers. Damascus  barrels,  straight  walnut  stock, 
under-grip  action.  With  this  gun  is  a leather 
trunk  shape  case,  implements  and  loading  tools. 
For  shooting  at  long  distances  and  for  flock 
shooting,  this  is  an  ideal  gun.  Dimensions: 

4- ga.,  38-in.  barrels,  15  lbs.  weight.  Cost  new, 

$250.00.  Price  $125.00  net 

Greener  “Far-Killing  Duck”  hammer  gun,  $200 
grade,  fine  English  laminated  barrels,  low  ham- 
mers, handsome  stock,  half  pistol  grip,  full  choke. 
10-ga.,  32-in.  barrels,  8%  lbs.  weight,  14%  in. 
stock.  Price .$100.00  net. 

Greener  hammer  field  gun,  12-ga.,  28-in.  barrels, 
7 lbs.  6 oz.,  2 5-16  in.  drop,  13%  in.  stock,  Sie- 
man  steel  barrels,  half  pistol  grip.  Greener 
cross-bolt.  In  good  second-hand  condition. 
Cost  New,  $120.00.  Price...,. .$45.00 

Knockabout  hammerless,  with  Krupp  steel  bar- 
rels, 12-ga.,  28-in.  barrels,  6 lbs.  6 oz.  Cost  new, 
$60.00.  In  perfect  condition.  Price $35.00  net. 

Francotte  hammerless,  handsomely  engraved, 
in  perfect  condition.  Cost  new,  $150.00.  12-ga., 

30-in.  barrels,  7 lbs.  Price .$75.00  net. 

W.  & C.  Scott  & Son  hammer  gun,  16-ga.,  2s. 
in.  barrels,  6%  lbs.  weight.  In  good  condition. 
Damascus  barrels,  half  pistol  grip.  Cost  new, 
$125.00.  Price  $38.50  net. 

W.  & C.  Scott  & Son  single  hammer  4-bore 
gun,  with  36-in  barrel,  10%  lbs.  weight.  In  ex- 
cellent condition.  Under  grip  action.  Cost  new, 
$125.00.  Price  .$45.00  net. 

Lefever  duck  gun,  8-ga.,  32-in.  barrels,  11%  lbs. 
weight.  _ Shows  some  wear,  but  good  for  years 
of  service.  In  leather  case,  and  is  offered  at 
one-third  original  cost.  Price ..$37.60  net. 


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This  highly  important  event,  which  is  annually  sought  by  the  best  shots  of  America,  was  the  principal  match  of  the  Second  Grand  Sportsman's  Handicap,  which 
was  held  at  Detroit,  Mich.,  Feb.  15-16-17,  there  being  in  all  26  entries.  Mr.  R.  R.  Bennett,  of  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  won  with  the  score  of  24  out  of  25  birds,  from  the 
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suppose  he  had  used  unreliable  cr  inferior  shells?  Skill  in  shooting  is  of  littte  avail  if  faulty  ammunition  is  used.  Mr.  Bennett  looked  out  for  that  part  of  it,  and 
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LAKE  CHAMPLAIN  FISH. 

The  big  fish  eat  the  little  ones.  Basing  his  argument 
n this  familiar  axiom,  Mr.  Bainbridge  Bishop,  in  an 
reticle  printed  in  our  angling  columns,  argues  that  the 
jaresent  system  of  fish  protection  on  Lake  Champlain  is 
reong  in  principle.  The  fishing  in  the  lake  is  not  what  it 
sed  to  be;  and  while  New  York  and  Vermont  and 
fanadian  anglers  have  been  working  on  the  theory  that 
le  depletion  is  due  to  netting,  Mr.  Bishop  strongly 
intends  that  it  is  the  result  of  unwise  protection  of 
edaceous  species.  In  the  pickerel,  garpike  and  mas- 
inonge  he  finds  the  agencies  of  destruction  with  which  it 
! purposeless  to'  endeavor  to  cope  by  restocking.  It  may 
recalled  that  a similar  argument  has  been  employed 
> account  for  the  poor  fishing  of  the  St.  Lawrence  River, 
he  remedy  proposed  is  simple.  Outlaw  the  pickerel  and 
le  garpike;  permit  gunning  and  spearing,  and  allow 
letting  under  restrictions.  In  other  words,  reverse  the 
resent  system  of  protection.  It  would  be  profitable  to 
;arn  the  views  of  others  familiar  with  the  Lake  Cham- 
lain  fishing  situation. 


WYOMING  BIG-GAME  REFUGE. 

The  State  of  Wyoming  has  recently  taken  a long  step 
rward  in  the  direction  of  big-game  protection,  and  the 
tw  published  in  another  column  shows  just  what  has 
een  done. 

The  Yellowstone  National  Park  is  an  inviolable  sanc- 
,iary  for  big  game,  but  a great  part  of  the  Park 
ontains  merely  summer  range.  While  the  flats  of  the 
ellowstone  and  Gardiner  River  furnish  good  winter  graz- 
ig  grounds,  most  of  the  southern  portion  of  the  Park  is 
ninhabitable  for  game  in  the  winter  on  account  of  deep 
ows  and  insufficient  food.  Thus,  at  the  coming  of  the 
•inter  snows,  most  of  the  large  game  that  summers  in 
le  National  Park  is  obliged  to  leave  the  high  mountains 
here  it  is  safe,  and  go  down  into  the  lower  and  more 
ind-swept  country.  When  it  leaves  the  Park  it  is  likely 
> become — in  that  sparsely  settled  country — a prey  to 
retty  much  whoever  may  wish  to  kill  it.  Unless  they  are 
reflected  while  in  this  winter  range,  the  numbers  of  the 
k that  summer  in  the  southern  portion  of  the  Park  must 
instantly  grow  smaller,  and  the  final  outcome  would  be 
lat  ini  the  Park  there  will  be  left  only  that  herd  which 
inters  along  the  Yellowstone  River. 

The.  greatest  number  of  elk  now  existing  in  America  is 
>und  in  and  immediately  about  the  Yellowstone  Park, 
id  it  is  here  that  the  greatest  effort  should  be  made  to 
otect  them.  For  several  years  unwearying  efforts  have 
:en  made  to  induce  Congress  to  authorize  the  President 
set  aside  game  refuges  within  the  forest  reserves,  and 
Congress  had  given  such  authority  no  doubt  we  should 
Tore  this  have  had  a great  refuge  adjacent  to  the 
ational  Park.  Congress  did  not  do  this,  however,  and 
was  left  to  the  State  of  Wyoming  to  take  this  wise 
ition,  and  to  set  aside  a great  State  game  refuge — a 
act  of  about  i,ioo  square  miles — equal  to  one-third  of 
e Yellowstone  Park,  in  which  hunting  is  absolutely  pro- 
bited  at  all  seasons  of  the  year.  This  State  refuge  is 
many  respects  well  adapted  to  a winter  range,  for  it 
is  wide  valleys  and  many  high,  bald  hills,  which  the 
inter  winds  sweep  free  from  snow. 

The  idea  of  having  the  State  of  Wyoming  establish 
ich  a game  refuge  originated,  we  believe,  with  Mr.  A.  A. 
nderson,  the  artist,  who  also  bears  the  title  Special 
jperintendent  Yellowstone  Forest  Reserve.  Mr.  Ander- 
n has  spent  much  time  in  the  region  south  and  south- 
st  of  the  Park,  and  knows  it  very  thoroughly.  The 
ork  of  protecting  it  is  with  him  a labor  of  love,  and 
ithin  a year  or  two  he  has  done  a great  deal  of  good 
keeping  the  foreign,  sheep  off  this  forest  reserve.  Not 
ng  ago  he  went  to  Wyoming  and  urged  upon  the  Legis- 


lature, then  in  session,  the  action  which  was  soon  after 
taken.  That  this  action  was  wise  no  one  who  has  studied 
the  subject  can  doubt.  Looking  at  the  matter  purely  from 
the  most  cold-blooded  viewpoint  of  dollars  and  cents,  it  is 
evident  that  the  protection  of  game  here  during  the  whole 
year  will  very  greatly  increase  the  supply  of  game  which 
each  year  comes  down  into  the  hunting  country  of 
Wyoming,  and  will  thus  bring  into  the  State  a constantly 
greater  number  of  hunters,  whose  good  money  will  benefit 
the  State  of  Wyoming  and  its  residents.  All  sportsmen 
and  all  persons  interested  in  game  legislation  will  con- 
gratulate the  Wyoming  Legislature  on  its  wise  and  far- 
seeing  action. 


THE  SENSE  OF  DIRECTION. 

No  class  of  dog  stories  is  more  common  than  is  that 
of  the  dog  which,  taken  a long  way  from  home,  finds  its 
way  back  over  an  unknown  road  by  the  exercise  of 
observation  or  sense  of  direction.  In  a recent  letter, 
Alfred  R.  Wallace,  the  distinguished  scientist,  points  out 
that  though  such  printed  stories  are  innumerable,  they 
do  not  contain  all  the  data  essential  to  drawing  conclu- 
sive deductions;  and  he  suggests  that  the  mystery  of  the 
dog’s  performance  is  to  be  solved  only  by  experiments 
several  times  repeated,  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining 
exactly  what  a dog  does  when  left  in  a strange  place  many 
miles  from  home,  to  which  it  has  been  brought  by  a cir- 
cuitous route  and  so  confined  as  to  be  quite  unable  to 
use  its  sight.  For  such  an  experiment  to  be  conclusive, 
Mr.  Wallace  points  out  it  is  essential  “(i)  that  the  dog’s 
history  is  known,  so  that  it  can  never  possibly  have  been 
in  the  district  it  is  taken  to;  (2)  that  a person  quite  un- 
known to  the  dog  is  present  when  it  is  turned  loose,  and 
keeps  it  in  sight  during  the  whole  day,  making  careful 
notes  of  all  its  actions.  If  this  were  done  with,  say,  half 
a dozen  carefully  chosen  dogs,  two  or  three  times  with 
each,  a great  deal  of  real  knowledge  would  be  obtained 
which  would  probably  settle  the  question  as  to  the  posses- 
sion of  a sense  of  direction.  In  these  first  experiments 
the  distance  need  not  be  great,  ten  to  twenty  miles  being 
sufficient  if  it  were  quite  certain  that  the  intervening 
country  was  unknown  to  the  dog.”  Here  is  an  inviting 
field  of  experiment  which  many  persons  are  in  a position 
to  undertake ; and  properly  conducted  the  tests  would  re- 
sult in  the  securing  of  valuable  data. 


WATER  POLLUTION  AND  FISH. 

To  put  an  end  to  the  mill  waste  pollution  of  fish- 
inhabited  or  inhabitable  waters,  is  one  of  the  most  per- 
plexing problems  we  have  to  do  with  in  the  whole  field  of 
fish  protection.  As  a rule,  the  laws  are  everywhere  inade- 
quate; if  they  are  sufficient  in  the  letter  of  their  provi- 
sions, they  are  weak  in  the  execution.  Everywhere  the 
country  over,  streams  once  yielding  a bounteous  supply 
have  long  since  been  utterly  and  permanently  ruined  by 
having  been  converted  into  sewers  for  refuse  which 
destroys  all  life.  To  deprecate  this,  to  denounce  it,  to 
demand  a remedy,  to  enact  laws,  to  call  for  their  enforce- 
ment— all  this  is  the  natural  and  conventional  course  of 
procedure.  But  it  usually  ends  just  there.  The  mill  in- 
terests are  so  enormous  and  so  powerful  that,  as  expe- 
rience amply  shows,  it  is  practically  impossible  to  cope 
with  them.  They  defeat  effective  legislation.  They  defy 
the  execution  of  laws  which  actually  interfere  with  their 
interests.  They  are  so  powerful  that  they  have  been  able 
and  are  now  able  to  carry  on  their  water  polluting  opera- 
tions with  practical  immunity. 

No  more  important  thing  remains  to  be  done  to-day  in 
the  field  of  fish  protection  and  restoration,  and  main- 
tenance than  the  clearing  of  the  waterways  of  these  pol- 
lutions and  the  keeping  of  them  clear  in  the  future,  to  the 
end  that  fish  may  live  in  them.  We  have  accomplished 
wonders  in  the  development  of  the  art  of  producing  fish. 
Given  the  waters  to  mature  and  maintain  the  stock,  our 
National  and  State  commissioners  could  provide  the  fish 
in  illimitable  supply.  The  cleansing  of  brook  and  river 
and  lake  would  add  millions  of  dollars’  worth  of  food  to 
the  people  of  this  country  annually.  And  the  solution  of 
the  water  pollution  problem  ought  not  to  be  beyond  the 
wisdom  of  the  time  to  discover  and  apply. 


The  United  States  Geological  Survey  has  just  pub- 
lished a preliminary  report  of  the  investigations  madp  by 
Marshall  O.  Leighton,  Chief  of  the  Survey’s  Division  of 


Hydro-Economics,  of  the  waters  of  Lake  Champlain  with 
reference  to  their  pollution  by  wood  pulp  mills.  It  may 
be  recalled  that  the  investigation  was  undertaken  at  the 
request  of  Governor  McCullough,  of  Vermont,  some  time 
ago,  who  represented  that  as  Lake  Champlain  was  an 
interstate  body  of  water,  such  an  investigation  should  ap- 
propriately be  conducted  under  national  authority.  As 
to  the  Bouquet  River,  which  flows  into  Lake  Champlain 
from  the  Adirondacks,  Mr.  Leighton  finds  that  the  waters 
of  the  river  below  the  Champlain  mills  of  the  New  York 
and  Pennsylvania  Company,  at  Willsboro,  are  “preferable 
to  many  waters  which  are  used  daily  for  domestic  p.u- 
poses  and  concerning  which  no  complaint  is  cui  111 « j - . ' 
An  extensive  series  of  analyses  of  the  waur  of  the  lake 
itself  at  this  point  demonstrated  that  it  was  not  affected 
by  the  waste  from  the  Willsboro.  pulp  mill  beyond  the 
maximum  distance  of  2,000  feet,  and  usually  not  beyond 
1,000  feet  from  the  mouth  of  the  Bouquet  River,  provided 
that  the  sedimentation  bed  installed  at  the  Willsboro 
mill  is  used. 


In  the  Ausable  River  Mr.  Leighton  found  a much  more 
serious  condition  of  things.  -Here  the  sulphide  p.flp  w 
from  the  pulp  and  paper  mills  of  the  J.  & J.  ltogu  , ' , . 

pany  is  seen  in  a black  or  very  dark  purple  disc.  1 1 1 

of  the  water.  At  certain  points  of  slack  waur  il.c  1 . b t 
the  stream  is  covered  with  this  waste  pulp,  ami  cciim  ! r- 
able  putrefaction  takes  place,  the  whole  mass  flows  along 
the  twenty  miles  intervening  between  Ausable  Forks  and 
the  lake,  “inky  black  in  color,  and  generally  unattractive 
in  appearance.  Analysis  shows  that  there  is  no  doubt 
whatever  concerning  the  damaging  effect  of  the  waste 
upon  the  river.  This  sulphide  waste  is  carried  for  con- 
siderable distances  into  the  lake,  and  undoubtedly  a cer- 
tain amount  of  damage  is  done  to  the  water.  The  waste 
pulp  itself  can,  however,  exert  no  harmful  effects.” 


Again,  Mr.  Leighton  claims  that  practically  the  entire 
shore  from  Colchester  Point  to  Shelburne  Bay,  including 
the  intake  of  the  Burlington  city  water  supply,  is  con- 
taminated by  sewage  from  the  city  of  Burlington  and 
from  Winooski  River. 


STILL  MARCHING  ON. 

The  Forest  and  Stream  Platform  Plank — Forbid  the 
sale  of  game  at  all  seasons — has  just  won  a new  indorse- 
ment. Missouri  has  incorporated  it  in  the  game  law 
prepared  by  the  Audubon  Society.  The  anti-sale  principle 
has  in  these  later  years  come  into  general  recognition  as 
the  basis  of  an  effective  system  of  protection.  It  is  of 
almost  universal  adoption.  In  the  States  where  it  has 
not  yet.  been  incorporated  in  the  law,  the  game  dealers 
are.  making  strenuous  efforts  to  prevent  its  application,  as 
they  did  in  Missouri.  When  one  remembers  that  the  St. 
Louis  game  market  has  in  times  past  been  the  collecting 
and  distributing  point  for  vast  quantities  of  game,  the 
tremendous  import  of  the  anti-sale  law  may  be  appre- 
ciated. The  anti-sale  system  is  now  of  almost  uinveusal 
application.  It  has  come  to  stay,  because  it  strikes  at  the 
root  of  a great  evil. 

By  another  section  of  the  new  game  law,  Missouri  has 
come  back  into  the  Union.  1 hat  is  to  say,  it  has  retreated 
from  the  position  so  long  held  of  forbidding  hunting  by 
non-residents,  and  henceforth  will  permit  shooting  by 
citizens  of  other  States  under  a $15  license. 


The  imported  pheasants  which  have  been  put  out  in 
the  neighborhood  of  Canandaigua,  Fairport  and  other 
towns  of  central  New  York,  are  reported  to  have  done 
well,  multiplying  and  appearing  to  be  healthy  and  well 
fed.  With  all  other  game,  they  have  suffered  severely 
this  winter.  If  they  survive  the  season  of  1904-5  it  may 
be  accepted  that  they  can  stand  the  climate,  and  the  stock- 
ing enterprise  may  be  regarded  as  a demonstrated  success. 
Just  how  valuable  an  acquisition  as  a new  game  bird  the 
pheasant  will  prove,  is  still  a subject  of  conjecture.  . It  is 
said  that  the  farmers  in  the  localities  where  the  birds 
have  been  put  out  are  by  no  means  friendly  to  them,  for 
they  assert  that  the  pheasant  is  a destroyer  of  grain. 

* 

That  was  a wonderful  performance  by  Mr.  R.  C. 
Leonard  in  the  rubber  irog  casting  competition  in  Madi- 
son Square  Garden  last  week,  when  he  made  the  score  of 
143  feet  7 inches.  It  is  the  record  to  date,  and  a cast  which 
is  not  likely  soon  to  he  surpassed  unless  by  Mr.  R,  G 
Leonard, 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM 


After  Caribou  with  the  Crees. 


Phillip  Ward  and  John  Sampson  were  the  two  full- 
blooded  Crees  that  the  Hudson’s  Bay  Company  had  pro- 
cured for  me  for  a winter’s  hunt  into  the  caribou  country 
of  northern  Quebec,  and  from  previous  arrangements 
with  them  they  had  erected  somewhere  in  the  woods  a 
little  cabin  of  logs  and  bark.  This,  of  course,  they  did 
slowly  on:  their  journeys  to  and  from  the  post  and  their 
own  country  further  to  the  north,  where  their  tribe 
borders  on  the  Esquimaux. 

Phillip  was  talkative — very  much  so  for  an  Indian — and 
this  exceptional  trait  helped  a long  ways  to  pass  some 
of  those  cold,  cold  days  and  nights  that  we  found  in  the 
frozen  land  of  Canada.  Sampson,  poor  fellow,  who,  just 
a few  days  before  we  arrived  had  lost  his  son  by  drown- 
ing, was  reticent,  but  reliable.  They  were  good  hunters, 
and  up  to  within  a few  years  lived  on  Hudson  Bay  where 
cold  and  hunger  pinches  even  the  Indians.  They  related 
their  experiences,  which  were  very  interesting,  when  we 
once  had  them  launched  in  story-telling. 

It  was  the  wish  of  my  wife  and  me  to  try  the  woods 
in  midwinter,  and  as  moose  were  out  of  season,  caribou 
with  some  trapping  was  to  take  its  place.  It  did  not 
take  long  to  reach  Quebec,  where  we  procured  our  heavy 
woolen  undergarments,  much,  better  and  cheaper  than  can 
be  bought  in  this  country;  soft  moccasins,  socks,  duffle, 
snowshoes,  mitts,  caps  and  blankets  were  awaiting  us  at 
the  post,  and  everything  was  reasonable  and  of  the  best. 
The  four-point  blankets  I consider  far  superior  to  any 
sleeping  bag;  they  are  large  enough  to  fold  in  three  parts, 
then  held  by  large  safety  pins  in  this  position  made  nine 
thicknesses  of  blanket  to  be  used  as  the  temperature  war- 
ranted. I found  that  it  took  almost  as  much  covering 
under  one’s  body  as  over  to  keep  warm,  but  we  had 
enough.  With  a rubber  air  bed  one  thickness  is  suffi- 
cient under  you,  but  they  cannot  be  carried  in  cold 
weather  without  great  risk  of  breaking;  the  rubber  seems 
very  brittle  and  one  small  break  or  crack  would  make 
them  useless.  That  is  why  we  had  to  endure  the  “com- 


hardest  place  to  fill  satisfactorily  was  that  of  the  leader. 
A dog  that  pulled  a good  stroke  was  a loafer  when  in 
the  van,  and  vice-versa.  The  most  satisfactory  way  we 
eventually  found  was  to  put  the  largest  and  most  unruly 
one  next  to  the  toboggan.  The  leader  that  showed  the 
most  intelligence  was  a small  spaniel-like  dog,  and  he 
would  follow  a trail  very  well,  even  when  the  Indian 
who  was  breaking  the  trail  was  out  of  sight.  We  all  had 
gotten  on  so  far  in  fairly  good  shape;  the  loaded  tobog- 
gan had  capsized  a number  of  times,  and  we  had  lost  a 
little  food,  broken  a piece  out  of  the  spare  snowshoes, 
and  had  a shaking  up  generally.  Already  the  fatigue  of 
snowshoe  walking  was  commencing  to  tell  on  us  tender- 
feet,  for  we  had  had  frequent  falls,  and  how  those  bushes 
would  smart  when  they  stung  our  cold  faces ! A couple 
of  hot  cups  of  tea  with  a few  pieces  of  toasted  bread 
that  we  had  brought  from  the  post,  together  with  a Can 
of  emergency  ration  made  into  a nice  mush,  gave  us  a 
good  lunch,  and  we  were  off  again.  Along  toward  dusk, 
and  when  we  were  getting  a wee  bit  uneasy,  we  came  to 
a lake,  and  the  teams — with  which  we  could  not  keep  up 
during  those  last  few  miles — had  not  waited  at  the  lake; 
the  tracks  were  very  plain,  however,  but  the  approaching 
darkness  made  one  feel  sort  of  queer,  besides  the  Indians 
had  showed  us  any  amount  of  wolf  tracks  on  the  way  in. 
This  had  been  a discouraging  sign  as  far  as  game  was 
concerned,  for  the  chances  were  that  they  would  drive  the 
deer  away.  Anyhow,  we  kept  on  over  the  lake,  and  just 
as  we  rounded  a point  at  the  far  end,  our  little  shack 
loomed  up.  Every  dog  was  tied  to  a separate  tree,  the 
men  were  busy  cutting  wood.  We  soon  got  some  of  the 
“stuff”  unloaded,  the  fire  started,  water  on  and  supper 
under  way,  then  retired.  I am  sorry  I could  not  say,  as 
did  Mr.  Stewart  White,  “Instantly  it  was  morning,”  but 
the  morning  eventually  came,  and  the  greater  part  of  it 
was  spent  in  improving  that  bed  and  fixing  up  things. 
The  roof  leaked  a little  from  the  heat  of  the  stove;  but 
by  sweeping  all  the  snow  off  and  keeping  it  so,  we  had  no 
more  trouble.  It  seems  strange  the  amount  of  annoyance; 
a trifle  will  cause  one  sometimes.  The  cold,  hard  work 


and  our  plans  were  mapped  out  for  the  day.  Our  fir 
day  was  to  be  spent  in  setting  traps,  of  which  we  had  fit 
teen;  about  one-half  were  set  that  day  and  the  rest  o: 
the  following  day.  The  weather  was  very  poor  for  trap 
ping,  as  invariably  it  would  snow  a few  inches  ever; 
night,  Completely  covering  up  the  bait  or  trap,  although 
they  were  set  in  the  usual  way  with  a brush  covering 
The  wind  helped  to  do  this,  and  then  we  usually  found 
rabbit  (or  more  properly  speaking  a hare)  for  our  pain: 
After  spending  a feW  days  in  resetting  the  tfaps  We  founl 
it  took  so  much  time  that  it  was  impossible  to  hunt,  a: 
was  neCessafy  to  find  caribou,  so  we  gave  it  up;  but  late 
a mink  and  a lynx  Were  added  to  our  collection.  To  fill 
the  larder,  snares  were  set,  around  the  lake,  and  ever  ', 
morning  while  Phillip  and  I were  out  looking  for  track; 
my  wife  and  Sampson  Were  gathering  in  the  white  one;. 
NoW  and  then  a live  rabbit  would  be  found  with  th 
noose  around  the  poor  thing’s  neck,  but  he  was  alway 
let  go.  They  were  so  plentiful  and  so  easy  to  catch  tha 
a few  days  enough  had  been  bagged  to  keep  us  fo 


in 


some  time,  and  that  branch  was  stopped.  But  the  par 
tridges,  although  not  plentiful,  were  in  sufficient  number, 
that  we  could  generally  get  two  or  three  in  a morning’! 
hunt,  and  that  sport  now  occupied  the  time  of  the  “stay 
at-homes.” 

My  wife  had  a Parker  28-gauge,  and  for  that  purpos 
it  couldn’t  be  beaten;  it  was  so  light  for  her  to  lu 
through  the  woods,  and  when  snow  is  on  the  ground  th, 
walking  is  much  harder;  at  least  that  was  our  experienc 
The  weight  of  five  and  three-quarters  of  a pound  is  fine 
especially  for  a woman,  and  the  load  strong  enough  foj 
grouse  and  rabbits ; besides,  for  the  same  weight,  one  ca 
carry  almost  twice  as  many  shells  as  you  can  with  a 12! 
gauge.  A little  .22  was  along,  but  the  .28  was  the  favorite 
The  little  noise  the  gun  makes  is  a great  factor  while  in 
big-game  country, 
j The  late  spring  was  the  reason  given  for  there  bein 
I so  few  birds,  but  there  were  enough  for  a good  stew  noV 
I and  then  both  of  birch  and  spruce  partridges,  mostly  th 
latter.  _j| 


THE  PARTY — THREE  BUCKS  AND  A SQUAW. 


LUNCH  AT  30  BELOW  ZERO. 


fort”  (I  can’t  see  it)  of  a browse  bed.  Each  day  the 
Indians  added  more  spruce,  but  with  a few  hours’  use  the 
bed  would  be  flat  and  hard  as  ever,  it  seemed.  Anyhow, 
we  slept  and  shivered. 

After  everything  had  been  bought  and  packed,  and  after 
the  dogs  (two  teams  of  four  each)  were  beaten  a few 
times,  we  were  off.  Experience  came  fast  and  furious  to 
us  on  this  novel  and  exhilarating  hunt,  and  one  of  the 
first  things  found  out  was  to  not  use  anything  that  has 
or  had  a drop  of  oil  in  it.  The  amount  of  flour,  rice,  etc., 
distributed  along  the  trail  due  to  the  oiled  canvas  bags 
cracking  open  with  the  least  jar  or  rub,  taught  us  this. 
Another  thing  was  to  wear  loose  clothing,  keep  away 
from  the  fire  no  matter  how  cold  you  were,  -and  “go 
lighter  next  time.”  Our  course  was  almost  due  north, 
and  by  the  time  we  “boiled  the  kettle”  for  our  noonday 
meal  we  had  put,  I suppose,  ten  miles  to  the  dogs’  credit. 
I say  to  their  credit  and  my  disgrace,  because  I rode  on 
the  toboggan  over  the  lakes ; going  through  the  woods 
on  the  snowshoes  was  most  laborious  work,  mostly  be- 
cause I-  was  not  used  to  snowshoes,  and  secondly,  be- 
cause the  fall  was  light  and  very  soft,  this  causing  a sink- 
ing of  about  nine  inches  and  lifting  a good  deal  of  snow 
at  every  step.  How  my  wife  stood  it  I don’t  know ; any- 
how she  said  nothing,  but  trudged  along.  I will  admit 
that  she  rode  a little  more  than  I did  and  had  nothing  to 
carry.  This  was  the  dogs’  first  trip  this  year,  and  they 
were  very  wild  and  green,  constantly  fighting  or  tangling 
themselves  up.  I believe  the  dogs  and  their  antics  caused 
more  inward  swearing  and  outward  laughter  than  any- 
thing else.  Each  animal  had  its  characteristic,  and  I en- 
joyed watching  and  trying  to  study  them.  Some  were 
husky,  some  straight  dog  and  the  rest  a mixture.  About 
every  mile  or  so  Phillip — who  was  the  possessor  of  this 
five  stock— wo»W  change  their  relative  positions,  The 


and  bad  luck  at  the  traps  were  nothing  compared  to  the 
bother  a miserable  little  mouse  made  for  this  camp.  No 
sooner  were  we  in  bed  and  the  candles  out  than  he  com- 
menced, first  in  the  woodpile,  scratching  and  gnawing, 
then  among  the  tins,  and  many  an  hour  of  sleep  was  lost 
on  account  of  this  little  creature.  Into  traps  he  would 
not  go,  nor  did  we  have  any  poison,  but  by  great  patience 
he  was  finally  shot,  only  to  find  that  on  the  next  night  the 
racket  continued,  and  then  we  gave  it  up,  as  there  was 
no  telling  how  many  there  were. 

To  return  to  the  arrangement  for  our  hunting  and  trap- 
ping; that  was  to  commence  with  as  little  loss  of  time  as 
possible.  We  spent  the  balance  of  the  first  day  in  getting 
everything  in  first  class  shape ; there  were  the  provisions 
to  put  in  individual  bags  and  suspended  from  the  roof 
where  the  rodents  couldn’t  get  them ; the  blankets  shaken 
and  made  into  bag  form,  wood  cut  and  stowed;  camera, 
gun,  field  glasses,  and  all  such  fittings  placed  that  they 
could  be  easily  found,  and  lastly  a small  store  house 
made  outside  for  meats  and  supplies  that  had  to  be  kept 
cold.  The  camp  had  a couple  of  tables,  so  the  only  fixing 
necessary  to  do  in  that  line  was  to-  cut  a couple  of  extra 
seats.  That  night  was  better,  and  we  dispensed  with 
getting  up  every  few  hours  to  build  the  fire,  although  ice 
formed  in  the  camp  every  night.  Before  daylight  one  of 
the  Indians  would  come  in  and  build  the  fire,  recut  the 
hole  in  the  ice,  fetch  water  and  depart  to  his  tent  to 
await  the  first  and  only  call  to  breakfast.  My  wife  did  all 
of  the  cooking,  preferring  to  do-  the  work  herself  than  let 
either  of  the  men  do  it.  In  less  than  an  hour  from  the 
time  the  fire  was  started  a good  meal  was  ready,  generally 
consisting  of  biscuits,  ham  (until  we  got  caribou),  boiled 
rice  or  potatoes  and  tea;  sometimes  we  had  stewed  fruit, 
onions,  chocolate,  beans  and  preserves.  After  breakfast, 
gpd  when  tfie  dishes  were  washed,  daylight  would  come. 


Many  miles  with  rifle,  ax  and  lunch  pail  did  Phillip  an 
I travel  before  we  found  tracks,  and  then,  after  followin 
them  until  it  was  time  to  go  home,  did  we  get  the  firs 
sight  of  the  barren’s  own  child.  The  wolf  tracks  werm 
everywhere,  and  some  nights  the  dogs  would  keep  u I. 
such  an  infernal  barking  that  sleep  was  out  of  the  quest 
tion.  They  either  heard  or  smelled  them,  as  we  ran  acros'p 
their  fresh  tracks  often  on  the  lake  we  were  camped  01 L 
They  were  never  seen,  and  I only  heard  them  once,  an  j, 
that  in  the  late  afternoon.  A few  deer  were  seen,  bn  { 
not  shot  at,  besides  they  were  especially  shy.  The  wolve  !>; 
were  hot  on  the  trail,  and  many  times  did  the  telltalk 
tracks  show  where  they  were  in  full  pursuit.  Jumps  csL 
fifteen  feet  were  found  made  by  these  brutes,  and  th  - 
foot-prints  larger  than  any  dog’s  I ever  saw.  Abotafe 
the  second  week,  within  a few  miles  and  after  a ligl 
snow  had  fallen,  we  found  fresh  caribou  tracks;  ther. 
had  been  a number  and  we  lost  no  time  in  following 
They  were  going  right  against  the  wind,  and  up  to  noo 
were  still  going.  A short  rest  with  a cold  lunch  and  j 
thermometer  that)  registered  29  degrees  below  zero  whp 
we  left  in  the  morning,  caused  us  to  tarry  but  a shot 
while,  and  within  an  hour  we  saw  them  lying  down  in 
fairly  open  spot  in  some  burnt  woods.  Look  as  we  couh 
no  large  heads  were  to  be  seen,  but  as  we  needed  the  me: 
picked  out  apparently  the  largest  and  let  the  .405  do  th: 
rest.  It  did,  and  the  animal  only  went  about  fifty  fee 
There  must  have  been  a dozen  that  jumped  up,  but  nor 
had  heads  any  larger  than  the  one  down.  He  was  dea  ■ 
when  we  got  to  him,  and  the  bullet  had  gone  complete) 
through,  but  a little  too  high  considering  we  had  gotte:k 
so  close  to  him — not  over  fifty  yards.  After  getting  tbk 
head  and  a small  piece  of  meat  off,  we  completely  cover  ok; 
him  with  snow  to  keep  him  from  freezing,  and  the  t| 
flurried  to  camp,  which  W3$  fully  six  fpiles,  and  it  w?j 


March  ii,  1905.ll 


forest  And  Stream 


i§i 


I 

11  into  the  afternoon  then.  The  days  are  so  short  at 
it  time  of  the  year,  and  we  were  so  far  north,  that  I 
sit  better  when  about  dusk  we  came  out  on  our  own  lake. 
:e  Indians  are  wonders  in  finding  their  way  in  those 
bods.  There  were  no  hills  or  other  landmarks,  and 
■jhough  they  had  not  been  in  this  particular  locality  for 
jtrs,  they  could  go  straight  through  the  brush  and  strike 
I:  lake  just  about  where  they  wanted  to,  nor  did  they 
; a compass.  That  night  we  fairly  gorged  on  meat, 
>:  1 consequently  I had  a good  dose  of  nightmare;  but 
I ct  time  was  more  careful,  and  had  no  second  attack. 

, king  our  lunches  and  our  dog  team,  we  went  straight 
t ' our  caribou  and  got  it  out  with  little  trouble ; nothing 
i 1 disturbed  it,  and  there  was  enough  meat  to  last  for  a 
j g time — in  fact,  a shoulder  was  brought  home. 

Ye  were  entitled  to  another  head,  and  as  I wanted  a 
ter  one  and  the  Indians  could  use  the  meat,  we  con- 
med  to  hunt.  Caribou  hunting  in  that  country  was  the 
'dest  work  I ever  had,  and  at  night  I would  be  entirely 
nausted.  We  always  carried  the  snowshoes,  but  only 
ijd  them  about  half  the  time  on  account  of  the  density 
vltrees.  The  snow  was  light  enough  to  do  without 
i m in  places;  besides,  the  heavy  underbrush  made  walk- 
j '■  with  them  almost  impossible.  The  wrenches,  strains 
; l falls  we  got  (I  in  particular)  made  it  very  laborious 
irk,  but  that  was  part  of  the  hunting,  and  had  to*  be- 
lured.  From  the  way  caribou  are  hunted  and  shot  in 
I Iw  Foundland,  one  is  apt  to  lose  respect  for  the  sport, 
dfriend  just  returning  from  that  country  tells  me  that 
. saw  and  counted  over  two  hundred  caribou  in  a couple 
t weeks,  he  simply  having  to  sit  behind  a blind  and 
use  his  head.  The  New  Foundland  caribou  are  mag- 
• icent  animals,  and  it  seems  a shame  that  they  can  be  so 
ily  slaughtered.  They  are  there  by  the  thousands, 

- y sav,  but  so  were  the  buffalo,  by  the  millions,  but  now 
ijhing  remains. 

'he  hunting  as  I found  it  on  this  trip  was  the  nearest 
qroach  to  true  hunting  and  stalking  that  I have  ever 
V,  and  the  only  pity  is  that  the  Quebec  caribou  are  so 
Ibrior  to  those  of  New  Foundland.  No  moose  tracks 
e seen  at  all,  and  the  few  deer  we  ran  across  we  let 
b My  limited  experience  has  made  me  think  moose  are 
> easiest  animal  of  the  deer  tribe  to  get;  and  why  is  it 
It  so  large  and  valuable  an  animal  appears  so  stupid? 
rave  seen  them  and  caribou  stand  and  look  at  you  for 
i longest  time,  and  in  the  case  of  the  caribou  even  after 
Its  had  been  fired.  Where  would  the  Virginia  deer 
e been  by  that  time? 

Ve  had  been  on  these  long  tramps  every  day  now  for 
r a week  in  quest  of  the  second  head,  and  had  visited 
Ithe  likely  marshes  and  bogs,  but  without  success.  If 
►i had  been  after  deer  or  moose  we  would  have  known 
tfe  were  none  about  and  moved;  but  caribou  are  here 
day  and  somewhere  else  to-morrow,  and  so  we  hunted 
i and  one  day  (the  coldest  we  had,  30  below  with  a 
<nd  wind)  we  set  out  as  usual  only  with  a sweater  apiece 
fextra  clothing,  and  had  gone  to  a small  lake  about 
ren  miles  to  the  northwest,  when  we  struck  a couple  of 


more  pain.  There  he  was  down  and  had  not  seen  us, 
about  fifty  vards  off.  One  shot  now  killed  him  almost  in- 
stantly, and  such  a sight  he  was ! How  this  or  any  other 
animal  had  gone  so  long  or  lived  at  all  was  a wonder ; the 
bullet  had  struck  about  the  middle  of  his  back,  just  under 
the  backbone.  It  had  made  a very  small  hole  in  entering, 
but  the  exit  showed  a hole  as  large  as  a saucer;  in  fact, 
so  large  that  without  touching  him  you  could  look  right 
down  and  into  his  entrails.  He  had  bled  very  little  ex- 
ternally on  account  of  the  wound  being  so  far  up,  but  had 
filled  up  completely  inside.  So  much  for  the  shocking 
power  of  this  new  rifle,  and  without  exception  I believe  it 


THE  LYNX,  AND  A GOOD  SIZED  ONE. 


the  best  hunting  arm  made  in  this  country  to-day.  I have 
killed  instantly  other  game  with  it,  but  that  is  another 
story.  The  trajectory  is  very  flat,  the  recoil  I felt  less 
than  the  .35,  real  or  imaginary,  and  I found  it  very 
accurate.  There  was  not  much  excuse  for  such  poor 
shooting,  but  the  intense  cold,  excitement  and  fatigue  had 
helped  to  unsettle  me.  We  did  nothing  but  clean  and 
cover  him  with  snow,  as  the  day  was  going  very  fast  and 
he  would  keep  providing  the  wolves  did  not  find  him. 
They  did  not,  and  the  dog  team,  after  their  usual  one- 
meal-a-day  of  rolled  oats,  took  him  out,  and,  outside  of 
the  head,  was  all  used  by  the  Indians.  The  hide  will 
make  many  a pair  of  moccasins,  and  such  footwear  as 
they  make.  I was  afraid  of  cold  feet  and  had  foolishly 
taken  rubber  and  oil-tan  shoe  packs ; the  first  nearly  froze 
me,  and  the  second  cracked  open  besides  blistering  and 


form  and  rust  or  fog  the  glass  when  you  bring  them  in  a 
warm  place. 

Every  one  going  out  with  an  Indian  or  alone  should 
carry  a small  ax  and  a hunting  knife  (the  latter  should 
not  be  the  usual  kind  with  six  or  eight-inch  blade,  but  one 
of  four  or  five-inch  blade),  matches,  compass,  and  last, 
but  not  least,  a “ditty  bag”  containing  string,  salt,  fish- 
hooks and  line,  a few  ounces  of  chocolate,  a field  cleaner 
for  your  rifle,  rags,  and  any  little  thing  that  you  think 
might  be  useful  in  case  you  miss  your  way. 

After  spending  several  days  in  cleaning  the  heads  of 
the  caribou,  the  mink  and  the  lynx,  gathering  in  the'  traps 
and  picking  out  a couple  of  good  hares  and  partridges  for 
mounting,  we  were  ready  to  start,  and  as  the  Indians  in- 
tended coming,  back  for  a few  days  in  the  near  future  to 
get  more  winter  meat,  we  left  all  their  belongings,  and 
one  dog  team  took  in  everything  we  had  left.  During  our 
stay  at  the  little  shack  the  men  had  lived  in  the  tent;  in 
fact,  they  had  two  “A”  tents  fitted  together,  and  with 
a stove  were  fairly  comfortable.  They  kept  the  fire  going 
all  night,  while  in  our  hut  toward  morning  it  was  nearly 
as  cold  inside  as  it  was  outside. 

The  travel  was  very  rough  going  in,  the  extra  snow 
having  covered  the  holes  and  uneven  places  so  that  every 
place  looked  alike,  and  you  did  not  know  where  to  step. 
The  post  was  reached  in  good  time,  the  men  paid  off,  and 
a most  novel  and  enjoyable  trip  ended. 

Stephen  P.  M.  Tasker. 

Philadelphia,  Pa. 


Theory  of  the  Canyon  Wind. 

Editor  Forest  cmd  Stream: 

The  writer  of  “As  It  Happened  in  the  Canon,”  in  the 
“Game  Bag  and  Gun  Department”  of  Feburay  25,  inci- 
dentally states  the  fact  that  the  wind  always  blows  up  a 
canon  in  the  daytime  and  down  it  at  night,  and  says  he 
never  has  figured  out  why  it  is  so-.  Doubtless  most  per- 
sons who  have  been  much  in  the  mountains  have  noted 
the  facts,  which  are  substantially  as  stated  hy  the  writer 
of  the  sketch ; but  out  of  my  experience  I ask  leave  to 
modify  the  statement  thus : In  the  daytime,  when  the 

wind  blows,  it  blows  up  a canon;  in  the  night  there  is 
always  a down-canon  wind.  My  observation  is  confined 
virtually  to  the  mountain  regions  of  the  West. 

Many  windless  days  have  I known  in  the  mountains— 
days  when  the  air  in  the  canons  was  without  movement, 
hot  and  oppressive;  but  always  at  dusk  a gentle  breeze 
flowed  down  the  canons,  and  continued  through  a great 
part  of  the  night.  Often  toward  morning,  however,  move- 
ment of  air  currents  ceased. 

In  some  canons  I have  observed  that  during  the  sum- 
mer the  atmosphere  was  at  rest  through  the  morning  and 
early  forenoon,  and  that  the  up-canon  wind  started  at  a 
regular  hour,  as  if  it  were  running  on  a fixed  schedule. 
I recall  to  mind  how  my  team  of  sharpshooters  was 
beaten  in  a 500-yard  rifle  match,  shot  over  a range  at  the 


IN  THE  LAND  OF  THE  CREES. 


OUR  WINTER  QUARTERS. 


iih  tracks  that  were  apparently  but  a few  hours  old. 
i f must  have  followed  three  or  four  miles,  but  luckily 
were  taking  us  nearer  the  camp  when  we  saw  them, 
vow  and  a bull  were  looking  right  at  us  about  thirty 
is  off.  Neither  of  us  expected  to  get*  that  close, 
Sough  we  were  tracking  them  with  extreme  caution, 
he  signs  showed  we  were  getting  very  near ; they  had 
3fi  feeding,  which  accounts  for  our  overtaking  them  in 
j\  slow  stalk.  If  they  had  been  wise  one  look  would 
Ra  been  enough,  and  they  would  not  have  waited;  but 
is  the  nature  of  the  poor  creatures,  I guess.  I shot 
:iedly,  expecting  they  would  be  off,  and,  as  usual, 
fe  e a poor  shot.  He  was  hit  and  off,  but  I was  certain 
w some  blood  on  his  side,  and  further  knew  a shot 
1 that  rifle  would  kill  sooner  or  later  with  a body 
nd.  When  we  got  to  where  he  had  been,  we  found 
after  taking  a few  steps,  just  enough  to  put  him  out 
ight,  he  had  started  to  walk  around  in  a circle,  and 
• a few  drops  of  blood  were  on  the  snow,  and  after 
had  started  straight  no  more  at  all  showed.  That  was 
ly;  a bullet  from  a .405  broadside,  close  range,  and, 
lew,  in  the  body,  had  not  made  him  bleed.  Anyhow, 
I followed,  and  at  the  end  of  a mile  the  Indian  was  in- 
id  to  give  it  up,  but  the  more  I thought  of  the  poor 
ture  possibly  dying  a lingering  death,  the  more  deter- 
ed  I was  to  follow  it.  Another  mile  and  we  found 
w drops  of  blood  where,  strange  to  say  for  a caribou, 
had  jumped  over  a log  about  three  feet  high  instead  of 
Lg  around  it.  This  was  encouraging,  and  at  the  end 
nother  half  mile  we  saw  where  he  had  lain  down,  and 
ng  the  next  half  mile  he  had  lain  down  four  or  five 
■s,  and  in  all  of  these  beds  there  was  blood.  We  had 
y 1 going  fast,  but  now  moved  very  carefully,  as  he  was 
l far  off,  and  if  he  heard  or  scented  us  he  would  be 
I.  only  to  lead  another  long  chase  and  cause  himself 


boards.  Four  pairs  of  heavy  woolen  socks,  a duffle — neep, 
as  they  call  it — (a  piece  of  blanket  material  cut  into  a 
strip  and  wound  round  the  foot,  not  so  much  for  cold  as 
to  protect  the'  foot  from  the  snowshoe  thongs),  and  then 
this  soft,  dry  moccasin  over  all.  As  long  as  you  kept 
away  from  the  fire  and  water  you  could  keep  warm  in  the 
coldest  weather,  but  once  wet,  and  then  the  trouble 
started.  The  fear  of  getting  our  feet  wet  made  the  walks 
very  much  longer  than  otherwise  they  would  have  been, 
as  we  could  have  cut  across  lakes  instead  of  going  around 
them.  The  snow  on  top  of  the  water  kept  it  from  freez- 
ing in  the  coldest  weather,  but  if  your  feet  were  wet 
through  and  through,  you  had  to  be  quick  about  a change 
or  they  would  freeze,  and  some  very  quick  back  steps 
saved  us  with  only  the  moccasins  and  one  or  two  pair  of 
socks  wet.  The  next  few  steps  and  this  would  freeze 
the  water  already  absorbed  by  your  moccasin,  and  such 
a weight  as  one  had  to  carry!  You  simply  had  to  sit 
down  and  pick  the  ice  off,  and  even  then  the  weight  was 
very  noticeable.  This  is  one  of  the  little  things  to  guard 
against  in  such  cold  weather  hunting,  and  then  when  you 
are  having  lunch  at  25  to  30  below  zero-,  keep  away  from 
the  fire,  as  the  snow  on  your  clothing  melts  rapidly  and  is 
quickly  absorbed,  to  be  frozen  when  you  move  from  the 
fire.  Gloves  of  any  sort  were  out  of  the  question. 
Woolen  mitts  inside  of  leather  ones  were  the  only  things 
to  keep  your  fingers  warm.  They  should  be  large  and 
easily  pulled  off  when  you  want  to  shoot;  heavy-weight 
woolen  underclothes,  flannel  shirt,  a good  strong  and 
warm  business  suit  made  quite  large,  with  the  addition  of 
a sweater  (the  latter  I rarely  used),  would  be  the  proper 
clothing,  with  the  exception  of  a woolen  cap  covering  the 
ears  and  over  this  any  kind  of  a hat.  Rifles,  binoculars 
and  camera  should  be  kept  cold,  otherwise  moisture  will 
cutting  one’s  feet  terribly.  The  cold  made  them  like 


mouth  of  San  Gabriel  Canon  in  Southern  California,  by 
that  same  scheduled  wind.  The  local  team  knew  the  wind 
and  fixed  the  hour  for  the  shoot  accordingly.  Our  sight- 
ing shots  were  fired  in  a calm,  and  my  first  shot  on  the 
score,  following  two  bullSeye  sighters,  missed  the  target. 
There  were  no  flags  where  the  wind  drew  up  the  river 
bed,  and  there  was  no  wind  at  the  firing  point,  and  before 
we  caught  on  we  had  too  many  wig-wags  to  make  a 
decent  showing. 

This  is  my  theory  of  the  canon  winds : During  the  day 
the  air  near  the  ground  becomes  heated,  of  course,  and  as 
the  sun’s  rays  strike  the  mountain  sides  more  nearly  per- 
pendicular to  the  surface  than  in  the  valley,  the  rising 
of  warm  air  begins  first  or  most  markedly  on  the  moun- 
tain, and  an  upward  draft  through  the  canons  is  created. 
At  night  the  air  at  higher  altitudes  cools  off  more  quickly 
than  in  the  valley.  That  is  a fact,  whatever  the  explana- 
tion of  it  may  be.  It  is  cold  on  the  mountain  at  night 
when  it  may  be  warm  in  the  valley. 

After  sunset,  the  warm  air  continues  to  rise  from  the 
valley,  and  the  cooler  air  flows  down  the  mountain  to 
take  its  place.  This  movement  goes  on  until  the  tempera- 
ture of  the  surface  layers  is  nearly  equalized,  and  the 
atmospheric  equilibrium  being  restored,  we  have  the  dead 
calm  that  usually  precedes  the  dawn. 

Such  seems  to  me  to  be  a reasonable  explanation  of  the 
canon  wind.  If  there  is  a defect  in  the  theory,  I would 
be  glad  to  have  it  exposed.  A.  K. 

“Now,  Johan v,”  said  the  teacher,  “take  the  chalk  and  draw 
us  a trout.”  “What  kind,  ma’am?”  inquired  Johnny.  “Oh,  the 
kind  old  Mr.  Tibbs  says  he  catches.”  .Johnny  made  great  sweeps 
with  the  chalk.  “Hold  on,  Johnny.  That  looks  more  like  a whale 
than  a trout.”  "It  is  the  kina  Mr.  Tibbs  says  he  catches.” 
“Well,  it  is  too  large.  Rub  it  out  and  start  all  over  again.” 
Johnny  did  90,  and  drew  a tiny  fish.  “Why,  what  in  the  world 
Is  that?  It  looks  like  a minnow.”  “That  is  the  kind  of  trout 
^Ir.  Tibbs  catches.”— London  Fishing  Gazette, 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM, 


[Makch  ii,  1905. 


Peculiar  Moose  Antlers* 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

During  the  season  of  1904  in  New  Brunswick  I shot  a 
moose  with  such  a peculiar  set  of  antlers  that  I write  in 
hope  of  finding  some  explanation  of  what  seems  to  me  to 
be  a curiosity,  and  also  to  place  the  head  on  record.  The 
moose  came  quickly  to  call  early  in,  the  New  Brunswick 
season  at  5 o’clock  in  the  afternoon.  The  antlers  show  a 
spread  of  a little  over  51  inches,  and  are  covered  with 
coarse  hair  over  half  an  inch  long,  in  three  distinct  colors , 
white,  light  brown  and  brown-black. 

The  light  brown  and  brown-black  hair  is  arranged  in 
alternate  irregular  bands,  from  half  an  inch  to  three 
inches  wide,  with  a tendency  to  curvilinear  arrangement, 
which  is  most  pronounced  u^on  the  anterior  aspect  of  the 
right  blade,  where  the  lines  run  more  horizontally  than 
they  do’  upon  the  left,  upon  which  antler  less  distinctness 
of  the  bands  and  a more  perpendicular  arrangement  is  to 
be  seen. 

The  posterior  appearance  of  the  antlers  closely  resem- 
bles that  of  the  anterior  in  its  general  arrangement  of 
bands  except  that  there  is  a little  more  irregularity  seen. 
One  prong  of  the  right  antler  is  covered  with  white  hair. 
The  upper  edges  of  the  blades,  instead  of  bearing  prongs, 
merely  show  a few  indentations,  are  curved  and  almost 
smooth,  and  are  covered  with  a dense  leathery  skin  with- 
out hair  upon  it. 

For  the  spread  of  antler  there  is  but  a relatively  small 
blade,  and  there  appears  to  be  an  attempt  at  a reversion  to 


and  have  so  modified  the  velvet  that  not  only  a greater 
growth  of  hair  occurred,  but  that  the  pigmentation  of  the 
latter  was  also  affected?  Any  light  upon  this  subject,  or 
reference  to  a similar  case,  will  be  appreciated. 

Morris  J.  Lewis. 

Philadelphia,  Pa. 

/ 

Wood  as  Fuel* 

From  Forestry  and  Irrigation. 

Having  watched  for  more  than  three-quarters  of  a 
century  the  burning  qualities  of  wood  in  an  open  fire, 
I have  become  somewhat  familiar  with  the  peculiarities 
of  many  species. 

Snapping  first  attracts  our  attention.  Some  woods 
burn  quietly,  others  always  snap — some  only  occasion- 
ally. I do  not  know  what  causes  snapping.  It  may  be 
the  production  of  an  explosive  gas,  the  result  of  heat 
or  combustion,  or  the  liberation  of  an  explosive  vapor 
from  resinous  products  in  the  wood,  but  neither  of  these 
theories  explain  all  cases  and  conditions., 

I will  first  name  some  species  that  I have  never 
known  to  snap  and  give  some  of  their  burning  qualities. 

Apple  is  always  a quiet  burner  and  when  dry  burns 
freely.  It  leaves  an  abundant  and  beautiful  white  ash, 
which  tradition  says  was  used  in  cooking  in  place  of 
pearlash  not  many  generations  ago. 

Pear,  quince  and  shad  bush  burn  in  a similar  manner, 
but  less  freely. 


A PECULIAR  MOOSE  HEAD. 


a more  primitive  type  of  antler,  as  is  shown  by  the  deep 
groove  which  passes  along  the  base  of  both  blades,  as  if 
there  was  an  attempt  to. eliminate  them..  The  right: antler 
shows  this  peculiarity  to  a greater  degree  than  the  left, 
and  it  is  more  clearly  seen  , ip  the  original,  than  in  the  ac- 
companying photograph,  which  otherwise  shows  well  the 
conditions  above ' described.  The  hair  of  the  rest  of'  the 
animal  showed  no  stripes,  but  was  considerably  lighter 
than  usual,  that  of  the  inside- of  the  ears  being  almost 
white,  while  the  hindlegs  were  very  light  in  color.  ; 

The  head  has  been  beautifully  mounted,  and  shows  the 
peculiarities  Mentioned  - as  well  as  it  did  during  life.  I 
have  been  unable' to  find  anyone,  either  guide',  sportsman 
or  scientist,  who  has  seen  or  read  of  a set  of  antlers  in 
any  manner  resembling  these,  whose  strange  appearance 
must  be  due  to  a modification  of  the  ordinary  moose 
“velvet,”  although  in  no  way  resembling  this. 

The  points  of  interest  appear  to  be : 

1.  The  long  retention  of  the  velvet  past  the  ordinary 
time  of  shedding. 

2.  The  varied  coloration  of  the  hair  and  its  unusual 

length.  . 

3.  The  arrangement  of  the  colors  111  zebra-like  bands. 

4.  The  unusual  shape  of  the  antlers. 

It  is  a recognized  fact  that  disease  or  injury  of  the 
genitalia  causes  a long  retention  of  the  velvet,  and  it  is 
also  the  experience  in  zoological  gardens  that  when  the 
operation  of  castration  has  to  be  performed  upon  any  of 
the  deer  tribe,  on  account  of  unusual  viciousness  of  the 
animal,  that  as  a rule  the  antlers  are  shed  in  about  three 
weeks,  and  that  the  animal  the  following  spring  usually 
grows  horns,  but  that  both  the  velvet  and  the  horns  are 

permanent.  . 

Unfortunately  in  this  case  no  investigation  as  to  injury 
or  disease  was  made  at  the  time  the  animal  was  skinned, 
as  the  intimate  relationship  between  these  two  parts  was 
not  appreciated  at  the  time. 

May  not  some  injury  or  disease,  in  the  direction  alluded 
to,  late  in  the  animal’s  life,  have  altered  the  development 
of  the  antlers,  and  thus  account  for  their  strange  shape, 


Cherry  of  all  varieties,  peach  and  plum  make  fair 
fuel,  but  are  inferior  to  apple.  I have  never  known 
them  to  snap,  except  one  tree  of  black  cherry.  . It  is 
reported  that  the  peach  is  planted  in  the  vicinity  of 
Buenos  Ayres  .for  use  as  fuel,  as  the  fastest  growing 
tree.  — : _ . 

Birch’  of  all  varieties  burns  quietly.  Black-  birch  is 
the  best,  and  will  burn  well  green.  All  species  of  birch 
should  be  cut  and  split  while  green,  that  the  wood  may 
season  properly.  Locust  burns  quietly, _ but  slowly, 
resisting  the  fire  and  melting  away  with  little  blaze,  as 
does,  also  the.  mulberry.  White  ash  and  black  ash 
burn’ 'quietly,  but- the.  former  is  the  best  fuel,  especially 
'for  burning  green.  The  rvood  choppers  of  charcoal- 
wood  have,  their  own  fuel  free,  per sumably  from  the 
deacLwdod,  which  is  not  suitable  for  charcoal,  but  make 
free  with,  any  nice  white  ash  or  hickory  standing  near 
their  cabins.  In  the  days  of  the  old  ovens,.  white  ash  was 
the  favorite  wood  for  heating  them,  as  it  split  readily 
and  burned  freely  with  an  abundant  blaze. 

Elm,  willow,  and  alder  are  rather  soft,  spongy  Woods, 
that  burn  quietly,  but  are  not  very  lasting,  nor  do  they 
produce  very  much  heat.  Hornbeam  and  blue  birch 
I have  never  known  to  snap,  and  are  free  burning  hayrd 
woods.  Soft  maple  never  snaps,  and  when  dry  makes 
a very  pleasant  still  free-burning  wood.  The  tulip-tree 
or  white  wood,  is  too  valuable  for  lumber  to  be  con- 
signed to  the  wood-pile,  yet  the  refuse  is  easily  worked 
up,  and  is  a free-burner,  making  a quiet  fire. 

Spruce,  hemlock,  fir,  cedar,  tamarack,  and  larch  al- 
ways snap;  if  well  seasoned  and  put  in  a close  stove  with 
a good  draft,  as  soon  as  the  fire  is  lighted,  they  give 
the  sound  of  a pack  of  exploding  fire-crackers,  and  a 
sensation  of  warmth  before  the  cold  iron  is  heated 
through.  All  kinds  of  pine  are  liable  to  snap,  but  the 
sparks  from  all  these  soft  woods  will  die  before  they 
scorch  the  rug,  or  singe  the  floor. 

Chestnut  and  butternut  are  lively  snappers,  and  when 
dry  burn  freely,  and,  being  easily  worked  up,  make 
satisfactory  fuel  for  close  stoves.  Hickory,  the  best  of 


all  woods  for  fuel,  and  keeping  fire  in  buried  coals, 
ordinarily  burns  quietly,  but  sometimes  it  throws  live; 
coals  viciously  across  the  room.  Hard  maple,  beech 
and  white  oak  sometimes  throw  out  hard  coals  from, 
the  heart  wood.  When  well  seasoned  they  are  little 
inferior  to  hickory  in  free  and  enduring  burning  quali- 
ties. The  other  oaks  rarely,  if  ever  snap,  but  do  not 
burn  as  freely  as  the  white  oak,  nor  make  as  firm  coals. 
The  common  poplar,  though  a soft  and  spongy  wood,’ 
will  snap,  and  when  made  into  charcoal  has  the  repu- 
tation of  holding  fire  in  the  inside  of  the  large  pieces,, 
unseen  on  the  outside,  and  later  starting  fire  in  the  coal 
bank  or  wagon. 

Woods  to  burn  green,  are:  White  ash,  hickory,  black 
birch,  hard  maple,  and  white  oak.  They  are  more  en- 
during than  when  dry  and  kindle  almost  as  readily. 
To  get  the  best  value  of  wood,  it  should  be  cut  and 
split  when  green  and  soon  housed  in  a shed  or  well 
ventilated  wood  house,  where  it  will  dry  without  mold- 
ing. White  pine  allowed  to  lie  with  the  bark  on  the 
logs,  or  without  splitting,  will  be  devoured  by  worms 
during  the  first  summer.  They  make  such  a noise  in 
their  work  that  they  can  be  readily  heard. 

All  wood  that  is  left  without  working  up,  suffers  from 
worm  and  incipient  decay,  mostly  in  the  sap  wood. 
Live  wood  makes  better  fuel  than  when  it  has  died 
from  fire,  or  other  causes.  When  the  butt  cut  is  sound, 
it  will  make  better  charcoal,  more  weight  than  the 
higher  cuts,  and  has  relatively  the  same  value  as  fuel. 
In  old  timber,  the  butt  has  sometimes  lost  its  life  and 
substance,  and  is  inferior  to  the  rest  of  the  trunk.  In1 
most  trees,  but  especially  the  evergreens,  the  knots  have 
more  fuel  value  than  the  straight-grained  wood. 

In  the  hickory  and  paper  birch,  the  outer  bark  has 
high  fuel  value,  prized  for  kindlings,  otherwise  the  bark 
and  sap  would  have  less  value  than  the  heart.  Slab 
wood,  as  usually  treated- in  the  slab  pile,  makes  poor; 
fuel,  but  worked  up  fresh  and  dried  under  cover,  the 
bark  still  adhering,  it  makes  a lively  fire. 

Wood  grown  in  the  open  will  give  more  heat  than 
the  same  variety  grown  in  the  forest,  and  up  to  full 
maturity  wood  improves  as  a heat  producer,  but  later 
it  diminishes  as  it  does  in  strength  and  elasticity.  The 
increase  of  pitch  or  turpentine  in  old  trees  gives  them 
a fuel  value  far  above  that  of  the  soft  pine  or  immature 
growth. 

A few  observations  on  heat  may  appropriately  follow: 
The  most  vitalizing  heat  is  that  of  the  sun  in  its  direct 
rays;  next  is  the  radiant  heat  from  buring  wood  or  | 
coal.  The  shepherd  and  the  poultryman  know  that  the  [ 
direct  rays  of  the  sun  have  a vivifying  effect  upon  the  : 
young  lamb  or  chicken,  surpassing  that  derived  from  S 
any  other  source,  excepting  perhaps  that  from  the  body  j 
of  the  mother.  The  heat  radiated  from  a close  stove  , 
or  steam,  or  hot  water  pipes,  may  warm  the  body,  but 
it  seems  to  lack  something  that  is  conveyed  by  the  sun’s 
rays. 

An  open  fire  is  company,  with  its  brisk  flame,  and  lively  ; 
crackle  demanding  frequent  attention,  ungrudgingly  1 
bestowed  by  any  one  who  accepts  its  companionship. 
It  whiles  away  the  idle  hour  between  daylight  and  dark,  : 
called  “candle-lighting”  in  the  old  times,  when  the 
blazing  hearth  bore  the  backlog  and  fore  stick  with 
high  piled  lighter  wood;  with  an  ample  bed  of  red-hot 
ashes  and  coals,  fit  to  receive  chestnuts  or  potatoes,  to 
season  them  while  you  wait  with  the  peculiar  flavor  that 
those  embers  alone  bestow. 

The  open  fire  is  always  drawing  the  family  together 
with  an  unconscious  force  that  no  radiator  or  furnace 
possesses.  It  gives  a silent  lesson  in  good  behavior, 
though  often  enforced  in  words,  “Don’t  go  before  the 
fire,”  “Don’t  stand  before  the  fire”  (that  is,  before  some 
other  person).  This  is  a lesson  in  unselfishness  that  is 
the  foundation  of  all  good  manners.  An  old  friend 
standing  with  me  before  a blazing  fire,  recently  said: 
“An  open  fire  is  better  than  a minister  in  a family  any 
time.”  . 


One  of  the  great  pleasures  of  the  open  fire  is  in 
watching  the  decaying -embers  as  the  white  ash  encircles 
the  burning  stick,  or  the  decaying  coal  still  retaining 
its  size: and. form  to  the  last.  There  is  a great  difference 
in  wood,  in  this  respect,  and  on  familiar  acquaintance  it 
becomes  companionship,  so  that  it  is  hard  to  conceive 
of  lonesomeness  in  the  presence  of  a lively  fire,  with 
a store  of  wood  to  replenish  it. 

The  weight  of  opinion  is  largely  in  favor  of  dry 
wood,  and  in  most  varieties  this  is  true,  yet  there  are 
some  hard  facts  in  favor  of  some  kinds  of  green  wood',, 
or  conditions  of  the  fire,  that  cannot  be  disputed. 

- ’ Men  who  run  engines  for  sawing  lumber  use  the 
green  slabs  for  fuel,  and  as  soon  as  the  fire  is  well 
started,  do  not  hesitate  to  feed  in  the  green  slabs  covered 
with  snow  and  ice,  claiming  that  such  make  the  hottest 
fire. 


In  ‘ the  olden  times,  with  their  big  fireplaces,  green 
hickory  brush  was  highly  prized  for  fuel;  piled  high  in 
the  old  fireplace,  it  made  a roaring  fire,  stronger  and 
more  durable  than  dry  brush.  So  green  hickory  wood 
has  the  preference  to-day  in  many  cases.  Is  there  not 
a highly  inflammable  volatile  oil  in  the  hickory  bark 
while  green,  which  is  lost  in  drying?  So  with  the  black 
birch.  What  boy  would  expect  to  find  in  the  dry  birch 
bark  that  delicate  aroma  and  flavor  which  he  finds  in 
the  green  bark?  That  volatile  oil  is  all  gone  then,  and 
the  farmer  says  birch  burns  the  best. 

Where  else  do  we  find  the  odor  of  woods  and  fields, 
the  odor  of  spring  in  more  sublimated  form  than  when 
the  bursting  buds  of  the  birch  unite  with  the  fragrance 
of  the  wild  grape  in  a perfume  unsurpassed  by  the  odors 
of  Araby? 

Now  the  old  farmer  who  has  watched  on  his  hearth- 
stone the  burning  of  different  kinds  of  woods,  as  well 


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•is  the  collier  who  annually  burns  his  thousands  of 
bushels  of  charcoal,  have  some  notions  about  these 
things  that  do  not  exactly  harmonize  with  the  claims  of 
the  scientist  in  his  laboratory,  and  it  belongs  to  the 
latter  to  investigate  and  explain  the  apparent  discrepan- 
cies that  exist.  The  old  fdi'tner,  as  he  covers  up  the 
half-burnt  brands  with  the  burning  embers  or  reinforces 
the  bed  with  a stick  of  hard  wood,  almost  as  sure  of 
fire  in  the  morning  as  he  is  of  sunrise,  is  an  experi- 
menter in  a practical  way,  and  his  conclusions  are 
worthy  of  consideration.  The  housemother,  too,  some- 
times takes  up  this  job,  if  the  husband  lacks  in  forc'e 
and  ingenuity,  and  becomes  a true  vestal  to  keep  the 
fire  alive  on  the  family  altar.  Such  a one  was  the 
good  wife  who,  when  the  old  curmudgeon  tested  her 
temper  by  bringing  all  crooked  and  knotted  wood  for 
the  kitchen  fire;  as  deftly  arranged  it  about  her  pots  and 
ketles  and  the  flames  wrapped  around  them,  she  called 
his  attention  to  how  nicely  they  fitted  their  purpose,  and 
pleased  her.  She  was  a true  philosopher,  upon  whose 
hearthstone  the  fire  would  never  smoke,  grow  dim, 
or  expire.  T.  S.  Gold. 


Federal  Protection  of  Game. 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

I have  read  with  much  interest  the  article  by  Mr. 
Shiras  in  Forest  and  Stream  of  the  18th  inst.  in  rela- 
tion to  Federal  protection  of  game,  which  seems  to  me 
to  be  mostly  directed  to  the  popular  ear,  and  to  the 
question  that  the  power  of  the  Federal  Government  ought 
to  extend  to  such  protection  rather  than  that  it  does. 

While  his  article  goes  somewhat  into  detail  on  minor 
differences  between  us  on  the  merits  of  his  bill,  as  well 
as  into  criticisms,  some  fair  and  some,  I think,  not  en- 
tirely fair  as  to  my  position,  I take  it  that  further  dis- 
cussion of  these  minor  matters  will  not  interest  the  pub- 
lic, and  will  try  to  ascertain  and  confine  myself  to  the 
main  issue  between  us. 

He  makes  the  following  statement  (the  italics  being 
mine)  : 

“It  is  here  that  Judge  Beaman  and  myself  part  com- 
pany on  the  question  of  State  ownership  of  game  and 
fish,  and  it  is  at  this  juncture  that  it  becomes  my  duty 
to  show,  if  I can,  that  the  right  of  the  nation  to  the  con- 
trol of  its  migratory  game  birds  and  migratory  fish  for 
the  benefit  of  the  people  of  the  entire  United  States  is 
just  as  clear  and  just  as  righteous  as  is  the  claim  of  the 
State  to  the  control  of  the  non-migratory  species  of  game 
and  fish  for  the  benefit  of  the  citizens  within  its  own 
borders.” 

Again  he  says : 

“The  bill  gives  the  Government  control  of  the  shooting 
seasons,  and  puts  the  migrants  in  the  ‘custody’  of  the 
countrj'-  at  large  whenever  they  tarry  long  enough  to  need 
our  protection.  A very  different  thing  from  a declaration 
of  ownership,  though,  of  course,  there  are  some  varieties 
of  migratory  birds  which  live  wholly  within  the  con- 
fines of  the  United  States,  and  which  kind  we,  doubtless, 
could  declare  an  ownership  therein  which  would  be  just 
as  tangible  as  in  the  case  of  local  birds  within  the 
State.” 

Just  what  he  bases  the  Federal  jurisdiction  on  is  not 
entirely  clear  to  me;  but  I take  it  that  he  will  scarcely 
contend  that  the  Federal  Government  can  control  the 
“shooting  seasons”  on  private  lands  if  the  States  at  the 
same  time  retain  the  ownership  of  the  game  in  question, 
or  that  he  would  rest  his  contention  on  that  if  he  can 
make  “just  as  clear”  the  Federal  right  to  the  control  of 
migratory  game  as  is  the  State  right  of  control  of  that 
which  is  non-migratory,  which  latter  he  concedes  in  the 
following  language: 

“To  me  the  proposition  is  a simple  one,  that  game  hav- 
ing its  permanent  habitat  within  the  State — like  grouse, 

■ quail,  wild  turkey,  etc. — should  be  controlled  by  the  State 
laws,  and  any  Federal  interference  in  such  a case  would 
be  utterly  wrong  in  morals  and  in  legal  principles.” 

He  thus,  in  effect,  states  what  he  regards  as  the  test  of 
jurisdiction,  namely,  that  the  animal  whose  migration  is 
not  interstate  is  under  State  protection  solely,  while  the 
one  whose  migration  is  interstate  is  under  Federal  pro- 
tection solely. 

As  one  reason  why  this  should  be,  or  is,  so,  he  states 
as  a “general  maxim  of  law  that  possession  is  essential 
to  the  ownership  of  personal  property,  or  that  such  prop- 
erty is  so  subject  to  control  that  it  can  be  reduced  to 
possession,  or  so  brought  within  the  sphere  of  action  as 
to  amount  to  a practical  dominion  thereover.” 

Referring  then  to  a flock  of  geese  passing  over 
Colorado  four  miles  high  (which  at  that  height,  however, 
would  need  no  protection),  he  states  that  ownership  of 
these  geese  must  in  such  case  rest  on  the  sole  fact  that 
they  are  within  the  State  boundaries. 

I need  take  no  issue  on  this  proposition,  as  the  rights 
of  the  owner  of  a mere  town  lot  extend  from  the  center 
of  the  earth  to  the  sky,  and  even  to  the  sun  itself,  to 
the  extent  that  no  other  person  can  lawfully  shut  off  the 
light  by  any  structure  directly  over  the  land  owned. 

But  does  not  the  same  argument  which  denies  the 
State  ownership  and  control  of  geese,  also  deny  a similar 
right  of  control  by  the  Federal  Government,  in  that 
neither  has  actual  physical  control  of  birds  in  flight 
whether  it  be  high  or  low? 

Mr.  Shiras  misstates  my  position  when  he  assumes  that 
the  State  statutes  declaring  the  game  within  a State  to  be 
the  property  of  the  State  is  the  origin  or  foundation  of 
such  property  right,  and  that  I say  “in  effect  that  such 
statutes  end  the  matter  of  Federal  custody  of  migratory 
game  birds.” 

These  statutes  are  merely  confirmatory  of  what  has 
been  the  common  law  for  a hundred  years  or  more,  and 
\re  put  into  the  game  statutes  of  the  States  more  for  the 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


The  Corbin  Buffalo* 

Boston,  March  3. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream:  Those 
who  visited  Fanueil  Hall  Market,  in  Boston,  this  week 
saw  the  carcass  of  “McKinley,”  the  monarch  buffalo  of 
the  Corbin  preserve  in  New  Hampshire,  on  sale  at  35 
cents  per  pound.  The  salesman  explained  that  this  splen- 
did bull  specimen  of  a fast  declining  race  became  so  un- 
manageable and  dangerous  that  it  was  found  necessary  to 
shoot  him. 

What  a pity ! One  wonders  if  it  was  the  confinement 
which  rendered  this  noble  animal  dangerous,  or  the  lack 
of  knowledge  as  to’  the  ordinary  care  which  nature 
furnishes  for  its  property  and  paternal  usefulness.  With 
so  few  of  its  species  in  existence,  it  was  sacrifice  and 
sacrilege  to  kill  this  animal.  Are  there  no  ranges  where 
it  could  have  been  given  the  freedom  of  its  forebears, 
that  it,  with  its  kind,  could  be  safe  from  the  fostering  care 
of  civilized  man’s  efforts  to  improve  on  nature  with  the 
aid  of  a wire-fenced  preserve?  One’s  heart  strings  are 
pulled  hard  at  the  contemplation  of  the  end  of  this  species, 
which  seems  sure  in  the  East,  as  there  is  not  the  natural 


information  of  laymen  and  government  of  inferior  courts 
than  for  any  other  purpose,  and  I have  never  claimed 
that  these  statutes  had  any  real  effect  on  the  status  of 
the  game. 

In  Geer  vs.  Connecticut,  the  leading  game  case  in  this 
country,  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States  says : 

“Undoubtedly  this  attribute  of  government  to  control 
the  taking  of  animals  ferce  naturae,  which  was  thus 
recognized  and  enforced  by  the  common  law  of  England, 
was  vested  in  the  colonial  governments,  where  not  denied 
by  their  charters,  or  in  conflict  with  grants  of  the  royal 
prerogative.  It  is  also  certain  that  the  power  which  the 
colonies  thus  possessed  passed  to  the  States  with  the 
separation  from  the  mother  country,  and  remains  in  them 
at  the  present  day,  in  so  far  as  its  exercise  may  be  not 
incompatible  with,  or  restrained  by,  the  rights  conveyed 
to  the  Federal  Government  by  the  Constitution.” 

This  ownership  to  that  same  extent  must  be  in  every 
State  of  the  Union,  as  each  was  admitted  (except  as  to 
the  ownership  of  public  lands,  etc.)  “upon  an  equal  foot- 
ing with  the  original  States  in  all  respects  whatsoever.” 

And  this  doctrine  Mr.  Shiras  concedes  as  to  non- 
migratory  game  in  the  language  I have  before  quoted. 

It  will  not,  I assume,  be  questioned  by  anyone  that 
as  between  Germany,  France  and  Spain  (or  any  other 
independent  nations)  there  exists  no  such  comity,  legal 
or  otherwise,  as  would  entitle  one  to  demand  of  the  other 
that  it  should  not  control  the  game  birds  that  pass  into 
it  in  course  of  migration  between  the  Baltic  and 
Mediterranean  Seas. 

Is  there,  then,  under  the  doctrine  of  the  Geer  case  any 
escape  from  tbe  conclusion  that  each  State  of  this 
Union  has,  the  same  as  any  independent  nation,  the 
sovereign  control  of  all  game,  migratory  or  otherwise, 
so  long  as  it  is  within  its  boundaries,  unless  that  right 
has  been  surrendered  by  the  terms  of  the  Federal 
Constitution? 

There  has  been  thus  surrendered  the  control  of  inter- 
state commerce,  navigation,  etc.,  but  nowhere  in  express 
terms  has  the  control  of  the  game  been  referred  to. 

In  the  Geer  case  it  was  claimed  that  the  State  law 
prohibiting  the  taking  of  game  out  of  Connecticut  which 
had  been  lawfully  killed  in  that  State  was  an  inter- 
ference with  interstate  commerce,  but  the  Court  held 
otherwise,  and  the  language  above  quoted  from  that  case 
implies  in  the  strongest  terms  that  the  right  of  State 
control  as  to>  game  was  not  “incompatible  with  or 
restrained  by  the  rights  conveyed  to  the  Federal  Govern- 
ment by  the  Constitution.” 

The  migratory  woodcock  was  one  of  the  birds  in  ques- 
tion in  that  case,  although  no  distinction  was  claimed  or 
made  on  that  account. 

The  only  definite  suggestion  of  Federal  constitutional 
power  over  migratory  game  thus  far  coming  to  my 
notice  is,  that  under  that  clause  of  the  Constitution  giving 
Congress  power  to  “provide  for  the  common  defense  and 
general  welfare  of  the  United  States,”  it  may  legislate 
on  migratory  game,  and  if  I understand  Mr.  Shiras’ 
position,  it  is  his  sole  contention  that  the  migratory 
character  of  the  game  must  be  the  test  of  Federal  juris- 
diction. It  seems  to  me  that  the  difficulties  in  the  appli- 
cation of  this  doctrine  are  insurmountable. 

In  Western  Colorado  the  summer  range  of  the  deer 
is  in  the  high  mountains.  Every  fall  the  majority  of 
them  migrate  to  regions  of  less  altitude,  one  hundred 
miles  or  more  to  tbe  west,  large  numbers  going  into 
Utah,  returning  in  the  spring,  to  their  summer  homes. 
The  same  is  true  as  to  Wyoming,  and  in  fact  all  of  the  . 
Rocky  Mountain  States,  the  migration  being  between 
varying  altitudes,  east  and  west,  as  the  case  may  be,  and 
the  nearer  the  State  lines  are  to  the  high  ranges  the 
greater  the  number  that  pass  from  one  State  into  another. 

Thousands  of  ducks  stay  their  northern  flight  in  Colo- 
rado and  other  inland  States  and  breed  there,  while 
others  go  on  to  British  Columbia  and  elsewhere.  Most 
of  our  song  and  insectivorous  birds  are  also  migratory. 

The  trout  of  the  States  which  embrace  the  Continental 
Divide  move  down  the  streams  to  the  deep  water  to  win- 
ter, often  in  adjoining  States.  In  the  sea,  the  tarpon, 
tuna . and  other  big  coast  fishes  winter  at  Tampico, 
Mexico  and  the  Gulf  of  California,  but  summer  on  the 
Atlantic  Coast,  in  Aransas  Pass.  Texas,  and  on  the 
Pacific  Coast ; and  the  salmon  go  back  and  forth  from  the 
sea  to  the  headwaters  of  the  rivers  in  several  different 
States. 

So  that  the  question  of  migration  is,  in  most  cases, 
one  of  degree  merely,  and  a permanent  State  habitat  de- 
pends much  on  the  size  of  the  State,  or  the  proximity  of 
a State  line  to  the  summer  home  and  breeding  ground 


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food  or  environment  for  its  propagation  in  any  State  east 
of  the  Mississippi.  A Boston  Sportsman. 


Mid-Winter  Hwnmingbirds* 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

Do  hummingbirds  nest  in  February?  The  affirmative 
is  made  obvious  by  an  instance  within  arm’s  reach ; for 
close  by  in  a garden  there  is  a diminutive  hummingbirds’ 
nest  with  three  little  eggs,  in  it,  which  were  there  on  Feb- 
ruary 10.  The  parent  birds  are  sitting,  and  the  female 
comes  many  times  a day  to  our  yard  to  feed  on  the  blooms 
of  the  (?),  which  I inclose.  Strange  to  say,  I havei  not 
seen  a male  feeding  yet.  Does  he  occupy  the  female’s 
place  while  she  is  absent,  or  does  he  sit  and  fast  while 
she  gathers  honey  all  the  day? 

The  inclosed  is  a tree  s.hrub  which  is  generally  trained 
against  the  side  of  a building  and  grows  some  15  feet 
high.  I find  no  one  to  tell  me  the  name  of  it,  although 
it  is  not  uncommon.  Charles  Hallock. 

[ The  blossom  inclosed  for  determination  is  that  of 
Tecoma  capensis,  a member  of  the  Bignonia  family.] 


of  the  animal  in  question,  and  if  it  is  to  be  the  test  of 
Federal  jurisdiction,  the  limit  or  dividing  line  between 
State  and  Federal  jurisdiction  will  be  so  indefinite  that 
the  personal  habits  of  each  animal  will  have  to  be  in- 
vestigated to  determine  whether  it  is  entitled  to  fly  the 
Stars  and  Stripes  or  the  less  imposing  standard  of  a 
State. 

It  is  not  the  distance  traveled  by  an  animal  after  cross- 
ing a State  line  that  is  the  test  of  migration,  but  the  fact 
of  crossing. 

I'  can  see  also  that  many  of  the  inland  States  might  get 
the  worst  of  it  in  case  shooting  was  prohibited  during 
the  migratory  period,  as  they  would  get  little  shooting 
except  at  the  birds  which  stopped  in  those  States  to  breed, 
although  I believe  the  proposition  is  to  prohibit  spring 
shooting  only,  which  would  protect  only  on  the  north- 
ward flight.  This  would,  in  many  places,  however,  pre- 
vent their  getting  any  canvasbacks  or  redheads,  as  they 
breed  far  north  and  do  not  usually  stop  on  their  south- 
ward flight,  except  at  night,  and  not  always  then.  I 
imagine  that  some  opposition  would  come  from  repre- 
sentatives of  such  States,  and  that  they  might  plausibly 
contend  that  such  a law  did  not  promote  the  “general 
welfare.”  of  all  the  States. 

The  idea  of  the  proprietorship  of  a State  in  the  game 
within  its  boundaries  has,  on  account  of  the  transitory 
character  of  its  stay,  given  many  people  a great  deal  of 
trouble,  but  it  is  really  no  more  difficult  to  apply  than 
that  of  the. citizenship  of  people  or  the  taxation  of  per- 
sonalty, both  of  which  are  quite  as  transitory  as  the 
game..  I think  this  proprietorship  has  become  so  firmly 
established  by  such  a multitude  of  decisions — indeed,  I 
believe  it  has  never  been  judicially  denied — that  even  the 
“general  welfare”  clause  of  the  Constitution  cannot  be 
used  to  overthrow  it,  for,  if  it  can,  it  would  seem  that  no 
sovereign  right  of  a State  can  stand  against  it. 

If  and  when  aerial  navigation  shall  come,  a murder  be 
committed  on  an  air  ship  bound  from  New  York  to  San 
Francisco,  and  four  miles  high,  can  there  be  any  ques- 
tion of  the  jurisdiction  to  try  and  punish  the  offender  in 
the  courts  of  the  State  over  which  the  vessel  was  at  the 
time,  notwithstanding  he  may  never  have  set  foot  on  its 
soil? 

. Some  enthusiastic  patriot  has  suggested  in  the  discus- 
sion of  this  bill  that  State  sovereignty  did  not  survive  the 
Civil  War;  but  that  is  too  radical  a view.  I will  go  to 
any  reasonable . limit  in  favor  of  Federal  protection  of 
game,  but  it  will  not  do  to  assume  that  an  unconstitu- 
tional game  law  will  stand,  as  the  dealers  in  game  are 
strong  and  will  not  give  up  until  they  are  beaten  in  the 
courts. 

. As  I stated  in  a former  article,  there  can  be  no  doubt 
of  the  power  of  the  Federal  Government  to  control  the 
occupancy  and  use  of  the  public  domain,  wherever  situ- 
ated. hence  no  doubt  of  the  power  of  Congress  to  pro- 
hibit or  regulate  by  law  the  entrance  upon  the  public 
domain  for  the  purpose  of  hunting. 

The  same  principle  is  thus  involved  as  is  involved  in 
the.  unquestionable  right  of  any  owner  of  land  to  pro- 
hibit others  from  coming  at  any  time  on  his  land  to  hunt 
or  hunting  thereon,  while  permitting  them  to  enter  it  for 
other  purposes;  and  notwithstanding  the  State  laws  may 
give  the  right  to  every  one  to  hunt  at  particular  seasons, 
such  right  to  hunt  confers  no  right  to  trespass  on  an- 
other’s land  for  that  purpose. 

The  distinction  between  such  a prohibition  and  one 
based  on  the  protection  of  game  alone  is  obvious. 

Mr.  Shiras  and  I agree  perfectly  on  the  desirability 
of  Federal  game  protection  to  the  utmost  extent  that  it 
can  lawfully  go ; our  only  difference  being  as  to  the  basis 
of  procedure  and  the  extent;  he  basing  the  right  on  the 
migratory  character  of  the  animals  and  limiting  the  ex- 
tent to  such  animals,  while  I base  the  right  on  the  owner- 
ship and  right  of  control  of  the  land  and  water  on  or  in 
which  the  animals  for  the  time  being  are,  and  extend  it 
tc  all  game  quadrupeds,  birds  and  fish. 

1 have  endeavored  to  treat  the  question  not  captiously, 
but  fairly,  and  to  point  out  what  seem  to  me  to  be  objec- 
tions and  difficulties  in  the  way  of  his  plan. 

The  proposed  establishment  of  forest  reserves  as  game 
preserves  is  too  narrow  even  to  protect  the  big  game  of 
the  West,  except  in  its  summer  range.  In  winter  it 
ranges  far  below  the  altitudes  of  the  forest  reserves,  yet 
nearly  always  within  the  public  lands. 

I suggest  a Federal  law  regulating  the  entrance  for 
hunting  or  fishing  upon  the  public  domain  so  compre- 
hensive that  it  will  cover  all  the  public  lands,  forest  and 
Indian  reservations,  coast  lands,  navigable  streams  and 
inland  waters,  and  the  waters  of  bays,  inlets  and  coasts; 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


{March  t x,  1905. 


in  short,  covering  all  lands  and  water  over  which  the 
Government  has  jurisdiction  and  control 

Such  a law  will  cover  a large  proportion  of  the  habitat 
of  the  big  game,  water  fowl,  shore  birds  and  fish  in  the 
United  States,  migratory  and  non-migratory,  and  greatly 
deter  the  market  and  lawless  hunter  and  fisherman,  who 
would  have  little  definite  knowledge  as  to  just  what 
regions  such  a law  did,  in  fact,  cover;  and  between  the 
fear  of  Federal  officers  on  one  hand  and  State  officers  on 
the  other,  would  be  pretty  well  restricted. 

I believe  that  within  the  next  two  years  spring  shoot- 
ing will  be  pretty  generally  abolished  by  State  action,  and 
the  bag  limit  generally  applied,  and  that  these,  with  such 
a Federal  law  as  I suggest,  will  accomplish  the  end  which 
we  so  much  desire,  in  so  far  as  it  is  practicable  to  accom- 
plish it.  D.  C.  Beaman. 

Denver,  Colorado,  Feb.  25,  1905. 


Massachusetts  Doings. 

Boston,  March  4. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream:  On 

Friday,  the  Legislative  Committee  on  Probate  and 
Chancery  gave  a hearing  upon  a bill  to  prohibit  the  sale 
of  the  automatic  gun.  Representative  Evans,  of  Everett, 
who  put  in  the  bill,  opened  the  case,  urging  that  the  use 
of  an  automatic  shotgun  would  prove  a weapon  too 
destructive  to  birds,  especially  the  quail.  Ete  said,  with 
such  a weapon  the  hunter  would  be  able  on  flushing  a 
covey  to  kill  nearly  all  the  birds,  while  with  a double- 
barreled  gun  used  now  he  is  not  likely  to  get  more  than 
a couple  of  them  at  the  first  flushing,  however  expert  he 
may  be.  So  far  as  the  destruction  of  game  birds  and 
animals  was  concerned,  he  said  there  was  no  objection  to 
the  automatic  pistol,  and  in  Massachusetts  not  much  to  be 
feared  from  the  automatic  rifle,  as  large  game  is  not 
hunted  in  this  State  at  the  present  time,  although  deer 
may  be  in  a few  years  if  their  increase  in  numbers  con- 
tinues. Mr.  J.  M.  Van  Huyck,  of  Lee,  secretary  of  the 
Berkshire  County  Fish  and  Game  Protective  Association, 
appeared  in  behalf  of  his  club  in  support  of  the  bill,  and 
Mr.  Ernest  Russell,  in  behalf  of  Worcester  sportsmen. 
He  expressed  the  opinion  that  the  general  use  of  this  gun 
would  prove  the  beginning  of  the  end  of  quail  in  Massa- 
chusetts covers. ' Mr.  E.  Howe  Forbush,  State  ornitholo- 
gist, said  there  were  several  species  of  ducks  and  shore 
birds  that  are  already  nearing  the  vanishing  point  in  this 
State,  and  the  use  of  such  a gun  in  the  hands  of  reckless 
boys  and  foreigners  would  tend  greatly  to  the  destruction 
of  bird  life.  Representative  Nowell,  of  Wakefield,  sup- 
ported the  bill  in  behalf  of  the  Game  Protective  Associa- 
tion of  Eastern  Massachusetts,  of  which  he  is  president, 
and  the  secretary  of  the  Massachusetts  Fish  and  Game 
Protective  Association  and  the  Central  Committee  testified 
that  both  those  bodies  were  in  favor  of  the  bill. 

The  House  chairman  of  the  committee  before  which 
the  bill  was  heard  is  George  M.  Poland,  Esq.,  of  Wake- 
field, who  is  at  present  the  chairman  of  the  Central  Com- 
mittee for  Protection  of  Fish  and  Game.  Unless  there  is 
some  constitutional  obstacle  to  be  feared,  there  is  no 
doubt  the  committee  will  make  a favorable  report,  but  the 
question  of  constitutionality  may  stand  in  the  way. 
Should  this  prove  to  be  the  case,  I believe  some  way  will 
be  found  to  prevent  the  use  of  such  a weapon  in  the 
shooting  of  quail. 

As  the  result  of  a hearing  on  Wednesday  before  the 
Fish  and  Game  Committee,  there  is  reasonable  expecta- 
tion that  the  length  of  trout  that  may  be  legally  caught 
in  Berkshire  county  will  be  made  the  same  as  in  the  rest 
of  the  State.  Mr.  Van  Huyck  represented  his  association 
at  that  hearing. 

The  advocates  of  a hunters’  license  have  not  slackened 
their  efforts,  and  a correspondent  sends  me  information 
from  Hartford  that  on  March  2,  in  the  Senate,  the  Com- 
mittee on  Fisheries  and  Game  reported  favorably  a bill  to 
license  hunters.  The  bill  establishes  a fee  of  $1  for  a.  per- 
son hunting  on  land  of  another,  but  if  the  hunter  is  an 
alien  the  fee  is  to  be  $10.  Half  the  money  derived.  from 
sale  of  licenses  is  to  be  expended  by  the  commissioners 
in  payment  of  salaries  of  game  wardens,  and  half  for  the 
purchase  and  liberation  of  quail.  Under  the  bill  no  man 
is  prohibited  from  hunting  on  his  own  land.  It  is  said  the 
bill  has  the  approval  of  the  commissioners  and  the  sports- 
men of  the  State.  The  bill  before  the  Massachusetts 
Legislature  on  which  there  is  a hearing  appointed  for 
Wednesday  next,  is  similar,  but  excepts  not  only  the 
owner  of  land,  but  the  occupant  under  lease  and  members 
of  the  family  of  owner  or  lessee  “acting  under  his 
authority  or  consent.”  To  my  mind,  this  exemption  of 
the  owner  or  occupant  is  on  a par  with  what  has  always 
been  regarded  as  a bad  feature  in  our  game  laws,  the  ex- 
emption of  the  owner  from  application  of  the  law  against 
snaring  birds.  If  wild  animals  and  birds  belong  to  the 
people  in  their  sovereign  capacity,  what  more  right  has 
the  owner  of  land  to  them  than  any  other  citizen?  All 
exemptions  of  whatever  sort  increase  the  difficulty  of  en- 
forcing the  laws.  Another  feature  of  the  license  bill 
(House  bill  No.  336)  contained  in  section  6 is  the  limit- 
ing of  the  bag  of  ruffed  grouse  to  five  in  one  day.  No 
one  will  claim  that  this  is  not  a reasonable  limitation,  but 
how  can  it  be  enforced  without  wardens  are  given 
authority  to  make  personal  search  of  the  man  with  the 
gun  without  a warrant  ? That  the  wardens  would  be  able 
to  do  much  more  effective  work  with  the  aid  of  such  a 
law  is  very  evident,  and  so  much  importance  was  attached 
to  it  by  the  late  Captain  Collins  that  he  several  times 
stated  to  the  writer  that  he  would  never  cease  his  efforts 
to  secure  it  so  long  as  he  held  his  position. 

Your  readers  will  be  interested  to  learn  that  the  12 
carcasses  of  venison  and  167  partridges  shipped  a few 
weeks  ago  to  Clara  Wilson,  Boston,  as  household  goods, 
from  Calais,  Me.,  have  been  declared  forfeited  by  Judge 
Fessenden,  on  the  ground  that  the  game  was  illegally  in 

the  State.  . 

Three  young  men  who  were  instrumental  m causing  the 
death  of  a doe  in  the  outskirts  of  Lynn  recently  have 
been  convicted  and  fined  $100  each.  Evidence  that  the 
doe  would  have  given  birth  to  offspring  had  her  life  been 
spared  is  to  be  seen  in  the  contents  of  a glass  jar  in  the 
Commissioners’  office  at  the  State  House. 

The  Clearwater  Club  is  composed  of  old  anglers  and 
amateur  fishermen  of  Boston  and  vicinity,  and  is  accus- 
tomed to  gather  for  an  annual  reunion  and  dinner  about 
this  season  just  before  overhauling  fishing  tackle,  etc.,  for 
the  spring  campaign.  This  year  they  took  a fancy  to  go 


to  Keene,  N.  H.,  where  they  have  had  the  satisfaction 
of  dining  in  a prohibition  State  (a  la  clear  water).  Some 
of  the  members  are  Hon.  Wm.  A.  Morse,  Dr.  Bishop,  D. 
J.  Flanders,  of  the  Boston  & Maine  Railroad ; Conrad 
Gerlach,  W.  G.  Rose,  of  Boston,  and  E.  Sterne  Wheeler, 
of  Saugatuck,  Conn.  The  menu,  as  planned,  included 
brook  trout,  caribou,  quail  and  moose. 

Deputy  Thomas  Stackhouse,  of  Marshfield  Hills,  has 
secured  the  conviction  of  C.  H.  Leonard,  of  the  same 
place,  for  trapping  wild  ducks.  Mr.  Leonard  was  fined 
$20  for  one  duck,  also  $20  additional  for  trapping.  Mr. 
Stackhouse  had  as  counsel  Representative  Davis,  of  Ply- 
mouth, where  the  case  was  tried.  Central. 


“As  it  Happened  in  the  Canyon/5 

Editor  Forest  cmd  Stream: 

An  account  is  given  in  the  number  of  February  25, 
under  the  caption  of  “As  It  Happened  in  the  Canon,”  of 
how  the  writer  of  it,  when  only  armed  with  a shotgun, 
met  an  elk.  I once  had  an  adventure  very  much  like  this 
one,  only  it  was  a black  bear  that  I met. 

A party  of  about  twenty  of  us  under  a lieutenant  were 
out  on  a scout  west  of  the  Wichita  River  in  what  is  now 
Oklahoma.  We  camped  one  afternoon  in  a small  valley, 
and  about  an  hour  after  going  into  camp  a man  who  had 
been  up  this  canon,  as  they  called  it,  came  in  and  told 
me  that  the  canon  up  above  us  was  full  of  quail.  These 
were  what  we  called  the  mountain  quail;  they  were  the 
California  quail — the  kind  that  roost  at  night  in  trees. 

I have  told  our  northern  quail  hunters  here  of  this  habit 
of  these  quail  roosting  in  trees,  and  have  been  laughed  at 
for  telling  it;  they  had  never  seen  them  in  trees.  They 
might  have  seen  it  had  they  been  here,  though.  The  quail 
roost  in  trees,  I suppose,  to  keep  out  of  reach  of  the 
coyote. 

I had  my  shotgun  ; it  was  carried  on  a pack-mule  with 
me.  With  some  officers  a gun  would  not  have  been 
allowed  in  the  pack,  we  generally  having  more  stuff  to 
put  in  the  packs  than  we  had  mules  to  carry  it ; but  this 
lieutenant  wanted  my  gun  himself  part  of  the  time.  This 
is  not  a shotgun  country,  and  I should  have  taken  my 
pistols  also,  but  did  not.  I had  two-  of  them,  and  on  ac- 
count of  their  weight  I carried  them  in  a narrow  belt 
drawn  in  close  around  my  waist,  while  the  Mills  field 
belt  full  of  carbine  cartridges  was  buckled  on  higher  up. 
In  camp  I threw  it  off,  then,  if  necessary,  left  the  pistols 
on.  I seldom  left  camp  without  them,  but  did  it  to-day, 
and  it  was  the  last  day  I ever  did  it  in  this  part  of  the 
country. 

When  I had  got  up  to  where  the  quail  had  been  seen, 

I saw  them  myself,  but  they  were  all  leaving,  going  over 
a low  bank  to  the  right.  They  would  no  doubt  stop  to 
feed  on  getting  across  this  bank,  then  I could  get  close  to 
them  and  flush  them.  I need  not  pot  them  on  the  ground ; 
we  were  not  so  badly  off  for  grub  as  was  your  corre- 
spondent who  went  after  quail  and  found  an  elk;  we  had 
plenty  of  both  bacon  and  buffalo  in  camp;  it  was  before 
we  or  some  one  else  had  killed  all  the  buffalo.  The  wind, 
what  there  was  of  it,  blew  straight  toward  me  down  the 
canon.  I would  sooner  have  had  more  of  it,  for  the  after- 
noon was  hot.  When  I had  got  on  top  of  the  bank,  over 
which  the  quail  had  disappeared,  I saw  them  again,  but 
they  had  not  stopped  here,  but  had  kept  on  across  an 
open,  running  all  the  way  across  it,  and  were  now  just 
going  in  through  some  bushes  that  grew  along  the  bank 
of  a small  creek  emptying  into  the  one  we  were  camped 
on,  as  I found  out  afterward. 

I kept  on  after  them,  but  went  in  through  the  bushes 
fifty  yards  below  where  they  had  entered,  and  forcing  my- 
self through  the  bushes  was  just  ready  to  step  clear  of 
them  when  I almost  stepped  on  top  of  the  bear.  He  was 
not  exactly  as  big  as  an  ox;  I had  killed  larger  ones,  but 
not  with  a shotgun.  The  bear  was  about  twenty  feet 
from  me  when  we  first  saw  each  other,  and  was  over 
dose  to  some  bushes  that  grew  next  to  the  creek;  and 
above  and  below  this  open  spot  that  he  and  I were  now  in 
were  other  bushes.  The  bear  had  not  known  I was  in 
the  country,  it  seemed,  before  I stepped  on  top  of  him. 

I had  a poor  opinion  of  his  sense  of  smell,  but  then  the 
wind  blew  straight  from  him  to  me;  I should  have  done 
the  smelling.  I stopped  the  moment  I saw  him,  and  my 
first  thought  naturally  would  be  to  “draw  pistol,”  but  I 
must  have  been  worse  rattled  than  the  bear  was  now.  I 
forgot  for  the  moment  that  I had  no  pistol  to  draw  just 
at  present. 

The  bear  got  on  his  hindlegs.  I had  him  covered,  or 
he  would  not  have  wanted  to  ask  any  questions ; and  I 
knew  enough  about  bears  now  not  to  waste  any  bird  shot 
on  this  one.  They  won’t  fight  unless  you  have  them 
cornered,  or  they  think  you  have;  and  a bear  in  the  posi- 
tion that  this  one  was  now  in  can  be  killed  with  a knife— 
at  least  the  books  say  he  can — but  I had  no  knife,  and 
would  not  have  used  one  had  I had  it ; I would  be  afraid 
of  his  claws. 

While  crowding  my  way  through  the  bushes  I had 
been  carrying  my  gun  under  my  right  arm,  in  order  to 
avoid  just  what  now  happened.  I drew  it  forward  quickly, 
meaning  to  pass  it  into  my  left  hand,  then  draw  that 
pistol  that  I still  forgot  that  I did  not  have  with  me, 
when  a twig  must  have  caught  the  right  hammer,  draw- 
ing it  back  to  nearly  full  cock,  then  releasing  it;  for  the 
right  barrel  now  let  go  with  the  muzzle  pointed  at  the 
bear’s  head.  I had  seen  bears  make  some  very  quick 
movements  when  in  a hurry,  but  this  one  made  a quicker 
one.  He  seemed  to  roll  to  one  side  in  one  time  and  one 
motion,  then  getting  on  his  legs  made  a dive  in  among  the 
bushes  at  his  back,  just  as  I sent  my  remaining  charge  of 
No.  8 shot  after  him,  and  I next  heard  him  go  plunging 
into  the  small  creek. 

I lost  no  time  in  getting  back  to  camp,  letting  the  quail 
go  for  to-day.  I wanted  to  get  a carbine  and  pistols,  then 
hunt  that  bear  some  more;  but  just  as  I had  got  to  camp 
the  trumpeter  sounded  his  stable  call.  I would  have  to 
groom  my  horse  now,  if  I could  not  get  the  lieutenant’s 
permission  to  let  someone  else  do  it  for  me;  and  going 
to  him  I gave  him  a history  of  the  bear  and  asked  leave 
to  go  and  hunt  him.  “Oh,  let  him  go  to He  men- 

tioned where  the  bear  might  go  to;  it  is  not  necessary  to 
mention  the  locality  here.  “This  is  no  doubt  that  bear’s 
reservation  that  we  are  camped  on,  and  he  will  be  here 
to-morrow,  and  so  will  we.  I am  going  to  remain  here 
a dav;  you  can  hunt  him  then.  Attend  to  your  horse 

no yr”  ..UUtLdiuy 


I started  out  early  next  morning,  taking  the  carbine 
and  pistols  this  time,  leaving  the  shotgun  for  the  lieu- 
tenant to  hunt  quail  with.  He  got  the  quail.  Then  going 
to  where  I had  parted  with  the  bear  last  night,  I took  up 
the  trail,  crossing  the  creek  where  he  did,  and  found 
where  he  had  climbed  up  the  bank  leaving  it.  I did  not 
stop  to  look  for  any  blood  spots  here ; if  my  charge  of 
No.  8 had  hit  him — and  it  could  not  very  well  miss  him — 
it  had  hit  him  in  the  neighborhood  of  where  he  wears  his 
tail ; there  would  not  be  any  blood  to  find. 

Off  to  the  southwest,  and  at  least  ten  miles  away,  was 
a range  of  low  hills,  and  his  trail  led  toward  them.  After 
1 had  followed,  it  nearly  half  way  to  them,  the  trail 
turned  back  again.  He  was  going  back  to  the  creek  now 
to  hunt  either  me  or  the  doctor,  or  a place  to  sleep  last 
night  more  likely. 

I kept  on  after  him,  and  had  got  back  to  the  creek, 
but  a mile  above  where  he  had  been  before,  when  I found 
his  trail  leading  into  the  bushes  on  the  creek ; he  had  had 
to  pass  , through  some  tall  grass  to  get  into  the  bushes. 
I was  tired,  and  having  the  bear  where  I wanted  him,  I 
sat  down  to  . rest  before  exploring  the  bushes.  I did  not 
want  to  be  in  too  much  of  a hurry  doing  it — that  bear 
might  not  be  in  a good  humor  to-day;  he  would  not  be 
if  he  had  to  sit  down  on  top  of  that  charge  of  shot  he 
very  likely  was  carrying.  While  I sat  here  out  on  the 
prairie  watching  the  bushes,  I saw  them  move,  and  had 
just  time  to  throw  myself  flat  on  the  ground  when  the 
bear  came  crawling  out  of  the  long  grass  not  fifty  yards 
from  me,  and  getting  on  my  knees  now  I sent  him  the 
first  shot  out  of  the  carbine.  He  got  it,  and  turning  to 
his  right  now  ran  up  along  the  creek,  keeping  in  among 
the  tall  grass.  I did  not  stop  to  reload.  I had  a Spring- 
field  carbine,  but  threw  the  gun  down,  and  drawing  a 
pistol  ran  after  him,  shooting  as  fast  as  I could  raise  the 
hammer,  until  I had  sent  him  six  shots;  then  he  fell. 
Going  to  him  I found  that  I need  not  have  used  the  pistol 
at  all ; I.  had  only  hit  him  twice  with  it  anyhow ; it  was 
the  carbine  ball  that  had  killed  him. 

I got  his  skin  off,  leaving  his  carcass  here  to  be  taken 
to  camp  if  anyone  wanted  it.  I lugged  the  skin  into 
camp,  getting  there  just  as  dinner  was  over.  The  lieu- 
tenant claimed  the  skin,  but  paid  me  for  it,  as  he  always 
paid  for  all  of  my  shells  he  used,  five  cents  for  each  of 
them,  though  they  only  cost  me  about  a cent  each.  All  I 
paid  for  was  the  shot  and  wads.  I used  the  Government 
powder  and  primers  that  they,  sent  us  to  load  the  Spring- 
field  shotguns  that  we  were  given  to  do  our  hunting  with. 
I had  no  business  using  these  for  my  private  gun,  but  the 
Government  is  often  plundered  for  more  than  that. 

They  wanted  the  bear’s  meat,  so  I told  them  to  take  up 
a pack-mule  and  get  it;  they  would  be  welcome  to*  my 
share  of  it.  I would  rather 'have  bacon  for  mine. 

Cabia  Blanco. 

A Wyoming  Game  Reserve. 

The  new  Wyoming  law  creating  a State  game  reserve 
reads  as  follows: 

An  act  creating  a game  preserve  and  prescribing  the 
boundaries  thereof,  and  the  penalty  of  violations  of  the 
provisions  of  this  act. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Legislature  ' of  the  State  of 
Wyoming: 

Section  1.  For  the  better  protection  of  birds  and  game 
animals,  and  for  the  establishment  of  a breeding  place 
therefor,  the  following  described  area  within  the  State  of 
Wyoming  is  hereby  set  aside  and  designated  as  a game 
preserve : All  that  portion  of  the  State  of  Wyoming  em- 
braced within  the  following  area: 

Beginning  at  a point  where  the  southern  boundary  line 
of  the  Yellowstone  National  Park  intersects  the  western 
boundary  line  of  the  State  of  Wyoming,  thence  south 
along  said  boundary  line  to  a point  where  Badger  Creek 
intersects  said  State  boundary  line,  thence  easterly  along 
said  Badger  Creek  across  the  summit  of  the  Teton  range 
to  the  head  of  Moran  Creek,  thence  easterly  along  said 
Moran  Creek  to  Jackson  Lake,  thence  easterly  along  the 
southern  shore  of  said  Jackson  Lake  to  the  outlet  thereof, 
thence  easterly  along  said  outlet  to  the  mouth  of  the 
Buffalo  Fork  of  Snake  River,  thence  easterly  along  said 
Buffalo  Fork  and  the  south  branch  thereof  across  the 
Continental  Divide  to  the  head  of  the  west  fork  of  the 
Yellowstone  River,  thence  northwesterly  along  said  fork 
and  Yellowstone  River  to  a point  where  said  Yellowstone 
River  intersects  the  south  boundary  line  of  the  Yellow- 
stone Park,  thence  west  along  said  boundary  line  to  the 
point  of  beginning. 

Sec.  2.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons, 
at  any  time,  to  hunt,  trap,  kill,  capture  or  chase  any  birds 
or  game  animals  of  any  kind  or  description  whatever 
within  the  limits  of  the  said  boundary,  and  any  person 
violating  the  provisions  of  this  act  shall  be  deemed  guilty 
of  a misdemeanor,  and  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  fined  the 
sum  of  not  less  than  one  hundred  dollars  nor  more  than 
five  hundred  dollars,  or  imprisoned  in  the  county  jail  for 
a period  of  not  less  than  three  months  nor  more  than 
one  year,  or  both,  such  fine  and  imprisonment  in  the  dis- 
cretion of  the  court;  provided  that  the  provisions  of  this 
act  shall  not  apply  to  the  killing  or  destruction  of  preda- 
tory wild  animals,  as.  the  same  are  defined  in  the  laws 
of  the  State  of  Wyoming,  and  providing  for  a payment  of 
bounty  thereon,  . under  such  regulations  as  may  be 
prescribed  from  time  to  time  by  the  State  Game  Warden 
of  the  State  of  Wyoming. 

Sec.  3.  All  acts  or  parts  of  acts  in  conflict  with  the  pro- 
visions of  this  act  are  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  4.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  passage. 

Approved  February  21,  1905. 


New  Missouri  Game  Law. 

Both  Houses  of  the  Legislature  have  passed  the  Audu- 
bon bird  and  game  bill,  which  was  one  of  the  most  care- 
fully drafted  and  considered  bills  ever  presented  to  any 
Legislature.  Under  the  masterful  management  of  Repre- 
sentative H.  R.  Walmsley,  of  Kansas  City,  a member  of 
the  Audubon  Society,  the  bill  was  pushed  through  both 
Houses  in  spite  of  the  great  opposition  of  the  market- 
hunters  and  game  dealers  of  this  State. 

The  new  law  provides  for  a State  game  warden  at  a 
salary  of  $2,000,  and  also,  provides  for  a deputy  game 
warden  for  each  Congressional  district,  to  be  paid  only 


March  ii,  1905.]! 


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for  actual  services.  A license  of  $1  is  required  for  all 
hunters  who  hunt  outside  of  their  own  counties,  and  a 
non-resident  license  of  $15  is  also  provided  for.  The 
sale  of  game  is  absolutely  prohibited.  The  wardens  will 
have  power  to  arrest  without  warrant,  and  also  have 
authority  to  search  for  illegal  game.  Netting  for  fish  in 
the. interior'  waters  of  the  State  is  prohibited,  and  a size 
limit  is  placed  upon  fish  which  may  be  taken  or  sold. 

Missouri  now  takes  her  proper  place  among  her  sister 
States  in  the  protection  of  the  wild  life  of  her  fields, 
forests  and  streams.  In  the  State  Senate  the  bill  was 
ably  handled  by  Senator  Ely,  and  to  Representative 
Walmsley  and  Senator  Ely  the  thanks  of  the  Audubon 
Society  of  this.  State  are  due,  as  well  as  members  of 
Audubon  Societies  throughout  the  United  States.  I think 
it  is  safe  to  assert  that  Missouri  now  has  the  most  com- 
plete game  law  of  any  State  in  the  Union. 

P.  H.  Felker, 

Vice-President  Audubon  Society  of  Missouri. 

St.  Louis,  Mareh  4. 


All  communications  for  Forest  and  Stream,  must  be 
directed  to  Forest  and  Stream  Pub.  Co.,  New  York,  to 
receive  attention.  We  have  no  other  ofhce. 


Hawk  and  Quail. 

New  York,  March  4. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream : 
Since  writing  you  last  week  about  foxes  killing  quail, 
we  have  found  another  enemy  which  is  as  bad  as  the  fox, 
if  not.  worse.  That  is  the  hawk.  We  had  put  out  six 
quail  in  the  scrub  oaks  next  to  an  old  corn  lot  near  the 
house,  where  we  knew  the  foxes  seldom  came,  as  our 
kennel  is  near  and  there  are  always  a few  dogs  about. 
Some  of  the  corn  still  stood  in  the  shock. 

We  had  given  these  birds  very  little  attention,  as  we 
knew  they  had  plenty  of  food,  and  so  gave  our  attention 
more  to  the  care  of  the  quail  further  away.  Last  week 
we  thought  we  would  look  them  up.  What  was  our  sur- 
prise to  find  only  two  birds  left.  We  hunted  high  and 
low  for  the  other  four,  but  could  not  trace  them,  until 
our  friend  Will  got  near  the  shock  of  corn  nearest  the 
feeding  place  of  the  quail;  there  he  found  a few  feathers. 
In  searching  further  we  traced  the  feathers  to  the  top  of 
the  shock  of  corn,  then  we  found  bunches  of  them,  and 
saw  where  a hawk  or  some  bird  had  eaten  them.  We  at 
once  sent  the  boy  home  for  an  ax  and  small  steel  trap, 
and  cut  a pole  about  ten  feet  long  and  four  inches  wide 
on  top.  We  then  drove  the  pole  down  through  the  center 
of  the  corn  shock,  and  fastened  and  set  the  trap  on  top. 
The  next  morning  we  went  back  to  the  lot  to  "see  what 


was  doing,  and  found  a large  hawk  in  the  trap  with  both 
feet.  A charge  of  shot  soon  put  him  where  he  would 
harm  no  more  quail.  We  now  intend  to  erect  poles  and 
traps  all  over  our  preserves,  and  I am  confident  we  will 
save  a good  percentage  of  our  birds,  as  we  are  sure  this 
hawk  killed  four  out  of  that  covey  in  a few  weeks. 

This  all  goes  to  show  how  many  enemies  this  little 
game  bird  has  to  contend  with.  But  I consider  our  club 
quite  fortunate  in  this,  that  with  all  the  hard  winter  and 
everything  combined  we  have  saved  80  per  cent,  of  our 
birds.  We  must  give  great  thanks  to  the  farmers  from 
whom  we  lease  the  grounds.  Every  one  of  them  has  been 
feeding  and  doing  their  best  for  the  quail.  It  seems  they 
all  want  quail  on  their  fields,  although  most  of  them  never 
shoot  a gun.  They  claim  they  are  a great  help  to  their 
crops,  as  they  kill  off  the  bugs  and  other  insects,  and  most 
of  them  say  they  are  lonesome  unless  they  hear  Bob 
White  whistle  during  the  summer.  A few  farmers  would 
not  let  out  their  fields  to  us  unless  we  promised  to  stock 
them  with  quail. 

It  is  hard  for  one  or  two  men  to  take  care  of  many 
birds  during  winter,  and  unless  they  can  get  help  from 
the  farmers  they  cannot  make  much  of  a success  of  it. 
As  . I said  before,  we  owe  them  great  thanks,  as  they  used 
their  own  time  and  food,  never  asking  anything  in  return, 
just  for  love  of  the  dear  little  gamy  quail.  G.  E J. 


The  Anglers'  Casting  Tournament. 


Held  in  Madison  Square  Garden,  New  York  City,  in 
Connection  with  the  Motorboat  and  Sportsmen's 
Show,  Febuary  21  to  March  9,  Inclusive. 

{Continued  from  page  178.) 

The  tournament  still  holds  the  attention  of  a large 
number  of  fly  and  bait-casters  and  anglers,  and  promises 
to  be  one  long  to  be  remembered,  as  there  is  a daily 
increase  , in  interest.  This  is  particularly  true  of  the 
bait-casting  events,  which  have  been  hotly  contested 
and  closely  watched.  The  most  notable  performance 
so  far  was  that  of  R.  C.  Leonard,  on  Wednesday  night, 
when  he  cast  a half-ounce  rubber  frog  143  feet  7 inches 
and  won  event  No.  44,  breaking  the  Garden  record. 
The  results  up  to  and  including  Monday  night  of  this 
week  follow,  the  figures  having  been  taken  from  the 
official  records: 


Event  II,  Tuesday  Afternoon,  Feb.  28. 


An  open  contest  without  limit  on  weight  of  rod  or 
length  of  leader,  but  cast  with  fly  rods  and  trout  flies. 
Thirty  feet  down  the  tank  from  the  platform  a bar  was 
placed  6 feet  above  the  water  level,  on  posts  10  feet 
apart,  and  all  casts,  had  to  be  made  under  this  obstacle 
to  count.  E.  J.  Mills  won  the  gold  medal  with  a cast 
6 inches  longer  than  his  nearest  competitor,  L.  S. 
Darling,  while  W.  H.  Hammett  got  the  bronze  medal 
for  third  place.  . The  judges  were  H.  B.  Leckler  and  C. 
G.  Levison,  while  R.  H.  Klotz  was  the  referee.  Dis- 
tance alone  counting,  the  scores  made  were  as  follows: 


Ft.  In. 


E.  J.  Mills 65  06 

L.  S.  Darling 65  00 

W.  H.  Hammett 59  10 


H.  G.  Henderson,  Sr 52  00 

Harold  De  Raasloff 49  00 


Event  12,  Tuesday  Night. 

Black  bass  fly-casting,  distance  only,  open  to  all  save 
those  who  had  records  of  85  feet  or  further  in  similar 
events.  No.  4 hooks  were  used,  but  there  were  no  re- 
strictions on  weight  of  rod  or  length  of  leader.  J.  D. 
Smith  and  Arthur  C.  Mills  were  the  judges,  while 
Milton  H.  Smith  was  referee.  The  scores: 

Ft.  In.  Ft.  In. 

King  Smith  82  00  W.  H.  Hammett  76  06 

D.  T.  Abercrombie 77  00  Harold  De  Raasloff.. 58  00 


Event  13,  Wednesday  Afternoon,  March  I. 

An  open  contest  with  half-ounce  rubber  frog,  dis- 
tance only  to  count,  with  no  limit  on  method  of  casting 
save  that  casts  could  not  be  made  from  the  reel,  and 
that  the  frog  must  touch  the  water  on  the  back  cast 
and  must  be  raised  therefrom  for  each  forward  cast; 
in  other  words,  Greenwood  Lake  style.  After  the  con- 
testant announced  his  readiness  to  begin,  he  was  allowed 
five,  minutes  to  score.  For  the  benefit  of  readers  un- 
familiar with  this  style  of  casting  a frog  it  should  be 
explained  that  it  is  totally  unlike  any  other  style  of  bait- 
casting, for  heavy  bass  or  salmon  fly  rods  were  used, 
and  only  one  contestant  had  a reel  on  his  rod,  the  rest 
using  large  wood  salt-water  reels  placed  at  one  side 
of  the  platform  after  some  40  yards  of  line  had  first 
been  coiled  at  their  feet.  These  lines  were  all  heavy 
enameled  ones,  and  the  rods  were  quite  stiff  and  very 
powerful  in  lifting  them  from  the  water  at  the  rear 
before  the.  forward  cast  was  made.  Instead  of  casting 
the  bait  in  the  same  manner  as  with  bass  flies,  in 
which  the  fly  (or  spinner)  is  permitted  to  strike  the 
water  as  far  to  the  rear  as  possible,  in  order  to  gain 
force  in  shooting  the  line  forward  after  it  is  raised  from 
the  water  at  the  rear,  .the  line  was  pulled  in  with  the 
left  hand,  leaving  only  10  or  12  yards  off  the  rod.  The 
frog  was  then  dropped  some  30  feet  to  the  rear,  in  the 
tank,  then  shot  forward  with  a powerful  swing  of  the 
rod,  and  so  on  throughout  each  inning.  Mr.  Marsh, 
who  was  first  to  cast,  lost  several  feet  on  one  cast  by 
his  line  snarling.  It  being  a heavy  enameled  one  and 
having  been  on  a reel  a long  time,  it  was  almost  as  un- 
wieldy as  so  many  feet  of  copper  wire  off  the  spool, 
and  the  frog,  which  was  high  up  and  moving  fast, 
stopped  in  mid-air  and  dropped  to  the  water  some  40 
feet  away,  whereas  it  seemed  good  for  100  feet  until 


the  unfortunate  accident  that  stopped  it  short.  Mr. 
Brandreth,  using  a two-piece  12-foot  split  bamboo 
salmon  fly-rod,  faced  half-round  to  the  left  and  swung 
his  frog  overhead  with  beautiful  accuracy,  the  frog 
striking  squarely  in  the  center  of  the  tank  at  the  far 
end  on  his  longest  cast,  which  would  have  been  good 
for  2 or  3 feet  further  had  it  not  landed  on  the  end  of 
the  tank  and  fell  back  an  inch,  giving  him  first  place 
with  99  feet  9 inches.  Mr.  Darling  won  the  silver  medal 
with  96  feet  6 inches,  while  Mr.  Marsh  was  third.  G. 
M.  L.  LaBranche  and  W.  D.  Cloyes  were  the  judges, 
R.  H.  Klotz,  referee.  The  score: 

t,  , , Ft  In-  Ft.  In. 

D.  Brandreth  .99  09  A.  J.  Marsh  69  06 

L.  S.  Darling 96  06  D.  T.  Abercrombie 60  06 

Event  14,  Wednesday  Night,  March  I. 

During  the  afternoon  Reuben  Leonard,  the  famous 
split  bamboo  rodmaker,  of  Central  Valley,  N.  Y.,  to- 
gether with  his  fellow-townsman,  Hiram  Hawes,  was 
watching  the  game  and  practicing  bait-casting  now  and 
then  in  company  with  a number  of  others  who  stood  in 
need  of  practice  at  this  uncertain  game.  He  was  using 
a rod  which,  in  view  of  the  seeming  faith  in  abnormally 
large  ring  guides  placed  2 to  3 feet  apart,  and  equally 
large  agate  tops,  seemed  wofully  old-fashioned.  The 
writer,  who  had  listened  to  so  many  theories  relative 
to  immense  and  few  guides  that  he  had  begun  to  feel 
uncertain  about  the  position  he  was  in  on  the  subject, 
asked  Mr.  Leonard  what  his  theories  were  on  the  sub- 
ject, and  got  some  information  which,  in  the  light  of 
subsequent  events,  had  without  doubt  been  arrived  at 
only  after  long  experience  with  rods,  guides  and  lines 
of  every  sort.  This  rod  is  a six-strip  split  bamboo 
bait-casting  rod,  weighing  about  5x/2  or  6 ounces,  in 
three  joints,  with  a solid  metal  reel-seat  about  5^-inch 
in  diameter.  It  is  5 feet  6 inches  in  length,  and  almost 
as  stiff  as  a.  whole  cane  walking  stick.  The  most  re- 
markable thing  is  that  it  has  six  agate  guides  and  an 
agate  top  placed  at  an  angle  to  the  plane  of  the  tip. 
The  first  three  of  these  guides  have  openings  almost, 
if  not  quite,  %- inch  in  diameter,  but  the  three  near 
the  top  have  openings  not  more  than  1-16  inch,  or  barely 
large  enough  for  the  thin  line  to  run  through  them. 
All  the  guide  centers  are  at  least  J^-inch  above  the  rod. 
Mr.  Leonard  asserted  that  a wet  line  would  stick  less 
to  the  six  agate  guides  and  agate  top  than  it  would  in 
draffging  across  the  windings  on  the  tip  of  the  rod,  and 
that  the  numerous  guides  were  therefore  an  advantage, 
as  they  held  the  line  out  of  contact  with  the  rod  but 
guided  it  straight  through  the  guides,  which  were  amply 
large  for  the  purpose.  One  thing  more.  Mr.  Leonard 
is  unusually  tall  and  very  powerful,  with  a wrist  which, 
through  constant  practice,  is  as  hard  as  iron.  He  casts 
the  bait  with  high  velocity  and  an  unusually  flat  tra- 
jectory, and  in  .this  differs  from  many  other  casters,  who 
depend  on  a high  curve  and  a comparatively  slow-mov- 
mg_  frog  to  attain  distance.  In  this,  two  casters  sent 
their  frogs  over  the  decorations  far  up  in  the  dome  of 
the  garden,  a thing  which  seemed  utterly  impossible 
until  one  saw  the  frog  hanging  from  the  wires;  and 
another  one  knocked  a light  out  of  the  great  chandelier. 
As  a matter  of  fact,  it  was  not  possible  for  one  to  locate 
his  frog  after  some  50  feet  of  line  was  out,  and  back- 
lashing  was  not  uncommon  in  consequence  during  the 
evening.  Mr.  Leonard  used  a very  small  reel  and  a 
fine  line.  The  event  was  open,  distance  only  to  count, 
with  half-ounce  rubber  frogs,  which  must  be  cast  from 
the  reel.  Each  man  was  allowed  three  preliminary  and 
five  record  casts,  the  longest  one  to  count.  The  judges 
were  H.  G.  Henderson,  Sr.,  and  Robert  Lefferts,  while 
the  referee  was  Milton  H.  Smith.  Several  ladies  were 
present,  and  among  others  noticed  were  Robert  B 
Lawrence,  Harold  Henderson,  Jr.,  Charles  Stepath! 
Lody  Smith,  Thomas  B.  and  Arthur  C.  Mills,  and 
numerous  other  anglers.  If  some  of  the  other  events 
had  been  rather  tame,  this  one-  furnished  enough  excite- 
ment to  make  up  for  them,  for  Garden  records  went 
kiting  when  Reuben  Leonard  extended  his  long  right 
arm  and  longer  silk  line.  C:  G.  Levison  led  off  with 
103  feet.  He  used  the  rod  mentioned  heretofore  and  a 
fine  special  Kingfisher  line.  He  was  followed  by  G.  M 
L.  LaBranche  with  a 6-foot  bethabara  rod  made  by 
Perry  D,  Frazer.  This  rod  has  an  agate  and  two  two- 


ring  German  silver  guides  and  an  agate  top,  all  with 
)4~inch  openings.  The  reel  was  a metal  take-apart,  one 
of  60-yard  capacity.  His  line  was  a No.  53  Natcliaug, 
very  fine.  His  best  cast  was  90  feet  6 inches,  followed 
with  83  feet  4 inches.  Hiram  W.  Hawes  was  third  to 
cast.  His  best  was  114  feet  3 inches,  and  another  cast 
measured  in  feet  6 inches.  Eddie  Mills,  using  a, 
Leonard  rod  with  large  agate  guides,  cast  114  and  124 
feet  3 inches.  L.  S.  Darling  followed  with  90  feet 
4 inches,  98  feet  4 inches,  and  99  feet  9 inches.  Then 
Mr.  Leonard  took  the  platform  and  limbered  up  with 
1 14  feet  2 inches,  and  as  that  would  only  tie  third  man, 
tried  again  and  was  given  131  feet  9 inches.  Sensation. 

The  Garden  record  was  something  like  125  feet,  made 
by  Mr.  Levison  another  year.  Everybody  was  growing 
excited,  but  the  next  cast  was  made  before  the  loca- 
tion of  the  frog  could  be  determined,  and  by  that  time 
Mr.  Leonard  had  taken  up  some  three  or  four  feet  of 
line.  The  measurement  gave  him  138  feet  for  the  cast. 
Then  followed  his  fifth  and  last  trial,  the  frog  going 
far  over  the  end  of  the  tank,  which  is  130  feet  long,  and 
on  to  the  stairs  of  the  bridge  over  the  lake  at  that  end 
of  the  Garden.  The  first  measurement  gave  him  152 
feet  6 inches,  but  this  was  amended  by  the  committee, 
which  finally  announced  that  the  figures  should  be  143 
feet  7 inches,  and  this  is  the  Garden  record — not  with 
a weight,  but  with  a soft  rubber  frog  weighing  one-half 
ounce,  and  a much  more  difficult  thing  to  cast  than  is 
so  much  solid  rubber.  But  if  the  successful  contestant 
was  elated  over  his  wonderful  work,  it  did  not  show 
in  his  face  or  speech,  and  no  one  was  more  serene  than 
Reuben  Leonard.  The  other  contestants  were  almost 
forgotten,  although  C.  M.  Lucky  made  a good  showing 
and  C.  R.  Woodward,  using  a steel  rod  and  a rubber 
reel,  gave  promise  of  greater  things  in  the  future,  he 
being  somewhat  new  at  the  game.  The  score: 


R.  C.  Leonard. .143  07 

E.  J.  Mills ..........124  03 

Hiram  W.  Hawes 114  02 

C.  M.  Luckey 106  06 

C.  R.  Woodward 106  00 


C.  G.  Levison 103  00 

L.  S.  Darling 99  09 


G.  M.  L.  La  Branche..  90  06 
D.  T.  Abercrombie. . .Withdrew 


Event  15,  Thursday  Afternoon,  March  2. 


This  event  was  open  to  all  without  any  restrictions, 
but  was  for  trout  fly-casting  for  accuracy  only.  Thirty 
feet  from  the  casting  platform  and  at  the  side  of  the 
tank  there  was  a target  with  marks  counting  10,  9,  8, 
etc.,  out  to  5.  Over  it  hung  a bush,  and  the  contestant 
had  to.  use  nice  judgment  in  order  to  score  on  the  tar- 
get without  fouling  the  obstacle.  A contestant  was 
allowed  five  trial  casts  unless  he  signified  his  readiness 
to  score,  after  which  his  next  five  casts  were  scored, 
10  being  perfect,  and  so  on.  There  were  ties  for  both 
first  and  third  place,  and  these  were  afterward  cast  off, 
D Brandreth  taking  the  gold  medal;  L.  S.  Darling,  the 
®,rver  oae>  ar*d  G.  M.  L.  LaBranche,  the  bronze  medal. 
W.  H Cruickshank  and  R.  H.  Klotz  judged  the  event, 
with  F.  L.  Metcalfe  as  referee.  The  score: 


D.  Brandreth  

6 

8 

3 

6 

Total. 

L.  S.  Darling 

G.  M.  La  Branche 

7 

9 

3 

7 

8 

zy 

29 

J.  D.  Smith 

3 

E.  T.  Mills . 

5 

£t 

F.  M.  Spiegle 

D.  T,  Abercrombie.. 

3 

7 

3 

3 

2 

3 

2 

7 

zu 

19 

H.  G.  Henderson,  Sr. 

3 

2 

Cast-off,  first: 
Brandreth  

f? 

O 

33 

23 

Darling  

7 

O 

Second : 

La  Branche  ............. 

8 

3 

A 

0 

Smith  .................. 

3 

0 

3 

25 

12 

a u-uiiucty  nigm,  marcn  2. 

An  open  event  to  all  who  had  never  cast  further  than 
80  feet  under  like  conditions,  with  four-ounce  fly-rod 
There  were  no  restrictions  on  length  of  leaders  and 
distance  alone  counted.  Rods  with  solid  reel-seats 
were  given  the  allowance  named  in  rule  16,  as  mentioned 
before.  L.  S.  Darling  won  with  84  feet.  The  iuds-es 
were  Milton  H.  and  J.  D.  Smith,  R.  H.  KloV  aglin 
acting  as  referee.  The  score: 


Ft.  la, 

L.  S,  Darling  ....,,.,...84  00 
W.  B„  Cloyes, ©8 


& Sf.5th  .......76  os' 

,,  _ r-  Abercrombie.....,, 72  ©& 

Messrs.  Darling  and  Abercrombie  used  4%,  and  the  others 
rods,  with  solid  metal  reel-seats,  o-ners 


Kin; 

D. 


196 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


IMarch  ii,  1905. 


Event  17,  Friday  Afternoon,  March  3. 

Another  quarter-ounce  frog  contest  off  the  reel  for 
accuracy  and  distance,  and  a hotly  contested  one,  with 
averages  for  accuracy  only  a few  points  under  perfec- 
tion  for  three  of  the  men.  The  conditions  were  exactly 
like  those  ruling  event  No.  7,  mentioned  in  last  week’s 
issue,  but  a slight  change  was  made  wherein  the  judges 
instructed  the  contestants  to  follow  their  accuracy  casts 
with  those  for  distance,  thus  saving  time  and  completing 
each  score  before  another  contestaii  twas  called  up.  In 
this  way  one  trial  and  five  casts  were  made  at  the 
6o-foot  target,  then  an  equal  number  at  the  ■ 70-foot 
target,  after  which  the  score  was  completed  by  five  dis- 
tance casts.  The  total  of  the  accuracy  casts  was  divided 
by  10  and  the  result  deducted  from  100,  counting  as  the 
accuracy  per  cent.  The  average  of  the  five  distance 
casts  added  to  this  constituted  the  score.  The  judges' 
were  H.  G.  Henderson,  Sr.,  and  Lody,  Smith, . with  R. 
H.  Klotz  as  referee.  C.  M.  Lucky  was  first  to  cast, 
and  his  score  for  accuracy  was  unusually  high,  his 
furthest  cast  being  less  than  6 feet  from  the  center  at 
both  distances.  Backing  this  up  with  four  casts  of  100 
feet  or  further,  he  left  those  to  follow  with  a heart- 
breaker  to  excel  or  equal.  L.  S.  Darling  almost 
equaled  his  accuracy  average,  but  had  two  unfortunate 
backlashes,  which  pulled  down  his  distance  average. 
Reuben  Leonard,  with  a short  rod  fitted  with  large 
agate  guides,  fell  slightly  below  both  men  on  accuracy, 
but  averaged  well  for  distance,  while  Hiram  Hawes 
made  a remarkable  showing  after  he  had  made  only 
87.3  average  accuracy,  by  rolling  up  a distance  average 
of  81  3-5  with  one  cast  outside  the  tank.  Eddie  Mills 
started  off  well,  but  got  three  distance  casts  outside, 
evidently  through  trying  too  hard  to  exceed  Dr. 
Luckey’s  high  average  for  distance.  The  score,  per- 
centage to  count: 


Unwise  Fish  Protection  on  Lake! 
Champlain, 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

I wish  to  call  the  attenion  of  your  readers,- and  es- 
pecially of  the  game  legislators,  to  the  results  of  mis- 
taken game  legislation  as  applied  to  Lake  Champlain. 
The  kernel  in  the  nut-shell  is  this.:  Prohibitory  laws 
have  protected  big  fish  until  they  have  grown  and  in- 
creased to  the  extent  that  they  have  become  able  to 
completely  devour  and  exterminate  each  year’s  fish 
crop;  very  few  small  fish  are  allowed  to  mature.  By 
big  fish  I mean  all  varieties  of  Esox:  Esox  lucius, 

common  pike,  called  pickerel;  also  Esox  nobilior,  channel 
pickerel  or  maskinonge;  also  gar  pike,  the  bill  fish  of 
the  natives.  They  are  of  the  largest  fresh-water  fishes, 
and  are  known  to  be  the  most  voracious  and  destructive, 
of  all  fresh-water  fish.  What  the  sharks  are  to  the 
ocean,  these  fish  are  to  fresh  waters.  I have  fished  in 
Lake  Champlain  for  the  last  fifty  years,  and  in  that 
time  have  visited  nearly  all  parts  of  this  lake;  it  has 
always  been  one  of. my  greatest  pleasures  to  watch  the 
actions  and  to  investigate  the  varieties  and  numbers  of 
fishes,  whenever  I had  the  opportunity. 

Now  I am  on  deck  to  tell  the  truth,  and  will  give 
you  my  testimony.  Fifty  years  ago,  and  for  about 
twenty  years  after,  the  lake  was  splendidly  stocked 
with  fish  everywhere.  Large  pickerel  were  not  plenty 
or  much  in  evidence.  During  the  above  time  I could 
count,  on  any  rocky  shore,  on  a sunny  day,  from 
twenty  to  fifty  black  bass  of  all  sizes  from  fingerlings  to 
large-sized  fish.  Also,  on  rocky  reefs  I could  often 
see  schools  of  large  bass  lying  on  the  surface  with 
their  fins  out  of  water,  sunning  themselves.  It  was  a 
common  thing  to  see  the  whole  outline  of  a reef  in- 


c. 

M.  Luckey 

100.0 

110.0 

108.0 

110.1  ' 

Distance 

Average, 

Feet. 

1C4.5 

3 5 2 

1 1 

4 2 

4 

5 

1 

Accuracy 
Average, 
Per  Cent. 
97.1 

Total 
Average, 
Per  Cent. 
201.60 

R. 

C.  Leonard.. 

......  91.3 

97.9 

104.1 

105.9 

96.6 

99.4 

1,4  5 

1 .4 

2 2 

3 

9 

1 

96.8 

195.90 

H. 

W.  Hawes 

101.0 

111.6 

113.0 

81.6 

4 28  27 

5 30 

3 16 

5 

6 

3 

87.6 

169.25  * 

146.40  ^ 

| 

L. 

S.  Darling 

15.0 

58.6 

84.0 

70.0 

59.6 

13  7 

2 1 

3 0 

1 

2 

11 

96.9 

E. 

J.  Mills 

......  90.0 

57.0 



«... 

11  6 5 

6 10 

1 4 

4 

8 

6 

93.9 

1 

D. 

T.  Abercrombie 

28.0 

11.0 

47.0 

51.0 

— 

10  10  19  10  22 

10  36  10  40  43 

79.7 

Event  18,  Friday  Night,  March  3, 

This  was  open  to  all,  distance  only  to  count,  with 
four-ounce  rods  and  any  leader,  with  the  usual  allow- 
ance for  solid  reel-seats.  R.  C.  Leonard,  using  a five- 
ounce  rod,  with  separate  hand  grasps  and  solid  reel- 
seat,  scored  96  feet  8 inches  and  won  first  place.  H. 

G.  Henderson,  Sr.,  and  M.  IT.  Smith  were  the  judges. 
The  referee  was  Robert  B.  Lawrence.  The  score: 

Ft.  In.  Ft.  In. 

R.  C.  Leonard 96  OS  L.  S.  Darling S2  00 

H.  W.  Hawes S5  08  E.  J.  Mills 78  06 


Event  19,  Saturday  Afternoon,  March  4. 

An  open  event  restricted  to  dry  fly-casting  for  ac- 
curacy only,  at  buoys  20,  30,  40,  50  and  60  feet  from  the 
casting  platform.  Each  contestant,  when  ready  to 
score,  was  required  to  make  one  cast  at  the  30-foot 
buoy  and  allow  the  fly  to  float  on  the  water  a few 
seconds.  It  was  then  retrieved  as  delicately  as  possible 
and  the  next  buoy  cast  at,  and  so  on  until  the  five 
casts  had  been  made.  When  the  fly  fell  within  a foot 
of  the  proper  buoy,  the  accuracy  was  scored  as  perfect; 
but  if  the  fly  failed  to  float,  or  fell  more  than  a foot 
from  the  buoy,  a demerit  of  1 for  each  fault  was  scored. 
Robert  B.  Lawrence  and  H.  B.  Leckler  were  the  judges; 
referee,  R.  C.  Leonard.  The  score: 


J.  H.  Cruickshank 
G.  M.  La  Branche, 
D.  Brandreth  ... 
L.  S.  Darling... 


Accuracy.  Average.  Per  Cent. 


1 

1 

2. 

0 2 

6 

98.80 

1 

1 

1 

4 4 

11 

97.80 

4 

2 

1 

7 20 

34 

92.20 

1 

2 

3 

6 30 

42 

91.60 

Event  20,  Saturday  Night,  March  4, 

This  was  an  open  event,  in  which  each  contestant  was 
required  to  cast  for  V/2  minutes  with  each  hand  alter- 
nately until  6 minutes’  time  had  been  consumed,  the 
largest  cast  with  each  hand  to  count,  while  the  average 
for  the  four  casts  constituted  the  score.  R.  C.  Leonard 
scored  99  feet  and  averaged  88  feet  9 inches,  winning 
first  prize.  The  judges  were  C.  G.  Levison  and  M.  H. 
Smith;  referee,  R.  H.  Klotz.  The  score: 

Average, 

Right  hand.  Left  hand.  Ft.  In. 

R.  C.  Leonard 99  84  81  81  88  9 

H.  C.  Hawes 85  93  80  '84  86  6 

L.  S.  Darling.. 92.6  90  71.6  75  82  3 

King  Smith 80  88  67  68  75  9 


Event  21,  Monday,  Afternoon  March  6. 


Trout  fly-casting  for  accuracy  only,  open  to  all,  with- 
out restriction  on  weight  of  rod  or  length  of  leader. 
Five  casts  were  required  at  each  of  three  buoys  placed 
at  40,  45  and  50  feet,  with  time  to  extend  line  between 
each  distance.  A fly  alighting  within  a foot  of  the 
buoy  was  scored  a perfect  cast,  with  a demerit  of  1 
for  each  foot  or  fraction  the  fly  fell  from  the  buoy. 
The  demerit  per  cent,  divided  by  15  and  the  total  de- 
ducted from  100  was  scored  as  the  average  per  cent. 
L.  S.  Darling  won,  although  N.  S.  Smith  tied  this 
score  on  his  14th  cast.  The  judges  were  G.  M.  L. 
LaBranche  and  Perry  D.  Frazer;  referee,  R.  H.  Klotz. 
The  score. 


S.  L.  Darling. 

N.  S.  Smith........,, 

J.  H.  Cruickshank, 
D.  T.  Abercrombie. 


Total.  Per  Cent. 


0 

0 

0 

0 

1 

0 

1 

1 

0 

0 

1 

1 

1 

2 

0—  8 

99.47 

0 

1 

1 

0 

1 

0 

0 

1 

0 

1 

0 

1 

0 

1 

2=  9 

99.47 

1 

2 

3 

1 

0 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

3 

1—19 

98.40 

3 

4 

2 

2 

1 

0 

3 

2 

2 

1 

1 

1 

9 

1' 

3—35 

• 97.66 

In  practice  this  afternoon  Miss  E.  J.  Cruickshank 
cast  a trout  fly  with  a light  rod  with  accuracy  in  every 
way  creditable  to  this  family  of  fly-fishermen, 


dicated  by  the  leaping  bass  and  pike-perch  chasing 
small  fish.  At  this  time  a person  with  a box  of  worms 
and  a sapling  rod  or  pole  could  go  down  to  the  shore 
almost  anywhere,  throw  out,  and  catch  a fine  mess  of 
fish  of  a number  of  varieties.  This  I Used  to  do  myself. 
The  fish  could  be  seen  close  up  ashore.  Perch  could 
be  seen  in  schools  acres  in  extent,  out  in  the  lake. 

I used  to  see  around  the  rocks  fine  schools  of  fall 
fish,  or  silver  chubs,  sometimes  called  the  trout’s 
cousins,  because  they  take  a fly  and  fight  precisely  like 
the  trout  when  hooked.  They  are  fine  fish  on  the 
table.  Years  ago  it  was  common  to  catch  in  Lake 
Champlain  the  whitefish  of  the  western  lakes.  The . 
local  fishermen  called  them  lake  shad—they  used  to 
catch  them  with  a worm  or  a small  minnow.  Rock 
bass  and  pond-fish  were  numerous  everywhere,  and  were 
a nuisance  if  one  was  fishing  with  live  bait  for  bass  , 
and  pike-perch.  Smelt  and  herring  could  be  caught  in 
quantities  everywhere  through  the  ice  in  winter.  I used 
to  spend  days  fishing  for  bass  with  good  success;  it 
would  be  useless  to  do  so  now.  Mark  you,  the  time 
above  spoken  of  was  the  time,  and  many  years  before, 
when  free  netting,  spearing,  shooting  fish  with  guns,  . 
and  no  close  season,  was  the  rule.  One  thing  I know, 
the  great  bulk  of  fish  taken  by  spearing  were  pickerel, 
because  the}'  lie  close  up  ashore  in  the  night,  and  in 
the  spring  they  lie  close  up  ashore  with  their  backs  out 
of  water,  when  they  can  be  shot  with  guns.  I think 
the  above  goes  to  show  plainly  that  seining,  spearing 
and  shooting  with  guns  kept  the  big  fish  in  check,  allow- 
ing each  year’s  fish  crop  to  mature,  thereby  keeping  the 
lake  finely  stocked. 

Let  us  take  a look  at  the  condition  of  the  lake  now. 
For  the  past  few  years  I have  looked  in  vain  for  bass 
on  sunny  days  around  rocky  shores;  they  are  not  there. 

I have  not  seen  nor  caught  any  silver  chubs,  the  trout’s 
cousin,  in  a number  of  years.  The  rock  bass  and 
pond-fish  have  practically  disappeared  from  the  lake; 

I have  caught  only  four  or  five  of  them  in  the  last  three 
years.  I find  it  useless  to  fish  for  black  bass  alone,  and 
only  once  in  a while  get  one,  then  seemingly  acci- 
dentally, and  find  him  poor  in  flesh  and  lanky  for 
want  of  food.  Years  ago  they  were  fleshy  and  plump 
like  well-fed  porkers.  By  the  best  of  my  judgment, 
pike-perch  and  yellow-perch,  also  smelt  and  herring, 
have  decreased  in  numbers  fully  50  to  80  per  cent, 
from  what  they  were  twenty  years  ago.  Besides  this, 
the  pike-perch  are  thinner  and  more  snaky  than  they 
used  to  be.  Furthermore,  I do  not  see  schools  of  bass 
or  pike-perch  jumping  on  the  reefs  as  I did  years  ago. 
For  the  last  ten  years  I have  fished  on  the  Vermont  side 
of  the  lake,  where  the  fish  were  . much  more  plenty 
than  they  were  on  the  New  York"  side,  thanks  to  the 
seining  allowed  by  Vermont.  But  I do  find  "enormous 
pickerel  on  nearly  every  reef.  I manage  to  save  some 
of  them,  but  the  largest  break  loose.  I got  one  thirty- 
eight  and  one-half  inches  in  length.  One  I managed  to 
get  to  the  surface,  and  had  a good  view  of,  he  appeared 
to  be  fully  five  feet  long;  he  broke  away.  I think  he 
was  a maskinonge.  Next  season  I will  rig  up  with 
shark  hooks  and  cod  lines;  then  we  will  see  if  there 
is  a God  in  Israel. 

I will  here  copy  an  article  in  regard  to  Esox  lucius, 
from  the  Encyclopedia  Britannica,  which  is  of  the 
highest  authority:  “Pikes  are  proverbially  voracious; 

there  seems  indeed  to  be  no  bounds  to  their  gluttony, 
for  they  devour  indiscriminately  whatever  edible  sub- 
stances they  fall  in  with,  and  almost  every  animal  they 
are  able  to  subdue.  ‘It  is,’  says  M.  de  Lacepede,  ‘the 
shark  of  the  fresh' waters;  it  reigns  there  a devastating 
tyrant,  like  a shark  in  the  midst  of  the  ocean;  insatiable 
in  its  appetite  it  ravages  with  fearful  rapidity  the 
streams,  lakes,  and  fish  ponds  where  it  inhabits.  Blindly 
ferocious,  it  doe?  not  spare  its  species  and  even  devours 


its  own  young;  gluttonous  without  choice  it  tears  and 
swallows  with  a sort  of  fury  the  remains  even  of  putre-  ! 
fied  carcasses.’”  I have  caught  pickerel  that  I had  to 
throw  overboard,  on  account  of  the  foul  stench  they 
emitted.  “This  blood-thirsty  animal  is  also  one  of  those 
to  which  nature  accords  the  longest  duration  of  years; 
for  ages  it  terrifies,  agitates,  pursues,  destroys,  and 
consumes  the  feeble  inhabitants  of  the  waters  which  it  ! 
infests;  and  as  if,  in  spite  of  its  insatiable  cruelty,  it  1 
was  meant  that  it  should  receive  every  advantage,  it 
has  not  only  been  gifted  with  strength,  with  size,  with 
numerous  weapons,  but  it  has  also  been  adorned  with 
elegance  of  form,  symmetry  of  proportions,  and  variety  ' 
and  richness  in  color.”  A singular  instance  of  its 
•voracity  is  related  by  Johnson,  who  asserts  that  he  saw  , 
one  killed  which  contained  in  its  belly  another  pike  of 
large  size,  and  the  latter,  on  being  opened,  was  found 
to  have  swallowed  a water  rat! 

I have  seen  a statement  of  an  experiment  tried  with 
some  pickerel,  Esox  lucius,  that  were'  kept  in  confine- 
ment. Live  fish  were  fed  to  them  to  see  how  much 
the  gluttons  would  devour.  It  was  found  that  on  the 
average  they  would  eat  their  own  weight  of  fish  in 
about  every  three  and  one-half  days.  Think  of  it! 

A pike  of  twenty  pounds  would  eat  nearly  one  ton  of  j 
fish  each  year;  one  of  ten  pounds  weight  would  devour 
nearly  1,000  pounds  in  a year;  a six-pound  pickerel 
would  destroy  more  fish  in  one  year  than  a summer 
sportsman  would  catch  in  one  season.  Now,  a channel 
pickerel,  maskinonge,  grows  to  weigh  from  forty  to  ' 
sixty  pounds.  Give  them  a fair  chance  and  they  would 
get  away  with  fish  by  the  ton.  In  my  younger  days  j 
there  was  a shallow  lake  near  my  home,  three  miles 
long,  and  three-fourths  of  a mile  wide.  It  was  full  of  j 
suckers  and  dace,  and  there  were  more  frogs  to  the  : 
square  rod  than  I ever  saw  in  any  water.  We  thought 
it  would  be  fine  to  introduce  pickerel.  Sixteen  were 
placed  in  the  lake;  in  three  years’  time  all  the  suckers, 
dace  and  frogs  had  disappeared. 

The  garpike  is  a fiendish  invention  of  the  evil  one.  * 
Imagine  a thin  clipper-built  fish,  two  to  four  feet  in 
length,  armed  with  a bill  of  hard  bone  three  to  ten 
inches  long,  opening  like  a pair  of  shears,  whose  edges 
are  armed  with  sharp-cutting  teeth  locking  together 
like  two  carpenter-saws  placed  edge  to  edge.  Give  this 
fish  an.  impenetrable  armor  that  will  turn  the  edge 
of  a knife,  and  you  have  the  garpike.  This  fish  will  dart 
like  an  arrow  and  js  the  swiftest  fish  in  the  lake.  Like 
its  cousin,  Esox,  it  delights  to  lurk  among  the  lily- 
pads  and  weeds,  ever  ready  to  dart  out  and  kill  any 
unfortunate  fish  that  happens  along.  It  is  almost  im- 
possible to  take.  this  fish  by  angling,  as  it  generally 
cuts  a fish  in  pieces  before  devouring  it.  On  sunny 
days  they  can  be  seen  in  some  parts  of  the  lake  in 
large  schools,  basking  on  the  surface.  As  the  game  laws 
of  New  York  entirely  prohibit,  by  heavy  penalties, 
spearing,  netting  and  shooting  of  fish,  these  garpike 
have  it  all  their  own  way.  They  are  left  entirely  alone;  ; 
none  are  destroyed  by  man.  Years  ago,  in  the  time 
of  seining,  when  the  seine  was  drawn  the  fishermen  1 
could  detect  the  presence  of  bill-fish  before  they  saw  1 
them,  by  the  bloody  water  and  the  condition  of  the 
poor  fish  enclosed.  Some  of  these  would  have  their 
tails  cut  off,  others  would  be  horridly  cut  and  wounded. 

In  the  days  of  wooden  plows  farmers  living  near  Lake 
Champlain  used  to  nail  to  the  mold-boards  of  their 
plows  the  skins  of  the  garpike  to*  preserve  them  from 
wear.  It  seems  to  be  the  mission  of  the  garpike  and 
pickerel  family  to  devastate,  ravage  and  destroy.  In  this 
work  they  have  been  practically  protected  by  the  game 
laws  of  the  past  years.  The  supply  of  fish  in  Lake  Cham- 
plain at  the  present  time  is  in  a bad  way,  but  worse  is  to  ! 
come.  Maskinonge,  or  channel  pickerel,  have  been  in-  j 
troduced.  These  grow  to  forty  or  fifty  pounds  in 
weight;  they  will  increase  like  common  pickerel,  and 
what  minnows  and  speckled  trout  are  to  common 
pickerel  as  a prey,  will  be  the  pike-perch  and  black 
bass_,  and  all  other  fish  under  six  pounds  weight.  I am 
afraid  the  sudden  depletion  of  fish  in  the  lake  for  the 
last  few  years  comes  from  this  cause.  I understand  < 
that  New  York  has  been  propagating  channel  pickerel 
for  distribution.  This  goes  to  make  good  the  words  of  . 
one  of  Shakespeare’s  characters,  Puck,  when  he  ex-  5 
claims,  “What  fools  these  mortals  be !” 

Some  people  think  the  use  of  explosives  has  much  to  j 
do  with  the  scarcity  of  fish.  It  is  true  the  explosion 
of  dynamite  on  a reef  makes  barren  grund  of  that 
particular  reef  for  a number  of  years.  It  destroys  all 
insect  life  on  which  the  small  fish  feed,  thereby  causing 
them  to  desert  that  particular  localitv— the  small'  fish  hav- 
ing left,  the  larger  fish  leave  also.  When  the  reef  is  in  the 
region  of  strong  currents,  these  results  are  not  so 
bad.  Of  course  this  causes  only  local  damage,  but  it 
is  bad  enough,  and  should  be  prohibited  by  heavy  fines 
or  imprisonment. 

Now,  I do  not  wish  to  dictate  or  to  say  to  the  game 
legislator  what  laws  should  be  enacted,  but  I suppose 
every  person  has  a right  to  express  his  opinion.  There- 
fore I would  like  to  suggest  what  changes  might  be 
made  to  meet  the  adverse  conditions  that  confront  us. 

First — I would  suggest  that  Esox  lucius  and  garpike 
should  be  outlawed.  All  persons  should  be  authorized 
to  take  them  at  all  times,  and  by  any  means,  excepting 
the  use  of  explosives  placed  in  the  water,  which  should 
be  prohibited  by  heavy  penalties. 

.Second — Allow  spearing  and  gunning  for  fish,  both  ! 
night  and  day,  at  all  times  of  the  year,  for  the  reason  j 
that  the  bulk  . of  the  fish  taken  by  these  means  are 
pickerel.  (This  I know  to  be  true.)  If  some  other 
fish  are  taken  the  benefit  of  killing  the  pickerel  heavily 
overbalances  the  harm  done.  ' 

Third — Give  licenses  for  seining  and  netting,  but 
under  supervision  as  to  localities,  size  of  the  meshes  of 
nets,  etc.  Exceptions:  No  seines  or  nets  to  be  used  on 
or  in  the  immediate  vicinity  of  rocky  reefs  or  places 
where  the  pike-perch  and.  bass  frequent  and  inhab't 
plentifully.  No  seines'  or  nets  to  be  used  that  "will 
take  fish  of  one-half  pound  weight  or  under.  No  close 
season  for  seining  and  nets,  except  where  pike-perch 
and  bass  resort  for  spawning  purposes.  The  last  clause, 
regarding  netting,  to  be  kept  in  force  at  least  until  the  ! 
pickerel  and  garpike  are  thinned  out  of  the  lake. 

Fourth — All  licence?  to  be  issued  with  the  understand  ' 


197 


March  ii,  1905.]  FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


ing  that  the  owners  of  all  nets  and  seines  shall  destroy 
all  garpikes  taken. 

Fifth— Fish  protectors  to  be  well  paid  only  for 
actual  time  arid  service  put  iti.  It  is  an  outrage  on  the 
people  to  appoint  M incompetent  fish  protector  and 
pay  him  a good  salary  for  sirriply  bearing  the  rtartte. 

Perhaps  the  above  changes  in  the  game  laws  I sug- 
gest may  seem  too  radical,  but  in  Lake  Champlain  we 
are  confronted  by  desperate  conditions,  which  only 
radical  measures  can  meet.  Stocking  Lake  Champlain 
with  young  fish  is  useless,  under  the  present  conditions, 
so  is  the  eight-inch  law  for  bass.  In  fact,  there  are 
scarcely  any  small  bass  remaining  to  protect. 

Bainbridge  Bishop. 

New  Russia,  N V. 


Fish  and  Fishing* 

I had  hoped  to  have  remained  silent  as  regards  the  re- 
cent attempts  of  The  Old  Angler  to  entice  me  ffoiri  my 
modest  retirement  to  re-enter  the  field  of  personal  debate, 
more  especially  as  the  work  of  satisfactorily  replying  to 
his  mistaken  attacks  upon  certain  of  my  statements  was 
beirig  so  admirably  dope  by  others,  notably  by  Mr.  Jasper 
J.  Daly;  .managing  director  of  Pleasant  Lake  Cluly  to 
whom  I kefe  express  my  thanks  for  his  public  proof  of 
the  correctness  of  my  refereiice  td.  the  salmon  of  that 
body  of  water,  and  of  the  errors  into  which  Fhe.  Old 
Angler  had  fallen  in  connection  therewith.  But  the  latter 
is  too  old  and  too  experienced  a fly-tier  and  fly-caster 
not  to  be  able  to  discover  some  gay  deceit  that  will  suc- 
ceed in  raising  an  obstinate  fish;  and  the  pertinacity  with 
which  he  returns  to  the  attempt  to  convict  me  of  scientific 
error  in  my  writings  upon  the  sea  trout,  seems  at  last  to 


classification  of  fishes — and  I assert  without  fear  of  suc- 
cessful contradiction  that  no  more  competent  ones  exist 
than  Gunther,  Garman,  the  late  Dr.  G.  Brown  Goode,  and 
Doctors  Jordan  and  Evermann — that  the  species  is  Salve- 
linus  fontinolis , or  the  brook  trout ; of  which,  as  stated  by 
Jordan  and  Evermann,  “many  local  varieties  occur,  dis- 
tinguished by  shades  of  color.”  Personally,  I prefer  the 
use  of  the  word  “type”  to  “variety”  in  speaking  of  these 
diftereflc'es  of  coloring,  though  this  is  all  a matter  of  per- 
sonal preference,  for  “variety”  has  come  to  be  regarded 
by  many  scientists  as  inapplicable  to  a form  differing  from 
the  typical  individuals  of  a spec'ies  that  are  not  capable  of 
being  perpetuated  through  two  or  more  generations,  while 
“type”  is  equally  applicable  to  an  individual,  a species,  a 
genus,  a sub-family  or  a family.  It  was  in  illustration  of 
this  idea  of  the  word  “type,”  as  standing  for  the  picture  or 
representation  of  distinct  individuality  that  I referred  in 
Forest  and  Stream  of  the  24th  of  December  last,  to  the 
fflatiy  distinct  types  of  fish  to  be  found  in  the  same  trout 
stream  o t pond,  adding  “I  know  more  than  one  spot  in  a 
small  trout  stream,  and  have  no  doubt  that  almost  every 
one  of  my  readers  can  think  of  just  such  another  vantage 
ground,  Where  it  is  quite  possible  to  stand  and  catch  two 
distinct  types  of  $ dive  Units  fontinolis.  On  the  one  side 
is  a rapid,  running  ovef  bright  golden  sands,  where  the 
fish  are  as  brilliant  as  coin  fresh  from  the  mint.  Oil  the 
other  is  deep,  still  water,  under  the  shadow  of  an  over- 
hanging tree,  containing  fish  so  much  darker  in  their 
markings  and  tints  that  the  uninitiated  would  be  apt  to  de- 
clare them  a distinct  variety  from  the  first.  When  the 
differences  are  so  marked  as  this  in  the  external  appear- 
ances of  fish  inhabiting  the  same  water,  it  is  surely  not  to 
be  wondered  at  that,  as  Mr.  Hallock  points  out,  the 
marine  and  fluvial  trout,  though  identical  in  both  species 
and  variety,  should  constitute  two  distinct  types.” 


THE  sportsman's  SHOW,  MADISON  SQUARE  GARDEN. 
Showing  the  elevated  tank  for  the  fly-casting  Competition. 


■ Call  for  a repetition  of  what  I have  already  said  upon  the 
subject,  lest  frequent  iteration  on  his  part  should  lead  to 
misapprehension  upon  that  of  others. 

The  closing  paragraph  of  his  letter  in  your  issue  of  the 
-I8th  of  February  is  nothing  at  all  if  not  an  attempt  to 

• make  it  appear  that  as  a result  of  the  recent  discussion  in 
-.Forest  and  Stream  I have  been  led  to  renounce  certain 

ichthyological  errors  which  he  would  insinuate  that  I 
: had  previously  advanced  in  this  column.  As  well  might 
I have  expressed  gratification  that  both  Mr.  Hallock  and 
. The  Old  Angler  ‘ ‘are  now  agreed  that  when  Salmo  fon- 
-‘  Unalis  is  caught  in  salt  water  he  is  a sea  trout,  but  when 
taken,  in  fresh  water  he  is  a brook  trout,  which  has  been 
. ail.  along  the  contention  of”  the  undersigned ; for  The 
. /Qid  . Angler  knows  that  many  years  ago  I wrote  to  this 
'■  effe-cVof  the  fish  in  a book  of  which  I sent  him  a copy  at 
-the.  request  of  a mutual  friend.  Furthermore,  no  intelli- 
gent reader  of  my  contribution  to  this  paper  of  the  24th 

• of 'December  last  could  fail  to  understand  that'the  marine 
and  fluvial  trout,  as  Mr.  Hallock  describes  them,  and  with 
quite  as  much  justification  as  The  Old  Angler  calls  them 
sea  and  brook  trout,  are  “identical  in  both  species  and 
variety.”  And  I added,  further,  “Differences  in  coloring,  as 
we  all  know,  cannot  constitute  distinct  varieties,  and  the 
sea  and  river  trout  are  identical,  not  only  in  bone 
structure,  but  also  in  fin  rays,  in  the  number  of  pyloric 
appendages  and  in  the  arrangement  of  teeth  upon  the 
vomer,  which  are  all  taken  into  consideration  by  scientists 
in  their  study  of  what  is  known  as  comparative  zoology.” 

All  this  had  been  written  before  any  discussion  of  my 
original  contribution  on  the  subject  had  come  to  my 
notice  at  all.  And  nearly  a month  earlier  I had  made  it 
clear  that  the  so-called  sea  trout  was  simply  a sea-run 
trout,  since  I showed  that  it  was  born  in  fresh  water  and 
returned  there  to-  spawn.  The  article  in  which  this  was 
. plainly  ■ stated  apepared  in  this  column  on  the  19th  of 
.November  last. 

While  his  letter  is  before  me,  I must  take  exception  to 
the  statement  of  The  Old  Angler  that  “Authorities  com- 
petent to  give  an  opinion  now  agree  that  the  species  is 
Salmo  fontinolis,  and  the  variety  brook  trout.”  As  a 
matter  of  fact  they  do  nothing  of  the  kind,  though  in 
former  times  there  were  those  who  undoubtedly  did  so. 
Nowadavs  it  is  agreed  bv  the  very  best  authorities  on  the 


The  Old  Angler,  or  anyone  else,  is  welcome  to  all  the 
comfort  he  can  extract  out  of  his  ridicule  of  this  conten- 
tion. It  suits  my  purpose  to  retain  the  form  of  expres- 
sion I have  already  employed,  and  I shall  continue  to  do 
so,  though  I have  no  more  inclination  to  force  _ it  upon 
others  than  I have  to  permit  others  to  force  their  forms 
upon  me. 

There  is,  of  course,  neither  argument  nor  proof  in  the 
allegation  of  the  “crass  ignorance”  of  such  keen  and 
observant  sportsmen  as  J.  U.  Gregory,  of  Quebec,  and 
John  Manuel,  of  Ottawa,  and  of  the  “errors  of  description 
and  classification,”  the  “ignorance,”  etc.,  of  such  widely 
recognized  authorities  as  the  late  M.  H.  Perley,  Frank 
Forrester,  Charles  Hallock,  Thad.  Norris  and  others;  and 
wide,  indeed,  is  the  gulf  that  separates  such  garrulousness 
' from  the  calm,  dignified,  scientific  and  judicial  spirit 
„ which  enabled  Darwin,  in  his  “Origin  of  Species,”  to  say 
of  this  question  of  varietal  and  individual  differences, 
“Certainly  no  clear  line  of  demarkation  has  as  yet  been 
drawn t between  species  and  subspecies-;  that  is,. the  forms 
which,  in  the  opinions  of  some  naturalists,  come  very  near 
to,  but  do  not  quite  arrive  at,  the  rank  of  species;  or, 
again,  between  subspecies  and  well-marked  varieties,  or 
between  lesser  varieties  and  individual  differences.  These 
differences  blend  into  each  other  by  an  insensible  series ; 
and  a series  impresses  the  mind  with  the  idea  of  an 
actual  passage.” 

It  is  unfortunate  for  those  of  us  who  only  desire  a calm 
and  dispassionate  discussion  of  the  differences  to  which 
Darwin  refers,  that  The  Old  Angler  should  so  facetiously 
demand,  “how  far  up  river  does  the  marine  trout  change 
into  the  fluvial  trout,  or  how  far  down  river  does  the 
fluvial  type  change  into  the  marine  type?”  Premising 
cnee  for  all,  since  I have  already  many  times  repeated 
the  statement,  that  the  marine  and  fluvial  trout  are  one 
and  the  "same  fish — varietaliy  and  structurally-differing 
only  in  coloring  and  the  other  conditions  resulting  from 
the  anadromy  of  the  one  and  the  non-anadromy  of  the 
other,  which  differences  Mr.  Hallock  and  myself  have 
elected  to  describe,  for  reasons  of  convenience  and  per- 
spicuity, as  individual  types,  my  questioner  is  informed 
that  these  two  types  are  frequently  found  together,  as  any 
angler  who  has  taken  them  in  the  estuaries  of  the  rivers 
on  the  north  shore  of  the  Gulf  of  St.  Lawrence,  as  T have- 


done  for  so  many  years  past,  will  readily  testify.  The 
residents  of  that  coast,  as  almost  every  salmon  fisherman 
visiting  those  streams  well  knows,  give  the  name  truite- 
de-mer  or  sea  trout,  to  the  river  type,  when  found  in  the 
estuaries  with  the  silver-armored  prodigal  from  the  sea, 
which  latter  they  nickname  truite  saumonee,  or  salmon 
trout,  because  of  its  resemblance  in  color  to  the  salmon. 
If  The  Old  Angler  were  familiar  with  the  habits  of  the 
trout  of  these  northern  streams,  he  would  know  that 
while  the  typical  river  fish  are  frequently  found  with  the 
others  as  far  down  stream  as  the  estuaries,  the  marine 
type  ascends  the  river  to  spawn,  often  above  the  spawning 
grounds  of  the  salmon,  of  which  it  is  one  of  the  most 
ravenous  despoilers. 

My  friendly  disputant’s  assurance  that  it  was  without 
the  least  wish  to  misrepresent  that  he  jumped  to  the  con- 
clusion, from  my  original  contribution  on  the  subject,  that 
I was,  previous  to  last  summer,  a stranger  to  the  sea 
trout,  is  gladly  accepted,  though  I entirely  fail  to  follow 
the  process  of  reasoning  by  which  he  was  led  up  to  that 
conclusion.  However,  this  is  purely  a personal  matter, 
after  all,  to  which  I only  now  refer  for  the  purpose  of 
mentioning  my  acceptance  of  his  explanation,  and  possi- 
bly I was  not  quite  as  explicit  as  I might  have  been  when 
I made  the  statement  which  caused  his  misapprehension, 

E.  T.  D.  Chambers. 


In  California  Waters. 

Sacramento,  Cal.,  March  1. — Striped  bass  are  now  be- 
ing caught  in  the  San  Francisco  Bay  off  the  Tiburon 
shore  by  anglers.  The  salmon  recently  put  in  an  ap- 
pearance, and  for  some  weeks  to  come  the  fishermen 
who  take  pleasure  in  trolling  from  boats  look  forward 
to  the  enjoyment  which  comes  from  the  hooking  and 
playing  of  large  game  fish.  The  striped  bass  have 
not  as  yet  shown  themselves  in  anything  like  satisfac- 
tory numbers,  but  the  few  that  are  in  evidence  go 
to  prove  that  the  big  run  is  not  far  off,  and  that  fishing 
in  the  straits  will  afford  anglers  a fine  measure  of 
sport  during  the  present  month. 

“Pop”  Carroll,  who  is  fond  of  salt-water  angling  for 
big  fish,  succeeded  in  landing  two  large  salmon  and 
one  striped  bass  last  Tuesday.  The  largest  of  the 
salmon  taken  put  up  a game  fight,  and  proved  to  be  a 
beautiful  prize.  Not  until  the  capture  of  striped  bass 
by  a system  of  trolling  from  boats  was  attempted,  had 
anglers  the  remotest  idea,  that  the  salmon,  while  on  its 
journey  from  salt  water  to  fresh  water,  would  pay  at- 
tention to  a spoon  trolled  in  any  part  of  the  bay. 

Several  fine  salmon  were  taken  last  year  during 
March  and  April,  which  is  evidence  that  local  anglers 
could  have  enjoyed  many  days  of  grand  sport  in  past 
years,  if  only  aware  that  salmon  could  be  taken  by 
means  of  spoon-spinning. 

Several  boats  were  engaged  for  last  Sunday,  and 
many  of  the  occupants  who  trolled  along  Tiburon’s 
shores  enjoyed  the  pleasure  of  hooking  some  of  the 
large  fish  that  were  waiting  to  be  caught  in  the  straits. 

Now  that  the  water  in  San  Antonio  Slcugh  is  in  goqd 
condition  for  fishing,  some  members  of  the  California 
Anglers’  Club  will  prospect  for  bass  with  spoon  and 
clam. 

Fishing  in  Lake  Merritt  remains  poor,  and  the  out- 
look for  anything  like  favorable  sport  on  the  placid 
sheet  of  water  will  not  be  good,  as  long  as  the  pile- 
drivers  are  at  work  on  the  logs  anchored  near,  the  old 
fishing  grounds. 

Fish  spearing  on  the  Paper  Mill  and  Lagunitas  creeks 
continues  without  interruption  from  game  wardens  and 
fish  officials.  J-  L).  C. 


§fhe  fennel 

* 

A True  rDog  Story. 

John  Chase,  a stage  driver.  On  the  mail  line  from 
Saratoga-  to  Dillon,  is  the  owner  of  a remarkably  bright 
shepherd  dog,  which  money  would  not  buy,  for  he 
helped  his  master  out  of  a very  difficult  matter  and 
probably  saved  the  lives  of  four  horses. 

Mr.  Chase  was  on  the  road  to  Dillon,  with  a four- 
horse  sled-load  of  mail,  last  week,  and  reaching  a point 
near  what  is  known  as  “Snow-slide  hill,”  when  his 
horses  got  off  the  road  and  all  four  of  them  got  down 
in  the  snow.  Chase  worked  for  hours,  trying  to  get 
them  on  their  feet  again,  but  in  vain.  After  most 
heroic  efforts,  all  four  of  the  horses  remained  “helly-up.” 
It  was  growing  toward  night  and  the  weather  was  sharp. 
Chase  was  desperate.  He  saw  that  all  his  efforts  to 
get  the  horses  up  were  in  vain. 

Joseph  Farrell  and  two  or  three  other  men  occupied 
a cabin  about  a mile  back  on  the  road.  Having  this  in 
- mind  he  Turned  to  the  dog,  who  was  an  interested,-  but 
helpless  spectator,  and-  said:  “Go  down  to  the  cabin 

and  fell  those  men  to  come  up  and  help  me.”  He  had 
no  thought  that  the  dog  would  understand,  but  it  seems 
that  the  dog  did,  for  he  at  once  started  down  the  trail 
on  a run.  Chase  has  often  said  that  the  dog  knew 
all  he  said  to  it,  but  all  his  stories  of  the  dog’s  in- 
telligence were  taken  with  a grain  of  allowance,  his 
hearers  knowing  how  much  Chase  valued  the  canine. 

It  was  not  very  long,  however,  before  the  men,  armed 
with  shovels  made  their  appearance,  accompanied  by 
the  dog,  which  seemed  to  be  leading  the  way.  They 
said  the  dog  had  come  and  scratched  at  the  door,  and 
had  shown  so  much  anxiety  for  them  to  follow  him, 
running  off  up  the  road,  barking  and  whining,  that  they 
felt  that  its  master  must  be  in  trouble.  So  they  bundled 
themselves,  procured  shovels  and  determined  to  find 
out.  if  possible  just  what  was  the  matter. 

With  the  help  of  the  men  the  horses  were  gotten  on  to 
their  feet  once  more.  There  was  hay  in  the  sled,  but  as 
it  was  still  on  the  trail,  it  was  too  high  for  the  horses 
to  reach  it.  So  the  snow  was  shoveled  away  to  let  it 
down  to  a point  where  the  horses  could  feed  with  com- 
fort, and  the  outfit  left  for  the  night,  Chase  and  the 
men  returning  to  the  cabin  for  the  night. 

The  next  morning  Chase  was  able  to  get  the  team 
on  to  the  road  once  more  and  finished  his  journey 
without  further  mishap.  Chase  says  that  money  could 
not  buy  that  dog,  and  he  never  makes  a trip  over  that 
road  without  the  dog  along.— Saratoga  (Wyo.)  Sun. 


198 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


'[March  is,  1905. 


FOREST  AND  STREAM  DESIGNING  COMPETI- 
TION NO.  IV. 


We  publish  in  another  column  the  prize  winners  in  the 
competition  given  by  this  journal  for  a 60ft.  waterline 
cruising  launch,  together  with  the  judge’s  criticisms  of 
the  designs  submitted.  The  name  of  the  winner  of  the 
cabin  plan  prize  will  be  given  next  week. 

Mr.  Henry  J.  Gielow  went  over  the  drawings  with 
great  care,  and  besides  giving  all  the  points  and  features 
due  consideration,  checked  all  weights  and  calculations. 
This  was  a great  undertaking,  and  we  congratulate  the 
competitors  upon  having  so  conscientious,  painstaking  and 
thorough  a judge  pass  upon  their  work. 

In  criticising  the  designs,  Mr.  Gielow  has  adopted  a 
rather  different  policy  from  the  one  pursued  before.  As 
he  states  in  his  report,  he  assumes  that  the  good  points 
in  the  designs  speak  for  themselves,  and  in  order  to 
make  the  competition  of  especial  benefit  and  value  to 
the  participants  as;  well  as  others  interested  in  the  study 
(of  the  subject,  he  calls  particular  attention  to  such  weak 
features  as  the  designs  may  contain. 

In  giving  these  designing  competitions,  our  sole  pur- 
pose has  been  to  increase  the  interest  in  this  absorbing 
study,  and  add  in  some  way  to  the  science  of  the  subject. 
In  this  regard  we  believe  we  have  been  successful,  and 
that  in  the  future  these  competitions  will  continue  to  act 
as  educators  and  add  to  the  interest  of  the  yachting 
department. 

The  conditions  governing  the  competition  produced  in 
almost  every  case  the  type  of  boat  which  we  believe  to  be 
best  adapted  for  cruising  along  our  coast.  This  in  itself 
was  gratifying,  and,  coupled  with  the  high  grade  of  the 
designs,  brought  about  a condition  eminently  satisfactory. 

Competitors  in  all  our  competitions  have  had  the  ad- 
vantage of  a criticism  by  one  of  our  most  prominent 
naval  architects,  something  which  they  would  not  have 
been  able  to  secure  in  any  other  way,  and  in  addition  their 
work  has  been  given  a most  desirable  and  beneficial  pub- 
licity. Competitions  are  apt  to  be  a source  of  ill  feeling, 
but  so  far  we  have  yet  to  hear  of  a disgruntled  com- 
petitor. Men  who  take  up  so  serious  a work  as  yacht 
designing,  are  usually  above  petty  disputes  and  controver- 
sies that  too  frequently  arise  in  purely  sporting  contests. 
It  is  our  idea  to  make  friends  by  these  competitions  and 
add  to  our  prestige  as  well  as  to  afford  valuable  instruc- 
tion to  all  yachting  men.  If  we  cannot  accomplish  this, 
we  shall  feel  that  we  have  labored  in  vain. 

A number  of  men  have  written  us  regarding  future 
competitions.  Their  letters  have  proved,  without  excep- 
tion, suggestive  and  helpful.  We  urge  all  those  interested 
to  let  us  have  their  views,  for  we  wish  to  make  our  next 
competition,  which  is  to  be  open  to  amateurs  only,  the 
most  popular  and  successful  of  them  all. 


44 Forest  and  Stream”  Designing 
Competition* — IV. 


Design  for  a 60ft  Waterline  Cruising  Launch. 

judge’s  awards  and  criticisms. 

In  considering  the  merits  of  the  different  designs  sub- 
mitted, due  consideration  has  been  given  to  the  condi- 
tions outlined  in  the  Forest  and  Stream,  and  in  award- 
ing the  prizes  it  was  assumed  that  each  boat  was  built 
strictly  in  accordance  with  the  plans  and  specifications, 
and  the  boats  so  built  selected  in  accordance  with  their 
desirability,  in  accordance  with  the  general  conditions 
named,  and  as  practical  boats. 

It  is  assumed  that  the  good  points  in  the  various  de- 
signs speak  for  themselves,  and  need  no  especial  com- 
mendation. The  criticisms  are  for  the  purpose  of  pointing 
out  the  weak  points  of  the  designs,  so  they  may  be  over- 
come and  prove  profitable  and  useful  to  the  competitors. 

The  first  prize,  $100.00,  is  awarded  to  Moccasin. 

Harold  Lee,  Mariners’  Harbor,  S.  I. 

The  second  prize,  $60.00,  to  Bilgewater. 

Albert  W.  Crouch,  New  York  city. 

The  third  prize,  $40.00,  to  Navahoe. 

A.  C.  Mair,  Attleboro,  Mass. 

MOCCASIN,  FIRST  PRIZE. 

The  best  planned  boat  of  all  submitted.  The  details 
substantially  correct.  Liberal  displacement  and  construc- 
tion verging  on  heavy.  Lines  fair. 

BILGEWATER,  SECOND  PRIZE. 

A nice  arrangement  with  few  minor  defects.  The  com- 
panionway slide  will  have  to  be  widened  so  as  to  give 
headroom  over  the  lower  part  of  companion  stairs.  Upper 
berths  in  forecastle  have  rather  limited  head  room.  Dis- 
placement and  scantling  generally  about  right.  A nice 
looking  boat.  Estimated  speed  is  correct. 

NAVAHOE,  THIRD  PRIZE. 


lines  indicate  fair  form  and  good  seagoing  qualities.  Ar- 
rangement of  accommodations  is  good,  except  that  floor 
space  in  stateroom  is  rather  contracted ; the  toilet  rooms 
are  too  small,  and  the  stairs  from  cockpit  into  engine  room 
are  too  steep.  Ventilation  hoods  should  be  provided  over 
engine  room  for  use  when  too  stormy  to  keep  companion- 
ways  open.  Companionway  in  forward  end  of  engine 
room  is  objectionable.  The  maximum  speed  of  this  boat 
would  be  about  13  statute  miles  per  hpur. 


WINDSOR. 

A unique  design,  but  having  limited  accommodations. 
Displacement  liberal,  verging  on  heavy.  Insufficient  head 
room  over  stairs.  Seats  in  main  saloon  and  berth  in 
owner’s  stateroom  rather  narrow.  Insufficient  light  and 
ventilation  in  forecastle  and  engine  room. 


LONG  ISLAND. 


Too  much  displacement,  too  heavy  construction,  and 
unusual  lines.  Transoms  in  saloon  and  dining  room  too 
narrow ; passages  to  port  aft  and  forward  of  owner’s 
stateroom  only  17m.  in  width;  they  should  not  be  less 
than  24m ; in  fact,  26m.  would  be  preferable.  Stairs  in 
cockpit  leading  to  top  of  cabin  extend  too  far  aft.  Not 
enough  room  above  owner’s  bed  for  his  feet.  The  boat 
will  not.  hold  galley  as  laid  out,  and  engines  as  shown  on 
drawing  go  through  the  vessel’s  skin.  Engine  room  and 
crew’s  quarters  in  one  is  not  very  attractive  in  warm 
weather. 


no.  13. 

Scantling  dimensions  a trifle  heavy,  except  frame  spac- 
ing, which  would  be  better  with  12m.  centers.  Ample  dis- 
placement. Lines  not  enough  sheer,  too  flat  aft,  too  hard 
bilges.  General  arrangement  good,  but  details  faulty.  In- 
sufficient head  room  over  companion  stairs.  Steps  should 
not  exceed  8in.  in  height,  drawing  shows  12m.  Rudder 
is  too  small  and  improperly  placed. 


BARLEY. 

• If  the  interior  arrangements  were  reversed,  the  owner’s 
quarter’s  placed  aft,  etc.,  it  would  make  a more  satisfac- 
tory arrangement.  Lines  fair,  general  construction  good, 
but  just  a trifle  heavy.  Too  much  power;  40  horsepower 
would  be  ample,  as  the  lines  are  not  suitable  for  a speed 
greater  than  this  power  would  give.  There  should  be  a 
skylight  over  engine  room,  or  the  one  over  galley  might 
be  lengthened  and  moved  back  one  frame  space.  Com- 
panionway entrance  from  side  is  objectionable.  In  order 
to  drain  leakage  from  gasolene  tanks  outboard,  the  bot- 
toms of  these  compartments  should  not  be  6in.  below 
the  load  waterline,  but  should  be  several  inches  above  it; 
this  will  allow  proper  drainage  and  in  rough  weather  will 
permit  the  sea  water  to  flow  in  and  keep  it  sweet  and 
fresh,  while  with  floor  6in.  below,  the  space  would  simply 
fill  with  sea  water  with  gasolene  floating  on  top. 

Henry  J.  Gielow. 


The  Cruise  of  Whitecap* 


BY  L.  S.  TIEMANN. 


Aug.  14  to  Sept.  7,  1903. 


liberal  displacement  and  substantial  scantling.  The 


It  was  a typical  midsummer  afternoon  when  at  3 o’clock 
on  August  15  we  started  the  engine  and  headed  out  of 
Echo  Bay  for  our  long-looked-forward-to  cruise. 

The  real  start  should  perhaps  be  said  to  have  been 
made  the  previous  evening,  when  the  Doctor  and  I ran 
the  boat  over  from  Glenwood,  Long  Island,  to  New 
Rochelle  in  order  to  purchase  necessary  stores  and  fill 
the  tank,  but  Saturday  saw  us  actually  under  way  with 
three  weeks  of  holiday  before  us. 

Our  plan  was  to  sail  east  to  Newport,  around  Rhode 
Island,  and  then  go  as  far  toward  Cape  Cod  and  Nan- 
tucket as  time  permitted,  returning  home  by  way  of 
Cuttyhunk,  Block  Island  and  Montauk. 

The  boat,  a good  old-fashioned  South  Bay  model  built 
by  "Gil”  Smith  at  Patchogue,  measures  23ft.  6in.  on  the 
waterline  and  draws  3ft.  6in.  This  draft  may  seem  rather 
excessive  for  a South  Bay  boat,  but  is  explained  by  the 
fact  that  a fin  of  oak  and  iron  7ft.  long  by  i8in.  deep  has 
been  bolted  to  the  keel,  and  the  centerboard  is  below  the 
cabin  floor.  Two  years  ago  when  this  change  was  made, 
a 3 horsepower  Palmer  gasolene  engine  was  installed, 
which,  under  all  ordinary  conditions,  can  be  depended 
upon  for  about  454  miles  an  hour,  and  has  many  times 
proved  a great  comfort. 

Our  crew  was  strictly  amateur,  consisting  of  Dr.  W., 
my  brother  and  myself,  who,  as  owner,  was  supposed  to 
act  as  captain  and  engineer. 

After  clearing  Premium  Point,  we  drifted  eastward 
under  sail  for  an  hour,  with  barely  steerageway,  and 
when  this  became  monotonous,  started  the  engine  again. 
About  this  time  we  sighted  the.  warships  sailing  up  the 
Sound  bound  for  Oyster  Bay,  where  they  were  to  be  re- 
viewed by  the  President  on  Monday.  They  made  a splea» 


BARNACLE. 

The  cost  of  this  boat  would  exceed  the  $9,000  limit  by 
20  to  25  per  cent. 

ESTMAUMAR. 

Too  heavy  construction  and  too  much  displacement. 
The  use  of  5, 000  pounds  of  ballast  is  unjustifiable,  as  a 
boat  of  this  type  properly  designed  needs  no^  ballast. 
Passage  to  owner’s  stateroom  shows  only  i8in.  in  width, 
which  is  too  narrow.  Companionway  hood  over  circular 
stairs  is  too  narrow  to  afford  proper  headroom  over  the 
bottom  step.  Companionways  with  entrance  in  forward 
end  or  on  side  are  objectionable,  and  ought  to'  be 
avoided.  The  arrangement  of  galley  and  engine  room  is 
unsatisfactory  and  too  contracted.  The  top  berths.  in 
forecastle  are  practically  useless  by  reason  of  insufficient 
head  room.  The  portion  of  propeller  shaft  strut  extend- 
ing below  shaft  is  useless.  Rudder  is  too  small.  The 
maximum  speed  will  not  exceed  10*4  miles. 


did  show,  coming  on  in  a double  column,  the  battleships 
first,  followed  by  the  cruisers  and  then  the  destroyers  and 
torpedo  boats.  When  opposite  Centre  Island,  they  turned 
and  headed  for  the  entrance  to  Oyster  Bay,  but  instead  of 
going  inside,  as  we  expected  to  see  them  do,  swung  to  the 
east  and  anchored  in  Huntington  Harbor.  We  were  now 
abreast  of  Stamford  Light,  and  as  it  was  almost  six 
o’clock,  decided  to  run  in  and  anchor  off  the  Stamford 
Y.  C.  for  the  night.  It  being  the  first  night,  our  en- 
thusiasm was  sufficient  to  have  dinner  on  board,  a prac- 
tice we  had  decided  in  advance  to  avoid,  and  which  we 
gave  up  as  soon  as  possible.  Cooking  and  eating  meals 
on  a small  boat  may  theoretically  be  great  fun,  but  after 
a more  or  less  extended  experience  I have  decided  that  it 
pays  to  arrange  to  go  ashore  to  the  best  hotel  available 
for  dinner.  The  actual  preparation  of  a really  very  satis- 
factory meal  in  these  days  of  improved  blue-flame  oil 
stoves  is  easy,  but  the  aftermath  of  “washing  up1 
eventually  takes  the  keen  edge  off  the  enjoyment.  Our 
first  dinner  on  board  convinced  us  that  we  had  no  reason 
to  change  our  views  on  this  subject,  and  confirmed  us 
in  our  intention  to  have  dinner  ashore  whenever  possible. 

The  next  day,  being  Sunday,  we  were  in  no  hurry  to 
start,  particularly  as  there  was  no  wind,  so-  the  Doctor 
went  ashore  for  milk  and  I started  the  stoves  to  have 
water  boiling  by  the  time  he  returned.  This  gradually 
became  the  regular  morning  routine,  and  with  plenty  of 
boiling  water  it  was  a very  simple  matter  to  boil  the 
milk  in  one  of  the  double  saucepans,  and  twenty  minutes 
after  the  Doctor’s  return  our  breakfast  of  cocoa,  cereal 
and  eggs  would  be  ready.  While  at  breakfast  a number 
of  launches  passed  us,  all  crowded  and  all  headed  across 
the  Sound  to  see  the  warships.  We  were  rather  tempted 
to  run  over  for  a look  ourselves,  but  finally  decided  to 
continue  eastward.  When  we  hauled  up  the  anchor  at 
ten  o’clock,  there  was  not  a ripple  in  sight,  with  not 
even  a cloud  to  hold  out  a hope  of  a breeze  later  in  the 
day.  Curiosity  and  a desire  to  relieve  the  monotony  of 
launch  sailing,  decided  us  to  run  inside  the  Norwalk 
Islands,  the  channel,  according  to  the  chart,  being  well 
buoyed  and  quite  easy.  Had  we  followed  this  we  should 
doubtless  have  gotten  through  without  difficulty,  but  when 
half  way  through  we  discovered  what  appeared  to  be  a 
short-cut,  and  reference  to  the  chart  seemed  to  confirm 
this,  showing  only  one  shoal  spot  in  our  vicinity.  This 
seemed  so  easy  to  avoid  that  we  at  once  changed  our 
course  to  suit  the  new  route,  and  five  minutes  later 
brought  up  with  a thump  at  what  proved  to  be  a ledge  < 
j ust  near  enough  to  the  surface  to  catch  our  fin.  A rising  : 
tide  and  fifteen  minutes  of  pushing  set  us  afloat  once 
more,  satisfied  for  the  future  to  let  the  Government  do 
the  sounding  and  stick  to  the  results  given  in  the  chart. 
Free  from  the  perils  of  inland  navigation,  it  was  time  for 
lunch,  which  came  together  with  a good  beam  wind  from 
the  north.  Once  more  making  good  progress  under  sail, 
we  began  to  talk  of  Black  Rock  for  the  night,  but  reach- 
ing Penfield  Light  by  four  o’clock,  this  was  changed  to 
Stratford.  With  the  breeze  we  then  had  it  seemed  pos- 
sible to  reach  Stratford  in  time  for  dinner,  but  on  the 
water  conditions  change  so  quickly  that  it  is  well  to  be 
prepared  for  disappointments,  and  our  dinner  that  night 
was  one  of  them.  Arrived  at  the  entrance  to  the  river 
at  six  o’clock,  with  only  two  miles  to  go  to  reach  the 
town,  it  still  seemed  possible  to  get  ashore  by  seven, 
but  we  began  the  attempt  half  an  hour  too  late,  and 
caught  the  full  strength  of  the  ebb  tide.  For  two  long 
hours  the  engine  did  its  best  before  we  were,  able  to  drop 
anchor  opposite  the  town,  our  only  consolation  being  the 
knowledge  that  the  current  would  be  going  our  way  in 
the  morning. 

Monday  another  calm,  but  a bank  of  clouds  to  the  south 
gave  promise  of  better  things.  The  run  outside  the  break- 
water was  as  easy  as  coming  up  had  been  difficult,  and 
soon  after  reaching  open  water  the  promised  breeze  came 
up  from  the  southwest  and  held  steady  until  sunset.  En- 
couraged by  the  improved  conditions,  my  brother,  impro- 
vised a spinnaker  and  club  topsail  from  our  awning  and 
two  tents.  As  two  of  these  were  striped  blue  and  red,  our 
appearance  was  no  doubt  ludicrous,  but  the  added  sail 
pulled  well  and  helped  us  finely.  Saybrook  came  to  be  re- 
garded as  our  natural  destination  for  the  day,  but  our 
experience  with  the  current  at  Stratford  made  us  finally 
decide  to  push  on  to  Niantic.  This  was  again  changed  to 
New  London,  when  we  found  that  a fair  tide,  which  we 
had  neglected  to  calculate  on,  had  carried  us  past  Niantic 
in  the  dark.  Our  first  realization  of  this  was  picking  up 
the  red  sector  of  New  London  light,  which  we  held  until 
we  had  the  white  clear,  and  then  ran  in,  anchoring  off 
the  Pequot  House  at  ten  o’clock.  The  Doctor,  being  a 
family  man,  had  felt  compelled  to  give  a few  addresses 
where  mail  might  reach  him,  and  the  Pequot  House  was 
one  of  them,  making  a trip  ashore  necessary  as  soon  as 
the  anchor  was  on  bottom.  One  letter  was  our  only  re- 
ward, but  that  reported  the  children  still  alive  and 
promised  more  news  later,  necessitating  another  caU  at 
the  hotel  in  the  morning  before  leaving. 

The  next  day  was  scheduled  for  one  of  the  eventful 
days  of  the  trip.  Friends  were  expecting  us  at  Stoning- 
ton,  and  pleasant  anticipations  of  at  least  one  square  meal 
with  no  dishes  to  wash  hurried  our  departure  in  the 
morning.  This  time  we  had  wind  to  start  with,  but  it  was 
too  good  to  last,  and  from  Groton  Long  Point  into  Ston- 
ington  the  engine  had  to  be  called  on.  The  interval  be- 
fore reaching  Stonington  was  busily  employed  by  all 
hands  in  removing  the  traces  of  previous  neglect  from 
ourselves  and  the  boat,  and  we  were  able  to  present  a 
very  creditable  appearance  on  arrival.  That  evening  was 
a very  happy  one,  delightful  company  and  lots  to  eat,  and 
even  the  discovery  later  on  that  our  dinghy  was  not 
where  we  had  left  it,  with  visions  of  having  to  swim  out 
to  the  boat,  which,  fortunately,  was  not  necessary,  could 
not  destroy  our  serenity. 


Mabch  ii,  1905.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


199 


To  small  boat  sailors  cruising  between  New  London 
and  Cape  Cod,  tides  and  current  become  of  the  utmost 
importance,  and  from  here  on  we  made  a nightly  study 
of  Eldridge’s  current  tables  which  became  our  Vade 
Mecum.  For  the  morrow’s  run  to  Newport  we  found,  to 
our  satisfaction,  that  things  were  going  our  way.  The 
ebb,  with  a strength  of  about  1 knots,  began  running 
to  the  eastward  at  seven  o’clock,  which  gave  us  until  one 
to  round  Point  Judith  when  the  flood  would  begin  setting 
in  to  Narragansett  Bay.  Being  anxious  to  have  the 
benefit  of  all  the  favoring  current  possible,  we  reluctantly 
decided  to  start  next  morning  at  six  o’clock,  but  no  wind 
and  a badly  flooded  engine  changed  this  to  seven.  As 
it  turned  out,  the  delay  was  of  no  consequence,  for  we 
picked  up  a fine  southwest  breeze  off  Watch  Hill  that 
gave  us  all  we  could  take  care  of  by  eleven  o’clock,  when 
we  rounded  the  Point,  reaching  Newport  at  one  in  spite 
of  the  strong  tide  running  out  of  the  Bay.  This  was  our 
first  taste  of  the  “real  thing,”  and  we  enjoyed  it 
immensely. 

Newport  claimed  our  attention  for  two  days,  spent  in 
driving  or  walking  about  town  and  along  the  cliffs,  with 
dinner  each  night  at  New  Cliffs.  Here  we  said  a regretful 
good-by  to  my  brother,  who  had  to  return  to  New  York, 
and  the  regret  was  very  genuine,  for  being  the  youngest 
member  of  the  party,  all  the  dish-washing,  hauling  up 
anchor,  etc.,  had  fallen  to  his  lot,  and  would  now  have  to 
be  done  by  one  or  the  other  of  the  survivors. 

We  chose  Bristol  as  our  next  port,  and  on  the  morning 
of  the  21st  started  out  with  a fair  wind  and  tide,  but  had 
hardly  cleared  Fort  Adams  when  the  engine  became 
necessary.  Two  hours  of  this,  with  a red  hot  sun  over- 
head, brought  us  to  Prudence  Island,  where  we  anchored 
for  a swim.  Once  more  luck  came  our  way  in  the  form 
of  a good  southwest  breeze,  which  gave  us  a capital 
chance  to  sail  to  the  upper  end  of  Prudence  Island,  and 
at  four  we  ran  into  Bristol  for  the  night.  Bristol  naturally 
suggests  the  Herreshoffs,  and  this  was  partly  our  reason 
for  choosing  it  rather  than  Warren  for  our  port;  but  we 
found  that  an  inspection  of  the  famous  shops  was  out  of 
the  question,  and  had  to  content  ourselves  with  dining 
at  the  new  hotel,  owned  by  the  Herreshoffs  and  largely 
built  by  their  workmen  during  the  quiet  season.  That 
night  it  blew  hard  from  the  southwest,  and  the  harbor 
having  no  protection  from  that  direction  we  pitched  about 
most  uncomfortably.  As  a result,  we  had  a tug  of  war 
when  it  came  to  breaking  out  the  anchor  next  morning. 
With  the  cable  up  and  down  and  made  fast,  and  all  sails 
set,  it  refused  to  budge  until  a particularly  strong  puff 
did  the  trick.  According  to  programme  this  was  to  be  a 
peaceful  day’s  sail  around  Rhode  Island  by  way  of  the 
Sakonnet  River  to  the  Breakwater,  but  the  delightfully 
unexpected  that  always  happens  on  cruises  came  to  our 
rescue  and  saved  us  from  monotony.  Leaving  Bristol  at 
six  o’clock,  we  planned  to  carry  the  last  of  the  flood  tide 
to  the  north  end  of  Rhode  Island,  and  the  first  of  the  ebb 
through  the  Bridges,  anchoring  below  the  last  Bridge  for 
breakfast.  This  all  came  true  up  to  the  passage  through 
the  first  Bridge,  but  from  there  on  things  happened  faster 
than  expected.  The  southern  of  the  two  Bridges  is  really 
a stone  causeway  with  only  one  opening  in  the  middle 
with  a draw,  giving  a passage  for  small  boats.  In  effect, 
this  is  practically  a dam,  causing  the  water  to  rush 
through  the  single  opening  with  great  velocity.  Having 
a chance  to  study  this  for  a few  minutes  while  we  waited 
for  the  bridge  turner  to  open  the  draw,  we  saw  that  the 
water  on  the  south  side  was  at  least  a foot  below  the 
level  of  that  on  the  side  we  were  on,  and  the  strong 
southwest  wind  blowing  against  the  water  rushing 
through,  put  a curl  on  it  that  looked  decidedly  unpleasant. 
We  had  not  bargained  on  shooting  rapids  with  a boat 
the  size  of  ours,  so  prepared  for  trouble  by  making  fast 
the  jib  and  starting  the  engine  at  half  speed.  By  this 
time  the  draw  was  wide  open  and  it  took  us  very  little 
time  when  the  current  caught  us  to  drop  through  into  a 
nasty  chop  that  knocked  us  about  without  regard  to  the 
sail  or  engine.  The  wind  had  now  increased  to  half  a 
gale  and  made  it  necessary  to  reef  as  soon  as  possible,  so 
we  worked  over  under  the  western  shore  to  get  a lee,  and 
af  nine  o’clock  anchored  for  breakfast.  To  put  in  a couple 
of  reefs  and  go  on  after  breakfast  seemed,  while  at  anchor, 
to  be  the  simplest  sort  of  a proposition,  but  this  was  on 
the  supposition  that  the  Sakonnet  resembled  in  a meas- 
ure other  rivers,  and  although  blowing  hard  the  water 
could  not  get  rough  enough  to  be  troublesome.  This  was 
a mistake,  the  Sakonnet  being  built  on  the  plan  of  a fun- 
nel with  the  large  opening  facing  the  ocean;  in  a south- 
west blow  the  seas  run  into  this  opening  and  follow  up 
the  river  for  several  miles.  We  had  hardly  started  again 
when  we  found  all  this  out,  but  not  wishing  to  go  back, 
decided  to  keep  on  and  take  advantage  of  the  next  shelter 
to  anchor  and  wait  for  better  weather.  The  wind  had 
increased  to  a gale,  with  so  much  sea  that  going  to  wind- 
ward in  a small  boat  was  almost  impossible.  We  made 
fast  the  jib  and  started  the  engine,  using  the  mainsail  to 
steady  her,  but  even  then  it  was  decidedly  unpleasant  go- 
ing, the  shores  on  both  sides  being  lined  with  nets,  only 
leaving  about  a half  mile  channel  in  the  middle,  which 
obliged  us  to  keep  in  rough  water  or  take  the  chance  of 
fouling  a net.  Not  caring  to  risk  this,  we  held  on  down 
the  middle,  tacking  back  and  forth  until _ we  were  half  a 
mile  from  Black  Point,  which  we  had  picked  out  as  the 
best  shelter.  We  found  then  that  we  either  had  to  keep 
on  for  a mile  further  down  the  channel  in  order  to 
weather  two  big  nets  or  take  the  chance  of  going  over 
some  small  ones  inside.  We  chose  the  latter  and  went 
over  all  right,  running  in  close  to  the  land  before  anchor- 
ing. A trip  to  shore  confirmed  our  fears  that  there  was 
no  hotel  nearer  than  Newport,  so  we  resigned  ourselves 
to  the  inevitable  and  dined  aboard.  Midnight  found  me 
on  deck  wrestling  with  the  dinghy,  which  was  acting  like 
the  veriest  goat,  dragging  back  the  length  of  the  painter 
and  then  charging  at  us,  bringing  up  with  a smash.  The 
wind  had  gone  down  and  the  swell  running  past  us  was 
reflected  by  the  shore,  causing  the  antics  of  the  small 
boat.  Sunday  was  one  of  our  red  letter  days.  We  turned 
out  fairly  early  and  with  a light  wind  started  for  Sakon- 
net Breakwater,  where  we  anchored  for  breakfast.  On 
shore  we  learned  that  the  sea  the  day  before  had  run 
completely  over  to  Breakwater,  making.it  impossible  for 
the  regular  steamer  to  land,  which  reconciled  us  in  having 
16st  half  the  day  flying  behind  Black  Point.  Under  way 
after  breakfast,  a splendid  southwest  wind  met  us  just 


as  we  were  starting,  which  gave  us  a fair  wind  after  we 
had  rounded  the  light  and  headed  for  New  Bedford.  A 
bright  sun,  plenty  of  wind  from  the  right  direction,  and 
a big-  swell  left  from  the  previous  day’s  glow  made  ideal 
sailing  for  anyone  not  troubled  with  emotion.  We  ran 
off  the  distance  to’  Dumpling  Rock  Light  in  short  order, 
and  should  have  reached  our  intended  anchorage  off 
Pope’s  Island  early  in  the  afternoon,  but  a squall,  met 
just  as  we  were  entering  the  harbor,  made  it  necessary  to 
take  in  the  mainsail.  To  add  a touch  of  local  color,  a 
whaling  schooner  passed  us  on  the  way  up  the  harbor, 
evidently  just  arrived  from  a long  cruise,  and  later  when 
we  passed  her  at  anchor  below  the  city  a small  schooner 
crowded  with  people  from  the  shore  was  sailing  around 
her,  one  man  holding  up  a boy,  no  doubt  to  break  the 
happy  news  to  some  father  aboard. 

Some  engines  are  equipped  with  a bilge  pump  which 
serves  the  purpose  of  saving  the  crew  the  necessity  of  do- 
ing any  pumping ; but  ours  was  not,  and  for  several  days 
we  had  noticed  that  when  the  engine  was  running  it  was 
necessary  to  pump  about  every  hour  to  keep  the  water 
below  the  flywheel  and  avoid  a wetting  down.  Evidently 
the  stuffing-box  on  the  stern  bearing  was  leaking  badly, 
and  we  became  anxious  to  have  the  boat  hauled  out  and 
the  bearing  tightened.  New  Bedford  seemed  a likely  place 
to  accomplish  this,  and  we  learned  of  two  railways  below 
the  city  owned  by  a Portuguese.  Immediately  after  break- 
fast, which  we  had  ashore  for  a change,  we  ran  the  boat 
over  to  his  place,  but  much  to  our  disappointment  there 
was  not  water  enough  to  put  her  on  the  cradle  until  the 
evening  tide,  and  this  meaning  the  loss  of  a whole  day, 
we  put  off  the  repairs  for  a more  favorable  opportunity. 
Going  on  board  again  to  get  under  way,  I started  the 
engine,  which,  much  to  my  disgust,  refused  to  run,  and 
obliged  us  to  anchor  again  to  avoid  fouling  other  boats. 
Ten  minutes  of  hot  and  rather  profane  work  accom- 
plished nothing,  when  suddenly  the  Doctor  remembered 
that  while  I was  ashore  he  had  shut  off  the  gasolene  at 
the  tank  and  forgot  to  mention  it  when  we  were  ready  to 
start.  This  little  mystery  cleared  up,  we  headed  down 
the  harbor,  drifting  under  sail  around  the  Mosher  Ledge 
Buoy  in  the  general  direction  of  Buzzard’s  Bay  (town), 
which,  as  the  home  of  an  ex-President,  was  thought  to 
be  worth  a visit.  No  wind  and  little  progress  discouraged 
us  from  this,  and  when  the  breeze  did  come  it  found  us 
ready  to  go  to  Woods  Holl,  if  we  could  get  through'  the 
passage  before  dark.  The  breeze  lasted  just  long  enough 
to  get  us  to  the  passage  and  the  engine  did  the  rest,  en- 
abling 11s  to  reach  the  anchorage  beyond  the  Fish  Com- 
mission Dock  at  six  o’clock. 

Tuesday  was  disappointing.  We  had  planned  to  go  to 
Nantucket  on  the  morning  tide,  but  one  look  at  the 
weather  on.  running  out  put  an  end  to  our  hope  of  being 
able  to  start.  It  was  blowing  hard  with  every  indication 
of  more  to  come.  To  counteract  the  depression  this 
caused,  we  breakfasted  ashore.  Returning  on  board  it 
came  on  to  squall  with  heavy  rain,  and  we  watched  a 
boat  that  had  started  earlier  in  the  day  come  back,  and 
another  large  schooner  yacht  ran  in  and  anchored  near 
us.  Evidently  no  improvement  could  be  expected  for 
several  hours,  so  we  settled  down  to  finish  some  odd  jobs 
and  sleep.  By  one  o’clock  it  had  stopped  raining,  and  at 
two  we  thought  well  enough  of  the  weather  to  Start ‘for 
Cottage  City.  In  leaving  the  harbor  we  made  the  mistake 
of  following  the  buoys  through  the  main  channel  into 
Vineyard  Sound  instead  of  keeping  along  the  shore  to 
Nobska.  This  cost  us  an  hour,  the  lesson  being  pointed 
out  very  forcibly  by  a boat  which  started  after  we  did 
and  followed  the  course  we  should  have  taken.  The  cur- 
rent between  Nobska  and  Martha’s  Vineyard  is  something 
easily  remembered  by  anyone  who  has  “bucked”  it,  as  we 
did  for  three  hours,  and  we  made  several  mental  notes 
about  timing  our  future  movements  to  go  with  instead  of 
against  it. 

[to  be  continued.] 


British  Letter. 

Ocean  Race  for  Kaiser’s  Cup.— From  the  latest  report 
received  with  regard  to  the  entries  for  the  German  Em- 
peror’s ocean  race  from  Sandy  Hook  to  the  Lizard,  six 
vessels  are  down  to  start.  Three  of  these  are  American, 
two  British,  and  one  German.  The  report  states  that  all 
the  yachts  are  auxiliaries  except  the  German  yacht  and 
the  yawl  Ailsa.  If  that  is  the  case,  it  seems  as  if  Ingo- 
mar  is  not  among  the  list,  but  perhaps  she  will  be  entered 
later;  or  very  probably  the  news  on  this  side  is  incorrect, 
and  she  has  been  entered  all  along,  as  was  supposed  to  be 
the  case.  The  British  yachts  are  the  Earl  of  Crawford’s 
fine  ship-rigged  Valhalla  and  Lord  Brassey’s  well  known 
Sunbeam.  The  first  named  is  a very  handsome  vessel  of 
close  on  fifteen  hundred  tons.  She  was  built  by  Rarnage 
& Ferguson,  of  Leith,  for  Mr.  Laycock  in  1892,  and 
although  fitted  with  engines  capable  of  driving  her  at  a 
speed  of  11  miles  per  hour,  she  has  a full  sail  plan,  in- 
cluding studding  sails  and  presents  a fine  spectacle  when 
under  canvas.  She  was  built  after  the  style  of  the  old 
privateers — a fancy  of  Mr.  Laycock — and  had  a crew  all 
told  of  a hundred  men.  Her  original  owner  did  not  make 
much  use  of  her,  however,  and  she  was  laid  up  for  some 
years.  She  has  been  considerably  altered  of  late,  but 
many  of  the  old  features  have  been  preserved.  Valhalla  is 
an  ideal  ship  for  the  ocean  race,  and  will  probably  be  the 
most  comfortable  vessel  in  the  contest.  Sunbeam  is  too 
well  known  to  need  any  description.  Suffice  it  to  say  she 
has  been  the  ocean  home  of  Lord  Brassy  for  thirty-one 
years,  and  has  been  all  over  the  world.  Two  years  ago 
these  two  vessels  sailed  a race  with  Mr.  Armour’s  beauti- 
ful Utowana,  which  was  then  in  British  waters,  the 
course  being  from  Cowes,  round  Cherbourg  breakwater, 
thence  round  the  Eddystone  Lighthouse  and  back  to 
Cowes.  Only  sail  power  was  used,  and  the  race,  which 
took  place  in  light,  baffling  airs,  resulted  in  a runaway 
victory  for  the  American  yacht,  whose  fore  and  aft  can- 
vas gave  her  a great  advantage  in  the  windward  work. 
The  German  schooner  is  of  course  the  Watson-designed 
Rainbow,  which  was  built  in  1898  for  the  late  Mr.  C.  L. 
Orr-Ewing.  .She  was  bought  two  years  ago  by  a syndi- 
cate of  German  yachtsmen,  and  is  now  known- as  Ham- 
burg. Rainbow  was  the  last  of  Watson’s  schooners,  and 
is  a fast  vessel,  but  is  not  handled  as  smartly  as  could  be 
wished,  and  her  German  skipper  and  crew  do  not  get  as 
much  out  of  her  as  they  might,  especially  by  the  wifld. 


All  these  yachts  named  are  fine  vessels  and  fit  to  go  any- 
where, but  they  are  very  different  in  point  of  speed,  and 
if  there  is  to  be  no  time  allowance  the  race,  as  a race, 
must  be  devoid  of  interest,  although  as  a voyage  across 
the  Atlantic  it  ought  to  be  a most  delightful  trip.  How- 
ever, one  thing  seems  to  be  assured,  and  that  is  the  Ger- 
man Emperor’s  object,  which  is  to  swell  the  already  large 
fleet  of  yachts  in  the  Dover-FIeligoland'race  and  later  on 
at  the  Kiel  regattas. 

Support  Given  to  Foreign  Regattas. — The  undoubted 
success  of  the  Baltic  regattas  during  the  last  six  or  seven 
years  has  been  due  in  a very  great  measure  to  the  presence 
of  British  yachts  which  have  found  their  way  to  Kiel  in 
ever-increasing  numbers  since  the  first  race  from  Dover 
to  Heligoland.  So  great  has  become  the  exodus  of  racing 
yachts  from  British  to'  German  waters,  that  some  of  our 
principal  fixtures  have  suffered  severely,  and  the  once 
famous  Clyde  Fortnight  is  now  only  the  shadow  of  what 
it  used  to  be.  Yachtsmen  are  beginning  to  wake  up  to 
this  fact,  and  the  Royal  London  Y.  C.  has  taken  the  mat- 
ter of  reviving  the  glories  of  the  Clyde  by  offering  valu- 
able prizes  for  a race  for  yachts  exceeding  95  tons  from 
Cowes  to  the  Clyde  on  June  22,  and  the  Royal  Clyde  and 
Royal  Northern  Y.  C.’s  will  offer  prizes  for  a return  race 
to  Cowes  after  the  Fortnight.  It  is  hoped  that  British 
yacht  owners  will  support  this  movement,  for  the  German 
regattas  have  cut  so  badly  into  our  own  that  it  is  quite 
time  British  yachtsmen  realized  the  fact  and  did  not  con- 
tinue to  support  foreign  racing  at  the  expense  of  their 
own  clubs.  It  is  hoped  that  there  will  be  a great  improve- 
ment in  the  quality  of  the  Clyde  Fortnight  this  year. 

E.  H.  Kelly. 

New  Owners  for  Yachts. — The  schooner  yacht  Har- 
binger has  been  sold  by  the  estate  of  Henry  G.  Russell 
to  Mr.  George  FI.  Clark  and  J.  R.  White,  jointly,  of 
Rochester,  N.  Y.,  through  the  agency  of  Messrs.  Gardner 
& Cox.  This  boat  is  80ft.  over  all,  built  by  the  George 
Lawley  & Son  Corp.  in  1884,  from  designs  of  Mr.  A. 
Cary  Smith.  The  boat  will  shortly  be  fitted  out  and  taken 
to  the  lakes  via  the  St.  Lawrence.  The  schooner  yacht 
Ivanhce  has  been  sold  hy  Mr.  E.  D.  Thayer,  of  Worces- 
ter, Mass.,  to  Messrs.  Pierce  & Mount,  of  Belmar,  New 
Jersey,  through  the  same  agency.  This  same  firm 
has  also  arranged  the  sale  of  the  sloop  yacht  Electra,  be- 
longing to  Mr.  George  H.  Frazier,  of  Philadelphia,  to 
Mr.  Joseph  E.  Brown,  of  Brooklyn,  and  the  houseboat 
Rudder  Grange  to  Mr.  F.  C.  Moore,  of  the  New  York 
Canoe  Club,  Brooklvn. 

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Derivation  of  a Japanese  Name. — Hummono,  23  tons, 
Mr.  Miall  Green,  is  expected  at  Monaco  shortly.  Her 
tender,  Takumono,  is  entered  in  the  6.5m.  class  for  the 
Monaco  races.  The  route  taken  is  via  Paris,  the  Seine, 
the  Canal  de  Bourgogne,  and  the  Rivers  Saone  and 
Rhone.  The  derivation  of  the  name  Hummono  is  perhaps 
not  without  interest.  It  is  derived  from  Mono,  Japanese 
for  “thing,”  and  Hum,  A.S.,  “to  smell;”  therefore,  “smell- 
thing.”  Such  a compound  of  Neo- Aryan  and  Turanian 
elements  might  make  a philologist  shudder,  but  she  is  a 
good  boat  and  belies  her  name. — The  Yachtsman. 

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Hildegarde  and  Ariadne  for  the  Ocean  Race. — It  is 
quite  possible  that  the  auxiliary  schooner  Ariadne,  owned 
by  Mr.  H.  W.  Putnam.  Jr.,  and  the  schooner  Hildegarde, 
owned  by  Mr.  E.  R.  Coleman,  will  start  in  the  German 
Emperor’s  ocean  race.  There  is  also-  a rumor  that  Mr. 
W.  Gould  Brokaw  will  enter  the  yawl  Sybarita.  She  is 
generally  looked  upon  as  a likely  boat,  and  many  men 
feel  that  should  she  start  her  chances  of  winning  would 
be  of  the  best.  Mr.  Brokaw  seldom  loses  an  opportunity 
to  participate  in  any  sporting  event,  and  it  is  to  hoped 
that  he  will  not  miss  this  one. 

* **  * 

Calypso  Sold. — The  25ft.  waterline  cabin  sloop  Calypso, 
designed  and  built  by  Hanley,  and  champion  of  the  Y.  R. 
A.  of  M.  for  the  years  1901  and  1902,  has  been  sold  by 
Commodore  S.  F.  Heaslip  to  Vice-Commodore  A.  M. 
Cooke,  of  the  Southern  Y.  C.,  through  the  agency  of  Mr. 
L.  D.  Sampsell.  Calypso  won  the  “cock  o’  the  walk  flag” 
in  her  class  in  the  Southern  Gulf  Coast  Y.  A.  for  the  past 
season.  Commodore  Heaslip,  president  of  the  S.  G.  C.  A., 
recently  purchased  Cadillac,  champion  30-footer  of  the 
Great  Lakes. 

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Peggy,  Nike  and  Regina  to  Race  Around  Long 
Island. — The  ketch  Peggy,  owned  by  Rear-Commodore 
Hastings,  Seawanhaka  Corinthian  Y.  C. ; the  sloop  Nike, 
owned  by  Mr.  Victor  I.  Cumnock,  and  the  sloop  Regina, 
owned  by  Mr.  Francis  G.  Stewart,  are  to  race  around 
Long  Island  during  the  coming  season.  The  start  will  be 
made  off  the  Seawanhaka  Corinthian  Y.  C.  anchorage, 
and  the  finish  will  be  off  the  Atlantic  Y.  C.  at  Sea  Gate, 
All  three  of  the  participants  are  enrolled  in  the  Seawan- 
haka Corinthian  Y.  C. 

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A Third  Canada  Cup  Challenger. — The  third  boat  to 
be  built  for  the  trial  races  for  the  Canada  Cup  comes 
from  the  board  of  Mr.  William  Johnson,  who  has  turned 
out  a number  of  successful  small  boats.  The  Canada  Cup 
boat  is  for  a syndicate  headed  by  Mr.  J.  M.  Fearnside, 
and  she  will  be  known  as  Hamilton  II.  The  boat  will  be 
built  at  Hamilton,  Ont. 

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Crack  Skipper  Engaged  for  Atlantic. — Captain 
Charles  Barr  has  been  engaged  by  Mr.  Wilson  Marshall 
to  command  his  yacht  Atlantic.  Captain  Barr  will  be  in 
charge  of  Atlantic  in  the  ocean  race  for  the  Kaiser’s  Cup, 
and  will  retain  the  position  until  another  challenge  for 
the  America’s  Cup  is  forthcoming. 

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Brooklyn  Y.  C.  Dinner. — The  annual  dinner  of  the 
Brooklyn  Y.  C.  will  be  held  at  7 P.  M.  on  Saturday, 
March  25,  at  the  Underwriters’  _Club,  No.  16  Liberty 
street,  Manhattan.  The  secretary  is  F.  W,  Bradford,  123 
Bay  19th  street,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

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CdUNTRY  Club  Cup  Races. — The  Detroit  Country  Club 
has  named  the  dates  September  5,  6,  7 for  the  Country 
Club  Competithite/  Cup  Races  for  1905. 


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The  Motorboat  and  Sports- 
man's Show. 

N,ever  before  in  the  history  of  the  present  or  old 
Madison  Square  Garden  structure  has  there  been  an  ex- 
hibition so  popular,  instructive,  and  on  the  whole,  profit- 
able to  exhibitors,  the  associations  interested,  and  the 
public  generally,  as  the  present  show.  One  can  visit  1 
the  show  several  days  in  succession,  and  each  day  find 
something  to  interest,  amuse  or  of  use  to  one.  As  a 
rule,  it  is  not  a listless  sight-seeing  crowd,  but  one  of 
animation  and  expectancy.  Sales  that  have  beeri  booked  : 
are  in  some  cases  beyond  the  most  sanguine  expecta- 
tions, in  general  good  and  the  exception  where  the 
amount  of  sales,  saying  nothing  of  the  moral  after- 
effect, has  not  fully  paid  the  exhibitor. 

It  would  be  hard  to  let  the  incident  pass  without  just 
one  or  two  criticisms,  however.  The  principal  one 
heard  is  that  the  fifteen  days’  exhibit  is  too  long,  in  that 
it  becomes  tedious  to  the  demonstrators,  but  more  parT 
ticularly  it  takes  the  attention  of  those  in  charge  from 
the  duties  of  supervision  in  the  various  manufacturing 
establishments.  The  only  other  noticed,  and  it  is  hardly 
of  sufficient  importance  to  be  mentioned,  is  that  while  ' 
nearly  all  the  boats  in  the  lake  were  provided  with 
right-hand  propellers,  they  were  compelled  to  make  the 
turns  to  the  right  instead  of  the  left,  against  the  wheel. 
Capt.  Dressel  certainly  has  managed  his  department 
well;  Mr.  D.  T.  Abercrombie  has  been  an  indefatigable 
•worker,  and  Mr.  Alfred  Reeves,  who  has  had  charge 
of  the  press  arrangements,  has  shown  uniform  courtesy, 
and  proven  himself,  as  ever,  the  right  man  for  this 
extremely  important  position. 

The  collection  of  birds  and  animals,  shown  in  the 
tipper  north  gallery,  by  Dr.  Cecil  French,  of  Washing- 
ton, is  one  of  the  most  unique  yet  shown.  His,  collec- 
tion of  albinos,  including  the  coyote,  opossum,  wood- 
chuck, squirrel,  raccoon,  deer,  etc.,  is  worthy  of  especial 
mention.  The  Motorboat  and  Sportsman’s  Show  is 
over,  but  its  memory  will  remain  until  new  wonders,  • 
already  planned,  are  unfolded  in  1906. 

Among  the  Exhibitors. 

In  addition  to  the  exhibit  of  the  Gas  Engine  & Power  ■ 
Co.  and  Chas.  L.  Seabury  & Co.,  Consol.,  mentioned  last  - 
week,  they  have  a 3 horsepower  two-stroke  engine,  also 
7 horsepower  two  cylinder,  10 horsepower  three,  and 
28  horsepower  four,  all  of  the  four-stroke  type.  Models 
are  shown  of  such  well-known  yachts  as  Niagara  IV., 
built  in  1903,  Claymore  1893,  Adroit,  ex-Vixen,  1901, 
Helenita  1902,  Margaret  1902,  Vixen  1905.  Models  are 
. also  showui  of  Japansky  and  Comanche  power  boats  that 
••  did  creditable  work  last  summer.  The  propeller  wheel  in 
Commodore  F.  G.  Bourne’s  yacht  tender  shows  much 
more  blade  surface  than  usual  in  high  speed  construction. 

It  is  beautifully  formed  and  exceedingly  well  located. 
The  engine  is  a 14  horsepower  type  B of  four  cylinders, 
and  has  both  make-and-break  and  jump  spark  ignition. 

The  Gas  Engine  & Power  Co.  and  Chas.  L.  Seabury 
. Co.,  Consol.,  have  made  the  following  sales  at  the  Garden : 

A Speedway  launch  to  Mr.  F.  B.  Chesbrough,  of  Emer- 
son, Mich.  This  is  the  sixth  boat  purchased  by  Mr. 
Chesbrough  from  this  corporation.  A 40-footer  similar 
to  Speedway  to  a member  of  the  New  York  Y.  C- ; a.,45ft. 

■ high  power  launch  to  Mr.  E.  T.  Schroeder,  of.  Jersey 
City.  N.  J.,  with  a guaranteed  speed  of  26  miles;  a 63ft. 

' cruising  launch  with  two  28  horsepower  motors  to  a.  New 
York  yachtsman;  a 25ft.  naphtha  launch  to  Mr.  J.  Heuber, 
of  the  Yonkers  Corinthian  Y.  C.,  and  a 33ft.  high  speed  . 
launch  with  a 25  horsepower  engine  to  Mr.  Nathan 
Strauss. 

James  Craig,  Jr.,  556  W.  34th  street,  New  York,  has 
on  exhibition  the  engine  built  for  Com.  Harrison  B. 
Moore’s  Onontio.  It  is  of  eight  cylinders,  and  rated 
at  250  horsepower  at  800  to  850  revolutions  per  minute. 
Cylinders  are  73A'\n.  bore  and  91'n.  stroke.  It  is  a 
beautiful  piece  of  work,  and  the  master  hand  is  shown  ." 

■ in  design  and  detail  throughout.  The  valves  and 
, igniters  are  all  operated  by  a single  cam  shaft  driven 

from  the  crank  shaft  by  spiral  gears  and  a vertical 
shaft.  The  valves  are  all  double,  one  opening  slightly 
in  advance  of  the  other,  and  closing  a little  later.  This 
construction  allows  of  smaller  diameter,  less  danger  of 
distortion,  and  not  over  one-half  the  work  to  be  done 
by  valve  actuating  parts.  Magneto  ignition  is  provided 
through  two  series,  one  for  each  four  cylinders.  . Heads 
and  valves  are  thoroughly  water-jacketed,  and  the 
water  connections  are  outside  instead  of  ports  con- 
necting the  cylinder  and  head  jackets.  Bed  plate  is  of 
manganese  bronze  in  two  parts.  The  crank  shaft  and 

■ columns  supporting  the  cylinders  are  of  nickel  .steel. 
The  brass  piping  of  the  inlet  and  exhaust  is  a marvel  of  >■ 
symmetry,  and  reflects  great  credit  on  author,  and 
builder.  Regular  models  were  shown  of  16  horsepower 
two  cylinder  and  25  horsepower  three  cylinder  engines. 

A framed  picture  of  Onontio  doing  28r/2  miles  on  New- 
ark Bay  was  also  displayed.  In  course  of  manufacture 
- at  present  is  a duplicate  of  Onontio’s  engine  for  Mr.  . 
Alex.  Stein,  Indian  Harbor  Y.  C..  for  a 56ft.  boat,  build- 
ing at  Montells’  yard,  Greenwich,  Conn.,  w.ith  30  miles 
as  the  goal. 

Clifton  Motor  Works,  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  report  several 
sales.  This  firm  is  closely  identified  with  Carlisle  & 
Finch,  who  manufacture  gasolene  engine  ignition  dyna- 
mos and  magnetos  as  well  as  other  similar  goods.  Their 
exhibit  of  three  engines  is  a good  one.  In  double  cylinder 
there  are  both  8 and  14  horsepower  and  28  horsepower 
in  quadruple  cylinder.  Jump  spark  is  used  in  all.  These 
are  the  only  engines  sold,  so  far  as  we  know,  for  marine 
work  where  the  center  of  the  cylinder  is  offset  with  the 
connecting  rod.  This  gives  much  less  side  thrust  and 
consequent  wear  on  the  walls  of  the  cylinder,  as  well  as 
less  angularity  of  the  connecting  rod  during  the  power 
stroke.  Pistons  can  be  removed  without  removing  the 
cylinders,  which  are  cast  integral  with  the  head;  Cam 
relief  of  compression  is  used,  also  positive  inlet  valves. 
Governor  is  wholly  within  the  flywheel,  and  the  engine  is 
throttle-controlled. 

The  cups  and  trophies  exhibited  by  the  Standard  Motor 
Construction  Co.,  of  Jersey  City,  N.  J.,  won  by  the  cele- 
brated Standard  in  two  seasons  are  as  follows : Atlantic 
y r too4.  Columbia  Y C.  1004,  Knickerbocker  Y.  C 


View  of  the  north  side  of  Madison  Square  Garden  during  the  Motorboat  and  Sportsman’s  Show — —Lozier,  Gas  Engine  & Lower  Co, 

Standard,  Electric  Launch,  James  Craig,  Jr.,  and  Siegel-Cooper  booths. 


General  view  of  the  Madison  Square  Garden  looking  down  the  Lagcon  from  the  west.  The  De  Dietrich,  Williams-Whittelsey,  and 
Palais  de  L’Automobile  are  on  the  right,  with  Smith  & Mabley  and  Truscott  on  the  Island. 


View  of  Madison  Square  Garden  from  northeast  corner  of  promenade,  shnvvine  the  decorations  at  the  westerly  end  and  the  elevated 


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1903, -American  Y.  C.  1903  (2-),  Atlantic  Y.  C.  I903; 

Mention  should  have  been  made  last  week  in  describing 
the  very  compact  reversing  gear  with  which  the  Standard 
yacht  tender  was  equipped.  The  bevel  gears  are  all  cut 
from  solid  steel  case-hardened  and  run  in  a bath  of  oil, 
giving  the  tail  shaft  three-fourths  speed,  compensating  for 
loss  of  power  due  to  extra  friction  when  going  astern. 
The  way  she  was  handled  shows  this  device  to  be  highly 
effective.  " 

Electric  Launch  Company,  Bayonne,  N.  J.,  have  two 
launches  on  Sport  Lake.  The  Buster  Brown  is  a lap- 
streak  or  clinker-built  yacht  tender  with  20  exide  cells  of 
battery  and  a horsepower  General  Electric  motor. 
She  carries  passengers  almost  constantly  around  Garden 
..Island..  The  large  pleasure  launch  Rest-a-While  is  art 
1 especially  comfortable  looking  creation.  Her  equipment 
j / of  power  is  a 10  horsepower  General  Electric  motor  and 
48  .cells  of  exide  battery.  -She  is  also  supplied  with  a 
mercury  rectifier  such  as  is  shown  in  their  booth,  by 
means  of  which  any  alternating  current.. becomes  available 
for  charging  accumulators,  a very- valuable  feature,  as 
heretofore  it  has  been  necessary  to  use  the  direct  current 
only  for  the  purpose.-  The  26ft . autoboat  equipped  with  a 
new  four  cylinder  French  engine  and  a Carlyle  Johnson 
reverse  gear,  is  a beautiful  boat.  The  circular  perforated 
aluminum  back  seats  is  a novelty  and  makes  the  boat  an 
exceedingly  easy  and  comfortable  conveyance.  The  in- 
stallation of  the  gasolene  tank  with  copper  drip  pan  is 
especially  safe  and  commendable. 

Buffalo  Gasolene  Motor  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  have 
a showy  exhibit.  A decided  novelty  is  their  2 horsepower 
jtw;o  cylinder-four-stroke  engine,the’offlf  one  of  the  kind 
manufactured  here  or  abroad  for  marine  or  any  other 
purpose.  They  show  in  addition- to  this  size  double  cylin- 
der 5 and  7L2  horsepower  and.  four  cylinder  10,  15  and  30 
"horsepower.  Planetary  reverse,  throttle,  and  spark  con- 
{rol,.  jump  spark  or  make-and-break,  ring  oiling  crank 
pins,  multiple  .feedTo^  every  'journal,  oil  drip  pan  and  brags 
cover  over  the  reverse  gear,  are  noticeable  features.  Their 
new  carburetor  shows  an  auxiliary;  heated  air  conduit. 
All  engines  of  : four,  cylinders  have  whistle,  air  pump  and 
tahkv-.  Tire  Bisonrex-Hard  Boiled  Egg,  is  shown  in  the 
tank.  She  has  been  so  often  mentioned  that  a description 
at  this  time  would  be  superfluous. 

A.  C.  Neubauer,  the  Palais  de  L’ Automobile,  500  Fifth 
avenue,  shows  30ft.  yacht-  fender  6ft.  breadth,  finished  in 
natural  mahogany.  ■■  Planking  is  double  mahogany  with 
oiled  silk  fabric  between.  She  was  built  by  Wood,  of 
C.ity  Island,  and  is  an  exceptionally  fine  looking,  boat. 
The  design  was  by  Tams,  Lemoine  & Crane.  A 20-30 
horsepower  Renault  engine  is  used  for  power,  and  with 
75^ gallons  tankage  -sheds  guaranteed  to  do  450  miles  at  a 
full  -speed  of,  15  miles  per  hour.  The  engine  is  controlled 
forward,  but  a tiller  is  placed  aft  for  use  if  desired.  In 
this  exhibit  is.  the  autoboat  La  Manola,  35ft.  long,  which 
■*  %s  a 24  horsepower  Panhard  engine.  In  a run  last  sum- 
mer from  New  Rochelle  to  Newport,  less  than  nine  hours 
was  the  running  time.  She  was  built  by  L.  D.  Hunting- 
ton,  Jr.,  and  Tams,  Lemoine  & Crane  were  responsible 
for  her  design.  They  show  24,  35  and  60  horsepower 
Panhard  engines,  also  a 25  horse-power  Barriquan  & 
Marre  engine  which  weighs  complete  but  500  pounds,  built 
specially  by,  the  only  French  concern  making  auto-marine 
engines  exclusively. 

The  American  De  Dietrich  Company,  7 West  34th 
street,  New  York, ..have  in  the  lagoon  the  launch  built  in 
, 1902  for  Mr.  Du  Bonnet,  now  the  property  of  the  ex- 

■ 1 hibitors.  1 She  is.  called  the  Pi-ouit,  which  translated 
means  “Hey  there.”  She  developed  a speed  of  better  than 
18  miles,. and  was  exhibited  at  St.  Louis.  The  power  is  a 
30  horsepower  De  Dietrich  engine.  A Sims-Brosch  low 
tension  make-and-break  magneto  furnishes  current  for 
ignition.  In  the  booth  30,  50  and  60  horsepower  engines 
are  shown,  all  four  cylinder.  New  models  show  mechan- 
' ically  operated  inlet  valves  directly  over  the  exhaust, 
actuated  by  rocker  arms  from  the  same  shaft  that 
. operates  the  exhaust  valves,  while  a cam  shaft  on  the 
“opposite  side  is  for  the.  igniters  only.  Their  own.  make 
carburetor  is  used,  a rotary- gear-driven  pump,  cylinders 
cast  in  pairs  with  heads  are  also  features.;  Material  and 
design,  is  practically  the.  same  as  in  their  automobile  en- 
gines, but  parts  are  somewhat- heavier.  On  account  of 
. 45  - per  cent,  import  duty  they  will  hereafter  build  their 
; boats  here.  * : / -* — ~ 

Hubbard  Motor  Company,  Middletown,  Conn.,  at  .the 
. “ extreme  easterly  end,  show,  son®  six  engines  all  told,  In 
’actual  operation  they  have1  a 3Y  horsepower  two-stroke 
single  cylinder  engine,  with  make-and-break  ignition  and 
water-jacketed  head.  Throttle  control  is  used  without 
early  and  late  changing  devices,  exceedingly  economical 
on  batteries.  The  1 Y horsepower  has  the  head  and  cylin- 
der cast  together,  while  the  2^4  ’ and  3 JY  have  removable 
heads’.  The  7 horsepower  double  cylinder  has  heads  and 
cylinders  likewise  inseparable.  The  pistons,  bore  of  the 
cylinders  and  general  machine  work  show  a thorough 
knowledge  of  engine  requirements.  A four  cylinder 
high  speed  four-stroke  engine  16-25  horsepower  is  also 
shown.  Every  bearing  is  positively  lubricated  by  a 
gravity  feed  multiple  lubricator.  The  ignition  is  always 
in  sight  of  the  operator,  and  accessibility  is  well  in 
evidence. 

August  Mietz,i28  Mott  street,  New  York,  shows  the 
Mietz  & Weiss  engine,  for  the  first  time  seen  by  the 
public,  adapted  to  marine  work.  He  shows  all  told  three 
engines,  two  in  actual  operation.  One  is  the  standard  2 
horsepower,  direct-connected  to  an  electric  light  generator 
which  lights  the  exhibit,  and  the  other  is  a double  cylin- 
der 10  horsepower  marine  vertical  engine.  This  is  of  the 
three-ported  two-stroke  type,  and  in  this  respect  alone  is 
an  entirely  modern  construction.  Air  is  taken  into  the 
crank  case  and  forced  into  the  cylinder  while 
the  kerosene  is  injected  under  high  pressure  into 
the  heated  domes  on  the  engine,  where  it  mixes 
with  the  air  until  an  explosive  mixture  is  produced,  when 
it  is  ignited  by  the  incandescent  condition  of  the  heated 
dome.  Bevel  gear  reverse  is  shown  with  ball-bearing- 
thrust.  Engine  is  of  exceedingly  good  appearance,  and 
shows  up  well,  although  running  light.. 

The  International  Power  Vehicle  Company,  of  Stam- 
ford, show  three  two-stroke  kerosene  oil-engines,  single 
cylinder  il/2,  5 and  6 horsepower.  A i/2  horsepower  is 
also  shown  in  section,  with  the  method  of  timing  the  ex- 
plosion and  adjustment  of  fuel  supply  shown.  The  kero- 
sene is  atomized  by  the  air  passing  from  the  crank  case 


to  the  combustion  chamber,  never  under  any  more  pres- 
sure than  necessary  to  give  it  gravity  feed.  A new  torch 
is  supplied  with  the  1905  model.  No  demonstration  of  its 
good  points  was  made,  but  it  was  claimed  that  without 
preliminary  heating  of  the  torch  the  engine  could  be 
started  indoors  in  35  seconds.  Planetary  reverse  was 
shown  with  thrust  adjustable  both  longitudinally  and 
vertically.  All  clutch  adjustments  are  on  the  outside, 
easily  accessible.  Ring  oilers  are  used  on  the  main 
bearings. 

Many  engines  at  the  show  were  equipped  with 
Monarch  vaporizing  valves,  manufactured  by  John  A. 
Murray,  112  Front  street,  Brooklyn.  The  Monarch  valve 
is  standard  equipment  with  Hubbard,  Mianus,  Wood- 
haven,  Smalley,  Palmer  and  many  other  engines. 

Siegel-Cooper  Company,  New  York,  in  their  space  at 
the  left  of  the  main  entrance  show  an  18ft.  canopy  top 
launch  with  2 horsepower  engine,  and  23ft.  standing  top 
with  6 horsepower.  In  the  water  they  have  a commodious 
22ft.  open  launch  with  folding  chairs  and  aftside  and 
transverse  transoms.  Power  is  a.  4 horsepower  engine. 
Siegel-Cooper  Company  are  the  eastern  agents  for  the 
well  known  Pierce  launches'  and  engines  manufactured  in 
Racine,  Wis.  These  engines  are  all  provided  with  under- 
water exhaust  and  jump  spark.  They  are  all  of  the  two- 
stroke  type  single  cylinder.  The  lower  part  of  the  cylin-. 
der  is  air-jacketed,  something  not  noticed  elsewhere  in  the 
Garden.  Heads  are  not  water-jacketed.  Reversing  gears 
are  of  the  bevel  type,  and  as  the  engines  will  run  in  either 
direction,  they  may  be  dispensed  with  if  desired. 

In  mentioning  John -Wanamaker’s  exhibit  last  week,  we 
inadvertently  “erred  in  saying  that  they  sold  the  Pierce 
launches,  when  we  should  have  said  Truscott. 

The  Mianus  Motor  Works,  Mianus,  Conn.,  is  one  of 
the  busiest,  exhibits.  Their  demonstrations  are  selling 
ones.  Mr.  Allen,  of  the  firm,  says:  they  are  there  to  do 
business.  They  show  2,  4 and  6 horsepower  single  cylin- 
der and  8 and  12  horsepower  double,  all  two-stroke  en- 
gines. Exhaust  is  water-jacketed  when  using  an  expan- 
sion muffler  and  odorless  under- water  exhaust,  but  regu- 
lar type  of  muffler  is  supplied  when  exhausting  above  the 
waterline.  Monarch  vaporizers  are  standard  equipment, 
and  Kingston  float  feed  carburetors  special.  An  excep- 
tional selling  feature  is  their  new  drop.-forged  I section 
steel  connecting  rod  with  bushings  which  can  be  removed 
and  replaced  without  removing  the  piston.  They  have 
two  finishes,  one  in  baked  enamel  and  nickeled  parts,  and 
the  other  air-drying  enamel  and  polished  brass.  Reversing 
wheel  or  planetary  reversing  gears  at  the  option  of  the 
buyer,  or  direct-connected  solid  wheels  are  furnished. 

Palmer  Bros.,  Cos  Cob,  Conn.,  have  several  engines 
"shown,  a four  cylinder  15-18  horsepower  and  a two  cylin-, 
der  8 to  10  horsepower  four-stroke.  A two  cylinder  10 
horsepower  modern  three-ported  two-stroke  engine  espe- 
cially attracts  attention,  it  being  in  very  good  proportions, 
and  of  the  high  speed  popular  type.  Engines  are  equipped 
with  either  jump  spark  or  make-and-break  ignition.  The 
1904  model  3 horsepower  is  a favorite  with  buyers  at  the 
show.  The  representative  in  charge  of  the  exhibit  made 
a very  apt  remark  when  he  said  that  “Palmer  Bros,  made 
the  first  successful  two-stroke  marine  gasolene  engine  in 
New  England,  and  they  or  their  successors  may  make  the 
last.  It  seems  incredible,  but  their  books  show  that  over 
15,000  Palmer  engines  have  been  sold  up  to  date.”  Float 
feed  carburetors  are  used:  or  Monarch  vaporizers,  as  may 
be  selected  by  purchaser. 

The  balance  "of  the:  exhibitors  will  be  mentioned  next- 
week. 


Marine  Gasolene  Engines* 

BY  A.  E.  POTTER. 

( Continued  from  page  179  ) 

In  order  to  decide  as  to  the  best  width  for  the  ex- 
haust port,  it  is  a good  plan  with  the  first  engine  to  make 
the  length  as  long  as  possible  with  good  strong  par- 
titions therein  and  make  the  width  of  the  port  ap- 
proximately Ys in.  for  every  iin.  stroke.  By  this  rule 
an  engine  of  5in.  stroke  would  have- exhaust  port  5J$in. 
wide,  and  6in.  stroke  would  be  Y'm-  wide.  It  is  com- 
paratively easy  to  widen  the  exhaust  port  on  the  side 
of  the  cylinder  by  filing  or  chipping  the  upper  edge,  so 
that  the  exhaust  will  occur  earlier.  The  correct  width, 
or  that  which  gives  the  best  results  all  around,  can  be 
determined  when  later  you  come  to  test  the  engine, 
which  will  be  carefully  treated  later  under  that  head. 

The  inlet  port  should  open  slightly  later  than  the 
exhaust  port,  and  shop  Id  be  fully  as  long  as  the  ex- 
haust port,  although  not  so  wide  by  one-third.  If  the 
exhaust  is  J^in.  wide,  the  inlet  could  be  well  but  Yin- 
Some  designers  advocate  a wider  exhaust,  making  a ¥&in. 
wide  inlet  with  a 34 in.  wide  exhaust.  If  there  is  ample 
length  there  is  but  little  to  be  gained  by  making  the 
inlet  open  so  early,  and  there  may  be  more  danger  of 
pre-ignition.  As  a general  thing  exhaust  ports  open  too 
early,  wasting  power  thereby,  because  they  are  not 
sufficiently  wide.  Please  note  that  the  length  of  the  ports 
is  measured  around  the  circle  of  the  cylinder  inside, 
while  the  width  is  in  line  with  the  bore,  or  vertically. 
Some  engines  are  so  designed  that  the  exhaust  is  on 
one  side  and  the  inlet  on  the  other,  while  some  have  the 
inlet  on  the  front  and  the  exhaust  at  the  rear.  For 
various  reasons  the  former  is  preferable  if  the  cylinders 
are  to  be  doubled,  but  in  single  cylinder  construction  I 
consider  the  latter  the  better,  as  it  makes  rather  easier 
to  connect  the  exhaust  piping;  there  is  less  danger  of 
getting  burned  by  accidentally  coming  in  contact  with 
it,  and,  in  case  the  firing  chamber  gets  too  much  oil  or 
gasolene,  it  is  all  driven  out  into  the  exhaust  piping  at 
the  first  opening  of  the  ports.  There  is  another  reason 
for  this  construction  that  I have  never  seen  advanced. 
In  case  there  is  too  much  cylinder  oil  in  the  crank 
case,  it  will  not  be  so  liable  to  be  splashed  up  into  the 
pass  port  connecting  the  crank  case  with  the  combus- 
tion chamber  and  be  carried  therein  with  the  inrushing 
gas,  resulting  in  a smoky,  ill-smelling  exhaust. 

The  thickness  of  the  cylinder  walls  should  be  as  uni- 
form as  possible.  It  is  better'  to  have  them  a little 
thicker  than  necessary,  although  if  too  thick,  they  will 
be  cumbersome -and  will  not  radiate  the  heat  as  they 
ought.  Occasionally  they  are  made  of  steel  castings, 
and  in  that  case  j he  v can  be  considerably  thinner  than 


when  made  from  cast  iron.  From  1-12  to  1-10  the 
diameter  would  be  a fair  allowance  for  thickness.  If 
the  very  best  results  are  to  be  obtained,  a careful 
watch  of  the  temperature  of  the  cooling  water  is  es- 
sential, as  the  water  can  leave  the  cylinder  very  much 
hotter  with  a thin  than  a thick  cylinder  wall,  remem- 
bering that  the  inside  wall  is  bound  to  be  hotter  than 
the  wall  against  which  the  water  is  circulating,  and 
whose  mision  it  is  to  take  the  heat  from  the  cylinder. 
The  thickness-  of  the  water  jacket  does  not  matter  par- 
ticularly, so  long  as  it  can  be  molded  with  no  danger 
of  breaking  down  when  the  hot  metal  reaches  it.  It 
is  a good  plan  to  have  the  thickness  equal  to,  or 
slightly  thicker  than  the  cylinder  wall.  The;  outer  part 
of  the  cylinder  enclosing  the  water  jacket  should  be  as 
thin  as  it  is  possible  to  make  it,  and  get  a good  casting 
free  from  “cold  shucks,”  and  needs  to  be  no  heavier  than 
one-half  the  thickness  of  the  cylinder  walls. 

By  using  special  metal  with  carefully  made  patterns 
and  improved  methods  which  have  followed  the  con- 
struction of  automobile  engine  cylinders,  it  has  been 
found  that  those  who  have  made  a careful  study  of  the 
art  of  molding  gasolene  engine  cylinders  have  been  able 
to  cast  some  remarkably  thin,  well-cored  cylinders;  but 
before  going  to  the  extreme  in  lightness,  you  had  better 
consult  with  the  foundry  people,  and  be  in  a measure 
guided  by  their  advice.  You-  will  find  that  medium  heavy 
castings  will  cost  you  much  less,  and  there  will  be  less 
danger  of  lost  castings,  either  before  machining,  during 
the  process  or  when  completed,  perhaps  when  testing. 
People  who  are  experienced  in  this  line,  who  have  per- 
haps sunk  a considerable  amount  of  money  before  they 
were  able  to  get  the  “knack  of  it,”  may  try  to  get  back 
some  of  their  money,  but  you  will  usually  save  money 
by  patronizing-  them. 

In  the  two  cycle  engine  several  methods  of  con- 
struction are  employed.  In  some  the  engine  and  base 
is  cast  together  and  the  crank  shaft  bearings  are  put  on 
the  ends  over  each  end  of  the  crank  shaft.  While  this 
construction  may  seem  cheaper  to  you,  it  may,  and 
probably  will  be  found  necessary  to  make  more  special 
tools  than  some  other  way,  and  if  ever  it  becomes 
necessary  to  remove  the  forward  bushing,  the  first  one 
to  wear,  you  will  have  quite  a job  to  remove  the  fly- 
wheel as  perhaps  you  may  have  found  by  experience. 

Another  method  often  employed  is  to  part  the  crank 
- case  in  line  with  the  center  of  the  shaft  and  put  in  the 
forward  crank  shaft  bushing  in  halves.  This  is  a little 
more  expensive,  but  it  saves  removing  the  flywheel 
when  renewing. 

Still  another  method  is  being  employed,  and  it  has 
become  quite  popular  of  late.  It  is  to  have  the1  crank 
case  parted  in  the  middle,  as  in  the  previous  method, 
and  the  cylinder  bolted  to  the  upper  half  of  the  crank 
case.  It  will  cost  more  to  machine,  but  it  can  be  done 
with  rather  less  tools,  and  has  these  advantages:  The 

jacketed  cylinder  will  cost  less,  as  there  will  be  less 
danger  of  losing  in  the  operation  of  casting,  and  the 
crank  case,  if  they  can  be  cast  without  baked  cores, 
using  “green”  sand  for  the  purpose,  will  not  cost  one- 
half. as  much  per  pound.  There  is  one  especial  advan- 
tage that  may.  be  lost  sight  of,  and  that  is,  there  is 
much  more  liability  of  getting  the  crank  shaft  at 
right  angles  to  the  collecting  rod  and  axis  of  the 
cylinder,  otherwise  in  line.  Again,  lathes  or  planers 
might  be  able  to  machine  the  three  pieces,  when  it 
would  be  absolutely  impossible  if  in  one  piece  or  even 
parted  in  line  with  the  crank  shaft. 

I have  seen  one  engine  that  was  a combination  of  the 
first  two  methods.  One  crank  shaft  bearing  in  that 
case  was  parted  in  the  center,  while  the  other  was  in 
a round  plate  bolted  to  the  after  side.  This  is  very 
unusual.  One  manufacturer  at  least  has  the  forward 
plate  cast  with  the  crank  case  and  cylinder  and  the 
after  one  only  removable.  In  this  case  it  is  of  course 
necessary  to  remove  the  flywheel  the  very  first  thing 
when  ready  to  dissemble. 

There  are  some  models  that  have  hand-hole  plates 
on  one  or  both  sides,  through  which  the  crank  pin 
connections  can  be  reached,  others  reach  the  lower  con- 
nections  by  removing  the  lower  half  of  the  crank  case; 
but  in  the. three  part  construction,  or  where  the  base 
separates  in  line  with  the  crank  shaft  the  hand-hole 
plates  are  not  absolutely  necessary,  still  they  are  very 
handy  if  you  desire  to  get  access  to  the  crank  case  to 
make  examination  or  w^ash  out  dirty  oil  or  grease. 
'While  possibly  unnecessary,  it  is  often  convenient,  and 
its  extra  cost  is  not  very  much. 

If  the  engine  is  to  be  of  the  older  type,  taking  its 
gas  through  a check  valve,  there  is  but  little  more  to 
be  explained,  except  the  clearance  - in  the  crank  case 
and  the  lugs  for  fastening  it  to  the  engine  bed;  but  if 
it  is  of  the  more- modern  type,  known  as  the  tree-ported, 
or,  as  one  manufacturer  has  termed  it,  the  piston  intake, 
the  third  port  will  have  to  be  explained,  but  as  its  re- 
lation is  more  particularly  to  the  crank  case,  it  will  be 
treated  in  that  connection.  ; 

[to  be  continued.] 

. Wassersljort/’s  Illustrated  Supplement.  — Wasser- 
sport,  our  German  contemporary,  now  issues  each  week  in 
connection  with  the  paper  an  illustrated  supplement  which 
is  known  as  Von  Fluss  und  See.  The  supplement  is  about 
half  the  size  of  Wassersport.  and  is  profusely  illustrated 
by  handsome  half-tones  and  numerous  designs.  It  is 
splendidly  printed  on  coated  paper,  and  adds  much  to  the 
interest  and  value  of  Wassersport. 

Holyoke  Y.  C.  Officers— At  the  annual  meeting  of 
the  Holyoke  \ . C.,  held  recently,  the  following  officers 
were  elected:  Com.,  E.  S.  Towne ; Vice-Com.  F.  H 

Metcalf ; Rear-Corn.,  C.  R.  Dunbar ; Purser,  E.  B.  Cooley : 
Regatta  Committee— J.  B.  Newton,  Harry  Gault  and 
Russell  Magna. 

« fi?  m , 

Recent  Transfers.— The  following  sales  have  been 
made  through  Manning’s  Yacht  Agency : The  steam  yacht 
Sentinel,  by  Col.  W.  E.  Haskell  to  Mr.  William  Garner- 
the  yawl  Hoodoo,  by  Mr.  E.  W.  Searles  to  Mr.  Justice 
Street,  of  Toronto;  the  knockabout  Smoke,  by  Mr.  L.  H. 
Dyer  to  Mr.  J D.  Flower,  of  Cuba;  and  the ‘launch 
Bunco,  by  Mr.  J.  H.  Wainwnght  to  Mr  W D Salter 


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» Insurance  Company  to  Repair  Delaware.— Commo- 
dore F.  G.  Bourne,  New  York  Y.  C.,  will  have  his  small 
steam  yacht  Coloma  repaired  and  refitted  at  once,  so  that 
Us?  “er  as  a Asgship  next  season.  Delaware  was 
so  badly  damaged  by  the  fire  that  much  time  will  be  con- 
sumed in  putting  the  vessel  in  shape  to  turn  over  to  her 
owner.  The  work  will  be  done  by  the  insurance  company. 

*.  #,  * 

Unwarranted  Criticism.— Our  esteemed  English  con- 
temporary, The  Yachting  World,  mistakes  when  he 
observes  that  we  appear  to  confuse  the  matter  some- 
what between  the  high,  speed  motor  vessel  and  the  one 
merely  fitted  with  a high  speed  automobile  type  engine — 
*W° , . n?s  by  no«  means  synonomous.”  We  cannot  see 
anything  in  the  article  in  question  to  lead  one  to  suppose 
anything  of  the  sort.  American  high  speed  autoboats  are 
usually  built  v^ry  light,  and  their  engines  are  frequently 
of  the  automobile  type.  .No  one  could  suppose  that  such 
a craft  would  long,  survive  hard  usage,  but  a high  speed 
heavier  engine,  with  any  ordinary  care,  would  not  be 
short-lived.  We  have  no  quarrel  against  the  autoboat, 
nor  are  we  1 unthinking.” 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


Cruising  Schooner  Blacfchawfc. 

Last  week  we  published  the  lines,  construction  and  sail 
plans  of  the  cruising  schooner  Blackhawk.  This  week 
we  reproduce  the  cabin  plans  and  details  of  iron  work 
and  rigging. 

The  accompanying  plans  have  been  very  carefully 
worked  out,  and  the  unusual  amount  of  detail  drawing 
will  appeal  to  those  who  have  had  experience  in  yacht 
building.  Many  times  there  is  too  much  left  to  the  discre- 
tion  of  the  builder,  and  the  results  are  apt  to  be  disap- 
pointing. 


New  York,  Feb.  18. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream:  Mr. 
Frazer’s  article  on  “Camp  Medicine”  in  February  18 
issue  puts  me  in  mind  of  an  experience  I had  last 
August,  during  the  A.  C.  A.  meet  on  Sugar  Island.  It 
was  the  second  day  of  our  arrival  on  the  island,  when 
I was  taken  sick  right  after  supper,  and  if  it  wasn’t  for 
that  little  bottle  of  Sun  cholera  drops  friend  Ixiuie  hap- 
pened to  have,  I believe  I would  have  died.  Never  in  all 
my  experience  have  I suffered  as  I did  that  night,  and 
it  was  more  than  four  days  after  before  I felt  like  myself 
again.  To  this  day  I don’t  know  what  to  blame  for 
that  attack  of  cholera — whether  it  was  the  grub  at  the 
mess  or  the  water  of  the  St.  Lawrence.  But  anyway 
I will  never  again  leave  the  cholera  drops  out  of  my  kit. 
I would  also  suggest  Friar’s  Balsam  in  place  of  shellac 
or  varnish  for  cuts,  it  being  an  antiseptic  and  very  healing. 
And  never  travel  without  a small  pair  of  tweezers — the 
kind  jewelers  use.  For  extracting  thorns  and  deep-seated 
splinters  it  can’t  be  beat;  and  after  a blackberrying  trip 
they  will  prove  themselves  to  be  a Godsend  sure. 

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CANOEING  NEWS  NOTES. 

The  officers  of  the  Hiawatha  C.  C.  for  1905  are  as  fol- 
lows: Com.,  George  Gorman;  Vice-Com.,  George  R. 
Stark;  Sec’y,  Arthur  C.  Brandt;  Treas.,H.  F.  Donaldson; 
Meas.,  W.  A.  Roos,  Jr.  The  club  now  numbers  32  mem- 
bers, with  boat  house  at  Hiawatha  Bay,  Kingsbridge,  and 
club  house  with  bowling  alley  on  Johnson  avenue.  Marble 
Hill. 


'ifie  Jjf mge  and  <§alUrg. 


Fixtures. 

July  24-29. — Newark,  O. — Second  annual  of  the  Ohio  State  Rifle 
Association. 

July  26-Aug.  1. — Creedmoor,  L.  I.— Second  annual  of  New  York 
Rifle  Association. 

The  Indoor  Championship  Match. 

One  of  the  most  important  matches  to  be  shot  annually  by  the 
riflemen  of  New  York  City  and  vicinity  is  the  championship 
100-shot  gallery  match,  now  in  progress  at  the  headquarters  of 
the  Zettler  Rifle  Club,  159  West  Twenty-third  street,  this  city. 
Although  the  100-shot  championship  at  200yds.,  shot  every  year 
on  Election  Day,  is  regarded  as  the  true  test  of  a marksman’s 
ability,  so  much  interest  is  taken  in  indoor  shooting — and  this 
interest  is  increasing  year  by  year— that  the  annual  tournament 
held  by  the  old  Zettler  Club  during  the  Sportsman’s  Show  is 
watched  closely  by  riflemen  everywhere,  and  those  who  cannot 
attend  consider  themselves  unfortunate  indeed,  while  those  who 
do  attend  revel  in  powder  smoke  and  rifle  talk  every  day  for 
almost  a fortnight,  and  are  happy.  This  indoor  shoot  differs 
from  the  Election  Day  affair  in  that  it  is  really  a tournament  in 
which  the  100-shot  championship  is  the  principal  event  of  several 
in  which  cash  and  valuable  merchandise  prizes  may  be  won  by 
those  who  try  hard  enough.  That  all  do  make  strenuous  efforts 
is  evident  after  the  affair  has  warmed  up,  for  scores  are  close 
and  the  interest  at  fever  heat. 

This  year’s  tournament  began  at  10  o’clock  on  the  morning 
of  March  1,  and  will  continue  until  11  o’clock  Saturday  night, 
March  11.  It  is  being  shot  with  all  sorts  of  rifles,  but  there 
is  a limit  on  the  kind  of  cartridges  that  may  be  used,  so  that  all 
must  shoot  the  .22  caliber  short  cartridge.  Heretofore  telescope 
sights  have  been  barred,  too,  but  these  are  admitted  this  year, 
and  numerous  marksmen  who  have  become  accustomed  to  using 
these  sights  on  other  ranges  are  happy.  But  if  this  record  shows 
(it  is  too  early  now  to  say  anything  further)  that  the  glasses  did 
not  make  as  good  a showing  as  their  advocates  predicted  they 
would,  it  must  be  remembered  that  a number  of  the  marksmen 
have  not  had  much  practice  with  them,  and  some  did  not  have 
sufficient  time  to  learn  the  peculiarities  of  their  new  telescopes, 
did  not  feel  absolutely  certain  they  could  do  as  well  with  them 
as  with  their  old  peep  sights,  and  stuck  to  the  latter  pending 
more  thorough  practice.  But  now  that  the  glass  is  to  be  used. 


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there  will  be  much  practice  with  it  during  the  coming  outdoor 
and  iiekt  winter’s  indoor  season,  and  it  is  safe  to  predict  that 
the  next  indoor  championship  will  find  numbers  of  them  in  use 
by  the  best  marksmen.  Their  advocates  stoutly  assert  that  rifle 
telescopes  have  come  to  stay,  and  certainly  the  large  numbers 
sold  by  makers  and  dealers  bear  this  out,  for  one  seldom  hears 
of  a good  telescope  being  discarded  in  favor  of  the  old  non- 
magnifying sights. 

The  distance  shot  is  75ft.,  and  no  restrictions  whatever  are 
placed  on  rifles  or  attachments,  but  every  shot  must  be  fired 
in  the  offhand  position.  In  the  100-shot  match  contestants  are 
permitted  to  finish  their  scores  as  they  see  fit,  provided  they 
complete  each  string  on  the  day  it  is  begun.  This  prolongs  the 
interest,  sometimes  up  to  the  very  last  hour  of  the  tournament, 
for  the  best  shots  try  their  holding  ability  in  some  of  the  pool 
matches,  and  if  they  feel  in  good  form,  start  in  on  their  100-shot 
string,  often  firing  not  more  than  10  or  20  shots  when  they 
believe  they  are  not  in  the  best  of  form,  and  wait  until  another 
day  to  resume.  In  this  way  the  interest  increases  until  all  the 
top-notchers  have  finished  their  scores,  making  the  last  few  days 
of  the  tournament  busy  ones  for  all  hands.  Merchandise  prizes 
always  attract  attention  in  a match,  and  the  list  of  tnese  that 
will  go  to  winners  in  the  100-shot  match  is  long,  so  that  any 
really  good  score  will  entitle  the  holder  to  a prize  that  is  worth 
while.  In  this  match  there  are  twenty  cash  prizes  that  range 
from  $15  down  to  $2,  and  the  following  merchandise  prizes:  A 

Stevens  Schuetzen  rifle,  a Winchester  Schuetzen  rifle,  a gold  trophy 
(by  the  Peters  Cartridge  Co.),  a fine  Colt  target  revolver,  a silver 
cup  (by  the  Zettler  Rifle  Club),  a Davenport  shotgun,  a set  of 
Lyman  target  sights,  a Bristol  steel  fishing  rod,  a sel  of  Ideal 
reloading  tools,  a Marble  pocket  ax  and  cleaning  rod,  and  a. 
Barning  hammerless  rifle  action,  given  by  their  respective  makers; 
while  the  man  who  does  not  win  a prize  will  be  consoled  by 
the  Zettler  trophy. 

The  ring  target  match  is  open  to  all,  three  shots  to  each  score,, 
re-entries  unlimited,  the  best  three  targets  to  count  for  the  first 
five  prizes,  the  best  two  targets  for  the  next  five  prizes,  and 
one  target  for  the  rest.  The  highest  prize  is  $30,  while  the- 
nineteen  others  range  from  $25  down  to  $2,  and  there  are  three 
premiums:  $5  for  the  best  five  targets;  $4  for  the  second-best 

five  targets,  and  $3  for  the  third-best. 

On  the  special  target  for  the  Zimmermann  trophy,  three  shots,, 
best  two  tickets  to  count,  the  prizes  are  $10  and  $5. 

Re-entries  are  unlimited  in  the  bullseye  match,  in  which  the 
best  single  shot  by  measurement  counts.  There  are  twenty-five 
prizes,  ranging  from  $25  down  to  $2,  and  three  premiums,  as 
follows:  Most  bullseyes  during  the  tournament,  $5;  secondl 

largest  number,  $4;  third,  $3. 

The  complete  scores  cannot  be  given  in  this  issue,  but  those 
so  far  finished  in  each  match  follow,  our  record  closing  for  the 
week  at  6 o’clock  the  night  of  March  6.  Just  as  the  clock  was. 
striking  the  hour,  R.  Gute  finished  his  100-shot  score,  with  a 
total  of  2466  out  of  the  possible  2500  points,  breaking  all  previous 
records  for  the  distance.  He  used  a short  telescope  sight  on  his 
rifle.  For  the  purpose  of  comparison,  the  records  of  other  years 
are  given  as  follows: 


1904... 

.L  C Buss 

..2456 

1900... 

.F 

C Ross 

....2429 

1904. . . 

.L  P Ittel.... 

. .2455 

1899... 

.F 

C Ross 

....2425 

1903... 

.L  P Ittel 

..2457 

1898... 

.H 

M Spencer.... 

. . . .2424 

1903... 

.Dr  W G Hudson.. 

..2455 

1897... 

.M 

Dorrler  

....2421 

This  year’s  scores  follow: 

100-Shot  Championship  Match:  R.  Gute  2466,  H.  M.  Thomas 
2423,  E.  H.  Van  Zandt  2422,  A.  F.  Laudensack  2418,  A.  Hubalek 
2411,  F.  Gabriel  2405,  Gustav  Worm  2404,  George  Schlicht  2402, 
IT.  C.  Young  2396,  G.  T.  Conti  2386,  Windsor  Morris  2383,  Felix 
Kast  2368,  O.  Schwanemann  2355,  T.  H.  Keller,  Jr.,  2312,  G.  J„ 
Bernius  2307. 

Ring  Target:  R.  Gute,  75,  75,  75,  75,  75;  H.  M.  Thomas,  75*. 

75,  74,  74,  73;  G.  L.  Clock,  75,  74,  74,  73,  72;  M.  D.  Kittles,  72, 
72,  71,  71,  71;  A.  F.  Laudensack,  74,  74,  73,  72;  M.  Dorrler,  75, 
75,  73;  G.  T.  Conti,  75,  71,  69;  H.  C.  Young,  72,  72,  71;  George 
Schlicht,  73,  72,  70;  L.  C.  Buss,  74,  73,  73;  E.  Minervini,  73,  71, 
68,  C.  Meyer,  72,  71,  70;  A.  Hubalek,  74,  73;  G.  Bernius,  63,  63;. 
H.  Rosenthal,  56,  48;  Gustav  Worm,  72;  Windsor  Morris,  70. 

Zimmermann  Target:  G.  Ludwig,  30,  30;  C.  Meyer,  34,  30,  34; 

R.  Bender,  35,  33,  35;  R.  Gute,  39,  38,  36,  36,  36;  A.  F.  Lauden- 
sack,  28;  H.  Fenwirth,  36,  34;  H.  C.  Young,  34,  32. 

Best  Bullseye:  R.  Bendler  18  degrees,  R.  Gute  19,  Gus  Zimmer- 
mann 21%,  H.  D.  Muller  22%,  A.  Hubalek  22%,  A.  F.  Laudensack 
24,  Michael  Dorrler  24%,  F.  A.  Young  25,  H.  C.  Young  26,  C. 
Meyer  25%,  Felix  Kast  27,  O.  Schwanemann  27,  Gustav  Ludwig 
29%,  H.  L.  Seckel  30,  G.  T.  Conti  35,  T.  H.  Keller,  Jr.,  36,  F.  L. 
Smith  37,  George  Schlicht  39%,  H.  M.  Thomas  39%,  T.  H.  Keller 
43,  H.  Fenwirth  44,  William  Rosenbaum  46%,  J.  H.  Blumenberg 
56,  H.  Rosenthal  58. 

Most  Bullseyes:  Felix  Kast  60,  G.  Ludwig  51,  O.  Schwanemann 
51,  M.  Dorrler  45,  H.  D.  Muller  45,  R.  Bender  42,  R.  Gute  36, 
Gus  Zimmermann  36,  T.  H.  Keller,  Jr.,  33,  T.  H.  Keller  27,  H. 
C.  Young  24,  H.  Fenwirth  15,  F.  A.  Young  15,  F.  L.  Smith  9, 
H.  M.  Thomas  9,  H.  L.  Seckel  9. 


Asheville  Rifle  Club. 

Asheville,  N.  C.,  Feb.  23. — The  result  or  the  weekly  shoot  of 
the  Asheville  Rifle  Club  follows.  Conditions:  200yds.,  Standard 
American  target.  Wind,  14  miles  per  hour: 


First  shoot: 


Badger  

9 

7 

0 

6 

7 

7 10 

9 

9 

7-62 

McCanless  

5 

6 10 

6 

0 3 

9 

6 

6-66 

Lambert  

3 

6 

3 

4 

4 

6 9 

4 

6 

6-50 

Bunum  

5 

4 

8 

0 

3 

4 7 

5 

0 

6-41 

B E Sevier , 

3 

4 

4 

4 

4 8 

4 

4 

3-41 

J T Sevier. 

7 

4 

6 

0 

5 4 

6 

3 

7-40 

Stevens  

0 

0 

9 

4 

6 8 

0 

0 

7—39 

C Sawyer  

6 

0 

4 

* 

0 0 

s 

5 

4—27 

Garrison  

0 

3 

6 

3 

© 0 

6 

4 

0—21 

Second  shoot: 

J T Sevier 

7 

5 10 

4 

5 

4 8 

6 

5 

0-64 

McCanless  

6 

7 

5 

4 

9 5 

5 

4 

3-64 

Lambert  

4 

0 

3 10 

0 10 

5 

5 

6-50 

Stevens  

...........  4 

4 

7 

7 

4 

3 0 

6 

8 

7-60 

C Sawyer  

3 10 

0 

5 

4 5 10 

3 

4 — 49 

B E Sevier 

4 

5 

3 

0 

5 9 

5 

4 

3-44 

Badger  

4 

6 

5 

6 

3 5 

5 

5 

6-43 

Garrison  

3 

0 

0 

3 

6 6 

0 

8 

0 — 27 

New  York  City  Schuetzen  Corps. 

The  following  scores  were  recorded  on  the  Zettler  ranges  Thurs- 
day, March  2:  R.  Busse  234,  246;  C.  G.  Zettler  236,  235;  R. 

Bendler  229,  236;  Jos.  Keller  214,  212;  A.  Wiltz  200,  200;  O. 
Schwanemann  237,  235;  C.  Wagner  237,  231;  H.  Radloff  229,  229; 
J.  Metzger  188,  218. 

Bullseye  target:  R.  Busse  33,  R.  Bendler  80%,  C.  G.  Zettler, 
100%,  O.  Schwanemann  107,  C.  Stover  136,  A.  Kronsberg  142, 
H.  Radloff  162,  W.  Heil  180.  

Italian  Rifle  Club. 

Scores  follow  for  the  practice  shoot  held  Monday  evening,  Feb. 
27:  Minervini  244,  Selvaggi  244,  Bianchi  243,  Reali  240,  Gallina 
239,  Borroni  237,  Raimondi  236,  Alfeiri  236,  Muzio  230,  De  Stefauo 
232,  Rcuetti  22 7,  Mattropoli  222,  Caisetti  176.  _ 


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20-4 


Providence  Revolver  Club* 

Providence,  IL  L~We  had  a very  pleasant  and  Interesting 
visit  from  the  Messrs.  Morris,  of  the  Electric  City  Rifle  Club 
(Scranton,  fa,.),  Thursday  evening,  and  their  description  of  their 
organization’s  plans,  matches  and  system  gave  us  several  valuable 
points.  Whenever  any  members  of  other  clubs  are  in  town  we 
hope  they  will  look  us  up  for  a personal  chat.  A few  of  the 
rifle  shooters  worked  out  good  scores,  as  follows: 

Sterry  K Luther 237  239  239  ... 

C L Beach.........................................  235  234  240  233 

W B Gardiner  230  230  230  231 

L A Jordan  221  229  223  230 

Revolver  and  pistol  scores:  Arno  Argus  (revolver),  78;  Wm. 

F.  Eddy  (military  revolver),  76;  D.  P.  Craig  (military  revolver, 
Creedmoor  count),  40,  43;  Fred  Liebrich  (pistol),  68. 

Rapid  fire,  five  shots,  20  seconds;  Hurlburt,  40,  42;  Argus,  30. 

Messrs.  Jordan  and  Gardiner  are  preparing  a range  in  the 
Saylesville  Hall,  which  we  can  use  on  Saturday  evenings,  and 
we  believe  it  will  be  better  adapted  to  match  shooting  than 
our  present  facilities.  We  want  to  patch  out  the  remainder  of 
the  indoor  season  in  some  way,  as  our  scheme  for  an  outdoor 
range  is  well  under  way. 

Detailed  scores:  Almy  vs.  Goggeshall,  Feb.  13: 


F A Coggeshall  10  6 5 6 7 10  9 9 9 7—78 

7898999  7 10  5—82 
8489998  10  10  6—80 
8 9 10  8 8 7 6 10  10  9—85 
77  9 6 9 9 9 10  8 10—84—409 
William  Almy  8 10  9 8 9 7 10  9 10  9—89 


8 10  7788678  9—78 
68  10  686989  7—77 
88  10  10  88797  10—85 
798669777  6—72—401 

Feb.  18: 

William  Almy  6 5 7 9 9 9 10  9 6 10—79 

6 7 7 10  10  10  10  10  9 6—84 
9899906  10  10  10—80 
6787667  10  5 6—69 
6 9 6 10  9 10  10  9 9 9—86—398 

F A Coggeshall.. 667998889  9-78 

77  10  659  10  99  10—82 
10  10  7 7 8 7 10  8 9 8—84 

9785  10  9750  4—64 
99  8 6 6 5 9 9 9 6—75—383 

The  foregoing  completes  a series  of  six  matches,  calling  for  400 
shots,  the  men  tying  for  number  of  matches,  but  Almy  leading  in 
number  of  points,  as  follows:  William  Almy,  3185;  F.  A. 

Coggeshall,  ' 3167 

F eb.  20,  the  two  men  tried  20  shots  each  with  the  following  re- 
sult: 

William  Almy  .................  98  10  6 10  9698  8—83 

10  8 8 7 10  9 10  10  9 9—90—173 

F A Coggeshall 779  10  88788  10-82 

9899  10  7974  8—80—162 

In  this  last  match  Mr.  Almy  tied  the  range  score  of  90  points 
out  of  a possible  100,  standard  American  target,  with  .22  rifle  at 
60yds. 

March  2. — Our  Thursday  evening  practice  shoot  was  well  at- 
tended, and  a variety  of  weapons  tried,  ranging  from  the  regular 
•22s  to  a .41  Deringer,  and  finally  a Luger  automatic. 

Four  of  the  revolver  squad  are  hanging  to  trie  10yd.  practice 
and  still  find  the  little  bull  difficult  to  catch  and  4s  remark- 
ably easy  to  slip  into  the  score.  In  the  Louisville  plan  of  rapid 
fire  the  four  men  are  doing  well  and  enjoy  the  novelty,  but  are 
wondering  how  long  it  will  take  them  to  settle  down  at  the  regu- 
lar deliberate  fire  shooting  at  20yds.  after  the  match  with  their 
Kentucky  friends.  The  team  is  up  against  a dark  horse  in  this 
match,  as  the  Louisville  Club  publishes  no  scores,  while  ours 
go  down  for  the  amusement  of  the  fraternity. 

We  greatly  miss  our  genial  president,  Mr.  Coulters,  who  is 
confined  to  the  house  with  a severe  attack  of  quinsy;  hence  Mr. 
Luther  is  having  it  all  his  own  way  in  the  240  class. 

Some  of  the  lovers  of  trapshooting  have  suggested  that  we  add 
that  department  to  our  summer  range,  and  the  idea  seems  to 
meet  with  favor.  If  there  are  any  trapshooters  who  want  a good 
place  to  practice,  we  would  like  to  hear  from  them,  and  would 
be  glad  to  plan  that  attraction  for  the  Cranston  shooting  house. 

Capt.  Bowen,  one  of  our  regular  pistol  team,  spent  the  evening 
with  us,  and  tried  several  arms.  He  has  done  no  shooting  this 
winter,  and  is  of  course  out  of  form,  but  a little  warming  up 
would  get  him  into  line  in  short  order.  Business  prevents  his 
regular  attendance  at  our  shoots,  but  we  hope  to  get  him  in  trim 
so  that  our  annual  match  with  the  Portland  team  can  be  brought 
about.  We  certainly  need  him.  The  following  scores  were 
recorded: 

Rifle,  25yds.,  German  ring  target:  S.  K.  Luther,  239,  243,  240, 
238,  243;  L.  A.  Jordan,  228,  234,  239;  W.  Bert  Gardiner,  232,  228, 
231;  C.  L.  Beach,  229,  229,  232;  Collins  228,  227,  225. 

Pistol,  20yds.,  Standard  target:  Wm.  Boswortn,  87,  76. 

Revolver,  10yds.,  Standard  target,  5-shot  strings:  A.  C.  Hurl- 

burt, 40,  41;  Maj.  Eddy,  32,  35,  41,  40;  Arno  Argus,  29,  20,  34; 
D.  P.  Craig,  20,  23,  30. 

Rapid-fire,  20yds.,  Standard  target,  5 shots,  20  seconds:  Argus, 

44,  39,  45,  39,  45,  40,  44;  Craig,  43.  34,  45,  43,  42,  41,  44,  39;  Hurl- 
burt, 42,  42.  


Cincinnati  Rifle  Association* 

Cincinnati,  O.— The  following  scores  were  made  in  regular 
competition  by  members  of  the  Cincinnati  Rifle  Association  at 
Four-Mile  House,  Reading  road,  Feb.  26.  Conditions:  200yds.. 
offhand,  at  the  25-ring  target.  Nestler  was  champion  for  the 
day  with  the  fine  score  of  233.  This  creates  a new  record  for  him, 
his  former  being  231.  It  also  ties  the  former  range  record  held 
by  Gindele,  and  which  was  recently  e< 

235.  He  was  also  high  on  the  honor  t 
is  now  the  range  record,  and  it  will  t 
beat  it.  The  scores: 


Payne 

Bruns 


:t  with 

74  points.  This 

a peach  of  a 

score 

to 

. 233 

222 

220 

215 

213 

. . 226 

226 

223 

216 

211 

. 223 

223 

211 

210 

206 

. 221 

218 

217 

215 

211 

. 218 

217 

209 

208 

208 

. 218 

215 

211 

210 

210 

. 210 

203 

201 

201 

200 

. 207 

198 

194 

192 

187 

: Club. 

Rifle 

Club 

on 

Feb. 

25 

'West  Sonora  (O.)  Rifle  Club, 

At  the  shoot  of  the  West  Sonora  O.,  Rifle  Club  on  Feb.  25 
the  weather  conditions  were  not  good.  A strong  wind  blowing 
across  the  range  caused  a number  of  the  men  to  shoot  below 
their  average.  C.  W.  Matthews  was  high  man  with  213  out  of 
a possible  240.-  The  scores: 

Twenty  shots,  in  strings  of  four,  100yds.,  offhand,  open  sights, 


4in.  center,  value  12,  possible  240: 

....  39 

44 

43 

43 

44—213 

....  42 

43 

41 

41 

42—209 

■R  TiW  . . 

41 

41 

43 

44—206 

....  36 

28 

41 

37 

37—199 

....  35 

44 

41 

40 

38—198 

....  38 

34 

39 

46 

35—192 

....  31 

35 

42 

40 

43—191 

33 

34 

34 

46 

36—183 

33 

35 

39 

28—179 

Bonasa. 

United  States  Revolver  Association? 

The  indoor  championship  contests  of  the  United  States  Re- 
volver Association  will  be  conducted  under  the  supervision  of 
official  representatives  of  the  association  on  March  20  to  25,  in- 
clusive, in  New  York  City,  Boston,  Springfield,  Chicago,  St. 
Louis,  San  Francisco  and  such  other  places  as  may  be  arranged 
for  later. 

In  New  York  City  arrangements  have  been  made  with  the 
Manhattan  Rifle  and  Revolver  Association  to  hold  these  con- 
tests at  their  gallery  at  No.  2628  Broadway  (near  100th  street)  on 
the  nights  of  March  22,  23  and  24. 

The  gallery  will  be  open  for  practice  and  match  shooting  from 
8 until  12  o’clock. 

The  conditions  of  the  matches  are  as  follows: 

Indoor  Revolver  Championship. — Open  to  everybody;  distance 
20yds.;  50  shots  on  the  Standard  American  target  reduced,  so  that 
the  8 ring  in  2.72  inches  in  diameter.  Arm,  any  revolver.  Am- 
munition, any  suitable  smokeless  gallery  charge  approved  by  the 
executive  committee.  The  score  must  be  completed  in  one  hour  or 
less  from  the  time  of  firing  the  first  shot.  Entrance,  $5;  no  re- 
entries. 

Prizes:  First,  a silver  cup  to  be  held  until  the  next  annual 

competition,  the  cup  to  become  the  property  of  the  competitor 
winning  it  three  times;  second,  a silver  medal;  third,  a bronze 
medal.  . A bronze  medal  will  also  be  awarded  to  any  competitor, 
not  a prize  winner,  making  a score  of  425  or  better. 

Indoor  Pistol  Championship. — Open  to  everybody;  distance, 
20yds.,  50  shots  on  the  Standard  American  targe  reduced,  so  the 
8 ring  is  2.72  inches  in  diameter.  Arm,  any  pistol.  Ammunition, 
any  suitable  smokeless  gallery  charge  approved  by  the  executive 
committee.  The  score  must  be  completed  in  one  hour  or  less 
from  the  time  of  firing  the  first  shot.  Entrance  fee,  $5;  no 
re-entries. 

Prizes:  First,  a silver  cup  to  be  held  until  the  next  annual 

competition,  the  cup  to  become  the  property  of  the  competitor 
winning  it  three  times;  second,  a silver  medal;  third,  a bronze 
medal.  A bronze  medal  will  also  be  awarded  to  any  competitor, 
not  a prize  winner,  making  a score  of  435  or  better. 


New  York  SchueUen  Corps. 

The  following  scores  were  recorded  on  the  Zettler  ranges 
Feb.  24:  N.  C.  L.  Beverstein,  202,  197;  H.  Beckmann,  2il,  233; 

W.  J.  Behrens,  204,  194;  C.  J.  Brinkama,  221,  226;  J.  C.  Brink- 
mann,  211,  215;  A.  Beckmann,  215,  195;  G.  N.  Bohlken,  212,  172; 
C.  Boesch,  185,  201;  J.  C.  Bonn,  238,  233;  F.  W.  Dierks,  217,  225; 
H.  Decker,  203,  205;  W.  Dahl,  222,  225;  M.  V.  Dwingelo,  212, 
217;  D.  Dede,  207,  200;  F.  Facompre,  234,  234;  D.  Ficken,  199,  220; 
J.  Facklamm,  227,  232;  G.  H.  Fixsen,  224,  206;  L.  L.  Goldstein, 
167,  207;  F.  Gobber,  168,  196;  H.  Gobber,  227,  227;  Dr.  C. 
Grosch,  228,  229;  R.  Gute,  243,  246;  Capt.  J.  H.  Hainhorst,  216, 
204;  H.  C.  Hainhorst,  212,  230;  H.  Haase,  219,  226;  H.  Hoenisch, 
204,  212;  H.  Hesse,  211,  195;  P.  Heidelberger,  232,  228;  N.  W. 
Haaren,  157,  190;  L.  C.  Hagenah,  215,  216;  J.  N.  Herrmann,  217, 
230;  J.  Jantzen,  218,  211;  N.  Jantzen,  204,  177;  H.  Kahrs,  209,  211; 
C Konig,  222,  214;  J.  H.  Kroeger,  209,  206;  B.  Kumm,  201,  205; 
F.  Lankenau,  205,  211;  A.  Lederhaus,  164,  204;  H.  Leopold,  216, 
223;  A.  W.  Lemcke,  217,  233;  G.  Ludwig,  Ml,  244;  Von  der  Leith, 
198,  202;  C.  Mann,  217,  211;  J.  H.  Meyer,  210,  221;  H.  D.  Meyer, 
229,  237;  C.  Meyer,  228,  234;  PI.  W.  Mesloh,  228,  218;  H.  Martens, 
188,  212;  H.  M'eyn,  196,  217;  H.  B.  Michaelsen,  227,  226;  H.  Nord- 
bruch,  214,  227;  N.  Offermann,  213,  216;  G.  W.  Offermann,  223, 
227,  C.  Plump,  224,  226;  P.  Prange,  192,  211;  J.  Paradies,  219, 
214;  D.  Peper,  231,  230;  F.  von  Ronn,  227,  233;  H.  Quaal,  204, 
218;  W.  Schults,  221,  222;  W.  Schaefer,  194,  192;  C.  Schmitz,  214, 
217;  O.  Schwanemann,  234,  235;  J.  N.  F.  Seibs,  238,  238;  C. 
Seivers,  230,  232;  Capt.  J.  G.  Tholke,  211,  226;  G.  Thomas,  213, 
201;  M.  J.  Then,  214,  214;  G.  J.  Voss,  202,  216;  G.  H.  YVehren- 
berg,  203,  224;  J.  Willenbrock,  221,  219;  B.  Zettler,  234,  228;  A. 
Sibberns,  216,  223;  W.  Ulrich,  188,  166. 

Bullseye  target:  O.  Schwanemann,  61%;  H.  R.  Michaelsen, 

65%,  M.  J.  Then,  77%;  H.  Mesloh,  78;  P.  Prange,  85%;  J. 
Facklamm,  85%,;  C.  Mann,  97%;  D.  von  der  Leith,  98;  H. 
Leopold  47%;  C.  Meyer,  46%;  J.  H.  Hainhorst,  33%;  J.  N.  F. 
Seibs,  32;  H.  Nordbruch,  27%. 


Seneca  Rifle  Glob. 

New  York. — The  Seneca  Rifle  Club  was  organized  on  Feb.  11, 
1905,  the  membership  being  exclusively  from  the  West  Side 
Young  Men’s  Christian  Association.  It  held  its  first  meeting 
on  that  date. 

Charter  members  and  officers  are  as  follows:  President,  Fred 

Ryan;  Secretary  and  Treasurer,  Stilwell  Nevins;  Shooting  Master, 
Warren  Alabaugh;  Official  Scorer,  Clarence  Simms.  Members: 
Frank  Call,  J.  G.  Schroeder,  YV.  Henderson,  J.  Armstrong,  Allen 
Dick,  E.  Alabaugh,  C.  A.  Norton,  W.  Kruger,  C.  G.  Keller,  C. 
Winne,  P.  Cushing,  T.  Smith,  S.  Adler. 

At  a meting  of  the  club,  held  on  Feb.  25,  it  was  decided  that 
membership  would  be  limited  to  members  of  the  West  Side  Y. 
M.  C.  A.  The  objects  of  the  club  are  to  teach  shooting  and  to 
promote  good  fellowship.  Prize  contests,  and  contests  with 
other  organizations  will  be  instituted. 

The  scores  at  the  first  shoot  were  as  follows:  Frank  Call,  115, 

and  high  average,  105%.  S.  Nevins  was  a close  second,  with  an 
individual  score  of  110,  and  an  average  of  105%.  Chas.  G.  Keller 
was  107,  with  an  average  of  104. 

The  next  shoot  will  be  held  on  March  18,  at  Zettler’ s. 


Seneca  Gun  Club. 

Under  date  of  Feb.  11,  the  above  club  was  organized  by  mem- 
bers of  the  West  Side  Young  Men’s  Christian  Association  to 
further  the  promotion  of  rifle  practice  among  its  members.  The 
Zettler  ranges,  159  West  Twenty-third  street,  will  be  used  for 
their  practice  shoots,  the  next  shoot  taking  place  March  18. 
When  things  are  running  smoothly,  it  is  the  intention  to  arrange 
competitive  matches  between  other  organizations.  The  following 
were  elected  officers  for  the  present  year:  F.  Ryan,  President; 

S.  Nevins,  Secretary  and  Treasurer;  YV.  Allabaugh,  Shooting 
Master;  C.  Simms,  Official  Scorer, 


Harlem  Independent  Corps. 

Friday,  March  3,  the  above  society  occupied  the  Zettler  ranges. 
Scores  follow,  all  shooting  on  the.  regular  25-ring  (%in.)  target: 
A.  Fegert  229,  231;  Dr.  Alfonse  Muller  229,  229;  F.  Koch  228,  221; 
A.  Muller  218,  £23;  H.  J.  Behrmann  222,  213;  G.  Thomas  210,  223; 
F.  Monatsberger  213,  219;  B.  Eusner  207,  230;  C.  Wolf  206,  225; 
J.  H.  Blumenberg  207,  217;  C.  Thiebaut  203,  217;  L.  Levinson 
211,  208;  E.  Modersohn  206,  21);  F.  Fenninger  198,  214;  W.  Mensch 
205,  204;  C.  HopP  210,  197;  A.  Olsen  189,  207;  P.  Zugner  188,  193; 
J,  Hollrieth  158,  183;  J.  Fey  125,  174;  J.  Lanzer  104,  133. 


(fottage  Rife  and  Revolver  Association? 

On  Feb.  22,  at  Armbruster’s  range,  Greenville,  N.  J.,  seventeen 
riflemen  contested  in  the  American  record  match,  conditions,  100 
shots,  Standard  American  target,  200yds.  A strong,  variable 
wind,  shifting  from  11  to  2 o’clock,  and  a raw  temperature  were 
the  weather  conditions. 

The  contestants  and  their  scores  were  as  follows: 

Dr  YV  G Hudson,  New  York 79  89  88  95  87  92  93  84  88  90—885 

YV  A Tewes,  Jersey  City.... 90  86  89  89  $6  88  82  83  93  92—878 

W H French,  Newark 79  84  90  92  87  90  81  87  87  77—854 

A Hubalek,  Brooklyn 82  84  87  90  83  81  85  85  89  80—846 

M Dorrler,  Jersey  City... 79  83  76  78  87  90  86  82  84  84—829 

J ICaufmann,  Brooklyii 85  78  85  78  76  81  85  84  83  82—817 

YV  A Barker,  Jersey  City 80  88  73  SI  78  85  86  77  86  82—816 

I.  P Hansen,  Jersey  City 79  79  87  73  78  84  76  89  80  73—798 

Owen  Smith,  Hobdken 84  80  77  76  76  90  78  82  82  70—195 

P T O’ Flare,  Newark 77  73  84  76  S3  83  76  80  83  77—792 

W C Gannon,  Jersey  City 77  78  79  86  80  73  73  76  76  81—779 

C.  Bischoff,  Hoboken 17  76  77  81  75  72  85  79  83  71—770 

R Goldthwaite,  Hoboken  79  78  71  74  79  77  80  75  75  78—766 

H F Barning,  Jersey  City 71  73  66  67  79  83  69  79  76  67—730 

T Gabriel,  Newark. 69  82  74  72  70  64  69  66  76  80—722 

J YVilkins,  Bridgeport,  Conn 63  43  71  71  71  64  63  64  66  62— 63S 

Jos.  Kerrigan,  Brooklyn 54  58  49  68  58  63  76  64  64  59—613 


Zettler  Rifle  Club. 

L.  P.  Hansen  was  high  man  in  the  weekly  contest,  Feb.  18, 
with  the  good  total  of  1218.  Scores  follow:  All  shooting  on  the 
regular  25-ring  (%in.)  target: 

L P Hansen.. 244  243  244  246  241  B Zettler  ....236  233  238  236  235 

O Smith 242  244  240  246  241  A Begerow  ...234  240  239  231  234 

C Zettler,  Tr.  .244  239  242  242  244  L Maurer  ....225  239  239  237  237 

A Hubalek... 247  240  241  242  240  T T Herpers. .232  229  232  228  231 

FI  C Zettler.. 239  239  238  237  242  TH  Keller. . .234  230  232  231  231 

G Schlicht  ...240  242  238  241  244  C T Bernius.  .231  230  232  232  227 

C G Zettler,  ..243  243  241  233  234 


trapshooting, 

— — 

If  you  want  your  shoot  to  be  announced  here  send  a 
notice  like  the  following  : 

Fixtures. 


March  11. — Lakewood,  N.  J. — All-day  shoot  of  the  Mullerite  Gun 
Club.  A.  A.  Scboverling,  Sec’y. 

March  14-16. — Des  Moines,  la. — Iowa  State  Sportsmen’s  Associa- 
tion tournament. 

March  21-22. — Omaha,  Neb.,  Gun  Club  spring  tournament. 

March  25. — Mullerite  Gun  Club  shoot;' on  grounds  of  Bound  Brook, 
N.  J.,  Gun  Club. 

March  28-29. — Kansas  City,  Mo. — Missouri  and  Kansas  League  of 
trapshooters’  first  tournament,  at  Schmelzer’s  Shooting  Park. 
Dr.  C-  B.  Clapp,  Sec’y,  Moberly,  Mo. 

April  3-5. — Atchison,  Kans. — Forest  Park  Gun  Club  second  annual 
tournament.  Lou  Erhardt,  Mgr. 

April  4. — Bethlehem,  Pa.,  Rod  and  Gun  Club  all-day  target  shoot. 
Howard  F.  Koch,  Sec’y. 

April  5-6. — Augusta,  Ga. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tournament, 
under  the  auspices  of  the  Augusta  Gun  Club.  Chas.  C.  Need- 
ham, Sec’y. 

April  8. — Richmond  Valley,  S.  I. — Ninth  all-day  shoot  of  the 
Mullerite  . Gun  Club,  on  grounds  of  Aquehonga  Gun  Club. 
A.  A.  Schoverling,  Mgr. 

April  12-13. — Spring  tournament  of  Delaware  Trapshooters’  League, 
on  grounds  of  Wilmington  Gun  Club.  H.  J.  Stidman,  Sec’y. 
Wilmington. 

April  15. — Newark,  N.  J. — Mullerite  Gun  Club  shoot,  on  grounds 
of  Forester  Gun  Club.  A.  A.  Schoverling,  Mgr. 

April  18-20. — Waco,  Tex. — Texas  State  Sportsmen’s  Association 
tournament. 

April  19. — Springfield,  Mass.,  Shooting  Club  annual  tournament. 
C.  L.  Kites,  Sec’y.  ~ 

April  22. — Easton,  Pa. — Independent  Gun  Club  second  annual 
tournament.  Jacob  Pleiss,  Cor.  Sec’y. 

April  26-27. — Scottdale,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  shoot. 

April  26-27. — Hopkinsville,  Ky. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  Hopkinsville  Gun  Club. 
A.  F.  Gant,  Sec’y, 

April  27. — Mullerite  Gun  Club  shoot  on  grounds  of  Freeport,  L. 
I.,  Gun  Club.  A.  A.  Schoverling,  Mgr. 

May  2-5. — Pittsburg,  Pa. — Tournament  of  the  Pennsylvania  State 
Sportsmen’s  Association,  under  auspices  of  the  Herron  Hill 
Gun  Club;  $1,000  added  to  purses.  Louis  Lautenslager,  Sec’y. 

May  2-6. — Kansas  City,  Mo. — Missouri  State  Game  and  Fish  Pro- 
tective Association  tournament. 

May  4-5. — Waterloo,  la.,  Gun  Club  spring  tournament.  E.  M. 
Storm,  Sec’y. 

May  9-10. — Glean,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  B.  D. 
Nobles,  Sec’y. 

May  9-12. — Hastings,  Neb. — Nebraska  State  Sportsmen’s  Associa- 
tion’s twenty-ninth  annual  tournament.  Geo.  L.  Carter,  Sec’y, 
Lincoln,  Neb. 

May  11-12.— Wilmington,  Del. — Wawaset  Gun  Club  third  annual 
spring  tournament.  W.  M.  Foord,  Sec’y. 

May  14-16. — Des  Moines,  la. — Iowa  State  Sportsmen’s  Association 
tournament. 

May  16-18. — Herrington,  Kans. — Kansas  State  Sportsmen’s  Asso- 
ciation tournament. 

May  16-18.— Parkersburg,  W.  Va. — West  Virginia  State  Sports- 
men’s Association  ninth  annual  meeting  and  tournament; 
$600  added  money  and  prizes.  F.  E.  Mallory,  Sec’y. 

May  17-18. — Auburn,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  two-day  tournament.  Knox 
& Knapp,  Mgrs. 

May  17-18. — Owensboro,  Ky. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tour-., 
nament,  under  the  auspices  of  the  Daviess  County  Gun  Club. 
James  Lewis,  Sec’y.  . 

May  17-19.— Stanley  Gun  Club  of  Toronto  (Incorporated),  Can., 
annual  tournament.  Alexander  Dey,  Sec’y,  178  Mill  street, 
Toronto. 

May  23-25. — Lincoln. — Illinois  State  Sportsmen’s  Association  tour- 
nament. 

May  25-27. — Montreal,  Quebec,  Gun  Club  grand  trapshooting 
tournament.  D.  J.  Kearney,  Sec’y,  412  St.  Paul  street,  Quebec. 

May  29-31.- — Louisville,  Ky. — Kentucky  Trapshooters’  League  third 
annual  tournament.  Frank  Pragoff,  Sec’y. 

May  30. — McKeesport,  Pa. — Enterprise  Gun  Club  tournament. 
Geo.  YV.  Mains,  Sec’y. 

May  30. — Bound  Brook,  N.  J.,  Gun  Club  all-day  shoot.  Dr.  J.  H, 
V.  Bache,  Sec’y. 

May  30-31. — Washington,  D.  C. — Analostan  Gun  Club  two-day 
tournament;  $200  added.  Miles  Taylor,  Sec’y,  222  F street, 
N.  YV. 


May  31.-June  1. — Vermillion. — South  Dakota  State  Sportsmen’s 
Association  tournament. 

June  5-6.— New  Paris,  O. — Cedar  Springs  Gun 'Club  tournament. 
J.  F.  Freeman,  Sec’y. 

June  6-8.- — New  Jersey  State  Sportsmen’s  Association  tournament. 
June  6-8. — Sioux  City,  la. — Soo  Gun  Club  tournament.  ' 

June  8-9. — Dalton,  O.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  Ernest  E. 
Scott,  Capt. 

June  9. — Shamokin,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  S.  C.  Yocum, 
Sec’y. 

June  13-16. — Utica,  N.  Y.— New  York  State  shoot.  James  Brown, 
Sec’y. 

June  13-15.— Canton,  O.,  Trapshooters’  League  tournament. 

June  20-22. — New  London,  la.,  Gun  Club  tournament. 

June  27-30.— Indianapolis,  Ind. — The  Interstate  Association’s  Grand 
American  Handicap  target  tournament;  $1,000  added  money. 
Elmer  E.  Shaner,  Secy-Mgr.,  Pittsburg,  =.  Pa. 

July  1. — Sherbrooke,  Can.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  C.  H. 
Foss,  Sec’y. 

j uly  4.— Shamokin,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  S.  C.  Yocum, 
Sec’y. 

July  4. — South  Framingham,  Mass. — Second  annual  team  shoot; 
$50  in  cash. 

July  6-7.— Traverse  City,  Mich.,  trapshooting  tournament, 
uly  12-13. — Menominee,  Mich.— The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  Menominee  Gun  Club, 
W.  W.  McQueen’  Sec’y.  


March  h.  1905-]!, 


FOREST  AND  STREAM, 


10H 


July  24-28, — Brehm’a  Ocean  City,  Md. — Target  tq^nameflt.  H 
A.  Brehm,  Mgr.,  Baltimore.  . 

Aug.  2-4. — Albert  Lea,  Minn, — The  Interstate  Association  s tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  Albert  Lea  Gun  Club. 
N.  E.  Paterson,  Sec’y.  , 

Aug.  1G-18. — Ottawa,  Can. — Dominion  of  Canada  Trapshooting  and 
Game  Protective  Association.  G.  Easdale,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  10-18. — Kansas  City,  Mo.— The  Interstate  Association  s tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  O.  K.  Gun  Club.  C,  C. 
Herman,  Sec’y. 

..Aug.  22-25.— Lake  Okoboji,  la. — Indian  annual  tournament. 

Aug.  29:31.— The  Interstate  Association’s  tournament,  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Colorado  Springs,  Colo.,  Gun  Club;  $1,000 
added  money.  A.  J.  Lawton,  Sec’y. 

Sept.  5-8.— Trinidad,  Colo.— Grand  Western  Handicap. 

Sept.  12-14.— Sau  Francisco,  Cal. — The  Interstate  Association’s 
Pacific  Coast  Handicap  at  targets,  under  the  auspices  of  the 
San  Francisco  Trapshooting  Association.  A.  M.  Shields,  Sec’y. 

Oct.  11-12.— Dover,  Del.,  Gun  Club  tournament;  open  to  all 
amateurs.  W.  H.  Reed,  Sec’y. 

Oct.  12.— Fall  tournament  of  the  Delaware  Trapshooters’  League, 
on  grounds  of  Dover  Gun  Club. 


DRIVERS  AND  TWISTERS. 


Club  secretaries  are  invited,  to  send  their  scores  for 
publication  in  these  columns,  also  any  news  notes  they 
■may  care  to  have  published.  Mail  all  suck  matter  to 
barest  and  Stream  bubtishmg  Company,  346  Broadway, 
blew  York.  Forest  and  Stream  goes  to  press  oh  Tues- 
day OF  EACH  WEEK. 

The  Cedar  Springs  Gun  Club,  of  New  Paris,  O.,  are  actively 
at  work  in  promoting  all  the  preliminaries  of  their  tournament  to 
be  held  on  June  5 and  6. 

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Mr.  A.  A.  Schoverling,  Secretary,  announces  that  the  Mullerite 
Gun  Club  will  hold  an  all-day  shoot  on  the  grounds  of  the  Free- 
port, L,  1.,  Gun  Club  on  April  27. 

* 

Owing  to  the  conflict  of  dates  with  those  of  the  New  York  State 
shoot,  the  New  Jersey  State  Sportsmen’s  Association  has  changed 
its  dates  to  June  5,  7 and  8,  instead  of  June  13-16,  as  at  first 
claimed. 

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Mr.  F.  Truax  won  the  Mullerite  medal  for  the  third  and  final  time 
at  the  shoot  of  the  North  River  Gun  Club,  Edgewater,  N.  J., 
March  4.  Mr.  C.  Richter  was  victor  in  the  50-target  handicap, 
the  prize  being  a solid  gold  watch  charm. 

In  a match  at  100  targets  between  Messrs.  H.  Landis  and  A. 
Armstrong,  of  Sewell,  N.  J.,  the  latter  won.  The  scores  were: 
Armstrong  89,  Landis  87.  A strong  wind  and  a glare  from  the 
snow  were  not  favorable  conditions  tor  the  highest  scores. 

* 

The  Wilmington,  Del.,  Gun  Club  has  changed  to  larger  grounds, 
with  an  up-to-date  club  house,  all  of  which,  if  possible,  are  com- 
pletely m readiness  lor  the  annual  spring  tournament  of  the  Dela- 
ware State  Trapshooters’  League,  as  more  fully  set  forth  by  a 
correspondent  elsewhere  in  our  trap  columns. 

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Four  events  are  provided  for  the  live-bird  shoot  to  be  held  at 
Easton,  Pa.,  on  March  15.  The  iirst  and  second  are  at  4 birds, 
$5  entrance;  the  third  is  at  20  birds,  $15,  and  the  fourth  is  a $3 
miss-and-out.  A $20  gold  piece  will  be  given  to  high  gun  in  the 
20-bird  event.  Shooting  begins  at  10  o’clock. 

Sr 

A St.  Paul,  Ind.,  correspondent  writes  us  as  follows:  “Mr. 

Geo.  M.  Kano  use,  President  of  the  St.  Paul,  Ind.,  Gun  Club, 
bioke  98  out  of  100  targets.  E.  G.  Bless,  secretary,  broke  50 
straight.  We  will  have  a big  shoot  Thursday,  March  30.  All 
trapshooters  and  ammunition  men  invited.  For  particulars,  ad- 
dress E.  G.  Bless,  Sec’y.” 

K 

Mr.  D.  V.  B.  Hegeman  scored  the  first  win  of  the  series  for  the 
March  cup  at  the  shoot  of  the  Crescent  Athletic  Ctub,  Bay  Ridge, 
on  Saturday  of  last  week,  Messrs.  T.  VV.  Stake,  A.  VV.  Higgins, 
F.  P.  Vvncox  and  VV.  C.  Waldron  have  donated  valuable  special 
prizes,  which,  in  addition  to  the  regular  trophy  events,  will  insure 
that  the  March  competition  will  be  of  sustained  interest. 

ac 

Mr.  Geo.  W.  Mains,  McKeesport,  Pa.,  writes  us  that  at  a 
meeting  of  the  Enterprise  Gun  Ctub,  held  March  3,  the  following 
officers  were  elected  for  the  year:  M.  W.  Good,  President; 
Wesley  Hale,  \ ice-President;  Geo.  W.  Mains,  Secretary;  J.  F. 
Calhoun,  Treasurer;  Harvey  McFarland,  Captain.  Executive 
Board:  M.  W.  Good,  Harvey  McFarland,  Fred  Gross,  John  Hall. 

« 

With  the  energy  and  precision  which  are  characteristics  of  Mr. 
Elmer  E.  Shaner’s  business  management,  he  has  the  whole  trap- 
shooting circuit  of  the  Interstate  Association  now  well  in  hand. 
The  circuit  now  extends  to  the  Pacific  Coast,  where  the  Pacific 
Ccast  Handicap  will  be  held  Sept.  12,  13  and  14.  This  event  gives 
promise  of  being  a close  second,  if  not  an  equal  of  the  Grand 
American  Handicap. 

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Mr.  W.  M.  Foord,  Secretary,  writes  us  that,  beginning  at  1:30 
on  March  14,  the  Wilmington,  Del.,  Gun  Club  will  give  a com- 
plimentary shoot  to  Messrs.  J.  A.  R.  Elliott  and  J.  Mowell 
Hawkins.  The  programme  consists  of  ten  events,  alternately  10 
and  15  targets,  75  cents  and  $1  entrance.  There  will  be  a contest 
at  100  targets  for'  the  individual  State  championship  cup  between 
Mr.  Edw.'  Banks,  holder,  and  Mr.  W.  M.  Foord,  challenger. 
Purses  open  to  amateurs  only. 

The  first  tournament  of  the  Consolidated  Gun  Clubs  of  Connec- 
ticut series,  will  be  held  at  Rockville,  April  4.  There  are  twelve 
programme  events,  10,  15  and  20  targets;  entrance  65  cents,  $1.22. 
and  $2.30.  Totals,  190  targets,  $17.82  entrance.  No  6,  at  20  targets, 
is  the  five-man  team  event,  and  the  clubs  entered  are  New  Bri- 
tain, Waterbury,  New  Haven,  Bristol,  Willimantic,  Norwich, 
Hartford,  Bridgeport  and  Rockville.  Rose  system  will  govern. 
Ratios  5,  3,  2,  1.  Targets,  iy3  cent.  Shooting  commences  at  9:30. 
Dr.  D.  C.  Y.  Moore,  Secretary,  South  Manchester. 

Bernard  Waters. 


Edward  the  Confessor,  during  his  lunch  hour,  was  tempted  to 
patronize  a shilling  fish  ordinary  at  Billingsgate,  consisting  of 
three  courses,  with  potatoes  and  bread.  For  the  first  course,  a 
small  and  somewhat  dubious  fish  was  placed  before  the  Monarch, 
who  regarded  it  for  some  moments  in  a fit  of  gloomy  abstraction. 
Presently  calling  the  waiter,  he  asked,  “Sirrah,  what  eallest  thou 
this  fish?”  “Smelt,  sir,”  replied  he  of  the  grimy  shirt  front. 
“It  is  well  named,”  replied  the  King,  standing  up  and  taking  his 
crown  from  the  hat  rack,  “for  it  hath  smelt  so  loud  that  I cannot 
hear  myself  talk.  I must  seek  some  other  plaice.”— Loudon  Fish- 
ing Gazette. 


Toronto  Tournament. 

Toronto,  Can. — The  annual  tournament  of  the  D.  Pike  Com- 
pany, Limited,  was  held  at  the  Woodbine  race  track,  Toronto,  on 
Feb.  22  and  23.  There  was,  considering  the  weather,  a fairly  good 
attendance.  The  trade  was  represented  by  Messrs.  E.  G.  White, 
Ottawa;  and  Forest  H.  Conover,  Leamington,  Both  are  very 
popular  with  the  shooters,  and  are  always  welcome.  Mr.-  Conover 
wasp- through  an  error  in  the  dates,  unfortunately  absent  the1 
first  day,  but  “Injun”  was  much  in  evidence  'after  he  “hit  th'e 
trail.” 

Mr.  White  was  professional  high  average  for  each  day  and  also 
for  the  tournament.  The  high  amateur  for  both  days  and  for 
the  tournament  was  Mr.  Thomas  A.  Duff,  Toronto. 

A feature  of  the  second  day’s  shooting  was  the  marvelous  work 
done  by  Mr.  G.  W.  McGill,  Toronto.  For  several  years  the  record 
has  stood  at  97  broken  targets  out  of  100,  but  Mr.  McGill  suc- 
ceeded in  breaking  98 — a mark  which  will  no  doubt  stand  for  a 
long  time.  He  then  shot  at  15  more  and  went  straight,  making 
H3  broken  out  of  115  shot  at — truly  good  work.  Mr.  Philip 
Wakefield,  Toronto,  also  shot  well,  and  was  close  up. 

Two  miss-and-out  pigeon  events  were  shot  and  the  money 
divided  by  Messrs.  Wakefield,  Kingdon  and  Duff. 

On  the  first  day  a squad  composed  of  Messrs.  Duff,  White, 
Downs  and  Rasberry  made  56  out  of  60,  and  on  the  second  day 
Messrs.  Duff,  Conover,  White,  Downs  and  McGill  made  120  out 
of  125,  all  of  which  was  fairly  good  work  for  the  middle  of  win- 
etr.  The  scores  follow: 


Events : 
Targets : 

Duff  

White  

Downs  .... 
Rasberry  . . 
Williams  .. 
Wakefield  . 
Fletcher  ... 

McGill  

Granger  . . . 
Roberts  ... 
Patterson  . 
Coulter 

Hicks  

Best  ... 

Jennings  .. 

Crew  

Callendar  . 

Lewis  

Davies  

Chapman  . . 

Upton  

Rose  

Vivian  

Matthews  . 
Thompson 

Kchn  

Pike  

Miller  

McDowall  . 

Sheard  

Almack  . . . 
D Chapman 
Lavender  . 


Events: 
Targets : 

Duff  

Conover  ... 

Downs  

White  

Williams  .. 
McGaw  . . . 

Kohn  

Moore  

Turp  

Thompson  . 
McGill  .... 
Tcmkins  .. 
McDowall 
Beatty  .... 

V ivian  

Wakefield  . 
Roberts  ... 

Hicks  

Rose  

Kingdon  . . 
C Chapman 
Granger  . . . 


Feb.  22,  First  Day. 

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10  15  20  15  20  15  20  15 

8 14  18  13  13  15  19  10 

10  14  18  15  16  15  19  14 

8 12  14  14  ..  13  13  11 

10  11 15  14  18  13  16  . . 

9 10  ......  13  ..  11 

14  16  15  17  14  13  15 

13  16  . . 14  H . . 12 

18  14  16  15  19  15 

11  ..  ..  10  ..  .. 

12  ..  ..  11  18  .. 

15  ..  9 . . . . 

8 ..  11  ..  .. 

7 16  8 12  13 

12 10 

11 9 

12  14  12  16  . . 

15 

16  11  16  . . 

..12  6 . . . . 

15  10  . . 11 

19  12  17  . . 

16  8 ..  .. 

16  13  . . . . 

12 

8 13  . . 

10  ..  .. 

..  ..  ..  ..14  4 

7 

11 

8 

9 

11 

9 


Shot 

at. 

Broke. 

130 

110 

130 

121 

110 

85 

115 

97 

55 

43 

120 

104 

100 

66 

105 

97 

35 

21 

55 

41 

30 

24 

30 

19 

85 

56 

30 

22 

30 

20 

70 

54 

20 

15 

55 

43 

35 

18 

50 

36 

55 

48 

35 

24 

35, 

29 

20 

12 

35 

21 

15 

10 

35 

15 

15 

7 

15 

11 

15 

8 

15 

9 

15 

11 

15 

9 

Feb.  23,  Second  Day. 


12  3 4 
10  15  20 
9 13  16  14 
9 13  16  13 
6 13  14  9 
10  13  19  14 
6 11  17  9 
3 6 . . . . 
9 10  15  8 
6 ..  ..  .. 
. . 15  16  15 
. . . . 19  13 

15 

9 

12 

12 

13 


5 6 7 8 9 
15  20  25  15  20  15 
15  23  15  18  13 
19  24  15  19  14 
15  23  9 12  13 
19  25  14  19  15 
15  . . 12  16  11 


10 


18  22  11  17  13 
20  22  13  . . 14 

19  25  15  19  15 


17  22  

17  ..  14  15  8 

18  23  15  20 

16  . . 14  16  12 
10  18  10  15  9 
..  ..  14  ..  .. 
..  ..  10  ..  .. 

10 

10 


Shot 

at.  Broke. 
155  136 


155 

155 

155 

130 

25 

75 

10 

145 

110 

115 

15 

15 

60 

85 

80 

70 

95 

15 

15 

15 

15 


142 

108 

148 

97 

9 

52 

6 

127 

101 

113 

9 

12 

51 

67 

76 

58 

62 

14 

10 

10 

10 


B.  P.  Rock, 


Ossining  Gun  Club. 

Ossining,  N.  Y.,  March  4.— At  the  regular  practice  shoot  of  the 
Ossining  Gun  Club,  Saturday,  March  4,  there  were  three  hand- 
some prizes  offered  by  Mr.  E.  F.  Ball.  These  were  put  in  one  50- 
bird  handicap  (events  4 and  5),  as  first,  second  and  third  prizes. 

Birds  were  thrown  hard,  and  a brisk  wind  made  good  scores 
impossible.  J.  Curry  Barlow  was  the  bright  particular  star,  making 
a string  of  22  out  of  25,  tying  W.  S.  Smith  for  first  and  second, 
a traveler's  toilet  case  and  gun  metal  match  safe.,  Barlow  win- 
ning on  the  shoot-off.  Coleman  got  third  prize,  a pair  of  gold 
sleeve  links,  without  a tie. 

The  next  shoot  will  be  on  Saturday,  March  25,  when  a 100-bird 
match  will  be  run,  misses-as-kills  handicap,  entrance  price  of 
birds,  at  1V2  cent  each.  The  prizes  will  be  four  in  number,  and 
fine  ones  are  promised.  The  donor  will  be  Col.  Franklin  Brand- 


reth. 

Figures  after 
Events: 
Targets : 

E F Ball,  8 ... 
W H Coleman. 
J Hyland,  8... 
C G Blandford 
J C Barlow,  10 

A Bedell  

Mrs  E F Ball. 
W S Smith,  18 
D Connors.  ... 
S Mullen  


names  denote  misses-as-kills  allowance  in  50: 

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10  10  10  25  25  10  10  10  10 

8 8 6 16  16  ..  ..  8 6 

V 9 7 ..  17  20  7 6 7 10 

7 7 6 14  14  7 6 ..  8 

7 7 5 16  14  8 6 6 8 

5 4 4 19  22  

7 ..  ..  .. 

4 ..  ..  6 ..  ..  .. 

6 19  17  ..  6 ..  .. 

..  ..  9 .. 

..  5 6 

C.  G.  B. 


One  of  the  main  objects  of  the  promoters  of  the  League  was  to 
help  the  younger  shooter  along,  as,  no  matter  how  well  he  may 
shoot  on  his  own  grounds,  will  often  be  found  to  take  a streak 
of  nervousness  when  shooting  in  strange  company  or  on  the 
grounds  of  a sister  club. 

Plow  admirably  the  promoters  of  the  League  have  succeeded  will 
be  seen  in  the  percentages  of  the  first  matches,  shot  on  Jan.  7. 

Nationals  vs.  Balmy  Beach,  sixteen  men  a side:  Nationals 

45.50  per  Cent. ; Balmy  44.25  per  cent.,  and  the  percentage  of  the 
leams  on  Saturdaw  last,  which  are  hovering  around  70  per  cent. 

The  following  matches  took  place  in  the  League  on  Saturday: 
Balmy  Beach  vs.  Parkdale,  Balmy  Beach  grounds.  Stanleys  vs. 
Riverdales,  Riverdale  grounds.  The  day  was  clear  and  cold,  with 
a bright  sun  on  the  glistening  snow,  made  a very  bad  light, 
especially  on  the  Riverdale’s  grounds,  which  face  the  west,  and 
toward  the  end  of  the  match  the  shooters  were  shooting  into  the 


setting  sun,  which  accounts  for  the  lowness  of  the  scores  at  the 
bottom  of  the  Stanley  and  Riverdale  list.  The  following  is  the 
result  of  Saturday’s  score,  also  the  standing  of  the  League  to 
date:  . 

Balmy  Beach  Gun  Club— J.  G.  Shaw  25,  Adams  22,  J.  A.  Shaw 

20,  Ross  20,  Booth  20,  Pearce  19,  Pearsall  19,  Casci  16,  Smith  16, 
Segar  15,  Ten  Eyck  13,  Radcliffe  11,  Spencer  10,  Hunter  10,  Draper 
9;  total  245;  percentage,  65.30. 

Parkdale  Gun  Club— Reed  19,  Bongard  19,  Maywood  19,  Thomas 
19,  Sanderson  17,  Kent  16,  Wolf  15,  Dailey  16,  Carlyle  15,  Fegan 
14,  Birch  9;  total  179;  percentage,  65.09. 

Stanley  Gun  Club— McGill  24,  Thompson  25,  Rock  21,  Hampton 

21,  Buck  22,  Dunk  20,  Logan  21,  Hulme  21,  Thomas  16,  Day  18, 
Fritz  21,  Herbert  20,  Morshead  17,  Hogarth  12,  Green  10;  total 
289;  percentage,  77.06. 

Riverdale  Gun  Club— Jennings  16,  Hirows  17,  Hare  18,  Best  21, 
Edkins  18,  Hooey  16,  Mollon  34,  Powell  18,  Ware  17,  Johnston 
13;  total  13;  percentage,  67.20. 

Won.  Lost. 

Stanleys  4 0 

Riverdales  2 2 

Nationals  2 2 


Won.  Lost. 

Parkdale  1 3 

Balmy  Beach  1 3 


Alex.  Day,  Sec’y  of  League. 


Death  of  John  C,  Morrison. 

Parkersburg,  W.  Va.,  Feb.  27.— You  will  please  find  subjoined 
clipping  from  our  daily  papers  regarding  the  passing  of  a grand 
old  man.  Fie,  in  his  early  days,  was  in  full  sympathy  with  live- 
bird  shooting,  and  while  at  Lockport,  where  he  conducted  a hotel, 
he  took  part  and  was  closely  identified  with  the  events  of  those 
times.  He  was  a great  lover  of  good  dogs,  and  always  had  a 
biace  of  the  best.  His  interest  has  never  ceased  for  field  sports. 
Though  vigorous  and  well,  his  sight  for  years  has  prevented  his 
taking  part  either  in  field  or  trap  work,  but  he  has  kept  in  touch 
with  the  boys.  On  Jan.  1 he  went  with  me  to  our  club  and 
witnessed  our  shoot,  although  he  was  compelled  to  go  into  the 
trap  house  in  order  to  see  the  flight  of  bluerocks.  Kindly  make 
mention  of  the  incident.  Many  old  friends  who  read  the  Forest 
and  Stream  will  remember  Uncle  John. 

The  clipping  follows: 

The  funeral  of  the  late  John  C.  Morrison  will  take  place  from 
the  residence  of  James  A.  Wetherell,  622  Juliana  street,  at  3 
o’clock  this  afternoon,  under  - the  auspices  of  the  Masonic  fra- 
ternity. Parkersburg  Lodge  198,  B.  P.  O.  Elks,  of  which  Mr. 
Morrison  was  a member,  will  also  attend  the  funeral  in  a body. 

At  the  home  the  services  will  be  conducted  by  Rev.  J.  W. 
Frances,  assisted  by  Rev.  Dr.  S.  S.  Moore. 

Following  are  the  pallbearers:  E.  R.  Patton,  Judge  L.  N. 

Tavenner,  T.  R.  Cowell,  J.  L.  Cramer,  James  W.  Dils  and  S. 
Reitzenberger.  C.  L.  Slayton. 

Florists  Gun  Club. 

Wissinoming,  Pa.,  March  4. — Two  well-bred  pointer  puppies 
were  the  chief  prizes  in  the  main  event  of  the  Florists’  Gun  Club 
shoot.  The  programme  consisted  of  50  targets,  divided  into  three 
10s  and  one  20  target  event.  It  was  a sliding  handicap  contest, 
open  to  all.  Mr.  L.  P.  Huber,  of  the  Clearview  Gun  Club,  won 
first  with  44  out  of  50.  Huber  had  two  chances,  and  also  shot 
for  Peachin.  On  his  first  attempt  he  broke  37.  He  shot  for 
Peachin  and  scored  43,  thus  Peachin  tied  Tansey  for  second  prize. 
They  tossed  for  the  dog,  and  Tansey  won.  Huber  then  shot  his 
third  string  out  and  won  first  trophy  by  breaking  44  targets. 


St.  Clair  scored 
Scores : 

42 

on 

his  first 

attempt  and  37 

on 

his 

second. 

Targets : 

10  10 

10 

20 

Targets: 

10  10  10  20 

Huber  

9 

9 

9 

17—44 

Medicus  - 

..  ? 

7 

7 13—34 

Peachim  ..... 

9 

9 

9 

16—43 

Thorpe  

..  6 

6 

8 14—34 

Tansey  

10 

7 

7 

19—43 

Graham  ........ 

, , 6 

5 

7 16—34 

St.  Clair  

9 

8 

8 

17—42 

Tomlinson  

..  5 

8 

5 15-33 

Stevenson  

7 

9 

5 

19—40 

Griffith  ......... 

,.  9 10 

4 14—38 

Griffith  .......... 

10 

7 

9 

12—38 

Reid  

..  7 

6 

9 11—33 

Huber  

. 8 

7 

8 

14—37 

Nelson  

..  10 

5 

6 11—32 

Garter  

8 

6 

8 

15—37 

Worthington  . . . 

7 

7 

6 13—32 

Parry  

9 

4 

8 

16—37 

Nelson  .......... 

..  7 

8 

7 9—31 

St.  Clair  

8 

5 

9 

15—37 

Fontain  

..  8 

6 

6 11—31 

Brenner  

7 

8 

7 

14—36 

Ringgold  

9 

5 

7 10—31 

Pratt  

7 

7 

7 

13—36 

George  

..  8 

4 

8 12—32 

Sheeler  

8 

7 

8 

13—36 

Reid  

..  8 

5 

6 11—30 

Firth  

8 

8 

5 

15—35 

Cotting  

8 

8 

3 10—29 

Cantrell  

9 

6 

8 

12—35 

White  

. 4 

7 

3 13—27 

Graham  

9 

6 

8 

11—35 

Rice  

. 7 

3 

1 10—27 

Schilling  ........ 

9 

8 

7 

10—34 

Heite  

. 5 

5 

3 11—24 

Poughkeepsie  Gun  Club. 

PouGHKEEf sie,  N.  Y.,  March  6. — The  first  monthly  shoot  of  the 
Poughkeepsie  Gun  Club,  since  the  change  has  been  made  from 
weekly  shoots  to  an  open  tournament  held  the  first  Saturday  of 
each  month,  was  held  on  the  afternoon  of  March  4.  The  weather 
conditions  could  not  be  worse  for  holding  a tournament,  snowing 
throughout  the  forenoon,  and  the  wind,  well,  it  kept  one  guessing 
to  stay  on  the  platform,  not  to  mention  trying  to  find  dodging 
targets.  Ten  men  shot  through  the  programme.  The  next  tour- 
nament will'  be  held  Saturday,  April  1. 


Stanley  Gun  Club. 

Toronto,  March  5.— During  the  latter  part  of  1904  a number  of 
gentlemen  who  take  a great  interest  in  trapshooting  met  for  the 
purpose  of  forming  a league  among  the  many  gun  clubs  situated 
in  Toronto.  Notices  to  that  effect  were  sent  to  the  secretaries  of 
the  different  clubs,  with  the  result  that  five  clubs,  namely,  Balmy 
Beach,  National,  Parkdale,  Riverdale,  and  Stanley  gun  clubs,  en- 
tered into  and  formed  what  is  known  as  the  City  Trapshooters’ 
League,  under  the  following  conditions:  Clubs  to  shoot  home  and 
home  matches,  making  eight  in  all.  Season  to  commence  Jan.  7 
and  end  April  S.  Shooting  every  alternate  Saturday  during  March 
and  April  until  finished.  Balmy  Beach,  National  and  Stanley 
gun  elubs  to  shoot  not  less  than  fifteen  men  on  a side,  25  targets 
per  man.  Parkdale  and  Riverdale,  owing  to  so  many  of  their 
members  whose  occupation  requires  them  to  be  at  their  place 
of  business  on  Saturday  afternoon,  were  allowed  to  produce  not 
less  than  ten  men.  The  matches  to  be  shot  on  a percentage  basis. 


Events:  1 2 3 4 5 6 Events:  1 2 3 4 6 6 

Targets:  15  15  15  25  25  25  Targets:  15  15  15  25  25  25 

Hans  6 8 ....  18  16  Donaldson  10  9 ..  14  19  18 

Traver  6 ..  10  14  18  18  Even  ..  8 ..  8 12  19 

T Rhodes  .....  10  ..  13  16  19  ..  Perkins  ..  9 19  16  .. 

Du  Bois  .......  13  .,  11  20  15  12  Oetrander  13  ..  .. 

Wicker  ........  3 4 ..  11  11  . . 

Event  No.  4 was  for  the  Bissing  cup  and  was  won  by  Du  Bois 

with  20.  Trayer,  Bissing  and  Perkins  shot  from  18yds. 

, Event  No.  5 was  for  the  Captain’s  cup,  and  was  won  by  T, 
Rhodes  with  19,  all  shooting  from  19yds.  Dub. 


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the  same  time  not  hear  a word,  while  other  people  are  telling 
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Live  Pigeon  Shooting. 

The  advent  of  February  gives  a truce  to  the  pheasant  and 
the  partridge,  and  signifies  the  beginning  in  earnest  of  the  sea- 
son of  the  trapshooter,  which  may  be  said  to  open  with  the 
decision  of  the  Grand  Prix  competition  at  Monte  Carlo.  The 
spring  and  summer  months,  when  the  game  birds  are  breeding 
in  peace  and  quietness,  are  the  time  of  travail  for  the  blue- 
rock  pigeons  that  have  to  bear  the  brunt  of  the  long  campaign 
against  them  at  the  various  gun  clubs  in  London  and  through- 
out the  provinces.  Unlike  game  shooting,  the  shooting  of 
trapped  pigeons  has  many  opponents,  who  have  made  many 
determined  attacks  upon  the  pastime,  but  without  success. 
Threatened  lives  live  long,  and  it  cannot  be  denied  that  live 
pigeon  shooting  at  the  clubs  still  lives,  if  it  can  scarcely  be 
said  to  thrive  as  it  did,  say,  fifty  years  ago,  when  the  cream 
of  English  sportsmen  took  pleasure  in  competing  with  each 
other  at  the  Old  Hats  or  the  Red  House,  or  even  at  Hornsey 
Rise.  We  have  lately  been  reading  some  of  the  records  of  these 
old  competitions  and  matches  in  the  fifties,  and  sixties,  and  they 
are  very  instructive  and  interesting  even  to  present-day  gunners. 
They  prove,  for  one  thing,  the  immense  strides  we  have  made 
in  the  accessories  of  sport  with  the  gun;  they  also  show  very 
conclusively  what  splendid  shots  were  many  of  the  predecessors 
of  present-day  trapshooters.  The  most  interesting  historian  of 
pigeon  shooting  in  England  is  Lord  William  Lennox,  who 
writes  with  all  the  enthusiasm  of  a keen  gunner  who  was  in 
the  thick  of  it  about  fifty  years  ago.  Writing,  as  he  did,  be- 
fore the  adoption  of  driving  of  winged  game  to  any  extent,  he 
was  right  in  describing  a morning’s  live  pigeon  shooting  at 
Hornsey  Wood,  the  Rosemary,  or  elsewhere,  as  “furnishing  ex- 
cellent practice  to  all  classes  of  gunners  from  the  youth  fresh 
from  school  to  the  more  experienced  marksman,  who  can  re- 
member” what  he  calls  “the  good  old  days  of  flint  and  steel.” 
He  maintains  that  to  make  a man  a quick  shot  at  that  time 
there  were  few  better  plans  than  to  let  him  practice  at  six 
traps,  two  of  which  should  contain  a pigeon  or  a sparrow  each, 
the  uncertainty  as  to  which  trap  would  be  pulled  making  “the 
gunner  keep  his  eyes  open.”  Further,  he  held  that  shooting 
at  pigeons  improved  men  for  general  game  shooting  as  then 
pursued,  giving  coolness,  decision,  and,  above  all,  quickness, 
which,  in  his  lordship’s  opinion,  are  the  first  characteristics  of 
a really  good  shot,  by  which  we  see  that  he  means  a man  who 
gets  his  gun  off  at  everything  within  thirty  yards,  and  kills 
two  out  of  three  fired  at. 

Handicapping. 

Sweepstakes  and  matches  were  the  fashion  fifty  years  ago  in 
pigeon  shooting,  handicapping  by  distance  from  the  traps  being 
at  that  time  unknown.  Any  bore  of  gun  was  permitted  ap- 
parently, and  any  loading.  At  the  Red  House,  10-bores,  8-bores 
and  even  6-bores  were  to  be  seen  in  use,  which  led,  though,  to 
the  sport  dying  away  at  that  spot,  the  whole  shooting  being 
left  in  the  hands  of  a few  crack  shots  with  whom  no  new  man 
had  any  chance.  It  was  in  consequence  of  a match  shot  be- 
tween Mr.  Dudley  Ward  with  a 10-bore  and  Mr.  Gilbert  Heathcote 
with  a 14-bore  that  the  idea  occurred  to  Mr.  Frank  Heathcote, 
as  an  old  racing  man,  to  get  up  a handicap  by  distance,  stipu- 
lating for  12-bores  and  an  ounce  and  an  eighth  of  shot.  He  had 
forty-four  subscribers,  of  whom  twenty-nine  came  to  the  post, 
and  the  handicap  was  won  by  Mr.  Stirling  Crawfurd,  who  was 
handicapped  at  31%yds.,  Mr.  R.  Bateson  coming  in  second,  and 
Mr.  C.  Molynaux  third.  There  were  more  gunners  shooting  to- 
gether in  this  first  handicap  than  had  ever  been  known  before, 
and  Heathcote  was  complimented  all  round.  The  second  handi- 
cap had  fifty-four  subscribers,  and  was  won  by  Colonel  Annesley 
at  29%yds.,  Mr.  F.  Craven  being  second,  and  Mr.  D.  Damer 
third.  The  champion  of  all  pigeon  shots  in  these  days  was 
Lord  Huntingfield,  handicapped  at  321/£yds.  from  the  traps,  but 
in  the  first  and  second  handicaps  shot  he  was  easily  beaten, 
owing  to  his  distance.  Lord  William  Lennox  describes  his 
style  as  perfect.  “Legs  level,  and  wide  apart — a cigar  in  his 
mouth — he  stands  at  his  post  like  a falcon  looking  at  his  prey. 
He  clinks  his  trigger  two  or  three  times,  raises  the  gun  once 
or  twice  to  the  shoulder  to  see  all  is  right,  looks  straight  at  the 
center,  coolly  takes  his  ‘weed’  out  of  his  mouth,  places  it  be- 
tween the  little  finger  and  next  of  his  left  hand,  says,  ‘Pull,’  and 
is  on  the  bird  in  a second.  When  he  kills,  which  is  pretty  often, 
the  bird  has  all  the  shot— no  winging— no  rising  again,  dead 
he  falls,  spreads  his  wings,  and  dies.”  In  the  third  handicap 
there  were  sixty  subscribers,  and  the  winner  was  Captain  Wynd- 
ham,  28%yds. ; the  Hon.  G.  Craven,  26%yds.,  second,  and  the  Earl 
of  Bective,  271/£yds.,  third.  A breechloader  was  used  by  a Mr. 
Robinson  for  the  first  time  at  this  shoot,  and  dice  were  first 
thrown  to  decide  the  traps  to  be  pulled,  also  the  suggestion  of 
Mr.  Frank  Heathcote.  The  result  was  that  thereafter  handi- 
caps increased  up  to  an  average  of  nearly  one  hundred  sub- 
scribers, though  it  .was  regarded  as  impossible  to  do  justice  to 
more  than  sixty  starters.  This  was  in  I860,  at  Hornsey  Wood, 
which  by  that  time  had  succeeded  the  Old  Hats  at  Ealing,  and 
the  Red  House  at  Battersea. 

The  Best  Shots  Then. 

The  best  pigeon  shots  forty-five  years  ago,  placed  as  nearly  as 
possible  in  their  order  of  merit  by  Lord  William  Lennox,  were 
Lord  Huntingfield,  quick  and  perfect;  Mr.  Stirling  Crawfurd, 
steady;  Hon.  Dudley  Ward,  a steady,  cool  shot;  Mr.  R.  Bateson, 
quick,  gun  too  much  up;  Hon.  G.  Heathcote,  quick,  excellent 
with  his  second  barrel;  Hon.  Captain  Wyndham,  perfect  master 
of  his  gun;  Mr.  S.  Lucy,  quick  and  nervous;  Hon.  F.  Craven, 
quiet,  but  quick;  Lord  Stormont,  good;  Mr.  A.  Walsh,  steady; 
Colonel  Annesley,  very  quick,  too  quick;  Sir  T.  Moncrieff, 
quick;  Captain  Berkeley,  quick;  Lord  Bective,  good;  Mr.  E. 
Batson,  quiet  and  quick;  Mr.  A.  Wigram,  quiet  and  steady;  Mr. 
E.  Coke,  very  quick  and  brilliant;  Mr.  F.  Milbanke,  steady  and 
sure;  Colonel  Jenyns,  quiet;  Hon.  A.  Fraser,  quiet;  Mr.  D. 
Damer,  good,  but  holds  his  gun  a little  too  low;  and  so  on  for 
another  score  of  names,  all  of  them  crack  pigeons  shots,  Lord 
Hartington  being  described  as  “better  at  game  than  at  blue- 
rocks,”  and  Lord  Sefton  as  quick,  but  requiring  to  take  a little 
more  care  in  taking  aim.  The  most  curious  thing  about  pigeon 
shooting  before  a crowd  of  spectators,  even  though  most  of  the 
crowd  may  be  personal  friends  of  the  shooters,  is  the  extra- 
ordinary manner  in  which  the  desire  to  excel  renders  men  un- 
steady. Men  who  shoot  well  in  small-  sweepstakes  get  so  excited 
in  a match  that  they  cannot  win;  the  eyes  are  straight,  but  the 
hands  will  not  answer  them.  Other  excitable  men  get  still  more 
excited  in  a match,  but  shoot  none  the  worse  for  it,  fighting,  we 
presume,  successfully  against  it.  Men  are  differently  consti- 
tuted; some  men  perform  better  the  closer  the  competition  and 
the  heavier  the  prize  money.  In  matches,  it  must  be  remem- 
bered, the  birds  are  the  very  best  that  can  be  selected,  whereas 


in  a large  handicap  it  is  impossible  to  get  the  quantity  Required 
of  the  very  best  birds.  This  makes  the  winning  more  of  a 
chance,  a fast  bird  after  a slow  one  puzzling  the  shooter,  however 
cool  and  experienced  he  may  be.  So  it  is  that  some  men  excel 
in  sweepstakes  and  some  in  matches,  though  the  best  shots, 
in  spite  of  all  obstacles,  usually  come  to  the  front  at  the  finish, 
forty  years  ago  at  Hornsey  Wood  very  much  as  they  do  now 
at  Hurlingham  and  the  Gun  Club,  where  the  sport  is  still  carried 
on  in  the  same  good  old-fashioned  manner,  notwithstanding  the 
fact  that  the  shooting  of  winged  game  has  gone  far  ahead  of  it, 
both  in  skill  and  results,  through  the  universal  popularity  of 
the  modern  method  of  driving.  Could  it  not  be  possible  to 
imitate  driving  at  clubs  for  live  pigeon  shooting,  just  as  driving 
now  is  so  faithfully  reproduced  at  the  various  schools  and 
parks  by  means  of  inanimate  birds? 

Modern  Gun  Clubs. 

Though  a hundred  crack  shots  or  more  may  meet  each  other 
next  week  on  the  grounds  of  the  Monte  Carlo  Gun  Club,  it  must 
be  admitted  even  by  its  best  friends  that  live  pigeon  shooting 
has  greatly  declined  in  popularity  since  the  days  we  have  been 
describing  at  Hornsey  Wood.  Even  during  the  International 
week  at  Hurlingham  and  the  Gun  Club,  when  competitors  are 
gathered  at  the  traps  from  all  parts  of  the  earth,  there  are  now- 
adays seldom  more  than  fifty  or  sixty  entrants  for  each  compe- 
tition, a number  that  forty  years  ago  was  often  daubled  at  an 
ordinary  meeting.  That  shooting  should  have  increased  so  much 
in  popularity,  while  live  pigeon  shooting  has  undoubtedly  de- 
creased, is  mainly  due,  it  is  thought,  to  the  fact  that  the  latter 
has  not  kept  up  to  date  in  its  methods  so  as  to  afford  .some- 
thing coming  as  near  as  possible  to  driven  winged  game.  The 
pigeons  are  sprung  from  the  traps  just  as  they  were  fifty  years 
ago,  or  nearly  so,  when  game-driving  was  unknown,  and  all 
winged  game  of  every  kind  were  shot  over  dogs.  Then  the  in- 
animate pigeon  of  clay  can  be  sent  over  the  guns  in  imitation 
as  closely  as  may  be  of  driving;  but  experts  in  live  pigeon  shoot- 
ing one  and  all  set  their  faces  against  any  attempt  to  send  the 
trapped  live  pigeon  over  the  guns.  It  would,  of  course,  be 
difficulty  to  drive  live  pigeons,  but  difficulties  only  exist  to  be 
surmounted  where  we  are  in  earnest.  If  a wild  duck  can  be 
driven  with  accuracy  over  the  gunner,  what  can  there  be  in  a 
wild  bluerock  pigeon  that  would  prevent  its  being  similarly 
treated  with  some  care  and  skill  on  the  part  of  the  trappers,  and 
an  improvement,  if  necessary,  in  the  apparatus  for  trapping? 
There  would  be  much  greater  variety  at  any  rate,  in  the  present- 
ment of  live  pigeons  sent  over  the  guns  than  in  the  present 
very  primitive  mode  of  opening  the  door  of  a trap,  and  simply 
letting  the  birds  fly  out  as  best  they  may  under  a shower  of 
leaden  pellets.  Monotonous  to  many  gunners  is  such  shooting. 
Apart  from  all  humanitarian  scriples,  they  do  not  care  to 
cultivate  skill  in  achieving  success  at  it.  But  if  their  birds  were 
sent  to  them  from  behind  a wooden  erection,  say,  six  feet  in 
height  or  more,  so  that  they  could  get  fully  on  the  wing  before 
they  were  seen,  and  from  there  be  induced  to  fly  over  the  guns, 
as  would  winged  game,  there  could  be  little  question  of  the 
greater  interest  imported  into  the  shooting.  Perhaps  we  may 
some  day  see  some  such  desirable  variation  on  the  monotony 
inseparable  from  live  pigeon  shooting  as  conducted  even  at 
Monte  Carlo. 

American  Gun  Clubs. 

While  the  term  “gun  club”  with  us  invariably  conveys  the 
idea  of  trapshooting,  it  has  a very  different  signification  on  the 
other  side  of  the  Atlantic.  There  it  means  an  association  of 
game  shooters,  joined  together  to  preserve  large  tracts  of  good 
shooting  ground,  on  which  a club  house  is  built  for  the  ac- 
commodation of  the  members  shooting.  The  quarry  is  not  the 
bluerock  pigeon  trapped,  but  the  wild  duck  and  the  quail  free 
to  come  and  "go  only  to  be  found  and  flushed  by  the  use  of 
pointers  or  setters.  In  Baily’s  for  February  is  an  excellent  des- 
cription of  these  American  shooting  clubs  written  over  the  well- 
known  initials  “G.  T.  T.  B.”  The  writer  of  it  evidently  looks 
to  such  institutions,  which  are  rapidly  increasing  every  year  in 
the  United  States,  for  the  future  preservation  of  American  small 
game,  which  for  some  years  past  has  been  threatened  with  almost 
absolute  extinction  in  all  accessible  regions.  In  fact,  winged 
game  has  already  been  almost  entirely  exterminated  in  large 
tracts  of  country,  where  State  laws  restricting  the  slaughter  of 
it  have  been  passed  too  late  to  save  it.  “Those  who  profess  to 
admire  the  freedom  of  American  shooting,”  writes  “G.  T.  T.  B.,” 
“are  not  very  practical,  for  the  freedom  only  exists,  first,  where 
there  is  no  game,  and  second,  at  such  distances  from  habita- 
tions as  to  make  expeditions  after  game  both  very  troublesome 
and  very  expensive.  For  a New  Yorker  to  get  free  shooting  at 
quail  (partridges^  he  must  make  a journey  of  nearly  a thousand 
miles.  Even  when  this  is  done  there  is  always  this  difficulty  in 
America:  where  free  game  abounds  there  is  no  hotel  accommo- 
dation, and  where  the  latter  exists  there  is  no  game.”  It  is 
here  very  evidently  that  the  club  and  the  club-house  come  in  so 
conveniently  for  the  American  sportsman  who  combines  with  his 
fellow-sportsmen  to  form  a club  for  the  preserving  and  shoot- 
ing game.  It  has  often  been  suggested  that  our  English  gun 
clubs  might  very  well  extend  their  programmes  beyond  trap- 
shooting to  the  renting  and  preserving  of  good  game  shootings, 
letting  their  members  take  part  in  the  shooting  of  game  in 
rotation  or  by  other  arrangement,  leaving  trapshooting  entirely 
for  the  close  game  season.  Such  clubs,  it  is  believed,  would  be 
even  more  successful  on  this  side  than  in  the  wilds  of  America, 
where  they  seem  to  have  recently  so  greatly  caught  on.— County 
Gentleman. 


Union  Gun  Club. 

The  programme  of  the  Union  Gun  Club  of  San  Francisco,  Cal., 
for  April  30,  provides  a live-bird  and  picnic  shoot.  The  club 
shoot  for  members  only,  entrance  fee,  60  cents,  25  targets,  16yds., 
has  $400  to  be  divided  every  shoot,  Rose  system.  Four  classes,  as 
fellows:  Champion,  first,  second,  third;  $10  in  each  class,  divided 

on  the  basis  of  5,  3,  2. 

Second  event,  medal  event,  for  members;  entrance  BO  cents; 
four  gold  medals,  value  $50.  Four  classes,  as  follows:  Champion, 
first,  second,  and  third.  All  contestants  to  begin  at  16yd.  mark; 
winners  of  medals  will  shoot  from  18yds.;  if  winning  medal  a 
second  time,  winner  will  shoot  from  29yd.  mark.  Winners  to 
wear  medal  during  the  month.  Medals  to  become  permanent  prop- 
erty of  members  winning  same  the  greatest  number  of  times  dur- 
ing the  season.  Mr.  A.  M.  Shields  donates  $40  to  be  divided  into 
four  classes  to  the  second  high  gun  in  each  class,  to  be  decided 
at  the  final  shoot. 

Third  event,  Secret  Handicap  for  Tuckey  & Kline  trophy — 
silver  cup,  valued  at  $60.  Limit,  25  targets;  entrance  60  cents,  for 
members  only.  Trophy  to  become  permanent  property  at  final 
shoot  of  season.  In  case  of  ties  at  final  shoot,  contestants  shoot 
at  the  original  handicap  for  that  day.  Every  score  counts.  One 
back  score  can  be  made  up  in  this  event  as  specified  heretofore. 

Fourth  event— Open  to  all;  entrance,  76  cents;  6 pair  doubles 


from  14yds.,  15  singles  from  16yds.  Class  shooting,  three  moneys. 
Club  adds  money  at  each  shoot. 

Special  Event — Open  to  all;  entrance  $1;  26  targets.  All  con- 
testants shoot  the  first  10  targets  from  16yd.  mark  and  handicapped 
as  follows.  Contestants  breaking  9 and  10  shoot  remainder  from 
20yds.  Contestants  breaking  7 and  8,  shoot  remainder  from  18yds. 
Contestants  breaking  6 and  6,  shoot  remainder  from  16yds.  Ties 
in  this  event  to  be  shot  at  25  targets  at  the  original  handicap. 
Entrance  fee,  50  cents. 

The  officers  of  the  club  are:  C.  A.  Muller,  President;  Dr.  W. 
A.  Hansen,  Vice-President;  H.  P.  Jacobsen,  Captain;  T.  L. 
Lewis,  Secretary,  86-88  First  street,  San  Francisco. 


IN  NEW  JERSEY, 


Hudson  Gun  Club. 


Jersey  City,  N. 
6,  at  Hudson  Gun 
Events: 

Schorty  

Piercy  

Staples  

Schoverling  

Scheubell  

Gille  

C V L 

Jenkins  

Cottrell  

Bolat  


J. — Find  scores  herewith  of  shoot  held  March 
Club.  Each  event  was  at  25  targets: 


1 2 3 4 6 

19  23  21  21  22 

17  23  23  21  21 
25  22  24  24  23 

20  22  20  18  20 
13  15  17  19  19 

20  17  ..  16  .. 

18  17  ..  16  .. 

15  12  . . 18  . . 

21  15  20  21  20 
12  13  15  11  16^ 


Events : 1 2 

Cocklin  15  19 


3 4 
16 


Finley  11  18  17  14  17 

Akers  1617  ..  20  ., 

H Pearsall  13  13 

W Pearsall  24  21  . . 19  . , 

Kurzell 11  12 

Ferger  9 ..  ..  13  .. 

Evans  20  22  21  19  21 

Wright  18  20  ..  ..  .. 


Jas  Hughes,  Sec’y. 


Montclair  Gun  Club. 


Montclair,  N.  J.,  March  4. — Nine  events  were  run  off  this  after- 


noon, over  1,800  targets  being  thrown  and  seventeen  men  partici- 
pating. 

Mr.  J.  S.  Fanning,  trade  representative,  was  present  and  shot 
through  five  events. 


Events  Nos.  2 and  3,  25  targets  each,  unknown  angles,  were  won 
by  Messrs.  C.  L.  Bush  and  F.  W.  Moffett,  who  each  took  a 
box  of  fine  cigars  as  a reward  for  their  skill. 

In  event  No.  4,  Mr.  J.  S.  Fanning  broke  15  straight,  making 
the  only  perfect  score  of  the  afternoon.  Mr.  Fanning  was  also 
high  man  in  event  6,  12  pairs  of  doubles,  breaking  17  out  of  a 
possible  24. 


Mr.  G.  L.  Bush  did 

particularly 

well. 

breaking 

154 

out  of 

a 

possible  175,  or  80  per  cent. 

Events: 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

Targets: 

25 

25 

25 

15 

10 

24 

25 

25 

25 

C L Bush 

24 

22 

14 

6 

22 

23 

23 

F W Moffett 

22 

23 

12 

8 

li 

19 

21 

B H Cockefair 

16 

21 

13 

8 

14 

22 

19 

W T Wallace 

12 

15 

10 

8 

10 

J S Fanning 

22 

24 

15 

9 

17 

C W Kendall  

18 

18 

11 

8 

16 

23 

23 

20 

G Batten  

14 

21 

10 

9 

10 

J Batten  

15 

13 

12 

6 

C Babcock  

18 

20 

7 

7 

1 Doremus  

18 

15 

10 

6 

G Boxali  

18 

20 

10 

•9 

19 

I S Crane 

20 

9 

7 

E Winslow  

20 

16 

9 

6 

F H Robinson 

16 

11 

7 

16 

B T Bush 

5 

6 

16 

W Rohn  

4 

T Badgley  

6 

1 

Event  No.  6 was  at  12  pairs  of  doubles. 

Edward  Winslow,  Sec’y. 


North  River  Gun  Club. 


Edgewater,  N.  J.,  March  4.— Event  No.  3,  final  shoot  for  Muller- 
ite  medal,  won  by  Mr.  F.  Truax  for  the  third  time.  Events  4 and 
5,  50  target,  handicap  event  for  solid  gold  watch  charm,  won  by 
Mr.  C.  Richter. 


Targets: 

Jap,  0 

Dr  Richter,  8 

C E Eickhoft,  8... 

F Truax,  4 

E Reynolds,  6 .... 
F Vosselman,  10  . 

Bingmann,  0 

H B Williams,  0 . 

McCIane,  0 

lJr  Paterno,  20  ... 

S Allison,  8 

H Schramm,  10  .. 
Dr  R E Paterno,  0 
R E Bingman,  0... 


10 

15 

25 

25 

25 

25 

9 

15 

22 

21 

23 

22 

8 

10 

20 

21 

21 

7 

12 

19 

16 

14 

21 

7 

12 

23 

21 

24 

22 

7 

10 

19 

19 

19 

5 

13 

14 

18 

16 

8 

12 

19 

20 

18 

25 

7 

13 

16 

20 

17 

5 

9 

13 

12 

15 

4 

8 

12 

11 

17 

ii 

20 

19 

14 

19 

14 

18 

13 

18 

22 

20 

15 


10 


8 


Jas.  R.  Merrill,  Sec’v 


New  Jersey  State  Sportsmen’s  Association,  ac  ~ 

When  this  Association  claimed  dates  of  June  14  to  16  for  its 
annual  tournament,  no  definite  announcement  had  been  made  for 
the  New  York  State  shoot,  which  is  now  advertised  for  June  13 
to  16,  the  dates  conflicting. 

In  deference,  iherefore,  to  the  wishes  of  the  older  organization, 
the  executive  committee  of  the  New  Jersey  State  Sportsmen’s 
Association  has  decided  to  change  its  dates  to  the  week  before, 
June  6,  7 and  8,  and  will,  if  possible,  arrange  an  extra  date  for  a 
team,  match  between  the  New  York  and  New  Jersey  amateur 
shooters,  the  same  as  was  done  at  the  last  tournament. 

Secretary. 


Wilmington  Gun  Club. 

Wilmington,  Del.,  March.  6.—. Editor  Forest  and  Stream:  You 

know  that  the  first  annual  spring  tournament  of  the  Delaware 
State  Trapshooters’  League  is  to  be  held  under  the  auspices  of 
the  Wilmington  Gun  Club  on  April  12-13  next.  The  present 
grounds  of  the  club  are  altogether  too  small  for  any  large  tourna- 
ments, and  the  club  house  is  too  limited  for  the  accommodation 
of  anything  like  the  number  of  members  that  ought  to  be  present 
at  any  practice  shoot.  The  club  has  ninety-nine  members  on  its 
list  now,  and  of  course  needs  more  spacious  grounds  than  it  did 
when  they  had  only  ten  members. 

It  has  been  decided  to  move  to  larger  grounds,  which  have 
been  secured  along  the  line  of  the  Brandywine  Springs  trolley, 
about  twenty  minutes  at  the  outside  from  Market  street,  and  it 
is  fully  expected  that  an  up-to-date  club  house  and  all  the  neces- 
sary appurtenances  will  be  in  position  before  the  date  of  the 
shoot.  x. 

Bonesteel  Gun  Club. 

BoNesteel,  S.  D.,  March  1.— The  club  assembled  at  1 o’clock 
this  afternoon,  and  the  following  gentlemen  took  part  in  the 
shooting.  Le  Roy  Leach,  R.  B.  Forbes,  E.  L.  Forbes,  M.  Wood- 
ring, Wm.  Bonekemper,  W.  A.  Leach.  Following  are  the  scores: 
Le  Roy  Leach  shot  at  38,  broke  36;  W.  A.  Leach  25,  24;  Wood- 
ring 37,  23;  Bonekemper  25,  12;  R.  B.  Forbes  25,  10;  E.  L.  Forbes 
15,  7. 

The  Messrs.  Forbes  and  Mr.  Bonekemper  are  all  beginners  at 
trapshooting,  and  show  an  earnestness  which  will  probably  make 
them  run  much  better  scores  as  the  season  gets  fairly  well  opened. 
It  is  the  intention  of  the  club  to  hold  their  regular  weekly  shoot 
Thursday  afternoons  hereafter. 

W.  A.  Leach,  Sec’y, 


March  ii,  1905-! 


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Cincinnati  Gun  Club. 


Cincinnati,  O.— Over  fifty  men  gathered  at  the  grounds  on 
March  1 for  the  purpose  of  welcoming  a delegation  of  members 
of  the  Rohrer’s  Island  Gun  Club,  of  Dayton,  witnessing  a team 
match  between  the  two1  clubs  and  taking  part  in  sweepstake  and 
other  events.  The  visitors  arrived  about  10  o’clock,  eleven  in  all, 
and  were  given  as  cordial  a reception  as  they  extend  when  acting 
as  hosts.  It  must  be  that  the  Cincinnati  boys  were  successful  in 
their  efforts  to  entertain,  as  the  visitors,  one  and  all,  united  in 
saying,.  “Let’s  come  back  to-morrow.”  There  was  a little  prelim- 
inary practice  shooting  and  a team  match  before  the  dinner  call 
was  sounded,  the  boys  being  summoned  to  enjoy  a Gambell 
spread”  at  10  o’clock,  and  all  trapshooters  in  this  section  know 
that  this  part  of  the  day’s  programme  was  thoroughly  enjoyed. 

The  day  was  partly  cloudy,  with  a strong  wind  blowing  across 
the  traps.  Thirty  shooters  took  part  in  the  practice  and  sweep- 
stake  events,  and  some  good  scores  were  made,  although  many  of 


them  shot  below  their  average. 

The  home  team  did  very  good  work,  taking  the  lead  in  the  first 
round  by  26  and  increasing  this  in  the  second  round  by  34,  finish- 
ing with  386  to  326,  the  team  average  being  85.7  per  cent.  The 
visitors  did  not  shoot  their  usual  gait,  finishing  with  72.3  per  cent, 
as  a team,  when,  ordinarily,  they  would  have  made  at  least  90  per 
cent.  Mr.  Schwind  was  high  gun  for  the  match  with  46.  Will  E. 
Kette  and  John  Holm,  two  of . the  Rohrer’s  Island  Club,  were 
unable  to  be  present  on  account  of  illness.  In  addition  to  the 
team  race,  sweeps  and  a 25-target  match  were  shot,  besides  a num- 
ber of  practice  events:  Some  of  the  shooters  did  better  than  in 


the  main  event.  The  scores: 

Match,  25  targets: 

Trimble  24,  Williams  17,  Whitacre  23,  Lockwood  21,  Oldt  20, 
Smith  17,  Schwind  24;  total  146. 

Peters  22,  Miller  18,  Gambell  19,  Bullerdick  17,  Oswald  15,  Hodaff 


22,  Muhle  20;  total  133. 

Team  race,  50  targets,  for  price 


Cincinnati  G. 

Peters  

Don  Minto  

Sweeney  

Faran  

Williams  

Gambell  

Hesser  

Bullerdick  


C. 

23  21—44 
22  22—44 

21  23—44 

22  22-44 

21  22 — 43 
20  23—43 

22  19—41 
19  22—41 


191  195  386 


of  targets: 

Rohrer’s  Island  G.  C. 

Schwind  22  24 — 46 

Miller  24  20 — 44 

Smith  23  18 — 41 

Oldt  18  19 — 37 

Whitacre  18  18 — 36 

Schaerf  16  15 — 31 

Lockwood  18  16 — 34 

Oswald 14  15 — 29 

Plodapp  12  16 — 28 

165  161  326 


The  following  scores  were  made  in  the  third  contest  for  the 
Peters  trophy  by  members  who  could  not  attend  on  Feb.  25: 
Fredericks  (8)  50,  Altheer  (15)  47,  A.  Sunderbruch  (0)  45,  Medico 
(2)  44,  Davies  (5)  43,  Bleh  (0)  40. 

The  fourth  shoot  for  the  Peters  trophy  was  held  on  March  4. 
The  day  was  cloudy  and  chilly,  with  some  wind.  Ahlers  led  with 
a straight  score,  including  his  handicap.  Trimble,  who  has  been 
doing  some  fine  shooting  lately,  tied  for  second  with  Maynard  on 
a total  of  49.  He  was  high  man  in  actual  breaks,  scoring  48. 

Several  team  races  were  shot,  and  a number  of  practice  events. 
In  the  last,  R.  Trimble  accounted  for  54  out  of  55  shot  at,  and 
he  and  Maynard  were  the  only  ones  to  break  straight  in  a 25- 
target  event.  The  match  between  Gambell’s  and  Barker’s  teams 
was  closely  contested.  The  first  round  resulted  in  a tie  on  51.  In 
the  second  round  Gambell’s  men  scored  54 — 2 more  than  Barker  s 


team.  In  the  last  round  the  latter  team  were  1 ahead,  with  72  to 
71,  losing  the  match  to  the  Gambellites  by  1 target— 176  to  175. 
The  second  50-target  match  was  won  by  Gambell’s  team,  183  to 
163.  In  the  last  match,  at  25  targets,  Gambell’s  boys  scored  93  out 
of  100,  Faran  making  a straight  and  Hesser  24.  On  Barker’s 
team  Harig  and  Williams  did  the  same,  25  and  24  respectively, 
but  the  team  lost,  93  to  88. 

Peters  trophy  shoot,  50  targets:  Ahlers  (10)  50,  E.  Trimble  (1) 
49,  Maynard  (6)  49,  Roll  (3)  48,  Harig  (3)  48,  Herman  (4)  48, 
R.  Trimble  (0)  47,  Bullerdick  (1)  47,  Hesser  (4)  47,  Black  (8)  47, 
Gambell  (0)  46,  Falk  (6)  45,  Williams  (2)  46,  Boeh  (7)  45,  Peters 
(0)  44,  Faran  (1)  44,  Don  Minto  (0)  43,  Pohlar  (0)  43,  Pfieffer  (0) 
42,  Barker  (0)  41,  Phillips  (0)  34. 


Faran  . 
Jlesser 


8 13  18—  39 

15  14  19—  49 

13  13  17—  43 

15  14  17—  46 

Barker  

Harig  

Peters  

Williams  

12  13  16—  41 

14  12  19—  45 

12  13  19—  45 

13  13  IS—  44 

51  54  71—176 

51  52  72—175 

l,  50  targets: 

. . 24  21 — - 45 

Baker  

18  21—39 

. . 25  23—  48 

Williams  .... 

22  19—  41 

. . 23  22—  45 

Peters  

20  10—39 

. . 22  23—  45 

Harig  

21  23—  44 

94  §9—183 

u 82-ii 

Match,  25  targets: 

Gambell  22 

Faran  25 

Hesser  -24 

Don  Minto  22 — 93 


Barker  20 

Williams  24 

Peters  19 

Harig  25 — 88 


Notes. 

The  Springfield,  O.,  Gun  Club  held  a largely  attended  and 
enthusiastic  annual  meeting  at  which  plans  for  the  coming  season 
were  discussed,  and  the  old  board  of  officers,  with  the  exception 
of  the  directors,  re-elected.  The  annual  handicap  tournament  of 
the  club  will  be  held  on  May  3 and  4,  and  every  effort  will  be  put 
forth  by  the  officers  and  members  to  make  it  a success.  The 
officers  elected  were:  Wm.  Poole,  President;  Dan  Snyder,  Vice- 
President;  Chas.  A.  Young,  Corresponding  Secretary;  Geo.  W. 
Morgan,  Recording  Secretary;  Chas.  Stout,  Treasurer;  Ben 
Downs,  Field  Captain;  Chas.  Rice,  Ground  Manager.  Directors: 
John  D.  Foley,  John  R.  Strong,  Chas.  Henderson,  John  Reid, 
Ben  Downs. 

Seattle  After  Big  1 Tournament. 

Seattle,  Wash.— At  a meeting  of  the  Seattle  Gun  Club  it  was  de- 
cided to  make  an  effort  to  secure  the  big  Interstate  tournament  to 
be  held  on  the  coast.  Portland  is  very  anxious  to  secure  the  shoot, 
but  it  is  said  that  Seattle  has  the  first  chance  and  claim  on  it. 
The  gunners  here  are  very  desirous  of  drawing  all  the  best  shots 
of  America  to  the  coast  for  a grand  gathering. 

It  was  decided  to  improve  the  grounds  at  Interbay,  where  a 
set  of  Sergeant  system  electric  traps  has  been  installed. 

Portland  will  hold  their  big  shoot  in  June,  and  as  $5,000  will  be 
hung  up,  there  will  be  trouble  in  sending  a full  delegation  from 
this  city  to  enter  the  competition,  and  surely  there  will  be  some 
of  that  pot  carried  away  by  the  shooters  of  this  club.  When  the 
State  shoot  is  held  at  Wenatchie,  this  club  will  be  represented. 

The  medal  shoots  are  scheduled  to  begin  April  19,  and  shoots 
will  be  held  every  two  weeks  during  the  summer.  There  will  be 
three  classes  and  four  prizes  for  each  class,  so  that  all  will  get  a 
show.  There  are  some  fifty  members,  and  each  one  appears 
interested  in  the  club  having  a prosperous  season. 

The  new  officers  for  this  year  are:  Dr.  P.  A.  Purdy,  President; 

Fred  Cluvley,  Vice-President;  B.  J.  Hall,  Secretary  and  Treas- 
urer; Capt.  Swift,  Director,  and  E.  E.  Ellis,  Captain. 

At  Anaconda. 

Anaconda,  Mont.,  Feb.  27. — The  day  was  a fine  one,  and  there 
was  much  popping  of  guns  down  by  the  traps.  Anaconda  and 
Livingston  had  her  best  shots  here,  and  the  contests  were  hot,  and 
the  winner  had  no  walkover. 

In  the  Twohy  medal,  at  25  singles,  there  were  two  who  tied  on 
25,  and  then  Nalbach  broke  24  to  Goddard’s  23,  thus  making  a 
great  score.  In  the  Klepetco  medal,  which  was  at  20  pairs,  Con- 
farr  won  with  29,  and  Walker  was  but  one  behind.  Walker  went 
him  one  better,  and  captured  the  Confarr  medal.  Anaconda  won 
the  team  contest  with  215  to  Butte’s  206.  Scores: 

Anaconda— Mathewson  19,  Nell  21,  Peckover  22,  Drumgoold  24, 
McMillin  21,  Confarr  24,  Mayo  14,  Hagan  15,  O’Brien  19,  Allen  21, 
Beel  15;  total  215. 

Butte— Walker  21,  Goddard  23,  Young  22,  Morley  17,  Nalbach 
24,  Carmichael  20,  Wilson  17,  Sandahl  16,  Nickey  16,  Doty  16, 
Smith  14;  total  206. 

Sooth  Side  Gon  Club. 

Milwaukee,  Wis.,  Feb.  26.— When  the  club  gathered  for  its  last 
shoot  it  was  found  that  Mr.  Hirschy  was  present,  and  that  he  was 
in  good  form,  his  score  will  show,  as  he  lost  only  5 out  of 
seven  events  of  15.  Homan  was  making  a trip  across  the  State 
with  Monroe  as  his  objective  point.  It.  is  a pleasure  to  shoot 
with  the  G.  A.  H.  winner.  The  scores  follow: 


Targets : 

15 

15 

15 

15 

15 

15 

15 

Gropper  

13 

13 

10 

10 

12 

12 

.. 

Moll*  

12 

10 

12 

14 

12 

. . 

. . 

Hirschy  

15 

14 

13 

15 

14 

15 

14 

Weter  

15 

-•  . 

Dreyfus  . 

10 

13 

13 

io 

ii 

. • 

Williver  

11 

10 

8 

8 

.. 

J T Drought 

9 

13 

12 

. . 

T M Drought 

11 

13 

9 

ii 

•> 

13 

11 

10 

. . 

Hammersmith  

13 

11 

12 

13 

i3 

In  Other  Places. 

Now,  who  will  tell  the  readers  of  this  journal  what  is  meant  by 
snap  shooting.  The  Houghton,  Mich.,  Gun  Club  states  that 
“snap  shooting”  will  figure  in  the  year’s  contest  for  the  club 
medal. 

At  the  first  meeting  held  by  the  Gainesville,  N.  Y.,  Rod  and 
Gun  Club,  the  following  officers  were  chosen:  President,  Chas. 

E.  Bristol;  Vice-President,  J.  M.  Eastman;  Treasurer,  W.  C. 

Wiseman;  Secretary,  John  M.  Skiff;  Committee:  John  Hickney, 

F.  M,  Grupe,  Chas.  Hickey,  A.  J.  Edwards,  JL  E.  Hardy,  B- 


J.  McColl,  E.  K.  Lucas,  W.  W.  Streater,  Irving  Charles;  Georgfe 
Grasby,  A W.  Heath,  C.  Smith. 

The  shoot  held  last  week  at  Falls  City,  Neb.,  was  only  par- 
tially a success.  The  weather  was  very  bad,  and  Mr.  Clayton  asked 
a postponement  of  his  challenge  match  for  the  Post  trophy,  as  he 
was  sick  and  unable  to  attend.  The  home  contingent  and  those 
who  came  from  a distance,  put  in  two  days,  and  though  scores 
were  not  good,  the  three  highest  were  fair,  viz. : Out  of  200 
Veach  181,  Timberlake  170,  Townsend  167. 

Some  of  the  well-known  shooters  of  Norristown,  Pa.,  held  a 
live-bird  shoot  Tuesday  of  last  week  on  the  grounds  of  the 
Jefferson  Gun  Club.  With  a very  strong  wind,  the  birds  were  so 
lively  that  scores  were  low.  There  was,  however  a $25  a side 
match,  in  which  McFarland  made  16  and  Anderson  11,  total  27, 
as  against  Jackson  19  and  Beaver  7,  total  26.  In  the  5-bird  event 
it  was  Riehl  5,  Kipe  4,  Geist  4,  Anders  4,  Beaver  3,  McFarland  3. 
In  the  miss-and-out  sweeps  the  scores  were:  Riehl  7,  Gfeist  6, 
Xnipe  5,  Anderson  5,  Farmer  5. 

The  Penn  Gun  Club,  of  Norristown,  will  change  the  shooting 
grounds  after  April  1,  as  the  Oak  View  Park  will  not  be  used 
after  that  date. 

The  Montana  sportsmen  usually  do  not  hesitate  at  spending 
money  if  there  is  some  showing  for  it.  But  then  when  they 
were  asked  $10  per  dozen  for  quail  for  stocking  purposes,  there 
was  a hesitation  and  a final  backdown. 

The  writers  for  daily  papers  do  not  get  away  from  the  old 
stereotyped  word  “kill.”  Thus  we  read  in  an  Anaconda,  Mont., 
paper  that  the  gunners  went  out  to  kill  (?)  bluerocks.  When  the 
gocdy-gocdy  people  read  of  the  great  slaughter  of  bluerocks,  it 
is  little  wonder  then  that  laws  are  passed  to  stop  live-bird  shoot- 
ing. How  long  will  it  take  to  educate  the  daily  press  up  to  the 
word  “broke”  instead  of  “kill”? 

The  Nicholas  Park  Gun  Club,  of  Jacksonville,  111.,  held  its 
shcot  on  Tuesday  last.  James  Graves  made  highest  score,  90 
per  cent. 

A letter  from  Springfield,  O.,  gives  the  new  offiers  for  1905  of 
the  gun  club,  viz.:  President,  William  Poole;  Vice-President, 

William  Schnyder;  Recording  Secretary,  Chas.  A.  Young;  Treas- 
urer, Chas.  Stout;  Directors,  John  D.  Foley,  John  Strong,  Ben 
Downs,  John  A.  Reid  and  Chas.  Henderson. 

There  is  a rumor  that  the  Red  Lion  Gun  Club,  of  York,  Pa., 
has  raised  $30  to  be  used  in  securing  quail  for  restocking  pur- 
poses. If  the  little  “bobber”  cost  the  same  as  asked,  the  Mon- 
tana boys,  that  will  be  just  three  dozen.  But  then  three  dozen 
would  help  amazingly. 

News  come  to  us  from  Aberdeen,  S.  D..  that  the  DeadwoocT 
Gun  Club,  assisted  by  sportsmen,  have  drafted  a bill  to  present 
to  the  Legislature,  which  looks  to  the  protection  of  game  and 
animals.  It  is  proposed  to  have  a game  warden  at  a salary  of 
$1,200,  and  one  for  each  county  at  $75  per  month.  No  deer  to  be 
killed  under  one  year  old,  and  to  be  unlawful  to  bait  upland  birds 
or  kill  them  from  ambush,  and  to  prohibit  the  selling  of  game 
birds  at  any  time  of  the  year. 

The  central  Ohio  shooters  will  do  well  to  remember  that  on 
May  3 and  4 there  wili  be  a team  shoot  together  with  a tourna- 
ment at  Springfield,  O.  Teams  from  all  over  the  State  will  be 
eligible.  I do  not  recall  any  State  having  as  many  good  shooting 
teams  as  may  be  found  in  Ohio.  Nothing  gets  up  as  much 
enthusiasm  as  does  ai  learn  shoot,  and  it  is  to  be  hoped  that 
other  States  will  speedily  fall  into  line. 

The  Houghton,  Mich.,  Gun  Club  report  that  the  last  Tuesday’s 
shoot  was  a great  success,  as  there  were  sixteen  members  present 
who  were  after  the  Edwards  cup. 

The  Blue  Mound,  111.,  Gun  Club  holds  a shoot  every  two 
weeks.  It  has  a fine  silver  cup,  which  is  awarded  to  the  highest 
sccre.  It  changes  hands  regularly  at  each  meeting.  The  last 
winner  was  T.  L.  Bankson,  with  14  out  of  15. 

Last  Wednesday  there  was  an  all-day  shoot  held  by  the  Brad- 
ford, Pa.,  Gun  Club.  The  weather  was  bad,  and  yet  there  were 
twenty  present  with  guns. 

The  initial  shoot  of  the  Larksville,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  was  held  last 
Wednesday.  The  unfavorable  weather  was  not  what  it  should 
have  been  to  draw  a crowd,  yet  those  present  report  having  spent 
the  time  to  advantage.  Dr.  Gerhart  went  straight  on  doubles,  and 
Jones  caused  some  enthusiasm  by  his  target  smashing. 

The  O.  C.  S.  A.  Gun  Club,  of  Utica,  N.  Y.,  has  announced  a 
shoot  which  last  year  proved  the  most  popular  of  all  shooting 
events,  that  of  giving  merchandise  prizes  with  only  one  cent 
charged  for  targets;  no  other  entrance.  This  will  draw  and  hold 
the  crowd. 

Secretary  Townsend,  of  the  Omaha,  Neb.,  Gun  Club,  feels  that 
the  responses  he  has  received  to  his  invitation  for  the  spring 
tournament,  March  20,  21,  22,  to  follow  the  Iowa  State  shoot, 
warrants  a big  crowd.  The  five-man  team  contest  will  be  the 
drawing  card.  So  far  there  has  been  assurance  of  a team  each 
from  South  Dakota,  Kansas,  Iowa,  Missouri,  apd  at  least  thre? 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM 


[March  ii,  1905. 


Sj«wj  Nebraska.  A gold  watch  will  go  to  the  one  making  the 
largest  score  in  this  team  shoot. 

Paducah,  JCy.,  is  now  out  with  an  announcement  of  a live-bird 
shoot  for  March  7,  and  this  is  to  be  the  opening  of  the  1905  cam- 
paign at  the  traps. 

The  Secretary  of  the  Luverne,  Minn.,  Gun  Club,  has  announced 
that  a tournament  will  be  held  April  26  and  27. 

The  shoot  to  be  held  by  Omaha  and  then  St.  Joseph,  followed 
by  the  Missouri-Kansas  League  at  Kansas  City,  will  compete  the 
circuit,  and  keep  all  the  shooters  busy  from  the  14th  to  the  last 
days  of  March. 

W.  W.  Winniford,  secretary  of  the  Abilene,  Tex.,  Rod  and 
Gun  Club,  will  hold  a tournament  at  this  northern  Texas  city 
on  May  24  and  25.  It  will  be  a handicap  shoot,  and  traveling  men 
to  shoot  for  the  targets  only. 


Boston  Gun  Club. 

Boston,  Mass.,  March  1. — Twenty-eight  shooters  presented  them- 
selves on  Wednesday,  March  1,  to  do  battle  with  2,500  bluerocks, 
and  in  most  cases  than  is  ordinary  turned  the  trick  in  the  best 
of  shape,  which  gave  encouragement  to  every  one,  and  now  that 
all  are  in  good  form,  good  scores  must  follow. 

As  usual,  Griffiths  and  Dickey,  our  21yd.  markers,  fought  it  out 
tooth  and  nail,  Grif’s  bad  half  hour  in  the  second  event  giving 
Dick  a 2-target  lead,  which  the  old  reliable  took  great  care  of,  and 
never  permitted  those  two  bases  to  be  retrieved.  Almost  90  per 
cent,  broken,  with  two-thirds  of  the  targets  from  the  21yd.  line, 
is  certainly  shooting.  More  later,  both  Griff  and  Dick  say,  so  we 
are  waiting  patiently  for  the  next  move. 

G.  M.  Wheeler  was  evidently  bent  on  being  in  the  swim,  and 
tied  for  first  average  on  the  complete  programme.  Gil  is  always 
up  to  funny  tricks  anyway,  and  has  a habit  of  sneaking  in  some- 
where, but  surely  he  did  paste  them,  and  now  Freddie  Sawyer 
mourns  the  loss  of  two  New  England  boiled  dinners,  which  the 
aforesaid  Gil  pinched  from  him  at  an  .896  per  cent,  gait,  Fred’s 
.826  per  cent,  being  just  a little  wanting.  The  Whitinsville  boys 
were  not  much  outdone,  however,  as  Johnson’s  match  score  of  28 
was  good  enough  for  second,  and  his  percentage  high  enough  for 
second  average,  with  Burbank  and  Searles,  his  team  mates,  not 
so  far  behind. 

Dr.  Gleason’s  match  score  was  a pretty  piece  of  work,  but  the 
Doctor  did  not  like  to  see  the  nineteenth  target  escape,  and 
vowed  vengeance  on  the  remainder,  a good  resolve  which  he 
kept  by.  Other  scores: 


Events:  123456789  10 

Targets:  10  10  15  10  15  15  10  15  10  15  Av. 

Griffiths,  21  9 6 12  9 14  13  9 15  9 14  . 880 

Dickey,  21  9 8 12  9 14  13  0 15  9 14  .896 

Frank,  19  8 9 10  9 9 10  10  9 740 

Bell,  20  10  8 11  6 10  14  9 11  8..  .790 

Kirkwood,  20  9 9 13  10  14  13  10  15  930 

Roy,  19  8 13  14 875 

Burbank,  18  9 7 13  7 13  13  10  1 4 860 

Johnson,  18  7 10  13  9 15  13  S 13  10  12  .888 

Searles,  18  7 8 9 6 14  12  7 13  10  12  .784 

Adams,  18  8 7 11  7 12  11  7 14  9 ..  .781 

Wheeler,  18  7 9 12  10  14  15  10  12  10  13  . 896 

Blinn,  16  7 9 10  8 11  15  8 14  820 

Owen,  16  9 9 8 7 10  11  9 11  740 

Michaels,  16  8 5 9 5 10  11  6 635 

Fisher,  16  9 5 11  7 8 8 8 4 600 

Sawyer,  16  9 8 13  8 12  12  8 14  . . 11  .826 

Burns,  16  8 7 13  9 11  11  7 10  7 ..  .754 

Foster,  16  9 7 14  8 13  12  8 13  9 11  .832 

Woodruff,  17  10  7 10  8 8 12  10  12  770 

Willard,  16  15  7 11  12  6 784 

Sadler,  16  7 13  12  5 13  4 ..  .720 

Ford,  16  8 11  15  7 12  7 ..  .800 

Bruce,  16  4 4 6 5 380 

Gleason,  19  9 15  14  9 13  923 

Muldown,  16  5 14  11 750 

Massure,  16  6 7 9 5 540 

Baker,  16  11 733 

George,  16 5 500 

Merchandise  match,  distance  handicap,  30  targets: 

Gleason,  19  111111111111111111011111111111—29 

Wheeler,  18  111111111011111111111111111111—29 

Johnson,  18  111111111111111101111111111101—28 

Griffiths,  21  111101111111111111100111111111—27 

Dickey,  21  110111111111111111011111011111—27 

Roy,  19  110101111111111111111111101111—27 

Kirkwood,  20  111111111111110111111111101110—27 

Burbank,  18  011110111111111111011111111101—26 

Searles,  16  limillllllOlllllllllOllLlOOl— 26 

Blinn,  16  110111110101011111111111111111—26 

Ford,  16  010101111111011111111111111111—26 

Muldown,  16  101111111111111110010111011111—25 

Sadler,  16  011111110111111010111111111101—25 

Foster,  16  101111101111111011111111011101—25 

Bell,  20  011111110001110111111110111111—24 

Sawyer,  16  111111100011111111001111101111—24 

Adams,  18  111111111101100111010101111011—23 

Willard,  16  111110011101011011111111101011—23 

Burns,  16  011111111011001100101011111111—22 

Owen,  16  111011110101010110011011011111—21 

Michaels,  16  110110011011011111011110010111—21 

Woodruff,  17  000111001110110111100111101111—20 

Frank,  19  001011111000111100111111001101—19 

Fisher,  16  101110010110001011011010011001—16 

Massure,  16  101110010011000101100001011111—16 

Bruce,  16  000010010100100101010100000110—10 


“George,”  she  said,  “before  we  were  married,  you  were  always 
bringing  me  rings_  and  breastpins,  and  things  like  that.  Why 
don’t  you  ever  bring  me  anything  now?”  “My  dear,”  replied 
George,  “did  you  ever  hear  of  a fisherman  feeding  bait  to  a fish 
he  had  caught?” — London  Fishing  Gazette. 


Crescent  Athletic  Club. 


Bay  Ridge,  March  4. — There  was  the  usually  good  attendance 
ot  members  and  high  class  competition.  The  first  win  on  the 
March  cup  was  scored  by  Mr.  D.  V.  B.  Hegeman  with  a full 
score  of  25.  The  month  has  special  inducements  in  the  way  of 
extra  prizes.  Mr.  T.  W.  Stake  has  donated  a Winchester  re- 
peating shotgun,  to  be  shot  for  each  Saturday  of  the  month;  and 
other  donations  are  a silver  mounted  cut  glass  loving  cup  by  Mr. 
F.  P.  Wilcox;  a fine  traveling  bag  by  W.  C.  Waldron,  and  a case 
of  shells  by  Mr.  A.  W.  Higgins.  The  scores  follow: 

March  cup,  25  targets,  handicap : 


Hep.  Brk.  Tot’l. 

Hep.  Brk.  Tot’i 

Hegeman  

..3 

22 

25 

Dr  O’Brien  .. 

....3 

18 

21 

E W Snyder 

5 

19 

24 

Palmer,  Jr  ... 

....0 

21 

21 

W W Marshall 

..5 

IS 

23 

Southworth  . . 

....0 

21 

21 

C E T Foster.. 

..3 

20 

23 

Grinnell,  Tr.  ., 

....1 

18 

19 

G Notman  

..3 

20 

23 

Stephenson,  Jr...l 

18 

19 

IT  B Vanderveer.3 

20 

23 

Dr  Raynor  . . . 

....5 

14 

19 

D C Bennett... 

, ,3 

19 

22 

Damron  

....5 

13 

18 

Dr  Keyes  

..2 

20 

22 

L C Hopkins., 

....3 

15 

18 

Bedford,  Jr 

..1 

20 

21 

Trophy  shoot, 

15 

targets 

Stephenson  

..0 

11 

11 

O’Brien  

9 

10 

12 

Grinnell  

..0 

12 

12 

Marshall  

,...3 

11 

14 

Stephenson,  Jr.. 

..1 

14 

15 

Vanderveer 

....1 

11 

12 

Palmer  

..0 

13 

13 

Foster  

....1 

12 

13 

Bennett  

..1 

14 

15 

Bedford  

....0 

14 

14 

Snyder  

..3 

12 

15 

Flopkins  

....1 

11 

12 

Damron  

..3 

7 

10 

Shoot-off,  same  conditions:  Bennett  14,  G.  G. 

Stephenson, 

Jr- 

Io.  Snyder  J3. 

Trophy  shoot, 

15 

targets : 

Stephenson,  Jr. 

..0 

12 

12 

F Stephenson  . 

,...0 

14 

14 

Grinnell  

..0 

12 

12 

Foster  

...1 

8 

9 

Palmer  

..0 

13 

13 

Hopkins  

,...1 

7 

8 

Bennett  

..1 

13 

14 

Notman  

,...1 

12 

13 

Snyder  

..3 

10 

13 

Keyes  

,...1 

13 

14 

Damron  

..3 

5 

8 

Hendrickson  . . 

...3 

9 

12 

O’Brien  

..2 

13 

15 

Raynor  

...3 

7 

10 

Marshall  

11 

14 

. 2 

9 

11 

Bedford  

..0 

13 

13 

Trophy  shoot, 

15 

targets : 

E Stephenson  . . 

..0 

12 

12 

Marshall  

...3 

13 

15 

Grinnell  

..0 

11 

11 

Bedford  

...0 

9 

9 

Stephenson,  Jr.. 

..1 

11 

12 

Foster  

...1 

13 

14 

Palmer  

..0 

12 

12 

1 

12 

13 

Bennett  

..1 

15 

15 

Vanderveer  

...1 

ii 

12 

Snvder  

..3 

11 

14 

Raynor  

...3 

9 

12 

Damron  

..3 

6 

9 

Lott  

...1 

7 

8 

O’Brien  

..2 

8 

10 

Shoot-off,  same  conditions:  Bennett  13,  Marshall  10. 

Team  shoot,  25  targets: 


Stephenson  

.1 

21 

22 

Vanderveer  

.3 

17 

20 

Hopkins  

.3 

21 

24—46 

Lott  

.2 

18 

20—40 

Bennett  

.3 

22 

25 

Stephenson,  Jr. 

19 

21 

Sykes  

.4 

18 

22-47 

Stake  

.5 

17 

22—43 

Grinnell  

.1 

22 

23 

Notman  

.3 

17 

20 

Bedford  

.1 

18 

19-42 

Hegeman  

q 

18 

21—41 

Marshall  

.5 

14 

19 

Southworth  . . . 

.0 

18 

18-37 

Special  prize  shoot,  50  targets: 

Stephenson  

...2 

36 

38 

Foster  

...6 

38 

44 

Palmer  

...0 

47 

47 

Hopkins  

...6 

32 

38 

Stephenson,  Tr. 

...4 

35 

39 

O’Brien  

...6 

33 

39 

Grinnell  

9 

42 

44 

Keves  

...4 

35 

39 

Southworth  . . . 

...0 

39 

39 

Notman  

...6 

31 

37 

Hegeman  

...6 

42 

48 

Vanderveer  

...6 

39 

45 

Damron  

..10 

32 

42 

Ravnor  

..10 

29 

39 

Marshall  

..10 

35 

45 

Hendrickson  .. 

..10 

28 

38 

Bedford  

...2 

33 

35 

Lott  

42 

46 

Snyder  

..10 

36 

46 

Sykes  

...4 

38 

42 

Trophy  shoot. 

15 

targets : 

Palmer  

...0 

13 

13 

Foster  

...1 

14 

15 

Grinnell  

...0 

10 

10 

Stake  

...3 

8 

11 

Bennett  

...1 

11 

12 

O’Brien  

...2 

11 

13 

Keyes  

1 

12 

13 

Notman  

...1 

7 

8 

Damron  

...3 

5 

8 

Hendrickson  .. 

...3 

7 

10 

Marshall  

...3 

11 

14 

Sykes  

...2 

11 

13 

Chicago  Trapshooters'  Association  Tournament. 


Chicago,  Feb.  27. — The  Chicago  Trapshooters’  Association  win- 
ter tournament,  held  in  Chicago  on  Feb.  25  and  26,  was  another 
crowning  success.  With  perfect  weather  conditions,  the  sun 
shining  brightly  and  warm  both  days,  made  it  ideal  for  target 
shooting. 

Chicago  has  come  to  the  front  in  the  past  year  as  a successful 
tournament  town.  Forty-five  shooters  competed  the  first  day,  and 
over  fifty  on  the  second  day.  This  shows  well  for  the  efforts  of 
the  management  in  conducting  the  tournament  on  strictly  fair  and 
up-to-date  principles.  With  two  sets  of  traps  in  perfect  working 
condition,  and  everything  working  in  perfect  harmony,  made  it 
a pleasure  for  those  that  attended  this  shoot. 

We  feel  highly  complimented  when  Fred  Gilbert  will  say  that 
it  was  one  of  the  best  managed  tournaments  he  has  had  the 
pleasure  of  attending  for  some  time. 

Seven  trade  representatives  were  in  attendance  during  the  two 
days,  of  whom  were  Fred  Gilbert,  Fred  Lord,  H.  C.  Hirschy, 
Frank  Riehl,  Cadwallader,  Sternberg  and  H.  W.  Vietmeyer. 

Mr.  E.  B.  Shogren  and  Fred  Lord  had  the  management  of  the 
tournament.  Mr.  Fred  Teeple,  compiler  of  scores,  proved  a val- 
uable man  in  the  right  place. 

The  programme  called  for  180  targets  each  day.  On  the  first 
day  Fred  Gilbert  topped  the  list  by  breaking  172,  Hirschy  was 
second  for  the  professionals  with  168.  Fred  Lord,  third,  158; 
Frank  Riehl,  fourth,  151. 

E.  S.  Graham,  of  Long  Lake,  111.,  made  the  best  score  for  the 
amateurs  with  168.  J.  R.  Graham,  second,  164;  Lem  Willard, 
third,  162;  Fred  Gibson,  fourth,  157. 


On  the  second  day  Harry  Dunnell,  of  Fox  Lake,  beat  Fred 
Gilbert  out  for  the  day,  breaking  17.  For  the  professionals,  Gilbert 
again  led  with  170;  Hirschy,  second,  168;  Riehl  third,  163;  Lord 
fourth,  146. 

For  the  amateurs,  Harry  Dunnell,  171;  Kit  Shepardson  second, 
162;  Winesberg  third,  161;  Lem  Willard  fourth,  160. 

For  the  two  days  general  average,  professionals,  Gilbert  was 
first  with  342;  Hirschy  second,  336;  Riehl  third,  314;  Lord  fourth, 
304. 

For  the  amateurs,  J.  R.  Graham  was  first  with  323;  Lem  Willard 
second,  322;  E.  S.  Graham,  third,  319;  Kit  Shepardson  fourth,  314. 

At  the  close  of  the  programme  on  the  second  day  a 50-bird 
special  was  shot  off,  with  handicaps  ranging  from  16  to  19yds. 
Fred  Gilbert  led  in  this  race,  although  not  competing  for  the 
purse,  from  a distance  of  19yds.,  breaking  48.  Winesberg,  J.  R. 
Graham  and  Rupel  divided  first  money,  45  each. 

Close  to  18,000  targets  were  thrown  in  the  two  days. 

The  programme  began  at  10  A.  M.  each  day,  and  the  last  event 
was  finished  each  day  by  3 o’clock.  Without  a hitch  of  any  kind, 
everything  moved  in  clock-like  precision. 

The  Chicago  division  of  moneys  proved  entirely  satisfactory  to 
the  contestants.  Nearly  all  indorsed  it  as  the  fairest  and  most 
equitable  system.  Shotgun. 

[The  scores  of  the  above-mentioned  tournament  were  published 
in  our  last  issue.]  

Fulford  Memorial  Fund. 

Wilmington,  Del.,  March  2. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream:  I have 
been  advised  that  the  committee  in  charge  of  the  Fulford  Memorial 
has  selected  a monument  and  made  arrangements  to  have  it  ready 
by  the  time  of  the  New  York  State  shoot,  which  will  be  held  at 
the  late  E.  D.  Fulford’s  former  home,  Utica,  N.  Y.,  in  May  next. 
I am  also  advised  that  this  committee  has  contracted  for  an  ex- 
penditure of  $600.  When  the  last  report  of  the  amount  of  money 
on  hand  was  sent  to  you,  it  amounted  to  $400.50;  since  then 
$143.50  has  been  received,  and  to  date  there  is  on  hand  $544.  With 
the  subscriptions,  that  are  coming  in  slowly,  by  the  first  of  April 
this  should  be  brought  up  to  the  amount  necessary  to  meet  the 
indebtedness. 

At  first  it  was  the  intention  to  close  the  subscriptions  on  Feb. 

I,  but  since  this  extra  amount  is  essential,  of  course  the  fund 
will  have  to  be  kept  open  until  all  the  money  necessary  to  defray 
expenses  is  secured.  I hope  it  will  come  to  hand  by  April  1,  as 
on  that  date  it  is  my  desire  to  hand  to  the  committee  in  charge 
all  of  the  cash  that  is  in  my  possession. 

Since  the  last  list  showing  the  donors  was  sent  you,  contribu- 
tions have  been  received  from  the  following:  B.  D.  Nobles, 

J.  F.  Bailey,  F.  F.  Mason,  F.  A.  Ross,  F.  N.  Osborne,  Otto  Mil- 

ler, H.  J.  Varlev,  J.  M.  Chapman,  C.  J.  Miles,  H.  B.  Bozard,  all 
of  the  Olean  Gun  Club;  G.  T.  Little,  W.  A.  Long,  C.  M.  Powers, 
West  Branch  Rod  and  Gun  Club,  W.  M.  Foord,  S.  S.  Johnston, 
August  A.  Glade,  Carl  Moore,  F.  C.  Bissett,  Chas.  F.  Kneil,  John 
Watson,  H.  C.  Watson,  Baltimore  Shooting  Association,  Max.  E. 
Hensler,  J.  E.  Avery,  E.  E.  Neal,  J.  FI.  Chapin,  J.  T.  Atkinson, 
Paul  North,  Chris.  Gotlieb,  John  FI.  Brinley,  H.  W.  Greenhagan, 
Tom  Cassetty,  W.  Tramp  Irwin,  P.  B.  Plummer,  Ossining  Gun 
Club,  Ed.  O’Brien,  E.  L.  Kipple,  J.  R.  Hull,  Oneida  County 
Sportsmen’s  Association,  Rider  Walker,  W.  E.  Scott,  T.  E. 
Hubby,  Fred  Schmidt.  J.  T.  Skelly. 


Interstate  Association  Matters. 

Pittsburg,  Pa.,  March  4 —Editor  Forest  and  Stream:  Please  an- 
nounce io  the  readers  of  Forest  and  Stream  that  the  Interstate 
Association  has  made  arrangements  to  give  a tournament  at 
Hopkinsville,  Ky.,  April  26  and  27,  under  the  auspices  of  the 
Hopkinsville  Gun  Club. 

The  Interstate  Association  has  made  arrangements  to  give  the 
Pacific  Coast  Handicap  target  tournament  at  San  Francisco,  Cal., 
Sept.  12,  13  and  14,  under  the  auspices  of  the  San  Francisco  Trap- 
shooting Association.  This  tournament  will  be  conducted  on  the 
same  equitable  lines  as  have  characterized  the  Grand  American 
Handicap,  and  while  the  Interstate  Association  looks  upon  the 
Pacific  Coast  Handicap  more  in  the  nature  of  an  experiment  than 
anything  else,  it  feels  confident  that  the  tournament  will  meet 
with  the  approval  and  support  of  the  trapshooting  fraternity  on 
the  Pacific  Coast.  Elmer  E.  Shaner,  Sec-’y-Mgr. 


PUBLISHERS'  DEPARTMENT. 


Concerning  Proctor's. 

Many  European  novelties  have  been  booked  to  make  their  Amer- 
ican debut  at  the  Proctor  houses;  among  the  most  important  of 
them  is  Dida,  which  is  described  as  the  creation  of  a woman  out  of 
nothing,  and  which  is  really  one  of  the  most  wonderful  illusions 
of  the  present  day.  Another  act  of  much  interest  is  Co-Co,  the 
mimetic  monkey,  one  of  the  cleverest  and  best  trained  simians  ever 
shown  in  public. 

Baron  lato,  one  of  the  richest  Japanese  in  the  world,  who  is 
now  touring  America,  occupied  a box  at  Mr.  Proctor’s  Fifth 
Avenue  Theatre  a few  weeks  ago,  and  was  much  pleased  with 
the  performance  of  “The  Silver  King”  that  was  given  that  week. 
He  particularly  applauded  Mr.  Edwin  Arden,  Miss  Isabelle 
Evesson  and  Mr.  James  E.  Wilson,  who  played  the  leading  roles. 
The  “Little  Brown  Men  of  Japan”  are  a really_  wonderful  people, 
and  are  trying  steadily  to  become  familiar  with  American  cus- 
toms and  manners. 


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MODERN  RIFLE  SHOOTING 

FROM  THE  AMERICAN  STANDPOINT, 

By  W.  Q.  HUDSON,  M.  D., 

is  a modest  title  to  a work  which  contains  an  epitome  of  the  world’s  best 
knowledge  on  the  practical  features  of  the  art. 

In  its  160  pages  are  treated,  in  popular  language  but  with  technical 
accuracy,  all  the  details  of  Rifles,  Bullets,  Triggers  and  Trigger  Pulls 
Equipments,  Sights  and  Sighting,  Aiming.  Adjustments  of  Sights’ 
Helps  in  Aiming,  Optics  of  Rifle  Shooting,  Positions  at  all  Ranges,  Tarl 
gets  in  General  Use,  Ammunition,  Reloading,  Cleaning,  Appliances,  etc. 
Thirty -five  illustrations.  Price,  $1.00. 


Address  WILLIAM  CASHMORE,  Gun  Maker,  BIRMINGHAM,  ENGLAND 

THE  BIG  GAME  OF  AMERICA 

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Moose,  elk,  antelope,  mountain  sheep, 
Virginia  deer,  mule  deer  and  buffalo 
are  shown  in  scenes  which  have  in 
them  the  spirit  of  the  wild  creatures 
and  their  surroundings.  Each  picture 
is  an  accurate  portrait  of  the  subject 
and  has  a pleasing  landscape  setting  as 
well.  Of  smaller  game  there  are  field 
scenes  in  which  figure  the  quail,  ruffed 
grouse;  a*d  a number  of  splendid 
reproductions  of  Audubon  bird  pic- 
tures. The  dog  pictures  by  Osthaus 
and  the  yachting  scenes  round  out  the 
volume,  and  make  it  all  in  all  a very 
comprehensive  volume  of  American 
outdoor  sports. 

LIST  OF  THE  PLATES. 


1.  Alert  (Moose),  .... 

2.  The  White  Flag  (Deer),  - 

3.  “ Listen ! ” (Mule  Deer), 

4.  On  the  Heights  (Mountain  Sheep), 

5.  “What’s  That?  ” (Antelope). 

6.  The  Home  of  the  White  Goat. 

Photo  by  H.  T.  Folsom 

7.  Calling  the  Buffalo — 1 The  Lure,  E.  W.  Deming 

8.  Calling  the  Buffalo — 2 The  Drive,  E.  W.  Deming 

9.  Calling  the  Buffalo— 3 The  Fall,  E.  W.  Deming 

10.  Calling  the  Buffalo— 4 Packing  the  Meat. 

E.  W.  Deming 

11.  Sail,  Sea  and  Sky,  Navahoe  on  the  Solent. 

Photo  by  West  & Son 

12.  The  Trapper’s  Camp.  - - E.  W.  Deming 

13.  Pearl  R.  (Setter),  ...  E.  H.  Osthaus 

14.  The  Purple  Sandpiper,  - - J.  J.  Audubon 

15.  The  Black  Duck,  - - - - J.  J.  Audubon 

16.  The  Shoveller  Duck,  - - J.  J.  Audubon 


IT.  The  Redhead  Duck,  - J.  J.  Audubon 

18.  The  Canvasback  Duck,  - - J.  J.  Audubon 

19.  The  Prairie  Chicken,  - - - J.  J.  Audubon 

20.  The  Willow  Ptarmigan,  - - J.  J.  Audubon 

21.  The  American  Plover,  ...  J.  J.  Audubon 

22.  Rap  Full,  Schooner  Constellation  in  a 

North  Easter,  - - Photo  by  N.  L.  Stebbins 

23.  First  Around  Home  Mark.  The  Altair 

off  Larchmont,  - - Photo  by  Jas.  Burton 

24.  The  Challenge  (Elk),  - - Carl  Rungius 

25.  Quail  Shooting  in  Mississippi,  - . E.  Osthaus 

26.  Ripsey  (Pointer)  ....  e Osthaus 

27.  Between  Casts,  - - - W.  P.  Davison 

28.  Home  of  the  Bass,  ...  W.  P.  Davison 

29.  In  Boyhood  Days,  - - - W.  P.  Davison 

30.  A Country  Road  (Partridge),  W.  P.  Davison 

31.  When  Food  Grows  Scarce  (Quail),  W.  P.  Davison 

32.  In  the  Fence  Corner  (Quail),  W.  P,  Davison 


Carl  Rungius 
Carl  Rungius 
Carl  Rungius 
Carl  Rungius 
Carl  Rungius 


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Stephen  Grant  Highest  quality  Ejector,  Ham- 
merless. A rare  opportunity  to  get  a best  Grant 
field  gun,  and  in  as  perfect  condition  as  new. 
j The  gun  has  Sir  Joseph  Whitworth  fluid  steel 
■ barrels,  a magnificent  dark  curly  stock,  the  ac- 
tion covered  with  beautiful  scroll  and  game  en- 
graving, an  ornamental  fence  carved  in  relief, 
triggers,  lever  and  top  safety  in  gold.  Shooting 
modified  with  the  left  and  improved  cylinder 
with  the  right.  Dimensions:  12-ga.,  28-in.  bar- 

rels, 6 lbs.  5%  oz.  weight,  1 11-16  to  2 11-16  inch 
1 drop,  - 14-in.  stock.  Gun  complete  in  a Stephen 
Grant  solid  leather  trunk  case.  Special  net 

price  $325.00 

W.  W.  Greener  special  presentation  quality 
Imperial  Ejector,  with  Sir  Joseph  Whitworth 
: fluid  steel  barrels.  Shown  at  the  World’s  Fair  at 
j St.  Louis  and  greatly  admired  for  its  splendid 
balance.  Has  a dark  Italian  walnut  full  pistol 
grip  stock,  with  Silver’s  anti-recoil  pad.  Carved 
shell  fence.  Action  and  guard  completely  cov- 
ered with  the  most  elaborate  relief  engraving. 
Both  barrels  full  choke.  Dimensions:  12-ga.,  30- 
in.  barrels,  7 lbs.  8 oz.  weight,  2%-in.  drop,  14%- 
in.  stock.  This  magnificent  gun  has  never  been 
shot  and  is  like'  new.  Special  net  price. . .$400.00 
W.  W.  Greener  special  Imperial  quality  Ejector 
with  Sir  Joseph  Whitworth  fluid  steel  barrels. 
One  of  the  most  beautiful  specimens  of  a Greener 
pigeon  gun,  in  the  United  • States.  - Cost  $550.00 
and  is  like  new.  Has  a straight  grip  stock  of 
curly  Italian  walnut,  carVed  shell  fence,  elaborate 
game  engraving.  .Both  barrels  extreme  full 
choke.  Perfect  balance.  Dimensions:  12-ga.,  30- 
in.  barrels,  7%  lbs.  weight,  2%-in.  drop,  14%-in. 

stock.  Special  net  price $350.00 

W.  W.  Greener  royal  quality  Crown  Ejector. 
Very  few  Crown  Greeners  ever  come  into  the 
market  second-hand,  and  are  always  snapped  up 
as  soon  as  they  appear.  This  one  is  a very  de- 
sirable example  of  this  grad&,  and  with  a fine 
shooting  record.  It  has  Greener’s  special  Damas- 
cus barrels,  fine  half-pistol  grip  stock  and  is  full 
choke  in  both  barrels.  Dimensions:  12-ga.,  30-in. 
, barrels,  7 lbs.  9 oz.  weight,  2 3-16-in.  drop,  14%-in. 

' stock.  Cost,  $425.00,  and  is  in  perfect  condition. 
Special  net  price  $250.00 


Greener  Grand  Prize  Pigeon  Gun,  $350  grade, 
with  Sir  Joseph  Whitworth  fluid  steel  barrels, 
full  choke,  half  pistol  grip,  elaborate  engrav- 
ing. Dimensions:  12-ga.,  30-in.  7%  lbs,.  2%-in. 

drop,  14%-in.  stock.  An  extremely  fine  gun. 
Price  $225.00  net. 

Greener  double  4-bore,  weighing  22  lbs.,  and 
cost  new  $450.00.  It  has  a fine  pair  of  Damascus 
barrels  without  pit  or  flaw,  40-in.  long,  stock,  14 
in.,  heavy  Silver’s  recoil  pad,  half  pistol  grip, 

3- in  drop,  and  it  is  one  of  the  most  powerful 

guns  we  have  ever  seen.  Price $200.00  net. 

W.  & C.  Scott  & Son  Duck  Gun,  with  ham- 
mers. Damascus  barrels,  straight  walnut  stock, 
under-grip  action.  With  this  gun  is  a leather 
trunk  shape  case,  implements  and  loading  tools. 
For  shooting  at  long  distances  and  for  flock 
shooting,  this  is  an  ideal  gun.  Dimensions: 

4- ga.,  38-in.  barrels,  15  lbs.  weight.  Cost  new, 

$250.00.  Price  $125.00  net 

Greener  “Far-Killing  Duck”  hammer  gun,  $200 
grade,  fine  English  laminated  barrels,  low  ham- 
mers, handsome  stock,  half  pistol  grip,  full  choke. 
10-ga.,  32-in.  barrels,  8%  lbs.  weight,  14%  in. 
stock.  Price $100.00  net. 

Greener  hammer  field  gun,  12-ga.,  28-in.  barrels, 
7 lbs.  6 oz.,  2 5-16  in.  drop,  13%  in.  stock,  Sie- 
man  steel  barrels,  half  pistol  grip.  Greener 
cross-bolt.  In  good  second-hand  condition. 
Cost  New,  $120.00.  Price $45.00 

Knockabout  hammerless,  with  Krupp  steel  bar- 
rels, 12-ga.,  28-in.  barrels,  6 lbs.  6 oz.  Cost  new, 
$60.00.  In  perfect  condition.  Price. .. .$35.00  net. 

Francotte  hammerless,  handsomely  engraved, 
in  perfect  condition.  Cost  new,  $150.00.  12-ga., 

30-in.  barrels,  7 lbs.  Price $75.00  net. 

W.  & C.  Scott  & Son  hammer  gun,  16-ga.,  28. 
in.  barrels,  6%  lbs.  weight.  In  good  condition. 
Damascus  barrels,  half  pistol  grip.  Cost  new, 
$125.00.  Price  $38.50  net. 

W.  & C.  Scott  & Son  single  hammer  4-bore 
gun,  with  36-in  barrel,  10%  lbs.  weight.  In  ex- 
cellent condition.  Under  grip  action.  Cost  new, 
$125.00.  Price  $45.00  net. 

Lefever  duck  gun,  8-ga.,  32-in.  barrels,  11%  lbs. 
weight.  Shows  some  wear,  but  good  for  years 
of  service.  In  leather  case,  and  is  offered  at 
one- third  original  cost.  Price $37.50  net. 


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With  the  passing  of  the  shooting  season,  many  sportsmen  desire  to  change  their  shooting 
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THE  GRAND  AMERICAN  HANDICAP, 

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I FEDERAL  CONTROL  OF  PUBLIC  WATERS. 

I 

I In  his  discussion  the  other  day  of  the  question  of 
ibderal  control  of  migratory  game,  Mr.  Shiras  suggested 
9 at  the  regulation  of  fishing  also,  in  so  far  as  it  affected 
uadromous  species  and  fish  planted  in  public  waters  by 
•e  Bureau  of  Fisheries,  might  properly  be  exercised  by 
je  National  Government.  The  subject  has  been  con- 
iered  further  by  Mr.  Shiras  in  a speech  on  the  River 
Rid  Harbor  Appropriation  Bill,  in  which  he  urges  that 
lie  scope  of  Federal  jurisdiction  over  public  and  naviga- 
te waters  should  be  enlarged  to  prevent  their  pollution, 
|,d  thereby  secure  the  protection  of  public  health  and 
valuable  food  fishes  indigenous  to  them.  The  naviga- 
’n  interests  are  important,  but  the  prevention  of  disease 
incalculably  more  so.  We  venture  to  say  that  few  per- 
ns who  have  not  given  the  subject  special  study  have 
*!y  conception  of  the  mortality  caused  by  the  pollution 
j|  waters.  As  a deduction  from  the  results  of  an  investi- 
ition  undertaken  by  Surgeon-General  Wyman  some 
,ars  ago,  it  was  estimated  that  there  are  every  year  “no 
ver  than  45,000  deaths  caused  by  typhoid  fever  alone 
oughout  the  United  States,  not  to  speak  of  diarrhceal 
leases,  which  latter  will  augment  the,  number  by  half, 
d based  upon  an  estimated  mortality  of  10  per  cent.,  it 
within  reason  to  assume  a yearly  prevalence  of  450,000 
es  of  this  disease.”  Not  all  of  this,  of  course,  is  due 
polluted  water  supplies;  but  “the  carrying  of  the  dis- 
se  from  one  city  or  town  to  another  by  means  of  water- 
urses  has  been  definitely  proved  both  abroad  and  in  the 
fited  States,  and  the  presumption  is  strong  that  in  the 
lio  River,  taken  as  an  example,  which  is  the  sewer  and 
the  same  time  the  source  of  water  supply  for  nearly 
the  cities  located  upon  its  banks,  this  and  other  dis- 
es  are  annually  disseminated  thereby.” 

That  Congress  possesses  the  constitutional  power  to 
otect  public  health  under  the  regulatory  rights  the 
ivernment  has  over  public  waters,  Mr.  Shiras  thinks 
ast  be  unquestioned  when  the  matter  is  given  due  con- 
ieration,  “for  it  is  manifestly  impossible  for  the  States 
rdering  upon  the  same  waters  to  enact  either  efficient 
uniform  legislation  or  make  the  same  enforcible 
laiiist  an  offending  State  which  may  with  impunity  so 
mtaminate  the  public  waters  passing  beyond  its  borders 
|l  to  utterly  destroy  the  purity  and  usefulness  of  the 
’me.” 

.With  the  increase  of  population  and  the  growth  of  the 
ies  on  the  rivers  of  the  continent,  this  question  of  pure 
”.ter  supply  is  one  of  ever-increasing  magnitude.  If,  as 
2r.  Shiras  argues,  the  remedy  of  waterway  pollution  may 
1 found  in  Federal  control,  Congress  should  act  and  act 
jpmptly. 


Mr.  Shiras  would  also  have  the  Government  assume 
itrol  of  the  fish  in  public  and  interstate  waters.  The 
5 'ersity  and  conflict  of  State  legislation  governing  the 
eat  Lakes,  the  Columbia  River  and  other  waters,  and 
; unsatisfactory  conditions  which  have  resulted  from 
is,  are  matters  of  common  repute.  Were  Federal  super- 
ion of  the  fisheries  -substituted,  it  is  estimated  that 
marketable  value  of  the  product  might  be  increased 
>('1,000,000  a year.  With  such  results  in  view,  Mr.  Shiras 
intends,  the  nation  should  assume  its  rightful  control 
l.r  the  public  waters  and  assure  the  preservation  and 
Ipwth  of  the  great  commercial  fisheries.  To  this  end 
it  introduced  two  measures  in  Congress  in  the  closing 
J[rs  of  the  session.  H.  R.  19164  provides,  since  ex- 
jience  has  demonstrated  the  inefficiency  of  laws  passed 
the  States  to  protect  fish  which  are  migratory  in  their 
fits,  and  which  for  the  greater  part  of  each  year  remain 
the  high  seas,  beyond  the  jurisdiction  of  the  United 
tes  or  of  any  State : 

at  all  migratory  fish  of  commercial  value  which  frequent  the 
s,  sounds,  estuaries,  rivers  and  lakes  of  the  United  States 
1 during  the  spawning  period,  shall,  during  such  periods,  be 
er  the  control  and  protection  of  the  United  States,  and  shall 
be  taken  or  destroyed  in  the  manner  and  at  the  time  specified 
er  the  regulations  established  by  the  Commissioner  of  the 
lleau  of  Fisheries  of  the  United  States,  and  any  person  or 
ions  convicted  of  violating  any  of  the  said  regulations  shall 
each  offense  be  liable  to  a fine  not  exceeding  $290,  or  im- 
onment,  or  both. 

;c.  2.  That  the  spawning  period  referred  to  in  Section  1 shall 
{understood  and  construed  to  mean  that  period  commencing 
Hi  the  migration  of  said  fish  from  the  ocean  into  said  bays, 

1 ads,  estuaries,  rivers  and  lakes  of  the  United  States  and 
jhinating  upon  the  completion  of  the  act  of  spawning. 

’ ’he  second  bill,  designed  to  protect  food  fishes  in  pub- 


lic waters,  provides  that  all  varieties  of  fish  which  either 
pass  through  or  do  not  remain  permanently  each  year 
within  the  waters  of  any  one  State,  shall  be  declared  to 
be  the  property  of  the  United  States  for  the  benefit  and 
use  of  the  people,  and  shall  not  be  taken  at  any  time  or 
in  any  manner  prohibited  by  the  Commissioner  of  the 
Bureau  of  Fisheries.  The  Commissioner  is  empowered 
to  provide  fishways  when  necessary  in  public  waters,  and 
to  investigate  the  pollution  of  public  waters,  when  such 
pollution  injures  fish,  and  to  provide  regulations  there- 
for. 

By  the  adjournment  of  Congress  these  measures  lapse; 
if  any  legislation  of  this  character  shall  be  adopted  it 
must  be  introduced  anew  at  another  session.  The  pur- 
pose of  Mr.  Shiras  in  presenting  the  bills  as  he  has  done 
was  to  bring  the  subject  to  public  attention  for  considera- 
tion and  discussion  of  the  principles  involved.  In  our 
issue  of  next  week  we  shall  print  the  full  text  of  the 
speech  to  which  allusion  has  been  made.  The  subject  is 
one  which  demands  and  should  have  careful  study,  and 
concerning  which  there  may  well  be  a public  awakening. 


FRESH  AIR  AND  FUMES. 

The  conflict  between  civilization  and  nature'  is  irre- 
pressible. We  destroy  nature  by  our  civilization,  and 
then  as  we  become  more  civilized  we  try  to  restore  it, 
with  the  result  usually  that  we  have  an  artificial  nature ; 
a poor  one,  indeed,  but  perhaps  better  than  none  at  all. 
We  exterminate  the  buffalo  and  other  large  game  for 
their  hides  and  fur,  great  auks  for  the  oil  they  yield, 
passenger  pigeons  for  their  flesh  or  for  sport  at  traps. 
We  pour  into  our  streams  waste  from  the  factories, 
mineral  oils,  acids  and  other  vile  things,  and  so  kill  the 
fish  that  used  to  crowd  their  waters.  We  build  factories 
for  the  manufacture  of  things  that  civilized  man  needs, 
and  the  smoke  and  fumes  belched  from  their  chimneys 
destroy  the  vegetation  for  miles  around.  What  is  to  be 
the  end  of  all  this? 

Probably  many  of  these  things  that  are  so  destructive 
to  natural  life  are  actually  necessary  to  our  civilization, 
but  the  destruction  which  follows  these  necessary  opera- 
tions is  not  necessary.  It  is  simply  the  result  of  doing 
things  heedlessly  in  the  easiest  way — the  neglect  of  the 
rights  of  others — in  order  that  we  ourselves  may  add  a 
few  dollars  to  those  that  we  have  already  earned.  The  last 
thing  the  thoroughly  right-minded  man  ought  to  do  is  to 
inflict  injury  on  his  fellowmen  for  the  purpose  of  benefiting 
himself,  and  the  many  right-minded  men  who  do  inflict 
such  injury,  unquestionably  inflict  it  without  evil  intent. 
Yet  after  they  have  been  doing  this  thing  for  some  time, 
it  comes  to  seem  the  natural  thing  to  do,  and  they  cling 
to  it  in  the  face  of  every  effort  to  make  them  change 
their  ways. 

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posite New  York,  are  great  factories  for  the  manufacture 
of  chemicals  of  one  sort  and  another,  and  when  the  wind 
is  right  the  fumes  from  the  great  chimneys  drift  over 
New  York  city,  and  are  said  to-  have  killed  or  injured  the 
trees  along  the  Riverside  Drive.  The  great  mining  city 
of  Butte,  Montana,  lies  in  the  midst  of  a desert.  It  is 
an  arid  country,  but  before  mines  were  discovered  and 
smelters  were  built,  there  were  a few  green  things  there, 
and  for  a month  or  two  in  spring,  verdure  and  beautiful 
mountain  flowers  clothed  the  hillsides.  They  are  all 
gone  now — killed  off  by  the  poisonous  fumes  from  the 
smelters. 

Near  Redding,  in  Shasta  county.  California/there  is  a 
large  copper  smelling  plant,  and  over  a considerable  area 
surrounding  it  plant  vegetation  has  been  killed  or  very 
seriously  injured.  The  injury  done  by  this  smelting 
plant  is  especially  serious  because  it  is  situated  in  the 
farming  country  where  many  fruit  trees  are  grown,  and 
it  is  found  that  these  fruit  trees,  in  particular  the  peaches, 
are  especially  susceptible  to  these  fumes. 

The  ore  used  in  these  smelters  contains  much  sulphur, 
which  is  burned  off  in  a number  of  operations,  with  the 
result  that  practically  all  that  was  originally  in  the  ore  is 
given  off  to  the  air  as  sulphur  dioxid.  This  chemical  is 
present  in  the  limbs  and  leaves  of  many  trees,  but  in  ex- 
tremely small  proportion.  Increased  in  amount  it 
destroys  the  foliage,  and  after  a little  the  life  of  the 
tree.  A suit  was  recently  brought  by  the  United  States 
against  the  copper  smelting  company  whose  plant  is  at 
Redding,  and  the  Department  of  Justice  aslced  the  Bureau 


of  Chemistry  of  the  Department  of  Agriculture  to-  inves- 
tigate the  injury  done  by  the  fumes  coming  from  the 
smelters.  A careful  study  of  the  subject  by  Mr.  J.  K. 
Haywood  shows  that  an  area  about  twelve  miles  from 
north  to  south  by  eight  miles  from  east  to  west  has  been 
greatly  injured  by  these  fumes,  and  that  the  water  of  the 
Sacramento  River  is  polluted  by  the  waste  material  from 
the  smelter.  Thus  in  the  neighborhood  of  this  factory 
vegetable  life  and  fish  life  alike  are  wiped  out.  Mr. 
Heywood’s  conclusions  are  that  sulphur  dioxid,  when 
present  in  very  small  quantities  in  the  air.  kills  vegeta- 
tion, and  that  this  injury  to  vegetation  is  likely  to  con- 
tinue and  even  to  increase  its  limits  unless  the  fumes  are 
condensed.  The  fumes  can  be  condensed  to  form  sul- 
phuric acid,  for  which  a market  could  be  found. 


THE  AUDUBON  WORK. 

The  changes  in  public  opinion  which  take  place  from 
time  to  time  in  the  direction  of  better  things  are  very 
encouraging,  and  in  few  matters  has  there  been  more 
progress  than  in  subjects  to  which  Forest  and  Stream 
has  long  been  devoted.  A newspaper  may  keep  hammer- 
ing away  for  years,  striving  to  manufacture  public  senti- 
ment in  behalf  of  some  good  object,  and  may  be  able  to 
detect  absolutely  no  sign  of  response  from  the  public  to 
which  it  appeals.  But  suddenly,  and  apparently  without 
any  reason,  a change  will  come,  converts  will  begin  to  be 
made,  and  before  long  the  desired  good  is  attained.  One 
of  the  matters  which  has  shown  such  a gratifying 
response  to  effort  is  the  Audubon  movement,  which  was 
practically  set  on  foot  by  Forest  and  Stream  as  far  back 
as  the  year  1883.  The  matter  is  brought  vividly  to  mind 
by  the  report  of  the  recently  organized  association  of 
Audubon  Societies,  together  with  the  history  of  the 
Audubon  movement  by  Mr.  Wm.  Dutcher,  whose  con- 
tinued energy  in  this  excellent  work  is  so  well  known 
and  so  wholly  praiseworthy. 

The  Audubon  movement  was  started  in  1883  by  Forest 
and  Stream.  A year  later  the  American  Ornithologists’ 
Union  took  up  the  matter,  while  soon  after  the  first 
Audubon  Society  was  founded.  A few  years  later  the 
tide  of  public  interest  in  bird  protection  seemed  to  lessen, 
but  in  1896  it  revived  again,  and  became,  and  still  is,  of 
very  great  interest  to  many  people.  At  present  more  than 
two-thirds  of  the  States  have  Audubon  Societies,  most  of 
which  are  very  active.  The  bird  protective  law  modeled 
by  the  American  Ornithologists’  Union  is  in  force  in 
twenty-eight  States,  while  the  general  Government, 
through  many  of  its  branches,,  is  aiding  the  work  in  a 
number  of  ways.  The  work  of  bird  protection  is  being 
well  carried  on  in  Mexico,  while  the  Federal  Government 
has  extended  its  protective  influence  to  the  islands  of  the 
far  Pacific.  Meantime,  President  Roosevelt  has  set  aside 
a number  of  islands  to  be  used  under  the  Agricultural 
Department  as  preserves  and  breeding  grounds  for  birds. 

It  is  a well  recognized  fact  that  most  people  desire  to 
do  and  to  support  what  they  believe  to  be  right,  but  on 
many  subjects  they  are  quite  ignorant  of  what  is  right, 
and  must  be  taught.  This  is  the  mission  of  the  Audubon 
Societies — to  educate  the  public,  which  as  yet  is  ignorant 
of  the  economic  value  of  our  birds.  To  do  this  money  is 
required,  and  not  a little  money.  There  are  few  objects 
to  which  persons  interested  in  bird  protection  could  bet- 
ter contribute  than  to  the  work  of  the  Audubon  Society. 
Direct  contributions  in  money  are  not  asked,  but  it  is 
earnestly  desired  that  the  list  of  members  shall  be  en- 
larged. Of  these  there  are  several  classes;  the  sustaining 
member  pays  an  annual  fee  of  $5,  while  the  life  member 
pays  $100,  which  frees  him  from  subsequent  dues.  The 
contribution  of  $1,000  constitutes  a patron,  and  $5,000  a 
founder. 

The  National  Committee  of  Audubon  Societies  wishes 
to  raise  an  endowment  fund  of  $1,000,000.  and  of  this 
$100,000  has  already  been  promised.  Yet  we  may  imagine 
that  just  at  the  beginning  a number  of  persons,  each  will- 
ing to  contribute  a small  sum,  would  be  more  welcome 
than  a single  person  who  would  contribute  a large 
amount. 

We  heartily  recommend  all  persons  interested  in  our 
birds  or  interested  in  the  progress  of  the  country, 
whether  they  are  interested  in  birds  or  not,  to  apply  to 
Mr.  Wm.  Dutcher,  525  Manhattan  avenue,  New  York 
city,  for  copies  of  the  application  blanks  for  membership 
to  the  Audubon  Society, 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM 


[March  iS,  1905. 


The  Fall  of  a Cliff  Climber ♦ 

The  early  summer  of  1888  found  me  cruising,  alone 
in  a small  open  Indian  canoe,  among  the  islands  off  the 
coast  of  British  Columbia.  I was  collecting  specimens 
for  museums  of  natural  history  in  the  East,  and  was 
armed  with  a double  shotgun  and  equipped  with  in- 
struments for  skinning  birds,  preserving  eggs  and  de- 
taching fossil  shells  from  the  seaward  faces  of  the  cliffs. 
A large  water-tight  zinc  case  contained  the  perishable 
objects  and  a change  of  clothing.  A few  cooking 
utensils,  some  provisions,  a small  opera  glass,  note- 
book and  pencil,  and  a diminutive  shelter  tent  with 
blankets,  completed  the  outfit. 

Thus  armed  and  equipped,  I cruised  from  island  to 
island  and  from  one  rock  or  ledge  to  another,  dug 
shells  from  the  cliffs,  shot  sea  birds,  or  gathered  their 
eggs  from  the  shelves  of  the  rocks  or  the  isolated  sea- 
washed  “hog-back”  ledges,  and  camped  wherever  night 
overtook  me.  My  food  was  largely  game  and  fish', 
which  were  so  plentiful  that  there  was  no  danger  of 
starvation.  There  was  nothing  to  fear  from  man  or 
beast,  as  the  sea  birds  always  gave  warning  of  the  ap- 
proach of  Indians,  and  there  were  no  large  land  ani- 
mals on  the  islands.  The  only  dangers  encountered 
were  those  incident  to  boating  and  cliff  climbing.  The 
tides  on  the  northwest  coast  are  strong,  with  danger- 
ous tide  rips,  and  in  some  places,  whirlpools  which 
might  engulf  a small  canoe.  It  was  impossible  to  make 
headway  by  paddling  or  rowing  against  the  full  strength 
of  the  tide,  and  high  winds  occasionally  sprang  up  with- 
out warning;  but  by  taking  advantage  of  favorable  winds 
and  tides,  I was  able  to  get  safely  from  one  island  to 
another.  Thus  the  long  days  were  filled  with  work  and 
adventure,  and  the  short  nights  were  passed  in  dream- 
less sleep  beside  the  camp-fire — sleep  broken  only  by  the 
hoarse  growling  of  the  seals  or  the  wild  cries  of  sea 
birds. 

The  formation  of  these  islands  was  such  that  each 
offered,  at  both  its  north  and  south  ends,  a little  harbor 
which  was  protected  from  the  sea  by  flanking  walls. 
Within  each  harbor  the  rocks  shelved  to  a natural  land- 
ing place  and  made  access  .easy  to  the  top  of  the  island; 
but  the  sides  descended  precipitously  into  the  sea  and 
could  be  reached  only  from  above.  Most  of  the  islands 
were  topped  with  scattering  trees,  <md  a few  were 
wooded. 

In  searching  for  birds’  eggs  my  usual  method  of  de- 
scending a cliff  was  to  pass  a rope  around  a tree  trunk 
at  the  summit,  throw  the  ends  over,  and  climb  down- 
ward, holding  both  lines  in  my  hands.  On  attempting 
sheer  descents  I would  make  one  end  of  the  rope  fast 
and  let  myself  down,  hand  over  hand,  to  some  shelf, 
returning  the  same  way.  By  passing  a bight  of  the  line 
about  my  body  and  making  it  fast  with  a bowline,  I 
could  hang  over  the  edge  of  a cliff  in  a "bo  swain  s 
chair”  and  use  both  hands  in  digging  into  the  puffins 
burrows,  which  honeycombed  the  three  or  four  feet  of 
earth  that  covered  the  top  of  the  rock. 

On  the  last  island  of  the  group,  which  was  treeless, 
there  was  no  point  of  attachment  for  a line,  and  as 
there  were  clefts  in  which  sea  pigeons  made  their  homes 
I determined  to  try  a descent  without  a rope.  To  see 
how  this  might  be  done,  I lay  down  at  the  edge,  and  ex- 
amined that  portion  of  the  cliff  which  could  be  seen 
from  my  position.  The  rock  sloped  irregularly  down- 
ward for  about  twenty  feet,  and  then  assumed  the  per- 
pendicular. Along  its  visible  portion  there  were  occa- 
sional vertical  fissures;  also  some  horizontal  and  diag- 
onal seams  with  narrow  projecting  shelves,  which  of- 
fered footing  and  hand-hold.  Where  the  seams  inter- 
sected the  vertical  fissures,  little  caves  were  formed, 
and  in  these  the  birds  were  nesting.  A cleft  larger  than 
the  others  could  be  seen  some  distance  to  my  right. 
Projecting  from  it  and  overhanging  the  verge  was  a 
weather-beaten  stump  or  “snag,”  all  that  remained  of  a 
lone  tree  that  had  once  grown  out  of  this  miniature  chasm. 
Just  beneath  this  the  cliff  overhung  its  base  and  was 
inaccessible. 

Choosing  for  a foothold  a shelf  running  diagonally 
downward,  and  descending  it  with  great  care  by  thrust- 
ing my  fingers  into  such  crevices  as  happened  to  be 
within  reach,  I gained  the  first  deep,  vertical  cleft.  In- 
serting my  head,  arms  and  shoulders,  I secured  a set  of 
guillemot’s  eggs,  but  could  reach  no  more,  for  they 
were  far  back  out  of  sight  in  the  very  bowels  of  the 
rock.  The  next  shelf  was  harly  five  inches  wide.  I 
carefully  let  myself  down  to  it,  and,  finding  such  hand- 
hold as  presented  itself,  crept  cautiously  on.  I had  al- 
most reached  the  large  cleft,  when  an  unexpected  horror 
happened.  The  surface  of  the  rock  must  have  been 
undergoing  disintegration,  for  the  whole  shelf  gave  way 
bodily  beneath  my  weight.  My  feet  shot  out  and  down 
so  quickly  and  my  body  followed  with  so  sudden  an  im- 
petus that  my  hands  were  torn  away  from  the  cleft 
which  my  fingers  had  just  reached  to  clutch.  In  an  in- 
stant I was  hurtling  down  the  rocky  slope.  My  body 
was  battered  against  the  projections  of  the  surface,  but 
they  did  not  check  my  descent.  In  sliding  past  the 
place  where  the  shelf  had  been  I involuntarily  turned 
in  the  air,  throwing  my  body  toward  the  cleft  and 
reaching  downward  for  the  snag,  on  which  my  whole 
mind  was  now  centered.  My  hunting  coat  caught  on 
the  cliff  and  was  dragged  up  over  my  shoulders.  This 
piay  have  checked  my  progress  a little,  but  the  only 


noticeable  effect  was  that  my  field  glass  fell  out  of  my 
pocket  and  my  knife  dropped  from  its  upturned  sheath. 

Half  falling,  half  sliding  down  that  steep  and  rugged 
slope  toward  that  fearful  verge,  hurried  toward  certain 
destruction,  I clutched  at  the  snag  in  passing,  as  a 
drowning  man  clutches  at  a straw,  reached  it  and  held 
on  with  a death  grip.  My  whole  soul  went  into  that 
grip.  The  weeks  of  rowing,  paddling  and  cliff  climbing 
that  had  hardened  my  muscles  and  strengthened  my 
fingers  now  served  well  their  purpose.  As  my  body, 
checked  at  arm’s  length,  swung  beneath  the  snag,  it 
seemed  as  if  the  strain  would  tear  my  arms  from  their 
sockets.  The  snag,  giving  under  my  weight  and  the 
impetus  of  the  fall,  sank  crackling  downward  toward 
the  shelf  at  the  bottom  of  the  crevice.  Then  for  an 
instant  I was  conscious  of  an  awful  tingling  sensation 
running  through  my  whole  frame.  It  pierced  like  a 
rapier!  It  burned  like  fire!  It  seemed  to  check  the 
processes  of  reason,  and  to  convert  me  into  a maniac. 

Cling!  Cling!  Cling!  This  one  thought,  unshaped 
in  words,  rang  through  my  brain.  With  the  frenzy  of 
a madman  I clung  to  that  creaking  wood.  It  may  have 
been  the  mere  instinct  of  self-preservation  as  mani- 
fested in  the  stiffening  grip  of  the  drowning  man.  It 
may  have  been  a touch  of  that  insane  panic  that  stam- 
pedes animals,  or  in  a moment  changes  a crowd  of  sen- 
sible people  into  a maddened  mob  that  blindly  tramples 
out  human  life  in  the  effort  to  escape  death.  Whatever 
it  was,  it  transcends  all  the  experiences  of  a lifetime.  I 
never  shall  be  able  to  blot  it  from  my  memory  while 
life  remains. 

As  my  reeling  senses  became  clear  and  reason  as- 
serted her  sway,  the  thrill  of  horror  still  remained 
tingling  through  nerve  and  muscle  to  my  finger  tips; 
but  their  grip  never  relaxed. 

And  so  I hung  there  and  felt  the  rending  wood  give 
and  creak  as  I swung.  Every  sound,  every  motion  of 
it,  send  a poignant  shock  through  my  frame.  I heard 
the  clink  of  the  knife  as  it  struck  the  jagged  rocks  far 
below  and  the  surge  of  the  sea  ceaselessly  washing 
about  them.  It  is  said  that  in  such  moments  all  the 
events  of  one’s  life  pass  through  the  mind.  No  such 
thoughts  came  to  me.  My  whole  mind  was  now  con- 
centrated in  holding  on  to  the  last  breath,  or  until  the 
straining  wood  should  part.  But  at  last  the  old  snag 
rested  on  the  ledge.  Its  roots  were  firmly  anchored 
under  the  solid  rock,  and  though  splintered,  they  held. 
I was  now  hanging  over  the  very  verge  of  the  cliff, 
with  my  feet  dangling  below  the  overhang.  There  was 
no  foothold  there,  and  it  seemed  that  when  strength 
failed  I must  fall  into  the  abyss.  Still  I was  alive;  I 
felt  a stern  joy  that,  hanging  there,  on  the  brink  of 
eternity,  I was  able  to  hold  on  and  defy  death  a little 
longer.  My  heart  was  strong  again.  I was  ready  to 
fight  for  life.  And  here  my  experience  as  a lone  hunter 
came  to  my  aid.  There  are  many  compensations  for  the 
isolation  of  such  a life,  chief  among  which  is  the  spirit 
of  self-reliance  which  it  implants  in  one’s  nature.  I 
knew  that  my  life  must  be  saved,  if  at  all,  by  my  own 
efforts.  I cast  no  despairing  glances  over  that  sailless 
sea,  nor  wasted  breath  in  useless  shouts  for  help.  My 
eye  ran  over  the  face  of  the  rock,  while  my  fingers 
worked  nervously  in  an  effort  to  bring  my  body  nearer 
the  cleft.  With  this  effort  came  the  dawn  of  hope.  _ A 
little  to  my  right  was  a widening  of  a small  crevice, 
which  I managed  to  reach  with  my  right  foot  by  work- 
ing up  the  snag  with  both  hands  and  then  raising  both 
body  and  limbs.  It  was  a nerve-racking  task,  for  at 
every  movement  the  wood  cracked  again,  sending 
shocks  of  agonizing  apprehension  through  my  frame. 

Getting  the  toe  of  my  right  shoe  well  into  the  crevice, 
and  leaning  my  body  against  the  rock,  I hung  panting 
for  breath,  hopeful,  yet  fearing  every  instant  lest  the 
splintered  snag  should  part. 

Having  regained  breath,  I unclasped  my  right  hand 
from  the  saving  wood,  and  reached  another  crevice  still 
higher  up.  Working  my  hand  along  this  to  a safe 
hold,  I put  up  the  other  hand,  and  then  drew  my  body 
up  until,  by  bending  my  back  and  contracting  my 
stomach,  I could  throw  my  chest  and  shoulders  for- 
ward over  a projection  of  the  rock.  Then,  lying  close 
to  the  cliff  with  my  head  and  chest  against  the  foot  of 
the  slope  down  which  I had  come,  my  weight  was  par- 
tially resting  on  the  rock,  and  there  was  no  danger  of 
falling  unless  the  rock  crumbled  as  before.  Both  hands 
were  now  in  the  cleft  above  my  head,  and  although  the 
rock  here  crumbled  a little,  it  gave  me  a fairly  good 
hand-hold  while  I thrust  my  rubber-soled  climbing 
shoes  into  the  cleft  below,  and  not  daring  to  look 
down,  edged  my  way  diagonally  upward  by  inches. 
Soon  my  whole  body  was  on  the  slope,  and  then  I 
climbed  ’with  the  utmost  caution,  hanging  tooth  and 
nail,  working  slowly  from  cleft  to  cleft,  until  at  last  I 
hauled  myself  painfully  over  the  edge  and  around  on 
the  turf,  which  I had  thought  never  to  see  again.  Here 
I threw  myself  down,  bruised,  strained,  exhausted,  but 
happy,  feeling  the  joy  of  a man  who,  standing  on  the 
scaffold,  is  saved  by  a reprieve  at  the  last  moment. 

Those  who  have  never  been  near  a sudden  and  hor- 
rible death  may  not  realize  that  in  the  joy  of  escape 
there  is  a certain  compensation  for  the  pangs  endured. 
I never  afterward  went  over  a cliff  without  a good 
rope  in  my  hands. 

When  the  tide  went  down,  baring  some  of  the  rocks 
below,  I went  round  in  the  canoe,  and  at  some  risk  ef- 


fected a landing  at  the  base  of  the  cliff.  The  battered 
glass,  minus  its  case,  lay  in,  a crevice  where  it  had 
fallen  or  been  tossed  by  the  sea.  The  knife  could  not 
be  found. 

I coasted  around  the  island  and  examined  critically 
the  rocks.  The  snag  to  which  I had  hung  was  the  only 
vestige  of  a tree  to  be  seen  on  the  face  of  the  seamed 
and  sea-worn  cliffs.  I wondered  at  its  being  there. 
How  came  that  seed  in  the  recesses  of  that  cleft,  high- 
on  the  brow  of  that  barren  rock — the  seed  that  grew 
into  a tree  which  for  years  must  have  overhung  the 
waste  of  waters  until  some  great  tempest  tore  it  bodily 
away,  leaving  barely  enough  wood  to  check  my  fall  and 
support  my  weight?  What  nourished  it  there  and  en- 
abled it  to  grow  until  it  had  fastened  its  roots  deep  in 
the  seams  of  the  rock  from  which  even  the  hurricane 
could  not  tear  them  away?  Probably  since  the  be- 
ginning of  time  that  rock  had  never  upheld  another 
tree.  The  isle  is  probably  of  comparatively  recent 
origin,  for  there  was  very  little  soil  upon  its  summit 
and  there  was  no  sign  that  any  tree  ever  grew  there. 
What  planted  the  one  tree  upon  that  island  in  the  only 
place  where  its  weathered  stump  could  check  my  fall? 

Seeds  that  are  winged,  like  those  of  the  ash  or  pine, 
are  carried  short  distances  by  the  wind.  Others  float 
on  lakes,  rivers  and  seas,  but  the  position  of  this  cleft, 
high,  deep  and  facing  seaward,  made  it  impossible  for 
seeds  to  reach  its  depths  by  any  of  these  agencies. 
Even  if  the  sea  washed  up  seeds  on  the  rocks,  there 
were  no  squirrels  to  hide  them  away.  The  seed  must 
have  been  taken  to  the  crevice  by  a bird,  probably  a 
crow,  and  either  stored  there  for  future  use,  or,  what 
is  more  likely,  ejected  with  other  indigestible  portions 
of  its  food.  Crows  were  the  only  land  birds  I saw  on 
the  island.  They  robbed  the  nests  of  the  sea  birds  and 
caught  shell  fish.  Crows  feed  also  on  acorns,  berries, 
wild  cherries  and  plums.  Years  ago,  perhaps,  some 
crow  having  made  a tour  among  the  neighboring 
islands,  or  a trip  along  the  coast  of  the  mainland,  vis- 
ited this  island  in  the  late  summer,  found  shelter  in 
the  fissure  of  the  rock,  and  while  there  threw  up  the 
remains  of  its  last  meal  gathered  among  the  trees.  This 
is  a habit  common  to  all  these  birds.  Digestion  re- 
moves the  pulp  of  the  fruit,  but  leaves  the  seeds  or  pits 
unharmed.  At  least  one  seed  reached  a favorable 
crevice,  where  it  vegetated  and  sent  out  its  roots. 
Finding  accumulating  fertility  in  the  fine  fragments  of 
the  weathering  rock,  mingled  with  the  ejecta  and  the 
excreta  of  the  sea  birds  which  lived  in  the  same  fissure, 
it  grew  apace.  It  may  have  been  a wild  cherry  or  a 
mulberry  tree;  at  any  rate  the  wood  was  tough,  else  this 
story  would  never  have  been  written. 

In  the  meantime,  more  than  three  thousand  miles  away, 
a boy  was  growing  up  to  manhood  whose  life  would  one 
day  hang  upon  the  ruin  of  that  tree.  Is  there  such  a 
thing  as  chance  in  the  ordering  of  the  universe?  As  for 
me,  I tnust  that  heaven  blessed  that  tree  and  made  the 
life  of  that  bird  one  grand  sweet  song. 

Edward  Howe  Forbush. 


Floating  Down  the  Mississippi. 


A River  Town,  Helena,  Ark. 

One  gets  his  best  view  of  Helena  from  the  foot  of 
Growley’s  Ridge,  which  runs  down  into  the  alluvial 
bottoms  in  little  spurs.  Because  the  spurs  are  steep- 
sided, the  town  does  not  climb  them,  but  runs  back  in 
the  gullies  for  considerable  distances.  Although 
Growley’s  Ridge  is  only  a few  hundred  yards  from  the 
river,  and  would  be  perfectly  safe  in  any  river  flood, 
practically  all  the  business  part — stores  and  sawmills — 
is  protected  by  the  levee  alone  from  high  water.  But 
when  high  water  does  come — as  in  1897 — and  rises  to 
the  levee  top,  every  man  able  to  tote  a bag  of  sand  is 
forced  into  “saving  the  levee.”  The  water  has  been 
held  back  in  places  on  the  river  after  it  rose  upward 
of  two  feet  above  the  top  of  the  levee,  so  well  laid 
were  the  sand  bags.  Unquestionably,  the  most  remark- 
able recurrent  natural  phenomenon  in  the  United  States 
is  the  Mississippi  flood.  In  times  of  extreme  heights 
the  makers  and  owners  of  skiffs  reap  a harvest  selling 
them  to  families  in  positions  exposed  to  inundation. 
The  boats  are  kept  on  the  porch,  or  tied  to  a rear 
window.  A $25  skiff  will  sometimes  sell  for  $75  or  $100. 

It  seems  to  me  that  there  is  more  poetry  in  the  manu- 
facture of  wood  than  in  other  things.  The  whole  pro- 
cess is  like  a tragic  play — minerals  are  simply  dug  out 
of  the  ground,  wool  is  clipped  from  sheep  glad  to  be 
rid  of  the  stuff,  and  cotton  is  picked  from  low  shrubs 
already  almost  dead.  But  with  trees  it  is  different. 
They  are  best  for  manufacturing  when  they  are  in  their 
prime,  and  best  able  to  withstand  the  storms,  fungi  and 
insects.  Beginning  in  the  chopping,  where  the  trees  are 
done  to  death,  through  the  process  of  skidding,  hauling, 
floating  and  milling,  each  course  has  features  most 
capable  of  idealizing.  At  Helena,^  the  logs  come  on 
the  cars,  on  barges  and  on  rafts.  I watched  the  great 
derrick  sling  the  big  gum  logs  to  the  inclined  railway 
car  from  a barge,  and  then  followed  the  car  into  one  of 
the  mills. 

It  was  a most  noisy  place,  much  different  from  a 
factory  where  metal  is  worked.  Metals,  whether  in  cogs 
or  boiler  plates,  give  piano  notes,  while  wood  is  like 


March  *8,  2903J 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


an 


an  organ— the  diflference  between  a rattle  and  a hum. 
The  big  mill  was  sawing  gum  on  that  day.  The  logs 
were  anywhere  from  twenty-five  to  forty-five  inches  in 
diameter.  They  came  up  the  incline  on  a car,  and 
were  rolled  bumping  down  a slight  incline  by  an  iron- 
toothed  arm.  They  rolled  into  a big  iron  V-maw, 
which  held  the  log  until  the  saw  was  ready,  when  the 
V flopped  over  and  the  log  went  on  to  the  carriage, 
where  it  was  clinched  by  two  negroes  at  the  upright 
holds.  Before  the  log  was  fairly  still,  a lean,  reddish 
man,  with  his  two  hands  on  levers,  had  worked  one  of 
them,  and  away  went  the  carriage  with  a jerk,  which 
the  riders  had  learned  to  meet  by  bending.  In  a moment 
the  whining  band-saw  began  to  scream  as  it  bit  down 
through  the  dripping  wood.  It  was  wonderful  to  see 
the  speed  at  which  the  log  was  cut  in  two,  and  brought 
back  to  be  quartered.  Water  poured  on  the  saw  to 
keep  it  cool.  Once  quartered,  the  pieces  were  run 
into  boards  in  a jiffy,  and  as  they  rolled  away  into 
edging  machines,  the  V-maw  flopped  again  and  another 
log  was  flung  lengthwise  against  the  whining  band-saw. 
From  the  mill,  the  boards  were  scattered  all  over  the 
yard  on  small  handcars  and  piled  up  in  sweet-scented 
heaps,  which  are  characteristic  of  the  sawmill  town,  and 
the  size  of  every  board  was  noted  down,  as  the  size  of 
every  log  to  be  sawed  brought  in  had  been.  Every 
thing  seemed  to  be  rushing  in  a breathless  hurry,  but 
the  workers  moved  about  without  haste.  Even  the 
two  clinchers  on  the  carriage  had  time  to  rub  their 
hands  once  in  a while.  But  one  man  was  plainly  the 
nerve  center  of  the  whole  visible  business.  He  was  a 
lean,  sunken-eyed  sawyer,  who  shoved  his  levers  and 
shot  keen  glances  from  the  incoming  load  of  logs  to 
the  outgoing  lumber,  but  no  further  and  not  elsewhere. 
Every  board  passed  under  his  sharp  eyes — and  he 
gauged. each  one  before  the  saw  ran  into  the  quartered 
log,  if  not  before.  He  decided  whether  the  stick  would 
make  inch  boards  or  three-inch  planks. 

In  another  mill  nearby  was  a young  fellow  in  rela- 
tively the  same  place.  He  was  a wide-eyed,  smiling 
individual,  who  wore  his  hat  slightly  a-slant  and  whistled 
snatches  of  song  music  at  intervals— -judging  by  the 
pucker  of  his  lips.  He  yelled  at  the  negroes,  joshing 
some  and  telling  others  to  move.  He  saw  most  of  what 
happened  anywhere  in  sight,  but  didn’t  look  his  part 
of  nerve- center,  save  that  when  he  leaned  one. way,  a 
four-tori  log  jumped  to  destruction,  and  when  he 
leaned  another,  the  bedlam  of  a breaking  log!  jam 
rolling  on  boards  broke  loose.  He  wasn't  tense,  but 
just  free  and  easy— happy-go-lucky.  They  said  that  in 
proportion  to  the  power  he  breaks  more,  saws  and  saws 
more  lumber  than  any  •Ojther  sawyer,  on  the  Mississippi. 
A day’s  work  here  is  iobjooo'  fiet  bi-cottonwood, ^45, 000 
to  65,000  of  oak.  it 

Just  over  the  levee  from  the  sawmills,  tlie  .govern- 
ment was  putting  in  a mattress  to  save  the' bank.  A 
mattress  is  made  of  willow  .trees,  a couple  or  three 
inches  in  diameter  at  the  butt,  which  are.  tied  up  in, 
bundles  as  long  as  the  mattress.  The  bundles  are  a. 
couple  of -feet  in  diameter  and  a hundred  yards  long. 
Each  bundle  is  tied  with  wire  rope  and  quilted  into  the. 
next  bundle,  until  the  matting  is  as  wide  as  the  place 
to  be  covered.  A couple  of  hundred  men  were  at  work' 
on  the  mattress.  The  quilting  barge  had  an  inclined 
plane  on -it,  on  which  the  mattress  was  made.  Levers 
pulled  the  wire  ropes,  and  when  the  mat  was  done,  it 
would  stand  the  weight  of  tons  of  rock  used  to  sink  it 
on  the  worn  bank;  The  sinking  process  is  said  to  be 
the  most  thrilling  of  the  government  operations.  It  has 
to  be  done  flying,  arid  the  men  throw  the  stone  hand 
over  fist.  Speed  is  necessary  because  sometimes  a mat 
gets  \ to  “weaving”  in  the  swift  current — begins  to 
undulate — and  then  rolls  up  lengthwise  and  tears  loose 
in  spite  of  ropes  and  rock.  When  it  is  torn  loose,  the 
mat  whirls  away  down  stream,  hooks  upon  the  bottom 
somewhere,  and  an  island  builds  forthwith.  Opposite 
Greenville  is  one  such  mattress,  and  above  Memphis 
another  mattress  worked  loose.  Above  Cairo  was 
another.  At  such  places  $10,000  or  $20,000  worth  of 
work  goes  to  smash  in  a very  few  minutes.  Neverthe- 
less, the  engineers  of  the  River  Commission  have  proved 
that  they  can  handle  the  river  about  as  they  please, 
providing  the  value  of  property  saved  is  worth  the 
expense. 

A good  deal  of  government  money  is  spent  in  dredg- 
ing, but  one  hears  that  steamboatmen  do  not  usually 
follow  the  ditches  made.  The  snag  boats,  however,  have 
saved  countless  boats  and  countless  lives  by  digging  on 
the  big  trees  that  lodge  in  sand  where  they  were  a con- 
' stant  menace  from  the  days  of  the  first  keelboat— if  not 
canoes.  It  is  . probable  that  at  some  time  in  the  future 
mattressing  and  riprapping  will  be  the  chief  work  done 
on  the  Mississippi — but  this  will  not  be  until  the  river 
bed  has  outgrown  the  levee  system. 

A great  deal  of  the  work  done  along  the  river  is  by 
contract;  and  many  men  grow  rich  doing  work  on  the 
levees,  getting  out  willows,  furnishing  supplies  and 
the  like.  But  they  must  do  the  work  they  contracted 
to  do  as  well  as  they  said  they  would.  “The  commis- 
sion is  not  unreasonable  when  a man  has  bad  luck,” 
a man,  thoroughly  familiar  with  one  phase  of  the  situa- 
tion, told  me.  “The  commission  will  even  seem  blind 
in  little  things  for  a time.  , But  the  man  who  presumes 
on  their  leni'epey  suddenly  finds  himself  just  off  the 
road  that  leads  to  preferment,  and  it  is  done  so  nicely 
that  he  never  knows  what  hit  him.  But  if  a man  does 
his  work  right  up  to  the  mark,  and  sometimes  washes 
over  the  line,  he  is  just  as  thoroughly  marked  as  in 
the  other  cases,  and  his  future  is  assured.  The  govern- 
ment wants  its  work  well  done,  and  gets  what  it  wants.” 

If  the  levee  system  is  right,  the  levees  are  as  good  as 
they  can  be  made.  Every  detail  is  watched,  every  care 
is  taken.  The  contractor  is  held  responsible  for  his 
work — and  there  is  plenty  of  work  for  contractors  in 
keeping  the  levee  system  intact.  The  big  river  is  al- 
most like  drops  of  water  on  a window  pane.  The 
floods  are  the  drops  that  go  chasing  down  the  glass, 
darting  first  one  way  and  then  another.  The  high  water 
cuts  into  the  bank  on  one  side  and  fills  in  a sand  bar 
on  the  other.  On  the  cutting  side  the  banks  are  worn 
to  the  levee,  and  behind  this  another  levee  must  be  con- 
structed a hundred  or  a thousand  yards  behind  it.  The 
land  in  between  may  be  washed  away  soon,  or  a new 


vagary  may  send  the  current  gnashing  through  a penin- 
sula neck,  leaving  a beautiful  green  lake,  where  a 
yellow  torrent  had  previously  been  pouring.  To  place 
a levee,  and  sink  a mattress  where  they  will  do  the 
most  good  are  the  great  tasks  of  the  River  Commis- 
sion. If  the  government  was  to  make  passenger  boats 
of -its  river  fleet,  the  fleet  would  rival  that  of  other 
river  fleets  combined,  one  would  say.  The  government’s 
tender  care  for  river  commerce  is  shown  by  the  million 
dollars  put  in  at  Mussel  Shoals,  on  the  Tennessee,  in 
ord^r  that  a couple  of  $70,000  steamboats  might  go 
through  if  they  wanted  to. 

On  the  Mississippi,  however,  the  towboat  business, 
which  brings  countless  millions  of  bushels  of  coal  down 
the  river,  has  proved  so  serious  a competition  to  rail- 
roads that  railroads  once  attempted  to  control  it.  They 
bought  a big  towboat  or  two,  and  tied  them  up.  Rail- 
roads did  good  business  until  other  towboats,  larger 
arid  more  powerful,  could  be  built  when  towboats 
knocked  them  again.  There  are  many  phases  of  the 
Mississippi  River  commerce,  control  and  condition  ques- 
tions, some  of  which  it  would  be  worth  the  time  of 
an  analytical  statistician’s  research — such  things  as 
whether  it  is  worth  while  spending  a million  dollars  in 
order  to  give  a single  steamer  a “shovv”  could  be  decided 
upon,  for  instance. 

Chief  of  Police  Clancy,  at  Elelena,  Ark.,  is  a big, 
burly,  florid  sort  of  man.  His  corrugated  face  was 
what  a policeman  might  be  expected  to  have,  if  he 
faces  weather,  temptation  and  arbitrary  control  often 
enough.  A most  positive  kind  of  man  is  the  chief.  He 
speaks  . almost  exclusively  in  the  indicative  mood. 
“There’s  no  honest  man  on  the  river — they’re  all 
thieves.  I want  a man,  and  I get  him.  A nigger’s  a 
thief.” 

Chief  Clancy  has  had  to  deal  with  many  bad  men  in  . 
his  time,  as  desperate  men  are  found  in  the  Mississippi 
Bottoms  as  anywhere.  The  daring  of  a river  thief  is 
one  of  Clancy’s  chief  troubles.  Two  men,  Davenport 
and  Nash,  stole  two  big  levee  tents  just  below  Helena. 
They  set  the  tents  up  on  Montezuma  Bar,  a few  miles 
below  town,  and  then  proceeded  to  fill  the  tents  with 
goods  taken  from  Helena  stores.  Night  after  night,  the 
little  corner  groceries,  scattered  in  the  lower  part  of 
Helena,  were  broken  into  and  the  contents  looted. 
Canned,  salted,  woven  and  manufactured  stuffs  were 
toted  away  to  the  river  side  and  floated  down  to 
Montezuma  Bar.  At  last  the  police  got  a hint.  They 
swept  down  the  river  on  gasolene  launches,  cleared  for 
action,  and  in  line  abreast.  Had  the  officers  only  waited 
a few  days,  Nash  and  Davenport  would  have  been  able 
to  go  into  the  store  boat  business  on  a grand  scale. 
As  it  was,  the  thieves  were  captured  and  sent  to  the 
pen.  Davenport  got  out  and  was  killed  at  Friar’s 
Point.  He  had  gotten  into  trouble  there,  and  in  trying 
to  escape  the  Deputy  Sheriff,  Fitzgerald,  by  rowing 
away  in  a skiff,  got  killed.  Fitzgerald  followed  his  man 
in  the  gasolene  launch  ferry  boat. 

Nash  and  Davenport  one  time  robbed  a slaughter 
house  below  Helena  of  300  green  hides.  They  loaded 
the  hides  on  a steamer,  which  they  hailed  in  that  night 
at  the  Helena  wharf  and  sent  them  to  Memphis,  where 
Clancy  got  them.  Nash  was  pardoned  out  to  tell  what 
he  knew  about  a murder  case,  but  when  the  pardon  • 
was  signed  and  delivered,  Nash  forgot  what  he  knew 
on  the  stand. 

Clancy  said  that  some  of  the  largest  fortunes  in 
Phillips  county  were  founded  on  old-time  river  thieving. 
He  said  that  in  the  produce-boat  days,  gangs  of  river 
pirates  operated  from  Porter’s  Lake,  where  they  had 
their  camp.  The  crews  were  run  ashore  or  killed,  and 
then  the  produce  boats  were  taken  in  tow  by  a river 
steamer,  owned  by  the  thieves,  and  taken  down  to  "New 
Orleans  and  sold,  three  or  four  at  a whack.  Anderson, 
the  old  fisherman,  told  me  some  more  things  about 
this  gang.  He  said  it  comprised  nearly  all  of  Helena’s 
officials  in  those  days — forty  years  ago.  Finally  matters 
got  so  bad  that  a lot  of  the  plantation  men  back  in  the 
country  organized  a raid  and  came  to  town,  five  hun- 
dred strong.  They  killed  the  mayor,  sheriff,  most  of 
the  policemen,  and  many  of  the  leading  citizens.  This 
disorganized  the  gang  to  a considerable  extent. 

But  in  these  days,  thieving  is  confined  chiefly  to  steal- 
ing junk,  and  petty  burglary  and  sneak-thieving.  This 
is  done  in  organized  fashion  sometimes.  An  inconspic- 
uous cabin  boat  drops  into  a landing  late  some  day. 
A couple  of  river  men  saunter  up  town  and  buy  things 
in  various,  stores,  invariably  receiving  the  invitation  to 
come  again.  Perhaps  they  lay  around  for  a week. 
While  they  are  there,  a store  is  broken  open  and  any- 
where from  a hundred  weight  of  crockery  to  $5,000 
worth  of  firearms  disappear.  There’s  a hue  and  cry, 
of  course.  Cabin  boats  are  searched  and  telephone 
messages  and  circulars  distributed  by  the  dozens.  The 
two.  men  go  on  down  the  river.  A week  or  so  later 
a big  store  boat  comes  down  stream.  It  ties  up  at  a 
sandbar,  or  a willow-thicketed  bank.  After  a night,  the 
boat  goes  on  down  stream,  the  sandbar  or  thicket  hav- 
ing given  up  its  buried  booty.  Two  hundred  miles  or 
so  down  stream  the  guns  and  other  things  become  a 
part  of  the  things  sold  by  the  store  boat. 

At  least  twice  in  his  river  career,  Anderson  had  met 
men  who  stole  the  entire  contents  of  a country  store, 
and  then  either  built  or  bought  a cabin  boat,  from 
which  to  sell  the  stuff  down  the  river.  On  one  occasion 
that  he  told  about,  the  stuff  was  buried  under  a brush 
pile,  and  on  the  other  he  found  a pit  under  an  old  . 
fireplace,  in  which  a lot  of  crockery  was  buried. 

Raymond  S,  Spears. 


Faith  and  Works. 

A pretty  anecdote  is  related  of  a child  who  was 
greatly  perturbed  by  the  discovery  that  her  brothers 
had  set  traps  to  catch  birds.  Questioned  as  to  what  she 
had  done  in  the  matter,  she  replied:  “I  prayed  that  the 
traps  might  not  catch  the  birds.”  “Anything  else?” 
“Yes,”  she  said,  “I  then  prayed  that  God  would  prevent 
the  birds. getting  into  the  traps,  and,”  as  if  to  illustrate 
the  doctrine  of  faith  and  works,  “I  went  and  kicked  the 
traps  all  to  pieces.”-— Household  Words. 


The  Great  Fight  with  the  Kiowas 
and  Comanches* 

The  main  camp  was  on  the  South  Platte  River,  and  the 
Dog  Soldiers  were  camped  a day’s  ride  from  there.  Por- 
cupine Bear  was  the  chief  of  the  Dog  Soldiers. 

The  Dog  Soldiers  determined  that  they  would  make  a 
war  expedition  against  the  Kiowas  and  Comanches,  and 
they  sent  Porcupine  Bear  to  the  main  camp  to  ask  the  rest 
of  the  people  to  join  with  them. 

After  Porcupine  Bear  had  reached  the  camp  and  had 
delivered  his  message,'  some  one  there  who  had  whiskey 
gave  him  some.  A good  many  people  got  drunk,  and 
some  men  began  to  fight.  Little  Creek  had  Lean  Bear, 
one  of  Porcupine  Bear’s  relations,  down  on  the  ground, 
and  was  cutting  , him  with  his  knife,  when  Lean  Bear 
called  on  Porcupine  Bear,  who  was  also  drunk,  to  help 
him.  When  his  relation  called  on  him  for  help,  Porcu- 
pine Bear  stabbed  Little  Creek,  and  his  cousin  then  took 
the  knife  and  killed  him.  After  this,  Porcupine  Bear, 
and  all  who  were  concerned  in  the  killing,  were  sent  away 
from  the  Dog  Soldiers,  and  the  command  of  that  body 
was  given  to  White  Antelope  and  Little  Old  Man.  The 
Dog  Soldiers  and  the  rest  of.  the  Cheyennes  now  came  to- 
gether to  consider  the  question  of  the  expedition  against 
the  enemy. 

This  happened  in  the  year  1838,  and  the  men  who  took 
part  in  the  killing  were  nephews  of  White  Thunder,  then 
the  keeper  of  the  medicine  arrows.  For  the  offense  they 
were  outlawed,  and  were  not  permitted  to  remain  with 
the  main  village,  but  were  obliged  to  travel  and  encamp 
by  themselves,  off  to  one  side.  There  were  a very  few 
lodges  of  them,  less  than  a dozen  men  in  all.  Soon  after 
this  the  whole  camp  started  south  to  find  the  Kiowas  and 
Comanches.  All  the  Kiowas,  Comanches  and  Apaches 
were  together,  and  moving  against  them  from  the  north 
were  all  the  Cheyennes  and  Arapahoes  together. 

The  outlaws,  though  not  permitted  to  camp  or  to  re- 
main with  the  main  village,  accompanied  it,  traveling  and 
camping  by  themselves,  two  or  three  miles  to  the  west- 
ward. They  were  in  constant  touch  with  the  main  camp, 
and  kept  themselves  informed  of  all  that  was  happening. 

After  leaving  the  Arkansas  River,  the  Cheyennes  and 
Arapahoes  were,  sending  out  frequent  parties  of  scouts 
to  locate  the  Kiowa  village.  The  first  men  sent  were 
Pushing  Ahead  and  Crooked  Neck.  They  had  been 
strictly  ordered  to  find  the  village  if  possible,  but  on  no 
account  to  attack  any  Indians  that  they  might  see.  One 
day  as  they  were  watching  from  a hill  overlooking  Wolf 
Creek  .they  saw  two  men  coming  down  the  stream,  carry- 
ing shields  and  leading  horses — evidently  two  Kiowas  who 
had  been  on  the  war  path.  The  Cheyennes  watched  them 
pass  down  the  stream,  and  then  returned  to  the  camp 
and  reported,  saying  that  they  believed  that  the  camp 
must  be  lower  down  on  the  stream. 

The  Cheyennes  and  Arapahoes  continued  to  move  on 
south.  From  Crooked  Creek,  Wolf  Road  and  Gentle 
Horse,  with  , five  or  six  others,  were  sent  out  to  locate 
the  camp.  These  scouts  were,  sent  out  after  the  ordinary 
custom  of  the  tribe.  1 he  chiefs  assembled  in  the  center 
of  the  circle  and  called  out  the  names  of  men  whom  they 
knew  to  be  swift  runners  and  not  afraid,  ordering  them 
to  come  to  the  center  of  the  circle.  When  they  had 
come,  the  chiefs  told  them  that  they  had  been  chosen  to 
go  out  to  look  for  the  enemy,  and  that  each  one  must  do 
his  best.  The  chiefs  told  them  all  they  knew  as  to  where 
the  enemy’s  camp  might  be,  told  them  where  the  village 
would  stop  each  night  for  the  next  few  davs,  so  that  they 
could  readily  find  it,  and  ordered  them  not  to  leave  the 
camp  in  the  daytime,  but  to  start  after  night  had  fallen. 

Following  these  orders,  the  scouts  had  gone  on  almost 
to  Wolf  Creek,  and  were  traveling  along  in  the  bed  of  a 
little  stream  running  into  it  from  the  north,  when  sud- 
denly they  saw  people  coming  over  the  hills,  prepared  to 
run  the  buffalo  which  were  all  about  them.  The 
Cheyennes  lay  down  in  the  high  grass  of  the  creek’s  bot- 
tom. and  saw  the  Kiowas  killing  buffalo.  One  man,  riding 
a big  bay  mule,  drove  a bunch  of  buffalo  close  by  them, 
and  killed  several  on  the  hillside,  not  more  than  forty 
yards  away.  The  mule  was  fast;  he  kept  among  the  buf- 
falo all  the  time.  Afterward  the  man’s  wife  and  a Mexi- 
can came  along  and  cut  up  the  animals  and  took  the  meat 
to  camp.  Wolf  Road,  Gentle  Horse  and  the  other  scouts 
saw  all  this  through  the  grass.  Just  at  sundown,  after 
all  the  people  had  gone,  the  Cheyennes  left  the  creek  and 
climbed  to  the  top  of  the  hill  and  saw  the  smoke  of  the 
camp,  and  the  horses  feeding  on  the  hills  all  about  it. 

The  scouts  returned.  When  they  came  in  Wolf  Road 
was  ahead,  for  he  was  the  leader.  As  a sign  that  he  had 
seen  something,  Wolf  Road  carried  in  his  hand  the  wolf 
skin  which  he  always  had  with  him.  The  approach  of  the 
scouts  had  been  observed,  and  the  chiefs  had  already 
gathered  in  the  center  of  the  camp  to  receive  the  report. 
They  were  singing,  and  some  were  piling  up  a heap  of 
buffalo  chips,  some  distance  behind  which  the  chiefs  stood. 
The  scouts  came  toward  the  village  running  swiftly,  and 
just  as  they  reached  the  entrance  of  the  circle  they  began 
to  howl  like  wolves,  and  to  turn  their  heads  from  one 
side  to  the  other,  like  wolves  looking. 

They  entered  the  circle  in  single  file.  The  men  of  the 
camp,  who  from  all  these  signs  knew  what  the  scouts  were 
about  to  report,  were  putting  on.  their  war  clothing,  get- 
ting out  their  shields,  and  jumping  on  their  war  horses, 
for  they  knew  that  good  news  was  coming— that  the  camp 
of  the  enemy  had  been  found.  The  scouts  ran  around  in 
front  of  the  chiefs  and  stopped.  Wolf  Road  told  what  he 
had  seen,  then  Gentle  Horse,  then  each  of  the  others. 
They  passed  on  around  behind  the  chiefs,  and  then  from 
all  sides  of  the  camp  all  the  young  men  on  their  horses 
charged  toward  the  center,  each  trying  to  be  first  to  reach 
the  pile  of  buffalo  chips  and  to  strike  it,  for  it  represented 
an  enemy.  Three  men  might  count  coup  on  it. 

Then  all  the  mounted  young  men  rode  around  the  chiefs 
while  they  were  singing,  and  afterward  they  dispersed. 

All  were  now  busily  preparing  to  attack  the  camp  of 
the  enemy  which  had  been  found.  The  Cheyennes  and 
Arapahoes  were  camping  together  in  one  big  circle,  the 
Arapahoes  at  the  northeast  end. 

Now  a crier  mounted  his  horse  and  went  to  the  south- 
east end  of  the  circle,  and  from  there  rode  about  it,  tell- 
ing what  these  scouts  had  seen.  He  cried  out  that  the 
village  would  move  against  the  enemy  that  night.  It  was 
a time  of  great  confusion— men  singing  their  war  songs. 


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painting  themselves  and  their  horses,  fixing  up  their 
things  and  getting  ready  to  start.  During  the  night  they 
set  out  for  the  camp  of  the  enemy. 

From  the  camp  of  the  outlaws,  off  to  the  west,  every- 
thing that  was  going  on  in  the  main  village  could  be  seen, 
and  very  likely  one  or  more  of  the  men  may  have  been 
in  the  camp,  for  they  often  visited  it. 

The  Cheyennes  and  Arapahoes  left  their  camp  as  it  was, 
the  lodges  standing,  and  all  their  possessions  in  them. 
The  women  and  children,  carrying  light  camping  outfits, 
followed  the  men,  who  marched  ahead.  During  the  night 
they  stopped  four  times  for  a little  while  to  rest. 

At  peep  of  day  they  formed  in  a long  line.  White 
Thunder,  the  medicine  arrow  keeper,  opened  the  bundle, 
and,  with  the  usual  ceremony,  pointed  the  medicine 
arrows  in  the  direction  where  he  supposed  the  enemy’s 
camp  to  be.  Then  he  wrapped  the  arrows  up  again  and 
held  the  points  toward  the  sky,  and  told  the  Cheyennes  to 
charge.  They  made  the  charge,  but  when  they  reached 
the  river  they  found  no  camp  there;  but  far  up  the  river 
on  the  other  side,  people  could  be  seen  on  the  hills,  and 
when  the  Cheyennes  had  ridden  down  into  the  bottom 
they  could  see  beyond  a point  of  the  bluff  the  Kiowa 
village. 

Meantime  the  outlaws,  a little  way  to  the  westward, 
had  gone  forward  somewhat  faster  than  the  main  body, 
and  approached  the  stream  just  opposite  the  Kiowa  camp. 
Just  after  the  dusk  of  the  morning,  Porcupine.  Bear— 
afterward  called  the  Lame  Shawnee — saw  people  ride  over 
a hill  before  him — men  and  women  going  out  to  hunt  buf- 
falo. He  was  a little  ahead  of  his  party,  when,  looking 
from  a crest  of  a hill,  he  saw  them  coming.  He  called  to 
his  men  to  keep  out  of  sight,  saying,  “Keep  down,  keep 
down  out  of  sight;  I will  deceive  them.”  His  men  re- 
mained hidden,  and  he  threw  down  his  lance  and  began 
to  ride  backward  and  forward,  making  the  sign  that  buf- 
falo had  been  seen.  When  the  Kiowas  saw  him,  they 
thought  it  was  someone  from  their  camp  who  had  gone 
out  before  them  and  had  found  buffalo.  They  began  to 
move  toward  him  faster,  still  riding  their  common  horses 
and  leading  the  running  horses.  Porcupine  Bear  did  not 
turn  his  face  toward  the  enemy,  but  kept  gazing  off  over 
the  prairie,  as  if  watching  distant  buffalo.  He  kept 


doing  this  until  the  Kiowas  were  so  close  that  he  could 
hear  them  talking. 

Down  in  the  ravine  behind  him  were  the  other 
Cheyennes,  lying  down  on  their  horses,  some  fixing  their 
shields  or  putting  arrows  on  strings,  and  some  already 
prepared  for  the  charge.  Presently  the  Lame  Shawnee 
called  to  them,  “Be  ready,  now ; they  are  getting  close. 
We  must  not  give  them  time  to  prepare  for  us.” 

At  last,  when  he  could  hear  them  talking  plainly,  he 
reached  down  to-  'the  ground,  caught  up  his  lance,  and 
turning  his  horse,  charged  the  Kiowas,  and  all  the  other 
Cheyennes  followed  him.  The  Kiowas  were  so  close  that 
the  Cheyennes  were  on  them  before  they  had  time  to 
think.  They  had  no  time  to  change  horses,  no  time  even 
to  get  their  bows  out  of  their  cases.  The  Cheyennes 
lanced  them  and  shot  them  down  one  after  another  until 
they  had  killed  them  all.  They  captured  all  their  horses. 
The  last  Kiowa  of  all,  with  his  wife,  was  so  far  behind 
that  he  had  time  to  jump  on  his  running  horse,  and 
turned  to-  flee,  but  his  wife  called  to  him,  “Do  not  leave 
me,”  and  he  turned  and  rode  back  to  help  her,  and  was 
killed.  Porcupine  Bear — the  Lame  Shawnee — killed 
twelve,  Crooked  Neck  killed  eight.  There  were  seven 
of  these  Cheyennes,  and  thirty  Kiowas,  men  and  women. 

Thus  these  Cheyennes  gained  the  glory  of  counting  the 
first  coups  in  this  great  fight,  but  because  they  were  out- 
laws the  honor  of  it  was  not  allowed  to  them,  but  to  an- 
other man  who  counted  the  first  coup  in  the  general  bat- 
tle an  hour  or  two  later.  Still,  everyone  knew  what  Por- 
cupine Bear’s  young  men  had  done. 

When  the  main  body  of  the  Cheyennes  found  that  there 
was  no  camp  opposite  to  them,  but  saw  the  camp  and  the 
scattered  people  up  the  stream,  they  separated.  A part 
charged  across  the  river,  and  a part  up  the  bottom.  Those 
who  crossed  killed  a number  of  men  and  women  who 
were  out  gathering  roots.  Those  who  went  up  'the  bot- 
tom drove  off  a great  number  of  horses,  Gentle  Horse 
alone  getting  between  eighty  and  a hundred  head. 

The  first  man  to-  count  coup  in  the  main  body  was  a 
very  young  man,  a Ponca  captive — Walking  Coyote — who 
had  been  adopted  and  brought  up  by  Yellow  Wolf,  who 
had  put  him  on  a good  horse  for  this  fight.  Walking 
Coyote  was  a Bowstring  soldier. 


IjMARCtt  18,  Igosu 


Previous  to  going  into  this  fight  the  Cheyennes  had 
agreed  that  they  would  take  no  prisoners.  A man  who  - 
wished  to  take  captive  a girl  who  had  a handsome  elk- 
teeth  dress,  seized  her  and  was  about  to  carry  her  off, 
when  another  Cheyenne  ran  up  and  shot  her  and  took  her 
dress.  | 

„ After  the  attack  had  been  made  on  the  Kiowa  and  , 
Comanche  camp,  a Comanche  chief,  who  early  in  the 
morning  had  gone  out  to  run  buffalo  which  were  close  by, 
heard  the  noise  of  the  fighting,  and  came  back  to  the. 
village  as  fast  as  he  could.  He  had  ridden  so  hard  that 
his  horse  was  exhausted,  but  his  people  had  his  war  pony 
ready,  and  he  mounted  it  and  charged  toward  the  enemy, 
and  other  Comanches  followed  him. 

The  Kiowas  and  Comanches  were  fighting  behind  their 
lodges,  and  behind  breastworks  that  they  had  thrown  up, 
but  when  the  Comanches  charged,  Crooked  Neck  called  . 
out  to  his  men,  “Come,  let  us  run,  and  draw  them  away 
from  the  village.”  The  Cheyennes  all  turned  and  rah 
and  the  enemy  followed,  riding  hard,  this  Comanche  chief 
being  in  the  lead. 

When  they  had  gone  far  enough,  Crooked  Neck  called 
out  to  his  people,  “This  is  far  enough; — now  turn.”  The 
Cheyennes  turned  and  charged,  and  the  Comanches  and 
Kiowas  also  turned  and  ran.  Sun-Maker,  who  was  on  a 
fast  horse,  almost  overtook  them,  and  shot  two  arrows 
into  the  back  of  the  Comanche  chief. 

Sun-Maker  watched  the  chief,  and,  as  he  drew  close  to 
the  village,  saw  him  begin  to-  sway,  and  then  saw  him 
throw  out  his  arm  to  catch  his  horse’s  neck,  and  saw  him 
fall  to  the  ground.  After  the  peace  was  made,,  the 
Comanches  learned  who  it  was  that  had  killed  this  chief... 

For  most  of  the  day  after  this  there  was  fighting  about 
the  village,  perhaps  until  four  or  five  o’clock.  Then  they 
stopped  fighting.  Six  Cheyennes  were  killed  on  the  north- 
side  of  the  river,  and  six  on  the  south  side.  Of  these,  two 
were  important  men — White  Thunder,  keeper  of  tlfe 
medicine  arrows,  who  was  about  seventy  years  old,  and 
Big  Breast.  They  do  not  know  how  many  of  the  Kiowas 
and  Comanches  were  killed,  but  it  was  a large  number, 
women  and  children  and  men. 

This  was  in  the  month  of  May,  1838. 

George  Bird  Grinnell. 


Some  Bird  Names* 

Plover  is  only  another  way  of  saying  “rainbird,” 
copied  from  the  French  pluvier;  and  our  killdeer  or 
“killdee,”  is  one  of  this  noisy  tribe.  “Godwit”  means 
good  wight,  or  good  creature,  and,  like  the  snipe,  the 
curlew,  the  willet  and  others,  takes  its  name  from  its 
cry.  I am  aware  that  “snipe”  is  usually  traced  back  to 
an  old  Scandinavian  word  meaning  snapper;  but  there  is 
little  or  nothing  in  the  habits  of  the  bird  to  suggest  such 
a term,  while  its  characteristic  spring  note,  so  often 
written  “scaip”  by  Frank  Forester  et  al.,  might  quite  as 
truly  be  written  “sn-i-i-pe.”  “Marlin,”  one  of  the  names 
of  the  godwits,  is  merely  “little  sea  bird.” 

The  rail  also  gets  its  name  from  its  cry,  through  an  old 
Dutch  root  meaning  to  rattle.  The  common  name  of  one 
of  our  southern  species  is  “clapper”  rail;  “corn-crake” 
affords  another  instance  of  the  same  kind,  and  probably 
the  Indian  word  sora  has  a like  history.  Another  sort 
of  Jmarsh  hen  is  the  gallinule  (Latin  for  pullet),  which 
is  also  called  “coot,”  though  that  word  in  this  country 
is  more  particularly  applied  to  some  ducks,  though 
properly  belonging  to  the  rail-like  Fulica;  “coot”  means 
“bobtailed,”  and  is  the  Welsh  cwtiar  from  awta,  short, 
bob-tailed,  and  iar,  a hen;  so  that  coot  is  cognate  with 
cut.  Along  the  Florida  reefs  lives  a curious  bird  known 
as  the  “courlan”  (corruption  of  French  for  curlew), 
“crying-bird,”  and  “limpkin,”  the  last  in  allusion  to  its 
awkward  gait;  it  is  the  Aramus  giganteus. 

“Crane,”  the  next  name  in  order,  comes  from  an 
ancient  Aryan  root  which  produces  gepauos  in  Greek, 
grus  in  Latin  and  cran  or  something  like  it  in  the  old 
Teutonic  tongues— all  meaning  long-legged.  Its  Welsh 
name  is  garan — a word  of  the  same  pedigree  related  to 
garter.  “Flamingo”  and  “filimingo”  (Florida)  are  cor- 
ruptions .of  the  Spanish  Hamenco' — flame-colored.  The 
Latin  cygnus  and  our  “swan”  grew  from  the  same  root, 
and  we  still  say  cygnet  for  the  young.  It  was  “the  great 
white  bird”  of  several  American  Indian  languages. 

Ernest  Ingersoll. 
[to  be  continued.] 


Song  of  the  Wilderness  Bird. 

“Eet  rain  t’  night,”  said  Toma. 

Toma  knew.  Hadn’t  he  been  in  and  out  of  the  woods 
for  “mo’n  thirt’  year?”  Anyway  it  was  ten  o’clock,  and 
a late  hour  for  the  wilderness. 

This  was  his  parting  word  for  the  night,  and  I was  soon 
left  alone  to  find  the  faces  in  the  dying  embers  of  the 
camp-fire,  and  to  listen  to  the  voice  of  the  rapid,  now 
near,  now  distant,  as  the  wind  rose  and  fell.  There  was 
music  in  the  sound — a mighty  hymn,  deep  and  swelling- 
nature’s  praise  to  nature’s  God— an  evening  song— a wil- 
derness chorus,  soothing  us  to  lie  at  rest  on  nature’s 

breast.  , 

I must  have  dozed.  The  last  stick  of  the  fire  burned 
asunder,  and,  falling,  roused  me.  A little  shower  of 
sparks  lighted  up  the  darkness  for  an  instant,  and  then 
died  as  quickly.  The  woods  and  the  hills  came  closer. 
The  stars  receded  and  vanished.  Darkness  was  all  about. 
A thousand  miles  from  home— in  the  midst  of  the.  wilder- 
ness, no  white  man  near — and  yet  I turned  in  without  a 
sense  of  fear  or  a wish  to  be  elsewhere.  The  throb  of  the 
fall  came  through  the  earth  to  my  ear  as  I lay  between  the 
blankets,  listening  for  hours  to  the  sound  of  the  river 


in  its  headlong  plunge.  A gentle  rain  began  to  fall,  and 
I was  lulled  to  sleep  by  the  music  of  the  waters. 

A shower  of  rain  drops  is  shaken  from  the  tree  over 
the  tent,  and  half  awake  I open  my  eyes  to  the  white  mist 
over  stream  and  woods  beyond,  visible  between  the  flaps 
of  my  canvas  door.  Gradually  in  the  gray  dawn  I dis- 
tinguish the  swift,  dark  water,  still  swirling  along  not  a 
rod  from  my  spruce  bough  bed.  The  blankets  are  so 
warm  and  comfortable,  I am  in  no  hurry  to  leave  them. 
There  is  no  need  to  get  up — no  train  to  catch,  no  will  to 
follow  but  my  own.  And  so  the  song  of  the  rapid  closes 
my  eyes  again  and  again,  and  I doze  with  a perfect 
absence  of  care. 

Another  shower  of  drops  and  I am  wide  awake.  Was 
it  the  sound  on  the  canvas  that  roused  me?  Nine  liquid 
notes,  repeated,  as  if  the  singer  had  forgotten  the  rest  of 
his  song.  I lay  entranced,  listening  to-  these  bird  notes  so 
sweet  and  clear.  And  yet  there  was  melancholy  in  the 
strain.  Pitched  in  a minor  key,  it  had  a touch  of  sadness 
and  of  longing,  of  question  without  answer — the  heart-cry 
of  the  patient  sufferer  asking  for  sympathy,  appearing  in 
its  simple  sweetness  and  touching  in  its  pathos.  Did  it 
tell  of  the  coming  cold?  Was  it  calling  for  its  mate? 
What  forest  tragedy  did  it  voice?  Was  there  no  answer 
to  the  questioning?  It  was  the  throbbing  protest  of  all 
labor  and  of  all  suffering.  I had  heard  it  in  the  sounds  of 
the  great  city.  Here  it  was  voiced  by  the  sweet  singer  of 
the  wilderness.  At  times  the  strain  was  whistled  a stac- 
cato-, then  again  rolling  and  swelling,  swelling  on  the  last 
note  in  final  entreaty,  as  if  to  lengthen  the  song. 

The  morning  breeze  came  hurrying  up  the  river ; the 
mist  was  brushed  away  before  it,  and  through  the  tree- 
tops  the  rising  sun  shot  a handful  of  golden  arrows  on 
tent  and  camp.  My  warbler  took  new  life  in  the  warmth 
of  the  morning  rays,  and  trilled  his  ditty  in  a way  that 
brought  me  from  my  blankets  to  see  what  feathered  artist 
it  was  that  had  so  worked  up  his  theme  from  nine  simple 
notes.  Here  they  are ; run  them  over — they  will  stay 
with  you : 


From  my  tent  door  I watched  him  swinging  on  a near- 
by birch,  and  there  I stood  for  a full  quarter  hour,  drink- 
ing in  the  sunlight,  the  morning  air  and  the  bird  notes. 
Could  I come  nearer?  But  I was  doomed  to  disappoint- 
ment. Someone  was  up  before  me,  and  the  sound  of  an 
ax  in  the  hands  of  Toma,  who  was  getting  wood  for  our 
morning  fire  sent  my  songster  to  a distant  tree-top,  where 
I could  just  judge  it  a bird  by. its  position  on  the  topmost 
bough  of  a tall  poplar,  where  it  swayed  to  and  fro  in  the 
breeze.  It  was  no  sooner  lighted,  however,  than  the  same 
song  came  back  over  the  water  again  and  again.  There 
were  no  husky  notes  from  that  throat;  every  one  was 
round  and  clear  as  a bell,  in  all  its  liquid  purity. 

Toma  answered  my  inquiry  as  follows:  “They  call 
heem  hard  time  bird.  Don’  know  why,  unless  ’cause  eet 
hav’  such  hard  time  ’n  Canady.” 

Later  I had  a closer  view  of  this  songster,  and  I found 
him  a modest  little  fellow,  no  larger  than  a sparrow,  and 
not  much  different  in  coloring,  probably  a little  slimmer 
and  lighter,  and  with  white  under  wings.  I heard  the 


song  often  afterward,  and  always  listened  attentively 
when  the  bird  was  moved  to  repeat  his  few  notes.  iHe 
never  varied  the  programme,  nor  changed  the  key,  "hot. 
uttered  other  sound  except  when  disturbed,  at  wMch' 
times  he  ended  abruptly  with  a little  impatient  chirp  as  he 
flew  away.  ^ 

I have  never  found  a name  for  my  morning  songster; 
but  some  day  I hope  to  go  again  to  the  stream  and  the 
forest,  and  know  him  more  intimately. 

W.  S.  Ferguson. 


Hardships  of  the  Winter. 

Milford  Conn.,  March  1. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream  : 
This  winter  has  been  phenomenal  for  snow  and  cold,  and 
to  show  what  it  has  meant  to  some  of  the  wild  creatures 
and  how  it  has  affected  them,  I give  you  some  of  my 
observations. 

We  have  been  feeding  corn  to  six  gray  squirrels  at  the 
garden  house  for  three  weeks,  and  three  hawks  which 
have  discovered  this  gather  there  daily  and  feed,  or  try 
to  feed,  on  the  gray  squirrels.  Eight  gray  squirrels  infest 
the  corncrib,  and  one  gray  squirrel  lives  in  the  Mansion 
House  cellar. 

Four  quail  come  daily  to  feed  in  the  cowyard,  while  six 
bluejays  live  in  and  about  the  barn.  My  man  Carl  has 
caught  forty-eight  rats,  starving  creatures  which  ordi- 
narily live  in  the  stone  walls,  but  which  had  to  get  food 
and  ate  their  way  into  the  chicken  house  through  four 
inches  of  concrete. 

T wo  queer  finches,  which  must  have  been  lesser  red- 
polls, have  fed  daily  on  the  piazza.  Not  many  days  ago- 
a red  fox  was  seen  at  three  o’clock  in  the  afternoon  of  a 
bright  day,  apparently  following  the  trail  of  a gray  squir- 
rel in  the  snow  between  the  Mansion  and  the  ponds.  It 
was  a bright  day.  I telephoned  to  the  farm  and  had  the 
foxhound  loosened  and  put  on  the  trail.  The  fox  was  seen 
again  when  he  crossed  the  road,  but  too  far  off  to  shoot 
at. 

This  is  what  snow  and  cold  weather  have  done  in 
Connecticut.  M.  G. 


Two  farmers  were  making  purchases  in  a store.  One 
had  a team  of  mules  hitched  outside.  He  was  negotiat- 
ing for  a pair  of  gloves  covered  with  bear  skin.  The 
other  farmer  said  to  him  that  he  would  pay  for  the 
gloves  if  the  first  would  put  them  on  and  go  out  and 
unbridle  and  bridle  one  of  the  mules.  The  man  at- 
tempted to  win  the  gloves.  At  the  first  sight  of  the 
gloves  both  mules  stood  on  their  hind  legs  and  started 
a boxing  match  with  their  owner.  It  took  four  men 
to  hold  them  until  the  gloves  were  out  of  sight.  A 
mule  has  yet  to  be  found  that  will  stand  for  anything 
with  fur,  especially  bear  fur  on  it.  The  owner  of  the 
mules  did  not  get  the  gloves.--Lawrence,  Kans., 
Gazette. 


The  Chinese  say  that  the  marks  on  the  forehead  of 
the  tiger  form  the  character  Hwang,  or  King,  and  that 
the  tiger  is  in  consequence  to  be  regarded  as  the  king 
of  beasts.  

Little  Willie — Say,  pa,  what  is  meant  by  “courting 
danger’  ? 

Pa — Why,  er — any  kind  of  courting,  my  son. — Chicagq 
Daily.  _ ; ^ 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


Days  with  the  Deer. 

1 The  advancement  o f civilization  has  not  as  yet  erased 
irom  human  nature  a relic  of  savage  ancestry  which 
rakes  itself  known  to  many  by  a keen  l'ove  of  hunting. 
'Nevertheless,  those  following  out  the  desire  find  in  it  a 
holesome,  exhilarating  pastime — one  that  gives  rise  to 
Health,  vigor,  activity  and  numerous  other  virtues,  includ- 
lg  self-reliance.  Nobody,  however,  excepting  persons 
«-ho  themselves  shoot  can  comprehend  such  sensations 
is  are  experienced  during  the  interminably  long  minutes 
rat  precede  a shot  at  some  variety  of  big  game;  lying 
lotionless  in  a blind  for  a flock  of  lusty  canvasbacks  to 
wing  over  - the  decoys  before  firing,  or  waiting  with 
ghtly  gripped  gun  for  a ruffed  grouse  or  covey  of  swift 
uail  to  flush  in  close  cover.  These  tense  intervals  be- 
pre  or  after  a shot  constitute  one  of  the  chief  fascinations 
:f  game  shooting  in  its  various  forms,  and  cause  one 
ither  infinite  satisfaction  or  other  less  agreeable  and 
ften  remorseful  sensations. 

It  has  been  my  good  fortune  for  the  past  six  years  to 
e in  the  Adirondack  Mountains  during  some  five  weeks 
if, the  hunting  season,  situated  where  the  woods  are  still 
ahanced  by  remote  solitude  and  deer  are  fairly  abundant. 
I'lere  than  half  a century  ago  my  grandfather,  an  enter- 
prising Englishman,  whose  unusual  personality  and  warm, 
onerous  nature  won  for  him  the  hearts  of  everyone,  con- 
ceived the-  idea  of  turning  into  farm  land  a tract  of  the 
Iirest  he  then  owned.  Accordingly,  after  a little  labor 
nd  expense,  some  seventy-five  or  a hundred  acres  were 
ell  cleared  of  timber,  but  unfortunately  the  climate 
roved  too  severe  for  cultivating  the  soil  with  any  great 
mount  of  success,  and  the  plan  came  to  nothing.  How- 
ver,  I should  not  say  came  to  nothing,  as  in  a certain 
|;nse  it  has  turned  out  rich  indeed,  for  the  young  growth 
bf  deciduous  timber  springing  up  in  patches  here  and 
r iere,  the  broad  open  slopes  or  fields  thickly  grown  with 
~»erry  bushes  of  various  kinds,  and  the  dense  cover 
pfforded  by  the  wild  fronds  (“breaks”),  supply  those  con- 
ditions perfectly  suited  to  a deer’s  habits,  and  also  form 
>?n  ideal  hunting  ground  that  has  long  proved  a sports- 
man's Mecca. 

; As  some  of  the  most  memorable  and  successful  hunts 
lcluded  in  my  limited  experiences,  have  been  enacted 
ere,  it  is  naturally  entitled  to  first  place  among  the  many 
pleasant  reminiscences  of  the  North  Woods  and  pursuit 
. f the  Virginian  deer.  Moreover,  I hold  toward  it  a feel- 
■ og  deeper  seated  than  affection,  not  merely  for  the  sport 
: : has  afforded,  but  for  the  beauty  of  its  environment ; 
lie.  serene  sunsets,  twilights  and  mystic  moonlit  nights 
witnessed  there,  when  the  sublime  creations  of  nature 
9/ere  made  manifest  no  matter  which  way  the  eyes  turned, 
nd  filled  one  with  joy  and  inspiration.  Before  relating, 
lowever,  any  of  The  episodes  that  occurred  within  its 
units,  I shall  endeavor  to  describe  a few  incidents,  suc- 
cessful and  otherwise,  which  chanced  to  happen  elsewhere. 

; Passing  through  the  clearing  above  spoken  of,  and  coll- 
ecting a woodland  lake  with  the  outside  world,  ran  a 
kell-built  wagon  road,  bounded  on  all  sides  by  the  forest, 
'or  seven  miles  or  more  it  led  over  hills  and  through 
j alleys,  skirted  mountain  ridges  clothed  with  smooth, 
tately  birch,  beech  and  maple  trees;  spanned  clear,  amber 
treams,  whose  purity  was  unsullied  save  for  the  brightly 
jlappled  trout  that  lurked  in  their  swift,  cold  waters,  or 
'.gain  brought  one  to  the  summit  of  a steep  hill,  from 
whence  the  outlook  was  serene  and  expansive.  The 
. npreme  art  wrought  by  nature’s  hand,  the  virgin  solitude 
nd  grandeur  of  the  woods  on  every  side  throughout  its 
ntire  length  made  the  beauties  of  this  road  manifold,,  for 
no  matter  how  often  one  traversed  it  some  new  delight 
(waited  the  open  eye  and  ear. 

t During  favorable  seasons  a number  of  deer  frequented 
ts  vicinity,  there  being  any  quantity  of  tender  young 
; egetation  growing  on  both  sides  where  the  trees  had  been 
j reviously  cut  away,  while  runways  crossed  it  in  various 
/arts  and  intersected  the  low,  swampy  ground  with  high 
noils  or  mountains  so  congenial  to  the  cunning  habits  of 
urg;e  bucks.  As  the  road  was  composed  of  sand  and 
what  is  known  as  “hard  pan,”  it  could  - be  still-hunted 
with  little  difficulty  on  wet  or  windy  days,  one  making 
•ractically  no  sound  in  walking,  provided  ordinary  cau- 
|it>n  was  used;  but  then  this  method,  although  always 
ull  of  keen  pleasure  and  excitement,  entailed  one  draw- 
back— the  tall  undergrowth  bordering  the  roadside  often 
fbscured  a deer  when  one  was  hunting  on  foot  that  would 
"iave  been  visible  from  a higher  level;  so  we  therefore 
■dopted  the  plan  of  hunting  from  a wagon  or  a light 
: ubber-tire  buggy,  as  then  a far  better  outlook  was  ob- 

iained  ahead  and  into  the  woods.  Moreover,  the  deer, 
leld  by  curiosity  at  the  sight  of  a horse,  would  fre- 
Uently  stand  longer,  and  sometimes  give  one  the  oppor- 
unity  to  get  out  of  the  wagon  and  take  a shot  from  the 
(round ; for  let  it  not  be  imagined  that  shooting  in  the 
ormer  was  by  any  manner  an  easy  task,  as  the  slight 
motion  caused  by  the  horse’s  breathing  would  often 
diverge  a bullet  just  at  the  moment  of  firing  unless  the 
deer  happened  to  be  within  short  range.  However,  we 
Practiced  both  ways,  enjoying  them  equally;  but  after  all, 
he  latter  brought  the  most  game  to  bag,  and  was  the 
i ause  of  a successful  morning,  afternoon  or  evening  hunt 
1 n more  than  one  occasion. 

/ Although  late  afternoon  and  the  twilight  hours  no  doubt 
increased  the  chance  of  seeing  deer  along  the  road,  and 
fyere  therefore  about  the  best  times  to  hunt,  especially 
during  dry  weather,  many  favorable  opportunities  pre- 
sented themselves  after  a sharp  shower  or  prolonged 
iainfall,  when  even  in  the  middle  of  the  day  game  was 
.very  liable  to  be  on  foot.  Generally  speaking,  they  might 
Ite  /come  upon  at  the  most  unexpected  moments  from 
dawn  till  darkness.  However,  if  it  rained  steadily  all 
hrough  the  night,  and  then  ceased  or  abated  as  the  gray- 

rss  of  approaching  day  crept  up  into  the  sky,  then  to  be 


abroad  early  was  in  almost  every  case  a surety  of  at  least 
seeing  and  perhaps  obtaining  a shot  at  a deer. 

The  early  morning  hours  are  most  alluring,  with  the 
prospect  of  hunting  ahead,  and  more  than  once  have  I 
yielded  to  their  fascination  and  started  out  at  daybreak, 
but,  except  on  one  occasion,  returned  empty-handed. 
However,  I can  boast  of  many  pleasant  experiences  and 
rewards  for  turning  out  in  the  gray  darkness  that  pre- 
cedes dawn  under  the  dim  light  of  a candle — rewards 
which  I trust  will  not  desert  me  in  the  years  to  come. 
For  what  are  sweeter  than  the  sweet  fruits  of  memory? 

A drizzling  rain  had  set  in  one  overcast  September 
evening,  and  the  wind  springing  up  toward  nightfall 
brought  with  it  a steady  downpour,  which  aroused  our 
hopes  for  an  early  hunt  the  following  morning.  After  a 
consultation  with  Wallace  as  to'  what  time  we  would 
slart  if  the  rain  abated,  I was  about  to'  leave  the  room 
where  he  and  several  others  were  enjoying  the  genial 
companionship  of  a cook-stove,  when  I chanced  to'  observe 
an  expression  on  Al’s  face  as  he  sat  with  his  chair  tipped 
back  in  the  corner,  that  I had  little  trouble  to  comprehend. 

“Would  you  like  to  go  with  us,  Al?”  I asked. 

“Oh,  yes,  do  come  along,”  chimed  in  Wallace. 

“You  bet  I’d  like  to'  go,  if  there’s  room  in  the  wagon,” 
he  responded,  with  considerable  animation.  “What  time 
will  you  start?” 

“About  four,  I guess,”  said  Wallace,  innocently 

“Oh,  pshaw ! it  doesn’t  get  light  till  nearly  six,  and  you 
can’t  hunt  in  the  dark.  Perhaps  I’d  better  not- — ” 

“Now  look  here,  Al,”  I put  in,  “you’ve  accepted  our 
invitation,  so  don’t  back  out;  and  at  any  rate  we  may  need 
your  help  if  I happen  to  get  a deer.” 

“All  right,  I’ll  go  if  that’s  the  case.  But  say,  I wouldn’t 
get  up  too  awfully  early,  and  you  won’t  go,  I suppose,  if 
it  rains?”  This  remark,  however,  failed  to  bring  any  re- 
lief as  to-  the  question  of  arising  early,  for  I had  closed 
the  door  and  was. out  of  hearing. 

The  dropping  patter  of  rain  drops  on  the  roof  was  the 
second  sound  that  greeted  mv  ears  after  being  aroused 
by  a loud  rapping  knock,  which,  although  it  seemed  to 
proceed  from  the  depths  of  night,  told  me  well  enough 
the  rising  hour  was  at  hand.  After  dressing  and  expe- 
riencing one  or  two'  teeth-chattering  spasms,  for  the 
warmth  radiated  from  a candle  on  a chilly  September 
morning  is  hardly  sufficient  to  give  much  comfort,  I crept 
softly  downstairs  and  around  to  the  kitchen.  Here  was 
a sight  that  banished  sleep  in  good  earnest  and  brought 
cheer  and  enthusiasm  to  the  front.  A coffee-pot  purred 
and  bubbled  on  the  glowing  stove,  while  Wallace,  with 
the  aid  of  a lantern,  was  in  the  act  of  frying  several  veni- 
son sfeaks  that  sent  forth  a welcome,  appetizing  fragrance. 

“Where’s  Al?”  I asked. 

“Asleep,  I presume,  for  he  didn’t  seem  anxious  to  get 
up  when  I pounded  on  the  floor  a while  ago,”  answered  he. 

“No,  I’m  not  asleep,  either,”  came  a voice  from  the 
doorway,  and  we  beheld  the  person  in  discussion,  with 
hair  unbrushed  and  a slumberous  glisten  in  his  eyes, 
standing  before  us. 

“My  gracious!  You’re  not  going  out  when  it’s  raining 
like  this?  Just  hear  it  come  down  now,  and  we’ll  get 
soaked,  sure,”  he  continued,  with  a distressed  expression, 
as  the  patter  on  the  roof  increased  for  a minute  or  so. 

“Don’t  be  discouraged;  we  can  put  the  big  umbrella  up 
and  manage  to  keep  dry  all  right,”  I assured  him,  and 
presently  as  the  acknowledgment  of  dawn  was  signaled  by 
the  clarion  voice  of  a cock  in  the  neighboring  old  log 
barn,  the  rain  abated,  mist  clouds  lifted  from  the  lake, 
while  the  earth  fairly  teemed  with  moisture. 

Breakfast  finished  and  encouragement  offered  as  to  the 
weather  ultimately  clearing,  we  were  not  long  in  hitching 
up  a powerful,  sagacious  mare  to  the  long-bodied  buck- 
board,  in  which  room  was  made  for  Al  by  placing  a box 
behind  the  seat,  where,  after  some  laborious  efforts,  he 
duly  ensconced  himself.  Usually  on  starting  out,  Flora— 
namely,  the  mare  above  mentioned — was  endowed  with  a 
vitality  and  spirit  which  failed  to'  display  themselves  on 
the  return  journey,  or  even  after  a half  a mile  of  the 
road  had  been  traversed ; and  this  morning,  with  the  rain 
drops  tickling  her  broad  back,  she  evidently  felt  more 
than  equal  to  the  occasion.  At  any  rate,  just  as  we  drove 
off  she  gave  a half  bounding  kick  and  jump,  sending  the 
mud  flying  in  a most  uncomfortable  manner. 

“Hey  I”  cried  Al,  making  a snatch  at  the  back  of  the 
seat  in  an  effort  to  recover  the  balance  he  had  nearly 
lost,  “don’t  let  her  do  that  again  or  I’ll  be  jerked  off 
backwards.  By  gracious,  that  old  umbrella  came  near 
putting  my  eye  out !”  he  muttered,  in  tones  indicative 
of  some  wrath,  but  the  shelter  of  the  latter,  however, 
which  caused  him  so  much  discomfort  was  now  no  longer 
needed,  for  a short  time  later  the  rain  entirely  ceased. 
Pools  of  water  standing  in  the  road  sent  up  a steaming 
fog,  while  the  aspect  of  the  woods  on  either  side  was 
strangely  mystic  anhd  beautiful,  a vapor  hanging  between 
the  moist  tree  trunks  that  seemed  to  absorb  and  breathe 
forth  the  most  fragrant  essence  of  the  forest.  Moreover, 
I was  especially  struck  by  the  appearance  of  those  trees 
nearest  the  road,  their  individual  symmetry  and  grace 
being  intensified  by  the  misty  background.  Smooth  mot- 
tled beeches,  gold-tinted  silky  birches,  and  huge  slab- 
barked  conifers  stood  out  in  clear-cut  relief  against  the 
vistas  of  dim  interior;  here  and  there  a twining  maple 
glowed  with  subdued  brilliancy,  while  the  more  sober  hue 
of  the  frostetj  witchhopple  might  be  seen  nestling  in  the 
undergrowth. 

Crossing  the  clearing,  we  saw  a large,  sleek  doe  stand- 
ing in  the  edge  of  the  woods  some  distance  away,  but  as 
I was  in  quest  of  horns  that  morning,  we  simply  halted 
and  enjoyed  the  picture  she  presented,  until,  with  a whisk 
of  her  long,  conspicuous  tail,  she  bounded  from  sight. 
The  mud  on  the  road  being  heavy,  we  moved  along  at  a 
slow  speed,  which  gave  one  ample  opportunity  to  carefully 
scrutinize  the  wooded  depths  on  either  hand,  and  also 
keep  a sharp  look  out  ahead.  After  traversing  about  five 


miles  without  seeing  anything  else  in  the  game  line,  we 
came  to  a spring,  whose  crystal  waters  garnered  with 
fallen  autumn  leaves  invited  refreshment,  and  one  im- 
agined the  former  imparted  a sweeter  flavor  to  the  pure 
liquid  which  flowed  in  a perennial  stream  from  some- 
where on  the  mountain  side.  Just  beyond  here  was  a 
precipitous  hill,  and  on  the  summit  of  this,  framed  by  a 
noble  maple  that  bent  across  the  road,  one  obtained  a 
transcending  view  over  rolling  undulations  of  forest-robed 
mountains,  the  latter  in  some  places  bearing  the  sad  scars 
of  fire,  while  nearer  at  hand  the  waters  of  a wilderness 
lake  glimmered  palely  amid  the  first  autumnal  tints  of  the 
turning  foliage.  Plodding  along  a level  stretch  leading 
on  for  two  or  three  miles  after  the  foot  of  the  hill  was 
reached,  Al  suddenly  bent  forward  and  seized  Wallace  by 
the  shoulder,  whispering  in  a voice  husky  with  excite- 
ment^ “Whoa,  hey,  stop ! Let’s  have  the  gun.  Can’t  you 
see  him  standing  down  there  looking  up  this  way?” 

_ “Where?”  I said,  breathlessly,  imbued  with  a like  emo- 
tion, pulling  the  horse  up  abruptly  and  taking  my  .40-65 
Wincheslel'  from  Wallace,  who,  backing  the  wagon, 
pointed  down  through  a swampy  piece  of  ground  on  the 
right  hand  side  of  the  road.  But,  alas ! the  elements  of 
good  luck  were  against  me  that  day,  for  just  as  I per- 
ceived the  indistinct  outlines  of  a very  large  deer  stand- 
ing some  hundred  yards  away,  and  partly  obscured  by  the 
underbrush,  he  wheeled  in  his  tracks  and  melted  from 
view  like  a blue-gray  shadow.  “Oh,  if  I’d  only  had  the 
gun  I could  have  bored  him  through  two  or  three  times,” 
bemoaned  Al,  his  voice  plaintive  with  disappointment. 

“Hush,  don’t  talk  so  loud,”  returned  Wallace,  in  a 
whisper,  and  silently  we  both  dismounted  from  the  wagon 
and  entered  the  swamp,  making  for  the  spot  where  the 
buck  had  previously  stood.  As  the  ground  was  soaking, 
we  were  able  to  go  very  quietly,  and  in  a few  moments 
reached  the  spot,  which  proved  to  be  an  old  log  road.  Ad- 
vancing with  the  greatest  caution,  we  found  the  hoof 
marks  deeply  printed  on  a muddy  causeway,  and  display- 
ing evidence  of  the  animal’s  size  and  weight.  For  fifty 
yards  or  so  we  followed  the  course  he  had  taken,  and 
then  the  trail  was  lost  in  a maze  of  dead  underbrush.  No 
doubt  this  wild  old  chap,  if  he  has  not  succumbed  to  the 
miserable  fate  so  many  deer  have  been  subjected  to  dur- 
ing the  bitter  winters  of  recent  years,  still  wanders  in  the 
freedom  and  seclusion  of  his  forest  home.  Lucky  the 
day  for  him  when  discovered  by  human  eyes  that  Al  did 
not  chance  to  have  a rifle  in  his  hands.  Then  at  least  he 
would  have  suffered  a severe  fright,  but  probably  nothing 
worse. 

To  start  out  at  the  late  hour  of  ten  o’clock  in  the  morn- 
ing and  return  before  eleven  with  a buck  is  an  occurrence 
that  does  not  very  often  happen;  but  once  such  a short, 
sweet  hunt  fell  to  my  lot,  and  in  contrast  to  the  former 
episode  may  illustrate  the  vicissitudes  of  good  and  bad 
luck  which  are  invariably  attached  to  deer  shooting. 

It  was  more  our  intention  to  enjoy  a drive  one  golden 
autumnal  forenoon  than  to  go  out  for  the  sake  of  a hunt 
on  the  road,  but  nevertheless  I was  not  loth  in  accepting 
the  “Veteran’s”  suggestion  to  take  along  the  big  Win- 
chester, whose  companionship,  by  the  way,  I treasure 
most  highly,  as  on  many  occasions  it  has  done  good 
service,  for  if  we  chanced  to  see  a deer  that  was  worth 
a shot,  remorseful,  indeed,  would  have  been  the  sensations 
when  it  was  realized  there  were  no  firearms  in  the  wagon. 

“Please  do  the  shooting  if  we  happen  to  come  on  a good 
deer,  for  I have  already  had  more  than  my  share  of  sport 
this  season,”  I said  to  the  “Veteran”  as  we  trotted  along 
in  the  rubber-tire  buggy,  making  little  or  no  sound. 

“Very  well,”  he  assented,  “but  how  do  you  expect  me 
to  shoot  that  cannon  ?”  which  insinuation  at  the  weight 
and  caliber  of  this  favorite,  however,  failed  to  awaken 
the  desired  effect,  as  I knew  he  considered  it  a first-class 
all-around  weapon,  and  had  used  it  with  success  on  many 
occasions  himself.  Thus  we  traversed  the  mile  or  more 
between  the  lake  and  dealing,  chatting  together  and  not 
keeping  a very  sharp  lookout,  as  in  reality  neither  of  us 
expected  to  see  a deer,  the  morning  was  so  dry  and  trans- 
parently clear..  As  yet  the  snowy  everlasting  and  golden- 
rod  bloomed  in  a maze  of  delicate  color  over  the  broad 
slopes  of  the  clearing,  and  as  we  drove  through  here  the 
soothing  murmur  of  insect  voices  and  chirruping  crickets 
fell  pleasantly  on  our  ears,  while  the  surrounding  hills 
were  only  to-  be  compared  with  jewels,  as  the  morning 
sunlight  and  clarified  atmosphere  brought  forth  the  deep, 
brilliant,  hues  of  the  deciduous  trees  which  clothed  them. 

Entering  the  woods  on  the  west  side  where  the  road 
was  thickly  carpeted  with  crisp,  golden  foliage,  and  was 
bounded  by  a sloping  ravine,  we  had  just  turned  a sharp 
bend  when  I perceived  the  form  of  a deer  standing  at  the 
farther  end  of  this  valley,  some  fifty  yards  or  so  ahead. 
It  was  in  the  blue  coat  and  appeared  like  a fairly  large 
sized  animal.  Forgetting  completely  about  the  agreement 
I had  previously  made  with  the  .“Veteran,”  I pulled  the 
horse  up  short,  pushed  the  reins  into  his  hands,  and  seiz- 
ing the  rifle,  half  fell  and  jumped  out  of  the  buggy.  So 
much  for  the  demoralizing  excitement  of  deer  shooting! 
Every  thought  except  to  get  a shot  in  as  quick  as  possible 
forsook  my  mind. 

The  buck  presented  a broadside  position,  and  stepping 
a few  feet  ahead  of  the  horse,  I knelt  down  in  the  road 
with  the  idea  of  obtaining  a knee  rest;  but  instead  of 
helping  matters  by  making  me  steadier,  the  effect  was 
exactly  opposite,  and  the  sights  seemed  to  dance  all  over 
the  gray  form,  until,  made  desperate,  I stood  up  again, 
determined  to  shoot  offhand  without  any  further  hesita- 
tion. The  clearly  outlined  bead  of  the  front  sight  was 
now  more  steady,  and  I pressed  trigger  just  as  it 
reached  a center  mark  on  the  deer’s  shoulder.  The  woods 
resounded  with  a truly  cannon-like  roar  as  the  65  grains 
of  black  powder  went  off,  and  a cloud  of  blue  fog  hid 
everything  from  our  vision  for  a second  or  two;  but  as  it 
drifted  away,  we  perceived  the  buck  running  wildly  to- 
ward a knoll  which  arose  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  shaU 


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low  glen  before  mentioned,  and  the  “Veteran,”  standing 
up  in  the  buggy  to  obtain  a better  view,  called  out,  “He’s 
down,  and  I’ve  marked  just  about  the  place  where  he  fell.” 
By  this  time  Jill,  a faithful  old  setter  who  seldom  failed 
to  accompany  us,  and  whose  ambition  went  beyond  her 
years,  was  filling  the  air  with  barks  and  yells  of  uncon- 
trollable excitement,  so  the  “Veteran,”  putting  a rope  to 
her  collar,  walked  up  the  road  and  struck  the  trail,  while 
I remained  behind  to  watch  the  horse.  _ Away  they  went, 
crashing  through  the  underbrush,  jumping  logs  and_  avoid- 
ing trees,  for  once  started  after  a deer,  Jill  was  imbued 
with  the  strength  of  ten,  and  it  was  no  easy  matter  to  hold 
her  in.  Presently  they  disappeared  from  sight,  but  after 
several  minutes  had  elapsed  I saw  them  coming  back 
again,  and  then  the  former  proved  that  scent  is  sometimes 
better  than  sight,  for  turning  off  sharply  to  one  side,  she 
brought  the  “Veteran”  to  the  exact  spot  where  the  deer 
lay.  He  proved  to  be  a two  or  three-year-old  buck  in 
prime  condition,  with  a pretty  pair  of  slim  horns  which 
were  just  about  ready  to  peel,  as  the  velvet  on  the  prongs 
was  quite  torn  and  ragged.  Although  not  what  might  be 
termed  a forest  king,  he  was  nevertheless  a very  good 
specimen  of  an  average  sized  Virginian  deer  buck,  weigh- 
ing a hundred  and  fifty  pounds  or  more,  and  with  an 
almost  perfect  coat  of  soft  blue-gray  hair.  Everything 
connected  with  the  episode,  besides  the  unexpected 
pleasure  of  bagging  him  and  the  ideal  environment  at- 
tached to  the  scene  of  action,  makes  it  a memory  which 
very  often  returns  during  moments  of  hunting  rumination. 

Paulina  Brandreth. 

[to  be  concluded.] 


The  Shiras  Bill* 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

Naturally  I read  with  interest,  in  to-day’s  issue  of  your 
paper,  Judge  Beaman’s  reply  to  my  article  of  February 
18,  in  which  he  reiterates  his  conviction  that  Federal 
control  of  migratory  game  birds  is  unconstitutional,  being 
in  derogation  of  State  rights  in  such  game;  and  further, 
that  the  difficulties  in  the  application  of  this  doctrine  are 
“insurmountable.” 

In  support  of  the  first  position,  he  cites  the  case  of 
Geer  vs.  Connecticut,  in  the  United  States  Supreme 
Court,  as  not  only  “the  leading  game  case  in  the  coun- 
try,” but  one  that  settles  the  question  of  Congressional 
legislation  over  migratory  birds.  The  Geer  case  is  not 
new  to  me;  in  fact,  it  is  a rather  near  relative  of  the 
migratory  game  bill.  My  father  was  one  of  the  members 
of  the  court  delivering  this  decision,  and  being  one  of  the 
few  sportsmen  on  the  bench,  as  then,  constituted,  he  had 
something  to  do  with  the  preparation  of  the  opinion, 
although  handed  down  in  the  name  of  Justice.  White. 
If  this  case  is  my  undoing,  well  might  I exclaim,  “the 
sins  of  the  father  are  visited  upon  the  son.” 

But,  in  my  judgment,  the  case  has  no  bearing  whatso- 
ever upon  the  real  question  at  issue  here,  for  it  simply 
upheld  a State  game  statute  without,  as  Judge  Beaman 
candidly  admits,  passing  upon  the.  right  of  Congress  to 
legislate  in  behalf  of  migratory  birds  and  fish.  Had  a 
Federal  statute  existed  at  that  time,  and  the  court  held  it 
void,  then  might  this  matter  be  considered  settled. 

So  far  as  I am  aware,  the  classification  of  game  birds 
into  local  qnd  migrants  has  never  been,  made  the  basis 
for  separate  State  and  National  jurisdiction.  Being  a 
new  legal  proposition,  it  is  probably  useless  to  enter  into 
a prolonged  discussion  thereon,  although  I fully  recog- 
nize Judge  Beaman’s  right  to  differ  with  me.  It  may  be 
proper  for  me  to  say  that  the  bill  has  been  submitted 
lately  to  some  of  the  best  constitutional  lawyers  in  the 
country,  and,  after  careful  consideration,  received  their 
entire  approval;  so  that  I am  content  to  await  its  test 
in  the  courts,  if  it  is  ever  enacted. 

The  other  objection,  viz.,  the  difficulty  of  defining 
migratory  game  birds,  gives  me  little  concern,  for  it 
seems  a comparatively  easy  matter.  These  birds  are  prac- 
tically all  defined  in  the  bill  by  species,  with  the  addi- 
tional descriptive  qualification,  “and  all  other  migratory 
game  birds  which  in  their  northern  and  southern  migra- 
tions pass  through,  or  do  not  remain  permanently  the  en- 
tire year  within  the  borders  of  any  State  or  Territory/’ 
Among  our  migratory  game  birds,  which  variety  fails  to 
fall  easily  within  this  description? 

Again,  when  we  realize  that  the  question  is  settled  by 
the  ease  with  which  local  game  birds  are  classified — 
grouse,  quail,  turkeys— it  is  hard  to  conceive  where  any 
special  trouble  will  arise.  The  fact  that  Judge  Beaman 
illustrates  the  alleged  difficulties  by  describing  the  erratic 
movements  of  wild  animals,  is  wholly  begging  the  ques- 
tion. Migrations,  so-called,  of  most  large  game  animals 
is  altitudinal  and  not  a distinct  northern  and  southern 
seasonal  migration,  as  in  the  case  of  wildfowl. 

Since  the  bill  does  not  cover  game  animals,  it  seems  to 
me  it  is  a rather  far-fetched  objection.  The  word 
“migratory”  has  a well  defined  scientific  and  popular 
meaning.  . „ , 

What  is  a “navigable.”  stream,  what  is  a public  or  pri- 
vate” nuisance,  what  is  a “reasonable”  rate,  what  is  a 
“contagious”  disease?  Here  we  have  several  qualifying 
terms  where  the  border  line  is  often  hard  to  define.;  yet 
it  in  no  wise  affects  the  validity  of  State  and  National 
statutes  regulating  the  same. 

The  plain  difference  in  the  migratory  and  non-migra- 
tory  habits  of  the  wild  goose  and  the  quail,  the  curlew 
and  the  wild  turkey,  the  canvasback  duck  and  the  ruffed 
grouse,  is  so  patent  that  the  classification  is  a reasonable 
one,  to  say  the  least. 

Judge  Beaman’s  suggestion  that  we  have  instead 
National  laws  protecting  all  game  on  all  the  public  lands 
and  public  waters  of  the  United  States,  is  a sound  legal 
proposition,  and  has  been  given  considerable . study  the 
past  two  years.  My  migratory  game  bill  mentions  in  the 
preamble  “public  waters  of  the  United  States  outside  the 
limits  and  jurisdiction  of  the  several  States  and  Terri- 
tories,” while  in  the  fish  bills,  mentioned  later,  the  public 
waters  of  the  United  States  are  especially  included.  The 
trouble  arises  in  the  case  of  game  animals  and  birds  on 
the  public  domain. 

Our  Committee  on  the  Public  Lands  has  attempted  to 
have  legislation  passed  giving  the  President  authority  to 
designate  certain  Forest  Reserves  as  game  refuges,  but 
we  have  failed  to  get  such  legislation  through  the  House 
of  Representatives  except  in  the  case  of  one  Forest 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


Reserve..  Such  reserves  are  easily  defined  and  protected. 
The  objection  to  Judge  Beaman’s  suggestion  to  include 
all  game  on  all  public  lands  is  twofold : 

. First — The  opposition  of  the  local  Congressmen  to  put- 
ting the  greater  part  of  the  wild  game  animals  and 
local  birds  under  Federal  control.,  as  they  believe  the 
State  laws  are  fairly  effective;  which  objection  is  some- 
what easier  to  meet  in  the  case  of  wildfowl,  where  State 
laws  are  notoriously  ineffective. 

The  second  objection — and  a serious  one  in  my  mind — 
arises  from  the  difficulty  the  average  hunter  would  have 
in  determining  whether  he  was  on  private  or  public 
property.  In  many  Western  States  there  are  millions  of 
acres  of  unfenced  prairie  and  forest  lands  where  quite 
often  alternate  sections  belong  to  the  Government,  and 
the  remainder  has  been  taken  up  under  railroad  and 
school  grants,  mining,  timber,  stone  and  homestead  en- 
tries, with,  of  course,  here  and  there  large  holdings 
acquired  and  held  by  purchase.  Federal  game  laws  on 
Government  lands  and  State  laws  as  to  the  rest  would 
make  a checker  board  of  many  States,  and  the  ordinary 
hunter  would  often  be  unable  to  tell  one  kind  of  land 
from  the  other,  unless  he  had  the  title  examined,  and 
then  the  absence  of  fences  and  section  posts  would  make 
it  hopeless,  even  if  he  had  the  county  surveyor  at  his 
heels. 

Such  a situation  rather  seems  to  please  Judge  Beaman, 
for  he  says  it  would  deter  “the  lawless  hunter”  from 
taking  any  chances  through  “fear  of  Federal  officers  on 
the  one  hand  and  State  officers  on  the  other.”  In  my 
opinion  the  law-abiding  sportsman  would  be  in  worse 
shape,  for  the  market-hunter  would  willingly  take 
chances  where  he  could,  with  entire  justice,  plead 
ignorance  of  “where  he  was  at.” 

Under  the  migratory  game  bill  the  law  would  be  the 
same  not  only  in  each  State  but  throughout  a tier  of 
States  in  the  same  zone  of  temperature,  so  uniformity 
would  be  attained  in  the  highest  degree. 

The  two  fish  bills,  inclosed  herewith,  may  prove  of  in- 
terest to  some  of  your  readers.  One  is  based  upon  the 
same  principle  underlying  the  game  bill,  and  the  other  on 
lines  upon  which  Judge  Beaman  and  myself  are  in  entire 
accord.  After  these  proposed  acts  have  been  thoroughly 
considered,  the  question  of  taking  up  legislation  of  this 
character  at  the  next  session  of  Congress  will  be  in 
order.  Geo.  Shiras  3D. 

Washington,  D C , March  11. 


A Tiger  Hunt  in  China. 

Tiger  shooting  is,  I believe,  generally  regarded  as 
serious  work,  and  not  a picnic  to  be  lightly  entered  on; 
but  from  the  moment  P.  came  round  to  my  compound 
to  say  that  four  of  the  brutes  had  been  located  in  the 
Yikma  jungle,  some  four  miles  from  the  settlement,  to 
the 'morning  of  the  last  disastrous  beat  the  gods  ap- 
peared to  do  their  best  to  make  fun  of  the  whole  ex- 
pedition, and  to  rob  us  of  that  feeling  of  dignity  due  to 
those  engaged  in  big-game  shooting. 

Perhaps  I should  not  include  P.  in  this.  P.  was  dif- 
ferent. He  spoke  knowingly  of  shikars,  machans,  and 
all  the  paraphernalia  of  a big  shoot;  he  mused  pensively 
in  the  heat  of  the  day,  when  he  should  have  been  asleep, 
over  Badminton  on  Big-Game  Shooting  and  guide- 
books with  blood-curdling  pictures  that  made  me 
nervous.  Between  whiles  in  a desultory  manner  he  ran 
the  camp  mess,  or  sat  in  state  receiving  deputations  of 
villagers  bringing  the  latest  reports  of  the  movements 
of  the  enemy. 

There  was  no  doubt  about  the  tigers,  it  must  be 
understood.  The  recollection  of  journeys  of  several 
days’  length  to  the  reported  habitat  of  some  man-eater, 
only  to  find  at  each  village  that  it  was  so  many  “li” 
further  on,  was  still  fresh  in  my  recollection,  and  it 
seemed  too  good  to  be  true  that  a whole  family  had 
taken  up  quarters  so  near  to  the  settlement;  but  in  the 
soft  paddy  and  sweet  potato  fields  bordering  the  cover 
one  could  hardly  walk  ten  yards  without  crossing  their 
spoor.  Had  we  had  the  proper  arms,  it  may  be  that 
our  hunt  had  ended  differently.  P.  had  a Martini 
Henry  of  the  old  .451  bore  and  a Mauser  pistol,  and  I 
a .44  Winchester  repeating  carbine. 

We  camped  in  the  old,  tumble-down  building,  half 
temple,  half  rest-house,  that  is  common  to  most  Chinese 
villages.  P,  insisted  on  cooking  the  dinner;  also  there 
was  trouble  about  the  bait,  so  that  it  was  half-past 
nine  and  pitch  dark  when  we  sallied  forth  to  the  tree 
we  had  chosen  for  our  watch.  We  had  decided  on  a 
pig  for  bait,  as  he  was  likely  to  make  the  most  noise. 
The  grateful  villagers,  whom  we  had  come  out  to  rid 
of  the  blood-thirsty  animals  that  were  devouring  their 
cattle,  required  some  three  times  its  value  before  they 
would  part  with  it.  Too  late  we  discovered  the  deceit- 
fulness of  that  pig.  In  the  temple  it  had  protested  so 
loudly  as  to  drown  all  negotiations,  but  when  at  last 
tied  up  on  the  field  of  action  it  was  the  most  contented 
pig  I have  ever  known,  and  frantic  pulls  at  the  string  at- 
tached to  his  leg  were  utterly  useless  to  stir  him  to  a 
sense  of  what  was  expected  of  him.  At  length,  bitten 
all  over  by  mosquitoes,  and  covered  with  ants,  tree 
frogs,  and  that  delightful  bettle  known  to  the  Chinese 
as  the  “water  buffalo,”  I climbed  down  and  charged  out 
on  the  wretched  animal,  and  by  the  light  of  the  rising 
moon  chased  him  round  and  round  his  tether  till  his 
squeals  and  the  shouts  of  laughter  from  my  companion 
in  the  tree  might  have  been  heard  for  miles.  Hardly 
had  I regained  the  foot  of  the  tree  when  P.  gave  a 
shout  m warning,  and  commenced  firing  rapidly  over 
my  head.  An  instant  later  one  short  wail  from  piggy 
announced  that  his  duty  was  done,  and  I turned  in  time 
to  see  the  tiger — a dark,  formless  mass — disappear  into 
the  cover  with  six  dollars’  worth  of  pork  belonging  to 
us. 

It  was  against  all  rules  and  precedent.  P.  had  struck 
a match  and  was  lighting  his  pipe  in  calm  disregard 
of  my  request  that  he  would  cover  my  sortie.  I was  on 
the  ground  within  a few  yards  of  the  bait,  while,  I 
repeat,  the  noise  of  laughing  and  talking  should  have 
been,  according  to  all  our  instruction  books,  sufficient 
to  scare  every  tiger  out  of  the  province.  However, 
fairly  or  not,  the  tiger  had  scored  the  first  point,  and 
there  was  nothing  to  do  but  to  return  to  the  temple. 


[March  18,  1905. 


Early  next  morning  the  headman  of  the  village  w; 
summoned,  and,  after  much  argument,  some  twen 
men  were  produced  to  beat  the  cover  for  us.  \A 
started  across  the  paddy  like  thq  chorus  of  a com 
opera,  with  hoes,  pitchforks,  executioners’  swords,  ar 
halberds.  One  man  preceded  the  . party  with  a hu§ 
gong,  which  he  smote  lustily,  to  the  great  delight.'.: 
scores  of  children,  who  were  enjoying  holiday  by  re 
son  of  our  occupying  the  village  schoolroom,  and  tl 
rear  was  brought  up  by  half  a dozen  kerosene  tins  at 
the  village  flautist.  It  was  as  impossible  to  keep  the 
quiet  till  we  should  reach  the  ground  and  take  1 
positions  as  it  was  to  get  them  to  stay  there  when  vii 
had  done  so.  Gradually  and  imperceptibly  the  beate: 
—who  commenced  by  prodding  gingerly  at  the  extren 
edges  of  the  jungle — melted  away,  and  P.  and  I cot: 
eluded  that,  since  beating  was  impossible,  we  must  wato, 
over  bait  again. 

This  time  we  were  ensconced  in  our  tree  long  befoii 
sunset,  with  a goat  for  bait.  Hardly  had  the  moo 
risen  than  out  stalked,  at  about  100  yards’  range,  a 
enormous  tiger,  who  strolled  nonchalantly  across  tl 
glade  and  disappeared  into  the  opposite  cover.  Agai 
we  pulled  furiously  at  the  bait.  Not  a sound  follower 
and,  after  some  hours’  wait,  we  descended,  to  find  poc 
nanny — whether  of  pure  fright  or  because  she  was  poj 
sibly  in  extremis  when  purchased — was  dead! 

After  a long  whispered  conversation  as  to  whethr, 
tigers  took  carrion  or  not,  we  again  trudged  sadl 
home.  Personally,  I incline  to  the  opinion  that  we  di 
not  talk  and  laugh  enough,  also  that  a cigar  woul 
have  much  improved  our  chances.  Be  that  as  it  ma\: 
our-  third  attempt  was  made  from  a machan.  P.  an 
I built  it  next  morning,  and  an  interested  audience  c 
some  fifty  old  women  and  children  sat  round  and.  cord 
mented.  We.  hollowed  out  a large  bush,  and  built  tb 
platform  up  inside;  on  the  top  we  put  a cunning  roc. 
of  plaited  leaves.  Derisive  acquaintances,  who  ha 
never  even  seen  a tiger  running  wild,  rode  out  from  th 
settlement  and  asked  if  it  was  a race  meeting  or  1 
Punch  and  Judy  show?  But  we  were  satisfied;  i 
least  it  was  better  than  roosting  in  trees  with  all  mar 
ner  of  nocturnal  insects,  and  we  made  it  very  com 
fortable  with  a mattress  and  cushions.  Here  w1 
watched  over  Piggy  II.  for  three  nights  without  resul 
On  the  fourth  we  tried  to  tempt  the  tiger  with  a dog 
which,  however,  apparently  gnawed  through  its  rop 
and  escaped,  the  most  serious  part  of  the  incident  be, 
ing  that  neither  my  companion  nor  I were  awake: a: 
the  time. 

Alas!  that  such  a trivial  incident  should  cause  eve 
temporary  estrangement  between  two  fast  friends.  Eve 
if  it  was  my  watch,  there  were  plenty  more  dogs  to  b 
had;  besides,  the  dog  had  been  sleeping  comfortabl 
when  I last  remember.  However,  P.  gathered  up  hi 
text-books  and  his  punkah  coolie — whom  he  now  calle: 
a shikari — and  pegged  out  a claim  at  the  other  end  0 
the  jungle;  while  I decided,  since  our  quarry  woul 
not  follow  the  rules  as  laid  down  in  books,  to  try  p 
deceive  him  with  a simple  plan  of  my  own.  At  sunset 
then,  with  several  natives,  I proceeded  to  a tree  som; 
100  yards  from  the  one  I intended  to  occupy.  Here  w; 
tied  up  a lean,  scraggy  pony  and  made  the  most  nois’; 

, and  shameless  preparations  for  snaring  the  tiger.  Sooi 
after  dark  settled  down  I crept  quietly  out  of  the  tree 
stole  back  to  the  camp,  and  enjoyed  the  first  night’ 
rest  I had  had  for  a week.  At  three  I was  called,  am 
went  down  to  my  own  tree.  Now,  I will  not  guarante- 
this  plan  as  infallible,  and  it  may  be  that  the  result  hat 
nothing  to  do  with  what  I still  regard  as  rather  ai^s 
original  idea;  but  about  half  an  hour  after  the  fir  si 
streak  of  dawn,  and  in  a light  by  which  a .44  carbim' 
is  my  only  excuse  for  not  dropping  him  there  am 
then,  a magnificent  tiger  emerged  from  the  dense  cove 
and  passed  within  fifty  yards  of  my  tree.  At  my  firs; 
shot  the  brute  bounded  into  the  air  and  made  a dash  ii 
my  direction,  approaching  to  within  twenty  yards  o; 
the  tree,  where  I gave  him  a second  through  the  righ 
shoulder.  With  a snarl  like  that  of  a dog,  the  animal 
disappeared  into  the  cover  again,  and  I determined,  i: 
spite  of  our  last  fiasco,  to  try  a beat  again. 

Within  an  hour  I had  collected  thirty  men,  and  senj 
cut  coolies  to  find  P.  The  animal’s  trail  was  easy  t(| 
follow,  for  the  bushes  were  splashed  with  blood,  but  th< 
undergrowth  was  so  thick  that  in  some  places  it  wa 
necessary  to  crawl  on  hands  and  knees.  In  this  positioi'ti 
I suddenly  heard  a roar  from  the  right  of  the  line—  ) 
of  which  I was  the  center — and  a howl  from  one  of  tlvJ 
men.  Pushing  through  as  fast  as  I could.  I found  aif 
unfortunate  beater  had  literally  stumbled  on  the  tige  L 
and  got  badly  mauled,  his  heel  and  the  sole  of  the  fool 
being  half  torn  off.  I directed  two  men  to  carry  hini 
out,  and  was  just  about  to  follow  when  I saw  througjj 
the  foliage  the  yellow  and  black  stripes  of  the  tige; 
standing  a few  yards  off  and  perfectly  motionless,  evi 
dently  listening  to  the  banging  and  the  howling  of  tin 
beaters,  who  were  closing  round.  I took  a steady  sho 
at  what  I imagine  to  have  been  his  ribs,  and  the  brute 
went  down  with  a roar,  at  which  all  the  men  near  m< 
fled. 

There  were  many  trees  around  me,  and  I hurriedb 
selected  one,  for  trees  under  certain  circumstance": 
were  meant  for  climbing.  Before,  however,  I had  go 
as  high  as  I wished  a branch  broke,  and  I came  dowr 
some  fifteen  feet  on  to  the  ground.  There  was,  how 
ever,  no  sign  of  the  tiger,  and  I returned  to  the  open,' 
where  I found  P.  had  arrived.  Between  us  we  bourn 
up  the  mauled  beater— who  had  actually  been  dropper 
by  his  carriers,  and  had  crawled  out  alone— and  sen1 
him  into  the  settlement.  Guided  by  the  beaters,  whe 
were  now  all  up  trees,  and  gave  one  the  impression  o 
sailors  clinging  to  the  masts  of  sunken  ships.  P.  and  l: 
made  another  assault  on  the  cover.  The  tiger  wa:1 
snarling  and  tearing  up  the  grass  within  a few  yard:, 
of  the  edge.  It  was  impossible  to  aim  at  a vital  spot 
owing  to  the  foliage,  so  we  each  gave  him  a bullet,  ant 
again  the  brute  went  down  with  a roar,  evidently  (ffi 
the  subsequent  gasping  and  “thundering”)  shot  througl 
the  lungs.  Here  we  left  him  to  stiffen  or  die,  whik 
we  poured  buckets  of  water  over  each  other  and  cooler 
down.  Within  an  hour  the  panting  sounds  had  ceased 
and  soon  the  treed  beaters  called  out  that  the  brute  wa 
dead,  but  not  a man  would  accompany  us  even  thosi 


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( w yards  to  find  the  carcass.  It  was  now  getting  late, 
id,  as  it  was  imperative  that  we  should  secure  our 
ig,  and  induce  the  frightened  villagers  to  come  down 
rom  their  trees  before  it  grew  dark,  I started  into  the 
l iver  alone.  As  I crawled  cautiously  in  a man  called 
Sit  something  I could  not  catch,  but  which  was  a warn- 
g that  there  were  two  tigers. 

r An  instant  later  the  brushes  to  my  front  were  shaken 
colently,  and,  with  a terrifying  roar,  a smaller  tiger, 
obably  the  female,  sprang  out  at  me,  knocking  me' 
iwn  backward.  With  the  brute  standing  right  over 
I je,  I doubled  myself  up,  covering  my  body  with  my 
*ms  anl  legs,  and,  after  biting  me  several  times  below 
>Je  knees,  the  animal  sheered  ofif,  and  I crawled  back 
it  the  open.  The  tiger  had  won  the  second  point  and 
lie  rubber,  for  this  ended  our  amateur  tiger  hunt.  For 
me  days  after  bringing  me  back  P.  was  laid  up  with 
mstroke,  while  the  villagers  refused  to  go  near  the 
river.  For  all  I know,  the  mouldering  skeletons  of 
;enty-nine  beaters  may  yet  hang  in  the  trees  of  the 
iikma  jungle.  At  least,  somewhere  hidden  in  the 
jdergrowth  lies  a tiger,  whose  skin  is  destined  never 
. f grace  the  hearth  of  his  enemies.  Some  day,  when  I 
jve  recovered  from  the  effects  of  big-game  shooting, 
lam  going  to  take  possession  of  what  is  left. — F. 
Kyley  Bell  in  London  Field. 


License  in  Massachusetts* 

Phis  bill  (House  Bill  No.  336),  sometimes  called  the 
pringfield  bill,”  has  been  the  subject  of  much  dis- 

iision  by  the  sportsmen  and  farmers  of  Massachusetts 
• several  weeks,  and  on  Wednesday  the  most  largely 
ended  hearing  of  the  season  was  held  upon  this 
asure  before  the  Fish  and  Game  Committee. 

Dn  Tuesday  evening  the  Board  of  Management  of 
r Massachusetts  Fish  and  Game  Protective  Associa- 
n met  to  consider  what  should  be  the  attitude  of  the 
:te  Association  at  the  hearing.  At  this  meeting  all 
ipeed  that  the  section  exempting  the  landowner  and 
limbers  of  his  family  from  the  necessity  of  obtaining 
icense  to  shoot  on  his  own  land,  was  open  to  serious 
ections.  The  section  limiting  the  bag  to  five  ruffed 
)use  in  one  day  was  declared  to  be  one  of  those 
asures  so  difficult  to  enforce,  that  it  would  prove  of 
■ le  value  as  a protective  measure.  At  the  same  time, 

I general  opinion  of  most  of  those  who  participated 
:he  discussion  was  that  the  bill  had  some  merit,  but 
/as  finally  decided  that  the  Association  should  take  a 
ition  as  against  the  bill,  and  Mr.  C.  W.  Dimick  was 
uested  to  appear  in  behalf  of  the  Association,  at  the 
ring. 

Former  Commissioner  Edward  H.  Lathrop,  Esq.,  of 
(iringfield,  opened  the  case  in  favor  of  the  bill.  He 
Id  thirty-five  States  require  a license  of  some  sort, 
I he  thought  it  time  for  the  old  Bay  Stat  to  fall  into 
e with  the  others.  He  believed  such  a law  would 
ve  to  protect  song  and  insectivorous  birds,  as  well 
game — a matter  of  much  importance,  as  there  had 
m more  prosecutions  for  the  killing  of  such  birds 
n for  killing  game  birds  in  his  section  of  the  State. 
t said  more  money  is  needed  to  carry  on  the  work 
1 stocking  with  quail  and  the  strict  enforcement  of 
ne  laws.  Legislators  are  reluctant  to  impose  heavier 
rjdens  by  increasing  the  appropriation  for  the  work 
9the  commission,  and  sportsmen  should  be  willing  to 
iitribute  at  least  one  dollar  a year  for  the  enjoyment 
itheir  favorite  recreation.  He  urged  that  many  States 
ce  a limit  upon  the  bag,  and  every  hunter  should 
satisfied  with  five  birds  for  a day’s  shooting.  Birds  are 
imated  more  by  natural  causes  than  by  the  gun,  which 
thought  responsible  for  not  more  than  10  per  cent,  of 
killing.  To  keep  up  the  supply  of  quail,  which,  about 
:e  in  five  or  six  years,  are  destroyed  by  a severe 
iter,  it  is  necessary  to  procure  them  from  other 
tes,  and  the  bill  provides  for  doing  this — one-half 
income  from  license  fees  to  be  used  for  this  purpose, 
the  bill  shall  become  a law,  funds  will  also  be  pro- 
ed  for  the  enforcement  of  protective  laws.  Repre- 
tative  George  M.  Poland,  of  Wakefield,  representing 
Game  Association  of  Eastern  Massachusetts,  said 
mbers  of  that  society  were  a unit  in  support  of  the 
, and  many  of  them  are  farmers. 


t FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


Hon.  Charles  A.  Gleason,  of  Springfield,  chairman  of 
the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  State  Agricultural  Col- 
lege, said  he  was  greatly  interested  in  song  birds,  which 
had  been  decimated  in  the  neighborhood  of  cities.  “The 
biu  does  not  go  far  enough,”  he  said,  and  the  objec- 
tions raised  against  it  he  declared  to  be  “petty,” 

Mr.  S.  D.  Sherwood,  of  Springfield,  claimed  that  the 
bill  would  be  of  great  value  to  fishermen  by  “bracing  up” 
the  enforcement  of  fish  laws.  Support  of  the  bill,  he  said, 
is  based  on  the  principle  that  any  business  or  following 
subject  to  abuses  should  be  regulated  by  licenses.  The 
men  who  favor  the  bill  belong  to  a class  that  is  always 
considerate  toward  the  “farmers’  rights,”  and  not  to  be 
regarded  as  in  the  same  class  as  pot-hunters. 

The  committee  took  up  in  connection  with  this  House 
Bill  No.  288,  which  provides  for  a license  fee  of  $10  for 
unnaturalized  foreigners,  and  Representative  Woodhead, 
of  North  Adams,  spoke  in  its  favor.  J.  M.  Van  Huyck 
said  the  Protective  Association  of  Berkshire  County,  of 
which  he  is  secretary,  approved  both  bills,  but  especially 
No.  288.  He  said  there  are  no  quail  in  his  county,  and 
there  are  many  Syrians,  Greeks  and  Italians  living  in  the 
towns  who . slaughter  everything.  The  quail  planted  by 
W.  C.  Whitney  on  October  Mountain  a few  years  ago 
have  disappeared  and  their  only  game  bird  is  the  ruffed 
grouse. 

^ Dr.  J.  W.  Bailey,  of  Arlington,  said  the  Middlesex 
Sportsman’s  Club  was  heartily  in  favor  of  the  Springfield 
bill.  Prof.  W.  L.  Underwood,  for  the  Massachusetts 
Audubon  Society,  upheld  the  bill.  Mr.  Ellerton  James, 
of  Nahant,  was  specially  desirous  the  bill  to  license  un- 
naturalized foreigners  should  be  passed. 

In  opposition  to  the  bill,  Hon.  Ledyard  Bill,  of  Paxton, 
made  a rather  lengthy  argument,  apparently  omitting  no 
valid  (?)  objection  he  could  think  of.  From  his  stand- 
point his  position  was  impregnable.  “No  new  arguments 
have  been  presented  since  the  Legislature  of  last  year 
kicked  it  out,”  he  said,  and  the  Worcester  Fox  Hunting 
Club  could  see  no  merit  in  the  bill.  “Cut  the  open  season 
for  shooting  in  halves,”  is  what  he  prescribes  as  a remedy 
for  a scarcity  of  game  birds.  Representative  Gleason,  of 
Pittsfield,  presented  a lengthy  petition  against  the 
measure  from  his  constituents  in  the  Pittsfield  Gun  Club. 
The  testimony  of  Representative  Ward,  of  Buckland, 
House  chairman  of  the  Committee  of  Ways  and  Means, 
was  _ very  emphatic,  and  was  important  as  voicing  the 
sentiment  of  the  farmers  of  his-  section.  He  spoke  “as 
a man  from  the  farm,”  he  said.  “All  the  freedom  of  farm 
life  is  to  be  taken  away  by  this  measure,  the  smallness  of 
the  fee  having  nothing  to  do  with  the  question.  Pass  the 
bill  and  every  farmer  will  post  his  land.”  He  said  it 
would  inaugurate  a radical  departure  from  the  established 
usage  of  the  Commonwealth  in  the  disposal  of  funds,  tak- 
ing from  the  Legislature  “all  control  over  appropria- 
tions.” Appropriations  for  specific  purposes  and  a direct 
accounting  are  the  rule  in  Massachusetts,  he  declared. 
Senator  Gerrett,  of  Greenfield,  Chairman  of  the  Commit- 
tee on  Agriculture,  gave  the  movers  for  the  bill  credit 
for  an  “honest  purpose,”  but  did  not  think  it  would  ac- 
complish the  desired  result.  Mr.  C.  W.  Dimick  entered 
the  objections  of  the  State  Association.  Senator  Burns 
expressed  the  opinion  that  such  a law  would  be  a hard- 
ship on  the  common  people  for  the  benefit  of  city  hunters. 
Mr.  George  L.  Ladd,  Master  of  the  State  Grange,  entered 
a protest  in  behalf  of  thousands  of  farmers  in  the  State. 
Other  remonstrants  were  ex-Senator  Wm.  A.  Morse,  of 
Boston ; Representatives  Bodurtha,  of  Blandford,  and 
Chapin,  of  Bernardstown. 

The  writer  draws  two  conclusions  from  the  testimony 
presented:  First,  the  sentiment  in  favor  of  a license  has 
gained  much  since  last  year.  Second,  the  feeling  in  the 
western  part  of  the  State  among  farmers  toward  city 
sportsmen  is  not  as  cordial  as  in  some  sections. 

Central. 


Henry  Norcross  Munn. 

Henry  N.  Munn,  for  many  years  one  of  the  publishers 
and  proprietors  of  the  Scientific  American,  died  on  Friday, 
March  10,  at  his  home,  281  Lexington  avenue,  this  city. 
He  was  nearly  54  years  old. 

Although  for  the  last  ten  years  a great  sufferer  from  the 
painful  disease  which  finally  caused  his  death,  Mr.  Munn 
was  for  a long  time  a keen  sportsman.  He  was  a good 


cross-country  rider,  having  been  master  of  the  Essex 
County  Hunt,  and  was  an  enthusiastic  hunter,  and  years 
ago  spent  every  hunting  season  in  the  Rocky  Mountains 
in  pursuit  of  big  game.  He  owned  a large  preserve  in 
New  Jersey  which  was  admirably  kept  up  and  very  fully 
stocked  with  native  and  foreign  birds.  Before  ill  health 
compelled  his  retirement,  he  was  a member  of  the  South 
Side  Club  and  the  Blooming  Grove  Park  Association.  He 
was  also  a member  of  the  New  York  Association  for  the 
Protection  of  Game  and  of  the  Boone  and  Crockett  Club, 
as  well  as  of  social  clubs  such  as  the  Union,  Riding  and 
Merchants  clubs,  and  of  the  Society  of  the  Sons  of  the 
Revolution. 

Mr.  Munn  was  a more  or  less  frequent  correspondent 
of  the  Forest  and  Stream,  and  an  account  of  an  old  pow- 
der horn  descended  to  him  from  a prerevolutionary  an- 
cestor will  be  remembered  as  having  appeared  in  our 
columns  a few  years  ago.  He  was  devoted  to  sport,  and 
when  the  time  came  when  he  could  no  longer  enjoy  the 
recreations  which  had  meant  so  much  to  him,  he  took  his 
pleasure  largely  in  the  recollections  of  the  good  times  he 
had  had  out  of  doors,  and  in  reading  about  the  good  times 
of  others. 


Death  of  William  W.  King* 

Mr.  Wm.  W.  King,  General  Superintendent  of  Norfolk 
& Southern  Railway  and  a keen  field  sportsman,  died  last 
Wednesday  in  Norfolk,  Va.,  at  the  home  of  his  brother 
Morris  K.  King.  Mr.  King  was  born  in  Geneva,  N.  Y., 
and  early  undertook  railway  work.  He  assisted  in  build- 
ing the  Manhattan  Elevated  Railway  in  New  York  city, 
and  later  in  Virginia  was  occupied  in  the  construction  of 
the  Norfolk  and  Southern  Railroad.  Mr.  King  was  in- 
terested not  only  in  quail  shooting  and  duck  shooting, 
but  was  also  a big-game  hunter  and  had  made  more  than 
one  trip  to  the  moose  country  of  the  Northeast.  Per- 
sonally he  was  a man  of  great  charm.  He  was  51  years 
old. 


Albany  Legislation* 

Albany,  March  14. — The  Hubbs  spring  duck  shooting  bill  has 
been  amended  in  the  Assembiy  out  of  all  semblance  of  its  former 
self.  As  it  now  stands  it  permits  the  shooting  of  ducks  in  the 
spring,  not  only  oti  Long  Island,  but  in  a dozen  or  fourteen 
counties  up  State.  It  is  to  be  reprinted  for  further  consideration. 

Governor  Higgins  has  signed  Assemblyman  Wade’s  bill  (Int. 
No.  249),  amending  Section  03  of  the  game  law  so  as  to  provide 
that  the  meshes  of  nets  used  in  Lake  Erie  shall  not  be  less  than 
1%  inch  bar. 

The  Assembly  has  passed  the  following  bills: 

Assemblyman  West’s  (Int.  No.  469),  in  relation  to  the  placing 
of  carp  in  certain  waters. 

Assemblyman  Gray’s  (Int.  No.  265),  in  relation  to  taking  fish 
through  the  ice  in  the  town  of  North  East,  Dutchess  county. 

Assemblyman  Yale’s  (Int.  No.  771),  relative  to  the  close  season 
for  lake  trout  in  Putnam  county. 

Assemblyman  Bisland’s  (Int.  No.  476),  relative  to  the  close  sea- 
son for  hares  and  rabbits  in  Sullivan  and  Schenectady  counties. 

Assemblyman  Gates’  (Int.  No.  651),  relative  to  the  protection  of 
beaver. 

The  Assembly  has  advanced  to  third  reading  the  following  bills: 

Assemblyman  Gray’s  (Int.  No.  266),  in  relation  to  the  close 
season  for  grouse,  woodcock  and  quail  in  certain  counties. 

Assemblyman  Gray’s  (Int.  No.  264),  in  relation  to  the  close 
season  for  trout  in  Dutchess  county. 

Assemblyman  Gray’s  (Int.  No.  263),  relative  to  the  close  season 
for  squirrels  in  certain  counties. 

Assemblyman  Gates’  (Int.  No.  651),  for  the  protection  of  beaver. 

Assemblyman  F.  C.  Wood’s,  in  relation  to  the  compensation 
of  game  protectors. 

Additional  bills  have  been  introduced  as  follows: 

By  Assemblyman  Miller,  by  request  (Int.  No.  970),  amending 
Section  101  so  as  to  allow  the  hunting  of  deer  in  Nassau  county 
with  fox  or  staghounds,  where  deer  are  owned  by  residents  of  the 
ccunty  and  are  marked  so  as  to  indicate  their  ownership,  from 
Oct.  1 to  April  31,  both  inclusive;  but  if  the  dogs  kill  any  deer 
the  offense  shall  be  punishable  in  each  case  by  a fine  of  $100. 

By  Assemblyman  Plank  (Int.  No.  95S),  amending  Section  6 so 
as  to  provide  that  pickerel,  pike  and  muskallonge  shall  not  be 
taken  in  the  St.  Lawrence  River  below  the  city  of  Ogdensburg 
from  Jan.  1 to  April  30,  both  inclusive;  nor  "elsewhere  in  the 
river  from  Jan.  1 to  June  9,  both  inclusive. 

By  Assemblyman  Stevens  (Int.  No.  1206),  amending  Section  47 
so  as  to  provide  that  the  close  season  for  trout  in  Rensselaer, 
Warren  and  Washington  counties  shall  be  from  Sept.  1 to  April 
30,  both  inclusive. 

By  Assemblyman  Miller  (Int.  No.  994),  amending  Section  52  so 
as  to  forbid  the  pollution  of  streams  inhabited  by  fish  in  Oueens, 
Suffolk  and  Nassau  counties. 

By  Assemblyman  Whitney  (Int.  No.  1019),  amending  Section 
59a  so  as  to  permit  the  use  of  tip-ups  and  set-lines  in  fishing 
through  the  ice  in  Big  Sandy  Pond,  Oswego  county. 


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ie  Anglers*  Casting  Tournament. 

eld  In  Madison  Square  Garden,  New  York  City,  in 
Connection  with  the  Motorboat  and  Sportsmen's 
Show,  Febuary  21  to  March  9,  Inc.usive. 

(Concluded  from  page  196.) 

‘his  interesting  event  came  to  an  end  with  the  casting 
of  Event  28  on  the  last  night  of  the  show,  and  our 
res  are  completed  in  this  issue.  Taken  altogether,  the 
rnament  was  a success,  and  in  view  of  what  is  said 
:her  on,  it  must  be  inferred  that  while  tournament 
ing  and  fishing  are  two  somewhat  different  proposi- 
t?,  the  one  is  of  immense  help  in  the  other,  provided 
angler  gains  all  the  information  he  can  through  ex- 
ence  on  the  casting  platform  and  the  friendly  advice 
criticism  of  tournament  casters  and  anglers  of  the 
school,  to  whom  these  affairs  are  like  water  to  a 
k — almost  a necessity  to  their  complete  happiness 
>ughout  the  year.  In  all  thirty-six  persons  took  part 
:he  different  events,  and  of  this  number  thirty  won 
dsotue  medals  which  they  can  wear  as  watch  fobs  or 
g up  in  their  rod  cabinets  as  pleasant  reminders  of  an 
ir  in  which  only  good  will  and  friendly  rivalry  ruled, 
objections  were  made  W the  management  ef  the 


events,  and  the  decisions  of  the  judges  were  accepted  in 
the  same  spirit  of  fairness  in  which  they  were  given  out. 

In  the  fly-casting  events  the  rods  and  reels  and  lines 
were  about  the  same  as  are  generally  found  in  tourna- 
ments of  the  kind,  and  while  it  must  be  admitted  that 
the  extremely  large  and  heavy  enameled  lines  used  in 
some  events  were  not  adapted  to  fly-fishing,  still  they  were 
employed  as  such  things  generally  are  in  tests  of  skill  in 
which  there  are  no  restrictions  against  them.  The 
featherweight  rods  for  which  the  United  States  rod 
makers  are  becoming  famous  everywhere  were  used  with 
success  in  this  tournament,  as  they  have  been  in  others  in 
recent  years,  and  the  criticism  of  English  writers  for 
some  of  the  fishing  papers — that  they  are  mere  toys,  and 
therefore  impractical  for  fishing — was  certainly  not  borne 
out  in  these  severe  tests.  It  is  an  easy  matter  to  make  a 
four-ounce  split  bamboo  rod  that  will  prove  worthless, 
but  our  rod  makers  do  not  stake  their  reputations  on  stuff 
they  cannot  warrant  to  be  as  near  perfect  in  workman- 
ship as  it  is  possible  for  human  beings  to  make  it.  Most 
of  the  rods  used  had  solid  metal  reel  seats,  but  as  the 
rules  admitted  4^-ounce  rods  so  fitted  as  four-ounce,  an 
allowance  of  M-ounce  being  given  for  such  reel  seats, 
those  which  weighed  four  ounces,  but  had  tiny  reel  bands 
instead  of  German  silver  reel  seats,  were  in  no  wise 
handicapped, 


The  bait-casting  contests  attracted  no  little  attention, 
due  to  many  causes  too  well  understood  by  readers  of 
Forest  and  Stream  to  be  mentioned  further ; but  it  was 
noticeable  that  freak  rods  and  fittings  were  conspicuous 
by  their  absence,  and  the  conditions  were  almost  identical 
in  the  more  important  respects  to  those  found  in  actual 
fishing.  It  is  true  that  finer  lines  were  used  than  in  fish- 
ing, but  lively  old  bronze-backers  would  have  their  work 
cut  out  for  them  should  they  attempt  to  break  such  lines 
as  were  employed.  If  their  use  served  no  other  purpose, 
it  proved  that  the  bait-casters  are  getting  in  line  with  the 
procession  which  favors  finer  weapons  and  greater  skill 
on  the  part  of  the  man  who  shoots  or  fishes.  The  rods 
were  5^  to  7 feet  in  length,  fitted  with  sensible  guides 
in  which  agate  was  largely  used.  In  fact,  the  implements 
used  were  all  equal  to  service  conditions. 

A few  Garden  records  were  broken.  R.  C.  Leonard 
made  three  new_  ones.  The  first  was  when  he  cast  143 
feet  7 inches  with  a half-ounce  rubber  frog;  the  second 
when  he  cast  a quarter-ounce  rubber  frog  115  feet  7 
inches,  although  credit  must  be  given  for  a longer  cast 
that  was  not  inside  the  tank  and  made  on  a very  dark 
afternoon;  and  third,  for  his  cast  of  96  feet  8 inches  with 
a four-ounce  fly-rod.  H.  W.  Hawes  deserves  mention  in 
connection  with  this  quarter-ounce  frog  event,  for  he  made 
a cast  that  was  almost,  if  not  fully,  125  feet  in  length,  but 


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unfortunately  for  him,  the  frog  fell  on  the  edge  of  the 
tank,  it  being  impossible  to  see  clearly  to  cast  so  light 
a weight. 

Dr.  C.  M.  Lucky  is  entitled  to  the  plaudits  of  all  casters 
for  his  wonderful  skill  in  Event  17,  which  he  won  easily. 
His  casts  for  accuracy  were  within  3,  5,  2,  1 and  1 feet 
of  the  center  of  the  6o-foot  target;  within  4,  2, .4,  5 and  1 
feet  of  the  70-foot  buoy,  and  he  followed  this  up  with 
casts  of  94,  100,  no,  108  and  _iio  feet  x inch  respectively, 
his  average  for  accuracy  being  97.1  per  cent.,  and  his 
average  distance  104  feet  5 inches.  . ... 

L.  S.  Darling  also  made  a fine.  showing  in  his  average 
casting,  and  in  the  dry  fly-casting  for  accuracy  J.  H. 
Cruickshank  in  five  casts  made  one  perfect  score,  two 
casts  within  a foot  of  the  center,  two  within  2 feet  and 
one  of  6 feet.  G.  M.  L.  LaBranche,  who  followed  him, 
scored  x,  1,  1,  4 and  4,  but  just  at  this  time,  when  he  was 
in  fine  form  to  cast  at  the  furthest  target,  his  fly  came  off, 
and  in  his  next  attempt  the  best  he  could  do  was  11  feet. 
The  exhibition  was  thoroughly  enj  oyed  by  all,  however. 

The  events  cast  off  since  our  last  issue  went  to  press 
follow  in  proper  order: 

Event  22,  Monday  Night,  March  6. 

This  event  was  not  filled  until  long  past  the  hour  set, 
and  then  only  three  contestants  entered,  Mr.  Darling  win- 
ning the  gold  medal.  It  was  for  five-ounce  trout  fly-rods, 
distance  alone  to  count,  with  the  usual  allowances  for 
solid  reel  seats.  Harold  DeRaasloff  and  J.  D.  Smiti  were 
the  judges;  referee,  H.  G.  Henderson  Robert  B.  Law- 
rence tried  for  the  first  time  to  cast  a fly  without  a reel, 
but  while  he  has  often  made  long  casts  m practice  and  in 
these  tournaments,  said  he  could  not  get  accustomed  to 
the  change.  A great  many  of  the  fly-casters  use  a laige 
wood  salt-water  reel  for  their  lines,  the  reel  being  placed 
near  the  platform  and  100  feet  or  more  of  line  uncoiled 
from  it  before  they  begin  to  cast.  From  the  reel  the  line 
runs  through  the  first  guide,  as  usual,  and  is  more  easily 
controlled  after  one  becomes  accustomed  to  the  change  m 
the  balance  of  the  rod.  The  heavy  enameled  lines  used  m 
tournament  fly-casting  do  not  become  set  in  small  spirals 
if  kept  on  the  big  wood  reels,  and  run  more  freely 
through  the  guides  in  consequence.  The  score : 

Ft  In  Ft.  In. 

L.  S.  Darling 89'  07*  Robert  B.  Lawrence  65  06 

D.  T.  Abercrombie 69  00 

Event  23,  Tuesday  Afternoon,  March  7. 

While  similar  to  Event  17,  the  distances  in  this  one 
were  60  and  80  feet  instead  of  60  and  70  feet,  but  m other 
respects  the  conditions  were  alike.  It  was  open  to  all, 
casting  from  the  reel  with  quarter-ounce  rubber  frogs 
Each  contestant  made  one  trial  cast  and  five  record  casts 
at  the  6o-foot  buoy,  then  a trial  cast  and  five  record  casts 
at  80  feet,  followed  by  two  preliminary  and  five  record 
casts  for  distance.  The  conditions  were  much  more  diffi- 
cult than  in  the  60  and  70-foot  accuracy  casting,  as  more 
line  was  in  the  water  between  casts,.  and  numerous  back- 
lashes resulted  in  consequence,  the  lines  becoming  soaked 
after  the  preliminary  practice  and  the  twenty  casts  at  the 
buoys  Mr.  Lucky,  whose  casting  on  Friday  afternoon 
was  much  discussed  by  the  old-timers,  who  repeatedly 
congratulated  him  on  his  phenomenal  performance  and 
splendid  average,  spoiled  his  second  distance  cast  by  the 
line  sticking  and  overrunning,  while  the  next  attempt 
netted  him  only  56  feet,  and  the  same  thing  caused  him  to 
lese  several  points  on  his  second  cast  at  the  8o-foot  buoy. 
Mr  Darling  again  had  trouble  with  his  reel,  which  would 
overrun  at  times  despite  his  skill  in  manipulating  it,  while 
Mr.  Frazer,  a novice  on  the  tournament  platform,  had 
entirely  too  much  line  on  his  reel,  and  could  not  control 
it  after  it  had  become  soaked.  . There  were  comparatively 
few  persons  in  the  Garden  during  the  afternoon,  and  on  y 
a handful  on  the  casting  platform,  evidently  as  a result  oi 
the  difficulty  of  getting  about  town  because  of  the  strike 
on  Eleveated  and  Subway  trams.  F L.  Metcalf  and  G. 

M.  L.  LaBranche  were  the  judges;  referee,  Chancellor  U 

Levison.  The  score,  per  cent. : 

Distance  Accuracy  Total 
Average.  Average.  Average. 

s~,  nr  t 1 ju  fi  50  160.60 

C.  M.  Lucky ™ on 

L.  S.  Darling 61.8  <9  i&j-Jg 

Perry  D.  Frazer 38.4  320  lUb.W 

Event  24,  Tuesday  Night,  March  7. 

Only  those  who  had  records  of  90  feet  or  more  in 
similar  events  were  barred  from  this  one,  which  was.  tor 
trout  fly-rods,  distance  alone  to  count,  and  no  restrictions 
on  weight  of  rod  or  length  of  leader.  The  conditions 
referred  to  above  were  responsible  for  a very  small  at- 
tendance of  visitors  to  the  Garden  during  the  evening, 
and  those  who  were  present  evidently  remained  down 
town  and  went  to  the  Garden  in  preference  to  trying  to 
get  home  on  the  Elevated  and  Subway  trams,  which  were 
almost  out  of  commission  after  the  rush  hours.  The 
judges  were  J.  D.  Smith  and  R.  G.  Thomas,  referee, 
Milton  H.  Smith.  The  score : 

Ft.  In.  Ft.  In* 

R.  F.  Cruickshank 85  00  W.  F.  Cruickshank  75  00 

D.  T.  Abercrombie 78  06 

Event  25,  Wednesday  Afternoon,  March  8. 

Single-hand  bait-casting  from  free  running  reels,  with 
quarter-ounce  rubber  frog,  distance  alone  to  count,  and 
open  to  all.  Any  rod  could  be  used.  Each  contestant  was 
allowed  three  trial  casts,  after  which  he  was  required  to 
make  five  record  casts,  the  longest  one  to  count  as  his 
score.  He  must  lose  the  count  for  every  time  the  frog 
went  outside  of  the  tank,  and  every  man  lost  one  or  more 
casts  in  this  event  by  the  frog  going  outside,  because  of 
the  lack  of  light  necessary  in  judging  direction.  The 
event  was  started  about  4 o’clock.  The  sky  was  heavily 
overcast  and  rain  was  falling  lightly.  In  the  Garden  the 
light  was  so  faint  that  it  was  absolutely  impossible  to 
see  the  frog  until  it  reached  a point  on  a level  with  the 
caster’s  eyes,  when  it  was  too  far  away  and  too  low  down 
for  him  to  control  it,  and  this  was  the  cause  of  missing 
the  tank  or  casting  short  Mr.  Leonard,  who  was  last  to 
cast,  had  more  light  than  the  others,  for  when  he  was 
midway  of  his  score  some  of  the  overhead  lights  were 
turned  on,  making  conditions  slightly  better  than  they 
were  at  first;  but  this  was  after  he  had  scored .115  feet  7 
inches  and  made  a new  Garden  record  for  this  style  of 
bait-casting.  His  other  east  measured  xo6  feet  2 inches, 


and  he  had  three  outside  the  tank,  one  of  them  far  beyond 
his  record  cast.  He  used  a 514-foot  split  bamboo  rod 
fitted  with  three  large  agate  narrow  ring  guides  and  an 
agate  top.  His  reel  was  a small  multiplier  and  his  line 
soJhin  that  it  seemed  like  a bit  of  spider  web  floating  in 
the  air;  but  it  reached  out  for  distance  in  a manner  com- 
pelling the  admiration  of  all.  The  frog  used  was  in  fact 
a soft  rubber  frog,  and  not  a weight  such  as  has  been 
used  in  some  tournaments  elsewhere  and  called  frog- 
casting. As  a matter  of  fact,  the  half-ounce  frogs  used  in 
this  tournament  were  much  more  difficult  to  cast  than  a 
solid  rubber  weight  or  a bit  of  wood  weighted  in  order 
that  it  might  be  projected  through  the  air  like  a bullet, 
heavy  end  first,  and  the  quarter-ounce  frogs,  while  offer- 
ing much  less  resistance  to  the  air,  were  not  easy  to  cast. 
Hiram  Hawes  was  first  on  the  platform.  The  light  was 
very  bad,  indeed.  His  preliminary  cast  was  the  best  one 
so  far  made  in  the  Garden  with  quarter-ounce  frog,  and 
his  longest  cast  was  almost,  if  not  quite,  125  feet,  but  it 
went  outside  the  tank  and  therefore  did  not  count,  much 
to  everybody’s  regret.  Altogether  he  got  three  casts  out- 
side, and  had  to  be  content  with  63  feet  5 inches,  much  to 
his  own  amusement,  so  well  satisfied  was  he  with  the 
good  showing  he  had  made  at  the  start-off.  He  used  a 
rod  and  line  very  similar  to  those  employed  by  Mr. 
Leonard,  and  after  he  had  finished  loaned  his  outfit  to 
Mr.  LaBranche,  who  had  brought  no  rod  with  him,  but 
went  in  on  the  chance  of  mastering  a strange  rod  in  three 
trial  casts.  And  that  he  did  this  amused  everybody,  par- 
ticularly Mr.  Hawes,  for  no  man  ever  yet  objected  to 
being  beaten  with  his  own  outfit.  The  judges  were  H. 
G.  Flenderson  and  L.  S.  Darling;  referee,  R.  H.  Klotz. 
The  score : 

Ft.  In.  Ft.  In. 

R.  C.  Leonard 115  07  H.  W.  Hawes 63  05 

G.  M.  L.  La  Branclie...  79  09 

A good  deal  of  fun  was  had  after  this  event  had  been 
finished  over  a reel  one  of  the  visitors  was  trying  but 
could  do  nothing  with,  as  it  overran  so  badly  at  every 
cast  that  it  was  next  to  impossible  to  cast  further  than 
50  feet  with  it  even  when  the  click  was  on  and  acting  as 
a drag.  The  owner  was  tendered  all  sorts  of  advice,  and 
finally  an  old-time  angler  tried  the  outfit  himself,  and  fail- 
ing to  cast  further  than  about  15  feet,  was  challenged  to 
a test  by  a friend.  This  was  accepted,  and  the  challenger 
lost,  he  scoring  14  feet  to  15  feet  for  his  friend,  where- 
upon a third  man  tried  his  skill  and  scored  almost  20 
feet.  The  writer  loves  the  fresh  air  and  life  too  well  to 
mention  names ; but  the  owner  of  the  reel  extracted  some 
comfort  from  the  fun,  as  he  was  at  once  acquitted  of 
blame  for  the  eccentricities  of  the  reel,  which  seemed  to 
start  hard,  then  run  backward  instead  of  forward,  as  it 
should.  1 iilji 

Event  26,  Wednesday  Night,  March  8. 

Only  those  who  had  records  of  100  feet  or  more  were 
barred  from  this  event,  which  called  for  single-hand  trout 
fly-casting  for  distance  only  with  any  rod  and  leader.  The 
judges  were  H.  G.  Henderson  and  Robert  B.  Lawrence; 
referee,  R.  H.  Klotz.  The  score : 

Ft.  In.  Ft.  In. 

L.  S.  Darling 93  00  N.  S.  Smith 77  06 

King  Smith  81  00  D.  T.  Abercrombie 70  08 

Event  27,  Thursday  Afternoon,  March  9. 

The  rain,  which  had  been  falling  intermittently  during 
the  past  two  days,  and  the  rapid  transit  difficulties,  kept 
many  visitors  and  anglers  away  from  the  Garden.  Still 
the  faithful  ones  were  on  deck  for  the  afternoon  event, 
which  was  for  black  bass  fly-casting,  distance  only,  and 
open  to  all  without  restrictions  on  rods  or  leaders.  Mr. 
Darling  won  the  gold  medal  easily  with  a score  of  95  feet. 
Messrs.  Lawrence  and  Henderson  again  acted  as  judges, 
and  J.  D.  Smith  as  referee.  The  score : 

Ft.  In.  Ft.  In. 

L.  S.  Darling 95  00  Dr.  J.  G.  Knowlton 73  00 

N.  S.  Smith 75  07  D.  T.  Abercrombie 71  00 

Event  28,  Thursday  Night,  March  9. 

The  concluding  event  was  not  started  until  late  because 
of  the  dearth  of  anglers  present,  the  rain  continuing  to 
keep  the  visitors  away.  It  was  open  tO'  all  without  any 
restrictions,  single-hand  trout  fly-casting.  .Mr.  Darling 
was  short  of  the  century  mark  but  a few  inches  on  his 
longest  cast  and  won  first  place  again.  The  judges  were 

C.  G.  Levison  and  Robert  B.  Lawrence,  with  R.  H.  Klotz 
as  referee.  The  score. 

Ft.  In.  Ft.  In. 

L.  S.  Darling 98  04  D.  T.  Abercrombie 72  00 

N.  S.  Smith 77  06  Milton  H.  Smith 50  00 

A summary  of  those  who  contested  in  the  twenty-eight 
events,  and  the  number  of  first,  second  or  third  places 
won  by  them,  follow,  first  winning  a gold  medal,,  second 
a silver  medal,  and  third  a bronze  medal,  respectively : 

Firsts.  Seconds.  Thirds. 

L.  S.  Darling 8 5 2 

R.  C.  Leonard 6 10 

King  Smith  2 1 1 

E.  T.  Mills 2 10 

W.  H.  Cruickshank..... 2 0 1 

D.  Brandreth  2 0 

C.  M.  Lucky 2 0 0 

R.  F.  Cruickshank 2 0 0 

G.  M.  L.  La  Branche 12  1 

H.  G.  Henderson 10  3 

J.  H.  Cruickshank 10  1 

D.  T.  Abercrombie 0 4 2 

N.  S.  Smith 0 3 1 

H.  W.  Hawes 0 2 4 

W.  D.  Cloyes 0 2 0 

H.  G.  Henderson,  Jr.... 0 2 

W.  H.  Hammett 0 1 3 

C.  R.  Woodward 0 1 1 

W.  T.  Morrison.. 0 1 1 

Charles  Stepath  0 1 1 

Will  K.  Park 0 0 2 

Lody  Smith  1 0 0 

Harold  De  Raaslof? 0 1 0 

E.  B.  Rice 0 10 

A.  J.  Marsh 0 0 1 

R.  B.  Lawrence 0 0 1 

J.  G.  Knowlton 0 0 1 

Albert  Barends  0 0 1 

R.  H.  Klotz 0 0 1 

Perry  D.  Frazer..... 0 0 1 


The  Log  of  a Sea 


BY  CHARLES  F.  HOLDER,  AUTHOR  OF  “ANGLING,"  “TO: 


ADVENTURES  OF  TORQUA,  ETC, 


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On  the  Trail  of  the  Cobia — Wading  and  Casting— A Gan: 
Fish — The  Ocean  Maskinonge — Diving  for  Fan 
Shells — The  Beating  of  the  Ckvally — Insatiate 
Jacks — A Menacing  Wreck. 

I never  wearied  drifting  over  the  clear  waters  of  th 
mosaic-like  reef.  There  was  always  some  new  fish,  sonr 
rare  bit  of  marine  scenery,  some  fresh  delight  given  t 
catch  the  eye.  I had  left  the  outer  keys,  the  Bull  Pu 
was  anchored  at  Harden  Key,  and  the  meix  were  playin 
seven-up  in  the  long  rangy  quarters.  There  was  a 
abundance  of  Pain  Killer,  and  peace  reigned  on  the  out< 
reef.  Every  day  I took  the  dinghy  and  sculled  out  ov< 
the  lagoon  formed  by  Long  and  Bush  keys  and  the  lop 
barrier  roof  that  stretched  to'  the  south,  and  poled  ov< 
the  glass-like  surface  with  my  grain  pole,  picking  t 
crawfishes,  diving  over  for  large  conchs  and  watchir 
the  constant  and  varying  throng  of  fishes.  Here  were  tl 
true  pastures  of  the  sea,  the  groves  where  fishes  roame 
and  what  at  night  was  a vast  fishes’  rialto,  all  sorts  ar 
kinds  of  creatures  climbing  up  the  side  of  this  lofi 
mountain  to  graze  and  feed  on  its  summit. 

At  the  head  of  .the  shallow  lagoon  stood  four  or  fit 
mangrove  trees.  At  high  tide  they  were  in  the  wate 
but  at  the  ebb  Bush  Key  appeared  like  an  island,  and  h; 
it  not  been  for  a particularly  heavy  hurricane,  which 
understand  visited  the  islands  a few  years  ago,  wou 
still  have  been  above  water.  Now  Bush  Key  was  makii 
a hard  battle,  and  out  in  the  lagoon  and  all  about  we 
numerous  old  mangrove  trunks  and  roots  which  had  su 
cumbed  to  gales  long  ago,  and  were  now  the  homes 
countless  birds  of  the  sea.  Each  root  was  the  dwellii 
place  of  radiant  angelfishes,  crabs  that  vied  with  sapphir 
in  beauty,  and  worms  whose  breathing  organs  were  lil 
flowers  of  dazzling  hue. 

One  day  when  skirting  Bush  Key  I saw  out  from  t 
shore  a bunch  of  old  mangrove  roots,  and  in  the  shade 
of  one,  lying  in  fairly  deep  water,  a graceful  fish  at  lea; 
five  feet  in  length.  I do  not  know  that  I ever  came 
near  having  buck  fever,  as  I tried  to  stop  the  dinghy  at* 
back  her  off  without  alarming  the  game,  which  I took  f 
a very  large  barracuda.  But  fortune  favored  me,  and 
pushed  the  dinghy  inshore  and  exchanged  the  grain  pc 
for  the  rod — a bamboo  affair  about  the  size  used  f 
striped  bass  or  yellowtail  on  the  Santa  Catalina  grounc 
My  line  was  a 21-thread,  and  the  hook  a 7/0  O’Shaug 
nessy,  which  I baited  with  a small  mullet,  then  cautious 
waded  out  in  the  direction  of  the  stump,  having  slipp 
on  an  old  pair  of  brogans  kept  in  the  dinghy  for  the  pi 
pose  and  known  as  “coral  skates.”  The  water  was  cle 
as  crystal,  and  seemed  to  have  a magnifying  effect,  i 
tensifying  the  size  and  color  of  everything.  Wh 
twenty  feet  from  the  mangrove  stump  I could  distinc 
see  it,  and  far  into  the  blue  water  beyond,  as  the  r< 
dropped  away  here  into  unknown  deeps — a toboggan  sli 
down  the  coral  mountain.  . ; 1 

Presently  I could  see  about  half  of  my  fish’s  tail,  whi 
was  moving  gently,  like  the  tail  of  a cat,  though  not  w 
the  same  purpose;  then  I saw  a stripe,  black  and  p: 
nounced.  No  barracuda  this.  I moved  carefully  to  1 
left  a few  steps  on  the  dead  coral  rock  that  I might  1 
alarm  this  vision,  and  suddenly  had  a glimpse  of  the  dc 
under  jaw  of  the  fish.  The  truth  broke  upon  me — it  v 
the  cobia  that  Bob  had  promised  me  time  and  again,  1 
always  failed  to  produce ! Here  it  was,  the  king  of  1 
tribe,  and  in  the  best  of  locations. 

I stood  a moment  eyeing  it,  and  if  water  transrr 
sounds,  the  fish  might  have  heard  my  heart  heat.  I s 
it  move  ahead  a few  inches,  the  splendid  eye  came  ii 
view,  then  it  backed  in  again  and  I fancied  that  on 
opposite  side  of  the  mangrove  root  there  was  a proj  ectf 
a sort  of  roof  beneath  which  the  fish  was  lying  in  a wi 
open-eyed  siesta. 

How  long  I stood  in  this  garden  of  the  sea  I know  n 
but  I took  in  all  its  beauties — the  turquoise  sea  beyo 
the  wealth  of  sea  fans  in  purple  and  lavender,  and  pc 
ing  over  them  the  fish  which  might  be  called  the  m 
kinonge  of  the  sea.  It  was  a fascinating  situation,  s 
the  sun  had  killed  the  wind.  The  bait  was  reeled  well 
to  the  tip,  and  stepping  back  so  the  fish  could  not  see  1 
I made  an  overhand  half  cast,  tossing  the  mullet  into 
water  a few  feet  beyond  the  cobia,  then  reeling  somew 
rapidly,  so  that  the  bait  appeared  to.  be  swimming  ale 
before  it,  not  ten  feet  away. 

I have  watched  many  fishes  strike,  hut  it  seemed  to 
somewhat  exhilarated  senses  that  this  was  the  most 
markable  one  I had  ever  witnessed.  There  was  a fls] 
a streak  or  blaze  of  black  and  white,  and  the  cobia  1 
my  bait.  It  jerked  several  feet  from  the  taut  line  b; 
savage  swing  of  its  big  head  to  the  right,  and  witl 
swirl  on  the  surface  that  tossed  the  water  nearly  to  wh 
I stood,  was  away.  I fancied  that  it  attempted  to  ret 
to  the  root,  but  saw  me  as  I slipped  at  the  sudden  str: 
and  lunged  outward;  then  it  made  for  the  turquoise  i 
swimming  down  the  side  of  the  reef  into  deep  water, 
animated  whirlwind. 

My  rod  and  reel  had  hysterics.  The  former  bowed  : 
bent  in  the  savage  manner  that  a large  amberjack 
yellowtail  ( Seriola ) can  accomplish,  and  the  reel  s; 
the  weird  barcarole  of  the  line  stealers  of  the  sea. 
long  and  continued  a wail  I have  rarely  heard,  am 
was  continually  edged  out  until  I stood  in  water  wa 
deep  on  the  very  borders  of  the  deep,  down  into,  whic 
could  see  deep  and  deeper  blues. 

How  long  this  splendid  rush  continued  I have  no  re, 
lection,  but  at  least  two  hundred  and -fifty  feet  of 
melted  away  before  I stopped  the  game,  and  then  it  b 
mered  on  the  rod  with  a viciousness  that  made  it  cr 
and  all  but  buckle.  Pounding,  shaking  its  head,  it  seer 
to  stop  a moment,  then  shot  around  in  a half-  circle,  t 
at  me  like  an  arrow.  I reeled  as  rapidly  as  fingers  c< 
move,  the  powerful  multiplier  eating  up  the  line  gallar 
but  the  cobia  swept  in  like  a flash  of  light,  towing  a g 
bend  of  line  after  it;  then  turning,  it  made  an  offsf 
rush  demoralizing  in  its  intensity. 

For  fifteen  minutes  this  splendid  fish  amused  itsel 
my  expense,  forcing  me  to  prance  up  and  down- the  1 
where  more  than  once  I tripped  and  sat  down  in 
water,  head  and  heels.  For  fifteen  minutes  it  rushed 
plunged,  fought  and  hammered,  until  I was  filled  with 


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miration  at  its  gaminess  and  began  to  develop  an  amiable 
weakness  which  I confess  to — wishing  so  game  a creature 
might  escape;  but  the  cobia  was  hooked,  and,  fighting 
to  the  last,  it  came  slowly  in,  always  hunting  for  some 
coral  head  or  some  old  root  on  which  to  cut  the  line.  But 
I led  it  up  the  reef,  and  having  no  gaff,  hauled  it  on  to 
the  sands  of  Long  Key.  There  in  the  shallows  I took 
base  advantage,  and  as  the  fish  doubled  and  thrashed, 
grasped  it  by  the  throat  and  dragged  it  up  the  sandy 
slope,  as  fine  a game  fish  as  one  could  wish  in  a thousand 
years. 

It  was  nearly  five  feet  in  length,  must  have  weighed  be- 
tween 20  and  30  pounds,  and  when  fresh  had  two  remark- 
ably distinct  stripes  from  head  to  tail,  one  passing  through 
the  eye.  The  head  was  flat,  the  back  a rich  dark  green, 
a reflection  of  the  Zostera  that  grew  in  its  meadows. 
Over  its  neck  was  a dark  collar-like  mark;  but  the  most 
striking  feature  was  the  tail,  which  was  twice  as  large  as 
that  of  a pike  or  maskinonge  of  that  size,  which  served 
to  detract  from  the  general  size  of  the  fish,  and  explained 
its  fighting  quality.  One  good  whisk  of  that  organ,  and 
el  carte  conada  would  shoot  ahead  like  a cannon  ball. 

Its  dorsal  and  ventral  fins  were  large  and  sail-like,  the 
highest  point  being  amidships.  The  head  was  sharp,  but 
flat,  the  lower  jaw  protruding,  expressing  determination, 
the  eye  bright.  In  a word,  this  cosmopolite,  this  fish  that 
is  found  in  many  seas  under  many  names,  this  game  crea- 
ture with  few  kinsmen,  and  rarely  taken  with  the  rod, 
was  a game  fish  in  every  sense,  and  that  night,  when  it 
was  baked  and  served  on  a pine  plank  with  a Havana 
lemon  in  its  mouth,  I found  compensation  for  the  crime 
of  taking  its  life.  Later  I caught  a number  of  cobias, 
which  made  splendid  battle  for  liberty,  while  several 
caught  me  unawares. 

The  fish  has  all  the  fierceness  of  the  maskinonge,  which 
it  resembles  in  a general  way,  and  I invariably  found  it 
lying  in  the  lee  of  some  old  wreck  or  mangrove  root, 
ready  to  dart  out  at  prey  of  various  kinds.  I lured  it 
with  live  bait,  spirit  crabs — in  fact,  the  latter  were  irre- 
sistible— and  live  sardines  were  fatal  to  its  peace  of  mind. 

One  of  the  charms  of  this  great  reef  was  the  variety 
of  its  game.  Something  new  was  always  turning  up.  In 
drifting  along  the  edge  of  the  reef  one  morning  I found 
a remarkable  forest  of  sea  fans.  They  were  at  least  three 
feet.in  height.  I dived  down  to  see  if  I could  not  wrench 
some  of  them  off.  When  reaching  the  grove  I saw  upon 
them  a number  of  fan  shells  that  are  in  a sense  parasitic 
on  gorgonias ; at  least  I never  found  them  elsewhere ; 
about,  an  inch  or  a little  longer  in  length,  of  a rich  yellow 
hue,  in  shape  like  sleeve  links,  and  sometimes  used  as 
such.  They  are  among  the  most  beautiful  of  shells,  and 
on  the  yellow  gorgonia,  from  one  of  which  I took  five, 
it  was  almost  impossible  to  distinguish  them,  so  well  did 
the  colors  assimilate  with  that  of  this  living  fan  of  the 
sea. 

While  diving  for  these  shells  and  enjoying  the  clear 
water  that  changed  its  temperature  so  quickly  ten  feet 
below  the  surface,  I heard  as  I came  up  a peculiar  roaring 
sound.  It  came  rapidly,  like  the  rustle  of  dried  leaves  on 
an  autumn  day,  then  increased  until  it  became  a roar.  As 
I climbed,  into  the  dinghy  I saw  on  the  adjacent  Long 
Key  a region  of  foam  on  the  otherwise  clear  water  reach- 
ing from  the  end  of  the  island  alongshore  for  some  dis- 
tance and  fifty  feet  out  into  the  lagoon.  In  a few  minutes 
the  dinghy  shot  into  the  center  of  the  disturbance,  and  I 
found  myself  in  a school  of  large  cavally  or  jacks 
(Caranx  hippos ),  a fine  fish  of  indomitable  spirit.  They 
had  surrounded  a school  of  sardines,  and  the  noise  was 
occasioned  by  their  rushes  along  the  surface  in  search  of 
their  prey. 

Having  a rod  at  hand  I cast  on  the  edge,  the  game 
striking  on  the  second,  nearly  jerking  the  rod  from  me. 
It  made  a splendid  rush  out  and  around,  taking  several 
hundred  feet  of  line  and  making  the  reel  hum.  As  a 
demonstration  of  power  it  was  magnificent,  and  before  I 
could  stop  the  rush  the  big  jack  turned  of  its  own  voli- 
tion and  came  in  like  a race  horse,  passing  under  the 
dinghy.  I think  the  line  must  have  been  cut  by  the  hun- 
dreds of  jacks  dashing  to  and  fro;  in  any  event,  we 
parted  company.  The  demonstrations  became  so  extraor- 
dinary that  I poled  the  dinghy  through  the  throng  of 
fishes,  hauled  her  on  the  beach,  and  literally  waded  out 
into  the  school,  rod  in  hand. 

It  was  an  absurd  position  for  an  angler,  as  all  I had  to 
do  was  to  stoop  down  and  pick  up  the  jacks,  which  I 
shortly  did,  grasping  them  by  the  tail.  I fancied  that 
some  of  them  gave  me  an  electric  shock  as  I held  them, 
the  fish  wriggling  violently.  Perhaps  it  was  fancy,  but 
anyone  who  has  attempted  to  hold  a freshly-caught  bonito 
by  the  tail  will  recall  the  peculiar  sensation.  The  beach 
was  lined  with  a mass  of  sardines  three  feet  wide.  Utterly 
terrorized,  they  were  packed  in  a solid  mass,  so  that  I 
stepped  on  them  and  could  pick  them  up  by  hundreds,  as 
they  paid  no  attention  to  me.  Into  this  and  the  outer 
masses  of  apparent  millions  the  jacks  were  plunging.  The 
desire  for  carnage  had  seized  them,  and  long  since 
satiated  with  food,.  they  were  now  killing  for  the  mere 
lust  of  it,  and  rapidly  the  water  became  painted  encar- 
nadine,  while  a ribbon  of  blood  marked  the  long  and 
sinuous  shore  line. 

As  I waded  out  into  the  throng,  the  jacks  completely 
ignored  me;  they  repeatedly  struck  my  legs,  and  I easily 
caugbt  big  fellows  by  the  tail  and  lifted  them  where  they 
were  massed.  In  a few  moments  they  apparently  had 
driven  the  sardines  inshore,  where  they  formed  an  almost 
solid  line  about  two  or  three  feet  thick,  which  they  now 
charged  with  great  fury,  with  the  result  that  they  threw 
themselves  high  and  dry  upon  the  sands.  I saw  as  many 
as  fifty  cavallies,  weighing  from  seven  to  twelve  and 
some  fifteen  pounds,  bounding  up  and  down  on  the  white 
sand,;  so  reaching  the  water  again,  their  silvery  sides,  the 
dark  'green  of  their  backs  and  the  flashes  of  vivid  gold  of 
their  fins  presenting  an  animated  spectacle.  I had  heard 
Bob  speak  of  “jack  beats.”  the  noise  of  which  could  be 
heard  a mile  distant,  and  had  considered  it  a reef  fish 
story,'  but  here  was  the  reality  to  confound  the  skeptic, 
and  I soon  saw  my  men  coming  across  the  channel.  They 
had  heard  the  deafening  roar  from  the  other  key,  and  in  a 
short  time  were  in  the  thickest  of  it. 

They  pulled  up  the  boat  and  rushed  into  the  “beat,” 
catching  the  jacks  by  the  tail,  tossed  them  out  upon  the 
sands  by  the  dozen,  jacks  being  in  demand  at  any  and  all 
- times.  Other  spectators  began  to  appear — every  gull,  peli- 
can and  man-o’-war  bird  on  the  reef  within  a radius  of 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


three  miles  seemed  to  scent  the  prey,  and  the  water  was 
soon  covered  with  them,  creating  a scene  difficult  to 
describe  and  beyond  the  bounds  of  imagination. 

For  twenty  minutes  the  roar  continued,  then  the  jacks, 
apparently  worn  out  or  satiated,  drew  off  like  cavalry  and 
finally  disappeared ; but  for  a long  time  the  sardines 
hugged  the  shore  and  permitted  the  birds  to  gorge  them- 
selves upon  them.  The  jacks  had  demoralized  them  so 
utterly  that  they  ignored  other  foes.  I recall  Isaac 
McLellan’s  verse: 

“Swift  speed  crevalle  over  that  watery  plain, 

Swift  over  Indian  River’s  broad  expanse. 

Swift  where  the  ripples  boil  with  finny  hosts, 

Bright  glittering  they  glance; 

And  when  the  angler’s  spoon  is  o’er  them  cast, 

How  fierce,  how  vigorous  the  fight  for  life! 

Now  in  the  deeps  they  plunge,  now  leap  in  air, 

Till  ends  the  unequal  strife.” 

The  poet  of  the  rod  must  have  seen  a jack  beat  in  the 
happy  land  of  fishes,  where  butter  is  a drink  and  milk 
grows  on  trees.  Nearly  every  day  in  May  and  June  the 
roar  of  a “jack  beat”  could  be  heard  on  the  reef,  and  I 
can  compare  the  peculiar  fascination  it  exerted  only  to 
that  of  a fire  to  some  people,  who  rise  at  any  hour  of  the 
night  to  indulge  in  the  gratification  of  seeing  the  flames 
lick  up  house  or  forest.  I rarely  missed  a jack  beat,  and 
often  lying  off  a school  had  sport  that  would  have 
charmed  the  most  critical  angler,  as  the  jack  is  the  in- 
carnate spirit  of  war.  The  word  defeat  is  not  in  his 
vocabulary.  He  may  be  outfought,  but  he  is  never  de- 
feated ; he  may  have  been  whipped,  but  he  has  never  dis- 
covered it. 

There  are  several  varieties  of  jacks.  One,  the  jurel, 
which  Chief  called  the  Cajinua,  was  a splendid  game, 
and  with  a io-ounce  rod  I found  the  smaller  ones  delight 
makers. 

I had  a strange  experience  a few  nights  ago.  The 
nights  have  been  clear  and  beautiful,  with  a full  moon, 
and  Bob  proposed  that  we  run  down  to*  Marquesas  Keys, 
some  forty  miles  to  the  eastward.  We  started  in  the 
afternoon,  running  before  the  wind.  The  water  was 
smooth,  and  when  the  moon  came  up  every  wave  seemed 
to  catch  its  effulgence  and  change  to  silver,  while  the  Gulf 
itself,  that  silent,  mysterious  stream  flowing  along  so 
quietly,  was  ablaze  with  phosphorescent  light.  We  ap- 
peared to  be  sailing  down  a river  of  silver,  when  suddenly 
a deep  black  mass  caught  my  eye  dead  ahead,  a black  hole 
in  the  river  of  moonlight  it  appeared;  yet  around  the 
lower  line  the  phosphorescence  blazed. 

Bob  hauled  the  sloop  into  the  wind,  and  a few  minutes 
later  we  rounded ' up  alongside  the  hulk  of  a large 
schooner,  a total  wreck,  drifting  along  in  the  great  river 
or  stream  that  poured  through  the  Straits  of  Florida  to 
sweep  up  the  coast. 

She  was  half  full  of  water  and  the  waves  were  sloshing 
over  the  deck.  Bob  ran  alongside  and  I went  aboard. 
The  vessel  had  evidently  been  struck  by  a hurricane 
somewhere,  as  the  masts  were  broken  off  flush  with  the 
deck,  and  her  rigging  had  gone  with  the  masts.  She  was 
deserted,  and  was  the  picture  of  desolation;  yet  appar- 
ently her  hull  was  sound.  The  cabin  was  half  full  of 
water,  and  chairs  and  clothing  were  washing  about,  noth- 
ing being  disturbed.  She  had  the  appearance  of  a 
ship  that  had  suddenly  been  deserted,  every  man  leaving 
her  without  going  below.  There  was  not  a living  thing 
to  be  seen  except  a tarantula,  which,  when  I placed  it  in 
a saucer,  could  touch  the  edges  all  around  with  its  furry 
legs.  The  crew  were  either  drowned,  or  supposing  that 
the  vessel  was  sinking,  they  had  taken  to  the  boats,  leav- 
ing her  a wreck  and  a menace  to  navigation.  She  hailed 
from  the  island  of  Trinidad,  and  was  loaded  with  a cargo 
of  jelly  and  brandied  fruit.  We  stood  by  her  some  time, 
then  sailed  east,  where  we  reported  the  wreck,  and  a few 
days  later  she  was  towed  into  port.  The  sale  of  that 
wreckage  ruined  the  Key  West  and  Havana  markets  for 
guava  jelly  for  many  a day. 

The  keys  of  this  reef  have  been  the  scene  of  many 
tragedies.  There  is  little  doubt  that  freebooters  and 
pirates  frequented  them  in  the  early  days,  the  harbor  of 
Garden  Key  being  eminently  fitted  for  a refuge  in  days 
when  there  were  no  long  range  guns  or  steamers.  There 
are  several  entrances  to  the  first  harbor,  so  that  a fleet  of 
schooners  could  easily  elude  the  crew  of  a large  vessel. 
In  the  period  up  to  i860  the  reef  was  dotted  with  wrecks 
after  a hurricane,  and  many  wreckers  made  their  head- 
quarters at  Key  West. 

Their  skippers  seemed  to  have  developed  a sixth  sense, 
which  enabled  them  to  scent  a wreck.  Wrecks  in  the  early 
days  were  often  prearranged.  A ship  was  heavily  insured 
and  deliberately  wrecked.  In  1903  I passed  the  reef  to 
the  west  of  Loggerhead.  The  sea  was  making  a clear 
breach  over  it,  and  the  teeth  of  the  coral  was  plainly 
visible,  though  the  Gulf  was  perfectly  smooth.  In  a 
word,  no  one  could  fail  to  recognize  the  spot  as  deadly 
m the  best  of  weather ; yet  in  1862,  during  my  first  trip 
to  the  reef,  I saw  a big  ship  under  full  sail  crash  into  this 
coral  reef  on  a bright  day.  Twelve  hours  later  she  was 
surrounded  by  a fleet  of  wreckers  that  came  steaming 
down  from  Key  West  like  birds  of  prey. 

[to  be  continued.] 


The  Fly-Casting;  Tournament. 

While  the  fly-casting  competition  in  connection  with 
the  New  York  Sportsman’s  Show  attracted  much  interest 
and  resulted  in  the  making  of  notable  records,  much  dis- 
satisfaction has  been  expressed,  both  by  participants  and 
spectators,  with  the  facilities  provided  for  the  contests. 
The  casting  was  done  over  an  elevated  tank,  which  was 
sadly  deficient  in  length  for  the  skilled  work  of  the  long 
distance  casters;  and  by  reason  of  its  elevation  above  the 
floor  was  beyond  the  view  of  spectators  except  from  the 
galleries.  The  fly-casting,  it  is  pointed  out,  is  always  a 
drawing  card,  and  it  deserves  the  most  perfect  arrange- 
ment practicable  to  be  secured.  All  who  are  interested 
in  the  sport  will  hope  that  another  year  the  provision 
made  for  the  competitions  will  be  more  adequate.  As  an 
outgrowth  of  the  competitions,  a fly-casting  club  is  form- 
ing, of  which  particulars  will  be  given  in  our  next  issue. 


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Economic  Aspects  of  National  Fish 
Culture  and  Acclimatization.* 

BY  HUGH  M.  SMITH. 

The  question  is  often  asked,  “Does  government  fish- 
culture  pay?”  or,  “Are  the  economic  results  of  national 
fishculture  commensurate  with  the  cost?”  The  people 
who  entertain  doubts  on  this  point  are  mostly  those 
who  have  not  taken  the  time  or  had  the  opportunity  to 
familiarize  themselves  with  what  has  been  attempted 
and  what  has  been  accomplished  by  the  national  and 
State  fish  commissions. 

Much  evidence  can  be  adduced  to  show  that  the  fish- 
cultural  operations  of  the  general  government  are  of 
direct  financial  benefit  to  the  country  at  large.  The 
results,  in  the  case  of  some  species,  have  been  so 
striking  and  so  widespread  that  it  would  be  almost  as 
supererogatory  to  refer  to  them  as  to  discuss  the  utility 
of  agriculture;  in  the  case  of  other  species  there  can  be 
no  doubt  of  the  value  of  the  work,  although  it  may  be 
only  occasionally  possible  to  distinguish  the  effects  of 
human  intervention  on  the  fish  supply  from  those  due  to 
natural  causes.  Some  of  the  important  results  of  the 
Commission’s  efforts,  which  have  previously  been  cited 
in  the  reports,  may  appropriately  be  again  referred  to, 
if  only  to  draw  attention  to  the  continuance  of  the  results. 

The  leading  river  fish  of  the  eastern  seaboard  is  the 
shad.  No  other  anadromous  species  has  been  more  ex- 
tensively cultivated,  and  none  is  now  so  dependent  on 
artificial  measures  for  its  perpetuation.  Inasmuch  as  the 
principal  fisheries  are  in  interstate  or  coastal  waters  and 
the  movements  of  the  fish  from  the  high  seas  to  our 
rivers  and  back  to  the  high  seas  place  it  beyond  the  claim 
to  ownership  which  might  be  urged  by  the  various  States 
were  the  shad  a permanent  resident  within  their  jurisdic- 
tion, it  has  seemed  especially  desirable  and  necessary  that 
this  species  should  be  fostered  bv  the  general  Government 
for  the  benefit  of  the  entire  country.  The  shad  was  one 
of  the  first  species  whose  artificial  propagation  was  taken 
up  by  the  Fish  Commission,  and  its  cultivation  is  to  day 
a leading  factor  in  fishery  work.  Almost  every  large  shad 
stream  has  been  the  site  of  hatching  operations,  and  dur- 
ing the  ten  years  ending  in  1903  the  number  of  artificially 
hatched  shad  returned  to  public  waters  by  the  Govern- 
ment was  over  one  and  a half  billion.  An  important  point 
is  that  these  eggs  are  taken  from  fish  that  have  been 
caught  for  market,  and  hence  would  be  totally  lost  if  the 
Commission  did  not  collect  them  from  the  fishermen. 

The  great  multiplication  of  all  kinds  of  fishing  ap- 
pliances on  the  coast,  in  the  bays,  in  the  estuaries,  and 
along  the  courses  of  the  rivers  results  in  the  capture  of  a 
very  large  part  of  the  run  each  season  before  the  shad 
reach  the  spawning  grounds,  and  hence  the  natural  in- 
crease is  seriously  curtailed,  and,  in  some  streams,  almost 
entirely  prevented.  The  steady  increase  in  the  shad  catch 
in  the  face  of  conditions  more  unfavorable  than  confront 
any  other  fish  of  our  eastern  rivers  is  conclusive  evidence 
of  the  beneficial  effects  of  artificial  propagation.  In  1880, 
prior  to  which  year  shad  cultivation  had  been  on  a com- 
paratively small  basis,  the  total  yield  of  this  species  from 
Maine  to  Florida  was  18,000,000  pounds ; during  the  four 
succeeding  years  the  supply  in  many  of  the  streams  de- 
creased to  such  an  extent  that  the  abandonment  of  the 
fishery,  as  a commercial  enterprise,  was  imminent.  From 
1885,  when  the  largely  increased  plants  of  fry  began  to 
produce  results,  until  the  present  time,  the  trend  of  the 
fishery  has  been  steadily  upward  in  every  stream. 
Against  a product  of  18,000,000  pounds,  worth  $995,000, 
in  1880,  is  to  be  placed  an.  annual  catch  of  over  50,000,000 
pounds,  valued  at  $1,700,000,  at  the  present  time.  As  a 
result  of  the  increased  abundance  of  shad,  the  cost  of  this 
toothsome  food  has  been  materially  reduced,  but  even  at 
the  price  actually  received  the  value  of  the  increase  in  the 
annual  catch  at  this  time  is  upward  of  a million  dollars, 
or  more  than  three  times  the  amount  expended  by  the 
Government  in  the  propagation  of  shad  in  twenty  years. 

Evidence  is  not  lacking  to  show  that  the  long-continued 
and  increasingly  extensive  fishcultural  operations  on  the 
Great  Lakes  have  prevented  the  depletion  of  those  waters 
in  the  face  of  the  most  exhausting  lake  fisheries  in  the 
world.  The  luscious  whitefish,  the  splendid  lake  trout,  the 
excellent  pike-perch  or  wall-eyed  pike,  are  hatched  in 
such  numbers  as  to  assure  their  preservation  without 
further  curtailing  the  fisheries. 

The  magnitude  of  the  salmon  fisheries  of  the  Pacific 
States  has  required  very  extensive  artificial  measures  to 
keep  up.  the  supply.  Hatcheries  have  been  established  on 
tributaries  of  the  Sacramento  and  Columbia,  in  the  Puget 
Sound  region,  and  on  some  of  the  short  coast  rivers ; here 
are  taken  the  eggs  of  the  royal  chinook,  of  the  scarcely 
less  royal  blue-back,  and  of  other  species,  and  here  each 
year  millions  of  young  salmon  are  started  on  their  way 
to  salt  water.  Having  grown  and  waxed  fat  on  the  rich 
pasturage  of  the  ocean,  these  fish  return  to  the  rivers  to 
spawn  in  from  two  to  four  years.  Some  seasons  as  many 
as  75,000,000  salmon  eggs  have  been  collected,  a quantity 
representing  nearly  21,000  quarts,  or  650  bushels. 

A remarkable  fact  in  the  history  of  the  Pacific  salmons — 
of  which  there  are  five  species — is  that  without  exception 
all  fish  which  enter  any  stream  on.  the  entire  coast,  from 
the  Golden  Gate  to  the  Arctic  Ocean,  die  after  once 
spawning,  none  surviving  to  return  to  the  sea.  This  wise 
provision  of  nature  to  prevent  the  overstocking  of  streams 
has  been  made  foolish  by  the  appearance  of  man  on  the 
scene ; he  not  only  catches  the  salmon  in  the  coast  waters 
and  the  lower  courses  of  the  rivers  with  gill  nets,  seines, 
and  pound  nets,  in  the  upper  waters  with  the  same  ap- 
pliances supplemented  by  the  fish  wheels,  and  on  the 
spawning  grounds  with  all  sorts  of  contrivances,  but.  in 
certain  sections  even  carries  his  foolhardy  greed  to -the 
extent  of  barricading  the  streams  so  that  no  fish  can  reach 
the  waters  where  their  eggs  must  be  deposited. 

Natural  ieproduction,  thus  so  seriously  curtailed,  is  not 
sufficient  to  keep  up  the  supply  in  many  of  the  streams 
where  fishing  is  most  active,  for  many  of  the  eggs  escape 
fertilization,  many  more  are  eaten  by  the  swarms  of 
predaceous  fishes  that  haunt  the  spawning  beds,  and  many 
are  lost  in  various  other  ways  during  the  long  hatching 

/Extract  from  a lecture  by  Hugh  M.  Smith,  deputy  commis- 
sioner, entitled  “How  the  Government  Maintains  the  Fish  Sup- 
ply,” delivered  before  the  Geographical  Society  of  Baltimore 
January  1903,  and  printed  in  the  Report  of  the  Commission  of 
Fish  and  Fisheries. 


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period;  while  the  helpless  fry  and  alevin  fall  a ready  prey 
to  the  same  fishes  in  the  upper  waters  and  the  young  sal- 
mon have  to  run  the  long  gauntlet  of  the  rivers  only  to 
meet  new  foes  in  the  estuaries,  on  the  coast,  and  in  the 
open  sea. 

It  is,  therefore,  no  wonder  :that  artificial  propagation  on 
a large  scale  is  imperatively  demanded  in  the  western 
salmon  streams,  and  is  actively  urged  and  highly  com- 
mended by  fishermen,  canners,  business  men,  and  the 
public  at  large.  The  beneficial  influence  of  the  work  of 
the  Government,  supplemented  by  that  of  the  three  coast 
States,  has  been  unmistakable  in  some  sections,  and  can- 
not be  doubted  in  general;  but  it  has. not  often  been  pos- 
sible to  distinguish  definitely  the  increase  due  to  natural 
from  that  due  to  artificial  propagation ; recently,  however, 
some  striking  evidence  of  the  benefits  arising  from  the 
hatchery  operations  has  come  from  the  experimental 
marking  of  young  salmon  before  liberation.  Thus,  a lot 
of  5,000  fingerlings  incubated  at  the  Clackamas  (Oregon) 
station  in  1896  were  released  after  being  marked  in  such 
a way  that  they  could  be  recognized  if  again  caught.  In 
1898  375  of  these  marked  fish,  averaging  27  pounds,  were 
caught  in  the  Columbia  and  5 in  the  Sacramento,  and  in 
the  two  following  seasons  probably  70  more  were  taken, 
the  aggregate  weight  of  the  salmon  known  to  have  been 
recaptured  being  not  less  than  10,000  pounds. 

The  outcome  of  this  experiment  is  of  extraordinary 
significance.  It  means  that  for  every  thousand  fingerling 
salmon  hatched  and  liberated  by  the  Fish  Commission  on 
the  Columbia,  2,000  pounds  of  adult  fish  were  caught  for 
market  two,  three  and  four  years  later.  Let  us  reduce 
this  to  a financial  basis  and  see  what  a striking  exhibit 
is  made : The  total  expense  to  the  Government  of  hatch- 
ing and  planting  salmon  is  under  $1  per  thousand  fish  of 
the  size  in  question;  the  value  of  the  resulting  salmon 
caught  by  the  fisherman  is,  at  a very  reasonable  estimate, 
5 cents  per  pound,  or  $100  for  the  2,000  pounds  actually 
taken.  It  is  not  claimed  or  expected  that  such  extraordinary 
results  are  regularly  attained,  but,  if  the  average  outcome 
is  only  one-tenth  as  large  as  shown  by  these  figures,  then 
the  salmon  work  of  the  Commission  is  yielding  an  actual 
money  return  of  1.000  per  cent,  per  annum. 

Man’s  possible  influence  on  the  fishes  of  the  onen  sea 
is  problematical,  but  there  is  no  doubt  of  the  effects  of 
human  intervention  on  the  abundance  of  fishes  and  other 


animals  which  regularly  frequent  the  bays  and  coastal 
waters,  more  especially  the  bottom-living  species  like  the 
cod,  the  flounders,  and  the  lobster,  which  are  hatched  in 
large  numbers  at  the  marine  establishments  of  the  Com- 
mission. The  utility  of  fishculture  as  applied  to  the  cod 
is  scouted  by  some  people  in  the  United  States  and 
abroad;  singularly  enough,  however,  some  of  these  same 
people  are  willing  to  admit  *Ve  injury  done  by  overfishing 
or  indiscriminate  fishing. 

In  taking  up  the  culture  of  the  cod  many  years  ago,  and 
in  continuing  it  to  the  present  time,  the  Fish  Commission 
has  proceeded  on  the  principle  that  the  effects  of  man’s 
improvidence  may  be  counteracted  by  the  application  of 
man’s  ingenuity  and  power  in  aiding  nature.  The  ultimate 
success  of  cod  culture  on  the  Atlantic  coast  was  therefore 
confidently  expected,  and  the  expectations  have  been  more 
than  realized.  Practical  results  of  an  unmistakable  char- 
acter were  first  manifested  in  1889,  since  which  time  a 
very  lucrative  shore  cod  fishery  has  been  kept  up  on 
grounds  that  were  entirely  depleted  or  that  had  never 
contained  cod  in  noteworthy  numbers  in  the  memory  of 
the  oldest  inhabitants.  There  is  much  unsolicited  testi- 
mony on  this  point  from  many  people  who  have  profited 
from  the  past  twelve  or  fifteen  years’  operations  gt 
Gloucester  and  Woods  Hole  stations.  The  benefits  have 
not  been  confined  to  the  immediate  vicinity  of  the 
hatcheries,  but  have  extended  westward  and  southward 
along  the  Middle  Atlantic  coast  and  eastward  along  the 
whole  coast  of  Maine. 

A very  important  line  of  practical  work  conducted  by 
the  Commission  is  the  transplanting  of  aquatic  food  ani- 
mals into  waters  to  which  they  were  not  indigenous.  This 
work  is  addressed  not  only  to  lake,  pond  and  stream 
fishes  like  the  basses  and  trouts,  but  also  to  the  sea-going 
species  like  the  salmon,  shad  and  striped  bass.  Examples 
of  the  results  of  such  efforts  have  been  published  in  the 
annual  reports  from  year  to  year,  and  some  further  data 
will  appear  elsewhere  in  the  current  report ; but  attention 
is  particularly  drawn  to  two  of  the  most  successful  in- 
stances of  acclimatization  of  native  fishes.  About  thirty 
years  ago  the  shad  and  the  striped  bass  of  the  Atlantic 
Coast  were  introduced  on  the  Pacific  Coast;  the  slender 
colonies  became  established,  flourished,  extended  them- 
selves widely,  and  multiplied  to  such  an  extent  that  these 
two  species  now  rank  among  the  leading  food  fishes  of 


the  Pacific  States,  and  in  certain  localities  exist  perhaps 
in  greater  abundance  than  in  any  waters  on  the  Atlantic 
Coast.  The  economic  results  of  what  was  at  first  only  an 
experiment  may  be  thus  stated: 

Total  cost  of  planting  shad  and  striped  bass  on 

Pacific  Coast,  under $5, 000 

Average  annual  catch  of  these  fish  at  present 

time,  pounds  2,500,000 

Yearly  market  value  of  the  catch.. $100,000 

Aggregate  catch  to  end  of  1902,  pounds.... 18,900,000 

Total  value  of  the  catch  to  end  of  1902. .......  $670,000 

The  figures  to  1905  follow : 

Total  cost  of  planting  shad  and  striped  bass  on 

Pacific  Coast,  under  $5, 000 

Average  annual  catch  of  these  fish  at  present 

time,  pounds 4,000,000 

Yearly  market  value  of  the  catch $165,000 

Aggregate  catch  to  end  of  1904,  pounds 26.400,000 

Total  value  of  the  catch  to  the  end  of  1904. ....  $955,000 


Striped  Bass  on  the  Pacific  Slope. 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

_ In  the  exceedingly  interesting  and  valuable  contribu- 
tion to  the  4th  of  March  number  of  Forest  and  Stream. 
entitled  “Striped  Bass  of  the  Pacific  Coast,”  the  writer 
(J.  D.  C.)  who  is  entitled  to  the  thanks  of  the  angling 
community,  for  his  article  has  made  a little  slip  of  the 
pen  in  stating  that  striped  bass  were  “brought  from  the 
East  and  placed  in  these  waters  half  a score  of  years  ago.” 
In  point  of  fact,  striped  bass  were  brought  from  the 
East  and  placed  in  the  waters  of  the  Pacific  in  T879.  In 
the  summer  of  that  year  Mr.  Livingston  Stone  left  New 
England  with  several  Atlantic  varieties  of  fish  for  the 
Pacific  Coast,  among  which  were  some  striped  bass,  num- 
bering, as  nearly  as  I can  remember,  135  small  bass 
(probably  two-year-olds)  and  35  large  ones.  These  were 
deposited  in  good  order  in  brackish  inlets  of  the  lower 
Sacramento. 

Some  years  after  a later  shipment  of  striped  bass  was 
made  to  the  Pacific,  but  by  that  time  the  bass  that  were 
planted  in  1879  had  become  firmly  established  on  the 
Pacific  Slope  and  were  spreading  rapidly. 

Myron  Green. 


The  [Motorboat  and  Sportsman’s 

Show* 

In  our  last  three  issues  we  have  mentioned  many  of  the 
exhibitors  at  the  Motorboat  and  Sportsman’s  Show,  held 
at  Madison  Square  _ Garden.  The  following  firms  in- 
clude all  those  exhibitors  who  have  not  been  commented 
on  before. 

The  Brown-Cochran  Co.,  Lorain,  Ohio,  exhibited 
the  Lacey  engines  in  both  two  and  four-stroke.  The 
3 horsepower  was  running  for  demonstration  with  pro- 
peller connected  in  a tank  of  water,  while  the  20-30 
horsepower  was  running  with  no  load.  The  width 
of  the  bed  was  unusual  and,  together  with  the  counter- 
balanced flywheel,  tended  very  much  to  reduce  exces- 
sive vibration.  It  was  not  even  necessary  to  fasten 
the  engines  to  the  floor.  The  assembling  of  the  valve 
complete,  including  the  seat  itself,  makes  it  extremely 
easy  and  convenient  for  removal  in  case  of  necessity. 
All  parts  being  under  the  eye  of  the  operator  makes 
it  an  accessible  engine. 

The  exhibit  of  the  Lamb  Boat  and  Engine  Co., 
Clinton,  la.,  showed  a better  assortment  of  sizes  to 
suit  the  customer  than  any  other.  In  two  cylinders 
they  had  10  and  18  horsepower;  in  three  cylinders,  15 
and  27,  and  in  four  cylinders,  30  and  36.  Seamless 
brass  water  jackets  were  an  innovation.  Water  jacket- 
ing of  all  valves  was  noted.  Multiple  feed  pressure 
lubricator  and  especially  large  reversing  mechanism, 
five  piston  rings  to  each  piston,  and  modern  jump  spark 
were  other  features.  The  thrust  bearing  is  of  the 
familiar  regulation  steam  type. 

Fairbanks  Company,  of  New  York,  exhibited  more 
engines  of  their  own  make  and  those  of  the  Smalley 
Gas  Engine  Company,  Bay  City,  Mich.,  than  any  other 
exhibitor.  The  number  of  inquiries  and  the  interest 
shown  in  this  exhibit  was  remarkable,  it  being  not  an 
unusual  thing  for  several  hundred  inquiries  or  requests 
for  catalogues  to  be  recorded  during  a day  and  evening. 
They  showed  several  sizes  in  one,  two,  three  and  four 
cylinders.  The  engines  up  to  12  horsepower  use  either 
feathering  blade  wheels  or  solid  connected  propeller, 
while  engines  of  12  horsepower  and  over  use  the  Smalley 
reverse  as  standard  equipment.  In  stationary  engines 
they  showed  a 4 horsepower  stationary,  demonstrating  a 
new  type  of  ignition,  which  operated  very  regularly 
and  with  excellent  results.  The  ij-j  horsepower  pump- 
ing engine  made  a very  compact  outfit  and  especially 
adapted  for  country  places  or  in  the  city,  as  it  can  be 
operated  on  either  gas  or  gasolene. 

The  70-80  horsepower  model  B giant  engine  of  E. 
H.  Godshalk  & Co.,  was  of  extreme  interest,  it  being 
the  only  eight  cylinder  engine  ever  built  of  the 
two-stroke  type.  Nada  was  exhibited  with  the 
trophies  she  won  the  past  season  in  various  compe- 
titions. She  was  undoubtedly  the  fastest  boat  of  her 
rating  last  season.  A 15  horsepower  giant  motor  was 
installed  in  a 20ft.  mahogany  yacht  tender  on  the  lagoon 
and  was  of  especial  interest.  It  was  built  by  the 
Williams-Whittelsey  Co.,  of  Astoria,  L.  I.,  and  shows 
some  very  fine  lines,  and  a particularly  fine  arrangement 
of  the  interior,  convenient  and  of  more  than  usual  care 
in  design. 

Carlson  Motor  Vehicle  Ocv  of  Hartford,  Conn,  ex- 


hibited the  only  double  opposed  four-stroke  en- 
gines in  this  show.  The  crank  case  was  of  aluminum 
with  brass  plates  covering  the  tops  and  bottoms  of 
water  jackets.  Cam  adjustments  were  decidedly  novel 
and  of  especial  utility,  in  order  to  correct  usual  un- 
certainty in  key-seating,  which  has  been  so  often  men- 
tioned in  gasolene  engines  and  automobile  journals. 

Trebert  Auto  & Marine  Engine  Co.,  Rochester,  N. 
Y.,  exhibited  their  34  horsepower  340-pound  four 
clyinder,  four-stroke,  high-speed  engine,  with  planetary 
reverse,  jump-spark  and  mechanically-operated  valve 
engine.  A rectangular  brass  water-jacket,  similar  to 
but  one  other  shown  at  the  Garden,  was  noticed. 
Brass  is  used  in  fresh  water,  but  on  account  of  electro- 
lytical  action  it  is  never  used  in  salt  water,  nickel  steel 
being  substituted. 

The  Spaulding  Gas  Engine  Works,  of  St.  Joseph, 
Mich.,  are  represented  by  Maltby  & Harding,  who  are 
located  on  Gravesend  Bay  at  the  Marine  Basin  adjoin- 
ing Ulmer  Park.  They  showed  2S/2  horsepower  single 
and  7 horsepower  double  cylinder  engines,  with  both 
make  and  break  and  jump  spark.  An  especially  new 
and  valuable  feature  connected  with  the  new  Spaulding 
reversing  wheel  was  that  the  thrust  from  the  propeller 
can  never  be  upon  the  crank  shaft,  as  it  is  taken  up  on 
the  outside  of  the  boat  against  the  stern  bearing.  The 
Maltby  Cooking  Muffler  allows  making  of  coffee  or 
cooking  while  the  engine  is  running,  utilizing  the  heat 
of  the  exhaust  for  the  purpose.  By  using  the  Maltby 
vaporizer,  the  engine  can  be  operated  either  by  gas  or 
gasolene,  simply  by  shutting  off  one  or  the  other  and 
making  adjustments. 

Carlyle-Johnson  Machine  Co.,  Hartford,  Conn.,  had 
a demonstration  of  a reversing  mechanism  for  power 
boats,  which  has  been  used  extensively  by  the  Electric 
Launch  Co.,  of  Bayonne,  N.  J.,  and  several  other  im- 
portant builders,  which  is  composed  entirely  of  cut 
gears  with  jack  shafts,  the  whole  equipped  with  John- 
son clutches.  The  expanding  all-metal  type  is  used. 
American  and  French  engines  are  in  this  country  being 
generally  supplied  with  his  clutch  on  account  of  its 
light  weight  and  small  diameter.  The  Smith  & Mabley 
boat  for  Mr.  Billings  and  several  others  in  the  show 
were  equipped  with  this  gear. 

The  Victor  Non-Corrosive  Silvei',  exhibited  by  the 
Victor  Metals  Co.,  29  Broadway,  N.  Y.,  and  mhnu- 
factured  in  East  Braintre,  Mass.,  attracted  a great 
deal  of  attention  from  yachtsmen  and  power  boat 
men.  The  tensile  strength  is  very  high,  and  the  metal 
itself  is  non-corrosive.  Many  yachts  have  been  fitted 
with  this  metal,  which  is  giving  good  satisfaction. 

E.  Louvet  & Son,  Woodhaven,  N.  Y.,  had  a small 
exhibit  of  iRj,  4 and  8 horsepower,  two-stroke  engines. 
The  head  and  cylinder  is  in  all  cases  cast  together,  and 
head  is  not  water-jacketed,  in  order  to  get  maximum  ex- 
pansion at  the  time  of  explosion.  What  others  seemed  to 
have  ignored  in  this  respect  this  firm  has  attempted  to> 
compass.  The  brass  cap  on  the  top  of  the  cylinder  pro- 
tects the  operator  from  getting  burned.  Monarch 
generator  valves  are  also  shown  in  all  styles. 

The  Dayton  Electrical  Mfg.  Co.  show  the  Apple  igniter 
belt,  gear  and  friction  driven  with  its  adaptation  for 
light  and  ignition. 

The  Lackawanna  Valveless  Motor  Co.,  of  Buffalo, 
N.  Y gave  a good  demonstration  stopping,  starting 


and  reversing  their  engine  without  touching  the  fly- 
wheel. Double  cylinder  10  horsepower  was  the  only 
size  shown. 

The  reversing  propellei-,  shown  by  the  Fairbanks- 
Grant  Co.,  of  Ithaca,  N.  Y.,  was  of  especial  interest. 
There  are  but  few  three-blade  reversing  wheels  on  the 
market.  On  the  exti'eme  ahead  position,  the  wheel  is 
approximately  a true  screw.  The  two-stroke,  2 horse- 
power engine,  with  a diaphragm  pump  attracted  a great 
deal  of  attention.  This  pump  is  of  an  entirely  new  con- 
struction and  for  the  first  time  noted  in  connection 
with  the  gas  engine. 

Snecker  engines  of  several  sizes  were  shown.  These 
are  manufactured  by  the  Stamford  Motor  Co.,  of  Stam- 
ford, Conn.  Spherical  combustion  chambers,  and  the 
engines  being  started  without  any  danger  of  back 
kick,  as  long  as  admission  is  delayed,  makes  them  es- 
pecially attractive  to  those  who  have  suffered  injury 
from  dangerous  back  kicks. 

Chas.  D.  Durkee  & Co.,  2 and  3 South  street,  head- 
quarters for  yachting  goods  of  various  description,  had 
one  of  the  most  elaborate  displays  in  this  line  in  the 
whole  show.  Durkee’s  catalogue  includes  almost  every- 
thing that  is  needed  on  a yacht  or  power  boat. 

Imported  carburetors,  spark  coils  and  the  superior 
line  of  gods  manufactured  by  themselves,  were  shown 
by  Herz  & Co.,  187  Elm  street,  N.  Y.  These  goods 
are  strictly  high  grade,  and  while  perhaps  expensive, 
are  well  worth  the  money. 

C.  F.  Splitdorf,  17  Vandewater  street,  N.  Y.,  had  a 
full  line  of  the  celebrated  Splitdorf  coils.  In  the  igni- 
tion line  for  gasolene  engines,  any  articles,  if  not  made 
by  this  enterprising  house,  will  be  made  on  short 
notice.  The  quality  of  the  goods  manufactured  is 
strictly  of  the  best. 

The  Ever-Ready  Batteries,  as  exhibited  by  the 
American  Electrical  Novelty  & Mfg.  Co.,  Hudson  and 
Vandewater  streets,  N.  Y.,  were  shown  to  excellent 
advantage.  These  batteries  have  been  so  long  on  the 
mai'ket  that  their  good  qualities  are  fully  appreciated 
by  the  power  boat  men. 

Charles  Miller,  97  Reade  street,  N.  Y.,  exhibited  the 
Michigan  Motor  Co.’s  feathering  propeller  wheel, 
Michigan  reversing  gear,  an  8 horsepower  Barber  en- 
gine, Miller  marine  spark  plugs,  Hirschell-Spillman 
four  cylinder  four-stroke  20  horsepower  engine.  Pitts- 
field coils,  pumps,  Perdersen  oilers,  Splitdorf  timers, 
searchlights,  and  so  many  power  boat  accessories  that 
it  would  be  hard  to  enumerate  them.  Miller’s  trade 
is  not  alone  to  the  consumer,  but  to  the  manufacturer 
as  well. 

The  perfection  reversing  gear  of  W.  H.  Brodie  Co.. 
45  Vesey  street,  N.  Y.,  was  of  the  mitre  gear  type, 
all  parts  running  in  oil.  The  clutches  are  all  of  the 
expanding  all-metal  type,  and  on  the  forward  motion 
a direct  connection  is  made  with  two  inch  interlocking 
slots,  which  is  an  especial  novelty. 

The  section  of  a launch  cabin,  exhibited  by  the 
Richardson  Engineering  Co.,  showed  a 3^2  horsepower 
De  Dion  gasolene  engine,  single  cylinder  direct  con- 
nected with  a Ip2  K.  W.  generator  switchboard,  volt- 
meter and  ammeter,  automatic  circuit  breaker  and 
switch  for  charging  batteries.  Electric  arc  and  in- 
candescent searchlights  were  also  shown.  The  full 
~et  of  ■ cbooer-plated  instruments  cn  z marble  switch- 


March  18,  1905.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


£19 


board  was  complete  in  every  detail.  This  outfit  is 
sufficient  for  use  on  any  yacht  or  float. 

The  engine  built  by  James  Craig,  Jr.,  554  West  Thirty- 
fourth  street,  N.  Y.,  which  was  installed  in  Commo- 
dore Moore’s  Onontio  last  summer,  late  in  the  season, 
had  many  admirers.  This  engine  has  eight  cylinders 
724 in.  diameter  with  a stroke  of  9m.,  and  develops 
more  than  250  horsepower.  The  new  point  of  the 
double  inlet  and  exhaust  valves  was  a pleasing  feature. 
A single  cam  shaft  operates  all  the  valves,  as  well  as 
the  igniters.  Regular  7 horsepower  single,  18  horse- 
power three  cylinder,  and  four  cylinder  25  horsepower 
engines  were  also  shows. 

The  Eagle  Bicycle  Mfg.  Co.,  Torrington,  Conn.,  had 
two  engines,  one  two  and  the  other  four-stroke.  The 
experience  that  this  concern  has  had  in  finishing  Eagle 
bicycles  is  made  use  of  in  the  baked  enamel  finish  of 
their  product.  The  'engines  are  compact,  simple,  easily 
started  and  as  economical  as  the  general  run  of  gas- 
olene engines.  The  Abercrombie  & Fitch  power  canoe 
was  equipped  with  a 2 horsepower  Eagle,  and  an  order 
for  100  24  horsepower  engines  has  been  placed  with 
them  by  Abercrombie  & Fitch  for  power  canoe  in- 
stallation. 

The  Remy  Electric  Co.,  of  Anderson,  Ind.,  exhibited 
high-tension  magnetos,  which  have  been  adopted  by 
automobile  manufacturers  in  several  instances,  taking 
the  place  of  the  jump  spark.  This  is  a very  strong 
argument  in  their  favor  and  a step  in  a new  direction. 
These  people  were  among  the  first  to  pay  any  particular 
attention  to  high-tension  magnetos,  the  supply  of  which 
has  been  furnished  for  the  past  two  or  three  years  by 
French  manufacturers. 

C.  L.  Altemus  & Co.,  of  Philadelphia,  were  among 
the  first  to  bring  out  a secondary  distributor.  They 
make  also  protected  commutators  for  distributing  the 
primary  current.  Something  entirely  new  in  jump- 
spark  coils  is  the  ventilated  coil  with  switch  connected. 
McCanna  force  lubricators.  Breeze  automatic  carbu- 
retors and  Muro  accumulators  are  carried  in  stock  by 
these  people. 

Grant-Ferris  Co.,  Troy,  N.  Y.,  for  several  years  in- 
terested in  the  building  of  gasolene  engines,  are  out 
with  some  new  types.  Of  all,  the  four-strpke  12  horse- 
power engines,  with  rectangular  brass  water-jacket, 
causes  the  most  attention.  Bevel  reversing  gear  and 
Altemus  high-tension  distributors  are  used.  In  this 
’ engine  the  rotary  circulating  pump  takes  the  place  of 
: the  usual  reciprocating. 

Working  models  of  various  lubricating  devices,  single 
and  multiple,  generator  valves  of  several  patterns  are 
shown,  as  well  as  standard  and  special  fittings  for  gas- 
olene engines,  all  manufactured  by  the  Luckenheimer 
Co.,  Cincinnati,  O.,  and  unsurpassed  for  their  excel- 
lence. The  amount  of  business  done  by  this  concern  in 
such  goods,  as  exhibited,  is  something  enormous. 

“ Forest  and  Stream  ” Designing 
Competition  No.  IV. 

Design  for  a 60ft.  Waterline  Cruising  Launch. 


AWARD  OF  CABIN  PLAN  PRIZE  ANI)  CRITICISMS. 

Of  the  numerous  designs  submitted  there  were  only 
two  boats  whose  interior  arrangements  were  well  worked 
out  in  all  details.  Most  of  the  cabin  plans  needed  more 
study  and  knowledge  of  the  requirements  of  such  craft. 
Some  designs  embodied  good  qualities  but  were  lacking  in 
important  features.  The  cabin  plan  prize  of  $25  is 
awarded  to  Moccasin,  submitted  by  Mr.  Harold  Lee. 
This  design  received  the  first  prize  of  $100,  as  announced 
last  week. 

MOCCASIN. 

General  arrangement  excellent,  particularly  layout  of 
owner’s  rooms  and  main  cabin.  Passageways  and  com- 
panionways  liberal,  and  the  quarters  are  not  cramped. 
Drawer  room  in  stateroom  generous,  locker  space  limited. 
Set  berths  would  greatly  improve  the  stateroom.  Good 
ventilation  and  light  throughout  the  boat.  Bathroom  util- 
ized space  that  might  have  otherwise  been  lost.  It  is  well 
arranged,  convenient  and  accessible  either  from  state- 
room, main  saloon  or  pilot  house.  Lockers  in  passage 
afford  good  storage  space  for  luggage,  oilers,  etc.  Main 
saloon  roomy  and  well  arranged.  Sideboard  would  be 
morb  accessible  if  placed  on  after  bulkhead,  desk  would 
prove,  convenient  and  is  a necessary  feature  on  a boat  of 
this  size.  The  plan  of  dividing  main  cabin  by  curtains  is 
good.  Pantry  might  be  eliminated  and  could  better  be 
used  as  a place  for  the  steward  to  sleep,  as  it  has  been 
found  from  experience  that  it  is  better  to  keep  the 
steward  away  from  the  crew.  A door  in  the  after  end 
of  house  opening  to  ice-box  would  afford  easy  access 
when  filling,  and  would  avoid  carrying  the  ice  through 
the  boat.  Engine  room  sufficiently  large,  but  engine  is  not 
accessible,  being  too  close  to  partition.  The  placing  of 
berths  for  crew  in  engine  room  is  bad  practice.  This 
should  be  avoided  whenever  possible.  Crew’s  lavatory  is 
of  good  size;  water  and  gasolene  tanks  are  of  liberal 
capacity  and  are  well  placed. 

BARLEY. 

The  author  of  this  design  has  adopted  the  old  style 
trunk  cabin,  which  is  hardly  suitable  for  an  offshore  cruis- 
ing boat.  Arrangement  generally  good.  Boat  would  have 
been  improved  by  dropping  the  floor  and  reducing  free- 
board. Companionway  with  side  entrance  is  unusual 
and  undesirable.  Toilet  room  is  accessible,  but  occupies 
valuable  space,  and  could  be  arranged  to  better  advantage 
elsewhere.  Stateroom  would  be  improved  by  stationary 
berths,  and  if  this  . were  done  the  room  would  be  cramped. 
It  is  also  lacking  in.  locker  and  drawer  space.  Space  not 
well  utilized  in  main  cabin,  lockers  being  necessary  and 
sideboard  should  be  nearer  galley.  Galley  is  roomy  and 
well  arranged.  Engine  room  of  good  size  and  all  parts  of 
motor  could  be  easily  reached.  Pipe  berths  in  engine 
room  unnecessary,  as  there  is  ample  room  for  four  men  in 
the  crew’s  quarters  aft.  Crew  quarters  being  separated 
from  engine  room  and  galley  excellent. 

no.  13. 

Sheer  too  straight  and  freeboard  too  high  amidships. 
Pilot  house  too  far  forward,  and  as  shown  spoils  much 


of  the  room  below.  Engine  room,  galley,  passageway 
and  forecastle  occupy  the  better  part  of  the  boat.  The  low 
head  room  in  passageway  is  undesirable.  The  placing 
of  the  pilot  house  above  galley  is  objectionable.  The 
tub  is  crowded  into  the  bathroom  at  the  expense  of  other 
fittings.  Irregular  cabin  house  aft  very  objectionable,  and 
would  look  anything  but  shipshape  in  practice. 

BILGEWATER. 

A very  good  and  simple  arrangement  spoiled  by  irregu- 
lar cabin  house  aft.  Boat  well  ventilated  and  lighted, 
and  would  make  a livable  cruiser. 

WINDSOR. 

Drawings  superbly  rendered.  By  far  the  best  submitted, 
and  plainly  the  work  of  a very  capable  draughtsman. 
Arrangement  excellent.  Owner’s  quarters  not  quite  so 
roomy  as  those  of  the  first  prize  design.  Layout  aft  un- 
usually good.  A few  minor  changes  would  make  this 
boat’s  interior  ideal. 

NAVA  HOE. 

Narrow  breadth  restricts  cabin  accommodations.  State- 
room entirely  too  cramped.  The  floor  room  is  insufficient 
and  the  berths  too  narrow.  Toilet  room  very  small.  Main 
cabin  cramped,  berths  too  narrow  to  sleep  on,  and  if  ex- 
tended would  greatly  reduce  floor  space.  Head  room 
lacking  over  forward  part  of  engine,  which  would  be  a 
great  inconvenience  for  both  engineer  and  steward.  Tanks 
occupy  valuable  space  amidships.  Galley  small  and  incom- 
pletely fitted.  Crew’s  toilet  room  impossible  as  shown. 

, BARNACLE. 

Old-fashioned  cabin  house  and  excessive  breadth  enable 
designer  to  secure  large  accommodations. 

ESTMANMAR. 

Arrangement  poor.  Lacks  care  in  working  out  details. 
Objectionable  irregular  cabin  house.  Criticism  was  made 
of  this  design  last  week. 

LONG  ISLAND. 

This  design  was  also  criticised  last  week. 


Marine  Gasolene  Engines. 

BY  A.  E.  POTTER. 

( Continued  from  page  201.) 

The  crank  case  of  a two-stroke  engine  is  an  extremely 
important  part.  It  is  here  that  the  charge  of  air  and 
gasolene  vapor  is  drawn  in  by  the  partial  vacuum  formed 
each  time  the  piston  ascends.  If  there  are  leaks  any- 
where, this  vacuum  will  be  insufficient  to  aspirate  a 
charge  of  gas  and  air  sufficiently  rich  in  gasolene  vapor 
to  stand  the  admixture  of  the  air  which  leaks  in  through 
some  defect  in  design  or  machining,  or  possibly  resulting 
from  wear  of  the  bushings  on  the  main  bearings.  If  these 
leaks  allow  air  to  take  up  a part  of  the  space  in  the  crank 
case  by  reason  of  leaks,  the  same  cause  in  turn  will  allow 
a leakage  of  the  gas,  a reduction  in  the  amount  of  com- 
pression, there  will  not  be  sufficient  pressure  to  force  cut 
the  burned  gases  and  get  a full  charge  of  gas  into  the 
cylinder  following  each  explosion,  and  the  result  is  a loss 
of  power  that  is  frequently  misunderstood.  In  this  con- 
nection we  are  supposing  that  there  are  no  leaks  by  the 
piston  and  rings. 

I he  cubical  contents  of  the  space  below  the  piston, 
when  it  is  on  the  lower  or  inner  center,  should  be  as  little 
as  it  is  possible  to  make  it.  By  the  rule  explained  in  a 
previous  installment  of  this  article,  when  the  clearance  is 
equal  to  the  piston  displacement,  which  in  this  case,  in  the 
crank  chamber,  is  always  a little  more  than  in  the  combus- 
tion chamber.  In  correcting  the  piston  displacement  in 
the  combustion  chamber,  we  deducted  from  the  length  of 
the  stroke  the  distance  between  the  top  of  the  exhaust 
port  and  the  point  reached  by  the  piston  on  the  lowTer 
center;  but  in  correcting  for  this  displacement,  the  dis- 
tance from  the  top  of  the  inlet  port  to  that  point  which 
the  piston  reaches,  as  there  can  be  no  compression  after 
the  inlet  port  in  the  cylinder  opens,  should  be  deducted 
instead. 

Frequently  a two-stroke  engine  is  designed  so  that  the 
charge  enters  through  a valve  in  the  top,  which  opens  as 
soon  as  the  pressure  in  the  cylinder  is  lower  than  that  in 
the  crank  case.  On  the  very  largest  two-stroke  engines 
made  this  construction  is  followed,  and  in  this  case  the 
correction  of  the  clearance  in  the  crank  case  would  be  the 
same  as  in  the  combustion  chamber.  There  is  still  another 
modification  of  construction,  the  result  being  the  same  as 
above,  only  a part  enters  through  a valve  into  the  top  of 
the  cylinder,  followed  by  the  greater  part  of  the  charge 
through  a port. 

In  the  large  engine  mentioned  above,  the  charge  of  air 
and  gas  is  compressed  in  the  proper  proportions  by  two 
outside  separate  pumps,  and  the  exhaust  ports  extend  the 
whole  circumference  of  the  cylinder  at  intervals,  while 
smaller  sizes  rarely  have  any  such  widely  extended  ex- 
haust ports.  In  this  large  engine  the  charge  enters  the 
firing  or  combustion  chamber  at  a pressure  of  9 pounds 
approximately,  and  there  being  no  compression  in  the 
crank  chamber,  it  is  left  open  or  partly  so. 

. % having  the  compression  controlled  by  outside  pumps, 
it  is  possible  to  increase  or  decrease  the  pressure  by  in- 
creasing or  decreasing  the  clearances,  but  where  crank 
case  compression  is  used,  it  cannot  be  well  increased  above 
a certain  pressure,  rarely  above  5 pounds,  and  allow  suffi- 
cient room  for  the  crank  and  connecting  rod  to  revolve. 
When  you  hear  of  a two-stroke  engine  with  a crank  case 
compression  of  15  pounds,  as  I have  frequently  heard 
claimed,  it  might  be  well  to  investigate  before  taking  it 
for  granted.  In  order  to  prove  the  highest  crank  case 
compression  possible,  not  knowing  the  clearance,  it  will  be 
necessary  to  employ  the  same  means  as  for  finding  the 
compression  in  the  combustion  chamber,  by  filling  the 
crank  case  with  oil  through  the  draw-off  cock,  with  the 
piston  on  the  inner  center ; that  is,  as  near  the  crank  shaft 
as  it  can  be  put,  and  carefully  measuring  it.  If  then  the 
number  of  cubic  inches  is  known,  and  the  corrected  piston 
displacement  as  well,  the  compression  can  be  figured,  pro- 
vided you  will  bear  in  mind  that  clearance  equal  to  the 
displacement  will  give  two  atmospheres,  about  29.4  pounds 
absolute,  or  14.7  gauge.  If  clearance  once  the  displace- 
ment gives  14  7 pounds,  twice  the  clearance  would  give 
ore-half  of  1x7  or  7.85  pounds,  while  four  times  the 


clearance  would  give  3.925  pounds.  The  proportion  would 
therefore  be  the  amount  of  clearance  : the  amount  of  dis- 
placement : : 14.7  : x.  As  an  instance,  with  a piston 
displacement  of  64  cu.  in.  and  a clearance  of  144,  the  pro- 
portion would  be  144  : 64  : : 14.7  : x =6.6  -j-  lbs.  per  sq.  in. 

Having  found  the  theoretical  crank  case  compression, 
to  prove  it  you  would  connect  a piece  of  pipe  to  the 
crank  case  with  a check  valve  to  prevent  the  pressure 
from  returning  to  the  crank  case,  and  a piece  of  larger 
pipe  or  other  receptacle  surmounted  by  a pressure  gauge. 
The  engine  should  be  belted  up  and  the  pressure  shown 
on  various  speeds  should  be  noted.  This  would  be  a good 
object-lesson  to  many  of  our  two-stroke  engine  manufac- 
turers, five  per  cent,  of  which  I think  I can  safely  say 
have  no  definite  idea  of  the  amount  of  crank  case  com- 
pression they  have.  The  higher  this  compression  the 
more  gas  the  engine  will  lose  from  slight  leaks,  amount- 
ing to  more  or  less  loss  of  power  and  increased  gasolene 
consumption  as  well. 

If  now  instead  of  a passage  into  the  crank  case  at  a 
point  which  is  never  covered  by  the  piston,  and  the  egress 
of  the  air  so-  taken  in  is  prevented  by  a check  valve  or 
seat  feed  vaporizer,  there  is  an  additional  port  in  the 
cylinder  which  is  not  opened  until  the  piston  is  near  the 
upper  or  outer  center,  it  becomes  the  modern  three-ported 
engine.  It  will  readily  be  observed  that  this  construction 
has  greater  need  of  close  fitting  bushings,  for  if  the  crank 
case  were  to  fill,  or  partly  fill,  with  air,  there  would  be 
little  or  no  gas  enter,  particularly  on  slow  speed;  and  if 
it  happened  that  the  carburetor  was  one  with  no  great 
velocity  to  the  air  on  aspiration,  if  leaks  were  to  develop, 
there  would  be  insufficient  gasolene  vapor  to  support  com- 
bustion, and  the  result  would  be  crank  case  explosions  or 
the  engine  would  not  even  start  without  “priming”  with 
a few  drops  of  gasolene  in  the  combustion  chamber,  the 
engine  would  run  intermittently  for  a few  revolutions 
and  then  stop.  Occasionally  is  met  a two-stroke  engine 
with  a stuffing  box  on  one  or  both  ends  of  the  crank 
shaft,  but  this  construction  for  various  reasons  is  unsatis- 
factory in  the  long  run,  and  is  expensive  as  well.  Some 
manufacturers  use  adjustable  bushings,  and  these,  if 
properly  made,  give  fair  satisfaction;  but  no  device  has 
yet  been  designed  and  put  into  practical  operation  that 
will  effectually  prevent  the  loss  of  a certain  amount  of 
your  crank  case  compression. 

In  order  to  reduce  the  clearance,  I have  ben  told  that 
one  authority  advises  that  a quantity  of  vaseline  be  put 
into  the  crank  case.  My  advice  to  such  as  contemplate 
any  such  senseless  a trick  is— do  not,  for  the  vaseline 
would  be  dissolved  by  any  gasolene  that  might  come  into 
contact  with  it,  and  it  might  be  found  hardly  practical  to 
run  your  engine  on  vaseline. 

I can  only  advise  that  your  clearance  be  made  as  little 
as  possible,  and  that  extra  care  be  taken  to  get  good  fits 
on  the  main  crank  shaft  bearings. 

[to  be  continued.] 


Work  at  City  Island. — Mr.  Robert  Jacob  has  had 
more  new  work  in  his  yard  this  winter  than  at  any  other 
time  since  he  acquired  the  property  from  Mr.  Henry 
Piepgrass  some  years  ago.  Mr.  Jacob  has  had  six  orders 
tor  new  boats,  and  one  of  these,  a launch  for  Mr.  Charles 
W.  Lee,  is  entirely  completed.  Four  of  the  new  boats 
were  from  designs  by  Mr.  Henry  J.  Gielow,  one  by 
Messrs.  A.  Cary  Smith  & Ferris,  and  one  from  his  own 
designs. 

I he  largest  of  the  boats  building  is  an  auxiliary 
schooner  for  Mr.  W.  T.  Colbron,  New  York'  Y.  C.  She 
is  60ft.  waterline,  84ft.  over  all,  19ft.  breadth  and  8ft. 
draft.  Her  auxiliary  power  will  consist  of  a 45ft.  horse- 
power Craig  engine.  She  is  a centerboard  boat,  and  will 
be  known  as  Witoco.  This  boat  was  designed  by  Mr. 
Gielow,  who  also  planned  the  51ft.  over  all  auxiliary  sloop 
building  there.  The  latter  boat  is  for  an  old  client  of  Mr. 
Gielow  s and  is  a shoal  draft  boat  intended  principally  for 
cruising.  The  other  two  boats  building  from  Mr.  Gie- 
low’s  designs  are  power  craft.  The  larger  of  the  two  is 
the  boat  for  Mr.  Lee.  She  is  a beautiful  boat,  and  the 
work  on  her  is  of  the  highest  order  throughout.  This 
boat  is  called  Dreamer,  and  will  be  given  a trial  trip  as 
soon  as  the  weather  gets  warmer.  The  smaller  of  the  two 
power  boats  is  for  Mr.  Charles  M.  Gould.  This  boat, 
which  is  now  111  frame,  is  46ft.  6in.  over  all,  42ft  water- 
line, 10ft.  breadth  and  3ft.  draft.  She  will  be  fitted  with 
a 15  horsepower  motor  and  will  be  lighted  by  electricity. 

Venona  is  the  name  selected  by  Mr.  Robert  Olyphant 
for  Ins  cruising  schooner  building  from  Messrs.  A.  Cary 
Smith  & Ferris’  design.  She  is  65ft.  6in.  over  all,  45ft. 
waterline,  1 6ft.  breadth  and  9ft.  draft.  She  is  a powerful 
vessel  of  substantial  construction,  and  has  a good  deal  of 
room  below  under  a flush  deck.  Her  keel  was  laid  on 
December  31,  and  she  was  ready  for  launching  on  Febru- 
ary 22.  The  interior  woodwork  is  now  completed. 

The  high  speed  power  boat  building  from  Mr.  Jacob’s 
design  is  for  a member  of  the  New  York  Y.  C.,  and  is 
40ft.  long. 

Ailsa  is  being  put  in  readiness  for  the  ocean  race,  and 
considerable  work  is  being  done  on  the  boat.  Her  copper 
has  been  stripped  off  and  a good  many  of  her  planks  have 
been  removed  and  replaced.  Her  frames  and  fastenings 
have  been  examined  and  all  necessary  work  to  make  the 
boat  thoroughly  seaworthy  will  be  done.  The  repairs  are 
being  carried  out  under  the  direction  of  Messrs.  Tams, 
Lemoine  &l  Crane.  Mr.  Grenville  Kane  will  act  as  Mr. 
Redmond  s representative  on  Ailsa,  and  he  may  be  accom- 
panied  by  Mr.  Paul  Eve  Stevenson,  well  known  to  yachts- 
men as  the  author  of  several  books  on  sea  life. 

The  70- footer  \ irginia  is  also  receiving  extensive  re- 
pairs. Her  planking  has  been  ripped  off  as  far  aft  as 
the  mast,  and  steel  plates  have  been  placed  outside  the 
frames  under  the  stringers  which  extend  forward  to  the 
stem.  She  will  be  replanked  with  two  thicknesses  of 
yellow  pine,  and  when  the  work  is  completed  she  will  be 
stiff  and  rigid  and  in  good  shape  for  a season’s  racing 
Virginia  was  the  only  one  of  the  four  “seventies”  that 
was  not  strengthened  before. 

The  yard  is  filled  with  many  interesting  and  famous 
boats,  principal  among  them  being  Reliance.  Close  by  are 
the  three  largest  and  best  known  yawls  in  the  world— 
Sybarita,  Ailsa  and  Vigilant.  With  these  three  fine  ves- 
sels lying  so  close  together,  one  has  an  excellent  oppor- 
tunity to  compare  the  work  of  three  of  the  wm-jd'g 
famous  designers—' Watson,  Fife  and.  Herree-hoff- 


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- Annual  Meeting  of  Y.  K AvhfhM.— The  annual 
meeting  of  the  Yacht  Racing-  Association  of  Massa- 
chusetts will  be  held  at  Young’s  Hotel  on  Thursday 
evening,  March  16.  Several  important  amendments  will 
dome  up  for  the  consideration  of  delegates  at  this 
meeting.  One  of  these  provides  that  the  judges  must 
hail  a yacht  which  has  crossed  the  line  before  the  gun, 
but  that  failure  to  recall  shall  not  relieve  the  yacht 
from  recrossing.  Such  an  amendment,  in  view  of  the 
fact  that  the  rules  at  present  put  the  obligation  on  the 
judges  of  recalling  a yacht  which  has  crossed  the  line. 
It  being  assumed  that  the  judges  have  the  intention 
of  enforcing  the  rules  governing  starts,  it  may  be  in- 
ferred that  failure  on  the  part  of  judges  to  recall  a 
yacht  that  has  actually  crossed  the  line  too  soon  is  be- 
cause those  judges  did  not  actually  see  the  transgres,- 
sipn.  This.  being  the  case,  a protest  by  another  yacht 
will  result  in  a question  of  veracity  between  two  skip- 
pers, or  if  the  transgressor  did  not  really  believe  his 
yacht  to  have  crossed  before  gunfire,  a question  of 
fact;  and  consequently  a hard  one  for  any  board  of 
judges  to  decide.  It  is  proposed'  to  adopt  a new  class 
to  be  known  as  Class  H,  to  conform  to  the  limits  of  the 
Catboat  Association.  The  association  was  -formed  to 
preserve  the  interest  in  the  Cape  cat  by  providing 
classification  for  this  type  of  boat  in  the-  general  racing 
throughout  the  bay.  Another  amendment  proposes  to 
strike  out  Classes  D,  25-footers;  S,  21-footers,  and  X, 
15-footers.  From  what  has  been  shown  in  the  racing 
of  the  past  two  or  three  years-the  elimination  of  these 
classes  from  the  lists  of  the  Association  is  in  keeping 
with  the  practical  conditions  that-  are  now  known  to 
exist.  Class  D,  25-footers,  was  intended,  as  were  all 
of  the  former  restricted  classes  of  the  Y.  R.  A.,  to 
provide  for  a wholesome  type  of  - cruising  boat.  The 
manner  in  which  loose  places  in  the  restrictions  were 
taken  advantage  of  was  evidenced  in  the  boats  that 
were  built  to  race  in  this  class  during  the.  season  of 
I9°3-  The  warning  for  this  class,  given  by  the  tenden- 
cies in  it  and  in  other  classes  in  previous  years,  were 
deliberately  set  aside,  and  boats  that  were  nothing  more 
or  less  than  freak  racers  were  built.  While  it  is,  per- 
haps, unfortunate  that  these  productions  of  1903  were 
not  given  opportunities  of  racing  as  Y.  R.  A.  25-footers 
last  season,  such  an  ending  to  the  class  appeared  in- 
evitable to  all  lovers  of  good  form  in  boats  who  looked 
upon  the  matter  in  an  impartial  light.  So  far  as  any 
future  development  of  25-footers  under  the  rules  by 
which  these  last  boats  were  built,  is  simply  impossible, 
for  sane  yachtsmen  will  not  build  new  boats.  One  of 
the  boats  now  in  existence  is  so  far  superior  to  the 
others  in  point  of  speed,  that  no  sport  can  be  obtained 
from  racing  the  others  with  her.  So,  for  all  practical 
purposes  the  class  has  died  a natural  death,  and  may  as 
well  be  stricken  from  the  lists  of  the  Association  now 
as  any  other  time.  The  Little  Haste  gave  all  the  warn- 
ing that  was  necessary  in  Class  S,  21-footers,  during 
the  season  of  1902,  and  since  that  time  the  class  has 
not  been  raced.  Those  owners  in  the  class,  who  were 
fortunate  enough  to  have  boats  that  were  not  so  ex- 
treme, sold  them,  and  these  boats  are  now  scattered 
along  the  coast  and  inland.  No  yachtsman  will  build 
under  the  rules  that  then  governed  the  class,  and  so 
. the  proposed  amendment  to  strike  it  from  the  lists 
comes  in  natural  sequence. 

Class  X,  of  15-footers,  was  an  unrestricted  class,  for 
which  no  boats  have  been  built  for  several  years,  and 
has  been  practically  forgotten  as  a factor  in  Massa- 
chusetts Bay  yachting.  There  is  at  present  a restricted 
class  limited  to  15ft.  waterline  for  which  a few  boats 
were  built  last  season,  and  still  fewer  new  ones  during 
the  present  winter.  The  class,  a new  one,  has  not  de- 
veloped with  any  great  furor,  but  it  is  better  than  the 
old  one,  which  it  was  intended  to  succeed,  and  so  the 
old  one  must  go.  The  new  uniform  rule  of  measure- 
ment for  rating  is  to  be  considered  at  this  meeting,  and 
is  likely  to  be  discussed  at  length.  With  the  passing 
of  the  before-mentioned  classes,  the  Y.  R.  A.  of  Massa- 
chusetts is  somewhat  bare  of  classes  under  its  direct  con- 
trol, although  it  does  have  jurisdiction  over  classes  that 
are  directly  controlled  by  associations  of  their  own.  So 
the  Association  is  in  the  best  position  it  could  be  to 
adopt  the  new  universal  rule.  If  this  is  done,  it  is 
likely  that  it  will  only  be  after  considerable  discussion, 
for  there  are  many  yachtsmen  who  are  opposed  to  the 
rule,  whether  or  not  they  have  studied  what  types  are 
possible  under  it. 

Boston  Y.  C.  Smoker. — A smoker  will  be  held  at 
the  town  house  of  the  Boston  Y.  C.,  Rowe’s  Wharf,  on 
Friday  evening,  March  17.  Mr.  Louis  M.  Clark  will 
be  the  speaker  of  the  evening.  He  will  give  a talk  on 
the  New  Uniform  Measurement  Rule,  illustrating  his 
remarks  by  blackboard  sketches.  Mr.  Clark  is  one  of 
the  best  men  who  could  advocate  the  new  rule  for  the 
club,  as  he  has  made,  a deep  study  of  it  and  is  familiar 
with  all  of  its  possibilities.  He  was  one  of  the  com- 
mittee to  represent  the  Eastern  Y.  C.  at  the  con- 
ferences, which  resulted  in  a more  or  less  general 
adoption  of  the  rule,  and  he  has  been  a most  ardent 
advocate  of  its  adoption  throughout  Massachusetts  Bay. 
The  adoption  of  the  rule  was  discussed  at  the  last 
meeting  of  the  Boston  Y.  C,  and.  .a  compromise  was 
made  by  the  vote  to  race  the  handicap  classes  of  the 
club  under  the  rule  during,  the  coming  season.  Mr. 
Clark  desired  an  opportunity  t_d  present  the  benefits 
of  the  rule  at  greater  length  , than.  was.  possible  at  the 
meeting,  so  that  the  members  might  understand  it  more 
fully,  and  he  suggested  .the  smoker  . for  the  purpose, 
which  suggestion  met  with  the  approval  of  the  majority. 

Changes  in  Plans  of.  Mr.  R.  A.  Rainey’s  Schooner. 
•—It  has  been  decided  to . change  the.  measurements  of 
Mr.  Roy  A.  Rainey’s  new  schooner,  which  is  to  be 
built  at  Lawley’s  from  designs  by  Mr.  A.  S.  Chese- 
brough,  assisted  by  Mr.  Fred;  D.  Lawley.  It  was 
originally  intended  to  have  the '.waterline  .length  of  this 
"schooner  90ft.,  but  it  has,  been  decided Ito  change  that 
measurement  to  95ft.  This  is  said "not  to  be  because 
of  any  possibility  in  classification,  but:'  rather  to  ob- 
tain more  room,  cruising  accommodations  being  the 
main  feature  of  the  yacht.  On '"account  of 'the  change 
‘ -h  waterline  length,  the  over  dll' length' has  been  in- 


creased to  136ft.  3in.  The  breadth  of  25ft.  6in.  and  the 
draft  of  14ft.  will  not  be  changed.  The  schooner’s  dis- 
placement is  about  170  tons,  and  her  sail  area  is  9,400 
sq.  ft.,  which  is  comparatively  small. 

Elmina  II.  to  be  Launched  Soon. — The  90ft. 
schooner  Elmina  II.  designed  by  Messrs.  A.  Cary 
Smith  and  Ferris,  is  nearing  completion  at  Lawley’s, 
and  it  is  expected  that  she  will  be  launched  in  about 
ten  days.  There  will  still  be  considerable  finishing  up 
to  do  about  the  deck  and  in  the  cabins,  but  this  can  be 
done1  while  she  is  afloat  at  the  dock.  Over  the  plating 
there  was  placed  a complete  covering  of  specially  pre- 
pared cement, ..which  served  as  a priming  coat,  and  the 
work  of  paintiing  is  now  going  on.  Elmina  II.  is  125ft. 
over  all,  87ft.  waterline,  25ft.  breadth  and  15ft.  6in  draft. 
She  will  carry  about  10,000  sq.  ft.  of  sail.' 

Motorboat  Show  Opened.— The  Motorboat  Show, 
which  is  being  held  in  connection  with  the  automobile 
show  in  Mechanics’  Building,  was  successfully  opened 
Saturday  evening.  It  is  estimated  that  there  were  in 
the  neighborhood  of  15,000  people  present.  The  show 
is  quite  an  extensive  one,  and  will  undoutedly  furnish 
lots  of  information  to  power  boat  men  of  the  present, 
as  well  as  of  the  future.  The  exhibits  take  up  an  im- 
mense amount  of  space  and  include  showings  from  some 
of  the  most  prominent  builders  of  hulls,  engines  and 
equipment  in  the  country. 

John  B.  Killeen. 

Boston,  March  18. 


The  Boston  Power  Boat  Show* 

Mechanics’  Hall  was  crowded  to  suffocation  last 
Saturday,  nth  inst,  at  the  opening  night  of  the  Automo- 
bile and  Power  Boat  Show.  At  7 :30  there  was  a large 
gathering  of  people  on  Huntington  avenue  awaiting  the 
opening  of  the  doors.  There  were  no  season  card  tickets 
issued,  and  everyone,  exhibitors  and  press  representatives 
as  well,  had  to  give  up  a ticket  or  coupon.  When  these 
were  counted  up  on  Sunday  the  number  was  found  to  be 
in  excess  of  47,000. 

The  power  boat  end  of  the  show  was  in  unexpected 
proportions.  The  large  number  of  engines  and  boats  of 
all  descriptions  was  something  wonderful.  There  were 
fully  twice  as  many  engines  and  fully  six  to  eight  times 
as  many  boats  as  were  exhibited  at  New  York.  On  the 
main  floor  there  were  but  two  boats  exhibited,  the 
greater  part  being  on  the  lower  or  basement  floor.  Un- 
like the  New  York  show,  owing  to  insurance  regulations, 
no  engines  were  run  except  those  operated  by  gas  or 
kerosene.  This  made  easier  work  for  demonstrators,  and 
harder  for  those  who  had  to  explain  the  engines  in  detail. 

Geo.  Lawley  & Son  Corporation,  South  Boston,  had  a 
64ft.  boat  on  the  floor,  designed  by  Arthur  Binney,  70 
Kilby  street,  Boston,  for  Mr.  C.  H.  Clark,  Jr.,  of  Phila- 
delphia. Boat  will  be  named  Hupa,  and  power  is  the  six 
cylinder  Standard  engine,  which  was  exhibited  at  the 
New  York  show.  Hupa  is  a high  speed  autoboat  of  ex- 
ceptionally fine  lines,  and  shows  to  excellent  advantage. 

On  the  whole,  the  boats  exhibited  were  very  creditable. 
The  power  dories  and  cruising  launches  attracted  rather 
more  attention  than  the  more  radical  type  of  high  speed 
craft. 

Very  many  manufacturers  of  engines  did  not  show  at 
New  York,  while  several  exhibited  at  both  places. 

Next  week  we  will  give  our  readers  a description  of 
the  exhibits  and  exhibitors  directly  associated  with  yacht- 
ing and  power  boating.  The  total  number  of  exhibitors 
being  approximately  250,  makes  the  undertaking  some- 
what arduous ; but  luckily  there  are  a good  many  auto- 
mobile exhibitors,  which  will  reduce  the  number  to  be 
reported. 


YACHTING  NEWS  NOTES.; 


For  advertising  relating  to  this  department  see  pages  ii  and  iii. 


Eagle  and  Cyrilla  Sold. — The  following  sales  have 
been  made  through  Mr.  Stanley  M.  Seaman’s  agency : 
The  knockabout  Eagle,  by  Mr.  J.  W.  Nelson,  of  Brooklyn, 
to  Mr.  Parker  Vanamee,  of  Newburgh,  N.  Y. ; and  the 
cruising  yawl  Cyrilla,  by  Mr.  W.  D.  Turner,  of  Boston, 
Mass.,  to  Mr.  E.  B.  Newell,  of  New  York.  She  was  de- 
signed by  Mr.  Isaac  B.  Mills  and  built  by  W.  B.  Smith, 
at  Quincy,  Mass.,  in  1901.  Cyrilla  is  40ft.  over  all,  25ft. 
waterline,  10ft.  breadth  and  5ft.  draft.  Mr.  Newell  will 
bring  the  boat  around  the  Cape  himself  some  time  during 
the  spring. 

Schooner  Fleetwing  Now  a Houseboat. — The  old 
schooner  Fleetwing  was  purchased  some  time  ago  by  Mr. 
Charles  D.  Vail,  and  under  his  direction  was  converted 
into  a houseboat.  The  boat’s  spars,  masts  and  interior 
fittings  were  all  removed  and  sold.  In  the  future  she  will 
be  used  on  the  Shrewsbury  River  by  her  new  owner. 
Fleetwing  was  a keel  boat  126ft.  4m.  over  all,  104ft.  gin. 
waterline,  23ft.  ioin.  breadth  and  12ft.  draft.  She  was 
built  at  Van  Dusen’s  yard,  New  York,  in  1865,  for  Mr. 
Frank  Osgood. 

Schooner  Fortuna  Now  a Fisherman. — The  well- 
known  schooner  Fortuna  was  sold  a short  time  ago  by 
Mr.  Henry  R.  Walcott,  New  York  Y.  C.,  to  a southern 
concern  who  have  made  some  changes  on  the  boat  in 
order  to  make  her  more  suitable  for  fishing,  for  she  is  to 
be  used  for  that  purpose  in  the  future.  The  vessel  was 
examined  when  the  transfer  was  made  and  her  hull  was 
found  to  be  perfectly  sound,  and  the  only  work  of  im-. 
portance  done  on  her  was  to  reduce  her  rig.  Fortuna 
was  built  in  1883  by  C.  & R.  Poillon,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y., 
from  plans  by  Mr.  A'.  Cary  Smith. 

Boat  for  Harmsworth  Cup  Race. — Mr.  E.  R.  Thomas 
will  have  a 40ft.  power  boat  built  from  designs  by  Messrs. 
.Tams,  Lemoine  & Crane,  and  she  will  probably  start  in  the 
races  for  the  Harmsworth  Cup  next  season.  The  boat  will 
be  equipped  with  an  eight  cylinder  150  horsepower  Smith 
& Mabley  Simplex  engine.  Messrs.  Smith  & Mabley  guar- 
antee that  the  boat  will  make  30  miles  an  hour ; otherwise 
Mr.  Thomas  will  not  be  asked  to  accept  the  boat. 


'[March  18,  1905, 


Racing  Boat  for  Commodore  Price,  Chicago  Y.  C. — 
Last  year  there  was  built  at  Wood’s  Yard,  City  Island,  a 
rafing  21-footer  for  some  Detroit  yachtsmen.  She  was 
known-; Ss-Ste.  Claire,  and  was  designed  by  Messrs.  Tams, 
Lemoine  & Crane.  Ste.  Claire  was  the  Detroit;  Country 
Chib’s  entry  in  the  races  at  Chicago  for  the  Lipton  Cup 
last  season,  and  she  won  the  series  handily.  The  Chicago 
.yachtsmen  are  making  every  effort  to  win  back  the  trophy 
next  season,  and  Commodore  Price,  of  the  Chicago  Y.  C., 
-has  ordered  a 21-footer  from  Messrs.  Tams,  Lemoine  & 
Crane,  the  designers  of  Ste.  Claire.  The  new  boat  will 
be  built  by  . the  Electric  Launch  Company,  of  Bayonne, 
IN.  J.,  and  is  31ft.  iij^in.  over  all,  21ft.  waterline,  10ft. 
-breadth.  6ft.  draft,  and  will  carry  850  sq.  ft.  of  sail  in  the 
-mainsail  and  jib.  The  boat  will  be  double  planked,  and 
‘.she  will  be  fitted  with  hollow  spars. 

*?,  * * 

Race  from  Miami  to  Nassau.  : — Considerable  interest  is 
being  taken  by  the  racing  enthusiasts  in  the  plans  for  an 
ocean  race  of  150  miles  across  the  Gulf  Stream  that  has 
been  projected  for  next  winter.  The  idea  is  to  start  the 
race  from  Miami,  Fla.,  and  run  to  Nassau,  New  Provi- 
dence, in  the  Bahamas.  On  this  trip  the  boats  would 
practically  enter  harbor  immediately  after  crossing  the 
.forty-two-  miles  of  the  Gulf  Stream,  and  as  that  current 
of  warm  water  would  be  crossed  at  right  angles,  the  race 
would  be  a much  less  strenuous  one  than  would  be  a race 
to  Cuba,  in  which  the  boats  would  have  to  race  against 
the  current  of  the  Gulf  Stream. 

Race  from  Southampton  to  Calais. — Advices  from 
Calais  state  that  a motorboat  race  from  Southampton  to 
Calais  will  take. place  on  July  14,  and  that  on  the  follow- 
ing day  there  will  be  a similar  race  from  Calais  to  Rams- 
gate, the  races  being  under  the  auspices  of  the  British  and 
French  Automobile  Clubs. 

»?  »*  H 

Express  II.  Sold  to  W.  R.  Proctor. — Mr.  Morton  F. 
Plant  has  sold  his  steam  yacht  Express  II.  to  Mr.  Wil-  ! 
liam  Ross  Proctor  through  the  agency  of  Mr.  Frank 
Bowne  Jones.  Express  II.  is  90ft.  over  all,  10ft.  6in. 
breadth,  and  3ft.  6in.  draft.  She  is  similar  in  appearance 
to  Scout,  Mirage  and  Tramp,  and  can  do  better  than  20 
miles.  The  boat  is  now  at  Bristol,  but  will  soon  come  to 
the  westward.  She  will  be  overhauled  at  the  Jacob  yard,  j 
City  Island.  Express  II.  will  be  used  as  a tender  to  Mr. 
Ross’  70-footer  Mineola,  and  her  name  will  be  changed. 

* 

Christensen  to  Command  Mineola. — Chris  Christen- 
sen, Captain  Charles  Barr’s  right-hand  man,  will  com- 
mand Mineola  while  Captain  Barr  is  away  on  Atlantic  in 
the  ocean  race.  When  Captain  Barr  returns,  he  will  take 
charge  of  Mineola  and  Christensen  will  act  as  mate. 

* *, 

Springfield  Y.  C.  Incorporated. — The  Springfield  Y.C., 
of  Brooklyn,  has  secured  articles  of  incorporation  and  the 
paper  has  been  filed  with  the  county  clerk.  The  incor- 
porators are  Henry  Kahl,  206  Woodbine  street;  Jacob 
Port,  249  Montrose  avenue;  Paul  C.  Schmidt,  470  Ham- 
burg avenue;  Charles  Ougheltree,  315  Nostrand  avenue,  ; 
and  Henry  Liebst,  196  Ralph  street.  The  club  burgee  will 
be  red,  white  and  blue,  the  latter  color  forming  the  field 
of  the  pennant,  with  a broad  red  stripe  running  length- 
wise through  the  center  and  with  three  white  stars  in  a 
line.  The  new  organization  expects  to  acquire  property 
suitable  for  a club  house. 

It  It 

Annual  Meeting  Gravesend  Bay  Y.  R.  A. — The  an- 
nual meeting  of  the  Gravesend  Bay  Y.  R.  A.  was  held  at 
the  Assembly,  Brooklyn,  on  the  evening  of  March  8. 
Seven  delegates  from  the  various  clubs  belonging  to  the 
Association  were  present.  The  new  measurement  rule  was 
adopted,  so  that  all  the  racing  at  Gravesend  will  be  under 
one  rule. 

* * »e 

New  York  Y.  C.  Racing  Schedule. — The  Regatta  Com- 
mittee of  the  New  York  Y.  C.,  composed  of  Messrs.  ' 
Oliver  E.  Cromwell,  H.  de  B.  Parsons  and  Ernest  E. 
Lorillard,  have  laid  out  the  following  schedule : 

Tuesday,  May  30. — The  spring  cups,  off  New  York  Y. 

C;  station  No.  10,  Glen  Cove;  open  to  all  regular  and 
special  classes. 

Saturday,  June  17 — Annual  regattas;  open  to  all  regular 
classes. 

Saturday,  July  8 — The  Glen  Cove  cups,  off  New  York 
Y.  C.  station  No.  10,  Glen  Cove ; open  to  all  regular  and 
special  classes  and  classes  too  small  for  enrollment. 

Saturday,  September  9 — The  autumn  cups,  off  New 
York  Y.  C.  station  No.  10,  Glen  Cove,  open  to  all  regular 
and  special  classes  and  classes  too  small  for  enrollment. 

The  annual  cruise  will  start  early  in  August,  and  the 
fleet  will  probably  go  around  the  Cape  to  Marblehead, 
where  they  will  join  the  Eastern  Y.  C.  boats,  and  the 
combined  fleets  will  proceed  eastward  to  Bar  Harbor. 

* 

Bristol  Y.  C.  Ocean  Race. — The  Race  Committee 
of  the  Bristol  Y.  C.  have  arranged  for  an  ocean  race 
for  small  craft  during  the  coming  season.  The  start 
will  be  off  the  club  house  Saturday  afternoon,  July  1, 
at  5 o’clock,  the  course  to  be  down  the  East  Passage 
of  Narragansett  Bay,  out  to  sea,  past  Block  Island,  to 
and  around  the  black  buoy  on  Great  Eastern  Rock, 
about  1J2  miles  east  of  Montauk  Point;  thence  back 
to  the  Bristol  Y.  C.  house,  a distance  of  about  95  miles. 
The  sailing  lights  along  the  course,  Beaver  Tail,  Point 
Judith,  Block  Island  and  Montauk,  near  the  turn,'  are  ' 
of  the  first  order,  and  will  materially  assist  the 
navigators. 

The  race  is  to.be  sailed  under  the  racing  rules  of  the 
Bristol  Y.  C.,  with  certain  restrictions  or  requirements 
as  to  cruising  outfit  to  be  carried. 

Yachts  will  be  measured  for  racing  length  according 
to  the  rules  of  the  Bristol  Y.  C.,  and:  time  allowance 
fixed  by  the  Herreshoff  table.  In  addition  to  the  time 
allowance  as  thus  determined,  yachts  will  receive  an 
arbitrary  handicap,  which  will  be  intended  to  put  boats 
of  a cruising  or  old-fashioned  type  on  an  equal  foot- 
ing with  boats  of  a more  pronounced  racing  type.  Ac- 


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cording  to  these  conditions  sloops,  yawls  and  catboats 
would  race  in  one  class,  each  being  allowed  to  carry 
the  sails  allowed  by  the  Bristol  Y.  C.’*  racing  rules,  for 
which  the  boat  had  been  measured. 

The  race  will  be  open,  without  entrance  fee,  to  any 
yacht  under  31ft.  l.w.l.,  measured  without  crew  aboard, 
and  belonging  to  any  recognized  yacht  club.  The  first 
prize  is  to  be  a specially  designed  solid  silver  cup,  to  be 
known  as  the  Bristol-Montauk  Cup,  to  go  to  the 
winner  of  the  race  to  be  held  permanently.  Second, 
third  and  special  prizes  will  be  offered  if  the  number  of 
starters  warrants.  In  addition,  suitable  pennants  will 
be  awarded  to  every  yacht  that  completes  the  course. 

The  other  regular  open  races  of  the  Bristol  Y.  C. 
will  be  held  Saturday,  June  24,  one  during  the  week 
of  the  Narragansett  Bay  Y.  R.  A.,  and  Saturday,  Sept.  9. 

Brooklyn  Y.  C.  Ocean  Race. — Provided  the  40ft. 
sloop  Lively  of  the  Capital  Y.  C.,  Washington,  D.  C., 
meets  with  the  requirements,  she  will  be  entered  for 
the  Brooklyn  Y.  C.’s  ocean  challenge  cup  race  to  Hamp- 
ton Roads,  Va.,  June  29,  1905.  Great  interest  is  taken 
in  this  race  all  along  the  east  coast.  Several  of  the 
New  England  yacht  clubs  have  signified  their  inten- 
tion of  joining  in  the  Brooklyn  Y.  C.’s  annual  cruise, 
which  starts  shortly  after  the  racers  for  the  same  des- 
tination. The  Hampton  Roads  Y.  C.  is  arranging  for 
a gala  week  beginning  July  3.  Regattas  for  the  visiting 
yachtsmen  and  various  other  entertainments  are  being 
planned. 

•S  *5  « 

The  52-Footer  at  Bristol. — The  most  important  work 
of  contraction  at  the  Herreshoff  shops  at  Bristol  is 
the  fine  52-rater,  designed  and  built  for  Mrs.  Turner 
Farley,  of  London.  The  new  sloop^  is  nearly  ready 
for  launching,  and  will  probably  go  into  the  water  in 
about  a fortnight.  She  is  something  over  70ft.  over  all, 
and  is  of  deep  draft.  The  interior  accommodations  are 
ample  for  a craft  of  her  size,  including  two  saloons 
and  commodious  quarters  for  the  officers  and  crew. 
She  will  be  commanded  by  Cant.  Fred  Stokes,  of  Tolles- 
bury,  Eng.,  who  arrived  in  Bristol  about  a week  ago. 
Capt.  Stokes  is  a young  man,  but  he  has  had  a lot  of 
racing  experience,  both  in  the  smaller  classes  on  the 
Solent  and  the  Thames,  and  in  more  important  events 
in  German  waters.  Last  year  he  was  skipper  of  the 
20-rater  Nebula,  which  boat  captured  a number  of  prizes 
in  England  and  Germany.  After  the  trials  the  new 
sloop  will  be  sailed  from  Bristol  to  New  York  and 
there  transferred  to  the  deck  of  an  Atlantic  liner  for 
London,  about  the  largest  boat  ever  to  be  transported 
in  this  manner. 

« »e  * 

New  Home  for  Rhode  Island  Y.  C.— At  the  annual 
meeting  of  the  Rhode  Island  Y.  C.,  held  recently,  the 
directors  were  authorized  to  proceed  with  the  con- 
struction of  the  proposed  club  house  at  Prudence  Island. 
The  land  necessary  for  the  purpose  was  purchased  the 
latter  part  of  February  and  comprises  a tract  300ft. 
deep  and  with  a water  frontage  of  360ft.  The  new  club 
house  is  to  replace  the  former  Potter’s  Cove  house, 
which  was  about  a half  mile  north  of  the  new  site  and 
was  lost  to  the  club  through  a transfer  of  that  entire 
section  of  the  island.  The  new  rendezvous  will  be  called 
the  “Prudence  Island  Station.”  Dr.  F.  T.  Rogers  was 
re-elected  Commodore  for  the  ensuing  year.  _ and  the 
other  officers  elected  were  as  follows:  Vice-Com., 

William  Halkyard;  Rear-Com.,  W.  O.  Todd;  Sec’y,  and 
Treas.,  George  E.  Darling;  Measrs.,  S.  C.  Burlingame 
and  F.  S.  Nock;  Directors-at-Large,  F.  P.  Eddy,  H.  E. 
Barlow  and  G.  H.  Huddv,  Jr.;  Regatta  Committee,  F.  A. 
Barnes,  G.  W.  Evans,  F.  S.  Nock,  C.  L.  Dunbar  and 
Samuel  Gee;  Committee  on  Admissions,  E.  L.  Fuller,  F. 
L.  Davenport.  E.  M.  Clark,  W.  B.  Wood,  G.  R.  Alexan- 
der; House  Committee.  W.  W.  Bloomer,  A.  L.  Young,  H. 
B.  Wright;  Potter’s  Cove  Committee,  G.  E.  Darling, 
B.  W.  Comstock,  B.  L.  Barnes;  Social  Committee,  C. 
G.  Easton,  S.  C.  Burlingame,  A.  G.  Pearce,  J.  B. 
Sweet,  Jr.,  and  E.  L.  Clark;  delegates  to  represent 
club  in  the  Narragansett  Bay  Y.  R.  A.,  F.  A.  Barnes, 
G.  W.  Evans  and  F.  S.  Nock. 


The  following'  named  people  have  written  us  asking  for  cata- 
logues of  engines  exhibited  at  the  Motor  Boat  and  Sportsman’s 
Show,  as  described  in  our  columns.  Manufacturers  should  see 
that  their  requests  are  complied  with:  B.  P.  Woodford,  Dixon, 

111.,  and  Frank  P.  McFarland,  P.  O.  Drawer  672,  New  Orleans,  La. 


NORTHERN  DIVISION. 

Vice-Commodore — Chas.  W.  McLean,  303  James  St.,  Montreal,  Can. 
Rear-Commodore— J.  W.  Sparrow,  Toronto,  Canada. 

Purser — J.  V.  Nutter,  Montreal,  Canada. 

Executive  Committee— C.  E.  Britton,  Gananoque,  Ont. ; Harry 
Page,  Toronto,  Ont. 

Board  of  Governors— T.  N.  MacKendrick,  Galt,  Ont. 

Racing  Board— E.  J.  Minett,  Montreal,  Canada. 

WESTERN  DIVISION. 

Vice-Commodore — Burton  D.  Munhall,  care  of  Brooks  Household 
Art  Co.,  Cleveland,  O.  . 

Rear-Commodore — Charles  J.  Stedman,  National  i.aiavette  Bank, 
Cincinnati,  O. 

Purser— George  Q.  Hall,  care  of  Bank  of  Commerce.  Cleveland,  O. 
Executive  Committee — Thomas  P.  Eckert,  31  West  Court  St., 
Cincinnati,  O.;  Dr.  H.  L.  Frost,  10  Howard  St.,  Cleveland,  O. 
Board  of  Governors — Henry  C.  Morse,  Peoria,  111. 

How  to  Join  the  A.  C.  A. 

From  Chapter  I.,  Section  1,  of  the  By-Laws  of  the  A.  C.  A.: 
“Application  for  membership  shall  be  made  to  the  Treasurer, 
F.  G.  Mather,  30  Elk  St.,  Albany,  N.  Y.,  and  shall  be  accompanied 
by  the  recommendation  of  an  active  member  and  by  the  sum  of 
two  dollars,  one  dollar  as  entrance  fee  and  one  dollar  as  dues  for 
the  current  year,  to  be  refunded  in  case  of  non-election  of  the 
applicant.” 

A.  C A.  Amendments. 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

Kindly  publish  the  proposed  amendments  to  the  “Rac- 
ing Regulations  of  the  American  Canoe  Association” 
as  per  Rule  XIII  of  the  Racing  Regulations.  The 
Racing  Board  would  be  pleased  to  receive  from  the 
members,  their  objections  and  comments  on  same. 

H.  Lansing  Quick, 

Chairman  Racing  Board. 

Amend  Rule  XIII  to  read  as  follows:  The  paddle 

shall  not  be  used  in  sailing  races,  except  for  steering, 
when  no  rudder  is  used,  or  when  rudder  is  disabled, 
for  back  strokes  to  leeward,  in  tacking,  or  for  shoving 
off  when  aground,  afoul  of  anything  or  in  extreme 
dangers,  as  from  a passing  steamer  or  from  a squall. 

. Note.- — The  above  wording  is  the  same  as  the  rule 
was  until  1890,  when  it  was  amended  to  read  as  it 
now  does. 

Amend  Rule  III— Third  paragraph  to  read  as  follows: 
The  crew  of  each  canoe  shall  consist’  of  one  man  only, 
unless  the  programme  of  the  regatta  states  to  the 
contrary. 

Add  new  Rule  XXIII. — Tilting  Tournament:  In  the 
tilting  tournament,  when  more  than  two  crews  are 
entered,  they  shall  be  paired  off  in  heats  by  drawing  lots'. 

The  contestants  must  use  open  canoes.  In  selecting 
Canoes  for  the  contest,  the  Regatta  Committee  must 
select  the  two  most  unstable  boats  obtainable  within 
the  A.  C.  A.  classification  and  place  the  spearsman  as 
far  forward  as  possible,  the  object  being  to  make  it 
a test  of  skill  in  spearing  and  balancing,  rather  than  one 
of  strength. 

The  tilting  poles  to  be  not  less  than  7,  nor  more  than 
9ft.  long.  The  Regatta  Committee  will  furnish  tilting 
poles-.  - 

The  canoes  to  pass  each  other  to  starboard  in  en- 
gaging, no  back  thrusts  allowed,  spearmen  to  stand 
when  within  sparring  distance.  Only  the  padded  end 
of  spear  to  be  used,  and  this  for  pushing  or  thrusting 
only.  If  a canoe  is  pushed  or  pulled  with  the  spear,  it 
will  be  counted  a foul. 

Voluntary  or  forced  squatting,  kneeling,  sitting  down 
or  taking  hold  of  opponent’s  spear  will  be  called  a foul. 

A crew  getting  five  fouls,  called  by  the  judges,  for- 
felts  its  heat 

Change  number  of  Rule  XXIII  to  XXIV. 

Change  number  of  Rule  XXIV  to  XXV. 

Change  number  of  Rule  XXV  to  XXVI. 


A.  C.  A.  Membership. 

The  following  have  been  proposed  for  membership: 
Western  Division — George  O.  Groll,  of  Cleveland,  O. 
Atlantic  Division — Carleton  N.  Bonfils,  of  New  York 
city;  Frank  Fell,  of  Trenton,  N.  J.  Eastern  Division — Emil 
Roth,  of  Providence,  R.  I.;  H.  W.  Brown,  of  Newport, 
N.  H.  Frederic  G.  Mather,  Treas. 


It  is  essential  that  all  members  of  the  A.  C.  A.  pay 
their  dues  before  April  1,  as  the  lists  will  then  be  made 
out  for  the  Year  Book,  and  the  names  of  members  who 
have  not  paid  will  be  dropped.  Frederic  G.  Mather, 

Treasurer. 


ifle  md 

— • — 


Officers  of  A.  C.  A.,  1905. 

Commodore — C.  F.  Wolters,  14  Main  St.  East,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Secretary — H.  M.  Stewart,  85  Main  St.,  East  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Treasurer — F.  G.  Mather,  30  Elk  St.,  Albany,  N.  Y. 

ATLANTIC  DIVISION. 

Vice-Commodore — W.  A.  Furman,  846  Berkeley  Ave.,  Trenton,  N.  J. 
Rear-Commodore — F.  C.  Hoyt,  57  Broadway,  New  York. 

.Purser — C.  W.  Stark,  118  N.  Montgomery  St.,  Trenton,  N.  J. 
Executive  Committee — L.  C.  Kretzmer,  L.  C.  Schepp  Building, 
New  York;  E.  M.  Underhill,  Box  262,  Yonkers,  N.  Y. 

Board  of  Governors— R.  J.  Wilkin,  211  Clinton  St.,  Brooklyn,  N.Y. 
Racing  Board — H.  L.  Quick,  Yonkers,  N.  Y. 

. % CENTRAL  DIVISION. 

Vice-Commodore — Lyman  T.  Coppins,  691  Main  St.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
Rear-Commodore — Frank  C.  Demmler,  526  Srtiithfield  St.,  Pittsburg. 
Purser— J.  C.  Milsom,  736  Mooney  Brisbane  Bldg.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
Executive'  Committee— F.  G.  Mather,  30  Elk  St.,  Albany,  N.  Y. ; 
H.  W.  Breitenstein,  511  Market  St.,  Pittsburg,  Pa.;  Jesse  J. 
Armstrong,  Rome,  N.  Y. 

. Beard  of  Governors — C.  P.  Forbush,  Buffalo,  N.  Y, 

Racing  Board— Harry  M.  Stewart,  85  Main  St.,  East  Rochester, 
N.  Y. 

EASTERN  DIVISION. 

Vice- Commodore— D.  S.  Pratt,  Jr.,  178  Devonshire  St.,  Boston, 
- Mass. 

Rear-Commodore — Wm.  W.  Crosby,  8 Court  St.,  Woburn,  Mass. 
• Purser — William  E.  Stanwood,  Wellesley,  Mass. 

.Executive  Committee— Wm.  J.  Ladd,  18  Gl£n  Road,  Winchester, 
i - - Mass. ; F.  W.  Notman,  Box  2344,  Bostonf  Mass. ; O.  C.  Cun- 
ningham, care  E.  Teel  & Co.,  Medford,  Mass.;  Edw.  B. 
Stearns,  Box  63,  Manchester,  N.  H. 

Racing  Board— Paul  Butler,  U.  S.  Cartridge  Co.,  Lowell,  Mass.; 
H.  D.  Murphy,  alternate. 


Fixtures. 

July  24-29. — Newark,  O. — Second  annual  of  the  Ohio  State  Rifle 
Association. 

July  26-Aug.  1. — Creedmoor,  L.  I. — Second  annual  of  New  York 
Rifle  Association.  

The  Indoor  Championship  Match. 

A number  of  years  ago  the  management  of  the  Sportsmen’s  Show, 
held  annually  in  Madison  Square  Garden,  New  York  city,  decided 
to  include  a rifle  tournament  as  one  of  the  attractions  of  the 
affair.  The  management  of  this  tournament  was  placed  in  the 
hands  of  a number  of  well-known  shooters,  who  carried  it  through 
with  credit  to  themselves  and  to  the  Association.  Other  tourna- 
ments . were  held  at  these  shows,  but  finally  the  feature  was 
dropped,  and  the  show  management  declined  to  support  it  another 
year..  This  decision  was  received  with  genuine  regret  by  the 
riflemen  of  this  city  and  vicinity,  and  of  other  States  as  well,  for 
they  had  come  to  take  a great  deal  of  interest  in  the  100-shot  in- 
door championship  matches,  and  wanted  to  take  part  in  other 
ones  like  them. 

For  a while  no  steps  were  taken  to  provide  for  a continuance 
of  the  affair;  but  finally  the  Zettler  Rifle  Club,  one  of  the  oldest 
organizations  of  its  kind  in  the  United.  States,  and  one  which  is 
honored  everywhere  by  riflemen,  stepped  forward  and  declared 
that  if  the  show  management  would  not  promote  the  tourna- 
ment,. it  would,  provided  the  riflemen  would  support  it  and  see 
that  the  club,  would  not  be  compelled  to  take  on  its  shoulders 
not  only  all.  of.  the  hard  work,  but  all  of  the  expense  as  well. 

This  was  a nice  thing,  and  a bold  one,  for  a club  to  do,  and  had 
it  been  a younger  organization,  or  composed  of  less  influential 
men  in  the  business  and  professional  walks  of  life,  its  decision 


might  have  been  ''.’-voted  with  ridicule  ffs  tournaments  been 
poorly  attended,  and  the  result  a v/orse  ccndikir  ' oi  affairs  0'»n 
before.  But  riflemen  knew  that  the  Zettler  Rifle  Club  usual i 
knew  what  it  was  talking  about  when  it  made  a proposition,  and 
the  first  tournament  it  held  was  successful;  not  as  much  so  as  it 
deserved,  for  some  regarded  it  as  an  experiment,  and  others  said 
that,  whereas  the  Garden  tournaments  had  been  shot  at  100  feet, 
more  or  less,  this  one  must  be  shot  at  75,  the  full  length  of  the 
Zettler  range,  and  that  comparisons  of  total  scores  would  amount 
to  nothing.  But  the  second  affair  drew  a large  attendance,  and 
each  year  has  witnessed  a steady  gain  in  the  number  of  contest- 
ants, until  the  one  of  which  we  are  writing,  with  its  showing  of 
upward  of  one  hundred  contestants  and  its  fifty  men  who  finished 
scores  of  100  shots  each. 

In  one  respect  these  tournaments  are  slightly  different  from 
those  held  at  different  times  elsewhere.  Until  the  present  year 
telescope  sights  were  barred,  and  nothing  but  ,22cal.  short  cartridges 
could  be  used.  This  year  any  rifle  and  any  form  of  sights  were 
allowed,  but  still  there  was  the  restriction  to  short  cartridges  only. 
This  is  necessary,  as  the  ranges  are  in  a thickly  populated  part 
of  the  city,  where  noise  is  objected  to  at  night.  Allowing  all 
.22cal.  cartridges  to  be  shot  might  increase  the  list  of  contestants 
slightly,  but  it  is  not  regarded  as  good  policy  to  do  this.  The 
short  cartridges  to  be  bought  in  the  open  market  ten  years  ago 
were  much  less  accurate  than  those  obtainable  to-day,  however. 
It  seems  to  be  conceded  that,  while  the  ammunition  is  almost 
perfect,  or  capable  of  keeping  on  or  within  the  25-ring  at  75  feet, 
in  100  consecutive  shots,  the  limit  of  the  shooter’s  holding  ability 
is  being  crowded  year  by  year  until  future  tournaments  may  see 
few  changes  in  the  total  scores.  Certainly  it  will  be  difficult  for 
any  man  to  hold  better  than  did  Mr.  Ittel,  and  many  persons 
seem  to  think  that  2475  is  the  limit.  Time  will  tell. 

Meanwhile,  a goodly  measure  of  credit  is  due  the  ammunition 
makers,  and  the  men  who  perfect  rifles  that  will  place  100  con- 
secutive shots  in  so  small  a group  if  held  properly.  And,  finally, 
the  telescope  makers  whose  glasses  surely  aid  the  marksman  in 
seeing  clearly  where  he  is  holding,  although  no  glass  will  make 
a good  shot  out  of  a man  who  cannot  hold  well,  albeit  with 
practice  he  may  come  to  do  better  shooting  than  with  non-mag- 
nifying sights.  At  any  rate,  this  match  has  created  an  increased 
demand  for  rifle  telescopes,  already  being  adopted  very  rapidly 
of  late  years  by  squirrel  and  woodchuck  hunters  and  by  many 
marksmen.  Mr.  Ittel  corroborates  the  statements  of  other  rifle- 
men, who  have  always  claimed  that  using  telescope  sights  helped 
them  to  shoot  better,  but  he  says — and  we  wish  to  emphasize  the 
truism — that  not  all  forms  of  diphragms  will  suit  every  shooter, 
and  he  must  learn  by  experiment  whether  he  can  do  his  best 
work  with  crosshairs,  an  aperture,  or  a pinhead.  Mr.  Ittel  in- 
formed the  writer  that  he  could  not  hold  the  simple  crosshairs 
well  in  target  shooting,  he  preferring  the  double  crosshairs— 
that  is,  two  horizontal  and  two  vertical  wires.  Other  shooters  do 
their  best  work  with  a simple  stem,  and  still  others  with  a true 
aperture  diaphragm,  For  a long  time  mountings  did  not  keep 
pace  with  the  telescopes,  but  these  have  improved  until  it  is 
possible  to  have  these  in  a variety  of  forms,  some  of  them  per- 
mitting the  owner  to  remove  the  tube  entirely  and  attach  it  again 
at  will  without  in  the  least  disturbing  the  perfect  alignment  of 
the  sights.  i ; ,i  I ‘ jal  llM 

We  cannot  give  too  much  credit  for  the  success  of  this,  one  of 
the  greatest  tournaments  ever  held  in  the  United  States,  to  the 
famous  old  Zettler  Rifle  Club,  its  president  and  its  hard-working 
officers.  Taking  on  their  shoulders  the  responsibility,  for  an 
affair  of  this  sort  is  more  or  less  of  a thankless  task  for  any 
shooting  committee,  but  it  must  be  said  that  there  was  nothing 
during  the  fortnight  this  tournament  lasted  to  mar  its  success. 
Good  nature  and  the  keenest  rivalry  went  hand  in  hand;  but  al- 
ways Charles  and  Barney  Zettler  were  here,  there  and  everywhere, 
looking  after  the  comfort  of  the  shooters,  answering  a thousand 
and  one  questions  and  keeping  the  shooting  in  progress  without 
the  least  friction  of  any  kind.  Secretary  Hecking  had  his  hands 
full,  but  -proved  the  right  man  for  the  place,  while  the  other  of- 
ficers and  members  did  all  in  their  power  to  make  the  shoot  the 
record-breaker  it  proved  to  be. 

Last  week  we  gave  the  standing  of  contestants  up  to  Monday 
night,  March  6.  Mention  of  happenings  from  day  to  day  there- 
after until  the  close  of  the  tournament  follows: 

Daily  Standings, 

Friday  night,  March  3,  the  best  scores  so  far  finished  were  as 
follows:  Best  bullseyes,  in  degrees,  Gus  Zimmefmann,  21%,  and 

H.  D.  Muller,  22%.  Felix  Kost  had  the  most  bullseyes,  60; 
second  man  was  C.  Ludwig,  with  51.  Mr.  Ludwig  was  also  high 
on  the  Zimmermann  trophy  target,  with  30,  30.  R.  Gute  then 
had  five  perfect  scores  of  75  points  on  the  ring  target,  H.  M. 
Thomas  being  second  with  two  75s  and  two  74s.  E.  H.  Van 
Zandt  was  high  on  the  100-shot  championship  target,  with  a total 
of  2402. 

On  Monday,  March  6,  considerable  shooting  was  done,  the 
ranges  being  occupied  all  of  the  time  until  6 o’clock,  at  which 
time  R.  Gute  finished  his  100-shot  score  which  broke  the  record 
made  by  L.  P.  Ittel  in  1903,  2457  out  of  the  possible  2500  points. 
Mr.  Gute  kept  up  his  high  average  throughout  his  shooting,  and 
finished  with  2466,  leaving  the  other  contestants  with  a hard  nut 
to  crack.  But  the  advocates  of  the  telescope  sights  were  pleased, 
for  Mr.  Gute  used  a telescope  in  all  his  shooting.  Other  high 
men  and  their  scores  this  day  were:  Ring  target,  R.  Gute,  with 

five  possibles;  Zimmermann  target,  G.  Ludwig,  30,  30.  Best  bulls- 
eye,  R.  Bendler,  18  degrees,  and  most  bullseyes,  Felix  Yost,  60. 

On  Tuesday,  L.  P.  Ittel  came  over  from  Pittsburg,  and  Harry 
M.  Pope  from  Springfield,  Mass.  Those  using  telescope  sights 
so  far  were  L.  C.  Buss,  R.  Gute,  H.  M.  Pope,  L.  P.  Ittel,  F. 
L.  Smith,  J.  T,  Humphrey  and  Michael  Dorrler.  The  latter 
afterward  removed  his  glass.  George  Schlicht,  the  veteran  of 
countless  matches,  finished  his  100-shot  score,  using  two  different 
rifles,  with  a total  of  2402.  Messrs.  Thomas,  Hubalek,  Lauden- 
sack,  Gabriel,  _ Worn,  Young,  Ludwig,  Meyer,  Morris,  Muller, 
Keller,  Jr.,  Schwanemann  and  Kittler  also  finished  their  long 
scores.  Mr.  Ludwig  was  still  high  on  the  Zimmermann  target, 
Gute  remained  top  man  in  the  championship  and  ring  matches, 
Bendler  had  not  been  beaten  for  best  bullseye,  and  -Ludwig  had 
rolled  up  a few  more  bullseyes  and  had  90,  the  highest  number 
so  far,  to  his  credit.  From  this  time  on  things  warmed  up 
rapidly. 

Wednesday  morning  the  bulletin  showed  that  F.  Helpers  hgd 
completed  his  championship  score  with  a total  of  2322,  while  Haze 
Keller  had  2312.  H-  F.  Barning,  L.  C.  Buss,  L.  P.  Ittel,  W.  A. 
Tewes,  H.  M.  Pope,  P.  J.  O’Hare  and  Charles  Zettler,  Jr.,  fin- 
ished two  or  more  seores  on  the  ring  target,  on  which  Gute  was 
still  high  man.  G,  Ludwig  was  still  high  on  the ' Zimmermann 
target,  Bendler  had  the  best  bullseye,  Ludwig  had  the  most 
bullseyes  so  far,  and  the  newcomers  had  very  much  of  an  uphill 
game  before  them,  Fred  C.  Ross,  the  old  champion,  came  over 
from  Springfield,  Mass.,  during  the  day,  and  W.  H.  French, 


FOREST  AND  STtrisAM. 


[March  18,  1905. 


one  time  an  active  member  of  the  Leadvill®,  Colo.,  Rifle  Club, 
and  Dr.  W.  G.  Hudson,  of  the  Manhattan  Rifle  and  Revolver  As- 
sociation, were  among  those  who  tried  their  skill  during  the  day. 
Outside,  the  rain  and  dull  skies  served  to  make  the  attendance 
good,  and  the  ranges  were  crowded  during  shooting  hours. 

The  bulletin  Thursday  morning  showed  that  P.  J.  Donovan  had 
completed  his  championship  score  with  a total  of  2374,  while  H.  C. 
Zettler  finished  with  2368.  A.  F.  Laudensack  had  the  most  bulls- 
cyes,  11/ ; while  L.  P.  Ittel  had  45  so  far,  and  two  scores  of  74 
and  three  of  73  on  the  ring  target.  H.  F.  Barning,  W.  A.  Tewes, 
H.  M.  Pope,  Charles  Zettler,  Jr.,  P.  J.  O’Hare  had  also  added 
scores  to  the  ring  target  list,  with  Gute  still  high  man  on  the 
100-shot,  second  for  best  bullseye,  third  on  the  Zimmermann 
target,  and  well  along  on  the  bullseye  target.  This  was  a short 
day,  as  the  ranges  were  closed  at  7 o’clock,  while  the  rain  did 
not  serve  to  raise  the  spirits  of  the  contestants.  Toward  the  close 
Stephen  Van  Allen,  who  had  been  giving  exhibitions  of  fancy 
shooting  in  Madison  Square  Garden,  came  over  aid  tried  his  skill 
with  the  target  rifle,  and  Michael  Dorrler,  the  old  champion,  shot 
along  with  the  rest  and  helped  to  keep  shooting  lively. 

Friday  was  a beautiful  day,  bright  and  warm,  and,  while  there 
was  but  one  more  day  to  shoot,  nearly  all  of  the  contestants  rested 
during  the  afternoon,  most  of  them  going  to  some  of  the  theatres, 
so  that  by  4 o’clock  the  ranges  were  almost  deserted.  Shooting 
during  the  evening  was  lively,  however,  but  nearly  all  had  finished 
their  100-shot  strings  by  this  time,  and  more  time  was  devoted  to 
visiting  among  these  friends  from  many  States,  who  meet  but 
seldom,  and  generally  at  matches  of  this  kind.  Mr.  Ludwig  was 
still  hign  mar.  on  the  Zimmermann  target,  Mr.  Gute’s  score  was 
still  good  for  first  place  on  the  100-shot  match,  but  Dr.  Hudson  made 
a splendid  showing  against  the  heavy  odds  by  rolling  up  2458 
point -s,  or  one  point  higher  than  the  previous  record.  William  A. 


MR.  R.  GUTE,  MIDDLE  VILLAGE,  N.  Y. 

Second  in  Championship  Match— 2466  out  of  a possible  2500  points. 


Tewes,  of  Jersey  City,  quit  with  2450  to  his  credit,  while  Harry 
Pope  had  to  be  content  with  2447.  Dr.  A.  A.  Stillman,  of  Syra- 
cuse, partly  finished  his  score,  and  several  others  had  by  this 
time  fired  fifty  or  more  shots.  So  far  forty  contestants  had 
finished  their.  100-shot  scores, .and  out  of  this  number,  twenty-three 
scored  2400  points  or  better,  which  speaks  well  for  the  rifles  and 
ammunition,  as  well  as  for  the  men  themselves.  It  was  useless 
to  ask  the  question  often  heard  at  tournaments  like  this:  “How 

is  the  ammunition  running?”  for  while  all  makes  of  short  car- 
tridges were  being  used,  they  all  seemed  to  be  equally  accurate. 
Stephen  Van  Allen  made  a fine  showing  in  view  of  the  fact  that 
he  had  been  doing  snap  shooting  almost  every  hour  from  noon 
to  11  at  night  in  Madison  Square  Garden,  and  while  he  is  a 
splendid  all-round  rifle  shot,  it  was  not  to  be  expected  that  he 
could  do  his  best  work  with  a heavy  target  rifle  and  peep  sights 
after  shooting  with  a half  dozen  light  rifles  and  open  sights  for 
so  many  days.  He  shot  much  more  rapidly  than  most  of  the 
contestants,  and  was  in  seventh  place  at. the  end  of  the  day. 

Mr.  IftePs  Great  Score. 

The  only  topic  during  Saturday  was  Mr.  Ittel’s  great  perform- 
ance. Coming  to  New  York  city  after  it  Was  known  to  him  that 
Mr.  Gute  had  completed  a score  higher  than  any  so  far  made  in 
these  annual  affairs,  and  not  being  in  the  best  of  form  after  an  all- 
night  journey  on  the  train,  it  was  considered  little  short  of  mar- 
velous that  he  should  start  in  as  he  did,  with  one  purpose  in 
view,  that  of  making  a better  score  than  2466  points — and  not  only 
accomplish  that  purpose,  but  lower  all  of  his  own  and  everybody 
else’s  records,  with  a total  of  2468,  an  average  of  246.8  for  each 
ten  shots,  and  with  but  two  shots  all  told  further  than  three 
points  from  the  tiny  center  of  the  bullseye.  And  while  the  rifle- 
men had  said  all  along  that  Mr.  Gute  richly  deserved  to  win  the 
contest,  in  view  of  the  hard  preparatory  work  he  had  done,  Mr. 
Ittel’s  victory  was  popular  with  ali,-  as  any  one  could  see,  so 
often  was  he  congratulated.  Indeed,  the  fact  that  thirty-one  of 
the  fifty  contestants  had  finished  their  championship  scores  with 
totals  of  2400  points  or  better,  and  that  Mr.  Gute  and  Dr.  Hudson 
had  exceeded,  while  Fred  Ross,  had  equalled  the  records  of  other 
years,  was  almost  forgotten  in  the  face  of  what  Ittel  had  done 
under  such  heavy  odds-  But  what  he  said,  when  asked  by  some 
one  what  was  the  highest  score  he  had  ever  made  in  practice,  was 
characteristic  of  the  man.  He  replied  that  he  had  never  made 
but  one  100-shot  score  in  practice,  so  far  as  he  could  remember, 
and  that  he  could  not  seem  to  shoot  well  while  practicing,  as  there 
was  no  incentive  for  him  to  do  his  best.  Another- thing,  just  to 
show  how  hard  he  tries  to  make  perfect  scores:  In  Pittsburg  one 
day  another  shooter  challenged  him  to  a match,  - in  which  Mr. 
Ittel  scored  247  points  to  his  opponent’s  246,  whereupon  the 
latter  said,  with  some  show  of  annoyance,  “I  suppose,  now,  if 
I should  make  249,  you  would  make  2'50.”  Mr. -Ittel  merely  re- 
plied, “I  certainly  will  try  to  do  so.”  Again  they  fired  ten 
shots  each,  and  Mr.  Ittel  got  his  perfect  score  of  250,  to  249  for 
his  opponent.  Fred  Ross  at  one  time  had  the  reputation  of  never 
being  beaten  until  he  had  fired  his  fast  shot,  and  many  times 
tbs  writer  has  seen  him  start  in  almost  at  the  eleventh  hour,  with 


fearful  odds  against- him,  and  win  handsomely;  but  the  tempera- 
ment of  these  two  men  differs  widely,  Mr.  Ittel  seemingly  tak- 
ing matters  very  coolly,  but  hanging  on  with  bulldog  tenacity 
until  he  wing  or  loses.  Of  late  years  he  has  not  lost  many 
matches,  and  as  he  is  still  a younger  man  than  many  of  the  old 
champions,  one  wonders  what  he  will  have  up  his  sleeve  the 
next  time.  After  dinner  Saturday  night,  one  of  his  Pittsburg 
friends,  in  sending  him  congratulations  by  wire,  asked  what  he 
had  done  with  the  other  32  points,  and  if  he  uses  a few  more  to 
swell  the  total  of  his  next  championship  string,  it  will  hardly 
surprise  his  friends. 

Louis  P.  Ittel  scored  2451  points  in  the  championship  match  of 
1900,  which  Fred  C.  Ross  won.  In  1901  Mr.  Ittel  scored  2458 


MR.  LOUIS  P.  ITTEL,  PITTSBURG. 

Ihe  Champion — 2468  out  of  a possible  2500  points. 

points,  and  was  the  winner.  Again  he  won  in  1902,  with  2457 
points.  Louis  C.  Buss  tied  his  score  in  1903  and  won,  Ittel  scor- 
ing 2455.  Last  year  his  total  was  2459,  and  2468  this  year.  His 
average  for  the  six  championship  matches  is  2458,  a truly  wonder- 
ful showing. 

Dr.  Walter  G.  Hudson,  whose  strong  point  is  outdoor  shooting, 
but  still  a hard  man  to  beat  at  any  shooting  game,  won  third 
place  with  a total  of  2458  points,  with  Fred  C.  Ross  in  fourth 
place,  with  2455,  and  genial  William  A.  Tewes  fifth,  while  Harry 
Pope  and  Dr.  Stillman  were  tied  with  2447.  J.  E.  Kelley,  one  of 
the  best  shots  of  the  old  Massachusetts  Rifle  Association,  of 
Boston,  and  winner  of  one  of  the  National  Schuetzen  Bund  tour- 
naments at  Glendale,  L.  I.,  came  over  to  take  a hand  in  the 
game,  and  acquitted  himself  with  great  credit,  his  total  being  2444. 
Michael  Dorrler,  the  veteran  from  Greenville,  and  Louis  P. 
Hansen,  his  opponent  in  hundreds  of  matches,  scored  2443  and 
2423  respectively.  Theodore  R.  Geisel,  of  Springfield,  pulled  his 
score  up  a great  many  points  after  starting  in  bad  with  four  tar- 
gets, counting  less  than  120,  and  he  was  one  of  the  last  to  shoot 
on  other  targets,  after  the  sale  of  tickets  had  closed  on  Satur- 
day night. 

After  the  Tournament  Had  C osed. 

No  shooting  tickets  were  sold  after  9 o’clock  Saturday  night,  and 
at  10  shooting  stopped.  Thereupon  H.  D.  Muller,  chairman;  F. 
Kecking,  secretary;  Barney  Zettler,  shooting  master,  and  E.  H. 
Van  Zandt,  corresponding  secretary,  got  together  and  arranged 
the  winners’  scores  and  the  prizes.  The  tables  in  the  club  room 
were  cleared,  the  prizes  placed  on  them  in  most  tempting  fashion, 
chairs  were  drawn  up,  and  Bullseye  Muller,  the  chairman,  and 
always  master  of  ceremonies  at  events  of  this  kind,  rapped  for 
order.  In  the  interest  of  the  sport  of  rifle  shooting,  and  in  the 
name  of  the  old  Zettler  Rifle  Club  and  its  president  and  mem- 


MR.  R.  GUTE^S  ZIMMERMANN  TROPHY  TARGET. 


bers,  he  thanked  the  gentlemen  assembled  there  for  the  remark- 
abl  interest  they  had  takn  in  this  year’s  tournament;  for  the 
good  fellowship  that  had  always  existed  among  them,  and  for 
their  support  of  the  sport,  which  made  it  possible  for  clubs  to 
hold  such  affairs.  He  then  announced  that  the  first  prize  to  be 
given  out  was  the  Zimmermann  trophy,  presented  by  Gus  Zimmer- 
mann, the  club’s  president,  called  for  Richard  Gute,  the  winner, 
and  invited  Mr.  Zimmermann  to  make  the  presentation. 
This  was  done,  the  president  remarking  incidentally  that 

he  was  sorry  more  interest  had  not  been  taken  in  this 
match;  that  shooters  seemed  to  regard  the  target  as  too 
difficult.  He  said  he  Wanted  to  make  it  as  difficult  as  possible, 
but  he  wanted  to  see  more  interest  taken  in  it,  adding  that  he  was 
willing  to  give  three  or  four  times  as  much  in  prizes,  but  if  he 
did  this,  shooters  must  show  their  appreciation.  The  second  and 
third  prizes  were  then  handed  Messrs.  Geisel  and  Ittel. 

The  chairman  announced  that  Messrs.  Gute,  Dearborn,  Pope, 
Ittel  and  Geisel  would  divide  the  first  five  cash  prizes  on  the 


ring  target.  Messrs.  Thomas,  Clock  and  Dorrler  divided  second, 
third  going  to  Dr.  Stillman  and  Mr.  Tewes,  fourth  to  Messrs. 
Kronsbcrg  and  Conti,  while,  fifth  was  divided  between  Messrs. 
Laudensack,  Minervini,  Hubalek,  Buss,  Muth,  Owen  Smith, 
Glenn,  Ross  and  Hansen.  The  premiums  on  this  target  were 
then  given  out,  Mr.  Gute  taking  first,  while  Messrs.  Dearborn, 
Geisel,  Ittel  and  Pope  divided  the  rest. 

The  prizes  on  the  bullseye  target  were  distributed  as  follows: 
First,  R.  Bendler;  second,  L.  P.  Ittel;  third,  fourth  and  fifth, 
Messrs.  Muth,  Gute  and  Stillman  divided;  sixth  went  to  J.  W. 
Dearborn,  and  seventh  to  H.  D.  Miller;  eighth  and  ninth  were 
divided  by  Messrs.  Kittler  and  Zimmermann;  tenth  was  handed 
Mr.  Hubalek;  eleventh  to  Mr.  Clock;  Messrs.  Laudensack,  Ross 
and  Schlicht  divided  twelfth  to  fifteenth  inclusive;  Messrs.  Pope 
and  Dorrler  divided  the  next  two  prizes;  eighteenth  to  twenty-first 
inclusive  went  to  Messrs.  Vogel,  F.  A.  and  II.  C.  Young  and 
Kronsberg;  C.  Meyer  took  twenty-second  prize  and  R.  Busse  the 
next  one,  while  the  last  two  went  to  Messrs.  Kost,  F.  L.  Smith 
and  Schwanemann.  The  premiums  came  next,  they  being  taken 
by  Messrs.  Laudensack,  Ludwig  and  Zimmermann  respectively. 

Although  not  a little  cash  had  changed  hands  up  to  this  time, 
the  table  still  contained  more,  and  what  seemed  to  prove  al- 
most equE'.Hy  tempting,  a number  of  fine  merchandise  prizes,  worth 
several  hundred  dollars  all  told.  Mr.  Muller  called  for  order  and 
threw  a few  bouquets  at  Louis  P.  Ittel,  complimenting  him 
roundly  on  his  spunk  in  telling  his  Pittsburg  friends— as  he  as- 
sumed—that  he  was  coming  over  to  try  to  win  the  championship 
again;  in  going  in  with  the  determination  of  beating  Mr.  Gute’s 
score,  and  in  finally  winning  against  the  heavy  odds.  He  took 
great  pleasure,  he  said,  in  pinning  on  the  champion’s  breast  the 
club’s  gold  championship  medal,  but  in  calling  for  three  cheers 


MR.  RICHARD  BENDLER,  NEW  YORK. 
First  in  Bullseye  Target  Match. 


for  the  winner,  and  in  hearty  fashion  in  which  they'  were  given 
the  chairman  forgot  all  about  the  appendage  that  rightfully  went 
with  the  trophy.  His  attention  was  called  to  this,  however,  and 
Mr.  Ittel  chose  the  Peters  trophy,  which  consisted  of  $25  in 
gold  in  a plush  case.  After  his  response  it  was  doubtful  if  Mr. 
Ittel  could  have  made  any  kind  of  a score  at  all,  so  flustered 
was  he;  but  he  thanked  everybody  for  their  good  will,  and  said 
that  he  could  not  explain  how  he  had  made  his  big' score;  that 
he  simply  went  in  and  won. 

Richard  Gute  got  a lot  of  cheers  as  he  was  called  up  again,  and 
selected  as  his  prize  in  the  championship  match  a beautiful 
Schuetzen  rifle  given  by  the  Winchester  Repeating  Arms  Com- 
pany. Dr.  Hudson  chose  as  his  reward  an  order  for  a Stevens 
Schuetzen  rifle,  No.  52,  to  be  made  to  his ' specifications.  Fred 
Ross  took  $15  in  cash.  W.  A.  Tewes  selected  the  Colt’s  Patent 
Firearms  Mfg.  Co.’s  prize,  an  officer’s  model  revolver.  Mr.  Pope 
took  $12  in  cash,  Dr.  Stillman  $10  in'  cash,  Mr.  Kelley  $9,  Mr. 
Dorrler  $8.  Theodore  Geisel  selected  the  silver  cup  given  by 
the  Zettler  Rifle  Club.  The  $7  prize  went  to  Mr.  Van  Allen;  $6 
to  Mr.  Thomas;  $5  each  to  Hansen  and  O’Hare;  Mr.  French 
took  a Barning  rifle  action,  to  be  made  to  his  order;  Kronsberg, 
$4;  Laudensack,  a Bristol  steel  fly-rod,  given  by  the  Horton 
Manufacturing  Company;  Dearborn,  Buss,  Owen  Smith  and 
Barker  took  $3  each;  Hubalek  a set  of  target  sights,  given  by  the 
Lyman  Gunsight  Corporation;  Barning  $3,  and  Glenn  $2;  F.  L. 
Smith  took  a Marble  axe  and  cleaning  rod,  somebody  remarking 
that  he  needed  the  axe  more  than  anything  else  in  his  business; 
Gabriel,  Schlicht  and  Worn  took  $2  each;  Minervini  took  a set 
of  tools,  given  by  the  Ideal  Manufacturing  Company;  McCartney 
got  an  order  on  Schoverling  & Welles  for  200  loaded  shells;  H. 
C.  Young  chose  an  order  for  a case  of  mineral  water.  Mr.  Muller 
then  called  for  G.  L.  Clock,  stating  that  the  Zettler  Bros,  had 
offered  a handsome  trophy  for  the  man  who  failed  to  win  a prize 
in  this  match,  but  whose  score  was  next  below  that  of  Mr.  Mc- 
Cartney. As  Mr.  Clock  had  this  score,  he  offered  him  the  trophy, 
and  three  very  hearty  cheers  went  along  with  it. 

This  wound  up  the  meeting,  but  all  who  did  not  have  to  catch 
trains  for  their  distant  homes  went  to  the  Medallion  Hotel  as  the 
guests  of  Gus  Zimmermann,  who  had  prepared  a substantial  lunch 
for  them. 

The  scores  made  in  the  several  matches  follow: 

The  Championship  Match* 

Open  to  all,  100  shots  at  75ft.,  offhand,  with  any  rifle  taking 
.22  short  cartridges,  any  sights,  palm  rests,  etc.,  on  the  regular 
25-ring  target,  with  %in.  rings.  Entrance  fee,  $5.  Scores  to  be 
shot  in  strings  of  five  shots  each,  at  any  time  during  the  tourna- 
ment. The  possible  for  each  five-shot  score  was  125;  for  ten  shots 
250,  and  for  100  shots,  2500  points.  The  prizes  were  a gold 

badge,  twenty  cash  prizes  and  upward  of  a dozen  merchandise 
prizes.  The  scores  of  those  who  made  2400  points  or  more  are 
given  in  detail,  and  the  totals  for  the  rest,  as  follow: 

Louis  P.  Ittel,  122  121  122  124  124  122  124  123  125  194 

Pittsburg,  Pa.. 121  124  124  123  124  124  124  124  125  124 

- - 243  245  246  217  24-5  246  24S  247  250  248—2469 


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11. — Showing  the  full  target. 


Score  of  2465  out  of  possible  2500,  made  by  R.  Gute,  of  Middle  Village,  L.  I.,  at  the  100-shot  Championship  Gallery  Match  of  the  Settler  Rifle  Club,  March  1 to  11,  1905,  with  Stevens-Pooc  rifla 
gtevens  short  telescope  sight  and  Winchester  .22  short  cartridges, _____  s 


2 ® 4 


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[[March  1$,  190$. 


, — — LOUIS  P.  ITTEL’S  RECORD  100-SHOT  TARGET. 

Record  score  of  2468  out  of  possible  2500,  made  by  Louis  P.  Ittel,  Pittsburg,  at  the  100-shot  Championship  Gallery  Match  of  the  Zettler  Rifle  Club,  March  1 to  11,  1905,  with  Stevens-Pope  rifle,  StevensB  j 

short  telescope  sight,  and  Winchester  .22  short  cartridges.  _ 


R Gute,  Middle  123  123  122  123  124  125  123 
Village,  L.  I...  122  124  124  123  124  122  123 


123  123 

124  125 


122 

124 


245  247  246  246  248  247  246  247  248  246—2466 

Dr  W G Hudson  124  123  122  119  123  122  121  123  124  124 

N.  Y.  City.... 124  122  124  124  124  123  124  124  123  123 

. ~248  ~245  246  243  247  245  245  247  245  247—2458 

F C Ross,  120  121  124  124  122  120  125  124  122  123 

Springfield,  Mass. 121  124  123  123  122  124  124  125  120  124 


241  245  247  247  244  244  249  249  242  247—2455 


Wm  "A  Tewes, 
Jersey  City  .. 


124  123 
.119  122 


123  122 
123  121 


123  121  122 

124  124  123 


124  128 
122  122 


123 

122 


243  245  246  243  247  246  246  246  245  245—2460 


H M Pope,  123  123  123  121  122  122  122 
{Springfield,  Mass.121  122  125  124  122  118  124 


120 

124 


123 

122 


J E Kelley, 


M Dorrler, 


T R Geisel, 


mm  rnmmmmwm  wwm. 


t,  122 

123 

121 

121 

122 

124 

123 

120 

121 

122 

C Zettler,  Jr, 

122 

123 

122 

125 

121 

121 

122 

120 

119 

119 

A122 

123 

124 

125 

124 

123 

122 

119 

123 

123 

N Y City...... 

.121 

123 

122 

120 

124 

122 

122 

118 

118 

120 

244 

246 

245 

246 

246 

247 

245 

239 

244 

245—2447 

243 

246 

244 

245 

245 

243 

244 

238 

237 

239—2424 

120 

122 

125 

120 

123 

124 

121 

120 

124 

123 

H W Thomas, 

124 

120 

119 

120 

122 

121 

122 

121 

122 

120 

. .118 

122 

125 

121 

124 

122 

123 

121 

123 

123 

New  Haven,  Ct.123 

122 

119 

120 

124 

120 

120 

122 

120 

122 

233 

244 

250 

241 

247 

246 

244 

241 

247 

246—2444 

247 

242 

238 

240 

246 

241 

242 

243 

242 

242-2423 

118 

122 

123 

122 

123 

124 

123 

124 

122 

122 

P J O’Hare, 

121 

121 

117 

121 

123 

120 

122 

120 

120 

121 

. .120 

123 

123 

122 

124 

121 

121 

122 

121 

123 

Jersey  City.... 

.123 

120 

122 

124 

121 

121 

123 

121 

123 

119  ; 

238 

245 

246 

244 

247 

245 

244 

246 

243 

245—2443 

1 - •>  L * 

244 

241 

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245 

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241 

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240-2423 

118 

119 

121 

12$ 

123 

121 

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I.  P Hansen, 

121 

120 

122 

120 

123 

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121 

121 

119 

123 

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124 

123 

122 

124 

123 

123 

124 

Jersey  City...-. 

,121 

116 

119 

124 

121 

121 

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120 

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123  . , 

237 

238 

243 

247 

246 

243 

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246 

245—2434 

242 

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241 

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240 

246-2423 

i,  122 

122 

122 

120 

120 

121 

123 

120 

121 

124 

E H Van  Zandt, 

129 

120 

120 

125 

119 

123 

124 

119 

121 

120 

I.  .118 

122 

120 

120 

122 

123 

124 

122 

121 

117 

N,  Y.  City.... 

125 

116 

120 

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119 

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124 

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L C Buss,  121  123  122  122  122  123  122  124  117  121 

N Y City 121  124 . 122  118  119  124  116  120  113  122 

242  247  244  240  241  247  238  244  230  243—2416 

Owen  Smith,  121  122  122  120  123  118  117  124  125  123 

N Y City. ....  .119  124  123  120  118  123  114  118  121  119 

240  246  245  240  241  241  231  242  246  242—2414 

W A Barker .117  121  121  117  123  119  122  120  119  124 

121  119  120  121  122  120  124  124  119  119 

238  240  241  238  245  239  / 246  244  238  243—2412 

A Hubalek  119  .118  .122  122  119  120  ,124  122  ' 122  122 

120  121  120  118  122  123  118  118  119  122 : 

239  239  242  240  241  243  242  240  241  244—2411 

W E Glenn,  116  117  125  121  119  119  119  119  121  122 

Bridgeport,  Ct.124  121  121  123  119  121  120  120  119  123 

240  238  246  244  238  240  239  239  .240  245—2409. 

H F Barning,  120  120  122  119  119  121  115  120  119  120 

Jersey  City.... 123  124  123  123  122  120  123  117  118  118 

246  244  245  242  241  241  238  237  237  238—2409 

F L Smith,  120  121  121  117  119  120  123  118  123  118 

Springfield,  Mass.116  120  122  122  123  120  124  121  121  119 

236  241  243  239  242  240  247  239  244  237—2408' 

T Gabriel,  - 118 . 118.  121  119  121  122  . 121  121  121  123 

Newark,  N.  J.123  120  124  121  123  119  118  122  120  110 

, . .241  238  245  240  244  241  239  243  241  233—2405 

G Worn,  115  123'  119  US  121  122  ll6  122  120  119 

Brooklyn  121  123  119.  122  118  123.  123  118  121  121 

236  246  238  240  239  245  239  240  241  240—2404 

G Schlicht,  117  121  122  110  122  120  117  122  122  120. 

Guttenberg,  NJ..121  119  121  119  122  122  121  122  123  119 

238  240  243  229  244  242  238  244  245  239—2402 

E Minervini,  • 122  120  117  120  124  119  117  120  123  120 

N Y City 119  120  118  123  119  121  122  121  116  119 

241  240  235  243  243  240  239  241  239  239—2400 

H J McCartney,  Jersey  City 2398 

H C Young,  New  Haven,  Conn 3396' 

G L Clock,  New  Haven,  Conn 2394 

P Selvaggi,  New  York  city 2394 

G.  Ludwig,  New  York  City 2389 

Philip  Muth,  Brooklyn ....2389- 

C Meyer,  Brooklyn  2388' 

G T Conti,  New  York  city 2386 

W Morris,  Staten  Island i .2383 

P J Donovan,  Staten  Island .... 2374 

Felix  Kost,  New  York  city 2368 

H C Zettler,  New  York  city 2368 

M D Kittler,  New  Haven ....... 2358' 

II  D Muller,  New  York  city.  . ...2356 

O Schwaneman,  New  York  city 2355 

A E Perkins,  New  York  city 2329 

F Herpers,  Newark,  N.  J 2322- 

T H Keller,  Jr.,  New  York 2312 

Cr  J Bernius,  New  York  city 2307- 

Ring  Target. 

Ring  Target. — This  was  a re-entry  match,  open  to  all,  and  shot 
on  a 2in.  target,  having  twenty-five  %in.  rings.  Three  shots  con- 


as  often  as  they  chose.  There  were  twenty-five  cash  prizes,  as 
follows:  $25,  $20,  $15,  $10,  $8,  $7,  $6,  two  of  $5,  two  of  $4,  three  of 
$3,  ahd  eleven  of  $2.  In  addition,  there  were  three  premiums  for 
the  greatest  number  of  bullseyes  made  during  the  tournament. 
The  scores  of  the  winners  follow : 1 
R.  Bendler  18  degrees;  L.  ,P.  It: cl  18%,  Dr.  Stillman  19,  Philip 
Muth  19,  R.  Gute  19,  J.  W.;  .Dearborn  20%,  II.  1).  Muller  21, 
M.  D.  Kittler  21%,  Gus  Ztmmefmanh  21%,  A.  Hubalek  22%,  G. 
L.  Clodk  23,  George  Schlicht  24,  A.  F.  Laudensack  24,  Fred  C. 
Ross  24,  Harry  iM.  Pope  24%,  Michael  Dorrler  24%,  L.  Vogel  26, 
II.  C.  Young  . 25,  F.  A.  Young  25,  August  Kronsberg  26,'  C. 
Meyer  25,  Ri  Busse  26,  F.  L.  Smith  27,  Felix  Kost  27,  O.  Schwane- 
mann  271' 

'•  , j - • ; , ; • ; ) 

Other  scoreS  were:  T.  Cassidy  28%  degrees,  G.  Ludwig  29%, 

ft.'  LI  Seckel’  30,  H.  F.  Barning  30%,  W.  A.  Tewes  31%,  H.  Fen- 


FIVE  SHOTS  BY  A.  LAUDENSACK. 


v/irth  33,  G.  1.  Conti  35,  T.  H.  Keller,  Jr.,  36,  H.  M.  Thomas 
39%,  T.  H.  Keller  43,  August  Begerow  43%. 

Premiums  for  most  bullseyes:  A.  F.  Laudensack  138,  G.  Ludwig 
90,  Gus  Zimmermann  71. 

Zimmermann  Trophy  Match.— Open  to  all,  re-entries  unlimited, 
three-shot  scores  on  a special  target,  the  . best  two  tickets  to  count. 
The  prize's  were  a handsome  framed  trophy,  $10  and  $5.  The 
scores  of  the  winners: 

Richard  Gute  39,  38;  T.  R.  Gcisel  38,  3S;  Louis  P.  Ittel  37,  37. 

Other  scores  follow:  G.  Ludwig  30,  30;  C.  Meyer  34,  30;  R. 
Bendler  35,  33;  A.  F.  Laudensack  28;  II.  Fenwirth  36,  34;  H.  C. 
Wing  34,  '33;  W.  A.  Tewes  32,  32;  II.  M.  Pope  37,  35;  Philip 
Muth "30, ' 33 /August  Begerow  32;  O.  Smyth  34,  34. 

The  Rifles  and  Ammunition. 

'This  is  always  an  important  matter  to  rifle  shooters,  and  partic- 
ularly now,  that  telescopes  are  being  adopted  so  generally  for  tar- 
get as  well  as  field  shooting.  Those  used  follow: 

H.  E.  Barning,  a Barning-Winchester  rifle,  lens  sights  and 
Winchester  cartridges. 

T.  Gabriel,  a Ballard-Winchester  rifle  and  Peters  cartridges. 

G.  Worn,  a Ballard-Zettler  rifle  and  Peters  cartridges. 


DUPLICATE  OF  uKhWEYE  . SHOT,  ' 1.1 

stituted  a score,  the  possible  being  75  points.  The  best  three  tar- 
gets made  during  the  tournament  counted  for  the  first  five  prizes, 
the  best  two  targets  for  the  next  five  prizes,  and  the  best  single 
target  for  the  rest.  The  prizes  were  $30,  $25,  $20,  $15,  $12,  $10,  $9, 
three  of  $8,  two  of  $7,  two  of  $6,  two  of  $5,  two  of  $4,  $3  and  $2 
respectively.  There  were  also  three  premiums:  $5  for  the  best 

five  targets,  $4  for  the  next  five  best,  and  $3  for  the  third  best 
five  targets.  The  winners’  scores  follow: 

Ittel  75  75  75  H J McCartney 73  ..  .. 

J W Dearborn 75  75  75  J E Kelley. .......... .73  ..  .. 

T R Geisel ..75  75  75  C Meyer  73  ..  .. 

Richard  Gute  .........75  75  75  M D Kittler... 73  ..  .. 

Harry  M Pope 75  75  75  George  Schlicht  73  ..  .. 

H M Thomas 75  75  ..  A F Laudensack  74  ..  .. 

G L Clock ....75  75  ..  E Minervini  ..........74  .. 

Michael  Dorrler  .75  75  ..  A Hubalek  ........... .74  ..  .. 

Dr  A A Stillman 75  74  ..  Louis  C Buss.. 74  .. 

W A Tewes 75  74  Philip  Muth  .........74  ..  .. 

August  Kronsberg  ...75  73  ..  Owen  Smith  74  ..  .. 

G T Conti..... 75  71  ..  WE  Glenn.. ........ .74  ..  .. 

W A Barker  73  ..  ..  Fred  C.  Ross 74  ..  .. 

Dr  Hudson  73  ..  ..  Louis  P Hansen 74  ..  .. 

Premiums : 

R Gute  75  75  75  75  75  Louis  P Ittel 75  75  75  74  74 

W Dearborn.... 75  75  75  74  74  H M Pope 75  75  76  74  74 

R Geisel. ...75  75  75  74  74 


Bullseye, 

Bullseye  target— Open  to  all,  three  shots  on  a 4in.  bullseye,  the 
best  single  shot,  by  measurement,  to  count.  Shooters  could  enter 


IC  F.Y  '-MB  RICHARD  BENDLER. 

'George  Schlicht,  a Stevens-Ballard  rifle  and  Peters  cartridges. 

E.  Minervini,  a Winchester  rifle  and  Peters  cartridges. 

Louis  C.  Buss,  Peters  cartridges  in  a Ballard-Remington  rifle; 
Stevens  telescope  sights. 

A.  Hubalek,  a Ballard-Stevens  rifle  and  Winchester  cartridges. 

Charles  Zettler,  Jr.,  a Ballard-Zettler  rifle  and  Peters  cartridges. 

H.  M.  Thomas,  a Winchester  Schuetzen  rifle  and  Winchester 
cartridges. 

P.  J.  O’Hare,  Peters  cartridges  in  a Stevens-Pope  rifle. 

E.  H.  Van  Zandt,  a Ballard-Remington  rifle  and  Winchester 
cartridges. 

W.  H.  French,  a Ballard-Pope  rifle,  Peters  and  U.  M.  C.  car- 
tridges. 

A.  F.  Laudensack,  a Winchester  Schuetzen  rifle  and  Winchester 
cartridges. 

R.  Gute,  a Stevens-Pope  rifle,  a Stevens  short  telescope  sight, 
and  Winchester  ammunition. 

Dr.  Hudson, a Ballard-Pope  rifle  and  Peters  and  U.  M.  C. 
cartridges. 

W.  A.  Tewes,  Peters  cartridges  in  a Stevens-Pope  rifle. 

H.  M.  Pope,  a Stevens-Pope  rifle,  Stevens  telescope  and  Peters 
cartridges.  - ; - 

M.  Dorrler,  a Pope-Ballard  rifle  and  Peters  ammunition. 

S.  M.  Van  Allen,  a Winchester  Schuetzen  rifle  and  Winchester 
cartridges. 

W.  A.  Barker,  a Barning-Winchester  rifle  and  Winchester 
cartridges. 


MR.  R.  GUTE’s  RING  TARGETS. 


W H French,  121 
Leadville,  Colo. 119 

119 

117 

122 

122 

123 

119 

122 

120 

122 

120 

123 

118 

122 

122 

121 

122 

124 

121 

240 

236 

244 

242 

242 

242 

241 

244 

243 

245-2419 

A Laudensack,  120 

120 

121 

125 

121 

120 

124 

123 

119 

118 

New  Haven,  Ct.121 

124 

120 

117 

119 

122 

120 

123 

121 

120 

241 

244 

241 

242 

240 

242 

244 

.246 

240 

238-2418 

A Kronsberg,  121 

120 

124 

117 

119 

122 

119 

121 

120 

123 

N Y City....... 120 

121 

122 

121 

119 

122 

121 

122 

120 

124 

241 

241 

246 

238 

238 

244 

240 

243 

240 

247—2418 

J W Dearborn,  123 

120 

121 

123 

120 

121 

120 

121 

121 

118 

New  Haven  ...121 

119 

122 

124 

120 

118 

123 

122 

119 

121 

244 

239 

243 

247 

240 

239 

243 

243 

340 

239-2419 

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T.  R.  Geisel,  a Stevens-Pope  rifle  and  a Stevem  teleseope. 

H.  J.  McCartney,  a Barning- Winchester  rifle  and  Winchester 
cartridges. 

M.  D.  Kittler,  a Winchester  Schuetzen  rifle  and  Winchester 
ammunition, 

C.  Meyer,  Peters  cartridges. 

H.  D.  Muller,  Peters  cartridges  in  a Winchester  rifle, 

G.  J.  P.ernius,  a Ballard-Zettler  rifle  and  1‘eters  cartridges. 

Felix  Kost,  a Ballard  rifle  and  Peters  cartridges. 

G.  T.  Conti,  a Zetter  rifle  and  Peters  cartridges. 

G.  Ludwig,  a Stevens  rifle  and  Peters  ammunition. 

T.  H.  Keller,  Jr.,  a Zischang  rifle  and  Peters  cartridges. 

O.  Schwanemann,  a Zettler  rifle  and  Peters  cartridges. 

H.  C.  Young,  a Winchester  Schuetzen  rifle  and  Winchester  am- 
munition. 

11.  C.  Zettler,  a Ballard-Zettler  rifle  and  Peters  cartridges, 

F.  lierpers,  a Ballard  rifle  and  Peters  ammunition, 

Philip  Muth,  a Ballard  rifle  and  Peters  cartridges. 

F.  L.  Smith,  a Stevens-Pope  rifle  and  a Stevens  telescope. 

G.  L.  Clock,  Winchester  rifle  and  ammunition. 

Dr.  A.  A.  Stillman,  a Zischang  rifle,  a Malcolm  telescope  and 
Peters  ammunition. 

Owen  Smith,  a Barning-Pope  rifle  and  Peters  ammunition. 

Louis  P.  ltte),  a Stevens-Pope  rifle,  a Stevens  aperture  tele- 
scope and  Peters  cartridges.  f 

Fred  C.  Ross,  a Stevens-Pope  rifle,  a Stevens  crosshair  tele- 
scope and  Peters  ammunition. 

August  Kronsberg,  Peters  cartridges. 

J.  E.  Kelley,  a Stevens-Pope  rifle,  a Sabin  four-power  crosshair 
telescope,  and  Peters  ammunition. 

P.  Seivaggi,  Peters  cartridges  in  a Ballard-Winchester  rifle. 
Louis  P.  Hansen,  a Ballard-Pope  rifle  and  Peters  cartridges. 

All  targets  shown  are  exact  size  of  the  original. 


Providence  Revolver  Club. 

At  our  regular  Thursday  evening  practice  shoot  we  made  up  a 
team  of  four  men  to  shoot  at  10yds.  under  the  conditions  as  laid 
down  by  the  Louisville  club,  and  with  few  exceptions,  there  will 
be  noted  a marked  falling  off  in  scores  as  compared  with  go-as- 
you-please  practice.  Even  in  minor  events  there  is  found  the 
usual  tendency  toward  buck  fever  or  stage  fright,  and  that  little 
10yd.  Standard,  instead  of  looming  up  like  the  ogre  audience  before 
the  stage  novice,  shrinks  and  fades  into  the  backstop. 

Major  Eddy  was  holding  his  military  .38  in  fine  shape  in  practice. 
Arno  Argus,  disgusted  at  what  he  called  poor  work  at  10yds., 
drew  himself  together  after  the  “match,”  went  back  to  the  regu- 
lation 20yds.,  and  planked  out  a nice  80  and  went  home  better 
satisfied. 

William  Almy’s  first  trial  at  the  10yd.  line  netted  him  a 45. 
You  can  put  Billy  anywhere,  give  him  any  gun,  and  he’s  right  in 
the  game. 

We  have  set  the  date  for  the  Louisville-Providence  match  for 
Saturday,  the  18th,  and  have  arranged  for  the  use  of  the  hall  at 
Saylesviile,  which  we  can  hire  for  that  evening.  The  change 
from  gas  to  electricity  may  bother  the  men  somewhat,  as  well  as 
new  surroundings,  but  we  hope  some  of  the  fluid  may  be  assim- 
ilated in  the  four-men  system  and  give  us  good  scores. 

Scores  shot  March  9,  10yd.  revolver  practice  under  Louisville 
match  conditions,  30  shots  per  man.  Strings  of  five  shots,  15 
shots  deliberate  and  15  shots  rapid;  time  allowance  20  seconds  per 
string.  Standard  American  target,  .38  Colt’s  revolver  used: 


Deliberate.  Rapid.  Total. 

Arno  Argus  .37  41  34—112  40  41  44—125  237 

A C Huriburt 40  32  31—103  40  41  41—122  226 

iVm  F Eddy. 46  34  37—117  32  34  39—105  222 

D P Craig.... .......29  23  26—  78  28  28  42—  98  176 


410  450  860 

Wm.  Almy  45,  Wm.  F.  Eddy  44,  43,  33,  39,  32,  34. 

Twenty  yards  practice,  Standard  target:  Arno  Argus  86,  D.  P. 
Craig  69,  69;  Fred  Liebricli  65. 

Rifle,  26yds.,  German  ring  target:  W.  B.  Gardiner  229,  234, 
236,  239. 


A Sensation  in  the  Deacons'  Pew* 

“Some  curious  stories  are  told  in  connection  with  old 
Puritan  church  customs,”  said  Mr.  Hezekiah  Butter- 
worth  to  a Boston  Journal  reporter.  “Some  of  the  old 
customs  seem  very  funny  as  we  see  them  now.  It  was 
little  less  than  a crime  not  to  attend  church  in  those 
old  days,  unless  detained  by  sickness.  In  fact,  a person 
was  thought  very  little  of  who  even  came  late  to  Sunday 
worship. 

“One  Sunday  morning  in  early  autumn  a Puritan 
woman,  whose  reputation  for  housekeeping,  spinning 
and  church  attendance  was  excellent,  was  belated  in  her 
morning  work.  She  took  her  long-necked  pitcher  and 
went  to  the  pasture  where  her  cow  was  waiting  to  be 
milked.  This  duty  done,  she  found — for  she  could  see 
people  on  the  road — that  she  hadn’t  time  even  to  carry 
her  milk  back  to  the  house  and  get  to  church  in  sea- 
son. So  she  took  her  long-necked  pitcher  along  with 
her,  and  sat  in  the  gallery  right  near  where  the  singers 
and  bass  viols  were  displayed.  After  the  singing  was 
over  and  the  long  sermon  had  begun — sermons  were  an 
hour  or  two  long  in  those  days — she  grew  sleepy.  Her 
long-necked  pitcher  sat  on  the  floor  nearby,  and  near 
the  front  of  the  gallery.  She  was  soon  oblivious  of 
either  milk,  sermon  or  a dog  that  came  pit-pattering  up 
the  gallery  stairs.  The  milk  soon  attracted  the  dog. 
He  smelled  and  wagged  his  tail,  then  smelled  and 
wagged  again,  then  looked  inquiringly  at  the  uncon- 
scious milkmaid.  He  made  up  his  mind  very  soon,  and 
into  the  long  neck  went  the  dog’s  head,  and  neck,  too. 
He  couldn’t  get  much  milk,  and  wanted  to  pull  back 
and  try  again. 

“But  he  couldn’t.  His  head  was  wedged  fast  in.  He 
pulled  and  used  his  paws  and  tried  to  back  away. 
Blinded  of  course  by  the  pitcher,  his  steps  were  erratic, 
and  suddenly,  to  the  astonished  people  below,  there 
appeared  a sudden  parting  of  the  balcony  curtain,  an 
almost  blood-curdling  yell  was  heard,  and  there  was 
a flash  and  down-pouring  straight  in  among  the  four 
unconscious  deacons  in  the  deacons’  pew  beneath,  of 
snow-white  milk,  long-necked  pitcher  and  a milk-soaked 
frightened  dog. 

“For  once,  there  was  a great  awakening  in  that 
church,  but  the  poor  woman  was  frightened  nearly  out 
of  her  wits,  and  the  superstitious  deacons  were  greatly 
scandalized/’  


^rupshootinq. 


If  yoo  want  your  shoot  to  be  announced  here  send'  a 
notice  like  the  following ; 

Fixtures. 

March  21-22.— Omaha,  Neb.,  Gun  Club  spring  tournament. 

March  25. — Mullerite  Gun  Club  shoot,  on  grounds  of  Bound  Brook, 
N.  J.,  Gun  Club. 

March  28-31. — Kansas  City,  Mo. — Missouri  and  Kansas  League  of 
Trapshooters’  first  tournament,  at  Schmeizer’s  Shooting  Park; 
|500  in  cash  and  trophies  added.  Dr.  C.  B.  Clapp,  Sec’y, 
Moberly,  Mo. 

March  30. — Edgewater,  N.  J. — Grand  spring  target  tournament  of 
North  River  Gun  Club.  James  R.  Merrill,  Sec’y. 

March  30. — St.  Paul,  Ind.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  E.  G.  Bless, 
Sec’y. 

April  3-5. — Atchison,  Kans. — Forest  Park  Gun  Club  second  annual 
tournament.  Lou  Erhardt,  Mgr. 

April  4. — Rockville,  Conn. — Consolidated  Gun  Club  of  Connecticut 
first  tournament  of  series.  Dr.  D.  Y.  C.  Moore,  Sec’y,  South 
Manchester,  Conn. 

April  4.— Rittersville,  Pa. — All-day  shoot  of  Lehigh  Rod  and 
Gun  Club.  H.  F.  Koch,  Sec’y. 

April  4.— Bethlehem,  Pa.,  Rod  and  Gun  Club  all-day  target  shoot. 
Howard  F.  Koch,  Sec’y. 

April  6-6. — Augusta,  Ga. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tournament, 
under  the  auspices  of  the  Augusta  Gun  Club.  Chas.  C.  Need- 
ham, Sec’y. 

April  8.— Richmond  Valley,  S.  I. — Ninth  all-day  shoot  of  the 
Mullerite  Gun  Club,  on  grounds  of  Aquehonga  Gun  Club. 
A.  A.  Schoverling,  Mgr. 

April  12-13. — Spring  tournament  of  Delaware  Trapshooters’  League, 
on  grounds  of  Wilmington  Gun  Club.  H.  J.  Stidman,  Sec’y. 
Wilmington. 

April  15.— Newark,  N.  J. — Mullerite  Gun  Club  shoot,  on  grounds 
of  Forester  Gun  Club.  A.  A.  Schoverling,  Mgr. 

April  18-20. — Waco,  Tex. — Texas  State  Sportsmen’s  Association 
tournament. 

April  19. — Springfield,  Mass.,  Shooting  Club  annual  tournament. 
C.  L.  Kites,  Sec’y 

April  19. — Haverhill,  Mass.,  Gun  Club  Patriots’  Day  tournament. 
S.  G.  Miller,  Sec’y. 

April  22. — Easton,  Pa. — Independent  Gun  Club  second  annual 
tournament.  Jacob  Pleiss,  Cor.  Sec’y. 

April  26-27. — Scottdale,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  shoot. 

April  26-27. — Hopkinsville,  Ky. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  Hopkinsville  Gun  Club. 
A.  F.  Gant,  Sec’y. 

April  27. — Mullerite  Gun  Club  shoot  on  grounds  of  Freeport,  L. 

I. ,  Gun  Club.  A.  A.  Schoverling,  Mgr. 

May  2-5. — Pittsburg,  Pa. — Tournament  of  the  Pennsylvania  State 
Sportsmen’s  Association,  under  auspices  of  the  Herron  Hill 
Gun  Club;  $1,000  added  to  purses.  Louis  I.autenslager,  Sec’y. 
May  2-6. — Kansas  City,  Mo. — Missouri  State  Game  and  Fish  Pro- 
tective Association  tournament. 

May  4-5. — Waterloo,  la.,  Gun  Club  spring  tournament.  E.  M. 
Storm,  Sec’y. 

May  9-10. — Glean,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  B.  D. 
Nobles,  Sec’y. 

May  9-12.— Hastings,  Neb. — Nebraska  State  Sportsmen’s  Associa- 
tion’s twenty-ninth  annual  tournament.  Geo.  L.  Carter,  Sec’y, 
Lincoln,  Neb. 

May  11-12. — Wilmington,  Del. — Wawaset  Gun  Club  third  " annual 
spring  tournament.  W.  M.  Foord,  Sec’y. 

May  14-16. — Des  Moines,  la. — Iowa  State  Sportsmen’s  Association 
tournament. 

May  16-18. — Herrington,  Kans. — Kansas  State  Sportsmen’s  Asso- 
ciation tournament. 

May  16-18. — Parkersburg,  W.  Va. — West  Virginia  State  Sports- 
men’s Association  ninth  annual  meeting  and  tournament; 
$600  added  money  and  prizes.  F.  E.  Mallory,  Sec’y. 

May  17-18. — Auburn,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  two-day  tournament.  Knox 
& Knapp,  Mgrs. 

May  17-18. — Owensboro,  Ky.— The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  Daviess  County  Gun  Club. 
James  Lewis,  Sec’y. 

May  17-19. — Stanley  Gun  Club  of  Toronto  (Incorporated),  Can., 
annual  tournament.  Alexander  Dey,  Sec’y,  178  Mill  street, 
Toronto. 

May  23-25. — Lincoln. — Illinois  State  Sportsmen’s  Association  tour- 
nament. 

May  25-27. — Montreal,  Quebec,  Gun  Club  grand  trapshooting 
tournament.  D.  J.  Kearney,  Sec’y,  412  St.  Paul  street,  Quebec. 
May  29-31. — Louisville,  Ky. — Kentucky  Trapshooters’  League  third 
annual  tournament.  Frank  Pragoff,  Sec’y. 

May  30. — McKeesport,  Pa. — Enterprise  Gun  Club  tournament. 
Geo.  W.  Mains,  Sec’y. 

May  30. — Bound  Brook,  N.  J.,  Gun  Club  all-day  shoot.  Dr.  J.  H. 
V.  Bache,  Sec’y. 

May  30-31. — Washington,  D.  C. — Analostan  Gun  Club  two-day 
tournament;  $200  added.  Miles  Taylor,  Sec’y,  222  F street, 
N.  W. 

May  31.-June  1. — Vermillion. — South  Dakota  State  Sportsmen’s 
Association  tournament. 

June  5-6.— New  Paris,  O.— Cedar  Springs  Gun  Club  tournament. 

J.  F.  Freeman,  Sec’y. 

June  6-8. — New  Jersey  State  Sportsmen’s  Association  tournament. 
June  6-8.-rSioux  City,  la. — Soo  Gun  Club  tournament. 

June  8-9. — Dalton,  O.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  Ernest  E. 
Scott,  Capt. 

June  9.— Shamokin,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  tournament  S.  C.  Yocum, 
Sec’y. 

June  13-16. — Utica,  N.  Y. — New  York  State  shoot.  James  Brown, 
Sec’y. 

June  13-15.— Canton,  O.,  Trapshooters’  League  tournament. 

June  20-22. — New  London,  la.,  Gun  Club  tournament, 
une  27-30. — Indianapolis,  Ind. — The  Interstate  Association’s  Grand 
American  Handicap  target  tournament;  $1,000  added  money. 
Elmer  E.  Shaner,  Secy-Mgr.,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

July  1.— Sherbrooke,  Can.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  C.  H. 
Foss,  Sec’y* 

July  4.— Shamokin,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  S.  C.  Yocum, 
Sec’y.  , 

July  4.— South  Framingham,  Mass.— Second  annual  team  shoot; 
$50  in  cash. 

July  6-7.— Traverse  City,  Mich.,  trapshooting  tournament. 

July  124?. — Menominee,  Mich. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  Menominee  Gun  Club. 
W W Mr<  tueen’  ’■ter’v 

July  24-28.— Brehm’s  Ocean  City,  Md.— Target  tournament.  H 
A.  Brehm.  Mgr.,  Baltimore. 

Aug.  2-4. — Albert  Lea,  Minn. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  Albert  Lea  Gun  Club. 
N.  E.  Paterson,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  16-18. — Ottawa,  Can. — Dominion  of  Canada  Trapshooting  and 
Game  Protective  Association.  G.  Easdale,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  16-18. — Kansas  City,  Mo. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  O.  K.  Gun  Club.  C.  C. 
Herman,  Sec’y.  t 

Aug.  22-25.— Lake  Okoboji,  la.— Indian  annual  tournament. 

Aug.  29-31. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tournament,  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Colorado  Springs,  Colo.,  Gun  Club;  $1,000 
added  money.  A.  J.  Lawton,  Sec’y. 

Sept.  5-8.— Trinidad,  Colo.— Grand  Western  Handicap. 

Sept  12-14. — San  Francisco,  Cal. — The  Interstate  Association’s 
Pacific  Coast  Handicap  at  targets,  under  the  auspices  of  the 
San  Francisco  Trapshooting  Association.  A.  M.  Shields,  Sec’y. 
Sept.  18-20.— Cincinnati  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  Arthur 
Gambell,  Mgr. 

Oct  11-12.— Dover,  Del.,  Gun  Club  tournament;  open  to  all 
amateurs.  W.  H.  Reed,  Sec’y.  „ ' 

Oct.  12.— Fall  tournament  of  the  Delaware  Trapshooters  League, 
on  grounds  of  Dover  Gun  Club. 

While  hauling  logs  in  the  Sinnemahoning  logging  district,  Clin- 
ton county,  Pa.,  Winslow  Eastlake  needed  a lever,  and  secured 
what  appeared  to  be  a piece  of  springy  wood.  He  made  up  his 
load  and  used  the  lever  for  a twister,  fastening  it  with  chains. 
When  he  arrived  at  the  sawmill  he  took  it  off  and  flung  it  into 
the  yard.  As  he  was  about  to  return  home  he  noticed  a peculiar 
bulge  on  the  stick  and  decided  to  saw  it  in  two  on  the  shingle 
saw.  It  was  then  discovered  that  the  supposed  stick  was  a black 
snake  seven  feet  four  inches  long,  frozen  stiff  and  so  covered  with 
mud  as  to  disguise  its  real  nature.  The  bulge  proved  to  be  East- 
lake’s  pocketbook,  containing  $11,  lost  near  where  he  loaded  the 
logs  last  fall.  The  money  was  in  good  condition.— Springfield  Re- 
publican. 


[March  i8?  1905. 


DRIVERS  AND  TWISTERS. 


Club  secretaries  are  invited  to  send  their  scores  for 
* publication  in  these  columns,  also  any  news  notes  they 
' may  care  to  have  published.  Mail  all  such  matter  to 
Forest  and  Stream  Publishing  Company,  346  Broadway, 
New  York.  Forest  and  Stream  goes  to  press  on  Tues- 
day OF  EACH  WEEK. 


This  year  the- tournament  of  the  Cincinnati  Gun  Club. , will  be 
held  on  Sept.  18  to  21. 

w 

Mr.  Lou  Erhardt,  manager,  writes  us  that  the  Florist  Park  Gun  . 
Club,  Atchison,  Kans.,  claims  the  dates  April  3,  4 and  5 for  its 
second  annual  tournament. 

8? 

Mr.  S.  G.  Miller,  Secretary,  writes  us  that  the  Haverhill,  Mass., 
Gun  Club’s  ninth  Patriots’  Day  tournament  will  be  held  on 
Wednesday,  April  19,  1905,  and  that  he  will  mail  programme  soon 
as  printed. 

m 

We  are  informed  that  the  tournament  of  the  Missouri  and 
Kansas  League  of  Trapshooters,  to  be  held  at  Schmeizer’s  Shoot- 
ing Park,  Kansas  City,  March  28-31,  promises  to  be  a great  success. 
Trophies  and  cash  to  the  amount  of  $500  will  be  added. 

8? 

At  Lakewood,  N.  J.,  March  11,  a team  of  the  Freehold  Gun 
Club  was  defeated  by  a margin  of  9 targets.  Each  man  shot  at 
50  targets.  The  totals  were  264  to  255,  Mr.  Geo.  Fisher,  of  the 
Lakewood  team,  made  high  individual  score,  48  out  of  50,  a 96 
per  cent,  performance. 

■6 

The  Lehigh  Rod  and  Gun  Club,  of  Rittersville,  Pa.,  announce 
an  all-day  tournament,  to  be  held  on  April  4.  The  programme 
consists  of  twelve  events,  each  at  15  targets,  $1  entrance.  Shooting 
will  begin  at  10  o’clock.  High  average,  $5;  amateur  high  average, 
first  and  second,  $3  and  $2.  H.  F,  Koch,  Sec’y. 

W 

Mr.  J.  A.  Howard  writes  us  as  follows:  “The  regular  monthly 
shoot  of  the  Castleton  Gun  Club  will  be  held  on  the  grounds  at 
Castleton  Corners,  Staten  Island,  on  Saturday,  March  18,  at 
2:30  P.  M.  Visitors  are  always  welcome.  Targets  will  be  thrown 
at  1 cent  each.  Take  Silver  Lake  trolley  to  Castleton  Corners.” 

« 

At  the  Point  Breeze  track,  Philadelphia,  there  were  three  pro- 
gramme events  on  March  11.  The  weather  was  pleasant.  The 
first  event,  5 birds,  $3  entrance,  high  guns,  resulted  in  a tie  be- 
tween Brown  and  Aiman  on  4.  Second  event,  10  birds,  sweepstake, 
Brown  was  the  only  one  of  the  twelve  contestants  to  kill  straight. 
The  third  event  was  a miss-and-out  in  which  three  tied  on  5. 

81 

The  successful  Florist  Gun  Club  team  won  its  tenth  straight 
victory  by  defeating  a team  of  the  Hill  Top  Gun  Club  in  the 
Philadelphia  Trapshooters’  League  series,  on  Saturday  of  last 
week.  The  scores  were  198  to  166.  North  Camden  defeated 
Narberth  by  a score  of  199  to  197.  Meadow  Springs  defeated 
Hillside,  173  to  154.  S.  S.  White  defeated  Clearview,  190  to  183. 

The  Mullerite  Gun  Club,  Mr.  A.  A.  Schoverling,  manager,  2 
Murray  street,  announces  a shoot  on  April  15,  to  be  held  on  the 
grounds  of  the  Forester  Gun  Club,  Newark,  N.  J.  The  programme 
of  the  Mullerite  Club,  provided  for  the  shoot  at  Lakewood,  N.  J., 
on  Saturday  of  this  week,  contains  eight  events:  10,  15,  20  targets, 
and  one  a handicap  at  50  targets,  $3  entrance,  for  merchandise 
prizes.  Shooting  begins  at  11  o’clock.  Targets,  2 cents. 

as 

Following  is  a copy  of  the  invitations  sent  out,  which  are  self- 
explanatory:  “Chartered  June  23,  1888.  The  Herron  Hill  Gun 

Club,  of  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  requests  the  honor  of  your  presence  at 
the  fifteenth  annual  meeting  of  the  Pennsylvania  State  Sports- 
men’s Association,  May  2 to  5,  inclusive,  1905,  Pittsburg  and 
Allegheny  Driving  Park,  Brunots  Island.”  An  inclosed  card  con- 
veys the  following  information:  “Programmes  ready  April  1; 

$2,000  added.  Not  guaranteed.  Three,  days  at  targets;  one  day  at 
live  birds.  Manufacturers’  representatives  shoot  for  targets  only. 
A 100-target  distance  handicap  event  with  $1,000  added.  Commit- 
tee in  charge:  Louis  Lautenslager,  Chairman;  Charles  G.  Grubb, 

Elmer  E.  Shaner.” 

»? 

The  programme  of  the  Interstate  Association  trapshooting  tour- 
nament, given  for  the  Augusta,  Ga.,  Gun  Club,  April  5 and  6, 
provides  ten  events  each  day,  each  at  20  targets,  $2  entrance,  $10 
added.  Other  information  as  follows:  Lunch  will  hh  served  on 

the  grounds  each  day.  Targets  (2  cents  each)  included  in  all 
entrances.  Grounds  will  be  open  for  practice  the  afternoon  of 
April  4.  All  contestants  will  shoot  from  the  16yd.  rtiark.  All 
standard  target  loads  will  be  for  sale  on  the  grounds.  Rose 
system,  four  moneys,  ratios  7,  5,  3,  2.  Guns  and  ammunition, 
prepaid  and  marked  in  owner’s  name,  care  of  Messrs.  Bowen 
Bros.,  954  Broad  street,  Augusta,  Ga.,  will  be  delivered  to  the 
shooting  grounds  free  of  charge.  The  Southeastern  Passenger 
Association  has  granted  a one  and  one-third  rate  on  the  certificate 
plan  for  this  tournament,  provided  there  are  fifty  or  more  in  at- 
tendance holding  certificates.  This  rate  is  good  on  all  railroads 
south  of  the  Ohio  and  Potomac  and  east  of  the  Mississippi  rivers. 

When  purchasing  tickets,  be  sure  to  ask  for  certificate. 

Bernard  Waters. 


Ossining  Gun  Club. 

Ossining,  N.  Y.— Though  our  shoots  are  supposed  to  be  bi- 
monthly, and  last  Saturday,  the  4th  inst.,  was  the  regular  club 
day,  several  of  the  boys  couldn’t  wait  for  the  big  prize  handicap 
schedule  for  the  25th  inst.,  therefore  the  scores  herewith  appended. 
In  the  last  event,  a match  between  Hyland  and  Blandford,  the 
latter  got  back  in  his  old  form,  breaking  his  last  22  straight 


Events: 

Targets: 

G B Hubbell.. 
J T Hyland... 
C G Blandford 
1)  Conors  .... 
W S Smith  ... 
D Brandreth  . 
H L Stratton. 


1 2 
10  10 
8 7 

7 7 


3 456789  10  11 

10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  25 

4 ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  .. 

365896  10  8 19 

68778767  23 
..  7 6 8 6 6 ...... 

..  8 4 7 6 7...... 

7 7 9 8 10  7 .. 

....  6 7 4 5 6 ..  .. 

C.  G.  B. 


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UNITED  STATES  CARTRIDGE  CO. 


LOWELL.  MASS. 

Agencies  : 

497-503  Pearl  St.,  35-43  Park  St.,  New  York.  114-116  Market  St.,  San  Francisco. 


WESTERN  TRAP. 

At  Boone. 

Boone,  la.,  March  5. — The  shoot  held  here  Thursday,  while 
not  largely  attended,  was  much  enjoyed  by  all  present.  this 
being  the  first  of  the  season,  found  many  of  the  boys  ready  to 
shoot  the  rust  out  of  their  guns. 

The  medal  shoot  was  the  center  of  attraction,  as  James  Tilly 
was  due  to  win  the  medal  as  his  personal  property.  He  became 
a trifle  anxious  and  lost  out,  there  being  two  who  beat  him.  He 
had  41  to  Mr.  Backwaldt’s  and  Mr.  Hartman’s  43.  The  latter  two 
must  shoot  off  the  tie. 

At  Kansas  City. 

Kansas  City,  Mo.,  March  7.— The  last  month’s  shoot,  held  by 
the  Kansas  City  Gun  Club,  was  well  attended  when  you  consider 
that  25  live  birds  is  the  match  that  holds  this  old  club  together. 
The  day  was  fine,  and  the  birds  were  fine,  and  though  only 
22  were  scored,  that  was  not  a poor  score  by  any  means.  There 
are  three  prizes  that  go  to  the  best  scores  at  each  monthly 
shoot.  Scott  took  first  prize,  Reno  won  the  tie  for  second  and 
Dr.  Millett  took  third.  The  scores:  W.  Keyes  19,  Geo.  Stock- 
well  18,  A.  H.  Glassner  21,  W.  L.  Moore  19,  S,  S.  Miller  20,  F. 
Scott  22,  P.  J.  Smith  18,  A.  Reno  21,  C.  B.  Leavel  18. 

An  annual  meeting  was  held,  and  the  election  of  officers  re- 
sulted as  follows:  Frank  J.  Smith,  President;  Dr.  Shirley  Millett, 

Vice-President;  R.  S.  Elliott,  Secretary;  F.  Wickey  and  W.  L. 
Moore  were  placed  on  the  executive  board.  Several  new  mem- 
bers were  admitted,  and  thus  does  one  of  the  oldest  live-bird 
clubs  in  the  State  prosper.  It  has  the  distinction  of  being 
one  of  the  oldest  in  the  United  States,  and  is  likely  the  most 
prosperous  one  that  shoot  live  birds  in  this  country  to-day.  All 
the  old-time  shooters  will  recognize  in  Frank  Smith,  the  presi- 
dent, the  man  who  has  never  missed  a meeting  of  the  State 
Sportsman’s  Association.  And  as  it  will  be  held  in  Kansas  City 
this  year,  there  will  be  one  more  opportunity  for  Frank,  even 
should  he  go  to  the  shooting  park  and  stand  on  crutches. 

In  Other  Places. 

The  social  gathering  of  the  Tobasco  Gun  Club,  of  Yuba  City, 
Cal.,  held  last  Sunday  was  much  enjoyed  by  the  twenty-five  mem- 
bers present.  There  was  a duck  broil  at  noon  and  a duck 
stew  in  the  evening.  These  were  washed  down  with  numerous 
corked  side  dishes,  while  wit  and  humor  flowed  freely.  Mayor 
Eckart,  of  Maryville,  was  toastmaster.  He  called  on  all  the 
members,  and  most  of  them  made  speeches,  all  of  which  weie 
enjoyed  and  applauded. 

The  Pastime  Gun  Club,  of  Scranton,  Pa.,  is  now  in  a position 
to  hold  shoots,  as  the  new  officers  are  George  Fenne,  President; 
Paul  Shorten,  Vice-President;  Herbert  Cliatfield,  Secretary; 
William  Mott,  Captain;  George  Phillips,  Shooting  Master. 

The  cold  winter  and  late  spring  has  delayed  the  duck  shooting 
in  Michigan.  It  could  be  hoped  that  it  be  delayed  altogether, 
and  give  the  ducks  a chance  to  breed  on  the  lakes  of  that  State. 

O.  Isme  was  high  man  in  the  North  Side  Gun  Club,  Milwaukee, 
Wis.,  Sunday  last.  He  scored  24  out  of  25,  and  in  the  second 
event  E.  Koehn  was  high  with  21  out  of  25. 

1 M.  Feser  was  the  only  man  to  make  a clean  score  in  any  event 
at  the  shoot  held  at  the  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  South  Side  Gun  Club 
on  Sunday  last. 

It  is  claimed  that  a bill  for  the  prevention  of  pigeon  shooting 
passed  the  Illinois  Senate  on  Tuesday  last  without  a dissenting 
voice. 

Now  that  the  Iowa  State  shoot  has  been  held,  we  await  but 
to  hear  how  the  weather  favored  the  promoters.  It  is  something 
very  unusual  to  hold  a State  shoot  in  the  middle  of  March,  the 
usually  treacherous  month  as  to  weather. 

The  announcement  comes  from  Crawfordsville,  Ind.,  that  the 
state  league  shoot  will  be  held  there  on  May  17  and  18.  Craw- 
fordsville has  one  of  the  best  clubs  and  grounds  in  the  West, 
and  did  you  note  the  big  scores  usually  made-  there?  All  the 
shooters  go  there  to  make  records.  All  the  conditions  are  well 
on  to  perfection.  Ed.  Vories  is  now  the  Mayor  of  the  city,  and 
he  will  get  you  out  of  trouble. 

The  St.  Joseph,  Mich.,  Gun  Club  will  this  year  contest  for  a 
loving  cup  that  will  be  presented  to  them  by  a shell  firm.  The 
local  dealers  secured  same,  and  it  will  go  to  the  one  making 
the  highest  score. 

Bloomington,  111.,  Gun  Club  made  money  last  year,  and  it  takes 
money  to  build  club  houses  and  run  shoots;  but  this  club  will 
soon  announce  another  tournament. 

The  Shell  Rock,  la.,  Gun  Club  has  leased  the  hunting  on  the 
Jfind  owfied  by  Jim  Amick,  The  dub  propose  to  pent  othep  land 


adjoining,  and  will  then  have  some  good  duck  shooting  during 
the  season’s  flights. 

Duffy  outshot  a field  of  fifteen  on  last  Thursday  at  Pottsville, 
Pa.,  where  a shoot  was  held  by  the  Game  and  Fish  Protective 
Association. 

A party  of  Denver,  Colo.,  shooters  left  last  week  for  the  lakes 
near  Barr.  They  were  Dave  Lees,  Jack  Cullerton,  Frank  S. 
Kinner,  Iiarvey  Shemmill,  George  Braid,  J.  S.  Smith,  Howard 
Sterling  and  B.  Dolan. 

The  Grinnell,  la.,  Gun  Club. is  composed  of  the  prominent  pro- 
fessional and  business  men  of  the  city.  Two  factions  have  arisen, 
but  they  are  friendly  ones.  J.  II.  McMurray,  Jr.,  will  captain 
a team  composed  of  C.  C.  Phelps,  F.  M.  Card,  E.  II.  Spaulding, 
J.  E.  Anderson  and  R.  M.  Haines.  While  R.  R.  Rust  will  have 
A.  C.  Rimefort,  Shepard  Marvin,  F.  E.  Spaulding  and  E.  D. 
Gates.  The  shooting  will  be  singles  and  doubles.  R.  M.  Haines, 
with  84  out  of  100,  was  high  at  last  shoot. 

II.  C.  Colburn  won  the  Gentry  trophy  at  the  last  shoot  held  by 
the  Colorado  Springs  Gun  Club.  J.  W.  Garrett  made  a run  of 
120  targets.  Few  shooters  keep  in  as  good  practice  as  this 
John  W. 

The  Rt.  Rev.  John  L.  Spaulding,  bishop  of  Peoria,  111.,  is  out 
with  the  following:  “Trapshooting  is  a brutal  and  brutalizing 

practice.  It  may  not  be  called  sport,  and  no  one  who  has  the  true 
spirit  of  the  sportsman  would  engage  in  it.  I sincerely  hope 
that  earnest  efforts  will  be  made  to  induce  the  Legislature  of 
Illinois  to  pass  a law  which  will  make  what,  in  itself,  is  cruel 
and  degrading,  also  criminal.” 

As  the  Illinois  weather  grows  warmer,  the  enthusiasm  of  the 
shooters  increases,  and  in  a very  few  weeks  the  shooters  of  Mc- 
Lean county  will  all  be  in  line. 

The  Boone,  la.,  Gun  Club  will  go  ahead  for  another  year  with 
the  following  officers  and  directors:  President,  W.  R.  Mott;  Vice- 
President,  John  Ives;  Secretary,  Fred  Crary;  Treasurer,  Andrew 
Hildberg;  Directors,  Jack  Randall,  Charles  Otis,  Fred  Cordts. 

The  Grinnell  Gun  Club,  of  Iowa,  is-this  year  going  to  the  front. 
Already  a team  shoot  has  been  arranged,  and  that  will  develop 
an  interest  that  will  strengthen  the  club. 

Adolph  Cropper,  of  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  states  that  a proposition 
is  on,  whereby  all  the  clubs  of  that  city  will  fall  in  line  with 
that  of  Indianapolis,  Cincinnati,  Grand  Rapids,  and  other  cities 
and  have  only  one  large  club.  It  is  proposed  to  organize  and  in- 
corporate a company  having  at  least  $15,000  stock  to  purchase 
about  twelve  acres  of  ground  and  put  up  a club  house  costing 
$4,000  to  ~$5,000,  to  fit  up  all  the  traps  necessary  to  conduct  large 
shoots,  to  employ  a man  to  keep  the  grounds  open  the  year 
round. 

The  members  of  the  Bradford  Shooting  Club,  in  the  great  State 
of  Pennsylvania,  are  contemplating  holding  a shoot  in  June  that 
will  be  a.  winner.  The  prizes  to  be  offered  will  be  something  like 
$1,000  in  cash.  And  this  will  draw  the  best  of  all  the  eastern 
gunners,  for  rich  purs.es  will  be  worth  going  after. 

It  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  western  circuit  of  shoots,  held  this 
month  at  Des  Moines,  la.,  Omaha,  Neb.,  St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  and 
Kansas  City,  will  not  be  interfered  with ; but  past  experiences 
have  proven  that  April  and  May  are  rather  early  in  the  year. 

An  enthusiastic  meeting  of  the  shooters  of  Lancaster,  Pa.,  was 
held  Saturday,  and  a club,  to  be  known  as  the  Bob  White  Gun 
Club,  was  organized.  The  protection  of  game  will  be  the  object 
sought,  and  for  a pastime  there  will  be  weekly  shoots  held  with 
clay  targets.  The  officers  of  the  club  are  Edward  Glenn,  Presi- 
dent; Chas.  Mott.  Len  Weaner,  Vice-President;  Nat.  Kessler, 
Secretary;  Walter  Gruel,  Treasurer,  and  I.  Greibfield,  Captain. 

A rifle  club  will  shortly  be  organized  at  the  city  of  Columbus,  O. 

All  the  Dayton,  O.,  trapshooters  were  invited  to  a shoot  held 
at  Lebanon.  It  was  no  doubt  a good  shoot,  as  the  events  were 
all  10  targets,  so  that  all  had  a show  to  get  in  on  the  money. 

Mr.  Cicero  Winne,  keeper  of  Toussaint  Shooting  Club  at  Port 
Clinton,  O.,  was  in  Cleveland  last  Wednesday,  where  he  was  re- 
employed for  another  season  as  game  keeper  for  the  club. 

The  McLean  County  Gun  Club,  of  Bloomington,  bids  fair  to 
have  another  prosperous  season  this  year,  as  shoots  are  scheduled 
to  be  held  regularly  whenever  the  weather  will  permit. 

Word  has  been  received  that  the  Langston  Gun  Stock  factory, 
Peoria,  111.,  was  broken  into  one  night,  and  many  valuable  tools 
were  stolen. 

Paul  Swift  won  the  Edwards  cup  at  the  last  meeting  of  the 
Houghton,  Mich.,  Gun  Club  meeting.  The  club  medal  was  won 
by  J.  H.  Rice. 

The  Kaukana  Gun  Club,  of  Wisconsin,  held  their  annual  election 
at  their  grounds  on  last  Sunday,  after  which  a practice  shoot  was 
held.  The  new  offiers  are,  viz.,  President,  L.  C.  Wolf;  Vice- 
President  and  Secretary,  Jos.  Dietzler;  Treasurer,  Fred  Ott; 
Captain,  A.  Luedtke  Assistant  Captain,  D.  Robideau. 

At  Uewis,  Kansas,  on  Saturday  last,  the  Wendell  Gun  Clvib  was 


deterred  from  holding  their  shoot  on  account  of  bad  weather. 
The  grounds  being  near  to  the  school  building,  there  is  n°  other 
day,  save  Saturday  for  the  meeting. 

Some  Columbus,  O.,  pencil  pusher  is  out  with  the  statement 
that  the  Columbus  trapshots,  assisted  by  those  of  nearby  towns, 
are  endeavoring  to  get  the  State  shoot,  that  was  last  year  as- 
signed to  Canton.  There  are  no  reasons,  nor  intimations  that 
Canton  wishes  to  give  up  the  shoot.  There  are  other  shoots  to 
be  given,  and  the  best  way  is  for  Columbus  to  put  in  a bid  for 
the  1906  shoot,  when  the  whole  State  will  join  in  assisting  the 
Columbus  shooters  in  their  efforts  to  pull  off  a great  tournament. 

The  boom  in  the  Boone,  la.,  Gun  Club  is  still  booming.  The 
shoots  are  held  regularly. 

The  Avoca,  la.,  Gun  Club  has  been  reorganized  with  some 
twenty-five  members,  and  there  will  be  trapshooting  galore  during 
1905. 

A gun  club  for  bluerock  shooting  is  now  being  organized  by 
“Tom”  McCreary,  the  ex-outfielder  of  the  Pittsburg  League  ball 
team.  The  purchase  of  traps  and  clay  targets  has  already  been 
made,  and  arrangements  are  under  way  for  leasing  grounds  on 
the  Ohio  River  front.  This  will  give  to  Beaver,  Pa.,  a much- 
desired  source  of  amusement  in  so  far  as  the  gunners  are 
concerned. 

The  weekly  live-bird  shoot  of  the  Troppe,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  was 
held  Saturday  last.  There  were  many  pf  the  Schuylkill  Valley 
wing  shots  present,  and  the  scores  were  good,  considering  the 
class  of  the  birds.  In  the  first  race  at  10  birds,  Gust  10,  Knipe  9, 
Smith  9,  Scatcher  8,  Gregor  8.  Second  event,  Knipe  10,  Gust  9, 
Gregor  9,  Smith  8,  Scatcher  8. 

The  Alert  Gun  Club,  of  Phillipsburg,  Pa.,  defeated  the  Moun- 
tain View  Gun  Club  by  a score  of  181  to  174.  Several  sweepstakes 
were  shot,  in  which  E.  Markley  made  high  score. 

Get  your  eye  on  the  Elks,  as  some  of  them  are  shooters,  and 
they  know  what  it  is  to  enjoy  sport.  The  gun  club  connected 
with  the  Wilmington  Elks  shot  a match  last  week  at  Oakview 
Park  with  the  Norristown  Elks.  Wilmington  won  with  202  to 
193,  there  being  five  men  to  the  team  with  50  targets  the  man. 

There  is  a town  in  Illinois  not  far  from  Kankakee  that  is  little 
known,  but  if  the  gun  club  there  keeps  up  shooting  and  sends 
the  scores  out  to  all  the  sporting  papers,  it  will  soon  be  known 
the  world  over.  We  refer  now  to  Irwin,  where  a target  match 
was  held  Saturday  last. 

In  the  town  of  Enterprise,  la.,  near  where  Chas.  W.  Budd 
has  his  headquarters,  there  has  been  organized  another  Iowa  gun 
club.  This  new  club  will  start  with  twenty  members,  some  of 
whom  expect  to  take  in  the  great  Iowa  State  shoot. 

It  is  reported  that  Frank  Parmelee,  the  only  Frank,  will  return 
to  Omaha  in  time  to  take  in  the  spring  tournament.  This  is  not 
the  first  time  that  rumor  has  connected  Frank  with  the  shooting 
game  as  a “prodigal  son.” 

Many  years  ago.,  the  name  of  Lou  Erhardt  was  often  seen  con- 
nected with  western  shoots;  then  there  came  a time  when  Lou 
was  indisposed  and  his  health  was  impaired.  Hence  all  the  old- 
time  shots  will  rejoice  to  see  that  Lou — the  same  old  airy  Lou— 
will  manage  the  big  Atchinson,  Kan.,  shoot, . which  comes  off 
in  April,  same  being  held  under  the  Auspices  of  the  Forest 
Park  Gun  Club. 

As  the  spring  opens  up  there  will  be  many  of  the  Indiana 
gun  clubs  come  forth  from  their  winter  quarters.  The  Converse 
Club  met  last  week  and  got  things  in  shape  by  electing  officers, 
viz.,  Morton  Garrison,  President,  and  Al.  McDaniels,  Secretary. 

Ralph  and  Ed.  Trimble  state  that  there  will  be  a gun  club 
organized  in  Covington,  Ky.,  this  spring.  These  boys  are  a 
“good  pair  to  draw  to.” 

The  old  gun  club  at  Krouse,  Wis.,  which  disbanded  some  years 
ago,  has  been  reorganized.  It  was  found  necessary  to  buy  new 
traps,  and  when  they  arrive,  there  will  be  shooting  each  week 
at  the  old  tournament  grounds.  The  following  are  the  new 
officers:  Joseph  Gohres,  President;  Henry  Gohres,  Vice-President; 
Albert  Roberge,  Secretary,  and  Ray  Hiscox,  Field  Captain. 

E.  M.  Hyzer,  of  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  is  out  with  a challenge.  He 
proposes  to  shoot  a match  at  100  live  birds  for  $500  a side,  with 
loser  to  pay  all  the  expenses.  On  last  Saturday  he  scored  85  out 
of  a possible  100  and  won  the  Wisconsin-Minnesota  championship. 
He  should  find  plenty  of  men  who  would  “call  him.” 

Keller  won  the  honors  at  the  Riverside  Gun  Club,  Detroit, 
Mich.,  Sunday  last.  It  was  a handicap  from  16  to  21yds. 

The  St.  Joseph,  Mich.,  Gun  Club  will  hold  their  opening  shoot 
March  19.  There  will  be  much  rivalry  as  to  who  captures  the 
trophy  this  season,  which  is  a beautiful  silver  loving  cup. 

The  members  of  the,  Ishpeming,  Mich.,  Rod  and  Gun  Club 
propose  to  conduct  a shooting  tournament  during  the  summer. 
There  will  be  a gathering  of  all  the  upper  peninsula  sportsmen 
of  the  State  of  Michigan.  There  are  now  about  eighty  members, 
not  all  of  whom  reside  in  this  city,  and  Dr.  Headman  is  presijen^, 


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The  secretary  is  of  the  opinion  that  the  more  the  members  be- 
come interested  in  target  practice,  the  greater  will  be  the  success 
of  the  club.  Many  new  members  were  taken  in  during  the  winter. 

Cincinnati  Gun  Club. 

Cincinnati,  O. — There  was  something  doing  at  the  grounds  on 
March  11.  The  day  was  a good  one  for  outdoor  sport. 

In  the  Peters  trophy  contest,  twenty-four  shooters  took  part. 
Don  Minto  and  Farran  tied  for  high  gun  on  straight  scores  of  50 
including  their  handicaps.  Harig  tied  them  for  high  gun  in 
actual  breaks  on  48.  Peters  and  Roll  were  second  with  47  actual 
breaks. 

Several  visiting  shooters  were  present  and  participated  in  the 
sport,  among  them  Messrs.  Chaudet  and  Shaw,  of  New  Orleans, 
both  of  whom  shot  a 90  per  cent,  gait;  H.  N.  Kirby  also  went  a 
90  per  cent,  clip  in  the  medal  contest,  and  Stan  Rhoads  showed 
that  Columbus  still  has  a few  good  shots. 

A challenge  was  sent  the  Newark  Gun  Club  to  shoot  for  the 
Phellis  trophy,  now  held  by  them,  on  March  22.  In  a letter  re 
ceived  this  week  the  secretary  acknowledges  receipt,  and  states 
that  his  club  will  consider  the  matter  later.  He  states  that  they 
are  looking  for  grounds  in  a new  location,  their  present  grounds 
having  been  practically  spoiled  by  a line  of  poles  which  has  been 
erected  by  the  Electric  Railway  Company.  Two  of  these  poles 
interfere  badly  with  the  flight  of  the  targets.  The  club  is  anxious 
to  .give  the  Cincinnati  boys  a show  to  win  the  trophy,  but  wish  to 
postpone  the  match  for  the  reasons  stated. 

In  reply  to  this,  Mr.  Gambell  writes  as  follows: 

"Dear  Sir — The  rules  for  the  Phellis  trophy  in  regard  to  chal- 
lenges are  that  they  must  be  accepted  in  ten  days  or  cup  for- 
feited. A club  having  no  grounds  to  shoot  on  is  hardly  a de- 
sirable one  to  hold  a trophy  which  is  in  competition,  as  much  as 
this  one,  and  it  is  not  our  club’s  intention  to  give  any  other 
holding  it  a chance  to  do  so  very  long  without  a challenge.  Now 
as  your  grounds  are  not  acceptable  to  you,  we.  will  offer  you  ours, 
pay  your  team’s  railroad  fare  and  show  you  a good  time,  if  you 
will  come  here  on  the  22d.  If  that  is  not  satisfactory,  we  hope 
you  can  manage  to  accommodate  us  at  your  place  on  that  dale. 
Telephone  poles  will  not  annoy  us  any,  I assure  you,  as  our 
team  uses  guns  that  shoot  around  them,  and  loads  that  shoot 
through  them.  Hoping  to  have  a favorable  reply  at  an  early  date, 
I am  yours  truly,  Arthur  Gambell.” 

A number  of  team  shoots  and  matches  were  shot,  and  twenty- 
eight  men  took  part  in  the  various  practice  events.  Willie  was 
on  hand  to-day  for  the  first  time  in  many  weeks.  He  accounted 
for  42  in  the  trophy  event  and  made  good  scores  at  practice. 

Peters  medal  contest,  50  targets:  Don  Minto  (2)  50,  Faran  (2) 

50,  Harig  (0)  48,  Peters  (0)  48,  Roll  (0)  47,  Sunderbruch  (0)  46, 
Rhoads  (0)  46,  Maynard  (2)  46,  Osterfeld  (2)  46,  Ahlers  (2)  46, 
Shaw  (0)  45,  Block  (6)  45,  Gambell  (0)  44,  Herman  (1)  44,  Pfieffer 
(4)  44,  Barker  (4)  44,  Falk  (6)  44,  Chaudet  (0)  43,  Hesser  (2)  43, 
Willie  (7)  49,  Williams  (1)  42,  Boeh  (7)  42,  Bullerdick  (0)  41, 
Kirby  (0)  45. 

Team  match,  two  men  on  team,  50  targets: 

Harig  47,  Gambell  46:  total  93. 

Faran  46,  Don  Minto  47 ; total  93. 

Kirby  41,  Rhoads  42;  total  83. 

Peters  45,  Bullerdick  41;  total  86. 

Sunderbruch  46,  Ahlers  44;  total  90. 

Chaudet  43,  Hesser  41;  total  84. 

Team  race,  25  targets: 

Peters  24,  Harig  23,  Gambell  22,  Herman  22;  total  91. 

Faran  23,  Barker  22,  Pfieffer  20,  Boll  16;  total  81. 

Gambell  23,  Hesser  21;  total  44. 

Peters  22,  Rhoads  24;  total  46. 

Match,  25  targets,  two  high  men  out:  Faran  25,  Hesser  23, 

Peters  23,  Rhoads  23,  Gambell  21. 

Team  match,  50  targets: 

Gambell  44,  Hesser  43,  Faran  48,  Rhoads  46;  total  180. 

Peters  47,  Bullerdick  44,  Sunderbruch  45,  Harig  44;  total  180. 

Shoot-off,  25  targets: 

Gambell  25,  Hesser  24,  Faran  23,  Rhoads  23;  total  95. 

Peters  23,  Bullerdick  21,  Sunderbruch  23,  Harig  24;  total  91. 

Notes. 

The  Greenville,  0-,  Gun  Club  will  hold  a series  of  twenty 
handicap  club  shoots  this  season.  The  first  of  the  series  was  held 
on  March  6.  The  club  is  making  great  preparations  for  its  spring 
tournament  on  May  9 and  10,  and  expects  to  entertain  a large 
crowd. 

At  the  shoot  at  New  Lebanon,  O.,  March  3,  the  weather  was  a 
trifle  chilly,  but  nevertheless  a pleasant  little  contest  was  held  on 
the  grounds  of  the  Junior  New  Lebanon  Gun  Club.  The  pro- 
gramme consisted  of  fifteen  10-target  events,  50  cents  entrance 
and  two  moneys  in  each.  Isaac  Brandenberg  was  high  gun  with 
120. 

The  New  Berlin,  O.,  Gun  Club  will  hold  an  all-day  tourna- 
ment at  Canton  on  March  17,  and  a number  of  the  club  members 
will  attend. 

The  St.  Paul,  Ind.,  Gun  Club  will  hold  its  annual  tournament 
on  March  30,  shooting  to  begin  at  8:30.  A good  crowd  is  expected, 
and  a number  of  Indianapolis  shooters  have  expressed  their  in- 
tention to  be  present. 


Indianapolis  (Ind.)  Gun  Club. 

Commencing  March  1,  1905,  and  every  three  months  thereafter, 
the  club  will  donate  a trophy  to  be  shot  for  by  the  members  of 
the  club,  and  to  be  known  as  the  club  trophy. 

This  will  be  a handicap  contest,  and  will  represent  a weekly 
event  of  50  targets  to  each  shooter.  A shooter  must  com- 
pete eight  times  to  be  eligible,  and  the  party  making  the  six 
highest  scores,  including  handicap  allowance,  shall  be  declared  the 
winner  and  owner  of  said  trophy. 

Also  commencing  March  1,  we  will  commence  a contest  for  a 
badge  emblematic  of  the  championship  of  1905.  This  badge  was 
donated  by  the  Peters  Cartridge  Company,  through  Mr,  Gus 
Habich.  This  will  be  a weekly  shoot,  and  the  party  winning  the 
badge  the  greatest  number  of  times  during  the  year  1905  shall 
become  the  owner  thereof.  This  will  also  be  a handicap  event, 
and  shall  consist  of  25  targets  each  Saturday.  This  shall  be 
known  as  the  medal  contest. 

The  winner  of  each  shoot  shall  hold  the  badge  in  hit  possession 
until  the  following  Saturday,  and  shall  then  return  same  to  the 
secretary  for  that  week’s  contest.  Handicaps  changed  each  month. 

Monday  was  clear  and  cold.  On  Tuesday  it  rained  all  day, 
which  accounts  for  the  poor  scores  and  small  attendance. 

J.  W.  Bell,  Sec’y. 


All  communications  intended  for  Forest  an®  Stream  should 
always  be  addressed  to  the  Forest  and  Stream  Publishing  Co., 
New  York,  m&  not  to  any  individual  connected  wltfe  the  papff, 


ON  LONG  ISLAND. 


Crescent  Athletic  Club. 

Bay  Ridge,  L.  I.,  March  11. — The  fine  spring  weather  added 
to  the  pleasure  of  the  Crescent  Athletic  Club  shoot,  held  to-day  on 
the  grounds  at  the  country  house. 

In  the  contest  for  the  February  cup,  Messrs.  W.  W.  Marshall 
and  C.  E.  T.  Foster  scored  a win  with  full  scores.  Other  events 
were  equally  well  contested.  Messrs.  Brigham  and  Palmer, 
scratch  men,  scored  45  in  the  2-man  team  race,  but  were  tied 
by  Messrs.  Lott  and  Vanderveer,  and  Messrs.  Grinnell,  Jr.,  and 
Bedford,  Jr.  The  scores  follow: 


Marshall  5 

20 

25 

Bedford,  Jr. 

2 

20 

22 

Foster  3 

23 

25 

Dr  Keyes 

....  2 

20 

22 

Brigham  6 

24 

24 

Bennett  .... 

....  3 

18 

21 

Vanderveer  3 

20 

23 

O’Brien  .... 

....  3 

17 

20 

Palmer,  Jr 0 

23 

23 

ITopkins  . . . 

....  2 

18 

20 

Capt.  Horn  .....  S 

15 

23 

Raynor  ..... 

....  5 

15 

20 

Hendrickson  ....  5 

18 

23 

McConville 

....  4 

15 

19 

Snyder  5 

18 

23 

Stephenson, 

Jr..  2' 

17 

19 

Hegeman  3 

20 

23 

Damron  .... 

5 

12 

17 

Stephenson  1 

21 

22 

Notman  

....  3 

14 

17 

Grinnell,  Jr 2 

20 

22 

Southworth 

.....  0 

16 

16 

Prize  shoot,  50  targets: 

Stephenson  2 

48 

50 

Dr  Keyes  . . 

4 

37 

41 

Southworth  .....  0 

41 

41 

Foster  

.....  6 

42 

48 

Stephenson,  Jr. . 4 

45 

49 

Snyder  

....  10 

38 

48 

Grinnell,  Tr......  4 

46 

50 

VIcConville 

....  8 

36 

44 

Bedford,  Ir 4 

39 

43 

Raynor  .... 

.....  10 

34 

44 

Damron  10 

32 

42 

Hendrickson 

...  10 

36 

46 

O’Brien  .........  6 

42 

48 

Capt.  Horn 

....  16 

24 

40 

Hopkins  ........  4 

31 

35 

Vanderveer 

6 

35 

41 

Marshall  ........  10 

29 

39 

McDermott 

12 

26 

38 

Hegeman  6 

39 

45 

Sykes  

....  8 

37 

45 

Palmer,  Jr ...  0 

43 

43 

Bennett  

....  6 

40 

46 

Brigham  0 

46 

46 

Wood  

....  14 

36 

50 

Notman  6 

27 

33 

Lott 

4 

43 

47 

Team  shoot,  25  targets: 

Hdc. 

Brk. 

T’tl. 

Hdc. 

Brk. 

T’tl. 

Stephenson  ..  1 

22 

23 

Bennett  

...  3 

23 

25 

Hopkins 
Grinnell,  Jr.. 
Bedford,  Jr.. 
Southworth  . 

Marshall  

Lott  

V anderveer  . 


16 

22 

19 
23 
13 

20 
20 


19-42  Sykes  4 


24 


Hegeman  3 


21 — 45  Notman  3 


23 


Brigham 


18 — 41  Palmer,  Jr. 


Stephenson,  Jr.  2 
23 — 45  GM^Conville  ...  4 


15 

19 

14 
22 

■ 23 

20 

15 


19—44 

22 

17—39 

22 

23—45 

22 

22—44 


Shoot-off,  same  conditions:  L.  M.  Palmer  21,  PI.  M.  Brigham 


20;  total,  41.  O.  C. 

Grinnell, 

Jr.,  25,  F.  T. 

Bedford,  Jr.,  22 

total,  47.  E.  IT.  Lott 

23, 

LI.  B. 

Vanderveer  19; 

total, 

42. 

Match,  15  targets: 

LIcp.  Brk. 

T’tl. 

Hep.  Brk. 

T’tl. 

Marshall  3 

11 

14 

Vanderveer  . . 

...  1 

11 

12 

O’Brien  2 • 

10 

12 

Bennett  

...  1 

14 

15 

Damron  3 

11 

14 

Bedford  

...  0 

11 

11 

Hopkins  1 

8 

9 

Match,  15  targets: 

Marshall  3 

11 

14 

F Stephenson 

...  0 

13 

13 

O’Brien  2 

13 

15 

Raynor  

...  3 

13 

15 

Damron  3 

9 

12 

Southworth  . . 

...  0 

9 

9 

Hopkins  1 

12 

13 

Sykes  

...  2 

9 

11 

Vanderveer  1 

10 

11 

Lott  

...  1 

11 

12 

Foster  1 

14 

15 

Snyder  

...  3 

11 

14 

Bennett  1 

10 

11 

McConville  .. 

...  2 

12 

14 

Bedford  0 

11 

11 

Horn  

...  5 

8 

13 

G.  Stephenson. . . 1 

13 

14 

McDermott  . . 

...  4 

10 

14 

Shoot-off,  same  conditions:  O’Brien  14,  Fostei 

.-  13,  Raynor 

12. 

Trophy,  15  targets: 

Marshall  3 

7 

10 

F B Stephenson.  0 

11 

11 

O’Brien  2 

13 

15 

Raynor  

...  3 

7 

10 

Damron  3 

8 

11 

Southworth  . . 

...  0 

14 

14 

Horn  5 

6 

11 

Hegeman  

...  1 

12 

13 

Grinnell  1 

12 

13 

...  1 

12 

13 

Foster  1 

13 

14 

Snyder  

...  3 

8 

ii 

Bennett  1 

6 

7 

McConville  .. 

...  2 

10 

12 

Bedford  0 

S 

8 

McDermott,  . 

...  4 

8 

12 

G Stephenson...  1 

13 

14  . 

Notman  

...  1 

4 

5 

Match,  25  targets: 

O’Brien  3 

21 

24 

...  4 

17 

21 

Damron  5 

12 

17 

Southworth  . . 

...  0 

22 

«)•) 

A- 

Keyes  2 

19 

21 

G Stephenson 

...  2 

24 

25 

Hendrickson  ...  5 

16 

21 

Palmer  

...  0 

22 

22 

Marshall  5 

16 

21 

Wood  

...  7 

13 

20 

Foster  3 

16 

19 

Notman  

...  3 

14 

17 

Sheepshead  Bay  Gun  Club. 

Sheepshead  Bay,  N.  Y.,  March  9. — There  was  rain  and  a poor 
light.  G.  Morris  won  first  prize,  an  oil  painting  given  by  B. 
Thier.  Gewest  took  second,  donated  by  an  unknown. 

Schorty  and  Montanus  withdrew  from  prize  event.  Schoverling, 
Cottrell,  B.  Thier,  Charles  and  Spinner  were  guests. 

Events:  1234567S9 

Targets:  10  15  10  15  10  10  15  15  25 

McKane  4 6 8 8 4 8 6 13  .. 

Montanus,  Sr 4 9 

Montanus,  Jr 9 ..  9 ..  10  ..  12  12  .. 

Morris  ..  6 7 6 7 10  8 .. 

Williamson  5 16 

F Thier  ..  ..  ..  6 ..  5 7 ,. 

B Thier  4 ...  5 12  .. 

Schorty  15  22 

F Schoverling. 10  20 

Buckwurst 12  19 

Charles 10  .. 

Gewest  . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . 

Spinner 3 .. 

Fransiola  5 .. 

Allen  4 .. 

Cottrell  8 20 

Prize  event,  50  targets:  McKane,  12,  53;  Montanus,  Sr.,  39; 

Morris,  16,  60;  Williamson,  16,  38;  Gewest,  26,  56;  Spinner,  8; 
Fransiola,  38,  46;  Allen,  38,  52;  Cottrell,  34;  Freyler,  17,  47. 

Shoot-off:  McKane,  3,  15;  Morris,  4,  25;  Gewest,  7,  25;  Allen, 

10,  19. 

Shoot-off:  Morris,  2,  23;  Gewest,  4,  21. 


IN  NEW  JERSEY. 


South  Side  Gun  Club. 

Newark,  N.  J.— The  shooting  at  the  grounds  of  this  club,  at 
the  foot  of  Broad  street,  on  Saturday,  March  11,  was  participated 
in  by  ten  men  and  was  for  practice  only.  Geo.  H.  Piercy,  of 
Jersey  City,  made  high  average,  while  R.  A.  Parker,  of  Nutley, 
was  second  high  man.  Messrs.  Pearsall,  Whittlesey,  Gaskill  and 
Henry  are  all  capable  of  better  work,  but  on  this  occasion  were 
handicapped  by  shooting  borrowed  gun. 

Mr.  Gaskill,  who  is  a member  of  the  Rahway  Gun  Club,  was  ac- 
companied to  the  grounds  by  J.  Frank  Way,  another  member  of 
that  progressive  shooting  organization.  Among  those  present,  be- 
sides Mr.  Way,  who  did  not  come  prepared  to  shoot,  were  Messrs. 
Toffey  and  Wilson,  of  Jersey  City;  Melchoir,  of  Newark,  and  M. 
Herrington,  of  Arlington.  Among  those  who  were  greatly  missed 
was  Asa  Whitehead,  a charter  member  of  the  club,  who  is.  con- 
fined to  his  home  by  illness.  Two  barrels  of  targets  and  two 
cases  of  shells  were  disposed  of  during  the  afternoon.  The  scores: 
Events:  123456789 

Targets-  25  25  25  25  25  25  25  25  25 

Geo  H Piercy.....................  21  19  19  20  23  22  21  21  21 

M Jenkins 17  14  12  ..  12  ..  14  ..  .. 

Geo  Gaskill  ..  15  18  

I?  A Nott  ..  ..  13  19  10  14  14  11  .. 


C Henry 

C E Talbot  . . . . . 

R A Parke  ..... 

W Pearsall  ...... 

I H Terrill  ..... 

H D Whittlesey 


16  ..  10  ..  16  .. 

11  10  12  14  ..  .. 

15  17  13  16  16  20 

..  ..  ..  12  ..  20 

..  ..  ..  ..  ..  16 

..  ..  ..  11  ..  18 


North  River  Gun  Club, 


Edgewater,  N.  J.,  March  11. — Event  No.  5,  handicap  trophy 


shoot  for  Schortemeier  watch  charm, 

resulted 

in 

a 

tie, 

Morrison 

winning  the  shoot-off. 

Events : 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 7 

Targets : 

15 

10 

15 

10 

50 

25  25 

G E Eickhoff,  S 

3 

10 

7 

30 

17  14 

A Schoverling,  6....... 

9 

10 

8 

42 

16  .. 

Hans  

5 

s 

7 

21 

16  14 

Brugman  

8 

ii 

4 

37 

20  .. 

J Morrison,  8 

7 

u 

7 

40 

18  .. 

F Vosselman,  10........ 

6 

8 

6 

28 

F Truax,  3 

8 

12 

9 

42 

Dr  Richter,  6 

6 

11 

7 

39 

IT  B Williams  

7 

10 

9 

38 

Dr  Paterno,  20 

5 

6 

5 

23 

11  15 

C McClane  

9 

7 

33 

13 

IT  H Schramm... 

36 

Buchanan,  20 

6 

8 

6 

24 

ii  is 

J Merrill,  16 

22 

ii  .. 

Jas.  R.  Merrill,  Sec’y. 


Montclair  Gun  Club. 


Montclair,  N.  J.,  March  11. — To-day  marked  the  opening  of  what 
will  be  known  as  the  Charles  Daly  gun  contest.  The  club  has  of- 
fered a $185  Daly  gun  to  be  shot  for  by  members  of  the  club, 
under  the  following  conditions:  Fifty  targets,  unknown  angles, 

automatic  handicaps,  $5  entrance,  Walsrode  powder  to  be  used 
exclusively.  To  be  shot  for  on  the  second  Saturday  for  twelve 
months,  the  winner  of  the  greatest  number  of  contests  to  be  the 
Owner  of  the  gun. 

Mr.  Wallace  was  high  man  in  this  event  (No.  3)  to-day,  break- 
ing 43.  This,  with  his  handicap  of  5,  gave  him  a score  of  48. 

In  the  gold  medal  event  Mr.  Howard  broke  85  out  of  a possible 
4 00  targets,  and  up  to  date  is  high  man. 

The  club  expects  to  send  a team  to  the  Freehold  shoot  on  the 
18th. 


Events:  1 2 3 4 5 6 

Targets : 25  25  50  25  25  25 

F W Moffett,  4.  18  19  46  18  23  22 

C L Bush,  2....  23  15  42  ..  ..  .. 

G F Lloward...  21  21  43 

W T Wallace,  5.  19  16  48  17  . . .. 

E Winslow,  8..  11  12  41  

G Hawkey,  14.  12  14  32  

P Cockefair,  4.  20  19  43  21  17  21 

C W Kendall,  0.  15  14  29  21  22  21 

G Batten,  4:...  18  ..  43  17  ..  .. 

Handicaps  apply  only  in  event 


Events:  1 2 3 4 5 6 

Targets : 25  25  50  25  25  25 

C Babcock,  2...  13  18  38  21  19  19 

C V Gunther...  21  21  34 

I S Crane,  4...  ..  20  37  16  ..  .. 
G W Boxall,  8.  . . 18  47  18  . . 

B T Bush,  14..  ..  18  37  

Dr  Gardiner  ...  . . 21  . . 20  19  21 

E Milliken 22  ..  13  18  20 

I Milliken  12  . , 13  7 11 

3. 

Edward  Winslow,  Sec’y. 


Club  Handicaps. 

Washington,  D.  C.,  March  2. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream:  The 
Analostan  Gun  Club  is  now  considering  the  best  system  of 
handicapping,  for  a series  of  prize  shoots  lasting  the  season. 

Last  year  we  used  the  class  system  and  distance  handicap.  A 
few  shooters  developed  very  rapidly,  and  could  shoot  better  from 
20  yards  than  the  rest  of  the  class  could  from  16  yards,  and  the 
poorer  shots  stopped  shooting,  and  stopped  quick. 

From  the  reports  in  your  paper,  the  best  clubs  in  the  country 
(Cincinnati,  Crescent,  Florists’,  etc.,  etc.,)  are  using  the  added- 
birds  system,  which,  personally,  I consider  fair,  as  you  can  then 
change  the  handicap  to  fit  the  shooter. 

I would  thank  you  for  your  personal  views  on  the  subject,  as 
you  have  had  experience,  and  are  in  a position  to  know  what  is 
being  done.  More  than  half  our  shooters  are  beginners,  many 
shooting  below  50  per  cent.  M.  D.  Hogan. 

[The  distance  handicap  is  for  thoroughly  trained  shooters,  and 
is  properly  best  for  tournament  use.  It  is  not  at  all  good  for  use 
in  the  average  club,  where  there  is  a wide  variation  in  the  skill 
of  the  different  contestants,  or  the  same  contestant  one  time 
compared  to  another.  Where  a contestant  cannot  shoot  well  from 
the  16-yard  mark,  no  distance  handicap,  within  reason,  applied  to 
a contestant  who  can  shoot  well,  will  counterbalance  the  lack  of 
skill  of  the  16-yard  man. 

The  most  equitable  system  for  use  when  novices,  poor  shots  and 
semi-experts  or  experts  compete  together,  is  the  handicap  allow- 
ance. Give  the  poorer  shots  an  extra  number  of  targets  as  breaks 
to  be  added  to  their  scores,  not  an  extra  allowance  to  shoot  at. 
It  should  be  considered  that  no  shooter  scores  more  than  the 
maximum ; that  is  to  say,  if  in  a 25-target  event  a shooter  scores 
more  than  25  with  his  allowance  added,  all  over  the  25  is  cancelled, 
and  he  scores  25.  It  is  self-evident,  that  in  a 25-target  event,  it 
should  not  be  possible  to  score  more  than  25.  To  determine  the 
handicaps,  it  is  best  to  take  the  most  expert  shot  as  the  basis. 
Make  him  scratch  man;  or,  if  there  are  several  equally  good, 
make  them  all  scratch  men.  Let  us  assume  that  the  best  men  are 
90  per  cent,  performers.  Then  the  80  per  cent,  men  should  have 
10  targets  added  in  100,  or  . about  3 in  25.  Other  handicaps  in  a 
ratio  to  establish  equity.  The  handicaps  should  be  changed  at 
least  once  a month.  The  best  that  any  handicappers  can  do  is  to 
make  an  approximation.  It  is  not  desirable  to  have  too  many 
ties,  nor  is  it  desirable  to  have  one  man  win  all.] 


PUBLISHERS'  DEPARTMENT. 


The  cut  in  his  advertisement  shows  one  of  the  attractive  fishing 
baits  made  by  John  J.  Hildebrandt,  who  long  ago,  because  dis- 
satisfied with  the  baits  on  the  market,  devised  one  for  his  own 
use,  which  later  suggested  others.  The  fame  of  these  spoons 
spread,  and  dealers  wanted  them,  so  Mr.  Hildebrandt  began  to 
manufacture  them.  These  baits  are  all  hand  made,  and  of  the 
very  best  material.  They  are  in  ten  different  styles,  and  a 
circular  describing  them  will  be  sent  on  application. 


It  is  unnecessary  to  speak  to  the  sportsman  of  the  comfort  to  be 
had  out  of  a pipe,  but  unless  one’s  tobacco  is  good,  a pipe  is  only 
a disappointment.  Many  tobaccos  burn  the  tongue,  and  so  give 
discomfort  where  only  pleasure  should  be  had.  The  Castle  Dome 
Cut  Plug,  manufactured  by  Jasper  L.  Rowe,  of  Richmond,  Va., 
does  not  burn  the  tongue,  and  gives  a good  and  satisfactory 
smoke.  It  is  manufactured  from  Old  Virginia  sun-cured  tobacco. 


Most  readers  of  Forest  and  Stream  live  in  the  country,  or  have 
country  places  and  raise  gardens,  and  of  every  vegetable  garden 
the  potato  is  the  great  standby.  The  new  potato  Noroton  Beauty, 
advertised  by  J.  M.  Thorburn  & Co.,  of  36  Cortlandt  street,  New 
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are  shown  in  scenes  which  have  in 
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8.  “ Listen ! ” (Mule  Deer),  - - Carl  Rungius 

4.  On  the  Heights  (Mountain  Sheep),  Carl  Rungius 

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8.  Calling  the  Buffalo— 2 The  Drive,  E.  W.  Deming 

9.  Calling  the  Buffalo— 3 The  Fall,  E.  W.  Deming 

10.  Calling  the  Buffalo — 4 Packing  the  Meat. 

E.  W.  Deming 

11.  Sail,  Sea  and  Sky,  Navahoe  on  the  Solent. 

Photo  by  West  & Son 

12.  The  Trapper’s  Camp.  - - E.  W.  Deming 

18.  Pearl  R.  (Setter),  - - - E.  H.  Osthaus 

14.  The  Purple  Sandpiper,  - - J.  J.  Audubon 

15.  The  Black  Duck,  - - - - J,  J.  Audubon 

16.  The  Shoveller  Duck,  - - J.  J.  Audubon 


17.  The  Redhead  Duck,  - J.  J.  Audubon 

18.  The  Canvasback  Duck,  - - J.  J.  Audubon 

19.  The  Prairie  Chicken,  - - - J.  J.  Audubon 

20.  The  Willow  Ptarmigan,  - - J.  J.  Audubon 

21.  The  American  Plover,  - J.  J.  Audubon 

22.  Rap  Full,  Schooner  Constellation  in  a 

North  Easter,  - - -Photo  by  N.  L.  Stebbins 

23.  First  Around  Home  Mark.  The  Altair 

off  Larchmont,  - - Photo  by  Jas.  Burton 

24.  The  Challenge  (Elk),  - - Carl  Rungius 

25.  Quail  Shooting  in  Mississippi,  - - E.  Osthaus 

26.  Ripsey  (Pointer)  E Osthaus 

27.  Between  Casts,  - - - W.  P.  Davison 

28.  Home  of  the  Bass,  ...  W.  P.  Davison 

29.  In  Boyhood  Days,  - - - W.  P.  Davison 

30.  A Country  Road  (Partridge),  W.  P.  Davison 

31.  When  Food  Grows  Scarce  (Quail),  W.  P.  Davison 

82.  In  the  Fence  Corner  (Quail),  W.  P,  Davison 


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Stephen  Grant  Highest  quality  Ejector,  Ham-  Greener  Grand  Prize  Pigeon  Gun,  $350  grade, 
merless.  A rare  opportunity  to  get  a best  Grant  with  Sir  Joseph  Whitworth  fluid  steel  barrels, 
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barrels,  a magnificent  dark  curly  stock,  the  ac-  drop,  14%- in.  stock.  An  extremely  fine  gun. 

tion  covered  with  beautiful  scroll  and  game  en-  Price  $225.00  net. 

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modified  with  the  left  and  improved  cylinder  barrels  without  pit  or  flaw,  40-in.  long,  stock,  14 
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rels,  6 lbs.  5%  oz.  weight,  1 11-16  to  2 11-16  inch  3-in  drop,  and  it  is  one  of  the  most  powerful 

drop,  14-in.  stock.  Gun  complete  in  a Stephen  guns  we  have  ever  seen.  Price $200.00  net. 

Grant  solid  leather  trunk  case.  Special  net  W.  & C.  Scott  & Son  Duck  Gun,  with  ham- 

price  $325.00  mers.  Damascus  barrels,  straight  walnut  stock, 

W.  W.  Greener  special  presentation  quality  under-grip  action.  _ With  this  gun  is  a leather 
Imperial  Ejector,  with  Sir  Joseph  Whitworth  trunk  shape  case,  implements  and  loading  tools, 
fluid  steel  barrels.  Shown  at  the  World’s  Fair  at  For  shooting  at  long  distances  and  for  flock 
St.  Louis  and  greatly  admired  for  its  splendid  sncDOting,  this  is  an  ideal  Dimensions: 

balance.  Has  a dark  Italian  walnut  full  pistol  barrels,  15  lbs.  weight.  Cost  new, 

grip  stock,  with  Silver’s  anti-recoil  pad.  Carved  $250.00.  Price  .......... • ••  $125.00  net 

shell  fence.  Action  and  guard  completely  cov-  Greener  Far-Killing  Duck  hammer  gun,  $200 
ered  with  the  most  elaborate  relief  engraving,  grade,  fine  English  laminated  barrels,  low  ham- 
Both  barrels  full  choke.  Dimensions:  12-ga.,  30-  ™ers,  handsome  stock,  half  pistol  grip  full  choke, 
in.  barrels, '7  lbs.  8 oz.  weight,  2%-in.  drop,  14%-  10-ga.,  3,-.-in.  barrels,  8%  lbs.  weight,  _14%  in. 

in.  stock.  This  magnificent  gun  has  never  been  stock.  Price ••••• ••• ...$100.00  net. 

shot  and  is  like  new.  Special  net  price. . .$400.00  _ Greener  hammer  field  gun,  12-ga.,  28-in.  barrels, 

, T • , ....  . 7 lbs.  6 oz.,  2 5-16  in.  drop,  13%  in.  stock,  Sie- 

W W.  Greener  special  Imperial  quality  Ejector  man  steel  ’barrds,  half  pistol  grip.  Greener 
with  Sir  Joseph  Whitworth  fluid  steel  barrels.  cross.bo]t.  In  good  second-hand  condition. 

One  of  the  most  beautiful  specimens  of  a Greener  Cost  N $120 .00.  Price $45.00 

pigeon  gun  in  the  United  States.  Cost  $550.00  Kn0ckabout  hammerless,  with  Krupp  steel  bar- 
and  is-  like  new.  Has- a straight  grip  stock  of  rel  12.ga  28-in.  barrels,  6 lbs.  6 oz.  Cost  new, 

curly  Italian  walnut  carved  shell  fence,  elaborate  $60 ,00.  in’ perfect  condition.  Price. ..  .$35.00  net. 
game  engraving  Both  barrels,  extreme  full  Francotte  hammerless,  handsomely  engraved, 
choke.  . Perfect  balance.  Dimensions:  12-ga.,  30-  in  perfect  condition.  Cost  new,  $150.00.  12-ga. 

in.  barrels,  7%  lbs.  weight,  2%-m.  drop,  14%-m  30.in.  barrdS)  7 lbs.  price ’. $75.00  ^! 

stoek.  Special  net  price $350.00  w.  & c.  Sc0tt  & Son  hammer  gun,  16-ga„  28- 

W.  W.  Greener  royal  quality  Crown  Ejector,  in.  barrels,  6%  lbs.  weight.  In  good  condition. 
Very  few  Crown  Greeners  ever  come  into  the  Damascus  barrels,  half  pistol  grip.  Cost  new, 

market  second-hand,  and  are  always  snapped  up  $125.00.  Price  $38.50  net. 

as  soon  as  they  appear.  This  one  is  a very  de-  W.  & C.  Scott  & Son  single  hammer  4-bore 

sirable  example  of  this  grada,  and  with  a fine  gun,  with  36-in  barrel,  10%  lbs.  weight.  In  ex- 

shooting record.  It  has  Greener’s  special  Damas-  cellent  condition.  Under  grip  action.  Cost  new, 

cus  barrels,  fine  half-pistol  grip  stock  and  is  full  $125.00.  Price  $45.00  net. 

choke  in  both  barrels. _ Dimensions:  12-ga.,  30-in.  Lefever  duck  gun,  8-ga.,  32-in.  barrels,  11%  lbs. 
barrels,  7 lbs.  9 oz.  weight,  2_3-16-in.  drop,  14%-in.  weight.  Shows  some  wear,  but  good  for  years 
stock.  Cost,  $425.00,  and  is  in  perfect  condition,  of  service.  In  leather  case,  and  is  offered  at 
Special  net  price  $250.00  one-third  original  cost.  Price $37.50  net. 

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At  the  Open  Tournament  held  by  the  Zettler  Rifle  Club  in  New  York  City,  March  i-ii,  three  of  the  four  first  prizes  were  won  by  shooters 
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RING  TARGET:  R.  Gute,  with  Winchester  Cartridges;  score,  five  75’s  (75  being  the  best  possible).  J.  W.  Dearborn, 
shooting  Winchester  Cartridges;  score,  three  75’s  and  five  74’s. 

ZIMMERMAN  TARGET:  Won  by  R.  Gute,  with  Winchester  Cartridges;  score,  39  (39  being  the  best  possible),  38. 

BULLSEYE  TARGET:  Won  by  Richard  Bendler,  with  Winchester  Cartridges,  his  bullseye  measuring  18  degrees. 

CHAMPIONSHIP  MATCH:  Won  by  L.  P.  Ittel;  score,  2468  out  of  a possible  2500.  Second,  R.  Gute,  with  Winchester  Cartridges; 
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By  Llewella  Pierce  Churchill. 


Under  the  attractive  title  Samoa  ‘Uma,  or  “All  Samoa,”  Mrs.  Llewella  Pierce 
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brought  a portion  of  the  islands  under  the  flag  of  the  United  States;  and  just 
enough  of  description  to  make  an  appropriate  and  effective  stage  setting.  But 
the  chief  characteristic  of  this  brightly  written  book  is  action  of  incident  and 
story.  It  is  writing  of  the  sort  that  has  movement,  and  leads  one  on  from 
page  to  page. 

“Samoa  ‘Uma”  is  not  exclusively  about  the  Samoans;  there  is  a chapter  on 
Papalangi  life,  from  which  it  appears  that  living  in  Samoa  is  so  different;  and 
some  of  the  best  things  in  the  book  are  the  personal  experiences  and  adventures 
of  this  particular  Papalangi  woman,  whose  love  of  outdoor  life  led  her  on  fre- 
quent excursions  amid  the  coral  reefs  and  into  the  dark  jungles. 

All  in  all,  it  is  a book  that  will  be  read  through,  and  read  more  than  once. 
Here  is  the  list  of  chapters: 


CONTENTS: 


I 


-The  Real  Samoa. 

II.  — The  Samoan  Family. 

III.  — The  Samoan  Housewife. 

IV.  — Courtesy  and  Ceremonies. 

V.  — Kava — The  Ceremonial  Drink. 

VI.  — Music  and  the  Siva  Dance. 

VII.  — Handicraft  and  Art. 

VIII. -— Fishers  and  Sailors. 

IX.  — Shooting  the  Apolima  Passage. 

X.  — The  Weed  that  Catches  Fish. 

XI.  — Torches  on  the  Reef. 

XII.  — The  Palolo  Anniversary. 


XIII.  — The  Chase  of  Rats. 

XIV.  — Things  that  Creep  and  Crawl. 

XV.  — The  Wreck  of  the  Schooner 

Lupe. 

XVI.  — Samoan  Fickle  Brides. 

XVII.  — The  Vampires  of  the  Tuasivi. 
XVIII. — Beachcomber  and  Missionary. 

XIX.  — Copra  and  Trade. 

XX.  — Papalangi  Life. 

XXI — The  Story  of  Laulu’s  Hunt. 
XXII. — The  Great  Vaiala  Steeplechase. 
XXIII. — Some  South  Sea  Hoodoos. 


ILLUSTRATIONS: 


Portrait  of  the  Author. 

His  Pronunciamento — the  Orator. 

The  Land-Locked  Waters  of  Pago- 
Pago. 

Samoan  Child. 

Baked  Pig  Becomes  a Triumph. 

The  Village  Taupou  and  Her  Attend- 
ants. 

A Taupou  and  Her  Tuinga. 

Manaia  with  Heading-Knife. 
Everything  that  Makes  the  Kava. 

The  Taupou’s  Duty  is  to  Prepare  the 
Kava. 

The  Siva,  is  Danced  Sitting. 

The  Brush  is  a Pandanus  Nutlet. 


Painted  Siapos,  Far  the  More  Strik- 


ing. 


Apia,  the  Little  Town  Strung  Along 
the  Beach. 

Village  Boats  with  Many  Oars. 
Samoan  House. 

Every  Man  is  Tattooed. 

Ailolo,  a Luali'i  Belle. 

They  Live  Amidst  a Wealth  of  Vege- 
tation. 

Home  and  Store  of  a Petty  Trader. 
Tonga  and  Laulu. 

A Solomon  Island  Black  Boy. 

Wharf  of  the  German  Firm,  Apia. 
Oceanic  Hotel,  Pago-Pago. 


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ADIRONDACK  TIMBER  THIEVES. 

The  Association  for  the  Protection  of  the  Adirondacks 
has  made  public  certain,  charges  which  it  has  preferred 
with  Governor  Higgins  implicating  Commissioner  Middle- 
ton  and  Chief  Protector  Pond,  and  it  has  given  out  letters 
written  by  its  president,  Judge  Henry  E.  Howland, 
urging  the  Governor  not  to  reappoint  these  officials.  The 
letters  are  printed  on  another  page. 

It  is  alleged  that  Adirondack  timber  thieves  have  stolen 
large  amounts  of  timber  from  the  State  lands,  and  have 
then  informed  upon  themselves  and  paid  small  penalties 
/and  have  been  permitted  to  remove  the  stolen  timber. 
Evidences  of.  the  criminal  operations  of  this  character 
as  contained  in  the  records  of  the  Forest,  Fish  and 
Game  Commission,  the  Game  Protectors  and  the  Justices 
of  the  Peace  show,  the  Association  asserts,  that  the 
depredations  of  timber  thieves  have  been  extensive,  and 
the  penalties  exacted  from  them  ridiculously  small  in 
comparison  with  the  value  of  the  plunder.  In  one  case, 
as  cited  by  the  Association,  a North  Elba  thief  who  stole 
i, 600,000  feet  of  lumber,  settled  for  it  by  paying  a penalty 
of  $440,  or  at  the  rate  of  twenty-one  cents  a cord,  and 
kept  the  wood.  In  another  instance  a thief  who  stole 
5,677  green  trees  paid  a- fine  of  $2,000,  or  less  than  forty 
cents  a 'tree,  the  penalty  prescribed  in  the  statute  being 
$10  for  each  tree.  The  fines  thus  paid  were  in  amount 
so  far  below  the  actual  value  of  the  timber  taken  that  the 
; transaction  was  equivalent  to  the  buying  of  the  wood  for 
a song.  The  aggregate  of  the  fines  in  the  several  opera- 
tions specified  was  $30,111.93,  which  represented  stolen 
timber  worth  many  times  that  sum. 

The  Association  charges  that  systematic  robbery  of 
this  character  was  conducted  openly,  that  mills  were  set 
up  on  the  State  lands  and  lumber  operations  were  carried 
on  for  months,  the  timber  stacked  up  along  streams  or 
hauled  into  the  streams  awaiting  the  spring  floods  to 
float  it  to  market.  The  thing  was  done  so  openly,  it  is 
declared,  that  the  authorities  must  have  known  of  it  and 
.■  should  have  suppressed  it.  In  the  letter  sent  to  the 
Governor  by  the  secretary,  Henry  S.  Harper,  the  Com- 
missioner and  the  Chief  Protector  are  charged  with 
■acquiescence  in  this  criminal  violation  of  law.  This 
•amounts  to  saying  that  Commissioner  Middleton  and 
.Chief  Protector  Pond  have  been  in  collusion  with  the 
.Adirondack  timber  thieves. 

The  membership  list  of  the  Association  for  the  Protec- 
tion of  the  Adirondacks  includes  many  well-known 
names.  Among  the  trustees,  in  whose  behalf  and  by 
whose  authority  the  letters  embodying  the  charges  have 
been  written,  are  William  G.  Rockefeller,  William  G. 
De  Witt,  Archer  M.  Huntington,  Edwin  A.  McAlpin, 
James  MacNaughton,  J.  Pierpont  Morgan,  Henry  Phipps, 
the  Rt.  Rev.  Henry  C.  Potter,  Whitelaw  Reid,  William 
H.  Boardman,  William  F.  King,  William  J.  Schieffelin, 
Alfred  G.  Vanderbilt,  W.  G.  Ver  Plank,  Alfred  L.  White 
and  Harry  Payne  Whitney.  The  body  is  one,  we  may 
reasonably  assume,  which  would  not  prefer  charges  of  this 
nature  against  public  officials  unless  well  convinced  of 
their  truthfulness,  and  confident  in  the  possession  of  evi- 
dence to  sustain  them.  Such  grave  accusations,  however, 
are  not  to  be  accepted  without  question  until  they  shall 
have  been  proved  to  be  true;  and  it  is  well  to  remember 
that  at  this  time  they  are  accusations  only.  The  reply 
to  them,  if  there  be  one,  has  not  been  heard. 

There  are  two  sides  to  every  case.  The  public  has 
heard  only  one  side  of  this  one.  The  other  side  may  not 
be  wholly  to  the  credit  of  the  authorities;  it  may  not 
show  that  they  have  been  so  diligent  or  alert  or  efficient 
as  they  should  have  been;  but  it  is  incredible  that  a full 
ascertainment  of  the  facts  would  show  any  such  com- 
plicity with  evil-doers  as  the  letters  of  the  Association 
charge.  Pending  the  rigid  official  investigation  which 
should  be  insisted  upon  by  all  concerned,  the  public  may 
wisely  suspend  judgment, 


That  the  statutes  on  the  subject  are  imperfect  and  in- 
adequate is  to  be  assumed  from  one  of  the  recommenda- 
tions contained  in  the  forestry  message  which  has  been 
sent  to  the  Senate  by  Governor  Higgins.  It  reads  as  if 
written  with  a knowledge  of  the  condition  of  affairs  com- 
plained of  in  the  Association’s  letters,  and  a recognition 
of  the  necessity  of  new  legislation  to  apply  to  them.  The 
Governor  recommends : 

“That  the  forest  laws  be  so  amended  as  to  insure  the 
prevention  of  trespasses,  to  compel  the  prosecution  of 
malicious  trespassers,  both  civilly  and  criminally,  to  the 
full  extent  of  the  law,  and  the  seizure  by  the  State  of  all 
timber  cut  or  removed  by  trespassers  from  State  lands, 
and  to  prevent  the  condonation  of  trespasses.” 

The  Association  urges  a modification  of  the  law  to  the 
effect  that  the  care  of  the  forests  and  their  protection 
from  depredation  shall  be  taken  from  the  game  protectors 
and  vested  in  the  forest  wardens.  This  suggestion  has 
already  been  acted  upon;  a measure  was  introduced  in 
the  Senate  last  week  assigning  to  the  superintendent  of 
the  forests  the  duty  of  enforcing  the  laws  for  their  pro- 
tection, and  the  prosecution  of  trespassers  and  timber 
thieves. 

HUNTING  THE  CARTED  STAG. 

The  members  of  a Long  Island  fox  hunting  club  re- 
cently attempted  to  revive  in  New  Jersey  the  old  British 
sport  of  chasing  a liberated  tame  deer  with  horse  and 
hounds;  but  the  authorities  promptly  suppressed  the  en- 
terprise. The  same  individuals  have  gone  to  the  New 
York  Legislature  with  a proposition  to  legalize  such 
hunting  in  this  State.  They  explain  that  they  have  no 
intention  of  killing  the  deer,  nor  even  of  injuring  it; 
and  their  bill  provides  that  if  by  any  untoward  mischance 
the  dogs  should  do  the  game1  to  death,  the  owner  of  the 
hounds  would  be  liable  to*  a penalty  of  $100.  In  short, 
the  Long  Island  deer  hunting  as  practiced  under  the  nar- 
row restrictions  of  this  measure  would  Be  as  merciful  and 
harmless  to  the  hunted  deer  as  would  be  consistent  with 
getting  any  fun  out  of  the  chase  for  the  huntsmen;  and 
the  promoters  of  the  scheme  may  not  justly  be  accused 
of  abnormal  bloodthirstiness.  Their  hunting  of  the  carted 
stag  would  be  strictly  in  an  up-to-date  twentieth  century 
style.  Nevertheless  the  cold  truth  is  that  no  hunting  of 
liberated  deer  can  be  in  consonance  with  the  sentiment 
of  the  day.  We  have  passed  beyond  sport  of  that  charac- 
ter. Public  feeling  will  no  longer  tolerate  it,  and  those 
who  want  it  and  endeavor  to  gratify  their  taste,  for  it 
are  out  of  their  place  in  history.  Had  they  been  born 
long  ago  they  might  have  ridden  to  hounds  after  deer 
to  their  hearts’  content.  They  may  not  do  it  now,  but  if  they 
are  philosophical  they  will  try  to  make  the  best  of  the 
situation,  and  find  some  solace  for  the  “demnition  grind” 
of  life  in  such  sports  as  are  lawfully  open  to  them,  being 
always  careful  never  to  do  anything  which  is  really  use- 
ful or  really  worth  doing. 


QUAIL  RESTOCKING. 

The  New  Jersey  State  Game  Commission  had  laid  out 
a plan  of  extensive  stocking  with  quail  this  spring,  the 
entire  number  of  birds  to  be  put  out,  exceeding  a thous- 
and dozens ; and  they  had  received  and  distributed'  4 
several  hundred  dozens,  when  the  supply  was  suddenly 
cut  off,  the  express  companies  having  been  notified -by 
the  authorities  that  they  would  be  permitted  to  handle 
no  more  birds.  The  New  Jersey  Commissioners  are  not 
the  only  ones  whose  plans  have  thus  been  balked.  The 
extreme  hardship  of  the  past  winter  with  its  destruction 
of  birds  has  left  the  covers  sadly  depleted,  and  the  de- 
mand for  new  stock  is  very  general  in  the  North  and 
East.  Clubs  and  individuals  are  anxiously  inquiring 
where  they  may  procure  the  birds;  some  of  them,  as  the 
Massachusetts  Fish  and  Game  Protective  Association, 
have  laid  out  extensive  plans  of  restocking,  and  have 
given  orders  for  extensive  deliveries  of  birds.  Under  ex- 
isting complications  all  such  enterprises  will  be  thwarted. 
The  winter-killed  game  may  not  be  replaced.  Man  may 
not  come  to  the  aid  of  nature  in  renewing  the  supply. 
The  stock  destroyed,  the  covers  must  remain  barren. 
This  is  a condition  which  should  not  exist,  provided  a 
better  way  may  be  found.  It  is  well  worth  while  con- 
sidering the  possibility  of  effecting  changed  conditions 
more  favorable  to  the,  replenishing  of  the  game  supply. 

This  is  the  situation ; There  are  expensive  regions  of 
the  United  States  the  quail,  yrh§t  with  the  severity 


of  certain  winters  and  the  increased  tax  upon  the  stock 
by  its  pursuit  for  sport,  cannot  maintain  itself  in  anything 
like  abundance.  There  are  other  and  more  extensive 
regions  where  the  birds,  by  reason  of  favorable  climatic 
and  food  conditions  and  immunity  from  pursuit  by  the 
gunner,  breed  with  such  fecundity  as  to  maintain  in  all 
years  a superabundant  stock. 

In  the  regions  where  the  species  has  a precarious  foot- 
hold, it  may  be  maintained  in  goodly  supply  only  by 
restocking.  In  the  regions  bountifully  adapted  by  nature 
to  the  multiplication  of  the  species,  it  may  be  drawn  upon 
for  restocking  purposes  without  in  any  appreciable  de- 
gree impairing  the  native  supply. 

The  desirable  thing  then  to  be  achieved  is  the  provision 
of  some  way  in  which  the  surplus  of  one  section  may  be 
transferred  to  supplement  the  paucity  of  the  other.  To 
accomplish  this  end  there  might  well  be  provided  a sys- 
tem of  transfer  of  the  game  by  official  agencies  or  under 
official  direction  between  the  States  or  between  Terri- 
tories and  States.  There  is  no  good  reason  why  this 
might  not  be  done  as  successfully,  extensively  and  ad- 
vantageously with  game  as  it  is  now  done  with  fish.  In 
regions  like  the  Indian  Territory,  breeding  grounds 
should  be  set  apart  and  maintained  and  used,  expressly 
for  the  supply  of  birds  for  stocking  purposes-.  This  is  an 
enterprise  which  might  well  be  undertaken  by  the  Depart- 
ment of  Agriculture. 

NORTH  CAROLINA  QUAIL  IN  NEW  JERSEY.  \ 

The  fight  of  the  game  protectors:: against  the  cold  stor- 
age people,  their  most  bitter  enemies,  still  goes  on,  and 
the  last  attack  was  made  in  the..  State  of  .New  Jersey, 
where  the  statutes — as  interpreted  by  the  laymen — would 
seem  to  be  all  on  the  side  of  the'  game-  protectors. 

The  lawful  time  to  kill  or  "have  in  possession  ruffed 
grouse,  quail,  English  pheasants. and  various  other  birds, 
ends  the  31st  day  of  December.'  Section  19  of  the  last 
issue  of  the  Game  Laws, '1904,  provides  that  dealers  may 
sell  game  not  killed  in  the  State  for  the  period  of  fifteen 
days  after  the  close  of.  the  season.  Section  38  declares 
that  whenever  the  possession  of  fish  or  game  is  pro- 
hibited, reference  is  had  equally  to*  fish  or  game  coming 
from  without  the  State  as  to  that  taken  within  the  State.. 

A few  days  ago  the'  game  wardens  made  a raid  on  a 
cold  storage  warehouse  in  Newark,  N.  J.,  and  are  said  to 
have  found  there'  ’three  cases  of  southern  quail  marked 
squabs,  and  tagged  with  the  name  of  Mr.  Jos.  S.  Mundy, 
a Newark  manufacturer  who  shoots  much  in  the  South. 
The  quail  numbered  one  hundred  and  ninety-two,  and 
the  legal  penalty  for  that  number  is  $20  each,  or  $3,840. 

The  same  day  wardens  searched  a cold  storage  ware- 
house in  Jersey  City,  and  there  found  a large  number  of 
birds,  the  penalties  aggregating,  it  is  said,  about  $55,000. 
In  each,  case  the  boxes  or  packages  were  labeled  with 
the  owner’s  name,  and  the  cold  storage  people  disclaim 
any  responsibility  in  the  matter,  declaring  that  they  are 
ignorant  of  the  contents  of  the  packages.  Action  will  be 
taken,,  it  is  said,,  against  the  owners  of  the  birds  in  each 
instance.  The  quail  were  seized  by  the  authorities  and 
carried  off  to  be  distributed  among  the  hospitals. 

•-Mr.  Mundy’s  quail,  however,  are  said  to  have  been  shot 
in  North  Carolina,  whence  the  law  permits  a single  indi- 
vidual to  send  out  fifty  quail  and  no  more  in  a season ; 
so  that  if  one  hundred  and  ninety-two  were  brought  out 
by  one  person  the  North  Carolina  law  has  been  violated. 
If,  then,  the  laws  both  of  North  Carolina  and  New 
Jersey  were  violated,  and  no  remedy  is  found  in  the 
statute  of  either  State,  an  interesting  situation  arises  in 
which  the  Federal  authorities  might  take  a hand. 

Incidentally  it  may  be  mentioned  that  Mr.  Mundy  has 
retained  a firm  of  Newark  lawyers  to  contest  any  suit 
which  may  be  brought  by  the  State.  He  has  so  far  de- 
clined to  speak  of  the  matter. 


T.  E.  BATTEN. 

Continued  ill  health  has  made  it  necessary  for  Mr.  T. 
E.  Batten  to  relinquish  his  position  as  advertising 
solicitor  for  the  Forest  and  Stream  and  to  withdraw 
entirely  from  his  connection  with  the  paper.  Mr.  Batten’s 
many  friends,  both  those  with  whom  he  has  been  asso- 
ciated in  business  circles  and  those  who-  have  shared 
his  contagious  enthusiasm  in  the  sports  of  the  field,  will 
learn  with  extreme  regret  that  he  has  been  obliged  to 
take  this  step,  and  will  indulge  a hope  for  his  speedy  Qpcj 
complete  restoration  fp  health. 


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[March  25,  1905. 


Mike* 

There  were  mountains  ahead  of  us,  huge  and  brown 
under  the  noonday  sun;  mountains  powdered  here  and 
there  with  snow,  reviving  in  our  memories  dreams  of 
chocolate  blanc  mange  well  sugared,  such  as  had  pleased 
our  pampered  appetites  even  in  those  days  of  desserts 
and  similar  flesh-pots,  and  which  now  made  our  mouths 
water  in  soulful  recollection.  And  those  mountains  had 
tri  be  surmounted  or  circumvented,  willy-nilly;  the 
ground  we  had  painfully  traversed  in  these  last  few 
weeks  held  known  dangers,  while  before  us  lay  at  least 
uncertainty  ; traveling  might  be  worse,  but  there  was  the 
chance  of  its  being  better,  and  neither  of  us  felt  like  re- 
tracing our  steps  through  that  ingenious  imitation  (if  it 
was  not  the  real  article)  of  Hades,  the  desert. 

That  Mike,  the  mule,  agreed  with  us,  we  had  not  a 
moment’s  doubt.  He  was  a Missouri  product,  and  you 
can’t  say  much  better  of  a mule  than  that.  You  would 
have  guessed  it,  anyway,  by  the  cynical,  “show-me”  ex- 
pression of  his  eye,  and  his  affection  for  a roll  in  a mud 
hole. 

We  had  grown  in  these  last  three  months  since  we  had 
owned  him — or,  to  be  more  accurate,  since  he  had  owned 
us — to  have  a deep  respect  for  him,  for  he  was  a mule 
of  parts — -teeth  and  heels — and  when  we  displeased  him, 
which  happened  daily,  we  saw  both,  and  sometimes  a few 
stars.  But  that  did  not  subtract  from  our  dependence 
on  his  knowledge  of  the  whereabouts  of  a waterhole, 
and  when  he  decided  to  camp  for  the  night  we  learned, 
after  several  attempts  to'  change  his  mind,  that  his  de- 
cision of  character  was  to  be  revered.  When  Blondine, 
Carr’s  buckskin  pony,  departed  this  life  some  vague, 
mirage-tortured  weeks  back,  Mike  had  literally  taken 
the  work  of  two  upon  his  back,  and  with  his  usual  cheer- 
ful cynicism,  led  us  safely  across  the  indefinite,  sky- 
bound  desert. 

To-day  he  wore  an  air  of  relaxation;  he  would  loiter 
over  green  spears  of  gramma  grass  that  had  found  life  in 
a few  drops  of  moisture  filtered  from  those  cool,  glisten- 
ing snows,  for  by  now  we  were  well  in  the  foothills.  Or 
he  would  make  friendly  advances  to  Carr  or  me,  ad- 
vances which  we  met  with  caution,  for  in  addition  to  his 
other  traits,  Mike  was  a practical  joker,  his  humorous 
moods  sometimes  resulting  in  misfortune  to  the  object 
of  his  attentions.  I have  occasionally  thought  we  may 
have  misjudged  Mike;  perhaps  he  was  one  of  those  un- 
fortunates with  affections  which,  like  desert  pears,  grow 
prickly  side  out,  but  are  sweet  and  wholesome  within — 
though  I always  do  say  eating  those  cactus  pears  isn’t 
worth  the  trouble  of  rubbing  off  such  a pesky  lot  of 
stickers.  Anyway,  with  Mike,  the  rubbing  off  process 
held  too  many  fears  for  us,  so  he  went  through  life  a 
mule  misunderstood,  perhaps. 

Carr  and  I noted  these  signs  of  a mind  at  ease  with 
satisfaction,  for  always  the  rank  and  file  reflect  the  mood 
of  the  officer  commanding,  and  we  permitted  ourselves 
the  luxury  of  an  occasional  rest  on  the  shady  side  of  a 
boulder.  You  can’t  be  preoccupied  on  a desert;  every 
step  you  take,  every  halt  you  make  must  be  the  result  of 
calculation  and  experience,  and  though  this  caution  be- 
comes habiual  after  a time,  still  it  helps  to  account  for 
the  peculiarly  jaded  expression  of  men  just  in  from 
such  an  expedition  as  we  were  now  on.  Every  rock  may 
shelter  some  venomous  lizard  or  snake;  a Gila  monster 
may  be  taking  an  airing  in  the  neighborhood,  or,  of  less 
danger  but  considerable  discomfort,  each  particle  of  vege- 
tation is  at  apparent  war  with  the  world  and  stands 
armed  at  every  point ; you  live  in  an  atmosphere  of  every 
man  for  himself,  which  has  something  of  the  effect  on 
the  nerves  of  a flyer  in  Wall  Street,  where  everyone’s 
motto'  is  sauve  qui  peut. 

So  it  was  a relief  to  be  out  of  the  worst  of  it,  for  now 
our  progress  carried  us  from  the  desert  lands  behind  into 
the  beginnings  of  a normal  vegetation.  A stream — small, 
.but  promising  better  things  nearer  its  source — trickled 
along,  its  way  enlivened  by  bushes  and  low  trees.  Deeper 
we  went  into  the  heart  of  the  hills,  those  towering  moun- 
tains seeming  to  go  up  and  up  into  the  sky,  and  as  the 
sun  dipped  behind  them,  Mike  concluded  it  was  time  to 
camp,  though  two  hours  of  the  day  still  lay  ahead  of  us. 
Knowing  (he  uselessness  of  disputing  the  point,  we  un- 
packed our  stuff  and  prepared  for  the  night,  making 
camp  by  the  stream  among  the  cottonwoods.  Chaparral 
lined  the  gulch  which  we  had  been  following,  for  we  kept 
the  course  of  the  stream  to  make  traveling  easier. 

Carr  was  preparing  supper.  I had  attended  to  the 
needs  of  Mike,  whom  we  allowed  to  wander  at  will,  as 
we  had  found  that  if  any  losing  was  done  it  would  be  his 
losing  us,  not  we  him.  He  was  deliberating  over  his 
meal  as  he  always  did  ; we  called  it  saying  grace,  for  he 
put  on  an  air  of  sanctified  displeasure  which  reminded 
Carr  of  a pious  old  chap  he  had  once  known  who  always 
made  disparaging  remarks  about  the  food,  after  thanking 
the  Lord  for  it  in  an  extended  and  minute  blessing. 

We  were  comfortably  settled  to  our  supper,  restfully 
watching  the  golden  light  climb  the  hill,  drawing  after  it 
the  amethyst  shadows  from  gulch  and  canon,  thankful 
that  the  fates  had  seen  fit  to  release  us  from  the  clutch 
of  the  desert  devils,  and  though  this  lacked  much  of 
being  the  promised  land,  still  by  comparison  with  that 
strip  of  outside  country  which  lay  bare  and  glaring  to 
every  throbbing  ray  of  sun,  it  was  a paradise  to°our 
jaded  minds  and  bodies. 

Gradually  into  our  consciousness  broke  the  fact  that 


there  was  an  occasional  noise  in  the  brush  behind  us, 
a sound  increasing  in  volume  and  persistency  till  even 
Mike  stopped  munching  and  looked  expectantly  in  the 
direction  whence  it  came.  Not  suspecting  anything  more 
formidable  than  a stray  coyote,  we  did  not  disturb  our- 
selves till  into  the  open  tumbled  the  huge  bulk  of  a bear, 
which  projected  itself  toward  us  with  a speed  that  sent 
us  to  our  feet  and  toward  a rock  near-by,  in  too  much 
of  a hurry  to  pick  up  our  guns,  our  one  idea  being  to 
get  out  of  the  way  of  this  unexpected  guest.  As  we 
scrambled  up  the  friendly  rock  which  some  thoughtful 
glacier  had  deposited  there  in  ages  past,  the  bear  rolled 
at  a sort  of  lope  to  where  we  had  left  the  remnants  of 
our  meal,  evidently  with  the  idea  of  helping  himself;  but 
he  had  not  reckoned  on  Mike — Mike  the  only  really 
plucky  one  of  the  trio. 

At  the  institution  of  'learning  where  Mike  had  received 
his  education  bears  evidently  were  not  included  in  the 
curriculum,  for  he  was  plainly  of  a nonplussed  and  dis- 
gruntled mind.  He  stood  and  watched  the  visitor  snuffing 
about  till  it  seemed  to  occur  to  him  that  it  was  up  io 
him  to  add  to  his  various  other  duties  that  of  watch- 
dog. So  he  advanced  with  a rather  tentative  air,  as  one 
would  say  to  an  unexpected  visitor,  “Please  give  me  your 
name  and  I will  tell  the  boss  you  are  here.”  At  his  ap- 
proach the  bear,  without  retreating  a step,  slowly  sat 
back  on  his  haunches,  and  rearing  his  great  bulk  onto  his 
hindlegs,  waved  a facetious  forepaw  in  the  face  of  the 
now  paralyzed  mule.  Mike’s  whole  frame  stiffened;  his 
(ail  stood  straight  out,  his  legs  grew  rigid,  and  his  chin 
gradually  projected  itself  in  apparent  voiceless  amaze; 
till,  of  a sudden,  his  lips  parted,  jaw  dropped  and  the 
most  soul-rending  hee-haw,  hee-haw  woke  the  echoes  in 
the  hills.  The  very  essence  of  the  creature  seemed  to  be 
poured  forth  in  torrents  of  sound,  ever  with  a louder 
and  more  joyous  lilt  to  the  final  “haw,”  while  the  bear 
stood,  in  his  turn,  petrified  by  this  tumult  of  hideous 
noise. 

We  clung  to  our  precarious  position  on  the  rock,  con- 
vulsed with  helpless  laughter,  almost  rolling  off  at  each 
renewal  of  the  cachinnations  of  mockery  from  Mike  and 
the  increasing  amazement  of  the  bear,  who  seemed  to  be 
striving  to  collect  his  wits  to  meet  this  change  of  front  in 
his  opponent.  Slowly  he  dropped  to  all  fours  and  began 
to  shuffle  backward,  ever  keeping  a wary  eye  on  the 
mule,  who  relaxed  his  attitude  at  the  retreat  of  his  erst- 
while presumptuous  enemy.  The  bear  must  have  had  an 
instinctive  understanding  of  the  ways  of  a mule,  for  he 
refused  to  present  to  Mike  that  part  of  his  anatomy  best 
suited,  to  Mike’s  idea,  for  assault,  but  beat  a crab-like 
and  deliberate  retreat  toward  the  brush.  With  head  low- 
ered and  teeth  still  displayed,  Mike  paced  after  him,  ever 
keeping  just  within  stretch  of  the  bear’s  nose.  Finally, 
when  the  shelter  of  the  brush  was  within  two  lengths  of 
him,  the  bear  turned  in  his  tracks  for  a final  rush  to 
safety.  At  the  same  instant  Mike  showed  one  more  in- 
stance of  his  many-sided  genius.  Whirling  like  a flash, 
his  heels  met  the.  bear’s  flank  with  an  impact  that  drew 
a howl  from  Bruin,  who  was  pitched  head  first  into  the 
chaparral,  and  the  last  we  saw  of  him  he  was  frantically 
crashing  his  way  through  bush  and  brier,  making  all 
speed  to  his  lair  in  the  hills. 

Mike  turned  and  regarded  for  a few  moments  the  wav- 
ing bushes  which  marked  the  bear’s  retreat,  and  if  he  did 
not  grin — well,  then  a mule  never  did.  Shaking  himself 
as  if  to  be  sure  he  was  still  intact,  he  strolled  back  to  the 
fire  and  stood  over  the  remains  of  his  interrupted  meal, 
evidently  ruminating  over  his  encounter.  His  old  reserve 
gradually  folded  about  him  like  a mantle,  the  youthful, 
joyous  glimmer  died  from  his  eye,  and  he  fell  to  eating 
once  more,  while  Carr  and  I,  assured  that  peace  again 
reigned,  slid  from  our  perch  and  followed  suit. 

B.  M.  Waddell. 


Grizzly  Adams* 

BY  ALLEN  KELLY. 

Several  books  about  bears  have  been  written  and  pub- 
lished in  the  last  ten  years,  and  all  of  them  together  do 
not  contain  so  many  stories  of  what  Theodore  Roosevelt 
would  call  “bully  bear  fights”  as  are  told  in  a volume 
entitled,  “The  Adventures  of  James  Capen  Adams,  Moun- 
taineer and  Grizzly  Bear  Hunter,  of  California,”  written 
bv  Theodore  H.  Hittell,  and  published  in  Boston  in  1861. 
Probably  most  of  the  old  boys  who  love  bear  stories 
have  read  the  book;  but  the  younger  men  only  know 
that  there  was  once  such  a man  as  “Grizzly  Adams,”  and 
the  boys  of  to-day  never  heard  of  him  at  all. 

It  was  a curious  thing  that  the  editor  of  Forest  and 
Stream  should  ask  me  if  I could  write  for  him  some- 
thing about  Grizzly  Adams.  Curious  because  of  the 
peculiar  interest  I had  taken  in  the  old  hunter’s  history 
from  childhood.  I read  the  story  of  his  adventures  when 
I was  a small  boy,  and  a somewhat  taciturn  uncle — a 
Massachusetts  farmer,  and  a cousin  of  James  Capen 
Adams — had  told  me  some  things  about  the  hunter’s 
early  career  at  a time  when  “Grizzly  Adams”  was  my 
hero,  and  of  course  what  he  said  stuck  in  my  memory. 

It  was  reading  the  adventures  of  Adams  and  the 
descriptions  of  California  given  in  his  book  that  first 
fired  my  boyish  soul  with  desire  to  see  that  land,  and 
eventually  made  a Californian  of  me.  I doubt  that  the 
lure  of  California  is  so  strong  on  any  native  son  of  the 
Golden  West  as  it  has  been,  and  is  yet,  on  me.  From 


the  moment  when  I first  looked  from  the  western  slope 
of  the  Sierra  Nevada  down  across  the  green  foothills 
and  upon  the  broad  valley  ablaze  with  the  golden  orange 
poppy,  I was  a Californian.  When  I close  my  eyes,  shut- 
ting out  the  bricks  and  mortar  and  skyscrapers  of  Bed- 
lam, there  come  before  them  visions  of  mountain  and 
forest,  of  canon  and  of  plain,  of  foothill  and  ravine  bathed 
in  purple  haze ; I hear  the  slumber  song  of  the  wind 
through  the  pines ; I smell  the  faint  aroma  of  manzanita 
blossoms,  the  resinous  breath  of  the  forest,  the  sweet 
perfume  of  the  laurel,  and  the  old  lure  is  strong  upon 
me — the  lure  of  California,  the  land  of  heart’s  desire. 

Strong  as  was  the  general  impression  made  upon  me 
by  the  book,  of  course  the  details  passed  from  memory 
long  ago.  I came  to  know  in  California  the  man  who 
wrote  it,  Theodore  Hittell,  and  the  artist  who  illustrated 
it,  Charles  Nahl.  A few  of  the  incidents  remained  clear, 
and  I could  recall  distinctly  at  least  two  of  the  pictures ; 
perhaps  Nahl  showed  me  the  originals.  When  I got  hold 
of  the  book  again,  however,  the  oddness  of  the  coinci- 
dence that  I should  be  asked  to  write  of  Grizzly  Adams 
became  more  striking,  for  I found  that  in  the  course  of 
my  wanderings  in  California  I had  followed,  unknow- 
ingly, Adams’s  trail,  hunted  bears  where  he  had  killed 
them,  camped  where  he  camped,  even  built  a bear  trap  in 
the  same  canon  of  the  Tejon  in  which  he  once  built  a 
trap.  Reading  his  story  was  like  going  back  over  the  old 
trails,  sitting  by  the  old  camp-fires.  The  headwaters  of 
the  Merced,  the  Stanislaus,  the  Tuolumne,  Kern  River, 
Tejon  Pass,  the  long  trail  to  Oregon  and  Washington — • 
all  familiar  ground.  Even  the  trip  from  above  Sonora 
through  the  Sierra  to  Yosemite,  where  there  was  no 
trail,  which  Adams  made  in  1853  I had  made  on  horse- 
back more  than  thirty  years  later,  looking  for  grizzlies, 
but  not  finding  so  many  as  he  found. 

Having  circled  about  and  cut  the  main  trail  at  last,  I 
will  stick  to  it  from  this  on,  craving  pardon  for  not  hit- 
ting it  sooner. 

The  adventures  of  James  Capen  Adams,  although  told 
in  the  first  person,  were  written  by  another,  for  Adams 
was  illiterate  and  could  barely  write  his  name,  and  the 
writer  was  more  concerned  with  literary  style  than  with 
facts  with  the  bark  on.  The  result,  regretably,  is  a 
stilted  narrative,  larded  with  moralizing  reflections,  class- 
ical and  historical  allusions,  pious  preachings  and  pedan- 
try, all  foreign  to  the  character  of  a rugged  mountaineer, 
and  therefore  false  in  tone  and  unconvincing.  The  author 
evidently  was  influenced  by  “Robinson  Crusoe,”  and  he 
had  to  give  Adams  an  Indian  man  Friday,  and  make  him 
deliver  solemn  harangues  to  the  poor  devil,  for  the  good 
of  his  soul  and  the  improvement  of  his  mind,  between 
shots  at  raging  grizzlies.  Therefore  we  get  little  or  noth- 
ing of  old  Grizzly  Adams  in  the  telling  of  his  adven- 
tures, more’s  the  pity. 

Adams  was  born  in  Massachusetts  in  1807,  and  grew 
up  as  a somewhat  “shiftless”  country  boy.  He  learned 
the  trade  of  shoemaking,  but  did  not  stick  to'  his  last 
very  well,  and  those  who  knew  him  in  his  youth  said  he 
did  not  like  to  work.  At  the  age  when  country  boys 
go  to  school,  he  went  fishing  and  shooting.  He  failed  to 
acquire  the  rudiments  of  what  is  commonly  held  to  be 
education,  but  undoubtedly  he  learned  in  the  fields  and 
woods  much  that  was  more  useful  to  him  in  the  vocation 
that  he  finally  adopted. 

According  to  his  cousin’s  account,  not  his  literary 
biographer’s,  young  Adams  got  into  trouble  over  some 
missing  lumber,  and  found  it  advisable  to  leave  his  native 
village  and  join  a traveling  show.  He  became  a trainer 
of  animals,  having  the  peculiar  gift  of  control  over  them, 
and  he  spent  some  time  in  trapping  animals  for  the  show 
in  the  New  England  forests.  A tiger  finally  did  him  up, 
and  he  went  out  of  the  show  business. 

In  1849  Adams  went  overland  to  California  with  the 
gold  hunters.  He  had  various  luck  in  mining,  trading 
and  ranching  until  1852,  when  he  went  broke  altogether, 
became  discouraged  and  took  to  the  woods.  He  located 
his  camp  in  a valley  on  a branch  of  the  Merced,  about 
50  miles  northwest  of  Yosemite,  and  supported  himself 
by  killing  game  for  a year.  Adams  frequently  saw  griz- 
zlies, but  during  the  first  winter  he  was  careful  to  keep 
out  of  their  way,  and  they  showed  no  inclination  to 
molest  him.  He  says:  “Not  by  any  means  that  the  griz- 
zly feared  me;  but  he  did  not  invite  the  combat,  and  I 
did  not  venture  it.” 

In  1853  Adams’s  brother  William  visited  his  mountain 
camp  and  proposed  a business  partnership,  he  to  advance 
the  capital  and  James  Capen  to  collect  wild  animals  for 
menageries.  The  contract  was  made,  and  in  May  Adams 
set  out  for  Oregon,  accompanied  by  one  white  assistant 
and  two  Indians.  The  party  traveled  along  the  western 
foot  of  the  Sierra  to  Oregon,  through  the  Klamath  region 
and  the  wilderness  between  the  Cascade  range  and  Blue 
Mountains,  turned  the  great  bend  of  the  Columbia, 
crossed  the  Snake  River  and  established  headquarters 
camp  in  eastern  Washington. 

Here  Adams  had  his  first  bear  fight.  He  discovered 
the  den  of  a grizzly  dam  and  two  cubs,  waylaid  and  shot 
the  old  bear,  and  attempted  to  lasso  the  young  ones.  He 
chased  the  cubs  for  a long  time,  and  they  finally  turned 
upon  him  and  put  him  up  a tree.  They  were  only  about 
a year  old,  but  had  formidable  teeth  and  claws,  and 
he  had  to  pound  their  paws  to  keep  them  from  trying  to 
climb  after  him.  In  the  course  of  half  an  hour  the  cubs 
went  away  to  their  dead  dam,  and  Adams  returned  to 
camp.  A few  days  later  he  succeeded,  with  the  assist- 
ance of  several  mounted  Indians,  in  roping  and  capturing 


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(earing  grasp,  ripped  through  his  breast  and  drew  out 
the  heart,  liver,  stomach  and  intestines — presenting  to  my 
gaze  one  of  the  most  awful  sights  that  ever  my  eyes 
beheld. 

"The  bear  pawed  and  snuffed  at  the  poor  man’s  en- 
trails, and  in  a few  minutes  was  joined  by  her  cubs, 
which  no  sooner  smelt  the  blood  than  they  became  fran- 
tic,  with  fury.  I was  much  agitated,  but  ran  to  a tree, 
and  taking  as  deliberate  an  aim  as  was  possible  under 
the  circumstances,  pierced  the  old  bear  behind  the 
shoulder.  She  fell,  but  in  a few  minutes  got  up  and 
tried  to  rush  toward  me,  when  a second  shot  at  the 
butt  of  the  ear  penetrated  her  brain  : and  ended  her 
existence.”  - 

Adams  relates  an  incident  to  show  the  astonishing 


ONE  OF  AT.I.EN  KEI.T.y’s  BEAR  TRAPS,  "MONARCH”  STYLE. 

vitality  of  the  grizzly.  He  and  his  companions  fired  a 
volley  at  a bear,  and  then  followed  the  fleeing  animal’s 
trail  for  seven  or  eight  hundred  yards.  They  found  her 
dead,  with  bullets  through  her  head,  heart  and  bowels, 
and  several  in  the  fat  of  her  sides. 

Adams’s  armament  consisted  of  a Kentucky  rifle, 
carrying  a 30-to-the-pound  ball;  a Tennessee  rifle,  6o-to- 
the-pound ; a Colt’s  revolver,  and  a Bowie  knife.  When 
hunting  bears  he  appears  to  have  carried  both  rifles,  and 
evidently  he  needed  both  usually. 

As  a result  of  the  season’s  work  in  Washington, 
Adams  took  to  Portland  a remarkable  collection  of  live 
animals,  furs  and  skins.  His  caravan  consisted  of 
thirty-eight  horses  and  mules,  packed  with,  skins,  meat  and 
small  animals  in  boxes,  and  this  strange  herd  of  driven 
captives : six  bears,  four  wolves,  four  deer,  four  ante- 
lopes, two  elk,  and  an  Indian  dog.  He  reached  Port- 
land after  a hard  journey  down  the  Columbia;  and 
shipped  the  entire  collection,  except  Lady  Washington, 
to  Boston,  where  his  brother  sold  the  animals  to 
museums. 

Adams  returned  to  his  old  camp  at  the  headwaters 
of  the  Merced,  and  spent  the  winter  in  hunting _fo,r.  meat 
and  peraparing  for  a trip  to  the  Rocky  Mountains. 

In  1854,  Adams,  accompanied  by  a man  named  Gray 
and  several  Indians;  besides  two  pet  beaM,  crossed  the 
Sierra  Nevada  through  the  snow,  hunted  cougars  in  the 
Humboldt  range,  traversed  Nevada  and  the  Great  Basin 
of  Utah,  and  established  his  hunting  camp  in.  the 
Rockies.  He  returned  in  August  with  two  bears,  two 
panthers,  two  deer,  two  wolves,  various  skins,  and  a 
thousand  dollars  in  coin.  He  found  the  Rocky  Mountain 
silver-tip  more  inclined  than  the  Californian  grizzly  to 
quarrel  with  man,  but  neither  so  large  nor  so  formidable 
a foe.  Of  the  varieties  of  the  species  he  was  acquainted 
with,  Adams  said: 

"the  grizzly  of  the  Rocky  Mountains  seldom,  if  ever, 
reaches  the  weight  of  a thousand  pounds;  the  color  of 
his  hair  is  almost  white;  he  is  more  disposed  to  attack 
man  than  the  same  species  in  any  other  regions,  and 
has  often  been  known  to  follow  upon  the  human  track 
for  several  hours  at  a time.  It  was  this  bear  which 
first  became  known  to  the  enlightened  world;  and  from 
him  the  species  was  appropriately  named  grizzly.  Among 
hunters  he  is  known  as  the  Rocky  Mountain  white  bear, 
to  distinguish  him  from  other  varieties. 

“The  Californian  grizzly  sometimes  weighs  as  much  as 
two  thousand  pounds.  He  is  of  a brown  color,  sprinkled 
with  grayish  hairs.  When  aroused,  he  is,  as  has  been 
said  before,  the  mo^t  terrible  of  all  animals  in  the  world 
to  encounter  ; but  ordinarily  will  not  attack  man,  except 
under  peculiar  circumstances.  It  is  of  this  animal  that 
the  most  extraordinary  feats  of  strength  are  recorded. 
It  is  said,  with  truth,  that  he  can  carry  off  a full-grown 
horse  or  buffalo,  and  that,  with  one  blow  of  his  paw,  he 
can  stop  a mad  bull  in  full  career.  When  roused,  and 
particularly  when  wounded,  there  is  no  end  to  his  cour- 
age; he  fights  till  the  last  spark  of  life  expires,  fearing 
no  odds,  and  never  deigning  to  turn  his  heel  upon  the 
combat.  It  is  to  him  that  the  appellations  of  science, 
Ursus  ferox  and  Ursus.  horribilis,  are  peculiarly  ap- 
plicable. 

“The  grizzly  of  Washington  and  Oregon  Territories 
resembles  the  bear  of  California,  with  the  exception  that 
he  rarely  attains  so  large  a size,  and  has  a browner  coat. 
His  hair  is  more  disposed  to  curl  and  is  thicker,  owing  to 
the  greater  coldness  of  the  climate.  He  is  not  so  savage, 
and  can  be  hunted  with  greater  safety  than  either  the 
Californian  or  Rocky  Mountain  bear.  In  New  Mexico, 
the  grizzly  loses  much  of  his  strength  and  power,  and 
upon  the  whole  is  rather  a timid  and  spiritless  animal.” 

In  the  fall  of  1854  Adams  captured  in  the  Sierra 
Nevada  an  immense  grizzly  whose  weight  was  over  1,500 
pounds.  He  named  this  bear  Samson.  The  manner  of 
capture,  the  incidents  of  moving  the  bear  from  trap  to 


the  cubs,  and  eventually  he  tamed  them,  and  made  one 
I of  them,  Lady  Washington,  his  constant  companion  in 
Joamp  and  on  the  trail.  He  says  he  frequently  snuggled 
up  to  the  furry  back  of  the  bear  at  night  to  keep  warm, 
land  that  she  was  as  docile  and  companionable  as  a clog. 
:He  even  taught  her  to-  carry  a pack  and  draw  a sledge, 
and  frequently  she  assisted  him  in  combats  with  wild 
: bears.  _ / 

Adams  found  a great  variety  of  animals  in  eastern 
Washington,  and  spent  the  summer  hunting  and  trapping 
jthere.  He  had  many  hand-to-hand  encounters  with  bears, 
iwolves,  elk  and  buffalo-,  and  caught  a great  number  of 
(animals  in  traps.  The  traps  were  solid  log  cabins  about 
lten  feet  long,  five  wide  and  five  high,  the  parts  firmly 
tpinned,  with  sliding  doors  at  the  ends,  usually  built  be- 
itween  two  trees  for  greater  strength.  From  his  descrip- 
tion of  . the  construction,  setting  and  baiting  of  traps,  I 
Mind  that  I followed  precisely  his  methods,  and  a picture 
lof-  orie  of  ray  bear  traps  would  do  very  well  to  illustrate 
•his  plan,  of  operations. 

Here  is  a passage  front  the  book  which,  I think,  must 
be  credited  to  the  author  rather  than  to  old  Grizzly 
■Adams.  A coyote  assailed  him  in  the  dark,  bounding  at 
■hint  furiously  from  a clump  of  brush.  He  says : “I  clis- 

Idained  to  notice  him,  and  passed  on ; but  the  whelp,  im- 
lagining  probably  that  my  contempt  was  fear,  followed, 
'.barking  and  howling,  keeping  just  far  enough  behind 
■that  a kick  would  not  reach  him.  Such  conduct,  even  in 
la  brute,  provoked  me,  and,  drawing  my  revolver,  I cried : 
i‘Die,  base  beast,  unworthy  the  boon  of  life;  take  the 
. reward  of  your  audacity !’  A shot  felled  hint ; when,  plac- 
ing my  foot  upon  his  neck  and  plunging  my  knife  through 
, his  heart,  I exclaimed : ‘Die,  coward  of  the  wilderness !’ 
land  kicked  the  body  front  me.” 

Imagine  old  Grizzly  Adams  going  through  such  a far- 
.rago  of  theatric  mock-heroics  over  a coyote ! 

Again  the  author  of  “The  Adventures”  makes  old 
lAdams  say  of  the  African  lion  and  the  cougar:  “They 

flboth  belong  to  a genus  which  I cannot  better  describe 
[than  by  calling  them  sneaks.”  A cougar— Adams  calls 
Ithe  animal  a panther — had  sprung  upon  one  of  his  mules, 
([trussed  his  stroke  and  run  away,  whereupon  he  makes 
■ this  comment : “We  found  where  this  sneak  had  been 

dying  in  wait  for  prey,  and  whence  it  had  doubtless  leaped. 
It  wyas.  not  far  from  a fountain  where  animals  congre- 
gated], thus  affording  a fine  field  for  treachery  and  assas- 
sination.” 

Fine  sentiment  to  put  into  the  mouth  of  one  who,  like 
Ithe  cougar,  was  making  his  living  by  lying  in  wait  where 
lanimals  congregated  and  killing  them  with  guns,  or 


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treacherously  luring  them  into  traps  and  assassinating 
them  when  they  were  helpless  prisoners. 

^ While  in  Washington,  Adams  joined  forces  with  three 
Texan  hunters,  and  the  party  made  great  slaughter  of 
bears,  deer,  elk,  buffalo,  wolves,  antelope,  foxes  and  fur- 
ubearing  small  animals,  and  had  many  thrilling  adven- 
ttures.  One  day  they  came  upon  a large  grizzly  and  two 
'cubs,  and  Foster,  one  of  the  Texans,  thinking  he  could 
kill  a bear  as  easily  as  a buck,  attacked  them  prematurely. 
He  wounded  the  old  bear  and  then  ran  for  a tree  when 
she  charged,  but  before  he  could  climb  out  of  reach  the 
bear  seized  his  feet  and  dragged  him  to  the  ground. 

“Time  and  again,”  says  Adams,  “had  I cautioned  Fos- 
"ter,  as  also  the  others  of  my  comrades,  if  ever  they  fell 
in  the  power  of  a grizzly  bear  to  lie  perfectly  still  and 
lshow  no  signs  of  life,  however  severely  scratched  and 
■bitten  they  might  be.  I myself  have  tried  the  efficacy  of 
((feigning  death,  and  there  have  been  cases  where  a bear 

8 would  leave  a pretended  dead  man  perfectly  unharmed, 
but  return  and  exhibit  the  greatest  fury  upon  his  attempt 

it 0 move.  It  is  therefore  no  more  than  prudence,  in  such 
cases,  to  remain  perfectly  passive  and  quiet  until  the 
animal  is  beyond  sight  and  hearing. 

■ “But  poor  Foster,  in  his  extremity,  forgot  these  in- 
■' junctions,  and  not  only  shrieked  for  help,  but  struggled 
to  get  away.  I immediately  drew  my  knife  and  rushed 
toward  him,  with  the  object  of  attracting  the  brute’s  at- 
tention; but  before  I could  approach,  the  bear,  with  one 


cage,  the  animal’s  size  and  exhibitions  of  prodigious 
strength,  as  told  in  the  Adams  book,  are  substantially 
like  the  true  story  of  Monarch — not  the  amazing  fiction 
of  Bre’r  Seton’s  concoction. 

Adams  hunted  during  the  rest  of  the  season  on  Kern 
River,  and  made  a trip  to  the  Tejon  region,  where  he 
built  traps  and  tried  in  vain  to  capture  a large  spotted 
animal,  presumably  a jaguar.  The  jaguar  is  not  believed 
to  be  a native  of  California,  but  it  is  probable  that  speci- 
mens sometimes  wander  up  north  of  their  usual  range. 
The  description  given  by  Adams  of  the  animal  he  saw 
fits  the  jaguar  perfectly,  and  when  I was  hunting  in  the 
same  region  in  1889,  mountaineers  told  me  that  they  had 
seen  a great  spotted  cat,  larger  than  a cougar,  in  the 
roughest  part  of  the  mountains  south  of  the  San  Joaquin 
Valley.  I never  saw  the  animal,  although  I did  see  tracks 
considerably  larger  than  those  of  any  ordinary  cougar. 

Hittell’s  account  of  the.  adventures  of  Grizzly  Adams 
ends  with  the  establishment  of  a menagerie  in  San  Fran- 
cisco, where  Adams  gave  exhibitions  with  his  trained 
animals.  The  closing  words  of  the  book,  Adams  sup- 
posed to  be  speaking,  are : “If  I could  choose,  I would 

wish,  since  it  was  my  destiny  to  become  a mountaineer 
and  grizzly  bear  hunter  of  California,  to  finish  my  career 
in  the  Sierra  Nevada.  There  would  I fain  lay  (sic) 
down  with  the  Lady,  Ben  and  Rambler  at  my  side;  there 
surely  I could  find  rest  through  the  long  future,  among 
the  eternal  rocks  and  evergreen  pines.” 

Grizzly  Adams  did  not  end  his  life  as  he  wished.  Lie 
brought  his  animals  to  New  York  by  way  of  Panama 
and  exhibited  them  to  the  wondering  people  of  the  East. 
But  he  was  not  a good  business  man,  and  did  not  make  a 
financial  success  of  the  enterprise.  When  he  got  into 
difficulties,  P.  T.  Barnum  bought  his  outfit  and  hired 
him  to  exhibit  the  animals  in  Barnum’s  Museum.  Sam- 
son was  the  star  attraction,  and  was  advertised  by 
Barnum  as  weighing  considerably  more  than  a long  ton. 
There  was  excitement  on  Broadway  now  and  then  when 
Samson  was  reported  to  be  on  the  rampage  and  about  to 
break  out  of  his  cage,  and  once,  when  workmen  were 
moving  the  cage,  the  bear  really  did  come  very  near  to 
an  escape;  but  James  Conlin,  later  well  known  as  a 
shooting  master,  punched  him  back  with  a crowbar,  and 
prevented  a panic. 

One  of  ,the  captive  bears  was  a vicious,  dangerous 
creature,  and* one , day  she  reached  through  the  bars  and 
raked  Adams’s  scalp  half  :, off  his  head.  The  old  man 
went  to  a hospital’  for  repairs,  and  while  he  was  away 
there  was  nobody  to  put  the  trained  animals  through 
their  daily  performance,  whereat  Barnum  became  peevish, 
and  insisted  that  Adams  return  to  duty.  The  old  man 
did  return  before  he  was  sentirely  fit,  and  the  cinnamon 


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reached  him  again  and  raked  his  half-healed  scalp  down 
over  his  face.  Erysipelas  or  blood-poisoning  ensued,  and 
Grizzly  Adams  died  in  the  hospital. 

When  Barnum’s  Museum  was  destroyed  by  fire,  the  last 
of  Grizzly  Adams’s  animals  perished  in  the  flames. 


Another  100  Sportsmen’s  finds. 


Sandwich,  Mass.,  March  12. — Selectman  E.  W.  Haines, 
who  is  also  a dory  fisherman,  made  an  unprecedented 
catch  in  the  bay  here  yesterday  afternoon,  pulling  from 
the  bottom  of  the  bay,  where  the  water  is  66  feet  deep 
by  actual  measurement,  an  old  gray  loon,  hard  and  fast 
to  a baited  hook  that  had  been  set  for  codfish.  It  has 
always  been  supposed  that  loons  made  their  feeding 
grounds  in  shallow  places  until  Mr.  Haines  found  the 
one  caught  in  his  codfish  trawl  yesterday,  which  would 
seem  to  prove  that  deep  water  is  no  hindrance  to  them 
when  they  are  in  search  of  food.  Mr.  Haines  says  the 
hook  caught  the  loon  through  the  breast,  and  it  was  so 
firmly  imbedded  that  it  had  to  be  cut  out.  Since  the  find- 
ing of  the  loon  on  the  cod  hook  some  of  the  fishermen 
believe  that,  these  fowl  have  been  in  the  habit  of  robbing 
the  well  baited  hooks  in  the  past. 


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A correspondent  of  Land  and  Water  regards  it  as  an 
extraordinary  circumstance  that  a raven  should  swallow 
a four-bladed  jackknife;  and  still  more  singular  that  he 
should  disgorge  it  again.  He  thinks  the  feat  may  “defy 
imitation  by  the  most  accomplished  of  Oriental  or 
European  jugglers,”  and  he  expects  everybody  to  be 
astonished.  Nay,  more,  he  declares  “the  incident  to  be  so 
extraordinary  as  to  be  hardly  credible,”  and  he  concludes 
his  observations  with  the  comment  that  “the  raven  was 
none  the  worse  for  its  performance.” 

We  should  remark:  Did  he  expect  the  bird  to  die? 

Now,  it  so  happens  that  all  the  Corvidae  and  their  con- 
geners have  this  same  faculty  of  swallowing  all  sorts  of 
substances  and  ejecting  them  at  will.  Having  had  the 
pleasure  of  intimacy  with  tame  crows  for  a number  of 
years,  during  a residence  in  the  Hampshire  Hills  of 
northwestern  Massachusetts,  the  writer  is  most  familiar 
wdth  their  tricks  and  their  manners.  One  of  their  com- 
monest was  to  feign  hunger,  and,  when  fed,  fill  their 
craws  with  food  to  their  utmost  capacity,  and  then  fly 
off  and  eject  it.  The  cheekiest  of  these  pets  was  named 
Tom,  and  by  the  fuss  and  bawling  he  made  at  the  kitchen 
porch,  one  would  think  he  was  at  the  point  of  starvation. 
But  it  wouldn’t  be  ten  minutes  after  he  had  flown  off 


two,  and  once  in  a while,  by  way  of  indulgence,  the  men 
would  give  him  a nest  of  mice  when  they  found  one, 
doling  out  to  him  the  pink,  naked  bantlings  one  at  a time, 
and  hearing  them  squeak  for  a minute  after  he  had  en- 
gulfed them  in  his  insatiate  maw ! It  was  fun  for  the 
men  and  the  crow,  but  death  to  the  mice.  Tom’s  black 
relatives  were  not  friendly.  They  were  -even  hostile,  and 
their  antipathy  extended  to  their  chasing  him  home 
whenever  they  happened  to  discover  him  off  on  a forag- 
ing expedition.  At  such  times  the  strange  crows  were 
often  tempted  to  make  a swoop  on  the  bafnyard  and 
snatch  up  a stray  egg  or  a fledgling,  carrying  the  chicks 
off  to  their  eyries  in  the  neighboring  woods ; and  many 
a heart  pang  the  children  suffered  when  they  heard  the 
ominous  gurgles  of  satisfaction  with  which  the  young 
crows  in  the  tree-tops  gulped  down  their  callow  pets. 
But  Tom  was  never  known  to  do  murder  himself.  In- 
deed, his  presence  among  the  fowls  was  so  unobtrusive, 
and  his  cute  ways  so  interesting  to  the  Polands  and  Ply- 
mouth Rocks,  that  they  became  unsuspicious  of  his  tribe, 
so  that  he  unwittingly  became  an  accessory  and  decoy 
in  helping  the  black  pirates  to  make  their  reprisals. 
Nevertheless,  he  seemed  to  have  a great  dread  of  the 
wild  crows,  and  whenever  they  pressed  him  sore  in  the 
meadows,  he  would  fly  to  the  mowers  for  refuge,  and 
alight  on  their  heads,  persistently  maintaining  his  perch 


s A Park  for  Beatrice, 

Beatrice,  Neb.,  March  15.- — Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 
In  looking  through  pour  paper  of  Feb.  4,  I find  a 
most  interesting  letter  from  the  pen  of  A,  D.  Mc- 
Candless,  Wymore,  Neb. 

Since  Wymore  is  our  neighbor  town,  and  Mr.  Mc- 
Candless  a frequent  and  welcome  visitor  to  our  city, 
as  well  as  a contributor  to  your  pages,  it  seems  quite 
the  thing  to  give  to  Forest  and  Stream  a little  ac- 
count of  a park  meeting,  held  here  (Beatrice),  on  the 
afternoon  of  March  10.  The  meeting  was  arranged' 
by  the  Civics  and  Forestry  Department  of  the  Woman’s 
Club,  and  Mr.  McCandless  was  the  invited  speaker. 
The  weather  was  fine  and  all  things  propitious,  and 
not  in  many  months  has  so  large  a crowd  greeted  a 
Beatrice  platform  speaker  as  upon  this  occasion. 

Mr.  McCandless  not  only  knows  a great  deal  about 
parks  and  nature  in  general,  but  he  has  a most  de-. 
lightful  and  interesting  way  of  telling  it  to  others.  He 
not  only  knows  and  appreciates  the  advantages  and 
enjoyment  of  parks  and  beautiful  grounds,  but  he  also 
has  the  faculty  of  bringing  them  into  existence. 

Some  one  has  said  that  “One  who  ennobles  the 
world,  is  second  only  to  Him  who  made  it.”  Surely, 
the  world,  or  at  least  one  corner  of  it,  is  ennobled 


ORCA  OR  WHALE  KILLER.  A SNAPSHOT  OFF  THE  PORT  QUARTER. 

Photos  by  Mr.  R.  J.  Christman. 


satisfied  before  he  would  be  back  again,  crying  for  more. 
Oliver  Twist  wasn’t  a circumstance.  It  was  a long  time 
before  the  family  “tumbled  to  his  racket,”  as.  the  saying 
is;  but  after  many  attempts  to  follow  him,  which  he  dex- 
terously evaded  by  flying  into  the  woods  and  dodging 
pursuit  in  other  ways,  he  was  at  last  detected  in  the 
very  act  of  disgorging  his  plunder.  He  had  a cache  under 
a boulder  behind  a stone  wall,  which  would  hold  a bushel, 
and  when  it  was  discovered  it  was  two-thirds  full  of 
bread  and  miscellaneous  benavlins  which  any  flotsam-fed 
goat  would  have  burst  with  envy  to  behold.  After  sitting 
a moment  on  the  wall  and  casting  about  him  to  see  that 
he  was  not  observed,  he  would  plump  down  by  the  boul- 
der, and,  getting  a purchase  with  the  point  of  his  lower 
mandible  against  the  surface  of  the  stone,  open  his  beak 
wide,  and  the  natural  result  followed. 

At  first  there  was  a disposition  to  give  the  black  imp 
credit  for  being  provident,  and  a charitable  deacon  in  the 
neighborhood  admired  the  wonderful  forecast  with  which 
he  hedged  himself  against  possible  scarcity  and  want; 
and  pointed  out  this  praiseworthy  trait  to  all  the  Sunday 
school  children  as  worthy  of  emulation.  And  some  of 
the  susceptible  ones  actually  began  to  have  a shade  of 
reverence  for  the  bird,  until  some  missing  sleeve  buttons, 
a mustard  spoon,  innumerable  iron  wedges,  screw  bolts, 
and  other  articles  of  that  ilk  were  accidentally  discovered 
in  his  collection  of  edible  bric-a-brac  S Thenceforward  he 
was  branded  for  an  impostor  and  a thief!  It  was  a 
favorite  occupation  for  him  to  hang  around  the  men  who 
were  grinding  their  scythes  under  the  shed,  and  to  prig 
the  iron  wedges  which  lay  near  the  snaths  on  the  ground. 
He  would  pick  them  up  and  hold  them  in  his  beak  and 
hobble  about  the  place,  but,  if  a persistent  effort  was 
made  to  take  them  from  him,  he  would  finally  fly  off  to  a 
fence,  and,  if  closely  pressed,  swallow  them.  He  would 
not  always  deposit  them  in  his  museum,  either.  Often 
he  would  fly  to  the  roof  of  the  barn  and  stow  the  wedge 
away  under  a cleat,  where  it  would  be  recovered  after- 
ward if  time  and  patience  were  allowed.  But  more  than 
once  he  detected  the  men  clambering  up  the  roof,  and 
would  at  once  recoup  the  wedge  before  they  could  reach 
it.  He  was  a sagacious  rascal,  that  Tom ! 

Tom  would  swallow  anything;  but  there  were  some 
tid-bits  which  he  was  not  so  ready  to  disgorge  as  iron 
wedges  and  j ackknives.  He  would  hunt  for  himself  in 
the  fields,  following  the  mowers  and  picking  up  grass- 
hoppers, frogs,  beetles,  and  sometimes  a small  snake  or 


until  they  drew  off  and  disappeared.  Alas!  it  was  this 
intimacy  with  the  men  that  caused  his  death;  for  one 
day,  while  gleaning  after  the  scythe  in  the  field,  he  was 
struck  by  the  blade  and  disabled — a judgment,  it  was  said, 
for  monkeying  with  the  wedges. 

I tempted  a fate  almost  as  tragic  for  myself  when  I 
gathered  that  crow  from  its  nest  in  its  infancy.  The  nest 
was  built  in  the  topmost  branches  of  a sixty-foot  hemlock 


UNITED  STATES  SHIP  PATTERSON. 


which  grew  close  to  a granite  ledge.  A stout  dead  limb 
projected  about  ten  feet  above  the  rock,  but  the  rest  of 
the  trunk  was  bare  up  to  the  frond,  say  a distance  of 
thirty  feet  in  all.  Of  course  I slipped  and  fell  at  the 
moment  when  the  prize  was  within  reach.  Boys  always 
do.  And  that  limb,  which  I happened  to  strike  in  my 
descent,  clutching  it  desperately,  was  all  that  prevented 
my  testing  the  hardness  of  the  rock.  But  for  the  inter- 
position of  that  dead  branch  I should  never  have  got  my 
crow.  As  it  was,  I made  sure  of  a footing  at  the  next 
trial,  and  the  nest  was  mine.  In  it  there  were  three  of 
a kind.  Charles  Hallock. 

National  Citv,  California. 


and  uplifted  by  the  speaker  who,  upon  a mid-March 
day  can  so  talk  about  trees  and  streams  and  flowers, 
that  his  listeners  can  hear  the  purring  of  brooks — the 
swish  of  leaves  and  the  breath  of  flowers;  and,  at  the  I 
close  of  his  talk,  are  ready  to  do  the  things  necessary 
to  make  the  imaginary  a reality. 

Such  was  the  case  at  this  March  park  meeting.  A 
commission  was  organized,  which  is  now  at  work,  and 
the  probabilities  are  that  ere  many  months  shall  come  1 
and  go,  a large  square  of  ground,  containing  many 
beautiful  trees,  may  be  converted  into  a public  park, 
which  shall  be  not  only  a “comfort  place”  to  the  city, 
but  a monument  as  well  to  the  cleverness  and  earnest- 
ness of  Mr.  McCandless.  Mrs.  A.  Hardy. 


A Soda!  Whale* 

On  the  morning  of  September  24,  1904,  the  U.  S.  Coast 
and  Geodetic  Survey  steamship  Patterson  sailed  from 
Kiska,  Aleutian  Islands,  for  Honolulu,  Hawaiian  Islands, 
by  way  of  Dutch  Harbor,  Alaska.  About  10  A.  M.,  when 
between  the  North  Head  of  Kiska  Island  and  Chugal 
Island,  a large  Orca,  or  “killer”  whale,  measuring  about 
25  feet  in  length,  came  alongside  the  vessel  and  kept  her 
company  for  about  an  hour.  During  all  this  time  the 
cetacean  kept  close  to  the  ship  and  was  plainly  visible, 
even  when  beneath  the  surface,  owing  to  the  clearness  of 
the  water  of  that  portion  of  Bering  Sea.  But  as  the 
monster  came  frequently  to  the  surface  to  spout,  rolling  1 
over  somewhat  after  the  manner  of  the  Delphini,  and  ex- 
posing above  the  surface  its  entire  length,  special  oppor- 
tunity was  afforded  not  only  to  observe  it  with  the  eye, 
but  to  photograph  it  as  well.  Many  exposures  were  !■ 
made,  though,  as  might  be  expected,  quite  a number  of 
them  failed  to  connect  with  the  object  at  the  proper 
moment.  The  accompanying  photographs  are  among  the 
best  secured.  The  whale  seemed  not  only  to  appreciate 
our  society,  but  also  to  take  a certain  interest  in  the  stern 
portion  of  the  vessel.  Perhaps  the  revolving  propeller  was 
a factor  of  attraction.  For  quite  a while  it  maintained 
about  the  same  place  in  relation  to  the  ship — abreast 
the  quarterdeck  on  the  port  side— but  after  a time  it 
amused  itself  with  frequently  diving  from  side  to  side 
under  the  keel  of  the  vessel.  After  keeping  us  company 
for  quite  an  hour,  the  monster  “sounded”  and  was  seen 
no  more.  Dr.  J.  Hobart  Egbert, 

Honolulu,  h.  R,  jan.  go.  Surgeon  U.  S.  S.  Patterson, 


MaRcH  2g,  196S-1 


E6REST  AND  STREAM 


^38 


This  Loon  Dodged  Twenty  Loads  of  Shot* 

The  article  in  this  week’s  paper,  about  the  loon  that 
was  killed  by  a bullet  after  being  hit  by.  over  a hundred 
No.  6 shot  and  was  apparently  none  the  worse  of  the 
shot,  reminds  me  of  one  glorious  June  day  some  thirty 
years  ago.  on  which  the  writer  and  a friend  went  fish- 
ing in  White  River  below  Indianapolis.  As  we  drove 
several  miles  through  forest-covered  hills,  the  shotgun 
was  taken  along  to  take  care  of  squirrels  which  might 
offer  convenient  shots.  There  was  a loon  on  the  river, 
the  first  one  we  had  ever  seen,  and,  of  course,  we  just 
had  to  have  him.  The  loon  seemed  to  be  about  as 
curious  about  us  as  we  were  about  him,  and  swam  back 
and  forth  in  front  of  us  at  a distance  of  twenty-five 
to  forty  yards.  As  head,  neck,  shoulders  and  back 
were  exposed,  he  looked  an  easy  shot,  but  he  wasn’t. 
Instead  of  being  killed  at  the  first  shot,  he  was  just 
gone.  He  soon  came  to  the  top  of  the  water,  but 
after  the  first  shot  showed  nothing  above  the  water 
but  his  head  and  about  six  inches  of  neck. 

We  shot  at  him  twenty-two  times  at  a distance  of 
thirty  to  forty  yards,  and  when  my  friend  did  the 
shooting,  I could  plainly  see  that  the  head  and  neck 
were  gone  before  the  shot  struck  the  water.  Had  not 
some  strategy  been  used,  it  is  not  likely  he  would 
have  been  killed  at  all.  While  the  loon  was  under 
water  my  friend  hid  behind  a pile  of  drift  wood,  and  I, 
provided  with  a stick  about  the  length  of  a gun,  kept 
in  sight,  acting  as  though  trying  to  get  a shot.  The 
loon  presently  swam  within  range  of  the  gun  behind 
the  drift  pile,  and  that  time  enough  shot  hit  his  head 
and  neck  to  instantly  kill  him.  The  above  does  not 
agree  with  what  Mr.  Linkletter  tells  us  about  the  loon 
he  killed,  but  it  is  not  intended  to  cast  any  doubt  on 
his  statement.  It  is  doubtless  a fact  that  his  loon 
could  not  dodge  shot,  but  mine  could. 

O.  H.  Hampton. 


Bitds  ih  Migration. 

Coming  from  Philadelphia  yesterday,  I observed  avast 
flight  of  birds  migrating.  The  hour  was  about  5 o’clock 
in  the  afternoon,  with  a clear  air  and  no  wind.  At  first 
1 thought  the  sky  was  becoming  overcast,  but  on  looking 
intently,.  discovered  my  mistake.  The  birds  were  at  a 
great  height,  and  I could  not  tell  what  species  they  were, 
but  supposed  they  were  robins.  Formed  in  a dense 
column  they  stretched  toward  the  south  far  as  the  eye 
could  see.  The  train  on  which  I was,  was  moving  at  the 
rate  of  about  forty  miles  an  hour,  but  the  birds  kept  well 
up  with  it  for  a time ; then  suddenly  they  wheeled,  dived, 
and  ascended  again.  As  a result  of  this  evolution  the 
column  lost  much  of  its  compactness,  and  I observed 
several  of  the  broken  groups  separating  themselves  com- 
pletely, and  taking  flight  in  a different  direction.  I sup- 
pose this  is  how  the  birds  scatter  themselves  over  the 
country.  It  was  a most  interesting  sight  and  a novel  one 
— at  least  for  the  writer.  Is  it  not  very  unusual  for  birds 
to  migrate  thus  during  the  daytime?  F.  M. 

New  York,  March  16. 


Foxes  and  Game. 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

A short  time  ago  I sent  you  pretty  positive  proof  that 
foxes  do  not  harm  poultry  in  certain  mountain  regions 
at  ficonderoga.  New  York,  during  the  summer,  even 
when  the  fowls  are.  allowed  to  range  at  will  and  to  roost 
in  trees  at  night.  I now  have  to  offer  the  testimony  of  a 
trapper  and  hunter  of  that  town  who  has  lived  in  the 
vicinity  all  his  life,  and  has  killed  and  caught  hundreds 
of  raccoons,  skunks  and  foxes  during  the  fall  and  winter 
months.  He  says  that  it  is  his  belief  that  very  few,  if 
any,  ruffed  grouse,  or  partridges,  as  they  are  called  in 
his  locality,  are  killed  by  Reynard,  summer  or  winter. 
He  has  occasionally  found  a few  feathers  lying  on  the 


snow  as  though  a partridge  had  been  pounced  upon  by 
some  enemy,  but  he  does  not  think  the  foxes  did  it,  be- 
cause there  were  no  tracks  of  foxes  about  such  places. 
There  are  many  hawks  in  that  country,  containing,  as  it 
does,  vast  tracts  of  forest  and  heavily  wooded  mountain 
lands,  and  there  are  some  owls.  In  addition  to  the  gos- 
hawk, which  visits  that  region  in  the  fall,  there  is  the 
horned  owl,  the  great  eagle  owl,  and  the  many  varieties 
of  the  hawk  family,  from  the  sparrow  hawk  to  the  hand- 
some red-tailed  bird.  A friend  personally  saw  two  large 
hawks  make  repeated  attempts  to  capture  some  young 
partridges  in  that  locality  which  were  dodging  them  in 
a field  of  heavy  clover  and  timothy  where  they  had  been 
surprised.  The  woods  are  full  of  small  deer  mice,  which 
may  serve  as  fox  food.  Peter  Flint. 


The  Loon's  Flight. 

Hoquiam,  Wash.,  March  i. — Editor  Forest  and 
Stream:  I think  from  reading  Mr.  Dixmont’s  descrip- 

tion^ his  experience  with  a loon  in  Minnesota  that  he 
received  from  my  letter  the  impression  that  I thought 
that  a loon  always  flew  in  a circle  in  rising  from  the 
water,  but  they  only  do  so  when  they  have  no  room  to  do 
otherwise.  With  a lake  not  more  than  a hundred  yards 
across  and  land  fifty  yards  high  all  around  it,  and  tall 
timber  on  that,  they  would  have  no  chance  to  rise,  flying 
straight  away.  There  are  a great  many  small  lakes  in 
Michigan;  if  . they  were  in  New  York  they  would  be 
called  ponds  if  they  were  ten  times  as  large.  The  loon 
that  I refer  to  is  the  great  northern  diver,  for  I am  not 
acquainted  with  any  of  the  other  varieties. 

W.  A.  Linkletter. 

All  communications  for  Forest  and  Stream  must  be 
directed  to  Forest  and  Stream  Pub.  Co.,  New  York,  to 
receive  attention.  We  have  no  other  office. 


The  Shiras  Bill. 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

The  correspondence  which  has  been  published  in  your 
paper  recently  in  relation  to  the  proposed  law  of  Con- 
gress, known  as  the  Shiras  Bill,  has  interested  me  deeply, 
as  it  no'  doubt  has  done  all  those  who  are  concerned  in 
the  protection  of  game. 

I am  free  to  say  that  I favor  any  and  every  means 
whereby  the  game  of  the  country  will  be  effectively  pro- 
tected; and  while  at  times  in  recent  years  the  slow  pro- 
gress of  the  sentiment  in  favor  of  such  protection  among 
the  several  States  has  been  cause  for  occasional  discour- 
agement, on  the  whole,  and  taking  a comprehensive  view 
of  the  subject,  it  would  seem  that  there  is  good  cause  for 
congratulation. 

Everywhere  the  feeling  is  daily  growing  stronger  in 
favor  of  adequate  protection  of  the  game  and  fish  of  the 
country. 

Personally  I would  be  glad  to'  see  the  entire  matter  of 
this  protection  placed  with  the  Federal  Government  if 
laws  to  that  end  could  be  effectively  administered;  but  I 
fear  that  without  a very  elaborate  and  costly  equipment 
any  laws  that  Congress  may  pass,  assuming  them  to  be 
valid,  would  be  incapable  of  proper  enforcement  within 
the  States ; at  least  from  an  economic  standpoint.  It 
would  require  such  elaborate  machinery  and  the  employ- 
ment of  so1  many  persons,  that  no  Congress  would 
assume  the  responsibility  of  appropriating  the  money 
necessary  to  carry  on  such  work.  The  expense  of  suc- 
cessfully executing  such  plans  as  are  outlined  in  the  bills 
introduced  by  Mr.  Shiras  for  the  protection  of  game  and 
fish,  would  be  impossible  from  a merely  economic  stand- 
point. If  such  laws  were  enacted  by  Congress,  and  if 
they  were  valid,  their  existence  upon  the  statute  books 
would  serve  to  make  the  State  authorities  lax  and  in- 
different in  the  matter  of  game  and  fish  protection;  and 
thus  the  whole  subject  would  receive  a setback  which 
years  of  effort  would  scarcely  remedy. 

My  impression  is  that  the  laws  proposed  by  Mr.  Shiras 
would  be  unconstitutional.  It  is  an  old-fashioned  notion, 
but  one  which  has  been  repeatedly  declared  by  such 
respectable  legal  authorities  as  Chief  Justice  Marshall, 
Justice  Story,  and  other  eminent  expounders  of  the 
Federal  Constitution,  that  that  instrument  is  one  of  dele- 
gated powers;  and  that  all  powers  not  expressly  given  or 
necessarily  inferred  from  those  given,  are  reserved  to  the 
people  of  the  several  States.  Among  these  powers  so 
reserved  are  the  powers  to  regulate  personal  and  property 
rights  among  their  people;  the  right  to  pass  and  enforce 
what  are  called  police  regulations,  among  the  latter  being 
the  right  to  enact  and  enforce  laws  for  the  protection 
of  game  and  fish. 

It  has  been  already  clearly  stated,  it  seems  to  me,  under 
the  decisions  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States 
as  well  as  by  the  decisions  of  the  highest  courts  of  the 
various  States,  that  the  game  of  a State  belongs  to  the 
people  of  the  States  in  their  collective  capacity.  This 
seems  to  me  to  be  of  common  knowledge;  and  it  is  the 
foundation  upon  which  the  validity  of  all  game  laws  rests. 

In  addition  to  this  I will  quote  the  language  of  the 
Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States  in  the  case  of  Law- 
ton  vs.  Steele,  152  U.  S.,  page  133,  as  to  laws  for  the  pro- 
tection of  fish : “It  is  within  the  power  of  a State  to 

preserve  from  extinction  fisheries,  in  waters  within  its 
jurisdiction  by  prohibiting  exhaustive  methods  of  fishing, 
or  the  use  of  such  destructive  instruments  as  are  likely 
to  result  in  the  extermination  of  the  young  as  well  as  the 
old  fish.” 

The  case  referred  to  arose  in  Jefferson  county,  New 
York,  on  the  Black  Bay  River;  and  in  the  case  of  Smith 
vs.  Maryland,  18  How.  (U.  S.),  page  71,  the  same  court 
said,  “that  the  State  had  a right  to  protect  its  fisheries 


in  Chesapeake  Bay  by  making  it  unlawful  to  take  or 
capture  oysters  'by '■  certain  means  determined  by  the 
Legislature  to  be  harmful.” 

The  same  court  said  in  regard  to  this  police  power,  in 
the  case  of^L.  & N.  R.  R.  Co.  vs.  Kentucky,  161  U.  S., 
page  677 : “What  is  contrary  to  public  policy  or  inimical 
to  the  public  interest  is  subject  to  the  police  power  of 
the  State,  and  is  within  legislative  control.” 

Cases  might  be  cited  without  end,  almost,  illustrative 
of  this  subject;  but  to  go  further  in  this  direction  seems 
wholly  unnecessary. 

There  are,  however,  certain  branches  of  legislation, 
certain  attributes  of  government,  wherein  the  Federal 
authority  is  supreme  whenever  it  desires  to  assume  the 
authority ; and  there  are  still  others  the  authority  to 
enact  laws  as  to  which  is  concurrent  in  the  Federal  and 
State  governments.  Are  the  subjects  of  the  proposed 
legislation  within  either  of  these?  I cannot  be  satisfied 
from  what  has  been  said  by  Mr.  Shiras  that  they  are  so. 
Under  what  head  can  it  be  assumed  or  asserted  that 
Congress  has  power  to  enact  and  enforce  laws  for  the 
protection  of  migratory  game  birds?  Not  under  the 
•general  welfare”  clause  of  the  Federal  Constitution,  be- 
cause that  has  only  to  do  with  revenue.  Not  under  the 
power  to  regulate  commerce  among  the  several  States, 
large  and  comprehensive  as  such  power  is,  for  the  protec- 
tion of  game  can  scarcely  be  deemed  a regulation  of 
commerce  among  the  several  States.  Not  merely  because 
the  birds  are  migratory,  for  all  game  is  such  to  "some  ex- 
tent; and  from  its  very  nature  and  because  of  its  wild 
state  is  incapable  of  individual  ownership,  and  is  thus 
owned,  as  has  been  repeatedly  declared,  by  all  the  people 
ot  the  States  in  their  collective  capacity.  Indeed,  as 
your  editor  knows,  I have  always  contended  that  wild 
animals  dead  or  alive  cannot  be  the  subject  of  commerce 
at  all. 

As  to  fish  in  navigable  waters,  there  is  no  more  reason 
to  assume  authority  of  Congress  than  in  the  case  of 
game.  Everyone  knows  that  the  civil  and  criminal  juris- 
diction of  the  several  States  extends— indeed,  for  the 
peace  and  good  order  of  society,  it  must  ever  extend— 
to  all  the  lands  and  waters  within  the  limits  of  the  several 
States ; and  it  is  immaterial  that  the  waters  are  navigable. 

This  does  not,  of  course,  apply  to  lands  owned  by  the 
federal  Government  within  the  borders  of  the  States, 
such  as.  post-office  and  custom  house  sites  and  military 
reservations.  Upon  these  the  Federal  laws  are  supreme 

Assuming,  however,  that  a valid  law  might  be  enac 
by  Congress  on  either  or  both:  of  these  subjects,  I t 
that  the  law  as  embodied  in  the  Shiras  Bill  is  invaj' 
the  reason  that  it  does  not  declare  or  define  any  c?; 
its  punishment,  but  undertakes  to  leave  these  to’ 
ecutive  branch  of  the  Government.  Congress,  has1 
under  the  Constitution  or  otherwise  to  delegate 
to  make  laws  to  any  branch  of  the  Government 
it  is  true,  as  had  been  done  in  several  instances, 
to  a department  of  the  Government  the  autfr 
adopt  and  enforce  regulation  to  carry  into  effe 
enacted  , by  Congress,  where  these  do  not  invof. 
declaration  of  what  shall  be  deemed  crimes  or  rr 
meanors  or  fix  their  punishment.  The  latter  Con' 
alone  can  do. 

IfiMr.  Shiras  will  read  the  cases  of  Merritt  vs.  Jo 
106  U.  S.,  446;  and  U.  S.  vs.  Eaton,  144  U.  S.,  677 
will  see  clearly,  I think,  that  if  these  laws,  are  to  be ’up 
held  at  all  they  must  be  so  framed  as  to  expressly  de- 
clare what  shall  be  deemed  crimes  or  misdemeanors  and 
fix  the  punishment  for  violations  thereof.  There  are  no 
common  law  offenses  against  the  United  States ; nor  can 
there  be  any  crime  unless  Congress  so  declares  in  ex- 
press terms;  and  Congress  alone  can  regulate  the  pun- 
ishment for  violations  of  laws  passed  by  that  body 
tie*  York.  Joseph  B.  Thompson 


Death  of  CoL  Enos  M.  Sto' 

Boston,  March  18 .—Editor  Forest  and  Strea 
death  of  Col.  Enos  M.  Stoddard,  of  MarshfieJ 
Massachusetts  Fish  and  Game  Protective  As' 
lost  one  of  its  most  faithful  and  devoted  n 
Saturday  morning,  March  xi,  he  was  sud 
with  apoplexy.  He  was  unable  to  speak  ■ 
passed  away  at  5 P.  M.  the  following  day. 
was  born  m Ledyard,  Conn.,  in  1824. 

Boston,  as  a young  man,  he  engaged  in 
m which  he  amassed  a handsome  fortur 
twenty  years  he  has  lived  on  his  fa 
several  hundred  acres  and  managed  by 
his  disposition  and  temperament  Mr 
accomplished  entertainer,  and  he  off 
string  is  always’ out  for  all  my  friends  ’ 
what  might  almost  be  called  “a  craze' 

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with  all  the  charm  and  enthusiasm 
™ani;  trips  he  .made  to  Nova  Sc 
(Maine),.  Currituck  and  other 
Among  his  companions  on  these 
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of  Somerville.  Mr.  Holbrook  d 
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mg.  For  years  Mr.  Stoddard 
mg  of  . the  Association.  He 
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FOREST  AND  STREAM 


[March  25,  1903. 


Adirondack  Timber  Thieving* 

The  following  correspondence,  which  grew  out  of  in- 
vestigations made  by  the  Association  for  the  Protection 
of  the  Adirondacks,  has  this  week  been  made  public : 

[Copy.] 

35  Wall  Street, 
February  21,  1905. 

The  Hon.  Frank  W.  Higgins, 

Governor  of  the  State  of  New  York, 

Albany,  N.  Y. 

Dear  Sir: 

At  a meeting  of  the  trustees  of  the  Association  for  the 
Protection  of  the  Adirondacks  held  to-day,  I was  asked 
to  convey  to  you  the  request  of  the  Association  that  you 
take  such  immediate  steps  as  may  seem  best  in  your 
judgment  for  the  enforcement  of  the  Constitution  and 
laws  of  the  State  designed  to  prevent  the  removal  of  tim- 
ber from  State  lands. 

You  are  doubtless  familiar  with  Section  7 of  Article 
VII.  of  the  Constitution,  which  says,  with  respect  to  the 
lands  constituting  the  Forest  Preserve:  “Nor  shall  the 

timber  thereon  be  sold,  removed  or  destroyed.” 

This  provision  has  been  construed  by  two  different 
Attorney-Generals,  namely,  by  Attorney-General  Han- 
cock, February  16,  1895,  and  Attorney-General  Cunneen, 
June  22,  1903.  The  latter  gave  his  opinion  at  the  request 
of  Governor  Odell.  Both  opinions  are  unequivocally  to 
the  effect  that  no  timber,  whether  standing,  felled  by 
the  ax,  or  killed  by  fire,  can  lawfully  be  removed  from 
State  lands. 

Section  222  of  the  Forest,  Fish  and  Game  Law  de- 
clares that  “a  person  who  cuts,  or  causes  to  be  cut,  or 
carries  away,  or  causes  to  be  carried  away,  any  tree, 
timber,  wood  or  bark  from  State  lands  in  the  Forest  Pre- 
serve is  guilty  of  a misdemeanor,”  etc. 

We  have  evidence  in  our  possession  which  shows  that 
these  provisions  of  the  Constitution  and  statute  have  been 
treated  by  interested  parties  with  as  much  indifference  as 
if  they  did  not  exist.  The  law  of  the  State  is  brought 
into  contempt,  and  a situation  has  arisen  which  we  do 
not  hesitate  to  characterize  as  a scandal. 

Subordinate  officials,  vested  with  the  management  of 
the  State’s  forest  interests,  have  failed  to  stretch  out  the 
vigorous  arm  of  the  law  and  enforce  the  prohibitions 
which  the  law  imposes;  but  rather,  by  apparent  inaction 
during  the  operations  of  trespassers,  and  by  the  con- 
siderate treatment  of  the  offenders  after  their  depreda- 
tions have  been  completed,  have  virtually  established  a 
system  of  traffic  by  which  timber  from  State  lands  is 
acquired  by  those,  who  desire  it  as  easily  as  by  purchase 
from  private  parties,  if  not  more  easily. 

Soon  after  the  last  Legislature  adjourned,  contracts 
were  let  by  private  parties  for  lumbering  on  State  lands. 
By  June,  1904,  lumber  camps  had  been  erected  on  State 
lands  and  the  woodsman’s  ax  was  at  work.  Operations 
continued  until  the  various  jobs  were  completed,  or 
nearly  so,  and  the  timber  either  stacked  up  along  the 
streams  or  hauled  into  the  streams,  to  await  the  spring 
floods.  Most,  but  not  all  of  these  operations,  have  now 
S\>>een  finished.  Then  the  jobbers,  either  personally  or 
NNKpTough  mutual  acquaintances,  complained  of  themselves, 
-sheared  before  the  most  convenient  Justice  of  the  Peace 

b the  local  game  protector  and  confessed  judgment 
violation  of  the  Forest,  Fish  and  Game  Law.  The 
ties,  when  compared  with  the  market  price  of  the 
• stolen,  were  such  as  to  make  the  transactions 
Je  for  the  offenders,  provided  they  eventually  get 


'er. 


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operating  individually,  the  contractors  them- 
d the  penalties.  In  other  cases  the  penalties 
by  the  pulp  or  lumber  company  which  hired 

dons  of  which  we  speak  could  not  have  been 
intinued  without  having  become  notorious 
we  believe,  could  have  been  promptly  pre- 
vigorous  action  of  the  officials  legally 
freemen t of  the  law. 
respectfully  request  you  to  take  such 
lay  deem  best: 

~e  any  present  unlawful  operations  on 
?>\there  be. 

removal  or  secure  the  recovery  of 
jjp  <°\  State  land,  whether  penalties  for 
opposed  or  not,  thus  converting  the 
' ^ £ virtual  sale  of  timber  into  a 

~ ..have  not  already  been  m- 
r ffiose  who  have  cut  or 
caused  to  be  cut 
her  or  wood 

’ State 
' icy, 


that  it  is  the  opinion  of  this  Association  that  the  interests 
of  the  people  will  be  best  served  by  the  reappointment  of 
neither  the  present  Forest,  Fish  and  Game  Commissioner 
nor  the  present  Chief  Game  Protector  under  the  Com- 
mission, for  the  following  reasons: 

First- — Because  of  their  acquiescence  in  criminal  viola- 
tions of  the  law. 

Second— Because  of  their  neglect  or  refusal  to-  insist 
upon  the  imposition  of  an  adequate  penalty  for  these 
criminal  violations. 

Third — Because  of  their  neglect  to-  prevent  the  removal 
of  the  timber,  which  is  the  property  of  the  State,  from 
the  State  lands. 

It  was  also  resolved  -that  this  resolution  be  communi- 
cated to  you  with  the  earnest  and  respectful  request  that 
3rou  do  not  reappoint  the  incumbent  Commissioner  and 
that  you  take  such  steps  as  may  be  proper  to  relieve  the 
State  of  the  services  of  the  present  Chief  Game  Protector. 

In  behalf  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  I remain, 

Very  truly  yours, 

Henry  S.  Harper,  Secretary. 


An  Ohio  Ducking  C ub* 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

I am  in  receipt  of  a copy  of  the  Buffalo-  Sunday  Illus- 
trated Express  containing  an  illustrated  duck  hunting 
drawing  by  W.  P.  Davison,  a son  of  the  J.  L.  Davison 
who  is  a frequent  contributor  to  your  columns.  It  is  a 
realistic  sketch  which  awakened  recollections  of  a visit 
made  many  years  ago  to  the  oldest  and  most  prosperous 
sportsman’s  club  in  Ohio,  on  the  invitation  of  one  of  its 
founders.  The  members  were  not  allowed  to  introduce 
visitors  during  the  open  shooting  season,  but  an  excep- 
tion had  been  made  in  my  case,  inasmuch  as  I was  mak- 
ing investigations  with  regard  to  the  cultivation  by  an 
Adirondack  club  of  which  my  host  and  myself  were  both 
members,  of  wild  celery,  the  favorite  food  of  the  canvas- 
back  duck,  so  called  on  account  of  the  color  of  its  back 
plumage,  and  most  highly  esteemed  for  the  delicacy  of  its 
flesh.  In  passing,  let  me  say  for  the  benefit  of  others  de- 
siring to  transplant  this  esculent,  that  it  does  not  thrive 
in  the  vegetable  mold  of  the  Adirondack  lakes,  probably 
by  reason  of  the  absence  of  lime  in  the  soil. 

I had  the  unexpected  pleasure  of  riding  from  the  rail- 
road station  to-  the  headquarters  of  the  club  with  the 
late  Felix  R.  Brunot,  noted  for  his  devotion  to  philan- 
thropic measures,  who  went  to  the  seat  of  the  Civil  War 
at  its  commencement  in  charge  of  a corps  of  volunteer 
physicians  with  medicines  and  comforts  for  the  sick  and 
wounded.  President  Grant  appointed  him  one  of  the 
commission  to  investigate  Indian  grievances,  and  he  was 
chosen  president  of  the  board,  and  spent . five  summers 
in  visting  the  different  tribes. 

I have  never  found  elsewhere  anything  comparable  to 
the  extent  and  richness  of  the  possessions  of  this  club, 
or  to  the  wealth  of  the  members  in  duck  shooting  para- 
phernalia. The  association  owns  ten  thousand  acres  of 
water,  islands  and  marshes,  accurately  mapped  from  sur- 
veys upon  the  ice  at  an  expense  of  $1,500.  Few,  if  any, 
feeding  grounds  of  the  great  duck  tribe  in  the  United 
States  are  more  frequented  than  their  waters.  There  is 
almost  no  species  known  to  sportsttien  that  does  not  at 
one  season  or  another  halt  there  Jin  migratory  flight. 
Canvasbacks,  redheads  and  mallards"  are  the  most  numer- 
ous and  most  sought  for.  Wild  geese  are  found  in 
numbers. 

Each  member  as  he  comes  in  froth  Ms  hunting  trip  re- 
ports to  the  secretary  the  number  of  'each  species  killed ; 
and  my  examination  of  the  record  showed  the  annual 
average  number  of  ducks  shot  by  the  members  during 
the  open  season  to  be  over  8,000.  AbouLa  quarter  of  a 
mile  across  the  water  from  the  club  house  is  a long 
island,  and  when  I came  down  next  morning  after  my 
arrival  to  the  piazza,  a large  flock  of  ducks  was  feeding 
on  the  celery  beds  near  the  shore.  My  host,  whose  ex- 
perience made  his  estimate  quite  probably  correct,  said 
there  were  at  least  2,000  of  them,  and  that  they  were 
mostly  canvasbacks  and  redheads.  The  latter  rank  next 
to  the  canvasback  in  value  and  table  excellence,  and  are 
so  similar  in  appearance  that  a novice  can  scarcely  dis- 
tinguish them.  But  the  redhead  is  an  arrogant  thief  who 
does  not  dive  and  pluck  the  celery  roots  for  himself,  but 
relies  upon  what  he  can  filch  after  the  celery,  pulled  by 
his  enforced  partner  has  floated  to  the  surface.  I had 
a very  pleasant  interview  with  this  duck  one  evening. 
My  host  took  me  out  with  him  one  day  and  gave  me  a 
taste  that  lingers  in  my  mouth  yet  of  the  royal  sport  en- 
joyed by  the  club  members.  On  our  way  in  at  sunset, 
we  opened  up  a small  bay  into  which  the  wind  might 
favor  a flight  of  redheads  at  dusk,  and  my  friend  rowed 
into  it,  put  out  his  decoys  and  prepared  his  ambush.  Be- 
fore darkness  interrupted  we  brought  thirty  of  them  to 
grief.  My  host  had  the  most  complete  contrivance  of 
his  own  invention  I ever  hid  behind.  It  was  a screen 

made  of  rushes  about  five  feet  long  woven  together  with 

cords,  leaving  narrow  interstices,  and  attached  at  each 
rid  to  a stake  sharpened  at  lower  end  so  as  to  be  forced 
J,-n  into  the  ground.  One  of  these  cute  fences  is  staked 
Yh  side  of  the  boat’s  bow  and  extended  along  the 
be  for  about  two-thirds  of  the  way  to  the  stern, 
rptc  , - 1 in  a boat  placed  among  high 

'or  . ■ cell-nigh  invisible  to  the  most 

k - : -ad.  e writer  has  seen  all  sorts  of 

i:  !;  - rst  artistic  and  successful  one 

perdu  :n. 

j.  . ..  dub  my  attention  was  called  to 

•a;  a lounge  in  the  office  and  said 

A , .'  ough  he  did  not  to  my  knowl- 

,-se  the  quest  for  ducks.  Did  the 

./prevision:  __  -a-  brown  study  extend  to  any  of 
^bsequent  events  of  a life  already  of  world-wide 
;tion  and  not  unlikely  to  culminate  on  a still  higher 
J Was  not  the  club  in  its  unconscious  role  of  “en- 
aning  angels  unawares”  making  political  history  of 
Y utmost  consequence?  The  listless  day-dreamer  was 
>hn  Hay.  H.  H.  Thompson. 

Passaic,  N,  J.  

All  communications  for  Forest  and  Stream  must  be 
directed  to  Forest  and  Stream  Pub.  Co.,  New  York,  to 
receive  attention.  We  have  no  other  06 lee. 


Days  with  the  Deer. 

(Concluded  from  page  214.) 

From  sometimes  four  but  generally  five  o'clock  until 
late  twilight  I have  sat  behind  the  shelter  of  several  fallen 
balsam  saplings  and  watched  a field  in  the  old  clearing, 
where,  on  favorable-  occasions,  a buck  in  his  wanderings 
or  in  search  of  an  evening  meal,  might  chance  to  show 
himself  before  dark.  There  were  two-  such  fields  on  the 
south  side  of  the  former,  and  one  in  the  northeast  corner, 
all  of  which  were  favorite  hunting  grounds  with  both  the 
“Veteran”  and  myself.  Numerous  have  been  the  after- 
noon and  evening  hunts  enjoyed  there,  and  many  the 
splendid  trophies  they  have  yielded  to  the  rifle.  To  sit 
quietly  and  watch  a field  for  two  hours  or  perhaps  longer 
is  far  from  a monotonous  occupation.  Every  moment  is 
taken  up  with  the  pleasant  and  exciting  anticipation  of 
seeing  a deer  walk  out  into  view  from  the  surrounding 
line  of.  woods ; and  moreover  the  glimpses  one  obtains  of 
wild  life  are  most  entertaining  and  amusing,  although 
they  occasionally  verge  on  the  tragic. 

The  sun  no. longer  sent  its  warming  rays  across  a small 
field  hedged  in  by  woods  on  every  side,  and  the  frosty 
breath  of  a late  September  afternoon  made  our  mackinaws 
feel  decidedly  comfortable,  as  we  sat  behind  a screen  of 
spruce  boughs  and  silently  watched  the  open  space  before 
us.  As  soon  as  the  shadows  of  evening  had  fallen  and 
the  atmosphere  grown  colder,  the  mosquitoes  and 
“punkies”  discontinued  their  feast  and  retired,  much  to  my 
relief.  The  silence  was  absolute,  and  so  magnified  the 
noise  made  by  a capricious  red  squirrel  who  scuttled  over 
the  leaves  a short  distance  away  from  our  position,  that 
I immediately  had  visions  of  a buck,  and  looked  hastily 
around  to  discover  it  was  only  one  of  these  lively  wood 
denizens.  Presently  the  stillness  was  again  broken  by  the 
sweet,  plaintive  whistle  of  a white-throated  sparrow,  and 
then  in  the  woods  to  the  left  of  the  blind,  and  quite  close 
by,  came  the  low  purring  clucks  of  partridges.  We  could 
hear  them  distinctly,  and  every  now  and  then  there  would 
be  a loud  rush  of  wings  as  one  flew  up  to  a roosting  place. 
No  doubt  chis  was  the  same  flock  that  a few  nights  pre- 
vious had  flown  by  one  at  a time  directly  in  front  of  the 
blind  where  we-were  how  concealed,  and  I heartily  wished 
they  would  repeat  the  maneuver  again,  for  to  see  eleven 
of  these  ma-gnjfieent -birds  cross  an  open  space  of  ground 
is  a beautiful  sight,  although  a trying  occurrence  when 
one  is  deer  shooting,  as  the  temptation  is  indeed  great. 
These  peaceful  and  contented  preparations  for  the  night, 
however,  were  destined  to  be  rudely  disturbed,  and  all  at 
once  there  was  a roar  of  beating  pinions,  accompanied  by 
startled  “quits”  of  terror  from  the  birds  that  were  evi- 
dently suffering  a decided  nervous  shock.  Reuben,  who 
had  maintained  .his  ..usual  reticent,  and.  silent  demeanor 
until  now,  after  scraping  his  throat  and  dusting  a few  re- 
maining “punkies”  from  his  long,  patriarchal  beard, 
leaned  forward  and  whispered,  “Guess  a fox  must  have 
run  into  ’em.”  A second  later  this  supposition  was  made 
apparent,  for  with  a supple,  almost  snake-like  motion,  a 
red  form  glided  out  from  the  woods  and  halted  when 
about  half-way.  across  the  field.  So  he  had  not  obtained 
his  supper  after  all,  and  I was  glad  to  think  the  scheme 
had  failed,  as  it  is. -a  hard  fate  for  such  a noble  game 
bird  to  replenish  a crafty  reynard’s  appetite.  When  the 
latter  stopped,  he  crouched  flat,  made  a sudden  bound 
forward,  and  again  assumed  a cat-like  position;  repeating 
these  actions,  until  we  realized  that  he  was  having  a 
rather  strenuous  hunt  for  field  mice;  it  afforded  a most 
amusing  spectacle,  as  all  his  frantic  rushes  and  bounds 
seemed  to  avail  but  little  in  carrying  out  his  purpose.  No 
doubf.-it  _was  some  slight  movement  on  my  part  which 
caused  him  to  suddenly  cease  these  maneuvers  and  turn- 
ing around  look  in  our  direction.  Then  without  ap- 
parently the  slightest  hesitation  he  trotted  toward  the 
blind,  and  when  about  eight  or  ten  yards  distant,  sat 
down  in  the  grass  and  gazed  intently  at  what  he  must 
have  supposed  was  an  animated  brush  pile.  At  least  he 
had  divined  the  fact  that  some  hidden  mystery  lurked  be- 
hind it,  and  he  would  first  cock  his  head  on  one  side 
and  then  on  the  other,  exactly  like  an  inquisitive  dog. 
Presently,  after  having  made  a close  survey,  his  courage 
was  aroused  to-  further  investigation,  and  once  more  he 
started  toward  us,  coming  up  to  within  a few  feet  of  the 
blind,  when  he  suddenly  whirled  about  and  trotted  off 
like  a red  streak. 

Another  time  I was  watching  this  same  field,  and 
although  we  had  been  there  nearly  an  hour,  no  sight  or 
sound  indicative  of  game  in  the  vicinity  had  encouraged 
the  prospect  of  obtaining  a shot  that  evening.  Having, 
fallen  into-  meditation,  I was  suddenly  aroused  by  hearing 
a loud  crash  of  twigs  and  undergrowth  in  the  woods  on 
the  opposite  side  of  the  field.  The  noise  continued,  as  if 
some  heavy  animal  was  running  back  and  forth  along  the 
edge  of  the  open,  just  out  of  sight,  and  cocking  the  rifle 
I nerved  myself  in  the  expectation  of  seeing  a big  buck 
or  perchance  a bear  at  any  moment  burst  into  view.  To 
make  matters  more  puzzling,  a strange  sound,  something 
like  a cat  mewing,  fell  upon  our  ears  amid  the  racket  of 
smashing  undergrowth,  but  after  a minute’s  thought  Wal- 
lace rightly  divined  that  it  was  a fawn  blatting.  Then  all 
at  once,  as  we  intently  watched  the  place  from  which  the 
noises  seemed  to-  come,  a small  red  doe  bounded  into 
sight  with  a fawn  running  beside  her,  and  followed  by 
another  big  mule-eared  doe.  The  three  advanced  to  the 
middle  of  the  field  and  commenced  to  feed,  presenting  a 
pleasant  and  interesting  picture  as  they  moved  about,  the 
lithe  grace  of  every  motion  being  a delight  to  witness. 
I am  relating  this  incident  in  order  to  illustrate  the  gentle 
nature  of  the  deer  family,  and  especially  with  regard  to 
the  soft-eyed  does,  which  are  supposed  by  some  never  to 
display  any  traits  of  character  except  those  which  are 
beneficent  and  timid.  While  wandering  aimlessly  about 
the  fawn  happened  to  draw  near  the  blue  doe,  and  must 
have  confidently  come  within  too  close  proximity,  for 
quick  as  a flash  the  other  reared  on  her  hindlegs  and 
struck  viciously  at  the  inoffensive  little  creature,  which 
luckily  escaped  a blow  from  the  knife-like  hoofs,  and  fled 
hastily  back  to  its  mother.  Such  behavior  was  too  much 
of  a good  thing,  and  feeling  thoroughly  enraged,  I pushed 
the  rifle  through  an  opening  left  for  this  purpose  in  the 
blind  and  put  the  sight  on  the  big  doe’s  shoulder ; but  she 
proved  quicker  to  suspect  the  hidden  danger  than  I had 
anticipated,  and  before  I could  shoot  wheeled,  and,  accom- 
panied by  the  others,  disappeared  with  long  bounding 


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jumps.  I have,  since  entertained  the  idea  tliat  the  ttotsSs 
we  heard  before  the  three  made  their  appearance  might 
have  come  from  the  fact  that  this  doe  was  chasing  the 
others  back  and  forth  through  the  woods ; but  whether 
it  was  the  result  of  a playful  or  ugly  mood  is  questionable. 

As  we  came  out  from  the  field  the  same  evening  and 
reached  the  main  clearing,  I remember  how  perfect  and 
serene  was  the  aspect  of  the  latter, _ while  some  bird — it 
might  have  been  a tree  sparrow— trilled  sweetly  once  or 
tWibe  ill  the  gathering  gloom.  The  full  glory  of  the  sun- 
set’s afterglow  lingered  in  the  west,  where  several  rdsfe- 
tinted  clouds  and  the  deep  crimson  glafe  Of  thfe  sky  re- 
flected their  light  on  far  distant  clouds  drifting  ill  tile 
north  and  east.  The  foreground  appeared  gray  arid  in- 
distinct, while  along  the  horizon  the  woods  were  darkly 
outlined,  and  northward  from  the  glow  banks  of  purple 
clouds  were  piled  in  billowy  folds  like  low  mountain 
ranges,  giving  a new  awe-inspiring  beauty  to  the  scene. 
A passage  of  Thoreau’s  came  to  my  mind  where  he  says 
in  his  journal:  “A  man  is  blessed  who  every  day  is  per- 
mitted to  behold  anything  so  pure  and  serene  as  the 
western  sky  at  sunset,  while  revolutions  vex  the  world.” 

At  one  end  of  the  clearing  was  a small  pond  which  had 
originally  been  an  old  beaver  meadow,  and  now  in  the 
darkening  twilight  a faint,  bluish  fog  might  be  seen  curl- 
ing off  its  mirrored  waters,  or  hanging  in  a vaporous  veil 
OVet  the  .field  sloping  down  to  the  shore.  It  appeared 
almost  akin  to  Some  phantom  creation  with  a single  spark 
lighting  its  misty  surface,  where  , the  rising  orb  of  Jupiter 
was  translucently  reflected,  while  the  sun’s  pale  satyr, 
visible  in  the  western  zenith,  suspended  its  glistening 
sickle  against  the  fading  glory  of  the  sky.  The  voice  of 
an  owl,  uncanny  in  its  human-like  intonation,  broke  upon 
the  silence  and  startled  the  listener’s  ear,  for  even  if  one 
is  accustomed  to  hear  the  hooting  of  this  sombre  night 
: wanderer,  it  nevertheless  seldom  fails  to  impress  with 

its  weird  nature.  The  air,  I remember,  as  we  walked 
down  the  dusky  road  was  as  cold  and  sweet  as  a draught 
of  spring  water,  and  seemed  to  permeate  the  mind  with 
some  of  its  own  clarity;  but  what  else  can  one  say  of 
Adirondack  ozone,  except  that  it  is  an  ambrosial  oxygen, 
stimulating  to  both  mental  and  physical  resources. 

Probably  no  hunting  incident  connected  with  this  old 
woodland  clearing  retains  a more  pleasant  recollection 
than  one  which  occurred  there  in  September  of  last  year. 
Although  I had  bagged  a six-point  buck  two  seasons  pre- 
vious, yet  this  one  was,  however,  the  only  large  deer  I 
j could  claim  as  a trophy  up  to  the  time  above  mentioned ; 
but  before  the  sun  had  sunk  to  its  golden  bed  on  that 
memorable  autumnal  evening,  aspirations  and  ambitions 
were  indeed  gratified.  However,  for  all  the  pleasure  en- 
tailed ill  this  hunt,  I can  alone  give  thanks  to  the 
“Veteran,”  as  it  was  he  who,  in  spite  of  some  dissension 
oil  my  part,  ordered  me  off  to  watch  the  northeast  corner 
of  the  clearing  that  afternoon ; which  place,  by  the  way, 
constituted  one  of  his  own  favorite  hunting  grounds,  and 
therefore  I have  more  than  good  reason  to  be  appreciative. 

Shortly  after  four  o’clock,  with  plenty  of  lap-robes, 
-blankets,  a lantern  and  the  faithful  old  “cannon.”  we 
rattled  off  in  the  buckboard — C.,  Wallace  and  myself.  Al- 
ready there  seemed  to  be  a tone  of  brisk  October  mellow- 
ness in  the  breeze  that  turned  the  color  of  the  lake  to  an 
unusually  deep  sapphire,  as  we  left  it  behind  and  entered 
the  woods,  while  not  even  the  smallest  island  of  a cloud 


floated  on  the  serene,  azure  dome  above.  When  we  at 
last  teached  our  destination,  Flora,  the  renowned  steed  of 
so  many  hunting  episodes,  was  fastened  to  a rough  hitch- 
ing post,  warmly  blanketed  and  left  to  her  own  con- 
templations, which,  however,  were  not  destined  to  pro- 
longed duration.  It  was  quite  a little  distance  from  the 
road  over  the  held  we  intended  watching,  while  the  trail 
which  led  there  wandered  through  tangles  of  blueberry 
bushes  and  across  knolls  thickly  grown  with  wild  fronds, 
as  well  as  sloping  stretches  of  upland  covered  with  wiry 
grasses  and  interspersed  with  groups  of  young  poplars, 
pin  cherries,  birches  and  other  trees.  The  pond  pre- 
viously referred  to  emptied  its  amber  waters  over  a log 
daril  near-by,  and  flowed  on  in  a foaming  brook  through 
the  Sunny  open  until  It  melted  into  the  shadows  of  the 
forest.  As  we  walked  quietly  along,  several  flickers  flew 
up  from  the  grass  in  advance  and  an  invisible  cock  of  the 
woods  mewed  and  clattered  loudly  close  by,  Nearing  the 
field,  I went  ahead  and  moving  cautiously  made  a good 
survey  of  it,  in  case  anything  might  chance  to  be  out,  be- 
fore we  prepared  to  watch  from  the  blind.  The  latter,  by 
the  way,  did  not  deserve  this  name,  as  in  reality  a thin 
growth  of  fronds  was  the  only  shelter  it  afforded,  and 
when  seated  on  a low  cracker-box  they  failed  to  conceal 
my  head  or  shoulders.  But  as  the  field  was  below  and  our 
position  on  a knoll  overlooking  it,  this  fact  was  not  as 
detrimental  as  it  would  otherwise  have  been,  although 
some  minutes  later  I tremblingly  wished  there  was  more 
to  hide  me.  C.  and  Wallace  ensconced  themselves  com- 
fortably in  a little  depression  just  behind  where  I sat, 
and  after  throwing  a cartridge  (not  a soft-nosed  or  explo- 
sive one,  I would  add  with  some  feeling)  into  the  barrel, 
I laid  the  rifle  across  my  knees  and  the  vigil  commenced. 

A steady  murmur  from  the  not  far  distant  stream  fell 
on  one’s  ears  with  a soothing  influence,  and  every  splash- 
ing intonation  might  be  distinctly  heard  until  the  listener 
was  reminded  of  some  dreaming,  restful  lullaby,  or  low 
talking  musical  voices  and  the  sunlight  striking  on  the 
rich  crimson  yellow  orange  and  russet  foliage  of  the  trees 
in  the  woods  opposite,  intensified  their  wonderful  color- 
ing, broken  by  the  bluish  spires  of  the  balsams  in  the  fore- 
ground. The  shadows  of  the  trees  behind  us  were  clearly 
and  sharply  outlined  on  those  across  the  way,  while  the 
small  field  or  clearing  below  was  thrown  into  quiet  shade. 
There  were  numerous  dark  openings  along  the  edge  of  the 
woods  on  the  lower  side  of  the  latter,  and  knowing  several 
of  these  were  entrances  to  runways,  I frequently  scru- 
tinized them  closely.  My  eye  happened  to  be  on  one  of 
these  openings  when,  as  far  in  as  was  possible  to  see,  I 
perceived  the  branches  of  a spruce  swayed  suddenly  back 
and  forth.  The  occurrence  gave  me  a strange  sensation 
at  the  time,  but  I thought  no  doubt  an  eddying  breeze  or 
perhaps  some  bird  in  the  act  of  alighting,  had  caused  the 
branches  to-  move  thus  violently.  In  thinking  it  over,  how- 
ever. I could  scarcely  credit  such  surmises,  and  then,  as 
I still  watched  the  place  intently,  I caught  a momentary 
glimpse  of  widespread,  polished  antlers,  as  a form  moved 
across  the  open  and  disappeared.  Instantly  my  heart 
commenced  to  pound  unmercifully,  and  I watched  the 
opening  until  my  eyes  watered  from  being  fixed  so  long 
on  one  place.  Several  minutes  passed  without  a sign  of 
anything,  and  then  from  behind  a stunted  spruce  along 
the  edge  of  the  woods  a head  came  into  view  and  was 
drawn  back  out  of  sight  again.  This  time,  however,  I had 


located  where  he  stood,  just  behind  the  small  tree,  which 
effectually  concealed  all  but  part  of  his  shoulder,  and 
when  every  now  and  then  he  would  peer  cautiously  out, 
the  head  displayed  nearly  upset  my  equilibrium.  Finally, 
after  more  than  five  minutes  of  this  nerve-straining  busi- 
ness, the  buck  walked  slowly  with  majestic  tread  out  into 
full  view,  and  never  will  I forget  the  picture  he  presented, 
nor  the  shivers  of  excitement  that  coursed  through  me  as 
I sat  waiting  for  him  to  turn  partly  broadside  before 
firing.  It  was  at  this  time  that  I wished  the  blind  was  a 
foot  thick  and  two  or  three  feet  high,  as  he  seemed  to  be 
looking  everywhere,  and  I immediately  recognized  the 
fact  that  he  was  no  “fool  deer,”  but  a wild,  wary  monarch 
of  the  forest.  Presently  he  changed  his  position  and  stood 
with  head  turned  in  the  direction  of  the  stream,  partly 
broadside  and  partly  quartering.  The  right  moment  was 
at  hand ! Cocking  the  rifle,  and  taking  an  elbow  rest  on 
my  knee,  I put  the  sight  as  nearly  as  I could  on  the  point 
of  the  shoulder  and  fired.  At  the  report  he  wheeled  and 
ran  hard  up  the  hill,  diagonally  with  our  position,  giving 
long  bounds  with  his  white  flag  waving. 

While  C.  and  I remained  in  the  blind,  Wallace  took  the 
rifle  and  started  out  with  the  idea  of  making  a cut  across 
the  fields,  and  thus  if  the  buck  happened  to-  be  wounded 
head  him  off  or  catch  him  unawares  looking  toward  his 
back-track. 

“Say,  you  pulled  your  gloves  off  with  your  teeth  and 
threw  them  on  the  ground  when  you  told  us  that  buck 
was  coming  out,”  whispered  my  young  brother,  grinning 
at  the  thought  of  my  excitement,  although  he,  too,  was 
suffering  from  a like  malady. 

“Did  I really?”  I asked,  somewhat  astounded,  and  just 
as  he  was  about  to  reply,  Wallace  came  back  with  the  de- 
pressing information  that  he  had  not  seen  a sign  of  our 
quarry.  Then  we  all  walked  carefully  down  to  the  field 
and  took  up  the  trail  right  from  the  spot  where  the  deer 
had  stood  as  I fired,  following  the  tracks  across  the  bare 
ground  until  they  reached  the  undergrowth  covering  the 
knoll.  Here  we  discovered  the  signs  we  had  been  search- 
ing for,  and  a plain  trail  led  up  the  hill  which  we  followed 
with  ease.  Nearing  the  top,  Wallace,  who  was  a little  in 
advance,  cried  out  suddenly,  “There  he  lies!”  just  as  we 
both  saw  the  buck  stretched  out  on  a little  level  patch  of 
ground  within  a few  feet  of  where  we  stood,  and  quite 
dead.  On  closer  examination  I found  that  he  more  than 
fulfilled  my  expectations,  having  an  unusually  large  and 
heavy  set  of  horns  for  a Virginian  deer,  and  when 
weighed  the  next  morning  touched  the  scales  at  two  hun- 
dred and  twenty  pounds.  Altogether  he  was  a noble  speci- 
men of  his  kind,  and  I fear  as  we  looked  him  over,  noting 
his  various  handsome  points,  silence  was  not  very  strictly 
preserved,  and  no  doubt  if  any  other  deer  chanced  to  be 
lurking  in  the  vicinity,  he  fled  hastily  to  a more  quiet  or 
secluded  refuge.  The  bullet  had  struck  on  the  point  of 
the  shoulder,  and  proof  of  the  buck’s  size  and  strength 
was  the  fact  that  he  had  run  more  than  fifty  yards  straight 
up  hill  before  succumbing  to  the  shot. 

Under  the  silver  radiance  of  a full  moon  we  rode  into 
camp  that  evening,  and  the  generous  praise  which  was 
bestowed  on  the  trophy  filled  the  cup  of  satisfied  elation 
to  overflowing 

’ “Yes,”  said  old  Jerry,  regarding  the  buck  with  hands 
in  his  pockets,  “thet’s  one  o’  them  ole  fellers,”  and  em- 
phasized the  last  two  words  heartily. 

Paulina  Brandreth. 


Tarpon  Fishing  at  Tamos,  Mexico. 

Monterey,  Mex.,  Feb.  20.— -Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 
Owing  to  iiiy  having  missed  a connection  for  the  north, 

1 ant  stranded  here  to-day  with  nothing  to  do,  conse- 
quently T take  thfe 'opportunity  to  Send  you  a statement 
Concerning  fehmfe  tarpon  fishing  that  1 hate  been  doing 
lately  in  the  Panuco  RiFli.  .... 

As  some  of  your  readers  know,  for  the  last  five  of  six 
years  I have  spent  about  two  weeks  per  Winter  at  Tam- 
pico fishing  for  tarpon  and  other  game  fishes.  I first 
went  thfefe  in  December,  1899,  with  my  friend,  Dr.  Howe, 
of  Mexico  City;  and  Ifl  Adgu-st,  19O0,  you  published  a 
record  of  our  sport.  Since  then  I have  written  other 
articles  on  tarpon  fishing  at  Tampico  and  elsfeWhere’  for 
your  paper.  These  articles  and  the  fact  that  during  the' 
last  three  of  four  years  I have  induced  a number  of  my 
friends  in  Mexico  and  the  United  States  to  gO1  to  Tam- 
pico for  the  fishing,  have  been  the  means  of  making  that 
place  quite  a resort  for  tarpon  fishermen  during  the  win- 
ter months.  Each  year  the  number  of  sportsmen  there 
has  increased,  and  this  winter  it  is  not  uncommon  to 
find  a dozen  boats  on  the  river,  each  containing  one  or 
two  persons  angling  for  the  silver  king.  At  present  there 
is  anchored  in  front  of  the  city  the  steam  yacht  Saphire, 
with  a party  of  sportsmen  who  have  come  from  England 
especially  for  the  tarpon  fishing,  and  for  beginners  they 
have  been  fairly  successful,  although  their  methods  of 
angling  are  by  no  means  the  best,  as  far  as  success  is 
concerned. 

From  numerous  inquiries  that  I have  been  making 
lately  from  both  natives  and  Americans  residing  along 
the  Panuco  River,  I conclude  that  the  good  tarpon  fishing 
begins  about  November  1 and  lasts. until  April  or  perhaps 
even  May.  The  best  months,  however,  for  visiting  sports- 
men are'  December,  January,  February  .and  March,  be- 
cause it  is  liable  to  be  hot  in  all  the  other  months  of  the 
year,  and  when  there  is  yellow  fever  at  Tampico  if  is 
liable  to  continue  until  November  and  appear  again  111 
April.  For  two  years,  though,  this  locality  has  been  en- 
tirely free  from  that  much-dreaded  plague. 

As  a rule  the  climate  during  the  winter  months  there 
•is  delightful  ; but  this  reason  it  has  at  times  been  uncom- 
fortably cool,  the  thermometer  once  registering  as  low  as 
up  decrees.  Last  year  during  the  first  half  of  heliruary 
the  climate  could  hardly  have  been  imptoyccl,  for 


although  at  times  it  was  quite  hot  in  the  sun,  there  was 
nearly  always  a pleasant  breeze,  thus  rendering  the  con- 
ditions for  fishing  ideal. 

For  several  years  I had  been  hearing  rumors  to  the 
effect  that  for  one  tarpon  in  the  neighborhood  of  Tam- 
pico, there  were  ten  near  Tamos,  some  eight  miles  further 
up  stream,  and  these  rumors  were  traceable  to  the  cap- 
tains of  river  steamers,  consequently  it  was  my  intention 
for  several  seasons  to  go  up  stream  and  test  the  truth  of 
these  reports ; but  twice  I was  prevented,  the  first  time 
because  the  sport  at  Tampico  was  good  enough  to  satisfy 
the  most  exacting  fisherman,  and  the  second  time  because 
I was  Called  away  suddenly  by  business  affairs.  Last 
year,  though,  I succeeded  in  reaching  Tamos,  and  was 
followed  immediately  by  two  friends,  and  the  next  day  by 
others  also.  Up  to  that  time  no  tarpon  fisherman  had 
ever  wet  a line  above  the  mouth  of  the  Tamesi  River, 
which  joins  the  Panuco  about  three  and  a half  miles 
above  the  Government  wharf  at  Tampico.  The  date,  if  1 
remember  rightly,  was  the  sixth  of  February,  and  my 
companions  were  Messrs.  F.  S.  Eaton  and  H.  G.  Picket- 
ing, of  Boston.  The  latter  gentleman,  afterward  sent 
vou  for  your  columns  a statement  of  our  catch ; but,  as 
it  was  hi's  first  experience  with  the  silver  king,  he  did  not 
recognize  what  exceptionally  fine  sport  we  got;  conse- 
quently he  did  not  enthuse  much  about  it  m his  article. 

By  the  way.  I must  tell  you  my  experience  in  intro- 
ducing these  gentlemen  to  the  greatest  of  all  angling 
sports.  Mr.  Eaton  had  been  a friend  of  mine.  for  five 
years,  and  I had  often  talked  to  and  written  him  about 
tarpon  fishing,  and  finally,  in  November,  1903,  when  I 
met  him  and  his  cousin,  Mr.  Pickering,  in  Boston,  I in- 
duced them  to  join  me  in  Mexico  on  February  1,  1904, 
by  guaranteeing  not  only  that  they  would  catch  tarpon, 
hut  would  get  as  many  as  they  wanted. 

I arrived  at  Tampico  on  the  night  of  February  1,  and 
found  awaiting  me  a telegram  from  them  stating  that 
they  were  at  Monterey  and  would  remain  there  until  they 
heard  from  me,  consequently  they  did  not.  reach  Tampico 
till 'the  night  of  the  third.  This  gave  me  a good  chance 
to  test  the  waters  ; therefore  I started  out  early  on  the 
morning  of  the  second,  trying  first  at  the  mouth  of  the 
river  that  enters  the  Panuco  a mile  below  the  railroad 
depot,  then  working  up  stream  to  The  Palms  (where  I 
had  had  great  luck  in  times  past),  and  finally  reaching 
the  mouth  of  the  Tamesi.  After  fishing  faithfully  all 


day,  I returned  at  night  with  two  jackfish,  and  did  not 
have  a single  tarpon  strike,  although  I had  seen  some 
twenty-five  or  thirty  fish  during  the  day. 

Next  day  I worked  down  toward  La  Barra  and  out  to 
the  end  of  the  jetties,  and  even  on  to  the  Gulf  without 
seeing  a single  tarpon.  However,  I landed  seven  fine 
jackfish  and  chased  a devilfish  on  the  Gulf  for  fully  a 
quarter  of  a mile  trying  to'  get  a shot  at  it  .with  a re- 
volver, but  failed,  owing  to  the  cowardice  of  my  boatman, 
who  refused  to  back  me  up  near  enough  to  shoot.  Re- 
turning to  La  Barra  for  lunch,  I hooked  and  landed  an 
exceedingly  small  tarpon;  and  in  the  afternoon,  although 
1 went  back  to  the  outer  end  of  the  jetties  and  fished  up 
river  to  Tampico,  I did  not  get  another  rise.  By  this 
time  I was  feeling  pretty  blue,  not  on  my  own  account, 
but  because  of  my  friends ; and  when  I met  them  that 
night  and  confessed  to  my  hard  luck,  I had  to  ask  them 
what  kind  of  a fish  liar  they  deemed  me.  They  very 
kindly,  though,  told  me  that  they  still  had  confidence  in 
my  promises,  and  slated  that  they  would  not  be  ready 
to'  do  any  fishing  till  the  next  afternoon.  This  gave  me 
still  another  opportunity  to  locate  the  fishing.  Conse- 
quently. early  next  morning,  in  company  with  my  friend, 
Mr.  A.  B.  Ross,  the  resident  engineer  on  the  Government 
wharf,  I started  up  river,  but  neither  of  11s  had  a strike, 
and  we  saw  only  two  or  three  fish.  The  same  luck  at- 
tended us  on  the  return  to  our  starting  point,  but  when 
we  reached  there  we  saw  some  tarpon  jumping  a mile  or 
more  down  stream.  We  went  there  for  them  and  tried 
faithfully  with  no  success,  but  just  as  we  had  turned  up 
stream  in  despair,  Mr.  Ross  had  a strike  and  landed  a 
6-foot  or.  I reached  Tampico,  however,  without  having 
had  a single  strike.  You  may  imagine  how  downcast  I 
was  when  I met  my  friends;  and,  to  make  matters  worse, 
when  we  left  the  boat  house  at  two  o'clock,  we  found 
that  there  were  only  five  mullet  apiece  provided.  For 
such  fishing  conditions,  however,  this  number  was  ample. 

We  started  up  stream  once  more  for  The  Palms,  but 
before  reaching  that  place  found  the  tarpon  striking  well. 
During  the  afternoon  each  of  us  had  fully  half  a dozen 
strikes^  I landing  three  and  my  companions  one  apiece, 
all  large  fish. 

Next  day,  on  the  same  fishing  ground,  the  luck  was 
still  better,'  for  I landed  seven  and  my  companions  five 
between  them,  Mr.  Pickering  taking  a 6j^-footer  weigh- 
ing about  150  pounds,  the  heaviest  catch  of  the  season. 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


Either  that  day  or  later  on,  Mr.  Eaton  landed  a male  fish 
6 feet  8 inches  long  weighing  only  125  pounds. 

But  to  return  to  the  narrative  of  the  fishing  at  Tamos. 
On  the  way  up,  after  leaving  the  mouth  of  The  Tamesi  a 
mile  or  two  behind,  I landed  two  large  fish  and  donated 
them  to  residents  on  the  river  bank;  and  a mile  or  two 
below  Tamos  I struck  a big  school  of  tarpon  covering 
the  entire  width  of  the  river  for  a length  of  nearly  a mile. 
On  previous  occasions  I had  seen  what  I considered  large 
schools  of  tarpon,  but  never  anything  to  compare  with 
this.  They  were  there  in  countless  thousands,  not  jump- 
ing, but  rolling  over  on  their  sides  and  splashing  the 
water.  I hung  several  and  landed  two,  besides  several 
jackfish  before  my  friends  joined  me,  then  we  proceeded 
to  Tamos,  where  we  wasted  two  hours  or  more  on  lunch 
and  in  resting,  then  went  at  it  again  late  in  the  after- 
noon. That  day  I had  eighteen  tarpon  strikes  and  landed 
six,  besides  several  jackfish.  My  friends  took  two  or 
three  tarpon  each,  besides  a number  of  jackfish  and 
two  or  three  other  fish  that  we  could  not  name,  and 
which  proved  to  be  very  fine  for  the  table.  We  left  the 
boats  and  most  of  our  paraphernalia  at  Tamos  and  took 
the  evening  train  to  the  city,  in  order  to  make  an  early 
start  the  next  day,  the  morning  train  arriving  at  6:20. 
We  fished  at  and  below  Tamos  the  next  forenoon  and 
found  the  tarpon  as  plentiful  as  ever,  but  not  taking  hold 
quite  so  freely;  however,  I found  that  by  rowing  swiftly 
through  them  they  could  be  induced  to  strike.  Before 
noon  I had  taken  five  or  six  besides  some  jackfish,  the 
number  of  tarpon  strikes  being  eighteen,  the  most  that  I 
had  ever  had  in  one  day.  My  two  friends  and  some  other 
people  who  had  come  up  the  river  had  fair  luck.  In  the 
afternoon  there  arose  suddenly  a stiff  norther  that  put  a 
stop  to  all  fishing  for  the  day.  A passing  tug  took  us  all 
aboard  and  towed  our  boats  to  the  city.  We  did  not 
return  to  Tamos  until  the  15th,  the  last  day  that  I spent 
on  the  river,  and  I put  in  three  hours  before  lunch  and 
three  hours  in  the  evening,  getting  fourteen  tarpon 
strikes  and  landing  eleven,  besides  two  jackfish,  the  total 
estimated  weight  being  over  one  thousand  pounds.  My 
friends  did  about  as  usual;  in  fact,  they  caught  all  they 
wanted  and  quit  early.  There  were  eight  boats  in  the 
fleet  that  day,  and  all  scored,  one  lady  landing  four,  and 
the  total  catch  being  twenty-eight, _ exclusive  of  jackfish. 
In  my  opinion,  such  fishing  as  this  is  not  to  be  had  in 
any  tarpon  waters  yet  discovered. 

Previous  to  the  present  trip  all  my  fishing  trips.  in 
Mexico  were  incidental  to  my  work,  but  this  last  time 
I made  a special  trip  alone  from  Kansas  City  for  the 
fishing,  arriving  on  the  evening  of  February  1,  exactly  a 
year  from  the  time  of  my  last  arrival.  I found  quite  a 
number  of  fishermen  at  the  Hotel  Hidalgo,  besides  those 
on  the  yacht  before  mentioned,  but  nobody  had  as  yet 
fished  above  the  mouth  of  the  Tamesi.  The  fishing  had 
been  fair,  but  no  great  catches  had  been  made,  the  most 
successful  fisherman  haying  been  my  old  friend.  Dr. 
Louis  Hough,  a Missourian,  who  has  spent  many  years 
practicing  medicine  in  various  portions  of  the  Mexican 
Republic,  especially  where  yellow  fever  has  been  rife,  for 
he  has  been  making  a special  study  of  that  disease,  and 
has  been  eminently  successful  in  its  treatment.  He  is 
working  upon  a theory  of  his  own,  and  when  he  has 
carried"  his  investigations  a little  further,  the  medical 
world  is  going  to  hear  from  him  concerning  the  proper 
treatment  of  yellow  fever.  It  is  to  be  hoped,  though,  that 
he  will  have  to  leave  Tampico  temporarily  in  order  to 
continue  his  investigations.  There  is  always  an  oppor- 
tunity to  study  the  disease  at  Vera  Cruz,  as  it  exists  there 
continuously;  consequently  he  is  figuring  upon  going  to 
that  city  next  summer. 

The  doctor  did  not  take  the  tarpon  fever  till  last  Octo- 
ber, his  sole  previous  experience  with  the  silver  king 
being  half  a day  spent  in  my  boat  during  the  preceding 
February.  He  has  a bad  attack  of  it,  though,  and  the 
case  bids  fair  to  be  incurable,  as  he  spends  all  his  spare 
time  on  the  river  with  rod  and  reel,  and,  mirabile'  dictu! 
in  a narrow  16-foot  Canadian  canoe.  When  I saw  him 
starting  out  in  the  little  coffin  for  fish  as  heavy  as  him- 
sef,  I remarked:  “Doc,  after  running  the  Horsefly  in 
British  Columbia  last  summer  from  Harper’s  Camp  to 
the  mouth  (an  almost  continuous  rapid  for  over  twenty 
miles),  I thought  I had  earned  the  distinction  of  being  the 
greatest  blooming  idiot  in  North  America,  but  I take  off 
my  hat  to  you.”  (It  is  t<  be  hoped  the  doctor  will  not 
see  this  letter,  for  he  told  me  not  to  mention  his  canoe 
when  writing  it,  but  I cannot  resist  the  temptation.) 
Notwithstanding  its  crankiness,  the  doctor  has  landed 
with  it  (and  sometimes  in  it)  a number  of  large  tarpon, 
and  has  not  yet  come  to  grief.  The  canoe  is  all  right  for 
legitimate  purposes,  as  I have  proved  by  using  it  for  duck 
shooting ; but  it  takes  more  nerve  than  I possess  to  tackle 
from  it  any  large  fish  in  waters  that  are  shark-infested. 
By  the  way,  I hear  a great  deal  about  sharks  in  the 
Panuco  River,  but  I had  never  seen  any  on  the  surface 
except  near  the  outer  ends  of  the  jetties,  and  have  never 
seen  any  caught  from  the  bottom  any  further  up  stream 
than  La  Barra.  There  are  far  more  sharks  at  Aransas 
Pass  than  there  are  in  the  neighborhood  of  Tampico. 

On  February  2,  Dr.  Hough  in  his  canoe,  I in  my  boat, 
and  two  others  in  another  boat  started  up  river  at  ten 
o’clock.  The  doctor  killed  one  near  the  mouth  of  the 
Tamesi,  but  I did  not  see  any  till  I reached  the  old  fish- 
ing ground,  some  two  or  two  and  a half  miles  below 
Tamos.  My  first  strike  was  from  a small  jackfish,  which 
I landed,  then  when  letting  out  line  a 6-footer  took  hold 
and  rather  to  my  surprise  I managed  to  get  the  hook  set 
into  it,  for  one  is  at  a great  disadvantage  when  a tarpon 
strikes  while  the  line  is  being  put  out.  Its  first  struggle 
resulted  in  the  cracking  of  my  butt  piece,  which  con- 
tinued to  bend  more  and  more  until  it  finally  snapped  off, 
leaving  me  to  finish  the  fight  with  reel  and  tip.  This 
I succeeded  in  doing  by  tiring  the  fish,  running  the  boat 
ashore,  and  having  the  boatman  wade  out  in  the  mud 
and  hand  it  up  on  the  bank.  Its  girth  proved  to  be  a.  lit- 
tle over  thirty-six  inches,  which  would  make  its  weight 
about  125  pounds.  Fortunately,  as  usual,  I had  in  the 
boat  another  rod  fully  rigged;  hence  my  sport  was  not 
spoiled;  but  the  occurrence  for  quite  a while  made  me 
distrustful  of  my  other  rods. 

This  fish  was  hooked  a little  after  one  o’clock,  and  be- 
tween then  and  6:20,  when  I stopped  fishing,  I 
landed  ten  more  tarpon,  making  for  five  hours’  sport 
(half  an  hour  being  lost  at  Tamos  for  lunch)  eleven  tar- 
pon and  one  j ackfish,  tying,  as  far  as  tarpon  were  con- 
cerned, my  previous  feft  feeof#,  I did  my  level  fesf  PQ 


break  it,  and  nearly  succeeded,  for  I held  a 6-footer  for 
ten  minutes,  then  lost  it  just  before  dark.  In  all  I had 
that  afternoon  nineteen  strikes,  my  record  number  to 
date  for  one  day.  After  lunch  the  doctor  fished  from  my 
boat,  catching  one  while  I took  in  three  or  four.  Had 
I been  above  I might  have  taken  one  or  two  more;  but, 
as  there  was  quite  a stiff  breeze  on,  I was  averse  to  the 
doctor’s  going  out  in  the  canoe,  hence  persuaded  him  to 
join  me.  The  other  boat,  being  overloaded  with  two  men 
and  badly  handled  by  a lazy  and  incompetent  oarsman, 
did  not  reach  the  fishing  ground  at  all,  therefore  took 
nothing  but  a jackfish. 

Leaving  the  boat  and  canoe  at  Tamos,  the  doctor  and  I 
returned  to  Tampico  by  train,  he  very  kindly  putting  the 
canoe  at  my  disposal  for  duck  shooting,  and  I being  only 
too  willing  to  deprive  him  of  its  use,  for,  as  I told  him, 
his  charming  young  wife  has  not  yet  been  married  long 
enough  to  desire  to  become  a widow. 

Next  day  I went  up  river  in  a naphtha  launch  as  a 
guest  of  Col.  T.  A.  St.  Quintin,  a retired  veteran  of  the 
British  Army,  and  an  all-around  sportsman  and  good  fel- 
low. He  had  yet  to  catch  his  first  tarpon,  but  his  travel- 
ing companion  and  relative,  a Mrs.  Wallace,  who  has 
been  all  over  the  world  and  who  is  an  enthusiastic  fisher- 
woman,  had  already  taken  one,  although  she  claimed  it 
was  more  by  good  luck  than  by  good  management,  be- 
cause neither  of  them  knew  anything  at  all  about  the 
science  of  tarpon  fishing.  It  was  arranged  en  route  that 
when  the  fishing  grounds  were  reached  I should  get  into 
Mrs.  Wallace’s  boat,  stand  behind  her  chair,  and  instruct 
her  how  to  handle  properly  the  first  fish.  This  I did,  and 
she  landed  it  successfully  without  any  aid  from  me  other 
than  advice — much  to  her  delight.  Meanwhile  the  Colonel 
had  a strike  or  two,  but  failed  to  hold  the  fish.  Then  I 
took  the  launch  for  Tamos,  fitted  out  my  boat,  and  tried 
the  fishing  on  my  own  account.  In  two  hours  I had  eight 
strikes  and  landed  three,  one  very  heavy  6-footer;  and 
at  three  o’clock  I quit,  stowed  away  the  tackle,  got  on 
rubber  boots,  took  out  gun  and  cartridges,  and  went  to  a 
neighboring  laguna  for  ducks.  I had  visited  the  place  the 
year  before  for  jacksnipe,  and  knew  the  locality.  It  con- 
sisted really  of  two  shallow  lakes  connected  by  a short 
thoroughfare  a gunshot  wide,  the  ground  being  only  a 
few  inches  higher  than  the  water.  At  the  narrowest  part 
close  to  the  edge  there  was  some  comparatively  dry 
ground  with  a small  clump  of  weeds  or  brush  about  fif- 
teen inches  high.  By  lying  on  the  left  side  with  my  head 
behind  the  brush,  I was  sufficiently  concealed.  Then  I 
sent  the  boatman,  who  had  accompanied  me  to  carry 
shells  and  game,  around  one  end  of  the  laguna  to  stir  up 
the  ducks.  As  anticipated,  they  almost  all  followed  the 
thoroughfare  to  the  other  half  of  the  laguna,  flying  low 
and  within  good  range.  Shooting  about  as  usual,  I made 
a number  of  good  shots,  but,  of  course,  scored  many 
misses.  On  several  occasions  I bagged  a pair  with  one 
barrel,  and  once  I made  the  most  successful  duck  shot  of 
my  life.  Four  teal  came  along  about  three  feet  above  the 
water.  in  a perfect  horizontal  line  at  right-angles  to  the 
direction  of  the  thoroughfare.  After  they  had  passed  me 
only  a few  feet  so  that  one  duck  would  not  protect  an- 
other, I fired  one  barrel,  using  No.  8 shot,  and  all  four 
birds  fell  everyone  dead — not  a cripple  among  them. 
Years  ago  I bagged  five  ducks  with  two  barrels,  four  of 
them  falling  to  the  right  and  one  to  the  left  out  of  a flock 
of  eight  rising  from  the  water;  but  this  was  the  first 
time  that  I ever  killed  a whole  flock  of  ducks  with  one 
barrel. 

While  lying  in  the  blind — if  such  it  could  be  called — a 
roseate  spoonbill  sailed  over  me  pretty  high  up,  but  came 
down  to  the  call  of  a load  of  No.  6’s.  This  was  the  first 
bird  of  the  kind  that  I had  ever  shot,  but  later  I bagged 
four  others.  It  is  a wader  with  a spoon  bill,  standing  a 
little  less  than  three  feet  high,  and  is  most  magnificently 
colored,  the  general  shade  being  a light  pink  running  into 
scarlet  toward  the  tail.  Mrs.  Wallace  had  it  dressed  for 
mounting. 

After  my  boatman  had  made  the  round  of  one  half 
of  the  laguna,  he  collected  the  dead  birds  and  went 
around  the  other  half,  driving  the  ducks  to  me  as  before. 
In  less  than  two  hours  I had  bagged  thirty-seven  ducks 
and  the  spoonbill,  and  had  fired  seventy-three  shells.  It 
was  then  getting  dark  and  time  to  return  to  the  station, 
where  I met  the  Colonel  and  Mrs.  Wallace,  also  some 
other  fisheimen  who  had  come  up  river  later.  All  had 
had  good  luck  except  Mrs.  Wallace,  who  had  sprained 
her  right  thumb  in  handling  a tarpon,  and  who  in  conse- 
quence had  to  stop  fishing. 

The  Colonel  had  had  a most  exciting  experience.  He 
had  hooked  a fish  that  did  not  jump;  consequently,  think- 
ing it  a jackfish,  he  had  reeled  it  close  to  the  boat  by 
keeping  a steady  strain  on  the  line.  Suddenly  the  fish,  a 
6-foot  tarpon,  jumped  from  close  alongside  the  boat  and 
landed  between  the  Colonel  and  the  boatman,  making  a 
turn  of  the  line  around  the  leg  of  the  latter,  and  raising 
Cain  generally.  The  excited  Colonel  grabbed  the  gaff 
hook  and  began  to  pound  the  fish  with  the  handle,  to 
which  treatment  the  tarpon  objected,  and  jumped  over- 
board. Fortunately  the  boatman  had  by  this  time  released 
his  leg,  consequently  the  fish  ran  clear  of  all  obstructions 
except  the  hook,  which  still  held.  The  Colonel  seized 
the  rod  again  and  fought  the  fish  to  a finish,  landing  it  in 
good  style  after  a long,  hard  struggle.  Dr.  Perkins,  of 
Des  Moines.  Iowa,  who  witnessed  the  entire  proceeding 
from  his  boat,  states  that  the  tarpon  was  in  the.  Colonel’s 
boat  for  three  or  four  minutes  before  it  jumped  out.  Both 
the  Colonel  and  his  boatman  were  very  lucky  to  escape 
being  hurt;  because  an  uninjured  tarpon  in  a boat  is 
liable  to  do  considerable  damage  to  the  other  occupants. 

Next  day  we  all  took  the  six  o’clock  train  for  Tamos, 
and  started  fishing  about  seven,  but  there  was  nothing 
doing  at  that  hour,  therefore  I went  again  for  the  ducks, 
and  in  two  hours  bagged  twenty-five,  returning  to  the 
river  at  eleven  o’clock.  In  the  afternoon  I had  eight 
strikes  and  landed  three.  The  Colonel  landed  two  besides 
some  jackfish.  His  last  fish  was  a big  one,  and  gave 
him  considerable  trouble.  Fearing  that  he  would  not  land 
it  before  train  time,  I told  him  that  if  he  would  tire  it  out 
so  as  to  bring  it  bellv-up  to  the  surface.  I would  shoot  it 
for  him  with  my  revolver,  an  offer  which  he  was  very 
glad  to  accept,  notwithstanding  the  fact  that  he  had  pre- 
viously expressed  the  opinion  that  shooting  a fish  was 
not  legitimate.  He  confessed  next  day  to  Mrs.  Wallace 
that  he  could  not  have  landed  it  in  any  reasonable  time 
without  shooting,  and  that  for  very  large  tarpon  shoot- 
ing h§  perfectly  proper  before  taking  thepi  into  % boat 


The  Colonel  was  very  proud  of  this  fish,  and  in  spite  of 
the  lateness  of  the  hour,  had  it  carried  to  the  train,  and 
took  it  to  Tampico,  so  as  to  have  it  skinned  and  the  skin 
sent  to  England  for  mounting.  This  was  the  Colonel’s 
last  day  on  the  river,  and  he  left  Tampico  more  than 
satisfied  with  the  sport,  promising  to  return  next  year. 

Next  day  I went  alone  to  Tamos,  bagged  twenty  ducks 
in  the  forenoon,  and  landed  five  tarpon  out  of  seven 
strikes  in  the  afternoon. 

The  next  day  I bagged  nineteen  birds  in  the  forenoon 
and  landed  five  tarpon  out  of  six  strikes  in  the  afternoon. 
This  brought  my  total  catch  to  twenty-seven  out  of  forty- 
eight  strikes.  As  I am  always  striving  to  do  better  than 
50  per  cent.,  I was  well  satisfied  with  the  record,  which 
would  have  been  better  yet  had  I not  broken  three  or 
four  snells  and  one  line  and  bent  one  hook  so  that  it 
would  no  longer  hold.  Being  pretty  well  tired  out,  I 
spent  the  next  day  in  Tampico,  not  resting  as  I had  in- 
tended, but  in  writing  a reply  to  an  attack  in  the  Mon- 
terey News  on  my  methods  of  tarpon  fishing. 

It  seems ---that  after  my  first  af  ternoon’s  catch  of  eleven 
tarpon,  a number  of  fishermen  in  the  hotel  who  had 
hitherto  been  contented  with  averaging  one  a day,  got  to- 
gether and  scored  me,  although  they  were  all  tyros  at 
the  sport.  A reporter,  for  the  Monterey  News  took  it  all 
in  and  wrote  it  up,  giving  me  a most  undeserved  roast- 
ing that  necessitated  a reply.  After  meeting  me  and 
learning  the  true,  state  of  affairs,  he  was  very  sorry  for 
his  action,  and  did  what  he  could  in  a later  issue  to  re- 
move the  false  impression  concerning  me  which  he  had 
caused.  I shall  send  you  three  copies  of  the  News  re- 
lating to  the  matter,  so  that  you  may  draw  your  own 
conclusions. 

Next  day  I took  the  canoe  across  the  river,  had  it 
portaged  to  a large  laguna  full  of  vilely  smelling  weeds 
and  filth,  shot  twenty-seven  ducks  and  a roseate  spoon- 
bill, and  returned  to  the  river  at  noon,  as  I could  stand 
the  stench  no  longer,  fearing  malaria  by  inhalation.  In 
the  afternoon  I had  eleven  strikes  and  landed  four 
tarpon. 

Next  day  I killed  a few  ducks  and  one  roseate  spoon- 
bill at  the  old  stand,  then  walked  some  two  miles  further 
to  another  chain  of  shallow  lakes.  Ducks  were  fairly 
plentiful,  but  wild,  and  although  I killed  several  the 
boy  could  not  find  them.  A short  distance  out  in  the 
lake  I saw  a pass  opening  into  a larger  lake,  and  waded 
to  it,  thinking  it  would  be  good  for  a duck  flight,  but  it 
was  not.  However,  I had  not  been  there  long  before  the 
cocos  began  to  fly  by,  and  I dropped  half  a dozen  of  them 
into  the  big  lake. . The  boy  coming  along  then  refused  to 
go  for  them,  saying  that  it  was  deep  and  he  could  not 
swim.  In  consequence,  after  that,  I let  a number  of  fine 
chances  go  by  so  that  I could  drop  the  cocos  in  the 
swamp  after  passing  in  front  of  me,  thus  making  the 
shooting  much  more  difficult.  However,  I kept  knocking 
them  down  and  the  boy  brought  them  in  from  the  swamp. 
Finally,  without  saying  a word  to  me,  he  took  off  most 
of  his  clothes  and  waded  into  the  lake  for  some  birds  that 
had  fallen  near  the  shore.  The  water,  after  all,  was  not 
deep,  consequently  I sent  him  for  some  of  the  first  birds 
that  had  not  floated  too  far  away. 

. In  about  an  hour  and  a half  the  flight  stopped,  and  we 
tied  the  birds  together  preparatory  to  departing.  There 
were  twenty-four  of  the  cocos,  and  I must  have  killed 
half  a dozen  more  that  were  not  retrieved.  Had  I known 
that  the  boy  could  wade  the  lake,  I could  readily  have 
doubled  the  bag,  as  the  birds  flew  comparatively  close  to 
my  blind.  Later  on  I discovered  that  it  was  fear  of  alli- 
gators and  not  inability  to  swim  that  made  the  boy  balk 
the  wading  at  first.  I did  not  see  any  of  the  big  lizards, 
but  have  no  doubt  that  there  were  plenty  of  them  in  the 
lake. 

The  coco  is  a white  bird  of  the  curlew  type,  but  larger, 
weighing  about  two  and  a half  pounds,  and  standing 
about  two  feet  high. . It  has  a curved  yellow  bill  and  black 
tips  to  its  largest  wing  feathers.  It  is  a very  choice  bird 
for  the  table,  and  is  preferred  by  many  to  ducks. 

By  the  way,  most  of  the  ducks  that  I shot  were  green- 
winged  teal,  blue-winged  teal,  and  spoonbills  of  two 
varieties,  but  there  were  also  a few  pintails,  bluebills  and 
widgeon.  Occasionally  I bagged  a jacksnipe,  but  there 
were  only  a few  in  the  marsh,  and  none  of  them  got 
away.  I. shot  also  a few  green  ibis.  These  are  not  very 
good  eating,  but  were  acceptable  to  the  residents  of 
Tamos. 

In  the  afternoon  I.  had  eight  strikes  and  landed  three 
tarpon.  About  (his  time  there  arrived  a special  car  from 
Canada  containing  some  ladies  and  gentlemen  who  de- 
sired to  try  the  tarpon  fishing,  consequently  I devoted 
two  or  three  days  to  them  generally  without  attempting 
to  fish,  although  I still  shot  in  the  forenoon,  with  less 
success,  however,  as  the  laguna  was  becoming  burned 
out. 

One  afternoon  I went  with  one  of  the  ladies  in  my 
boat  and  showed  her  how  to  handle  tarpon.  She  had  two 
strikes  and  landed  both  fish,  the  last  one  measuring  five 
feet  ten  inches  and  weighing  about  eighty  pounds. 

Another  afternoon,  after  catching  four  big  tarpon  in 
two  hours,  I took  into  my  boat  one  of  the  Canadian 
party  and  instructed  him  how  to  fish.  He  had  three 
tarpon  strikes  and  landed  one  big  fish  besides  a jackfish. 
About  this  time  my  percentage  began  to  reduce,  and 
after  fishing  ten  afternoons  I recorded  ninety-five  strikes 
and  forty-seven  tarpon,  besides  one  jackfish. 

One  day,  owing  to  carelessness,  I let  a little  jackfish 
snap  one  of  my  rods  into  three  pieces,  then  the  boatman 
muffed  the  fish  with  the  gaff  and  lost  it.  Toward  the  last 
of  my  stay  the  weather  became  so  bad  as  at  times  to  be 
unfit  for  fishing,  consequently  my  personal  sport  was 
really  confined  to  about  ten  days.  I did  not  keep  an  exact 
record  of  the  game  killed,  but  the  total  must  have 
amounted  top  250  birds.  On  the  17th  I made  a trip  on 
horseback  with  two  other  sportsmen  to  some  marshes 
north  of  Dona  Cecelia,  a station  half-way  between  Tam- 
pico and  La  Barra ; but  the  birds  were  scarce,  the  walk- 
ing was  vile,  and  the  guides  did  not  know  the  country, 
consequently  the  expedition  was  a failure,  although  we 
managed  to  shoot  and  retrieve  a few  birds.  This  fin- 
ished my  outing,  and  early  on  the  morning  of  the  19th 
I started  for  home. 

Judging  by  my  own  experience  and  the  information  ob- 
tained by  questioning  both  natives  and  foreigners,  1.  have 
come  to  the  conclusion- that  the  best  fishing  early  in  the 
season  is  at  La  Barra  and  out  near  the  ends  of  the  jetties, 
for  X fed  good  sport  there  early  in  December,  1899,  and 


March  25,  1905.] 


Dr.  Hough  commenced  fishing  there  in  November  of 
last  year  with  fair  success,  although  he  did  not  land 
many:  then  it  moves  up  stream  till  it  reaches  Tamos.  _ Of 
course,  there  is  fishing  at  various  places  along  the  river 
for  many  miles  during  the  entire  season,  but  the  main 
body  of  the  fish  is  concentrated  at  certain  points.  At  the 
mouth  of  the  Tuxpan  Canal,  some  two  miles  above  La 
Barra,  Dr.  Hough  found  many  large  tarpon  early  in  the 
season,  and  in  December,  1899,  I found  them  at  the 
mouth  of  the  river  flowing  into  the  Panuco  a mile  below 
the  railroad  depot  at  Tampico,  but  since  then  I have 
caught  but  few  there,  although  it  is  the  first  plaqe  I 
always  try.  In  March,  1900,  I caught  only  five  in  five 
days  near  Tampico,  hence  I conclude  that  they  must  then 
have  been  at  Tamos.  In  February,  1901,  I had  fair  luck 
at  La  Barra,  but  better  near  Tampico  and  at  The  Palms 
a mile  or  two  up  stream.  In  February,  1902,  I had  excel- 
lent sport  for  five  days  from  Tampico  up  stream  to  the 
mouth  of  the  Tamesi,  and  especially  near  The  Palms, 
r In  February,  1904, 1 had  good  sport  at  The  Palms,  but  far 
better  at  Tamos,  and  this  year  I caught  no  tarpon  except 
in  the  neighborhood  of  Tamos,  although  on  two  occasions 
I fished  all  the  way.  up  from  the  city. 

They  tell  me  at  Tamos  that  there  are  never  many  tar- 

Ipon  above  the  village,  but  that  from  December  till  April 
there  are  great  numbers  just  opposite  and  directly  below. 
On  the  other  hand,  I have  heard  it  stated  that  the  tarpon 
are  numerous  far  above  Tamos,  and  that  some  of  them  go 
as  high  up  as  two  hundred  miles  from  the  Gulf. 

During  a stiff  norther  the  fishing  is  not  good  anywhere, 
but  it  was  during  a nortecito  (light  north  wind)  that 
I made  my  best  catch  this  year  on  February  2;  and  since 
then  I have  had  fine  luck  when  the  wind  was  from  the 
north,  but  light. 

When  the  fish  do  not  show  themselves  on  the  surface 
they  are  often  below,  and  can  be  induced  to  strike  by 
using  a sinker,  which,  however,  must  shake  off  very 
easily;  if  one  wants  to  land  tarpon  and  not  merely  get 
strikes.  Tarpon  will  strike  when  it  is  raining,  and  a 
ripple  on  the  water  is  a better  condition  than  a glassy 
surface.  Even  a fairly  strong  breeze  is  not  bad,  but  a 
stiff  wind  is  generally  unfavorable. 

At  times  the  fish  will  show  themselves  by  thousands, 
and  few,  if  any,  will  strike  ; and  at  other  times,  but  few 
will  appear  on  the  surface,  yet  the  fishing 'will  be  ex- 
cellent. On  the  next  to  last  day  of  his  stay  at  Tampico 
this  year,  Mr.  James,  general  manager  of  the  Canadian 
Northern  Railway  Company,  had  his  best  luck  when  very 
few  fish  appeared  on  the  surface,  and,  according  to  his 
own  statement,  he  got  that  afternoon  all  the  sport  he 
v wanted.  Hot  weather  is  not  bad,  provided  there  is  a 
slight  breeze. 

If  one  desires  other  fishing  than  that  for  tarpon,  he  can 
obtain  it  in  the  Panuco  River ; but,  as  a rule,  few  care  to 
leave  the  greater  sport  for  the  lesser.  Excellent  jack 
fishing  can  nearly  always  be  had  near  the  ends  of  the 
jetties  whenever  the  weather  is  sufficiently  fine  to  go 
there,  and  sometimes  it  is  better  still  on  the  Gulf  itself. 
In  four  hours  one  day  in  December,  1899,  I took  at  these 
places  thirty-five  jackfish  averaging  twenty  pounds  in 
weight,  the  large  ones  running  as  high  as  twenty-five 
pounds  and  the  small  ones  no-  lower  than  fifteen  pounds. 

Near  La  Barra,  and  sometimes  as  far  up  as  Tampico  is 
occasionally  caught  the  par  go  mulato,  or  black  snapper, 
a fish  of  the  grouper  class,  and  one  of  the  best  fish  for 
eating  that  the  Gulf  furnishes.  It  varies  in  weight  from 
a few  pounds  up  to  seventy-five  or  possibly  even  more, 
but  a forty-pounder  is  considered  a good  sized  fish.  They 
are  not  abundant  enough  to  warrant  one  in  fishing 
specially  for  them,  but  they  are  occasionally  taken  on 
tarpon  tackle  and  sometimes  on  shark  lines. 

The  jewfish  is  found  from  the  mouth  of  the  river  up 
! to  some  distance  above  Tamos,  generally  close  to-  the 
jetties  or  to  the  wharf  at  Tampico  or  at  the  mouths  of 
rivers.  They  can  be  taken  with  tarpon  tackle  by  trolling 
slowly  near  the  bottom.  They  do  not  afford  much  sport, 
but  are  valuable  for  food.  Large  ones  are  often  caught 
when  fishing  for  sharks. 

The  robalo,  or  salt-water  pike,  is  taken  occasionally 
on  tarpon  tackle,  but  small  hocks  would  be  more  effective 
and  lighter  tackle  would  afford  more  sport.  It  is  quite 
a gamy  fish,  jumping  clear  of  the  water  generally  two  or 
three  times  before  it  is  captured.  On  account  of  its  mouth 
being  tender,  it  has  to  be  handled  with  care.  As  the  fish 
is  one  of  the  most  abundant  in  the  Tampico  market,  there 
must  be  places,  either  in  the  river  or  in  the  lagunas,  where 
they  exist  in  sufficient  numbers  to  warrant  one  in  going 
specially  for  them.  No  one  that  I know  of  has  ever  done 
so  at  or  near  Tampico. 

A variety  of  small  fish  can  be  obtained  by  angling  close 
to  the  jetties,  preferably  with  a long  cane  pole.  I have 
seen  Dr.  Howe  catch  a string  of  them  as  long  as  one’s 
arm  in  a few  hours  while  watching  his  shark  lines.  This 
sport  is  specially  adapted  to  children  who  are  not  capable 
of  handling  the  larger  game  fishes.  These  small  fry  con- 
sist mainly  of  sheepshead,  young  par  go  s mulato  s and  jew- 
fish, small  jackfish,  and  several  other  species,  all  excellent 
for  the  table. 

When  one  goes  fishing  for  sharks,  he  is  liable  to  catch 
also  jewffish,  sawfish,  stingrays,  and  large  pargos  mulatos. 
This  sport  is  not  of  a very  high  order;  but  an  occasional 
day  spent  on  it  when  the  weather  is  warm  and  the  water 
calm,  affords  an  agreeable  change  from  the  more  strenu- 
ous sport  of  tarpon  fishing. 

There  are  quite  a few  gar  in  the  Panuco,  but  they  sel- 
dom take  ;he  hook,  although  I have  caught  two  or  three 
on  my  tarpon  tackle. 

As  for  the  shooting  near  the  river,  I believe  that  if  the 
grounds  were  studied  with  the  idea  of  locating  duck 
passes  and  the  flights,  of  cocos,  roseate  spoonbills  and  a 
few  other  birds,  sufficient  sport  could  be  obtained  to  war- 
rant one  in  trying  it  occasionally.  How  healthy  a recrea- 
tion it  would  prove,  I would  not  like  to  say.  Thus  far  it 
has  not  hurt  me,  but  I once  nearly  lost  my  second  son 
near  Lake  Chapula  from  a malarial  fever  due  probably 
to  mosquito  bites  that  he  received  when  shooting  ducks 
in  the  swamps;  and,  in  my  opinion,,  the  Chapula  district 
is  far  healthier  than  Tampico  and  vicinity,  on  account  of 
its  greater  altitude.  It  might  be  found  necessary  in  some 
cases  to  obtain  permission  to  shoot  in  some  of  the 
lagunas  and  marsh  adjacent  to  the  Panuco  River.  By 
going  inland  a few  miles  fine  shooting  can  be  obtained  on 
deer,  turkeys,  peccaries  or  javalines,  cats  (called  tigres ), 
quail  and  other  game;  but  ticks  are  so  numerous  and 
tjieir  bites  are  so  irritating  as  to  take  awayalj  pleasure 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


from  the  sport.  Possibly,  though,  by  washing  himself 
all . over  every  morning  and  evening  with  certain  medi- 
cines— such,  for  instance,  as  a concentrated  solution  of 
California,  insect  powder,  in  aguardiente , cr  highly  diluted 
carbolic  acid — one  might  avoid  most  of  the  discomfort. 
I have  heard  statements  to  this  effect  made  on  several 
occasions.  While  on  a hunt  in  the  woods  up  country 
some  two  weeks  , ago,  Mr.  W.  A.  Jones,  a well-known 
sportsman  of  Chicago,  got  badly  bitten  by  the  ticks  or 
pinolias,  and  he  is  suffering  yet,  or  was  when  I saw  him 
last  three  days  ago.  His  body  looks  as  if  he  was  suffer- 
ing from  a severe  attack  of  smallpox.  I managed  to  pick 
up  a few  pinolias  myself  lately,  consequently  can  vouch 
for  how  severely  the  bites  hurt. 

The  conveniences  for  tarpon  fishermen  at  Tampico  are 
only  fair,  but  will  probably  be  improved  materially  by 
next  season.  The  Hotel  Hidalgo,  where  the  sportsmen 
congregate,  is  fairly  comfortable,  but  it  is  impracticable 
to  purchase  a really  first-class  meal  in  the  city.  One 
can  put  up  with  inferior  food,  though,  because  of  the 
excellence  of  the  sport. 

Everyone  should  bring  his  own  tackle  if  he  has  it  or 
knows  how  and  what  and  where  to  buy  in  the  United 
States.  Tackle  of  an  inferior  grade  can  be  rented  at 
reasonable  rates  from  the  proprietor  of  the  hotel,  but  it  is 
very  unsatisfactory  to  anyone  who  has  ever  used  a first 
rate  tarpon  outfit. 

Boats  without  chairs  can  be  rented  from  the  said  pro- 
prietor, but  a few  better  ones  with  chairs  and  cushions 
can  be  obtained  from  Ansuncio  Ruiz,  a former  boatman 
of  mine,  whom  I trained  well  in  all  matters  relating  to 
tarpon  fishing,  notwithstanding  which  he  has  still  to  be 
watched  so  as  to  make  sure  that  he  provides  a suitable 
chair  and  fixes  it  firmly  in  the  proper  place. 

With  the  exception  of  the  two  that  I possess,  butt- 
sockets  are  unknown  in  Tampico,  and  the  gaff  hooks  used 
there  are  none  of  the  best.  Spare  oars  and  rowlocks  in 
each  boat  should  be  insisted  on,  especially  if  one  is  going 
to  the  jetties.  Without  such  a provision  one  is  liable  to 
be  carried  out  to  sea  and  drowned.  The  boatmen  are 
always  ready  to  avoid  the  trouble  of  taking  this  precau- 
tion, hence  it  behooves  the  sportsman  to  look  out  for 
himself  in  these  particulars. 

In  fishing  at  or  near  Tamos  one  has  either  to  waste  four 
or  five  hours  per  day  in  going  and  coming  or  else  has  to 
take  the  6 A.  M.  train  there  and  return  at  7 : 30  P.  M.  by 
the  passenger  train  from  Aguas  Calientes.  Sometimes 
this  is  two  or  three  hours  late,  but  generally  it  is  sharp  on 
time.  Making  the  trip  to  and  from  Tamos  by  rail  daily 
cuts  down  one’s  hours  of  sleep  to  a minimum,  and  renders 
the  sport  rather  strenuous  for  ordinary  mortals.  I can 
stand  it  for  five  consecutive  days,  after  which  it  appears 
to  me  advisable  to  take  a day’s  rest.  It  is  true  that  one 
can  rent  a naphtha  launch  to  tow  his  boat  or  several 
boats  to  the  fishing  grounds,  but  it  requires  the  pocket- 
book  of  a millionaire  to  pay  for  it;  besides,  the  infernal 
things  are  continually  breaking  down  and  leaving  their 
passengers  in  the  lurch. 

The  solution  of  this  difficulty  is  the  building  of  a hotel, 
or  better  still,  a club  house,  about  two  miles  below 
Tamos  so  as  to  be  opposite  the  center  of  the  best  fishing 
ground.  Such  a club  house  could  be. built  and  outfitted 
for  $10,000,  gold.  Fifty  members  by  putting  in  $200  each, 
paying  $25  per  annum  as  dues,  and  taxing  non-members 
heavily  for  the  privileges  of  the  club,  could  build  and 
operate  it.  Everybody,  though,  who  uses  the  club,  whether 
he  be  member  or  guest,  should  be  required  to  pay  certain 
fixed  rates  for  meals,  boat  hire,  boatmen,  use  of  club 
tackle,  etc.  A good,  reliable  manager  would  be  needed 
to  see  that  the  club  is  properly  managed  in  every  par- 
ticular, and  he  should  be  somewhat  experienced  in  tar- 
pon fishing  in  order  to  know  the  needs  of  the  sportsmen 
and  how  to  provide  for  them.  A good  taxidermist  would 
be  an  essential  accessory  for  the  club,  and  he  undoubtedly 
could  secure  enough  business  from  the  guests  and  other 
fishermen  at  Tampico  to  pay  him  well.  Mr.  Robert 
Farley,  of  Tarpon,  Texas,  who,  in  my  opinion,  is  the  best 
tarpon  taxidermist  in  America,  could  be  induced  to  spend 
his  winters  at  Tamos,  for  he  has  already  passed  one  at 
Tampico  for  the  purpose  of  mounting  tarpon.  If  fifty  of 
your  readers  would  care  to  form  such  a club,  I can  put 
them  in  touch  with  certain  reliable  parties  at  Tampico 
who  would  see  to  the  construction  of  the  buildings  and 
outfitting  of  the  club  so  as  to  have  everything  ready  by 
next  November.  The  buildings  should  consist  of  one 
large  house  containing  a sitting  room  and  a room  for 
meals  with  a detached  kitchen  near-by;  and  the  residences 
should  be  small,  one-room  houses,  constructed  solely  for 
sleeping  in.  There  should  also  be  a good  bath  house  and 
several  small,  cheap  wharves.  The  club  should  also-  own 
a number  of  skiffs,  and  it  might  be  necessary  to  provide 
shacks  for  the  boatmen  to  live  in  on  a remote  portion  of 
the  grounds.  Later  on  it  might  be  deemed  advisable  to 
build  a good  boat  house  and  keep  a naphtha  launch;  but 
these  are  luxuries  that  would  not  be  required  at  first.  The 
general  sitting  room  should  certainly  have  a large  open 
fire-place,  and  should  be  provided  with  cheap  tables  to  be 
used  by  the  sportsmen  in  repairing  tackle  and  manufac- 
turing snells. 

Such  an  organization,  if  properly  managed,  would  be  a 
very  jolly  and  satisfactory  affair,  and  everybody  enjoying 
its  privileges  would  be  more  than  satisfied,  because  the 
tarpon  fishing  at  Tamos  is  by  far  the  best  yet  discovered, 
and  the  winter  climate  of  the  district  is  generally  ideal. 

The  $10,000,  gold,  that  I mentioned  is  the  least  sum 
for  -which  the  club  could  be  organized  and  put  in  satisfac- 
tory shape  for  operation.  If  anything  more  elaborate 
than  that  which  I have  described  be  decided  upon,  a larger 
sum  would  be  required. 

I would  not  only  be  pleased  to  join  such  an  organiza- 
tion, but  also  would  be  glad  to  aid  in  every  possible  way, 
short  of  going  to  the  site,  the  formation  of  the  club  and 
its  installation  and  equipment.  To  this  end  I am  prepared 
to  correspond  with  tarpon  fishermen;  and  if  enough  of 
them  decide  to  join,  to  block  out  rules  for  the  club’s  man- 
agement and  operation,  and  to  arrange  for  plans,  specifi- 
cations, supervision  of  construction,  and  management. 
My  address  is  New  Nelson  Building,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

I believe  it  would  be  practicable  for  the  club  to  secure 
exclusive  shooting  privileges  from  the  owners  of  all 
swamp  lands  that  are  within  easy  reach  from  the  club 
house,  but  the  privilege  of  shooting  on  these  grounds 
should  be  confined  strictly  to  club  members,  and  should 
be  charged  for  pretty  highly  in  order  to  cover  rent  and 
salarje?  of 


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There  are  now  in  Tampico  a number  of  fairly  well 
trained  boatmen  for  tarpon  fishing,  besides  others  who 
have  had  more  or  less  experience.  The  number  of  such 
trained  boatmen  would  naturally  increase  with  the  de- 
mand. Strange  to  say,  I find  that  boys  of  eighteen  or 
twenty  years  of  age  make  the  best  boatmen  and  hunting 
mo  sos. 

The  best  way  to  get  to  Tampico  by  rail  is  probably  by 
way  of  San  Luis  Potosi  over  the  Gould  system.  The 
route  via  Laredo  and  Monterey  figures  shorter  in  time, 
but  the  said  figures  cannot  always  be  relied  on;  besides, 
the  ride  down  the  mountain  on  the  Mexican  Central  from 
San  Luis  Potosi  to  Tampico  is  something  worth  journey- 
ing far  to  take.  Those  living  in  the  West  would  of  course 
go  via  El  Paso,  but  those  from  the  East  should  travel  via 
Eagle  Pass.  The  Laredo  route,  as  far  as  I am  concerned, 
has  proved  very  unsatisfactory,  requiring  an  extra  twenty- 
four  hours  each  way  above  the  computed  necessary  time. 
Ihose  who  pass  through  San  Antonio  and  change  there 
from  one  depot  to  another,  should  not  check  their  hag- 
gage  through  or  intrust  it  to  any  transfer  company,  as 
such  companies  are  unreliable;  but  they  should  hire  an 
independent  express  wagon  and  drive  over  in  it  with  their 
baggage  to  the  other  depot.  By  failing  to  do  this  I lost 
twenty-four  hours  going  down,  although  there  was  a 
full  hour  at  San  Antonio  for  transferring  baggage  and 
although  several  of  the  M.  K.  & T.  R.  R.  officials  assured 
me  that  my  baggage  would  certainly  be  delivered  in  good 
time — which  it  was  not.  I found  afterward  that  such  out- 
rages are  of  almost  daily  occurrence,  hence  this  word  of 
warning  to_  those  who  contemplate  going  to'  Tampico  for 
tarpon  fishing.  By  the  way,  there  is  still  ample  time  this 
season  for  a good  outing  there,  and  I feel  sure  that  fine 
fishing  can  be  had  until  well  on  into  April. 

Since  sending  to  your  paper  my  last  communication 
concerning  tarpon  fishing,  I have  had  two  outings  on  that 
sport,  and  have  in  consequence  learned  something  more 
about  tackle  and  outfit.  This  information  I hope  to  give 
your  readers  soon  in  another  letter  that  I purpose  writing 
for  the  pages  of  Forest  and  Stream. 

J.  A.  L.  Waddell. 


Mr.  Chambers  and  Sea  Trout. 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

Overlooking  the  violence  done  to  Lindley  Murray’s 
syntax  in  the  opening  sentence,  and  apart  from  the  per- 
sonalities which  make  up  three-fourths  of  Mr. 
Chambers’  letter  in  your  issue  of  March  11,  which  the 
Old  Angler  has  no-  ambition  to  emulate,  he  is,  on  the 
whole,  well  pleased. 

Your  readers  who  have  taken  an  intelligent  interest 
in  the  identity  of  the  so-called  sea  trout  will  also  be 
pleased  to  see  that,  with  some  difference  in  nomencla- 
ture, Mr.  Hallock,  Mr.  Chambers  and  the  present 
writer  are  in  substantial  agreement,  and  that  “such 
widely-recognized  authorities”  as  Hamilton  Smith,  Dr. 
Storer,  M.  H.  Perley,  Frank  Forester  and  Thad  Norris, 
and  “such  keen  and  observant  sportsmen  as  J.  U. 
Gregory,  of  Quebec,  and  John  Mannel,  of  Ottawa,” 
were  all  wrong  and  showed  crass  ignorance  and  made 
great  errors  of  description  and  classification’  when  they 
described  and  classed  this  fish  as  a distinct  species 
greatly  differing  from  the  brook  trout. 

Mr.  Chambers  now  decides  that  “the  marine  and 
fluvial  trout  are  one  and  the  same  fish — varietally  and 
structurally — differing  only  in  coloring,  and  the  other 
conditions  resulting  from  the  anadromy  of  the  one  and 
the  non-anadromy  of  the  other.”  The  only  error  here 
is  that  the  fish  is  not  “anadromous,”  as  a reference  to 
Webster  or  Worcester  will  show. 

If  Mr.  Hallock  and  Mr.  Chambers  prefer  to  use  the 
terms,  “marine  and  fluvial  types”  when  both  mean 
the  brook  trout,  The  Old  Angler  has  only  this  objection 
to  urge — that  the  use  of  these  terms,  in  a manner  so 
unscientific,  leaves  the  general  reader  in  doubt  as  to 
the  real  identity  of  either  type.  A careful  consideration 
of  the  extract  from  the  “Origin  of  Species,”  which 
Mr.  C.  contrasts  with  the  “garrulousness”  of  the  present 
writer,  will  convince  all  thoughtful  readers  that  Darwin 
is  “dead  against”  any  such  use  of  the  word  “type,”  as 
Mr.  C.  prefers  to  retain.  The  great  naturalist  is  argu- 
ing against  the  error  of  classifying  into  species  and 
varieties  from  slight  differences  in  which  the  line  of 
demarkation  is  not  clear;  but  -Mr.  C.  has  no  hesita- 
tion in  making  distinct  types  of  two  fishes,  which  he 
says  are  “identical  in  both  species  and  variety,”  and 
interchangeable  in  coloring  according  to  habitat.  A 
timely  reference  to  what  Webster’s  Dictionary  says 
about  the  word  type,  as  used  in  natural  history,  would 
have  warned  Mr.  C.  of  his  dangerous  ground  and  saved 
your  readers  from  the  pseudo-science  so  prominent  in 
his  last  letter. 

While  not  questioning  the  nomenclature  adopted  by 
the  recent  authorities  named,  The  Old  Angler  prefers 
to  use  the  old  name  Salmo  fontinalis,  because  it  is  best 
understood  by  general  readers  and  leaves  no  doubt  as 
to  the  species  meant.  But  he  strenuously  objects  to 
the  dictum  of  Jordan  and  Evermann  that  “many  local 
varieties  [of  the  brook  trout]  occur,  distinguished  by 
shades  of  color;”  because,  as  Darwin  shows,  mere 
shades  of  color,  which  change  with  habitat  and  are 
never  constant,  cannot  make  a variety  or  subspecies. 

I may  have  something  to  say  next  summer  about  the 
Pleasant  Lake  fish  story;  since,  by  other  members  of 
the  club,  the  salmon  are  now  said  to  be  togue;  but, 
until  something  new  is  offered,  mere  personalities  will 
not  interest  The  Old  Angler. 


Moms  Canal  Bass. 

The  Morris  Canal  in  New  Jersey  is  to  be  abandoned, 
and  the  State  Fish  and  Game  Commission  will  re- 
move the  black  bass  and  other  fish  and  use  them  for 
stocking  purposes. 


All  communications  for  Forest  and  Stream  must  he 
directed  to  Forest  and  Strftmn  Pub.  Co.,  New  York-,  fO 
receive  fYf  jfovr  w fthef 


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[PulAXCH  25,  1905- 


Federal  Protection  of  Fish* 

In  a speech  in  the  House  of  Representatives,  on  the 
River  and  Harbor  Appropriation  Bill,  Hon.  George 
Shiras  3d,  of  Pennsylvania,  discussed  the  right  of  the 
National  Government  to  control  public  waters  with 
respect  to  their  pollution,  and  to  the  fish  in  them.  Mr. 
Shiras  said : 

In  connection  with  a brief  review  of  the  manner  in 
which  the  National  Government  expends  such  large  sums 
of  money  upon  our  national  waterways,  it  seems  an  ap- 
propriate time  to  call  the  attention  of  the  House  and  the 
country  to  the  peculiar  and,  to  my  mind,  unfortunate  lim- 
itations placed  upon  such  disbursements.  Our  seaboard 
end  inland  waters  were  from  the  begining  one  of  the 
great  elements  of  our  commercial  prosperity,  and  their 
gradual  development,  through  the  liberality  of  the  Gov- 
ernment, has  made  our  water  transportation!  unsurpassed 
by  any  other  country.  The  original  theory  on  which 
the  constitutional  right  to  expend  public  money  for  the 
improvement  of  navigation  was  based  on  rather  narrow 
grounds,  viz.,  in  the  aid  of  interstate  and  international 
commerce  on  such  public  waters  as  were  not  only 
“navigable”  in  the  ordinary  sense  of  the  word,  but  were 
of  such  magnitude  as  warranted  governmental  expendi- 
tures. The  seeming  legality  of  these  early  appropriations, 
therefore,  depended  upon  a pre-existing  navigability  of 
the  rivers,  lakes  and  harbors.  Gradually  this  has  been 
changed,  until  now  the  test  frequently  is,  Can  the  water- 
way be  made  navigable ; and  if  so,  will  it  be  of  sufficient 
commercial  value  to  warrant  the  Government  making  the 
improvement?  Streams  that  were  navigable  but  one 
month  in  the  year,  and  then  only  during  .freshets,  when 
transportation  was  most  hazardous,  are  now,  by  our  sys- 
tem of  slack-water  dams  and  locks,  made  great  highways 
of  trade;  other  watercourses  that  were  wide  and  so  shal- 
low as  to  be  practically  unnavigable,  had  deep  channels 
excavated  therein  and  thus  adapted  to  the  movement  of 
our  largest  steamships ; and,  finally,  not  to  be  confined  to 
the  watercourses  provided  by  nature,  in  our  efforts  to  aid 
navigation  we  have  from  time  to  time  (as  in  the  present 
bill)  expended  considerable  sums  in  building  canals  and 
artificial  channels  through  solid  ground  for  miles,  so  as 
to  connect  streams  with  lakes  and  lakes  with  tidal 
waters.  We  have  even  gone  so  far  in  some  of  our  river 
and  harbor  bills  as  to  grant  franchises  to  private  corpora- 
tions to  construct  locks  and  dams  on  certain  rivers  and 
collect  toll  thereon — a practice  that  should  be  abandoned. 

Thus  it  must  be  apparent  at  the  present  day  that  we 
exercise  the  most  complete  and  exclusive  dominion  over 
our  public  waters  in  so  far  as  navigation  is  concerned, 
and,  further,  that  this  right  is  wholly  based  upon  the 
principle  that  the  public  waters  belong  to  the  nation  and 
should  be  so  protected  and  improved  as  to  be  a source 
of  common  benefit  to  all. 

It  must  therefore  be  plain  that  our  Government  has 
assumed  the  right  to  so  control  our  public  waters  as  will 
best  conserve  the  needs  of  commerce,  quite  irrespective 
of  the  original  navigability  of  the  waterway  or  route  to 
be  improved.  At  this  point  it  seems  proper  to  ask,  Why 
is  it,  with  such  complete  and  exclusive  control  of  our 
Government  over  the  public  waters,  in  so  far  as  naviga- 
tion is  concerned,  that  no  practical  steps  have  been  taken 
to  extend  national  supervision  over  the  same  waters  for 
the  benefit  of  the  country  in  two  essential  particulars, 
vizi,  the  protection  of  public  health  and  the  valuable  food 
fishes  that  are  indigenous  to  such  waters? 

While  the  improvement  of  navigation  is  essentially  and 
fundamentally  right,  the  protection  of  public  health  is 
equally  essential,  whether  it  be  gauged  by  morals  or  in  a 
purely  commercial  sense.  Though  this  bill  carries  the 
sum  of  $32,000,000,  not  one  cent  is  to  be  expended  in  the 
investigation  or  control  of  the  many  sources  of  contam- 
ination and  pollution  which  are  gradually  converting  our 
great  rivers  and  harbors  into  open  sewers,  killing  thous- 
ands of  citizens  each  year,  and  imperiling  the  health  of 
millions.  If  the  time  has  now  come  when  the  mere  driv- 
ing of  a stake  in  some  petty  creek  renders  the  offender 
subject  to  fine  and  imprisonment,  as  an  alleged  inter- 
ference with  navigation,  it  would  seem  as  though  our 
Government  should  be  given  authority  in  the  present  bill 
or  by  other  statutes  to  prevent  all  such  injurious  pollu- 
tion of  public  waters  as  must  inevitably  render  unfit  for 
domestic  use  many  streams  and  lakes  owned  by  the  pub- 
lic at  large  and  needed  for  other  vital  purposes  than  the 
transportation  of  freight  or  passengers.  Were  the  sick- 
ness and  death  arising  from  the  corruption  of  our  water- 
courses valued  according  to  the  “tables  of  expectancy” 
employed  in  such  cases,  and  were  we  to  add  to  this  the 
untold  millions  expended  by  municipalities  in  the  con- 
struction and  maintenance  of  filtration  plants,  reservoirs, 
and  distant  conduit  connections  with  uncontaminated 
waters,  the  sum  total  would  be  appalling.  If,  in  the 
future,  some  of  the  money  carried  by  the  river  and 
harbor  bills,  can  be  appropriated  for  the  preservation  of 
public  health,  it  would  do  very  much  in  furthering  the 
popularity  of  such  measures. 

That  we  possess  the  constitutional  power  to  protect 
public  health  under  the  regulatory  rights  the  Government 
has  over  public  waters  must  be  unquestioned  when  the 
matter  is  given  due  consideration,  for  it  is  manifestly  im- 
possible for  the  States  bordering  upon  the  same  waters  to 
enact  either  efficient  or  uniform  legislation  or  make  the 
same  enforcible  against  an  offending  State  which  majr 
with  impunity  so  contaminate  the  public  waters  passing 
beyond  its  borders  as  to  utterly  destroy  the  purity  and 
usefulness  of  the  same. 

While  not  of  equal  importance  with  the  question  of 
public  health,  the  failure  of  our  Government  to  properly 
protect  our  valuable  food  fishes,  which  at  one  time  fairly 
swarmed  in  the  bays,  rivers  and  lakes  of  our  country,  is 
of  ^sufficient  magnitude  to  justify  some  reference  to  the 
same  in  connection  with  the  discussion  bearing  upon  the 
intrinsic  value  of  our  public  waters  to  the  nation  over 
and  above  the  question  of  navigation.  It  is  the  opinion 
of  well-qualified  persons  that  Federal  supervision  over 
the  fish  within  our  public  waters  would  advance  the 
marketable  product  $15,000,000  or  more  a year.  As  show- 
ing the  interest  of  Government  experts  in  the  question  of 
protecting  our  food  fishes  by  national  legislation,  I sub- 
mit a letter  addressed  to  the  United  States  Commissioner 
of  Fisheries  and  his  reply  thereto : 


House  of  Representatives, 
Washington,  D.  C.,  Feb.  24,  1905. 

Hon.  George  M.  Bowers, 

Commissioner,  Bureau  of  Fisheries,  City. 

Dear  Sir:  The  Federal  Government  in  exercising  control  over 

the.  public  waters  of  the  United  States  has  heretofore  practically 
limited  its  action  to  the  protection  and  promotion  of  navigation 
thereon.  After  considerable  investigation  of  the  subject  I have 
reached  the  conclusion  that  the  National  Government  should  so 
extend  its  supervision  over  the  public  waters  as  to  prevent  the 
unnecessary  pollution  of  the  same,  not  only  for  the  purpose  of 
* conserving  the  public  health,  but  with  the  view  of  preserving 
from  injury  or  destruction  the  valuable  food  fishes  that  are  in- 
digenous to  our  navigable  streams.  It  likewise  seems  important 
that  the  Government  in  spending  millions  of  dollars  annually 
on  such  streams  and  public  Waters — whether  for  navigation  or 
irrigation  purposes — should  so  construct  its  dams  and  canals  as 
to  provide  not  only  proper  fishways  for  the  free  movement  of  the 
fish  in  their  annual  migrations  to  and  from  the  spawning  beds, 
but  should  so  construct  said  improvements  as  to  avoid  the  un- 
necessary accumulation  of  sewage  and  other  deleterious  sub- 
stances in  the  slack-water  pools  (so  menacing  to  the  public 
health)  by  providing  means  for  flushing  the  same. 

While  some  of  these  subjects  are  not  within  your  province  to 
pass  upon,  I am  anxious  to  obtain  your  views  on  the  possible 
advantages  that  would  acrue  to  your  Bureau  were  additional 
Federal  legislation  enacted  giving  the  Government  authority  to 
regulate  fishing  in  those  public  waters  where  the  fish  are  either 
of  migratory  character  or  belong  to  waters  which  are  not 
wholly  within  the  control  of  any  one  State. 

Under  the  acts  of  Congress  providing  therefor  the  President 
of  the  United  States  appoints  a Commissioner  of  Fish  and 
Fisheries,  whose  duty  it  is  to  investigate  the  subject  with  a 
view  to  ascertain  what  diminution,  if  any,  in  the  number  of  food 
fishes  of  the  coast  and  lakes  of  the  United  States  has  taken  place 
and  from  what  cause  the  same  is  due,  and  whether  any  pro- 
tective, prohibitory,  or  precautionary  measures  should  be  adopted 
in  the  premises,  and  report  upon  the  same  to  Congress. 

It  is  also  provided  that  the  heads  of  the  several  Executive 
Departments  shall  cause  to  be  rendered  all  necessary  and  prac- 
tical aid  to  the  Commissioner  in  the  prosecution  of  his  in- 
vestigations and  inquiries,  and  Section  4398  of  the  Revised 
Statutes  provides  that  “the  Commissioner  may  take  or  cause  to 
be  taken  at  all  times  in  the  waters  of  the  seacoast  of  the  United 
States,  where  the  tide  ebbs  and  flows,  and  also  in  the  waters 
of  the  lakes,  such  fisli  or  specimens  thereof  as  may,  in  his 
judgment,  from  time  to  time  be  needful  or  proper  for  the  con- 
duct of  his  duties,  any  law,  custom,  or  usage  of  any  State  not- 
withstanding.” 

From  the  above  last  recited  act  it  is  clear  that  Congress  has 
asserted  its  authority  over  fish  in  certain  public  waters  and  has, 
besides,  invited  such  additional  legislation  as  might  be  hereafter 
suggested  for  the  proper  protection  of  the  food  fishes  of  the 
United  States. 

I understand  that  by  the  placing  of  nets,  weirs,  and  similar 
devices  in  or  at  the  entrance  of  streams  many  valuable  migratory 
fishes,  such  as  the  salmon  and  shad,  are  in  many  localities  en- 
tirely prevented  from  reaching  the  fresh-water  spawning  beds, 
and  in  other  localities  such  limited  numbers  succeed  in  passing 
such  barriers  that  were  it  not  for  artificial  propagation  carried 
on  by  the  Government  the  supply  of  these  valuable  fish  would 
soon  be  exhausted. 

It  would  seem,  also,  that  some  provision  should  be  made  for 
'regulating  the  season  and  the  manner  in  which  such  migratory 
fish  should  be  taken,  in  view  of  the  fact  that  our  Government 
spends  annually  large  amounts  of  the  public  money  for  the  pro- 
tection and  propagation  of  the  fish. 

I would  be  pleased,  therefore,  if  you  would  indicate  in  a 
general  way  “what  protective,  prohibitory,  or  precautionary  meas- 
ures should  be  adopted  ’ for  fostering  our  fishing  interests  in  the 
public  waters _ of  the  United  States,  and,  further,  that  you  detail 
such  special  instances  of  the  insufficiency  of  existing  legislation 
as  will  best  illustrate  the  urgency  and  propriety  of  Congressional 
action. 

In  Alaska  I understand  that  your  Bureau  possesses  ample 
authority  to  insure  the  permanency  of  the  salmon  industry  in 
such_  waters,  both  tidal  and  inland.  If  this  is  correct,  may  I 
ask  if  the  passage  of  similar  laws,  so  far  as  applicable  to  the 
United  .States,  would  be  sufficient;  and  if  so,  to  what  extent 
in  your  judgment  would  the  commercial  fisheries  of  the  country 
be  benefited?  Yours,  very  truly. 

Geo.  Shiras,  3d. 


Department  of  Commerce  and  Labor, 

Bureau  of  Fisheries, 

TT  „ _ . Washington,  March  1,  1905. 

Hon.  George  Shiras,  3d, 

House  of  Representatives,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Sir:  In  response  to  your  request  for  an  expression  of  opinion 
as  to  the  advantages  that  would  acrue  to  this  Bureau  were  the 
Government  in  position  to  regulate  the  fishing  for  migratory 
fishes  m public  waters  or  the  fishing  waters  not  wholly  within  the 
control  of  any  one  State,  I have  the  honor  to  make  the  following 
statements: 

The  operations  of  this  Bureau  so  far  as  they  relate  to  legal 
matters  affecting  the  States,  are  in  general  quite  satisfactory; 
and,  in  its  own  interests,  the  Bureau  would  not  care  to  see 
existing  conditions  changed  or  disturbed.  . The  State  officials  ap- 
preciate the  beneficent  and  unselfish  efforts  of  the  Bureau  to 
preserve  and  increase  the  supply  of  food  fishes,  and  ate  willing 
to  co-operate  to  the  fullest  possible  extent.  But  from  the  stanrf- 
point.of  the  fisheries  I Can  see  that  iri  many,  perhaps  all  cases 
affecting  migratory  fishes  aild  interstate  waters  great  advantage 
would  accrue  from  the  ability  of  the  General  Government  to  pre- 
scribe uniform  regulations  and  to  impose  necessary  restrictions 
in  the  interest  of  the  entire  country. 

The  States  would  doubtless  be  greatly  adverse  to  relinquishing 
their  control  over  such  matters,  and  this  Bureau  would  be 
equally  adverse  to  assuming  jurisdiction;  but  if  the  welfare  of 
certain  industries  and  the  preservation  of  certain  fishes  are  the 
vital  considerations,  there  is  no  doubt  that  these  would  be  best 
secured  through  governmental  control. 

Attention  may  be  drawn  to  the  case  of  the  fisheries  of  the 
Great  Lakes.  For  fifteen  years  the  States  bordering  thereon 
have  been  striving  to.  secure  uniform  legislation,  and  many  joint 
conferences  have  been  held;  but  the  desired  end  is  not  yet 
attained,  and  the  fisheries  have  suffered  in  consequence,  Other 
international  waters  in  which  the  condition  of  affairs  is  most 
unsatisfactory  are  Puget  Sound  and  Lake  of  the  Woods 

With  regard  to  the  Columbia  River,  the  States  of  Washington 
Oregon  and  Idaho  have  never  been  able  to  agree  on  uniform 
legislation  and  regulations  for  the  best  interests  of  the  salmon 
fisheries,  and  during  the  past  season  two  of  those  States  went 
so  far  as  to  ignore  the  law  providing  for  a close  season,  with 
the  result  that  the  run  of  fish . on  which  the  Government  hatch- 
eries chiefly  depended,  for  their  supply  of  egjgs  was  practically 
annihilated  and  the  season  at  the  hatcheries  was  a failure 

Various  other  instances  might  be  cited  in  which  the  States  fail- 
to  give  to  the  migratory  fishes  that  protection  which  is  clearly 
indicated,  or  in  which  protection  is  one-sided  or  inadequate  be- 
cause of  the  lack  of  uniformity  in  the  regulations.  In  all  such 
cases  governmental  jurisdiction  would  easily  accomplish  the 
desired  end. 

Other  directions  in  which  governmental  supervision  of  nubile 
waters  would  be  beneficial  to  the  fisheries  and  helpful  to  the 
operation  of  this  Bureau  are  in  the  prevention  of  the  pollution 
of  public  or  interstate  waters  by  mill,  factory  and  city  refuse 
and  in  the  prohibition  of  the  construction  or  maintenance  o{ 
dams,  dikes,  or  other  obstructions  to  the  movements  of  fish 
unless  such  obstructions  are  provided  with  duly  approved  fish 
ladders.  Very  respectfully. 

Geo.  W.  Bowers, 

i Commissioner. 

I herewith  submit  an  extract  from  a communication  of 
mine  addressed  to  a publication  devoted  to  the  interest  of 
sportsmen  ; 


In  Albemarle  Sound  the  national  shad  fisheries,  owing  to’  the 
almost  entire  catch  of  the  shad  before  they  reach  the  fresh-water 
spawning  beds  by  the  intervening  nets  further  down  the  sound, 
had  obtained  spawn  amounting  only  to  10,000,000,  while  the 
hatcheries  had  the  capacity  for  100,000,000.  If  a fair  proportion 
of  the  shad  could  reach  the  spawning  beds,  perhaps  one’  thous- 
and million  additional  spawn  would  be  deposited  and  the  shad 
industry  oerwhelmingly  benefited.  As  it  ’is,  I have  been  in- 
formed that  the  shad  industry  of  the  Atlantic  coast  is  almost 
wholly  dependent  upon  the  artificial  propagation  conducted  by 
the  Government;  and  yet  while  our  nation  spends  the  people’s 
money  for  this  worthy  purpose,  it  has  no  power  to  protect  this 
migratory  fish  from  practical  annihilation  by  certain  States  ex- 
cept through  its  persistent  efforts  in  obtaining  annually  enough 
spawn  to  provide  for  a limited  catch  each  season.  Can  it  be 
doubted  that  the  shad  and  salmon,  living  far  out  at  sea  and 


migrating  annually  to  our  waters  for  the  purpose  of  reproduction,  , 
do  not  belong  to  any  State,  and  yet  a State,  by  reason  of  the , 
public  waters  passing  through  its  domain,  may  so  net  the 
streams  and  inlets  as  to  exterminate  a fish  which  surely  belongs  j 
to  the  people  at  large,  and  for  which  so  much  of  the  public  [ 
money  is  expended? 

All  ornithologists  and  fish  culturists  recognize  a wonderful 
similarity  in  the  migratory  habits  of  certain  fish  and  birds,  each 
coming  annually  to  the  same  locality,  over  the  same  general: 
course,  for  the  purpose  of  reproduction,  and  then  returning  to 
some  distant  locality  on  water  or  land,  respectiely.  Destroy 
certain  shore  birds  of  the  Atlantic  coast  and  they  are  gone 
forever,  so  completely  are  some  varieties  Confined  to  this  narrow 
avenue  of  migration;  destroy  all  the  salmon  which  are  accustomed 
to  spawn  in  a particular  stream  or  estuary  and  these  waters  arc 
forever  barren,  so  wonderful  is  the  predilection  of  this  fish  for 
the  same  spawning  bed.  The  State  of  Maine  improvidently ■ 
wiped  out  the  vast  salmon  schools  which  once  visited  its  streams; 
the  State  of  Connecticut  has  largely  lost  its  shad,  and  at  present 
the  great  Pacific  Coast  States  of  Washington  and  Oregon  are  ’ 
temporarily  filling  the  pockets  of  their  commercial  fishermen, 
who  are  unrestrained  by  a Federal  law  so  regulating  the  catch 
as  to  correspond  with  the  maintenance  of  a permanent  supply, 
and  soon  the  Columbia  River  will  be  like  those  of  Maine. 

Therefore,  in  conclusion,  let  me  ask  if  the  time  has  not 
arrived  when  this  nation,  in  the  protection  of  general 
health  and  in  the  preservation  of  its  great  commercial 
fisheries,  should  assume  its  rightful  control  over  those 
public  waters  not  wholly  within  the  dominion  of  one 
Slate  now  but  partially  exercised  in  the  promotion  or 
navigation?  Let  us  have  Federal  statutes  expressly  recog- 
nizing public  ownership  in  public  waters,  and  the  out- 
come will  be  the  saving  of  countless  lives  and  the  protec- 
tion of  our  material  interests  without  a single  substantial 
objection  to  negative  such  beneficial  results. 


Galveston's  Fish  Lottery* 

Galveston,  March  17. — Lest  your  readers  forget 
what  manner  of  fishing  we  have,  I want  to  again  remind  ’ 
them  that  they  who  have  never  fished  from  our  jetties 
have  missed  an  experience.  Ten  miles  from  our  docks, 
five  miles  out  in  the  Gulf  of  Mexico,  you  can  stand  on 
granite  rocks  of  the  jetties  and  cast  in  water  thirty  feet 
deep  with  the  charming  uncertainty  of  “most  any  old 
fish”  taking  your  hook.  The  range  of  possibilities  is  ! 
from  a pigfish  (hogfish,  grant,  sailor’s  choice,  as  variously 
called),  the  salt-water  perch,  to  a shark  or  a ray  or  devil- 
fish, that  skin  your  knuckles  with  handle  of  your  reels 
and  carry  off  your  line  as  a joke  on  the  fisherman. 

Tarpon  are  abundant  with  us,  as  many  as  anywhere  on  l 
the  Gulf  coast,  but  we  land  but  few  tarpon  on  the  rocks, 
and  it  is  so  difficult  to  do  and  there  are  so  many  other 
fish  that  will  give  you  all  tile  exercise  you  want,  and 
test  twenty-five  strand  Cuttyhunk,  hand-forged  ^ hooks 
and  300-foot  reels,  that  we  rarely  fish  fGr  tarpoll— -in  fact, 
generally  reel  in.  when  we  see  one  loafing  around.  Ter 
land  a tarpon  in  shallow  water  and  from  a boat,  where 
all  the  fisherman  has  to-  do  is  to-  keep  twenty  pounds  1 
strain  on  line  with  his  brake  and  let  the  tarpon  do  the 
rest  in  pulling  the  boat  until  he  is  worn  out  playing  tug-  ! 
boat,  is  one  thing;  to  stand  on  a rock  where  Bro’  Tarpon 
can  go  down  thirty  feet  and  come  up  with  slack  of  your 
line  in  three  shakes  of  a lamb’s  tail,  wink  the  other  eye  j 
at  you  and  throw  the  hook  twenty  feet  out  of  the  hole 
he  made  in  his  jaw  in  going  down  with  the  strain  of  the  : 
brake  on  the  hook,  is -another  thing.  Well,  yes,  that  is  : 
another  story. 

Spanish  mackerel,  the  greyhounds  of  the  sea,  of  father 
the  blue-greyhounds  of  the  sea,  give  us  the  best  of  sport, 
Liang  a mackerel,  see  your  float  go-  out  sight  as  if  shot 
from  a rifle,  and  for  a while  you  do  not  know  whether  it 
is  a three-pound  mackerel,  a hundred-pound  tarpon,  or  1 
a five-foot  shark  or  a jackfish  (the  first  cousin  of  the 
tutta).  Redfisll,  sea  trout,  kingfish,  sheepshead,  salt- 
water bass,  Junefish  that  are  Called  sea  bass  on  the  Pacific  > 
Coast,  pompano,  several  kinds  of  fays  and  sharks,  are 
all  caught  at  times;  so  we  fish  with  20  to  25-Strand,  best  : 
linen,  big  reels  and  hand-forged  hooks,  ready  for  what 
the  fish  lottery  may  bring  us. 

The  kingfish  is  rare  with  us,  but  if  you  ever  caught 
one  of  those  big  cousins  to  the  Spanish  mackerel,  you 
will  know  ever  after  when  it  is  a kingfish  that  is  making 
your  reel  hum  and  smoke  and  taking  the  skin  off  the  ball 
of  your  thumb  if  the  brake  breaks.  The  moment  the 
kingfish  feels  the  hook,  he  recollects  that  there  is  a fish  i 
doctor  in  the  Havana  harbor,  and  he  strikes  a bee-line 
for  the  doctor.  Fortunately  for  the  fisherman,  twenty  , 
pounds  on  the  drag  will  so  worry  him  that  by  the  time  lie  I 
has  gone  a hundred  yards  he  concludes  that  he  will  try 
the  old  anti-hook  remedy  of  circling,  and  in  fifteen  or  1 
twenty  minutes  he  just  as  lief  be  gaffed  as  not. 

There  is  no  fish  that  swims  that,  for  its  heft,  ten  to 
thirty  pounds,  is  a better  rod,  reel  and  line  prize 
than  the  jack.  It  is  almost  identical  in  appearance  with 
the  tuna  of  the  Pacific,  and  for  twenty  minutes  to  half 
an  hour  is  better  sport  than  any  tuna,  as  the  size  and 
weight  of  the  tuna  requires  you  to  simply  let  him  pull  the  1 
boat  about,  when  with  the  jack  you  can  stand  up  on  the  , 
rocks  and  fight  it  out  to  a finish — skill  and  strength  of  . 
tackle  against  his  strength,  fair  fight  and  no  favors  asked, 
and  equal  chance  as  to  outcome. 

We  have  as  great  a range  in  variety  as  in  any  fishing  , 
grounds  in.  the  world.  Fish  here  have  their  fast  days, 
when  they  will  be  excommunicated  if  they  touch  bait, 
and  as  a calendar  of  these  days  has  not  yet  been  pub- 
lished  m the  mermen’s  journal,  we  sometimes  have  to 
fall  back  on  pigfish  or  gaff-topsail  cat,  as  not  considered 
game  fish,  for  dinner  aboard  the  boat  on  our  way  home 
in  the  evening.  But  the  beauty  of  fishing  is  the  uncer- 
tainty of  the  catching,  and,  as  President  Cleveland  says, 
it  is  a squaw  fisherman  who  only  wants  to  fish  when  he  ! 
is  certain  the  fish  will  bite.  There  is  a charm  in  the  : 
wealth  of  life  in  the  waters  of  the  Gulf  five  miles  at  sea.  i 
Then  the  sail  or  boat  ride  to  and  from  the  fishing  j 
grounds,  the  yarns  and  explanations  as  to  what  was 
caught  and  what  was  not,  and  why  the  reel  was  broken, 
or  how  the  shark  took  the  tmut  off  the  hook  and  forgot  ; 
to  leave  the  line — an  old,  old  story  that  never  stales  and. 
the  age  of  the  fisherman  never  withers.  There  is  a 
witchery  that  is  as  fresh  to  the  man  of  seventy  as  to  the 
barefoot  boy  of  ten  that  calls  us  again  and  again  to  the  1 
rocks  when  judgment  says  wind  and  tide  make  chances  1 
of  catching  fish  slim  indeed.  The  time  to  go  fishing  is 
when  you  feel  like  going.  _ 

We  have  excellent  facilities  for  the  stranger  to  fish,  i| 
and  at  small  expense;  there  is  what  is  called  the  Better- 
son  pavilion,  about  two  miles  and  a half  from  the  land  I 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


March  25,  1905.] 


on  the  North  Jetty,  where  a comfortable  cot  and  a good 
cook  are  furnished  at  reasonable  rates;  there  is  a boat 
to.  the  Pavilion  twice  or  oftener  a day.  Then  there  are 
numerous  combination  power  and  sail  boats  with  good 
sailors  which  can  be  had  at  very  reasonable  rates. 

The  Tarpon  Club  sends  out  a boat  for  its  members 
twice  a day  at  5 A.  M.  and  1 P.  M.  to-  the  fishing  ground, 
and  a sober  set  of  fishermen — most  of  whom  have  fished 
•over -.thirty  years — compose  the  club  and  are  ready  to 
swap  yarns,  share  bait  and  compare  tackle  with  the 
fisherman  stranger  in  our  waters.  G.  E.  Mann, 

One  of  the  Club. 


The  Striped  Bass. 

. Newport,  R.  I.,  March  9. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 
Since  writing  you  in  December  last  concerning  Dr.  Heber 
Bishop’s  article  on  the  striped  bass  (see  Forest  and 
Stream  December  24,  1904),  in  “Forest,  Lake  and  River; 
the  Fishes  of  New  England  and  Eastern  Canada,”  by 
Frank  M.  Johnson.  Boston,  1902,  I have  discovered  the 
following  facts : 

Gunther  in  his  “Introduction  to  the  Study  of  Fishes,” 
Edinburgh,  1880,  says : 

“The  best  known  European  species  is  Lab  rax  lupus, 
common  on  the  British  coasts.  It  is  a voracious  fish,  with 
a remarkably  large  stomach,  and  received  from  the  ancient 
Romans  the  appropriate  name  of  lupus.  By  the  Greeks  it 
was  so  highly  esteemed  that  Archestratus  termed  this,  or 
one  of  the  two  other  closely  allied  species  taken  near 
Milet,  ‘offspring  of  the  Gods.’  ” (Gunther  evidently  looked 
up  his  authority  before  quoting.) 

G.  Brown  Goode  (“American  Fishes,”  Boston.  N.  D.— 
The. prologue  is  dated  1886),  writing  on  Roccus  Uneatus, 
quotes  Gunther  as  above.  It  is  undoubtedly  by  a printer’s 
error  that  he  calls  the  poet  Archetratus  instead  of  Arches- 
tratus. But  having  made  the  quotation,  he  distinctly  says : 
“So  writes  Gunther,  concerning  the  bass  of  Europe,  the 
Xa/?pa(  and  the  Lupus  of  classical  literature.” 

.Dr.  Bishop  in  his  article  applies  this  to  the  striped 
bass,  misspelling  the  poet’s  name  and  showing  clearly  that 
he  had  not  taken  the  trouble  to  verify  the  quotation. 
Further  on  he  states  that  “they  [striped  bass]  run  up  the 
Mississippi  as  far  as  St.  Louis.”  Goode  makes  the  same 
statement,  giving  Charles  Hallock  as  his  authority.  But 
he  qualifies  this  as  follows : “It  seems  probable  that  Mr. 
Hallock  was  mistaken  by  the  resemblance  of  this  species 
to  the  ‘brassy  bass’ — Roccus  interruptus — which  abounds 
throughout  the  Mississippi  Valley.”  Since  Goode  made 
this,  statement  in  1886.  it  has  been  pretty  conclusively 
proved  by  the  U.  S.  Fish  Commission  that  Roccus  lineatus 
is  not  “found  as  far  up  the  Mississippi  as  St.  Louis.” 

Then  again  he  states  that  “the  largest  on  record  was 
taken  at  Orleans.  Massachusetts,  weighing  a hundred  and 
twelve  pounds,”  This  statement  is  also  made  without  any 
attempt  to  verify  it.  As  a matter  of  fact,  the  112-pound 
fish  taken  at  Orleans  weighed  120  pounds,  and  was 
caught  in  shoal  water  between  the  Town  Cove  and 
Nausett  Harbor,  having  been  stranded  by  the  falling  tide. 
This  fish  was  taken  by  Mr.  Geo.  T..  Smith,  of  Eastham, 
Mass.,  some  forty  odd  years  ago.  This  information  was 


written  me  by  both  the  town  clerk  and  the  postmaster  of 
Orleans,  Mass. 

There  lies  before  me  as  I write  this  a letter  from  the 
U.  S.  Fish  Commissioner,  in  which  he  states:  “An 

assistant  of  this'  Commission  has  seen  several  specimens 
of  bass  in  Albemarle  Sound,  North  Carolina,  which 
weighed  125  pounds,  which  seems  to  be  about  the 
maximum.” 

The  article  is  full  of  similar  errors.  Where  are  we  to 
look  for  facts,  if  not  in  books  of  the  character  of  “Forest, 
Lake  and  River”  ? Daniel  B.  Fearing. 


Salmon  River  Possibilities. 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

In  Forest  and  Stream  for  March  11,  I find  in  the 
editorial  article  on  the  subject  of  “Water  Pollution  and 
Fish,”  the  statement  that  mill  interests  are  so  enormous 
and  SO'  powerful  that  it  is  practically  impossible  to  cope 
with  them.  There  is  one  place  in  which  the  matter 
can  be  dealt  with  to  the  advantage  of  salmon  fisher- 
men at  present,  and  in  just  one  way.  The  first  six 
rivers  to  the  west  of  the  St.  Croix  River  in  Maine  are 
all  natural  salmon  streams,  and  a few  salmon  ascend 
as  far  as  to  the  dams  every  year  still,  in  spite  of  saw- 
dust and  slabs.  The  country  has  been  lumbered  so 
thoroughly  that  the  mill  properties  can  now  be  bought 
at  rates  which  would  allow  salmon  fishermen  to  take 
charge  of  the  mills  and  of  the  streams.  The  mills 
could  be  managed  in  such  a way  as  to  make  some  re-' 
turn  upon  the  investment,  and  the  sawdust  and  slabs 
could  be  burned.  None  of  the  dams  are  high  enough 
to  make  the  placing  of  fishways  expensive.  All  of  the 
streams  contain  fine  trout,  and  in  the  spring  there 
is  a run  of  herrings. 

I have  been  told  by  residents,  that  with  the  exception 
of  Denny’s  River,  no  salmon  fishermen  ever  visit  these 
waters.  Now  that  salmon  fishing  is  being  sought  so 
eagerly  by  men  who  have  the  means  to  buy  up  mill 
properties  and  restore  streams  to  their  original  beauty 
and  value,  it  may  be  well  to  keep  these  Maine  rivers 
in  mind.  I had  the  offer  of  one  mill  property,  to- 
gether with  control  of  all  of  the  salmon  water,  and 
several  thousand  acres  of  culled  timber  land  ■ that  will 
become  valuable  again,  for  about  $20,000,  and  would 
have  taken  it,  excepting  for  the  fact  that  I have  so 
many  other  interests  that  it  would  have  been  impossible 
to  give  the  time  to  the  development  of  this  stream. 
These  streams  are  all  so  near,  and  so  naturally  at- 
tractive, that  they  ought  to  be  in  the  hands  of  men 
who  would  do  for  them  what  would  be  done  with  the 
same  waters  in  Europe;  and  I will  give  details  to  any 
one  who  cares  to  call  and  discuss  the  matter. 

Robert  T.  Morris. 

New  York,  March  15. 


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Legislation  at  Albany. 

Albany,  March  19.— Bills  amending  the  game  laws  have  just 
been  introduced  in  the  Senate  as  follows: 

Senator  Armstrong  (Int.  No.  684),  amending  Section  17S  so  as 
tr.  direct  the  game  protector  to  destroy  nets  or  other  devices  un- 
lawfully used;  also^  provided  that  the  Forest,  Fish  and  Game 
Commission  may  direct  a game  protector  to  retain  certain  nets 
and  seines  for  the  use  of  the  State  fish  hatcheries. 

Senator  Goodsell  (Int.  No.  710),  amending  Section  29a  so  as  to 
provide  that  no  person  shall  take  in  the  county  of  Orange  more 
than  twelve  each  of  woodcock,  grouse  and  quail  at  any  one  time 
or  on  any  one  day,  nor  shall  any  one  person  take  in  that  county 
in  any  one  calendar  year  more  than  six  of  either  variety  of  such 
birds. 

The  Senate  has  advanced  to  third  reading  the  following  bills: 

Senator  Prime’s  (Int.  No.  98),  providing  for  restocking  the 
Adirondack  region  with  wild  moose. 

Senator  Alld’s  (Int.  No.  486),  providing  for  the  publication  of 
tlie  forest,  fish  and  game  law,  as  amended  by  the  Legislature  of 
1905. 

The  Senate  has  passed  the  bill  of  Assemblyman  Foster  (Int. 
No.  262)  amending  Section  48  so  as  to  provide  that  muskallonge  less 
than  twenty  inches  in  length  shall  not  be  possessed  or  taken, 
and  if  taken,  shall,  without  injury,  be  immediately  returned  to 
the  water  where  taken. 

Bills  just  introduced  in  the  Assembly  are  the  following: 

Assemblyman  Reeve  (Int.  No.  1076),  amending  Section  112  so 
as  to  forbid  the  use  of  nets  which  have  meshes  less  than  six-inch 
bar  in  Jamaica  Bay  and  adjacent  waters. 

Assemblyman  Reeve  (Int.  No.  1079)  amending  Section  113  so 
as, to  provide  that  there  shall  be  in  Coney  Island  Creek  at  low 
tide  a passage  not  obstructed  by  nets  not  less  than  ten  feet  wide. 

Assemblyman  Reeve  (Int.  No.  1075),  amending  Section  139  so 
as  to  provide  that  for  a violation  of  Section  127  a penalty  of  $60 
shall  be  imposed,  and  to  an  additional  penalty  of  $10  for  each 
lobster  taken  or  possessed  in  violation  thereof,  for  every  other 
violation  of  said  article  of  a penalty  of  $100. 

Assemblyman  Reeve  (Int.  No.  1077),  amending  Section  23  so 
as  .to  provide  that  no  person  shall  take  more  than  thirty-six  wood- 
cock in  an  open  season. 

Assemblyman  Reeve  (Int.  No.  1078),  amending  Section  173  so 
as  to  give  game  protectors  power  to  execute  commitments  issued 
for  the  violation  of  the  forest,  fish  and  game  law,  and  allowing 
them,  without  a search  warrant,  to  examine  the  contents  of  any 
building  other  than  a private  dwelling  house. 

Assemblyman  Reeve  (Int.  No.  1074),  amending  Section  27  so 
as.  to  forbid  the  offering  for  sale  of  grouse  or  woodcock  taken 
without  the  State,  except  as  provided  now  by  law. 

Assemblyman  Bedell  (Inf.  No.  1087),  amending  Section  29a  so 
as  to  provide  that  woodcock,  grouse  and  quail  shall  not  be 
taken  in  Orange  county  for  the  purpose  of  selling  or  offering  for 
sale  the  same. 

Assemblyman  F.  G.  Wood  (Int.  No.  1181)  amending  Section  29b  so 
as  to  forbid  the  taking,  in  Orange  county,  of  more  than  twelve 
woodcock,  grouse  and  quail  each,  at  any  one  time  or  any  one 
day,  or  more  than  thirty-six  of  either  variety  of  such  birds  in  a 
calendar  year. 

The  Assembly  has  advanced  to  third  reading  the  following 
bills : 

Assemblyman  F.  G.  Whitney’s  (Int.  No.  1019),  allowing  the  use 
of  tip-ups  and  set-lines  in  fishing  through  the  ice  in  Big  Sandy 
Pond,  Oswego  county. 

Assemblyman  F.  G.  Whitney’s  (Int.  No.  784),  allowing  the  use 
of  nets  from  July  15  to  Sept.  1 in  Lake  Ontario,  in  the  towns  of 
Sandy  Creek  and  Richland,  Oswego  county,  with  certain  re- 
strictions. 

Assemblyman  Stevens’  (Int.  No.  1006),  making  the  close  season 
for  trout  in  Rensselaer,  Warren  and  Washington  counties  from 
Sept.  1 to  April  30,  both  inclusive. 

Assemblyman  Apgar’s  (Int.  No.  866),  relative  to  the  close  season 
for  deer  in  certain  counties. 

Assemblyman  Hubbs’  (Int.  No.  113)  relating  to  wildfowl  on  Long 
Island  and  in  certain  counties  (spring  shooting  bill). 

Assemblyman  Reeve’s  (Int.  No.  115) , relative  to  penalties. 

The  Assembly  has  passed  the  following  bills: 

Assemblyman  F.  C.  Woods’,  (Int.  No.  428),  relative  to  the 
compensation  of  game  protectors. 

Assemolyman  Gray’s  (Int.  No.  263),  relative  to  the  close  season 
for  squirrels  in  certain  counties. 

Assemblyman  Gray’s  (Int.  No.  264),  relative  to  the  close  season 
for  trout  in  Dutchess  county. 


The  Cruise  of  Whltecap. 

BY  L.  S.  TIEMANN. 

Aug.  14  to  Sept.  7,  1903. 

( Concluded  from  page  19S  ) 

Cottage  City  is  the  ideal  harbor  for  small  boats. 
It  is  artificial,  being  a small  lake,  with  a passage  cut 
through  the  beach  and  protected  by  jetties.  The  Gov- 
ernment has  thoughtfully  put  down  barrel  moorings 
for  cruising  yachtsmen,  a custom  that  might  be  fol- 
lowed to  advantage  elsewhere.  The  next  day  we  again 
planned  to  make  the  run  to  Nantucket,  but  were  once 
more  disappointed.  The  high  wind  and  frequent  squalls 
through  the  night  was  still  much  too  vigorous  in  the 
morning  to  make  the  thought  of  25  miles  of  rough 
water  agreeable.  Knowing  that  these  delays  would 
have  to  be  made  up  later  on,  if  we  persisted  in  carry- 
ing out  our  intention  of  going  to  Nantucket  and  Cape 
Cod,  it  seemed  the  part  of  wisdom  to  cut  these  out  and 
hea_d  toward  home.  This  gave  us  two  extra  days  which 
came  in  useful  later  on,  and  we  had  no  occasion  to  re- 
gret our  decision.  Our  revised  plan  made  Cuttylumk 
the  next  stop,  and  reference  to  the  invaluable  current 
table  showed  that  a start  after  lunch  would  enable  us 
to  reach  there  easily  before  dark.  Starting  with  double- 
reefed  mainsail,  we  soon  had  both  reefs  out  and  were 
making  fine  time,  with  a quartering  breeze  and  the  full 
strength  of  the  flood  tide,  for  Quicks  Hole.  We  choose 
this  for  its  size  and  because  it  looked  easier  than  the 
Other  passages;  but  experience  is  a great  teacher,  and 
wet  should  now  be  better  satisfied  to  try  one  of  the 
smaller  openings.  When  fairly  in  the  passage,  we  be- 
gan to  get  the  full  strength  of  the  wind,  from  which 
we  had  been  sheltered  before  by  the  islands,  and  abreast 
of  ' the  Can  Buoy  had  to  stand  by  the  main  sheet  to 
ease  her  in  the  puffs,  there  being  no  chance  to  luff. 
On  the  Buzzard's  Bay  side  we  had  to  take  a very 
uncomfortable  shaking  up,  as  the  strong  northeast 
wind,  blowing  against  the  strength  of  the  flood  tide, 
kicked  up  a nasty  chop,  and  with  the  sail  we  were 
carrying,  gave  us  a very  wet  quarter  of  an  hour.  Once 
the  sea  scame  on  board  both  fore  and  aft  at  the  same 
time,  wetting  11s  down  pretty  thoroughly.  As  soon  as 
possible,  we  worked  to  the.  west  out  of  the  rip  and 
lowered  the  mainsail.  Having  only  a short  distance 
to  go  to  reach  Cuttyhunk,  we  made  it  fast  to  save  the 
trouble  of  reefing,  using  the  jib  to  run  into  the  harbor, 


where  we  made  that  fast  also  and  started  the  engine. 

A good-sized  sea,  caused  by  the  northeast  wind,  was 
running  into  the  harbor,  and,  not  wishing  to  repeat  our 
Bristol  experience  of  lying  all  night  in  rough  water, 
we  determined  to  get  into  the  inner  harbor  or  “Pond” 
it  we  could  manage  it,  but  were  not  very  confident  of 
success,  both  the  Government  Chart  (No.  112)  and 
Eldridge's  Harbor  Chart  (No.  12)  showing  only  one 
foot  of  water  at  the  entrance,  while  we  were  drawing 
about  3ft.  6in.  We  ran  the  engine  slow  and  kept  work- 
ing the  lead,  until  we  had  less  than  6ft.,  and  then  an- 
chored. I took  the  dinghy  and  rowed  in,  following  as 
nearly  as  I could  the  course  I had  seen  a fishing 
boat  take,  that  went  in  just  before  we  anchored.  Inside 
I found  a fisherman  who  said  he  did  not  think  we  could 
get  over  the  bar  until  high  water  at  about  10  o’clock; 
and  I was  about  to  row  out  again,  when  a launch,  lying 
close  by,  hailed  me,  and  a man,  who  afterward  turned 
out  to.  be  a New  Bedford  pilot,  told  me  he  had  just 
come  in  drawing  3ft.  6in.,  and  thought  if  we  followed 
the  channel,  which  was  marked  by  some  floats  I had 
seen  outside,  we  could  get  in  without  trouble.  I at 
once  rowed  out,  sounding  every  few  yards  with  an 
oar,  and  found  that  the  bar  was  only  about  soyrds.  wide 
and  seemed  to  have  enough  water  over  it  for  us  to  get 
across,  so  we  hauled  up  the  anchor  and  set  the  engine 
going  at  half  speed,  We  touched  twice,  but  were  able 
to  push  off,  and  in  twenty  minutes  were  at  anchor  in 
12ft.  of  water,  so  clear  that  we  could  see  the  anchor 
on  bottom. 

Cuttyhunk  is  exceedingly  quaint.  A dozen  or  so 
fishermen’s  cottages  scattered  about  on  a steep  hill- 
side in  no  particular  order,  and  with  no  apparent  way 
of  reaching  them,  except  through  neighbors’  gardens; 
not  a horse  on  the  island,  and  only  one  primitive  little 
church  with  a bell  rung  by  the  first  parishoner  at  the 
meeting.  The  settlement,  as  we  scrambled  up  the  ir- 
regular paths,  gave  very  little  promise  of  gratifying  our 
appetites  which  grew  while  we  climbed  toward  the 
house  pointed  out  as  the  only  one  serving  meals:  but 
Mrs.  Allen  had  prepared  dinner  for  some  fishermen, 
who  had  not  returned  from  the  day’s  sport.  We 
arrived,  and,  with  true  New  England  thrift,  Mrs.  A — - 
said  it  would  be  too  bad  to  let  the  dinner  get  cold— 
we  kept  it  warm. 

The  island  is  well  worth  a visit,  but  I should  not 
recommend  calling  there  in  a small  boat,  unless  of 
sufficiently  shoal  draft  to  get  inside,  the  anchorage 
being  wide  open  to  the  north  and  east,  and  even  froiij 


the  south  there  is  no  protection  from  the  wind,  only  a 
strip  of  beach  separating  the  harbor,  so-called,  from 
Vineyard  Sound.  There  is  no  other  shelter  near,  and 
any  one  caught  there  in  a blow  would  simply  have  to 
take  whatever  came. 

The  27th  was  to  be  a banner  day,  with  45  miles  of 
outside  sailing  to  Block  Island.  We  naturally  wished 
to  start  as  early  as  possible  and  avoid  any  chance  of 
being  caught  between  ports  after  dark;  but  7 o’clock 
was  the  earliest  we  could  hope  to  have  water  enough 
to  get  over  the  bar.  Under  these  circumstances, 
patience  became  a necessity  and  we  killed  time  until 
we  could,  start,  in  vain  hopes  that  the  breeze,  which 
showed  signs  of  giving  out,  would  hold  after  we  were 
under  way.  Promptly  at  7 o’clock  we  bumped  over 
the  bar,  and  once  more  in  deen  water  lost  no  time  in 
hoisting  sa:l.  .The  wind  was  evidently  failing,  but  gave 
us  -about  4 miles  an  hour  until  9 o’clock,  when  it  be- 
came a case  of  engine  or  drife,  and  we  chose  the 
former.  The  compass  course  from  Cuttyhunk  to  Block 
Island  is  W.  by  S.,  but  we  decided  to  steer  W.  by  N., 
calculating  that  the  flood  tide  in  the  morning  would  set 
us  toward  Sajconnet  and  we  would  there  catch  the  ebb 
out  of  the  river,  and  later  out  of  Narragansett  Bay, 
carrying  us  in  a circle,  never  more  than  5 or  6 miles 
from  land.  It  was  deadly  monotonous  with  nothing  to 
do  but  listen  to  the  noise  of  the  engine,  and  about  2 
o clock,  when  we  saw  a little  breeze  coming  out  of 
Narragansett  Bay,  we  had  great  hopes  that  we  should 
have  a fair  wind  for  the  remainder  of  the  day,  but  it 
only  lasted  an  hour  and  at  no  time  blew  hard  enough 
to  encourage  us  to  stop  the  engine.  Our  course  of 
W.  by  N.  carried  us  around  a circle  just  as  we  had 
figured  it  would,  and  at  2:30,  when  about  5 miles  east 
of  Point  Judith,  rve  picked  up  Block  Island,  shifting 
our  course  to  W.  S.  W.  to  carry  11s  around  the  bell 
buoy  on  the  north  end.  Rounding  the  buoy,  we  made 
the  mistake  of  trying  to  cut  it  too  fine,  and  were  al- 
most swept  back  over  the  bar.  The  tide,  which  had 
begun  to  flood,  was  running  so  strong  that  we  were 
barely  able  to  work  away,  and  it  took  us  fully  an  hour 
to  get  far  enough  out  of  the  current  to  head  for  the 
harbor,  which  we  reached  at  6 o’clock.  We  had  ac- 
complished the  run  undertaken;  but  it  was  certainly 
not  the  pleasantest  day  of  our  trip.  An  engine  is  all 
right,  for  getting  in  and  out  of  harbor,  but  no  launches 
in  mine.  After  our  experience,  of  the  strength  of  the 
current  on  the  ivay  in,  we  had  no  desire  to  be  caught 
between  Block  Island  and  Montauk  Point  on  the  ebb 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


[March  25,  xgo$, 


tide,  As  the  flood  next  morning  would  begin  running 
at  8:25  o’clock,  we  decided  to  start  at  8 o’clock,  run  as 
u so}lt^  as  possible,  while  the  slack  water  lasted,  and 
then  head  W.  S.  W.,  letting  the  current  sweep  us  in- 
side the  point. 

Tired  from  our  long  run  of  the  previous  day,  we  did 
not  wake  up  until  almost  8,  which  gave  us  no  time  for 
breakfast  before  starting.  We  ran  down  the  harbor 
with  the  wind  aft  and  outside,  found  the  weather  look- 
ing pretty  threatening,  rain  commencing  soon  after  we 
cleared  the  Breakwater.  The  wind  was  blowing  strong 
from  the  southeast,  with  plenty  of  weight  in  the  puffs, 
but  we  held  on  until  we  were  off  the  southwest  end  of 
the  island,  and  then  slacked  our  sheets  and  headed 
across.  Being  too  thick  to  see  Montauk,  we  were 
obliged  to  depend  on  the  compass,  holding  our  course 
W.S.W.  until  we  sighted  the  lighthouse,  and  then  bear- 
ing off  to  the  west,  which,  with  a strong  current  run- 
ning diagonally  across  our  course,  brought  us  well  in- 
side the  port.  This  was  undoubtedly  the  finest  day’s 
sailing  we  had.  A strong  wind  over  the  quarter,  grad- 
ually worked  up  a big  sea,  which  had  not  yet  begun 
to  break  enough  to  be  dangerous,  but  still  had  a lot 
of  push  to  it  as  it  ran  under  our  stern  and  swung  us 
along.  Going  the  other  way,  we  should  have  had  in 
at  least  two  reefs,  and  been  buried  even  then,  while 
well  off  the  wind ; as  we  were,  it  was  simply  exhilarat- 
ing. By  10  we  had  the  lighthouse  abeam,  and  at  i I 
dropped  anchor  at  the  upper  end  of  Fort  Posd  Bay, 
haying  covered  twenty-six  miles  in  exactly  three  hofflfi, 
which,  allowing  six  miles  for  current,  gave  tts  ft  speed 
through  the  water  of  about  seven  miles,  not  at  aH  bad 
for  a boat  like  ours.  The  rain  was  coming  down  in 
torrents  and  the  wind  increasing  every  hour.  We  made 
everything  snug  for  the  gale,  which  was  undoubtedly 
just  beginning,  and  went  up  to  the  Montauk  Inn  for 
lunch,  which  was  also  breakfast,  there  having  been  too 
much  motion  on  the  way  across  to  start  the  stoves. 
The  afternoon  was  worse  than  the  morning,  and  by  4 
we  had  fully  decided  to  take  rooms  at  _the  inn  and 
sleep  ashore,  for  the  first  time  since  leaving  home,  two 
weeks  before.  During  the.  night  the  gale  increased,  and 
in  the  morning  was  blowing  harder  than  ever,  but  we 
went  on  board  thinking  we  might  run  down  to  Sag 
Harbor  by  keeping  under  the  lee  of  the  land,  which 
would  give  us  some  shelter  most  of  the  way.  The 
weight  of  the  wind  in  the  squalls,  coupled  with  im- 
perative orders  by  telephone  from  the  Doctor’s  wife  at 
West  Hampton,  not  to  venture  out  under  pain  of 
severe  displeasure,  convinced  us  that  it  was  not  good 
enough,  and  we  dropped  our  second  anchor. 

With  all  the  comforts  of  home  waiting  for  us  at  the 
Doctor’s  house  at  West  Hampton,  it  seemed  foolish  to 
waste  time  sitting  about  in  the  wet  at  Montauk  waiting 
for  better  weather,  and  it  took  us  very  little  time  to 
decide  to  catch  the  afternoon  train  if  we  could  find  some 
way  of  leaving  the  boat  with  a fair  assurance  of  finding 
her  again  on  our  return.  A trip  ashore  and  full  ex- 
planation of  the  situation,  obtained  for  us  the  sympathy 
of  one  of  the  large  fish  dealers  and  his  promise  to  look 
out  for  the  boat  in  our  absence,  provided  we  would 
make  it  fast  to  a vacant  mooring  in  front  of  his  place. 
This  was  half  a mile  from  where  we  were  anchored,  and 
somewhat  to  windward,  with  a fleet  of  fishing  boats 
between — a rather  difficult  proposition  in  the  wind  then 
blowing.  Apparently  there  was  no  alternative  if  we 
wanted  to  leave  the  boat,  and  we  concluded  to  tackle 
it.  Knowing  that  an  extra  man  would  be  welcome,  a 
fisherman  offered  to  come  on  board  and  give  us  a 
hand,  and  we  accepted  gladly.  A trial  of  the  engine 
showed  us  that  we  could  not  hope  for  much  from  it,  for 
in  the  squalls  it  would  not  even  run  the  boat  up  to  her 
anchors.  Our  fisherman  friend  thought  it  was  blowing 
too  hard  to  put  any  sail  on,  and  we  had  better  make  a 
try  with  the  engine  alone,  so  started  it  up  again,  ran 
up  to  the  anchors  and  began  edging  oyer  toward  the 
mooring.  For  a few  minutes  we  did  fairly  well,  when 
another  squall  struck  us  and  we  began  to  fall  off.  In 
trying  to  speed  up  the  engine,  I pushed  it  too  far,  and 
it  stopped,  compelling  us  to  let  go  the  large  anchor, 
which  fortunately  brought  us  up.  I had  made  up  my 
mind  that  the  only  way  was  to  hoist  the  mainsail,  close- 
reefed,  easing  it  with  the  engine,  which  we  did;  and  in 
ten  minutes  were  fast  to  the  buoy.  Our  fisherman  was 
a wonderfully  handy  man,  and  made  a very  neat  job  of 
running  out  one  of  our  cables,  and  serving  it  to  prevent 
chafing.  Now  that  the  boat  was  safe,  we  hurried 
through  our  preparations  for  leaving,  stowing  every- 
thing likely  to  damage  out  of  reach  of  water  in  case  it 
came  above  the  cabin  floor,  and  with  a dinghy  load  of 
duds  the  Doctor  thought  would  be  more  useful  at  home 
than  on  the  boat,  we  rowed  ashore.  That  night  we  had 
a real  dinner,  and  next  day  there  was  no  excuse  to  go 
out,  as  the  gale  still  continued.  We  spent  a most  lux- 
urious time  congratulating  ourselv«s  upon  having  es- 
caped from  Block  Island  before  the  storm  prevented  us. 

Monday  the  gale  had  blown  itself  out,  and  we  re- 
turned to  Montauk,  finding  the  boat  just  as  we  had  left 
her  with  no  water  inside — actually  in  better  condition 
than  though  we  had  lived  aboard  through  two  days  of 
wet  We  squared  our  friends  for  their  trouble,  hoisted 
sail  and  headed  for  Shelter  Island;  but  the  breeze  soon 
began  to  fail  and  the  engine  became  necessary,  bind- 
ing that  we  could  not  reach  Shelter  Island  by  dark,  we 
changed  our  course  for  Sag  Harbor,  where  we  an- 
chored behind  the  steamboat  dock  at  6.  We  went 
ashore  for  dinner  and  telephoned  to  West  Hampton  to 
ask  the  Doctor’s  wife  to  join  us  in  a sail  through  the 
Peconics,  which  she  agreed  to  do.  °n  ,THe£day,  we( 
were  out  at  5.  The  previous  evening  we  had  heard  of 
a small  marine  railway  near  the  town,  and  determined 
to  make  another  effort  , to  have  the  boat  hauled  out, 
but  were  again  unsuccessful,  owing  to  lack  of  water. 
Returning  to  our  anchorage,  we  spent  a busy  morning 
cleaning  ship  and  preparing  for  our  guest.  Mrs  W.  on 
board,  we  at  once  got  under  way,  with  a truly  lady- 
like breeze  that  drifted  us  gently  out  of  the  harbor  and 
then  gradually  picked  up  until  we  were  moving  nicely. 
Tessup’s  Neck,  with  a picnic  ashore,  had  been  the 
original  plan,  but  lack  of  wind  at  the  start  caused  us  to 
modify  this  to  Little  Hog  Neck,  where  we,  anchored 
and  hid  lunch,  slightly  marred  m the  writer  s case  by 
spilling  a can  of  boiling  soup  over  one  hand.  The  after- 
. yjqon  -was  perfect— a £004  breeze,  bright  sunshine  an4 


just  enough  motion  to  the  water  to  be  agreeable.  We 
stood  across  Noyack  Bay  to  Jessup’s  Neck,  and  then 
through  Little  Peconic  to  Robin’s  Island,  anchoring 
at  New  Suffolk  for  the  night  just  at  sunset,  which  gave 
us  some  wonderful  cloud  effects. 

To  give  Mrs.  W.  a correct  idea  of  the  delights  of 
cruising,  I resigned  my  place  on  board,  and,  dinner 
over,  the  Doctor  and  his  wife  returned  to  the  boat, 
while  I remained  on  shore  for  the  night.  Mrs.  W. 
expressed  herself  in  the  morning  as  altogether  in  favor 
of  cruising,  even  on  a small  boat,  but  remarks  dropped 
from  time  to  time  since  have  somewhat  encouraged  the 
belief  that  there  is  to  be  a good  deal  desired  in  the  line 
of  woven  wire  springs  and  other  luxuries,  notwithstand- 
ing the  very  superior  hair  mattresses  on  the  boat. 

A leisurely  run  next  day  brought  us  to  Greenport  in 
time  for  Mrs.  W.  to  catch  the  afternoon  train  for  home. 
Having  seen  her  safely  started,  we  at  once  turned  our 
attention  to  finding  somewhere  to  have  the  boat  hauled 
out,  knowing  that  this  would  be  our  last  chance  be- 
fore reaching  home.  Our  first  attempt  met  with  dis- 
appointment, but  the  second  was  more  successful.  Tut- 
tle & Higbie  agreed  if  we  would  bring  the  boat  in  at 
once,  to  haul  it  out  and  put  it  overboard  again  as 
soon  as  whatever  repairs  found  necessary  were  com- 
pleted. We  lost  no  time  in  getting  on  board,  and  in 
fifteen  minutes  were  being  placed  on  the  cradle  astern 
of  a large  fishing  boat.  A very  clever  man  in  a flat- 
bottomed  skiff,  with  one  oar,  took  charge,  pushed  and 
pulled  us  about  in  the  most  wonderful  way,  considering 
what  he  had  to  work  with,  and  giving  a few  final  pokes 
with  the  oar  to  see  that  the  fin  rested  fairly  on  two 
cross  beams,  had  the  cradle  hauled  up.  An  examina- 
tion showed  that  the  lag  screws  holding  the  stern 
bearing  had  worked  loose,  and  the  stuffing  box  also 
needed  repacking.  While  a machinist,  sent  from  the 
shops,  attended  to  these  repairs,  we  scrubbed  the  slime 
off  the  bottom,  and  when  that  was  finished,  gave  the 
whole  topsides  a thorough  cleaning  with  fresh  water 
from  a hose  Jkindly  offered  by  the  engineer.  The 
machinist  reported  as  ready  to  go  off,  so  we  paid  up  and 
the  cradle  began  to  move.  The  entire  job  of  hauling 
out,  making  repairs,  and  putting  us  in  the  water  again 
had  occupied  just  an  hour  and  fifteen  minutes,  which  I 
consider  remarkably  quick  work.  When  fairly  afloat, 
I tried  to  start  the  engine,  but  found  it  flooded,  and 
while  trying  to  coax  it  into  running  we  drifted  down 
with  the  tide  against  a lighter.  Here  the  first  casualty 
of  the  cruise  occurred,  when  in  trying  to  push  off  with 
a long  sweep,  the  end,  which  was  against  a greasy 
pile,  slipped,  and  overboard  I went.  The  Doctor 
thoughtfully  refrained  from  comment  until  later,  and 
with  a suspicion  of  the  rather  feverish  energy  generally 
following  an  unexpected  wetting,  the  sails  were  hoisted 
and  we  drifted  over  to  Shelter  Island,  anchoring  in 
Deering  Harbor,  near  the  Shelter  Island  Y.  C. 

Thursday  the  weather  was  fine,  with  a nice  S.W. 
breeze.  Our  destination  was  to  be  Saybrook,  and  upon 
studying  up  the  tides,  we  found  that  we  should  have 
the  current  with  us  to  Plum  Gut  until  noon,  which 
suited  us  exactly.  As  a preliminary,  we  went  over  to 
Greenport  and  filled  up  with  gasolene.  From  there 
we  beat  through  the  channel,  passed  Bug  Light  and 
headed  for  Orient  Point.  We  reached  the  Gut  just  at 
the  turn  of  the  tide,  and  went  through  that  oftimes 
rough  passage  in  perfectly  smooth  water.  Once  more 
on  Long  Island  Sound,  with  a good  breeze  almost  aft, 
we  traveled  steadily  toward  the  Connecticut  shore, 
passing  between  the  jetties  into  Saybrook  about  4- 
We  chose  an  anchorage  near  the  Hartford  Y.  C.  and 
rowed  ashore  for  dinner  at  Fenwick  Hall.  The  night 
was  magnificent,  the  nearly  full  moon  making  it  almost 
as  light  as  day,  and  one  look  at  the  Sound  decided  us 
to  go  on  board  and  run  outside  the  Breakwater  for  the 
night.  We  accordingly  went  on  board,  and  at  10  were 
under  way,  running  around  the  western  breakwater 
into  smooth  water  near  shore,  where  we  anchored. 
This  was  not  only  a much  pleasanter  anchorage,  but 
saved  us  a tedious  struggle  with  the  tide  next  morn- 
ing, when  we  were  ready  to  start.  _ 

In  the  morning  we  were  out  at  5 with  the  idea  of  get- 
ting the  benefit  of  the  flood  tide  until  9-  The  day  was 
dull  and  cold,  with  a moderate  wind  from  S.W.,  which 
was  not  encouraging  for  the  good  day’s  run  we  hoped 
to  make.  To  save  time  we  started  the  engine  until  we 
could  finish  dressing  and  get  up  sail.  By  this  time  we 
had  run  out  to  the  buoy  on  the  western  end  of  Dorid 
Sand  shoal,  and  came  about  for  a long  leg  parallel  with 
the  shore.  As  the  day  wore  on  the  breeze  became 
lighter,  and  we  occasionally  ran  the  engine  for  a while 
to  keep  moving,  until  about  4 we  ran  into  a strong 
S W.  wind  and  began  beating  around  Stratford  Point 
Evidently  the  wind  had  been  blowing  here  all  day,  and 
there  was  plenty  of  sea,  as  is  so  often  the  case  m this 
part  of  the  Sound.  Heavy  banks  of  clouds  began  to 
roll  up,  and  we  were  soon  glad  to  run  into  Bridgeport 
for  the  night  instead  of  going  on  to  Black  Rock,  as  we 


had  intended. 

Bridgeport  has  never  impressed  me  as  a particularly 
hospitable  place,  and  that  night,  the  last  of  home 
week,”  we  had  just  given  up  all  hope  of  finding  any 
place  to  eat,  when  we  discovered  a likely  looking  res- 
taurant, and  at  9 sat  down  to  dinner. 

Saturday  was  no  improvement  on  the  preceding  day. 
We  turned  out  at  6,  once  more  hoping  for  a good  breeze 
from  the  eastward,  and  found,  to  our  disgust,  thick  fog 
with  a light  west  wind.  Having  only  three  days  left, 
we  wished  to  accomplish  as  much  as  possible,  so  hoisted 
sail  and  started.  S.S.W.  was  the  best  we  could  do; 
even  then  our  progress  was  slow,  until  finally  the  wind 
gave  out  altogether.  The  middle  of  the  Sound  in  a 
heavy  fog  is  not  the  ideal  of  pleasure,  and  the  engine 
was  started  We  calculated  our  position  as  best  we 
could  and  headed  W.S.W.  as  likely  to  bring  us  some- 
where within  a few  miles  of.  Eaton  s Neck.  Much  to 
our  delight,  we  sighted  the  lighthouse  at  2,  and  about 
the  same  time  a good  breeze  from  the  south  cleared 
away  the  fog  and  gave  us  a fair  wind  to  Lloyds  Neck, 
which  we  rounded  and  then  beat  into  Oyster  Bay, 
anchoring  just  in  time  to  escape  one  of  the  good  old- 
fashioned  squalls  the  place  is  noted  for.  I at  once 
went  ashore  to  telephone  to  my  brother  and  get  him  to 
join  m for  the  last  two  days.  To  my  satisfaction,  I was 


able  to  reach  him,  and  he  promised  to  meet  us  that 
evening.  This  disposed  of,  we  had  dinner  and  spent 
-the  time  until  his  arrival  purchasing  needed  supplies. 
By  the  time  we  were  ready  to  go  on  board  it  had 
cleared  and  gave  promise  of  fine  weather  next  day. 

In  the  morning  the  weather  was  all  it  had  promised 
to  be  the  night  before,  with  a splendid  northeast  breeze, 
which  held  steady  all  day,  and  went  a long  way  toward 
making  up  for  the  two  days  previous  of  calms  and  fogs. 
To',  celebrate  the  occasion  my  brother  gave  us  for 
breakfast  what  he  called  a pan-broiled  steak,  which 
really  did  him  great  credit,  considering  that  he  con- 
fessed, when  it  had  been  generously  applauded,  that  it 
was  his  first  offense.  The  wind  being  fair,  we  made  a 
quick  run  up  the  Sound,  passed  Execution  Light  and 
Stepping  Stones,  anchoring  early  in  the  afternoon  in 


the  cove  to  the  west  of  Willet’s  Point  to  wait  for  the 
morning  tide  through  Hell  Gate.  A walk  through  the 
fort  and  dinner  at  Garrison’s,  which  was  made  a sort 
of  farewell  affair,  finished  the  day. 

Labor  Day  we  turned  out  at  7 and  ran  down  to 
College  Point,  where  we  anchored  for  breakfast.  The 
tide  began  to  run  west  through  the  Gate  at  10:12,  and 
10  o’clock  found  us  under  way  for  the  last  lap.  When 
we  started  there  was  no  wind,  but  before  reaching 
Lawrence  Point  a breeze  came  up,  which,  however,  was 
too  nearly  ahead  to  do  us  muck  good.  The  engine 
worked  v/ell  and  made  no  objection  to  doing  all  the 
pushing,  so  we  felt  fairly  confident  that  it  would  see  us 
through.  Down  the  river  it  blew  hard  in  puffs,  with 
calm  spots  between,  so  that  we  could  not  depend  upon 
the  sail  to  help  us  much,  but  we  made  fairly  good  time 
and  had  little  trouble  until  near  Catherine  Ferry.  Here 
on  the  Brooklyn  side  we  ran  into  a bunch  of  ferry 
boats,  excursion  steamers  and  a couple  of  car  . floats 
which  gave  us  plenty  to  think  about  for  a few  minutes, 
but  we  finally  got  out  and  were  soon  past  Governors 
Island,  feeling  that  our  troubles  were  about  over.  The 
rest  was  easy,  and  with  a fair  wind  and  tide  we  reached 
Gravesend  Bay  at  1:15  and  made  fast  to  our  mooring 
with  a total  of  561  miles  to  our  credit. 

With  the  exception  of  Nantucket  and  Osterville,  we 
had  accomplished  all  that  we  intended  to,  and  although 
we  went  through  none  .of  the  startling  adventures  that 
seem  to  occur  so  frequently  in  some  cruises,  we  had  a 
thoroughly  good  time.  For  the  benefit  of  others  in- 
tending to  go  over  this  same  route,  I append  a synop- 
sis of  the  daily  distances  run: 

Miles. 

Aug.  14. — Glenwood  to  New  Rochelle 9 

Aug.  15.— New  Rochelle  to  Stamford 16 

Aug.  16. — Stamford  to  Stratford 35 

Aug.  17.— Stratford  to  New  London 65 

Aug.  18.— New  London  to  Stonington 13 

Aug.  19.— Stonington  to  Newport 37 

Aug.  21. — Newport  to  Bristol 17 

Aug.  22.— Bristol  to  Black  Point  (Sakonnet  River) 15 

Aug.  23.— Black  Point  to  New  Bedford 33 

Aug.  24. — New  Bedford  to  Woods  Holl 19 

Aug.  25.— Woods  Holl  to  Cottage  City 10 

Aug.  26.— Cottage  City  to  Cuttyhunk 23 

Aug.  27.— Cuttyhunk  to  Block  Island 45 

Aug.  28.— Block  Island  to  Fort  Pond  (Montauk) 26 

Aug.  31.— Fort  Pond  to  Sag  Harbor 21 

Sept.  1.— Sag  Harbor  to  Suffolk 15 

Sept.  2.— New  Suffolk  to  Shelter  Island 15 

Sept.  3.— Shelter  Island  to  Saybrook 22 

Sept.  4.— Saybrook  to  Bridgeport  46 

Sept.  5.— Bridgeport  to  Oyster  Bay 35 

Sept.  6.— Oyster  Bay  to  Willet’s  Point 30 

gept.  7.— Willet’s  Point  to  Gravesend  Bay 25 


Total 


561 


Designing  Competition  Suggestions. 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

Are  the  sailboats  going  to  be  given  another  chance  in 
the  competitions?  I would  suggest  that  a desirable  boat 
for  the  next  competition  would  be  a 28ft.  or  30ft.  water- 
line cruising  sloop  or  yawl.  J.  G.  Alden. 

Boston,  Mass.,  March  18. 


Editor  Forest  and  Stream : 

I notice  you  propose  to  institute  a designing  competi- 
tion for  amateurs,  and  am  much  interested.  If  I can  find 
the  time,  I shall  have  a try  at  it,  especially  if  you  can 
find  a judge  who  will  give  the  competitors  helpful 
criticism. 

As  you  ask  for  suggestions,  I will  add  one  or  two ; 
if  they  do  not  fit  in  with  your  plans,  no  harm  will  be 
done. 

1.  Let  us  try  a genuine  cruiser;  that  is,  let  the  element 
of  speed  be  quite  secondary,  and  seaworthiness  and  com- 
fort be  the  main  points. 

2.  If  possible,  make  economy  in  first  cost  an  item  in 
the  judgment  of  the  designs.  The  men  who  want  to 
make  their  own  designs  and  perhaps  build  their  own 
boats  generally  have  to  consider  this  point. 

3.  Be  as  specific  as  is  possible  in  regard  to  the  weight 
to  be  given  to  different  points,  so  much  for  the  design, 
so  much  for  the  sail  plan,  so  much  for  draughtsmanship, 
and  so  on. 

4.  Would  it  not  be  well  to  call  for  a construction  plan 
as  well  as  specifications? 

5.  The  object  of  amateur  designers  is,  I suppose,  in- 
struction rather  than  prizes.  I would  suggest,  therefore, 
that  you  make  the  prizes  small  and  the  criticisms  large, 
going  into  detail  and  explaining  errors  and  faults. 

The  boat  I want  myself  is  a keel  boat  of  about  30ft., 
yawl-rigged,  with  small  sail  plan,  and  with  a good  ladies’ 
cabin.  But  other  people  will  of  course  have  other  ideas. 

In  any  case  allow  me  to  express  my  interest  in  your 
plan,  and  count  me  in  as  a competitor. 

E.  P.  Morris. 

New  Haven,  March  18. 


Manhasset  Bay  Y.  C.’s  New  Flagship.— Mr. 
Frederick  Grinnell  has  sold  the  steam  yacht  Quickstep 
through  the  agency  of  Mr.  Frank  Bowne  Jones  to  Com- 
modore A.  H.  Alker,  commodore  of  the  Manhasset  Bay 
- Y.  C.  The  boat’s  name  will  be  changed  to  Florence. 
She  was  designed  and  built  in  1902  by  the  Herreshoff 
Manufacturing  Company  at  Bristol,  and  is  124ft.  over  all, 
102ft.  6in.  waterline,  18ft.  3m.  breadth,  and  5ft.  draft. 
Florence  will  replace  the  smaller  steam  yacht  of  the  same 
name  that.  Commodore  Alker  has  used  for  several  year? 


march 25, 1905.!  FOREST  AND  STREAM,  24t 


“Forest  and  Stream”  Designing 
Competition  No.  IV. 

For  a 60-Foot  Waterline  Cruising  Launch. 

FIRST  PRIZE  DESIGN. 

We  publish  this  week  the  design  that  won  tfae  first 
prize  of  $100,  and  also  the  $25  prize  for  the  best  interior 
arrangement,  in  the  Forest  and  Stream  competition  for 
a 60ft.  waterline  cruising  launch.  The  design  wa§  sub- 
mitted under  the  pseudonym  of  Moccasin  by  Mr.  Harojfi 
Lee,  of  Mariners’  Harbor,  S.  I. 

The  main  deck  is  raised  2oin.  above  the  sheer  line  for 
a distance  of  38ft.  amidships  to  allow  plenty  of  head 
room  for  accommodations  below.  The  frames  and  plank- 
ing are  carried  up  to  the  raised  deck,  forming  the  sides 
of  the  house. 

Entrance  to  the  owner’s  quarters  and  main  saloon  is 
through  a pilot  house,  which  is  8ft.  9m.  long,  7ft.  6in. 
wide,  and  stands  3ft.  6in.  above  deck.  The  floor  of  this 
house  is  dropped  below  the  level  of  the  deck,  giving 
ample  head  room ; the  pilot  house  is  intended  for  use  as 
shelter  for  the  steersman  during  stormy  weather,  and 
arrangement  is  made  so  that  the  boat  can  be  steered  from 
this  point  or  outside.  There  are  three  windows  at  the 
forward  end  of  house,  with  drop  sash,  on  each  side  there 


are  two  windows  with  sash  to  slide  fore  and  aft.  Cushion 
seats  are  provided  on  both  sides  of  the  house,  and  there 
is  sufficient  head  room  for  a person  to  sit  erect.  There  is 
one  locker  on  the  port  side  and  chart  racks  on  the  star- 
board side. 

A stairway  leads  down  from  the  pilot  house  to  a 
passageway,  and  the  entrance  to  the  main  saloon  is  op- 
posite the  foot  of  the  stairs.  The  passage  leads  for- 
ward on  the  starboard  side  to  the  owner’s  room,  which 
is  forward  of  the  pilot  house;  the  bathroom  is  located 
back  of  the  stairway  on  the  port  side,  and  opens  into  both 
the  passageway  and  the  owner’s  room.  By  this  arrange- 
ment the  main  saloon,  owner’s  room  or  bathroom  can  be 
entered  directly  from  the  passageway. 

The  owner’s  room  extends  the  full  width  of  the  boat, 
and  has  wide  transom  berths  on  each  side;  two  lockers 
and  bureau  with  a mirror  and  clothes  drawers  are  built 
under  the  transom  and  under  the  pilot  house  floor.  There 
are  six  port  lights,  two  on  each  side  and  two  at  the  for- 
ward end  of  the  cabin,  allowing  the  occupants  an  ex- 
tended view  outside  without  going  on  deck,  and  excellent 
ventilation. 

The  bathroom  has  a 4ft.  tub,  basin  and  water  closet. 
The  fresh  water  for  lavatory  purposes  is  pumped  from  a 
tink  under  the  pilot  house  floor.  There  are  two  hinged 
port  lights. 

The  main  saloon  extends  the  full  width  of  the  boat, 


with  wide  transom  berths  on  each  side  to  accommodate 
two  people.  There  is  also  in  this  saloon  a sideboard, 
writing  desk,  cushion  seat,  folding  table,  two  large 
lockers,  bookcases,  with  glass,  fronts,  over  the  transoms 
on  either  side,  and  clothes  drawers  under  the  transom 
berths.  The  room  can  be  partitioned  off  by  curtains  on 
the  starboard  side  of  the  skylight  to  allow  the  steward  to 
pass  forward  and  aft  without  disturbing  the  occupants. 
Light  and  ventilation  are  supplied  by  four  port  lights  and 
"a  skylight. 

Ample  locker  room  is  provided  for  oilers,  wet  clothes, 
etc.,  under  the  stairs  and  pilot  house  floor,  and  on  the, 
starboard  side  of  the  passageway  leading  to  owner’s 
room  are  lockers  for  guns,  rods,  etc. 

On  the  starboard  side,  aft  of  the  main  saloon  and 
opening  into  the  latter,  is  the  pantry,  which  can  also  be 
used  to  accommodate  a maid  if  desired.  There  is  a tran- 
som berth  which  can  be  used  as  a linen  locker,  and  over, 
it  are  lockers  and  shelves  for  dishes  and  a dresser. 

Aft  of  the  pantry  is  the  galley  with  ice-box,  three- 
burner  oil  stove,  sink  and  pump,  and  shelves  and  locker, 
for  cooking  utensils  under  the  sink  and  stove.  There  is  a 
locker  for  provisions,  etc.,  under  the  after  deck,  and 
accessible  to  the  galley.  A sliding  door  opens  into  the 
engine  room,  where  accommodation  is  provided  for  three 
men.  On  the  port  side  of  the  transom  is  a berth,  with 
swinging  pipe  berth  above,  and  at  the  forward  end  i$  z 


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locker  with  another  swinging  pine  berth  above  extending 
athwartships.  The  engine  room  is  entered  from  the  after 
deck  through  a companionway  with  sliding  hatch;  on  the 
port  side  at  the  foot  of  the  steps  is  the  crew’s  lavatory, 
with  basin  and  water-closet.  The  companion  ladder  is 
arranged  to  hinge,  for  access  to  the  locker  under  the 
after  deck,  which  is  used  for  stores  and  outfit. 

Under  the  after  deck  next  to  the  galley  and  engine 
room,  and  under  the  provision  locker,  are  fresh  water 
tanks,  with  a capacity  -of  250  gallons ; these  tanks  are 
used  for  cooking  and  drinking.  Forward  under  the 
pilot  house  floor  is  a water  tank  of  150  gallons  capacity 
for  lavatory  purposes. 

Aft  of  the  water  tanks  under  the  after  deck  is  the 
lazarette,  with  i8in.  bronze  manhole  for  access.  Under  the 
forward  deck,  next  to  the  owner’s  room,  is  located  the 
gasolene  tank  of  500  gallons  capacity,  and  forward  of 
that  the  fore  peak  with  chain  locker,  with  space  for  rope, 
anchors,  etc.  There  is  a railing  27m.  high  made  of  gal- 
vanized pipe  and  fittings,  to  go  around  raised  deck  and 
after  deck.  Two  boats,  one  14ft.  gig  and  one  10ft.  dinghy, 
are  carried  on  davits  and  to  house  inboard  on  chocks 
on  the  raised  deck.  There  is  a signal  mast  with  yard 
arranged  so  that  it  can  be  lowered  if  necessary  in  passing- 
under  a bridge  or  other  obstruction.  There  are  two 
hinged  skylights  with  glass  lights,  one  over  the  main 
saloon  and  one  over  the  engine  room. 

The  boat  is  propelled  by  one  55  horsepower  four  cylin- 
der four-stroke  Lozier  engine,  which  will  drive  the  boat 
at  an  estimated  maximum  speed  of  11%.  miles.  The  gaso- 
lene tank  has  a capacity  of  500  gallons,  which  provides 
fuel  enough  for  a cruising  radius  of  about  1,000  miles  at 
a speed- of  <8  miles  per  hour. 

The  dimensions  are  as  follows : 


Length — 


Over  all  

65ft 

gin." 

LWL  

Overhang- — 

Sin. 

Forward  

Aft  

1 in. 

Breadth — 

Extreme  

6in. 

L.W.L 

6in. 

Draft — 

Extreme  

To  rabbet  

6in. 

Freeboard— 

5ft- 

Forward  

3m. 

Aft  

7in. 

Least  

3111. 

Specifications, 

'Construction. — Keel,  white  oak,  6in.  x 8in.  Stem,  stern  and  dead- 
woods,  of  white  oak.  Keelsons,  yellow  pine  3in.  x 6in.  Bilge  and 
■side  stringers,  yellow  pine,  Sin.  x 5in.  Clamps,  yellow  pine,  2in.  x 
Sin.  Shelf,  yellow  pine,  2ir..  x 4in.  Frames,  white  oak,  steam  bent, 
sided  2in.  and  moulded  2in.  at  head  and  2%in.  at  heel;  spaced 
12m.  from  center  to  center.  Floor  timbers,  sided  2in.  and 
moulded  2%in.  Planking  to  be  long-leaf  yellow  pine  in  long 
lengths  and  finished  l%in.  thick.  Deck  beams  to  be  white  oak, 
steam  bent,  l^in.  x 3in.  Raised  deck  to  be  planked  with  white 
pine  or  cedar,  l%in.  thick,  and  covered  with  canvas.  The  floor 
and  after  deck  to  be  covered  with  white  pine  l%in.  x l%in.,  and 
seams  to  be  caulked  and  puttied.  There  are  to  be  three  water- 
tight bulkheads;  one  aft  of  fresh-water  tank,  one  between  owner’s 
room  and  gasolene  tank,  and  third  forward  of  gasolene  tank; 
bulkheads  to  be  built  of  two  thicknesses  of  cedar  laid  diagonally, 
with  canvas  between. 

Joiner  and  Interial  Work.--Siae  of  house  from  guard  up  to 
raised  deck,  and  round  at  front  to  be  of  mahogany.  Skylights  to 
ibe  of  mahogany;  also  outside  of  pilot  house.  Inside  of  pilot 
'house  and  the  rest  of  the  joiner  work  in  owner’s  quarters  to  be 
finished  in  butternut,  tongue  and  grooved  and  beaded,  except  in 
main  saloon,  which  is  to  be  paneled.  All  doors,  lockers  and  fur- 
niture to  be  paneled.  Ceiling  in  owner’s  room,  and  main  saloon 
to  be  paneled  and  finished  in  white  enamel. 

Galley,  pantry  and  crew’s  quarters  to  be  finished  in  yellow  pine 
and  painted.  Ice  box  to  be  built  of  compressed  cork  between 
two  thicknesses  of  wood  and  paper.  Bath  room  to  have  four-foot 
roll  trim,  enameled  tub,  porcelain  basin,  pump  water  closet  and 
necessary  pumps  and  fittings,  and  beveled  plate  glass  mirror.  Port 
lights  to  be  of  composition,  hinged  and  lOin.  in  diameter  clear. 
All  hardware,  locks,  knobs,  skylights  lights,  etc.,  to  be  of  bronze. 

Deck  Fittings  and  Outfit. — Steering  standard  to  be  of  bronze, 
with  brass  binnacle  for  four-inch  liquid  compass.  Wheel  to  be 
of  mahogany.  There  are  also  the  following: 

Galvanized  iron  crank  capstain,  side  and  riding  lights,  two  pairs 
of  galvanized  boat  davits,  anchor  davit,  one  1501b.  and  one  751b. 
folding  anchor,  two  50-fathom  3-in  cables  and  necessary  mooring 
lines,  bronze  horn,  chock  with  flag  staff  socket,  all  necessary 
cleats  and  chocks  of  bronze,  two  Gin.  copper  ventilators,  for  en- 
gine room,  with  deck  plates,  two  18in.  diameter  manhole  plates 
lor  the  fore  and  after  holds,  landing  ladder  of  mahogany, _ 4 life 
.rings  and  required  life  belts.  There  is  to  be  one  14ft.  gig  and 
one  10ft.  dinghy,  clinker  built,  of  cedar,  and  mahogany  trimmed. 
Rail  to  be  of  galvanized  pipe  and  fittings,  27in.  high  awning 
stanchions,  to  be  supplied  for  raised  and  after  deck. 

Machinery  to  consist  of  one  55  h.p.  four-cylinder,  four-cycle 
Lozier  engine,  with  bronze  shafting,  propeller  stuffing  boxes, 
power  whistle.  Gasolene  tank  to  be  of  copper,  500  gallons  capacity. 
Engine  indicator,  telegraph  bells  and  speaking  tubes  to  be  con- 
nected with  pilot  house  and  steering  platform  on  deck. 

Rudder  to  be  of  bronze  plate.  Stock  and  rudder  stock  to  be 
of  bronze.  Tiller  ropes  to  be  of  flexible  wire  and  lead  to  steering 
wheel  cn  deck  and  pilot  house,  and  arranged  with  a disengaging 
gear,  so  that  boat  may  be  steered  from  either  place. 

Exterior  of  hull  to  be  painted  with  white  lead  above  water- 
line and  anti-fouling  copper  paint  below  load  waterline,  carved 
scroll  on  bow  and  stern.  All  bright  work  on  deck  and  interior 
joiner  work  to  be  rubbed  down,  shellacked  and  varnished. 


SUMMARY  OF  WEIGHTS. 

Tons. 

Hull 8.9 

Joiner  4 

Deck  fittings,  boats,  davits,  anchors,  ropes,  railing,  steering 

gear,  port  lights,  etc _ 1-1 

Fresh  water  tanks  and  plumbing 1.7 

Engine,  shafting,  propeller  and  bearings 1.5 

Gasolene  and  tank  . 1-5 

Allowance  for  ice,  provisions  and  interior  outfit 3. 


Total 


21.7 


Police  to  Patrol  Yacht  Anchorages.- — As  the  result 
of  petitions  from  the  Knickerbocker  and  New  York  Y. 
C.’s,  which  have  anchorages  in  the  Sound  off  College 
Point  and  Whitestone,  Commissioner  McAdoo  stated  he 
had  decided  to  add  a platoon  of  harbor  police  to  the 
College  Point  station.  There  will  be  half  a dozen  men 
and  a launch.  The  yachtsmen  urged  this  action  because 
during  the  summer  months  when  the  yachts  are  at  these 
anchorages  the  depredations  of  river  pirates  are  numerous. 

»,  « * 

Launch  for  D.  S.  Loughlin. — The  Greenport  Basin 
and  Construction  Company,  of  Greenport,  L.  I.,  has 
nearly  completed  a launch  for  Mr.  Daniel  S.  Loughlin, 
who  has  a summer  home  at  Southampton,  L.  I.  The  boat 
is  40ft,  long,  lift,  breadth,  and  of  shallow  draft. 


FOREST  AND  ST^tsAM. 


Marine  Gasolene  Engines. 

BY  A.  E.  POTTER. 

( Continued  from  page  219.) 

A two-stroke  engine  has  of  necessity  to  use  compres- 
sion on  its  charge  of  gas  in  order  to  drive  the  burned 
gases  from  out  the  cylinder.  The  usual  method  has  been 
to  use  the  crank  case  for  this  compression,  which  could 
rightly  be  called  the  primary  compression.  Designers  and 
inventors  for  many  years  have  tried^  to  find  some  other 
method,  cheap  in  construction,  effective,  and  of  practical 
use.  Among  some  of  the  devices  which  have  given  more 
or  less  fairly  good  results,  there  has  been  the  engine 
with  the  differential  piston,  the  cylinder  having  different 
bores  and  the  compression  taking  place  between  the  lower 
part  of  the  smaller  bore  of  the  cylinder  and  the  larger 
diameter  of  the  piston.  As  there  are  no  engines  of  this 
type  at  present  extant  or  in  the  market,  it  is  a mute  testi- 
monial of  failures  in  this  line.. 

Better  results  and  more  success  has  been  attained  by 
using  the  lower  end  of  the  cylinder  for  this  primary 
compression,  inclosing  it  with  a head,  using  piston  rod, 
slides,  pitman,  stuffing  box,  cross-head,  etc.,'  as  in  the 
usual  double  acting  steam  engine, 

This  necessitates  among  other  things  a very  long  cylin- 
der, a long  piston,  extreme  height,  multiplicity  of  parts, 
lower  piston  speed  available,  on  account  of  excessive 
weight  of  moving  parts,  and  the  construction  is  hardly 
what  might  be  Called  popular.  While  an  engine  with  6in. 
stroke  of  the  four-stroke  type  can  be  run  easily  in  - the 
heaviest  commercial  type  at  375  to  400  revolutions  per 
minute,  this  cross-head  construction  would  never  _ allow 
of  such  piston  speed,  for  it  would  tear  the  engine  to 
pieces  in  a short  time. 

There  is  another  construction  that,  so  far  as  I know, 
has  never  been  attempted  in  marine  work.  This  is  using 
an  auxiliary  pumping  cylinder  on  another  crank  hiiij 
similar  to  that  employed  in  the  I, Odd  and  £,§§§  horse- 
power units  of  the  Kortjng  engine,  riot  d'ouble  acting 
like  the  Korting,  but  single  aGthig  with  trunked  pistons. 
The  two  pistons  and  connecting  rods  would  balance  each 
other  if  the  cranks  were  set  at  180  degrees,  and  the  power 
would  be  exerted  at  each  revolution  in  the  upper  or  outer 
end  of  but  one  cylinder.  There  would  be  lid  itibre  vibra- 
tion than  in  the  usual  Counter- weighted  two-stroke  single 
cylinder  engine,  but  th®  extra  weight,  cost  of  machining, 
double  throw  crank,  shaft,  etc.,  would  make  it  pro- 
hibitive. But  again,  the  eminently  satisfactory  large  size 
Rotting  engine  does  not  have  its  cranks  set  at  180  de- 
grees. The  crank  that  operates  the  two  pumps,  one  far 
air  and  the  other  for  gas,  is  set  approximately  J35  dfe- - 
grees  ahead  or  2tg  degrees  after  the  power  Crank.  The 
reason  for  this  is  that  the  Combined  charge  qf  air  and 
gas  is  not  at  its  highest  Pressure  until  lust  befoto  tile 
exhaust  port  closes.  But  for  this  there  Would  be  a great 
deal  of  loss  of  gas  in  scavenging  the  cylinder  by  means 
of  fresh  gas,  and  tests  of  this  engine  for  economy  show 
conclusively  that  there  is  but  slight  loss  in  efficiency, 
Comparing  very  favorably  with  the  best  designed  engines 
of  the  four-stroke  type. 

It  is  the  loss  or  low  efficiency  which  confronts  the  two- 
stroke  marine  engine  designer,  unnoticed  in  engines  of 
low  power,  but  of  vital  importance  in  engines  of  even 
20  horse:power.  In  the  ordinary  crank  case  Compressing 
engine,  the  compression  rarely  exceeds  five  pounds,  while 
the  Korting  is  said  to  Utilize  nine  pounds,  and  a marine 
type  of  two-stroke  engine  how  manufactured,  using  the 
lower  end  of  the  cylinder  for  compression,  Claims  to  use 
seven  pounds. 

It  is  a -question  with  me  whether  or  not  an  engine  can- 
not be  constructed  that  will  be  able  to-  utilize  a com- 
pression of  at  least  two  atmospheres,  or  14.7  pounds 
gauge.  A careful  location  of  the  ports  would  be  neces- 
sary, and  possibly  a positively  operated  inlet  valve  or 
series  of  valves,  but  I consider  that  the  possibilities  of 
the  two-stroke  engine  are  hardly  more  than  dreamed  of. 

I do-  not  believe  that  (lie  two-stroke  engine  will  supersede 
the  four-stroke  for  high  speed  louring  automobiles,  but 
I confidently  believe  that  within  the  next  two  or  three 
years  there  will  be  sufficient  improvements  in  two-stroke 
engines  to  adapt  them  to  use  for  commercial  vehicles 
used  for  transportation,  and  that  for  marine  work,  par- 
ticularly in  larger  sizes,  that  have  heretofore  given  the 
most  trouble,  the  two-stroke  engine  will  be  the  ranking 
construction.  . . 

Two  cylinders  instead  of  four  to  get  a perfectly 
balanced  engine,  is  certainly  attractive.  Absence  of 
valves  would  be  hailed  with  delight  were  it  possible  to 
dispense  with  them ; only  two  spark  plugs  to  look  out  for 
instead  of  four,  no  camshafts,  no  gears,  etc.  Is  it  any 
wonder  that  the  little  two-stroke  launch  engine  has  be- 
come so  popular? 

Having  now  treated  quite  generally,  although  not  com- 
pletely, of  the  various  parts  of  the  two-stroke  engine, 
where  its  particular  construction  is  at  variance  with  four- 
stroke  design,  I shall  endeavor  to  treat  of  those  parts  and 
characteristics  which  are  applicable  to  both  types,  and 
later  take  up  subjects  in  which  the  four-stroke  engine  is 
alone  involved. 

One  especially  important  thing  in  gasolene  engine  con- 
struction, no  matter  whether  the  engine  is  single  cylinder, 
two  or  four-stroke,  or  two  cylinder  four-stroke,  is  bal- 
ancing of  the  cranks  by  counterweighting  there  or  else- 
where. 

It  is  recognized  as  a mechanical  impossibility  to  per- 
fectly balance  a single  throw  crank,  piston,  connecting- 
rod,  etc.,  but  a comparatively*  easy  matter  to  balance  a 
two-stroke  engine  of  more  than  one  cylinder  or  a four-’ 
stroke  engine  -of  more  than  two-  cylinders.  If  a four- 
stroke  engine  is  built  in  two  cylinders,  and  the  cranks 
are  set  at  180  degrees,  it  would  be  an  easy  matter  if  an 
explosion  would  take  place  in  each  cylinder  at  every 
alternate  revolution.  But  a four-stroke  engine  with 
cranks  set  at  180  degrees  and  the  cylinder  lying  parallel 
and  in  the  same  plane,  cannot  get  an  explosion  at  each 
revolution,  but  does  get,  if  running  properly,  two  explo- 
sions at  every  alternate  revolution,  with  one  complete 
revolution  during  which  there  is  no  power  exerted.'  On 
the  other  hand,  if- both  cranks  are  the  same  way,  it  will 
be  necessary  to.  get  the  engine  in  anything  like  perfect 
balance  by  adding  counterweights,  either  on  the  crank 
shaft  or  flywheel.  On  the  othqr  haqd.  with  three  icylin- 


[March  25,  1905. 


ders,  the,  first  being  set  120  degrees  ahead  of  the  second 
and  the  second  120  degrees  ahead  of  the  third,  the  valves 
and  igniters  would  have  to  be  set  so  that  the  explosions 
would  take  place  in  the  following  relation:  First,  third, 
second,  for  if  they  were  to  take  place  first,  second,  third, 
there  would  be  one  complete  revolution  with  no  power. 
In  setting  the  cranks  of  a four  cylinder  two-stroke  en- 
gine, they  should  each  be  set  at  90  degrees,  while  if  the 
engine  is  a four-stroke,  two  of  the  cranks  should  be  set 
at  180  degrees  from  tile  others,  or  the  engine  wo-iild  be 
out  of  balance. 

While, on  the  subject  of  balancing,  there  has  recently 
come  under  my  observation  a Case  that  may  be  used  to 
advantage  in  this  connection.  A Certain  propeller  has 
been  designed  and  the  three  blades  are  ail  of  different 
length.  This  is  a peculiar  construction,  to  say  the  least, 
and  just  what  the  designer’s  object -was  I cannot  under- 
stand. Another  case  in  point  was  a two  cylinder  two- 
stroke  engine,  where  cranks  were  set  at  180  degrees  with 
a counterweight  on  each  crank.  Occasionally  is  met  an 
authority  who  says  never  by  any  chance  would  he  allow 
an  engine  to  be  balanced  by  counterweights  in  the  fly- 
wheel. 

At  the  New  York  Motorboat  Show  there  was  one  par- 
ticular engine  which  the  designer  claimed  had  no  vibra- 
tion, nor  was.  it  counterweighted,  yet  was  of  single  Cylin- 
der construction.  Mysteriously  he  told  me  it  was  a trick 
they  had  learned  and  did  not  care  to  have  it  explained 
or  generally  known  how  it  wds  accomplished. 

[to  BE  continued.] 


Automobile  and  Power  Boat  Show 

Mechanics*  Hall*  Boston,  March  11  to 

ThE  Bbstoii  show  closed  iaSt  Saturday  night;  after 
a moSt  prosperous  run.  Management,  exhibitors  arid  visi- 
tors as  well  all  expressed  themselves  thoroughly  pleased. 
In  the  matter  of  attendance  alone,  which  aggregated 
nearly  200,000,  although  open  but  six  days  and  seven 
evenings,  it  was  beyond  the  most  sanguine  eXpefctatiohS. 
As  promised  last  Week,  we  give  a list  of  the  exhibitors 
and  exhibits,  reported  by  one  of  our  staff. 

Fairbanks-Grant  Mfg.  Co.,  Ithaca,  N.  Y.— Same  goods 
exhibited  as  in  New  York. 

Victor  Metals  Company,  East  Braintree,  Mass. — Had 
virtually  the  same  exhibit  as  shown  at  New  York,  with 
few  slight  additions-,  ^ 

G,  A;  B&ehm&ri  Motof  ConijJ&ny,  Baltintorc,  Md. — -Two 
double  opposed  8 hor§e-power  engines,  the  marine  type 
by  Means  of  glaring  reduced  the  speed  of  the  propeller 
shaft  to  oiie-half  tMt  of  tile  crank  Shaft.  t . 

Uliftph  Motor  WoIkS;  Cindiniidti,  Ohio.- — Tile  sanie  liile 
of  engines  as  exhibited  at  New  York,  and  in  addition  a 
45  to  60  horse-power  three  cylinder,  heavy,  slow  speed 
engine,  and  a new  four  cylinder  16-20  horsepower  of  1905 
model. 

Carlisle  & Finch  Company.  Cincinnati,  Ohio. — Nine- 
inch  lens  yacht  arc  search  light,  U.  S.  N.  type,  2,000 
candle-power.  A general  line  of  magnetos,  coils  and 
ignition  goods., 

Fairbanks-Smtilley,  New  York-Bay  City,  Mich.— -Same 
engines  as  shown  in  NeW  York: 

Lackawanna  ValvelfeSs  Motor  Company,  Buffalo-;  N-.  Y: 
— The  same  engines  aS  exhibited  at  New  York,  with  two 
or  three  difflrffiit  sizeS. 

Palmer  Bros.,  Coscob,  Conn. — Showed  fifteen  engines 
all  told,  their  new  three-ported  engines,  also  the  original 
first  engine  built  by  them  ten  years  ago,  which  attracted 
much  attention. 

J.  V.  Rice,  Jr.,  & Co.,  Bordentown,  N.  J. — The  same 
engines  as  exhibited  at  New  York.  Mr.  Chester  I.  Camp- 
bell, of  5 Park  Square,  Boston,  has  taken  the  agency 
for  these  engines. 

Chats.  A,  Cdrl son;  623  Befgeii  Street,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. — 
The  double  opposed  four  cylinder  engine  described  in 
these  columns  as  exhibited  at  the  New  York  Show. 

Hubbard  Motor  Company,  Middleton,  Conn. — Practi- 
cally the  same  exhibit  as  at  New  York,  and  two-  launches, 
one  22ft.  long  with  3l/2  horsepower  engine,  for  which  a 
speed  of  11  miles  is  claimed;  also  a toft,  dory  model 
nicely  finished  with  mahogany  decks. 

Arthur  Binney,  70  Kilby  street,  Boston;  Mas§.— A sik 
cylinder  100  horsepoW&r  Standard  engine  built  by  the 
Standard  Motor  Construction  Company,  Jersey  City. 
Mr.  Binney  designed  the  64ft.  power  speed  launch  Hupa 
for  Mr.  C.  H.  Clark,  Jr.,  Philadelphia,  exhibited  by 
Lawley. 

Swasey,  Raymond  & Page,  Boston,  Mas#.— Showed  the 
Gay  Cup  presented  by  Rear  -Commodore  W.  O.  Gay, 
Eastern  Y.  C,  for  power  boat  races  j they  ais©  showed 
blue  prints  of  several  well-known  vessels  built  and  flow 
in  process  of  completion. 

Murray  & Tregurtha  Company,  South  Boston,  Mass.- 
Several  engines  of  1904  and  1905  models  made  a very 
showy  booth;  they  had  the  only  cabin  boats  exhibited. 
One  was  42ft-  long,  beautifully  finished  with  mahogany, 
truly  an  able  boat ; power  was  a three  cylinder  20  horse- 
power engine  of  their  1905  design.  A 25ft.  hunting  cabin 
latmch  was  also  shown  with  all  extremely  large  cock-pit 
and  4 horsepower  1905  engine. 

-D,  M.  Tuttle  Company,  Canastota,  N.  Y.— Several  en- 
gines in  single  and  double  cylinders;  two  semi-torpedo 
stern  launches,  one  iSft.  and  the  other  25ft.  long.  They 
also  showed  a one-fourth  size  model  of  their  20ft.  Stand- 
ard launch,  including  engine. 

1 homas  Stone  Boat  Building  Company,  Swampscott, 
Mass. — Two  18ft.  dories  equipped  with  Sagamore  en- 
gines. The  exhaust  was  led  through  the  deck,  covered 
with  a brass  hinge  cap  when  engine  is  not  in  use. 

W.  J.  Young  Machine  Company,  Lynn,  Mass.— Showed 
five  Essex  engines  of  unusually  good  design,  and  while 
not  of  extremely  high  speed,  could  hardly  be  called  slow 
speed  engines. 

Belcher  Motor  Company,  Fall  River,  Mass. — Two 
medium  speed  single:  cylinder  and  one  double  cylinder 
high  speed  engine  of  remarkably  good  appearance. 

Baker  Yacht  Basin  Company,  Quincy  Point,  Mass. 

Models  of  yachts  and  other  vessels  which  they  have  built 
or  are  under  process  of  construction,  or  designed  on 
orders. 

Lawrence  Machine  Company,  Lawrence,  Mass,— En- 


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gines  in  several  sizes,  both  two  and  four-stroke,  also  a 
three  horsepower  kerosene  oil  engine  of  excellent  design. 
Their  four  cylinder  four-stroke  12  horsepower  marine 
engine  showed  some  features  of  excellent  merit.  I he 
design  and  construction  of  these  engines  showed  careful 
attention  to  detail.  Being  able  to  remove  piston  and  con- 
necting rods  without  disturbing  cylinders  was  of  especial 
worth. 

Chase  Yacht  & Engine  Company,  Providence,  R.  I. — 
Although  this  is  comparatively  a new  concern  in  the  gas 
engine  field,  they  showed  remarkably  modem  up-to-date 
construction  and  a get-at-able  engine.  In  their  four- 
stroke  double  cylinder  engines  the  cranks  are  both  the 
same  way,  counterweighted,  instead  of  the  usual  con- 
struction, 180  degrees  apart. 

August  Mietz,  New  York. — Showed  the  kerosene  en- 
gines exhibited  at  the  New  York  show. 

F.  W.  Ofeldt  & Sons,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. — A demonstra- 
tion of.  their  new  kerosene  automobile  and  marine  en- 
gines, also  their  new  Ofeldt  boiler.  •• 

Peter  Gray  & Sons,  90  Union  street,  Boston.--  Lan- 
terns and  acetylene  searchlights  for . yachts  ati'd"  power 
boats. 

Mianus  Motor  Works,  Miantis,  Conn. — Several  engines 
exhibited  at  New  York,  and  in  addition  a. launch  built 
' by  W.  H.  Chamberlain,  of  Marblehead,  Mass.  The  -.con- 
struction of  this  boat  follows  general  dory  lines;  a 
serviceable,  seaworthy  boat. 

E.  B.  Blecher,  20  Green  street,  Boston,  Mass. — An  8 
horsepower  two  cylinder  four-stroke  engine  with  a 
spherical  crank  case ; the  governor,  by  throwing  out  so 
that  the  exhaust  valves  are  not  operated,  was  a noticeable 
feature.  The  carburetor,  mounted  on  top  of  the  engine, 
was  an  innovation. 

Camden  Anchor-Rockland  Machine  Company,  Rock- 
land, Me. — Showed  a 16ft.  fishermen’s  pea-pod,  a boat 
of  exceptional  model,  with  flat  floor  and  extremely  sea- 
worthy. The  power  was  a il/2  horsepower  Knox  engine 
built  by  themselves.  The  flywheel  was  counterbalanced, 
and  a pear-shaped  muffler  was  shown.  Several  sizes  of 
the  Knox  engines  were  also  exhibited. 

V.  J.  Emery,  Wollaston,  Mass. — Several  Ideal  marine 
engines  of  four-stroke  type.  In  design  these  engines 
showed  good  attention  to  detail.  Valves  are  easily  re- 
movable, and  are  all  interchangeable.  One  of  the  few, en- 
gines shown  using  a seat  feed  vaporizer  in  the  four- 
stroke  class. 

Chas.  E.  Harris,  Lowell,  Mass. — A six  cylinder  60 
horsepower  four-stroke  engine,  partly  completed,  from 
the  works  of  the  Taunton  Locomotive  Manufacturing 
Company.  Cylinders  were  carefully  polished,  and  the  in- 
let, if  desired,  could  be  placed  on  either  side,  making  it 
either  a right  or  left-hand  engine.  The  water-jackets, 
were  of  copper  tubing,  held  by  clamps  top  and  bottom. 
The  crank-shaft  was  cut  from  a solid  nickel  steel  forg- 
ing, not  twisted,  as  is  usually  the  case. 

Consolidated  Box  Machine  Company,  Lynn,  Mass. — - 
Sagamore  engines,  two-stroke,  in  several  sizes ; one  run- 
ning on  city  gas  with  propeller  connected.  The  ignition 
mechanism  was  protected  and  a friction-driven  bilge 
pump  were  noticeable  features.  The  circulating  pump 
outfit  was  especially  neat. 

Toquet  Motor  Company,  Metropolitan  Building,  New 
York. — One  single  and  several  double  cylinder  Toquet 
engines.  Their  double  cylinder  engines  were  among  the 
first  successful  multi-cylinder  engines  of  this  type  built 
in  New  England.  An  independent  bilge-pump  is  used. 

Western  Launch  & Engine  Works,  Michigan  City,  Ind. 
—A  duplicate  of  the  18ft.  launch  at  the  New  York  show, 
several  engines  also  shown  there,  and  the  22j4ft.  Sports- 
man’s Special  Launch  with  a 6 horsepower  Western 
engine. 

, G.  A.  Gulliford,  Swampscott,  Mass. — An  18ft.  power 
dpry  of  excellent  model  with  a 2 horsepower  Tuttle  en- 
gine ; one  of  the  best  looking  dories  exhibited. 

Adams  Company,  Brockton,  Mass.— -A  three  ahead  and 
ope  reverse  speed  reversing  gear  which,  with  certain 
modification,  can  be  made  available  for  launch  work,  all 
gears  are  in  mesh  and  each  speed  is  obtained  by  means 
of  a sliding  key  and  gauging  a dog  within  each  gear 
mounted  on  the  jack  shafts. 

Gray  & Prior  Machine  Company,  Hartford,  Conn. — ■ 
Six  of  their  celebrated  two-stroke  Hartford  engines. 
Separate  cylinders  cast  with  head,  make-and-break  igni- 
tion, early  and  late  and  throttle  control  were  noticeable 
features.  The  ignition  mechanism  is  readily  removable 
for  inspection  or  adjustment. 

Oscar  Lawson,  Brockton,  Mass.- — An  ingenious  revers- 
ing propeller  with  cut-off  coupling,  each  blade  can  be  set 
independently. 

Jeffries  Point  Yacht  Yard  & Boat  Building  Company, 
East  Boston. — A 25ft.  double-ended  launch,  particularly 
designed  for  rough  weather.  She  was  equipped  with  a 
6 horsepower  two  cylinder  Hartford  engine. 

Perkins  Launch  & Motor  Company. — Showed  two 
boats  which  need  to  be  especially  mentioned.  One  was  a 
high  speed  launch  30ft.  in  length,  3ft.  Sin.  width,  in 
which  will  be  installed  a 40  horsepower  special  two- 
stroke  three  ported  engine  to  run  at  850  revolutions  per 
minute.  The  expected  speed  is  23  miles.  Another  boat 
was  shown  22ft.  long  with  the  engine  set  in  the  bow 
directly  opposite  to  the  usual  installation.  The  propeller 
shaft  will  connect  with  the  crank  shaft  ahead  of  the 
wheel,  and  the  exhaust  will  be  out  of  the  bow  on  each 
side. 

Buffalo  Gasolene  . Motor  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. — 
Showed  all  the  engines  exhibited  in  New  York. 

Toppan  Boat  Manufacturing  Company.  9 Haverhill 
street,  Boston,  Mass; — An  18ft.  whaleboat  launch  with  a 
3 horsepower  Toppan  Simplicity  engine.  A 25ft.  boat 
with  7 horsepower  engine  was  also  shown,  a duplicate  of 
one  of  their  boats  which  last  summer  made  ii^  miles 
official  time  on  Lake  Winnepasaukee,  winning  the  first 
prize.  This  boat  being  clench  carvel  while  the  other  was 
clinker,  she  is  expected  to  do  even  better  time.  An 
18ft.  dory  launch,  decked  fore  and  aft,  was  shown  with 
a Termaat  and  Monahan  engine. 

E.  Gerry  Emmons  Corporation,  Swampscott,  Mass. — 
An  extensive  exhibit  of  launches,  yacht  tenders  and 
dories.  The  finish  was  especially  fine.  One  dory  was 
on  the  line  of  the  dory  made  famous  by  the  Swampscott 
Club,  fitted  with  centerboard.  One  launch  was  equipped 
with  a 5 horsepower  Lozier  engine,  others  with  Fair- 
field  engines,  and  some  with  their  own  make. 


Carlisle  Machine  Company,  Hartford,— The  same 
clutches  and  reverse  gear  as  shown  at  New  York. 

Parker  Lock  Switch  Company,  Newburgh,  N.  Y. — A 
switch,  that  can.  be  locked  so  that  a boat  cannot  be  used 
except  by  making  new  wire  connections. 

La  Point  Machine  Tool  Company,  32  Atlantic  Avenue, 
Boston. — Broaching  and  key-seating  machines,  adjustable 
reamers,  both  hand  and  power. 

More  Power  Company,  Lowell,  Mass. — Pocket  amme- 
ters, detachable  blade  electric  switches,  Witherbee  igni- 
ters and  Packard  cables. 

Atlantic  Electrical  Company,  Amesbury,  Mass. — A 
wonderful  demonstration  of  a waterproof  marine  jump- 
spark  plug  with  which  all  the  Atlantic  Company  engines 
were  equipped.  In  the  demonstration,  a stream  of  water 
through,  a quarter-inch  pipe  running  continuously  over 
the  cable  and  plug  did  not  affect  the  spark. 

Gabriel  Horn  Manufacturing  Company,  Cleveland,  O. 
— This  was  an  exhaust  operated  horn.  Llardly  suffi- 
ciently deep  to  carry  well  for  marine  work,  although  pos- 
sibly a higher  pitch  would  make  it  available. 

Iver  Johnson  Sporting  Goods  Company,  Boston,  Mass. 
—A  very  tastefully  arranged  booth  on  the  main  floor  near 
the- entrance  showing  marine  accessories,  Johnson  bilge 
pumps,  etc.  They  exhibited  the  only  small  open  launch 
bfkthe  main. floor;  it  was  a 21ft.  canopy  top  Racine  with 
a 4 horsepower  engine  built  by  the  Racine  Boat  Manu- 
facturing Company,  Racine,  Wis.  Engine  was  three 
ported  float  with  feed  carburetor,  jump  spark  with  a 
waterproof  wood  casing  mounted  on  top  of  the  engine 
directly  over  the  spark  plug.  The  muffler  was  water- 
jacketed. 

De  Dietrich  Company,  American  Branch,  Boston 
Agency,  Tremont  Garage,  Boston,  Mass. — The  two  en- 
gines shown  at  New  York,  30  and  60  horsepower 
respectively.  The  larger  engine  was  exhibited  in  the 
De  Dietrich  second  at  St.  Louis,  and  was  used  in  the 
car  in  the.  Paris-Madrid  race,  with  which  Gabriel  won 
19  prizes. 

Lunt-Morse  & Co.,  Boston,  Mass. — Three  single  cylin- 
der four-stroke  Regal  engines,  built  by  the  Regal  Gaso- 
lene Engine  Company,  Cold  Water,  Mich.  Their  color 
attracted  very  much  attention  next  to  the  last  day  of  the 
show.  These  engines  were  remarkably  compact,  and 
especially  adapted  for  light  powered  boats. 

Panhard  & Levassor,  New  York — The  60ft.  launch  ex- 
hibited at  New  York,  built  for  them  by  the  Electric 
Launch  Company,  Bayonne,  N.  J. 

Chester  I.  Campbell,  5 Park  Square,  Boston. — The 
manager  of  the  show  has  taken  the  agency  for  the  Rice 
engine,  built  by  J.  V.  Rice  Company,  Bordentown,  N.  J. 

Atlantic  Company,  Amesbury,  Mass. — The  largest  col- 
lection of  boats  shown  by  any  single  exhibitor.  Salisbury 
Point  and  Cape  Ann  dories,.?  a racing  Midget,  the  Speedy 
Messenger,  and  several  other  boats;  in  particular  one  de- 
signed by  L.  M.  Hewins,  and  . tested  in  the  400ft.  tank 
at  the  Washington  Navy  Yard.  They;  also  showed  some 
two-stroke  engines  of  modern  design. 

Truscott  .vPBoat  Manufacturing  Company,  Boston 
Agency,  9 Haverhill  street,  Boston. — The  21ft.  beaver- 
tail  boat  shown  at  New  York,  1.6ft.  standard  open  launch 
with  a 3 horsepower  engine ; a 28ft.  speed  boat  with  a 
25  horsepower  four  cylinder  four-stroke  engine  with 
mechanical  inlet  valve  -and  •reversing  gear ; they  showed 
also  several  engines  exhibited  at. New  York. 

A.  J.  Wilkinson  & Co.,  184  Washington  street,  Boston, 
Mass. — A full  line  of  marine  hardware,  searchlights,  side 
lights,  compasses,  clocks  and  launch  supplies. 

Napier  Motor  Company,  of  America,  743  Boylstgn 
street,  Boston,  Mass. — Showed  a marine  outfit  self-con- 
tained, never  before  exhibited.  The  engine  is  of  a high 
speed  type,  20  horsepower,  weighing  less  than  900  pounds. 
This  engine  was  built  at  the  Boston  factory  from  the 
original  English  designs. 

Light  Manufacturing  & Foundry  Company,  Pottstown, 
Pa. — A - full  line  of  aluminum  and  automobile  brand 
phosphor-bronze  castings. 

Post  & l.cster  Company,  Hartford,  Conn. — Yacht 
clocks,,  ammeters,  volt  meters,  coils,  plugs.  Regal  search- 
lights, Holly  and  Kingston  carburetors,  and  general 
yachting  and  launch  supplies. 

American  Coil  Company,  West  Somerville,  Mass.— 
American  Coils,  little  wonder  dynamos,  indestructible 
spark  plugs  and  marine  ignition  supplies. 

E.  J.  Willis  & Co.,  8 Park  Place,  New  York. — Yankee 
specialties,  including  Yankee  switch,  Yankee  clock, 
Yankee  plug,  Yankee  oil  gun,  Yankee  funnel  and  Yankee 
horn.- 

American  Electrical  and  Manufacturing  Company, 
New  England  Agency,  116  Bedford  street, -Boston,  Mass. 
— Practically  the  same  exhibit  as  at  New  York.  They 
exhibited  for  the  first  time  the  hunter’s  horn;  their  Plato 
clocks,  which  told  only  the  hours  and  minutes,  proved 
quite  a novelty. 

Boston  Gear  Works,  152  Purchase  street,  Boston,  Mass. 
—Sprockets,  chains,  gears,  pinion  wire,  etc.,  universal 
joints,  ball  bearings,  etc. 

Page-Storm  Drop  Forge  Company,  Springfield,  Mass. 
—Connecting  rods,  crank  shafts,  gear  blanks,  etc.,  all 
drop  forged. 

Chas.  E.  Miller,  New  York. — Same  line  of  supplies  as 
exhibited  at  New  York,  but  no  engines. 

Dow  Portable  Electric  Co.,  Braintree,  Mass.— Dow 
coils,  switches,  plugs,  ammeters,  both  for  automobile  and 
marine  use. 

Chandler  & Farquhar  Company,  36  Federal  street,  Bos- 
ton, Mass. — General  machinery  for  gasolene  engine  man- 
ufacturers,' Witherbee  igniters,  marine  supplies,  tools,  etc 

Constant  Spark  Plug  Company,  135  Oliver  street.  Bos- 
ton,_ Mass. — New  England  agent  for  Witherbee  igniters. 
Their  new  type  flange  covers  and  vents  are  especially 
worthy  of  attention.  They  exhibited  also  the  mica  insu- 
lated double-ended  spark  plug.' 


Pittsfield  Spark  Coil  Company,  Pittsfield,  Mass.— 
Jewell  mica  spark  plugs  and  coils. 

A.  S.  Morss  Company,  210  Commercial  street,  Boston. 
— Full  assortment  of  everything  needed  or  used  in  yachts 
or  power  boats  in  brass,  iron  or  other  materials;  a most 
complete  list  of  outfitting  goods.  They  showed  the  Calu- 
met ventilator  and  flue  top,  which  absolutely  prevents 
back  drafts  on  board  of  yachts.  Anything  in  the  yacht- 
ing line  that  these  people  do  not  handle  they  can  get  .on 
extremely  short  notice. 

Chestnut  HI  ill  Automobile  Station,  Marine  Dept.,  Bos- 
ton, Mass. — A new  amine  16-24  horsepower,  four  cylin- 
ders four-stroke  900-1,200  revolutions  per  minute,  with 
aluminum,  cast  iron  or  bronze  crank  case.  The  engine 
is  readily  accessible  and  cams  and  cam  shafts  are  all 
contained  in  a rectangular  sectional  casing.  The  water- 
jackets  were  made  from  electro-deposited  copper,  sur- 
rounding valve  stem  guides  and  all  other  parts  liable  to 
heat. 

Massachusetts . Steel  Casting  Company,  West  Everitt, 
Mass. — A fine  collection  of  nickel,  manganese  and  car- 
bon steel  castings;  also  their  new  metal  which  they  call 
ingar,  which  is  claimed  does  not  expand  or  contract 
under  different  temperatures. 

Kumberger  & Vreeland,  New  York. — Exhibited  the 
Uncle  Sam  Marine  Engine;  this  ermine  showed  some  ex- 
tremely modern  features,  one  of  which  was  the  taper  fit- 
ting bonnet  in  which  the  sparking  mechanism  was  placed. 
This  is  easily  removed  by  loosening;  two  screws.  Crank 
shaft  and  all  parts  liable  to  wear  are  case-hardened  and 
carefully  ground  to  gauge. 

Newton  Crane  Gas  Engine  Company,  112  Water  street, 
Boston. — An  entirely  new  type  balanced  four-stroke  four 
cylinder  quadruple  opposed  engine.  Each  cylinder  has 
two-  separate  pistons  traveling  in  opposite  directions,  ex- 
plosions.taking  place  between  them.  The  power  is  trans- 
mitted through  rocker  shafts  to  a double  throw  crank 
shaft,  with  cranks  set  at  no  degrees;  the  engine,  although 
expensive  to  machine,  showed  some  good  points,  and  will 
probably,  with  certain  slight  modifications,  be  of  value, 
provided  the  manufacturer  and  designer  are  able  to  in- 
crease efficiency  10  per  cent.,  as  they  claim. 

Chas.  J.  Jager  Company,  1 66  Hierh  street,  Boston, 
Mass. — One  of  the  best  looking  four-stroke  engines  ex- 
hibited at  the  show;  there  is  a novel  protecting  device  to 
prevent  water  from  snort-circuiting  the  secondary  cur- 
rent; plugs  are  easily  removable  through  plug-closed 
holes  in  the  head.  One  of  these  engines  of  6 cylinders, 
approximately  40  horsepower,  has  been  sold  for  a 37ft. 
boat  designed  by  Small  Bros.,  Boston,  and  being  built  by 
Loring,  of  East  Braintree,  Mass. 

Geo.  Lawley  & Son  Corporation,  East  Boston,  Mass.; — 
The  64ft.  Hupa,  designed  by  Arthur  Binney,  of  Boston, 
for  C.  H.  Clark,  Jr.,  of  Philadelphia,  attracted  more  at- 
tention than  any  other  production  exhibited.  Her  lines 
are  similar  in  many  respects  to  the  famous  Standard,  and 
she  is  about  the  same  size.  The  100  horsepower  engine 
exhibited  by  Arthur  Binney  is  the  power  to  be  used  for 
her  propulsion;  compressed  air  will  be  used  in  starting, 
as  is  used,  in  Standard. 

Cooley  Manufacturing  Company,  Waterbury,  Vt. — 
Seven  engines,  of  both  the  ordinary  and  three-ported  de- 
sign; the  three-ported  engine  is  designed  for  high,  while 
the  others  are  of  more  moderate  speed.  Jump  spark  is 
used  with  a timer  of  the  roller  contact  type;  the  speed 
control  of  this  engine  is  excellent,  giving  great  flexibility 
in  the  matter  of  speed.  Long  bearings  and  good  lubrica- 
tion should  make  this  a dependable  and  durable  engine. 


YACHTING  NEWS  NOTES, 


For  advertising  relating  to  this  department  see  pages  ii  and  iii. 


Motorboats  in  Flanders. — Writing  from  Ghent,  Bel- 
gium, Frank  R.  Mowrer,  United  States  Consul,  says : 
.1  he  network  of  canals  in  Flanders,  which  terminates 
a!  the  seaports  of  Neuzen,  in  the  Netherlands,  and 
Ostend  and  Zeebrugge,  in  Belgium,  offers  an  opportunity 
to  use  motorboats,  and  the  demand  is  increasing  from 
year  to  year.  Several  firms  in  this  city  manufacture 
motors  for  boats,  but  preference  is  given  to  the  American 
motor.  A few  American  motorboats  and  motors  for 
boats  have  been  imported  into  this  district  during  the 
past  year,  and  all  have  given  entire  satisfaction.  No 
regular  agencies  have  yet  been  established,  but  in  order 
that  these  motors  may  prove  satisfactory,  it  is  advisable 
that  they  be  introduced  by  reliable  parties  competent  to 
properly  install  them. 

Firms  in  Ghent  selling  motors  for  launches  are  A, 
Van  Rycheghem,  Rue  de  Courtrai  12,  and  E.  Eggermont, 
Petit  Dock  9. 

» #»  tPD 

New  Bedford^  Y.  C.  Officers.— -At  a meeting  of  the 
New  Bedford  Y.  C,  the  following  officers  were  elected  • 
Com.,  W.  F.  Williams;  Vice-Corn.,  C.  R.  Allen;  Rear- 
Com.  F.  B.  Sistare ; Sec’y,  S.  I.  Besse ; Treas.,  Horace 
Wood;  Directors — Thomas  B.  Aiken,  F.  R.  Fish,  E B 
Hammond,  A.  S.  James,  C.  A.  Morrison,  J.  I.  Paulding! 
A.  R.  Pierce,  F.  W.  Reynolds,  Richard  B.  Snow,  Tireti 
Swift,  Tr.,  R.  A.  Terry. 

« H 

Death  of  M.  Hubbe. — M.  Hubbe  died  at  his  home  in 
Bayonne,  N.  J.,  on  March  3.  He  was  65  years  old  and 
was  well  known  as  a naval  architect  and  yacht  broker. 
His  practice  had  been  confined  to  the  designing  of  power 
vessels  of  large  size  for  commercial  and  pleasure  purposes. 

Fall  River  Y.  C. — Although  not  in  Rhode  Island,  the 
Fall  River  Y.  C.  is  in  the  Narragansett  Bay  Y.  R.  A., 
and  its  doings  are  of  interest  to  Rhode  Island  yachtsmen! 


Entries  in  Ocean  Race  for  German  Emperor's  Cup, 


Name. 
Valhalla  ... 

Type. 

Ship 

L.W.L. 

. 240ft 

Owner. 

Club. 

Year  Built. 

Apache  

Ailsa  

Hamburg  . . 
Utowana  ... 
Sunbeam  ... 
Thistle  

. . .Auxiliary 
. . Yawl  . . . 
. . Schooner 
. . Auxiliary 
. . Auxiliary 

Barque . . . 

. .16Sft 

..  89ft 

..Edmund  Randolph 

..Henry  S.  Redmond 

. New  York  Y.  C 

New  York  Y.  C 

••••• 1890 

Schooner. 
Barque. . . 

. ,116ft 

..iRRft. 

■154.7ft 

■110ft 

..German  syndicate  

..Allison  V.  Armour  

..Lord  Brassey  

.Kaiserlicher  Y.  C 

New  York  Y.  C 

Royal  Yacht  Squadron... 

1898 

1891 

...1874 

Atlantic  . . . . 
Hildegarde  . 

» > • • • t 

. . .Auxiliary 
Schooner 

Schooner. 

•185ft ; 

.103.4ft 

.Wilson  Marshall  

. Edward  R.  Coleman 

.New  York  Y.  C... 

New  York  Y.  C. 





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It  is  worthy  of  note,  therefore,  that  the  club  is  prosper- 
ing, as  indicated  by  the  announcement  that  a station  is  to 
be  established  at  Tiverton,  R.  I.  The  club  house  will'  be 
about  50ft.  square,  two  stories  in  height,  with  broad 
verandas.  The  upper  floor  will  be  arranged  for-  a dance 
hall,  with  ladies’  retiring  rooms,,  and  the  lower  fjoor  will 
have  locktr  rooms,  baths,  kitchen  and.  billiard  rporn. 
The  plans  have  been  copipleted,  and  work  will  be  begun 
as  soon  as  the  weather  is  suitable. 

« « 

Hildegarde  Entered  in  Ocean  Race. — The  schooner 
Hildegarde,  owned  by  Mr.  Edward  R.  Coleman,  has  been 
formally  entered  in  the  ocean  race  for  the  German  Em- 
peror’s Cup.  This  makes  the  ninth  entry.  Hildegarde 
was  designed  by  Mr.  A.  S.  Chesebrough  and  built  at 
Wilmington,  Del.,  in  1897.  She  is  135ft.  over  all,  103ft. 
4in.  waterline,  26ft.  breadth  and  16ft.  9111.  draft.  Hilde- 
garde is  an  iron  vessel  and  was  built  originally  for  the 
late  George  W.  Weld,  of  Boston. 

*5  * * 

Catboat  for  F.  J.  Havens. — The  catboat  building  at 
Montell’s  yard,  Greenwich,  is  for  Mr.  F.  J.  Havens,  of 
the  Atlantic  Y.  C.  The  boat  was  designed  by  Mr,  Henry 
J.  Gielow,  and  is  20ft.  6in.  over  all,  13ft.  waterline,  7ft. 
breadth,  and  ift.  9in.  draft.  The  boat  is  fitted  with  a 
water-tight  cockpit,  and  has  700  pounds  of  lead  on  the 
keel. 

m *, 

Townsend  & Downey  Plant  Sold. — The  Townsend  & 
Downey  Shipbuilding  Company  was  sold  at  public  auc- 
tion on  March  14.  The  Colonial  Trust  Company,  holder 
of  the  concern’s  bonds,  bid  in  the  plant  for  $516,000. 

* « »? 

Monotype  Power  Boats. — Fourteen  one-design  power 
boats  are  being  built  by  the  New  York  Kerosene  Oil  En- 
gine Company,  at  College  Point,  for  members  of  the 
Knickerbocker  Y.  C.  The  boats  are  21ft.  over  all,  4ft. 
8in.  breadth  and  ift.  6in.  draft.  The  top  sides  are  finished 
bright.  The  following  gentlemen  will  draw  lots  for  the 
boats  when  they  are  all  completed : Gustave  Diem,  Louis 
Bernin,  Fred  Kreamer,  William  Sulzbach,  J.  N.  Norris, 
Arthur  Kerker,  Charles  Caughtry,  G.  J.  Stelz,  William 
Ward,  John  Schmelzel,  Ernest  Sands,  W.  H.  Gassatt,  F. 
E.  Brown,  A.  A.  Low  and  Joseph  Cassidy.  The  boats  are 
equipped  with  5 horsepower  motor,  and  frequent  races 
will  take  place  between  them  during  the  coming  season. 

m m * 

Racing  Skipper  for  Ailsa. — Captain  “Lem”  Miller, 
the  well-known  racing  skipper,  will  command  the  yawl 
Ailsa  in  the  ocean  race  for  the  Kaiser’s  Cup.  The  yacht 
will  be  fitted  out  under  his  direction. 

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Seawanhaka  Corinthian  Y.  C.  Racing  Schedule. — 
The  Race  Committee  of  the  Seawanhaka  Corinthian  Y. 
C.  have  arranged  the  following  races: 

Saturday,  May  27 — In  commission. 

Tuesday,  May  30 — Open  race,  15  and  30-footers. 

June  22-24 — Three  days’  open  racing. 

Saturday,  July  8 — First  race  for  15  and  30-footers. 

Monday,  July  10 — Race  around  Long  Island,  start  off 
Atlantic  Y.  C. 

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Schooner  Felstedquin  Damaged. — Major  L.  S.  Bent’s 
auxiliary  schooner  Felstedquin  was  badly  damaged  by 
fire  and  water  in  the  Philadelphia  Corinthian  Y.  C.  basin 
at  Essington.  The  fire  was  probably  caused  by  the  ex- 
plosion of  a lamp  in  the  main  cabin.  The  vessel  was 
saved  from  being  a total  loss  by  scuttling,  but  a great 
deal  of  damage  was  done  before  she  sank. 

52-Rater  Sonya  Launched. — Sonya,  the  racing  sloop 
built  by  the  Herreshoff  Mfg.  Co.  for  Mrs.  G.  Turner 
Farley,  was  launched  at  Bristol  on  .March  14.  The  mast 
was  stepped  and  she  was  rigged  with  despatch,  so  that 
she  was  given  a trial  on  March  16.  The  breeze  was  very 
light  in  the  morning,  and  not  much  could  be  learned  of 
the  boat’s  qualities.  In  the  afternoon  the  wind  was 
fresher  and  she  was  given  another  trial.  This  spin  was 
most  satisfactory  to  both  Captain  Nathaniel  Herreshoff 
and  Captain  Fred.  Stokes,  the  boat’s  English  skipper. 
After  the  trial  the  work  of  dismantling  Sonya  com- 
menced preparatory  to  shipping  her  to  England  by 
steamer  from  New  York  on  March  25. 

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New  Boat  for  S.  Reid  Anthony. — There  is  being  built 
at  Bristol  by  the  Herreshoff  Mfg.  Co.  a 55ft.  waterline 
sloop  for  Mr.  S.  Reid  Anthony,  of  Boston. 

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Class  Q Boat  for  Hendon  Chubb. — Mr.  Hendon 
Chubb,  of  the  Atlantic  Y.  C.,  is  having  a racing  sloop 
built  at  the  Marine  Construction  Co.,  Mariners’  Harbor, 
S.  I.,  from  designs  by  Messrs.  Tams,  Lemoine  & Crane. 
The  boat  was  designed  to  race  in  class  Q of  the  Graves- 
end Bay  circuit,  and  is  34ft.  6in.  over  all,  23ft.  ij^in. 
waterline,  7ft.  2j^in.  breadth  and  5ft.  4m.  draft.  She  is 
single  planked  of  cedar  and  carries  675  sq.  ft.  of  sail. 


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Fixtures. 

July  24-29. — Newark,  O. — Second  annual  of  the  Ohio  State  Rifle 
Association. 

July  26-Aug.  1.— Creedmoor,  L.  I. — Second  annual  of  New  York 
Rifle  Association.  

Harlem  Independent  Corps. 

This  corps  shoots  every  fortnight  on  the  Zettler  ranges  in  this 
city,  under  the  leadership  of  Capt.  Lawrence  Zeller,  with  ,22cal. 
cartridge  at  75ft.,  offhand.  Dr.  A.  Muller  was  high  man  on  the 
bullseye  target  with  65%  degrees,  while  A.  Fegert  was  high  on 
the  ring  target  with  a total  of  447  for  the  20  shots.  The  scores: 
Ring  target:  A.  Fegert  231,  232 — 463;  G.  Thomas  225,  222—447; 
J.  H.  Blumenberg  220,  226 — 446;  A.  Muller  217,  217 — 434;  F. 
§17,  210-427;  L.  Rokohi  210,  216-426;  Dr.  A.  Muller  216, 


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209—425;  F.  Fenninger  213,  211-424;  A.  Olsen  213,  210-423;  S. 
Baumann  211,  211 — 422;  F.  Monatsberger  219,  203—422;  Ph.  Zungner 
203,  218-421;  H.  Behrman  201,  205—406;  E.  Hilker  210,  193-403; 
F,  Koph  206,  191— 397;  C„  Hopf  201,  194-^395;  C.  Wolf  204,  188-392; 
J.”  Hailreith:  173,  193—366;  J.  Fey  157,  161—318. 

Best  bullseyes:  Dr,  A.  Muller  65%,  L.  Rokohi  69,  F.  Monats- 
berger 76%,  C.  Wolf  80,  E.  Hilker  100,  G.  Thomas  109%,  A. 
Fegert  125,  F.  Horn  136%,  A.  Olsen  150,  H.  Behrmann  150;  F. 
Fenninger  160,  J„ , Hailreith  185%,  F.  Koch  190,  J.  H.  Blumenberg 
191,  P.  Zugner  210,  I.  Fly  212%,  S.,  Baumann  213,  C.  Hopf  224. 


New  York  City  Schuetzen  Corps. 

The  fortnightly  indoor  shoot  of  the  New  York  City  Schuetzen 
Corps  was  held  the  night  of  March  16,  on  the  Zettler  Bros.’  ranges, 
159  West  Twenty-third  street,  when  the  following  scores  were 
made  at  75ft.  offhand,  .22cal.  short  cartridges.  R.  Busse  was  high 
man  on  the  bullseye  target  with  80  degrees.  August  KrpnsBerg 
headed  the  list  on  the  regular  ring  target,  which  calls  for  two 
10-shot  scores,  his  total  being  491.  In  the  last  shoot  before  this 
one,  John  Facklamm  was  high  man  on  the  bullseye  target,  with 
25%  degrees,  but  his  name  was  unintentionally  omitted.  The 
scores  follow: 

Ring  target:  August  Kronsberg  246,  245 — 491;  R.  Busse  236, 

242 — 478;  R.  Bendler  236,  231 — 467;  R.  Schwanemann  233,  234—467; 
C.  G.  Zettler  233,  233—466;  G.  Schroeter  229,  229—458;  H.  Radloff 
227.  227—454;  Joseph  Keller  228,  208-436;  W.  Heil  215,  221—436 ; 
Ad.  Wiltz  207,  216—423;  J.  Metzger  215,  205-420. 

Bullseye  target:  R.  Busse  80  degrees,  August  Kronsberg  88, 

J.  Metzger  90,  R.  Schwanemann  90,  Joseph  Keller  102,  C.  G. 
Zettler  104,  Ad.  Wiltz  105,  R.  Bendler  127,  G.  Schroeter  160,  J. 
Metzger  170,  W.  Heil  190. 


Ittel  Used  Peters  Ammunition. 

In  the  report  of  the  Zettler  Rifle  Club’s  Championship 
gallery  match,  in  our  issue  of  last  week,  the  schedule  of 
shooters,  arms  and  ammunition  correctly  recorded  that 
Mr.  L.  P.  Ittel  used  Peters  ammunition.  By  one  of  those 
vexatious  errors  which  occur  much  to  the  chagrin  of 
those  who  fall  into  them,  it  was  stated  in  the  caption  of 


ONE  OF  ITTEL’s  IOO-SHOT  RECORD  TARGETS. 


the  target  illustration  that  Mr.  Ittel’s  Cartridges  were>  of 
another  manufacture.  The  schedule  already  referred  to 
was  correct.  Mr.  Ittel  made  his  wonderful  score  with 
Peters  .22  short  cartridges,  and  the  title  under  the  target 
illustration  should  have  read  as  follows: 

LOUIS  P.  ITTEL’S  RECORD  100-SHOT  TARGET: 
Record  score  of  2468  out  of  possible  2500,  made  by  Louis  Pi  Ittel, 
Pittsburg,  at  the  100-shot  Championship  Gallery  Match  of  the 
Zettler  Rifle  Club,  March  1 to  11,  1905,  with  Stevens-Pope  rifle, 
Stevens  short  telescope  sight,  and  Peters  .22  short  cartridges. 


Providence  Revolver  Club. 


Saturday  evening,  March  11,  several  of  the  members  took  ad- 
vantage of  the  invitation  of  the  Saylesville  men  to  try  the  range 
which  they  have  fitted  up  there  for  practice,  and  the  following 
scores  were  secured  for  recording: 

At  20yds.  on  Standard  American  target— Walter  H.  Freeman 
(pistol),  87,  75,  80;  Arno  Argus  (revolver),  80,  72,  76;  A.  C. 
Hurlburt  (revolver),  74,  78,  77. 

At  10yds.  on  10yd.  Standard,  5-shot  strings— Argus,  41,  31,  28; 
Hurlburt,  38,  38,  31. 

At  25yds.,  rifle,  German  ring  target — W.  B.  Gardiner,  234; 


Brown,  222. 

The  change  from  gas  to  electric  light  and  echo  of  the  .38’s  through 
the  empty  hall  gave  the  visitors  an  unsteadiness,  which  did  not 
produce  good  scores.  Freeman  has  been  doing  no  shooting  for 
several  months,  and  was  not  surprised  at  his  falling  off.  Argus 
and  Hurlburt  have  been  devoting  their  time  to  the  10yd.  “rapid 
fire”  scheme  of  our  Louisville  friends,  and  feel  flinchy  back  at 
the  20yd.  line  and  much  inclined  to  snap  a floating  sight  and 
trust  to  luck  to  land  in  the  black — with  disastrous  results..  Variety 
is  a good  thing,  but  it  is  not  favorable  to  regular  work. 

March  16.— The  following  scores  were  shot  by  the  revolver 
team  in  practice  for  the  Louisville  match: 


A C Hurlburt 
Arno  Argus  . 
Wm  F Eddy 
D P Craig  ... 


Deliberate. 

Rapid. 

Total. 

34  39  37—  110 

44  45  40—  129 

239 

39  32  33—  104 

42  43  44—  129 

233 

34  29  43—  106 

40  37  36—  113 

219 

27  23  33—  83 

35  32  37—  104 

187 

403  475  878 


At  20yds.,  Standard  target— Wm.  Bosworth,  72,  84,  78;  Arno 
Argus,  78;  Wm.  F.  Eddy,  76;  Fred  Liebrich,  74,  73,  75. 

At  25yds.,  rifle,  German  ring— W.  Bert  Gardiner,  230,  236. 

March  18. — Scores  of  Revolver  team  of  Providence  Revolver 
Club  in  match  with  Louisville  (Ky.)  Revolver  Club,  March  18, 
1905.  Distance,  10yds;  reduced  Standard  American  targets;  5-shot 
strings;  possible  50  points  per  string;  15  shots  deliberate  fire  on 
10yd.  target;  15  shots  rapid  fire  on  20yd.  target;  time  allowance, 
20  seconds  per  string  for  each  man: 


Deliberate. 

Rapid. 

Total. 

A C Hurlburt  ........... 

36  39  27—  102 

47  44  46-  137 

239 

William  Almy  

34  32  Id-  105 

41  44  44—  129 

234 

Wm  F Eddy  

23'23  41—  87 

32  40  36—  108 

195 

Arno  Argus  

28  27  33—  88 

29  31  39—  99 

187 

Providence  team  total..... 

382 

473 

855 

Louisville  team  total 

...........  418  ‘ 

499 

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New  York  Central  Schuetzen  Corps. 


Because  the  annual  indoor  championship  match  was  being  held 
on  the  Zettler  Rifle  Club  ranges  on  the  first  of  March,  the 
regular  shooting  date  of  the  Centrals,  their  last  shoot  was  held 
the  night  of  March  15,  when  the  annexed  scores  were  made 
at  75ft.  offhand  with  .22  caliber  rifles  and  ammunition.  High 
man  on  the  ring  target  was  Richard  Gute,  with  a total  of  490 
out  of  the  possible  500  points  in  twenty  shots.  On  the  bullseye 
target  A.  Ritterhoff  was  first,  with  47%  degrees. 


R,ing  target: 

Richard  Gute 245  246—490 

H D Muller  ........  237  244—481 

R Busse  234  244—478 

J N F Siebs.. .......  239  237—476 

G Viemeister  236  238 — 474 

J Hess 238  236—474 

C Gerken  240  231 — 471 

D Scharninghaus....  234  232 — 466 
W Schillingmann  ..  227  229 — 456 

C Ottmann  225  230 — 455 

J Von  de  Lieth ......  226  228—454 

F Rolfes  ............  217  231—448 


H Roffmann  226  222 — 448 

B Eusner  226  220—446 

A Ritterhoff  213  232—445 

H A Ficke,  Jr......  230  214—444 

H von  der  Leith. ..  .209  230 — 439 
W Wessel  .........  228  209—437 

H Brummer  219  203—422 

G Rhode  195  219—414 

Capt  Ch.  Tietjen. . .198  216 — 414 

J Eisinger 209  195 — 404 

D Wuehrmann  .....  179  197—376 
G Dettloff  181  198-374 


Best  Bullseyes— Degrees— A.  Ritterhoff,  47%,  R.  Gute  48,  G. 
Viemeister  50%,  R.  Busse  52,  B.  Eusner  56%,  H.  D.  Muller  64%, 
F.  Rolfes  82,  H.  Roffmann  92%,  C.  Ottmann  119,  H.  Von  der 
Lieth  123,  H.  Brummer  132,  J.  Eisinger  137,  C.  Gerken  168%, 
D.  Wuehrmann  173%,  W.  Schillingmann  181,  H.  Gravemann  184%, 
D.  Scharninghaus  185,  Capt.  Tietjen  194,  J.  Von  der  Lieth  201, 
W.  Wessel  201%,  J.  Hess  218%,  G.  Rohde  255. 


Cincinnati  Rifle  Association. 


Cincinnati,  O. — The  following  scores  were  made  in  regular 
competition  by  members  of  this  Association  at  Four-Mile  House, 
Reading  road,  March  12.  Conditions,  200yds.,  offhand,  at  the  251 
ring  target.  Payne  was  declared  champion  for  the  day  with  a 
score  of  227.  Roberts  was  high  on  the  honor  target  with  68 
points.  A strong,  unsteady  8 to  10  o’clock  wind  blew  all  day: 


Payne  

Hasenzahl  . 

Nestler  

Burns  

Roberts  .... 

*Odell  

Hcfer  

Coleman  ... 

Freitag  

“"Telescope. 


.227  224  219  218  215 

.225  224  221  221  214 

.220  220  214  213  212 

.219  203  200  189  188 

.218  218  211  209  205 

.217  214  208  207  206 

216  215  207  206  206 

208  195  192  188  185 

204  199  195  186  183 


Competition  being  the  life  of  trade,  it  is  likewise  the  life  of 
target  shooting,  and  hoping  to  create  more  interest  in  this  line 
of  sport,  this  club  suggests  that  each  club  set  forth  from  three 
to  ten  members  to  shoot  25  to  50  shots  in  competition  with  each 
other  from  time  to  time  in  friendly  matches.  To  start  the  ball 
rolling,  the  members  of  this  club  are  open  to  a match  at  any  time 
from  any  club  in  the  United  States  or  elsewhere.  Who  will  be 
our  first  antagonist? 

Address  E.  D.  Payne,  4010  Glenway  avenue,  Cincinnati,  O. 


Zettler  Rifle  Club. 

The  regular  shoot  was  held  Tuesday  night,  March  14,  on  the 
club  ranges  in  West  Twenty-third  street,  and  was  not  so  Well 
attended  as  usual,  coming  as  it  did,  so  soon  after  the  big  cham- 
pionship match,  in  which  so  many  of  the  members  had  taken 
part.  High  man  was  O.  Smith,  with  a grand  total  of  2444  for  his 
100  shots,  closely  followed  by  A.  Hubalek  with  2441.  Several 
members  shot  up  back  scores,  to  complete  those  neglected  by 
being  absent  from  previous  shoots.  The  scores  at  75ft.,  on  the 
25-ring  target,  with  ,22cal.  rifles,  follow,  the  possible  for  the  100 
shots  being  2500  points: 


O Smith 243  246  246  245  245  247  241  246  246  244  —2444 

A Hubalek  243  245  246  236  245  244  247  246  246  243—2441 

R Gute  242  243  236  246  247  247  242  244  247  244—2438 

L P Hansen 234  245  245  246  245  242  241  245  245  242—2430 

C G Zettler,  Jr 246  239  242  243  246  245  239  240  245  243—2428 

A Begerow  239  240  232  229  228  241  231  230  238  236—2354 

B Zettler  229  225  238  234  241  238  237  240  230  240—2352 

H Fenwirth  235  222  235  235  238  231  229  241  236  230—2332 

H Keller  233  237  229  227  236  233  225  232  224  230—2302 

F J Herpers..... 233  244  236  237  239  229  236  238  234  239—2166 

Back  scores  were  shot  as  follows: 

Louis  Maurer  237  241  232  241  237—1189 

H C Zettler  241  229  240  239  238—1187 

C G Zettler 228  232  243  237  238—1178 

H Keller  219  231  239  230  228—1147 


Seneca  Gun  Club. 

New  York. — This  young  club  was  organized  in  February  in  the 
West  Side  Branch  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  and  held  its  second  shoot 
on  the  Zettler  Bros,  ranges  the  night  of  March  18,  when  eighteen 
members  contested  for  two  prizes  presented  by  William  M. 
Kingsley.  These  were  won  by  S.  Nevin  and  F.  H.  Ryan.  Each 
member  present  fired  20  shots  in  two  scores  of  10  shots  each 
at  75ft.  offhand.  Not  all  of  the  members  have  as  yet  procured 
rifles,  and  some  who  are  ordering  them  are  talking  telescope 
sights  enthusiastically.  The  results  follow: 

S.  Nevins  437,  F.  H.  Ryan  433,  J.  G.  Schroeder  426,  J.  Armstrong 
423,  A.  Brown  410,  F.  A.  Hall  405,  W.  Allabaugh  402,  A.  Dick 
393,  Wm.  M.  Kingsley  391,  C.  Keller  381,  W.  Kreiger  370,  C. 
Sherwood  368,  C.  A.  Simms  359,  S.  Adler  357,  E.  Allabaugh  354, 
C.  Winne  239. 


Coming  Events, 

The  outdoor  shooting  season  of  the  rifle  clubs  in  New  York 
City  will  begin  with  the  first  shoot  of  the  Independent  Schuetzen 
Corps,  on  April  7.  On  the  26th,  the  New  York  City  Schuetzen 
Corps  will  hold  its  first  outdoor  shoot,  while  the  New  York 
Central  Schuetzen  Corps  will  hold  its  first  outdoor  meeting  on 
the  27th,  and  on  the  28th  the  New  York  Schuetzen  Corps’  rifles 
will  be  heard.  All  will  shoot  at  200yds.  offhand  on  the  ranges 
at  Union  Hill,  N.  J.,  reached  via  trolleys  from  the  Forty-second, 
Twenty-third  and  Barclay  street  ferries. 


Jackson  O,  Rifle  Club. 

The  Jackson  Township  Rifle  Club  held  its  regular  monthly 
medal  contest  on  March  1L  G.  W.  Izor  won  the  event  with  46 
out  of  48,  beating  J.  W.  Lesher,  winner  in  February,  by  1 point? 
Eleven  center  shots  were  made,  and  the  contest  was  a close  one 
At  the  conclusion  of  the  medal  event  several  matches  for  money 
prizes  were  shot,  Izor,  Lesher,  Johnson  and  Pence  making  per- 
fect scores  of  48. 


Rifle  Notes. 

The  indoor  championship  contests  of  the  United  States  Re- 
volver Association  have  dates  from  March  20  to  25,  inclusive," 
and  are  held  in  New  York  city,  Boston,  Springfield,  Chicago,  St, 
Louis*  San  Francisco,  and  other  places. 


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trapshooting. 

— 

Fixtures. 

March  26. — Mullerite  Gun  Club  shoot,  on  grounds  of  Bound  Brook, 
N.  J.,  Gun  Club. 

March  28-31. — Kansas  City,  Mo. — Missouri  and  Kansas  League  of 
Trapshooters’  first  tournament,  at  Schmelzer’s  Shooting  Park; 
1600  in  cash  and  trophies  added.  Dr.  C.  B.  Clapp,  Sec’y> 
Moberly,  Mo. 

March  30. — Edgewater,  N.  J. — Grand  spring  target  tournament  of 
North  River  Gun  Club.  James  R,  Merrill,  Sec’y. 

March  30. — St.  Paul,  Ind.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  E.  G.  Bless, 
Sec’y. 

April  1. — Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  open  monthly  shoot. 
Albert  Traver,  Capt 

April  3-6. — Atchison,  Kans. — Forest  Park  Gun  Club  second  annual 
tournament.  Lou  Erhardt,  Mgr. 

April  4. — Rockville,  Conn. — Consolidated  Gun  Club  of  Connecticut 
first  tournament  of  series.  Dr.  D.  Y.  C.  Moore,  Sec’y,  South 
Manchester,  Conn. 

April  4. — Rittersville,  Pa. — All-day  shoot  of  Lehigh  Rod  and 
Gun  Club.  H.  F.  Koch,  Sec’y. 

April  4. — Bethlehem,  Pa.,  Rod  and  Gun  Club  all-day  target  shoot. 
Howard  F.  Koch,  Sec’y. 

April  6-6. — Augusta,  Ga. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tournament, 
under  the  auspices  of  the  Augusta  Gun  Club.  Chas.  C.  Need- 
ham, Sec’y. 

April  8. — Richmond  Valley,  S.  I.— Ninth  all-day  shoot  of  the 
Mullerite  Gun  Club,  on  grounds  of  Aquehonga  Gun  Club. 
A.  A.  Schoverling,  Mgr. 

April  12-13. — Spring  tournament  of  Delaware  Trapshooters’  League, 
on  grounds  of  Wilmington  Gun  Club.  H.  J.  Stidman,  Sec’y. 
Wilmington. 

April  15. — Newark,  N.  J. — Mullerite  Gun  Club  shoot,  on  grounds 
of  Forester  Gun  Club.  A.  A.  Schoverling,  Mgr. 

April  18-20. — Waco,  Tex. — Texas  State  Sportsmen’s  Association 
tournament. 

April  19. — Springfield,  Mass.,  Shooting  Club  annual  tournament. 
C.  L.  Kites,  Sec’y. 

April  19. — Haverhill,  Mass.,  Gun  Club  Patriots’  Day  tournament. 
S.  G.  Miller,  Sec’y. 

April  22. — Easton,  Pa. — Independent  Gun  Club  second  annual 
tournament.  Jacob  Pleiss,  Cor.  Sec’y. 

April  26-27. — Scottdale,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  shoot. 

April  26-27. — Hopkinsville,  Ky. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  Hopkinsville  Gun  Club. 
A.  F.  Gant,  .Sec’y. 

April  27. — Mullerite  Gun  Club  shoot  on  grounds  of  Freeport,  L. 
I.,  Gun  Club.  A.  A.  Schoverling,  Mgr. 


DRIVERS  AND  TWISTERS. 

The  Ossining,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  will  hold  their  spring  handi- 
cap on  Saturday  of  this  week. 

* 

The  Aquidneck  Gun  Club,  of  Newport,  R.  I.,  announces  May  30 
as  the  date  of  their  fourth  annual  tournament. 

•I 

The  Consolidated  Sportsmen’s  Association  has  fixed  upon  Aug. 
29-31  for  its  annual  tournament,  at  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

K 

The  Highland  Gun  Club  team  defeated  the  Merchantville,  N.  J., 
Gun  Club  team,  eight  men  on  a side,  by  a score  of  137  to  131. 

n 

Mr.  E.  C.  Charlton,  Secretary,  informs  us  that  the  Bradford,  Pa., 
Gun  Club  has  claimed  the  dates  June  21  and  22  for  its  tournament., 

m , ■ 

On  the  Olney  Field  Club’s  grounds  the  S.  S.  Whites  were 
defeated  by  the  Olneys  in  an  eight-man  team  match  by  a score 
of  137  to  136.  V 

•1 

May  24  and  25  have  been  fixed  upon  as  the  dates  of  the  Catch- 
pole  Gun  Club  tournament,  at  Wolcott,  N.  Y.  Mr.  E.  A.  Wads- 
worth is  the  secretary. 

* 

What  was  the  last  State  tournament  in  New  York  or  elsewhere 
at  which  wild  pigeons  were  used  for  trapshooting?  We  would 
be  obliged  for  the  information. 

K 

The  Riverside  Gun  Club,  of  Utica,  N.  Y.,  Mr.  E.  J.  Loughlin, 
secretary,  announces  an  all-day  target  tournament  to  be  held  on 
May  30.  Merchandise  prizes  will  be  a feature. 

In  a sixteen-man  team  contest,  March  18,  at  Lansdale,  Pa.,  the 
Florists’  team  was  defeated  by  the  Lansdale  team.  The  scores 
were  312  to  294.  Each  man  shot  at  25  targets. 

n 

The  open  shoot  of  the  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club,  April  1, 
has  six  programme  events,  a total  of  100  targets,  $7  entrance. 
Shooting  will  commence  at  1 o’clock.  Rose  system  will  govern. 

n 

At  the  monthly  club  handicap  shoot  of  the  Clearview  Gun  Club, 
Philadelphia,  Messrs.  A.  J.  Billhartz  and  F.  L.  Ludwig  tied  on 
25.  In  the  shoot-off  Billhartz  scored  23  to  22  and  won. 

m, 

The  Mullerite  Gun  Club  announces  two  shoots,  one  on  May  30, 
on  the  grounds  of  the  Point  Pleasant,  N.  J.,  Gun  Club,  the  other 
on  May  6,  on  the  grounds  of  the  Brooklyn,  L.  I.,  Gun  Club. 
Mr.  A.  A.  Schoverling,  2 Murray  street,  New  York,  is  the  man- 
ager. 

•I 

At  the  shoot  of  the  Country  Club,  Lakewood,  N.  J.,  March  18, 
Mr.  P.  S.  P.  Randolph  won  the  handsome  cup,  a prize  in  the  50- 
target  event.  He  scored  43  out  of  50.  Other  scores  in  the  event 
were  as  follows:  H.  Suydam  41,  C.  Murphy  40,  F.  A.  Potts  39, 
P.  K.  Thomas  37,  R.  A.  Rainey  35,  W.  W.  Willock  34,  J.Lynch  31. 

9t 

At  the  Point  Breeze  Race  Track,  Philadelphia,  March  18,  the 
scores  in  the  two  events  follow:  First  event,  miss-and-out:  Kil- 

lian 2,  Brown  3,  Aiman  2,  Felix  3,  Murphy  3,  Brandt  2,  Smith 
3,  Gilligan  2.  Second  event,  10  birds:  Brown  9,  Aiman  9, 

Body  1,  Murphy  4,  Killian  6,  Felix  8,  Williams  6,  George  4, 
Smith  6. 

at 

At  the  shoot  of  the  Baltimore,  Md.,  Shooting  Association,  March 
18,  in  the  club  event  at  10  white  flyers,  the  scores  were  as  fol- 
lows: Class  A — Malone  (30yds.)  10,  Dunn  (29)  10,  Gent  (29> 

10,  Chew  (29)  9,  C.  Malone  (28)4  out  of  6,  withdrew;  Dupont  (29> 
9,  Daily  (29)  8.  In  the  shoot-off  of  tie  of  10  in  a miss-and-out 
style,  Malone  won  with  5.  Class  B — Franklin  (27)  8,  Robinson 
(£6)  8,  Kendall  (27)  5,  Streett  (26)  6,  Bowen  (27)  5,  Stevenson 
(26)  9,  Sampson  (27)  9.  Sampson  won  in  shoot-off,  Stevenson  miss- 
ing first  shot. 

* 

A ten-man  team  of  the  Rising  Sun,  Md.,  Gun  Club,  of  Cecil 
county,  defeated  a ten-man  team  of  the  Perryman  Gun  Club,  of 
Harford  county,  in  the  second  contest  of  a series  at  Rising  Sun,. 
March  18.  Each  club  is  the  best  of  its  county.  Scores:  Rising 

Sun — Worthington  23,  Gifford  21,  Foster  22,  McCush  25,  Clayton. 
20,  England  19,  Westcott  18,  Alexander  22,  Keen  21,  Armour  13;. 
total  204.  Perryman — Towner  20,  Sutton  18,  Turner  22,  Cord  23,. 
Mitchell  22,  Chapman  23,  McCommens  22,  Simpson  10,  Ross  18r 
forty-two  22;  total  200.  z _ . ^ , j 


The  Jackson  Park  Gun  Club,  of  Paterson,  N.  J.,  contemplate 
activfe  competition  as  soon  as  their  club  house  is  moved  to  its 
new  -foundations  on  new  and  better  grounds.  A house-warming 
shoot  will  be  arranged  in  due  time  to  which  all  good  shooters 
should  respond  in  their  proper  persons.  Bad  weathef  has  effused 
a delay  in  perfecting  the  new  arrangements. 

■6 

The  Crescent  Athletic  Club’s  trapshooting  team,  March  18,  at 
Bay  Ridge,  L.  I.,  defeated  the  Boston  Athletic  Association  team 
by  a score  of  855  to  831.  There  were  ten  men  to  each  team,  and 
each  man  shot  at  100  targets.  A return  match  will  be  shot  at  Bos- 
ton on  April  8.  After  the  match  was  over,  Dr.  E.  F.  Gleason,  one 
of  the  B.  A.  A.  team,  made  a run  of  110. 

* 

At  Pinehurst,  N.  C.,  the  remaining  trapshooting  programme 
for  this  month  is  as  follows:  March  27,  28  and  29,  annual  Pine- 
hurst Gun  Club  championship,  gold  medal  tournament,  scratch, 
open  to  those  who  have  contested  in  one  or  more  previous  tour- 
naments, 50  targets,  expert  traps;  50  targets,  magautrap;  10  targets 
right;  10  left,  10  unknown,  10  overhead,  tower  traps.  There  will 
also  be  a shoot  for  the  annual  Pinehurst  championship  cup  (ster- 
ling silver),  open  to  all  those  who  enter  the  same;  one  contestant 
cannot  take  both  prizes. 

The  programme  of  the  first  annual  tournament  of  the  Delaware 
State  Trapshooters’  League,  April  12  and  13,  under  the  auspices 
of  the  Wilmington,  Del.,  Gun  Club,  is  now  ready  for  distribution. 
On  the  first  day  there  are  twelve  events,  each  at  15  targets,  $1.56 
entrance,  excepting  9 and  10,  which  comprise  the  merchandise 
race  for  amateurs  only,  and  excepting  in  this  race  any  one  can 
enter  for  targets  only.  There  are  ten  events  on  the  second  day; 
four  at  15  targets,  $1.50  entrance.  Events  6 to  8,  each  at  25  tar- 
gets, total  100,  $2  entrance,  constitute  the  individual  championship 
of  Delaware.  Events  9 and  10,  each  25  targets,  constitute  the 
State  five-man  team  championship.  Hot  and  cold  meals  will  be 
served  on  the  grounds.  Targets,  2 cents;  in  State  team  race  1 Yz 
cent.  Practice  shooting  April  11.  Ship  guns  and  shells  prepaid 
care  of  Mr.  W.  H.  Hartlove,  Third  and  French  streets,  Wil- 
mington, and  they  will  be  delivered  on  grounds  gratis.  The  slid- 
ing handicap  will  govern,  except  in  State  event.  The  Rose  system 
will  govern.  In  15-target  events,  four  moneys,  5,  3,  2,  1.  Optional 
sweepstakes  of  $1  entrance  will  be  shot  in  connection  with  each 
string  of  25  targets  in  the  State  team  and  individual  champion- 
ship races  on  the  second  day.  The  sweepstakes  will  be  open  to 
all  amateurs,  whether  residents  of  the  State  or  not.  The  purses 
in  these  events  will  be  divided  on  the  percentage  system,  40,  30, 
20  and  10  per  cent.  Mr.  Ed.  Melchoir,  Jr.,  is  the  secretary. 

Bernard  Waters. 

West  Virginia  State . Sportsmen's  Association. 

Sistersville,  W.  Va.,  March  20.— I have  just  returned  from 
Parkersburg,  W.  Va.,  where  I.  went  in  the.  interests  of  our  State 
Association’s  ninth  annual  tournament,  and  am  glad  to  be  able 
to  report  to  the  shooters  throughout  the'  ■ country  that  I found 
everything  progressing  nicely,  with  glowing,  prospects  for  easily 
the  banner  tournament  ever  held  in  West  Virginia, 

The  programme,  which  goes  to  the  printers  to-day,  will  tell 
about  it,  and  will  be  yours  for  the  asking  about  April  15. 

On  the  first  day,  May  16,  there  will  be  twelve  events,  all  at  15 
targets,  entrance  $1.50,  with  $15  added  to  each.  On  the  second  day, 
17th,  in  addition  to  the  same  number  of  events  and  same  amount 
of  added  money,  there  will  be  one  State  event  at  50  targets  for  the 
individual  State  championship,  entrance  $1.50.  In  addition  to  the 
Olin  V.  Neal  trophy,  emblematical  of  the  State  championship,  the 
winner  will  be  presented  with  a handsome  silver  cup.  This  cup, 
now  on  exhibition,  is  certainly  a thing  of  beauty,  and  the  lucky 
winner  will  be  excused  if  he  should  feel  just  a little  “swelled  up.” 
On  the  third  day,  18th,  there  will  be  the  twelve  events  with  $180 
added,  together  with  one  State  event,  two-man  team  race  at  50 
targets  per  man,  for  the  Peters  Cartridge  Co.  trophy.  The  en- 
trance to  this  event  will  be  $3  per  team.  Of  this  amount,  $1 
from  each  team  entered  will  be  thrown  into  a purse  to  be  divided 
between  the  second  and  third  high  teams,  60  and  40  per  cent. 
The  programme  will  contain  a full  explanation  in  reference  to  this 
particular  event. 

A very  commendable  feature  in  connection  with  the  above 
tournament,  is  the  adding  of  $160  in  cash  for  the  fourteen  low 
guns,  it  having  been  taken  for  granted  that  the  high  guns  will 
take  care  of  themselves.  The  writer  found  the  three  famous  In- 
dians, E.  E.,  John  F.,  and  S.  T.  Mallory,  with  their  sleeves  rolled 
up,  covered  with  war  paint  and  feathers,  and  if  our  next  annual 
is  not  a success,  it  will  not  be  their  fault.  They  are  going  to  see 
to  it  that  nothing  is  overlooked  that  would  assist  in  bringing 
about  this  end.  Arrangements  are  being  perfected  for  the  serv- 
ing of  meals  on  the  grounds,  and  it  is  hardly  necessary  for  me  to 
say  that  everything  the  market  affords  will  be  p-ovided.  A very 
unique  feature  in  connection  with  this  part  of  the  programme,  is 
the  fact  that  the  club  furnishes  all  vegetables  fresh  from  their 
grounds  near  club  house,  and  in  fact,  raise  all  their  own  chickens 
which  furnish  supply  of  fresh  eggs  at  all  times. 

The  grounds  of  the  Ohio  Valley  Shooting  Association  contain 
about  fifteen  acres  of  very  fine  garden  land,  and  the  superin- 
tendent, who  with  his  family  lives  in  the  second  story  of  club 
house,  being  an  expert  gardener,  puts  in  his  whole  time  in  his 
vegetable  gardens,  poultry  yard,  and  in  beautifying  the  grounds 
around  the  club  house.  I had  the  pleasure  of  visiting  these 
grounds  Saturday  afternoon,  and  suggested  to  the  management 
that,  while  everything  seemed  almost  perfect,  a half  dozen  thor- 
oughbred Jersey  cows  might  prove  a paying  investment.  I looked 
around  for  the  club’s  livery  stable,  but  was  informed  that  they 
used  automobiles. 

While  I have  no  desire  to  tell  tales  out  of  school,  I might 
add  that  there  will  in  all  probability  be  a few  things  on  tap  for 
one  of  the  ihree  evening  not  mentioned  in  programme,  that  will 
assist  very  materially  in  making  all  visitors  feel  that  it’s  the  best 
place  on  earth,  and  the  best  tournament  they  have  ever  attended. 
We  will  have  more  to  say  about  what  we  propose  to  do  at  this 
red-letter  shoot  a little  later  on,  but  are  not  allowed  any  more 
space  just  now. 

Send  in  your  name  to  Mr.  F.  E.  Mallory,  secretary,  Parkers- 
burg, W.  Va.,  with  “P.  S.— Send  me  programme  as  soon  as  ready 
for  mailing.”  Ed.  O.  Bower,  Sec’y-Treas. 

Olney — S.  S.  White. 

Philadelphia,  March  18. — The  Olney  Field  Club’s  8-man  team 
defeated  a like  team  of  the  S.  S.  White  Gun  Club,  on  the 


grounds  of  the  former  to-day.  The  scores  follow: 


S.  S.  White. 

Olney. 

Cotting  

. 16 

Tansey  

Hinkson  

. 12 

Griffith  

Brenizer  

. 19 

George  

...13 

. 22 

Woll  

...10 

Heite  

. 10 

Puff  

Fontain  ................ 

. 14 

Slaughter  

Pratt  ................... 

. 17 

Firth  

Newcomb  .............. 

. 22-136 

Bryan  

■ : j 

Stanley  Gun  Club* 

Toronto,  March  18. — The  regular  weekly  shoot  of  the  Stanley 
Gun  Club  ^ took  place  on  their  grounds  on  Saturday.  The  day, 
though  mild,  was  disagreeable,  raining  quite  hard  at  intervals 
throughout  the  afternoon,  which  put  somewhat  of  a damper  on 
the  sport.  Some  of  the  practice  events  were  shot  off  the  club 
house  platform,  a distance  of  26yds.,  which  accounts  for  the  low- 
ness of  some  of  the  scores. 

In  addition  to  the  regular  practice,  a team  match  in  the  City 
Blue  Rock  League  was  shot  between  the  Stanleys  and  the  Park- 
dale  gun  clubs.  The  Stanleys  shot  fifteen  men  to  the  Parkdale’s 
ten  men,  on  a percentage  basis,  and  was  won  by  the  Stanleys 
by  79.20  to  68  per  cent.  The  following  is  the  result  of  Saturday’s 
scores: 

Team  shoot: 

Stanleys — McGill  21,  Hulme  .21,  XX  19,  Ingham  20,  Herbert  16, 
Morshead  19,  Green  23,  Buck  19,  Fritz  14,  Rock  18,  Thompson 
20,  Lucas  18,  Dunk  23,  Charles  24,  Thomas  22;  total  297 — 79.20  per 
cent. 


Parkdale — G.  Thomas  22,  Maywood  15,  Reid  19,  Sanderson  14, 
Kent  13,  Wolfe  20,  Fegan  15,  Marsh  17,  Carlisle  18,  Daily  17; 
total  170—68  per  cent. 


Events: 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

Targets: 

10 

10 

10 

10 

10 

10 

10 

10 

10 

Fritz  

6 

5 

H erbert  

3 

6 

6 

9 

Marsh  

6 

6 

. _ 

5 

4 

-T  - 

<r  » 

Sanderson  

6 

6 

5 

5 

j.  « 

9 

McGraw  

5 

5 

2 

. _ 

4 

„ „ 

9 

Reid  .....? 

6 

io 

Wolfe  

8 

7 

5 

7 

6 

6 

McGill  ................. 

9 

9 

_ . 

10 

8 

- • 

10 

9 

Thompson  

8 

o » 

Ingham  

7 

„ „ 

9 

. . 

6 

o_o 

*_o 

6 

Buck  

8 

5 

Morshead  

9 

10 

Fegan  

8 

5 

5 

„ « 

o o 

G Thomas  

7 

Thomas  

10 

Maywood  

6 

Birch  

2 

_ _ 

5 

_ _ 

T ~ 

6 

7 

5 

Kent  

8 

Kingdon  ............... 

4 

• o 

6 

Daly  

6 

Dunk  ................... 

7 

Whitlam  

3 

7 

4 

Hogarth  

7 

„ „ 

5 

2 

T _ 

Rock  

7 

8 

Carlisle  

7 

X X 

5 

5 

4 

9 

10 

Martin,  Sr.  

5 

4 

Lucas  

8 

Green  ................... 

9 

8 

• IT 

Wilson  

5 

6 

Townson  

7 

8 

5 

ir  a 

Sinclair  

3 

• • 

The  annual  tournament  of  the  Stanley  Gun  Club,  on  May  17,  18 
and  19  promises  to  be  a splendid  success.  The  solid  sterling  sil- 
ver trophies  being  presented  by  the  club  and  its  friends  for  daily 
and  general  high  average  prizes  are  certainly  the  most  valuable 
ever  offered  at  any  similar  shoot  on  the  continent. 

The  Stanley  Gun  Club  cup  event  at  50  targets,  for  which  a 
$100  trophy  is  provided  should  prove  an  interesting  competition. 
Programmes  will  be  ready  by  April  15,  and  a large  number  of  ap- 
plications therefor  have  been  received.  The  fact  that  the  dates 
come  immediately  before  the  opening  of  the  O.  J.  Club  races  at 
the  Woodbine  should  prove  an  additional  attraction. 

Alex.  Dey,  Sec’y. 

Herkimer  Hunting  Club. 

Herkimer,  N.  Y.,  March  20. — On  March  11  occurred  the  initial 
trapshooting  tournament  given  by  the  newly  organized  Herkimer 
Hunting  Club,  with  grounds  at  the  driving  park.  The  occasion 
brought  together  about  thirty-five  shooters  from  central  New 
York.  It  was  a gratifying  success  to  the  committee  in  charge, 
composed  of  Messrs.  Fred  Miller,  Frank  Grooms,  Chas.  Brown, 
Bert  Helmer  and  Chas.  Barse. 

The  targets  were  thrown  a distance  of  about  65yds.,  and  few 
straight  scores  were  made  on  account  of  the  wind.  The  most 
interesting  part  of  the  shoot  was  the  strife  for  the  handsome 
silver  cup,  which  was  up  for  the  highest  average  of  the  pro- 
gramme. It  was  won  by  Mr.  Charles  Windheim,  of  Utica,  on  a 
score  of  89  out  of  100.  The  trophy  was  very  handsomely  en- 
graved for  the  winner  with  his  name.  Other  merchandise  first 
prizes  were  won  by  C.  W.  Wicks,  of  St.  Johnsville;  W.  Wagner, 
of  Utica;  J.  Walsh,  of  Canajoharie.  Second  prizes  were  won 
by  E.  D.  Fraser,  Frankfort;  L.  Maine,  of  Utica,  and  John  Aude, 
of  Syracuse.  Other  sweepstakes  were  given  to  Edward  Evans, 
Chas.  Brown  and  Frank  Metzger,  all  of  Herkimer,  and  J.  Peter- 
son, E.  Loughlin,  C.  Windheim,  W.  Wagner,  L.  Maine,  all  of 
Utica;  W.  Zeller,  of  Deck;  J.  Aude,  of  Syracuse. 

Mr.  J.  G.  Heath,  of  New  York,  was  present  and  rendered  very 
valuable  service  to  the  club  in  conducting  the  events. 

B.  S.  Helmer,  Sec’y. 


Norwich  Shooting  Glub. 


Norwich,  Conn.,  March  18. — The  weather  was  warm,  with  a 


light  wind, 

at  the 

shoot 

of  the 

Norwich  Shooting 

Club 

to-day. 

Scores: 

Shot 

Per 

Shot 

Per 

at. 

Broke.  Cent. 

at. 

Broke.  Cent. 

Mitchell  . . . 

...50 

45 

90 

Wells  

. 40 

27 

67 

Mason  

...no 

99 

90 

Ely  .......... 

. 40 

26 

65 

Tafft  

...75 

64 

85 

G Wells  ..... 

.100 

63 

63 

Austin  

...  85 

70 

82 

Olcott  

, 60 

34 

57 

Gates  

...60 

45 

75 

Green  ........ 

. 30 

16 

63 

Noble  

73 

73 

Church  ...... 

. 20 

4 

20 

Brown  . . . . . 

...  50 

35 

70 

H E Wright. 

. 20 

7 

35 

March  11.- 

-There 

was  a 

cold  northwest  wind  at  the  shoot 

of  the 

Norwich  Shooting  Club,  ! 

held  to-day: 

Shot 

Per 

Shot 

Per 

at. 

Broke.  Cent. 

at. 

Broke 

Cent. 

Austin  . . . . . 

...  75 

60 

80 

Gates  ........ 

. 60 

38 

60 

Mitchell  . . . 

48 

80 

Wells  

10 

■ 6 

60 

Brown  

...50 

38 

76 

A C Wright. 

. 50 

23 

46 

Tafft  ....... 

51 

68 

H E Wright. 

. 25 

13 

62 

I.  P.  Tafft,  Sec’y. 


Lansiale — Florists. 

Lansdale,  Pa.,  March  18. — The  16-man  team  of  the  Florists*  was 
defeated  by  a team  of  the  Lansdales  to-day,  the  scores  being 
312  and  294.  Each  man  shot  at  25  targets.  The  scores: 

Lansdale.  Florists. 


F Henry  

18 

N Clark  ................ 

22 

Simon  

24 

L Schultz  

21 

Lynch  ................... 

18 

F Bender  ................ 

13 

L Swartz  ........... 

22 

W Bright  

18 

W Wentz  ............... 

23 

T Bright  

23 

D Schultz  ............... 

18 

Zearfoss  ................. 

19 

C SWartz  ............... 

17 

J White  

22 

Rodgers  ................. 

24 

20-312 

Park  19 

Shew  ....................  22 

Landis  22 

Parsons  20 

Stevens  17 

Cartledge  19 

White  18 

Bell  .....................  21 

Anderson  17 

E Coleman  22 

Huttenlock  19 

F Coleman  24  I 

Sanford  .................  18 

Arbuckle  9 

T C 'Clark.... .............  18 

C Haywood  .............  19— 2SH 


240 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


(March  25,  1905, 


IN  NEW  JERSEY. 

Jacksoa  Park  Gun  Club. 

Paterson,  N.  J.,  March  ■ 11. — Eight  shooters  were  present  at 
the  competition  of  the  Jackson  Park  Gun  Club  to-day.  Three 
25-target  events  were  shot.  The  scores: 

Roberts  ..16  14  15  Morgan  ....21  24  19 

Andy  .......15  15  18  Barry  17  14  13 

Blue  Rock  19  17  17  Raynor  13  12  10 

Spear  ........13  16  16  Sindle  .... 17  15  17 

Mulierite  Gun  Club. 

Lakewood,  N.  J.,  March  11. — Event  No.  6 was  a handicap  for 
prizes.  The  winners  were:  First,  Muldoon  and  Ellis ; second, 

Tilton;  third,  Westlake;  fourth,  Wooley.  The  scores  follow,: 


Events : 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

'7 

8 

Targets: 

10 

15 

10 

10 

10 

50 

15 

20 

Fanning  

15 

10 

18 

9 

48 

14 

18 

Muldoon  

14 

8 

19 

8 

45 

14 

19 

Apgar  

12 

8 

20 

8 

42 

13 

18 

Ellis  

7 

14 

10 

17 

7 

Hance  

11 

8 

19 

10 

Burtis  

13 

8 

16 

10 

Vandeveer  

7 

11 

9 

18 

8 

Adams  

8 

14 

9 

18 

9 

12 

15 

Westhall  

7 

8 

42 

13 

17 

Welles  

7 

10 

8 

15 

8 

40 

11. 

16 

Wooley  

. . 

.. 

• •- 

36 

11 

.. 

Walker  6 

Vailing  6 ..  

McDout  6 

Mathews  47  14  19 

Kulthorpe  ..  40  11  18 

Tilton  45  ..  .. 

Team  match;  50  targets  a man. 

Lakewood.  Freehold. 


Murphy  

41 

Muldoon  

........  44 

Tilton  

45 

Hance  

Randolph  

44 

Walling  

........  40 

Fisher  

44 

Burtis  

W esthall  

........  44 

Vandeveer  

........  43 

Mathews  

. 42—264 

Ellis  

36-254 

Fairview  Gun  Club. 

The  Fairview,  N.  J.,  Gun  Club  held  their  annual  meeting  on 
March  8,  and  elected  officers  as  follows:  President,  Geo,  F. 

Sauer;  Vice-President,  Conrad  C.  Sedore;  Secretary,  Robert  J. 
Hopkins;  Treasurer,  Geo.  C.  Dods;  Captain,  C.  H.  Sedore. 
House  Committee — C.  H.  Sedore,  Geo.  F.  Sauer,  Con.  Sedore. 
Finance  Committee — Messrs  Burdet,  Hopkins,  Untereiner  and 
Thourot.  Handicap  Committee— Messrs.  Hopkins,  Thourot, 

Untereiner.  Shooting  Committee  for  Special  Prize  Shoots — 
Messrs.  Von  Lengerke,  Dods,  Sauer,  C.  H.  and  Con.  Sedore. 

It  was  decided  to  hold  a prize  shoot  in  the  near  future.  The 
club  will  continue  to  hold  regular  shoots  every  Saturday  until 
further  notice. 

During  the  past  year,  the  club  has  used  about  60,000  targets, 
50,000  shells  without  a single  misfire.  It  was  decided  to  in- 
corporate the  club,  and  steps  have  been  taken  accordingly.  1 

About  twenty  members  were  present. 

1 Bound  Brook  Gun  Club. 

Bound  Brook,  N.  J.,'  March  18. — The  club  cups  for  this  month 
were  won  at  the  Bound  Brook  Gun  Club  as  follows:  Mr.  Hooey, 
first;  F.  K.  Stetle,  second,  and  Dr.  Bache,  third.  There  were 
three  other  cup  events,  all  of-  which  were'  handicaps.  In  the 
first;  there  were  four  tied  with  a possible  10,  and  Mr.  Staats  won 
after  shooting  out  Bache,  Hooey  and  Du  Four.  The  second, 
Pardoe  won  after  a race  with  Hooey.  After  each  broke  five, 
Hooey  missed  and  so  did  Pardoe.  The  seventh.  Hooey  again 
missed,  while  Pardoe  scored  his  target.  The  third  cup  was  won 
by  Hooey.  This  was r a handsome  copper  cup.  There  were 
three  with  a possible  10,  and  in  the  third  round  Smith  and  Bache 
failed  to  score.  The  last  event  was  for  three  prizes  and  was 
won  by  Hooey,  first,  was  a fob;  Staats,  second;  tobacco,  and 
Goltra,  third,  candy.  Scores:  '• ?- 

Hooey,  7 -rt11111111T1111QMOnom— ^ 

Bache,  8 

Crater,  11 

Staats,  11 

Go'ltra,  12 

Du  Four,  13 

Stelle,  10 


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1101011001010000001110100—22 
0110111111110001110001110—25 
1111010011100111010101101—25 
0000000001010011100100001—19 
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F.  K.  Steele,  Sec’y. 


Hudson  Gun  Club, 

Jersey  City,  N.  J.— The  scores  of  the  regular  bi-monthly 
of  the  Hudson  Gun  Club  are  appended.  Events  1 to 
club  events,  each  at  25  targets.  Events  5,  6 and  7 are  15 
sweepstakes. 

Events : 


shoot 
4 are 
target 


Dr  Paterno,  20 ,,  8 29  

A Schoverling,  4. 12  42 

Newkirk  " 15  ’ ’ ’ 

Jas.  Merrill,  16 .........  " 24  11  ii 

Vcmse  4 13  16 

Dr  Marby  17-  . , 9 

Jas.  R.  Merrill,  Sec'y. 


Enterprise  Gun  Club. 

McKeesport,  Pa.,  March  11. — The  opening  shoot  of  the  Enter- 
prise Gun  Club  was  held  at  a time  of  high  water.  It  seemed  at 
first  as  if  the  shoot  would  have  to  be  postponed,  but  by  3 o’clock 
the  water  had  subsided  sufficiently  to  allow  the  trapper  to  work 
with  gum  boots. 

Wesley  Hale,  a resident  of  Munhall,  and  member  of- -the  club 
here,  was  high  man  in  the  50-target  race  and  winner  of  the 
pointer  pup.  He  made  a score  of  47  out  of  50.  The  second 
man  was  Matthew  Schorr,  with  44.  Next  were  H.  Hale  with  43, 
D.  K.  Ijwin  42,  and  John  Hale  40.  These  five  shot  all  through 
the  programme.  Following  is  the  score.  The  third,  fourth  and 
fifth  are  for  the  prizes  in  the  50-target  race: 


Events: 

1 

2 

3 

4 

& 

6 

7 

Targets : 

10 

15 

15 

20 

15 

10 

15 

Broke. 

W Hale  

14 

15 

17 

15 

10 

12 

.92 

Schorr  

12 

11 

20 

13 

10 

12 

86 

Irwin  

13 

11 

18 

13 

5 

15 

.'85 

J Hale  

13 

11 

18 

11 

9 

13 

82 

H Hale  

9 

13 

16 

14 

8 

12 

. 79 

Mack  

10 

10 

17 

10 

• 47 

Picked  

11 

8 

15 

10 

44 

George 

11 

11 

Porter  

7 

6 

16 

12 

41 

Good  

8 

10 

14 

9 

V. 

41 

Harrison  

13 

14 

10 

. ■ 1 

37 

Next  Saturday  the  club  will  hold  another  shoot,  arid  at  2 
o’clock  a meeting  of  the  members  will  Be  held  in  the  club  house 
to  make  arrangements  for  a series  of  five  shoots  for  a handsome 
silver  cup.  Among  other  business  will  be  the  perfecting  of  final 
arrangements  for  a series  of  shoots  this  season  for  a beautiful 
gold  badge  valued  at  $25,  which  Secretary  Mains  has  received 
on  behalf  of  the  club  from  the  Hunter  Arms  Co.,  Fulton,  N.  Y., 
manufacturers  of  the  L.  C.  Smith  guns.  The  only  stipulations 
the  company  make  are  that  each  shoot  shall  be  20  singles,  the 
use  of  both  barrels  and  10  pairs  of  targets.  The  distance  and 
other  details  of  this  series  will  be  decided  by  the  handicap  com- 
mittee of  the  club. 

McKeesport,  Pa.,  March  18. — Appended  are  the  scores  made 
at  the  shoot  of  the  Enterprise  Gun  Club  to-day: 

Events : 

Targets: 


W Hale  14 


Noel 

Ohs 


Beck 


Kealy 


1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

15 

10 

15 

20 

15 

Broke, 

15 

10 

14 

19 

13 

71 

14 

9 

12 

17 

13 

65 

15- 

9 

12 

15 

14 

65 

13 

9 

10 

19 

14 

65 

13 

9 

14 

15 

13 

64 

6 

8 

14 

19 

10 

- 57 

9 

8 

12 

15 

8 

52 

11 

3 

13 

13 

10 

50 

11 

6 

11 

18 

9 

46 

8 

5 

10 

13 

m m 

36 

8 

6 

9 

13 

r • 

36 

8 

5 

8 

15 

- 

36 

8 

12 

7 

27 

8 

10 

8 

26 

11 

11 

Geo. 

W. 

Mains, 

Sec’y. 

Wawaset  Gun  Club,  , 

Wilmington,  Del.,-  Alarch  14.— A complimentary  shoot  to-day 
was  held  in  honor  of  Messrs.  J.  Mowell  Hawkins  and  J.  A.  R. 
Eiliott,  trapshooters  of  great  skill  and  renown. 

A contest  for  the  championship  of  Delaware,  between  Mr. 
Edward  Banks,  holder,  and  Mr.  W.  M.  Foord,  challenger,  resulted 
in  favor  of  Mr.  Banks  by  a score  of  90  to  87.  The  race  was 
keenly  contested,  yet  in  the  urbane,  kindly  way  characteristic  of 
these  two  contestants.  Mr.  J.  Mowell  Hawkins  broke  118  out  of 
a possible  125.  Mr.  A.  B.  Richardson  was  second  with  114,  and 
Mr.  W.  M.  Foord,  of  the  home  club,  and  Mr.  Lester  German, 
of  Baltimore,  tied  for  third  on  113.  . 

Mr.  Fred  Stone,  the  original  “Scarecrow”  in  the  Wizard  of  Oz 
production,  now  playing  in  Philadelphia,  was  present  and  broke 
100  out  of  a possible  125.  He  was  the  guest  of  James  T.1  Skelly, 
of  the  duPont  Powder  Company.  The  scores  of  the  championship 
race  at  100  targets  follow: 

W M Foord 20  23  20  2^-87  Ed  Banks  21  24  23  22—90 

The  scores  of  the  complimentary  shoot  follow:  • 

Events:  123456789  10 

Targets : 10  15  10  15  10  15  10  15  10  15 

Elliott  8 13  8 11  9 12  10  10  9 14 

Squier  8 14  10  12  10  13  8 14  10  13 

Foord  10  14  10  12  8 12  10  14  10  13 

German  10  15  6 15  10  14  10  12  8 12 


Shot 

at.  Broke. 


125 

125 

125 

125 


104 , 
112' 
113 
113 


Boldt 


Banta  17  19  21  20  15 

Montclair  Gun  Club. 

Montclair,  N.  J.,  . March  18.— To-day  was  an  off  day  with  the 
club,  there  being  no  special  events  to  be  shot  for,  and  also 
owh%  to  the  fact  that  several  of  the  men  were  in  attendance  at 
the  shoot  of  the  Freehold  Gun  Club. 

Events  Nos.  1,  2,  3 and  4 were  at  25  targets  each;  unknown 
angles  were  for  practice  only. 

Event  No.  5,  ten  pairs  of  doubles,  unknown  angles,  was  won 
by  Mr.  Batten  with  a score  of  15  breaks. 

Events : 1 2 3 4 5 Events : 1 2 3 4 5 

Targets:  25  25  25  25  20  Targets:  25  25  25  25  20 

C Babcock  20  19  21  18  . . E Winslow  14  17  17  15 

W T Wallace....  14  19  21  19  10  T S Doremus 17  17  15  . . 

G Hawkey  .......  11  11  11  16  6 G Boxall  ........  14  20  18  16  9 

I S Crane........  ..14  18  18  9 G Babbage  ......  ..17  12  12  11 

C H Hartshorne...  ..  17  13  15  T IT  Robinson  ..  ..  16  17  ..  .. 

G Batten  16  21  20  15  15 

Edward  Winslow,  Sec  y. 

North  River  Gun  Club. 

Edgewater,  N.  J.,  March  18.— Event  No.  3 was  a handicap 
shoot  for  Schortemeier  gold  watch  charm,  resulting  in  a tie,  Mr. 
Hans  winning  the  shoot-off: 

Events : ’ 

Targets  :• 

H B Williams  6 12  ..  14  ..  .. 

J Morrison,  6 8 H ,39 

Dr  Richter,  6 7 14  41 

F Vosselman,  10 7 11  38 

C L McClare,  10..... 9 H 36 

F Truax,  3 9 7 40 

Geo  Harland,  10............... 6 11  42  ..  19  21 

H Schamm  7 9 ..  20  .. 

Brugmann  5 11  44  ..  ..  19 

Forsyth  

C E Eickhoff,  8...., 

Geo  R Schneider,  4 12  46  ..  23  .. 

Hans,  6 9 10  44  ..  23 


1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

Hawkins  

....  9 14  10'  13 

9 15 

9 14  10  15 

125 

118 

16 

17 

19 

20 

12 

12 

10 

Edmundson  

....  8 10  8 11  10  11 

6 13 

6 12 

125 

95 

15 

14 

11 

16 

6 

9 

7 

AlcKelvey  

....  8 15  10  14 

8 15 

9 11 

9 13 

125 

112 

16 

11 

10 

12 

7 

T t 

Banks  

....  10  12  8 14 

7 15 

9 13 

8 10 

125 

106 

18 

17 

20 

20 

14 

14 

Stone  

....  8 12  7 13  10  13 

9 12 

8 8 

125 

100 

15 

16 

12 

15 

9 

7 

Skelly  

. ...  10  12  9 12 

9 13 

9 13 

8 13 

125 

108 

20 

21 

11 

17 

io 

10 

12 

A-IcHugh  

. . . . 9 15  9 13 

9 9 10  10 

9 10 

125 

103 

9 

9 

8 

12 

4 

A B Richardson 

....  10  13  10  13 

8 13 

9 15  10  13 

125 

114 

17 

19 

21 

20 

15 

o o 

o • 

Tcrpey  

....  10  9 9 14 

8 12 

8 12 

8 10 

125 

100 

Muller  6 9 7 13  7 12  8 12  9 10 

Lobb  9 13  7 11  8 ..  

E E duPont 9 11  7 11  8 14  10  11.. 

Brice  10  11  ..  10  6 13  9 12  9 .. 

Godwin  10 

Ryan  7 12 


o Q 

9 '8  6 6 5 


4 .. 


Chadwick  8 6 10  5 

Stidham  . . 3 4 4 6 

Buck  9 . . 8 6 11  5 11 

Hartlove  8 911 

Eugene  duPont  13  9 . . 

Hanly  9 11  9 11 

V ance  9 10  . . . . 

Bee  13  9 13  7 12 

Thompson  8 ..  12  ..  .. 


6 .. 


125 

60 

100 

100 

35 

100  ' 
50 
50 
80 
40 
25 
60 
35 
65 
30 


93 

48 

81 

80 

27 
57 
29 
17 
50 

28 
22 
40 
25 
54 
20 


2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

15 

50 

25 

25 

25 

12 

14 

. . 

11 

39 

26 

. . 

. . 

14 

'41 

11 

38 

11 

36 

7 

40 

. . 

31 

42 

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21 

9 

20 

11 

44 

19 

2 

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6 

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still  growing.  Programmes  are  ready  for  issuing,  and  a postal 
addressed  to  II.  J.  Stidham,  Secretary,  111  East  Fourth  street, 
Y\  ilmington,  Del.,  will  secure  one.  The  grounds  are  " easily 
reached  by  cars  of  the  Wilmington  City  Railway  Company,  either 
by  the  Front  street  cars,  which  run  past  the  P.  R.  & W.  R.  R.  de- 
pot every  fifteen  minutes,  or  by  taking,  from  any  of  the  depots, 
cars  of  the  same  line  which  run  uptown,  asking  the  conductor  for 
a transfer  at  Fourth  and  Market  streets  to  the  West  Fourth 
street  line.  Cars  on  that  line  leave  Fourth  and  Market  every'  ten 
minutes,  and  the  schedule  time  from  that,  point  to  where  one 
gets  off  for  the  grounds  is  fifteen  minutes,  arid  a walk  of  three 
minutes - then  lands  the,  shooter  at  the  club  house.  White  for  a 
pregramme  and  see  what  is  offered  for  .competition.  X. 


Dover  Gun  Club. 

On.  the  grounds  of  the  Dover;  Del.,  Gun  Club,  March  13,  a com- 
plimentary shoot  was  given  in  honor  of  the  two  famous  -‘trap- 
shooters,  Messrs.  J.  A.  R.  Elliott  and  J.  Mowell  Hawkins.  It 
was  'successful  in  every  detail.  Competition  was  keen.  Mr. 
Hawkins  made  high  average,  71  out  of  75,  while  Mr.  W.  M.  Foord, 
the  Wilmington  crackerjack,  was  second  with  66  out  of  75.  Third 
average  was  a tie  on  65  by  Messrs.  Elliott  and  A.  B.  Richardson, 
the  latter  a resident  of  Dover.  Scores: 

Events: 

Targets : 

Elliott  

Squier  

Hawkins  

Richardson  

Foord  

Reed  

Beachamp  

George  

Kirk  

Cleaver  

T Evans  

Allee  

C Maris.  .i 

T erry  

Steele  1 

Stout  

Winchester  

E Maris 1 . . 9 13  3 

W Evans  11  9 

Culbreth  11  9 

Vandenburg  

Fluke  

Crawford  12  7 

Bice  . . . -. 6 

Honey  8 

Jarman  11 

Michael  ..11 


1 

2 

o 

o 

4 

5 

6 

Shot 

10 

15 

10- 

15 

10 

15 

at. 

Broke, 

..  10 

12 

7 

12 

9 

15 

75 

65 

..  10 

10 

7 

15 

9 

13 

75 

64 

..  8 

14 

10 

15 

10 

14 

75 

71. 

..  9 

13 

9 

15 

7 

12-  , 

75. 

65 

...10 

15 

8 

11 

8 

14 

- 75. 

6fi 

-9 

13 

9 

12 

8 

12 

75 

63 

..  8 

11 

6 

10 

9 

10 

75 

54 

..  10 

12 

8 

11 

8 

9 

75 

■58 

11 

7 

11 

S 

7 - 

75 

52 

..  9 

11 

9 

14 

8 

13 

75 

64 

..  9 

14 

7 

13 

9 

10 

75 

62 

..  6 

14 

6 

7 

8 

11  - 

75 

• 52 

..  8 

11 

8 

13 

7 

12 

75 

59 

..  4 

13 

3 

14 

9 

14 

75 

57 

..  5 

13 

6 

12 

8 

8 

. 75 

52 

..  4 

1.1 

9 

12 

8 

0 

60 

44 

..  7 

12 

9 

11 

9 

14 

, 75 

62 

..  9 

13 

3 

35 

25 

11 

9 

25 

20 

11 

9 

25  , 

, 20 

8 

10 

9 

11 

50 

38 

11 

4 

6 

40 

21 

25 

15 

15 

15 

15 


19 

6 

8 

11 

11 


Trained  Too  Fine. 

The  following  clipping  was  recently  published  in  Every  Even- 
ing: 

“My  attention  has  been  called  to  a communication  from  Mr. 
John  W.  Evans,  secretary  of  the  Camden  Gun  Club,  of  this  State, 
wlrich  appeared  in  your  issue  of  the  6th.  On  behalf  of  the  heavy- 
weight team  of  the  Wilmington  Gun  Club,  of  which  I am  a mem- 
ber, I have  to  say  that  I regret  there  does  not  seem  to  be  any 
chance  of  a match  on  the  terms  stated  by  Mr.  Evans. 

“The  original  challenge,  which,  by  the  way,  still  stands,  was  for 
a team  of  five  men,  all  members  of  the  same  gun  club,  whose 
aggregate  weight  should  be  not  less  than  1,500  pounds,  and  not 
1,100,  as  ’'Mr.  Evans  seems  to  have  understood.  A 1,100-pound 
team  of  five  men  would  not  be  hard  to  pick  up  in  many  a gun 
club,  hut  we  think  that  we  have  the  boss  1,500-pound  team  in  this 
part  of  the  country. 

“If  Mr.  Evans  thinks  that  his  team  can  train  up  to  our  weight, 
we  are  willing  to  wait  a little  while,  until  they  have  accomplished 
their  object;  otherwise  no  further  notice  can  be  taken  of  the  com- 
munication, as  it  is  impossible  for  us  to  get  dow.n  to  their  weight. 
Yours  very  truly,  “W.  H.  Hartlove, 

“Capt.  Heavy-Weight  Team,  Wilmington  G.  C.,  Wilmington,  Del.” 

[Concerning  how  to  take  on  weight  quickly  good  ideas  may  be 
acquired  by  reading  Mark  Twain’s  story  of  the  Jumping  Frog.] 


Ossining  Gun  Club.  . . 

Ossining,  N.  Y.,  March  18. — Following  are  the  scores  of  the 
Ossining  Gun  Club,  made  at  a little  practice  shoot,  preparatory 
to  the  spring  handicap,  to  be  held  here  next  Saturday,  25th  inst. 
Shooting  in  the  spring  handicap  will  commence  promptly  at  2 
P.  M.  All  practicing  must  be  done  before  that  hour. 

,tS  Liberal  allowances  of  misses  as  breaks  will  be  made  and  a 
igood  attendance  is  looked  for.  There  will  be  four  valuable  prices 
.donated,  by  Col.  Franklin  Brandreth.  One  hundred  targets,  1V2 
cent  each.  Shoot  rain  or  shine. 


Events : 

1 

O 

£j 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 10 

n 

Targets : 

15 

10 

10 

10 

10 

10 

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Wilmington  Gun  Club. 

Wilmington,  Del. — The  Wilmington,  Del.,  Gun  Club  is  not  let- 
ting the  grass  grow  under  its  feet,  but  is  busy  now  getting  its 
new  grounds  in  shape  for  the  first  annual  spring  tournament  of 
the  Delaware  State  Trapshooters’  League,  which  is  to  be  held 
under  its  auspices  on  April  12-13,  next. 

The  new  club  house,  32  by  24  feet,  including  an  8ft.  piazza  the 
length  of  the  building,  is  almost  completed.  The  house  for  the 
trap  is  located  to  the  right  of  the  club  house,  the  platform  for 
the  shooters  coming  up  to  the  piazza.  This  platform  is  45  by  15ft.,-, 
and  will  permit  of  handicaps  of  from  16  to  20yds.  A fine  grove 
of  trees  will  afford  shade  to  shooters  on  the  platform  and  for 
spectators,  something  much  to  be  desired  when  the  summer  sun 
is  shining  strongly. 

For  the  tournament  a set  of  three  expert  traps  will  also  be  in- 
stalled on  the  left  of  the  club  house.  A capital  background  is 
assured  from  the  fact  that  the  grounds  lie  high.  It  will  be  hard 
to  find  -excuses  for  misses  on  account  of  the  background.  The 
tournament  itself  is  for  amateurs  solely,  manufacturers’  agents 
shooting  “for  targets  only.” 

The  list  of  merchandise  prizes  is  a healthy  one,,  and.  the  list  is 


Indianapolis  (led.)  Gun  Club. 

Indianapolis,  Ind.— At  the  shoot  of  the  Indianapolis  Gun  Club; 
March  11,  the  club  trophy  was  won  by  Air.  Hice.  The  Peters 
trophy  was  won  by  Mr.  J.  E.  Clark.  Each  event  was  at  25  tar- 
gets. The  scores  follow: 

Fvents-  123456789  Total. 

Dickman'  17  18  20  22  25  22  18  17  17  178  • 

Aloller  16  17  23  IS  13  18  16  IS  . . 139 

Carter  20  18  11  13  12  17  15  . . . . 106 

Moore  19  20  14  13  19  17  102 

Comstock  17  13  17  14  14 75 

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* Poughkeepsie  Gun  Club. 

TkE  second  monthly  tournament  of  the  Poughkeepsie  Gun  Club 
will  be  held  on  their  grounds  Saturday  afternoon,  April  1. 
Shooting  begins  at  1:30,  and  will  continue  throughout  the  after- 
noon. Targets  trapped  at  1 cent  each.  Professionals  and  trade  - 
representatives  are  invited  to  be  present,  but  can  shoot  for  targets  - 
only.  All  events  will  be  open  to  the  public.  A sweep,  optional 
with  the  shooter,  will  be  run  in  connection  with  each  event. 
These  monthly  tournaments  will  be  a feature  in  shooting  matters 
in  the  Hudson  Valley  this  summer,  and  will  be  held  regularly  the- 
first  Saturday  of  each  month.  ;!j 

Alfred  Traver,  Capt 


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LOWELL,  MASS. 

Agencies  : 

497-503  Pearl  St.,  35-43  Park  St.,  New  York.  114-116  Market  St„  San  Francisco. 


WESTERN  TRAP. 


Cincinnati  Gun  Club. 

Cincinnati,  O.,  March  8. — Eighteen  took  part  in  the  Peters 
trophy  event.  A warm,  light  rain  and  strong  wind  made  disagree- 
able conditions.  Barker  and  Roanoke  headed  the  list  with  50,  in- 
cluding their  handicaps.  Barker  was  high  man  in  actual  breaks 
with  48.  Harig  and  R.  Trimble  were  close  seconds  with  47  actual 
breaks  each. 

In  the  team  matches  Peters  made  high  individual  score  with  93 
out  of  100,  and  Harig  and  Trimble  were  second  with  92  each. 
Dreihs  was  third  with  91.  Peters  team  won  with  a total  of  184. 

Peters  did  work  to-day  such  as  has  seldom  been  seen  on  these 
grounds.  He  broke,  in  the  medal  and  practice  events  113  out  of 
115,  99  out  of  100,  and  made  a run  of  84  straight.  Among  the 
visitors  to-day  was  Mr.  John  S.  Boa,  of  Chicago,  expert  rifle 
shot.  He  gave  a pleasing  exhibition  of  his  skill  with  the  auto- 
matic .22. 

So  far  in  the  Peters  trophy  contest  A Sunderbruch  is  high 
with  235  out  of  250,  or  94  per  cent.  Boeh  second,  with  232,  92.8 
per  cent.,  and  Gambell  third,  with  92  per  cent.  The  lowest  man  of 
the  twenty-five  who  have  so  far  entered  the  contest  has  shot  an 
80  per  cent.  clip.  Messrs.  Ahlers,  Barker,  Don  Minto,  Faran, 
Peters,  Hesser  and  Gambell  form  the  team  which  hopes  to  take 
the  Phellis  trophy  from  Newark.  The  scores: 

Peters  trophy,  50  targets:  Barker  (5)  50,  Roanoke  (23)  50, 

Bullerdick  (4)  48,  Plarig  (0)  47,  R.  Trimble  (0)  47,  Gambell  (1)  47, 
Block  (6)  47,  Dreihs  (0)  46,  Pfieffer  (5)  46,  Faran  (0)  45,  Boeh 
(10)  45,  Don  Minto  (0)  44.  Peters  (0)  44,  Williams  (4)  43,  Pohlar 
(2)  42,  Osterfeld  (1)  40,  Cliff  (0)  38,  Roll  (0)  38. 

Team  match,  100  targets: 

Peters  93,  Dreihs  91 ; total  184. 

Gambell  89,  Harig  92;  total  181. 

R.  Trimble  92,  Hesser  8S;  total  ISO. 


Rohrer’s  Is'and  Gun  Club. 

Dayton,  O.,  March  15. — Twelve  members  participated  to-day  for 
practice  preparatory  to  the  medal  shoot  the  following  week.  The 
day  was  fine.  A pleasant  time  was  enjoyed. 

The  first  event  was  a match  between  Oswald  and  Lockwood  at 
25  targets,  the  former  winning  bv  a score  of  24  to  22. 

In  the  next  match,  six  took  part.  Lockwood  beat  Oswald  by  a 
score  of  23  to  19.  Hanauer  was  high  man  with  24.  Hodapp  and 
Schaerf  divided  third  money  on  20  each. 

A six-man  team  match,  50  targets,  Oswald  and  Hanauer,  cap- 
tains, Oswald’s  team  finished  with  234  to  205.  Oswald  was  high 
with  49. 

Team  match,  50  targets  per  man: 

Oswald’s  Team— Oswald  49,  Lockwood  42,  Oldt  42,  Schaerf  37, 
Hodapp  34,  Morris  30;  total  234. 

Hanauer’s  Team— Whitacre  46,  Schwind  44,  Hanauer  43,  J. 
Rogge  30,  H.  Rogge  22,  Huff  20;  total  205. 

Special  matches,  25  targets  each,  three  moneys  in  the  first  and 
two  moneys  in  the  others: 

Shot  at.  Broke.  Shot  at.  Broke. 

Oldt  22  21  22 

Schwind  . . .20  20  25 

Oswald  24  22  .. 

Lockwood.  22  22  .. 

The  club  is  installing  a new'  trap  house,  to  be  fitted  up  with 
expert  traps,  electric  pull  and  house  for  puller  and  scorer,  a la 
Cincinnati  Gun  Club.  It  will  be  ready  at  the  opening  on  March 
22. 


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At  Springfield. 

At  the  shoot  of  the  Springfield,  O.,  Gun  Club  on  March  14, 
seme  good  work  was  done.  Several  shooters  from  the  St.  Paris 
Gun  Club  were  guests  of  the  club.  The  programme  consisted  of 
six  25-target  events.  Foley  took  high  gun  with  133.  Poole  second, 
115.  Karnam  third,  113.  Strong  made  the  only  straight  score  of 
the  day,  and  finished  with  94  out  of  100,  the  best  work  done. 


Deadwood  Gun  Club. 

Deadwood,  S.  D.,  March  17. — There  was  a good  attendance  at 
the  annual  meeting  on  the  13th  inst.  The  officers  elected  for  the 
year  were  as  follows:  R.  Flanders,  President;  R.  L.  Walker, 

Vice-President;  F.  M.  Brooder,  Treasurer,  and  Burt  Rogers,  Sec- 
retary. These,  with  Frank  Waugh  and  John  B.  Hirsch,  com- 
prise the  Board  of  Directors. 

The  club  starts  out  with  a membership  of  fifty,  and  it  is  be- 
lieved fifty  “raw  recruits”  will  be  gathered  in  soon. 

Great  enthusiasm  was  showm,  and,  as  attractions  to  induce  the 
members  to  turn  out  in  goodly  numbers  at  the  weekly  shoots,  the 
club  will  secure  a large  list  of  valuable  annual  and  monthly 
prizes  to  be  shot  for.  In  order  to  stimulate  interest,  prizes  will 
be  put  up  for  matches  to  be  shot  for  by  members  in  different 


classes-  This  course  is  taken  to  give  the  beginner  something  to 
work  for,  and  strive  to  be  a “top-notcher.” 

Burt  Rogers,  Sec’y. 

In  Other  Places. 

We  are  pleased  to  note  that  a number  of  the  young  men  of 
Middleton,  O.,  have  formed  themselves  into  a gun  club  and  will, 
during  the  coming  summer,  hold  a tournament.  If  young  men 
generally  throughout  the  country  would  start  gun  clubs  and  par- 
ticipate in  the  outdoor  exercises  and  amusement  of  target  shoot- 
ing, they  would  find  it  unequalled  in  the  line  of  recuperative  sport. 

In  all  probability  there  will  be  a county  shoot  held  during  the 
month  of  June  in  the  vicinity  of  Wabasha,  Minn.  A meeting  was 
held  by  those  interested  at  that  city  on  Tuesday  evening  last, 
and  the  plans  were  laid  accordingly. 

This  time  it  was  “Tobacco  Bill.”  He  went  to  Bloomington 
and  there  got  busy  with  the  little  clay  saucers.  He  smashed  79 
out  of  80  tries.  The  McLean  county  boys  were  all  out,  and  in 
the  Class  A medal  it  was  Mr.  Heer  who  was  the  winner,  and 
Class  B was  captured  by  L.  W.  Stubblefield.  In  all,  there  were 
some  thirty  shooters  present. 

Out  at  Freeport,  111.,  there  is  every  indication  that  a return 
to  the  good  old  times  is  assured.  Some  good  prizes  will  be  put 
up  by  the  club  members  for  its  contest  during  1905. 

One  of  the  enthusiastic  gun  clubs  of  the  West  during  last  year 
was  that  at  La  Mars,  la.  The  early  approach  of  spring  has 
brought  the  members  together  with  the  same  old  love  as  pre- 
vailed last  year  for  the  target  shooting. 

The  Dunlap  Gun  Club,  of  Princeville,  111.,  held  a shoot  last 
Thursday.  There  were  shooters  present  from  many  towns,  viz.: 
Rock  Island,  Wyoming  and  Chicago.  The'  scores  averaged  up 
about  even,  being  about  73  per  cent. 

It  will  interest  especially  all  the  Southern  trapshooters  to 
know  that  great  preparations  are  being  made  for  the  coming  In- 
terstate shoot,  to  be  held  April  5 and  6 at  Augusta,  Ga.  Mr.  B. 
H.  Worthen,  of  Atlanta,  has  offered  a medal,  and  it  is  expected 
that  Mr.  Shaner  will  get  busy  when  he  finds  about  100  shooters 
there  when  the  opening  gun  is  fired. 

The  Carlisle,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  held  a shoot  Monday  last,  and 
Karl  Stewart,  of  Harrisburg,  made  the  best  score  on  the  targets, 
but  R.  E.  Shearer,  of  the  home  team,  was  the  best  on  the  live 
biids.  F.  A.  Dinger  was  second,  with  Stewart  and  Patterson  third. 

There  was  an  interesting  shoot  held  at  the  grounds  of  the 
Media,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  on  Wednesday.  A gold  watch  was  the 
prize,  and  it  was  won  by  George  R.  Williamson  on  a miss-and- 
out;  score,  18  straight. 

The  first  shoot  at  Greenville,  O.,  came  off  last  Wednesday. 
There  was  a good  attendance  and  good  shooting,  considering  the 
handicap  of  both  the  distance  and  the  wind. 

The  good  news  comes  from  Greenville,  O.,  that  the  gun  club 
is  very  prosperous,  and  that  the  coming  summer  shows  a renewal 
of  fresh  blood,  viz.:  W.  W.  Limbett,  Ed.  Huddle,  J.  H.  A.  Ross 
and  Harry  V.  Hartzell  afe  new  members  just  attached. 

The  new  officers  of  the  Hamilton,  O.,  Gun  Club  are:  Presi- 
dent, Joseph  Schumacher;  Vice-President,  Dr.  E.  C.  Sill;  Treas- 
urer, H.  G.  Cass;  Secretary,  Julius  C.  Heman;  Captain,  William 
Link;  Trustee,  James  R.  Smyers.  The  meeting  was  largely  at- 
tended and  the  shooters  all  felt  like  there  would  be  a prosperous 
season  for  1905. 

Tryon,  of  Cleveland,  O.,  was  in  great  form  last  Saturday,  and 
won  both  the  events  at  the  gun  club  shoot,  taking  the  medal  with 
40  straight;  his  opponent  went  him  39,  just  one  less. 

Fred  Erb,  Jr.,  keeps  breaking  into  the  game  now  and  then,  as 
he  has  challenged  the  winner,  when  Hugh  Clark,  of  Wabash, 
Ind.,  and  J.  W.  Fackle,  of  Muncie,  Ind.,  shoot  for  the  English 
Hotel  cup. 

Spirit  Lake,  the  home  of  the  well-known  Charley  Grimm,  is 
coming  out  again  as  a shooting  town.  A tournament  is  billed 
for  that  town. 

Some  of  the  Goldsboro,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  evidently  do  not  class 
a 12-gauge  with  a 10.  Note  this  handicap:  12-bore  guns  placed 
at  30yds.,  10-bore  guns  at  35yds.  Who  said  a 12-gauge  would 
shoot  equal  to  a 10-gauge? 

Judge  B.  W.  Wright,  of  Locan,  111.,  was  hunting  on  the  Illinois 
River,  when  the  boat  was  overturned  and  he  was  thrown  into  the 
water,  losing  his  gun.  The  gun  was  recovered  on  the  following 
day,  and  when  the  stock  was  raised  out  of  the  water,  by  some 
unknown  reason  the  gun  was  discharged,  and  as  the  muzzle  was 
under  water,  of  course  the  gun  burst  and  was  a complete  wreck. 
It  was  fortunate  for  Mr.  Smith  that  he  escaped  unhurt.. 

It  was  said  that  a carload  of  targets  and  half  a carload  of 
shells  had  been  shipped  into  Iowa  for  the  State  shoot. 

Now  don’t  forget  about  the  Indiana  State  League  shoot  being 
held  at  Crawforasville,  May  17  and  18.  If  you  want  to  shoot  the 
shoot  of  your  life  you  will  be  there. 

The  Kenosho,  Wis.,  Gun  Club  look  forward  to  a very  pros- 


perous and  enjoyable  season  of  the  innocent  sport  of  breaking 
clay  pigeons.  All  men  who  are  of  good  character  and  who 
enjoy  shooting  over  a good  trap  are  eligible  as  members. 

The  Parker  Gun  Club,  of  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  will  hold  a tourna- 
ment, May  21. 

The  St.  Paul,  Ind.,  Gun  Club  will  hold  its  annual  shoot  March 
30.  Some  of  the  Indianapolis  good  shots  will  be  there. 

Indianapolis  will  hold  their  regular  weekly  shoots,  of  course, 
and  the  secretary  reports  two  new  trophies  for  this  year,  the 
club  trophy  and  a badge  for  the  championship. 

The  Magic  City  Gun  Club,  Muncie,  Ind.,  is  alive  and  “travel- 
ing some.”  J.  W.  Farrell  is  the  new  President;  G.  G.  William- 
son, Vice-President;  F.  L.  Watchell,  Secretary.  The  same  targets 
to  be  used  by  the  G.  A.  H.  were  adopted  for  this  year.  The 
annual  spring  tournament  will  be  held  May  10  and  11 

The  Converse,  Ind.,  Gun  Club  will  hold  a shoot  on  Tuesday 
afternoon. 

Some  of  the  home  men,  together  with  visitors,  shot  a score  at 
Des  Moines,  la.,  as  follows:  Hoon  shot  at  100,  broke  87;  Holger- 

son  110,  96;  Hoon  100,  86;  Budd  100,  80;  French,  45,  42;  Smith 
35,  28;  Carter  29,  29;  Doverman  75,  52. 

A gun  club  was  organized  at  Princeville,  111.,  with  a good 
membership.  Charles  Holmes  is  President;  Chas.  Cornish,  Sec- 
retary; John  C.  Jackson,  Treasurer.  The  boys  say  that  by  con- 
stant practice  they  will  “get  into  the  game.” 

There  were  thirty  shooters  at  the  North  Side  Gun  Club  last 
Sunday.  The  high  scores  were:  P.  Peters  and  J.  Mierswa.  On 

May  1 there  will  be  nine  prizes  divided  among  the  best  scores. 


Boston  Gun  Club. 


Boston,  Mass.,  March  8. — Jupiter  Pluvius  easily  made  a clean 
score  to-day  at  the  fifth  weekly  Boston  Gun  Club  prize  shoot, 
the  rain  falling  incessantly  from  beginning  to  end  of  the  after- 
noon. While  this  kind  of  weather  is  generally  anything  but 
pleasant  to  the  trapshooter,  yet,  contrary  to  the  usual  rule, 
twenty-four  shooters  took  part  in  one  of  the  most  successful 
shoots  of  the  present  series. 


Many  came  to  look  on,  having  left  their  guns  and  ammunition 
at  home,  in  view  of  the  poor  weather;  but  invariably  they  could 
not  stand  it,  and  had  to  borrow  guns  and  shells  just  to  be  in  it 
with  the  regulars.  In  many  cases  the  scores  would  compare 
very  favorably  with  others  made  under  quite  different  conditions. 

Seven  Boston  Athletic  Association  shooters  shot  the  pro- 
gramme, and  secured  the  lion’s  share  of  honors,  which  augurs 
well  for  their  team  in  their  coming  matches  with  the  Crescent 
and  Yale  gun  clubs,  and  behooves  the  New  York  congregation 
to  do  some  fine  shooting  stunts  if  they  intend  to  retain  their 
well-earned  prestige  of  two  seasons  back. 

Adams,  the  latest  B.  A.  A.  find,  was  in  a class  by  himself, 
hammering  out  a clean  95  per  cent,  without  turning  an  eyelash, 
and  securing  the  honor  of  the  best  percentage  made  on  the 
grounds  for  some  time.  Blinn,  of  the  same  team,  was  a good 
second,  and  might  still  have  been  breaking  them  straight  if  the 
4:36  train  had  not  put  in  an  appearance,  which  put  a stop  to 
his  afternoon’s  programme.  This  train,  as  a rule,  is  a signal  for 
“all  out,”  but  to-day  the  5:05  came  in  for  considerable  patronage, 
which  gave  some  the  trappists  an  opportunity  which  they  took 
advantage  of. 

Maine  State  was  well  represented,  Gil  Wheeler  dropping  in  for 
the  regular  number  of  events,  accompanied  by  Geo.  Dorton,  of 
Portland,  one  of  the  State’s  leading  exponents  of  the  scatter 
gun,  shooting  close  on  to  90  per  cent.,  and  incidentally  caring 
for  one-third  of  first  honors  in  the  prize  match.  Cecil  Whitmore, 
one  of  the  Brunswick  Club’s  most  prominent  members,  shot  in 
quite  a few  of  the  events,  and  though  borrowing  a gun  from  Bell 
(which  John  knew  was  N.  G.)  made  some  very  creditable  scores. 
Another  visit  in  the  future  with  regular  gun  and  shells  will  bring 


higher  percentages  and  then  the  regulars  will  have  to  look  out. 

Burns,  of  the  Middlesex  Club,  helped  carry  the  heavy-weight 
honors  in  the  match,  and  now  leads  on  total  scores  by  11  targets. 

Of  the  others,  Griffiths,  Bell,  Owen  and  Gleason  averaged  88 
per  cent,  or  better,  which  goes  to  show  the  quality  of  shooting 
for  this  week.  Other  scores: 


Events: 
Targets: 
Griffiths,  21  . 
Dickev,  21  . . . 

Bell,  20  

Gleason,  19  .. 

Frank,  19  

Wheeler,  18  .. 
Darton,  18  .. 

Reed,  17  

Woodruff,  17 
Whitmore,  L7 

Blinn,  16  

Owen,  16 
Fdwards,  16  . 
Sadler,  16  , . , 


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7 12  10  10  14  11  15  9 17  20  .892 

8 11  9 8 9 10  11  9 . . . . .750 

9 12  9 9 15  10  13  8 19  ..  .866 

7 13  8 9 13  15  14  10  18  ..  .891 

8 11  9 9 13  10  12  9 . . ..  .810 

7 12  9 8 14  12  13  7 820 

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8 12  10  9 13  14  15  10  ... . .910 

8 11  10  9 14  13  14  9 . . . . .880 

8 11  8 6 14  12  .786 

7 14  7 9 11  14  12  9 ..  ..  .830 


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8 12  13  . . 

.825 

9 12  11  8 

.727 

10  13  15  15 

9 19  .. 

.950 

10  15  13  12 

8 16  .. 

.884 

3 2 8 10 

.418 

3 8 6 7 

.436 

.700 

3 ..  .. 

.300 

5 ..  .. 

.500 

Lawler,  16  8 5 6 ... 

Koy,  19  ..  8 12  13 

Willard,  16  . . . , . . 9 12  11 

Adams,  15  14 

Burns,  16  

Bruce,  16  3 

Barney,  16  ..  ..  ..  3 „ 

Williams,  16  12  „ 

George,  16  '3 

Baker,  16  . . . . 5 

Merchandise  match,  distance  handicap: 

Adams,  18  .10111011111111111111111111 1111—28 

Darton,  18  111111111101101111111111111111—28 

Burns,  16  Ill ! 1111111 1111111110111110111—28 

Bell,  20  111111111111111101011011111111—27 

Blinn,  16  111111111011011111111110111111—27 

Owen,  16  11111110111111111110111111011!— 27 

Woodruff,  17  111111111011111011110110111111—26 

Ecwards,  16  11111111111101101011110111111!— 26 

Gleason,  19  111111011111111111001011101111—25 

Roy,  19  010011111111111111111111110011—25 

Wheeler,  18  111111111111111101001011111110—25 

Sadler.  16  011110111110011111111111110111—25 

Griffiths,  21  011111111110110111111110100111—24 

Reed,  16  111111001111111111100011101011—23 

Willard,  16  ....111111100011111111010010111111—23 

Dickey,  21  111110011111011101110011110011—22 

Williams,  16  0101.11111111101101011101010101—21 

Frank,  19  111100100110101111110110011001—19 

Lawler,  16  111011000011011111110011100000—17 

Barney,  16  100001100101111000110001011010—14 

Bruce,  16  000000001001000010010111110001—10 

Whitmore,  17  1001 10111001100 w 

March  15. — One  of  the  best  shooting  days,  was  the  opinion  of 
the  majority  of  participants  at  the  regular  Wednesday  shoot  of 
the  Boston  Gun  Club,  and  with  the  incessant  “bang!  bang!” 

from  2 till  6 o’clock,  proved  that  all  were  bent  on  deriving  the 
most  benefit  possible. 

The  Boston  Athletic  Association  again  sent  a delegation  which 
•was  well  up  in  the  averages,  and  shows  plainly  the  form  the  team 
intends  to  show  in  its  special  match  at  Bay  Ridge  on  March  18. 

New  England  Kennel  Club  was  also  well  represented  with  Dr. 
Weld  second  high  on  average,  and  tied  for  high  in  the  prize 
match.  His  team  mate,  Silsbeee,  was  considerably  out  of  form, 
but  made  a supreme  effort  in  the  prize  match,  and  pulled  out  a 
nice  27,  which  will  match  up  very  nicely  with  his  previous  scores. 

Griffiths  and  Dickey  again  fought  it  out  for  the  long-distance 
honors,  Dickey  sneaking  a good  lead  in  the  first  three  events, 
which  Griffiths  could  not  quite  surmount. 

Next  week  there  will  be  something  doing  in  this  line,  so  we 
are  waiting,  in  hopes  of  something  phenomenal. 

Bums,  of  Middlesex,  easily  made  high  percentage,  92  out  of 
the  100,  resulting  from  careful  and  consistent  work.  The  old 
“pump”  was  evidently  right  on  edge,  for  there  was  nothing  left 
of  them  after  he  got  through,  and  the  scorer  thought  it  was  a 
cinch  when  birds  were  broken  like  his.  What  he  wants  the  first 
prize  for  is  a question,  as  his  old  “cornsheller”  shoots  to  perfec- 
tion, and  a new  gun,  which  is  the  first  prize,  does  not  always 
bring  increased  percentages. 

The  home  aggregation  were  somewhat  out  of  it,  though  Capt. 
Woodruff  insists  that  Frank  and  Bell  are  only  stale,  and  in- 
tends to  keep  busy  just  to  get  in  line  for  the  new  series  of  team 
shoots,  which  starts  on  April  1. 

Ned  Tozier,  of  the  Haverhill  Club,  looked  kind  of  lonely,  with- 
out his  side  partner,  Miller,  but  seemed  to  enjoy  the  shooting,  as 
usual,  and  wants  every  one  to  do  likewise  at  their  annual,  April 
19,  shoot,  which  is  only  a month  away.  Other  scores: 

) 10 

Av. 
.833 
.858 
.770 
.790 
.827 
.811 
.830 
.866 
.875 
.800 
.825 
.775 
.890 
.750 
.920 
.566 
.733 
.114 
.511 
.776 
.854 
.920 
.380 
.200 
.700 
.100 


Events : 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

Targets : 

10 

15 

10 

15 

15 

15 

10 

10 

10 

10 

Griffiths,  21  

7 

12 

8 

14 

11 

12 

10 

8 

9 

9 

Dickey,  21  

8 

15 

9 

10 

13 

14 

8 

9 

10 

7 

Frank,  19  

11 

6 

10 

11 

13 

8 

10 

. . 

Bell,  20  

6 

14 

8 

10 

14 

9 

10 

9 

7 

Kirkwood,  20  

7 

12 

7 

14 

11 

13 

10 

, . 

8 

9 

Michaels,  16  

9 

12 

7 

11 

12 

15 

7 

Blinn,  16 

8 

13 

8 

13 

13 

12 

7 

9 

. . 

. . 

Thomas,  16  

8 

15 

9 

11 

13 

12 

8 

9 

9 

10 

Edwards,  16  

9 

14 

9 

10 

14 

14 

Woodruff,  17  

14 

7 

11 

12 

13 

9 

7 

6 

8 

Tozier,  16  

8 

14 

9 

11 

12 

11 

10 

8 

8 

8 

Darton,  18  ........ 

6 

13 

9 

9 

14 

14 

7 

6 

8 

7 

Weld,  16  

13 

9 

12 

14 

15 

7 

9 

. . 

Silsbee,  16  

8 

10 

9 

10 

13 

14 

5 

6 

. . 

. . 

Burns,  16  

15 

9 

14 

13 

15 

9 

9 

. . 

Bruce,  16  

5 

5 

4 

11 

9 

10 

7 

4 4 6 4 


McLaughlin,  16  1 2 1 

Barney,  16  5 8 5 8 7 9 4 

Ford,  16  14  13  11  7 8 6 7 

Muldown,  16  12  14  13  8 

Gleason,  19  15  14  9 8 . 

Retwood,  14  1 . . . 

Taylor,  16  ....  2 ..  . 

Baker,  16  7 . . . 

George,  16  . . 1 . ■ . 

Merchandise  match,  distance  handicap: 

Gleason,  19  111111111111111111111111011111-29 

Weld,  i6  111111111101111111111111111111—29 

Burns  16  101111111110111111111111111111—28 

Edwards  16  111111111111101111011111111111—28 

Darton,  18  011111111111111111111101111111—28 

Dickey,  21  111111111101011111111101111111— 27 

Michaels,  16  .111110011111110111111111111111—27 

Silsbee,  16  110101111111111111110111111111—27 

Muldown,  16  .111111101111111110111011111111—27 

Blinn,  16  .110111110111111110111011011111—25 

Thomas,  16  .110110111111111111101111101011—25 

Woodruff,  17  111101101110111110111111111101—25 

Frank  19  011011111110110101111111110  !11— 24 

Ford  16  1 ilOllOllllllllllllllOlOllOllO— 24 

Kirkwood,  20  111110110110011110101111111111—24 

Griffiths,  21  101111101010111101101111101111—23 

Bell  20  111101111111111110111110010100—23 

Tozier,  16  111001111111101  !11110101 111010—23 

Willard,  16  .11101100010111111111 1111111010—23 

Bruce  16  .........100100101110111001111011101110—19 

Barney,  16  ..........................  010111010000110100110111011100—16 


ON  LONG  ISLAND. 


Crescent  A.  G. — Boston  A.  A. 

Bay  Ridge,  L.  I.,  March  18.— A ten-man  team  match  between 
the  Crescent  Athletic  Club  and  the  Boston  Athletic  Association 
was  shot  to-day,  and  the  home  team  won  by  a score  of  855  to  831 
out  of  a possible  1,000.  Each  man  shot  at  100  targets.  Out  of  the 
twenty  contestants  in  the  team  match,  five  broke  90  per  cent,  or 
better.  The  scores  follow: 


Crescent  A.  C. 

1st  2d  3d  4th 
25.  25.  25.  25.  T’l 
Stephenson,  Jr. 21  23  22  20  86 

Brigham  20  20  23  17  80 

Southworth  ...  .22  22  22  20  86 

Grinnell  20  25  19  24  88 

Lott  ...........19  17  24  21  81 

Dr  Keyes  17  23  16  22  78 

. Bennett  20  19  21  18  78 

Remsen  23  24  24  23  94 

F Stephenson. .23  23  23  25  94 

Palmer  23  20  24  23  90 


Boston  A.  A. 

1st  2d  3d  4th 
25.  25.  25.  25.  T’l 
Dr  E Gleason. 24  24  24  21  93 
T E Adams.... 25  25  22  24  96 

E P Blinn 19  19  19  19  76 

S A Ellis 19  23  20  21  83 

G B Clark...... 19  20  22  20  81 

W B Farmer...  18  18  18  21  75 

H B Moore.... 19  24  16  20  79 

D W Edwards. 18  22  19  20  79 

D E Hallett. . .22  20  20  20  82 

C M Howell... 22  21  23  21  87 


208  216  218  213  855 

Trophy  shoot,  50  targets,  handicap: 


205  216  203  207  831 


Hegeman 

O’Brien 

Damron 


Keyes 


Hdp.  Brk.  Tot’l. 

Hdp.  Brk.  Tot’ 

on, 

Jr...  4 

46 

50 

Dr  Hopkins  . . 

. . .10 

33 

43 

12 

38 

50 

Brigham  

...  0 

42 

42 

{ . . 

6 

43 

49 

Palmer,  Jr 

...  0 

42 

42 

6 

43 

49 

Stephenson  . . . 

...  2 

39 

41 

. ....  .10 

37 

47 

L C Hopkins. . 

...  6 

34 

40 

. ....  .10 

37 

47 

Hendrickson  . 

...10 

32 

42 

......10 

36 

46 

Lott  

...  4 

35 

39 

16 

30 

46 

Bennett  

...  6 

32 

38 

-th 

0 

45 

45 

Foster  

...  2 

32 

34 

6 

39 

45 

Grinnell,  Jr... 

...  2 

31 

33 

8 

37 

45 

Bergen  Beach  Gun  Club. 

Bergen  Beach,  L.  I.,  March  14.— Capt.  Dreyer,  who  has  been 
ill  during  some  weeks  past,  gave  the  shooters  a glad  welcome,  but 
he  is  still  too  weak  to  shoot.  The  day  was  beautiful,  of  the 
springtime.  There  was  but  little  wind. 

The  targets  were  thrown  steadily  at  unknown  angles,  about 
2,800  being  used. 

A number  of  old-time  live-bird  shooters  were  present.  Messrs. 
Morrison,  Glover  and  Kelly  did  the  best  work,  about  94  per  cent. 
The  scores : 


Events:  12  3 

Targets:  15  10  15 

Schorty  12  8 . . 

A Schoverling  13  10  .. 

Glover  15  8 .. 

Morrison  14  7 . . 

N J Smith 11  6 .. 

Keim  H 

Kelly  13 

Charles  11 

Tom  Short  6 

Bcckwurst  13 

Krceger  

Shevlin  

Sam  Short  

Smythe  „ ° 

H Bergen  12 

Mahlstedt  6 . . 

Bob  Schneider  

L Gille  •• 

G Remsen  9 . . 

Schlieman  •• 

C Cooper  9 

Hans  

Suydam  9 

Voorhis  8 ..  .. 

P Remsen  


4 5 
15  15 
14  13 
11  11 
13  12 

13  15 

8 5 
11  14 

14  13 

9 9 

8 7 

15  .. 

9 11 
4 6 

10  10 
10  .. 
14  .. 


6 7 
15  15 

14  15 

15  14 
15  13 
15  13 
12  11 
11  11 
15  15 

8 ii 


8 9 10  11  12  13  14 

15  15  15  15  10  15  10 

14  13  14  13  9 12  9 

12  15  12  12  ..  10  7 

15  15  12  . . . . . . 

13  14  14 

9 8 7 
8 11  11 

15  14  14 
7 9 9 
12  12 


8 


14 


14  9 
5 6 
11  7 


11  10  13 
7 3 1 
11  14 


14  13 
..  ..  56 
..  ..  9 .. 
..  ..  12  11 
10  10  12  10 
..  ..  10  8 
....  5 10 
. . . . 10  13 
10  11  10  13 
8 


12 

7 


8 10 

4 10  9 4 7 
. . . . 12  12  10  . . 

11  8 14  11  10  . . 

12  10  12  8 7 5 

6 11  8 4 ..  2 
12  11  13  11  . . 

7 9 8 12  . . 7 
14  14  9 7 . . . . 
10  12  10  10 


8 


Sheepshead  Bay  Gun  Club. 

Sheepshead  Bay,  L.  I.,  March  16.— The  first  25  in  the  following 
scores  constitute  the  club  medal,  and  the  total  50  constitute  the 
scores  for  the  Remsen  cup.  The  same  handicaps  apply  to  both. 

The  club  has  installed  a new  trap,  which  works  well.  The 
scores  of  the  double  event  follow: 

tt  T Montanus  16  0101111101111111111011111—21 

H J Montanus,  ib 11111011011111QH001110U-19-40 

tt  Williamson  16  1111011101110111101001111—19 

H \\  illiamson,  lb  . . 0101100011110100111111111—17—36 


H Boberg,  16 


. 0001000011001110000001111—10 
111110010110011100111 0011—16—26 
-23 


tt  Wplk  1111111111110111111110111-2 

H VVells  0111101111111011111101111—21—44 

T McKane  10  0011101011110101101011111-17 

I Mcivane,  iu  ....  1110111100110011111111111—20—37 

T?  Vnnrhiss  10  1111011001111101111101111-20 

E Voorhiss,  iu  .....  1100110110110111111110111—19—39 

r Morris  16  1111101111010111001101111—19 

G Morris,  lb 1011101111110111011100111-19-38 

Q 1111111111111111111111101-24 

bcLorty  0111001111110011111111100—18—42 

n rVwert  26  0010011110101100000111101-13 

R Gewert,  Zb  1101111111111001100010110—17—30 

XT  Ttercren  1010110111011101111101101-18 

H Beraen  1110110011111001111111000—17—35 

xr  oo  0100110000010000010100100—  7 

D ilede,  && 0010001001110000001000011—  8—15 

. C . oo  0000000000000000000001010—  2 

A spinner,  <ss  1000010000000000010000000—  3—  6 

r’  r 18  0100111110101101110101111-17 

C Cooper,  is  1110111110011001010100001— 14—31 

11100110001 000111 0111 0111- 
0110100001101111000000100-10—25 

Club  medal,  shoot-off  of  ties:  Montanus  (4)  25,  Williamson  (4) 

16  Voorhies  (3)  20,  Morris  (4)  25,  Gewert  (7)  20.  The  followmg 
shot  along:  Carolan  9,  Wells  20,  Schorty  20,  Pulsifer  13,  Bergen 

17. 


r„  rn,a„  2fi  1110011000100011101110111-15 

Carolan,  ox)  niininnnniiniiilfifwnOfriOO — Ii 


Second  shoot-off:  Montanus  (2)  29,  Morris  (2)  22.  The  follow- 
ing shot  along:  Boberg  15,  Schorty  22,  Voorhies  16. 

Shoot-off  for  Remsen  cup:  Montanus  (4)  22,  Williamson  (4)  21, 
Morris  (4)  24,  Carolan  (7)  18. 

Event  at  15  singles,  5 pairs:  Welles  19,  Carolan  15,  Montanus 
12,  Voorhies  12. 

Boston  Shooting  Association. 

Wellington,  Mass.,  March  11. — The  fifth  shoot  for  the  five- 
man  team  State  championship  was  held  on  the  grounds  of  the 
Boston  Shooting  Association.  As  this  was  a tie  shoot  between 
the  Birch  Brook  and  Watertown  teams,  each  having  two  wins  for 
the  cup,  there  was  a large  attendance  and  great  interest  in  the 
shoot-off.  The  Birch  Brook  was  an  easy  winner  by  18  targets, 
and  now  holds  the  five-man  team  State  championship.  Follow- 
ing are  the  team  scores: 


Birch  Brook  Team. 


Watertown  Team. 


Foster  

21 

20—41 

Gleason  .... 

..18 

20—38 

Everett  

20 

22—42 

Baldwin  .... 

..21 

22—43 

Kirkwood  . . . . 

21 

22—43 

Roy  . 

..22 

18—40 

Bell  

21 

20-41 

Bartlett  

..16 

14—30 

Frank  

21 

22 — 43 — 210 

Hebbard  . . . 

..21 

20—41—192 

Events : 

1 2 

3 4 5 

6 

7 8 

9 10  11  12 

Targets: 

10  15  10  15  15  10  10  15 

10  15  15  26 

Kirkwood  . . . 

. 8 11 

9 12  13 

8 

8 13 

10  12  12  .. 

Gleason  

9 13 

9 15  9 

• 4 

8 10 

8 12  15  23 

Frank  

. 7 12 

9 10  .. 

8 

9 12 

8 14  14  22 

Everett  

8 11 

8 10  10 

. _ 

8 11 

9 13  11  20 

Bell  

6 13 

9 11  14 

, , 

7 14 

9 11  9 . . 

Roy  

. 6 13  10  14  . . 

T m 

9 13 

8 10  . . . . 

Hebbard  

8 13 

8 10  .. 

8 13 

9 11  14  . . 

Foster  

9 14 

8 11  .. 

„ . 

9 12 

8 12  13  . . 

Morse  

7 12 

8 7.. 

4 9 

8 11  . . . . 

Baldwin  

. 9 11 

9 ..  .. 

9 

9 12 

9 13  ..  .. 

Straw  

6 11 

7 10  8 

..  13 

6 12  . . 17 

Riley  

. 8 8 

5 12  .. 

* . 

5 15 

8 15  . . . . 

Coffin  ....... 

6 

8 13 

4 13  . . 20 

lohnson  

6 10  12 

6 7 . . . . 

Searls  

7 

7 11 

4 10  . . . . 

Edwards  

7 

9 12 

. . 13  12  . . 

Rule  

6 

9 14 

. . 13  14  19 

Dean  

5 

7 15 

. . 13  12  . . 

Climax  

7 

8 12 

. . 12  11  19 

Barry  

7 

7 11 

7 10  11  . . 

Ilallam  

9 ..  .. 

8 

4 9 

4 7 7.. 

Burns  

..  ..13 

6 

8 10 

5 9 11  . . 

Rowe  

5 9 

4 8 9 

7 

..  11 

7 13  11  . . 

Bartlett  

9 9 

5 11 

05 

OO 

Field  

2 6 

8 8 

Sanborn  

4 10 

Aquidneck  Gun  Club. 

Newport,  R.  I.— With  the  coming  of  spring  weather,  club 
matters  are  beginning  to  resume  their  wonted  activity.  The 
regular  weekly  shoots  have  been  continued  through  the  winter,  in 
spite  of  severe  weather,  but  the  attendance  has  been  very  limited, 
a series  of  handicap  shoots  for  a gold  medal,  which  are  still  being 
run,  being  the  only  prize  events  at  present.  At  Wednesday’s 
shoot  four  of  the  faithful  were  on  hand,  and  the  following  were 
the  results: 

Targets:  10  15  10  15  Broke.  Hdp.  Total. 

Dring"  6 12  8 12  38  6 44 

Rowel  7 11  8 13  39  4 43 

H A Peckham 6 11  6 9 32  6 38 

E S Peckhan 6 9 4 6 25  6 31 

At  the  annual  meeting  a short  while  ago  the  following  officers 
were  elected,  all  being  the  same  as  those  of  last  year:  President, 

Wm.  A.  Dring;  Vice-President,  Edward  P.  Gosling;  Secretary- 
Treasurer,  J.  S.  Coggeshall ; Executive  Committee,  W.  A.  Dring, 
E.  P.  Gosling,  P.  PI  Powel,  W.  M.  Hughes  and  H.  A.  Peckham. 

The  yearly  reports  showed  the  club  to  be  in  a prosperous  condi- 
tion, with  the  heavy  expense  of  moving  to  new  grounds  nearly 
liquidated.  The  matter  of  tournaments  for  the  coming  season  was 
freely  discussed,  particularly  the  fourth  annual,  which  will  be 
held  on  Tuesday,  May  30,  programmes  for  which  will  be  ready 
about  April  15.  Every  effort  will  be  made  to  make  this  the  best 
tournament  the  club  has  ever  attempted. 

Awostirg  Gun  Club. 

New  Paltz,  N.  Y. — The  Awosting  Gun  Club’s  regular  semi- 
monthly shoot,  March  6,  had  scores  as  follows: 

Layton  cup  contest,  25  targets,  handicap: 

Hdp.  Brk.  Tot’l.  _ Hdp.  Brk.  Tot’l. 

W Hasbrouck 5 

Strong  4 

Snyder  2 

Shoot-off:  Johnston  won  with  25  to  Snyder’s  23. 

We  are  going  to  put  in  a blackbird  trap,  in  addition  to  the 
other,  for  our  annual  tournament  in  May. 

Our  next  shoot,  March  25,  will  be  an  interesting  one,  as  three 
wins  holds  the  Layton  cup;  Johnston  and  Snyder  each  have  two 
wins.  We  also  will  have  several  fine  game  pictures  and  a hand- 
some troohy  from  the  Hunter  Arms  Co.,  to  contest  for. 

Secretary. 


14 

19 

Tohnston  

..  4 

21 

25 

19 

23 

L Hasbrouck  . . 

..  8 

9 

17 

23 

25. 

M Du  Bois 

..  5 

19 

24 

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SMOKELESS  POWDER 

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Cartridge  Co.,  Winchester  Repeating  Arms  Co.,  Austin  Cartridge  Co.,  and 
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MY  TRAP  SCORES 

A pocket  trap  score  book,  containing  50  pages  of  score  sheets  and 
the  Interstate  Assoc  iation  Rules  for  target  and  live  bird  shooting,  and 
for  shooting  under  the  Sergeant  System.  The  cover  bears  the  title 
“ My  Trap  Scores,”  and  the  pages,  in  number  and  form,  are  arranged 
to  make  a complete  record  of  the  shooter  s doings  at  the  traps.  The 
pages  are  ruled  to  make  a record  of  the  place,  date,  weather  condi- 
tions, number  of  traps,  number  of  shooters,  gun  and  load  used,  events, 
etc.  The  score  sheets  are  ruled  for  25  targets.  Bound  in  leather. 
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AUSTRALIAN  GR  AND  HANDICAP.  - 1902 

GRAND  AMERICAN  HANDICAP,  - 1899 

CHAMPIONSHIP  OP  AUSTRALIA,  - 1899 

CHAMPIONSHIP  OF  NEW  SOUTH  WALES,  - - 1898 

1st,  2d  and  3d  GRAND  AMERICAN  HANDICAP,  - - 1897 

Address  WILLIAM  CASHMORE,  Gun  Maker.  BIRMINGHAM.  ENGLAND. 


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THE  BIG  GAME  OF  AMERICA 

is  well  represented  in  the  collection  of  Pictures  from  Forest  and  Stream 

Moose,  elk,  antelope,  mountain  sheep 
Virginia  deer,  mule  deer  and  buffalo 
are  shown  in  scenes  which  have  in 
them  the  spirit  of  the  wild  creatures 
and  their  surroundings.  Each  picture 
is  an  accurate  portrait  of  the  subject 
and  has  a pleasing  landscape  setting  as 
well.  Of  smaller  game  there  are  field 
scenes  in  which  figure  the  quail,  ruffed 
grouse;  and  a number  of  splendid 
reproductions  of  Audubon  bird  pic 
tures.  The  dog  pictures  by  Osthaus 
and  the  yachting  scenes  round  out  the 
volume,  and  make  it  all  in  all  a very 
comprehensive  volume  of  American 


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LIST  OF  THE  PLATES. 


1.  Alert  (Moose),  ....  Carl  Rungius 

2.  The  White  Flag  (Deer),  - - Carl  Rungius 

8.  “ Listen ! ” (Mule  Deer),  - - Carl  Rungius 

4.  On  the  Heights  (Mountain  Sheep),  Carl  Rungius 

5.  “What’s  That?  ” (Antelope).  - Carl  Rungius 

6.  The  Home  of  the  White  Goat. 

Photo  by  H.  T.  Folsom 

7.  Calling  the  Buffalo— 1 The  Lure,  E.  W.  Deming 

8.  Calling  the  Buffalo— 2 The  Drive,  E.  W.  Deming 

9.  Calling  the  Buffalo— 8 The  Fall,  E.  W.  Deming 

10.  Calling  the  Buffalo— 4 Packing  the  Meat. 

E.  W.  Deming 

11.  Sail,  Sea  and  Sky,  Navahoe  on  the  Solent. 

Photo  by  West  & Son 

12.  The  Trapper’s  Camp.  - - E.  W.  Deming 

18.  Pearl  R.  (Setter),  - - - E.  H.  Osthaus 

14.  The  Purple  Sandpiper,  - - J.  J.  Audubon 

16.  The  Black  Duck,  - - - - J.  J.  Audubon 


17.  The  Redhead  Duck, 

18.  The  Canvasback  Duck,  - 

19.  The  Prairie  Chicken,  - 

20.  The  Willow  Ptarmigan,  - 

21.  The  American  Plover,  - 


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The  plates  are  carefully  printed  on  heavy  coated  paper  and  handsomely 
bound,  making  a most  attractive  volume.  The  size  of  page  is  about  that  of 
the  Forest  and  Stream  or  about  16  x inches.  Price,  postpaid,  $2. 

In  response  to  numerous  enquiries  from  those  who  desire  to  frame  these 
engravings,  rather  than  to  keep  them  in  a volume,  a special  price  of  $1.75  each 
has  been  made  for  sets  of  unbound  sheets. 

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Our  Durston  Special  Grade 


The  acknowledged  leader  of  medium-priced  guns,  is  now  offered  for  $25  net.  It  is  fitted  with 
our  famous  Duro  Nitro  Steel  barrels.  Guaranteed  to  shoot  any  Nitro  or  black  powder  and  not 
get  loose.  Fitted  with  the  same  mechanism  as  our  higher  grades.  Sold  through  the  dealer  only. 

WHITE  FOF+-  1905  ILLXZSTHATED  CATALOGUE. 


LEFEVER  ARMS  CO., 


SYRACUSE,  N.  Y. 


MODERN  RIFLE  SHOOTING 

FROM  THE  AMERICAN  STANDPOINT, 

By  W.  Q.  HUDSON,  M.  D., 

is  a modest  title  to  a work  which  contains  an  epitome  of  the  world’s  best 
knowledge  on  the  practical  features  of  the  art. 

In  its  160  pages  are  treated,  in  popular  language  but  with  technical 
accuracy,  all  the  details  of  Rifles,  Bullets,  Triggers  and  Trigger  Pulls, 
Equipments,  Sights  and  Sighting,  Aiming.  Adjustments  of  Sights, 
Helps  in  Aiming,  Optics  of  Rifle  Shooting,  Positions  at  all  Ranges,  Tar- 
gets in  General  Use,  Ammunition,  Reloading,  Cleaning,  Appliances,  etc. 
Thirty -five  illustrations.  Price,  $1.00. 

For  sale  by  FOREST  AND  STREAM  PUB.  CO.,  346  Broadway,  New  York. 


J.  J.  Audubon 
J.  J.  Audubon 

- J.  J.  Audubon 
J.  J.  Audubon 

- J.J.  Audubon 


22.  Rap  Full,  Schooner  Constellation  in  a 

North  Easter,  - - Photo  by  N.  L.  Stebbins 

28.  First  Around  Home  Mark.  The  Altair 

off  Larchmont,  - - Photo  by  Jas.  Burton 

24.  The  Challenge  (Elk),  - - Carl  Rungius 

25.  Quail  Shooting  in  Mississippi,  - - E.  Osthaus 

26.  Ripsey  (Pointer)  E Osthaus 

27.  Between  Casts,  - - - W.  P.  Davison 

28.  Home  of  the  Bass,  - - - W.  P.  Davison 

29.  In  Boyhood  Days,  - - - W.  P.  Davison 

30.  A Country  Road  (Partridge),  W.  P.  Davison 

81.  When  Food  Grows  Scarce  (Quail),  W.  P.  Davison 

82.  In  the  Fence  Corner  (Quail),  W.  P,  Davison 


They  Know  in  Texas 


TF  you  have  occasion  to  carry  a revolver,  you  should  remember 
that,  like  the  Texan  of  fable,  “when  you  need  your  gun  you 
will  need  it  bad/’  and  you  should  also  remember  that  gunsmiths 
are  scarcest  where  revolvers  are  most  needed. 

Choose,  therefore,  a revolver  that  will  not  need  a gunsmith; 
one  that  will  not  fail  in  the  hour  of  need.  Quality,  strength, 
simplicity  in  action,  must  be  your  motto  in  selecting  your  fire- 
arms. Human  beings  are  fallible  and  the  personal  equation  enters 
into  the  use  of  the  weapon,  but  other  things  being  equal  the 
best  protection  will  be  guaranteed  you  by  the  best  weapon — 

A COLT 


Catalogue  on  Application. 

Colt’s  Patent  Fire  Arms  Mfg.  Co., 

HARTFORD,  CONN..  U.  S.  A. 

London  Office,  ISa,  Tall  Mall,  S.  W„  London,  W..  England. 


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below  THE  mark.  STANDARD  GUNS  AT 

Genuine  Tortelson  New  Worcester  ham- 
merless double  guns,  latest  1905  model, 
made  and  guaranteed  for  the  use  of  smoke- 
less powder,  and  fitted  with  Nitro  Blued 
steel  barrels,  full  pistol  grip  stock  with 
rubber  cap  and  butt  plate,  matted  exten- 
sion rib,  case  hardened  frame,  checkered  stock  and  forearm,  extra  fine 
finish  throughout  and  fully  equal  to  guns  sold  at  double  this  price.  Greatest 
bargain^’ in  hammerless  double  guns  ever  offered.  12  and  16-gauge,  28  and 
30-inch  barrels.  Each,  $15.00. 

P.  S. — We  will  close  out  our  stock  of  ’04  models  of  the  above  gun  at  reduced  prices. 


Iver  Johnson  Sporting  Goods  Co., 

163-165  Washington  St.,  - - Boston,  Mass. 


If  you  want  a 

good  reliable 

TRAP  OR  FIELD 
GUN, 

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SPECIAL  PRICES. 

We  offer  just  now  a limited  lot  of  standard  American  make  Hammerless 
Double  Guns,  entirely  new,  made  on  interchangeable  plan,  12  and  16  bores, 
at  the  greatly  reduced  price  of 

$15.00  each . 

Send  two  stamps  for  descriptive  lists  of  these  bargains. 

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More  Secondhand  Guns. 

Greener  “Far-Killing  Duck”  hammer  W.  W.  Greener  special  presentation  qual- 
gun,  $200  grade,  fine  English  laminated  ity  Imperial  Ejector,  with  Sir  Joseph 

barrels,  low  hammers,  handsome  stock,  Whitworth  luid  steel  barrels.  Shown  at  . 
half  pistol  grip,  full  choke,  10-ga.,  32-in.  the  World’s  Fair  at  St.  Louis,  and  greatly 
barrels,  8%  lbs.  weight,  14%-in.  stock.  admired  for  its  splendid  balance.  Has  a 

Price  ,.  .$100.00  net  dark  Italian  walnut  full  pistol  grip  stock, 

„ , r ,,  00  with  Silver’s  anti-recoil  pad.  Carved  shell 

Greener  hammer  field  gun,  12-ga.,  i.8-in.  fence.  Action  and  guard  completely  cov- 

barrels,  t lbs.  fa  oz.,  2 5-10  in.  drop,  13  /z-m.  ere(j  with  the  m0st  elaborate  relief  en- 
stock,  Sieman  steel  barrels,  half  pistol  grip  ving.  Both  barrels  full  choke.  Dimen- 

Greener  cross-bolt.  In  good  second-hand  fionsA  i2-ga.,  30-in.  barrels,  7 lbs.  8 oz. 

condition.  Cost  new,  $120.  Price. ..  .$45.00  weight>  2%  in.,  drop,  14%-in.  stock.  This 
W.  & C.  Scott  & Son  hammer  gun,  16-  magnificent  gun  has  never  been  shot,  and 

ga.,  28-in.  barrels,  6%  lbs.  weight.  In  is  like  new.  Special  net  price $400.00 

good  condition.  Damascus  barrels,  half  \y.  w.  Greener  special  Imperial  quality 
pistol  grip.  Cost  new,  $125.00.  Price,  $38.50  Ejector;  with  Sir  Joseph  Whitworth  fluid 
net-  steel  barrels.  One  of  the  most  beautiful 

W.  & C.  Scott  & Son  single  hammer,  4-  specimens  of  a Greener  pigeon  gun  in  the 

bore  gun,  with  36-in.  barrel,  10%  lbs.  United  States.  Cost  $550.00,  and  is  like 

weight.  in  excellent  condition.  Under  new.  Has  a straight  grip  stock  of  curly 

grip  action.  Cost  new,  $125.  Price,  $45  net.  Italian  walnut,  carved  shell  fence,  elabo- 

, . . , „ or,  ■ r , rate  game  engraving.  Both  barrels  ex- 

Lefever  duck  gun,  8-ga.,  3^-m.  barrels,  treme  full  choke.  Perfect  balance.  Dimen- 

1114  lbs.  weight.  Shows  some  wear,  but  si0ns:  12-ga.,  30-in.  barrels,  7%  lbs.  weight, 

good  for  years  of  service.  In  leather  case,  2y4-in.  drop,  14%-in.  stock.  Special  net 

and  is  offered  at  one-third  original  cost.  ^ 1.... $350.00 

W.  W.  Greener  royal  quality  Ejector,  W.  W.  Greener  royal  quality  Crown  Ejec- 

with  finest  English  Damascus  barrels,  full  tor.  Very  few  Crown  Greeners  ever  come 

choke,  flat  engine-turned  rib,  very  elhbo-  into  the  market  second-hand,  and  are  al- 

rate  engraving,  fine  Italian  walnut  half  ways  snapped  up  as  soon  as  they  appear, 

pistol  grip  stock.  Dimensions:  12-ga.,  30-  This  one  is  a very  desirable  example  of 

in.  barrels,  7%  lbs.  weight,  2%-in.  drop,  this  grade,  and  with  a fine  shooting  record. 

1414-in.  length  of  stock.  Cost  new,  $426,  It  has  Greener’s  special  Damascus  barrels, 

and  is  as  good  as  new.  Price $250.00  fine  half-pistol  grip  stock,  and  is  full  choke 

Colt  hammer  duck  gun,  10-ga.,  32-in.  in  both  barrels  Dimensions : 12-ga.,  30-in. 

barrels,  Damascus,  9%  lbs.  A good,  sound,  barrels,  7 lbs.  9 oz.  weight  2 3-16-m.  drop, 

strong  shooting  gun,  that  cost  new  $65.00,  14  /z-m.  stock.  Cost  $4-5.00,  and  is  in  per- 

and  now  in  good  second-hand  condition.  feet  condition.  Special  net  price. .. .$250.00 

Price  $27.50  Greener  double  4-bore,  weighing  22  lbs., 

W.  & C.  Scott  premier  quality  hammer  and  cost  new  $450.00.  It  has  a fine  pair 

duck  gun.  Cost  new,  $350.00.  Has  fine  of  Damascus  barrels,  without  pit  or  flaw, 

English  Damascus  barrels,  under-grip  40-in.  long,  stock  14  in.,  heavy  Silver’s  re- 
action. Fine  condition.  Elaborate  en-  coil  pad,  half  pistol  grip,  3-in.  drop,  and  it 

graving.  Price $90.00  is  one  of  the  most  powerful  guns  we  have 

Greener  Grand  Prize  Pigeon  Gun,  $350  'ever  seen.  Price  $200.00  net 

grade,  with  Sir  Joseph  Whitworth  fluid  W-  & c Scott  & Son  Duck  Gun>  with 

steel  barrels,  full  choke,  half  pistol  grip,  hammers.  Damascus  barrels,  straight  wal- 

elaborate  engraving.  Dimensions:  lZ-ga.,  nut  under-grip  action.  With  this 

30-in.,  7 V2  lbs.,  2%-m.  drop,  14 ^-m.  stock.  gUn  -s  a ieather  trunk-shape  case,  imple- 

An  extremely  fine  gun.  Price $L-5.0U  net  ments  and  loading  tools.  For  shooting  at 

Greener  Regent  hammerless,  with  Sie-  long  distances  and  for  flock  shooting,  this 

man  Martin  steel  barrels,  12-ga.,  27-in.  bar-  is  an  ideal  gun.  Dimensions:  4-ga.,  38-in. 

rels,  6 lbs.  4 oz.  weight.  Cost  new,  $65,  barrels,  15  lbs.  weight  Cost  new,  $250.00. 

and  in  perfect  condition.  Price $39.50  Price  $125.00  net 

HENRY  C.  SQUIRES  & SON,  20  Cortlandt  St.,  New  York. 

WE  BUY  AND  TR\DE  SECOND-HAND  GUNS.  With  the  passing  of  the  shooting  season, 
many  sportsmen  desire  to  change  their  shooting  equipment  for  something  different.  For  many 
years  we  have  made  a specialty  of  buying  and  selling  second-hand  guns,  and  we  usually  have  the 
largest  stock  of  fine  second-hand  guns  in  the  country.  If  you  c mtemplate  buying  a new  gun 
next  season,  or  having  one  built  to  order,  now  is  the  time  to  write  about  it,  and  if  you  have  a 
really  good  ’second-hand  gun  to  trade  in  as  part  payment,  we  can  make  you  more  favorable 
terms  now  than  we  could  at  the  beginning  of  next  season.  We  have  a market  for  all  the  good 
second-hand  guns  we  can  get. 


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A complete  manual  for  Amateurs.  Containing  plain  and  comprehensive  direc- 
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Craft.  By  W.  P.  Stephens.  Cloth.  Eighth  and  enlarged  edition.  264  pages, 
numerous  illustrations,  and  fifty  plates  in  envelope.  Price,  $2.00.  This  office. 


The  Greatest  Event  in  1904, 

THE  GRAND  AMERICAN  HANDICAP, 


was  won  with 


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During  this  meeting  “Infallible”  also  won 
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THE  CONSOLATION  HANDICAP. 

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Elterich  Rifle  Bullet  Shell. 


“WILL  MAKE  A RIFLE  OUT  OF  EVERY  SHOTGUN.” 

Owing  to  the  large  demand  we  can  now  send  these  to  any  part 
of  the  U.  S.,  prepaid,  on  receipt  of  $1.65  for  12  or  16-gauge 
.32  S.  & W.  Rifle  Bullet  Shell. 

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Forest  and  Stream. 

A Weekly  Journal  of  the  Rod  and  Gun. 

Copyright,  1904,  by  Forest  and  Stream  Publishing  Co. 


Terms,  $4  a Year.  10  Cts.  a Copy. 
Six  Months,  $2. 


NEW  YORK,  SATURDAY,  APRIL  1,  190S. 


VOL.  LXIV.— No.  18. 

No.  346  Broadway,  New  York. 


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SPRING  IN  THE  ZOOLOGICAL  PARK. 

The  persons  who  advocate  the  abolition  of  spring 
shooting  on  the  ground  that  birds  undisturbed  in  the 
spring,  and  attracted  by  a locality,  act  as  decoys  which 
will  call  down  other  birds,  which  are  likely  to  remain 
with  them  and  to  breed  there  instead  of  going  further 
north,  should  visit  the  Zoological  Park  in  the  Bronx  dur- 
ing these  days  of  the  spring  migration.  There  they  would 
see — as  others  have  seen  lately — facts  which  would  give 
them  ammunition  for  their  campaign.  The  large  ponds 
in  the  Zoological  Park  are  occupied  by  many  wild  geese 
and  ducks  of  various  species.  It  will  be  recalled  that  one 
spring  a few  years  ago  a flock  of  geese  came  down  out 
of  the  sky,  and  alighting  with  the  tame  wild  geese  were 
finally  captured,  and  became  a part  of  the  society’s  collec- 
tion. 

It  is  not  uncommon  now  to  sec  wild  ducks  flying  about 
over  the  ponds  in  the  park,  on  the  one  hand  anxious  to 
alight  with  their  brethren  floating  on  the  water  below,  on 
the  other  hand  alarmed  and  suspicious  of  the  people  who 
are  moving  about,  and  of  the  buildings  and  fences  which 
stand  near  the  water.  The  other  day  a pair  of  mallards, 
male  and  female,  were  seen  flying  over  the  large  pond, 
and  it  was  twenty  minutes  or  half  an  hour  before  they 
could  make  up  their  minds  that  it  would  be  safe  to  join 
the  throng  below.  Finally,  however,  they  did  so,  and 
dropped  down  from  a height  of  fifteen  or  twenty  yards  to 
mingle  with  the  bustling  birds  on  the  water.  Even  after 
they  had  alighted,  they  were  for  a little  time  suspicious, 
and  occasionally  swam  out  away  from  the  flock,  and 
looked  about  them  with  heads  held  high  and  an  air  of 
much  alertness.  The  inattention  of  the  domesticated  birds 
to  their  surroundings,  however,  soon  lulled  their  fears, 
and  after  a time  they  became  as  much  a part  of  the  flock 
as  any  wing-clipped  bird  in  it.  An  extraordinary  number 
of  nature’s  pleasant  and  interesting  sights  may  be  seen 
by  the  visitor  to  the  Zoological  Park. 

Within  a short  time  the  collections  of  the  Zoological 
Society  have  been  increased  by  several  rare  and  interest- 
ing American  specimens.  Among  these  are  two  white 
goats  and  a mountain,  sheep  from  British  Columbia,  a 
California  vulture  and  a white  gyrfalcon.  The  society 
already  had  two  white  goats,  and  the  arrival  of  this  other 
pair  brings  together  the  largest  number  of  these  curious 
animals  ever  exhibited  at  one  time.  The  sheep  is  also-  a 
valuable  addition  to  the  collection,  which  already  contains 
a number  of  old  world  sheep,  but  none  from  our  own 
West.  The  California  vulture — sometimes  called  the  con- 
dor of  the  north — is  one  of  the  largest  birds  in  the  world, 
almost  equalling  its  cousin  of  South  America,  concerning 
which  so  many  fabulous  tales  have  been  told.  This  speci- 
men is  young,  and  has  not  yet  attained  its  full  size.  When 
it  shall  be  full  grown  it  will  be  interesting  to  compare  it 
with  the  South  American  condor  which  has  long  lived 
ir.  the  Park.  The  California  vulture  is  one  of  the  birds 
that  is  well  on  the  way  toward  extinction.  Never  very 
numerous,  it  has  several  times  been  reported  extinct,  yet 
a few  still  live  in  the  high  Sierras,  though  much  pur- 
sued and  growing  fewer  every  year. 

The  white  gyrfalcon  is  seldom  seen  in  captivity,  for  it 
is  a bird  of  the  farthest  north.  The  present  specimen 
alighted  on  an  ocean  steamer  8oo  miles  off  the  coast  of 
Newfoundland,  and  was  captured  there.  It  is  said  that 
but  one  other  specimen  is  known  in  captivity,  which  is  at 
the  Zoological  Gardens  in  Philadelphia. 

Take  it  all  in  all.  spring  is  a good  time  to  visit  the 
Zoological  Park,  where  the  work  of  enlargement  and 
improvement  is  constantly  going  on.  About  now  the 
little  buffalo  calves  are  beginning  to  make  their  appear- 
ance, the  birds  are  mating,  animals  are  shedding  their 
■\yinter  coats,  and  there  is  much  to  be  seen, 


THE  FUR  BEARERS. 

Some  months  ago-  we  called  attention  to  the  extraor- 
dinary manner  in  which  the  fur-bearing  animals  of  the 
world  persist,  notwithstanding  their  continual  pursuit  by 
man  and  the  vast  multitudes  annually  destroyed. 

All  over  the  Nearctic  and  Palearctic  worlds  man  is  con- 
tinually shooting  or  trapping  or  snaring  the  wild  animals 
native  to  the  section  to  which  he  belongs,  and  vet  as  re- 
gards all  except  the  largest  of  these  animals,  the  supply 
seems  to  keep  up  from  year  to  year/without  anything  like 
the  marked  changes  that  this  continued  destruction  and 
pursuit  would  seem  to  call  for. 

Attention  is  again  drawn  to  the  matter  by  the  receipt 
of  the  list  of  skins  to-  be  sold  at  auction  by  one  of  the 
largest  London  fur  dealers  during  the  March  just  past. 
These  people  offered  for  sale  i, 000,000  muskrat  skins, 

310.000  skunk  skins,  170,000  raccoon,  110,000  opossum, 

75.000  mink,  more  than  92,000  foxes,  of  which  38,000  are 
red,  3,500  blue,  1,800  cross,  500  silver,  10,000  white,  21,000 
gray,  and  18,000  Japanese.  There  are  20,000  wolf  skins, 

8.000  beaver,  2,500  otter,  320  of  the  rare  sea  otter.  All 
these,  besides  many  thousands  of  the  skins  of  other  and 
less  well  known  animals,  have  by  this  time  been  sold  in 
the  London  market. 

So  it  would  seem  that  the  race  of  the  small  creatures  of 
the  world  is  not  soon  to  die  out,  and  indeed  those  of  our 
readers  who  have  the  luck  to  be  country  dwellers,  know 
very  well  that  the  woods  and  swamps  and  mountains  and 
fields  which  surround  their  homes- are  the  homes  of  a 
great  multitude  of  these  small  folk,  which,  though  seldom 
seen,  are  always  there  and  always  known  to  be  there. 
Sometimes  the  farmer  loses  patience  with  fox  or  weasel 
because  a few  of  his  fowls  are  destroyed ; sometimes  the 
damage  done  by  the  muskrats’  chisel-like  teeth  provoke 
the  landowner  and  lead  him  to  set  a few  traps. 

Usually,  however,  the  town  or  section  or  district  con- 
tains a single  man  who  makes  more  or  less  of  a business 
of  trapping,  and  it  is  he  who  gathers  up  the  fur  taken 
in  a district  and  who  finally  ships  it  to  the  towns,  whence 
in  turn  it  goes  to  the  big  city,  and  then  perhaps  crosses 
the  sea,  and  at  last  brings  up  in  London,  one  of  the 
greatest  fur  marts  of  the  world. 


THE  FLORIDA  LICENSE. 

Florida's  game  attractions  are  among  those  which  al- 
lure winter  visitors  to  the  State  and  induce  them  to  pro- 
long their  sojourn.  The  deer,  the  wild  turkey  and  the 
quail  are  not  so  plentiful  in  many  districts  as  they  were 
in  the  earlier  days  of  Florida  sportsman-tourist  travel, 
but  the  climatic  conditions  and  the  generous  food  supply 
of  all  seasons  will  always  assure  a replenished  stock,  pro- 
vided reasonable  protection  shall  be  afforded  by  the  laws 
and  their  enforcement.  The  State  has  shared  in  the  gen- 
eral awakening  to  the  necessity  of  talcing  care  of  its  game, 
and  has  adopted  certain  of  what  may  be  called  the  ad- 
vanced principles  of  protection.  The  number  of  deer  one 
person  may  take  in  a season  is  limited  to  five;  only  four 
wild  turkeys  may  be  taken  by  one  person  in  a day,  or 
six  by  a party  of  shooters;  and  of  quail  the  individual 
limit,  for  the  day  is  twenty-five  or  fifty  for  a party.  The 
shipment  of  game  beyond  the  county  where  it  is  killed  is 
forbidden,  except  that  sportsmen  may  take  their  game 
home  with  them,  but  not  for  sale.  Such  regulations  are 
reasonable  and  effective. 

There  is  another  feature  of  the  Florida  law,  however, 
which  is  open  to  criticism.  This  is  the  non-resident  shoot- 
ing license  provision.  In  these  days  of  non-resident  dis- 
criminations and  taxes,  Florida  is  only  keeping  step  with 
other  States  in  exacting  a fee  from  the  visiting  shooter; 
but  the  law  is  peculiarly  vexatious,  because,  not  content 
with  one  tax  good  for  the  State  at  large,  the  statute  re- 
quirement is  of  a saparate  payment  for  each  individual 
county.  The  section  reads  : 

That  all  non-residents  of  the  State,  before  hunting  for  the  pur- 
pose of  killing  any  wild  game  in  this  State,  shall  apply  to  the 
clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court  of  the  county  the  said  non-resident  pro- 
poses to  hunt  in,  and  upon  the  payment  of  $10  to  the  said  clerk 
by  the  applicant,  the  clerk  shall  issue  a permit  to  hunt  in  said 
county,  and  the  same  shall  not  be  transferable,  and  it  shall  be 
unlawful  for  any  non-resident  of  this  State  without  first  obtaining 
said  permit,  which  permit  shall  expire  on  the  1st  day  of  March 
next  following  the  date  of  its  issue,  to  hunt  in  this  State.  Pro- 
vided, That  the  provisions  of  this  act  shall  not  apply  to  counties 
having  special  game  laws. 

Such  a regulation  is  no  special  hardship  for  those  who 


go  to  one  place  and  remain  there.  But  the  East  Coast 
and  the  West  Coast  are  so  adapted  to  cruising,  and  the 
several  districts  are  so-  inviting  that  many  winter  visitors 
make  extended  cruises,  going  from  the  Halifax  down  the 
Indian  River  and  through  connecting  waters  to  Biscayne 
Bay.  In  like  manner  extended  excursions  of  this  charac- 
ter are  made  on  the  West  Coast.  On  the  East  Coast  the 
sportsman  going  south  from  St.  Augustine  to  Biscayne 
Bay,  who  cares  to  look  for  game  on  the  way,  at  St. 
Augustine  must  take  out  a license  for  St.  John  county; 
when  he  reaches  Ormond  or  Daytona  or  New  Smyrna, 
he  must  procure  another  license  for  Volusia  county;  then 
if  he  extends  his  course  on  the  Indian  River  to  Titus- 
ville, another  license  is  required  for  Brevard  county, 
which  holds  good  so  Tar  as  Palm  Beach;  and  if  he  goes 
on  to-  Miami  and  Cocoanut  Grove  or  any  of  the  points 
on  Biscayne  Bay,  be  must  have  another  license  for  Dade 
county.  Each  new  license  means  a payment  of  $10,  to- 
gether with  the  time  and  trouble  of  procuring  the  docu- 
ment. Such  a license  system,  it  goes  without  saying,  has 
been  a constant  annoyance  to  sportsmen  visiting  Florida, 
and  there  have  been  loud  complaints  concerning  it.  The 
law  is  unreasonable  and  should  be  changed.  The  Legisla- 
ture of  Florida  will  convene  next  week,  and  those  who 
are  interested  should  take  steps  to  secure  an  amendment. 


THE  CURTIS  INDIAN  PICTURES. 

While  these  lines  are  being  written,  there  is  on  exhibi- 
tion at  the  Waldorf-Astoria,  in  New  York  city,  a collec- 
tion of  photographs  of  Indians  and  Indian  life  which 
is  worthy  the  attention  of  all  our  readers.  These  pic- 
tures have  been  taken  by  Mr.  Edward  S.  Curtis,  of  Seat- 
tle, Wash.,  and  cover  a number  of  Western - tribes,  and 
while  there  are  a thousand  of  them  here  on  view,  these 
constitute  only  a beginning  of  the  work  to  which  Mr. 
Curtis  has  devoted  his  life. 

President  Roosevelt  saw  some  of  the  pictures  some 
time  ago,  and  wrote  of  them : “Not  only  are  Mr.  Curtis’ 
photographs  genuine  works  of  art,  but  they  deal  with 
some  of  the  most  picturesque  phases  of  the  old-time 
American  life  that  is  now  passing  away.  I esteem  it  a 
matter  of  great  moment  that  for  our  good  fortune  Mr. 
Curtis  should  have  the  will  and  the  power  to  preserve, 
as  he  has  preserved  in  his  pictures,  this  strange,  beautiful 
and  now  vanishing  life.” 

These  pictures  are  photographs,  and  so  are  necessarily 
true  to-  life;  but  they  are  much  more  than  photographs, 
in  that  the  artist  who  took  them  has  been  able  to  put  into 
them  the  feeling  which  he  himself  experienced  when 
taking  them,  and  in  such  a way  that  one  who  looks  at  the 
pictures  shares  that  feeling.  Those  who  have  seen  them, 
including  artists,  ethnologists  and  persons  familiar  with 
wild  life,  agree  that  no  such  pictures  of  Indians  have 
ever  been  made  before. 

It  is  Mr.  Curtis’  purpose  to  carry  on  his  work  of  illus- 
trating the  Indian  by  photography  until  he  shall  have 
covered  all  the  tribes  and  fragments  of  tribes  still  found 
in  North  America;  and  it  cannot  be  doubted  that  if  he 
shall  have  the  means  and  the  health  and  the  strength  to 
carry  out  this  proposed  task,  he  will  have  performed  a 
most  valuable  work  for  history,  for  art  and  for  science. 

One  who  wrote  recently  of  these  pictures  said  : “To-day 
they  are  of  high  scientific  and  artistic  value,  what  will  thev 
be  a hundred  years  from  now  when  the  Indian  has  utterly 
vanished  from  the  face  of  the  earth?  The  pictures  will 
show  to  the  man  of  that  day  who  and  what  were  his  pre- 
decessors in  the  land.  They  will  tell  how  the  Indian 
lived,  what  were  his  beliefs,  how  he  carried  himself  in 
the  various  operations  of  life,  and  they  will  tell  it  as  no 
word  picture  could  ever  tell  it.” 

The  opportunity  to  see  these  pictures  should  not  be  lost 
by  one  who-  is  interested  in  outdoor  life.  The  exhibition 
began  on  Monday,  March  27,  and  will  last  through  the 
week.  O11  Friday  afternoon  and  evening  and  Saturday 
afternoon  and  evening  Mr.  Curtis  purposes  to  give  an  ex- 
hibition of  his  lantern  slides  and  to  talk  about  certain  of 
the  tribes  which  he  has  met. 


We  shall  print  next  week  an  illustrated  paper  on  some 
of  the  more  familiar  wild  flowers  of  the  woods  and  trout 
streams  of.  this  latitude.  This  is  only  one  of  many  valu- 
able papers  to  come  which  will  make  the  Forest  and 
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Pete,  the  Canuck. 

It  is  strange,  I don’t  understand  it  even  now.  1 
have  thought  it  over  time  and  time  again  and  still  it 
remains  a mystery. 

This  is  the  way  the  “mystery”  occurred.  Jim  and  I 
were  camping  on  little  Kittawa  Lake,  about  ten  miles 
from  where  old  “Bill”  Thompson  had  a lumber  camp — 
number  five  I think  it  was.  We  had  a little  shack 
in  there  made  of  logs  and  cedar  splits.  We  had  car- 
ried tar  paper  in  on  the  first  snows  to  cover  it  with 
and  the  cracks  were  chinked  up  with  moss  and  oakum. 
A large  bunk  with  a generous  supply  of  fur  boughs,  a 
shelf,  bench,  and  one  box  completed  the  interior.  The 
camp  was  open  on  top  facing  an  immense  fire  rock, 
the  walls  from  the  camp  proper  to  the  rock  were  sup- 
plied with  upright  posts  about  six  feet  in  height,  and 
the  door  opened  from  the  south  side.  It  was  “tight” 
and  seemed  real  homelike  with  our  blankets,  guns, 
traps,  and  all  the  rest  of  a trapper’s  “lay  out.”  Three 
or  four  sable  lines  kept  us  very  busy  and  with  our 
traps  were  more  than  one  man  could  really  handle. 
Jim  and  I agreed  to  take  turns  at  the  traps  of  a week 
at  a time— the  week  we  were  not  in  the  woods  being 
spent  in  work  at  the  village.  Every  other  week  Jim 
came  into  the  woods,  and  I went  out,  generally  pas- 
sing each  other  on  the  trail,  where  we  exchanged  the 
news  and  accounts  of  the  week’s  trapping.  There  was 
a light  fall  of  snow,  but  the  air  was  cold  and  snappy. 
Our  camp  was  placed  in  a bunch  of  thick  spruce  and 
was  thus  sheltered  from  the  lake  above  which  it 
stood.  Directly  back  of  us  lay  swell  after  swell  of 
high  ridges,  flanked  east  and  west  by  mountains  which 
had  been  partly  lumbered  three  or  four  years  previous. 
Northward  the  country  was  low  and  in  some  places 
even  marshy,  rising  again  into  long  stretches  of  the 
finest  timberland.  In  summer  deer  paths  crossed  and 
re-crossed  the  swale  and  marsh  grass  which  grew 
shoulder  high,  and  mud  wallows  where  bears  had 
rolled  and  lain  were  very  frequent.  Each  spring  the 
wild  turftips  were  rooted  up  and  eaten,  each  autumn 
the  beech  trees  bore  fresh  claw  marks  of  some  animal 
with  a craving  for  nuts;  but  never  a sight  did  we 
catch  of  bruin.  The  partridges  and  rabbits  grew  very 
friendly,  and  aside  from  the  deer  we  rarely  saw  any 
other  beasts.  “Bill”  Thompson  was  doing  his  best 
with  the  aid  of  a good  lumbering  winter  to  get  out 
between  four  and  six  million  feet  that  year,  and  he 
was  working  his  crew  of  forty  men  and  teams  for  the 
best  there  was  in  them.  Many  of  the  crew  were  men 
from  our  village;  the  rest  were  Canucks,  “P-eyes,” 
Swedes,  Yanks,  Irishmen,  in  fact  almost  every  nation- 
ality but  Chinamen.  As  the  camp  stood  about  half 
way  between  our  shack  and  the  “town,”  we  made  a 
point  of  stopping  there  at  noon  to  “grub  up,”  and  as 
we  knew  the  cook  we  had  the  best  the  camp  contained. 
We  had  been  trapping  about  two  months,  and  it 
seemed  as  though  this  season  would  be  a good  one. 


I was  on  my  way  to  the  lake,  and  after  plodding 
along  all  morning  with  a ninety  pound  pack  of  sup- 
plies, reached  the  camp  as  the  men  filed  in  for  dinner. 
There  was  always  a plate  and  a mug  at  hand,  so  I 
just  “bunched”  in  with  the  rest.  Beans,  coffee,  and 
sour  biscuits  were  disappearing  at.  a reckless  rate  as 
we  laughed  and  talked.  At  the  opposite  end  of  the 
table  sat  a wicked  faced  Canuck,  who  stared  at  me 
constantly  during  the  meal  and  took  the  greatest  in- 
terest in  everything  I said  and  did.  As  I was  finish- 
ing he  rose  and  stalked  out.  After  the  men  had  gone 
back  to  work  and  I was  getting  ready  to  leave,  the 
cook  told  me  that  the  Canuck  had  noticed  me  the 
last  time  I came  through  and  had  asked  a number  of 
questions  concerning  me  that  went  to  show  that  he 
thought  I was  laying  for  him.  I do  not  know  what 
made  me  suspicious,  unless  it  was  his  uneasy  manner 
and  evil  face,  for  I never  seen  him  before  and  felt 
sure  that  he  had  never  seen  me.  The  incident  passed 
and  I thought  no  more  of  it.  I flung  my  pack  into 
place,  grabbed  my  rifle  and  started.  The  trail  twisted 
round  and  out  of  the  underbrush  and  I was  lost  from 
sight.  I could  hear  the  men  at  work,  and  the  crack 
and  snap  of  the  limbs  and  boughs  as  the  “swamping- 
gang”  cleared  away  the  brush  for  a new  road  and  the 
heavier  crash  as  some  old  monarch  fell  to  the  ground. 
Presently  I saw  ahead  a figure  partly  concealed  be- 
hind a tree.  I thought  immediately  that  the  foreman 
of  one  of  the  crews  was  looking  the  ground  over  pre- 
paratory to  the  cutting  of  a new  road  and  started  to 
call  out  to  him,  when  I saw  the  Canuck,  for  it  was 
he,  step  out  into  the  trail  and  stand  waiting  for  me. 
I was  naturally  surprised,  and  something  in  his  menac- 
ing attitude  warned  me  to  look  for  nothing  but  trouble. 
I shifted  my  rifle  to  the  hollow  of  my  right  arm. 
Motionless  he  awaited  my  approach,  while  I tramped 
on  as  though  I would  knock  him  from  the  path.  He 
wore  the  heavy  moose  shanks  of  the  northern  lumber- 
man into  which  his  trousers  were  tucked,  around  his 
waist  was  a red  scarf,  and  on  his  head  a fur  cap.  His 
left  hand  was  cased  in  a fur  glove,  but  in  his  right, 
which  he  held  behind  him,  I suspected  something  else. 
As  I came  up  close  to  him  he  said — “I  watch,  I see 
you  come,”  then  drawing  an  ugly  looking  knife  from 
behind  him  he  continued.  “Yoy  no  cateh,  look  out,” 
and  was  gone,  __  . , ; 


Well,  I spent  the  week  at  the  traps  with  varying  suc- 
cess, and  turning  the  Canuck’s  action  over  in  my 
mind,  I reached  this  conclusion,  that  he  had  acted 
the  part  of  a first-class  criminal,  and  taking  me  for 
a sheriff  had  warned  me  that  if  I attempted  to  take 
him  that  it  might  be  a warm  job.  It  may  have  been 
that  he  had  shot  moose  or  caribou  out  of  season,  a 
serious  offense  in  that  part  of  the  country,  or  that 
he  had  come  out  best  in  a drunken  spree — at  all  events, 
he  would  bear  watching. 


When  I reached  the  lumber  camp  on  my  way  out, 
the  cook  told  me  a strange  tale.  Pete,  as  they  called 
him,  had  acted  very  queerly  ever  since  I had  been 
through  the  week  before.  He  never  took  his  boots 
off,  and  slept  with  his  belt  and  hat  on,  his  srtOWshoes 
and  knife  were  constantly  near  him  and  he  seemed  more 
nervous  than  ever.  He  was  the  butt  of  the  entire  camp 
and  the  men  abused  and  tormented  him  coritiriualiy, 
and  he  lived  as  though  in  constant  fear  of  some  danger. 
The  foreman  had  cursed  and  threatened  to  discharge 
him  in  vain,  and  as  he  was  an  experienced  teamster 
and  they  were  short  handed,  he  was  allowed  to  re- 
main. 

That  very  morning  he  was  up  arid  off  before  the 
rest  of  the  crew,  and  had  not  yet  returned  for  diijrie.r. 
I racked  my  brain  for  a plan  by  Which  to  get  a little 
light  on  the  case  if  only  to  satisfy  my  owri  curiosity. 
Next  day  bv  good  fortune  I met  the  district  ganie 
warden,  who  held  a higher  position  in  the  opinions  of 
the  trappers  and  “lumber-jacks”  than  even  the  sheriff, 
and  gave  him  a description  of  the  teamster  with  an 
account  Of  all  his  actions.  The  following  week  I 
started  into  the  woods  one  day  earlier  to  spend  the 
night  at  our  camp  with  him.  I reached  our  stopping 
place  at  noon,  and  throwing  my  pack  into  the  corner, 
sat  down  to  eat  with  the  boys.  Without  a word  of 
warning  and  with  a jump  that  nearly  upset  the  table, 
the  Canuck  vanished  out  of  the  rear  door,  followed 
by  a shower,  of  oaths  and  curses  from  the  crew.  We 
finished  dinner  and  the  conversation  was  on  “that 
blasted  Canuck.”  “Curse  the  son  of  a gun,”  growled 
“Spike”  Loughlin,  foreman  of  the  crew,  whose  beans 
had  suddenly  appeared  in  his  lap  and  his  coffee  on 
the  floor,  “I’ll  break  his  d head.” 

I beckoned  to  the  cook  and  we  walked  out  back  of 
the  hovel  and  had  a long  talk  concerning  Pete.  He 
told  me  all  he  knew,  which  was  not  much,  and  all  the 
rumors  that  were  then  afloat.  His  name,  friends, 
home,  or  former  history  could  not  be  learned,  as  he 
grew  more  and  more  sullen  each  day.  They  had  ac- 
quired a general  dislike  for  him  and  made  living  worse 
than  ever. 


It  was  Friday  instead  of  Saturday  that  I reached 
our  camp,  and  Kittawa  and  the  country  was  dressed 
in  a garb  of  deep  snow.  Monday  I had  a visit  from 
Jackson,  the  game  warden,  who  had  decided  to  ar- 
rest Pete  on  suspicion.  We  agreed  upon  a plan  by 
which  we  could  arrest  him  without  a fight,  for  we 
realized  we  were  booked  for  trouble.  I arranged  to 
meet  Jim  at  the  village  Wednesday  and  Jackson  left. 
I left  the  woods  the  next  day,  but  did  not  catch  a 
glimpse  of  Pete  at  the  camp.  While  eating  dinner  I 
told  our  plans  to  the  cook,  to  get  his  co-operation, 
and  it  afterward  turned  out  that  the  cookee,  who  was  a 
Canadian,  overheard  us  and  told  the  entire  conversa- 
tion to  the  Canuck. 

Wednesday  found  Jackson,  Jim,  and  the  third  mem- 
ber of  the  party  armed  with  a warrant,  and  anticipat- 
ing no  trouble  in  serving  it.  We  came  within  sight  of 
the  camp  at  noon,  when  we  knew  the  men  would 
be  at  dinner,  and  approached  from  three  sides.  We 
entered,  but  found  Pete  was  gone.  Early  that  morn- 
ing he  had  slipped  out,  and  taking  nothing  but  his 
snowshoes,  had  disappeared.  We  took  up  the  trail 
and  found  it  headed  directly  for  the  Canadian  border 
and  in  line  for  our  camp. 

We  set  out  in  single  file;  the  snow  flew  over  our 
snowshoes  in  a fine  white  spray,  the  air  was  cold  and 
held  our  breath  like  a puff  of  smoke  till  it  slowly 
faded  out  of  its  clutches.  We  kept  to  the  trail,  which 
was  good  and  strong,  and  hurried  along  on  a mission 
that  seemed  more  like  a deer  hunt  than  a man  hunt. 
The  fact  that  he  was  always  traveling  north  and  di- 
rectly in  line  for  our  camp  made  us  suspicious  and 
kept  us  moving  fast.  Never  before  had  the  distance 
seemed  so  long,  and  I knew  by  the  length  of  Jim’s 
sturdy  stride  that  he  was  as  impatient  as  I.  Finally 
we  reached  a place  where  we  saw  what  was  once  a 
trapper’s  shack.  The  tar-paper  was  ripped  and  torn 
from  top  to  bottom,  the  cedar  splits  were  hastily 
hacked  with  our  own  ax,  which  was  missing,  and  the 
cooking  utensils  were  scattered  everywhere.  In  the 
middle  of  the  charred  floor  was  a smouldering  fire 
with  which  an  attempt  had  been  made  to  burn  the 
camp.  In  the  fire  and  all  about  the  floor  were  scat- 
tered flour,  tea,  sugar,  and  all  our  “grub,”  in  fact, 
except  that  which  had  been  carried  away.  A half 
side  of  bacon  lay  in  the  ashes,  and  our  traps  were 
scattered  over  the  snow,  some  bent,  others  broken 
and  sprung.  We  looked  at  each  other,  not  a word 
was  spoken.  We  took  the  trail.  Straight  for  the  north 
it  headed,  and  we  knew  we  must  catch  him  before  he 
reached  the  border,  I was  glad  I was  not  the  Canuck, 


if  we  caught  up  with  him.  He  had  but  a few  hours’ 
start,  as  his  trail  showed,  and  was  traveling  fast,  but 
we  were  traveling  faster. 

We  plodded  along  till  the  sun  slowly  vanished  and 
the  air  grew  steadily  colder.  The  first  excitement 
of  the  chase  had  died  away  and  we  felt  the  sift,  sift, 
sift,  of  our  snowshoes  as  we  plugged  along.  As  it 
grew  dark  we  halted,  built  a fire  and  ate  supper,  such 
as  it  was,  and  smoked  while  we  waited  for  the  mopil 
to  rise.  We  were  too  tired  to  talk  and  each  sat  quietly 
meditating  ort  the  issue.  Early  in  the  evening,  some- 
where in  the  neighborhood  of  ten,  the  moon  was  up 
and  it  Was  as  light  as  day,  so  that  we  could  see.  the 
trail  without  much  trouble.  Shouldering  Our  light 
packs  and  dofiriirig  pur  snowshoes  we  pushed  oil.  It 
was  a sthrri  chase  arid  therefore  a iorig  pile.  The  rriopri 
rose  higher  and  the  reflections  frofn  the  trees  sileritly 
lengthened.  Shadows  flitted  arid  crossed  pur  path, 
noises  and  mysterious  sbundfe , came  from  the  under- 
brush. , Have  yOu  ever  .traveled  iff  the  wopds  at  night 
in  the  deep  dead  silence?  If  y'du  have  yOu  know  some- 
thing of  how  we. felt.  We  listened  to  the  night  sounds, 
and  the  littl'e  noises  that  almost  seemed  muffled  in  j:he 
white  snow;  many  and  varied  were  the,  thoughts  that 
they  threw  into,  our  already  overworked  imaginations. 
We  were  traveling,  over  low  ridges  and  swells,  the 
trail  held  true  to  the  North,  Star,  and  Canada  came 
nearer  every  weary  step.  The  stars  dropped  out  of 
sight  one  by  one,  the  shadows  grew  blacker,  and  that 
light  wind  which  foretells  the  approach  of  dawn 
sprang  up.  We  halted,  built  a fire,  and  scraping  a 
hole  in  the  snow  were  soon  lost  in  slumber. 


I had  slept  about  three  hours  when  Jackson  pulled 
at  my  blankets  and  threw  a handful  of  snow  in  my 
face.  I rolled  out  stiffly;  sleeping  in  my  sweaty  clothes 
had  stiffened  every  joint  and  muscle.  Each  movement 
seemed  like  a knife  stab.  We  had  a good  pull  of  hot  tea, 
and  pushed  on.  It  took  dogged  grit  for  the  first  mile,  but 
gradually  we  got  limbered  up  and  the  pain  became  so 
natural  that  we  grew  accustomed  to  it.  We  “hit  the 
trail”  at  a fast  clip  and  maintained  a steady  increase 
in  every  mile.  We  knew  that  our  steady  speed  would 
tell  more  than  erratic  bursts  that  we  could  see  from 
his  trail  he  was  putting  forth,  so  we  felt-  sure  that  any 
open  space  of  fairly  good  distance  would  give  us 
a sight  of  the  fugitive.  We  knew  the  lay  of  the  land 
from  three  winters’  trapping,  arid  gained  quite  a con- 
siderable distance,  we  thought,  by  taking  short  routes 
and  avoiding  difficult  paths. 

Finally,  at  the  top  of  a high  rise,  We  made  out  In- 
distinctly in  the  moonlight  the  figure  of  a man  tramp- 
ing slowly  along.  Perhaps  it  was  the  moonlight  that 
was  fast  disappearing,  or  our  eyesight  that  from  the 
lack  of  sleep  was  growing  uricertain,  or  possibly  it 
was  the  shadow  ori  the  sriow,  but  we  thought  he  either 
limped  or  walked  as  though  his  snowshoes  chafed  his 
ankles.  We  tumbled  rather  than  walked  down  the 
mountain  side,  determined  to  catch  him  there.  We 
knew  and  he  did  not,  that  the  Litteneau  River  ran 
swift  and  deep  not  more  than  five  miles  ahead.  Jim 
mumbled  something  about  “my  first  shot,”  Tut  Jackson 
without  making  reply  plowed  grimly  on  ahead.  No 
one  had  ever  seen  the  Litteneau  River  frozen  over 
in  this  portion  of  its  course,  and  it  seemed  like  a 
natural  barrier  indeed.  We  thought  we  had  Pete 
cornered.  I began  to  wonder  if  he  would  fight. 

How  my  ankles  ached  and  my  shin-bones  from  lift- 
ing the  toe  of  my  snowshoe;  my  breath  came  in 
gasps  as  though  each  were  weighted  with  a pound  of 
lead.  'The  perspiration  ran  down  our  foreheads  and 
froze  in  icicles  on  our  beards  and  chin,  we  melted 
within  and  froze  without.  I longed  to  lie  down  in  the 
snow  and  stretch  out  each  weary  limb  in  the  cold. 
Jim’s  step  was  growing  uncertain  and  he  wabbled  con- 
tinually. I'  tripped  often  and  once  I fell.  Each  step 
had  to  be  thought  about,  nothing  voluntary  was  done; 
each  step  seemed  counted  as  with  bent  heads  and 
throbbing  muscles  we  dragged  ourselves  along.  Now 
we  could  hear  the  river  roar,  and  felt  that  a few  more 
rods  would  bring  us  to  the  finish. 

We  separated,  Jackson  kept  to  the  trail  and  Jim  and 
I followed  parallel  to  him  about  fifty  yards  apart  on 
either  side.  I heard  the  crank  of  Jackson’s  rifle  click, 
and  Jim  and  I followed  his  example  by  pumping  a 
cartridge  into  the  barrel  of  our  rifles.  Cautiously  we 
crept  along,  our  eyes  glued  on  the  opening  ahead  for 
a glimpse  of  the  fugitive.  The  river’s  roar  grew 
steadily  louder  and  the  sun  came  out  and  made  our 
eyes  smart  in  no  small  measure.  Quickly  Jackson 
emerged  from  the  bushes  and  walked  to  a point  where 
the  thin  ice  always  trying  to  form  at  the  river’s  edge, 
was  trampled  and  broken. 

The  river  was  narrow  and  exceedingly  swift;  no  liv- 
ing man  could  have  swum  it  in  the  dead  of  winter. 
We  stood  panting  on  the  bank.  Not  a path  of  any 
kind  on  the  other  side  that  we  could  see,  not  a piece 
of  broken  ice  On  the  bank,  not  even  the  snow  brushed 
from  the  bushes— not  a trail  of  any  kind.  The  river 
rushed  past  us  with  a mighty  swirl,  the  trees  stood 
motionless,  heavily  clothed  in  sparkling  ice  and  snow, 
the  bushes  were  silent  and  brightly  sparkling  in  the 
sun  that  shone  from  a clear  sky.  They  all  held  fast 
the  great  secret — the  fate  of  the  Canuck. 

Charles  B.  Floyd, 

Brookline,  Mas^. 


April  i,  1905.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


231 


El  Morro. 


inscription  Rock. 

Far  away  in  the  Southwest,  not  very  far  from  the 
Pueblo  of  Zuini,  rises  from  the  ground  a quadrangular 
mass  of  white  sandstone  a mile  long,  more  than  200  feet 
in  height,  “and  strikingly  peculiar  on  account  of  its 
massive  character  and  the  Egyptian  style  of  its  natural 
buttresses  and  domes.”  Long,  long  ago,  before  the  Dutch 
had  made  their  first  permanent  settlement  on  the  Island 
of  Manhattan,  before  the  Pilgrims  had  landed  in  Massa  - 
chusetts or  the  French  had  established  Quebec;  even  be 
fore  the  English  had  settled  in  Virginia,  a European 
traveler  had  inscribed  on  this  rock  his  name,  and  even 
some  notes  of  his  business  in  the  country.  He  was  soon 
followed  by  others,  and  some  of  the  ancient  records  may 
be  read  there  to-day.  They  are  in  many  cases  beautifully 
engraved,  and  are  chiefly  in  Spanish,  with  not  a few  In- 
dian hieroglyphics,  often  undecipherable.  This  is  Inscrip- 
tion Rock,  called  by  the  Spanish  explorers  El  Morro — the 
castle — and  on  its  summit  are  the  remains  of  two  very- 
ancient  Pueblo  towns. 

It  is  hard  to  realize  that  two  hundred  and  fifty  years 
before  the  opening  of  those  “Trails  of  the  Pathfinders,” 
concerning  which  we  have  been  reading  the  story, 
Europeans  were  journeying  back  and  forth  in  the  distant 


A little  later  he  might  be  killed  by  the  Indians,  and  his 
ashes  borne  away  on  the  wind  of  heaven. 

Of  all  the  writings  found  there  by  Lieutenant  Simpson, 
only  one — the  initials  O.  R.,  March  19,  1836 — appears  to 
have  been  written  by  a man  acquainted  with  the  English 
language,  but  since  then  many  a passerby  has  carved  his 
name,  and  in  the  process  has  defaced  ancient  records  of 
value  and  interest. 

The  earliest  date  on  Inscription  Rock  is  1606,  written 
by  Don  Juan  de  Onate,  “that  brave  soldier  and  wise  first 
Governor  in  the  United  States.”  The  record,  as  given  by 
Lummis  in  his  graphic  description  of  the  rock,  reads : 
“Passed  by  here  the  Lieutenant  don  Juan  de  Onate  to  the 
discovery  of  the  sea  of  the  south  on  the  16th  of  April, 
year  1605.”  But  the  date  is  1606,  not  1605,  and  Lummis 
gives  the  date  of  Onate’s  discovery  of  the  Sea  of  the 
South  as  1604;  hence  he  could  not  have  discovered  it.  in 
1605  or  1606.  A conjectural  reading  made  by  supplying 
the  word  hecho  for  the  word  al  supplied  by  Lummis, 
would  make  the  writing  read,  “The  adelantado  Don  Juan 
de  Onate  passed  here  after  making  an  exploring  expedi- 
tion to  the  sea  of  the  south,  on  the  16th  of  April,  1606,” 
a reading  which  would  accord  better  with  the  known 
facts. 

A long  inscription  which  mentions  the  Governor  Nieto 
is  much  obscured  by  the  obliteration  of  almost  the  whole 
first  line,  and  the  last  line  also  offers  a difficulty  by  the 
use  of  the  first  person  in  the  words  pase  and  lleve.  If 


Medicine  in  Camp* 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

I would  like  to  occupy  a little  space  in  your  valued 
journal  for  the  purpose  of  replying  to  the  article  on 
“Medicine  in  Camp”  by  Dr.  Chas.  S.  Moody  which 
appeared  in  your  issue  of  Feb.  4. 

It  seems  a pity  that  such  articles  are  not  of  more 
frequent  occurrence  in  the  sporting  papers,  as  the  aver- 
age layman  goes  into  the  woods  almost  entirely  un- 
prepared for  any  emergency  greater  than  a cut  finger 
or  a bruised  knee.  There  are  three  points  in  Dr.  Moody’s 
article  on  which  I wish  to  comment: — first  as  to  the 
use  of  morphine  by  the  mouth  rather  than  by  the 
hypodermic  syringe.  There  is,  in  my  opinion,  no  more 
danger  of  a man  becoming  a “fiend”  from  the  use  of 
morphine  when  it  is  necessary  to  use  it  than  there 
is  of  his  becoming  a drunkard  from  the  administration 
of  a drink  of  whiskey  when  he  is  exhausted  and  cold. 
Starting  then  with  the  proposition  that  it  is  necessary 
to  give  the  drug,  I maintain  that  the  proper  method 
is  by  the  hypodermic.  First,  because  there  is  no  re- 
sultant nausea ; second,  because  the  absorption  of  the 
drug  into  the  circulation  is  so  prompt  that  the  desired 
effect  is  more  quickly  obtained;  and  third,  the  injec- 
tion being  given  in  the  neighborhood  of  the  injury,  the 
pain  is  relieved  by  less  of  the  drug  than  would  be  re- 
quired if  given  by  the  mouth. 


RECORDS  ON  SOUTH  FACE  OF  INSCRIPTION  ROCK,  SEPTEMBER  17,  1 849. 


Southwest,  exploring,  laying  out  roads,  and  fighting  with 
and  subduing  the  natives.  It  was  in  1540  that  Coronado 
made  his  famous  expedition  to  the  fabled  Seven  Cities  of 
Cibola,  and  penetrated  far  beyond  that  on  to  the  plains, 
reaching  at  last  the  land  of  Quivira,  which  for  many 
years  has  been  puzzle,  stumbling  block  and  theater  of 
wordy  warfare  to  students  of  history. 

For  uncounted  generations  before  the  coming  of  the 
Spaniards,  people  had  been  living  in  that  far  Southwest, 
and  to-day  the  inhabited  towns  of  their  descendants  and 
the  ruins  of  those  of  their  ancestors  dot  the  plain,  or 
stand  perched  in  the  inaccessible  niches  of  the  tall 
cliffs. 

The  Southwest  is  a land  of  wonders,  much  of  it  abso- 
lute desert,  inhabited  only  by  living  things  which  long 
adaptation  to  their  environment  has  fitted  to  survive  in 
the  terrible  struggle  for  life  in  the  waterless  land.  Of  the 
extraordinary  features  of  the  country,  none  are  more 
imposing  than  those  which  are  the  effects  of  the  erosive 
action  of  the  air.  Much  of  the  rock  is  a soft  sandstone, 
which  the  wind,  carrying  fine  particles  of  sand  and  blowr 
ing  it  against  the  rock,  has  carved  into  a thousand  fan- 
tastic shapes.  There  are  tall  buttes,  natural  walls  sur- 
mounted by  towers  which  look  like  old  ruins  and  natural 
bridges  of  massive  arch  and  wide  span.  Here  and  there 
trap  dykes  or  lava  overflows  interrupt  the  more  usual 
sandstone  with  curious  shapes.  Everywhere  the  dryness, 
the  ruins  and  the  fantastic  rock  carvings  give  to  the  scene 
an  appearance  of  antiquity  hardly  to  be  met  with  anywhere 
else  in  the  world. 

The  first  account  of  the  writings  on  Inscription  Rock 
was  given  by  Lieut.  J.  H.  Simpson,  of  the  Corps  of  Topo- 
graphical Engineers,  who  in  September,  1849,  visited  the 
place  with  Kern,  an  artist,  and  made  fac-similes  of  the 
inscriptions. 

The  names  here  written  are  those  of  early  Spanish  ex- 
plorers. men  who  under  the  orders  of  their  king,  or  his 
representative,  were  striving  to  learn  what  they  could 
about  a country  new  and  unknown.  Here  they  were  meet- 
ing perils  of  which  they  had  no  experience;  savage  men. 
wild  beasts,  torrential  floods  or  parching  thirst  were 
among  the  dangers  to  which  they  were  exposed.  They 
did  not  write  their  names  on  this  sandstone  for  the  glory 
of  having  it  known  that  they  had  passed  by;  rather  they 
desired  to  leave  here  a record  for  those  who  should  come 
after  them,  so  that  if  they  perished  in  obeying  their 
orders,  their  fellows  who  might  follow  them  to  carry  on 
the  work  should  know  how  far  their  predecessors  had 
safely  come.  And  indeed,  in  more  than  one  case,  as  Mr. 
Lummis  has  suggested,  the  record  engraved  on  this  rock 
by  some  simple  soldier  is  the  only  monument  that  he  had. 


we  suppose  the  inscription  written  by  some  missionary  in 
the  train  of  the  Governor,  the  last  line  might  read  "Que 
solo  ya  a Zuni  pase  y la  Fe  lleve,’1  That  is,  “I  alone  had 
previously  been  in  Zuni  on  a missionary  trip.”  1 he  second 
word  in  this  line  is  rendered  solo  because  the  writer, 
working  hastily,  might  have  left  out  the  first  “o”  and  then 
made  a mark  of  erasure  to  denote  the  mistake,  as  appears. 
The  first  line  might  be,  for  instance,  “Aqui  pase  yo  P.  F. 
Juan  Felis  con  el  governador,”  and  the  rendering,  “Here 
I,  Father  Juan  Feliz,  passed  with  the  Governor  Don  Fran- 
cisco Manuel  Silva  Nieto,  since  his  unquestioned, 
strength  and  valor  has  overcome  the  impossible,  with 
the  wagons  of  the  king  our  master,  a result  which  he 
alone  attained  August.  9,  1629..  I alone  had  previously 
been  in  Zuni  on  a missionary  trip.” 

Here  is  another  inscription,  more  brief: 

“We  passed  by  this  place,  Major  and  Captain  Juan 
Arachutela,  and  the  Lieutenant  Diego  Martin  Barba  and 
Second  Lieutenant  Juan  Agostyn  De  Ynojos  in  the  year 
1636.” 

Another  reads:  ' 

“Here  was  General  Don  Diego  de  Vargas,  who  con- 
quered for  our  Holy  Faith  and  for  the  royal  crown,  all 
New  Mexico  at  his  own  cost,  in  the  year  1692.” 

An  interesting  question  comes  up  incidentally;  when 
was  the  town  of  Zuni  known  by  that  name? 

At  Coronado’s  arrival,  1540,  the  Indian  name  was 
Ha-wi-kuh.  Coronado,  leaving  the  name  Cibola  for  the 
whole  district,  christened  the  town  itself  Granada. 

Bancroft  (note  19.  page  86,  of  his  “History  of  Arizona 
and  New  Mexico”)  in  a document  about  Espejo’s  expedi- 
tion, 1582,  mentions  the  name  Zuni,  which  the  writer  of 
the  document  thought  was  the  Indian  name  then. 

This  great  rock,  El  Morro,  is  the  oldest  monument 
engraved  by  white  hands  in  North  America,  and  one 
would  imagine  that  its  antiquity  would  have  protected 
it  from  defacement.  Nevertheless,  within  the  last  few 
years,  some  visitor  to  the  rock  has  chopped  away  in 
cruel  and  wanton  fashion  a number  of  the  inscriptions. 

Recently,  through  the  efforts  of  persons  interested  in 
archaeology,  the  Secretary  of  the  Interior  has  handed 
over  El  Morro  to  the  care  of  certain  local  officials,  who. 
it  is  hoped,  may  jealously  guard  it.  Protection  for  these 
records  of  the  past  is  greatly  needed  in  the  Southwest, 
and  as  travel  to  that  country  increases,  more  and  more 
people  visit  it  who  desire  to  make  merchandise  of  these 
wonderful  and  beautiful  things  that  can  never  be  replaced 
if  once  destroyed.  It  is  the  duty  of  every  thoughtful 
person  to  do  everything  in  his  power  to  hold  up  the  hands 
of  the  historians  and  the  ethnologists  who  are  now  striv- 
ing to  protect  these  wonders.  H.  G.  Dulog. 


The  hypodermic  is  an  instrument  so  easily  under- 
stood by  a person  of  average  intelligence,  and  so  de- 
void of  danger  when  properly  used,  that  I always  ad- 
vise inquirers  to  learn  how  to  use  one  and  add  it  to 
the  kit.  In  addition  to  its  usefulness  in  administering 
morphine,  the  syringe  is  invaluable  in  case  it  is  neces- 
sary to  use  cocaine  as  a local  anaesthetic  so  as  to 
make  a small  surgical  operation  painless,  like  cutting 
out  a fish  hook  and  the  like. 

The  Doctor’s  experience  has  been  in  a different 
climate  from  that  in  which  1 have  camped  for  the  past 
twenty  years,  but  here  we  never  take  any  remedies 
for  a “cold” — such  a thing  being  absolutely  unknown 
to  our  people,  even  though  we  have  had  to  sleep  in  wet 
clothes  for  a week  at  a time. 

However,  if  you  do  have  a cold,  I agree  with  Dr. 
Moody  regarding  the  treatment  of  it.  His  suggestions 
as  to  the  medicine  kit  are  unusually  good;  complete, 
and  not  excessive. 

To  his  advice  regarding  rattlesnake  bite  and  his 
conclusions,  however,  I must  take  exception.  The  U. 
S.  Government  reports,  those  of  Stejneger  of  the 
Smithsonian  Institution,  those  of  Drs.  S.  Weir  Mit- 
chell of  Philadelphia,  and  Mueller  of  India,  and  last, 
“Rattlesnake  Pete”  Gruber  of  Syracuse,  all  agree  that  a 
rattlesnake  bite  is  an  injury  not  to  be  trifled  with.  A 
healthy  man,  in  the  absence  of  all  treatment,  would 
stand  an  even  chance  for  his  life,  but  his  suffering 
would  make  him  regret  to  the  end  of  his  days  that  he 
did  not  add  a hypodermic  to  his  kit. 

Strychnia  is  the  physiological  antidote.  Miller  says 
in  the  .Medical  Record:  “While  snake  poison  turns 

off  the  motor  batteries,  strychnine,  when  following  it 
as  an  antidote,  turns  them  on  again,  acting  with  the 
unerring  certainty  of  a chemical  test  if  administered 
in  sufficient  quantities.”  Whiskey  is  worse  than  use- 
less and  ammonia  almost  as  bad. 

Potass,  permanganate  hypodermically,  if  administered 
immediately  after  the  bite,  is  of  much  avail. 

The  varieties  of  rattler  in  this  vicinity  are  the 
Crotalus  horridus,  the  C.  adamantcus,  and  the  copper- 
head, Agkistrodon  coutortrix,  and  they  are  all  venom- 
ous enough  to  make  a bite  an  extremely  serious  mis- 
adventure. I heartily  indorse  the  Doctor’s  statement  that 
the  sooner  people  lose  their  fear  of  snakes  the  better, 
but  if  bitten  by  a Pennsylvania  diamond  back  do  not 
try  to  laugh  it  off  under  the  idea  that  it  is  no  worse 
than  a hornet  sting,  or  your  family  may  live  to  regret 
your  carelessness. 

Now,  Mr.  Editor,  having  taken  up  quite  a lot  of 
you  space,  I must  apologize  for  trespassing  on  your 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


good  nature.  But  this  is  the  time  of  the  year  when 
the  camping  microbe  begins  to  make  its  presence  felt 
and  preparations  are  making  for  the  summer  sport. 
The  medicine  kit  is  usually  left  to  the  outfitter  to 
supply,  and  not  till  necessity  demands  does  the  aver- 
age camper  paw  over  his  stock  of  drugs  to  discover 
what  is  good  for  a colic  or  a burned  hand.  Let  us 
have  some  more  articles  like  that  of  Dr.  Moody’s  and 
we  shall  all  profit  by  them  H.  Plympton,  M.D. 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 


Shanty  Boatmen  and  the  Mississippi 

Mr.  Raymond  S.  Spears’  description  of  the  shanty 
boatmen  and  their  manner  of  living,  is  interesting  and 
quite  accurate,  appealing  particularly  to  me,  who  spent 
some  years  in  camp  on  the  Arkansas  shore  of  the 
Mississippi,  and  had  shanty  boatmen  as  neighbors  for 
months  at  a time.  There  are,  as  Mr.  Spears  states, 
all  manner  of  characters  ensconced  in  these  10x30  float- 
ing palaces — honest  and  dishonest  ones,  including  fish- 
ermen, tradesmen,  raftsmen,  trappers,  gunsmiths, 
photographers,  dentists,  quack  doctors  and  whiskey 
dealers.  There  are  others  who  have  no  apparent  means 
of  livelihood,  and  either  sell  whiskey  or  steal. 

The  entire  fraternity  is  nomadic.  Tiring  of  one 
locality,  the  shanty  boatman  “casts  off”  and  glides 
down-stream  with  the  current,  four  miles  an  hour, 
until  he  finds  new  surroundings  to  his  liking. 

A student  of  ornithology  and  taxidermy,  from  a 
northern  university,  was  once  met  on  a neat  shanty 
boat.  He  was  pursuing  his  temporary  avocation  of 
collecting  specimens  as  he  drifted  southward  by  easy 
stages. 

Two  desperadoes  had  wounded  and  robbed  a citizen 
in  a small  river  town,  and  were  overhauled  where 
they  had  tied  up  near  our  camp.  The  pursuing  posse, 
in  a gasolene  launch,  and  the  rivermen  on  the  wooded 
shore,  exchanged  many  shots,  to  which  the  campers 
were  ear-witnesses.  One  desperado  was  killed,  the 
other  escaping  to  the  interior  White  River  swamps 
and  leaving  a blood  trail,  which  was  finally  lost. 

Eye-witnesses  and  participants  have  described  to  me 
desperate  encounters  between  whiskey  boatmen  and 
officers,  the  former  being  usually  shrewd  and  deter- 
mined in  evading  and  resisting  arrest.  The  State 
authorities  have  no  jurisdiction  over  them  unless  their 
boats  are  tied  up  to  the  shore,  and  many  of  them  carry 
United  States  revenue  license,  which  costs  little  as 
compared  with  State  and  county  license.  This  puts 
them  right  with  the  Federal  officers,  and  they  risk 
arrest  by  the  State  officers  rather  than  pay  the  high 
State  license. 

An  old  rheumatic  woman  lives  on  a shanty  boat  at 
“Natches-Under-the-Hill.”  She  is  moored  nearly 
under  the  place  where  the  garbage  from  “Natchez-on- 
the-Hill”  is  dumped.  Whenever  a cart-load  comes 
tumbling  down  from  the  dizzy  heights  above,  a re- 
markable scene  is  enacted.  The  old  woman  (stick  in 
hand),  several  dogs,  a drove  of  hogs  and  some  buz- 
zards swoop  down  upon  the  prize.  It  is  “nip  and  tuck” 
for  victory.  She  sells  the  gleanings  to  shrimp  fisher- 
men for  bait,  receiving  a pittance  therefor. 

Mr.  Spears  touches  upon  levees.  It  is  a source  of 
regret  that  he  should  have  been  led  to  give  credence 
to  that  thread-bare  myth  about  the  bed  of  the  river 
being  continuously  raised.  The  writer  was,  for  a num- 
ber of  years,  a “Mississippi  River  Commission  Sur- 
veyor,” and  contends  misinformation  or  an  attempt 
at  romance  on  the  part  of  the  gentleman  of  that  order 
interviewed  by  Mr.  Spears,  tie  is  probably  only  a 
“junior  surveyor,”  who  doesn’t  read  the  official  reports, 
and  merely  repeats  what  he  hears  among  uninformed 
persons. 

The  question  of  whether  or  not  the  Mississippi  levees 
tend  toward  the  silting  up  of  the  bed  of  the  river  is 
of  fundamental  importance  to  river  engineers,  and  one 
which  has  been  closely  studied  by  the  Mississippi  River 
Commission,  as  well  as  other  able  engineers,  for  the 
past  twenty-five  years. 

There  is  a concurrence  among  all  the  engineers  who 
have  thus  studied  the  subject  in  the  conclusion  that 
such  tendency  does  not  exist;  but,  on  the  contrary, 
the  lowering  of  the  low-water  plane,  observed  at  many 
places  in  recent  years,  without  a diminished  volume  of 
water  flowing  in  the  river,  seems  to  indicate  a lowering 
of  the  bed.  . . 

The  above  conclusion  is  sustained  both  by  a priori 
reasoning  and  observed  facts.  As  Forest  and  Stream 
is  not  an  engineering  journal,  this  subject  will  not  be 
further  elaborated  here.  Tripod. 


John  Doyle  Lee. 

While  looking  over  some  book  notices  in  a daily  paper 
to-day,  I ran  across  a notice  of  what  purports  to  be  the 
confession  of  John  D.  Lee,  who  commanded  the  Mormon 
Danites,  or  Destroying  Angels,  at  the  Mountain  Meadow 
Massacre  in  1857. 

I had  almost  forgotten  both  Lee  and  the  massacre, 
when  this  so-called  confession  of  his  (I  don’t  believe  that 
he  ever  made  it ; he  certainly  never  wrote  it,  as  he  could 
hardly  write  at  all)  brought  him  to  my  mind  again.  I 
first  met  Lee  about  four  years  before  he  was  tried  and 
shot.  He  was  living  then  at  Lee’s  Ferry  on  the  Colorado 
River  in  Arizona.  I was  anxious  to  meet  him,  as  I 
wanted  to  get  his  version  of  the  massacre.  Every  story 
has  two  sides  to  it,  and  I wanted  his  side  of  this  one;  I 
already  had  the  other  side.  I had  been  told  that  he  would 
not  talk  about  this  affair  to  anyone  except  a Mormon; 
but  he  talked  freely  about  jt  to  me.  There  may  have  been 
several  reasons  why  he  did  so.  When  I met  ^ him  I was^ 
wearing  a pin,  the  mark  of  a society.  He  noticed  it,  and’ 
told  me  that  his  father  had  been  one  of  us,  but  that  he 
was  not.  I knew  that  already.  Had  he  been  one  of  us, 
it  might  not  have  prevented  him  from  being  tried  and 
shot  for  murder,  but  they  would  have  seen  to  it  that  he 
was  given  a square  deal. 

Then  again  I spent  a night  at  his  ranch,  and  we  put 
in  whole  hours  talking  about  the  Mormons  and  their 
tenets,  I telling  him  that  I took  no  stock  in  their  tenets, 
but  had  no  objection  to  their  having  half  a dozen  wives 


each,  if  they  could  support  them,  as  long  as  there  were 
so  many  women  lying  around  loose  that  nobody  seemed 
to  wanti 

Lee  had  several  wives  then ; one  of  them  was  here  now, 
and  she  thought  she  could  convert  me  to  the  Mormon 
religion. 

“No,”  I told  her,  “it  cannot  be  done.  I know  all  about 
your  religion  now,  and  have  read  the  Book  of  Mormon 
(the  Mormon  Bible)  ; it  was  written  by  Sidney  Rigdon 
in  the  city  that  I come  from ; I even  know  the  house  he 
occupied  while  he  wrote  it.” 

Lee  was  the  most  confirmed  fanatic  that  I have  ever 
met.  He  actually  believed  that  if  he  were  shot  at  any 
time  for  the  part  he  had  taken  in  this  massacre,  he  would 
go  straight  to  heaven.  Brigham  Young  and  the  Church, 
after  using  him  to  carry  out  their  orders,  had  disowned 
him,  and  he  expected  to  be  shot  sooner  or  later.  Although 
he  did  not  say  so,  I came  to  the  conclusion  that  he  ex- 
pected his  former  friends,  the  Danites,  to  do  the  shooting 
whenever  Young  gave  the  order. 

The  Mormons  are  not  fools,  and  in  some  respects  are 
to  be  commended.  They  have  made  a garden  out  of  what 
was  a desert  when  they  first  took  hold  of  it,  and  all 
through  that  southwestern  country,  wherever  they  go, 
they  turn  the  most  arid  land  into  a garden  in  time;  so 
1 thought  that  there  must  have  been  some  cause  for  the 
massacre.  Lee  said  that  from  the  time  these  emigrants 
first  struck  the  country,  they  plundered  the  Mormons 
right  and  left,  killing  or  driving  off  their  stock  and  taking 
by  force  anything  they  wanted.  “They  were  going  to 
California,”  he  said,  “not  going  to  stop  in  Utah,  and  had 
they  acted  half  decent  we  would  not  have  given  them  any 
trouble.” 

The  emigrants  camped  at  the  Mountain  Meadows,  and 
Lee  was  ordered  by  Brigham  Young  to  take  his  Danites 
and  destroy  all  except  the  very  young  children.  He  took 
some  Indians  in  the  party,  and  it  was  these  Indians  that 
did  most  of  the  killing.  He  could  not  control  them,  he 
said,  and  their  chief  refused  to  spare  the  small  children 
whom  he  was  anxious  to  save.  They  killed  about  125 
men,  women  and  children.  I had  seen  it  stated  that  the 
spring  at  which  these  people  had  been  camped  when  they 
were  killed  had  dried  up  since;  the  paper  gave  it  as  a 
mark  of  God’s  displeasure.  I had  never  been  there,  and 
asked  Lee  about  this. 

“It  dries  up  when  other  springs  in  the  country  do,  and 
flows  when  they  do.  God  had  no  displeasure  to  show  us. 
He  commanded  me  through  our  Church  to  destroy  those 
people;  they  had  plundered  his  saints.” 

Lee  was  arrested,  tried  and  shot.  He  had  the  option  of 
being  either  hanged  or  shot,  and  he  elected  to  be  shot,  of 
course.  This  was  just  twenty  years  after  the  massacre 
in  1877. 

I was  agreeably  surprised  when  I first  met  him  at  his 
appearance.  A stranger  knowing  his  history  might  ex- 
pect to  meet  a monster  in  human  form.  He  did  not  look 
as  if  he  were  capable  of  hurting  a fly. 

When  I met  him  I was  out  with  a party  of  Government 
surveyors  from  Washington  who  had  been  sent  to  report 
on  this  country  and  find  out  whether  it  could  be  irrigated 
or  not.  Some  of  the  sites  we  examined  then  have  since 
been  used  to  build  dams  that  furnish  water  to  irrigate 
many  square  miles  of  the  country;  that  dam  in  the  Salt 
River  is  one  of  them. 

Griad  the  Sabres. 

I notice  that  President  Roosevelt  has  given  permission 
to  the  army  officers  and  the  men  in  the  cavalry  to  grind 
up  their  sabres  if  they  prefer  them  sharp.  This  is 
sensible;  the  cavalry  sabre  in  the  shape  it  is  now  in  is 
neither  ornamental  nor  useful.  About  the  only  use  that 
we  ever  could  find  for  it  would  be  to  use  it  to  clear  off 
cactus  plants  when  making  a camp  ground.  In  making  a 
right  or  left  point  the  sabre  could  be  made  to  hurt;  but 
the  edge  of  it  would  hardly  cut  hot  butter. 

I at  one  time  took  a notion  to  grind  my  sabre,  and  got 
quite  an  edge  on  it,  but  it  only  remained  there  until  the 
next  Sunday;  then  at  inspection  I was  told  to  file  that 
edge  off  again. 

The  only  time  that  I ever  knew  those  sabres  to  be 
ground  was  in  the  spring  of  1873.  We  were  then  at  Fort 
Clark,  Texas.  It  is  down  near  the  Mexican  line,  and  we 
were  looking  for  a war  with  Mexico.  What  it  was  about 
I do  not  remember  now;  anyhow  it  did  not  come  off.  I 
put  in  two-  whale  days  in  grinding  up  all  the  sabres  in 
our  troop,  about  70  of  them.  I was  told  to  only  grind 
them  about  two-thirds  of  the  way  up  from  the  point; 

I ground  the  others  that  way,  but  ground  my  own  clear 
up  to  the  hilt ; then  finished  it  off  on  an  oil-stone,  and  got 
it  nearly  as  sharp  as  a razor.  Had  I ever  been  given  a 
chance  to  execute  a “right  cut”  on  a Greaser,  he  never 
would  have  needed  to  “go  to  the  rear  and  find  the  doc- 
tor ;”  but  the  war  failed  to  come  off,  and  in  a short  time 
the  edges  of  those  sabres  all  came  off;  they  were  worn 
off  by  drawing  them  out  against  the  steel  scabbards.  The 
last  two  years  that  I was  in  the  cavalry  we  never  carried 
the  sabres  at  all,  but  kept  them  hanging  up  on  the  wall  to 
look  at.  Cabia  Blanco. 


The  Penobscot  Man. 

“The  Penobscot  Man,”  by  Fannie  Hardy  Eckstorm, 
is  the  title  of  a book  of  ten  tales  whose  themes  concern 
the  every-day  life  of  the  toilers  in  the  Maine  woods, 
stalwart  men  who  labor  in  the  logging  camps,  actively 
enduring  the  rigors  and  labors  incident  to  their  voca- 
tion, and  round  out  the  season  by  engaging  in  the 
fatigues  and  desperate  perils  of  the  river-drive,  as  things 
of  moment  only  as  they  are  a part  of  the  day’s  work. 

The  portrayal  of  the  life  and  deeds  of  “The  Pen- 
obscot Man”  are  true  to  human  nature.  Throughout 
the  book,  there  is  manifested  a fidelity  which  could  have 
its'  source  only  in  a personal  knowledge  of  the  subject. 
Indeed,  in  her  preface,  Mrs.  Eckstorm  touches  on  this 
phase:  “Here  are  stories  of  men,  the  kind.  we  have 

yet  a-plenty,  who  die  unknown  and  unnoticed;  and 
every  tale  is  a true  one — not  the  chance  report  of 
strangers,  the  gleanings  of  recent  acquaintance,  the 
aftermath  of  hearsay,  the  enlargements  of  a fading 
tradition;  but  the  tales  of  men  who  tended  me  in  baby- 
hood, who  crooned  to  me  old  slumber-songs,  who 
brought  me  gifts  from  the  woods,  who  wrought  me 
little  keepsakes,  or  amused  my  childish  hours — stories 


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which,  having  gathered  them  from  this  one  and  that 
one  who  saw  the  deed,  I have  bound  into  a garland 
to  lay  upon  their  graves.”  * * * “The  events  are 
actual  occurrences;  the  names,  real  names;  the  places 
any  one  may  see  at  any  time.  Yet  each  story  is  not 
merely  personal  and  solitary,  but  illustrates  typically  ■' 
some  trait  of  the  whole  class.  Their  virtues  are  not 
magnified,  their  faults  are  not  denied;  in  black  and 
white,  for  good  or  evil,  they  stand  here  as  they  lived— 
as  they  themselves  would  prefer  to  stand  on  record. 
So  they  acted,  thus  they  felt,  these  were  their  thoughts 
upon  grave  subjects;  and  it  may  be  that  the  Pen- 
obscot man  is  a better,  wiser,  more  serious  man  than 
even  his  contemporaries  have  judged  him  to  be.” 

ten  tales  are:  Lugging  Boat  on  Sowadnehunk, 
Ihe  Grim  Tale  of  Larry  Conners,  Hymns  Before 
Battle,  The  Death  of  Thoreau’s  Guide,  The  Gray  Rock 
of  Abol,  A Clump  of  Posies,  Working  Nights,  The 
Naughty  Pride  of  Black  Sebat  and  Others,  Rescue,  and 
Joyfully. 

The  first  story  recounts  the  deeds  at  the  falls  of  So- 
wadnehunk,  of  Penobscot  men,  who  refuse  to  be  out- 
done in  daring.  The  portage  was  laborious  and  the  falls 
dangerous.  A few  excerpts,  while  far  from  doing  justice 
to  the  tale  as  a whole,  will  nevertheless  give  a hint  of  the 
style  of  the  author  and  the  thrill  of  the  incidents: 

Be  that  as  it  may,  when  Sebattis  and  his  bowman 
came  down,  the  last  of  the  three  boats,  and  held  their 
batteau  at  the  taking-out  place  a moment  before  they 
dragged  her  out  and  stripped  her  ready  to  lug,  what 
Sebattis,  as  he  sat  in  the  stern  with  his  paddle  across 
his  knees,  said  in  Indian  to  his  bowman  was  simply 
revolutionary.  ‘Huh?’  grunted  his  dark-faced  partner, 
turning  in  great  surprise;  ‘you  Bought  you  wanted  run 
it  does  e’er  falls.  Blenty  rabbidge  water  does  e’er  falls!’ 

“Thus  at  the  upper  end  of  the  carry  Sebattis  and  his 
bowman  talked  over  at  their  leisure  the  chances  of 
dying  within  five  minutes. 

“At  the  other  end  the  two  boat’s  crews  lay  among  the 
blueberry  bushes  in  the  shade  of  shivering  birch  saplings 
and  waited  for  Sebattis. 

" ‘Holy  hell! — Look  a-comin’!’  gasped  the  Yankee. 

“Man!  but  that  was  a sight  to  see;  they  got  up  and 
devoured  it  with  their  eyes! 

“On  the  verge  of  the  falls  hovered  the  batteau  about 
to  leap.  Big  Sebat  and  his  bowman  crouched  to  help 
her,  like  a rider  lifting  his  horse  to  a leap.  And  their 
eyes  were  set  with  fierce  excitement,  their  hands  cleaved 
to  their  paddle  handles,  they  felt  the  thrill  that  ran 
through  the  boat  as  they  shot  her  clear,  and,  flying  out 
beyond  the  curtain  of  the  fall,  they  landed  her  in  the 
yeasty  rapids  below. 

“Both  on  their  feet  then!  And  how  they  bent  their 
paddles  and  whipped  them  from  side  to  side,  as  it  was 
‘In!’— ‘Out!’— ‘Right!’— ‘Left!’  * * * 

“Then  the  men  all  looked  again  at  the  boat  that  had 
been  over  Sowadnehunk,  and  they  all  trooped  back 
to  the  carry-end  without  saying  much;  two  full  batteau 
crews  and  Sebattis  and  his  bowman.  They  did  not 
talk.  No  man  would  have  gained  anything  new  by  ex- 
changing thoughts  with  his  neighbor. 

“And  when  they  came  to  the  two  boats  drying  in 
the  sun,  they  looked  one  another  in  the  eyes  again. 
It  was  a foregone  conclusion.  Without  a word  they  put 
their  galled  shoulders  under  the  gunwales,  lifted  the 
heavy  batteaus  to  their  places,  and  started  back  across 
that  carry  forty  rods  to  the  end  they  had  just  come 
from. 

“What  for?  It  was  that  in  his  own  esteem  a 
Penobscot  man  will  not  stand  second  to  any  other 
man.  They  would  not  have  it  said  that  Sebattis  Mitchell 
was  the  only  man  of  them  who  had  tried  to  run  Sowad- 
nehunk Falls.”  * * * 

“And  they  pushed  out  with  their  two  boats  and  ran 
the  falls.  But  the  luck  that  bore  Sebattis  safely  through 
was  not  theirs.  Both  boats  were  swamped,  battered 
on  the  rocks  into  kindling  wood.  Twelve  men  were 
thrown  into  the  water,  and  pounded  and  swashed  about 
among  logs  and  rocks.  Some  by  swimming,  some  by 
the  aid  of  Sebattis  and  his  boat,  eleven  of  them  got 
ashore,  ‘a  little  damp,’  as  no  doubt'  the  least  exaggera- 
tive of  them  were  willing  to  admit.  The  unlucky  twelfth 
man  they  picked  up  later,  quite  undeniably  drownefd. 
And  the  boats  were  irretrievably  smashed.  Indeed,  that 
was  the  part  of  the  tale  that  rankled  with  Sebattis  when 
he  used  to  tell  it.” 

Thus  the  Penobscot  man,  though  far  removed  from 
the  world’s  limelight,  performed  deeds  of  desperate 
risk,  whose  counterparts  in  the  more  spectacular  set- 
ting of  war  by  land  or  sea,  are  the  credentials  of  the 
world’s  greatest  heroes. 

"The  Grim  Tale  of  Larry  Connors”  has  the  breaking 
of  a log  jam  as  its  chief  incident.  It  abounds  in 
thrilling  incident.  A single  log,  the  key  to  the  whole 
obstruction,  was  so  dangerously  situated  that  the  boss 
decided  he  would  not  risk  any  man’s  life  in  dislodging 
it.  Instead  he  decided  to  use  a tackle.  Two  rivals 
demurred,  each  anxious  to  demonstrate  that  he  dared 
to  go  further  into  danger  than  his  fellow.  It  was  de- 
cided that  they  alternate  in  chopping  in  two  the  key 
log.  To  Larry  fell  the  honor  of  cutting  the  second 
half. 

“And  the  logs  they  started,  jumping  and  squealing 
and  thrashing  and  grinding,  like  seventeen  sawmills 
runnin’  full  blast  of  a Sunday.  You  never  hearn  any- 
thing in  your  life  like  a big  jam  of  logs  let  loose.  You 
ain’t  no  idee  of  the  noise  and  hubbub  one  of  them  will 
make  when  she  hauls.”  * * * “He  was  quicker  than 
three  cats,  Larry  was,  but  he  wa’n’t  up  to  the  gait 
them  logs  set  him,  just  flyin’  through  the  air  and  up- 
endin’ every  which  woy.  And  o’  course  he  had  the  wust 
chance;  that’s  what  he  bid  for.  They  tell  the  story 
different  about  Larry.  Some  say  that  he  made  a laidge 
all  right,  and  a big  log  squirled  and  caught  him,  and 
they  see  a red  streak  just  like  you’d  hit  a mosquito 
there.  But  what  I see  was  that  he  was  on  the  jam 
a runnin’,  and  a big  pine  lept  an’  struck  him  in  the 
back.  Head  and  heels  met  in  the  air  as  it  flung  him 
clean.  And  he  fell  amongts  the  logs  and  they  rid  over 
him.  But  we  never  see  no  more  of  Larry  Connors. 
He  said  he  was  going  to  break  that  jam  if  he  went  to 
hell  for  it,  and  he  broke  it  all  right  enough.” 

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Spring  Notes  from  Prospect  Park* 

Prospect  Park,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  March  19. — The  most 
conspicuous  arrivals  are  the  purple  grackles,  who  have 
taken  up  their  old  quarters  on  the  pine  bluff  beneath  the 
gardens.  They  were  a little  late  this  year,  wherein  they 
showed  their  good  sense,  for  certes  the  weather  hereabout 
has  not  been  of  a kind  to  make  southern  sojourners  feel 
comfortable  or  happy.  Late  as  they  were,  it  is  easy  to 
imagine  them  wishing  they  had  been  later,  for  conditions 
have  not  improved  much  since  their  arrival.  However, 
they  do  not  show  any  disposition  to  despond ; on  the  con- 
trary, they  are  as  full  of  life,  as  garrulous  and  light- 
hearted as  ever.  Hidden  among  the  dense  branches  of 
the  pines  they  keep  up  an  unceasing  interchange  of  re- 
marks in  their  peculiar  tongue.  If  I mistake  not,  it  is 
all  about  the  momentous  question  of  mating.  Occasionally 
when  some  coy  female  finds  herself  the  object  of  too 
much  attention  or  remark,  she  will  take  wing,  and  a 
group  of  gallant  males  will  flock  after  her.  What  mag- 
nificent tails  they  display  (cut  “bias,”  as  the  ladies  say), 
and  one  cannot  help  wondering  that  birds  with  such  long 
tails  migrate  at  all. 

Second  in  conspicuousness  among  the  arrivals  are  the 
robins.  Though  far  more  numerous  in  the  aggregate  than 
the  grackles,  not  being  gregarious,  they  are  not  so  notice- 
able. Here  and  there  you  see  them  by  ones  or  twos  hop- 
ping about  upon  the  sere  and  sodden  turf  in  search  of  the 
guileless  worm.  They  are  all  looking  plump  and  well, 
and  must  have  wintered  prosperously.  Truly  he  is  a wise 
bird  that  knows  enough  to  emigrate.  Had  those  robins 
chosen  to  remain  here  last  fall,  where,  O,  where  would 
they  be  to-day ! 

Apropos,  it  makes  one  tremble  to  think  of  the  skylarks 
of  Rugby.  What  has  become  of  them?  Unless  they  had 
sense  enough  to  work  away  from  that  flat,  unsheltered 
region  by  Canarsie  Bay,  it  is  hardly  supposable  that  they 
are  alive.  Yet  there  is  the  case  of  the  starlings  noted  in 
Forest  and  Stream  a few  weeks  ago.  If  they  managed 
to  survive  the  winter,  why  should  not  the  skylarks?  But 
heaven  only  knows  what  they  fed  on,  or  where  they  slept 
o’  nights.  It  seems  really  cruel  introducing  those  poor 
tenderfeet  from  abroad  and  casting  them  loose  amid  the 
savage  blasts  and  inhospitableness  of  our  winters.  But 
to  return.  The  robin  tunes  his  lyre  betimes,  and  there  is 
no  more  pretty  or  spiritual  effect  than  to  hear  him  sing- 
ing in  the  rain.  His  note  seems  charged  with  a sweet- 
ness and  tenderness  unrecognized  later  on,  and  it  is  so 
fresh  and  unfamiliar  withal  that  we  stand  charmed  to 
listen  to  it.  And  albeit  the  woods  are  still  leafless  and  the 
general.  aspect  of  things  gray  and  cheerless,  we  feel  that 
spring  is  come,  and  a silent  orison  rises  from  our  hearts. 

So  far  but  one  bluebird  has  been  seen,  crouching  in  a 
thicket  with  half-closed  eyes,  as  if  tired  out  after  his 
long  journey.  But  a week  or  two  more  will  bring  him 
many  companions,  for  Prospect  Park  is  a favorite  haunt, 
oi  Sialia  sialis.  Especially  is  the  Vale  Cashmere,  with  its 
thick  laurels  and  flowering  shrubs,  a favorite.  Last  year 
the  writer  knew  of  at  least  half  a dozen  nests  on  which 
he  could  put  his  hand  without  leaving  the  walk;  and  how 
the  air  used  to  resound  with  lute  music  at  eventide ! 

Though  the.  song  sparrow  we  have  always  with  us,  we 
do  not  appreciate  it,  perhaps,  except  in  these  early  spring 
days,  when  his  bursts  of  joyous  melody,  even  more  than 
the  song  of  the  robin,  cheer  us  after  the  dreary  winter. 
See  him  jump  up  from  the  general  ruin  of  the  earth  and 
proclaim  the  faith  that  is  in  him : Resurrection ! His, 
pre-eminently,  is  the  title  of  prophet  of  the  spring. 

The  chickadees,  who  were  in  evidence  all  winter,  have 
disappeared.  They  will  probably  keep  going  north  as 
long  as  there  is  a chance  of  running  into  a snowstorm. 

In  general,  the  season  is  very  backward.  Migration 
has  been  light  and  vegetation  is  in  abeyance.  The  lakes 
are  still  full  of  ice,  and  the  eye  lights  upon  not  a sign 
of  new  greenery.  But  presto!  what  a few  warm  days 
will  do:.  F.  M. 

International  Ornithological  Congress 

The  fourth  international  ornithological  congress  will 
be  held  at  London,  June  12  to  17,  1905. 

The  Prince  of  Wales  is  the  Patron  of  the  congress, 
Iwhile  the  honorary  presidents  are  Prince  Ferdinand  of 
[Bulgaria,  and  Alfred  Russel  Wallace,  D.C.L.,  LL.D., 
F.R.S.  The  president-elect  is  R.  Bowdler  Sharpe, 
LL.D.,  Natural  History  Museum,  London;  the  treas- 
urer, Mr.  C.  E.  Fagan,  of  the  Natural  History  Museum, 
and  the  secretaries,  Dr.  Ernst  J.  O.  Hartert,  Tring, 
Herts,  England,  and  Mr.  J.  Lewis  Bonhote,  Ditton 
Hall,  Fen  Ditton,  Cambs,  England.  The  organizing 
committee  and  the  general  committee  include  the  most 
eminent  ornithologists  of  the  world,  and  its  members 
from  the  United  States  are  Dr.  Joel  Asaph  Allen,  F.  M. 

! Chapman,  Dr.  D.  G.  Elliot,  Chas.  W.  Richmond,  Robert 
Ridgway,  Dr.  Leonhard  Stejneger. 

The  congress  will  be  held  from  the  12th  to  17th  of 
June,  inclusive,  and  arrangements  are  being  made  for 
excursions  during  the  following  week. 

IThe  price  of  subscriptions  for  membership  has  been 
fixed  at  £1  (=20  mks.  = 25  frs.),  and  all  members  will 
receive  a copy  of  the  published  proceedings  of  the 
congress.  Ladies  may  be  admitted  as  members  on  the 
same  terms,  or  they  may  participate  in  all  privileges  of 
; membership,  but  without  receiving  the  printed  report, 
an  payment  of  10s.  (=  10  mks.  = 12  frs.  50  cents.), 
i ' Subscriptions  should  be  sent  to  the  treasurer  (Mr. 
C.  E.  Fagan,  British  Museum,  Natural  History, 
KCromwell  Road,  London,  S.W.),  or  they  may  be  paid 
lit  the  commencement  of  the  congress,  but  in  the  latter 
jpase  it  is  requested  that  notice  of  an  intention  to  be 
present  be  sent  to  one  of  the  secretaries. 

Members  intending  to  read  papers  are  requested  to 
:ommunicate  particulars  of  the  same  as  soon  as  possible 
;o  one  of  the  secretaries. 


The  meetings  will  be  divided  into  general  meetings 
and  meetings  of  sections.  The  sections  will  be  as 
follows: 

I.  Systematic  Ornithology,  Geographical  Distribu- 
tion, Anatomy  and  Palaeontology;  II.  Migration;  III. 
Biology,  Nidification,  Oology;  IV.  Economic  Orni- 
thology and  Bird  Protection;  V.  Aviculture. 

It  is  expected  that  many  interesting  papers  will  be 
presented  on  these  various  subjects. 

The  preliminary  programme,  which,  however,  is  subject  to  al- 
teration, is  thus  announced: 

Unless  otherwise  stated,  the  meetings  of  the  Congress  will  take 
place  at  the  Imperial  Institute.  South  Kensington.  The  office  of 
the  Congress  at  the  Imperial  Institute  will  be  open  daily  during 
the  week  from  10  till  4. 

Monday,  June  12. — 9 P.  M.,  informal  reception  at  the  Imperial 
Institute. 

Tuesday,  June  13. — 10  A.  M.,  general  meeting.  3 P.  M.,  meetings 
of  the  sections.  Evening,  social  gathering  at  some  place  of  enter- 
tainment. 

Wednesday,  June  14. — 10  A.  M.  and  3 P.  M.,  meetings  of  the 
sections.  Evening,  conversazione  at  the  Natural  History  Museum. 

Thursday,  June  15. — Excursion  to  Tring.  There  will  be  lectures, 
and  the  members  of  the  Congress  will  be  the  guests  of  the  Hon. 
Walter  Rothschild. 

Friday,  June  16. — 10  A.  M.,  general  meeting.  Afternoon,  re- 
ception by  the  Right  Hon.  the  Lord  Mayor  of  London,  at  the 
Mansion  House.  Evening,  dinner  given  by  the  British  Ornitholo- 
gists’ Union. 

Saturday,  June  17. — 10  A.  M.,  meetings  of  the  sections;  2:30 
P.  M.,  general  meeting.  Conclusion  of  the  Congress. 

Sunday,  June  18. — The  Natural  History  Museum,  the  Zoological 
Gardens  and  the  Royal  Botanical  Gardens  at  Kew  will  be  open 
to  members  of  the  Congress. 

Monday,  June  19. — Excursion  to  the  Duke  of  Bedford’s ' park 
at  Woburn. 

Tuesday,  June  20. — Excursion  to  Cambridge.  Professor  New- 
ton will  welcome  the  members  of  the  Congress  and  luncheon  will 
be  served  at  Magdalene  College. 

Wednesday,  June  21. — Excursion  to  Flamborough  Head  in 
Yorkshire  (breeding  place  of  many  sea  birds). 

The  Zoological  Gardens  at  Regent’s  Park  and  the  Library  of  the 
Zoological  Society  at  3 Hanover  Square,  will  be  open  free  to  all 
members  of  the  Congress  throughout  the  week. 


A Bear  and  a Moose. 

“We  cut  the  top  of  a dead  cedar  that  hangs  over  the 
water  at  the  end  of  the  lake  and  blazed  both  sides  of  the 
stump  so  that  you  could  find  the  spot.”  And  immediately 
six  excited  disbelievers  jumped  into  their  canoes  to  prove 
that  we  were  lying.  And  well  they  might,  for  they  were 
to  view  the  scene  of  a conflict  that,  according  to  all 
authorities,  has  never  been  duplicated  in  the  State  of 
Maine.  But  I am  anticipating. 

"Well,  there’s  no  use  in  talking,  they’re  not  on  the 
ridges,”  observed  As  (and  I have  often  wondered  if  this 
should  not  be  spelled  Ace,  from  his  known  weakness  for 
the  game  American),  as  we  were  nearing  the  end  of  a 
day’s  tramp  over  the  very  roughest  kind  of  trail.  “These 
other  fellows  may  be  right,  and  they  ought  to  know,  for 
they’ve  had  a chance  to  size  things  up ; but  you  can’t  make 
me  believe  but  what  game  is  still  cornin’  to  the  water.” 
And  so  when  we  were  gathered  before  the  cheering  blaze 
that  evening  at  Spider  Lake  camp  I harkened  to  the  game 
oracle.  The  next  morning  bright  and  early  we  paddled 
away  from  the  boat  landing,  thoroughly  agreed  on  a day’s 
campaign  that  we  felt  would  be  a winner.  Paddling  the 
length  of  the  lake  and  carrying  over  the  dam  we  ran 
down  the  stream  to  its  entrance  into  Grassy  Pond.  Our 
arrival  here  started  a very  large  buck  on  the  bank,  but 
he  vamoosed  in  plenty  of  time,  and  no  harm  resulted  to 
him.  Here  we  lay  in  the  grass  on  the  bank  all  day  in 
true  Micawber  style,  and  by  dark,  in  reply  to-  the  birch 
bark,  we  got  a fine  answer,  and  our  moose  came  right 
into  the  lake.  However,  by  the  time  we  could  paddle  close 
up  to  him,  shooting  was  guesswork,  and  while  my  nine 
shots  must  have  been  “keeping  company”  with  him,  he 
managed  to  get  off  into  the  black  woods.  How  often 
must  the  enthusiast’s  vision  of  himself  seated  on  the  body 
of  the  “fallen  monarch”  crumble  into  a silent  home- 
coming charged  with  the  feeling  that  a fellow’s  hindsight 
is  better  than  his  foresight,  and  both  are  better  than  his 
gun  sight  by  a great  sight. 

On  the  morrow  we  were  up  and  off  again  betimes,  vow- 
ing as  we  drew  near  -the  dam  to  track  that  moose  till  a 
very  warm  place  was  suitable  for  skating,  when  we  met  the 
erratic  yet  fascinating  maiden  “Chance,”  this  time  disguised 
in  the  form  of  five  successive  shots  down  the  lake  by  the 
camps.  “What  do  you  suppose  those  blessed  idiots  are 
wasting  lead  on?”  I said  to  As,  as  we  stopped  paddling  to 
listen,  while  the  rain  drops  began  to  break  the  leaden 
calm  of  the  lake.  “Firing  at  a target,  I guess,”  he  re- 
plied, “but  that  sounded  mighty  like  an  ‘answer’  from 
the  ridge.” 

Just  as  the  silence  was  becoming  “audible,”  a loud 
grunt  from  the  lake  shore,  not  one  hundred  yards  away, 
nearly  startled  me  out  of  the  canoe;  and  turning  I looked 
at  As  and  he  “blinked”  at  me.  When  the  remarks  suit- 
able to  such  a condition  had  passed  and  we  had  partially 
recovered  our  composure,  we  started  to  paddle  in  the 
direction  of  the  call.  Twice  en  route  we  were  startled 
and  surprised  by  the  intensity  of  repeated  grunts,  until 
finally  our  canoe  hung  in  deathly  silence  close  to  shore, 
and  directly  in  line  with  the  “big  head”  (as  we  sup- 
posed). After  listening  intently  for  some  time,  As,  much 
to  my  surprise,  quietly  shoved  the  nose  of  the  canoe  on  to 
the  shore  and  motioned  to  me  to  get  out.  I did  so,  and 
cautiously  climbing  up  the  bank,  was  just  on  the  point  of 
advancing  into  the  woods  in  obedience  to  another  signal 
from  As,  when  I was  so  startled  by  another  loud  “blat” 
(apparently  right  beside  me)  that  I almost  fell  over  back- 
ward, and  decided  that  retreat  as  well  as  advance  has  at 
times  its  good  points.  By  this  time  As,  rifle  in  hand,  was 
on  the  bank  beside  me,  and  we  began  to  creep  sidewis# 
in  opposite  directions  to  try  and  find  an  opening  to  pierc* 
the  thick  growth  hiding  the  “area  of  disturbance”  from 
ourselves.  We  soon  did,  and  I think  neither  of  u«  will 
ever  forget  the  sight  presented. 

At  first  there  was  only  a sense  of  a large  black  object 
about  thirty  yards  off,  swaying  wildly  to  and  fro,  but 


closer  inspection  revealed  a large  cow  moose  squatting 
on  her  haunches,  while  planted  on  her  back  was  a good 
sized  black  bear,  his  teeth  firmly  set  in  her  back,  worrying 
her  much  as  a terrier  would  a rat.  Local  color — decided 
mixture  of  flying  fur  and  claws,  accompanied,  whenever 
an  unusually  heavy  blow  struck  her  ribs,  by  a pitiable 
blat.  When  we  were  finally  able  to  take  in  the  situation. 
As  and  I and  the  slaughter  house  formed  practically  an 
equilateral  triangle,  and  simultaneously  from  our  respect- 
ive positions  we  opened  a converging  fire.  At  the  first 
shot  that  bear  came  off  the  moose  like  a cat  off  a fence, 
and  after  hesitating  a moment  on  landing,  apparently  puz- 
zled which  direction  to  take,  he  came  in  a bee-line  for 
me.  Meantime  we  kept  our  Winchesters  busy,  and  when 
he  had  reached  a point  about  half-way  between  the  moose 
and  myself,  he  rose  on  his  hindlegs  to  his  full  height,  tot- 
tered for  a second,  and  then  slowly,  half  backward  and 
sidewise,  a collapsed  bear. 

“Got  him,”  from  As. 

We  now  inspected  the  arena  and  victim.  Each  time  we 
approached  the  moose,  which  was  steadily  regarding  us, 
she  would  make  frantic  and  piteous  attempts  to  get  on 
her  feet,  only  to  fall  again  in  a more  helpless  heap.  We 
judged  that  the  bear  had  injured  the  backbone,  thus  prac- 
tically paralyzing  the  hindfeet.  The  space  surrounding 
the  moose,  in  a diameter  of  say  twenty-five  feet,  was  all 
trampled  up  and  littered  with  tufts  of  hair  and  stained 
with  pools  of  blood,  testifying  to  the  desperate  nature  of 
the  struggle  that  had  been  going  on.  From  the  height 
at  which  a fallen  tree  was  broken,  we  judged  that  the 
moose  had  tried  to  reach  the  lake  as  a possible  chance  to 
drown  the  bear  off  her  back.  The  animal  herself  was 
covered  with  blood,  her  skin  shredded  to  ribbons,  one  eye 
gone  and  hair  torn  out  in  “clawfuls,”  while  later  we  dis- 
covered that  the  bear  had  driven  in  most  of  her  ribs.  I 
wanted  to  put  her  out  of  her  misery,  but  As  dissuaded 
me,  as  he  said  she  might  recover  if  left  alone;  but  really 
he  was  thinking  about  that  statute  in  regard  to  lady 
moose,  I guess. 

I now  went  to  the  assistance  of  As,  who  had  hold  of 
one  of  the  bear’s  hindpaws  and  was  making  valiant  but 
rather  uncertain  efforts  to  reach  the  lake,  towing  the 
bear.  After  some  little  difficulty  we  got  him  comfortably 
into  the  canoe  and  went  off  to  trail  up  the  moose  we  had 
shot  the  night  before.  Passing  the  dam  on  our  return  a 
couple  of  hours  later,  we  decided  to  have  a second  look 
at  the  battle  ground,  and  found  that  the  cow  had  died  in 
the  interval. 

That  is  about  all  of  this  unheard-of  tragedy  of  the 
forest,  except  that  that  afternoon  six  excited  “sports”  and 
guides  from  camp  viewed  the  remains  and  finally  believed. 
Two  days  later  As  was  cursing  roundly  while  packing  the 
head  and  hide  over  a rocky  trail.  To-day  I am  sending 
the  taxidermist  final  instructions  in  regard  to  mounting. 

Henry  Dunnell. 


Spring's  Ever  Inspiring  Advance. 

Sayre,  Pa.,  March  24. — The  sure  manifestations  of 
spring  are  on  every  hand.  The  pussy  willows  are  smiling 
fresh  and  green  under  the  touch  of  the  south  wind,  and 
wild  geese  are  honking  their  way  northward  in  a steady 
drift.  The  Susquehanna  is  harboring  great  companies  of 
wildfowl  wading  along  its  still  reaches  of  water.  Robins 
and  bluebirds  are  in  evidence  everywhere,  and  out  in  the 
big  meadows  the  sweet  song  of  the  little  ground  sparrow 
falls,  softly  upon  the  air.  There  is  something  wonderfully 
inspiring  about  the  simple  little  ditties  which  this  early 
migrant  sings  with  all  the  charm  and  ardor  of,  a more 
pretentious  musician. 

Bluebirds  are  reported  more  plentiful  than  for  several 
years  past,  a fact  which  will  cause  bird  lovers  to  feel  a 
new  measure  of  hope  for  a return  of  the  old  conditions, 
when  the  blue  coats  were  swirling  in  force  throngh  every 
northern  orchard. 

It  is.  too  early  to  estimate  accurately  the  effect  of  the 
past  winter  upon  the  grouse  and  quail  supply.  In  con- 
versation with  a few  parties  who  have  been  recently  afield, 
information  indicates  that  the  grouse  have  cared  for 
themselves  in  good  shape,  as  usual;  but  the  quail  have 
fared  ill  in  many  localities.  It  is  hoped,  however,  that 
later  observations  will  bring  more  encouraging  reports. 

M.  Chill. 


Spring  on  Staten  Island. 

Prince’s  Bay,  N.  Y.,  March  17.— Editor  Forest  and 
Stream:  I have  read  lately  of  the  signs  of  an  early 

spring.  It  has  been  recorded  that  the  skunk  cabbage  is 
out,  and  certain  buds,  when  cut  with  the  knife,  have 
shown  an  unusually  early  start,  and  that  song  sparrows 
were  here;  but  the  true  harbinger  of  spring  I saw  to-day 
—the  tree  swallow.  This  is  the  first  time  in  my  expe- 
rience that  I have  seen  a swallow  in  this  part  of  the  coun- 
try on  the  17th  of  March.  I watched  him  for  a long  time 
making  graceful  circles  in  the  air,  and  when  the  sun 
caught  the  fine  plumage  on  his  back,  the  steel-greenish 
color  was  most  beautiful.  It  outclassed  all  shades  of 
green  so  prominent  to-day;  it  was  a rest  for  my  eyes  to 
notice  that  beautiful  green.  I have  had  song  sparrows 
around  my  place  all  winter.  I fed  them,  and  they  paid  as 
good  as  cash  on  every  sunny  day  with  their  song.  Robins 
and  bluebirds  have  been  here  all  winter,  but  have  been 
scarce,  and  one  would  have  to  travel  some  to  find  them, 
unless  acquainted  with  their  winter  habits.  *** 


A **  Loony  ” Question. 

That  California  correspondent,  J.  D.  C,  writes  inter- 
estingly of  the  striped  bass.  But  will  he  have  the  kind- 
ness to  tell  us  when  he  ever  saw  “the  cusps  of  the  new 
moon  high  in  the  starry  zenith”  ? I can’t  figure  the  thing 
out,  especially  as  he  intimates  that  it  was  late  at  night. 

Aztec. 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


[April  i,  1905 


National  Park  Game* 


G.  E.  Farrow,  superintendent  of  Yellowstone  Park 
hotels,  said  the  other  day,  while  on  a trip  in  the  East : 
“The  buffalo  herd  in  Yellowstone  Park,  started  by  the 
United  States  Government,  and  during  the  past  few  years 
very  carefully  watched  to  prevent  the  death  of  the  young, 
is  increasing  rapidly,  and  will  this  year  number  between 
twenty  and  twenty-five  more  animals  than  a year  ago  at 
this  time.  The  herd  is  in  excellent  condition.  It  has 
wintered  well,  and  the  calves  are  growing  fast  and  appear 
to  be  sound  and  strong.  It  has  been  the  wish  of  the 
Government  officers  to  increase  the  herd  until  it  resem- 
bles the  old-time  herds  which  covered  the  Western  prai- 
ries. The  experiment  of  propagating  the  animals  is 
definitely  a success,  and  the  army  officers,  upon  whom 
the  work  has  largely  devolved,  are  correspondingly 
pleased.  Major  Pitcher,  of  the  United  States  Army, 
represents  the  Government  in  the  Park,  and  is  practi- 
cally and  officially  the  custodian  of  the  herd. 

“There  is  every  promise  that  the  natural  increase  of  the 
herd  will  add  twenty  more  animals  this  summer.  The 
buffalo  calves  of  last  year  survived  remarkably  well,  and 
there  is  no  reason  why  the  calves  this  year  should  not 
meet  equal  success.  The  buffalo  don’t  need  to  struggle 
for  a living.  Feed  is  good,  the  valleys  give  them  splendid 
shelter,  and  they  have  the  pick  of  grazing  lands  over 
which  to  roam. 

“The  other  wild  animals  in  the  Yellowstone  are  in- 
creasing in  number.  Elk  and  deer  came  down  to  the 
Mammoth  Hot  Springs  this  winter  in  large  numbers  and 
roamed  around  within  plain  sight.  The  deep  snows  on 
the  mountains  forced  them  to  lower  altitudes.  They 
didn’t  seem  to  mind  the  snow  or  cold  and  appeared  to  be 
in  the  very  best  of  shape.  The  bears  increase  yearly, 
and  are  one  of  the  first  attractions  to  the  tourists,  since 
they  do  not  hesitate  to  come  into  the  open  where  they 
may  be  seen.  They  are  mild  mannered  and  inoffensive, 
bothered  more  with  designs  on  the  hotel  garbage  piles 
than  with  hostile  operations  against  mere  men  and 
women.  The  garbage  piles  attract  them  every  night,  and 
they  fight  and  quarrel  and  talk  bear  politics  over  the 
empty  canned  goods  tins  to  the  amusement  of  thousands 
of  people  who  annually  witness  the  banquets  ‘down  at 
the  dump.’ 

“Magnificent  trout  fishing  is  promised  for  the  coming 
season,  which  opens  June  1.  The  Government  prohibited 
trout  fishing  during  the  winter,  and  not  a line  has  been 
dropped  into  the  dozens  of  beautiful  streams  since  last 
fall.  More  to  the  point,  the  trout  are  watched,  and  where 
they  seem  to  be  thinning  out,  steps  are  taken  to  give 
them  a chance  to  multiply  again.  There  will  be  royal 
sport  for  the  summer  visitors  this  year;  better  even  than 
in  previous  seasons,  and  that  is  saying  a good  deal.  There 
is  no  better  protection  of  fish  and  game  than  that  of  the 
Federal  Government  in  the  Yellowstone  Park.” 


Connecticut's  License  Bill. 


live,  a valuable  cow  was  killed  two  falls  ago  by  a mob  of 
this  sort.  The  owner  never  received  any  compensation 
whatever. 

Much  has  been  written  on  the  subject  of  “What  is  a 
sportsman?”  While  there  may  be  a vast  difference  of 
opinion  on  this  subject  in  some  respects,  let  us  hope  that 
all  agree  on  one  point — that  in  whatever  branch  one  may 
seek  sportsmanship,  he  may  at  least  be  willing  to  main- 
tain his  favorite  pastime  at  his  own  expense.  A man 
can  neither  possess  good  sportsmanship  nor  good  citizen- 
ship if  he  fails  to  concede  that  his  rights  end  where  an- 
other man’s  rights  begin.  It  cannot  fairly  be  expected  that 
the  man  whose  hobby  may  be  horse-racing  should  be 
compelled  to  bear  the  expense  of  supplying  game  for 
sportsmen  who  shoot,  any  more  than  it  would  be  fair  for 
the  latter  to  supply  horses  for  those  who  like  to  race 
them. 

All  new  movements  for  bettering  old  conditions  have  a 
greater  or  lesser  amount  of  opposition.  This  bill  is  no 
exception  to  that  rule.  Last  year  the  “bone  of  conten- 
tion” was  the  new  trespass  law.  There  were  legions  of 
those  who  considered  that  law  an  imposition  on  personal 
freedom,  never  for  a moment  conceding  the  right  of  the 
landowner  to  enjoy  his  own  property  and  to  protect  the 
same,  and  thereby  insure  his  own  personal  freedom  as 
guaranteed  by  the  Constitution  of  our  land.  To-day,  how- 
ever, many  of  those  who  talked  the  loudest  at  that  time 
are  talking  just  as  loud  the  other  way.  They  have  found 
that  very  few  requests  to  hunt  on  the  farmers’  land  have 
been  refused.  That  it  is  more  satisfactory  to  hunt  on 
land  with  the  owner’s  permission  to  do  so  than  to  hunt 
with  the  expectation  of  being  ordered  off  every  minute. 
Personally  I firmly  believe  that  as  it  has  been  with  the 
trespass  law  just  so  will  it  be  with  this  bill  when  it  has 
become  law  and  had  a fair  test.  They  who  condemn  it 
now  will  be  loudest  in  its  praise  in  a year  or  so  from 
now.  William  H.  Avis. 


Higha'ood,  Conn.,  March  8. 


Maine  Game  Interests. 


Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

The  bill  now  before  the  Connecticut  Legislature  which 
places  a tax  of  one  dollar  upon  residents  of  the  State  and 
ten  dollars  upon  aliens  for  the  privilege  of  hunting  within 
the  State,  is  creating  considerable  discussion  among 
sportsmen.  In  fact,  the  majority  of  sportsmen  appear  to 
regard  such  a law  as  an  infringement  on  what  they  con- 
sider to  be  their  rights.  For  one,  I fail  to  see  the  justice 
of  such  a claim. 

It  seems  to  me  that  the  very  purpose  for  which  this 
bill  was  created  should  appeal  favorably  to  all  sportsmen 
who  honestly  believe  in  the  propagation  of  game  and  the 
impartial  enforcement  of  the  game  laws.  The  money  col- 
lected through  this  tax  is  to  be  used  for  replenishing  the 
quail  supply,  and,  as  I understand,  for  other  stocking  pur- 
poses, besides  the  payment  of  warden  expenses  for 
stricter  enforcement  of  the  game  laws. 

It  seems  incomprehensible  that  men  who  go  afield  with 
dog  and  gun  are  yet  unwilling  to  contribute  so  small  a 
sum  as  one  dollar  a year  toward  perpetuating  _ their 
favorite  pastime.  If  our  game  is  to  be  preserved,  it  can 
only  be  through  the  channels  of  strenuous  work,  and 
some  sacrifice  on  the  part  of  those  who  find  recreation 
and  pleasure  in  seeking  it  afield.  And  they  who  find  diver- 
sion in  this  manner  from  the  monotonous  hum-drum  of 
“getting  a living”  should  be  the  last  to  cry  oyer  the  ex- 
penditure of  one  dollar  a year  for  the  continuation  of 
hunting.  If  persons  who  indulge  in  such  sport  are  averse 
to  footing  the  expense,  who  do  they  expect  will  come 
forward  and  volunteer  to  pay  for  their  pleasure?  Among 
some  sportsmen  (so-called)  there  exists  an  inconsistent 
sentiment  of  what  they  are  pleased  to  style  “principle” 
in  this  matter.  They  contend  that  such  a law  will  inter- 
fere with  their  rights  as  free  American  citizens.  Now, 
if  shooting  and  fishing  are  to  be  perpetuated,  and  that 
portion  of  the  community  who  care  nothing  for  such 
pursuits  should  be  compelled  to  foot  the  entire  expense  for 
the  same,  then  where  do  their  rights  as  free  American 
citizens  come  in?  Personally,  I am  proud  to  call  myself 
a sportsman,  and  earnestly  hope  the  day  will  never  come 
when  I will  expect  someone  else  to  bear  the  burdens 
which  may  necessarily  attach  to  my  pleasure.  < 

There  is  another  strong  point  to  be  considered  in  this 
bill.  Its  passage,  which  seems  assured,  will  tend  to 
eliminate  a large  percentage  of  the  destructive  element 
from  our  fields  and  woods.  The  farmer’s  fowl  and  cattle 
will  be  more  secure,  and  his  fences  and  other  property. 
The  foreigner  who  cannot  speak  our  language  and  knows 
nothing  of  our  laws  will  be  held  in  restraint  until  he  has 
had  time  at  least  to  learn  a little  of  both.  And  it  can 
be  truthfully  said  that  sportsmen  who  live  jn  the  city 
know  nothing  of  the  trouble  which  this  foreign  element 
causes  the  farmer.  Just  a few  miles  north  of  where  I 


Bangor,  Me.,  March  18. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 
If  non-resident  Maine  sportsmen  have  seen  the  reports 
current  in  the  daily  press  for  the  last  month  or  two, 
relative  to  the  proposed  changes  in  the  Maine  hunt- 
ing and  fishing  laws,  they  must  be  wondering  if  a non- 
resident is  to  be  welcomed  in  this  State  at  all  another 
season.  Your  correspondent  is  very  glad  to  be  able 
to  say  that  much  of  the  threatened  legislation  has 
failed  to  prove  acceptable  to  the  legislative  committee 
before  whom  fish  and  game  hearings  are  held,  and 
while  a general  fish  and  game  bill  has  been  reported 
by  that  committee  to  the  Legislature  now  in  session, 
it  is  greatly  modified  from  the  original  draft,  and  is 
in  fact  shorn  of  some  of  its  most  dangerous  features. 

The  original  draft,  as  presented  by  Senator  Stetson 
of  Penobscot,  was  sportsmanlike  in  one  thing,  although 
to  carry  out  the  provision  would,  it  seemed  to  old 
hunters,  be  practically  impossible  and  result  in  the  leav- 
ing of  great  numbers  of  carcasses  to  spoil.  It  pro- 
vided that  but  one  doe  deer  might  be  shot  by  a hunter, 
while  still  permitting  him  two,  one  of  which  must  be 
a buck. 

It  was  also  proposed  to  so  change  the  moose  law 
that  the  season  should  more  nearly  compare  with  that 
of  the  neighboring  Canadian  provinces,  permitting  the 
killing  of  moose  for  the  first  fifteen  days  of  October 
and  maintaining  the  same  length  of  season  by  cutting 
off  the  last  half  of  November.  This  change  was  not 
indorsed  by  the  chafVman  of  the  fish  and  game  com- 
mission, but  he  yielded  to  the  desires  of  those  resort 
proprietors  who  had  seen  the  fall  business  materially 
reduced  by  the  operation  of  the  hunter’s  license,  and 
felt  that  inducements  should  be  held  out  to  bring  back 
the  sportsmen  who  had  wandered  beyond  their  reach. 
Mr.  Carleton  is  evidently  sane  enough  to  realize  that 
this  would  be  killing  the  goose,  for  he  took  pains  to 
tell  the  committee  that  he  had  inserted  the  measure 
against  his  better  judgment.  * 

Another  proposed  change  was  to  cut  off  the  fifteen 
days  in  December,  now  allowed  for  deer  killing,  and 
many  hoped  and  expected,  almost,  that  this  would 
mean  an  opening  of  the  season  for  the  last  half  of 
September. 

The  first  provision  of  the  bill  in  its  new  draft  is  to 
continue  the  protection  of  caribou  another  six  years, 
so  that  they  cannot  be  legally  killed  before  October 
15,  1911.  As  there  are  practically  no  caribou  in  the 
State  to  protect,  and  the  protection  hitherto  accorded 
that  migratory  animal  has  scarcely  resulted  in  any 
noticeable  increase,  the  status  of  this  branch  of  big 
game  hunting  will  hardly  be  benefited,  either  way. 
Should  the  conditions  which  drove  these  animals  from 
Maine  be  removed  or  overcome,  it  may  be  that  there 
will  be  a great  increase  in  the  number  of  caribou  in 
the  State  before  another  six  years  have  passed  into 
history. 

Thefnext  provision  would  seemwrongto  thosewhowish 
to  see  the  moose  protected,  and  violators  of  the  moose 
law  punished  so  severely  that  they  will  not  wish  to 
again  transgress,  since  it  reduces  the  fine,  which  has 
been  “not  less  than  five  hundred  nor  more  than  one 
thousand”  dollars,  and  substitutes  a fine  “not  exceed- 
ing five  hundred”  dollars.  Thus  the  fine  for  killing 
a moose  illegally  may  be  any  sum  the  court  and  the 
commissioners  may  agree  upon,  or  if  another  clause  of 
the  same  section  passes,  the  whole  matter  of  settle- 
ment is  between  the  commissioner,  whose  judgment  may 
be  final,  and  the  offender,  with  any  sum  from  one  cent 
to  five  hundred  dollars  as  the  price  to  pass  from  the 
offender  to  the  commissioner.  The  clause  referred  to 
is  an  innocent  appearing  one,  and  extends  to  the  com- 
missioners of  inland  fisheries  and  game  certain 


“powers  of  the  commissioners  of  the  sea  and  sho 
fisheries.”  Examination  into  the  provisions  of  sectic 
61  of  chapter  41  of  R.  S.  shows  this  power  to  be 
most  vital  one,  and  in  the  hands  of  an  unprincipl 
commissioner  might  be  made  the  legalizing  of  almo 
any  sort  of  extortion  from  those  who  should  prefe 
having  violated  the  law  or  having  been  accused  of 
doing,  to  pay  any  price  and  avoid  the  ignominy 
inconvenience  of  a public  trial.  The  law  allows  t 
sea  and  shore  fisheries  commissioner  to  make  sett 
ments  according  to  his  judgment  with  violators,  wit 
out  recourse  to  the  law,  and  it  is  claimed  by  those  w 
pretend  to  know,  to  be  in  the  interest  of  the  offendir1 
hunter  who  may  be  caught  red-handed  far  from  civiliz 
tion,  and  who  would  like  to  settle  on  the  spot  if 
could,  and  avoid  a long  trip  to  the  settlements,  with 
trial  there,  adding  greatly  to  the  costs.  This  soun 
well,  but  for  several  years  the  wardens  have  clairm 
to  have  a system  that  has  practically  permitted  sett 
ments  along  this  line,  when  there  was  no  chance 
escape  for  the  accused  by  a trial.  Of  course,  t' 
present  commissioners  would  never  be  guilty  of  a: 
lowing  graft  to  enter  into  their  department,  but  wit 
no  public  record  of  a trial,  and  a returning  of 
moneys  received  in  penalties  direct  into  the  hands 
the  State  treasurer,  as  now  provided  for  by  law,  it  wou 
not  be  difficult  to  receive  and  apply  to  the  personal  e 
richment  of  commissioner,  warden  or  even  depu 
warden,  a considerable  sum  now  and  then  from  son 
non-resident  who  might  be  more  wealthy  than  wis 
and  who  should  prefer  to  “settle”  for  almost  any  su 
if  thereby  he  might  continue  his  outing  and  avo 
public  humiliation.  Who  would  be  the  wiser  if  t 
case  should  never  be  reported  to  the  commissioner, 
to  the  Governor  and  Council?  It  would  forever  r 
main  a secret  between  the  accused  man  and  him  w 
should  collect  the  fine.  With  a State  department  th. 
does  not  publish  a record  in  its  reports  of  the  cas< 
and  how  settled,  no  one  is  in  a position  to  kno 
whether  his  particular  case  ever  got  beyond  the  wooc 
where  he  first  met  the  warden,  and  where  he  was  ri 
lieved  of  -his  spare  cash,  for  his  violation  of  the  law 
Lawbreaking  should  be  made  so  obnoxious  that  r 
sportsman  visiting  the  Maine  woods  will  indulge 
it,  and  if  a man  is  caught  he  should  be  taken  before 
court,  tried,  and  if  convicted,  made  to  pay  the  penalty- 
barring, of  course,  those  occasional  cases  where  thei 
are  mitigating  circumstances.  To  evade  this  princip 
of  Americanism  is  to  endanger  the  whole  system 
game  protection,  and  put  into  the  hands  of  unscrupu 
ous  men  a weapon  that  they  won’t  need  to  learn 
use,  and  use  effectively,  too.  This  very  clause,  if  n 
other,  is  likely  to  be  the  rock  on  which  the  bill  no 
before  the  Legislature  will  founder.  Although  t 
legislative  committee  has  reported  favorably  on  it 
the  new  draft,  there  has  been  all  through  the  sessio 
a sentiment  against  any  meddling  with  the  game  law 
as  they  are,  and  the  leading  papers  of  the  State  hav 
expressed  it  as  wise  to  let  well  enough  alone,  at  lea 
for  a couple  of  years  more,  to  give  people  a chanc 
to  become  acquainted  with  what  law  there  now 
And  the  indications  are  that  there  will  be  one  of  t 
most  interesting  fights  of  the  present  session  when  t 
bill  comes  up  for  passage. 

A special  section,  to  appease  the  farmers,  has  bee 
put  into  the  bill,  allowing  in  so  many  words  t 
cultivator  of  crops  to  kill  any  deer  “doing  actua 
substantial  damage  to  any  growing  cultivated  crop 
provided  he  does  not  “pursue  the  deer  beyond  t 
limits  of  his  cultivated  land  in  which  the  damage 
being  done.”  He  may  consume  the  deer  in  his  ow 
family,  but  must  send  a full  account  of  the  killing 
the  commissioners.  All  persons  are  forbidden  to  plac 
any  salt  as  an  attraction  to  deer. 

The  next  section  is  of  special  interest  to  nor 
residents,  since  it  adds  to  the  license  law  already 
force,  one  to  compel  bird  hunters  from  out  of  t 
State  to  pay  $5.00  for  the  privilege  of  hunting  bin 
this  five  dollars  to  be  deducted  from  the  cost  of 
big  game  license  if  the  hunter  remain  to  hunt  larg 
game.  Thus  bird  hunters  must  pay  five  dollars,  an 
hunters  of  “bull  moose  or  deer,  or  ducks,  partridge 
woodcock  or  other  birds  or  wild  animals”  must  pa 
fifteen  dollars  therefor.  If  this  law  is  interpreted  liter, 
ally,  it  looks  as  if  the  man  who  wants  to  hunt  bear, 
foxes,  wildcats  or  hedgehogs  will  be  obliged  to  ta 
out  a license  at  least  to  hunt  birds,  if  he  would  avoi 
arrest,  although  there  is  no  license  price  mentione 
for  the  other  wild  animals  than  moose  and  deei 
Other  wild  animals  do  not  call  for  a license,  but  t 
commissioners  have  had  so  much  difficulty  in  makin;,; 
every  man  who  carried  a gun  in  the  Maine  wooc 
procure  a license  before  he  went  into  the  woods,  an 
were  helpless  when  the  man  was  merely  hunting  bird 
or  bear,  that  they  are  trying  to  make  it  easy  to  ap 
prehend  every  evader  of  the  principles  of  the  licens 
law. 

The  moose  hunting  law  is  to  be  amended  so  tha 
the  points  or  tines  on  the  horns  of  the  bull  moos 
that  has  passed  the  calf  age,  must  be  at  least  thre 
inches  long  on  each  of  their  horns.  This  will  preserv 
the  freaks  with  well  developed  antlers  on  one  side  am 
none  on  the  other,  if  the  hunter  sees  the  undevelope: 
side  first. 

Another  provision  will  ease  a part  of  the  limitation 
under  which  the  taxidermists  are  now  working,  sine 
it  permits  those  having  a license  to  buy  and  tan  dee, 
skins,  to  buy  the  heads  also,  if  not  detached  from  th 
skin.  And  marketmen,  having  purchased  deer,  ma 
sell  the  heads  of  same  to  taxidermists. 

Under  the  head  of  fish  the  new  bill  provides  tha; 
one  persona  may  take  but  25  pounds  of  togue,  in 
stead  of  forty  as  allowed  for  the  last  two  years.  Th 
clause  allowing  trollers  for  bass  to  keep  white  perc 


April  i,  1905.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM,  * 


2BB 


so  caught  during  the  close  season  for . that  fish,  and 
which  has  covered  a multitude  of  _ piscatorial,  sins 
against  the  big  white  perch  of  Maine  lakes,  is  re- 
pealed.  . ...  , 

In  addition  to  the  wild  birds  that  may  be  killed, 
are  mentioned  “mudhens”  kingfishers  and  blue  herons, 
so  called.”  Perpetual  close  time  is  placed  on  eagles 
and  vultures. 

I These  are  the  provisions  of  the  bill  now  before 
|the  Legislature,  and  at  this  writing  it  is  impossible 
|:o  write  whether  the  bill  will  pass,  or  not.  In  general, 
■bills  favorably  reported  by  committees,  have  been  ac- 
cepted, but  a disposition  is  apparent  this  year  to  have 
jhomething  to  say  on  matters  on  the  floor  of  the  House, 
1 ana  some  measures  have  been  passed  against  the  ma- 
il ority  of  the  committee.  Herbert  W.  Rowe. 


( North  Carolina  Bird  Protection. 

ij  The  Audubon  Society  of  North  Carolina,  which  has 

in  charge  the  work  of  bird  and  game  protection  in 
;hat  State,  has  just  issued  its  Third  Annual  Report, 
a pamphlet  which  contains  much  of  interest,  and 
vhich  carries  the  work  through  the  winter  of  1904-5. 
Hhe  society  is  carrying  forward  in  a systematic 
I nanner  the  work  of  more  fully  acquainting  the  people 
« jf  the  State  with  the  importance  of  protecting  the 
' rirds,  and  preserving  the  game,  and  is  also  employing 
his  strong  a force  of  wardens  as  possible  to  enforce 

itie  State  and  county  bird  and  game  laws. 

In  the  work  of  education,  it  is  sending  out  much 
terature  which  has  to  do  with  the  State,  or  which  is 
f more  general  interest,  such  as  the  educational  leaflets 
•sued  by  the  National  Association  of  Audubon 
iocieties  or  by  the  United  States  Government  for  free 
istribution.  Within  the  past  year,  nearly  137,000  free 
ublications  have  been  scattered  through,  the  State, 
ggregating  nearly  24,000,000  of  printed  information. 
Moreover,  it  has  established  certain  loan  libraries  of 
lature  books,  which  are  circulated  among  the  young, 
and  besides  this  the  secretary  has  given  illustrated 
ectures  at  many  places  in  the  State. 

This  year  the  game  wardens  numbered  45,  against 
;g  last  year.  They  have  done  a great  deal  of  good, 
-hough  of  course  not  all  are  equally  efficient.  One 
iBjf  the  most  interesting  works  that  the  society  has  to 
lo  is  in  protecting  the  sea  birds,  of  which  vast  multi- 
udes  formerly  bred  along  the  North  Carolina  coast. 

“Seven  barren  islands  were  used  by  the  birds  in  the 
summer  of  1904  for  their  breeding  grounds.  These 
.vere  Bird  Lump,  Davis  Lump,  Legget  Lump,  Royal 
shoal,  Whalebone  Beach,  Ocracoke  Beach,  and  Swan 
Island  Marsh.  These  islands  are  located  in  the 
;ounties  of  Dare,  Hyde,  and  Carteret.  Five  men  were 
employed  to  guard  them,  and  as  a result  the  birds 
were  unmolested  with  possibly  one  exception,  l.he 
rookeries  were  visited  by  the  wardens  almost  daily, 
and  about  2,700  young  are  believed  to  have  been 
reared,  an  increase  of  1,000  over  last  year’s  brood. 
The  increase  of  the  sea  birds  is  very  noticeable  in 
Pamlico  Sound,  where  the  fishermen  are  much  pleased 
in  consequence,  the  fact  being  often  pointed  out  that 
the  birds  aid  materially  in  locating  schools  of  fish, 
and  are  thus  of  a most  pronounced  value.  In  August, 
the  secretary  counted  341  young  royal  terns  on  Royal 
Shoal  Island,  and  repeatedly  photographed  them  as 
they  ran  along  the  beach.  Sixty  least  tern,  eggs  are 
known  to  have  hatched  in  one  of  the  colonies.  Only 
to  or  12  eggs  of  this  bird  were  laid  on  our  coast  in 
the  summer  of  1903;  while  15  years  ago  probably  500,- 
i)00  birds  frequented  our  sounds.  The  millinery  feather- 
hunters  are  responsible  for  this  great  depletion  in 
their  numbers.” 

The  report  shows,  briefly  but  pointedly,  the  money 
value  of  game  protection.  It  is  shown  that  in  Guilford 
County  alone,  the  hunting  privileges  leased  by 
non-residents  are  over  153,000  acres  of  agricultural 
land,  the  farmers  receiving  in  return  for  these 
exclusive  hunting  privileges  about  $7,500,  or  sufficient 
money  to  pay  the  taxes  on  the  land.  The  system  works 
well  and  the  birds  are  not  unduly  shot.  The  north- 
ern gunners  shoot  but  few  birds  and  leave  much  money 
in  the  State.  With  the  wildfowl  shooting  along  the 
Sound  the  case  is  much  the  same.  The  secretary  re- 
cently examined  the  record  book  of  a gunning  club 
itt  eastern  North  Carolina  which  showed  that  about 
4,000  ducks  and  geese  had  been  killed  during  the 
winter  by  the  21  members  of  the  dub,  and  the  money 
spent  by  these  members  in  North  Carolina  during  the 
shooting  season  showed  that  each  duck  killed  had  cost 
between  $n  and  $12. 

In  Currituck  County  the  past  season  the  native 
gunners  received  about  $100,000  cash  for  the  ducks 
and  geese  which  they  killed  and  sold  to  local  buyers, 
to  be  shipped  to  the  Northern  markets. 

When  game  is  properly  cared  for,  the  natural  in- 
crease is  greater  than  is  necessary  in  order  that  nature 
may  keep  up  the  species;  therefore,  the  land  owner 
with  more  game  on  his  estate  than  is  necessary  for 
the  propagation  of  the  species,  may  well  look  seriously 
into  the  subject  of  how  he  may  secure  the  most  for 
the  surplus  birds.  There  is  at  the  present  time  a very 
great  demand  for  the  live  quail  for  purposes  of  pro- 
pagation. Men  wish  to  liberate  them  on  large  tracts 
of  land,  where  they  will  be  abundantly  cared  for,  and, 
in  days  to  come,  furnish  good  shooting.  Quail  for 
breeding  purposes  are  now  worth  from  $3.00  to  $4.00 
per  dozen,  and  yet  we  have  all  seen  the  time  when 
live  birds  sold  in  our  city  markets  for  4c.  or.  5c.  each. 
These  are  but  examples  of  many  points  which  might 
be  cited,  illustrative  of  the  facts  that  it  is  of  tremend- 
ous importance  to  North  Carolina  that  reasonable 
game  laws  be  rigidly  enforced;  and  the  study  of  the 
subject  of  how  the  birds  can  be  of  most  value  to  the 
people  of  North  Carolina  is,  of  course,  one  of  the 
duties  of  the  Audubon  Society,  and  it  is  a matter  to 
which  its  officers  are  giving  most  careful  considera- 
tion. 

A list  of  members  of  the  society  closes  the  pamphlet, 
•which  L capitally  illustrated  by  a number  of  half- 
tones. Persons  who  are  interested  in  the  work  of 
game  and  bird  preservation  would  do  well  to  see  this 
peport.  


The  Fox  a Game  Destroyer* 

Delaware  Water  Gap,  Pa.,  March  2$.— Editor  Forest 
and  Stream:  I am  sorry  to  learn  that  so  many  . of  your 

valued  contributors  seem  to  think  that  the  fox  is  not  a 
game  destroyer.  I wish  that  some  ©f  them  could  have 
gone  with  me  in  times  past  and  seen  what  I have  seen  of' 
this  greatest  of  all  game  destroyers.  I have  roamed 
these  old  forests  of  my  native  State  from  my  early  boy- 
hood days,  and  when  alone  among  these  wild  mountains 
with  none  but  myself,  and  occasionally  my  setter  dog, 
have  had  ample  opportunity  of  observing  what  this  old 
night  prowler  makes  many  favorite  mentis  upon — the  ruffed 
grouse.  I have  seen  in  numbers  of  instances  where  he 
has  bounded  upon  the  birds.  My  mind  runs  back  to- 
night as  I write  of  an  old  sly  drummer  grouse.  Time  and 
again  he  had  eluded  me  in  his  cover  of  a large,  clump  of 
rhododendrons  by  whirring  from  the  opposite  side  before 
I could  approach  anywhere  near  him.  I had  endeavored 
to  match  my  skill  against  his  that  1 might  approach  the 
clump,  but  he  was  ever  upon  the  alert  for  me.  He  had 
an  old  log  right  by  the  clump  upon  which  he  would  sound 
forth  his  favorite  tattoo.  I had  gone  there  expecting  him 
to  whirr  out  long  before  I could  approach  within  range 
of  him.  There  was  a light  flurry  of  snow  upon  the 
ground,  and  as  I approached  nearer  and  nearer  to  the 
coveted  spot  he  did  not  as  usual  rise.  I finally  paused 
a moment  when  within  twenty  or  twenty-five  yards,  and 
as  he  did  not  then  rise,  I walked  to  the  clump,  intending 
to  see  if  he  had  spent  the  night  there.  As  I came  within 
a few  yards  of  it,  I saw  upon  the  snow  the  footprints  of 
a sly  old  Reynard.  He  had  approached  the  bush  in  a 
curving  course ; here  evidently  his  trail  ended. . I paused 
a moment  wondering  what  had  become  of  him.  As  I 
glanced  ahead,  I should  imagine  eight  feet,  he  had  made 
this  bound,  and  landed  upon  the  old  drummer,  -who  was 
taking  his  night’s  repose,  not  looking  for  this  his  dead- 
liest enemy.  He  carried  his  prey  a few  . feet  from  the 
spot  and  there  devoured  all  there  was  of  him,  leaving  the 
snow  covered  with  his  crimson  blood  and  beautiful  brown 
plumage.  This  is  just  one  of  the  many  instances  I might 
cite. 

I am  sorry  that  so  many  of  my  fellow  sportsmen  are 
so  little  aware  of  what  an  awful  game  destroyer  the  fox 
is.  We  fellow  sportsmen  are  so  like-minded  in  our  tastes 
and  opinions,  that  I am  longing  for  the  the  day  to  come 
when  we  shall  be  all  like-minded  and  stand  for  the  ex- 
termination of  this  our  worst  game  bird  enemy. 

J.  M.  Kistler. 


Bakersfield,  Vt. — The  winter  up  here  has  been  a 
severe  one,  though  we  believe  that  the  ruffed  grouse  win- 
tered well,  as  they  are  often  seen  by  those  who  are  out 
in  the  woods.  We  nave  many  times  seen  where  a fox  has 
tried  to  catch  a grouse  that  was  under  the  snow,,  but  have 
never  seen  where  it  has  succeeded  in  so  doing.  The 
“thundering  boom”  that  a grouse  gives  when  it  comes  up 
out  from  the  snow  is  undoubtedly  its  protection,  as  it 
must  be  very  demoralizing  to  such  a highly  strung  and 
nervous  animal  as  a fox,  as  the  long  jumps  that  it  gives 
away  from  the  locality  plainly  show  that  it  was  consider- 
ably rattled,  and  that  fright  and  fear  had  overcome  its 
desire  for  a grouse  dinner.  We  once  saw  one  afternoon 
an  old  gentleman  walk  up  several  birds  that  were  buried 
under  the  snow,  and  though  he  knew  what  to  expect, 
every  time  that  a bird  got  up  it  so  rattled  him  that  they 
were  out  of  range  before  he  could  “gather  his  wits” 
enough  to  shoot.  Stanstead. 


The  Michigan  Deer. 

These  are  a few  of  the  charges  Ed.  H.  Gillman 
makes  against  pot-hunters,  some  settlers  and  others 
up  in  Alpena  and  Montmorency  counties,  showing  that 
the  game  laws  do  not  protect  and  will  not  as  long 
as  this  custom  exists.  Mr.  Gillman’s  views  were  ex- 
pressed to  a reporter  of  the  Detroit  Evening  News: 

“I  have  probably  talked  more  and  been  to  Lansmg 
at  my  own  expense  oftener  than  any  man  in  Michigan. 
Men  acquainted  with  the  situation  in  the  deer  country 
know  that  I am  right  and  know  that  unless,  there  is 
a sudden  stop  to  practices  which  have  been  in  vogue 
up  there,  we  will  have  no  deer  in  a few  years. 

“This  talk  of  prohibiting  the  shooting  of  deer  is  all 
foolishness.  The  deer  were  wont  to  yard  in  the  cedar 
swamps  after  the  timber  was  cut  away,  but  now  there 
are  camps  of  men  depleting  the  swamps  of  their  cedar 
for  ties,  telegraph  poles  and  other  uses,  and  the  deer 
have  no  place  for  shelter.  In  December  and  January, 
after  the  close  of  the  season,  any  amount  of  . deer  are 
killed  for  consumption  in  these  camps.  Partridges  are 
slaughtered  as  well.  They  are  budding  in  the  trees, 
and  one  can  get  within  five  yards  of  them  before  they 
move. 

“Men  have  come  to  me  and  said  that  they  have  seen 
the  lawless  element  in  Alpena  and  Montmorency 
counties  trade  venison  for  pork  in  the.  summer.  Why, 
they  have  come  in  on  our  land  and  killed  deer  in  the 
red  coat  and  left  the  legs  on  logs,  so  that  we  discovered 
them  at  the  opening  of  the  hunt.  One  party  boasted 
of  killing  nineteen  deer  on  the  Turtle  Lake  preserve 
out  of  season. 

“We  are  going  to  take  steps  to  stop  this  if  possible, 
and  at  a meeting  of  the  board  we  have  decided  to 
offer  a reward  of  $25  for  the  conviction  of  anybody 
killing  game  or  catching  trout  out  of  season  or  setting 
fire  to  the  forests. 

“Now  the  license  law,  what  is  it?  Nothing,  that’s 
all.  Let  them  limit  the  deer  killed  to  two  for  each 
man.  The  license  should  be  taken  out  in  the  county 
where  the  man  is  going  to  shoot  and  by  the  man  him- 
self, not  by  proxy.  The  license  law  with  its  three 
tags  has  nothing  to  do  with  the  preservation  of  deer. 
Some  have  killed  eighteen  or  twenty  and  boasted  of  it 
A man  should  put  his  tag  on  the  deer  when  killed  and 
if  it  isn’t  there  the  warden  should  confiscate  the  carcass 
and  make  arrests.  The  non-resident  license  should 
also  allow  a man  to  take  one  deer  to  his  home,  when 
properly  tagged. 

“Some  parties  will  get  tags  for,  say,  five  men,  that 
means  fifteen  deer,  and  then  one  man  will  shoot  them 
nil.  as  the  others  do  not  know  how.  • They  never  tag 
the  venfsfcm  they  eat  in  camp,  ant?  sortie  shipp'en 


deer  to  friends  and  bad  them  send  the  tags  back  by 
return  mail  so  they  could  be  used  again. 

“The  license  ought  to  affect  everybody,  whether  with 
rifle  or  shotgun.  To  avoid  paying  the  75  cents  some 
of  the  people  up  there  cut  the  cartridges  almost  in 
two  and  fire  them  from  shotguns.  This  charge  is  like 
a solid  slug  and  will  kill  a great  distance. 

“The  deer  season  starts  now  where  it  should  end 
if  one  wants  to  kill  deer  to  eat.  It  should  be  from 
Oct.  15  to  Nov.  5,  because  after  that  is  the  mating 
season  and  the  bucks  are  unfit  for  food.  In  the  last 
part  of  October  we  find  the  woods  in  all  the  glory  of 
the  Indian  summer.  Men  can  hunt  in  comfort  and 
enjoy  the  sport  as  well  as  to  kill  stuff  fit  for  the  table. 

“They  kick  on  the  preserves,  but  1 say  that  the  big 
clubs  are  the  only  ones  that  protect  game  and  only 
on  their  territory  will  deer  be  found  five  years  from 
now.  We  will  have  to  fence  the  preserve  in,  or  there 
won’t  be  either  deer  or  timber  left.  The  country  papers 
kick  on  preserves,  but  the  club  owners  are  the  only 
ones  who  have  ever  paid  taxes  since  the  timber  was 
cut  off,  and  we  are  trying  to  preserve  what  nature  en- 
dowed as  much  as  possible.  We  are  taking  care  of 
the  second  growth  forests  and  protecting  them  from 
fires,  and  residents  of  the  counties  in  this  district  will 
appreciate  our  efforts  in  the  future  if  they  do  not  now. 

“As  to  small  game  I say  that  the  partridge  and  quail 
seasons  should  be  separated.  Partridge  should  be  shot 
from  Oct.  1 to  Dec.  1 and  quail  from  Nov.  1 to  Dec.  I. 
There  should  be  a limit  of  twelve  a day  on  partridges 
and  twenty  on  quail,  and  no  man  should  be  allowed  to 
have  over  fifty  of  each  in  his  possession.  The  quail 
have  two  broods  and  the  second  one  is  not  large 
enough  to  shoot  until  November. 

“My  views  on  ducks  are  well  enough  known.  We 
should  have  a longer  season,  say  from  Sept.  1,  so  we 
can  shoot  teal  to  Feb.  1,  which  will  enable  us  to  get 
canvasback.  Spring  shooting  is  a curse,  and  should 
not  be  tolerated.  It  is  driving  away  the  mallard,  teal 
and  wood  duck  which  raised  their  young  in  our  State. 

“When  the  season  ends  it  should  end  for  all  field 
shooting.  A man  caught  in  the  woods  with  a gun 
should  be  convicted  on  that  evidence  alone.  Rabbit 
shooting  to-day  kills  more  quail  and  partridges  than 
all  of  us  put  together.” 


English  Partridges  in  British  Columbia* 

Vancouver,  B.  C.,  March  4. — Editor  Forest . and 
Stream:  The  following  report  of  the  first  importation  of 
English  partridges  into  British  Columbia  is  rendered 
from  the  Land  Registry  Office,  Vancouver: 

“Having  had  charge  of  the  collecting  of  moneys^  and 
the  shipment  afterward  of  a consignment  of  partridges 
from  Mr.  Cross,  Zoological  Emporium,  Liverpool,  we  beg 
to  present  herewith  a financial  statement  showing  how 
the  money  has  been  expended,  and  also  a report  covering 
the  whole  matter  as  far  as  possible.  The  financial  state- 
ment is  attached  hereto,  but  needs  some  explanation. 

“The  birds  were  shipped  from  Liverpool  on  February 
17,  1904.  There  arrived  in  Halifax  63  birds  aliv.e,  and  in 
Vancouver  on  March  7,  1904,  58  birds  alive.  These  birds 
were  distributed  as  follows:  March  13,  1904,  at  Mr. 

McMynn’s  farm,  16  birds ; March  14,  1904,  at  ^Mr- 
Bowker’s  farm,  14  birds;  March  20,  1904.  at  Sea  IsBWld, 
13  birds;  March  20,  1904,  at  Mr.  McKee’s  farm,  14  birds. 
Total  57  birds. 

“As  one  bird  died  on  March  15,  after  arriving  in  Van- 
couver, it  will  be  seen  that  the  total  number  of  birds 
was  distributed. 

“Some  18  to  20  birds  were  seen  on  Sea  Island  during 
November,  1904,  and  various  other  reports  have  reached 
us  that  several  coveys  have  hatched  out ; but  it  has  been 
difficult  to  obtain  reliable  infonration  as  to  the  Sea 
Island  birds.  Two  coveys  of  from  8 to  10  each  have  been 
seen  on  Mr.  Thompson’s  farm  at  the  Delta. 

“At  Langley  the  birds  did  exceedingly  well,  four  coveys 
were  hatched  out,  consisting  of  from  ro  to  14  birds  each, 
three  remaining  on  Mr.  Bowker’s  farm  and  one  finding 
its  way  to  Mr.  Jolly’s  farm,  some  four  miles  away.  These 
birds  have  been  seen  frequently,  and  while  it  is  believed 
that  two  of  the  coveys  have  been  shot  at,  the  other  two 
coveys  are  still  intact,  and  there  are  some  birds  left  of 
the  two  coveys  that  were  broken  up. 

“From  the  information  we  have,  we  believe  that  at  least 
70  young  birds  have  been  seen,  and  that  it  would  be  safe 
to  estimate  that  there  are  at  least  120  European  par- 
tridges in  the  Province  to-day.” 

Tne  above  report  will  show  that  the  birds  have  thrived 
in  the  country,  and  there  appears  no  doubt  that  they  will 
do  well  if  only  given  an  opportunity. 

It  is  proposed  to  order  some  more  this  year.  It  is  to 
be  hoped  that  all  those  interested  will  contribute  toward 
this  end.  J.  L.  G.  Abbott,  E.  M.  Chaldecott. 


What  About  the  Porcupine  ? 

London,  Eng.,  March  7. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 
Will  you  kindly  aid  me  in  determining  the  ethics  of  shoot- 
ing porcupines’?  I am  going  for  a trip  to  the  woods  of 
Nova  Scotia  after  trout,  and  have  in  times  past  always 
shot  those  inoffensive  animals,  because  the  guides  are  all 
agreed  that  they  destroy  many  trees.  I understand  that 
in  Maine  a bounty  of  twenty-five  cents  a head  is  given 
for  them.  Perhaps  a discussion  in  your  columns  would 
not  be  uninteresting,  and  would  make  for  clearness  on 
this  much  disputed  point.  Whether  “porky”  makes  a 
good  roast  or  stew  is  also  an  interesting  question.  In 
Nova  Scotia  the  Indians  all  eat  him  with  gusto,  but  the 
whites  fight  shy.  Edward  Breck. 


A Song  of  Spring. 

Oh,  I wish  I were  a tiny  browny  bird  from  out  the  South, 
Settled  among  the  alder  holts  and  twittering  by  the  stream; 

I would  put  my  tiny  tail  down,  and  put  up  my  tiny  mouth. 
And  sing  my  tiny  life  away  in  one  melodius  dream, 

I would  sing  about  the  blossoms,  and  the  sunshine  and  the  sky. 
And  the  tiny  wife  I mean  to  have  in  such  a cosy  nest; 

And  if  someone  came  and  shot  me  dead,  why  then  I could  but  die, 
With  my  tiny  life  and  tiny  song,  just  ended  at  their  best.  - 

CSA&LES  KlNGSLEX. 


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Non-Resident  Laws  and  the  Constitution. 

Prescott,  Arizona,  March  12. — Editor  Forest  m£ 
Stream:  Ini  the  various  discussions  on  the  subject  of 

non-resident  license  laws  that  have  appeared  from  time 
to  time  in  your  columns,  the  question  of  their  constitu- 
tionality seems  never  to  have  been  raised. 

Article  4,  Section  2,  of  the  Constitution  of  the  United 
States  states : “The  citizens  of  each  State  shall  be  en- 

titled to  all  privileges  and  immunities  of  citizens  of  the 
several  States.” 

Article  14  states  : “No  State  shall  make  or  enforce  any 
law  which  shall  abridge  the  privileges  or  immunities  of 
citizens  of  the  United  States.” 

In  an  old  decision  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United 
States,  under  the  former  article  the  following  language 
was  used:  “It  was  undoubtedly  the  object  of  the  clause 
in  question  to  place  the  citizens  of  each  State  upon  the 
same  footing  with  citizens  of  other  States,  so  far  as  the 
advantages  resulting  from  citizenship  in  those  States  are 
concerned.  It  relieves  them  from  the  disabilities  of  alien- 
age in  other  States ; it  inhibits  discriminating  legislation 
against  them  by  other  States ; it  gives  thenp  the  right  of 
free  ingress  into  other  States  and  egress  from  them;  it 
insures  to  them  in  other  States  the  same  freedom  pos- 
sessed by  the  citizens  of  those  States  in  the  acquisition 
and  enjoyment  of  property  and  in  the  pursuit  of  happi- 
ness.” In  a later  decision  the  court  held,  “The  clause 
plainly  includes  the  right  to  be  exempt  from  any  higher 
taxes  and  excises  than  are  imposed  by  the  State  on  its 
ozun  citizens 

All  State  license  laws  that  have  been  brought  to  my 
notice  provide  for  a special  tax  in  the  form  of  a license 
discriminating  against  non-residents  in  direct  violation  of 
the  articles  of  the  Constitution  above  quoted.  There  is 
apparently  no  objection  to  a State  law  discriminating 
against  aliens,  but  there  is  a strong  probability  that  such 
a law  leveled  against  citizens  of  another  State  would  be 
declared  unconstitutional  in  case  the  matter  could  be 
brought  before  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States. 

A discussion  of  the  legal  aspects  of  this  question  in 
your  columns  might  be  of  great  interest  to  those  who  are 
in  doubt  as  to  the  legality  of  the  various  discriminating 
State  license  laws.  . Prescott. 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


Policemen  and  Pistols. 

Mdittr  Forest  and-  Stream: 

A circumstance  that  goes  to  illustrate  what  the  editor 
had  to  say  about  how  some  policemen  handle  their  pistols 
occurred  in  the  street  in  Philadelphia  only  a few  days 
ago.  A policeman,  who  was  pursuing  a 14-year-old  boy 
who  had  been  charged  with  robbing  another  boy,  was 
running  after  him  in  what  would  be  one  of  the  most 
crowded  streets  in  town  at  that  time  in  the  evening, 
when  he  drew  his  pistol  and  fired  a shot  at  the  boy,  but 
sent  the  ball  through  the  breast  of  a young  woman  who 
was  directly  between  him  and  the  boy  he  was  firing  at. 
Then,  not  noting  that  he  had  hit  the  woman,  he  ran  on 
past  her  and  caught  the  boy. 

A policeman  who  could  not  arrest  a 14-year-old  boy 
without  shooting  at  him,  is  as  much  out  of  place  on  the 
force  with  a pistol  as  he  would  be  without  it,  though  he 
probably  is  now  no  longer  on  that  police  force. 

An  officer  on  the  Pittsburg  police  force  was  shot  and 
killed  a few  weeks  ago  by  one  of  his  men  while  they  were 
at  target  practice.  It  was  an  accident,  of  course,  but  it 
would  never  have  occurred  if  the  man  had  known  how  to 
handle  his  pistol.  It  was  discharged  while  he  was  in 
the  act  of  drawing  it.  Cabia  Blanco. 


Mild  Weather  in  the  Northwest. 

Keller,  Wash.,  March  16. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 
Thus  far  we  have  had  the  most  delightful  weather  I have 
ever  experienced  in  this  country  in  March.  That  is,  so 
far  as  my  recollection  goes.  The  winter  has  been  free 
from  severe  storms,  and  there  was  but  little  snow  com- 
pared with  past  winters.  We  had  two  cold  spells,  but 
they  were  of  short  duration.  The  early  snow  in  January 
crusted,  which  made  it  hard  on  the  deer,  yet  it  was  not 
deep.  Lots  of  horses  wintered  here  in  the  mountains, 
and  while  I have  been  around  quite  a lot,  I have  not  so 
far  seen  a single  carcass. 

One  of  our  miners,  hunting  horses  a short  time  ago, 
while  going  up  the  San-Poil,  saw  a cougar,  and  his  dog 
treed  it.  The  miner  had  a .22  rifle  and  he  shot  the 
cougar  in  the  head,  killing  it  dead.  Grouse  seem  to  be 
very  plentiful  this  spring,  and  they  came  down  from  the 


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mountains  the  first  of  March  this  year,  when  usually  it  is 
the  middle.  Robins  wintered  with  us  this  winter  for  the 
first  time  to  my  recollection.  Larks  often  do.  Wild  geese 
wintered  along  the  Columbia,  and  are  often  seen  going 
north  now.  Lew  Wilmot. 

Legislation  at  Albany. 

Albany,  March  25.— Fish  and  game  matters  were  dull  in  the 
Legislature  the  past  week.  The  only , development  of  interest  in 
this  connection  was  the  attempt  to  pass  through  the  Assembly  the  i 
bill  of  Assemblyman  Hubbs  (Int.  No.  113)  to  allow  the  spring 
shooting  of  ducks  in  Suffolk  county.  The  bill  has  been  greatly 
amended  so  as  to  take  in  other  sections  of  the  State.  It  got  but 
fifty-four  votes,  which  is  twelve  short  of  a constitutional  majority. 
Assemblyman  Hubbs  hopes  to  bring  it  up  again  and  pass  it. 

The  Senate  has  passed  the  bill  of  Senator  Prime  (Int.  No.  98), 
making  an  appropriation  for  restocking  the  Adirondack  region  with  . 
wild  moose. 

The  Assembly  has  passed  the  following  bills: 

Assemblyman  Apgar’s  (Int.  No.  866)  relative  to  the  close  season  1 
for  deer  in  certain  counties. 

Assemblyman  F.  G.  Whitney’s  (Int.  No.  1019)  relative  to  fishing 
through  the  ice  in  Big  Sandy  Pond,  Oswego  county. 

Assemblyman  Steven’s  (Int.  No.  1006),  relative  to  the  close 
season  for  trout  in  certain  counties. 

Assemblyman  F.  G.  Whitney’s  (Int.  No.  784),  relative  to  fishing 
in  Lake  Ontario  in  Oswego  county. 

Assemblyman  Reeve’s  (Int.  No.  115),  amending  the  game  law 
in  relation  to  penalties. 

Assemblyman  Gray’s  (Int.  No.  266),  in  relation  to  the  close  ' 
season  for  grouse,  woodcock  and  quail  in  certain  counties. 

Assemblyman  Plank’s  (Int.  No.  958),  relative  to  the  close  .season  ; 
for  muskallonge  in  the  St.  Lawrence  River. 

Bills  have  been  introduced  as  follows: 

Assemblyman  Wade’s  (Int.  No.  1205),  amending  Section  82,so  as 
to  provide  that  muskallonge,  black  bass  and  yellow  bass  shall  not 
be  fished  for,  taken  or  possessed  in  Chautauqua  county  from 
Nov.  16  to  June  15,  both  inclusive,  unless  by  the  State  for  the 
purpose  of  propagation,  nor  shall  they  be  fished  for  or  taken  , 
from  any  of  the  waters  of  the  county  on  any  day  after  dusk  and 
before  daylight.  Bullheads  may  be  fished  for  and  taken  through 
the  ice  with  hook  and  line,  baited  with  angle  worms,  in  any  of 
the  lakes  of  the  county. 

Assemblyman  Standard’s,  by  request  (Int.  No.  1214),  amending 
Section  30,  so  as  to  provide  that  plover,  ringneck  or  killdeer,  1 
dowitcher,  willett  or  sandpiper  shall  not  be  taken  or  possessed  ' 
from  Jan.  1 to  Aug.  15,  both  inclusive.  Section  108  is  amended 
so  as  to  make  the  close  season  for  Wilson  snipe,  commonly  called 
English  snipe,  from  May  1 to  Aug.  31. 

Assemblyman  Coutant’s  (Int.  No.  1295),  amending  Section  75, 
providing  that  herring  may  be  taken  in  the  Delaware  River,  and 
that  part  of  the  Hudson  River  below  the  dam  at  Troy,  with  nets 
operated  by  hand  only,  from  March  15  to  June  30,  both  inclusive.  i 

The  Assembly  Committee  has  reported  Assemblyman  Hapman’s 
bill  (Int.  No.  1105),  relative  to  fishing  through  the  ice  in  Cross 
Lake,  Cayuga  county. 


Among  the  Florida  Keys. 

From  Miami  to  Key  West  and  beyond  extends  a shal- 
low sea  dotted  with  small  and  large  islets.  Toward  the 
north  and  west  these  are  little  but  mud,  mangroves  and 
mosquitoes,  but  toward  the  West  and  south  they  often 
show  white  beaches  of  coral  sand  and  sometimes  a little 
soil  capable  of  cultivation,  while  cocoanut  palms  are  not 
infrequent.  The  belt  of  islets  is  from  ten  to  forty  miles 
in  width,  and  around  the  inner  ones  stretch  wide  sounds 
of  shallow  water  and  broad  flats  of  sand  or  mud  barely 
covered  by  the  tide.  Between  the  outer  keys  are  fre- 
quent channels  called  creeks,  through  which  the  tide  ebbs 
and  flows,  and  beyond  the  outer  line  on  the  east  coast  is 
a belt  of  shoal  water  from  three  to  five  miles  wide  ex- 
tending to  the  Florida  Reef,  from  which  the  bottom 
plunges  downward  rapidly  to  the  channel  of  the  great 
Gulf  Stream.  On  the  west  coast  the  water  is  shoal  all 
through  the  Bay  of  Florida,  deepening  gradually  toward 
the  Gulf  of  Mexico.  The  whole  region  naturally  divides 
itself  into  two  districts,  the  “east  coast”  and  “west  coast,” 
as  they  are  commonly  distinguished,  the  territory  be- 
tween the  keys  being  rather  similar  to  and  generally  in- 
cluded with  the  latter.  These  two  districts  differ  con- 
siderably in  the  character  of  their  waters  and  the  in- 
habitants thereof,  the  east  coast  being  washed  by  water 
of  crystal  clearness,  peopled  by  the  Spanish  mackerel, 
kingfish,  barracuda,  amber  jack,  and  others  that  rarely 
appear  on  the  western  shore,  while  the  waters  of  the  west 
coast  are  more  cloudy,  and  inhabited  by  the  great  rays, 
the  sawfish,  the  sheepshead  and  the.  drums,  gray  and  red. 
The  tarpon  frequents  both'  coasts,  but  appears  earlier  and 
is,  I think,  more  numerous  on  the  west  side,  while  sharks 
are  common  everywhere. 

The  eastern  fish  and  fishing  have  been  most  fully  and 
carefully  described  by  Mr.  W.  H.  Gregg  in  his  admirable 
work,  “When,  Where  and  How  to  Catch  Fish  on  the 
East  Coast  of  Florida,”  and  Mr.  Chas.  F.  Holder,  in  his 
fascinating  volume,  “The  Big  Game  Fishes  of  the  United 
States,”  has  written  most  exhaustively  and  lovingly  of  the 
principal  tenants  of  both  districts.  Anyone  contemplating 
a fishing  trip  to  Florida  will  find  these  two  books  give 
abundant  information  as  well  as  the  keenest  pleasure. 
My  own  experience  is  limited  to  a little  fishing  near 
Miami  a year  or  two  ago,  and  a month’s  cruise  of  very 
recent  date;  in  which  last  I saw  and  fished,  most  of  the 
country,  but  at  an  unfavorable  season  and  with  unusually 
bad  weather.  Still  we  succeeded  in  taking  forty  species 
in  all,  including  most  of  the  principal  fishes  of  both 
coasts,  with  the  unfortunate  exception  of  the  tarpon,  for 
which  we  were  far  too  early,  having  started  our  cruise  in 
the  middle  of  January  and  ended  it  half  way  through  the 
following  month. 

To  get  the  best  results  the  northern  fisherman  might 
leave  Miami  about  the  middle  of  February,  spend  two 
weeks  on  the  east  coast,  and  reach  Marc©  or  Punta  Rassa 
about  March  i,  by  which  time  he  aught  t»  lad  plenty  of 
tarpon.  Doing  this  he  is  not  likely  t®  «*et  with  many 
northers,”  which  put  an  end  to  all  ishin#  while  they 
blow,  and  still  will  be  early  enough  to  escape  any  great 
heat  and  the  worst  of  the  flies,  which  l#st  are  present  in 
places  favorable  for  them  at  all  seasons,  but  are  not  v®ry 
bad  until  spring,  when  the  west  coast  is  said  to  be  almost 
intolerable,  and  even  the  more  favored  east  tr  not  free 
'from  the  scourge 


In  part  from  my  own  limited  experience,  but  mainly 
from  the  evidence  of  my  guides,  I think  there  is  really 
nothing  especially  desirable  in  the  way  of  rod-fishing  in 
the  west  except  for  the  tarpon ; but,  should  the  fisherman 
succumb  to  the  attractions  of  the  chase  with  the  spear,  as 
he  is  likely  to  do  after  the  first  trial,  this  district  is  the 
better  for  it. 

In  the  excessively  clear  waters  of  the.  east,  fish  have 
every  opportunity  to  see  the  angler  and  his  line,  and  they 
do  not  fail  to  make  the  most  of  them.  As  a consequence 
nearly  all  are  extremely  shy  and  madden  one  by  the 
calmest  indifference  to  the  most  seductive  baits.  To  ob- 
tain success  one  must  get  his  bait  to  the  fish  whil$  himself 
at  a considerable  distance,  and  this  must  be  done  either 
by  trolling  or  by  making  a long  cast  or  letting  the  sinker 
run  down  with  the  tide,  and  the  bait  lie  on  the  bottom 
until  a fish  strikes.  Of  course  a running  sinker  must  be 
used,  so  that  the  lightest  nibble  can  be  felt.  If  these 
fish  were  surface  feeders,  one  could  have  ideal  sport  with 
the  fly,  and  I understand  that  this  has  been  successfully 
tried  by  one  or  two  anglers  when  fishing  in  shallow 
waters.'  There  seem  to  be  few  large  flies  in  the  country, 
and  the  fish  live  on  minnows  or  crustaceans,  so  the  fly 
is  not  offered  to  them  as  a fly,  but  as  a strange  moving, 
and  therefore  living,  object,  which  is  presented  and 
snatched  away  until  a rush  is  made  at  it  and  the  unwise 
investigator  is  hooked  in  censequence.  Mr.  Dimmock, 
whom  I met  at  Marco,  and  who  has  done  wonders  with 
the  camera  and  with  the  spear,  tells  me  that  he  has  had 
excellent  sport  with  channel  bass  and  small  tarpon  by 
using  the  fly  in  this  manner. 

In  the  channels  between  the  keys  fishing  is  greatly  de- 
pendent on  the  state  of  the  tide,  as  fish  seem  to  travel 
back  and  forth  with  the  currents  while  feeding,  and  when 
the  tide  is  running  strongly  it  is  very  difficult  to  . feel 
the  delicate  nibble  which  is  usually  all  that  is  given. 
Slack  water  and  the  hour  or  so  preceding  and  following 
it  is  the  favorable  period,  and  if  fish  are  not  taken  then 
you  had  better  try  some  other  place.  On  the  outer  reef 
this  is  not  so  much  the  case,  and  one  can  often  find  suc- 
cess at  any  stage  of  the  tide.  Florida  fish  are,  however, 
very  freaky  and  uncertain,  like  most  other  fish,  and 
often  choose  their  time  for  biting  and  for  refusing  to  do 
so  without  apparent  reason;  but  patience  and  diligence 
will  bring  success  in  the  South  as  in  the  North. 

As  most  of  these  fish  are  bottom  feeders,  a pretty  heavy 
sinker  is  usually  necessary  for  still-fishing,  and  this  dead 
weight  is  of  course  a nuisance  in  fishing  and  a great 
hindrance  and  disadvantage  in  playing  a fish  when 
hooked.  In  the  channels  and  shoal  water  one  can  gen- 
erally use  moderately  light  tackle,  though  it  is  always 
possible  that  you  may  hook  something  large  enough  to 
endanger  your  rig.  On  the  reef  to  use  light  tackle  is  to 
court  disaster,  as  you  are  practically  certain  to  strike  a 
monster  that  even  the  heaviest  rig  will  barely  save.  At 
Alligator  Reef  my  companion  had  his  line  broken  twice, 
and  twice  had  the  full  two  hundred  yards  carried  away 
by  some  irresistible  power.  Having  never  before  used 
a tarpon  red  or  a twenty-one  thread  line,  I grew  to  think 
them  equal  t©  any  strain  that  could  be  exerted,  so  twice 
had  the  line  broken  at  the  leader  knot  through  holding 
big  amber] acks  too  tight,  and,  having  hooked  two  big 
sharks  while  trolling  for  kingfish,  succeeded  in  both 
eases  in  breaking  the  line  without  losing  much,  more  by 
- good  luck  than  by  any  skill.  /. 


Some  months  ago  Mr.  L.  F.  Brown  asked  me  to  join 
in  a discussion  as  to  whether  fresh  or  salt-water  fish  were  >; 
the  stronger.  Having  then  had  but  little  salt-water  expe- 
rience, I did  not  feel  qualified  to>  express  an  opinion. 
Now,  however,  my  conviction  is  fixed  beyond  shaking  ; 
that  the  salt-water  fish,  weight  for  weight,  is  greatly  the  ? 
more  powerful.  No  one  who  has  seen  the  rushes  and 
leaps  of  a barracuda,  felt  the  mighty  surges  of  an  amber-  j 
jack  or  the  wild  dashes  of  a kingfish,  can  for  a moment 
doubt  that  to  any  of  these  the  heaviest  salmon  tackle 
would  be  as  a thread  of  gossamer.  Using  a 24-ounce  6-  , 
foot  tarpon  rod  and  a multiplier  holding  200  yards  of 
21-thread  line  (tested  to  a dead  pull  of  42  pounds),  and 
equipped  with  a pad  brake,  I have  repeatedly  had  more 
than  a hundred  yards  torn  from  the  reel,  in  spite  of  the 
greatest  pressure  that  my  thumb  on  the  brake  and  my 
gloved  left  hand  clasped  around  line  and  rod,  could  pos- 
sibly exert,  by  fish  that  proved  when  gaffed  to  weigh  only 
twenty  pounds  or  thereabout.  After  playing  and  landing 
my  largest  amberfish — four  feet  long  and  weighing  forty- 
five  pounds — my  left  arm  at  the  elbow  ached  very  sharply, 
and  I actually  had  to  rest  for  ten  minutes  before  daring 
to  risk  it  in  another  such  struggle.  Our  fishing  was  done  j 
from  the  big  launch  and  was  difficult  in-  consequence;  it 
would  have  been  much  easier  if  done  from  small  boats 
which  the  fish  could  tow. 

The  play  of  the  great  pelagic  fishes  caught  on  or  out- 
side the  reef  is  interestingly  different.  The  barracuda,  , 
sabre-toothed  and  pike-like,  makes  fierce  and  long  side 
runs,  and  often  leaps  repeatedly  clear  from  the  water; 
the  kingfish,  splendid  in  blue  and  silver  and  iridescent 
with  pink  and  purple,  takes  the  bait  with  a rush  that 
often  carries  him  ten  feet  clear  of  the  waves,  the  squid 
in  his  jaws,  and  then  dashes  wildly  from  side  to  side, 
away,  down,  up  and  everywhere.  The  amberjack  does  not 
leap,  but  marches  away  with  a force  that  nothing  seems 
able  to  check,  utterly  refuses  to  yield  to  pressure,  never 
seems  to  tire,  and  is  of  all  fish  I have  met,  the  one  that 
fights  longest  and  steadiest,  with  a fund  of  reserve  power 
that  it  seems  impossible  to  exhaust.  The  huge  grouper, 
battleship  of  fishes,  resists  heavily  and  immovably,  and 
is  only  too  apt  to  get  into  a rock  hole  and  leave  you 
trying  to  lift  the  State  of  Florida. 

Since  returning,  many  have  asked  me,  “Will  not  your 
experience  with  these  great  and  powerful  fish  make  your 
beloved  trout  seem  small  and  uninteresting?”  To  which 
I answer,  “A  thousand  times  no ! It  has  been  wonderful 
fishing,  a very  interesting  experience,  and  one  to  be  re- 
membered with  great  pleasure ; but  I don’t  care  much  to 
repeat  it.  The  tackle  is  too  heavy,  the  work  too  hard, 
and  the  fish  too  many  and  too  big.  Far  preferable  to  any 
of  these  splendid  fish  is  fontinalis,  with  his  personal 
beauty,  wiliness  and  wariness,  lovely  surroundings,  and 
the  delicate  tackle  which  must  be  used  to  ensnare  him. 
As  gossamer  gut  is  to  piano  wire,  as  the  finest  silk  line  is 
to  heavy  linen,  as  a No.  12  hook  is  to  a 10/0,  as  a tiny 
artificial  fly  is  to  a five-inch  block  tin  squid,  so  is  the 
pursuit  of  fontinalis  a finer,  more  delicate  and  more  at- 
tractive sport  than  any  that  Florida  has  shown  me.  The 
southern  fish  are  magnificent.  .superb,  in  all  ways  admir- 
able; but  the  heavy  tackle  which  must  be  used  in  taking 
them  robs  the  sport,  of  much  of  its  charm.  If  Florida 
ever  sees  me  again,  it  will  be  that  I may  once  more  use 
tlie  spear,  not  the  rod.”  A.  St.  J.  Newberry. 

Cleveland,  Feb  SO. 


April  1,  1905.31  FOREST  AND  STREAM.  287 

The  Garfish. 


BY  BARTON  WARREN  EVERMANN. 

Through  the  intellingent  interest  of  Mr.  Robert  S. 
Meyer,  keeper  of  the  Light  Station  at  Anclote  Keys, 
Florida,  the  Bureau  of  Fisheries  has  received  an  ac- 
count of  the  capture  at  that  place  of  a specimen  of  a 
remarkable  fish  not  previously  known  from  any  point 
on  the  Atlantic  coast  of  America.  Mr.  Meyer  says: 
“I  inclose  a rough  sketch  of  a part  of  a fish  which 
was  killed  by  a shark  Sunday  the  12th  of  February,  and 
which  drifted  upon  the  beach  on  west  side  of  the  light. 
The  part  which  came  on  shore  was  7 feet  long,  about 
9 inches  wide,  and  4 inches  thick.  The  skin  was  like 
bright  silver,  with  no  scales,  with  black  marks,  as 
shown  in  the  sketch.  Eight  blood-red  plumes  which 
come  out  at  the  top  of  the  head  were  each  about 
28  inches  long.  One  long  plume  36  inches  long  came 
out  of  the  under  jaw.  All  the  plumes  or  fins  were 
blood-red.  The  plumes  could  open  at  the  ends  and 
look  like  small  fans  as  shown  in  the  sketch.  Could 
you  kindly  tell  me  the  name  of  the  fish  described? 

This  description,  together  with  the  very  good  sketch 
accompanying  it,  leaves  no  room  for  doubt  that  the 
strange  fish  was  a specimen  of  the  oarfish,  Regctlecus 
glesn'e,'  described  originally  in  1788  by  Ascanius  from 
a specimen  which  came  ashore  at  Glesvaer,  Norway. 

These  fishes  are  very  remarkable,  not  only  on  ac- 
count of  their  peculiar  appearance  and  structure,  but 
because  of  their  enormous  size.  They  have  been  known 
to  attain  a length  of  20  feet,  and  it  is  not  at  all  im- 
probable that  they  reach  even  a much  greater  length. 
Many  of  the  creatures  popularly  identified  as  “sea 
serpents”  were  doubtless  large  individuals  of  this  fish. 
Indeed,  as  Goode  and  Bean  remark,  it  is  quite  safe 
to  assign  to  this  group  all  the  so-called  “sea  serpents,” 
which  have  been  described  as  swimming  rapidly  at  or 


THE  OARFISH. 

near  the  surface,  with  a horse-like  head  raised  above 
the  water,  surmounted  by  a mane-like  crest  of  red  or 
brown. 

An  example  came  ashore  at  Hungry  Bay,  Bermuda, 
in  i860.  It  was  17  feet  long,  and  was  described  by 
the  people  who  saw  it  before  it  was  captured  as  being 
very  much  longer  and  as  having  a head  like  that  of  a 
horse  and  with,  a flaming  red  mane. 

Dr.  Gunther  (in  the  Challenger  Report),  has 
brought  together  a list  of  the  examples  of  this  species, 
so  far  as  known  to  science.  His  record  gives  14 
from  the  Scandinavian  coasts  from  1740  to  1852;  19  on 
the  British  coasts  from  1759  to  1884;  one  in  the 
Mediterranean;  3 at  the  Cape  of  Good  Hope;  one  in 
the  Indian  Ocean;  5 on  the  coast  of  New  Zealand; 
and  one  at  Bermuda.  Those  on  the  Scandinavian  and 
British  coasts  were  observed:  4 in  January,  5 in  Feb- 
ruary, 8 in  March,  2 in  April,  1 in  May,  1 in  June,  1 
in  July,  2 in  August,  1 in  September  and  1 in  October. 
Gunther  also  states  that  by  far  the  greatest  propor- 
tion of  captures,  in  the  Northern  Hemisphere,  at  least, 
was  in  the  stormy  season. 

These  fishes  are  true  deep-sea  fishes  likely  to  be  met 
with  in  any  or  all  parts  of  the  oceans.  They  are 
generally  found  when  floating  dead  on  the  surface  or 
thrown  ashore  by  the  waves.  Their  body  is  like  a 
band/specimens  15  to  20  feet  long,  being  only  10  to  12 
inches  deep,  and  1 or  2 inches  broad  in  their  thickest 
part.  The  eye  is  large,  the  mouth  small,  the  teeth 
feeble,  and  the  head  deep  and  short.  A high  dorsal 
fin  runs  the  whole  length  of  the  back  and  is  supported 
by  exceedingly  numerous  rays.  Its  forward  portion  is 
on  the  head,  is  detached  from  the  rest  of  the  fin,  and 
is  composed  of  very  long  flexible  spines  expanded 
at  the  ends,  and  bright  red  in  color.  The  general  color 
of  the  body  is  silvery. 

When  these  fishes  reach  the  surface  of  the  water 
the  expansion  of  the  gases  within  their  bodies  has 
so  loosened  all  the  parts  of  their  muscular  and  bony 
system  that  they  can  be  lifted  out  of  the  water  only 
with  great  difficulty,  and  nearly  always  portions  of  the 
body  are  broken  or  lost.  The  bones  contain  very 
little  bony  matter  and  are  very  porous,  thin  and  light. 
At  what  depth  these  fishes  live  is  unknown.  No  speci- 
men has  ever  been  obtained  in  the  deep-sea  dredge, 
but  that  they  are  not  rare  in  the  ocean  depths  is 
evidenced  by  the  frequency  with  which  dead  fish  or 
fragments  are  found. 

"Young  individuals  of  this  or  related  species  are  not 
rarely  met  with  near  the  "surface.  They  possess  the 
most  extraordinary  development  of  fin-rays  observed 
in  the  whole  class  of  fishes,  some  of  them  being  several 
times  longer  than  the  body,  and  provided  with  lappet- 
like dilatations.  There  can  be  no  doubt  that  fishes 
with  such  delicate  appendages  are  bred  and  live  in 
depths  where  the  water  is  absolutely  quiet,  as  life  in 
the  disturbed  waters  of  the  surface  would  deprive  them 
at  once  of  these  delicate  organs,  " 


Striped  Bass  Fishing  in  1 829. 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

My  dear  Sir — The  following'  account  of  rock  fishing  in  the 
Susquehanna  is  taken  from  No.  3 Vol.  I.  of  the  American  Turf 
Register  and  Sporting  Magazine  for  November,  1829.  I recently 
came  across  it  and  send  it  to  you,  thinking  it  may  be  of  interest 
to  your  many  angling  readers.  I am  yours  faithfully, 

Daniel  B.  Fearing. 

“Perry  Point,  Sept.  25,  1829.— Mr.  Editor:  Seeing 

in  the  first  number  of  your  sporting  magazine  an  in- 
vitation for  gentlemen  to  send  y6u  such  articles  on 
sporting  subjects,  as  their  observation  enables  them  to 
write,  I have  sent  you  an  article  on  the  subject  of 
trolling  for  rock  fish  in  the  Susquehanna.  It  is  all 
taken  from  actual  observations  of  my  own.  I have 
frequently  caught  fish  in  the  manner  I have  attempted 
to  describe,  and  nothing,  that  I am  sensible  of,  is  stated 
as  a fact,  which  is  not  so.  When  it  is  stated  that  the 
boat  is  rowed  up  a current  running  down  at  an  angle 
of  45  degrees,  I am  not  convinced  that  it  is  an  exag- 
geration. Every  thing  else  I know  is  true,  ‘all  of  which 
I saw  and  felt.’  A sporting  work  should  be  a depository 
of  truth;  for  any  one  may  make  himself  a sportsman 
by  exaggeration.”  “H.  S.” 

Trolling  for  Rock  Fish  in  the  Susquehanna. 

The  season  for  trolling  begins  in  the  latter  part  of 
May,  and  commonly  ends  about  thq  middle  of  July; 
but  some  years  lasts  during  August.  In  the  month  of 
June,  the  rock  fish  generally  bite  best.  To  make  good 
fishing,  the  river  should  not  be  very  high  nor  low, 
muddy  nor  clear,  but  betwixt  extremes,  in  these  re- 
spects. If  the  water  be  clear,  the  fish  dart  off  at  sight 
of  the  line;  and,  it  is  thought,  they  leave  the  rapids, 
when  the  river  is  rising,  or  muddy,  to  feed  upon  the 
flats  in  the  Chesapeake. 

Trolling  is  very  much  practiced  from  Port  Deposit, 

to  almost  any  given  distance  up 
the  river,  but  not  below.  The 
grass  that  the  ducks  feed  upon 
grows  too  thick  on  the  flats  in 
tide  water  for  trolling,  and  the 
channel  is  uniformly  too  deep. 
The  rapids  above,  where  the 
water  is  in  many  parts  shoal, 
and  the  rocky  bottom  clear  of 
grass,  is  the  proper  place  for 
trolling. 

As  I have  never  seen  this 
method  of  fishing  noticed  in 
any  sporting  work,  I propose 
giving  such  an  account  of  it  as, 
I hope,  a reader  who  has  never 
witnessed  it  will  understand. 
The  troller  provides  himself 
with  a convenient  sized,  light, 
well-caulked  skiff;  it  should  be 
large  enough  to  carry  four  per- 
sons without  sinking  deep  in  the 
water.  He  must  also  take  care 
to  get  two  good  oarsmen,  accus- 
tomed to  row  among  the  rapids. 
The  lines  generally  used  are 
made  of  flax  (sometimes  of 
cotton),  and  twisted  very  hard, 
from  90  to  130  feet  long.  On  each  line  are  two  brass  or 
steel  swivels,  one  about  a foot  from  the  hook,  the 
other  some  twenty  or  more,  according  to  the  length 
of  the  line.  The  lines  must  be  very  strong,  but  not  so 
thick  as  to  be  clumsy,  and  the  steel  hooks  sharp,  with 
large  barbs.  The  figures  of  the  hooks  are  made  to 
vary  according  to  the  notions  of  their  different  owners, 
who  frequently  have  them  made  to  order,  by  smiths 
in  the  neighborhood.  The  long  shanked  hook  is  gen- 
erally esteemed  best.  Old  trollers  are  as  particular 
about  the  shapes,  of  their  hooks,  as  cockers  are  about 
their  gaffles.  One  end  of  the  line  is  made  fast  to  a 
cork  or  buoy  as  large  as  a common  seine  cork.  This 
cork  is  thrown  overboard,  when  the  hook  catches 
against  a stone  or  limb  of  a tree;  for  the  boat  is 
under  such  headway,  and  the  line  being  nearly  all  out, 
if  the  fisherman  holds  on  to  his  line,  he  will  break  it. 
He,  therefore,  in  such  case  throws  the  buoy  overboard, 
by  which  he  can  find  his  line,  and  goes  back  at  his 
leisure  to  take  it  up,  and  disengage  his  hook.  The 
bait  consists  of  small  fish,  such  as  anchovies,  minnows, 
chubs,  etc.,  etc.  If  the  troller  intends  starting  at  day- 
break (the  usual  hour),  he  angles  for  his  bait  the 
afternoon  previous,  and  buries  them  in  the  wet  sand 
by  the  edge  of  some  convenient  stream,  or  keeps  them 
in  spring  water.  If  they  are  exposed  to  the  atmos- 
phere during  a warm  summer  night,  they  become 
tender,  and  tear  from  the  hook. 

Two  persons  generally  fish  from  the  same  boat;  one 
of  them  steers  with  one  hand,  and  fishes  with  the  other. 
Each  fisherman  lets  his  line  out  over  the  side  of  the 
boat  nearest  to  him,  and  close  to  the  stern  (where  they 
sit),  holding  it  in  his  hand,  a few  inches  from  the  water, 
and  leaves  the  end  attached  to  the  cork  in  the  bottom 
of  the  boat.  He  pays  out  nearly  all  his  line,  and  keeps 
constantly  pulling  it,  by  short  jerks,  to  feel  if  it  is 
running  over  a rock  or  tree  top.  The  boat  is  rowed  as 
fast  as  possible  across  the  river,  from  shore  to  shore, 
above,  and  as  near  to  the  falls  as  they  can  go,  to 
avoid  being  swept  down  them.  The  rock  fish  lie  below 
the  falls  and  ripples,  waiting  for  the  small  fish  that  are 
carried  over  by  the  current.  Here  then  the  bait  falls  over, 
with  a constant  rotary  motion,  like  a live  fish  whirled 
over,  side  foremost,  and  struggles  in  vain  against  the 
falls.  The  swivels  turn  every  time  the  bait  turns,  and 
prevent  the  line  from  twisting  up  into  knots;  and  as 
there  are  no  sinkers,  the  rapid  headway  of  the  boat 
drags  them  along  so  fast  that  the  lines  have  no  time 
to  sink.  At  sight  of  the  bait  tumbling  over  the  falls, 
the  rock  fish  darts  upward  from  his  cavern  in  the  rocks 
and  swallows  hook  and  all.  The  bite  of  the  rock  is 
quick  as  lightning,  and  gives  a strong  sudden  jerk  to 
the  arm  of  the  fisherman.  When  he  first  discovers  he 
is  snared,  he  rises  to  the  top  of  the  water,  and  begins 
to  lash  it  furiously  with  his  forked  tail,  like  “a  spirit 
conjured  from  the  vasty  deep,”  then  plunges  down 
a§: am  to  the  bottom.  He  is  dragged  from  thence  by 
the  fisherman,  who  hauls  in  his  long  line,  hand  over 
Itand,  ujitil  he  brings  hi§  fish  alongside  of  the  h?at 


If  he  is  of  tolerable  size,  weighing  only  seven  or  ten 
pounds,  the  troller  lifts  him  into  the  boat  by  the  line, 
but  if  the  fish  is  large,  he  runs  his  arm  down  into  the 
water  and  lifts  him  in  by  his  gills.  The  excitement  that 
this  scene  produces  in  all  those  in  the  boat,  is  not  to 
be  described.  One  instant  you  see  the  fish  making 
the  water  foam  with  his  tail,  the  next  you  lose  sight 
of  him;  one  instant  the  troller  feels  him  jerking  des- 
perately backward,  the  next  he  darts  ahead  toward  the 
boat,  carrying  the  line  with  him,  and  the  fisherman 
who  ceases  to  feel  him,  is  distressed  for  fear  he  has 
broken  loose  from  the  hook.  The  black  oarsmen  ease 
up  rowing  to  laugh  and  shout  with  great  glee.  The 
troller’ s anxiety  to  secure  his  fish  is  so  great,  that  he 
alone,  of  all  the  company,  is  silent  and  full  of  un- 
easiness, until  he  gets  him  into  the  boat.  In  this  man- 
ner, it  is  not  unusual  to  catch,  with  two  lines,  tenor  twenty 
fish,  varying  in  weight  from  five  to  twenty  pounds  each, 
in  an  hour- — sometimes  they  are  caught  much  larger. 
When  the  fish  do  not  bite  fast,  the  troller  does  not 
become  wearied  soon;  his  line  is  always  out,  and  he  is 
in  constant  expectation  of  feeling  a bite,  as  the  boat 
glides  backward  and  forward  across  the  river,  in  search 
of  luck;  he  is  not  confined  to  one  rock,  like  the  sleepy 
angler. 

This  would  be  very  dangerous  sport  to  persons  un- 
accustomed to  it;  let  no  presumptuous  cits,  venture 
upon  it  by  themselves.  The  flat-bottomed  boat  must 
be  rowed  through  the  most  dangerous  falls  and  whirl- 
pools in  the  river.  Sometimes  she  is  forced,  at  an  im- 
perceptible progress,  against  a current,  running  down 
at  an  angle  of  45  degrees.  If  one  of  the  oarsmen  hap- 
pen to  fail  in  strength,  or  to  dip  his  oar  with  a false 
stroke,  the  current  will  snatch  it  upward  out  of  his 
hands,  and  the  frail  skiff  will  be  dashed  to  pieces 
among  the  rocks.  Often  they  are  obliged  to  get  out 
of  the  boat  on  some  rock  above  water,  and  haul  her 
oyer.  A person  unaccustomed  to  it  cannot  rely  upon 
his  senses  of  hearing  or  seeing.  He  is  first  deafened  by 
the  stunning  roar  of  the  incessant  flood,  then  sickened 
by  the  tossing  of  the  skiff  among  the  waves  and  eddies. 
The  huge  rocks  that  rear  themselves  thick  to  oppose 
the  rushing  waters,  covered  with  eagles  and  cormorants, 
and  the  little  islands  all  seem  to  be  swimming  back- 
ward. And  now  she  flies  across  a shoal — at  first  glimpse 
the  little  skiff  seems  to  rest  securely  on  the  bottom; 
at  the  next,  the  solid  bottom  appears  deceitfully  to 
recede  from  beneath  her,  and  leave  her  to  founder  in 
the  dark. waters  of  a bottomless  swirl.  And  again,  be- 
fore he  is  aware  of  it,  she  seems  to  have  approached 
so  . near  the  falls  that  nothing  can  prevent  her  from 
going  over  side  foremost.  All  these  false  appearances 
rushing  in  succession,  quick  as  thought,  upon  the  mind 
of  the  troubled  cockney,  turn  his  brain  with  dizziness. 

It  is  not  often  you  can  procure  white  men  to  row, 
for  the  fatigue  is  excessive.  If  brother  Jonathan  is  not 
to  make  something  considerably  more  than  the  price 
of  a day’s  labor  by  it,  or  to  partake  of  the  sport  of 
fishing,  he  will  have  nothing  to  do  with  it. 

If  you  want  an  oarsmen  you  must  look  up  the  free 
blacks.  These  descendants  of  the  wild  men  of  Africa 
(some  of  them,  no  doubt,  descendants  of  kings),  hate 
the  dull  labors  of  civilized  life,  and  love  fishing,  by 
instinct,  as  all  their  fathers  did  before  them.  You  may 
find  the  smoke  of  their  cabins  among  the  treetops,  half- 
way up  the  craggy  sides  of  the  river  hills,  or  in  the 
foggy  bottoms  just  below.  Wake  him  up  at  peep  of 
day — drag  him  out  from  the  warm  side  of  his  grumbling 
spouse,  and  good-natured  Sambo,  stretching  his  big 
limbs  like  the  figure  of  waking  Hercules,  opens  his  eyes 
on  the  fishing  lines  and  whiskey  jug,  and  begins  to 
brag:  “Oh,  master,  if  it’s  fishing  you’r  ater,  I’m  your 
man.  Who  you  got  kin  row  ginst  Samboo — Sambo 
never  tire.”  He  takes  the  bounty  at  once  (a  drink  of 
whiskey),  and  without  stopping  to  ask  what  more  you 
will  give  him,  shoulders  his  oar,  and  longs  to  be  off  in 
the  first  boat. 

Selfishness  or  Sentiment — Which  ? 

Of  selfishness  it  may  be  truly  said  that  it  is  the  synthe- 
sis of  all  that  is  mean  and  low  in  human  nature.  It  is 
as  clearly  in  evidence  to-day  as  in  the  earlier  time  when 
it  was  more  frankly  avowed  and  warmly  defended,  when, 
as  now,  might  made  right,  and  poets  sang, 

“That  they  should  take  who  have  the  power. 

And  they  should  keep  who  can.” 

The  hypocrisy  of  the  present  time  may  demand  that 
the  tiger  claws  of  selfishness  be  concealed  in  a velvet 
covering,  but  the  painful  injuries  inflicted  upon  the  body 
politic  prove  their  repulsive  presence  and  power  to  harm 
as  in  the  past. 

Just  now  the  pernicious  consequences  of  seining  fish 
upon  their  spawning  beds  in  Missisquoi  Bay — that  por- 
tion of  Lake  Champlain  that  extends  into  the  Province  of 
Quebec — are  heralded  forth,  and  condemnation  by  an 
outraged  public  invited.  Some  of  the  people  who  are 
more  directly  affected  and  aggrieved  throw  up  their  hands 
in  holy  horror  and  proclaim  their  denunciation  of  the 
people  who  resort  to  this  method  of  taking  fish  to  the 
world.  And  they  go  further,  and  allege  that  because  these 
people  owe  allegiance  to  a different  flag  they  are 
prompted  to  do  this  out  of  spite  in  a turbulent  spirit  of 
opposition  to  the  interest  and  desires  of  another  people; 
and  that  because  they1  have  votes  their  representatives  in 
the  Provincial  Parliament  will  do  nothing  antagonistic 
to  their  interests,  or  to  promote  legislation  that  will  be 
effectual  to  stop  this  nefarious  practice. 

Such  sweeping  charges  and  insinuations  deserve  more 
than  a passing  notice;  and  while  I do  not  pose  as  the 
apologist  for,  or  the  defender  of,  seining  fish  upon  their 
spawning  grounds,  I make  bold  to  say  that  there  is  noth- 
ing inconsistent  in  the  practice  or  out  of  harmony  with 
the  ethics  of  sportsmanship — not  as  proclaimed  from  the 
housetops,  but  as  very  generally  practiced— and  that  it  is 
not  good  form  or  becoming  in  those  living  in  glass 
houses  to  hurl  such  unhandsome  stones  against  those  no 
more  sinning  than  themselves. 

Having  spent  all  the  years  of  my  youth  and  early  man- 
hood in  the  vicinity  of  Missisquoi  Bay,  and  being  con- 
versant with  the  facts  in  the  case,  as  well  as  the  extent  of 
the  depredation  wrought,  I may  without  presumption 
claim  to  be  familiar  with  the  question  at  issue,  and  I 
unhesitatingly  pronounce  the  motive  that  prompts  the 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


[Apeil  i,  1905. 


practice  and  withholds  the  remedy  to  be  the  same  that 
actuates  the  generality  of  sportsmen  the  world  over- 
selfishness — pure,  unadulterated  selfishness.  It  may  be 
true  that  the  tiger’s  claw  is  more  easily  discerned  in  sein- 
ing fish  than  in  some  other  things,  but  at  bottom  the 
velvet  covering  will  be  found  the  only  difference. 

The  shelving  and  gravelly  shore  of  Missisquoi  Bay  is 
the  great  spawning  bed  of  Lake  Champlain.  Here  in  early 
springtime  gather  myriads  of  fish  from  the  deeper  waters 
of  the  lake  to  spawn — a season  of  the  year  when  they 
refuse  all  the  legitimate  overtures  of  the  most  skillful 
disciples  of  the  piscatorial  art — when  it  is  capture  them 
with  nets  or  get  no  fish,  as  they  quit  the  domains  of  His 
Majesty,  Edward  VII.,  as  soon  as  they  spawn. 

With  tons  of  fish  coming  to  their  doors  for  a time  only 
to  disappear  a little  later,  is  it  not  asking  a good  deal 
of  human  nature  to  demand  and  expect  them  to  desist? 
And  to  expect  their  representatives  at  the  seat  of  govern- 
ment to  take  action  against  the  interests  of  their  con- 
stituents? 

Paraphrasing  the  old  school  book  story  of  the  boys 
and  frogs,  we  may  say  that  it  is  fun  and  money  for  the 
fishermen  of  Missisquoi  Bay,  but  death  to  the  fish;  but 
while  this  is  to  be  regretted,  who  will  say  that  it  is  not 
in  accord  with  the  \ery  general  practice  of  self-styled  and 
so-called  “true  sportsmen?” 

Scores  of  instances  tc  prove  that  this  is  literally  true— - 
that  it  is  selfishness  and  not  sentiment  that  prompts— 
readily  suggest  themselves,  but  their  enunciation  would 
extend  these  notes  to  undue  length.  I must  crave  suffi- 
cient space,  however,  to  touch  upon  a few  of  the  more 
prominent. 

The  time  was  when  the  Connecticut.  River  so  teemed 
with  salmon  that  it  was  common  practice  when  servants 
and  apprentices  were  indentured  to  stipulate  in  the  con- 
tract that  they  should  not  be  fed  upon  salmon  more  than 
the  stated  number  of  times  during  the  week.  With  the 
increase  of  population  in  the  Connecticut  Valley,  the  sal- 
mon naturally  decreased  in  number,  but  when  the  dam 
at  Holyoke  was  completed  and  they  could  not  ascend  the 
river  to  their  spawning  grounds,  their  days  were  num- 
bered. For  many  years  agitation  was  continued  in  the 
Legislatures  of  the  States  of  Connecticut  and  Massa- 
chusetts on  the  subject  of  providing  a suitable  fishway 
in  the  dam,  but  selfishness  triumphed,  no  fishway  was 
constructed,  the  salmon  were  exterminated,  and  the 
waters  that  formerly  knew  them  in  abundance  now  know 
them  no  longer. 

We  may  pass  over  in  silence  the  clouds  of  wild  pigeons 
that  darkened  the  sun  in  their  flight  in  the  not  long  ago, 
and  that  now  are  gone  forever ; the  unnumbered  thousands 
of  buffalo  that  swarmed  on  the  western  plains;  the  fear- 
ful slaughter  of  song  and  insectivorous  birds  for  their 
plumage;  the  unceasing  warfare  made  upon  the  sea  fowl 
in  their  winter  home  and  during  their  spring  and  fall 
migrations ; the  untold  millions  of  woodcock,  quail,  grouse 
and  other  birds  that  fall  before  the  insatiated  and  insa- 
tiable gun  of  the  “true  sportsman”  and  that  of  his  twin 
brother  the  pot-hunter;  and  all.  or  nearly  all,  actuated  by 
that  most  potent  impelling  motive — selfishness. 

Turning  from  the  individual  to  the  game  organizations 
—the  much  heralded  and  oft-proclaimed  “protective”  or- 
ganizations, local,  State  and  national — and  it  is  very  ap- 
parent that  the  machinery  thereof  is  geared  to  the  same 
dynamo.  The  local  society  is  not  infrequently  dominated 
by  someone  who  has  an  ax  to  grind — possibly  by  some 
ambitious  individual  who  runs  the  gun  and  ammunition 
store — when  it  is  no  infrequent  sight  to  see  him  attempt 
to  “run  with  the  hare  and  howl  with  the  hounds,”  trying 
to  appear  to  be  in  favor  with  the  better  sentiment  of  the 
community  in  behalf  of  game  protection  and  propagation, 
while  very  careful  to  oppose  restrictive  measures  looking 
to  a shorter  open  season,  a license  on  guns,  or  other 
measures  that  would  limit  the  sale  of  guns  and 
ammunition ! 

Not  long  since  in  one  of  the  most  progressive  States  in 
the  Union  it  was  proposed,  in  the  interest  of  greater  pro- 
tection to  game  birds,  to  enact  legislation  looking  toward 
a diminution  of  their  natural  enemy,  the  fox;  when  lo 
and  behold ! down  rolled  an  avalanche  of  oratory  that 
swept  all  before  it  on  the  ground  that  the  fox  is  the 
natural  friend  and  protector  of  the  innocent  and  defense- 
less game  birds ! And  it  was  even  proclaimed  that  par- 
tridges (ruffed  grouse)  sought  the  burrow  of  sly  Rey- 
nard and  made  their  nests  near-by — presumably  to  culti- 
vate his  friendship  and  establish  greater  comity  between 
fur  and  feathered  life!  And  this  by  men  of  mature  years, 
who,  while  confessing  themselves  fox  hunters,  proclaimed 
their  interest  in,  and  anxiety  for,  the  propagation  and 
protection  of  game  birds ! 

Advancing  a step  from  the  individual  to  the  machinery 
of  the  State,  and  the  power  of  selfishness  may  be  easily 
discerned.  We  need  cite  but  a couple  of  instances,  which 
may  be  accepted  as  a type  of  the  many.  We  have  but  to 
recall  the  attitude  of  the  great  State  of  New  York  on 
the  question  of  spring  shooting  of  waterfowl,  and  the 
power  of  the  Long  Island  gunners  to  prevent  remedial 
legislation ; and  again  the  case  of  the  millionaire  who 
legitimately  buys  and  incloses  for  his  own  use — selfishly, 
if  you  will — territory  in  the  Adirondacks,  only  to  invite 
the"  opposition  and  torch  of  the  incendiary  who  refuses 
to  yield  up  privileges  hitherto  enjoyed  but  never  paid  for. 

The  State  of  Maine  furnishes  another  striking  example. 
To  meet  and  mend  “a  condition  and  not  a theory,”  “that 
our  children  and  children’s  children  may  see  and  enjoy 
the  large  game  of  the  woods,”  a hunter’s  license  is  im- 
posed upon  visiting  sportsmen.  Was  the  professed  the 
real  motive?  How  much  .more  quickly  and  effectually 
would  the  destruction  of  big  game  be  prevented  by  mak- 
ing a close  season  for  a number  of  years  or  perpetual. 
But  then  would  be  gathered  the  harvest  of  dollars? 
Were  such  measures  proposed  instead  of  the  money- 
getting license,  there  would  , have  gone  up  such  a howl 
from  transportation  companies,  hotel  and  camp  owners 
and  guides  as  would  make  a thunderstorm  in  summer 
seem  like  the  echo  of  a toy  pistol.  Selfishness? 

Turn  we  next  to  the  National  Government,  and  we  see 
practically  nothing  accomplished  of  national  importance — 
inertia,  indifference,  selfishness. 

Measured  by  the  ethical  standard  generally  prevailing, 
who  will  cast  the  first  stone  at  she  fishermen  of  Missis- 
quoi  Bay?  And  who  will  demand  of  them  higher  stand- 
ards, more  healthy  and  advanced  sentiment,  and  more 
yphitmisru  .than  exists  elstewbere 7 Geo.  McA-lee®, 


Sea  Fishing  at  Palm  Beach* 

From  the  Palm  Beach  News,  March  18. 

The  annual  ocean  fishing  tournament  which  has  bees 
going  on  for  the  past  eight  weeks  came  to  a close  yester- 
day. The  most  valued  trophy  of  the  contest,  the  Royal 
Poinciana  Cup  for  the  largest  amberjack,  was  won  by 
Mr.  John  B.  Cauldwell,  of  New  York,  who  also  caught 
the  92-pound  record  fish  some  weeks  before  the  tourna- 
ment opened.  Mr.  Thomas  D.  Whistler,  of  Baltimore, 
was  awarded  the  Breakers’  Cup  for  the  largest  number  of 
amberjacks  taken  in  one  day;  Mr.  Grier  Hersh,  of  York, 
Pa.,  the  Bingham  Cup  for  the  largest  amberjack  caught 
from  the  pier,  and  Mr.  C.  K.  Bispham,  of  Philadelphia, 
the  kingfish  cup  for  the  largest  kingfish  of  the  season. 

None  of  the  competitors  having  qualified  for  the  Tan- 
dem Cup,  the  committee  decided  to  rechristen  it  the  Gulf 
Stream  Cup,  and  unanimously  awarded  it  to  Mr.  Rich- 
mond Talbot,  of  Tuxedo  Park,  as  a fitting  recognition 
of  his  daring  exploit  in  capturing  the  now  famous  sail- 
fish,  the  first  specimen  of  this  dangerous  denizen  of  the 
Gulf  Stream  ever  taken  with  rod  and  reel  at  Palm  Beach. 
Most  of  the  scores  appended  below  were  exceptionally 
poor  as  compared  with  other  years,  which  is  partially  ac- 
counted for  by  the  severe  cold  spell,  but  more  generally 
attributed  to  the  continued  practice  of  netting  close  to 
the  ocean  pier.  In  other  respects  the  tournament  was  a 
very  great  success,  the  rivalry  having  been  keen  among 
the  large  number  of  competitors  entered  from  various 
sections  of  the  United  States. 

The  colored  crews  which  man  the  surf  fishing  boats 
took  an  active  interest  in  the  sport,  while  Mr.  Winters, 
in  charge  of  the  pier,  gave  universal  satisfaction  by  his 
untiring  efforts  to  aid  the  amateur  fishermen  as  well  as 
his  clever  use  of  the  plungers  and  gaffs  in  landing  the 
large  fish.  Owing  to  the  indefatigable  labors  of  Jimmy 
Rainbowlegs,  unlimited  supplies  of  bait  were  always  pro- 
curable, even  on  the  most  active  fishing  days.  The  detail 
record  is  given  below : 

ROYAL  POINCIANA  CUP. 

First — John  B.  Cauldwell,  62  pounds.  Second — Grier 
Hersh,  60  pounds. 

BINGHAM  CUP. 

First — Grier  Hersh,  60  pounds.  Second — John  B. 
Cauldwell,  52  pounds. 

KINGFISH  CUP. 

First — C.  K.  Bispham,  36  pounds.  Second — John  B. 
Cauldwell,  33  pounds.  Grier  Hersh,  33  pounds. 

breakers’  cup. 

First — Thos.  D.  Whistler,  two  fish. 

GULF  STREAM  CUP. 

First — Richmond  Talbot,  seven  feet  long. 


Casting  Tournaments. 

C.  G.  Levison,  who  was  a member  of  the  National 
Rod  and  Reel  Association,  writes  to  the  London  Fish- 
ing Gazette: 

Having  served  on  the  committee  of  this  as- 
sociation for  all  but  one  of  its  tournaments  dur- 
ing its  active  life,  and  also  on  the  committee 
for  every  indoor  tournament  held  in  New  York  City 
by  the  Sportsman’s  Show,  there  has  been  every  op- 
portunity for  me  to  become  familiar  with  the  require- 
ments necessary  for  each  of  the  several  contests  that 
long  experience  has  involved.  Experience  has  taught 
that  no  contest  where  the  result  may  be  determined  by 
the  individual  opinion  of  the  judges  will  ever  be  de- 
cided to  the  satisfaction  of  all  concerned,  and  in  con- 
sequence such  events  were  long  ago  eliminated  here. 
The  argument  that  casting  tournaments  do  not 
represent  actual  fishing  conditions  may  forever,  as  far 
as  I can  see,  be  discussed,  without  any  prospect  of  a 
nearer  settlement  than  at  present  exists;  but  for  the 
sake  of  argument,  even  if  admitted,  it  does  not  seem 
to  me  to  constitute  a valid  reason  why  they  should 
not  continue  to  be  held  with  such  events  for  competi- 
tion as  may  be  reproduced  somewhat  near  to  such  con- 
ditions. The  long  distance  fly  casting  events  for  light 
or  heavy  or  single  or  double  hand  rods  will,  if  ex- 
amined from  most  any  viewpoint,  be  found  to  be 
better  fitted  to  these  conditions,  and  also  to  test  the 
tackle,  than  any  others  that  may  be  devised.  This 
for  the  reason  that  there  is  one,  and  only  one  object 
sought,  and  this  a definite  one.  This  subject  is  so 
plain  and  simple  that  it  appeals  to  the  caster  and 
spectators  as  well,  and  the  distances  cast  may  be  seen 
and  compared  by  anyone  with  fair  eyesight,  and  con- 
sequently the  final  result  is  always  satisfactory  be- 
cause it  is  beyond  dispute. 

Now,  what  are  the  conditions  in  nature  that  call 
for  similar  casting? 

As  far  as  I may  judge  they  occur  only  when  an 
angler  is  on  the  shore  of  a lake  or  bank  of  a wide 
river,  and  his  endeavor  is  to  reach  a fish  that  may  be 
rising  away  beyond.  To  accomplish  the  distance,  should 
lie  be  blamed  if  in  so  doing  he  performs  some  ungrace- 
ful contortions,  raises  his  forearm  above  the  head, 
allows  his  fly  or  line  to  come  in  contact  with  the  earth 
or  grass  or  some  obstruction  in  his  rear,  but  at  last 
by  a supreme  effort  his  line  shoots  out  the  required 
distance  and  the  fish  is  reached  and  caught?  Is  not 
he  a better  angler  than  another  who  for  the  sake  of 
good  form  would  not  resort  to  such  heroic  measures, 
and  would  therefore  fail  to  catch  the  fish? 

The  following  incident  will  better  illustrate  the  point. 
The  late  Harry  Prichard,  a famous  old  Scotch  angler, 
who  for  many  years  kept  a small  fishing  tackle  busi- 
ness in  New  York  City,  once  went  with  my  friend 
Mr.  M.  and  myself  to  try  for  trout  on  a well-known 
Long  Island  private  pond  that  was  strictly  preserved 
and  very  little  fished.  Prichard,  having  a great  reputa- 
tion as  a distance  caster,  went  along  to  show  us  what 
value  there  was  in  such  work,  as  there  was  no  boat 
on  the  pond  and  the  fish  kept  in  the  main  channel, 
which  ran  a long  distance  from  and  parallel  to  the  dam 
before  it  turned  to  the  outlet.  Prichard  seldom  cast 
over  head  even  from  a boat,  but  usually  made  use  of 
the  switch  cast.  Having  arranged  our  tackle  and 
viewed  the  situation,  we  concluded  that  only  Prichard 
could  cover  the  distant^  necessary  to  cast,  so  we 
stood  aside  aad  gave  tef  him  the  ptunt  df  v&nfcage.  At 


once  there  occured  a commotion  at  his  feet  equal  to 
that  made  by  a small  side  wheel  steamboat.  This  was 
caused  by  his  line  sloshing  round  in  the  water.  We 
watched  the  operation  some  minutes  with  wonder,  but 
at  last  to  our  great  relief  the  loop  of  the  line  rose 
upward,  uncoiled  outward  nearly  to  its  extremity, 
when  the  leader  and  fly  at  its  end  turned  over, 
straightened  out  flat  on  the  water,  there  was  a rush 
of  a big  trout,  which  was  struck  and  finally  landed. 
This  was  repeated  again  and  again  until  several  trout 
of  from  lb.  to  iF>  lb.  were  placed  in  the  creel. 
Prichard  caught  that  day  all  the  fish  that  were  taken, 
and  Mr.  M.  and  I were  two  very  interested  spectators, 
as  though  we  were  at  a tournament  for  all  the  world. 
Had  I hitherto  been  the  most  doubtful  of  the  benefits 
of  distance  casting  I would  have  been  a convert  from 
that  moment  to  its  great  advantages,  even  though  at- 
tained at  the  sacrifice  of  good  form. 

These  are  some  of  the  reasons  why  the  distance 
events  should  not  be  hedged  around  with  petty  re- 
strictions to  handicap  the  performer. 

If  the  time  ever  comes  when  a set  of  standardized 
rules  acceptable  to  Great  Britain  and  America  can  be 
agreed  upon,  there  will  be  no  one  better  pleased  than 
yours  very  truly,  C.  G.  Levison. 


A South  Carolina  Fish  Case. 

MC  DONALD  & JOHNSON  ET  AL.  VS.  SOUTHERN  EXPRESS  CO. 

(Circuit  Court,  D.  South  Carolina.  Dec.  30,  1904.) 

K.  Bryan,  for  complainants. 

ordecai  & Gadsden  and  U.  X.  Gunter,  Jr.,  Attorney-General 
South  Carolina,  for  defendant. 

Brawley,  District  Judge.  An  act  of  the  General 
Asembly  of  South  Carolina  approved  February  16,  1904 
(24  St.  at  Large,  p.  385),  declares,  in  section  1,  “that  on 
and  after  the  20th  day  of  February,  1904.  it  shall  be  un- 
lawful to  ship  or  transport  any  shad  fish  beyond  the 
limits  of  this  State”;  and  in  section  2,  that  “any  person 
* * * who  violates  the  provisions  of  section  1 of  this 
act  shall  upon  conviction  be  deemed  guilty  of  a misde- 
meanor and  subject  to  a fine  not  exceeding  $100  or  to 
imprisonment  not  exceeding  30  days”;  and  in  section  3, 
that  “any  common  carrier  receiving  any  shad  fish  for 
transportation  or  shipment  to  any  points  beyond  the 
limits  of  this  State,  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  deemed 
guilty  of  a misdemeanor,  and  shall  for  each  offense  be 
fined  not  exceeding  $100.”  Immediately  after  the  passage 
of  this  act  the  defendant  company,  a corporation  engaged 
in  the  business  of  transportation  as  an  interstate  common 
carrier,  and  therefore  carrying  shad  fish  to  places  outside 
the  limits  of  the  State,  gave  notice  that  it  would  not, 
after  February  20,  1904.  receive  for  shipment  or  transport 
to  points  beyond  the  limits  of  the  State  any  shad  fish, 
whereupon  complainants,  six  or  seven  in  number,  filed 
their  bill  of  complaint,  alleging,  among  other  things,  that 
they  were  dealers  and  shippers  of  shad  fish  caught  within 
and  without  the  limits  of  the  State  of  South  Carolina  to 
places  situated  outside  the  limits  of  said  State;  that  said 
shad  fish  was  a recognized  article  of  interstate  commerce  ; 
that  they  had  expended  large  sums  of  money  in  the  equip- 
ment of  their  business,  and  had  entered  into  contracts  for 
daily  shipments  during  the  shad  season;  that  the 
Congress  of  the  United  States  had,  by  several  statutes, 
provided  for  the  propagation  of  shad  fishes,  and  had  ex- 
pended large  sums  of  money,  and  deposited  many  millions 
of  shad  fishes  or  shad  fry  in  the  coast  waters  of  the 
United  States  for  the  benefit  of  the  citizens'  of  the  United 
States,  and  that  the  act  above  mentioned  was  in  contra- 
vention of  Article  1,  section  8,  of  the  Constitution  of  the 
United  States.  An  interlocutory  injunction  was  granted, 
and  it  was  referred  to  the  master  to  take  testimony,  and 
the  case  is  now  before  me  upon  his  report,  and  upon  a 
motion  for  a permanent  injunction;  counsel  for  complain- 
ants appearing  in  behalf  of  said  motion,  and  the  Attorney- 
General  of  the  State  in  opposition. 

The  master  reports  that  he  held  a reference  October  7, 
1904,  at  which  were  present  the  solicitor  for  the  com- 
plainants, the  solicitor  for  the  defendant,  Southern  Ex- 
press Company,  associated  with  whom  as  counsel  was  the 
Attorney-General  of  the  State  of  South  Carolina,  and 
that  the  complainants  and  their  witnesses  being  present 
and  ready  to  give  their  testimony  in  the  cause,  it  was 
agreed  by  the  counsel  for  the  complainants  and  the  coun- 
sel for  the  defendant  that  the  facts  as  alleged  in  the  bill 
of  complaint  were  admitted  as  true;  counsel  for  the  de- 
fendant stating  that  the  issue  was  one  of  law,  arising 
upon  the  face  of  the  pleading.  The  facts,  as  alleged  being 
admitted,  it  was  further  agreed  that  during  the  pendency 
of  the  act  set  forth  in  the  bill  of  complaint  in  the  Legis- 
lature of  the  State  of  South  Carolina  an  amendment  was 
offered  striking  out  the  words  “any  shad  fish,”  in  section 
1 of  the  act,  and  inserting  in  lieu  thereof  the  words  “any 
shad  fish  caught  in  the  waters  of  the  State  of  South 
Carolina,”  but  the  said  amendment  was  rejected.  It  was 
stated  by  the  counsel  for  the  complainants  in  the  argu- 
ment before  me,  and  not  controverted,  that  he  was  pre- 
pared to  prove  by  his  witnesses  that  the  greater  part  of  the 
shad  fish  shipped  by  complainants  was  caught  beyond  the 
limits  of  the  State  of  South  Carolina. 

In  Geer  vs.  Connecticut,  161  U.  S.  519,  16  Sup.  Ct.  600, 
40  L.  Ed.  793,  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States 
considers  the"  nature  of  the  property  in  game,  and  the 
authority  which  the  State  had  a right  to  lawfully  exer- 
cise in  relation  thereto,  and,  after  reviewing  the  authori- 
ties from  the  time  of  Solon,  holds  that,  from  the  earliest 
traditions,  the  right  to  reduce  animals  feres  natures  to 
possession  has  been  subject  to  the  control  of  the  law- 
giving  power.  The  principle  upon  which  this  decision 
rests  is  that  such  animals , belong  to  the  collective  body 
of  people  of  the  State,  and  are  held  by  the  State  in  trust 
for  the  people,  and  the  person  who  takes  the  game  can 
only  acquire  a qualified  property  in  it;  that  such  game 
not  being  the  subject  of  private  ownership,  except  in  so  far 
as  the  people  may  elect  to  make  it  so,  the  State  may,  if 
it  sees  fit,  absolutely  prohibit  the  taking  of  it,  or  traffic 
and  commerce  in  it,  if  it  is  deemed  necessary  for  the  pro- 
tection or  preservation  of  the  public  good;  that  such 
common  ownership  imports  the  right  to  keep  the  property, 
if  the  sovereign  so  chooses,  always  within  its.  jurisdic- 
tion for  every  purpose.  The  dissenting  opinions  of 
Justices  Field  and  Harlan,  while  not  questioning  the  right 
eff  thfe  Sthte,-  by  jtS  legislation,  to  tfrtM'de  for  the  p'ro.- 


April  x,  1905.] 


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tection  of  wild  game,  hold  that  such  game,  when  beyond 
Idle  reach  or  control  of  man,  is  not  the  property  of  the 
State,  or  of  anyone,  in  a proper  sense,  and  that  when 
man,  by  his  labor  or  skill,  brings  any  such  animals  under 
his  control  and  subject  to  his  use,  he  acquires,  to  that 
extent,  his  right  of  property  in  them ; that,  having  thus, 
by  labor  or  skill,  added  to  the  uses  of  man  an  article  pro- 
moting his  comfort,  which  without  that  labor  would  have 
been  lost  to  him,  he  has  an  absolute  right  to  it,  and  the 
State  cannot  interfere  with  his  disposition  of  it;  that  such 
game  thus  reduced  to  his  possession  becomes  an  tide  of 
commerce;  and  that  it  does  not  lie  within  the  province 
game  thus  reduced  to  his  possession  becomes  an  article  of 
food  within  its  borders  to  its  own  fortunate  inhabitants, 
to  the  exclusion  of  others.  Two  other  Justices  took  no 
part  in  the  decision,  but  the  opinion  of  the  court  settles 
the  law  that  a State  has  the  power  to  prohibit  the  ex- 
portation of  game  killed  within  the  limits  of  the  State. 
The  statute  of  Connecticut  which  was  under  the  review 
of  the  court  forbade  the  transportation  of  “any  such  birds 
killed  within  this  State,”  and  the  opinion  of  the  Supreme 
Court  uses  the  same  words  of  limitation.  The  case  under 
review  related  to  woodcock  and  other  birds,  but  there  is 
no  doubt  that  fish  come  within  the  general  classification 
of  game.  Blackstone  and  Kent  class  them  with  animals 
ferce  natures,  and  in  this  State  it  was  so  decided  in  State 
vs.  Higgins,  51  S.  C.  53,  28  S.  E.  15,  38  L.  R.  A.  561. 

Whether  the  shad  fish,  owing  to  its  peculiar  nature, 
and  to  the  circumstance  that  its  presence  within  the 
waters  of  the  State  is  due  largely  to  the  methods  of 
propagation,  and  to  the  expenditure  of  moneys  by  the 
general  Government  for  the  benefit  of  all  the  people  of 
the  United  S'ates,  should  be  differentiated  from  this 
clasisfication,  is  an  interesting  question  raised  by  the 
pleadings,  and  may  be  considered  hereafter.  Assuming 
that  it  is  to  be  classed  with  other  game  as  animals  feree 
nature v,  the  property  in  which  rests  in  the  Slate,  and  that, 
under  the  principle  settled  by  Geer  vs.  Connecticut,  the 
State  has  the  right  to  prohibit  the  exportation  beyond 
its  limits  of  any  such  fish  caught  within  its' borders,  does 
such  right  exist  as  to  any  fish  caught  without  its  borders 
and  brought  within  it?  The  source  of  title  in  such  fish 
is  not  the  State.  There  is  no  ownership  by  the  State,  or 
by  the  people  in  their  collective  capacity,  in  game  or  fish 
taken  or  killed  outside  the  borders  of  the  State,  for  it  is 
not  a food  simply  which  belongs  in  common  to  all  the 
people  of  the  State,  and  which  can  only  become  the  sub- 
ject of  ownership  in  a qualified  way,  as  declared  in  that 
case.  Therefore  it  seems  to  me  clear  that  shad  fish 
caught  without  the  borders  of  the  State  are  not  subject 
to  the  limitations  and  restrictions  that  the  State  may  im- 
pose on  the  ownership  of  fish  caught  within  its  borders. 

I11  the  case  of  Davenport  (C.  C.)  102  Fed.  540.  the  peti- 
tioner. who  keot  a restaurant  in  the  city  of  Spokane,  in 
the  State  of  Washington,  was  arrested  and  imprisoned 
for  having  in  his  possession  and  offering  for  sale  quail 
which  he  bad  purchased  in  the  State  of  Missouri.  The 
statute  upon  which  the  prosecution  ivas  founded  declared 
it  to  be  a misdemeanor  to  offer  for  sale  quail  or  other 
game  therein  described.  The  petitioner  was  discharged 
in  habeas  corpus  procedings,  the  court  saying: 

“T  fully  assent  to  the  doctrine  of  these  decisions  holding  that 
it.  is  competent  for  State  legislatures  to  enact  laws  for  the  protec- 
tion of  game:  and  I do  not  question  the  decision  of  the  Supreme 
Court  of  the  United  States  in  Geer  v.  Connecticut,  holding  that 
the  Legislature  of  the  State  has  the  constitutional  power  to  en- 
tirely prohibit  the  killing  of  game  within  the  State  for  the  pur- 
pose of  conveying  the  same  beyond  the  limits  of  the  State,  for  it 
is  true,  and  it  is  an  elementary  principle,  that  the  wild  game 
within  the  State  belongs  to  the  people  in  their  collective,  sovereign 
capacity.  Game  is  not  the  subject  of  private  ownership,  except 
in  so  far  as  the  people  may  elect  to  make  it  so;  and  they  may,  if 
they  see  fit,  absolutely  prohibit  the  taking  of  it  for  traffic  or 
commerce  in  it;  but  the  power  of  the  Legislature  in  this  regard 
only  applies  to  game  within  the  State,  which  is  the  property  of 
the  people  of  the  State,  and  no  such  power  to  interfere  -with  the 
private  affairs  of  individuals  can  affect  the  right  of  a citizen  to 
sell  or  dispose  of.  as  he  pleases,  game  which  has  become  a sub- 
ject of  private  ownership  by  a lawful  purchase  in  another  Stale. 
This  decision  of  the  Supreme  Court  does  not  directly  or  indirectly 
support  the  proposition  that  the  Legislature  of  one  State  has  the 
constitutional  cower  to  prohibit  traffic  in  game  imported  from 
another  State.” 

In  People  vs.  A.  Booth  & Co.,  86  N.  Y.  Supp.  2 72,  de- 
cided November,  1903,  in  the  Supreme  Court  of  New 
York,  an  action  was  brought  to  recover  penalties  under 
the  fish  and  game  laws  of  New  York  for  having  posses- 
sion of,  selling,  and  transporting  brook  trout  out  of 
season,  imported  from  Canada  and  stored  in  cold  storage, 
and  cases  in  the  State  of  New  York  are  reviewed.  Among 
them  is  the  case  of  People  vs.  Buffalo  Fish  Company,  164 
N.  Y.  100,  58  N.  E.  36,  52  L.  R.  A.  803,  79  Am.  St.  Rep. 
622,  where  the  court  says : 

“The  question,  and  the  only  question,  is  whether  a State  statute 
can  be  'awfully  enacted  to  prohibit  a citizen  of  this  State  from 
buying  fish  in  Canada,  importing  it  into  this  State,  and  exposing 
it  for  sale  here.  There  is  no  question  at  all  about  the  com- 
petency of  the  State,  in  the  exercise  of  the  police  power,  to  enact 
game  laws.  The  question  is  wl»ether  such  laws  can  be  so  framed 
as  to.  prohibit  or  restrict  by  penal  provisions  the  importation  of  an 
article  of  food  in  universal  use.  That  the  purchase  of,  fish  for 
food  in  a foreign  country,  and  its  importation  here  for  sale  as  such 
is  a branch  of  foreign  commerce,  is  too  clear  for  discussion. 
* * * That  the  statute  operates  as  a restriction  upon  the  defend- 
ant’s business  as  an  importer  and  dealer  in  fish,  no  one  can  doubt. 
That  a statute  so  operating  is  in  conflict  with  the  exclusive  power 
of  .Congress  to  regulate  foreign  commerce,  is  not  questioned;  and 
yet  the  contention  is  made,  with  great  earnestness,  that  this  statute 
is.  perfectly  valid.  The  reasoning  upon  which  this  conclusion  is 
based,  if  I understand  it,  is  that  the  State  has  the  power  to 
pass  game  laws,  which  no  one  denies;  that  the  object  of  this 
statute  was  to  protect  game  in  this  State,  and  not  to  interfere 
in  any  way  whatever  with  foreign  commerce,  and,  since  the 
purpose  that  the  Legislature  had  in  view  was  lawful  and  laud- 
able, the  statute  is  good,  although  in  fact  it  does  prohibit  or  re- 
strict the  importation  of  fresh  fish  as  an  article  of  food.  If  the 
Legislature  did  not  intend  to  restrict  foreign  commerce,  as  as- 
serted, then  it  is  obvious  that  the,  statute  should  be  read  and 
interpreted  according  to  that  intention,  in  which  event  it  would 
have  no  application  to  the  facts , of  this  case;  but,  strangely 
enough,  it  is  given  a meaning  which  imputes  to  the  lawmakers 
just  the  contrary,  since  it  is  said  that  the  possession  of  imported 
fish  is,  in  terms,  inhibited.  The  good  intentions  of  a Legislature 
will  not  save  a State  statute  from  condemnation  when  it  in  fact 
conflicts  with  the  supreme  law  of  the  land.  If  it  restricts  the  ap- 
plication of  commerce,  as  it  certainly  does,  then  it  is  void,  no 
matter  what  name  may  have  been  given  to  it,  or  what  good  pur- 
pqae  jt  was  intended  to  promote.” 

The  court  held  in  the  Booth  case  that,  if  it  was  neces- 
sary to  protect  trout  streams,  they  should  be  more 
effectively  policed,  or  the  use  of  the  implements  for  then- 
invasion  regulated,  and  that  provisions  of  that  law  were 
not  a reasonable  exercise  of  police  power,  but  deprived 
a citizen  of  his  property  in  fish  as  an  article  of  com- 
merce, and  says : 

"Bit  ?3  a broader  reason  for  the  invalidity  of  this  law, 


and  one  nearer  home.  It  is  not  only  void  under  the  commerce 
laws  of  the  United  States  Constitution,  but  it  is  in  conflict  with 
the  State  Constitution,  as  depriving  the  owner  of  his  property  and 
liberty.'  Much  confusion  and  uncertainty  is  found  in  the  Session 
Law's  and  the  decisions  in  relation  to  game  and  game  fishes,  which 
comes,  in  a great  part,  from  not  considering  the  quality  of  the 
title  which  the  possessor  has  in  such  property.” 

There  are  two  kinds  or  qualities  of  such  title,  depend- 
ing upon  the  place  of  capture  and  possession,  and,  citing 
Geer  vs.  Connecticut  and  other  cases  holding  that,  game 
being  the  property  of  the  whole  people,  the  law  might  im- 
pose such  terms  and  conditions  as  it  chose,  not  only  as  to 
its  capture,  but  as  to  the  disposition  and  use  of  the  Same, 
and  that,  such  privileges  being  granted  by  legislation,  the 
conditions  upon  which  it  was  granted  followed  the  game, 
* the  court  also  says : 

“But  when  game  is  obtained  outside  the  State,  and  brought  into 
it  as  private  property,  the  owner  does  not  get  his  right  to  it  from 
the  State.  He  holds  it  independent  of  the  State,  the  same  as  he 
owns  his  house,  his  cattle,  or  securities.  Lie  is  the  absolute,  un- 
qualified owner  of  property,  protected  by  the  Constitution,  and 
just  as  sacred  from  encroachment  from  the  State  as  from  others.” 

In  considering  similar  legislation  in  the  State  of  Penn- 
sylvania, the  court  says  in  Commonwealth  vs.  Wilkinson, 
139  Pa.  298,  21  Atl.  14: 

“The  manifest  object  of  this  act  was  the  preservation  of  game 
within  this  commonwealth.  We  cannot  assume  that  it  was  in- 
tended to  preserve  game  elsewhere,  and  it  would  be  a forced  con- 
struction to  hold  that  it  was  intended  to  exclude  from  our  mar- 
kets quail  and  other  game  killed  in  other  States,  where  by  the 
laws  of  those  States  the  killing  of  it  was  lawful.  * * * The 
law  was  not  intended  to  have  any  extraterritorial  effect,  and  if  it 
was,  it  would  be  nugatory.” 

The  same  doctrine  is  announced  in  Maryland  (Dick- 
haut  vs.  State,  85  Md.  451,  37  Atl.  21,  36  L.  R.  A.  765, 
60  Am.  St.  Rep.  332),  in  Massachusetts  (Commonwealth 
vs.  Hall,  128  Mass.  410,  35  Am.  Rep.  387),  in  Kansas 
(State  vs.  Saunders,  19  Kan.  127,  27  Am.  Rep.  g8),  and 
in  other  States. 

There  are  decisions  to  the  contrary  in  a number  of 
States,  the  most  notable  of  which  is  ex  parte  Maier,  103 
Cal.  476,  37  Pac.  402,  42  Am.  St.  Rep.  129,  where  the 
Supreme  Court  of  California  held  that,  in  the  exercise  of 
the  police  power  of  the  State,  it  may  prohibit  the  taking 
of  wild  game,  and  any  traffic  or  commerce  in  it,  if  deemed 
necessary  for  its  protection  or  preservation  of  the  public 
good,  and,  to  this  end,  may  make  it  criminal  for  any 
person  to  sell  or  offer  for  sale  any  of  such  game,  whether 
killed  within  the  State  or  without  the  State.  These  cases 
rest  upon  the  principle  stated  by  Lord  Chief  Justice  Cole- 
ridge in  Whitehead  vs.  Smithers,  2 C.  P.  D.  553,  where, 
under  an  English  statute  making  it  unlawful  to  have  in 
possession  plover  during  the  close  season,  it  was  held  that 
a party  who  imported  the  dead  birds  from  Holland,  and 
sold  them  in  the  British  market,  came  within  the  pro- 
hibition of  the  statute,  and  the  court  said: 

“It  is  said  that  it  would  be  a strong  thing  for  the  Legislature 
of  the  United  Kingdom  to  interfere  with  the  rights  of  foreigners 
to  kill  foreign  birds,  but  it  may  well  be  that  the  true  and  only 
mode  of  protecting  British  wildfowl  from  indiscriminate  slaughter, 
as  well  as  of  protecting  other  British  interests,  is  bv  interfering 
indirectly  with  the  proceedings  of  foreign  persons.  The  object  is 
to  prevent  British  wildfowl  from  being  improperly  killed  and  sold 
under  pretense  of  their  being  imported  from  abroad.” 

It  is  hardly  necessary  to  say  that,  the  power  of  the 
British  Parliament  relating  to  questions  of  this  kind  be- 
ing supreme,  this  case  furnishes  no  rule  of  guidance  in 
construing  a statute  of  a State  whose  power  in  respect  to 
all  matters  of  interstate  and  foreign  commerce  is  limited 
by  the  Federal^  Constitution.  The  argument  in  favor  of 
the  validity  of  this  statute  is  precisely  that  which  was 
controlling  in  the  English  case  just  referred  to;  that  is, 
that  it  would  be  impossible  for  the  police  officers  of  the 
State  to  determine  whether  the  shad  come  from  within 
or  from  without  the  State,  and  that  it  would  be  easier  to 
enforce  local  protective  and  inspection  laws  if  they  were 
made  applicable  as  well  to  fish  caught  without  the  State 
as  to  those  caught  within  its  borders.  As  a mere  rule 
of  convenience,  this  argument  has  weight,  but  the 
Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States  has  definitely  pro- 
nounced unconstitutional  such  local  laws  as  are  in 
restraint  of  interstate  commerce.  Thus,  in  the  oleomar- 
garine case,  the  State  of  Pennsylvania  having  passed  an 
act  making  it  a misdemeanor  for  any  person  to  sell  or 
have  in  his  possession,  with  intent  to  sell,  any  imitation  or 
adulterated  butter  or  cheese,  which  the  Supreme  Court 
of  that  State  sustained,  in  Schollenberger  vs.  Pennsyl- 
vania, 171  U.  S.  1,  18  Sup.  Ct.  757,  43  L.  Ed.  49,  it  was 
held  by  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  Slates  that,  in- 
asmuch as  oleomargarine  was  a recognized  and  proper 
subject  of  commerce,  it  could  not  be  totally  excluded  from 
any  particular  State  simply  because  the  State  may  choose 
to  decide  that,  for  the  purpose  of  preventing  an  impure 
and  adulterated  article,  it  will  not  permit  the  introduc- 
tion of  a pure  and  unadulterated  article  within  its  hol- 
ders upon  any  terms  whatever.  The  argument  in  favor 
of  the  statute  was  that  it  was  enacted  in  good  faith  for 
the  protection  of  the  health  of  the  citizens  and  for  the 
prevention  of  deception,  and  that  while  it  might  be  ad- 
mitted that  there  was  actually  pure  oleomargarine,  not 
dangerous  to  the  public  health,  its  purity  could  not  be 
ascertained  by  any  superficial  examination,  and  that,  any 
certain  and  effective  supervision  of  its  manufacture  being 
impossible,  therefore  all  oleomargarine  should  be  ex- 
cluded; but  the  court  held  that  it  was  beyond  the  power 
of  the  State  to  interfere  with  interstate  commerce,  and 
it  could  not,  for  the  purpose  of  preventing  the  introduc- 
tion of  an  impure  or  adulterated  article,  absolutely  pro- 
hibit the  introduction  of  that  which  was  pure  and  whole- 
some. This  case  is  on  the  line  of  many  others  where 
statutes  passed  under  the  cover  of  the  exercise  of  police 
powers  were  held  unconstitutional,  as  being  a burden 
upon  interstate  or  foreign  commerce.  Henderson  vs. 
Wickham,  92  U.  S.  259,  23  L.  Ed.  543;  Chy  Lung  vs. 
Freeman,  92  U.  S.  275,  23  L.  Ed.  550;  Railroad  Company 
vs.  Husen,  95  U.  S.  465,  24  L.  Ed.  527. 

It  being  so  clear  upon  principle  and  upon  the  most  ap- 
proved authorities  that  the  State  has  no  power  to  pro- 
hibit the  exportation  of  game  brought  into  the  State  from 
another  State,  or  outside  its  borders,  it  was  suggested  by 
the  learned  Attorney-General  at  the  hearing  that  the  act 
be  so  construed  as  to  confine  its  operation  to'  shad  caught 
within  the  limits  of  the  State.  Such  interpretation  would 
limit  the  words  of  the  act,  and  be  manifestly  against  the 
intent  of  the  Legislature  which  enacted  it,  for  it  appears 
from  the  agreed  statement  of  facts'  that  an  amendment 
was  proposed,  while  the  act  was  on  its  passage,  striking 
out  the  words  “'any  shad  fish,”  in  section  1,  and  maertiirg 


in  Ueu  thereof  the  words  “any  shad  fish  caught  in  the 
waters  of  the  State  of  South  Carolina,”  hut  the  said 
amendment  was  rejected,  and  the  court  cannot  do  now  by 
construction  what  the  Legislature  refused  to  do  by  enact- 
ment. 

In  the  Trade-Mark  Cases,  100  U.  S.  82,  25  L.  Ed.  530, 
the  court  had  under  consideration  certain  criminal  prose- 
cutions for  violations  of  what  is  known  as  the  “trade- 
mark legislation.”  The  Congress  had  passed  an  act  of 
the  broadest  character  to  punish  counterfeiting  of  trade- 
marks, which  was  claimed  to  be  valid  as  a regulation  of 
commerce.  Property  in  trade-marks  had  long  been  recog- 
nized and  protected  by  the  common  law  and  by  the 
statutes  of  the  several  States,  and  it  was  held  in  this  case 
that  if  the  power  of  Congress  could  in  any  case  be  ex- 
tended to  . trade-marks,  as  a regulation  of  commerce,  it 
must  be  limited  to  their  use  in  “commerce  with  foreign 
nations,  and  among  the  several  States  and  with  the  In- 
dian tribes,”  and  that  this  legislation  was  not,  in  its  terms 
or  essential  character,  a regulation  that  is  limited ; but,  in 
its  language,  embraced,  and  was  intended  to  embrace,  all 
commerce,  including  that  between  citizens  of  the  same 
State.  It  was  held  that  such  legislation  was  void  for 
want  of  constitutional  authority;  and,  in  reply  to  the  sug-, 
gestion  that  Congress  had  power  to  regulate  trade-marks 
used  in  commerce  with  foreign  nations  and  among  the 
several  States,  the  legislation  should  be  held  valid  in  that 
class  of  cases,  if  no  further,  the  court  says : 

“While  it  may  be  true  that  when  one  part  of  a statute  is  valid 
and  constitutional,  and  another  part  is  unconstitutional  and  void, 
the  court  may  enforce  the  valid  part,  where  they  are  distinctly 
separable,  so  that  each  can  stand  alone,  it  is  not  within  the 
judicial  province  to  give  to  the  words  used  by  Congress  a nar- 
rower meaning  than  they  are  manifestly  intended  to  bear,  in  order 
that  crimes  may  be  punished  which  are  not  described  in  language 
that  brings  them  within  the  constitutional  power  of  that  body.” 

This  precise  point  was  decided  in  United  States  vs. 
Reese,  92  U.  S.  214,  23  L.  Ed.  563,  where  the  Chief 
Justice  says: 

“We  are  not  able  to  reject  the  part  which  is  unconstitutional 
and  retain  the  remainder,  because  it  is  not  possible  to  separate 
that  which  is  constitutional,  if  there  be  any  such,  from  that  which 
is  not.  The  proposed  effect  is  not  to  be  attained  by  striking  out 
or  disregarding  words  that  are  in  the  section,  but  by  inserting 
those  that  are  not  there  now.  Each  of  the  sections  must  stand 
as  a whole,  or  fall  together.  The  language  is  plain.  There  is  no 
room  for  construction,  unless  it  be  as  to  the  effect  of  the  Consti- 
tution. The  question  then  to  be  determined  is  whether  we  can 
introduce  wc.ds  of  limitation  into  a penal  statute  so  as  to.  make 
it  specific,  when,  as  expressed,  it  is  general  only.  * * * To 
limit  the  statute  in  the  manner  now  asked  for  would  be  to  make 
a new  law,  not  to  enforce  an  old  one.  This  is  no  part  of  our 
duty.” 

In  view  of  the  fact  that  the  Legislature  of  South  Caro- 
lina refused  to  limit  the  operation  of  this  act  by  rejecting 
the  amendment  above  deferred  to,  some  of  the  concluding 
words  in  the  case  cited  are  apposite : 

“If  we  should,  in  the  case  before  us,  undertake  to  make  by 
judicial  construction  a law  which  Congress  did  not  make,  it  is 
quite  probable  we  should  do  what,  if  the  matter  were  now  before 
that  body,  it  would  be  unwilling  to  do,  namely,  make  a trade- 
mark law  which  is  partial  in  its  operation,  and  which  would  com- 
plicate the  rights  which  parties  would  hold  in  some  instances 
under  the  act  of  Congress,  and  in  others  under  State  law.” 

Having  reached  the  conclusion  that  it  is  the  duty  of 
this  court  to  declare  the  statute  invalid  under  the  com- 
merce clause  of  the  Constitution  (Article  1,  section  8,  cl. 
3),  as  an  interference  with  interstate  commerce,  it  is  un- 
necessary to  consider  the  question  raised  by  the  com- 
plaint, and  upon  which  an  interesting  argument  has  been 
presented.  The  complaint  charges,  in  paragraph  6,  subd. 
“c,”  that  the  complainants  are  engaged  in  catching  and 
dealing  in,  and  shipping  to  points  ouiside  of  the  State  of 
South  Carolina,  the  shad  fish  deposited  and  propagated 
by  the  United  States  as  food  fishes,  and  in  the  master’s 
report  it  appears  that  this  allegation  is  admitted  to  be 
true.  It  is  well  known  that  the  rivers  of  this  State  had 
been  well-nigh  depleted  of  shad,  and  the  Congress  of  the 
United  States  has  undertaken  by  its  legislation  to  provide 
for  the  propaeation  of  food  fishes.  In  sections  4395,  4396, 
4397,  and  4398  of  the  Revised  Statutes  [U.  S.  Comp.  St. 
1901,  pp.  3001,  3002],  a fish  commission  was  appointed; 
and  by  the  act  of  February  14,  1903,  c.  552.  section  4.  32 
Stat._  826  [U.  S.  Comp.  St.  Supp.  1903,  p.  43],  this  com- 
mission was  put  in  the  Department  of  Commerce,  and  by 
its  fixed  policy  and  annual  appropriations  the  United 
States  Government  has  undertaken  to  replenish  the 
coastal  waters  with  food  fishes.  By  section  4398  the  com- 
missioner is  authorized  to  take  from  the  waters  of  the 
seacoast.  where  the  tide  ebbs  and  flows,,  such  fish  as  may 
be  needful  and  proper  for  the  conduct  of  his  duties,  “any 
law,  custom  or  usage  of  any  State  to  the  contrary  not- 
withstanding” ; and  it  appears  from  the  reports  of  the  fish 
commission  that  over  thirty  millions  of  shad  fry  have 
been  deposited  in  the  rivers  of  this  State.  It  seems  to  be 
now  pretty  well  agreed  among  those  learned  in  the  sub- 
ject that  the  young  shad  hatched  out  in  any  particular 
river  remain  within  a moderate  distance  of  the  mouth  of 
that  stream  until  the  period  occurs  for  their  inland  migra- 
tion. It  was  formerly  believed  that  shad  during  the  win 
ter  moved  toward  the  equator,  and.  wintering  in  the 
warmer  waters  of  the  south,  started  northward  in  a vast 
school  at  the  beginning  of  the  year,  advancing  along  the 
coast  in  almost  military  array,  sending  a detachment  up 
each  sucessive  stream,  which,  by  a singular  method  of 
selection,  sought  the  river  in  which  they  first  saw  the 
light ; and  the  argument  is  that  shad  artificially  propa- 
gated in  rivers  and  in  coast  waters  of  the  United  States 
by  the  money  of  the  people  of  the  United  States  belong 
to  all  the  people  of  the  United  States,  and  therefore  a 
State  has  no  power  to  impose  any  restriction  upon  such 
property  which  the  United  States,  in  furtherance  of  its 
policy  of  furnishing  to  the  people  food  fishes,  has  not  im- 
posed. The  argument  is  ingenious,  and  the  question  in- 
teresting, but  the  exigencies  of  this  case  do  not  require 
me  to  decide  it,  and  I express  no  opinion  upon  that  point. 

Let  a decree  be  prepared  in  accordance  with  this 
opinion.  

The  Tarpon  Record  Broken, 

Yacht  Nerita,  Cocoanut  Grove,  Fla.,  March  16— Edi- 
tor Forest  and  Stream:  I think  I have  broken  the  tarpon 
record.  March  9,  while  fishing  for  snappers  near  Key 
Sargo,  with  crawfish  bait  and  io-ounce  rod.  I killed  the 
bearer  of  the  inclosed  scale.  Length.  18  inches;  Weight, 

2 pounds.  If  this  is  not  a “breaker”  of  one  end  of  the 
record,  I am  much  mistaken.  W.  G.  J.  McCormick. 

[The  little  scale  Mr,  McCormick  sends  measures  an 
inch  in  diern'etsr,] 


200 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


[April  i,  1905. 


In  Pacific  Waters* 

Sacramento/ Cal. — Striped  bass  are  becoming  more 
plentiful  in  San  Francisco  Bay,  judging  from  the  catches 
made  during  the  past  week  in  the  Straits  between  Tiburon 
and  San  Quentin  Point. 

The  largest  catches  of  last  year  were  made  during 
March  and  April,  and  according  to  present  weather  con- 
ditions the  sport  should  be  of  the  highest  order  from  now 
until  the  game  fishes  leave  for  the  San  Joaquin  and 
Sacramento  rivers. 

Deputy  fish  commissioners  who  returned  recently  from 
a trip  through  Santa  Clara  and  Monterey  counties,  re- 
port that  they  were  unable  to  capture  offenders  of  the  fish 
laws  with  game  fish  in  their  possession,  although  they  en- 
countered men  in  several  of  the  trout  streams  they  visited 
with  spears.  These  were  thrown  away  by  the  spearsmen 
when  the  deputies  arrived.  With  few  exceptions  people 
who  live  within  proximity  of  rivers  and  creeks  have  no 
respect  for  the  fish  laws,  and  will  kill  the  large  steelheads 
which  should  be  protected  during  breeding  season,  which 
runs  from  December  to  April. 

John  Butler,  of  the  California  Anglers’  Association, 
was  invited  by  a man  who  evidently  had  no-  respect  for 
the  fish  laws,  to  a day’s  fishing  on  Paper  Mill  Creek. 
Mr.  Butler  cautioned  the  man  who  was  intent  on  breaking 
the  law  to  have  a care,  but  his  good  advice  had  little 
effect,  as  the  game  vandal  went  fishing  (?)  Sunday  last. 

The  Lagunitas  and  Paper  Mill  creeks,  in  Marin  county, 
and  Sonoma  Creek  in  Sonoma  county,  are  trout  waters 
seldom  visited  by  deputy  fish  commissioners  or  game 
wardens  during  the  closed  season.  As  a consequence 
anglers  who  observe  the  law  find  few  fish  to  catch  of 
good  size  when  the  season  opens. 

The  San  Francisco  Fly-Casting  Club  held  its  first  con- 
test of  the  season  Sunday  a week  ago  at  Stow  Lake.  The 
day  was  perfect  for  the  switching  of  lines,  and  good 
scores  were  made.  In  long  distance  casting,  J.  Marsden 
got  out  103  feet  of  line,  a very  creditable  performance. 
H.  B.  Sperry,  who  has  shown  remarkable  improvement  in 
long  distance  casting,  reeled  off  102 (4  feet.  C.  G.  Young’s 
performance,  in  accuracy  and  delicacy  and  lure-casting, 
was  highly  creditable;  in  fact,  Mr.  Young’s  lure-casting 
was  almost  perfect.  Among  the  devotees  who  participated 
in  the  contest  were:  J.  Marsden,  C.  G.  Young,  F.  M. 
Haight,  A.  Sperry,  Chas.  Huyck,  C.  H.  Kewell,  J.  R. 
Duglass,  H.  B.  Sperry,  H.  Golcher,  W.  E.  Brooks,  G.  W. 
Lane,  T.  C.  Kurulff,  W.  H.  McNaughton,  F.  H.  Reed,  H. 
H.  Kirk,  E.  Everett,  W.  L.  Gerstle. 

The  present  officers  of  the  California  Anglers’  Associa- 
tion, who  will  serve  for  the  ensuing  year,  are : President, 
John  H.  Sammi;  First  Vice-President,  James  Watt; 
Second  Vice-President,  Adolph  Lorsbach;  Secretary- 
Treasurer,  W.  E.  Stevens;  Directors — R.  Hass,  C.  Ashlin, 
J.  Swan,  Bert  Spring,  S.  Wells,  James  P.  Sweeney,  John 
Butler,  G.  Wentworth,  William  Halsted  and  J.  Flynn. 

A meeting  of  the  officers  and  directors  was  held  in  San 
Francisco  last  week  to  amend  the  constitution  and  by- 
laws in  some  particulars,  and  to'  decide  upon  a permanent 
location  for  club  rooms,  etc.  The  Association  is  growing 
fast,  and  now  has  a membership  of  140  staunch  sup- 
porters of  angling,  and  of  the  laws  which  are  made  for 
the  protection  of  game  fish.  J.  D.  C. 


Ringed  Flies. 

Chicago,  III. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream:  In  your 

issue  of  February  15,  you  published  an  article  on  a fly 
and  cast  box,  showing  a drawing  of  the  latest  box,  which 
I think  an  improvement  on  the  old.  I regret  to  say  that 
more  than  50  per  cent,  of  trout  fishermen  do  not  know 
its  use  and  what  it  is  intended  for.  We  are  much  behind 
the  English  fly-caster  in  the  art  of  fly-casting,  and  more 
so  in  the  manufacturing  of  flies. 

I have  carried  boxes  of  the  kind  you  describe  for  fif- 
teen years.  An  English  concern  induced  me  to  buy  a 
supply  of  two-winged  flies  which  are  unmounted.  The 
mounting  is  very  simple.  I carry  a package  of  silk  gut 
with  me  and  mount  my  flies  as  I go  along.  I can  change 
flies  more  quickly  than  by  having  looped  mounted  flies, 
and  can  save  the  fly  I am  discarding  as  useless  at  the 
time. 

I have  fished  nearly  every  stream  in  the  Northwest,  and 
have  found  the  two-winged  fly  far  superior  to  any  manu- 
factured. The  ringed  unmounted  fly  is  the  fly  of  the 
future,  and  if  fellow  sportsmen  will  try  them  they  never 
will  use  any  other,  as  they  are  truer  to  life,  last  longer, 
and  if  properly  mounted  are  safer,  as  mounted  flies  are 
unreliable  after  the  gut  is  two  years  old. 

A package  of  gut  can  be  kept  in  condition  for  years  by 
putting  it  in  a chamois  skin  saturated  with  oil. 

Strange  as  it  may  seem,  when  I first  began  using 
ringed  flies,  every  dealer  in  this  city  found  objections, 
such  as  that  a small  end  of  gut  projecting  by  not.  being 
cut  dose  enough  would  form  an  air-bubble,  or  it  was 
too  much  trouble,  etc.  It  is  only  in  the  last  two  years 
that  a couple  of  our  best  dealers  have  taken  them  up,  one 
of  them — Von  Lengerke  & Antoine — being  enthusiastic 
on  the  ultimate  outcome.  Other  dealers  still  remain  be- 
hind the  age. 

In  conclusion,  I advise  all  fly-fishermen  to*  try  the 
ringed  two-winged  fly  and  carry  the  little  box  you  advo- 
cate. It  will  prove  a revelation.  E.  Lipkau. 


Big  Fish  Exterminate  the  Bass. 

Isleta,  Ohio. — Editor  Forest  and  Stre'am:  I wish  to 

write  a few  lines  in  corroboration  of  Mr.  Bainbridge 
Bishop’s  ideas  of  fish  and  their  protection  at  the  present 
day.  I have  fished  in  our  stream,  the  Tuscarawas  River, 
for  thirty-five  years,  and  I note  a decrease  in  our  swift 
water  fish,  especially  the  bass  family.  Each  year  shows  a 
gradual  shortage,  and  I fear  very  much  that  in  the  imme- 
diate 'future  they,  along  with  the  pike-perch,  will  almost 
become  exterminated.  Now,  I want  to  give  you  an  actual 
experience,  for  I am  on  deck  to  tell  the  truth.  It  was 
in  the  early  days  of  last  November,  when  the  waters  were 
just  beginning  to  get  chilly,  which  causes  a little  dor- 
mancy in  the  movements  of  the  bass  and  pike-perch,  while 
in  the  maskinonge,  or  pike,  as  some  call  it,  this  chilly  sen- 
sation simply  instills  new  life,  and  he  comes  from  his 
fueling  with  the  swiftness  of  an  arrow,  singles  out  his 


prey,  and  with  one  dextrous  move  picks  it  up.  The  first 
day  of  November,  in  company  with  two  friends  from  the 
city  of  Coshocton,  we  spent  the  entire  day — and  a beauti- 
ful one  it  was,  too — with  but  very  little  success,  only  catch- 
ing three  fish  the  entire  day.  During  the  entire  day  there 
was  quite  a commotion  among  the  bass  in  a large  basin 
that  we  fished  in  most  of  the  day.  Now  comes  the  cause 
of  the  disturbance  of  the  swift-water  fish  in  this  pool 
at  that  time.  The  second  day  one  of  the  bass  which  had 
been  caught  the  day  before  was  tied  to  the  boat  with  a 
string,  possibly  four  feet  in  length.  The  commotion 
among  the  bass  continued  the  second  day,  and  about  2 
o’clock  in  the  afternoon  something  struck  the  boat,  and 
there  lay  a maskinonge,  with  the  bass  that  was  tied  to  the 
boat  in  his  huge  mouth.  He  had  killed  it  with  the  first 
grab.  The  maskinonge,  or  pike,  as  some  call  it,  was  fully 
six  feet  in  length.  I noted  at  that  particular  time  that  the 
trouble  was  seemingly  with  the  bass  family.  This  proves 
clearly  that  those  monsters  feed  principally  on  bass  and 
our  jack  salmon,  and  I feel  almost  sure  that  in  a few 
more  years  bass  in  our  stream  will  be  a thing  of  the  past. 
Just  what  measures  should  be  introduced  to  correct  this 
I am  not  able  to  say.  One  thing  is  sure,  these  big  fellows 
cannot  be  taken  out  of  our  streams  with  common  hook 
and  line.  What  shall  be  done  in  this  case? 

S.  A.  Stowe. 


Michigan's  Proposed  Angler's  License. 


An  Open  Letter. 

To  the  Honorable,  the  Governor  of  Michigan , Lansing: 

Respected  Sir — I am  informed  that  a bill  is  before  the 
Legislature  of  your  State  to  exclude  every  angler  from 
outside  States  to  catch  brook  trout  or  grayling  in  your 
State,  unless  a special  license  of  $25  is  paid  by  all  non- 
residents, with  a 75-cent  license  to  residents. 

Being  a citizen  of  Illinois  who  has  whipped  a large 
share  of  the  streams  of  your  State  for  the  past  twenty 
years,  and  who  has  always  complied  with  the  conditions 
of  the1  statutes  of  your  State  as  regards  your  law,  I beg 
to  enter  a protest  against  the  passage  of  a law  that  pro- 
hibits an  outside  citizen  from  such  sport  in  your  State. 
Why  not,  under  the  same  conditions,  prohibit  an  out- 
sider from  buying  the  lands  of  your  State,  or  becoming 
a temporary  citizen  by  buying  pine  lands;  or  still  further, 
of  taxing  every  person  who  spends  a summer  in  your 
State  during  the  months  that  suggest  rest  and  recreation? 
This  is  as  reasonable  as  the  proposition  to-  prohibit 
angling  by  anyone  who  does  not  happen  to  reside  in  your 
State. 

Every  trout  that  is  caught  by  non-residents  brings  dol- 
lars into  the  State. 

By  the  inauguration  of  such  a law  as  is  now  proposed, 
your  State  will  exclude  many  thousands  who  annually 
visit  your  State  for  rest  and  pleasure.  The  streams  of 
Michigan  are  naturally  the  home  of  the  speckled  trout. 
Some  streams  of  Wisconsin  are  also  the  natural  grounds 
of  the  fontinalis,  which  are  also  frequented  by  sports- 
men, and  where  no  such  laws  will  be  enforced. 

Being  a member  of  one  of  the  most  prominent  clubs  of 
scientific  fishermen  in  the  West,  I sincerely  hope  that 
this  prohibitive  bill  will  not  become  a law — not  only  in 
j ustice  to  sportsmen,  but  also  in  j ustice  to  the  freedom  of 
visitors,  who  would,  under  the  above  conditions,  leave 
your  summer  resorts  empty  during  the  fishing  season. 
Should  such  a bill  pass  your  Legislature,  I trust  that  your 
Excellency  will  veto  such  an  act.  I am  assured  that  the 
real  sportsmen  of  your  State  are  against  such  a law,  and 
only  those  who  wish  the  whole  State  to  themselves  are  in 
favor  of  it.  Very  sincerely  yours, 

B.  W.  Goodsell,  of  Chicago,  111. 

The  Arizona  Seasons. 

Phcenix,  Arizona,  March  17. — The  Territorial  Legis- 
lature finished  its  60-day  session  last  night.  An  entirely 
new  game  law  has  been  passed  this  session.  The  law  in 
brief  is  as  follows : Male  deer  and  turkey,  open  season 

September  15  to  December  1.  Antelope  killing  prohibited 
to  March  1,  1911.  Quail,  Bobwhite,  partridge,  grouse, 
pheasant,  snipe  or  rail,  open  season  October  15  to  March 
1.  Ducks,  geese,  brant,  doves,  open  ali  the  year.  Trout 
(not  less  than  seven  inches  long),  June  1 to  September  1, 
open.  Black  bass,  strawberry  bass,  crappie,  September  1 
to  December  1,  open.  Introduced  pheasants,  killing  pro- 
hibited to  March  1,  1911.  Limits — Three  male  deer  in 
one  season,  25  quail  in  one  day,  20  pounds  or  40  individual 
fish  in  one  day  of  trout,  bass,  crappie  or  catfish.  Fishing 
with  hook  and  line  only  permitted.  Sale  of  all  above 
game  and  fish  prohibited  at  all  times.  Non-resident 
license  tax  to  hunt  deer,  $10.  Killing  prohibited  of  lark, 
thrush,  sparrow,  swallow,  grosbeak  or  tanager,  camel, 
elk,  mountain  goat,  mountain  sheep,  female  deer  or 
spotted  fawn. 

Governor  Kibbey  re-appointed  the  old  board  of  Fish 
and  Game  Commissioners:  T.  S.  Bunch,  Safford;  W.  L. 
Pinney,  of  Phoenix,  and  Jean  Allison,  of  Jerome,  for  two 
years.  W.  L.  Pinney  is  secretary  and  business  agent  of 
the  board. 


Florida  Black  Bass  Destruction. 

A New  Rochelle,  N.  Y.,  correspondent  of  the  Florida 
Times-Union  writes : “Although  I reside  in  the  State  of 
New  York,  I feel  that  I am  almost  a Floridian,  inasmuch 
as  I have  spent  my  winters  in  Florida  since  1883,  not  for 
my  health,  but  prefer  to  take  my  vacation  from  business 
during  the;  winter  months  and  fish,  hunt  and  amuse  my- 
self under  the  tropic  sun,  with  charming  surrounding 
scenery,  nowhere  to  be  found  in  the  United  States,  in  the 
world,  all  within  a few  hours  of  New  York  city.  Black 
bass  fishing  has  been  the  great  sport  and  amusement. 
All  of  the  fresh  waters  of  the  State,  especially  on  the 
west  side  , until  this  winter,  were  filled  with  these  game 
fish.  I have  seen  ladies  catch  with  #od  and  line  in  streams 
I have  been  accustomed  to  fish  eight  and  ten-pound  bass. 
This  winter  I have  fished  in  the  accustomed  streams 
as  heretofore  without  a Strike,  when  in  the  past  any 
fisherman/could  with  ease  capture  from  twenty  to  forty 
in  an  afternoon.  Upon  examination  I found  numerous 
wire  fish  traps  set  along  said  streams  that  have  been  de- 
populated of  black  bass.  Upon  inquiry  I learned  that 


tons  of  "black  bass  have  been  caught  in  that  way  from 
streams  in  Levy  county  and  sold  to  mill  hands  and 
negroes  making  turpentine  in  the  vicinity  for  two  cents  a 
pound,  one  man  at  the  little  settlement  where  I am  stop- 
ping, I was  told,  sold  twenty  dollars’  worth  of  black  bass 
caught  in  traps,  in  less  than  two  weeks.  This  shows  that 
one  thousand  pounds  of  black  bass  was  slaughtered  for  a 
Ywenty-dollar  bill.  A Government  official  at  the  same 
place,  whom  I have  no  reason  to  doubt,  informed  me 
that  tons  of  black  bass  had  been  caught  in  traps  in  Levy 
county  during  the  past  year.  At  this  rate,  it  will  not  be 
Ipng  before  the  black  bass  of  Florida  will  be  a thing  of 
the  past,  and  the  State  of  Florida  will,  in  the  near  future, 
be  trying  to  restock  its  streams  with  bass  so  cruelly 
butchered.  If  there  is  a State  law  that  prohibits  trap- 
ping of  black  bass,  enforce  it  quickly  or  the  finish  of  the 
black  bass  in  'the  Land  of  Flowers’  is  in  sight.  If  there 
is  no  law  that  protects,  in  God’s  name  and  sake  of 
humanity,  place  one  upon  the  statute  book  for  the  State 
of  Florida  that  will  prevent  the  game  fresh-water  fish 
from  extermination.” — C.  G.  B. 


The  Missisqwoi  Complication. 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

The  Mississippi  River  has  where  it  enters  the  Missis- 
quoi  Bay  three  mouths  or  outlets;  the  bulk  of  the  water 
now  flows  out  of  the  middle  branch,  and  the  current  of 
water  goes  directly  across  the  Canada  line,  which  is  only 
about  two  hundred  yards  away,  then  swings  through 
Canadian  waters  to  the  Alburgh  shore  and  south  back 
into  Vermont.  The  pike-perch  follow  up  this  current, 
which  takes  them  up  through  Canadian  waters.  About  a 
half  mile  west  of  the  middle  branch  is  the  west  branch 
of  the  river,  and  the  water  that  flows  out  from  this  chan- 
nel does  not  enter  Canadian  territory,  and  if  the  sand-bar 
at  the  mouth  of  this  west  branch  was  dredged  out  and  a 
wing  were  built  up*  at  the  head  of  Metcalf  Island  at  the 
fork  of  the  river  and  the  flow  of  water  turned  into  the 
west  branch,  this  would  deepen  the  channel  and  cause  the 
fish  in  following  up  the  current  to  keep  wholly  in  Ver- 
mont or  United  States  waters,  and  it  would  help  naviga- 
tion, and  be  a Godsend  to  the  numerous  owners  of  small 
craft  that  reside  at  Swanton,  and  who  now  can  only  cross 
the  bar  into’  the  river  at  high  water  flood. 

The  channel  along  the  Alburgh  shore  can  be  easily 
blocked  up.  A rocky  point  projects  out  from  the  Can- 
adian shore  into  the  Vermont  waters,  called  Province 
Point.  The  channel  is  quite  narrow  at  the  end  of  that 
point,  as  there  is  a long  reef  but  a short  distance  out 
from  the  point.  This  point  is  covered  with  large  boul- 
ders, which,  with  the  gravel  dredged  from  the  sand-bar 
at  the  mouth  of  the  west  branch,  would  be  quite  suffi- 
cient to  completely  block  the  channel.  This  would  force 
the  migrating  fish  to  either  go  up  the  channel  of  the  west 
branch  or  to  swing  out  so  far  from  the  shore  as  to  be 
out  of  the  reach  of  the  fishermen’s  seines.  Though  simply 
dredging  out  the  west  branch  with  the  wing  dam  at  the 
forks  of  the  river  would  quite  likely  remedy  the  evil,  it  is 
usually  the  better  way  to  do  a thing  up  thoroughly. 

Stanstead. 


The  Adirondack  Depredations. 

Governor  Higgins  has  ordered  an  investigation  of  the 
Adirondack  forest  depredations,  and  has  directed  that 
legal  proceedings  be  instituted  to  recover  for  the  timber 
removed  from  the  State  lands. 

Ex-Senator  Elon  R.  Brown  has  made  public  his.  letter 
of  resignation  from  the  Association  for  the  Protection  of 
the  Adirondacks,  in  which  he  says : 

I hereby  resign  my  membership  in  your  Association.  The  im- 
mediate occasion  of  my  doing  so  is  the  attack  you  are  making  on 
Commissioner  Middleton.  Mr.  Middleton  has  been  the  sole 

Commissioner  since  April,  1901,  and  if  he  has  been  suffering 
trespassers  to  denude  the  Adirondacks  during  his  term  of  office 
you  have  performed  your  duty  very  badly  in  keeping  silent  on  the 
subject  until  just  before  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  office. 

It  is  less  than  sixty  days  since  you  entertained  him  as  a guest 
of  honor  at  a dinner  at  the  University  Club  in  New  York,  when 
the  policy  of  the  State  as  to  the  Adirondacks  was  the  matter  under 
consideration,  and  no  mention  was  made  of  any  criticism  of  this 
sort  or  opportunity  given  to  consider  the  facts  that  do  exist. 
You  knew  then,  as  you  know  now,  that  never  during  the  history 
of  the  Forest  Commission,  has  there  been  a period  of  four  years 
when  so  little  live  timber  on  State  land  has  been  destroyed  as  during 
his  term;  that  every  such  trespass  has  been  checked  at  the 
earliest  practicable  moment,  and  that  all  such  trespasses  during 
his  term  of  office  have  been  inconsiderable  and  even  trifling  in 
amount. 

If  the  Commissioner  has  asserted  the  law  by  compelling  pay- 
ment into  the  State’s  forest  fund  of  compensation  for  burnt  timber 
removed  rather  than  by  a seizure  of  the  timber  itself  without 
further  compensation,  and  has  done  this  to  eke  out  the  scanty 
appropriations  for  this  great  interest,  it  ill  becomes  you  to  at- 
tack his  policy  on  the  basis  of  a technical  violation  of  law  rather 
than  inquire  whether  harm  has  been  done  the  forests. 

But  the  course  you  are  pursuing  now  is  only  the  occasion  and 
not  the  reason  of  my  withdrawal.  I have  for  several  years  during 
my  service  in  the  Senate  felt  that  your  influence  on  the  whole 
was  detrimental  to  the  Adirondacks. 

Acting  on  the  assumption  that  no  one  but  yourself  has  honor- 
able intentions  toward  these  forests,  you  have  opposed  every 
attempt  to  build  them  up  by  scientific  forestry,  while  the  great 
majority  of  the  leading  men  in  your  organization  are  themselves 
engaged  in  denuding  large  tracts  of  Adirondack  forest  lands. 

Recognizing  as  you  have  often  professed  to  do,  the  great 
necessity  of  introducing  a system  of  forestry,  you  have  opposed 
every  step  suggested,  on  the  cowardly  plea  that  no  one  can  be 
trusted  to  carry  it  out,  while  the  national  service  is  filled  with 
competent  men  doing  efficient  forestry  work,  drawn  to  a consider- 
able extent  from  New  York  State  and  even  from  the  Forestry 
Department  of  New  York  State.  If  your  present  charges  against 
Commissioner  Middleton  have  any  basis  in  fact,  it  will  have  to  be 
conceded  that  you  could  not  be  relied  upon  to  point  out  dere- 
liction of  administration  that  was  undertaken  oftener  than  once  in 
four  years.  . . 

A favorite  means  of  assault  on  your  part  is  a condemnation  of 
political  methods  and  of  politicians,  while  I know  of  no  other 
organization  in  the  State  more  given  over  to  a self-perpetuating 
clique.  You  are  collecting  dues  from  several  thousand  members 
who  never  have  and  who  cannot  get  an  opportunity  to  share  in 
directing  your  policy,  and  who  have  thus  far  had  only  the  privilege 
of  subscribing  to  a sentiment  without  regard  for  the  wisdom  or 
folly  of  your  way  of  expressing  it.  . ' 

I"  have,  on  at  least  a half  a dozen  occasions,  during  my  service 
in  the  Senate,  suggested  to  your  officers  the  propriety  of  having 
a meeting  of  your  Association  for  the  purpose  of  taking  up  and 
discussing  forestry  problems,  with  a view  to  agreeing  on  a policy, 
but  I have  never  been  able  to  discover  that  there  was  likely  to 
be  any  such  opportunity. 

“--With  the  funds  of  your  society  you  employ  one  or  two  men  to 
carry  out  the  views  or  the  whims  of  managers  who  really  never 
Submit  themselves  to  the  judgment  of  your  members,  by  publish- 
ing lampoons  from  time  to  time  on  the  Governor  of-the  State,  or 
other  public  officers,  and  by  organizing  a paid  bureau  at  times 
.reaching  most  of  the  public  press  of  the  city  of  New  York.  As 
K do  not  approve  of  the  policies  which  you  have  supported,  and 
do  not  believe  in  the  methods  employed,  you  will  see  that  my 
membership  in  your  Association  will  no  longer  be  either  a mat; 
ter  of  pleasure  or  profit  to  me.  Yours  truly,  Eppif  R.  Beowm. 


201 


April  i,  1905.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


New  York  Y;  C.  Meeting. 

The  second  annual  meeting  of  the  New  York  Y.  C. 
was  held  at  the  club  house,  West  Forty-fourth  street,  on 
Thursday  evening,  March  23.  There  was  a good  attend- 
ance, and  Commodore  Frederick  G.  Bourne  presided. 

Ex-Commodore  S.  Nicholson  Kane  was  presented  with 
a handsome  loving  cup,  which  was  accompanied  by  suit- 
able resolutions.  The  following  inscription  was  engraved 
on  the  cup:  “Presented  by  the  New  York  Yacht  Club 

to  Commodore  S.  Nicholson  Kane,  in  token  of  its  highest 
regard  and  in  grateful  recognition  of  thirty  years  of  faith- 
ful service,  March  23,  1905.”  Messrs.  Irving  Grinnell, 
Philip  Schuyler  and  Archibald  Rogers  composed  the  com- 
mittee on  resolutions. 

The  Model  Committee  reported  that  they  placed  models 
in  wall  sections  B.  C.  D and  E,  completing  the  hanging  of 
half  models  down  to  and  including  1884.  In  addition  to 
the  Cup  defenders  and  challengers  previously  reported, 
Robert  Goelet  has  presented  full  rigged  models  of  Magic 
and  Cambria. 

Mrs.  Samuel  Colt  has  presented  a full  rigged  model 
of  Dauntless,  and  Arthur  Curtis  James  a full  rigged 
model  of  Coronet.  These  two  models  will  be  rigged  as 
they  appeared  in  the  great  ocean  race  of  1887.  The  full 
rigged  model  of  America  as  she  raced  for  the  Cup  in  1851, 
complete  in  every  detail,  has  been  installed,  and  is  on  view 
for  the  first  time. 

Twenty-nine  half  models  have  been  received  since  the 
last  meeting,  including  models  of  U.  S.  S.  Mayflower  and 
U.  S.  S.  Maine.  Col.  Stevens,  of  Hoboken,  presented 
original  models  of  Maria,  1846  and  1850,  also  models  of 
Trouble,  1816;  Wave,  1832;  Onkahye,  1840,  and  Betty 
Bliss.  A very  handsome  full  rigged  model  of  the  flag- 
ship Delaware  was  presented  to  the  club  by  Commodore 
Bourne. 

The  report  of  the  Committee  on  Yacht  Routine  and 
Signal  Code  was  adopted. 

The  committee  in  charge  of  the  new  one-design  30- 
footers  reported  eighteen  boats  built,  and  that  the  class 
was  closed. 

The  committee  in  charge  of  the  removal  of  the  Bay 
Ridge  station  to  Staten  Island,  stated  that  a float  and 
suitable  quarters  would  be  provided  at  the  new  location 
by  the  time  the  season  opened. 

Commodore  Bourne  was  thanked  for  securing  the  first 
club  house  of  the  organization,  and  for  placing  it  on  the 
ground  at  Glen  Cove  presented  for  the  purpose  by  the 
Ladew  family. 

The  members’  attention  was  called  to  the  fact  that  a 
club  station  was  maintained  at  Nantucket  by  Mr.  P.  G. 
Thebaud. 

The  following  schedule  has  been  laid  out  for  the  an- 
nual cruise : 

Thursday,  August  10 — Rendezvous  Cups  races,  Glen 
Cove. 

Friday,  August  11 — Squadron  run  to  Morris  Cove. 

Saturday,  August  12 — Squadron  run  to  New  London. 

Sunday,  August  13 — At  New  London. 

Mondajq  August  14 — Squadron  run  to  Newport. 

Tuesday,  August  15 — Astor  Cup  races. 

Wednesday,  August  16 — Squadron  run  to  Vineyard 
Haven. 

Thursday,  August  17 — Squadron  run  to  Marblehead. 

Friday,  August  18 — At  anchor. 

Saturday,  August  19 — Open  regatta  for  Eastern  and 
New  York  Y.  C. 

On  the  following  Monday  the  Eastern  Y.  C.  fleet  will 
begin  its  cruise,  which  will  end  at  Bar  Harbor.  It  will 
rest  with  the  owners  of  the  New  York  Y.  C.  boats 
whether  they  will  accompany  the  fleet  to  the  eastward. 

The  amendments  to  the  new  measurement  rule  passed 
at  the  last  meeting  were  finally  adopted. 


CUP  PRESENTED  TO  EX-COMMODORE  S.  NICHOLSON  KANE  BY 
THE  NEW  YORK  Y.  C. 


Fleur  de  Lys  Entered  in  Ocean  Race. — Dr.  Lewis 
A.  Stimson  has  formally  entered  his  schooner  Fleur  de 
Lys  in  the  ocean  race  for  the  Kaiser’s  Cup.  This  makes 
the  tenth  entry.  Fleur  de  Lys  was  designed  by  the  late 
Edward  Burgess  and  built  by  J.  McDonald  at  Bath,  Me., 
in  1890.  She  is  a wooden  vessel  86ft.  waterline,  105ft. 
over  all,  21.9ft.  breadth  and  13ft.  draft.  Dr.  Stimson  has 
engaged  Captain  Bohlin,  one  of  the  best  known  of  the 
Gloucester  fishing  captains,  to  take  Fleur  de  Lys  across, 
and  it  is  said  that  she  will  have  a crew  of  fishermen.  Cap- 
tain Bohlin  is  known  as  a great  driver,'  and  he  holds  the 
record  for  the  fastest  time  from  the  Grand  Banks  to 
Gloucester, 


CUP  OFFERED  BY  HIS  IMPERIAL  MAJESTY,  THE  GERMAN 
EMPEROR,  FOR  THE  TRANS-ATLANTIC  OCEAN  RACE. 


Conditions  Governing  Ocean  Race  for 
Kaiser's  Cop. 

Race  for  the  ocean  cup  presented  by  His  Imperial 
Majesty,  the  German  Emperor: 

For  cruising  yachts  of  any  nation  enrolled  in  a recog- 
nized yacht  club. 

Yacht  must  be  more  than  eighty  tons  net  Custom 
House  measurement  to  be  eligible. 

The  race  to  be  started  on  May  16,  at  two  P.  M.,  at 
Sandy  Hook  Lightship,  and  to  finish  at  the  Lizard, 
England. 

Three  yachts  to  start  or  no  race. 

International  rules  of  the  road  at  sea  to  govern  the 
race. 

An  owner  or  his  representative,  who  must  also>  be  a 
member  of  a recognized  yacht  club,  must  be  on  board. 

Entries  to^  close  at  midnight  April  1,  1905. 

Entries  may  be  addressed  to  the  Naval  Attache,  Im- 
perial German  Embassy,  Washington,  D.  C. 

No  handicap  or  time  allowance. 

The  cup  will  be  presented  personally  by  His  Imperial 
Majesty  the  German  Emperor  to  the  owner  of  the  win- 
ning yacht  at  the  beginning  of  Kiel  regatta  week. 

Additional  prizes  will  be  given  by  His  Majesty  on  the 
basis  of  one  for  each  three  starters. 

Auxiliaries  entering  must  sail  the  race  with  the  pro- 
peller removed  from,  the  shaft.  The  propeller  may  be 
carried  on  board  yacht  during  the  race. 

The  sub-committee  will  arrange  for  day,  night  and  fog 
signals  to  be  used  in  the  race. 


Further  information  can  be  obtained  by  addressing  the 
chairman  of  the  American  Sub-Committee  of  the  Imperial 
Yacht  Club,  the  Naval  Attache,  Imperial  German  Em- 
bassy, Washington,  D.  C. 

H.  G.  Hebbingfiaus,  I.  G.  N.,  Chairman. 
Allison  V.  Armour, 

C.  L.  F.  Robinson, 

American  Sub-Committee  of  Imperial  Y.  C.  of  Germany. 


Boston  Letter. 

Y.  R.  A.  of  M. — The  annual  meeting  of  the  Y.  R.  A. 
of  Massachusetts  was  held  at  Young’s  Hotel  on  Thursday 
evening,  March  16,  at  which  several  important  amend- 
ments were  disposed  of.  Other  business . which  did  not 
get  into  the  call  for  the  meeting  will  be  considered  at  a 
special  meeting  to  be  held  at  the  Boston  Y.  C.  on  Wednes- 
day evening,  March  29.  One  of  the  amendments  adopted, 
concerning  starts,  was  as  follows:  “If,  after  the  prepara- 
tory signal,  a yacht  crosses  the  starting  line,  she  shall  be 
considered  to  have  started.  If  any  part  of  her  hull  or 
spars  is  on  or  over  the  line  when  the  starting  signal  is 
given,  she  must  return  and  recross  the  line.  It  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  judges  to  hail  a yacht  which  is  on  or  over 
the  line  at  the  start,  but  failure  on  the  part  of  the  judges 
to  hail  a yacht  shall  not  relieve  the  yacht  from  recrossing 
the  line.”  An  amendment  to  this  adopted  amendment 
is  proposed  in  the  call  for  the  special  meeting  to  be  held 
by  striking  out  “If  after  the  preparatory  signal  a yacht 
crosses  the  line,  she  shall  be  considered  to  have  started.” 
The  remainder  of  the  amendment  is  retained  with  the  ex- 
ception that  judges  are  to  hail  yachts  crossing  too  soon, 
if  possible. 

Another  amendment  adopted  provides  for  an  official 
judge  for  all  Y.  R.  A.  races,  his  duties  being  defined  as 
follows:  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  official  judge  to  at- 

tend all  association  races,  and  he  shall  serve  as  a judge 
' and  shall  see  that  the  rules  are  properly  enforced  and  that 
a report  of  the  race  is  promptly  forwarded  to  the  secre- 
tary of  the  Association.”  The  passage  of  this  measure 
will  undoubtedly  have  a very  good  result  in  the  racing 
throughout  Massachusetts  Bay.  While  it  is  true  that  our 
regatta  committees  are,  as  a rule,  very  efficient,  it  is  also 
true  that  some  of  them.  do>  not  have  opportunities  of  be- 
coming acquainted  with  the  different  boats.  With  the 
official  judge  present,  mistakes  in  identity,  which  often 
lead  to  more  serious  ones,  may  be  avoided,  and  the  results 
of  all  races  returned  to  the  secretary  of  the  Association 
more  quickly  and  in  better  shape  than  they  might  be 
otherwise. 

A new  class  was  adopted,  to  be  known  as  class  H, 
yachts  conforming  to  the  limitations  of  the  Cape  Catboat 
Association.  The  Association  governing  this  class  was 
organized  to  keep  up  the  interest  in  catboats,  which  were 
at  one  time  the  most  popular  rig  in  Massachusetts  Bay. 
A proposal  to  accept  a class  for  dories,  governed  by  the 
rules  of  the  Massachusetts  Racing  Dory  Association,  was 
turned  down,  only  because  notice  of  the  proposed  meas- 
ure was  not  instituted  in  the  call  for  the  meeting.  The 
proposal  will  be  acted  upon  at  the  special  meeting,  the 
class,  if  accepted,  to  be  known  as  class  X. 

At  the  special  meeting  a proposed  new  section  of  the 
rule  governing  percentages  will  "be  acted  upon.  The  pro- 
posed amendment  is  as  follows : “After  a decision  of  the 
judges  has  been  rendered  on  a protest,  the  judges  may 
rule  that  a yacht  shall  not  be  counted  a starter  for  per- 
centage which  has  been  wrongfully  fouled,  disabled  or  in 
any  way  spoiled  of  her  chance  of  winning  a race  by  an- 
other yacht  and  through  no  fault  of  her  own;  provided, 
however,  that  such  yacht  did  withdraw  immediately  from 
the  race,  and  did  lodge  a protest  to  that  effect  in  writing 
with  the  judges,  as  soon  thereafter  as  was  possible.”  This 
measure  appeals  to  many  racing  men,  especially  those 
who  compete  in  classes  in  which  there  are  many  entries 
for  every  race.  It  often  happens  that  a yacht’s  chances 
are  entirely  spoiled  by  being  fouled  by  another  yacht,  and 
it  is  considered  that  one  yacht  should  not  suffer  because 
of  the  fault  or  the  mistake  of  another. 

Another  amendment  proposed  for  the  special  meeting  is 
to  the  effect  that  it  shall  be  part  of  the  duty  of  the  official 
measurer  to  act  as  a judge  and  he  shall  receive  all  pro- 
tests on  measurement,  it  being  provided  elsewhere  in  the 
rules  that  the  measurer  shall  attend  all  Association  races. 
From  this  it  looks  as  though  it  is  the  intention  to  make 
the  official  measurer  also  the  official  judge. 

On  account  of  the  absence  of  several  delegates  at  the 
annual  meeting,  and  also  because  many  clubs  were  not 
ready  to  announce  their  races,  there  were  few  requests 
for  open  dates,  and  the  matter  of  giving  these  out  was 
left  to.  the  Executive  Committee.  Since  the  meeting  the 
following  fixtures,  have  been  announced,  which  were 
given  out  with  a view  to  harmonize  with  the  dates  of  the 
Eastern  and  Corinthian  Y.  C.’s : 

Tuesday,  May  30 — South  Boston,  off  Marine  Park. 

Saturday,  June  17,  A.  M.— Boston,  Hull  Bay. 

Saturday,  June  17,  P.  M.— -Corinthian,  ocean  race. 

Saturday,  June  24 — Squantum,  Quincy  Bay. 

Monday,  July  3— -Eastern,  Marblehead. 

Tuesday,  July  4,  A.  M.— Corinthian,  Marblehead. 

Tuesday,  July  4,  P.  M — Eastern,  Marblehead. 


Entries  in  Ocean  Race  for  German  Emperor's  Cap. 


Name. 

Type. 

L.W.L. 

Valhalla  

.Aux.  Ship 

. 240ft.  . 

Apache  

.Aux.  Barque.. 

.168ft.  .. 

Ailsa  

• Yawl  

. S8ft.  . 

Hamburg  

• Schooner  ..... 

.116ft.  . 

Utowana  

•Aux.  Schooner. 

.156ft.  . 

Sunbeam  

•Aux.  Barque... 

.154.7ft. 

Thistle  

• Schooner  

.110ft.  .. 

Atlantic  ....... 

• Aux.  Schooner. 

• 135ft.  . 

Hildegarde  

.Schooner  

• 103.4ft. 

Fleur  de  Lys... 

•Schooner  ...... 

.TOlft.... 

Endymion  ..... 

•Schooner  ...... 

• 86.6ft..., 

Owner. 

...  Earl  of  Crawford.. 
...Edmund  Randolph. 
....Henry  S.  Redmond. 

....German  syndicate  . 

....Allison  V.  Arrpour 

. ...Lcrd  Brassey  "..... . 

....Robert  E.  Tod...... 

....Wilson  Marshall  ... 

. . . Edward  R.  Coleman 
....Lewis  A.  Stimson... 

....George  Lander,  Jr.. 


Club. 

....Royal  Yacht  Squadron..... 

....  New  York  Y.  C 

....  New  York  Y.  C.. ......... . 

....  Kaiserlicher  Y.  C 

...•New  York  Y.  C.. ......... . 

....  Royal  Yacht  Squadron..... 

■ • • • Atlantic  Y.  C. 

....  New  York  Y.  C... .......... 

.....New  York  Y.  C 

New  York  Y.  C. 

...••Indian  Harbor  Y.  C... ....... 


Designer. 

■ W.  C.  Storey 

• J.  Reid  & Co......... 

, William  Fife,  Jr 

• George  L.  Watson... 

. J Beavor-Webb. . . .... 

■ St.  Claire  Byrne 

. Henry  Winteringham 
, Gardner  & Cox 

• A.  S.  Chesebrough, . . 

Edward  Burgess  

Tams,  Lemome  & Crane 


Year  Buii 


. . .18; 


...18 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM 


[Apbil  i,  1905. 


Saturday,  July  8— Quincy,  Hull  Bay. 

Saturday,  July  22 — Winthrop.  Winthrop. 

Thursday,  Friday  and  Saturday,  August  3,  4 and  5— 
Boston,  Hull  Bay. 

Monday,  August  7— Boston,  Marblehead. 

Tuesday,  August  8—  Eastern,  Marblehead. 

Wednesday,  Thursday,  Friday  and  Saturday,  August  9, 
10,  11.  12— Corinthian,  Marblehead. 

Monday,  August  14 — Manchester,  W.  Manchester. 

Tuesday,  August  15 — Manchester  (Crowhurst  Cup), 
W.  Manchester. 

Wednesday  and  Thursday,  August  16  and  17 — East 
Gloucester,  Gloucester. 

Friday  and  Saturday,  August  18  and  19 — Annisquam, 
Annisquam. 

Thursday,  Friday  and  Saturday,  August  24,  25  and  26- 
Cape  Cod,  Provincetown. 

Monday  and  Tuesday,  August  28  and  29 — Wellfleet, 
Wellfleet. 

Thursday.  August  31 — Plymouth,  Plymouth. 

Friday  and  Saturday,  September  1 and  2 — Duxbury, 
Duxbury. 

Monday,  September  4 — Lynn,  off  Nahant. 

Sunday,  September  10 — Association  rendezvous,  Hull 
Bay. 

In  the  above  list  the  races  of  the  Eastern  and  Corin- 
thian Y.  C.’s  do  not  count  for  Association  percentage.. 

Autoboat  for  Mr.  Lewis  R.  Speare. — There  is  being 
built  at  the  yard  of  Stearns  & Mackay,  Marblehead,  an 
automobile  boat,  which  may  prove  to  be  one.  of  the  great 
speed  makers  of  thfe  season.  This  boat,  which  has  been 
mentioned  before,  is  for  Mr.  Lewis  R.  Speare,  of  Newton, 
Mass.,  a very  enthusiastic  automobilisL  She  is  40ft. 
long  and  about  4ft.  beam  and  of  very  light  draft.  She 
will  be  driven  by  a Winton  12  cylinder  150  horsepower 
motor.  Marine  engines  of  such  power  are  something  new 
with  the  Winton  people,  but  they  are  confident  that  this 
one  will  turn  out  well.  What  speed  is  expected  has  not 
been  vouchsafed,  but  it  is  known  that  both  the  owner 
and  the  builders  are  quite  confident  that  it  will  be  some- 
thing big,  in  spite  of  their  conservatism.  The  boat  is  in 
the  finishing  stages  now,  and  as  soon  as  she  is  completed 
she  will  be  shipped  to  Cleveland,  where  her  motor  will  be 
installed.  She  will  then  be  tried  out  on  fresh  water,  after 
which  she  will  be  sent  to  Marblehead,  where  Mr.  Speare 
will  use  her.  John  B.  Killeen. 


Inter- Atlantic  Regatta  at  Hampton  Roads.— The 
Hampton  Roads  Y.  C.,  in  conjunction  with  the  Brooklyn 
Y.  C.,  will  hold  a regatta  on  July  4 open  to  yachts  of  all 
clubs.  The  course  will  be  laid  off  the  club  house  of  the 
Hampton  Roads  Y.  C.,  on  Willoughby  Spit,  opposite 
Fortress  Monroe,  Va.  There  will  be  five  classes  for  sail- 
ing yachts  and  one  for  power  boats. 

CLASSES. 

(Sloops,  Yawls,  Schooners,  Cats,  Bugeyes,  etc.) 

Class  A — Over  45ft.  racing  length. 

Class  B— Over  35ft.  racing  length. 

Class  C — Over  25ft.  racing  length. 

Class  D — Under  25ft.  racing  length. 

Class  E — Boats  that  have  participated  in  ocean  race. 

Class  F — Cruising  power  boats. 


PRIZES. 


Prizes  will  be  cups  or  other  trophies  of  the  below  values: 

First  Prize.  Second  Prize.  Third  Prize. 


Class 

Class 

Class 

Class 

Class 

Class 


A......... 150.00  $25.00  

B 30.00  20.00  $10.00 

C 25.00  15.00  10.00 

D 20.00  10.00  5.00 

E 30.00  20.00  10.00 

F 50.00  25.00  


Also  a prize  of  $20  to  the  crew  of  the  Class  D boat  making  the 
best  actual  time  over  the  course,  offered  by  the  editor  of  the 
Rudder. 

MEASUREMENT  FOR  RACING  LENGTH. 


The  measurement  will  be  the  L.W.L.  plus  one-half  the  over- 
hang. 

Class  E will  sail  under  their  ocean  race  rating. 

Class  F will  be  rated  under  rules  of  American  Power  Boat  Asso- 


ciation. 


CREWS. 


Boats  in  Classes  A,  B and  C will  be  ollowed  to  carry  their  pro- 
fessional crews,  but  must  be  steered  by  an  amateur. 

Boats  in  Class  E,  one  paid  hand. 

Boats  in  Class  D,  all  amateur  crews  limited  to  one  man  for  each 
5ft.  of  over  all  length. 

Boats  in  Classes  A,  B,  C and  E,  no  crew  limit.  No  paid  pilot 
allowed  on  any  yacht  entered  in  the  race. 

DEFINITION  OF  AN  AMATEUR. 

An  amateur  is  one  who  does  not  gain  his  livelihood  by  following 
the  sea,  and  who  has  never  accepted  pay  for  serving  upon  a yacht, 
fisherman,  oysterman  or  coaster. 


ALLOWANCE. 

Allowance  calculated  from  the  common  tables,  with  the  usual 
allowance  for  rig. 

SAILS. 

No  restrictions  on  sails. 


TIME. 

There  will  be  no  time  limit;  races  will  be  sailed  out. 


For  entry  blanks  and  further  information  address  F. 
W.  McCullough,  Norfolk,  Va.,  or  Thomas  Fleming  Day, 
9 Murray  street,  New  York. 

W.  A.  Ferguson,  F.  O.  Smith,  T.  A.  Jones,  John  G. 
Wallace,  Jr.,  H.  C.  Dodson.  M.  C.  Ferebee,  F.  W.  Mc- 
Cullough, chairman,  Reception  Committee  The  Hampton 
Roads  Y.  C. ; W.  J.  C.  Stockley,  secretary. 


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New  York  Y.  C.  One-Design  Boats.— The  eighteen 
one-design  boats  designed  and  built  by  the  Herreshoff 
Mfg.  Co.,  of  Bristol,  will  be  ready  for  delivery  by  the 
first  week  in  April.  The  owners  of  the  boats  are  as  fol- 
lows: Newbury  D.  Lawton,  W.  Butler  Duncan,  Oliver 

Harriman,  Howard  Willets,  August  Belmont,  W.  D. 
Guthrie,  G.  M.  Pynchon,  H.  L.  Maxwell,  Stuyvesant 
Wainwright,  A.  H.  Alker,  Cord  Meyer,  A.  T.  French, 
Addison  G.  Hanan,  J.  Murray  Mitchell.  G.  A.  Adee,  H. 
F.  Lippitt,  Lyman  Delano  and  Lewis  Iselin.  The  follow- 
ing dimensions  of  the  boats  are  approximately  correct: 
43ft.  6in.  over  all,  30ft.  waterline,  8ft.  ioin.  breadth  and 
6ft.  sin.  draft. 

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Steam  Yacht  Delaware  to  be  Refitted.— The  insur- 
ance underwriters  have  taken  over  Commodore  Bourne’s 
steam  yacht  Delaware  and  the  yacht  will  again  be  put  in 
first-class  shape.  The  work  will  be  done  under  direction 
of  Messrs;  Tams,  Lemoine  & Crane.  Commodore  Bourne 
has  been  allowed  to  retain  the  name  Delaware,  so  in  the 
fbfuVe  3hfe  Will  b'e  known  by  a different  narrf'e. 


^Forest  and  Stream'*  Designing 
Competition  No.  IV. 

For  a 60-Foot  Waterline  Cruising  Launch. 

second  prize  design,  and  winner  of  cabin  plan  prize. 

The  following  description  is  an  outline  of  the  principal 
features  embodied  in  a vessel  designed  to  conform  to  the 
rules  laid  down  in  the  Forest  and  Stream  competition. 

To  obtain  a seaworthy  type,  ample  freeboard,  sheer  and 
displacement  were  naturally  of  prime  importance;  as  for 
speed,  it  lias  been  considered  of  minor  importance.  The 
whaleboat  type  of  stem  and  stern  have  been  retained,  and 
to  prevent  the  boat  from  being  too  lively,  the  gasolene  is 
kept  well  toward  the  ends,  which  also  means  that  the 
position  of  the  gasolene  is  as  remote  as  possible.  With 
the  large  displacement,  easy  form  to  drive  (for  the  speed 
chosen),  that  boat  should  keep  its  speed  fairly  well  in 
rough  water ; the  ample  skeg  insuring  good  steering  and 
docking  qualities  and  protection  for  the  screws. 

The  arrangement  of  houses  and  cockpit  as  per  plans 
was  adopted  for  the  following  reasons:  In  the  first  place, 
a good  location  for  helmsman  was  necessary;  therefore 
the  houses  were  divided,  as  in  this  manner  the  helmsman 
can  be  kept  much  lower  than  if  the  usual  bridge  was 
used ; and  again,  the  man,  if  placed  so  high,  makes  a 
small  boat  rather  unsightly.  The  distance  of  wheel  from 
bow  permits  of  a good  range  being  obtained,  and  natu- 
rally a course  can  be  held  better. 

The  space  between  the  houses  was  made  great  enough 
to  accommodate  a large  observation  seat,  from  which 


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vantage  point  a good  view  over  the  helmsman’s  head  is 
obtained. 

Recognizing  that  there  are  times  when  guests  and 
owner  prefer  to  be  out  of  earshot  of  crew,  the  after  cock- 
pit was  provided,  a more  sheltered  position  than  the  ob- 
servation seat  on  a windy  day.  An  awning  is  carried 
from  well  forward,  right  back  over  house  and  cockpit ; 
this  also  insures  a cooler  house  than  if  the  sunbeams 
were  allowed  to  fall  upon  it.  The  forward  house  con- 
tains crew’s  quarters,  galley  and  engine  room,  while  the 
after  house  is  given  up  entirely  to  owner  and  guests. 

The  plan  of  the  after  house  is  somewhat  out  of  the  or- 
dinary, in  the  fact  that  it  is  not  symmetrical  in  plan,  a 
portion  on  the  starboard  side  being  removed,  forming  a 
deck  level  passage  from  cockpit  to  the  companionway  that 
enters  owner’s  quarters.  The  idea  of  this  is  to  minimize 
the  length  of  passage  fore  and  aft,  below,  thereby  allow- 
ing more  space  for  accommodation. 

Entering  this  companionway  and  descending  a wind- 
ing stairway,  we  arrive  in  the  vestibule,  which  has  con- 
venient lockers  for  oilers,  guns  and  steward’s  supplies. 
Three  doors  open  from  the  vestibule,  those  to  owner’s 
stateroom,  the  toilet  and  main  saloon.  The  vestibule  is 
floored  with  linoleum  of  good  quality,  and  is  expected  to 
be  a convenient  place  for  the  removal  of  wet  coats,  etc. 

Entering  the  owner’s  stateroom,  we  find  the  same  to 
extend  the  entire  width  of  vessel,  to  contain  a double 
bed  on  the  starboard  side,  a portion  of  bed  being  under 
the  deck  at  side  of  house,  but  not  stinted  as  regards  head 
room.  On  the  port  side  there  is  a good  size  transom  or 
sofa,  that  could  be  used  for  sleeping  purposes  on  a pinch, 
wardrobe,  locker  and  folding  lavatory ; a large  bureau 
and  mirror  are  located  at  the  after  end.  Skylight  and 
large  windows  in  sides  of  trunk  insure  good  light  and 
ventilation. 

Proceeding  to  the  toilet  next,  which  contains  the  usual 
w.  c.  and  basin,  gravity  feed,  and  in  addition  the  toilet 
was  made  long  enough  to  permit  one  end  being  slightly 
sunk  (for  drainage),  and  a rose  spray  and  rubber  tube 
fitted  together  with  a rubber  curtain  as  shower,  thus  mak- 
ing a practical  shower.  The  head  room  was  not  suffi- 
cient for  the  usual  overhead  shower,  nor  was  it  thought 
advisable  to  fit  a tube,  the  latter  taking  up  so  much  room, 
beside  the  expense.  Medicine  and  linen  locker  located  as 
shown ; a portion  of  the  vestibule  skylight  helps  to  venti- 
late this  room. 

The  next  room  is  the  main  saloon,  in  which  are  placed 
two  wide  sofas,  to  be  used  for  sleeping  purposes,  one  of 
which  is  carried  partly  across  at  forward  end,  forming  a 
sort  of  cosy  corner.  In  this  angle  a swing  table  is 
placed;  at  the  after  end  buffet  or  sideboard  and  wine 
locker  are  located,  good  stowage  being  obtained  inside  of 
sofas  and  at  sides  of  boat;  in  fact,  stowage  room  has 
been  made  a feature  of  the  design. 

Skylight  oVst  saibtm,  and  wfetfows  on  three  shies. 


The  finish  of  saloon  would  he  in  white  with  appropriate 
and  inexpensive  hangings  and  brass  cabin  lamps. 

The  toilet  room  would  also  be  finished  in  white,  while 
cabin,  vestibule  and  stairs  would  beffinished  in  varnish. 

From  the  saloon,  going  forward,  just  under  the  break 
of  houses,  the  head  room  has  been  reduced  slightly 
for  a distance  of  about  4k2ft. ; this  is  part  of  the  passage 
that  gives  complete  communication  fore  and  aft  as  per 
requirements. 

Proceeding  to  galley,  this  room  contains  a.  range,  large 
ice-box,  dresser,  shelves,  and  a reserve  ice-box  under  the 
floor.  A skylight  as  shown  and  ports  should  keep  this 
place  cool  and  sweet. 

It  will  be  noted  that  forward  house  is  fitted  with  ports 
instead  of  windows;  this  was  done  as  the  windows  might 
easily  be  smashed  by  a head  sea  in  offshore  cruising. 

Forward  of  galley  the  forecastle  is  located,  containing 
transoms  port  and  starboard  and  pipe  berths  for  four 
men.  If  preferred,  one  of  the  berths  could  easily  be  in- 
stalled in  engine  room.  At  after  end  of  forecastle  the 
forward  end  of  house  is  utilized  to  give  light  and  ventila- 
tion through  ports  and  extra  large  head  room  so  as  to 
make  the  cubic  air  space  as  great  as  possible.  The  open- 
ing of  the  forward  companionway  would  induce  a natural 
circulation  of  air.  The  toilet  at  aft  end  is  entirely 
separated  from  forecastle.  There  is  ample  hanging  space 
and  dunnage  space  in  transoms;  at  forward  end  there 
are  shelves  fitted  for  lamps,  stores,  etc. 

Engine  room — The  twin-screw  type  was  adopted  to  in- 
sure reliability  and  immunity  from  being  totally  disabled. 
Small  powers  were  used  to  keep  cost  as  low  as  possi- 
ble. The  motors  used  are  four  cylinder  four-stroke  Buf- 
falo or  equal  make,  the  rated  power  of  each  being  25 
B.H.P.,  which  is  actually  not  less  than  10  B.H.P. 
less  than  actual  output,  which  is  about  the  power 
that  would  be  expected  from  the  cylinder  volume 
and  piston  speed.  Two  small  pumps  are  to  be 
fitted,  one  a centrifugal  for  pumping  the  bilges,  and  the 
other  a gear  or  rotary  pump  for  forcing  water  from 
main  tank  to  gravity  tank.  For  ignition,  a magneto  or 
dynamo  is  to  be  used  with  batteries  for  starting. 

The  gasolene  tanks  forward  and  aft  are  separated  from 
balance  of  boat  by  water-tight  bulkheads ; holes  are  bored 
through  skin  of  vessel,  and  the  entering  water  is  ex- 
pected to  carry  off  the  gasolene  in  case  of  tank  leakage; 
all  gasolene  pipes  are  led  outside  of  hull  to  engine  space. 
See  specifications. 

In  order  to  keep  the  price  to  the  predetermined  figure, 
the  boat  is  to  be  built  as  cheaply  as  is  consistent  with 
good  work  and  material ; scarcely  any  effort  has  been 
made  to  cut  weights,  which  usually  means  more  labor  and 
therefore  greater  cost.  The  approximate  costs  are  dis- 
tributed as  follows : 

Hull,  complete,  including  rudder,  awning,  struts, 

tanks,  etc $5,200 

Two  motors  and  appurtenances  (net)  i.  e.,  cata- 
logued discount  (including  propellers) 2,600 

Allow  for  equipment,  bedding,  napery,  boat,  etc...  1,200 


$9,000 

The  dimensions  are  as  follows : 

Length — 

Over  all  67ft.  9m. 

W.L 59ft- 

Beam — 

Extreme  lift.  gin. 

W.L 9ft.  6in. 

Overhang- 

Forward  3ft.  gin. 

Aft  5ft- 

Freeboard — 

Forward  6 ft. 

Least  3ft.  ioin. 

Aft 4ft.  1 in. 

Draft- 

Extreme  3ft.  9k2in. 

Corresponding  displacement  (lbs.)  exclusive  of 

skeg  33449 

Speed  (at  rated  H.  P.),  miles n)4 

Rated  H.  P.  (low  figure),  total 50 

Wetted  surface,  total 553  sq.  ft. 

FI.  P.  for  8 miles  per  hour 20 

Cruising  radius,  full  speed,  miles 850 

Cruising  radius,  8 miles  per  hour,  miles 920 

Fresh  water 300  gals. 

Gasolene,  forward  300  gals.,  aft  166  gals 4 66  gals. 

Propellers,  29m.  diameter,  23m.  pitch 600  revs. 


Note. — At  high  speed  engine  and  screw  efficency  are 
maximum,  and  allow  gal-  gasolene  per  horsepower 
hour.  At  8 miles’  speed,  lower  efficiency,  allow  1/5  gal. 
per  horsepower  hour. 

These  motors  would  probably  brake  70  horsepower 
total,, which  would  give  speed  of  about  12%  miles.  How- 
ever, this  speed  and  horsepower  is  not  claimed  for  design. 


Wcighls. 

Pounds. 

Hull,  motor  foundations,  paint,  etc.,  main  shrouds,  etc.,  etc..  12, 000 


Joiner  woik,  partitions 2,500 

Cabin  house  1,400 

Miscellaneous  joiner  work,  stairs,  deck  seat,  etc 300 

Skylights  240 

Furniture,  transoms,  berths,  etc 550 

Napery,  upholstery,  bedding 400 

Ice  box  and  reserve  ice  box 900 

Rudder  and  gear  350 

Deck  fittings,  davits,  etc 250 

Windlass  100 

Plumbing 250 

Fresh  water  piping 70 

Fresh  water  tanks 510 

Gasolene  tanks  350 

Awning,  stanchions  and  rails 240 

Galley  stove  and  fixtures 300 

Crew’s  berths  100 

Dinghy  ; 150 

Anchor  and  cables 300 

Motors,  complete  . 3,500 

Shafts,  bearings,  struts,  etc 550 

Propellers  90 

Stores : 

Fngineer’s  200 

Ice  - 300 

Ice  300 

Coal  200 

Fresh  water,  225  gallons 2,250 

Gasolene,  460  gallons 3,000 

Steward’s  5,00 

Passengers,  crew  and  effects ....  .1,600 


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64 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


[April  i,  190S. 


, British  Letter. 

Solent  Class  Racing. — Class  racing  on  the  Solent 
does  not  give  promise  of  great  vitality  this  year.  Indeed, 
from  the  views  expressed  at  the  recent  meeting  of  the 
Solent  Classes  Racing  Association,  the  only  class  which 
is  likely  to  be  in  a flourishing  condition  is  the  24ft.  class. 
The  36-footers  and  30-footers  are  extinct,  and  the  bulk 
of  the  racing  falls  to  the  South  Coast  and  Solent  one- 
design  classes,  the  small  handicap  classes  and  the  24ft. 
and  iSft.  linear  raters.  Truly  the  glories  of  the  Solent 
as  the  home  of  the  small  rater  classes  appears  to  have 
departed,  and  there  does  not  seem  to  be  any  special 
reasons  for  this,  because  in  the  days  when  the  linear 
raters  were  at  the  height  of  their  popularity  in  these 
waters,  they  were  much  more  extreme  in  type  than  they 
are  under  the  present  rule,  and  therefore  more  difficult  to 
dispose  of  when  their  owners  had  done  with  them.  The 
chief  factor  in  the  destruction  of  the  rating  classes  has 
been  undoubtedly  the  rapid  increase  in  the  number  and 
popularity  of  one-design  classes,  but  this  does  not  apply 
to  the  Solent  as  much  as  to  other  places,  and  certainly 
not  with  sufficient  force  to  account  for  the  almost  total 
disapeparance  of  the  linear  raters  which  flourished  there 
in  such  abundance  and  provided  such  good  sport.  With 
the  exception  of  the  Redwings,  which  are  tiny  boats  and 
cannot  be  said  to  cut  into  class  racing  to  any  great  ex- 
tent, the  only  one-design  classes  on  the  Solent  are  the 
Solent  one-design  class  and  the  South  Coast  class.  Of 
these  the  former  was  started  in  1897  and  attained  great 
popularity,  as  many  as  fourteen  or  sixteen  coming  to  the 
starting  line  a few  years  back,  and  causing  clubs  to  split 
them  into  two  divisions.  However,  even  in  this  class  the 
numbers  have  diminished  greatly  the  last  two  or  three 
years,  and  not  much  more  than  half  a dozen  ever  started 
last  season.  The  South  Coast  class  came  into  existence 
in  1903,  and  displaced  the  36ft.  linear  raters.  In  the  fol- 
lowing year  the  30ft.  rating  class  dropped  out,  thus  leav- 
ing nothing  but  the  small  fry  to  represent  the  Y.  R.  A. 
classes.  On  February  25  the  Solent  Classes  Racing  Asso- 
ciation passed  a resolution  to  form  a handicap  class  for 
ex-36-fcoters  and  30-footers,  and  ex-5-raters  and  2.5 
raters,  as  there  are  many  such  boats  in  and  about  the 
Solent,  and  it  is  hoped  thus  to  fill  up  in  some  measure 
the  gap  caused  b}r  the  defection  of  the  leading  Y.  R.  A. 
classes.  The  idea  is  more  or  less  of  an  experiment,  and 
will  be  discontinued  after  a season’s  trial  if  unsatisfac- 
tory. Of  course  it  is  what  may  be  called  a retrograde 
step,  but  if  owners  will  not  build  to  the  present  Y.  R.  A. 
classes,  it  seems  to  be  the  best  way  to  supply  the  defi- 
ciency in  the  small  classes,  as  there  are  plenty  of  old 
raters  going  cheap,  and  a good  deal  of  fun  can  thus  be 
had  at  a small  initial  outlay. 

East  Coast  Racing.— On  the  East  Coast  the  London 
Sailing  Club  is  fortunate  with  its  18-footer  classes,  of 
which  it  has  two — the  Y.  R.  A.  class  and  the  restricted 
class — and  this  season  three  new  boats  are  to  be  added 
to  the  number,  all  by  different  designers.  For  many 
years  the  sway  in  the  Y.  R.  A.  18ft.  class  has  been  held 
by  My  Lady  Dainty,  and  although  boat  after  boat  has 
tried  to  lower  her  colors,  she  has  remained  champion 
of  her  class  from  the  year  she  was  built  down  to  the 
present  time,  or  seven  seasons  in  all.  This  is  a truly 
wonderful  record,  considering  that  My  Lady  Dainty  has 
been  but  little  altered  since  she  was  built,  and  that  com- 
petition in  the  class  is  very  keen.  In  all  she  has  won 
nearly  two  hundred  prizes,  of  which  the  great  majority 
are  firsts.  However,  it  is  likely  that  her  colors  will  be 
lowered  this  year,  as  one  of  the  new  boats  is  designed  by 
Mr.  G.  W.  Laws,  who'  was  responsible  for  My  Lady 
Dainty’s  lines,  and  another  by  the  famous  young  Scottish 
designer,  Mylne.  Last  season  My  Lady  Dainty  had  the 
wonderful  record  (for  a boat  in  her  seventh  season)  of 
twenty-one  prizes — seventeen  firsts  and  four  seconds — 
out  of  twenty-eight  starts. 

Thirty-six-foot  Class  on  the  Clyde.— Once  more  the 
36ft.  class  on  the  Clyde  is  threatened  with  extinction, 
for  Mr.  Maclver  has  determined  not  to  fit  out  Barabel, 
which  is  in  the  sale  list.  This  brings  Falcon  as  the  only 
representative  of  the  class,  unless  a purchaser  is  found 
for  Barabel.  It  would  be  a great  pity  if  this  class  fell 
through,  for  the  pair  had  many  close  fights  throughout 
a well  contested  season,  and  honors  were  pretty  equally 
divided,  Barabel  just  having  a shade  the  better  of  mat- 
ters. The  new  30ft.  restricted  class  is  increasing  in  popu- 
larity, but  the  19ft.  length  class  on  the  Clyde  seems  to  be 
losing  its  hold,  although  it  may  only  be  a temporary 
slackness  on  the  part  of  its  supporters.  The  idea  of  the 
handicap  match  from  Cowes  to  the  Clyde  organized  by 
the  Royal  London  Y.  C.,  in  June,  in  conjunction  with  the 
Clyde  clubs,  has  caused  the  greatest  possible  satisfaction 
in  Scotland.  The  race  is  open  to  all  yachts  exceeding  95 
tons  Thames  measurement.  It  is  the  very  thing  that  is 
wanted  to  revive  the  ancient  glories  of  the  Clyde  Fort- 
night, and  it  is  hoped  that  British  owners  give  efficient 
support  to  this  race,  instead  of  hurrying  off  to  foreign 
regattas.  Three  cups  are  offered,  value  one  hundred, 
forty  and  twenty  guineas.  These  will  be  provided  by  the 
Royal  London  Y.  C.,  and  the  Clyde  clubs  will  give  cups 
of  similar  values  for  a return  race  to  Cowes.  That  the 
yachts  which  take  part  in  the  first  race  will  be  well 
catered  for  during  the  Clyde  Fortnight,  goes  without 
saying,  and  preparations  are  already  being  made  to  in- 
clude them  in  the  prize  list.  E.  H.  Kelly. 

Motorboat  Cruise  to  Thousand  Islands. — Messrs.  J. 
H.  McIntosh,  Columbia  Y.  C.,  Norris  Oliphant,  Thous- 
and Islands  Y.  C.,  and  R.  C.  Fisher,  New  York  A.  C., 
have  been  appointed  as  a committee  to  arrange  a motor- 
boat  cruise  from  New  York  to  the  home  of  the  Thousand 
Islands  Y.  C.  on  the  St.  Lawrence.  The  boats  will  leave 
New  York  about  August  18  and  proceed  through  the 
canals  and  lakes  to  the  St.  Lawrence.  The  races  for  the 
American  Power  Boat  Association  Cup  will  take  place 
August  24,  25  and  26  off  the  Thousand  Island  Y.  C.  house. 

m «? 

Plymouth  Y.  C.  Officers. — At  the  annual  meeting  of 
the  Plymouth  Y.  C.,  held  recently,  the  following  officers 
were  elected:  Com.,  Hon.  E.  B.  Atwood;  Vice-Corn., 

W.  C.  Gurney;  Treas.,  W.  T.  Eldridge;  Sec’y,  F.  H. 
Carver;  Fleet  Captain,  Alfred  Holmes;  Treas.,  C.  W. 
Finney;  Executive  Committee — M.  S.  Weston,  Jr.,  B. 
Loring  Thomas,  C.  W.  Finney.  A.  L.  Bailey;  Regatta 
Committee— H.  M.  Jones,  Alfred  Holmes,  E.  B.  Atwood. 


Marine  Gasolene  Engines. 

BY  A.  E.  POTTER. 

{Continued  from  page  242  ) 

The  higher  the  piston  speed  in  a single  cylinder  two- 
stroke  or  double  cylinder  four-stroke  engine  with 
cranks  both  the  same  way  (not  at  180  degrees),  the 
more  the  vibration.  If  counterweights  are  used  the 
balancing  must  be  very  careful  for  high  speeds.  Figure 
as  carefully  as  you  can,  the  exact  weight  and  position 
of  the  counter  weights  cannot  be  exactly  determined. 
If  this  is  to  be  done  practically  the  crank  shaft,  fly- 
wheel connecting  rod  and  piston  must  be  assembled 
with  the  piston  hanging  downward  and  the  crank 
shaft  mounted  on  centers.  Then  the  amount  and 
position  of  the  weights  can  be  determined,  and  in  no 
other  way.  This  is  an  expensive  method,  and  one 
rarely  followed  by  the  usual  manufacturer,  for  the 
selling  price  will  hardly  allow  of  any  such  what  is 
usually  termed  useless  waste  of  time,  and  increased 
cost  of  production.  In  the  manufacture  of  high-priced 
counter-weighted  automobile  engines,  a method  like 
this  is  usually  followed,  and  in  all  future  engines  the 
weight  of  the  piston,  connecting  rod  and  connection 
is  weighed,  and  if  over  weight  the  excess  of  metal  is 
removed.  Pistons  and  connections  in  four  cylinder 
French,  German  and  Italian  engines  are  usually  care- 
fully weighed  separately  and  if,  in  four  cylinder  con- 
struction the  parts  are  not  remachined,  the  two  heavier 
reciprocating  parts  are  arranged  on  opposite  crank  pins 
to  better  preserve  the  balance. 

A two-stroke  single  cylinder  engine  for  marine  pur- 
poses can  be  balanced  in  another  way,  which  will 
sometimes  remedy  excessive  vibration,  particularly 
when  the  hull  is  weak  in  the  wake  of  the  engine.  Set 
the  crank  shaft  with  the  engine  at  half  stroke.  Open 
the  relief  cock  in  the  head,  remove  the  head 
or  igniter.  Pass  a cord  around  the  flywheel,  so 
it  will  lead  over  the  top  of  it  and  attach  the  end  to  a 
spring  scale.  Fasten  a cord  to  the  eye  of  the  balance 
and  lead  the  other  end  through  a screw  eye  directly 
in  line  with  the  lead  of  the  cord  in  the  side  of  the 
boat’s  ceiling  or  elsewhere.  Gradually  tighten  the 
cord,  carefully  watching  the  hand  on  the  scales,  until 
the  flywheel  moves,  and  note  the  pull  necessary  to  start 
it.  Now  reverse  the  cord,  placing  the  crank  in  the 
same  position  and  note  how  much  pull  it  takes  to  start 
the  piston  down.  Turn  the  flywheel  now  until  the 
piston  is  in  the  same  position  with  the  crank  pin  on 
the  other  side,  and  repeat  the  first  two  operations.  The 
results  should  be  the  same.  Now  by  adding  counter 
weights  to  the  flywheel  web,  it  will  be  possible  to 
decrease  vibrations  to  a marked  degree.  Always  test 
the  pull  both  ways  after  fastening  the  weights  to  see 
whether  or  not  you  have  too  much  or  insufficient 
weight.  The  further  the  weight  is  from  the  shaft  the 
more  effect  it  will  have.  It  may  be  better  to  put  it  a 
little  to  one  side  of  directly  opposite  the  starting. pin, 
in  which  case  the  results  of  the  tests  would  indicate 
which  side,  but  for  all  practical  purposes  it  would 
hardly  be  necessary,  unless  the  flywheel  itself  was  badly 
out  of  balance. 

A double  cylinder  four-stroke  engine  with  cranks 
the  same  way  is  hardly  ever  met,  and  if  so,  usually 
has  counterweights  on  both  crank  shaft  and  flywheel. 
To  test  for  balancing  you  would  use  the  same  method 
as  for  a single  cylinder  two  or  four-stroke  engine. 

A single  cylinder  four-stroke  engine,  or  a double 
cylinder  as  well  with  cranks  set.  at  180  degrees,  no 
matter  how  carefully  balanced,  will  have  more  vibra- 
tion than  a two-stroke,  as  the  impulses  are  in  the 
former  case  given  every  other  revolution  and  in  the 
latter  twice  at  every  alternate  revolution,  with  no  im- 
pulses during  the  following  revolution. 

Multiple  cylinder  engines  are  more  easily  balanced 
than  single  two-stroke  and  double  four-stroke,  and  it 
is  for  this  reason  that  multi-cylinder  construction  has 
had  so  much  attention  from  gasolene  engine  designers. 
In  four-stroke  engines  this  has  been  comparatively 
easy,  but  in  the  two-stroke,  of  the  older  two-port  type, 
it  has  usually  been  found  almost  absolutely  necessary 
to  use  separate  vaporizers  for  each  cylinder,  adjust- 
ments have  been  not  easy  to  make,  and  rarely  would 
each  cylinder  give  its  maximum  power.  The  more 
modern  three-ported  type  seems  to  have  solved  the 
question  satisfactorily,  and  the  multiple-cylinder  two- 
stroke  engine  will  this  summer  be  the  popular  con- 
struction. There  are  many  manufacturers,  who,,  two 
years  ago,  would  not  guarantee  their  double  cylinder 
engine,  and,  for  all  the. cost  would  be  more,  would  prefer 
to  make  twin  screw  installation,  are  now  advertising 
and  guaranteeing  their  double  cylinder  productions, 
with  float  feed  carburetors  and  either  make  and  break 
or  jump  spark  ignition.  These  engines  will  run  at  a 
higher  speed,  are  just  as  reliable  as  the  older  single 
cylinder  construction,  and  last,  but  by  no  means  least, 
they  will  last  longer,  and  are  easier  on  the  hull,  be- 
cause they  are  more  nearly  perfectly  balanced. 

[to  be  continued.] 


Queries  on  Marine  Motors. 

B E B , Clayton,  N.  Y.— Can  vou  tell  me  why  certain  engines 
are 'rated  or  classed  as  high-speed',  while  others  are  called  low  or 
medium-speed? 

Ans. — In  the  two-stroke  engine  there  is  a limit  to  the 
speed  if  of  the  older  two-port  construction,  single  cylinder* 
especially  if  poorly  or  not  at  all  counterbalanced,  which  has 
been  passed  in  the  modern  three-ported  engine.  This 
allows  of  much  higher  speed  without  losing  efficiency  for 
reasons  already  explained  in  these  columns.  Again,  as 
engines  of  the  latter  type  are  usually  built  in  pairs,  they 
are  better  balanced  and  can  be  run  at  a higher  speed 
without  undue  vibration.  In  the  four-stroke  construction 
an  engine  is  rarely  classed  as  high  speed  unless  it  has 
three  or  four  cylinders,  for  it  is  well-nigh  impossible  to 
balance  it  sufficiently  accurate  in  two  cylinder  con- 
struction with  cranks  both  the  same  way,  and  even 
harder  in  single  cylinder  or  with  cranks  at  180  degrees, 
as  in  double  cylinder.  Any  three  or  four  cylinder  engine 
can  be  made  high  speed  by  reducing  the  weight  of  the  re- 
ciprocating parts,  pistons,  connecting  rods,  wrist-pins, 
valves  valve  stems,  etc.;  but  this  reducing  of  weight  so 
materi’allv  reduces  the  life  of  the  engine  that  it  is  worth 
more  with  heavier  construction  for  slow  or  medium  speed. 


The  Brooklyn  Y.  G.  Dinner. 

ThE  annual  dinner  of  the  Brooklyn  Y.  C.  was  given 
on  the  evening  of  March  25  at  the  Underwriters’  Club, 
New  York  city.  Commodore  S.  S.  Fontaine  presided, 
and  about  100  members  and  guests  were  present.  Com- 
modore Fontaine,  in  signaling  the  taking  of  “obser- 
vations,” spoke  of  the  flourishing  condition  o,f  the  club 
and  the  widespread  interest  manifested  in  the  forthcom- 
ing ocean  race  from  New  York  to  Hampton  Roads,  and 
the  accompanying  annual  cruise  of  the  club,  to  be  started 
on  June  29.  The  Hampton  Roads  Y.  C.  has  arranged  for 
a grand  regatta  in  welcome  of  the  visit ; the  Philadelphia, 
Baltimore  and  Washington  Y.  C.’s  have  arranged  to 
cruise  concurrently  to  Hampton  Roads.  Yachtsmen 
throughout  the  South  have  expressed  much  interest  in  the 
event,  and  various  railroad  and  steamship  lines  have 
arranged  to  offer  special  rates  and  accommodations.  Al- 
though provision  was  made  in  the  first  instance  only  for 
the  ocean  race  of  the  restricted  class,  it  has  been,  on 
further  consideration,  decided  to  offer  prizes  for  the 
schooners  and  other  yachts  participating  in  the  accom- 
panying cruise. 

Col.  David  E.  Austen  said  that  he  felt  much  interest  in 
the  race  and  cruise,  and  had  made  some  personal  effort 
toward  getting  up  races  between  the  schooners,  sloops  and 
yawls  that  will  accompany  the  restricted  racers,  and  was 
pleased  to  be  able  to  report  gratifying  progress.  He  felt 
sure  that  the  interest  of  the  event  would  be  much  en- 
hanced by  having  races  between  the  accompanying 
cruisers  as  well  as  the  restricted  class.  He  nurposed  go- 
ing on  the  cruise  in  his  75ft.  schooner  Wayward,  and 
would  be  glad  to  race  her  against  anything  of  her  class, 
in  or  out  of  the  club. 


Narragansett  Bay  Y.  R.  A.  Meeting. — At  the  annual 
meeting  of  the  Narragansett  Bay  Y.  R.  A.,  plans  were 
aranged  for  the  coming  season,  and  dates  fixed  for  the 
Association  week  of  open  racing.  Delegates  were  present 
from  the  Rhode  Island,  Edgewood,  Fall  River  and  Bristol 
clubs,  and  from  an  informal  discussion  of  the  prospects 
it  was  apparent  that  the  season  of  1905  in  Narragansett 
Bay  is  to  be  one  of  the  most  active  in  some  years.  It 
was  voted  that  the  regatta  committees  of  'the  four  clubs 
comprising  the  membership  be  communicated  with  and 
requested  to  make  the  ruling  that  the  Association  pennant 
be  displayed  by  all  the  boats  participating  in  club  regattas. 
The  Association  racing  will  be  during  the  week  of  July 
10,  the  schedule  being  as  follows : 

Monday,  July  10 — Edgewood  Y.  C. 

Tuesday,  July  11 — Association  race  at  Potter’s  Cove. 

Wednesday,  July  12 — R.  I.  Y.  C.  at  Potter’s  Cove. 

Thursday,  July  13 — Special  race  around  Beaver  Tail 
by  the  representatives  of  the  Rhode  Island  and  Sachem’s 
Head  Y.  C.’s. 

Friday,  July  14 — Fall  River  Y.  C. 

Saturday,  July  15 — Bristol  Y.  C. 

The  dates  selected  are  especially  fortunate,  as  it  is  ex- 
pected that  the  Sachem’s  Head  Y.  C.  fleet  will  be  in  the 
Bay  during  that  week,  and  possibly  the  Shelter  Island 
fleet,  and  the  boats  of  both  visiting  clubs  will  be  able  to 
participate  in  the  racing  of  Wednesday  and  Thursday. 
The  following  officers  of  the  N.  B.  Y.  R.  A.  were  elected 
for  the  ensuing  year:  President,  Frederick  A.  Barnes, 

Rhode  Island  Y.  C. ; Vice-President,  Harvey  J.  Flint, 
Edgewood  Y.  C. ; Secretary,  Thomas  F.  Bartlett,  Fall 
River  Y.  C. ; Treasurer,  Walter  S.  Almy,  Bristol  Y.  C. 

« « * 

The  Power  Boat  News. — Last  week  there  appeared 
for  the  first  time  a new  publication,  dealing  exclusively 
with  the  power  boat.  It  was  published  by  the  Rudder 
Publishing  Company,  9 Murray  street,  this  city,  and 
is  called  Power  Boat  News.  It  will  be  issued  weekly, 
and,  as  Mr.  Thomas  Fleming  Day  in  his  introduction 
states,  it  is  to  be  a weekly  newspaper  devoted  to  the 
power  boat.  Correspondents  will  be  had  in  every  port 
possible,  whose  duty  it  will  be  to  collect  good  straight 
news.  Mr.  A.  E.  Potter,  who  was  with  Forest  and 
Stream  for  but  a few  months,  and  who  so  ably  filled  the 
post  of  power  boat  editor,  will  have  direct  charge  of  the 
editorial  work,  assisted  by  Mr.  C.  D.  Mower,  who  has 
done  such  good  work  on  The  Rudder.  They  are  both 
practical  men. 

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Work  at  Morris  Heights. — Mr.  J.  E.  Martin,  Jr., 
New  York,  who  owned  the  autoboat  Catch  Me,  built  by 
Robert  Jacob,  City  Island,  with  a 70  horsepower  Speedway 
engine,  has  ordered  a new  cruising  launch  from  the  Gas 
Engine  & Power  Co.  and  Chas.  L.  Seabury  & Co.,  Consol., 
63ft.  6in,  length,  10ft.  8in.  breadth.  Power  will  be  two 
40  horsepower  Speedway  Model  C engines.  Mr.  Walter 
Jennings,  New  York  Y.  C.,  has  ordered  a new  naphtha 
tender  for  Tuscarora.  Col.  C.  E.  Burke,  Cleveland,  O., 
living  this  winter  at  Hotel  Majestic,  New  York,  has 
placed  an  order  for  a high  speed  launch  also  with  the 
Gas  Engine  & Power  Co.  and  Chas.  L.  Seabury  & Co., 
Consol.,  31ft.  long  with  24  horsepower  Speedway  engine. 
The  boat  will  be  used  on  the  St.  Lawrence. 

* 

Cruising  Launch  for  G.  C.  Sutton. — The  power  boat 
fleet  of  the  Bergen  Beach  Y.  C.  will  receive  an  addition 
this  season  in  the  shape  of  a new  cruising  launch.  Mr. 
George  C.  Sutton,  treasurer  of  the  Bergen  Beach  Y.  C., 
is  having  a new  cruising  launch  built  31ft.  over  all,  8ft. 
6in.  breadth  and  2ft.  2in.  draft.  The  boat  is  very  sub- 
stantially put  together,  and  will  have  good  accommoda- 
tions under  the  low  cabin  house.  The  boat  will  be  fitted 
with  a 4 cylinder  16  horsepower  gasolene  engine,  and  her 
tanks  are  of  sufficient  capacity  to  enable  her  running  100 
miles  without  refilling.  The  12ft.  watertight  cockpit  is  to 
be  entirely  covered  with  an  awning. 

•t  15  I? 

Repairs  on  Colonia.— Commodore  F.  G.  Bourne[s 
Colonia,  New  York  Y.  C.,  which  will  be  his  flagship  this 
season,  owing  to  the  fire  which  so  badly  damaged  Dela- 
ware that  she  cannot  be  repaired  in  time,  was  towed  to 
Morris  Heights  on  the  24th  ult.  for  rush  repairs.  The 
Gas  Engine  & Power  Company  and  Chas.  L.  Seabupr  & 
Co.,  Consol.,  will  have  charge  of  all  exterior  repairs — 
new  decks,  new  houses  where  burned,  and  general  over- 
hauling of  both  hull  and  engine.  Pottier  & Stymus  have 
charge  of  the  interior  work.  This  work  must  be  com- 
pleted by  June  15.  _ _ 


April  l,  ±£K>s.j 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


§ifle  §ange  and  §atierg. 

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Fixtures. 

July  24-29. — Newark,  O. — Second  annual  of  the  Ohio  State  Rifle 
Association. 

July  26- Aug.  1. — Creedmoor,  L.  I. — Second  annual  of  New  York 
Rifle  Association. 


New  York  Schuetzen  Corps. 

The  last  indoor  shoot  of  this  corps  for  the  winter  season  was 
held  the  night  of  March  24  on  the  Zettler  ranges  in  West  Twenty- 
third  street,  at  75ft.,  offhand,  two  scores  each  man,  possible  500 
for  the  20  shots.  The  attendance  was  very  large,  eighty-one  mem- 
bers in  all  being  present,  and  all  but  two  taking  an  active  part. 
R.  Gute  was  high  man  with  490.  The  scores  follow:  R.  Gute 

245,  245-490;  G.  Ludwig  245,  237-482;  C.  Meyer  238,  240-478; 
J.  N.  F.  Seibs  233,  237—470;  J.  C.  Bonn  236,  234—470;  O.  Schwane- 
mann  232,  235—467;  A.  Sibberns  227,  235-462;  H.  D.  Meyer  234, 
228-462;  H.  Haase  231,  229—460;  B.  Zettler  228,  230—458;  J.  Fack- 
lamm  228,  230—458;  F Von  Ronn  227,  230—457;  C.  Konig  238,  217— 
455;  P.  Heidelberger  229,  225—454;  L.  C.  Hagenah  229,  223—452; 
H.  W.  Mesloh  220,  231— 451;  Dr.  C.  Grosch  230,  220—450;  H.  C. 
Hainhorst  230,  220—450;  G.  W.  Offermann  226,  223—449;  J.  H. 
Meyer  222,  227—449;  F.  Facompre  229,  220—449;  N.  C.  L.  Bevesten 
216,  233—449;  C.  Schmitz  218,  231—449;  C.  Plump  220,  228-448;  C. 
J.  Brinkama  221,  226—447;  W.  Dahl  223,  224—447;  H.  Gobber  223, 
224—447;  J.  H.  Wehrenberg  227,  220 — 447;  A.  W.  Lemcke  228,  219— ■ 
447;  Capt.  J.  H.  Hainhorst  218,  228—446;  G.  Thomas  217,  228—445; 
W.  Schults  221,  223—444;  C.  Siegers  219,  224—443;  J.  Willenbrock 
216,  227—443;  H.  Beckmann  221,  222-443;  Capt.  J.  G.  Thoelke 
215,  226-441;  H.  Nordbruch  216,  223-439;  C.  Roffman  219,  220- 
439;  H.  B.  Michaelsen  228,  210—438;  C.  Mann  216,  222—438;  H. 
Kahris  228,  210—438;  C.  Boesch  217,  221—438;  W.  F.  Grell  215,  222— 
437;  J.  Paradies  218,  218—436;  J.  Jantzen  213,  220 — 433 ; Von  der 
Lieth  214,  219—433;  M.  J.  Then  218,  214 — 432 ; H.  Leopold  213, 
219—432;  M.  V.  Dwingelo  213,  213—426;  H.  Martens  207,  215-422; 
W.  Schaefer  203,  219—422;  C.  J.  Voss  200,  222-M22;  H.  Koster  212, 
209—421;  August  Beckman  206,  215—421;  H.  Lankbau  209,  210—419; 
H.  Deckers  211,  205-416,  G.  H.  Fixsen  197,  218—415;  G.  H. 
Behrens  219,  195—414;  H.  Hoenisch  206,  206—412;  H.  Hesse  206, 
206 — 412;  H.  Quaal  209,  203—412;  H.  Meyn  199,  212-411;  J.  H. 
Kroeger  193,  216 — 409 ; F.  Gobber  193,  215—408;  D.  Ficken  203, 
205-408;  N.  W.  Haaren  197,  210—407;  D.  Dede  189,  214 — 403;  J. 
Bradley  205,  196 — 401;  J.  C.  Brinkmann  198,  202 — 400;  G.  N. 
Bohlken  183,  216—399;  W.  Uhrich  198,  199—397;  F.  Schulz  206, 
190-396;  R.  Ohms  178,  212—390;  J.  N.  Herrmann  194,  195-389; 
A.  Giebelhaus  196,  192—388;  N.  Jantzen  201,  180—381;  J.  F.  R. 
Ernst  188,  190— 378;  L.  L.  Goldstein  178,  198—376;  H.  Offermann 
155,  155-310. 


Opening  Shoot  at  Union  Hill. 

The  formal  opening  of  Union  Hill  Shooting  Park,  Union  Hill, 
N.  J.,  will  be  held  on  May  4.  John  Moje,  the  proprietor,  has 
issued  invitations  to  the  following  corps  in  and  about  New  York 
city  to  be  present  and  enter  teams:  New  York  Schuetzen  Corps;  New 
York  Central  Schuetzen  Corps;  New  York  City  Schuetzen  Corps; 
New  York  Independent  Schuetzen  Corps;  Deutscher-American 
Schuetzenbund,  of  Hudson  County;  Hoboken  Schuetzen  Corps; 
Hoboken  Independent  Schuetzen  Corps;  Hoboken  City  Schuetzen 
Corps;  Union  Hill  Schuetzen  Corps;  Schweizer  Schuetzengesell- 
schaft  of  Hudson  County;  New  Jersey  Schuetzengesellschaft;  Ger- 
mania Schuetzenbund  of  Hoboken;  Harlem  Independent  Schuetzen 
Corps;  Concordia  Schuetzen  of  Hoboken,  and  the  Dufour 
Schuetzen  Company.  Shooting  will  begin  at  10  o’clock  in  the 
morning  and  stop  at  7 P.  M.,  with  an  hour  for  lunch.  The 
morning  will  be  devoted  to  individual  and  the  afternoon  to  team 
shooting.  Teams  will  consist  of  fifteen  men  each,  entrance  fee, 
$5  per  team.  Ten  shots  per  man  will  constitute  a score.  On  the 
point  and  bullseye  targets  scores  will  consist  of  five  shots,  possible 
16  points  per  score.  There  will  be  fifteen  bullseye  prizes,  ranging 
from  $20  down  to  $2,  and  twelve  premiums  for  the  highest  number 
of  points  made.  These  range  from  $15  down  to  $2.  In  addition 
$2  will  go  to  the  man  who  gets  the  first  red  flag  in  the  morning, 
a similar  prize  to  the  maker  of  the  last  red  flag  at  night,  and 
three  prizes— $5  for  the  greatest  number  of  red  flags,  $4  for  second 
and  $3  for  third,  while  a gold  medal  will  be  given  for  the  best 
three  bullseyes  on  the  point  target,  and  a gold  medal  to  the  high 
score  man  of  each  team.  For  the  wives  and  sweethearts  of  the 
riflemen  there  will  be  prize  bowling,  and  all  prizes  will  be  dis- 
tributed at  7:30  P.  M. 


Asheville  Rifle  Club. 

Asheville,  N.  C.,  March  22— The  shoots  of  the  Asheville  Rifle 
Club  have  been  remarkably  good  of  late.  On  the  event  of  March 
14,  the  club  individual  record  was  broken,  when  J.  H.  Brown 
scored  80  out  of  a possible  100.  It  is  the  best  score  made  this 
season,  and  is  the  best  individual  score  of  a member  so  far  as 
reported  in  this  country.  The  scores  for  the  past  three  shoots  were 
these: 

Shoot  of  March  14,  distance  200yds.,  Standard  American  target: 

First  shoot:  J.  H.  Brown  SO,  J.  M.  McCanless  65,  D.  E. 

Sevier  45,  Stevens  31,  Bard  30,  Perry  30. 

Second  shoot:  J.  H.  Brown  80,  D.  E.  Sevier  60,  Perry  56, 

J.  M.  McCanless  56,  Stevens  44,  Bard  41. 

Shoot  of  March  16: 

First  shoot:  Brown  78,  Wright  61,  D.  E.  Sevier  57,  S.  A.  Mc- 
Canless 56,  Perry  56.  Fairchilds  59,  Stevens  49,  Garrison  48,  Lam- 
bert 44,  J.  T.  Sevier  28. 

Second  shoot:  Brown  65,  S.  A.  McCanless  64,  Lambert  59, 

Wright  58,  D.  E.  Sevier  56,  J.  M.  McCanless  55,  Perry  55,  Garri- 
son 52,  J.  T.  Sevier  50,  Fairchilds  50,  Stevens  45. 

Shoot  of  March  21: 

First  shoot:  J.  M.  McCanless  65,  Stevens  52,  Perry  43,  D.  E. 
Sevier  41,  Williams  20. 

Second  shoot:  J.  M.  McCanless  69,  D.  E.  Sevier  68,  Stevens 
61,  Perry  40. 


Lady  Zettler  Rifle  Club. 

The  regular  shoot  of  this  club  was  held  the  night  of  March  25 
on  the  Zettler  ranges  in  West  Twenty-third  street  with  a good 
attendance  of  members  and  their  friends.  Twelve  of  the  ladies 
finished  20-shot  scores  on  the  ring  target,  using  .22cal.  rifles. 
Miss  M.  Zimmermann  was  high  with  a total  of  493  out  of  the 
possible  500  points,  while  three  other  ladies  scored  490.  The 
club  will  hold  two  more  indoor  shoots  before  the  season  closes. 

The  scores  follow:  Miss  M.  Zimmermann  246,  247—493;  Miss 

Katie  Zimmermann  247,  243—490;  Miss  Ludwig  244,  246—490;  Mrs. 
H.  Fenwirth  244,  246—490;  Miss  B.  Ludwig  247,  242—489;  Miss 
Eusner  248,  239-487;  Mrs.  F.  Liegibel  242,  244—486;  Miss  Miller 
243,  240-483;  Miss  M.  Stoltz  242,  241-483;  Miss  A.  Scheu  241, 
236—477;  Mrs.  F.  Watson  230,  241-471;  Mrs.  B.  Zettler  234. 
230—464. 


Providence  Revolver  Club. 

Providence,  R.  I. — One  lone  rifleman  turned  out  at  our  regular 
practice  shoot  on  March  23,  and  spent  the  evening  sighting  in  his 
.25-21,  with  good  results.  This  gentleman,  Mr.  Fred  Collins,  is 
our  latest  addition,  and  it  looks  as  though  he  would  soon  enter 
the  240  class  and  give  us  another  team  member. 

Denver  shooters,  take  warning;  Mr.  Collins  expects  to  be  in  that 
city  within  a month,  and  if  he  can  find  a congenial  spirit,  will 
talk  rifle  to  the  satisfaction  of  any  crank. 

The  revolver  men  have  gone  back  to  the  20yd.  line,  and  were 
a little  disappointed  in  their  holding  ability. 

Wm.  Bosworth,  one  of  our  top  pistol  men,  came  in  and  shot  a 
few  strings,  but  shows  his  lack  of  practice. 

Abbott  turned  out  with  a Lord  model  Stevens  pistol,  which  will 
no  doubt  give  a good  account  in  the  near  future.  Scores: 

At  25yds.,  rifle,  on  German  ring  target:  Fred  Collins  230,  236, 

234. 

Twenty  yards,  revolver  and  pistol,  Standard  American  target: 
A.  C.  Hurlburt  79,  81;  Wm.  Bosworth  80,  78,  79;  Arno  Argus 
75,  78,  78,  74,  76;  Wm.  F.  Eddy  78;  Fred  Liebrich  63,  71;  Chas.  H. 
Abbott,  30. 

Englewood  O.  Rifle  Club. 

Only  five  members  took  part  in  the  medal  shoot  on  March  21, 
Leo  Liber  winning  with  a score  of  29.  The  match  is  at  100yds., 
offhand,  any  rifle,  Standard  American  target,  4 shots,  possible  40. 


Rifle  Notes. 

At  the  shoot  of  the  Cumberland  Valley  Rifle  Association,  Car- 
lisle, Pa.,  March  25,  the  regular  monthly  medal  shoot  resulted  as 
follows:  Thomas  E.  Vale  39,  William  Rathgeb  51,  W.  A.  Failor 
38,  Philip  Six  58,  Charles  Dinkle  40,  W.  G.  Hughes  45,  E.  J. 
Kennedy  38,  H.  E.  Donson  73,  Ira  Christman  44,  Reuben  Myers 
46,  John  Sennett  54.  Donson  won  the  gold  medal,  Sennett  the 
silver,  and  Hughes  the  bronze. 


trapshooting. 

# 

If  you  want  your  shoot  to  be  announced  here  send  a 

notice  like  the  following  : 

Fixtures. 

March  30. — Edgewater,  N.  J. — Grand  spring  target  tournament  of 
North  River  Gun  Club.  James  R.  Merrill,  Sec’y. 

March  30. — St.  Paul,  Ind.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  E.  G.  Bless, 
Sec  y. 

•April  1. — Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  open  monthly  shoot. 
Albert  Travel',  Capt 

April  3-5. — Atchison,  Kans. — Forest  Park  Gun  Club  second  annual 
tournament.  Lou  Erhardt,  Mgr. 

April  4. — Rockville,  Conn. — Consolidated  Gun  Club  of  Connecticut 
first  tournament  of  series.  Dr.  D.  Y.  C.  Moore,  Sec’y,  South 
Manchester,  Conn. 

April  4. — Rittersville,  Pa.— All-day  shoot  of  Lehigh  Rod  and 
Gun  Club.  H.  F.  Koch,  Sec’y. 

April  5-6. — Augusta,  Ga. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tournament, 
under  the  auspices  of  the  Augusta  Gun  Club.  Chas.  C.  Need- 
ham, Sec’y. 

April  8. — Richmond  Valley,  S.  I. — Ninth  all-day  shoot  of  the 
Mullerite  Gun  Club,  on  grounds  of  Aquehonga  Gun  Club. 

~ ' A.  A.  Schoverling,  Mgr. 

April  12-13.— Spring  tournament  of  Delaware  Trapshooters’  League, 
on  grounds  of  Wilmington  Gun  Club.  H.  J.  Stidman,  Sec’y. 
Wilmington. 

April  15.— Long  Island  City,  L.  I.— Queens  County  Gun  Club 
ppen  tournament.  R.  H.  Gosman,  Sec’y. 

April  15.  Newark,  N.  J. — Mullerite  Gun  Club  shoot,  on  grounds 
of  Forester  Gun  Club.  A.  A.  Schoverling,  Mgr. 

April  18-20. — Waco,  Tex. — Texas  State  Sportsmen’s  Association 
tournament. 


DRIVERS  AND  TWISTERS. 

The  Champlain,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  announces  that  their  next 
regular  annual  tournament  will  be  held  on  June  15. 

The  Binghamton,  N.  Y.,  Rod  and  Gun  Club  has  fixed  upon 
June  20  and  21  for  their  their  annual  tournament. 

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In  view  of  the  fact  that  trapshooters  in  recent  months  have 
many  times  shot  all  day,  without  a miss,  from  the  16yd.  mark,  a 
proper  act  would  seem  to  be  the  adoption  of  a greater  distance 
than  16yds.  as  the  standard.  Shooters,  guns  and  ammunition  have 
long  since  equalled  all  the  possibilities  of  16yds,  so  that  at 
present  it  is  the  distance  in  the  primary  school  of  shooting. 

K 

Mr.  John  S.  Wright,  manager  of  the  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  Gun 
Club,  informs  us  that  he  will  open  his  club’s  trapshooting  season 
with  a shoot  on  Saturday  of  this  week,  on  the  club  grounds. 
Old  Mill  road,  Brooklyn.  Take  Kings  County  L.  to  Crescent 
street,  thence  by  bus  to  grounds.  In  the  near  future  Mr.  Wright 
contemplates  holding  a tournament,  the  programme  of  which  will 
be  specially  interesting. 

* 

Mr.  Carl  von  Lengerke,  well  known  as  an  expert  in  the  sport- 
ing goods  trade,  has  accepted  a position  with  the  Polk  Miller 
Drug  Co.,  of  Richmond,  Va.  From  April  1,  he  will  conduct 
an  office  for  them  at  1263  Broadway,  New  York.  His  chief  in- 
terest will  be  to  further  the  success  of  Sergeant  Dog  Remedies. 
Mr.  von  Lengerke  has  had  much  practical  experience  with  dogs, 
hence  starts  well  equipped  with  the  necessary  knowledge. 

« 

The  Secretary  of  the  B.  G.  C.,  writes  us  as  follows:  “The 

Boston  Gun  Club’s  annual  invitation  team  shoot  will  be  held  on 
May  17.  We  shall  on  that  day  attempt  to  run  as  successful  a 
shoot  as  has  been  held  in  the  East  for  some  time;  and,  as  in  all 
probability  there  will  be  quite  a number  of  experts  present,  we 
would  be  pleased  to  have  any  shooter  visit  us  on  that  day.  Pro- 
grammes will  be  ready  later,  somewhere  about  April  15,  and  can 
be  had  upon  application  to  my  address,  23  Elm  St.,  Boston.’’ 

SS 

A correspondent  writes  us  that  “The  tournament  committee 
of  the  Wilmington,  Del.,  Gun  Club  in  issuing  its  programme  for 
the  first  annual  spring  tournament  of  the  Delaware  State  Trap- 
shooters’ League,  to  be  held  under  its  auspices  April  12-13  next, 
omitted  to  mention  in  that  programme  that  the  added  money 
would  be  given  as  average  money  to  amateurs  only,  and  that 
there  would  be  three  such  prizes  each  day,  viz.,  $5,  $5  and  $2.50 
to  the  three  high  amateurs  on  each  day,  making  a total  of  $25 
altogether.” 

R 

The  gold  medal  presented  as  an  object  of  competition  to  the 
Montclair,  N.  J.,  Gun  Club,  by  Mr.  C.  W.  Kendall,  ended  its 
mission  as  an  object  of  competition  on  Saturday  of  last  week,  and 
now  begins  its  new  mission  as  an  emblem  of  victory.  Mr. 
Geo.  Howard’s  score  of  85  out  of  a possible  100  was  sufficient 
warrant  to  declare  him  the  winner  of  it.  Mr.  H.  F.  Holloway,  by 
virtue  of  a score  of  47  out  of  50,  made  on  March  25,  will  have 
his  name  inscribed  on  the  sterling  silver  loving  cup,  in  the 
place  reserved  for  the  March  winner. 

Bernard  Waters. 


Montclair  Gun  Club. 


Montclair,  N.  J.,  March  25.— To-day  was  the  last  time  that 
members  could  compete  for  the  gold  medal  presented  by  Mr.  C. 
W.  Kendall.  No  records  were  broken  and  the  scores  made  by 
Mr.  Howaid  on  March  11,  of  85  out  of  a possible  100  (the  100 
targets  being  designated  before  shooting),  stands,  and  Mr.  Geo. 
Howard  was  declared  the  winner  of  this  event. 


It  was  also  the  regular  monthly  shoot  for  the  club  trophy  of 
1905,  a large  sterling  silver  loving  cup.  This  is  a handicap  event 
at  50  targets,  unknown  angles.  Mr.  H.  F.  Holloway  broke  35, 
and  this,  with  12  targets  added,  gave  him  a score  of  47,  and  put 
his  name  on  the  cup  for  uie  month  of  Match.  The  other  events 
were  for  practice  only. 


Events : 

Targets: 

C Babcock,  2 

G Batten,  4 

W I Soverel,  6 

C W Kendall,  6 

F W Moffett,  4 

H F Holloway,  12. . 

P H Cockefair,  4 

C L Bush,  2 

S C Wheeler,  4 


12  3 4 
25  25  50  25 
18  19  38 

22  17  . . 16 
..  ..  30  .. 
20  19  30  23 

23  21  45  18 
12  17  47  .. 

. . 18  44  . . 
20  20  43  22 
. . . . 44  22 


Events:  12  3 4 

Targets:  25  25  50  25 

I S Crane,  4 38  15 

W T Wallace,  2 17  13  36  .. 

E Winslow,  4 14  17  26  17 

G Howard,  4 23  22  45  22 

F H Robinson,  6 13  ..  ..  19 

G Boxall,  8 43  18 

J Lewis  16  .. 

E W Kendall,  10 46  ” 


Handicaps  apply  in  event  3 only 


The  Rawlings  first  ■semi-annual  tournament  will  be  held  at  St. 
Louis,  Mo.,  May  8,  9 and  10,  two  days  targets  and  one  day  live 
birds.  Alec.  D.  Mermod,  Mgr.,  620  Locust  street,  St.  Louis. 

R 

The  Secretary-Manager,  Mr.  Elmer  E.  Shaner,  writes  us  as 
follows:  “The  dates  of  our  Pacific  Coast  handicap,  at  San 

Francisco,  Cal.,  have  been  changed  to  Sept.  15,  16  and  17,  in 
place  of  Sept.  12,  13  and  14.” 

R 

The  Queens  County  Gun  Club,  recently  organized  in  Long 
Island  City,  L.  I.,  announces  an  open  tournament  to  be  held  on 
April  15.  Mr.  John  H.  Hendrickson,  famous  as  an  expert  ama- 
teur, is  one  of  the  active  leaders  in  this  new  organization. 

r 

Dr.  W.  L.  Gardiner,  of  Orange,  N.  J.,  informs  us  that  he  is 
holding  the  funds  of  the  Wanderers’  treasury  subject  to  the  dis- 
posal of  the  members,  and  that  he  will  be  pleased  to  have  them 
make  known  their  wishes  concerning  same.  Dr.  Gardiner  is  the 
treasurer. 

R 

At  the  Omaha,  Neb.,  Gun  Club  spring  tournament,  high  aver- 
ages were  as  follows  for  the  three  days,  March  20,  21  and  22, 
shooting  at  200  targets:  Professionals,  F.  Gilbert,  580;  W.  R. 

Crosby,  579;  W.  Heer,  578.  Amateurs,  H.  Taylor,  561;  C.  Powers 
558;  Adolph  Oleson,  657. 

at 

In  the  series  of  the  Philadelphia  Trapshooters’  League,  shot 
last  Saturday,  the  Florists  defeated  the  S.  S.  Whites,  at  Wis- 
sinoming,  by  a score  of  218  to  205.  At  Media,  the  Clearview  team 
defeated  Media  by  a score  of  198  to  189.  Hill  Rod  and  Gun  Club, 
at  Chester,  defeated  North  Camden  by  a score  of  150  to  149. 
At  Gorgas  Station,  Highlands  defeated  Hillsides  by  a score  of 
155  to  151.  Meadow  Springs  defeated  Narberth,  182  to  168. 


Edward  Winslow,  Sec’y. 


Mulferife  Gun  Club. 

^Bound  Brook,  N.  J.,  March  25,-The  Mullerite  Gun  Club  of  New 
T ork,  held  a shoot  on  our  grounds  to-day.  Mr.  Bissette  won  high 
amateur  average;  Mr.  Adams,  second.  Mr.  Welles,  second  high 
professional  average.  Mr.  Welles  kindly  donated  a solid  gold 
medal,  which  was  shot  for  in  a 100-target  event  handicap,  which 
was  won  by  Dr.  Pardoe.  The  day  was  rainy  and  windy,  which 
kept  the  attendance  down. 


Scores,  100  targets: 

Hdp.  Brk.  Tot’l. 

Bissett  12  93  100 

Adams  20  84  100 

Pardoe  20  81  100 

Shoot-off,  25  targets: 

Bissett  3 24  25 

Pardoe  5 22  25 

Shoot-off,  10  targets: 

Bissett  1 8 10 

Pardoe  2 8 10 

M H R 3 8 10 

Shoot-off,  10  targets:  Pardoe 


M H R.... 
Fanning  .. 
Welles  .... 

M H R..., 
Adams  . . . . , 

Bissett  .... 
Adams  

11,  M.  H.  R. 

F. 


Hdp. 

Brk. 

Tot’l 

22 

79 

100 

0 

96 

96 

0 

91 

91 

6 

21 

25 

5 

24 

25 

8 

9 

2 

6 

8 

K.  Stelle,  Sec’y. 


South  Side  Gun  Club. 

Newark,  N.  J.,  March  25.— Each  event  was  at  25  targets- 

Kynts:  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 

J-11?1.6  21  21  14  23  ..  24  21 

Brugmann  21  22  21  21  22  18  18  £i 

wiison  21  20  23  % 23  22  23  17 

Herrington  ! " " " - « ^ ™ 

Herrington  22  ..  22  20 

Doubles:  Brugman  shot  at  25  doubles,  broke  20;  Engle  26,  11- 

Wilson  10,  5;  Whittelsey  14,  6.  I.  H.  Terrill,  Sec’y.  ’ 


R 

The  first  championship  contest  of  the  Crescent  Athletic  Club 
was  shot  at  Bay  Ridge,  L.  I.,  on  Saturday  of  last  week.  The 
conditions  were  16yds.,  200  targets  per  man.  The  famous  amateur, 
Mr.  J.  S.  Schenck  Remsen,  was  victor,  with  a score  of  184  out 
of  200,  an  exceedingly  high  class  performance. 

R 

There  are  a few  secretaries  of  trapshooting  clubs  who  send  out 
tournament  programmes  for  review  in  the  same  week  of  their 
tournament,  and  betimes  after  the  sportsmen’s  journals  of  said 
week  have  gone  to  press.  Such  energy  is  much  better  than 
none  at  all,  for  it  may  be  the  nucleus  of  proper  energy  in  good 
time. 


Queens  County  Gun  Club. 

Long  Island  City,  L.  I.,  March  27.— The  Queens  County  Gun 
Club  recently  organized,  wishes  it  announced  that  their  new 
grounds,  located  on  Hunters  Point  Avenue,  Long  Island  City  will 
be  ready  for  shooters  on  Saturday,  April  8,  1905,  and  that  they 
W1>>  ran  an  open  tournament  on  Saturday,  April  15,  1905 

lhese  grounds  are  located  within  half  a mile  of  Thirty- Fourth 
Street  Ferry,  and  are  reached  by  taking  the  Calvary  Cemetery 
tr°lley>.  running  straight  out  Borden  avenue  from  the  ferry  Get 
lro£  bridge  across  small  creek  and  club  house  is  then  in 
sight  on  the  left.  The  grounds  are  equipped  in  up-to-date  manner 
with  two  sets  of  traps— No.  1,  the  new  blackbird  trap,  and  No  2 
a set  of  three  experts.  Traps  face  the  northeast  and  have  practi- 
April  % Sky  background-  Practice  shooting  every  afternoon^  after 

Richard  H.  Gosman,  Sec’y.  J°HN  H'  Hendri<^gn,  P«3, 


200 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


fA.MIL  I,  1905- 


Omaha  Tournament* 

Omaha,  Neb.— The  spring  tournament  of  the  Omaha  Gun  Club 
at  Townsend  Park,  was  well  attended.  The  dates  were  March 
20,  21  and  22.  Fifty  contestants  participated  in  the  day’s  pro- 
gramme. Crosby  broke  192  out  of  the  possible  200  of  the  pro- 
gramme on  the  first  day,  and  Heer  and  Gilbert  tied  for  second 
high  average  of  the  day  on  191. 

About  45,000  targets  were  trapped  in  the  three  days.  Mr.  Charles 
North  had  charge  of  the  traps. 

Mr.  Harry  Taylor,  of  Mechling,  S.  D.,  was  high  amateur  of  the 
tournament,  with  661  out  of  a possible  6000,  Mr.  Fred  Gilbert 
was  high  professional  wiifi  560  out  of  600. 

Mr.  Fred  Whitney  acted  as  cashier,  and  gave  most  expert  and 
satisfactory  service. 


Adolph  Olsen,  657. 


March  20,  First  Day. 


Events : 1 

Targets:  15 

Veitmeyer  10 

Borden 14 

Clayton.  H 

Budd  13 

Thorpe  9 

Townsend  11 

Bray  1-1 

Schroeder  13 

Feed  12 

Bills  14 

Tamm  10 

V each  15 

Lindemau  12 

Rogers  U 

Miller  12 

Hardy  10 

W ilkins  H 

Burke  9 

Joe  D 14 

B 27  10 

McDowell  13 

H ecr  ......................  14 

Marshall  12 

Adams  13 

Tayior  14 

Crosby  ....................  15 

Powers  lo 

Burmeister  13 

Kline  13 

Gilbert  15 

Cunningham  14 

Sli nt  13 

1‘lank  13 

Gottlieb  13 

D Elliott  13 

Fisher  14 

Olsen  14 

Mann  * 13 

Maxwell  14 

Anderson  lj 

\\  oodwortlt  9 

Dvorak  •• 

Terryberry  

Ganer  

Morrill  

Lewis  

Hughes  

Arro  

Boyd  

W arren  

No.  2 

Suits  

Hopkins  

Edmunds  

IT  Lewis  

Fritz  


5 6 
20  20 
16  16 

16  13 

17  20 

18  16 

19  17 

16  17 
18  19 

17  19 

18  19 

20  20 
18  18 

15  19 

14  14 

19  19 

16  14 
18  IS 

17  16 

17  19 

16  17 

15  13 
2u  IS 

20  IS 

16  19 

18  19 
IS  19 
IS  20 

19  17 

17  15 

18  20 
19  19 
19  17 
15  14 
19  16 

15  16 
13  13 
19  19 
19  20 
19  18 
19  19 
18  17 

16  16 

17  19 

15  18 
11  15 

16  14 


7 8 9 
15  15  15 

6 11  10 

15  13  16 

13  14  13 

12  13  11 

14  11  12 

13  12  15 

16  13  15 
10  8 11 
13  14  12 

15  15  14 
10  11  12 
15  15  14 

11  14  12 
15  14  12 
13  10  11 
13  12  12 

12  12  12 

13  14  14 

14  13  12 
12  12  12 

13  14  12 

15  15  13 

14  10  13 

13  9 10 

14  13  14 

15  14  14 
15  14  14 
15  13  12 

13  14  12 

14  13  14 
13  15  13 

15  15  13 

11  11  13 

13  15  11 

8 12  10 

14  13  14 
14  13  13 

14  13  12 

12  13  12 

15  13  14 


13  16 
12  .. 


19  18 
17  12 
16  15 
16  12 
15  15 


11  10  .. 
13  12  11 

12  13  11 

13  14 

14  13  12 
..  ..13 
. . . . 15 
12  12  13 
12  13  12 

12  14  11 
8 11  12 

13  12  11 
11  5 .. 


11 

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10 

6 


9 12 
7 8 
12  10 


owers,  658; 

12 

20 

Broke. 

17 

150 

18 

171 

17 

175 

17 

170 

18 

164 

17 

167 

18 

183 

20 

165 

19 

181 

18 

187 

16 

157 

20 

187 

16 

153 

18 

179 

19 

165 

16 

166 

17 

167 

18 

173 

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18 

181 

20 

191 

18 

171 

12 

160 

18 

182 

19 

192 

20 

187 

14 

157 

16 

176 

20 

191 

16 

169 

15 

166 

18 

173 

14 

160 

13 

137 

19 

188 

19 

186 

15 

165 

16 

174 

17 

171 

18 

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15 

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15 

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March  21,  Second  Day. 


The  high  average  of  the  day  was  captured  by  the  crackajack 
Mr.  \V.  If.  Heer,  with  a total  of  195  out  of  200.  Crosby  and  Gil- 
bert were  second  with  192  each.  The  programme  consisted  of 
twelve  events,  eight  15s  and  four  20s.  Sixty-one  shooters  par- 
ticipated in  the  day’s  programme. 

Capt.  A.  H.  Hardy,  of  Hyannis,  gave  an  interesting  exhibition 
of  fancy  rifle  shooting  with  a .22  rifle,  breaking  lead  pencils  and 
marbles  thrown  in  the  air,  and  shooting  a portrait  of  an  Indian 
on  cardboard,  without  any  assistance  from  outline  marks. 

Iowa  Stale  team  No.  1 won  the  Interstate  team  shoot,  the  prize 
of  which  was  the  Coombs  trophy.  I be  Nebraska  State  team  won 
second,  and  the  Omaha  team  won  third. 

Mr.  Frank  Weatherhead,  of  Red  Oak,  la.,  was  the  winner  of  the 
gold  watcli  donated  by  the  Townsend  Gun  Co.,  for  the  best  in- 
dividual score  in  the  team  match.  He  tied  on  49  out  of  60  with  W. 
Hoon,  of  Jewell,  la.,  and  W.  Veach,  of  Falls  City,  Neb.  In  the 
shoot-off  the  scores  were:  Weatherhead  24,  Hoon  23,  Veach  22. 

The  scores  follow: 


Events: 

Targets: 

McDowell 

Heer  

Marshall  ... 

Adams  

tayior  

Crosby  ..... 

Towers  

Burmeister  . 

Kline  

Gilbert  ..... 
Cunningham 

Slim  

Plank  

Gottlieb  .... 

Loomis  

Fisher  ..... 
Olsen  ...... 

Mann  

Maxwell  .... 
Anderson  .. 
Clayton  ... 
Borden  .... 

lllian  

Veitmeyer 

Budd  

Burke  

Townsend 

Bray  

Steege  

Reed  ...... 

Bills  ....... 

Tamm  ..... 

\ each  

Linderman 

Carter  

Spatz  

D Elliott  .. 
Miller  ..... 
Hardy  . . . . ■ 

Thorpe  

Schroeder  . 

Arno  

Rogers  .... 
Warren  . . . . 

No.  2 

Sinclair  .... 
Gutchell  . . . 
Holtsinger  . 
Ragan  


I 2 3 4 5 6 
15  15  15  15  20  20 

13  14  13  15  18  17 
15  15  14  14  20  19 

14  15  12  15  19  20 

13  13  14  14  18  17 

15  14  15  14  18  20 
15  13  15  15  18  19 

14  14  14  13  18  19 

15  12  11  14  17  14 
13  15  13  13  19  19 

13  15  13  15  19  20 
12  13  14  14  17  13 
15  13  15  14  17  17 

14  14  11  14  17  19 

15  14  14  10  19  19 

II  10  9 11  15  17 
15  14  15  15  19  18 

14  14  15  13  18  19 

11  12  12  11  15  12 

15  13  14  11  17  18 

12  14  13  11  19  16 
15  12  15  12  17  18 
12  13  14  13  18  18 
15  13  13  14  18  17 

9 13  11  13  15  12 

12  13  11  13  18  16 

13  12  12  14  19  18 
15  15  14  13  14  17 

13  14  11  12  18  18 

14  11  15  10  18  16 

15  15  14  13  19  20 
15  12  15  14  18  18 
14  15  12  8 16  13 
14  14  15  14  18  19 
11  14  13  14  17  15 
14  15  12  14  12  19 

14  14  12  12  17  17 
11  9 10  8 16  12 

15  13  13  12  13  18 
, 12  12  14  13  18  15 
, 13  12  12  10  13  15 

14  14  11  13  16  18 
, 14  15  11  14  17  16 
, 11  13  13  10  18  15 
, 10  IS  12  9 16  14 
,12  7 13  12  16  16 
, 13  13  14  12  16  14 
, 12  12  15  12  15  18 
. 12  13  12  12  18  17 
. U 12  8 S 10  12 


7 8 9 10  11  12 
15  15  15  15  20  20 
13  12  13  lo  17  20 
15  14  15  15  19  20 

11  12  13  13  18  19 

13  12  14  13  17  9 

14  13  14  13  18  18 

15  14  15  15  18  20 

12  15  15  14  16  18 

13  14  13  12  19  14 

13  14  15  13  17  19 

14  15  15  14  20  19 
14  11  12  14  18  16 
14  14  13  15  18  19 
14  11  14  15  20  19 
14  13  13  15  16  19 

14  11 

13  14  14  14  18  19 

15  14  12  14  20  18 
11  14  10  14  17  15 

13  15  15  15  14  17 

14  15  12  11  17  18 

11  15  13  14  19  14 

12  10  15  15  16  15 

13  13  14  14  19  19 

13  10  8 9 16  16 

14  9 13  15  16  17 
10  15  14  13  17  19 

12  11  13  14  19  19 

13  15  12  13  19  18 

10  11  11  15  15  17 

14  15  12  14  20  16 

15  15  14  13  18  17 

12  10  13  11  16  13 

13  14  12  14  20  18 

13  12  14  13  18  12 

14  13  14  13  16  18 
14  14  13  11  18  18 
12  10  11  10  16  10 
14  13  13  13  15  15 
14  13  13  13  16  15 

12  12  14  LI  15  15 

11  14  14  13  16  17 

14  15  9 13  20  19 

13  14  14  15  20  18 

12  13  14  13  13  18 

12  12  13  14  16  15 

13  13  13  11  . . 

15  14  13  14  15  19 
12  13  11  11  19  14 


Broke. 

ISO 

195 

181 

167 
186 
192 
182 

168 

183 
192 
168 

184 
182 
181 

188 

186 

154 

176 

172 

175 
171 
182 
145 
166 

176 
176 

176 

163 
187 

184 

153 

185 
166 
174 
174 
135 

167 

168 

154 
171 

177 
176 
157 
157 

164 
144 


Banning  ....10  9 6 10  ..  .. 

A Olsen  11  12  13  13  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  

Q Olsen  ..................  12  11  13  

Adams  .........................  11  13  18  13  10  11  9 12  13 

Hughes  ..  8 16  13  1113  10  13  15  18 

VV  ilkins  . . , . . . . , . . 13  12  12  10  17  15 

VV  Lewis  ,,  „ ..  10  10 „ ... 

Moore  „ , , , , , . . 9 7 . . 

C Lewis  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..13  15  12  9 15  15 

McDonald  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  15  13  13  15  17  17 

Morrell  ..  11  13  15  14  19  15 

Pickel  11  10  13  11  17  17 

March  22,  Third  Day. 

The  weather  was  spring-like,  with  a stiff  wind  blowing  across  the 
traps.  Gilbert  broke  197  out  of  200;  Taylor  193,  Heer  192.  Scores: 

Events:  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  11  12 

Targets:  15  15  15  15  20  20  15  15  15  15  20  20  Broke. 

McDowell  14  14  13  12  18  17  13  13  13  15  20  18  180 

Heer  ...  13  13  14  14  20  20  14  15  15  15  20  19  192 

Marshall  14  15  12  12  19  19  14  13  15  16  13  16  177 

Adams  13  12  13  9 16  16  9 14  14  15  18  14  163 

Taylor  14  15  15  15  19  19  15  13  14  15  19  20  193 

Crosby  13  14  12  14  19  19  15  14  14  15  18  18  135 

Powers  14  14  15  14  20  19  12  15  13  14  20  19  189 

Burmeister  ...............  12  14  9131318121312121815  171 

Kline  13  13  7 13  17  19  14  14  15  15  18  19  177 

Gilbert  15  15  14  15  19  20  14  15  16  15  20  20  197 

Bills  13  11  12  14  18  18  14  12  14  15  18  16  175 

Severson  1114  13  15  19  17  15  14  14  14  18  19  183 

Plank  15  14  14  14  19  17  12  13  14  13  19  17  181 

Gottlieb  12  13  12  14  17  19  11  14  13  14  17  18  174 

Elliott  10  11  8 6 11  13  9 12  10  10  15  16  131 

Veach  10  14  13  14  19  19  12  15  15  15  18  19  183 

Olsen  15  15  15  13  16  19  13  15  14  14  16  19  185 

Rogers  15  14  12  14  16  17  14  14  12  13  16  19  176 

Fisher  12  14  12  14  18  18  13  13  15  13  18  20  180 

Anderson  14  12  11  14  16  18  12  14  12  15  17  16  171 

Clayton  14  12  14  13  16  15 ... 

Borden  14  15  14  15  17  17  13  15  13  13  17  19  182 

lllian  13  13  14  13  18  15  13  12  11  10  18  18  168 

\ ietmeyer  13  12  9 12  13  17  12  111112  13  16  151 

Budd  12  13  15  13  18  18  12  15  13  13  20  20  182 

Burke  14  15  15  9 20  15  13  13  13  14  17  18  176 

Townsend  14  14  11  11  19  19  13  13  12  14  18  16  174 

Bray  15  13  15  14  18  18  14  15  14  13  19  16  184 

Schroeder  13  14  13  10  17  18  14  14  14  15  15  13  170 

Reed  14  12  14  13  20  IS  13  13  13  13  19  19  181 

Arno  15  14  14  15  17  18  11  13  14  14  16  18  178 

Hoon  14  15  14  15  17  16  14  15  15  12  17  19  183 

Thorpe  .. 13  14  13  14  16  15  11  12  13  11  14  19  166 

Linderman  15  14  11  12  17  13  13  12  13  14  17  17  171 

No.  2 13  13  12  12  20  18  13  13  14  14  ..  16 

Carter  13  13  13  13  16  15  13  13  13  14  12  14  162 

B 27  12  11  13  12  12  18  11  12  13  12  13  16  155 

Bell  14  12  11  12  17  19  13  14  13  12  15  17  169 

\ each  12  12  II  13 

Mann  11  12  10  14  16  16  10  12  12  8 16  10  147 

Pickel  15  13  13  12  18  19  12  14  15  12  19  19  181 

Gutchell  11  12  11  13  13  15 

Auto  9 11  9 11  11  ..  

Miller  15  14  12  11  16  16  13  15  14  15  17  19  177 

Hardy  15  12  13  13  15  18  13  12  13  14  17  19  174 

Spatz  11  13  13  12  14  16  13  11  13  14  15  15  160 

McGee  11  14  16  14  13  12  12  15  15  18 

Scott  12  8 17  16  13  13  12  10  .. 

Hughes  ..  ••  8 11  17  18  12  11  11  15  17  15 

Morrell  - ..  13  13  10  13  15  19 

C Lewis  14  10  17  18 

Smith  9 11  


Trap  Around  Reading. 

Reading,  Pa.,  March'  25.— The  team  shoot  between  the  South. 
End  Gun  Club  and  the  Berkshire  Country  Club’s  Schuylkill 
team,  both  of  this  city,  shot  to-day  on  the  grounds  of  the  former 
club,  located  at  the  Lancaster  bridge,  at  the  southern  end  of  the 
city,  resulted  in  a victory  for  the  Sounth  End  team,  who  broke' 
114  targets  to  the  Schuylkill’s  111.  Six  men  shot  on  a team,  25 
targets  each,  Jones,  of  the  visitors,  being  high  gun  for  the  event 
with  21  to  his  score. 

Pottsville,  Pa.,  March  18.— James  Flannery,  of  St.  Clair,  de- 
feated George  Thomas,  of  Cumbola,  in  a close  live-pigeon  shoot- 
ing match  this  afternoon.  T he  stake  was  $100  a side.  Flannery 
killed  11  out  of  13  birds  and  Thomas  10  out  of  13.  Several  weeks 
ago  Thomas  defeated  Flannery  by  a close  margin. 

Trappe,  Pa.,  March  21. — A large  field  of  shooters  faced  the  traps 
to  contest  for  the  prize  in  the  live-bird  handicap  shoot  held  by 
the  Trappe  Gun  Club,  on  their  grounds  here  this  afternoon. 
Although  the  birds  were  an  exceptionally  strong  lot,  good  scores 
were  recorded.  Harry  Trumbower,  of  Royersford,  shot  high  gun 
of  the  day.  The  best  scores  include: 

Seven  bird  handicap:  Geist  7,  Summers  6,  Zeigler  6,  Mack  6, 

Knipe  6,  Jamison  5,  Sommeriield  5,  Hartzall  5. 

Seven  bird  sweepstake — Trumbower  7,  Zeigler  6,  Geist  6,  Mack 
6,  Knipe  6,  Summers  5,  Heimtr  5,  Buckley  5. 

Miss-and-out:  Trumbower  12,  Zeigler  12,  Knipe  11,  Mack  9, 

Geist  9,  Sommerfields  9,  Webb  8,  Buckley  7,  Heimer  7. 

Pinegrove,  Pa.,  March  IS.— One  of  the  most  exciting  live 
pigeon  shooting  matches  ever  held  in  Schuylkill  county  took  place 
near  here  to-day,  between  Edward  Kimmel,  of  Donaldson,  and 
James  Dempsey,  of  Coal  Castle.  It  resulted  in  a tie,  each  man 
killing  10  birds.  The  match  was  for  $150  a side.  In  a previous 
match  ICimmel  defeated  Dempsey,  by  a good  margin. 

Shamokin,  Pa.,  March  17.— Members  of  the  Shamokin  Gun  Club 
took  part  to-day  in  a shoot  at  Bunker  Hill.  Two  events  of  25 


targets  each  were  shot,  with  the  following  scores: 


Events: 

1 2 

Total. 

Events: 

1 2 Total. 

. 23  19 

42 

Oram  

........  18  17  35 

Jones  

. 20  20 

40 

Keiser  ..... 

20  15  35 

Longshore  

. 21  19 

40 

Roush  .... 

........  11  11  22 

Walters  

. 22  15 

37 

Lyn-1  

Fulton  

. 18  19 

37 

Kane  ...... 

Frackville,  Pa., 

A'larch 

17.— In 

a live-bird 

shoot  at  Frackville 

between  John  Shadle,  of  Frackville,  and  James  Horan,  of  Girard- 
ville,  for  $150  a side,  at  13  birds  each,  Shadle  won  by  killing  10 


to  his  opponent’s  8. 

Mahanoy  City,  March  18.— Five  hundred  sports  saw  Thomas 
Goettler,  of  Pottsville,  defeat  William  Lloyd  in  an  exciting  live- 
bird  shoot  for  $150  a side  here  to-day.  Each  man  shot  at  17  birds, 
Goettler  grassing  12  to  Lloyd’s  11. 

Councilman  George  Stitzer,  of  this  town,  and  Edward  O’Donnell, 
champion  wing  shot  of  Carbon  county,  have  been  matched  to  shoot 
at  13  live  birds  for  $200  a side.  Matches  are  also  pending  be- 
tween Goettler,  of  Pottsville,  and  Lloyd,  of  Morea,  and  Benner, 
of  town,  with  Haverty,.  or  Patton,  of  Pottsville,  for  $500. 

Schwenksville,  Pa.,  March  23.— The  Schwenksville  Gun  Club  con- 
ducted a team  contest  for  a purse  of  $75,  and  the  prize  fell  to 
Messrs.  Ludwig,  Smith,  and  Kelts,  who  won  by  a grand  total  of 
39  to  32  for  Messrs.  Miller,  Bromer  and  Hendricks,  the  opposing 
team.  The  scores: 

First  event,  team  shoot,  live  birds:  Ludwig  4,  Smith  4,  Kehs 

5;  total  13.  Miller  4,  Bromer  2,  Hendricks  2;  total  8. 

Second  event,  team  shoot,  live  birds:  Ludwig  4,  Smith  4,  Kehs 

• 2:  total  10.  Miller  3,  Bromer  4,  Hendricks  3;  total  10. 

Third  event,  team  shoot,  targets:  Ludwig  8,  Smith  3,  Kehs  5; 

total  16.  Miller  3,  Bromer  8,  Hendricks  3;  total  14. 

Pottsville,  Pa.,  March  20.— At  a largely  attended  live-bird  shoot- 
ing match  here,  George  Rehnert  defeated  George  Snyder.  . The 
former  grassed  4 out  of  7 to  his  opponent’s  2 out  of  6.  The  stake 
was  $50  a side.  1 DustEi. 


Wilmington  Gtta  Club. 

Wilmington,.  Del,,  March  25, — The  members  of  the  Wilmington 
Gun  Club  held,  this  afternoon,  their  first  regular  badge  shoot  op 
the  new  grounds,  which  have  just  been  secured.  Although  at  this 
rime  last  week  the  club  house,  location  of  Leggett  trap,  plat- 
form for  shooters,  etc,,  had"  not  even  been  staked  out,  by  1 P.  M, 
this  afternoon,  everything,  with  the  exception  of  the  platform,  was 
in  readiness  for  the  crowd  of  shooters  expected  to  take  part. 
Owing  lo  the  heavy  rain  on  Monday  and  Tuesday  of  this  week, 
the  club  house  could  not  be  commenced  until  Wednesday  morning, 
so  that  it  may  be  considered  as  only  right  that  the  Wilmington 
Gun  Club  pat  themselves  on  the  back  and  point  to  what  their 
hustling  qualities  can  do  when  once  started  in  the  right  direction. 

J he  high  wind  from  behind  the  trap  caused  the  targets  to  take 
erratic  courses,  in  addition  to  which  the  targets  themselves  were 
thrown  rather  too  far,  the  trap  not  having  been  properly  adjusted. 
Among  those  present  and  taking  part  were  Waiter  Huff,  of  Macon, 
Ga.,  and  Ed.  G.  White,  of  Ottawa,  Ont.,  Can.  The  ever  youthful  and 
pleasing  expert  Air.  Frank  E.  Butler,  of  Newark,  N.  J.,  was  also 
present,  and  shot  up  to  his  usual  high  standard  for  the  first 
part  of  the  programme  at  least. 

Some  thirty  shooters  in  all  shot  through  the  programme  of  110 
targets,  10  targets  for  practice  and  a 100-target  race;  Mr.  Huff 
showed  the  way  by  breaking  49  out  of  his  first  50  and  46  out  of 
the  second  half,  making  a total  of  95,  which,  under  the  same  con- 
ditions, will  take  a lot  of  beating  on  these  grounds.  W.  M. 
loord,  with  91,  and  J.  A.  McKelvey,  with  90,  were  second  and 
third  respectively.  These  three  gentlemen  were  the  only  ones  to 
score  25  straight  in  any  one  of  their  strings. 

Somehow  or  another  the  score  sheets  got  away,  and  the  totals 
for  the  other  contestants  cannot  therefore  be  given.  Some  may 
regret  this  fact,  but  the  majority  will  thank  the  party  who  held 
on  to  the  sheets  long  enough  to  prevent  their  appearing  in  print 
in  your  columns.  This  won't  happen  again,  we  promise  you. 

Frank  Butler  was  jubilant  over  the  fact  that  he  was  the  first  to 
display  any  advertising  matter  on  the  walls  of  the  club  house. 

Luther  J.  Squier  and  Ed  G.  White  both  shot  borrowed  guns, 
and  their  scores  showed  the  result.  Air.  Squier’s  gun  is  in  the 
hospital  at  New  Haven,  getting  fixed  up  for  a strenuous  summer 
campaign  in  Pennsylvania,  while  Air.  White  had  left  his  behind 
in  Ottawa,  Canada,  not  having  expected  to  get  a chance  to  shoot 
during  his  brief  visit  to  the  States. 

All  those  who  come  to  our  shoot  on  April  12-13  next,  the  first 
annual  spring  tournament  of  the  Delaware  State  Trapshooters’ 
League,  are  now  assured  of  being  comfortably  housed,  no  matter 
what  the  weather  may  be,  as,  in  addition  to  our  club  house,  32 
by  24,  we  will  have  a large  tent,  45  by  25,  under  which  our  guests 
can  take  shelter  if  the  clerk  of  the  weather  bureau  is  unkind. 
If  you  want  a programme,  write  to  the  undersigned, 

H.  J.  Stidham,  Sec’y. 

Ill  East  Fourth  St.,  Wilmington,  Del. 


4,  Ossining  Gun  Club. 

Ossining,  N.  Y.,  March  25. — The  appended  scores  were  made-  in 
the  spring  handicap,  which  was  shot  to-day  on  the  club  grounds 
at  Sherwood  Ridge.  The  prizes,  four  in  number,  for  the  handi- 
cap, were  presented  to  the  club  by  the  president,  Col.  Franklin 
.Ijyandreth.  First  was  a silver  tea  set,  won  by  J.  T.  Hyland  with  a 
possible,  including  his  handicap;  second,  a silver-lined  chafing 
dish,  was  won  by  W.  S.  Smith,  with  98  alone;  third  prize,  a silver 
water  set,  was  hotly  contested  for  in  a tie  between  Barlow,  Hub- 
bell,  Coleman  and  Dyckman.  In  the  second  shoot-off  Dyckman 
won.  I.  T.  Washburn  won  fourth  with  a total  score  of  89. 

A consolation-  prize  was  then  offered  for  those  who  had  not 
gotten  in  a tie.  This  was  won  by  A.  Traver  after  a shoot-off 
with  Fisher.  Targets  were  thrown  55yds.  Handicap,  misses  as 
breaks:  - 


Events : 

12  3 4 

Handi 

. 

Targets: 

25  25  25  25 

Broke,  cap. 

Total. 

J C Barlow 

71 

20 

91 

J T Hyland 

...  19  21  19  21 

80 

20 

100 

D Brandreth  

...18  18  18  13 

67 

16 

83 

1 T Washburn 

73 

16 

89 

A Traver  

72 

12 

84 

H W Bissing 

. . . 13  18  17  13 

61 

16 

77 

F Hahn  

...  12  16  9 10 

47 

36 

83 

G B Hubbell  

. . . 17  24  15  19 

75 

16 

91 

C G Biandford 

...  17  17  15  14 

63 

12 

75 

F Brandreth  

. . . 16  16  19  12 

63 

16 

79 

W H Coleman 

....20  20  17  22 

79 

12 

91 

W S Smith 

. . . 11  18  17  20 

66 

32 

98 

J English  

...  9 w . . . . 

M H Dyckman 

. . . 18  16  20  19 

73 

18 

91 

No.  5,  Consolation  shoot, 

25  targets: 

A.  Traver  21, 

H.  W. 

Bissing  17,  F.  Hahn  13,  C.  G. 

Biandford  18, 

M.  H. 

Dyckman  18. 

C.  G.  B. 

Monongahela  Valley  Sportsman's  League. 

Morgantown,  W.  Va.,  March  21.— Wc  would  be  pleased  to  have 
you  publish  in  your  trap  department  the  following  notices  of 
shoots  to  be  held  under  the  auspices  of  the  Alonongahela  Valley 
Sportsman’s  League  of  West  Virginia: 

Our  schedule  has  not  been  completed  for  the  season,  but  will 
cover  seven  regular  monthly  shoots  on  the  grounds  of  the  several 
clubs  which  are  members  of  the  League,  and  as  soon  as  dates 
are  claimed  by  them  I will  forward  notices  of  same  to  you. 

April  21. — Recreation  Rod  and  Gun  Club,  Morgantown,  W.  V., 
will  hold  the  first  regular  monthly  shoot  of  the  Alonongahela  Val- 
ley Sportsman’s  League  of  West  Virginia,  and  in  addition  to  the 
money  events  the  individual  championship  and  five-man  team 
races  for  the  Infallible  and  Peters  silver  cups  will  be  shot  off, 
and  to  these  two  events  members  of  the  League  only  are  eligible. 

Alay  9-10. — Fairmont  Gun  Club,  Fairmont,  W.  Va.,  will  hold  the 
second  regular  monthly  shoot  of  the  Alonongahela  Valley  Sports- 
man’s League  of  West  Virginia,  and  in  addition  to  the  money 
events  the  individual  championship  and  five-man  team  races  for 
the  Infallible  and  Peters  silver  cups  will  be  shot  off.  Members 
of  the  League  only  are  eligible  to  compete  for  the  cups.  The, 
first  day  is  League  day,  the  second  being  an  open  tournament. 

Elmer  F.  Jacobs,  Sec’y. 


Independent  Gan  Club. 

Easton,  Pa.,  March  25. — The  scores  made  at  the  last  shoot  of 
the  Independent  Gun  Club  are  appended.  The  wind  made  the 
shooting  pretty  hard.  We  have  an  apple  tree  target  on  our 
grounds,  which  is  an  extreme  target  thrown  to  the  right  into  an 
apple  tree  standing  a distance  of  70yds.  from  the  trap,  and  when 
one  connects  with  this  targets  and  breaks  it — well,  you  sometimes 
think  you  had  an  awful  slow  load.  Air.  Pleiss  made  a straight  run 
of  55  targets.  Each  event  was  at  25  targets: 

Events : 


Eliott 


Joey 


1 

2 

3 

4 

Shot  at. 

Broke. 

23 

25 

25 

22 

100 

95 

16 

14 

15 

e o 

75 

45 

14 

20 

15 

a e 

75 

49 

16 

19 

17 

6 © 

75 

62 

14 

14 

, t 

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60 

28 

11 

19 

• e 

. , 

50 

30 

AEril  i,  1905.]' 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


267 


PWS* 


■ ■■ 


THE  F-RO/JT. 


STATES  CART 

LOWELL,  MASS 


UNITED 


Agencies: 

497-503  Pearl  Street,  35-43  Park  Street,  New  York. 
114-116  Market  Street,  Se^rv  Francisco. 


- 


K • • - r. 


Boston  Gttn  Club* 


Boston,  Mass.,  March  22. — Twenty-six  trapshooting  enthusiasts 
cleaned  up  a bunch  of  them  at  the  regular  weekly  shoot  of  thfe 
Boston  Gun  Club  to-day,  arid  from  all  appearances,  wfere  soriie- 
what  reluctarit  to  let  go,  even  after  time  was  called  at  5 o’clock, 
wagering  that  the  next  time  they  got  the  ehariee;  which  would  bfe 
next  Wednesday,  they  would  come  with  all  the  necfessary  pafa- 
phernalia  to  stick  it  out,  and  attempt  to  do  sortie  of  these  307 
straight  stunts  that  seem  to  be  hanging  on  some  of  the  Westerii 
plum  trees. 

Dr.  Weld’s  97  per  cent,  certainly  showed  that  something  was 
brewing,  and  Adams’  ground  record  of  two  weeks  back  is  now  a 
thing  of  the  past,  and  it  was  thought  to  be  up  high  enough  now 
that  it  would  hold  for  a while,  though  from  the  looks  of  the 
quality  of  shooting  during  the  present  series,  no  one  can  see  the 
final  result.  Dr.  Gleason  all  by  himself  figured  it  out  this  way, 
that  way  and  the  other  way,  and  whacked  away  a nice  96,  coming 
one  short  of  the  coveted  mark,  though  topping  the  straight  run 
held  over  a year  by  Rule,  and  putting  that  at  53,  which  was  satis- 
factory to  all  present. 

Just  nine  long-distancers  presented  themselves  for  the  fray,  with 
Dickey  and  Climax  having  the  21yd.  mark  all  to  themselves,  and 
while  not  quite  up  to  the  usual  standard,  made  some  very  credit- 
able averages,  “Jimmie’s”  last  15  enabling  an  honor  mark  in 
averages  to  be  chalked  up  against  him. 

Burns,  Dickey  and  Frank  completed  their  seven  scores  to-day 
and  now  have  the  chance  to  cut  out  old  low  ones  and  put  in  new 
and  better  ones.  Burns  at  present  has  a clear  lead  of  13  targets 
over  Dickey,  who  in  turn  leads  Frank  by  a similar  number.  Burns 
says  he  is  going  to  holl  that  lead  till  the  last  gun  is  fired,  and  as 
he  is  shooting  some  at  present,  it  certainly  looks  as  though  he 
meant  it.  There  are,  however,  a few  others  who  have  some  trap- 
shooting thinks  moving,  and  simply  won’t  be  relegated  to  the 
tall  timber  without  a struggle. 

Dr.  Gleason  thinks  that  his  gun  will  chop  out  just  a few  from 
now  on,  and  with  three  29s  as  a starter,  a good  score  is  assured. 
E.  C.  Griffiths,  with  his  old  corrugated  butted  “pump,”  also  in- 
tends pushing  just  a little,  and  that  means  that  the  credit  side  of 
the  ledger  will  be  close  to  all  one  figure,  and  not  of  the  round 
variety.  John  Bell,  too,  has  been  attempting  to  regain  old-time 
form,  and  with  a new  single-trigger  ejector  and  the  old  confidence 
will  make  the  leaders  hustle  before  many  moons  have  passed  by. 

The  second  appearance  of  one  of  the  club’s  lady  members 
brought  forth  very  gratifying  results,  60  per  cent,  of  targets  fall- 
ing victims  to  the  little  2^4—1— 16-ga  load,  and  in  the  majority  of 
cases  the  trick  was  done  in  real  expert  fashion,  and  proved  con- 
clusively that  the  modern  heavy  load  was  not  wholly  essential  to 
the  breaking  of  targets. 

Ford  and  Massure’s  friendly  set-to  in  the  match  proved  to  be  a 
fun-maker,  and  the  latter  with  his  5-target  handicap  proved  too 
much  for  the  dense  powderite,  and  now  wears  the  smile  that 
won’t  come  off.  Other  scores: 


Events:  12  3 

Targets:  10  10  15 

Dickey,  21  10  10  13 

Climax.  21  7 9 11 

Frank,  19  8 9 9 

Rule,  18  9 10  13 

Bell,  20  9 7 11 

Blinn,  16  10  8 14 

Owen,  16 6 9 14 


Weld,  16  10  10  15 

Silsbee,  16  

Fenno,  16  

Lee,  16  

Nowells,  16  

McPhee,  16  

Burns,  16  

Woodruff,  17  


10  15 
9 12 
8 14 
5 7 
7 12 
8 10  14 
8 7 11 


4 5 
10  15 

6 9 

7 11 

7 10 

8 13 
6 13 
6 11 

10  11 
10  14 

9 12 
9 


6 7 
15  10 
11  8 


8 9 10 
15  15  15 


14 
11 

13  8 15 

15 

9 13  13 
13  12  13 
15 


12 

9 


13  8 

14  9 


12  8 


9 
6 
8 
8 13 
10  14 


14  12  7 
13 
8 

9 8 
13 
13 


12  6 
11 


13 


11  13  12 
13  11 


Field,  16 
Stewart, 
Ford,  16 
Massure, 


Gleason, 


7 9 15  6 10  . . . . 

.723 

16 

8 12  11  6 

.740 

9 11  14  8 11  12  . . 

.812 

5 13  9 6 

.660 



l8  

16  

9 10  13  5 14  12  9 11  13  11 

11  11  7 12  . . . . 

.823 

.745 

19  

8 10  15  10  14  15  10  13  14  . . 

.946 

14  

. . 8 10  . . 

.600 

1, 20 

7 9 10  10  11  14  . . 

.762 

Frederick,  16 


Av. 

.788 

.800 

.720 

.890 

.770 

.784 

.838 

.970 

.882 

.823 

.840 

.560 

.666 

.838 

.817 


.600 


Merchandise  match,  distance  handicap: 


Gleason,  19. 
Weld,  16  .... 
Woodruff,  17 
Rule,  18  ... 
Adams,  18  . 
Fenno,  16  . 
Burns,  16  . . 
Bell,  20  ... 
Lee,  16  .... 
Ford,  16  ... 
Owen,  16  . 

Silsbee,  16  . 
Lawler,  16  . 
Field,  16  ... 
Climax,  21 


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Stewart,  16  . 
Massufe,  10  . 
Muldowri,  16 
Dickey,  21  . 
Frank,  1§ 
Nowells,  16  . 
Kirkwood,  20 
Retwood,  14  . 
McPhee,  16 


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Crescent  Athletic  Cldb. 


Bay  Ridge,  L.  I.,  March  25.— The  first  annual  championship 
contest  was  an  event  of  special  interest  to  the  shooting  contingent 
of  the  Crescent  Athletic  Club  and  their  friends.  It  was  won  by 
the  renowned  expert  Mr.  J.  S.  Schenck  Remsen,  with  a score  of 
184  out  of  200.  It  was  a severe  test  of  marksmanship  and  endur- 
ance, being  at  200  targets,  all  the  contestants  standing  at  scratch. 
It  was  at  first  contemplated  to  hold  the  championship  contest  in 
two  shoots,  but  owing  to  the  team  match  with  the  Boston  Athletic 
Association  last  Saturday,  it  was  decided  to  make  it  one  contest. 
Mr.  Remsen  had  recently  returned  from  Palm  Beach,  Fla.,  where 
he  distinguished  himself  as  being  of  the  first  class  in  skill  with 


the  shotgun. 


Eight  contested  for  the  championship,  200  targets,  as  follows: 


J S S Remsen 

PI  M Brigha 

L M Palmer,  Jr 

C E T Foster 

G G Stephenson,  Jr 
A G Southworth  — 

F B Stephenson 

O C Grinnell,  Jr... 


.22  22  23  24  23  24  23  23—184 

22  24  19  23  21  22T  23  23—177 

,21  23  21  22  23  23  23  21—177 

.20  21  21  20  21  20  21  24—168 

,21  21  22  24  18  21  18  21—166 

.19  20  22  23  16  21  21  17—159 

,17  21  18  22  20  21  19  20—157 

,19  23  17  19  18  21  19  18—154 


In  the  March  cup  event,  there  were  thirteen  contestants,  of 
whom  two,  Messrs.  Lowell  M.  Palmer  and  E.  W.  Snyder  tied  on 
a full  score,  the  former  from  scratch,  the  latter  with  an  allowance 
of  5.  Messrs.  Foster,  Hegeman,  Brigham  and  Southworth  tied  on 
23.  Scores  of  March  cup  follow: 


Hdp.  Brk.  Tot’l. 


Palmer,  Jr 

....  0* 

25 

25 

Snyder  

20 

25 

Foster  

....  1 

22 

23 

Hegeman  .... 

....  3 

20 

23 

Brigham  

....  0 

23 

23 

Southworth  . . 

....  0 

23 

23 

Marshall  

....  5 

17 

22 

O’Brien  

Hdp.  Brk.  Tot’l. 
....3  18  21 

Raynor  

....  5 

15 

20 

Vanderveer  .. 

....  3 

16 

19 

Fairchild  

....  7 

11 

18 

Hendrickson 

....  5 

12 

17 

L Hopkins  . . 

....  3 

14 

17 

Messrs.  L.  M.  Palmer  and  H.  M.  Brigham,  both  from  scratch, 
made  a straight  score  of  25  each,  a team  score  of  50  straight,  as 


follows : 

Hdcp.  Brk.  Total. 

Southworth  0 23  23 

Marshall  5 13  18 — 41 

Brigham  0 25  25 

Palmer  0 25  25 — 50 


Stephenson 
Hopkins  . . 

Sykes  

Bennett  ... 


Hdcp.  Brk.  Total. 

,.  1 20  21 

.3  20  23—44 

.4  10  14 

. .3  22  25—39 


Trophy  event,  15  targets: 


Hdp.  Brk.  Tot’l. 

Hdp.  Brk.  Tot’l. 

Damron  

11 

14 

Bennett  

....  1 

10 

11 

Hendrickson  . . 

..  3 

6 

9 

O’Brien  

....  1 

12 

13 

Marshall  

..  3 

9 

12 

Raynor  

....  3 

11 

14 

L Hopkins 

..  1 

14 

15 

Snyder  

....  3 

11 

14 

S Hopkins  . . . . 

..  3 

6 

9 

Special  prize,  50  targets; 

Southworth  . . . . 

..  0 

42 

42 

Hendrickson  , 

....10 

30 

40 

Palmer  

..  0 

47 

47 

Damron  

,...10 

33 

43 

Brigham  

..  0 

46 

46 

Snvder  

...10 

40 

50 

Stephenson  

...2 

46 

48 

Vanderveer  ... 

....  6 

38 

44 

Grinnell  

..  2 

44 

46 

Hopkins  

....  6 

34 

40 

Marshall  

..10 

34 

44 

Fairchild  

....14 

24 

38 

O’Brien  

..  6 

41 

47 

Wood  

,...10 

30 

40 

Foster  

..  2 

44 

46 

Stephenson  . . , 

....  4 

40 

44 

Raynor  

32 

42 

Trophy  event, 

15  targets: 

Hopkins  

..  1 

11 

12 

Wood  

....  3 

9 

12 

O’Brien  

..  1 

11 

12 

Grinnell,  Jr 

....  1 

12 

13 

Damron  

15 

15 

Marshall  

....  3 

11 

14 

Hendrickson  .. 

..  3 

8 

11 

Foster  

....  0 

14 

14 

Horn  

..  5 

11 

15 

Sykes  

....  2 

13 

15 

Chapman  

..  4 

7 

11 

Vanderveer  .. 

....  1 

11 

12 

Shoot-off,  same  conditions: 

..  2 

9 

11 

Damron  

....  3 

12 

15 

Horn  

..  5 

6 

11 

Trophy  event, 

15  targets: 

Hopkins  

11 

14 

Sykes  

12 

14 

Grinnell,  Jr 

..  0 

13 

13 

Horn  

....  5 

9 

14 

Hendrickson  . . 

...3 

9 

12 

Damron  

13 

15 

O’Brien  

..  1 

12 

13 

Foster  

12 

12 

Hopkins  

6 

7 

Trophy  event, 

15  targets: 

Snyder  

..  3 

13 

15 

Brigham  

....  0 

12 

12 

Hegeman  

13 

14 

Foster  

12 

12 

Stephenson  .... 

. .0 

14 

14 

Damron  

9 

12 

V anderveer  . . . . 

..  1 

12 

13 

Hopkins  

11 

12 

Raynor  

10 

13 

Marshall  

8 

11 

Hopkins  

10 

13 

Bennett  

10 

11 

O’Brien  

..  1 

12 

13 

Remsen 

11 

i; 

goptbworth  • • • 

0 

13 

13 

Iowa  State  Tournament. 


The  twenty-eighth  annual  shoot  of  the  Iowa  State  Sportsmen’s 
Association  was  notable  for  marvelous  exhibitions  of  skill.  The 
date  was  March  14-16,  and  it  was  held  at  Des  Moines,  la.  Mr. 
Fred  Whitney  was  cashier. 

On  the  first  day,  W.  Heer  made  a run  of  115  straight,  and 
broke  197  out  of  the  200  constituting  the  programme.  • Next  came 
Mulford  (amateur)  194,  Crosby  and  H.  G.  Taylor  (amateur)  193, 
Gilbert,  Hoon  and  Waddington  192. 

Second  day,  high  averages:  First,  Gilbert  and  Crosby,  198; 

Heer  197,  Taylor  194.  Long  runs:  Gilbert  157,  Crosby  115.  In 

the  Ottumwa  diamond  handicap,  50  targets,  twenty-seven  con- 
testants, Messrs.  Fred  Gilbert  and  N.  Layman,  of  Des  Moines, 
tied  on  48,  and  in  the  shoot-off  Layman  won  by  a score  of  23  to 
22.  Gilbert,  22yds.,  Layman  18yds. 

On  the  third  day,  Mr.  W.  Heer  broke  200  straight,  which,  added 
to  a run  of  84  on  the  previous  day  and  23  straight  in  the  amateur 
championship  event  at  100  targets,  made  a straight  of  307.  Mr. 
W.  R.  Crosby’s  record  of  345  at  Interstate  Park  was  a continuous 
run,  under  tournament  conditions  also.  Mr.  Fred  Gilbert  was 
busy  also.  He  broke  all  the  200  programme  targets;  Crosby 
broke  197  and  made  a run  of  108;  H.  J.  Borden  broke  194  and 
made  a run  of  110.  Two  squads  made  75  each,  the  possible.  In 
the  Smith  contest,  A.  W.  Weatherhead  (Arno)  won.  He  and  R. 
Klein  tied  on  20,  and  in  the  shoot-off  Weatherhead  won  at  the 
fortieth  target. 

The  amateur  championship  was  won  by  Mr.  A.  P.  McDowell, 
score  98  out  of  100. 

Professional  cup:  Crosby  49,  Heer  49,  Gilbert  48,  Borden  48, 

Stannard  50. 


Second  class  shoot-off:  C.  B.  Adams  47,  H.  W.  Cadwallader  43, 
lowest  division,  Lord  won  shoot-off,  breaking  42.  Next  year’s 
shoot  will  be  held  at  Des  Moines.  Officers:  President,  Fred 


Gilbert,  of  Spirit  Lake;  Vice- 
Adair;  Secretary,  C.  W.  Budd, 
Whitney,  of  Des  Moines. 

Scores  for  the  three  days,  200 


days,  follow: 

March : 14 

Heer  197 

Gilbert  192 

Crosby  193 

Taylor  193 

Stannard  187 

Hoon  192 

Mulford  194 

Powers  190 

Graham  189 

Veach  184 

Kline  190 

Wallace  186 

Olson  187 

Borden  185 

Fisher  187 

Waddington  192 

Maxell  184 

Reed  187 

Adams  186 

Petty  177 

Cadwallader  188 

F Campbell  188 

Cunningham  188 

Hyman  186 

M Thompson  185 

Patterson  185 

Rand  175 

McDowell  1S4 

Smith  175 

Mackie  172 

Townsend  181 

Morrell  .179 

Anderson  173 

Lord  ...182 

Vermilye  180 

Slimmer  170 

Bird  176 

J Peterson  178 

R Thompson  172 

E C Peterson 171 

Patch  169 

Loomis  177 

Burmeister  168 

Huglin  169 

Veitmeyer  169 

D Elliott  158 

Talbot  ...152 

Thorp  ....161 


President,  A.  P.‘  McDowell,  of 
of  Des  Moines;  Treasurer,  Fred 


targets 

per  day, 

600  for  the  three 

15 

16 

Total. 

Per  Cent. 

197 

200 

594 

99 

198 

200 

590 

92.2 

198 

197 

588 

98 

194 

194 

581 

96.5 

194 

191 

572 

95.2 

188 

192 

572 

95.2 

190 

187 

571 

95.1 

186 

193 

560 

94.5 

186 

193 

568 

94.4 

191 

193 

568 

94.4 

192 

185 

567 

94.3 

189 

191 

566 

94.2 

189 

190 

566 

94.2 

187  ' 

194 

566 

94.2 

186 

192 

565 

94.1 

184 

187 

563 

93.5 

190 

189 

563 

93.5 

189 

187 

563 

93.5 

190 

184 

560 

93.2 

190 

192 

559 

93.1 

185 

185 

. 558 

93 

180 

189 

557 

92.5 

185 

183 

556 

92.4 

186 

183 

555 

92.3 

184 

185 

554 

92.2 

182 

185 

552 

92 

190 

181 

185 

184 

550 

549 

91.4 

91.3 

188 

185 

548 

91.2 

183 

186 

541 

90.1 

179 

182 

541 

90.1 

180 

180 

539 

89.5 

182 

183 

538 

89.4 

174 

174 

182 

181 

182 

182 

537 

536 

534 

89.3 

89.2 

89 

178 

179 

533 

88.5 

176 

178 

532 

88.4 

170 

189 

531 

88.3 

174 

175 

520 

86.4 

179 

171 

519 

86.3 

176 

165 

518 

86  2 

176 

169 

513 

85.3 

170 

172 

511 

85.1 

170 

170 

509 

84.5 

170 

176 

504 

84 

170 

178 

500 

83.2 

167 

172 

500 

83.2 

Magic  City  Gan  Clab. 

Muncie,  Ind.,  March  22.— The  Magic  City  Gun  Club,  of  Muncie, 
Ind.,  met  on  March  19  and  elected  the  following  officers:  J W* 
Farrell,  President;  G.  G.  Williamson,  Vice-President;  F.  L° 
Wachtel,  Secretary  and  Treasurer. 

The  Magic  City  Gun  Club  is  a member  of  the  Indiana  State 
League,  and  has  been  granted  May  3 for  their  spring  tournament. 
Programmes  will  be  ready  to  mail  about  April  10.  If  you  do 
not  receive  a programme  by  the  15th,  write  F.  L.  Wachtel 
secretary,  and  he  will  mail  you  one  promptly. 

F,  L,  Wachtel,  Sec’y, 


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[April  i,  ipog. 


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WESTERN  TRAP. 


At  Chattanooga. 

Chattanooga. — After  a journey  through  some  of  the  southern 
States,  Col.  J.  T.  Anthony  turned  up  in  Chattanooga  the  middle 
of  the  stormy  month  of  March.  His  object  was  a tour  of  the 
towns  and  cities  of  eastern  Tennessee,  wherever  there  was  any 
interest  taken  in  trapshooting. 

Although  Tennessee  is  a fine  game  country,  there  is  not  as 
much  interest  in  trapshooting  as  would  naturally  be  expected, 
considering  that  there  are  so  many  shotguns  owned  and  used 
by  hunters.  However,  these  are  of  the  “scatter  gun”  variety 
for  sure,  most  o£  them  being  short  barrels,  having  had  the  choke 
cut  off  to  make  them  scatter  for  brush  shooting.  It  is  hoped 
that  at  the  end  of  the  season  there  will  be  a demand  for  better 
guns  and  the  choked  kind. 

The  middle  of  March  is  rather  early  for  the  greatest  of  all 
the  gun  cranks  who  live  in  the  South,  but  with  Tony  O’Connell 
at  the  helm  there  was.  a good  turn  out  of  the  Mountaineer  Gun 
Club  to  welcome  the  veteran  Colonel.  They  were  W.  O.  Burks, 
A.  L.  O’Connell,  Chas.  Martin,  Kuth  Webb,  George  Pauls,  C. 
W.  Woodlake,  W.  L.  Lorrell,  C.  P.  Morrison,  Robert  Prichards, 
John  K.  Caphart,  B.  T.  Burt,  P.  D.  Plummer,  J.  C.  Roberts,  J. 
H.  Roberts  and  M.  M.  Vaughan. 

We  boarded  a suburban  trolley  car,  not  as  the  name  of  the 
club  would  indicate,  for  the  top  of  Lookout  Mountain,  where 
some  of  the  famous  tournaments  have  been  held,  but  for  that 
other  historical  place  which  is  so  familiar  to  all  who  participated 
in  that  famous  Chicamauga  battle,  viz.,  Rossville,  Ga. 

It  is  here  that  the  club  now’  holds  its  meets.  The  grounds 
are  easy  of  access  and  w’ell  laid  out  on  a level  tract  of  ground 
facing  north. 

Everything  was  found  in  “apple  pie”  order,  and  soon  the 
choke  bores  were  in  action,  for  be  it  easily  understood  that 
there  are  a few  clubs  in  the  State  which  are  well  equipped  with 
the  full  “chokes.” 

The  first  man  on  the  list,  Mr.  W.  O.  Burks,  deserves,  especial 
mention.  When  the  Southern  Squad  made  their  tour  last  spring 
this  gentleman  was  an  interested  spectator,  having  previously 
never  shot  at  a clay  target.  He  was  so  much  pleased  with  the 
greatest  of  all  of  the  gentlemanly  sports  that  he  joined  the  club 
and  started  in  to  learn  the  art  of . wing  shooting.  How  well 
he  has  succeeded  the  scores  will  show.  It  is  enough  to  state 
that  he  made  45  out  of  his  first  50,  and  his  total  score  was 
greater  than  that  of  Mr.  O’Connel,  one  of  the  best  shots  in  the 
South.  The  day  was  raw  and  a stiff  wind  blew  dead  against 
the  targets,  making  the  shooting  quite  hard. 

The  Chattanooga  boys  are  alive  and  doing.  It  is  their  in- 
tention to  hold  another  tournament  this  year  on  top  of  the 
mountain,  where  the  summer  hotel  and  all  the  surroundings 
are  so  novel.  They  desire  that  all  those  who  were  present  when 
the  targets  floated  in  clouds  like  a drove  of  swallows  should 
take  notice.  Col.  Anthony  says  that  last  shoot  was  the  greatest 
experience  if  his  long  and  eventful  life.  The  scores  made  on 
the  above  occasion  were: 


Targets: 

25  25  25  25 

Tot’l 

Targets : 

25  25  25  25  Tot’l 

Burks  

. . 22  23  18  20 

S3 

Goodlake  . . 

. . 15  19  21  18  73 

Anthony  . . 

. . 22  24  22  23 

91 

Sorrell  .... 

. . 12  14 

O’Connell  . 

. . 22  20  19  18 

79 

V aughan  . . 

..  4 10  

Webb  ..... 

. . 17  19  15  20 

71 

Morrison  . . 

10  12  17  . . 

Martin  

. . 18  17  19  18 

72 

Webb  

22  .. 

Paul  

. . 15  12  IS  IS 

63 

Crum  

22  . . 

At  Maryville. 

At,  Maryville,  Tenn.,  the  county  seat  of  Blount  county,  shoot- 
ing was  something  new  and  novel,  never  having  had  a club 
organization.  In  fact,  only  two  of  the  gunners  had  enough  en- 
thusiasm to  try  and  get  the  shooting  started.  However,  owing 
to  a visit  of  the  old-time  shooter,  “Tramp”  Irwin,  during  the 
past  winter,  and  the  presence  of  Col.  Anthony,  there  was  a 
good  turn  out  of  both  shooters  and  spectators. 

The  weather  was  warm  and  lovely  for  March,  and  a nice  Bit 
of  ground  west  of  the  city  was  selected  for  the  placing  of  the 
trap.  When  the  ground  was  reached  it  was  learned  that  there 
were  just  400  targets  and  the  same  number  of  shells,  so  that  there 
was  a limit  to  the  number  of  shots  which  each  could  fire. 
Then  again  the  setting  up  of  the  traps,  the  pulling  and  loading 
had  all  been  intrusted  to  one  man,  and  that  was  the  old 
“Tramp,”  so  well-known  to  many  of  your  readers.  How  well 
he  succeeded  can  best  be  told  by  a mention  that  only  one  target 
broke  in  the  trap,  and  that  was  one  of  the  “pick-ups.” 

Many  of  the  towns  people  came  out  to  see  how  a target 
shoot  was  conducted  and  they  were  well  pleased  with  the  way 
that  Col.  Anthony  smashed  out  his  allotted  40  straight.  There 
being  but  one  trap,  the  shooters  were  put  up  in  squads  of  three, 
and  here  the  Colonel  got  in  his  good  work  by  offering  suggestions 
as  how  best  to  stand,  hold  the  gun,  get  the  lead  and  all  such 
little  details  as  only  a shooter  of  his  long  experience  can  give. 
All  of  the  shooters  averaged  over  half  of  their  targets  as  broke, 
which  was  a very  creditable  showing  for  a beginning,  the  out- 
come of  this  visit  being  that  a club  was  organized,  and  when 
the  boys  get  a little  practice  there  will  be  team  shoots  with 
Knoxville  and  possibly  other  clubs  which  this  same  couple  of 
old  shooters  expect  to  organize  during  this  month.  The  scores, 
each  shooting  at  40  targets:  Col.  J.  T.  Anthony  40  straight,  W. 

P.  Seaton  35,  W.  Smixson  32,  E.  Wooterman  29,  B.  Walker  22, 
Dr.  D.  McCullough  20,  J.  Hannah  19,  A.  C.  Montgomery  24, 
and  J.  Kiney  12. 

At  Kingston. 

At  Kingston,  Tenn.,  Mr.  J.  G.  Crumblis,  who  is  the  leading 
man  of  the  town  in  the  shooting  line,  had  everything  in  readiness 
for  getting  out  to  the  fair  grounds  and  setting  the  guns  to 
popping.  Kingston  being  a county  seat  and  situated  six  miles 
from  a railroad,  will  find  in  the  gun  club,  which  was  organized 
on  this  occasion,  a source  of  amusement  that  will  take  a place 
equal  with  baseball  and  kindred  other  outdoor  sports. 

The  fair  grounds  is  a splendid  place  to  hold  a shoot,  though 
the  background  is  not  the  best,  being  uneven. 

The  boys  were  much  interested  in  the  shooting  of  their  guest, 
Col.  Anthony.  He  missed  but  one,  and  there  the  small  boys 
had  the  laugh  on  him.  There  were  many  out  to  see  the  shoot- 
ing who  did  not  take  part,  including  several  ladies.  All  passed 
off  smoothly  save  the  many  targets  that  broke  in  the  trap,  which 
was  a “bother”  that  was  serious. 


Phellis  Trophy  Contest. 

A team  from  the  Cincinnati  Gun  Club  visited  Newark  on 
March  22  to  contest  with  the  Newark  Gun  Club’s  team  for 
possession  of  the  cup  donated  by  C.  P.  Phellis,  and  emblematic 
of  the  six-men  team  championship.  What  they  really  did  was 
to  oppose  three  teams,  two  from  Newark  and  one  from  Columbia. 
A pleasant  feature  of  their  trip  was  that  they  were  victorious. 
Supt.  Gambell  has  it  chained  in  the  club  house  and  it  will  take 
a hot  bunch  of  shooters  to  carry  it  off, 


The  match  was  shot  over  a magautrap,  and  the  targets  were 
thrown  a strong  70yds.,  quite  a little  further  than  is  generally 
accepted  as  the  proper  distance.  The  holders  of  the  cup  had 
arranged  to  have  each  team  shoot  by  itself,  but  against  this 
Capt.  Gambell  entered  a vigorous  and  successful  protest.  Every 
trapshooter  will  recognize  the  chance  for  unfairness  in  such  an 
arrangement. 

The  scores  made  were  low,  none  of  the  team  shooting  his 
usual  gait.  Still  they  shot  just  a little  better  than  their  op- 
ponents. Orr,  of  Newark  No.  1,  made  high  individual  score,  46; 
Rhoades,  of  Columbus,  second,  with  44;  Peters,  of  Cincinnati, 
and  Keefe,  of  Newark  No.  2,  tied  for  third  on  40. 

If  the  Newark  boys  will  send,  a team  to  Cincinnati  to  try  and 
recapture  the  trophy,  we  can  guarantee  them  a good  time,  fair 
targets,  and  the  best  of  treatment,  as  these  three  things  are  al- 
ways dealt  out  liberally  to  visitors.  Ask  those  who  have  been 
there.  The  scores: 


Cincinnati. 

Targets : 15  15  20  T’t’l 

Peters  14  12  14—  40 

Barker  13  9 16—  38 

Gambell  12  12  14—  38 

Aiders  10  12  14—  36 

Hesser  11  7 18—  36 

Don  Minto  11  13  12 — 36 


Newark  No.  1. 

Targets:  15  15  20  T’t’l 

Orr  14  13  19—  46 

Burrell  14  13  13—  40 

King  14  11  12—  37 

F Hall  9 11  13—  33 

Goodrich  9 10  15—  34 

Alshizer  8 9 15 — 32 


Totals  71  65  88  224 

Newark  No.  2. 

Targets : 15  15  20  T’t’l 

Keefe  12  13  15—  40 

Murphy  12  11  16 — 39 

Worth  13  11  13—  37 

Hall  9 10  16—  35 

Bericker  9 9 12 — 30 

Chervy  9 10  10—  29 

Totals  64  64  82—210 


Totals  68  67  87  222 

Columbus. 

Targets:  15  15  20  T’t’l 

Rhoads  14  11  19—  44 

Cumberland  13  10  14 — 37 

Buchanan  10  11  13 — 34 

Webster  8 11  14—  33 

II  Smith  11  10  10—  31 

J Smith  5 8 15—  28 


Totals 


61  61  85  207 


Turkey  Shoot,  Dayton,  O. 

Good  fellows  took  part  in  a shoot  at  stop  7 on  the  D.  & W. 
Traction  line  on  March  21.  It  was  gotten  up  by  Ed.  Oldt. 
Turkeys,  ducks  and  chickens  were  offered  as  prizes.  The  sport 
started  with  a 10-target  sweep,  65  cents  entrance,  two  moneys. 
Oswald  won  first  with  8;  Lockwood,  second,  with  6;  Ike,  6; 
Oldt,  4.  Then  followed  the  prize  events,  seven  at  10  targets 
each.  Oswald  won  three  turkeys  and  a duck;  Handy  and  West 
a turkey  each;  Ike,  a turkey  and  a duck,  and  Lockwood  a 
rooster.  After  the  prize  events  three  sweeps  were  shot,  two 
moneys  in  each.  The  scores  look  small,  but  a large  per  cent, 
of  the  targets  were  perforated  by  shot  and  would  have  been 
scored  as  broken  if  they  had  been  properly  brittle. 


Rohrer’s  Isfand  Gun  Club. 

The  Rohrer’s  Island  Gun  Club,  of  Dayton,  O.,  opened  their 
medal  season  on  March  22,  and  had  a very  enjoyable  afternoon. 
The  club  house  has  been  renovated,  new  trap  pit,  with  set  of  ex- 
pert traps  put  in,  electric  pull,  and  pull  house.  The  im- 
mense tree  which  spoiled  the  background  for  right  quartering 
targets  has  been  cut  down  and  this  leaves  the  sky  background 
unobstructed.  The  club  is  in  a good  condition  financially,  and 
the  members  take  an  active  interest  in  the  sport.  E.  W.  Keller 
and  John  Strickline  were  elected  to  membership. 

In  the  medal  shoot  six  men  tied  for  first  on  scores  of  25  or  better. 
After  a long  shoot-off,  the  winner  was  decided.  Oswald  and 
Miller  fought  on  until  the  tenth  shoot-off,  when  Miller  won  by 
5 to  2.  The  medal  is  the  prize  each  week,  as  last  year.  And  for 
the  series  of  32  contests  four  prizes  are  offered  as  follows : $15 
in  gold  to  the  one  winning  the  medal  the  greatest  number  of 
times  during  the  season;  $10  to  second  high;  $5  to  third,  and 
to  fourth  a leather  medal  suitably  inscribed. 

The  afternoon’s  sport  was  concluded  with  four  25-target  sweeps, 
and  in  these  Lockwood  did  some  excellent  work,  breaking  96 
out  of  100,  and  making  two  straight  scores. 

Cincinnati  Gun  Club. 

Cincinnati,  O. — The  following  scores  were  made  in  the  Peters 
trophy  contest  by  members  unable  to  compete  on  March  18: 
Hesser,  handicap  4,  total,  49;  Maynard,  1,  46;  Tuttle,  1,  45; 
Ahlers,  1,  44;  Bleli,  43;  Dick,  1,  43;  French,  7,  38. 

March  25  was  what  we  call  in  this  section  a pretty  day, 
the  first  real  spring  day  we  have  had.  Ackley  made  his  first 
appearance  since  his  illness,  and  was  received  with  honors,  the 
flag  being  hoisted  and  a salute  of  twenty-one  guns  fired.  The 
Judge  is  looking  better  than  for  months  before  he  was  taken 
sick.  Jay  Bee,  another  absentee,  was  out  to-day  and  received 
a warm  welcome.  He  shot  in  the  trophy  contest  and  made  the 
full  score,  including  his.  handicap.  Falk  did  great  work,  tying 
with  Barker  and  Faran  for  high  gun  in  actual  breaks,  on  46. 

A number  of  team  races  were  shot.  This  feature  of  the 
weekly  shoots  is  getting  to  be  quite  prominent,  and  is  a good 
one,  giving  the  boys  practice  in  team  work,  and  creating  con- 
siderable interest.  Practice  events  were  shot  as  long  as  a tar- 
get could  be  seen.  The  scores: 

Peters  Medal  Shoot,  50  targets — Falk,  handicap,  7,  total,  50; 
Pohlar,  5,  50;  Roll,  7,  50;  Jay  Bee,  12,  50;  Andrews,  10,  47; 
Barker,  46;  Faran,  46;  A.  Sunderbruch,  45;  Don  Minto,  1,  45; 
Peters,  1,  45;  Pfeiffer,  4,  44;  Harig,  42;  Williams,  6,  42;  Herman, 
2,  40;  Block,  4,  40;  Bullerdick,  1,  39. 

Team  matches,  50  targets  each:  Don  Minto,  41,  Barker  46, 

total,  87;  Harig  42,  Gambell  41,  total  83;  A.  Sunderbruch  44, 
Hesser  40,  total  84;  Peters  44,  Ahlers  41,  total  85;  O.  Sunder- 
bruch  48,  Roll  44,  total  92;  Gambell  47,  Faran,  42,  total  89; 
Peters  44,  Ahlers  42,  total  86. 

Match,  50  targets:  Pohlar  46,  Pfeiffer  38,  Bullerdick  44. 

Notes. 

The  Gi-eenville,  O.,  Gun  Club  held  its  second  medal  shoot  of 
the  season  on  March  20.  H.  A.  McCaughey  won  with  a score 
of  33,  shooting  from  18yds.  Mr.  Westerfield  made  the  highest 
score  of  the  day,  75  out  of  100.  The  members  are  manifesting  a 
great  deal  of  interest  in  the  shoots.  The  system  of  handicapping 
is  giving  general  satisfaction,  axxd  seems  to  place  all  on  an  equal 
footing. 

Twenty-three  members  of  the  Cleveland  Gun  Club  took  part  in 
the  semi-monthly  contest  of  the  club  on  March  18.  The  conditions 
were  50  targets  per  man,  known  traps,  unknown  angles.  F.  G. 
Rogen,  Snow  and  Sanford,  all  Class  B men,  headed  the  list  with 
48  each.  Tryon,  Class  A,  was  second  with  47.  Jack,  Class  A, 
and  Brugge,  of  Class  B,  were  third,  with  46  each. 


Deadwood  Gun  Club. 

Deadwood,  S.  D.,  March  19. — The  first  practice  shoot  for  the 
season  took  place  to-day.  The  weather  was  very  cold,  and  not 
many  of  the  shooters  turned  out.  The  following  scores  were 
made  at  50  targets:  Walker  41,  Hirsch  42,  Vanhorn  32,  Rogers 

42,  Flanders  43,  Poweh  39,  Waugh  42,  Bick  40,  Jepson  43,  Per- 
kins 39.  BuR?  Rogers. 


Bradford  Gun  Club. 


Bradford,  Pa.,  March  20. — Following  are  the  scores  of  the 
shoot  held  by  the  Bradford  Gun  Club  on  Saturday  last,  on  their 
grounds  at  Foster  Bx-ook: 


Shot  at. 

Broke. 

Shot  at.  Broke. 

White  

100 

64 

Conneeley  . 

60 

54 

Russell  

135 

100 

Eygabroxxt  . 

75 

38 

Mallory,  ]r. 

125 

112 

Tones  

75 

42 

Mallory,  Sr 

100 

72 

McCann  . . . 

60 

31 

Hoey  

100 

71 

Scott’  ...... 

75 

34 

Willis  

75 

42 

Kelleher  . . . 

60 

25 

Pringle  .... 

75 

57 

Brown  

75 

52 

Holley  

75 

43 

Wagner  

45 

32 

We  have  arranged  for 

a tournament  to  be 

held  for  two 

days, 

June  21  and  22,  $400  added  money. 


We  have  a club  of  over  sixty  members  now,  and  expect  to  in- 
crease the  number  to  100  by  June  1,  and  there  will  be  quite  a large 
attendance.  New  grounds  have  been  procured,  with  a sky  line. 
Exti'a  traps  will  be  constructed,  with  canvas  canopies,  and  the 
present  club  house  will  be  enlarged.  At  the  present  time  arrange- 
ments are  being  made  to  run  the  city  line  of  street  cars  to  the 


club  house.  There  are  great  expectations  of  a very  “large”  time. 


Max-ch  23. — The  following  is  a total  of  the  events  held  at  the 


traps  of  the  above  club  on  March  22: 


Shot  at. 

Broke. 

Sizer  

130 

122 

Brown  

130 

112 

Brooder  

75 

48 

Conneeley 

145 

117 

Pringle  

111 

Shot  at.  Broke. 


Russell  . . . . 

145 

102 

White  

90 

57 

Bodine  

SO 

57 

Brown  

75 

54 

Wagner  ... 

75 

52 

E.  C. 

Charlton, 

Sec’y. 

Indianapolis  (Ind.)  Gun  Club. 

Indianapolis,  Ind.,  March  10. — The  Peters  trophy  was  won  by 
Mr.  Hice.  Each  event  was  at  25  targets: 


Events : 

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 

8 

Shot 

at. 

Broke. 

1 tickman  

24  21  23  20  20  19  18 

20 

200 

165 

Carter  

16  16  12  13  15  13  15 

13 

200 

113 

Parry  

22  22  23  21  23  24  20 

175 

155 

Moore  

14  20  21  21  21  20  16 

io 

200 

143 

B'inlev  

23  21  21  22  22  24  . . 

150 

133 

Moller  

12  15  8 15  9 11  21 

175 

91 

ITice  

20  15  IS  18  8 13  .. 

150 

92 

Smith  

8 10 

50 

18 

Iiintel  

15  12  

50 

27 

Denny  

Beck  

15  18 

50 

33 

17  11 

50 

28 

Cory  

15  12  

50 

27 

Tanner  

7 1 

50 

8 

Clark  

14  15 

50 

29 

llabich  

6 11  11  

75 

28 

'lies  for  club  trophy: 

Moore,  Dickman,  Finley 

and 

Hice. 

SIDE  LIGHTS  OF  TRADE. 


The  Hunter  Arms  Co.,  Fulton,  N.  Y.,  have  issued  a new  cat- 
alogue, which  contains  full  descriptions  of  all  the  guns  which  they 
manufacture,  _ and  which  will  be  sent  gratis  to  those  who  apply 
for  it.  Special  pains  have  been  taken  to  complete  it  in  every 
detail.  The  new  Blunter  one-trigger  is  specially  described. 


Parker  Bros.,  Meriden,  Conn.,  have  issued  their  calendar  for 
1905,  in  the  artistic  and  complete  manner  for  which  that  firm 
is  distinguished.  Besides  the  calendai-,  it  contains  twenty-six 
excellent  portraits  of  famous  shooters,  with  brief  mention  of  some 
of  their  most  phenomenal  scores  with  Parker  guns.  Those  shoot- 
ers are  S.  A.  Tucker,  A.  W.  du  Bray,  Fred  Gilbert,  Andy  Mead- 
ers,  John  Parker,  R.  S.  Skinner,  J.  A.  Flick,  C.  W.  Phellis,  F. 
D.  Alkire,  C.  B.  Adams,  Maurice  Kaufmann,  J.  E.  Vaughan,  L. 
P.  Chaudet,  Arthur  Gambell,  B.  W.  Worthen,  PI.  E.  Buckwalter, 
Walter  Bluff,  C M.  Powers,  O.  R.  Dickey,  W.  B.  Dartorx,  W.  E. 
Barnard,  F.  G.  Simpson,  .Fred  Coleman,  Lem  Willard,  W.  D. 
Townsend,  Guy  Lovelace. 


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Fish  Glue. — Tavistock,  Jan.  28. — Is  there  anything  that,  if  added 
to  white  or  fish  glue,  will  keep  it  liquid  in  a bottle  and  yet 
evaporate  when  exposed,  so  as  to  allow  it  to  harden  and  become 
firm.  I have  tried  alcohol,  but  without  success.  I have  been  told 
that  there  is  something  that  would  answer  the  purpose,  but  what 
is  it? — J.  O. 


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An  interesting  device  which  should  appeal  strongly  to  anglers 
who  fish  in  quiet  v,rters,  and  especially  to  those  who  have  not  as 
yet  solved  the  mysteries  of  bait-castbxg,  is  the  Patent  Self  Strxk- 
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clearly  the  principle  of  the  device,  which,  from  the  drawings, 
would  seem  to  be  very  effective. 


The  combination  of  air  and  rubber  for  mattresses,  pillows  and 
cushions  is  compax-atively  modern,  aixd  its  development  by  the 
Metropolitan  Air  Goods  Co.,  of  Reading,  Mass.,  is  very  interest- 
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air  yoke,  adapted  for  relieving  the  shoulders,  when  one  is  carrying 
gun  or  canoe  or  anything  else  that  is  heavy  and  hard.  Yachtsmen, 
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better  than  investigate  the  goods  offered  by  this  company.  They 
will  add  much  to-  the  comfort  of  ones’  vacation.  A free  circu- 
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Mr.  W.  J.  Cummins,  of  Bishop  Auckland,  England,  has  for  the 
past  forty  years  been  supplying  fishing  tackle  to  American  anglers, 
and  thus  has  a vex-y  large  list  of  customers  in  this  country.  For 
a good  part  of  that  time  he  has  been  advertising  his  goods  in 
Poorest  and  Stream,  as  he  is  doing  to-day.  The  most  skillful  and 
best  equipped  anglers  know  to  what  perfection  Englishmen  have 
carried  the  manufacture  of  fine  flies  and  tackle,  and  the  demand 
for  these  high  priced  goods  is  constantly  growing.  Mr.  Cummins 
declares  that  a small  trial  order  is  all  he  desires,  and  he  offers  to 
send  a catalogue  of  his  goods  to  those  who  apply  for  it. 


The  Duxbak  clothing  for . sportsmen  has  a vei-y  taking  name,  and 
also— though  it  is  not  an  old  article — has  already  achieved  a repu- 
tation for  doing  good  service.  The  important  claim  made  for  it  is 
that  it  “sheds  water  like  a duck’s  back” — is  absolutely  waterproof 
—and  yet  looks  well  and  feels  comfortable  in  fair  weather.  It  is 
also  made  with  special  care  and  does  not  bind  or  cramp,  and  on 
the  other  hand,  is  well  tailored.  The  manufacturers  are  Bird, 
Jones  & Kenyon,  No.  3 Blandina  street,  Utica,  N.  Y.,  who  offer 
to  send  to  persons  who  are  interested  samples  of  material  and  a 
booklet  about  it. 


The  Anglers’  Company,  of  Hartford,  Conn.,  manufacture  “fine 
fishing  tackle  for  particular  anglers.”  Rods  of  split-bamboo  or  of 
wood  are  made  to  order  for  special  uses.  Lines,  flies,  a fly-book 
and  soak  box,  together  with  tackle  kits  and  anglers’  accessories 
in  general,  are  the  specialties  of  this  concern,  whose  products  are 
for  sale  by  all  dealers.  The  Anglers’  Company  issues  a catalogue- 
booklet  worthy  of  examination  by  all  anglers.  It  is  sent  free  on 
request.  

The  fame  of  the  Savage  rifle  extends  from  Maine  to  California, 
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for  its  magazine  clips,  holding  seven  cai-tridges,  can  be  inserted 
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a relief  it  often  was  to  take  it  off  when  we  got  into  camp.  No 
ammunition  belt  is  needed  with  the  Savage. 


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THE  DOOM  OF  NIAGARA. 

In  the  April  number  of  the  Popular  Science  Monthly, 
Dr.  John  M.  Clarke,  New  York  State  Geologist,  Director 
of  Science  and  the  State  Museum,  has  a paper  demon- 
strating the  ruin  of  the  American  Falls  in  the  immediate 
future,  so  soon  as  the  power  plants  now  in  course  of  con- 
struction shall  have  been  completed  and  put  into  opera- 
tion. The  American  Falls  will  be  destroyed  before  those 
on  the  Canadian  side,  but  unless  some  way  shall  be  found 
to  stay  the  progressive  drain  upon  the  water  supply  for 
industrial  purposes,  the  entire  cataract  will  share  the 
i same  fate. 

The  situation  briefly  is  this : Various  power  com- 

j panies  in  New  York  and  in  Ontario  have  been  given  char- 
! ters  permitting  them  to  draw  off  the  waters  of  Niagara 
River  above  the  Falls  and  to  carry  them  around  the  cliff 
by  some  other  way  or  to  discharge  them  by  tunnels  into 
the  face  of  the  Falls  near  the  base.  The  two  American 
companies  which  are  now  active  are  the  Niagara  Falls 
Hydraulic  Power  and  Manufacturing  Company,  which  is 
permitted  to  consume  7.700  cubic  feet  per  second,  and 
the  Niagara  Falls  Power  Company,  whose  legal  limit  is 
8,600  cubic  feet  per  second,  a total  of  16,300.  There  are 
three  Canadian  companies  with  statutory  limits  of  8,900, 

12.000  and  11,200,  or  a total  of  32,100  cubic  feet  per 
second.  The  aggregate  of  all  the  companies  now  operat- 
ing is  thus  48,400  cubic  feet  per  second,  which  represents 
the  amount  of  water  which  may  be  diverted  by  them 
from  the  river  before  it  reaches  the  cataract. 

Besides  these  concerns  actually  in  operation,  is  another 
one,  the  Niagara,  Lockport  and  Ontario  Power  Company, 
which  was  chartered  in  1894,  a condition  of  its  franchise 
being  that  it  must  begin  operations  within  ten  years.  No 
work  was  begun  by  it  prior  to  1904.  In  that  year  it 
appeared  in  Albany  seeking  from  the  Legislature  a new 
charter  with  enlarged  powers  and  extended  time.  The 
Legislature  granted  this,  but  Governor  Odell,  be  it  said 
to  his  credit,  vetoed  the  bill.  The  veto  was  signed  May 
21,  1904.  Six  days  later  the  charter  term  expired.  In 
those  six  days  the  company  dug  a slender  ditch,  in  order 
to  prevent  a lapse  of  charter.  Whether  the  digging  of 
this  ditch  at  the  time  and  in  the  manner  it  was  done 
would  hold  in  the  courts  as  work  begun  in  good  faith 
within  the  intent  of  the  charter,  is  a matter  of  doubt.  The 
same  company  is  before  the  Legislature  again  this  year 
seeking  renewed  privileges.  It  is  said  to  be  backed  by 
powerful  interests,  and  it  is  making  a strong  fight  for 
what  it  wants.  By  the  terms  of  the  old  charter  no  restric- 
tion was  placed  upon  the  amount  of  water  it  might 
abstract  from  the  Niagara  River.  Should  it  succeed  in 
constructing  and  operating  its  projected  works,  the  water 
used  by  it,  Dr.  Clarke  estimates,  will  not  be  less  than 

10.000  cubic  feet  per  second.  This  addition  to  the  con- 
sumption permitted  by  the  other  concerns  already  noted 
will  mean  a total  drain  of  58,400  cubic  feet  per  second. 

The  water  flow  over  the  Falls  was  measured  by  United 
States  engineers  in  1868  and  by  Sir  Casimir  Gzowski  in 
1873,  with  results  varying  from  246,000  cubic  feet  per 
second  (the  latter)  to  a maximum  of  280,000  cubic  feet 
per  second  (the  former).  The  figure  generally  accepted 
by  engineers  is  224,000  cubic  feet  per  second. 

The  river  flows  over  a rock  bottom  on  which  the  strata 
dip  to  the  west;  so  that  the  sill  or  edge  of  the  Falls  is 
ten  feet  higher  on  the  American  than  on  the  Canadian 
side;  and  the  waters  at  the  crest  of  the  American  Falls 
are  ten  feet  shallower.  It  is  the  calculation  of  a compe- 
tent hydraulic  engineer,  taking  the  accepted  volume  of  the 
flow,  the  length  of  the  entire  crest  of  the  Falls  (4,070 
feet),  and  the  difference  in  elevation  of  the  sill  of  the 
Falls,  that  when  the  flow  shall  be  reduced  to  184,000  cubic 
feet  per  second,  or  by  40,000  cubic  feet,  the  water  will  be 
down  to  the  level  of  present  rock  bottom  at  the  edge  of 
the  American  shore.  In  other  words,  when  the  power 
companies  already  chartered  and  in  operation  shall  de- 


velop their  full  legal  privileges,  the  American  Falls  will 
be  but  a weakly,  thin,  white  apron.  When  to  the  water 
consumption  of  these  five  companies  shall  be  added  that 
of  the  Niagara,  Lockport  and  Ontario  Power  Company- 
provided  this  concern  shall  succeed  in  getting  what  it 
asks  of  the  Legislature — the  American  Falls  will  have  be- 
come a thing  of  the  past. 


APRIL. 

The  return  of  spring  brings  with  it  a pleasure  to  all 
mankind.  But  it  is  specially  delightful  to  the  angler  who, 
in  the  weeks  of  anticipation,  has  overhauled  his  fishing 
tackle  betimes,  has  made  sundry  purchases  of  more  by 
way  of  careful  preparation,  and  carefully  noted  the  merg- 
ing of  the  . wintry  days  into  the  balmy  ones  of  spring. 
The  delightful  warmth  of  the  sunshine,  the  fullness  of 
the  streams  from  rains,  thawed  snow  and  ice;  the  green 
tinges  of  the  landscape  denoting  the  reawakening  of 
vegetable  life ; the  earlier  sunrise  and  later  sunset,  are 
signs  of  special  significance  laden  with  gladness  to  the 
angler ; for  do  not  they  denote  that  the  season  of  trout 
fishing  approaches?  That  they  may  also  denote  the 
active  renewal  of  successful  business  activity,  the  angler 
accepts  with  gratification ; but  the  theme  of  business  is 
devoid  of  the  vivacity  and  keen  enthusiasm  displayed  on 
the  theme  of  the  trout  stream.  The  anticipations  con- 
cerning work  and  fishing  are  things  apart,  are  things  for- 
eign, are  things  not  to  be  reconciled.  They  are  as  op- 
posed to  each  other  as  are  pain  and  pleasure. 

April  brings  with  it  a just  recognition  of  the  trout’s 
ascendancy  in  the  accepted  list  of  gamy  goody  things. 
The  trout  now  is  in  season  for  taking,  in  law  and  in 
fact.  It  possesses  many  qualities  deserving  of  the  sports- 
man’s admiration  and  pursuit.  Beautiful  and  erratic,  it 
may  lurk  sullenly,  perdue  perversely  apathetic  to  all  ex- 
ternals that  would  allure;  it  may  coquette  with  the  arti- 
ficial fly  teasingly  yet  safely;  or  it  may  strike  with  fierce 
aggressiveness — a miniature  demon  of  the  waters. 

Probably  the  beauty  and  moods  of  the  capricious  trout 
constitute  the  charm  which  impels  the  true  angler  to 
meander  ever  hopefully  along  the  streams,  casting  his 
fly  with  patience  unceasing;  or,  if  he  be  of  a practical 
and  secretive  cast  of  mind,  then  betimes  suspending  a 
worm  gently  in  the  water  where  the  trout,  with  little 
effort,  may  help  itself  to  worm  and  trouble. 

And  yet,  on  the  negative  side  of  trout  fishing,  there  is 
much  to  regret ; chief  of  which  is  that  the  trout  fishing 
of  the  present  is  not  what  it  was  in  the  days  of  years 
ago  when  there  were  trout  in  the  small  streams  every- 
where, free  to  those  who  would  fish  them.  The  necessi- 
ties of  a denser  population  and  a consequent  more  assert- 
ive claims  to  valuable  property  rights  have  restricted-  to 
the  person  what  was  once  so  free  to  all. 

There  are  many  hundreds  of  good  anglers  to-day  who 
enjoy  trout  fishing  only  in  its  reminiscences,  because  there 
is  no  more  trout  fishing  in  which  they  can  participate 
actually.  Distance  or  proprietorship  excludes  them.  And 
yet  they  manifest  an  enthusiasm  in  the  recountal  of  the 
old  fishing  days  which  they  experienced.  They  hold  a 
high  place  in  the  mind’s  happiest  pictures  of  fields  and 
streams,  and  even  as  mental  pictures  they  mean  much  in 
the  way  of  recurring  happy  moments. 


THE  WILDFOWL  SUPPLY. 

For  a year  or  two  past  a more  or  less  marked  increase 
has  been  noted  in  some  localities  in  the  number  of  water 
fowl  seen  in  the  migration  flights  or  on  the  great  wintering 
grounds  of  the  United  States,  and  this  apparent  increase 
has  furnished  the  spring  shooters  with  an  argument  in 
support  of  their  cause.  They  say,  in  substance,  birds  are 
more  numerous  now  than  they  were  a few  years  ago, 
shooting  has  no*  effect  on  their  numbers  one  way  or -the 
other,  why  then  interfere  with  our  sport  or  our  means 
of  making  a livelihood? 

As  matter  of  fact,  the  greater  number  of  birds  has  been 
noticed  by  observers  who  would  appear  to  be  competent. 
Two  journals  devoted  to  ornithology  have  recently  called 
attention  to  the  very  unusual  number  of  good  ducks 
found  in  certain  waters  in  Maine  and  in  Great  South  Bay 
in  the  autumn  of  1904,  while  at  the  opening  of  the  season 
just  passed  gunners  reported  ducks  much  more  abundant 
than  usual  in  Currituck  Sound. 

Meantime,  the  spring  shooters  continue  to  declare  that 
since  the  ducks  are  increasing,  it  is  u§ejes§  to  give  them  any 


more  protection,  but  they  say  nothing  about  the  cause  of  the 
increase.  This  cause  seems  to  be  found  in  the  fact  that  a 
number  of  the  Northern  States  and  of  the  Provinces  of 
Canada  have  forbidden  spring  shooting.  When,  on  their 
northward  migration,  the  ducks  reach  the  temperate  zones 
where  in  old  times  many  of  them  bred,  their  tendency  is 
to  loiter  there,  and  perhaps  to  nest  and  rear  their  broods. 
This  is  something  that  they  cannot  do  if  spring  shooting 
is  allowed,  for  pursuit  with  a gun  causes  them  at  once  to 
leave  the  country  and  to  hurry  on  to  some  more  distant 
spot  where  they  will  be  free  from  prosecution.  They 
know  that  such  spots  exist,  though  they  may  be  obliged 
to  go  as  far  as  Labrador  or  James  Bay  to  reach  them. 
On  the  other  hand,  breeding  grounds  suited  to  the  fowl 
exist  in  many  places  in  the  northern  tier  of  States  and 
all  through  southern  Canada,  and  will  be  occupied  by 
them  if  they  are  left  undisturbed.  Full  broods  will  be 
raised,  the  local  ducks  in  autumn  will  call  down  other 
birds  passing  on  their  southward  migration,  and  the 
shooting  in  the  fall  will  be  more  than  twice  as  good  as  it 
would  be  either  in  the  spring  or  fall  if  the  birds  did  not 
breed  there. 

In  the  past  there  has  been  no  such  thing  as  the  pro- 
tection of  wildfowl  within  our  borders.  The  earliest 
ducks  came  to  us  the  last  of  August  or  the  first  of 
September,  while  the  latest  to  go  took  their  departure  for 
the  north  in  May  or  June.  Here,  then,  were  eight  or  nine 
months  of  each  year  during  which  the  fowl  were  shot; 
and  whatever  the  laws  which  appeared  on  the  statute 
books,  the  fact  was  that  a duck  was  in  season  whenever 
it  was  within  sight.  With  the  growth  of  the  game 
protective  idea  and  with  the  constantly  increasing  feeling 
that  men  must  practice  some  moderation  if  those  who 
come  after  them  are  to  have  .any  shooting,  has  come  that 
change  of  sentiment  which  shows  itself  in  the  practical 
abolition  of  spring  shooting  in  a dozen  States  and  most 
of  the  Provinces  of  Canada.  It  has  been  well  pointed 
out  that  it  is  absurd  to  cut  the  shooting  season  down  to 
two  or  three  months  on  certain  birds  and  yet  to  afford  no 
protection  whatever  to  the  wildfowl.  It  may  be  confi- 
dently predicted  that  a judicious  reduction  in  the  open 
months  for  wildfowl  shooting  all  over  the  country  would 
result  in  a great  increase  in  the  number  of  fowl ; and  in 
this,  together  with  the  anti-sale  law  now  prevalent  in  so 
many  States,  lies  the  hope  that  some  day  we  may  once 
more  see  the  old-time  hordes  of  the  wildfowl. 

Ever  since  Governor  Hill  dismissed  Fish  Commissioner 
Eugene  G.  Blackford  because  Mr.  Blackford  had  attended 
a Brooklyn  reception  to  a Republican  President,  the  New 
York  Fish  and  Game  Commission  has  been  in  varying 
degree  demoralized  by  politics.  Certain  commissioners — 
as  notoriously  in  the  case  of  Davis — have  been  given 
their  places  for  no  earthly  reason  other  than  that  they 
were  recognized  political  bosses.  The  State’s  interests  in 
fish  and  game  and  forests  have  been  sacrificed  without 
compunction  in  order  to  strengthen  partisan  forces.  Game 
protectors  have  been  put  in  places  and  kept  there  out  of 
political  considerations,  and  like  influences  have  permitted 
in  some  localities  continued  violations  of  the  fish  and 
game  laws  with  immunity.  These  conditions  have  long 
existed ; perhaps  thej?  will  exist  always.  But  if,  as  now 
seems  probable,  Governor  Higgins  is  not  to  reappoint 
Commissioner  Middleton,  but  will  name  another  in  his 
place,  might  it  not  prove  an  interesting  experiment  if  we 
could  have  a head  of  the  commission  named  for  capacity 
and  fitness  to  do  the  work,  and  without  the  slightest  re- 
gard to  political  affiliations  or  partisan  service  ability? 
We  speak  of  such  a course  as  an  experiment.  It  would 
be  an  experiment;  and  an  experiment  well  worth  trying. 
If  the  experiment  should  result  in  improved  fish  and 
game  and  forest  protection,  the  public  interests  would  be 
served,  even  if  party  interests  suffered.  If  it  failed,  the 
failure  would  put  an  end  to  the  harping  of  those  theorists 
who  argue  that  politics  and  game  and  fish  and  forest  pro- 
tection should  be  divorced. 

K 

It  happened  in  New  Jersey  last  Sunday  afternoon  in 
this  way : A sixteen-year-old  boy  and  a fourteen-year-old 
girl  were  visiting  at  the  house  of  a friend ; the  boy  picked 
up  a rifle  and  playfully  aimed  it  at  the  girl  and  pulled 
the  trigger.  The  rifle  was  loaded.  The  girl  died.  The 
coroner  said  it  was  a case  of  pure  accident,  no  one  was 
to  blame.  What  about  the  owner  of  the  loaded  rifle  who 
left  it  where  foolish  visitors  could  get  at  it? 


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'{Afrit..  8,  1905. 


“Denmark.” 

______  'I ’I  ’ H ’ 

A Story  of  Ambition,  Pluck  and  Well  Deserved  Success. 

For  many  years  the  writer  has  known  the  subject 
of  this  article  as  one  of  the  most  reputable  and  effi- 
cient guides  in  the  Adirondacks.  But  not  until  last 
summer  was  the  interesting  story  of  his  life  secured. 
As  told  by  himself,  it  is  as  follows:  A native  of  Den- 
mark and  wishing  to  improve  his  condition,  he  came 
to  America  in  1883  when  twenty-seven  years  old.  He 
landed  with  sixtv-four  cents  in  his  pocket  and  only 
three  English  words  on  his  tongue:  “Yes,”  “no,”  and 
“potatoes.”  He  soon  hired  out  to  a farmer  in  Rox- 
bury,  Vt.,  where  he  worked  one  month.  But  he  “did 
not  like  it”  and  left.  Then  a man  loaned  him  money 
to  go  and  seek  work  at  Port  Henry,  N.  Y.  He 
promised,  “Me  pay  when  work.”  He  went  to  the  Cedar 
Iron  Works  at  Port  Henry  and  looked  around.  Mr. 
Foote,  an  official,  saw  him  and  asked,  “What  do  you 
want — work?”  “Yes  me  work.”  Taking  in  the  situa- 
tion at  a glance,  Foote  took  the  Dane  to  his  mother’s 
house  and  fed  him  on  bread  and  milk.  “It  was  the 
sweetest  meal  I ever  ate,”  he  said  in  describing  it. 
Then  Foote  pointed  to  six  o’clock  on  a watchdial, 
then  to  the  smoke  stack  at  the  iron  works,  and  said, 
“boo-o-o-o-h,”  and  Denmark  knew  he  was  to  go  to 
work  when  the  whistle  blew  at  six  o’clock  the  next 
morning. 

He  worked  four  days  at  $1.40  per  day  and  then  was 
promoted  to  receive  $2  per  day.  But  he  did  not  know 
it,  as  he  drew  no  pay  till  the  end  of  the  month.  On 
pay  day  he  received  two  envelopes.  One  contained 
pay  for  the  first  four  days’  work — the  second  a $20 
bill.  He  said,  “No,  too  much!”  but  was  satisfied  with 
the  explanation.  The  next  step  was  to  settle  for  his 
board.  His  landlady  charged  him  $18  a month.  He 
thought  it  too  much  for  what  was  furnished,  and 
changed  to  a boarding-house  at  $20  a month.  “The 
Dane,”  as  everyone  called  him,  was  on  the  road  to 
fortune.  But  in  about  two  months  the  iron  works 
closed,  and  seven  hundred  men  were  thrown  out  of 
employment.  “The  Dane”  had  paid  back  the  money 
borrowed  at  Roxbury,  had  sent  his  father  $25,  and 
now  had  $72  in  his  pocket.  He  could  live  until  work 
came.  But  his  money  was  stolen.  Now  he  must  move 
quickly.  Two  offers  of  work  came.  One  on  the 
Canadian  Pacific  Railroad,  the  other  in  the  lumber 
woods  of  Essex  Co.,  N.  Y.  He  went  there.  Eighteen 
men  were  on  the  job.  A month  passed,  the  foreman 
drew  the  pay  for  all,  and  ran  away.  The  men  were 
angry  and  wanted  to  kill  the  stock,  a cow,  a pig,  and 
a horse.  But  “The  Dane”  seized  an  old  gun,  presented 
it  at  the  men,  and  said,  “No,  no,  me  bang!”  His  sense 
of  honor  and  prompt  courage  saved  the  stock.  All 
the  other  men  left,  but  he  stayed  and  fed  the  stock. 
After  several  days  a man  came  into  the  woods  with 
a load  of  supplies.  Seeing  the  Dane  he  asked,  “What 
are  you  doing?”  Denmark  could  not  name  the  ani- 
mals and  so  replied,  “Me  feed  ugh”— giving  a grunt 
as  nearly  like  a pig’s  as  he  could.  The  man  said,  “If 
you  will  work  for  me,  I will  see  that  you  are  paid.” 
The  bargain  was  closed  on  the  spot.  In  the  spring 
he  had  earned  and  received  over  $300.  Then  came  the 
usual  “river-driving”  and  “The  Dane,”  wishing  to  be 
a full-fledged  lumberman,  engaged.  But  “a  jam”  of 
logs  was  his  undoing.  Caught  between  logs  as  the 
“jam”  suddenly  gave  way,  some  of  his  ribs  were 
broken,  he  was  otherwise  severely  injured,  and  was 
taken  out  of  the  water  seemingly  more  dead  than  alive. 
He  was  carried  out  of  the  woods  to  a country  tavern. 
Between  the  tavernkeeper  and  the  doctor  his  money 
was  soon  gone  by  charges  akin  to  robbery.  Then  he 
was  put  out,  but  a “good  Samaritan”  living  near  took 
him  in  and  cared  for  him  until  recovery  was  complete. 
Then  he  went  into  the  lumber  woods  again.  Gradually 
acquiring  forest  lore,  he  at  length  went  to  Long  Lake. 
Standing  near  the  water  one  day,  he  was  seen  by  a 
party  of  newly  arrived  sportsmen,  and  one  of  them 
asked  him,  “Can  you  take  a trunk  to  my  camp?”  “Yes, 
me  take  two  trunks.”  Reaching  camp  with  the  bag- 
gage he  watched  the  newcomers  preparing  supper. 

They  had  used  saleratus  instead  of  baking  powder 
for  flapjacks,  and  the  result  set  the  Dane  to  laughing. 
“Can  you  do  better?”  was  demanded  of  him.  “Yes,” 
he  said,  and  did  it.  He  was  promptly  engaged  as 
cook  for  the  party,  and  when  fortune  did  not  smile 
upon  the  hunters,  was  asked  if  he  could  take  a dog 
and  run  a deer'  into  the  lake  for  them.  In  that  region 
he  had  not  been  twenty  rods  from  the  road,  but  he 
was  “woodwise”  and  immediately  told  the  hunters  he 
could  do  it.  His  first  effort  brought  them  a big  buck; 
this  was  followed  by  other  successful  efforts,  and  so 
began  his  “guiding.”  Then  he  served  Rev.  Dr.  Duryea 
and  party  as  guide,  and  at  the  end  of  the  season 
he  bought  a boat  for  $32  which  he  rented  for  $60  the 
next  season.  This  put  him  on  a new  track.  He  bought 
other  boats  and  rented  them  at  good  profit.  Saving 
his  money,  he  soon  owned  all  the  boats  in  service  at 
one  of  the  Long  Lake  hotels.  Suddenly  the  hotel 
was  burned  and  all  his  boats  with  it.  Again  he  had 
lost  everything  but  his  magnificent  strength  and 
courage.  He  resumed  “guiding”  and  served  in  that 
capacity  for  some  years  on  the  private  preserve  at 
Brandreth’s  Lake.  As  always  he  saved  his  money,  and 
at  length  felt  warranted  in  seeking  a Jlefqrp  the 


marriage  took  place,  his  fiance  died.  Grief  prostrated 
the  Dane  in  serious  illness,  and  again  nearly  all  his 
earnings  were  swept  away.  Recovery  was  followed  by 
renewed  effort  and  accustomed  success  in  his  calling 
as  guide. 

He  finally  bought  a farm  about  three  miles  from 
Blue  Mt.  Lake,  where  he  lives,  comfortable  and  re- 
spected, dividing  his  time  between  the  farm,  guiding, 
and  the  duties  of  public  office  to  which  his  townsmen 
elected  him.  He  is  trusted  everywhere,  and  has  guided 
some  of  the  most  wealthy  and  prominent  Adirondack 
sportsmen.  “In  season”  he  is  usually  busy  with  old 
patroiis^-often  engaged  months  in  advance — and  last 
year  refused  an  offer  of  $600  and  expenses  for  a six 
months’  trip  to  Newfoundland,  in  order  that  he 
might  keep  faith  in  a previous  engagement  for  only 
six  weeks.  Such  honor  is  above  commercialism.  He 
is  thoroughly  Americanized,  having  no  desire  to  re- 
turn to  his  native  country,  though  proudly  wearing 
among  his  ^friends  and  . correspondents  the  cognomen, 
Denmark.’  His  manliness,  energy  and  perseverance, 
have  earned  success  and  appreciation.  Such  men  are 
welcome  from  any  country,  and  make  good  citizens 
anywhere.  His  career  presents  the  same  fundamentals 
of  character  as  have  made  other  Norsemen  with  better 
opportunities  conspicious  before  the  world  as  its 
servants  and  benefactors.  All  honor  to  Nansen  and 
Finsen  and  other  heroes  of  achievement  against  great 
odds.  But  likewise  honor  to  all  those  of  every  nation 
who  in  the  humbler  walks  of  life,  without  the  en- 
couragement of  public  knowledge  and  approval,  but 
with  relatively  great  odds  and  equal  heroism,  achieve 
success.  Juvenal. 


The  Last  of  the  Eagles. 

He  lay  dying  on  a cliff  of  the  great  canon.  His  wintr 
was  broken  and  his  breast  torn  by  a pitiless  rifle  ball  It 
happened  miles  away,  but  he  had  reached  his  old  cliff 
home,  a thousand  feet  above  the  river  and  as  many  below 
the  top  of  the  cliff.  How  many  hours  in  his  long  life  he 
had  sat  on  this  perch  watching  the  dashing  water  below, 
the  blue  sky  above.  How  many  changes  he  had  witnessed. 
He  was  more  than  a hundred  years  old— a hundred  and 
fifty,  perhaps — and  he  remembered  when  the  forests  were 
primeval  and  the  buffaloes  in  great  herds  grazed  in  the 
valleys  and  wild  horses  dashed  over  the  plains;  he  re- 
membered the  mountain  goat,  leaping  from  cliff  to  cliff 
in  wild  joy.  A thousand  other  things  he  remembered; 
among  them,  many  years  ago,  seeing  a man  who  hunted 
not  with  the  bow  and  arrow,  but  with  a terrible  instru- 
ment like  the  thunder  bolt  that  killed  a long  way  off.  One 
of  his  friends  went  too  near,  thinking  it  a bow  and  arrow, 
and  was  killed.  He  had  seen  many  killed  since  in  the 
same  way,  and  he  had  learned  to  keep  at  a long  distance. 
He  had  been  fired  at  a good  many  times,  but  had  laughed 
at  the  hunter  and  scorned  his  lightning. 

At  first  all  this  was  play  to  him— the  play  of  a daring 
spirit— watching  the  ball  as  it  sped  toward  him,  but 
slowed  down,  and  at  the  last  went  underneath  his  perch. 
Underneath  this  old  perch  were  a.  thousand  marks  of 
bullets  fired  at  him  as  he  sat  upon  it;  and  how  he  had 
been  amused  by  it  all ! 

But  these  bullets  gradually  came  nearer,  and  one  day 
a ball  struck  the  perch  on  which  he  sat.  This  man’s  light- 
ning was  getting  stronger.  Many  more  of  his  comrades 
had  gone  too  near  and  were  dead.  He,  wise  old  fellow, 
cautiously  held  aloof,  lengthened  his  distance  between 
himself  and  the  man  with'  the  strange  thunderbolt,  and 
lived  on;  but  it  was  getting  lonely  now,  all  those  who 
started  out  with  him — and  these  cliffs  were  alive  with 
them— were  gone,  fallen  before  this  ruthless  piece  of 
thunder  wielded  by.  a man.  And  so  many  of  those  born 
later  had  fallen,  too;  and  now  for  several  years  as  he 
sailed  up  and  down  the  Canon  or  soared  above  the  moun- 
tain peaks,  he  had  had  no  companion.  He  was  alone. 

Who  had  killed  all  his  companions?  That  man  who 
somehow  had  control  of  the  lightning.  What  did  he  want 
to  kill  all  his  friends  for?  Why,  now,  was  he  trying  to 
kill  him?  Was  it  just  because  he  could?  A new  power 
had  come  to  him,  and  he  could  kill  at  long  range,  and  so 
he  killed.  What  was  he  getting  out  of  all  this  killing? 
The  simple  satisfaction  of  killing;  and  if  he  only  knew 
more,  if  he  only  would  lay  aside  that  instrument  of  death 
and  come  nearer,  as  somehow  he  might,  and  instead  of 
studying  a dead  eagle,  listen  to  the  secrets  of  a live  one, 
he  might  one  day  hear  a story  that  would  be  worth  more 
to  him  than  all  the  thunderbolts  of  all  the  clouds;  he 
might  receive . a secret  that  he  would  give  a thousand 
times  as  much  for  as  he  had  given  for  his  lightning.  With 
this  instrument,  cunning  as  it  was,  he  could  only  kill; 
with  the  secret  in  the  heart  of  the  old,  dying  eagle,  he 
would  be  the  master  of  life.  He  remembered  also  that 
in  a far  off  land  in  the  distant  past  he  had  seen  these  men 
killing  one  another  with  this  same  instrument.  These 
men  could  only  kill.  He,,  the  eagle,  could  tell  them  how 
to  make  alive,  or  how  to  live  long.  Once  he  sat  on  a tree 
top  and  talked  a few  minutes  with  his  old  friend  the 
buffalo,  wounded  and  dying.  He  was  the  last  of  his  race, 
he  said — and  the  eagle  had  seen  none  since- — and  the  buf- 
falo- had  told  him  that  he  knew  some  things  that  men 
did  not,  but  that  they  wanted  to  know  terribly;  and  there 
had  been  times,  he  said,  when  he  had  hoped  to  show  men 
this  marvelous  secret  of  strength  and  virility,  but  man 
nqve|-  ajlgryed  him  to  come  near.  The  minute  he  ap- 


proached their  camp,  out  came  those  thunderbolts,  and 
then  a run  for  life.  Now  this  buffalo  was  dying,  the  last 
of  his.  race,  because  he  had  ventured  too  near  a man’s 
camp  in  the  desperate  hope  that  he  might  be  allowed  to 
tell  him  the  great  secret  he  longed  for,  and  held  now 
only  by  the  buffalo-  himself.  But  the  shot  came  instead 
of  the  communion,  and  the  animal  Must  garry  his  secret 
out  of  the  world  with  hint. 

The  bald  eagle  held  the  secret,  of  long  life,  and  all  ids 
days  he  had  sought  an  opportunity  to  communicate  it  to 
this  man.  He  had  lived  150  years;  there  was  rto-  feaSoti 
why  he  should  not  have  lived  as  many  more,  but  for  this 
pitiless  rifle  ball.  And  in  that  time  who  knows  but  that 
he  might  have  told  his  secret  to  men?  Even  now,  could 
he  only  do-  so,  he  would  make  it  known.  But  between 
him  and  man  there  was  a great,  an  awful  gulf.  He  had 
no  way  to  cross  it. 

Now  he  lay  down  on  his  old  perch  with  broken  wing 
and  tern  breast,  dying.  The  secret  ot  long  life  that  should 
have  been  man’s,  but  that  could  be  his  only  as  the  eagle 
communicated  it  to  him,  must  die  with  him.  The  solace, 
the  comfort  it  would  have  brought,  the  pain  it  would 
have  relieved,  the  heartache  it  might  have  swept  away— 
all  these  now  lost  to-  man,  and  lost  forever.  And  the 
eagle  was  sad ; not  to  die,  for  it  was  too  lonely  now  to 
live  any  longer;  but  that  he  could  not  make  known  his 
great  secret.  Had  he  lived  for  naught? 

The  shadows  had  long  since  crept  into  the  canon,  and, 
save  a gleam  of  light  here  and  there  from  the  moon,  the 
old  eagle  was  in  darkness;  and  for  the  first  time  in  his 
life  he  was  cold,  and  he  knew  that  the  end  was  near. 
With  great  pain,  for  it  hurt  him  to  move,  he  turned  on 
his  perch,  where,  the  instant  he  rose  above  the  eastern 
peaks  he  could  see  the  rising  sun,  and  composed  himself 
to  die.  Then,  in  a flash  the  light  shot  athwart  the  eanoii, 
and  opening  his  eyes  he  gazed  long  and  tenderly  oh  the 
old  sun;  then  his  head  drooped  and  his  spirit,  on  the 
morning  sunbeams,  with  its  untold  secret,  went  out  into 
the  light,  and  his  tribe  passed  on. 

Joseph  Woodbury  Strout. 


A Midnight  Mystery* 

In  the  summer  of  ’81,  two-  other  men  and  I bought  a 
sloop  of  five  tons  capacity,  stocked  her  with  provisions 
and  tools,  and  started  to  hunt  sea  otter  on  the  Alaskan 
coast.  After  about  two  weeks  we  got  up  as  high  as  Queen 
Charlotte  Island,  and  I began  to  find  the  sloop  rather 
small,  with  far  too  little  elbow  room  for  three  men  of 
our  size,  so  I parted  with  my  interest  in  the  venture  and 
took  the  steamer  Otter  back  to  Victoria — the  mate  to  the 
steamer,  by  the  way,  which  now  lies  rotting  on  the  beach 
in  Burrard  Inlet  Narrows,  the  old  Beaver,  the  first  steamer 
that  ever  plied  along  the  coast.  After  I got  to  Victoria  I 
loaded  a canoe  with  tools  and  supplies  and  started  for 
Jonhnson’s  Straits  to  spend  the  rest  of  the  summer  hand 
logging. 

This  industry  was  at  one  time  quite  profitable,  but  a 
man  needed  nearly  five  hundred  dollars’  worth  of  tools 
and  as  much  worth  of  provisions  for  an  outfit,  and  be- 
sides he  needed  to  know  the  trade,  for  if  a man  started 
in  and  cut  off  the  timber  near  the  water  first,  he  could 
never  shoot  the  back  timber  down  through  the  old  tops. 
The  way  to  do  was  to  get  two  jack  screws  of  the  three- 
legged  kind  made  on  purpose  for  this  use,  axes,  barking 
irons,  saws  and  chopping  boards  with  steel  plates  on  the 
end  to  notch  into  the  body  of  the  tree  and  stand  on  while 
you  cut  the  tree  down  rather  high  to  keep  above  the  butt, 
where  the  wood  is  wind-shaken  and  pitchy;  then  you 
needed  a square. to  tell  how  your  tree  was  to  fall.  This 
square  is  made  like  a T,  and  when  you  begin  the  “scurf,” 
or  notch,  you  cut-  to-  fell  the  tree,  you  put  the  crosspiece 
in  and  sight  along  the  stem  to  see  where  the  stick  will 
drop.  Of  course  our  hand  logging  was  done  on  steep 
ground  near  the  water,  where  the  logs  could  be  floated 
and  rafted  down  to  mill. 

After  you  select  your  claim,  you  go  back  to  the 
farthest  point  that  it  will  pay  to  cut  to  begin  work.  Then 
for  getting  out  logs,  the  first  thing  to  be  done  is  to  fell 
your  bedding;  that  is,  to  cut  a lot  of  small  trees,  say 
from  a foot  to  two-  feet  through,  so  as  to  lie  crosswise 
on  the  spot  where  your  timber  will  fall;  then  you  cut  a 
notch  for  the  chopping  board  and  begin  the  front  scurf  on 
the  tree,  using  the  square  to  find  exactly  where  it  will 
fall.  After  that  you  put  a chopping  board  in  for  the 
back  cut,  cutting  the  trees  (which  are  for  the  most  part 
Douglas  firs  from  four  to  eight  feet -through)  at  a height 
of  from  ten  to  twelve  feet  from  the  ground.  Then  when 
the  tree  is  felled  you  bark  it.  When  the  sap  is  running  in 
spring  and  summer  you  can  easily  do  this  with  a barking 
iron,  which  is  a steel  bar  about  40  inches  long,  of  or 

inch  steel,  ro-unded  and  flattened  at  the  end.  This  you 
jam  through  the  bark  and  can  then  pry  it  off,  using  the 
tool  something  like  a crowbar.  If  the  sap  has  finished 
running,  you  must  chop  the  bark  all  off  with  the  ax,  and 
it  is  a long,  slow  job. 

You  now  top  off  the  timber;  that  is,  chop  off  the  top  at 
the  first  limbs,  say  from  80  to  100  feet  from  the  ground, 
so  as  to  leave  all  clear  lumber.  Then  the  log  is  sniped; 
that  is,  the  point  is  tapered  off,  slightly  rounding  like  an 
egg.  Now  the  log  lies  on  its  bedding,  free  from  bark  ex- 
cept on  the  under  side.  The  jackscrew  is  then  set  on  one 
of  the  skids  of  the  bedding  and  the  log  is  notched  to  take 
the  head  of  the  screw.  If  the  log  be  on  pretty  steep 
ground,  you  must  put  in  a “Sampson,”  of  which  there  are 


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jtwo  kinds.  This  kind  is  a stout  stick,  one  end  of  which 
gis  set  against  a stump  or  rock,  while  the  other  end  slants 
up  to  a notch  in  the  log.  The  log  is  then  raised  slightly, 

1 rolled  up  against  the  “Sampson”  by  the  jackscrew,  and 
ithe  barking  completed.  You  now  cut  the  “Sampson,” 
ilwhich  bends  with  the  weight  of  the  log,  and  the  log  starts 
/down.  One  must  be  careful  in  cutting  the  “Sampson” 
to  get  on  the  hollow  side  of  its  curve,  or  there  may  be 
[some  danger.  This  process  of  rolling  also'  lifts  the  log 
1 to  one  side  of  the  top  chopped  off  and  gives  a free  way. 
'If  the  log  is  not  on  steep  ground,  it  is  barked  below  by 
rsimply  rolling  it  with  the  screw;  then  you  set  a “Samp- 
son” of  the  other  kind — that  is,  a block  of  wood  a foot 
;i  ong  and  four  inches  through — on  a skid  on  the  side  op- 
posite the  jackscrew.  The  log  is  now  raised  by  a rolling 
notion  on  to  the  short  “Sampson”  placed  rather  near  the 
■putt,  and  the  log  will  start,  provided  the  point  be  raised 
litrom  the  ground  on  a skid.  However,  the  “Sampson” 
■ought  not  to  be  placed  too  near  the  butt  for  this,  which 
-„s  called  pushing  a log,  as  it  does  not  work  well,  because 
he  log  does  not  get  far  enough  to  jump  forward. 

1 The  log  now  starts  on  its  journey  to  water,  a distance 
jiometimes  of  six  or  eight  hundred  yards,  and  usually  it 
r.:Iears  the  ground  at  high  speed.  If  the  start,  however,  is 
tad,  the  point  may  stick  in  some  knoll  and  have  to  be 
I'ackscrewed  and  skidded  out,  but  with  a good  send-off, 
he.  log  will  plow  through  knolls,  split  big  cedars  from 
ground  to  top,  if  it  hits  them  fair,  glance  from  the 
rrunks  of  the  stronger  firs,  and  only  be  brought  up  by  a 
>ig  rock  or  occasionally  by  a large  mass  of  down  timber, 
vi  order  to  miss  big  obstacles  of  this  kind,  a long 
/‘Sampson”  is  sometimes  set  before  starting  the  log  in 
ine  side  near  the  point  and  used  as  a fulcrum  while  ihe 
iackscrew  is  used  to  swing  the  butt  till  the  trunk  has  the 
tight  direction. 

j When  your  log  strikes  deep  water,  it  goes  clear  out  of 
tight;  then  it  comes  back  on  the  same  slant  and  shoots 
two-thirds  of  its  length  out  of  water.  All  you  have  to  do 
then  is  to  clamp  on  to  the  log  and  tow  it  to  your  boom, 
where  you  saw  off  the  “snipe”  on  the  point  square  and 
ie  the  log  up  with  the  others.  But  if  the  water  is_  shal- 
low near  the  edge,  and  the  log  sticks  with  its  point  in  the 
bottom  and  its  butt  on  the  bank,  then  you  have  to  put  a 
jurop  in  the  middle,  cut  a deep  notch  on  the  top  of  the  log 
;elow  and  near  the  prop,  undercut  the  log  just  above  the 
|nrop  with  a saw,  and  knock  the  prop  out.  The  log  then 
breaks  in  two  of  its  own  weight,  and  each  end  can  be 
• hoved  into  the  water. 

; Two  good  men  hand  logging  can  get  out  two  sticks 
four  feet  through  and  a hundred  feet  long  every  day  in 
i;ood  ground  if  they  work  hard  and  all  goes  well. 

I must  also  explain  the  use  of  “fore  and  afters.”  These 
re  two  parallel  skids  laid  close  together,  notched  and 
held  in  place  by  a crosspiece  below,  barked  and  sometimes 
V, Teased.  They  are  used  to  slide  up  the  point  of  a long 
og  when  a big  windfall  bars  the  way  at  the  start.  This 
s cheaper  and  quicker  than  cutting  the  windfall  away. 

Well,  two  other  men  and  I were  hand  logging  in  John- 
on’s  Straits,  and  we  had  brought  with  us  two  barrels 
if  corn  beef.  Before  we  knew  it  the  beef  had  spoiled, 
nd  we  had  to  throw  it  out  on  the  beach.  The  exact 
:lace  where  we  were  was  on  Vancouver  Island,  at  Small- 
ox  Bay,  so  named  because  some  300  Haida  Indians  had 
[tied  there  of  smallpox.  We  saw  the  piles  of  unburied 
I kulls  and  bones  of  the  Indians  still  lying  about,  and 
dcnew  that  the  place  had  earned  its  name.  Wolves  were 
r/ery  plentiful  around  there,  and  came  in  crowds  to  eat 
he  beef  we  had  thrown  away. 

( Outside  the  door  of  our  cabin  stood  a five-gallon  can 
|if  dogfish  oil  tried  out  from  dogfish  livers,  which  we 
used  for  greasing  our  jackscrews. 

( One  night  after  we  had  all  gone  to  sleep,  I woke  up 
l.nd  heard  a noise  of  licking.  The  others  woke  up  and 
neard  it,  too.  We  talked  in  whispers  about  what  it  was. 
We  all  thought  of  wolves  at  once,  for  these  animals  like 
grease,  and  the  bears  will  even  lick  the  grease  off  the 
Skids.  Lick,  lick,  lick  went  the  noise,  just  as  if  a hungry 
longue  were  lapping  around  our  can  of  fish  oil.  My  gun 
nung  above  my  bed.  I took  it  down  without  making  any 
iioise,  and  crept  on  tip-toe  to  the  door.  I got  my  gun 
good  and  ready,  threw  open  the  door  quickly,  and  peered 
■hrough  the  darkness,  with  my  finger  on  the  trigger,  but 
1 could  not  see  a thing. 

Then  I began  to  feel  a little  queer.  It  may  be  I was  a 
rifle  scared.  But  just  then  the  noise  began  again,  and 
I saw  it  came  from  the  water  bucket.  There  was  nothing 
1 round  the  water  bucket,  either;  but  I had  pulled  myself 
ogether  by  that  time,  and  stepped  up  to  the  bucket  and 
ooked  in,  and  there  was  a big  toad  in  the  water  trying  to 
et  out,  and  scraping  the  sides  of  the  bucket  with  his  feet 
t every  jump.  R.  V.  Griffin. 

: Okanagan,  Washington. 

1 In  one  of  my  nests  was  an  ant,  which  had  come  into  the  world 
ji’ithout  antennae.  Never  having  previously  met  with  such  a case, 
s'  watched  her  with  great  interest,  but  she  never  appeared  to  leave 
He  nest.  At  length,  one  day,  I found  her  wanderings  about  in  an 
,'imless  sort  of  manner,  apparently  not  knowing  her  way  at  all. 
ifter  a while  she  fell  in  with  some  ants  of  another  species,  who 
irectly  attacked  her.  I at  once  set  myself  to  separate  them,  but, 
hether  owing  to  the  wounds  she  had  received  from  her  enemies, 

1 r to  my  rough,  though  well  meant  handling,  or  both,  she  was 
vidently  much  wounded,  and  lay  helplessly  on  the  ground.  After 
dome  time  another  ant  from  the  same  nest  came  by.  She  ex- 
mined  the  poor  sufferer  carefully,  then  picked  her  up  and  car- 
led  her  away  into  the  nest.  It  would  have  been  difficult  for  any 
ne  who  had  witnessed  the  scene  to  have  denied  to  this  ant  the 
ossession  of  humane  feelings.  In  face  of  such  facts  as  these,  it 
(1  impossible  to  regard  ants  as  mere  exquisite  automatons.  When 
■e  see  an  ant-hill,  tenanted  by  thousands  of  industrious  inhabi- 
ints,  excavating  chambers,  forming  tunnels,  making  roads,  guard- 
lg  their  home,  gathering  their  domestic  animals— each  one  fulfill- 
ig  their  home,  gathering  food,  feeding  the  young,  tending  their 
1 omestic  animals— each  one  fulfilling  its  duties  industriously  and 
•ithout  confusion— it  is  difficult  altogether  to  deny  them  the  gift 
f reason;  and  the  preceding  observations  tend  to  confirm  the 
Opinion  that  their  mental  powers  differ  from  those  of  men  not  so 
; iuch  in  kind  as  in  degree.— Lord  Avebury. 

Ilhamp  Clark,  of  Missouri,  was  addressing  the  House  of  Rep- 
entatives  on  one  occasion,  when  a rash  member  interrupted  him 
:h  some  frivolous  comment.  Mr.  Clark  fairly  shriveled  up  the 
n who  had  “butted  in,”  winding  up  his  scorification  in  this 
y:  “Mr.  Chairman,  there  was  once  a tenderfoot  who  struck  the 
zzly  region  looking  for  bear.  He  was  all  gotten  up  in  the 
est  hunting  garb  and  his  weapons  were  the  newest  that  could  be 
talned.  He  had  come  to  show  the  West  how  to  kill  grizzlies. 

: went  forth  one  morning  and  never  came  back;  and  over  his  re- 
ins they  raised  a stone  which  bore  this  epitaph,  ‘He  whistled 
the  grizzly  and  the  grizzly  came.’  ’’—Brooklyn  Eagle. 


“What  makes  your  little  boy  swear  so?”  “Bad  associations— 
ic  works  in  a parrot  store.”— Cleveland  Leader. 


Father  De  Smet,  Black  Robe. 

For  more  than  four  hundred  years  the  Roman 
Catholic  Church  has  been  striving  to  convert  the 
heathen  of  North  America,  and  for  about  three  hun- 
dred the  members  of  the  Society  of  Jesus  have  taken 
an  important  part  in  this  work.  The  devotion  to 
duty  shown  by  these  priests  has  excited  the  admiration 
of  all  students  of  American  history,  and  furnished  a 
fruitful  theme  for  many  a writer.  Chief  among  such 
historians  was  Parkman,  who,  though  recognizing  that 
the  Jesuits  were  men  subject  to  the  same  infirmities 
which  weaken  us  all,  yet  declared  “that  the  Society  of 
Jesus  has  numbered  among  its  members  men  whose 
fervent  and  exalted  natures  have  been  intensified  with- 
out being  abased  by  the  pressure  to  which  they  have 
been  subjected.”  The  labors  of  the  Jesuits  are  not  yet 
ended,  and  to-day  in  many  a region  of  the  farther  West, 
as  elsewhere,  noble  men  are  devoting  their  lives  to 
this  work  of  instructing  and  christianizing  the  savage. 

Of  the  Jesuits  who  have  given  their  lives  to  this 
work  none — among  modern  missionaries — is  more 
famous  than  Father  P.  J.  De  Smet,  whose  labors 
among  the  western  tribes  lasted  over  thirty  years, 
from  1838  until  about  1870.  During  all  these  years 
he  was  traveling  backward  and  forward  between  the 
Missouri  River  and  the  Pacific  Coast  constantly  among 
Indians,  whose  temper  was  always  uncertain,  who  were 
ever  at  war  with  each  other,  or  with  the  white  man; 
and  in  this  wide  region  he  was  better  known  than  any 
priest  who  has  ever  been  through  it.  His  energy  was 
indefatigable,  and  his  brave  spirit  carried  him  through 
every  danger,  difficulty  and  hardship.  Of  him  it  might 
be  said,  as  was  written  of  others:  “The  blazing  sun  of 
summer  poured  down  upon  them  its  withering  heat; 
they  did  not  blench.  The  frosts  and  snows  of  winter 
chilled  them;  they  pushed  on.  The  sky-reaching  moun- 
tains barred  their  progress;  they  surmounted  them. 
Floods  stood  in  their  way;  they  crossed  them.  Pain- 
fully, slowly,  on  foot  through  an  unknown  country,  in 
perils  of  waters,  in  perils  by  the  heathen,  in  perils  in 
the  wilderness,  in  weariness  and  painfulness,  in  watch- 
ings often,  in  hunger  and  thirst,  in  fastings  often,  in 
cold  and  nakedness,  they  held  their  steadfast  way.  No 
danger  daunted  them,  no  difficulty  turned  them  back. 
Death  did  not  stop  their  march.  If  one  faltered,  and 
stumbled  and  fell,  another  stepped  calmly  forward  and 
took  his  place.” 

In  four  handsome  volumes,  which  have  recently  been 
published  by  Francis  P.  Harper,  of  New  York,  Major 
Hiram  Martin  Chittenden  and  Mr.  Alfred  T.  Richard- 
son have  told  the  story  of  Father  De  Smet’s  life,  his 
travels,  his  missionary  labors  and  adventures  among  the 
Indians  and  a vast  amount  of  interesting  information 
drawn  from  his  observations  during  all  his  years  of 
travel  through  the  western  country.  Father  De  Smet 
was  a prolific  writer,  and  sent  in  to  his  superiors 
in  the  Church  frequent  accounts  of  where  he  had  been 
and  what  he  had  seen  and  done.  All  this  material,  to- 
gether with  his  unpublished  journals  and  letter  books, 
have  been  at  the  command  of  the  editors,  who  have 
added  to  them  many  historical,  geographical,  ethno- 
logical and  other  notes.  The  four  volumes  constitute 
a great  work  of  over  1,600  pages  with  many  illustrations. 

It  is  perhaps  not  too  much  to  say  that  no  man,  who 
has  left  behind  him  any  written  record,  ever  traveled 
so  much  or  so  long  through  western  America,  or  saw 
so  many  Indians.  And  of  these  travels.  Father  De 
Smet  has  given  a full  record,  which  abounds  in  in- 
formation about  the  natives  of  the  region.  The  con- 
tribution to  knowledge  of  the  old  habits,  and  especially 
of  the  ways  of  thought  of  the  primitive  Indians,  is  most 
interesting  and  valuable,  and  the  whole  work  is  one 
which  must  be  read  by  every  one  who  is  interested  in 
the  early  West. 

For  two  years  Father  De  Smet  labored  with . the 
Pottawatomies,  near  Council  Bluffs,  but  in  the  early 
part  of  the  spring  of  the  year  1840,  he  was  sent  by  the 
Bishop  of  Missouri  on  an  exploring  expedition  to  the 
Rocky  Mountains,  in  order  to  ascertain  the  dispositions 
of  the  Indians,  and  the  prospect  of  success  if  the 
Jesuits  were  to  establish  a mission  among  them.  With 
the  annual  expedition  of  the  American  Fur  Company, 
under  Captain  Dripps,  Father  De  Smet  left  West- 
port,  Mo.,  on  the  30th  of  April  for  the  rendezvous  ap- 
pointed for  that  summer  on  Green  River.  As  they 
traveled  westward,  a number  of  tribes  of  Indians 
were  met  with — Cheyennes,  Flatheads,  Pends  d’Oreilles 
and  Crows— and  at  length,  after  a long  round,  Father 
De  Smet  brought  up  at  Fort  Union,  at  the  mouth  of 
the  Yellowstone,  where  James  Kipp  was  then  in  charge. 

In  the  light  of  subsequent  events  it  is  interesting  to 
read  the  observations  and  predictions  of  the  good 
priest  about  this  region  now  so  populous  and  fertile. 
“Along  the  banks  of  the  river,”  he  says,  “vast  plains 
extend,  where  we  saw,  from  time  to  time,  innumerable 
herds  of  wild  antelopes.  Further  on  we  met  with  a 
quantity  of  buffaloes’  skulls  and  bones,  regularly  ar- 
ranged'in  a semi-circular  form,  and  painted  in  different 
colors.  It  was  a monument  raised  by  superstition,  for 
the  Pawnees  never  undertake  an  expedition  against  the 
savages  who  may  be  hostile  to  their  tribe,  or  against 
the  wild  beasts  of  the  forest,  without  commencing  the 
chase,  or  war,  by  some  religious  ceremony,  performed 
amid  these  heaps  of  bones.  At  the  sight  of  them  our 
huntsmen  raised  a cry  of  joy;  they  well  knew  that  the 
plain  of  the  buffaloes  was  not  far  off,  and  they  ex- 
pressed by  these  shouts  the  anticipated  pleasure  of 
spreading  havoc  among  the  peaceful  herds. 

“Wishing  to  command  a view  of  the  hunt,  I got 
up  early  in  the  morning  and  quitted  the  camp  alone, 
in  order  to  ascend  a hillock  near  our  tents,  from  which 
I might  fully  view  the  widely  extended  pasturages. 
After  crossing  some  ravines,  I reached  an  eminence, 
whence  I descried  a plain,  whose  radius  was  about 
twelve  miles,  entirely  covered  with  wild  oxen.  You 
could  not  form,  from  anything  in  your  European  mar- 
kets, an  idea  of  their  movement  and  multitude.  Just 
as  I was  beginning  to  view  them,  I heard  shouts  near 
me;  it  was  our  huntsmen,  who  rapidly  rushed  down 
upon  the  affrighted  herd — the  buffaloes  fell  in  great 
numbers  beneath  their  weapons.  When  they  were  tired 
with  killing  them,  each  cut  up  his  prey,  put  behind  him 
hi$  favorite  part,  and  retired,  leaving  the  rest  for  the 


voracity  of  the  wolves,  which  are  exceedingly  numer- 
ous in  these  places,  and  they  did  not  fail  to  enjoy  the 
repast. 

“On  the  28th,  we  forded  the  southern  arm  of  the 
river  Platte.  All  the  land  lying  between  this  river  and 
the  great  mountains  is  only  a heath,  almost  universally 
covered  with  lava  and  other  volcanic  substances.  This 
sterile  country,  says  a modern  traveler,  resembles,  in 
nakedness  and  the  monotonous  undulations  of  its  soil, 
the  sandy  deserts  of  Asia.  Here  no  permanent  dwelling 
has  ever  been  erected,  and  even  the  huntsman  seldom 
appears  in  the  best  seasons  of  the  year.  At  all  other 
times  the  grass  is  withered,  the  streams  dried  up;  the 
buffalo,  the  stag,  and  the  antelope,  desert  these  dreary 
plains,  and  retire  with  the  expiring  verdure,  leaving 
behind  them  a vast  solitude  completely  uninhabited. 
Deep  ravines,  formerly  the  beds  of  impetuous  torrents, 
intersect  it  in  every  direction,  but  nowadays  the 
sight  of  them  only  adds  to  the  painful  thirst  which 
tortures  the  traveler.  Here  and  there  are  heaps  of 
stones,  piled  confusedly  like  ruins;  ridges  of  rock, 
which  rise  up  before  you  like  impassable  barriers,  and 
which  interrupt,  without  embellishing,  the  wearisome 
sameness  of  these  solitudes.  Such  are  the  Black  Hills; 
beyond  these  rise  the  Rocky  Mountains,  the  imposing 
landmarks  of  the  Atlantic  world.  The  passes  and 
valleys  of  this  vast  chain  of  mountains  afford  an  asylum 
to  a great  number  of  savage  tribes,  many  of  whom  are 
only  the  miserable  remnants  of  different  people,  who 
were  formerly  in  the  peaceable  possession  of  the  land, 
but  are  now  driven  back  by  war  into  almost  inacces- 
sible defiles,  where  spoliation  can  pursue  them  no 
further. 

“This  desert  of  the  West,  such  as  I have  just  described 
it,  seems  to  defy  the  industry  of  civilized  man.  Some 
lands,  more  advantageously  situated  upon  the  banks  of 
rivers,  might,  perhaps,  be  successfully  reduced  to  culti- 
vation; others  might  be  turned  into  pastures  as  fertile 
as  those  of  the  East- — but  it  is  to  be  feared  that  this 
immense  region  forms  a limit  between  civilization  and 
barbarism,  and  that  bands  of  malefactors,  organized 
like  the  caravans  of  the  Arabs,  may  here  practice  their 
depredations  with  impunity.  This  country  will,  perhaps, 
one  day,  be  the  cradle  of  a new  people,  composed  of 
the  ancient  savage  races,  and  of  that  class  of  adven- 
turers, fugitives  and  exiles,  that  society  has  cast  forth 
from  its  bosom — a heterogeneous  and  dangerous  popu- 
lation, which  the  American  Union  has  collected  like  a 
portentous  cloud  upon  its  frontiers,  and  whose  force 
and  irritation  it  is  constantly  increasing,  by  transport- 
ing entire  tribes  of  Indians  from  the  banks  of  the 
Mississippi,  where  they  were  born,  into  the  solitudes 
of  the  West,  which  are  assigned  as  their  place  of 
exile-.  These  savages  carry  with  them  an  implacable 
hatred  toward  the  whites,  for  having,  they  say,  un- 
justly. driven  them  from  their  country,  far  from  the 
tombs  of  their  fathers,  in  order  to  take  possession  of 
their  inheritance.  Should  some  of  these  tribes  here- 
after form  themselves  into  hordes,  similar  to  the 
wandering  people,  partly  shepherds  and  partly  war- 
riors, who  traverse  with  their  flocks  the  plains  of 
Upper  Asia,  is  there  not  reason  to  fear,  that  in  process 
of  time,  they,  with  others,  may  organize  themselves 
into  bands  of  pillagers  and  assassins,  having  the  fleet 
horses  of  the  prairies  to  carry  them;  with  the  desert 
as  the  scene  of  their  outrages,  and  inaccessible  rocks 
to  secure  their  lives  and  plunder? 

“On  the  4th  of  June  we  crossed  the  Ramee  (Larimie), 
a tributary  river  of  the  Platte.  About  forty  tents 
erected  on  its  banks  served  as  dwellings  for  a part  of 
the  tribe  of  the  Sheyennes.  These  Indians  are  dis- 
tinguishable for  their  civility,  their  cleanly  and  decent 
habits.  The  men,  in  general,  are  of  good  stature,  and 
of  great  strength;  their  nose  is  aquiline,  and  their 
chin  strongly  developed.  The  neighboring  nations  con- 
sider them  the  most  courageous  warriors  of  the 
prairies.  Their  history  is  the  same  as  that  of  all 
the  savages  who  have  been  driven  back  into  the  West — 
they  are  only  the  shadow  of  the  once  powerful  nation 
of  the  Shaways,  who  formerly  lived  ujjon  the  banks  of 
the  Red  River.  The  Scioux,  their  irreconcilable 
enemies,  forced  them,  after  a dreadful  war,  to  pass  over 
the  Missouri,  and  take  refuge  on  a little  river  called  the 
Warrikane,  where  they  fortified  themselves;  but  the  con- 
querors again  attacked  them,  and  drove  them  from  post  to 
post,  into  the  midst  of  the  Black  Coasts,  situate  upon 
the  waters  of  the  Great  Sheyenne  River.  In  conse- 
quence of  these  reverses,  their  tribe,  reduced  to  two 
thousand  souls,  has  lost  even  its  name,  being  now 
called  Sheyennes,  from  the  name  of  the  river  that 
protects  the  remnant  of  the  tribe.  The  Sheyennes 
have  not  since  sought  to  form  any  fixed  establishment, 
lest  the  Scioux  should  come  again  to  dispute  with  them 
the  lands  which  they  might  have  chosen  for  their 
country.  They  live  by  hunting,  and  follow  the  buffalo- 
in  his  various  migrations. 

“The  principal  warriors  of  the  nation  invited  me  to 
a solemn  banquet,  in  which  three  of  the  great  chief’s 
best  dogs  were  served  up  to  do  me  honor.  I had  half 
a one  for  my  share.  You  may  judge  of  my  embarrass- 
ment, when  I tell  you  that  I attended  one  of  those 
feasts  at  which  every  one  is  to  eat  all  that  is  offered 
to  him.  Fortunately,  one  may  call  to  his  aid  another 
guest,  provided  that,  the  requests  to  perform  the  kind 
of  office  be  accompanied  by  a present  of  tobacco.” 

From  here  on  different  tribes  were  met,  Shoshones, 
Youts,  Flatheads  and  Pends  d’Oreilles.  Father  De 
Smet’s  admiration  for  the  Flatheads  was  great.  He 
says: 

“As  I before  mentioned,  the  only  prevailing  vice 
that  I found  among  the  Flatheads  was  a passion  for 
games  of  chance — it  has  since  been  unanimously 
abolished.  On  the  other  hand,  they  are  scrupulously 
honest  in  buying  and  selling.  They  have  never  been 
accused  of  stealing.  Whenever  any  lost  article  is  found 
it  is  immediately  given  to  the  chief,  who  informs  the 
tribe  of  the  fact,  and  restores  it  to  the  lawful  owner. 
Detraction  is  a vice  unknown  even  among  the  women; 
and  falsehood  is  particularly  odious  to  them.  A forked- 
tongue  (a  liar),  they  say,  is  the  scourge  of  a people. 
Quarrels  and  violent  anger  are  severely  punished. 
Whenever  any  one  happens  to  fall  into  trouble,  his 
neighbors  hasten  to  his  aid.  The  gaiety  of  their  dis- 


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positions  adds  a charm  to  their  union.  Even  the 
stranger  is  received  as  a friend;  every  tent  is  open  to 
him,  and  that  which  he  prefers  is  considered  the  most 
honored.  In  the  Rocky  Mountains  they  know  not  the 
use  of  locks  or  bolts.” 

It  was  in  September,  while  the  Father,  with  an 
escort  of  Flatheads,  and  his  only  white  companion,  a 
Fleming,  named  John  Baptist  De  Velder,  one  of 
Napoleon’s  grenadiers,  whom  he  had  taken  upon  the 
prairie,  were  journeying  toward  the  Crows  when  this 
• picture  is  drawn  of  travel  on  the  prairie  in  those  early 
days:  “On  the  5th  of  September  we  crossed  a-  defile, 
which  had  been  passed  shortly  before  by  a numerous 
troop  of  horsemen.  Whether  they  were  allies  or 
enemies,  we  had  no  means  to  discover.  I will  here 
observe,  that  in  these  immense  solitudes,  although  the 
howling  of  wolves,  the  hissing  of  venomous  serpents, 
the  roaring  of  the  tiger  and  the  bear  be  calculated  to 
affright,  yet  this  terror  is  nothing  in  comparison  with, 
the  dread  excited  in  the  traveler’s  soul  upon  seeing  the 
fresh  tracks  of  men  and  horses,  or  columns  of  smoke 
rising  in  the  neighborhood.  At  such  a sight,  the  escort 
at  once  assembles  and  deliberates;  each  one  examines 
his  firearms,  sharpens  his  knife  and  the  point  of  his 
arrow,  and  makes,  in  a word,  every  preparation  for  a 
resistance,  even  to  death;  for,  to  surrender  in  such 
circumstances,  would  be  to  expose  one’s  self  to  perish 
in  the  most  frightful  torments.” 

From  the  fort,  Father  De  Smet  set  out  alone,  save 
for  his  white  companion,  to  travel  down  the  Yellow- 
stone River  to  Fort  Union.  The  country  through 
which  he  passed  abounded  in  game;  vast  herds  of 
buffalo,  groups  of  majestic  elk,  clouds  of  antelope,  ap- 
peared before  them.  The  big:horn,  or  mountain  sheep, 
“alone  appeared  not  to  be  disturbed  at  our  presence, 
we  saw  them  in  groups,  reposing  on  the  edges  of 
the  precipices*  or  sporting  on  the  points  of  the  steep 
rocks/5  Deer,  bears,  panthers  and  smaller  animals,  with 
birds  of  many  sorts,  were  everywhere  visible. 

The  Arikaras,  the  Gros  Ventres  of  the  village,  and 
the  Mandans  were  passed,  and  much  was  said  of  their 
ways  of  life.  An  example  of  the  conjuring  practices 
of  the  Arikaras  may  be  given.  The  Indian  sorcerer 
“had  his  hands,  arms,  legs  and  feet  tied  with  well- 
knotted  cords;  he  was  then  inclosed  111  a net,  and 
again  in  a buffalo’s  skin.  The  person  who  tied  him  had 
promised  him  a horse  if  he  extricated  himself  from 
his  bonds.  In  a minute  after,  the  savage,  to  the  amaze- 
ment of  the  spectators,  stood  before  him  perfectly  free. 
The  commandant  of  the  neighboring  fort  offered  him 
another  horse  if  he  would  reveal  to  him  his  secret. 
The  sorcerer  consented,  saying.  Have  thyself  tied,  i 
have  at  my  command  ten  invisible  spirits;  I will  de- 
tach three  of  them  and  put  them  at  thy  service;  fear 
them  not,  they  will  accompany  thee  everywhere,  and 
be  thy  tutelary  genii.’  The  commandant  was  discon- 
certed, or  unwilling  to  make  the  trial,  and  thus  the 
matter  terminated.”  The  Father’s  travels  continued 
down  the  Missouri,  to  Council  Bluffs,  thence  to  West 
port  and  St.  Louis. 

The  next  year  he  set  out  again  from  Westport  toward 
the  farther  West,  with  two  other  Jesuit  priests  and  three 
lay  brothers.  They  passed  through  the  village  of  the 
Kansas  Indians,  whom  they  found  living  m dirt  houses 
thatched  with  grass.  They  had  recently  gained  a signal 
victory  over  the  Pawnees,  whose  women  and  children 
they  had  attacked  and  slam,  to  the  number,  Father  De 
Smet  says,  of  ninety.  He  gives  some  account  of  the 
Pawnees  and  their  ways,  and  mentions  a religious  rite 
practiced  by  that  tribe— really  only  by  the  Skid  —the 
sacrifice  of  the  captive  to  the  Morning  Star,  as  follow  . 

“On  the  most  solemn  occasions,  the  Pawnees  add 
a bloody  sacrifice  to  the  oblation  of  the  calmut;  and 
according  to  what  they  pretend  to  have  learned  f 10m 
the  birdSand  the  Star,  the  sacrifice  most  ^reeable  to 
the  Great  Spirit  is  that  of  an  enemy  immolated  m the 
most  cruel  manner.  It  is  impossible  to  listen  without 
horror  to  the  recital  of  the  circumstances  that  attended 
the  sacrifice  of  a young  female  of  the  Scioux  tnbe  in 
the  course  of  the  year  1837-  .It  was  about i seed  time, 
and  they  thus  sought  to  obtain  a plentiful  harvest,  i 
shall  here  give  the  substance  of  the  detalled  acc°uut 
which  I have  given  of  it  in  a former  letter.  this 
young  girl  was  only  aged  fifteen;  after  having  been 
well  treated  and  fed  for  six  months,  under  pretence 
that  a feast  would  be  prepared  for  her  at  the  opening 
of*  tte  summer  season'  .[she]  felt  rejoiced  when  she 
saw  the  last  days  of  winter  roll  by.  The  day  nxe 
upon  for  the  feast  having  dawned,  shePas®ed 
all  the  preparatory  ceremonies,  and  was  then  arr?Te 
in  her  finest  attire,  after  which  she  was  Placed  ^ a 
circle  of  warriors,  who  seemed  to  escort  her 
ouroose  of  showing  her  deference.  Besides  their 
wonted  arms,  each  one  of  these  warriors  had  two  pieces 
of  wood,  which  he  had  received  at  the  hands  of  the 
maiden.  The  latter  had  on  the  preceding  day,  earned 
three  posts,  which  she  had  helped  to  fell  m the  netgn 
borino-  forest-  but  supposing  that  she  was  walking  to  a 
feh  lnd  'herUd'bemg  filled  with  the  mo^  pleas- 
ino-  ideas  the  victim  advanced  toward  the  place  or  nei 
sacrifice  with  those  mingled  feelings  of  joy  and  timidity, 
Siich  under  similar  circumstances,  are  naturally  ex- 
cited  in  the  bosom  of  a girl  of  her,  age.  « 

“During1  their  march,  which  was  rather  long,  . 

1 

as  soon  as  she  had  reached  the  place  of  sacrifice,  where 
of  torture,  the  af™b\u  th°t  awaited  her.  How  great 

si mmmim 

cries,  nor  t e P hearts  of  these  monsters.  She 

be  Pr?sent,  softened  the  ^art^  ^ branches  of  two 


FOREST  AND  STREAM, 


[April  S,  1505 


with  her  own  hands  distributed  to  the  warriors.  When 
he  sufferings  lasted  long  enough  to  weary  the  fanatical 
fury  of  her  ferocious  tormentors,  the  great  chief  shot 
an  arrow  into  her  heart;  and  in  an  instant  this  arrow 
was  followed  by  a thousand  others,  which,  after  having 
been  violently  turned  and  twisted  in  the  wounds,  were 
torn  from  them  in  such  a manner  that  her  whole  body 
presented  but  one  shapeless  mass  of  mangled  flesh, 
from  which  the  blood  streamed  from  all  sides.  When 
the  blood  had  ceased  to  flow,  the  greater  sacrificator 
approached  the  expiring  victim,  and  to  crown  so  many 
atrocious  acts,  tore  out  her  heart  with  his  own  hands, 
and  after  uttering  the  most  frightful  imprecations 
against  the  Scioux  nation,  devoured  the  bleeding  flesh, 
amid  the  acclamations  of  his  whole  tribe.  The  mangled 
remains  were  then  left  to  be  preyed  upon  by  wild  beasts, 
and  when  the  blood  had  been  sprinkled  on  the  seed, 
to  render  it  fertile,  all  retired  to  their  cabins,  cheered 
with  the  hope  of,  obtaining  a copious  harvest.” 

Th.e  letters  of  the  good  Father  are  largely  devoted 
to  religious  matters,  the  influence  which  his  preaching 
seemed  to  have  on  the  Indians,  and  his  hopes  for  the 
evangelization,  and  the  ultimate  salvation,  of  the  tribes 
with  which  he  came  in  contact.  In  almost  all  of  them 
he  finds  much  good,  yet  in  writing  of  those  of  whom 
he  had  only  heard  he  gives  such  reports  as  came  to 
him.  For  example,  in  one  place  he  says:  “The  Black- 
feet,  are  the  only  Indians  of  whose  salvation  we  would 
have  reason  to  despair,  if  the  ways  of  God  were  the 
same  as  those  of  man,  for  they  are  murderers,  thieves, 
traitors,  and  all  that  is  wicked.”  Such  was,  in  fact,  the 
reputation  that  the  Blackfeet  had  among  other  tribes, 
and  among  the  American  fur  traders  of  those  days, 
though  we  know  now,  and  Father  De  Smet  learned  a 
little  later,  that  the  Blackfeet  are  as  simple  and  kindly 
natured  as  are  most  other  Indians. 

Although  no  naturalist,  the  Father  yet  has  somewhat 
to  say  of  the  animals  that  lived  upon  the  prairie,  and 
some  of  the  curious  natural  history  found  in  his  re- 
port is  worth  quoting: 

“The  beaver  seems  to  have  chosen  this  country  for 
his  own.  Every  one  knows  how  they  work,  and  what 
use  they  make  of  their  teeth  and  tail.  What  we  were 
told  by  the  trappers  is  probably  unknown  to  many. 
When  they  are  about  constructing  a dam,  they  ex- 
amine all  the  trees  on  the  bank,  and  choose  the  one 
that  is  most  bent  over  the  water  on  the  side  where 
they  want  to  erect  their  fort.  If  they  find  no  tree  of 
this  kind  they  repair  to  another  place,  or  patiently 
wait  till  a violent  wind  gives  the  requisite  inclination 
to  some  of  the  trees.  Some  of  the  Indian  tribes  be- 
lieve that  the  beavers  are  a degraded  race  of  human 
beings,  whose  vices  and  crimes  have  induced  the  Great 
Spirit  to  punish  them  by  changing  them  into  their 
present  form;  and  they  think,  after  the  lapse  of  a num- 
ber of  years,  their  punishment  will  cease,  and  they  will 
be  restored  to  their  original  shape.  They  even  believe 
that  these  animals  use  a kind  of  language  to  communi- 
cate their  thought  to  each  other,  to  consult,  deliberate, 
pass  sentence  on  delinquents,  etc.  The  Trappers  as- 
sured us  that  such  beavers  as  are  unwilling  to  work, 
are  unanimously  proscribed,  and  exiled  from  the  Re- 
public, and  that  they  are  obliged  to  seek  some 
abandoned  hole,  at  a distance  from  the  rest,  where 
they  spend  the  winter  in  a state  of  starvation.  These 
are  easily  caught,  but  their  skin  is  far  inferior  to  that 
of  the  more  industrious  neighbors,  whose  foresight  and 
perseverance  have  procured  them  abundant  provisions, 
and  a shelter  against  the  severity  of  the  winter  season. 
The  flesh  of  the  beaver  is  fat  and  savory.  The  feet 
are  deemed  the  most  dainty  parts.  The  tail  affords  a 
substitute  for  butter.  The  skin  is  sold  for  nine  or 
ten  dollars’  worth  of  provisions  or  merchandise,  the 
value  of  which  does  not  amount  to  a single  silver 
dollar.” 

Father  De  Smet  describes  the  stillhunt  of  the  buffalo 
— the  approach — declaring  that  the  hunter  must  be 
skillful  and  cautious,  “He  must  approach  them  against 
the  wind,  for  fear  of  starting  the  game,  for  so  acute 
is  the  scent  of  the  buffalo  that  he  smells  bis  enemy  at 
a very  considerable  distance.  Next,  he  must  approach 
them  as  much  as  possible  without  being  seen  or  sus- 
pected. If  he  cannot  avoid  being  seen,  he  draws  a 
skin  over  his  head,  or  a kind  of  hood,  surmounted  by 
a pair  of  horns,  and  thus  deceives  the  herd.  When 
within  gunshot  he  must  hide  himself  behind  a bank 
or  any  other  object.  There  he  waits  till  he  can  take 
sure  aim.  The  report  of  the  gwn,  and  the  noise  made 
by  the  fall  of  the  wounded  buffalo,  astound,  but  do  not 
drive  away,  the  rest.  In  the  meantime,  the  hunter  re- 
loads his  gun,  and  shoots  again,  repeating  the  ma- 
neuver, till  five  or  six,  and  sometimes  more  buffalos 
have  fallen,  before  he  finds  it  necessary  to  abandon  his 
place  of  concealment. 

“The  Indians  say  that  the  buffalos  live  together  as 
the  bees,  under  the  direction  of  a queen,  and  that  when 
the  queen  is  wounded,  all  the  others  surround  and  de- 
plore her.” 

He  gives  not  a few  accounts  of  Indian  conflicts,  and 
this  is  one  in  which  Blackfeet  and  Flatheads  took 
part:  “A  Blackfoot  warrior  was  taken  and  wounded 

while  in  the  act  of  stealing  a horse.  The  night  was 
dark,  and  the  wound  had  rendered  him  furious.  He 
held  his  loaded  gun,  and  threatened  death  to  any  <?ne 
that  should  approach  him.  Peter,  one  of  the  chiefs 
already  mentioned,  though  diminutive  in  size,  and  far- 
advanced  in  years,  felt  his  courage  revived;  he  runs 
up  to  the  enemy,  and  with  one  blow  fells  him  to  the 
ground.  This  done  he  throws  himself  on  his  knees, 
and  raising  his  eyes  toward  heaven,  he  is  reported  to 
have  said:  ‘Great  Spirit!  thou  knowest  that  I did  not 
kill  this  Blackfoot  from  a desire  of  revenge,  but  be- 
cause I was  forced  to  it;  be  merciful  to  him  in  the 
other  world.  I forgive  him  from  the  bottom  of  my 
heart  all  the  evils  which  he  has  wished  to  inflict  upon 
us  and  to  prove  the  sincerity  of  my  words  I will 
cover  him  with  my  garment’  ” Much  of  Father  De 
Smet’s  time  was  spent  among  the  Flatheads,  and  he 
writes  with  the  utmost  enthusiasm  and  affection  of 
these  brave  and  simple  people.  Of  their  courage  and 
skill  he  gives  an  example,  instancing  a certain  buffalo 
chase,  made  in  the  year  1841,  concerning  which  a 
certain  Flathead  told  the  Father  “of  three  remarkable 
hits  which  had  distinguished  him  in  that  chase.  He 


pursued  a cow,  armed  merely  with  a stone,  and  killed: 
her  by  striking  her,  while  running,  between  the  horns. i 
He  afterward  killed  a second  with  his  knife,  and_ 
finished  his  exploits  by  spearing  and  strangling  a large; 
ox.  The  young  warriors  frequently  exercised  them- 
selves in  this  manner,  to  show  their  agility,  dexterity 
and  strength.  He  who  spoke  looked  like  a Hercules.’” 
To  one  who  understands  the  strength  and  speed  of  a 
buffalo,  these  feats  seem  incredible,  yet  we  know  men, ! 
still  living,  who  have  done  these  very  things. 

As  Father  De  Smet’s  journeys  took  him  over  all  j 
the  Northwest,  he  met  almost  all  the  more  important 
persons  mentioned  in  the  books  relating  to  the  early; 
history  of  the  region.  During  the  many  years  when  . lie; 
traveled  back  and  forth  over  the  prairies  ever  faith-, 
ful  to  his  duty,  always  doing  good,  he  won  the  abso- 
lute  confidence  of  the  Indians  with  whom  he  came  ill ' 
contact,  and  was  equally  respected  and  loved  by  the 
white  man.  His  work  has  long  been  over,  but  in  the: 
country  where  he  labored  he  has  not  been  forgotten, 
and  among  the  older  men,  whether  Indians,  half-breeds 
or  whites,  the  mention  of  Father  De  Smet  still  calls 
forth  the  words  of  warmest  affection,  admiration  and1 
respect. 

The  present  work  is  of  great  value  to  the  historian1 
and  to  the  ethnologist.  It  might  be  wished  that  the 
notes  were  a little  fuller,  especially  in  reference  to  the' 
travels  of  others  and  matters  zoological  and  ethno- 
logical. There  are  a few  typographical  errors,  the  most 
noticeable  of  which  is  on  the  title  page,  where  what 
should  be  Athabasca  is  spelled  Altrabasca. 

Though  not  numerous,  the  illustrations  of  the  volume; 
are  interesting.  They  are  chiefly  portraits  of  Fathers' 
De  Smet  and  reproductions  of  his  letters.  The  whole 
work  is  a notable  contribution  to  the  history  of  the 
West,  and  editors  and  publishers  alike  deserve  high; 
praise  for  their  labor  on  it.  (Price,  $15.00.) 


Grizzly  Adams. 

We  are  permitted  to  publish  the  following  extract  from 
a private  letter  received  by  one  of  the  editors — a letter1 
which,  like  the  article  that  called  it  forth,  will  touch  a 
responsive  chord  in  the  heart  of  more  than  one  of  our  old 
readers.  It  is  dated  Philadelphia,  March  23: 

“You  have  given  me  a restless  yet  a happy  day.  When 
I opened  my  Forest  and  Stream  this  morning  and  lit  on 
the  pictures  of  old  Grizzly  Adams  and  Lady  Washington, 
with  my  friend  Samson  opposite,  I simply  lost  the  whole; 
world  since  the  early  sixties,  when  all  the  hours  I could 
steal  from  Anthon’s  school  I used  to  spend  down  at 
Barnum’s,  lost  in  the  fascination  of  mighty  Samson. 

“I  might  have  learned  more  about  Hannibal  and  Julius 
Caesar  and  such  like,  if  they  had  not  been  so  small  besidej 
Grizzly  Adams — greatest  of  men.  The  old  man — as  a 
matter  of  fact  he  was  younger  then  in  actual  years  than- 
you  and  I now — used  to  tell  me  stories  about  bears,  and- 
I seriously  believe  that  he  had  more  influence  in  the; 
direction  of  my  tastes  and  thoughts  than  any  other  indi- ; 
vidual  whose  trail  I ever  crossed.  I have  not  the  least; 
doubt  that  with  some  of  us — those  of  the  brotherhood — ; 
the  “continuous”  part  of  our  germ-plasm  has  come; 
straight  down  from  the  days  when  our  Stone  Age  ances- 
tors slept  in  the  same  bed  with  the  cave  bear.  Did  it 
ever  occur  to  you  that  we  of  the  savage  streak  may  be 
the  product  of  in-breeding  on  cold  nights?  Queer  things, 
may  have  happened  during  the  ice  age. 

“Anyhow,  it  was  Grizzly  Adams  and  old  Samson  who; 
brought  that  streak  on  top  in  me,  and  there  it  has  always,, 
stayed,  for  I don’t  believe  there  has  ever  been  a time1 
when  I could  get  my  mind  wholly  off  the  Rockies.’  I had; 
old  Adams’  book,  too — long  since  lost — and  I don’t  be-* 
lieve  I have  seen  those  pictures  in  forty  years,  but  Lady 
Washington’s  head  comes  back  as  if  it  were  last  week. 

“I  owe  you  a debt  of  gratitude,  and  I pay  it  in  all  good  ; 
wishes.  Yours  always  sincerely, 

“Arthur  Erwin  Brown.” 


The  Hubbard  Diary. 

The  diary  of  Leonidas  Hubbard,  which  has  just  been, 
published,  is  remarkable  in  more  ways  than  one.  When1 
it  is  considered  the  circumstances  under  which  it  was  ; 
written,  it  is  really  wonderful  that  it  should  possess  such» 
qualities  of  style.  It  is  terse,  graphic,  vivid.  No  dull 
or  unnecessary  descriptions — no  moralizing  (or  very  little, 
of  it,  and  that  always  to*  the  purpose) — no  posing  for 
effect.  It  is  at  once  sincere  and  simple.  Nothing,  in 
short,  could  be  better  as  a presentation  of  a story  of 
rugged  adventure.  As  we  read  our  interest  becomes 
almost  painfully  acute,  and  toward  the  close  we  are  awed 
with  the  shadow  of  the  impending  tragedy.  . In  regard  to 
the  latter,  it  may  be  said  that  the  venture  of  Hubbard; 
was  certainly  rash,  or  at  least  ill-planned,  but  it  has  not 
been  in  vain.  Once  again  it  has  been  demonstrated  that 1 
what  brings  out  men’s  finest  qualities  is  trial — suffering. 
And  never  were  they  brought  out  more  glowingly  than  in 
the  case  of  poor  Hubbard.  Courage,  fortitude,  persever- 
ance, cheerfulness,  gentleness,  unselfishness,  and  lastly, 
uncomplaining  resignation  under  a terrible  load  of  mis-': 
fortune,  and  affliction,  these  he  showed  like  a true  hero. 
Nor  should  we  forget  his  gallant  and  devoted  companions'' 
when  adjudging  praise.  It  were  well  for  all  leaders  of 
adventure  if  they  had  such  men  as  Wallace  and  Eleson 
attached  to  them. 

In  conclusion,  one  is  forced  somehow  to  draw  a com- 
parison between  this  story  of  the  wild  and  the  hundred  1 
stories  of  our  civilized  center  which  we  read  daily— the' 
nobility  and  self-sacrifice  of  the  one,  the  meanness  and. 
selfishness  of  the  other.  And  one  is  tempted,  then,  to  askfi 
which  is  the  better  influence,  the  city  or  the  wild? 

New  Yokk,  March  4.  FRANCIS  MOONAN. 

The  Starlings, 

Early  in  springtime,  on  raw  and  windy  mornings, 

Beneath  the  freezing  house  eaves  I heard  the  starlings  sing;  V; 
“Ah,  dreary  March  month,  is  this,  then,  a time  for  building,  j 
wearily? 

Sad,  sad,  to  think  that  the  year  is  but  begun.”  j .'r 


Late  in  the  autumn,  on  still  and  cloudless  evenings,  - 

Among  the  golden  reed  beds  I heard  the  starlings  sing: 

“Ah,  that  sweet  March  month,  when  we  and  our  mates  were 
courting  merrily, 

Sad,  sad,  to  think  that  the  year  is  all  but  done.” 

Eversley,  1848.  Charles  Kingsley. 


April  8,  1905,] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


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The  April  Wild  Flowers. 

No  event  in  the  whole  calendar  of  the  year  is  of 
more  significance  to  the  lover  of  the  outer  world  than 
the  finding  of  the  first  wild  flower.  It  makes  little 
difference  what  the  species  is,  so  that  it  is  really  a 
blossom  from  which  we  may  learn  that  spring  at  last 
has  come.  It  is  the  more  welcome,  however,  when  the 
flower  is  a'  familiar  one,  around  which  unconsciously 
cluster  memories  of  other  days,  and  fortunately,  so 
regular  is  the  sequence  of  the  seasons,  the  first  blos- 
som we  find  is  likely  to  be  one  of  two  or  three  kinds 
with  which  we  have  long  been  familiar. 

Of  these  first  spring  flowers,  the  Hepatica  or  Liver- 
leaf  is  perhaps  the  one  most  likely  to  be  found.  Al- 
though in  many  places  it  is  strangely  local  in  its  distri- 
bution, yet  it  is  distributed  over  a very  wide  range  and 
is  familiar  to  a great  number  of  people.  It  certainly 
is  a very  fitting  leader  for  the  light-footed  procession 
that  is  to  follow  through  the  golden  days  of  spring. 
All  winter  the  buds  have  waited,  with  seeming  im- 
patience, the  word  to  start,  and  as  soon  as  the  snow 
begins  to  disappear  upon  the  southern  slopes,  they 
creep  upward,  the  three  large  bracts  that  cover  the 
blossom  open  slightly  and  the  tender  flowers  unclose, 
revealing  the  pollen  and  seed-laden  treasures  within. 
The  flowers  are  freely  visited  by  various  bees  and  flies 
which  are  abroad  during  the  sunshiny  hours  of  early 
spring.  These  visitors  gather  pollen  in  abundance, 
and  possibly  they  also  get  a little  nectar  as  a reward 
for  their  helpful  work  in  cross-pollination — or  cross- 
breeding by  the  transfer  of  pollen  from  one  plant  to 
another. 

The  variation  in  the  color  of  the  blossoms  is  one 
of  the  most  interesting  things  about  the  Hepatica. 
Some  are  pure  white;  others  have  a pinkish  lilac  hue, 
and  others — especially  those  exposed  to  direct  sunshine 
— exhibit  lovely  tones  of  lavender  and  mauve.  There 
seems  to  be  little  difference  in  these  color  variations  in 
the  two  American  species  of  Hepatica  which  are  now 
generally  recognized — the  Round-lobed  Liverleaf  and 
the  Sharp-lobed  Liverleaf. 

It  may  be  that  the  Bloodroot  is  the  first  wild  flower 
you  find.  For  this  is  one  of  the  earliest,  as  it  is  one 


carrying  it  to  the  hidden  nest  where  the  bee  is  storing 
up  food  for  her  future  progeny. 

The  flowers  of  the  Arbutus  are  also  of  decided  in- 
terest to  the  nature  student,  who  finds  that  there  is  a 
curious  diversity  in  the  structure  of  the  stamens  and 


MAY  FLOWER  OR  TRAILING  ARBUTUS. 


carried  to  other  plants  through  the  visits  of  insects, 
though  there  is  little  likelihood  of  its  being  blown 
from  plant  to  plant.  Certain  small  flies  find  inside  the 
Cabbage  blossoms  shelter  and  ^warmth,  consequently  at 
night  and  in  damp  weather  these  flies  seek  such  snug 
retreats,  where  they  become  covered  with  pollen,  which 
they  finally  carry  to  other  plants.  - 

Soon  after  the  very  earliest  of  the  spring  wild  flowers 
have  become  abundant,  a group  of  most  attractive 
species  begins  to  blossom.  To  a considerable  extent 
these  are  found  in  different  situations  from  each  other, 
each  giving  to  its  particular  habitat  a charm  that  could 
be  given  by  no  other  flower. 

One  of  the  most  widely  distributed  and  generally 
attractive  of  this  group  of  blossoms  is  the  Wood  An- 
emone. In  open  groves  and  along  the  margins  of 
woods  and  by-ways  this  delightful  flower  hangs  its 
fragile  blossom  in  the  path  of  every  breeze,  and  justifies 
its  name  Anemone,  or  wind  flower,  by  the  grace  with 
which  it  swings  upon  its  slender  stalk.  These  flowers 
are  attractive  not  alone  to  human  eyes,  for  they  are 
seen  and  visited  by  many  bees  and  flies  which  collect 
pollen  and  apparently  also  nectar  from  the  inside  of 
the  blossoms.  In  the  Wood  Anemone  there  is  but  a 
single  flower  to  each  plant.  The  perennial  root  stock 
is  continually  spreading  out  in  all  directions  and  send- 
ing up  leaves,  which  eventually  develop  into  blossom- 
bearing plants. 

The  group  of  flowers  with  which  the  Anemone  comes 
into  blossom  appear  when  most  of  the  trees  are  push- 
ing their  buds  out  into  leaves.  Dr.  Van  Dyke  has  well 
expressed  this  time  of  blooming  in  these  well-known 
lines:  , 

“The  flocks  of  young  Anemones 
Are  dancing  round  the  budding  trees.” 

The  Rue  Anemone,  which  was  lately  graced  with  the 
delightful  scientific  name  Anemonella,  is  found  over 
much  the  same  range  as  the  Wood  Anemone,  and  in 
much  the  same  situations.  It  is  at  once  known  on  ac- 
count of  having  several  blossoms  on  each  plant.  These 
blossoms  individually  are  smaller  than  those  of  the 
other  sort.  The  main  leaves  are  compound,  and  arise 
directly  from  the  roots,  which  are  small  tubers  that 
look  like  miniature  sweet  potatoes.  In  this  respect  the 


MARSH  MARIGOLD. 


Rue  Anemone  differs  from  a somewhat  similar  plant 
found  in  the  Middle  Western  States  and  called  the 
False  Rue  Anemone.  In  this  latter  sort  the  roots  are 
fibrous,  and  the  flowers  are  somewhat  larger. 

In  open  groves  and  along  the  margins  of  the  deeper 
woods,  especially  if  the  soil  is  somewhat  moist,  one 
should  look  for  that  most  delightful  of  wild  flowers,  the 
Spring  Beauty.  Although  there  are  two  species  of 
these  plants,  called,  rather  unfortunately,  the  Carolina 
Spring  Beauty  and  the  Virginia  Spring  Beauty,  they 
are  curiously  local  in  their  distribution.  Where  found 
at  all,  they  are  generally  abundant,  and  their  range  ex- 
tends throughout  the  eastern  United  States.  But  it  is 
only  here  and  there  in  many  of  these  States  that  they, 
occur. 

j Along  the  margins  of  streams,  and  in  fields  from 
which  the  forest  has  recently  been  cleared,  one  may 
I often  find  the  tender  grace  of  the  Yellow  Trout  Lily 
or  Adder’s  Tongue  or  Dog’s  Tooth  Violet,  as  the 
flower  is  variously  called.  In  every  part  this  plant 
is  full  of  grace  and  beauty.  The  smooth  and  shining 
leaves,  the  slender  stem,  the  bell-like  blossom,  the 
color  of  both  leaf  and  flower,  all  combine  to  form  a 
picture  of  exceeding  charm.  To  one  who  has  felt  the 
fascination  of  this  blossom,  it  always  brings  a new 
delight  as  season  after  season  it  springs  up  in  its  ac- 
customed places  at  that  turn  of  the  year  which  is  fullest 
of  hope  and  inspiration. 

The  Anemones,  the  Spring  Beauties,  and  the  Trout  ; 
Lilies  appeal  to  one  both  in  groups  and  as  individuals, 
but  the  Marsh  Marigolds,  which  come  into  bloom 
about  the  same  time,  make  their  appeal  through  the  . 
decorative  effect  of  broad  masses.  As  individuals,  they 
lack  the  grace  and  charm  of  their  upland  sisters,  but 
by  the  very  virtue  of  their  brilliant  coloring,  and  their 
somewhat  coarse  structure  they  are  able  to  adorn  the 
landscape  more  effectively  than  any  other  spring  flowers. 
There  are  two  situations  in  which  the  Marsh  Marigolds 
are  especially  effective:  one  is  when  they  outline  the 
course  of  a shallow  meadow  stream,  appearing  as  a 


BLUETS. 

of  the  most  evanescent  of  the  spring  blossoms.  In 
the  South  it  “takes  the  winds  of  March  with  beauty,” 
while  further  north  it  comes  with  the  April  showers. 
The  tender  blossoms  arise  from  between  the  folded 
leaves,  being  at  first  enclosed  between  two  large  sepals 
which  drop  off  when  the  petals  open.  These  flowers 
are  very  sensitive  to  atmospheric  conditions,  closing  at 
the  slightest  suggestion  of  dampness  and  opening 
broadly  only  in  the  clearest  weather.  During  then- 
brief  existence  the  flowers  are  freely  visited  by  small 
bees  and  flies,  which  are  rewarded  with  pollen.  These 
visits  generally  bring  about  the  cross-pollination  of  the 
flowers  because  the  pistils  mature  before  the  stamens 
shed  their  pollen. 

In  a few  favored  localities  one  may  be  so  fortunate 
as  to  find  for  the  first  wild  flower  the  beautiful  little 
Snowy  Trillium  or  Early  Wakerobin.  This,  however, 
is  not  a very  widespread  species,  occurring  especially  in 
the  Middle  Western- States,  where  it  is  decidedly  local 
n its  distribution.  It  grows  in  damp  woods  and  along 
river  banks,  and  it  seems  a miniature  reproduction  of 
the  common  Large-flowered  Wakerobin  or.  White 
Trillium.  It  is  scarcely  more  than  six  inches  high,  the 
pure  white  blossoms  being  held  upon  a short  stem. 
Only  once  have  I ever  seen  this  flower  growing  wild, 
when  in  March  a friend  showed  it  to  me  along  the 
bank  of  a small  river  in  central  Ohio. 

To  a large  proportion  of  the  people  of  New  England 
the  first  spring  blossom  is  the  Mayflower  or  Trailing 
Arbutus.  Probably  no  other  plant  in  the  whole  coun- 
try serves  to  send  so  many  people  on  spring  pilgrim- 
ages as  this.  Having  interesting  historical  associa- 
tions, and  a delightful  odor  which  greatly  enhances  the 
charm  of  its  delicate  beauty,  it  is  not  strange  that,  to 
I he  average  New  Englander,  the  Mayflower  is  the 
wild  flower  of  spring.  It  is  also  of  absorbing  interest 
to  several  species  of  queen  bumble  bees  which  are 
abroad  during  the  late  April  and  the  early  May  days, 
and  which  hunt  persistently  for  the  Arbutus  blossoms, 
rifling  them  of  the  sweet  nectar  which  they  hold  and 


pistils,  which  indicate  that  the  plant  has  not  yet 
reached  a perfect  adaptation  to  its  conditions  of  life. 
He  also  sees  in  the  transverse  hairs  found  on  the  in- 
side of  the  flower-cup  a device  for  excluding  ants  and 
other  short-tongued  insects  which  would  be  likely  to 
rob  the  flower  of  its  nectar  without  paying  for  the 
same  by  carrying  pollen  to  other  blossoms. 

On  one  or  two  occasions  my  first  spring  wild 
flower  has  been  the  beautiful  little  Bluets  or  Innocence, 
the  slight  and  delicious  fragrance  of  which  has  given 
it  in  some  localities  the  fitting  name  of  Babies’  Breath. 
It  is  in  some  sheltered  corner  of  a pasture  where  the 
woods  keep  off  the  chill  spring  winds,  and  the  after- 
noon sun  beats  down  with  an  almost  summer  heat, 
that  you  are  likely  to  find  these  early  Bluets.  Some- 
times near  at  hand  there  will  be  an  adventurous  garter 
snake  basking  at  full  length  in  the  warm  sunshine,  ap- 
parently very  grateful  for  it  after  the  long,  cold  months 
of  hibernation.  It  will  be  several  weeks  later  before 
the  Bluets  really  come  into  their  own,  when  they  will 
tinge  the  hillsides  with  their  white  blossoms  in  a way 
to  remind  you  of  a belated  snowfall. 

No  consideration  of  the  flowers  of  early  spring  would 
be  adequate  which  did  not  include  some  reference  to 
that  strange  plant,  which  we  are  scarcely  willing  to 
recognize  as  a flower,  although  it  has  as  much  right  to 
that  title,  so  far  as  its  structure  is  concerned,  as  has 
the  familiar  Calla  Lilly  of  our  conservatories.  I refer 
of  course  to  the  Swamp  Cabbage  or  the  Skunk  Cab- 
bage. This  is  really  the  first  herbaceous  plant  to  dis- 
cover the  return  of  spring.  I have  often  found  it  in 


WOOD  ANEMONE. 

full  bloom  in  sunny  corners  of  bogs,  where  near  at 
hand,  beneath  the  shade,  an  abundance  of  ice  was  to 
be  found.  In  their  structure,  the  flowers  of  this  plant 
are  peculiar.  The  large,  hood-like  part  which  cor- 
responds to  the  white  portion  of  the  Calla  Lily,  is 
called  the  spathe;  inside  of  it  there  is  a rounded  mass 
called  the  spadix.  This  spadix  is  completely  covered  by 
the  tiny  florets  in  which  the  pistils  mature  before  the 
stamens.  The  pollen  is  shed  in  great  abundance  in  the 
closed  chamber  of  the  spathe,  so  that  it  may  easily  be 


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[[April  8,  1905. 


YELLOW  ADDER'S  TONGUE. 


broad  yellow  ribbon  upon  the  greening  grass;  the 
other  is  a picture  in  the  woods  seen  when  in  the  midst 
of  a growth  of  sombre  pines  one  comes  upon  a glade 
sparsely  interspersed  with  alder,  with  broad-leafed 
grasses,  and  sedges,  furnishing  a charming  canvas  upon 
which  nature  has  painted  the  golden  glory  of  the  mari- 
gold blossoms  that  stand  more  erect  and  on  longer 
stems  than  in  the  open  fields. 

The  flowers,  thus  so  briefly  and  inadequately  con- 
sidered, are  perhaps  the  most  beautiful  of  the  April 
wild  flowers,  but  they  are  by  no  means  the  only  ones  to 
be  found  by  those  so  fortunate  as  to  study  the  calendar 
of  the  fields  and  woods  at  this  delightful  season.  We 
see  in  the  outer  world  the  things  which  are  in  our 
minds,  and  when  we  go  afield  in  search  of  flowers, 
every  by-path  will  yield  us  new  discoveries. 

Clarence  M.  Weed. 


Three  Apparently  New  Mammals. 

In  the  proceedings  of  the  Biological  Society  of  Wash- 
ington, Dr.  D.  G.  Elliott  has  described  three  mammals 
from  the  extreme  northwest  which  he  regards  as  new. 
These  are  a great  timber  wolf  very  large  and  black  and 
with  certain  skull  characters  regarded  as  of  specific  im- 
portance. This  form  i§  called  Cams  pambasileus,  mean- 
ing monarch  of  all.  worn  the  Queen  Charlotte’s  Island 
is  described  a new  otter,  a large  and  powerful  animal, 
and  from  the  upper  waters  of  the  Sushitna  River  in  the 
Mt.  McKinley  region  of  Alaska,  a wolverine,  noticeable 
for  its  dark  color,"  and  especially  for  the  dark  head,  which 
is  found  in  all  of  six  specimens  which  Dr.  Elliott  has. 
There  are  also  gkull  characters  which  distinguish  this 
from  the  eastern  form. 


Our  Diminishing  Game. 

Philadelphia,  Feb.  24. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 
Mr.  L.  P.  Nelson,  writing  from  Winchester,  N.  H.,  under 
date  of  February  13,  as  published  in  Forest  and  Stream 
of  February  18,  page  136,  takes  exception  to  the  state- 
ment that  the  depletion  of  game  and  other  birds  is  charge- 
able to  the  depredations  of  foxes.  I agree  with  him. 
While  foxes,  hawks, -etc.,  make  inroads  on  the  feathered 
tribe,  it  is  nothing  more  than  the  equation  of  the  laws  of 
nature  which  has  existed  since  the  beginning. 

The  cause  of  the  decrease  of  quail  and  other  game  is 
the  increased  demand  of  the  people,  which  demand  has 
not  been  met  by  a corresponding  increase  in  the  supply. 
It  cannot  but  end  in  one  result  if  so  continued — extinction. 

This  general  increased  consumption  has  made  it  profit- 
able for  the  market-hunter  to  make  gunning  and  hunting 
a special  calling.  The  market-hunter  does  not  depend 
altogether  on  his  gun— even  though  it  be  a “pump” — for 
results,  but  uses  other  means  to  capture  game,  such  as 
nets,  dead-falls,  and  other  devices.  As  long  as  the  de- 
mand for  game  continues,  just  so  long  will  the  hunter 
find  means  to  procure  it,  notwithstanding  the  several 
State  laws. 

In  going  into  a restaurant  some  years  ago  to  order 
game  out  of  season  was  not  thought  of  ; but  now,  with 
cold  storage  facilities,  you  expect  any  kind  of  game  in 
any  season,  and  are  seldom  disappointed.  The  people 
have  been  educated  to  a taste  for  game,  and  it  is  unlikely 
that  it  will  diminish. 

1 his  increased  consumption  without  adequate  restock- 
ing is  the  real  cause  of  the  depletion  of  game  of  all 
kinds.  Under  this  great  demand  it  cannot  be  expected 
that  the  supply  will  continue  unless  some  effective  action 
is  taken  not  only  to  protect  the  game  as  it  exists,  in 
proper  seasons,  but  to  propagate  the  different  species 
under  responsible  societies  or  State  commissions.  An- 
other reason  for  the  growing  scarcity  of  game  is  the  in- 
creased number  of  sportsmen. 

The  main  question,  however,  is  how  can  the  general 
public  be  gratified  in  its  tastes  and  at  the  same  time  give 
the  sportsman  his  pleasure. 

One  suggestion  is,  breed  and  raise  birds  for  market. 
Possibly  when  understood  this  could  be  made  a profitable 
enterprise;  this  would  leave  the  game  at  large  for  the 
sportsman.  If  some  such  plan  was  carried  out  on  a large 
scale  it  would  have  a tendency  to  put  the  market-hunter 
out  of  the  business ; when,  from  self-protection,  he  would 
seek  new  fields  for  his  livelihood. 

Small  enterprises,  while  commendable,  will  not  result  in 
the  continued  supply  of  game.  It  must  be  an  all-together 
pull,  and  pull  hard.  Subscriber. 

[As  has  frequently  been  pointed  out  in  Forest  and 
Stream,  game  birds  can  perfectly  well  be  domesticated, 
and  will  be  when  the  right  man  sees  in  it  a profitable  busi- 
ness. On  the  other  hand,  when  domesticated,  there  is  no 
reason  for  supposing  that  they  will  be  any  more  popular 
for  food  than  chickens,  turkeys,  tame  ducks  or  guinea 
fowls  are  to-day.  If  the  game  bird  has  anything  specially 
to  recommend  it  in  respect  to  flavor,  that  flavor  comes 
from  the  food  it  eats  and  the  varied  life  that  it  leads.  A 
partridge  shut  up  in  a barnyard  and  fed  corn  all  its  days 
would  be  no  better  than  any  other  barnyard  fowl. 

If  our  correspondent  will  turn  back  to  Forest  and 
Stream  of  May  7,  1904,  he  will  read  there  an  account  of 
“A  New  Game  Bird”  which  is  likely  to  fill  the  wants  of 
hotel  and  restaurant  keepers  so  soon  as  they  learn  of  its 
excellence.  Meantime  we  here  in  America  would  do  well 
to  follow  the  example  of  those  friends  of  ours  on  the 
other  side  of  the  water,  whom  we  are  fond  of  calling 
“slow  Englishmen,”  and  learn  the  art  of  breeding  grouse, 
partridges,  pheasants  and  wild  ducks  for  shooting  purposes.] 


the  swamp  cabbage. 


Coloring  of  Ducks. 

Chicago,  March  19.— During  the  present  shooting 
season  two  ducks  of  unusual  color  markings  have  come 
under  my  observation.  One  of  these  was  a drake  mallard, 
apparently  all  drake  markings  with  these  exceptions: 
There  were  no  curled  feathers  at  juncture  of  back  and 
tail  feathers.  The  breast  plumage  was  that  of  a hen 
mallard. 

The  other  duck  would  be  taken  for  a ring-bill  drake, 
but  the  superficial  breast  plumage  is  the  rich  golden 
brown  or  red  of  the  robin.  Beneath  the  breast  feathers 
are  white.  I would  like  to  ask  if  these  anomalies  are  at 
all  common.  C.  H.  Keogh. 

[Without  seeing  the  specimen  we  should  have  to  con- 
jecture what  the  birds  were.  The  first  may  have  been 
an  ordinary  male  mallard  that  was  late  in  changing  from 
the  summer  to  the  winter  plumage.  As  to  the  second, 
we  would  not  hazard  a guess.  The  fact  that  the  males  of 
many  species  of  ducks  assume  for  a brief  period  in  sum- 
mer a plumage  much  like  that  of  the  females — though 
generally  known  to  naturalists — does  not  as  yet  appear  to 
be  understood  by  gunners  at  large.  Nevertheless  it  is  ex- 
plained with  some  detail  in  Grinnell’s  “American  Duck 
Shooting,”  p.  82.  This  change  of  plumage  usually  begins 
late  in  June  or  early  in  July,  and  by  the  end  of  Septem- 
ber the  winter  plumage  has  been  resumed.  It  would  be 
interesting  to  know  at  what  season  our  correspondent 
secured  the  mallard  above  referred  to.] 


A Reminiscence  of  the  Rockies. 

In  the  fall  of  1896  I decided  upon  taking  a hunting 
trip  to  the  White  River  country  in  Colorado.  At  that 
time  the  White  River  country  was  well  supplied  with 
game  and  might  almost  be  considered  a sportsman’s 
paradise,  or,  as  an  Indian  described  it  to  me,  like  the 
“happy  hunting  grounds.”  Deer  were  very  plentiful, 
and  around  Hayden  and  in  California  Park  antelope 
were  quite  numerous,  although  very  shy.  Bull  elk  oc- 
casionally adorned  the  landscape  with  their  imposing 
presence  and  splendid  spread  of  antlers.  The  cougar 
might  occasionally  be  heard,  although  never  seen  unless 
hunted  with  dogs.  Old  “Silver  Tip”  frequented  the 
neighborhood,  but  had  a way  of  making  his  great 
bulky  form  vanish  like  some  apparition;  his  depreda- 
tions, where  he  had  mangled  the  carcass  of  some  other 
animal  or  disturbed  the  habitations  of  a lot  of  small  fry 
under  a rotten  log,  furnished  evidence  of  his  presence. 
There  was  enough  large  game  in  the  country  to  give  some 
idea  of  what  it  was  one  time  when  the  red-skin  was 
the'  undisputed  proprietor  of  the  soil. 

I had  secured  through  correspondence  the  services 
of  a guide  who  had  been  well  recommended.  Having 
heard  considerably  about  the  cowboy,  my  curiosity  had 
been  somewhat  excited,  and  I desired  to  form  a better 
acquaintance  from  actual  experience.  The  West  was 
then  to  my  mind  a geographical  area,  possessing  a 
certain  wildness  and  wooliness,  which  my  imagination 
pictured  to  me.  The  rapid  trend  of  events  makes  a 
book  describing  its  general  conditions  seem  behind  the 
times  almost  as  soon  as  it  is  published.  Much  of  what 
I had  read  and  heard,  however,  seemed  to  me  like  a 
fairy  tale  in  the  face  of  actual  experience,  although, 
allowing  for  exaggeration,  it  had  back  of  it  all  a 
foundation  of  facts.  Every  time  I have  visited  the 
West,  I have  noticed  the  rapid  progress  of  change. 


During  my  first  hunting  experience  I noticed  that  the 
typical  bad  man,  of  whom  I had  heard  so  much,  with 
his  rough  and  ready  manner,  accoutred  with  dangerous 
weapons,  his  social  position  established  by  the  size  of 
his  private  grave-yard,  was  wanting.  The  facetious 
desperado,  who  had  a pleasant  way  of  requesting  the 
“tenderfoot”  to  dance  while  he  marked  time  with  his 
six-shooter,  was  “non  est.”  An  unappreciative  com- 
munity had  organized  from  time  to  time  a few  “neck- 
tie parties,”  and  the  experience  of  such  gentlemen  has 
since  become  interesting  themes  for  romance.  The 
large  settled  communities  of  course  had  the  same 
cosmopolitan  air  and  character  that  one  finds  in  the 
East.  There  was,  nevertheless,  something  in  the  social 
atmosphere  which  impressed  you  with  the  feeling  that 
everything  was  very  different.  The  cowboy,  of  whom 
I had  heard  so  much,  I learned  to  recognize  as  gen- 
erally a very  quiet,  civil  person;  never  going  out  of 
his  way  to  do  extraordinary  things  nor  to  make  him- 
self conspicuous.  A man  of  few  words  and  not  in- 
clined to  familiarity,  he  is  essentially  a man  of  action, 
and  wants  to.  take  a short  cut  to  accomplish  his  pur- 
pose. If  any  one  should  conclude  that  his  reserve  and 
his  reticence  were  the  result  of  mental  torpor,  he  would 
make  a great  mistake.  Apparently  taking  little  in- 
terest in  a new  acquaintance  and  seeming  to  lack  ordi- 
nary curiosity,  I find  that  he  is,  notwithstanding,  a 
very  close  observer  and  has  a quiet  way  of  extracting 
information  without  appearing  eager  to  do  so. 

My  guide  engaged  to  meet  me  at  Buford,  Colo. 
Being  unacquainted  with  the  locality,  I wrote  to  ob- 
tain information  about  the  nearest  railroad  station.  I 
was  informed  that  Rifle  was  the  proper  station  to 
stop  at.  When  I arrived  at  Rifle,  I inquired  about 
the  best  way  to  get  to  Buford,  and  was  informed,  to  my 
surprise,  that  I had  a journey  by  wagon  of  sixty  miles 
to  make.  This  was  my  first  experience  with  the  mag- 


nificent distances  _ of  the  West.  The  result  was  that 
I misgaged  the  time  of  meeting  my  guide  by  an  en- 
tire day.  When  I arrived  at  my  destination  on  the 
evening  of  the  next  day,  my  guide,  whom  I saw  for 
the  first  time,  rode  up  on  a mustang,  seated  in  a big 
Mexican  saddle.  With  an  easy  air  as  though  we  had 
been  acquainted  all  our  lives,  he  expressed  his  pleasure 
at  meeting  me  and  advised  all  necessary  arrangements 
for  the  morrow’s  start  on  our  hunt  back  in  the 
mountains.  It  is  interesting  to  notice  how  quick  and 
skillfully  an  experienced  man  can  pack  a lot  of  horses, 
apportioning  the  loads  with  great  fairness  and  balanc- 
ing the  dead  weight,  so  that  it  will  ride  easily  on  the 
backs  of  the  not  overwilling  animals.  Packing  seems 
easy,  and  if  you  want  to  know  how  easy  it  is,  try  it; 
and  after  you  have  ridden  a mile  or  so,  perhaps,  some 
critical  beast  will  begin  to  subject  your  work  to  a 
severe  test  by  “bucking.”  To  express  the  state  of 
your  feelings  when  this  happens  would  be  impossible, 
unless  your  sympathetic  guide,  who  is  generally  an 
expert  in  swearing,  can  help  you  out. 

The  first  day’s  journey  was  a rather  long  and  tedious 
one,  a large  part  of  it  through  monotonous  stretches 
of  sage  brush.  When  at  length  the  timber  was  reached, 
the  change  was  most  aggreeable.  We  arrived  at  our 
destination  without  a mishap,  unless  having  my  legs 
squeezed  between  the  horse  and  a tree  a couple  of 
times  could  be  considered  as  such.  Although  my  guide 
knew  his  business  as  a guide,  I could  not  recommend 
him  as  a first-rate  cook.  His  efforts  at  making  bread 
proved  a flat  failure,  and  we  had  to  do  without  the  staff  of 
life.  The  canned  provisions,  which  required  practically 
no  skill  in  their  preparation,  made  the  inefficiency  of 
the  cooking  less  apparent.  The  camp  being  pitched  in 
a well  timbered  and  picturesque  spot,  we  spent  the 
rest  of  the  afternoon  in  arranging  everything  and 
laying  our  plans  for  the  next  day.  The  waning  sun- 


April  8,  1905.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


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light  found  us  spread  comfortably  around  a big  camp-fire, 
which  sent  its  genial  glow  far  into  the  dark  recesses 
of  the  gloomy  forest.  When  a great  heap  of  burning 
faggots  had  sunk  into  a bed  of  smouldering  ashes  and 
the  rising  wind  murmuring  through  the  pines  gave 
warning  of  an  approaching  storm,  I concluded  to  crawl 
under  the  bedding  and  sleep.  The  hard  frozen  ground 
is  not  as  comfortable  as  a spring  mattress,  but  I had 
to  get  used  to  it,  and  was  sleeping  soundly,  when  I 
was  awakened  in  the  morning  by  the  cheerful  voice  of 
the  guide,  who  called  out,  “Breakfast!”  as  if  he  were 
summoning  all  the  guests  of  a boarding  house  to  a 
feast.  When  I crawled  out  of  my  sleeping  bag  into 
the  chilly  atmosphere,  I found  the  guide  doing  the 
chores  in  his  stocking  feet.  A few  dashes  of  ice-cold 
water  from  the  stream  hardby  drove  away  all  feeling 
of  drowisness  and  made  me  conscious  of  the  fact 
that  I had  an  appetite.  After  breakfast,  without  wait- 
ing to  clean  up,  for  the  morning  was  already.  advanced, 
we  started  out  in  search  of  game.  On  coming  to  the 
edge  of  the  timber,  where  the  country  opened  up  into 
one  of  the  little  parks,  which  we  frequently  found  in 
that  locality,  I saw  the  tall  form  of  my  guide  slowly 
stoop  behind  some  bushes,  while,  at  the  same  time,  he 
motioned  me  to  be  cautious.  I soon  saw  what  had 
arrested  his  attention.  A magnificent  blacktail  deer, 
with  a fine  set  of  antlers,  stdod  out  in  full  view  not 
more  than  a hundred  yards  away.  There  were  a half 
a dozen  does  nearby,  but  they  did  not  interest  me.  I 
brought  “Old  meat  in  the  pot”  to  my  shoulders,  for 
that  is  what  my  guide  had  christened  my  .45-90,  and 
after  taking  deliberate  aim,  fired.  Which  was  the  most 
astonished,  the  buck,  or  myself,  I could  not  say.  He 
stood  perfectly  motionless,  like  an  image  in  bronze. 
I had  evidently  missed  him.  A second  shot  fared  the 
same;,  then  the  whole  bunch  of  deer  began  to  scamper 
off  unharmed  by  any  of  the  shots  I had  fired  at  the 
buck.  I could  not  account  for  the  bad  marksmanship, 
for  I knew  that  I did  not  have  the  buck  fever.  . The 
guide  said  that  I had  killed  one  of  the  deer,  which  ! 
disputed,  until  he  pointed  to  a dying  animal  lying  in 
a dense  thicket  just  to  the  rear  of  the  deer  that  had 
served  as  my  target.  I had  not  even  seen  it,  until  it 
was  pointed  out  to  me  after  I had  shot  it.  . After  mak- 
ing several  experiments  with  the  rifle  without  satis- 
factory results,  I found  that  the  sight  had  been  knocked 
out  of  place.  I then  handed  the  rifle  over  to  the  guide 
without  correcting  the  error  and  requested  him  to  let 
me  see  how  a cowboy  could  shoot.  With  evident  pride 
in  his  skill,  for  he  was  a good  shot,  he  brought  the 
gun  to  his  shoulder,  but  he  did  as  badly  as  any  tender- 
foot could  have  done. 

In  the  meantime,  the  air  was  full  of  sounds  more 
terrible  than  the  report  of  the  rifle.  Any  . one  who 
has  heard  a cowboy  swear  when  he  is  really  in  earnest 
can  understand  what  I mean. 

At  last  it  occurred  to  him  that  the  sights  might  be 
out  of  order,  and  when  he  examined  them  and  dis- 
covered the  trouble,  he  looked  at  me,  and  seeing  my 
complacent  smile,  the  whole  truth  dawned  upon  him. 
We  both  laughed  heartily  at  our  mutual  discomfiture 
and  pledged  each  other’s  health  from  the  flask  to  cele- 
brate the  occasion. 

I returned  to  the  camp  without  a trophy  to  com- 
memorate my  first  success  in  killing  deer,  although  I 
secured  an  abundant  supply  of  meat. 

The  next  day  we  covered  considerable  ground  on 
horseback,  without  success.  I had,  however,  an  in- 
teresting experience  in  climbing  a mountain  known  as 
Old  Sleepy  Cap,  sometimes  called  the  Razor  Back,  on 
account  of  its  peculiar  formation  at  the  summit.  The 
ascent  of  this  mountain  was  not  particularly  easy,  on 
account  of  its  abrupt  elevation,  although  the  height 
above  the  surrounding  country  was  not  great.  The 
formation  at  the  summit  which  gave  the  unpoetical 
name  of  Razor  Back  to  the  mass,  consisted  of  a long 
narrow  ridge  not  more  than  eighteen  inches  to  two 
feet  in  width,  bristling  with  sharp  projections  of  rock 
of  quite  uniform  height  extending  nearly,  its  entire 
length  of  about  ninety  yards.  At  each  end  it  broadens 
out  in  a space  conveniently  large  for  a temporary  rest- 
ing place.  After  satisfying  my  curiosity,  I suggested 
a descent  into  the  valley,  where  the  cool  atmosphere 
would  afford  a welcome  relief  from  the  blazing  rays 
of  the  sun.  Much  to  my  surprise  . the  guide  informed 
me  that  the  ascent  was  much  easier  at  the  point  we 
came  up  than  the  descent,  unless  I wished  to  reach  the 
bottom  111  a fashion  that  would  imperil  my  neck. 
After  discussing  the  matter  with  him  a few  moments 
and  carefully  studying  the  position,  I came  to  the 
conclusion  that  he  was  right.  We  observed  that  at 
the  other  end,  we  could  find  an  easy  way  to  descend. 
That  meant  a rather  long  and  disagreeable  walk  on 
the  serrated  ridge,  attended  with  considerable  danger, 
or  a still  more  unpleasant  experience  if  I should  at- 
tempt to  crawl  on  hands  and  knees  for  greater  safety. 
Like  a couple  of  tomcat  serenaders  promenading  on 
the  top  of  a brick  wall  liberally  strewn  with  broken 
bottles,  we  crawled  to  the  far  end  of  the  ridge  where, 
with  some  difficulty,  we  descended.  We  returned  to 
camp  with  no  better  luck  than  securing  a snowshoe 
rabbit,  which  I shot  through  the  head. 

For  some  days  I conscientiously  hunted  but  found 
it  difficult  to  come  close  enough  to  get  . a good  shot 
at  deer.  I saw  quite  a number  bounding  away  far 
out  of  range,  often  stopping  at  a safe  distance  to  see 
what  was  to  happen  next.  For  lack  of  better  sport, 
I occasionally  practiced  on  the  “fool  grouse  a . bird 

very  similar  in  appearance  to  our  eastern  partridge, 
but  about  the  tamest  game  I have  ever  shot.  I could 
generally  have  three  trials  at  one  before  it  would  move. 

I would  pace  off  the  proper  space,  and  then  aim  at 
the  head.  The  flesh  was  not  particularly  delicate,  and 
would  certainly  not  please  the  palate,  of  an  epicure. 

One  day  as  I was  traveling  in  a blinding  snow  flurry 
I came  to  a precipice  thickly  fringed  with  under- 
growth and  small  trees.  Impelled  by  curiosity,  I got 
off  my  horse  and  went  near  the  edge  to  get  a view 
of  the"  country  below.  The  waving  tops  of  the  pines 
beneath  were  "barely  visible,  the  force  of  the  wind  com- 
ing through  the  great  long  valley  at  my  feet,  sounded 
like  the  hollow  roar  of  the  ocean.  As  I stood  upon 
the  cliff,  gratifying  my  fancy  with  the  weird  and 
strange  impressions  the  surroundings  made  upon  me, 


the  storm  began  to  abate,  and  through  the  diminishing 
fall  of  snow  the  sun  gradually  diffused  its  light,  and 
presently  the  atmosphere  cleared  up,  and  the  entire 
landscape  was  revealed  to  view  as  though  a great  white 
sheet  concealing  nature’s  panorama  had  been  pulled 
aside.  . On  a ledge  jutting  out  from  the  base  of  the 
precipice  about  two  hundred  feet  below,  I observed  the 
shapely  form  of  a deer  with  a fawn  lying  on  the  rock 
alongside  of  it.  As  far  as  the  eye  could  distinguish, 
a great  forest  of  aspen  with  white  trunks  and  branches 
sparsely  decorated  with  yellow  leaves,  filled  the  valley. 
Dense  masses  of  pines  which  completely  covered  the 
steep  mountain  sides,  except  where  the  ragged  pro- 
jections broke  through,  formed  a dark  setting  to  the 
brilliant  landscape  which  lay  between.  My  reverie  was 
finally  broken  by  a voice  nearby:  “Well,  pardner,  it’s 

pretty  late,  and  we  are  a long  way  from  camp.”  Travel- 
ing in  that  rough  country  after  dark  is  not  attractive 
to  one  who  is  not  looking  for  trouble.  So  I mounted 
my  horse  and  began  to  occupy  myself  with  observing 
game  signs  and  incidentally  thought  of  the  camp-fire 
and.  kettle. 

It  is  interesting  to  notice  how  strangely  the  element 
of  luck  will  enter  into  a sportsman’s  experience.  One 
day,  . after  hunting  faithfully  from  early  dawn  until 
evening  without  success,  I concluded  to  vary  the  mo- 
notony by  shooting  at  a mark.  I had  not  been  en- 
gaged in  that  pastime  very  long  before  my  attention 
was  arrested  by  hearing  something  crashing  through 
the  brush  at  the  foot  of  the  hill  where  I stood,  and 
presently  I saw  a fine  blacktail  buck  come  bounding 
up  the  slope  directly  toward  me,  accompanied  by  a 
doe.  My  rifle  was  just  ready  to  bring  up  to  my 
shoulder,  but  I remained  motionless  in  plain  view,  wait- 
ing for  the  game  to  come,  within  easy  range.  A more 
picturesque  sight  than  that  blacktail,  easily  and  grace- 
fully clearing  the  fallen  timbers,  I have  rarely  seen. 
My  eagerness  did  not  interfere  with  my  sizing  up  the 
well-proportioned  and  beautifully  poised  antlers,  which 
I regarded  as  already  mine.  On  raising  my  rifle  to 
shoot,  although  the  action  was  quite  deliberate,  it  was 
immediately  noticed.  The  deer  changed  its  course 
when  not  over  forty  yards  away,  exposing  its  broad 
flank  to  my  aim.  It  ran  some  distance  after 
I fired,  clearing  with  ease  the  trunk  of  a 
large  fallen  tree,  and  giving  me  no  little  concern  for 
a few  moments.  Following  his  tracks,  I soon  came 
to  the  lifeless  remains.  It  was  indeed  a fine  specimen, 
weighing  perhaps  two  hundred  and  fifty  pounds,  in  good 
condition  and  with  a perfect  set  of  antlers. 

I had  often  heard  of  the  remarkably  acute  senses 
of  wild  animals;  the  timidity  and  keeness  of  deer  are 
proverbial,  and  yet  here  was  an  instance  which  seemed 
to  belie  all  former  stories  and  past  experience.  Stand- 
ing in  plain  view  while  firing  at  a mark,  the  buck  ran 
directly  toward  me.  You  would  naturally  suppose 
that  the  noise  of  the  shooting  would  have  driven  the 
animal  away  from  me.  My  theory  about  the  oc- 
currence is,  that  when  the  report  of  the  rifle  is  first 
heard,  the  tendency  is  for  a wild  animal  to  become 
alarmed  and  run  in  the  opposite  direction,  but  presently, 
when  it  catches  the  echo,  the  real  direction  of  the 
sound  is  misconceived,  and  it  will  then  run  in  the 
direction  of  the  firing.  Other  sportsmen  have  agreed 
with  me  in  this  view,  and  there  is  no  doubt  that  deer 
and  other  wild  animals  can  tell  the  direction  of  sound, 
and  consequently,  when  one  becomes  alarmed  by  the 
shooting  and  runs  toward  the  place  where  the  sports- 
man is  located,  it  is  not  the  ear,  but  the  judgment 
that  is  at  fault.  A wild  animal  can  have  no  idea  of 
what  an  echo  is,  but  undoubtedly  imagines  that  it  is 
an  entirely  different  sound,  and  being  last  heard  de- 
termines its  final  course.  This,  however,  does  not  ex- 
plain the  action  of  the  deer  in  running  directly  tp- 
ward  me  when  I was  in  plain  view.  All  sportsmen  soon 
learn  to  recognize  the  fact  that  animals,  although  keen 
of  sight,  are  not  very  discriminating.  Birds,  as  well 
as  wild  animals,  will  frequently  continue  their  course 
when  it  lies  in  the  direction  of  a human  being,  pro- 
vided there  is  no  perceptible  movement  to  attract  their 
attention.  Any  kind  of  motion  is  immediately  noticed, 
particularly  if  it  is  at  all  sudden.  Stationary  objects 
are  not  apt  to  attract  much  attention  unless  there  is 
something  very  strange  in  their  appearance,  especially 
if  the  coloring  does  not  harmonize  with  the  general 
surroundings  and  happens  to  be  different  from  what 
is  ordinarily  seen.  Animals  use  their  faculties  in  a 
very  mechanical  way,  and  this  observation  is  more 
true  of  sight  than  of  any  other  sense.  I have  seen  a 
pack  of  dogs  which  had  followed  a bobcat’s  tracks 
to  a tree  where  they  supposed  it  had  taken  refuge,  bay- 
ing and  standing  guard,  while  it  was  perfectly  evident 
to  any  one  who  was  not  blind,  that  the  cat  had  escaped. 
The  sense  of  smell  had  directed  the  dogs  to  the  spot, 
and  relying  upon  the  information  received  in  that  way, 
they  failed  to  avail  themselves  of  the  intelligence  they 
might  have  derived  from  another  source.  I have  no 
doubt  that  the  sight  of  dogs  is  particularly  keen,  but 
they  rely  almost  entirely  upon  the  sense  of  smell. 
When  the  mind  is  greatly  absorbed  in  one  direction  it 
is  for  the  time  being  far  less  observant  or  attentive 
in  other  ways.  A human  being  depends  mostly  upon 
the  sight,  and  next  upon  hearing;  the  sense  of  smell 
is  the  least  used  of  any  of  the  senses.  Among  animals, 
with  few  exceptions,  smell  is  the  principal  sense,  and 
all  the  others  are  little  used  in  comparison,  although 
very  acute. 

Having  secured  a good  deer  trophy,  I next  turned 
my  thoughts  to  a different  kind  of  hunting  and  con- 
cluded that  antelope  would  afford  a pleasing  variety, 
both  as  a prize  and  in  the  method  of  hunting. 

The  next  day  the  outfit  was  got  in  readiness,  and 
we  started  for  a place  called  Hayden,  located  in  Cali- 
fornia Park.  The  sun  had  melted  the  snow,  and  the 
journey  was  hot  and  dusty.  Traveling  over  the  steep 
mountain  trails,  the  guide  gave  me  the  lead,  while  he 
rode  at  the  rear  of  the  pack  horses  strung  out  in  single 
file,  and  made  use  of  all  the  arts  of  persuasion  to  keep 
them  going;  frequently  leaning  down  to  pick  up  a 
rock  or  a stick  to  hurl  at  some  *'->mery”  beast  that 
would  turn  a deaf  ear  to  the  appeal,  “wake  up  and 
pay  for  your  bedding.”  Speeches  in  true  cowboy  style, 
with  plenty  of  rhetorical  flourishes,  were  delivered  al- 
most without  intermission,  when  the  traveling  was  par- 


ticularly difficult.  After  leaving  the  timber,  we  had  a 
tedious  journey  through  long  stretches  of  sage  brush. 
The  land  where  the  sage  brush  abounds  seems  desolate 
and  forsaken,  and  would  impress  the  casual  observer 
as  perfectly  worthless.  While  reflecting  upon  the  for- 
bidding aspect  of  the  country,  I wondered  if  this  land 
could  be  rendered  productive  upon  the  arrival  of  that 
era  “when  the  desert  would  blossom  as  the  rose.”  I 
discovered  an  answer  to  my  question  ere  long,  when 
my  sight  was  gladdened  by  a neat  little  ranch  located 
near  a stream  with  about  two  acres  of  ground  irrigated 
and  under  cultivation.  If  it  had  been  an  oasis  in  a 
desert,  the  contrast  could  not  have  been  more  strik- 
ing. A great  stack  of  alfafa  grass  stood  near  the  ranch, 
exposing  a cut  in  its  side  which  revealed  the  interior 
perfectly  green.  At  first  I thought  that  the  grass  had 
not  been  properly  cured,  but  I learned  afterward  that 
the  alfafa  contains  so  much  nutriment  that  it  remains 
green  a long  time  after  it  has  been  cured  and  stacked. 
There  were  quite  a number  of  fruit  trees  of  small  size 
so  laden  with  fruit  that  the  branches  had  to  be  propped. 
All  that  is  needed  to  make  the  soil  productive,  is  to 
clear  off  the  sage  brush  and  irrigate. 

We  camped  that  night  by  a stream  in  a clump  of 
aspen  trees,  many  of  which,  although  dead,  were  still 
standing.  The  aspen  when  dead  becomes  exceedingly 
dry  and  light,  and  makes  a very  hot  and  bright  fire, 
but  quickly  burns  out,  leaving  a small  quantity  of  ashes 
to  the  amount  of  wood  consumed.  After  the  evening 
meal,  we  piled  the  dead  aspen  wood  upon  the  fire 
until  it  formed  a heap  nearly  as  high  as  our  heads. 
The  flames  shot  well  into  the  air  and  lighted  up  the 
landscape  for  a considerable  distance.  Listening  to 
the  guide  spinning  his  yarns  as  we  lay  by  the  cheerful 
blaze,  the  time  slipped  by  rapidly.  It  may  not  be  out 
of  place  to  relate  one  of  the  stories  my  guide  told 
me,  as  a sample  of  the  kind  of  intellectual  treat  they 
furnished.  He  numbered  among  his  acquaintances  a 
telegraph  operator  at  a place  called  Red  Wing  on  the 
Denver  and  Rio  Grande  Railroad.  The  operator  had 
taught  him  just  a smattering  of  telegraphy,  and  the 
sequel  will  prove  the  truth  of  the  saying,  “that  a little 
knowledge  is  a dangerous  thing.”  The  operator  was 
on  very  friendly  terms  with  a young  lady  in  the  same 
employment  at  a station  not  many  miles  away,  and 
when  business  was  slack  they  freely  corresponded  in 
complimentary  and  sometimes  sentimental  messages, 
until  at  length  their  feelings  toward  each  other  had 
deepened  into  something  more  than  friendship.  One 
day  the  guide  dropped  into  the  office,  and  while  he 
was  there,,  the  operator  had  to  leave  for  a short  space 
on  other  business.  During  his  absence  a message  came 
over  the  wire  of  the  usual  sentimental  kind.  The 
“charge  d’affaires”  did  not  recognize  the  sender  nor 
understand  the  .message,  but  being  possessed  of  ready 
wit  and  unlimited  assurance,  he  immediately  sent  back 
a reply  characterized  by  brevity,  force  and  spiciness. 
When  the  regular  operator  returned  and  endeavored  to 
resume  the  tete-a-tete  he  could  get  no  response,  nor 
was  further  communication  continued,  except  in  the 
ordinary  course  of  business.  An  effort  to  obtain  an 
explanation  received  no  notice,  as  he  was  supposed 
to  be  the  guilty  party  and  naturally  would  understand 
the  cause  of  the  trouble  well  enough  without  it.  While 
the  operator  was  pouring  out  the  burden  of  his 
troubled  soul  to  the  guide  a few  days  after,  a suspicion 
flashed  across  the  mind  of  the  latter  that  perhaps  the 
fragrant  message  he  had  sent  at  random  might  have 
been  the  cause  of  the  misunderstanding.  He  so  in- 
formed the  operator  and  matters  were  finally  satis- 
factorily explained  and  the  former  friendly  relations 
restored. 

When  California  Park  was  at  length  reached,  we 
found  the  country  very  hilly  but  open.  There  were 
quite  a number  of  antelope  in  that  locality,  but  it  was 
almost  impossible  to  get  a good  shot  at  one.  The 
atmosphere  is  so  deceptive  that  it  is  very  difficult  to 
gauge  the  distance.  I made  a good  many  line  shots 
which  were  quite  accurate  but  were  frequently  too  high 
or  too  low.  It  was  some  time  before  I could  form  a 
correct  idea  of  the  distance.  I believe  it  is  best  for 
any  one  shooting  in  a strange  country  where  distances 
are  deceptive,  to  ask  information  of  the  guide  so  that 
he  may  be  able  to  sight  his  rifle  at  the  right  elevations. 
In  an  open  country,  where  the  atmosphere  is  rarefied 
and  objects  are  seen  very  distinctly,  it  is  easy  to  under- 
estimate the  range  of  your  mark;  while  in  the  timber, 
particularly  if  it  is  fairly  dense,  the  tendency  is  to 
over-estimate  and  consequently  shoot  too  high.  After 
a couple  of  days,  I at  last  succeeded  in  bagging  an 
antelope  and  tried  to  run  down  on  horseback  another 
one  that  I had  creased,  but  it  managed  to  escape.  . It 
would  frequently  stop  and  look  back  while  being 
pursued.  Once  I checked  my  horse  and  waited.  The 
antelope  stood  still  and  watched  me  at  a safe  distance. 

I observed  that  it  grew  no  weaker  from  the  loss  of 
blood,  and  when  I resumed  the  chase  I became  con- 
vinced that  it  was  probably  more  than  a match  in 
speed  for  my  jaded  horse.  I did  not  seem  to  gain  on 
it,  and  the  horse  was  showing  great  distress  under  the 
strain.  I had  not  the  heart  to  apply  the  stimulus  to 
make  him  quicken  his  pace  as  the  guide  did  to  his 
horse,  fairly  raking  his  sides  from  the  shoulders  down 
with  the  great  Mexican  spurs  until  they  were  red  with 
blood. 

My  experience  in  hunting  antelope  convinces  me  that 
a sportsman  earns  about  every  trophy  he  gets.  No 
man  can  be  a sluggard  and  succeed  in  hunting,  this 
kind  of  game.  With  senses  as  acute  as  any  wild  animals 
possess,  they  live  in  an  open  country  where  every  object 
is  visible  except  for  the  slight  concealment  offered  by 
the  sage  brush,  or  some  depression  of  the  ground. 
The  antelope  have  one  stupid  habit — very  remarkable 
on  account  of  its  keenness  in  other  respects.  They 
will  almost  always  follow  their  leader  strung  out  in 
single  file,  notwithstanding  that  in  doing  so  the  end 
of  the  line  may  come  close  to  a hunter  in  pursuit  who 
is  cutting  across  their  course.  When  the  line  is 
strung  out  a considerable  length  and  the  mounted 
hunter  is  not  more  than  a few  hundred  yards  away  and 
is  riding  at  right  angles  to  the  course  that  the  antelope 
are  pursuing,  it  can  readily  be  seen  that  the  last  of 
the  herd  will  have  allowed  the  pursuer  to  gain  consider- 
able distance,  There  has  been  a good  deal  of  diseuf* 


§76 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


JApril  8,  1905. 


sion  in  regard  to  the  possibility  o!  running  antelope 
down  by  mounted  sportsmen.  The  stratagem  usually 
employed  is  to  surround  a bunch  of  antelope  by  making 
a wide  circle  sufficiently  large  to  avoid  giving  im- 
mediate alarm  to  the  herd.  Several  men  begin  the 
chase  by  riding  toward  them  from  several  widely  sepa- 
rated points  and  driving  the  herd  in  the  direction  of 
another  group  of  hunters,  who  are  concealed  from  sight 
in  some  depression  of  the  ground.  When  the  herd 
reach  the  point  where  the  other  hunters  are  con- 
cealed,_ they  are  pursued  by  men  on  fresh  mounts. 
Sometimes  the  herd  is  scattered  and  some  stray  con- 
fused^ animal  will  try  to  rejoin  the  others,  and  in  doing 
so  will  run  straight  in  the  direction  of  his  comrades, 
quite  regardless  of  the  closeness  of  his  pursuers.  I 
saw  one  lone  distracted  animal  trying  to  rejoin  the 
herd  come  within  sixty  yards  of  a dismounted  hunter, 
who  tried  to  get  a shot  at  it  but  was  prevented  by  his 
horse  straying  in  front  of  him  and  moving  in  such  a 
way  that  his  aim  was  cut  off  until  the  antelope  had 
considerably  increased  the  distance,  and  then  escaped 
the  shots  fired  at  it.  I was  then  treated  to  one  of  those 
scenes  when  a cowboy  at  his  very  best  is  giving  ex- 
pression to  the  state  of  his  feelings. 

My  time  being  limited,  I was  compelled  to  cut  my 
antelope  hunt  short  without  having  secured  a suitable 
trophy,  although  I had  plenty  of  hard  riding  and  ex- 
citement. On  the  return  trip,  as  the  guide  and  myself 
sat  by  the  camp-fire,  a cowboy  joined  us  who  became 
quite  companionable  and  gave  us  all  the  news  after 
his  mind  had  been  sufficiently  stimulated  by  several 
generous  pulls  at  the  flask.  It  appeared  that  a couple 
of  days  previously  an  attempt  had  been  made  one  night 
to  rob  the  bank  at  Meeker.  Before  the  robbers  could 
accomplish  their  purpose  the  citizens  “got  on”  to  what 
was  taking  place  and  quietly  surrounded  the  building. 
When  the  men  came  out  they  were  shot  down  and 
killed;  the  ends  of  justice  were  thereby  satisfied  with- 
out the  proverbial  “law’s  delay.”  The  cowboy  then  told 
me  of  another  bank  in  which  he  was  a depositor,  which 
had  been  robbed  not  long  before  by  one  of  its  officers, 
who  had  gotten  off  with  a considerable  sum.  I asked 
him  what  the  liabilities  were.  The  word  staggered  him. 
Although  I recognized  that  he  was  a man  of  resources, 
yet  I felt  sure  that  I had  “stumped  him”  and  felt  sorry 
for  it.  He  stared  vacantly  at  the  fire  a few  moments 
and  slowly  shifted  a quid  from  one  side  of  his  mouth 
to  the  other  and  sent  a long,  yellow  stream  into  the 
center  of  the  blaze,  which  I thought  for  a moment 
would  extinguish  it;  at  length  he  replied  in  a leisurely 
way:  “Wal,  pardner,  the  liabilities  are — if  they  catch 

him  they  will  hang  him.” 

Two  days  afterward  I took  leave  of  my  guide;  I 
felt  as  I clasped  his  great  strong  hand  that  the  com- 
pression came  as  much  from  the  heart  as  the  muscles. 
I soon  found  myself  again  in  civilized  surroundings. 
A barber’s  skill,  a warm  bath  and  conventional  attire, 
had  already  wrought  a wonderful  transformation.  As 
I sat  in  a comfortable  seat  and  looked  out  of  the  car 
window,  observing  the  strange  and  beautiful  scenery, 
so  continually  changing  with  the  rapid  movement  of 
the  train,  every  hour  covering  a greater  distance  than 
I could  travel  with  a pack  outfit  in  a day,  I felt  how 
much  easier  it  was  to  take  it  all  in  this  way;  no  fractious 
horse  to  control;  free  from  the  burning  sun,  which 


would  often  shoot  down  its  rays  upon  one  like  the 
heat  waves  from  a furnace,  and  while  in  the  midst  of 
this  ordeal,  the  climate  would  sometimes  suddenly 
change  with  the  clouds  gathering  in  the  sky  and  a cold 
Wave,  perhaps  accompanied  by  a snow  storm,  would  fol- 
low. When  I reflect  upon  my  experience  in  after  years, 
the  scenery  I observed  so  rapidly,  and  with  no  effort  re- 
appears to  my  mind  like  a blurred  photograph  as  com- 
pared to  what  I saw  while  traveling  with  the  pack  out- 
fit. The  charm  of  natural  scenery  grows  upon  one 
by  degrees;  whoever  thinks  that  the  charm  wanes  when 
the  novelty  has  worn  off  is  not  a true  admirer  of 
nature. 

Whatever  opinion  one  may  entertain  of  the  fore- 
going statement,  it  is  very  certain  that  the  sportsman 
cannot  gratify  his  favorite  desire  and  consult  his  ease 
in  all  respects.  A royal  sportsman  may  afford  the 
luxury  of  having  a force  of  game  keepers  drive  wild 
beasts  within  range  of  his  rifle;  and  imagine  that  he  is 
enjoying  the  real  thing.  The  average  man  has  no 
such  opportunity,  and  I believe  has  no  reason  to  regret 
it.  The  best  hunting  sections  of  the  country  are  re- 
mote from  settlements,  and  are  generally  somewhat 
difficult  of  access.  Game  is  by  no  means  so  plentiful 
now  as  it  was  when  the  country  was  being  opened  to 
civilizing  influence  by  the  introduction  of  railroads.  It 
is  no  longer  possible  for  a wealthy  man,  who  likes 
sport  without  inconvenience  and  hardship,  to  have  his 
parlor  car  side-tracked,  and  to  make  it  a headquarters 
while  enjoying  the  pastime.  One  is  compelled  to  rough 
it  to  some  extent  to  obtain  success  in  hunting  big 
game  at  the  present  time.  But  after  all  is  that  an 
objection?  _ Does  it  not  put  a keen  edge  on  the  sports- 
man’s desire?  Those  hunting  incidents  which  have 
given  me  the  greatest  trouble  and  exercised  my  skill 
the  most  are  the  ones  I recall  with  greatest  pleasure. 

E.  F.  R. 


Sport  in  New  Sooth  Wales. 

New  York,  March  29.— Mr.  H.  E.  Brock,  Mr.  I.  Brock, 
of  Lawrenny,  Hamilton,  Tasmania,  and  Mr.  Edward  C. 
Officer,  of  Kallara,  New  South  Wales,  were  callers  at  the 
Winchester  Repeating  Arms  Company,  312  Broadway, 
this  week,  and  were  shown  over  the  various  lines  of 
sporting  rifles  made  by  them,  with  which  they  were  very 
familiar,  as  they  have  used  the  guns  made  by  the  com- 
pany in  their  own  hunting  for  many  years. 

They  are  largely  interested  in  sheep  raising,  Mr.  Officer 
partly  controlling  a sheep  run  of  over  1,000,000  acres  in 
New  South  Wales.  They  are  now  on  their  return  to 
Australia,  after  a trip  around  the  world  lasting  over  a 
year,  and  say  they  are  more  than  delighted  with  what 
they  have  seen  thus  far  in  the  United  States,  and  will 
visit  Niagara  Falls,  the  Grand  Canon  of  the  Colorado  in 
Arizona,  Los  Angeles  and  other  points  in  California,  and 
sail  for  Sydney  on  the  27th  of  April. 

They  are  very  enthusiastic  sportsmen,  and  the  Messrs. 
Brock  told  , of  the  stocking  of  the  streams  of  Tasmania 
with  the  rainbow  trout  of  the  far  West,  and  reported  that 
the  fish  are  doing  well  there  and  bid  fair  to  outrival  the 
American  fish  in  their  new  habitat.  They  have  multiplied 
beyond  expectations,  and  will  furnish  the  finest  sport  for 
the  present  and  future  generations  of  Tasmanian  devotees 


of  fishing  of  any  species  they  have  had  the  pelasure  of 
playing  up  to. the  present  time. 

In  sport  with  a shotgun  the  sportsmen  of  New  South 
Wales  will  sometimes  make  a very  mixed  bag.  Parrots 
are  plentiful  and  difficult  t©  shoot,  as  they  fly  high  and 
swift,  and  it  is  very  hard  to  stalk  them,  and  the  best  way 
is  to  remain  under  the.  trees  where  they  have  been,  as 
sooner  or  later  they  will  return.  After  bagging  a few 
parrots,  one  can  try  for  a wallaby,  and  may  get  a shot 
while  looking  for  one  at  a dingo  or  wild  dog,  and  then 
may  run  across  a bear.  Hares  abound  and  are  a pest  in 
many  places.  The  kangaroo-rat,  wombat,  opossum,  flying 
fox,  platy-pus  and  wild  horses  are  also1  found  in  the 
mountain  districts. 

In  bird  land  the  . bronze  wing  pigeon,  wonga-wonga, 
lowry,  plover,  magpie,  cockatoo,  kingfisher,  gill  bird  and 
laughing  jackass  are  seen  and  heard  on  every  hand  amid 
a scenic  picture  that  once  seen  will  never  be  forgotten. 


Legislation  at  Albany. 


Albany,  April  1.— The  following  game  bills  have  just  been  intro- 
duced : 

Senator  Raines’  (Int.  No.  796),  relative  to  the  marine  fisheries 
°*  IS  °tate.  It  takes  their  supervision  from  the  Forest,  Fish 
and  Game  Commission,  and  places  it  in  the  hands  of  the  super- 
intendent of  marine  fisheries,  who  for  the  next  four  years  shall 
be  the  present  superintendent  of  shell  fisheries.  This  official  shall 
have  his  office  in  Manhattan  or  Brooklyn,  and  may  appoint 
various  assistants  and  protectors.  His  term  of  office  is  to  be 
four  years,  and  his  compensation  $5,000  a year  and  expenses.  The 
proposed  act  contains  extensive  provisions  for  the  protection  of 
fish  and  shell  fish. 

Assemblyman  Knapp’s  (Int.  No.  1365),  providing  a new  section 
to  be  known  as  47a,  to  provide  that  no  transportation  company 
or  person  shall  transport  into  this  State  any  fish  caught  in  that 
part  of  Lake  Champlain  known  as  Missisquoi  Bay,  lying  in  the 
1 rovince  of  Quebec,  on  the  Richelieu  River,  which  is  the  outlet 
of  the  lake,  at  any  time.  A violation  of  the  act  is  made  a mis- 
demeanor. 


T I j , ' . ' ’ * ''*«-*«-*  * >-  cu  uuv.n.  OllUU  Llilg  UU  LiUflt' 

Island,  so  as  to  permit  the  shooting  of  wildfowl  on  Long  Island 
on  1 hursdavs,.  Fridays  and  Saturdays,  from  March  1 to  April 
lo,  both  inclusive. 

The  Assembly  Committee  on  Fish  and  Game  has  reported  the 
lolJowmg  bills: 

Assemblyman  Reeve’s  (Int.  No.  1076),  relative  to  fishing  in 
Jamaica  Bay  and  adjacent  waters. 

. Assemblyman  Reeve’s  (Int.  No.  1079),  relative  to  the  use  of  nets 
m Coney  Island  Creek. 

Assemblyman  Reeve’s  (Int.  No.  1078),  relative  to  the  powers  of 
game  protectors. 

Assemblyman  Reeve’s  (Int.  No.  1076),  relative  to  grouse  and 
woodcock  not  being  sold. 

Assemblyman  Reeve’s  (Int.  No.  1075),  relative  to  penalties. 

J he  Assembly  has  advanced  to  third  reading  these  bills  - 

Assemblyman  Coutant’s  (Int.  No.  1295),  in  relation  to  herring 
nets  m the  Hudson  and  Delaware  rivers 

Assemblyman  Reeve’s  (Int.  No.  1077),  relative  to  the  close 
season  on  woodcock. 

Assemblyman  Reeve’s  (Int.  No.  1074),  relative  to  grouse  and 
woodcock  not  being  sold. 

. Assemblyman  Cunningham’s  (Int.  No.  599),  relative  to  spear- 
mg  fish  in  Ulster  county. 

Assemblyman  Allen’s  (Int.  No.  12C6),  relative  to  the  close  sea- 
son for  trout  m Cayuga  county. 

The  Assembly  has  passed  these  bills: 

Assemblyman  Hapman’s  (Int.  No.  1103),  relative  to  fishing 
through  the  ice  m Cross  Lake,  Cayuga  county 

Assemblyman  Bedell’s  (Int.  No.  1181),  limiting  the  number  of 
woodcock  grouse  and  quail  that  may  be  taken  in  Orange  county 

Assemblyman  Bedell’s  (Int.  No.  1087),  relative  to  selling  wood- 
cock,  grouse  and  quail  in  Orange  county. 

Assemblyman  Plank’s  (Int.  No.  958),  prohibiting  the  taking  of 
pickerel,  pike  and  muskallonge  in  the  St.  Lawrence  River  below 
the  city  of  Ogdensburg  from  Jan.  1 to  April  30.  both  inclusive 
and  elsewhere  in  the  river  from  Jan.  1 to  June  9,  both  inclusive 


In  California  Waters. 

Sacramento,  Cal.,  March  23. — Farmers  and  fishermen 
in  this  great  valley  are  much  rejoiced  at  the  charming 
invoice  of  spring  weather  being  daily  received  from  the 
fresh  stores  of  Dame  Nature.  Already  the  fruit  trees 
have  cast;  their  blossoms  and  started  upon  the  serious 
business,  of  growing  berries,  cherries,  peaches,  pears,  figs 
and  such;  the  busy  bees  are  laying  in  stores  of  saccharine; 
the  little  birds  are  busily  engaged  “totin’  ” straws,  strings 
and  fleece  to  out-of-the-way  places ; flowers  are  pushing 
their  gladsome  faces  forward  from  myriad  lurking  places  ; 
the  click-clack-clatter  of  the  frolicsome  lawn-mower  is 
heard  early  and  late;  our  small  boy  neighbor  next  door 
is  nursing  a sore  thumb  as  the  result  of  indulgence  in 
early  baseball ; and  we — well  we  are  putting  in  our  spare 
time  furbishing  up  our  fly-rod,  overhauling  our  reels  and 
other  light  tackle  in  expectancy  of  a great  time  on  April 
1.  There  are  hundreds  of  “ns”  in  this  State,  and  “we” 
are  promising  “ourselves”  the  time  of  “our”  lives.  But 
many  doubt  if  the  waters  will  be  in  fit  condition  by  the 
first,  for  this  Pacific  Coast  has  been  visited  by  mighty 
rains  during  the  past  ten  days.  These  rains  have  pre- 
vailed from  as  far  north  as  Shasta  Range  to  the  southern- 
most limits  of  the  State,  inflicting  no  little  damage  on  the 
roadbeds  of  the  Southern  Pacific  and  the  Santa  Fe  rail- 
roads. But  this  damage  is  more  than  offset  by  the 
promise  of  the  great  crops  which  these  generous  showers 
doubly  guarantee.  It  was  just  the  kind  of  a downpour 
the  “man  with  the  hoe”  was  praying  for— a steady,  misty, 
“drizzle-drozzle”  that  the  hungry  soil  sucked  up  and  is 
holding  in  trust  for  the  grains  and  fruits  that  will  later 
need  it.  The  husbandmen  and  horticulturist  having  been 
served  first  and  to  his  great  liking,  we  anglers  can  afford 
to  accept  second  service.  But  there  is  a “mighty  heap” 
of  preparation  going  on,  and  all  sorts  of  excuses  for  ab- 
sence from  business  on  the  first  are  now  being  knocked 
together.  The  headwaters  of  the  Sacramento — a turgid, 
roily  river — afford  some  of  the  best  trout  fishing  in  the 
State.  There  are  scores  of  little  streams  making  from  the 
Sierra  toward  this  great  valley;  they  will  present  an  ani- 
mated scene  if  the  word  comes  down,.  “The  water  is  j ust 
right.”  There  is  no  dearth  of  fishing  grounds  if  the 
waters  are  right  and  one  can  afford  the  time,  for  some- 


times it  means  a day’s  ride  on  the  cars  to  arrive  at  one’s 
destination.  Up  Shasta  way— a matter  of  some  275  miles 
or  better — I have  valiant  accounts  of  the  great  sport 
awaiting  me.’ 

A friend — and  he  knows  the  game,  too — passed  along 
Williams  River  in  Siskiyou  county  last  week;  he  reports 
plenty  of  big  ones  already  in  evidence. 

‘‘The  stream  is  so  full  of  trout  that  we  saw  them  break 
dozens  of  times  right  in  the  public  fords  as  we  would 
drive  into  the  water.  Big  ones,  too  ; bigger  than  one  can 
hope  to  land  with  light  tackle.” 

Then  a little  further  over  is  Lake  Klamath,  two  score 
miles  from  the  railroad,  and  a half  score  of  other  lakes 
just  as  fine,  the  river  Klamath,  and  still  further  away,  but 
in  the  same  general  direction,  the  famous  River  McCloud. 
He  who  decides  on  this  “neck  of  the  woods”  will  have 
his  choice — mayhap — of  salmon,  salmon  trout,  Shasta 
trout,  rainbows,  Dolly  Vardens  and  natives. 

The  wonder  to  a new  comer  is  that  there  should  be  any 
fishing  in  these  waters  at  all,  for  although  California 
game  and  fish  laws  are  liberal  to  a fault,  yet  they  are 
ruthlessly  and  flagrantly  disregarded.  Spearing  is  the 
favorite  method  of  illicit  capture  here.  “If  I won’t  drink, 
make  me  drink,”  said  a “convive”  who  had  sworn  off  and 
was  now  willing  to  accept  any  old  excuse  to  embrace 
the  pranksome  Manhattan.  So  the  big  fish  that  won’t 
take  the  barb  are  made  to  take  it  at  the  hands  of  the 
unerring  spearsman. 

“Why,  the  people  along  all  these  streams  pay  little  re- 
gard to  the  law.  When  they  want  a salmon  or  a trout, 
they  don’t  wait  till  he  is  ready  to  bite;  no,  sir.  They  get 
a line  on  him  as  he  floats  along  the  narrow  and  ofttimes 
shallow  stream,  poise  their  spear,  take  good  aim,  and — 
there’s  fish  for  dinner  in  season  or  out  of  season,”  said 
my  above-mentioned  friend.  “Why,  on  this  trip  I saw  a 
number  of  railroad  section  hands  at  their  work  with  their 
spears  lying  alongside  the  tracks.  Once  in  a while  a 
man  would  walk  to  the  water’s  edge,  make  a lunge,  shake 
off  a big  fish,  and  a minute  later  return  to  work.  Better 
still,  they  spear  with  torches  at  night.  Just  flash  a torch 
over  the  surface  of  some  big  pool  and  the  big  fellows, 
full  of  curiosity,  come  up  to  see  what  all  the  commotion 
is  about.  Of  course  there  is  no  sport  about  this  sort  9f 
thing,  but  it  fills  the  larder. 


“While  I have  seen  this  go  on  for  years,  yet  there  seem 
to  be  quite  as  many  fish  now  as  formerly.’  However,  I 
asked  a fisherman  on  the  McCloud  who  had  stopped ’to 
swap  yarns  with  me,  how  the  fishing  was. 

““Taint ’s  good  ’s  it  useter  be,’  he  replied. 

Hows  that?  I asked.  ‘You  seem  to  be  pretty  com- 
fortably loaded.’ 

“ ‘Oh,  I ’spect  I got  a couple  o’  hundred,  first  and  last.’ 

“‘What!  and  you  say  the  fishing  is  not  as  good  as  it 
used  to  be?’ 

“ ‘No,  it  ain’t,  mister.  Why,  a few  years  back  I could 
’a  caught  300  or  400  in  less  time  than  it  took  me  to  take 
these.’  ” 

And  the  conversation  took  place  almost  three  weeks  be- 
fore the  opening  of  the  season.  The  wonder  is  that  such 
vandal  practices  have  not  long  since  depleted  the  streams; 
but  such  is  not  the  case,  and  those  who  abide  the  law 
later  in  the  season  will  have  all  the  fine  sport  they  want. 

At  the  present  session  of  the  Legislature  the  following 
bill  was  passed,  and  it  is  hoped  and  believed  that  before 
he  lays  his  pen  down  to-night  Governor  Pardee  will 
approve  it.  There  are  several  other  important  measures 
before  His  Excellency,  and  those  who  have  the  interest 
of  true  sport  at  heart  hope  he  will  give  them  his  indorse- 
ment. Section  633  of  the  Penal  Code,  which  is  the  most 
important  measure  to  anglers,  reads : 

“Every  person  who  between  the  first  day  of  November 
in  any  year  and  the  first  day  of  April  of  the  year  follow- 
ing buys,  sells,  takes,  catches,  kills  or  has  in  his  posses- 
sion any  variety  of  trout,  except  steelhead  trout,  or  who 
between  the  first  day  of  February  and  the  first  day  of 
April,  or  between  the  tenth  day  of  September  and  the  six- 
teenth day  of  October  of  each  year,  buys,  sells,  takes, 
catches,  kills  or  has  in  his  possession  any  steelhead  trout,' 
or  who  between  the  first  day  of  NovemDer  and  the  first 
day  of  April  of  the  year  following  takes,  kills,  or  catches 
any  steelhead  trout  above  tide  water;  or  who  at  any 
time  takes,  catches  or  kills  any  trout  except  with  hook 
and  line;  or  who  at  any  time  buys,  sells,  or  offers  for  sale 
any  trout  of  less  than  one  pound  in  weight,  or  who  at  any 
time  takes,  catches,  kills  or  has  in  his  possession  during 
any  one  calendar  day  more  than  fifty  trout;  or  who  at 
any  time  takes,  catches,  kills  or  has  in  his  possession  dur- 
ing any  one  calendar  day  trout  other  than  steelhead  trout. 


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April  8,  1905.] 


the  total  weight  of  which  exceeds  twenty-five  pounds, 
is  guilty  of  a misdemeanor.” 

The  penalty  is  $20  fine  for  violation  of  any  of  the  pro- 
visions mentioned,  or  imprisonment  in  the  county  jail  in 
the  county  in  which  the  conviction  is  had  for  not  less 
than  ten  days. 

The  amendment  fails  to  say  if  the  trout  of  “one  pound 
in  weight  for  sale”  shall  be  dressed  or  undressed.  While 
the  amendment  is  not  all  it  might  have  been,  yet  it  is  a 
long  step  in  the  right  direction. 

In  my  next  I shall  attempt  to  note  all  changes  in  the 
fish  and  game  laws  of  the  State.  The  California  Anglers’ 
Association,  whose  name  betokens  its  mission,  now  has 
a membership  of  nearly  fifty,  and  recently  enjoyed  a 
pleasant  house  warming  at  its  new  home  in  the  Callaghan 
building,  San  Francisco.  J.  D.  C. 


In  New  England. 

Boston,  April  1. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream:  Mr.  I. 

O.  Converse,  the  well-known  Fitchburg  sportsman,  writes 
that  the  Rifle  and  Gun  Club  of  that  city  has  voted  to 
make  its  president,  Dr.  Wilbur,  a member  of  the  State 
organization.  The  plan  of  making  the  presiding  officer 
of  the  club  a member  of  the  Massachusetts  Fish  and 
Game  Protective  Association  was  adopted  several  years 
ago,  at  the  time  Mr.  H.  A.  Estabrook  was  its  president, 
and  has  been  continued. 

As  the  result  of  observations  made  on  an  extended 
trip  north,  Mr.  Converse  says  he  found  the  snow  so  deep 
that  no  fences  were  visible,  and  there  are  “lots  of  par- 
tridges all  through  southern  New  Hampshire  and  Ver- 
mont, and  deer  everywhere.”  Two  woodcock,  he  says, 
were  seen  near  the  city  on  March  12.  From  another 
-source  l hear  that  near  Pownal,  Vt.,  a herd  of  32  deer 
has  been  seen  by  several  persons. 

A party  of  Massachusetts  sportsmen  has  recently  re- 
turned from  a trip  which  combined  pickerel  fishing  and 
rabbit  hunting  in  southern  New  Hampshire.  They  were 
entertained  by  Mr.  C.  M.  Merrill,  of  Boston,  at  his  lum- 
ber camp  at  Highland  Lake.  The  lake  is  ten  miles  long 
and  is  1,700  feet  above  sea  level.  Many  stockholders  in 
the  company  have  cottages  on  the  lake,  and  they  are  look- 
ing forward  to  the  opening  of  the  deer  season  for  two 
weeks  next  fall,  as  they  will  be  exempt  from  the  license 
tax,  although  non-residents,  by  reason  of  owning  prop- 
erty to  the  value  of  $500  or  more  within  the  State.  Hav- 
ing for  several  years  been  protected  in  the  counties  where 
the  lumber  preserve  is  located,  deer  have  multiplied 
rapidly,  and  on  the  northwest  side  of  the  lake  27  have 
been  yarded  all  winter,  and  their  paths  cross  many  acres 
of  the  company’s  land.  On  the  opposite  side  of  the  lake 
six  were  seen  together  one  day  by  the  rabbit  hunters. 
The  party  secured  plenty  of  pickerel  and  several  rabbits. 
Two  members  of  the  party  were  Mr.  Newell  D.  Atwood, 
of  Boston,  and  Mr.  J.  C.  Todd,  of  Ncwburyport.  The 
region  is  a good  partridge  country,  and  during  the  flight 
season  there  is  good  woodcock  shooting. 

Several  Boston  trout  fishermen  departed  on  Friday  for 
their  favorite  streams  on  or  toward  the  Cape.  J.  R.  Reed, 
Esq.,  took  the  train  for  Sandwich,  and  there  is  hardly  a 
doubt  that  he  had  trout  for  his  evening  meal  to-day.  The 
season  on  the  Cape  is  several  days  earlier  than  in  the 
suburbs  of  Boston,  and  some  weeks  earlier  than  in  towns 
on  our  northern  border  and  in  the  western  counties  of  the 
State.  Unfortunately  there  are  now  very  few  of  the  Cape 
streams  open  to  the  public.  Several  individual  lessees 
and  owners  and  some  of  the  clubs  that  have  fishing 
privileges  manifest  an  unselfish  disposition  and  frequently 
extend  invitations  to  the  dwellers  in  the  towns  as  well  as 
to  their  personal  friends  to  fish  their  brooks. 

The  earliest  of  the  Maine  lakes  where  landlocked  sal- 
mon are  to  be  had  is  Sebago,  and  it  is  reported  that 
while  the  ice  is  about  two  feet  thick  there  now,  it  is 
quite  “spongy,”  and  is  liable  to  be  out  within  a few  days. 

It  is  said  that  the  hatching  and  planting  of  fish  in 
Maine  waters  carried  on  by  the  U.  S.  Commission  will  be 
on  a larger  scale  this  year  than  ever  before,  especially  in 
the  output  of  sea  salmon  for  the  Penobscot  River,  investi- 
gation having  shown  that  no  spawning  salmon  worth 
mentioning  are  now  found  in  the  headwaters  of  that 
stream.  1 i 

Much  interest  is  taken  by  sportsmen,  hotel  proprietors, 
and  in  fact  by  the  people  generally,  in  the  proposal  to 
allow  the  taking  and  sale  of  lobsters  between  9 and  11 
inches  long,  on  which  action  is  expected  in  the  Senate 
next  Tuesday.  The  dealers  predict,  if  such  a law  is 
passed,  that  it  will  prove  very  destructive  to  the  lobster 
industry.  They  say  there  are  no  11-inch  lobsters  left  to 
save  now  and  none  to  speak  of  10J2  inches  long.  Be- 
lieving the  present  limited  supply  and  consequent  high 
prices  are  due  wholly  to  over-fishing,  many  of  the  dealers 
and  the  State  Association  are  endeavoring  to  prevent 
any  change  of  the  law  in  the  direction  proposed. 

Central. 


How  Large  Do  Striped  Bass  Grow  ? 

Newport,  R.  I.,  March  21. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 
In  collecting  data  for  a monograph  on  the  striped  bass, 
I have  endeavored  to  ascertain  correctly  the  facts  in 
answer  to  the  above  question. 

Prof.  G.  Brown  Goode,  in  his  “American  Fishes,” 
copyrighted  in  1887,  states  explicitly,  “The  largest  on 
record  was  one  weighing  112  pounds,  taken  at  Orleans, 
Mass.,  in  the  Town  Cove.”  Writing  to  the  United 
States  Fish  Commission  to  ascertain  Professor  Goode’s 
authority  for  this  assertion,  I was  told  in  reply,  “The 
Commission  can  give  no  additional  information  in  re- 
gard .to  the  large  fish  mentioned  by  Professor  Goode, 
but  'thinks  that  his  statement  may  be  accepted  without 
question.” 

I •' then wrote  for  further  information  to  the  post- 
master and  town  clerk  of  Orleans.  They  both  of  them 
replied  that  after  diligent  inquiry  they  had  been  unable 
to  find. any  one  in  Orleans  who  had  ever  heard  of  a 
striped  bass  • “weighing  112  pounds  being  taken  in  the 
Town  .Cove.”  They  both  of  them,  however,  sent  me 
conclusive  proofs  of  the  capture  by  Mr.  George  T. 
Smith,  of  Eastham,  Mass.,  in  the  Town  Cove,  some 
forty,  years  ago  (their  notes  were  written  in  1903),  of 
a striped  bass  weighing  120  pounds. 

This  fish  was  caught  napping  by  the  ebb  tide  on  the 


FOREST  AND  STREAM.  < 


flats  in  the  Town  Cove,  and  was  unable  to  get  into  deep 
enough  water  to  escape.  This  was  undoubtedly  the 
fish  mentioned  by  Professor  Goode,  but  why  did  he 
give  only  112  pounds?  At  the  date  of  writing  this  was 
doubtless  the  largest  known  striped  bass.  Since  then 
specimens  weighing  up  to  125  pounds  have  been  taken 
in  the  seines  in  Albemarle  Sound.  This  last  weight,  I 
think,  we  may  assume  to  be  the  maximum. 

Mr.  Smith,  the  postmaster  of  Orleans,  also  sent  me 
notes  of  a striped  bass  weighing  104  pounds,  which  was 
taken  on  the  back  side  of  Cape  Cod,  in  1876.  He  did 
not  state  the  manner  of  its  capture. 

Many  very  large  striped  bass  have  been  taken  with 
a hand-line,  and  larger  fish  have  been  caught  in  that 
manner  than  with  a rod  and  reel. 

De  Voe,  in  his  “Market  Assistant,”  New  York,  1867, 
speaks  of  “An  enormous  striped  bass  which  was  caught 
with  a hand-line  at  Cuttyhonk  (sic),  near  New  Bed- 
ford, in  the  year  i860,  which  weighed  104  pounds.” 
Probably  the  largest  striped  bass  ever  taken  on  rod 
and  reel,  was  the  one  taken  by  Mr.  W.  M.  Hughes,  of 
South  Portsmouth,  R.  I.,  on  July  11,  1882,  at  Sachuest 
Point,  R.  I.  Mr.  Hughes  cleaned  his  fish  on  the  rocks 
and  brought  it  into  Newport,  to  be  weighed  in  that 
condition.  It  weighed  then  67J6  pounds,  Its  original 
weight  undoubtedly  was  over  75  pounds,  but  it  has  to 
stand  as  a 67  or  68  pound  fish. 

The  record  fish  weighed  70  pounds,  and  was  taken 
by  the  late  Mr.  William  Post,  of  New  York,  on  July 
5,  1873,  at  Graves  Point,  Newport,  R.  I. 

Mr.  Post  himself,  in  speaking  of  this  fish,  often  told 
me  “he  was  the  poorest,  thinnest  bass  he  had  ever 
seen  (the  photograph  I inclose  clearly  shows  this) ; if 
he  had  been  in  good  condition  he  would  have  gone  con- 


STRIPED  BASS  WEIGHING  IO  POUNDS. 

Caught  by  Mr.  Wm.  Post,  at  Graves  Pond,  R.  I.,  July  5,  1873. 

The  record  bass  taken  on  rod  and  reel. 

siderably  over  100  pounds.”  This  fish,  like  Mr.  Hughes’ 
capture,  in  all  probability  weighed,  when  taken  from 
the  water,  some  pounds  more  than  the  recorded  weight. 
Mrs.  Post,  writing  me  in  regard  to  her  husband’s  big 
bass,  says,  “I  remember  that  it  was  too  large  to  be 
weighed  at  Graves  Point,  and  had  to  be  taken  to  town 
for  the  purpose.  The  verdict  then  was  that  it  ‘lost 
weight,’  as  it  was  also  photographed  before  being 
weighed.  After  that  lapse  of  time  it  weighed  70  pounds. 
It  was  caught  about  6 A.  M.” 

The  original  photograph  was  taken  by  the  “Original 
Williams,”  so-called,  of  Newport.  His  gallery  has  not 
been  in  existence  for  many  years,  but  I was  informed 
by  Mrs.  Sharp,  who  was  his  assistant,  that  she  remem- 
bered the  occurrence  perfectly,  and  that  the  photograph 
was  taken  about  12  o’clock. 

A fish  lying  on  the  rocks  for  some  four  or  five  hours 
on  a July  morning,  and  then  being  carried  some  three 
miles  into  town,  would  surely  lose  some  weight.  The 
question  is,  how  much?  This  bass,  as  far  as  I have 
been  able  to  ascertain,  is  the  record  striped  bass  taken 
on  a rod  and  reel.  There  have  been  several  celebrated 
catches  of  striped  bass  made  in  these  waters. 

Mr.  Seth  B.  French,  of  Newport,  fishing  with  the 
late  Mr.  John  Whipple,  of  New  York,  at  Graves  Point, 
on  Aug.  27,  1881,  took  ten  fish  between  6 and  11  A.  M., 
fishing  in  a heavy  sea  on  a rising  tide.  The  fish  weighed 
58,  56,  54,  53,  51,  50,  49,  46,  42,  36  pounds  respectively. 
Total  weight,  495  pounds;  average  weight,  49^2  pounds. 
This  is  the  best  fishing  I can  find  any  record  of.  For  a 
single  rod  I do  not  think  the  record  of  Mr.  Isaac  Town- 
send, of  New  York,  has  ever  been  excelled.  Fishing 
at  the  Newport  Fishing  Club,  Southwest  Point,  in  1880, 
he  made  the  following  scores. 

Oti  Aug.  5,  1880,  he  took  seven  before  breakfast, 
weighing  51,  49/ 47,  46,  39,  38,  37  pounds;  total  weight, 
307  pounds;  average,  43  6-7  pounds. 


On  Aug  29,  1880,  he  caught  twelve  bass,  weighing 
50,  50,  47,  46,  45,  43,  41,  33,  32,  31,  30,  IS  pounds;  total 
weight,  463  pounds;  average,  38 y2  pounds. 

The  largest  bass  ever  taken  at  the  West  Island  Club 
weighed  64  pounds,  and  was  caught  in  1877.  The  Cut- 
tyhunk  Club  record  fish  weighed  the  same,  and  was 
caught  in  1882. 

Pasque  Island  Club  record  was  62  pounds,  caught  in 
1869. 

The  Beaver  Tail  Club,  on  Conanticut  Island,  has  a 
record  bass  weighing  68  pounds,  caught  in  1895. 

The  Newport  Fishing  Club’s  largest  fish  weighed  63 
pounds,  and  was  caught  in  1880. 

A bass  weighing  68  pounds,  taken  in  1881,  is  the 
record  fish  of  the  Graves  Point  Club. 

Many  large  fish  were  taken  off  Mr.  Winan’s  stands  at 
Brenton  Reef  Point,  Newport,  by  him  and  his  family 
and  friends,  but  no  record  of  them  seems  to  have  been 
kept.  I have  seen  a photograph  of  a 64-pound  fish 
taken  by  Mr.  Winans. 

I am  quite  sure  that  in  the  early  days,  when  there  was 
a hotel  on  West  Island,  before  the  club  was  started,  the 
days  that  Genio  C.  Scott  loved  to  write  about  to 
Wilkes’  and  Porter’s  Spirit  of  the  Times,  striped  bass  of 
a greater  weight  than  any  mentioned,  were,  taken. 

I have  been  unable  to  ascertain  any  facts  in  regard  to 
the  catches  made  at  the  Squibnocket  Club  on  Martha’s 
Vineyard.  I would  be  greatly  obliged  if  any  reader 
would  put  me  in  possession  of  any  facts  regarding  the 
records  of  that  club.  Daniel  B.  Fearing. 


Federal  Control  of  Fish. 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

On  two  previous  occasions  I have  felt  called  upon  to 
answer  certain  objections  made  by  Judge  Beaman  to  the 
bill  for  the  Federal  protection  of  migratory  game  birds, 
and  in  to-day’s  issue  of  your  paper  I note  Mr.  J.  B. 
Thompson’s  analysis  of  the  game  and  fish  bills,  and  his 
opposition  to  the  vital  parts  of  the  same. 

Insomuch  as  it  may  be  my  duty  to  meet  fair  and 
well-meant  criticism,  and  any  failure  to  do  so  might  be 
construed  as  an  admission  of  the  soundness  of  such  ob- 
jections, I feel  disposed  to  review  Mr.  Thompson’s 
rather  sweeping  denial  of  the  plenary.  power  of  the 
Government  to  preserve  from  destruction  the  migra- 
tory game  and  migratory  fish  of  the  country,  with  the 
hope  that  whatever  may  be  said  hereafter  by  any  critic, 
my  position  will  have  been  made  plain  to  those  who 
care  to  keep  in  mind  what  I have  said  heretofore  and 
in  this,  I trust,  final  letter. 

While  Mr.  Thompson  says,  “Personally  I would  be 
glad  to  see  the  entire  matter  of  protection  placed  with 
the  Federal  Government,  if  laws  to  that  end  could  be 
effectively  administered,”  he  nevertheless  proceeds  to 
dilate  upon  the  utter  inability  of  our  Government  to  en- 
force such  legislation  because  “the  expense  of  success- 
fully executing  such  plans  as  outlined  in  the  bills  intro- 
duced by  Mr.  Shiras  for  the  protection  of  game  and 
fish  would  be  impossible  from  a merely  economic  stand- 
point;” and  in  addition  to  this,  he  says  the  State  author- 
ity would  grow  lax  and  “the  whole  subject  would  re- 
ceive a setback  which  years  of  effort  would  scarcely 
remedy.”  This  is  a very  gloomy  picture,  and  rather  dis- 
couraging to  one  whose  whole  desire  is  to  strengthen 
and  not  demolish  the  legal  barriers  between  man  and 
his  prey. 

Cost  and  Eff icier. cy  of  National  Game  Protection. 

Where  is  there  the  slightest  proof  of  the  unbearable 
expense,  and  where  does  Mr.  Thompson  cite  any  tan- 
gible reason  for  the  “setback”  that  would  follow  the 
Federal  prohibition  of  spring  shooting  of  wildfowl,  or 
restrictions  placed  upon  the  merciless  destruction  of 
salmon  and  shad  entering  our  coastal  waters  for  the 
purpose  of  reproduction?  Now  I can  well  understand 
how  a good  lawyer,  like  Mr.  Thompson,  not  in  sym- 
pathy perhaps  with  the  recent  growth  of  centralized 
power  in  our  National  Government,  may  cite  many 
cases  and  put  up  an  apparently  strong  argument  against 
governmental  control  of  migratory  game  and  fish;  but 
I am  surprised  at  the  above  statements,  indicating,  as 
they  do,  a lack  of  confidence  both  in  tbe  efficiency  of 
our  Government  and  in  the  liberality  of  Congress  in 
the  proper  enforcement  of  its  own  statutes.  However, 
not  a dollar  need  be  spent  to  enforce  these  laws  if  Mr. 
Thompson  thinks  we  are  too  poor  to  spend  money  for 
such  a purpose,  for  the  simple  reason  that  we  have 
already  a most  efficient  and  well  organized  National 
Bureau  of  Biology,  created  for  the  protection  and  prop- 
agation of  game,  which,  with  a supplemental  act  simi- 
lar to  the  one  passed  for  Alaska  authorizing  “all  U.  S. 
marshals,  deputy  marshals,  collectors  and  deputy  col- 
lectors of  customs  and  all  officers  of  the  revenue  cut- 
ters to  assist  in  the  enforcement  of  the  act,”  would 
give  us  a most  elaborate  and  capable  body  of  game 
protectors;  and  if  to  these  were  added  Government 
forest  rangers,  superintendents  of  life-saving  stations, 
lighthouse  keepers  and  inspectors,  Audubon  Society 
wardens,  backed  (if  we  can  be  permitted  to  spend  a 
little  money)  by  an  energetic,  salaried  National  warden 
appointed  for  each  State,  the  system  of  Federal  super- 
vision would  be  fairly  complete,  without  entailing  very 
much  of  an  expenditure,  considering  the  attendant 
benefits.  In  the  protection  of  migratory  fish  alone 
millions  of  dollars  would  be  gained  anually,  so  the 
question  of  expense  from  an  “economic  standpoint” 
can,  it  seems  to  me,  be  dismissed. 

As  to  the  efficiency  of  such  legislation,  the  fact  is 
that  it  would  almost  enforce  itself,  so  ready  is  the  aver- 
age individual  to  respect  a national  penal  statute. 
Counterfeiting,  smuggling,  illicit  distilling,  unlicensed 
sales  of  tobacco  and  intoxicants,  although  offering 
great  inducements  for  easy  acquisition  of  wealth,  are 
kept  at  a minimum  by  "a  very  limited  force  of  secret 
service  men.  The  daily,  hourly,  infraction  of  State 
liquor  laws  in  large  municipalities  are  comparable  to 
the  lax  enforcement  of  the  local  game  laws  in  many 
of  our  States.  Local  politics,  local  selfishness  and 
local  ignorance  of  real  conditions  are  the  great  ele- 
ments in  the  destruction  of  valuable  (money-producing) 
game  and  fish.  Last  year  I visited  Core  and  Pamlico 
sounds,  and  was  dumbfounded  at  the  flagrant  killing  of 
wildfowl,  especially  that  accomplished  by  the  night 


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[April  8,  1905. 


hunters.  In  ten  days  ten  thousand  redhead  ducks  wer« 
transported  by  one  small  steam  launch  to  a distributing 
point,  and  many  of  these  were  killed  by  fire  hunters  in 
direct  violation  of  a most  important  provision  of  the 
State  laws,  yet  so  great  are  the  sums  realized  along 
the  bays,  where  our  best  Eastern  ducks  are  concen- 
trated the  entire  winter,  that  the  market  hunters  actu- 
ally threaten  death  to  any  local  warden  who  interferes, 
and  naturally  these  officials,  lacking  in  local  support 
and  dependent  upon  such  communities  for  their  posi- 
tions, don’t  care  to  jeopardize  their  lives  or  calling  by 
a too  keen  discharge  of  their  duties. 

Just  imagine  a revenue  cutter  or  Government  launch 
speeding  through  these  bays  bearing  the  message  that 
Congress  had  passed  an  act  protecting  wildfowl,  im- 
posing heavy  penalties,  including  imprisonment,  for  the 
violation  of  its  provisions,  and  that  the.  night  hunter 
or  spring  shooter  would  be  arrested  on  sight,  and  if  re- 
sisting arrest,  would  be  put  in  irons  and  subjected  to 
additional  severe  penalties,  how  long  would  it  take  for 
the  repression  of  such  law-breakers?  About  twenty- 
four  hours. 

Migratory  Game  and  Fish. 

I have  heretofore  taken  the  position  that  if  our 
Government  can  assert  jurisdiction  over  migratory  wild- 
fowl, that,  by  a parity  of  reasoning,  it  can  also  assume 
control  of  the  migratory  fish,  like  the  salmon  and  shad. 
Judge  Beaman  seems  willing  to  stand  for  the  constitu- 
tionality of  my  second  fish  bill,  which  provides  for 
Federal  control  of  the  food  fishes  in  the  public  waters 
of  the  United  States,  but  objects  to  the  one  restricted 
to  those  fish  where  the  jurisdiction  depends  upon  their 
migratory  habits.  Mr.  Thompson  believes  that  all 
these  measures  are  fundamentally  unconstitutional,  and 
he  cites,  with  great  positiveness,  several  court  cases 
showing  the  upholding  of  State  ownership  in  game 
and  fish. 

It  would  seem  that  his  letter  must  have  been  written 
before  my  second  one  was  published,  wherein  I stated 
that  all  those  cases  arose  before  any  classification  was 
suggested,  making  possible  separate  jurisdiction  for 
local  and  for  interstate  game  and  fish,  and  hence  these 
decisions  are  worthless,  for  an  act  of  Congress,  if  valid, 
will  render  void  pro  tanto  any  State.  law,  heretofore  up- 
held, asserting  ownership  in  that  kind  of  game  or  fish 
which  properly  belongs  to  the  country  at  large,  and 
which  can  be  made  the  subject  of  national  legislation. 
For  this,  I will  cite  a recent  authority,  but  before  so 
doing  will  quote  Mr.  Thompson,  so  there  can  be  no 
misunderstanding:  “As  to  fish  in  navigable  waters, 

there  is  no  more  reason  to  assume  authority  of  Con- 
gress than  in  the  case  of  game.  Everyone  knows  that 
civil  and  criminal  jurisdiction  of  the  several  States  ex- 
tend— indeed,  for  the  peace  and  good  order  of  society, 
it  must  extend— to  all  the  lands  and  waters  within  the 
limits  of  the  several  States;  and  it  is  immaterial  that  the 
waters  are  navigable.” 

Setting  aside  my  own  opinion,  it  is  well  to  remember  that 
Judge  Beaman  takes  the  position  that  Federal  laws  can 
be  passed  to  protect  all  game  on  all  the  public  lands  of 
the  United  States  which  heretofore  have  been  exclu- 
sively covered  by  State  game  laws,  so  that  I can  quote 
my  first  opponent  with  some  effect  against  the  last  one. 

But  to  revert  to  the  quotation  of  Mr.  Thompson’s. 
Here  he  says  in  express  terms,  that  all  game  and  fish 
are  in  the  same  class,  and  that  fish  therefore  are  not 
subject  to  the  “authority  of  Congress,”  whether  in 
navigable  waters  or  not.  Unfortunately  for  Mr.  Thomp- 
son’s position,  the  question  is  not  in  the  realm  of  spec- 
ulation, but  is  refuted  by  a recent  emphatic  act  of  Con- 
gress which  has  not  only  been  sustained  by  a very  able 
Federal  Judge,  but,  further  than  that,  the  State  statute 
asserting  primary  ownership  in  such  fish  declared  void 
because  it  conflicted  with  this  act  of  Congress  granting 
certain  exclusive  rights  over  fish  in  public  waters  here- 
tofore under  State  jurisdiction.  The  act  of  Congress  is 
as  follows:  “The  Commissioner  may  take  or  cause  to 

be  taken  at  all  times  in  the  waters  of  the  sea  coast  of 
the  United  States,  where  the  tide  ebbs  or  flows,  and  also 
in  the  waters  of  the  lakes,  such  fish  or  specimens  there- 
of as  may  in  his  judgment  from  time  to  time  be  needful 
or  proper  for  the  conduct  of  his  duties,  any  law,  cus- 
tom or  usage  of  any  State  to  the  contrary  notwithstand- 
ing.” — Sec.  4398  U.  S.  Revised  Statutes. 

Under  this  act  the  Government  authorities  have  the 
right  to  take  at  any  time,  whether  the  season  be  open  or 
closed  under  the  State  laws,  all  the  fish  required  for  the 
conduct  of  its  fishery  enterprises,  and  this  jurisdiction 
extends  throughout  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific  coasts,  the 
bays,  estuaries,  sounds  and  tidal  rivers,  practically  cov- 
ering all  State  waters  where  the  shad  and  salmon  are  to 
be  found,  while  on  the  Great  Lakes  the  Government  has 
equal  power,  all  State  laws  “to  the  contrary  notwith- 
standing.” 

The  State  of  Michigan  objected  to  the  U.  S.  Gov- 
ernment’s representatives  catching  whitefish  and  lake 
trout  during  the  closed  season  and  selling  the  fish  to 
defray  expenses  after  the  spawn  had  been  removed, 
citing  an  act  of  the  State  Legislature  putting  the  fish- 
ing operations  of  the  U.  S.  Government  under  the 
supervision  of  the  State  game  warden. . On  this  branch 
of  the  case,  U.  S.  Commissioner  of  Fisheries  Geo.  M. 
Bowers  said  in  his  annual  report  for  1904,  “In  its  ef- 
forts to  maintain  the  supply  of  commercial  fishes,  the 
Bureau  has  nowhere  labored  more  assiduously  and  ex- 
pended more  money  than  in  Michigan,  which  State  has 
most  valuable  fishery  interests  at  stake  in  all  of  the 
Great  Lakes,  except  one.  For  many  years  the  fish- 
cultural  work  of  the  Government  on  the  Great  Lakes 
has  been  on  an  immense  scale,  far  exceeding,  that  in 
any  other  section  of  the  country,  and  of  the  unmistakable 
benefits  resulting  therefrom  the  Michigan  fishermen  have 
reaped  the  largest  share.  Notwithstanding  these  facts, 
however,  the  fish  wardens  of  Michigan  have  for  a num- 
ber of  years  made  determined  efforts  to  interfere  with 
and  curtail  the  work  of  the  Bureau’s  representatives, 
raising  petty  objections  to  the  methods  pursued  m the 
collection  of  spawn.  Their  short-sighted  and  unwar- 
ranted actions  have  caused  great  annoyance,  and  at 
times  have  threatened  completely  to  stop  fishcultural 
work  in  the  Michigan  waters  of  the  Great  Lakes. 

Friction  continued  to  develop  between  the  State  and 
National  authorities  until  the  former  finally  caused  the 
Surest  of  the  employee  of  the  Bureau  of  fisheries  for 


fishing  out  of  season,  and  also  selling  the  fish  without 
accounting  for  the  proceeds  to  the  State  authorities. 
The  Federal  agents,  acting  under  legal  instructions  from 
Washington,  concluded  to  assert  the  rights  of  the  Na- 
tional Government  to  take  fish  in  those  public  waters 
over  which  Congress  had  declared  itself  supreme,  and 
thereupon  applied  for  an  injunction  in  the  U.  S.  Circuit 
Court. 

Decision  Sustaining  Act  of  Congress,  and  Invalidating 
State  Fish  Law. 

The  proceedings  came  before  Judge  Wanty  in  the 
Circuit  Court  of  the  United  States  for  the  western  dis- 
trict of  Michigan,  and  I quote  the  material  parts  thereof 
(the  italics  being  mine) : 

United  States  of  America,  Complainant, 
vs. 

Chapman  and  Brewster,  Defendants. 

Opinion  of  Judge  Wanty. 

“Under  the  act  of  Congress  providing  therefor,  the 
President  of  the  United  States  appoints  a Commissioner 
of  Fish  and  Fisheries,  whose  duty  it  is  to  investigate 
the  subject  with  a view  of  ascertaining  what  diminution, 
if  any,  in  the  number  of  food  fishes  of  the  coast  and  the 
lakes  of  the  United  States  has  taken  place,  and  from 
what  cause  the  same  is  due,  and  whether  any  protective, 
prohibitory  or  precautionary  measures  should  be 
adopted  in  the  premises,  and  report  upon  the  same  to 
Congress.  It  is  also  provided  that  the  heads  of  the 
several  executive  departments  shall  cause  to  be  rend- 
ered all  necessary  and  practical  aid  to  the  Commis- 
sioner in  the  prosecution  of  his  investigationvand  in- 
quiries, and  Section  4398  of  the  Revised  Statutes  pro- 
vides that  ‘the  Commissioner  may  take  or  cause  to  be 
taken  at  all  times  in  the  waters  of  the  sea  coast  of  the 
United  States,  where  the  tide  ebbs  and  flows,  and  also 
in  the  waters  of  the  lakes,  such  fish  or  specimens  there- 
of as  may  in  his  judgment  from  time  to  time  be  need- 
ful or  proper  for  the  conduct  of  his  duties,  any  law, 
custom  or  usage  of  any  State  to  the  contrary  notwith- 
standing.’ 

“A  deputy  of  the  State  game  and  fish  warden  de- 
manded the  right  to  superintend  the  fishing  operations 
of  the  United  States  Commissioner  of  Fish  and  Fish- 
eries, which  demand  was  refused,  and  he  then  seized 
and  confiscated  the  fish  in  the  possession  of  the  Com- 
missioner’s agents,  and  caused  the  arrest  of  Wires  and 
the  persons  found  assisting  him. 

“If  the  United  States  has  the  right,  which  Congress 
evidently  intended  to  confer  by  the  legislation  above 
quoted,  and  a deputy  game  warden  can  legally  interfere 
with  the  exercise  of  that  right,  in  the  manner  admitted 
in  the  answer  filed  in  this  case,  then  the  Government 
is  entitled  to  the  contempt  which  the  deputy  game  war- 
den exhibited  toward  it.  The  United  States  cannot 
undertake  any  work  where  it  is  not  supreme,  and  a 
Government  officer  could  not,  in  any  legitimate  function 
of  the  Government,  be  under  the  direction  and  control 
of  a State  officer.  If  the  Federal  statute,  by  which  it 
was  intended  to  confer  on  the  Commissioner  the  right 
to  take  or  cause  to  be  taken  in  the  waters  of  the  lakes 
such  fish  as  in  his  judgment  is  needful  for  the  proper 
conduct  of  his  duties,  is  constitutional,  the  legislation  is 
exclusive,  and  any  act  of  any  State,  so  far  as  it  conflicts 
with  that  legislation,  is  void.  The  Attorney-General,  in 
his  brief,  says:  ‘The  defendants  contend  that  the  right 
of  complainant  to  so  take  fish  can  be  exercised  only 
pursuant  to  the  authority  granted  to  the  United  States 
Fish  Commission  by  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Michigan; 
that  the  power  of  complainant  is  limited  and  defined  by 
those  laws,  and  that  any  enactment  of  Congress  contra- 
vening the  statutes  of  this  State  in  relation  to  such  fish- 
ing is  unconstitutional  and  void.’ 

“The  act  of  Congress,  if  invalid,  is  so  because  it  con- 
flicts with  the  Federal  Constitution,  and  not  because  it 
contravenes  the  statutes  of  the  State  of  Michigan.  If  it 
is  decided  that  the  United  States  has  no  right  to  take 
fish,  under  the  act  of  Congress,  its  propagation  of  food 
fishes  must  cease,  because  it  would  be  intolerable  for  it 
to  exercise  any  of  its  functions  under  the  direction  and 
control  of  persons  over  whom  it  has  no  authority. 

“If  the  acts  of  Congress  creating  this  department  are 
void,  the  Government  must  of  necessity  suspend - it,  and 
such  suspension  would  mean  an  immense  loss  to  the 
State  of  Michigan,  and  probably  a much  greater  loss  to 
the  States  bordering  on  tidewater,  where  shell  fish  are 
propagated.  The  constitutionality  of  this  legislation  has 
not  before  been  questioned  in  the  courts,  and  if  the  laws 
of  the  United  States  seeking  to  confer  upon  the  Com- 
missioner of  Fish  and  Fisheries  the  right  at  all  times  to 
take  fish  needful  for  the  conduct  of  his  duty,  notwith- 
standing contrary  legislation  by  the  State,  is  unconsti- 
tutional, such  grave  consequences  must  flow  from  a 
judgment  announcing  it  that  it  seems  to  me  not  proper 
to  pass  upon  that  question  on  a preliminary  hearing 
where  the  preparation  must  of  necessity  be  inadequate.” 

This  decision  settled  the  controversy,  and  from  that 
time  the  local  and  National  authorities  have  gotten 
along  amicably. 

The  right  here  exercised  to  take  any  kind  of  fish,  in 
any  quantities,  at  any  time  of  year,  in  practically  all  of 
the  public  waters  where  the  Government  was  inter- 
ested in  its  operations,  is  too  clear  an  exercise  of 
supreme  authority  over  waters'  admittedly  covered  by  a 
State  law  for  Mr.  Thompson  or  any  one  else  to  gain- 
say, and  it  must  necessarily  follow  that  if  the  above 
act  and  the  law  as  laid  down  by  the  Federal  court  is 
sound,  there  can  be  no  doubt  of  Congress  having  the 
power  to  pass  other  “protective,  prohibitory,  or  pre- 
cautionary measures”  as  expressly  contemplated,  by  the 
original  act  creating  the  Commission  of  Fisheries — and 
as  within  the  scope  of  such  legislation,  I respectfully 
submit  my  two  fish  bills. 

A Recent  Federal  Decision  on  Migratory  Fish. 

On  March  9 of  the  present  year  there  appeared  in 
the  advance  sheets  of  the  Federal  Reporter  (No.  2, 
Vol.  134,  page  282)  the  case  of  McDonald  & Johnston 
et  al.,  vs.  Southern  Express  Co.  U.  S.  Circuit  Court, 
District,  of  South  Carolina,  which  should  be  of  interest 
to  all  those  interested  in  game  cases,  and  as  it  touches 
upon  -the  very  argument  used  by  me  in  behalf  of  the 
hill  giving  the  Government  control  of  the  migratory 


sea  fish,  I will  quote  therefrom,  after  stating  briefly  the 
facts. 

The  State  of  South  Carolina  on  Feb.  16,  1904,  passed 
an  act  prohibiting  the  shipment  of  any  shad  fish  be- 
yond the  limits  of  the  State,  and  made  it  a misdemeanor 
for  any  common  carrier  to  transport  such  fish  beyond 
the  State.  Upon  the  Southern  Express  Co.  refusing  to) 
receive  and  carry  such  fish  the  complainants  filed  a bill 
alleging  that,  “They  were  dealers  and  shippers  of  shad 
fish  caught  within  and  without  the  State;  that  said  shad 
fish  was  a recognized  article  of  interstate  commerce; 
that  the  Congress  of  the  United  States  had  by  several 
statutes  provided  for  the  propagation  of  shad  fishes  and 
had  expended  large  sums  of  money  and  deposited  many 
millions  of  shad  fishes  or  shad  fry  in  the  coast  waters 
of  the  United  States,  for  the  benefit  of  the  citizens  of 
the  United  States,  and  that  the  act  above  mentioned  was 
in  contravention  of  Article  I,  Section  8,  of  the  Consti-  ! 
tution  of  the  United  States.” 

The  case  came  for  final  hearing  before  Judge  Brawley, 
who  decided  that  the  act  was  broad  enough  to  cover 
shad  taken  without  the  State,  and  that  therefore  the 
interdiction  upon  shipment  was  in  violation  of  Article 
I,  Section  8 of  the  U.  S.  Constitution,  as  an  interference 
with  interstate  commerce,  and  held  the  act  to  be  void. 
His  opinion  is  a long  and  interesting  one,  in  which, 
with  apparent  reluctance,  he  adopts  as  an  authority 
Geer  vs.  Connecticut,  relied  upon  by  Judge  Beaman  in 
support  of  his  contention  that  all  game  on  State  lands 
belongs  to  the  people  of  the  State  in  their  collective 
capacity ; but  in  so  deciding  he  significantly  says,  f 
“whether  the  shad  fish,  owing  to  its  peculiar  nature 
and  to  the  circumstance  that  its  presence  within  the 
waters  of  the  State,  is  due  largely  to  the  methods  of 
propagation  and  to  the  expenditure  of  moneys  by  the 
general  Government  for  the  benefit  of  all  the  people  of 
the  United  States,  should  be  differentiated  from  this 
classification  is  an  interesting  question  raised  by  the 
pleadings,  and  may  be  considered  hereafter.”  . But,  hav-  ’ 
ing  come,  to  the  conclusion  that  the  law  was  invalid,  he 
found  it  unnecessary  to  “differentiate”  fish  that  were 
largely  propagated  by  the  Government,  and  that  spent, 
their  non-spawning  period  in  the  high  seas,  from  those 
purely  local  fish  permanently  remaining  within  the 
waters  of  the  State.  Can  there  be  any  doubt  that  Judge 
Brawley  would  have  sustained  an  act  of  Congress  ex-  1 
pressly  regulating  the  catching  of  this  migratory  fish 
(just  as  Judge  Wanty  did  in  the  Michigan  case),  when 
we  consider  that  he  struck  down  the  State  law,  on  a 
narrow  technical  point,  while  indicating  so  clearly,  that, 
this  class  of  migratory  fish  ought  not  be  selfishly  re- 
tained within  a State  which  neither  aided  in  its  propaga- 
tion or  spent  money  for  its  protection,  to  the  denial  of 
all  other  citizens  whose  money  had  made  possible  the! 
continued  existence  of  this  valuable  fish.  If  this  is 
doubted,  let  me  quote  the  final  words  of  Judge  Braw- 
ley’s  opinion:  “It  appears  from  the  reports  of  the  Fish: 
Commission  that  over  thirty  millions  of  shad  fry  have' 
been  deposited  in  the  rivers  of  this  State.  It  seeps  to- 
be  now  pretty  well  agreed  among  those  learned  in  the; 
subject  that  the  young  shad  hatched  out  in  any  particu-j 
lar  river  remain  within  a moderate  distance  of  the 
mouth  of  that  stream  until  the  period  occurs  for  their 
inland  migration.  It  was  formerly  believed  that  shad,: 
during  the  winter,  moved  toward  the  equator,  and,  win-: 
tering  in  the  warmer  waters  of  the  South,  started  along- 
the  coast  in  almost  military  array,  sending  a detach-; 
ment  up  each  successive  stream,  which,  by  a singular1 
method  of  selection,  sought  the  river  in  which  they 
first  saw  the  light;  and  the  argument  is  that  shad  arti-, 
ficially  propagated  in  rivers  and  in  coast  waters  of  the- 
United  States  belong  to  all  the  people  of  the  United 
States,  and  therefore  a State  has  no  power  to  impose 
any  restriction  upon  such  property  which  the  United 
States,  in  furtherance  of  its  policy  of  furnishing  to  the 
people  food  fishes,  has  not  imposed.  The  argument  is. 
ingenious,  and  the  question  interesting,  but_  the  ex- 
igencies of  this  case  do  not  require  me.  to  decide  it. 

Suppose,  however,  that  South  Carolina,  in  order,  to 
meet  this  decision,  were  to  pass  a new  act  prohibiting 
the  shipment  of  shad  “caught  within  the  State,  and' 
the  other  shad  States  did  likewise,  where  would  the 
people  of  this  country  be?  Such  acts  are  equitable,; 
just,  and  based  upon  sound  ethical  principles  when  ap- 
plied to  local  fish,  fostered  and  protected  by  local  legis- 
lation, in  the  local  waters  of  each  State,  but  utterly 
wrong  when  applied  to  valuable  food  fishes  belonging 
to  the  country  at  large  and  practically  dependent  upon: 
the  Government  for  their  permanency.  Should  this 
view  not  be  correct,  then  we  run  the  great  danger  of 
the  Federal  courts,  in  order  to  meet  a situation  like 
this,  holding  that  game  is  an  article  of  jnterstale 
commerce,  and  with  such  a decision  down  will  go  the, 
greatest  bulwark  of  game  protection—  the  prohibition 
of  the  sale  of  game”— unless  still  another  view  be  taken, 
viz.,  that  shad  now  being  admittedly  dependent  upon 
artificial  propagation  by  the  National  Government,  no 
longer  belongs  to  the  ciass  ferae  naturae,  and  can  there- 
fore be  brought  under  the  interstate  commerce  clause 
of  the  Constitution  without  disturbing  that  all-impor- 
tant element  by  which  wild  game,  through  legislation, 
can  have  its  manner  of  taking,  possession,  sale  or  ship- 
ment qualified  by  statute. 

Therefore,  in  view  of  these  several  acts  of  Congress 
and  the  opinions  of  Federal  Judges  deciding  unconsti- 
tutional State  laws  which,  expressly  sought  to  control 
and  retain  for  the  use  of  its  citizens  alone  fish  that,  in 
one  instance,  migrated  from  the  high  seas,  and,  m the 
other,  fish  that  permanently  occupied  public  navigable 
waters  over  which  the  Government,  in  behalf  of  the 
people  of  the  whole  nation,  had  supreme  authority,  have 
I not  shown  the  legality  of  future  legislation  placing 
under  efficient  Federal  control  those  fish  and  those 
birds  which  from  their  habits  and  environments  belong 
to  the  people  of  the  whole  country,  and  not  to  a single 
State,  which,  in  disregard  of  the  rights  of  the  many, 
would  acquire  exclusive  title  , to,  with  the  attendant 
power  to  wholly  exterminate,  if  it  saw  fit? 

State  laws  for  local  fish  and  game,  Federal  laws  fo.r 
national  and  international  fish  and  game,  are  proposi- 
tions,  it  seems  to  me,  worthy  of  consideration  by  the 
sportsmen  of  this  country.  Geo.  Shiras  30. 

Washington,  D.  C.,  March  26. 

p S—  In  your  issue  reaching  me  to-day  I see  you 
[mve  printed  in  full  Judge  Brawle/s  opinion  on  the 


April  8,  1905.] 


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non-shipment  of  shad  in  South  Carolina.  While  classi- 
fying this  fish  as  ferce  natures,  his  bringing  it  within 
the  interstate  commerce  clause  of  the  Constitution  is  a 
new  and  seemingly  dangerous  principle,  as  pointed  out 
above. 


The  Bangor  Salmon  Pool. 

Bangor,  Me.,  March  31. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 
In  the  closing  days  of  the  session  the  game  law  bill  as 
outlined  in  my  last  letter  became  a law,  and  now  those 
non-residents  who  wish  to  shoot  squirrels,  rabbits,  foxes, 
bears,  deer,  moose  and  feathered  game,  or  other  wild  birds 
or  animals  cannot  think  of  undertaking  it  until  provided 
with  a license  to  “fit  the  crime.”  This  will  rejoice  non- 
residents in  the  main,  as  they  will  thus  be  permitted  to 
carry  home  a handsome  bunch  of  birds,  a total  of  thirty 
being  permitted  if  they  can  find  the  birds.  Probably  there 
will  be  no  difficulty  about  locating  the  grouse  as  long  as 
the  supply  lasts,  but  the  average  big-game  hunter  will 
find  it  less  easy  to  secure  his  complement  of  woodcock, 
unless  he  shall  devote  his  whole  attention  to  that  branch 
of  field  sport.  Of  ducks  it  is  but  necessary  to  get  on  the 
right  feeding  grounds,  and  an  abundant  supply  is  assured. 

To-day  at  11  o’clock  in  the  forenoon  a man  crossed  on 
the  ice  bridge  less  than  a quarter  of  a mile  below  the 
highway  bridge  across  the  Penobscot,  when,  as  far  as  the 
eye  could  see,  there  was  an  unbroken  field  of  ice  stretch- 
ing up  river  to1  the  salmon  pool  two  miles  away,  and 
down  as  far  as  High  Head  and  beyond.  Less  than  an 
hour  later  the  whole  field  broke  up,  and  in  another  hour 
there  was  clear  water  flowing  between  Bangor  and 
Brewer,  with  the  grinding,  crunching,  heaving  ice  cakes 
just  passing  out  of  sight  around  the  distant  bend  at  High 
Head,  two  miles  below.  The  going  out  of  the  ice  is  not 
of  itself  of  much  interest  to  the  average  sportsman,  were 
it  not  for  the  fact  that  this  means  the  opening  of  the 
Bangor  salmon  pool  on  time,  with  the  legal  opening  of 
the  sea  salmon  fishing — a season  which  in  Maine  lasts 
until  the  fifteenth  of  September,  the  latest  date  at  which 
salmon  may  be  caught  with  hook  and  line. 


There  is  general  joy  among  the  early  enthusiasts  at  this 
promise  of  freedom  from  ice  in  the  very  first  of  the  fish- 
ing, and  alreadv  one  of  the  most  skillful  as  well  as  one 
of  the  most  enthusiastic  of  the  local  salmon  anglers — an 
amateur  in  the  best  sense  of  the  word,  although  by  no 
means  a novice— has  his  boat  on  the  shore,  ready  for  the 
first  chance  to  cast  after  the  early  fish.  Indeed,  his  was 
the  first  boat  to  arrive  at  the  pool,  although  before  morn- 
ing— the  season  opens  legally  April  1 — the  several  boats 
of  the  market-fishermen  will  doubtless  be  there  to  prevent 
any  lonesomeness  on  the  part  of  the  first  arrival. 

• A general  impression  of  great  hopefulness  prevails 
among  the  salmon-casters  this  spring,  possibly  from  the 
fact  that  the  season  of  1904  was  unusually  unfruitful,  and 
it  is  confidently  expected  that  this  coming  season  will  de- 
velop a greater  list  of  successful  strikes  than  the  records 
showed  for  last  year.  The  wee  small  hours  will  find  the 
fishermen  tumbling  out  of  warm  beds  and  growling  at  the 
mud  as  they  make  their  way  to  the  pool,  there  to  sit, 
wrapped  in  heavy  clothing  as  circumstances  will  permit, 
while  they  angle  for  one  of  these  mighty  fish-  that  fre- 
quent the  Penobscot  River.  Though  they  may  spend 
days— yes,  and  even  weeks — on  the  watch  for  a strike, 
when  they  do.  land  a specimen  of  the  king  of  game  fish 
they  are  abundantly  repaid  for  all  the  discomfort  and 
many  disappointments  that  have  bestrewed  the  way. 

If  some  fish  are  taken  in  the  early  days  of  April,  as  is 
not  uncommonly  the  case,  they  are  likely  to  be  fish  that 
came  up  the  river  on  an  early  run,  perhaps  in  March,  and 
perhaps  as  early  as  January,  and  have  simply  been  wait- 
ing for  clear  water  to  allow  them  to  get  up  and  over  the 
dam.  The  high  tides  incidental  to  the  full  of  the  moon 
are  argued  by  many  of  the  older  anglers  to  best  serve  the 
salmon  in  leaping  the  dam  (they  are  said  to  almost  never 
pass  through  the  Bangor  fishway),  and  as  the  highest  of 
April  tides  do  not  serve  until  the  19th,  then  may  the  first 
effective  run  of  salmon  be  anticipated.  By  that  time  the 
pool  is  sure  to  be  well  covered  with  boats,  and  if  the 
same  beautiful,  warm  and  delightful  weather  hold  that 
has  prevailed  for  the  past  fortnight,  there  will  be  a good 
many  fishermen  on  hand  very  early  in  the  month.  Last 
year  the  first  fish  was  not  taken  the  first  day,  although 
as  a usual  thing  it  is  that  way. 


One  of  the  recent  interesting  events  in  Bangor  was  the 
arrival  of  the  famous  Canadian  poacher,  Pete  La  Fon- 
taine, whom  the  Maine  authorities  have  long  wanted.  , It 
may  be  remembered  by  readers  of  Forest  and  Stream 
that  this  man  was  among  the  most  notorious  of  the  vio- 
lators of  the  game  laws,  and  that  no  warden  had  ever 
been  able  to  catch  him  in  his  camp,  or  if  so  catching  him, 
to  make  an  arrest  on  account  of  his  swiftness  in  the  use 
of  his  rifle.  He  had  threatened  to  shoot  on  sight  any 
warden  sent  after  him,  according  to  local  reports,  and  so 
a certain  warden,  one  of  two  sent  after  him,  walked  into 
his  hut  with  a revolver  loaded  and  aimed,  to  make  sure 
of  his  quarry.  Excitement,  fear  of  the  other’s  quickness, 
or  some  other  emotion,  led  him  to  fire  as  soon  as  he  en- 
tered the  door,  and  La  Fontaine  fell  back  wounded,  it 
was  thought  mortally.  As  the  Canadian  settlements  were 
nearer  and  he  begged  to  be  taken  there  for  treatment, 
the  wounded  man  was  hauled  out  on  a hand-sled  to 
where  better  means  of  travel  were  available.  His  won- 
derful physique  stood  him  in  good  stead,  and  he  didn’t 
die,  but  lived  to  go  back  into  Maine  and  gather  up  his 
traps,  and,  he  claims,  forsake  forever  the  Maine  woods 
for  hunting  and  trapping.  Hearing  that  he  was  again 
at  his  old  tricks,  the  authorities  sent  two  wardens  up  to 
patrol  the  border  and  look  particularly  for  this  man,  who 
was  finally  caught  in  the  middle  of  the  St.  John  River, 
where  he  had  come  to  get  a pail  of  water.  Unarmed  he 
was  at  their  mercy,  and  quietly  submitted  to  arrest  and 
the  trip  to  Bangor,  where  he  faced  the  local  court  for 
trial  for  a long  list  of  violations  of  the  laws  of  the  State. 
It  is  claimed  that  he  produced  an  alleged  accurate  record 
of  all  his  violations  in  Maine,  showing  where  and  when 
he  had  taken  or  shot  each  of  his  trophies  in  a long  career. 
Compromising  on  a fine  of  $200  and  costs,  on  condition 
that  he  should  be  sentenced  on  the  remaining  counts 
against  him  if  the  authorities  find  him  again  trapping  or 
hunting  on  this  side  of  the  invisible  boundary,  he  was 
set  free.  Although  he  says  that  he  is  entirely  recovered 
from  the  wound  that  before  made  him  a prisoner  and  per- 
mitted him  to  regain  as  a dying  man  the  shelter  of  the 
Canadian  side,  yet  he  is  by  no  means  the  rugged,  endur- 
ing woodsman  who  defied  the  Maine  authorities  in  years 
gone  by.  Herbert  W.  Rowe. 


A Voyage  to  the  Golden  Cape. 


July  19  to  Sept.  13,  1904. 

BY  BROOKS  H.  WELLS. 

Istar  was  designed  and  built  by  the  Greenport  Basin 
and  Construction  Company.  She  was  described  and  pic- 
tured in  the  Forest  and  Stream  for  March  21,  1903. 
She  is  designed  to  be  41ft.  3m.  over  all,  29ft.  on  the 
waterline,  has  an  extreme  breadth  of  10ft.,  and  draws 
6ft.  with  8,000  pounds  of  lead  on  her  keel.  She  is  rigged 
as  a yawl  with  double  headsail,  and  carries  a topsail  on  a 
pole  mast.  Her  construction  is  unusually  strong.  She 
is  framed  in  oak  and  planked  with  cedar.  There  is  6ft. 
head  room  in  her  main  cabin,  where  there  are  two  berths. 
Forward  of  the  cabin  is  a roomy  galley  and  toilet  room, 
and  in  the  bow  a berth  for  a man.  Aft  in  the  steerage 
is  a berth  on  the  starboard,  and  closets  to  port.  She  has 
proved  herself  a very  comfortable,  able  cruiser.  On  the 
present  trip  the  skipper  carried  a man,  John  Johnson, 
and  two  friends,  Dr.  M.  and  Vincent  J.  After  these  two 
left*  the  ship  at  Bar  Harbor,  their  places  were  taken  by 
two  of  the  skipper’s  daughters,  who-  sailed  down  the 
coast,  around  the  Cape,  and  home.  The  total  distance 
sailed  on  this  cruise  was  1,562  nautical  miles. 

Istar  had  slid  across  the  sea  from  Greenport  to  Hyan- 
nis,  around  the  Cape  and  up  the  coast  to  Boothbay,  by 
Whitehead,  over  the  West  Penobscot  Bay  to  the  whistle 
off  Fox  Island  Thoroughfare,  and  down  through  Lead- 
better’s  Narrows  and  Hurricane  Sound  by  devious  rocky 
ways  to  the  isolated  fishing  village  of  Carver’s  Harbor. 

Here,  at  the  outermost  edge  of  the  Penobscot  group  of 
islands,  the  waves  of  a cold,  gray  ocean  roll  in  and  break 
sullenly  upon  the  cold,  gray  granite  rocks  that  thrust 
themselves  menacingly  above  its  fog-swept  surface. 
Where  the  rock  slopes  face  the  south,  and  wherever  there 
is  some  protection,  cling  gray,  yellow-green  patches  of 
discouraged  looking  grass.  Little,  twisted,  scrubby 
cedars,  with  gnarled  roots  like  gripping  fingers,  hold  fast 
to  the  rock  crevices.  An  arm  of  a larger  islet  curves 
about  a tiny  bay,  making  a landlocked  basin,  and  at  its 
edge  the  few  forlorn  houses  nestle  as  if  crouching  to 
avoid  the  ocean  gales  and  fearful  of  the  desolate  isolation. 
At  no  other  spot  along  this  coast  is  the  feeling  and  pic- 
ture of  desolation  so  marked.  W e lay  snugly  in  the  little 
harbor  all  night,  our  feeling  of  security  and  comfort  be- 
ing. curiously  intensified  by  the  constant  growling  of  the 
surf  outside,  and  the  shrill  piping  of  the  wind  through 
our  rigging. 

In  the  morning  (July  31)  we  found  a clear  day  and 
fine  fresh  south  wind.  At  8 130,  under  four  lowers  and  a 
working  topsail,  we  went  out  by  Diamond  Rock,  south 
of  Isle  au  Haut,  and  inside  of  Long  Island  by  Cranberry 
Passage  to  Winter  Harbor.  The  wind  was  fresh,  and  at 
times  almost  a gale,  blowing  the  spray  in  little  white 
clouds  from  the  wave  crests,  but  running  free  we  man- 
aged to  hang  on  to  everything,  and  with  backstays  taut 
as  harp  strings,  rushed  along  on  our  course,  making  the 
forty-nine  sea  miles  to  Winter  Harbor  in  a little  less 
than  seven  hours.  The  sailing  was  a bit  strenuous,  but 
glorious. 

From  Winter  Harbor  we  ran  up  the  next  day  over  a 
big  round  swell,  and  with  a moderate  south  wind  and 
light  fog  to  the  cove  at  Jonesport.  Jonesport  is  a forlorn 
little  outpost  on  Moosabec  Reach,  which  is  a useful  water- 
yfafi  but  piptwesque  pnly  jit  name,  August  2 was  calm 


and  foggy,  and  as  a matter  of  prudence  it  would  have 
been  wiser  to  have  remained  at  anchor,  but|  the  spirit  of 
unrest  pushed  us  on.  Drifting  with  the  last  of  the 
morning  ebb  and  a scarcely  felt  light  air,  we  went  out 
south  of  Mark  Island,  hoping  to  get  far  enough  seaward 
to  catch  the  three-knot  flood  through  Grand  Manan 
channel.  -v  f 

A few  miles  beyond  Mark  Island  the  wind  failed  com- 
pletely, and  the  huge  swells  from  the  stiff  southerly  winds 
of  the  previous  week  set  us  so  rapidly  and  dangerously 
near  the  black,  foam-covered  teeth  of  the  eastern  ledges 
that  we  actually  wished  we  had  an  engine.  The  skipper 
and  John  got  out  the  dinghy  at  the  end  of  a tow-line, 
and  with  muscle  in  place  of  gasolene  managed  to  turn 
Isfar’s  head  so  that  her  stern  was  toward  the  seas,  and 
to  guide  her  through  a narrow  way  between  the  breaking 
of  the  ledges  and  so  along  and  into  Roque  Harbor. 

Englishman  Bay  is  an  indentation  somewhat  similar  in 
extent  to  Frenchman’s  Bay.  In  its  center  is  a cluster  of 
rocky,  bold,  densely  wooded  islands,  which  form  the 
nearly  complete  circle  of  Roque  Harbor,  a basin  three- 
fourths  of  a mile  in  diameter  and  rock-bound,  except 
along  its  northwestern  side,  where  the  woods  run  down 
to  a smooth  beach  of  yellow  sand.  About  it  there  is  no 
sign  of  human  presence  other  than  a solitary  fish-trap 
jutting  out  from  its  western  shore.  Its  woods  are  fra- 
grant with  balsam  and  birch.  Needle-carpeted,  broad 
paths  lead  through  the  tangled  depths  of  the  forest.  Here 
we  spent  the  day  wandering  in  the  wood  or  on  the  shore 
basking  in  the  sunshine  and  watching  the  fog  clouds  float 
over  the  outer  islands,  while  in  the  thickness  to  seaward 
the  Libby  Island  fog  signal  shrieked  its  hoarse  warning. 
For  those  who  appreciate  the  beauties  of  solitude,  this  is 
an  ideal  anchorage. 

The  next  morning,  after  the  usual  icy  plunge,  a leisurely 


ISTAR, 


breakfast  and  an  hour’s  basking  in  the  still  sunshine 
watching  the  fog  wreaths  drift  over  the  harbor  mouth 
and  thin  and  vanish  in  its  warmer  air,  a little  zephyr  blew  in 
from  W.S.W.  At  10:30  A.  M.  Istar  slowly  made  her 
way  by  Lakeman’s  Island  to  the  eastward.  The  zephyr 
failed,  and  then  the  wind  came  in  light  from  ahead. 
There  was  a blue,  rippling  sea,  and  bracing,  cool  air,  but 
for  all  that  the  wind  failed  again  at  the  point  by  Cutler’s, 
sc  that  a tow-line  and  a vigorous  use  of  white  ash  was 
necessary  to  get  into  harbor  before  the  swift  ebb  begin- 
ning to  pour  out  from  Fundy  through  the  Grand  Manan 
Channel  should  sweep  us  seaward. 

Again  the  day  came  with  calm  and  fog.  At  9 A.  M. 
started  eastward  with  the  first  of  the  flood.  Outside  a 
little  air  helped  the  three-knot  current,  and  at  noon,  when 
a mile  past  Quoddy  whistle,  and  well  into  Canadian 
waters,  we  ran  sharply  out  of  the  grayness  into  a lovely 
clear  summer  day,  and  across  a shining,  silvery  water 
by  the  Green  Wolf  to  Beaver  Harbor.  Again  at  the  turn 
of  the  tide  the  fickle  wind  deserted  us,  and  the  white  ash 
carried  us  the  half  mile  up  to  the  anchorage.  We  found 
a berth  close  in  on  the  western  side  among  a bunch  of 
fishermen,  by  whom  Istar  was  much  admired. 

The  harbor  is  a mildly  picturesque,  oval  basin  bounded 
by  low,  fir-covered  rocky  hills  from  the  southeastern  side 
to  where  a little  cluster  of  square,  weather-beaten  houses 
with  pointed  roofs,  a couple  of  wharves  and  a field  of 
fish  flakes  nestle  under  the  shadow  of  a tall  cliff,  a rocky 
buttress  from  whose  summit  is  a wide  view  over  the  land 
and  across  to  the  Nova  Scotia  shore. 

Many  delicate  wild  flowers,  fragile  bluebells  and  oxalis 
cling  to  the  crevices  of  the  cliff  face,  and  the  landward 
side  is  brilliant  with  the  scarlet  of  the  bunchberry.  To- 
ward the  village,  close  in  under  the  cliff,  a small  craft 
gets  projection  from  all  winds.  There  are  no  stores  and 
no  provisions  can  be  bought. 

During  the  next  four  days  the  fog  and  calm  continued, 
but  by  taking  advantage  of  the  tides  we  had  groped  our 
way  to  St.  John,  and  now  had  been  drifting  from  morn- 
ing until  nearly  midnight  on  a glassy,  leaden,  melancholy 
expanse  some  eight  miles  to  seaward  of  Partridge  Island, 
off  the  mouth  of  St.  John  River. 

At  midnight,  when  the  skipper  came  on  deck  for  his 
watch,  he  found  that  the  exasperating  calms  and  teasing, 
fickle  airs  of  the  seven  previous  days  had  gone,  for  Istar 
was  driving  along  before  a fresh  W.S.W.  wind.  There 
was  the  promise  of  a good  blow,  the  barometer  was  fall- 
ing rapidly,  the  night  was  dark  and  cloudy,  with  scat- 
tered banks  of  fog.  As  we  rushed  along  through  the 
darkness  over  the  growing  sea,  there  was  the  usual  little 
sparkle  of  phosphorescence  from  our  wake.  At  1 130  A 
M.  the  horizon  ahead  became  clearly  defined  by  a line  of 
light,  and  soon  we  had  sailed  into  a marvelous  and 
weirdly  beautiful  sea  of  fire— the  most  impressive  incident 
of  the  whole  cruise.  The  entire  extent  of  the  horizon  was 
clearly  defined  as  a circle  of  liqrht.  There  was  everywhere 
a ghostly,  pale,  greenish  luminosity.  The  crests  of  the 
breaking  seas,  the  lesser  ripples  and  our  pathway  were 
shivering  lines  of  white  fire.  Our  faces  looked  round- 
eyed and  pallid  in  the  unearthly  radiance,  and  every  spar 
and  hue.  sail,  seam  and  reef  point  stood  clearly  revealed 
against  the  inky  blackness  above.  It  was  a most  won- 
derful display.  The  watch  below  were  waked  and  called 
on  deck.  John,  who  had  sailed  since  boyhood  from  the 
tropics  to  the  polar  oceans,  had  never  seen  anything  ts 
compare  with  it,  and  admitted,  with  the  rest  of  us  that  it 
made  hint  feel  a bit  creepy,  ? ; tv 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


/[April  8,  1905. 


The  day  before  we  had  sailed,  or  rathe.-  drifted, 
through  several  little  milky  patches  where  the  Ct&naphorce 
were  clustered  in  such  myriads  that  the  sea  looked  as  if 
it  might  have  been  thin  boiled  starch,  and  it  is  probable 
that  to  an  unusually  large  collection  of  these  beautiful 
little  phosphorescent  organisms  our  display  was  due. 
The  illumination  lasted  nearly  an  hour,  and  then  was 
gone.  Shortly  afterward  the  darkness  was  intensified  by 
a dense  fog.  At  3 145  A.  M.,  according  to  our  reckoning, 
W were  close  in  to-  the  land,  and  keeping  a sharp  look- 
out, when  we  ran  out  of  the  fog.  There,  scarcely  a quar- 
ter of  a mile  away,  and  dead  ahead,  were  the  lights  of 
Port  Marshall.  Changed  course  two  points  more  to  the 
northward,  and  with  the  first  of  the  flood  made  rapid 
progress.  The  barometer  was  now  rising  rapidly,  and  we 
expected  a shift  of  wind  to  the  north.  A little  after  sun- 
rise the  shift  came,  and  the  sky  cleared,  showing  us  in 
the  splendor  of  the  morning  sun  the  great  300-foot  cliffs 
of  Ise  Haut  off  our  port  bow  and  beyond  the  highlands 
and  sheer  cliffs  of  Cape  Chignecto,  towering  up  850  feet. 
On  the  starboard  hand  stretched  the  rugged  Nova  Scotia 
coast  for  over  sixty  miles,  a nearly  straight  line  of  lesser 
cliffs  and  bluffs  from  50  to  150  feet  high;  at  high  water 
rising  straight  from  the  waves,  at  low  tide  showing  at 
times  a strip  of  rocky  beach,  and  having  in  its  whole  ex- 
tent no  harbor.  At  long  intervals  are  little  piers  or  break- 
waters, along  whose  eastern  sides  small  vessels  may  run 
in  and  anchor  at  high  water  and  be  left  high  and  dry  as 
the  tide  falls. 

With  a rapidly  freshening  wind  we  ran  through  the 
famous  Cape  D’Or  rip,  by  beautiful  Cape  Spencer,  and  up 
with  a six  to  eight  knot  current  to’  between  Cape  Sharp 
and  the  majestic  front  of  Blomidon.  Long  before  this 
we  had  taken  in  the  staysail  and  reefed  mainsail.  The 
tide  turned  to  run  out,  and  we  were  driven  back  a dozen 
miles  to  the  roadstead  near  Glooscap’s  Kettle,  arriving 
there  under  close  reefed  mainsail,  severely  hammered  by 
the  steep  sea,  wet  to  the  skin,  but  happy.  That  was  a 
glorious  sail.  Because  of  the  forty-five  foot  drop  of  the 
tide,  we  anchored  far  enough  away  from  the  beach  to 
have  10  fathoms  under  us,  and  found  a stiff  clay  bottom, 
so  that  with  a long  cable  there  was  no  fear  of  dragging. 

There  was  now  a fresh  gale.  We  were  soon  joined  by 
a three-master  loaded  with  gypsum,  and  a tug  with  a 
string  of  barges  with  coal  from  Parrsboro.  Then  a big 
barkentine  went  flying  by  under  topsails  and  a staysail 
or  two,  but  gave  it  up  off  Cape  Spencer,  and  struggled 
back  to  join  the  growing  fleet  in  the  roads.  There  was 
now  a terrific  sea  off  Cape  D’Or,  and  some  of  the  cold 
rolls  were  served  to  us  at  our  anchorage.  We  had  no 
breakfast  until  we  anchored,  as  we  had  our  hands  and 
minds  full  in  the  excitement  of  the  swift  passage. 

Everything  here  is  on  such  a grand  scale  that  you  do 
not  at  -first  realize  the  magnitude.  The  350- foot  cliffs 
of  Cape  Split  and  the  gigantic  bit  of  rock  broken  off  the 
end  look  small  at  first,  but  the  greatness  of  the  scene 
grows  with  your  knowledge  of  it.  The  strangeness,  the 
grandeur  and  the  beauty  of  the  spot  attract  in  spite  of 
the  dangers.  The  rushing  tides,  the  tearing  rips,  the 
fierce  winds,  the  few  and  exposed  anchorages,  the  fre- 
quent and  dense  fogs,  the  solitude,  make  it  a place  of 
fascination,  and  yet  to  be  shunned  by  the  small  boat, 
unless  she  be  more  than  ordinarily  staunch  and  true. 

We  had  snugged  up  and  were  getting  a bite  to  eat  when 
a dory  put  off  from  shore  and  came  rapidly  out  to  us, 
impelled  by  a pair  of  muscular  arms.  Her  occupant  was 
evidently  prepared  to  be  chatty  and  friendly,  and  intro- 
duced himself  as  Mr.  Baxter  McClellan.  Istar  was  the 
only  small  boat  he  had  seen  for  a number  of  years. 
He  warned  us  to  get  further  off  shore  should  the  wind 
come  out  anything  to  the  east  of  south,  and  asked  about 
the  length  and  strength  of  our  cables.  These  were  in- 
spected, and  it  was  finally  concluded  we  could  ride  out 
about  anything  in  the  shape  of  a blow ; for,  as  he  said, 
an  anchor  once  on  that  bottom  never  let  go,  and  our 
cables  were  long  and  strong  enough  for  a frigate. 

The  next  day  was  August  10.  Istar  should  have  had 
her  prow  turned  homeward  several  days  before,  so  we 
felt  we  must  leave  the  expected  exploration  of  the  Basin 
of  Mines  for  another  summer.  The  weather  was  too 
threatening  and  unsettled  for  a run  either  to  Annapolis 
Basin  or  to  St.  John.  Istar  was  left  in  charge  of  John, 
and  the  Doctor,  Vincent  and  the  skipper  went  ashore  to 
gam  with  McClellan.  Bronzed,  bearded  and  pleasant- 
faced. he  is  apparently  the  whole  town  of  Spencer’s 
Island.  He  is  keeper  of  the  red  light  that  marks  the  road- 
stead, constable,  game  warden,  harbor  master,  road  over- 
seer, pilot,  and  always  ready  to  go  out  of  his  way  to  do 
one  a favor.  He  apparently  knows  all  about  the  country 
and  every  man  in  it,  and  is  stuffed  full  of  good,  clean 
stories.  Successful,  honest,  happy,  hearty,  with  a charm- 
ing wife  and  a family  of  nine  fine  children,  a home  of  his 
own,  something  laid  away,  and  able  to  earn  more-  than 
he  needs  to  spend,  he  is  wealthy  in  the  truest  sense  of  the 
word. 

In  brilliant  sunshine,  with  McClellan  as  guide  and 
companion,  with  camera  and  gun,  we  started  about  nine 
in  the  "morning  for  a tramp  around  Spencer  and  Cape 
D’Or  to  Advocate  Going  down  the  beach  by  Glooscap’s 
Kettle,  stopping  here  to  examine  the  spoor  of  a gigantic 
lizard  imprinted  on  the  level  mud  at  ebb  tide  and  fixed 
in  the  rock  for  untold  centuries,  and  leaning  there  to-  see 
the  ripple  marks  of  the  same  forgotten  time;  watching 
the  red  cliffs  of  glacial  debris,  and  wading  gulleys  breast- 
deep  with  ice  cold  water,  we  came  to  the  beautiful  eastern 
face  of  Cape  Spencer,  where  the  densely  wooded  moun- 
tain side  ends  at  a curving  beach  of  yellow  pebbles,  the 
low-hanging  branches  almost  touching  the  water  at  the 
highest  tides. 

Here  we  left  the  beach  and  entering  the  forest  went 
along  an  old  half  obliterated  trail  slanting  up  the  hillside 
to  the  Cape  D’Or  copper  mines.  Tall,  dark  spruce  domi- 
nated-the  forest,  with  a sprinkling  of  silver  birch  and  an 
occasional  rock  maple  or  a moosewood.  Under  foot  was 
a carpet  of  soft  moss  sprinkled  with  wild  flowers,  blue- 
bells, oxalis,  celandine  and  asters,  and  little  white  clus- 
tered stars.  Blueberries,  raspberries,  a few  belated  wood 
strawberries,  the  rock  cranberry,  bunchberries,  grew 
wherever  a patch  of  sunlight  reached  the  ground. 

The  noon  whistle  blew  just  as  we  entered  the  clearing 
where  the  yellow  houses  of  the  mining  company  clustered 
about  the  shaft.  We  were  in  time  for  dinner  with  the 
‘ boys” 'from  underground,  and  we  did  enjoy  their  boiled 
potatoes  and  fried  ham. 


WRECK  OF  THE  CITY  OF  ROCKLAND,  PENOBSCOT  BAY. 


The  copper  found  here,  from  which  the  Cape  probably 
gets  its  name  D’Or,  is  native  in  little  sheets  and  irregu- 
lar masses,  and  is  apparently  thinly — possibly  too  thinly 
for  profit — distributed  over  almost  the  entire  Cape.  The 
company,  capitalized  at  $5,000,000,  is  said  to  have  invested 
about  a million,  and  is  sinking  shafts,  doing  con- 
siderable development  work,  and  taking  out  some  low 
grade  ore.  They  have  a concentrator  in  operation,  but 
any  questions  as  to  results  and  prospects  found  only  eva- 
sive answers. 

There  is  a primitive  narrow-gauge  railroad  running 
from  the  shaft  to  the  concentrator  near  Horseshoe  Cove. 
After  looking  about  for  a time,  we  rode  down  on  the  en- 
gine tender  and  went  over  the  hill  to  the  fog  whistle 
perched  on  a jagged  pinnacle  at  the  extreme  southern 
point  of  the  Cape.  A heavy  wire  rope,  the  shroud  from 
an  unfortunate  schooner  that  had  driven  against  the  sheer 
cliff  during  a westerly  gale,  hung  from  an  iron  bar  driven 
into  a crevice  and  dropped  over  the  edge  of  rock  toward 
the  beach  below.  When  the  tide  is  up  the  seas  raised  by 
westerly  gales  break  high  against  the  cliff  itself,  but  now 
the  water  was  low.  Clambering  down  we  stood  on  a 
wide,  sloping  beach  of  great  rounded  green  and  red  cob- 
bles. Northward  stretched  the  front  of  the  Cape,  a line 
of  perpendicular  and  overhanging  reddish  yellow  cliffs, 
in  places  streaked  with  green  copper  oxide,  and  rising 
300  to  400  feet  sheer  above  us.  Picking  our  way  over  the 
cobbles,  stopping  to  admire  new  beauties  at  each  turn  of 
the  way,  and  gathering  pocketsful  of  copper  in  leaves  and 
shreds  from  the  crevices  of  the  beach  rocks,  we  came  to 
Advocate  Bay,  the  northern  boundary  of  the  Cape  of 
Gold. 

Here  the  cliffs  ended,  the  mountain  again  stretched 
away  as  a wooded  slope  of  vivid  green,  and  before  us  lay 
an  empty  basin,  a crescentic  rolling  field  of  sand — Advo- 
cate Harbor.  At  high  tide  it  is  wide  and  deep  enough  for 
a schooner  to  beat  to  windward  in,  and  is  protected  from 
the  winds  by  a remarkable  natural  breakwater  of  sand, 
cobbles  and  driftwood.  Between  Cape  Chignecto  and 
Cape  D’Or  stretches  a deep  bay,  wide  open  to  the  west  and 
northwest  gales  of  the  winter.  These,  aided  by  the  swift 
current  of  the  flood  tide,  have  heaped  a remarkable  level, 
curved  line  of  cobbles  for  three  and  a half  miles  across 
the  shallow  bottom  of  the  bay.  Behind  this  natural 
breakwater  lies  Advocate  Harbor.  An  entrance  through 
this  barrier  is  guarded  by  a red  light  at  night,  and  at 
all  times  by  dangerous  and  ever-shifting  bars  of  sand. 
No  stranger,  except  in  direst  need  and  at  high  water, 
should  ever  attempt  to  enter.  A pilot  can  usually  be 
gotten  by  signalling  to  the  light. 

[to  be  concluded.] 


Marine  Gasolene  Engines. 

BY  A.  E.  POTTER.  J 

(Continued  from  page  26 1 ) 

Four-stroke  engines  are  built  with  either  open  or 
closed  crank  cases.  The  open  construction  just  at 
present  is  receiving  more  attention  from  marine 
designers  than  ever  before.  Even  at  the  New  York 
automobile  show  an  automobile  was  exhibited  with  an 
open  crank  case  engine.  While  not  espousing  the  cause 
of  either  type  of  construction,  both  of  which  seem  to 
have  good  points  and  advantageous  features,  it  seems 
to  be  possible  to  decrease  the  weight  per  horsepower 
by  using  open  skeleton  construction,  similar  to  the 
usual  marine  steam  engine.  This  in  a measure  pre- 
cludes the  use  of  “splash”  lubrication  for  pistons,  as 
well  as  cam  shaft,  crank  pin  and  crank  shaft  bearings, 
and  necessitates  the  more  practical  method  of  positive 
feed  to  each  one  separately,  from  a main  reservoir. 
Splash  plates  on  the  other  hand  do  not  so  effectually 
protect  the  boat  and  occupants  from  grease  and  oil, 
but  there  is  one  strong  point  in  favor  of  open  con- 
struction, frequently  lost  sight  of,  which  should  be 
mentioned.  In  case  of  leaks  of  hot  gases  past  the 
rings,  there  is  a certain  amount  of  heat  continually 
entering  the  crank  case.  If  this  is  inclosed  there  is 
a tendency  to  overheat  the  bearings,  burn  the 
oil,  and,  by  preventing  proper  lubrication,  there 
results  a rapid  wear  of  the  bushings,  and  the  life  of 
the  engine  is  materially  lessened.  If  the  crank  case  were 
open,  such  a condition  would  be  noticed,  the  connections 
and  bearings  could  be  readily  inspected  and  any  wear 
could  be  taken  up1  before  any  great  amount  of  damage 
was  done.  Personally  I like  the  open  construction,  but 
the  inclosed  crank  case  is  a much  cleaner  one,  and  if 
employed  should  have  large  easily  removable  plates  or 
panels  that  the  parts  inclosed  may  be  readily  inspected. 

Crank  shafts  are  expensive  to  machine,  more  so 
with  multiple  than  single  cylinder  engines.  Material 
should  be  selected  for  its  toughness  as  well  as 
strength,  and  for  this  purpose  in  the  higher  grade  en- 
gines nickel  steel  is  frequently  used,  although  a good 
quality  of  open  hearth  process  machine  steel  gives 
good  results.  Drop  forgings  are  used  to  a large  ex- 
tent on  cheaper  engines,  and  in  some  cases  even  steel 
castings.  If  the  last  two  are  employed,  there  is  no 
excuse  for  using  shafts  of  such  small  diameter  as  could 
safely  be  employed  when  using  nickel  or  machine  steel 
forgings.  The  extra  expense  incidental  to  case  harden- 
ing and  grinding  crank  shafts,  seems  hardly  necessary, 
although  some  manufacturers  advertise  it  extensively.. 

In  the  crank  shaft  design,  there  are  several  important 
things  frequently  lost  sight  of,  that  are  of  essential 
value  if  the  best  results  are  to  be  obtained.  Absence 
of  good  round  “fillits”  is  inexcusable,  for  it  means  in 
all  cases  a weakening  of  the  crank  shaft  itself  fully 
50  per  cent.  The  weakest  part  of  a crank  shaft  is  the 
crank  pin,  and  steam  engine  practice,  both  here  and 
abroad,  decrees  that  the  diameter  of  the  crank  pin 
should  be  larger  than  the  main  bearings.  There  is  no 
disputing  this  point,  and  when  a crank  shaft  is  found 
with  the  crank  pin  the  sanm  size  or  smaller,  the  natural 
inference  is  that  either  the  crank  pin  is  too  small 
"diameter  or  the  crank  shaft  itself  is  too  large. 

The  flywheel  of  a gasolene  engine  frequently  gets 
loose  with  a disagreeable  “pound”  as  a result.  In  some 
engines  the  flywheel  is  bored  straight  with  a key,  and 
in  others  a taper  fit,  key  and  nut  is  the  method  em- 
ployed. No  matter  which  is  decided  upon,  the  machin- 
ing and  fitting  should  be  absolutely  perfect.  The  key 
should  fit  top  and  bottom  as  well  as  at  the  sides.  The 
taper  is  rather  more  expensive  than  the  straight  fit,  . 
but  when  properly  made  is  a good  job. 

Connecting  rods  in  marine  gasolene  engines  usually 
vary  in  design  with  every  individual  make.  The  mate- 
rials from  which  they  are  made  are  bronze,  cast  steel, 
or  machine  steel  drop  forged  or  machined  from  a solid 
block.  In  proportions  it  is  customary  to  make  them  twice 
the  length  of  the  stroke,  but  occasionally  they  are  found 
longer  than  this  and  more  frequently  shorter. 

In  four-stroke  engines  a longer  rod  will  give  better  effi- 
ciency and  reduce  the  wear  on  the  side  of  the  cylinder  from 
the  thrust  during  the  power  stroke.  In  two-stroke  en- 
gines, lengthening  the  connecting  rod  increases  the  clear- 
ance in  the  crank  case  at  the  expense  of  the  crank  case 
compression,  with  a tendency  to  loss  of  efficiency. 

If  the  engine  is  designed  with  the  cylinder  bore  the 
same  as  the  stroke,  the  connecting  rod  is  twice  the  stroke 
and  the  wrist  pin  is  located  well  toward  the  upper  end  of 
the  piston,  the  engine  can  be  constructed  to  take  up  a 
minimum  height,  but  if  the  stroke  and  bore  are  in  the 
proportion  say  five  to  four,  with  a connecting  rod  even 
but  twice  the  stroke,  the  engine  becomes  pretty  tall  and 
there  is  more  vibration  than  would  occur  if  the  stroke 
were  shorter. 

[to  be  continued.] 


Queries  on  Marine  Motors. 


B.  J.  G.,  Milwaukee,  Wis.— What  rule  do  you  use  in  figuring 
horsepower? 

PLAN 

Ans. — In  four-stroke  engines  the  formula  may 


33,000 

be  used,  provided  the  engine  is  fairly  well  designed  and 
machined. 

Let  P = mean  effective  pressure. 

L = length  of  stroke  in  feet. 

A = area  of  piston. 

N = total  number  of  explosions  each  minute. 

P can  usually  be  figured  at  67  pounds. 

A two-stroke  engine  of  the  same  number  of  cylinders, 
bore  and  stroke  should  show  33  1/3  per  cent,  more  horse- 
power than  a four-stroke. 

The  rule  for  figuring  horsepower  as  adopted  by  the  . 
American  Power  Boat  Association  gives  slightly  lower 
results  than  the  above  rule.  They  multiply  the  area  of 
the  cylinder  by  the  number  of  cylinders,  that  by  the 
length  of  stroke  in  feet,  that  by  the  number  of  revolu- 
tions. dividing  the  product  by  1,000  for  four-stroke  and 
750  for  two-stroke. 


THE  GOLDEN  CAPE, 


April  8,  1905.] 


Boston  Letter. 

Y,,  R.  A;  of  ,M.  Matters. — At  a special  meeting  of  the-* 
Yacht  Racing  Association  of  Massachusetts,  held  at  the 
Boston  Y.  C.  last  Wednesday  evening,  several  matters  of 
importance  were  discussed.  Probably  the  most  discussion 
was.  on  the  question  of  whether  or  not  the  races  in  Dux- 
bury  Bay  should  count  for  Association  percentage  for  the 
22-footers.  At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Association  it 
was  voted  that  such  races  should  not  count  for  percentage 
in  the  22ft.  class,  and  at  the  special  meeting  it  was  pro- 
posed to  rescind  the  vote  taken  at  the  annual  meeting. 
The  new  22-footers  for  this  year  are  all  keel  boats,  with 
the  possible  exception  of  one,  which  is  practically  a keel 
boat,'  but  has  a very  small  centerboard  housing  inside 
the  keel.  Not  only  are  the  boats  of  the  keel  type,  but 
they  also  draw  more  water  than  any  of  the  keel  22- 
footers  that  have  heretofore  been  built.  It  has  been  stated 
that  some  of  the  22- footers  found  bottom  in  Duxbury 
Bay  last  year,  and  so  the  proposal  to  exclude  such  races 
from  the  percentage  tables  was  made  to  give  all  an  equal 
chance  in  the  season’s  percentages.  Naturally  the  keel 
boat  men  were  not  in  favor  of  the  proposal  to  rescind 
the  original  measure  regarding  Duxbury  Bay  races,  while 
Duxbury  Bay  men  did  not  think  it  quite  just  to  single 
out  Duxbury  when  there  are  other  places  where  shoal 
water  may  be  found  and  where  Y.  R.  A.  races  are 
scheduled.  Commodore  C.  C.  Clapp,  of  the  Duxbury 
Y.  C.,  replying  to  a statement  of  Mr.  H.  H.  White  that 
Medric  ran  aground  in  the  Bay,  stated  that  Medric  was 
in  a channel  with  20ft.  of  water  under  her,  and  that  she 
was  simply  caught  in  a tide  swirl.  Mr.  White  answered 
this  assertion  by  stating  that  Medric  might  have  been 
caught  in  a tide  swirl,  and  that  there  might  have  been 
20 ft.  of  water  under  her,  but  she  was  pushed  off  with  a 
7ft.  oar.  That  there  are  times  when  Duxbury  Bay  is  par- 
ticularly noted  for  absence  of  water  is  well  known,  but 
there  are  ways  of  getting  around  this  difficulty.  Several 
seasons  ago,  when  the  25-footers  made  the  same  objection 
to  racing  in  Duxbury  Bay,  the  members  of  the  Duxbury 
Y.  C.  stated  that  if  they  wanted  water  they  would  be 
given  a race  outside  of  the  Gurnets,  where  they  could 
have  the  whole  of  Massachusetts  Bay  to  race  in,  and 
there  is  no  doubt  that  some  such  arrangement  can  be 
made  for  the  deep  draft  22-footers.  The  matter  of  shoal 
water  was  settled  at  the  meeting  by  voting  that  the  Ex- 
ecutive Committee  may  throw  out  any  race  for  percentage 
in  which  it  is  considered  that  there  was  not  sufficient 
depth  of  water. 

It  was.  also  proposed  to  cut  out  that  part  of  a rule  made 
at  the  annual  meeting  which  stated  that  “Any  yacht  that 
has  crossed,  the  starting  line  after  the  preparatory  gun  is 
fired  shall  be  considered  to  have  started.”  The  proposal  to 
throw.,  this  out  was  not  accepted,  and  so  the  rule  'will  pro- 
vide as  quoted  above.  The  rule  was  brought  up  originally 
on  account  of  misunderstandings  between  yacht  owners 
and  regatta  committees,  where  owners  declared  that  they 
had  never  started  in  a race  and  the  committees  main- 
tained that  they  did.  The  rule  will  be  of  benefit  in  keep- 
ing yachts  away  from  the  starting  line  after  the  prepara- 
tory signal  has  been  given  and  interfering  with  other 
yachts  when  they  do  not  intend  to  compete  themselves.  . 

A new  class  was  adopted,  to  be  known  as  class  X, 
yachts  conforming  to  the  limitations  of  the  Massachusetts 
Racing  Dory  Association.  There  are  a number  of  boats 
that  conform  to  the  limits  of  this  class,  especially  in  the 
North  Shore  clubs,  and  very  good  racing  is  enjoyed 
among  them.  With  the  addition  of  this  class  and  also 
the  new  class  formed  to  preserve  the  Cape  cat  type,  there 
will  be  plenty  of  extra  work  for  regatta  committees  dur- 
ing the  coming  season. 

Steam  Yacht  for  Mr.  W.  H.  Ames. — Messrs.  Swasey, 
Raymond  and  Page  have  received  an  order  for  a steam 
yacht  for  Mr.  William  H.  Ames,  of  Boston.  This  boat 
will  be  built  at  Lawley’s.  She  will  be  of  steel  construc- 
tion, having  twin  screws  and  will  closely  resemble  in  out- 
line the  steam  yacht  Visitor,  which  was  designed  by  the 
same  firm  last  season.  She  will  be  121ft.  9m.  over  all, 
117ft.  waterline.  14ft.  6in.  breadth  and  4ft.  6in.  draft. 
She  will  have  engines  of  800  horsepower  estimated  to 
give  a speed  of  about  20  miles  an  hour.  The  same  de- 
signers also  have  an  order  for  a high  speed  launch  for 
Edwin  Brown,  of  Boston.  This  boat  will  be  47ft.  over  all, 
40ft.  waterline,  and  7ft.  breadth.  She  will  have  a special 
automobile  engine  of  100  horsepower.  The  60ft.  cruising 
launch  designed  for  Mr.  Alanson  Bigelow,  Jr.,  and  build- 
ing at  the  yard  of  the  O.  Sheldon  Company,  Neponset, 
is  ready  for  her  engine. 

Elmina  II.  to  be  Launched  April  18. — The  schooner 
Elmina  II.,  designed  by  Messrs.  A.  Cary  Smith  & Ferris, 
and  building  -at  the  Lawley  yard,  will  be  launched  on 
April  18  in  the  morning.  The  hull  has  been  painted  out- 
side, but  there  is  considerable  deck  and  inside  work  to 
be  finished  yet.  Much  of  this  will  be  done  after  she  has 
taken  the  water.  Two  50  horsepower  Standard  motors 
have  arrived  for  the  Hanson  87ft.  gasolene  yacht  Elk- 
horn,,  and  will  be.  installed  at  once.  This  yacht  will  be 
ready  for  her  trial  trip  when  she  is  launched.  The 
Canada’s  Cup  defender  designed  by  Mr.  C.  F.  Herreshoff 
for  a Rochester  syndicate  is  in  the  finishing  stages.  A 
22-footer  designed  by  Mr.  Fred.  D.  Lawley  for  Mr. 
Charles  D.  Lanning,  is  planked.  She  is  a slick  looking 
craft,  and  is  thought. well  of  by  those  who  have  seen  her. 
The  frames  are  being  gotten  out  for  the  95ft.  schooner 
for  Mr.  Roy  A.  Rainey. 

Launching  of  Prosit. — Mr.  John  B.  Schoeffel,  of  the 
Tremont  Theater,  has  issued  invitations  for  the  launching 
of  his  90ft.  twin  screw  gasolene  yacht  Prosit  at  the  yard 
of  the  O.  Sheldon  Company,  at  Neponset,  on  Tuesday, 
May  23,  at  noon.  Prosit  is  a cruising  boat  of  consider- 
able body  and.  having  good  accommodations.  She  will  be 
propelled 'bv  two  35  horsepower  Globe  engines. 

'■  John  B.  Killeen. 

Woman  Designs  Large  Yacht. — It  is  not  often  we 
find  the  fair  sex  joining  in  the  ranks  of  yacht  architects, 
and  their  number  can  be  counted  on  the  fingers  of  one 
hand.  ! The  latest  recruit,  is  Miss  Windsor,  of  Lynstead, 
Teignmouth,  who  has  prepared  throughout  the  design  of 
a yawl  of  85  tons,  builders’  measurement.  The  yacht  is 
being:  "built  at  Galmpton  by  the  Galmpton  Shipbuilding. 
Company.  She  will  be  classed  Ai  at  Lloyd’s,  and  is  to 
be  ready  for  the  coming-  season.— Yachting  World. 


‘ FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


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British  Letter. 

Efforts  to  Encourage  Racing  at  Home.— The  matches . 
arranged  by  the  Royal  London  Y.  C.  and  the  Clyde  clubs, 
from  Cowes  to  the  Clyde  and  from  the  Clyde  back  to 
Cowes,  as  an  encouragement  for  British  yachts  to  visit 
the  Clyde  during  the  “Fortnight,”  have  aroused  a good 
deal  of  comment  in  Germany.  This  was  indeed  inevitable, 
seeing  that  the  races  were  gat  up  expressly  as  a counter 
attraction  to  the  Dover-PIeligoland  races  and  the  Kiel 
week,  which  have  been  the  means  of  drawing  away  so 
many  of  our  biggest  and  best  yachts  to  the  Baltic  as  to 
seriously  interfere  with  our  home  regattas.  It  is,  how- 
ever, surely  too  much  to  expect  that  British  yachtsmen 
are  to  continue  indefinitely  to  swell  the  fleet  in  German 
waters  while  the  home  races  are  in  a state  of  semi- 
collapse owing  to1  their  absence.  Plealthy  rivalry  is  a 
good  thing,  and  much  sport  has  been  derived  from  the 
racing  at  Kiel  and  the  consequent  intermingling  of  Brit- 
ish -and  foreign  yachts,  nor  is  it  at  all  likely  that  Eng- 
lishmen will  cease  to  enter  their  vessels  for  German  re- 
gattas. All  that  is  desired  here  is  to  put  the  curb  on  the 
wholesale  exodus  which  takes  place  from  Dover  every 
year  of  our  largest  and  best  handicap  boats  with  the  start 
of  the  German  Emperor’s  Cup  race  to  Heligoland.  As 
the  big  handicap  class  has  for  some  years  been  the  back- 
bone of  our  racing  consequent  upon  the  disappearance  of 
the  first  class  raters  and  65-footers,  it  may  easily  be 
understood  what  a gap:  their  withdrawal  to  foreign  ports 
makes  in  the  racing  programmes  of  the  Scottish  and  Irish 
clubs,  whose  regattas  have  been  for  many  years  fixed  for 
the  same  period,  and  it  was  high  time  that  something 
was’  done  to  save  these  important  fixtures  from  absolute 
insignificance.  There  is  nothing  unfriendly  to  Germany 
in  such  a move;  it  is  only  the  rivalry  that  springs  from 
foreign  competition,  and  there  is  nothing  compulsory 
about  it.  British  yachtsmen  are  perfectly  free  to  attend 
which  ever  regattas  they  may  prefer,  but  it  is  hoped  for 
their  own  sakes  that  the  spirit  of  patriotism  will  induce 
some  of  them,  at  any  rate,  to  forego  the  pleasures  of  Kiel, 
where  the  racing  will  not  be  seriously  affected  by  their 
absence,  and  give  that  support  to  their  own  regattas,  the 
lack  of  which  of  late  years  has  been  only  too  glaringly 
apparent. 

Reviving  the  52FT.  Class. — There  is  also  some  talk  of 
getting  up  a race  for  the  ex-52ft.  class  from  the  Solent  to 
the  Clyde  at  the  same  time,  and  to  this  end  Mr.  G.  Moir, 
owner  of  the  ex-52ft.  Dragon,  has  been  in  communication 
with  the  Royal  London  Y.  C.,  with  a view  to  finding  out 
whether  the  owners  of  the  ex-52-footers  would  be  willing 
to  race  during  the  Clyde  Fortnight  if  matches  were  ar- 
ranged for  them.  The  matter  has  not  been  decided  yet, 
but  there  is  little  doubt  that  it  will  fall  through,  and  a 
race  from  the  Solent  to  the  Clyde  ought  to  prove  at- 
tractive enough  to  make  it  a certainty. 

The  36FT.  Class  on  the  Solent. — There  is  some  ques- 
tion of  reviving  the  36ft.  class  on  the  Solent  this  season. 
Mr.  Leckie,  owner  of  the  Fairlie-built  Falcon,  which  had 
such  a tough  series  of  matches  w.ith  the  Mylne  cutter 
Barabel  on  the  Clyde  last  season,  has  offered  to  bring 
Falcon  round  to  the  Solent  and  race  her  there  if  he  can 
be  sure  of  open  races.  Nyama  is  for  sale,  and  the  new 
Payne  boat,  Edie  II.,  will  be  out.  Should  Nyama  find  a 
purchaser,  the  nucleus  of  a class  would  be  formed,  and 
if  Barabel  were  to  come  south  as  well  as  Falcon,  there 
would  be  some  first-class  sport.-  The  36ft.  class,  which 
was  one  of  the  leading  features  on  the  Solent  for  many 
years,  was  ousted  by  the  South  Coast  one-design  class, 
but  there  is  plenty  of  room  for  the  raters  which  would 
be  welcomed  back  again  and  well  catered  for  by  the  clubs 
in  the  district. 

The  Racing  at  Plymouth. — The  regattas  at  Plymouth 
have  this  year  been  fixed  for  the  end  of  July.  For  some 
years  past  the  regular  racing  season  wound  up  at  Ply- 
mouth the  first  week  in  September,  but  so  little  success 
has  attended  the  week’s  racing,  owing  to-  the  lateness  of 
the  season,  that  it  has  been  decided  to  try  the  effect  of  a 
shift  of  date.  Whether  the  change  will  be  beneficial  is 
at  least  open  to  doubt,  as  it  is  too  close  to  Cowes  week 
for  one  thing,  while  for  another  the  yachts  visiting  the 
Clyde  will  have  races  back  from  Scotland  to  the  Solent 
which  will  prevent  them  calling  at  Plymouth.  It  is  a 
great  pity  for  Plymouth  Sound,  and  the  vicinity  is  a fine 
place  for  yacht  racing,  but  for  many  years  past  the  West 
of  England  has  been  somewhat  under  a cloud  as  regards 
the  regular  racing  fleet,  which  seems  to  fight  shy  of  going- 
further  west  than  Weymouth: 

The  Largest  Vessel  of  the  Year. — Messrs.  Camper 

6 Nicholson  have  just  launched  a schooner  of  103  tons 

for  Mr.  F.  Milburn.  Norlanda,  which  is  the  vessel’s 
name,  is  the  only  yacht  of  over  100  tons  .built  this  year, 
and  is  from  designs  by  Mr.  C.  E.  Nicholson.  Two  fine 
boats  will  be  absent  from  the  big  handicap  class  this 
season.  Bona  is  not  fitting  out,  nor  is  Mr.  Hardcastle’s 
cutter  Merrymaid.  But  there  is  still  a goodly  class  left 
if  all  the  others  turn  out.  E.  H.  Kelly. 

, Fast  Run  from  Boston,  Mass.,  to  Whitestone,  L.  I.j 
w Sailing  Yacht. — Captain  Edward  Norton  has.  sent  the 
following  brief  account  of  the  run  of  Valhalla  II.  from 
Boston,  Mass.,  to  Whitestone,  L.  I.,  last  fall:  “August 

29,  1 P.  M. — Left  South  Boston  flats  with  very  light 
northerly  breeze.  At  6 430  Minot’s  Light  bore  south. 
Strong  freeze  sprang  up  from  N.N.E.,  and  at  11:30  P.  M. 
Highland  Light  bore  west.  August  30— At  4:15  A.  M. 
passed  Pollock  Rips,  and  at  6 A.  M.  Cross  Rip  Lightvessel 
was  right  abeam.  Wind  due  east  and  heavy,  mainsail 
double  reefed.  Abreast  of  Holmes’  Hole  at  8 :30  A.  M., 
and  at  noon  Vineyard  Sound  Lightship  was  just  abeam. 
Off  Point- Judith  at  6 P.  M.,  wind  light  and  all  sail  set. 
August  31 — Abreast  of  Saybrook,  Conn.,  at- 8 A.  -M.,  and 
at  6 P.  M.  becalmed  off  Black  Rock.  A light  breeze  from 
the  S:S.E.  sprang  up  at- 6 P.  M.  September  1— At  4 
A.  M.  off  Sand’s  Point,  and  anchored  off  Whitestone  at 

7 A.  M.  Time  from  Minot’s  Light  to  Whitestone,  61 

hours.”  Valhalla  II.  was  designed  by  Mr.  Jefferson  Bor- 
den and  built  by  Messrs.  Read  Brothers  at  Fall  River  in 
1892.  She  was  53.6ft.  over  all,  37ft.  waterline,  13.5ft. 
breadth,  and  5:5ft.  .draft.  When  launched  she  was  called 
Mabel  F.  Swift,,  and  afterward  renamed  Sistae  11.  She 
was  a centerboard  boat  when  sold  last  year,  but  was  con- 
verted into  an  auxiliary  before.she  was  taken  south,  where 
sljc  was  destroyed -by  fife.  -•  


YACHTING  NEWS  NOTES. 

For  advertising  relating  to  this  department  see  pages  ii  and  iii. 


Rules  Governing  Monotype  30-Footers, — When  racing 
as  one-design  boats,  the  monotype  30-footers  of  the  New 
York  Y.  C.  will  sail  under  special  rules  gotten  up  by  the 
committee  having  this  class  in  charge.  The  committee  is 
composed  of  Messrs.  Newberry  D.  Lawton,  Addison  G. 
Hanan  and  W.  Butler  Duncan,  Jr.  The  rules  follow: 

Outfit. — Everything  delivered  with  the  boat,  as  per  specifications, 
shall  be  on  board  in  every  race,  except  one  anchor  and  cable, 
which  need  not  be  carried;  articles  lost  shall  be  replaced. 

Crew. — The  crew  shall  not  exceed  five  men,  two  of  whom  may 
be  paid  hands;  the  helmsman  shall  be  an  amateur. 

Hauling  Out. — Boats  shall  not  be  hauled  out  or  put  on  the 
beach  more  than  once  in  two  weeks,  and  when  hauled  out  shall 
not  remain  out  more  than  forty-eight  hours.  In  case  of  an 
accident  the  committee  may  waive  this  rule. 

Sails.— Not  more  than  two  suits  of  sails  shall  be  used  when 
racing  in  any  one  season  on  any  boat.  In  case  of  an  accident  to 
a sail  the  committee  may  waive  this  rule. 

A black  band  shall  be  painted  around  the  mast  at  a point  whose 
distance  above  the  deck  shall  be  determined  by  the  designer, 
above  which  the  jaws  of  the  gaff  shall  not  be  hoisted. 

The  sail  plan,  ballast  or  spars  shall  not  be  altered  in  any  way. 

Pot-leading  shall  not  be  allowed. 

Only  solid  spars  shall  be  carried. 

Each  boat  shall  carry  a special  number  above  the  reef  points. 

Spinnaker  sheets  shall  not  be  carried  forward  of  or  around  the 
forestay. 

Questions  arising  under  these  rules  shall  be  decided  by  the  com- 
mittee elected  for  the  season  by  the  owner,  whose  decision  shall 
be  final. 


The  several^  owners  of  the  new  one-design  boats  met 
at  the  New  York  Y.  C.  on  Monday  afternoon,  April  3, 
and  drew  lots  for  them.  Most  of  the  boats  will  be  sailed 
from  Bristol  to  New  York  before  May  1.  It  is  said  that 
a number  of  the  owners  will  race  their  boats  from  Bristol 
to  Larchmont.  The  names  of  the  boats  and  their  owners 
are  as  follows : 


Minx. ; 

Pintail 

Maid  of  Mendon 

Neola  II 

Phryne 

Cara- Mia  

Alera  

Atair  

Linnet 

Nautilus 

Adelaide  II 

Anemone 

Tobasco  

Banzai 

Ibis  

Dahinda  

Oricle  

Carlita  


Howard  VVillets 

August  Belmont 

W.  D.  Guthrie 

G.  M.  Pynchon 

H.  L.  Maxwell 

Stuyvesant  Wainwright 

A.  H.  and  J.  W.  Alker 

Cord  Meyer 

A.  T.  French 

A.  G.  Hanan 

G.  A.  and  Philip  H.  Adee 

J.  Murray  Mitchell,  Jr. 

H.  F.  Lippitt 

N.  D.  Lawton 

O’Donnel  Iselin 

W.  Butler  Duncan,  Jr. 

Lyman  Delano 

Oliver-  Harriman 

m 8*  m 


Annual  Meeting  of  the  Y.  R.  A.  of  L.  I.  S.— The 
annual  meeting  of  the  Yacht  Racing  Association  of  Long 
Island  Sound  was  held  at  the  Flotel  Astor,  New  York 
city,  on  Friday  evening,  March  31.  The  following  dele- 
gates were  present:  E.  M.  MacLellan,  Manhasset  Bay 

Y.  C. ; Duncan  Curry,  Bayside  Y.  C. ; H.  H.  Gordon, 
Huntington  Y.  C ; Charles  F.  Kirby,  Frank  Bowne  Jones 
and  Charles  E.  Simms,  Indian  Harbor  Y.  C. ; Charles  P. 
Tower  and  Charles  T.  Pierce,  Riverside  Y.  C. ; Ward 
Dickson,  Hempstead  Plarbor  Y.  C. ; Frederick  A.  Hill, 
Norwalk  Y.  C. ; O.  FI.  Chellborg  and  Harry  Stephenson, 
Knickerbocker  Y.  C. ; E.  T.  Birdsall,  J.  D.  Sparkman,  G. 
P.  Granberry,  New  Rochelle  Y.  C. ; H.  A.  Jackson,  New 
York  A.  C. ; R.  C.  Mitchell,  Sachem’s  Head  Y.  C. ; R. 
Myrick,  Huguenot  Y.  C. ; H.  de  B.  Parsons,  Clifford 
Bucknam,  American  Y.  C. ; F.  G.  Stewart,  Seawanhaka 
Corinthian  Y.  C. 

A number  of  amendments  to  the  racing  rules  were 
passed,  and  the  officers  for  the  coming  year  were  elected. 
They  are  as  follows : 

President,  Oliver  E.  Cromwell,  Seawanhaka  Corinthian 
Y.  C. ; Secretary,  Charles  P.  Tower,  Riverside  Y.  C. ; 
Treasurer,  Edward  M.  MacLellan,  Manhasset  Bay  Y.  C. 
Executive  Committee — H.  de  B.  Parsons,  American  Y. 
C. ; PI.  W.  Hanan,  Indian  Plarbor  Y.  C. ; G.  P.  Gran- 
berry, New  Rochelle  Y.  C.,  and  Frederick  A.  Hill,  Nor- 
walk Y.  C. 

The  racing  will  commence  on  May  27  this  year  and 
wind  up  on  September  23.  The  complete  racing  schedule 
is  as  follows : 

May  27,  Saturday. — New  Rochelle  spring. 

May  30,  Tuesday. — Harlem  annual,  Bridgeport  spring  and  Indian 
Harbor  special. 

June  3,  Saturday. — Knickerbocker  annual. 

June  10,  Saturday. — Manhasset  Bay  annual. 

June  17. — Larchmont  spring  and  New  York  Athletic  Club  cruis- 
ing race  to  Block  Island. 

June  24. — Seawanhaka  annual. 

July  1,  Saturday. — New  Rochelle  annual. 

July  3,  Monday. — American  annual. 

July  4,  Tuesday. — .Hartford  annual  and  Larchmont  annual. 

July  8,  Saturday. — Riverside  annual. 

July  15,  Saturday. — Larchmont  race  week. 

July  22,  Saturday. — Hartford  special. 

July  29,  Saturday. — Indian  Harbor  annual. 

Aug.  5,  Saturday.— Huntington  annual,  Shelter  Island  annual 
and  American  midsummer. 

Aug.  12,  Saturday.—  Horseshoe  Plarbor  annual  and  Bridgeport 
annual. 

Aug.  19,  Saturday.— Hugenot  annual,  Nortliport  annual  and 
Plartford  special. 

Aug.  28. — Hempstead  Harbor  annual. 

Sept.  2,  Saturday.— Indian  Harbor  fall,  Larchmont  special  and 
Plartford  special. 

Sept.  4,  Monday.— Norwalk  annual,  Sachem’s  Head  annual  and 
Larchmont  fall. 

Sept.  9,  Saturday.— Larchmont  fall  and  Manhasset  Bay  fall 

Sept.  18,  Saturday. — Seawanhaka  Corinthian  fall. 

Sept.  23,  Saturday. — Anvuican  fall. 

6?  8?  S> 

Death  of  Ernest  V.  Pardessus.— Ernest  V.  Pardessus, 
yachting  editor  of  the  Brooklyn  Times,  died  at  Ormond] 
Florida,  on  March  28.  He  was  fifty-four  vears  old,  and  is 
survived  by  a wife.  Mr.  Pardessus  was  well  known  as  a 
writer  of  yachting  matters,  and  was  very  familiar  w.ith 
boating  on  Gravesend  and  Jamaica  Bays,  having  sailed  in 
those  waters  for  many  years  past.  He  was  the  secretary 
of  the  Jamaica  Bay  Yacht  Racing  Association,  and  a 
member  of  the  Bergen  Beach  and  Belle  Harbor  Y.  C.’s. 


* 


' Belle  Harbor  Y.  C.  Buys  Land.— The  Belle  Harbor 
Y.  C.  has  purchased  a piece  of  property  having  water 
front  on  Jamaica  Bay.  The  lot  covers  the  entire  block 
between  Pelham  and  .Oriental  avenues  and  fronts  220ft. 
on  the  water  and  runs  back  300ft.  A club  house  wili 
soon  be  erected  'ail'd  a bulkhead  will  be  built  along  the 
shore. 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM 


[April  8,  190s 


“Forest  and  Stream”  Designing 
Competition  No.  IV. 


DESIGN  WINNING  THIRD  PRIZE  SUBMITTED  BY  A.  C.  MAIR. 


For  a 60-Foot  Cruising  Launch. 


In  this  launch  the  author  has  endeavored  to  produce 
a design  combining  as  many  good  qualities  as  possible. 
She  would  be  an  excellent  sea  boat,  and  could  be  driven 
as  long  as  one  could  stay  on  her  decks.  The  weights 
are  all  low,  and  she  would  roll  but  little,  and  would 
make  as  high  as  fourteen  miles  under  power.  The  cabin 
accommodations  are  ample  for  four  people,  the  engine 
room  for  a crew  of  three  having  gas  pipe  berths  on 
each  side  of  engine,  and  though  we  realize  the  disad- 
vantage of  the  break  in  the  head  room,  caused  by  the 
bridge  deck,  still  we  think  its  advantages  offset  them. 
It  makes  it  possible  for  the  helmsman  to  stay  on  the 
bridge  in  all  weathers,  where  he  has  a clear  view  of  the 
entire  horizon — an  act  almost  impossible  on  the  average 
boat  of  this  size,  where  the  bridge  is  elevated  above  the 
main  deck,  and  the  boat  rolling  to  any  extent.  Besides, 
the  deck  beams  amidships  add  greatly  to  the  structural 
strength. 

The  head  room  beneath  is  nearly  5ft.,  and  the  door  in 
the  after  end  of  main  cabin  making  a clear  passage 
fore  and  aft,  with  the  advantage  of  keeping  the  main 
saloon  entirely  separate  from  the  machinery  space,  ex- 
cludes all  odors  of  burnt  gases,  engine  oil,  etc. — an  ad- 
vantage not  to  be  despised  if  one  has  ever  cruised  in 
stormy  weather  shut  up  with  a gasolene  engine. 

The  engine  room  has  excellent  ventilation,  having  a 
companionway  fore  and  aft,  making  a perfect  circula- 
tion of  air  at  all  times. 

As  drawn,  there  is  an  enclosed  cockpit,  though  the 
deck  could  be  carried  out  with  brass  rail,  if  desired; 
but  a cockpit  gives  a feeling  of  security  in  the  unsteady 
motion  of  a power  boat. 

The  cabin  arrangement  gives  excellent  accommoda- 
tion for  four  people  for  any  length  of  time.  The  state 
room,  if  called  for,  to  the  exclusive  use  of  the  ladies. 

The  toilet  is  between  and  accessible  from  both  rooms. 
There  are  plenty  of  lockers  and  drawers  for  all  needs. 
The  head  room  is  ample,  being  6ft.  din.  The  drawers 
under  berths  in  state  room  are  hung  on  a pivot  on 
forward  outside  corner,  swinging  out  at  an  angle. 

In  the  design  we  have  installed  a 40  horsepower 
Standard  engine,  though  any  other  make  could  be  used 


to  suit  individual  tastes. 

The  tanks  are  under  the  bridge  deck  on  each  side, 
keeping  all  weights  as  near  amidships  as  possible. 

Davits  can  be  carried  on  each  side  of  either  the  for- 
ward or  after  trunks;  also  a brass  rail  fore  and  aft. 

The  following  are  her  dimensions: 

Length — 

Over  all  60ft.  i^in. 

Waterline  52ft-  6in. 

Overhang — 

Forward  3ft-  6in. 

Aft  3^.  ij4in. 

Breadth — 

Extreme  ...10ft.  6 in. 

Waterline  9ft-  2 i°- 

Freeboard — 

Bow  4ft.  9 in. 

Stern  3ft.  3 in- 

Least  3ft. 


Draft— 

To  rabbet 2ft.  4 in. 

Extreme  3ft.  10  in. 

Displacement  34>4°°  lbs. 


Weights. 

Pounds. 

Keel  898 

Stem  J4 7 

Sternpost  *30 

Deadwood  and  shaft  log 739 

Frames  •> 2,152 

Floors  652 

Keelson 32o 

Engine  keelson 951 

Clamps  480 

Bilge  stringers  I57 

Breast  hooks  and  knees 77 

Deck  beams 7*° 

Planking  2,065 

Deck  planking  729 

Cockpit  floor,  sides,  etc 332 

Forward  cabin  house 084 

After  cabin  house ; 039 

Two  gasolene  tanks  filled  and.  fittings • 4T°6 

Water  tanks  filled  and  fittings 1,800 

Engine,  shaft  and  propeller - 3,822 

Rudder  and  shoe  .- 197 

Air  tank,  muffler,  pump,  piping  & engine  fittings  510 
Deck  fittings,  brass  rail  around  entire  deck, 
awnings,  steering  wheel,  side  steps,  capstan,  etc.  913 

Boat  and  davits,  etc.. 320 

Interior  floor  and  ceiling 991 

Two  w.  c.  basins  and  pump 198 

Interior  cabinet  work,  doors,  partitions,  bulk- 
heads, etc 1,000 

Furnishings,  fittings  and  stores 1,000 

Anchors  and  chains.... 1,400 

Stores  4^ 

Fastenings  (copper),  except  for  deck  houses 

and  interior  cabinet  work 525 

Paint,  putty,  varnish  and  caulking 167 

Ballast  4,ooo 

Crew  and  guests I,o°o 

Total  weight 34,459 

Calculated  displacement  . 34,400 


Detroit  C.  C.’s  Long  Distance  Race— The  Country 
Club  of  Detroit  has  decided  to  hold  a long  distance  yacht 
race  from  Pt.  Huron  to  Mackinac,  leaving  Pt.  Huron 
Saturday,  July  29*  This  should  bring  the  finish  at 
Mackinac  about  the  same  time  as  the  finish  of  the 
Chicago-Mackinae  races,  and  a lively  reunion  is  an- 
ticipated, 1 J ' - — i — - 


Lake  Michigan  Y.  A.— Early  in  March  the  Committee 
on  Joint  Regatta  of  the  Chicago  Y.  C.’s  met  at  the  Chi- 
cago Athletic  Association.  President  Soule,  of  the  Lake 
Michigan  Y.  A.,  presided,  and  the  others  present  were : 
Commodore  Price,  of  Columbia  Y.  C. ; Commodore  Wil- 
bur, Chicago  Y.  C. ; Commodore  Bliss,  Jackson  Park  Y. 
C. ; Messrs.  Brunnick,  Bassett  and  Scates,  of  L.  M.  Y.  A. 
Executive  Committee. 

It  was  decided  that  a joint  regatta  of  the  Chicago  Y. 
C.’s  would  be  held  on  July  4,  1905,  morning  and  after- 
noon, under  the  rules  of  the  Lake  Michigan  Yachting 
Association;  all  other  clubs  on  Lake  Michigan  to  be  in- 
vited to  participate;  races  for  special  classes  are  to  be 
arranged. 

Commodore  Wilbur  and  President  Soule  were  ap- 
pointed a committee  on  guest  and  judges’  boats. 

Each  commodore  to  select  one  judge;  the  three  judges 
to  have  control  of  the  races  from  the  time  preparatory 
gun  is  fired. 

The  three  commodores  were  appointed  a committee  on 
prizes. 

The  morning  races  to  be  for  all  the  regular  classes 
under  L.  M.  Y.  A.  rules;  all  special  class  boats  to  be 
barred  from  racing  in  regular  classes.  Also  a special 
race  to  include  all  boats  that  are  now,  or  ever  have  been, 
eligible  to  race  in  the  21ft.  cabin  class  of  the  L.  M.  Y.  A., 
under  present  or  any  previous  rules ; this  race  to  be 
sailed  under  regular  L.  M.  Y.  A.  measurement  and  time 
allowance,  and  to  be  counted  as  a race  for  the  Webb  Cup 
of  the  Columbia  Y.  C. 

The  afternoon  races  to  be  for  the  special  21ft.  cabin  and 
18ft.  classes  of  the  L.  M.  Y.  A.,  the  special  18ft.  class  of 
the  Chicago  Y.  C.,  and  any  other  special  class  that  may 
be  arranged  for;  eligibility  of  a boat  for  other  than 
L.  M.  Y.  A.  classes  to  be  determined  under  the  rules 
governing  its  class ; in  all  other  respects  special  races  to 
be  sailed  under  L.  M.  Y.  A.  rules. 

«E 

Yale  Corinthian  Racing  Schedule. — Arrangements 
have  been  completed  by  the  Race  Committee  of  the  Yale 
Corinthian  Y.  C.  for  the  coming  season’s  racing.  The 
schedule  is  as  follows : 

April  8 — First  race  for  Officers’  Cup. 

April  12— First  race  for  Special  Cup. 

April  15 — Second  race  for  the  Officers’  Cup. 

April  29 — Third  race  for  the  Officers’  Cup. 

May  3 — Second  race  for  Special  Cup. 

May  6 — Fourth  race  for  the  Officers’  Cup. 

May  10 — Third  race  for  Special  Cup. 

May  13 — First  race  for  the  Graduates’  Cup. 

May  17 — Fourth  race  for  Special  Cup. 

May  20— Second  race  for  the  Graduates’  Cup. 

May  24 — -Fifth  race  for  Special  Cup. 

May  27 — Third  race  for  the  Graduates’  Cup. 

May  30 — Decoration  Day  regatta. 

May  31— Sixth  race  for  Special  Cup. 

June  7- — Seventh  race  for  Special  Cup. 

June  10 — Fourth  race  for  the  Graduates’  Cup. 

June  14 — Eighth  race  for  Special  Cup. 

June  17— Special  race  for  Commodore’s  Cup. 

June  27— Dual  regatta  with  Harvard  Y.  G,  at  New 
London,  Conn. 

Steam  Yacht  Orienta  Sold. — The  steam  yacht 
Orienta  has  been  sold  by  Mr.  Geo.  R.  Sheldon,  receiver 
of  the  U.  S.  Shipbuilding  Company,  to  the  Abe  Stein 
Company,  of  this  city,  acting  for  South  American  inter- 
ests, through  the  office  of  Stanley  M.  Seaman.  Orienta 
was  designed  and  built  in  1901  by  Lewis  Nixon’s  Ship- 
yard, Elizabethport,  N.  J.,  for  Mr.  E.  R.  Ladew,  New 
York  Y.  G,  but  was  not  accepted  by  reason  of  failing  in 
speed  requirement.  She  is  of  the  torpedo  boat  type,  105ft. 
over  all,  12ft.  breadth,  5ft.  draft,  flush  deck,  steel  construc- 
tion throughout.  Owner’s  quarters  aft  consist  of  three 
staterooms,  saloon  and  two  bathrooms.  She  is  fitted  with 
a “Moshier”  water-tube  boiler,  triple  expansion,  three 
cylinder  engine,  700  horsepower,  built  entirely  of  nickle 
steel,  hollow  forgings  from  Government  specifications, 
similar  to  those  used  in  the  U.  S.  torpedo  boats.  The  en- 
gine room  is  supplied  with  the  latest  pumps,  ash  ejector, 
dynamo  and  storage  batteries  of  -the  most  approved  type, 
also  has  a 2,000  candle-power  searchlight.  She  is  now 
fitting  out  at  the  Crescent  Yard,  Elizabethport,  N.  J.,  and 
will  be  ready  for  a trial  trip  within  a few  days  prepara- 
tory to  leaving  for  South  America.  The  new  owners  ex- 
pect a speed  approaching  20  miles. 

u n H 

William  Fife  Jr.’s  New  Orders. — Mr.  Fife’s  more 
recent  orders  include  the  designing  of  a schooner  of  no 
tons  which  is  to  be  built  in  India,  the  designing  and 
building  of  a racing  cutter  for  Spain,  and  the  designing 
and  building  of  a 22ft.  cruising  sloop  for  Mr.  Robert 
Brown,  of  Warriston,  Largs.  The  schooner  is  for  Mr. 
Scovell,  who  took  the  cutter  Godwit  out  to  India.  The 
boat  is  to  be  whollv  built  of  teak,  and,  in  this  respect, 
she  will  be  almost,  if  not  altogether,  unique.  As  to  type, 
she  is  to  be  a fine  seagoing  cruiser,  with  great  sheer  and 
high  freeboard.  She  will  be  nicely  fitted  internally,  and 
as  her  cruising,  to  begin  with,  at  any  rate,  is  to  be  largely 
confined  to  warm  climates,  the  greatest  care  has  been 
taken  in  the  designing  of  her  to  have  her  ventilating 
system  as  perfect  as  possible.  In  addition  to  having  quite 
a goodly  sized  sail  plan  for  a cruiser,  she  will  be  fitted 
with  two  powerful  motors. — The  Yachtsman. 

It  It  K 

Recent^  Sales. — Messrs.  Macconnell  & Cook  have 
made  the  following  sales : Messrs.  Ellison  & Carstairs, 

of  Philadelphia,  have  sold  the  steam  yacht  Albatross  to  a 
western  yachtsman,  and  the  vessel  is  to  be  delivered  at 
Montreal- as  soon  as  possible.  Messrs.  George  and  Ed- 
ward Yette-r  have  sold  the  yawl  Comet  to-  Mr.  Hampton 
Cutter,  of  Woodbridge,  N.  J. 

* 

Invincible  Purchased  by  C.  T.  Barney.— The  schooner 
Invincible,  ex-intrepid,  owned  by  Mr.  Henry  R.  Wolcott, 
to  Mr.  Charles  T.  Barney.  The  transfer  was  made 
by  Messrs.  Tams,  Lemoine  & Crane.  Invincible  was  de- 
signed by  Mr.  J.  Beavor  Webb  and  built  in  1893.  She  is 
a three-masted  auxiliary  schooner  162.5ft-  over  a!l>  132ft. 
lyaterjine,  27ft.  breadth  and  13.5ft,  draft, 


Greta  and  Arrow  Chartered. — Mr.  C.  L.  F.  Robinson, 
New  York  Y.  C.,  has  chartered  the  English  steam  yacht 
Greta  from  Sir  William  Agnew,  of  London,  Mr.  Robin- 
son will  join  the  yacht  with  his  family  on  June  15  at 
Southampton,  and  she  will  then  proceed  to  Kiel.  Greta 
is  154ft.  waterline  and  22.8ft.  breadth. 

Mr.  Edward  F.  Whitney  has  chartered  the  high  speed 
steam  yacht  Arrow  from  Mr.  Charles  R,  Flint. 

.Greta  and  Arrow  were  chartered  through  Messrs. 
Tams,  Lemoine  & Crane. 

« « « 

Improving  the  Welland  Canal.— Under  date  of  Jan- 
uary 12,  1905,  United  States  Consul-General  Holloway, 
of  Halifax,  Nova  Scotia,  reports  that  a ouarter  of  a mil- 
lion dollars  will  be  spent  for  improvements  on  the 
Welland  Canal  this  winter.  Several  bridges  are  to  be 
rebuilt,  and  the  canal  is  to  be  lighted  by  electricity,  lights 
being  placed  every  200  feet. 

> *?***? 

Indian  Harbor  Y.  C.’s  Fleet  Captain. — Commodore 
George  Lauder,  Jr.,  of  the  Indian  Harbor  Y.  C.,  has  ap- 
pointed Mr.  Frank  Bowne  Jones  fleet  captain.  Mr.  Jones 
has  retired  from  the  Regatta  Committee  after  having 
served  on  that  body  as  chairman  for  many  years. 

*»  *,  ¥> 

Death  of  Col.  Frederick  de  Funiak. — Col.  Frederick 
de  Funiak,  owner  of  the  auxiliary  yawl  Foxie,  died  at  his 
home  in  Louisville,  Kentucky,  on  March  29,  at  the  age  of 
sixty-five  years.  He  was  a member  of  the  New  York, 
Southern  and  Philadelphia  Corinthian  Y.  C.’s. 


$/xrwqing 

— $ — 

A.  C.  A.  Membership. 

New  Life  Members — No.  40.  Frederic  G.  Mather,  Al- 
bany,, N.  Y. ; 41.  Matthias  Ohlmeyer,,  New  York  city. 
New  Member  Elected — 4889.  Ratcliffe  G.  E.  Hicks, 
Providence,  R.  I.,  Eastern  Division.  New  members  pro- 
posed, Atlantic  Division — Ldward  K.  Merrill,  Philadel- 
phia ; Clifton  Sparks,  Bensonhurst,  N.  Y. ; B.  V.  R. 
Speidel,  New  York  city;  J.  A.  Edgar,  Julius  Schmitz  and 
Frank  T.  Wilson,  all  of  Philadelphia.  Central  Division — 
E..  T.  Berry,  Irving,  N.  Y. ; Walter  Blount,  Evansville, 
Ind. ; Wickham  C.  Taylor,  Norfolk,  Va.,  ;.  H.  A.  Can- 
field,  New  York  city.  Eastern  Division — Herman  J. 
Bruns,  Jr.,  Providence,  R.  I. 


About  May  1 the  treasurer  will  remove  to  164  Fairfield 
avenue,  Stamford,  Conn.,  which  will  be  his  future  resi- 
dence. He  will  transact  no  A.  C.  A.  business  between 
April  15  and  June  1.  Frederic  G.  Mather,  Treas. 


Applications  for  membership,  Atlantic  Division — G.  H. 
Knowlson,  New  York  city;  Howard  M.  Landes,  Phila- 
delphia; Harry  M.  Lee,  Trenton,  N.  J. ; F.  Raymond  Pid- 
cock,  Trenton,  N.  J. ; Thomas  B.  Latham,  New  York 
city;  Fred.  V.  McCabe,  New  York  city;  Raymond  E. 
Rouse,  New  York  city;  Frank  P.  Jones,  Jr.,  Delanco,  N. 
J.  Eastern  Division — Ralph  P.  Plaisted,  Bangor,  Me. ; 
Ernest  L.  Arnold,  Providence,  R.  I.;  Charles' L.  Weaver, 
Providence,  R.  I.;  Homer  A.  Canfield,  New  York  city; 
Chester  G.  Babcock,  William  M.  Coon,  William  H. 
Crosby,  Lester  W.  Elias,  Charles  O.  L’Hommedieu,  Wil- 
liam Riehl,  Walter  C.  Mullett,  William  J.  P.  Seipp,  Henry 
B.  Selkirk,  W.  Morse  Wilson,  Richard  L.  Ball  (for  Life 
Member),  Buffalo,  N.  Y. ; Guy  W.  Ellis,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 


Fixtures. 


July  24-29. — Newark,  O. — Second  annual  of  the  Ohio  State  Rifle 
Association. 

July  26-Aug.  1.— Creedmoor,  L.  I.— Second  annual  of  New  York 
Rifle  Association.  


United  States  Revolver  Association. 

Springfield,  Mass.,  March  30.— The  United  States  Revolver 
Association  has  awarded  the  following  medals  during  the  past 
month : 

To  H.  B.  McCallum,  Wilmington,  Del.,  a bronze  medal  on  the 
scores  of  81,  81,  84,  81,  84,  81,  81,  85,  85,  85.  A bronze  and  silver 
medal  on  the  scores  of  86,  89,  86,  86,  85,  88,  89,  85,  86,  91. 

To  E.  N.  Neal,  Springfield,  Mass.,  a bronze  and  silver  medal 
on  the  scores  of  85,  85,  85,  85,  85,  85,  86,  87,  88,  88. 

To  Miles  Standish,  Portland,  Me.,  a bronze  medal  on  the 
scores  of  80,  80,  80,  80,  81,  81,  82,  83,  84,  82. 

To  G.  L.  Sanford,  Springfield,  Mass.,  a bronze  medal  on  the 
scores  of  80,  80,  81,  82,  82,  83,  83,  84,  84,  84.  A bronze  and  silver 
. medal  on  the  scores  of  85,  85,  86,  86,  87,  88,  89,  89,  94,  89. 

To  W.  Milton  Farrow,  Washington,  D.  C.,  a bronze  medal 
on  the  scores  of  82,  82,  82,  83,  83,  83,  83,  85,  85,  85.  A bronze 
and  silver  medal  on  the  scores  of  85,  86,  86,  87,  87,  87,  89,  86,  86, 
89. 

To  Morris  D.  Stepp,  M.D.,  Cleveland,  O.,  a bronze  medal  on 
-the  scores  of  80,  81,  81,  81,  81,  82,  83,  85,  84,  84. 

To  A.  P.  Proctor,  New  York  city,  a bronze  and  gold  medal 
on  the  scores  of  90,  90,  91,  91,  92,  92,  92,  92,  93,  93.  A silver 
and  gold  medal  on  the  scores  of  93,  93,  93,  93,  93,  93,  93,  94,  94, 
94.  J.  B.  Crabtree. 


Seneca  Gun  Club. 


This  organization,  composed  of  members  of  the  West  Side 
Y.  M.  C.  A.,  of  New  York  City,  held  its  regular  weekly  shoot 
on  the  Zettler  ranges  the  night  of  April  1,  and  each  member 
present  fired  two  ten-shot  scores  at  75ft.  offhand  on  the  25-ring 
target.  Two  prizes  were  offered  by  S.  Adler,  and  these  were 
won  by  J.  N.  Wunz  and  F.  A.  Fall,  first  and  second  men  re- 
spectively. The  scores,  out  of  the  possible  500  points,  were  as 
follows: 


J N Wunz  

F A Fall 

S Nevins  ... 

“Buster”  Brown 
J Armstrong  ... 

F Field  

W Kreiger  

§ Adler  ......... 


466 

,461 

.449 

,443 

.432 

.432 

.420 

.412 


A Dick  407 

F H Ryan  406 

C G Keller 404 

W Allabough  387 

Wm.  M.  Kingsley  381 

C Sherwood  340 

C A Simms  324 


C E Winne  §8§ 


April  8,  1905.} 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


t 2 3 4 5 6 7 & 9 10  U 12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21 


ENGINE  ROOM 
SECTION  6 


AFTER  £ NO  OF 
MAIN  CABIN 
SECTION  11 


FORWARD  END  OF 
MAIN  CABIN 
SECTION  14? 


-f— 1 F 


284 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


Providence  Revolver  Club* 

Providence,  R.  I.— Shooting  matters  are  quiet  here  this  Week, 
ami  very  few  members  recorded  scores.  Following  is  the  week  s 
record: 

Revolver,  60yds.,  Standard  American  target: 

Win  Alrny  9 8 6 6 8 7 10  9 9 10— S2 

9896  10  89  10  9 8—86 

Revolver,  20yds.,  Standard:  Arno  Argus  79,  81;  A.  C.  Hurl- 

hurt  77. 

Rifle,  25  yds.,  German  ring:  Fred  Collins,  219,  229,  227,  220. 

Twenty-two  caliber  rifles,  50yds.,  Standard,  50  shots:  F.  A. 
Coggeshall  406,  H.  Powell  391,  B.  Norman  390. 

The  only  excitement  at  the  Thursday  evening  meeting  was  a 
team  match  among  those  present.  A few  members  of  the  United 
Train  of  Artillery  rifle  team  were  at  the  armory  loading  am- 
munition, and  the  revolver  men  being  indisposed  to  practice,  it 
was  suggested  that  sides  be  picked  for  a try  with  the  .45  Spring- 
field.  This  arm  is  used  by  the  Train  men  in  their  series  of  in- 
door matches  against  the  Bristol  team.  The  load  used  was  the 


was  held  to-day,  and  Nestler  carried  off  the  honors  by  his  steady 
.'-Hooting  with  a total  of  2155  points,  l’ayne  was  high  on”th-e 
honor  with  G9  points.  The  scores: 

Nestlcr  ....231  220  219  218  217  213  212  211  210  204— 2155 

231  230  223  217  215  213  209  207  205  194—2142 

Roberts  * 231  224  213  211  211  209  208  206  204  200—2117 

li°ter  225  216  207  206  202  201  199  196  196  181—2029 

Hasenzahl  219  216  214  212  205  204 

£offman  ■ 219  212  206  205  202 

Bruns  207  195  190  187 

Preitag  200  197  194  194  194  190  179  175 


fUjmps'hootmg. 


If  you  want  your  shoot  to  be  announced  here  send  a 
notice  like  the  following  t 


t April  8,  1905. 

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, , "'•“I  *T*****i.  0.liLVJl3tclLC  n53ULldtlUH  3 IUUP 

nament  under  the  auspices  of  the  Albert  Lea  Gun  Club. 
R.  L.  Paterson,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  16-18.— Ottawa,  Can. — Dominion  of  Canada  Trapshooting  and 
Came  Protective  Association.  G.  Easdale,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  16-18.  Kansas  City,  Mo. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  O.  K.  Gun  Club  C C 
Herman,  Sec’y. 

■^ug’  — Lake  Okoboji,  la.— Indian  annual  tournament. 

Aug.  29-31.— The  Interstate  Association’s  tournament,  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Colorado  Springs,  Colo.,  Gun  Club;  $1,000 
added  money.  A.  J.  Lawton,  Sec’y. 

Sept.  4 (Labor  Day).— Fall  tournament  of  the  Springfield,  Mass., 
Shooting  Club;  $25  added  money.  C.  L.  Kites,  Sec’y. 

Sept.  5-8. — Trinidad,  Colo. — Grand  Western  Handicap. 

^ePr>  -^."U-trSan  Francisco,  Cal. — The  Interstate  Association’s 
Pacific  Coast  Handicap  at  Targets,  under  the  auspices  of  the 
San  Francisco  Trapshooting  Association.  A.  M.  Shields,  Sec’y. 

Sepk  18-20. — Cincinnati  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  Arthur 
Cambell,  Mgr. 

Oct.  11-12. — Dover,  Del.,  Gun  Club  tournament;  open  to  all 
amateurs.  W.  H.  Reed,  Sec’y. 

Oct.  12— Fall  tournament  of  the  Delaware  Trapshooters’  League 
on  grounds  of  Dover  Gun  Club.  ’ 


old  210-grain  bullet  and  antiquated  black  powder  charge  of  7 
grains. 

The  results,  as  follows,  were  rather  an  agreeable  surprise  to  the 
revolver  shooters,  and  shows  that  old-fashioned  methods  are 
still  good,  even  in  the  hands  of  out-of-practice  shooters: 

Four-man  team  match,  .45  Springfield  rifle.  Standard  target,  5 
shots  per  man,  25yds.  range: 

No.  1 Team— Sergt.  Bullard  32,  Capt.  Machon  .32,  Sergt.  Mc- 
Avoy  30,  M.  A.  Brown  22;  total  116. 

No.  2 Team— Lieut.  Keyes  39,  Arno  Argus  44,  A.  C.  Hurlburt 
44,  Maj.  Eddy  37 ; total  164. 

Team  No.  2 led  by  48  points. 

Rifle  practice,  25yds.,  on  German  Ring  target: 

W B Gardiner  224  230  231  231  238—1154 

L A Jordan  236  236  225  222  219—1138 


About  the  Remington  Revolver. 

Hoquiam,  Wash.,  March  17. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream:  About 
the  old-fashioned  powder  and  cap  revolvers  discharging  several 
loads  at  once,  which  has  been  written  of,  I think  Lean  shed  some 
light  on  the  cause,  and  I will  also  state  what  1 did  to  remedy  it. 
The  fact  that  what  I did  provided  a complete  cure  for  such  con- 
duct proved  to  me  that  my  theory  was  correct.  I concluded  that 
the  other  chambers  were  discharged  by  taking  fire  past  the  bullet, 
or  else  from  the  use  of  a poorly  fitting  cap,  for  caps  are  made  in 
several  different  sizes,  and  it  is  all  important  in  case  of  the  re- 
volver that  the  cap  should  fit  just  right,  and  that  the  bullet  should 
fit  just  right;  and  the  just  right  for  the  bullet  is  to  have  it  a 
hundredth  part  of  an  inch  larger  than  the  bore  of  the  chamber  in 
the  cylinder,  so  that  in  seating  the  bullet  it  would  be  resized; 
and  with  the  leverage  that  there  is  on  the  ramrod,  they  can  be 
seated  without  any  trouble;  and  that  left  the  bullet  in  shape,  so 
it  had  a great  deal  better  bearing  on  the  rifling,  and  so  would 
admit  of  a heavier  charge  of  powder  being  used  without  the 
bullet  jumping  the  rifling.  After  I had  the  mould  - enlarged  for 
the  one  that  I was  experimenting  with,  and  also  got  a different 
size  of  cap  from  what  the  person  had  been  using  that  I got  the 
revolver  from,  I used  to  load  40grs.  coarse  powder.  The  reason 
for  using  coarse  powder  was  to  prevent  it  from  filling  the  tube, 
and  that  practice  was  best  with  all  muzzleloading  arms,  for  it 
greatly  reduced  the  chance  of  a misfire  from  powder  in  the  tube 
becoming  damp.  I probably  fired  the  revolver  a thousand  times 
after  1 made  these  changes,  and  it  never  went  wrong.  The  person 
that  sold  it  to  me  did  so  because  it  was  good  for  nothing  as  he 
was  using  it.  After  I had  the  cylinder  loaded,  I would  pour 
melted  tallow  in  the  chamber  until  the  bullet  was  covered,  and  it 
sometimes  was  left  loaded  for  three  months,  but  I never  got  a 
misfire  from  it.  W.  A.  Linkxetter. 


Zettler  Rifle  Club. 


The  regular  club  shoot  was  held  the  night  of  March  28  at 
headquarters  in  West  Twenty-third  street  with  a fair  attendance 
of  members.  Interest  is  being  awakened  among  the  members  _ 
by  the  near  approach  of  the  outdoor  club  shooting,  and  but  a 
few  more  gallery  shoots  will  be  held,  this  series  closing  in  a 
short  time.  Richard  Gute  was  high  man  for  the  best  five-score 
total,  1230,  but  high  man  for  the  evening  was  Louis  Buss,  whose 
total  for  100  shots  was  2443.  The  scores  at  75ft.,  offhand,  with 
.22  caliber  rifles,  follow: 


Louis  C.  Buss  . . . 

Geo  Schlicht  

O Smeith  

August  Begerow  . 
T H Keller,  Jr.... 

H Fenwirth  

F J Herpers  

Five  shot  score: 
Richard  Cute 
L P Hansen 
Chas  Zettler,  Jr 
C G Zettler 
Louis  Maurer 
H C Zettler 
Barney  Zettler 
G J Bernius 
Back  score: 

L C Buss  .. 


241  247  241  244  245 

242  243  240  244  243 
238  242  244  247  244 
236  230  242  238  238 
233  227  236  237  233 
236  227  216  233  232 
231  230  224  222  227 


242  240:247  245  245—2443 

243  239  244  239  239—2416 
241  243  240  240  245—2414 
240  231  240  229  237—2361 
235  234  235  238  238—2346 
226  z-iu  233  225  234—2302 
233  229  238  233  228—2295 

243  248  245  246  248—1230 
247  246  241  243  236—1213 
240  238  241  240  243—1202 
235  242  244  237  244—1202 
243  237  238  230  233—1181 
237  234  227  232  245—1175 
232  236  233  237  236—1174 
229  223  221  231  233—1137 

240  247  245  243  241—1216 


Italian  Rifle  Club. 

Nearly  100  members  and  their  friends  were  in  attendance  at 


the  regular  shoot  of  this  club,  held  on  the  Zettler  ranges,  the 
night  of  March  30.  The  competition,  which  was  for  merchandise 
prizes,  was  holly  contested  by  twenty-four  of  the  members,  and 
Mr.  Bianchi  won  with  the  narrow  margin  of  one  point  over 
Minervini  and  Selvaggi,  who  tied  on  totals.  The  distance  shot 


was  75ft.,  with  .22  caliber  rifles,  and  the  scores  were  three  shots 


each,  the  best  two  shot  during  the  evening  to  count.  The 
results  follow,  the  possible  being  150  points: 


Bianchi  

74 

75- 

-149 

Minervini  

74 

74— 14S 

Muzio  

73 

74- 

-147 

Selvaggi  

74 

74—148 

Reali  

74 

73- 

-147 

Mandello  

73 

73- 

-146 

DeFelice  ........ 

72 

73- 

-145 

Mastropaolo  

74 

70- 

-144 

Alfrero  .......... 

.....  72 

71- 

-143 

Avignone  

72 

71- 

-143 

Rossotti  

71 

71- 

-142 

G T Conti  . . . . . 

72 

70—142 

DeStefano  6S  73 — 141 

Ciancimono  69  69 — 138 

Marzorat  70  67 — 137 

Gatto  69  67 — 136 

Brancorotto  69  66 — 135 

Martin  69  66 — 135 

D’Agostino  ..........  67  67 — 134 

Lampagnano  69  63 — 132 

Canfori  67  63-130 

Personini  59  69—128 

Magliore  66  41 — 107 

Longo  .67  40 — 107 


Cincinnati  Rifle  Association. 

Cincinnati,  O. — The  following  scores  were  made  in  regular 
competition  by  members  of  this  Association,  at  Four-Mile  House, 
Reading  Road,  March  26.  Conditions,  200yds.,  offhand,  at  the 
25-ring  target.  Roberts  was  declared  champion  for  the  day  with 
the  good  score  of  231.  This  creates  a new  record  for  him,  his 
former  being  224.  Our  semi-annual  100-shot  championship  match 


Fixtures. 

April  5-6.  Augusta,  Ga. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tournament, 
under  tne  auspices  of  the  Augusta  Gun  Club.  Chas.  C.  Need- 
ham, Sec  y. 

■^Pri|r  ?;  Richmond  Valley,  S.  I. — Ninth  all-day  shoot  of  the 
IVLullente  Gun  Club,  ..on  grounds  of  Aquehonga  - Gun  Club.- 
A.  A.  Schoverling,  Mgr. 

April  12-13.  Spring  tournament  of  Delaware  Trapshooters’  League;' 
°1?.&r?unds  of  Wilmington  Cun  Club.  PI.  J.  Stidman,  Sec’y." 
Wilmington. 

April  15.  Long  Island  City,  L.  I. — Queens  County  Gun  Club 
open  tournament.  R.  II.  Gosman,  Sec’y. 

April  15.  Newark,  N.  J. — Mullerite  Cun  Club  shoot,  on  grounds 
?f  ?i)Ies*:er  Gun  Club.  A.  A.  Schoverling,  Mgr. 

April  18-20.  Waco,  Tex. — Texas  State  Sportsmen’s  Association 
tournament. 

April  19.— Springfield,  Mass.,  Shooting  Club  annual  tournament. 
C.  L.  Kites,  Sec  y. 

April  19-  Haverhill,  Mass.,  Gun  Club  Patriots’  Day  tournament, 
s.  C.  Miller,  Sec  y. 

Aprj!  20.— Atglen,  Pa.  Christiana- Atglen  Gun  Club  all-day  shoot; 
live  birds  and  targets.  Wm.  R.  Fieles,  Sec’y 

April  21.— Morgantown,- W.  Va.— Recreation  Rod  and  Gun  Chib"" 
first  regular  monthly,  shoot  of  the  Monongahela  -Valley  Sports- 
man s League  of  West  Virginia.  E.  F.  Jacobs,  Sec’y. 

April  22.  Easton,  Pa. — Independent  Gun  Club  second  annual 
tournament.  Jacob  Pleiss,  Cor:  Sec’y. 

April  26-27.— Scottdale,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  shoot. 

April  26-27.  Hopkinsville,  Ky. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament,  under  the  auspices  of  the  Hopkinsville  Gun  Club. 
A.  F.  Gant,  SecV. 

April  27. — Mullerite  Gun  Club  shoot  on  grounds  of  Freeport,  L. 
I.,  Gun  Club.  A.  A.  Schoverling,-  Mgr. 

Pittsburg,  Pa. — Tournament  of  the  Pennsylvania  State 
Sportsmen’s  Association,  under  auspices  of  the  Herron  Hill 
Gun  Gjuh  ’ $-l>900  added  to  purses.  Louis  Lautenslager,  Sec’y. 

May  2-6.— Kansas  City,  Mo.— Missouri  State  Game  and  Fish  Pro- 
tective Association  tournament.  

May  3.— Muncie,  Ind, — Magic  City  Gun  Club  spring  tournament— 
Indiana  State  League  series.  F.  L.  Wachtel,  Sec’y. 

May  4-5. — Waterloo,  la.,  Gun  Club  spring  tournament.  E.  M. 
Storm,  Sec’y. 

May  6.— Mullerite  Gun  Club  shoot,  on  grounds  of  Brooklyn,  N. 
Y.  Gun  Club.  A.  A.  Schoverling,  Mgr. 

May  8-9.— Vicksburg,  Miss,— Mississippi  Delta  Trapshooters’ 

, League  , first  tournament. 

May  9-19. — Fairmont,'  -W.  Va.,  Gun  Club  second  monthly -shoot~6f  — 
Monongahela  Valley  Sportsman’s  League  of  West  Virginia. 
E.  F.  Jacobs,  Sec’y.  - 

May  9-10. — Clean,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  annual-  tournament.  B.  Br 
Nobles,  Sec’y. 

May  9-12. — Hastings,  Neb. — Nebraska  State  Sportsmen’s  Associa- 
tion s twenty-ninth  annual  tournament.  Geo.  L.  Carter,  Sec’y 
Lincoln,  Neb. 

May  11-12. — Wilmington,  Del.— Wawaset  Gun  Club  third  annual 
spring  tournament.  W.  M.  Foord,  Sec’y. 

May  14-16. — Des  Mo:ne3,  la.— Iowa  State  Sportsmen’s  Association 
tournament. 

May  16-18.— Herrington,  Kans.— Kansas  State  Sportsmen’s  Asso- 
ciation tournament. 

May  16-18.— Parkersburg,  W.  Va— West  Virginia  State  Sports- 
men’s Association  ninth  annual  meeting  and  tournament; 
$600  added  money  and  prizes.  F.  E.  Mallory,  Sec’y. 

May  17. — Boston,  Mass.,  Gun  Club  annual  invitation  team  shoot. 
H.  C.  Kirkwood,  Sec’y. 

May  17-18.- — Auburn,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  two-day  tournament.  Knox 
& Knapp,  Mgrs. 

May  17-18.— Owensboro,  Ky.— The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  Daviess  County  Gun  Club. 
James  Lewis,  Sec’y. 

May  17-19.— Stanley  Gun  Club  of  Toronto  (Incorporated),  Can., 
annual  tournament.  Alexander  Dey,  Sec’y,  178  Mill  street, 
Toronto. 

May  19-21. — St.  Louis,  Mo. — Rawlins  first  semi-annual  tournament; 
two  days  targets,  one  day  live  birds.  Alec.  D.  Mermod,  Mgr 
C20  Locust  street. 

May  20-21. — Shakopee,  Minn.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  Mathias 
A.  Deutsch,  Sec’y. 

May  23-25.— Lincoln.— Illinois  State  Sportsmen’s  Association  tour- 
nament. 

May  24-25.— Wolcott,  N.  Y. — Catchpole  Gun  Club  tournament. 

E.  A.  Wadsworth,  Sec’y. 

May  25-27.— Montreal,  Quebec,  Gun  Club  grand  trapshooting 
tournament.  _ D.  J.  Kearney,  Sec’y,  412  St.  Paul  street,  Quebec. 

May  29-31. — Louisville,  Ky. — Kentucky  Trapshooters’  League  third 
annual  tournament.  Frank  Pragoff,  Sec’y. 

May  30.— McKeesport,  Pa.— Enterprise  Gun  Club  tournament. 
Geo.  W.  Mains,  Sec’y. 

May  30.— Utica,  N.  Y. — Riverside  Gun  Club’s  all-day  target  tour- 
nament; merchandise.  E.  J.  Loughlin,  Sec’y. 

May  30. — Mullerite  Gun  Club  all-day  shoot  on  grounds  of  Point 
Pleasant,  N.  J.,  Gun  Club.  A.  A.  Schoverling,  Mgr. 

May  30. — Newport,  R.  I. — Aquidneck  Gun  Club  fourth  annual 
tournament.  J.  S.  Coggeshal,  Sec’y. 

May  30. — Bound  Brook,  N.  J.,  Cun  Club  all-day  shoot.  Dr.  J.  H. 

V.  Bache,  Sec’y. 

May  30-31. — Washington,  D.  C.— Analostan  Gun  Club  two-day 
tournament;  $200  added.  Miles  Taylor,  Sec’y.  222  F street, 

N.  W. 

May  31,-June  1. — Vermillion. — South  Dakota  State  Sportsmen’s 
Association  tournament. 

June  5-6. — New  Paris,  O.— Cedar  Springs  Gun  Club  tournament. 

J.  F.  Freeman,  Sec’y. 

June  6-8. — New  Jersey  State  Sportsmen’s  Association  tournament. 

June.  6-8. — Sioux  City,  la.— Soo  Cun  Club  tournament. 

June  8-9. — Dalton,  O.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  Ernest  E. 
Scott,  Capt. 

June  3-4. — Chicago  Trapshooters’  Association  amateur  tourna- 
ment. E.  B.  Shogren,  Sec’y. 

June  9.— Shamokin,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  S.  C.  Yocum, 
Sec’y. 

June  13-14. — New  Bethlehem.  Pa. — Crescent  Gun  Club  second 
annual  tournament.  R.  E.  Dinger,  Capt. 

June  13-16. — Utica,  N.  Y. — New  York  State  shoot,  James  Brown, 
Sec’y. 

June  13-15. — Canton,  O.,  Trapshooters’  League  tournament. 

June  15. — Champlain,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament. 

June  20-21. — Binghamton,  N.  Y.,  Rod  and  Gun  Club  tournament, 
Vernon  L.  Perry,  Sec’y. 

June  20-22. — New  London,  la..  Gun  Club  tournament. 

June  21-22. — Bradford,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  club  tournament.  E.  C; 
Charlton,  Sec’y. 

June  27-30.— Indianapolis,  Ind. — The  Interstate  Association’s  Grand 
American  Handicap  target  tournament;  $1,000  added  money. 
Elmer  E.  Shaner,  Secy-Mgr.,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

July  1.— Sherbrooke,  Can.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  C.  HT 
Foss,  Sec’y. 

July  4.— Shamokin,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  S.  C.  Yocum* 1 
Sec’y. 

July  4.— South  Framingham,  Mass. — Second  annual  team  ' shout;? 
$50  in  cash,  v.  -»  Si, 

July  4. — Springfield,  Mass. — Midsummer  tournament  of  the  Spring- 
field,  Mass.,  Shooting  Club.  C.  L.  Kites,  Sec’y. 
uly  6-7. — Traverse  City,  Mich.,  trapshooting  tournament, 
uly  12-13. — Menominee,  Mich. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  Menominee  Gun  Club. 
W W McOtieen’  Sec’y. 

July  24-28. — Brehm’s  Ocean  City,  Md.,  target  tournament.  EL 
A.  Brehm,  Mgr.,  Baltimore 


DRIVERS  AND  TWISTERS. 

Saturday  of  this  week  is  one  of  the  Ossining,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club’s 
regular  practice  days. 

....  . ». 

The  dates  of  the  Rawlings  shoot  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  has  been 
changed  to  May  19-21. 

*? 

The  Mississippi  Delta  Trapshooters’  League  announces  that  its 
first  tournament  will  be  held  on  May  8-9  under  the  auspices  of 
the  Vicksburg,  Miss.,  Gun  Club. 

** 

The  Dominion  of  Canada  Trapshooting  and  Game  Protective 
Association,  Ottawa,  Can.,  is  preparing  the  programme  for  their 
fifth  annual  tournament,  Aug.  16-18. 

S? 

The  . Shakopee  Gun  Club,  of  Shakopee,  Minn.,  will  hold  their 
annual  tournament  on  May  29  and  21.  Each  day  average  prizes. 
For  programmes,  inquire  of  the  Secretary,  Mathias  A.  Deutsch. 

*. 

The  Warwick,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  will  hold  their  annual  meeting 
on  the  evening  of  April  13.  Several  new  names  are  proposed 
for  membership.  The  activities  and  importance  of  the  club  are 
bright  for  the  coming  season. 

Mr.  J.  W.  Brown,  Secretary,  writes  us  that  the  programme  of 
the  New  York  State  shoot,  to  be  held  under  the  auspices  of  the 
Oneida  County  Sportsmen’s  Association,  Utica,  N.  Y.,  June  13-16, 
wi'd  he  relidy  for  distribution  at  an  early  date. 

w 

At  Gorgas  Station,  Pa.,  April  1,  in  the  Philadelphia  League  of 
Trapshooters’  Contests,  Highland  defeated  Merchantville  by  a 
score  of  162  to  150.  Of  the  two  10-man  teams,  Mr.  A.  Ballantine, 
of  the  Highlands,  was  high  man  with  a score  of  21  out  of  25. 

% 

The  last  shoot  of  the  season  of  1904-5,  held  by  the  Crescent 
Athletic  Club,  was  most  pleasantly  terminated  by  a clambake, 
the  conclusion  of  an  unusually  successful  season  of  competition 
and  good  fellowship.  Mr.  Lowell  M.  Palmer  won  the  March 
cup  after  a shoot-off  with  Mr.  E.  W.  Snyder. 

8»» 

At  the  shoot  of  the  Red  Dragon  Canoe  Club,  held  at  Wissino- 
ming,  Pa.,  on  Saturday  of  last  week,  Mrs.  Will  K.  Park,  who  a 
few  years  ago  shot  with  expert  skill  under  the  shooting  name  of 
“Miskay,”  won  the  silver  trophy,  the  prize  in  a 50  target  handi- 
cap, unknown  angles,  under  rather  difficult  conditions  consequent 
to  a strong  wind.  She  scored  49. 

S? 

Reports  from  Wilmington  indicate  that  the  spring  tournament 
of  the  Delaware  Trapshooters’  League,  to  he  held  on  the 
grounds  of  the  Wilmington  Gun  Club,  is  to  be  a success  in  every 
particular.  The  shooters  are  rallying.  Accordingly  every  pro- 
vision by  the  local  talent  is  made  for  sport  and  good  fellowship. 
Lovely  spring  weather.  “Johnnie,  get  your  gun.”  April  12-13. 

The  Christiana- Atglen  Gun  Club,  of  Atglen,  Pa.,  have  issued 
the  programme  of  their  all-day  shoot,  to  be  held  on  April  26. 
The  target  events  number  twelve— four  at  10,  four  at  15  and  two 
at  25  targets;  entrance  75  cents,  $1  and  $1.75  respectively.  There 
are  three  live-bird  events,  at  5,  7 and  10  birds,  entrance  $2.50, 
$3  and  $4.  Birds,  20  cents.  All  moneys  divided  on  the  percent- 
age system. 

«! 

The  annual  three-day  championship  closed  the  trapshooting 
season  at  Pinehurst,  N.  C.,  last  week.  Wednesday  was  the  last 
day.  Mr.  Allan  Lard,  of  Washington,  D.  C.,  was  the  winner.  He 
scored  109  out  of  140,  of  which  50  were  from  a magautrap,  50 
expert  and  40  from  the  tower.  Mr.  L.  E.  Wardwell,  of  Camden, 
Me.,  scored  104  and  won  second;  Mr.  M.  IP.  Waters,  Lakewood, 
third,  97;  Mr.  C.  A.  Lockwood,  New  York,  fourth,  95.  • 

The  Fast  Day  shoot  of  the  Portland,  Me.,  Gun  Club,  April  27, 
has  ten  events,  each  at  15  targets.  Handicaps  16  to  20yds.  High 
guns,  $7,  $5  and  $3.  Lowest,  $1;  second  and  third  lowest,  $2 

each.  Shooting  commences  at  9:30  o’clock.  Dinner  served  on 

grounds.  Gun  and  shells  shipped  two  days  in  advance  to  T.  B. 
Davis  Arms  Co.,  express  prepaid,  will  be  delivered  on  grounds 
free  of  charge.  Mr.  Silas  B.  Adams  is  the  Secretary. 

* 

Ten  events  of  20  targets  each  day  constitute  the  programme  of 
the  Interstate  Association’s  trapshooting  tournament,  given  for 
the  Hopkinsville,  Ky.,  Gun  Club,  April  26  and  27.  April  25  is 
practice  day.  Free  lunch  served  on  the  grounds.  Targets,  2 
cents.  First  day,  Rose  system,  5,  4,  3,  2;  second  day,  class 

shooting,  40,  30,  20  and  10.  Gold  medal  valued  at  $25  to  the 

amateur  who  makes  highest  average;  $5  to  second  amateur,  and 
same  to  amateur  making  lowest  average.  Mr.  A.  S.  Gant  is  the 
Secretary. 

>5 

The  Queens  County  Gup:  Club  has  issued  the  programme  of 
its  opening  shoot,  to  be  held  at  Long  Island  City,  L.  I.,  April 
15.  Ten  events  are  provided,  at  10,  15,  20  and  25  targets,  entrance 
60  cents,  70  cents,  $1.05,  $1.40.  The  two  25-target  and  two  15- 
target  events  are  for  merchandise.  Totals,  175  targets,.  $9.85  en- 
trance. To  amateur  high  average,  a silver  cup;  professional  high 
average,  $5  in  gold;  amateur  low  average,  $27  Targets,  2 cents. 
Shooting  'begins  at  10  o’clock.  The  grounds  are  situated  on 
Hunters  Point  avenue,  within  a half-mile  of  Thirty-fourth  Street 
Ferry.  At  Long  Island  City  take  Calvary  Cemetery  trolley,  on 
Borden  avenue.  From  Brooklyn,  take  Crosstowri  or  Greenpoirrt 
^trolley  to  end  of  line,  cross  over  Oakland  Street  Bridge  to 
Borden  avenue,  turn  to  right,  and  grounds  are  then  but  a short 
distance. 


April  8,  1905.] 


forest  and  stream. 


The  programme  of  the  fifteenth  annual  tournament  of  th®  Penn* 
sylvania  State  Sportsmen’s  Association  is  a model,  and  in  every 
detail  displays  the  work  of  a master  hand.  It,  is  to  be  specially 
admired  for  its  freedom  from  the  collateral  branch  of  mendi- 
cancy commonly  known  as  passing  around  the  hat;  that  is,  asking 
for  donations.  Trapshooting  has  passed  well  by  its  infantile 
stages,  and  should  be  manfully  independent  _and  self-supporting. 
Any  one  member  of  any  trapshooting  club  would  have  too  much 
manly  pride  and  independence  to  ask  for  a donation  for  himself. 
The  aggregate  manly  pride  and  independence  of  all  the  club  mem- 
bers should  be  quite  as  punctiliously  exact  as  those  of  each 
member  in  his  private  capacity.  To  such  shooters  as  desire  com- 
petition, it  will  present  many  attractions;  to  the  secretaries  of 
many  clubs  who  are  not  thoroughly  proficient  in  programme 
details,  it  will  be  an  admirable  text  book. 

« 

The  Wawaset  Gun  Club,  of  Wilmington,  Del.,  has  issued  the 
programmes  of  their  opening  shoot,  to  be  held  April  6,  and 
their  annual  spring  tournament.  Merchandise  prizes  and  handi- 
caps are  specially  for  amateurs.  Everybody  invited.  Seven 
merchandise  events,  20  and  25  targets,  40  and  50  cents  entrance, 
high  guns,  are  the  inducements.  This  programme  further  con- 
tains an  invitation  to  the  club’s  annual  spring  tournament,  May 
11  and  12,  at  which  the  programme  will  consist  of  twelve  events, 
each  at  15  targets.  A special  purse  will  be  arranged  for  amateurs, 
as  follows:  The  entrance  in  each  event  will  be  $1.30;  total, 
$15.60,  targets  included.  For  each  target  thrown  during  the 
two  days,  the  club  will  set  aside  Hi  cent,  to  be  divided  among 
those  who  shoot  through  the  programme  and  do  not  win  their 
entrance.  It  is  anticipated  that  the  purse  will  amount  to  $250. 
It  is  thought  to  be  the  best  proposition  ever  offered  to  the 
amateur.  For  programme,  address  the  Secretary,  Mr.  W.  M. 
Foord,  213  West  Sixth  street,  Wilmington. 

Bernard  Waters. 


Enterprise  Gun  Club. 

McKeesport,  Pa.,  March  27. — The  first  contest  for  the  Mc- 
Keesport Daily  News  bluerock  championship  cup  was  pulled  on 
on  March  25,  the  weather  being  all  that  could  be  desired,  and 
some  very  fine  scores  were  the  result.  Atty  J.  F.  Calhoun  won 
in  both  contests,  but  was  hard  chased  in  the  cup  race  at  50 
targets.  Calhoun,  W.  Hale  and  Irwin  tied  on  46,  and  in  the 
shoot-off  at  15  targets  Calhoun  made  a straight,  Hale  and  Irwin 
breaking  14. 

The  gold  badge  contest  was  at  20  singles,  use  of  both  barrels, 
and  10  pairs.  Calhoun  was  high  man,  with  36  from  20yds. 

Mr.  Garland  was  with  us  and  shot  through  the  programme. 
There  were  about  200  spectators  present,  and  they  were  well 
paid  for  their  visit.  There  are  to  be  five  contests  for  the  cup, 
the  dates  being  March  25,  April  1,  8,  15,  22,  open  to  all  sportsmen 
living  within  the  circulation  of  the  Daily  News  and  bounded 
by  and  including,  Glenwood,  Monessen,  West  Newton,  Pitcarn 
and  Gill  Hall.  The  winner  in  each  contest  to  designate  where 
the  next  contest  is  to  be  shot.  Mr.  Calhoun  having  won  the 
first  contest  designates  the  next  contest  to  be  shot  on  the  grounds 
of  the  Enterprise  Gun  Club,  April  1,  at  3 P.  M.,  sharp.  The 
score  is  as  follows: 

Daily  News  silver  cup:  Calhoun  46,  W.  Hale  46,  Irwin  46, 

Schorr  45,  Cochran  44,  Knight  44,  L.  D.  Davis  41,  McFarland  41, 
J.  Hale  36,  Pickle  33,  Garland  33. 

Shoot-off:  Calhoun  15,  W.  Hale  14,  Irwin  14. 

Hunter  Arms  Co.  medal,  20  single  targets,  use  of  both  barrels, 


and  10  doubles, 

handicap  14  to 

20yds. : 

Hdcp. 

20  20  T’l 

Hdcp. 

20  20  T’l 

Calhoun  

...20 

20  16—36 

Pickle 

16 

15  9—24 

Schorr  

...20 

19  15—34 

G.  Hale  ... 

20 

10  14—24 

W Hale  

...20 

20  13—33 

Knight  . . . 

19 

15  5—20 

Noel  

...16 

19  13—32 

Keely  

14 

15  7—22 

Garland  

...17 

18  10—28 

Plowell  . . . 

16 

11  7—18 

McFarland  . . . . 

...17 

15  11—26 

Targets : 

15  20  10 

Targets: 

15  20  10 

Calhoun  

15  . . . . 

Schorr  

15  ..  8 

Stein  

10  14  .. 

Hurley  . . . 

W Hale  

14  17  10 

Howell  . . . 

..  14  .. 

Irwin  

14  ..  8 

Geo. 

W.  Mains 

, Sec’y. 

Poughkeepsie  Gun  Club. 

Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.,  April  1.— The  second  monthly  shoot  of 
the  Poughkeepsie  Gun  Club  was  held  to-day,  but  the  attendance 
was  not  as  large  as  expected.  Trapshooting  throughout  the 
Hudson  Valley  is  about  in  the  last  ditch,  there  being  only  two 
clubs,  Ossining  and  Poughkeepsie,  that  do  any  shooting. 

Poughkeepsie  is  trying  to  stimulate  the  sport  in  this  locality 
by  holding  a tournament  every  month  and  only  charging  one 
cent  for  targets,  but  it  is  the  old  story— five  or  six  of  the 
“regulars”  always  turn  out  and  the  other  members  stay  at  home. 
Who  can  explain  it?  We  have  a club  of  over  fifty  members, 
who  claim  to  be  sportsmen  and  pay  their  dues,  but  they  are 
only  good  to  the  sport  for  $1  a year.  We  have  one  of  the  finest 
shooting  grounds  in  the  State,  but  no  interest,  no  shooting.  At 
one  time  every  hamlet  along  the  river  had  its  shooting  club; 
we  had  a Hudson  River  Trapshooting  League;  the  rivalry  be- 
tween the  sportsmen  was  keen;  the  sport  was  in  a prosperous 
condition,  but  Oh!  what  a change  from  those  good  old  days! 
What  caused  the  decline  in  interest? 

At  to-day’s  tournament,  Mr.  E.  J.  Snyder,  one  of  the  regulars 
from  New  Paltz,  carried  away  all  the  honors,  winning  the 
Captain’s  cup  by  24  out  of  a possible  25,  and  also  the  Bissing 
cup  with  23  out  of  a possible  25,  actual  breaks  in  each  event. 
This  is  grand  work,  as  the  shooting  was  done  in  a strong  wind 
and  under  difficulties.  In  the  Captain’s  cup,  J.  Rhodes  and 


Snyder  tied,  Snyder  winning 

by 

one 

bird  in  the  shoot-off. 

The 

trade  was  represented  by  Messrs. 

Fanning  and 

Heath. 

Events: 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

S 

9 

10 

Targets : 

15 

15 

15 

15 

15 

15 

25 

15 

15 

15 

J S Fanning  

12 

_ _ 

14 

15 

14 

23 

14 

15 

K J Snyder  

8 

. _ 

. . 

15 

13 

12 

23 

14 

14 

12 

A A Traver  

13 

15 

12 

11 

13 

12 

23 

13 

14 

10 

J Rhodes  

11 

13 

12 

23 

14 

12 

12 

A J DuBois  

13 

11 

13 

13 

9 

18 

10 

12 

12 

W j Perkins  

11 

9 

13 

11 

10 

20 

12 

7 

14 

T L Donaldson  

14 

12 

10 

14 

11 

5 

17 

7 

10 

Ostrander  

9 

6 

11 

T Rhodes  

14 

10 

12 

19 

13 

13 

Hasbrouck  

12 

. . 

13 

11 

14 

11 

11 

Even  

8 

6 

10 

Dr,  Snow  

14 

11 

* * 

Catchpofe  Gun  Club. 

Wolcott,  N.  Y.,  April  2.— The  two  days’  tournament  of  the 
Catchpole  Gun  Club,  to  be  given  in  Wolcott,  N.  Y.,  May  24  and 
25,  bids’  fair  to  be  a very  successful  shoot.  No  pains  will  be 
spared  to  make  this  the  most  successful  shoot  we  have  ever  given. 
An'  attractive  programme  will  be  sent  out  about  May  1,  and  will 
consist  of  160  targets  each  day,  with  added  money  in  each  event 
and  a merchandise  event  each  day  of  valuable  merchandise,  the 
main  prize  being  a fine  hammerless  gun,  We  invite  all  to  make 


plans  to  attend  this  tournament  and  get  in  shape  for  the  State 
shoot  to  be  held  later,  in  Utica,  N.  Y.  Uncle  Ben  Catchpole, 
our  veteran  president,  will  be  on  hand  each  day  to  grasp  the 
hand  of  all  the  boys.  Uncle  Ben  has  for  many  years  attended 
shoots  throughout  New  York  State,  and  is  still  as  jolly  and 
enthusiastic  as  ever  over  the  sport. 

We  trust  and  believe  this  will  be  our  banner  shoot. 

E.  A.  Wadsworth,  Sec’y. 


Crescent  Athletic  Club. 


Bay  Ridge,  L.  I.,  April  1. — The  Crescent  Athletic  Club’s  last 
shoot  of  the  1904-05  season  was  held  on  the  club  grounds  at  Bay 
Ridge  to-day.  A clambake  rounded  out  the  season  in  pleasant 
climax. 

On  the  scores  of  the  March  cup,  Mr.  E.  W.  Snyder  was  in  the 
lead  when  the  contest  for  it  began  to-day.  Mr.  Lowell  M.  Palmer 
tied  Mr.  Snyder  in  the  last  contest,  and  in  the  shoot-off  he  won. 

The  winners  in  the  50-target  contest  were  Mr.  E.  W.  Snyder, 
first;  Dr.  H.  L.  O’Brien,  second;  Mr.  Geo.  G.  Stevenson,  Jr., 
third. 

In  the  trophy  events,  Mr.  L.  M.  Palmer,  from  scratch,  was 
victor  with  a straight  score  of  25 

In  a 15-target  event,  Mr.  H.  B.  Vanderveer  won  from  Mr.  W. 
W.  Marshall  in  the  shoot-off. 

The  “Japs”  and  the  “Russians”  had  another  team  contest,  in 
which  the  Russians  won— something  in  the  way  of  novel  news  to 
the  Czar.  A modus  vivendi  was  established  when  the  clambake 
was  formally  opened  in  the  shooting  house.  Scores: 

March  cup,  25  targets: 


Hdp.  Brk.  Tot’ 

Palmer,  Tr  .. 

0 

24 

24 

Marshall  . . . . 

5 

18 

23 

Hageman  . . . 

3 

18 

21 

w 

o 

o 

6 

25  targets 

Palmer  

0 

24 

24 

Trophy,  25  targets: 

Palmer,  Jr.. 

0 

25 

25 

Brigham 

0 

23 

23 

Trophy,  15 

targets : 

Damron  

3 

12 

15 

Palmer,  Tr.  . 

0 

14 

14 

Brigham  .... 

0 

14 

14 

Grinnell,  Tr. 

0 

14 

14 

Stephenson 

0 

12 

12 

Iiallock  

2 

12 

14 

Trophy,  15 

targets : 

Marshall  

3 

13 

15 

Vanderveer  . 

1 

14 

15 

Damron  

3 

11 

14 

Stephenson  . 

0 

14 

14 

Grinnell,  Tr. 

0 

14 

14 

McConville  . 

2 

11 

13 

Shoot-off,  same  conditions: 


Vanderveer  1 

Trophy,  15  targets: 

14 

15 

Palmer  

. 0 

11 

11 

Brigham  

. 0 

14 

14 

F Stephenson... 

. 0 

12 

12 

Southworth  

. 0 

11 

11 

Grinnell  

. 0 

13 

13 

L C Hopkins 

. 1 

10 

11 

G Stephenson... 

. 1 

12 

13 

Bedford  

. 1 

11 

12 

S P Hopkins 

. 3 

4 

7 

Hallock  

. 2 

8 

10 

Snyder  

. 2 

11 

13 

McConville  

. 2 

6 

8 

Shoot-off,  same  conditions: 


Camp  

...  3 

8 

11 

Vanderveer  ... 

...  1 

12 

13 

Special  prize, 

50  targets: 

Grinnell  

...  2 

44 

46 

Snyder  

...  8 

38 

46 

Hegeman  

...  6 

38 

44 

G Stephenson. 

...  4 

40 

44 

F Stephenson. 

...  2 

41 

43 

Team  shoot,  15  targets: 


Palmecoke  12 

Gummeloyamo  10 

Hopkinsko  7 

Lottoliko  14 

Southworthio  13 

McConvillio  10 

Hollocklogo  9 

Campologo  8 

Werlemannoki  11 

Wilburrio  11—105 


Team  shoot,  25  targets: 


Hdp.  Brk.  Tot’l. 


Brigham  . . . . 

O'  20  20 

Synder  

4 16  20 

Snyder  

8 

12 

McConville  

..  4 

16 

20 

Damron  

..  5 

15 

20 

Marshall  

..  3 

11 

14 

Vanderveer  

..  1 

12 

13 

S P Hopkins 

..  3 

9 

12 

L C Hopkins.. 

..  1 

7 

8 

McConville  

..  2 

5 

7 

Brigham  

..  0 

13 

13 

Palmer  

13 

13 

S P Hopkins.. 

..  3 

9 

12 

L C Hopkins.. 

..  1 

10 

11 

Hallock  

..  2 

9 

11 

Marshall  

. 3 

8 

11 

Marshall  

. 3 

9 

12 

Haff  

12 

15 

Hendrickson  . . . 

..3 

6 

9 

Damron  

. 3 

11 

14 

Brower  

. 4 

10 

14 

Lott  

9 

10 

Camp  

14 

15 

Werlemann  

. 4 

8 

12 

Kryn  

. 1 

12 

13 

Hegeman  

. 1 

12 

13 

Vanderveer  

. 1 

14 

15 

Raynor  

. 3 

12 

15 

Haff  

. 3 

9 

12 

Raynor  

. 3 

11 

14 

Southworth  

..0 

42 

42 

Palmer  

. 0 

42 

42 

Brigham  .... 

. 0 

40 

40 

Marshall  

.10 

30 

40 

Brighamwhiskers 

r B Stephensonskv. . 

11 

G G Stephensonsky. . 

13 

.bedforskinsky 

Damrisky  

Hopkinsky  

Snyderwitch  

Marshallitch  

Vanderbeersky  .. 

Haftwhisky  

Southworth 
Marshall  . . 
Hopkins  . . 
Stephenson 
Shoot-off : 
Southworth 
Marshall  . . , 

Palmer  

Brigham  . . . 

Shoot-off: 
Southworth 
Marshall  . . , 


Hdp.  Brk.  Tot’l. 


Hdp.  Brk.  Tot’l. 


23 

23 

Bedford  

2 

18 

20 

18 

23—46 

Grinnell  . . . 

1 

23 

24—44 

11 

14 

24 

25—39 

23 

23 

Bedford  

....  2 

18 

20 

20 

21 

25—48 

21 

Grinnell  . . . 

1 

22 

23—43 

25 

25—46 

25 

25 

Palmer  

....  0 

21 

21 

19 

24—49 

Brigham  . . . 

....  0 

18 

18—39 

Enterprise  Gun  Club. 

McKeesport,  Pa.,  April  2.— The  second  contest  for  the  Daily 
News  cup  was  shot  off  on  April  1 and  was  one  of  the  best  yet 
shot  on  these  grounds.  Wesley  Hale  won  the  contest,  but  had  a 
hard  run  for  it.  Hale,  Cochran  and  Straub  tied  on  47,  and  it  re- 
quired two  15-target  events  to  decide  it.  All  three  tied  in  the 
first,  and  Hale  went  straight  in  the  second.  Mr.  Hale,  having 
the  right  to  name  where  the  next  shoot  is  to  take  place,  named 
this  club,  and  date  Saturday,  April  8,  at  3 P.  M. 

H.  H.  Stevens  was  with  us  and  shot  through  the  programme. 
Mr.  Stevens  is  a good,  jovial  fellow,  always  ready  to  assist  in 
everything.  The  scores  follow: 

W.  Hale  47,  Cochran  47,  Straub  47,  Calhoun'  46,  Knight  46, 
McFarland  46,  Stevens  44,  Davis  43,  Irwin  42,  J.  Hale  39,  Reely 
35,  Noel  34,  S.  McCombs  27,  Merritt  27. 

Shoot-off,  on  15  targets:  W.  Hale  14,  Cochran  14,  Straub  14. 

Second  shoot-off,  15  targets:  W.  Hale  15,  Cochran  14,  Straub  14. 

Geo.  W.  Mains,  Sec’y. 


Ossining  Gun  Club. 


Ossining,  N.  Y.,  April  1. — The  inclosed  scores  were  made  at  a 
little  practice  shoot  to-day.  The  targets  cut  up  a lot  of  April 
fool  capers,  helped  by  a strong  northwest  wind.  Next  Saturday, 
the  8th,  will  be  the  regular  practice  day. 


Events:  1 2 3 4 6 

Targets : 25  25  25  25  25 

C G Blandford. . . . 21  15  17  20  12 
H L Stratton 8 ..  13  15  12 


Events:  1 2 3 4 5 

Targets:  25  26  26  25  25 

D Brandreth  17  14  21  16  17 


Practice  scores  made  Wednesday,  March  29,  25  targets:  D. 

Brandreth  22,  21,  20,  17;  C.  G.  Blandford^  21,  18,  17,  17.  C.  G.  B. 


£83 


WESTERN  TRAP. 


A Country  Trap  and  Trigger  Club. 

Chanute,  Kan.,  March  30. — There  is  a well-defined  movement 
on  foot  t«  organize  a Neosho  county  gun  club  circuit.  The 
home  club  will  meet  soon  and  effect  a reorganization.  Mr.  I. 
D.  Boschert,  one  of  the  leaders,  said  to-day,  that  the  organiza- 
tion would  be  thorough,  and  that  spring  shooting  would  open 
at  once.  A.  W.  Butler  will  take  an  active  part,  as  will  his 
wife.  These,  with  I.  D.  Boschert,  E.  W.  Simmons,  G.  H. 
Miller  and  Thad  Grady,  will  be  the  prime  movers. 

The  club  has  a good  outfit  of  traps,  and  the  reputation  of  its 
members  is  O.  K. ; but  then  there  will  first  have  to  be  a 
selection  of  new  grounds.  This  being  done,  then  a rivalry  will 
spring  up  between  the  clubs  of  this  part  of  the  State,  and  it  is 
hoped  that  a southeastern  circuit  can  be  organized. 

The  organization  of  a county  circuit  is  sure  to  be  effected. 
The  Erie  club  has  started  to  practice.  With  Pearl  Kyle  at 
the  head  and  G.  E.  Pendarvis  and  L.  R.  Stanley  as  backing, 
there  will  be  something  doing. 

St.  Paul  has  a club  that  has  often  landed  a winner,  and  now 
it  remains  for  Thayer  to  fall  in  line  and  the  county  clubs  can 
hold  successful  team  contests. 

Mrs.  A.  W.  Butler  has  often  appeared  with  her  husband  at 
tournaments,  and  won  with  good  scores.  They  are  now  getting 
the  line  of  the  target  flights  with  the  intention  of  taking  in  the 
State  shoot  at  Herrington. 

The  news  reaches  here  that  the  “spring  fever  has  struck  the 
Coffeyville  boys,  as  the  club  record  was  broken  on  Friday  by 
Chas.  Kloehr.”  Well,  it  must  be  remembered  that  Coffeyville 
is  a shooting  town.  It  was  Kloehr  who  annihilated  the  Dalton 
boys  at  the  time  of  the  bank  robbery. 

At  Barbertowr,  Ohio. 

Barberton,  O.,  March  26.— The  most  remarkable  score  ever  made 
in  this  part  of  the  State  or,  no  doubt,  in  any  part  of  this  State, 
by  a resident  was  witnessed  at  Barberton  on  last  Saturday 
afternoon  at  the  grounds  of  the  Columbia  Gun  Club. 

H.  A.  Galt,  who  for  the  past  eight  months  has  held  the  club 
championship,  broke  119  consecutive  “Rocks,”  and  altogether 
during  the  afternoon  lost  but  three  out  of  133.  This  score  has 
never  been  equalled  by  any  shooter  in  the  State,  as  vouched  for 
by  the  Akron  shoters. 

In  the  first  string  of  50  targets,  Mr.  Galt  lost  three,  and  these 
in  the  first  25.  After  that  he  did  not  score  a miss.  Of  course 
he  won  all  the  events  scheduled.  Mr.  Galt  is  now  inclined  to 
challenge  the  winner  of  the  last  winter  tri-county  championship, 
held  by  the  Canton  man.  Should  he  do  so,  there  is  everything 
in  his  favor,  for  he  has  led  the  club  here  for  these  many  “moons” 
with  consistent  scores. 

The  day’s  scores  were,  50  targets:  Burtner  32,  Tray  38,  Galt  47, 
Smith  44,  Beck  38,  Work  33,  Taylor  42,  I.  Kepler  34,  Hummed 
34,  Breezie  33,  Metzler  43,  Comey  41,  C.  Kepler  40,  Gam-meter  36, 
R.  Griffiths  42,  Daserf  39,  Williams  37,  Clause  22. 

In  the  cup  event  there  were  only  two  entries,  Galt  and  Smith. 
Though  Smith  made  the  excellent  score  of  24,  he  was  outdone 
by  Galt  with  a straight  25. 

There  were  two  other  25  events,  in  which  Galt  walked  away 
with  a perfect  score. 

A Northwest  Circuit. 

Duluth,  Minn. — The  local  shooters  are  exerting  their  best  efforts 
to  establish  a circuit  of  gun  clubs  with  Duluth  as  the  hub.  It 
is  now  proposed  to  have  a nine-club  league,  consisting  of  Central 
and  Highland  Gun  Clubs,  of  Duluth,  and  the  clubs  of  similar 
organizations  at  Superior,  Ely,  Eveleth,  Proctor,  Virginia,  Hibbing 
and  Two  Harbors. 

It  is  the  intention  to  hold  one  or  two  days’  shoot  at  each  of 
the  club’s  grounds,  continuing  from  one  to  two  days.  The  plan 
is  attributed  to  W.  J.  Webb,  secretary  of  the  Highland  Glub. 
And  many  of  the  local  shooters  heartily  approve  of  it. 

It  is  now  up  to  the  members  of  the  Central  club,  and  it  is 
hoped  that  they  will  definitely  decide  favorably  on  the  matter. 
In  case  that  it  is  so  decided  then  the  officers  here  will  com- 
municate with  the  other  clubs  at  the  towns  above  mentioned. 

Some  of  the  members  have  decided  that  the  circuit  would  be 
an  excellent  one.  Each  club  knows  the  respective  ability  of  its 
members  by  the  records,  and  there  would  be  no  trouble  in 
classifying  the  members.  This  would  obviate  the  strong  men  of 
the  clubs  competing  against  the  weak  ones. 

At  Wiiliamsb  rg. 

At  the  town  of  Williamsburg,  which,  by  the  way,  is  eleven 
miles  north  of  the  Tennessee  line  in  Kentucky,  the  Sunday  law 
is  rather  rigidly  enforced.  Though  the  town  is  located  on  the 
banks  of  the  Cumberland  River,  there  was  not  a line  wet  on 
Sunday,  so  the  two  old  sports,  Anthony  and  Tramp,  were  con- 
tent to  wander  along  its  banks,  accompanied  by  some  of  the 
shooting  and  fishing  men  of  the  town,  and  listening  to  their 
stories  about  the  likely  holes  where  the  bass  do  bite. 

Monday  opened  up  gloomy,  and  before  noon  a heavy  rain  set 
in,  which  continued  until  well  into  the  afternoon.  Ten  of  the 
not-to-be-daunted  turned  out.  Four  shot  50  shots,  and  the  re- 
mainder shot  25. 

The  scores  of  Anthony  and  Albert  Lyman  were  good.  Some 
of  the  others  are  capable  of  making  much  better  scores,  but 
their  persistency  in  using  some  reloaded  ammunition  put  at 
least  one  90  per  cent,  man  down  to  less  than  50  per  cent. 

Williamsburg  has  some  fine  sportsmen,  who  are  shooters, 
hunters  and  fishermen,  and  own  some  of  the  best  Llewellin 
setters  in  the  country;  Nick  Daniels  and  Dr.  Watkins  being 
especially  interested,  and  Daniels  is  a walking  dictionary  on 
dogs  of  the  pure  strain.  Col.  J.  T.  Anthony  shot  at  25,  broke  25; 
Albert  Lyman,  25,  21. 

Jellico  Gan  Club. 

Tuesday  afternoon  was  warm  and  fair,  and  though  only  ten 
men  of  the  faithful  turned  out,  they  shot  50  targets  each  and 
made  a good  start  for  the  season.  Jellico  is  the  coal  town  of 
the  State,  and  there  are  thousands  of  coal  cars  passing  through 
here  weekly.  Many  of  the  managers  and  owners  of  these  mines 
are  interested  in  maintaining  the  club,  prominent  among  them 
being  Dr.  J.  W.  Finley  and  A.  J.  Lyman. 

The  day  was  fine,  but  the  grounds  used  are  not  of  the  best, 
being  on  a hillside.  This  accounts  for  a number  of  the  misses! 
This  club  shot  throughout  last  year,  and  will,  no  doubt,  get  into 
line  this  summer  when  the  days  get  longer  and  hotter.  ' 

Fountain  City  Gun  Club. 

Wednesday  being  a delightful  day  for  the  month  of  March, 
there  was  a good  turn  out  at  the  club’s  grounds  in  the  suburban 
and  summer  town  of  Fountain  City.  This  club  sprung  up  last 
year  and  has  done  well,  considering  that  one  of  the  conditions 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


It  April  1905. 


imposed  was  that  all  the  members  should  be  new,  not  having 
previously  shot  at  the  traps.  This  brought  together  a lot  of  in- 
experienced shooters. 

When  the  dummy  train  stopped  and  the  crowd  from  Knoxville 
arrived,  the  first  to  greet  Col.  Anthony  was  his  old  shooting 
partner,  John  Connor.  Now  it  turns  out  that  the  one-time  good 
shot  has  not  mixed  up  with  the  shotgun  and  clay  targets  for 
five  years,  and  he  was  disposed  to  refuse  to  accept  the  invitation 
to  shoot  with  the  boys.  But  when  at  the  grounds  he  was  seen 
to  get  busy  picking  out  a gun  and  getting  some  shells,  he 
started  in  to  try  his  old  trick  of  “lining  ’em  out.”  Mr.  Connor 
lost  but  nine  out  of  100,  and  most  of  these  were  balks  in  the 
pulling,  which  was  done  by  the  boys  in  the  pits.  He  not 
only  broke  his  targets,  but  broke  them  well.  This  should 
satisfy  shooters,  that  for  club  practice  and  business  men  who 
shoot  for  pleasure,  that  l%oz.  of  shot  is  more  satisfactory  than 
lJ4oz.  It  kills,  and  what  is  more  it  does  not  blacken  the  shoulder 
nor  does  it  make  the  head  ache. 

Mr.  Connor  lost  only  three  out  of  the  first  60,  and  thereby 
hangs  a tale.  He  beat  out  Col.  Anthony  who  was  shooting  more 
powder  and  more  shot.  Several  of  the  boys  shot  at  60,  others 
at  100. 

This  club  will  endeavor  to  cater  to  all  the  shooters  this  year, 
and  take  in  as  member  the  more  experienced  shooter,  having  in 
view  holding  some  team  shoots  with  other  clubs  and  possibly  a 
tournament.  There  is  ample  hotel  accommodations  at  the  picnic 
grounds,  and  of  course  the  town  of  Knoxville  has  two  good  ones. 

You  may  expect  to  hear  of  a league  of  shooters  being  formed 
with  nearby  towns  interested. 

Col.  J.  T.  Anthony  shot  at  100,  broke  90;  John  Connor  100,  91; 
L.  Hall  80,  55. 

Morristown  Gan  Club. 

Morristown  is  the  junction  of  the  Southern  R.  R.,  the  point 
where  the  line  connects  with  Asheville  and  the  south.  It  has 
manufacturers,  and  wholesale  houses  and  is  surrounded  by  a fine 
farming  country. 

The  boys  were  here  met  by  Joe  Hill,  who  is  head  of  the  hunters 
and  shooters  of  the  town.  The  traps  were  set  twenty  feet  apart 
and  the  shoot  was  the  old  style  walk  around  with  known  traps 
and  known  angles. 

Quite  early  in  the  afternoon,  there  was  a gathering  at  the  field 
where  the  fun  was  to  commence.  It  was  found  that  the  targets 
were  to  be  thrown  up  hill,  a very  deceptive  background. 

A canvass  of  those  present  with  shooting  irons,  or  prepared  to 
borrow  same,  showed  Al.  Legg,  M.  D.  Bushong,  J.  B.  Hill,  W. 
C.  Carriger,  W.  A.  Thomason,  Bert  Wheeler,  Chas.  Murphy, 
Skyler  Murphy,  B.  Niel,  Tip  Mayes,  Jose  L.  McGee,  Chas.  Hol- 
singer,  Bill  Whittaker,  Frank  Donaldson,  D.  P.  Turner,  J.  O. 
Rice,  John  Carriger,  Wm.  Emmerson,  Chas.  Wiley,  Jas.  Mathes, 
John  E.  Holmes,  B.  J.  Donaldson  and  Squire  Birchell. 

It  has  been  several  years  since  this  town  had  an  organized  gun 
club,  but  the  visit  will  result  in  a club  being  formed,  the  pros- 
pective officers  having  been  selected. 

Bristol  Gun  Club. 

The  old  and  well  established  gun  club  at  the  town  of  Bristol, 
has  long  been  known  as  the  top-notcher  of  the  State.  Bristol 
is  as  much  a Virginia  town  as  it  is  of  Tennessee,  the  State  line 
being  the  middle  of  the  main  street,  so  that  when  the  State  of 
Virginia  picked  a team  for  the  contest  at  the  State  meet  out  of 
ten,  six  were  from  Bristol. 

On  Friday,  the  rain  fell  hard  until  about  4 P.  M.,  by  eastern 
time.  When  the  sun  began  to  pierce  the  clouds, Crumbey  got  the 
boys  together  best  he  could,  though  only  four  of  them  were  ready 
on  such  short  notice.  J.  A.  R.  Elliott  was  in  town  and  was 
found  to  be  in  fine  shooting  trim.  He  made  the  high  score. 
The  targets  at  Bristol  are  extremely  hard,  sharp  angles  and  very 
fast.  On  this  occasion  the  black  sky  background  was  the  cause 
of  many  lost  targets.  The  scores,  at  100  targets:  Elliott  92, 

Smith  90,  Kelber  82,  Anthony  82,  Hatcher  69. 

In  Other  Places. 

Thirty  of  the  faithful  gunners  of  the  city  of  Milwaukee,  Wis., 
members  of  the  North  Side  Gun  Club,  met  on  Sunday  last,  and 
much  interest  was  centered  in  the  club  contest.  On  May  1 the 
prizes  will  be  awarded  that  have  run  through  the  winter  contests. 

On  last  Friday  the  Massillon,  O.,  Gun  Club  held  its  practice 
shoot  on  the  Yingling  Mill  range.  The  attendance  was  not  large, 
but  those  present  accomplished  what  is  to  be  desired,  good  sport. 

Lawyer-landlord  D.  W.  Shipman,  of  Shamokin,  Pa.,  opened  his 
hotel  last  week.  He  will  at  once  lay  out  one  of  the  very  finest 
of  shooting  grounds,  and  expects  to  poll  of  some  of  the  most 
noted  of  the  eastern  trapshooting  events. 

The  Delphos,  O.,  Gun  Club  has  started  the  erection  of  a club 
house  which  will  be  finished  as  speedily  as  the  weather  will 
permit. 

Reports  from  Indiana  state  that  the  Crawfordsville  Gun  Club 
will  hold  a Trapshooters’  League  tournament  at  the  fair  grounds. 

I think  this  must  be  an  error,  as  the  club  grounds  at  that  city 
are  the  best  in  the  land.  There  the  records  have  been  made. 

The  Cleveland,  O.,  Rifle  and  Revolver  Club  is  to  be  incorpo- 
rated, and  then  there  will  be  some  vigorous  small  arm  practice. 

A grand  time  was  had  at  the  shooting  match  held  last  Satur- 
day at  Hamilton,  O.  The  highest  score  was  made  by  Wm. 
Liming. 

Homestead,  Pa.,  has  taken  steps  to  organize  a gun  club,  for 
the  purpose  of  offering  pleasant  recreation  to  all  who  are  at  all 
inclined  to  favor  the  scatter  gun. 

The  reorganization  of  the  Avoca,  la.,  Gun  Club  with  much 
larger  membership  is  now  being  agitated. 

The  Fergus  Falls,  Minn.,  Gun  Club  held  its  annual  election 
with  following  results:  President,  Byron  Duvey;  Vice-President, 

Thomas  Agren;  Secretary  and  Treasurer,  E.  H.  Stark;  Field 
Captain,  John  Duvey.  This  is  the  home  of  the  Duvey  family, 
who  have  challenged  the  world  to  produce  seven  members  to 
shoot  against  them. 

The  Pottsville,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  asked  the  county  members  of  the 
Legislature  to  vote  against  the  amended  pigeon  shooting  bill 
which  was  before  the  house. 

Several  new  members  have  lately  joined  the  Geneva,  N.  Y., 
Rod  and  Gun  Club.  The  secretary,  Mr.  Loomis,  is  reported  as 
stating  that  all  will  be  in  readiness  for  a shoot  on  March  30. 

Frank  Parmelee  was  back  in  Omaha  previous  to  the  late  shoot 
held  there. 

The  Superior,  Wis.,  Gun  Club  hope  to  flourish  this  year,  as 
there  will  probably  be  from  twenty-five  to  fifty  new  members 
added  to  the  roll  early  this  spring.  Mr.  L.  R.  Fulton,  the  presi- 
dent, is  a fine  shot. 

At  a regular  meeting,  the  Parker  Gun  Club,  Milwaukee,  Wis., 
appointed  a committee  to  arrange  for  a tournament  to  be  held 
May  21. 

The  Watertown,  Wis...  Gun  Club  fixed  dates  for  the  two  semi- 


annual Jefferson  county  gold  medal  tournaments;  the  first,  May 
14;  the  last,  Aug.  20. 

The  sportsmen  of  Wexford,  Mich.,  and  the  nearby  vicinity  have 
become  interested  in  the  matter  of  a rod  and  gun  club.  A charter 
from  the  State  will  be  applied  for. 

Mr.  Russell  Kline  was  the  first  to  capture  the  Iowa  Ottumwa 
State  diamond  badge,  but  this  year  he  was  beaten  out  by  that  good 
shot,  Neil  Layman,  of  Des  Moines,  a heretofore  unknown.  Mr. 
Kline  is  one  of  the  best  of  the  Western  amateurs. 

Duck  shooting  has  been  good  along  the  Illinois  River  during 
the  past  month. 

Danforth,  111.,  will  try  for  the  establishment  of  a gun  club. 

A new  club  has  been  organized  at  Brookly,  la.  Capt.  Phillips 
was  elected  President;  J.  A.  Lane,  Secretary;  J.  A.  Barnes,  Treas- 
urer. Money  has  been  put  up  and  a committee  appointed  on 
grounds  and  material.  There  are  already  enough  members  to  in- 
sure success. 

There  are  sixteen  members  in  the  newly  organized  gun  club  at 
Princeville.  Chas.  Holmes  is  President;  Charles  Cornish,  Sec- 
retary; John  C.  Jackson,  Treasurer. 

The  Iola,  Kans.,  Gun  Club  was  organized  last  week,  at  which 
time,  Paul  Klein  was  selected  President;  Mark  Hillis,  Vice- 
President;  H.  C.  Williamson,  Secretary;  Jesse  Welles,  Field 
Captain.  All  the  necessary  preparations  are  being  made  to  carry 
on  target  shooting  for  the  coming  season.  The  club  recently 
entertained  Mr.  Plank,  a trade  representative. 

Shooters  of  Faribault,  Minn.,  are  reported  as  taking  steps  to 
form  a gun  club. 

The  best  shots  of  Lebanon,  S.  D.,  are  willing  to  organize  a 
gun  club. 

The  Park  Avenue  Gun  Club  is  a new  organization  of  Des 
Moines,  la. 

Mrs.  Nellie  Bennett  is  now  touring  the  gun  clubs  in  Oklahoma 
and  doing  some  very  good  shooting. 

A meeting  has  been  called  at  Eagle  River,  Wis.,  for  the  purpose 
of  organizing  a rod  and  gun  club.  There  will  be  something  in  the 
line  of  propagating  fish  and  the  protection  of  game. 

A letter  from  Centralia,  111.,  states  that  the  gun  club  held  a 
meeting  and  got  in:  line  for  the  season.  Fred  Pullen  was  re- 
elected President,  and  Dr.  T.  W.  Rice,  Secretary.  A tourna- 

ment will  be  held  between  April  25  and  May  15. 

The  Le  Mars,  la.,  Gun  Club,  through  the  resignation  of  Mr. 
Edgington,  will  be  compelled  to  elect  another  secretary. 

Invitations  are  out  for  the  Cedar  Springs,  O.,  Gun  Club  tour- 
nament, to  be  held  July  5 and  6.  William  R.  Clark  is  President, 
and  John  F.  Freeman,  Secretary. 

Lou  Fisher,  of  Ohio,  made  the  high  amateur  score  at  the 

Omaha  shoot,  March  21. 

The  first  regular  shoot  by  the  St.  Joseph,  Mich.,  Gun  Club  for 
the  Peters  trophy  was  held  last  week. 

The  third  annual  shooting  tournament  of  the  Pittson,  Pa.,  Trap- 
shooting  Society  will  be  held  April  19. 

It  is  reported  that  Charles  Watkins,  the  crack  clay  . pigeon 

shooter,  is  willing  to  shoot  a match  with  Wm.  Hall,  and  that  he 

will  shoot  a rifle  and  give  Mr.  Hall  the  privilege  of  using  a 
shotgun  of  any  gauge,  and  to  use  any  load  he  desires. 

April  10,  tournament  under  the  management  of  the  Rapid  City, 
S.  D.,  Gun  Club. 

Members  of  the  Hopkinsville,  Ky.,  Gun  Club  are  busy,  with 
their  preparations  for  the  interesting  target  tournament,  which 
will  be  held  April  26  and  27,  at  which  time  Elmer  Shaner  will 
manage,  under  the  Interstate  Trapshooters’  Association.  Practice 
began  on  the  grounds  Tuesday  last,  and  will  continue  throughout 
the  year.  A number  of  applicants  for  new  membership  have  been 
received.  The  prospects  for  a large  and  enthusiastic  membership 
is  better  than  at  any  time  since  the  organization  of  the  club. 

Cincinnati  Gun  Club. 


Cincinnati,  O. — April  1 was  a very  good  imitation  of  a mid- 
summer day — a trifle  more  freshness  in  the  air  perhaps,  but  hot 
nevertheless.  The  attendance  was  good,  twenty-four  taking  part 
in  the  Peters  trophy  event,  and  quite  a number  occupying  chairs 
on  the  veranda  watching  the  sport.  Among  these  latter  was 
Ackley,  who  shows  much  improvement.  In  the  trophy  shoot 
Pfeiffer  and  Bullerdick  tied  for  first  on  50,  including  their  handi- 
caps. Quite  a little  practice  shooting  was  done.  In  a match, 
Sunderbruch  tied  with  Rolla  Heikes  on  49.  At  practice  Heikes 
broke  96  out  of  100,  going  straight  in  two  25-target  events. 
Hesser  broke  94  out  of  100.  Williams  accounted  for  87. 

Supt.  Gamble  has  received  a letter  from  Mr.  Kelte,  of  the 
Rohrer’s  Island  Gun  Club,  of  Dayton,  in  which  he  says:  “I 

assure  you  nothing  under  the  sun  would  please  our  boys  more 
than  to  have  a chance  to  reciprocate  to  you  and  your  club,  for 
all  the  kindness  and  favors  you  have  bestowed  upon  us.  We 
would  be  pleased  to  have  you  come  on  April  19  with  as  many  of 
your  members  as  possible  (the  more  the  merrier)  and  spend  the 
day  with  THE  club  of  Dayton.”  Arthur  Gambell  will  take  up  a 
good  bunch  on  that  date,  and  they  will  surely  have  a good 
time.  The  scores: 

Peters  trophy,  50  targets,  handicap  added  targets:  Pfeiffer, 

handicap,  5,  total,  50;  Bullerdick,  7,  50;  Williams,  9,  49;  Barker, 
48 ; Faran,  47 ; Peters,  1,  48 ; R.  Heikes,  47 ; Pohlar,  47 ; Ahlers, 

2,  47;  Rike,  45;  Hesser,  45;  Don  Minto,  1,  45;  A.  Sunderbruch, 
43;  Block,  2,  43;  Roll,  2,  43;  French,  42;  Randall,  2,  42;  Maynard, 

3,  42;  Herman,  7,  41;  Andrews,  15,  41;  Falk,  40;  Tuttle,  38; 
Gambell,  37 ; H.  Heikes,  37. 

Team  match,  50  targets: 

Peters  46  Barker  48 

Faran  48  Gambell  47 


JK.OII  

Bullerdick  

. . 44—180 

Pfeiffer  

39—173 

Team  race,  25 
Gambell  ........ 

targets : 
........  25 

Pohlar  

21 

Pfeiffer  

. . 19—  44 

Bullerdick  

23  —44 

Shoot-off,  25  targets 
Gambell  .......... 

.'.  25 

Pohlar  

20 

Pfeiffer  

....19—  44 

Bullerdick  

22—  42 

Team  race,  50 
Don  Minto  ..... 

targets,  2-men 
..15  14  19-48 

teams: 

Gambell  

. 11 

11 

17-39 

Ahlers  

..  14 

13  18—45 

Faran  

. 14 

13 

19—46 

Totals  

..  29 

27  37-93 

Totals  

. 25 

24 

36—85 

Peters  .......... 

..  13 

14  19—46 

A Sunderbruch.. 

. 13 

14 

17-43 

Hesser  

..  12 

14  19—45 

Randall  

. 10 

12 

18—40 

Totals  

..  25 

28  38—91 

Totals  

25 

35—83 

Rike  ............ 

..  14 

13  18-45 

Williams  

. 11 

13 

16—40 

Heikes  

14  20—47 

Tuttle  ........... 

8 

16—38 

Totals  

..  27 

27  38—92 

Totals  

. 25 

21 

32—78 

Team  race,  50  targets,  6-men  teams: 

Heikes’  Team.  Gambell’s  Team. 

R Heikes  25  24 — 49  Gambell  24  24 — 48 

Sunderbruch  .......  24  25 — 49  Randall  24  22 — 46 

Faran  24  23 — 47  Don  Minto  .........  24  21 — 45 

Hesser  24  22—  46  Rike  21  19—40 

Williams  21  21—42  Peters  22  18 — 40 

French  19  18 — 37  Herman  21  19 — 40 

Totals  .............137  133—270  Totals  136  123-25# 


Team  race,  25  targets: 

Faran  23  Hesser  20 

Peters  22 — 45  A Sunderbruch  23 — 43 

Notes. 

The  Dayton  Gun  Club  has  an  eye  on  the  Phellis  trophy,  and 

President  Theobald  will  come  after  it  soon.  There  will  be  a 

special  all-day  mid-summer  handicap  sweepstake  with  $50  added 
money  and  a similar  event  at  the  close  of  the  season.  Exact 
dates  will  be  announced  later. 

In  the  contest  for  the  gold  badge,  given  by  the  Hunter  Arms 
Co.,  Jack  Blakeslee  and  Tryon  tied  on  straight  scores  of  20.  The 
first  shoot-off  resulted  in  another  tie  on  20;  the  second,  a tie  on 
19.  The  continuation  of  the  shoot-off  was  postponed.  In  the 
match  and  ties,  Tryon  broke  50  straight  and  Jack  45.  Both  men 
broke  59  out  of  60. 

At  the  shoot  of  the  Toledo  Consolidated  Gun  Club  on  March 
26,  J.  Grove  successfully  defended  the  cast-iron  medal  against 
Chas.  Remley,  and  won  it  for  the  third  time.  Grove  was 
challenged  by  Geo.  Crabb,  of  Toledo.  D.  M.  Lefever,  known  to 
the  shooters  as  “Uncle  Dan,”  was  a visitor,  and  did  some  very 
good  work. 

March  29  was  an  ideal  day  for  trapshooting,  the  only  drawback 
being  occasional  puffs  of  wind,  which  bothered  the  shooters  a 
little.  Thirty  members  of  the  Rohrer’s  Island  Gun  Club,  Dayton, 
Ohio,  assembled  at  the  grounds  to  take  part  in  the  second 
medal  shoot  of  the  season.  Among  the  members  of  the  club 
are  Rolla  O.  Heikes,  Ed.  Rike  and  Ed.  Cain.  Ten  men  tied 
in  the  medal  event,  and  in  the  first  shoot-off  at  10  targets,  with 
handicap  of  extra  targets  to  shoot  at,  Miller,  Hodapp  and  H. 
Heikes  dropped  out  on  9.  The  subsequent  shoot-offs  were  all 
at  5 targets  with  handicap.  In  the  thirteenth,  Heikes  and  Rike 
shot  at  5 each,  the  latter  missing  his  2d  target  and  the  former 
going  straight  and  winning  the  medal.  When  the  shoot  was 
decided  Heikes  stated,  that  in  view  of  the  fact  that  Cain  had  just 
been  released  from  the  hospital  and  had  done  such  wonderful 
work,  he  would  give  him  the  medal  to  wear.  Cain  protested  in 
vain  and  finally  accepted  the  demonstration  of  friendship  from  the 
“Daddy  of  them  all.” 


Boston  Gun  Club. 


Boston,  Mass.,  March  29.- — With  twenty-six  shooters  in  the 
points,  the  Boston  Gun  Club’s  regular  weekly  shoot  was  well 
attended,  and  the  trap  crew  were  kept  busy  from  2 till  5 handing 
out  the  2,700  rights,  lefts  and  straightaways,  which  they  were 
called  upon  to  do  during  the  ten  events.  That  they  did  it  goes 
without  saying,  as  Capt.  Baker  has  his  men  well  in  hand,  and 
results  were  more  than  satisfactory  to  the  shooters.  Nothing 
pleases  the  average  shooter  more  than  good  working  traps,  as  it 
has  considerable  to  do  with  averages,  etc.,  and  surely  the  so- 
called  automatic  expert  was  throwing  them  in  great  shape,  and 
proved  that  the  installing  of  this  system  was  one  of  the  best 
moves  the  club  had  made  in  its  efforts  to  foster  and  improve  trap- 
shooting as  a sport. 

Many  new  faces  were  in  evidence,  W.  C.  Goss,  of  Herkimer, 
N.  H.,  essaying  his  first  shoot  on  the  grounds,  and  tucking  first 
honors  in  the  prize  match  away  in  his  grip  for  future  reference 
and  28  out  of  30,  showing  a clean  pair  of  heels  to  the  other  twenty- 
four  participants.  Melvin,  of  Whitinsville,  made  his  initial  bow 
on  the  platform  this  season,  and  proceeded  to  show  his  team 
mates,  Searles  and  Johnson,  a thing  or  two  in  the  trapshooting 
line,  though  not  quite  up  to  the  usual  averages.  However,  the 
trio  have  considerable  left  up  their  sleeves  and  promise  to  show 
it  in  company  with  one  or  two  more  of  the  celebrities  from 
their  town  at  the  annual  team  shoot  to  be  held  at  Wellington 
May  17. 

P.  H.  Powell,  of  Newport,  dropped  in  for  the  afternoon,  and 
wants  all  trapshooters,  whether  old  or  new,  to  journey  there  on 
May  30,  as  they  hold  their  annual  on  that  date,  and  promise  big 
things  this  year. 

D.  W.  Hallams,  of  Dover,  N.  H.,  was  also  a welcome  visitor, 
and  as  secretary  of  one  of  the  most  active  gun  clubs  in  that 
State,  thinks  that  trapshooting  will  be  strenuous  this  season 
unless  plans  now  laid  out  do  not  come  to  pass. 

Weld’s  93  per  cent,  average  of  to-day  proved  to  be  just  what 
the  handicapper  was  waiting  for,  so  now  the  Doctor’s  high  av- 
erages will  have  to  be  made  from  the  19yd.  mark;  and  if  not 
enough,  then,  the  house  will  have  to  be  moved  to  accommodate 
and  give  the  club  a chance  in  its  efforts  to  make  as  near  an 
equality  as  possible.  As  it  stands  at  present,  the  seven  leaders 
are  of  all  handicaps,  with  a 16-liner  in  the  lead,  and  a good  lead 
at  that,  though  Dickey’s  27  of  to-day  boosted  his  score  up  7 points, 
and  a few  others  of  this  kind  would  prove  of  good  benefit  to  total 
score. 

One  of  the  latest  acquisitions  to  trapshooting  in  this  section, 
Owen,  of  the  B.  A.  A.,  proved  just  on  edge,  and  a 91  per  cent, 
average  held  second  place  in  good  style,  and  is  only  a criterion 
of  what1  has  got  to  come,  and  the  club  should  feel  highly  com- 
plimented, as  its  future  team  events  will  need  90  per  cent,  aver- 
ages to  help  out. 

Altogether  the  shoot  was  a most  enjoyable  affair,  and  was  just 
the  right  kind  of  a weekly  vacation  for  the  business  man  chained 
to  his  office.  Other  scores: 


Targets: 

10 

15 

10 

15 

15 

15 

10 

10 

15 

10 

Av0 

Griffiths,  21  

12 

9 

14 

12 

13 : 

10 

8 

.860 

Dickey,  21  

14 

8 

12 

14 

13 

8 : 

10 

8 

.854 

Bell,  20  

11 

7 

7 

12 

11 

8 

.700 

1 rank,  19  

10 

7 

14 

13 

11 

7 

9 

9 

.800 

Kirkwood,  20  

13 

9 

14 

13 

13  : 

10 

7 

ii 

.852 

Bon,  18  

10 

6 

12 

12 

9 

9 

5 

.710 

Wheeler,  18  

14 

9 

15 

12 

12 

9 

9 

ii 

8 

.872 

Searles,  18  

13 

6 

11 

11 

11 

3 

8 

13 

8 

.736 

Johnson,  18  

12 

9 

11 

14 

11 

8 

7 

10 

7 

.776 

Melvin,  18  

11 

9 

12 

11 

n 

8 

6 

14 

9 

.800 

Bliss,  16  

9 

6 

10 

9 

12 

6 

8 

12 

9 

.720 

Owen,  16  

........  8 

15 

9 

14 

13 

13 

10 

9 

.910 

Weld,  16  

10 

14 

10 

14 

14 

12 

10 

9 

.930 

Burns,  16  

10 

13 

8 

13 

13 

12 

10 

8 

i2 

8 

.856 

Hallam,  16  

3 

9 

7 

10 

7 

5 

.512 

Smith,  16  

5 

12 

7 

9 

12 

11 

9 

7 

9 

7 

.704 

Tozier,  16  

8 

13 

10 

8 

12 

10 

7 

10 

9 

9 

.768 

Goss,  16  

7 

12 

9 

15 

14 

14 

.887 

Woodruff,  17  

6 

12 

8 

13 

13 

11 

9 

8 

8 

.765 

Powell,  16  

7 

11 

8 

11 

10 

10 

6 

7 

10 

6 

.680 

Lee,  16  

Ford,  16  

8 

10 

8 

10 

.720 

8 

12 

11 

14 

6 

8 

.786 

Muldown,  16  ....... 

8 

12 

13 

13 

.836 

Massure,  16  .... 

6 

9 

8 

10 

.600 

Sadler,  16  

9 

12 

10 

13 

7 

8 

13 

7 

.790 

Retwood,  14  

8 

4 

6 

4 

.440 

Baker,  16  

7 

.446 

Merchandise  match,  distance  handicap:  Goss  (16)  28,  Dickey 

(21)  27,  Kirkwood  (20)  26,  Owen  (16)  26,  Weld  (16)  26,  Muldowa 
(16)  26,  Griffiths  (21)  25,  Johnson  (18)  25,  Burns  (16)  26,  Ford  (16) 
25,  Frank  (19)  24,  Wheeler  (18)  24,  Woodruff  (17)  24,  Bell  (20)  23, 
Smith  (16)  23,  Sadler  (16)  23,  Searles  (18)  22,  Melvin  (18)  22, 
Tozier  (16)  22,  Bon  (18)  21,  Bliss  (16)  21,  Powell  (16)  20,  Massure 
(16)  18,  Hallam  (16)  12,  Retwood  (14)  12. 


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Pennsylvania  State  Sportsmen's  Association. 

Pittsburg,  Pa.,  March  30. — I send  you  by  this  mail,  under 
another  cover,  copy  of  the  programme  of  the  fifteenth  annual 
(j  tournament  of  the  Pennsylvania  State  Sportsmen’s  Association, 
*■  to  be  held  at  Pittsburg,  May  2 to  5,  under  the  auspices  of  the 
1 Herron  Hill  Gun  Club. 

SThe  added  money  for  this  tournament  was  all  contributed  by 
members  of  the  Herron  Hill  Gun  Club,  and  the  merchandise 
I prizes  were  purchased  from  our  local  dealers.  We  did  not  solicit, 

. nor  would  we  accept,  a merchandise  prize  or  cash  donation  from 
a manufacturer  or  dealer. 

You  will  find  the  programme  free  of  paid  advertisements.  We 
did  not  solicit,  nor  would  we  accept  an  advertisement,  although 
< several  were  voluntarily  offered  us. 

We  hope  to  give  a strictly  first-dass,  up-to-date  tournament, 

: I free  of  all  money-making  features. 

ElmEr  E.  Shaner, 

Member  of  Committee  ill  Charge. 


The  irogrammt  above  mentioned  is  ail  elegarit  production, 
typograhically. 

The  prize  list  is  a generous  one,  amounting  to  $2,041.75  cash 
. donations  for  prizes  and  additions  to  purses. 

The  programme  of  the  first  day  has  ten  events — seven  at  15  and 
three  at  20  targets,  entrance  $1.50  and  $2;  open  to  all  amateurs; 
< no  handicaps.  Paid  agents,  targets  only. 

Six  events — four  at  15  and  two  at  20  targets,  and  five  trophy 
r events,  constitute  the  second  day’s  programme.  The  Wolsten- 
3 croft  trophy  event  is  for  the  individual  championship  of  Penn- 
I sylvania,  50  targets,  $1  entrance;  optional  sweep,  $2;  $50  added; 
i class  shooting,  30,  25,  20,  15  and  10  per  cent.  The  Milt  Lindsley 
trophy,  two-man  teams,  25  singles  and  5 pairs,  entrance  $4  per 
. team,  $25  added,  class  shooting,  40,  30,  20  and  10  per  cent.  Har- 
risburg trophy,  three-man  teams,  25  targets,  $6  entrance,  $25 
added,  class  shooting,  40,  30,  20  and  10  per  cent.  Reading  trophy, 
four-man  teams,  25  targets,  $S  entrance,  $25  added,  class  shooting, 
50,  30,  and  20  per  cent.  Denny  trophy,  50  targets,  $3  entrance, 
handicap  allowance,  high  guns;  prize,  $80  Smith  gun.  Moneys 
divided  20,  18,  16,  14,  12,  8,  5,  4 and  3 per  cent,  to  other  than 
. winner  of  first.  These  trophy  events  are  open  to  State  shooters 
only. 

j On  the  third  day  there  are  five  20-target  events;  $25  added,  $2 

! entrance,  and  the  Herron  Hill  Gun  Club  handicap,  open  to  all 
amateurs,  100  targets;  $5  entrance;  handicaps  14  to  20yds.;  high 
guns;  ties,  if  shot  off,  are  miss-and-outs.  The  prizes  are  as 
follows:  The  first  twelve  are  guns— L.  C.  Smith,  Parker,  Rem- 

ington, Baker,  Fox,  Ithaca,  Young  gun  and  case,  Stevens  ham- 
merless, Winchester,  Marlin  and  Baltimore,  ranging  in  value 
from  $80  list  to  $20.  From  the  thirteenth  up  to  the  twenty- 
sixth  prize,  inclusive,  the  prizes  are  $20  gold  pieces.  The  twenty- 
seventh  is  a Smith  & Wesson  revolver;  twenty-eighth,  Colt  au- 
tomatic; twenty-ninth,  Smith  & Wesson  hammerless;  twenty- 
ninth  to  thirty-fifth,  inclusive,  500  shells;  thirty-sixth,  Colt  re- 
' volver;  thirty-seventh  to  fiftieth,  inclusive,  $10  gold  pieces. 

In  the  15-target  events,  $20  are  added  to  each.  In  the  20- 
target  events,  $25. 

Fourth  day’s  programme  is  devoted  to  live  birds.  The  first 
: event,  open  to  all,  is  the  Driving  Park  Handicap,  25  birds,  $25; 
•handicaps,  25  to  32yds.;  high  guns;  $100  silver  cup  and  first 
i money  to  the  winner;  one  money  for  each  five  entries  or  frac- 
tion thereof.  Williamsport  trophy,  open  to  State  shooters,  is  tor 
the  individual  championship  of  Pennsylvania,  15  birds,  $10  en- 
I trance,  birds  extra,  $50  added;  moneys  divided  40,  30,  20  and  10 
per  cent.;  class  shooting.  Trophy  and  40  per  cent,  to  first. 
L.  C.  Smith  trophy,  open  to  State  shooters,  three-man  team 
.championship  of  Pennsylvania,  15  birds  per  man,  $25  per  team; 
$50  added,  class  shooting,  40,  35,  and  25;  trophy  and  40  per  cent. 
ito  first.  Wilson  trophy,  open  to  State  shooters,  15  birds,  $10; 
■high  guns,  50,  30  and  20  per  cent.;  trophy  and  50  per  cent,  to 
I first  high  gun. 

f First,  second  and  third  high  guns  among  the  manufacturers’ 
agents ' shooting  in  all  regular  target  events  will  receive  respec- 
tively $25,  $15  and  $10.  The  ten  low  guns  among  the  amateurs 
shooting  in  all  regular  events  will  receive  $15  each.  Special  and 
| trophy  events  do  not  count  in  averages. 

’ Targets,  2 cents.  Live  birds,  25  cents.  Admission  free.  Three 
sets  of  live-bird  traps.  A club  may  enter  as  many  teams  as  rt 
-lects.  Members  of  a team  must  reside  in  the  same  county. 

: Rose  system  in  regular  events,  8,  5,  3,  2.  Shooting  will  com- 
: tnence  at  9 o’clock.  Grounds  open  for  practice  on  May  I. 
Lunch  and  shells  on  the  grounds.  Tournament  will  be  held  on 
.he  grounds  of  the  Pittsburg  and  Allegheny  Driving  Park, 
Brunot’s  Island. 

“Guns  and  ammunition,  etc.,  forwarded  by  express,  must  be 
irepaid  and  sent  to  the  Sportsmen’s  Supply  Co.,  623  Smithfield 
Ihreet,  Pittsburg,  Pa.  Mark  your  own  name  on  the  box,  that 
Roods'  are  shipped  in,  and  the  box  will  be  delivered  at  the  shoot- 


ing grounds  free  of  charge.  Please  note  that  shipments  on  which 
the  charges  have  not  been  paid  will  positively  not  be  received.” 
The  tournament  will  be  held  under  the  auspices  of  the  Herron 
Hill  Gun  Club,  May  2,  3,  4,  and  5. 


Patriots'  Day  Tournament. 

Springfield,  Mass. — The  Springfield,  Mass.,  Shooting  Club 
will  hold  their  annual  spring  tournament  at  targets  on  Patriots’ 
Day,  April  19.  Shoot  will  be  held  on  the  club  grounds  at  Red 
House  Crossing.  The  management  have  spared  no  time  and  ex- 
pense to  make  this  tournament  a grand  success,  and  any  shooter 
attending  may  be  assured  of  a good  time  and  all  the  shooting  he 
wants.  Targets  thrown  from  expert  traps,  arranged  Sergeant 
system.  Programme  calls  for  190  bluerock  targets,  $16.50  entrance 
in  sweeps.  Principal  event  of  the  programme  is  the  sixth,  start- 
ing as  near  1 o’clock  as  possible.  This  is  known  as  the  Na- 
tional Sportsman’s  contest,  and  is  open  to  all  amateurs,  and  will 
be  handicapped  from  16  to  22yds.  Entrance  in  this  event  $1, 
targets  extra,  which  gives  each  shooter  a year’s  subscription  to 
National  Sportsman  and  a chance  at  winning  one  of  the  several 
merchandise  prizes  offered  by  the  publishers  of  the  magazine. 
The  more  entries  received,  the  more  and  better  prizes  offered. 
All  purses  divided  by  Rose  system  into  four  moneys.  Targets 
included  in  all  regular  events  at  1%  cent  each.  Professionals  and 
paid  experts  allowed  to  shoot  for  targets  only.  Shooting  will 
commence  at  9 o’clock  sharp,  rain  or  shine.  Take  Indian 
Orchard  or  Palmer  cars  to  Red  House  Crossing,  leaving  the  city 
every  fifteen  minutes.  Loaded  shells  for  sale  on  the  grounds. 
Lunch  served  in  the  club  house.  Guns  and  ammunition  shipped 
to  the  Secretary,  C.  L.  Kites,  416  Main  street,  will  be  delivered 
on  the  grounds  free  of  charge.  Interstate  rules  will  govern  all 
events.  Gold  badge  to  amateur  making  highest  average  shooting 
the  entire  programme,  not  including  the  sixth  event.  Programmes 
are  now  ready  and  may  be  procured  by  addressing  the  secretary, 
Come  and  see  what  a good  time  we  can  give  you,  and  you  will 
surely  come  again.  __ 

Fulford  Memorial  Fund. 

Wilmington,  Del.,  March  30.— Since  my  last  advice  of  March 
2,  relating  to  the  contributions  to  the  Fulford  Memorial  Fund, 
at  which  time  there  was  on  hand  $544,  subsequent  donations  have 
brought  the  amount  up  to  $561,  and  the  donors  have  been  as 
follows:  John  W.  Hoffman,  S.  M.  Van  Allen,  Baldwinsville 

Gun  Club— Windsor  Morris  and  C.  J.  Dailey— William  Torpey, 
R.  M.  Crumley. 

The  committee  in  charge  of  this  fund  has  advised  that  the 
contractors  who  will  furnish  the  monument  have  made  conces- 
sions which  will  enable  the  committee  to  expend  the  above 
amount  and  at  the  same  time  probably  have  some  money  on 
hand,  and  any  part  of  this  fund  that  remains  on  hand  at  the 
date  of  dedication  will  be  used  toward  furnishing  floral  offer- 
ings that  would  be  most  appropriate  for  the  services. 

It  will  therefore  be  unnecessary  .for  interested  friends  to  make 
further  donations  unless  they  wish  their  contributions  to  apply 
toward  the  flowers. 

I wish  to  thank  every  one  for  the  interest  which  has  been 
evinced  by  the  sportsmen  friends  throughout  the  country. 

The  next  report  covering  this  will  be  a final  one,  showing  dis- 
position of  the  money,  when  it  is  placed  in  the  hands  of  Messrs. 
Keller,  Elliott,  Butler  and  Fanning.  J.  T.  Skelly. 


Christiana— Atglen  Gun  Club. 


Atglen,  Pa.,  March  23.— The  Christiana-Atglen  Gun  Club  held 
an  all-day  shoot  to-day.  We  had  a good  lot  of  strong  birds,  and 
some  good  shooting  was  done.  Bad  roads  prevented  a large  at- 


tendance: 
Events : 
Targets: 

Jebb  

Kersey  

Jones  ....... 

Ludwig  .... 

Fielis  

Lawrence  . . 

Krueger  

Benner  

Wilson  

Baldwin  . . • • 

Clark  

Williams  

Mattson  

Bonner  

ITeisler  

Live  birds: 


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  11  12  13 


10  10  10  10  15  15  15  15  10  10  10  10  10  Broke. 

8 9 7 9 13  12  14  13  7 10  9 7 4 122 

8 9 6 8 12  13  13  12  8 9 98 

10 ■ 10 

6 8 7 9 12  12  8 12  9 9 6 8 8 1U 

8886  10  85687668  94 

3 0 3 

8 8 10  10  12  12  12  9 8 8 9 6 10  122 

7 8 9 7 14  15  13  12  9 6 9 10  9 128 

6 9 7 9 15  14  12  9 10  7 10  7 7 122 

4 5 3 3 15 

..  8 7 7 8 9 11  11  6 8 7 ... . 82 

..  8 8 9 15  12  11  12  10  9 8 7 5 114 

....  9 8 10  13  13  9 8 8 8 6 7 99 

1 1 

7 5 . . . . 12 


No.  1 was  5 birds;  No.  2,  7 birds;  No.  3,  10  birds: 


Events : 

Jebb  

Kersey  .. 
Jones  .... 
Fielis  .... 
Lawrence 


12  3 Events: 

5 4 9 Krueger 

4 6 10  Clark  . . . 

2 6 5 Williams 

4 6 8 Mattson 

4 6 6 


12  3 

5 5 10 
2 3 6 
4 6 9 

6 4 7 


Chicago  Trapshoofers'  Association. 

Chicago,  111.,  March  27.— Kindly  announce  in  your  columns  that 
the  Chicago  Trapshooters’  Association  will  give  an  amateur 
tournament  on  June  3 and  4. 

Our  last  tournament  in  February  proved  such  a success,  and 
we  feel  that  this  coming  tournament  will  prove  even  a greater 
one. 

The  programme  each  day  will  be  composed,  of  ten  15-target 
events  and  two  20-target  events;  a total  of  190  targets.  The 
entrance  is  $19. 

The  division  of  moneys  will  the  Chicago  system,  which  has 
given  such  general  satisfaction.  There  will  be  $75  average  money 
given  away  for  the  two  days;  $35  for  the  first  day  and  $40  for 
the  second  day. 

Mr.  F.  H.  Lord  and  E.  B.  Shogren  will  have  the  management 
of  this  tournament. 

The  full  particulars  as  to  programmes  or  any  other  informa- 
tion can  be  had  of  the  secretary,  Mr.  E.  B.  Shogren,  940  First 
National  Bank  Building. E.  B.  Shogren. 


Stanley  Gun  Club, 

Toronto,  March  25. — The  regular  weekly  shoot  of  the  Stanley 
Gun  Club  took  place  on  their  grounds  on  Saturday,  the  event  of 
the  day  being  a team  match  in  the  City  Blue  Rock  League  be- 
tween the  Stanley  and  Riverdale  gun  clubs.  The  day  being  fine, 
there  was  a good  turnout  of  the  members  and  friends  of  both 
clubs. 

The  match  was  shot  on  a percentage  basis,  the  Stanley’s  fifteen 
men  to  the  Riverdale’s  ten,  and  was  won  by  the  Stanleys,  74.93  per 
cent,  to  70.80  per  cent. 

Several  of  the  younger  members  of  the  League  are  fast  devel- 
oping  into  good  shots,  and  will  before  long  be  showing  the  way 
to  those  who  were  instrumental  in  teaching  them  the  art  of 
handling  a shotgun.  Scores: 


Events:  1 2 3 4 5 6 

Targets : 10  15  10  15  15  10 

Hooey  6 8 6 11  ..  8 

XX  9 12  10  13  11  4 

Ingham  7 11  8 15  12  10 

Hirons  8 12 

Dunk  9 


Events:  1 2 3 4 5 6 

Hampton  9 12 

Martin,  Sr.  ...  8 . . 

Mullen  8 11 

Morshead  8 14 

Murray  4 

McGraw  6 


Hulme  9 13 Hogarth  !!"!”  1!  12 


Edwards 


8 12  12  9 


Crewe 

Green 

Jones 


Edkins  6 7 ..  9 8 

Argue  4 ..  5 Wilson 

Best  $ Thomas 

Thompson  9 12  9 13  12 

Fritz  5 14  ....  .. 

Buck  8 10 

Rock  9 13 

T Hare  2 9 

Dey  8 11 

Cashmore  3 4 

Powell 

Herbert  7 11  5 

McGill  8 12  10  15  15  10 


10 

13 

9 

11 


Edgar 
Longmore 
F Martin, 


3 Sinclair 

Flint 


Jr. 


..  9 .. 

7 ..  .. 

8 

8 ..  .. 

4 

2 9.. 

7 

..  10  .. 

. . 

..  9 

7 

..  9 .. 

•• 

6 

9 ..  14 

16., 

. „ 

S 

6 

Team  match,  25  targets: 


Alex.  Dey. 


Stanleys— Hulme  24,  Buck  12,  Hampton  16,  McGill  22,  Dunk  21, 
XX  19,  Fritz  20,  Herbert  16,  Ingham  19,  Morshead  17,  Rock  20,’ 
Thomas  38,  Green  20,  Lucas  17;  total  21;  74.93  per  cent. 
^Riverdales— Hirons  18,  Mullen  19,  Crewe  20,  Edkins  18,  Hooey 
17,  Best  20,  Rowell  16,  J.  Hare  15,  Jennings  20,  Argue  14;  total 
177;  70.89  per  cent. 


Indianapolis  (led.)  Gun  Club. 

Indianapolis,  Ind.,  March  25.— Dickman  won  the 
and  he,  with  Leib,  Hice  and  Steffen,  tied  for  club 
Events : 

Targets: 

Dickman  

Morris  

Moore  

Parry  

Kirby  ! 1 " 19  22  23  22  18  . . 

Fmley  19  19  18  17  15  . . 

Smith  11  5 

£frter  15  8 9 13  9 16  11  i2 

Leib  20  16  16  15  . . ” ” 

Britton  19  19  15  19  17  19  21  ” 

Moller  18  16  18  21  17  . . 

Hice  15  15  14  12  14  .. 

Clark  10  ..  .. 


12345678 
25  25  25  25  25  25  25  25 
22  21  20  23  21  20  22  20 

15  16  8 

18  15  16  18  17  19  ..  .. 
22  20  19  18  22  20  15 


Peters  trophy, 
trophy: 

Shot 
at. 

200 
75 
150 
175 
125 
125 
50 
200 
50 
100 
175 
125 
125 
25 


Broke. 

169 

39 

103 
136 

104 

92 
16 

93 
27 
67 

129 
90  ■ 
70 
10 


At  New  Hope. 


New  Hope,  Pa.,  March  25.— Under  the  auspices  of  the  New 
Hope  Gun  Club  a live-bird  shoot  was  held  to-day.  The  Hardinp- 
brothers  made  an  excellent  showing.  ® 

Fifteen-bird  event,  scores: 

F S Harding  222202222222222—14 

R E Harding  221122211022212-14 

Touderlong  .211011112211202—13 

I?en,[y  • • • .023111111111201-13 

1 IS  bird’  ««n.; ' SKS 1 200010010000100—  4 

Handy  .0111010112-  7 . Magill  .........  010111 001  n ? 

Tuburg liuoum—  9 weFSs  SilSooZ  | 


238 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


[April  t,  1903, 


ESC  NEW  JERSEY. 

North  River  Gun  Club. 


Edgewater,  N.  J.,  March  25.- — Event  No.  6,  handicap  event  for 
solid  gold  watch  charm,  was  won  by  Dr.  Paterno  with  handicap: 


Events : 12345678 

Targets:  10  15  15  15  15  50  25  25 

C E Eickhoff,  S 9 13  8 12  11  36  14  .. 

A Schoverling,  6 5 10  10  12  13  39  ..  .. 

T Morrison,  7 6 10  14  10  ..  39  23  .. 

Akers,  0 9 11  11  9 ..  42  ..  .. 

G Harland,  10  7 9 7 9 ..  27  14  20 

C L McClare,  0 6 7 9 4 ....  13  .. 

Dr  C Richter,  6.... 10  10  13  ..  38  ..  .. 

F Truax,  3 13  9 12  ..  40  ..  .. 

Vance,  0 7 6 6 3 22  9 7 

De  Mawby,  0 ....  6 7 ..  21  ..  11 

Dr  Boldt,  16  3 10  2 6 7 20  ..  14 

Forsythe,  0 2 10  1 4 

Dr  Paterno,  20  9 9 4 36  ..  .. 

J Merrill,  16  6 ..  ..  ..  9 15  ..  12 


A Schoverling,  R.  E.,  0 12  11  ..  ..  ..  .. 

Edgewater,  N.  J.,  March  30. — The  grand  spring  tournament  of 
the  North  River  Gun  Club  was  held  to-day  and  was  a complete 
success  in  every  way.  Visitors  from  .Ossining,  Warwick,  Chester 
and  Poughkeepsie,  and  many  other  points  in  New  York  State  and 
New  Jersey  shot  through  the  programme.  Thirty-two  shooters 
were  on  the  ground,  twenty-four  of  whom  shot  through  the  entire 


programme. 

Not  a straight  score  was  made  in  any  of  the  25-target  races, 
and  only  two  10  straights  and  one  15  straight  were  made,  the  lat- 
ter by  J.  S.  Fanning. 

First  prize  in  the  merchandise  event,  a case  of  shells,  was 
divided  by  Carl  Richter,  of  the  North  River  Gun  Club;  D. 
Brandreth,  of  Ossining,  and  Capt.  L.  Traver,  of  Poughkeepsie. 
The  second  prize,  a Bristol  steel  fishing  rod,  was  won  by  Mr. 
L.  Goetter.  The  third  prize,  a Blauvelt  knit  shooting  jacket,  went 
to  Mr.  H.  Brugmann,  the  two  latter  of  New  York.  The  fourth 
prize,  an  Upthegrove  shooting  coat,  was  won  by  Mr.  George 
Piercy,  of  Jersey  City. 

Schorty  and  Jap  tied  for  high  average  on  the  score  of  133  out  of 
150,  and  divided.  Our  versatile  Capt.  C.  Ernst  Eickhoff  won  the 
lew'  amateur  average.  The  professional  high  average  was  won 
by  J.  S.  Fanning,  who-  excelled  the  score  of  Mr.  W.  G.  Hearne 
by  the  narrow  margin  of  one  target. 

Over  5,000  targets  were  trapped,  and  everything  ran  along  very 
smoothly. 

Johnny  Jones  acted  as  scorer  and  Mr.  F.  C.  Schneider  was  a 
very  efficient  referee. 

The  trade  was  represented  by  Mr.  A.  A.  Schoverling,  PI.  Keller, 
Sim  Glover,  J.  S.  Fanning,  W.  G.  Hearne  and  G.  R.  Schneider. 

The  weather  was  all  that  could  be  desired,  barring  a rather 
changeable  light,  until  about  5 o’clock  in  the  afternoon,  when  a 
show'er  of  short  duration  passed  over. 

Handicap  figures  in  event  5 only.  Half  original  handicaps  added 
to  scores  of  those  who  shot  off  ties  in  events  7 and  8.  Totals  in 


event  5 are  with  handicaps  added. 

Events: 

Targets: 

C E Eickhoff,  12 

G Piercy,  5 

L H Schorty,  5 

D Brandreth,  10  

Chas.  Jap,  4 

C Richter,  9 

A Harland  

A Bedell  

H Brugman,  8 

McClave,  15  

F Vosselman,  12  

S Glover  

B Plans  

A A Schoverling  

p'  Truax,  8 

PI  Keller  

PI  B Tuthill,  10 

P'  Muldoon,  7 

W K Matthews,  8 

J Ogden,  7 

T S Fanning 

J R Merrill 

G R Schneider 

W G Hearne 

Morrison,  9 

L Traver,  9 

L Goetter,  15... 

J H Hendrickson,  6 

F R White,  15 

Van  Buskirk,  10 

Buchanan,  15  

Babcock  v 

E.  W. 


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 


10 

10 

15 

15 

50 

25 

25 

Total. 

6 

5 

13 

10 

46 

15 

12 

95 

7 

8 

9 

12 

47 

22 

24 

124 

8 

9 

14 

13 

50 

19 

24 

132 

9 

7 

12 

12 

50 

24 

20 

129 

9 

7 

14 

14 

47 

23 

22 

132 

8 

7 

11 

12 

50 

22 

22 

125 

7 

7 

10 

11 

33 

18 

18 

104 

10 

8 

11 

13 

21 

22 

9 

9 

13 

14 

48 

23 

21 

1.29 

5 

4 

11 

8 

44 

15 

. . . 

6 

8 

9 

10 

45 

IS 

ii 

, . . 

9 

S 

10 

12 

41 

19 

8 

7 

12 

11 

41 

20 

20 

7 

8 

11 

13 

42 

IS 

22 

hi 

8 

10 

13 

10 

50 

22 

20 

131 

9 

9 

13 

9 

39 

19 

22 

120 

8 

6 

9 

11 

5( 

19 

7 

9 

12 

11 

50 

20 

. . . 

9 

8 

12 

12 

50 

19 

5 

7 

13 

9 

47 

22 

22 

iis 

8 

9 

12 

15 

44 

22 

19 

129 

q 

o 

3 

6 

5 

23 

11 

8 

7 

8 

12 

14 

44 

20 

20 

125 

S 

S 

12 

14 

45 

20 

21 

128 

14 

40 

22 

16 

50 

22 

22 

49 

20 

17 

49 

24 

21 

34 

5 

50 

15 

i2 

36 

16 

35 

. . 

Reynolds,  Mgr.  & Cashier 


Edgewater,  N.  J.,  April  1. — Nine  contestants  participated  in  the 
weekly  shoot  of  the  North  River  Gun  Club  to-day. 

Event  11  was  the  handicap  for  the  solid  gold  w'atch  charm.  It 
was  won  by  Mr.  Schoverling.  Scores: 


Events:  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  11  12 

Targets:  15  10  15  10  15  10  15  15  15  10  50  25 

A Schoverling,  6 12  6 15  4 11  8 ..  10  ..  8 39  22 

C E Eickhoff,  8 S S 8 4 7 8. .11..  8'33  .. 

Dr  Richter,  6 13  8 13  13  . . 7 38  .. 

M.ayser,  0 4 3 3 2 

Dr  Boldt,  12  3 12  7 5 5 5 4 14  12 

Dr  Paterno,  17  10  6 8 8 9 7 26  14 

J Morrison,  7 9 10  7 11  13  . . 8 31 

Dr  Fanoni,-  20  5 6..  2 9.. 

Jas  Merrill,  15  4 . . 7 8 6 25  11 

Jas.  R.  Merrtll,  Sec’y. 


South  Side  Gun  Club. 

Newark,  N.  J.,  April  1.— There  was  a small  hut  busy  attendance 
at  the  shoot  of  the  South  Side  Gun  Club  to-day.  Team  races  were 
interesting  features  of  the  event.  Scores: 


Targets:  25  25  25  25  25  25  25 

Talbott  14  12  17  17.. 


Targets:  25  25  25  25  25  25  25 

Runyon  15  14 „ , 

Gardiner  ....  18  19  22  19  18  20  17  Nott  14  15  ...  . . 16 

Milliken,  ....  13  17  15  16  20  20  22 
Team  race:  Gardiner  20,  Milliken  17,  Terrill  18;  total  55.  Run- 
yon 12,  Talbott  14,  Nott  10,  handicap  allowance  7;  total  43. 

Team  race:  Gardiner  23,  Milliken  18,  Terrill  18;  total  59.  Run- 

yon 12,  Talbott  17,  Nott  18,  handicap  allowance  10;  total  57. 

Team  race:  Gardiner  20,  Milliken  17,  total  37.  Runyon  16, 

Talbot  17,  Nott  18;  total  51. 


North  Camden  Gun  Club. 

Camden,  N.  J.,  March  30.— The  North  Camden  Gun  Club  held 
a big  shoot  to-day,  thirty-three  shooters  participating.  The  pro- 
gramme consisted  of  nine  events.  Competition  begun  at  10 
o’clock,  and  ended  at  about  5 o’clock.  There  was  a number  of 
visiting  shooters.  No.  4 was  at  targets  thrown  as  incomers  from 
expert  traps,  45yds.,  from  the  shooters.  No.  8 was  at  targets 
thrown  from  a tower  in  the  rear  of  the  shooters,  and  there  were 
overhead  targets. 

The  amateur  averages  were  in  the  following  order:  Charles  E. 

Mink  133  out  of  150;  F.  Coleman,  132,  Silver  128,  McCarty  125. 
Professional  average:  Neaf  Apgar,  137.  Frank  Butler  broke  his 

gun  early  in  the  shoot.  Mr.  Frank  Lawrence  acted  as  referee 
in  several  of  the  events.  Scores: 


Targets: 

10 

15 

20 

15 

20 

15 

20 

IB 

20 

Total. 

Apgar  

13 

20 

15 

15 

14 

20 

13 

18 

137 

Mink  

9 

13 

20 

14 

15 

15 

18 

12 

17 

133 

F Coleman  

9 

15 

19 

15 

15 

15 

19 

10 

15 

132 

I Sanni  

10 

14 

18 

11 

18 

15 

19 

11 

15 

131 

Silver  

14 

19 

13 

18 

12 

19 

12 

15 

129 

G McCarty  

9 

14 

17 

14 

18 

13 

17 

8 

15 

125 

Armstrong  

12 

17 

15 

14 

14 

15 

10 

18 

115 

T F Pratt 

13 

16 

9 

13 

11 

17 

9 

15 

111 

Stevens  

8 

9 

16 

14 

14 

11 

13 

11 

12 

108 

Butler  

5 

10 

15 

13 

17 

12 

14 

2 

14 

102 

Ii  Coleman  

8 

14 

17 

14 

19 

13 

9 

94 

North  

6 

10 

10 

12 

15 

5 

12 

11 

ii 

91 

Torpey  

13 

13 

9 

16 

9 

18 

88 

Aumack  

7 

11 

17 

13 

15 

13 

11 

87 

L Hauser  

3 

9 

11 

9 

6 

9 

11 

i3 

ie 

87 

Fisher  

14 

13 

11 

17 

10 

17 

82 

Marcy  

18 

14 

14 

13 

14 

73 

White  

14 

14 

16 

8 

14 

73 

Dyer  

14 

16 

8 

14 

7 

14 

73 

Grant  

4 

11 

10 

15 

16 

5 

61 

Pennington  

11 

IS 

13 

16 

58 

Huber  

11 

19 

12 

15 

57 

Peckman  

15 

12 

8 

7 

12 

54 

Hart  

15 

11 

7 

15 

48 

Tomlinson  

14 

10 

12 

36 

Morgan  

12 

7 

15 

34 

Sweeney  

8 

7 

5 

12 

32 

Hamlin  

9 

6 

11 

26 

Bergen  

15 

9 

16 

25 

Raj'  

15 

Fleming  

13 

13 

Wicks  

11 

11 

Rigby  

12 

12 

Fairview  Gun  Qub. 

Fairview,  N.  J.,  April  1. — There  was  a busy  afternoon  at  the 
shoot  of  the  Fairview  Gun  Club,  held  to-day.  The  weather  was 
clear,  with  a gale  of  wind  blowing.  Mr.  H.  Von  Lengerke  was 
the  leader  in  the  high  scores. 


Events : 

1 

9 

9 

o 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

Targets : 

25 

25 

25 

25 

25 

25 

Con  Sedore  

14 

15 

11 

9 

12 

14 

Geo  Sauer  

8 

is 

17 

17 

i5 

9 

10 

18 

T Maylan  

12 

13 

12 

6 

5 

H Pope  

17 

13 

15 

8 

13 

14 

ii 

IT  Von  Lengerke 

21 

19 

18 

22 

. , 

G Dods  

14 

32 

11 

ii 

15 

8 

20 

C Sedore  



. . 

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Events  3 and  4 were  at  12  pairs. 


Montclair  Gun  Club. 

Montclair,  N.  J.,  April  1. — No  special  events  were  scheduled 
for  to-day.  Event  No.  5,  25  targets,  handicap,  for  a box  of  cigars, 
was  won  by  Mr.  Bush,  who  was  in  very  good  form  all  through, 
he  breaking  93  per  cent,  of  the  birds  fired  at. 

Messrs.  Babcock  and  Vanse  were  both  experimenting  with  new 
guns. 

Aside  from  event  5,  the  other  events  were  for  practice  only. 

Events:  1 2 3 4 5 6 Events:  1 2 3 4 5 6 

Targets : 25  25  25  25  25  25  Targets : . 25  25  25  25  25  25 

G Howard,  2 20  ..  20  17  CL  Bush,  1 23  23  24  24 

W Wallace,  1..  16  16  ..  17  21  20  T Doremus,  7..  . . 15  . . 18  19  23 

C Babcock,  1..  15  16  18  20  22  13  Vanse,  7 5 12  ..  14  20  18 

F Robinson,  2 15  21  . . G Hawkeye,  7..  7 7 15  10  20  . . 

P Cockefair,  2..  15  20  18  22  20  19  E Winslow . 17 

G Batten,  2....  13  ..  18  22  16  .. 

Plandicaps  apply  in  event  5 only. 

Edward  Winslow,  Sec’y. 


Red  Dragon  Canoe  Club. 

Philadelphia,  Pa.,  April  3. — Three  trophy  shoots  were  held 
by  the  trapshooters  of  the  Red  Dragon  Canoe  Club  on  the 
grounds  at  Wissinoming,  Pa.,  on  Saturday.  The  weather  was 
pleasant,  but  a strong  north  wind  cut  the  targets  down  in  a 
puzzling  way,  and  as  the  traps  were  on  the  end  of  the  wharf,  the 
full  force  of  the  wind  was  felt. 

Fenimore  shot  in  fine  form  in  the  first  two  events  and  cap- 
tured the  prize  in  each.  In  the  third  event  for  the  Fenimore 
silver  trophy,  Mrs.  Park  won  by  breaking  41  and  having  an  allow- 
ance of  8,  which  made  a total  of  49.  Fenimore  started  with  25 


straight,  but  fell  down  on 

the  second  string. 

The  targets 

were  thrown  unknown  angles.  The  scores  follow 

Thompson  trophy, 

25  targets, 

added  handicap: 

Brk.  Hdp.  Tot’l 

Brk.  Hdp.  Tot’l 

Fenimore  .... 

....  23 

3 

26 

Murray  

9 

23 

Mitchell  

....  16 

9 

25 

Francis  

..  13 

8 

21 

Mrs  Park  

. . . . 19 

4 

23 

Park  

..  17 

3 

20 

Fenimore  won. 

Park  trophy 

, 25  targets, 

handicap  added: 

Fenimore  .... 

....  24 

3 

27 

Murray  

..  17 

9 

26 

Park  

....  24 

3 

27 

Mitchell  

. 13 

9 

22 

Mrs  Park  

....  23 

4 

27 

Francis  

12 

8 

20 

Fenimore  won. 

Fenimore  trophy,  50  tar. 

gets, 

handicap  added: 

Mrs  Park  . . . 

...41 

8 

49 

Wolstencroft  .. 

. 43 

4 

47 

Mitchell  

...30 

18 

48 

Murray  

. 27 

18 

45 

Park  

...41 

7 

48 

Shallcross  

. 23 

19 

42 

Fenimore  .... 

...  42 

6 

48 

Clark  

17 

40 

Francis  

....  31 

16 

47 

Mrs.  Park  won. 


St.  Paul  Gun  Club. 


St.  Paul,  Ind.,  March  30. — There  were  twenty-three  participants 
in  the  tournament  of  the  St.  Paul  Gun  Club,  held  to-day.  The 
programme  consisted  of  fifteen  events,  each  at  15  targets,  $1.50 
entrance.  Scores: 


Kanouse  . 
Harcourt  . 
Hardesty  . 

Boa  

Farrell  ... 
Jefferies  .. 
Harlor  ... 
Steward  . . 
Crawford 

Hess  

Thomas  . . 
Jas  Lux  . . 

Crane  

Grindell  . . 
Armstrong 
Leffler  ... 
Lines  .... 

Seal  

Doolan  . . 
Howard  . 
Metzler 

Bean  

Hudgell  . 


15  14  14  13  13  15  14  14  11  12  15  14  15  14  15 

14  15  14  13  15  13  14  14  14  13  15  13  10  13  13 

7 9 13  12  11  13  13  14  12  10  13  12  14  13  12 

10  10  15  15  15  14  13  15  13  14  15  15  14  14  15 

13  14  10  12  IS  12  11 

15  15  14  15  14  14  13  13  15  12  13  14  

13  11  15  12  11  12  13  12  14  13  10  13 

10  13  12  11  8 13  14  9 10  11  12  13  12  H 10 

11  15  12  13  14  12  10  11  13  

10  11  11  10  9 13  12  8 9 ....  12  13  10  9 

9 8 11  13  12  10  13  

14  15  13  12  10  13  11  10  12  13  13  12  

10  9 8 6 7 8 12  13  

10  8 11  12  8 7 

9 10  8 7 10  

10  11  9 12  

8 10 

14  15 

15  14 

10  9 8 12  

9  10  8 

8 9 10  11  

8 9 12  13  


SIDE  LIGHTS  OF  TRADE. 


Hudson  Gun  Club. 


Jersey  City,  N.  J.,  April  2. — The  Hudson  Gun  Club  held  its 
first  shoot  for  April  on  this  date,  and  the  members  turned  out  in 
sufficient  numbers  to  keep  things  moving  at  a lively  clip.  Among 
those  that  were  present  to-day  were  Carl  Von  Lengerke,  Mr. 
Craft,  Mr.  Jenkins,  Mr.  Piercy  and  Schorty.  The  severe  weather 
of  the  winter  had  kept  them  away. 

The  day  was  fine  overhead,  but  the  wind  blew  a gale,  making 
shooting  very  difficult;  but  some  good  scores  were  made,  Mr. 
Staples  and  Mr.  Piercy  being  high,  with  Schorty  close  up. 

The  club  has  decided  to  install  new  traps  as  soon  as  the  weather 
will  permit,  as  the  ones  in  use  did  not  work  as  well  as  could  be 
desired.  The  next  shoot  will  be  held  on  April  16. 


Events : 
Targets : 
Schorty  . . 
Cocklin  . . 
Staples  . . . 

Boldt  

Ackers  . . 
Moyer  . . . 

Banta  

Tenkins  .. 
Whitley  .. 


1 2 3 4 5 6 

Events : 

1 2 3 4 5 

6 

25  25  25  25  25  15 

Targets: 

25  25  25  25  25  15 

15  18  22  20  22  14 

Piercy  

...  17  20  21  19  20 

13  15  16  17  17  . . 

ITeadden  . . . 

...  11  13  

7 

18  19  19  20  24  . . 

Cottrell  .... 

...  14  17  17  15  12 

10  9 15  30  12  15 

Craft  

...  14  13  13  ..  10 

16  14  20  . . 17  . . 

Kurzel  

...  10  9 16  . . 10 

G 8 G 

...  16  10  

IS  18  18  18  17  . 

Gille*  

...  12  19  

14  13  13  ... . 5 

C V L 

...  18  21  

16  14  13  

O’Brien  ... 

1 L.  H.,"  Sec'y. 


Stanley  Gun  Club. 


Toronto,  April  1.— The  regular  weekly  shoot  of  the  Stanley  Gun 
Club  took  place  on  their  grounds  on  Saturday.  In  addition  to 
the  regular  practice,  the  return  match  in  the  City  Blue  Rock 
League  was  shot  between  the  Stanley  and  Balmy  Beach  gun 
clubs.  The  day  being  fine,  there  was  a large  turnout  of  the 
members  and  friends  of  both  clubs.  The  match  was  shot  seven- 
teen men  a side,  and  was  won  by  the  Stanleys  by  59  birds.  A 
strong  northeast  wind,  blowing  from  behind  and  across  the 
traps,  caused  the  rightquarterer  and  straightaway  to  dip  sharply, 
causing  the  contestants  to  overshoot  their  birds,  which  kept 
the  scores  lower  than  they  would  otherwise  have  been.  The 
following  is  a summary  of  the  shoot: 

Team  match,  25  targets: 

Stanleys— Thompson  22,  XX.  18,  McGill  25,  Ingham  21,  Herbert 
15,  Dunk  22,  Rock  24,  Martin  16,  Hulme  18,  Thomas  17,  Green  22, 
Charles  20,  Wilson  19,  Fritz  15,  Hogarth  18,  Morshead  19,  Dey  16; 


Total,  327. 

Balmy  Beach— J.  A.  Shaw  20,  Booth  19,  Ross  19,  Casci  12, 
Seager  20,  Ten  Eyck  22,  Smith  15,  Adams  15,  Hambly  14,  Plunter 
18,  Pearsall  12,  Lyonde  15,  Draper  11,  Pop  11,  Pearce  16,  J.  G. 
Shaw  20,  Davis  9;  total,  268. 


Events: 

1 2 

3 

4 

5 

Thompson  . . . 

9 12 

7 

7 

•• 

Casci  

. • 

Z 

*• 

Fritz  

8 

. . 

• • 

T G Shaw 

6 11 

W Wilson 

George  

4 7 

Buck  

. • 

4 

G 

Dey  

10  14 

XX.  

8 11 

7 

8 

4 

Ingham  

7 12 

4 

• • 

9 . . 

9 

Plerbert  

5 9 

5 

5 

Draper  

Rock  

8 9 

7 

b 

. . 

J A Shaw  .... 

7 .. 

6 

. . 

McGill  

8 15 

9 

7 

9 

Davis  

3 .. 

G 

Morshead  — 

.....  8 .. 

8 

. * 

Seager  

6 7 

• . 

7 

• • 

. . 8 11 

Hunter  

7 .. 

• . 

.« 

.. 

Events : 
Martin  . . 
Hulme  . . 
Plogarth  . 

Dunk  

Smith  . . . 
Ten  Eyck 
Townson 
Adams  ... 

Pop  

Thomas  . 
Green 
Edgar  . . . 
C Wilson 
Booth  ... 
Hambly  . 
Pearce  . . . 
C Ross  . . 
Hooey  ... 
Hampton 
Edwards 
J Seager  . 


1 2 3 4 5 

....  6 

....  9 .. 

....  6 

...  ..  13  8 ..  .. 

85..  .. 

10  ..  ..  .. 

8 7 7 . . 

6 ..  7 ., 

46..  .. 

12  ..  7 . . 

12  9 . . . . 

85..  .. 

13  ..  4 . . 

8 . . 5 .. 

5 5 .. 

8 5 .. 

3 ..  .. 

8 8 7 

9 ..  .. 

...67  .. 

2 .. 

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Greener  “Far-Killing  Duck”  hammer  W.  W.  Greener  Monarch  Ejector,  Sieman 

gun,  $200  grade,  fine  English  laminated  steel  barrels,  English  walnut  half  pistol 

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half  pistol  grip,  full  choke,  10-ga.,  32-in.  30-in.  barrels,  7 lbs.  weight,  2%in.,  14%in. 

barrels,  8%  lbs.  weight,  14%-in.  stock.  Slightly  shopworn.  Cost  $200.  Price. $130.00 

■^r’ce  ..$100.00  net  Parker  Hammerless  12-ga.,  30-in.,  7%  lbs.. 

Greener  hammer  field  gun,  12-ga.,  28-in.  Titanic  steel  barrels.  Right  modified;  left 

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stock,  Sieman  steel  barrels,  half  pistol  grip.  stock.  List  $100,  and  only  slightly  shop- 

Greener  cross-bolt.  In  good  second-hand  worn.  Great  bargain  at $52.60 

condition.  Cost  new,  $120.  Price $45.00  Parker  16-ga.  Hammerless,  28-in.  Damas- 

W.  & C.  Scott  & Son  hammer  gun,  16-  cus  barrels,  6%  lbs.  weight,  full  pistol  grip; 

ga.,  28-in.  barrels,  6%  lbs.  weight.  In  $80.00  grade.  Only  used  a month.  Great 

good  condition.  Damascus  barrels,  half  bargain  at  $42.50 

pistol  grip.  Cost  new,  $125.00.  Price,  $38.50  L.  C.  Smith  Ejector  Pigeon  gun,  12-ga., 
net’  _ 30-in.,  7%  lbs.,  2%  in.,  14%  in.,  full  choke, 

W.  & C.  Scott  & Son  single  hammer,  4-  Damascus  barrels,  straight  grip.  Very 

bore  gun,  with  36-in.  barrel,  10%  lbs.  slightly  shopworn.  Cost  $60.00.  Great  bar- 

weight.  In  excellent  condition.  Under  gain  at  $35.00 

grip  action.  Cost  new,  $125.  Price,  $45  net.  Lefever  10-bore  Duck  Gun,  with  30-in. 

Lefever  duck  gun,  8-ga.,  32-in.  barrels,  barrels,  9%  lbs.,  2%in.,  14in.,  with  Damas- 

11%  lbs.  weight.  Shows  some  wear,  but  cus  barrels,  full  pistol  grip.  List  $57.00. 

good  for  years  of  service.  In  leather  case,  Slightly  shopworn.  Price $30.00  net 

p"?  ‘s  offered  at  one-third  original  cost.  Lefever  Hammerless,  with  Damascus  bar- 

rr  ce  .•............$37.51)  net  rels,  fun  pistol  grip  stock,  16-ga.,  28-in. 

W.  W.  Greener  royal  quality  Ejector,  barrels,  6 lbs.  weight,  2 9-16in.,  14in.  List 

with  finest  English  Damascus  barrels,  full  $57.00.  Slightly  shopworn.  Price.  .$30.00  net 

choke,  flat  engine-turned  rib,  very  elabo-  W.  W.  Greener  royal  quality  Crown  Ejec- 
rate  engraving,  fine  Italian  walnut  half  tor.  Very  few  Crown  Greeners  ever  come 

pistol  grip  stock.  Dimensions:  12-ga.,  30-  into  the  market  second-hand,  and  are  al- 

in.  barrels,  7%  lbs.  weight,  2%-in.  drop,  ways  snapped  up  as  soon  as  they  appear. 

14%-in.  length  of  stock.  Cost  new,  $425,  This  one  is  a very  desirable  example  of 

and  is  as  good  as  new.  Price $250.00  this  grade,  and  with  a fine  shooting  record. 

Colt  hammer  duck  gun,  10-ga.,  32-in.  It  has  Greener’s  special  Damascus  barrels, 

barrels,  Damascus,  9%  lbs.  A good,  sound,  fine  half-pistol  grip  stock,  and  is  full  choke 

strong  shooting  gun,  that  cost  new  $65.00,  in  both  barrels.  Dimensions:  12-ga.,  30-in. 

and  now  in  good  second-hand  condition.  barrels,  7 lbs.  9 oz.  weight,  2 3-16-in.  drop, 

Price  $27.50  14%-in.  stock.  Cost  $425.00,  and  is  in  per- 

Greener  Grand  Prize  Pigeon  Gun,  $350  fe=*  condition.  Special  net  price...  $250.00 

grade,  with  Sir  Joseph  YVhitworth  fluid  „ Sre““  double  4-bore  weighing  22  lbs., 

steel  barrels,  full  choke,  half  pistol  grip,  new  $4o0 .00.  It  has  a fine  pair 

elaborate  engraving.  Dimensions:  12-ga.  of  Damascus  barrels,  without  pit  or  flaw, 

30-in.,  7%  lbs.,  2%- in.  drop,  14y8-in.  stock.  4°-.1,n-  ,s(tockf  44  «?■>  heavy  Silver  s re- 

An  extremely  fine  gun.  Price. . . .$225.00  net  ?oli  Pad.  half  P^tol  grip,  3-in.  drop,  and  it 
„ . , . , is  one  of  the  most  powerful  guns  we  have 

Greener . Regent  hammerless,  with  Sie-  ,ever  seen.  Price  $200.00  net 

man  Martin  steel  barrels  12-ga.,  27-in.  bar-  W.  & c.  Scott  & Son  Duck  Gun,  with 
rels,  6 lbs.  4 oz.  weight.  Cost  new,  ^65,  hammers.  Damascus  barrels,  straight  wal- 

and  in  per.ect  condition.  Price $„9.50  nut  stock,  under-grip  action.  With  this 

W.  W.  Greener  Monarch  Ejector.  Sieman  gun  is  a leather  trunk-shape  case,  imple- 

steel  barrels,  English  walnut  half  pistol  grip  ments  and  loading  tools.  For  shooting  at 

stock.  Right  barrel  cylinder;  left  modified.  long  distances  and  for  flock  shooting,  this 

12ga.,  28in.  barrels,  6%  lbs.,  2%in.,  14%in.  is  an  ideal  gun.  Dimensions:  4-ga.,  38-in. 

Slightly  shopworn  only.  Cost  $200.00  barrels,  15  lbs.  weight.  Cost  new,  $250.00. 

Price  $125.00  Price  $125.00  net 

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REVOLVERS  AND  HOMICIDES. 

1 Elsewhere,  in  the  columns  of  Forest  and  Stream  this 
fl/eek,  an  esteemed  correspondent  criticises,  in  gracious 
■Spirit,  the  custom  of  carrying  revolvers  on  the  person, 
|ind  he  erroneously  assumes  that  such  custom  pre- 
, t ails  throughout  the  United  States.  To  it  he  imputes 
1 he  large  number  of  homicides  in  the  United  States  as 
i hown  by  pertinent  and  reliable  statistics  of  the  past 

I rear.  By  way  of  comparison  of  conditions  in  New- 
oundland  during  the  same  time,  revolvers  not  being 
arried  as  an  armament  in  that  country,  no  homicides 
lave  occurred.  From  these  data  he  deduces  that  the 
arrying  of  revolvers  is  the  true  cause  of  the  homicides 
n the  United  States,  while  the  absence  of  that  custom 
n Newfoundland  accounts  for  the  absence  of  homicides 
a that  country. 

There  is  a certain  plausibility  in  these  coincidences 
,s  presented,  though  as  a matter  of  fact  the  presenta- 
ion  is  fallacious  for  several  reasons,  chief  of  which  is 
lhat  the  number  of  homicides  is  in  no  wise  dependent 
in  the  carrying  of  revolvers.  The  latter  is  but  one  of 
nany  intermedia  used  for  the  purpose,  and  is  not  in 
tself  an  essential.  Knives,  razors,  axes,  hammers, 
Jubs,  poisons,  anaesthetics,  and  dozens  of  other  articles 
n common,  legitimate  use,  hold  a conspicuous  place 
n the  list  of  deadly  weapons  used  in  committing 
lomicides. 

There  is  no  inherent  tendency  to  homicide  which  can 
ustly  be  ascribed  to.  the  revolver.  Before  it  was  in- 
dented, human  nature  was  the  same,  and  homicides 
Dccurred  then,  as  they  occur  now  in  lands  in  which  it 
s unknown  or  unused.  The  true  causes  of  homicide 
tire  to  be  found  in  the  struggles  of  life,  and  where  the 
struggle  is  keenest,  as  in  the  great  cities,  there  the 
shedding  of  blood  will  be  greatest.  Of  course,  the 
criminal  proclivities  of  some  men’s  nature  must  be 
saken  into  account,  as  a phase  peculiar  to  mankind  in 
every  age  and  every  clime. 

To  compare  Newfoundland  with  the  United  States 
in  this  connection  is  to  compare  quantities  so  irre- 
concilably unlike  in  every  way  that  any  conclusion  is 
mecessarily  forced  and  erroneous.  Newfoundland  has 
an  area  of  about  42,000  square  miles,  a little  larger  in 
area  than  the  State  of  Ohio.  It  has  a population  of 
over  200,000,  a number  no  greater  than  pertains  to 
many  of  the  ordinary  cities  in  this  country.  Compare 
200,000  people  with  upward  of  80,000,000,  the  popula- 
tion of  the  United  States,  and  our  correspondent’s 
comparison  as  to  homicides  is  obviously  fallacious. 
Large  areas,  in  the  country  regions  of  the  United 
.States,  can  be  found  where  homicides  are  rare  or  un- 
known. • 

Newfoundland  is  devoid  of  many  of  the  contributory 
causes  to  the  large  list  of  statistics  in  question,  and 
which  are  peculiar  to  violent  deeds  in  the  United  States. 
Of  the  more  important  causes,  it  may  be  fairly  as- 
sumed that  the  chief  one  has  its  source  in  the  inces- 
sant stream  of  immigration  which  pours  on  our  shores. 
The  immigrants  do  not  represent  American  life  or  ideas 
at  the  outset.  They,  as  a matter  of  course,  represent 

I the  life  of  foreign  countries,  in  language,  customs,  etc., 
which  persist  more  or  less  distinctly  to  the  end  of  the 
first  generation.  Many  of  them  cherish  their  old  world 
feuds  as  a part  of  their  treasures,  and  acquire  new  ones 
as  a sacred  privilege  indigenous  to  a land  which  is  free 
to  all.  Thus  we  have  sudden  and  frenzied  brawlings 
of  the  hostile  “Tongs”  with  their  mysterious  homicides; 
the  secret  killings  imputed  to  the  Mafia;  the  vendettas 
and  stabbings  among  the  Sicilians,  Greeks;  and  similar 
doings  in  a lesser  degree  among  some  other'  classes  of 
immigrants,  all  of  which  generously  swell  the  list  of 
homicides  committed  in  America,  though  they  are  not 
United  States  in  any  sense  other  than  having  a place 
within  our  borders.  Within  the  city  of  New  York,  as 
in  other,  large  cities,  there  are  many,  districts  which  are 
colonized  by  foreigners,  and  are  really  foreign  spots 
in  American  institutions. 

It  is  quite  commonly  remarked  that  a man  who 
carries  a pistol  is  therefore  a coward.  The  remark, 
without  proper  qualification,  is  untrue.  A man  who 
carries  a pistol  when  among  friends  exclusively  is  not 
a brave  man  or  a desirable  companion.  When  the 
criminal  classes  carry  revolvers  concealed,  and  when 
arrested  and  tried  are  punished  with  a suspended  sen- 
tence or  a nominal  fine,  honest  men,  whose  vocation 


brings  them  in  dangerous  places,  must  perforce  be 
armed  for  purpose  of  defense.  But  even  at  the  broadest 
estimate,  those  who  go  about  armed  are  relatively  a 
small  number  of  the  80,000,000  people  of  the  United 
States. 

As  for  the  existence  of  revolver  clubs  and  their  prac- 
tice at  target  shooting  affecting  the  proclivity  to 
homicide  because  of  fostering  familiarity  with  fire- 
arms, the  truth  probably  is  that  they  have  only  so  much 
influence  in  this  direction,  and  no  more,  than  do  the 
existence  and  practice  meets  of  trapshooting  clubs. 


THE  BROOK  IN  APRIL. 

Looking  up  the  brook  on  this  mild,  still  April  day, 
a double  view  is  had  of  a New  England  swamp,  as  it 
pauses  just  before  bursting  into  luxuriant  bloom. 

The  skunk’s  cabbage  started  long  ago,  and  its  widen- 
ing leaves  are  high  above  the  ground.  On  the  drier 
borders  of  the  swamp  wind  flowers  and  dog-tooth 
violets  are  blooming;  on  the  brook’s  edge  and  in  the 
little  pools  of  water  the  marsh  marigolds  show  vivid 
green  with  cups  of  gold  now  opening  to  the,  sun.  Yet 
alder  and  grapevine  and  swamp  maple  look  as  they 
did  in  winter,  save  for 'the  swelling  buds  at  the  end  of 
each  twig,  which  are  reddening  as  they  prepare  to 
burst  into  bloom. 

Within  these  silent,  motionless  stems  is  hidden  a life 
that  is  running  riot  in  these  first  mild  days.  Through 
the  veins;  of  each  plant  its  pale  blood  courses  swiftly, 
and  ere  long  the  general  life,  of  which  we  now  see 
only  the  first  signs,  will  be  universal. 

In  this  beautiful  picture,  in  the  time  at  which  it  is 
taken  and  in  the  portents  which  we  see  in  it,  is  much 
that  causes  us  to  reflect  on  that  more  serious  side  of 
life  which — without  losing  any  of  life’s  joy — we  may 
wisely,  more  or  less  consider. 

Scenes  such  as  this  come  before  every  man  who 
spends  much  of  his  time  out  of  doors;  but  too  often 
they  are  lightly  passed  over,  their  full  beauty  not  ap- 
preciated, their  significance  soon  forgotten. 


AUDUBON’S  BIRTHDAY. 

On  May  5 next  it  is  purposed  to  hold,  at  the  Church 
of  the  Intercession  in  this  city,  a meeting  tO'  commemo- 
rate the  birthday  of  Audubon  the  naturalist.  No  one 
knows  precisely  when  Audubon  was  born,  but,  by  those 
best  qualified  to  know,  May  5 is  regarded  as  the  prob- 
able date. 

The  Church  of  the  Intercession  is  situated  within  a 
stone’s  throw  of  the  beautiful  home  occupied  by  the 
naturalist  during  the  last  years  of  his  life,  and  known 
for  more  than  half  a century  as  Audubon  Park.  Long 
ago  the  most  of  it  passed  into  the  hands  of  old,  neigh- 
bors and  friends  of  the  family,  some  of  whom  still 
occupy  it;  but  the  march  of  improvement  has  at 
length  reached  the  old  home,  and  streets  and  drives 
have  now  been  cut  through  it  by  the  city,  so  that 
Audubon  Park,  as  such,  no  longer  exists.  Neverthe- 
less, over  the  grass  now  growing  green  still  wave  the 
boughs  of  many  of  the  ancient  trees  which  were  al- 
ready giants  when  the  naturalist  used  to  wander 
beneath  them  as  he  fed  his  wild  pets;  and  the  great 
river  beside  which  he  used  to  sit  and  watch  the  sailing 
vessels  pushing  their  slow  way  up  to  Albany,  still  flows 
steadily  by  toward  the  sea. 

In  Trinity  Cemetery,  just  beyond  Audubon  Park,  lies 
the  dust  of  the  great  man,  his  grave  marked  by  a stone 
erected  there  by  his  admirers  a few  years  ago. 

It  is  near  all  this  that  the  Rev.  Mr.  Gates,  of  the  Church 
of  the  Intercession,  intends  tO'  hold  his  celebration,  which 
many  eminent  men  have  consented  to  attend.  Here  for- 
mer President  Grover  Cleveland,  Judge  Parker,  Mr.  John 
Burroughs,  Dr.  J.  A.  Allen,  Mr.  E.  T.  Seton,  Mr.  Frank 
M.  Chapman,  and  many  others  interested  in  natural  his- 
tory and  ornithology,  will  gather  to  pay  a.  tribute  to^  the 
greatest  artist  naturalist  that  America  has  known. 

One  by  one  the  material  objects  which  were  connected 
with  the  life  of  Audubon  are  being  swept  away,  and  the 
time  is  perhaps  not  distant  when  blocks  of  houses  will 
cover  beautiful  “Minniesland,”  a spot  made  sacred  to 
many  people  still  living  by  a wealth  of  tender  associa- 
tions. It  is  a graceful  and  timely  thought  on  the  part 
of  Mr.  Gates  to  set  on  foot  the  commemorative  service 
at  the  present  time. 


THE  SALE  OF  IMPORTED  GAME. 

A case  of  much  interest  arose  in  Brooklyn  on  Thurs- 
day of  last  week  when  John  Hill,  proprietor  of  the 
Clarendon  Hotel,  was  arrested  for  having  in  his  posses- 
sion twenty-four  brace  of  English  plover  and  Russian 
grouse.  The  birds  had  been  delivered  to  Mr.  Plill  by 
August  Silz,  a game  dealer  of  this  city  who'  conducts  a 
large  close  season,  trade  in  various  game  birds,  all  of 
which  he  claims  to  have  imported,  and  which,  being  im- 
ported, he  contends,  are  not  within  the  statutes  for- 
bidding the  sale  of  game  in  close  season;  or  if  the 
law  is  intended  to  apply  to  them,  it  is  unconstitutional. 
So  sure  of  his  ground  does  Mr.  Silz  profess  to  be 
that  he  sends  circulars  to  his  customers  notifying  them 
that  he  can  supply  them  with  all  kinds  of  imported 
game,  giving  them,  a guarantee  as  follows: 

“I  take  pleasure  in  submitting  to  you  herewith  a price  list  on 
imported  game.  All  the  leading  hotels  are  using  it,  and  I will 
guarantee  to  be  responsible  for  any  legal  trouble  that  you  may 
be  subjected  to  in  the  sale  of  the  same,  provided  you  can  prove 
that  the  imported  game  was  bought  from  A.  Silz.” 

This  guarantee  of  immunity  from  the  consequences 
of  a violation  of  the  law  would  of  course  be  held  void 
by  the  courts,  but  there  is  no  reason  to  suppose  that  the 
assurance  is  not  honestly  made  by  Mr.  Silz  and  with 
confidence  that  he  would  not  be  called  upon  to  make  it 
good.  In  other  words,  he  feels  perfectly  secure  in  con- 
ducting the  traffic  in  game.  This  may  be  either  because 
he  is  convinced  of  his  right  to  deal  in  the  game;  or  it 
may  be  because  he  is  sure  of  immunity  from  interfer- 
ence by  the  authorities.  The  latter  view  is  given 
plausibility  by  the  asserted  fact,  that  the  Silz  dealings 
are  actually  permitted,  while  transactions  of  like  char- 
acter are  not  tolerated  on  the  part  of  other  dealers. 

Now  no  account  being  made  of  the  game  which  it  may 
be  proved  “was  bought  from  A.  Silz,”  it  is  true  that 
vast  quantities  of  American  game  birds— grouse  and  quail, 
and  plover,  and  woodcock,  and  other  species,  are  dealt 
in  continuously  in  this  city  in  the  close  season,  being 
served  at  hotels,  restaurants,  clubs  and  private  houses, 
and  appearing  on  the  menus  under  various  fancy  foreign 
designations,  employed  as  grotesque  blinds  should  occa- 
sion demand,  but  not  intended  to  deceive  the  palate  of 
the  consumer. 

The  traffic  in  foreign  game  constitutes  a cover  for 
the  illicit  traffic  in  native  game.  If  the  trade  in  im- 
ported birds  is  forbidden  within  the  intent  of  the  law,  a 
demonstration  of  that  fact  would  be  a distinct  gain. 
This  Brooklyn  case  affords  a new  opportunity  to  make 
a desired  test  of  the  law.  The  circumstances  are 
especially  favorable  to  such  a test,  because  Mr.  Silz 
has,  at  his  own  request,  been  made  a party  with  Mr. 
Hill  as  defendant.  The  New  York  Association  for 
the  Protection  of  Fish  and  Game  has  interested  itself 
in  the  case,  and  has  signified  an  intention  to  assist, 
through  its  counsel,  in  the  prosecution.  With  this 
powerful  society  to  press  the  suit,  we  may  at  last  look 
for  a decisive  trying  out  of  the  points  of  law  involved. 

FOLLY  MADE  A CRIME. 

In  the  Armstrong  anti-docking  bill,  passed  by  the 
Legislature  of  New  York,  the  problem  of  putting  a stop 
to  the  senseless  and  cruel  mutilation  of  horses  appears 
to  be  solved.  Laws  forbidding  the  act  of  amputation 
have  been  tried,  but  the  necessity  of  proving  the  offense 
directly  has  made  it  difficult  to  enforce  them.  The  Arm- 
strong bill  takes  a cue  from  game  laws  and  makes  pos- 
session of  a mutilated  animal  punishable  by  fine  and 
imprisonment. 

It  is  provided  that  all  docked  horses  in  the  State  shall 
be  registered  by  their  owners  within  one  year  from  the 
passage  of  the  act,  and  after  the  expiration  of  the  year  no 
more  docked  horses  may  be  registered,  and  it  shall  be 
an  offense  to  have  in  possession,  regardless  of  owner- 
ship, an  unregistered  docked  horse. 

Every  one  whose  love  for  the  horse  has  not  been  per- 
verted by  devotion  to  fashion  will  rejoice  at  the  pros- 
pect of  the  ultimate  disappearance  of  the  docked  tail. 
The  horse  is  a beautiful  creature  as  nature  made  him, 
and  man’s  attempts  to  improve  his  appearance  by  may- 
hem only  make  him  unsightly  and  pitifully  absurd.  The 
docked  tail  is  a manifestly  useless  appendage,  and  hav- 
ing no  utility,  serving  no  purpose,  it  is  therefore  ugly 
— a mere  excrescence.  The  process  of  docking  is  painful, 
and  there  can  be  no  excuse  for  inflicting  unnecessary 
pain  upon  an  animsd, 


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t April  15,  1905. 


Among  the  Siberian  Urals. 

It  was  Thursday  the  17th  (29th)  of  April  that,  after 
just  one  year’s  journeying- — to  a day,  just — the  detail 
passed  the  historic  monument  in  the  central  Ural  range, 
on  one  side  of  which  is  inscribed 

ASIA, 

and  on  the  other  side 

EUROPA. 

Of  course  the  wording  is  in  Russian  letters,  thus : acia— 
EBOllA. 

A halt  was  made  for  the  night  near  here  at  the  most 
proximate  house,  which  is  precisely  the  stancia  (station) 
Ypjymka,  shown  on  the  same  block  facing  the  granite 
boundary  obelisk.  That  little  station,  Ypjymka,  is  the 
last  station  in  Europe,  on  the  Central  Ural  railway  system. 
There  are,  altogether,  three  railroads  crossing  the  Urals, 


j fji  monument  again ! 

The  Asia-Europe  monument  is  seen  by  many,  but 
visited  by  few.  It  is  easy  of  access  from  the  station 
Ypjymka,  but  as  trains  are  few  and  there  are  no  tourist 
accommodations  in  the  region,  travelers  don’t  care  to  trou- 
ble to  lose  from  half  to  a whole  day  over  the  matter. 

Personally,  as  I prolonged  my  stay  in  the  Urals  and 
region  from  April  to  July,  noting  the  auriferous 
formations,  I visited  the  monument  twice.  It  was 
erected  many  years  ago,  and  the  purity  of  the  atmosphere 
has  not  left  a stain,  on  it.  Its  height  would  be  about  a 
dozen  feet — quite  modest,  you  see,  for  an  obelisk  that 
marks  the  dividing  line  of  two  continents.  There  was 
not  even  a single  tourist  scrawl  disfigurement  on  it. 
Thank  heavens  for  that ! Its  isolation  has  saved  it  that 
much.  Only  on  the  Europe-facing  side,  ebpoiia  ; and  on 
the  Asiatic,  acia;  while  at  the  base — unobservable  from 
the  line — there  are  the  permanent  survey  marks  in  Rus- 


that’s a lesser  evil  than  ugly  bruises  or  a fractured  limb, 
or  something  worse.  “Of  two  evils,  choose  the  least.”  ■ 

The  young  Hikolai  Penn  got  ahead  of  me — and  disap- 
peared. I called  and  called — no  answer.  Mounting  higher 
and  higher,  the  rocks  got  slippier.  The  weather  was 
fine,  but  the  rains  of  centuries  had  given  those  rocks  a 
slick  surface  like  the  treacherous  sidewalk  footlights 
covering  here  and  there  Manhattan’s  new  rapid-transit 
tunneling. 

Continuing  on,  and  finding  no  trace  of  Hikolai,  a dis- 
heartening sense  of  anxiety  came  over  me.  In  his  eager- 
ness he  had,  I thought,  perhaps  fallen  into  one  of  the 
crevices,  been  rendered  unconscious — maybe  killed  out- 
right; and  here  was  I,  a stranger  to  the  family,  having  to 
take  home  the  news  of  the  loss.  And  it  was  at  my  sug-i 
gestion  that  he  had  accompanied  me ! It  meant,  of  course, 
(f  went  on  reasoning  rapidly),  suspicion — the  presump- 
tion that  I had  contributed  to  his  death;  forcible  deten-^ 


YPJYMKA,  THE  LAST  STATION  IN  EUROPE.  Courtesy  of  the  Electrical  Review.  THE  ASIA-EUROPE  MONUMENT,  THE  MID-URAL  RANGE. 


hundreds  of  miles  apart.  The  route  depicted  in  the  illus- 
trations is  the  most  important,  and  is  the  road  directly 
connecting  (via  ChelabiHck)  with  the  great  trans-Siberian 
— the  self-same  route  over  which  so  many  hundreds  of 
thousands  of  Russian  soldiers  have  been  massed  in  Man- 
churia— myriads  of  thousands  never  to  return. 

A few  years  ago,  in  Scribner’s  Magazine,  there  was 
published  a series  of  articles  on  Russia  entitled,  “All  the 
Russias.”  So  far  as  accuracy  went,  its  author,  H.  Nor- 
man, of  the  rush-tourist  type,  might  more  appropriately 
have  named  the  papers  “All  the  Errors !”  Even  some  of 
his  illustrations  were  not  correct.  What  he  terms  “the 
last  station  in  Europe,”  p.  518,  vol.  28,  is  not  a station  at 
all,  but  a road  guardian’s  house — one  of  a type  of  hun- 
dreds located  along  Russian  lines  for  the  housing  of  the 
permanent  way  employes  every  three  to  five  versti.  It  is 
a house  that  is  possibly  not  anywhere  near  the  “last  sta- 


sian  characters  of  the  trans-Asiatic  topographic  survey 
and  detail. 

From  the  Asia-Europa  monument  to  the  first  station  in 
Asia,  called  CipoctaH  (pronounced  Ciroqtan),  is  nearly 
a score  versti.  It  is  a beautiful  railway  journey.  The 
trans-mountain  line  between  these  two  points  reaches  its 
antenna  on  the  mid-Ural  range,  and  is  a continued  suc- 
cession of  ravishing,  enchanting  scenery.  For  grandeur, 
however,  compared  to  our  own  great-divide  route,  it  is 
“not  a patch  on  it.” 

That  station,  CipoctaH,  made  a profound  impression  on 
me.  It  was  here  I discovered  first  a branch  of  the 
Siberian  Penns.  One  of  them  was  acting  as  station  chief 
here,  and,  to-  my  surprise,  addressed  me  in  perfectly  in- 
telligible American.  What  the  discovery  of  the  Scottish 
regalia  must  have  been  to  a Scot,  the  discovery  of  a Penn 
branch  in  Siberia  was  to  me,  a Yank  deeply  interested  in 


tion  till  the  body  was  found,  and  so  on.  I was  beginning 
to  curse  myself  for  having  departed  from  my  old  ideals 
of  the  solitary  sportsman — “nobody  else  to  trouble 
about,”  etc. 

Still,  I continued  mounting  the  rocky  side  of  the  old 
crater,  on  the  lookout,  and  shouting.  There  was  the  for- 
lorn hope,  I thought,  that  Hikolai  might  have  found  a 
shorter  route  to  the  crater,  and  was  where  my  voice  could 
not  reach  him.  Suddenly,  from  a rocky  ridge  high  above, 
came  the  shout  in  triumphant  tones,  “Lodian!  Lodian !” 
— and  I saw  the  silhouette  of  Hikolai’s  figure  against  the 
sky.  The  young  monkey,  agile  as  his  years  (16),  had  in- 
deed tripped  to  the  top  like  a wilk  buck  of  Sonora.  But, 
although  I never  mentioned  it  to  him,  I shall  never  forget 
as  long  as  life  lasts  that  distressing  half  an  hour  of 
anxiety. 

The  view  of  the  interior  of  that  thousands-of-years- 


Courtesy  af  Locomotive  Engineering.  CLINICAL  UNIVERSITY,  TOMSK. 


SIBERIAN  CHURCH  ON  WHEELS. 

tion  in  Europe”  even.  Anybody  can  see  it  is  not  a station. 

But  the  view  of  the  last  station  in  Europe  here  pre- 
sented. is  entirely  bona-fide,  and  is  reproduced  from  a well 
executed  Russian  postal  oicture  card  issued  by  Chepep  & 
Habolz,  of  Mockba,  central  Pccia.  Of  course,  it  is  like 
scores  of  other  country  stations  in  Tolstoidom;  and  the 
only  reason  why  it  is  singled  out  for  perpetuating  on  a 
post-card  is  because  of  its  unique  geographical  position 
as  the  dernier  stancia,  or  station,  on  the  European  side  of 
the  Urals. 

From  the  stancia  Ypjymka,  looking  up-grade  to  the 
right,  you  can  almost  perceive  the  modest  little  white 
obelisk  in  the  distance.  It  is  atop  of  a gently  rising  bluff, 
and  the  railroad  sides  it  in  a deep  cutting  about  fifty 
yards  below.  If  passing  in  daylight,  all  troops  and  pas- 
sengers are  on  the  lookout  for  it — all  eyes  are  centered  on 
that  single  line,  ebpona,  and  as  the  train  rumbles  past, 
necks  are  craned  and  eyes  sharply  look  out  for  acia. 

‘We’re  in  Asia,”  or  like  expressions,  escape  from  many 
a lip,  and  the  people  cross  themselves  seriously;  for 
thousands,  tens  of  thousands,  of  the  soldier-passengers 
destined  to  Manchuria  will  of  course  never  pas§  that 


the  Penn  family — an  interest  which  has  taken  me  even  to 
the  side  of  Penn’s  grave  at  Jordan’s,  in  the  shire  of 
Buckingham,  state  of  England,  a secluded  spot  almost  as 
inaccessible  and  unfindable  and  as  “far  from  the  madding 
crowd”  to-day  as  it  was  when  Penn  was  interred  there 
nearly  a couple  of  centuries  ago.  I have  already  written 
the  history  of  the  Siberian  Penns  in  other  publications. 

The  sport-tourist  reaching  Asia  via  the  mid-Ural  range, 
ought — once,  at  least- — to  make  a stop-over  at  Ypjymka 
and  visit  the  most  historic  boundary  monument  on  earth. 
Take  a few  minor  comforts  with  you,  and  have  lunch 
seated  on  the  base  of  that  Asia-Europe  obelisk — one  foot 
in  Europe,  the  other  in  Asia ! I did  this  on  a couple  of 
occasions,  then  visited  the  extinct  volcano-  a couple  of 
miles  to  the  north,  in  company  with  the  youthful  Hikolai 
Penn.  It  is  quite  a rocky  climb,  the  slippery  rocks  seem- 
ingly inviting  you  to  destruction  if  you  persist  in  wearing 
ordinary  leather-soled  boots ; so — lacking  the  regular 
coarse  worsted  worn  outside  socks  of  the  Alps — you  take 
,off  your  ordinary  wool  socks  (no  out-camper  is  fool 
enough  to  wear  the  cotton  things)  and  drag  them  over 
-your  boots,  J krjow  they  are  hole-ruined  in  an  hour;  but 


since  extinct  crater  is  the  ugliest  geological  sight  I have 
seen  in  my  life — nothing  but  a loathsome  expanse  of  bare, 
weather-seared  rocks.  Imagine  what  the  hummock  ice 
of  the  Arctic  Ocean  ice  wastes  is  like,  and  you  have  an 
idea  of  what  that  old  Ural  volcano  is  like  in  rocks.  It, 
is  about  half  a mile  across,  and  apparently  impassable, 
but  I believe  some  enthusiasts  have  painfully  made  their 
way  across. 

How  different  from  the  charming  old  crater  of  Mount 
Eden,  near  Aukland,  New  Zealand.  There  I descended 
its  grassy  slopes,  where  a couple  of  cows  were  quietly 
pasturing,  and  got  on  to  its  old  clinker  bed  at  the  very 
bottom.  By  smashing  one  heavy  clinker  on  another,  thus 
breaking  them  asunder  and  clo-sely  noting  the  odor  of  the 
innermost  fractured  parts,  I at  length  established  a rather 
curious  fact — just  a feeble  odor  of  burnt  stone  was  now 
and  then  perceptible,  but  only  of  the  faintest  momentary 
duration.  And  to  think  that  that  feebly  volcanic  odor  had 
persisted  in  the  heart  of  those  debris  after  untold  ages ! 
But  it  should  be  noted  that  the  evanescent  odor  was  only 
obtained  with  fractures  of  the  hardest  and  least  porous 
clinkers,  L,  Lodiaij, 


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Adventures  of  Col.  J.  Smith. 

BY  CLARENCE  VANDIVEER. 

In  an  article  relating  to  the  early  pathfinders  and  trav- 
elers of  the  West,  printed  in  the  Forest  and  Stream 
some  months  ago,  Mr.  Orin  Belknap  makes  mention  of  a 
book,  which  he  had  read  in  his  boyhood  days,  contain- 
ing the  personal  narrative  of  one  Col.  James  Smith,  m 
which  was  related  the  story  of  his  captivity  and  expe- 
riences among  the  Indians  of  the  Ohio  Valley,  from  May 
1755  to  April  1759.  The  book  referred  to  was  no  doubt 
James  W.  Taylor’s  “History  of  Ohio,”  published  at  San- 
dusky in  the  early  fifties,  in  which  the  narrative  appears 
under  the  caption  of  “A  Pilgrim  of  Ohio  One  Hundred 
Years  Ago.”  The  story  is  one  of  absorbing  interest, 
being  a faithful  picture  of  the  wilderness  and  its  savage 
inhabitants  previous  to  the  coming  of  the  first  white 
settlers.  For  the  benefit  of  those  who  are  fond  of  read- 
ing frontier  adventures  and  who  may  have  never  heard 
of  James  Smith  we  will  herewith  present  a short  sketch 
of  tlie  remarkable  adventures  of  this  brave  man. 

Jaqies  Smith,  the  hero  of  this  romantic  tale,  was  a 
native  of  Western  Pennsylvania.  At  the  age  of  eigh- 
teen he  was  captured  by  a war  party  of  Delaware  In- 
dians near  the  town  of  Bedford  and  was  carried  by 
then  to  old  Fort  Duquesne  (on  the  present  site  of 
Pittsburg)  where  he  was  compelled  to  run  the  gauntlet. 
So  severe  was  the  punishment  inflicted  upon  him  that 
he  fell  unconscious  and  was  carried  into  the  fort  where 
he  was  placed  under  the  care  of  a French  physician. 

From  Duquesne  the  Indians  took  Smith  up  the  Alle- 
ghany to  an  Indian  town,  thence  overland  to  another 
village  in  the  valley  of  the  Muskingum.  Here  he  was 
compelled  to  undergo  the  painful  ceremony  of  adop- 
tion ijnto  the  tribe.  A number  of  Indians  gathered  about 
him  and  after  dipping  their  fingers  in  ashes,  began  pul- 
ling out  his  hair  by  the  roots,  until  only  a small  spot 
about-  three  or  four  inches  square  remained  on  the 
crown.  This  they  decked  up  in  the  most  fantastic  manner 
imaginable,  then  fell  to  boring  his  ears  and  nose  and 
supplying  him  with  earrings  and  nose  jewels.  Then  they 
stripped  off  his  clothes  and  painted  his  body  in  various 
colors)  after  which  they  put  bands  of  wampum  on  his 
neck  (and  silver  bracelets  on  his  wrists.  All  this  time 
the  captive  was  ignorant  of  the  meaning  of  these  pro- 
ceedings and  thought  they  were  preparing  him  for  some 
cruel  torture.  His  fears  were  not  relieved  when  several 
Indian  girls  lay  hold  of  him  and  pulled  him  down  the 
river  bank  and  into  the  water.  They  did  not  drown  him, 
as  he  expected,  but  they  gave  him  a terrible  scrubbing, 
after  which  he  was  taken  to  the  council  house  where  he 
was  given  a shirt,  a pair  of  leggings,  a pipe,  some  tobacco 
and  a flint  and  steel.  Then,  after  a short  smoke,  the 
chief  addressed  the  captive  as  follows : 

“My-  son,  you  are  now  flesh  of  our  flesh  and  bone  of 
our  bone.  By  the  ceremony  which  was  performed  this 
day,  every  drop  of  white  blood  was  washed  out  of  your 
veins;  you  are  taken  into  the  Caughnewago  nation  and 
initiated  into  a warlike  tribe;  you  are  adopted  into  a 
great  family,  and  now  received  with  great  seriousness 
and  solemnity  in  the  room  and  place  of  a great  man. 
After  \vhat  has  passed  this  day,  you  are  now  one  of  us, 
by  an  old  strong  law  and  custom.  My  son,  you  have  now 
nothing'  to  fear — we  are  now  under  the  same  obliga- 
tion to  love,  support  and  defend  you,  that  we  are  to  love 
and  defend  one  another;  therefore  you  are  to  consider 
yourself  as  one  of  our  people.” 

Smith  says  that  these  obligations  were  carried  out  to 
the  letter  by  the  Indians.  A grand  feast  of  boiled  ven- 
ison and  green  corn  was  now  served,  one  of  the  chiefs 
acting  as  toast  master. 

Soon  after  the  ceremony  of  adoption,  it  was  decided 
to  begin  a war  upon  the  Virginia  frontier  and  Smith 
now  witnessed  his  first  war-dance  and  thus  described 
it:  “At  the  war-dance  they  had  both  vocal  and  instru- 

mental music;  they  had  a short,  hollow  gum,  closed  at 
one  end,  with  water  in  it,  and  parchment  stretched  over 
the  open  end  thereof,  which  they  beat  with  one  stick, 
and  made  a sound  nearly  like  that  of  a muffled  drum. 
All  of  those  who  were  going  on  this  expedition  collected 
together  and  formed.  An  old  Indian  then  began  to  sing, 
and  timed  the  music  by  beating  on  this  drum,  as  the 
ancients  formerly  timed  their  music  by  beating  the  ta- 
bor. On  this  the  warriors  began  to  advance  or  move 
forward  in  concert,  as  well  disciplined  troops  would 
march  to  the  fife  and  drum.  Each  warrior  had  a toma- 
hawk, spear  or  war-mallet  in  his  hand  and  they  all  moved 
regularly  toward  the  east,  or  the  way  they  intended  to 
go  to  war.  At  length  they  all  stretched  their  tomahawks 
toward  the  Potomac,  and  giving  a hideous  shout  or  yell, 
they  wheeled  quickly  about  and  danced  in  the  same  man- 
ner back.  The  next  was  a war-song.  In  performing 
this  only  one  sung  at  a time,  in  a moving  posture,  with 
a tomahawk  in  his  hand,  while  all  the  other  warriors 
were  engaged  in  calling  aloud  ‘He  uh,  he  uh,’  which 
they  constantly  repeated  while  the  war-song  was  going 
on.  When  the  warrior  who  was  singing  had  ended  his 
song,  he  struck  a war  post  with  his  tomahawk  and  with 
a loud  voice  told  what  warlike  exploits  he  had  done  and 
what  he  now  intended  to  do,  which  were  answered  by 
the  other  warriors  with  loud  shouts  of  applause.  _ Some 
who  had  not  before  intended  to  go  to  war  at  this  time 
were  so  animated  by  this  performance  that  they  took 
up  the  tomahawk  and  sung  the  war-song,  which  was 
answered  with  shouts  of  joy,  as  they  were  intiated  into 
the  present  marching  company.” 

The  next  morning  the  warriors,  set  forth  on  their  mis- 
sion of  death,  while  Smith  remained  to  make  his  debut 
into  society;  in  other  words  he  was  invited  to  a court- 
ing dance  that  evening,  and  he  was  no  doubt  afraid 
to  decline  the  invitation,  he  honored  the  bronze-faced 
damsels  and  their  savage  suitors  . with  his  presence.  He 
does  not  mention  whether  the  invitation  was  by  card 
or  merely  verbal,  but  that  does  not  matter.  The  dance 
itself  was  interesting,  although  to  Smith  at  first  appeared 
“irrrational  and  insipid.”.  Two  lines,  one  composed  of 
young  men  and  one  of  girls,  was  formed,  about  one  rod 
apart,  facing  each  other.  Then  some  one  struck  up  a 
song,  keeping  time  with  a rattle,  and  the  two  lines  ad- 
vanced in  a stooping  position  until  their  heads  touched 
together,  when  they  retreated  with  loud  shouts.  Smith 
says  that  the  young  Indians  improved  the  opportunity, 
when  their  heads  were  together  in  the  dance,  to  whis- 
per words  of  love  into  the  ear  of  the  one  opposite.  If 


our  red  brothers  were  anything  like  us,  what  a scramble 
there  must  have  been  for  place  on  the  line. 

Smith  mentions  the  killing  of  several  buffalo  while  the 
Indians  were  engaged  in  making  salt  in  the  Hocking 
Valley.  This  is  one  of  the  few  records  of  buffalo  in 
Ohio. 

In  company  with  an  adopted  brother,  named  Tonti- 
leango,  the  lonely  captive  now  set  out  for  Lake  Erie. 
Proceeding  up  the  Muskingum  to  its  source,  they  struck 
overland  to  the  Black  River,  which  stream  they  followed 
to  its  mouth.  On  this  excursion  Smith  carried  with 
him  a few  books,  which  the  Indians  had  brought  back 
from  their  raids  on  the  settlers  as  spoils  of  war,  some 
dried  meat  and  a blanket.  Tontileango>  carried  a rifle 
and  kept  them  supplied  with  fresh  meat.  Deer,  bear  and 
raccoons  were  very  plentiful.  They  saved  the  skins  of 
the  game  they  procured  and  were  soon  laden  so  heavily 
with  them  that  it  was  impossible  to  march  more  than 
ten  miles  a day. 

Upon  reaching  the  lake  they  proceeded  along  the 
shore,  and  on  the  way  saw  many  large  fish,  which  the 
waves  had  thrown  high  upon  the  sand,  being  devoured 
by  hordes  of  bald  and  gray  eagles.  There  were  no  buf- 
falo in  this  region  and  very  few  elks. 

A camp  of  Wyandots  was  found  near  the  mouth  of 
the  Black  river  and  Smith  and  his  companion  were  well 
received  by  them.  Here  they  were  given  a kind  of  po- 
tato', resembling  our  sweet  potato,  and  some  hominy, 
consisting  of  dried  green  corn  and  beans.  After  tarrying 
with  the  Wyandots  for  some  time,  they  procured  a ca- 
noe and  started  up  the  Black  river  on  a hunt.  Their 
canoe  was  very  strong  and  was  well  adapted  to  carry 
large  loads.  It  could  also  be  taken  ashore  and  converted 
into  a sort  of  house  in  case  of  necessity.  The  canoe 
was  finally  buried  and  the  hunters  started  overland  to 
the  Cayahaga.  When  midway  between  the  two  rivers 
they  decided  to  go  into  winter  quarters.  A strong, 
warm  hut  was  built  and  hunting,  trapping  and  sugar 
making  were  the  order  of  the  day. 

The  method  pursued  in  sugar  making  was  as  follows : 
The  Indian  would  select  a large  sugar  tree,  cut  a long 
notch  in  it  and  then  drive  in  a chip  to  carry  the.  water 
out  from  the  tree.  To  catch  the  drops  from  off  this  chip, 
a wooden  vessel  was  placed  beneath.  When  the  vessels 
were  full  they  were  emptied  into  a bark  vessel,  which 
held  about  four  gallons,  and  carried  to  camp,  where  it  was 
boiled  in  two  fifteen  gallon  brass  kettles.  The  sugar  was 
put  in  bear’s  fat,  and  into  this  mixture  the  Indians 
dipped  their  roasted  venison. 

Raccoons  were  caught  by  means  of  deadfalls  placed 
along  the  water  courses.  This  seems  to  explode  the 
theory  maintained  by  some  sportsmen  as  to  the  impos- 
sibility of  catching  raccoons  in  traps.  Deadfalls  were 
also  placed  at  the  ends  of  hollow  logs  to  catch  foxes. 

In  winter  the  squaws  were  kept  busy  trying  out  bear’s 
fat,  which  they  put  into  skin  vessels  and  carried  with 
them  wherever  they  went.  Smith  thus  describes  the 
method  employed  in  making  these  skin  vessels : “The 

vessels  were  made  of  deerskins,  which  were  skinned  by 
pulling  the  skin  off  the  neck  without  ripping.  After 
they  had  taken  off  the  hair,  they  gathered  it  into  small 
plaits  around  the  neck  and  with  a string  drew  it  to- 
gether like  a purse,  in  the  center  a pin  was  put,  below 
which  they  tied  a string  and  while  it  was  wet  they  blew 
it  up  like  a bladder,  and  let  it  remain  in  this  manner 
until  it  was  dry,  when  it  appeared  nearly  in  the  shape 
of  a sugar  loaf,  but  more  rounding  at  the  lower  end. 
One  of  these  vessels  would  hold  about  four  or  five  gal- 
lons. In  these  vessels  it  was  that  they  carried  their  bear 
oil.” 

Smith,  whose  name  had  been  changed  to  Scoouwa 
by  the  Indians,  now  went  with  Tontileango  to>  a Wyandot 
town  on  the  Sandusky,  where  they  disposed  of  their  furs 
to  some  French  traders.  Here  also  a carnival  of  feast- 
ing and  rejoicing  was  held.  Mention  is  here  is  made 
of  the  narrative  of  a dice  game,  in  which  plum  stones, 
one  side  of  which  was  painted  white  and  the  other  black, 
are  put  into  a bowl,  shaken  and  thrown  up,  and  the 
blacks  and  whites  counted.  All  the  while  the  game  is 
being  played  the  band,  consisting  of  a drum,  a sort  of 
fife  and  several  jews  harps,  renders  its  choice  selections, 
dear  to  the  hearts  of  the  Indians  but  utterly  unbeara- 
ble to  the  more  sensitive  ears  of  the  white  man,  al- 
though it  would  no  doubt  compare  favorably  with  some 
of  our  now  popular  rag  time  airs. 

In  1756  great  preparations  were  made  to  drive  the 
Virginians  back  across  the  sea.  All  the  braves,  from  the 
old,  infirm  warriors  of  the  sixties  down  to  the  boys  of 
twelve,  marched  away  to  perform  their  bloody  work. 
Everyone,  with  the  exception  of  a few  old  men  of  ex- 
perience, was  confident  of  victory,  and  Smith  was  asked 
for  his  opinion.  He  told  them  frankly  that  their  at- 
tempt would  be  useless  as  the  settlers  were  brave  and 
determined  and  would  prove  more  than  a match  for 
them.  The  Indians  did  not  get  angry  at  Smith  for  so 
freely  expressing  his  views,  for  as  their  tribal  govern- 
ment was  one  of  pure  democracy,  they  probably  thought 
that  he  had  a right  to  his  own  opinions.  In  fact  the 
Indians  all  the  while  treated  him  as  one  of  their  own 
people  and  many  acts  of  kindness  were  shown  him. 

The  departure  of  the  warriors  left  the  remainder  of 
the  tribe  in  a precarious  condition,  as  the  supply  of  food 
which  had  been  collected  the  previous  winter  had  been 
wasted.  An  Indian  never  appears  to  have  a thought  of 
the  morrow  and  no  doubt  believes  in  living  up  to  the 
Scriptural  passage  which  says,  “Eat,  drink  and  be  merry, 
for  to-morrow  we  die.”  Accompanied  by  several  old 
and  infirm  men,  who  had  not  joined  the  war  party,  Smith 
set  out  to  procure  some  meat  for  the  hungry  camp.  Fire 
hunting  was  practiced,  and  several  deer  were  procured. 

Finally  the  warriors  began  to  arrive  from  the  settle- 
ments of  Virginia,  heavily  laden  with  scalps  and  stolen 
plunder.  They  also  brought  with  them  some  prisoners, 
with  whom  Smith  held  many  pleasant  interviews.  Some 
of  the  captives  were  made  to  run  the  gauntlet,  but  were 
not  otherwise  seriously  mistreated.  Smith  participated 
in  some  of  these  barbaric  performances  and  mentions 
hitting  one  man  with  a piece  of  pumpkin,  and  says  the 
act  “pleased  the  Indians  very  much  but  hurt  my  feel- 
ings.” 

In  their  domestic  life  these  savages  appear  to  have 
lived  on  terms  of  perfect  peace  and  harmony,  putting  to 
shame  some  “palefaces”  who  prefer  to  represent  the  high- 
est type  of  civilization.  Even  at  this  early  date  Chris- 
tianity had  penetrated  the  wilds  and  found  its  way  into 


this  wandering  band.  French  missionaries  had  gained 
a few  converts,  but  the  majority  of  the  Indians  con- 
sidered the  teachings  of  the  Bible  as  foolish  and  ab- 
surd and  persisted  in  clinging  to  the  old  faith. 

In  company  with  another  adopted  brother,  Tecaugh- 
retanego,  Smith  now  visited  the  Cayahaga,  and  there 
hunted  with  considerable  success.  While  here  an  in- 
cident occurred  which  is  well  worthy  of  mention.  One 
day  when  Tecaughretanego  was  angry  he  began  using 
the  name  of  God  in  a most  horrible  manner.  Smith 
then  asked  him  if  he  knew  the  meaning  of  the  expres- 
sions he  had  used.  The  Indian  replied  that  he  supposed 
the  meaning  to  be  similar  to  a degrading  expression 
common  to  his  tribe.  Upon  being  told  that  he  was  mis- 
taken and  having  the  true  meaning  explained  to  him, 
he  was  horrified  and  said  that  men  who  would  know- 
ingly use  the  name  of  the  Great  Spirit  so  abusively  were 
no  better  than  devils. 

From  the  Cayahaga  the  hunters  skirted  the  south 
shore  of  Lake  Erie  to  the  Maumee  and  from  thence 
they  moved  northward  to  Fort  Detroit.  A visit  was 
also  made  to  the  East  Sister,  Middle  Sister  and  West 
Sister  islands,  afterwards  rendered  historic  by  Perry’s 
famous  naval  victory.  A curious  belief  existed  among 
the  Indians  in  regard  to>  the  rattlesnakes  and  raccoons 
inhabiting  these  islands.  The  raccoons  lodged  in  holes 
in  the  rocks  and  during  the  winter  the  Indians  would 
catch  many  of  them  in  traps,  but,  with  the  coming  of 
spring  the  raccoons  disappeared  and  the  traps  would  often 
be  filled  with  rattlesnakes.  This  caused  the  Indians  to 
believe  that  the  snakes  became  raccoons  in  winter  and 
the  raccoons  turned  to  snakes  in  the  spring. 

At  Cedar  Point,  at  the  entrance  to  Maumee  Bay,  they 
held  a driving  hunt  and  secured  thirty  deer.  Soon  after 
they  proceeded  tO'  the  upper  waters  of  the  Scioto,  where 
they  spent  the  winter,  but  returned  to  the  region  of  the 
Sandusky  in  the  following  summer.  Fishing  in  the 
northern  streams  was  good,  and  a captive  Virginian 
named  Thompson  surprised  the  Indians  by  catch- 
ing fish  with  a dip  net  made  of  bark.  His  catch  was 
enormous  and  far  exceeded  the  needs  of  the  Indians. 
The  fish  that  were  not  used  lay  on  the  banks  in  heaps 
and  attracted  large  numbers  of  eagles  and  buzzards. 

For  a number  of  years  Smith  continued  his  travels 
and  spent  four  months  of  captivity  in  Montreal.  In 
1759,  he  was  restored  to  his  friends,  and  some  time  later 
he  was  placed  in  command  of  a body  of  riflemen  to 
protect  the  Pennsylvania  frontier.  He  served  with  credit 
in  the  war  of  independence.  His  later  years  were  spent 
in  Kentucky,  where  he  was  elected  to  the  Legislature. 
His  death  occurred  in  1812. 

Smith’s  picture  of  northern  Ohio  prior  to  settlement 
is  interesting  and  throws  much  light  on  the  social  life, 
manners  and  customs  of  the  Indians  of  the  Great  Lake 
region. 


Boone  and  Crockett  Club  Dinner. 

The  Boone  and  Crockett  Club  gave  a dinner  on  Wed- 
nesday, April  5,  at  the  University  Club,  New  York  City. 
President  W.  Austin  Wadsworth  presided.  Among  the 
members  and  guests  present  were  the  following:  Mad- 

ison Grant,  James  H.  Kidder,  Archibald  Rogers,  Henry 
L.  Stimson,  W.  B.  Devereux,  George  Bird  Grinnell,  Dr. 
John  Rogers,  Jr.,  J.  K.  Mitchell,  Lewis  R.  Morris,  Walter 

B.  James,  J.  E.  Roosevelt,  John  L.  Cadwallader,  James 
T.  Gardiner,  H.  Casimir  de  Rham,  Frank  Lyman,  John 
J.  Pierrepont,  Dr.  John  L.  Seward,  H.  Clay  Pierce, 
Benj.  W.  Richards,  John  H.  Prentice,  Wm.  Lord  Smith, 
Charles  T.  Barney,  Robert  T.  Varnum,  Chas.  A.  Moore, 
Jr.,  Robert  C.  Heaton,  Col.  J.  S.  Crosby,  James  P.  Lee, 
Gerald  L.  Hoyt,  Francis  R.  Appleton,  Cortland  Palmer, 
Dr.  J.  H.  Kenyon,  Dr.  Fred  Kammerer,  G.  Franklyn 
Lawrence,  Chas  G.  Peters,  Eric  B.  Dahlgren,  Edwin 

C.  Kent,  Warren  Delano,  Robt.  L.  Pierrepont,  John  S. 
De  Hart,  Jr.,  Dr.  John  E.  Wilson,  Arthur  Perry,  E. 
H.  Harriman,  Jas.  A.  Stillman,  Wm.  Woodward,  Henry 
G.  Barbey,  H.  O.  Havemeyer,  Jr.,  George  D.  Pratt,  E. 
N.  Potter,  A.  O.  Choate,  E.  T.  Irwin,  G.  H.  Kinnicutt, 
Henry  Whitehouse,  Wm.  F.  Whitehouse.  The  dinner 
committee  were  Messrs.  J.  H.  Prentice,  H.  L.  Stimson 
and  L.  S.  Thompson. 

After  the  dinner  was  over  Mr.  Wm.  Fitzhugh  White- 
house,  the  guest  of  the  club,  exhibited  his  large  collec- 
tion of  lantern  slides  made  from  photographs  which  he 
had  taken  during  two  trips  through  East  Africa  south 
from  the  Gulf  of  Aden,  and  then  returning  north,  and 
later  going  west  in  the  endeavor  to  reach  the  Nile;  an 
effort  which  was  not  successful  owing  to  the  absence 
of  water,  which  obliged  the  explorers  to  turn  back. 

The  pictures  shown  by  Mr.  Whitehouse  were  beauti- 
ful and  interesting  and  dealt  with  a country  and  a fauna 
absolutelv  strange  to  most  of  his  hearers.  He  showed 
pictures  of  Abyssinia,  its  people  and  its  game,  and  among 
these  photographs  of  King  Menelik,  his  people,  his 
horses,  cities,  temples  and  fortresses.  Perhaps  most  in- 
teresting were  the  pictures  of  game,  many  of  them  from 
living  specimens.  Where  the  photographs  were  of  dead 
animals,  an  effort  was  always  made  to  bring  out  the 
characteristic  features  of  the  species.. 

Mr.  Whitehouse  told  his  story  with  singular  modesty, 
and  confined  himself  to  describing  his  pictures.  Of  the 
hunting  adventures  that  he  had  had,  and  the  dangers 
and  sufferings  that  he  had  undergone  he  said  nothing, 
nor  was  it  possible  to  extract  from  him  any  personal 
details.  One  of  his  friends  gave  in  conversation  an 
example  of  the  explorer’s  quickness  in  emergency,  telling 
of  an  occasion  when  the  hunter  had  startled  a herd  of 
forty  elephants  in  a narrow  ravine.  The  herd  ran  off 
up  the  ravine  with  the  hunter  after  them.  The  banks 
were  so  high,  and  steep,  however,  that  the  elephants 
could  not  climb  out  of  the  ravine,  and  in  their  fright 
turned  about  and  charged  back  toward  the  hunter.  There 
seemed  every  prospect  that  they  would  run  over  and 
trample  him  to  death,  but  just  before  they  reached 
him,  he  selected  a large  animal  in  the  middle  of  the 
herd,  killed  it  by  the  difficult  forehead  shot,  and  when 
it  fell  it  split  the  herd,  which  streamed  by  on  either  side 
of  him. 

Among  the  interesting  photographs  shown  were  those 
of  a number  of  species  of  antelopes,  two  of  zebras,  ele- 
phants, rhinoceros,  hippopotamus,  and  the  five-horned 
giraffe.  The  dinner  was  one  of  the  most  interesting  that 
the  club  has  had. 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM, 


[April  is,  igos. 


Pacific  Coast  Natural  History  Notes 


If  the  floods  of  the  past  three  months  have  not  swept 
the  coast  range  entirely  clear  of  rattlesnakes,  observers 
have  had  occular  evidence  of  great  rafts  of  them  being 
swept  seaward  by  the  rushing  rivers  of  San  Diego  county. 
It  was  a strange  phenomena  to  persons  standing  on  a 
bridge  to  see  the  wriggling  mass  passing  under.  That 
was  in  February.  There  were  scores  of  them. 

The  five  reservoirs  in  the  vicinity  of  San  Diego  are 
now  provided  for  as  follows : 


Reservoir 

Sweetwater  

Upper  Otay  . . . 
Lower  Otay  — 
La  Mesa  (full). 
Cuyamaca  


i Depth  of  Water- 

March  18. 

50  feet 

72  feet  4 inches 
78  feet  4 inches 
.62  feet  2%  inches 
26  feet  V2  inch 


March  19. 

51  feet  4 inches 
73  feet  6 inches 
79  feet  10  inches 

26  feet  2%  inches 


Who  says  this  country  is  arid? 

If  the  pestiferous  linnets  of  this  section  are  not  con- 
genitally related  to  the  English  sparrows,  they  are  at 
least  quite  as  much  of  a nuisance.  Like  their  eastern 
prototypes,  they  are  outlawed.  They  have  few  friends, 
and  small  boys  find  excellent  practice  for  their  air  guns 
and  plenty  of  fresh  meat  for  the  cats.  In  color  the  birds 
are  olive  gray  and  drab,  with  two  parrallel  rufous  bars 
on  the  poll.  They  are  not  quite  as  large  as  the  English 
sparrows,  and  not  as  plump,  but  are  prettier.  But  oh,  my ! 
how  quickly  a flock  of  them  will  denude  a fresh  sown  oat 
or  wheat  field.  They  are  as  bad  as  the  bobolinks  and 
blackbirds  in  South  Carolina  rice  fields.. 

Field  larks  here  much  resemble  their  cousins  of  the 
Middle  South,  but  they  do  not  flock  in  such  great  num- 
bers as  in  the  Piedmont  region  of  North  Carolina,  and 
their  notes  are  quite  as  musical  as  those  of  the  New 
England  bobolink,  which  they  resemble  in  part.  They  do 
not  confine  themselves  to  grass  and  stubble,  but  take 
more  to  trees  and  telephone  wires,,  where  they  sit  and 
sing  for  minutes  at  a time.  That  is,  in  the  suburbs  of 
National  City. 

Rabbits  and  coyotes  are  in  continuous  evidence  on  the 
edge  of  town ; the  latter  sometimes  invading  the  hen-roosts, 
like  foxes,  or  disturbing  the  small. hours  of  the  night  by 
their  latrant  barks  and  howls,  causing  needless  apprehen- 
sion to  nervous  newcomers  from  the  East.  (Everything 
the  other  side  of  the  Rockies  is  “East”  to  this  country.) 
Gophers  or  spermophiles,  an  omnipresent  species  of 
ground  squirrel,  do  far  more  damage  by  burrowing  into 
roadways  and  sidewalks,  undermining,  the  earth,  staitmg 
crevasses  and  gullies,  and  opening  incipient  canons.  The 
other  day  a two-horse  team  met  disaster  by  putting  their 
foot  in  it”  on  one  of  our  principal  streets,  and  the  out- 
come was  employment  and  repair  for  several  .men  for 
nearly  a week.  The  rodents  are  worse  than  prairie  dogs. 

On  the  adjacent  mountain  range  which  adds. so  much 
to  the  natural  beauty  and  grandeur  of  our  environment, 
there  are  mountain  lions,  wolves,  deer  and  rattlesnakes 
and  other  varmints. 

The  other  day  my  nephew,  who  is  a persistent  speci- 
men hunter  (he  brought  in  a quart  of  tadpoles  and  in- 
cipient frogs  from  an  ordinarily  dry  arroyo),  captured,  a 
beautiful  water  hen  (poule  d’eau,  or  coot),  with,  white 
body,  slate  colored  wings,  pink  eyes  and  saffron  bill.  It 
looked  like  a Bonaparte  kittiwake  at  sight,  but  it  had  the 
lobed  feet  of  the  Fulica.  He  cut  it  out  alive  from  a band 
of  ten,  the  like  of  which  he  says  is  not  common;  and  an 
attempt  was  made  to  domesticate  it  in  millionaire 
Granger’s  private  reservoir ; but  it  died  of  incompatibility, 
shallow  water  and  lack  of  mud.  I learned  only  to-day 
of  its  demise,  which  took  place  three  weeks  ago,  else  I 
should  have  saved  the  skin  for  the  taxidermist. 

The  plumage  of  all  related  bird  species  seems  to  be 
more  gaudy  here  than  at  the  north,  saving  the  Baltimore 
oriole,  scarlet  tanager  and  bluej  ay,  which  are  hard  to  beat 
for  impressionist  coloration.  All  the  gulls,  terns  and 
shore  birds  here  are  as  tame  as  domestic  fowls,  and  feed 
at  all  times  on  the  mud  flats  and  water  lots  along  the  tide 
line.  Sometimes  they  try  to  snatch  the  bait  from  the 
hooks  of  the  smelt  fishermen  as  they  cast  their  gossamer 
■tackle  outward  from  the  piers.  These  smelts  are  quite 
similar  to  our  eastern  smelts,  and  are  caught  in  February 
and  March  at  corresponding  seasons.  There  is  a differ- 
ence, however,  and  I don’t  know  whether  to  tack  it  on 
to  the  Pacific  oolachan  or  the  North  Atlantic  capelin.. 

In  the  most  interesting  museum  of  the  San  Diego 
Chamber  of  Commerce  there  is  the  shell  of  a large  green 
turtle,  inscribed  with  the  names  of  twenty-eight  kinds  of 
edible  fishes  that  are  caught  in  San  Diego  Bay.  Shad 
and  striped  bass  have  been  added  lately  to  the  list,  having 
been  introduced  some  twenty-five  years  ago  or  so  by 
Seth  Green  and  Livingston  Stone.  Shad  have  been  run- 
ning for  three  or  four  weeks,  and  fine  large  ones  are  in 
the  market.  Striped  bass  commenced  to  show,  up  about 
March  1,  but  the  fishing  season  does  not  culminate  until 
May.  Thenceforward  there  is  sport  galore  until  Christ- 
mas Striped  bass  have  become  the  favorite,  fish  for 
anglers’  diversion,  though,  like  the  salmon,  it  is  caught 
in  the  still  waters  of  the  bays  and  estuaries  with  a com_ 
monplace  trolling  spoon;  which  is  quite  a different  ex- 
ploit from  casting  into  the  sounding  surf*  at  Newport 
or  Cuttyhunk,  where  every  would-be  captor  must  be  bap- 
tized in  brine  and  show  contusions  on  his  limbs  to  prove 
his  valor  By  the  way,  is  there  no  one  competent  to  write 
up  a monograph  of  the  striped  bass?  Surely  it  is  the 
coming  ocean  game  fish.  Tarpon  and  tuna  have  had  their 

inCross*ing  the  bay  "in  a naphtha  launch  on  a moonlit 
night  when  the  sky  is  slightly  overcast,  is  like  flailing 
the  Milky  Way  with  the  tail  of  a comet.  A meteoric 
shower  is  not  a circumstance  in  comparison.  Phosphor- 
escence flies  from  the  prow  like  sparks  from  a forge  as 
the  craft  passes  through  the  water.  Billows  of  sparks 
heave  up  in  front  and  stream  off  astern  in  brilliant  cor- 


ruscations.  Every  startled  fish  that  darts  from  its  course 
leaves  a train  like  a shooting  star.  Shore  pyrotechnics 
cut  no  figure  in  the  liquid  equation.  In  fact,  no  written 
description  will  aptly  apply,  and  my  pen  must  halt  right 
now ; but  it  may  move  anon.  Charles  Hallock. 

National  City,  Cal.,  March  25. 


Early  Spring  Days. 

When  does  the  spring  begin?  On  the  first  day  the 
song  sparrow  sings.  That  answer,  however,  will  not 
satisfy  the  gentlemen  who  write  funny  paragraphs  for  the 
papers ; nor,  indeed,  will  it  satisfy  the  average  man,  who 
will  tell  you  that  he  does  not  care  a button  when  the 
song  sparrow  sings : what  he  wants  is  some  warm 
weather,  and  until  he  gets  that  he  will  consider  it  winter, 
if  you  please.  . Which,  to  be  sure,  is  a very  practical 
commonsense  view.  Nevertheless  the  first  day  of  spring 
is  that  on  which  the  song  sparrow  sings.  Some  years  it 
is  as  early  as  the  second  week  in  February;  and  others, 
such  as  this,  as  late  as  the  first  week  in  March.  It  is 
generally  not  what  you  would  call  a pleasant  day.  There 
is  snow  still  on  the  ground — dirty  patches  here  and  there 
— and  a chilly  dampness  in  the  air;  the  sky  is  gray,  and 
altogether  it  is  what  you  would  call  a bleak  day.  And 
yet  there  is  a certain  something  about  it  which  suggests 
a change — a new  departure.  If  you  are  a lover  of  nature 
you  will  feel  this.  Certainly  the  song  sparrow  feels  it, 
and  that  moment  he  proclaims  it  aloud  with  ecstacy. 
Then  come  wet  days  a-plenty,  when  to  venture  out  of 
doors  is  to  get  your  feet  covered  with  mud.  But  pshaw ! 
what  cares  the  nature  lover  for  that?  With  his  leggings, 
his  mackintosh  and  his  stick  he  betakes  him  through  the 
fields  and  woods.  The  grass  has  commenced  to  spring  up 
anew,  especially  in  sheltered  spots,  and  how  grateful  is 
the  sight  of  it  to  the  winter-jaded  eye!  Such  a vivid, 
pervading  green.  From  the  eye  it  passes  to  the  brain 
within  and  wakes  up  certain  dormant  cells — as  a bright 
light  might  wake  up  a sleeper — and  a new  mood  is  de- 
veloped— a more  hopeful,  joyous  outlook  upon  the  world. 
Wonderful  is  the  effect  of  fresh  green  grass  upon  the 
mind.  Hardly  less  so  is  that  of  fresh  green  leaves,  but 
we  are  far  off  from  these  yet.  But  the  buds  have  com- 
menced to  swell  on  the  trees,  and  the  wind  in  the  branches 
seems  to  sing  a different  tune  from  that  of  winter ; no 
longer  hoarse  and  sullen,  but  loud  and  triumphant.  Loud 
though  it  be,  a sharp  metallic  “tchick”  rises  above  it,  like 
the  high  note  of  the  soprano  at  an  opera.  Lo ! the  first 
robin.  Rising  from  a tree  he  flies  wildly  down  the  wind. 
How  welcome  the  sight  of  him  is,  like  that  of  an  old 
friend  who  links  us  to  other  days. 

Now  that  the  migrants  have  commenced  to  arrive,  we 
feel  that  spring  is  here  indeed.  And  gradually  the 
weather  grows  softer,  more  balmy.  Even  before  March  is 
gone  we  may  have  a day,  or  two  or  three  of  them,  which 
suggest  May.  The  sky  appears  of  the  most  beautiful  tur- 
quoise blue,  across  which  a brisk  west  wind  chases  fleecy 
masses  of  clouds ; or  there  may  be  little  or  no  wind  and 
the  temperature  rises  so  suddenly  that  the  imprudent  man 
would  fain  take  a siesta  if  there  were  any  shade — that 
is  to  say,  under  the  trees.  But  to  such  a day  or  days  as 
these,  there  is  certain  to  succeed  more  tearful  ones,  for 
the  season  is  still,  young  and  of  capricious  mood.  Its 
capriciousness  will  even  take  the  form  of  nasty  exhibi- 
tions of  temper,  as  typified  by  snow  squalls  and  hail- 
storms ; and  the  sulks,  too,  will  often  supervene,  in  the 
form  of  fogs  and  mists.  Yet  there  is  in  these  sulks 
something  which  is  akin  to  the  poetic  mood,  for  to  them 
succeed  the  flowers,  the  tulips,  the  violets,  the  crocuses 
and  those  other  early  blooms  which,  like  the  early  songs 
of  the  birds,  are  the  sweetest  emanation  of  the  spring. 

At  length  the  leaves  begin  to  burst  forth  and  the 
marshes  to  send  up  their  sprouts  and  tendrils,  and  the 
land  becomes  a vision  of  tender,  gauzy  green — such  a 
vision  as  the  painter  Corot  loved  and  immortalized  so 
variously  on  canvas.  Gentle  showers  now  alternate  with 
glowing  sunshine.  You  can  almost  see  things  growing. 
All  nature  is  throbbing  with  vitality.  Every  day,  or 
rather  every  night,  brings  its  contingent  of  migrants,  and 
the  air  resounds  with  their  chants  and  cries.  The  piping 
of  the  frogs  in  the  marsh — so  resonant,  so  shrill — adds 
to  the  chorus  which  wakes  you  up  early  in  the  morning. 
Don’t  try  to  go  to  sleep  again,  if  you  are  wise ; but  get  up 
and  go  out  and  take  a full  draught  of  the  new  wine  of  the 
year. 

“All  life  is  brief: 

What  now  is  bud 
Will  soon  be  leaf: 

What  now  is  leaf 
Will  soon  decay. 

The  wind  blows  East;  the  wind  blows  West; 

The  blue  eggs  in  the  robin’s  nest 

Will  soon  have  wings  and  beak  and  breast 
And  flutter  and  fly  away.” 

Frank  Moonan. 


The  Linnaean  Society  of  New  York. 

Regular  meetings  of  the  society  will  be  held  at  the 
American  Museum  of  Natural  History,  Seventy-seventh 
street  and  Eighth  avenue,  on  Tuesday  evening,  April  11 
and  25,  at  8:15  P.  M.  April  n,  C.  G.  Abbott,  “A  Bird 
Lover  in  the  Scottish  Highlands.”  Illustrated  by  lantern 
slides.  April  25,  C.  Wm.  Beebe,  “A  Naturalist’s  Camping 
Trip  in  Old  Mexico.”  Illustrated  by  sketches  and  photo- 
graphs. C.  G.  Abbott,  Secretary. 


The  mail  steamship  Ventura  recently  sailed  from  San  Fran- 
cisco for  Sydney,  N.  S.  W.,  via  Auckland  and  Honolulu,  with  a 
large  number  of  deer,  elk,  geese  and  ducks.  They  were  pur- 
chased in  this  country  by  the  New  Zealand  Government. 


Quail  and  Deer  on  Cape  Ann. 

.During  the  fall  of  1903  eight  quail  were  constant 
visitors  to  my  cabin  dooryard.  Six  of  the  number  were 
killed  after  the  law  went  on.  Gunners  swarmed  every- 
where in  Ward  Eight,  City  of  Gloucester,  from  the 
irrepressible,  small  boy  to  the  heedless  and  reckless 
alien.  Rabbits  and  squirrels  was  the  game  hunted,  to 
1st  the  hunters. tell  it;  but  everything  wearing  fur  or 
feathers  was  killed,  maimed  or  frightened  from  the 
territory. 

The  two  quail  that  escaped  the  slaughter  nested  the 
next  spring  near  my  cabin.  One  morning,  while  the 
hen  was  sitting,  I heard  a great  squealing  in  the  direc- 
tion of  the  nest. 

I knew  it  was.  the  rascally  crows,  so  I shouted  and 
discharged  my  pistol.  I had  the  satisfaction  of  seeing 
three  crows  sneak  through  the  low  shrubbery  to  a pine 
grove.  The  crows  had  succeeded  in  stealing  two  eggs, 
leaving  twelve  in  the  nest.  I tied  a strip  of  white  cloth 
on  a bush  near  the  nest  and  the  crows  gave  the  spot 
a wide  berth.  The  outcome  was  twelve  young  quail, 
and  a second  nest  produced  the  same  number.  During 
the  fall  months  both  families  haunted  my  dooryard  for 
food.  The  last  time  that  I had  a chance  to  call  the  roll 
disclosed  eighteen  birds,  young  and  old.  The  six  that 
did  not  answer  to  roll  call  were  young  birds,  and  were 
probably  killed  by  crows  and  a sharp-shinned  hawk. 

In  November  wood  chopping  disturbed  the  birds,  and 
they  left  for  Bond’s  Hill.  On  this  hill  there  are  great 
patches  of  cat  brier.  Underneath  the  brier  patches  the 
quail  are  secure  from  dogs  and  foxes.  I provided  food 
during  the  winter  and  the  birds  are  now  doing  well. 
My  last  count  made  the  number  fourteen,  which  I con- 
sider a good  showing,  as  a she  fox  has  made  the  hill 
her  hunting  ground  all  winter. 

Last  fall  gunners  were  barred.  The  parlc  commis- 
sioners posted  their  territory  and,  with  consent  of 
owners’  posted  many  wood  lots  besides.  This  will  pro-' 
tect  over  one  thousand  acres  of  forest  and  shrub  land. 
It  will  give  the  game  birds  a show. 

It  is  no  unusual  thing  to  see  deer  on  Cape  Ann. 
Dogs  often  drive  them  out  of  the  woods  into  the  very' 
heart  of  the  city.  Three  deer  yarded  this  winter  just 
south  of  my  cabin.  After  the  snow  settled  the  dogs 
got  after  them  and  drove  them  out.  One  was  chased 
mto  Essex,  but  the  other  two  went  back  into  the  yard. 
Three  weeks  later  the  dogs  drove  these  deer  out  again, 
and  they  left  for  the  woods  near  Magnolia. 

The  fox  sparrows  returned  March  23,  which  is  ten 
days  earlier  than  usual  for  my  dooryard.  An  even 
dozen  left  last  fall,  and  to-day  I counted  ten.  Whether 
or  not  they  are  the  same  birds,  I cannot  say,  but  I can 
swear  to  one  bird.  He  comes  to  my  dooryard  in  the 
winter  whenever  there  is  a warm  spell.  After  the  flock 
leaves  on  their  way  north  my  bird  returns  for  a day  or 
so,  several  times.  For  four  years  a male  white-throated 
sparrow  was  selected  by  the  fox  sparrow  as  a chum. 
The  white-throat  did  not  return  in  mid-winter,  but  he 
would  return  from  two  to  three  times  after  his  mates 
had  gone  south. 

For  three  years  these  two  varieties  of  the  sparrow 
family  failed  to  visit  my  cabin  in  migration,  with  the 
exception  of'  the  two  chums. 

Several  sparrow  hawks,  and  many  shotgun  fiends, 
made  the  locality  too  hot  for  the  main  flock,  but  my 
little  friends  returned  on  time  as  usual. 

One  spring,  Rusty,  the  fox  sparrow,  returned  alone 
After  a day,  or  two  he  disappeared,  and  when  he  re- 
turned brought  with  him  his  chum.  There  were  no 
hawks  about,  so  the  white-throat  went  away  after  his 
family.  When  he  returned  he  was  accompanied  by  his 
wife  and  two  children. 

I think  Rusty  was  a bachelor  until  this  time,  for  he 
had  never  piloted  a fox  sparrow  to  the  dooryard.  The 
next  fall  he  brought  an  old  female  and  two  young  birds, 
and.  I understood  that  it  was  an  introduction  to  his 
family.  The  number  has  increased  every  year,  until 
last  fall  there  were  twelve  in  the  flock,  which  I thought 
were  Rusty’s  descendants. 

Wabbles,  the  song  sparrow  that  comes  to  my  cabin 
spring  and  fall,  did  a peculiar  thing  last  week.  As 
usual,  he  comes  to  the  woods  every  day.  Sometime 
he.  has  with  him  one  or  two  of  his  children.  The  29th 
of  March  I heard  him  calling  while  I was  on  my  way 
from  the  city.  Soon  he  appeared,  flitting  from  bush  to 
bush,  and  in  his  wake  came  a flock  of  song  sparrows 

I found  by  count,  while  they  were  in  the  dooryard 
just  twelve.  Naturally  I thought  that  Wabbles  had 
brought  me  his  descendants  to  feed.  That  night  Wab- 
bles flew  away  with  the  entire  flock.  The  next  day  he 
returned  alone,  and  every  day  since  he  has  been  alone 
until  to  day,  April  3,  when  he  has  with  him  two  young 
birds.  It  would  seem  as  if  Wabbles  had  given  his  child- 
ren, grandchildren  and  great-grandchildren  a picnic  in 
the  woods,  like  we  humans  do.  Hermit 


Train  Kills  a Beaver. 

A. Middletown,  N.Y.,  despatch  to  the  New  York  Times 
April  6,  says:  “The  last  known  beaver  in  this  section 
of  the  country  gave  up  its  life  to-day  while  racing  with 
a train  on  the  Susquehanna  and  Western  Railroad  near 
Two  Bridges.  The  beaver  had  been  hunted  for  years 
but  could  not  be  trapped.  He  was  well  known  to  all 
railroad  men.  He  jumped  on  the  track  in 'front  of  the 
train  of  Engineer  Gould  this  morning.  Though- the  en- 
gineer brought  his  engine  almost  to  a stop,  the  beaver 
was  instantly  killed.  Engineer  Gould,  who  lives  at-  Qg- 
densburg,  took  the . carcass  home,  and  will  have  if. 
mounted.  It  weighed  seventy  pounds,  and  had  a fine 
coat.”  . " 


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Havier  Deer. 

slitor  Forest  and  Stream: 

rl  have  been  reading  with  the  greatest  interest  the  very 
od  article  in  your  issue  of  March  n,  by  Dr.  Morris  J. 
liwis,  of  Philadelphia,  on  the  havier  moose, ^for  unques- 
limably  that  is  what  the  animal  really  was.  To  my  mind 

!e  accompanying  photograph  shows  every  appearance 
d indication  of  this  condition. 

To  make  this  article  quite  clear,  I may  say  that  haviers 
,:e  castrated  deer,  and  undoubtedly  the  operation  would 

Ive  the  same  effect  on  the  systems  of  all  varieties  of  the 
er  tribe.  It  would  be  a thing  impossible  for  a healthy 
.hire  buck  or  stag  to  retain  the  velvet  much  after  the 
[ual  time  of  shedding  it;  and,  on  the  other  hand,  it 
Ould  be  quite  as  impossible  for  haviers  to  clean  their 

! tiers  of  the  velvet. 

I have  spent  a whole  life  with  game  and  deer,  as  did 
;o  my  father  before  me;  and  within  the  past  forty  years 
■have  killed  and  dressed  some  thousands  of  deer,  and  I 
ve  also  castrated  many  red,  fallow  and  Japanese  deer. 

' d I have  never  yet  seen  a havier  make  the  slightest 
u:empt  to  shed  the  velvet  or  clean  his  antlers  of  it.  We 
ve  a herd  of  Japanese  deer  in  this  park,  and  in  the 
Immer  months  they  are  uniform  in  color,  but  as  winter 
: proaches,  the  haviers  become  much  paler ; so  much  so 
-at  one  would  hardly  know  that  they_  were  of  the  same 
lecies  as  the  entire  deer.  In  my  opinion,  it  is  a mistake 
I castrate  deer  during  the  fall  of  the  year;  for  if  the 
deration  is  cleanly  performed,  which  it  should  be,  the 
tiers  will  be  shed  within  about  twenty-one  days  after- 
ard.  I have  known  them  to  drop  off  in  seventeen  days 
ler  the  operation,  but  they  never  retain  them  longer 
an  twenty-one  or  twenty-two  days,  and  the  deer  begins 
r;  once  to  grow  a fresh  head.  The  horns  are  thus  in  full 
ogress  during  an'  unseasonable  time  of  year,  and  the 


tender  growths  are  forced  to  encounter  all  the  cold  of 
winter,  Which  must  be  exceedingly  trying  to  the  deer  and 
injurious  to  it.  Certainly  it  must  require  an  extreme 
effort  on  the  part  of  nature  to  perfect  a head  of  horns  in 
so  limited  a period  of  about  sixteen  weeks;  and  it  must 
be  a still  greater  strain  on  the  system  if  she  is  forced 
to  carry  it  out  during  an  unsuitable  season  of  the  year. 

I have  always  found  the  month  of  March  the  best  time 
of  year  to  make  haviers,  as  their  horns  then  drop  at  the 
usual  time,  and  the  new  heads  mature  toward  the  end  of 
summer,  as  nature  intended  they  should  -do.  A buck  grows 
one  more  head  after  the  operation  of  castration,  and  that 
head  is  permanent,  so  long  as  the  animal  lives,  and  the 
process  of  shedding  the  horns  annually  ceases.  Fawn 
haviers — called  by  some  keepers  spotted  haviers — should 
be  operated  on  within  three  weeks  from  birth,  and  when 
castrated  at  this  age,  horns  never  develop  in  any  way 
whatever.  They  always  have  the  appearance  of  a doe, 
but  of  course  are  much  larger,  and  when  fully  grown 
they  bear  a feminine  appearance  generally. 

To  those  of  your  readers  who  fail  to  comprehend  why 
deer  need  to  be  castrated,  I may  explain  that  the  opera- 
tion is  necessary  if  eatable  buck  venison  is  to  be  provided 
throughout  the  winter  months.  In  this  country  entire 
deer  at  the  longest  are  only  in  season  from  May  to  Sep- 
tember, after  which  time  buck  venison  becomes  strong 
and  unfit  for  the  table. 

I have  seen  stripes  of  white  on  the  horns  of  haviers, 
but  it  is  not  usual ; they  are  generally  uniform  in  color. 
I am  quite  convinced  your  correspondent’s  New  Bruns- 
wick moose  was  a havier,  and  the  operation  had  been 
cleanly  performed,  although  in  all  probability  by  an  acci- 
dent. The  dense,  leather-like  skin  described  by  your  cor- 
respondent as  covering  the  antlers  of  the  moose,  is  noth- 
ing more  or  less  than  the  velvet,  long  retained,  possibly 
for  years  after  the  ordinary  time  of  shedding.  The  velvet 


on  the  horns  of  a havier  is  not  quite  like  that  of  afl  entire 
deer.  It  seems  to  lose  the  velvet-like  appearance,  and  in 
time  looks  more  like  a kind  of  leather  than  velvet. 

Your  correspondent  does  not  say  if  his  moose  was  in 
extra  good  condition  for  that  season  of  the  year.  Haviers 
generally  carry  more  fat  through  the  winter  months  than 
entire  deer,  and  their  hair  is  longer  and  softer. 

H.  Hickmott, 

Head  keeper  to  C.  J.  H.  Tower,  Esq., 

Weald  Park,  Brentwood,  Essex,  Eng. 


The  Widgeon  is  the  Thief. 

Buffalo,  N.  Y. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream:  Mr.  H. 
H.  Thompson,  in  his  article  in  Forest  and  Stream, 
March  25,  on  “An  Ohio  Ducking  Club,”  is  in  error 
when  he  says,  “The  redhead  is  an  arrogant  thief  who 
does  not  dive  and  pluck  the  celery  roots  for  himself, 
but  relies  upon  what  he  can  filch  after  the  celery  pulled 
by  his  enforced  partner  has  floated  to  the  surface.”  The 
redhead  dives  for  the  roots  of  the  celery  as  well  as  the 
canvasback,  which  is  the  partner  referred  to  above,  and 
it  seems  that  Mr.  Thompson  has  the  widgeon  confused 
with  the  redhead.  The  widgeon  profits  from  both  the 
canvasback  and  the  redhead  to  the  extent  of  eating  the 
celery  brought  to  the  surface  by  them. 

Dixmont. 

[But  is  it  the  widgeon?  The  old  books  say  so,  but 
a friend,  who  has  spent  much  time  watching  with  a 
glass  canvas  and  widgeon  feeding  together,  declared 
that  he  has  never  seen  -a  widgeon  steal  from  a canvas- 
back, but  that  the  widgeon  seems  to  feed  on  the  grass 
stems  which  the  canvasback  rejects  after  eating  the 
root  of  the  vallisneria.  Who  knozvs  anything  about 
this?] 


Getting  Half. 


iitor  Forest  and  Stream: 

What  in  the  world  has  become  of  the  Blunt  Old  Man. 
e disappeared  so  suddenly.  Yet  there  has  been  no 
nice  of  his  demise  in  Forest  and  Stream.  Can  it 
that  he  has  fallen  asleep  somewhere  and  been 
watted”  on  the  sly  by  some  evildoer? 

He  was  going  to  tell  us  a great  deal  more,  but,  I 
.ppose,  if  we  get  half  of  what  we  expect  in  this  world, 
e should  be  grateful. 

Cabia  Blanco  has  told  us  about  hunting  the  wild 
iffalo  in  company  with  the  wild  Indian.  The  Spec- 
tor  came  on  earth  too  late  to  see  the  wild  buffalo, 
t has  seen  the  wild  Indian — a child  one  moment  and 
wild  animal  the  next.  By  all  accounts,  buffalo  hunt- 
g resembles  the  rounding  up  of  cattle,  except  that 
te  cattle  are  not  shot;  and  The  Spectator  believes  that, 
aving  romance  out  of  the  consideration,  the  hunting 
F the  one  would  be  about  as  exciting  as  hunting  the 
ther. 

A correspondent  of  Forest  and  Stream  asked  some 
f its  readers  for  information  about  filling  the  eleven 
pttles  of  an  emergency  medical  case,  which  he  pos- 
•ssed.  A discussion  by  medical  experts  followed,  pur7 
orting  to  determine  the  fewest  remedies  a trained  ex- 
ert  could  use  to  advantage  in  the  woods,  but  the  ques- 
on,  how  a non-medical  man  could  fill  his  eleven  bottles 
ith  useful  remedies  he  could  use,  was  not  answered, 
robably  the  two  most  useful  remedies  are  whiskey  and 
pium,  but,  could  the  layman  use  them  to  advantage? 

Is  it  not  true  that  if  we  get  half  of  what  we  expect, 
e should  be  grateful?  The  Spectator  recalls  the  case 
f a woman  in  the  mountainous  parts  of  North  Caro- 
na,  whose  daughter  had  been  ill  a long  while.  "She 
fin’t  got  no  linin’,”  she  said,  and  then  added:  “The 

Id  man  ain’t  got  no  linin’,  either,  and’  I ain’t  got  no 
nin’,  and  we  ain’t  none  of  us  got  no  linin’.”  Meaning, 
f course,  constitution.  Poor  old  woman!  She  never 
xpected  much,  never  got  much,  and  I assure  you,  is 
appy- 

Some  of  your  correspondents  seem  to  consider  a 
;medy  for  snake  bites  essential.  Although  The  Spec- 
utor  has  ridden  many  miles  on  the  prairies  of  New 
dexico  and  Western  Texas,  he  has  never  seen  a wild 
httlesnake,  and  has  been  forced  to  conclude  that  to  the 
:.gn,  “Come  in  and  try  our  new  whiskey,”  may  be  at- 
•ibuted  a large  part  of  the  snake  scares  one  hears  about, 
he  Spectator  was  once  told  in  all  seriousness  by  a 
owboy  that  a rattlesnake’s  head  attracts  a pistol  ball, 
nd  that,  whereas  he  often  missed  other  objects,  he 
ould  count  on  removing  a snake’s  head  with  certainty. 

Receiving  less  than  one  expects,  reminds  The  Spec- 
tator of  an  incident  that  took  place  in  New  Mexico 
Airing  the  latter  half  of  the  ’90’s.  The  small  bore 
mokeless  rifle  had  proved  a success  for  military  pur- 
oses,  and  a special  type— -the  .30-30  Winchester— was 
!eing  introduced  for  sporting  purposes.  Its  lightness, 
Cheapness  and  novelty,  together  with  the  catchword, 
hirty-thirty,  made  it  rapidly  popular — so  much  so,  that 
every  tenderfoot  in  the  Territory  hastened  to  procure 
J,ne.  The  Spectator  was  witnessing  the  trial  of  one  of 
rhese  rifles  one  day  by  its  enthusiastic  owner, . who 
iroudly  showed  him  how  it  could  punch  holes  in  an 
iron  plate. 

“But  you  don’t  use  soft-nosed  bullets,  do  you?”  was 
sked.  “Sure!”  he  replied,  producing  a cartridge,  which, 
ike  all  others,  proved  to  contain  metal-patched  bullets, 
tyhen  he  was  shown  this  a look  of  disappointment 
ame  over  his  face,  and  he  said,  “Well!  I asked  my 
irother  to  send  me  soft-nosed  bullets.”  But  brother 
uadn’t  done  so;  and  if  this  enthusiast  had  been  a cor- 
espondent of  Forest  and  Stream,  what  startling 
•tories  he  would  have  had  about  the  wonderful  striking 
towers  of  the  new  .30-30,  using  soft-nosed  bullets! 


The  Spectator  is  reminded  of  another  case  of  re- 
ceiving less  than  half  of  what  one  expected;  but  in  this 
case  the  receiver  cannot  be  said  to  have  been  grateful. 
In  the  remote  parts  of  northern  New  England  the  black 
bear  is  still  looked  upon  with  dread  by  many  persons. 
Its  sudden  appearance  frightens  especially  school 
teachers  and  children.  On  the  sudden  appearance  of 
such  a creature  in  a place  we  need  not  mention,  the 
ladies  and  children  became  greatly  alarmed,  and  our 
friend  X.  declared  he  would  have  that  bear  and  end  all 
further  trouble. 

Now,  it  happened  also  that  a certain  farmer,  Smith, 
had  a blooded  black  mare,  which  he  thought  the  world 
of,  and  which  he  was  accustomed  to  turn  out  to  pasture 
at  night.  While  X.  was  returning  home  one  evening, 
all  in  readiness  should  he  encounter  the  bear,  he  sud- 
denly came  upon  something  black,  and,  supposing  it 
to  be  the  bear,  fired.  Of  course,  the  soft-nosed  bullet 
took  deadly  effect,  and  the  mare  was  killed. 

Early  next  morning  X.’s  father-in-law  called  on 
farmer  Smith  and  introduced  the  subject  in  the  following 
manner: 

“My  son-in-law  has  taken  a great  fancy  to  that  black 
mare  of  yours  and  would  like  to  know  what  you  would 
be  willing  to  take  for  her?” 

Now  farmer  Smith  belonged  to  that  class  of  Blunt 
Old  Men  one  sometimes  encounters  in  the  rural  dis- 
tricts of  New  England.  He  never  resorted  to  the 
subtle  evasions  of  the  diplomat  and  never  referred  to 
a spade  as  an  agricultural  implement.  “You  nor  your 
son-in-law,”  said  he,  “ain’t  got  money  enough  to  buy 
that  black  mare.” 

What  followed  would  not  interest  the  reader — the  ex- 
planations of  the  one,  the  comments  of  the  other.  Com- 
ments we  need  not,  dare  not  repeat. 

If  the  reader  shall  have  gotten  half  what  he  expected, 
The  Spectator  will  be  grateful. 

The  Spectator. 

Some  Queer  Experiences  of  a 
Foxhunter*—  I. 

I have  an  uncle  who  has  dwelt  for  the  sixty-odd 
years  of  his  life  in  the  same  spot'  among  the  Sandwich 
(N.  H.)  Mountains,  and  who  has  doubtless  spent  as 
much  time  in  sport  with  the  gun  as  any  man  of  his  age, 
save  the  professional  hunter.  His  favorite  game  was 
the  red  fox,  which  was  formerly  abundant  in  that  sec- 
tion. He  always  kept  from  two  to  half  a dozen  of  the 
best  of  hounds,  and  his  house  was  for  many  years  a 
popular  resort  of  city  sportsmen  fond  of  following  this 
game,  and  who,  aided  by  his  good  dogs,  his  thorough 
acquaintance  with  the  best  i unways  and  of  fox  nature 
in  general,  could  safely  reckon  on  finding  good  sport. 
The  infirmities  of  increasing  years  now  render  it  im- 
possible for  him  to  engage  in  his  favorite  pursuit,  but 
lie  delights  in  recounting  his  numerous  exciting  experi- 
ences with  Reynard,  and  the  stories  he  can  tell  (true 
stories,  too,  for  his  veracity  is  unquestioned),  illustrative 
of  the  animal’s  shrewdness,  cunning  and  endurance,  and 
the  infinite  variety  of  luck  under  which  he  has  followed 
him,  would  fill  a large  volume,  of  which  I append  a 
few  examples: 

“Toward  the  close  of  a hard  day’s  chase” — to  use  as 
nearly  as  may  be  my  uncle’s  own  words — -“I  had  sta- 
tioned myself  at  a runway  toward  which  the  fox 

seemed  making.  The  dogs  were  only  about  a mile 
distant,  and  as  the  running  was  of  the  best,  I ex- 
pected the  game  would  soon  come  in  sight,  but  was 
surprised  to  have  their  steady,  confident  roar  sud- 
denly change  to  the  broken,  uncertain  yelps  that 

meant  trouble.  They  had  hung  up  at  a point  near 
where  this  same  fox,  as  I believed . it  to  be,  had 

slipped  them  several  times  before  earlier  in  the  sea- 


son. Now  that  there  was  snow  on  the  ground  I 
thought  they  would  soon  be  able  to  straighten  out  the 
kinks  by  which  he  had  deceived  them,  so  I kept  to  my 
post  and  listened.  But  it  was  no  use.  It  seemed  that, 
as  hitherto,  they  had  tracked  the  fox  into  a certain 
field,  but  were  unable  to  find  where  he  left  it.  I wel- 
comed the  chance  to  solve  a mystery  over  which  I had 
pondered  not  a little;  for  with  six  inches  of  fresh  snow 
on  the  ground  to  record  the  fox’s  movements  it  would 
be  impossible,  I believed,  for  him  to  play  any  trick 
that  would  fool  me  long.  Always  before  he  had  had  the 
bare  ground  on  his  side,  and  rack  my  brains  as  I might, 
his  method  of  eluding  the  dogs  at  this  particular  point 
was  as  much  of  a puzzle  to  me  as  to  them. 

“When  I got  within  sight  of  the  dogs,  I found  them 
as  I had  expected,  circling  about  the  open  field  with 
low  yelps,  almost  pitiful  in  their  expression  of  per- 
plexity. The  track  was  so  fresh  that  every  now  and 
then  they  would  start  up  with  a rush  and  roars  of  con- 
fidence, but  only  to  slacken  the  next  minute  as  they 
found  themselves  turning  in  the  same  old  circle  again. 

“ ‘We’ll  soon  settle  this  thing,’  I said  to  myself,  as 
I started  around  the  field  a little  distance  outside  the 
well-beaten  path  made  by  the  hounds.  But  when  I got 
round  to  my  starting  point  I had  only  added  to  my 
bewilderment.  I had  easily  found  where  fox  and  dogs 
had  come  out  of  the  woods  into  the  field,  but  not  the 
slightest  sign  of  a trail  could  I discover  leading  out 
of  it. 

“I  glanced  searchingly  over  the  field.  It  presented  to 
my  view  simply  a smooth,  white  surface,  broken  only 
at  intervals  by  a rock  or  tree.  Not  a place  so  far  as  I 
could  see  where  a fox  could  hide  away  from  a man, 
to  say  nothing  of  such  strong  noses  as  my  dogs  had 
on  more  ‘than  one  occasion  shown  themselves  to 
possess.  Night  was  fast  coming  on  and  it  looked  as  if 
I was  to  be  baffled  again. 

“Simply  because  I could  think  of  nothing  better  to 
do,  I set  off  around  the  field  again,  calling  to  my  dogs 
in  the  hope  of  getting  them  to  range  over  the  ground 
a little  beyond  me.  They  were  circling  around  a large 
boulder  on  the  further  side  of  the  field,  and  seemed  loath 
to  leave.  It  occurred  to  me  that  one  of  them  had  hung 
about  this  same  spot  almost  constantly  since  my  ap- 
pearance. Thinking  there  might  be  some  sort  of  cleft 
in  the  rock  in  which  the  fox  had  taken  refuge,  I made 
my  way  toward  it,  but  paused  within  about  thirty  yards, 
as  I saw  that  it  was  evidently  as  sound  as  an  acorn. 
‘Come  on,  good  dogs,’  I called,  ‘there’s  nothing  for 
you  here.’  But  they  seemed  to  realize  that  I was  equally 
puzzled  with  them,  and  did  not  heed  me.  Just  beyond 
the  boulder  was  a group  of  some  half  dozen  trees.  One 
of  these,  a big  oak,  had  been  broken  off  near  the  butt 
by  the  wind,  and  had  lodged  in  one  of  the  others  at  a 
sharp  angle.  For  the  reason  that  I was  scanning  every- 
thing within  reach  I glanced  into  this,  and  almost  in- 
stantly my  eye  caught  a patch  of  familiar  red  among 
the  bent  and  mangled  branches.  The  next  moment  my 
gun  spoke,  and  at  the  report  I witnessed  the  novel 
spectacle  of  a fox  falling  from  a tree.  The  sly  fellow’s 
secret  was  solved  at  last.  Investigation  showed  that 
his  scheme  had  been  to  circle  the  field  several  times 
after  entering  it,  then  by  a long  bound  to  spring  upon 
the  boulder,  which  was  swept  bare  of  snow  by  the  wind, 
and  thence  to  the  leaning  tree-trunk,  ascending  it  to 
his  snug  hiding  place  among  the  branches.  From  this 
point  of  vantage  he  had  doubtless  often  watched  me 
and  the  dogs  in  our  hitherto  fruitless  efforts  to  fathom 
his  trickery.”  Templar. 

Cornish,  Maine. 

Grover  Cleveland,  of  Princeton,  and  his  friend,  Dr. 
Joseph  D.  Bryant,  of  New  York,  are  fishing  at  Stuart, 
Fla. 


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[April  is,  I90S. 


Are  the  Choicer  Varieties  of  Ducks 
Increasing  in  Maine  Waters? 


BY  FRANK  T.  NOBLE,  AUGUSTA,  ME. 


From  the  Journal  of  the  Maine  Ornithological  Society. 

For  many  years  the  writer  has  taken  more  than  an 
ordinary  interest  in  the  water  fowl  of  New  England,  both 
as  an  ornithologist  and  a sportsman,  particularly  those 
Anatidse  whose  delicacy  of  flesh  and  fine  flavor  cause 
them  to  rank  high  in  the  list  of  desirable  game  birds. 

Various  traditions  and  unauthentic  stories,  handed 
down  from  generation  to  generation,  would  have  us  un- 
derstand that  big  bags  of  these  choice  birds  were,  years 
ago,  of  common  occurrence;  indeed,  that  in  those  days 
they  were  almost  as  numerous  as  the  sands  upon  the  sea- 
shore. As  for  myself  I am  decidedly  skeptical  that  such 
conditions  ever  existed  hereabouts,  and  certainly  during 
recent  years  such  species  as- the  mallard  ( Anas  boschas ), 
widgeon  (A.  americana),  gadwall  {A.  streperus),  pintail 
(Dafila  acuta)  and  redhead  ( Aythya  americana ),  have 
been  taken  by  the  average  gunner  only  at  rare  intervals. 

Probably  the  most  attractive  feeding_  ground  for  the 
river  ducks  in  our  State  is  Merrymeeting  Bay,  a shal- 
low body  of  water  formed  by  the  junction  of  four  rivers, 
the  Kennebec,  Androscoggin,  Cathance  and  Abbaka- 
dassett.  This  great  fresh-water  bay,  with  its  rank  growth 
of  grass  and  rushes,  its  numerous  creeks_  and  inlying 
pond  holes,  forms  an  ideal  resting  and  feeding  place  for 
the  various  kinds  of  water  fowl.  It  is  in  these  waters 
that  I have  noticed  recently  a decided  _ increase  in  the 
numbers  of  certain  ducks  formerly  considered  rare,  and 
this  fact  has  prompted  the  question  at  the  head  of  this 
article,  with  the  hope  that  others  may  be  able  to  add  to 
our  knowledge  concerning  their  abundance  or  otherwise 
in  other  localities. 

Some  twenty  years  ago,  so  I am  told,  a few  gunners 
living  near  the  bay  shore  procured  some,  wild  rice 
( Zizania  aquatica ),  from  the  West,  sowing  it  about  . the 
bay  as  an  experiment.  This,  or  rice  brought  by  the  birds 
themselves,  has  gradually  resown  itself  and  spread,  until 
in  the  fall  of  1904  there  was  a crop  of  rice  never  before 
equalled,  affording  a sumptuous  repast  for  all  the  ducks 
who  cared  to  come  and  partake  of  it.  Query — Has  this 
harvest  of  a favorite  food  recently  discovered  caused,  cer- 
tain species  to  deviate  from  their  usual  course,  of  migra- 
tion and  tarry  here  to  rest  and  feed?  In  partial  answer, 
allow  me  briefly  to  refer  to  the  varieties  and  numbers  of 
the  infrequently  met  species  that  came  to  my  notice  in 
and  about  the  bay  during  the  past  fall. 

Early  in  September  the  ducks  principally  in  evidence 
were  the  dusky,  which  had  been  -gathering  since  August. 
With  them  were  a few  scattered  bunches  of  bluewing  and 
greenwing  teal  and  an  occasional  pintail.  As  the  season 
advanced  these  flocks  were  augmented  by  new  arrivals, 
and  the  rarer  varieties  would  occasionally  be  seen.  By 
September  15  those  graceful  birds,  the  pintails,  increased, 
and  bunches  of  five  to  eight  were  not  unusual.  They 
usually  keep  by  themselves,  and  are  unsuspicious  of 
danger  as  a rule. 

Blue-winged  Teal.— The  blue-winged  teal  were . now 
flocking  in  what  seemed  incredible  numbers  for  this  lo- 
cality. Flocks  of  fifty,  one  hundred  and  even  two  hun- 
dred birds  were  frequently  seen  in  the  air,  quartering 
hither  and  thither  in  their  swift,  nervous  flight,  which 
is  characteristic  of  these  birds.  . Suddenly  they  would 
with  one  accord  pitch  headlong  into  the  grass  as  if  to 
feed  and  rest,  only  the  next  moment  to  rise  with  a great 
whirr  and  fly  to  some  other  part  of  the  bay.  On  Sep- 
tember 16,  j ust  at  dusk,  a flock  came  suddenly  out  of  the 
sky  and  flew  past  my  float  that  must  have  numbered  at 
least  three  hundred  birds.  I had  never  seen  such  a 
bunch  of  teal  in  Maine  waters,  though  I once  witnessed 
a similar  sight  in  the  Grand  Lake  region  in  New 
Brunswick. 


From  September  15  to  the  25th,  blue-winged  teal  were 
everywhere  in  evidence  in  flocks  of  five  to  twenty-five. 
A few  of  those  charming  little  bantam  ducks,  the  green- 
wing teal,  would  be  found  from  day  to  day,  but  only  a 
few — no  large  flocks — and  their  path  of  migration  was 
evidently  not  across  Merrymeeting  Bay. 

Black  Ducks. — Pintails  were  still  more  common  about 
the  25th,  and  the  black  duck,  that  grand  old  standby,  was 
seemingly  everywhere — scarcely  a moment  but  what  pairs 
or  flocks  of  ten  to  fifty  could  be  seen  in  the  air  in  some 
quarter. 

It  must  be  borne  in  mind  that  the  vision,  aided  by 
good  glasses,  covered  a feeding  and  flying  territory  of 
some  five  miles  north  and  south  by  nearly  two  miles 
east  and  west,  a large  expanse  of  country. 

The  Mallard.- — From  October  1 to  10,  the  diving  fowl 
or  sea  ducks  began  to  appear  in  greater  numbers,  and 
with  the  advent  of  cold  nights  a few  of  those  grand  birds, 
the  mallards,  were  seen,  usually  alone,  but  sometimes  try- 
ing to  be  social  with  the  black  ducks.  A little  later,  and 
good  sized  flocks  appeared  upon  the  scene,  and  the  num- 
bers observed  was  one  of  the  greatest  surprises  expe- 
rienced by  the  writer.  At  first  flocks  of  five  or  ten 
would  unexpectedly  be  found  hidden  away  in  the  thick 
grass  or  wild  rice.  These  would  gradually  unite,  I pre- 
sume, and  with  fresh  arrivals  from  some  unknown  quar- 
ter form  .flocks  of  as  many  as  twenty-five  or  thirty  birds. 
In  some  instances  it  would  seem  as  if  the  beautiful  green- 
headed drakes  constituted  almost  the  entire  flock,  and  a 
pretty  picture  they  made  when  on  the  wing  in  the  bright 
sunlight.  With  their  delicately  marked  under  parts,  daz- 
zling green  heads  and  neck,  with  white  collars,  they  ap- 
peared as  if  in  full  dress,  the  aristocrats  of  the  Anatidae, 
as  they  surely  are. 

These  choice  birds,  from  this  time  to  November  I, 
were  seen  every  day  in  numerous  bunches,  and  even  per- 
sistent gunning  could  not  drive  them  from  the  bay,  mere- 
ly causing  them  to  seek  the  more  open  water.  Surely  if 
this  is  what  we  may  expect  in  the  future,  the  mallard 
can  now  be  classed  among  our  common  ducks. 

Redhead. — About  October  15  came  the  advance  guard 
of  those  justly  celebrated  ducks,  the  redhead,  close  cousin 
to  that  rara  arms  the  canvasback,  a record  of  whose  cap- 
ture in  Maine  waters  I hope  to  establish  before  long. 
The  redhead  is  far  from  scarce  hereabouts  now.  He  is 
a late  arrival  and  remains  after  most  of  the  other  ducks 
have  moved  southward.  My  first  experience  with  them 
in  any  numbers  was  in  the  fall  of  1903.  On  November 
5 of  that  year,  late  in  the  afternoon,  I skulled  a flock  of 
nearly  forty  birds  in  the  open  water,  and  was  within 
eighty  yards  before  they  became  suspicious.  As  the  sun- 
light fell  upon  the  animated  group,  showing  off  their 
rich  bronze  heads,  the  sight  was  one  never  to  be  for- 
gotten. 

From  October  20  to  November  1,  1904,  they  were  seen 
frequently,  usually  in  sizeable  flocks.  They  appear  clan- 
nish and  inhabit  the  more  open  water  during  the  day,  and 
consequently  are  not  easily  taken.  That  they  are  partial 
to  wild  rice,  upon  which  they  feed  at  night,  is  proven  by 
examination  of  their  crops  and  the  delicious  flavor  this 
food  imparts  to  their  flesh. 

Gadwall.- — The  heretofore  rare  gadwall  or  gray  duck 
( Anas  strep  era),  put  in  an  appearance  rather  late.  It 
was  October  27  when  I observed  and  took  the  first  one, 
a female,  which  was  with  a pair  of  mallards.  On  the 
28th  and  29th  they  came  in  fairly  good-sized  flocks,  fif- 
teen or  more  being  repeatedly  seen  together,  but  the 
weather  was  boisterous  now,  and  we  could  rarely  get 
within  gunshot  of  them. 

Widgeon. — The  American  widgeon  ( Anas  americana), 
was  also  seen  about  the  same  time — beautiful  birds,  swift 
flyers  like  the  teal.  They  cannot  be  mistaken  once  recog- 
nized, their  immaculate  under  parts  making  them  very 
conspicuous  when  on  the  wing.  They  seem  to  gather  in 
rather  larger  flocks  than  the  gadwall,  twenty-five  or 
thirty  together  not  being  uncommon.  Both  these  latter 


species  were  quite  numerous  for  a short  time,  and  I am 
inclined  to  class  them  as  commGn  migrants  in  these1 
waters  from  late  in  October  to  about  November  5.  I 
fully  expect  to  see  the  European  widgeon  ( Anas  pene 
lope)  taken  here  at  no  distant  day. 

The  gadwall  and  widgeon  are  very  closely  related,  and 
from  an  epicurean  standpoint,  in  my  humble  opinion,  no 
web-focted  fowl  can  surpass  them  in  excellency  as  a table 
bird,  when  properly  served,  and  their  appearance  in 
Maine  waters  ought  to  be  hailed  with  the  greatest  satis 
faction. 

Two  Thousand  Ducks. — I wish  the  readers  of  the 
Journal  could  have  been  with  me  on  the  Kennebec  River 
October  27  last,  that  they  might  have  enjoyed  an  object 
lesson  upon  the  subject  of  water  fowl  in  Maine.  On  that 
day  there  was  “bedded”  in  the  river  between  Brown’s 
Point  and-  the  lower  end  of  Swan  Island  not  less  than 
two  thousand  ducks,  and  probably  more,  the  aggregate- 
being  made  up  of  easily  defined  flocks  of  black  ducks, 
redheads,  . American  scaup,  lesser  scaup,  mallards, 
widgeon,  gadwalls  and  ruddy  ducks,  and  probably  other 
varieties.  These  birds  had  been  harassed  for  weeks 
gradually  becoming  shy  of  gunning  floats,  and  had  taken: 
refuge  in  'the  deep  open  water.  Here  they  rested  during- 
the  day,  secure  from  molestation,  for,  long  before  a float 
could  approach  within  gunshot,  those  nearest  would  take 
wing,  and  then,  after  a moment’s  hesitation,  the  entire 
flock  would  rise  with  a roar  like  a mighty  cataract  or  a 
swiftly  moving  railroad  train,  and,  flying  up  the  river 
quarter  of  a mile,  would  settle  upon  the  water  again. 

In  closing,  permit  me  to  make  mention  of  the  onlj 
duck  that  is  now  met  with  more  rarely  than  formerly,  anc  . 
they  stand  alone  as  the  one  species  evidently  decreasing 
I refer  to; that  beautiful  bridal  duck,  the  wood  duck  (Aix 
sponsa),  they  of  the  unsurpassed  plumage,  clothed  as  the} 
are  in  a veritable  Joseph’s  coat  of  many  colors.  I feai 
these  birds  are  nearing  extinction,  as  during  the  past  twc 
years  I have  failed  to  observe  a single  specimen  in  the 
bay  or  elsewhere.  Verily  “ ’Tis  pity,  and  pity  ’tis  ’ti 
true.”  But  we  have  an  evident  increase  of  the  several 
exceeding!}'  desirable  species  referred  to  above  to  com- 
pensate in  a measure  for  the  loss  of  this  one,  and  possi- 
bly with  a rigid  enforcement  of  that  wise  statute  pro- 
hibiting spring  shooting,  the  few  surviving  ones  may  b< 
spared  to  multiply  and  replenish  the  earth,  a consumma 
tion  devoutly  to  be  wished. 


Narrows  Island  Club  Annual  Meeting. 


The  annual  meeting  of  the  Narrows  Island  Club  wa 
held  on  the  evening  of  April  10,  at  the  Hoffman  House 
New  York  City.  The  president,  Mr.  J.  Burling  Law 
rence,  occupied  the  chair. 

After  reading  the  reports  of  the  secretary  and  treas 
urer  and  various  committees,  officers  were  elected  fo: 
the  ensuing  year  as  follows : 

President,  J.  B.  Lawrence ; Vice-President,  Henr 
Sampson;  Secretary  and  Treasurer,  William  H.  Whee 
lock;  Executive  Committee,  R.  H.  Robertson,  T.  S 
Young,  Jr.,  George  Bird  Grinnell  and  the  officers  ex' 
officio. 

The  President  made  an  interesting  address,  going  ove 
the  history  of  the  club  for  the  past  year  and  emphasiz 
ing  its  most  noteworthy  events.  So  far  as  the  shooting 
goes,  the  past  season  was  one  of  the  most  successful 
that  the  club  had  had.  On  the  other  hand,  more  thai 
half  the  birds  killed  were  taken  during  the  very  earh 
part  of  the  season.  During  the  winter  there  were  thra 
freezes,  one  of  which  lasted  for  several  weeks,  and  during 
this  time  absolutely  no  birds  were  about;  all,  it  is  be 
lieved,  having  gone  far  to  the  south  of  their  usual  win 
tering  grounds. 

The  financial  condition  of  the  club  is  excellent  and  al; 
its  prospects  are  bright. 


Opening  of  the  Trout  Season  in 
Pennsylvania. 

The  trout  season  in  Pennsylvania  begins  the  middle  of 
April  and  ends  the  last  of  July.  The  style  of  fishing  done 
in  the  streams  of  the  Alleghany  Mountains  of  Pennsyl- 
vania depends  on  three  things : The  advance  of  the 
season,  the  size  of  the  stream,  and  the  skill  of  the  fisher- 
man. At  the  opening  of  the  season,  while  there  is  still 
some  snow  water  in  the  streams,  the  angler  is  forced  to 
use  bait.  An  occasional  warm  afternoon  will  bring  out 
the  flies,  and  he  may  use  his  fly-rod  for  two  or  three 
hours,  but  if  he  expects  to  make  a creditable  catch  for 
the  day,  he  must  descend  to  bait.  Of  this  he  may  use 
three  kinds.  He  may  spin  a minnow  in  the  riffles  and 
through  the  pools,  he  may  fish  from  a rock  or  a raft  in 
the  deep  pools  with  a sawyer  or  grub,  or  he  may  load  his 
hook  with  angleworms  and  catch  trout  or  catch  nothing, 
as  he  is  skillful  or  unskillful  with  this  kind  of  bait. 

Of  the  three  kinds,  the  minnow  fisherman  displays  the 
most  skill  and  has  undoubtedly  the  best  time  of  it.  He 
must  know  how  to  put  on  his  minnow  so  as  to  make  it 
spin  in  a lively  manner ; he  sees  his  trout  when  it  strikes, 
and  he  catches  the  largest  trout  in  the  stream. _ It  is  no 
mean  sport,  and  the  skillful  minnow  fisherman  is  a much 
rarer  man  than  the  successful  fly-fisherman.  To  fish  a 
large  stream  in  such  a way  as  to  cover  it  thoroughly,  to 
know  the  best  point  to  cross  a stiff  riffle  without  being 
washed  down  into  the  pool ; to  keep  himself  in  fresh  bait ; 
to  know  instantly  when  the  trout  has  struck;  to  keep  his 
line  taut  until  it  has  swallowed  the  bait ; to  hook  his  trout 
with  a quick  jerk,  and  to  land  it  with  the  least  risk  of 
losing  it,  require  good  judgment  and  much  experience. 


I heard  an  old  angler  once  tell  a young  enthusiast  that 
of  course  he  could  teach  him  how  to-  fish  with  a minnow. 
He  had  once  taught  a man  who  caught  “a  trout  the  first 
day  he  went  out.”  One  the  first  day  would  be  a fair  num- 
ber for  the  beginner.  I once  fished  with  an  expert 
angler  who  had  never  before  fished  with  a minnow,  and  in 
spite  of  all  help,  instruction,  and  favors  in  good  positions 
at  the  pool,  he  made  a complete  failure  of  it,  and  spent 
the  day  between  fits,  of  temper  and  chagrin.  He  was  a 
big,  strong  man,  but  had  to  be  helped  across  all  bad 
places;  he  fished  at  the  wrong  points  on  the  stream;  he 
could  not  tell  a trout  bite  from  a stone  bite ; and  when 
he  did  get  a bite  he  allowed  so  much  slack  that  the  trout 
wound  the  line  around  stone  on  the  bottom,  and  when 
he  jerked  he  hooked  a stone  while  the  trout  disgorged 
the  bait.  In  a day’s  fishing  he  caught  three  trout  when 
he  should  have  caught  ten  times  that  number. 

Unless  it  has  been  an  unusually  early  spring,  the  trout 
at  the  opening  of  the  season  are  still  in  the  pools,  and  the 
experienced  angler  pulls  his  minnow  through  these  pools 
near  the  bottom  with  short  jerks.  He  does  not  see  his 
minnow,  and  he  must  be  able  to  stop  jerking  the  instant  a 
trout  takes  the  bait.  He  must  wait  until  the  trout  has 
started  away  from  him  with  the  bait  before  attempting  to 
hook  it.  The  tip  of  his  rod  must  be  elevated  and  the  line 
kept  taut,  and  when  ready  he  must  strike  upward  and 
not  sidewise.  A large  trout  will  usually  tug  at  the  bait 
and  work  with  it  before  swallowing  it  and  moving  off, 
and  every  motion  of  the  fish  can  be  felt.  The  tyro  will 
strike  too  soon  and  snag  his  fish,  only  to  miss  it  entirely, 
for  it  will  not  bite  again.  A fisherman  once  told  me  that 
after  feeling  a large  trout  take  hold,  he  had  taken  time 
to  light  his  pipe  and  get  it  well  started  before  striking 
the  fish.  He  wanted  to  be  sure  of  it,  and  he  was,  for  he 


showed  it  to  me  in  his  basket,  and  it  was  a beauty.  O' 
course  there  are  exceptions  to  the  rule  that  the  trout  will 
not  bite  again  after  being  pricked.  I was  once  fishing 
ahead  of  my  father,  who  was  crowding  me  a little  toe1 
close  for  comfort,  and  in  my  hurry  I jerked  too  soon  anc<i 
too  hard  on  a good  sized  trout.  When  I went  to  put  i 
new  bait  on  I found  the  bony  rim  of  the  trout’s  lip  on  mj 
hook.  While  I was  again  baiting  my  hook,  my  father  hac 
thrown  into  the  pool  and  in  a minute  had  landed  a trou;| 
that  was  bleeding  at  the  mouth,  where  the  bony  rim  was 
missing.  My,  how  he  crowed  over  me ! 

During  the  early  part  of  May  the  trout  move  up  on  the 
riffles,  and  the  minnow  fisherman  casts  across  the  stream 
and  allows  the  current  to  spin  his  minnow  and  to  bring  id 
diagonally  back  to  him.  He  then  moves  down  a step  anc1 
repeats  the  cast.  In  this  way  he  will  cover  every  part  of  a 
riffle  from  the  head  to  the  foot  and  get  a rise  from  ever} 
hungry  trout  in  the  riffle.  His  minnow  is  kept  only  a few 
inches  under  water,  and  he  sees  each  trout  that  strikes  as 
plainly  as  the  fly-fisherman  sees  his.  In  fact,  the  trout 
will  sometimes  leap  entirely  out  of  the  water  and  take  the 
minnow  going  down.  This  kind  of  fishing  usually  comesi 
after  a slight  rise  in  the  stream.  A thunder  shower  maybe  j 
has  “shaken  them  loose  from  the  stones,”  the  fisherman! 
says,  and  sent  them  up  out  of  the  pools  into  the  swifter 
water.  It  is  curious  how  much  keener  a trout  is  to  bite 
after  he  has  moved  out  of  his  winter  pool.  Maybe  this! 
move  is  only  a few  feet,  but  it  seems  to  make  a great  dif- 
ference. In  the  pool  he  would  feed  only  at  regular  inter-  j 
vals,  but  on  the  riffle  he  seems  to  be  always  hungry.  One 
morning  I had  a trout  make  several  passes  at  my  min- 
now in  the  head  of  a pool  as  I was  fishing  up  a stream; 
but  it  did  not  mean  business.  Three  hours  later,  coming 
down,  I found  this  trout  twenty  feet  up  the  riffle,  and  it 


April  15,  1905.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


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>ok  my  minnow  with  a rush  that  nearly  gave  me  a 
ervous  chill.  The  trout  love  a riffle  that  is  long  and 
lallow  and  not  too  swift,  more  like  a mill-race  than 
lything  else.  How  well  I remember  such  a riffle,  seventy- 
ve  yards  long,  that  I could  fish  through,  catching  a half- 
,ozen  trout  and  then  walk  back  to  the  head  and  fish 
trough  again,  getting  nearly  as  many-  the  second  time  as 
te  first.  The  trout  must  have  just  moved  out  of  my  way 
; I fished  down  and  then  taken  their  old  places  again 
flow  the  big  stones.  But  when  the  trout  have  gone  up 
trough  the  riffles  and  are  found  at  the  foot  of  the  next 
aol  above,  the  minnow  fisherman  must  get  out  his  fly- 
id  or  give  up  for  the  season.  It  must  be  understood  that 
have  been  talking  of  a large  stream,  where  the  angler 
ses  a long  cane  rod,  a good  reel,  a well  enameled  line, 
three-foot  leader  with  a swivel  at  each  end,  and  a No. 
Sproat  or  a No.  22  Cincinnati  bass  hook.  _ I know  every 
tck  in , such  a stream  that  is  fifty  miles  in  length,  that 
is  pools  a half  mile  long,  fifty  yards  wide,  and  of  un- 
aown  depth.  I have  known  a minnow  fisherman  to 
itch  in  one  day  in  this  stream  three  trout  whose  aggre- 
ite  length  was  fifty-four  inches,  and  on  another  day  to 
itch  twenty-two  trout,  none  of  which  was  under  thirteen 
iches  in  length. 

The  fisherman  who  uses  a grub  or  a sawyer  must  be  a 
ill-fisherman,  and  must  be  content  to  sit  and  wait  until 
le  fish  swim  around  his  way.  He  catches  the  very 
rgest  trout,  and  when  he  has  caught  half  a dozen  such  is 
ell  content.  Who  knows  that  he  doesn’t  get  his  reward 
it  of  sitting  quietly  on  a rock  smoking  his  pipe,  watch- 
g his  line  for  the  long-delayed  bite,  and  occasionally 
king  a glance  at  the  brown  mountain  across  the  stream 
om  him?  He  begins  his  fishing  in  March,  ostensibly  for 
mb,  but  if  you  could  examine  his  coattail  pockets  as  he 
ends  his  way  homeward  in  the  evening,  you  would  prob- 
dy  find  a big  trout  or  two  stowed  away  there.  But  he 
is  lived  on  salt  pork  all  winter,  and  why  not  lei  him 
yve  his  trout  in  peace?  He  will  not  catch  any  great  num- 
:r,  and  he  disdains  the  basket  of  little  fellows  that  the 
ide  fisherman  says  he  likes  best  because  he  cannot  catch 
:e  other  kind. 

To  the  red-worm  fisherman  all  streams  and  seasons  are 
lod.  In  March  he,  too,  will  carry  home  a trout  in  his 
lattail  pocket  and  a string  of  suckers  in  his  hand.  Some- 
mes  he  is  not  a still-fisherman,  but  will  fish  a stream  for 
veral  miles,  playing  his  red-worm  in.  a way  to  entice  a 
jod  many  fine  trout.  I used  to  meet  in  the  early  season 
ich  a fisherman  on  a rocky  mountain  stream  who  would 
ive  more  trout  than  any  other  fisherman  that  I would 
;eet.  He  always  carried  them  in  a tin  bucket  with  a 
i on  that  had  a round  hole  cut  in  the  middle  through 
hich  he  stuck  his  trout.  I was  always  surprised  to  find 
s trout  so  cool  and  firm,  but  I suppose  he  set  his  bucket 
- the  cold  water  while  fishing  a pool.  . But  generally  your 
‘d-worm  fisherman  wants  a.  mountain  brook,  where  he 
leaks  along  behind  the  bushes  and  logs  and  drops  his 
lit  into  the  little  pools  without  exposing  any  more  than 
,e  tip  of  his  rod.  Watch  him  and  you  will  find  that  he 
iways  jerks  toward  the  bank,  and  if  the  little  trout  flies 
ff  the  hook,  he  is  sure  to  land  somewhere  on  the  bank, 
once  went  fishing  with  a man  from  the  city  who  fished 
nly  with  red-worms.  In  the  morning  he  started  up  one 
t these  little  mountain  brooks,  and  was  gone  until  dark, 
/hen  he  came  in  he  was  a sight.  The  gnats  had  just 
lasted  on  him,  and  his  hands  and  neck  were  puffed  up 
ntil  he  appeared  to  be  deformed.  He  had  not  cleaned 
trout  all  day,  and  when  I,  to  relieve  him,  offered  to 
'ean  them,  I found  I should  need  a darning  needle  to  do 
j- ; no  knife  blade  was  fine  enough.  I cleaned  a few  of 
re  largest  and  allowed  the  rest  to  float  away  on  the 

.ream.  . , £ £ 

The  fly-fisherman  gets  out  his  rod  about  the  first  ot 
lay,  and  from,  that  time  until  the  close  of  the  season 
e is  cock  of  the  walk.  He  loves  the  swift  riffles  m the 
irge  open  stream,  where  he  has  room  for  his  back  cast, 
nd  where  the  swift  current  helps  him  to  hook  and  drown 
is  trout.  He  will  begin  the  season  with  a gray  fly, 
lade  up  to  imitate  the  fly  that  crawls  out  on  the  stones 
long  the  edge  of  the  stream  and  curls  its  tail  up  over  its 
ack — the  stone  fly ; and  if  he  strikes  a day  when  the 
rout  are  feeding  on  this  fly,  he  will  not  care  to  trade 
laces  with  a king.  I have  seen  a long  pool  in  which  for 
s entire  length  large  trout  could  be  seen  breaking  the 
rater  for  these  flies,  and  to  cast  when  a trout  broke 
leant  to  get  a rise  and  to  hook  a trout.  To  fish  a good 
mg  riffle  when  the  trout  are  greedily  feeding  on  this  fly 
; to  have  an  experience  that  will  make  up  for  many  a 

oor  dav.  . , , 

Late  in  the  season  when  the  water  m the  large  streams 
as  a temperature  above  sixty-five  degrees,  the  trout 
ather  at  the  cold  springs  along  the  bank  or  at  the  mouth 
f cold  mountain  brooks.  Here  the  fly-fisherman  catches 
iem  in  the  morning,  at  noon  and  again  in  the  evening , 
t noon,  because  then  his  rod  makes  no  shadow  on  the 
rater.  I knew  an  old  tail-race  that  emptied  some  cold 
/ater  into  the  head  of  a large  dam  and  that  was  rein- 
arced  at  its  mouth  by  several  very  cold  springs.  Here 
he  trout  would  gather  in  a vast  school,  the  smallest 
rout  nearest  the  shore  and  the  large  trout  farthest  out  in 
ne  stream.  I reached  this  place  one  dark  afternoon  when 
strong  wind  was  sending  little  waves  across  the  cove 
/here  I knew  the  trout  lay.  At  nearly  every  cast  a trout 
ose  to  each  fly,  and  they  were  big  ones,  too.  Occasionally 
landed  two,  but  usually  one  was  enough  to  fight  with, 
"hey  took  the  fly,  as  large  trout  will  in  such  a place,  by 
ust  rolling  over  in  the  water.  I can  see  yet,  in  my  mind’s 
ye,  those  big  red  sides  turning  over  on  the  surface.  .1 
iad  an  hour  of  such  sport  as  one  does  not  often  have  in 
his  commonplace  world,  and  then  I had  enough  trout  to 
atisfy  any  decent  angler. 

With  an  experience  with  the  fly  I must  close  this  arti- 
le.  I had  left  home  with  a companion  one  afternoon  to 
rive  across  the  mountains  to  a little  hotel  on  the  banks 
,f  a stream  that  I have  fished  for  many  years.  We 
cached  the  hotel  about  eight  o’clock,  and  I hurried  down 
0 the  mouth  of  a little  cold  brook  that  emptied  into  a 
arge,  deep,  dark  pool  in  the  main  stream.  There  was  a 
eiy ’light  rain,  making  it  such  an  evening  as  the  fly- 
isherman  loves.  My  tail-fly  was  a brown  hackle,  and  my 
iropper  a white  miller  on  a poor  gut.  I do  not  now 
ecollect  what  the  third  fly  was.  It  was  nearly  dark,  and 
fter  casting  two  or  three  times  just  at  the  point  where 
he  brook  emptied,  I heard  a splash,  and  for  an  instant 
thought  I had  missed  my  fish.  Then  I felt  such  a rush 
IS  one  seldom  feels  on  a trout  rod.  I was  sure  I must 


have  hooked  something  bigger  than  a fish.  I thought  of 
a-  water  animal  and  of  a water  bird  that  might  have  been 
swimming  along  under  the  bank.  Six  times  the  thing 
crossed  the  entire  stream,  and  six  times  I reeled  it  back 
to  me.  By  this  time  I had  decided  that  it  was  a fish,  and 
I asked  rny  companion  to  get  in  behind  it  when  I should 
pull  it  into  a little  gutter  made  by  hauling  a saw  log 
through  the.  bar.  When  I pulled  the  fish  into,  this  place, 
he  stepped  in  behind  it  and  threw  it  out  on  the  stones. 
It  was  a trout,  i8*4  inches  long,  the  largest  trout  I have 
ever  caught,  hqoked  under  the  adipose  fin  near  the  tail. 
It  had  struck  at  the  white  miller,  tore  it  off,  and  then 
hooked  itself  on  the  brown  hackle.  It  was  fisherman’s 
luck.  Charles  Lose. 

The  Song  of  the  Spear. 

I have  a new  song  to  sing — 

A song  of  shallow  seas,  turquoise  and  purple,  gleaming 
and  clear  as  glass; 

Of  quiet  bays  shadowed  by  dark  overhanging  man- 
groves, with  roots  like  spiders; 

Of  jagged  and  water-worn  rock  and  ripples  breaking 
around  great  heads  of  coral; 

Of  wide  flats,  brown  and  yellow  over  the  sands  and 
seamed  with  winding  blue  channels; 

Of  the  solemn  figures  and  hoarse  voices  of  the  herons 
white  and  blue; 

Of  blazing  sun,  pale  blue  sky  and  soft  and  balmy 
breaths  of  air; 

Of  emerald  cays,  ringed  with  white  beaches  sparkling 
like  diamonds  and  set  in  saphire,  turquoise  and 
amethyst. 

There  the  great  ray,  the  devilfish,  powerful,  swift, 
mighty,  tons  in  weight,  spreads  his  huge  black 
wings; 

The  sawfish,  broad  and  strong,  brandishes  his  ser- 
rated blade; 

The  shark,  stealthy,  fierce  and  ravenous,  lies  in  wait 
for  his  prey; 

The  sea  turtle,  longer  than  a man,  sleeps  floating  on  the 
quiet  waters; 

The  tarpon,  gleaming  in  silver  mail,  leaps  into  the  sun 
and  crashes  back  into  the  sea; 

The  porpoise  rolls  over  the  waves,  appearing  and  van- 
ishing again  and  again; 

The  stingray  lurks  in  the  shallows,  ready  to  wield  his 
barbed  and  poisoned  lance. 

See  the  light  boat  steal  along,  driven  by  a noiseless 
paddle;  Lj|  ij#| 

The  standing  figure  poised  in  the  bow,  alert,  silent  and 
watchful; 

The  heavy  shaft,  barbed  with  steel,  grasped  in  the  right 
hand,  the  coil  of  line  in  the  left. 

Look!- the  keen  eye  catches  the  faint  shadow  that  tells 
of  a great  fish. 

A whispered  word,  a cautious  retreat,  a circuit  to 
avoid  the  watchful  eyes; 

A stealthy  approach,  a wave  of  the  hand,  the  paddle 
stops,  the  boat  glides  on  without  sound. 

The  long  shaft  rises  slowly  and  is  poised  for  the  cast. 
Suddenly  the  spear  flashes  through  the  air  and  vanishes 
in  the  depths; 

There  is  a wild  rush  through  the  water,  a fierce  strain 
on  the  line; 

The  prey  darts  madly  away,  the  barbs  sunk  deep  in  its 
side; 

The  boat  swerves  fiercely  and  races  along,  driving 
surges  and  spray  from  its  bow; 

Then  come  minutes  and  hours  of  fierce  struggle,  of 
hope  and  fear,  confidence  and  doubt,  until  at  length 
the  quarry,  exhausted,  yields, 

And  the  trophies  of  victory  are  taken,  honorable,  wit- 
nesses of  skill  and  endurance. 

Worthy  the  object,  the  slaughter  of  the  fierce  and  rav- 
enous beasts  of  the  sea. 

Great  is  the  sport,  demanding  patience,  caution,  skill, 
strength  and  courage. 

The  ignorant  may  scoff  at  it  and  speak  of  it  as  coarse, 
bloody  and  brutal. 

Even  I,  the  fly-fisherman,  in  the  days  of  my  darkness 
and  folly,  have  so  believed; 

But  now  I have  learned  to  know  better,  and  so  will 
the  others  also; 

And  sportsmen  in  years  to  come  will  rejoice  in  a new 
pleasure  and  praise  and  extol  it; 

And  some  may  thank  me,  and  say,  “He  pointed  the 
way  and  I followed.” 

So,  with  full  heart  and  voice,  I sing  the  first  notes  of 
my  new  song. 

The  devilfish,  the  shark,  the  sawfish,  the  stingray,  the 
porpoise,  the  turtle  of  the  sea; 

The  light  boat,  the  silent  paddle,  the  watchful  eye,  the 
cautious  stalk; 

The  steady  poise,  the  quick  and  mighty  effort,  the  arrow 
flight  of  the  barbed  lance; 

The  wild  rush  of  the  quarry,  the  sudden  and  fierce  strain 
on  the  line; 

The  surges,  the  flying  spray,  the  boat  half  full  of  water; 
The  long  struggle,  the  hope  and  fear,  the  joy  of  vic- 
tory, the  pang  of  defeat; 

The  sport  of  sports,  the  pleasure  of  pleasures,  the  joy 
of  joys,  the  rapture  of  raptures; 

The  point,  the  barb,  the  socket  and  the  shaft,  the  har- 
poon, the  lily  iron,  the  turtle  peg,  the  grains; 

I sing  the  song  of  the  spear. 

A.  S.  J.  Newberry. 

Trout  Fishing  in  the  Sapphire  Country* 

Lake  Toxaway,  N.  C.,  April  6.— Trout,  both  speckled 
mountain  and  rainbows,  have  begun  to  rise  to  flies  in 
earnest.  Mr.  O.  M.  Cleveland,  of  Newburgh,  N.  Y., 
had  fine  fishing  on  the  Horse  Pasture  River  on  two 
successive  days,  taking  limit  of  handsome  fish.  He 
pronounced  the  Horse  Pasture  River  the  finest  stream 
he  had  ever  fished,  from  both  standpoints  of  scenery 
and  number  and  quality  of  fish.  Mr.  B.  M.  Caldwell, 
of  Wheeling,  W.  Va.,  has  also  been  fishing  on  the 
Horse  Pasture  and  White  Water  Rivers,  and  pro- 
nounces them  excellent.  J.  C.  B. 


A Fish  Which  Eats  Cattle. 

The  pirantha  ( Serrasalmo  piraya ) is  a very  abundant 
fish  over  the  whole  of  equatorial  America.  It  is  about 
8 inches  long  and  4 inches  deep,  with  a thickness  of  2 
inches  or  less.  Its  jaws  are  furnished  with  very  sharp 
triangular  teeth,  placed  irregularly.  The  back  shows 
bluish  reflections,  while  the  sides  of  the  belly  are  red; 
the  body  is  covered  with  little  scales. 

This  little  fish  is  a fierce  and  extremely  voracious 
flesh  eater,  and  what  seems  very  curious  is  that  in  the 
Island  of  Marajo,  situated  at  the  mouth  of  the  Amazon, 
it  has  become  an  actual  pest  to  cattle  raisers. 

The  piranha  lives  in  shoals  in  the  rivers  and  brooks 
of  the  delta,  going  up  with  the  tide  as  far  as  the  mead- 
ows, whence  often  it  is  not  able  to  descend,  having 
allowed  itself  to  be  surprised  by  the  ebb.  In  such 
cases  it  i§  often  found  in  such  great  quantities  that  the 
natives  have  no  trouble  in  killing  it  by  hundreds  by  the 
most  rudimentary  processes,  and  often  merely  with 
their  machetas. 

At  the  beginning  of  the  rainy  season — that  is  to  say, 
toward  January — these  fish  ascend  the  watercourses  and 
spread  over  the  meadows  submerged  by  the  rains  and 
which  remain  under  the  water  until  July,  and  often  until 
the  end  of  August.  During  all  this  time  the  piranha 
lives  in  the  meadows,  feeding  upon  whatever  falls  to 
his  teeth.  Cattle  are  then  exposed  to  incessant  attacks. 
It  is  above  all  cows  and  mares  that  have  the  most  to 
suffer  from  its  voracity.  On  the  farm,  Dunas,  Island  of 
Marajo,  my  father  lost,  during  the  rainy  season  from 
January  to  July,  1899,  about  four  hundred  cows  and 
mares,  whose  teats  had  been  wholly  or  partly  cut  off 
by  the  piranha.  Some  of  them  had  even  had  the  ud- 
ders partly  eaten.  During  the  rainy  season  the  cattle 
'‘pass  practically  the  whole  day  in  the  water,  which  often, 
on  a clay  soil,  reaches  a depth  of  24  inches.  They  browse 
on  the  grass,  which  always  reaches  the  surface,  and  it 
is  not  until  toward  evening  that  they  leave  the  water  to 
go  and  spend  the  night  on  the  woody  islands. 

The  piranha  even  attacks  alligators,  when,  for  ex- 
ample, the  wound  of  a bullet  in  the  muscles  of  the  tail 
has  weakened  the  giant.  The  blows  of  the  tail  and  the 
irregular  movements  of  the  wounded  creature  lead  the 
spectator  to  understand  that  these  terrible  little  fish 
have  commenced  their  work  of  dissection. 

The  abundance  of  these  infernal  fish  is  such  that  if 
one  plunges  into  the  water  the  skin  of  a freshly.  killed 
capybara  to  take  it  out  again  in  two  or  three  minutes, 
a resistance  is  felt  and  the  skin  is  heavy  with  the  im- 
mense quantity  of  piranhas  that  have  attached  them- 
selves to  it.  Their  triangular  teeth  anchored  in  the 
prey  do  not  let  go  their  hold,  and  the  fishes  may  be 
drawn  up  out  of  the  water  rather  than  abandon  their 
feeding  ground.  No  animal  falling  into  the  water 
escapes  this  creature,  which  well  deserves  the  pictur- 
esque name  given  him  by  the  natives,  scissor  fish.  No 
matter  what  part  is  scratched,  a drop  of  blood,  a lit- 
tle wound,  will  attract  the  first  bite,  and  only  a few 
minutes  will  suffice  to  transform  man,  beef,  or  horse 
into  a skeleton  with  will  lack  even  some  of  the  small 
bones  and  all  of  the  cartilages. 

My  father  was  obliged  to  consider  the  destruction  of 
the  piranha  on  his  property,  and  this  is  how  he  takes 
it:  Before  the  meadows  become  dry,  we  construct  light 
barricades  on  the  little  watercourses  by  means  of  bam- 
boos split  in  two  or  four.  We  leave  them  there  until 
the  water  has  almost  all  run  off  from  the  brook.  The 
piranhas,  finding  themselves  stopped  by  these  barriers, 
we  have  every  facility  for  killing  enormous  quantities, 
after  which  we  raise  our  improvised  barrier  and  let  the 
other  fishes  go  down  to  the  river  in  peace. 

When  the  piranha  is  little,  he  is  good  to  eat.  In  fish- 
ing, the  small  hooks  are  attached  to  iron  or  copper 
wire,  but  this  last  if  often  cut  by  the  teeth.  With  a 
hand-line,  fifty  or  sixty  may  be  taken  in  an  hour,  and 
even  many  more,  if  one  is  in  a good  place.  However, 
one  must  be  careful  while  fishing  not  to  allow  his  legs 
and  feet  to  be  bitten.  The  leather  of  shoes  is.  not  a 
sufficient  protection  against  the  bite  of  the  piranha, 
which  is  very  painful,  and  unhappily  very  easily  be- 
c'  mes  poisoned. — Abstracted  from  Bulletin  de  la 
S iciete  Centrale  d’Agriculture  et  de  Peche. 


A Very  Wise  Old  Trout; 

We  had  been  in  camp  a week  or  more  enjoying  the 
long  June  days,  the  cool  nights  and  the  solitude  of  the 
great  forest.  There  had  been  no  rain  for  sometime, 
and  the  streams  were  low  and  as  transparent  as  air. 
Except  an  hour  each  morning  and  evening,  we  found 
it  next  to  imposible  to  catch  trout;  in  vain  I recon- 
noitered  the  pools,  changed  flies  and  kept  myself  as  far 
as  possible  in  the  background. 

One  day  while  following  the  windings  of  a beautiful 
stream,  which  led  on  through  the  deep  silent  forest,  I 
came  in  sight 'of  an  unusually  promising  pool,  and  de- 
termined, if  possible,  to  see  if  it  really  contained  any 
trout.  Taking  to  the  woods  and  making  a wide  half 
circle,  I came  alongside  of  the  pool.  Halting  about 
twenty  yards  from  the  bank,  I sat  me  down  upon  a 
log,  and  drew  from  the  back  of  my  hunting  coat  a sand- 
wich. How  small  it  looked! — dried  to  a crisp  about  the 
edges  with  here  and  there  clinging  a bit  of  down  from 
a last  year’s  bird — a morsel,  which,  if  offered  to  me  by 
my  wife,  would  have  been  sufficient  grounds  for  a 
divorce.  But  circumstances  alter  cases,  and  I do  not 
recall  ever  eating  a sandwich  with  more  relish.  If  I 
removed  the  feathers,  the  act  has  escaped  my  memory. 

Leaving  my  rod  and  reel  on  the  log,  I got  down  on 
all  fours  and  made  my  way  toward  a big  beech  standing 
close  to  the  pool  and  bending  to  a 45  degree  angle 
over  the  water.  When  half  the  distance  had  been 
covered,  I went  flat  to  the  ground  and  crawled  slowly 
to  the  roots  of  the  beech.  Arriving  there,  I began  a 
sort  of  snake  process,  which  finally  brought  me  to  a 
standing  position,  close  against  the  tree.  All  this  was 
done  in  a slow  and  deliberate  way.  I firmly  believe 
that  fifteen  minutes  was  consumed  in  rising  from  the 
ground  to  a position  flat  against  the  tree. 

Having  attained  this  position,  I began  to  move  my 
head  slowly  to  one  side,  until  at  last  I came  in  full 
view  of  the  pool,  and  this  is  what  I saw:  The  clear. 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


cold  water  lay  directly  beneath  me,  not  more  than  eight 
or  nine  feet  from  my  head.  An  immense  pine  had, 
years  before,  fallen  across  the  stream,  obstructing  the 
water  and  causing  an  overflow,  which  had,  in  time,  hol- 
lowed out  the  bed  below,  forming  a pool  thirty  feet 
wide  by  sixty  feet  in  length,  the  deepest  part  being  just 
below  the  log  and  growing  more  shallow  toward  the 
lower  end.  At  the  present  low  stage  the  stream  found 
its  way  under  the  log.  Undisturbed  by  the  overflow  the 
pool  lay  as  quiet  as  a spring  under  a hill. 

Never  was  patience  more  liberally  rewarded.  So 
gradual  had  been  my  movements  that  not  a single  in- 
habitant of  that  pool  had  noted  the  change  in  the 
scenery,  I could  scarcely  believe  my  eyes.  There,  al- 
most within  reach,  lay  a hundred  trout  from  four  to 
fourteen  inches  in  length.  Think  of  it! — upward  of 
twenty  pounds  of  trout,  all  heads  up  stream,  the  largest 
lying  in  the  deepest  water,  near  the  log,  their  mottled 
backs,  black  heads  and  protruding  lower  jaw  as  plainly 
seen  as  though  not  covered  with  four  feet  of  water. 

Retreating  in  the  same  cautious  manner  to  the  log,  I 
rigged  up  two  joints  of  the  rod  with  about  four  feet 
of  line  and  No.  5 trout  hook,  on  which  I looped  an 
angle  worm,  secured  with  some  difficulty,  then  back 
again  to  the  tree,  where  I found  all  as  before.  Very 
slowly  I lowered  the  tip  of  my  short  rod  until  the 
bait  dangled  within  an  inch  of  the  water,  and  waited. 
Nothing  happened.  After  a time,  by  a slight  motion 
of  the  rod,  I caused  the  worm  to  perform  all  sorts 
of  antics,  just  on  the  surface.  Failing  to  arouse  any 
curiosity,  I allowed  the  worm  to  sink  slowly  to  the 
bottom,  landing  not  an  inch  from  the  head  of  a monster 
trout.  Now,  a trout  has  but  four  senses;  they  see, 
smell,  taste  and  feel;  they  do  not  hear.  (Talk  as  much 
and  as  loud  as  you  like  on  a trout  stream,  but  never 
jar  the  bank.)  This  trout  both  saw  and  smelled  the 
worm,  but,  for  various  reasons,  would  not  touch  it. 
He  was  hungry,  very  hungry — and  it  was  aggravating 
in  the  extreme  to  have  a beautiful  red  worm,  scented 
with  the  fresh  woods  earth,  placed  just  within  reach. 

Although  he  showed  not  the  slightest  interest,  I well 
knew  what  was  going  on  in  his  mind..  It  would  be  un- 
troutly  to  take  this  unresisting  worm  in  full  Anew  of  the 
whole  family.  It  was  not  feeding  time.  If  only  the  water 
would  become  roily!  or  a sudden  rain  come  up!  But 
there  was  no  excuse.  However,  it  was  not  necessary 
for  him  to  submit  to  further  temptation;  so  he  allowed 
himself  to  drift  down  stream,  backwards,  until  three 
or  four  feet  from  the  worm.  Here  he  remained,  looking 
wise  and  trying  hard  to  make  himself  believe  he  had 
done  his  duty.  The  fact  was,  he  had  acted  wisely,  as 
far  as  he  had  gone,  but  he  had  not  gone  far  enough. 
The  current  still  filled  his  nostrils  with  that  delicious 
smell.  The  worm  took  on  a new  lease  of  life  which 
intensified  the  tantalizing  odor.  I had  just  time  to  note 
a sort  of  kink  along  the  trout’s  spine,  then  came  the 
flash.  He  stooped  so  suddenly  that,  for  a moment,  the 
dirt  he  kicked  up  completely  hid  both  trout  and  worm. 
The  cloud  soon  passed,  and  I beheld  the  trout  still 
swallowing  in  a satisfied  manner.  I struck.  The  whole 
band  shot  forward  and  disappeared  under  the  log. 
With  much  difficulty  I landed  my  fish,  killed  him.  and 
repaired  to  the  log  to  think  it  over.  To  my  surprise  I 
found  the  day  far  spent,  and  started  on  my  return 
journey  to  camp,  through  the  evening  shadows,  with 
the  feeling  that  I had  outwitted  a very  wise  old  trout 
and  stolen  a peep  into  his  everyday  life. 


German  Angling  Songs.* 

From  the  London  Fishing  Gazette. 

Dr.  Beehm,  the  greatly  respected  president  of  the  Ger- 
man Anglers’  Union,  sent  me  recently  a copy  of  a little 
volume  of  songs  for  anglers  published  by  the  union, 
with  this  charming  letter  in  English,  which  I have 
pasted  into  my  copy  of  the  book.  R.  B.  M. 

“R.  B.  Marston,  Esq.,  London:  Dear  Sir — We  have 

pleasure  in  presenting  you  a copy  of  a little  publica- 
tion of  ours,  titled,  ‘Anglerlieder,’  containing  over  150 
songs,  grave  and  gay,  in  praise  of  angling.  Although 
not  all  of  the  songs  come  up  with  our  Schiller,  Goethe 
or  Heine,  yet  there  is  true  poetry  in  many  of  them  and 
an  abundance  of  jollity  in  most  of  them.  The  book  has 
been  faArorably  commented  on  by  our  press,  and — what 
means  more — has  found  a large  circulation  among  the 
German  anglers,  who  sing  from  it  in  .the  unofficial  part 
of  their  meetings — 'the  fidulitas’ — and  when  starting  for 
or  returning  from  their  fishing  expeditions.  Supposing 
that  our  songs  may  be  welcome  also  to  those  of  our 
English  angling  friends  who  are  familiar  with  our 
language,  and  may  afford  them  pleasant  hours  of  read- 
ing or  singing,  we  shall  be  glad  if  you  will  have  the 
kindness  to  bring  a little  note  on  the  ‘Anglerlieder’  in 
your  esteemed  journal. 

“The  little  book  is  sold  at  the  price  of  mark  2.40 
(say,  2s.  6d.),  cloth  bound,  post  free,  by  Mitscher  and 
Rostell,  Jager  Strasse,  61a,  Berlin.  We  remain,  sir,  with 
the  German  anglers’  greeting,  Tetri  Heil,’  yours  re- 
spectfully, (Signed)  Dr.  Brehm,  President  Deutscher 
Angler  Bund.” 

“Berlin,  Jan.  27,  1905.”  . 

I have  much  pleasure  in  making  this  extremely  in- 
teresting volume  known  to  our  readers,  and  can  warmly 
commend  it  to  all  anglers  who  can  read  German,  as 
wen  as  to  all  German  anglers  in  England  and  America. 
These  German  anglers  are  a jolly  lot.  “Wer  liebt  die 
schonste  Deutsche  Maid”  is  the  burden  of  many  of 
these  songs,  and,  of  course,  the  answer  is  “Der  junge 
Anglersmann.” 

“Seh  ich  ein  hiibsches  Magdelein, 

Regt  sich  das  Blut  in  mir, 

Ich  habe  einen  Angelschein 
Und  darf  auch  angeln  hier.” 

Which  verse  from  “My  Favurite  Sport”  may  be  freely 
translated: 

“If  I should  meet  a pretty  maid 
Why  should  1 act  the  hermit f 
Need  I of  fishing  be  afraid 
When  I’ve  a fishing  permit!” 

And  so,  like  Piscator  and  Viator  and  Corydon,  these 

*“  Anglerlieder.  Ein  Liederbuch  fur  Deutsche  Angler  und 
Anglerinnen.”  “Angling  Songs:  A Song-book  for  German 

Anglers  and  Angleresses,” 


jolly  German  anglers  go  singing  through  the  meads, 
and  the  “angleresses,”1  too,  for  some  of  the  lady  mem- 
bers of  the  union  contribute  verses  in  praise  of  the 
sport.  Frau  Anni  Killian,  of  Kdnigsberg,  won  a prize 
offered  by  the  society  for  angling  verse  with  her  “Das 
Angeln  ist  Philosophic”-— “Angling  is  Philosophy,” 
Good!  Another  sings  of  how  she  guessed  her  lover 
was  an  angler  by  the  way  he  Avooed  her. 

“She  could  ‘tell  it  from  his  eye’ 

And  the  way  he  ‘cast  his  fly.’” 


But  lest  it  should  be  supposed  that  these  angling 
songs  are  all  of  an  amatory  character,  which  is  not 
quite  the  case,  I have  attempted  to  give  a translation — - 
a very  free  one— of  a poem,  entitled,  “A  Contribution 
to  the  History  of  the  Art  of  Angling.”  I got  to  the 
tAvelfth  stanza  before  I discovered  that  this  German 
angler-poet  sings — 

“Wir  lieben  England  sonst  nicht  sehr.” 

( England  we  love  not  over  much.) 

But  this  jeu  d’esprit  was  written  in  1901,  Avhen  the 
minds  of  good  German  anglers  had  been  poisoned  by 
the  fabrications  of  the  gutter  press  as  to  our  treatment 
of  the  Boers,  and  especially  of  the  supposed  cruelty  of 
our  soldiers  to  Boer  women  and  children.  The  official 
German  history  of  that  war  has,  let  us  hope,  effectually 
cleared  us  of  such  baseless  accusations  in  the  eyes  of 
all  Germans  whose  opinion  we  need  care  for.2  If 
“H.  B.  M.”  in  a future  edition  of  these  “Songs”  will 
modify  his  version,  I will  gladly  alter  my  translation, 
if  such  it  may  be  called.  I asked  “Dragnet,”  who  is 
a musician,  if  it  would  go  to  music;  he  said  “Beautifully 
—to  the  tune  of  ‘The  Cork  Leg’!”  I hope  he  is  not 
pulling  my  leg,  but  I “hae  ma  doots,”  for  I never  heard 
that  song.  If  it  limps,  no  wonder.  R.  B.  Marston. 

ZUR  HISTORIA  VON  DER  ANGELKUNST. 
Contribution  to  the  History  of  the  Art  of  Angling. 

Melodic:  Als  Noah  aus  deni  Kasten  war. 

To  the  tune  of  “The  Cork  Leg.” 

Translated  from  the  German  of  “H.  B.  M.”  by  R.  B.  M. 

1. 

Als  Noah  in  der  Arche  war. 

Da  fiihlt  er  eines  Tages  klar: 

“Die  Fleischkost  bringt  Dich  nachstens  um, 

Ein  Fischgeriqht  war  garnicht  dumm, 

Doch  ach,  wie  fangst  du  Fische  ein — 

Das  diirfte  halt  so  leicht  nicht  sein!” 

When  Noah  was  sitting  in  the  Ark 
He  said  one  day,  “My  words  now  mark, 

This  meaty  diet  makes  me  zvish 
That  I could  taste  a bit  of  fish. 

But  how  to  catch  ’em,  there’s  the  rub — 

We’ve  got  no  gentles  in  this  tub." 

Chorus  : 

From  north  to  south  and  from  east  to  west, 

Oh,  the  angler’s  sport  is  still  the  best! 


2. 

Drauf  dachte  angestrengt  er  nach. 

Bis  dass  der  Herrgott  zu  ihm  sprach : 
“Nimm  dort  die  Strange,  alter  Mann, 
Und  binde  eine  Strippe  dran, 

Auch  einen  krummen  Haken  noch, 
Und — Regenwiirmer  hast  du  doch!” 


Now  Noah,  he  bothered  his  old  head 
So  much,  the  Lord  unto  him  said: 

“Take  up  that  pole,  you  hungry  man, 

And  fix  a line  to’t  if  you  can. 

Of  worms,  of  course,  you  brought  a pair, 

A hook  tie  on,  and  there  you  are.” 

Chorus. 


3- 

Der  Noah  stippte  gleich  voll’lust 
Und  Avard  sich  schmunzelnd  bald  bewusst : 
“Das  ist  ein  Sport,  der  mir  gefallt, 

Der  passt  wahrhaftig  in  die  Welt !” 

Er  angelte  bis  an  sein  Grab 
Und  schrammte  hoch-befriedigt  ab. 


Into  the  Flood  Noah  dropped  his  bait. 

And  soon  caught  fish  at  such  a rate. 

Cried  he:  “This  angling  is  divine! 

No  more  for  fishes  need  we  pine.” 

And  so  he  angled  with  content 
Until  his  days  on  earth  were  spent. 

Chorus. 


4- 

Als  nachster  Fischer  wohlbekannt 
Sei  Petrus  riihmend  nun  genannt, 

Doch  ist  von  .ihm  es  nicht  ganz  klar, 

Ob  er  ein  Reiner  Sportsmann  war, 

Dieweil  er  lieber  Seelen  fing, 

Statt  dass  er  auf  Forellen  ging. 

The  next  great  Fisher  known  to  fame 
Had  “Simon  Peter ” for  his  name, 

But  of  the  ways  of  sportsmen  true 
’Twas  mighty  little  that  he  knew; 

For  he  would  rather  souls  pull  out 

When  he  should  have  been  landing  Rainbow  trout. 

Chorus. 


5. 

Auf  Pfahlen  baute  sich  im  See 
Der  Kelt’sche  Urmensch  sein  Palais, 

Und  tief  in  Schlamm  dort  dann  und  wann 
Trifft  man  noch  Bronce-spinner  an, 

Auch  Haken  grob  aus  Horn  und  Stein — 
Das  muss  ein  Sport  gewesen  sein! 

On  piles  in  lakes  the  Original  Celt 
Sat,  and  angled  for  salmon  and  smelt. 

And  from  deep  in  the  mud  we  now  and  then 
Fish  out  his  ancient  tackle  again 


l“ Anglerinnen,”  our  German  friends  call  them. 

3 This  writer  and  all  other  German  anglers  freely  acknowledge 
how  much  they  owe  to  English  angler  writers  from  Walton  on- 
ward. It  would  be  a good  thing  for  England  and  Germany  if 
the  anglers  of  both  countries  did  all  they  could  to  help  create  a 
better  feeling  between  the  two  nations.— R,  B.  M. 


[April  15,  1905, 


Bronze  “Cholmondeley”!  spinner  and  “Pennell” 
hook, 

Don’t  zve  know  ’em  again  from  the  “Modern”  boo 
{From  horn  and  stone  his  hooks  he  made. 

And  there  were  no  water  bailiffs  to  make  h 
afraid). 

Chorus. 

6. 

Aus  spat’rer  Zeit  man  nennen  mass 
Den  Romer  Herrn  Ansonius, 

Der  einst  in  der  “Mosella”  sang 
Von  manches  guten  Fisches  Fang; 

Doch  war  er  wen’ger  Anglersmann, 

Es  kam  ihm  mehr  aufs  Essen  an. 


In  later  times  now  let  us  linger 
And  listen  to  that  Roman  singer 
Ansonius,  whose  tuneful  lays, 

Crowned  salmon,  of  Moselle,  with  bays; 

’Tis  true  he  much  preferred  to  bite  ’em. 

Than  with  his  Hardy  Rod  to  fight  ’em. 

Chorus. 


7-  ' 

Im  Mittelalter  fischten  gern 
Des  Klosters  wohlbeliebte  Herrn; 

Sie  banden  Fliegen  schon  geschickt, 

Und  mancher  Wurf  ist  da  gegliickt, 

Auch  brachten  sie  in  Fluss  und  See 
Die  Fischbrut  kunstlich  in  die  Hoh ! 

Monks  in  the  Middle  Ages  fine 
Grew  fat,  loved  fishing,  and  good  wine. 
Invented  flies,  and,  chucked  ’em,  when  right , 
Much  further,1  even,  than  John  Enright! 
They  also  stocked  the  lakes  and  streams 
With  artificial  Trouts  and  Breams. 

Chorus. 

8. 


Doch  fehlte  noch  der  echte  Sport 
Bis  ihn  mit  meisterhaftem  Wort 
Ein  Angelsachse  dargestellt, 

Noch  jetzt  beriihmt  in  aller  Welt — 

Dem  Vater  Walton  drum  ein  Hoch! 

Was  er  gesagt,  gilt  heute  noch! 

Though  men  caught  fish,  by  crook  or  hook, 
They  sadly  needed  a good  book, 

To  teach  the  art  with  rod  and  line 
To  fish  “ far  off,”  and  to  “fish  fine.” 

Then  Isaak  Walton’s  “Angler”  came 
And  won  for  him  eternal  fame. 

Chorus. 

9- 

Herr  Nelson — Ach,  dass  Gott  erbarm ! 
Verlor  ein  Auge  und  ’nen  Arm. 

Doch  iibte  er  die  linke  Hand 
Bis  er  im  Wurf  sie  sicher  fand, 

Und  fing  alsdann  mit  Hochgenuss 
Noch  manchen  Salmo  salmulus! 

Lord  Nelson,  fighting  for  his  Land, 

Lost  eye  and  arm,  and  his  right  hand. 

But  though  of  members  thus  bereft. 

He  learned  to  fly-fish  with  his  left. 

For  he  loved  catching  Trout  and  Tench,6 
As  much  as  fighting  with  the  French. 

Chorus. 

10. 

Herr  Davy,  welcher,  wie  bekannt, 

Zuerst  das  Bogenlicht  erfand, 

Stand  gern  am  Bach  als  Angler  da, 

Und  schrieb  tins  die  “Salmonia,” 

“Und  Horrocks,7  wie  Ihr  alle  wisst, 

Der  beste  Fliegenfischer  ist. 

Sir  Humphrey  Davy,  whose  famed  lamp 
Saves  miners  from  th’  effects  of  “damp,” 
Loved  by  the  river’s  bank  to  stray, 

And  catch,  or  write,  “ S almon-i-a.” 

{You’ll  see  that  it  my  rhyme  will  mar 
If  I call  his  book  “Salmonia-r.”) 

Chorus. 

11. 

Wir  lieben  England  sonst  nicht  sehr, 

Doch  diesen  Mannern  Ruh  und  Ehr ! 

Die  weil  von  ihnen  jedermann 
Noch  heutzutage  lernen  kann, 

Und  weil  der  hoh’re  Angelsport 
Sein  bestes  Vorbild  findet  dort. 


Although  he  does  not  “love”  us  “much,” 

Says  this  chdeky  German,  in  double  Dutch , 
He’s  obliged  to  admit,  like  an  honest  man, 
That  with  us  the  “love”  of  the  sport  began. 
Though  you  search  the  zvorld  from  east  to  zees 
He  admits  our  anglers  “are  the  best.” 

Chorus. 

Of  verses  still  there  are  some  more. 

But  I fear  this  “German”  a bit  of  a “Boer.” 
(He  tells  how  anglers  on  every  hand 
Are  spreading  all  over  the  Vaterland.) 

Well,  if  we  don’t  “much”  love,  we  don’t  m 
hate  ’em, 

So  I need  not  bother  to  translate  ’em. 

Chorus : 

From  north  to  south  and  from  east  to  west, 
Oh,  the  angler’s  sport  is  still  the  best! 

R.  B.  Marstoi 


3Pronounced  "‘Chumley.” 

4See  “The  Modern  Practical  Angler.” 

•>The  champion  fly-caster  of  modern  times. — R.  B.  M. 
6Nelson  was  not  only  a fly-fisher,  as  his  letter  clearly  pro’ 
R.  B.  M. 

’Horrocks  was  an  English  angler  who  settled  at  Weimar, 
translated  Ronald’s  “Fly  Fisher’s  Entomology.” 


Haitian  Fishing  Rights* 

The  Government  has  granted  to  four  of  its  citizens  a fish 
concession  in  the  waters  to  the  west  and  south  of  the  Rep:; 
for  nine  years,  renewable  at  the  end  of  this  period.  It  cc 
all  classes  of  fishing— coral,  sponge,  pearl,  oyster,  and  til 
Heretofore  the  industry  was  free  to  all,  but  those  princi; 
engaged  in  it  were  Greek.  Under  the  concession,  these  pe 
as"  well  as  others,  will  be  prohibited  from  fishing  in  these  w,i 
unless  they  rent  the  privilege  from  the  concessionaires,— \V 
Powell.  Minister,  Port  au  Prince,  Haiti. 


April  15,  1905.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


297 


The  Log  of  a Sea  Angler* 


BY  CHARLES  F.  .HOLDER,  AUTHOR  OF  “ANGLING,”  "THE 
ADVENTURES  OF  TORQUA,”  ETC. 


VII.— The  Amber  Jack— A Hard  Fighter— Shooting  Jacks 

— jrai-iit.g  a H .wkbtli — Peggi.g  Tor  ies— Big  Sharks 
Eating  Turtks — A bea  Battle. 

We  had  not  turned  a turtle  for  ten  days,  and  John  ex- 
pressed the  opinion  that  the  laying  was  over,  or  that  the 
turtles  had  been  frightened  off;  so  we  decided  to  try  Mid- 
dle Key,  and  in  the  meantime  “peg”  a turtle  on  our  reef. 
A good  turtle  peg  can  be  made  out  of  a file  by  using 
about  half  an  inch  of  the  end,  the  object  being  to  use  a 
sharp  three-sided  plug  that  will  enter  the  shell  of  a turtle 
but  not  injure  it,  the  peg,  so  far  as  its  cap  is  concerned, 
being  made  like  that  of  the  grains,  fitting  on  to  any  grain 
pole. 

Bob  sculled  the  dinghy  slowly  along,  while  I looked  for 
turtles  that  fed  on  the  soft  green  weed  and  often  slept 
there,  occasionally  rising  to  breathe.  It  was  not  Jong  be- 
fore I saw  one  and  tossed  the  peg  into  it  just  as  it  moved 
away;  a moment  later  we  were  being  towed  up  the  reef 
by  the  big  game  that  whipped  the  water  with  powerful 
flippers.  But  it  was  no  match  for  the  dinghy,  and  _we 
soon  tired  the  animal,  and,  hauling  the  boat  alongside, 
forced  it  to  swim  inshore,  towing  us,  and  landed  it  on 
the  sands  near  camp. 

Chief  borrowed  my  rifle  near  here  and  began  shooting 
at  some  large  fishes  which  were  swimming  along  shore 
with  their  dorsal  fins  out  of  water.  They  proved  to  be 
jacks,  and  Chief  killed  two  in  this  way,  putting  a bullet 
through  the  vertebrae. 

Middle  Key  was  much  smaller  than  East  Key,  and  ap- 
peared to  be  two  miles  to  the  west.  John  sailed  the  “Bull 
Pup”  over  with  Bob,  while  Chief  and  I rowed  the  dinghy, 
it  being  calm  and  smooth,  that  I might  see  the  reef  and 
the  coral.  On  the  way  I pegged  a hawkbill  turtle — the 
kind  combs,  etc.,  are  made  of — the  animal  differing  from 
the  others  of  the  family  in  having  its  shell  in  great  over- 
lapping scales.  A small  remora  was  fast  upon  its  under- 
side. 

We  circled  the  reef,  viewing  great  heads  of  coral — the 
vases  of  the  sea — examining  the  sponges  and  fans  that 
were  suggestive  of  a good  fishing  ground,  and  were  slowly 
drifting  along  when  a commotion  in  the  channel,  water 
tossed  into  foam,  attracted  our  attention.  Pushing  in  that 
direction,  we  succeeded  in  running  near  a huge  logger- 
head  turtle,  the  largest  I had  ever  seen,  that  was  engaged 
in  a deadly  struggle  with  a large  shark.  The  turtle  had 
a bulldog  grip  on  the  shark,  which  occasionally  plunged 
down,  taking  it  out  of  sight;  but  up  it  would  come  again, 
the  shark  bending  and  snapping  at  its  grim  armored  ad- 
versary, that  undoubtedly  would  have  ultimately  killed 
the  shark  had  we  not  interfered.  They  evidently  saw  us, 
and  the  turtle  made  an  effort  to  escape,  while  the  shark 
wrenched  itself  away.  The  turtle  I found  to  be  com- 
pletely helpless.  The  shark  had  bitten  off  all  its  flippers, 
leaving  mere  fringes  of  flesh,  and  had  attempted  to  crush 
the- side- of  the  shell.  The  turtle  must  have  weighed  six 
or  seven  hundred,  pounds — a giant  and  an  antediluvian. 
jtrs  huge  mouth  \yas  cut  and  worn  into  leathery  teeth ; its 


lips  perforated  with  parasitic  worms ; its  eyes  were  enor- 
mous and  dull,  and  altogether  it  was  a picture  of  great 
age  and  decrepitude.  We  towed  the  helpless  reptile  into 
shallow  water  away  from  the  sharks,  and  gave  it  a chance 
for  its  life. 

Middle  Key  was  a small  duplicate  of  East  Key  and 
one  of  a line  of  keys  which  seemed  to  extend  to  the  west- 
ward, terminating  in  Loggerhead,  five  or  six  miles  dis- 
tant. The  boat  was  anchored  in  the  lee,  and  the  smoke 
of  our  camp-fire  rose  on  the  beach  as  we  went  in.  A few 
birds  were  swinging  around  overhead,  and  later  many 
young  were  found  in  the  bush.  As  in  the  other  keys,  a 
platform  or  reef  surrounded  it,  gradually  deepening  to  the 
blue  channel,  on  the  edge  of  which  the  coral  flourished 
and  formed  a splendid  fishing  ground.  Acting  on  the 
suggestion  of  Chief,  I determined  to  try  it.  He  said  it 
was  the  only  place  that  he  had  ever  taken  the  amberjack 
around  the  keys,  and  when  he  told  me  the  sizes  of  the 
fish  he  had  taken  with  a large  cotton  hand-line  I lost  no 
time  in  making  the  attempt.  I fished  this  channel  in  all 
fashions  for  three  days,  but  never  saw  the  fish  I desired, 
though  I took  several  large  barracudas. 

One  day  Chief  was  rowing  me  in  the  dinghy,  I having 
rigged  up  a box  seat  in  the  stern  in  which  I could  sit 
facing  it.  I was  using  a fairly  stout  Greenheart  rod  eight 
feet  long,  weighing  ten  or  twelve  ounces,  with  a No.  21 
linen  line  and  live  mullet  bait.  I had  tried  on  the  surface 
and  had  exhausted  about  all  the  points  that  Chief  could 
think  of  or  suggest,  and  had  allowed  my  line  to  sink 
about  ten  feet,  when  it  suddenly  straightened  out.  I 
thought  it  a shark,  as  this  vermin  of  the  reef  was  always 
on  hand ; but  this  was  different  game,  my  reel  singing 
high  and  low  in  a long  wail  that  meant  many  yards  of 
line.  The  rush  of  the  fish  was  so  sudden — so  electric,  for 
a better  word— that  I fancied  it  a jack  or  a bonito,  two 
fishes  famous  for  quick  action.  It  soon  had  the  dinghy 
moving  as  I stopped  its  rush,  and  made  a splendid  swing 
half  around  the  boat  with  its  belly  turned  upward,  so 
that  it  appeared  a silvery  flash  of  light  against  the  deep 
blue  of  the  channel,  at  which  Chief  shouted,  “Amber- 
jack!” 

Here  was  luck  of  a specious  quality,  and  I played  the 
gamy  creature  with  all  possible  caution,  mentally  classing 
it  with  the  “delight  makers.”  Several  times  it  came  in  on 
the  line  with  a splendid  burst  of  speed,  turning  quickly, 
as  though  to  break  away  and  gain  sufficient  force  to  out- 
wit the  unknown  enemy  which  held  it.  Now  it  would 
plunge  into  the  channel,  as  though  sounding,  and  threw 
us  into  despair,  lest  the  line  should  touch  a coral  point, 
and  doubtless  this  was  what  the  gamy  creature  had  in 
view;  but  by  sheer  good  luck  I held  it  and  continued  to 
gain. 

The  amberjack  never  gave  up;  it  fought  the  good  fight 
every  second,  and  did  everything  but  jump,  lashing  the 
surface  into  foam  at  times  in  sheer  madness,  or  perhaps 
in  the  hope  of  cutting  the  line  or  discovering  some  weak 
spot  in  it.  Chief  succeeded  in  keeping  the  dinghy  stern 
to  the  game,  despite  its  rushes,  and  at  the  end  of  twenty 
minutes  I had  it  well  in  hand,  and  saw  it  swimming 
around  in  a circle ; then  I gained  ten  or  fifteen  feet  and 
brought  the  splendid  gleaming  creature  across  the  quarter, 
always  bearing  off,  and  then  Chief  gaffed  it,  and  held  it 
while  it  tossed  the  spray  over  us  in  a last  effort. 

This  fish  was  three  and  a half  feet  long,' thick-set,  but 


well  proportioned,  and  must  have' weighed  thirty  or  more 
pounds,  one  of  the  most  attractive  and  gamiest  of  all  the 
fishes  of  the  reef.  I found  it  a common  fish,  but  not  a 
common  catch,  at  least  here.  In  playing  the  fish  I could 
not  but  wonder  what  would  become  of  a typical  salmon 
rod  designed  for  forty-pound  salmon.  It  was  my  opinion 
that  the  amberjack  of  forty  pounds  would  make  kindling 
wood  of  it,  so  much  does  the  fish  exceed  the  salmon  in 
agility  and  fighting  qualities.  Nearly  all  authorities  under- 
estimate the  size  of  this  fish,  which,  like  others  of  the 
Seriola  tribe,  are  among  the  very  large  fishes,  running  up 
to  eighty  or  even  one  hundred  pounds  in  individuals. 

We  carried  the  amberfish  in  and  feasted  on  him  in 
royal  fashion.  John  dug  a pit  in  the  sand,  lined  it  with 
shells,  then  building  a rousing  fire  in  it  and  piling  sea- 
weed on  the  coals.  On  this  pyre  was  deposited  the  amber- 
jack, whole,  which  when  baked  was  served  on  an  oar- 
blade;  and  I am  prepared  to  assert  that  planked  amber- 
jack is  food  for  the  gods. 

On  this  prolific  reef  the  large  fishes  are  so  common 
that  the  angler  often  neglects  the  small  fry;  but  I had 
light  tackle,  small  hooks  and  lines,  and  experimented  on 
all  the  lesser  game  that  came  my  way,  and  can  add  parrot 
fishes,  angel  fishes,  the  doctor  fish,  and  many  more  to  the 
list  of  good  fishes.  Of  all  this  throng  the  doctor  fish 
(Teuthis)  was  the  strangest;  a high,  big-eyed,  long- 
finned  fish  somewhat  resembling  the  porgy.  I had  often 
seen  the  “doctor”  when  watching  the  fishes  in  a large 
coral  head  with  a water  glass,  and  had  observed  singular 
movements — a peculiar  whisking  of  the  tail,  well  under- 
stood after  an  examination  of  the  “doctor.”  I caught  it 
readily  by  using  a small  flv-hook  with  crayfish  bait.  But 
its  mouth  was  very  small  and  armed  with  a peculiar  array 
of  teeth  that  easily  crushed  a delicate  hook.  My  first 
catch  was  about  eight  inches  in  length,  and  when  netted 
and  brought  in,  it  gave  a vivid  demonstration  of  the  ap- 
propriateness of  its  name,  as  on  each  side  of  the  tail  was 
an  opening  from  which  protruded,  as  from  a scabbard,  a 
sharp  bony  lance,  suggestive  of  the  sting  of  a bee  on  a 
large  scale.  With  this  weapon  the  doctor  of  the  sea 
lanced  its  companions,  and  later,  when  I kept  one  in  a 
tank,  I found  that  it  made  war  against  all  comers,  cutting 
and  slashing  them  and  easily  killing  small  fishes,  as  sar- 
dines, herring  and  others.  I placed  a cowfish,  which  is 
encased  in  armor  and  provided  with  horns,  and  a doctor 
fish  in  a tank  together;  the  doctor  immediately  attacked 
the  other,  but  to  no  purpose;'  the  cowfish  was  a knight  in 
armor. 

In  hunting  for  amberfish  I fell  in  with  a mass  of  algre 
or  sargassum  that  to  the  east  is  caught  in  the  great  tidal 
vortex  and  constitutes  the  Sargasso  Sea.  This  was  a 
floating  island  an  acre  in  extent  and  a world  in  itself. 
In  the  center  were  lanes  and  openings  in  which  swam  the 
flying  gurnard,  a dazzling  creature  that  I tried  to  capture 
from  the  dinghy;  but  they  would  none  of  it.  This  is  the 
fish  that  has  astonished  anglers  by  seizing  the  bait  and 
dashing  into  the  air  and  soaring  away.  Such  an  expe- 
rience was  vouchsafed  to  Dr.  Moseley,  of  the  Challenger. 
I finally  gave  up  the  attempt,  and  alarming  the  fishes,  saw 
them  shoot  away  over  the  surface,  catching  all  that  landed 
on  the  surface  of  the  sargassum.  A more  attractive  fish 
it  would  be  difficult  to  imagine.  Its  head  encased  in 
armor,  makes  it  a dangerous  projectile  to  encounter. 

This  floating  island  had  a life  peculiarly  its  own.  Crabs, 


Photo  by  E,  C.  Grinnell 


THE  BROOK  IN  APRIL. 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM 


[April  is,  1905. 


shells  and  fishes  were  in  the  main  colored  the  exact  tint 
of  the  weed,  so  they  were  perfectly  safe  from  the  laugh- 
ing gulls  soaring  around  with  eager  glance.  The  most 
interesting  fish  was  a curious  creature  that  even  in  shape 
resembled  the  weed;  its  foot-like  fins,  its  head  being 
colored,  and  some  parts  even  shaped  like  the  fringed 
sargassum.  This  fish,  called  the  walker,  from  the  fact 
that  it  could  walk  on  the  bottom,  laid  prone  on  the  weed, 
and  near  it  I found  the  nest,  a ball  of  sargassum  about 
the  size  of  a Dutch  cheese,  wound  and-  interwound  into  a 
globular  shape  and  held  together  by  threads  of  a glutinous 
secretion  resembling  starch  which  the  fish  takes  from  a 
pore  in  its  belly.  The  eggs,  about  the  size  of  small  shot, 
are  attached  to  the  nest,  and  when  hatched  the  young 
find  protection  in  the  mass  of  weed.  There  were  dozens 
of  these  fishes  in  floating  islands  drifting  along  up  the 
Gulf  Stream  to  be  thrown  off  somewhere  and  sent  into 
the  great  eddy  of  this  floating  sea. 

As  I drifted  with  the  island  I looked  down  and  saw 
at  least  a dozen  amberjacks  of  about  fifteen  pounds  swim- 
ming in  the  perfect  turquoise  water.  My  dinghy  was 
twenty  feet  from  the  edge  of  the  floating  island,  and  over 
this  I cast,  watching  the  actions  of  the  fishes  through  the 
blue  window.  The  moment  the  mullet  struck  the  water, 
they  charged  it,  evidently  thinking  it  a jumping  fish,  and 
one  seized  it,  as  I hoped,  making  directly  away , and  float- 
ing  on  the  verde  antique  matting,  I played  my  second 
amberjack,  Chief  breaking  the  dinghy  out  of  the  thick 
mass  so  that  I could  play  and  bring  the  gamy  creature 
to  gaff,  which  I did  in  about  fifteen  minutes 

Middle  Key  was  a famous  place  for  shells,  the  beach 
at  times  being  made  up  of  the  smaller  varieties,  and  quan- 
tities were  occupied  by  hermit  crabs.  I filled  my  pocket 
one  day  with  the  latter  and  discovered  that  they  crawled 
out  almost  as  fast  as  I put  them  in,  my  back  soon  being 
covered  with  them.  In  the  coral  here  were  quantities  of 
Cypraeas,  which  the  men  called  micramoks ; a beautifully 
polished  creature  protected  by  a fleshy  covering  which 
made  life  in  the  branches  possible.  From  a survey  of  this 
great  reef  it  was  evident  that  the  coral  polyps,  or  their 
ego-s  are  swept  around  from  the  tropics,  and  have  estab- 
lished a reef  here  which  in  time  may  extend,  out  and  con- 
nect Florida  with  Mexico  or  Yucatan.  This  is  conceiv- 
able if  we  allow  the  correct  number  of  millions  of  years 

Middle  Key  is  arid,  a patch  of  sand  covered  here  and 
there  with  bay  cedar  and  prickly  pear,  with  now  and  then 
a patch  of  tussock.  The  sand  is  ground  coral,  shell  an 
the  limy  secretion  of  a seaweed,  white  as  snow,  its  only 
available  production  is  the  fruit  of  the  prickly  pear  or 
tuna,  and  eggs  of  the  tern  and  noddy.  But  off  from  this 
key  stretches  a garden  of  the  sea  of  marvelous  beauty- 
groves  of  sea  fans,  sponges  and  plumes  in  glowing  tints 
and  colors  of  yellow,  lavender,  pink  and  black  High 
sponges  dot  the  bottom  like  seats  and  scattered  about  are 
vast  coral  mounds — the  hills  of  this  landscape  beneath  the 

^Gazing  into  this  attractive  region,  I caught  a glimpse  of 
one  of  the  largest  man-eater  sharks  it  was  ever  my  for- 
tune to  see.  It  came  swimming  along  beneath  me  with 
dignified  mien,  moving  slowly  and  evenly.  It  had  a num- 
ber of  remoras  clinging  to  it  at  least  a foot  long,  black 
against  its  tawny  hide,  and  swinging  like  banderillos  on 
a maddened  bull.  About  its  head  was  a swarm  of  pilots, 
one  or  two  of  which  swam  in  my  direction ; but  the  mon- 
ster which  to  my  excited  imagination  appeared  nearly 
twenty  feet  in  length,  paid  no  attention  to  the  boat  and 
was  soon  swallowed  up  in  the  deep  blue  of  the  ocean. 

Fisheries  of  the  Interior  Lakes 
and  Rivers  of  New  York 
and  Vermont 

BY  JOHN  N.  COBB,  AGENT  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES  FISH 

COMMISSION. 

The  first  statistical  investigation  of  the,  ^ork 

fisheries  of  the  interior  lakes  and  rivers  qf ^New  Yo 
and  Vermont  was  made  by  the  writer  m i896-  In  the 
fall  of  1903  a second  canvass  was  made,  when  data  were 
gathered  showing  the  condition  of  the  fisheries  during 
the  calendar  year  1902.  With  the  exception  o 
Great  Lakes  and  the  Hudson,  Delaware  and  Susque- 
hanna rivers  in  New  York,  and  the  Connecticut  River 
in  Vermont,  all  lakes  and  rivers  in  the  two  States  were 
visited  in  which  it  was  thought  commercial  fishing  might 
be  carried  on.  The  writer  is  under  great  obligations 
to  the  Forest,  Fish  and  Game  Commission  of  New 
York,  especially  to  its  secretary,.  Mr..  John  D Whish, 

and  to  the  Commissioners  of  Fisheries  and  Game  ot 
Vermont,  for  many  courtesies  extended  to  him. 

New  York, 

New  York  is  dotted  with  numerous  lakes,  many  of 
them— such  as  Oneida,  Champlain  and  Cayuga— of  great 
extent,  while  there  is  a veritable  network  of  rivers, 
creeks  and  canals  throughout  the  State.  The  principal 
aim  of  the  authorities  has  been,  as  far  as  possible,  to 
confine  the  fishing  in  the  interior  lakes  and  streams 
to  sportsmen,  who  are  attracted,  not  only  from  all  parts 
of  New  York,  but  from  other  States  and  even  from 
foreign  lands  by  the  excellent  fishing  afforded  m these 
waters.  Such  pleasure  seekers  are  usually  liberal,  and 
the  sums  expended  by  them  net  larger  profit  to  the 
community  than  would  be  obtained  by  the  unrestricted 
use  of  fishing  apparatus  on  the  part  of  local  fishermen 
It  has  been  estimated  that  the  sportsmen  leave  behind 
them  in  the  hands  of.  the  railroads,  hotels,  guides, 
boatmen,  etc.,  several  million  dollars  each  year. 

Whenever  possible  without  injury  to  the  sport  fish- 
ing the  State  has  permitted  the  use  of  nets  to  some  ex- 
tent, principally  for  the  purpose  of  reducing  the  abund- 
ance of  the  commoner  species  of  fishes,  which,  when 
in  excessive  numbers,  do  serious  damage  to  the  game 
fish  by  devouring  spawn  and  fry.  It  has  been  an  ex- 
ceedingly  difficult  matter  to  guard  waters  so  extensive, 
however,  and  as  a result  there  is  much  illegal  fishing. 
During  1901  the  authorities  seized  803  fyke  nets,  443 
trap  nets,  416  gill  nets,  76  squat  nets,  20  seines,  335 
set  lines,  7 spears,  16  eel  weirs,  8 wire  nets  and  2,637 
tip-ups  ’The  total  number  of  illegal  devices  destroyed 
was  4 761,  representing  a total  money  value  of  $25,820, 
a sum  greater  than  the  whole  investment  in  the  legal 
commercial  fisheries  of  the  entire  region. 


The  greatest  drawback  to  the  fisheries  of  many  of  the 
lakes  and  streams  is  the  presence  of  undesirable  species. 
The  alewife  in  Seneca  Lake,  the  gar  in  Lake  Chau- 
tauqua, and  the  ling  in  most  of  the  lakes  and  rivers, 
are  very  unpopular  residents,  and  unless  their  numbers 
are  reduced  shortly  they  will  do  considerable  harm. 
These  fishes  appear  to  be  useless,  althougli  the  ling 
has  been  prepared  as  cod  in  Buffalo.  The  German  carp 
is  also  regarded  with  some  disfavor,  but  if  taken  in 
the  winter  time  and  sent  alive  to  New  York  City  would 
net  the  shipper  a fair  price,  since  it  is  a very  hardy  fish 
and  would  stand  transportation  in  ice. 

Below  is  a summary  of  the  general  conditions  and 
principal  features  in  the  fisheries  of  each  lake  and  river 
in  which  commercial  fishing  was  carried  on  in  1902. 
A number  of  other  lakes  and  streams  were  visited,  but 
as  they  had  no  commercial  fisheries  they  are  not  con- 
sidered. 

Bear  and  Cassadaga  Lakes. 

These  are  small  bodies  of  water  close  together  in 
Chautauqua  county,  not  far  from  Lake  Chautauqua. 
During  1902  spearing  for  maskinonge  was  permitted  in 
these  lakes  on  Monday  and  Thursday  of  each  week  for 
five  consecutive  weeks,  beginning  on  the  first  Monday 
in  February.  The  fishing  is  carried  on  in  almost  identi- 
cally the  same  manner  as  in  Lake  Chautauqua.  Hand- 
line fishing  through  the  ice  for  bullheads  is  also  prac- 
ticed on  these  lakes. 

Canandaigua  Lake. 

This  lake  is  situated  in  the  counties  of  Ontario  and 
Yates,  a portion  forming  a part  of  the  boundary  line 
between  the  two  counties.  It  runs  almost  due  north 
and  south,  and  is  about  fifteen  miles  long,  while  its 
greatest  width  is  about  two  miles.  The  lake  occupies 
an  eroded  valley,  and  has  quite  high  banks.  Its  waters 
discharge  through  Canandaigua  Outlet  into  Clyde  River 
and  thence  into  Seneca  River. 

The  principal  fishing  town  on  this  lake  is  Canan- 
daigua. The  only  apparatus  in  use  in  1902  consisted  of 
pound  nets  and  set  lines,  the  former  owned  and 
operated  by  the  Forest,  Fish  and  Game  Commission 
of  the  State  for  the  purpose  of  taking  whitefish,  which 
were  stripped  for  fishculture  purposes  and  then  sold 
as  food.  The  set-lines,  which  were  each  about  600 
feet  long,  were  operated  by  the  fishermen,  and  the  catch 
consisted  of  bullheads,  pickerel,  suckers  and  whitefish, 
quite  a number  of  the  latter  being  taken  in  this  way. 

Early  in  1903  the  Legislature  passed  a law  permitting 
ice  fishing  with  hand  lines  and  tip-ups,  except  during 
the  months  of  March  and  April,  and  spearing  for  all 
fish  but  lake  trout,  black  bass,  and  pike  perch,  except 
during  April,  May  and  June.  The  use  of  tip-ups  and 
set  lines  is  restricted  to  a certain  section  near  the 
head  of  the  lake.  As  a result  of  this  more  liberal  law 
the  commercial  fisheries  will  doubtless  soon  show  a 
considerable  expansion. 

Cayuga  Lake. 

This  is  one  of  the  prettiest  lakes  in  the  State,  lying 
in  a deep  eroded  valley,  the  banks  for  the  most  part 
being  perpendicular  cliffs  from  ten  to  sixty  feet  high.  It 
extends  almost  due  north  and  south  for  about  thirty- 
eight  miles,  with  an  average  width  of  two  miles.  Its 
greatest  width  is  about  three  miles,  and  its  greatest 
ascertained  depth  is  390  feet.  The  outlet  from  this  lake 
meets  Clyde  River  about  six  miles  from  the  lake,  and 
together  these  streams  form  Seneca  River. 

Commercial  fishing  in  Cayuga  Lake  is  restricted  to 
fyke  nets,  which  are  operated  from  Oct.  1 to  March  31, 
“in  that  part  of  the  lake  which  lies  north  of  Canoga 
Point  and  within  1,800  feet  from  the  west  shore  thereof, 
and  in  that  part  of  said  lake  which  lies  north  of  the 
New  York  Central  and  Hudson  River  Railroad  bridge 
across  such  lake,  and  within  four  miles  of  such  lake  in 
the  waters  of  all  streams  and  rivers  which  have  an 
outlet  or  inlet  in  such  lake  north  of  such  bridge.” 
Nearly  all  of  these  nets  have  four  hoops,  and  the 
mesh  is  limited  by  law  to  not  less  than  ij4~mch  bar. 
Only  common  fish,  such  as  bullheads,  dogfish,  eels, 
German  carp,  suckers  and  sunfish,  can  legally  be  sold, 
the  fishermen  being  required  to  return  to  the  water  all 
game  fish  taken  in  the  nets.  The  waters  swarm  with 
dogfish  and  German  carp,  and  thousands  of  pounds  of 
both  species  are  taken,  nearly  all  of  which  are  thrown 
upon  the  shores  to  rot  or  else  are  used  as  fertilizer. 
As  the  fyke-net  fishing  is  confined  to  the  foot  of  the 
lake,  most  of  the  fishermen  come  from  Seneca  Falls, 
Cayuga,  Auburn  and  Canoga,  by  far  the  larger  num- 
ber being  from  the  first-named  place. 

Lake  Champlain. 

A considerable  portion  of  the  boundary  line  between 
New  York  and  Vermont  is  formed  by  Lake  Champlain, 
the  northern  end  of  which  extends  for  a short  distance 
into  Canada.  The  greater  part  of  the  lake,  however, 
is  in  Vermont,  the  dividing  line  in  the  northern  portion 
lying  midway  between  a chain  of  islands  running  down 
the  center  and  the  New  York  shore.  From  its  head 
at  Whitehall  to  the  border,  the  lake  is  about  100  miles 
long.  In  the  southern  part  it  is  less  than  a mile  wide 
in  places;  the  northern  part  incloses  several  large 
islands,  and  is  nearly  fourteen  miles  wide.  The  greatest 
ascertained  depth  is  600  feet.  By  means  of  the 
Richelieu  River  it  discharges  into  the  St.  Lawrence. 

If  both  shores  are  considered,  the  lake  supports  more 
important  commercial  fisheries  than  any  lake  in  the 
United  States,  the  Great  Lakes  excepted.  On  the 
Vermont  side  seines  and  gill  nets  are  operated,  but 
New  York  does  not  permit  the  use  of  nets  of  any  kind, 
and  fishing  on  that  shore  is  consequently  restricted  to 
hand  lines;  set  lines,  tip-ups  and  spears. 

An  interesting  fishery  is  that  for  smelt,  locally  called 
“ice  fish.”  This  fishery  is  carried  on  between  Crown 
Point  and  Essex,  the  most  important  points  being 
Westport  and  Port  Henry.  As  soon  as  sufficient  ice 
forms  the  fishermen  carry  small  huts  out  of  favorable 
positions  on  the  lake,  each  hut  provided  with  a small 
stove  and  a bench  or  chair,  and  having  about  a third 
of  the  bottom  floored.  The  fish  are  caught  with  hook 
and  line  through  a hole  cut  in  the  ice.  For  a tim®  the 
“ice-fish”  caught  in  this  part  of  the  lake,  which  are 
exceptionally  large  (examples  15  to  18  inches  long 


having  been  captured),  were  thought  by  the  fishermen 
to  be  a different  species  from  the  smelt,  as  the  fish 
taken  in  other  parts  of  the  lake  and  known  as  smelts 
average  but  about  seven  inches  in  length.  _ At  times 
the  catch  of  “ice-fish”  is  quite  heavy,  but  in  1902  it 
was  small,  there  being  but  few  fishermen  engaged. 
Nearly  all  who  participate  do  so  because  they  have  no 
regular  occupation,  and  as  last  year  was  a busy  and 
prosperous  one  in  nearly  every  town  along  the  lake 
shore  there  were  but  few  persons  out  of  employment, 
consequently  but  few  fishermen.  In  the  fishing  season 
at  certain  hours  in  the  day  the  buyers  visit  the  huts, 
gather  up  the  fish  caught  and  bring  them  to  the  towns, 
where  they  are  boxed  or  barreled  for  shipment. 

Near  the  foot  of  the  lake  considerable  fishing  for 
black  bass,  bullheads,  yellow  perch,  pickerel  and  wall- 
eyed pike  is  done  by  means  of  rod  and  line,  a few  set 
lines  are  operated  for  bullheads,  and  a few  spears  are 
used  in  catching  eels. 

Lake  Champlain  is  a favorite  resort  for  anglers,  and 
it  is  the  aim  of  the  New  York  authorities  to  keep  it  so. 
The  dumping  of  refuse  from  pulp  and  chemical  works 
into  the  lake  and  its  tributaries  has  seriously  injured  the 
fisheries  during  the  last  few  years,  but  strenuous  efforts 
are  now  being  made  to  put  an  end  to  this  practice. 

Chautauqua  Lake. 

This  lake  is  in  Chautauqua  county  in  the  extreme 
western  part  of  the  State,  and  is  long  and  narrow,  like 
most  of  the  lakes  in  this  region.  It  is  twenty-two 
miles  long  and  from  one-fourth  of  a mile  in  its  nar- 
rowest part  to  three  miles  in  width  in  its  widest  part, 
with  an  average  depth  of  about  twenty  feet.  The  head 
of  the  lake  is  about  eight  miles  distant  from  Lake  Erie, 
but,  unlike  all  the  other  lakes  of  the  State,  except  the 
small  ones,  Cassadaga  and  Bear,  which  belong  to  the 
same  system,  Chautauqua  empties  into  the  Ohio  River, 
through  Conewango  Creek  and  Allegheny  River. 

From  a commercial  standpoint  this  lake  is  one  of  the 
most  important  in  the.  State,  and  principally  on  account 
of  one  fish,  the  maskinonge.  This  species  is  distinct 
from  the  maskinonge  inhabiting  the  Great  Lakes,  but 
is  identical  with  that  occasionally  found  in  the  Ohio 
River  basin.  Its  real  home  is  in  this  lake,  only  oc- 
casional specimens  being  found  in  other  waters. _ New 
York  was  the  first  State  to  propagate  the  maskinonge 
artificially.  A hatchery  was  built  in  1890  and  the  work 
has  continued  each  year  since  with  considerable  suc- 
cess. The  State  fish  commission  has  introduced  the 
species  in  other  lakes  of  the  State,  but  in  none  has  it 
yet  attained  importance.  As  a game  fish  it  is  held  in 
very  high  esteem.  In  summer  it  is  usually  taken  by 
trolling  with  a specially  made  spoon  or  a good-sized 
minnow;  a rather  short  line  is  used  and  the  boat  rowed 
only  fast  enough  to  keep  the  tackle  taut,  the  spoon  be- 
ing a short  distance  under  water. 

Up  to  and  including  1902  fishermen  were  permitted 
to  spear  maskinonge  through  the  ice  on  Monday  and 
Thursday  of  each  week  for  five  consecutive  weeks,  be- 
ginning on  the  first  Monday  in  February.  During  this 
season  the  lake  presented  a busy  appearance,  as  fisher- 
men came  from  not  only  the  immediate  vicinity,  but 
from  Pennsylvania  and  Ohio.  For  this  method  of 
fishing  each  man  is  supplied  with  a Offish  coop”  and  a 
spear.  The  “coops”  are  huts  about  4 feet  square,  and 
from  3E2  to  i,/  feet  in  height,  with  a pair  of  wide  run- 
ners underneath,  and  built  perfectly  tight  in  order  to 
exclude  every  ray  of  light.  Within  is  a small  sheet- 
iron  stove,  burning  wood  or  charcoal,  to  furnish  warmth 
for  the  fisherman.  Opposite  the  stove  is  a seat,  with 
only  a narrow  margin  of  floor  around  the  inside  of  the 
hut  for  the  feet  to  rest  upon.  The  hole  in  the  bottom 
of  the  “coop”  is  about  three  feet  across  and,  when 
the  “coop”  is  in  place,  is  immediately  above  a some- 
what larger  hole  which  has  been  cut  in  the  ice.  The 
spear  used  in  taking  the  fish  has  five  or  seven  tines  and 
a short  handle,  to  which  is  attached  a stout  cord,  and 
hangs  half  its  length  down  into  the  water,  secured  by  a 
catch-  on  the  floor  of  the  “coop.”  The  fisherman  sits 
with  one  foot  on  either  side  of  the  house  and  plays 
a weighted  wooden  minnow  about  six  or  eight  feet 
below  the  ice.  Sometimes  he  does  not  have  long  to 
wait  for  a maskinonge  to  appear,  but  again  there  may 
be  no  sign  of  one  during  the  whole  day.  When  a fish 
does  appear  it  generally  approaches  the  decoy  slowly 
and  carefully.  The  fisherman  grasps  the  spear  and 
quietly  poises  it  directly  over  the  fish,  which,  as  there  is 
no  light  in  the  hut,  is  unable  to  see  its  danger.  It  is 
his  endeavor  to  plant  the  spear  a little  back  of  the  head, 
thus  breaking  the  backbone  and  killing  the  fish  almost 
instantly.  He  then  carefully  brings  it  to  the  surface, 
secures  it  on  the  spear  by  means  of  a gaff  hook,  lifts 
it  from  the  water,  and  throws  it  through  the  door  of 
the  “coop”  upon  the  ice  outside.  As  soon  as  the  day’s 
fishing  is  done  the  “coop”  must  be  removed  to  the 
shore  to  remain  until  the  next  legal  day  for  spearing. 
Owing  to  the  strenuous  objections  to  this  manner  of 
fishing  made  by  sportsmen  and  others,  the  Legislature 
of  1903  amended  the  law  so  that  the  practice  is  now 
permitted  only  on  Thursday  of  each  week  during  the 
month  of  February. 

The  gar-pike  is  an  unmitigated  nuisance  in  this  lake. 
Strenuous  efforts  were  made  in  1896  and  1897,  by  se- 
curing appropriations  of  the  Legislature  and  through 
the  efforts  of  private  individuals  to  get  rid  of  this  pest, 
and  the  numbers  were  materially  reduced.  The  fisher- 
men are  allowed  to  spear  gar-pike  when  spearing 
maskinonge,  but  as  the  gar  cannot  be  used  as  food 
not  many  are  destroyed  in  this  way,  although  some  of 
the  less  experienced  spearers  practice  on  it  first. 

Bullheads  are  also  quite  abundant.  They  are  taken 
by  means  of  hand  lines  fished  through  the  ice,  and  with 
set  lines  during  the  rest  of  the  year. 

Chautauqua  Lake  leads  all  other  bodies  of  fresh 
water  in  the  country  in  the  catch  of  maskinonge,  and, 
with  the  exception  of  the  Great  Lakes,  in  the  catch 
of  bullheads. 

Conesus  Lake. 

This  is  a medium-sized  lake  situated  wholly  in  Living- 
ston county,  in  the  western  part  of  the  State.  The 
commercial  fishing  in  1902  was  by  means  of  hand  lines 
through  the  ice,  and  yellow  perch  was  the  species 
taken. 


April  15,  1905.] 


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Lake  George. 

This  beautiful  sheet  of  water,  about  thirty-six  miles 
in  length,  is  situated  in  the  eastern  part  of  the  State. 
Like  the  greater  part  of  Lake  Champlain  it  has  high 
banks,  and  it  discharges  into  Champlain  by  means  of 
a short  and  narrow  outlet. 

The  only  commercial  fishing  permitted  is  with  hand 
lines,  the  purpose  being  to  restrict  the  fishing  as  much 
as  possible  to  sportsmen.  The  species  taken  in  the 
commercial  fishery  are  black  bass,  bullheads,  lake  trout, 
yellow  perch,  and  pickerel.  Large  quantities  of  game 
fish  are  unnecessarily  destroyed  each  year  by  summer 
residents  along  the  lake  shore. 

Lake  Keuka. 

Just  west  of  Seneca  Lake,  into  which  it  empties 
through  a short  tributary,  is  Lake  Keuka,  sometimes 
called  Crooked  Lake,  because  of  its  shape.  It  is  about 
twenty  miles  long,  two  miles  wide,  and  has  an  ascer- 
tained depth  of  about  200  feet.  Fishing  through  the 
ice  with  tip-ups  and  hand  lines  is  allowed,  except  dur- 
ing the  months  of  March  and  April.  Pickerel  is  the 
only  species  taken  with  the  tip-ups.  During  the  summer 
large  quantities  of  game  fish,  particularly  black  bass, 
lake  trout  and  pickerel,  are  caught  by  means  of  hook 
and  line,  and  sold.  From  a commercial  standpoint  this 
lake  is  the  second  most  important  in  the  State,  being 
exceeded  only  by  Oneida  Lake.  So  far  as  game  fish 
alone  are  concerned,  it  leads  all  the  other  lakes  of  the 
State,  and,  according  to  the  statements  of  fishermen 
and  others,  there  are  no  present  indications  of  decrease 
in  the  supply.  Penn  Yan,  at  the  foot  of  the  lake,  and 
Hammondsport,  at  the  head,  are  the  principal  fishing 
towns. 

[to  be  concluded.] 


A Trip  to  the  Fishing:  Banks. 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  March  7.— Have  you  ever  been  to  the 
“fishing  banks?”  If  you  have  not  you  have  missed  a 
great  treat.  The  name  fishing  banks  is  applied  to  the 
water  off  the  New  Jersey  coast,  about  ten  to  twelve  miles 
westward,  where  very  large  excursion  boats  take  people 
to  fish.  The  trip  lasts  all  day.  These  large  boats  are 
“three-deckers,”  and  comfortably  carry  from  200  to  300 
people  for  the  most  part  of  the  year.  The  fare  is  75 
cents,  but  it  seems  well  worth  it. 

Rising  at  6,  we  breakfast  and  hastily  get  our  luncheon 
ready,  and  our  fishing  tackle.  By  the  time  we  are  in 
New  York  it  is  8 o’clock;  the  boat  starts  at  8:15,  so  we 
quickly  get  on  board.  Our  boat  is  the  Taurus;  there  are 
two  others— the  Angler  and  Edmund  Butler.  We  are 
now  well  out  of  the  harbor,  and  people  are  getting  their 
tackle  ready,  while  some  are  fixing  bait.  After  sitting 
down  and  talking  for  about  two  hours,  someone  yells, 
“We’ve  reached  the  grounds !”  and  the  boat  is  turning 
around,  and  presently  the  anchor  drops.  All  is  hustle  and 
bustle  now,  for  everyone  tries  to  get  a good  place  to  fish 
from.  “Low  bridge!”  is  hollowed  by  someone,  and  every- 
one near  the  spot  “ducks.”  We  duck,  too,  but  we  know 
not  what  for.  Then  we  see  what  it  is  all  about,  for  the 
person  who  yelled  has  thrown  his  fishing  tackle  into  the 
water,  and  we  are  glad  we  ducked,  for  we  might  have  had 
a hook  sticking  some  place  in  us.  We  now  have  our 
lines  out;  and  down,  down  they  go,  and  yet  no  bottom; 
but  now  the  sinker  has  struck  bottom.  One  hundred  and 
fifty  feet  are  measured  out  on  the  line.  “Low  bridge  !” 
is  yelled  again,  and  we  all  are  glad  to  duck,  for  the  one 
who  gave  the  command  might  be  a reckless  fellow.  “I 
have  a bite,”  the  same  fellow  hollows  excitedly.  He  reels 
and  reels,  and  presently  up  comes  a nice  big  codfish. 
“Get  a gaff,  get  a gaff !”  and  then  the  fish  is  gaffed  and 
safely  landed.  When  on  the  scales  it  weighs.  23  pounds, 
and  is  a dandy.  Plaving  thought  he  has  enough  for  the 
day,  he  quits,  and  “gets  busy”  cleaning  his  fish.  Soon  all 
have  a mess,  but  not  as  big  as  the  cod. 

But  now  the  whistle  toots,  and  that  is  the  sign  for  all 
to  draw  up  their  lines,  and  homeward  bound  we  go.  The 
three  boats  race  home  all  the  way  to  New  York,  a dis- 
tance of  twenty  to  thirty  miles,  and  it  is  exciting.  At 
last  “dear  little  old  New  York”  comes  in  sight,  and  we 
dock  and  take  ferry  to  Brooklyn,  a distance  of  one  mile, 
having  had  a day  of  real  sport.  Walter  Moblard. 


A Palm  Beach  Sailfish. 

We  find  in  the  Palm  Beach  News  this  account  of  a time 
with  a sailfish : 

“The  habitues  of  the  ocean  pier  experienced  a most 
unusual  and  thrilling  sensation  on  Tuesday  morning, 
when  Mr.  Richmond  Talbot,  of  Tuxedo  Park,  N.  Y., 
threw  down  the  gauntlet  to  a huge  sailfish,  which  he  con- 
quered after  a desperate  struggle  that  lasted  an  hour  and 
forty  minutes.  The  monster  specimen  was  hooked  while 
Messrs.  Talbot  and  Thos.  D.  Whistler  were  trolling  for 
kingfish  off  the  pier,  and  the  two  colored  fishermen  row- 
ing the  surf  boat  were  thrown  into  convulsions  of  excite- 
ment when  confronted  with  this  novel  and  dangerous 
situation.  Knowing  well  the  traditional  habits  of  these 
terrors  of  the  deep,  their  complexions  fairly  bleached 
with  fear  when  they  realized  the  close  proximity  of  this 
dangerous  variety  of  the  swordfish  family.  The  fish  was 
thoroughly  angered  with  pain,  and  momentarily  threat- 
ened to  drive  its  powerful  spear  through  the  side  of  their 
frail  craft. 

“Mr.  Talbot’s  rare  skill  and  good  judgment  enabled  him 
to  handle  the  great  fish  with  comparatively  small  personal 
danger,  as  in  his  first  rush  the  fish  was  allowed  to  take 
out  over  450  feet  of  line.  The  sailfish  made  a dozen  or 
more  of  his  characteristic  leaps,  clearing  the  waves  by  at 
least  ten  feet,  something  like  the  tarpon,  and  instantly  re- 
gaining his  native  element  with  a tremendous  splash. 
When  partially  exhausted  from  these  tactics,  he  com- 
menced to  set  his  enormous  sail,  a peculiar  development 
of  the  dorsal  fin,  which  in  this  instance  measured  nearly 
fourteen  square  feet  of  sail  area.  This  remarkable  fish 
is  also. equipped  with  a belly  fin  which  acts  as  a center- 
board,  and  so  rigged  he  took  advantage  of  the  prevailing 
trade  wind  and  set  sail  for  Nassau,  towing  the  gallant 
little  crew  well  out  toward  the  Gulf  Stream,  where  the 
leopard  sharks  abound. 

“Although  worn  to  the  point  of  sheer  exhaustion,  Mr. 
Talbot  pluckily  held  on  and  tactfully  used  the  automatic 
adjustable  friction  drag  of' his  large  VomHofe  reel  until 


the  fish  was  drawn  close  to  the  boat  in  a nearly  drowjsed 
condition.  When  brought  into  a position  to  gaff,  he  sud- 
denly mustered  sufficient  strength,  and  making  a desperate 
effort,  nearly  drove  his  formidable  spear  into  the  side  of 
the  boat.  This  catastrophe  was  averted  by  the  dexterous 
use  of  an  oar  that  was  splintered  to  pieces  at  the  blade. 
At  this  critical  moment,  Mr.  Whistler  seized  the  pneu- 
matic gaff,  and,  securely  planting  it  in  a vital  part,  the  , 
great  specimen  was  quickly  hauled  into  the  surf  bogt,  / 
where  for  a few  seconds  pandemonium  reigned  supreme: 
The  superb  fish  is  now  safely  housed  in  Heim’s  pisca- 
torial embalming  parlors  prior  to  departing  for  his  final 
resting  place  at  Tuxedo  Park.  This  record  specimen  of 
the  sailfish  measured  something  under  eight  feet,  and 
while  not  officially  ; laced  on  the  scales,  was  estimated 
by  competent  judges  to  have  weighed  between  120  and 
130  pounds.”  

New  Jersey  Fishing. 

Asbury  Park,  N.  J.,  April  8. — Trout  streams  through- 
out this  county  are  in  fine  condition  for  fishing.  While 
we  have  not  many  streams  which  can  be  classed  as  good, 
still  by  those  who  know  and  are  willing  to  put  forth 
honest  endeavor,  some  good  results  are  to  be  obtained. 
Dr..  H.  S.  Kinneth,  in  company  with  Game  Warden 
Ackerman,  visited  the  Hockhocksen  on  the  opening  day, 
April  1,  and  secured  twenty  beautiful  fish.  The  Doctor 
terms  it  the  finest  catch  ever  made  in  Monmouth  County, 
several  of  them  weighing  over  1 pound  each,  hnd  two 
weighing  full  iRj  pounds.  He  deserves  the  success,  as 
he  has  for  years  used  both  time  and  money  in  having 
many  of  the  local  streams  stocked  and  is  zealous  in  their 
care. 

White  perch  are  now  plentiful  in  our  lakes  and  are 
taking  the  hook  quite  freely;  but  this  fishing  will  be 
greatly  improved  within  the  next  two  weeks,  provided 
we  get  some  warm  rains.  Perch  fishing  is  exceedingly 
popular  hereabouts  as  the  streams  are  of  easy  access, 
and  under  proper  conditions  success  is  quite  certain. 

Winter  flounders  are  plentiful  in  the  rivers  and  bays. 

I have  taken  some  very  fine  ones  the  past  week,  they 
are  in  fine  condition  and  are  taking  the  hook  well. 

Law  has  at  last  reached  the  pound  net  industry.  Fol- 
lowing the  21  indictments  secured  last  season  by  the 
Government,  came  an  order  prohibiting  the  placing  of 
any  new  poles  without  Government  permit  as  to  when 
and  where,  and  complaints  long  and  loud  have  been 
welling  up  in  the  past  month  as  nothing  definite  could 
be  heard  from  Washington.  They,  however,  came  to 
light  yesterday,  but  are  said  to  be  stringent  as  to  loca- 
tion and  character.  One  of  the  conditions  is  said  to  be 
that  all  the  old  poles  now  in  place  must  be  pulled  up 
and  put  on  the  beach.  This  is  a wise  provision  if  true, 
as  they  are  not  only  very  unsightly  but  a positive  menace 
to'  light  craft. 

- It  js  a case  of  the  mills  grinding  slowly,  but  it  is  to 
be  hoped  that  the  grist  will  in  the  near  future  be  ex- 
ceedingly fine.  Leonard  Hulit. 

Waiting  for  the  Frogs. 

Waterloo,  Wis.,  April  1. — What  a terrible  winter  we 
have  had  here.  I shall  be  indeed  glad  when  the  frogs 
begin  to  peep.  There  are  few  or  no  trout  in  this  neigh- 
bourhood, but  bass  and  pickerel  in  season  very  fine. 
Pickerel  (not  pike  nor  maskinonge)  of  12  pounds  are  not 
' uncommon,  they  tell  me.  I shall  go  for  them  when  the 
time  comes.  Jacobstaff. 

Legislation  at  Albany. 

Albany,  April  8. — The  following  additional  bills  amending  the 
forest,  fish  and  game  law  have  been  introduced  in  the  Legisla- 
ture: 

Senator  Prime’s  (Int.  No.  856),  ordered  to  third  reading,  with 
reference  to  forbidding  the  transportation  of  fish  caught  in  Mis- 
sisquoi  Bay  and  its  tributaries  in  the  Province  of  Quebec  and  the 
Richelieu  River. 

Senator  Malby’s  (Int.  No.  899),  amending  Section  224a  so  as 
to-  authorize  the  chief  fire  warden,  under  the  authority  of  the 
State  Commission  of  Forest,  Fish  and  Game,  to  commence  prose- 
cutions for  trespasses  on  the  forest  preserve.  The  Commission 
may  appoint  five  inspectors  instead  of  assistant  fire  wardens  to 
serve  during  the  season  when  forest  fires  occur  along  the  lines 
of  steam  railraods  in  the  forest  preserve  counties.  They  are  to 
be'allowed  an  annual  salary  of  $900,  with  $600  a year  for  expenses. 
They  shall  perform  such  other  duties  in  protecting  the  forest  and 
fn_-  reforestation  as  the  Superintendent  of  Forests  or  the  Com- 
mission shall  direct. 

The  Senate  has  passed  the  bill  of  the  Senate  Committee  on  For- 
est, Fish  and  Game  (Int.  No.  677)  relative  to  the  duties  of  the 
Superintendent  of  the  fire  wardens  and  game  protectors. 

The  Senate  has  advanced  the  following  bills  to  third  reading: 
Senator  Armstrong’s  (Int.  No.  684)  relative  to  the  destruction 
cf  nets. 

Senator  Coggeshall’s  (Int.  No.  496),  relative  to  the  expenses  of 
seizure  of  nets. 

Senator  Raines’  (Int.  No.  247),  in  relation  to  the  sale  of  trout. 
Assemblyman  Apgar’s  (Int.  No.  866),  relative  to  the  close  sea- 
son for  deer  in  Rockland  and  Westchester  counties. 

Assemblyman  Bisland’s  (Int.  No.  1175),  relative  to  the  close  season 
for  trout. 

Assemblyman  Gray’s  (Int.  No.  265),  relative  to  taking  fish 
through  the  ice  in  the  town  of  North  East,  Dutchess  county. 

Assemblyman  Gray’s  (Int.  No.  263.),  relative  to  the  close  se- 
scn  for  squirrels  in  certain  counties. 

Assemblyman  Plammond’s  (Int.  No.  534),  relative  to  taking  wall- 
eyed and  yellow  pike  in  the  counties  of  Oneida,  Madison,  Oswego 
and  Onondaga,  except  in  Lake  Ontario. 

Assemblyman  Reeve’s  (Int.  No.  305),  relative  to  the  protection 
of  land  turtles  and  wild  black  bears. 

Assemblyman  Reeve’s  (Int.  No.  105),  in  relation  to  penalties. 
Assemblyman  Stevens’  (Int.  No.  1006),  relative  to  the  close  sea- 
son on  trout  in  Rensselaer,  Warren  and  Washington  counties. 

Assemblyman  West’s  (Int.  No.  469),  in  relation  to  placing  carp 
in  certain  waters. 

The. Assembly  has  passed  the  following  bills: 

Assemblyman  Reeve’s  (Int.  No.  1079),  relative  to  the  use  of 
netj  In  Coney  Island  Creek. 

Assemblyman  Allen’s  (Int.  No.  1206),  in  relation  to  the  close 
season  for  trout  in  Fall  Brook  Creek,  Cayuga  county. 

Assemblyman  Cunningham’s  (Int.  No.  599),  in  relation  to 
spearing  fish  in  Ulster  county. 

Assemblyman  Reeve’s  (Int,  No.  1075),  relative  to  grouse  and 
woqdcock  ndt  being  sold. 

Assei&blyman  Reeve’s  (Int.  No.  1077),  relative  to  the  close 
season  on  woodcock. 

Asseriiblyman  Reeve’s  (Int.  No.  1076),  relative  to  fishing  in 
. Jamaica  Bay  and  adjacent  waters. 

Assemblyman  Coutant’s  (Int.  No.  1295),  allowing  the  taking  of 
herr-ing  -in  the  Delaware  River  and  that  part  of  the  Hudson  River 
below  the  dam  at  Troy,  with  nets  operated  by  hand  only,  from 
March  15  to  June  30,  both  inclusive. 

ASsemblyman  Knapp’s  (Int.  _ No.  1305),  relative  to  the  trans- 
portation of  fish  caught  in  Missisquoi  Bay,  Province  of  Quebec. 

Assemblyman  Phillips’  (Int.  No.  466),  relative  to  trout  fishing 
in  Allegany : county. 

The  Assembly  has  advanced  to  third  reading  the  following  bills : 
Assemblyman  Santee’s  (Int.  No.  737),  relative  to  the  appoointing 
of  additional  protectors. 

Assemblyman  Miller’s  (Int.  No.  994),  in  relation  to  the  pol- 
lution of  streams. 

Assemblyman  Reeve’s  (Int.  No.  1078),  relative  to  the  powers  of 
game;  protectors. 


Jpte  H mml 

■ - ■<& — 

The  Handlers'  Association, 

The  National  Field  Trial  Handlers’  Association  is  the 
title  assumed  by  a few  field  trial  handlers,  mostly  of  the 
Middle  West.  They  are  organized  ostensibly  for  purposes 
beneficial  to  field  trials  in  general,  but  in  practice  have 
adopted  some  modifications  of  the  trades  union  methods. 
This  association  seems  to  act  from  two  erroneous 
assumptions,  one  being  its  own  importance  and  power 
in  the  field  trial  world;  the  other  its  capability  to  improve 
and  manage  field  trials  in  general,  though  leaving  all  the 
expenses  and  labor  to  the  field  trial  clubs  as  a matter  of 
course. 

There  are  many  little  troubles  flowing  from  this 
Handlers’  Association  as  a source,  but  the  chief  and  most 
serious  one  seems  to  be  the  assumption  that  they  have  -a 
right  to  make  a list  of  judges  which  the  field  trial  clubs 
should  recognize  and  use.  It  requires  no  proof  to  estab- 
lish the  fact  that  a field  trial  club,  paying  the  expense  of 
its  field  trials,  that  of  its  judges  included,  has  a perfect 
right  to  conduct  its  affairs  in  its  own  way  without  any 
impertinent  interposition  or  intermeddling  from  rank  out- 
siders. If  the  handlers  do  not  like  the  judges  or  anything 
else,  they  are  privileged  to  participate  or  not,  as  they  may 
elect.  They,  however,  are  not  privileged  to-  arrogate  to 
themselves  any  power  to  take  charge  of  the  club’s  affairs. 

There  is  one  unpleasant  feature  contingent  on  refrain- 
ing to  participate : if  the  handlers  do  so  a few  times  their 
patrons  will  engage  men  who  will  attend  the  trials,  and 
then  some  of  the  more  turbulent  Association  members 
might  really  have  to  engage  in  actual  work. 

As  a rule,  a handler  is  accepted  by  his  patrons  as  a 
sportsman,  and  treated  as  an  equal  accordingly.  Then 
what  is  the  need  of  an  association? 

The  association  handlers  will  soon  find  that,  if  they 
draw  the  lines  much  further  offensively,  they  will  be 
placed  in  the  position  of  mere  labor  employes,  in  which 
situation  unconsciously  their  constitution  and  acts  portray 
them. 

It  is  also  an  easy  matter  for  the  field  trial  clubs  to 
organize  and  do  with  an  obstreperous  handler  what  the 
racing  clubs  do'  with  an  offensive  jockey.  The  wise 
handler  is  he  who  stands  on  his  individual  merits. 


The  Chase  City  Meet. 

Raleigh,  N.  C.,  April  8. — The  most  notable  “meet”  of 
fox  hounds  was  held  at  the  Hotel  Mecklenburg,  Chase 
City,  Va.,_the  last  week  in  March.  No  less  than  12  packs, 
J3S  dogs  in  all,  were  in  the  hunts  which  lasted  five  days. 
Nearly  all  the  chases  were  spectacular.  Deer,  which  fre- 
quently jumped  up,  gave  the  dogs  no  little  trouble  and 
tested  the  patience  of  the  hunters,  who  on  one  occasion 
numbered  85,  including  a round  dozen  of  ladies.  Col. 
W.  T.  Hughes,  of  the  hotel,  was  the  master  of  the 
hounds.  Of  the  dogs  a number  were  from  North  Caro- 
lina. Work  began  daily  at  5 o’clock  in  the  morning. 
Never  were  less  than  50  in  the  saddle.  Col.  Hughes 
was  ably  assisted  by  Sydney  P.  Cooper,  of  Henderson, 
N.  C. ; Mr.  Baptist,  of  Buffalo  Lithia  Springs;  Mr.  Hunt, 
of  Townsville,  N.  C. ; Mr.  Jackson,  of  Norfolk,  Va. ; 
Mr.  Overly,  of  Boydton,  Va.,  and  Judge  Aiken,  of  Dan- 
ville, Va.  Among  the  most  zealous  of  the  ladies  were 
Miss  Norris  and  Miss  Moring,  both  of  Raleigh,  N.  C.,  and 
Mrs.  Moody,  of  Chesterfield,  Va.  Two  of  the  negro 
huntsmen  devoted  to  the  chase  and  to  the  dogs  of  their 
packs,  were  like  leaves  from  old-time  picture  books  or 
sporting  prints,  these  being  Sam.  Browne,  the  hunts- 
man of  Mr.  Sneed,  of  Boydton,  and  Jim  Bartell,  the 
huntsman  of  Col.  Hughes,'  the  former  wearing  a blue 
broadcloth  hunting  coat  with  tails  of  the  pattern  of  1825 ; 
the  latter  in  a cap  of  raccoon  skin,  with  a horn  a cen- 
tury old  and  a pink  vest.  Old  Mr.  Sneed  was  a prince 
among  the  eager  huntsmen.  Once  when  his  associates 
were  lamenting  a failure  to  get  a fox  he  assured  them 
that  this  very  uncertainty  gave  all  the  more  zest  to  the 
sport.  He  keeps  his  pack  and  hunts  it  in  the  fashion 
of  his  great-grandfather.  The  hunters  all  wore  service- 
able clothes,  nothing  of  the  fancy  style,  no  hunting  boots 
or  gay  garments,  having  no  club  colors.  Instead  of  these 
accessories,  which  the  bogus  hunters  often  to  be  seen  to 
the  northward  regard  as  the  prime  object,  they  have 
good  horses,  the  best  dogs,  practical  dogs,  and  a spirit 
of  the  chase  and  a zeal  which  never  flags. 

The  packs  of  hounds  in  the  hunts  were  from  Buffalo 
Lithia  Springs,  Boydton,  Townsville,  Chase  City,  Hen- 
derson, Finneywood,  Wake  Forest,  N.  C.,  Danville,  and 
Lynchburg.  The  largest  pack  was  from  Boydton-Towns- 
ville,  53  dogs,  owned  by  Messrs.  Sneed,  Overly,  Lewis 
and  Hunt. 

In  one  hunt  two  foxes,  a grey  and  a red,  were  taken 
in  the  same  clan,  after  a run  of  twenty-five  miles.  Some- 
times the  hunt  crossed  the  border  into  North  Carolina. 
The  country  people  turned  out,  full  of  interest  in  this 
notably  great  meet.  In  one  hunt  the  fox  was  killed  near 
the  hotel,  and  a series  of  photographs  of  the  finishing 
scene  were  taken,  showing  the  party  of  riders  and  the 
immense  pack.  The  dogs  hunted  well  together.  Deer, 
so  very  abundant  in  that  section,  gave  the  most  trouble. 

Dr.  Arthur  Fleming,  of  Lewisburg,  N.  C.,  was  in  great 
luck.  Twice  he  got  the  brush.  The  very  hilly  country, 
well  timbered,  yet  with  fine  open  stretches,  gave  the  best 
of  opportunities  to  see  the  dogs. 

A good  result  is  that  the  owners  of  the  twelve  packs 
have  decided  to  form  a Virginia-North  Carolina  organi- 
zation to  improve  hounds  and  to  promote  foxhunting  in 
both  States.  There  are  about  twenty  packs  in  this  State. 
The  owners  will  be  asked  to  join  the  organization.  A 
committee  is  in  charge  of  the  matter  and  will  prepare  a 
constitution  and  by-laws. 


Points  and  Flushes. 

George  De  Forest  Grant,  well  known  in  the  dog  world 
during  a number  of  years  past  as  one  of  the  chief  officers 
of  the  Westminster  Kennel  Club,  died  of  heart  disease  at 
St.  Augustine,  Fla.,  April  5,  in  his  fifty-second  year.  He 
was  a member  of  the  Union  Club,  the  Racquet  Club,  the 
New  York  Yacht  Club,  the  Metropolitan  Club,  and  the 
Coney  Island  Jockey  Club. 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


* [April  15,  1905. 


The  Great  Ocean  Race  of  1866, 


Between  Henrietta,  Fleetwing  and  Vesta. 

After  discussing  at  length  the  merits  of  their  respective 
yachts,  Fleetwing  and  Vesta,  Messrs.  George  and  Frank- 
lin Osgood  and  Mr.  Pierre  Lorillard  decided  the  way  to 
settle  the  matter  definitely  was  for  the  two  boats  to  race 
across  the  Western  ocean  from  Sandy  Hook  to  the 
Needles.  These  gentlemen  believed  that  such  a contest 
would  prove  conclusively  which  of  the  two  vessels  was 
the  faster;  and  to  give  their  seagoing  qualities  a thorough 
test  it  was  decided  that  the  race  should  take  place  in 
December.  The  race  was  sailed  in  accordance  with  the 
following  agreement: 

Agreement. 

George  and  Franklin  Osgood  bet  Pierre  Lorillard,  Jr.,  and 
others  $30,000  that  the  Fleetwing  can  beat  the  Vesta  to  the 
Needles,  on  the  coast  of  England,  yachts  to  start  from  Sandy 
Hook  on  the  second  Tuesday  in  December,  1866,  to  sail  according 
to  the  rules  of  the  New  York  Yacht  Club,  waiving  allowance  of 
time.  The  sails  to  be  carried  are  mainsail,  foresail,  jib,  flying 
jib,  jibtopsail,  fore  and  main  gaff  topsail,  storm  staysail  and  trysail. 
(Squaresails  added.) 

No  sooner  wras  this  bold  venture  known,  than  a third 
party,  James  Gordon  Bennett,  Jr.,  requested  to  be  ad- 
mitted to  the  match  and  the  following  was  added  to  the 
agreement : 

The  yacht  Henrietta  enters  the  above  race  by  paying  $30,000 
subscription  by  members  of  the  New  York  Yacht  Club;  any 
minor  points  not  embraced  in  the  above,  that  cannot  be  settled  by 
Messrs.  Osgood,  Lorillard  and  Bennett,  shall  be  decided  as  fol- 
lows: Each  shall  choose  an  umpire;  the  umpires  chosen  in  case  of  a 
disagreement  to  choose  two  others.  Twenty  per  cent,  of  the  money 
to- be  deposited  with  Mr.  Leonard  W.  Jerome,  on  the  3d  of 
November,  the  balance  to  be  deposited  on  the  first  Tuesday  in 
December — play  or  pay. 

(Signed)  J.  G.  Bennett,  Jr. 

Franklin  Osgood, 

George  A.  Osgood, 
Pierre  Lorillard,  Jr. 

December  5,  1866. 


Henrietta,  Fleetwing  and  Vesta  started  on  the  race 
from  Sandy  Hook  to  the  Needles  December  n,  1866,  at 
i o’clock  P.  M.  On  Christmas  Eve  at  6:55  the  Scilly 
Lights  were  sighted  by  Vesta,  and  just  fifty  minutes  later 
they  were  picked  up  by  Henrietta.  Sailing  the  whole 
course  without  a tack,  the  latter  was  but  eleven  miles  out 
from  the  straight  line  from  start  to  finish ; she  passed  the 
Lizards  at  3 o’clock  on  Christmas  morning,  picked  up  a 
Cowes  pilot  at  noon,  and  at  3:45  P.  M.  the  two  judges 
on  board  timed  her  as  she  passed  the  Needles.  Vesta  was 
less  fortunate,  her  landfall  bringing  her  a few  miles  to 
leeward  of  Henrietta  at  the  Scilly  Islands,  and  when  she 
finally  picked  up  a pilot  late  on  Christmas  evening  he 
went  astray  in  a light  fog,  so  that  she  did  not  finish  until 
forty  minutes  after  midnight.  Fleetwing  made  a better 
course  up  Channel,  and  finished  at  midnight.  The  brief 
record  of  the  race  is  as  follows : 


, Time , Distance  Average 

Days.  Hours.  Minutes.  Sailed.  Per  Hour. 


Henrietta  13  21  55  3106  9.39 

Fleetwing  14  6 10  3135  9.16 

Vesta  14  6 50  3144  9.14 


D.  H.M.S. 

Henrietta  started  December  11  1 00  00  P.  M. 
Henrietta  finished  December  25  3 45  00  P.  M. 


Dif.  long. 


14  2 45  00 

5 00  00 


Hours. 

9 

15 

21 

21 

20 


Minutes. 


45 


13  21  45  00  from  buoy  off  the  Hook 
(Passed  Sandy  Hook  Lightship  1:39  P.M.) 

Days. 

Henrietta’s  time  to  Lizards .■••13 

Yampa’s  time  from  Montauk  Point 15 

Henrietta’s  time  to  the  Needles  (1866) 13 

Henrietta’s  time  from  Sandy  Hook  L.S. 

to  the  Needles  (1866) 13 

Endyrhion’s  time  to  the  Needles  (1900)..  13 

Sappho’s  time  to  Cowes  (1868) 14 

Sappho’s  time  from  Sandy  Hook  L.V.  to 

Queenstown  (1869)  12 

The  distance  was  2,875  miles,  and  Sappho’s  best  run  was  315  miles, 
averaging  13.10  knots,  or  an  hourly  average  for  the  whole  distance 
of  9.664  knots. 


6 

36 


36 


In  1887  Coronet  was  14  days  19  hours  23  minutes  4 
seconds  going  from  Bay  Ridge  to  Queenstown  m her 
race  with  the  Dauntless.  . 

In  1894  the  sloop  Vigilant  made  the  trip  from  bandy 
Hook  to  Tory  Island,  Ireland,  in  14  days  8 hours,  and  to 
Gourock,  Scotland  in  15  days  9 hours. 

Lasca  covered  the  same  course  to  Gourock,  Scotland, 
in  17  days  6 hours,  and  Valkyrie  II.  also  made  a 17-day 
trip. 

Henrietta,  1866,  hourly  average  for  whole  distance,  9.36  knots 

Fleetwing,  1866,  “ “ „ 9'16 

Vesta,  1866,  “ 

Sappho,  1869, 

Yampa,  1897, 

Endymion,  1900, 

Ingomar,  1904,  „ 

Vigilant,  1894, 

Coronet,  1887, 

Dauntless,  1887, 


9.14 

9.66 

8.00 

9.66 
8.25 
8.52 
8.08 

7.67 


The  Story  of  the  Race. 

The  London  Times  of  Thursday,  December  27,  1866, 
published  the  following  report  of  the  ocean  race  between 
Henrietta,  Fleetwing  and  Vesta:  . 

The  ocean  race  is  ended.  The  Henrietta  passed  the 
Needles  at  3:46  P.  M.  yesterday,  winning  the  race  and 
the  amount  of  £18,000  stakes. 

The  Fleetwing  arrived  at  1 A.  M.  to-day,  the  Vesta  at 

4 The  three  yachts  are  now-lying  at  anchor  in  this  harbor 
[Cowes],  and  crowds  of  people  are  visiting  them  and  ad- 
miring their  sharp  lines  and  natty  rig.  _ The  citizens  of 
this  town  vie  with  each  oilier  in  courtesies  to  the  Ameri- 
can yachtsmen, ' and  the  hospitality  of  the  Royal  Yacht 
Club  has  been  tendered  by  the  secretary,  Captain  Brown, 

Royal  Navy.  . 

The  Vesta  reports  no  special  incident  during  her  long 


voyage.  The  Fleetwing  had  rather  a rouuh  passage,  and 
six  of  her  seamen  were  unfortunately  washed  overboard 
from  the  cockpit. 

Of  the  trip  of  the  Henrietta,  with  which  yacht  my  for- 
tunes were  linked  during  the  race,  I am  able  to  give  more 
detailed  account.  The  logs  of  the  other  boats  will  be  sent 
to  you  for  publication  as  soon  as  possible. 

We  left  New  York  city  on  Tuesday,  the  nth  inst.  The 
excitement  about  the  race,  which  had  been  gradually  in- 
creasing during  the  fortnight  before  the  start,  seemed 
most  intense  when  vhe  day  of  departure  arrived.  All  the 
vessels  in  the  harbor  and  boats  upon  the  river  were  gaily 
decked  with  flags.  Numerous  excursion  steamers  were 
chartered  to  escort  the  contestants  to  Sandy  Hook.  At 
the  docks,  where  lay  the  tugs  which  were  to  convey  the 
yachtsmen  on  board  their  crafts,  great  crowds  had  col- 
lected, and  cheered  heartily  as  the  tugs  steamed  off.  The 
day  was  clear,  cool  and  bright,  and  the  westerly  wind 
was  just  what  was  desired.  The  yachts  were  anchored 
off  Staten  Island,  and  there  the  scene  was  even  more 
animated  than  in  the  harbor;  steamers  full  of  cheering 
spectators  sailed  around  the  little  vessels ; the  music  from 
the  hand  upon  the  River  Queen,  chartered  by  the  New 
York  Yacht  Club,  was  echoed  by  the  bands  upon  the  ex- 
cursion steamers ; the  United  States  revenue  cutter  fired 
a salute,  the  hills  of  Staten  Island  were  dotted  with 
observers,  and  flags  flew  from  every  villa;  a fleet  of  pilot 
boats  clustered  off  West  Bank  to  accompany  the  yachts 
to  sea ; the  forts  which  line  the  entrance  to  the  harbor 
dipped  their  colors.  As  the  New  York  Yacht  Club 
steamer  passed  the  Henrietta,  the  distinguished  officers 
and  gentlemen  on  board  gave  three  hearty  cheers  for  “the 
only  man  who  goes  in  his  own  boat.”  The  enthusiasm 
was  as  marked  as  the  good  wishes  loudly  expressed  by 
every  lip  were  hearty  and  sincere.  It  required  an  ex- 
perienced eye  to  detect  any  important  difference  between 
the  three  yachts  as  they  lay  at  anchor.  All  are  of  nearly 
the  same  build  and  burden — the  Henrietta  registering 
205  tons,  the  Vesta  201,  and  the  Fleetwing  212,  American 
measurement.  The  Henrietta  and  Fleetwing  are  keel 
boats.  The  Vesta  has  what  is  termed  a “centerboard,”  or 
false  keel,  like  the  celebrated  yacht  America.  Of  course 
the  three  yachts  had  been  carefully  equipped,  carrying 
spare  sails  and  spars,  wire  rigging  and  extra  tillers. 

In  the  Henrietta  sailed  Mr,  Bennett,  the  owner; 
Messrs.  Jerome,  Knapp  and  Fisk,  judges  and  guests; 
Captain  Samuels,  Sailing  Master  Lyons,  and  a crew  of 
twenty-four  men,  including  Mr.  Jones,  first  officer,  Mr. 
Corels,  second  mate,  a carpenter,  sailmaker  and  two 
stewards. 

The  Fleetwing,  owned  by  Mr.  George  Osgood,  was 
commanded  by  Captain  Thomas,  with  a crew  of  twenty- 
two  men;  and  Messrs.  Centre  and  Staples,  of  the  New 
York  Yacht  Club,  went  in  her  as  judges. 

The  Vesta,  owned  by  Mr.  Pierre  Lorillard,  carried 
Messrs.  George  Lorillard  and  Taylor  as  judges,  Captain 
Dayton,  and  a crew  of  twenty-three,  petty  officers  and 
j udges. 

Each  of  the  yachts  had  previously  won  several  closely 
contested  matches,  and  only  the  popular  prejudice  against 
the  “centerboard”  vessels  in  rough  weather  gave  the 
other  boats  an  advantage  over  the  Vesta  in  the  heavy 
wagers  staked  upon  the  race. 

At  11  o’clock  the  racing  signal  of  the  Henrietta  was 
displayed,  and  the  yachts  were  taken  in  tow  by  the  tugs 
for  the  starting  point  off  Sandy  Flook,  accompanied  by 
innumerable  steamers,  propellers,  yachts  and  pilot  boats, 
and,  amid  renewed  cheering  and  excitement,  they  were 
hauled  down  through  the  Narrows  and  assigned  their 
respective  stations. 

Precisely  at  one  o’clock  Mr.  Fearing,  the  starter,  gave 
the  signal  for  the  race  to  begin.  In  a moment  the  tugs 
were  cast  off  and  sails  hoisted,  the  Fleetwing  occupying 
the  most  northerly  position ; first  fresh  breeze,  and 
danced  away  before  the  wind,  the  Vesta  following  closely. 
The  Henrietta,  lying  nearer  the  shore,  had  decidedly  the 
worst  of  the  start,  hut  regained  her  position  as  she 
dropped  away  from  the  land.  The  tugs  and  steamers 
sailed  in  line  after  the  yachts,  and  presented  a most  pic- 
turesque sight.  The  wreck  of  the  Scotland  was  in  full 
view;  grimly  reminding  the  yachtsmen  of  the  dangers 
they  were  about  to  brave;  the  strains  of  “Auld  Lang 
Syne”  from  the  steamer  recalled  to  the  adventurers  the 
friendships  they  were  leaving.  Then  a cloud  obscured 
the  sun,  the  wind  gradually  rose,  the  yachts  increased 
their  speed,  the  good-bys  to  each  were  faintly  heard,  the 
lightship  off  Sandy  Flook  was  passed,  the  open  sea  was 
before  us,  and  the  voyage  had  commenced  in  earnest.  At 
2 :45  P.  M.  the  “Neversink  Highlands”  sunk  out  of  sight. 
The  yachts  were  then  abeam  of  each  other.  The  Hen- 
rietta having  caught  the  ten-knot  breeze,  all  canvas  was 
set,  and  the  Vesta  sailed  wing  and  wing.  Daylight  now 
rapidly  faded,  and  the  sun  disappeared  in  a glory  of 
crimson  and  gold.  The  tug  Philip,  which  had  been  char- 
tered by  Mr.  Lorillard  to  accompany  the  Vesta  until 
nightfall,  turned  homeward  with  a farewell  hurrah,  and 
the  crews  of  the  yachts  bade  good-by  to  the  United  States 
with  answering  cheers.  Each  captain  now  chose  his  own 
course,  the  Fleetwing  keeping  to  the  northward,  the 
Henrietta  holding  the  European  steamer  track,  and  the 
Vesta  evidently  making  for  the  northern  passage. 

At  six  P.  M.  wind  blowing  steadily  from  the  W.N.W., 
we  lost  sight  of  the  Fleetwing  in  the  darkness;  but  the 
Vesta  was  still  abreast,  looking  like  a phantom  in  the 
dim  starlight.  The  Henrietta  now  increased  her  speed, 
rocking  over  the  waves  as  gently  as  a cradle,  and  at 
eight  o’clock  the  Vesta  had  disappeared;  we  saw  neither 
of  our  rivals  again  until  they  came  to  Cowes.  Songs  and 
stories  in  the  cabin  and  heavy  \snow  squalls  on  deck 
marked  our  first  night  at  sea. 

The  next  day  was  bright  and  cold;  we  carried  all  sail, 
making  eleven  knots  an  hour  until  noon,  when  the  Hen- 
rietta was  struck  by  a heavy  snow  squall,  and  the  top- 


sails had  to  be  taken  in.  During  the  twenty-three  hours 
we  had  made  235  knots  by  observation  and  237  by  log, 
and  found  ourselves  in  lat.  40.70,  and  long.  68.52;  the 
wind  was  northerly,  and  came  in  strong  gusts;  at  ten 
minutes  to  four  we  passed  the  steamer  Cuba  and  an- 
other steamer,  to  both  of  which  we  showed  our  racing 
signals,  receiving  prompt  replies.  Several  sailing  vessels 
were  sighted,  but  they  all  kept  away  from  us  as  soon  as 
we  showed  our  dark  blue  flag,  as  if  believing  the  canard 
that  the  yachts  were  Fenian  privateers.  The  weather 
grew  more  stormy  toward  night,  and  our  little  boat  was 
at  times  half  under  water,  but  behaving  most  admirably. 
The  mainsails  were  reefed  before  midnight,  but  as  the 
weather  moderated  the  reefs  were  shaken  out,  and  both 
jibs  set.  Messrs.  Lipus  and  Jones  who  headed  the  two 
watches  into  which  the  crew  was  divided,  vied  with  each 
other  in  handling  the  yacht  carefully,  and  through  this 
storm,  as  throughout  the  entire  voyage,  the  Henrietta  had 
all  the  canvas  she  could  safely  carry,  but  not  an  inch 
more.  Consequently  her  speed  was  steadily  maintained, 
but  nothing  was  strained  and  nothing  carried  away.  At 
noon  on  the  second  nautical  day,  we  scored  two  hundred 
and  ten  miles  by  observation  and  two  hundred  and  thirty 
by  log,  the  discrepancy  being  accounted  for  by  a current 
which  had  drifted  the  yacht  over  twenty  miles  to  the 
southwest.  Clear,  sunshiny  weather  during  the  day,  and 
bright  moonlight,  with  occasional  snow  squalls  at  night, 
closed  the  record  for  the  13th  of  December. 

The  next  morning  the  weather  was  cloudy  and  warm, 
and  the  sea  had  fallen;  some  of  the  guests  enjoyed  their 
siesta  on  deck ; the  servants  unexpectedly  appearing  in 
white  trousers,  seemed  like  ghosts  from  the  long  departed 
summer.  Nothing  was  in  sight  upon  the  ocean  except 
flocks  of  gulls  and  Mother  Cary’s  chickens.  At  noon  we 
had  made  two  hundred  and  four  miles.  By  a fine  observa- 
tion in  the  evening  the  placid  moon  showed  silvery  upon 
a sea  as  smooth  as  the  Thames.  Reclining  in  the  com- 
fortable cabin,  the  Chateau  Margaux  and  cigars  within 
easy  reach,  the  guests  listened  to  the  Captain’s  stories 
of  haunted  ships  and  suicides  at  sea  and  dismal  wrecks  of 
the  Southern  Ocean.  Toward  midnight,  however,  the 
scene  changed  and  repeated  squalls  with  rain  and  hail 
struck  the  tiny  craft,  and  bowled  her  along  at  the  rate  of 
eleven,  twelve  and  thirteen  knots  an  hour.  At  sunrise  the 
next  morning  a snowstorm  began;  the  sea  and  sky 
seemed  one,  and  both  were  a deep  slate  color ; the  men, 
half  white  with  new  snow,  moved  slowly  at  their  work; 
the  dark  horizon  was  noticeably  narrowed ; as  the  snow 
drifted  down  the  Henrietta  passed  through  the  water  that 
foamed  upon  the  deck;  to  leeward  a spar  from  some 
wreck  lifted  itself  to  the,  view  like  a great  skeleton  finger 
indicative  of  ruin ; all  our  surroundings  were  mournful 
and  depressing.  No  observations  could  be  taken  but  by 
dead  reckoning.  We  had  gained  two  hundred  and  twenty- 
five  miles  during  the  past  twenty-four  hours.  As  night  i 
fell  the  yacht  sailed  faster  and  faster,  until  as  we  looked 
over  the  side  where  the  waves  came  cascading  over  the 
diminutive  bulwarks,  we  seemed  to  be  fairly  living  along. 
The  sky  cleared,  but  the  wind  freshened  at  sunset,  and  ’ 
the  light  sails  were  hauled  down  and  the  mainsail  reefed.  ' 
The  yacht  quivered  like  a racehorse  over-driven,  and  the  ] 
pumps,  which  were  tested  every  hour,  sounded  dismally,  j 
but  showed  no  leakage.  Sea  after  sea  boarded  the  stag-  1 
gering  craft.  A wave  came  bursting  through  the  sky-  j 
light  into  the  cabin.  All  night  long  this  heavy  weather  \ 
continued : but  the  yacht  ran  so  easily  before  the  free  j 
wind  that  everybody  slept  as  quietly  as  if  the  Henrietta  j 
was  the  Great  Eastern. 

In  the  gray  of  the  following  morning,  Sunday,  Decem- 
ber 16,  we  passed  a brig  bound  to  Newfoundland,  and  her  ! 
crew,  who  had  evidently  heard  nothing  of  the  yacht  race,  j 
climbed  up  the  rigging  to  stare  at  us  as  we  dashed  swiftly  1 
and  silently  by  like  the  Flying  Dutchman.  We  were  now  < 
crossing  the  Grand  Banks,  and  at  noon  we  had  sailed  246 
miles;  for  the  day,  and  over  one-third  the  distance  to 
Cowes.  The  wind  still  remained  northerly,  and  the 
yacht  kept  her  course  without  variation.  Ai  2 o’clock 
the  captain,  officers  and  yachtsmen  assembled  in  the 
cabin  for  divine  worship,  while  the  winds  whistled  shrilly 
without,  and  the  waves  splashed  across  the  deck  lights 
overhead.  The  prayers  for  the  day  were  repeated,  and 
a chapter  from  the  Bible  and  one  of  Jay’s  brief  sermons 
were  read.  At  10  P.  M.  we  were  off  the  Grand  Banks  ' 
and  off  soundings,  going  at  the  rate  of  twelve  knots  an 
hour.  Heavy  seas  still  boarded  the  vessel,  washing  over- 
board one  of  the  crew;  the  wind  still  held  from  the 
northward,  and  all  hands  were  not  too  sensible  to  credit 
the  captain’s  superstitious  stories  and  refrain  from 
changing  their  attire,  lest  they  should  bring  a change  of 
wind.  The  night  passed  quietly,  and  the  ship  averaged 
eleven  knots,  in  spite  of  the  seas  that  constantly  ham- 
mered her  like  marine  Vulcans. 

The  next  day  found  us  in  “the  roaring  forties,”  which 
we  had  been  taught  to  dread  the  character  of.  The  ocean 
had  entirely  changed;  instead  of  dancing  over  short, 
chopping  waves  like  those  of  the  English  Channel,  we 
appeared  to  be  passing  between  ranges  of  water  hills. 
Running  thus  in  the  trough  of  the  sea,  there  seemed  to 
be  no  horizon.  The  water,  glazed  by  the  snow  that  fell ' 
almost  constantly,  had  the  consistency  of  oil ; the  sky  was 
filled  with  dull  leaden  clouds;  but  the  barometer  rose 
steadily ; the  wind,  which  had  been  rather  doubtful  dur- 
ing the  morning,  blew  from  the  north  once  more.  A fine ' 
observation  gave  us  two  hundred  and  eighty  miles  for 
the  yacht’s  progress  during  the  preceding  twenty-four 
hours.  In  six  days  and  fourteen  hours  we  had  sailed 
half  way  across  the  Atlantic.  In  the  afternoon  a beauti- 
ful rainbow  brightened  the  horizon ; but  this  “bow  of 
promise”  proved  most  deceitful,  and  brought  us  renewed; 
hail  and  snow  squalls  instead  of  pleasant  weather.  Dur- 
ing the  night  the  wind  shifted  to  W.S.W.  We  gybed  ship, 
and  hoisted  the  squaresail,  Jmt  were  forced  to  lower  it 
again  in  a few  hours,  as  'the  signs  of’  dirty  weather 


April  15,  1905.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


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ominously  increased.  The  effect  of  gybing,  we  may  ex- 
plain to  the  uninitiated,  is  to  change  the  cant  of  a vessel 
from  one  side  to  the  other.  Naturally,  then,  the  guests, 
who  had  gone  to  rest  when  the  yacht  had  an  inclination 
of  45  degrees  in  one  direction,  suddenly  awoke,  cross  and 
sullen,  when  they  were  rolled  over  in  their  berths  by  the 
careening  of  the  yacht  to  45  degrees  the  other  way.  The 
weather  was  now  exceedingly  threatening.  The  mainsail 
was  double  reefed  for  the  first  time  and  the  vessel  put  in 
order  for  a storm.  At  noon  we  had  run  two  hundred  and 
fifty  miles.  The  southwest  wind  freshened  after  noon, 
and  at  4 P.  M.  it  blew  a regular  gale.  'The  mainsail  was 
furled  and  three. reefs  taken  in  the  foresail  and  the  jibs 
taken  in.  Even  with  this  small  spread  of  canvas  the 
yacht  was  driven  nine  miles  an  hour.  On  deck  the  rain 
and  spray  shut  in  the  vessel  like  a watery  curtain.  Below 
the  pitching  and  tossing  rendered  it  impossible  to  sleep. 
A bucket  of  water  was  placed  near  the  stove  to  ex- 
tinguish the  fire  should  the  necessity  arise.  The  dead 
lights  leaked  unexpectedly  and  uncomfortably.  Holes 
were  bored  in  the  stateroom  floors  to  let  out  water 
should  the  skylight  be  broken  in.  The  servants  were 
dashed  about  the  cabins  as  if  shot  from  invincible  cata- 
pults. The  guests  had  enough  to  do  to  hold  themselves 
inside  their  berths.  Under  these  circumstances,  which 
would  have  delighted  Mark  Tapley,  everybody  became 
again  good  humored.  Just  at  midnight  the  struggling 
yacht  was  struck  by  a tremendous  sea  that  burst  over 
the  quarter,  struck  full  upon  the  foresail,  and  then  fell 
heavily  upon  the  deck,  staving  in  the  yacht’s  boat.  Simul- 
taneously the  carpenter  rushed  wildly  into  the  cabin,  pale 
with  alarm,  and  shouted,  “Mr.  Bennett,  we  must  heave 
hereto;  she  is  opening  forward,  sir!”  With  great  good 
sense  nobody  stirred  save  Mr.  Bennett,  who  quietly  in- 
formed Captain  Samuels  of  the  carpenter’s  report.  As 
quietly  the  Captain  came  down  from  the  deck  and  exam- 
ined the  supposed  leak,  which  turned  out  to-  be  nothing 
but  the  bilge  water  oozing  through  the  line-planking  near 
the  cook’s  berth.  The  gale  strengthened,  however,  and 
at  last  the  Captain  decided  that  the  Henrietta  could  be 
driven  no  longer.  Preparations  were  made  to  heave  to, 
which  is  simply  laying  the  ship  head  to  the  wind  under 
close  canvas,  so  that  she  rides  as  if  at  anchor.  The  storm 
trysails  happened  to  be  stored  in  the  cabin,  and  as  the 
sailors  came  silently  down,  oiled  the  tackle  and  carried 
the  sail  upon  the  deck,  the  scene  reminded  one  of  the 
bringing  forth  of  the  pall  for  a funeral.  A pause  in  a 
race  like  this  seemed  the  burial  of  all  our  hopes.  Never- 
theless it  was  some  consolation  to  be  informed  by  Cap- 
tain Samuels  that  in  his  thirty  years’  experience  he  had 
never  seen  a vessel  that  could  face  such  a gale  so  long, 
and  it  was  charitable  to  hope  that  our  rivals  were  having 
better  weather  than  ourselves.  Once  hove  to,  the  yacht 
rocked  lazily  and  pleasantly;  the  waves  rushed  and  the 
winds  howled  past,  but  did  not  disturb  her. 

Before  noon  the  next  day  (December  19)  the  wind  had 
lulled,  and  the  ship  again  started  off  briskly,  as  if  rested 
and  refreshed.  Everybody  now  changed  his  attire,  and 
for  once  an  old  superstition  proved  true,  for  the  wind 
shifted  to  the  north  and  west  again.  The  sun  shone 
pleasantly,  but  the  sea  was  still  running  high ; the  waves, 
blown  about  like  the  sandhills  of  a desert,  disclosing 
strange  mirages  of  tents  and  sails,  as  they  revealed  strips 
of  the  horizon  here  and  there.  We  made  our  shortest 
distance  on  this  stormy  day,  gaining  only  153  miles.  At 
3 P.  M.  we  were  going  fifteen  knots,  and  kept  up  this, 
pace  for  several  hours.  In  the  evening  we  sailed  calmly 
in  the  mellow  moonlight  that  marked  our  track  before  us 
with  its  sheen;  the  cabin  fire  was  allowed  to  die  out  and 
overcoats  were  discarded.  The  seas  rose  on  either  side 
like  walls,  and  the  yacht  ran  swiftly  between  them  at  the 
rate  of  thirteen  knots  an  hour.  There  could  have  been 
no  stronger  contrast  to  the  incidents  of  the  previous 
night.  Sailing  at  the  same  pace  next  morning,  we  scored 
260  miles  by  noon.  The  clouds  moving  in  a grand  pro- 
cession from  east  to  west,  and  forming  in  solid  masses  be- 
hind us,  promised  a continuance  of  the  fair  wind.  At  3 
P.  M.  we  passed  the  steamer  Louisiana,  bound  west, 
making  out  her  name  from  Maryatt’s  signal  flags.  That 
night  everything  was  cheering,  the  yachtsmen  sang 
lustily  in  the  -cabin,  and  the  sailors  answered  as  lustily 
from  the  forecastle;  the  captain  turned  in  for  the  first 
time  since  our  start;  but  nothing  is  so  variable  as  the 
weather.  By  1 o’clock  the  next  morning  there  was  a 
dead  calm,  and  we  came  on  deck  after  breakfast  to  find 
a warm  summer  day.  The  yacht  was  scarcely  moving 
through  the  water,  the  sails  hung  drooping  from  the  yards, 
the  ocean  was  perfectly  smooth ; the  stillness  was  re- 
markable ; there  was  no  ripple  of  the  waves,  no  rustling 
of  the  sails.  Of  course  another  superstitious  change  of 
the  toilette  ensued.  One  of  the  servants  was  discovered 
to  be  a profesional  barber,  and  a shaving  shop  was  im- 
provised, everybody  contributing  oils,  pomatum  and  per- 
fumery. There  was  general  “rejuvenation.”  Those  who 
Lad  not  shaven  for  ten  days  came  out  from  the  barber's 
hands  as  from  a disguise.  Bits  of  unsuspected  finer}’, 
such  as  neckties  and  scarf-pins,  were  displayed.  One 
would  have  thought  it  was  a gala  day;  but,  in  truth, 
nothing  could  have  been  worse  for  us  than  this  calm ; 
welcome  even  another  gale,  so  that  it  came  from  the  west. 

Ail  this  mummery  was  again  effectual;  about  11  A.  M. 
a fine  breeze  sprung  up  from  the  south,  and  under  full 
canvas,  all  the  sails  drawing  well,  the  Henrietta  cut  her 
wray  through  the  calm  ocean.  The  cabin  was  too  warm 
for  comfort,  and  the  yachtsmen  reclined  Gn  deck  like 
turtles  in  Ihc  sun.  A school  of  porpoises  passed  the  ship, 
and  the  second  mate  started  a legend  which  I cannot  but 
believe  that  the  yacht  was  going  so  fast  as  to  strike  one 
of  the  fish  and  cut  it  in  two.  Better  evidence  of  her 
speed  is  to  be  found  in  her  log,  which  records  that  she 
sailed  one  hundred  and  fifty-seven  miles  that  day,  despite 
the  time  lost  by  the  calm.  By  night  we  were  making 
eleven  knots,  with  everything  as  snug  and  trim  as  on  the 
first  day  out. 

A soft  balmy  morning  succeeded,  and  we  were  roused 
up  at  sunrise  to  salute  a Bremen  steamer  that  dipped  her 
colors  as  she  passed.  The  yacht  now  ran  easily,  like  a 
machine,  rolling  up  two  hundred  and  fifty-two  miles  by 
noonday;  at  3 P.  M.  we  fell  in  with  a Scotch  mist,  in  the 
midst  of  it  we  spoke  the  packet  ship  Philadelphia,  eleven 
days  out  from  Liverpool.  The  captain  of  the  Philadelphia 
doubly  encouraged  us  by  reporting  that  he  had  heard 
nothing  of  the  other  yachts,  and  that  the  winds  were 
westerly. 


The  next  day,  Sunday,  December  23,  we  logged  one 
hundred  and  ninety-six  miles.  There  was  a brief  calm 
at  daybreak,  followed  by  light  southeast  winds.  At 
noon  divine  service  was  held  in  the  cabin.  The  wind 
gradually  rose  during  the  afternoon,  and,  as  usual,  in  the 
evening  the  good  yacht  rallied  splendidly,  increasing  her 
progress  rapidly  from  seven  knots  up  to  twelve,  at  which 
rate  she  was  dashing  along  as  the  moon  rose,  blood  red, 
in  the  hazy  English  sky. 

The  excitement  in  regard  to  the  race  now  reached 
fever  heat.  All  jokes  and  stories  became  stale,  and  noth- 
ing was  talked  of  but  yachts  and  time  and  wind,  and  the 
probabilities  and  possibilities  of  the  contest.  In  every 
distant  vessel  we  saw  a Fleetwing;  every  star  near  the 
horizon  was  transformed  into  the  Vesta’s  signal  light. 
At  8 P.  M.  we  were  on  soundings ; at  12,  midnight,  off 
Cape  Clear.  Thus  the  next  morning,  December  24,  found 
us  in  the  chops  of  the  Channel,  hoping  to  eat  our  Christ- 
mas dinner  at  Cowes.  It  was  a murky,  foggy,  dark, 
damp,  disagreeable  morning,  and  even  at  noon  it  was 
impossible  to  take  a solar  observation;  but  by  dead 
reckoning  we  had  made  one  hundred  and  seventy-two 
miles.  The  carpenter  who  had  given  us  one  sensation 
by  discovering  a spurious  leak,  now  treated  us  to  another 
by  announcing  that  the  Fleetwing  was  in  sight.  Every- 
body clambered  on  deck.  Binocular  glasses,  eye-glasses, 
spectacles  and  telescopes  were  brought  to  bear  upon  the 
imaginary  yacht,  which  was  soon  made  out  to  be  an  Eng- 
lish topsail  schooner  bound  the  other  way.  Indignation 
followed  excitement,  and  both  quickly  merged  into  a 
hearty  laugh.  Nearing  the  land  of  Christmas  carols 
and  Dickens  upon  Chistmas  Eve,  it  was  impossible  to  go 
to  rest.  After  a very  late  dinner  we  had  our  Christmas 
songs  and  stories ; among  the  former  was  a ditty  com- 
posed in  honor  of  the  Henrietta,  and  sung  to  the  familiar 
air  of  “Sweet  Evelina.”  While  these  festivities  were  in 
progress  we  had  made  the  Scilly  Island  lights  at  7 :4s 
P.  M.  The  current  drifting  11s  to  leeward,  we  steered 
S.S.E.  for  an  offing,  and  passed  the  islands  handsomely, 
having  made  no  tack  since  we  left  New  York,  and  having 
varied  only  eleven  miles  from  the  straight  line  between 
the  two  points.  So  admirable  a landfall  reflected  great 
credit  upon  Captain  Samuels.  At  3 o’clock  A.  M.  we 
passed  Lizard  light,  going  thirteen  knots  an  hour  steadily, 
the  Henrietta,  like  a well  jockeyed  racehorse,  reserving 
her  best  pace  for  the  finish.  Running  close  in  to  the  bold 
coast,  we  sighted  the  Eddystone,  Start  Point  and  Port- 
land Hill,  and  at  12  140  P.  M.  on  Christmas  Day  took  on 
board  a Cowes  pilot.  A heartier  cheer  never  rent  the  air 
than  that  which  greeted  the  pilot’s  announcement  that  no 
other  American  yacht  had  passed  up  the  channel.  The 
race  seemed  won,  and  a sudden  blaze  of  sunshine  lit  up 
the  chalk  cliffs  of  Old  England  in  silvery  glory.  It  was 
like  an  illumination  of  welcome.  Under  every  stitch  of 
canvas,  with  even  her  staysail  set,  and  with  her  racing 
flag  and  yacht  club  ensign  proudly  floating  on  the  stiff 
breeze,  the  Henrietta  dashed  by  the  Needles,  and  Messrs. 
Jerome  and  Knapp,  the  judges  for  the  Fleetwing  and 
Vesta,  deciding  that  all  the  conditions  of  the  race  had 
been  strictly  complied  with,  down  went  the  racing  flag 
and  the  private  signal  of  Mr.  Bennett  took  its  place.  As 
the  yacht  turned  up  the  channel  to  Cowes  and  land  shut 
out  the  wind,  and  like  one  who  had  finished  a long  and 
toilsome  task,  the  brave  little  yacht  slackened  her  speed 
and  floated  leisurely  along.  Her  blue  lights  and  rockets 
announced  her  arrival  here,  after  having  crossed  the  At- 
lantic to  the  Isle  of  Wight  in  the  unprecedented  time  of 
13  days,  2 hours  and  6 minutes  mean  time,  and  that  with- 
out having  carried  away  any  of  her  light  sails  or  spars, 
or  even  so  much  as  a shred  of  canvas  or  strand  of  rope. 

As  she  dropped  her  anchor  she  was  cheered  from  the 
Royal  Yacht  Club  house  and  by  the  people  of  Cowes. 

Captain  Luard,  of  Her  Majesty’s  ship  Hector,  by  direc- 
tion of  the  Admiralty,  at  once  sent  a midshipman  on 
board  to  offer  Mr.  Bennett  the  facilities  of  Her  Majesty’s 
dock  yard  at  Portsmouth  for  repairing  any  damages  the 
yacht  might  have  sustained.  But  this  offer  was  gratefully 
declined,  since  no  repairs  were  needed.  And  thus  the 
winners  of  the  blue  ribbon  of  the  ocean  Derby  enjoyed 
their  Christmas  dinner  in  Merrie  England,  and  toasted 
the  Queen,  the  President  and  the  Henrietta. 

Captain  Simuels’  Log  of  Henrietta. 

From  the  New  York  Herald,  Jan.  12,  1867. 

Wednesday,  Dec.  12. — We  here  begin  our  sea  account 
at  1 P.  M.,  Wednesday  (or  civil  time  1 P.  M.,  Tuesday), 
at  which  time  we  squared  away  at  a signal  given  from 
yacht  club  boat,  in  company  with  Fleetwing  and  Vesta, 
from  the  buoy  off  the  bar.  Twenty  steamer  tugs  es- 
corted us  to  lightship,  which  we  were  the  first  yacht 
to  pass,  at  1:30,  the  Fleetwing  bearing  N.N.E.,  the 
Vesta  N.N.E  by  JJE.  At  2:30  P.  M.,  all  canvas  set; 
at  2:45,  lost  the  Highlands  of  Navesink;  at  2:45,  parted 
with  the  tug  Philip,  the  Fleetwing  bearing  the  same, 
and  the  Vesta  about  half  a mile  ahead.  At  6 P.  M., 
came  alongside  and  passed  Vesta;  were  compelled  to 
shift  our  course  several  times  to  shake  her  off,  she 
annoying  us  very  much  by  keeping  so  close  to  us. 
Wind  strong  and  heavy.  Lost  Vesta  at  8 P.  M.,  in  the 
dark.  Midnight,  wind  hauled  to  the  W.  with  heavy 
squalls;  gybed  ship  at  4 A.  M.,  very  heavy  squalls 
with  sleet  and  snow;  all  canvas,  set;  day  breaks  dark 
and  lowering  with  appearances  of  northerly  wind;  wind 
freshening,  and  in  the  squalls  blowing  hard;  at  noon 
ship  running  under  mainsail,  foresail,  jib  and  flying  jib, 
light  as  a bottle  and  buoyant  as  a cork.  Dark  clouds 
on  horizon  from  N.  to  W.,  with  every  prospect  of  a 
gale.  Distance  run,  225  miles  by  observation,  237  miles 
by  log. 

Thursday,  Dec.  13. — Strong  breezes  and  squally 
weather.  At  4:15  passed  steamer  bound  west,  supposed 
to  be  the  Cuba;  hoisted  racing  flag  and  steamer  showed 
her  colors.  This  steamer  will  probably' carry  first  news 
of  the  yachts  to  New  York.  At  9:30  P.  M.,  passed 
another  steamer  bound  west;  showed  our  rockets  and 
blue  lights,  to  which  she  replied.  At  10  P.  M.,  wind 
increasing;  took  in  topsails  and  flying  jib.  At  12, 
double  reefed  mainsail.  At  4 A.  M.,  set  flying  jib;  heavy 
snow  squalls.  At  6 A.  JVL,  weather  more  settled;  let 
reefs  out  of  mainsail  yards  and  stowed  it  to  windward. 
Noon,'  set  gaff  topsails;  wind  hauling  to  eastward; 
barometer  steady  at  30;  experienced  a current  to 
W.S.W.  of  22  miles;  everything  easy  and  comfortable; 
distance  run  210  miles  by  observation,  232  by  log. 


Friday,  Dec.  14. — Moderate  breeze  from  N.  and  E. 
At  2 P.  M.,  set  topsails  and  main  topmast  staysail.  At 
8 P.  M.,  hauled  them  again;  squally.  From  8 to  4 took 
in  and  set  light  sails  several  times.  Midnight,  strong 
breeze  and  squally  with  snow.  At  3 A.  M.,  blowing 
hard,  furled  flying  jib.  At  5 A.  ,.M„  moderating,  set 
flying  jib.  At  6 A.  M.,  set  alt  light  sails,  weather  dark 
and  heavy  in  S.  W.  Noon,  cloudy  weather;  moderate; 
lat.,  by  indifferent  obs.,  4.56,  long.  60.32;  distance  run, 
203;  barometer,  29.50. 

Saturday,  Dec.  15. — First  part  of  day  moderate  breeze 
and  cloudy  weather.  At  7 P.  M.,  wind  freshening; 
took  in  fore  topsail  and  main  topmast  staysail.  During 
the  night  very  squally- — up  and  down  with  topsails  and 
staysails  as  weather  required.  At  6 A.  M.,  blowing 
hard,  handed  all  light  sails.  Day  breaks  dark  and 
cloudy,  with  heavy  hail  and  snow  squalls.  Ship  fairly 
dancing  over  the  water  often  at  the  rate  of  13  knots. 
At  12  A.  M.,  weather  moderate,  fine  clear  sky,  passing 
clouds,  wind  N.N.E.,  as  usual;  sea  pretty  smooth; 
everything  as  trim  and  comfortable  as  on  shore. 

Sunday,  Dec.  16. — These  twenty-four  hours  we  have 
had  strong  northerly  winds,  with  violent  squalls  and 
spits  of  snow.  At  4 P.  M.,  took  in  topsails,  staysails 
and  flying  jib.  At  8 P.  M.,  blowing  heavy,  double  reefed 
foresail  and  mainsail,  and  took  bonnet  off  the  jib.  Ship 
running  across  the  seas  and  behaving  well.  At  6 P. 
M.,  passed  close  under  stern  of  a brig  steering  to 
southward  under  double  reefed  topsails  and  reefed 
foresail.  Noon,  sky  overcast;  no  observation;  very 
high  sea  from  northward;  weather  a little  more  mod- 
erate, let  reef  out  of  foresail,  barometer  29.70.  Every- 
body on  board  well  and  hearty.  Distance  run,  246 
miles — over  one-third  of  the  distance  across  in  fifth 
day  out. 

Monday,  Dec.  17. — Strong  northerly  breezes,  with 
heavy  squalls.  At  2 P.  M.  (Sunday),  Divine  service 
in  the  cabin,  reading  of  prayers  and  lesson  for  the 
day,  and  one  of  Jay’s  sermons.  Midnight,  blowing 
hard,  ship  running  in  the  trough  of  the  sea  and  fairly 
burying  herself.  This  is  yachting  in  earnest.  Double 
reefed  foresails;  passing  snow  squalls  throughout  the 
night.  4 A.  M.,  let  reefs  out  of  foresail.  Noon,  let 
reef  out  of  mainsail;  weather  more  moderate;  set  the 
flying  jib;  barometer  30.10’  distance  run,  by  observa- 
tion, 280,  the  best  run  yet;  off  the  Grand  Banks  and 
off  soundings;  everything  trim  and  snug. 

Tuesday,  Dec.  18. — One  week  out.  At  6 A.  M.,  we 
were  half  way  to  Cowes.  This  is  at  the  rate  of  a 
thirteen  days’,  four  hours’  trip  across,  being  six  days, 
fourteen  hours  mean  time.  Day  began  with  strong 
breeze  and  heavy  cross  sea.  At  4 P.  M.,  wind  moder- 
ating, let  reef  out  of  foresail.  At  midnight,  wind  in- 
creasing, set  squaresail  with  bonnet  off;  high  seas  and 
heavy  wind;  weather  very  dark  and  cloudy.  At  5 
o’clock  wind  lulled,  and  hauled  to  the  southward  and 
eastward;  gybed  ship,  and  set  whole  squaresail  and  let 
out  all  reefs.  Noon,  dark,  with  very  threatening  ap- 
pearances to  S.W.;  reefed  mainsail  and  furled  square- 
sail and  flying  jib;  no  observation;  distance,  by  log, 
250  miles;  ship  in  perfect-  order,  and  all  hands  in  best 
of  spirits  and  Condition. 

Wednesday,  Dec.  19.— First  part  of  the  day  fresh 
gales.  At. 3 P.  M.,  double  reefed  sails  and  took  bonnet 
off  jib.  At  6 P.  M.,  gale  increasing,  close  reefed  sails 
and  furled  mainsail.  Second  part,  blowing  very  heavily, 
with  high  toppling  seas.  At  8:40  boarded  by  very 
heavy  seas,  completely  burying  us,  filling  the  foresail 
and  staving  the  boat;  the  little  craft  fairly  staggered 
and  strained.  Pleaved  to  under  storm  trysail.  Plow 
hard  to  lay  to  in  such  a race;  but  few  ships  in  my 
thirty  years’  experience  could  run  in  the  trough  of  the 
sea  so  long  as  the  little  plaything  did.  Well  may  her 
owner  feel  proud  of  her.  At  n P.  M.,  the  sky  cleared; 
the  moon  shone  out  beautifully  the  rest  of  the  night. 
Third  part,  moderating.  At  5 A.  M.,  nearly  calm;  sky 
became  overcast  from  S.  W.,  with  dull  lightning  from 
S.  to  W.  At  6 A.  M.,  set  single  reef  foresail  and  jibs. 
At  9 A.  M.,  freshening  wind,  ship  beginning  to  step 
off  again,  set  squaresail.  Sea  still  running  very  high. 
During  the  blow,  barometer  fell  from  30.10  to  29.30,  at 
which  it  stands  at  noon.  Wind  is  hauling  westward, 
with  fair  prospect  of  second  edition  of  last  night’s 
performance,  but  from  the  westward. 

Thursday,  Dec.  20. — Throughout  these  twenty-four 
hours  strong  westerly  winds  and  squally  weather.  At 
2 P.  M„.  put  bonnet  on  squaresail;  4 P.  M.,  let  reef  out 
of  foresail.  From  6 to  8,  very  squally;  ship  going  as 
fast  as  14  knots  during  the  squalls.  At  1 A.  M.,  wind 
canted  to  N.  and  W.  Gybed  ship.  Day  ends  with 
alternate  showers  and  sunshine;  wind  and  sea  moderat- 
ing; barometer  rising— 30.05.  Distance,  by  log,  267 
miles,  by  observation  260. 

Friday,  Dec.  21. — Commences  with  a stiff  breeze  and 
heavy  swell  from  N.W.  At  8 P.  M.,  set  mainsail;  at 
3:30,  signalled  steamship  Louisiana  bound  west.  At  9, 
set  ^topsail  and  main  topmast  staysail  from  4 to  5 A.  M. 
At  6,  took  a light  breeze  from  southward;  weather  clear, 
waun  and  pleasant.  Noon,  day  ends  with  fine  summer 
weather;  passed  immense  shoals  of  porpoises.  Dis- 
tance run  163  by  log,  157  by  observation;  barometer 
30.45.  Everybody  on  deck,  like  turtles  in  the  sun. 

Saturday,  Dec.  22. — Throughout  these  twenty-four 
hours  northerly  wind  dark  and  cloudy  weather;  with 
sharp  flaws  warm  and  pleasant,  At  7 A.  M.,  signalled 
Bremen  steamer  bound  westward;  all  light  sails  set, 
and  everything  working  beautifully.  As  we  near  the 
end  of  the  race  the  excitement  becomes  more  and 
more  intense;  but  the  wind  and  weather  are  all  that 
could  be  desired.  Distance  run  252  miles;  no  good 
observation.  Barometer  30.40. 

Sunday,  Dec.  23,  began  with  steady  wind  and  smooth 
sea,  light  southerly  wind,  followed  by  occasional  passing 
fog  bank.  At  3 P.  M.,  spoke  the  Philadelphia,  from 
Liverpool,  bound  west;  reported  light  westerly  winds- 
pleasant  sunshiny  Sunday;  everybody  on  deck  with 
camp  stools.  Barometer  30.40. 

Monday,  Dec.  24. — First  part  of  day  clear  and  pleas- 
and— service  at  1 o’clock  in  the  cabin,  reading  of  ser- 
mon, prayers  and  lesson  for  the  day.  Middle  part 
beautifully  moonlight  night.  Latter  part,  dark  cloudy 
and  squally  weather.  Hauled  the  yacht  southward  of 
her  course  to  forestay  this  wind;  9 A.  M.,  took  in  top 
sails  and  flying  jib;  yacht  pitching  heavily  in  high  head 


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sea.  Noon,  sun  observed;  weather  threatening;  baro- 
meter at  30.35;  distance  run,  172  miles;  on  soundings, 
passed  three  ships  bound  west. 

Tuesday,  Dec.  25. — Throughout  these  twenty-four 
hours  brisk  southwest  wind,  dark  and  hazy  weather. 
At  8 P.  M.,  sighted  the  Scillys.  At  10  P.  M.,  Scillys 
N.,  12  miles.  At  2:30  A.  M.,  Lizard  N.,  8 miles.  At 
8:30  A.  M.,  Start  N.,  6 miles.  At  noon,  Bill,  of  Port- 
land N.,  5 miles.  Ends  with  fresh  southwest  winds, 
everything  set  and  yacht  going  her  best.  This  closes 
the  sequa  day.  At  1 P.  M.,  took  pilot  off  Portland  Hill. 
At  3:45  passed  the  Needles,  and  at  5:32  anchored  in 
Cowes  Roads. 

LOG  OF  THE  HENRIETTA. 

From  Sandy  Hook  to  Needles. 

Start,  Dec.  11,  1866. 


December. 

Latitude. 

Longitude. 

Distance. 

12 

40.07 

68.52 

225 

13 

41.33 

64.37 

210 

14 

42.56 

60.32 

203 

16 

44.17 

55.38 

225 

16 

45.48 

50.50 

246 

17 

47.31 

44.18 

280 

18 

49.16 

38.33 

250 

19 

113 

20 

49.50 

30.44 

260 

21 

50.13 

24.51 

159 

22 

50.18 

18.22 

252 

23 

49.59 

13.15 

191 

24 

49.37 

8.51 

172 

25 

50.20 

2.20 

271 

To 

Needles  

49 

Total  

3,106 

Log  of  Ffeetwing. 

From  the  New  York  Herald,  Jan.  12,  1867. 

Wednesday,  Dec.  12. — Lat.  40.22,  long.  68.50.  At 
1 P.  M.,  made  all  sail,  Sandy  Hook  bearing  W.S.W., 
distance  two  miles,  moderate  gale,  in  company  with 
Henrietta  and  Vesta.  At  10:30  P.  M.,  wind  N.W.  by  W., 
distance  run,  239  miles. 

Thursday,  Dec.  13. — During  this  day  pleasant  breeze 
from  N.  W.  At  8 P.  M.,  Vesta  bearing  N.byW.  At 
6:30  A.  M.,  wind  N.N.E.,  carried  away  jibboom.  At 
7 A.  M.,  in  squaresail  and  light  sails;  lat.,  by  observa- 
tion, 41.27,  long.  63.26;  distance  run  249  miles;  wind 
N.W. 

Friday,  Dec.  14. — Commences  with  pleasant  gale 
from  N.N.E.  At  3:30  P.  M.,  squally  with  snow;  two 
reefs  in  the  mainsail.  At  8 P.  M.,  more  moderate;  out 
all  reefs;  set  light  sails;  lat.  42.0,  long.  58.37;  distance 
run  220  miles;  wind  N.N.E. 

Saturday,  Dec.  15. — This  day  commences  with  an  in- 
creasing gale;  in  light  sails;  two  reefs  in  the  mainsail, 
bonnet  off  jib.  This  day  ends  with  a strong  gale  and 
cross  sea;  lat.  42.30,  long.  54.41;  distance  run,  186  miles; 
wind  N.E. 

Sunday,  Dec.  16. — This  day  begins  with  a moderate 
gale.  At  4 P.  M.,_  set  all  sail;  lat.  43.35,  long.  49-58; 
distance  run  218  miles;  wind  S.W. 

Monday,  Dec.  17. — During  this  day  pleasant  gale  from 
N.W.  All  sails  set;  lat.  44.30,  long.  44.50;  distance  run 
240  miles;  Wind  N.W. 

Tuesday,  Dec.  18. — First  part,  pleasant  breeze  from 
N.N.E.;  noon,  calm,  latter  part,  light  from  S.W.;  lat. 
45.50,  long.  41.13;  distance  run  160  miles. 

Wednesday,  Dec.  19. — This  day  commences  with  a 
light  breeze  from  S.S.W.  At  2 P.  M.,  in  all  light  sails, 
gale  increasing,  with  heavy  sea.  At  seven  P.  M.,  blow- 
ing a gale,  running  under  two-reef  foresail  and  fore- 
staysail. At  9 P.  M.,  shipped  a sea,  which  washed  six 
of  the  crew  out  of  the  cockpit;  hove  to  for  five  hours 
under  two-reef  foresail.  At  2 P.  M.,  kept  off;  latter 
part  moderate,  wind  hauling  to  west,  set  squaresail; 
lat.  47.20,  long.  37.27;  distance  run  188  miles. 

Thursday,  Dec.  20. — Moderate  gale  from  the  west; 
all  sails  set;  lat.  48.2,  long.  31.0;  distance,  260  miles; 
winds  W. 

Friday,  Dec.  21. — During  this  day  moderate  gale 
from  the  S;  lat.  48.14,  long.  25,12;  distance  run,  136 
miles;  Wind  S.  _ ■ 

Saturday,  Dec.  22. — During  this  day  fresh  gale  from 
the  S.;  passed  a ship  and  a bark  bound  east;  lat.  48.33, 
long.  21.43;  distance  run,  232  miles. 

Sunday,  Dec.  23.- — -Moderate  breeze  from  the  S.,  with 
a cross  sea;  lat.  48.57,  long.  16.19;  distance  run,  215 
miles. 

Monday,  Dec.  24. — During  this  day  strong  breeze 
from  the  S.  At  2 P.  M.,  passed  a steamship  bound 
west;  lat.  49.16,  long.  11.22;  distance  run,  194  miles; 
wind  S. 

Tuesday,  Dec.  25. — This  day  commences  with  strong 
gale  from  the  S.;  in  light  sails,  one  reef  in  all  sails. 
At  4:40,  Bishop’s  Rock  bore  N.,  distance,  eight  miles. 

At  5 A.  M.,  St.  Agnes  bore  N.  by  E.  Lat.  49.52,  long. 
4.36;  distance  run,  270  miles.  At  3 P.  M.,  Start  Point 
bore  N.  W.,  distance  10  miles.  Midnight,  passed  the 
Needles.  At  1:30  anchored  in  Cowes  Roads. 

LOG  OF  THE  FLEETWING. 

From  Sandy  Hook  to  Needles. 

Start,  Dec.  11,  1866. 


December.  Latitude. 

Longitude. 

Distance. 

12 

40.22 

68.05 

239 

13 

41.27 

63.26 

247 

14 

42.00 

58.37 

220 

15 

42.30 

54.41 

188 

16 

43.35 

49.58 

218 

17 

44.30 

44.50 

240 

18 

45.50 

41.13 

160 

19 

47.20 

37.27 

188 

20 

48.02 

31.00 

260 

21 

48.14 

25.12 

136 

22 

48.33 

21.43 

232 

23 

4S.57 

16.19 

215 

24 

49.16 

11.22 

194 

25 

49.52 

4.36 

270 

To  Needles  

130 

Total  

3,135 

Log  of  Vesta. 

From  the  New  York  Herald,  January  12,  1867. 

Wednesday,  Dec.  12. — Fine  N.W.  wind,  and  cloudy; 
distance  run,  240  miles;  lat.  40.27,  long.  68.46. 

Thursday,  Dec.  13. — Wind  N.W.,  moderate  breeze, 
cloudy  weather;  distance  run,  205  miles;  lat.  41.50,  long. 
64.6. 

Friday,  Dec.  14.— N.  wind,  fine  weather;  distance 
run,  205  miles;  lat.  43.11,  longi  59.52. 

Saturday,  Dec.  15.— Commences  with  strong  N.  W. 


wind  and  very  heavy  sea;  distance  run,  227  miles;  lat. 
44-3L  long.  55.6. 

Sunday,  Dec.  16. — Wind  W.N.W.,  strong  and  rough 
sea;  distance  run,  234  miles;  lat.  45.40,  long.  49.53. 

Monday,  Dec.  17.— Strong  westerly  wind  and  rough 
sea;  distance  run,  236  miles;  lat.  46.42,  long.  44.21. 

Tu'esday,  Dec.  18. — Fresh  N.W.  breeze  and  fine 
weather;  distance  run,  207  miles;  lat.  47.40,  long.  39.35. 

Wednesday,  Dec.  19. — Heavy  gale  of  wind  from 
S.S.W.,  vessel  scudding  for  eight  hours;  distance  run, 
222  miles;  lat.  50.56,  long.  36.4. 

Thursday,  Dec.  20. — Fresh  W.  wind,  sea  going  down; 
distance  run,  277  miles;  lat.  50.36,  long.  28.54. 

Friday,  Dec.  21. — Wind  N.  W.,  light  and  fine  weather; 
distance  run,  165  miles;  lat.  50.36,  long.  24.38. 

Saturday,  Dec.  22.— Fine  S.  breeze,  smooth  sea;  dis- 
tance run,  253  miles;  lat.  50.36,  long.  17.54. 

Sunday,  Dec.  23. — Fine  S.W.  breeze  and  smooth  sea; 
distance  run,  201  miles;  lat.  50.11,  long.  12.49. 

Monday,  Dec.  24. — Light  S.  breeze,  fine  weather;  dis- 
tance run,  165  miles;  lat.  49.55,  long.  8.33. 

Tuesday,  Dec.  25. — Fine  breezes  from  S.E.  to  S.S.W. 
Start  Point,  W.N.W.,  distance  10  miles.  At  8:40,  took 
pilot  10  miles  W.S.W.  of  Needles  light.  Pilot  er- 
roneously laid  his  course  for  St.  Catherines,  instead 
of  Needles,  and  nearly  run  the  vessel  ashore  on  the 
point.  Wore  ship  and  hauled  up  for  Needles  light, 
which  brought  abeam  at  0:40  A.  M.,  Wednesday.  Came 
to  anchor  in  Cowes  Roads  at  3:30  A.  M.;  distance  run 
since  last,  209  miles. 

LOG  OF  THE  VESTA. 

From  Sandy  Hook  to  Needles. 

Start,  Dec.  11,  1866. 


December. 

Latitude. 

Longitude. 

Distance. 

12 

40.27 

68.46 

240 

13 

41.50 

64.06 

205 

14 

43.11 

59.52 

205 

15 

44.31 

55.06 

227 

16 

45.40 

49.53 

234 

17 

46.42 

44.21 

234 

18 

47.40 

39.35 

207 

19 

50.56 

36.04 

222 

20 

50.36 

28.54 

277 

21 

50.36 

24.38 

165 

22 

50.36 

17.54 

253 

23 

50.11 

12.49 

201 

24 

49.55 

8.33 

165 

25 

50.10 

3.40 

209 

To 

Needles  

98 

Total  

3,144 

Rhode  Island  Notes. 

Providence,  R.  I.,  April  8. — The  annual  meeting  of 
the  Edgewood  Y.  C.  was  held  this  week,  and  the  fol- 
lowing officers  were  elected  for  the  ensuing  year: 

President,  C.  Fred  Vennerbeck;  Com.,  George  R. 
Babbitt;  Vice-Com.,  William  Gibbs;  Rear-Com.,  Walter 
D.  Wood;  Sec’y  and  Treas.,  Harry  Fulford;  Fleet 
Surg.,  Dr.  J.  FI.  Prior;  Measurers,  Albert  C.  Davis  and 
Fred  M.  Gammell;  Directors,  the  flag  officers  and 
George  H.  Flint,  William  P.  Stone,  Henry  E.  Smith 
and  Herman  G.  Posner;  Regatta  Committee,  Albert  C. 
Davis,  D.  C.  Stranger,  Robert  L.  Ward,  Cutler  Laflin 
and  Fred  M.  Gammell. 

A silver  loving  cup,  2oin.  in  height,  was  presented  to 
ex-Com.  H.  G.  Possner,  and  a handsome  stick-pin'  was 
presented  to  the  retiring  President,  Charles  I.  Brown. 
The  total  membership  is  now  520,  and  the  growing 
activity  has  necessitated  the  building  of  another  ad- 
diton  to  the  club  house,  the  work  now  being  in  pro- 
gress. The  club  house  was  substantially  enlarged  at 
the  beginning  of  last  season. 

At  the  quarterly  meeting  of  the  Washington  Park 
Boating  Association,  held  this  week,  it  was  unani- 
mously voted  that  the  name  of  the  organization  _ be 
changed  to  the  Washington  Park  Y.  C.  The  question 
of  a summer  cruise  was  left  to  the  decision  of  Com. 
Patt  and  a committee.  The  total  membership  of  the 
club  now  is  249.  The  commodore  appointed  Elgin  H. 
Kerr  Fleet  Captain,  and  Dr.  W.  Louis  Chapman  Fleet 
Surgeon.  The  boat  owners  elected  the  following:  Re- 
gatta Committee : Edward  Lassone,  Arthur  L.  Almy,  T. 
Joseph  Pearce,  Charles  Guy  and  Roland  Shaw; 
Measurers,  Albert  C.  Davis  and  Charles  Guy. 

The  Rhode  Island  Y.  C.  has  issued  the  first  number 
of  the  R.  I.  Y.  C.  Bulletin,  a four-page  publication  that 
will  be  put  out  from  time  to  time,  with  general  orders, 
schedules  of  fixtures  and  items  of  general  interest  to 
yachtsmen.  Matinee  cruising  races  will  be  a feature 
this  season,  the  course  being  from  the  home  club  house 
at  Pawtuxet  to  the  Prudence  Island  station.  They  will 
be  sailed  an  Saturday  afternoons  and  are  for  cruising 
boats.  The  series  of  the  N.  B.  Y.  R.  A.  open  races 
has  been  placed  one  week  later  than  the  dates  pre- 
viously given.  The  schedule  of  Narragansett  Bay 
fixtures,  with  the  exception  of  the  Edgewood  Y.  C. 
and  Washington  Park  Y.  C.  regattas,  which  have  not 
yet  been  decided,  is  as  follows: 

Tuesday,  May  30.— Fall  River  Y.  C.,  open  regatta. 

Saturday,  June  17.— Rhode  Island  Y.  C.,  ladies’  day. 

Saturday,  June  24.— Bristol  Y.  C.,  open  regatta. 

Saturday,  June  24.— R.  I.  Y.  C.,  first  cruising  race. 

Saturday,  July  1.— Bristol  Y.  C.,  ocean  race. 

Saturday,  July  8.— R.  I.  Y.  C.  second  cruising  race. 

Monday,  July  17.— Edgewood  Y.  C.,  open  regatta, 
N.  B.  Y.  R.  A. 

Tuesday,  July  18. — Open  regatta  at  Prudence  Island, 
N.  B.  Y.  R.  A. 

Wednesday,  July  19. — Rhode  Island  Y.  C.,  open  re- 
gatta at  Prudence  Island,  N.  B.  Y.  R.  A. 

Thursday,  July  20. — Team  race  between  R.  I.  Y.  C. 
and  Sachem’s  Head  Y.  C.,  off  Prudence  Island,  N.  B. 
Y.  R.  A. 

Friday,  July  21. — Fall  River  Y.  C.,  open  regatta, 
N.  B.  Y.  R.  A. 

Saturday,  July  22. — Bristol  Y.  C.,  open  regatta,  N. 
B.  Y.  R.  A. 

Saturday,  July  22.— R.  I.  Y.  C.,  third  cruising  race. 

Saturday,  July  29. — R.  I.  Y.  C.,  fourth  cruising  race. 

Saturday,  Aug.  5.— R.  I.  Y.  C.,  fifth  cruising  race. 

Saturday,  Aug.  12  to  Aug.  19.— R.  I.  Y.  C.,  cruise. 

Saturday,  Aug.  19. — R.  I.  Y.  C.,  Rhode  Island  day. 

Saturday,  Aug.  26.— Rhode  Island  Y.  C.,  annual  race. 

Saturday,  Sept.  2.— R.  I.  Y.  C.,  sixth  cruising  race. 

Saturday,  Sept.  9.— Bristol  Y.  C.,  open  regatta. 

F.  H.  Young. 


Marine  Gasolene  Engines. 

BY  A.  E.  POTTER. 

( Continued  from  page  280.) 

An  engine  4 inches  diameter  and  5 inches  stroke,  other 
conditions  being  the  same,  should  develop  but  two-thirds 
of  what  an  engine  5 inches  diameter  and  the  same  stroke 
would.  An  engine  5 inches  diameter  and  4 inches  stroke 
should  develop  20  per  cent,  less  than  a 5-inch  by  5-inch 
stroke,  and  some  25  per  cent,  more  than  a 4-inch  diameter 
and  5-inch  stroke.  This  can  best  be  illustrated  by  finding 
the  piston  displacement  of  the  different  sizes,  which  can 
be  done  by  squaring  the  diameter,  multiplying  by  .7854* 
and  that  by  the  stroke  in  inches. 

The  connecting  rod  in  length  is  governed  by  the  stroke 
of  the  engine,  and  by  conditions,  engine  requirements,  etc. 

The  form  is  usually  of  the  I-section,  although  some  are 
round,  larger  in  the  middle,  tapering  toward  either  end; 
others  are  straight,  and  occasionally  is  met  one  with 
strengthening  ribs  crossing  like  the  -j-  sign  in  addition. 
One  manufacturer  uses  a square  rod  with  a square  cored 
hole  the  whole  length.  When  made  round  they  are  fre- 
quently lightened  in  weight  by  means  of  round  holes 
either  drilled  or  cored,  but  when  of  the  I-section  it  is  fre- 
quently noticed  that  an  outside  lubricating  conduit  is 
used  to  conduct  oil  from  a hollow  wrist  pin  to  the  crank 
pin.  When  the  connecting  rod  is  hollow  there  is  no-  neces- 
sity for  the  outside  piping,  and  some  manufacturers,  de- 
pending on  other  means  of  lubrication,  use  neither  a hole 
through  the  rod  nor  the  oil  tube.  Hard  grease  is  some- 
times” used  through  a hole  in  the  end  of  the  crank  shaft, 
but  if  of  any  use  for  the  purpose,  has  to  be  several 
times  as  large  as  usually  at  first  attempted,  to  prevent 
filling  with  dirt  and  foreign  matter,  completely  stopping 
the  passage  of  grease. 

The  upper  end  of  the  connecting  rod  is  usually  solid, 
although  frequently  a bronze  bushing  is  used,  with  a steel 
wrist  pin.  The  wrist  pin  in  the  more  expensive  engines 
is  case-hardened  and  ground,  and  where  this  construction 
is  used  the  bushing  is  quite  likely  to  be  also  machine  steel, 
case-hardened  and  ground.  The  lower  end  sometimes  has 
a flat  end  with  halved  boxes,  or  it  may  be  bored  round 
to  fit  the  wrist  pin,  or  a round  bronze  bushing,  in  halves, 
may  be  fitted,  that  they  may  be  renewed  should  occasion 
require.  In  two-stroke  engines  more  particularly,  some 
manufacturers  hinge  one  side  and  hold  the  other  by 
means  of  a machine  screw  with  lock  nut  and.  cotter  pin. 
In  this  construction  there  needs  to  be  but  a single  hand- 
hole plate,  and  on  this  account  the  extra  cost  of  machin- 
ing is  more  than  balanced  in  work  on  other  parts  of  the 
engine. 

In  one  engine  at  the  Boston  show  the  connecting  rod 
was  solid  with  bushings  and  taper  wedge  take-up.  The 
connecting  rods  had  to  be  put  on  the  shaft  before  the 
shaft  was  put  in  place,  and  to  renew  one  it  would  be 
necessary  to  remove  the  shaft. 

There  is  still  one  other  construction  that  could  be  men- 
tioned. It  is  used  on  but  one  engine,  so  far  as  I know. 
The  bearings  at  either  ends  are  spherical  in  shape,  fitting 
into'  spherical  ends,  with  taper  take-up  similar  to  station- 
ary steam  engine  construction.  Claim  is  made  that  any 
imperfections  in  alignment  are  cared  for,  but  why  any 
such  imperfections  should  occur  is  rather  incompre- 
hensible. Another  claim  is  made  that  a scraped  fit  to  the 
bearings  is  unnecessary,  that  the  connections  can  be  made 
with  the  parts  just  as  they  come  from  lathe,  drill  press  or 
milling  machine. 

Valves  on  gasolene  engines  are  perhaps  the  sub- 
ject of  more  different  designs  and  various  forms  of 
construction  than  almost  any  other  important  part 
of  its  mechanism. 

In  two-stroke  engines,  even  those  advertised  as 
“valveless,”  there  are  at  least  three  valves  to  each 
cylinder,  while  the  four-stroke  engine  has  at  least  two. 
In  the  two-stroke  engine,  three-ported  type,  the  port 
which  allows  inlet  of  gasolene  vapor  and  air  into  the 
crank  chamber  is  a valve,  as  also  is  the  port  which 
allows  the  gas  to  pass  from  the  crank  case  to  the  ex- 
plosion chamber.  The  third  is  the  exhaust  port..  If 
the  engine  is  of  the  older  two-ported  type  there  is  a 
check  valve  attached  to  the  inlet,  sometimes  called  a 
vaporizing  valve,  but  nevertheless  a check  valve.  If 
a float  feed  carburetor  is  used,  there  must  be  a valve 
as  well.  It  is  so  seldom  that  mechanically  operated 
valves  are  used  in  two-stroke  engines  that  but  little 
attention  will  be  accorded  them.  One  construction  has 
in  reality  a three-way  cock  operated  by  the  crank 
shaft,  that  alternately  allows  the  gas  to  enter  the  com- 
pression chamber,  and  pass  into  the  combustion 
chamber.  Another  shows  large  inverted  clack  or  check 
valve,  operated  automatically,  in  the  top  of  the  cylinder 
head.  It  was  only  recently  that  I noticed  an  inlet, 
valve  on  a two-stroke  engine,  operated  by  an  eccentric 
on  a jack  shaft,  running  at  the  same  speed  as  the 
crank  shaft.  In  order  to  reverse  the  direction  of  the 
engine,  two  idler  take-up  sprockets  were  changed  to 
lengthen  or  shorten  the  chain  drive.  What  especial 
benefit  there  was  to  this-  complicated  mechanism  was 
not  apparent  to  me. 

[to  be  continued.] 


Queries  on  Marine  Motors. 

J.  B.  W.,  Smyrna,  Del. — Which  do  you  consider  better,  a bored 
or  reamed ’gasolene  engine  cylinder? 

Ans. — It  is  a mechanical  impossibility  to  ream  a cast 
iron  cylinder,  using  a fluted  reamer  for  the  purpose,  and 
get  it  as  true  as  can  be  done  by  means  of  a boring 
bar  and  cutter  mounted  on  centers  in  a lathe,  or  a 
good  horizontal  boring  mill  with  the  outer  end  of  the 
spindle  supported  in  a bushing.  A bored  cylinder  that 
has  to  be  “trued”  with  a reamer,  is  a pretty  crude,  out- 
of-date  engineering  proposition. 

A.  V.  R.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. — I contemplate  buying  a two  cylinder 
engine  for  my  boat.  Do  you  consider  it  . practical  to  lubricate 
engine  cylinders  and  connecting  rods  by  mixing  cylinder  oil  with 
gasolene,  as  one  manufacturer  advises? 

Ans. — To  satisfy  yourself,  whether  or  not  such  a 
plan  is  feasible,  put  a few  drops  of  cylinder  oil  in  a 
clear  glass  bottle,  fill  it  with  gasolene  and  let  it  stand 
an  hour  or  two.  Cylinders  should,  be  lubricated  by 
oil  which  reaches  the  walls  of  the  cylinders,  pistons  and 
rings,  rather  than  mixed  with  the  gasolene  if  such  a 
thing  were  possible. 


April  15,  1905.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


808 


A Voyage  to  the  Golden  Cape. 


July  19  to  Sept.  13,  1904. 

BY  BROOKS  H.  WELLS. 

(Concluded  from  page  280  ) 

Shortly  before  our  visit,  a small  fishing  boat  with  two 
men  from  the  town  of  Advocate  attempted  to  enter  at 
night  before  the  tide  was  high  enough,  and  missing  the 
shifting  channel  was  overwhelmed  by  the  surf.  Next 
morning  the  boat,  broken  and  battered,  and  one  body,  cut 
and  bruised,  were  found  on  the  sand  in  the  harbor.  The 
other  body  never  was  found..  There  are  now  at  Advo- 
cate only  one  or  two  little  boats  for  use  about  the  harbor. 
Throughout  this  whole  region  the  small  sailing  craft  is 
conspicuous  by  its  entire  absence. 

On  the  strip  of  level  meadow  back  of  Advocate,  Mr. 
McClellan’s  father,  hale  and  hearty  at  eighty,  was  hurry- 
ing in  the  last  of  his  crop  of  hay.  Four  eager  pairs  of 
hands  turned  to  and  helped  for  a time,  and  were  cor- 
dially invited  to  stay  to  supper.  Were  we  hungry? 
Never  was  there  a more  enjoyable  meal.  Several  kinds 
of  bread  and  biscuit,  butter  fresh  from  a cool  spring, 
tea,  and  delicious  wild  strawberry  preserve,  disappeared 
in  a manner  that  must  have  made  our  hosts  fear  a famine. 
About  7 :30  we  said  good-by,  and  started  at  a four-mile 
clip  over  the  neck  of  land  between  us  and  Spencer’s  Island 
anchorage.  As  we  finally  came  over  the  last  rise  in  the 
road  and  looked  down  at  the  riding  lights  of  the  three 
vessels  at  anchor,  there  was  no  red  glow  from  the  light 
tower.  The  keeper  had  impressively  told  the  oldest  of 
the  children  not  to  forget  to  light  the  lamp  at  sunset, 
but  in  the  excitement  of  driving  a couple  of  young  bears 
away  from  the  sheep  and  then  poking  out  a porcupine 
from  under  a neighbor’s  porch,  the  light  did  not  shine 
out  before  about  9 :30.  The  bears  had  wisely  retired,  but 
the  poor  porcupine  was  caught  and  killed  while  we  were 
there. 

Quite  a number  of  moose  are  found  about  here,  and  a 
few  deer.  Bears  and  bobcats  are  quite  common,  and  kill 
a number  of  sheep  and  lambs  every  season.  Hares  are 
plentiful,  and  they  tell  some  remarkable  tales  'of  their 
resourcefulness  and  fighting  capacity. 

McClellan  and  Dr.  Fillmore  some  years  ago  undertook 
to  stock  Glooscap’s  Kettle  (Spencer’s  Island)  with  rab- 
bits. They  caught  a large  number  on  the  mainland  and 
kept  them  in  wooden  cages  until  a convenient  time  should 
come  to  visit  the  island.  In  one  cage  nearly  every  day 
a dead  and  more  or  less  mutilated  buck  rabit  would  be 
found.  Finally  only  one  big  buck  was  left,  and  it  be- 
came evident  that  he  had  in  some  way  killed  the  others. 
He  was  placed  in  a cage  by  himself.  One  day  a small 
McClellan  boy  put  in  his  cage  a half-grown  tomcat  and 
waited  to  see  the  fun.  The  rabbit  sat  motionless,  his  back 
to  the  cat,  apparently  not  at  all  concerned,  but  in  reality 
keenly  watching  his  antagonist  with  big,  widely-spaced 
eyes  that  could  see  perfectly  well  over  his  back.  The 
cat  pretty  soon  woke  up  to  the  possibilities  of  the  situa- 
tion and  prepared  for  a rabbit  supper.  With  gleaming 
eyes  and  slightly  twitching  tail,  it  crouched  and  slowly 
crawled  toward  Br’er  Rabbit.  Br’er  Rabbit  sat  as  if 
carved  in  ice.  The  cat’s  muscles  tightened,  there  was  a 
lightning-like  spring,  and — slam  went  Tom  against  the 
side  of  the  cage ! Br’er  Rabbit’s  powerful  hindlegs  had 
lashed  out  and  caught  the  cat  under  the  point  of  his 
chin  as  he  leaped,  and  had  broken  its  neck. 

This  remarkable  instance  of  fighting  ability  was  told  by 


McClellan  the  next  evening  after  the  walk  around  Cape 
D’Or,  when  all  of  Istar’s  crew  and  the  Yankee  skipper  of 
the  wind-bound  barkentine  in  the  roads  were  sitting 
about  the  stove  in  his  office.  We  all  expressed  our  deep 
interest  in  the  incident,  so  McClellan  went  on  to  say  that 
j fiq.a jly  the  island  was  stocked,  and  for  a time  the  rabbits 
increased  rapidly  and  ate  up  nearly  every  green  thing  in 
isieSt.  Then  they  began  to  disappear,  and  suspecting 
poachers,  he  hid  one  evening  in  the  bushes  and  watched. 
For  a long  time  everything  was  quiet  and  still,  but  by 
and  by  the  big  buck  rabbit  that  had  killed  the  cat  (he 
knew  him  because  of  a white  spot  on  his  port  hind- 
quarter)  came  out  on  the  beach,  cocked  his  ears  care- 
fully so  as  to  feel  the  direction  of  the  wind,  looked  about 
for  a while,  went  back  into'  the  woods,  and  soon  reap- 
peared with  his  whole  family.  He  j umped  into  the  water, 
arranged  his  right  ear  carefully  so  as  to  catch  the  wind 
like  a mainsail,  and  when  he  got  steerage  way  on  put  up 
the  other  ear  for  a balloon  jib,  and  sailed  straight  for  the 
main  shore,  followed  by  all  the  others. 

At  this  point  the  solemn-faced  Yankee  skipper  stopped 
whittling,  took  his  feet  off  the  table,  brushed  the  chips 
carefully  from  his  lap,  and,  as  he  was  putting  his  knife 
in  his  pocket,  said:  “You  are  the  d- — — est  liar  that  I 
have  ever  listened  to.” 

August  12,  homeward  bound.  Got  under  way  at  2 145 
A.  M. ; night  dark  and  cloudy,  no  wind.  Drifted  from 
Spencer’s  Island  anchorage  nearly  to  Isle  Haut,  going 
sometimes  bow  first  and  sometimes  sideways  or  stern  on, 
as  we  were  twisted  about  by  the  fierce,  eddying  seven- 
knot  current  of  the  ebb.  Off  Cape  Spencer  a sudden 
swirl  drove  us  in  rapidly  toward  an  isolated  pinnacle  rock. 
We  dropped  over  the  anchor  some  ten  fathoms,  but  it  hung 
straight  down.  We  were  in  the  grip  of  the  current,  and 
absolutely  helpless.  Just  as  we  expected  to  strike  the 
rock,  the  water  boiled  up  about  us'  and  another  swirl 
swept  us  back  into  the  fairway.  In  ten  minutes  we  were 
nearly  a mile  off  shore,  and  once  more  felt  able  to 
breathe. 

At  5 A.  M.  a light  air  struck  in  from  north.  At  7 130 
this  freshened  to  a good  breeze,  and  with  all  sail  set  we 
went  along  at  a ripping  pace,  but  now  against  the  in- 
coming flood,  to  nearly  opposite  Quaco'  Head.  As  usual, 
the  north  wind  failed,  and  we  drifted  back  five  miles  be- 
fore the  southwest  breeze  came  in.  At  12  :4o  Quaco  Head 
was  again  close  off  our  starboard  beam,  and  the  tide 
slack.  Wind  light,  west;  clear,  beautiful  day.  Aided  by 
the  tide,  we  beat  rapidly  down  the  coast.  At  5 P.  M. 
passed  Black  Point  whistle,  off  St.  John,  and  later  drifted 
in  with  the  last  of  the  breeze  to  Musquash. 

August  13. — With  a light  air  from  southeast,  pushed 
our  way  slowly  along  against  the  flood,  overhauling  and 
passing  a fishing  boat  on  our  way.  At  2 P.  M.,  when  be- 
tween Cape  Lepreau  and  Beaver  Harbor,  the  fisherman, 
a half  mile  behind  us,  got  a wind  that  carried  him  by  and 
out  of  sight  over  the  horizon,  while  until  u P.  M.  we 
were  wallowing  in  the  sea  kicked  up  by  the  breeze,  but 
still  in  an  absolute  calm.  A little  after  11  a bit  of  a squall 
with  rain  brought  down  the  topsail,  and  carried  Istar  into 
Beaver  Harbor,  where  midnight  found  us  just  tucking  in 
the  blankets. 

There  was  constant  fog  and  calm  until  noon  of  August 
15.  A little  after  noon  the  barometer,  which  had  fallen 
to  29.56,  began  to  rise,  and  expecting  a shift  of  wind  we 
sailed  at  2 P.  M.  in  dense  fog  and  a moderate  southeast 
breeze.  At  3 :30  the  fog  cleared  during  a sharp  squall 
from  northwest.  Later  we  ran  into  Head  Harbor,  a little 
picturesque  slit  with  deep  water  and  good  anchorage  in 


the  extreme  north  end  of  Campobello  Island.  The  next 
day  we  worked  down  via  Lubee  to  Cutler’s,  and  the  fol- 
lowing afternoon  smelled  our  way  through  fog  of  ex- 
treme density  by  Libby  Island  and  into  Machias  Bay  to 
an  anchorage  between  Stone’s  and  Starboard  islands.  We 
had  expected  to  make  Starboard  Cove,  and  would  have 
done  so  had  our  nerve  held  out,  but  getting  into  a strange 
rocky  harbor  through  black  darkness,  impenetrable  fog, 
and  with  a tidal  current  of  unknown  velocity  against  you, 
is  not  exactly  pleasure.  With  the  lead  going  constantly, 
we  crept  over  the  last  mile  until,  finding  smooth  water 
and  good  holding  ground  in  four  fathoms,  we  dropped 
the  anchor,  knowing  that  at  least  we  were  out  of  the  path 
of  any  stray  steamer.  When  the  fog  cleared  in  the  morn- 
ing, found  Istar’s  stern  not  more  than  two'  hundred  feet 
from  the  beach.  Had  a glorious  sail  from  here  to  Winter 
Harbor. 

When  we  said  good-by  to  Doctor  M.  and  Vincent  at 
Bar  Harbor  on  August  19,  it  was  a beautiful  clear  after- 
noon, and  as  Istar  raced  over  to  Sorrento,  John  and  the 
skipper  planned  to  paint  and  varnish  the  next  day,  so  as 
to  be  in  fine  order  when  the  skipper’s  two1  daughters 
should  come  aboard  from  the  Bar  Harbor  train.  But 
alas ! for  varnish,  the  day  opened  wet  and  cold.  The 
barometer  at  noon  was  30.28,  and  beginning  to  fall.  At 

4,  when  we  dropped  our  snug  mooring  in  Sor- 
rento, and  ran  around  under  staysail  into'  Sullivan  Har- 
bor to  an  anchorage  behind  Ingall’s  Island,  so  as  to  be 
sure  not  to  miss  the  girls  on  the  morning  train,  it  was 
down  to  30.12.  At  7 P.  M.  it  was  29.85,  and  it  was  blow- 
ing a heavjr  gale.  Our  first  anchor  got  a good  bite,  but 
soon  began  to  drag,  and  the  second  barely  held  her  with 
cables  out  30  fathoms  in  a depth  of  20  feet.  We  had 
dragged  somewhat  out  from  the  island  and  rolled  badly 
in  the  swell  that  came  in  around  its  edge.  At  8 P.  M. 
the  barometer  was  29.72.  With  45  fathoms  to  the  first 
anchor  and  40  fathoms  to  the  second  the  cables  stood  like 
steel  bars.  ■ Our  small  boat,  towing  close  astern,  had  long 
ago  been  swamped.  At  9 P.  M.,  barometer  29.59  and  still 
falling,  with  furious  wind  and  rain.  Wind  shifting  by 

5.  to  S.W.  Every  sea  broke  clear  over  us,  and  it  was  im- 
possible to  stand  on  deck  without  holding  on  to  keep  from 
being  blown  away.  10  P.  M.,  barometer  29.48,  wind  west 
and  furious;  heavy  rain;  anchors  holding  well;  chafing 
gear  in  good  condition.  If  the  cables  do  not  part  we  will 
ride  it  out  safely.  If  they  do — -well,  we  can  do  nothing 
more.  So  John  and  the  skipper  each  took  a drink — a 
good  stiff  one — of  spiritus  frumenti,  the  first  horn  that 
either  one  had  had  on  that  cruise,  and  turned  in. 

August  21,  4:30  A.  M. — Turned  out  after  a rather  rest- 
less sleep.  Barometer  29.72;  wind  fresh,  north,  clearing. 
11  A.  M.,  clear;  barometer  30.06,  wind  fresh,  north.  The 
two  girls  came  safely  on  the  7 A.  M.  train  from  Boston, 
and  after  breakfast  we  had  a glorious  sail  over  the  great 
swells  raised  by  the  storm.  Near  Crabtree  light  was  an 
impressive  witness  of  the  stonn’s  fury.  Driven  high  on 
the  shingle  a fine  schooner  yacht  lay  on  her  beam  ends, 
her  masts  almost  hidden  by  the  dark  branches 
of  the  beach  cedars.  When  Istar  was  safely 
anchored  in  Winter  Harbor,  the  girls  took  the  skipper  in 
the  dinghy  to  Turtle  Island  and  walked  to  its  outermost 
point  to  see  the  magnificent  surf  which  lifted  itself  a full 
twelve  feet  as  it  came  crashing  in  on  the  rock. 

From  this  time  until  Istar  went  into  the  basin  at  Green- 
port,  three  weeks  later,  the  weather  was  almost  ideal  for 
sailing.  Clear  skies  and  brisk  winds  prevailed,  with  only 
a few  hours  of  calm  and  no  fog.  As  we  jogged  along 
down  the  coast  by  easy  stages,  exploring  rivers,  bays  and 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM 


[April  ig,  1905. 


quaint  old  towns  like  Wiscasset,  seldom  seen  by  the  casual 
tourist,  every  minute  was  a pleasure.  The  girls  became 
enthusiastic  sailorwomen,  and  so  expert  as  almost  to 
deserve  the  title  of  '‘able  seamen.”  Finally  one  fair  night 
and  day  carried  us  around  the  Cape  from  Provincetown 
to  the  Vineyard,  and  from  there  the  way  was  all  too 
short  to  the  anchorage  at  Black  Rock,  where  the  dinghy 
carried  them  ashore  and  their  cruise  was  ended. 


YACHTING  NEWS  NOTES. 


For  advertising  relating  to  this  department  see  pages  ii  and  iii. 


Yawl  Cherokee  Sold. — The  auxiliary  yawl  Cherokee 
has  been  sold  by  Mr.  Bancroft  C.  Davis,  of  Boston,  Mass., 
to  Mr.  Arthur  G.  Thompson,  of  New  York  city,  through 
the  agency  of  Stanley  M..  Seaman.  She  was  designed  and 
built  in  1902  by  the  George  Lawley  & Son  Corp.,  Boston, 
Mass.,  and  is  48ft.  over  all,  30ft.  waterline,  12ft.  beam, 
5ft.  draft.  A 14  horsepower  Buffalo  engine  gives  a speed 
of  7 miles  an  hour.  The  yacht  leaves  Boston,  where  she 
now  is,  about  the  10th  of  April  for  home  waters. 


*1  H K 

Steel  Yacht  Shipped  to  Mexico. — The  Racine  Boat 
Manufacturing  Company  have  shipped  by  steamer  to 
Frontera,  Mexico,  a 75ft.  shallow  draft,  steel  steam 
yacht,  the  purchase  price  of  which  was  $40,000.  This 
boat  was  erected  at  their  works  at  Muskegon,  Mich.,  then 
taken  down  and  shipped  in  sections  on  four  50ft.  cars 
to  New  York,  where  they  were  transferred  to  the 
steamer. 

H #1  H 

Dories  for  Shelter  Island  and  Hartford  Y.  Cs. — 
A class  of  one-design  dories  are  now  being  built  for 
members  of  the  Shelter  Island  Y.  C.  They  are  18ft. 
over  all  and  5ft.  breadth.  The  members  of  the  Hart- 
ford Y.  C.  are  also  going  to  have  a class  of  one-design 
dories.  These  boats  are  21ft.  iin.  over  all,  15ft.  water- 
line, 5ft.  loin,  beam,  7m.  draft  (with  board  down,  3ft 
4111.);  sail  area,  mainsail,  214  sq,  ft.;  jib,  36  sq.  ft. 

Vi  H *? 


Bay  View  Y.  C.  Election. — The  Bay  View  Y.  C.  has 
elected  the  following  officers  for  the  ensuing  year: 
Com.,  Edward  R.  Karutz;  Vice-Corn.,  Edward  Effinger; 
Rear-Com.,  George  C.  Miller;  Fleet  Capt.,  Harry 
Groth;  Sec’y,  VV.  A.  De  Whitridge;  Fin.  bec’y,  Paul 
Rosa;  Treas.,  John  Fraas.  The  Regatta  Committee 
comprises  Paul  Rosa,  W.  A.  De  Whitridge  and  Rudolph 
Fuehrer.  The  club  house  is  on  Jamaica  Bay,  off 
Hollands  Station.  The  club  will  go  into  commission 
on  Decoration  Day. 

* >5  as 

Work  by  the  Huntington  Mfg.  Co. — The  Hunting- 
ton  Mig.  Co.,  of  New  Rochelle,  are  to  turn  out  two 
boats  for  the  Brooklyn  Y.  C.’s  ocean  race.  One  of 
the  boats  Mr.  Huntington  built  for  himself,  and  she 
will  sail  under  the  flag  of  the  Brooklyn  Y.  C.  The 
boat  is  known  as  Gauntlet,  and  is  28ft.  over  all,  22ft. 
2in.  waterline,  10ft.  2in.  breadth  and  5ft.  6in.  draft.  She 
will  have  5ft.  headroom  below,  and  there  are  two  tons 
of  iron  on  her  keel. 

The  second  boat  is  for  Mr.  Frank  Maier,  owner  of 
the  yawl  Fanshaw,  which  boat  Mr.  Huntington  built 
last  year  for  the  race  to  Marblehead.  She  is  38ft.  over 
all,  30ft.  waterline,  12ft.  breadth  and  6ft.  draft.  The  fol- 
lowing boats  that  were  built  at  this  yard  this  spring  have 
been  compleied  : Class  Q boat  for  Mr.  W.  H.  Childs : Class 
Q boat  for  Mr.  George  Reiners;  18ft.  raceabout  for 
Mr.  Edwin  Outwater;  a 25ft.  and  a 23ft.  launch  for  Mr. 
Henry  Darlington;  an  i8tt.  catboat  for  Mr.  James  D. 
Sparkman,  and  a 14ft.  launch  tor  Mr.  E.  T.  Birdsall. 

K *t  «t 


J.  Montgomery  Sears  Purchases  Sultana. — Messrs. 
Gardner  & Cox  have  sold  the  three-masted  auxiliary 
schooner  Sultana  for  Mr.  John  R.  Drexel  to  Mr.  J. 
Montgomery  Sears,  of  Boston.  Sultana  was  designed 
by  Mr.  J.  Beavor  Webb  and  built  at  Brooklyn  in  1890 
for  Mr.  Trenor  L.  Park,  who  made  extended  cruises 
in  her.  She  is  187ft.  over  all,  155ft.  waterline,  27ft.  bin. 
breadth  and  15ft.  draft.  Captain  Peter  Derby  will 
command  the  vessel. 

Vi  It  at 

Houseboat  for  W.  J.  La  Roche. — The  Morse  Dry 
Dock  & Repairing  Company,  of  South  Brooklyn,  are 
building  a houseboat  75ft.  long  and  23ft.  wide,  for  Mr. 
W.  J.  La  Roche,  of  Brooklyn. 

k k at 


The  Royal  Arcanum  Y.  C. — The  Royal  Arcanum  Y. 
C.,  formerly  the  Royal  Arcanum  Shore  Club,  has  de- 
cided to  move  from  its  present  quarters,  Remsen  lane 
and  Gravesend  Beach,  Bensonhurst,  and  locate  on  the 
newly  made  ground  at  Ulmer  Park,  foot  of  Twenty- 
fifth  avenue,  Bensonhurst.  The  club  has  leased  a plot 
of  ground  sufficiently  large  for  the  errection  of  a 
handsome  club  house  and  for  the  storage  of,  during  the 
winter  months,  at  least  fifty  yachts.  Contracts  for 
the  work  have  been  let,  and  the  work  of  building  the 
club  house  will  commence  this  week.  The  building 
committee  expects  that  the  house  will  be  ready  for  use 
by  May  15. 

It  * 


Death  of  N.  Y.  Y.  C’s  Oldest  Member.— Joseph  Pea- 
body, of  Boston,  died  at  Augusta,  Ga.,  on  Thursday, 
April  6.  Mr.  Peabody  stood  No.  1 on  the  club’s  mem- 
bership list,  having  been  elected  a member  on  July 
14,  1846,  two  years  after  the  club  had  been  organized. 
No  member  ever  took  a more  active  interest  in  the 


club  than  did  Mr.  Peabody,  and  he  saw  the  organiza- 
tion develop  from  its  small  beginning  in  Hoboken  to 
the  largest  and  most  powerful  yachting  club  in  the 
world.  Mr.  Peabody  had  been  personally  acquainted 
with  eighteen  commodores,  and  had  seen  all  the  races 
for  the  defense  of  the  America  Cup.  Mr.  William  Butler 
Duncan,  elected  on  Jan.  29,  1852,  now  becomes  No.  1 
on  the  membership  list. 

*5  S?  V> 

Houseboat  Idlewild  Burned. — The  houseboat  Idle- 
wild,  owned  by  Miss  Carrie  Smith,  of  New  York,  was 
destroyed  by  fire  while  in  winter  quarters  on  the 
easterly  shore  of  Sheepshead  Bay  near  the  Oriental 
Hotel.  The  houseboat  Bessing,  owned  by  Mr.  George 
Bessing,  of  New  York,  which  was  nearby,  was  also 
damaged. 

It  **  St 

Schooner  Verona  Launched. — The  schooner  Verona, 
designed  by  Messrs.  A.  Cary  Smith  & Ferris,  for  Mr. 
Robert  Olyphant,  was  launched  from  the  yard  of  the 
builder,  Mr.  Robert  Jacob,  on  Saturday  afternoon, 
April  8.  The  yacht  was  named  by  Miss  Sophie  V. 
Olyphant,  a daughter  of  the  owner,  and  she  will  be 
enrolled  in  the  fleet  of  the  New  York  Y.  C.  She  is 
65ft.  6in.  over  all,  45ft.  waterline,  15ft.  breadth,  9ft.  6in. 
draft  and  3ft.  2in.  least  freeboard.  The  boat  has  a 
large  amount  of  accommodation  under  a flush  deck. 
The  companionway  leads  to  a steerage,  which  is  used 
as  a chart  room.  On  the  starboard  side  is  a toilet  room, 
while  aft  there  is  a ladies’  cabin  running  the  full  width 
of  the  boat.  The  main  cabin  is  reached  from  the  steer- 
aee.  Forward  of  the  main  cabin  on  the  starboard  side 
is  the  owner’s  room,  while  opposite  is  a small  cabin 
for  the  sailing  master.  Forward  of  these  rooms  come 
the  galley  and  forecastle.  Two  boats  will  be  carried 
on  davits,  a market  boat  10ft.  long  and  a 13ft.  sailing 
tender.  Messrs.  Lathorne  & Ratsey  furnish  the  sails. 
The  boat  is  beautifully  built,  and  the  construction 
throughout  reflects  great  credit  upon  the  builder. 

Vi  *1 

Permanent  Racing  Marks  on  Long  Island  Sound.— 
The  Lighthouse  Board,  a branch  of  the  Department  of 
Commerce  and  Labor,  has  agreed  to  set  out  buoys, 
which  will  serve  not  only  as  marks  for  navigation  but 
racing  buoys  as  well  for  all  clubs  that  race  on  the  western 
end  of  Long  Island  Sound.  This  is  a very  courteous 
thing  for  the  department  to  do,  and  will  prove  not 
only  of  great  convenience,  but  a saving  of  great  ex- 
pense for  the  Sound  clubs. 

Explosion  on  the  Schooner  Grilse. — A bad  explosion 
occured  on  the  auxiliary  schooner  Grilse,  on  Thurs- 
day, April  6,  while  in  winter  quarters  at  Tebo’s  Basin, 
South  Brooklyn,  and  four  of  the  sixteen  men  on  board 
were  injured.  The  boat’s  deck  aft  was  ripped  off  and 
the  entire  stern  will  have  to  be  replaced.  Several  men 
were  working  in  the  lazarette  with  a lighted  lamp,  in- 
stalling some  new  gasolene  tanks.  Leakage  from  the 
old  tanks  or  drip  pans  allowed  enough  gas  to  generate 
to  cause  the  explosion.  New  gasolene  engines  will 
probably  have  to  be  installed  and  considerable  work 
will  have  to  be  done  on  the  boat’s  hull  and  interior 
in  order  to  put  her  in  shape  again.  After  the  explosion 
the  boat  caught  on  fire  and  the  flames  spread  to  the 
dock  and  the  steam  yacht  Mindora,  which  boat  was 
moored  close  by.  Mindora,  owned  by  Mr.  Albert  Rich- 
ards, received  considerable  damage.  Grilse  was  built 
in  Yarmouth,  N.  S.,  and  is  owned  by  Mr.  John  T. 
Pratt,  of  Brooklyn. 

« « « 

S.  C.  Y.  C’s  Assistant  Measurer. — Mr.  J.  Clinton 
Work  has  been  appointed  assistant  measurer  of  the 
Seawanhaka-Corinthian  Y.  C.  by  the  Board  of  Trustees. 


*1  *1  *t 


Four  Entries  in  Race  Around  Long  Island. — The 
race  around  Long  Island,  to  be  sailed  under  the  auspices 
of  the  Seawanhaka-Corinthian  Y.  C.,  will  start  off  the 
Atlantic  Y.  C.  at  Sea  Gate  on  Monday,  Aug,  10.  The 
four  boats  already  entered  in  the  race  are'  as  follows: 
Tito,  owned  by  Mr.  Colgate  Hoyt;  Nike,  owned  by 
Mr.  Victor  I.  Cumnock;  Regina,  owned  bv  Mr.  F. 
G.  Stewart,  and  Peggy,  owned  by  Mr.  Frank  S. 
Hastings. 

Vi  It  H 


First  Entry  in  K.  Y.  C’s  Power  Boat  Race. — The 
first  launch  to  be  entered  in  the  Knickerbocker  Y.  C;’s 
powerboat  race  to  Marblehead  is  Coyote,  owned  by 
Mr.  Harold  Wesson,  of  Camden,  N.  J.  Coyote  was 
designed  by  E.  H.  Godshalk  & Co.,  of  Philadelphia, 
and  built  by  the  Excelsior  Launch  Co.  She  is  32ft-  6in. 
over  all,  32ft.  waterline,  4ft.  ioin.  beam  and  ift.  3m. 
draft.  This  race  will  start  on  July  22  off  the  Knicker- 
bocker Y.  C.  club  house  at  College  Point. 

it  Vt 


Gregory  at  Ponta  Delgada. — The  motor  boat  Gregory 
arrived  at  Ponta  Delgada  on  Tuesday,  April  5,  from 
Bermuda.  A heavy  N.N.E.  gale,  which  lasted  from 
March  24  to  26,  made  it  necessary  to  heave  the  boat  to. 
The  boat  was  in  no  danger,  as  she  lay  to  a sea  anchor 
without  difficulty. 

Vi  Vi  B» 

Boats  Building  at  Patchogue. — Three  auxiliary  cruis- 
in g sloops  are  being  built  in  George  H.  Miller’s  yard 
at  Patchogue,  L.  I.  The  largest  of  the  trio  is  for  Mr. 
Joseph  Physioc,  the  well-known  scenic  artist  of  New 
York.  This  boat  is  50ft.  over  all,  and  will  be  fitted  with 
a 10  horsepower  gasolene  engine.  She  will  be  enrolled 
in  the  Manhasset  Bay  Y.  C.  The  second  boat  in  point 


Entries  in  Ocean  Race  for  German  Emperor's  Cap. 


Name. 
Yalballa  .. 
Apache  . . . 

Ailsa  

Hamburg  . 
Utcwana  . 
Sunbeam  . 
'Hustle  ... 
Atlantic  . . 

H 1 Idegarde 
Fleur  de  Lys 
Endymion  .. 


Type  and  Rig. 

...Aux.  Ship 

...Aux.  Barque 

...Yawl  

...Schooner  

...Aux.  Schooner. 
...Aux.  Barque... 

...Schooner  

...Aux.  Schooner. 

...Schooner  

...Schooner  

...Schooner  


L.W.L. 
240ft.  . . . 

168ft 

88ft.  . . . 

116ft.  ... 

165ft.  ... 

154.7ft.  .. 
lloft.  .... 

135ft.  ... 

103.4ft.  .. 
,101ft...... 

,86.6ft 


Owner. 

.Earl  of  Crawford... 

. Edmund  Randolph. . 
..Henry  S.  Redmond.. 
..German  syndicate  .. 
..Allison  V.  Armour  . 
..Lcrd  Brussey  ....... 

..Robert  E.  Tod....... 

..Wilson  Marshall  

Edward  R.  Coleman. 
..Rewis  A.  Stimson..., 
..George  Lauder,  Jr.. 


Club. 

, Royal  Yacht  Squadron 

. New  York  Y.  C 

. New  York  Y.  C 

, imperial  Y.  C... 

. New  York  Y.  C 

. Royal  Yacht  Squadron 

. Atlantic  Y.  C. 

.New  York  Y.  C 

..Philadelphia  Cor.  Y.  C 

..New  York  Y.  C 

..Indian  Harbor  Y.  C.... 


Designer. 

...W.  C.  Storey 

...J.  Reid  & Co 

...William  Fife,  Jr.. 
...George  L.  Watson 
...J.  Beavor-Webb. . . 
...St.  Claire  Byrne. 
...Henry  Winteringham 
...Gardner  & Cox 


Net 

Year  Built.  Ton. 

1892...... 648 

......1890 307 

1895 116 

1898 185 

1891 267 

1874...... 227 

1901 235 

1903 ...... 206 


.A.  S.  Chesebrough 1897.. ....146 

.Edward  Burgess 1890 86 

.Taras,  Lemoine  & Crane... 1899.,,*,, 116 


of  size  is  for  Mr.  W.  B.  Henry,  of  Philadelphia.  She  is 
36ft.  over  all,  and  will  have  a 6 horsepower  engine. 
Mr.  Henry  will  use  the  boat  in  the  waters  near  Atlantic 
City.  The  third  boat  is  for  Mr.  L.  A.  Fuller,  of  the 
Bergen  Beach  Y.  C.  She  is  33ft.  over  all,  and  is 
equipped  with  a 5 horsepower  motor. 

Vi  St  It 

Belle  Harbor  Y.  C. — The  newly  organized  Belle  Har- 
bor Y.  C.  is  making  great  progress.  A site  for  a club 
house  has  been  purchased  to  the  westward  of  the 
Rockaway  Park  property,  and  a $15,000  club  house  will 
be  erected  at  once.  The  building  will  be  60  by  85ft. 
in  size  and  will  be  three  stories  high.  A 12ft.  piazza 
extends  along  the  front  and  sides.  The  first  floor  will 
include  a reception  room,  parlor,  dining  and  grill  room 
and  buffet,  while  the  kitchen  is  in  an  L.  On  the  second 
and  third  floors  are  forty-eight  sleeping  rooms  and 
lavatories.  The  attic  contains  several  sleeping  rooms, 
although  mainly  given  up  for  lockers  and  storage  pur- 
poses. The  members  expect  to  be  at  home  to  friends 
Decoration  Day,  although  the  new  building  will  not  be 
entirely  finished  by  that  date.  The  membership  roll 
now  numbers  132,  the  limit  having  been  fixed  at  150. 
The  officers  for  the  coming  year  are:  Com.,  H.  F. 

Hewlett;  Vice-Corn.,  Louis  Bossert;  Rear-Com.,  A.  W. 
Courtland;  Fleet  Capt.,  L.  M.  Pearsall;  Treas.,  R.  J. 
James;  Fin.  Sec’y,  E.  J.  Christopher;  Sec’y,  George  W. 
Fash;  Chairman  House  Committee,  C.  C.  Pearsall; 
Chairman  Regatta  Committee,  Walter  Smith;  Chair- 
man Entertainment  Committee,  P.  M.  Schaffner. 
Board  of  Directors — William  Scheer,  H.  F.  Hewlett, 
W.  W.  Butcher,  Frank  G.  Bush,  L.  M.  Pearsall,  George 
W.  Fash,  William  G.  Gallagher,  P.  M.  Schaffner, 
William  A.  Courtland  and  R.  J.  James.  The  club  pen- 
nant is  triangular  in  shape,  the  colors  being  red,  white 
and  blue. 


A,  C.  A.  Membership. 

new  life  members. 

No.  42,  Harry  M.  Stewart,  Rochester,  N.  Y. ; No.  43,  Edward 
F.  Wyer,  Woburn,  Mass.;  No.  44,  Frederick  W.  Donnelly,  New 
York  city. 

NEW  MEMBERS. 

No.  4890, Edward  J.  Fonda,  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  Central  Division; 
No.  4891,  Irwin  N.  M.  Cubberly,  Trenton,  N.  J.,  Atlantic  Division; 
No.  4892,  George  O.  Groli,  Cleveland.  O.,  Western  Division; 
No.  4893,  Carleton  N.  Bonfils,  New  York  city,  Atlantic  Division; 
No.  4894;  Frank  Fell,  Trenton,  N.  J.,  Atlantic  Division. 

APPLICATIONS  FOR  MEMBERSHIP. 

Eastern  Division.— Daniel  R.  James  and  H.  S.  McCormack, 
of  Providence,  R.  I.;  Harry  L.  Peabody,  Wellesley  Hills,  Mass. 


ifle  md 

— # — 

Fixtures. 

July  24-29.— Newark,  O.— Second  annual  of  the  Ohio  State  Rifle 
Association. 

July  26- Aug.  1. — Creedmoor,  L.  I. — Second  annual  of  New  York 
Rifle  Association. 


Should  the  Use  of  Revolvers  be  Prohibited? 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

In  reading  the  criminal  statistics  of  the  United  States  for  last 
year  I was.  struck  by  the  wonderful  increase  in  the  crimes  of 
murder  and  homicide. 

This  suggested  to  me  an  inquiry  as  to  why  a people  who  boast 
the  very  highest  civilization  of  any  in  the  whole  world,  after 
twenty  centuries  of  Christianity,  exceed  all  others  in  the  com- 
mission of  homicidal  crimes. 

I have  resolved,  with  your  permission,  to  submit  a few  queries 
for  the  consideration  of  the  readers  of  Forest  and  Stream.  I 
do  so  because  these  ought  include  a fair  representation  of  the 
sanest  and  most  intelligent  people  of  the  United  States — a class 
that  ought  to  typify  the  highest  and  most  robust  phase  of  our 
twentieth  century  civilization. 

The  answers  to  these  queries  will  be  illuminating,  and  will  shed 
such  light  on  the  “point  of  view”  as  will  enable  the  most  casual 
observer  to  draw  correct  conclusions. 

The  queries  are  to  the  following  effect: 

Are  the  Americans  .more  bloodthirsty  than  any  other  civilized 
nation? 

If  not,  do  they  lack  some  necessary  elements  in  their  composi- 
tion that  all  other  thoroughly  sane  and  civilized  men  possess — 
something  that  would  make  them  exercise  their  reason,  their 
Christianity,  a regard  for  the  rights  and  life  of  others,  that  would 
restrain  them  from  resorting  to  the  extreme  limit  of  taking  fife 
when  resenting  wrongs,  real  or  imaginary? 

. I do  not  here  refer  to  crimes  of  lynching,  which  result  from 
extraordinary  excitement  and  from  extraordinary  causes. 

If  they  are  not  more  bloodthirsty,  less  sane  and  less  Christian' 
than  other  people,  how  is  it  they  are  so  “quick  on  the  trigger”? 

Regardless  of  the  foregoing,  I think  the  answer  to  the  follow- 
ing will  touch  the  crux  of  the  whole  matter. 

Are  the  Americans,  for  their  own  welfare  and  for  the  fair  fame 
of  the  nation,  too  familiar  with  the  use  of  revolvers  and  other 
small  firearms?  s 

Should  ordinary  citizens  (especially  in  view  of  certain  national 
tragedies,  as  Presidential  assassinations)  be  permitted  under  any' 
conditions  in  cities  and  other  populous  places,  to  have  or  carry 
about  their  persons,  revolvers  or  other  firearms? 

Should  the  Government  prohibit  the  total  use  of  small  arms, 
except  to  the  military  and  police? 

Should  revolver  practice  at  targets  be  confined  to  the  military 
and  police? 

Should  the  leading  journals  and  moulders  of  public  opinion  dis- 
courage by  every  means  the  use  of  revolvers  and  small  arms,  by 
sportsmen,  sporting  clubs  and  reputable  citizens  generally? 

Are  not  the  possession  of  small  firearms,  familiarity  with  their 
use,  and  the  undue  importance  given  in  leading  journals  to  scores 
made  by  revolver  experts,  all  contributory  causes  of  a large  num- 
ber of  homicides? 

Are  there  not  many  ordinary  good  (if  hasty)  men  to-day  suffer- 
ing untold  remorse  for  murder  or  homicide,  that  never  would 
have  been  committed,  if  at  the  psychological  moment  a revolver 
was  not  at  hand? 

Is  it,  then,  not  the  natural  depravity  or  degeneration  of  the 
American  people,  but  their  familiarity  with  small  arms  that  is 
responsible  for  this  grave  stain  on  the  fair  fame  of  the  whole 
nation?  . ,,  , . 

If  it  were  possible  and  permissible  to  compare  small  things  with 
great,  in  order  to  get  a result  for  comparison,  I would  instance 
this  community  of  nearly  a quarter  of  a million  of  people.  For 
years  we  have  not  had  a single  murder  here;  not  that  we  are  less 
violent  or  less  prone  to  anger  than  other  Anglo-Celtic  people,  but 
nobody  thinks  of  carrying  a 1 cvolver  for  every-day  use.  The 
only  crime  of  that  kind  we  have  had  of  late  years  was  the  killing 
of  a seaman  in  our  waters  by  an  American  captain,  who  is  now 
in  penal  servitude.  His  crew  were  noisy  and  disagreeable,  as  they 
had  been  dozens  of  times  before,  but  one  evil  day  he  put  a re- 
volver in  his  pocket,  with  the  result  that  where  he  had  quieted 
his  crew  often  befare  by  fair  means,  he  shot  one  of  them  who 
attempted  to  go  ashore.  _ . ..  _ 

The  captain  has  since  expressed  himself  to  the  effect  that  any 
legal  punishment  he  would  get  as  a consequence  would  not  begin 
to  compare  with  the  tortures  of  ’-emorse  that  he  has  since  suffered, 
and  that  the  few  minutes  he  was  unfortunate  enough  to  have  the 
revolver  in  his  hands  not  only  affected  his  victim  and  those  de- 
pending on  him,  but  also  ruined  his  own  life  and  affected  seriously 
the  welfare  of  his  family  of  grown-up  sons  and  daughters. 

I submit  the  foregoing  to  the  readers  of  Forest  and  Stream 
as  to  a high  court  of  appeal.  The  facts  submitted  are  of  particu- 
lar interest  to  the  representative  sportsmen  of  the  continent. 


April  15,  1905.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


SOB 


Being  familiar  with  the  use  and  abuse  of  arms,  they  are  in  a 
better  position  to  give  the  matter  a fair  judicial  consideration  than 
any  other  group  of  men  available.  Nothing  but  good  could  result 
from  a fair  discussion  of  the  matter. 

I append  a summary  of  American  criminal  statistics  for  1904  for 
consideration.  I have  no  means  of  verifying  the  conclusions,  but 
rely  on  some  reader  to  give  the  necessary  corrections,  if  those 
submitted  be  inaccurate. 

“One  of  the  most  remarkable  papers  that  has  appeared  of  late  in 
the  American  periodicals  is  that  from  the  pen  of  Mr.  S.  S.  Mc- 
Clure in  the  Christmas  number  of  McClure’s  Magazine. 

“Mr.  McClure  opens  with  five  pages  of  quotations,  from.  Ameri- 
can journals,  lamenting  the  rapid  increase  of  criminality  and 
anarchy  which  is  everywhere  observed.  He  then  proceeds  to  ex- 
amine statistics.  In  1881,  with  a population  of  51,000,000,  there  were 
1,266  murders  and  homicides  in  the  United  States.  In  1902,  with 
79,000,000  population,  there  were  no  less  than  8,834.  The  normal 
number,  allowing  for  increase  of  population,  would  , have,  been 
only  1,952.  In  1881,  there  was  one  murder  per  40,534  inhabitants; 
in  1902,  one  per  8,955. 

“How  lightly  murder  is  regarded  is  shown  by  another  column. 
In  1881,  with  1,266  murders,  there  were  90  executions;  in  1903, 
with  8,976  murders,  there  were  124  executions.  About  half  the 
murders  result  from  quarrels  and  brawls.  The  increase  of  self- 
murder  is  even  more  astonishing.  In  1881  there  were  only  .605 
suicides  in  the  country;  in  1903  suicides  had  risen  to  the  astonish- 
ing number  of  8,597.” 

St.  Johns,  Newfoundland.  Beothic. 


United  States  Revolver  Association. 

The  full  results  of  the  United  States  Revolver  Association 
championship  contest,  held  simultaneously  at  New  York,  Chicago, 
Pinehurst,  St.  Louis,  Pine  Bluff  and  San  Francisco,  are  ap- 
pended. 

Mr.  S.  G.  Sears,  of  St.  Louis,  also  winner  last  year,  won  the 
revolver  championship  with  a score  of  461.  Dr.  R.  H.  Sayre,  of 
New  York,  was  second,  with  446;  Dr.  W.  H.  Luckett,  third,  434. 

Dr.  Sayre,  New  York,  won  the  pistol  championship  with  451. 
John  A.  Dietz,  Jr.,  New  York,  won  second  with  438.  William  G. 
Kreig,  Chicago,  third,  431. 

The  silver  cup  presented  in  1901  has  been  won  by  Dr.  Sayre 
three  times,  and  is  now  his  property. 

Conditions,  20yds.,  50  shots,  Standard  American  target.  Spring- 
field  did  not  compete.  Scores: 

Match  A,  revolver  championship: 

S E Sears,  St.  Louis,  Mo.. 


10  10  9 10  10 
10  9 10  7 9 
9 10  10  9 
9 10  7 


Dr  R H Sayre,  New  York  — 


Dr  W II  Luckett,  New  York.. 


7 

10  6 
10  10 
10  10  10 
10  10  9 
10  10  9 
10  10  10 


10  10 
9 9 
10  10 
10  10 
10  8 
10  10 


Dr  R M Moore,  St.  Louis 

J A Dietz,  New  York 

E L Harpham,  Chicago...: 

ALA  Himmelwright,  New  York 

Albert  Sorensen,  Chicago,  Hi 74 

Frank  M.  Garden,  Chicago,  111 85  75 

S M Tyrell,  Chicago,  111 £7 

William  G.  Kreig,  Chicago,  111 

C C Crossman,  St.  Louis,  Mo 

Dr  J A Close,  St.  Louis,  Mo 

S Acott,  New  York,  and  F.  Y.  Kingtoi 
withdrew. 

Match  B,  pistol  championship: 

Dr  R H Sayre,  New  York 10  10  9 9 

10  10  10  9 
10  9 9 9 
10  10  9 9 
10  10  9 9 
10  9 9 9 
10  9 8 8 
10  10  9 9 
1010  9 8 
10  9 9 9 

G Kreig,  Chicago 7 8 10  7 10 

8 7 8 10 
9 10  9 8 7 
10  9 8 9 7 
10  10  9 8 8 


9 

7 10 

8 

8- 

-91 

1 10 

10  10 

9 

10- 

-94 

10 

10  10 

10 

10- 

-95 

9 

10 

7 

10 

9-87 

10  : 

10 

9 

8 

10-94—461 

10 

9 

9 

7 

6—89 

10 

9 

7 

7 

7- 

-84 

10  : 

10 

9 

9 

8- 

-91 

10 

9 

9 

9 

9- 

-91 

10  : 

10 

9 

9 

8- 

-91—446 

9 

8 

8 

8 

5—79 

io  : 

10  10 

9 

7- 

-92 

10 

9 

9 

8 

8—88 

10  ' 

10 

9 

9 

8- 

-86 

10  : 

10  10 

8 

6- 

-89—434 

.85 

84 

87 

89 

89—434 

85 

89 

86 

82—428 

.87 

87 

88 

83 

83— 42S 

.82 

85 

82 

89 

85—423 

.74 

83 

84 

84 

88—413 

.85 

75 

79 

87 

84—410 

.77 

85 

77 

81 

86—406 

.85 

93 

83 

72 

69—402 

.89 

82 

f 

S3 

69 

78—401 

.68 

76 

68 

78 

53-343 

San  Francisco,  Cal., 

10 

8 

8 

8 

7- 

-86 

10 

9 

9 

9 

8- 

-93 

io  : 

10 

9 

9 

7- 

-91 

10 

9 

9 

8 

7- 

-89 

J A Dietz,  Jr.,  New  York.. 


W 


8 10  9 
7 7 10 
7 10  9 
7 10  10  10 

7 10  10  8 

8 10  10  10 
8 7 8 
7 


8 

8 

8 

88 

87 

85 

81 

81 

84 

77 

68 

70 

73 

62 

70 

53 

38 


9 9 9^-92— 451 
9 9 9—88 

8 7 7—83 
9 6—90 
7 7—86 
9 7—91—438 
9 10—84 

8 10  10  6—84 

9 10  8 10—88 

9 9 9 8—86  -s 

9 10  8-89-431 
91  87  80-431 

86 
88 
78 
86 
74 
66 
80 
80 
62 
60 
67 
44 
40 


83 

81 

86 

78 

75 

74 

74 

66 

66 

64 

44 

62 

55 


89— 43Q 
84—426 
75—406 
77—401 
77—385 
63—360 

74— 353 

75— 352 
72—341 
56—305 
63—296 
52—272 
46—216 


ALA  Himmelwright,  New  York  

H Klotz,  New  York  

E L Harpham,  Chicago,  111 

Dr  Dudley  Smith,  Oakland,  Cal 

R P Prentys,  Chicago,  111 

R Swartz,  Pine  Bluff,  Ark 

M Eisencramer,  Pine  Bluff,  Ark 

A L Smith,  Pine  Bluff,  Ark ••  •• 

Miss  M.  Waterhouse,  Pinehurst,  N.  C... 

C R Fitzhugh,  Pine  Bluff,  Ark 

Mrs  Leonara  Tufts,  Pinehurst,  N.  C 

D II  Hostetter,  Pinehurst,  N.  C. 

T V Hall,  Pinehurst,  N.  C • •••• 

Dr  George  S.  Hill,  Pinehurst,  N.  C 

By  the  rules  of  the  Association,  in  the  case  of  any  State  entering 
a given  number  of  competitors  in  either  match,  the  Association 
awards  to  the  contestant  making  the  highest  score,  provided  that 
score  does  not  win  first  place  in  the  national  contest,  a stiver 
medal,  representing  the  State  championship,  and  a bronze  medal 
as  second  price  to  the  contestant  making  the  next  highest  score 
in  the  State.  The  State  championship  honors  follow: 

Arkansas.— Pistol  championship  r Silver  medal,  R.  Swartz  oi 
Fine  Bluff,  Ark.;  bronze  medal,  M.  Eisencramer,  of  Pine  Bluff, 
Ark 

Illinois.— Revolver  championship:  Silver  medal,  Edwin  L. 

Harpham,  of  Chicago,  111.;  bronze  medal,  Albert  Sorensen,  of 

C PEtcd’  championship : Silver  medal,  William  G.  Kreig,  of  Chi- 
cago, 111  ■ bronze  medal,  Edwin  L.  Harpham,  of  Chicago,  111.  • 
Missouri— Revolver  championship:  Mr.  Sears  winning  the 

national  championship,  the  bronze  medal  for  second  place  in  the 
State  shoot  gees  to  Dr.  M.  R.  Moore. 

New  York. — Revolver  championship:  Silver  medal,  Dr.  K.  ±1. 
Sayre;  bronze  medal,  Dr.  W.  H.  Luckett. 

Pistol  championship.— The  position  of  New  York  in  this  is  a 
little  peculiar,  as  Dr.  Sayre  and  Mr.  Dietz,  who.  win  first  and 
second  place  in  the  State  contest,  also  win  first  and  second  place 
in  the  national  contest,  and  the  greater  honor  includes  the  less. 

North  Carolina.— Pistol  championship:  Silver  medal,  Miss  M. 

Waterhouse,  of  Pinehurst,  N.  C. ; bronze  medal,  Mrs.  Leonard 
Tufts,  of  Pinehurst,  N.  C. 


Providence  Revolver  Club. 

- Providence,  R.  I.,  April  6.— We  had  a nice  sociable  practice  this 
week  and  much  interest  was  shown.  Two  new  members  started 
in  at’  10yds.  with  pocket  revolvers  and  did  excellent  work.  They 
have  “shoot”  in  them  and  handled  the  .32s  in  a way  which  will 
graduate  them  to  the  target  class  in  the  near  future.  W.e  hope' 
to  have  our  10  x 18  shooting  house  at  Cranston  open  on  Decora- 
tion Day  and  from  then  on  the  50yd.  targets  will  be  kept  busy. 

The  plucky  Pinehurst,  N.  C.,.  pistol  team  shoots  a match  with 
us  on  the  15th.  They  have  been  defeated  in  their  initial  trials  at 
match  shooting,  and  as  our  team  has  not  yet  recovered  from  the 
licking  administered  bv  Louisville,  there  is  considerable  specula- 
tion as  to  the  probable  winner  . _ c 

We  had  a very  pleasant  visit  from  Chief  Yeoman  F.  S.  Mayo, 
of  the  Navy,  who  is  at  present  stationed  here  on  recruiting  ser- 
vice and  we  hope  he  will  remain  in  Providence,  for  he  will  be  a 
most  agreeable  and  valuable  addition  to  our  membership  list. 
Mr  Mayo  was  a member  of  the  Navy  team  at  the  Fort  Riley 
competition,  and  although  badly  out  of  practice  at  present,  will 
soon  keep  our  best  men  tuned  up. 

President  Coulters  was  present  after  an  absence  of  several 
weeks,  having  been  confined  to  the  house  with  a severe  illness, 
and  found  the  240s  beyond  reach. 

The  following  scores  were  recorded  this  week: 

Rifle,  25yds.,  German  ring  target,  10-shot  strings,  possible  260: 
Fred  Collins  235;  W.  Bert  Gardiner  224,  233;  A.  B.  Coulters 
218  226. 

Pocket  revolver,  10yds.,  Standard  American  20yd.  target,  10-shot 
strings,  possible  100:  Fred  S.  Cowdin  73,  Milton  B.  Brown  68,  66. 

Revolver  and  pistol,  20yds.,  Standard  target:  A,  Q.  Hurlburt  $5; 


Arno  Argus  79,  82;  Wm.  Bosworth  79,  82;  Fred  Liebrich  79;  D. 
P.  Craig. 74.  , 

Revolver,  50yds.,  Standard  target:  Wm.  Almy  84,  89. 

Rifle  match,  50yds.,  .22  rifles,  on  German  ring  target:  H. 

Powell  225,  F.  A.  Coggeshall  218,  B.  Norman  216,  W.  Almy  212. 

Rifle  match,  Gardiner  vs.  Harmon,  30  shots  per  man,  in  5-shp_t 
strings,  ,22cal.  rifles,  German  ring  target,  25yds.,  possible  750: 

W B Gardiner 120  123  123  123  122  122—733 

Bert  Harmon  119  122  120  120  122  122—725 


Gratis  (O.)  Rifle  Clab. 

The  following  scores  were  made  at  the  regular  medal  shoot  of 
the  Gratis  Township  Rifle  Club,  on  April  1.  The  contest  was  at 
100yds.,  offhand,  4 shots,  48  possible,  and  was  won  by  G.  O. 

Chrismer,  with  a score  of  45. 

The  club  will  hold  a special  shoot  on  May  6,  to  which  all  rifle- 
men are  invited.  On  that  day  a special  prize  will  be  offered  in 
the  free-for-all,  100yds.,  offhand,  4 shots,  48  possible.  The  prize  is 
a .32-20  rifle,  and  the  maker  of  high  scores  takes.  A large  entry 
is  expected.  The  day’s  scores  follow: 

Medal  contest,  100yds.,  offhand,  4 shots,  48  possible: 

G O Chrismer 12  10  12  U— 45  G W Izor 9 9 11  10—39 

Mose  Pence  10  12  10  12—44  Walter  Stump  ....12  8 7 9—36 

Chas  Chrismer 11  12  10  10 — 43  Chas  Glaze  7 8 12  8 — 35 

J W Lesher 10  9 10  12 — 41  , , 

Winners  of  the  medal  so  far  are  as  follows: 

Chas.  Glaze  (Jan.  7)  11  12  12  10—45 

Mose  Pence,  (Feb.  4)  12  11  12  11—46 

J W Lesher  (March  4) 11  12  12  11—46 

G O Chrismer  (April  1)  12  10  12  11 — 45 

Special  matches,  4 shots  in  each,  100yds.,  offhand,  possible  48, 
or  total  of  420  for  20  shots: 

G O Chrismer. 38  46  44  47  45—220  M Pence  38  37  44  45  41—205 

G W Izor..... 42  43  44  48  43—220  W Stump  45  34  43  40  38—200 

C Glaze  42  40  43  43  43—211  C Chrismer. . .36  44  40  38  41—190 

J W Lesher... 42  37  46  42  41 — 208  Bonasa. 


New  York  Central  SchueUen  Corps. 


The  last  regular  shoot,  held  the  night  of  March  29  on  the  Zet- 
tler  ranges,  at  75ft.,  offhand,  was  well  attended,  and  twenty-five 
members  competed  on  the  ring  and  bullseye  targets.  Reinhold 
Busse  made  the  best  score  on  the  ring  target,  with  a total  of  484, 
and  J.  N.  Siebs  had  the  best  bullseye.  I he  results  follow,  two 
10-shot  scores,  counting  on  the  ring  and  the  best  single  shot  on 
the  bullseye  target: 


R 

Busse  .......... 

-.238 

246—484 

G 

Viemeister  

..242 

246—482 

1 

Hess  

238 

236—474 

W 

J Daniel 

..234 

238—472 

H 

D Muller 

..234 

235—469 

C 

Ottmann  

..237 

232—469 

D 

Scharninghaus. 

..234 

231—465 

T N Siebs 

..233 

230—463 

c 

Gerken  

..231 

226—457 

T 

von  der  Lieth.. 

..222 

230—452 

B 

Eusner  

..220 

228 — 448 

Wm  Wessel  

..219 

230—449 

F Rolfes  223  224—447 

W Schillingman  ...225  220 — 445 

A Ritterhoff  214  229—443 

H von  der  Lieth....219  219—438 

H A Incite  214  '217—431 

II  Roffmann  ..226  207— 433 

H Graveman  113  117 — 230 

C Tietjen  201  217—418 

G Rohde  2l6  200—416 

J Eisinger  203  208—411 

H Brummer  189  214—403 

G Dettloff  189  200—389 


. The  scores  on  the  bullseye  target  were  as  follows:  R.  Busse  71, 

G.  Viemeister  106,  J.  Hess  199,  W.  J.  Daniel  140,  II.  D.  Muller 
76,  C.  Ottmann  109%,  D.  Scharninghaus  109,  J.  N.  Siebs  49%,  C. 
Gerken  91%,  J.  von  der  Lieth  114,  B.  Eusner  151,  G.  Dettloff  125, 
F.  Rolfes  102,  W.  Schillingman  74,  A.  Ritterhoff  116,  H.  von  der 
Lieth  191,  H.  A.  Ficke  90,  H.  Roffman  162,  H.  Graveman  99,  C. 
Tietjen  145%,  G.  Rohde  206%,  J.  Eisinger  134,  H.  Brummer  54. 


Zettler  Rifle  Club. 

Twelve  members  finished  five  or  more  scores  the  night  of  April 
4,  shooting  .22cal.  rifles  on  the  25yd  ranges,  at  headquarters,  in 
West  Twenty-third  street.  Richard  Gute,  who  made  such  a good 
showing  , in  the  recent  100-shot  championship  match,  was  again 
high  man,  this  time  with  a total  of  2444  out  of  the  possible  2500 
points.  A.  Hubalek,  who  is  also  improving  rapidly,  was  second 
with  2442,  while  Louis  P.  Hansen  made  248,  the  highest  individual 
score.  The  results  follow,  10-shot  scores,  at  75ft.,  offhand: 


R Gute  240  247  243  247  243  245  245  246  243  245—2444 

A Hubalek  245  245  243  243  247  246  241  244  246  242—2442 

I.  C : Buss 242  245  243  241  246  238  246  242  242  241—2426 

C Zettler,  Jr  244  247  243  244  -242—122!) 

L P Hansen  243  248  245  241,  541—1218 

R Busse  242  244  244  244  241—1215  ’ - 

I Smeith  245  238  243  238  236—1200 

B Zettler  240  232  234  '241  240—1187 

C G Zettler 225  244  238  235  242—1184 

H C Zettler 227  233  243  246  232—1170 

G J Bernius 225  232  231  226  240—1154 

H Fenwirth  228  230  231  238  236 — 1153 


Harlem  Independent  -Schjetzen  Corps, 

A goodly  number  of  members  and  their  guests  gathered  at  the 
Zettler  ranges  the  night  of  April  7,  when  the  regujar  club  shoot! 
was  held,  at  75ft.,  otlhand,  on  the  25  ring  target,  with  .22cal.  rifles,  s 
High  man  was  C.  Thiebauth  with  a total  of  460  for  . 20  shots,,  hut 
B.  Eusner  was  but  one  point  below  with  459.  The  scores  follow, 
members  firing  two  10-sliot  strings,  the  possible  500  points: 


C Thiebauth  

..227 

233 — 460 

A Fenninger  ... 

. . . .195 

218—413 

B 

Eusner  

..232 

227—459 

F Koch  

....206 

206—412 

J 

H Blumenberg.. 

,.232 

224—456 

A L ilsen 

....203 

200—403 

A Fegert  

323 

217—449 

Ph  Z ugner  

. . . .196 

203—399 

G 

Thomas  .. 

..222 

223—445 

L Rohkohl  

....219 

188—397 

A 

Aluller  

..215 

217 — 432 

C P Rupp 

....206 

192—398 

L 

Lewinson  

. 202, 

224—426 

F Horn  

....183 

200—383 

E 

Modersohn  

,.212 

213—425 

J Fey  

. . . .167 

177—344 

H 

Behrman  

.212 

123 — 425 

Jos  Holler  

. . . .151 

172—323 

St. 

Baumann  

2,05 

215—420 

J Lanzer  ....... 

....119 

97—216 

E 

Hiker  

.215 

199—414 

Next  Year's  Icdjor  Championship  Match, 

At  the  last  business  meeting  of  the  Zettler  Rifle  Club,  held  at 
its  headquarters  in  ihis  city,  it  was  decided  to  fix  the  dates  for  the 
indoor  lUU-shot  championship  match  at  that  time,  in  order  that  all 
intending  competitors  wouid  have  plenty  of  time  to  prepare  for 
this  important  annual  affair.  I he  dates  selected  were  March  10-17, 
inclusive,  1906.  Shooting  will  begin  at  10  o’clock  in  the  morning 
and  close  at  11  o’clock  at  night  on  each  of  these  days.  The  place 
will  as  usual  be  the  club  ranges  and  headquarters,  at  159  VVest 
Twenty-third  street,  New  York  city.  The  distance  will  be  75it., 
position,  otthand,  but  there  will  be  no  restrictions  on  palm  rests, 
etc.,  and  any  kind  of  sights  will  be  allowed.  As  usual,  however, 
only  ,22cal.  short  cartridges  can  be  used.  The  prize  list  will  be  as 
large  as  the  hustling  members  of  this  club  can  make  it,  and 
there  should  be  a goodly  array  of  merchandise  prizes,  which  are 
always  attractive  to  shooters. 

Nothing  definite  was  decided  regarding  a prize  shoot  at  200yds., 
hut  we  are  informed  reliably  that  one  will  probably  be  held  at 
Union  Hill  in  September. 


Cincinnati  Rifle  Association. 

Cincinnati,  O. — The  following  scores  were  made  in  regular 
competition  by  members  of  this  Association  at  Four-Mile  House, 
Reading  Road,  April  9.  Conditions:  200yds.,  offhand,  at  the  25- 

ring  target.  Payne  was  declared  champion  for  the  day  with  a 
score  of  228.  Hasenzahl  was  high  on  the  honor  with  64  points. 

A variable  wind  from  3 to  6 o’clock  quarter  blew  all  day.  Mr. 
Topf  appeared  among  us"  again  to-day,  after  a sojourn  in  Florida 
during  the  past  winter,  and  we  were  well  pleased  to  see  his 
genial  form  once  more.  The  scores: 

Payne  228  221  219  217  216  Freltag  208  207  207  202  190 

Hasenzahl 225  222  221  221  216  Nestler  199  188  

Bruns  220  213  210  207  201  Odell  19U  188 

Roberts  216  199  198  193  181  Drube  176  172  163  ...  ... 


Rifle  Notes. 

The  National  Rifle  Association  announced  that  the  annual 
tournament  will  be  held  at  Sea  Girt,  N.  J.,  commencing  Aug.  24, 
instead  of  Aug.  22.  The  National  revolver  match  wifi  be  held 
on  Aug.  26.  The  tournament  will  continue  to  Sept.  9, 


If  you  want  your  shoot  to  be  announced  here  send  a 
notice  like  the  following : 


Fixtures, 

April  12-13. — Spring  tournament  of  Delaware  Trapshooters’  League, 
on  grounds  of  Wilmington  Gun  Club.  H.  J.  Stidman,  Sec’y. 
)\  dmington. 

April  15.  Long  Island  City,  L.  I. — Queens  County  Gun  Club 
ppen  tournament.  R.  11.  Gosman,  Sec’y. 

April  15.  Newark,  N.  J. — Mullerite  Gun  Club  shoot,  on  grounds 
of  Forester  Gun  Club.  A.  A.  Schoverling,  Mgr. 

April  18-20.  Waco,  Tex. — Texas  State  Sportsmen’s  Association 
tournament. 

19.— Springfield,  Mass.,  Shooting  Club  annual  tournament. 
C.  L.  Kites,  Sec’y. 

y *?,•  Haverhill,  Mass.,  Gun  Club  Patriots’  Day  tournament. 
S.  G.  Miller,  Sec’y. 

Apr-fl  20—  Atglen,  Pa.— Christiana-Atglen  Gun  Club  all-day  shoot; 

live  birds  and  targets.  Wm.  R.  Fieles,  Sec’y. 

April  21.— Morgantown,  W.  Va.— Recreation  Rod  and  Gun  Club 
first  regular  monthly  shoot  of  the  Monongahela  Valley  Sports. 
a League  of  'Vest  Virginia.  E.  F.  Jacobs,  Sec’y. 

■™Pr!  ^LTlKewark,  N'  J’ — South  Side  Gun  Club  re-entry  match 
for  $100  gold  watch. 

April  22.  Laston,'  Pa, — Independent  Gun  Club  second  annual 
tournament.  Jacob  Pleiss,  Cor.  Sec’y. 

April  26-27.— Scottdale,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  shoot. 

April  26-27.— Hopkinsville,  Ky.— The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  Hopkinsville  Gun  Club. 
A.  F.  Gant,  Sec’y, 

April  27.  Mullerite  Gun  Club  shoot  on  grounds  of  Freeport,  L. 

L,  (iun  Club.  A.  A.  Schoverling,  Mgr. 

April  29.— Newark,  N.  J. — South  Side  Gun  Club  re-entray  match 
for  $100  gold  watch. 

May  2-5.  Pittsburg,  Pa. — Tournament  of  the  Pennsylvania  State 
Sportsmen  s Association,  under  auspices  of  the  Herron  Hill 
,,  °“n,  $1,000  added  to  purses.  Louis  Lautenslager,  Sec’y. 

May  2-b.— Kansas  City,  Mo.— Missouri  State  Game  and  Fish  Pro- 
tective Association  tournament. 

May  2.  New  Britain,  Conn. — Consolidated  Gun  Clubs  of  Connecti- 
cut second  tournament.  Dr.  Y.  C.  Moore,  Sec’y,  South  Man- 
Chester,  Conn. 

May  3.— Muiicie,  Ind.  Magic  City  Gun  Club  spring  tournament — • 
Indiana  State  League  series.  F.  L.  Wachtel,  Sec’y. 

May  4-o.  Waterloo,  la.,  Gun  Club  spring  tournament.  E.  M. 
Storm,  Sec  y. 

May  6VT™ew1r,k’  N’,  J- — South  Side  Gun  Club  re-entry  match 
for  $100  gold  watch. 

Mayv6VMul£ri!e  (Vun  Club  shoot,  on  grounds  of  Brooklyn,  N. 

Gun  Club.  A.  A.  Schoverling,  Mgr. 

May  8-9.— Vicksburg,  Miss.— Mississippi  Delta  Trapshooters’ 
League  first  tournament. 

Fairmont,  W.  \ a.,  Gun  Club  second  monthly  shoot  of 
Monongahela  Valley  Sportsman’s  League  of  West  Virginia. 
L.  F.  Jacobs,  Sec  y. 

May , 9-10.  Olean,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  B.  D. 
Nobles,  Secy. 

May  9-12.— Hastings,  Neb.— Nebraska  State  Sportsmen’s  Associa- 
tion s twenty-ninth  annual  tournament.  Geo.  L.  Carter  Sec’v 
Lincoln,  Neb. 

May  11-12.— Wilmington,  Del.— Wawaset  Gun  Club  third  annual 
spring  tournament.  W.  M.  Foord,  Sec’y. 

May  14-16.  Des  Moines,  la. — Iowa  State  Sportsmen’s  Association 
tournament. 

May  16-18.— Herrington,  Kans.-ICansas  State  Sportsmen’s  Asso- 
ciation tournament. 

May  16-18.— Parkersburg,  W..  Va.— West  Virginia  State  Sports- 
s Association  ninth  annual  meeting  and  tournament; 
$000  added  money  and  prizes.  F.  E.  Mallory,  Sec’y. 

May  i?.— Boston,  Mass.,  Gun  Club  annual  invitation  team  shoot. 
H.  G.  Kirkwood,  Sec  y. 

■^ay£>^y^‘  Aubmri*  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  two-day  tournament.  Knox 
& Knapp,  Mgrs. 

May  17-18. — Owensboro,  Ky. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  Daviess  County  Gun  Club 
James  Lewis,  Sec’y. 

May  17-19.— Stanley  Gun  Club  of  Toronto  (Incorporated),  Can 
annual  tournament.  Alexander  Dey,  Sec’y,  178  Mill  street 
Toronto.  ’ 

May  19-21. — St.  Louis,  Mo. — Rawlins  first  semi-annual  tournament- 
two  days  targets,  one  day  live  birds.  Alec.  D.  Mermod  Mgr’ 
620  Locust  street.  ’ 

MaY  20-21.  Shako  pee,  Minn.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  Mathias 
A.  Deutsch,  Sec  y. 

May  23-25.— Lincoln.— Illinois  State  Sportsmen’s  Association  tour- 
nament. 

Mav  24-25.— Wolcott,  N.  Y.  Catchpole  Gun  Club  tournament. 
E.  A.  Wadsworth,  Sec  y. 

May  25-27.— Montreal,  yuebec,  Gun  Club  grand  trapshooting 
xt  t°oUar?1am<jm-  • Kearney,  Sec’y,  412  St.  Paul  street,  yuebec 

May  29-31. — Louisville,  Ky. — Kentucky  1 rapshuoters,  League  third 
annual  tournament.  Frank  Pragoff,  Sec’y. 

May  3°.— McKeesport  Pa.— Enterprise  Gun  Club  tournament. 
Geo.  W.  Mains,  Sec  y. 

Alay  30.  Utica,  N.  Y.  Riverside  Gun  Club’s  all-day  target  tour- 
nament; merchandise.  E.  J.  Loughlin,  Sec’y. 

May  30. — Mullerite  Gun  Club  all-day  shoot  on  grounds  of  Point 
Pleasant,  N.  J.,  Gun  Club.  A.  A.  Schoverling,  Mgr. 

May  30.— Newport,  R.  I.— Aquidneck  Gun  Club  fourth  annual 
tournament.  J.  S.  Coggeshal,  Sec’y. 

May  30.— Bound  Brook,  N.  J.,  Gun  Club  all-day  shoot.  Dr  T H 
V.  Bache,  Sec’y. 

May  30.— Norristown,  Pa.— Penn  Gun  Club  annual  Decoration  Day 
tournament.  A.  B.  Parker,  Sec’y. 

May  30.— Fifth  annual  Decoration  Day  tournament  of  the  Ossining 
N.  Y.,  Gun  Club.  C.  G.  Blandford,  Capt. 

May  30-3 L. — U ashington,  D.  C.— Nnaiusian  Gun  Club  two-day 
tournament;  $200  added.  Miles  Taylor,  Sec’y,  222  F street, 

Alay  31. -June  1.— Vermillion.— South  Dakota  State  Sportsmen’s 
Association  tournament. 

June  5;6.— New  Paris,  O.  Cedar  Springs  Gun  Club  tournament. 
J.  r.  Ireeman,  Sec  y. 

June  6-8.— New  Jersey  State_  Sportsmen’s  Association  tournament. 
June  6-8.  Sioux  City,  la. — Soo  Gun  Club  tournament. 

June  8-9.— Dalton,  O.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  Ernest  E 
Scott,  Capt. 

June  3-4.— Chicago  Trapshooters’  Association  amateur  tourna- 

ment. E.  B.  Shogren,  Sec’y. 

June  9.— Shamokin,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  S.  C.  Yocum 
Sec’y.  ’ 

June  13-14.— New  Bethlehem.  Pa.— Crescent  Gun  Club  second 

annual  tournament.  R.  E.  Dinger,  Capt. 

June  13-16.— Utica,  N.  Y.— New  York  State  shoot.  James  Brown 
Sec  y.  ’ 

June  13,-15.— Canton,  O.,  Trapshooters’  League  tournament 
June  15.— Champlain,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament 
June  20-21.— Binghamton,  N.  Y.,  Rod  and  Gun  Club  tournament 
Vernon  L.  Perry,  Sec  y.  ’ 

June  20-22.— New  London,  la.,  Gun  Club  tournament. 

June  21-22.  Bradford,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  club  tournament  E C 
Charlton,  Sec’y.  ‘ ’ 

June  27-30.— Indianapolis,  Ind.— The  Interstate  Association’s  Grand 
American  Handicap  target  tournament;  $1,000  added  monev 

Elmer  E.  Shaner,  Secy-Mgr.,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

July  1. — Sherbrooke,  Can.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament  C H 
Foss,  Sec’y. 

July  4 — Shamokin,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  S.  C.  Yocum 
Sec  y.  * 

July  i.  South  Framingham,  Alass.— Second  annual  team  shoot* 

$50  in  cash.  * 

July.  f-Springfield,  Mass.— Alidsummer  tournament  of  the  Spring- 
field,  Alass.,  Shooting  Club.  C.  L.  Kites,  Sec'y,  P K 

July  o-7.  - t raverse  City,  Mich.,  trapshooting  tournament 
uly  12-13.— Alenominee,  Mich.— The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  Menominee  Gun  Club 
W W Mp(  Iuppti’  * 

July  24-28.— Brehm’s  Ocean  City,  Aid.,  target  tournament  H 

A Mrenm  \1irr..  Riiltirnore 

Aug.  2-4.— Albert  Lea,  Minn.— The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament  under  the  auspices  of  the  Albert  Lea  Gun  Club 
N.  E.  Paterson,  Sec  y. 

Aug.  16-18.— Ottawa,  Can.— Dominion  of  Canada  Trapshooting  and 
Game  Protective  Association.  G.  Easdale,  Sec’y  S 303 

Aug.  16-18.— Kansas  City,  Mo.— The  Interstate  Association’s  tour 
nament,  under  the  auspices  of  the  O.  K.  Gun  Club  C r 
Heroas,  Sec’y.  w w 


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[April  1$,  1905. 


DRIVERS  AND  TWISTERS* 


Club  secretaries  are  invited  to  send  their  scores  for 
publication  in  these  columns,  also  any  news  notes  they 
may  care  to  have  published.  Mail  all  such  matter  to 
Forest  and  Stream  Publishing  Company,  346  Broadway, 
New  York.  Forest  and  Stream  goes  to  press  on  Tues- 
day OF  EACH  WEEK. 


The  second  tournament  of  the  1905  series  of  the  Consolidated- 
Gun  Clubs  of  Connecticut  will  be  held  at  New  Britain,  Conn.,  on 
May  2. 

« 

The  Ossining,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  announces  that  a merchandise 
event  will  be  a feature  of  their  fifth  annual  Decoration  Day  tour- 
nament, May  30. 

At  Colombia,  B.  C.,  the  gun  club  contemplates  the  installation 
of  up-to-date  traps.  For  the  advancement  of  game  protection,  the 
majority  of  the  members  are  in  favor  of  the  $2  a year  gun  license. 

Messrs.  Knox  & Knapp,  Auburn,  N.  Y.,  write  us  concerning 
their  tournament,  to  be  held  May  17  and  18:  “We  add  $32  in  cash, 
put  up  two  hammerless  guns,  and  include  targets  in  all  en- 
trance at  V/z  cent.’’ 

M 

Nine  teams  of  five  men  each  participated  in  the  team  contest 
of  the  Consolidated  Gun  Clubs  of  Connecticut  tournament,  held 
under  the  auspices  of  the  Rockville,  Conn.,  Gun  Club,  April  4. 
The  Willimantic  team  won  by  a score  of  77. 

K 

Mr.  A.  B.  Parker,  Secretary,  writes  us  that  “The  Penn  Gun 
Club,  of  Norristown,  Pa.,  will  hold  their  annual  holiday  tourna- 
ment shoot  on  Decoration  Day,  May  30,  on  their  new  grounds  at 
Jeffersonville.  Trolleys  pass  within  one  square  of  grounds.  There 
will  be  three  magautraps.  Programmes  will  appear  later.” 

Th  Awosting  Gun  Club,  New  Paltz,  N.  Y.,  announces  their 
second  annual  tournament,  to  be  held  April  21,  beginning  at  11 
o’clock.  Merchandise  event,  with  prizes  valued  at  $200,  and  $50 
average  money,  will  be  material  attractions.  Address  the  Captain, 
Mr.  V.  B.  Strong. 

K 

At  the  housewarming  shoot  of  the  Wawaset  Gun  Club,  Wil- 
mington, Del.,  April  6,  Mr.  Luther  J.  Squier  made  highest  aver- 
age, 133  out  of  150,  there  being  a strong  wind  as  to  weather  con- 
ditions. The  new  club  house  is  much  more  commodious,  mbre 
pleasantly  situated,  and  the  background  is  better. 

* 

The  Philadelphia  Trapshooters’  League  contests  last  Saturday 
resulted  as  follows:  Clearview  defeated  the  Florists’  by  a score 

of  205  to  190.  Meadow  Springs  defeated  North  Camden  by  a 
score  of  180  to  130.  S.  S.  White  was  defeated  by  Highland; 
score  192  to  191.  Hill  Rod  and  Gun  Club  defeated  Narberth,  149 
to  135.  Media  defeated  Hillsdale,  172  to  133. 

* 

At  the  second  annual  meeting  of  the  Indianapolis  Gun  Club, 
held  Tuesday  evening,  April  4,  the  following  list  of  officers  were 
elected  for  the  ensuing  year:  Directors,  C.  H.  Morrison,  Dr.  C. 

A.  Pfafflin,  Jos.  Morgan,  Gus  Habich,  Gustav  Moller,  William 
Armstrong,  and  James  W.  Bell.  The  board  then  elected  the  fol- 
lowing: President,  C.  H.  Morrison;  Vice-President,  Dr.  C.  A. 

Pfafflin;  Treasurer,  Jos.  R.  Morgan;  Secretary,  Jas.  W.  Bell. 

* 

The  ninth  all-day  shoot  of  the  Mullerite  Gun  Club  is  fixed  to 
be  held  on  the  grounds  of  the  Aquehonga  Gun  Club,  Tottenville, 
S.  I.,  April  8,  commencing  at  11  o’clock.  The  grounds  are  at 
Richmond  Valley,  S.  I.  There  are  eight  programme  events,  10, 
15,  20  and  50  targets,  70  cents,  $1.05,  $1.40  and  $2.50,  the  latter 
being  event  6;  class  shooting,  handicap.  No.  3 is  a merchandise 
event.  Albert  A.  Schoverling,  Manager,  2 Murray  street,  New 
York. 

The  South  Side  Gun  Club,  Newark,  N.  J.,  announce  a re-entry 
match  for  a gold  $100  watch,  April  22,  29  and  May  6.  Conditions: 
100  targets,  entrance  $2.50;  re-entries  $1.  Best  single  score  wins, 
but  a contestant  must  participate  in  two  contests  at  least  to  be 
eligible  to  win.  Any  surplus  over  $100,  expenses  deducted,  will  be 
divided,  one  money  for  every  $10  or  fraction  thereof,  high  guns; 
second  high  gun  to  receive  first  money  of  surplus,  etc.  Com- 
petition begins  at  1 o’clock.  To  reach  the  grounds  take  South 
Broad  street  trolley  to  Vanderpoel  street.  Mr.  I.  H.  Terril, 
Manager. 

K 

The  Bradford,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  announces  that  at  their  two-day 
tournament,  $400  added,  June  21-22,  everyone  is  welcome.  E.  C. 
Charlton,  Secretary,  City  Hall,  Bradford,  Pa.  Invitations  have 
been  sent  out  with  a card  which  reads  as  follows:  “Four  hun- 

dred dollars  added  money.  Programmes  ready  May  1.  Manu- 
facturers’ agents  are  invited  to  be  present  and  participate  for 
targets,  also  for  a silver  cup  which  will  be  awarded  to  manu- 
facturers’ agent  making  high  average  for  the  two  days.  In 
addition  to  the  different  contests,  all  visiting  shooters  will  be 
entertained  with  a trip  by  trolley  to  the  famous  rocks  at  Rock 
City,  which  will  be  followed  by  a banquet  at  the  Hotel  Bon  Air. 
F.  P.  Holley,  Chairman.” 

The  Queens  County  Gun  Club  offers  a list  of  attractive  mer- 
chandise prizes,  to  be  contested  for  at  their  shoot,  to  be  held 
at  Long  Island  City  on  Saturday  of  this  week.  Following  is  a 
list  of  them  in  the  order  in  which  they  will  be  awarded:  Evept 

4,  15  targets,  Scratch.— Parlor  lamp,  gun  case,  worsted  shooting 
jacket,  brass  letter  rack.  Event  5,  25  targets,  handicap.— Prairie 
chicken  panel,  carving  set  and  case,  manicure  set,  fishing  reel, 
pocket  flask.  Event  9,  25  targets,  handicap.— Pair  of  field  glasses, 
parlor  lamp,  steel  fishing  rod,  solid  gold  cuff  buttons,  hunting 
knife.  Event  10,  15  targets,  scratch.— Carving  set  and  case,  silk 
umbrella,  ormolu  cupid  clock,  fancy  cork  screw.  Consolation 
events:  Event  1,  sterling  silver  match  safe;  event  2,  gold-mounted 

fountain  peij;  event  3,  gold  scarf  pin.  A silver  loving  cup  to  the 
amateur  making  the  highest  average;  $2  to  the  amateur  making 
lowest  average,  and  $5  to  the  professional  making  the  highest  av- 
erage. The  grounds  are  located  on  Hunters’  Point  avenue,  Long 
Island  City,  within  half  a mile  of  Thirty-fourth  Street  Ferry. 
I'ram  Manhattan  take  the  Thirty-fourth  Street  or  James  Slip 
Terry  to  Long  Island  City,  and  there  take  Calvary  Cemetery 
ticlley  running  straight  out  Borden  avenue  from  ferry.  Get  off 
at  iron  bridge  across  small  creek.  From  Brooklyn  takq  cross- 
town or  Greenpoint  trolley  to  end  of  line  and  cross  over  Oakland 
street  bridge  to  Borden  avenue,  Long  Island  City,  turn  to  right 
on  latter  avenue,  and  grounds  are  then  only  about  five  minutes’ 
■walk.  Refreshments  will  be  furnished  free  by  club  to  shooters. 


A cold  temperature  on  both  days  and  an  ill-wind  on  the  second 
day,  which  blew  no  good  to  anybody,  with  splashes  of  hail  and 
rain  for  good  measure,  affected  the  scores  somewhat  on  the 
minus  side  at  the  opening  tournament  of  the  Interstate  Association 
at  Augusta,  Ga.  On  the  first  day,  April  5,  there  were  forty-two  con- 
testants; second  day,  forty- three.  Averages,  first  day,  amateur: 
Mr.  John  Peterman  first,  Mr.  W.  A.  Baker  second,  Mr.  G.  M. 
Collins  third.  Professional:  Mr.  J.  M Hawkins,  first,  Mr  Walter 

Huff  second,  Col  J.  T.  Anthony  third.  Second  day,  amateur: 
Mr.  W.  A.  Baker  first,  Mr.  J.  G.  Chafee  second,  Mr.  H.  D.  Free- 
man third,  338.  Manufacturers’  agents:  Mr.  Walter  Huff  first, 

363  out  of  400;  Mr.  J.  M.  Hawkins,  second,  358;  Col.  James  T. 
Anthony,  third,  343. 

K 

The  Mullerite  Gun  Club,  A.  A.  Schoverling,  Manager,  No.  2 
Murray  street,  New  York,  has  issued  the  programme  of  its  tenth 
all-day  shoot,  to  be  held  on  the  grounds  of  the  Forester  Gffn 
C(ub,  Newark,  N.  J.,  April  15.  The  grounds  are  situated  at 
Wiedemeier’s  Park.  Take  Hamburg  Place  cars  from  Market 
street  and  Broad  street  direct  to  grounds.  There  are  eight  pro- 
gramme events,  10,  15,  20,  25  and  50  targets,  the  latter  being  a 
handicap  for  merchandise  prizes;  class  shooting.  Entrance,  70 
cents,  $1.05,  $1.40,  $1.75  and  $2.50.  Totals,  targets,  150;  entrance, 
$9.50.  A special  event,  second  shoot  of  25  target  handicap,  use 
of  both  barrels,  for  the  Hunter  Arms  Co.  silver  badge,  entrance 
75  c©at«,  will  be  a feature.  This  badge  becomes  the  property  of 
the  amateur  winning  it  the  most  times  in  six  shoots. 


The  team  of  the  Crescent  Athletic  Club  defeated  the  Yale  Gun 
Club  team  at  New  Haven,  Conn.,  April  7,  by  a score  of  260  to 
259.  The  contest  took  place  on  the  Yale  Field.  Each  man  shot 
at  25  targets,  unknown  angles,  in  strings  of  25.  The  members  of 
the  team  and  their  scores  were  as  follows:  Crescent  A.  C.— Kryn 
44,  Southworth  47,  Brigham  42,  Grinnell  41,  Palmer  42,  Remsen 
44;  total  260.  Yale— Pugsley  43,  Morrison  45,  Thompson  43,  King 
44,  Borden  42,  Clarke  42;  total  259.  On  the  following  day,  April 
8.  in  a return  match  at  Riverside,  the  Crescent  team  defeated  a 
team  of  the  Boston  Athletic  Association  by  a score  of  827  to  811. 
The  conditions  were  teams  of  ten  men,  100  targets  per  man.  The 
scores  were  as  follows:  Boston  A.  A.— Gleason  93,  Adams  91, 

Weld  88,  Howe  84,  Baxter  84,  Ellis  78,  Grompton  76,  Clark  75, 
Moore  72,  Beale  70;  total  811.  Crescent  A.  C. — F.  D.  Stephenson 
95,  Remsen  91,  Palmer  90,  Southworth  90,  Brigham  83,  Lott  83, 
Kryn,  77,  G.  F.  Stephenson  74,  Grinnell  73,  Bedford  71;  total  827. 
In  .The  match,  shot  on  the  Crescent  Athletic  Club’s  grounder 
March  18,  ten-man  teams,  the  scores  were  Crescents  855,  Bostons 
831. 

Bernard  Waters. 

Atchison  Tournament. 

Atchison,  Kans. — The  second  annual  tournament,  managed  by 
Mr.  Louis  Erhardt,  under  the  auspices  of  the  Forest  Park  Gun 
Club,  was  held  at  Forest  Park,  April  3 and  4.  A high  wind  each 
day  materially  cut  down  the  scores. 

Professional  high  average  was  won  by  Mr.  W.  R.  Crosby; 
amateur  high  average,  by  Mr.  Ed.  O’Brien,  of  Florence,  Kans. 


April  3,  First  Day. 


Events: 
Targets : 

W R Crosby. 
Wm  Heer  . . . 


C B Adams. 


Ely  VV  etztgc  . . . 
L Moine  rSfe*. 
R Dougherty  . 
H D Hensley. 


W G Lytle... 
E E Logan... 
Dave  Elliott  . 
W m.  Baldwin 

P Hager  

P Jacobson  . . . 
1 Keithline  ... 


W Ferguson  . 
B -O  Running. 
W Wallisch  •• 


Events : 
Targets : 


b 


J Gray. 


B J Lyons... 
Elmer  Hyde 


L B Lux.... 
D Ferguson. 


Jim  Johnson 
\V  H Lewis.. 


1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

15 

15 

15 

15 

20 

15 

15 

15 

15 

20 

Broke 

15 

15 

15 

14 

20 

15 

15 

14 

15 

20 

158 

14 

14 

13 

14 

19 

14 

14 

15 

14 

20 

152 

14 

14 

14 

15 

18 

15 

13 

13 

15 

20 

151 

14 

15 

15 

15 

18 

14 

13 

14 

13 

18 

149 

13 

14 

13 

15 

19 

14 

15 

15 

12 

18 

148 

12 

14 

11 

12 

20 

14 

14 

13 

15 

19 

144 

14 

13 

13 

12 

19 

12 

12 

14 

14 

19 

142 

13 

12 

15 

15 

17 

14 

13 

12 

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17 

141' 

12 

14 

12 

13 

19 

13 

13 

12 

14 

18 

140 

14 

13 

9 

14 

17 

12 

14 

13 

13 

20 

139 

15 

12 

13 

14 

16 

13 

13 

11 

13 

17 

137 

10 

13 

13 

12 

20 

11 

14 

11 

13 

19 

136 

13 

12 

10 

11 

18 

11 

10 

13 

13 

15 

126 

12 

12 

14 

12 

16 

15 

12 

11 

9 

14 

126 

8 

13 

12 

10 

18 

10 

11 

10 

11 

18 

121 

13 

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14 

14 

16 

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12 

12 

16 

12 

8 

10 

10 

14 

12 

8 

10 

10 

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9 

9 

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13 

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8 

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8 

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Day 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

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8 

9 

10 

15 

15 

15 

15 

20 

15 

15 

15 

15 

20 

Broke 

14 

15 

15 

14 

20 

15 

12 

14 

15 

19 

153 

14 

14 

13 

15 

20 

13 

15 

13 

15 

20 

152 

14 

14 

15 

15 

19 

14 

14 

12 

14 

18 

T49 

15 

14 

15 

14 

18 

12 

15 

12 

15 

17 

147 

14 

13 

15 

12 

19 

13 

13 

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19 

147 

15 

12 

11 

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18 

13 

15 

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18 

143 

14 

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9 

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18 

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13 

15 

15 

17 

141 

13 

14 

11 

11 

19 

13 

15 

12 

15 

17 

140 

13 

13 

14 

12 

17 

13 

12 

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13 

18 

138 

10 

11 

10 

11 

19 

15 

13 

11 

13 

17 

130 

9 

8 

10 

12 

13 

13 

9 

9 

10 

10 

103 

13 

11 

13 

13 

19 

13 

11 

13 

8 

9 

13 

10 

16 

11 

10 

8 

14 

14 

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14 

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15 

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Mullerite  Gun  Club. 


Tottenville,  S.  I.,  April  7.— Following  are  the  scores  made  at 
the  shoot  of  the  Mullerite  Gun  Club  to-day: 


Events : 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

Targets : 

10 

15 

10 

20 

10 

25 

25 

10 

10 

15 

10 

Ellis  

8 

12 

8 

18 

10 

19 

18 

6 

Schofield  

7 

14 

8 

15 

7 

20 

19 

7 

7 

9 

7 

Joline  

7 

13 

9 

17 

9 

20 

21 

10 

7 

13 

9 

Tovett  

9 

14 

7 

15 

8 

18 

20 

8 

8 

10 

7 

Hearne  

......  8 

14 

7 

15 

7 

17 

23 

8 

9 

14 

, , 

Wells  

10 

14 

9 

19 

8 

16 

20 

7 

9 

14 

, . 

Goeller  

7 

8 

3 

13 

5 

9 

6 

8 

7 

14 

6 

13 

12 

4 

5 

10 

4 

8 

15 

20 

8 

7 

15 

M Androsett  

16 

16 

8 

6 

7 

• . 

Lowell  Gun  Club. 

Lowell,  Mass.,  April  8.— The  third  alternate  Saturday  shoot  of 
the  Lowell  Gun  Club,  held  to-day,  brought  out  but  eight  shooters, 
and  scores  were  somewhat  below  the  average. 

Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 

Targets:  10  10  10  10  10  25  25  Total. 

Climax  9 8 

Fletcher  7 6 

Rule  0 10 

Edwards  10  ° 

Fox  - 6 7 

McKittrick  4 7 


9 7 
6 7 


9 21  19  82 

8 20  17  71 

4 10  8 22  23  83 

8 8 7 17  17  76 

7 ..  20 

5 8 ..  ..  ..  24 

E.  J.  Burns,  Sec’y. 


Consolidated  of  Connecticut. 

Rockville,  Conn. — The  first  tournament  of  the  Consolidated 
Gun  Clubs  of  Connecticut  was  held  in  Rockville  on  April  4. 
There  were  sixty-six  shooters  present,  and  over  8,000  targets  were 
thrown. 

It  was,  a cold  day,  with  a high  wind,  not  favorable  for  high 
scores.  The  following  shot  the  full  programme  of  190  targets: 

S Glover  170 

McFetridge  152 

H Metcalf  150 

Dr  Moore  147 

Hart  146 

McFetridge  made  first  amateur  average. 


McMullen  146 

McElligott  145 

Barstow  136 

Finch  -.131 


Prest  

Mitchell  

...12 

Oxford  

Austin  

...10 

Bugbee  

Richards  

...16 

Strong  

Noble  

...15 

Edgerton  

Taft  

...14—67 

Rockville. 

Barstow  

Waterbury. 

McElligott  

...12 

McMullen  .......... 

...15 

Geddis  

. . .11 

Moore  

Hart  

...18 

H Metcalf  ............. 

...11 

Draber  

...14 

. White  

...17—73 

Hall  

. . .12—67 

New  Haven. 
Potter  

...12 

New  Britain. 
Cadwell  

...16 

Savage  

Gill  

...  9 

Stevenson  

...16 

Noble  

...  9 

Kelley  

Reynolds  

...17 

Mack  

Langdon  

...12—63 

Hartford. 

Sterry  

Bridgeport. 

Seeley  

...11 

Hollister  

Finch  

...12 

Newick  

Nelson  

...11 

Herman  

...16 

Hull  

..  9 

McFetridge  

...14-68 

Worm  

...11-54 

Porter  

Bristol. 

. . .13  Michell  

...  6 

Casey  

Miller  

...12-52 

Kittle  6 

A suit  pattern,  offered  by  President  E.  F.  Badmington,  of  the 
Rockville  Club  for  the  best  score  in  event  8 at  20  targets,  was 
won  by  McMullen,  of  Somersville,  a member  of  the  Rockville 
Club. 

The  next  tournament  of  the  Consolidated  Gun  Clubs  will  be  at 
New  Britain,  May  2.  1905. 

F.  C.  Metcalf,  Sec’y  Rockville  Gun  Club. 


New  York  Athletic  Club. 


Travers  Island,  April  8. — Eighteen  men  faced  the  traps  to-day 
at  the  weekly  shoot  of  the  New  York  Athletic  Club.  Tom  Mc- 
Cahill,  Dan  Bradley  and  Eddie  Murphy,  the  Carteret  Gun  Club 
experts,  and  Albert  Tilt,  who  has  been  winning  trophies  at  Palm 
Beach,  were  among  the  club  contingent  present. 

A strong  southwest  breeze  made  the  shooting  difficult;  left- 
quartering  targets  went  spinning  skyward,  while  the  right  birds 
took  involuntary  dives  into  the  bay. 

Some  good  scores  were  made,  however.  Messrs.  Tilt,  Fleisch- 
mann,  McCahill  and  Wyman  getting  23s  and  22s.  All  matches 
were  shot  scratch,  excepting  the  April  cup  match.  F.  L.  Barnes, 
with  a handicap  of  6 points,  won  the  second  leg  on  the  last- 
named  cup  handily. 

A gratifying  feature  of  the  day  was  the  opening  of  the  club 
restaurant  for  the  season.  Summer  excursion  tickets  at  half  usual 
rates,  or  25  cents  for  the  round  trip,  are  now  issued  by  the 
Harlem  Branch  R.  R.,  good  only  for  N.  Y.  A.  C.  members  and 
their  guests.  The  scores: 

April  cup,  second  leg,  50  targets:  A.  O.  Fleischmann  (6)  42, 

F.  L.  Barnes  (6)  47,  T.  McCahill  (10)  37,  J.  N.  Borland  (8)  35, 
J.  W.  Hilbard  (12)  44,  J.  D.  Calhoun  (8)  43,  W.  C.  Wyman  (0)  35. 

, Event  1:  F.  L.  Barnes  20,  D.  J.  Bradley  16,  A.  O.  Fleischmann 
17,  J.  D.  .Calhoun  17,  J.  N.  Borland  19,  T.  J.  McCahill  16,  W.  C. 
Wyman  13,  T.  J.  Kelley  18,  H.  Tilt  12. 

Event  2:  D.  J.  Bradley  20,  A.  O.  Fleischmann  19,  F.  L.  Barnes 

.16,  J.  N.  Borland  17,  W.  C.  Wyman  16,  T.  F.  McCahill  22,  A. 

Tilt  19,  J.  J.  Kelley  14,  J.  D.  Calhoun  16,  E.  F.  Murphy  7. 

Special,  No.  3:  J.  D.  Calhoun  18,  J.  N.  Borland  19,  F.  L. 

Rarnes  15,  W.  C.  Wyman  22,  A.  O.  Fleischmann  17,  J.  J.  Kelley 
21,  A.  Tilt  17,  W.  Whitman  16,  Dr.  Brown  13,  F.  S.  Hinsdale  16. 

• Special,  No.  4:  Dr.  Williams  14,  E.  D.  Hawkins  12,  Dr.  Brown 

17,  M.  Hinsdale  14,  W.  Whitman  13. 

Special,  No.  5:  J.  N.  Borland  18,  J.  D.  Calhoun  20,  A.  O. 

Fleischmann  17,  W.  C.  Wyman  16,  J.  J.  Kelley  20,  A.  Tilt  22. 

Trophy  shoot:  J.  D.  Calhoun  17,  L.  Hawkins  10,  M.  Hinsdale 

1§,  W.  Whitman  19,  A.  Tilt  23. 

Trophy  shoot:  A.  O.  Fleischmann  20,  Dr.  Brown  18,  J.  J. 

Kelley  14,  Dr.  Williams  12,  M.  Hinsdale  11. 

Trophy  shoot:  Dr.  Brown  8,  W.  Whitman  13,  M.  Hinsdale  16, 

L-  Hawkins  11,  Dr.  Williams  17,  A.  O.  Fleischmann  23. 

Trophy  shoot:  A.  O.  Fleischmann  21,  Dr.  Brown  11,  Dr. 

Williams  14. 


Enterprise  Gun  Club. 

McKeesport,  Pa. — The  third  contest  for  the  Daily  News  cup 
■was  pulled  off  on  April  8;  also  the  second  contest  for  the  Hunter 
Arms  Co.  gold  badge.  Mathew  Schorr  won  in  the  cup  race  on 
47,  and  J.  F.  Calhoun  in  the  badge  race. 

Twenty  shooters  took  part,  and  a large  number  of  spectators 
were  present. 

Much  interest  is  being  taken.  So  far  there  are  three  winners  in 
the  cup  race.  Two  contests  yet  remain  to  be  shot. 

Mr.  Schorr  has  named  this  club  as  the  place  for  the  next  con- 
test, and  the  date  is  April  15,  at  3 P.  M. 

As  an  inducement  this  club  will  give  any  man  outside  of  the 
members  of  this  club  and  who  lives  inside  of  the  territory  named, 
a $10  bill  who  can  come  and  lift  the  cup  on  the  above  date.  If 
there  are  any  better  than  we  have,  we  consider  it  worth  the  amount 
to  know  it.  H.  H.  Stevens  was  again  present  and  shot  through 
the  programme,  and  left  for  the  East. 

Hunter  Arms  Co.  gold  badge: 


Calhoun,  20. 


Sgles.  Dbles.  Tot’l. 


W Hale,  20. 


.20 

17 

37 

Noel.  16  

...17 

12 

29 

,18 

17 

35 

Keely,  14  

...16 

12 

28 

,17 

16 

33 

Schorr,  20  .... 

...16 

10 

26 

,18 

13 

31 

H Hale,  16... 

...13 

10 

23 

,17 

14 

31 

J Hale,  20 

...11 

10 

21 

,17 

14 

31 

Jennings,  14  . 

...  8 

. . 

8 

.18 

H 

29 

Irvin,  20  ... 

Daily  News  cup,  50  targets:  Schorr  47,  Calhoun  46,  W.  Hale 

46,  Cochran  46,  McFarland  46,  Stevens  45,  Irvin  43,  Stephan  43, 
Davis  42,  Noel  41,  Good  41,  Watson  40,  H.  Hale  39,  J.  Hale  39; 
Douglas  39,  Knight  38,  George  32,  Jennings  31,  Ross  28,  Simrock 
30. 

Practice,  15  targets:  Stevens  14,  Schorr  12,  Irvin  12,  W.  Hale  9, 
Ross  14,  Simrock  14,  Cochran  12,  Davis  12,  Good  12,  J.  Hale  10, 
H.  Hale  10,  Taylor  10,  Jennings  10. 

Geo.  W.  Mains,  Sec  y. 

Cumberland  Gun  Club. 

Cumberland,  B.  C.,  April  4.— You  will  find  inclosed  herewith 
scores  of  our  first  shoot  of  the  season,  which  took  place  last  night. 
Only  the  score  of  those  who  were  shooting  for  the  season’s  ag- 
gregate were  to  be  sent  to  you,  but  I have  appended  the  names 
of  a couple  members  who  were  well  up  in  the  scoring;  in  fact, 
one  of  them  was  high  man.  We  will  esteem  it  a favor  if  you  will 
publish  in  your  valuable  paper. 

Each  event  was  at  15  targets:  T.  Bate  7,  E.  B.  Skinner  8, 

L.  D.  Piket  9,  R.  E.  Walker  2,  J.  L.  Roe  8,  I.  H.  Feener  10. 
The  following  scores  were  also  made:  C.  Grant  12,  E.  Emde  10. 


Fairview  Gun  Qub. 


Fairview,  N.  J.,  April  8.— In  addition  to  the  appended  scores, 
several  other  sweeps  were  shot.  Scores: 

Targets : 26  25  * * Targets : 25  26  * * 

Con  Sedore  .........  11  13  7 ..  Everett  12  ..  ..  7 

G Sauer  12  11  16  14 . Chas  Sedore  11  . . 11 

H von  Lengerke. . . . 23  20  14  C Mathewson  17  11  6 


307 


April  15,  1905.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


.AMMUNITION 


JStEVE'R  FAILS  and 

ALWAYS  A CC X/'RA TE 


United  States  Cartridge  Company, 


^Agencies: 


LOWELL,  MASS. 


497-503  Pearl  Street,  35-43  Park  Street,  New  York. 
114-116  Market  Street,  San  Francisco. 


WESTERN  TRAP. 


Cincinnati  Gun  Club. 

Cincinnati,  O. — April  8 was  a fair  sort  of  a day,  not  a bad  day 
to  smasli  targets,  which  some  of  the  boys  did  in  good  style. 

Ill  the  Peters  trophy  event,  of  eighteen  participants,  eight  made 
a straight  score  of  50  including  their  handicaps.  Randall  was 
high  man  in  actual  breaks  with  47.  Tuttle  and  Don  Minto  were 
second  with  46.  Peters  third  with  45. 

A number  of  team  matches  were  shot,  Faran  making  the  best 
showing,  missing  but  3 out  of  75  in  two  of  the  contests.  Gambell 
and  Pfieffer  shot  two  matches  at  60  targets  each,  and  one  at  25 
targets,  against  Bullerdick  and  Pohlar,  winning  two  of  them,  and 
defeating  the  latter  team  by  3 targets  in  the  grand  total,  with 
200  to  197. 

Practice  shooting  was  kept  up  until  dark,  good  scores  being 
made.  15 

The  annual  club  meeting  will  be  held  the  second  week  in  May. 
Messrs.  Tuttle,  Roll  and  Coleman  are  a nominating  committee  to 
prepare  a list  of  candidates  for  the  several  offices. 

At  the  last  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  Supt.  Gambell 
was  the  recipient  of  an  unexpected  token  of  the  esteem  in  which 
he  is  held.  The  Board  voted  to  present  him  with  $200  as  a sign 
of  their  appreciation  of  the  work  he  has  done  for  the  club.  Mr. 
Gambell  was  taken  by  surprise,  but  acknowledged  the  testimonial 
in  fitting  words. 

A party  will  visit  the  Rohrer’s  Island  Gun  Club,  of  Dayton,  on 
the  19th.  At  Dayton,  a special  car  on  the  Erie  road  will  be  in 
readiness  to  take  the  party  directly  to  the  grounds.  The  party 
consists  of  Gambell,  Bleh,  Faran,  Barker,  ITesser,  Peters,  Harig, 
Pohlar,  Pfeiffer,  Dick.  Kramer,  Herman,  Maynard,  ^Bullerdick, 
Williams,  Boeh,  Osterfeld.  Randall,  Medico,  Schuler,  Ahlers,  Roll, 
See,  King,  Lindsley,  Sunderbruch,  Trimble,  French,  Smith.  There 
may  be  a few  additions  later. 

In  the  system  of  handicapping  of  the  Cincinnati  Gun  Club 
each  contestant  receives  added  targets  to  commence  with,  enough 
to  enable  him  to  score  45  in  50,  providing  he  shoots  liis  average. 
For  instance,  a 90  per  cent,  shooter  receives  nothing;  an  80  per  cent, 
man,  5;  a 70  per  cent,  man,  10,  and  so  on.  Should  any  of  them 
break  40  at  the  next  shoot  he  gets  5;  41,  4;  39,  6;  35,  10;  45  and 
up,  nothing.  Fifteen  contests  are  shot,  and  the  general  average 
counts.  A contestant  must  compete  in  at  least  ten  contests  to 
qualify.  So  far  this  handicap  is  a success,  but  more  can  be  told 
about  it  at  the  finish.  There  are  seven  more  contests  in  this 
trophy.  Of  course,  this  mode  of  handicapping  is  for  club  con- 
tests only. 

Peters  trophy  shoot,  50  targets,  handicap  allowance:  Randall 

(4)  50,  Kepplinger  (6)  50,  Tuttle  (7)  50,  French  (8)  50,  Herman  (11) 
50,  Smith  (13)  50,  Strauss  (17)  50,  Andrews  (22)  50,  Maynard  (6)  4S, 
Steinman  (10)  4S,  Don  Minto  (1)  47,  Williams  (5)  46,  Roll  (4)  46, 
Peters  (0)  45,  Bullerdick  (2)  45,  R.  Trimble  (0)  44,  Falk  (5)  42, 
Heidel  (0)  32. 

Team  races: 

Events:  12  3 

Targets:  50  50  25 

Gambell  39  43  20—102 

Pfeiffer  37  42  19—  98 

76  85  39  200 

Team  race,  50  targets: 

Gambell  22  25—47 

Ahlers  22  23^5 

44  48  92 

Team  race,  25  targets: 

Gambell  21 

Ahlers  22—43 


Events:  12  3 

Targets:  50  50  25 

Bullerdick  43  34  17 — 94 

Pohlar  37  45  21—103 

80  79  38  197 

Faran  25  23 — 48 

Peters  23  21—44 

48  44  92 

Faran  24 

Peters  21 — 45 


Rohrer's  Is’and  Gun  Club. 

Dayton,  O. — Nineteen  members  took  part  in  the  regular  weekly 
medal  shoot  on  April  5,  and  five  tied  for  first  place  on  25.  or 
better.  After  five  shoot-offs,  L.  Whitacre  won  the  medal,  defeat- 
ing Hodapp  in  the  fifth  by  a score  of  5 to  4,  each  having  a handi- 
cap of  1 extra  target  to  shoot  at. 

The  weather  was  fair  for  the  sport,  and  the  medal  contest  was 
a hot  one,  as  is  usually  the  case.  The  club  is  anticipating  a 
strenuous  time  on  the  19th,  when  Gambell  and  his  delegation  of 
Cincinnati  Gun  Club  members  will  be  entertained.  After  the 
medal  shoot  a number  of  practice  and  sweep  events  were  pulled 
off.  The  scores: 


Club  medal 
shoot  at: 

shoot,  25 
Shot  at. 

targets, 

Broke. 

, handicap  of 

extra  targets  to 
Shot  at.  Broke. 

1 Sirran 

35 

26 

1 Schaerf  

33 

23 

P Ilanauer  .. 

30 

26 

T Gerlaugh  . . 

30 

19 

Ed  Cain  

28 

25 

A Makley  

35 

19 

G Hodapp  . . . 

30 

25 

T Ballman  ... 

35 

19 

L Whitacre  . 

30 

26 

W Oldt  

32 

18 

IT  Oswald  ... 

30 

24 

C Miller  

25 

18 

M Schwind  . . 

28 

23 

A Balswiez  . . 

35 

16 

T Sapp  

35 

23 

A F'lorini  

35 

14 

T Cook  

34 

23 

G Donohue  . 

35 

8 

Dayton  Gun  Club. 

The  Dayton,  O.,  Gun  Club  opened  the  season  of  1905  with  a 
well  attended  shoot  on  April  7.  Twenty-four  men  took  part  in 
one  or  more  of  the  eight  25-target  events  which  constituted  the 
programme  of  practice  events,  and  fifteen  entered  , the  handicap 
sweepstake  event.  In  the  practice  events  Clark  made  the  best 
showing,  shooting  a 94.6  per  cent,  clip,  breaking  straight  in  two 
events,  the  only  straights  made  during  the  afternoon,  and  missing 
but  4 targets  out  of  75  shot  at.  Rike  broke  113  out  of  125,  or 
90.4  per  cent.  In  the  sweep  Rike  took  first  on  23.  Schwind  sec- 
ond on  22,  and  Theobald,  Craig,  Oswald  and  Carr  divided  third 
pn  21  each. 

Ohio  Notes. 

Shooting  grounds  will  be  located  at  some  point  near  Troy,  O., 
which  will  be  convenient  for  shooters  of  that  place,  as  well  as  of 
Ricjua  and  Tippecanoe  City. 


President  Wm.  R.  Clark,  of  the  Cedar  Springs  Gun  Qub,  of 
New  Paris,  is  visiting  various  gun  clubs  of  that  section,  in  the 
interests  of  the  tournament  to  be  given  in  June. 

Mr.  James  Dodds,  of  Dayton,  celebrated  on  April  6 the  thirty- 
sixth  anniversary  of  the  establishment  of  his  business  in  its  pres- 
ent location. 

The  officers  of  the  Rohrer’s  Island  Gun  Club  are  being  urged 
to  invite  the  Ohio  Trapshooters’  League  to  hold  the  1906  tourna- 
ment at  their  grounds.  They  have  as  fine  shooting  grounds  as 
any  club  in  the  State,  and  could  take  care  of  a big  crowd  in 
good  shape. 

Mr.  Joseph  Deem  won  the  regular  medal  contest  of  the  Preble 
County  Gun  Club,  Eaton,  O.,  March  31,  with  a score  of  21  out 
of  25.  Joseph  Ackley,  who  had  won  and  held  the  medal  for  four 
consecutive  times,  was  not  in  his  usual  form,  and  was  defeated. 

The  shoot  of  the  Cleveland,  O.,  Gun  Club,  April  1,  was  well 
attended.  In  the  club  event,  three  Class  A men,  Thompson, 
Jack  and  Trvon,  headed  the  list  with  48  each.  Brockway,  of  Class 
C.  was  second  with  47.  Doolittle  and  Snow,  of  Class  A,  third  with 
46  each.  In  the  contest  for  the  Hunter  Arms  Co.’s  gold  badge, 
Doolittle  and  Tryon  tied  on  straight  scores  of  20  each,  and  in  the 
shoot-off.  at  20  targets,  the  latter  won,  19  to  18.  The  contest 
for  the  trophy  offered  by  the  Mullerite  Powder  Co.  had  twenty 
entries,  Thompson  and  Jack  tying  for  first  on  47  out  of  50.  The 
shoot-off  at  25  targets  was  won  by  Thompson,  who  broke  24  to 
Jack’s  23.. 

In  Other  Places. 

The  Oneida,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  has  been  reorganized  with 
Samuel  L.  Dobbin,  President;  John  Maxwell,  Vice-President,  and 
l-'rank  B.  Petrie,  Secretary.  The  Executive  Committee  is  com- 
posed of  Thomas  A.  Devereux,  Julius  M.  Goldstein  and  Henry  M. 
White. 

The  Meadowbrook,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  gave  a reception  at 
Hewitt’s  Hotel  last  Saturday  evening,  about  twenty  members 
being  present,  and  a good  time  was  reported. 

The  Fresno,  Cal.,  Gun  Club  will  hold  their  shoots  weekly  dur- 
ing the  summer  months. 

The  Lake  Shore  Gun  Club  is  made  up  of  the  shotgun  enthusi- 
asts of  Manitowoc  and  Two  Rivers,  Wis.,  with  Frank  Kaufman, 
the  well-known  shooter  as  the  president.  A meeting  is  to  be  held 
to  discuss  plans  for  the  coming  season. 

The  Mohawk  Gun  Club,  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  held  its  opening. shoot 
Sunday  last.  This  being  the  second  year  for  this  club,  it  has 
developed  some  good  marksmen,  and  with  the  steadily  increased 
membership,  the  club’s  success  in  the  future  is  assured. 

R.  M.  Edwards,  of  the  Houghton,  Mich.,  Club,  has  shown  good 
form.  ITe  has  won  one  club  medal,  and  by  winning  once  more 
will  have  become  the  possessor  of  another. 

The  South  Side  Gun  Club,  of  Port  Huron,  Mich.,  has  re- 
organized with  Tames  Benline  as  President.  The  first  shoot  of  the 
season  will  be  held  this  week. 

A handsome  trophy  has  been  donated  by  Mr.  Fred  W.  Booker, 
Jr.,  ot  Louisville,  Ky.,  to  be  contested  for  weekly  by  the  members 
of  the  Kentucky  Gun  Club.  Regular  shoots  are  to  be  held  Sat- 
uiday  afternoons  at  3 o’clock. 

The  White  City,  la.,  Gun  Club  made  a visit  to  What  Cheer 
last  Saturday,  and  in  a team  contest  won  out  with  a score  of  106 
to  105.  Another  shoot  will  be  held  soon,  as  the  closeness  of  the 
score  would  indicate. 

The  Sherman  Gun  Club,  Columbus,  O.,  held  a meeting  Mon- 
day, at  which  important  business  was  to  be  transacted. 

Considerable  interest  is  manifested  in  the  formation  of  a gun 
club  at  Lebanon,  S.  D. 

It  was  voted  at  the  last  meeting  of  the  Deadwood,  S.  D.,  Gun 
Club  that  medals  would  be  provided  for  shooters  that  would  rep- 
resent their  standing  as  to  ability  thus:  80  per  cent.,  A;  65  to 
80  per  cent.,  C. ; below  65  per  cent.,  C.  The  directors  expect  that 
this  division  will  stimulate  the  sport,  and  equalize  the  chancps  for 
winning.  Frank  Waugh  was  elected  field  captain.  There  are 
forty  members,  with  a prospect  of  twenty-five  additions. 

The  third  annual  tournament  of  the  Pittston,  Pa.,  Trapshooting 
League  will  be  held  April  19. 

Drs.  Cook  and  Swimley  and  a number  of  the  crack  shots  of 
Upper  Sandusky,  O.,  are  organizing  a gun  club,  with  the  purpose 
of  keeping  in  practice  with  the  scatter  gun. 

The  Madison,  Ind.,  Gun  Club  will  soon  be  reorganized. 

W.  D.  Stannard,  of  Chicago,  the  new  man  on  the  road,  won 
lrgh  aierage  at  t!'e  Jonesville,  Wis.,  shoot.  High  winds  pre- 
vailed, and  his  109  out  of  115  was  considered  very  good.  Guy 
Deering,  of  Columbus,  Neb.,  won  the  live-bird  event  with  12  out 
of  15. 

Messrs.  Wallace,  Miller  and  Chas.  Young  are  touring  Texas.. 
At  a meeting  of  the  Juvenile  Gun  Club  at  Brenham,  Mr.  Miller 
entertained  the  crowd  with  some  fancy  shooting.  The  Juvenile 
Club  was  organized  during  last  January,  after  the  Brenham 
handicap  shoot.  The  members  are  under  fourteen  years  of  age. 

The  Valley  Beagle  Gun  Club,  Martin’s  Ferry,  Ohio,  held  their 
first  meet  of  importance  Saturday  last. 

The  Salem,  O.,  Gun  Club  is  to  hold  a meeting  Wednesday  for  a 
reorganization,  and  to  get  all  things  in  readiness  for  the  contest 
during  1905. 

Al.  Olson,  the  Swede,  made  the  high  average  at  Blue  Hills,  Neb., 
with  363  out  of  400.  This  was  done  in  a high  south  wind.  Mr. 
Maxwell,  the  one-armed  man,  also  shot  well. 

At  a call  meeting  of  the  Le  Mars,  la.,  Gun  Club,  H.  J.  Fuller 
was  elected  to  fill  the  vacancy  caused  by  the  removal  of  E.  W. 
Edington  from  the.  city.  Dr.  G.  W.  Cunningham  was  elected 
President,  after  which  an  oyster  supper  was  served  as  a fitting 
farewell  to  their  old  secretary,  who  is  soon  to  depart  for  Wash- 
ington. 

Sim  Glover  drifted  into  Parkersburg,  W.  Va.,  and  the  club 
members  entertained  him  at  the  traps.  He  shot  well,  but  J.  F. 
Mallory  was  equal  to  the  occasion,  and  tied  him.  Scores,  100 
targets:  Glover  95,  J.  F.  Mallory  95,  Mallory  90,  Gillispie  83, 

Ewing  81.  S.  T.  Mallory  81,  Stewart  78,  Ewing  78,  Slater  64, 
Hopkins  55.  . 

Indianapolis  is  getting  ready  to  entertain  100  more  shooters 
than  were  entered  last  year.  Won’t  Shaner  be  a busy  man? 

The  Luverne,  Minn.,  Gun  Club  will  hold  a tournament  at  the 
club  grounds,  April  26  and  27.  There  will  be  ample  prize  money. 

Monroe  Rapp,  of  Lebanon,  Pa.,  will  represent  their  club  at  the 
State  shoot,  Pittsburg,  May  2 to  5. 

.The  annual  meeting  of  the  Oil  City,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  was  held 
Thursday,  and  the  following  officers  elected:  President.  A.  Smed- 

ley ; Vice-Pfesident,  C.  H.  Lay,  Jr.;  Secretary,  Charles  A-  Me 


Louth;  Treasurer,  IT.  C.  Dosworth.  This  club  has  a membership 
of  eighty,  and  the  financial  affairs  are  in  a fine  condition.  The 
same  trap  to  be  used  at  the  G.  A.  II.  will  be  installed. 

During  the  late  shoot  held  at  St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  a special  street 
car  was  run  to  accommodate  such  special  artists  as  Heer,  Crosby, 
Gilbert,  Powers,  Whitney,  Budd,  Marshall,  Elliott,  Vietmeyer, 
Borden,  Cadwallader,  etc. 

Members  of  the  Lakeside  Club,  of  St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  are  pre- 
paring for  an  active  summer’s  sport.  A new  Blackbird  trap  has 
been  installed,  which  was  thoroughly  tested  during  the  past  week. 

1 he  club  house  lately  built  is  said  to  be  one  of  the  finest  in  the 
State.  It  is  claimed  that  several  live-bird  races  will  be  a feature 
in  the  near  future. 

Charles  Slack  and  Walter  Prescott  are  organizing  a rod  and 
gun  club  at  Attica,  N.  Y. 

The  Confarr  medal  was  contested  for  Saturday  last  at  Butte, 
Mont.  The  weather  was  cold  and  dreary,  and  scores  low.  Ed. 
Seeks,  a new  member,  broke  19  out  of  25  for  his  maiden  effort. 

lhere  is  a probability  of  the  Marion,  O.,  Gun  Club  holding  two 
large  tournaments  during  this  year.  The  members  are  now  ar- 
ranging a series  of  contests  for  the  early  start. 

The  Portage,  O.,  County  Gun  Club  has  reorganized,  electing 
the  following  officers:  J.  A.  Flick,  Ravenna,  President;  William 

Mitchell,  Kent,  Secretary;  W.  G.  Lyman,  Kent,  Captain;  J.  W. 
Lee  and  E.  O.  Creager,  Kent,  Executive  Committee. 

Hugh  Snell,  the  Litchfield,  111.,  trapshooting  promoter,  was  in 
Bloomington  last  week,  and  the  club  men  advanced  their  shoot  a 
day  to  have  the  pleasure  of  his  company  at  the  traps. 

At  the  weekly  shoot  of  the  Pastime  Gun  Club,  Detroit,  Mich., 
Hart  won  the  Ford  trophy;  Tolsma,  medal  in  Class  A;  Weise  in 
Class  B,  and  ITannebauer  in  Class  C. 

The  election  of  officers  for  the  Faribault,  Minn.,  Gun  Club 
medal,  resulted  as  follows:  President,  Wm.  Drehmil;  Vice- 

President,  J.  W,  Snyder;  Secretary,  John  H.  Rage;  J.  J.  Rochac; 
Captain,  Jos.  Fredette.  This  club  will  boom,  as  the  claim  is 
made  that  100  will  be  the  number  of  its  members. 

The  nimrods  in  the  car  shops  at  Douglas,  Ariz.,  have  formed  a 
gun  club,  and  have  ordered  several  traps  and  several  barrels  of 
targets.  Some  of  the  members  have  good  records,  while  others 
are  me.re  novices.  Some  of  the  business  men  will  join,  and  the 
club  will  no  doubt  be  a permanent  institution,  and  some  of  the 
members  may  compete  in  the  annual  territorial  shoot. 

There  was  a good  attendance  at  the  Dover,  Pa.,  shoot  Saturday. 
C.  Johnson,  of  Wrightsville,  won  the  porkers,  but  he  was  closely 
pushed.  Some  of  the  locals  made  a good  showing. 

The  Ouray,  Colo.,  Gun  Club  will  shoot  Sunday.  The  Leggett 
trap  arrived  Tuesday,  and  the  Peters  Cartridge  Company  has 
donated  a gold  medal.  The  officers  are:  Albert  Arps,  President; 
C.  W.  Hadley,  Secretary.  Members  are  Wm.  Story,  Jr.,  Barney 
Chase,  R.  L.  Lowe,  Ed.  Hellstern,  Ed.  Arps,  A.  Schlichting, 
T.  R.  Hiebler,  S.  E.  Dupuy,  D.  B.  Humphrey  and  J.  P.  Carney. 

The  Westchester,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  will  give  a shoot  April  15. 
This  club  has  been  on  the  quiet  for  the  winter,  but  promises  to 
get  up  a lively  gait  now  that  the  summer  has  come. 

A.  C.  Fleming,  Dr.  R.  E.  Dinger  and  O.  E.  Shumaker  are  a 
committee  to  arrange  for  a tournament  to  be  given  bv  the 
Crescent  Gun  Club,  New  Bethlehem,  Pa. 

Some  of  the  old-time  shooters,  like  Tom  Marshall,  will  be 
pleased  to  know  that  a new  gun  club  will  soon  be  organized  at 
Benson,  Minn. 

The  Detroit,  Mich.,  Gun  Club  has  new  officers,  viz.:  President 
F.  Abbey;  Vice-President,  H.  Carter;  Captain,  H.  Butterfield: 
Trustees,  F.  Eaton,  S.  W.  Randall  and  C.  Terry. 

A new  gun  club  has  been  formed  at  Youngstown,  O.  It  will 
be  styled  the  Half  Way  Gun  and  Rod  Club.  They  will  hold  trap- 
shoots  and  also  go  fishing  when  the  sign  is  right. 

The  members  of  the  Illinois  Legislature,  by  a vote  of  95  to  8, 
passed  the  bill  to  prohibit  live-bird  shooting.  Not  much  use  to 
stop  that  kind  of  a majority. 

When  the  Chicago  City  Council  put  a stop  to  live-bird  shoot- 
ing, there  was  a lull  in  the  trapshooting  pastime.  Last  June  a 
stock  company  was  formed,  and  the  lease  and  buildings  owned  by 
John  Watson  at  Burnside  were  purchased.  These  grounds  con- 
sist of  twenty  acres,  together  with  twenty  acres  of  level  ground 
containing  club  houses  and  conveniences  for  trapshooting.  The 
care-taker  lives  on  the  park,  and  shooting  can  be  indulged  in 
every  day  in  the  week.  The  Chicago  Trapshooters’  Association 
is  growing,  and  400  members  is  the  estimate  that  is  put  upon 
its  growth.  The  president  informs  me  that  a bid  will  be  made 
for  the  next  State  tournament,  and  for  the  1906  G.  A.  H. 


Springfield  Mass.,  Shooting  Club. 


Things  were  doing  on  our  grounds  again  on  the  afternoon  of 
April  8,  it  being  our  first  practice  shoot  of  the  season.  The  un- 
favorable weather  conditions  kept  many  shooters  at  home,  but 
the  few  lhat  did  turn  out  did  some  fair  shooting,  all  things  con- 
sidered. Scores  follow: 


Events ; 
Targets 
Finch  .. 
Le  Noir 
Merritt  . 
Kites 
Warfield 
Douglass 


12  3 456789 
10  10  15  10  15  10  25  15  15 

8 9 11  9 11  6 19  10  9 

7 8 11  7 11  9 19  14  11 

7 8 7 7 10  9 16  ... . 

. . 9 10  7 11  7 . . 8 10 

4 4 9 4 2 3 

..  ..  13  ..  .. 


Shot 


at. 

Broke. 

125 

92 

125 

97 

95 

64 

90 

62 

70 

26 

25 

13 

Misfire. 

Bradford  Gun  Club. 


Bradford,  Pa.,  April  4. — Following  is  a total  of  the  events 
held  at  the  traps  of  the  Bradford  Gun  Club  on  April  1; 


Shot  at. 

Broke. 

Russell  

130 

97 

Benninghoff  .. 

105 

67 

Costello  

60 

15 

Durfey  

45 

2 

Bodine  

105 

74 

Pringle  

100 

90 

Disney  

90 

52 

Hoey  

S3 

Shot  at. 


White  

Conneeley 

Rice  

Artley  

Miller  

Dresser  

Willis  

.,..100 

Broke. 

71 

101 

45 

37 

45 

14 

61 


S08 

n — ■ I,, 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


[[April  is,  190S. 


Interstate  at  Augusta. 

Augusta,  Ga.,  April  8. — The  opening  tournament  of  the  Inter- 
state Association’s^  series  for  the  season  of  1905  was  given  at 
Augusta,  Ga.,  April  5 and  6,  under  the  auspices  of  the  Augusta 
Gun  Club.  The  attendance  of  both  contestants  and  spectators  was 
up  to  expectations,  and  the  tournament  was  conducted  in  a 
strictly  first-class,  up-to-date  manner. 

The  weather  conditions  were  something  out  of  the  ordinary  for 
this  particular  section  of  the  country,  and  will  not  be  soon  for- 
gotten by  those  who  were  present  and  took  part  in  the  tourna- 
ment. Talk  about  the  “Sunny  South,”  and  “Land  of  Flowers”! 
While  the  flowers  were  in  evidence  everywhere,  and  the  sun  did 
shine  occasionally’-,  the  first  day,  a raw  wind  both  days  made 
overcoats  feel  comfortable  to  those  who  had  the  forethought  to 
wear  them  to  the  shooting  grounds. 

Up  to  9 o’clock  the  first  day  the  sun  had  made  no  visible  effort 
to  transact  business,  and  the  indications  at  that  time  were  that 
there  would  be  cold  showers,  if  not  during  the  day,  at  least  by 
night.  This  was  the  case,  as  rain  called  a halt  during  the  shooting 
of  event  No.  10,  the  last  on  the  programme  for  the  day. 

There  was  not  much  of  an  encouraging  aspect  about  the  weather 
the  morning  of  the  second  day,  and  the  lowering  clouds  did  not 
display  any  inclination  to  give  way  to  the  sun,  as  they  did  the 
first  day.  In  fact,  they  looked  businesslike.  Not  only  that,  but 
there  was  a dampness  in  the  air  that  a fifteen-mile  northwest 
wind  seemed  to  drive  clear  through  to  the  bone,  while  the  mer- 
cury- seemed  anchored  and  showed  no  ambitious  inclinations.  As 
the  day  wore  away,  the  wind  increased  in  force,  and  event  No. 
10,  the  final  event  of  the  day,  was  shot  with  it  blowing  a tre- 
mendous gale.  The  rain,  however,  held  off  until  the  last  squad 
was  at  the  firing  points,  but  when  it  did  strike  the  shooting 
grounds  with  full  force,  it  was  accompanied  by  hail  and  a hurri- 
cane of  wind  that  played  havoc  with  a well  arranged  shooting 
tournament,  and  did  much  damage  to  the  Interstate  Association’s 
outfit..  There  was  lively  “scrambling”  for  a few  moments  when 
the  big  tent  was  blown  over,  but,  fortunately,  few  were  injured, 
and  these  but  slightly. 

Forty-two  different  contestants  took  part  in  one  or  more  events 
the  first  day,  and  forty-three  the  second  day.  While  the  scores 
made  do  not  look  good  on  paper,  a person  had  to  be  present  <and 
understand  the  existing  conditions  to  appreciate  how  good  they 
really  are.  In  fact,  the  scores  are  first-class,  and  away  above 
the  average. 

Mr.  John  Peterman  was  high  amateur  the  first  day,  with  Mr. 
W.  A.  Baker  second,  and  Mr.  G.  M.  Collins  third.  Mr.  J.  M. 
Hawkins  was  high  manufacturers’  agent,  with  Mr.  Walter  Huff 
second  and  Col.  J.  T.  Anthony  third. 

Mr.  W.  A.  Baker  was  high  amateur  the  second  day,  with  Mr. 
J.  G.  Chafee  second  and  Mr.  H.  D Freeman  third.  Mr.  Walter 
Huff  was  high  manufacturers’  agent,  with  Mr.  J.  M.  Hawkins 
second  and  Col.  J.  T Anthony  third. 

For  general  average  Mr.  W.  A.  Baker  was  in  first  place  among 
the  amateurs  with  354  out  of  400  shot  at;  Mr.  J.  G.  Chafee  was 
second  with  343,  and  Mr.  H.  D.  Freeman  third  with  338.  Mr. 
Walter  Huff  was  in  first  place  among  the  manufacturers’  agents 
with  363  out  of  400  shot  at;  Mr.  J.  M.  Hawkins  was  second  with 
358,  and  Col.  J.  T.  Anthony  third  with  343.  The  scores  of  both 
days  follow : 

April  5,  First  Day. 


Events : 

Targets : 

H D Freeman. . . 

E C Lyle 

J W Hightower. 

T M Napier 

T W Huff 

J M Hawkins.., 

W A Baker 

W T Huff 

B.H  Worthen..., 

G M Collins 

F Heidt  

L T Spinks 

W S Cooper 

T B Earl  

J B Mills 

J Peterman  

J G Chafee 

H B Lemcke 

R H Land 

J T Anthony 

J G Hardee 

L C Doolittle 

C C Needham... 

J Muiherin  

A Hall  

J A Blunt  

W McAdams...., 

A L Danner 

W L Hix 

T Westmoreland 
B Alexander 
C A Lindsey  . . , 

R G Tarver 

W J Tarver 

Thos  Reeves 

J H Childs 

W Baskerville  . . , 

M Walton  

Dr  Perkens  

LPerkens  

J G Munnerlvn  . 
H Hall  


Events : 

Targets : 

C W Jones 

J B Mills 

G W Collins.. 

J W Huff 

L T Spinks 

J M Hawkins.. 

W A Baker 

W Huff  

B H W orthen . . 

F Heidt  

FI  Hall  

J_  W Hightower. 
H D Freeman... 

R H Land 

J Peterman  

H B Lemcke  — 

J B Earl 

J T Anthony 

W S Cooper  — 
J C Robinson.. 

I,  B Dawson 

J G Chafee 

L Edelblut 

C C Needham  — 

J M Naoier 

J A Blunt 

W Thompson  . . 

B S Dunbar 

J F Co  wen 

W W Holley 

T Reeves  

A W Stubb 

E S Shaw 

T D Munnerlyn 

E J Kelly... _ 

Wm  Baskerville 
B Alexander  . . . 
Chas  Bowen  ... 
J Westmoreland 

R G Tarver 

W J Tarver 

H Chafee  


123456789  10 
20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20 

18  20  16  19  16  14  16  17  19  16 

15  18  15  11  14  12  . . . . . . 

1G  19  19  16  16  17  16  18  19  17 

15  17  16  12  18  16 

15  18  13  18  19  16  19  18  18  17 

19  20  17  16  20  19  20  18  19  19 

IS  IS  18  13  18  18  19  20  18  19 

18  17  16  19  17  19  20  19  20  19 

20  17  18  15  18  14  15  18  19  18 

19  18  20  18  19  17  14  17  18  17 

18  16  15  18  17  16  15  17  17  19 

18  19  16  11  16  16  17  17  19  20 

17  11  13  11  13  

12  16  11  11  14  15  16  11  14  11 

15  16  10  18  17  15  17  16  19  17 

19  17  19  15  20  19  18  20  17  18 

18  16  17  15  IS  17  19  17  20  18 

18  18  12  15  18  19  10. 15  17  18 

18  18  18  17  18  15  18  20  14  19 

15  19  20  16  19  17  18  16  18  20 

11  16  15  14  13  

12  7 11  

12  18  13  13  11  15  15  13  15  15 

14  19  17  12  15  . . 10  15  18  19 

19  17  15  IS  17  14  16  16  16  17 

17  18  16  17  18  17  17  16  16  16 

..  13  ..  ..  16  ..  ..  12  15  .. 

. . ..  13  15  14  16  17  15  15 

. ...  12  11  12  9 13  12  18  16 

16  13  15  12  11  14  11 

14  15  13  17  14  16 

8 

4 11  5 5 

7 10  13  10 

12  13  10  10 

9 10  9 9 

10  16  13 

11  .. 

7 15 

6 .. 

7 12 

18 


April  6,  Second  Day. 

123456789  10 

20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20 

19  13  16  13  10  10  12  14  16  12 

13  13  17  17  13  14  12  14  13  14 

15  7 8 8 14  17  11  18  15  12 

18  16  15  16  15  17  18  13  14  17 

16  15  14  15  14  16  14  14  12  17 

17  19  15  18  14  17  18  19  17  17 

19  17  19  IS  17  15  16  18  17  19 

20  17  17  17  20  19  16  18  19  16 

18  16  13  15  15  18  15  18  18  18 

17  16  15  14  13  15  15  15  16  17 

17  17  19  15  16  16  17  15  17  16 

11  18  14  11  14  13  12  15  18  15 

16  18  19  16  14  19  14  15  18  18 

....  18  19  17  14  12  13  14  9 14  13 

17  18  16  14  14  17  13  15  15  14 

12  14  14  13  14  12  11  18  14  15 

6 8 6 3 9 6 

20  15  18  16  16  12  16  18  17  17 

13  14  14  10  16  17  13  14  17  11 

4 11 

13  7 

17  19  16  13  18  17  18  17  14  19 

15  16  14  15  13  10  13  12  12  13 

16  14  12  16  14  11  5 15  17  14 

12  12  . . 12  

. . . . . 17  13  16  11  14  12  . . 10  11  15 


8 11  10  15  16  16  15  14  15 

15  14  14  12  ..  ..  15  14  .. 

..  3 ..  

..10  7 

..  7 4 

..  ..  12  

5 

10  ..  9 10  ..  .. 

..  6 

16  16  12  .. 

1 ..  1 

..  13  11  14 

11  9 6 

7 7 10 

6 .. 


Shot 

at. 

Broke. 

200 

171 

120 

85 

200 

173 

120 

94 

200 

171 

200 

187 

200 

179 

200 

184 

200 

172 

200 

177 

200 

.168 

200 

169 

100 

65 

200 

131 

200 

160 

200 

182 

200 

175 

200 

160 

200 

175 

200 

178 

100 

69 

60 

30 

200 

140 

ISO 

139 

200 

165 

200 

168 

80 

56 

140 

,105 

160 

103 

140 

92 

120 

89 

20 

8 

80 

25 

80 

40 

80 

45 

80 

37 

60 

39 

20 

11 

40 

22 

20 

6 

40 

19 

20 

18 

Shot 

at. 

Broke. 

200 

135 

200 

140 

200 

125 

200 

159 

200 

147 

200. 

171 

200 

175 

200 

179 

200 

164 

200 

153 

200 

165 

200 

141 

200 

167 

200 

143 

200 

153 

200 

137 

120 

38 

200 

165 

200 

139 

40 

15 

40 

20 

200 

168 

200 

133 

200 

134 

60 

36 

180 

119 

40 

25 

180 

120 

120 

84 

20 

3 

40 

17 

40 

11 

20 

12 

20 

5 

60 

29 

20 

6 

60 

44 

40 

2 

60 

38 

60 

26 

60 

24 

20 

6 

Sydney  Gan  Clab. 

Sidnev,  N.  Y.,  April  5.— The  Sidney  Gun  Club  held  their  first 
ipring  shoot  April  3.  Scores  as  follows . 


Shot  at.  Broke.  Av. 

Borden 77  53 

Patterson 45  38 

ir  Fleming 100  84 

M Lane.......  60  55 

C Phelps 110  74 

; A Rowe 25  19 


Shot  at.  Broke.  Av. 


72 

B A Ducolon.. 

. 45 

32 

71 

84 

J Breed... 

. 20 

14 

70 

84 

C Fugerson  .... 

50 

67 

91 

Wm  Brown  ... 

. 30 

19 

63 

67 

H Fugerson  ... 

. 8 

7 

88 

76 

J Salladin 

. 60 
s- 

57  95 

M.  Lanp. 

IN  NEW  JERSEY. 


Ossining  Gun  Clab. 

Ossining,  N.  Y.,  April  8. — To-day  marked  the  first  shoot  for  the 
prize  of  $50  in  gold  offered  by  the  club  to  be  divided  into  four 
moneys,  $20,  $15,  $10,  $5.  The  conditions  are  distance  handicaps, 
14  to  21yds.,  at  200  targets,  entrance  1%  each,  to  be  shot  for  on 
April  8,  22,  May  11,  25,  and  June  8.  Not  more  than  75  targets  may 
be  shot  for  on  any  one  shooting  day.  Those  in  order  breaking 
most  out  of  the  200  targets  take  the  purses.  High  gun  system  of 
dividing. 

Shooting  to-day  was  all  done  from  the  18yd.  mark.  Scores: 

Events:  123456789  10 

Targets:  10  10  25  25  25  25  25  15  25  25 

D Brandreth  9 7 18  12  20  14  17  6 18  .. 

C G Blandford. 8 9 17  16  15  ..  12  ..  20  21 

I T Washburn 13  15  13  11  15  13  18  .. 

J Hyland  ..  ..  20  ..  16  21  19  ..  17  15 

A Bedell  7 

R McAlpin y.  16  .. 

C.  G.  B. 

Hell  Gate  Gan  Clab. 

April  5. — The  shoot  of  the  Hell  Gate  Gun  Club  was  held  to-day. 
The  birds  were  excellent.  The  following  scores  represent  the 
months  of  January,  February  and  March,  10  birds  each  month, 
but  all  shot  on  one  day.  Conditions,  club  handicap.  Baudendistel 
shot  in  rare  form,  scoring  10  straight,  9 out  of  his  second  10  and 
10  straight  in  the  third  10.  The  scores: 


Voss,  30  1222022121*1120112121001110120 — 23 

Garms,  28  2102221202211210**10*111010222—21 

Klenk,  28  2220210*101**01002021*01000*22—14 

Schorty,  30  222122122*2221222*2201222*1022—25 

Albert,  28  112002122111*1222200221*00111*— 21 

Lange,  28  12220012212*022021122111111111—25 

Selg,  25  010102200120120001111100021010—16 

Brennan,-  26  21111222000111212001100021*111—21 

Woelfel,  28  12210100220211111*0*0122200211—20 

Baudendistel,  28  121121121211112202121221111212—29 

Wilson,  28  2*01211121022220220220221200*0—20 

Belden,  28  112112111112121121021120111220—27 

Welbrock,  28  2220122012*0221022122210111*22—23 

Muench,  28  211201111101121220202220211210—24 

Weber,  28  21111110111011200121021021*221—23 

Forster,  28  11222221112212112122*011110212—27 

Hughes,  28  122202012010110020202110111112—21 


Montclair  Gan  Clab. 

Montclair,  N.  J.,  April  8. — To-day  was  the  day  scheduled  for 
the  Daly  gun  contest,  the  second  of  a series  of  twelve  contests  for 
a $200  Daly  gun,  offered  by  the  club,  to  be  shot  for  by  members. 
The  conditions  are  50  targets,  unknown  angles,  added  handicaps. 

G.  Boxall  broke  42;  this,  with  his  handicap  of  8,  gave  him  a 
perfect  score  and  the  April  contest. 

Event  No.  3,  15  targets,  for  a box  of  Havana  cigars,  was  tied 
for  by  six  men,  breaking  14  each.  The  tie  was  shot  off  in  the 
next  event,  and  was  won  by  I.  S.  Crane.  Event  No.  5,  also 
for  a box  of  cigars,  was  won  by  G.  Howard,  who  made  a perfect 
score  of  10. 


Events : 1 2 3 4 5 

Targets:  25  50  15  10  10 

C Babcock,  2 20  35  14  ..  .. 

P Cockefair,  4 18  41  14  8 8 

W Wallace,  2 19  42  9 ..  5 

E Winslow,  4 12  27  

H Vanse,  0 17  32  9 ..  5 

A Allen,  4 21  46  13  ..  6 

G Hawkev,  14. ...  10  33  

G Batten,'  4 16  44  14  8 8 

G Boxall,  8 19  50  14  8 7 


Events : 1 2 3 4 5 

Targets:  25  50  15  10  10 

C L Bush,  2 20  37  13  ..  .. 

G Howard,  4. .....  17  46  14  9 10 

I Crane,  4 48  14  10  8 

Dr  Batten  10 

C Hartshorne  12  . . 13  . . 7 

S Wheeler 14  7 5 

F Moffett  13  ..  8 

F Robinson  12  ..  6 


Handicaps  apply  only  in  event  2. 

Edward  Winslow,  Sec’y. 


South  Side  Gun  Club. 

Newark,  N.  J.,  April  8.- — The  shoot  of  the  South  Side  Gun 
Club,  held  to-day,  had  scores  as  follows: 

Targets:  25  25  25  25  25  25  Targets:  25  25  25  25  25  25 

Piercy  22  23  23  22  23  24  Jenkins  13  11  14  11  16  17 

Pearsall  17  17  20  19  20  13  Gromdyke  11  ... . 8 . . . . 

Engle  22  22  20  21  20  22  Herrington  23 


Peerless  Rod  and  Gan  Club. 

Paterson,  N.  J.,  April  8. — Officers  were  elected  by  the  Peerless 
Rod  and  Gun  Club  at  its  regular  meeting,  as  follows:  Presi- 

dent, Harry  Santree;  Vice-President,  Peter  R.  Garrabrant;  Treas- 
urer, Jacob  Dorrhofer;  Financial  Secretary,  John  Alserda;  Re- 
cording Secretary,  Wm.  R.  Curran;  Field  Marshal,  T.  Walker; 
Trustees,  James  Garrabrant,  Ott  Herman  and  John  Burg- 
hardt.  Sergeant-at-Arms,  John  Jackson.  The  club  meets  every 
Thursday  night. 

Scores  of  shoot  held  April  8:  J.  Jackson  1,  O.  Herman  4,  J. 

Dorrhofer  8,  J.  Deaner  13,  W.  Buckner  5,  J.  Polhemus  7,  P. 
Garrabrant  8,  G.  Herman  2,  W.  Buntzen  1. 


North  River  Gan  Clab. 


Edgewater,  N.  J., 

April  8. — Event  7 was  the  handicap  for 

■ solid 

gold  watch  charm. 

It  was  won  by  Mr.  ' 

Carl 

Richter. 

Scores: 

Events : 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

Targets: 

10 

15 

10 

10 

15 

15 

50 

15 

Schoverling,  6 

8 

34 

. . 

Dr  Richter,  6 

8 

11 

b 

40 

. . 

T Morrison,  7 

6 

12 

4 

6 

. . 

. . 

38 

. . 

D McClare,  10 

6 

12 

. . 

5 

• . 

. . 

22 

7 

F Vosselman,  10 

5 

rv 

4 

7 

. . 

. . 

33 

. . 

Dr  BoJdt,  20  

6 

6 

7 

6 

8 

23 

9 

H H Schramm,  0. 

9 

. . 

3 

6 

13 

9 

. . 

. . 

6 

2 

10 

1 

Dr  Paterno,  17  

9 

11 

26 

11 

J Merrill,  15  

11 

10 

25 

8 

Legwiscli  

3 

Pctter  

3 

Jas.  R.  Merrill,  Sec’y. 


Lehigh  Rod  and  Gan  Clab. 


Bethlehem,  Pa.,  April  4. — The  one-day  shoot  of  the  Lehigh 
Rod  and  Gun  Club  to-day  had  twelve  events,  each  at  15  targets, 
and  resulted  in  the  appended  scores: 


Events: 
Pleis  ... 
Miller  .. 
Schorty  . 

Holm  

Young  ., 

Brey  

Schliclier 
Flenny  . 
Hillegass 
Croll  .... 
Staib  . . . 


123456789  10  11  12 
14  14  14  15  15  14  12  15  14  15  14  14 

12  12  12  11  11  10  10  12  9 11  11  11 

11  13  14  13  13  13  13  15  13  14  13  14 

13  11  9 11  11  10  11  8 11  12  9 9 

14  8 9 9 .. 

15  15  15  14  13  12  14  11  14 

14  15  15  14  13  14  15  13  15  14  15  13 

11  11  17  13  10  11  14  10 

....  13  12  9 

. . ..  12  13  14  14  14  7 . . 

11  13  10  


Bruch  , 
Koch  . 
Zandis 
Seager 
Deemer 


9 9 10  ..  .. 

11  14  14 

..  ..  ..  ..  ..  5 ..  .. 

..  7 ..  .. 

10  ..  .. 

H.  F.  Koch,  Sec’y. 


Morrisania  Gan  Clab. 


New  Yore,  April  4. — Last  Sunday  afternoon  we  had  the  pleas- 
ure of  Mr.  Keller,  Jr.,  Mr.  Benjamin  and  H.  B.  Williams,  Sr.', 
and  they  had  quite  a time.  Mr.  Benjamin  was  the  life  of  the 
party,  and  also  was  the  only  straight  10-score  man  in  the  whole 
shoot.  We  have  just  finished  our  new  platform  and  house  last 
week,  so  will  be  able  to  accommodate  all  those  who  pay  us  a 
visit,  and  I know  they  will  be  pleased.  Inclosed  will  find  scores 
of  Sunday  shoot. 


Events : 
Targets: 
Buchanan  . . . . . 
T H Keller,  Jr 

Benjamin  

H B Williams, 


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
10  10  10  10  15  15  15 

8 6 7 ..  12  11  11 

.....  5 7 5 9 13  10  14 

......  3 10  4 6 11  8 9 

7 8 8 7 14  ..  14 

H.  B.  Williams,  Jr.,  Capt 


Consolidated  Sportsmen's  Association. 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  April  5.— I am  inclosing  herewith  pro- 
gramme of  the  Consolidated  Sportsmen’s  Association’s  first  club 
tournament,  and  call  your  attention  to  the  system  of  handicap- 
ping which  we  have  adopted,  which  was  originated.  by  the 
writer.  I believe  that  you  will  see  a whole  lot  of  merit  in  this 
system  for  handicapping  club  tournaments,  and  so  far  as  I 
know,  it  has  never  been  tried  before.  W.  B.  Jarvis. 


First  club  handicap  tournament,  beginning  Friday  and  Satur- 
day, April  7 and  8th,  and  ending  Decoration  Day,  May  30,  1905. 

Prizes.— First  and  second,  one  $25  shotgun  each,  donated  _ by 
W.  B.  Jarvis  Company  and  Foster-Stevens  Company.  Third, 
$15  in  merchandise,  donated  by  C.  G.  Baisch. 

First. — Any  member  in  good  standing  is  eligible  to  com- 
petition. 

Second. — Handicapping  will  be  done  and  scores  compiled  ac- 
cording to  the  system  explained  below. 

Third. — A contestant  shall  shoot  through  the  entire  tourna- 
ment on  the  basis  designated  by  the  handicap  committee  before 
such  contestant  has  shot  a tournament  score;  in  other  words, 
no  changes  will  be  made  after  the  contestant  has  shot  a tourna- 
ment score. 

Fourth. — The  number  of  targets  that  each  contestant  shall  shoot 
at  during  this  tournament  will  be  250,  viz.:  25  each  week  except 
on  the  closing  day,  when  he  will  shoot  two  scores  of  25  each. 

Fifth. — Scores  may  be  shot  either  Friday  or  Saturday  between 
the  hours  of  2 and  6 P.  M.,  when  three  or  more  contestants  are 


present. 

Sixth. — A referee  shall  be  elected  each  tournament  day  by  the 
contestants  present,  whose  decision  shall  be  final. 

Seventh.— It  shall  be  the  duty  of  a contestant  desiring  to  shoot 
a tournament  score  to  see  that  his  name  is  entered  on  the 
tournament  score  sheet. 

Eighth.— The  refereeing  shall  be  done  according  to  expert 
rules,  and  failure  on  the  part  of  the  contestant  to  understand 
the  same  will  not  be  accepted  as  an  excuse. 

a A dusted  target  shall  be  a lost  bird. 

b A target  broken  by  the  trap  shall  be  a “no1  bird,”  whether 
shot  at  or  not. 

c Failure  to  shoot  at  a fair  target,  except  through  failure  of 
cartridge  to  explode  when  primer  shows  that  it  has  been  struck 
by  firing  pin,  and  except  when  gun  fails  to  work  when  caused  by 
carelessness  of  the  contestant,  shall  be  a lost  bird. 

d In  cases  such  as  above  the  contestant  must  not  open  gun 
until  it  has  been  examined  by  the  referee. 

Ninth. — In  case  of  ties  at  the  conclusion  of  the  ten  shoots, 
they  will  be  shot  off  Decoration  Day  at  25  targets  on  the  same 
basis  as  those  tied  have  been  shooting  through  the  tournaments. 

Tenth. — Each  contestant  may  make  up  one  back  score,  which 
he  may  have  been  unable  to  shoot  for  any  reason,  and  any  num- 
ber of  scores  missed  on  account  of  sickness  or  absence  from  the 
city,  by  application  to  handicap  committee. 

The  handicap  committee  shall  designate  the  class  each  shooter 
shall  contest  in,  according  to  his  known  ability  by  percentage, 
and  the  score  shall  be  compiled  by  points,  as  follows: 


Shot  at. 

90  per  cent  or  better 25 

86  to  89  per  cent 25 

80  to  85  per  cent 25 

76  to  79  per  cent 25 

70  to  75  per  cent 25 

60  to  69  per  cent 25 

60  to  65  per  cent 25 

56  to  59  per  cent 25 

50  to  56  per  cent 25 

After  the  contestant  has  made  his  “point,”  each  additional  Jar- 
get  broken  will  score  an  extra  point  up  to  24,  and  for  25  straight 
two  additional  points  will  be  allowed.  . ... 

Through  this  tournament  of  ten  shoots  there  is  a possible  50 
points  to  the  £0  per  cent,  or  better  men,  130  to  the  50  to  56 


Score. 

22 

21 

20 

19 

18 

17 

16 

15 

14 


Point. 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 


The  Peters  Cartridge  Co.  handicap  champion  trophy,  a hand- 
some silver  cup,  valued  at  $25,  begins  April  7 and  8,  continuing 
each  week  on  same  davs  as  club  handicap,  25  targets  each  week, 
and  ends  July  4.  Same  rules  and  handicaps;  contestants  must 
announce  prior  to  beginning  each  score  which  trophy  they  are 
shooting  for,  and  see  that  it  is  properly  indicated  on  score  sheet. 


Wawaset  Gan  Clab. 

Wilmington,  Del.,  April  6. — The  Wawaset  Gun  Club  dedicated 
their  new  grounds  in  due  and  modern  form  by  holding  a success- 
ful merchandise  shoot  on  them,  over  thirty  participating,  requir- 
ing the  consumption  of  3,650  targets.  The  programme  was  gov- 
erned by  distance  handicap  conditions,  16  to  20yds.  Mr  H.  j. 
Squier  made  high  average  with  a total  of  133  out  of  150;  Ld- 
mundson,  second,  130;  third,  Miller,  Foord  and  C.  Buck,  129. 

There  were  seven  events  on  the  programme— five  at  20  and  two 
at  25  targets.  Three  was  a strong  wind  and  erratic  targets  in  con- 
sequence. The  weather  was  pleasant.  _ 

The  club  house  is  roomy,  pleasantly  situated,  and  there  is  a 
good  background.  Scores: 


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
20  20  20  25  20  20  25 
17  17  19  20  17  17  22 

17  16  18  21  16  17  23 

18  15  15  21  17  17  22 


Events: 

Targets: 

F'oord,  20  

Mink,  20  

McKelvey,  19  --  ic  ia  ik  ik  ia 

"Richardson  19  11  12  16  19  15  15  19 

Snuier  16  18  19  16  21  18  18  23 

McCarty  17  15  19  16  21  18  15  23 

Edmundson,  16  18  17  37  22  19  15  22 

Melchoir  16  12  15  H 18  15  14  15 

Miller  it  16  18  15  23  17  18  23 

Phil  duPont,  16 16  15  15  21  17  14  22 

White  16  10  14  12  15  14  ..  .. 

Ball  16  11  15  12  21  17  ... . 

Gh-ixelle  “ifi'  12  17  17  18  15  17  11 

Mason  17  - 16  15  17  19  18  14  13 

McCoUey  16  15  14  ..  13  11  .. 

r Buck  18  -18  18  19  21  16  16  21 

Simon  16  .” 13  13  18  19  16  14  12 

Banks’  20  17  17  13  21  

Chadwick  ' 16  12  14  15  14  10  . . 

Graham  18  " 17  16  20  20  20  23 

McHugh  18  15  19  19  17  16  15 

Beady,  IS  16  16  17  15  ..  .. 

Moore,  16  13  16  13  15  .. 

McArdle^  16  4-1  .^H  ••  •• 

E E duPont,  16 23  15  13  18 

C H Simon,  16 14  23 

R King,  16  is  jq  '* 

v duPont,  16 18  13  21 


E 

Matthews, 


16 


6 


Shot 

at. 

150 

150 

150 

150 

150 

150 

85 

150 

150 

150 

150 

105 

105 

150 

150 

80 

150 

150 

85 

105 

130 

130 

85 

25 

85 

40 

25 

90 

25 

65 

20 

40 

65 

25 


Broke. 

129 
128 
125 
107 
133 
127 

63 

130 
100 
129 
120 

65 

76 

106 

112 

63 
129 
105 

68 

65 

m 

101 

64 
14 
57 
22 
14 
69 
11 
54 
19 
29 
52 

6 


I, 


Indianapolis  (Ind.)  Gan  Clab. 


Indianapolis,  Ind.,  April  4. — Mr.  J.  S.  Boa,  a trade  represent- 
ative, broke  67  out  of  a possible  68,  doubles.  Dickman  won  Peters 
trophy.  Dickman,  Dixon,  Armstrong,  Button  and  Smith  tied  for 
club  trophy.  Scores: 

123453789 


Events: 

Pafflin  iJ  J® 


Moiw i§  46 19 15 16 17 19 19 17 

^4°ller  23  21  21  22  23  20  24  25  .. 

D?rkman 20  23  21  22  24  20  23  21  .. 

jJicRman  m io  n « u n io 


21  19  22  21  21  21  22  23 


Mcore 


22  17  18  17  15  14  19  19 


19  18  19  18  20 

i!nley  IK  15  1ft  91  19 


15  13  16  21  19  18  16  15  15 


Dixon 
Gregory 
Hice 

Armstrong  _ 

“ST 

I”!? 181716 


Total. 

33 

170 

156 

179 

174 

141 

94 

148 


8 

15  17  11  14 


Southers  ^ 


Morrison 
Beck  . . . 
Tanner  . 
Morgan 


17  17  23  16  20  18  114 

8 
57 
96 
52 
60 
28 
23 
20 
15 
27 


16  12 


11  9 
8 7 
17  10 


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Cost  new  $65,  and  in  perfect  condition. 

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walnut  stock.  in  perfect  condition;  as 
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10%  lbs.  Cost  new,  $42.75.  Price $30.00 

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Lefever  hammerless,  with  Damascus  bar- 
rels; full  pistol  grip  stock.  Slightly  shop- 
worn; 16-ga.,  28-in.  barrels,  6 lbs.,  2 9-16  in. 
drop,  14-in.  stock.  List,  $57.00.  Price,  $30. 

L.  C.  Smith  ejector  pigeon  gun,  12-ga., 
30-in.,  7%  lbs.,  2%  in.,  14%  in. ; full  choke, 
Damascus  barrels,  straight  grip.  Very 
slightly  shopworn.  Cost,  $60.00.  Great 

bargain  at  $35.00 

W.  & C.  Scott  & Son  hammer  gun, 
16-ga.,  28-in.  6%  lbs.,  in  good  condition. 
Damascus  barrels,  half  pistol  grip.  Cost 

new,  $125.00.  Price,  net $38.50 

W.  & C.  Scott  & Son  single  hammer  4- 
bore  gun,  with  36-in.  barrels,  10%  lbs. 
weight.  In  good  condition.  Damascus  bar- 
rels, half  pistol  grip.  Cost  new,  $125.00. 

Price,  net  $45.00 

Lefever  duck  gun,  8-ga.,  32-in.  barrels, 
11%  lbs.  weight.  Shows  some  wear,  ljut 
good  for  years  of  service.  In  leather  case, 
and  is  offered  at  one-third  the  original 

cost.  Price $37.50 

W.  W.  Greener  hammer  field  gun,  12-ga., 
28-in.  barrels,  7 lbs.  6 oz.,  2 h-16  in.  drop, 
13%  in.  stock.  Sieman  steel  barrels,  half 
pistol  grip.  Greener  cross-bolt.  In  good 
second-hand  condition.  Cost  new,  $120.00. 

Price  $45.00 

Colt  hammer  duck  gun,  10-ga.,  32-in., 
9%  lbs.,  with  Damascus  barrels.  A good, 
sound,  strong  shooting  gun,  that  cost  new 
$65.00,  and  now  in  good  second-hand  condi- 
tion. Price  $27.50 


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At  the  Open  Tournament  held  by  the  Zettler  Rifle  Club  in  New  York  City,  March  i-ii,  three  of  the  four  first  prizes  were  won  by  shooters 
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shooting  Winchester  Cartridges;  score,  three.  75’s  and  five  74’s. 

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There  is  not  any-  excercise  more  pleasing  or 
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man,  than  this  of  Angling;  a moderate,  innocent, 
and  salubrious  and  delightful  excercise:  It  wear- 
ieth  not  a man  overmuch,  unless  the  waters  lie 
remote  from  home:  It  injureth  no  man,  so  that  it 
be  in  an  open  large  water;  he  being  esteemed  a 
Beast  rather  than  a Man  that  will  oppose  this 
excercise;  neither  doth  it  in  any  way  debauch 
him  that  useth  it:  The  delight  also  of  it  rouzes  up 
the  Ingenious  early  in  the  Spring  mornings,  that 
they  have  the  benefit  of  the  sveet  and  pleasant 
Morning-Air,  which  many  through  sluggishness 
enjoy  not;  so  that  Health  (the  greatest  Treasure 
that  Mortals  enjoy)  and  Pleasure  go  hand  in 
hand  in  this  excercise.  What  can  be  more  said 
of  it,  than  that  thejnost  Ingenious  most  use  it? 

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THE  SILZ  GAME  CASE. 

A case  of  very  great  importance  has  come  up  in  the 
Supreme  Court  of  New  York  city.  It  is  that  of  the 
People  against  August  Silz,  in  which  suit  has  been 
brought  for  the  possession  of  imported  game  during  the 
close  season.  The  evidence  upon  which  the  suit  was 
based  was  obtained  April  29,  1904,  and  the  case  having 
been  pushed  as  rapidly  as  possible,  it  was  on  the  calendar 
for  last  week  and  again  for  this  week,  but  at  the  time 
of  our  going  to  press  (Tuesday)  it  had  not  yet  been 
reached. 

The  importance  of  the  suit  lies  in  the  opportunity  it 
affords  to  make  a test  of  the  constitutionality  of  that 
provision  of  the  law  which  forbids  the  possession  in 
close  time  of  game  imported  into  the  State  from  abroad. 
Mr.  Silz  is  a game  dealer  of  this  city  who  imports  large 
quantities  of  game  from  Europe,  comprising  woodcock, 
partridges,  pheasants,  golden  plover,  Egyptian  quail  (the 
migratory  quail  of  Europe),  and  other  species.  The 
claim  is  made  in  his  behalf  that  he  deals  exclusively  in 
imported  birds  and  does  not  handle  native  game. 
Whether  this  be  true  or  not  is  beside  the  mark  in  so 
far  as  the  present  case  is  concerned,  for  the  question  here 
to  be  tried  out  is  as  to  the  lawfulness  or  unlawfulness 
of  the  possession  in  close  time  of  what  is  conceded  to 
be  game  of  foreign  origin. 

The  traffic  in  game  in  New  York  city  is  continuous  in 
season  and  out.  It  may  be  found  listed  on  the  menus  of 
practically  every  important  hotel  and  restaurant  in  town. 
To  such  of  these  concerns  as  buy  their  stock  from  Mr. 
Silz  he  gives  a guarantee  that  they  shall  not  get  into 
trouble  with  the  authorities  for  the  possession  of  any 
game  which  they  can  prove  they  obtained  from  him.  In 
a circular  offering  game  for  sale,  he  says : 

“The  game  warden  has  visited  most  of  my  customers,  such  as 
Louis  Sherry,  Hotel  Astor,  Delmonico’s,  Hotel  Manhattan,  Cafe 
Martin,  Imperial  Hotel,  Victoria  Hotel,  etc.,  etc.,  and  is  so  well 
satisfied  that  all  the  game  I sell  is  the  real  imported  game,  and 
I am  ready  to  give  you  a guarantee  to  that  effect,  which  would 
give  you  the  right  to  sell  and  put  on  your  bill  of  fare  all  the  im- 
ported game  that  you  wish  without  interference  from  any  game 
warden  or  association  for  the  protection  of  game,  provided  you 
can  prove  that  you  purchased  your  game  from  A.  Silz.” 

We  question  most  emphatically,  however — and  just  here 
lies  the  objection  to  the  traffic  to  imported  game — that  it 
is  possible  for  the  game  warden  who  visits  the  hotels  and 
restaurants  and  inspects  the  game  he  finds  there  to  satisfy 
himself  that  it  is  “the  real  imported  game.”  As  a matter 
of  fact,  many  of  the  varieties  of  game  now  upon  the  mar- 
ket said  to  be  imported,  the  game  warden  is  totally  un- 
able to  distinguish  from  the  domestic  birds,  either  with 
or  without  their  plumage.  Notably  is  this  true  of  phea- 


ants  and  ducks;  nor,  indeed,  upon  these  varieties  in  par- 
ticular is  an  expert  naturalist  able  in  every  case  to  pass 
judgment.  With  some  such  species  as  the  golden  plover 
it  is  extremely  difficult  for  one  though  a naturalist  to 
say  where  they  came  from ; and  if  they  are  plucked,  as  is 
customary,  it  would  be  impossible  to  tell  this.  We  have 
then  this  condition,  that  there  is  a vast  traffic  in  game 
birds  in  the  close  season,  and  it  is  beyond  the  range  of 
practicability  for  the  authorities  on  the  spot  to  determine 
by  such  inspection  as  is  open  to  them,  whether  the  game 
comes  from  abroad  or  from  the  United  States.  Granted 
that  all  the  birds  supplied  by  Mr.  Silz  are  imported,  the 
door  still  remains  open  for  the  consumption  of  vast 
amounts  of  other  game  which  is  not  imported.  It  is  a 
truism  that  an  open  game  market  means  the  provision 
of  a supply  to  meet  the  market  demands.  If  New  York 
can  consume  American  woodcock  and  grouse  and  plover 
and  ducks,  American  woodcock  and  grouse  and  plover 
and  ducks  will  flow  into  the  metropolis.  Every  device 
that  cunning  and  cupidity  can  invent  to  bring  it  into  the 
market  will  be  made  use  of.  This  is  not  a fanciful 
theory;  it  is  a plain  statement  of  what  we  all  of  us  know 
to  have  been  going  on  for  years. 

The  Silz  prosecution  is  one  of  many  now  in  the  hands 
of  the  Attorney-General.  The  utility  or  futility  of  these 
prosecutions  will  depend  in  a large  measure  upon  the 
result  of  the  present  suit.  Game  Protector  Overton,  the 
local  protector  upon  whose  detective  work  the  suits  are 
based,  has  expressed  the  opinion,  “Should  the  courts  sus- 
tain the  contention  of  this  dealer  that  imported  game  can 
be  sold  at  any  time,  there  will  be  practically  no  closed 
season  in  this  State,  because  after  the  feathers  are  re- 
moved, the  condition  in  which  it  is  found  in  the  hotels, 
foreign  birds  can’t  be  told  from  domestic  birds.’ 

The  Audubon  Society  is  interested  in  the  case  because 
the  principles  involved  in  it  apply  also  to  the  various 
prosecutions  undertaken  by  the  Society  to  suppress  the 
traffic  in  plumage  of  foreign  origin;  and  it  is  understood 
that  the  Audubon  legal  talent  will  be  at  the  service  of 
the  prosecution  in  the  Silz  case  in  carrying  the  suit  up 
to  the  higher  courts ; and  if  it  shall  be  feasible,  to  the 
Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States. 

COL.  NICHOLAS  PIKE. 

The  death  last  week  of  Col.  Nicholas  Pike  at  the  ad- 
vanced age  of  eighty,  removes  another  of  the  men,  who 
in  their  time  played  a prominent  part  in  matters  of  sport 
and  of  nature  study.  Col.  Pike  was  author,  mathemati- 
cian and  naturalist,  besides  being  a very  keen  sportsman. 
He  was  the  friend  of  Agassiz  and  many  other  scientific 
men,  and  was  deeply  interested  in  everything  connected 
with  nature.  He  was  one  of  the  first  people  in  this  coun- 
try to  advocate  the  importation  into  the  United  States 
of  European  small  birds,  and  perhaps  the  first  to  bring 
over  and  set  free  any  considerable  number.  The  enthusi- 
asm which  he  felt  for  this  proj  ect  was  at  that  time  shared 
by  everyone  who  wrote  or  spoke  on  the  subject.  It  was 
not  until  twenty-five  or  thirty  years  later  that  the  action 
came  to  be  regarded  as  a mistake. 

Colonel  Pike  was  one  of  the  last  men  who  had  killed 
the  extinct  Labrador  duck.  His  account  of  this,  printed 
in  Forest  and  Stream  of  Dec.  5>  1903,  was  as  follows : 

“I  have  in  my  life  shot  a number  of  these  beautiful 
birds,  though  I have  never  met  more  than  two  or  three 
at  a time,  and  mostly  single  birds.  The  whole  number  I 
ever  shot  would  not  exceed  a dozen,  for  they  were  never 
plentiful.  I rarely  met  with  them.  The  males  in  full 
plumage  were  exceedingly  rare ; I think  I never  met  with 
more  than  three  or  four  of  these;  the  rest  were  young 
males  and  females.  They  were  shy  and  hard  to  approach, 
taking  flight  from  the  water  at  the  least  alarm,  flying 
very  rapidly.  Their  familiar  haunts  were  the  sandbars, 
where  the  water  was  shoal  enough  for  them  to  pursue 
their  favorite  food,  small  shellfish.  I have  only  once  met 
this  duck  south  of  Massachusetts  Bay.  In  1858  one  soli- 
tary male  came  to  my  battery,  in  Great  South  Bay,  L.  L, 
near  Quogue,  and  settled  among  my  stools.  I had  a fair 
chance  to  hit  him,  but  in  my  excitement  to  procure  it, 
I missed  it.  The  bird  seems  to  have  disappeared,  for  an 
old  comrade,'  who  has  hunted  in  the  same  bay  for  over 
sixty  years,  tells  me  he  has  not  met  with  one  for  a long 
time.  I am  under  the  impression  the  males  do  not  get 
their  full  plumage  in  the  second  year.  I would  here  re- 
mark, this  duck  has  never  been  esteemed  for  the  table, 
from  its  strong,  unsavory  flesh.” 


For  many  years  Colonel  Pike  was  a contributor  to  the 
Forest  and  Stream  and  a frequent  visitor  at  its  offices. 
His  earnestness,  enthusiasm  and  simple  heartedness  lent 
a great  attraction  to  a strong  personality.  Colonel  Pike 
had  lived  in  Brooklyn  for  much  of  his  life. 


TEXAS  DUCKS. 

On  Monday  last  good  news  for  game  protectors 
reached  New  York  city.  It  is  remembered  that  in  1903 
the  Texas  Legislature  passed  a law  forbidding  the  ship- 
ment out  of  the  State  of  ducks  and  other  game.  This 
action  was  an  entire  surprise  to  the  market  men  and 
market  shooters,  who  were  greatly  outraged  by  it,  and 
declared  that  it  should  be  at  once  repealed.  Texas,  the 
winter  home  of  vast  multitudes  of  wildfowl,  has.  been 
also  the  winter  working  ground  of  the  market  shooter, 
who,  killing  wildfowl  by  the  tens  of  thousands,  put  them 
in  barrels  and  shipped  them  to  northern  markets,  St. 
Louis,  Chicago,  and  even  New  York. 

Last  autumn,  when  the  Legislature  met,  it  was  well 
understood  by  those  interested  in  game  protection  and  by 
the  market  hunters,  that  a bitter  fight  was  on,  and  both 
sides  were  prepared  for  it.  The  leader  of  the  forces  for 
game  protection,  the  man  who  was  going  to  fight  tooth 
and  nail  to  prevent  the  law’s  repeal,  was  Capt.  M.  B. 
Davis,  Secretary  of  the  Texas  Audubon  Society.  He 
did  not  stand  alone,  but  was  ably  supported  by  Mr.  T.  J. 
Anderson,  G.  P.  A.  of  ihe  G.,  H.  & S.  A.  R.  R.  Co.,  who; 
has  printed  a number  of  letters  on  this  subject,  and  by 
many  others.  The  fight  was  long  and  strenuous;  the 
market  interests  did  their  best,  but  now  the  Legislature 
has  adjourned,  and  on  Monday  Mr.  William  Dutcher,  the 
President  of  the  National  Association  of  Audubon" 
Societies,  received  from  Captain  Davis  a telegram  declar- 
ing that  a complete  victorv  had  been  won.  In  other 
words,  the  law  forbidding  the  shipment  of  wildfowl  and 
game  out  of  the  State  of  Texas  still  stands,  and  one  of 
the  greatest  causes  of  the  destruction  of  our  wildfowl  is 
removed. 

The  Texans  who  have  carried  on  this  splendid  fight  are 
to  be  congratulated.  They  have  done  a great  thing  for 
their  own  State;  but  they  are  entitled  to  the  thanks  of 
the  whole  country  as  well,  and  every  duck  shooter  , 
throughout  the  land  should  feel  a sense  of  gratitude  for 
them,  because  they  have  done  something  for  him  as  well 
as  for  the  Lone  Star  State.  , 


NIAGARA. 

The  situation  at  Albany  with  respect  to  Niagara  Falls' 
is  this:  The  Niagara  and  Lockport  water  jobbers  arej 

reputed  to  have  bought  enough  votes  to  insure  the  suc- 
cess of  their  bill ; but  confidence  is  widely  expressed  that  : 
Governor  Higgins  will  veto  the  measure.  All  then  will 
have  been  saved  except  legislative  honor.  That  being 
a.  merchantable  commodity  is  of  trifling  account  in  com-: 
parison  with  the  priceless  work  of  nature  which  will  have 
been  preserved  to-  us  by  an  upright  Executive. 


A story  of  woodcock  shooting  in  the  spring  when  the 
birds  are  mating,  may  sound  strange  to  American  ears  ; 
and  yet  in  Norway,  where,  as  a correspondent  relates/it 
is  the  custom  of  the  country,  the  spring  woodcock  shooter 
might  retort  that  the  practice  differs  in  no  essential  prin- 
ciple from  the  killing  of  mated  wildfowl  on  their  way 
north,  a sport  which  has  been  followed  and  sanctioned  in 
the  United  States  from  a time  whereof  the  memory  of 
man  runneth  not  to  the  contrary.  Nor  if  the  story  as 
here  told  be  of  a typical  shoot,  may  the  sport  be  said  to  be 
particularly  destructive.  These  bits  of  experience  in  the 
fields  and  covers  of  distant  countries  are  extremely  in- 
teresting, not  only  because  they  describe  novel  methods 
of  pursuit,  but  as  well  because  they  demonstrate  that  the 
sportsman  is  the  same  creature  in  all  lands  and  under 
all  skies. 

The  meeting  of  representatives  from  the  States  bor- 
dering the  Great  Lakes,  notice  of  which  is  given  on  an- 
other page,  promises  to  lead  to  a substantial  reform  in 
legislation  relating  to  those  waters.  There  is  nothing 
but  folly  in  diversity  and  disagreement  of  protective  laws 
for  adjacent  States.  The  interests  represented  at  Chicago 
are  of  such  weight  that  we  may  with  confidence  expect 
the  attainment  of  the  purpose  of  the  meeting. 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM 


'[April  2 2,  1905. 


Almost  an  Adventure; 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

I have  been  reading  some  of  Capt.  Mayne  Reid’s 
tales  of  late,  and  having  been  over  the  ground  covered 
by  most  of  them,  and  hunted  the  same  kinds  of  game, 
have  fell  to  speculating  on  why  it  was  that  each  hunting 
exploit  of  his  ended  in  such  desperate  adventure, 
while  mine  have  so  singularly  failed  in  that  line. 

Of  course,  Mr.  Reid  had  the  advantage  of  perform- 
ing in  a new  land,  far  removed  from  human  knowl- 
edge, and  of  an  audience  far  removed  from  the  scene 
of  his  activities.  In  those  earlier  days  buffalo  and 
bears  charged  the  hunters  on  sight.  Coming  on  the 
stage  in  later  years  I found  it  difficult  to  get  within  long 
rifle  shot  of  the  buffalo  that  drove  Mr.  Reid  to  tree 
on  sight,  or  the  bears  that  charged  boldly  into  his 
camp  and  engaged  the  hunter  in  hand-to-hand,  or 
hand-to-paw  combat.  In  my  time  the  vast  herds  of  the 
western  plains  had  got  wise  by  reason  of  most  of  their 
members  carrying  from  one  to  a dozen  rifle  or  pistol 
balls  in  their  bodies,  planted  there  by  hunters  of  the 
Reid  type.  This  may  account  for  the  wide  disparity,  or 
it  may  be  that  such  adventures,  like  history,  can  only 
be  properly  told  when  far  removed  by  time  or  distance 
from  the  events  narrated,  which  only  means  that  then 
the  historian  can  say  what  suits  his  purpose,  as 
there  is  no  one  at  hand  to  dispute  him.  In  any  case, 
after  thirty  years  of  exploiting  over  the  same  ground, 
in  much  the  same  manner  and  for  the  same  purpose,  I 
have  utterly  failed  of  any  thing  like  such  desperate 
encounters  as  were  everyday  occurrences  with  Mr. 
Reid. 

To  be  sure,  I have  had  my  canoe  upset  in  quick  water 
on  various  canoe  trips,  but  being  a good  swimmer  and 
having  prepared  for  just  such  emergencies,  they  have 
only  been  vexations.  I once  lassoed  a wildcat  or 
prairie  lynx,  which  I thought  fast  in  a trap,  but  which 
came  loose  at  the  critical  moment  and  left  me  at  one 
end  of  a.  rope  with  a raging  wildcat  at  the  other;  yet 
an  animal  that  would  weigh  no  more  than  twenty-five 
pounds  could  not  be  wrung  into  a hair-raising  ad- 
venture with  good  effect.  Besides,  I had  only  to  loose 
the  rope  and  the  cat  would  have  taken  it  and  gone,  well 
satisfied  with  his  bargains.  But  hold!  there  is  one 
event  that  dawns  upon  my  memory,  which,  looked  at 
from  a certain  viewpoint,  might  be  regarded  as  a des- 
perate affair.  I will  relate  it. 

We  were  jumping  ducks  on  a western  river.  Alter- 
nate wild  rice  swamp  and  forest  margined  the  stream. 
It  was  a straight  down-stream  run  of  a hundred  miles. 
We  had  teams  with  heavy  camp  outfit,  cooks  and  so 
forth,  paralleling  the  river  overland,  with  instructions 
to  go  into  camp  at  a certain  point  halfway  down.  We 
were  crossing  an  Indian  reservation,  and  few  people 
passed  that  way.  Game  was  plenty,  and  the  forenoon 
had  been  a busy  one.  At  noon  we  had  stopped  to 
lunch  on  the  river  bank,  and  to  make  our  coffee  had 
built  a small  fire.  I had  noticed  before  starting  it  that 
the  grass  was  very  dry  and  combustible  under  the 
noonday  sun,  and  had  thought  our  fire  was  likely  to 
get  away  in  the  heavy  fitful  south  wind  that  was 
blowing;  but  as  the  Indians  had  already  burned  over 
most  of  the  country,  all  the  grass  left  being  inside  the 
small  bend  of  the  river,  an  acre  or  so,  that  surrounded 
our  camp,;  it  made  no  difference  if  fire  did  get  out. 
While  we  were  eating  Inch,  I noticed  the  fire  eating 
away  at  the  short  grass,  having  spread  a couple  of 
feet.  Thinking  to  put  it  out,  I took  a broken  bush  to 
whip  it  out  with.  One  blow,  and  the  burning  grass 
clinging  to  branch,  and  twig  was  scattered  for  ten  feet 
round.  Had  I taken  a paddle,  or  something  with  a 
flat  surface,  that  one  blow  would  have  ended  the  blaze. 
As  it  was,  the  labor  of  putting  it  out  after  it  was 
scattered  was  too  great,  considering  that  it  could  do  no 
possible  damage,  and  I made  no  further  effort  in  that 
line.  Busying  myself  in  packing  up  the  lunch  kit  ready 
for  the  start,  I paid  no  attention  to  what  my  com- 
panion, or  rather  employer,  was  doing.  Looking  up 
later  I noted  that  Capt.  B.  had  taken  up  where  I left 
off  and  was  fighting  the  fire.  I noted,  too,  that  he 
was  in  the  tall  grass  in  front  of  the  fire  striking  back 
at  it.  Indeed,  he  was  standing  in  a dense  mass  of 
swamp  grass  higher  than  his  head.  He  was  a very 
large  . man,  whose  combined  flesh  and  age  were  the 
only  just  excuse  any  man  ever  had  for  going  hunting 
for  the  healthy  exercise  it  entailed  (not  for  the  mere 
slaughter  of  game),  and  then  taking  some  one  along 
on  whom  he  could  shunt  the  exercise.  The  fire  was 
working  its  way  leisurely  through  the  short  grass  and 
only  about  a foot  from  the  dense  mass.  The  wind, 
which  was  gusty,  had  lulled  for  a moment.  The  very 
next  gust  would  shoot  a sea  of  flame  through  Capt. 
B.  s gray  hair  and  whiskers.  I saw  the  situation  at  a 
glance;  knew  the  danger,  and  shouted  to  him  to  get 
out  quick.  He  did  make  a quick  move  backward  (the 
wrong  direction)  as.  if  to  escape,  and  then  the  ground 
gave  way  beneath  him  and  he  dropped  into  a muskrat 
burrow  up  to  his  hips.  He  was  wedged  in  tightly 
and  could  not  possibly  have  gotten  out  by  his  own  ex- 
ertions. I rushed  in  and  pulled  that  200-pound  man, 
out  of  theie  like  pulling  a goose  quill  out  of  an  ink 
bottle  and  hustled  him  back  across  the  line  of  fire, 
just  as  the  next  gust  of  wind  came  and  swept  the  in- 
nocent blaze  into  ^ geething’  tna§s  of  fire  that  covered 


a hundred  feet  of  ground  in  half  a minute.  So  fierce 
was  the  heat,  that  we  were  compelled  to  turn  our  faces 
away  at  a distance  of  forty  yards.  We  watched  that 
acre  of  tall  swamp  grass  wither  before  it,  and  then  got 
into  our  canoe  and  started  on  down  the  river. 

Not  a word  was  said  about  the  matter,  nor  has  there 
been  from  that  day  to  this,  though  many  long  years 
have  passed  and  many  hundred  miles  have  been  trav- 
ersed in  that  same  canoe.  I have  often  thought  that 
the  Captain  could  not  have  understood  the  real  ex- 
tent of  his  peril,  and  must  have  been  under  the  im- 
pression that  a few  blisters  would  have  been  all  he 
would  have  had  to  contend  with  at  the  very  worst; 
then  again  he  might  have  taken  a more  cold-blooded 
view  of  the  matter  and  concluded  that  he  at  least  would 
have  soon  been  out  of  trouble,  while  on  me  would 
have  fallen  the  onus  of  presenting  to  the  wife  and 
widow  at  camp  that  night  the  few  charred  remnants  as 
all  that  remained  of  the  vigorous  sportsman  I had 
started  out  with  in  the  early  morning.  Yes,  it  is 
hard  to  penetrate  its  disguise,  but  I believe  it  was  a 
real  adventure  after  all.  E.  P.  J. 

Aitkiu,  Minn. 


Nessmuk. 

My  angler  is  something  of  a hero-worshipper.  One 
of  the  most  valued  of  his  heroes  is  the  man  whose 
writings,  over  the  signature  of  Nessmuk,  charmed  the 
readers  of  Forest  and  Stream  years  ago. 

Nessmuk’s  home  was  in  Wellsboro,  Pa.  During  a re- 
cent visit  to  that  place,  my  angler  went  to  the  old  home- 
stead, where  still  lives  Nessmuk’s  wife  and  son,  and 
also  to  the  graveyard  where  stands  the  granite  stone 
erected  by  Forest  and  Stream  over  Nessmuk’s  grave. 
At  that  time  he  made  and  brought  home  with  him  a 
drawing  of  this  stone;  the  medallion  containing  Ness- 
muk’s profile  in  bas  relief;  the  wreath,  and  the  in- 
scription, “George  W.  Sears,  born  Dec.  2,  1821,  died 
May  1,  1890,”  the  ax  carved  on  the  base  of  the  stone, 
with  the  word  “Nessmuk”  cut  on  the  handle,  being 
faithfully  reproduced.  This  stone  stands,  as  you  know, 
at  the  edge  of  the  cemetery,  near  the  pines  whose 
soughing  in  the  wind  Nessmuk  loved. 

Once,  years  ago,  my  angler  was  fishing  in  the  river, 
and  had  just  landed  a bass,  when  Nessmuk  came  slip- 
ping along  in  his  canoe,  just  in  time  to  see  the  capture, 
and  to  stop  and  chat  a few  minutes  about  fishing.  The 
fisherman  had  little  difficulty  in  identifying  the  stranger, 
for  it  was  known  that  Nessmuk  was  in  the  neighbor- 
hood. This  incident  has  figured  in  the  fireside  stories 
of  the  man  who  caught  the  bass,  as  might  the  visit  of 
an  inhabitant  of  another  sphere,  and  is  a highly  valued 
recollection.  The  canoe,  too,  has  come  to  be  described 
as  the  same  as  that  exhibited  by  Forest  and  Stream 
at  the  World’s  Fair  at  Chicago,  and  my  angler  took 
a personal  interest  in  the  number  of  lovers  of  the  woods 
who  visited  it. 

As  to  Nessmuk’s  writings  in  Forest  and  Stream, 
and  his  two  volumes,  “Woodcraft”  and  Forest  Runes,” 
my  angler  reads  them  over  and  over,  especially  in  the 
late  winter,  when  he  is  low  in  his  mind,  and  spring  is 
still  a long  way  off.  He  asserts,  though  none  dispute, 
that  Nessmuk  had  an  exceptionally  good  command  of 
clear  and  vigorous  English,  and  a style  so  direct  and 
clear,  that  there  was  never  a doubt  as  to  his  meaning; 
that,  though  he  lacked  the  training,  he  had  the  heart 
of  a poet,  and  that  “Forest  Runes”  contains  some  real 
poetry..  Again  he  maintains,  and  proves,  that  “Wood- 
craft” is  as  much  a source  book  for  writers  on  camp- 
ing as  Parkman’s  “Oregon  Trail”  is  for  writers  about 
the  Indians.  Sometimes  he  finds  in  more  recent  books 
on  this  subject  whole  paragraphs  that  apparently  should 
be  credited  to  Nessmuk,  reading  aloud  to  me  descrip- 
tions of  camp-fires  and  camps,  from  books  whose 
authors  are  widely  read,  afterward  turning  to  “Wood- 
craft” to  show  how  the  ideas,  and  occasionally  even 
the  words,  have  been  borrowed.  For  my  own  part,  I 
have  never  appreciated  Nessmuk’s  poetry,  though  I am 
willing  to  admit  that  some  of  his  poems  have  a flavor 
and  smell  of  the  woods  that  would  endear  them  to  the 
heart  of  the  nature  lover. 

My  angler  is  a camper,  and  here  again  he  is  under 
the  influence  of  Nessmuk’s  spell.-'  For  many  years  he 
pitched  his  camp  in  a maple  grove  beside  a trout 
stream  that  flows  down  through  the  Alleghanies  into 
the  west  branch  of  the  Susquehanna.  This  camp  was 
named  Camp  Nessmuk,  and  the  campers  were  known 
as  Nessmukers.  Near  by  was  an  unnamed  stream  that 
ever  since  has  been  known  as  Nessmuk  Run.  The 
camp-fire  and  the  camp  range  before  the  tent  were 
made  after  Nessmuk’s  directions,  and  the  bed  of  picked 
hemlock  browse  was  laid  according  to  Nessmuk’s  rule. 
Many  a time  have  I heard  visitors  to  this  camp  relate 
how  they  sat  at  this  camp-fire  and  heard  for  the  first 
time  the  name  of  Nessmuk,  and  how  they  listened 
through  an  evening  to  accounts  of  Nessmuk  and  his 
woodcraft,  his  ten-day  trip  across  the  trackless  forests 
of  Michigan,  his  hunting  and  fishing  camps  and  his 
canoe  trips. 

My  angler  is,  of  course,  first  of  all,  a fisherman,  and 
while  he  will  not  admit  freely  that  Nessmuk  was  a 
jfini§hed  angler,  he  appears  to  feel  that  his  favorite  added 
something  to  the  literature  of  angling  that  the  pro- 
fession could  not  well  afforc}  t9  lose,  As  ft  happens, 


Nessmuk’s  description  of  “Catching  Trout  on  the  June 
Rise”  is  a faithful  account  of  what  happened  to  him- 
self once  upon  a lucky  time. 

Probably  a similarity  of  experience  in  this  and  other 
ways  has  led  to  this  deep  appreciation,  for  the  streams 
fished  by  the  two  men  must  be  alike  in  many  ways. 
In  fact,  the  mouth  of  the  Loyalsock,  whose  “banks  and 
braes”  are  more  familiar  to  my  angler  at  certain 
seasons  of  the  year  than  are  the  paths  of  our  village 
streets,  is  but  fourteen  miles  from  the  mouth  of  Pine 
Creek,  the  stream  that  Nessmuk  loved  so  well. 

Then  again  once  upon  a time,  my  angler  invented  a 
fly,  a trout  fly,  which,  according  to  his  story,  the  trout 
adore,  and,  with  which  he  has  taken  many  a basketful  of 
trout,  when  said  trout  disdained  any  other  inducement 
to  rise.  It  is,  I understand,  similar  to  the  stone  fly, 
with  various  additions  that  catch  the  fancy  of  the 
Loyalsock  trout.  This  invincible  and  most  alluring 
fly  was  at  once  given  the  name  of  Nessmuk.  The  maker 
of  the  fly  corroborates  this  story,  and  relates  how  many 
hundred  gross  he  sells  each  year,  seeming  also  to  re- 
gard its  success  largely  due  to  the  name. 

Now — if  naming  a well-beloved  summer  camp,  a new 
stream  and  a most  remarkable  trout  fly  after  a man; 
if  poring  over  his  books,  and  recommending  them  in- 
discriminately to  everybody;  if  to  sing  his  hero’s 
praise  in  season  and  out  of  season,  does  not  brand  a 
man  as  a hero-worshipper,  my  first  proposition  must 
remain  unproved.  _ Justina  Johnson. 


Sporting  in  China. 

Among  those  who  come  to  China  on  the  steam- 
ships which  ply  between  her  principal  ports  and  western 
countries  there  occasionally  appears  a passenger  with 
a gun  case  among  his  other  baggage.  This  is  a sports- 
man, and  he  regards  as  next  in  essential  to  the  in- 
struments of  his  toilet  the  instrument  that  contributes 
to  the  chief  pleasure  of  his  outdoor  sport.  Some- 
times he  is  seen  leading  a beautiful  pointer  or  setter 
dog,  and  then  it  may  generally  be  understood  that  he 
comes  to  China  to  make  it  his  business  home. 

For  more  than  fifty  years  sportsmen  have  been 
coming  to  China  until  they  now  constitute  quite  a 
numerous  proportion  of  the  foreign  population  of  the 
Empire,  and  as  a consequence  the  game  that  formerly 
abounded  in  such  great  quantities  about  the  open  ports 
has  been  shot  or  driven  into  the  interior.  The  sports- 
man can  leave,  as  heretofore,  on  a Saturday  afternoon 
for  an  “up-country  shoot,”  but  he  does  not  return,  as 
in  the  old  days,  early  Monday  morning  with  fifty  or 
more  pheasants.  The  thoughtless  slaughter  he  in- 
dulged in  when  game  was  plentiful  now  impresses  the 
fact,  that  had  he  been  more  thoughtful  of  the  future 
he  might  have  indefinitely  prolonged  the  pleasure  of 
his  sport.  Now  one  has  to  travel  far  into  the  interior 
to  make  a bag  of  a half  dozen  pheasants  a day,'  and  as 
there  are  no  roads  in  China,  as  in  the  sense  of  roads 
in  western  countries,  the  journey  to  the  interior  has 
to  be  made  by  means  of  a boat,  and  the  pleasure  and 
comfort  of  such  a journey  greatly  depends  upon  the 
sportsman  being  fortunate  in  obtaining  a suitable  boat. 

If,  however,  the  sportsman  succeeds  in  getting  a 
suitable  boat  he  will  have  but  little  if  any  difficulty  in 
finding  his  way  to  the  “happy  hunting  ground”  of  the 
interior,  for  it  appears  that  no  country  in  the  world 
can  have  better  water  facilities  for  transportation  than 
China.  Nearly  the  whole  Empire,  from  every  point 
of  the  compass,  is  interlaced  by  creeks  and  canals,  and 
there  are  excellent  maps,  among  others,  Wade’s,  by 
the  aid.  of  which  the  traveler  or  sportsman  can  easily 
trace  his. way  to.  the  objective  point  of  his  choice. 

What  is  a suitable  boat  must  be  answered  by  the 
taste  and  desire  for  comfort  of  the  sportsman.  At  the 
port  of  Shanghai  the  boat  in  general  use  by  sports- 
men is  known  as  a houseboat,  and  some  of  these  are 
palatial  in  their  fitting  up.  But  the  houseboat  that 
will  prove  more  convenient,  and  which  will  be  found 
sufficiently  comfortable,  will  answer  to  the  following 
description,  and  would  cost  about  four  hundred  gold 
dollars.  It  should  be  about  forty  feet  in  length  and 
with  a full  width  beam,  to  insure  its  steadiness.  Such  a 
boat  can  be  divided  into  every  proper  compartment 
for  convenience,  which  would  mean  a cabin  large 
enough  for  sleeping  and  eating  purposes,  a toilet  room, 
kitchen,  and  a small  kennel  for  a dog.  The  quarters 
for  the  crew  are  generally  under  deck,  and  as  Chinese 
compose  the  crew  they,  as  a rule,  prefer  such  quarters. 
As  many  of  the  creeks  are  shallow,  especially  during 
the  latter  part  of  the  shooting  season,  it  would  be  ad- 
visable for  the  houseboat  to  be  built  of  as  light  timber 
as  possible  consistent  with  the  necessary  strength. 
The  finer  and  more  costly  class  of  boats  have  the 
hull  constructed  of  wood  very  similar  in  fibre  to  oak, 
and  which  the  Chinese  call  teakwood.  This  wood  is 
very  strong,  and  has  a beautiful  grain,  but  a hull  built 
of  Chinese  pine  and  oiled  with  Chinese  oil  is  lighter 
and  perhaps  as  durable.  The  sportsman  will  find  it 
greatly  to  his  convenience  to  have  his  boat  of  as 
light  a draft  as  may  be  without  sacrificing  strength,  and 
the  top  or  covering  should  therefore  be  of  light  boards 
closely  put  together  and  covered  with  a good  quality 
of  canvas,  and  that  well  painted.  The  top  should  be 
just  enough  oval  in  shape  to  shed  water  easily,  and  it 
can  be  strong  by  hoops  spanning  the  inside  from 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


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side 'to  side  atid  fastened  to  the  top  boards  with  Palis 
or  screws. 

If  the  boat  described  is  fitted  with  a sail,  and  nearly 
every  such  boat  is,  it  greatly  facilitates  the  going  from 
place  to  place,  for  otherwise  the  principal  means  of 
progression  is  by  sculling,  or  what  the  Chinese  say  is 
yu-loing,  which  is  done  with  an  oar  about  22  feet  long 
and  fitted  on  an  iron  pivot  and  worked  by  two  or  more 
men.  The  head  of  the  oar  is  shaped  to  resemble 
the  tail  of  a fish,  and  the  pivot  on  which  it  moves 
is  an  iron  rod,  somewhat  the  size  of  a man’s  thumb 
and  not  more  than  a few  inches  long.  The  rod  is  driven 
into  the  piece  of  timber  which  holds  together  the 
upper  part  of  the  extreme  aft  of  the  boat,  and  the  oar 
is  held  in  its  place  on  the  pivot  by  means  of  a hole 
in  the  handle  at  a proper  distance  between  the  ends. 
To  attain  the  greatest  propelling  power,  there  is  a 
small  rope  attached  near  the  end  of  the  handle  where 
it  is  grasped,  whil$  the  other  end  of  the  rope  is 
securely  fastened  to  the  side  of  the  boat  nearest  to 
which  the  iron  pivot  is  fitted,  it  never  being  fitted  in 
the  center  of  the  aft  of  a boat.  The  oarsman  who 


to  bi‘osi  Would  perplex  the  tilost  expert  navigator. 
By  no  compass  could  he  take  his  reckoning  when 
following  their  meanderings. 

Under  the  present  treaties  foreigners  can  travel  in 
the  interior  of  China,  and  when  one  preseives  his 
temperament  there  has  seldom  been  a wanton  attack 
made  by  the  natives.  The  Chinese  are  more  inclined 
to  share  the  sportsman’s  enjoyment  than  to  attempt 
or  wish  to  molest  him.  Frequently  the  inhabitants  of 
an  entire  village  will  follow  him  to  see  him  shoot,  and 
if  he  throws  away  the  empty  shells  the  boys,  and  often 
the  grown  men,  will  keep  him  company  to  pick  them 
up.  If  he  is  diplomatic  he  may  learn  from  some  of 
them  the  places  mostly  frequented  by  game  in  that 
neighborhood.  There  is  rarely  any  reason  for  a sports- 
man to  get  into  trouble  with  the  natives.  If  he  will 
put  a Mexican  dollar  or  so  in  his  pocket  there  is 
scarcely  a wound  that  he  may  accidentally  inflict  with  a 
No.  6 shot  which  will  not  heal  at  the  sight  of  that 
coin.  However  loud  the  bewailing  when  inflicted,  he 
has  only  to  put  into  the  hand  of  the  sufferer  a Mexican 
dollar,  and  there  is  quiet  and  peace.  But  when  a shot 


CHRISTMAS  SHOOT— 1904. 

Shooters,  boy,  cartridge  and  game  carriers,  dog  and  game.  The  houseboat  lies  in  the  inner  moat  of  the  wall  around  Soochow, 
China.  The  front  of  the  wall  is  perpendicular  and  has  a brick  face.  The  wall  is  twelve  miles  in  circumference,  and  its  founda- 
tion was  laid  500  B.  C. 


grasps  the  handle  of  the  oar  steadies  it  while  the  one 
who  pulls  the  rope  back  and  forth  generates  the  power 

{that  propels  the  boat.  By  such  a unique  arrangement 
large  boats,  as  long  as  a hundred  feet  and  heavily 
laden,  are  swiftly  driven  through  the  water  without  any 
very  apparent  great  exertion  on  the  part  of  the 
oarsmen. 

To  navigate  such  a boat  as  indicated,  the  number  of 
the  crew  should  not  be  less  than  five,  and  one  of  these 
the  captain,  or,  in  Chinese  phrase,  “the  lao-dah.”  And 
if  the  sportsman  is  fortunate  in  getting  a crew  that  is 
willing  and  obedient  it  will  add  very  much  to  his  suc- 
cess and  pleasure. 

The  lao-dah  is  one  of  the  noted  characters  of  Shang- 
hai. As  nearly  every  sportsman  has  his  own  house- 
boat, there  are  quite  a number  of  such  characters  at 
Shanghai.  They  are  very  annoying  when  so  disposed, 
for  when  one  is  not  in  a willing  mood  he  can  easily 
ground  the  boat  in  a narrow  creek,  or  find  water  too 
shallow  for  it  to  float  in,  and  with  the  most  assuring 
countenance  declare  how  sorry  he  is  that  the  boat  can- 
dot  proceed.  The  sportsman  will  find  it  very  much  to 
iris  advantage  to  have  a lao-dah  who  has  some  knowl- 
edge of  the  geography  of  the  territory  in  which  he 
oroposes  to  shoot,  for  in  order  to  save  time  he  must 
io  his  traveling  mostly  at  night,  and  unless  his  lao- 
lah  is  somewhat  familiar  with  the  “lay  of  the  land,”  he 
nay  wake  up  in  the  morning  to  find  himself  a long 
distance  from  the  place  he  wished  to  reach.  Great 
care  should,  therefore,  be  taken  to  engage  a reason- 
iblv  intelligent  lao-dah  who  will  command  the  services 
if  the  crew  when  needed,  or  else  the  success  of  the 
shooting  trip  will  be  constantly  interfered  with  and 
Is  pleasure  destroyed. 

After  arriving  at  the  place  where  it  is  desired  to 
dioot,  the  boat  is  made  fast  at  some  convenient  land- 
ng  on  the  banks  of  the  creek  or  canal,  and,  as  a 
^reparation,  the  sportsman  will  select  his  boy  to  carry 
[iis  cartridges  and  one  or  more  of  the  boat’s  crew  to 
carry  his  bird  bag  and  to  beat  the  places  where  the 
criers  or  other  obstructions  may  be  too  thick  for  his 
log  to  enter.  If  he  expects  to  remain  away  from  the 
coat  during  the  entire  day  he  will  have  lunch  prepared 
hnd  another  one  of  the  crew  may  be  selected  to  carry  it. 

Being  ready,  and  before  entering  the  field  for  his 
shoot,  the  sportsman  will  do  well  if  he  takes  his 
cearing  and  fixes  in  his  mind  one  or  two  conspicuous 
andmarks  of  the  surrounding  country  as  a guide  to 
-he  location  of  his  boat.  However  familiar  he  may  be 
A'ith  the  country,  there  are  times  when  such  landmarks 
•vill  guide  him  to  shorter  paths  and  save  him  much 
unnecessary  walking.  If  he  be  a true  sportsman,  he 
•vill  not  think  or  care  about  the  points  of  the  compass 
n the  intensity  of  his  pleasure  and  excitement,  and  the 
nnumerable  ditches  and  small  streams  he  will  have 


has  gone  astray  and  entered  the  leg  of  a Chinaman,  it 
is  advisable,  if  the  boat  be  near  a village  or  town,  to 
have  it  moved  at  once  to  some  other  place,  or  other- 
wise the  majority  of  the  population  will  pay  him  a visit 
with  the  view  of  also  being  compensated  to  “finish  any 
trouble.”  1 

No  reference  has  been  made  to  the  furniture  of  the 
boat,  because  the  sportsman  will  select  that  and  ar- 
range it  according  to  his  preference.  Most  of  the 
boats  are  fitted  with  bunks,  one  on  each  side,  for 
sleeping,  and  in  connection  with  a bunk  there  are  at 
least  two  drawers  for  clothes,  towels,  napkins,  boots: 
and  such  like.  It  would  be  preferable,  I think,  not  to 
have  bunks,  but  instead,  a small  folding  bed,  which 
could  be  put  aside  during  the  day,  and  thus  give  more 
room,  or  cohverted  into  a lounge,  as  one  could  be  made 
to  answer  either  purpose.  The  bunks  are  constructed 
so  as  to  be  immovable,  and  during  the  warm  weather, 
become  the  home  for  bugs,  while  a movable  sleeping 
arrangement  could  be  taken  out  of  the  boat  when  not 
in  use.  If  the  sportsman  should  fear  malaria,  or  if  his 
thirst  should  run  in  a special  direction,  he  will  take 
with  him  a bottle  of  quinine  and,  what  may  prove  more 
palatable,  a few  bottles  of  whiskey  and  soda.  J. 


Trails  of  the  Pathfinders.—  XXX* 


Fremont. — I. 

The  inequality  which  which  fame  distributes  her 
favors  has  always  been  a fertile  subject  for  moralist  and 
philosopher.  One  man  may  do  great  things,  and  yet 
through  innate  modesty,  or  ill  fortune  of  some  sort,  may 
make  no  impression  on  the  popular  imagination;  so  that 
his  deeds  are  soon  forgotten.  Another,  by  a series  of 
fortunately  narrated  adventures  of  relatively  much  less 
difficulty  and  danger,  may  acquire  the  name  of  having 
accomplished  great  things.  Zebulon  M.  Pike,  the  ex- 
plorer, was  a man  of  the  first  kind.  John  C.  Fremont, 
commonly  spoken  of  as  the  Pathfinder,  and  by  many 
people  believed  to  have  been  the  discoverer  of  the  Rocky 
Mountains,  belonged  to  the  second  class.  The  work  that 
Fremont  did,  w.as  good  work,  but  it  was  not  great.  He 
was  an  army  officer,  sent  out  to  survey  routes  across  the 
continent;  and  he  did  his  duty,  and  did  it  well;  but  he 
did  not  discover  the  Rocky  Mountains,  nor  did  he  dis- 
cover gold  in  California,  as  often  supposed.  He  passed 
over  routes  already,  well  known  to  the-men  of  the  plains 
and  the  mountains,  and  discovered  little  that  was  new, 
except  the  approximate  location:  of  many  points.  Never- 
theless, in  his  two  expeditions,  which  cover  the  years 
1842  and  1843  and  ’44,  he  traversed  10,000  miles  of  wil- 


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defiiess,  belwedi  the  'Missouri  ftlvef  &hd  tlw  shoteS  of 
the  Pacific;  and  he  connected  the  surveys  of  the  State 
of  Missouri  with  those  made  by  the  Wilkes  expedition, 
at  the  mouth  of  the  Columbia.  This  involved  much 
labor  and  hardship,  arid  was  of  high  value  at  the  time, 
but  it  is  not  to  be  compared  witii  the  work  done  by 
Lewis  and  Clark,  and  Pike;  and  the  fact  that  Fremont 
gained  great  fame  while  his  predecessors  seemed  until 
recently  to  be  almost  forgotten,  seems  unjust. 

Fremont’s  first  expedition  went  only  as  far  as  the 
Rocky  Mountains,  terminating  at  the  South  Park  and 
Fremont's  Peak.  The  second,  which  reached  those 
mountains  by  another  route,  crossed  them  at  the  South 
Pass,  and  proceeded  west  to  the  Oregon  River  (the  Co- 
lumbia), and  northern  California. 

The  story  of  these  two  journeys  is  embodied  in  a re- 
port addressed  to  the  Chief  of  the  Corps  of  Topo- 
graphical Engineers,  and  published  In  Washington  in 

1845. 

Although  a formal  report,  made  by  an  army  officer, 
and  written  in  the  ordinary  style  of  an  itinerary  of  the 
daily  march,  yet  Fremont’s  ac~ount  of  his  travels  is 
told  with  much  vividness;  and  quite  apart  from  the  in- 
terest which  attaches  to  it  as  a description  of  the  still 
unexplored  West,  it  attracts  by  its  graphic  style.  The 
accoums  of  the  hunting,  encounters  with  Indians,  and 
mountain  climbing,  are  spirited ; and  the  descriptions 
of  wild  scenery  show  r^al  feeling. 

Fremont’s  party  consisted  of  Charles  Preuss,  his  as- 
sistant in  topography;  L.  Maxwell,  a hunter,  with  Kit 
Carson  as  guide.  Besides  these,  he  had  engaged  more 
than  twenty  Frenchmen,  Creoles,  and  Canadian  voy- 
ageurs,  old  prairie  men,  who  had  been  servants  of  the 
fur  companies.  Among  these  men  are  such  names  as 
Lambert,  L’Esperance,  Lefevre,  Lajeunesse,  Cadotte, 
Clement,  Simonds,  Latulippe,  Badeau,  Chardonnais,  and 
Janisse.  The  children  and  grandchildren  of  some,  per- 
haps of  many  of  these  men,  are  still  living,  at  various 
points  in  the  West,  and  still  bear  the  names  of  their 
ancestors.  Joseph  Clement,  for  example,  probably  a son 
of  old  man  Clement,  lives  to-day  on  the  Standing  Rock 
Indian  Reservation,  in  South  Dakota.  Nicholas  and 
Antoine  Jeunesse,  or  Janisse,  a few  years  ago  were  still 
alive,  one  at  Pine  Ridge,  the  other  at  Whetstone  Agency, 
in  South  Dakota. 

The  expedition  started  on  Friday,  June  10,  from 
Cyprian  Chouteau’s  trading  post,  near  the  mouth  of  the 
Kansas  River,  and  marched  up  that  stream.  Their  bag- 
gage, instruments  and  provisions  were  carried  in  mule 
carts,  of  which  they  had  eight;  and  the  men,  except  the 
drivers  of  these  carts,  were  mounted;  and  some  of  them 
drove  loose  horses,  and  a few  oxen  taken  along  as  food. 
They  marched  up  the  Kansas  River,  and  from  time  to 
time  purchased  milk,  butter,  and  vegetables  at  Indian 
farms,  a condition  of  things  which  indicates  that  the  In- 
dians at  that  time  were  further  advanced  toward  civiliza- 
tion and  self-support  than  many  of  them  seem  to  be  at 
the  present  day.  It  was  the  practice  to  encamp  an  hour 
or  two  before  sunset,  when  the  carts  were  arranged  so 
as  to  form  a sort  of  barricade,  or  at  least  to  mark  the 
boundaries  of  a circle  about  the  camp,  eighty  yards  in 
diameter. 


“The  tents  were  pitched,  and  the  horses  hobbled  and 
turned  loose  to  graze ; and  but  a few  minutes  elapsed 
before  the  cooks  of  the  messes,  of  which  there  were  four, 
were  busily  engaged  in  preparing  the  evening  meal. 
* * * When  we  had  reached  a part  of  the  country 
where  such  a precaution  became  necessary,  the  carts 
being  regularly  arranged  for  defending  the  camp,  guard 
was  mounted  at  8 o’clock,  consisting  of  three  men,  who 
were  relieved  every  two  hours;  the  morning  watch  being 
horse  guard  for  the  day.  At  daybreak,  the  camp  was 
roused,  the  animals  turned  loose  to  graze,  and  breakfast 
generally  over  between  6 and  7 o’clock,  when  we  re- 
sumed our  march,  making  regularly  a halt  at  noon  for 
one  or  two  hours.  Such  was  usually  the  order  of  the 
day,  except  when  accident  of  country  forced  a variation; 
which,  however,  happened  but  rarely.” 

The  party  had  the  usual  vicissitudes  of  prairie  travel 
in  old  times.  Horses  were  lost,  and  time  spent  in  recov- 
ering them ; rain-swollen  rivers  must  be  crossed,  the  ani- 
mals driven  in  to  swim,  and  the  carts  transported  on  an 
india  rubber  boat.  Such  river  crossings  were  especially 
subject  to  accident;  and  on  one  of  his  first,  Fremont, 
through  carelessness,  lost  overboard  some  of  his  carts, 
and  a large  quantity  of  his  baggage;  though  everything 
except  part  of  the  provisions  was  recovered.  During  a 
halt  of  a couple  of  days,  on  the  Kansas  River,  on  account 
of  bad  weather,  the  men  were  busy  drying  things  that 
had  been  wetted,  and  preparing  for  the  continuation  of 
the  march.  Here  it  was  noticed  that  “in  the  steep  bank 
of  the  river  were  nests  of  innumerable  swallows,  into 
one  of  which  a large  prairie  snake  had  got  about  half 
his  body,  and  was  occupied  in  eating  the  young  birds. 
The  old  ones  were  flying  about  in  great  distress,  darting 
at  him,  and  vainly  endeavoring  to  drive  him  off.  A shot 
wounded  him,  and  being  killed,  he  was  cut  open,  and 
eighteen  young  swallows  were  found  in  his  body.” 

During  his  march  up  the  Kansas  River,  Fremont  no- 
ticed the  rich  appearance  of  the  soil  of  the  bottom ; and 
speaks  of  passing  a large  but  deserted  Kansas  village, 
“scattered  in  an  open  wood  along  the  margin  of  the 
stream,  on  a spot  chosen  with  the  customary  Indian  fond- 
ness for  beauty  of  scenery.  The  Pawnees  had  attacked 
it  in  the  early  spring.  Some  of  the  houses  were  burnt, 
and  others  blackened  with  smoke,  and  weeds  were  al- 
ready getting  possession  of  the  cleared  places.”  June  17 
they  crossed  the  Big  Vermillion,  and  Big  Blue;  and  saw 
their  first  antelope;  while  Carson  brought  in  a fine  deer. 
They  were  now  on  the  trail  of  a party  of  emigrants  to 
Oregon,  and  found  many  articles  that  they  had  thrown 
away.  Game  began  to  be  abundant ; there  were  flocks 
of  turkeys  in  the  bottom  of  the  Little  Blue;  elk  were 
seen  on  the  hills,  and  antelope  and  deer  abounded.  When 
they  reached  the  Pawnee  country,  many  were  the  tales 
told  of  the  craft  and  daring  of  these  independent  people. 
One  morning  they  had  a genuine  Indian  alarm ; a man 
who  was  somewhat  behind  the  party,  rode  up  in  haste, 
shouting,  “Indians!  Indians!”  He  stated  that  he  had 
seen  them,  and  had  counted  twenty-seven.  The  com- 
mand was  at  once  halted,  and  the  usual  precautions  made 
for  defense,  while  Carson,  mounting  one  of  the  hunting 
horses,  set  out  to  learn  the  cause  of  the  alarm.  “Mount- 
ed on  a fine  horse,  without  a saddle,  and  scouring  bare- 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM, 


headed  over  the  prairie,  Kit  was  one  of  the  finest  pic- 
tures of  a horseman  I have  ever  seen.  A short  time 
enabled  him  to  discover  that  the  Indian  war  party  of 
twenty-seven,  consisted  of  six  elk,  who  had  been  gazing 
curiously  at  our  caravan  as  it  passed,  and  were  now 
scampering  off  at  full  speed.  This  was  our  first  alarm, 
and  its  excitement  troke  agreeably  on  the  monotony  of 
the  day.” 

■ The  party  now  crossed  over  to  the  Platte  River — which 
Fremont  calls-  the  Nebraska — and  encamped  on  its 
banks.  Two  days  later,  while  they  were  halted  for  noon, 
there  came  the  startling  cry,  “Du  monde!” — people.  In  a 
moment,  all  were  prepared  for  defense.  Horses  were 
driven  in,  hobbled  and  picketed,  and  the  horsemen  were 
galloping  at  full  speed  in  the  direction  of  the  new 
comers,  screaming  and  yelling  with  the  wildest  excite- 
ment. The  travelers  proved  to  be  a small  party,  under 
the  charge  of  a man  named  John  Lee,  which  had  left 
Fort  Laramie  two  months  before,  endeavoring  to  trans- 
port the  furs  of  the  American  Fur  Company  down  the 
Platte  by  boat;  they  had  started  with  the  annual  flood, 
but  before  they  had  traveled  150  miles,  found  that  their 
waterway  had  become  too  shoal  for  their  boats;  they  had 
therefore  cached  their  possessions,  and  had  started  east 
on  foot,  carrying  on  their  backs  their  provisions,  cloth- 
ing, and  a few  light  furs.  It  was  from  among  this  party 
that  Fremont  engaged  Latulippe,  who,  though  on  his 
way  to  St.  Louis,  really  had  no  special  desire  to  go  there, 
and  was  quite  willing  to  turn  about  and  face  the  west 
again 

The  same  day  three  Cheyennes  were  met,  returning 
from  an  unsuccessful  horse-stealing  expedition  against 
the  Pawnee  village.  They  joined  the  party,  and  for 
some  days  afterward  traveled  in  its  company.  On  the 
29th,  the  first  buffalo  were  seen,  and  on  the  following 
day,  these  animals  swarmed  “in  immense  numbers  over 
the  plain,  where  they  had  left  scarcely  a blade  of  grass 
standing.”  “We  had  heard  from  a distance  a dull  and 
confused  murmuring,  and  when  v e came  in  view  of  their 
dark  masses  there  was  not  one  among  us  who  did  not 
feel  his  heart  beat  quicker.  It  was  the  early  part  of 
the  day,  when  the  herds  are  feeding,  and  everywhere 
they  were  in  motion.  Here  and  there  a huge  old  bull 
was  rolling  in  the  grass,  and  clouds  of  dust  rose  in  the 
air  from  various  parts  of  the  bands,  each  the  scene  of 
some  obstinate  fight.  Indians  and  buffalo  make  the 
poetry  and  life  of  the  prairie,  and  our  camp  was  full  of 
their  exhilaration.”  Here  first  they  feasted  on  buffalo 
meat.  Fremont  says : “At  any  1 ime  of  the  night  might 

be  seen  pieces  of  the  most  delicate  and  choicest  meat, 
roasting  en  appolas,  on  sticks  around  the  fire,  and  the 
guard  were  never  without  company.  With  pleasant 
weather  and  no  enemy  to  fear,  an  abundance  of  the  most 
excellent  meat,  and  no  scarcity  of  bread  or  tobacco,  they 
were  enjoying  the  oasis  of  a voyageur’s  life.  Three  cows 
were  killed  to-day.  Kit  Carson  had  shot  one,  and  was 
continuing  the  chase  in  the  midst  of  another  herd,  when 
his  horse  fell  headlong,  but  sprang  up  and  joined  the 
flying  band.  Though  considerably  hurt,  he  had  the  good 
fortune  to  break  no  bones;  and  Maxwell,  who  was 
mounted  on  a fleet  hunter,  captured  the  runaway  after  a 
hard  chase.  He  was  on  the  point  of  shooting  him,  to 
avoid  the  loss  of  his  bridle  (a  handsomely  mounted 
Spanish  one),  when  he  found  that  his  horse  was  able  to 
come  up  with  him.” 

The  next  day  Fremont  himself  made  a chase  for  buf- 
falo. He  says,  under  date  of  July  1 : “As  we  were  riding 
quietly  along  the  bank,  a grand  herd  of  buffalo,  some 
seven  or  eight  hundred  in  number,  came.  crowding  up 
from  the  river,  where  they  had  been  to  drink,  and  com- 
menced crossing  the  plain  slowly,  eating  as  they  went. 
The  wind  was  favorable ; the  coolness  of  the  morning 
invited  to  exercise ; the  ground  was  apparently  good,  and 
the  distance  across  the  prairie  (two  or  three  miles)  gave 
us  a fine  opportunity  to  charge  them  before  they  could 
get  among  the  river  hills.  It  was  too  fine  a prospect  for 
the  chase  to  be  lost;  and,  halting  for  a few  moments, 
the  hunters  were  brought  up  and  saddled,  and  Kit  Car- 
son,  Maxwell,  and  I,  started  together.  They  were  now 
somewhat  less  than  half  a mile  distant,  and  we  rode 
easily  along  until  within  about  three  hundred  yards, 
when  a sudden  agitation,  a wavering  in  the  band,  and  a 
galloping  to  and  fro  of  some  which  were  scattered  along 
the  skirts,  gave  us  the  intimation  that  we  were  discov- 
ered. We  started  together  at  a grand  gallop,  riding 
steadily  abreast  of  each  other,  and  here  the  interest  of 
the  chase  became  so  engrossingly  intense,  that  _we  were 
sensible  to  nothing  else.  We  were  now  closing  upon 
them  rapidly,  and  the  front  of  the  mass  was  already  in 
rapid  motion  for  the  hills,  and  in  a few  seconds  the 
movement  had  communicated  itself  to  the  whole  herd. 

“A  crowd  of  bulls,  as  usual,  brought  up  the  rear,  and 
every  now  and  then  some  of  them  faced  about,  and  then 
dashed  on  after  the  band  a short  distance,  and  turned 
and  looked  again,  as  if  more  than  half  inclined  to  stand 
and  fight.  In  a few  moments,  however,  during  which 
we  had  been  quickening  cur  oace,  the  rout  was  universal, 
and  we  were  going  over  the  ground  like  a hurricane. 
When  at  about  thirty  yards,  we  gave  the  usual  shout 
(the  hunter’s  pas  de  charge),  and  broke  into  the  herd. 
We  entered  on  the  side,  the  mass  giving  way  in  every 
direction  in  their  heedless  course.  Many  of  the  bulls, 
less  active  and  less  fleet  than  the  cows,  paying  no  atten- 
tion to  the  ground,  and  occupied  solely  with  the  hunter, 
were  precipitated  to  the  earth  with  great  force,  rolling 
over  and  over  with  the  violence  of  the  shock,  and  hardly 
distinguishable  in  the  dust.  We  separated  on  entering, 
each  singling  out  his  game. 

“My  horse,  was  a trained  hunter,  famous  in  the  West 
under  the  name  of  Proveau,  and,  with  his  eyes  flashing, 
and  the  foam  flying  from  his  mouth,  sprang  on  after  the 
cow  like  a tiger.  In  a few  moments  he  brought  me 
alongside  of  her,  and,  rising  in  the  stirrups,  I fired  at  the 
distance  of  a yard,  the  ball  entering  at  the  termination 
of  the  long  hair,  and  passing  near  the  heart.  She  fell 
headling  at  the  report  of  the  gun,  and,  checking  my 
horse,  I looked  around  for  my  companions.  At  a little 
distance,  Kit  was  on  the  ground,  engaged  in  tying  his 
horse  to  the  horns  of  a cow  which  he  was  preparing  to 
cut  up.  Among  the  scattered  bands,  at  some  distance 
below,  I caught  a glimpse  of  Maxwell;  and  while  I was 
looking,  a light  wreath  of  white  smoke  curled  away  from 
his  gun,  from  which  I was  too  far  to  hear  the  report. 
JJearer,  and  between  me  and  the  hills,  towards  which 


they  were  directing  their  course,  was  the  body  of  the 
herd,  and,  giving  my  horse  the  rein,  we  dashed  after 
them.  A thick  cloud  of  dust  hung  upon  their  rear,  which 
filled  my  mouth  and  eyes,  and  nearly  smothered  me.  In 
the  midst  of  this  I could  see  nothing,  and  the  buffalo 
were  not  distinguishable  until  within  thirty  feet.  They 
crowded  together  more  densely  still  as  I came  upon 
them,  and  rushed  along  in  such  a compact  body,  that  I 
could  not  obtain  an  entrance — the  horse  almost  leaping 
upon  them.  In  a few  moments  the  mass  divided  to  the 
right  and  left,  the  horns  clattering  with  a noise  heard 
above  everything  else,  and  my  horse  darted  into  the 
opening.  Five  or  six  bulls  charged  on  us  as  we  dashed 
along-  the  line,  but  were  left  far  behind;  and,  singling 
out  a cow,  I gave  her  my  fire,  but  struck  too  high.  She 
gave  a tremendous  leap,  and  scoured  on  swifter  than 
before.  I reined  up  my  horse,  and  the  band  swept  on 
like  a torrent,  and  left  the  place  quiet  and  clear.  Our 
chase  had  led  us  into  dangerous  ground.  A prairie-dog 
village,  so  thickly  settled  that  there  were  three  oj  four 
holes  in  every  twenty  yards  square,  occupied  the  whole 
bottom  for  nearly  two  miles  in  length.  Looking  around, 
I saw  only  one  of  the  hunters,  nearly  out  of  sight,  and 
the  long  dark  line  of  our  caravan  crawling  along,  three 
or  four  miles  distant.” 

Continuing  up  the  Platte  River,  describing  the  coun- 
try, the  stream,  the  plants  and  animals  seen,  and  the 
daily  incidents  of  the  journey,  Fremont  reached  the  junc- 
tion of  the  North  and  South  Platte,  and  camped  there 
on  the  2d  of  July.  On  the  4th,  there  was  a little  cele- 
bration; liquor  was  served  to  the  men;  and  at  night,  the 
day  was  celebrated  by  a feast;  which  led  the  Cheyenne 
Indians,  who  were  with  the  camp,  to  ask  if  such  “medi- 
cine days  come  often.”  Incidentally,  the  Indian  boy  got 
drunk.  This  day  was  marked  also  by  another  excitement 
in  camp : “While  we  were  at  breakfast,  a buffalo  calf 

broke  through  the  camp,  followed  by  a couple  of  wolves. 
In  its  fright,  it  had  probably  mistaken  us  for  a band  of 
buffalo.  The  wolves  were  obliged  to  make  a circuit 
around  the  camp,  so  that  the  calf  got  a little  the  start, 
and  strained  every  nerve  to  reach  a large  herd  at  the  foot 
of  the  hills,  about  two  miles  distant;  but,  first  one,  and 
then  another,  and  another  wolf  joined  in  the  chase,  until 
his  pursuers  amounted  to  twenty  or  thirty,  and  they  ran 
him  down  before  he  could  reach  his  friends. 

The  buffalo  here  were  enormously  abundant,  and  dur- 
ing the  afternoon,  clouds  of  dust,  rising  from  different 
points,  announced  the  approach  of  the  different  herds  to 
the  water.  They  came  down,  column  after  column,  gal- 
loping directly  to  the  river.  “By  the  time  the  leading 
herds  had  reached  the  water,  the  prairie  was  darkened 
with  the  dense  masses.  Immediately  before  us,  when  the 
bands  first  came  down  into  the  valley,  stretched  an  un- 
broken line,  the  head  of  which  was  lost  among  the  river 
hills  on  the  opposite  side;  and  still  they  poured  down 
from  the  ridge  on  our  right.  From  hill  to  hill,  the  prairie 
bottom  was  certainly  not  less  than  two  miles  wide;  and, 
allowing  the  animals  to  be  ten  feet  apart,  and  only  ten 
in  a line,  there  were  already  eleven  thousand  in  view. 
Some  idea  may  thus  be  formed  of  their  number  when 
they  had  occupied  the  whole  plain.  In  a short  time  they 
surrounded  us  on  every  side ; extending  for  several  miles 
in  the  rear,  and  forward  as  far  as  the  eye  could  reach; 
leaving  around  us,  as  we  advanced,  an  open  space  of  only 
two  or  thrpe  hundred  yards.” 

Fremont  now  decided  to  divide  his  forces,  sending  one 
party  up  the  North  Platte,  to  Fort  Laramie,  and  another 
up  the  South  Platte,  to  St.  Vrain’s  fort,  and  thence 
across  country  to  a meeting  point  at  Fort  Laramie.  This 
last  party  he  determined  to  take  charge  of  himself,  taking 
Mr.  Preuss,  and  four  of  his  best  men.  The  Cheyennes, 
whose  village  was  supposed  to  be  on  the  South  Platte, 
also  decided  to  accompany  him.  The  party  for  the  North 
Fork  was  to  be  in  charge  of  Clement  Lambert.  The 
separation  took  place  July  5.  The  party  following  up 
the  South  Platte  took  one  lead  horse,  and  a pack  mule, 
and  traveled  very  light.  The  cook  had  been  ordered  to 
prepare  provisions  for  this  outfit,  and  they  started.  When 
they  stopped  for  noon,  however,  they  discovered  that  the 
provisions  they  supposed  they  were  carrying,  had  been 
left  behind,  and  they  had  nothing  to  eat  except  the  meat 
of  a poor  bull  that  they  had  killed  during  the  day.  As 
the  trip  promised  to  be  a hard  one,  Fremont  sent  two 
of  his  men,  Preuss  and  Bernier,  across  the  country  to 
rejoin  those  who  were  traveling  up  the  north  branch  of 
the  river.  Buffalo  were  still  extraordinarily  abundant, 
and  one  of  the  incidents  of  the  march  was  a bull  fight  on 
a large  scale,  which  the  travelers  intercepted : “In  the 

course  of  the  afternoon,  dust  rising  among  the  hills  at 
a particular  place,  attracted  our  attention ; and  riding  up, 
we  found  a band  of  eighteen  or  twenty  buffalo  bulls  en- 
gaged in  a desperate  fight.  Though  butting  and  goring 
were  bestowed  liberally,  and  without  distinction,  yet  their 
efforts  were  evidently  directed  against  one — a huge  gaunt 
old  bull,  very  lean,  while  his  adversaries  were  all  fat  and 
in  good  order.  He  appeared  very  weak  and  had  already 
received  some  wounds,  and,  while  we  were  looking  on, 
was  several  times  knocked  down  and  badly  hurt,  and  a 
very  few  moments  would  have  put  an  end  to  him.  Of 
course  we  took  the  side  of  the  weaker  party,  and  attacked 
the  herd;  but  they  were  so  blind  with  rage,  that  they 
fought  on,  utterly  regardless  of  our  presence,  although 
on  foot  and  on  horseback  we  were  firing  in  open  view 
within  twenty  yards  of  them.  But  this  did  not  last  long. 
In  a very  few  seconds,  we  created  a commotion  among 
them.  One  or  two,  which  were  knocked  over  by  the 
balls,  jumped  up  and  ran  off  into  the  hills;  and  they 
began  to  retreat  slowly  along  a broad  ravine  to  the  river, 
fighting  furiously  as  they  went.  By  the  time  they  had 
reached  the  bottom,  we  had  pretty  well  dispersed  them, 
and  the  old  bull  hobbled  off,  to  lie  down  somewhere.  One 
of  his  enemies  remained  on  the  ground  where  we  had 
first  fired  upon  them,  and  we  stopped  there  for  a short 
time  to  cut  from  him  some  meat  for  our  supper.”  The 
next  day,  quite  unexpectedly,  they  were  charged  by  about 
three  hundred  Indians,  Arapahoes,  who  were  well  known 
to  Maxweil,  who  had  been  a trader  with  them  a year  or 
two  before.  The  mistake  was  recognized  before  hostili- 
ties actually  commenced,  and  friendly  relations  were  es- 
tablished. These  Arapahoes  were  about  to  make  a sur- 
round on  the  north  side  of  the  river;  and  though,  from 
a distance  Fremont  watched  the  whole  operation,  he  did 
not  see  a single  buffalo  emerge  from  the  cloud  of  dust 
which  hung  over  the  herd,  and  their  relentless  pursuers. 


(April  22,  1905. 


A day  or  two-  later,  while  still  at  some  distance  from 
St.  Vrain’s  fort,  two  white  men  and  the,  even  then,  no- 
torious Jim  Beckworth,  were  met;  and  a little  beyond 
that  a camp  of  four  or  five  white  men,  who  had  accom- 
panied Captain  Wyeth  to  the  Columbia  River.  Next, 
Fremont  came  to  Chabonard’s  camp,  on  an  island  in  the 
Platte.  Chabonard  had  started  down  the  river  with  furs, 
belonging  to  Bent  and  St.  Vrain,  and  had  been  finally 
stranded,  and  forced  to  give  up  his  trip,  at  this  island. 
The  next  day  they  came  to  the  post,  and  were  cordially 
received  by  Mr.  St.  Vrain. 

At  the  post  no  provisions  could  be  had,  except  a little 
coffee;  but  the  way  from  here  to1  Fort  Laramie  was  1 
through  a country  supposed  to  abound  in  buffalo ; so  that  ! 
there  was  no  danger  of  starvation.  Here  Fremont  ob- 
tained a couple  of  horses  and  three  mules ; and  he  also  ; 
hired  a Spaniard  for  his  trip ; and  took  with  him  two 
others  who  were  going  to  obtain  service  on  the  Laramie 
River.  Crossing  various  streams  they  passed  through  a 
pleasant  buffalo  country,  and  crossed  Lodgepole  Creek, 
and  Horse  Creek,  coming  to  Goshen’s  Hole.  The  curious  , 
bad-lands  there,  reminded  the  traveler  of  other  points 
on  the  North  Platte — Court-house  Rock  and  Chimney 
Rock;  and  he  compares  the  pass  into  Goshen’s  Hole  to  a 
massive  fortified  place.  “Along  the  whole  line  of  the 
parapets  appear  domes  and  slender  minarets,  forty  or 
fifty  feet  high,  giving  it  every  appearance  of  an  old  for- 
tified town.  On  the  waters  of  the  White  River,  where 
this  formation  exists  in  great  extent,  it  presents  appear-' 
ances  which  excite  the  admiration  of  the  solitary  voy- 
ageur,  and  forms  a frequent  theme  of  their  conversation 
when  speaking  of  the  wonders  of  the  country.  Some- 
times it.  offers  the  perfectly  illusive  appearance  of  a large  ' 
city,  with  numerous  streets  and  magnificent  buildings, 
among  which  the  Canadians  never  fail  to  see  their 
cabaret-,  and  sometimes  it  takes  the  form  of  a solitary] 
house,  with  many  large  chambers,  into  which  they  drive 
their  horses  at  night,  and  sleep  in  these  natural  de- 
fences perfectly  secure  from  any  attack  of  prowling  > 
savages.” 

The  party  struck  the  North  Platte  thirteen  miles  below 
Fort  Laramie,  and  continuing  up  the  stream,  they  first 
carne  in  view  of  Fort  Platte,  a post  belonging  to  Messrs. 
Sybille,  Adams  & Co. ; and  from  there  kept  on  up  to  Fort 1 
John,  or  Fort  Laramie.  Mr.  Preuss  and  his  party  had 
already  reached  there,  but  had  been  much  alarmed  by  the 
accounts  of  Indian  hostilities,  received  from  James 
Bridger  and  a large  party  of  traders  and  trappers  that 
he  was  guiding  eastward.  George  Bird  Grinnell. 

[to  be  continued.] 


Woodcock  in  Norway, 

It  is  in  the  middle  of  April.  A warm  south  wind  has; 
been  blowing  for  the  last  few  days,  and  out  in  the  fields 
the  moist  black  earth  is  commencing  to  show  through ! 
its  covering  of  snow.  The  sparrows  and  magpies  have! 
been  chattering  and  fighting  all  day,  and  everything: 
seems  to  have  waked  up  to  a new  life  after  the  long  and 
hard  winter.  To-day  the  maaltrost’s*  warblings  have  been' 
heard  in  the  woods,  and  we  know  the  woodcock  has' 
arrived. 

About  sundown  the  gun  is  taken  from  its  peg,  a hand- 
ful of  shells  together  with  pipe  and  tobacco  is  shoved  in! 
the  pocket,  and,  as  the  snow  is  still  deep  in  the  woods, 
a pair  of  skis  is  taken  along.  A ten  minutes’  walk  brings 
us  to  a clearing,  where  we  are  pretty  certain  of  seeing, 
birds,  and  after  we  find  a convenient  stump  to  sit  on,  the: 
pipe  is  filled  and  got  agoing  and  we  are  ready  for  them., 

Phis  way  of  hunting  the  woodcock  is  very  comfortable.! 
You  don’t  have  to  run  around  looking  for  them,  as  they 
come  right  to  you.  Every  evening  in  spring,  when  mating, 
yd  till  the  latter  part  of  June,  the  birds  fly  around  in 
the  woods,  mostly  along  and  over  clearings  and  marshes, 
making  a sound  resembling  a sharp  “pisst,”  followed  by  a 
sort  of  a “croak.” 

The  flight  starts  a little  after  sundown  and  continues' 
till  dark,  when  they  keep  quite  close  to  the  ground,  and’ 
fly  a good  deal  like  an  owl. 

. It  is  a way  of  hunting  the  game-butcher  does  not  appre-' 
ciate,  as  the  bag  is  light — one  or  two  birds  for  an  even- 
ing, and  very  often  none  at  all;  but  to  the  genuine  lover  i 
of  nature  it  has  a charm  of  its  own  with  which  no  other 
sport  can  compare. 

How  quiet  and  peaceful  in  the  pine  woods  at  the  ebb- 
ing of  day.  The  wind  whispers  gently  in  the  fir  trees, 
and  from  a nearby  tree-top  the  clear  liquid  warblings  of  i 
a maaltrost  is  heard. 

The  glorious  coloring  of  the  western  sky  is  com- 
mencing to  disappear  when  a faint  “pisst”  is  heard  in  the 
distance,  and  with  the  gun  “at  ready,”  we  wait  for  the  ! 
bird  to  appear.  The  call  comes  nearer  and  nearer,  and 
at  last  the  bird  is  seen  silhouetted  against  the  western 
sky,  flying  slowly  along  with  his  bill  turned  toward  the' 
ground,  singing  his  love-song.  At  the  report  of  the  gun 
he  tumbles  to  the  ground,  where  we  find  him  in  all  his' 
fluffy  beauty;  his  big  reproachful  eyes  making  us  feel 
like  a murderer. 

The  pipe  is  filled  again  and  we  take  our  seat  on  the 
old  stump.  Dusk  is  now  fast  settling  over  the  woods. 
The  maaltrost  has  ended  his  song,  and  all  is  quiet  save 
the  distant  hoot  of  an  owl,  and  the  rippling  and  tinkling 
of  a little  brook.  The  color  has  now  disappeared  from, 
the  western  sky,  and  the  tall  pines  stand  dark  and  silent. 
Night  is  dropping  its  curtain. 

A “pisst”  close  at  hand  wakes  us  from  our  meditations. 
A shadowy  form  is  seen  flitting  among  the  pines.  The! 
last  of  the  birds  for  to-night.  cHE  S. 


*A  thrush. 


Mosquitoes  and  Malaria  of  Old. 

Under  date  of  February.  8,  1905,  United  States  Con- 
sul Marshal  Halstead,  Birmingham,  England,  reports, 
that  in  the  London  Times  of  the  same  date  there  was 
a cablegram  from  Colombo,  Ceylon,  dated  February  7,1 
in  which  the  statement  is  made  that  Sir  A.  J.  Blake  had 
announced,  at  a meeting  of  the  Asiatic  Society,  that 
Singhalese  medical  books  of  the  sixth  century  recorded. 
67  varieties  of  mosquitoes  and  424  kinds  of  malarial  fever 
caused  by  mosquitoes. 


April  22,  190$.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


SIS 


Albino  Brook  Trout. 


Notes  of  an  Experiment  at  the  Adirondack  Hatchery. 

BY  G.  E.  WINCHESTER,  FOREMAN. 

During  the  hatching  period  of  1902  there  were  pro- 
duced at  this  hatchery  out  of  one  million  brook  trout 
eggs  about  forty  pure  albinos,  and  about  ten  others 
which  were  of  a bluish  silvery  gray  tint.  These  fish 
were  at  once  placed  in  a separate  compaitment,  and 
given  the  best  possible  attention.  They  proved  to  be 
unusually  weak  fry,  and  died  from  time  to  time  until 
only  two  of  the  albinos  and  two  of  the  others  weie  lett 

on  Aug.  30,  1903.  . ... 

At  this  time  the  albinos  had  attained  a creamy  white 
color,  dotted  with  crimson  spots,  and  had  pink  eyes. 
The.  others  had  the  natural  eye,  and  showed  only  taint 
crimson  spots  with  markings  on  the  back  and  sides 
that  were  more  of  a barred  appearance  than  mottled. 
All  four  of  the  fish  had  the  natural  form,  and  showed 
the  instincts  of  the  parent  fish.  In  September,  1903- 
the  four  fish  were  exhibited  in  a small  tank  at  the 
State  Fair  at  Syracuse,  where  they  attracted  consider- 
able attention* 

As  the  two  albinos  were  male  and  female,  it  was  de- 
cided  to  use  them  for  experimental  purposes,  and  the 
eggs  were  taken  on  Nov.  10,  I903\  The  fish  were  then 
at  the  age  of  20  months,  they  weighed  about  one-halt 
pound,  and  the  female  was  the  larger  of  the  two.  A 
total  of  630  eggs  were  produced  by  the  albino  female, 
which  were  treated  as  follows:  5 27  of  the  eggs  were 
fertilized  with  milt  from  the  albino  male,  and  103  of  the 
eggs  were  crossed  with  milt  from  the  natural  male 
trout.  Also  424  eggs  of  the  natural  female  trout  were 
crossed  with  the  milt  of  the  albino  male. 

On  Feb.  IS,  of  the  first  lot  but  65  eggs  remained;  of 
the  second  lot  but  55,  and  of  the  third  lot  418-  It 
was  then  evident  that  few  ii  any  of  the  pure  albino 
eggs  would  hatch,  and  but  few  of  the  eggs  crossed 
to  the  natural  male,  while  it  was  expected  that  a lai  ge 
percentage  of  the  eggs  taken  from  the  natural  fish 
and  crossed  with  the  albino  male  would  live.  _ 

The  pure  albinos  and  the  crosses  began  hatching 
about  the  same  time,  March  1,  and  finished  hatching 
on  March  13.  Of  the  pure  albinos  (627  eggs)  32  fish 
hatched  and  lived,  or  about  6 per  cent.  Several  of  these 
were  imperfect,  but  it  was  hoped  to  raise  most  of  the 
perfect  ones.  They  resembled  the  parent  albino  fish, 
but  were  unmistakably  weak  and  delicate.  Out  of  the 
103  eggs  taken  from  the  cross  of  the  female  albino  with 
the  natural  male,  43  fish  hatched,  or  about  42  per 
cent.  Of  these  several  were  imperfect,  but  the  others 
were  notably  stronger  than  the  pure  albinos,  and  re- 
sembled the  parent  male  more  than  they  did  the  female 
fish.  Of  the  opposite  cross  of  424  eggs  from  the 
natural  female  fertilized  by  the  albino  male,  416  hatched, 
or  98  per  cent.  All  these  were  perfect  fish,  and  as 
strong  apparently  as  any  natural  brook  trout.  They  all 
resembled  the  female  or  natural  brook  trout,  and  none 
showed  the  albino  cross. 

On  April  13,  or  thirty  days  after  the  hatching,  the 
record  stood  as  follows:  Pure  albinos  living,  20,  or 
about  62  per  cent.;  cross  bf  albino  female  with  natural 
male,  all  dead;  cross  of  natural  female  with  albino  male, 

all  living.  . , 

The  bluish-gray  pair  did  not  spawn,  and  are  ap- . 

parently  barren  fish.  ....  , 

The  albino  female  now  measures  9 inches  in  length, 
and  the  male  6p2  inches.  . 

The  bluish-gray  fish  are  7 and  8 inches  long  re- 
spectively for  the  male  and  female. 

The  male  albino  died  soon  after  the  exhibit  at  the 
State  Fair  at  Syracuse,  in  September,  1904. 


Some  Bird  Names. 

BY  ERNEST  INGERSOLL. 

We  now  come  to  the  geese  and  ducks. 

The  former  name  is  evidently  descended  through 
Teutonic  channels  from  a remote  Aryan  source,  which 
has  given  anser  to  the  Latin  and  gans  to  modern  Ger- 
man. Gander  is  a wrongly  constructed  English  mascu- 
line, by  what  Scheie  de  Vere  denominates  “an  abuse _ of 
language”:  and  geese  is  one  of  those  few  remaining 
plurals,  like  mice,  women,  etc.,  which  are  formed  by  a 
change  of  the  radical  vowel.  In  Arctic  America  all 
geese  are  “wavies,”  which  I take  to  be  a corruption  of 
the  Cree  or  Chippeway  (Algonkin)  name  of  these  birds, 
doubly  derived  from  their  word  for  “white”  (the  plum- 
age), which  also  stood  in  this  language  for  “north”  (the 
place  of  white  snow),  whence  the  geese  came. 

The  “brant”  is  always  said  to  be  the  “burnt”-goose, 
and  to  be  so  called  from  the  charred  or  sooty  black  of  its 
plumage,  the  word  easily  suffering  this  change  in  popular 
speech,  as  might  be  shown  by  numerous  parallels  in  mod- 
ern Scotch  and  provincial  English  dialects.  In  the  old 
English  and  Scandinavian  tongues  brant  meant  steep- 
ness, as  of  precipitous  cliffs;  but  there  is  nothing  in  the 
habits  of  these  fowls  to  attach  such  a word  to  them.  The 
name  of  another  species,  with  which  this  is  closely  asso- 
ciated, the  barnacle  goose,  recalls  an  old  superstition  that 
these  birds  were  hatched  from  the  big  barnacles  that 
stud  the  rocks  of  northern  Europe. 

The  duck  is,  of  course,  “the  diver,”  or  creature  that 
ducks.  “But  drake  is  an  entirely  different  word;  it  is 
contracted  from  ened-rake  or  end-rake,  a masculine  form 
of  the  Anglo-Saxon  ened,  a duck.  In  Swedish,  and  is  a 
duck,  and  anddrake  is  a drake;  in  German,  ente  is  a 
duck,  enterich,  a drake;  the  first  part  of  the  word  being 
from’  the  stem  of  the  Latin  anas  { anat -)  a duck,  and  the 
suffix  is  allied  to  the  Gothic  reiks,  ruling,  mighty,  and  to 
ric  in  ‘bishop-ric’.  So  that  drake  means  ‘duck-king5.” 


{Wharton).  Two  French  words  are  interesting  in  this 
connection.  Canard,  the  modern  French  word  for  duck, 
seems  to  have  come  from  an  older  word  for  goose,  chang- 
ing its  ornithology  more  than  its  form : as  for  mallart 
(our  mallard),  that  is  merely  a male  duck,  and  originally 
had  nothing  to  do  with  any  one  species,  as  the  English 
and  Americans  apply  it;  but  it  was  always,  probably,  re- 
stricted to  wild  ducks. 

The  list  of  Anatidce  holds  many  old  English  names. 
The  gadwall  or  “gadwell”  seems  to  have  struck  the  per- 
son who  called  it  so  as  a good  “gadder”  or  goer.  The 
pintail  duck  is  sometimes  called  “pile-start”  in  Massa- 
chusetts, which  is.  in  reality  only  a _ synonym ; and 
“wigeon”  is  often  spelled  with  a d.  This  is  wrong,  for, 
according  to  Mr.  Wharton  {Zoologist,.  1882,  p.  no),  it  is 
descended  from  Pliny’s  name  vipio,  in  a manner  anal- 
ogous to  pigeon  from  pipio.  The  shoveller  _ takes  its 
name  from  its  spatulate  beak:  and  “teal”  is  said  to  come 
from  the  same  root  as  the  verb  to  till,  or  cultivate.  Pro- 
fessor Skeat  says  that  “the  original  sense  was  merely  ‘a 
brood,5  or  a ‘flock.5  and  its  use  as  a specific  form  was 
accidental.”  It  is  a curious  fact  that  from  the  Latin 
sound-name  of  this  duck,  querquedula,  came  the  modern 
Mexican  name  “cerceta,”  and  also  that  of  an  English  fal- 
con, which  was  trained  to  fly  at  teal  and  hence  came  to 
be  called  a kestrel.  A local  name  in  New  Flampshire  for 
the  redhead  or  pochard  is  “quindar,”  which  may  ,be  a 
corruption  of  French-Canadian  canard.  “Bell-bird”  and 
“whistler”  are  heard  in  New  England  for  the  noisy 
Encephala  clangula,  while  its  brother-species  {B.  albeola ) 
is  usually  called  “buffle-head” — a shortening  for  “buffalo- 
head.”  There  is  no  need  of  adding  duck  to  “eider”  in 
speaking  of  that  famous  down-producer.  Eider  is  an 
ancient  Icelandic  name,  but  the  early  writers  speak  only 
of  its  eggs,  as  the  down  did  not  become  an  article  of 
value  until  its  introduction  into  British  trade  in  the  fif- 
teenth century.  The  scoter  is  “the  scudder” ; and  the 
scaup  received  its  name  from  its  love  of  shellfish,  a bed 
of  which  was  a “scaup”  in  old  Scotch.  In  America 
“sheldrake”  is  a synonym  of  the  merganser  {mergus  and 
anser,  diving  goose)  or  “gooseander,”  but  formerly,  in 
the  Old  World,  this  name  belonged  to  Harelda  glacialis, 
the  long-tail  duck  of  northern  waters;  the  word  is  prop- 
erly shield-drake,  and  denotes  the  shield-shaped  mark 
upon  the  bird’s  breast.  “The  singularity  of  its_  cry  has 
caused  it,  in  the  countries  it  frequents,  to  receive  some 
peculiar  names,  indicative  of  the  sounds  emitted;  thus 
in  the  north  of  England  and  in  Scotland,  it  is  known  by 
the  whimsical  appellation  ‘Coal-and-candle-light’ ; in  the 
United  States,  Wilson  informs  us,  it  goes  by  the  title  of 
'South-southerly5 ; in  Kamtschatka  the  natives  call  it 
‘a-au-gitche5 ; and  the  North  American  Indians  ‘caccawee5 
and  ‘ha-ha-way.5  55  So  writes  Selby.  “Old  Injun”  (male) 
and  “old  squaw”  are  common  names  in  New  England, 
reminding  us  of  “lord  and  lady”  given  popularly  to  the 
odd  little  “harlequin”  {Histrionicus  torquatus)  in  ad- 
miration of  its  fine  feathers. 


Birds’  Sense  of  Smell* 

From  Nature. 

A study  of  the  habits  of  flesh-eating  birds  shows  that 
if  they  possess  the  sense  of  smeli  at  all,  it  is  not 
sufficiently  acute  to  enable  them  'to  use  it  in  finding 
food.  All  observers  are  agreed  that  when  a carcass  is 
hidden,  by  never  so  slight  a screen,  it  is  safe  from  the 
attacks  of  vultures  and  other  carrion-seekers;  but  the 
most  remarkable  proof  of  the  ineffectiveness  of  the 
sense  (if  it  exist  at  all)  is  afforded  by  experiences 
which  Dr.  Guillemard  was  good  enough  to  relate  to 
me.  Many  times  it  has  happened,  he  tells  me,  that, 
having  shot  a wild  beast  or  other  game  which  was 
too  heavy  to  carry  home,  he  has  disemboweled  it,  and 
has  hidden  the  carcass  in  the  hole  of  an  “ant-bear.” 
On  returning  with  natives  to  carry  it  to  camp,  he  has 
found  a circle  of  vultures  standing  round  the  spot  where 
the  offal  had  been  thrown,  completely  unaware  of  the 
carcass  within  a few  yards  of  their  beaks.  Of  observa- 
tions proving  the  possession  of  the  sense  I know  none, 
unless  we  are  willing  to  accept  as  evidence  the  belief, 
which  is  very  general  among  fanciers,  that  birds  are 
attached  to  the  smell  of  anise,  and  the  similar  belief 
of  gamekeepers  in  some  parts  of  the  country  that  they 
are  attracted  by  valerian.  It  is  said  that  pigeons  may 
be  prevented  from  deserting  the  dove-cote  by  smearing 
their  boxes  with  oil  of  anise.  Poachers  are  supposed 
to  lure  hen  pheasants  from  a wood  by  anointing  gate- 
posts with  tincture  of  valerian. 

With  the  view  of  testing  the  smelling  powers  of 
graminivorous  birds,  I placed  a pair  of  turkeys  in  a 
pen  which  communicated  with  a large  wired-in  run.  The 
pen  was  closed  by  means  of  a trapdoor.  In  the  run 
I placed,  each  day,  two  heaps  of  grain,  right  and  left 
of  the  trap-door,  but  so  far  in  front  of  it  that  they 
made  with  it  an  angle  of  about  50  degrees.  Various 
substances  which  give  out  a powerful  odor  were  placed 
under  one  of  the  heaps,  alternately  the  right  and  the 
left.  The  birds  were  lightly  fed  in  the  morning  in  their 
pen.  At  2 o’clock  the  trap-door  was  raised,  and  they 
were  admitted  to  the  inclosure.  It  was  curious  to  note 
that  after  the  first  few  days  the  hen  almost  always  came 
out  first  (in  the  last  ten  experiments  this  rule  was 
broken  but  once),  and  invariably  went  to  the  heap  on 
her  right;  the  cock  following  went  to  the  heap  on  the 
left.  The  cock  usually  tried  the  hen’s  heap  after  feed- 
ing for  a short  time  from  his  own,  but  the  hen  never 
trespassed  upon  the  preserve  of  the  cock.  In  the 
earlier  observations  I placed  beneath  one  of  the  heaps 
a slice  of  bread  soaked  with  tincture  of  asafetida,  es- 
sence of  anise,  oil  of  lavender,  or  sprinkled  with  valeri- 
anate of  zinc  or  powdered  camphor.  When  the  birds, 
plunging  their  beaks  into  the  bread,  took  some  of  the 
tincture  or  essential  oil  into  the  mouth,  the  head  was 


lifted  up  and  shaken,  but  they  immediately  recom- 
menced to  peck  at  the  grain.  They  were  completely 
indifferent  to  the  presence  of  camphor  or  valerianate 
of  zinc.  In  several  cases  in  which  these  substances 
were  used,  they  consumed  the  bread.  As  a turkey  does 
not  steady  the  thing  at  which  it  is  pecking,  with  its 
foot,  but,  seizing  it  in  the  beak,  shakes  it  violently  until 
a piece  is  detached,  it  is  probable  that  most  of  the 
powder  was  shaken  from  the  bread. 

As  these  experiments  gave  absolutely  negative  re- 
sults, the  birds  showing  neither  preference  for  nor  re- 
pugnance to  any  of  the  odorous  substances  used,  I pro- 
ceeded to  stronger  measures.  The  grain  was  placed 
upon  a 7-inch  cook’s  sieve,  inverted.  The  odorous 
substance  was  placed  beneath  the  sieve.  Each  of  the 
following  experiments  was  repeated  three  times,  first 
with  a small  quantity  of  smed,  then  with  a great  deal, 
and  lastly  with  as  much  as  possible.  It  is  only  necessary 
to  describe  the  final  tests.  Four  ounces  of  carbide  was 
thrown  into  the  saucer  of  water  and  placed  beneath  one 
of  the  sieves.  There  was  no  reason  to  think  that  the 
birds  were  aware  of  the  existence  of  the  acetylne  which 
was  evolved.  The  saucer  was  filled  with  bisulphide  of 
carbon.  The  hen  turkey  finished  her  meal.  When  the 
grain  was  exhausted  she  knocked  the  sieve  over  with 
her  foot.  Both  birds  then  lowered  their  beaks  to  with- 
in half  an  inch  of  the  colorless  liquid,  which  they  ap- 
peared to  examine.  It  is  perhaps  unfortunate  that  they 
had  already  satisfied  their  thirst  at  the  water-trough. 
A bath  sponge  soaked  in  chloroform  was  placed  under 
the  sieve,  the  wire  of  which  rested  upon  it.  The  hen 
finished  her  meal  without  leaving  the  sieve.  Toward 
the  end  she  pecked  very  slowly,  and  frequently  raised 
her  head  and  stretched  her  wings  as  if  partially  nar- 
cotized. This  experiment  was  repeated  on  the  cock, 
but  I could  not  detect  any  indications  of  narcosis.  The 
saucer  was  filled  with  hot  dilute  sulphuric  acid,  into 
which  an  ounce  of  powdered  cyanide  of  potassium  was 
thrown.  The  evolution  of  prussic  acid  was  so  violent  that 
I considered  the  neighborhood  unsafe.  My  gardener, 
who  was  working  thirty  yards  away,  spoke  to  me  of 
the  “smell  of  almonds.”  For  some  minutes  the  cock 
turkey  fed  with  his  usual  eagerness;  then,  suddenly, 
he  began  to  stagger  round  the  inclosure,  crossing  his 
legs  and  holding  his  beak  straight  up  in  the  air.  He 
made  his  way  back  into  the  pen,  where  he  stood  with 
head  down  and  wings  outstretched.  After  ten  minutes 
he  returned  to  the  inclosure,  but  did  not  eat  any  more 
grain.  His  comb  and  wattles  were  deeply  suffused  with 
blood. 

In  all  observations  on  the  sense  of  smell  of  animals 
we  have  an  obvious  difficulty  to  face.  There  is  no 
reason  for  supposing  that  an  animal  enjoys  an  odor 
which  pleases  us  or  dislikes  one  which  we  find  disagree- 
able. My  dog  appeared  to  be  almost  indifferent  to 
bisulfid  of  carbon.  He  showed,  however,  great  repug- 
nance to  chloroform  and  prussic  acid.  It  is  difficult 
to  think  that  an  animal  which  is  unable  to  protect  itself 
from  the  injurious  effects  of  such  drugs  as  these  can 
possess  the  sense  of  smell. 


English  Starlings  in  Australia. 

United  States  Consul-General  Bray  writes  from  Mel- 
bourne, Victoria : “The  English  starlings,  first  intro- 

duced here  from  Great  Britain  for  the  destruction  of 
insects,  and  protected  by  law,  have  completely  changed 
their  habits,  and  have  now  become  a serious  pest  to 
orchardists.  The  few  pairs  of  these  birds  brought  into 
the  State  a few  years  ago  have  increased  to  myriads,  and 
have  become  so  destructive  to  the  fruit  industry  that  the 
regulations  framed  for  their  protection  by  law  have  been 
repealed,  and  energetic  steps  are  advocated  for  their 
eradication.  The  fruit  destroyed  by  them  includes 
peaches,  pears,  cherries,  figs,  apricots,  plums,  grapes, 
strawberries,  and  apples.  Both  vine  growing  and  fruit 
growing  are  seriously  threatened  if  the  pest  is  not  sup- 
pressed. 

“From  many  districts  reports  come  that  fruit  growing 
will  have  to  be  given  up  unless  some  radical  steps  are 
taken.  As  many  as  ten  cases  of  apples  have  been  de- 
stroyed by  a flock  of  these  birds  in  less  than  half  an  hour. 
Valuable  insect-eating  birds,  such  as  kingfishers,  diamond 
birds,  tree  swallows,  and  tree  creepers,  are  being  driven 
out  of  their  nesting  places  in  tree  hollows  by  swarms  of 
starlings,  and  before  long  the  birds  so  useful  to  the 
farmer  and  orchardist  will  be  driven  out  of  the  State. 
The  starling  is  said  to  raise  five  broods  in  a year  and 
multiply  with  amazing  rapidity.  In  one  district  three 
years  ago  not  one  was  to  be  seen;  now  there  are  thou- 
sands. 

“The  Royal  Agricultural  Society  of  Victoria  and  all 
other  similar  associations  are  uniting  in  a request  to  the 
Government  to  take  active  steps  to  eradicate  the  pest.” 


The  Audubon  Society. 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  Audubon  Society  of  the 
State  of  New  York  was  held  on  Thursday  afternoon  of 
last  week  at  the  American  Museum  of  Natural  History. 
William  Dutcher,  President  of  the  National  Association 
of  the  Audubon  Society,  presided. 

Following  the  reading  of  the  report  of  the  Secretary, 
Emma  H.  Lockwood,  officers  were  elected  for  next  year, 
including  the  old  Board  of  Directors. 

The  report  of  the  Secretary  says,  in  part: 

“The  Society  has  practically  won  the  battle  in  stopping 
the  slaughter  of  song  and  insectivorous  birds  for  milli- 
nery purposes.  This  was  but  an  incidental  feature  of 
the  great  work  at  best.  It  must  be  remembered  that  the 
best  of  laws  may  be  repealed.  It  is  now,  therefore,  in- 
cumbent upon  the  Society  to  build  up  an  impregnable 
wall  of  public  opinion  with  which  to  resist  any  attacks 
in  the  future.” 


014 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


(Atm  m,  is m 


anmmtnm 


The  Blue  Buck* 

During  my  residence  in  South  Africa,  there  was  no 
animal  which  I met  oftener,  and  which  excited  my  in- 
terest more,  than  the  diminutive  blue  buck  of  the 
colonists;  blau-bok  of  the  Boers,  and  ipiti  of  the  Zulus. 
Residing  on  the  outskirts  of  Durban,  Natal,  and  at 
the  foot  of  the  Berea  Hill,  which  was  covered  with  a 
densd  forest  growth,  making  an  ideal  haunt  for  this 
pretty  and  interesting  little  bush-loving  antelope,  I 
constantly  met  it,  on  unexpected  occasions  and  fre- 
quently in  company  with  its  relative,  the  duyker-bok 
(diver  buck),  so  called  from  its  rapid  manner  of  diving 
and  darting  through  the  densest  undergrowth  when 
frightened. 

My  first  meeting  with  it  happened  a few  days  after 
taking  possession  of  my  shanty,  while  I was  trying  to 
become  acquainted  with  my  surroundings.  I had 
wandered  through  the  thick  woods,  to  the  upper  por- 
tion of  the  hill,  just  back  of  my  abode,  on  an  intensely 
hot  afternoon,  and  had  seated  myself  at  the  foot  of  a 
huge  tree,  which  afforded  a refreshing  shelter;  I had 
lolled  back  against  the  massive  trunk  and  was  lazily 
puffing  a penny  clay  pipe,  when  my  attention  was  at- 
tracted by  a series  of  suppressed  snorts,  just  behind  me. 
I did  not  dare  to  make  the  attempt  of  slowly  turning 
around  the  tree,  for  fear  that  the  action  would  cause 
the  animal  to  beat  a hasty  retreat.  Therefore,  I re- 
mained perfectly  quiet  for  a few  moments  when,  hap- 
pening to  cast  a look  over  my  right  shoulder,  I caught 
a partial  view  through  the  intervening  foliage  of  a 
huge  collard  fruit  bat,  which  was  swinging  from  a 
bough  not  more  than  ten  feet  above  the  ground.  In- 
stantly divining  that  it  was  the  cause  of  the  sounds 
emitted  by  the  animal  which  I could  not  see,  I re- 
mained perfectly  quiet,  and  awaited  developments.  My 
patience  was  not  severely  tried,  as  in  a few  seconds,  by 
glancing  over  my  shoulder,  I detected  a portion  of  the 
head  of  a tiny  antelope  thrust  through  the  leaves,  with 
increased  snorts,  and  vigorously  striking  the  earth  with 
one  of  its  fore  feet.  The  actions  of  the  antelope  did  not 
seem  to  interfere  with  the  slumber  of  the.  bat,  which 
continued  motionless  and  evidently  enjoying  a deep 
sleep.  The  blue  buck  finally  became  so  excited,  that 
it  passed  out  from  under  the  foliage  into  an  open 
space,  nearly  underneath  the  hanging  bat,  when  it  be- 
gan to  spring  upward,  as  if  it  were  endeavoring  to 
pierce  it  with  its  diminutive  horns.  After  making 
several  ineffectual  attempts,  it  happened  to  alight  with  its 
head  turned  in  my  direction,  when  it  caught  a glimpse  of 
me  and  instantly  scrambled  out  of  sight  and  hearing.  I 
straightened  up  and  made  my  way  down  the.  hill, 
much  diverted  with  my  first  interview  with  this  inter- 
esting little  animal.  Henceforth  I never  wandered  in 
the  bush  without  my  Winchester,  as  the  incident  taught 
me  to  be  constantly  on  the  lookout  for  game  of  any 
description,  the  capture  of  which  thoroughly  interested 
me,  besides  making  a welcome  addition  to  my  daily 
bills  of  fare. 

But  a short  time  elapsed  before  I succeeded  in  shoot- 
ing one,  under  somewhat  difficult  conditions.  I had 
gone  into  the  bush  to  select  some  slender  growths  of 
timber,  and  was  in  the  act  of  notching  several  of  a 
group  with  my  knife,  when  my  attention  was  attracted 
by  hearing  a slight  sound— very  similar  to  that  which 
I had  heard  but  a short  time  previously.  I cautiously 
kneeled  down  and  gradually  managed  to  lie  flat  on  the 
ground,  so  that  I could  peer  underneath  the  foliage 
and  past  the  bodies  of  the  slim  trees  which  surrounded 
me.  My  maneuver  was  a complete  success,  as  I found 
myself  within  full  view  of  three  blue  bucks,  two  of 
which  were  evidently  males,  preparing  to  battle  for  the 
possession  of  the  third  one,  which.  was  a female.  My 
patience  was  not  severely  tried,  as  in  a very  short  time 
they  sprang  at  one  another  and  interlocked  horns. 
Thenceforth  it  was  merely  a test  of  strength,  which 
was  brought  to  an  end  by  one  gradually  pressing  the 
other  backward,  some  eight  or  ten  feet,  when  the 
weaker  one  gave  up  the  battle  by  unlocking  his  horns 
and  rushing  somewhat  in  my  direction.  During  the 
fight  my  rifle  had  been  firmly  held  against  my  shoulder, 
ready  to  make  a shot  at  any  time,  and,  just  as  I ex- 
pected, the  vanquished  one  ran  but  a short  distance,  be- 
fore he  stooped,  in  order  to  catch  his  wind,  when  a 
bullet  dropped  him  in  his  tracks,  while  the  conqueror 
and  his  prize  vanished  in  the  thick  undergrowth. 

I had  just  crossed  the  Tonga  River,  in  Ponda  Land, 
when  a shortage  of  fresh  meat  was  reported,,  and  I 
started  on  a ramble  down  the  banks  of  the  river  to 
see  if  I could  replenish  the  larder.  Picking  my  way 
along  cautiously,  and  keeping  a sharp  lookout  for 
game,  I had  gone  but  a few  hundred  feet  when  I de- 
tected something  moving  through  the  undergrowth  just 
ahead  of  me.  Exercising  the  greatest  vigilance,  I 
slowly  moved  forward,  and  was  finally  rewarded  by 
catching  a glimpse  of  a pair  of  blue  bucks  lounging 
along,  and  nipping  off  dainty  bits  of  the  foliage. 
Noticing  just  ahead  of  them  a thin  place  in  the  vege- 
tation. I trained  the  rifle  for  the  spot  and  awaited  the 
appearance  of  the  game.  The  female  was  the  first  to 
reach  it,  and  I was  anxiously  looking  for  the  male,  to 
follow  suit,  as  I wished  particularly  to  secure  him. 
Suddenly  I was  startled  by  the  whiz  of  an  assegai,  and 
the  female  darted  out  of  sight.  Keeping  my  position 
and  awaiting  developments,  I soon  caught  sight  of  a 
Kaffir  quickly  advancing  through  the  thicket;  and  so 
intent  was  he  on  securing  his  game,  that  he  did  not 
detect  my  proximity,  until  I was  alongside  of  him 
just  as  he  was  lifting  it  on  to  his  shoulders.  I was 
coolly  saluted  with  the  customery  “Ugh,”  and  informed 
that  he  knew  of  my  being  in  the  vicinity,  and  was  on 
his  way  to  my  camp,  when  he  fortunately  encountered 
the  pair  of  antelopes.  His  spear  had  struck  the  buck 


with  such  force,  just  behind  the  foreshoulder,  that  its 
head  projected  on  the  opposite  side.  It  required  but 
a few  moments  to  bargain  for  his  prize  and  its  delivery 
at  my  bivouac,  where  he  was  received  with  a profusion 
of  congratulatory  ejaculations,  by  my  Zulu  henchmen. 

In  my  wanderings  in  the  neighborhood,  I once  en- 
countered a device  for  trapping  blue  bucks  alive,  which 
I ascertained  was  quite  successful.  It  consisted  of  a 
long,  rough  fence  of  boughs,  reeds,  etc.,  with  an  opening 
in  the  center,  which  led  the  animal  into  a crate-like 
trap  of  reeds.  I visited  it  for  several  days  before  suc- 
ceeding in  encountering  the  Zulu  who  had  built  it. 
Finally,  one  morning  I detected  a buck  in  the  trap,  and 
had  not  to  wait  long  before  the  trapper  put  in  an  ap- 
pearance. It  did  not  require  much  persuasion  to  in- 
duce him  to  part  with  his  booty,  as  I supplemented  my 
words  with  an  offer  of  sufficient  coin  to  purchase  at 
the  butcher  shop  in  Durban  sufficient  meat  to  last  him 
for  some  time.  This  occurrence  was  the  means  of 
my  obtaining  several  other  living  specimens  of  this 
beautiful  little  animal. 

I made  it  my  mission  to  pass  along  the  fence  as 
often  as  possible,  and  one  morning  detected  an  opening 
underneath,  which  seemed  to  have  been  made  by  some 
small  creeping  animal.  In  order  to  test  if  it  was  a 
regular  passageway,  I filled  the  aperture  with  leaves, 
and  on  passing  along'  the  next  morning  I discovered 
that  some  animal  had  forced  its  way  through  during 
the  night.  That  afternoon  I arranged  a noose  trap,  and 
the  next  morning  found  that  I had  been  successful  in 
snaring  a small  badger-like  animal,  which  was  en- 
tirely new  to  me.  It  was  the  Cape  hyrax,  a very 
singular  genus  of  mammalia;  and  in  spite  of  my  utmost 
endeavors  to  secure  a living  specimen,  I was  never 
able  to  do  so.  Frank  J.  Thompson. 


Flanking  a Wolf* 

I started  one  day  in  the  summer  to  ride  from  a saw- 
mill that  the  Government  had  on  the  North  Concho 
River  to  Fort  Chadbourne.  This  country  was  on  the 
frontier  then,  and  away  out  on  it,  too.  There  was  no 
one  here  except  ourselves  and  the  Indians,  and  the  In- 
dians did  not  want  us  here.  I had  to  keep  a good  look- 
out or  they  might  be  around  here  and  want  me.  There 
was  a creek  that  crossed  the  road  I was  on  just  ahead  of 
me,  it  had  steep  banks  that  had  been  cut  away  at  the 
ford,  and  when  coming  toward  them  I would  not  ap- 
proach them  by  the  road.  I could  not  see  if  there  were 
anyone  down  near  the  water;  it  would  just  be  into  an 
Indian’s  hand,  to  let  me  ride  down  between  these  banks, 
then  when  I could  not  turn  my  horse  in  a moment,  shoot 
me;  but  I had  been  out  here  about  long  enough  to  know 
better  than  to  ride  up  to  where  I expected  to  find  In- 
dians before  I found  out  whether  they  were  there  or  not. 
I left  the  road  a couple  of  hundred  yards  before  I got 
to  the  ford,  then  striking  across  the  prairie,  got  to  the 
creek  above  the  ford,  then  rode  down  along  the  bank. 

When  I was  still  some  distance  above  the  ford,  about  a 
dozen  prairie  wolves  and  one  loper*  wolf  ran  up  from; 
the  water.  They  told  me  that  there  were  no  Indians  near 
here  or  they  would  not  be  here;  and  they  were  not  here 
long,  either.  The  coyotes  lit  out  across  the  prairie  be- 
hind me;  they  might  just  as  well  have  taken  their  time 
about  it,  I would  not  hurt  them;  and  the  big  loper  left 
on  a slow  gallop  off  in  the  other  direction  toward 
some  low  hills  on  the  right  of  the  road.  He  was  a hun- 
dred yards  from  me  now,  and  was  not  losing  any  time 
about  getting  still  further  from  me. 

At  first  I thought  to  let  him  go.  I did  not  care  to  run 
my  horse , the  day  was  too  warm , and  I had  a long  road 
before  me  yet;  but  after  the  loper  had  got  several  hun- 
dred yards  away  I took  after  him. 

This  route  was  across  the  grass,  and  partly  up  hill. 
There  was  a long  low  hill  in  front  of  us , and  the  wolf 
was  going  to  it.  If  he  crossed  it  I would  let  him  go.  I 
knew  the  country  behind  the  hill,  it  was  a chaparral,  a 
prairie  covered  with  low  bushes.  I might  as  well  hunt  a 
needle  in  a haystack  as  hunt  a wolf  here  when  mounted. 

He  ran  ahead  of  me  parallel  with  the  hill,  but  did  not 
seem  to  be  going  to  cross  it  soon ; his  hind  legs  were 
trailing  after  him  as  though  his  back  were  broken.  But 
I had  seen  lopers  before;  I knew  that  there  was  nothing 
the  matter  with  his  back  now,  there  might  be  if  I could 
get  close  enough  to  reach  him  with  a pistol,  though.  . A 
carbine  was  of  no  use  here,  I would  only  be  wasting 
ammunition  on  him  if  I tried  to  use  it  while  mounted, 
and  I had  none  to  waste. 

When  these  lopers  are  run  they  travel  with  their  head 
turned  back  and  can  see  what  is  going  on  behind  them. 
It  takes  a good  horse  to  run  one  of  them  down;  a cart 
horse  would  have  no  business  here.  I had  one  under  me 
that  could  run  them  down,  though,  if  I let  him  out ; but 
I did  not  want  to  run  him  to-day  to  shoot  a wolf.  I 
might  need  all  the  speed  he  had  before  night  to  keep 
from  being  shot  myself.  We  never  could  tell  out  here 
when  we  might  have  to  get  out  before  a party  of  In- 
dians, who  were  too  many  for  one  man  to  stand  off.  I 
had  had  to  let  my  horse  get  up  and  travel  before  them 
more  than  once,  and  always  took  good  care  to  have  a 
horse  that  could  do  it  when  I wanted  it  done;  so  I was 
not  fool  enough  t6  kill  a good  horse  hunting  a wolf  I did 
not  need. 

He  kept  on  ahead  of  me,  j ust  keeping  far  enough  ahead 
to  be  safe;  he  was  not  hunting  himself;  if  I had  gone 
faster  so  would  he.  At  last  he  turned  to  the  left  and 
climbing  the  low  hill,  disappeared  over  it. 

I pulled  up  now  to  go  back,  and  just  then  remembered 
that  about  a hundred  yards  ahead  of  me  here  this  hill 
was  cut  through  by  a dry  ravine;  an  arroyo  it  is  called. 

^Loper,  corruption  o£  Sp.  lobo,  wolf.  _ J , ; „j-. 


It  had  been  made  by  the  water  in  the  wet  season  break- 
ing through  to  lower  ground. 

That  wolf  may  stop  and  take  a rest  behind  that  hill,  I 
thought,  then  wait  to  see  if  I was  coming  after  him.  He 
has  filled  himself  with  water  at  the  creek  and  don’t  care 
just  now  to  do  much  more  running  than  he  has  to  do.  I 
had  served  under  McClellan  long  enough  to  know  how 
to  execute  one  of  his  flank  movements — he  was  heavy 
on  the  flank  movement — and  I ought  to  be  able  to  flank 
a wolf,  but  would  not  have  any  pickets  out  on  his  flank; 
his  front  was  what  he  need  look  after,  and  he  would  be 
doing  that  himself.  I’ll  flank  him. 

I rode  down  to  the  arroyo,  then  turned  up  it,  and  soon 
got  behind  the  hill.  The  wolf  was  here  right  enough. 
He  stood  just  at  the  foot  of  the  hill  watching  to  see  if 
I would  come  over  it.  He  had  not  seen  me  yet;  so  pull- 
ing my  horse  up  here  I got  ready  to  let  him  hear  from 
me.  Drawing  my  carbine  out  of  its  case  under  my  leg 
I sprung  the  lever,  not  making  any  more  noise  in  doing 
it  than  was  necessary.  I meant  to  fire  at  him  out  of  the 
saddle.  My  horse  would  stand  like  a rock  while  I did  it. 
I had  taught  him  to  stand  or  lie  down  if  I wanted  him 
to.  The  banks  on  each  side  of  the  gully  I was  in  were 
as  high  as  my  saddle;  and  the  bushes  that  grew  on  the 
bank  between  me  and  the  wolf  screened  me  from  him. 
He  was  a little  more  than  a hundred  yards  away.  So  I 
aimed  at  the  lower  line  of  his  belly,  just  behind  his  fore 
leg.  I wanted  to  hit  him  behind  the  shoulder ; but  these 
Spencer  carbines  carried  high  at  a hundred  yards. 

I fired  and  the  wolf  fell;  but  I had  not  killed  him,  he 
lay  there-  clawing  around  and  probably  cursing  his  curi- 
osity now  that  had  led  him  to  stop  here,  when  his  better 
judgment  had  told  him  to  keep  moving;  he  had  all 
eastern  Texas  to  keep  running  in.  I had  to  keep  on  up 
the  ravine  for  some  distance  before  I found  a place 
where  I could  ride  out  of  it,  then  I rode  over  toward 
the  wolf.  He  was  still  rolling  around,  and  my  horse  was 
timid  about  going  up  to  him,  so  I let  him  stop  thirty 
yards  away,  then  sent  three  pistol  balls  over  to  the  wolf. 

Two  of  them  hit  him ; the  other  did  not  miss  him  by 
more  than  a mile,  and  the  wolf  lay  still.  I got  off  my 
horse  and  led  him  up  and  examined  the  wolf.  My  car- 
bine ball  had  taken  him  well  back  in  the  flank,  it  was 
high  enough  but  too  far  back.  One  pistol  ball  caught 
him  in  the  head,  another  had  broken  his  back. 

I mounted  now  and  rode  off.  I had  wasted  nearly  an 
hour  of  the  Government's  time  and  about  fifteen  cents’ 
worth  of  its  ammunition,  shooting  a wolf  that  I had  no 
use  for. 

The  time  I made  up  many  times  after  this  out  of  my 
own  time  when  I ought  to  have  been  asleep,  but  the  am- 
munition was  a total  loss. 

I need  not  have  lost  it,  though  I might  easily  have 
found  it  again  had  1 not  forgotten  to  report  it.. 

Nothing  is  ever  totally  lost  in  the  army,  you  can  al- 
ways find  it  on  the  pay  roll  if  you  can’t  anywhere  else. 

Had  I reported  this  loss,  the  next  time  I came  to  sign 
the  pay  roll,  I would  have  found  the  legend : “Due  the 

United  States  for  ordnance,  fifteen  cents,”  staring  me  in 
the  face.  While  I forgot  to  report  my  shortage  of  am- 
munition I did  not  forget  to  replace  it  and  some  more 
that  I had  fired  at  different  times,  and  did  not  want  to 
bother  the  first-sergeant  about,  the  first  chance  I 
got  at  his  ammunition  boxes.  Cabia  Blanco. 


Manitoba  Protective  Association. 

Winnipeg,  Man.,  April  3. — The  Manitoba  Game  Pro- 
tective Association  was  organized  last  evening  when 
sportsmen  representing  Winnipeg  and  many  portions 
of  the  province  met  in  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  auditorium,  to 
the  number  of  75 ; and  after  some  preliminary  dis- 
cussion, officers  were  elected  and  steps  taken  for  the 
completion  of  an  organization  of  a provincial  scope, 
which,  it  is  expected,  will  include  all  classes  of  people 
who  are  interested  in  the  protection  and  propagation 
of  game  birds,  animals  and  fish,  song  birds  and  the 
forests  of  the  province.  Provisions  were  made  for  the 
organization  of  branches  of  the  association  in  all 
cities,  towns  and  municipalities  of  Manitoba,  all  of 
which  will  work  for  this  one  general  object.  The  con- 
stitution and  by-laws  of  the  organization  are  in  the 
hands  of  a committee,  and  as  soon  as  drafted  will  be 
sent  broadcast  throughout  the  province. 

On  the  opening  of  the  meeting  A.  B.  Code  was 
selected  as  chairman  and  J.  P.  Turner  as  secretary. 
Mr.  Code  explained  briefly  the  object  of  the  meeting, 
pointing  out  the  need  for  a protective  association  in 
Manitoba,  where  the  great  natural  game  wealth  is  be- 
ing rapidly  depleted  by  careless  and  illegal  shooting. 
He  pointed  out  the  effects  of  such  shooting,  illustrat- 
ing his  point  with  the  destruction  of  the  buffalo  and 
the  passenger  pigeon. 

The  motion  for  the  formation  of  the  Manitoba  Game 
Protective  Association  was  made  by  Rev.  J.  W. 
Mathieson,  of  Boissevain,  who,  in  moving,  said  that 
at  a recent  meeting  of  those  interested  held  in  that 
town  he  had  been  chosen  a delegate  to  the  Winnipeg 
meeting,  and  had  been  instructed  to  express  the  hearty 
accord  of  the  sportsmen  of  the  famous  Whitewater 
Lake  district  in  any  movement  toward  the  protection 
of  game  birds  and  animals.  Whitewater  Lake  had 
suffered  from  the  depredations  of  game  hogs  who  were 
merely  shooting  for  records  or  some  similar  object. 
Already  the  effects  were  being  felt  in  the  decrease  in 
the  game  supply,  and  now  is  the  time  to  work  for  pro- 
tction.  The  motion  was  seconded  by  Sheriff  Inkster, 
and  carried  unanimously. 

There  followed  a lengthy  discussion  on  what  should 
be  considered  as  the  requisite  officers.  All  of  the 
speakers  were  unanimous  in  the  idea  that  all  sections 
of  the  province  should  be  represented  and  various 
schemes  were  presented  to  attain  this  end.  Dr.  Me- 


AffilL  22,  1905.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM, 


815 


Inois,  M.P.P.,  Brandon,  spoke  of  the  feeling  with 
which  he  had  come  in  contact  in  that  city.  The  local 
gun  club  was  also  organized  for  game  protection,  and 
every  member  was  bound  to  do  all  in  his  power  for 
this  object.  The  doctor  strongly  advocated  that  the 
system  be  adopted  throughout  the  province.  He 
Pointed  out  that  unless  the  hearty  suppor.  and  co- 
operation of  the  farmers  was  secured  the  association 
would  have  difficulty  in  carrying  out  the  work.  There 
was  not  the  slightest  doubt  that  if  a campaign  of  edu- 
cation were  instituted  the  farmers  could  be.  brought 
to  see  that  game  protection  was  more  to  their  benefit 
than  to  the  resident  of  the  city,  and  he  suggested  that 
an  organizer  be  secured  to  start  branch  associations 
in  the  different  districts.  It  was  finally  decided  that 
in  the  officers  of  the  central  organization  one  vice- 
president  should  be  chosen  from  Winnipeg,  and  where- 
ever  a branch  of  the  association  was  formed  in  the 
province,  the  president  of  that  branch  would  be  an 
ex-officio  vice-president  of  the  central  organization. 

The  officers,  as  elected,  were  as  follows : Patrons, 

Lieutenant-Governor  Sir  Daniel  McMillan  and  William 
Whyte;  President,  Dr.  Melnnis.  M.P.P.,  Brandon; 
Vice-President.  Sheriff  Inkster:  Secretary-Treasurer,  J. 
P.  Turner;  Executives,  A.  B.  Code,  Geo.  Bryan;  Dr. 
Gordon  Bell,  Isaac  Pitblado,  Eric  Hamber  and  G.  W. 
Britton. 

At  the  close  of  the  election  of  officers  a general  dis- 
cussion was  in  order.  Mr.  Turner  read  a number  of 
letters  which  he  had  received  from  various  sources  on 
the  organization  of  the  association.  The  presidents 
of  the  Game  Protective  Associations  of  Ontario,  Que- 
bec and  the  Kootenays,  sent  their  congratulations  to 
Manitobans  for  the  step  they  were  contemplating,  and 
inclosed  considerable  useful  literature  on  the  constitu- 
tions and  work  of  these  organizations.  A number  of 
the  members  of  the  local  house,  including  the  premier, 
Mr.  Roblin,  sent  their  heartiest  commendations  of.  the 
move  and  promised  their  support  of  any  suggestions 
toward  the  protection  of  the  game.  The  reeves  and 
clerks  of  a number  of  rural  municipalities  also  sent 
their  assurances  of  support  and  several  of  the  councils 
sent  copies  of  motions  which  bad  been  adopted,  in 
which  the  circular  issued  by  the  organizers  of  the  as- 
sociation was  commended.  Mr.  Turner,  then  read  a 
most  interesting  paper  on  game  protection,  in  which 
he  explained  that  the  object  of  the  association  is  to 
conserve  the  game  of  the  province  for  all  classes  of 
people.  It  is  not  to  provide  protection  for  the  city 
sportsman,  nor  keep  it  away  from  the  farmer,  but  to 
formulate  a plan  whereby  the  rich  man  and  poor  man, 
farmer  and  city  sportsman,  settler  and  townsman  may 
each  get  his  share  of  the  game  and  at  the  same  time 
protect  the  game  in  such  a way  that  the  whole  of  it 
will  not  be  killed  off  in  the  course  of  a few  years,  as 
is  threatened  at  the  present  time. 


The  Adirondack  Park. 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream : 

An  act  to  amend  the  forest,  fish  and  game  law  in  re- 
lation to  the  boundaries  of  the  Adirondack  Park,  in- 
troduced sometime  ago  by  Assemblyman  Steele,  of 
Herkimer  county,  deserves  more  attention  than  it  has 
received.  The  Adirondack  Park  boundaries  inclose 
an  area  within  which  the  State  can  condemn  and  pur- 
chase land  for  the  purpose  of  making  the  Adirondack 
Park.  This  park  is  supposed  to  embrace  the  head- 
waters of  the  streams  in  the  Adirondack  region,  but 
as  the  law  now  stands,  it  fails  to  cover  the  headwaters 
of  the  large  and  important  East  Canada  Creek,  on 
which  many  industries  depend  for  motive  power.  Most 
important  of  all,  however,  is  the  fact  that  on  one  of.  the 
tributaries  of  the  East  Canada,  Spruce  Creek,  Little 
Palls,  a city  of  11,000  inhabitants,  depends  for  two 
months  for  its  water  supply  each  year.  The  primary 
object  of  the  Adirondack  Park  was  to  conserve  the 
water,  and  why  the  headwaters  of  the  East  Canada  were 
not  originally  included  in  the  park  is  past  finding  out. 

One  reason  may  be  guessed  at,  however.  A steady 
effort  for  permission  to  exchange  State  lands  outside 
the  park  boundaries  for  lands  within  has  been  made 
on  the  part  of  those  in  authority.  Lands  within  the 
forest  reserve  are  not  to  be  sold  or  exchanged,  ac- 
cording to  law,  but  if  the  forest  reserve  could  be  re- 
duced in  size  to  the  boundaries  of  the  Adirondack  Park, 
State  lands  outside  of  the  park  line  would  become 
graftable.  Cheap  second  growth  in  the  mountain 
country  could  then  be  exchanged  for  good  woodlands 
outside  the  line.  It  appears  to  be  the  policy  of  those 
in  control  to  keep  as  much  land  outside  of  the  park 
line  to  pick  from  as  possible. 

The  forest  reserve  and  the  Adirondack  Park  are  two 
propositions,  having  laws  applying  to  each  that  do 
not  apply  to  the  other.  The  reserve  is  a wide  terri- 
tory, bounded,  roughly,  on  the  south  by  the  Mohawk 
River,  on  the  west  by  the  R.  W.  & O.  railroad,  on  the 
north  by  the  railroads,  and  on  the  east  by  Lake  Cham- 
plain. From  within  this  territory  flow  the  Hudson, 
Mohawk,  St.  Regis,  Black,  Indian,  Oswegatchie  and 
other  important  northeastern  streams  of  the  State.. 

Within  this  area  is  the  Adirondack  Park  nucleus,  which 
includes  a large  part  of  the  actual  forest  lands,  and 
which  ought  to  be  all  owned  by  the  State,  otherwise 
the  forest  will  be  in  constant  jeopardy  on  account  of 
the  money-making  possibilities  offered  by  the  forest. 
It  ought  to  be  greatly  extended  at  several  sides. 

Gradually  the  State  was  acquiring  this  land  within 
the  park,  but  recent  administrations  have  had  no 
thought  of  preserving  anything  but  their  own  op- 
portunities. In  consequence  of  this,  countless  thous- 
ands of  acres  which  the  State  could  have  easilly  pur- 
chased in  the  past  four  years,  are  slipping  from  the 
market,  and  the  State  can  get  much  of  this  land  now 
only  through  the  exercise  of  the  right  of  eminent 
■domain.  And  yet  this  land  is  absolutely  necessary  for 
the  control  of  the  water  supply,  and  must  sooner  or 
later  be  acquired. 

The  park  boundaries  ought  to  be  extended  down  the 
East  Canada  Creek,  for  instance,  and  then  all  the  land 
within  taken  by  the  State  as  rapidly  as  possible.  Only 
those  who  have  watched  the  countless  cords  of  pulp 
plunging  down  stream,  followed  by  the  countless  thous- 
ands'5 of  hemlock  logs,  and  all  interspersed  with  balsam, 


realize  how  near  and  how  deadly  the  danger  to  the 
Adirondacks  as  an  adequate  watershed  is. 

One  of  the  hardest  fights  Little  Falls  ever  had  was 
only  this  winter  to  prevent  the  passage  of  a law  which 
would  permit  the  floating  of  logs  through  its  very 
water  reservoir,  When  pulp  and  lumber  companies 
are  willing  to  jeopardize  the  health  of  a city,  what 
can  be  expected  if  they  have  a chance  at  the  wood 
depths  themselves? 

The  Adirondack  question  is  one  of  the  most  serious 
that  confronts  the  State  these  days.  Every  city  around 
the  region  must  look  to  it  for  water — Utica  has  gone 
25  miles  to  the  West  Canada,  and.  others  must  soon 
go  in  the  direction  of  the  mountains.  Why  Steele’s 
little  bill,  to  which  no  one  in.  particular  objects,  was 
forgotten  is  not  known,  but  it’s  a step  in  the  right 
direction.  Raymond  S.  Spears. 

Little  Falls,  N.  Y, 


In  Massachusetts  , 

Boston,  Mass.,  April  15. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 
At  a meeting  of  the  Massachusetts  Fish  and  Game  Pro- 
tective Association,  held  at  the  office  of  the  Associa- 
tion to-day,  108  new  names  were  added  to  the  list  of 
annual  members,  and  three  to  the  roll  of  life  members. 
Ten  life  members  and  100  annual  members  were  elected 
at  the  February  meeting.  Only  a small  proportion  of 
this  increase  in  membership  has  resulted  from  personal 
solicitation.  The  importance  of  the  work  the  Associa- 
tion has  been  doing  of  late  in  caring  for  the  birds  in 
our  covers  and  its  efforts  to  restock  them  have 
awakened  a wide-spread  interest  in  the  community,  and 
appeals  for  aid  from  those  interested  in  this  and  other 
lines  of  work  incumbent  upon  this  organization  have 
met  with  a gratifying  response. 

While  this  special  bird  work  has  been  going  on, 
matters  of  legislation  have  not  been  neglected.  As 
soon  as  it  was  known  that  the  fish  and  game  committee 
had  reported  in  favor  of  making  the  open  season  for 
quail  shooting  the  months  of  November  and  December, 
instead  of  October  and  November,  as  now,  protests 
began  to  pour  in  from  sportsmen’s  clubs  and  from  in- 
dividuals in  nearly  every  county  of  the  State,  earnestly 
remonstrating  against  the  change.  One  of  the  mem- 
bers of  the  State  Association,  who  has  been  buying 
many  quail  to  liberate  in  his  section  the  past  two  years 
and  providing  food  for  all  the  coveys  in  his  neighbor- 
hood, says  the  passage  of  the  bill  will  be  very  destruc- 
tive to  partridges,  and  will  undo  what  we  have  gained 
for  their  increase  since  the  enactment  of  the  anti- 
sale law  in  1900.  It  will  also  prevent  him  from  con- 
tinuing the  efforts  he  has  made  to  increase  the  number 
of  quail.  Last  December,  he  says,  he  and  a friend 
put  out  twelve  dozen  imported  quail,  and  by  constant 
feeding  he  has  been  able  to  bring  through  at  least 
eighty  good  strong  birds,  the  shrinkage  being  largely 
due  to  foxes  and  hawks.  If  December  were  allowed 
the  hunters,  he  would  be  obliged  to  put  off  his  winter 
planting  till  January,  which  would  be  unfavorable  to 
success.  “We  have  found  it  necessary,”  he  says,  “to 
look  up  the  birds  in  the  first  snows  which  occur  in 
December.”  He  says  that  last  year  he  found  and  se- 
cured in  special  feeding  boxes  three  coveys  in  Decem- 
ber, and  they  stayed  at  the  feeding  places  they  were 
started  in  all  winter.  In  January  the  snow  becomes  so 
deep  “the  percentage  of  loss  will  be  so  great,  we  will 
hardly  want  to  venture  the  outlay.” 

James  H.  Bowditch,  of  the  Massachusetts  Forestry 
Association,  writes:  “As  a sportsman  and  citizen  of 

Massachusetts,  interested  in  the  protection  of  birds  in 
general,  I desire  to  protest  strongly  against  the  pro- 
posed change  making  December  an  open  month  for 
quail.”  The  testimony  of  these  two  gentlemen  will 
serve  as  an  illustration  of  the  general  sentiment  of 
those  men  in  all  walks  of  life  who  give  any  thought  to 
questions  of  this  nature. 

The  report  of  the  committee  in  favor  of  this  bill  was 
a great  surprise,  as  was  the  indorsement  of  the  bill  to 
allow  the  sale  of  imported  lobsters  nine  inches  in 
length  during  the  winter  months.  An  ex-senator  who, 
several  years  ago,  did  all  he  could  to  secure  a 9-inch 
lobster  law  tells  your  correspondent  that  he  does  not 
think  such  a law  can  ever  be  enacted  in  Massachusetts 
— that  is,  a law  to  legalize  the  taking  and  sale  of 
9-inch  lobsters. 

Senator  Kimball’s  substitute  bill  to  legalize  only 
those  from  9 to  11  inches  does  not  please  the  short- 
lobster  men,  and  the  impression  prevails  that  final 
action  will  result  in  the  defeat  of  all  legislation 
and  the  retention  of  the  present  length  limit  of  10L2 
inches. 

The  absence  of  Senator  Harding,  detained  at  home  by 
sickness,  has  prevented  any  action  as  yet.  Our  com- 
missioners have  started  a campaign  for  protection  of 
song  and  insectivorous  birds.  A dealer  in  Boston  mar- 
ket has  had  snow-buntings  in  his  stall,  which  were 
shipped  from  Montreal,  the  sale  of  which  is  illegal 
and  will  be  stopped. 

Dr.  Field  has  sent  a notice  to  the  millinery  dealers, 
calling  attention  to  the  State  laws  in  reference  to  the 
wearing  of  the  body  or  feathers  of  wild  birds  as  articles 
of  dress  or  ornament,  whether  taken  in  this  common- 
wealth or  elsewhere.  Some  dealers  claim  that  their 
particular  goods,  especially  aigrettes,  are  manufactured, 
ana  therefore  are  not  prohibited.  While  expressing  a 
desire  to  secure  results  with  as  little  hardship  as 
possible  to  the  public  and  requesting  the  cooperation 
of  the  dealers,  the  chairman  declares  that  all  legitimate 
means  for  enforcing  the  laws  will  be  used  and  that 
“all  persons  having  such  birds  and  feathers,  whether 
dealers  or  wearers,  are  liable  to  arrest.” 

Ex-President  J.  R.  Reed  returned  the  first  of  the 
week  with  a good  string  of  trout  taken  near  his  cot- 
tage in  S.  Sandwich,  and  started  out  yesterday  for 
another  trip  to  the  same  place.  Mr.  Luther  Little,  of 
Boston,  had  good  luck  last  week  on  a club  preserve 
in  Wareham. 

The  bill  requiring  unnaturalized  foreigners  to  pay  a 
license  fee  of  $10  for  the  privilege  of  hunting  received 
a favorable  report  of  the  committee,  and  has  passed 
its  several  readings  in  both  branches  of  the  Legislature, 
has  been  engrossed  and  in  all  probability  will  go  to 


the  Governor,  and,  it  is  thought  will  receive  his 
signature. 

This  class  of  people  have  become  a nuisance  almost 
intolerable  in  the  suburbs  of  all  manufacturing  centers, 
and  it  is  devoutly  hoped  that  this  law  will  prove  an 
effective  restraint.  Centrai* 


A National  Society  Proposed. 

- Indianapolis,  Ind.,  April  x?,.-— Editor  Forest  and 
Stream:  I have  read  with  considerable  interest  the 

various  articles  by  correspondents  to  your  paper  in  re- 
gard to  the  protection  of  fish  and  game,  and  in  some 
instances  have  seen  a synopsis  of  the  game  and  fish  laws 
of  the  State  of  the  writers,  and  have  also  observed  reme- 
dies suggested  by  such  writers,  but  I realize,  that  a law, 
that  would  cover  the  subject  and  be  a sufficient  remedy 
in  one  State  would  fail  in  another,  so  that  laws  would 
have  to  be  enacted  corresponding  with  the  climate,  the 
game  and  fish  and  their  habits. 

For  instance,  the  laws  of  this  State  prohibit  the  taking 
of  game  in  the  closed  season,  also  the  having  of  certain 
game  in  one’s  possession;  and  the  law  also  provides  fori 
the  taking  of  fish  at  certain  seasons  and  how  it  may  be 
done,  and  prohibits  it  at  other  times,  and  gives  the  size 
and  weight  of  fish  that  it  shall  be  unlawful  to  take;  it 
also  provides  that  one  shall  not  have  in  his  possession 
certain  fish  at  certain  seasons  and  of  certain  sizes  taken 
from  the  lakes  and  streams  of  this  State,  but  says  noth- 
ing about  fish  shipped  from  other  States,  and  I frequently 
see  upon  our  market  in  this  city  a goodly  supply  of  small 
bass,  some  of  them  not  over  five  or  six  inches  long,  and 
bushels  of  small  crappies  not  to  exceed  three  inches  in 
length,  that  are  said  to  be  shipped  here  from  adjoining 
States. 

Now,  in  my  judgment  there  should  be,  if  not  already,  a 
national  society  to  take  charge  of  this  matter  and  see  that 
uniform  laws  are  enacted  in  the  various  States  prohibit- 
ing the  sale  or  the  having  in  one’s  possession  any  game 
in  the  closed  season,  and  the  same  as  to  fish,  whether 
the  game  is  killed  or  captured  or  the  fish  caught  in  youn 
own  State  or  not. 

I regret  to  expose  my  ignorance  by  admitting  that  .1 
know  of  no  national  body  which  could  take  charge  of  this 
matter,  but  should  there  be  one,  I hope  they  will  take 
hold  of  the  same  along  these  or  other  lines  which  will 
accomplish  the  desired  results.  And  I hope  your  paper 
will  take  the  subject  up  in  a way  that  will  attract  the 
attention  of  a sufficient  number  of  true  sportsmen,  that 
a conference  may  be  held  and  that  body  may  come  to  a 
common  understanding,  and  formulate  a uniform  statute 
prior  to  the  assembling  two  years  hence  of  the  various 
Legislatures  and  a sufficient  organization  get  behind  the 
same  and  secure  its  passage.  J.  W.  B. 


Destruction  of  Canadian  Game. 

United  States  Consul  Worman,  writes  from  Three 
Rivers,  Quebec : “Complaints  are  multiplying  against 

the  wholesale  destruction  of  game  and  fish  in  the  Domin- 
ion, regardless  of  legal  restrictions.  The  people  of  the 
province  of  Quebec  say  that  the  law  for  the  closed  season 
is  not  observed,  and  that  in  all  seasons  partridges  are 
shipped  to  the  United  States. 

“A  gentleman  who  spent  some  time  recently  in  the 
northern  portion  of  Argenteuil  County  inspecting  timber, 
says  that  a few  days  ago  he  visited  a wooded  tract  that 
he  had  gone  over  before  and  found  teeming  with  game. 
On  this  last  visit,  however,  he  covered  eight  miles  of  the 
tract,  but  saw  no  living  thing.  The  partridges  have  dis- 
appeared, having  been  killed  by  the  thousands  to  meet 
the  needs  of  the  American  market,  while  the  deer  have 
been  stalked  with  dogs,  battued  in  droves,  and  killed, 
skinned,  and  buried.  The  people  who  destroy  this  fine 
game  do  it  simUy  for  commercial  purposes.  The  deer- 
skins are  all  that  is  wanted,  the  remainder  being  buried 
to  prevent  prosecution.  The  settlers  are  in  sympathy 
with  the  law,  but  they  dare  not  express  themselves  to 
that  effect  through  fear  of  the  consequences. 

“The  superintendent  of  fish  and  game  is  doing  all  that 
he  can  under  the  system  which  now  prevails.  He  is  as- 
sisted, to  a large  extent,  by  the  fish  and  game  protection 
societies,  but  he  lacks  efficient  support.  The  game  ward- 
ens get  only  sums  ranging  from  $25  to  $50  a year,  which 
is  not  sufficient  salary  to  secure  men  who  would  save 
forests  and  streams  from  being  devastated. 

“The  fish  in  the  lakes  are  also  sadly  in  need  of  pro^- 
tection.  In  some  districts  where  the  lakes  teemed  with 
trout  a few  years  ago  the  fish  have  disappeared  almost 
entirely.  Mills  have  been  built  on  the  borders  of  the 
lakes,  and  sawdust  is  dumped  into  them,  so  that  the  fish 
are  driven  away.” 


A Prayer  for  the  President. 

Springfield,  111.,  April  11.— Chaplain  Bradford,  of  the 
Illinois  House  of  Representatives,  offered,  at  the  opening 
of  the  Legislature’s  daily  session  on  April  11,  a prayer 
for  the  safety  of  President  Roosevelt,  on  the  latter’s 
hunting  trip  through  the  Southwest  and  West.  He  drew 
a picture  of  the  dangers  into  which  the  President  was 
going,  and  prayed  for  his  safe  return.  His  prayer  was, 
in  part,  as  follows : 

“We  invoke  Thy  choicest  blessings  upon  our  country 
at  large.  Bless  the  Chief  Executive  of  this  great  nation 
personally  and  officially,  and  as  he  is  soon  to  reach  the 
‘happy  grounds’  on  which  he  has  fixed  his  far-away  gaze, 
and  where  the  wild  beasts  abound,  whether  these  mon- 
sters of  the  mountains  flee  from  him  in  fear  or  fly  at 
him  in  fury,  may  he  find  himself  protected  by  the  shield 
of  the  Almighty,  so  that  upon  his  return,  to  his  home 
in  peace  and  safety,  like  Thy  servant  David,  of  old,  he 
can  testify  to  the  people  that  the  Lord  delivered  him  out 
of  the  paw  of  the  lion  and  out  of  the  paw  of  the  bear,  and 
let  all  the  people  praise  Thee.  Amen  and  amen.” 

The  reference  is  to  David’s  story  of  his<  encounter  with 
the  lion  and  the  bear  while  he  was  tending  his  father’s 
sheep.  See  I.  Samuel,  17;  and  read  the  whole  chapter. 


A farmer  had  a seeder  for  the  sowing,  of  his  seed, 

’Twas  a seeder  made  of  cedar,  and,  said  I,  ’’Pray,  is  there  need 
Of  a seeder  made  of  cedar?”  Said  the  farmer.  Yes,  indeed, 

I have  never  seed  a seeder,  sir,  that  I’d  concede  the  speed 
To  exceed-  a cedar  seeder  for  the  seeding  of  the  seed.” 

—Life, 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM 


[April  22,  1905. 


The  New  Yotfc  Commissioner. 


The  Return  to  Nature. 


[Maine  Deer. 


Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

The  sportsman  of  New  York  State  may  well  feel  not 
a little  anxious  these  days— pending  the  appointment  of 
the  commissioner  by  the  Governor,  into  whose  hands 
for  the  next  four  years  the  fate  of  our  forests,  fish  and 
game  goes.  If  he  shall  be  a man  who  is  not  person- 
ally interested  in  the  matters,  in  other  words,  a sports- 
man (and  when  I say  sportsman,  I mean  in  the  best 
sense  of  the  term),  then  it  will  be  an  evil  day  indeed. 
If  the  appointee  is  a politician,  as  many  fear  he  will 
be,  then  the  money  of  the  taxpayers  will  be  practically 
thrown  away,  and  this  department  cannot  but  go  from 
bad  to  worse — and  much  worse. 

The  Governor  stated  on  the  6th  inst.,  that  he  had 
fixed  upon  the  person  who  is  to  receive  this  appoint- 
ment. About  the  capitol  it  was  surmised  that  Mr. 
James  S.  Whipple,  of  Cattaraugus,  is  the  man.  _ The 
Governor  also  stated  that  he  intended  to  appoint  a 
good  man  to  the  place.  This  we  have  no  reason  to 
doubt,  but  it  is  the  opinion  of  many  persons  that  if 
the  appointee  is  not  a practical  man,  with  personal 
knowledge  of  the  requirements,  the  people’s  money  will 
be  simply  wasted,  as  before  stated.  As  to  Mr. 
Whipple’s  qualifications,  I have  been  unable  to  learn 
anything. 

The  New  York  State  League  for  the  Protection  of 
the  Forest,  Fish  and  Game,  while  doing  a good  work, 
should  be  more  thoroughly  organized  throughout  the 
State,  so  that  when  the  appointment  of  a commissioner 
is  to  be  made  it  can,  and  will  take  an  active  part  in 
securing  a person  fully  qualified  for  the  place.  Now 
the  fact  is,  the  league,  as  such,  has  simply  done  nothing, 
yet  this  appointment  is  of  most  vital  importance  as  to 
our  forest,  fish  and  game. 

Unless  the  appointee  has  the  qualifications  border- 
ing on  that  of  an  expert,  it  would  be  much  to  the  in- 
terests of  the  people,  and  very  great  advantage  to  the 
department,  that  Commissioner  Middleton  be  retained, 
for  his  experience  must  be  of  value,  and  one  without  it 
must  of  necessity  be  very  costly  in  many  ways.  We 
shall  hope  for  deliverance  from  one  without  experience. 

J.  R.  F. 

Rochester,  N.  Y.,  April  18. 


Thoughts  That  Come  Unbidden. 

A moment  for  rest  and  a newspaper  are  respon- 
sible for  my  text.  It  is  wrong  to  envy  our  chief  ex- 
ecutive for  the  privileges  accorded  him,  or  am  I mis- 
taken in  supposing  that  this  outing  of  his  means  as 
much  to  him  as  it  would  to  poor,  humble  humanity,  like 
myself?  From  Frederick,  Okla.,  comes  this:  _ “The 
camp  is  nestled  in  timber  fringing  the  branches  of  Deep 
Red  Creek  in  a picturesque  spot,  and  when  the  Presi- 
dent awoke  at  6:15  this  morning  and  first  beheld  the 
vast  panorama  of  virgin  soil,  without  a sign  of  civiliza- 
tion except  the  camp,  he  said  he  felt  that  he  was  at 
home.” 

Ah!  that  sensation.;  that  fredom  from  mental  strain; 
that  simple  boyish  feeling  that  quickens  the  pulse  and 
brightens  the  eye,  yet  soothes  the  brain.  Who  would 
not  go  picnicking  in  the  wilds,  even  under  less  favor- 
able conditions?  And  our  President  is  hunting  coyotes 
and  jackrabbits.  Can  he  hit  them  on  the  run  with  a 
rifle?  Will  the  evenings  be  spent  in  spinning  yarns? 
Will  he  have  bean-soup  for  his  noon  time  meals,  and 
at  night  potatoes  with  the  jackets  on?  If  he  don’t,  he 
will  miss  something. 

A hunting  trip  in  April.  It  calls  up  my  boyhood, 
when  the  hunting  season  was  every  month  in  the  year. 
No  license,  no  trespass  signs,  no  close  season.  Squirrels 
grew  on  bushes,  wild  turkeys  hatched  their  brood  in 
hollow  logs,  partridge  nests  were- in  the  thickets,  quail 
fluttered  before  the  scythe  and  little  rabbits  hopped 
in  the  stubble — and  I am  not  an  old  man,  either. 

Jackrabbits,  coyotes  and  mountain  lions,  with  a rifle; 
fish  moresuo.  The  camp  in  the  wildwood,  nemine  dis- 
sentiente.  Ah.  G.  W.  Cunningham. 


They  Met  by  Chance. 

The  Manchester,  Vt.,  Journal  told  this  little  story  the 
other  day:  A pretty  incident  occurred  recently  upon  M. 
J.  Hapgood’s  log  job  in  Mt.  Tabor,  Vt.  Hay  had  been 
scattered  along  the  log  roads  for  the  benefit  of  the  deer 
who  were  pressed  for  food  on  account  of  the  deep  snows. 
John  McIntyre,  one  of  the  workmen,  approached  a doe 
in  one  of  the  log  roads,  and  came  so  near  that  he  struck 
her  with  a light  switch,  which  he  happened  to  have  in 
his  hands.  She  jumped  aside  into  the  deep  snow  and 
gave  a sharp  bleat.  Then  came  a scene  fit  for  the  gods 
to  gaze  upon.  For  soon  a magnificent  buck,  evidently  in 
answer  to  the  signal  of  distress,  came  leaping  down  the 
road,  and,  unawed  at  the  sight  of  man,  when  within 
about  twenty  feet  of  him,  stopped,  and  with  the  hair  bristl- 
ing upon  his  back,  began  to  stamp  his  feet  and  shake 
his  heavily  antlered  head.  The  woodsman,  although  a 
stout,  strong  specimen  of  his  craft,  was  thoroughly 
frightened,  and  after  managing,  upon  the  sly,  to  get  hold 
of  a club,  began  to  move  backwards  upon  a retreat.  The 
deer  noticed  the  movement,  followed  him  up,  and,  by  mo- 
tion of  head  and  glance  of  eye,  commanded  a halt.  Final- 
ly the  doe  got  back  into  the  road,  between  the  woodsman 
and  the  buck,  and,  probably  from  exhaustion,  laid  down. 
The  buck  approached  her  and  lapped  her  sides,  but  upon 
any  attempt  of  the  man  to  retreat,  would  dart  after  him 
until  he  stopped.  This  condition  of  affairs  continued  for 
nearly  half  an  hour,  the  man,  meanwhile,  as  he  freely  ad- 
mits, sweating  great  drops  of  agony.  Finally,  the  buck 
prevailed  upon  the  doe  to  get  up,  and  by  degrees  induced 
her  to  move  off  the  road,  and  when  a goodly  distance 
away  both  disappeared  from  the  scene. 


Alaska  Big  Game. 

No  permits  will  be  issued  this  year  for  big-game  hunt- 
ing in  Alaska,  except  _ to  authof ized  representatives  of 
museums.  Similar  action  was  taken  last  year,  because 
of  the  knowledge  that  game  in  Alaska  was  rapidly  being 
destroyed,  and  it  was  desired  to  preserve  it  so  far  as 
possible  for  the  benefit  of  the  natives,  although  they  are 
required  To  comply  with  local  game  laws. 


The  Pacific  Coast  Forest,  Fish  and  Game  Association’s 
first  annual  sportsmen’s  show,  in  Mechanic’s  Hall,  San 
Francisco,  has  proved  a very  successful  enterprise.  The 
plan  was  modeled  upon  that  of  the  earlier  New  York 
shows.  In  an  address  at  the  opening,  James  D.  Phelan 
said : 

“With  advancing  civilization  man  is  weaned  away  from 
nature,  but  the  strong  hold  which  nature  has  upon  man 
constantly  draws  him  back.  Here  in  this  exhibition  an 
attempt  is  made  to  illustrate  animal  and  vegetable  life, 
forest  and  stream,  but  every  attempt  to  reduce  nature  to 
a small  scale  or  to  imitate  it  in  its  beauty  and  variety 
must  necessarily  be  inadequate;  and  yet,  the  mere  sug- 
gestion of  nature,  here  displayed,  leads  in  the  right  di- 
rection. 

“The  men  and  women  who  live  in  cities  instinctively 
feel  that  they  have  been  despoiled  of  something;  they 
miss,  perhaps,  the  companionship  of  birds  and,  beasts,  of 
flowers  and  trees ; they  have  been  cut  off  from  the  good 
green  earth  by  the  hard  paved  streets  and  the  cheerless 
houses ; and  hence  there  is  that  irrepressible  idea,  always 
present,  of  bringing  the  country  to  the  town  by  making 
small  plantations  here  and  there,  called  parks,  like  oases 
in  a great  desert  of  brick  and  mortar. 

“No  matter  what  -jnay  be  the  allurements  of  civiliza- 
tion, exemplified  in  great  cities,  no  son  of  the  soil,  sprung 
from  the  earth  and  destined  to  return  to  the  earth,  can 
ever  be  wholly  reconciled  to  the  artificial  character  of  his 
surroundings.  Warped  ideas,  shattered  health  and  luxuri- 
ous vices  are  the  protests  which  go  out  from  hospital 
and  jail  and  lyceum  against  the  perversion  of  nature’s 
plan. 

“Emerson,  in  his  beautiful  essay  on  nature,  says  that 
cities  do  not  give  the  senses  room  enough : ‘He  who 

knows  the  forests ; he  wo  knows  what  sweets  and  vir- 
tues are  in  the  ground,  the  waters,  the  plants,  the 
heavens,  and  how  to  come  at  these  enchantments,  is  the 
rich  and  royal  man.’  ” 


Law  Enforcement  a Joke. 

La  Salle,  S.  C.,  April  6. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 
Inclosed  please  find  clipping  from  Niagara  Falls  paper 
which  explains  itself.  What,  in  the  name  of  common 
sense,  is  the  use  of  game  protectors  doing  any  work 
when  they  receive  such  support  from  the  magistrates? 
The  game  laws  and  their  enforcement  are  one  huge  joke 
in  this  vicinity.  A Reader. 


The  report  runs: 

“Acting  Police  Judge  C.  H.  Piper  and  Fish  and  Game 
Protector  J.  W.  Buckley  are  at  odds.  Several  days  ago 
Mr.  Buckley  applied  for  warrants  in  the  local  police 
court  for  the  arrest  of  Arthur  Logan  and  George  Casey, 
both  of  Ransomville,  on  the  charge  of  violating  the  fish 
and  game  laws  of  the  State,  it  being  specifically  charged 
that  they  had  fished  with  spears  in  Twelve-Mile  Creek. 
The  warrants  were  issued  and  were  served  by  Protector 
Buckley,  the  two  men  appearing  before  Judge  Piper  yes- 
terday afternoon  and  pleading  guilty  to  the  charge.  A 
fine  of  $3  each  was  imposed  and  paid.  The  men  went 
their  way  and  Mr.  Buckley  went  into  a rage.  He  claims 
that  the  fine  was  ludicrous  and  that  the  section  of  the  fish 
and  game  laws  under  which  the  case  was  brought  pro- 
vides that  upon  conviction  a fine  of  not  less  than  $60 
shall  be  imposed. 

“Mr.  Buckley’s  ruffled  feelings  were  by  no  means 
smoothed  when  he  applied  to  Judge  Piper  for  warrants 
for  the  arrest  of  two  other  men  and  was  refused.  Mr. 
Buckley  based  his  request  for  warrants  for  these  men  on 
having  caught  them  in  the  act  of  making  their  way  to- 
ward a stream  down  the  county  with  lanterns  in  their 
hands  and  spears  over  their  shoulders.  He  did  not  catch 
them  in  the  actual  process  of  spearing  fish.  Judge  Piper 
held  that  while  the  men  no  doubt  intended  to  spear,  still 
they  had  not  been  apprehended  in  the  act  of  doing  so. 
Mr.  Buckley  contended  that  the  presence  of  the  spears 
was  a sufficient  cause  for  their  arrest  and  exhibited  a 
letter  from  Chief  Fish  and  Game  Protector  Pond,  of 
Albany,  to  support  his  contention,  but  Judge  Piper  said 
that  until  he  had  an  opinion  from  the  Attorney  General 
on  the  matter  he  should  decline  to  issue  warrants.” 


Nevada  Fish  and  Game  Commission. 

Says  the  Carson  City,  Nev.,  News  of  April  6:  “Yes- 

terday Governor  Sparks  appointed  the  Hon.  H.  H. 
Coryell,  of  Elko  county;  Hon.  P.  A.  McCarran,  of  Wa- 
shoe county,  and  Hon.  G.  T.  Mills,  of  Ormsby  county, 
as  the  three  members  of  the  Board  of  Fish  and  Game 
Commissioners,  The  appointments  meet  with  universal 
approbation,  as  the  gentlemen  named  are  greatly  inter- 
ested in  the  propagation  and  protection  of  fish. 

“Under  the  old  law,  which  was  repealed  several  years 
ago,  only  one  Commissioner  was  allowed ; but  the  last 
Legislature  re-enacted  the  measure  and  provided  for  the 
selection  of  three  Commissioners.  No  salary  is  attached 
to  the  position;  on  the  contrary  the  Commissioner  often 
expends  his  own  money  for  the  furtherance  of  some 
scheme  that  will  be  a benefit  to  the  people  of  the  State, 
but  he  does  not  let  a little  thing  like  that  bother  him  or 
prevent  him  from  being  just  as  enthusiastic  as  ever  on 
the  fish  question. 

“Mr.  Mills  served  the  State  for  nine  years  as  Fish 
Commissioner  and  is  particularly  fitted  for  the  position, 
as  fishculture  is  a fad  with  him,  and  he  leaves  nothing 
undone  that  will  be  for  the  good  of  the  State  in  a pisca- 
torial line.  Nevada  has  led  in  the  propagation  pf  fish  in 
many  respects,  particularly  in  the  taking  and  transplant- 
ing of  what  is  known  among  fishculturists  as  ‘green 
spawn,’  being  the  first  to  take  the  spawn  from  the  fish 
and  transport  it  sixteen,  miles  to  a hatchery.  The  State 
has  also  led  in  the  handling  .and  distribution  of  fry  at 
long  distance  with  comparatively  no  loss.  It  is  to  be 
hoped  that  the  people  of  the  State  will  appreciate  the 
appointments  and  co-operate  with  the  Commissioners  in 
their  work  and  thus  place  the  fishculture  of  Nevada  on 
the  same  plane  it  occupied  before  the  Commission  was 


Lumbermen  coming  out  of  the  woods  are  full  of  stories 
of  deer  dying  by  the  hundred,  almost,  and  some  very  re- 
liable lumbermen  have  told  the  past  week  of  seeing  any- 
where from  three  to  a half  dozen  deer  a day,  lying  dead 
or  dying  in  the  logging  roads,  the  teams  having  to  stop 
nearly  every  day  to  lift  out  some  of  these  emaciated, 
starved  creatures  before  the  team  could  go  on.  So  ac- 
customed did  the  horses  become  with  the  sight  and  smell 
of  deer  that  in  one  case,  at  least,  the  lumberman  drove 
his  horse  right  up  to  a big  buck  lying  directly  across  the 
road,  and  the  horse  stepped  unconcernedly  over,  dragging 
the  sled  across  the  carcass.  Earlier  in  the  winter  the 
same  horse  would  have  shown  fright  at  so  close  proxim- 
ity to  wild  meat.  Most  of  these  reports  came  from  the 
valley  of  the  Penobscot,  west  and  north  branches.  A 
well-known  lumberman  who'  was  on  the  Allagash  and 
tributary  waters  all  winter,  gave  it  as  his  opinion  that 
the  deer  wintered  there  even  better  than  they  did  a year 
before;  although  some  died,  yet  not  as  many  as  died  in 
the  winter  of  1903-4.  He  said  that  in  several  instances 
he  noticed  the  deer  that  died  were  as  fat  and  plump  as 
deer  ever  are  in  the  winter,  and  he  commented  on  the 
fact  to  one  of  his  firm  who  was  with  him  on  a trip  over 
the.  territory.  His  opinion  was  that  some  epidemic  was 
killing  those  deer,  for  they  were  certainly  not  starved. 

Herbert  W.  Rowe. 


West  Virginia  Quail. 

Morgantown,  W.  Va.,  April  15. — Editor  Forest  and 
Stream:  Reports  from  different  localities  in  this  part  of 

the  State  show  great  loss  among  the  quail  during  the 
past  winter.  It  has  not  been  uncommon  to  find  whole 
coveys  where  they  have  perished  with  cold  and  hunger; 
and  it  is  believed  that  they  are  almost  exterminated  in 
some  localities. 

The  Fairmont  Game  Association,  of  our  neighboring 
town  of  Fairmont,  has  purchased  two  hundred  southern 
quail  and  liberated  them  to  assist  in  re-stocking  their 
covers,  and  one  of  the  rod  and  gun  clubs  of  this  place 
has  made  a move  in  the  same  direction,  but  no  definite 
action  has  been  taken  in  the  matter.  Emerson  Carney. 


Legislation  at  Albany. 


Albany,  N.  Y.,  April  15.- — Much  progress  was  made  in  the  Legis- 
lature the  past  week  with  bills  relating  to  fish,  forest  and  game. 

Senator  Armstrong  introduced  a bill  (Int.  No.  915)  amending 
Section  65  so  as  to  allow  the  use  of  dip-nets  and  scap-nets  without 
a license  from  the  State  Game  Commission. 

Assemblyman  Hubbs  introduced  a bill  (Int.  No.  1443),  amending 
Section  103,  relative  to  wildfowl  on  Long  Island  so  as  to  permit 
them  to  be  taken  on  Thursdays,  Fridays  and  Saturdays  from 
March  1 to  April  15,  both  inclusive,  instead  of  from  March  1. 

The  Senate  Committee  on  Forest,  Fish  and  Game  has  reported 
the  following  bills,  which  have  been  restored  to  their  place  on 
the  order  of  third  reading: 

Assemblyman  Reeve’s  (Int.  No.  1077),  relative  to  the  close 

season  on  woodcock. 

Assemblyman  Bedell’s  (Int.  No.  1087),  relative  to  the  selling  of 
woodcock,  grouse  and  quail  in  Orange  county. 

Assemblyman  Cunningham’s  (Int.  No.  599),  relative  to  spearing 
fish  in  Ulster  county. 

Assemblyman  Reeve’s  (Int.  No.  1075),  relative  to  penalties. 

Assemblyman  Reeve’s  (Int.  No.  1076),  relative  to  fishing  in 

Jamaica  Bay. 

Assemblyman  Reeve’s  (Int.  No.  1074),  relative  to  grouse  and 
-wcodcock  not  being  sold. 

Assemblyman  Knapp’s  (Int.  No.  ),  relative  to  the  trans- 

portation of  fish  caught  in  Missisquoi  Bay. 

Assemblyman  Bedell’s  (Int.  No.  1181),  relative  to  woodcock, 

grouse  and  quail  in  Orange  county. 

Assemblyman  Reeve’s  (Int.  No.  1079),  relative  to  the  use  of  nets 
in  Coney  Island  Creek. 

The  Senate  has  advanced  to  third  reading  the  following  bills: 

Senator  Armstrong’s  (Int.  No.  110),  relative  to  the  protection 
of  nests  of  wild  birds. 

Assemblyman  F.  G.  Whitney’s  (Int.  No.  1019),  relative  to  fish- 
ing through  the  ice  in  Oswego  county. 

Assemblyman  Yale’s  (Int.  No.  771),  relative  to  the  close  season 
for  lake  trout  in  Putnam  county. 

The  Senate  has  passed  the  following  bills: 

Senator  Allds’  (Int.  No.  486),  providing  for  the  publication  of 
the  game  laws  of  1905. 

Senator  Armstrong’s  (Int.  No.  684),  relative  to  the  destruction 
of  nets. 

Senator  Coggeshall’s  (Int.  No.  496),  relative  to  the  destruction 
or  exhibition  of  illegal  devices  used  in  violation  of  the  game  law. 

Senator  Raines’  (Int.  No.  247),  relative  to  the  sale  of  trout. 

Assemblyman  Apgar’s  (Int.  No.  866),  relative  to  the  close  season 
for  deer. 

Assemblyman  Bisland’s  (Int.  No.  1175),  relative  to  the  close 
season  for  trout. 

Assemblyman  Gray’s  (Int.  No.  265),  relative  to  taking  fish 
through  the  ice  in  Dutchess  county. 

Assemblyman  Gray’s  (Int.  No.  266),  relative  to  the  close  season 
for  grouse,  woodcock  and  quail. 

Assemblyman  Gray’s  (Int.  No.  263),  relative  to  the  close  season 
for  squirrels. 

Assemblyman  Hammond’s  (Int.  No.  534),  relative  to  taking  pike 
in  the  counties  of  Oneida,  Oswego,  Madison  and  Onondaga. 

Assemblyman  Reeve’s  (Int.  No.  305),  relative  to  the  protection 
of  land  turtles  and  wild  black  bear. 

Assemblyman  Reeve’s  (Int.  No.  115),  relative  to  penalties. 

Assemblyman  Stevens’  (Int.  No.  1006),  relative  to  the  close  sea- 
son on  trout. 

Assemblyman  West’s  (Int.  No.  469),  relative  to  placing  carp  in 
certain  waters. 

Assemblyman  Bisland’s  (Int.  No.  476),  relative  to  the  close 
season  for  hares  and  rabbits. 

Assemblyman  Gates’  (Int.  No.  651),  relative  to  the  protection 
of  beaver. 

The  Assembly  has  advanced  to  third  reading. these  bills: 

Assemblyman  Prentice’s  (Int.  No.  897),  relative  to  the  close  sea- 


Assemblyman  Plank’s  (Int.  No.  1307)  in  relation  to  fires  to 
clear  lands. 

The  Assembly  has  advanced  to  third  reading  and  recommitted 
the  bill  of  Assemblyman  F.  C.  Wood  (Int.  No.  1194),  in  relation 
to  the  compensation  of  game  protectors  and  the  disposition  of 
.proceeds  of  actions. 

The  Assembly  has  passed  the  following  bills: 

Assemblyman  Santee’s  (Int.  No.  737),  relative  to  appointing 
additional  protectors. 

Assemblyman  Becker’s  (Int.  No.  778),  relative  to  special  game 
protectors. 

Senate  committee’s  bill  (Int.  No.  677),  relative  to  the  duties  of 
superintendent  of  forests,  fire  wardens  and  game  protectors. 

Assemblyman  Miller’s  (Int.  No.  994),  relative  to  the  pollution 
of  streams.  . 

Governor  Higgins  has  signed  the  following  bills: 

Assemblyman  Bisland’s  (Int.  No.  1175),  amending  Section  40  by 
providing  that  the  close  season  for  trout  shall  be  from  Sept.  1 to 
April  15,  both  inclusive;  but  if  the  16th  day  of  April  shall  be 
Sunday  in  any  year,  such  close  season  shall  end  with  the  14th  day 

°f Assemblyman  Wade’s  (Int.  No.  249),  providing  that  the  meshes1 
of  nets  used  in  Lake  Erie  shall  not  be  less  than  1%  inch  bar. 


“Paw,  would  it  be  ungrammatical  to  say,  ‘I  seen  you  when 
you  hid  $10  under  the  bureau?’  ” “Yes,  son,  both  ungrammatical 
and  dangerous.  When  you  are  in  doubt  on  such  points  always 
come  to  me,  and  never  go  to  your  mother.”— Cincinnati  Tribune.1 


April  22,  1905.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


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Log  of  the  Mystery. 

Gasolene  cabin  launch  Mystery,  42ft.  long,  11ft. 
beam,  20-horsepower  gasolene  engine,  sloop  rigged, 
chartered  by  Trask  and  Newberry,  of  Cleveland,  Ohio, 
for  a month’s  cruise  from  Miami  to  Punta  Rassa,  via 
the  Keys  of  Florida. 

Charles  R.  Meloy,  owner,  captain  and  cook,  35  years 
old,  born  in  New  Haven,  Conn.,  tall  and  strong,  has 
been  prize-fighter,  railroad  man,  and  now  owns  the 
Mystery  and  charters  her  to  fishermen. 

Captain  John  R.  Roberts,  pilot,  40  years  old,  born 
in  Wisconsin,  a gentleman  by  birth  and  training,  hand- 
some, agreeable,  with  property  enough  to  support  him 
comfortably.  Has  been  in  the  United  States  Volunteer 
Army  in  the  Philippines  and  got  a captain’s  commis- 
sion there  at  close  of  war.  Traveled  over  most  of  the 
world,  now  makes  his  home  in  Miami  and  fishes,  shoots 
and  guides  as  part  business  and  part  amusement. 

Walter  Jenkins,  assistant  engineer,  deck  hand,  gen- 
eral utility,  “cracker”  by  birth  and  education.  Sixteen 
years  old,  tall  and  thin,  smokes  cigarettes  all  the  time. 
A well-intentioned  boy,  but  apt  to  forget  things  and 
be  picturesquely  cursed  by  the  captain  in  consequence. 

J.  C.  Trask,  general  agent  of  a big  insurance  com- 
pany, short,  stout  and  jolly. 

A.  St.  J.  Newberry,  lawyer  and  manufacturer,  tall, 
thin,  and  the  keeper  of  this  log. 

Monday,  Jan.  16. — Sailed  from  Miami  1 P.  M.  High 
north  wind ; bright  sun ; trolled  down  Biscayne  Bay 
without  results.  Went  aground  at  mouth  Caesar’s 
Creex,  24  miles  south  from  Miami,  about  5 P.M.,  on  a 
falling  tide.  Stuck  there  all  night. 

Tuesday,  Jan.  17. — Cold  north  wind;  rainy;  got  off 
ground  about  6 o’clock  with  great  difficulty;  anchored 
in  Caesar’s  Creek  for  breakfast;  went  after  crawfish  for 
bait  and  the  table  in  a branch  creek;  got  a lot  of  them 
with  the  spear,  weighing  up  to  five  pounds  each.  Very 
good  sport  and  food,  tasting  like  lobster.  Found  a 
school  of  silver  moonfish  up  the  creek,  and  secured 
seven  by  casting  the  spear;  the  most  beautiful  fish  I 
have  ever  seen.  One  I2in.  long  and  ioin.  across,  was 
Jjin.  thick,  and  all  shining  like  mother  of  pearl  and 
silver.  Caught  a few  grunts  in  channel  late  in  the 
afternoon — very  good  on  table. 

Wednesday,  Jan.  18.- — Sunny;  northeast  wind.  Caught 
a parrot  fish  and  a grunt  from  the  anchorage.  ..Moved 
up  creek  again.  Speared  crawfish  and  moonfish.  Tied 
up  to  mangroves,  where  water  was  about  12ft.  deep 
and  perfectly  clear.  Many  blue  and  yellow  angelfish 
and  snappers  visible;  but  they  would  not  bite.  A large 
school  of  salt-water  chub  in  a cave  under  the  bank. 
Caught  a dozen  of  them  about  two  pounds  each  with 
light  rod,  small  hook  and  a very  small  bait;  very  active 
and  strong  fish,  and  interesting  fishing. 

Thursday,  Jan.  19. — Warmer;  showers;  wind,  east. 
Down  channel  and  outside  keys  to  Angelfish  Creek. 
Caught  a few  grunts.  After  lunch  ran  up  through  creek 
and  down  inside  keys  to  Steamboat  Creek.  Fished 
there  for  snapper;  caught  one  and  two  little  sand  perch. 
At  five  ran  down  creek  and  anchored  outside.  Fished 
for  snapper  at  mouth  of  creek.  Mosquitoes  fearful. 
Trask  caught  three  snappers,  small,  and  then  hooked 
a 4ft.  stingray,  which  towed  him  round  awhile  and 
was  led  out  into  the  bay.  We  got  gaff  and  grains; 
Roberts  grained  him,  the  hook  giving  way  then.  I 
gaffed  him,  and  we  both  towed  him  to  the  boat.  Cap- 
tain grained  him  again.  Walter  broke  the  barbed  lance 
in  his  tail  with  an  oar,  and  we  hoisted  him  on  deck. 
Estimated  weight  80  pounds,  dark  olive  back,  white 
below.  Slept  in  bay  that  night;  no  flies;  fair  night. 

Friday,  Jan.  20. — Wind,  west,  light;  bright  and  warm. 
Back  to  Angelfish  Creek.  Down  outside  to  Indian 
Key,  about  30  miles  south  of  Angelfish.  Rigged  tarpon 
rods  and  wire  leaders  for  expected  big  barracuda. 
Trolled  down,  some  strikes  from  mackerel;  no  fish. 
Anchored  one-quarter  mile  north  of  Indian  Key. 
Caught  abundance  of  runners  (or  hard  tail),  snappers, 
grunts,  a yellow  tail  and  fifteen  or  twenty  of  the 
curious  “half-beak” — a silvery  fish  from  ioin.  to  15m. 
long,  about  iin.  deep,  tail  with  lower  blade  the  longer, 
and  a long  protrusion  of  the  lower  jaw  making  a 3m. 
or  4m.  beak,  the  upper  jaw  short.  These  swim  in 
schools  near  the  surface,  and  take  very  gently  a small 
hook  with  piece  of  crawfish  about  y2in.  square.  Very 
lively,  but  too  small  to  give  sport.  A 4ft.  shark  made 
a dash  at  one  of  my  hooked  fish,  and  nearly  got  him. 

Saturday,  Jan.  21. — North  wind;  fresh;  cool.  Landed 
on  Indian  Key,  shot  two  doves  and  could  not  find 
them.  Tried  to  catch  groupers  in  rock  holes  along 
shore.  Saw  some  of  five  to  eight  pounds,  but  could’nt 
get  them  to  bite.  Caught  some  small  porgies  and 
grunts  off  the  cay.  Moved  to  our  last  night’s  anchor- 
age. No  fish,  but  a school  of  half-beaks.  Caught  eight 
with  one  bait.  Later  got  several  good  mutton  fish, 
runners,  etc.  Fish  bit  for  last  part  of  ebb  tide  only. 
I fell  backward  from  the  after  deck  into  the  cockpit, 
campstool  and  all.  Ought  to  have  broken  my  neck, 
but  got  off  with  a scare  and  a few  strains. 

Sunday,  Jan.  22. — Wind,  north;  light,  falling  to  al- 
most nothing;  warm  and  pleasant.  Up  at  5:30;  break- 
fast. To  Alligator  Reef  Light,  3 miles  southeast. 
Trolled  around  light  with  tarpon  rod,  reel  and  line, 
piano  wire  leaders,  10-0  hooks  and  6in.  bait,  pork  rind 
or  fish.  Caught  twenty-one  barracuda,  from  10  to  30 
pounds,  five  amber  fish  from  25  to  60  pounds,  five 
groupers  from  10  to  70  pounds,  two  Spanish' mackerel 
8 pounds  each.  Lost  a good  many  fish  and  several  hooks 
and  leaders.  Perfectly  wonderful  sport.  Very  gamy 
and  strong  fish,  especially  the  amberjack,  which,  in 
sustained' power,  excel  every  fish  I have  known,  weight 
for  weight.  Is  first  cousin  to  the  California  “yellow- 
tail.”  The  work  very  hard,  and  after  each  big  fish 
was  gaffed,  one  wanted  to  git  down  and  gasp,  gnd  rub 


his  aching  muscles.  I was  astonished  at  the  strength 
of  the  tackle,  and  got  to  think  it  would  hold  anything, 
so  lost  two  big  amberjack  by  holding  them  too  tight 
and  breaking  my  line  at  the  leader  knot.  A hammer- 
head shark,  about  10ft.  long,  swam  close  around  the 
sloop  while  we  were  anchored  for  lunch.  Tried  in  vain 
to  shoot  him;  fished  for  him.  with  shark  hook,  but  he 
wouldn’t  bite. 

Our  total  catch  was  thirty-three  fish,  and  I estimated 
total  weight  over  700  pounds.  Trask  had  two  reels 
fail  him  and  broke  his  line  twice,  and  so  took  my  spare 
line  and  reel  to  go  on  with.  His  click  slipped  off,  the 
reel  overran  and  snarled  the  line,  and  the  next  rush 
broke  it.  Largest  grouper  was  about  4ft.  long,  70 
pounds;  largest  amberjack,  4L>ft.,  60  pounds;  largest 
barracuda,  5L>ft,  30  pounds.  The  barracuda  plays  like 
a salmon,  making  long  side  runs  and  often  leaping  re- 
peatedly. One  of  my  large  fish  went  clear  out  five  times. 
The  amberfish  play  deeper  and  do  not  leap,  but  are 
much  stronger  weight  for  weight  and  fight  longer.  The 
groupers  surge  heavily,  play  deep  and  get  into  a hole 
if  they  can.  Took  fish  to  Indian  Key,  photographed 
them,  and  gave  to  a “Conch,”  as  the  natives  of  the 
keys  are_  called,  all  but  four,  so  none  were  wasted. 
Find  inside  of  sole  leather  brake  pad  deeply  hollowed 
bv  friction  against  the  coil  of  line  on  the  reel.  Had  a 
plunge  off  the  sloop.  Very  fine. 

Monday,  Jan.  23. — Wind,  northeast,  light;  fair, 
After  breakfast  started  for  Bahia  Honda,  outside  the 
keys,  a run  of  40  miles.  Passed  fleet  of  spongers  about 
9 A.  M.,  and  of  mackerel  seiners,  each  schooner  with  a 
big  seine  boat  in  tow  and  a look  out  on  the  jibboom 
end,  about  eleven.  Toward  noon  saw  several  mackerel 
jump,  but  they  would  not  strike  the  squids.  About 
2:30  two  struck  at  the  same  moment,  and  were  landed, 
tf/2  pounds  each.  About  3:30  entered  Bahia  Honda 
Harbor,  passing  near  a small  rocky  islet  with  a large 
flock  of  pelicans  on  it.  Shot  at  them  muchly  with 
small  rifles  with  no  results.  Landed  on  Bahia  Honda 
Cay.  Low  coral  reef,  with  rank  grass  and  bushes  on 
the  higher  part,  and  a few  cocoanut  palms  in  the  dis- 
tance. Caught  a lot  of  small  crabs  for  bait  from  under 
stones,  and  I speared  a nurse  shark  about  15m.  long. 
Back  on  boat,  and  caught  a lot  of  small  porgies  and 
grunts  before  sundown.  Going  back  to  boat  we  saw 
a large  stingray,  speckled  this  time;  but  he  got  away 
too  quick  for  me  to  spear  him.  They  move  through 
the  water  by  motion  of  their  wide  flanges,  which  is 
singularly  like  the  flight  of  a bird.  6 P.  M.,  wind  north, 
light;  quite  warm.  These  southern  keys  have  white 
beaches,  and  are  inclined  to  be  rocky  and  dry,  quite 
different  from  the  mud  and  mangrove  cays  for  the  first 
50  miles  south  of  Miami.  Trask  snores  regularly  every 
night,  but  not  violently,  and  it  don’t  seem  to  bother 
me  any.  He  is  very  cheerful  and  jolly  and  a very 
pleasant  companion. 

Tuesday  Jan.  24. — Anchored  in  channel  before  break- 
fast; caught  large  grunts  and  porgies  of  about  2 pounds, 
and  one  pork  fish,  silver  with  yellow  and  black  stripes. 
Started  for  Key  West  about  8 o’clock.  One  valve 
stem  of  engine  broke  about  10  o’clock;  drifted  for  two 
hours  and  repaired  it.  Trolled  with  big  rods  over 
some  reefs  for  about  an  hour  after . lunch.  I caught 
a 15-pound  grouper,  and  had  one  more  strike.  Trask 
got  one  strike,  but  no  fish.  Started  for  Key  West  2:15 
P.  M.,  about  18  miles  away.  Timed  the  boat  for  an 
hour  this  morning.  She  made  7*4  miles  towing  her 
rowboat  behind,  and  with  two  trolling  lines  out.  A 
perfect  day;  north  wind  early  in  day,  and  quite  brisk. 
Now,  2:30  P.  M.,  soft  S.W.  wind;  very  warm  and  per- 
fectly clear;  water,  turquoise  with  purple  patches  of 
rocky  shoal;  wind,  light,  northerly,  increasing. 

Wednesday,  Jan.  25. — Wind,  northerly  fresh;  fair 
weather.  Took  some  photographs,  bought  supplies,  etc. 
Dropped  my  glasses  into  the  harbor  while  trying  to 
photograph  a 200-pound  jewfish  tied  to  dock.  A 
genial  colored  gentleman  fished  them  out  and  seemed 
grateful  for  a quarter.  Wind  rose  rapidly,  by  noon 
blowing  a norther.  Shifted  boat  to  south  of  steamer 
pier;  cold  and  cloudy;  dined  at  hotel;  a very  bad  dinner. 
Cold  night;  wind  high. 

Thursday,  Jan.  26.— Norther  still  blowing  very  cold. 
Sun  out  about  10  A.  M.;  warmer.  Think  we  are  stuck 
here  for  a day  or  two.  Storm  all  day,  very  cold,  extra 
blankets  bought  and  slept  in  underclothes  and  stockings. 

Friday,  Jan.  27. — Fair;  cold  north  wind.  Many  fish 
picked  up  by  boys,  so  numbed  with  cold  as  to  be  help- 
less. Wind  falling  and  somewhat  warmer.  Drove  with 
Trask  to  Martelo  Towers,  old  forts  east  of  town,  and 
took  some  photographs.  We  had  been  told  this  could 
not  be  done  without  a permit,  so  drove  to  the  bar- 
racks, and  were  told  that  the  commanding  officer  was 
at  Fort  Taylor.  Drove  to  the  fort,  passing  through  a 
gate  where  a sentry  was  stationed,  who  said  nothing 
to  us.  After  some  inquiry  found  a group  of  officers 
at  one  of  the  batteries,  prominent  among  whom  was 
a stout  red-faced,  grizzled  personage.  I lifted  my  hat, 
and  he  said,  “Well,  sir.”  I said,  “We  are  told  that 
permission  to  inspect  the  Martelo  Towers  is  necessary, 
and  beg  to  ask  leave  to  do  so.”  He  thundered,  “How 
the  devil  did  you  get  in  here?”  and,  without  waiting 
for  a reply,  began  to  abuse  our  driver  for  bringing 
citizens  into  the  fort  and’  threatened  him  with  the 
guard  house;  ordered  the  officer  of  the  day  to  arrest 
the  sentry  at  the  gate  and  have  him  tried  by  court 
martial.  Said  to  me  most  gruffly,  “Am  sorry  I can 
give  you  no  permission  to  see  any  of  the  fortifications,” 
and  stalked  away.  The  whole  performance  was  so 
absurd  that  it  struck  me  as  funny,  and  I did  not  begin 
to  realize  that  our  dignity  as  American  citizens  had 
been  offended  until  about  next  day.  The  army  is  amus- 
ing when  it  gets  on  its  hind  legs  and  prances,  and 
this  particular  individual  may  have,  been  a very  good 
officer,  but  seerfii;  to  have  lacked-training  as  a gentle- 


man. We  found  the  towers  practically  ruinous,  and 
nobody  objected  to  our  visit  to  them. 

The  islands  where  not  cleared  is  a desolate  wilder- 
ness, sand  and  rock  covered  by  scrubby  jungle.  Got 
some  more  supplies  and  hope  to  start  in  morning  for 
the  west  coast.  This  storm  appears  to  have  been  gen- 
eral all  over  the  country,  with  zero  or  below  in  north- 
ern cities  and  freezing  or  below  far  down  into  Florida, 
and  has  doubtless  done  great  damage.  Saw  a jewfish 
on  dock,  _ about  6ft.  long  and  very  thick  and  heavy, 
would  weigh  at  least  300  pounds,  brown,  mottled  with 
lighter  shade  and  very  ugly.  Large  turtle  crawls  on 
dock  next  us.  Full  of  green  turtles.  Some  very  large 
ones.  Toward' night  wind  much  lighter,  and  tempera- 
ture much  milder.  Night  cold,  but  not  nearly  so  bad 
as  the  last  one. 

Saturday,  Jan.  28. — Cloudy;  light  northeast  wind. 
Started  at  9:30.  On  the  way  passed  a small  shark  and 
a hawksbill  turtle,  circled  to-  try  and  spear  them,  but 
they  both  got  out  of  the  way.  Reached  Bahia  Honda 
3:30.  Landed  on  Pelican  Key,  got  two  shots  at  flock 
of  small  beach  birds  with  shotgun.  Killed  several,  but 
only  got  two,  others  washed  away.  Fired  four  shots 
at  pelican  on  the  water,  about  300yds.,  with  .22  rifle; 
first  shot  short;  second  and  third  nearer,  but  still  short. 
Fourth  caught  him  through  the  neck  and  killed  him 
instantly.  Picked  him  up  with  launch,  full-grown 
female,  very  handsome  plumage,  spread ' of  wings  7ft. 
Much  larger  bird  than  I supposed.  Anchored  inside 
channel.  Quiet  night. 

Sunday,  Jan.  29. — Cloudy;  heavy  black  bank  to  the 
east.  Started  for  Cape  Sable  9 A.  M.  Skinned  the 
pelican;  beastly  job.  Partly  cloudy;  light  north  wind. 
Are  running  up  inside  keys,  and  shall  strike  across  in 
an  hour  or  so  and  get  out  of  sight  of  land.  Bay  of 
Florida.  Water  shallow,  to-day  muddy  from  long 
storm,  so  pale  turquoise.  Cape  Sable  about  3 P.  M. 
Up  along  shore  to  Sawfish  Hole.  Very  shoal  water. 
Anchored  off  post-office  of  Flamingo,  near  some  small 
keys.  Few  drops  of  rain  in  evening.  Quite  comfortable 
temperature.  The  pelican  skin  kept  me  busy  for  four 
days,  hanging  it  up  to  the  sun  to  dry,  covering  it  with 
canvas  when  it  rained  and  putting  it  away  at  night. 
It  got  wetter  and  worse  smelling  every  day,  and  I 
finally  gave  it  up  as  a bad  job  and  threw  it  overboard. 

Monday,  Jan.  30. — -Fair,  light  east  wind,  comfortably 
warm.  Up  at  sunrise.  Went  to  keys  with  shotgun 
and  rod.  Shot  a great  white  heron  and  a qua  bird, 
or  night  heron.  Caught  a sea  trout  three  pounds. 
Roberts  speared  a drum  of  about  same  size.  Picked 
up  a chilled  burrfish.  Yellow  ground,  fine  black  stripes 
in  pattern,  emerald  eyes,  yellow  border,  spined  pro- 
lusely  on  back  and  head  to  tail;  Sin.  long.  Afternoon, 
speared  a red  drum,  shot  a Florida  cormorant  and 
young  white  ibis,  called  “curlew”  here.  Fired  many 
shots.  Shot  (No.  8),  too  small.  Warmest  night  yet. 

Tuesday,  Jan.  31. — Fair,  light  east  wind;  warm. 
Fished  for  drum  around  keys,  no  bites.  Shot  at  a red 
drum  and  missed  him.  Speared  a gray  drum,  20 
pounds,  which  croaked  repeatedly  when  in  the  boat. 
Roberts  picked  up  a 50-pound  tarpon,  dead,  evidently 
killed  by  cold;  no  mark  on  him.  After  lunch  started 
for  Shark  River  on  west  coast.  East  wind  became  high 
about  noon.  Still  quite  warm.  We  were  disappointed 
at  not  seeing  a sawfish,  for  which  this  last  spot  is 
noted.  Had  cormorant  and  curlew  stewed  for  dinner. 
Both  horrid.  Tender,  but  with  a dead  and  gone  after- 
taste that  was  abominable.  The  red  drum  proved  an 
excellent  table  fish.  About  2:30  ran  hard  aground  on 
bank  a mile  from  shore.  Tide  went  out  and  boat  lay 
over  20  degrees  or  more.  Engine  broke  down  just 
after  we  struck.  Tinkered  it,  tide  came  in  and  we 
got  off  about  7:30  and  anchored  in  channel.  Big  lot 
of  porpoises  puffing  and  jumping  around  us.  Wind 
fallen;  warmer. 

Wednesday,  Feb.  1.— Fair;  wind  east,  fresh.  Fished 
off  boat.  Trask  caught  four  sand  perch;  I didn’t  get 
a bite.  Ran  along  coast  past  the  triple  capes  called 
“Sable,”  toward  Shark  River.  Reached  same  about 
noon.  After  lunch  went  up  river  in  boats.  Fished,  but 
caught  nothing.  Shot  two  Louisiana  herons  and  a 
young  one  of  the  “little  blue  heron.”  This  last  was 
pure  white,  the  ends  of  the  primaries  very  slightly 
marked  with  bluish.  In  about  two  years  the  bird  be- 
comes deep  blue  all  over.  Trask  shot  an  adult.  Took 
skin  of  back  and  wings  of  my  Louisianas.  Two  por- 
poises in  river;  Trask  shot  at  them  with  big  rifle  and 
missed;  Walter  chased  them  with  grains,  but  couldn’t 
reach  ’em.  Mosquitoes  numerous  here.  Shall  pull 
out  for  Marco  and  Pavilion  Key  or  Punta  Rassa  in 
morning.  A.  St.  J.  Newberry. 

[to  BE  CONCLUDED.] 


Golden  Trout  Shown  in  San  Francisco. 

Golden  trout  from  an  icy  stream  7,000  feet  up  the  wild 
sides  of  Mt.  Whitney  were  one  of  the  attractions  of  the 
Forest,  Fish  and  Game  Association’s  show  in  San  Fran- 
cisco last  week.  The  fish  were  caught  in  Whitney  Creek 
by  R.  W.  Requa,  foreman  of  the  Sissons  hatchery.  With 
two  assistants  he  started  up  the  towering  mountain.  One 
of  his  companions  turned  back  when  a blinding  'snow- 
storm came  on,  but  the  other  two  proceeded.  Requa  got 
about  three  dozen  of  the  trout,  which  were  brought 
down  in  a bucket  of  water  and  ice.  Plenty  of  ice  was 
kept  in  the  tank  in  which  the  fish  were  shipped,  and  a 
large  chunk  of  it  floated  in  the  water  in  which  they 
lived  at  the  pavilion.  


The  Wag. 

From  the  New  York  Times. 

He  laugheth  best  who  laugheth  last, 
So  on  the  mundane  ball 
The  dog,  who  chuckles  with  his  tail, 
Mpf-latjght  the  best  pf  all 


318 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


IAprIL  22,  1905. 


New  York  Hatcheries* 

The  following  paragraphs  are  from  advance  sheets  of 
the  report  of  the  Deputy  Commissioner  in  charge  of  the 
New  York  State  Hatcheries  to  Forest,  Fish  and  Game 
Commissioner  D.  C.  Middleton,  as  submitted  to  the 
Legislature : 

During  the  past  season  the  value  of  the  fish  distributed 
for  the  purpose  of  stocking  the  inland  waters  of  the 
State  was,  at  the  lowest  market  price  charged  by  com- 
mercial hatcheries,  $1x9,684.67,  which  is  a larger  value 
than  that  of  the  previous  season  •and  secured  without  any 
great  additional  expense. 

Some  idea  of  the  increase  in  the  demands  made  on  the 
hatcheries  may  be  had  from  the  fact  that  during  the  past 
year  we  received  2,320  applications  for  fish  of  various 
kinds,  as  compared  with  a total  of  1,908  applications  re- 
ceived in  1903,  and  a total  of  1,459  received  in  1902.  We 
filled  1,929,  as  compared  with  1.551  during  the  previous 
season,  and  carried  over  196,  which  were  filled  satisfac- 
torily during  the  late  fall. 

Owing  to  the  severity  of  the  previous  winter,  a consid- 
erable number  of  the  fish  had  to  be  carried  over  until 
spring,  which  is  the  reason  for  the  large  increase  in  the 
number  of  yearlings  distributed.  As  a rule,  the  fish  are 
planted  chiefly  as  fingerlings.  that  being  the  size  which 
gives  the  most  satisfactory  results.  Should  any  yearling 
fish  happen  to  be  on  hand  they  are  planted  only  in  the 
larger  bodies  of  water,  or  in  such  streams  as  are  closed 
to  all  fishing  in  the  manner  provided  by  law.  Valuable 
assistance  has  been  received  from  local  organizations  for 
the  protection  of  fish  and  game  in  planting  many  of  the 
inland  lakes,  and  it  is  the  intention  to  continue  sys- 
tematically the  work  of  restocking  the  larger  bodies  of 
water  on  applications  made  in  the  name  of  the  Com- 
mission itself. 

The  Food  Fish. 

For  reasons  not  well  understood,  there  were  unusual 
difficulties  last  season,  attending  the  highly  important 
work  of  propagating  what  are  classed  in  this  State  as 
“food  fish.”  These  difficulties,  it  has  been  learned,  were 
also  experienced  in  other  States.  In  our  own  hatcheries 
the  apparently  healthy  eggs,  especially  of  the  pike  perch, 
perished  by  thousands  or  hatched  out  weaklings  without 
any  reason  that  was  apparent  to  the  experienced  men  in 
charge.  I11  the  opinion  of  many  fishermen  the  trouble 
was  due  to  the  unusually  prolonged  and  severe  weather 
of  the  winter  preceding  the  spawning  season. 

The  run  of  shad  in  the  Hudson  River  was  also  much 
smaller  than  usual.  Several  snow  squalls  which  came 
on  during  the  season,  chilled  the  water  at  various  times 
sufficiently  to  check  the  run,  but  the  fishermen  also  assert 
that  the  pollution  of  the  river  is  now  so  great  that  the 
fish  do  not  run  in  any  great  number  far  above  Catskill. 
It  has  also  been  suggested  that  the  myriads  of  carp 
which  now  infest  the  river  seriously  interfere  with  the 
spawning  of  this  important  species  of  fish,  and  a num- 
ber of  suggestions  have  been  made  by  the  fishermen  with 
a view  to  overcoming  these  difficulties.  One  plan  which 
has  been  urged  is  that  the  Commission  take  steps  to 
raise  the  shad  fry  to  a more  advanced  stage  of  growth 
before  planting  them.  Another  suggestion  is  that  the 
Commission  remove  the  shad  hatchery  from  its  present 
location  on  the  banks  of  the  river  at  Catskill  to  some 
desirable  location  on  the  banks  of  the  Delaware  River — 
either  in  the  town  of  Hancock,  in  Delaware  county,  or 
lower  down  in  Sullivan  county.  The  water  there  is  prac- 
tically free  from  pollution,  and  the  fish  run  annually  in 
great  numbers.  It  would  not  be  expensive  to  make  this 
change  and,  in  the  judgment  of  experienced  fishermen, 
a great  many  more  eggs  could  be  taken  there  and  planted 
to  much  better  advantage.  As  the  failure  of  the  shad 
fisheries  is  a serious  matter,  any  reasonable  experiment 
having  for  its  object  the  improvement  of  existing  condi- 
tions will  recommend  itself  to  the  taxpayers. 

The  output  of  trout  exceeded  that  of  1903  by  584,499, 
and  the  grand  total  output  of  game  fish  was  5,045,914. 
The  Commission  was  able  during  the  year  to  restock 
many  depleted  streams  for  which  applications  were  made 
by  line  fishermen,  and  also  to  supply  an  unusually  large 
number  of  requests  from  citizens  interested  in  public 
waters  in  many  parts  of  the  State.  Apparently  the  sever- 
ity of  the  winter  did  not  affect  the  trout  to  any  extent, 
and  good  fishing  was  reported  by  those  living  in  the  very 
localities  where  the  streams  were  said  to  have  been 
frozen  solid  and  from  which  doleful  predictions  came 
that  the  waters  would  be  barren  of  fish  in  the  spring. 

The  wisdom  of  the  Legislature  in  making  timely  and 
encouraging  appropriations  for  the  use  of  the  hatchery 
system  rendered  it  possible  for  the  Commission  to  so 
improve  several  of  the  hatcheries  that  their  condition 
is  now  better  than,  it  has  been  before  in  years.  It  is 
believed  that  the  extensions  made  at  Margaretville  will 
now  render  it  possible  to  produce  a supply  ample  for  the 
stocking  of  the  waters  in  the  important  Catskill  region, 
and  that  changes  made  at  the  Pleasant  Valley,  Cold 
Spring  and  Fulton  Chain  hatcheries  will  result  in  more 
and  better  work  at  each.  The  great  hatchery  at  Cale- 
donia, and  the  very  important  trout  hatchery  at  Saranac 
Inn  Station,  should  have  similar  attention  next  season.  _ It 
is  also  desirable  that  provision  be  made  for  the  rearing 
of  black  bass,  and  the  Commission  has  plans  for  this  well 
in  hand  and  will  push  ‘them  to  a successful  conclusion 
just  as  soon  as  certain  questions  involving  the  water  sup- 
ply can  be  settled.  The  demand  for  this  species  of  fish 
has  grown  steadily  for  several  years  and  is  now  so  great 
that  the  importance  of  this  work  can  no  longer  be  over- 
looked. 

A very  serious  epidemic  among  the  brook  trout  at  the 
Cold  Spring  hatchery,  a misfortune  which  was  shared 
by  one  or  more  of  the  great  private  hatcheries  on  Long 
Island,  has  temnorarily  removed  this  hatchery  from  ac- 
tive service.  The  Commission  at  the  outbreak  of  this 
disease,  communicated  with  Hon.  George  M._  Bowers, 
the  United  States  Commissioner  of  Fisheries,  who 
promptly  furnished  one  of  his  best  experts  to  render  all 
possible'  assistance.  The  matter  was  given  the  closest 
possible  attention,  but  in  spite  of  every  effort  not  a 
single  fish  could  be  saved.  With  a view  to  preventing 
any  further  occurrence  of  the  kind  at  this  important 
hatchery,  the  Commission  has  replaced  all  the  old  rear- 
ing ponds  by  cement  structures  and  has  thoroughly  reno- 
vated all  their  connections.  An  entirely  new  lot  of  brood 
fish — -12,000  in  number— were  sent  to  this  hatchery  from 


the  Adirondacks  during  the  fall,  and  it  is  believed  that 
no  further  trouble  will  be  experienced. 

In  connection  with  this  hatchery  it  is  regretted  that 
the  Commission  has  been  forced,  temporarily  at  least,  to 
abandon  the  valuable  work  that  was  being:  done  there  in 
lobster  culture.  Excellent  progress  had  been  made  in 
this  work,  and  the  great  need  for  continuing  it  will  be 
apparent  to  anyone  familiar  with  the  rapidity  with  which 
the  lobsfer  is  disappearing  from  our  waters. 

Very  material  assistance  has  been  rendered  by  the 
United  States  Fisheries  Commission  during  the  past 
season,  and  thanks  are  due  to  the  Hon.  George  M. 
Bowers,  Commissioner,  for  his  ready  responses  to  our 
various  requests.  In  this  connection,  it  may  be  said  that 
in  addition  to  the  fish  planted  in  New  York  State  waters 
by  our  Commission,  the  United  States  Commissioner  has 
distributed:  1,148,000  brook  trout  fry,  3,375  brook  trout 
yearlings,  4,470,000  lake  trout  fry,  10,900  rainbow  trout 
fry,  1,850  black  bass  yearlings,  350  rock  bass  yearlings, 
100,000  pike  perch  fry,  and  15,235,000  whitefish  fry. 

Recommendations, 

In  view  of  the  preceding  statements,  and  of  other  mat- 
ters which  have  come  to  my  attention  during  the  year, 
I would  make  the  following  recommendations : 

1.  That  an  effort  be  made  to  have  the  committees  of 
the  Legislature,  in  their  travels  through  the  State,  pay 
visits  to  the  several  hatcheries,  for  the  purpose  of  giving 
these  committees  a well-defined  idea  of  the  magnitude  of 
our  work  and  its  importance  to  the  people,  as  well  as  of 
the  requirements  of  the  hatcheries. 

2.  That  the  location  of  the  shad  hatchery  be  changed 
in  accordance  with  the  suggestion  and  for  the  reasons 
already  given. 

3.  That  in  recognition  of  the  work  done  by  the  secre- 
tary in  connection  with  the  hatchery  system,  and  more 
especially  because  of  the  interest  he  has  taken  in  the  dis- 
tribution of  the  output,  the  collection  of  specimens  for 
the  various  exhibits,  and  of  his  knowledge  of  the  waters 
of  the  State  and  their  requirements,  the  honorary  title 
of  Assistant  Fish  Culturist  be  bestowed  upon  him,  and  a 
suitable  record  of  this  action  made  in  the  minutes  of 
the  Commission. 

4.  That  the  State  hatcheries  be  opened  in  a modified 

way  to  scientific  workers  engaged  in  the  study  of  fishcul- 
tural  problems,  and  especially  to  those  studying  the  dis- 
eases of  fish.  J.  D.  Lawrence, 

Deputy  Commissioner. 


Secretary  John  D.  Whish  has  prepared  the  following 
comparative  statement  of  what  was  done  by  several  of 
the  States  during  the  season  of  1904.  The  figures  are 
compiled  from  official  reports,  and  furnish  an  interesting 
comparison  for  all  those  concerned  in  the  work  of  fish- 
culture.  It  should  be  stated  before  considering  the  fig- 
ures that  in  Maine  the  game  fish  distributed  are  trout 
and  ouananiche;  in  Minnesota,  New  York,  New  Jersey 
and  Vermont  they  are  all  trout.  In  Michigan,  Pennsyl- 
vania and  Wisconsin  the  pike  perch  is  called  a game  fish, 
but  in  making  the  comparison  in  the  table  this  species 
is  rated  as  a food  fish  in  order  to  place  all  the  States  on 
the  same  footing.  New  Jersey  buys  all  its  fish  from  the 
commercial  hatcheries : 


Total 


State. 

Distribution. 

Food  Fish. 

Game  Fish. 

Cost. 

Connecticut  

7,250.450 

7,135,000 

115,450 

$4,237.11 

Maine  

....  1,0S4,504 

None 

1,0S4,504 

25,000.00 

Massachusetts  . . 

26,411,337 

22,100,000 

4,311,337 

5,800.00 

Michigan  

....  48,904,460 

39,875,000 

9,229,460 

32,000.00 

Minnesota  

....  72,700,000 

67,S0O,OOO 

4,900,000 

8,000.00 

IN  ew  Y ork  

. . . .111.667,830 

106,617,466 

5,050,364 

52,000.00 

New  Jersey 

27,100 

None 

27,100 

6,045.00 

Pennsylvania  ... 

....  85,000,000 

77,293,000 

7,707,000 

17,000.00 

Rhode  Island 

....  3,040.500 

3.000,000 

40,500 

7.500.00 

V ermont  

'880,000 

None 

880,000 

2,000.00 

Wisconsin  

....  83,837,850 

20,375,000 

63,462,850 

30,413.06 

The  History  of  a Fly. 

Seattle. — This  is  the  story  of  a new  fly  invented  by 
Mrs.  Chet  Belding,  one  of  the  most  expert  fisherwomeu 
on  the  Pacific  Coast.  Its  killing  qualities  were  tested 
on  Cedar  Lake  last  fall  and  found  to  be  better  than  any 
of  the  other  artificial  lures  in  use  at  that  time  of  the 
year. 

It  is  impossible  to  give  a name  to  the  new  fly,  be- 
cause the  original,  so  far  as  investigation  has  gone,  is 
not  classified.  It  is  found  only  in  the  lakes  of  high 
altitude,  and  makes  its  appearance  about  the  middle 
of  August.  For  three  weeks  the  water  along  late  in 
the  afternoon  is  well  covered  with  this  species  of  fly, 
and  the  trout  feed  on  them  almost  exclusively. 

In  general  appearance  it  resembles  the  devil’s  darn- 
ing needle,  but  it  is  a distinct  species,  even  if  it  should 
belong  to  that  family.  Its  body  is  rather  long  and 
yellow;  its  wings  are  of  good  size,  gauzy  and  of  a drab 
color.  It  rests  on  the  water  by  means  of  four  legs. 

One  of  the  most  peculiar  things  about  the  odd 
creature  is  that  it  does  not  move  about,  after  once 
settling  for  the  night,  or,  at  least  that  is  the  deduction 
made  from  observations  by  both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Belding. 

It  does,  however,  twist  its  body  back  and  forth  with  a 
sort  of  spasmodic  action. 

Its  birth  takes  place  in  the  mud  at  the  bottom  of  the 
lake  near  the  shore.  About  9 o’clock  in  the  morning 
it  slowly  works  its  way  to  the  top  of  the  water,  where 
it  rests  perfectly  motionless  for  eight  or  ten  minutes; 
then  it  slowly  spreads  its  wings  and  flies  directly  into 
the  rays  of  the  sun.  Nothing  more  is  seen  of  it  until 
about  4 o’clock  in  the  afternoon,  when  it  returns  to 
the  water  and  remains  there  for  the  night,  unless  some 
hungry  trout  ends  its  existence. 

The  length  of  the  fly  is  about  one  inch,  and  it  comes 
out  of  a cocoon,  wherein  it  lives  during  the  chrysalis 
state.  The  cocoon  collapses  and  appears  on  the  sur- 
face of  the  water  in  the  form  of  a brown  scum. 

Mr.  Belding  says  that  from  his  personal  observa- 
tions in  Idaho  and  California  he  believes  that  this  fly 
is  not  found  in  either  of  these  States;  from  inquiries 
made  among  sportsmen  he  is  inclined  to  doubt  its  ex- 
istence in  Oregon,  although  he  does  not  feel  like  mak- 
ing a decided  statement  to  that  effect.  Eastern  fisher- 
men of  years’  experience  in  all  parts'  of  ■ the  United  - 
States  have  told  Mr.  Belding  that' Washington  is  the 
only  place  they  have  ever  seen  this,  fly. 

The  story  of  how  Mrs.  Belding  happened  to  com- 
mence her  investigations  which  resulted  in  the  mak- 


ing of  the  artificial  Ay  is  out  of  the  ordinary.  A party 
was  camped  on  the  shore  of  Cedar  Lake  in  August. 
All  of  a sudden  the  trout  ceased  biting  and  nothing 
in  the  way  of  bait  or  flies  would  tempt  them  to  action. 
One  evening  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Belding  went  out  on  the 
lake  and  commenced  casting.  Now  Mr.  Belding  is 
candid  enough  to  admit  that  his  wife  can  handle  a 
rod  better  than  he.  She  can  stand  with  her  back  to  a 
tree  and,  without  apparent  effort,  place  a fly  within 
a six-inch  circle  four  out  of  five  times,  at  fifty  feet. 
How  she  makes  the  line  circle  gracefully  into  the  air 
over  her  head  and  then  commence  its  journey  at  right 
angles  to  the  ground  is  what  stumps  Mr.  Belding.  Mrs. 
Belding  has  attempted  to  initiate  her  husband  into  the 
mystery  of  the  delicate  wrist  action  which  produces 
this  result,  but  he  says  that  it  is  beyond  him — and  Chet 
is  a mighty  good  fly-caster  at  that. 

On  the  evening  in  question  Mr.  Belding  cast  his 
fly  in  vain,  but  every  time  Mrs.  Belding  tipped  the 
rod  there  was  a splash  and  in  came  a firm-meated 
mountain  trout. 

“What  have  you  got  there?”  inquired  Mr.  Belding; 
“I  don’t  see  why  you  should  be  such  a favorite.” 

“Why,”  replied  Mrs.  Belding,  with  a laugh,  “I  have 
a fly  of  my  own  manufacture.” 

She  had  taken  an  ordinary  hook,  lined  the  shank  with 
very  fine  strips  of  cork,  and  then  covered  it  with  a 
yellow  body.  The  drab  wings  had  been  made  of  yarn. 
The  cork  kept  the  artificial  fly  on  top  of  the  water  in 
imitation  of  the  original,  and  in  order  to  prevent  the 
leader  from  sinking  close  up  to  the  hook  she  had  taken 
bits  of  cork  and  attached  them  to  it. 

In  reality  it  was  still-fishing  that  made  Mrs.  Belding’s 
success.  She  aimed  to  imitate  the  fly  which  she  had 
observed  on  the  water,  but  realized  that  her  aim  would 
be  destroyed  if  she  dragged  the  fly  over  the  surface, 
because  the  real  fly  does  not  move  about.  Having  the 
fly  stationary  and  on  top  of  the  water  and  the  leader 
also  on  the  surface,  she  had  an  exact  imitation  of  the 
conditions  she  sought  to  imitate.  Her  creel  was  filled 
without  trouble  and  the  party  humbly  acknowledged  the 
wisdom  of  woman.  Portus  Baxter. 


A Night  at  Headquarters. 

“Heh,  there!”  My  friend  Brown,  originator  of  the 
Shenandoah  Rod  and  Reel  Club,  was  just  turning  Bell’s 
corner  when  I called  to  him,  and,  catching  up,  we 
went  on  up  to  the  quarters  of  the  club. 

“Give  the  countersign,  Cline.”  “Right  you  say.”  I 
knock  on  the  door,  and  presently  we  hear  the  measured 
tread  of  the  quartermaster,  Dorsey  Yeakley. 

“Don’t  light  the ‘gas,  Dorse;  let’s  light  up  the  pipes 
instead.” 

“Well,”  says  Brownie,  “only  three  more  months.” 

“Hush,  Brownie;  don’t  mention  it,  please;  I’ll  be 
catching  fish  all  night.” 

“Hello!  somebody  at  the  door.  That’s  all  right, 
Dorse;  let  him  in;  his  knock  is  all  right.” 

The  sturdy  form  of  Carson  Yeakley  stands  in  the 
doorway.  Bless  his  old  soul.  Without  old  Carse  and 
Brownie  the  Shenandoah  -Rod  and  Reel  Club  would 
be  like  a ship  without  a rudder. 

“Well,”  says  Dorse,  “how  long  are  we  going  to  stay 
this  time?” 

“A  whole  month!”  spoke  up  a voice. 

“Good!  an  excellent  idea,  if  every  one  can  do  the 
same,”  says  Carse.  Its  is  none  too  long,  and  the  time 
will  slip  by  quick  enough.” 

“I  understand,”  Carson  continued,  “that  Mr.  Van 
Alstyne,  the  song-writer,  musician  and  all-round 
camper  and  fisherman,  is  to  be  with  us  this  year.” 

“That’s  the  calculation,”  says  Brownie,  “and  we’ll 
never  regret  taking  him  with  us,  and,  by  the  way,  that 
gentleman  desires  us  to  bear  in  mind  that  he  doesn’t 
go  as  a guest,  either.” 

“Say,  look  here,  Mr.  Quartermaster  Dorsey  Yeakley, 
I want  to  make  a motion  that  we  be  allowed  to  stay 
up  until  10  o’clock  this  year.” 

“Well,  now,”  says  Dorse,  “we’ll  see.  If  Squire 
Grant  doesn’t  get  too  obstreperous  and  doesn’t  shoot 
too  many  buckshot  at  Cline’s  cork  we  might  change 
the  rules  a little.” 

“That’s  all  right  about  the  Squire,”  spoke  up  a voice, 
“I’ll  fix  him  all  right  when  I get  him  out  in  Van 
Alstyne’s  canvas  boat.” 

“Let  him  in,  Dorse;  I’ll  bet  that’s  the  Squire  now.” 

“I  told  you  so!” 

“Hello,  Squire;  we  were  just  talking  about  you. 
Dorse  here  says  if  you  are  right  good  he’ll  let  you 
go  out  in  the  canvas  boat  with  me,  and  then  I’ll  do 
the  rest.” 

“Well!”  says  the  Squire,  “I’ll  be  with  you  at  the  go- 
down.” 

The  club  will  pitch  their  tents  this  year  on  the  banks 
of  the  Shenandoah,  in  the  valley  of  Virginia,  where  our 
little  mascot,  Jack  Greenwall,  can  once  more  hear  the 
distant  rumble  of  the  “double  hitter”  and  the  “double 
single.”  He  says  he  has  almost  forgotten  the  whistle, 
but  is  ready  to  bet  with  Dorse  on  the  first  one  that 
comes  along.  He  caught  his  first  bass  last  year,  and 
his  only  regret  is,  that  he  landed  it  “nigger”  fashion. 
He  is  now  the  possessor  of  a rod  and  reel,  and  says 
he  will  land  his  next  fish  like  a gentleman. 

A.  T.  Cline. 

Wi mchest.br,  Va.,  April  8. 


A Hudson  Rivet  Striped  Bass* 

A thirty-seven-pound  striped  bass  was  caught  one 
afternoon  last  week  in  the  Hudson  River  off  Grant’s 
Tomb  in  the  nets  of  A.  J.  Fertenbach,  of  West  125th 
street.  This  is  said  to  be  the  largest  striped  bass  ever 
caught  in  the  Hudson.  It  measured  48  inches  from  tip 
to  tail.  The  fish  was  exhibited  last  night  at  the  Clare- 
mont, and  will  be  stuffed  for  the  Museum  of  Natural 
History.  

To  Preserve  Minnows. 

Vancouver,  B.  C.— For  preserving  minnows  try  forma- 
lin, diluted  of  course.  This  will  keep  even  the  eyes 
bright,  and  the  fish  will  last  better  on  an  archer  spinner 
than  when  fresh  from  the  water.  J.  C. 


APRIL  22,  1 90S.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


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The  Bangor  Salmon  Pool. 

Bangor,  Me,,  April  15. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 
Contrary  to  the  usual  experience  at  the  Bangor  salmon 
pool,  the  first  week  of  the  season  passed  without  the 
landing  of  a single  salmon,  and,  indeed,  but  one  Salmon 
was  taken  up  to  the  nth  of  the  month  anywhere  on  the 
rivet,  that  one  being  caught  in  a down-liver  weir.  How- 
ever, on  the  day  mentioned  the  pool  redeemed  itself  from 
going  on  record  as  furnishing  no  fish  whatsoever,  for  on 
that  day  Charles  Eugene  Tefft,  a New  York  sculptor, 
who  is  at  the  home  of  his  parents  in  Brewer  for  a rest, 
caught  the  first  salmon  of  the  season,  and  the  manner 
of  landing  the  fish  was  so  unusual  that  it  is  deserving 
of  especial  mention.  Mr.  Tefft,  in  common  with  a num- 
ber of  other  enthusiasts,  had  been  up  to  the  pool  for  sev- 
eral days,  but  the  muddy  water  prevented  good  fishing. 
On  the  afternoon  in  question  he  was  casting  from  the 
shore,  and  all  the  other  fishermen  had  left  the  pool  for 
home,  except  one,  who  was  landing  on  the  Bangor  shore, 
Mr.  Tefft  being  on  the  rocks  on  the  Brewer  side  of  the 
river.  As  he  Cast  there  was  a rise  just  a little  way  be- 
yond his  fly.  and  at  the  next  cast  he  hooked  his  fish. 
Here  was  a dilemma,  for  with  no  person  handy  to  help 
him  land  his  fish,  and  without  gaff  or  landing  net,  there 
was  a good  chance  for  the  fish  to  get  away,  and  a long 
dash  might  mean  the  loss  of  the  fish.  At  once  he  began 
to  reel  the  fish  in  toward  the  bank,  and  as  the  salmon 
came  within  easy  distance  from  where  he  stood,  a bright 
thought  came  to  him.  Incidental  to  the  pleasure  of  the 
afternoon  he  had  brought  along  his  small  target  rifle, 
and  this  lay  close  at  hand.  The  dorsal  fin  of  the  salmon 
was  all  that  showed,  and  holding  the  rod  with  one  hand, 
Mr.  Tefft  stooped,  picked  up  and  cocked  the  rifle  with 
the  other,  aimed  and  fired,  the  bullet  fortunately  passing 
directly  through  the  head  of  the  salmon.  It  was  the 
work  of  but  a few  seconds  to  tow  the  dead  salmon  to 
the  shore,  and  when  the  angler  from  across  the  river 
got  there,  having  hurried  across  to  offer  his  assistance, 
he  found  the  fish  already  high  and  dry  on  the  bank. 
When  he  learned  that  the  whole  operation  of  playing 
and  landing  the  fish  had  taken  but  a minute,  when  he 
has  often  been  kept  at  the  game  for  an  hour  and  more, 
he  was  incredulous  until  told  how  the  fish  was  “gaffed” 
with  the  rifle.  The  fish  weighed  22  pounds. 

The  very  muddy  water  of  the  first  half  of  the  month 
is  doubtless  responsible  for  the  otherwise  lack  of  results 
at  the  pool,  for  the  salmon  are  there,  and  as  soon  as  the 
water  clears  there  should  be  some  sport  for  those  who 
are  patient,  for  patience  is  a prominent  characteristic  of 
those  who  catch  fish  in  the  famous  pool  of  the  Penobscot. 

The  great  topic  among  the  anglers  now  is  the  probable 
date  of  the  going  of  the  ice  in  the  lakes  and  ponds.  Se- 
bago  Lake,  which  usually  opens  very  early,  in  fact,  has  an 
annual  race  with  the  Penobscot  River  to  see  which  shall 
be  clear  first,  is  still  locked  in  the  embrace  of  the  ice 
king,  and  it  is  predicted  may  not  open  before  the  25th  of 
the  month.  At  all  events,  the  probable  date  of  opening 
is  too  far  ahead  to  be  fixed  with  any  approach  to  definite- 
ness, and  will  depend  largely  upon  what  kind  of  days 
intervene  between  now  and  the  opening  day.  Sebec, 
which  always  opens  early,  perhaps  a few  days,  although 
less  than  a week,  ahead  of  the  big  lakes,  is  already 
partly  open,  having  become  clear  of  ice  in  the  narrows 
this  past  week.  This  would  indicate  an  early  opening. 
Reports  from  Moosehead  are  that  the  travel  on  the  lake 
has  been  discontinued  entirely,  and  as  this  usually  takes 
place  about  three  weeks  before  the  final  breaking  up  of 
the  ice,  it  is  safe  to  look  for  reports  that  the  lake  is  free 
about  May  1,  barring  the  approach  of  a cold  snap,  which 
might  delay  it  for  several  days.  The  essential  conditions 
to  the  larger  lakes  of  Maine  becoming  clear  is  not  only 
warm  suns  and  soft  winds,  but  unless  there  is  a strong 
southerly  breeze  to-  rot  out  and  set  the  ice  in  motion,  it 
might  be  a week  or  ten  days  longer  in  so  dissolving  that 
it  would  disappear.  The  writer  has  been  at  Greenville 
when,  on  a sharp  night,  the  ice  would  be  strong  enough 
in  the  cove  at  the  foot  of  the  lake  to  drive  across,  and 
by  night  it  would  be  entirely  clear,  the  sun  being  hot  and 
the  wind  just  right. 

Reports  are  that  the  coots  have  begun  to  fly  on  to  the 
coast  and  that  Seguin  lighthouse  is  recording  quantities 
of  the  fowl  passing  into  the  coast  inlets.  Careful  ob- 
servers say  that  this  is  about  the  average  time  for  the 
arrival  of  the  fowl.  Herbert  W.  Rowe. 


Interstate  Convention* 

A convention  of  representatives  of  the  States  border- 
ing the  Great  Lakes,  Vermont  and  Canada,  was  held  at 
the  Great  Northern  Hotel,  Chicago,  April  8,  at  which  the 
following  members  were  present : 

Illinois  Fish  Commission— Nat.  H.  Cohen;  S.  F,  Bart- 
lett, A.  Lenke. 

Michigan  Fish  Commission— Chas.  D.  Josylin,  Geo.  M. 
Brown,  Game  Warden  Chapman,  ex-Warden  C.  E. 
Brewster.  Senate  Fish  Committee — Mills,  Wordman, 
Cook  and  Moffatt.  House  Committee — Clark,  Knight, 
Robinson,  Scidmore,  Whelan  and  Ward. 

Minnesota  Game  and  Fish  Commission — Sam  F.  Ful- 
lerton, Llenry  Smith. 

Ohio  Fish  and  Game  Commission — Paul  North. 
Wisconsin — Game  Warden  H.  Overbeak,  Superintend- 
ent of  Fisheries  James  FI.  Nevin,  Senators  Wipperman 
and  Wright,  Assemblymen  LeRoy,  Everett,  Ottman  and 
Swineholt. 

United  States  Bureau  of  Fisheries — Frank  M.  Clark 
and  S.  P.  Bartlett. 

Mr.  J.  N.  Whelan,  of  Michigan,  presided,  with  Mr.  E. 
W.  LeRoy,  of  Wisconsin,  secretary.  On  motion  of  Nat. 
H.  Cohen  it  was  voted : 

“Whereas,  One  of  the  most  serious  obstacles  to  .the.  protection 
of  fish  and  game  exists  in  the  absence  of  uniformity  in  the  pro- 
visions of  the  laws  in  contiguous  States,  on  account  of  which  ab- 
sence of  uniformity  the  territory  and  markets  of  the  one  fre- 
quently become  a shield  and  protection  for  violators  of  the  law  in 
the  others;  therefore, 

“Resolved,  That  it  is  the  sense  of  this  meeting  that  general 
uniformity  should  be  attained  in  the  States  herein  represented 
and  bordering  on  the  Great  Lakes,  with  a view  to  arresting  the 
indiscriminate  destruction  of  the  valuable  food  supplies  existing 
in  these  waters. 

“Resolved,  That  a committee  be  appointed  by  this . meeting,  to 
formulate  a uniform  bill  by  original  draft,  or  by  codifying  existing 
laws,  for  the  purposes  herein  referred  to,  and  to  report  such  bill 
to  the  respective  legislative  bodies  of  the  States  and  Canadian 
Provinces  interested,  with  a view  to  its  enactment  into  law  at  their 
next  session.” 

The  committee  named  by  the  chair  included:  Sam  T.  Fullerton 

and  H.  G.  Smith,  Minnesota,  W.  N.  Mills  and  Walter  C. 
Robinson,  Michigan;  Nat  IT.  Cohen  and  Thomas  D..  Bear, 
Illinois;  Paul  North,  Ohio;  FI.  Wipperman  and  James  Swineholt, 
Wisconsin;  Frank  N.  Clark  and  S.  P.  Bartlett,  United  States 
Fish  Commission;  S.  T.  Batredo. 

The  following  recommendations  were  adopted,,  for  future  sub- 
mission to  the  legislatures  of  all  States  and  Provinces  concerned: 

“The  closed  season  for  all  fish  on  Lake  Erie,  Detroit  River, 
Lake  St.  Clair  and  St.  Clair  River  shall  be  from  Nov.  15  to 
April  15. 

“The  closed  season  for  wall-eyed  pike  on  Lake  Huron,  Lake 
Michigan  and  all  bays  and  harbors  tributary  and  St.  Mary’s 
Straits  shall  be  from  Jan.  1 to  May  15. 

“The  closed  season  on  Lakes  Huron  and  Michigan  for  white- 
fish  and  lake  trout  shall  be  from  Oct.  1 to  Dec.  15. 

“The  open  season  for  black  bass  shall  be  from  the  first  day  of 
July  to  the  first  day  of  January  for  rod  and  line  only. 

“The  closed  season  for  sturgeon  on  the  Great  Lakes  shall  be  ten 
years  from  June  1,  1905. 

“Prohibit  the  sale  anl  export  of  black  bass,  maskinonge,  brook 
trout,  rainbow  trout,  German  brown  trout,  Scotch  trout,  steel- 
head  trout,  grayling,  landlocked  salmon  and  bass. 

“All  boxes  and  packages  containing  fish  shall  be  marked  with 
the  name  of  the  consignor  and  consignee,  and  the  name  or  names 
of  the  species  of  fish  therein  contained.” 

The  minimum  size  of  the  different  .fishes  was  adopted  as  fol- 
low's, the  measurement  to  be  from  the  tip  of  the  snout  to  the  cen- 
ter of  the  fork  of  the  tail : Small  and  large-mouthed  black  bass, 

12  inches;  maskinonge,  SO  inches;  all  yellow  perch  caught  and 
offered  for  sale,  9 inches;  wall-eyed  pike,  15  inches;  blue  pike 
and  saugers,  10  inches;  whitefish  and  lake  trout  2 pounds  dressed, 
and  2 pounds  4 ounces  round;  herring  in  Lake  Erie,  10  inches. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Clark,  it  was 

“Resolved,  That  the  propagation  and  sale  of  speckled  and 
rainbow  trout  by  private  persons  or  companies  in  private  waters 
be  permitted  under  such  regulations  and  restrictions  as  shall 
be  recommended  by  the  fish  commissions  in  the  various  States.” 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Chapman,  of  Michigan: 

“Resolved,  That  having  in  possession  any  green  fresh  fish 
three  days  after  the  closed  season  shall  be  prima  facie  evidence 
of  the  violation  of  the  law.” 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Hoyt  it  was  resolved  to  recommend  to  the 
various  States  bordering  on  the  Great  Lakes  a law  licensing 
commercial  fishermen;  also  the  licensing  of  the  rod  for  trout  and 
grayling  fishing. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Fullerton  it  was 

“Resolved,  That  this  convention  recommend  to  the  Legislatures 
of  the  States  represented  that  they  memorialize  Congress  to  take 
jurisdiction  of  the  international  and  interstate  waters  for  the 
purpose  of  propagating  and  protecting  fish  in  said  waters,  and 
that  said  States  express  their  willingness  to  cede  to  the  Federal 
Government  all  jurisdiction  that  rests  in  said  States.” 

Other  recommendations  were  that  resident  hunters  be  per- 
mitted to  take  home  two  deer,  and  non-residents  one;  that  the 
Lacey  Act  be  enlarged  to  include  all  game  shipped  from  any 
State;  that  the  work  of  Dr.  Palmer  be  heartily  commended; 
that  the  sale  of  game,  the  cold  storage  of  game  and  spring 
shooting  be  prohibited. 


Chicago  Casting  Tournament, 


An  international  fly  and  bait-casting  tournament  will 
be  held  under  the  auspices  of  the  Chicago  Fly- 
Casting  Club  on  the  North  Lagoon,  Garfield  Park, 
Chicago,  111.,  Friday  and  Saturday,  Aug.  18  and  19, 
1905.  Fly  and  bait-casters  throughout  the  world  are 
earnestly  invited  to  attend  this  tournament  and  com- 
pete, as  it  is  intended  to  make  it  of  as  wide  a scope 
as  possible,  covering  all  such  forms  of  casting  as  may 
be  deemed  advisable  and  found  feasible. 

Contestants  from  other  parts  of  the  world  will  find 
every  effort  made  to  arrange  contests  in  conformity 
with  those  forms  of  casting  with  which  they  are 
familiar. 

Among  the  events  scheduled  will  be  long  distance 
fly,  delicacy  fly,  and  distance  and  accuracy  fly,  together 
with  long  distance  bait  (j/2  oz.  weight),  distance  and 
accuracy  bait  i}/z  oz.  weight),  and  delicacy  and  accuracy 
bait  (J4  oz.  weight).  Team  contests  and  other  inter- 
esting features  are  contemplated. 

Diamond  trophies  will  be  provided  for  all  leading 
events,  and  a large  number  of  attractive,  valuable  and 
appropriate  prizes  will  be  awarded. 

Naturally,  the  rules  of  the  Chicago  Fly-Casting  Club 
will  prevail,  but  exceptions  will  be  made  where  deemed 
advisable,  in  behalf  of  visiting  anglers — the  desire  being 
to  make  this  tournament  as  nearly  representative  as 
possible  of  expert  angling  at  large,  and  suggestions 
frdm  anglers  contemplating  attendance  at  the  tourna- 
ment are  earnestly  requested  and  will  receive  careful 
consideration  if  received  in  time. 

The  tournament  is  open  to  either  representatives  of 
clubs  or  unattached  individuals.  A nominal  entrance 
fee  will  be  charged  in  each  event.  Handsome  souvenir, 
illustrated,  historical  programmes  will  be  provided,  and 
no  expense  will  be  spared  to  make  this  the  most  suc- 
cessful tournament  in  angling  annals. 

Special  arrangements  will  be  made  for  the  comfort 
and  enjoyment  of  ladies,  and  social  features  of  an  en- 
joyable nature  will  contribute  to  the  pleasure  of  guests. 

All  anglers  contemplating  entering  the  tournament 
and  all  clubs  proposing  to  send  representatives,  are 
urged  to  communicate  at  the  earliest  moment  with  the 
secretary,  who  will  also  furnish  anyone  with  further 
information,  programmes,  etc. 

B.  J.  Kellenbei^ger,  Sec’y. 

52  St.  Clair  St.,  Chicago,  111. 


A Sturgeon  Hatchery. 

Washington,  April  S- — The  Fish  Commission  has  es- 
tablished a hatchery  on  Winyah  Bay  at  the  mouth  of  the 
Pedee  River,  near  Georgetown,  North  Carolina,  where 
sturgeon  will  be  artificially  hatched.  The  scarcity  of  the 
sturgeon  has  resulted  in  the  practical  abandonment  of 
the  caviar  establishments  along  the  Atlantic  coast.  In 
past  years  sturgeon  was  so  abundant  in  the  Potomac, 
James  and  Delaware  rivers  as  to  be  a great  annoyance 
to  the  fishermen  whose  nets  were  badly  broken  by  the 
monster  fish  in  efforts  to  escape. 


Fishing  with  a broom  handle,  with  nothing  but  fresh  air  as  bait, 
is  something  new  in  this  vicinity,  but  it  is  practiced  in  the 
River  Rouge  district,  and  in  the  canals  running  through  the 
Ecorse  marshes.  The  canal  was  closed  up  when  the 
shipyard  was  built  on  the  river  front,  and  thousands  of  fish  had 
no  opportunity  to  escape.  Last  winter  the  canals  were  frozen 
from  end  to  end  and  not  an  air  hole  was  visible.  Men  in  the 
neighborhood  have  discovered  the  fish  need  fresh  air,  and  provide 
breathing  places  by  cutting  through  the  ice.  The  unsuspecting 
fish  poke  their  noses  about  half  an  inch  above  the  water,  and 
the  fisherman’s  broom  handle  strikes  them  on  the  snout,  knock- 
ing them  unconscious.  Several  big  hauls  are  made  in  this  way 
every  day. — Detroit  Free  Press. 


The  beauty  of  earth,  except  for  some  spots  that  our  sordid 
industries  have  ravaged,  has  altered  but  little  since  the  days  of 
Augustus  and  Pericles.  The  sea  is  infinite  still,  still  inviolate. 
The  forest,  the  plain,  the  harvest,  the  villages,  rivers  and  streams, 
the  mountains,  the  dawn  and  the  evening,  stars  and  the  sky, 
vary  as  these  all  may  according  to  climate  and  latitude,  offer  us 
still  the  same  spectacles  of  grandeur  and  tenderness,  the  same 
soft,  profound  harmonies,  the  same  fairy-like  scenes  of  changing 
complexity,  that  they  gave  to  the  Athenian  citizens  and  the 
people  of  Rome.  Nature  remains  more  or  less  as  it  was;  and 
besides,  we  have  grown  more  sensitive,  and  to-day  can  admire 
more  freely. — Maurice  Maeterlinck  in  the  April  Critic. 


REVIVE  THE  CATBOAT. 

In  a measure  fashion  regulates  styles  in  boats  very 
much  the  same  as  it  does  in  architecture,  literature  and 
dress.  To  those  who  have  watched  the  development  of 
the  different  types  of  yachts  during  the  past  decade  this 
fact  has  been  made  very  plain. 

After  the  public  at  large  has  had  a try  at  anything 
and  it  has  become  indulged  in  by  the  numbers,  its  popu- 
larity soon  wanes  and  it  is  abandoned,  not  owing  to> 
faults  or  shortcomings,  but  because  the  great  majority 
desire  something  new  or  better  or  more  expensive.  No 
matter  what  the  reason  is,  the  desire  for  a change  exists, 
and  it  is  eventually  brought  about.  In  these  progressive 
days  changes  are  usually  improvements,  and  the  desire 
for  change  is  generally  a healthy  inclination  for  something 
better.  There  are  some  things,  however,  which  are  aban- 
doned mainly  because  something  new  has  come  into  the 
field,  and  oftentimes  the  merit  of  the  thing  neglected  is 
seen  and  appreciated  after  a short  time  and  the  wise 
ones  return  to  their  first  love* 


When  the  boats  that  were  forerunners  of  the  modern 
raceabout  made  their  appearance  some  years  ago,  the  ma- 
jority of  small  boat  cruising  and  racing  men  in  the  East 
did  their  sailing  in  catboats.  These  boats  had  been 
brought  to  a reasonably  high  state  of  perfection,  and  the 
average  craft  of  this  type  was  a very  smart  and  weather- 
ly  vessel.  The  builders  on  Cape  Cod  put  their  best  ener- 
gies into  the  modeling  of  catboats,  and  their  products 
were  highly  creditable.  The  plumb  stem  and  square 
stern  Cape  catboat  is  known  the  world  over,  and  partic- 
ularly the  creations  of  that  peerless  builder,  Hanley.  Al- 
though the  catboat  proved  to  be  a fine  craft  for  ordinary 
sailing  and  cruising,  the  knockabout  grew  so  fast  in  favor 
that  the  catboat  was  overlooked  for  the  moment  and 
then  almost  forgotten  except  by  a loyal  few  who  clung 
to  old  boats  and  traditions,  and  who  to-day  are  more  en- 
thusiastic than  they  were  fifteen  years  ago.  The  average 
catboat  was  the  product  of  the  rule  of  thumb  builder,  and 
while  it  answered  every  purpose,  we  venture  to  assert 
that  had  our  best  naval  architects  expended  as  much 


time  and  scientific  knowledge  in  the  designing  of  the 
catboat  as  they  have  in  the  raceabout  and  the  knockabout, 
a very  perfect  type  of  vessel  would  have  resulted.  Cat- 
boats  were  popular  when  yacht  designers  were  not  so 
numerous  nor  so  well  versed  in  their  profession  as  they 
are  to-day,  and  this  is  one  reason  why  these  craft  did 
not  receive  all  the  attention  due  them. 

The  knockabout  and  the  raceabout  not  only  brought 
many  hew  men  into  the  sport,  but  they  thinned  out  the 
ranks  of  the  catboat  sailors.  Each  year  saw  the 
knockabout  improved  in  various  ways  and  the  new  craft 
proved  slightly  faster  than  the  old  ones.  This  slight  in- 
crease in  speed  was  gained  at  the  cost  of  some  comfort 
and  greatly  increased  expense.  In  order  to  win  races 
new  boats  were  necessary  nearly  every  year,  while  to-day 
the  raceabout  of  twenty-one  feet  waterline  length  costs 
upward  of  $2,000  when  turned  out  by  any  one  of  the  first- 
class  builders  of  the  East.  This  excessively  high  cost 
greatly  restricts  the  number  of  boats  built,  as  the  price 
is  prohibitive,  and  few  men  can  afford  to  indulge  them- 


820 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


[April  22,  1905. 


selves  in  such  extravagant  playthings. 

We  do  not  wish  to  be  misunderstood  in  regard  to  our 
comparisons  between  the  catboat  and  the  raceabout,  for 
we  believe  that  this  type  of  craft  has  done  much  for 
yachting  on  the  whole,  as  the  boats  generally  are  handy 
and  serviceable  craft.  It  is  a question,  however,  whether 
these  boats  with  their  greatly  increased  cost  afford  the 
owners  any  more  comfort  or  amusement  or  speed  than 
the  catboat  that  cost  less  than  half  as  much. 

If  properly  designed,  catboats-can  be  made  to  balance 
perfectly,  so  that  they  can  be  steered  without  discomfort. 
Even  with  their  big  sail  plans  they  can  be  handled  with 
reasonable  ease,  as  their  rigging  is  very  simple  and  there 
are  no  back  stays  or  jib  sheets  to  look  after.  The  catboat 
is  thoroughly  seaworthy  if  constructed  by  an  experienced 
builder  and  handled  by  an  efficient  sailor,  and  she  is  no 
more  easily  capsized  than  any  other  modern  centerboard 
boat.  The  men  who  really  know  these  craft  will  usually 
concede  that  they  are  as  fast,  able,  safe  and  comfortable 
as  any  boat  of  their  inches  afloat. 

To  one  who  can  afford  to  build  a raceabout  and  enjoy 
racing  it,  we  say  by  all  means  continue.  This  advice 
is  not  intended  for  those  fortunate  gentlemen,  but  for 
the  men  of  modest  incomes  who  would  like  to  get  into 
the  game  and  cannot  afford  to  do  so.  For  them  the  cat- 
boat  solves  the  problem.  If  they,  are  recruits  they  won’t 
allow  old  prejudices  to  prevent  them  from  building,  and 
if  they  are  old  hands  they  need  not  be  urged.  They  will 
not  be  alone,  for  the  catboat  is  bound  to  return  again. 
Another  year  or  two  will  bring  out  many  new  and  im- 
proved boats  of  this  type,  and  if  the  right  men  build,  it  is 
certain  that  the  racing  will  be  as  keen  as  it  ever  was 
even  in  the  catboat’s  palmiest  days. 

Some  enthusiastic  boat  sailors  on  Boston  and  Narra- 
gansett  Bays  have  kept  up  interest  in  the  catboat  during 
the  years  it  has  been  under  the  ban,  and  now  some  own- 
ers of  catboats  who  make  their  headquarters  at  Quincy, 
Mass.,  have  formed  an  organization,  the  object  of  which 
is  to  encourage  the  racing  and  building  of  catboats.  This 
association  is  known  as  the  Cape  Catboat  Associa- 
tion. These  men  deserve  credit  for  having  taken  the 
initiative,  and  they  should  receive  the  strongest  indorse- 
ment and  support  for  their  efforts  to  revive  interest  in 
the  catboat. 

We  are  confident  that  the  association  will  be  given  the 
support  it  merits,  and'  we  should  like  to  see  a similar  asso- 
ciation at  every  yachting  center  along  the  coast.  Another 
season  will  find  such  an  association  organized  at  the 
west  end  of  Long  Island  Sound,  for  the  project  is  already 
under  discussion.  

Cape  Catboat  Association. 


Constitution  and  By-Laws. 

NAME. 

The  name  of  this  Association  shall  be  the  Cape  Catboat  Associa- 
cn. 

OBJECT. 

The  obiect  of  the  Association  is  to  create  among  the  clubs  of 
lassachusetts  Bay  a class  of  cabin  boats  that  can  race  together 
nder  such  by-laws  and  restrictions  as  will  keep  boats  of  this  type 
aether  and  make  interesting  and  instructive  racing.  Any  cabin 
atboat  that  conforms  to  the  rules  and  restrictions,  and  is  ac- 
epted  by  the  measurer  and  voted  in  by  the  executive  committee, 
ray  belong  to  this  Association. 

DEFINITION. 

A Cape  catboat  belonging  to  this  Association  is  intended  to  be 
seaworthy  type  of  cruising  cabin  boat,  heavily  constructed,  hav- 
ng  good  cabin  and  moderate  sail  plan,  and  also  does  not  m- 
lude  boats  having  square  sides,  snub  nosed  bows,  fin-keels,  bilge 
oards,  hollow  keels  or  double  centerboards  or  rudders,  and  con- 
Drilling-  to  the  following  limitations. 

LENGTH. 

Over  all  length  of  boats  shall  not  be  less  than  20ft.,  nor  more 
Iran  30ft. 

RACING  LENGTH. 

The  racing  length  be  L.W.L  plus  one-third  of  all  overhangs 
nless  the  overhangs  are  more  than  20  per  cent,  of  the  L.W.L.  in 
hat  case  the  racing  length  is  to  be  the  length  of  the  LW  .L. 
ilus  two-thirds  of  the  extreme  overhang,  no  overhangs  to  be 
[tore  than  25  per  cent,  of  L.W.L. 

SAILS. 

Working  sails  only  shall  be  used.  (Jib  and  mainsail.) 

BALLAST. 

All  ballast  be  below  .cabin  and  cockpit  floors  and  transoms. 

CREW. 

One  man  to  every  4ft.  of  waterline  measurement. 

HEADROOM. 

The  minimum  head  room  in  cabin  shall  be  3ft.  Sm-for ..every 
ioat  16ft.  on  waterline,  and  that  addition  of  not  less  than  ly2in.  be 
nade  for  every  foot  of  additional  waterline. 

POSITION  OF  MAST. 

The  forward  side  of  the  mast  shall  not  be  more  than  1ft.  aft  of 
vaterline. 

RESTRICTIONS  ON  NEW  BOATS. 

Scantlings  as  heavy  as  the  average  of  the  boats  now  belonging 
•o  this  Association.  Kee!  to  be  of  oak.  Frames  to  be  of  oak. 
"lamps  and  bilge  stringers  of  hard  yellow  pine  or  oak.  Planking 
^ be  of  pine,  cedar,  cypress  or  spruce.  Deck  beams  of  oak.  Side 
if  cabin  trunk  to  be  of  oak,  pine  or  cypress. 

MEMBERSHIP. 

Any  boat  applying  for  membership  in  this  Association  shall  be  in- 
spected by  the  measurer  of  this  Association,  and  reported  on  to 
.he  membership  committee. 

RULES. 

The  Yacht  Racing  Association  rules  to  govern  racing,  except 
as  herein  stated,  and  local  club  rules  to  govern  racing,  except  m 
the  open  races. 

ALLOWANCES. 

All  allowances  to  be  figured  by  the  Herreshoff  table. 

FIXTURES,  FITTINGS  AND  EQUIPMENT. 

There  shall  be  a substantial  partition  at  the  after  end  of  the 
cabin,  two  lockers,  two  transoms,  cushions  for  transoms,  re- 
ceptacle for  two  gallons  of  water,  one  anchor  and  suitable  cable, 
one  life-preserver,  compass,  boat-hook  and  bucket, 

EXISTING  BOATS. 

Any  catboat  built  prior  to  the  adoption  of  these  restriction?  may 


join  the  Association,  providing  that  she  conforms  to  the  spirit  of 
these  restrictions  in  tne  judgment  of  the  measurer  and  the  execu- 
tive committee. 

OFFICERS. 

President — Ira  M.  Whittemore,  of  Dorchester. 

Vice-President — George  W.  Lane,  of  Boston. 

Secretary  and  Treasurer — Dr.  F.  C.  Dawes,  of  Neponset. 
Measurer — Ralph  E.  Winslow,  of  Quincy. 

Executive  Committee — Frank  Coleman,  Frank  F.  Crane,  Chas. 
O.  Whitney,  Geo.  Sawyer. 


British  Letter. 

The  Fitting  Out  Season. — The  fitting  out  season  is 
now  in  full  swing,  and  reports  received  from  the  various 
yachting  centers  give  promise  of  a very  successful  year 
as  far  as  the  smaller  classes  are  concerned.  Nor  will 
the  bigger  boats  show  any  falling  off  as  compared  with 
last  year,  but  there  will  be  one  or  two  notable  absentees, 
though  their  places  will  probably  be  filled  by  others. 
Bona  is  not  fitting  out  and  her  absence  will  be  a cause 
for  general  regret,  for  although  she  could  never  be 
called  a cruiser  racer,  as  she  was  a real  thoroughbred, 
she  was  always  well  handled  and  well  kept  up  and  a 
welcome  addition  to  any  fleet.  Bona  was  one  of  the  late 
Mr.  G.  L.  Watson’s  best  efforts.  She  was  moreover 
beautifully  built  and  so  kept  her  shape  and  speed.  In- 
deed there  is  no  reason  to  doubt  that  she  was  as  fast  last 
season  as  the  first  year  she  came  out.  No  doubt  Mr. 
Donaldson  will  have  her  out  again  next  year  unless  he 
disposes  of  her.  Mr.  Hardcastle  has  decided  not  to  fit 
out  Merrymaid  and  there  is  no  rumor  of  Mr.  Quentin’s 
schooner  Cicely  being  under  racing  colors.  Both  these 
boats  are  bona  fide  fast  cruisers  and  can  ill  be  spared. 
This  is  Cicely’s  second  year  of  idleness  and  it  seems  a 
pity  that  such  a fine  vessel  should  be  laid  up  for  two 
seasons  running.  As  regards  the  Nicholson  cutter  Merry- 
maid,  she  was  only  built  last  year,  and  although  she  is 
a fine,  handsome  looking  vessel,  she  did  not  appear  to 
do  nearly  as  well  as  might  have  been  expected.  She  is 
the  type  of  boat  to  be  encouraged  in  the  handicap  class, 
fast,  dry,  of  moderate  dimensions,  and  a first  rate  sea 
boat.  Mr.  Kennedy’s  yawl,  White  Heather,  has  got  what 
she  wanted — a good  skipper — in  the  person  of  Charles 
Bevis,  who  did  so  well  last  year  in  the  52-footer  May- 
mon.  Bevis  had  charge  of  Sybarita  in  her  first  two  sea- 
sons and  right  well  he  did  with  her.  Had  he  been  in 
charge  of  her  when  she  met  Kariad  in  the  Mediterran- 
ean the  following  year  and  got  beaten  nearly  every  time 
they  started,  the  result  would  have  been  very  different. 
White  Heather  is  sure  to  prove  a very  much  improved 
boat  with  Bevis  at  the  helm,  and  now  that  Bona  is  not 
to  appear  she  should  be  the  most  dangerous  boat  in  the 
fleet.  White  Heather  was  a little  tender  when  she  first 
came  out,  but  that  fault  was  soon  rectified  by  the  addi- 
tion of  lead  to  her  keel.  She  gave  evidence  of  speed  on 
several  occasions,  yet  there  is  no  doubt  that  she  suffered 
from  inferior  handling.  This  year  the  utmost  will  be 
got  out  of  her  and  she  will  be  a thorn  in  the  side  of  the 
biggest  boats  in  the  class.  The  Payne  designed  Betty, 
once  a cutter  and  now  altered  to  yawl  rig , and  the 
schooner  Sunshine  will  fill  the  gaps  caused  by  the  with- 
drawal of  Bona  and  Merrymaid,  so  that  the  class  will 
not  suffer  in  numbers  though  it  will  in  quality.  For  the 
rest  Brynhild,  Valdora,  Creole,  Rosamond,  Nebula,  Ni- 
candra,  Fiona,  etc.,  will  all  be  under  fighting  flags. 

Tutty  Sold. — The  ex  65-footer  Tutty  has  been  bought 
by  Dr.  Inglis  and  will  appear  in  the  principal  handicap 
class  on  the  Clyde  with  Zinita  and  Carina.  This  class 
was  threatened  with  extinction,  for  Messrs.  Connell  had 
almost  made  up  their  minds  not  to  fit  out  Zinita  and  had 
some  idea  of  joining  the  52ft.  class.  However,  it  is  fortu- 
nate that  Tutty  has  come  to  the  rescue  and  saved  the 
Clyde  handicap  class  from  ruin.  Tutty  is  a good  boat 
still,  so  is  Carina,  and  the  three  ought  to  provide  good 
sport.  The  52ft.  class  is  flourishing,  and  among  the 
smaller  fry  the  numbers  are  greater  than  ever,  especially 
in  the  restricted  and  one  design  classes.  From  Dublin, 
Belfast,  the  Clyde,  the  Thames  and  every  other  center 
of  small  class  racing  the  reports  are  in  favor  of  a busy 
season.  Some  of  the  clubs  on  the  Upper  Thames  have 
already  begun  their  programmes  and  by  Easter  most  of 
the  estuary  clubs  will  be  following  suit. 

The  Riviera  Regattas.- — The  Riviera  regattas  do  not 
seem  to  be  up  to  the  usual  standard  this  year.  Neither 
Navahoe  nor  Susanne  went  out  there  as  was  expected, 
so  the  biggest  class  consists  of  the  two  British  ex-52- 
footers  Magdalen  and  Caprice.  What  a change  from 
the  glories  of  ten  years  ago  when  Britannia,  Satanita, 
Ailsa  and  other  first  class  English  craft  were  the  back- 
bone of  the  racing.  Now  we  have  so  many  fixtures 
crammed  in  at  home  that  the  French  races  seem  to  have 
been  dropped  for  good,  and  the  German  regattas  have 
proved  the  last  straw. 

Racing  in  the  52FT.  Class. — It  does  not  seem  to  be 
decided  yet  as  to-  whether  the  ex-52ft.  class  will  race 
from  Cowes  to  the  Clyde  on  June  22,  but  the  success 
of  the  big  race  is  already  assured  as  several  entries  have 
been  received,  including  White  Heather,  Brynhild,  Val- 
dora and  the  schooners  Adela  and  Evelyn. 

E.  H.  Kelly. 


Bayside  Y.  C.  Appointments. — Commodore  G.  Waldo 
Smith,  Bayside  Y.  C,  has  made  the  following  appoint- 
ments-: 'Fleet  Capt.,  John  H._  Taylor;  Fleet  Surg.,  Dr. 
Charles  B.  Story;  Legal  Adviser,  Elmer  G.  Story;  Re- 
gatta Committee.  C.  L.  Willard,  Robert  B.  Currie  and 
Joseph  E.  Hill;  House  Committee,  Elmer  G.  Story,  Will- 
iam Clark  Roe  and  Archibald  Nesbett;  Entertainment 
Committee,  Wiliam  H.  Johns,  Leo  Bugg  and  Harvey  G. 
Rockwell,  and  Library  Committee,  James  H.  Lee,  Her- 
bert Wigan  and  Charles  H.  Roberts. 

*1  * « 

Changes  in  Ownership. — The  following  yachts  have 
recently  been  sold  by  Mr.  Frank  Bowne  Jones:  The 

steam  , yacht  Endion,  for  Mr.  Le  Roy  Fales,  to  Mr. 
George  T.  Bishop  of  Cleveland;  the  auxiliary  yawl 
Friendship  UL,  for  Mr.  H.  L.  Friend,  to  Mr.  Arthur 
J.  Rosenthal,  of  New  York;  the  sloop  yacht  Sigma  II., 
for  Mr.  L.  L.  Lorillard,  Jr„  to  Mr.  W.  Hamilton  Busk, 
and  the  raceabout  Maryola,  for  Mr.  Charles  W.  Allen, 
to  Mr.  Edwin  H.  Sayre,  of  Glen  Cove. 


Boston  Letter* 

First  22-footer  Out.— -Medric  II.  is  the  first  of  the 
new  fleet  of  Y.  R.  A.  22-footers  to  take  the  water,  having 
arrived  at  Marblehead  on  Sunday,  April  9.  Medric  II. 
is  owned  by  Mr.  H.  H.  White,  whoi  also-  was  the  owner 
of  last  season’s  Medric.  The  new  boat  was  designed  by 
Messrs.  Small  Bros.,  and  was  built  by  Messrs.  Hodgdon 
Bros.,  at  East  Boothbay,  Me.  Since  her  arrival  at 
Marblehead  she  has  been  tried  out  several  times  with 
her  owner  and  Mr.  John  F.  Small  taking  turns  at  the 
tiller,  and  has  proven  satisfactory.  She  does  not  look 
unlike  Clotho,  the  champion  of  the  class  last  year,  but 
she  is  said  to-  steer  very  much  easier  than  Clotho,  her 
balance  being  well-nigh  perfect.  Medric  II.  will  not  be 
raced  until  the  opening  regatta  of  the  season  at  South 
Boston  on  May  30,  and  before  that  race  she  will  be  given 
a thorough  tuning  up.  The  other  four  new  boats  that 
have  been  building  for  the  class  during  the  winter  are 
all  nearly  ready  for  the  water.  Mr.  W.  H.  Joyce’s  boat, 
designed  by  Mr.  B.  B.  Crowninshield  and  also  built  by 
Messrs.  Hodgdon  Bros.,  will  probably  arrive  at  Marble- 
head soon.  Mr.  W.  H.  Bowden’s  new  22-footer  from 
the  board  of  Messrs.  Small  Bros.,  and  building  by 
Graves,  of  Marblehead,  is  nearly  ready  for  the  water. 
The  new  one  for  Mr.  A.  C.  Jones,  building  by  Hanley, 
of  Quincy,  is  also  about  ready  for  launching.  Mr. 
Charles  D.  Lanning’s  22-footer,  building  at  Lawley’s  east 
shop,  from  designs  of  Mr.  Fred  D.  Lawley,  is  growing 
to  the  fishing  stages  rapidly. 

Launching  of  Elmina  II. — Mr.  F.  F.  Brewster’s  new 
steel  90-foot  schooner  Elmina  II.,  designed  by  Messrs. 

A.  Carey  Smith  & Ferris,  will  be  launched  at  Lawley’s 
west  shop  on  Tuesday  morning,  April  18,  between  the 
hours  of  0 to  10.  Workmen  are  engaged  on  the  joiner 
work  below  decks,  and  some  of  this  will  have  to  be 
finished  after  the  boat  has  taken  the  water.  She  should 
be  ready  for  her  owner,  however,  early  in  the  season. 
Her  sails  will  be  by  Messrs.  Wilson  & Silsby. 

Frames  Bent  for  Invader— About  half  of  the  frames 
of  the  new  95-foot  schooner  Invader,  designed  by  Messrs. 

A.  S.  ■ Chesebrough  and  Fred  D.  Lawley,  for  Vice-Com- 
modore Roy  A.  Rainey,  of  the  Larchmont  Yacht  Club, 
have  been  turned  out  at  the  Lawley  shops,  and  these  will 
be  set  up  as  soon  as  Mr.  F.  F.  Brewster’s  Elmina  II.  has 
been  launched  from  the  west  shop. 

Auxiliary  Schooner  for  Mr.  S.  F.  Houston. — There 
is  to  be  built  by  Messrs.  Oxner  & Story,  of  Essex, 
Mass.,  an  auxiliary  schooner  for  Mr.  S.  F.  Houston,  of 
Philadelphia,  for  cruising  along  the  New  England  and 
Nova  Scotia  coasts.  This  boat  was  designed  by  Mr.  B. 

B.  Crowninshield.  She  has  considerable  body  and  the 
construction  will  be  quite  heavy.  She  will  be  109ft.  over 
all,  82ft.  waterline,  22ft.  4m.  beam  and  10ft.  6in.  draft. 
She  is  of  the  centerboard  type.  The  ballast  will  all  be 
inside,  consisting  of  50  tons  of  iron  and  cement.  She 
will  have  a 40  horsepower  kerosene  engine  that  is  ex- 
pected to  give  her  a speed  of  about  8 knots  under  power. 

Mr.  W.  H.  Ames’  Steam  Yacht  Being  Laid  Down. — 
The  1 17- foot  fast  steam  yacht,  designed  by  Messrs. 
Swasey,  Raymond  & Page  for  Mr.  W.  H.  Ames,  is 
being  laid  down  at  Lawley’s,  and  the  molds  are  being 
made.  This  boat  will  be  of  steel  with  twin  screws  and 
will  have  engines  of  850  horsepower.  She  is  very  simi- 
lar in  outline  to  Visitor,  which  was  built  at  Lawley’s 
from  designs  of  Messrs.  Swasey,  Raymond  & Page. 

Spinster  Sold. — Mr.  Walter  Burgess,  Secretary-Treas- 
urer of  the  Boston  Yacht  Club,  has  purchased  the  21-foot 
knockabout  Spinster,  originally  built  for  Messrs.  L.  M. 
Clark  and  F.  O.  North,  and  has  renamed  her  Pet. 
Spinster  is  an  open  boat,  but  Mr.  Burgess  may  have  a 
trunk  cabin  built  on  her. 

With  the  Power  Boats. — Interest  in  power  boats  in 
the  waters  about  Boston  has  been  growing  each  year,  and 
for  the  coming  season  there  will  be  a number  of  new 
ones  of  all  descriptions.  It  is  not  only  among  the  pur- 
chasers of  launches  of  the  smaller  measurements  that 
gasolene  has  become  the  favorite  means  of  propulsion, 
but  during  the  winter  there  have  been  a number  of 
launches  of  greater  length  supplied  with  gasolene  engines. 
Interest  in  power  craft  of  great  speed  has  also-  been  in- 
creased, and  during  the  winter  there  have  been  under 
construction  no  less  than  four  racers  in  the  different 
shops,  which  will  have  large  powers.  Besides  these  there 
have  been  built  several  fast  ones  of  smaller  powers,  and 
it  is  quite  possible  that  some  will  be  built  for  the  Eastern 
Yacht  Club’s  new  power  boat  class.  At  Lawley’s  several 
fine  cruisers  have  been  turned  out,  the  largest  of  which 
is  Elkhorn,  designed  by  Mr.  Fred  D.  Lawley  for  Mr. 

C.  H.  Llanson.  This  boat  is  87ft.  long  and  has  twin 
screw  Standard  motors  aggregating  100  horsepower. 
Another  by  the  same  designer  is  a 6o-foot  cruiser  for 
Mr.  John  H.  Proctor.  Both  of  these  boats  are  ingeni- 
ously arranged  below  decks  and  have  the  maximum 
amount  of  room.  A 6o-foot  cruiser  that  has  been  built 
from  designs  of  Mr.  Arthur  Binney  is  a well-laid  out 
boat,  having  a large  amount  of  room.  She  has  a deck 
house  forward  and  another  aft  and  between  the  two, 
and  over  the  engine  and  galley  space  is  a low  bridge  deck. 
In  all  three  of  these  boats  the  gasolene  tanks  and  acces- 
sories are  placed  in  the  engine  rooms,  thus  giving  room 
forward  for  housing  the  crew,  with  dining  saloon  for- 
ward and  owner’s  sleeping  quarters  and  main  saloon  aft. 
At  Murray  & Tregurtha’s  a 45-foot  launch  has  been 
turned  out  for  Mr.  George  H.  Wightman  for  afternoon 
cruising.  She  has  low  trunks  forward  and  aft,  with  steer- 
ing space  between  the  two  on  the  plane  of  the  main  deck. 
The  houses  are  provided  for  shelter  rather  than  to  supply 
cruising  accommodations.  _ A 38-foot  hunting  cabin 
launch  is  nearing  completion  for  Mr.  T.  H.  Webb,  of 
Peoria,  111.,  a member  of  the  Columbia  Y.  C.  of  Chicago, 
and  also  of  the  Corinthian  Y.  C.  of  Marblehead.  An- 
other hunting  cabin  launch  that  is  nearly  ready  to  go 
overboard  from  the  same  shop  is  35ft.  long,  with  full 
headroom  under  the  fairly  low  trunk  and  good  cruising 
accommodations.  She  is  for  Mr.  John  J.  Tobin,  of  the 
South  Boston  Y.  C.  At  Sheldon’s  Neponset  shops  the 
new  twin-screw  90-foot  launch,  Prosit,  for  Mr.  John  B. 
Schoeffel  is  ready  for  the  water.  She  will  be  launched 
on  April  23.  At  the  same  shops  a 65-foot  cruising  launch, 
designed  for  Mr.  Alanson  Bigelow,  Jr.,  by  Messrs. 
Swasey,  Raymond  & Page,  is  in  the  finishing  stages. 
She  will  have  an  engine  of  too  horsepower. 

John  B Killeen, 


April  22,  1905.] 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM  DESIGNING  COMPETITION  No.  IV. DESIGN  SUBMITTED  BY  MARTIN  C.  ERISMANN,  MARINERS’  HARBOR,  STATEN  ISLAND. 


“Forest  and  Stream”  Designing 
Competition  No*  IV. 


For  a 60-Foot  Cruising  Launch. 


DESIGN  SUBMITTED  BY  MARTIN  C.  ERISMANN,  MARINER’S 

HARBOR,  S.  I. 

In  the  design  for  a 60ft.  waterline  twin-screw  launch 
to  conform  to  the  conditions  laid  down  in  competition 
No.  IV.  of  the  Forest  and  Stream,  it  became  at  once 
apparent  that  freeboard  would  play  an  important  part; 
first  in  respect  to  accommodation,  and  secondly  the  out- 
board appearance.  The  maximum  amount  of  freeboard 
was  taken  advantage  of,  and  the  lines  run  to  produce  a 
sightly  vessel ; a heavy  fender  carries  the  main  line  of 
sheer,  and  reduces  very  considerably  the  apparent  height 
of  side.  The  bow  is  of  a type  very  common  on  larger 
ships,  and  known  as  a flared  bow;  it  is  very  buoyant  in 
a seaway;  and,  unlike  the  straight-sided  bow  of  many 
launches’,  is  dry,  besides  having  the  added  advantage  of 
deck  room,  where  it  is  most  needed — in  the  vicinity  of 
the  anchors.  Amidships  the  form  rounds  very  percepti- 
bly ap4  continues  to  the  stern,  where  the  fore  and  aft 


lines  are  simply  cut  by  V-shaped  transom,  whose  two  sur- 
faces are  those  of  a cylinder.  This  form  of  stern  is  some- 
what original,  and  is  a development  of  the  sterns  used  by 
Mr.  Normand  on  his  torpedo  boats.  It  is  to  the  same 
end  as  the  pink  stern,  but  allowing  of  easier  construction, 
protection  to  the  screws,  increased  deck  room  and  the 
same  seaworthiness,  and  is  a logical  development  of  the 
form  of  the  boat,  and  conforms  well  with  the  idea  in  a 
yacht  of  having  some  overhang.  In  brief,  the  boat’s  form 
was  made  as  easy  as  was  consistent  with  her  arrange- 
ment and  make  her  safe  and  not  too  quick  in  her  motions 
at  sea  or  at  anchor  in  the  swell  of  a passing  steamer. 

Deck. — On  many  occasions  it  is  desired  to  be  on  deck 
and  yet  out  of  the  weather ; such  an  arrangement  cannot 
he-  carried  out  with  the  usual  companionway,  and  re- 
course was  had  to  a sunk  house  3ft.  6in.  high  above  deck, 
but  without  the  disadvantage  of  wasting  room  under  it. 
With  the  exception  of  the  saloon  skylight,  the  upper  deck 
is  unbroken.  In.  way  of  the  boats— two  of  which  are 
carried,  one  dinghy  10ft.  long  and  a sailing  tender  12ft. 
long — there  is  room  to  swing  them  on  deck;  usually 
they  would  be  swung  outboard ; in  very  bad  weather 
they  could  be  stowed  on  the  after  deck,  insuring  them 
against  being  broken  by  sea  boarding  the  vessel.  The 
steering  gear  is  placed  on  deck  a little  aft  of  amidships, 
hut  close  enough  to  the  declc  house  not  to  interfere 


with  the  navigation  of  the  boat.  It  was  thought  that  out- 
side was  eminently  the  place  for  it,  where  the  helmsman 
could  see  and  hear,  leaving  the  deck  house  clear  for  the 
owner’s  use.  Forward  is  located  a windlass  and  usual 
gear  to  handle  the  ground  tackle.  The  least  headroom  to 
permit  the  boat  passing  under  bridges  is  10ft.,  and  in 
most  canals  the  limit  is  something  over  11ft.  The  after 
deck  is  cut  down  to  the  level  of  the  main  fender, 
making  a dry  and  safe  place  in  rough  weather. 
Deck  plates  (i6in.  diameter)  give  access  to  fore  peak  and 
lazarette,  which  are  both  large  and  roomy,  for  the  ac- 
commodation of  the  usual  stores. 

Cabin. — Entering  the  deck  house  on  starboard  side  is  a 
platform  and  sofa  commanding  a good  view  of  the  deck 
and  horizon;  under  one  end  of  the  sofa  is  located 
drawers  for  charts  and  instruments;  on  port  side  of  the 
stairs,  raised  to  the  level  of  the  windows,  is  a toilet 
room,  ventilating  trunk.  The  stairs  land  on  a raised  plat- 
form, really  the  first  step  of  the  stairs,  from  which,  and 
by  a sliding  door  to  port,  access  is  gained  to  the  toilet 
room.  Situated  as  it  is  between  saloon  and  owner’s 
room,  it  is  always  accessible  without  disturbing  anyone. 
It  is  fitted  with  a water-closet,  wash-basin,  also  an  ample 
towel  locker;  light  is  obtained  from  a loin,  port;  ventila- 
tion above  by  means  of  trunk  and  ports  inside  of  deck 
house,  which,  under  most  conditions  of  weather,  cart  be 


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left  open.  To  starboard  and  down  one  s+ep  from  the 
platform  is  the  steerage,  forward  of  which  is  located  the 
owner’s  room ; a double  thickness  water-tight  bulkhead 
separates  it  from  the  fore  peak  and  oil  tank;  one  fixed 
berth  to  starboard  and  an  extension  berth  to  port,  3ft.  6in. 
wide,  with  drawers  under  each;  dressing  case,  mirror, 
also  two  large  hanging  lockers  and  a seat  with  locker 
under,  complete  the  arrangements  of  this  cabin.  The 
head  room  is  6ft.  4m.  under  the  beams,  as  it  is  through- 
out the  boat.  Two  ports  and  a skylight  give  ample  ven- 
tilation and  light. 

Steerage. — The  steerage — 6ft.  long  by  28m.  wide — is 
fitted  on  starboard  side  with  two  large  hanging  lockers 
for  oilers  and  boots,  and  make  a convenient  place  to  shed 
and  store  them  outside  of  the  cabin.  The  middle  section 
under  the  port  light  is  built  up  to  the  level  of  the  main 
clamp,  and  is  fitted  with  drawers  for  linen,  etc.  On  port 
side  two  lockers  built  up  to  level  of  platform  make_  a 
convenient  place  to  stow  bags  and  cases.  Under  the  stairs 
is  located  a fresh-water  tank  of  180  gallons  capacity, 
placed  off  center  to  balance  the  weight  of  ice-box,  etc. 

Saloon. — The  steerage  aft  opens  into  the  main  saloon, 
8ft.  long  by  12ft.  wide,  where  accommodation  has  been 
made  for  one  fixed  berth  to  starboard  and  one  to  make 
up  on  sofa  to  port.  The  saloon  is  provided  with  a fold- 
ing swing  table,  serving  table,  silver  locker  and  book- 
case. Four  port  lights  and  a small  skylight  take  care  of 
the  ventilation  and  lighting. 

Galley. — Abaft  of  saloon  is  situated  the  galley,  which.  is 
used  as  a means  of  deadening  the  sound  of  the  engine 
in  the  owner’s  quarters.  To  port  a three-burner  oil 
stove,  under  a hood  to  carry  off  the  odor,  sink,  dish  racks 
and  lockers,  and  on  starboard  side  a large  ice-box, 
built  to  the  level  of  the  main  clamp,  complete  the  equip- 
ment. Next  abaft  is  the  engine  room,  in  which  are  lo- 
cated two  25  horsepower  Standard  motors,  abreast  and 
far  enough  apart  to  give  passage  room  and  manipulate 
the  levers,  etc.;  overhead  a ioin.  Cowl  ventilator  supplies 
air;  on  starboard  side  is  provided  room  for  batteries  and 
whistle  tank,  also  engineer’s  stores.  To  port  is  located 
the  crew’s  water-closet.  Abaft  of  engine,  room  is  the 
forecastle,  a large  room  7ft.  long,  containing  four  pipe 
berths,  folding  wash-basin,  and  aft,  under  the  deck,  large 
clothes  lockers  on  either  side,  aft  of  which  is  situated  a 
water-tight  bulkhead;  a crew’s  hatch  to  deck  and  ladder 
complete  the  accommodations. 

Lazarette. — The  lazarette  is  reached  from  deck  by  a 
i6in.  plate  and  contains  the  exhaust  pipes  and  mufflers 
from  the  two  engines,  a 70-gallon  water  tank  against  the 
bulkhead,  and  room  for  spare  gear  that  would  not  find  its 
way  to  the  fore  peak.  The  rudder  gear  is  located  aft. 
The  rudder  stock  is  of  Tobin  bronze  2l/2'm.  in  diameter, 
connected  to  steering  stand  by  a sliding  eye  on  tiller, 
7/i6in.  wire  tiller  rope  over  8in.  blocks  and  through  a 
?4in.  galvanized  iron  pipe  to  a rack  and  pinion  under 
the  roof  of  the  galley,  and  driven  by  a bevel  gear  from 
hand  wheel  on  upper  deck. 

Joiner  Work. — Joiner  work  has  been  kept  as  simple  as 
was  consistent  with  the  general  idea  of  the  boat.  The 
deck  house  to  be  of  mahogany,  and  all  woodwork  about 
the  stairs  to  owner’s  quarters  to  the  platform  to  be  Hon- 
duras mahogany.  Owner’s  room  to  be  in  pine,  whi't  en- 
ameled ; steerage  finished  in  butternut;  in  the  main 
saloon  the  styles  to  be  of  mahogany,  and  all  panels  >o  be 
of  butternut.  Galley,  engine  room  and  crew’s  space  to  be 
of  T.  & G.  yellow  pine,  varnished;  but  the  ceilings  of  all 
rooms  to  be  painted  white.  In  owner’s  quarters  beams  to 
be  chamfered  and  picked  out  in  gold. 

Engine  Room. — A great  deal  of  care  was  used  in  the 
selection  of  engines.  Twin  screws  were  adopted  for  the 
reason  of  safety,  so  that  if  one  engine  should  be  disabled, 
head  could  be  kept  to  the  sea  with  the  other  until  re- 
pairs were  made,  insuring  one’s  chances  of  getting  to  an 
anchorage — a consideration  when  cruising  outside.  The 
Standard  engines  develop  25  horsepower  each  at  360 
revolutions,  which  is  very  good  for  sea  work ; the  engine 
is  consistently  heavy  all  over,  weighing  in  the  vicinity  of 
90  pounds  per  horsepower.  In  cruising  trim  the  engines 
will  drive  the  boat  at  a speed  of  miles  per  hour. 

Tank. — The  tank  is  located  in  the  after  end  of  fore 
peak,  and  is  inclosed  in  a water-tight  box  of  i]4in.  yellow 
pine,  whose  bottom  rests  on  strong  beams  6in.  above  the 
water-level ; to  a height  of  24m.  above  the  bottom  is  fitted 
and  made  water-tight  a copper  pan  drained  by  four  scup- 
pers to  above  the  load  waterline,  these  scuppers  carrying- 
off  all  vapor  that  for  any  reason  might  accumulate  at  the 
bottom,  and  which  they  would  not  do  were  they  led  be- 
neath the  water  level,  thus  serving  for  draining  and  ven- 
tilating the  tank  chamber.  The  deck  above  the  tank  is 
made  portable,  so  that  at  any  time  the  tank  may  be  lifted 
for  inspection.  From  the  bottom  of  the  pan  near  the  cen- 
ter line  two  lead  pipes  lead  directly  through  the  gar- 
board,  diameter  about  iin. ; through  these  pipes  a Vs'in. 
copper  pipe  runs  through  outside  along  the  keel  and  gar- 
board  to  the  engine,  thus  keeping  all  gasolene  outside 
of  the  boat.  In  the  lead  pipe  and  around  the  3fsin.  copper 
gasolene  pipe,  water  is  permitted  free  circulation,  thus 
precluding  any  leakage  of  o-asolene  accumulating  gas  and 
endangering  in  any  way  the  safety  of  the  boat.  About  the 
filling  hole  a collar  of  copper  is  firmly  fastened  to  the 
tank  and  fits  snugly  under  the  deck  plate,  preventing  the 
flooding  of  the  compartment  by  an  overflow  from  the  fill- 
ing pipe.  The  tank  is  made  of  i6oz.  copper,  fitted  with 
wash-plates  and  braces,  riveted  and  soldered.  Two  hand- 
plates  to  the  shut-off  valves  complete  the  tank  installa- 
tion. The  capacity  of  285  gallons  is  sufficient  for  a cruis- 
ing radius  of  700  miles  at  8 miles  per  hour. 

The  dimensions  are  as  follows; 


Length- 

Over  all,  feet. 
L.W.L.,  feet  . 
Overhang- 

Forward  ...... 


Aft  •••• 

Breadth- 

Extreme,  feet 

L.W.L.,  feet  

Draft — 

To  rabbet,  feet  .„ 

Extreme,  feet  

Freeboard — ■ 

Forward,  feet  

Least,  to  top  of  fender,  feet. . . 

Least,  to  upper  deck,  feet 

Aft,  feet  

Displacement,  tons  

Volume,  cubic  feet... 

Center  buoyancy  forward  No,  0,  feet 


66.00 

60.00 

3.00 

3.00 

13.45 

12.20 

2.60 

3.45 


6.30 

2.93 

4.93 
3.35 

20.46 
716.48 
, 1.26 


Area- 

Lateral  plane,  square  feet 150 

Rudder  (.045  per  cent,  lateral  plane),  square  feet,...,..  6.50 

Load  water  plane,  square  feet ....505.00 

Midship  section,  square  feet .19.68 

Tons  per  inch  at  load  waterline..... 1.20 

Motors,  two  25  horsepower  Standard. 

Revolutions  360 

Speed  (per  hour),  miles 11.5 

Cruising  radius  at  8 miles  per  hour,  miles  .700.00 

Oil  capacity,  gallons ......285.00 

Water,  gallons  250.00 

Diameter  of  propeller  shaft,  inches  1% 

Diameter  of  propeller,  inches 32 

Anchors. — One  1251b.  stockless,  5-16in.  chain;  one  751b.  stock- 
less, for  3%in.  manila. 

Boats.— One  10ft.  dinghy  and  davits,  one  12ft.  sailing  tender 
and  davits. 

HULL  SCANTLING. 


Stem.' — Oak,  6in.,  and  moulded  as  required. 

Keel. — Oak,  6in.,  and  moulded  as  required. 

Archboard. — Yellow  pine,  l^iin. ; connections  to  be  made  with 
knees  thoroughly  fastened  by  rivets. 

Frames. — Oak,  12in.,  center  to  center,  steam  bent,  2in.  by  2in. 
at  the  head,  2in,  by  2%in.  at  heel. 

Floors. — Oak,  2%in.  by  2!4in.,  and  at  least  3ft.  long  amidships. 

Center  Keelson. — Yellow  pine,  4in.  by  5in.  Four  bilge  keelsons, 
yellow  pine,  3in.  by  5in.,  two  of  which  are  to  lay  alongside  of 
and  be  secured  to  engine  bed. 

Engine  Floors. — Oak;  fore  and  afters  and  head  piece  at  least 
4in.  thick. 

Keel  Batten. — Yellow  pine,  intercostal,  2%in.  deep  and  9in.  wide. 

Planking. — Yellow  pine,  l%in.,  finished. 

Main  clamp,  6in.  by  2%in.,  yellow  pine.  Upper  clamp,  yellow 
pine,  4in.  by  2%in. 

Shelf. — Yellow  pine,  3in.  by  2in. 

Deck. — White  pine,  l%in.  finished. 

Deck  Beams. — Oak,  2%in.  by  l%m. 

Cabin  Sole. — Yellow  pine,  %in. 

Cabin  Sole  Beams. — Oak,  2!4in.  by  13iin. 

Bulkheads. — Yellow  pine,  double,  %in. 

Fender. — Oak,  3 by  3x/£in.  . . 

Fastening. — Copper  and  galvanized  iron,  respectively,  below  and 
above  the  waterline. 


LIST  OF  WEIGHTS. 


Hull,  complete  

Joiner  and  deck  work 

Fittings,  inside  ....... 

Water  tank  and  piping 

Machinery  

Oil  and  tank 

Fittings  and  outfit,  boats,  anchors,  etc 

Passengers  and  effects  (crew) 

Galley  stores  - 

Ballast  to  trim  


Tons. 

, 10.00 
. 1.82 
, .42 

, 1.02 
2.50 
. .92 

, 1.10 
, .80 
1.00 
, .88 


Displacement  to  L.W.L. 


20.46 


Rhode  Island  Notes* 

New  Fall  River  Yacht  Club  House. — A Targe  club 
house  is  about  to  be  erected  by  the  Fall  River  Yacht 
Club  at  Stone  Bridge,  R.  I.,  on  Seaconnet.  River, 
a tributary  of  Narragansett  Bay.  The  location  is  some 
six  miles  from  the  home  club  house,  and  . midway 
between  two  bridges  that  form  a protected  basin  about 
a mile  in  length,  and  an  ideal  rendezvous  for  yachtsmen. 
The  new  club  house  will  be  two  stories  in  height  and 
about  50  by  50ft.,  exclusive  of  the  balconies  that  will  ex- 
tend around  three  sides.  The  first  floor  will  have  a large 
central  hallway,  extending  through  the  building,  a dining 
room  25  by  15ft.,  a lounging  room  25  by  20ft.,  a ladies’ 
room  20  by  20ft.,  and  a locker  room  20  by  30ft.  A good- 
sized  kitchen  will  be  contained  in  an  ell.  On  the  second 
floor  will  be  a hall  50  by  50ft.,  the  full  size  of  the  build- 
ing. Since  the  plans  for  the  new  club  house  were  decided 
upon,  there  has  been  a 50  per  cent,  increase  in  the  mem- 
bership. 

Wanderer  IV. — In  the  Davis  Brothers  shop  at  Warren 
the  frames  for  Messrs.  Harvey  J.  and  Dutee  W.  Flint’s 
new  30- foot  cat,  Wanderer  IV.,  will  be  set  up.  The  boat 
is  of  the  extreme  centerboard  type,  with  a bow  showing 
a moderate  reverse  curve.  The  sloop  yacht  Ethelka  has 
had  her  keel  dropped  about  a foot,  and  5i°o°  pounds  of 
outside  ballast  added.  F.  H.  Young. 


Y.  R.  A.  of  L.  I.  S.  Championships. — The  Yacht 
Racing  Association  of  Long  Island  Sound,  awards  a 
championship  pennant  ;n  all  classes  under  43^- 

The  championship  winners  of  the  various  classes  for 
the  season  of  1904  are  as  follows : 

36ft.  sloop  Spasm,  E,  D.  King. 

30ft.  sloop  Alert,  J.  W.  Alker. 

25ft.  sloop  Firefly,  G.  P.  Granbery. 

21  ft.  sloop  Jeebi,  A.  D.  R.  Brown. 

18ft.  sloop  Plover,  Howard  Place.. 

Raceabout,  Rascal  II.,  S.  C.  Hopkins. 

Larchmont  21ft.,  O.  D.,  Dorothy,  K.  G.  Spence. 

Indian  Harbor,  O.  D„  Wa  Wa,  J.  E'.  Montells. 

Manhasset  Bay,  O.  D.,  Arizona,  G.  A.  Corry. 

Hempstead  Harbor,  O.  D.,  Scud,  Donald  Abbott. 

In  the  yawl,  catboat  or  43ft.  sloop  class,  no  yacht 
qualified.  . 

As  officially  announced  by  the  Executive  Committee 
Y.  R.  A.  of  L.  I.  S.  G.  P.  Granbery. 


Recent  Sales. — Messrs.  Macconnell  & Cook  have  made 
the  following  sales:  , . 

The  auxiliary  sloop  yacht  Genevieve,  owned  by  Mr  A, 
Homer  Skinner,  of  Fall  River,  has  been  sold  to  Mr. 
C.  Albert  Rickard.  The  Genevieve  is  now  being  put 
in  commission  at  Larchmont,  where  Mr.  Rickard  will 
use  the  yacht  during  the  summer. 

The  sloop  La  Reine,  owned  by  Mr.  F.  G.  Provost, 
of  the  New  York  Y.  C„  has  been  sold  to  Mr.  Frank 
B.  Fox.  Mr.  Fox  will  use  the  sloop  about  his  summer 
home  at  Taunton,  Mass. 

The  gasolene  hunting  launch  Byron,  owned  by  Mr. 
G F Newbury,  New  York  City,  has  been  sold  to  Mr. 
W E.  Patterson,  of  Norfolk,  Va.  The  launch  will  be 
immediately  shipped  to  Norfolk,  where  it  will  be  used 
by  the  owner  for  hunting  expeditions  up  the  James 


Ingomar’s  Foreign  Prizes  Exhibited.— On  Monday, 
April  17  there  was  placed  on  exhibition  at  the  club  house 
of  the  New  York  Y.  C.  prizes  won  by  Ingomar,  Mr. 
Morton  F.  Plant,  owner,  in  England  and  Germany,  dur- 
ing the  racing  season  of  1904. 


Among  the  Missing. 


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Marine  Gasolene  Engines* 

BY  A.  E.  POTTER. 

{Continued  from  page  281) 

The  two  valves  to  the  four-stroke  engine  are,  of 
course,  the  inlet  and  exhaust,  with  occasionally  the 
overrunning  exhaust  port  to  relieve  the  pressure 
on  the  exhaust  valve.  The  exhaust  valve  has  to  be 
opened  by  means  of  some  contrivance  near  the  end  of 
each  alternate  down  stroke.  The  means  usually  em- 
ployed is  the  two-to-one,  cam,  or  lay  shaft,  mounted 
sometimes  within  the  base,  occasionally  outside  the 
base,  on  the  cylinders,  or  frequently  on  the  heads. 

Various  construction  is  used.  The  valve  seat  may 
be  in  a removable  head,  may  be  in  the  cylinder  casting 
with  the  valve  stem  guide,  or  the  exhaust  valve  chest 
and  guide  may  be  separate  from  the  seated,  bolted  on. 
In  some  engines  the  valve  seat,  chest  and  guide  are 
fastened  to  the  cylinder  or  head,  and  in  others  still 
the  entire  valve  is  assembled  outside  and  held  in  place 
by  a clamp. 

Some  very  ingenious  points  may  be  observed  in  ex- 
amining the  construction  and  operation  of  exhaust 
valves.  The  seats  are  usually  of  cast  iron,  although 
where  cast  steel  cylinders  are  used  the  seats  are  of  the 
same  material.  Nickel  steel  has  latterly  become  quite 
popular  for  exhaust  valves,  either  in  one  piece  or  built 
up  with  machine  steel  stems.  Claim  is  made  that  these 
valves  will  never  scale  from  the  excessive  heat  and 
will  not  warp.  For  these  same  two  reasons  cast  iron 
valves  are  often  used  with  steel  valve  stems. 

In  the  valve  seats  occasionally  is  found  the  flat,  fre- 
quently the  45  degree  bevel,  more  likely  not  quite  such 
a radical  departure  from  the  flat  to  the  45  degree  is 
adopted,  usually  30  degree,  and  rarely,  if  ever,  the 
spherical  seat,  which,  to  my  way  of  thinking,  would  be 
the  rational  construction,  it  being  easier  to  keep  in 
shape,  bound  to  seat  itself,  even  if  the  valve  stem  were 
a litle  loose  or  slightly  warped  from  heat.  Some 
trouble  has  been  experienced  in  getting  cast  iron  seats 
to  remain  secure  on  steel  stems,  but  careful  machining 
and  brazing  seems  to  overcome  this  disadvantage. 

There  are  several  methods  of  operating  these  valves, 
but  those  most  in  favor  are  from  cams,  while  oc- 
casionally eccentrics  are  employed.  These  may  operate 
directly  on  the  valve  stems  or  through  bell-cranks, 
taper  levers,  etc.  The  cam  offers  possibilities  that  the 
eccentric  does  not,  while  on  the  other  hand,  the  ec- 
centric insures  a return  of  the  valve  actuating  mechan- 
ism that  the  cam  does  not.  It  is  evident  that  an  eccen- 
tric would  be  better  on  high  than  low  speed. 

Some  designs  show  the  cam  shaft  located  not  directly 
beneath  the  center  of  the  valve  lifter,  but  a little  beyond. 
The  object  of  this  is  to  give  a quicker  opening  and 
closing  than  if  located  directly  in  line  of  the  axis  of 
the  lifter.  This  could  be  accomplished  also  by  a dif- 
ferent shape  of  the  cam,  but  not  quite  so  readily.  An 
adjustment  is  usually  provided,  so  that  the  opening  of 
the  valve,  as  well  as  the  closing,  may  be  regulated  to 
best  suit  conditions  of  speed,  etc.  As  a high  speed 
engine  naturally  needs  a quicker  opening  exhaust  valve 
than  a slow  running  engine,  this  is  usually  accomplished 
by  advancing  the  cam  shaft  gear  one  tooth  and  regu- 
lating the  time  by  the  adjustment. 

Manufacturers  are  gradually  adopting  cam  relief  of 
compression  instead  of  cylinder  cocks,  on  account  of 
their  safety  and  cleanliness.  In  order  to  do  this,  an- 
other cam  is  thrown  into  position,  which  allows  a part 
of  the  charge  to  escape  into  the  exhaust  on  the  com- 
pression up-stroke,  which  is  the  up-stroke  when  the  ex- 
haust valve  is  otherwise  closed.  This  allows  of  more 
easily  starting,  and  when  running  very  slowly  the  engine 
is  less  liable  to  stop  if  the  compression  is  relieved. 

Inlet  valves  on  many  engines  are  interchangeable 
with  the  exhaust  valves.  In  such  construction  they  are 
usually  operated  by  the  same  cam  shaft  or  by  another 
on  the  opposite  side.  In  this  case  the  valves  would  be 
covered  by  plugs  or  bonnets  held  in  place  by  studs  and 
nuts,  or  by  clamps.  If  the  inlet  valve  is  mounted  above 
the  exhaust  valve,  it  is  usually  automatically  operated, 
although  a rocker  arm  actuated  through  the  cam  shaft 
is  often  employed  to  operate  it  positively.  At  the 
Boston  show  one  engine  was  exhibited,  the  only  one 
I ever  saw,  in  fact,  with  that  arrangement,  with  the 
inlet  on  the  side  opposite  to  the  exhaust,  and  inverted 
at  that. 

There  seems  to  be  a diversity  of  opinion  as  to  the 
utility  of  the  inverted  valve.  Hardly  any  two  manu- 
facturers agree  on  the  amount  of  tension  to  inlet  valve 
springs  on  automatically  opened  inlet  valves. 

[to  be  continued.] 


Queries  on  Marine  Motors. 

J.  E.  H.,  Bayonne,  N.  J. — 1.  Ts  it  necessary  in  a four  cylinder 
four-stroke  engine  using  make-and-break  ignition  to  use  two  or 
four  induction  coils?  2.  Would  there  be  anything  gained  by  put- 
ting two  into  each  circuit? 

Ans. — (1)  If  the  ground  wire  from  the  engine  base  or 
any  other  uninsulated  part  of  the  engine  leads  to  a single 
induction  coil  it  will  be  ample.  The  principle  of  the  make- 
and-break  system  is  that  a complete  metallic  circuit  is 
established  within  but  one  cylinder  at  a time,  which  is 
the  “make,”  at  which  instant  the  positive  and  negative 
currents  freely  traverse  in  opposite  directions,  but  in- 
tensified by  the  induction  coil.  It  takes  an  appreciable 
length  of  time  for  the  coil  to  magnetize,  for  the  current 
to  attain  its  maximum  strength,  less  for  a 6-inch  than  a 
10-inch  coil.  The  insulated  and  uninsulated  points  in  the 
combustion  chamber  are  separated  at  the  “break,”  where 
the  arc  is  formed,  usually  termed  the  spark.  It  makes  no< 
difference  where  the  induction  coil  is  placed,  whether 
between  the  engine  ground  and  switch  or  batteries,  or 
between  the  insulated  electrode  and  switch  or  batteries; 
but  if  in  the  latter  position  it  will  be  necessary  to  use  a 
separate  coil  for  each  cylinder.  As  a good  coil  costs 
from  $2  to  $3,  there  is  a considerable  saving  with  single 
coil.  In  using  secondary  or  jump  spark  ignition  with  a 
single  jump  spark  coil,  it  is  necessary  to  use  a special  dis- 
tributor, which  commutates  the  secondary  or  high  tension- 
induced  current.  The  usual  method  is  to  use  a separate 
coil  for  each  cylinder.  (2)  Nothing  can  be  gained  in 
using  two  coils  in  make-and-break.  If  bound  to  use  or 
have  two,  carefully  wrap  one  up  and  keep  it  dry  to  use  in 
.an  emergency. 


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Motor  Boats  in  Sweden. 

Under  date  of  December  22,  1904,  Robert  _ S.  S. 
Bergh,  U.  S.  Consul  at  Gottenborg,  Sweden,  writes  as 
follows : 

The  motors  demanded  in  Sweden  are  (1)  gasolene 
(benzine)  motors  for  pleasure  launches  and  boats,  (2) 
kerosene  motors  for  fishing  boats,  barges,  and  small 
tugboats,  and  (3)  small,  cheap  motors  which  can  be 
fitted  into  open  rowboats. 

The  persons  in  Gottenborg  with  means  enough  to 
buy  first-class  motor  launches  are  comparatively  few; 
still  there  are  enough  of  them  to  warrant  efforts  on 
the  part  of  American  manufacturers  to  get  an  extended 
market  here.  The  motors  should  be  reliable  and  in 
good  working  order  when  delivered,  and  not  too  ex- 
pensive. The  fishermen — that  is,  those  who  can  afford 
to  do  so — will  undoubtedly  continue  to  buy  kerosene 
motors  for  their  boats  and  dories;  it  is  possible  that 
the  most  of  them  now  purchase  Swedish  motors,  be- 
cause the  Swedish  manufacturers  provide  special 
facilities  for  putting  their  motors  in  the  boats.  Some 
small  freight  boats  or  barges  have  been  provided  with 
kerosene  motors  recently,  and  others  will  undoubtedly 
follow.  It  has  been  proposed  to  build  small  pas- 
senger boats  with  motors  for  traffic  on  the  coast. 

If  motors  for  14  to  16  foot  rowboats  could  be  made 
very  cheap,  and  still  reliable,  I think  the  demand  would 
be  considerable.  There  are  a great  many  persons 
of  limited  means  here  who  like  to  take  a boat  trip  on 
the  river,  or  out  to  the  sea,  on  leisure  hours  or  on 
Sundays,  but  even  $50  or  $75  would  be  considered  by 
this  class  far  too  much  for  a small  motor,  when  the 
boat  itself  could  be  bought  for  $13  to  $20.  The  agent 
selling  the  motors  should  be  thoroughly  familiar  with 
their  mechanism — better  still  if  he  could  have  a small 
workshop  where  defects  could  be  corrected. 

Upon  inquiry  I find  that  American  marine  motors 
are  used  here  to  a considerable  extent,  with  varying 
results,  and  it  is  claimed  that  many  cheap  machines 
of  inferior  quality  have  been  imported,  detrimental  to 
the  trade  of  American  manufacturers  in  general,  and 
causing  trouble  to  the  Swedish  importers.  The  chief 
objection  against  this  class  of  American  motors  seem 
to  be  that  they  are  difficult  to  start;  that  the  vaporiz- 
ers or  carburetors  are  defective,  and  that  the  spark 
shifters  (if  there  are  any)  are  not  adjusted  so  that 
the  time  of  the  spark  can  be  regulated  to  get  the  most 
work  out  of  the  motors.  The  following  is  from  a 
dealer  in  motors  here,  as  given  to  me,  and  it  seems 
to  agree  with  the  general  opinion: 

“My  experience  with  American  motors  is  this,  that 
they  are  prominent  for  simplicity  of  construction,  and 
would  be  excellent  if  a little  more  work  was  expended 
on  them.  It  is  easy  to  see  that  they  are  products  of 
work  en  masse;  they  are  usually  carelessly  put  to- 
gether, and  insufficiently  tested.  Such  motors  are  often 
useless  if  delivered  directly  into  the  hands  of  the 
actual  purchaser.  A great  deal  of  work  must  be  done 
here  in  testing  and  adjusting  the  motors  and  in  making 
new  parts  for  the  American  machines  before  they  can 
be  delivered  to  customers.  This  increases  the  initial 
cost  considerably,  so  the  apparently  low  prices  quoted 
by  some  manufacturers  are  mostly  imaginary.  As  to 
solidity  and  finish  the  American  motors  are  often  in- 
ferior to  those  of  Swedish  manufacture.  There  are,  of 
course,  American  manufacturers  who  turn  out  motors 
of  better  quality,  but  their  prices  are  usually  so  high 
that  there  would  be  no  profit  in  importing  them.  If 
careful  finishing  work  is  spent  here  on  an  American 
motor,  it  can  as  a rule  be  made  to  work  to  entire 
satisfaction.” 

It  will  be  noticed  that  the  foregoing  is  not  so  flat- 
tering as  it  might  be.  Having  in  mind  the  competi- 
tion front  the  Swedish,  Danish,  German,  and  French 
manufacturers,  it  seems  to  me  necessary  for  the  Ameri- 
can manufacturers  to  do  what  they  can  to  gain  for 
their  motors  a reputation  for  reliability  and  finished 
work.  How  first-class  work  can  be  combined  with 
low  prices  is  a problem  which  I must  leave  to  the 
manufacturers  to  solve. 

The  most  economical  way,  under  ordinary  circum- 
stances, is  to  import  the  motors  and  build  the  boats 
here.  The  transportation  charges  for  boats  or  launches 
would  be  too  high,  it  is  said.  There  is  no  import 
duty  on  boats  or  vessels.  The  import  duty  on  gaso- 
lene or  kerosene  motors  is  10  per  cent,  ad  valorem, 
transportation  costs,  etc.,  entering  into  the  dutiable 
value.  The  duty  on  electric  apparatus  is  15  per  cent, 
ad  valorem. 

Gasolene  motors  may  occasionally  be  imported  by 
other  parties,  but  the  two  persons  in  this  city  (Gotten- 
borg) who  seem  to  have  made  their  import  a specialty 
are  Karl  Heineman  and  G.  R.  Liljegren.  I under- 
stand that  they  import  and  sell  motors  of  different 
models  and  prices.  Mr.  Heineman  has  a workshop, 
superintended  by  an  engineer,  for  the  repairs,  etc.,  of 
motors,  and  Mr.  Liljegren  is  himself  an  engineer. 

I may  say  that  catalogues  sent  to  the  consulate  are 
always  welcome,  and  as  a rule  useful,  but  would  be 
of  much  more  service  if  the  manufacturer  would  at 
the  same  time  write  and  inform  the  consul  of  the  net 
prices,  stating  approximately,  if  possible,  the  freight 
charges  on  his  goods  from  the  shipping  point  to  the 
country  under  consideration. 


Recent  Sales  and  Charters. — The  following  sales 
and  charters  have  been  reported  by  Henry  J.  Gielow: 
Steam  yacht  Wana,  owned  by  the  estate  of  S.  R.  Van 
Duzer,  has  been  chartered  to  Mr.  Henry  F.  Shoemaker, 
New  York  Y.  C.,  who  will  use  the  boat  for  making  daily 
rfins  between  his  summer  home  at  Riverside,  Conn.,  and 
New  York  city.  Wana  was  built  by  the  Herreshoffs  in 
1903,  and  is  a flush-deck  vessel  131ft.  over  all,  109ft. 
waterline,  15.9ft.  breadth,  and  5.5ft.  draft.  She  has  a 
speed  of  19  miles  per  hour.  Auxiliary  schooner  yacht 
Planet,  owned  by  Dr.  Ambrose  L.  Ranney,  New  York  Y. 
C.,  has  been  chartered  to  Mr.  Howard  Willets,  New 
York  Y.  C.  Planet  is  100ft.  over  all,  79ft.  waterline,  24ft. 
breadth,  and  draws  7ft.  6in.  of  water.  She  is  equipped 
with,  a 50  horsepower  gasolene  engine,  lighted  by  elec- 
tricity, and  has  excellent  accommodations.  Mr.  Willets 
will  use  the  yacht  for  cruising,  principally  in  Eastern 
waters.  The  motor  yacht  Enaj,  Mr,  T.  G.  Bennett,  has 


beett  sold  to  Mr.  Henry.  Collinge,  Efiaj  is  60ft.  over  all, 
S i ft.  6in.  waterline,  10ft.  breadth  and  3ft.  draft.  Site  was 
designed  by  Mr.  A.  Cary  Smith  and  built  by  Samuel 
Ayers,  of  Nyack-on-Hudson,  in  1899,  and  is  fitted  with  a 
35  horsepower  Globe  engine.  Mr.  Bennett  is  now  having 
a new  75ft-  power  yacht  built  from  Mr.  Gielow’s  designs 
which  will  soon  be  ready  for  launching.  Hunting  cabin 
launch  Maud,  John  H.  Oberlander,  has  been  sold  to  Mr. 
W.  C.  Powers.  This  boat  is  37ft.  over  all,  8ft.  6in. 
breadth,  and  is  fitted  with  two  gasolene  engines.  The 
sloop  yacht  Monsoon,  Col.  J.  H.  Brown,  has  been  sold  to 
Dr.  F.  H.  Boynton.  This  boat  is  51ft.  over  all,  34ft. 
waterline,  13ft.  6in.  breadth,  and  4ft.  draft;  built  in  1902. 
It  is  the  intention  of  Dr.  Boynton  to  make  an  auxiliary 
yacht  of  Monsoon.  Yawl  Ragnild,  Mr.  C.  H.  Weeden,  has 
been  sold  to  Mr.  W.  L.  Guilledeau.  This  boat  is  37ft.  over 
all,  25ft.  waterline,  12ft.  breadth,  3ft.  6in.  draft,  and  was  built 
in  1901.  This  boat  will  be  used  for  Long  Island  Sound 
cruising,  and  will  be  sailed  around  from  Providence  at  an 
early  date.  Yawl  Chenoden,  Mr.  Herbert  L.  Bodman, 
Yale  University,  has  been  sold  to  Commodore  W.  A. 
Marble,  Horseshoe  Harbor  Y.  C.  Chenoden  is  45ft.  over 
all,  30ft.  waterline,  lift,  breadth  and  6ft.  draft;  built  by 
Lawley  of  South  Boston,  and  launched  in  1898.  The  boat 
is  now  at  New  London,  and  will  be  put  in  commission  at 
an  early  date  for  Commodore  Marble’s  use. 


j^xtwqing, 

— — . 

Officers  of  A.  C.  A,,  t905 ♦ 

Commodore — C.  F.  VVolters,  14  Main  St.  East,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Secretary — H M.  Stewart,  85  Main  St.,  East  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Treasurer — F.  G.  Mather,  1(54  Fairfield  Ave.,  Stamiord,  Conn. 

ATLANTIC  DIVISION. 

Vice-Commodore — W.  A.  Furman,  84t»  Berkeley  Ave.,  Trenton,  N.  J. 
Rear-Commodore — F.  C.  Hoyt,  57  Broadway,  New  York. 

Purser — C.  VV.  Stark,  118  N.  Montgomery  st.,  Irenton,  N.  J. 
Executive  Committee — L.  C.  Kretzmer,  L.  C.  Schepp  Building, 
New  York;  E.  M.  Underhill,  Box  262,  Yonkers,  iN.  Y. 

Board  of  Governors — R.  J.  Wilkin,  211  Clinton  St.,  Brooklyn,  N.Y. 
Racing  Board— H.  L.  (Juick,  Yonkers,  N.  Y. 

CENTRAL  DIVISION. 

Vice-Commodore — Lyman  T.  Coppins,  691  Main  St.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
Rear-Commodore— Frank  C.  Demmier,  526  Snnthheld  St.,  Pittsburg. 
Purser — J.  C.  Milsom,  786  Mooney  Brisbane  Bldg.,  Bunaio,  N.  Y. 
Executive  Committee — F.  G.  Mather,  30  Elk  Si.,  Aluany,  N.  Y.; 
H.  W.  Breitenstein,  511  Market  St.,  Pittsburg,  Pa.;  Jesse  j. 
Armstrong,  Rome,  N.  Y. 

Beard  of  Governors — C.  P.  Forbush,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Racing  Board — Harry  M.  Stewart,  86  Main  St.,  East  Rochester, 

N.  Y. 

EASTERN  DIVISION. 

Vice-Commodore — D.  S.  Pratt,  Jr.,  178  Devonshire  St.,  Boston, 
Mass. 

Rear-Commodore — Wm.  W.  Crosby,  8 Court  St.,  Woburn,  Mass. 
Purser— W llliam  E.  Stanwood,  Wellesley,  Mass. 

Executive  Committee — Win.  J.  Ladd,  Is  Glen  Road,  Winchester, 
Mass.;  F.  W.  Notman,  Box  Z314,  Boston,  Mass.;  O.  C.  Cun- 
ningham, care  E.  I eel  & Co.,  Aiedlord,  Mass.;  Edw.  B. 
Stearns,  Box  63,  Manchester,  N.  H. 

Racing  Board— Paul  Butler,  U.  S.  Cartridge  Co.,  Lowell,  Mass.; 
H.  D.  Murphy,  alternate. 

NORTHERN  DIVISION. 

Vice-Commodore— Chas.  W.  McLean,  303  James  St.,  Montreal,  Can. 
Rear-Commodore — J.  W.  Sparrow,  Toronto,  Canada. 

Purser — J.  V.  Nutter,  Montreal,  Canada. 

Executive  Committee — C.  E.  Britton,  Gananoque,  Ont. ; Harry 
Page,  Toronto,  Ont. 

Board  of  Governors — J.  N.  MacKendrick,  Galt,  Ont. 

Racing  Board— E.  J.  Minett,  Montreal,  Canada. 

WESTERN  DIVISION. 

Vice-Commodore — Burton  D.  Munhall,  care  of  Brooks  Household 
Art  Co.,  Cleveland,  O. 

Rear-Commodore — Charles  J.  Stedman,  National  Lafayette  Bank, 
Cincinnati,  O. 

Purser — George  (J.  Hall,  care  of  Bank  of  Commerce,  Cleveland,  O. 
Executive  Committee — Thomas  P.  Eckert,  31  W est  Court  St., 
Cincinnati,  O. ; Dr.  H.  L.  Frost,  1U  Howard  St.,  Cleveland,  O. 
Board  of  Governors — Henry  C.  Morse,  Peoria,  111. 

How  to  Join  the  A.  C.  A. 

From  Chapter  I.,  Section  1,  of  the  By-Laws  of  the  A.  C.  AA 
“Application  for  membership  shall  be  made  to  the  Treasurer, 
F.  G.  Mather,  30  Elk  St.,  Albany,  N.  Y.,  and  shall  be  accompanied 
by  the  recommendation  of  an  active  member  and  by  the  sum  of 
two  dollars,  one  dollar  as  entrance  fee  and  one  dollar  as  dues  for 
the  current  year,  to  be  refunded  in  case  of  non-election  of  the 
applicant.”  


A.  C.  A.  Membership. 

NEW  LIFE  MEMBERS. 

No.  45,  Raymond  L.  Watt,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. ; No.  46,  Richard  L. 
Ball,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.;  No.  47,  James  K.  Hand,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

NEW  MEMBERS. 

Eastern  Division — No.  4895,  Earle  Roth,  Providence,  R.  I. ; 
No.  4896,  Henry  W.  Brown,  Newport,  N.  H. ; 4902,  Herman  J. 
Eruns,  Jr.,  Providence,  R.  I. 

Atlantic  Division — No.  4897,  Edw.  K.  Merrill,  Philadelphia,  Pa.; 
No.  4898,  Clifton  Sparks,  Bensonhurst,  N.  Y. ; No.  4899,  J. 
Augustus  Edgar,  Frankford,  Pa.;  No.  4900,  Julius  Schmitz,  Frank- 
ford,  Pa.;  No.  4901,  Frank  T.  Wilson,  Frankford,  Pa.;  No.  4903, 
Benj.  V.  R.  Speidel,  New  York  City. 

Central  Division — No.  4904,  Edward  T.  Berry,  Irving,  N.  Y. ; 
No.  4905,  Walter  Blount,  Evansville,  Ind. ; No.  4906,  Wickham 
C.  Taylor,  Norfolk,  Va. 

APPLICATIONS  FOR  MEMBERSHIP. 

Edward  Polasek,  New  York  city,  proposed  by  A.  Kumke;  George 
Willing,  New  York  city,  proposed  by  W.  A.  Roos,  Jr.;  A.  C. 
Hagerty  and  William  F.  Hagarty,  both  of  117  Montague  street, 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 


ffifle  ^ange  and  0 allerg . 

— — *— > 

Fixtures. 

July  24-29.— Newark,  O. — Second  annual  of  the  Ohio  State  Rifle 
Association. 

July  26-Aug.  1. — Creedmoor,  L.  I. — Second  annual  of  New  York 
Rifle  Association.  

Zettler  Rifle  Club. 

The  last  shoot  of  the  indoor  season  was  held  the  night  of  April 
11  at  headquarters,  159  West  Twenty-third  street,  and  after  it  was 
concluded  and  the  scores  for  the  entire  season  figured  out,  the 
prizes  were  distributed.  In  the  regular  shoot,  Richard  Gute 
was  high  for  100  shots,  and  O.  Smeith  for  50  shots.  The  results 
at  25yas.,  with  .22  caliber  rifles,  follow: 

Richard  Gute  247  244  240  245  244  244  244  247  242  245—2442 

Louis  C Buss  248  244  241  236  244  245  245  247  244  243—2436 

George  Schlicht  ........  239  243  243  243  241  236  245  241  241  242—2414 

August  Begerow  ........  235  244  233  241  232  231  224  235  237  228—2350 

T H Keller,  Jr 234  236  232  233  233  229  236  234  237  238—2342 


F,  J.  Herpes  22S  222  226  231  222  224  240  23?  230  226-22§fl 

O Smeith  ...... .........  244  245  246  243  239  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...—1217 

L P Hansen  244  244  236  242  244  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...—1210 

Charles  Zettler,  Jr 241  245  243  241  240  ...  ...  ... — 1210 

A Hubalek  247  236  236  238  241  ...  ...  —1198 

C G Zettier  ,241  238  237  242  238  ...  ...  ...  ...  H96 

H Fenwirth  240  238  234  228  241  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...—1181 

Barney  Zettier  234  239  2315  233  235  ...  — 1180 

G J Bermu •;.... 227  235  229  228  241  ...  ...  ...  — 1152 

Back  scores : 

L C Buss 245  245  249  242  243  —1224 

George  Schlicht  236  238  239  239  241  246  242  242  240  237—2400 

T H Keller,  Jr 231  236  236  237  240  .. . ...—1180 

Louis  C.  Buss  was  high  man  for  the  entire  season  with  31,695 
out  of  the  possible  50, WO  points,  closely  followed  by  Richard 
Gute  with  31,6(6.  These  men  took  the  first  two  premiums  for 
most  rings.  'The  results  follow: 

Ring  Target. 

Each  member  was  allowed  to  shoot  five  10-shot  scores  each 
shooting  night,  and  in  the  event  of  missing  a regular  shoot, 
couid  tire  the  scores  for  that  night  at  the  next  shoot,  but  in  order 
to  be  entitled  to  a share  in  the  prizes  he  was  required  to 
finish  75  50-shot  scores  during  the  season.  The  total  scores  out 
of  the  possible  50,000  points  and  the  prizes  won  follow: 


Points.  Prizes. 

L.  C.  Buss 31,695  $14.00 

R Gute  31,076  13.98 

A HuDalelc  31,361  13.98 

L P Hansen 3i,oa3  13.92 

C G Zeitier,  Jr..  31,463  13.89 

O Smith  31,411  13.86 

George  Schlicht. 31, 134  13.75 

C G Zettier 31,615  13.o9 


Points.  Prizes. 

B Zettler  30,647  13.53 

A Begerow  30,o99  13.50 

H Fenwirth  ....  30,512  13.48 

F J Herpers 30,122  13.29 

G J Bernius  . . . 24,039  10.63 

PI  C Zettler 20,1(5  8.92 

Louis  Maurer  . . 17,740  7.86 

T H Keiier,  Jr..  17,535  7.76 


For  the  greatest  number  of  rings  during  the  season: 

L C Buss $10.00  A Huibaiek  

K Gute  5.00  L P Hansen 


3.00 

2.00 

Bullseye  Target. 

Best  single  shot  by  measurement  during  the  season  on  a 4in. 
buliseye.  The  scores  and  prizes: 

Degrees. 

17 


H C Zettler 

B Zettier  

T H Jxener,  Jr.. 

L C Buss 

O Smith  

C.  Zettier,  Jr 

L P Hansen 


C G Zettler 31 


Wz 

25 

zm 

2(t/2 

29 

301/2 


Prizes. 

Degrees. 

Prizes. 

$16.00 

A Begerow  ... 

3iy2 

4.00 

12.00 

R Gute  

32 

3.00 

10.60 

Louis  Maurer 

....  38 

3.00 

8.00 

G J Bernius. 

.....  391/2 

2.00 

7.60 

George  Schicht  . . 41 

2.00 

6.UU 

F J Herpers.. 

42 

2.00 

5.66 

IT  Fenwinh  . . 

.....  44 

2.60 

5.60 

A Hubalek  .. 

52 

2,00 

Providence  Revolver  Club. 

Providence,  R.  I.  April  13. — This  week’s  practice  gives  us  the 
following  scores  to  record: 

Revolver  and  1'istoi,  zuyds.,  Standard  Target:  A.  C.  Hurlburt, 
So,  39  ; Arno  Argus  79,  82,  78,  79;  Ll.  P.  Craig,  73,  63,  62;  Yv  m. 
F.  Lddy,  72;  1-red  Liebnch,  72. 

Twenty-five  yards,  rme,  Lerman  ring  target:  Sterry  K.  Luther, 

241.,  240;  A.  B.  Coulters,  239,  235;  U.  L.  Beach,  233,  225;  Fred 
Collins,  232,  230. 

'twenty  yards,  millitary  revolver,  Creedmoor  target,  possible  50: 
D.  P.  Uraig,  42,  46,  44,  42. 

Ten  yaras,  pocket  revolver,  Standard  20yd.  target:  M B 

Brown,  uo,  (8;  A.  (J.  Huriourt,  81. 

Fifty  yards,  revolver,  Standard  target: 

Wm  Almy  10  10  9 6 7 7 8 6 8 10—81 

7 10  7786  10  98  10—82 
79799  10  789  9—84 
778989798  8—80 
97  10  968  10  98  10—86—413 
.Fifty  yards,  .22  rifles,  Standard  target : F.  A.  Coggeshall,  87, 

32, /8;  11.  Powell,  81,  79,  78,  77,  77. 

Twenty-two  canber  rifle  shooting  at  50yds.  is  going  to  be  very 
popuiar  here  this  summer,  and  we  are  glad  to  see  some  of  the 
other  clubs  in  our  class  taking  it  up. 

Scores  of  Providence  Revolver  Club  team  in  match  Pine- 
hurst  vs.  Providence,  April  15,  1905.  Five-men  teams,  20  shots  per 
man  in  5-sliot  strings  at  20yds.  on  Siandard  American  target 
Team  possible,  1,06U  points: 

Walter  H Freeman 41  43  39  41_ig4 

W m Bosworth  41  41  4tj  34_162 

A C Hurlburt  40  39  40  32—151 

Arno  Argus  37  36  34  37^44 

1 L Corey  35  26  33  25—119 

Providence  team  total  749 

Pmehurst  team  total ” !!."!!!"  1 1486 

Providence  team  led  by  254  points. 

In  practice  freeman  shot  one  10-shot  string  of  94,  which  out 
the  team  in  good  spirits. 

Mr.  Corey  was  baa.y  handicapped  in  the  match  work  by  recent 
alterations  m his  revolver,  whicn  materially  increased  the  trigger 
holding  dld  n0t  shoot  anYwhere  near  what  he  is  capable  of 

April  15.— Practice  scores:  Rifle,  25yds.,  German  ring  target- 

B.  Gardiner,  235,  234,  240,  237;  L.  A.  Jordan,  235;  B.  Harmonj 

Revolver  and  pistol,  20yds.,  Standard  target:  W.  H.  Freeman, 
y4;  VV.  -b . Jiady,  72.  * 


The  regular  shoot  was  held  the  night  of  April  8,  on  the 
Zettler  ranges  in  West  Twenty-ihird  street,  at  25yds  on  the 
ling  target,  two  10-shot  scores  to  count.  Miss  Millie  Zimmermann 
was  high  with  492  out  of  the  possible  500  points,  and  Mrs  Scheu 
second  with  a total  of  488.  The  scores  follow: 


Miss  M Zimmermann  247  245 — 492 

Mrs  H Scheu 247  241—488 

Miss  B Ludwig 244  243 — 487 

Miss  Eusner  238  247 — 485 

Miss  Muller  242  242 — 484 

Mrs.  E.  Liegibel 243  240 — 483 


Miss  Stoltz  244  238—482 

Mrs.  H.  Fenwirth..  240  241 — 481 
Miss  K Zimmermann  239  240 — 479 

Miss  C Ludwig 239  239—478 

Mrs  F.  Watson 239  231—475 


The  last  shoot  of  the  Lady  Zettler  Rifle  Club  for  the  winter 
indoor  season  will  occur  on  May  6,  followed  by  the  distribution 
of  prizes  and  a reception  by  the  ladies  to  their  friends  and  re- 
latives who  are  members  of  the  Zettler  Rifle  Club  No  out- 
door shoots  will  be  held  by  the  ladies  during  the  summer  but 
the  club  shoots  will  be  resumed  in  the  autumn.  The  present 
season  has  been  a successful  one  with  this  Club,  and  the  interest 
in  shooting  has  been  keen  throughout  the  series. 


National  Rifle  Association  of  America. 

The  report  of  the  National  Rifle  Association  of  America  for 
1904,  is  a book  of  seventy-seven  pages,  containing  a list  of  of- 
ficers for  1905;  a list  of  life  members;  of  affiliated  organizations- 
the  report  of  the  Secretary  for  1904,  and  accounts  of  matches’ 
The  conditions  governing  the  organization  of  Government  rifle 
clubs  throughout  the  country  are  presented  in  circular  form 
Lieut.  Albert  S.  Jones,  Passaic,  N.  J.,  is  the  Secretary 


Rifle  Notes, 

The  Princeton,  N.  J.,  Gun  Club  has  taken  up  the  rifle,  as  well 
as  the  shotgun,  and  has  become  identified  with  the  National  Rifle 
Association  of  America.  The  members  contemplate  active  prac- 
tice and  competition  in  the  great  rifle  tournaments. 


A Provincetown  dispatch  reports  the  discovery  that  fish  can 
freeze  at  the  depth  of  twenty  fathoms.  Fishermen  declare  that 
many  frozen  flounders  were  drawn  from  the  water  of  that  depth 
midway  between  Wood  End  and  the  Ledge  on  a recent  date,  many 
boats’ ' crews  sharing  in  the  harvest — the  first  of  the  kind  ever 
known  to  have  occurred  in  this  latitude.  The  fish  were  thor- 
oughly frozen.  Fishermen,  astounded  at  the  spectacle,  severed 
specimen  after  specimen  to  ascertain  if  the  flounders  were  frozen 
throughout,  and  found  none  that  was  not. 


J.  Pierpont  Morgan  holds  a five  years’  lease  (from  October, 
1904),  of  the  game  shooting  on  two  estates  near  Newmarket,  one 
of  which  belonged  to  the  late  Duke  of  Cambridge. 


Miss  Oldblood:  Are  your  family  early  settlers?”  Mrs.  New« 

blood:  Yes;  paw  always  pays  every  bill  on  the  first  of  the  month. 
—Brooklyn  Life. 


824 


[April  22,  1905. 


FOREST  AND  STREAM, 


— * — - 

If  you  want  your  shoot  to  be  announced  here  send  a 
notice  lifce  the  following: 


Fixtures* 


April  19.— Springfield,  Mass.,  Shooting  Club  annual  tournament. 
C.  L.  Rites,  Sec’y. 

April  19. — Haverhill,  Mass.,  Gun  Club  Patriots’  Day  tournament. 
S.  G.  Miller,  Sec’y. 

April  20.— Atglen,  Pa. — Christiana- Atglen  Gun  Club  all-day  shoot; 
live  birds  and  targets.  Wm.  R.  Fieles,  Sec’y. 

April  21. — Morgantown,  W.  Va. — Recreation  Rod  and  Gun  Club 
first  regular  monthly  shoot  of  the  Monongahela  Valley  Sports- 
man’s League  of  West  Virginia.  E.  F.  Jacobs,  Sec’y. 

April  22. — Newark,  N.  J. — South  Side  Gun  Club  re-entry  match 
for  $100  gold  watch. 

April  22. — Easton,  Pa.— Independent  Gun  Club  second  annual 
tournament.  Jacob  Pleiss,  Cor.  Sec’y. 

April  26-27. — Scottdale,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  shoot. 

April  26-27. — Hopkinsville,  Ky. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  Hopkinsville  Gun  Club. 
A.  F.  Gant,  Sec’y. 

April  27. — Youngstown,  O.,  Gun  Club  tournament. 

April  27. — Mullerite  Gun  Club  shoot  on  grounds  of  Freeport,  L. 
I.,  Gun  Club.  A.  A.  Schoverling,  Mgr. 

April  29. — Lowell,  Mass.,  Rod  and  Gun  Club  team  and  individual 
prize  shoot.  E.  J.  Burns,  Sec’y. 

April  29. — Newark,  N.  J. — South  Side  Gun  Club  re-entray  match 
for  $100  gold  watch. 

May  2-6. — Pittsburg,  Pa. — Tournament  of  the  Pennsylvania  State 
Sportsmen’s  Association,  under  auspices  of  the  Herron  Hill 
Gun  Club;  $1,000  added  to  purses.  Louis  Lautenslager,  Sec’y. 

May  2-6. — Kansas  City,  Mo.— Missouri  State  Game  and  Fish  Pro- 
tective Association  tournament. 

May  2. — New  Britain,  Conn. — Consolidated  Gun  Clubs  of  Connecti- 
cut second  tournament.  Dr.  Y.  C.  Moore,  Sec’y,  South  Man- 
chester, Conn. 

May  3.— Muncie,  Ind. — Magic  City  Gun  Club  spring  tournament — 
Indiana  State  League  series.  F.  L.  Wachtel,  Sec’y. 

May  4-6. — Waterloo,  la.,  Gun  Club  spring  tournament.  E.  M. 
Storm,  Sec’y. 

May  6. — Newark,  N.  J.— South  Side  Gun  Club  re-entry  match 
for  $100  gold  watch. 

May  6. — Mullerite  Gun  Club  shoot,  on  grounds  of  Brooklyn,  N. 
Y.  Gun  Club.  A.  A.  Schoverling,  Mgr. 

May  8-9.— Vicksburg,  Miss. — Mississippi  Delta  Trapshooters’ 

League  first  tournament. 

May  9-10. — Fairmont,  W.  Va.,  Gun  Club  second  monthly  shoot  of 
Monongahela  Valley  Sportsman’s  League  of  West  Virginia. 
E.  F.  Jacobs,  Sec’y. 

May  9-10. — Olean,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  B.  D. 
Nobles,  Sec’y. 

May  9-12. — Hastings,  Neb. — Nebraska  State  Sportsmen’s  Associa- 
tion’s twenty-ninth  annual  tournament.  Geo.  L.  Carter,  Sec’y, 
Lincoln,  Neb. 

May  11-12. — Wilmington,  Del. — Wawaset  Gun  Club  third  annual 
spring  tournament.  W.  M.  Foord,  Sec’y. 

May  14-16. — Des  Moines,  la.— Iowa  State  Sportsmen’s  Association 
tournament. 

May  16-18. — Herrington,  Kans. — Kansas  State  Sportsmen’s  Asso- 
ciation tournament. 

May  16-18. — Parkersburg,  W.  Va. — West  Virginia  State  Sports- 
men’s Association  ninth  annual  meeting  and  tournament; 
$600  added  money  and  prizes.  F.  E.  Mallory,  Sec’y. 

May  17. — Boston,  Mass.,  Gun  Club  annual  invitation  team  shoot. 
H.  C.  Kirkwood,  Sec’y. 

May  17-18. — Auburn,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  two-day  tournament.  Knox 
& Knapp,  Mgrs. 

May  17-18. — Owensboro,  Ky. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  Daviess  County  Gun  Club. 
James  Lewis,  Sec’y. 

May  17-19. — Stanley  Gun  Club  of  Toronto  (Incorporated),  Can., 
annual  tournament.  Alexander  Dey,  Sec’y,  178  Mill  street, 
Toronto. 

May  19-21. — St.  Louis,  Mo. — Rawlins  first  semi-annual  tournament; 
two  days  targets,  one  day  live  birds.  Alec.  D.  Mermod,  Mgr., 
620  Locust  street. 

May  20-21. — Shakopee,  Minn.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  Mathias 
A.  Deutsch,  Sec’y. 

May  23-24. — Minneapolis,  Minn.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament. 
II.  Marston,  Sec’y. 

May  23-25. — Lincoln.— Illinois  State  Sportsmen’s  Association  tour- 
nament. 

May  24-25. — Wolcott,  N.  Y. — Catchpole  Gun  Club  tournament. 
E.  A.  Wadsworth,  Sec’y. 

May  25-27. — Montreal,  Quebec,  Gun  Club  grand  trapshooting 
tournament.  D.  J.  Kearney,  Sec’y,  412  St.  Paul  street,  Quebec. 

May  29-31.— Louisville,  Ky. — Kentucky  Trapshooters’  League  third 
annual  tournament.  Frank  Pragoff,  Sec’y. 

May  30. — Cleveland,  O.,  Gun  Club’s  tournament. 

May  30. — McKeesport,  Pa.— Enterprise  Gun  Club  tournament. 
Geo.  W.  Mains,  Sec’y. 

May  30. — Utica,  N.  Y. — Riverside  Gun  Club’s  all-day  target  tour- 
nament; merchandise.  E.  J.  Loughlin,  Sec’y. 

May  30. — Mullerite  Gun  Club  all-day  shoot  on  grounds  of  Point 
Pleasant,  N.  J.,  Gun  Club.  A.  A.  Schoverling,  Mgr. 

May  30. — Newport,  R.  I. — Aquidneck  Gun  Club  fourth  annual 
tournament.  J.  S.  Coggeshal,  Sec’y. 

May  30. — Bound  Brook,  N.  J.,  Gun  Club  all-day  shoot.  Dr.  J.  H. 
V.  Bache,  Sec’y. 

May  30. — Norristown,  Pa. — Penn  Gun  Club  annual  Decoration  Day 
tournament.  A.  B.  Parker,  Sec’y. 

May  30. — Fifth  annual  Decoration  Day  tournament  of  the  Ossining, 
N.  Y.,  Gun  Club.  C.  G.  Blandford,  Capt. 

May  30-31. — Washington,  D.  C.— Analostan  Gun  Club  two-day 
tournament;  $200  added.  Miles  Taylor,  Sec’y,  222  F street, 
N.  W. 

May  31. -June  1. — Vermillion. — South  Dakota  State  Sportsmen’s 
Association  tournament. 

June  5-6. — New  Paris,  O. — Cedar  Springs  Gun  Club  tournament. 
J.  F.  Freeman,  Sec’y. 

June  6-8. — New  Jersey  State  Sportsmen’s  Association  tournament 
under  auspices  of  the  Rahway,  N.  J.,  Gun  Club.  W.  R. 


Hobart,  Sec  y. 

June  6-8.— Sioux  City,  la. — Soo  Gun  Club  tournament. 

June  8-9. — Dalton,  O.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  Ernest  E. 
Scott,  Capt. 

June  3-4. — Chicago  Trapshooters’  Association  amateur  tourna- 
ment. E.  B.  Sliogren,  Sec’y. 

June  9.— Shamokin,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  S.  C.  Yocum, 
Sec’y. 

June  13-14. — New  Bethlehem,  Pa.— Crescent  Gun  Club  second 
annual  tournament.  R.  E.  Dinger,  Capt. 

June  13-16. — Utica,  N.  Y. — New  York  State  shoot.  James  Brown, 
Sec’y. 

June  13-15.— Canton,  O.,  Trapshooters’  League  tournament. 

June  15.— Champlain,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament. 

June  20-21. — Binghamton,  N.  Y.,  Rod  and  Gun  Club  tournament, 
Vernon  L.  Perry,  Sec’y. 

June  20-22.— New  London,  la.,  Gun  Club  tournament. 

June  21-22.— Bradford,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  club  tournament.  E.  C. 
Charlton,  Sec’y. 

June  27-30.— Indianapolis,  Ind.— The  Interstate  Association’s  Grand 
American  Handicap  target  tournament;  $1,000  added  money. 
Elmer  E.  Shaner,  Secy-Mgr.,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

July  1.— Sherbrooke,  Can.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  C.  H. 
Foss,  Sec’y. 

July  4.— Shamokin,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  S.  C.  Yocum, 
Sec’y. 

July  4.— South  Framingham,  Mass.— Second  annual  team  shoot; 
$50  in  cash. 

July  4. — Springfield,  Mass.— Midsummer  tournament  of  the  Spring- 
field,  Mass.,  Shooting  Club.  C.  L.  Kites,  Sec’y. 

July  6-7.— Traverse  City,  Mich.,  trapshooting  tournament, 
uly  11-12. — New  Bethlehem,  Pa. — Crescent  Gun  Club  second 
annual  tournament.  O.  E.  Shoemaker,  Sec’y. 

July  12-13.— Menominee,  Mich.— The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  Menominee  Gun  Club. 
W.  W.  McQueen’  Sec’y. 

July  24-28.— Brehm’s  Ocean  City,  Md.,  target  tournament.  H 
A.  Brehm.  Mgr..  Baltimore. 

July  28-29.— Newport,  R.  I. — Aquidneck  Gun  Club  tournament. 
Aug.  2-4. — Albert  Lea,  Minn. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  Albert  Lea  Gun  Club. 
N.  E.  Paterson,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  16-18.— Ottawa,  Can.— Dominion  of  Canada  Trapshooting  and 
Game  Protective  Association.  G.  Easdale,  Sec’y. 


Aug.  16-18. — Kansas  City,  Mo. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tour* 
nament,  under  the  auspices  of  the  O.  K.  Gun  Club.  C.  C. 
Herman.  Sec’y 

Aug.  22-25. — Lake  Okoboji,  la. — Indian  annual  tournament. 

Aug.  29-31. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tournament,  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Colorado  Springs,  Colo.,  Gun  Club;  $1,000 
added  money.  A.  J.  Lawton,  Sec’y. 

Sept.  4 (Labor  Day). — Fall  tournament  of  the  Springfield,  Mass., 
Shooting  Club;  $25  added  money.  C.  L.  Kites,  Sec’y. 

Sept.  5-S. — Trinidad,  Colo. — Grand  Western  Handicap. 

Sept.  15-17. — San  Francisco,  Cal. — The  Interstate  Association’s 
Pacific  Coast  Handicap  at  Targets,  under  the  auspices  of  the 
San  Francisco  Trapshooting  Association.  A.  M.  Shields,  Sec’y. 

Sept.  18-20. — Cincinnati  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  Arthur 
Gambell,  Mgr. 

Oct.  11-12. — Dover,  Del.,  Gun  Club  tournament;  open  to  all 
amateurs.  W.  H.  Reed,  Sec’y. 

Oct.  12. — Fall  tournament  of  the  Delaware  Trapshooters’  League, 
on  grounds  of  Dover  Gun  Club. 


DRIVERS  AND  TWISTERS. 


Club  secretaries  are  invited  to  send  their  scores  for 
publication  in  these  columns,  also  any  news  notes  they 
may  care  to  have  published.  Mail  all  such  matter  to 
Forest  and  Stream  Publishing  Company,  346  Broadway, 
New  York.  Forest  and  Stream  goes  to  press  on  Tues- 
day OF  EACH  WEEK. 


The  Youngstown,  O.,  Gun  Club  announces  an  all-day  tourna- 
ment, to  be  held  011  April  27. 

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Mr.  E.  J.  Burns,  Secretary,  informs  us  that  the  Lowell,  Mass., 
Rod  and  Gun  Club  will  hold  a team  and  individual  prize  shoot  on 
April  29. 

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A brief  note  from  Mr.  F.  C.  Peters,  manager,  informs  us  that  the 
office  of  the  Laflin  & Rand  Powder  Co.  is  now  at  170  Broadway, 
New  York,  instead  of  99  Cedar  street. 

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The  Secretary  of  the  Aquidneck  Gun  Club  informs  us  that  his 
club  intends  giving  a two-day  tournament  on  July  28  and  29.  A 
club  team  shoot  will  be  a feature  on  the  second  day.  Programmes 
for  the  fourth  annual  tournament  on  Memorial  Day  will  soon  be 
ready. 

8? 

The  New  Jersey  State  Sportsmen’s  Association  Executive  Com- 
mittee, after  carefully  reviewing  the  correspondence  received  from 
the  various  clubs  on  the  subject  of  the  1905  tournament,  has 
selected  the  Rahway  Gun  Club  to  hold  that  event,  dates  having 
been  uiaimed  for  June  6,  7 and  8.  The  Secretary  is  Mr.  W.  R. 
Hobart,  440  Sumner  avenue,  Newark,  N.  J. 

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At  the  shoot  of  the  Sheepshead  Bay,  L.  I.,  Gun  Club,  April  13, 
the  Dede  prize,  a cut-glass  bowl,  was  won  by  Mr.  Montanus, 
after  two  closely  contested  shoot-offs.  In  the  first  shoot-off,  Mr. 
Montanus  broke  24  out  of  25;  Williamson  and  Schortemeier,  the 
latter  shooting  along,  broke  25  straight.  In  the  prize  event  at  50, 
Mr.  Schortemeier  broke  47  from  scratch. 

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The  Montello  Gun  Club,  Brockton,  Mass.,  met  recently  and 
elected  officers  as  follows:  President,  Dr.  Allen  D.  Hammond; 

First  Vice-President,  H.  S.  Wood;  Second  Vice-President,  Wendall 
Blanchard;  Secretary  and  Treasurer,  Harry  Windle.  The  first 
regular  shoot  is  fixed  to  take  place  on  Patriot’s  Day,  and  the 
grounds  will  be  fully  prepared  for  trapshooting. 

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The  Hanover  Park  Shooting  Association  announces  their  third 
annual  all-day  tournament  to  be  held  at  Sans  Souci  Park,  Wilkes- 
Barre,  Pa.,  April  27.  Shooting  begins  at  10  o’clock.  There  are 

ten  programme  events,  10,  15,  20 
and  25  targets,  the  latter  being 
the  medal  shoot.  Entrance,  70  cts., 
$1,  $1.10,  $1.30,  $2.  Totals,  165 
targets,  $14  entrance.  Targets,  2 
cents,  included  in  entrance. 
Moneys  divided,  40,  30,  20  and 
10  per  cent.  Money  purses  are 
for  amateurs  exclusively.  Lunch 
and  shells  obtainable  on  grounds. 
For  programmes,  address  Mr. 
Edgar  L.  Klipple,  71  South 
Main  street,  Wilkes-Barre. 


Mr.  Jos.  H.  Hunter,  at  the 
shoot  of  the  Analostan  Gun 
Club,  Washington,  D.  C.,  April 
15,  broke  107  targets  out  of: 
115,  nearly  a 93  per  cent,  gait. 
There  is  nothing  remarkable  in 
this,  because  Mr.  Hunter,  in  the 
field  or  at  the  traps,  always  was- 
a good  shot,  and  an  enthusiastic 
sportsman.  A few  years  since, 
he  was  the  moving  spirit  ini 
making  field  trials  pleasant  by 
his  presence,  and  contributing 
to  their  success  by  liberal  en- 
tries. Incidentally,  he  owned 
some  dogs  whose  performances  in  high  class  competition  hold 
high  places  in  field  trial  winnings  and  merit. 


The  Stanley  Gun  Club  Cup. 


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Mr.  Miles  Taylor,  Secretary,  writes  us  that  “The  Analostan  Gun 
Club  is  in  a very  prosperous  condition,  and  the  members  are 
taking  a great  interest  in  the  preparations  for  the  tournament  on 
May  30  and  31  next.  There  will  be  hung  up,  for  those  who  attend, 
$200  in  added  money,  which  will  be  shot  for  under  a sliding  handi- 
cap, and  the  percentage  system — 40,  30,  20  and  10  per  cent.” 

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The  programme  of  the  St.  Paul,  Ind.,  Gun  Club,  concerning 
their  shoot  of  May  4,  provides  ten  events,  10,  15  and  20  targets; 
entrance  50  cents,  $1  and  $1  r Interstate  rules  will  govern. 
Moneys  .divided  50,  30  and  2r  .cr  cent.  Shooting  begins  at  8:30, 
Targets  2 cents.  Handicap  jmmittee:  Messrs  Albert  Haymond, 
C.  C.  Hudgell  and  J.  B.  Armstrong.  The  Secretary  is  Mr.  E.  G. 
Bless. 

Mr.  Elmer  E.  Shaner,  Member  c Committee  in  Charge,  Pitts^ 
burg,  Pa.,  writes  us  that  “Tudging  by  the  inquiry  for  programmes,, 
the  coming  tournament  he  Pennsylvania  State  Sportsmen’s. 
Association,  at  Pittsburg,  May  2 to  5,  is  going  to  be  well  attended, 
and  it  will,  undoubtedly,  be  one  of  the  big  successes  of  the  year. 


We  have  sent  out  something  over  2,500  programmes,  and  still  have 
a number  on  hand;  it  will  afford  us  pleasure  to  mail  a copy  to  any 
person  who  may  have  been  overlooked.” 

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High  general  averages  were  made  at  the  Delaware  State  Trap- 
'shooters’  League,-  at  Wilmington,  April  12  and  13,  as  follows,  out 
of  a possible  325:  First,  R.  O.  Heikes,  309;  second  and  third, 

W.  H.  Heer  and  A.  B.  Richardson,  295; 
fourth  and  fifth,  J.  M.  Hawkins  and  C.  E. 
Mink,  290;  sixth,  T.  A.  Marshall,  288;  seventh, 
Lester  German,  285;  eighth,  Neaf  Apgar,  283: 
ninth  and  tenth,  H.  H.  Stevens  and  W.  M. 
Foord. 

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Mr.  IT.  Marston,  Secretary,  writes  us  that 
“The  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  Gun  Club  will  hold 
its  annual  tournament  May  23,  and  24,  at  our 
Intercity  Shooting  Park.  Besides  the  200 
targets  each  day  per  man,  the  programme  will 
contain  the  diamond  badge,  emblematic  of  the 
State  championship  of  Minnesota.  Also  the 
Hirschy  five-man  team  trophy  and  a good  lot 
of  added  money.  Programmes  will  be  ready 
for  distribution  early  in  May.” 

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The  Elks  of  the  Wawaset  Gun  Club,  Wil- 
mington, Del.,  on  the  home  grounds,  shot  a 
five-man  team  match  with  an  Elk  team  from 
Norristown,  Pa.,  on  Friday  of  last  week.  The 
Wawaset  team  won  by  a score  of  218  to  201 
out  of  a possible  250.  Mr.  Wm.  M.  Foord, 
ex-champion  of  Delaware,  led  all  the  com- 
petition by  a score  of  49  out  of  50  in  the  team 
race,  and  a total  of  147  out  of  150,  making  a 
PrSionaThigh  ™n  of  94.  In  his  present  form  it  is  worth 
average,  annual  while  to  challenge  for  the  championship, 
tournament  Stan-  w 

ley  Gun  Club  of 

Toronto.  In  the  contest  for  the  individual  champion- 

ship of  Delaware,  at  the  tournament  of  the 
Delaware  State  Trapshooters’  League  last  week,  Mr.  A.  B.  Rich- 
ardson, of  Dover,  was  victor,  with  the  excellent  score  of  93  out  of 
100.  He  broke  his  last  25  straight.  In  the  five-man  team  race  the 
Wawaset  team  No.  1 won  with  221  out  of  250. 

Bernard  Waters. 


Stanley  Gun.  Club  Programme. 

The  programme  of  the  Stanley  Gun  Club  of  Toronto  tournament, 
to  be  held  on  May  17-19,  is  alike  for  each  of  the  first  two  days, 
ten  events,  each  at  20  targets,  $2  entrance,  and  $40  added  to  each 
save  the  first.  On  the  third  day  there  are  nine  events,  eight  at 
20  targets,  $2  entrance,  $40  added  to  each,  excepting  the  first. 
Event  9,  the  twenty-ninth  of  the  programme,  is  for  the  Stanley 
cup,  value  $100;  50  targets,  $5  entrance.  High  averages,  first  day. 


High  average  third  day Annual  tour- 

nament Stanley  G.  C.  of  Toronto. 


7,  5,  3 and  2.  Warm  lunch  served  on  the  grounds.  Ammunition, 
etc  may  be  sent  to  John  Chambers,  Esq.,  Exhibition  Park 
Toronto,  but  must  be  prepaid.  Shells  shipped  from  the  Unitec 
States  will  be  subject  to  duty,  which  may  be  paid  by  the  con- 
signee when  he  arrives  in  Toronto,  but  the  club’s  broker  will 


Second  Prize- — High  average,  tournament 
Stanley  Gun  Club  of  Toronto. 

first  Lefever  Arms  Co.  gun;  second,  silver  cup.  Second  day, 
first,  Ithaca  gun;  second,  silver  cup.  Third  day,  first,  silver 
cup;  second,  Winchester  gun.  Professional  high  average,  diamond 
medal,  valued  at  $100.  Shooting  commences  at  9 o’clock.  May 
16  practice  day.  Competition  open  to  all  amateurs.  Targets 
thrown  about  50yds.  Targets,  2 cents.  Rose  system  of  division, 


April  ±2,  igosJ 


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pass  them  through  the  Customs  House.  Be  sure  and  forward 
duly  certified  invoices.  Reduced  rates  to  competitors  are  .granted 
by  a number  of  railroads,  a list  of  which,  with  conditions,  is  given 
in  the  programme.  For  programmes  and  other  information  ad- 
dress the  Secretary,  Mr.  Alex.  Dey,  178  Mills  street,  Toronto;  or 
Mr.  Thomas  A.  Duff,  Chairman,  14  Clove  avenue,  Toronto,  lhe 
cuts  of  the  beautiful  diamond  medal  and  three  cups  are  pre- 
sented in  our  trap  columns  in  this  issue.  For  the  high  general 
averages  for  the  tournament,  there  is  a piano,  valued  at  $o00,  for 
first,  a Marlin  gun  for  second.  To  a resident  of  Toronto  making 
high  average,  a silver  cigar  cabinet,  valued  at  $15. 

ON  LONG  ISLAND. 


Queens  County  Gun  Club. 

Long  Island  City,  L.  I.,  April  15. — The  inaugural  shoot  of  the 
Queens  County  Gun  Club  was  a most  gratifying  success  in  every 
particular. 

The  grounds  are  situated  at  Hunters  Point  avenue,  about  a 
half-mile  from  Thirty-fourth  Street  Ferry.  The  club  house  was 
built  on  a generous  scale.  There  was  ample  room  within  its 
walls  for  the  shooters  to  move  freely  about,  and  also  ample  room 
on  the  platform  for  the  shooters  who  were  in  competition.  This 
was  in  pleasing  contrast  to  the  ordinary  club  house  which  is 
built  on  plans  to  accommodate  a dozen  shooters,  and  yet,  m a 
tournament  is  required  to  accommodate  many  times  that  number. 

Two  sets  of  traps  were  provided,  a set  of  expert  Sergeant  sys- 
tem, and  a Blackbird  trap.  The  latter  was  installed  in  front 
of  the  club  house,  the  former  about  40yds.  to  one  side. 

The  club  house  is  situated  on  a bank,  bordering  a large  marsh. 
The  traps,  erected  some  feet  above  the  level  of  the  marsh,  threw 
the  targets  nicely,  but,  being  so  high  above  the  level  of  the 
ground,  caused  many  misses  on  the  part  of  those  who  were  un- 
accustomed to  such  conditions,  or  who  were  not_  expert  _ enough 
to  be  independent  of  conditions.  There  was  quite  a stiff  wind 
blowing,  which  added  to  the  difficulties  of  making  high  scores. 

The  $5  gold  piece  for  professional  high  average  was  won  by 
the  renowned  expert,  Mr.  J.  A.  R.  Elliott. 

The  silver  loving  cup  for  amateur  high  average  was  won  by 
Mr.  George  Piercy,  of  Jersey  City.  This  was  a beautifully 
designed  cup,  bearing  the  following  inscription: 

“President’s  Cup,  Amateur  High  Average,  Queens  County  Gun 

Club,  Long  Island  City,  April  15,  1905.  Won  by  . Presented 

by  Joseph  Cassidy,  President  Borough  Queens.” 

The  merchandise  prizes  were  all  articles  of  sterling  worth.  They 
were  artistic  in  design  and  excellent  in  material.  Following  is  a 
list  of  the  articles  and  their  winners: 

Event  No.  4,  15  targets,  scratch.— First,  parlor  lamp,  Piercy; 
second,  gun  case,  Jap;  third,  shooting  jacket,  Hans;  fourth,  brass 
letter  rack,  Call. 

Event  No.  5,  25  targets,  handicap. — First  Prairie  chicken  panel, 
Loebel,  second,  carving  set  and  case,  Brugman;  third,  manicure 
set,  Hans;  fourth,  fishing  reel,  Blamford;  fifth,  pocket  flask, 
Goetter. 

Event  No.  9,  25  targets,  handicap.— First,  pair  field  _ glasses, 
Smull;  second,  parlor  lamp,  Brugman;  third,  steel  fishing  rod, 
Piercy;  fourth,  solid  gold  cuff  buttons,  Goetter;  fifth,  hunting 
knife,  Guhring. 

Event  No.  10,  15  targets,  scratch.— First,  carving  set  and  case, 
Brugman;  second,  silk  umbrella,  Guhring;  third,  cupid  clock, 
Stephenson;  fourth,  fancy  corkscrew,  Smull. 

The  cashier’s  department  was  filled  by  “Johnnie  Jones”  (J.  H. 
W.  Fleming),  who  has  acted  in  a like  capacity  at  shoots  about 
New  York  in  many  years  past.  He  was  ably  assisted  by  the 
secretary  of  the  club,  Mr.  Richard  H.  Gosman.  The  other 
officers,  President  John  H.  Hendrickson  and  Capt.  James  H. 
Cassidy,  were  active  in  attending  to  the  details  of  the  shoot, 
and  in  extending  a welcome  and  promoting  sociability.  Messrs. 
Schneider  and  Schoverling  were  valuable  assistants  as  honorary 
squad  hustlers.  A substantial  lunch  was.  served  free  to  the 
shooters.  The  utmost  good  fellowship'  prevailed.  It  was  a most 
liberally  conducted  shoot  in  every  respect.  The  prizes  were 
valuable,  the  managers  were  patient  and  courteous,  the  events 
were  run  off  without  any  hitches  or  annoying  delay®,  and  every 
one  had  a day  of  genuine  enjoyment.  The  scores  follow: 

Events:  123456789  10 

Targets:  H.  H.  10  15  20  15  25  15  15  20  25  15 

Elliott  . . . . 8 14  18  15  24  13  14  20  25  13 

Jap  2 1 8 14  18  13  23  13  14  18  19  14 

Hopkins  3 

Call  5 

Brandeth  5 

Meeker  9 

Young  9 

Glover  10  12  18  14.19  12  12  16  20  14 

Smull  5 7 3 12  14  11  18  11  10  17  19  12 

Bradley  5 7 6 12  14  11  17  11  13  15  23  11 

Piercey  2 3 9 13  19  15  22  14  14  18  20  13 

Travers  4 4 6 9 17  11  15  11  13  16  15  11 

Schneider  ..  ..  8 13  17  11  21  14  11  18  23  11 

Hearne  9 11  16  14  17  14  9 18  21  13 

Gales  8 8 5 12  15  11  11  8 11  17  19  13 

Schoverling  6 7 15  11  21  11  14  10  19  12 

Payntar  4 3 . . 

Blanford  6 . . 5 9 18  11  17  13  7 

Wamters  5 12  15  ..  ..  9 4 

Goetter  7 9 6 11  13  11  14  12  7 15  13  11 

Morrison  6 

Hans  8 

Bermel  9 

Bickmar  6 

Hall  9 

Grabie  9 


8 14  16  13  21  12  12  10  15  11 

6 10  12  11  19  12  13  15  19  11 

4 10  16  7 9 9 12  10  17  10 

7 8 5 12  11  8 5 13  11  8 

4 7 10  5 11  10  9 13  14  7 


8 12  16  10  19  14  10  14  17  11 

7 11  12  15  14  9 14  19  11 

5 10  7 11  10  9 9 5 8 

. 16  13  16  ... . 8 16  . . 

...  7 11 12  . . 

. . . 11  18 16  . . 

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IN  NEW  JERSEY. 

Bound  Brook  Gun  Club. 

Bound  Brook,  N.  J.,  April  15. — A few  outsiders  met  at  the 
grounds  of  the  Bound  Brook  Gun  Club,  at  their  monthly  club 
shoot.  There  was  a small  programme  of  five  events,  all  handi- 
cap. In  the  first,  for  two  scarfpins,  Mr.  Rupell  and  Mr.  Maltby 
won.  Mr.  Slater,  of  Westfield,  won  three  firsts  in  three  other 
events.  These  events  were  for  loving  cups.  Mr.  Mankin  won  a 
second  prize  cup  after  tying  Mr.  Stelle  in  five  shoot-offs.  Mr. 
Hooey  won  the  silver  loving  cup  in  event  4.  Two  of  the  regular 
club  cups  found  owners  after  going  the  rounds  for  six  months. 
The  first  was  won  by  Mr.  Hooey,  he  having  two  previous  wins. 
I he  third  was  won  by  Mr.  Stelle,  who  also  had  two  wins.  . The 
second  was  won  by  Dr.  J.  B.  Pardoe.  This  is  his  first  win  on 
any  of  the  three  cups. 

Following  are  the  scores  of  actual  breaks  in  each  event,  the 
handicap  being  changed  according  to  the  previous  score  made: 
Club  race: 

Events: 

Targets : 

Dr  Lucky  9 

Maltby  

Mankin  

Slater  

M H R 

Martin  

Hooey  

Stelle  

Nichol  


WESTERN  TRAP. 


1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

Shot 

10 

10 

10 

10 

10 

at. 

Broke. 

9 

5 

6 

7 

4 

50 

31 

7 

7 

4 

7 

7 

50 

32 

1 

2 

6 

5 

7 

50 

21 

9 

7 

7 

8 

9 

50 

40 

8 

7 

6 

7 

7 

50 

35 

5 

10 

5 

9 

6 

6 

9 

40 

30 

4 

8 

8 

6 

40 

26 

6 

6 

10 

30 

22 

5 

10 

5 

Hdp.  Brk.  Tot’l. 

Hooey  6 21  25 

Martin  12  10  22 


Hdp.  Brk.  Tot’l. 

Pardoe  5 19  24 

Stelle  10  13  23 

F.  K.  Stelle,  Sec’y. 

Montclair  Gun  Club. 

Montclair,  N.  J.,  April  15.— But  six  men  were  present  to-day, 
as  several  of  the  member's  had  taken  the  opportunity  to’  visit  other 
clubs.  Event  No.  2,  for  a box  of  cigars,  was  tied  for  by  Messrs. 

Bush  and  Doremus,  the  tie  being  shot  off  in  the  next  event,  and 

resulted  in  a tie  again  for  both  men.  The  prize  finally  went  to 
Bush,  who  broke  22  straight,  Doremus  not  shooting. 

Events : 1 2 3 4 Events : 12  3 4 

Targets:  25  25  25  25  Targets:  25  25  25  25 

Porter,  2 19  21  20  14  Winslow,  2 16  19  17  12 

Benson,  4 20  20  19  . . Beek,  1 23  21  20  18 

Doremus,  7 12  22  23  . . Bush,  1 22  23  22 

Edward  Winslow,  Sec’y. 

Peerless  Rod  and  Gun  Club. 

Paterson,  N.  J.,  April  15. — The  scores  made  at  the  shoot  of  the 
Feerless  Rod  and  Gun  Club  to-day  were  as  follows:  A.  Garra- 

biant  2,  P.  Garrabrant  8,  J.  Garrabrant  1,  W.  Klee  1,  J.  Jackson 
1.  O.  Hermann  9,  E.  Edmonds  7,  N.  Graham  4,  J.  Dorrhofer  6. 

South  Side  Gun  Club. 

Newark,  N.  J.,  April  15. — The  scores  made  at  the  shoot  of  the 
South  Side  Gun  Club  to-day,  each  event  at  25  targets,  are  as 
fellows : 

Engel  19  21  18  21  21  19  Wilson  21 17 

Colquitt  15  21  21  21  20  21  Nott  18  18  21  19 

Trenton  Shooting  Association. 

Trenton,  N.  J.,  April  15. — The  U.  M.  C.  team — Marshall,  Heer, 
Butler,  Stevens  and  Heikes — was  the  chief  attraction,  and  drew  a 
large  crowd  of  spectators.  In  a special  event  at  100  targets,  Mr. 
Heikes  broke  straight.  The  scores  in  this  event  follow: 

Marshall  24  25  23  24—  96  Stevens  22  24  24  22—  92 

Heer  25  25  24  24—  98  Heikes  25  25  25  25—100 

Butler  22  21  21  21—  85 

Numerous  sweepstakes  also  were  shot. 


Stanley  Gun  Club. 

Toronto,  April  9.— The  return  match  in  the  City  Blue  Rock 
League  between  the  Stanley  and  National  gun  clubs  was  shot 
on  the  grounds  of  the  latter  on  Saturday;  fifteen  men  a side,  25 
targets  per  man,  and  was  won  by  the  Stanleys  by  14  birds. 

lhe  day  was  fine,  with  a strong  westerly  wind,  which  made 
shooting  under  difficulties.  The  grounds  of  the  Nationals  face 
the  West,  and  what  with  the  strong  wind  and  the  sun  in  the 
eyes  of  the  shooter,  the  wonder  was  any  scores  were  made  at  all. 
After  the  match  all  retired  to  the  National’s  club  room,  where 
a most  enjoyable  time  was  spent.  The  following  are  the  scores: 
Stanleys — McGill  19,  Hampton  11,  Martin  11,  Fritz  18,  Rock  18, 
Ingham  16,  Dunk  22,  Herbert  15,  Morshead  17,  Dey  16,  Thomp- 
son 20,  Buck  12,  Thomas  20,  Townson  17,  Wilson  15;  total  247. 

Nationals — Vivian  20,  Harrison  21,  O.  Spanner  12,  W.  Spanner 
12,  Waterworth  17,  Turner  16,  Habberly  18,  C.  Mougenel  11, 
McDowall  15,  Morgan  16,  Wallace  16,  Ross  13,  Patterson  14,  G. 
Mowgenel  14;  total  233.  Alex.  Dey. 


April  16. — The  Stanley  Gun  Club  held  their  regular  weekly  shoot 
on  their  grounds  on  Saturday.  The  day  was  raw,  with  a stiff 
north  wind,  which  made  the  birds  rather  shifty.  The  spoon  event, 
which  was  a handicap  by  extra  birds  to  shoot  at,  proved  very 
interesting.  Mr.  Dunk,  from  scratch,  and  Mr.  Edkins,  with  4 
extra,  tied  with  24.  In  the  shoot-off,  Mr,  Dunk  won.  The  follow- 
ing are  the  scores: 


Spoon  shoot,  25  targets: 


Forster 


Handicap.  Total. 


Cowdrey  9 9 11 16  6 

Reynolds  4 4 16  13  12  13  15  14 


5 

5 ..  .. 

..  ..  19 

15  12  15  20  10 

Dunk  

24 

Edwards  

5 

17 

4 

4 ..  .. 

..  ..15 

10  8 13  ..  .. 

Fritz  

4 

14 

Ely  

21 

2 

2 ..  .. 

..  ..  18 

12  14  15  19  13 

Philips  

17 

McGraw  

6 

20 

8 

6 ..  .. 

..  ..  19 

10  10  11  15  14 

Hulme  

0 

20 

Martin  

5 

15 

3 

4 ..  .. 

..  ..  21 

14  13  17  20  15 

Hirons  

4 

16 

Hooey  

4 

21 

9 

9 ..  .. 

..  ..  10 

7 7 14  12  9 

Edkins  

4 

24 

Dey  

21 

5 

6 ..  .. 

..  ..  15 

7 8 15  15  9 

Wilson 

4 

17 

Green  

0 

20 

Loeble  6 

Bergen  8 

Gus  

Ritchie  ••  9 

Wood  ••  9 


5 20  12  11  15  21  11 

4 20  12  8 . . 18  11 

4 13  20  12 

8 10  7 
16  10 


Events : 
Targets: 

Dunk  

Hulme 


The  first  two  columns  above  (H.  H.)  are  the  handicap  allow- 
ances in  the  two  merchandise  events,  5 and  9 respectively. 

Sheepshead  Bay  Gun  Club. 

Sheepshead  Bay,  L.  I.,  April  13. — The  Dede  prize  was  a 
beveled  cut-glass  bowl  with  base.  The  shooting  was  not  difficult, 
though  the  flight  of  the  targets  varied  noticeably.  Messrs. 
Schorty,  Jonas  and  Deck  did  not  compete  for  prizes.  The  scores, 
50  targets:  Montanus  (16)  43,  59;  Schorty,  47;  Jonas,  46;  Allen 

(28)  30,  58;  Schoverling,  42;  Cooper  (18)  37,  55;  P.  Suss  (18),  34, 
62;  Capt.  Dreyer  (20)  30,  50. 

Shoot-off:  Montanus  (4)  25,  Allen  (10)  25,  Williamson  (4)  25, 

Cooper  (5)  25,  P.  Suss  (5)  18,  Capt.  Dreyer  (10)  25. 

Second  shoot-off:  Montanus  (2)  25,  Allen  (5)  20,  Williamson 

(2)  23,  Cooper  (3)  21,  C"pt.  Dreyer  (3)  22. 


Hirons  8 

McGraw  2 

Edwards  7 

Fritz  

Martin  2 . . 3 

Edkins  7 8 5 15 

Dey  7 


1 2 3 4 5 Events:  1 2 3 4 5 

10  10  10  25  10  Targets : 10  10  10  25  10 

7 8 . . 20  . . Herbert  5 

8 10  7 . . 7 Ely  6 6 8 ..  .. 

Hooey  6 4..  5 

Wilson  8 . . . . 8 

Harris  7 6 20  7 

8 4 Oliver  6 18  9 

. Philips  5 18 

4 Green  7 20  7 

6 ..  8 


Red  Dragen  Canoe  Club. 

Philadelphia,  Pa.,  April  15.— The  final  trophy  shoot  of  the 
season  was  held  by  the  trapshooters  of  the  Red  Dragon  C.  C. 
on  the  grounds  at  ’ Wissinoming  to-day.  The  weather  conditions 
were  all  that  could  be  desired,  but  for  some  reason  most  of  the 
members  fell  below  their  average.  There  was  very  little  wind,  but 
the  targets  were  thrown  with  good  speed  from  unknown  angles. 

Omar  Shallcross  was  the  winner  _ of  the  handsome  prize  by 
making  the  best  score  of  his  shooting  experience.  Considering 
that  his  knowledge  consists  of  two  or  three  trials  each  season, 
his  score  was  very  fair.  An  added  handicap  gave  the  weaker 
shots  encouragement,  and  the  contest  was  an  exciting  one  to  the 
end.  Mrs.  Park  did  the  best  work,  but  her  small  handicap,  owing 
to  her  winning  the  cup  shoot  two  weeks  ago,  brought  her  out  one 
point  behind  the  winner.  Her  score  of  22  out  of  each  25  was 
very  good  for  these  grounds.  Will  Wolstencroft  showed  a sad 
lack  of  Dractice,  and  his  second  25  was  shot  at  with  duck  loads 
of  No.  4'  shot,  which  he  was  forced  to  admit  were  not  suited  for 
targets. 

The  shoot  was  followed  by  a supper  given  by  the  gun  club  to 
its  members  and  friends,  being  paid  for  our  of  the  profits  of  the 
season’s  shooting,  and  the  evening  was  very  enjoyably  spent. 
The  scores  follow: 

Trophy  shoot,  60  targets,  added  handicap:  Park  (7)  18,  14—39; 
Mrs.  Park  (5)  22,  22—49 ; Fenimore  (8)  20,  19 — 47;  Francis  (18) 
13,  12—43;  Hamilton  (20)  9,  13 — 42;  Shallcross  (20)  16,  14—50; 
Murray  (20)  13,  9-42;  W.  H.  W.  (4)  20,  13-37. 


Aquidneck  Gun  Club. 

Newport,  R.  I.,  April  5. — The  eleventh  shoot  for  the  medal 
showed  the  best  attendance  had  for  three  months,  partially  ac- 
counted for  by  the  presence  of  Mr.  G.  M.  Wheeler,  who  dropped 
into  town  on  that  day,  and  the  boys  turned  out  in  consequence 
and  gave  him  a good  shoot.  But  fickle  April  did  not  dispense 
her  best  weather,  for  the  last  events  were  shot  in  a driving  rain- 
storm from  the  northeast.  Under  these  conditions  the  scores  were 
fairly  good,  Dring,  Powel  and  Bowler  tying  on  46,  with  handicaps 
added. 


Events : 

12  3 4 

Handi 

Targets : 

10  15  10  15 

Broke,  cap. 

Total, 

Wheeler  

...  9 15  9 14 

47 

t t 

47 

Dring  

...  5 14  10  11 

40 

6 

46 

Powel  

...  8 13  8 13 

42 

4 

46 

Bowler  

...  9 13  8 13 

43 

3 

46 

Hughes  

...  9 10  9 13 

41 

4 

45 

IT  A Peckham 

...  8 11  8 13 

40 

5 

45 

Mason  

...  7 10  8 10 

35 

5 

40 

E S Peckham 

34 

5 

39 

Coggeshall  

...4644 

18 

, . 

18 

Thomas  

Wheeler  shot  at  123,  broke  '08. 

...  9 13  ... . 

•* 

•• 

April  12. — Somewhat  higher  lores  than  those  of  last  week  ruled 
at  to-day’s  shoot,  the  twelfth  f.  the  medal.  Powel  was  high  with 
48,  the  rest  being  closely  bum  d,  the  lowest  total,  with  handi- 
cap, being  44.  Good  weather  prevailed  during  the  shoot.  The 
* 

Events:  1 2 3 4 Handi- 


Targets: 

10 

15 

10 

15 

Broke. 

cap. 

Total. 

Powel  

12 

10 

13 

44 

4 

48 

Dring  '. 

; 9 

12 

6 

14 

41 

6 

47 

Bowler  

12 

10 

13 

43 

3 

46 

Mason  

9 

10 

7 

14 

40 

5 

46 

E S Peckham 

8 

13 

’8 

10 

39 

5 

44 

H A Peckham 

7 

13 

7 

12 

39 

5 

44 

O Howe  

6 

2 

6 

1§ 

• • 

18 

At  Watson's  Park. 

Chicago,  April  11.— There  is  always  a good  delegation  out  at 
W4tson’s  Park  on  Saturday  and  Sunday,  as  a different  club 
hold  meetings  there  on  these  days. 

Saturday  was  a bad  day.  At  12:30  the  rain  was  coming  down 
steadily,  then  the  day  was  dark  and  windy.  And  old  shooters 
know  that  there  is  wind  at  the  old  park  if  there  should  be  any 
going  about  the  city  suburbs.  The  Saturday  gathering  was 
notable  for  the  many  manufacturers’  agents  present.  They  were 
Vietmeyer,  Stannard,  Steenberg,  Heer,  Marshall,  Lord  and 
Fanning.  Four  of  these  live  here,  and  that  accounts  for  their 
presence.  Heer  and  Marshall  were  on  their  way  to  Washington 
City,  and  Fanning  was  out  making  a western  tour. 

Heer  was  not  equipped  with  his  shooting  coat,  and  yet  he 
made  the  only  25  straight  of  the  day.  Marshall  was  using  a 
borrowed  gun.  All  the  scores  were  low  on  account  of  weather 
conditions. 

Sunday  found  a great  change  in  the  weather — warm,  sunshine 
and  but  little  wind.  Tosetti  and  Kinney,  local  members,  were 
the  ones  to  get  straight  25;  many  others  made  low  scores,  as  the 
targets  were  faster  than  usually  thrown  at  this  park. 

Frank  Riehl  came  out  to  the  grounds  and  with  him  was  the 
old  “Tramp,”  who  was  busy  shaking  hands  with  all  the  old 
shooters  as  well  as  the  new  ones.  Max  Hinsler  was  also  present. 
He  might  be  said  to  be  stationary  about  Chicago. 

Willard  won  the  Peters  trophy;  Pooler,  the  Hunter.  Tosetti 
made  high  score  for  his  own  trophy.  Wineberg  made  high  to 
qualify;  then  Kinney  won  the  sweep  on  25  straight,  with  Stannard 
and  Fanning  on  the  24  for  second.  The  scores: 


Events: 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

Shot 

Targets : 

25 

15 

25 

15 

25 

25 

at. 

Broke. 

Lord  

20 

13 

22 

13 

21 

105 

89 

Vietmeyer  

19 

13 

22 

11 

22 

ii 

130 

104 

Eck  

20 

13 

22 

12 

17 

105 

84 

Kinney  

20 

10 

23 

13 

25 

22 

130 

113 

Riehl  

22 

12 

21 

12 

23 

105 

90 

Shogren  

20 

12 

19 

11 

16 

105 

78 

Wineberg  

19 

12 

23 

14 

22 

, , 

105 

90 

Porter  

19 

14 

17 

11 

18 

105 

79 

Kumpfer  

16 

13 

. , 

7 

. . 

55 

33 

S Eck  

15 

25 

15 

Tosetti  

IS 

12 

25 

11 

23 

16 

130 

95 

Perry  

18 

10 

18 

6 

. „ 

80 

52 

Willard  

22 

11 

19 

13 

23 

24 

130 

112 

Wm  Stannard  

22 

. . 

19 

14 

24 

. T 

90 

79 

Fanning  

20 

15 

23 

13 

24 

105 

95 

Manning  

5 

7 

, . 

9 

65 

21 

Noah  

10 

14 

is 

65 

37 

Shellenberger  

. . . 

5 

8 

. . 

9 

65 

22 

Smith  

12 

4 

i2 

14 

90 

42 

Barothy  



. . 

. . 

. , 

9 

25 

9 

Myrick  



• • 

•• 

• • 

•• 

is 

25 

75 

In  the  following, 

No.  1 was 

Peters 

trophy; 

No. 

2 was 

Hunters 

trophy;  No.  3 was 

Tosetti  Cup;  No. 

4 was  to  qualify. 

Events : 

i 

2 3 

4 

5 

6 7 

8 

Shot 

Targets : 

15  15  25 

25 

25  25  25 

25 

at. 

Broke. 

Vietmeyer  

19 

23  19  21 

155 

129 

Kinney  

13  11  21 

21 

20  19  21 

2i 

180 

147 

Hutchinson  

9 

8 17 

14 

21  13  13 

16 

180 

111 

Stannard  

14  14  21 

24 

23  23  22 

155 

141 

Steenberg  

9 12  18 

19 

21  17  21 

22 

180 

130 

Duncan  

9 8 

15 

. 7 

90 

39 

McClure  

10  .. 

15 

10 

Wineberg  

13  19 

22 

22 

. 24 

21 

140 

121 

Heer  

10  22 

25 

23 

90 

80 

Dr  Carson  

11  21 

21 

L5  . 

90 

68 

Mrs  Carson  

5 19 

15 

11  . 

90 

51 

Marshall  

10  14 

23 

22 

90 

69 

Lord  

9 21 

13 

L8  . 

. 15 

115 

76 

Fanning  

10  21 

20 

17 

. 21 

ii 

140 

106 

Porter  

11  21 

20 

19 

. 21 

17 

140 

109 

Tosetti  

2(1 

22 

21 

. 17 

23 

125 

103 

Barto  

17 

18 

19 

. 22 

22 

125 

98 

Kochs  

. 17 

19 

12 

. 17 

14 

125 

79 

Willard  

13 

14 

. 17 

12 

100 

56 

Shogren  

18 

IS 

. 19 

15 

100 

70 

Hoffman  

9 . 

25 

9 

At  Vicksburg. 

Vicksburg,  Miss. — It  is  not  long  before  it  will  be  all  aboard 
for  Vicksburg.  Messrs.  Miller,  Hayes,  Fletcher,  Pinkston  and 
Bradfield,  the  tournament  committee,  report  that  a very  active 
interest  is  being  taken  this  year  in  trapshooting  in  their,  part 
of  the  country,  and  that  the  attendance  at  their  shoot,  May  8 
and  9,  will  form  a gathering,  composed  of  all  the  best  shots 
of  the  south.  There  will  be  $250  cash,  and  over  $250  in  other 
prizes. 

The  final  contest  for  the  elegant  trophy,  donated  by  the 
Postel  Milling  Company,  will  take  place  first  day.  As  no  one 
man  has  won  this  beautiful  trophy  more  than  once,  all  stand 
an  equal  chance. 

Both  the  DuPont  and  the  Laflin  & Rand  Powder  Co.  have 
offered  a trophy  for  the  year’s  shooting. 

It  is  said  that  the  Vicksburg  merchants  have  come  to  the 
club’s  aid,  have  donated  money  and  trophies,  and  that  they  hope 
to  see  the  shoot  a greater  success  than  any  of  the  former  ones.  . 
Only  members  who  belong  to  clubs  which  have  affiliated  with 
the  new  organization,  the  Mississippi  Delta  Trapshooters’  League, 
can  share  in  the  prizes.  The  cash  prizes  are  open  to  any  amateur, 
and  the  Postel  trophy  to  amateurs  of  Mississippi  only. 

In  Other  Places. 

The  State  of  Pennsylvania  can  show  up  more  trapshooters  who 
shoot  in  the  winter  months  than  that  of  any  other  State  in  the 
Union,  and  its  summer  doings  will,  no  doubt,  compare  favorably 
with  that  of  Iowa,  the  great  center  of  the  West.  A new  club 
has  been  organized  at  Allentown,  Pa.,  with  a large  membership. 

The  North  End  Gun  Club,  Conshohocken,  Pa.,  has  been  re- 
organized, and  the  new  officers  are:  President,  Andrew  J. 
Morgan;  Vice-President,  Paul  Johnson;  Secretary,  George  J. 
Dougherty;  Treasurer,  J.  T.  Ruth;  Captain,  Thomas  Smith. 
Good  grounds  have  been  secured  in  the  north  part  of  the  town. 

The  21st  annual  tournament  of  the  Sportsmen’s  Association  of 
the  Northwest,  Portland,  is  to  be  held  on  June  22,  23,  24.  This 
association  includes  Oregon,  Washington,  Idaho,  British 
Columbia,  Montana,  Utah  and  California.  Owing  to  the  re- 
duced rates  for  the  Lewis  and  Clark  fair,  this  meet  will  be  the 
largest  ever  held  in  that  part  of  the  great  West.  M.  Abrahams, 
of  Portland,  is  President;  and  A J.  Winters,  same  address, 
Secretary. 

The  Hopkinsville,  Ky.,  Gun  Club  reports  a steady  growth,  and 
all  are  enthusiastic  for  Mr.  Elmer  Shaner’s  arrival  to  pull  off 
the  interstate  shoot. 

It  would  ■ seem  that  the  live-bird  match  shooting  had  been 
delegated  to  the  southern  States.  A match  was  shot  last  Mon- 
day at  New  Orleans  between  the  well-known  Messrs  Saucier 
and  O’Trigger.  Each  shot  at  100  pigeons,  and.  the  race  was  so 
close  that  no  decision  could  be  made  until  Saucier  had  safely 
landed  the  last  bird,  then  he  was  just  one  to  the  good.  Another 
match  will  result,  as  one  would  naturally  suppose,  from  the 
closeness  of  the  score.  O’Trigger  was  more  on  the  classy  order 
on  difficult  shots.  He  is  well  known  to  the  Western  shots  as  being 
game. 

The  last  W ednesday  shoot  at  Bloomington,  111.,  was  not  well 
attended,  - owing  to  bad  weather,  and  the  scores  made  were  not 
reported.  It  is  intended  that  the  next  shoot  shall  see  a team 
in  practice  for  the  State  shoot  to  be  held  at  Lincoln,  May  23. 

The  Whitaker  Gun  Club,  Homestead,  Pa.,  was  organized  two  . 
weeks  ago.  A new  trap  has  been  received,  and  will  be'  put  in 
position,  for  the  Saturday  shoot.  The  club  start  out  well,  as  the 
membership  is  reported  to  be  large. 

Seventeen  shooters  of  the  North  Side  Gun  Club,  Milwaukee, 
Wis.,  met  last  Sunday.  S.  Meunier  and  F.  Meixer  each  broke 
45  out  of  50. 

Little  had  been  heard  of  the  Minneapolis  Gun  Club  during  the 
very  cold  winter  months,  but  the  warm  April  sunshine  has 
thawed  it  out.  At  a meeting,  held  Wednesday,  there  was  an 
awakening.  The  new  officers  are:  President,  J.  C.  Fanechon; 

Vice-President,  L.  F.  Kennedy;  Secretary,  Dr.  H.  F.  Narston. 
The  first  shoot  will  be  held  Saturday  and  will  be  followed  by 
weekly  shoots  during  the  season.  A big  tournament,  is  on  for 
the  latter  part  of  May.  Every  effort  will  be  made  to  make  this 
equal  to,  or  better  than  the  one  held  last  year.  It  is  reported 
that  many  cups  will  be  put  up,  together  with  about  $2,000  cash 
added,  and  that  should  draw  shooters  from  all  parts  of  the 
country.  This  is  part  of  the  country  where  champions  are  made. 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


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AU  will  WemW  Miv&chy  find  t)on  Morrison  a§  cliemptonsliip 
».  A.  H.  winners.  Hirschy  has  been  reported  as  touring  the 
world,  while  Morrison,  though  quiet  of  late,  will  soon  come 
forth  shining  brightly, 

J.  F.  Mallory  apd  his  brothers  and  associates  will  get  their 
shooting  eye  lined  up,  as  they  are  meeting  regularly  at  Parkers- 
burg, \ a.  J.  F.  has  already  gone  92.5  in  practice.  This  coming 
August  _ will  see  the  three  boys  at  the  famous  Indian  lake, 
Okoboji,  there  trying  to  scalp  some  of  their  fellow  braves. 

Trapshooting  at  Kalamazoo,  Mich.,  will  soon  be  started  for  the 
summer.  Weekly  shoots  and  a tournament  for  the  season  of 
1905  is  on  the  programme  already  mapped  out.  A meet  to  elect 
officers  and  perfect  plans  will  be  held  shortly. 

There  will  be  very  many  large  tournaments  held  this  year 
throughout  the  West  and  Middle  West. 

Now  comes  the  report  that  the  fourth  annual  tournament  of 
the  Consolidated  Sportsmen’s  Association  of  Grand  Rapids, 
Mich.,  will  be  held  Aug.  29,  30,  31,  which  will  be  the  week  fol- 
lowing the  Indian  shoot.  So  enthusiastic  are  the  members,  that 
it  is  proclaimed  that  this  will  be  second  only  to  that  of  the 
Grand  American  handicap.  All  the  best  amateurs  of  the  United 
States  will  possibly  be  present.  The  committee  have  thus  de- 
cided to  make  the  shoot  popular  locally.  With  this  in  view,  the 
first  day  will  be  advertised  as  manufacturers’  and  railway  day: 
the  second,  merchant  and  bankers’,  and  the  third,  as  citizens’ 
day.  Provisions  will  be  made  to  accommodate  large  crowds,  and 
admission  will  be  strictly  by  card  or  badge.  What  our  country 
needs,  are  more  clubs  with  large  memberships.  Other  cities 
could  follow  Grand  Rapids  with  a consolidation  of  all  club  in- 
terests. 

Some  good  scores  were  made  when  the  Grove  Gun  Club,  ol 
Detroit,  Mich.,  met  last  Saturday  at  Gratiot  avenue.  Weather 
fine,  good  scores  resulted.  Wolf  won  the  highest  honors,  with 
taking  Class  A medal,  Klatz  won  B and  Bringham  C.  C.  Weise, 
Jr.,  won  the  5-bird  event,  and  Berlin  was  top-notclier  in  the 
extra  10  event. 

The  Celina,  O.,  Gun  Club’s  first  shoot  was  held  Saturday. 
Mr.  Grass,  a manufacturer’s  agent,  was  present  and  made  the 
club  some  propositions  that  will  be  acceptable.  George  Kister 
made  20  out  of  25,  and  Jacob  W'ebber,  18.  Another  shoot,  open 
to  all,  will  be  held  Tuesday,  at  which  some  interesting  features 
will  develop. 

The  Mason  City,  111.,  Gun  Club  held  a meeting  last  Saturday, 
at  which  W.  H.  Cadwallader  was  a guest.  Backwitz,  Mulford 
and  “Lead”  were  the  high  men.  Others,  not  quite  in  their  class 
yet,  made  good  scores.  At  100  targets  Mulford  broke  94,  Bock- 
witz  93,  Cadwallader  92,  Ramsey  89. 

The  Appleton,  Minn.,  Gun  Club  hold  weekly  meets.  The 
officers  are:  President,  A.  L.  Sloss;  Secretary,  A.  E.  Close; 
Captain,  Edward  Lende.  A tournament,  to  which  all  will  be 
invited,  will  be  held  later  in  the  season. 

When  the  Houston,  Mich.,  Gun  Club  met  on  Monday  evening, 
Del  Stewart  was  chosen  President;  Wm.  Rollins,  Secretary,  and 
Chris.  Blexrul  as  Treasurer.  Grounds  have  been  secured  for  the 
shoots  during  the  summer. 

Trapshooting  for  the  City  of  Fond  du  Lac,  Wis.,  will  boom 
during  1905.  A new  club,  with  over  fifty  members,  has  been 
organized.  Grounds  have  been  selected,  and  as  soon  as  a trap 
can  be  set  up,  the  shoots  will  be  started.  Your  readers  will  be 
duly  informed  as  to  who  the  permanent  officers  are  when  they 
meet  for  first  practice. 

Way  out  in  South  Dakota,  at  the  town  of  Martinsville,  there 
are  many  hunters,  and  they  have  guns  that  they  put  to  some 
use  for  trapshooting  in  summertime. 

The  Cleveland,  O.,  Gun  Club  will  hold  shoots  for  a gold  fob 
presented  by  a powder  company.  The  club  extends  an  invita- 
tion for  the  public  to  attend. 

For  the  first  time  in  the  history  of  the  Texas  State  shoots  the 
professionals  will  be  disqualified  from  contesting  for  the  trophy 
events.  The  management  requests  that  secretaries  forward  at 
once  a list  of  all  their  members.  The  railroads  have  granted  one 
and  one-third  fare  for  the  trip.  The  Waco  club  is  well  organized 
and  is  making  every  effort  to  hold  the  best  shoot  in  the  history 
of  the  association. 

Another  New  York  gun  club  has  been  organized,  and  Syracuse 
claims  the  honor.  The  Salvoy  is  the  title,  with  officers  and 
members,  Daymon  Whitney,  L.  P.  James,  Frank  Ingersoll, 
Myron  Brown,  John  Mehan,  and  Mathew  Windliausen. 

Uncle  Joe  Marks  was  out  at  the  Klein  grounds,  Detroit,  Mich., 
on  Sunday  last,  and  shooting  a new  single  barrel  gun,  broke 
25  straight,  and  thereby  hangs  a tale. 

Tne  Danforth,  111.,  Gun  Club  has  become  a permanent  organiza- 
tion by  the  election  of  the  following  officers:  President,  Ben 

Cramer;  Secretary.  E.  Eilts;  Treasurer,  C.  J.  Walters,  and 
Captain,  Fred  Gerdes.  The  initiation  fee  is  $2,  and  there  are 
twenty-one  members  to  start  with,  which  shows  that  many 
“clays”  will  be  busted  this  season. 

J.  A.  R.  Elliott  is  contemplating  an  invasion  of  the  western 
field  as  he  is  reported  to  have  an  eye  on  the  Jacksonville  111., 
shoot.  . 

Des  Moines,  la..  Gun  Club  will  hold  regular  shoots  on  Friday 
afternoon  of  each  week.  A special  event  will  be  put  up  each 
week,  and  the  shooters  will  thus  be  kept  interested  during  the 
season. 

Dan  Bray  and  Gus  Schroeder  will  hold  a shoot  at  Columbus, 
Neb.,  April  25  and  26.  They  have  the  assurance  of  a large 
gathering  of  the  clans 

Officers  of  the  Oil  City  Gun  Club,  Jamestown,  N.  Y.,  are: 
President,  A.  Smedley;  Vice-President,  C.  H.  Lay,  Jr.; 
Secretary,  Charles  A McLouth;  Treasurer,  H.  C.  Dorworth; 
Trustees,  L.  L.  Crum,  William  Eaton  and  F.  S.  Bates. 

The  Beech  Grove  Gun  Club,  Madison,  Ind.,  was  fully  re- 
organized on  last  Monday  night.  President  William  P.  Schofield; 
Vice-President,  Samuel  G.  Boyd;  Secretary,  M.  Fred  Herbst; 
Treasurer,  Andrew  Augustin,  Sr.;  Executive  Committee,  C.  R. 
Johnson,  Jr.,  W.  H.  Miller,  James  E.  Crozier,  John  Knoeble 
and  M.  M.  Laidley.  A membership  fee  of  $1  will  be  charged. 

It  has  been  suggested  to  the  writer,  that  if  the  programme 
given  out  by  the  C.  A.  H.  manager  this  year  should  specify 
that  targets  would  not  be  thrown  more  that  45yds.,  the  attendance 
would  be  much  increased. 

Did  you  know  that  the  Louisiana  courts  had  decided  that 
pigeon  shooting  was  legal?  Maurice  Kauffman  is  shooting  in 
form,  as  in  a match  at  the  Crescent  City  he  killed  25  straight 
live  birds  and  then  made  98  out  of  ICO  targets. 

The  Lafayette  Gun  Club,  Bradford,  Pa.,  have  now  new  190o 
officers,  .viz.,  President,  Dr.  G.  E.  Benninghoff;  Vice;President, 
Clayton  S.  Dorn;  Secretary  and  Treasurer,  R.  T.  Lam. 

The  members  of  the  Marion-Prospect,  O.,  Gun  Club  met  Tues- 
day evening.  After  the  preliminary  work  had  been  gone  through, 
the  officers  were  elected,  viz.,  President,  W.  H.  Porterfield; 
Secretary,  Arthur  Berry;  Assistant  Secretary,  Harman  Haber- 
man,  and  Captain,  O.  Brown.  The  season’s  prize  for  best  aver- 
age will  be  a gold-lined  silver  cup.  , 

Those  who  belong  to  the  Chestnut  Rod  and  Cun  Club,  Ana- 
conda, Mont.,  have  opened  up  the  season.  . 

Recently,  10,000  blue  rocks  were  received  by  the  Missoula,  Mont., 
Gun  Club.  This  club  was  recently  reorganized  and  now  has 

thirty  members.  There  will  be  weekly  shoots,  and  the  public 
are  invited.  President  A.  W.  Woodworth  gave  notice  that  the 
Butte  club  had  invited  the  club  to  visit  them  and  take  part  in 
the  dub  shoot.  The  invitation  was  acknowledged  and  accepted. 

The  meeting  held  by  the  Davies  County  Gun  Club,  Owensboro, 
Ky.,  was  well  attended,  and  much  business  transacted.  The  in- 
terest taken  shows  that  trapshooting  will  prove  very  popular  this 
year.  The  new  ground  chosen  will  be  so  much  nearer  to  the 
city,  that  it  will  tend  to  increase  attendance.  The  members 

have  in  consideration  the  making  of  the  grounds  attractive  to 
the  ladies,  and  as  many  of  them  as  possible  will  be  induced  to 
join  in  the  shooting,  both  with  the  rifle  and  the  shotgun.  # The 
newly  elected  officers  are:  President,  John  Smith;  Vice-President, 

William  Calhoun;  Secretary,  James  Lewis;  Treasurer,  Weir  Grif- 
fith; Captain,  Ab.  Newman. 

The  Billings,  Okla.,  Gun  Club  was  at  practice  last  Wednesday, 
J.  A.  McKee  making  the  highest  score  with  a possible  10,  then 
D.  Huddleston  and  E.  Blank  failed  on  but  one  each. 

The  regular  weekly  shoot  of  the  Birmingham,  Ala.,  Gun  Club 
will  take  place  each  week.  This  club  contains  many  members, 

and  some  of  them  are  the  best  shots  of  the  south,  and  they 

have  given  assurance  of  their  good  intention  of  being  present  at 
all  the  shoots.  . T i ...  ,, 

There  will  be  something  doing  when  the  Jacksonville  Cun 
Club  holds  their  tournament  this  week,  as  in  the  practice  shoot 
held  last  week  out  of  200  shots  Ed.  Scott  made  a score  of  194 

and  James  A.  Groves  made  193.  

From  April  10  to  25  the  hunters  of  Wisconsin  will  be  busy 
with  the  ducks.  . „ , , , , 

The  Ogden,  Utah,  Club,  formed  for  the  purpose  of  duck  shoot- 
ing, have  a location  that  would  set  an  Illinois  man  to  thinking. 
The  grounds  are  reported  to  consist  of  twenty-five  square  miles, 
and  thereon  will  be  erected  a club  building  that  will  cost  $35,000. 
This  will  be  among  the  very  best  clubs  in  the  United  States. 

News  comes  from  Salt  Lake  that  is  gratifying  to  the  trap 
shots  of  the  West.  A new  club  has  been  formed  with  the 
prospect  ahead  of  it  as  that  of  being  the  strongest  in  Utah.  The 


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membership  Is  already  hear  the  B0  mark,  with  25  more  appli- 
cants. A new  blackbird  trap,  presumably  the  club,  has  been 
purchased,  and  15,000  targets  for  a starter.  The  ground  to  be 
used  has  not  yet  been  selected. 

Some  twenty  members  of  the  disbanded  Detroit,  Mich.,  Gun 
Club  met  and  organized  the  Oakland  Cun  Club,  with  a purpose 
of  making  it  among  the  leading  ones  of  the  State.  The  officials 
are  President,  Michael  ITeintz;  Vice-President,  Julius  Jedeke; 
Secretary,  Wiliam  E.  Morris;  Treasurer,  Chas.  F.  Kiesnng; 
Captain,  George  Staueh;  Assist.  Captain,  James  Eaton;  Trustees, 
Theo.  Funke,  K.  Caldwell  and  Leno  Johnson.  There  will  be  three 
trophies  for  the  A,  B and  C classes. 

Pleiss  and  Novontny  secured  the  highest  scores  in  the  St. 
Paul,  Minn.,  Rod  and  Gun  Club  at  the  opening  meet.  Satur- 
day the  regular  events  will  start  and  will  be  held  each  Saturday 
and  Sunday  during  the  season. 

The  Nardin,  O.  Ter.,  Gun  Club  met  Wednesday  for  the  election 
of  officers  and  held  their  meeting  at  the  traps. 

A rod  and  gun  club  has  lately  been  organized  at  Cazenovia, 
N.  Y. 

A local  newspaper  report  concerning  shooters  to  be  present  has 
the  following  personal  notice  in  type:  “Fred  Gilbert,  ‘Pop’  (?) 

Crosby,  Elliott  Hawkins,  Fleming  and  others.”  Now  what  will 
Heikes  say  to  Crosby’s  title? 

The  Jacksonville,  111.,  Gun  Club  members  challenged  any  county 
in  the  State  shoot  to  a team  match  five  or  ten  men  on  a side, 
the  purse  to  be  $10  per  man. 

Keep  your  shooting  eye  on  that  $2,000  to  be  hung  up  by  the 
Minneapolis,  Minn.,  Gun  Club. 

There  will  be  many  guns  popping  at  the  shoot  of  the  Great 
is  the  case  with  far  too  many  clubsetaoinhrdiluO,  .ggc,sathe24rdiu 
Bend,  Kans.,  Gun  Club,  which  occurs  on  April  24  and  25. 

The  Winona,  Minn.,  Sportsmen’s  Club  yesterday  afternoon  held 
the  first  of  the  series  of  weekly  shoots  at  their  range. 

The  opening  of  the  1905  trapshooting  season  marks  the  thirty- 
fifth  anniversary  of  the  Minneapolis  Gun  Club.  It  has  come  all 
down  the  line  through  the  era  of  puff  balls,  glass  balls  and 
finally  the  clay  pigeons  of  to-day.  It  is  claimed  that  there  is  now 
a membership  of  300. 

It  is  reported  that  a large  gun  club  will  be  organized  in  West 
Duluth,  Minn.,  but  our  correspondent  does  not  state  whether  it 
is  to  be  a trap  club  or  a social  duck  hunting  one. 


Ohio  Notes, 

Eight  men  took  part  in  the  trophy  shoot  of  the  Hamilton,  O., 
Gun  Club,  Link  winning  with  the  good  score  of  49  out  of  50; 
Smith,  second,  with  44,  and  Jones,  third,  with  41. 

The  following  scores  were  made  at  the  shoot  of  the  Cleveland, 
O.,  Cun  Club  on  April  8.  In  the  100-target  shoot,  Tryon  was 
high  gun  with  93.  Gross  and  Doolittle  tied  for  second  on  92, 
each  making  a straight  25.  Kirby,  third,  with  89.  Bingham  had 
hard  luck  at  his  first  50,  but  recovered  himself  and  broke  48  in 
the  last  50,  going  straight  at  the  last  25.  In  the  other  events 
of  the  afternoon  Tryon  missed  but  3 targets,  finishing  high  gun, 
with  67  out  of  70.  The  club  will  give  a tournament  on  May  30, 
to  which  all  sportsmen  are  invited,  and  a good  time  is  guaranteed. 


Cincinnati  Gun  Club. 

Cincinnati,  O. — April  15  was  a cold,  disagreeable  day,  cloudy 
and  with  a high  wind.  Twenty-two  took  part  in  the  trophy 
shoot.  Block,  Strauss  and  Myers  were  high  with  full  scores  of 
50,  including  their  handicaps.  Block,  Barker  and  Hesser  tied 
for  high  gun  in  actual  breaks  on  46  each. 

The  Dayton  Gun  Club  has  challenged  for  the  Pliellis  trophy, 
and  the  match  will  probably  be  shot  on  April  26.  Supt.  Cambell 
will  cross  the  pond,  to  visit  the  Emerald  Isle,  leaving  early  next 
month  and  will  make  a stay  of  abopt  six  or  eight  weeks.  E.  A. 
Donnally  (captain),  cashier  of  the  Market  National  Bank,  is  once 
more  at  his  desk,  after  an  absence  of  six  months,  during  which 
time  he  has  been  in  South  Carolina,  searching  for  health,  and 
incidentally  enjoying  field  sports  to  the  utmost.  He  has  gained 
nothing  in  weight,  but  says  he  feels  100  per  cent,  better.  The 
boys  are  hoping  to  see  him  at  the  grounds  soon. 

A number  of  team  races  were  pulled  off,  as  well  as  a lot  of 
practice  events.  In  the  last  Peters  broke  73  out  of  75.  The  best 
work  of  the  day  was  done  by  Harig  in  the  team  race,  49  out 
of  50. 

Peters  trophy  shoot,  50  targets,  handicap:  Block,  4,  50;  Strauss, 
8,  50;  Myers,  17,  50;  Harig,  3,  48;  Williams,  4,  48;  Lindsley,  10, 
48;  See,  3,  47;  Barker,  46;  Hesser,  46;  Maynard,  3,  46;  Falk, 
8 46;  Don  Minto  45 ; Peters,  45;  Cambell,  3,  45;  Andrews,  9,  45; 
Herman,  1,  43;  Aiders,  1,  43;  Randall,  42;  Tuttle,  41;  Kirby' 40; 
Kepplinger,  1,  36;  Willie,  2,  86. 

Team  race,  50  targets: 


Cambell  

19  23—42 

Harig  

24  25—49 

Barker  

24  22—46 

Peters  

24  23—47 

Totals  

43  45—88 

Totals  

48  48—96 

Ahlers  

24  22—46 

FLesser  

23  23—46 

Totals  

47  45—92 

Team  race, 

50  targets : 

Faran  

46 

Don  Minto  

46 

Cambell  

46—92 

Idesser  

R brer's  Is  and  Gun  Club. 

Dayton,  O. — Twenty  members  took  part  tn  the  medal  shoot  of 
the  Rohrer’s  Island  Gun  Club  on  April  12.  The  contest  was  an 
interesting  one.  Four  tied  for  first  on  scores  of  25  or  better,  and 
the  second  shoot-off  decided  the  winner,  Hodapp  being  the^  lucky 
one.  The  club  entertains  a big  crowd  of  the  Cincinnati  Cun 
Club  on  the  19th,  and  lias  everything  prepared  to  give  their 
visitors  a hot  time.  J.  Schaerf  shot  into  the  tie  to-day  and  only 
needed  one  target  to  keep  in,  but  he  dropped  out  on  9 in  the 
first  shoot-off.  Mr.  Hodapp,  the  winner  of  the  medal,  is  also 
expert  with  the  rifle,  being  one  of  the  best  shots  in  the  Day- 
ton  Sharpshooters. 

Medal  shoot,  25  targets,  handicap  of  extra  targets  to  shoot  at: 


Shot 

at. 

Broke. 

Shot 

at. 

Broke. 

C Seigritz  

..  35 

28 

A Keller  

...35 

22 

Hodapp  

..  28 

27 

1 Gerlaugh  

...30 

19 

H Lockwood  

..  30 

25 

Donohue  

...32 

19 

T Schaerf  

..  33 

25 

C Ball  man  

...35 

18 

L Whitacre  

..  28 

25 

M Ford  

...35 

18 

E Keller  

..  32 

24 

1 Gemin  

...29 

16 

FI  Oswald  

..  30 

23 

T Ballman  

...  35 

16 

P Hanauer  

..  29 

23 

F Morris  

...  35 

13 

Shorty  

..  35 

23 

A Fiorini  

...35 

12 

W Oldt  

Shoot-off  of  tie: 

..  32 

22 

M J Colgan 

No.  1 

Shot 

at.  Broke. 

...35  7 

Shot 

at.  Broke. 

G Hodapp  

11  11 

5 

5 

H Lockwood  

12  10 

6 

4 

J Schaerf  

13  9 

. . 

, , 

L Whitacre  

11  8 

. . 

. . 

G Seigritz  

14  7 

BO  NASA. 

Dayton  Gun  Club. 


The  second  shoot  of  the  Dayton,  O.,  Gun  Club  was  held  on 
April  14.  Fifteen  members  took  part  in  the  various  events.  In 
the  handicap  sweep,  Liridemuth  and  Oswald  divided  first  on  23 
out  of  25;  Carr,  second.  Theobald,  Dial  and  Ike  divided  third 
on  20.  The  other  events  were  at  25  targets,  Schwind  being  high 
with  132  out  of  150;  Craig,  second,  with  107  out  of  125.  Schwind 
and  Theobald  each  broke  87  out  of  100.  Oswald  and  Rike  made 
a straight  each  in  one  of  the  events.  Cord  reached  the  grounds 
late,  and  shot  in  only  one  event,  breaking  24.  Oswald.  Schwind, 
Carr  and  Ike  shot  at  20  targets  each  in  an  event,  breaking  19, 
19,  15  and  IS  respectively.  The  club  has  challenged  Cincinnati  for 
the  Phellis  trophy  and  will  probably  shoot  on  April  26  on  the 
latter’s  grounds. 

Mr.  J.  L.  Theobald,  President  of  the  club,  is  an  exnert  with 
rod  and  line,  as  well  as  with  the  scatter  gun.  He  caught  in  the 
Stillwater,  on  the  12th,  four  black  bass  weighing  10%  pounds. 

Shot 


Targets 
Schwind 
Craig  . . . 
Oswald  . 
Dial  .... 
Carr  . . . . 
Theobald 



25  25  25  25  25  25  25  25 

2*2  93  -'0  93  99  99 

22  20  24  21  20 

..  18  19  18  ..  25  21  .. 

17  16  18  20  ..  ..  21  .. 

15  16  19  22  . . . . 20  . . 

23  22  21  21  .. 

25  21  18  22  


at. 

Broke, 

150 

132 

125 

107 

125 

101 

125 

92 

125 

91 

100 

87 

100 

86 

Relief 

126 

79 

Lindemuth  . 

24  22  24  

75 

70 

Ike  

75 

61 

Arthur  

100 

71 

Kirby  ...... 

75 

68 

Heikes  

; 18  19  ..  17 

75 

54 

\V  hitacre  

15  ..  15  .. 

50 

30 

Cord  

25 

24 

Sweepstakes,  distance  handicap,  25  targets,  $1  entrance,  divided 
50,  30  and  20  per  cent.  Lindemuth  (18yds.)  23,  Oswald  (18)  23, 
Carr  (16)  22,  Theobald  (17)  20,  Dial  (16)  20,  Ike  (17)  20,  Craig  (18) 
19,  Rike  (18)  19,  Schwind  (18)  19,  Kirby  (18)  18. 

Urbana  Gun  Club. 

Urbana,  O. — The  opening  shoot  for  the  two  championship  cups 
donated  by  the  Peters  Cartridge  Co.,  was  held  on  April  12,  on  the 
grounds  of  the  Urbana  Gun  Club.  The  attendance  was  very  good, 
shooters  being  present  from  Springfield,  Troy,  Piqua,  New  Moore- 
field,  De  Graff  and  West  Liberty.  The  weather  was  ideal  for  the 
sport,  and  good  scores  were  the  rule, 

Thirty-one  shooters  took  part  in  the  15-target  events,  Kirby  and 
Lorimer  tying  for  first  on  57.  PL  Good  and  Hill,  second  with  56 
each.  In  the  individual  champion  cup  contest,  twenty-three  en- 
tered. Holding  and  Lorrimer  tied  on  47,  and  they  agreed  to  de- 
cide the  matter  by  taking  their  average  for  the  day.  This  gave 
the  cup  to  Holding,  of  Urbana. 

A large  crowd  of  spectators  watched  the  team  shoot,  five  teams 
being  entered,  one  each  from  Urbana,  Troy,  New  Moorefield, 
Springfield  and  De  Graff.  The  home  team  was  the  victor,  and  the 
club  felt  good  at  capturing  both  trophies  on  the  initial  contest. 

Mr.  H.  N.  Kirby  managed  the  affair,  and  to  his  efforts  are  due 
the  smoothness  with  which  everything  passed  off.  The  next  con- 
test will  be  held  within  a month  ir  six  weeks. 

In  the  team  match  Holding,  of  Urbana,  and  Smith,  of  Troy, 
t.ed  for  high  individual  score  on  42.  Ernst,  of  New  Moorefield, 
was  second  with  41. 


Individual  championship  cup,  50  targets: 


Targets 

: 25 

25 

Targets: 

25 

25 

Holding 

24 

23 — 47 

D Snyder  

.20 

20—40 

Lorrimer 

24 

23—47 

Runyon  

9? 

17—39 

Kirby  . . 

24 

22—46 

Long  

,.24 

14—38 

Ernst  ... 

24 

22—46 

Bruner  

,.21 

17-38 

Cross  ... 

22 

23—45 

Poole  

,.23 

13-36 

Dr  Good 

11—44 

R Snyder  

,.20 

16—36 

Karnhem 

23 

20—43 

Nunlist  

,.15 

19-34 

Plaines  . 

20 

22—42 

Reardon  

.21 

12—33 

Hill  . . . . 

22 

20—42 

Lockhart  

,.17 

15—32 

Neer  ... 

22 

20—42 

Erwin  

,.18 

13—31 

O Smith 

23 

19—42 

Losh  

..16 

14—30 

Strong  . . 

19 

21—40 

Team  championship  tro 

pby,  fiv 

e-man  teams,  50  targets 

per  man: 

Urbana  G.  C. 

Springfield  G. 

c. 

Targets 

: 25 

25 

Targets : 

25 

25 

Holding 

..  ...9,2 

20—  42 

Strong  

.22 

15—  37 

Kirby  . . . 

22 

18—  40 

Snyder  

,20 

17—  37 

Losh  . . . . 

20 

19—  39 

Foley  

.18 

18—  36 

Muzzy  . . 

19 

19—  38 

Poole  

17 

17—  34 

Karnhem 

16 

16—  32 

Downs  

.13 

15-  2S 

99 

92  191 

90 

82  172 

Troy  G.  C. 

New  Moorefield 

G. 

C. 

Smith  . . . 

92 

20—  42 

Ernst  

.20 

21—  41 

Lorrimer 

21 

18—  39 

lob  

.17 

18—  35 

Haines  . 

21 

17—  38 

Neer  

.16 

17—  33 

Nunlist  . 

20 

15—  35 

Snvder  

.19 

14—  33 

Dalzell  . . 

12 

16—  28 

Shields  

.12 

11—  23 

96 

86  182 

84 

81  165 

De  Graff 

Gun  Club. 

Lockhart 

16 

17—  33 

Bruner  

.13 

18—  31 

Long  ... 

14 

IS—  32 

Reardon  

.13 

12—  25 

Runyon 

15 

16—  31 

71 

81  152 

Bonasa. 

Norwich  Shooting  Glub. 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  Norwich,  Conn.,  Shooting  Club  was 
held  at  the  club  house  on  Saturday,  April  8,  at  2 P.  M.  1 he  re- 
port of  the  secretary-treasurer  showed  the  club  to  be  in  good  con- 
dition, with  fifty-six  members  and  money  in  the  treasury.  The 
election  of  officers  resulted  as  follows:  President,  Willis  Austin; 

Vice-President,  Arthur  C.  Wright;  Secretary-Treasurer,  I.  P. 
Tafft;  Captain,  W.  H.  Gates;  Board  of  Managers,  John  A. 
Mitchell,  Geo.  S.  Brown,  Tbos.  B.  Leahy;  House  and  Range  Com- 
mittee, A.  C.  Wright,  C.  O.  Tracy,  Geo.  W.  Dolbeare,  H.  F. 
Ulmer,  A.  E.  Grimes. 

After  the  business  meeting  the  members  adjourned  to  the  traps, 
making  the  following  scores: 


Shot  Per  Shot  Per 

at.  Broke.  Cent.  at.  Broke.  Cent. 


W Austin.... 

,...106 

78 

74 

G Brown  . . . 

....  50 

27  54 

Gates  

....  70 

51 

73 

Greene  

....  50 

24  48 

Wells  

...  95 

61 

64 

Grimes  

....  50 

21  42 

J Mitchell  .. 

...  50 

32 

64 

A Mitchell  . 

....  65 

26  40 

Moran  

...  70 

43 

61 

Ames  

....  50 

19  38 

Sanders  

....  50 

27 

54 

I. 

P.  Tafft,  Sec’y. 

New  York  Athletic  Club. 


Travers  Island.  April  15. — The  contest  for  the  April  cup  to-day 
was  won  by  Mr.  A.  O.  Fleishman.  Ide  scored  42  out  of  50.  This 
was  event  1 in  the  following  summary.  In  a special  match  be- 
tween Messrs.  Fleishman  and  Barnes,  25  targets,  the  former  won 
by  a score  of  21  to  19.  Scores : 


Events : 

Targets : 

J N Borland,  8 

A D Fleishman,  6 

F’  L Barnes,  4 

J W Hebbard,  12 

T D Calhoun 

A Tilt  

J J Kelly 

W D Judson 

*Five  pairs,  15  singles. 


12345  *6  78 

50  25  25  25  25  25  25 

39  18  13  14  16 

42  17  17  24  21  14  19  22 

39  15  18  16  18  11  18  19 

35 

..  19  17  22  20  19  21  21 

..  ..  15  20  19  18  16  20 

..  ..  18  15  18  17  19  11 

..  ..  0 


Enterprise  Gun  Club. 

McKeesport,  Pa— The  fourth  contest  for  the  Daily  News  cup. 
was  shot  off  on  April  15,  and  Attorney  J,  P\  Calhoun  was  high 
man  with  48. 

The  fifth  and  last  contest  for  the  cup  this  year,  will  be  shot  on 
next  Saturday,  April  22,  at  3 P.  M.,  on  these  grounds,  and  also 
the  third  contest  for  the  Plunter  Arms  Co.  gold  badge. 

Daily  News  cup,  50  targets,  scores:  Calhoun  48,  W.  Hale  45, 

Knight  45,  McFarland  44,  Irwin  43,  Schorr  42,  Noel  42,  Ross  40, 
Stimer  39,  H.  Hale  38,  Iveeley  38,  Stein  37,  Good  37,  J.  Hale  37, 
Merritt  35,  Jennings  34,  Watson  34,  Harrison  33,  Hurly  32, 
Taylor  31.  Geo.  W.  Mains,  Sec’y. 


Crescent  Gun  Club. 

New  Bethlehem,  Pa.,  April  17.— This  club  will  hold  its  second 
annual  tournament  on  July  11  and  12,  which  promises  to  be  the 
most  successful  affair  at  inanimate  targets  this  club  ever  held. 
Added  money,  $100,  and  a large  merchandise  event  on  the  second 
day.  W.  R.  Crosby,  J.  A.  R.  Elliott,  Luther  Squier,  J.  R.  Hull, 
PI.  H.  Stevens  and  Mr.  Garland  have  a’i  signified  their  intention 
to  be  present  on  those  dates.  Any  information  will  be  cheerfully 
given  by  writing  to  the  Secretary,  O.  E.  Shoemaker.  H.  P.  Fes- 
senden was  with  us  at  our  last  regular  shoot,  decorating  the 
boys  with  stick  pins,  and  advertising  literature,  and  incidentally 
talking  up  the  good  qualities  of  his  goods.  This  club  holds  its 
regular  weekly  shoots  on  Friday  afternoons  at  3:30.  All  visiting 
shooters  welcome.  The  latch  string  hangs  on  the  outside. 

R.  E.  Dinger,  M.D.,  Mgr.  & Capt. 


“Well,  Bob  Streeter  has  failed  for  a million,  and  the  creditors  ’ll 
get  about  fifty  thousand,  I suppose.”  “Does  Bob  feel  sore?” 
“Naturally,  yes;  fifty  thousand  is  a whole  lot  of  money,  you 
know.” — Puck. 


April  22,  1905.]' 


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LOWELL,  MASS . 


497-503  Pearl  Street,  35-43  Pa.rk  Street,  New  York. 
114-116  Market  Street,  San  Francisco. 


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Boston  Gun  Club, 


Boston,  Mass.,  April  12. — Seventeen  shooters  took  advantage  of 
perfect  conditions  and  journeyed  Wellingtonward  to-day,  the  oc- 
casion of  the  Boston  Gun  Club’s  eleventh  serial  shoot,  and  it 
proved  to  be  the  right  kind  of  a shoot,  one  of  those  that  was 
purely  for  pleasure,  and  good  feeling  prevailed  during  the  twelve 
events. 

Just  ten  of  the  congregation  secured  averages  of  80  or  over, 
which  shows  the  quality  of  shooting  which  was  being  performed. 
Dr.  Gleason  held  high  average  with  a Gilbert  or  Crosby  per- 
centage, pegging  away  as  usual  with  his  Daly  and  shattering  birds 
right  and  left,  with  no  apparent  trouble.  His  match  score  of  28 
completed  the  necessary  number  of  scores,  and  now  rests  com- 
fortably in  first  place  with  187,  4 targets  to  spare  over  Burns,  who 
occupies  second  position.  Frank’s  29  of  to-day  gave  him  a good 
boost,  dropping  a previous  19,  and  a return  of  the  old  form  will 
make  the  leaders  hustle  from  now  out.  Capt.  Woodruff,  too,  was 
moving  some,  an  89  per  cent,  average  and  a match  score  of  28 
with  his  “Krupp  barrel  fusee”  showing  that  the  oldest  standby 
of  the  club  was  still  in  the  ring,  and  could  be  counted  upon  for  a 
good  score  at  almost  any  time. 

C.  A.  Allen,  of  Manchester,  could  not  bear  the  thoughts  of 
coming  to  Boston  and  not  shooting,  so  he  picked  up  a gun  that 
“kicked  like  a mule,”  and  gave  a good  account  of  himself,  time 
alcne  preventing  him  from  making  more  straight  scores.  Other 


scores ’ 

Events : 123456789  10  11  12 

Targets:  10  15  10  10  15  15  10  15  15  10  15  25 

Frank,  19  8 13  9 10  14  15  9 13  12  9 . . . . 

Bell,  20  5 10  10  8 13  11  9 10  12  7 . . . . 

Burns,  16  9 12  6 9 13  13  10  11  13  9 15  17 

Boy,  19  8 12  10 

Gleason,  19  10  14  9 10  14  14  8 14  14  9 14  24 

Blinn,  16  7 12  9 10  14  13  9 13  12  7 13  . . 

Sadler,  16  S 12  7 8 10  10  9 14  15  9..  .. 

Willard,  16  6 15  . . 7 9 12 

Ford,  16  13  13  9 12  14 

Woodruff,  17  8 14  9 9 13  15  10  12  . . 8 . . . . 

Bryant,  16  6 9 7 10  9 7 3 11  

Muldown,  16  11  11 

Massure,  16  8 9 6 4 

Allen,  16  11  11  7 15  13 

Stewart,  16  8 12 

Kirkwood,  20  8 15  9 10  13  15  9 13  14  9 14  24 

Retwood,  14  2..  ..  3 7 6 1 3 


Av. 

.896 

.760 

.830 

.750 

.933 

.850 

.816 

.754 

.871 

.890 

.620 

.733 

.490 

.811 

.800 

.927 

.293 


Merchandise  match,  distance  handicap:  Frank  (19yds.)  29, 

Gleason  (19)  28,  Woodruff  (17)  28,  Kirkwood  (20)  28,  Blinn  (16)  27, 
Burns  (16)  26.  Ford  (16)  26,  Bell  (20)  24,  Roy  (19)  22,  Muldown 
(16)  22,  Allen  (16)  22,  Willard  (16)  21,  Sadler  (16)  20,  Massure  (16) 


17,  Bryant  (16)  16,  Retwood  (14)  13. 

April  5. — The  regular  weekly  shoot  of  the  Boston  Gun  Club  was 
well  attended  to-day,  though  weather  conditions  were  anything  but 
agreeable  for  the  average  trapshooter,  it  raining  hard  during  the 
entire  afternoon.  Between  drops  some  twelve  events  were  run 
through,  and  judging  from  scores  made,  etc.,  every  one  was  very 
well  satisfied,  even  if  put  to  the  inconvenience  of  a ducking. 

Visitors  came  from  far  and  near  to  enjoy  the  afternoon.  Sec- 
retary Burr,  of  the  Montpelier,  Vt.,  Gun  Club,  and  Mayor 
Eugene  E.  Reed,  of  Manchester,  N.  H.,.  were  from  the  most 
distant  points. 

The  prize  match,  which  is  now  taking  up  all  the  interest,  as 
there  are  only  four  more  shoots  to  secure  scores  in,  and  the 
regulars  are  attempting  to  drop  poor  scores,  did  not  bring  forth 
the  usual  high  scores.  Reed’s  25  was  in  a class  by  itself,  4 targets 
ahead  of  the  second  man,  Roy,  with  24,  who  in  turn  led  Gleason 
and  Baxter  by  one  target. 

Events : 

Targets: 

Gleason,  19  

Frank,  19  

Bell,  20  

Lee,  16  

Burns,  16  

Roy,  19  

Woodruff,  17  10  15  14 

Bernhardt,  16  10  14  14 

Barry,  16  10  14  11 

Reed,  16  7 12  12 

Bird,  16  4 14  11 

Cavicchi,  16  10  10  13 

Packard,  16  6 9 6 

Williams,  16  4 13  13 

Burr,  16  15  14 

Willard,  16 


123456789  10  11  12 
10  15  15  10  15  15  10  10  15  10  25  25 


9 14  11  9 
8 14  12  10 
5 12  11  5 

7 11  10 

8 11  11 
13 


10  13 
8 9 

8 9 

9 9 
9 13 
9 15 

11  10 

10  8 
13  15 

8 7 
11  11 

5 7 
11  7 

9 io 


8 12 
7 10 
9 


9 19  23 
9 17 


8 4 8 9 

8 "4 !! 


7 

6 

10 


8 12  . . 19 


Muldown,  16  9 11  10 

Ford,  16  8 12  9 

Massure,  16  6 8 7 

Baxter,  16  7 12  11 

Merrill,  16  ••  8 

Bowman,  16  6 

Cavicchi,  16  

Frederick,  16  9 

Retwood,  14  2 


7 13 
5 7 
2 7 
..  11 


7 17  22 
7 17  .. 
7 13  12 
6 ..  .. 


Av. 

.822 

.733 

.670 

.450 

.720 

.818 

.770 

.940 

.725 

.790 

.570 

.780 

.477 

.650 

.850 

.660 

.720 

.750 

.520 

.763 

.541 

.463 

.566 

.600 

.200 


Merchandise  match,  distance  handicap:  Reed  (16yds.)  28,  Roy 

(19)  24,  Gleason  (19)  23,  Baxter  (16)  23,  Burns  (16)  22,  Cavicchi 
(16)  22,  Woodruff,  (17)  21,  Muldown  (16)  21,  Ford  (16)  21,  Willard 
(16)  19,  Lee  (16)  18,  Barry  (16)  18,  Williams  (16)  18,  Frank  (19) 
17,  Bell  (20)  17,  Bird  (16)  16,  Massure  (16)  15,  Packard  (16)  12. 


Remington  Gun  and  Rifle  Club, 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Remington  Gun  and  Rifle  Club, 
held  April  11,  the  following  officers  were  elected:  President,  T. 

D.  W.  Moore;  Vice-President,  D.  G.  Baker;  Secretary  and  Treas- 
urer, W.  H.  Grimshaw;  Captain,  R.  H.  Tomlinson;  Collector, 
J.  J.’  Jackson;  Range  Officer,  Jos.  Tomlinson. 

Trustees:  L.  N.  Walker,  T.  Corbin,  Geo.  De  Lany,  Jos.  Loy, 

Frank  Russell,  J.  D.  Pederson,  H.  H.  Bassett. 

Report  of  the  secretary  showed  the  club  to  be  in  very  good  con- 
dition. Eleven  new  members  joined  and  a number  expect  to  join 
at  the  next  meeting,  which  will  be  held  April  18.  It  is  expected 
that  during  the  coming  season  there  will  be  quite  a spirited  con- 
test both  at  the  traps  and  at  the  rifle  range, 


Inglewood  (Ontario)  Gun  Club's  Annual  Tournament. 

The  annual  tournament  of  the  Inglewood,  Ont.,  Gun  Club  was 
held  on  April  7,  with  a very  good  attendance_  of  shooters.  This  is 
a young  club,  composed  of  a few  enthusiastic  shots,  who  did  all 
in  their  power  to  make  their  visitors  enjoy  themselves.  The  day 
was  fine,  and  the  targets  hard  on  account  of  the  height  to  which 
they  were  thrown. 

High  average  was  won  by  Mr.  Thomas  Upton,  Hamilton,  Ont. 
Second  went  to  Dr.  Hunt,  Hamilton.  Third  high  average  to  Mr. 
Thomas  A.  Duff,  Toronto,  and  fourth  to  Mr.  J.  H.  Thompson, 
Toronto.  The  following  were  the  scores: 


Events : 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

Shot 

Targets : 

10 

15 

25 

20 

15 

15 

at. 

Broke 

Thomas  Upton.  Hamilton... 

10 

14 

25 

18 

13 

12 

100 

92 

Dr  Hunt,  Hamilton 

10 

14 

20 

17 

14 

15 

100 

90 

Thomas  A Duff,  Toronto 

. 10 

14 

24 

15 

14 

12 

100 

89 

J H Thompson,  Toronto 

9 

14 

20 

18 

14 

13 

100 

88 

P Wakefield,  Toronto 

8 

13 

21 

17 

13 

13 

100 

85 

Dr  Wilson,  Hamilton 

6 

12 

18 

18 

12 

15 

100 

81 

G B Smith,  Ayton 

7 

12 

20 

17 

12 

12 

100 

80 

G Thomas,  Toronto 

9 

13 

20 

15 

12 

8 

100 

77 

John  McCague,  Inglewood... 

6 

12 

20 

IS 

11 

9 

100 

76 

Geo  W McGill,  Toronto 

8 

8 

22 

15 

12 

10 

100 

75 

A Kidd,  Inglewood  

9 

11 

15 

16 

10 

12 

100 

73 

T Kidd,  Inglewood  

6 

9 

19 

16 

13 

9 

100 

72 

M Rasberry,  Hamilton 

4 

7 

20 

14 

13 

13 

100 

71 

W Roberts,  Toronto 

7 

10 

20 

9 

10 

11 

100 

67 

G Kidd,  Inglewood 

4 

9 

16 

19 

12 

7 

100 

67 

F Overholt,  Hamilton 

10 

10 

19 

12 

11 

85 

72 

G Vivian,  Toronto 

7 

13 

22 

11 

13 

85 

66 

C Harrison,  Toronto 

7 

12 

16 

16 

12 

85 

63 

W White,  Snelgrove 

7 

11 

18 

16 

11 

85 

56 

A Spanner,  Toronto 

5 

8 

17 

13 

11 

85 

54 

Geo  M Dunk,  Toronto 

. 8 

10 

17 

15 

12 

85 

52 

T Bennar,  Hamilton 

6 

5 

17 

10 

11 

85 

49 

T Dent,  Inglewood 

6 

8 

13 

10 

9 

85 

46 

W T Campbell,  Snelgrove 

5 

5 

14 

8 

9 

85 

41 

W Smeaton,  Inglewood 

8 

9 

15 

50 

32 

Geo  H Cashmore,  Toronto... 

5 

8 

io 

40 

23 

Mr  James,  Inglewood 

W Elliott,  Inglewood 

5 

9 

. . 

ii 

40 

25 

6 

10 

. . 

25 

16 

C Patterson,  Inglewood 

3 

7 

. . 

8 

40 

18 

T Nunn,  Inglewood 

6 

8 

ii 

25 

14 

Doc  Sheppard.  Toronto  Jn... 

. . 

. . 

25 

14 

J Dunham,  Hamilton 

. . 

. . 

13 

25 

13 

C J Peaker,  Brampton 

4 

9 

. . 

25 

13 

W Beamish,  Inglewood 

5 

7 

. . 

25 

12 

T Patterson,  Inglewood 

5 

6 

ii 

25 

11 

W Friend,  Hamilton 

. . 

. . 

25 

11 

T Duke,  Inglewood 

4 

5 

io 

ii 

B. 

25 

9 

Thomas  Henry,  Brampton.... 

9 

11 

i3 

9 

100  63 

P.  Rock. 

“Amateur”  is  Corrected. 

Easton,  Pa.,  April  8 .—Editor  Forest  and  Stream:  In  your  issue 
of  Forest  and  Stream  of  March  4 there  appeared  a communica- 
tion under  the  caption  “Clerks  and  Professionals”  and  signed 
“Amateur.” 

As  a committee,  commanded  by  a unanimous  vote  of  the  Inde- 
pendent Gun  Club,  of  Easton,  at  its  first  meeting  after  ;the  ap- 
pearance of  “Amateur’s”  communication,  to  voice  the  club’s  senti- 
ments in  the  matter,  and  as  it  seemed  possible  that  “Amateur’s” 
cowardly  attack  was  made  on  one  of  our  own  members,  to  make 
a public  statement  in  his  defense,  we  ask  the  courtesy  of  your 
columns. 

As  to  the  sentiments  of  our  club,  it  ought  to  suffice  to  say  that 
we  vote  as  we  shoot;  that  is,  according  to  our  best  judgment; 
and  that  judgment  has  enabled  us  to  win  every  match  in  which 
we  have  taken  part,  and  they  are  not  few  in  number.  _ That 
same  judgment,  exercised  on  “Amateur’s”  no-name,  stab-in-the- 
back  methods,  condemns  them  as  the  efforts  of  a jealous  rival. 

On  behalf  of  our  brother  member,  Mr.  Ed.  F.  Markley,  who 
was  supposed  by  some  to  be  the  object  of  “Amateur’s”  attack, 
we  take  pleasure  in  stating  that  he  is  held  in  the  highest  esteem 
by  our  club.  In  “Amateur’s”  communication,  the  only  statement 
truthfully  applicable  to  Markley  is  that  he  is  a clerk  in  a whole- 
sale house.  Surely  that  fact  will  not  bring  him  under  suspicion 
unless  a diseased  imagination  like  “Amateur’s”  comes  in  to 
bolster  it  up.  . ... 

We  hope  we  may  be  pardoned  for  venturing  the  opinion  that 
“Amateur,”  who  talks  so  glibly  of  “sharks”  and  the  killing  of 
the  sport,  might  better  turn  his  attention  to  his  own  reforma- 
tion as  an  “assassin  of  character,”  and  that  none  but  mischief- 
makers  write  anonymous  communications. 

Forrest  W.  Kolb,  ) 

W.  R.  Ivey,  V Committee. 

John  Heil,  ) 


Analostan  Gun  Club. 


Washington,  D.  C.,  April  15. — The  Analostan  Gun  Club  held  a 
practice  shoot  on  Thursday,  April  13.  Several  new  members,  who 
never  shot  at  the  trap,  were  present.  The  wind  was  high,  but 
notwithstanding  the  breeze,  some  good  scores  were  made,  espe- 
cially that  of  Mr.  Jos.  H.  Hunter,  who  shot  a professional  gait. 
The  scores: 


Shot  at.  Broke. 


J H Hunter.... 

...  115 

107 

E H Storr...... 

...  115 

105 

Geo  Nalley  

...  100 

66 

Wilhite  

48 

Miles  Taylor  ... 

...  55 

48 

Bauskett  

...  50 

43 

Dr  Taylor  

...  50 

35 

Dr  Wolfe  

...  55 

25 

Shot  at. 

Broke, 

Burridge  ... 

50 

27 

Willis  

35 

25 

Rhodes  

45 

30 

Vinson  

35 

21 

Enders  

20 

10 

McKnew  ... 

........  15 

12 

Williams  . . . 

20 

6 

E.  H.  Storr,  trade  representative,  was  present,  and  spent  the 
afternoon,  and  although  shooting  a ne\y  gun,  made  a very  cred- 
itable score  under  the  circumstances, 

Miles  Taylor,  Sce'y. 


^UXVUCV  X A.  Cl  UOUUUlvl  o 

Chicago,  April  8. — The  Chicago  Trapshooters’  Association  wish 
to  announce  the  dates  of  its  big  midsummer  amateur  target 
shooting  tournament  on  Aug.  18,  19  and  20.  These  dates  will  be 
just  preceding  the  Indians’  annual  tournament  at  Spirit  Lake, 
la.,  that  comes  on  the  22d  to  the  25th,  inclusive,  believing  that 
many  of  the  Indians  and  friends  from  the  East  and  South  would 
like  to  take  in  our  shoot  on  the  direct  route  and  spend  three 
days  in  the  great  metropolis  of  the  West. 

There  is  probably  no  city  in  the  country  to-day  where  as  much 
enthusiasm  is  shown  by  local  trapshooters  as  here.  This  Asso- 
ciation has  probably  done  more  than  any  other  organization  to 
promote  the  sport. 

The  attractions  offered  a shooter  in  Chicago,  outside  of  the 
shooting  cannot  be  excelled  by  any  other  Western  city.  The 
shooter  heie  in  the  evening-  can  find  all  manner  of  amusements, 
and  a three  days  stay  will  be  a splendid  vacation  for  any  one. 

We  are  going  to  give  $500  average  money  for  the  three  days, 
ihe  programme  will  consist  of  eight  15-target  events,  and  four 
20-target  events  with  entrance  of  $20. 

One  hundred  dollars  will  be  divided  between  high  guns  each 
day,  as  follows:  $20  to  first,  $18,  $16,  $14,  $12,  $10  and  $10. 

1 wo  hundred  dollars  will  be  given  for  the  general  average  for 

& ,10°  *° high  «•« 825  to  «* 

The  low  guns  will  be  given  first  four  $15  each;  next  four  low, 
$10  each.  9 

The  moneys  will  be  divided  on  the  Chicago^  system  of  divi- 
sion, which  provides  for  three  places  in  15-target  events,  and  four 
places  in  -,0-target  events,  all  shooters  getting  a place  will  divide 
equally  the  entire  purse. 

This  gives  a shooter  who  breaks  13  the  same  amount  as  the 
shooter  who  breaks  15  straight.  While  this  makes  the  fairest 
division  for  the  real  amateur,  it  is  also  greatly  in  favor  of  the 
more  expert  shooter,  for  if  he  stays  in  the  money  only  ten  times 
in  the  twelve  events,  we  can  assure  him  that  he  will  draw  out  as 
winnings  more  than  one-half  of  the  entrance  money,  and  then 
he.  almost  certain  of  pulling  down  one  of  the  good  average 

While  it  may  seem  a little  early  to  go  into  such  a detailed 
description  of  this  shoot,  we  want  our  target-shooting  friends  to 
study  this  programme  very  carefully,  and  if  there  is  any  one  that 
does  not  clearly  understand  the  Chicago  division,  I will  be 
pleased  to  give  him  any  information  desired. 

. Erom  present  indications  we  will  have  one  of  the  largest  shoots 
mnTtteSdaT?c?.,heI<1  in  the  West  this  year,  outside  of  the  G.  A.  H. 

Mr.  E.  B.  Shogren  and  Fred  H.  Lord  will  have  the  management 
of  this  tournament. 

Any  information  desired,  or  requests  for  programmes  should 
be  addressed  to  E.  B.  Shogren,  Secretary  of  the  Chicago  Trap- 
shooters Association,  940  First  National  Bank  Building,  Chicago, 
d • E.  B.  Shogren. 

Anafostan  Gttn  Club. 

Washington,  D.  C.,  April  11.— The  Analostan  Gun  Club  of  this 
city  held  a very  successful  shoot  yesterday.  The  occasion  of  the 
same  was  the  arrival  in  the  city  on  Sunday  of  the  famous  squad 
of  experts— Messrs.  Marshall,  Heikes,  Heer,  Stevens  and  Butler— 
Mr.  John  E.  Avery,  the  general  sales  agent  for  the  South,  and 
Mr.  Heath,  of  the  advertising  department,  were  also  along  and 
kept  tab  on  the  shooters.  A large  number  of  local  members  were 
present,  and  also  visitors  from  the  Rockville,  Md.,  Club  and 
the  Eastern  Branch  Club  of  this  city,  besides  a large  number  of 
spectators. 

The  weather  was  beautiful,  but  a very  high  wind  made  dif- 


Heikes  . 
Heer  . 
Stevens  . 
Marshall 
Butler  . . 


Wagner  

W H Hunter. 

Wilhite  

Geo  Wise  


C Wilson  

Miles  Taylor  . 
Jos  H Hunter. 


Dr  Taylor 

Hogan  

Keys  

Duvall  . . . . 


Shot  at.  Broke. 

Cashell  

Shot  at. 

,..100 

91 

Orrison  

..100 

89 

Mattingly  . . . 

...100 

87 

McMichael  .. 

81 

Draper  

. .110 

100 

Dr  Barr  

..  90 

81 

Haven  

..  85 

59 

Field en  

..  80 

65 

Cummings  .. 

63 

Morris  

65 

Bailey  

..  70 

66 

Petrola  

..  55 

44 

Pleintz  

25 

..  50 

44 

Kengla  

15 

..  50 

42 

Lowe  ........ 

39 

Wolfe  

37 

Viers  

10 

37 

Avery  

33  - 

27 

35 

32 

14 
13 
25 
23 
17 
22 
17 

9 

15 
15 
11 
10 

9 

9 

9 


Indianapolis  (Ind.)  Gttn  Club. 

Indianapolis,  Ind.,  April  8.— Dickman  won  Peters  badge. 
Carter,  Dickman,  Parry,  Dark,  Armstrong,  Hice  tied  for  club 
L^F^eh  has  challenged  Mr. 


event  was  at  25  targets: 

Events : 1 

Parry  22 

Dickman  19 

Carter  20 

PTearsey  H 

Finley  21 

Cooper  IS 

Tripp  21 

Britton  21 

Gregory  21 

Comstock  21 

Habich  15 

Smith  15 

Dark  19 

Armstrong  11 

Hice  16 

Trotter  17 

Morjison 


23456789 
21  24  24  23  21  . . 

23  22  21  22  23  21  23  20 

17  19  20  16  14  

20  21  23  22  

20 17  21 21 ;; 

17  20  18  

20  15  24  23  20  17  17  20 

16  20  17  

21  20  25  20  23  

22  17  15  

10  13  22  7 

12  12  20  

17  24  23  17  

12  18  16  14  ..  

15  15  15  

13  

18  19 * 


il  29. 

Each 

Shot 

at. 

Broke. 

150 

135 

225 

194 

150 

106 

125 

97 

125 

100 

100 

73 

225 

177 

100 

74 

150 

130 

100 

75 

125 

67 

100 

59 

125 

100 

125 

71 

100 

61 

50 

30 

75 

4Q  ■ 

828 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


| April  22,  tgo$. 


The  Delaware  State  Shoot. 

The  first  annual  spring  tournament  of  the  Delaware  State  Trap- 
shooters’  League  was  held  in  Wilmington,  Del.,  April  12  and  13, 
on  the  grounds  of  the  Wilmington  Gun  Club.  This  club  is  a 
new  one,  and  we  think  has  reason  to  be  proud  of  its  record  of 
ninety-seven  shooters  on  the  first  day  and  seventy-four  ■ on  the 
second,  with  a total  of  over  20,000  targets  for  the  two  days.  Every 
e\ent,  with  the  exception  of  Nos.  5-8  on  the  second  day,  were 
handicaps,  the  sliding  handicap  being  used,  experts  and  amateurs* 
handicapping  themselves  by  their  work  in  the  several  events. 

The  club  had  calculated  that  it  should  have  about  sixty  shooters 
present,  so  it  was  rather  hard  work  for  its  tournament  committee 
to  look  after  their  guests’  comfort  as  well  as  to  keep  things 
moving.  The  committee  was  composed  as  follows:  W.  Harry 

Hartlove,  Chairman;  Elmer  I.  Thompson,  Frank  Kendall,  H.  J. 
Stidham,  secretary  of  the  club,  and  Edward  Banks.  The  thanks 
of  the  committee  are  due  to  the  several  volunteers  who  so  kindly 
assisted  them  in  refereeing  and  squad  hustling,  the  veteran  Bob 
McArdle,  looking  after  No.  1 set  of  traps  and  seeing  to  it  that  the 
squads  got  to  the  score  on  time.  Elmer  Thompson  did  most  of 
that  work  at  No.  2 set,  while  Stidham  and  Hartlove  were  always 
in  evidence  when  help  was  needed. 

The  new  club  house,  32  x 24  feet,  with  its  piazza,  seemed  to 
accommodate  the  crowd  well,  the  large  tent,  45  x 25,  not  being 
needed.  The  lunch  tent  was  patronized  well,  the  oyster  counter 
having  particular  attraction  for  some  of  our  Western  friends, 
chiefly  Tom  Mai  shall  and  Billy  Heer,  the  latter  standing  at  that 
score  and  calling  “Pull”  until  the  oyster  opener’s  arm  ached. 

The  trade  was  well  represented.  A.  C.  Barrell  and  F.  Heath 
were  on  hand  with  a full  U.  M.  C.  squad — T.  A.  Marshall,  W.  H. 
Heer,  F.  E.  Butler,  H.  H.  Stevens  and  “Pop”  Heikes.  J.  Mowed 
Hawkins,  of  the  W.  R.  A.  Co.,  accompanied  by  Mrs.  Hawkins  and 
his  young  son,  was  on  hand  to  look  after  his  company’s  interests. 
T.  H.  Keller  and  Neaf  Apgar  saw  that  Peters  Cartridge  Co.  got 
all  that  was  coming  to  it.  The  Austin  Cartridge  Co.  was  repre- 
sented by  Mr.  W.  P.  Sampson,  a new  man  at  the  traps,  and  a 
nephew  of  Mr.  Wm.  Baskervill,  manager  of  that  company’s  Bal- 
timore branch.  Luther  J.  Squier,  of  the  DuPont  Co.,  of  course 
was  on  hand,  Wilmington  being  his  home  at  present.  With  so 
many  shooters  to  attend  to,  it  is  not  to  be  wondered  at  that 
(sliding  handicap  not  considered),  the  scores  of  some  experts 
suffered. 

The  programme  for  the  first  day  was  twelve  events,  15  targets 
each,  but  owing  to  the  number  of  entries,  only  eleven  events 
were  shot,  many  not  being  able  to  shoot  their  scores  in  No.  11  on 
account  of  darkness. 

The  programme  for  the  day  consisted  of  165  targets. 


First  Day,  April  12. 


Events : 

T A Marshall  . . . 

W H Heer 

F E Butler 

H H Stevens.... 

R O Heikes 

N Apgar  

L J Squier 

J M Hawkins 

P W Sampson... 
J B McHugh.... 

A P Conley 

Chew  

G Burroughs  . . . 

T erry  

J R Malone 

F Emann  

W M Foord 

Armstrong  , 

L German  

W Edmonson  ... 
j A McKelvey.. 

j E Bowen 

A B Richardson 
W H Reed...... 

G S McCarty 

C H Newcomb... 

C E Mink 

F C Bissett 

F Williamson  .. 
G Edmonson  . . . 

E Banks  

Pratt  

E E duPont 

P F duPont 

T I-I  Keller 

W IT  Phillips.... 
W H Hartlove.. 
Ed  Melchior,  Jr. 

Cowan  

A Chaxelle  

N Grubb  

J Ball  

J W Applejack  . 

J T Silver 

Theo  Rogers  

W L Duff 

FI  W McNeal.. 

England  

A Lobb  

J E Kirk 

Evans  

W Torpey  

J Graham  

Springer  

Cleaver  

G Godwin  

J P Groome 

E Godwin  

G Simons  

T W Young 

V duPont  III... 
Dr  Buckmaster 

J W Algard 

J Townsend 

C Simons  

W T Warren 

F 1C  Kendall.... 

G F Hamlin 

H Atkinson  

R Chase  

M Chase  

Chadwick  

T Lodge  

E I Thompson., 

Linton  

H T Crosby 

White  

W K Hahn 

E Grubb 

W Ryan  

H J Stidham... 

R Wilson  

J Kite  

L Koerner  .... 

C North  

A I duPont 

J A C 

C Hahn  

Harrington  

J Mooer  

Steele  

Hassinger  

J M Casey 

J Caldwell  ..... 
R McArdle  . ... 
Hendrix  ... 


I 2 3 4 5 G 7 8 9 10  11  Broke. 

14  15  14  13  12  13  13  10  15  14  14  147 

14  14  15  13  13  15  13  15  13  14  14  153 

13  13  12  14  13  12  13  12  11  15  10  139 

II  12  15  14  13  15  14  15  13  13  12  147 

14  15  15  13  13  14  14  14  14  15  14  157 

13  13  13  12  12  14  14  13  13  13  11  141 

14  15  11  13  14  12  11  12  14  12  12  140 

13  13  15  12  14  13  13  14  13  13  11  144 

997  11  9 12  97776  93 

13  14  12  14  11  14  9 11  14  14  11  137 

13  11  11  8 14  9 15  9 13  13  12  128 

13  12  11  12  10  12  8 12  13  9 12  123 

11  14  11  14  12  15  12  13  11  15  14  142 

12  14  10  13  8 14  9 13  14  11  14  132 

11  11  12  12  8 12  10  14  12  12  13  127 

8 14  14  13  12  14  13  13  14  11  15  141 

11  15  12  13  11  14  13  15  9 15  14  142 

13  12  11  13  5 12  12  15  9 13  11  126 

15  12  15  13  13  13  13  13  11  15  13  146 

13  10  11  8 13  13  14  10  14  15  11  132 

11  13  13  14  15  14  12  12  15  11  13  143 

12  11  11  8 13  12  13  14  9 11  14  128 

14  14  13  14  13  11  13  15  13  15  13  148 

11  12  11  14  6 13  12  13  11  14  13  130 

14  13  13  10  13  10  13  14  15  11  13  139 

13  12  13  14  9 15  14  14  12  14  14  146 

14  13  14  13  14  12  14  15  14  11  13  147 

13  11  13  14  15  10  14  15  12  11  13  141 

14  10  14  6 10  13  14  12  14  12  9 127 

12  13  15  11  12  11  10  12  12  9 11  128 

14  14  12  12  14  13  13  11  13  11  

13  9 14  8 10  11  14  8 12  11  

11  11  13  9 13  10  11  14  11  

14  15  13  9 12  10  14  13  8 9 

12  12  8 9 12  12  11  13  


. . 9 13  13 11  14  7 13 

. . 11  13 12  . . 11  12  . . 

..  10  12  12  13  14  13  14  

..  11  10  12 8 9 . . 

. ...  10  9 . . 9 13  9 11  9 10  . . 


. J.V  ±4  JL£  J-J-  . . JLL  J-U  . . 

....  15  10 14  7 . . 

. . 12  S 12  11  11 

. . 10  12  15  11  11  9 13  9 10  12  . . 

. . 13  11  8 10  11  12  5 11  7 

. . 10  12  10  8 15  14  11  11  12  11  . . 

12  11  13  11  12  12  12  12  12  12 

. . 13  13  11  13  8 13  13  7 6 9 . . 

. . 14  14  12  15  10  11  13  13  13  9 . . 

..  12  14  11  12  12  15  9 12  9 9 . . 

. . . 11  12 11  13  12  . . 

. . ..  10  10  13  10  14  14  11  9 10  . . 

15  12  ..  14  14  13  15  14  .. 

11  11  15  12  13  8 12  14 

10  10  13  11 

11  12  10  . . 

12  14  . . 

12  14  . . 

14  13  12  . . 

12  14  . . 

". . 15  13  10  . . 

12  10  13  . . 

11  12  .. 

".  11  12  6 . . . 

10  9 . . 

; 12  13  .. 

. . . li  6 12  9 . . 

9 ..  .. 

" 14  . . . . . . . . 10  10  . . 

12  8 11  

5 10  10  

..12  8 10  9 . . 

; . . ; 14  9 12 13 

4 4 9 7 13  10  7 . . 

7 11  ..  .. 

8 7 . . . . 

........  9 9 2 10  

.......  6 8 11  5 9 7.. 

8 9 . . 11  12  . . 

14  9 10  8 9 . . 

...  5 12  11  10  ..  ..  8 ..  8 13  .. 

9 11 

9 7 .. 

" ‘ ..  ..  ..  ..  10  4 .. 

8 13  . . 

■ ■ ; ‘ . . . 13  12  12  11  . . 

10  10  12 

;;; 10 

10 

■ ; ; io  8 ii . . 

11  12  . . 

8 10  12  . . 

‘ ‘ 6 10  . . 

..  12  12  .. 

5 8 6 .. 

’ . 8 7 . . 


Nos.  9 and  10  comprised  the  merchandise  event.  For  this  event 
he  club  had  prepared  a list  of  some  80  odd  prizes,  but  as  there 
vere  only  69  entries  for  the  prizes,  everybody  got  something,  and 
he  majority  got  value  received  for  their  eidry  fee,  while  many 
rot  decidedly  more.  W.  Edmonson  and  J.  Graham  tied  for  first 
ind  second  prizes,  and  took  both  the  L.  C.  Smith  and  Ithaca 
uns  tossing  for  choice.  McHugh  and  Richardson  tied  for  third 
mrWourth  prizes  a large  and  handsome  stem  of  Austrian  raanu- 
?acture  and  a f^’ir  of  field  glasses,  They  shot,  off  miss-and-qut, 
McHugh  winning  by  breaking  his  target,  Richaidson  having 
missed°his.  All  the  other  prizes  were  decided  by  lot,  there  being 
no  time  for  a thoot'off.  m , « • 

In  all  9.870  targets  were  thrown  during  the  day,  being  an  aver- 
age of  almost  sixty  entries  in  each  event. 


Second  Day,  April  13, 


General  Averages. 


The  weather  at  the  opening  of  the  second  day  was  almost  as 
unpromising  as  the  early  hours  of  the  first  day.  As  a whole,  it 
was  a much  more  unpleasant  day,  for  the  reason  that  the  wind 
was  easterly  all  the  time  and  blew  for  the  most  part  quite  strongly, 
making  the  targets  uneven  in  flight,  which,  added  to  the  sliding 
handicap,  caused  scores  to  rule  low,  but  naturally  enough  did  not 
affect  the  scores  made  by  the  more  expert  among  the  shooters. 

The  chief  interest  was  taken  in  events  Nos.  5 to  8 inclusive, 
four  25-target  events,  which  constituted  the  race  for  the  individual 
championship  of  the  State.  The  winner  turned  up  in  A.  B.  Rich- 
ardson, of  Dover,  who  finished  strongly  with  25  straight,  and  won 
out  by  3 targets  over  his  nearest  competitors,  W.  M.  Foord,  of 
Wilmington,  and  Terry,  also  of  Dover,  who  broke  90.  Richardson 
went  to  the  score  for  his  last  25  with  the  proposition  before  him 
of  having  to  break  23  to  win.  That  he  was  in  the  best  of  form  is 
shown  by  the  fact  that  he  had  scarcely  a poorly  broken  target 
among  the  whole  of  the  25  that  he  put  in  the  game  sack.  How 
well  Richardson  must  have  shot  is  shown  also  by  the  scores  made 
by  the  others;  “Pop”  Heikes  with  95  and  J.  Mowell  Hawkins  with 
94,  being  the  only  ones  in  the  shoot  who  beat  his  total  of  93. 
“Billy”  Foord  got  off  badly,  but  finished  strongly,  as  he  always 
does. 

The  team  race  for  five-man  teams  brought  out  ten  teams,  and  it 
was  7 :15  when  the  last  man  in  the  last  squad  had  shot  his  string. 
Wawaset  Team  No.  1,  of  Wilmington,  put  up  an  excellent  piece 
of  team  work,  and  won  out  easily,  with  the  good  total  of  221  out 
of  250,  each  of  the  five  men  shooting  at  50  targets.  The  Dover 
Gun  Club  was  second  on  the  list,  23  targets  behind,  with  a total 
of  198;  Wawaset  No.  2,  Wawaset  No.  3 and  Blue  Ball  No.  1 
finished  third,  fourth  and  fifth  respectively,  with  scores  of  187, 
186  and  185  to  their  credit.  The  home  club  put  in  two  teams,  and 
the  second  team  put  it  all  over  the  first  team,  but  neither  of  them 
was  ever  in  the  hunt.  Middletown,  Claymont  and  Blue  Ball  No.  2 
were  the  other  teams. 

Fleikes  again  easily  led  the  experts  with  only  8 lost  out  of  160 
shot  at,  breaking  152.  Hawkins  broke  146,  Heer  and  Apgar  142, 
and  Marshall  141.  The  amateurs  did  some  good  work,  Richardson, 
the  winner  of  the  State  championship,  taking  first  honors  in  the 
amateur  class  and  also  second  honors  all  round  for  the  day  with 
147  breaks,  one  more  than  Hawkins’  total.  Mink,  the  lanky 
Philadelphian,  again  landed  well  up  with  143,  while  Foord  and 
Terry  each  had  140  to  their  credit.  The  scores  . were  as  below, 
events  5-8  being  at  25  targets,  and  constituting  the  individual  cham- 
pionship race  at  100  targets: 

The  programme  comprised  160  targets. 


Events:  12  3 4 

Targets:  15  15  15  15 

T A Marshall 12  15  12  14 

W IT  Heer 14  14  12  13 

F E Butler 12  9 11  12 

H H Stevens 15  10  11  12 

R O Heikes 14  15  14  14 

N Apgar  . 11  12  15  14 

J M Hawkins 14  14  13  11 

L J Squier 13  11  14  12 

Bee  9 10  9 13 

P W Sampson 8 8 13  8 

Theo  Rogers  H 10  9 14 

White  7 13  8 -9 

D S Daudt 8 11  10  14 

Beauchamp  8 12  10  11 

W M Foord 12  15  8 15 

I-  German  14  13  14  11 

E C Bissett 13  11  15  13 

S McCarty 10  12  12  15 

E Mink .15  12  14  14 

Emann  10  13  10  12 

B Richardson 15  12  13  14 

P Conley 10  9 10  10 

A McKelvey 12  12  14  12 


G 

C 

F 

A 

A 

J 


7 11 
6 8 
7 7 
7 13 
..  10 


5 6 7 8 
25  25  25  25 
22  22  22  22 

23  21  22  23 

18  14  21  23 

24  20  23  20 

22  25  23  25 

23  22  24  21 

23  23  24  24 

19  22  22  20 

17  20  16  20 
16  14  17  18 

19  18  14  15 

16  15  15  14 

18  20  13  22 
9 13  8 15 

20  24  22  24 

24  22  20  21 
23  20  21  23 
22  20  17  21 
22  23  24  19 

21  23  21  20 

22  23  23  25 

17  20  17  20 
17  24  19  21 
17  23  17  23 
20  22  16  23 

19  24  19  22 

6 16  14  18 
15  19  15  16 
15  19  15  13 
22  24  21  23 
19  24  20  21 
. . . . 14  21 
..  ..  11  3 


12  15  15  19 


19  18  20 


J B McHugh 12  15  13  12 

Geo  Burroughs  12  11  7 11 

E Banks  13  14  10  10 

Dr  W E Barnard 13  12  6 14 

IT  Poole  9 12  5 12 

Duryea  12  9 11  14 

Terry  14  12  12  12 

W Evans  13  14  ..  11 

L Evans  12  14  11  13 

M Kuhns  6 10 

Dr  Buckmaster  14 

Bird  . 8 

C FI  Simon 13 

Ed  Melchior,  Jr 12 

J K B 

Malin  9 

G Edmonson  10  8 

N Grubb  - 8 

Springer  17  16  17  19 

J E Kirk 22  19  18  17 

T inton  14  13  15  12 

A H Lobb.!. -■  20  18  21  19 

G Simon  ••  ••  11 

E Simon  • • • • 13 

G Godwin  

W K Hahn 

GnMa"sey ' ! '. '. '. '. '.  '. 19  20  19  18 

E Longland  ••••••  18  25  23  22 

Martin  ^ * 

Potter  9 10  9 8 

Husband  11  13  9 10 

H Ewing  8 7 10  10 

Miller  .? If  I?  8 11 

F Kendall  9 11  12  7 

A Chaxelle  9 10  12  11 

Ward  14  U 13  10 

C M Buckmaster 13  9 12 

W H Hartlove H 12  13 

F P Ewing 11  12  13 


Broke. 

141 

142 
120 
135 
152 

142 

146 
133 
112 
102 
110 

93 

116 

86 

140 

139 

139 

129 

143 

130 

147 
113 

131 

132 
122 
131 

99 

103 

108 

140 


21 


17  18 

18  16 
9 12 


19.24 


. . 15  19 


19  22 
19  22 


Jefferson  12  11  Ai 


E E duPont 

Armstrong  i?  i!  jj  jq 

W Edmonson  U 14  11  lo 

W D Wallace '•  13  12  11  14 

t T<r  b . 13  9 12  10 

W H Reed 11  14  13  11 

Cleaver  11  13  10  10 

G Brown  8 

The  scores  in  the  team  races  were  as  follows: 
Wawaset  No.  1. 

J A McKelvey 46 

W M Foord 45 

Edmonson  45 

C M Buckmaster ...44 

J Graham  41 — 221 

Dover  Gun  Club. 

Terry  45 

A B Richardson ...44 

J Evans  --44 

W H Reed 35 

J E Kirk  30—198 

Wawaset  No.  3. 

Martin  43 

Rutter  42 

F Buck  39 

Bead  37 

Conog  26 — 187 

Wawaset  No.  2. 

Robinson  42 

Dr  Buck  42 

R Miller  39 

Ed  Melchior,  Jr..... 35 

S Tuchton  28—186 

Blue  Ball  No.  1. 

J Ball 40 

C H Simons 39 

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20  .. 


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The  wind,  the  dull  sky  which  prevailed  a great  part  of  the 
tournament,  and  the  sliding  handicap  all  combined  to  ruin  the 
chances  of  most  people  for  high  averages.  Rolla  Heikes  was  in 
remarkable  form,  and  it  made  no  difference,  apparently,  whether 
he  stood  at  18,  19  or  20  yards.  His  average  of  over  95  per  cent, 
of  the  325  shot  at  speaks  for  itself.  It  was  no  small  feather  in 
Mr.  Richardson’s  cap  that  he  was  able  to  tie  Billy  Heer  for  sec- 
ond average  on  a grand  total  of  295  out  of  325,  an  average  of  just 
a fraction  better  than  90  per  cent.  Mr.  Hawkins  and  Mr.  Mink 
just  missed  the  90  per  cent,  mark,  and  tied  for  third  place  m the 
averages  with  290.  . 

The  order  in  which  the  ten  high  guns  finished  is  as  follows: 
First,  R.  O.  Heikes,  309;  second  and  third,  W.  H.  Heer  and 
A.  B.  Richardson,  295;  fourth  and  fifth,  J.  M.  Hawkins  and  C.  E. 
Mink,  290;  sixth,  T.  A.  Marshall,  288;  seventh,  Lester  German, 
285;  eighth,  Neaf  Apgar,  283;  ninth  and  tenth,  H.  H.  Stevens  and 
.W,  M.  Foord,  282.  . „ . 

This  tournament  was  the  Wilmington  Gun  Club  s first  effort  in 
that  direction.  The  club  is  barely  a year  old  and  will  learn  by 
experience;  in  fact,  it  promises  to  do  so.  If  its  late  guests  will 
only  bear  its  youth  in  mind,  and  excuse  any  mistakes  on  that 
ground,  the  club  members  will  feel  perfectly  happy  and  will  do 
their  best  to  hold  up  their  end  when  called  upon  to  act  again  in 
the  capacity  of  hosts.  m , „ 

The  Blue  Hen’s  Chicxen. 


Wawaset  Gun  Club. 

Wilmington,  Del.,  April  14. — There  was  a pleasant  solution  of 
some  questions  pertaining  to  skill  between  a team  of  the  lodge 
Of  Elks,  Morristown,  Pa.,  and  an  Elk  team  of  the  Wawaset  Gun 
Club,  on  the  grounds  of  the  latter  to-day.  Five  men  were  to  a 
team,  and  each  man  shot  at  50  targets.  , , . 

The  visitors  led  by  one  target  at  the  half-way  mark,  but  the 
1 home  team  finished  the  stronger,  and  won  by  a score  of  218  to  201. 

‘jC°rCS 'Wilmington  Elks.  Norristown  Elks. 

Foord  24  25 — 49  Parker  23  22 — 4o 

McKelvey  22  23—45  Smith  22 

Melchior  21  23—44  Scatchard  20  19—39 

Sauier  ......22  20 — 42  Devaney  21  17—38 

Townsend  17  21—38—218  Sheets  .21  16— 37— 201 

The  programme  of  the  Wawaset  Gun  Club’s  annual  spring 
tournament.  Wilmington,  Del.,  May  11  and  12,  provides  a sliding 
handicap,  16  to  20yds.  The  programme  for  each  day  will  consist 
of  twelve  events  at  15  targets  each.  Total  entrance,  515.60. 

Instead  of  adding  a small  amount  of  money  m each  event  and 
dividing  it  among  from  fifteen  to  twenty-five  contestants  who 
would  shoot  into  the  money,  which  makes  the  amount  that  each 
would  receive  very  small,  we  are  going  to  give  the  entire  profits 
of  this  shoot  to  the  amateurs  who  shoot  through  the  programme. 

The  en* ranee  in  each  event  will  be  $1.30,  including  price  of  tar- 
gets at  2 cents  each.  For  each  target  thrown  during- the  two  days 
wc  will  set  aside  1J4  cent  as  a special  purse  to  be  divided.  among 
those  who  shoot  through  the  programme  and  do  not  win  their 

tlLastCyear  we  threw  nearly  20,000  targets-,  and  if  we  do  as  well 
this  year — and  we  believe  we  will — this  purse  will  amount  to  $-ou. 

We  believe  that  this  purse  will  amount  to  more  than  the  com- 
bined losses  of  those  shooting  through  the  programme,  and  if  it 
dees,  we  will  only  pay  to  each  a sum  sufficient  to  cover  their  loss, 
and  the  balance  of  the  purse  will  be  given  to  the  high  guns,  one 

money  for  every  $10.  . . , , , , 

This  we  think,  is  about  the  best  proposition  that  has  ever  been 
offered  to  the  amateur,  and  we  hope  to  have  you  with  us  on 
Mav  11  and  12,  1905.  Write  for  programme. 

Tournament  Committee  as  follows:  W.  M.  Foord,  E.  Melchior, 
Jr.,  L.  J.  Squier.  


Bergen  Beach  Gun  Club. 

Bergen  Beach,  Brooklyn,  L.  I.,  April  11.— The  scores  made  at 
the  shoot  of  the  Bergen  Beach  Gun  Club  to-day  are  as  follows. 

g2£.  * li  li  li  ii  -i  li  li  * ” 

rkfnf .1 11 11 11  8 8 8 a a 'j 

17  13  11  8 9 10  10  9 11  9 

afarlesjone;":::... 14  ,8  8 12  11  11  9 8 .. 

H Bejrgen  16  7 10  ..  ..  ••  - - ” " 


Cap  Dreyer ' *. --  If  ^ M | 

Schortr.1"8.  2f  15  15  12  14  15  ..  14  14  14 

Eickhoffttagi° V" • n 11  l!  13  11  12  io  li  *8 

Vossdman  § * is  8 12  8 8 9 

Baudendistel  

Sclilim 


4 5 11  7 7 

55557886.. 

Bob' Schneider 13  U | 1|  \\  \\  ]{ 

Voeheringer  ; g j*  g g 14 

Gehring  ..  -j-i 

C Steffens  12  -4  s 'o  ’o  ' 

Matches:  oc 

10  25  25  Targets:  10  25  25 


WTKlim: • • • • {7  Schneider' 9 2121 

Eickhoff  8 13  19 


South  End  Gun  Cltb, 

Reading,  Pa.,  April  14.— The  South  End  Gun  Club  entertained 
the  U M C.  squad  to-day.  There  was  a large  crowd  present  to 
witness  the  performances  of  the  celebrated  artists.  In  the  second 
event  at  100P  targets,  the  scores  were  as  follows:  Marshall  86, 

Heer  99,  Butler  80,  Stevens  93,  Heikes  98. 


Jlimveif  to  (^onespontlente. 


Mo  notice  taken  oi  anonymous  communications. 


Wilmington  No.  2. 

G Simons  45 

W H Hartlove 36 

F Kendall  33 

G Godwin  32 

W K Hahn..... 31—177 

Middletown  Gun  Club. 

Gilpin  Massey 38 

E Massey 35 

Duryea  33 

Dr  Bernard  33 

H Poole  33—172 

Wilmington  No.  1. 

Springer  37 

T B McHugh 35 

E Simons  32 

A H Lobb 32 

G Burroughs  26 — 162 

Blue  Ball  No.  2. 

Potter  36 

Chaxelle  35 

Ewing  31 

Potter  28 

Kuhns  22 — 152 

Claymont  Gun  Club. 

C Hahn  35 

J Husband  33 

W Bird  31 

E Grubb  32 

G Casey. 17- 


G McA  Worcester,  Mass.-I  desire  to  learn  the  etymology  of 

fact  that  the  fish  fs  often  Very  fat.  The  word  is  said  to  mean 
“cooks  itself,”  given  because  the  fish  is  so  fat  that  it  can  be  set 
on  fire  and  will  cook  itself. 


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Via  Pennsylvania  Railroad,  Account  Lewis  and  Clark  Exposition 
and  Various  Conventions.  , 

On  account  of  the  Lewis  and  Clark  Exposition,  at  Portland, 
nV  Tune  1 to  October  15,  and  various  conventions  to  be  held 
in  cities  on  the  Pacific  Coast  during  the  summer,  the  Pennsylvania 
Offroad  Company  will  sell  round-trip  tickets  on  specified  dates, 
Railroad  :ts  lines  t0  San  Francisco  and  Los  Angeles, : 

-Anril  9 to  Sept  27;  to  Portland,  Seattle,  Tacoma,  Victoria,  Van- 
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Altogether  there  were  seventy-four  shooters  who  took  part  in 
the  several  events,  and  a grand  total  of  10,240  targets  were  thrown 
during  the  day,  making  just  20,110  targets  for  the  two  days  A 
Leggett  trap  and  a set  of  expert  traps  were  used,  and  both 
~ ■ satisfactorily,  the  only  time  that  was  lost  during,  the 

■ of  the  “sliding 


worked  , - , 

entire  tournament  was  due  to  the  exigencies  . 
handicap,”  which  necessarily  causes  lots  of  trouble  in  the  cash* 
jer’s  office,  although  manifestly  popular  with  the  shooters, 


Tt  is  onlv  within  a comparatively  short  time  that  large  game 
nreserves  Kave  beTn  started  in  America,. but  to-day  the  demand; 
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Europe.  Such,  wild  we^a^  L.y&  ^ EngIand>  who 

has  already Psentd much  of  this  stock  to  America,  and  is  likely  to 
send  much  more.  Owners  of  estates  may  profitably  communicate 
with  Mr.  Cross. 


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subjected  to  rough  and  even  careless  handling  by  the  average 
enlisted  man. 

Men  are  sometimes  too  fatigued  to  take  proper  care  of  the  arms 
they  carry,  or  the  opportunity  is  wanting,  and  yet  nothing  is  more 
important  than  that  the  weapons  of  fighting  men  shall  always  be 
in  good  condition. 

With  these  facts  in  view, 

The  Colt's  TKe'dol'Oer 

has  been  adopted  by  and  is  the  official  arm  of  the  U.  S.  Government, 

Complete  Catalogue  on  Request. 

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Blackbird 
Club  Trap 


FINE  GUNS,  SPORTSMEN  S OUTFITS. 


SCOTT'S  MONTE  CARLO 

Automatic  Ejector  Hammerless. 


Also  GREENER,  PURDY, 
LANG.  PARKER,  L.  C. 
SMITH. 


is  the  latest,  simplest  and  best 
automatic  trap  on  the  market 
SOLD  OUTRIGHT  at  a price 
no  higher  than  the  first  year's  rental  of  other  traps  that  won’t  do  as 
good  work. 

The  Blackbird  Club  Trap  will  throw  any  standard  target,  and  throw 
them  the  way  trap  shooters  like  them  thrown. 

Price  $30.00 — First  Cost— Only  Cost. 


Iver  Johnson  Sporting  Goods  Co., 

163-165  Washington  St.,  - - Boston,  Mass. 


If  you  want  a 

good  reliable 

TRAP  OR  FIELD 
GUN, 

one  of  the  leading 
imported  guns  in 
this  country,  get  a 


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(Established  1826.) 


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free  on  application. 


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VON  LENGERKE  & DETMOLD, 

DEALERS  IN  HIGH-GRADE  SPORTSMEN’S  SUPPLIES, 

318  Broadway,  - NEW  YORK. 


The  Standard  Dense  Powder  of  the  World. 

Highest  Velocity,  Greatest  Penetration  and  Pressures  Lower 

than  Black  Powder. 

AWARDED  The  “Grand  Prix” 

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More  Between  Seasons  Bargains 


L.  C.  Smith  A-3  pigeon  gun.  The  very 
highest  grade  ($740)  of  American  shotgun 
and  one  of  the  finest  specimens  of  this 
unique  quality  we  have  ever  seen.  This 
gun  has  Sir  Joseph  Whitworth  fluid  steel 
barrels.  The  finest  quality  Circassian  wal- 
nut stock,  straight  grip,  with  elaborate 
checkering.  This  gun  is  like  new  in  every 
way,  and  with  it  is  a fine  imported  leather 
case.  Dimensions  are  as  follows:  12-ga., 
30-in.,  7%  lbs.,  1%  x 1%  x 14%.  Special 

price  $350.00 

W.  W.  Greener  royal  quality  Crown  ejec- 
tor. Very  few  Crown  Greeners  ever  come 
into  the  market  second-hand,  and  are  al- 
ways snapped  up  as  soon  as  they  appear. 
This  one  is  a very  desirable  example  of 
this  grade,  and  with  a fine  shooting  record. 
It  has  Greener’s  special  Damascus  barrels, 
fine  half  pistol  grip  stock,  and  is  full 
choke  in  both  barrels.  Dimensions:  12-ga., 
30-in.,  7 'lbs.  9oz.',  2 3-16  in.  drop,  14%  in. 
stock.  Cost  $425.00,  and  is  in  perfect  con- 
dition. Special  net  price $250.00 

W.  W. 'Greener  royal  quality  ejector,  with 
finest  English  Damascus  barrels,  full  choke, 
flat  engine-turned  rib,  very  elaborate  en- 
graving, -fine  Italian  walnut  half  pistol  grip 
stock.  Dimensions:  12-ga.,  30-in.,  7%  lbs., 
2%  ib-  drop,  14%  in.  stock.  Cost  new  $425, 

and  is  as  good  as  new.  Price.... $250.00 

W.  W.  Greener  grand  prize  pigeon  gun, 
$350  grade,  with  Sir  Joseph  Whitworth 
fluid  steel  barrels,  full  choke,  half  pistol 
grip,  elaborate  engraving.  Dimensions: 
12-ga.,  30-in.,  7%  lbs.,  2%  in.  drop,  14%  in. 
stock.  An  extremely  fine  gun.  Price, 

net  $225.00 

W.  W.  Greener  double  4-bore,  weighing 
22  lbs.,  and  cost  new  $450.  It  has  a fine 
pair  of  Damascus  barrels,  without  pit  or 
flaw,  40-in  long,  stock  14  in.,  heavy  Silver’s 
recoil  pad,  half  pistol  grip,  3 in.  drop,  and 
it  is  one  of  the  most  powerful  guns  we 

have  ever  seen.  Price,  net $200.00 

W.  W.  Greener  Monarch  ejector,  with 
Sieman  steel  barrels,  English  walnut  half 
pistol  grip  stock.  Right  barrel  cylinder, 
left  modified,  12-ga.,  28-in.,  6%  lbs.,  2%  in. 
drop,  14%  in.  stock.  Slightly  shopworn 

only.  Cost,  $200.00.  Price $125.00 

W.  W.  Greener  Monarch  ejector,  with 
Sieman  steel  barrels,  English  walnut  half 
pistol  grip  stock.  Both  barrels  full  choke. 
Dimensions,  12-ga.,  30-in.,  7 lbs.  weight,  2% 
in.  drop,  14%  in.  stock.  Slightly  shop- 
worn. Cost  new,  $200.00.  Price $130.00 


W.  W.  Greener  “Far  Killing  Duck” 
hammer  gun,  $200  grade.  Fine  English 
laminated  barrels,  low  hammers,  handsome 
stock,  half  pistol  grip,  full  choke.  Dimen- 
sions, 10-ga.,  32-in.  barrels,  8%  lbs.,  14%  in. 

stock.  Price,  net $100.00 

Greener  Regent  hammerless,  with  Sie- 
man-Martin  steel  barrels.  Dimensions: 
12-ga.,  27-in.  barrels,  6 lbs.  4 oz.  weight. 
Cost  new  $65,  and  in  perfect  condition. 

Price  $39.50 

Baker  hammerless  duck  gun,  “A”  grade, 
with  fine  four-blade  Damascus  barrels,  mat- 
ted rib,  nicely  engraved.  Selected  imported 
walnut  stock.  in  perfect  condition;  as 
good  as  new.  Dimensions:  10-ga.,  3.0-in., 

10%  lbs.  Cost  new,  $42.75.  Price. ..  .$30.00 
Parker  hammerless,  12-ga.,  30-in.,  7%  lbs., 
Titanic  steel  barrels.  Right  modified,  left 
full  choke.  Imported  walnut  straight  grip 
stock.  List  $100,  and  only  slightly  shop- 
worn. Great  bargain  at $52.50 

Lefever  hammerless,  with  Damascus  bar- 
rels; full  pistol  grip  stock.  Slightly  shop- 
worn; 16-ga.,  28-in.  barrels,  6 lbs.,  2 9-16  in. 
drop,  14-in.  stock.  List,  $57.00.  Price,  $30. 

L.  C.  Smith  ejector  pigeon  gun,  12-ga., 
30-in.,  7%  lbs.,  2%  in.,  14%  in.;  full  choke, 
Damascus  barrels,  straight  grip.  Very 
slightly  shopworn.  Cost,  $60.00.  Great 

bargain  at  $35.00 

W.  & C.  Scott  & Son  hammer  gun, 
16-ga.,  28-in.  6%  lbs.,  in  good  condition. 
Damascus  barrels,  half  pistol  grip.  Cost 

new,  $125.00.  Piicc,  livA $38.50 

VV.  & C.  Scott  & Son  single  hammer  4- 
bore  gun,  with  36-in.  barrels,  10%  lbs. 
weight.  In  good  condition.  Damascus  bar- 
rels, half  pistol  grip.  Cost  new,  $125.00. 

Price,  net  ; $45.00 

Lefever  duck  gun,  8-ga.,  32-in.  barrels, 
11%  lbs.  weight.  Shows  some  wear,  ljut 
good  for  years  of  service.  In  leather  case, 
and  is  offered  at  one-third  the  original 

cost.  Price $37.50 

W.  W.  Greener  hammer  field  gun,  12-ga., 
28-in.  barrels,  7 lbs.  6 oz.,  2 5-16  in.  drop, 
13%  in.  stock.  Sieman  steel  barrels,  half 
pistol  grip.  Greener  cross-bolt.  In  good 
second-hand  condition.  Cost  new,  $120.00. 

Price  $45.00 

Colt  hammer  duck  gun.  10-ga.,  32-in., 
9%  lbs.,  with  Damascus  barrels.  A good, 
sound,  strong  shooting  gun,  that  cost  new 
$65.00,  and  now  in  good  second-hand  condi- 
tion. Price  $27.50 


HENRY  C.  SQUIRES  & SON,  20  Cortlandt  St.,  New  York. 

WE  BUY  AND  TR*DE  SECOND-HAND  QUNS.  With  the  passing  of  the  shooting  season, 
many  sportsmen  desire  to  change  their  shooting  equipment  for  something  different.  For  many 
years  we  have  made  a specialty  of  buying  and  selling  second-hand  guns,  and  we  usually  have  the 
largest  stock  of  fine  second-hand  guns  in  the  country.  If  you  contemplate  buying  a new  gun 
next  season,  or  having  one  built  to  order,  now  is  the  time  to  write  about  it,  and  if  you  have  a 
really  good  second-hand  gun  to  trade  in  as  part  payment,  we  can  make  you  more  favorable 
terms  now  than  we  could  at  the  beginning  of  next  season.  We  have  a market  for  all  the  good 
second-hand  guns  we  can  get. 


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A complete  manual  for  Amateurs.  Containing  plain  and  comprehensive  direc- 
tions for  the  construction  of  Canoes,  Rowing  and  Sailing  Boats  and  Hunting 
Craft.  By  W.  P.  Stephens.  Cloth.  Eighth  and  enlarged  edition.  264  pages, 
numerous  illustrations,  and  fifty  plates  in  envelope.  Price,  $2.00.  This  office. 


Lailin  Rand  Powders 


AT  OMAHA,  NEB.,  MARCH  20,  21,  22, 

1st,  H.  G.  Taylor,  Meckling,  S.  D.,  561  ex  600,  shooting  E.  C 
2d,  C.  M.  Powers,  Decatur,  111.,  558  ex  600,  shooting  Schultze, 
3d,  Albert  Olsen,  Cedar  Bluffs,  la.,  557  ex  600, shooting  Schultze. 


LAFLIN  & RAND  POWDER  CO 

NEW  YORK  CITY. 


CHARLES  DALY  QUNS 


No.  50,  Daly  rifle  and  shot,  12  gauge,  38-55  and  30-30,  - $50.00 

No.  105,  three-barrel  hammer  guns,  12  gauge,  30-30  and  38-55,  $90.00 
Three  barrel  hammerless  guns,  - - $150.00  and  $200.00 

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MADE  WITH 

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At  the  Open  Tournament  held  by  the  Zettler  Rifle  Club  in  New  York  City,  March  i-u,  three  of  the  four  first  prizes  were  won  by  shooters 
who  shot  Winchester  Cartridges.  Not  only  were  the  prizes  won  by  Winchester  Cartridges,  but  the  scores  made  were  so  phenomenally  high 
that  they  surprised  even  the  experts,  all  of  which  is  proof  that  Winchester  Cartridges  are  unequalled  for  accuracy,  reliability  and  results  The 
events,  winners  and  scores  were  as  follows: 

RING  TARGET:  R.  Gute,  with  Winchester  Cartridges;  score,  five  75’s  (75  being  the  best  possible).  J,  W.  Dearborn, 
shooting  Winchester  Cartridges;  score,  three  75’s  and  five  74’s. 

ZIMMERMAN  TARGET:  Won  by  R.  Gute,  with  Winchester  Cartridges;  score,  39  (39  being  the  best  possible),  38. 

BULLSEYE  TARGET:  Won  by  Richard  Bendler,  with  Winchester  Cartridges,  his  bullseye  measuring  18  degrees. 
CHAMPIONSHIP  MATCH:  Second,  R.  Gute,  with  Winchester  Cartridges;  score,  2466.  Mr.  Gute’s  score  beats  all  previous 


world’s  records. 


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practically  all  the  honors  where  money  prizes  and  valuable  trophies  are  at  stake.  It  is  the 
rule  and  not  the  exception  for  unbiased  amateurs  to  choose  U.  M.  C.  Shells.  One  more 
name  was  added  to  the  long  list  of  winners  when  Mr.  E.  F.  Forsgard,  of  Waco,  Texas,  won 

. , , 

The  Texas  State  Championship  Medal 

at  Live  Birds;  score  19-20.  This  important  victory  took  place  at  the  Texas  State  Shoot, 

Waco,  Texas,  April  18-20. 

Other  U.  M.  C.  wins  in  Texas  during  1905  have  been  The  Sunny  South  Handicap,  at 
Live  Birds,  the  Central  Texas  Handicap,  and  the  Houston  Post  Diamond  Medal. 

Shooters  kvho  shoot  the  “best”  shoot  I/.  M.  C. 


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( Formerly  Stewart  & Binnky.  ) 

Naval  Architect  and  Yacht  Broker 

Muon  Bonding,  Kilby  Street,  BOSTOB,  MASS. 

Cable  Address,  “Designer,”  Boston. 

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Board  of  Trade  Building,  - BOSTON,  MASS. 

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Telephone  6950  Broad.  41  Wall  St.,  New  York  City. 

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Yachts,  Canoes  For  Sale.  7 


MULLINS  STAMPED  STEEL  BOATS. 


The  Prince,  14tc.  long.  Price,  $30  OO. 

Air  chambers  in  each  boat.  Can’t  sink.  Built  of  rigid  steel  plates.  Reliable. 
No  repairs.  Always  ready. 

MOTOR.  BOATS.  HUNTING  and  FISHING  BOATS. 

Complete  illustrated  catalogue  free  on  request. 

THE  W.  H.  MULLINS  CO.  (The  Steel  Boat  Builders),  126  Franklin  St.,  SALEM,  OHIO. 

(Member  National  Association  Engine  and  Boat  Builders.) 


WILLI  AM  S-WH ITTELSEY  COMPANY, 

HIGH  SPEED  AND  CRUISING  YACHTS  AND  MOTOR  BOATS, 

Steinway,  Long  Island  City,  N.  Y.  Members  of  the  National  Association  of  Engine  and  Boat  Manufacturers. 


FLORENCE. 


This  fine  cruising  launch  to  be  sold. 


Length  over  all,  57  ft.  6 in.;  length 
water-line,  54  ft.;  breadth,  11  ft.  6 in., 
and  draft,  4 ft.  6 in. 

Has  just  been  rebuilt  at  a cost  of 
$5  ,600,  and  is  now  in  perfect  condition. 

Sixty  horsepower  compound  Her- 
reshoff  Engines  and  Roberts  Coil 
Boiler.  Very  economical  boat.  Will 
steam  500  miles  on  1 Yz  tons  of  coal, 
Maximum  speed  18  miles. 

Completely  equipped  in  every  re- 
spect. For  full  particulars,  address 
H.  H.  H.,  Box  515,  Forest  and 
Stream,  346  Broadway,  N«w  York. 


WANTED 

TO  PURCHASE  new  or  second-hand,  or  lease 
for  the  season,  a staunch,  seaworthy  gasolene 
motor  launch. 

General  specifications:  Length,  22  to  28  ft.; 

beam,  4%  to  5 V2  ft.;  freeboard,  18  in.;  draft,  not 
to  exceed  21  in.;  9 to  10  horsepower.  Canopy 
top  and  fittings  complete,  delivered  at  Syracuse, 
N.  Y.  Proposals  should  state  selling  price,  also  a 
monthly  rental  price,  with  the  privilege  of  pur- 
chase at  the  end  of  six  months,  and  the  moneys 
paid  for  rental  to  be  applied  on  the  purchase 
price.  All  proposals  must  be  addressed  to  the 
undersigned  and  received  by  him  on  or  before 
12  o’clock  noon,  April  29,  1905.  HENRY  C. 
ALLEN,  Top  Floor  He  Graaf  Bldg.,  Albany.N.Y. 


Manual  of  the  Canvas  Canoe. 


By  F.  R.  Webb  (“Commodore”)-  Many 
illustrations  of  designs  and  plans  of  can- 
vas canoes  and  their  parts.  Two  large, 
full-sized  working  (24x38)  drawings  in 
a pocket  in  a cover.  Cloth.  115  pages. 
Price,  $1.25. 

This  interesting  manual  of  how  to  build, 
cruise  and  live  in  a canvas  canoe  is  writ- 
ten by  one  of  the  most  enthusiastic  of  the 
older  generation  of  canoeists,  who  has  had 
a long  experience  of  cruising  on  the 
Shenandoah  River,  and  of  building  the 
boats  best  adapted  to  such  river  cruising. 
With  the  help  of  this  volume,  aided  by  its 
abundant  plans  and  illustrations,  any  boy 
or  man  who  has  a little  mechanical  skill 
can  turn  out  for  himself  at  trifling  ex- 
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A History  of  Yachting 

1600=1815 

By  ARTHUR  H.  CLARK 

Octavo.  About  one  hundred  illustrations  in  photogravure.  Net,  $5. 00.  By  mail,  § 5.30. 

Captain  Clark’s  work  has  been  approved  by  the  N.  Y.  Yacht  Club,  and  is 
published  under  its  authority  and  direction.  The  book  opens  with  a descrip- 
tion of  the  pleasure  boats  of  ancient  times,  including  Cleopatra’s  barge.  Fol- 
lowing t is  is  given  the  history  of  pleasure  yachts  from  the  middle  ages  down 
to  the  beginning  of  the  nineteenth  century.  The  illustrations  are  both  artistic 
and  valuable,  and  but  very  few  of  them  have  heretofore  been  published  in 
book  form. 

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Three  Splendid  Books  for  Boys. 

Wild  Life  in  the  Rockies  Among  Cattle,  Big  Game  and  Indians. 

JACK,  THE  Y0UN6  RANCHMAN.  JACK  AMONC  THE  INDIANS. 


JACK  IN  THE  ROCKIES. 

THREE  wholesome  but  exciting  books,  telling  of  a boy’s  adventures  on  the 
plains  and  in  the  mountains  in  the  old  days  of  game  plenty.  By 
George  Bird  Grinnell,  illustrated  by  E.  W.  Deming.  Sent,  postpaid, 
on  receipt  of  $1.25  for  either,  or  $3.75  for  all  three. 

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Canoes,  Gasoline  Launches,  Small  Sail  Boats. 
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Builders  of  Launches,  Sail  Boats,  Canoes 

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( No.  346  Broadway,  New  York. 


MINNESOTA  SPIKES  THE  PLANK. 

We  have  long  since  come  to  look  to  Minnesota  for 
expression  in  the  statute  of  the  advanced  ideas  of  game 
protection;  and  the  latest  code,  as  it  has  come  from  the 
Legislature  of  1905,  admirably  sustains  the  reputation  of 
the  State  in  this  respect. 

First  as  to  the  Forest  and  Stream  Platform  Plank, 
that  the  sale  of  game  should  be  forbidden  at  all  seasons. 
As  is  well  known,  Minnesota  was  one  of  the  first  of  the 
Western  States  to  recognize  the  wisdom  of  the  Plank  and. 
to  embody  it  in  their  game  legislation.  Some  of  the  most 
noteworthy  changes  in  the  law  as  amended  this  year  have 
to  do  with  making  the  rule  against  sale  more  stringent 
and  more  difficult  of  evasion.  As  a firm  and  solid  foun- 
dation the  Legislature  makes  declaration  in  the  following 
unequivocal  terms  of  the  State’s  ownership  of  the  game 
and  fish,  an  ownership  which  may  not  be  alienated  except 
in  so  far  as  the  statute  expressly  provides : 

No  person  shall  at  any  time  or  in  any  manner  acquire  any 
property  in,  or  subject  to  his  dominion  or  control,  any  of  the 
birds,  animals  or  fish  or  any  part  thereof  of  the  kinds  herein 
mentioned,  but  they  shall  always  and  under  all  circumstances  be 
and  remain  the  property  of  this  State;  except,  that  by  killing, 
catching  or  taking  the  same  in  the  manner  and  for  the  purposes 
herein  authorized,  and  during  the  periods  when  their  killing  is 
not  herein  prohibited,  the  same  may  be  used  by  any  person  at 
the  time,  in  the  manner  and  for  the  purposes  herein  expressly 
authorized;  and  whenever  any  person  kills,  catches,  takes,  ships 
or  has  in  possession,  or  under  control,  any  of  the  birds,  animals 
or  fish,  or  any  part  thereof,  mentioned  in  this  chapter,  at  a time 
or  in  a manner  prohibited  by  this  chapter,  such  person  shall 
thereby  forfeit  and  lose  all  his  right  to  the  use  and  possession 
of  such  bird,  animal  or  fish,  or  any  part  therepf,  and  the  State 
shall  be  entitled  to  the  sole  possession  thereof. 

The  importance  and  working  advantage  of  this  declara- 
tion are  manifest  at  a glance.  There  is  no  room  left  for 
•quibbling  about  a “natural  right”  to  take  game,  and  hav- 
ing taken  it  to  do  as  one  may  please  with  it.  The  law 
declares  the  game  is  the  State’s,  it  may  only  be  taken 
when  and  how  the  State  permits,  and  only  for  such  dis- 
position and  use  as  the  State  prescribes.  The  rest  is 
simple.  The  State  provides  that  it  may  be  taken  only 
for  the  personal  consumption  of  him  who  takes  it,  or  of 
those  to  whom  he  gives  it.  It  may  be  taken  only  in  cer- 
tain times,  by  certain  means,  and  in  certain  amounts — not 
exceeding  fifteen  birds  in  one  day,  or  forty-five  in  posses- 
sion at  any  one  time.  It  may  not  be  taken  for  sale,  nor 
sold.  It  may  not  be  held  in  cold  storage.  “The  placing 
or  receiving  within  or  storage  of  any  game  bird  or  game 
animal  or  any  part  thereof  in  any  cold  storage  plant  is 
hereby  prohibited  and  made  unlawful.”  The  Game  and 
Fish  Commission  and  the  wardens  are  charged  by  the  law 
with  the  duty  of  inspecting,  from  time  to  time,  hotels, 
restaurants,  cold  storage  houses  or  plants,  and  ice  houses 
commonly  used  in  storing  meats,  game  or  fish  for  private 
parties,  for  the  purpose  of  determining  whether  game  or 
fish  are  stored  in  them  in  violation  of  the  law;  and  re- 
fusal to  accord  the  officers  permission  to  make  such  in- 
spection is  a misdemeanor  punishable  by  fine  or  imprison- 
ment. Any  illicit  game  or  fish  discovered  is  declared  con- 
traband, and  is  to  be  sold  to  the  highest  bidder— but  not 
for  resale  by  him.  This,  by  the  way,  deprives  the  hos- 
pitals and  other  charitable  institutions  of  a game  supply, 
which,  under  the  old  system,  gave  them  many  an  unantici- 
pated game  dinner;  under  the  new  rule,  the  money  re- 
ceived for  the  discovered  game  goes  into  the  game  pro- 
tection fund. 

From  this  outline  it  will  be  seen  that  Minnesota  has 
provided  a system  which,  if  enforced,  will  put  into  opera- 
tion the  letter  and  the  spirit  of  the  anti-sale  plank  so 
strictly  and  so  effectively  that  if  there  be  in  the  principle 
all  that  is  claimed  for  it,  the  conservation  of  the  game 
supply  may  be  reckoned  a thing  accomplished.  That  the 
law  will  be  enforced  there  is  not  the  slightest  doubt.  As 
it  stands  to-day,  the  statute  is,  in  respect  to  the  anti-sale 
provisions  at  least,  a fruit  of  the  earnest  efforts  of  the 
game  commissioners  and  in  particular  of  Executive  Agent 
Sam.  F.  Fullerton.  These  officials  stand  for  the  law;  in 
these  features  it  represents  their  views,  gives  them  the 
more  stringent  regulations  and  the  enlarged  powers  they 
have  sought;  and  we  may  share  the  confidence  of  the 
sportsmen  of  Minnesota  that,  with  the  admirable  statute 
now  provided  to  work  under,  the  game  protective  force 
of  the  State  will  render  a service  even  more  efficient  and 
valuable  than  that  which  has  been  so  creditable  in  the 

paSt,  . « . -a — i — — t-  —.a..— 


IOSEPH  IEFFERSON. 

In  the  death  of  Joseph  Jefferson  the  country  has  lost 
one  of  its  best  known  and  best  loved  citizens.  People 
long  since  gray  haired  remember  going  as  children  to  see 
Rip  Van  Winkle,  and  as  time  went  on  they  took  their 
children  and  their  grandchildren  to  see  the  play  which 
itself  never  grew  old,  so  that  in  fact  four  generations 
knew  him  and  all  felt  that  they  knew  him  well.  He  was 
far  and  away  the  best  known  comedian  of  America;  he 
enjoyed  an  .unfailing  popularity  which  had  its  perennial 
spring  in  the  sweetness  and  simplicity  of  his  nature.  In 
the  characters  which  he  represented  was  seen  the  man 
Jefferson,  and  this  simplicity  and  fidelity  to  nature  won — 
as  simplicity  and  truth  always  do — admiration,  respect 
and  love. 

The  span  of  bis  life,  seventy-seven  years,  is  a long 
time;  it  covers  by  far  the  greater  share  of  the  growth 
of  this  country.  When  Jefferson  was  born  there  were 
Revolutionary  veterans  aplenty,  and  the  veterans  of  the 
War  of  1812  then  were  made  no  more  of  than  are  those 
of  the  Spanish  War  to-day.  In  his  early  days  of  barn- 
storming there  were  no  railroads  nor  any  telegraph,  and 
but  few  of  the  scores  of  those  modern  appliances  which 
to-day  we  regard  'as  necessities.  Rip’s  famous  old  gun 
was  by  no  means  such  a curio  to  Jefferson’s  first  audi- 
ences as  it  came  to  be  in  the  later  years.  Much  of  this 
spirit  of  change  and  development  and  growth  characteris- 
tic of  the  period  of  his  life  is  reflected  in  the  reminiscences 
written  by  him  some  years  ago,  and  which  have  place 
among  the  most  entertaining  volumes  of  American  auto- 
biography, 

Mr.  Jefferson  was  one  of  the  most  versatile  of  men.  A 
successful  actor,  he  was  also  a good  painter,  and  a most 
skillful  and  enthusiastic  angler.  Canadian  Salmon  waters, 
Catskill  Mountain  trout  streams,  the  salt  water  stretches 
of  Buzzard’s  Bay  and  the  winter  fishing  grounds  of  Palm 
Beach,  all  were  familiar  to  him.  He  was  a keen  sports- 
man, realizing  what  sport  should  be,  and  as  clean  and 
wholesome  in  his  favorite  recreation  as  in  the  other  ac- 
tivities of  his  life.  Jefferson  and  Grover  Cleveland  were 
close  angling  friends,  and  it  was  out  of  the  intimate 
knowledge  and  appreciation  of  one’s  fellow  which  comes 
through  the  character  testing  familiarity  of  the  fields  and 
the  waters  that  Mr.  Cleveland  said  the  other  day: 

“All  knew  my  friend’s  professional  supremacy  and  his  con- 
scientious service  in  professional  work;  many  knew  how  zealously 
he  defended  dramatic  art  and  how  completely  he  illustrated  the 
importance  of  its  cleanliness;  many  knew  how  free  he  was  from 
hatred,  malice  and  all  uncharitableness,  but  fewer  knew  how 
harmoniously  his  qualities  of  heart  and  mind  and  conscience 
blended  in  the  creation  of  an  honest,  upright,  sincere  and  God- 
fearing man. 

“I  believe  that  in  death  he  has  reached  a world  where  the 
mercy  of  God  abounds,  and  I know  that  in  the  world  of  men  the 
sadness  of  his  loss  will  be  felt  the  most  by  those  who  knew  him 
best.” 


THE  EXPANSION  OF  TRAPSHOOTING. 

The  phenomenal  growth  of  target  shooting,  year  by 
year,  since  its  first  humble  beginnings  in  America  as  a 
form  of  sport,  affords  just  ground  for  the  trapshooter’s 
heartiest  felicitations.  It  is  steadily  progressive.  Great 
as  the  support  of  it  has  been  in  past  years,  the  signs  in- 
dicate that  the  present  year  will  far  surpass,  in  magnitude 
and  importance,  the  trapshooting  values  of  any  preced- 
ing year,  however  great  they  may  have  been. 

For  the  broader  activities  and  consequently  greater 
scope  in  recent  years,  much  credit  is  due  the  various  trap- 
shooting leagues,  the  State  associations,  and  last,  but  not 
least,  the  powerful  Interstate  Association.  Without  the 
prestige  and  effort  of  these  great  associations,  the  sport 
relatively  would  be  the  local  diversion  of  many  hundreds 
of  local  clubs,  and  hence  devoid  of  the  national  import- 
ance which  now  obtains  as  a consequent  to  general  inter- 
communication and  national  competition. 

In  the  national  furtherance  of  trapshooting  interests, 
the  action  of  the  Interstate  Association  this  year  in 
broadening  its  scope  geographically  will  be  a beneficent 
factor,  the  full  value  of  which  at  present  it  is  difficult  to 
compute. 

At  the  time  of  the  sixth  Grand  American  Handicap  in 
June  next,  the  Interstate  Association  will  have  given 
three  tournaments  under  the  auspices  of  different  clubs 
in  the  South,  after  which  the  itinerary  is  westward; 
from  Menominee,  Mich.,  to  Albert  Lea,  Minn.,  to  Kansas 
City,  is  within  the  territory  previously  cultivated,  but 


from  Kansas  City  the  Association  goes  to  Colorado 
Springs,  Colo.,  thence  to  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  where. 
Sept.  12-14,  it  will  hold  a tournament,  the  Pacific  Coast 
Handicap  at  targets,  under  the  auspices  of  the  San  Fran- 
cisco Trapshooting  Association,  which  is  likely  to  rival 
the  older  great  event,  the  Grand  American  Handicap  at 
Targets. 

These  tournaments,  conducted  by  an  acknowledged 
masterful  expert,  Mr.  Elmer  E.  Shaner,  fill  many  needs 
as  educators.  They  are  an  object  lesson  in  the  way  that 
a tournament  should  be  conducted  in  every  particular, 
are  arranged  on  the  most  rigid  principles  of  fair  competi- 
tion, and  appeal  to  the  best  sportsmanship  of  every  sec- 
tion. 

This  generous  expenditure  of  talent,  time  and  money 
on  the  Pacific  coast  by  the  Interstate  Association  will  un- 
doubtedly result  in  a broad,  healthful  boom  to  the  sport 
in  that  vast  section,  thereby  making  this  year  a record 
breaker  if  the  data  of  geographical  area  and  extra  skill- 
ful effort  are  a fair  criteria  by  which  to  make  a forecast. 

While  in  general  the  trapshooting  increase  has  been 
marvelous,  there  are  certain  State  associations,  in  par- 
ticular the  New  York  State,  New  Jersey  State,  and  the 
Illinois  State  Associations  which  seem  to  have  declined 
in  vigor  and  importance,  though  the  decline  seems  to 
have  been  at  the  top  instead  of  the  bottom ; that  is  to  say, 
there  is  abundance  of  material  in  the  way  of  individual 
clubs  to  support  those  State  associations  if  they  were 
organized  under  constitutions  of  proper  vitality.  How- 
ever, the  decay  of  some  parts  is  insignificant  in  compari- 
son to  the  greater  general  gain.  All  of  which  denotes 
that  the  sport  of  trapshooting  is  inherently  a beneficial 
outdoor  sport,  appealing  to  the  good  class  of  the  people 
who  seek  wholesome  pleasure  and  give  prestige  and  in- 
dorsement to  it  by  participation. 


THE  PRESIDENT  AND  THE  PEEPING  TOMS. 

Mr.  George  Kennedy  sends  a feeling  protest  against  the 
impudence  of  the  little-minded  men  of  yellow  journalism 
who  are  exercising  their  functions  as  Peeping  Toms  and 
faking  stories  of  the  President’s  hunting  in  Colorado. 
After  his  four  days’  chasing  of  wolves  and  jack  rabbits 
at  Panther  Springs,  Okla.,  where  the  party  secured 
eighteen  wolves,  Mr.  Roosevelt  went  on  to  Colorado; 
near  the  State  line  he  was  presented  by  the  Governor 
with  an  official  license  permitting  him  to  hunt  any  species 
of  game;  and  at  Newcastle  he  left  the  railroad,  to  make 
camp  at  a point  in  the  mountains  twenty-three  miles  from 
the  town.  His  companions  were  Dr.  Lambert,  Philip  B. 
Stewart,  in  charge  of  the  expedition,  and  several  guides. 

It  was  the  President’s  strongly  expressed  and  altogether 
natural  and  reasonable  desire  to  be  permitted  to  go  on  an 
actual  hunt,  that  is,  to  enjoy  a genuine  outing  in  the  wil- 
derness alone,  without  interlopers  on  the  hunting  range. 
“If  a lot  of  newspaper  men  come  into  the  hunting  grounds 
after  me,”  he.  said,  “I  shall  have  to  go  home.”  It  was  a 
wish  which  any  decent  man — even  though  a yellow  news- 
paper man — might  respect  with  credit  to  himself  and  his 
paper;  and  so  far  as  subsequent  events  indicate,  it  has 
been  respected.  The  pretended  detailed  records  of  the 
President’s  Colorado  hunt,  such  as  that  to'  which  Mr. 
Kennedy  takes  exception,  are  merely  fakes  engendered  of 
the  imaginations  of  writers  who,  by  instinct  and  training, 
are  the  Peeping  Toms  of  yellow  journalism.  We  do  not 
imagine  that  the  sportsman  who  is  now  enjoying  his  hunt 
“all  by  his  lone”  in  the  Colorado  wilds,  would  give  a 
second  thought  to  these  gentry — they  may  conjure  up 
the  wildest  yarns  about  him  in  their  newspaper  offices, 
if  only  they  will  keep  themselves  away  from  his  hunting 
grounds.  


The  exercises  commemorative  of  the  one  hundred  and 
twenty-fifth  birthday  of  John  James  Audubon,  which 
take  place  on  Thursday  of  next  week,  are  likely  to  draw 
together  many  people  interested  in  a single  subject,  yet 
who  occupy  widely  diverse  walks  in  life.  We  have  already 
called  attention  to  the  fact  that  this  is  probably  the  last 
occasion  when  any  of  the  material  objects  surrounding 
the  old  home  of  Audubon  can  be  seen.  Even  five  years 
hence  it  is  probable  that  the  avalanche  of  improvement, 
so  called,  will  have  swept  over  the  site  of  the  old  home 
and  will  have  carried  away  the  ancient  land  marks  which 
his  generation  had  set  up  and  cherished. 


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{April  29,  1905. 


The  Rosy  Sierras  of  Chihuahua* 

BY  CARYL  D.  HASKINS. 

Eight  years  and  more  have  passed,  each  with  an 
autumn  all  too  short,  since  I sent  my  first  bull  moose 
to  his  knees,  in  the  low  lying  black  timber  of  the 
Tobique  region.  For  years  before,  and  ever  since  that 
day,  through  many  a joyful  moment  of  success  and 
many  more  of  failure,  St.  Hubert  has  claimed  me  for 
his  own.  The  sunshine  and  the  rain,  the  black  forest, 
the  hardwood  uplands  and  the  open  barren  of  the 
great  North  woods  have  been  mine  for  a few  weeks 
year  by  year,  with  an  enchantment  which  could  not  be 
denied. 

Now  and  again  the  “wanderlust”  has  been  mine,  and 
I have  strayed  from  the  place  of  the  spruce,  the  fir 
and  the  maple,  into  other  latitudes  and  longitudes.  It 
has  been  mine  to  tread  the  great  evergreen  forests  of 
Scandinavia,  the  almost  unexplored  pine  barrens  and 
hammock  lands  of  Northwest  Florida,  the  thickets  of 
Louisiana,  and  the  rolling  smoke-crowned  mountain 
country  of  the  Carolinas  and  Tennessee. 

But  now  the  Southwest,  the  wonderland,  has  claimed 
me  for  its  own.  The  land  of  the  barren  pink-gray 
mountain  ranges,  piled  peak  on  peak,  the  land  of  the 
“mesquite,”  of  the  cactus  and  of  sand;  barren,  hard- 
featured,  yet  beautiful.  To  me  it  is  a world  of  wonder. 

Reluctantly,  and  with  many  doubtings,  I turned  my 
back  this  year  on  the  old  familiar  country  of  the  North- 
east, determined  to  strike  out  a new  path,  to  see  new 
sights,  live  through  new  experiences,  and  perhaps  to 
use  my  rifle  just  enough,  but  not  too  much,  in  gather- 
ing new  trophies,  heretofore  beyond  my  reach. 

So  wonderful  has  been  my  autumn  hunt,  in  con- 
trast to;  those  many  hunts  which  have  gone  before,  that 
my  brothers  of  St.  Hubert  must  share  it  with  me. 

It  was  early  May  when  the  plan  of  a hunt  in 
Northwest  Mexico  first  crossed  my  mind.  At  first 
I turned  my  back  upon  it  resolutely,  imagining  many 
fearsome,  unknown  hardships,  not  the  least  of  which 
was  that  of  thirst.  But  no  undertaking  fascinates  us 
of  the  brotherhood,  which  is  easy  of  accomplishment; 
so  by  July  the  venture  had  been  decided  upon.  There 
then  began  that  long  struggle  with  railway  folders, 
atlases  and  hopelessly  uninforming  books  of  generality, 
which  most  of  us  have  lived  through  and  know  so 
well. 

By  the  end  of  August  my  country,  my  route,  my  out- 
fit and  my  ways  and  means  had  all  been  determined 
upon,  and  the  die  was  cast.  The  Sierra  Madres  on 
the  borderland  between  Chihuahua  and  Sonora  was 
my  promised  land,  El  Paso  my  starting  point. 

Wonders  of  modern  travel!  How  one  may  put  the 
miles  behind  one  in  a few  short  hours,  if  one  but  will! 
There  is,  I think,  but  one  path  for  the  northern  man  to 
follow  into  this  new  promised  land  of  big  game.  There 
are  other  ways,  many  of  them,  all  of  them  I have  sifted 
and  thought  out  well,  but  there  is  but  one  path,  and  that 
path  I took. 

Get  you  to  Chicago  as  you  will,  it  is  but  twenty  short 
hours,  or  thirty  long  ones  from  any  of  us,  however 
eastern  we  may  be.  From  Chicago  the  path  is  blazed 
wide  and  clear;  there  is  none  other  that  I care  to  take. 


HABITATIONS  OF  A VANISHED  RACE. 


From  Chicago  to  El  Paso  is  close  on  1,500  miles,  half 
of  them  miles  through  wonderland.  The  Rock  Island 
Railroad  was  my  route.  I left  Chicago,  cold,  damp  and 
smoky,  on  a Sunday  night.  On  Tuesday  night  I was  in 
El  Paso.  One  may  do  it  even  in  twelve  hours’  less 
time  if  one  cares  to  take  the  Pacific  Coast  Flyer  of  the 
winter  schedule,  but  for  me  the  slower  fast  train  was 
quite  fast  enough. 

By  the  afternoon  of  the  first  day  out,  one  is  rolling 
mile  upon  mile  through  the  boundless  grain  fields  of 
Kansas,  watching  and  taking  imaginary  quartering  shots 
at  galloping  jack  rabbits,  eating  the  best  possible  rail- 
road dinner,  with  none  of  the  iron-clad,  copper-riveted 
viands  of  the  East,  at  Herington,  and  finally  turning  into 
one’s  Pullman  berth  at  night  in  a new  world. 

The  next  day  it  is  wonderland  indeed.  A bare, 
rolling,  _ sun-kissed  country  stretches  league  upon, 
league  in  all  directions,  bringing  to  one’s  mind  Rem- 


ington pictures,  and  tales  of  Ap  che  raids,  made  the 
more  vivid  by  the  gradual  shutting  in  of  the  snow- 
capped mountains  on  either  side,  as  one  rolls  further 
southward.  One  crosses  the  Canadian  River,  famed  ill 
Indian  warfare,  and  so  along  down  the  edge  of  the 
San  Andreas  Mountains,  beyond  whose  silver  pinnacles, 
in  a valley  of  their  own,  the  great  remnant  of  the 
“good”  Apaches  find  their  enforced  home. 

By  the  time  one  comes  to  Alamogordo  one  is  sat- 
urated with  wild,  bizarre  and  wondrous  tales  of  the 
great  unruly  Southwest  of  yesterday.  Out  of  the  window 
coyotes  have  from  time  to  time  during  the  afternoon 
been  seen  galloping  away  from  the  train,  scuttling  to 
cover,  and  innumerable  prairie  dog  villages  have  swal- 
lowed up,  as  the  train  came  booming  on,  their  multi- 
tude of  little  citizens  under  one’s  very  eyes,  and  so  at 
nightfall  of  the  second  day  one  rolls  into  El  Paso,  the 
last  outlying  vidette  of  the  civilization  which  one  seeks 
each  year  to  leave  behind. 

I lingered  one  day  at  El  Paso,  and  was  guided  by 
kind  friends  over  the  river  into  old  Mexico;  a more 
foreign  land  than  I have  seen  in  my  European  wander- 
ings. Good  friends,  and  a generous  introduction, 


HOW  WE  LIVED. 


brought  me  close  to  the  head  of  our  customs  service 
at  El  Paso,  a gentleman  and  a sportsman,  from  whom 
I received  ready  sympathy  and  much  wholesome  advice. 
Through  his  kindness  I made  the  acquaintance  of  the 
chief  of  the  Mexican  customs  service  at  Ciudad  Juarez, 
just  across  the  river,  a true  Castilian  type  of  gentle- 
man of  the  sort  we  have  all  read  about;  and  the  next 
day  this  good  brother  of  the  gun — for  he,  too,  was 
one  of  us — made  things  very  smooth  and  easy  for  me  at 
the  Mexican  customs  house,  without  diverging  one 
iota  from  his  official  duty. 

You  may  take  almost  anything  in  the  way  of  camp 
outfit  into  Mexico  without  paying  duty.  Guns  and 
rifles  must  be  registered  by  number,  that  one  may  prove, 
on  coming  out,  that  they  have  not  been  left  m the 
country.  Revolvers  do  not  count,  they  are  wearing 
apparel,  like  one’s  boots,  down  there.  A small  duty 
must  be  paid  on  ammunition  when  it  is  in  excess  of  one 
hundred  rounds  per  gun;  but  what  does  a man  want 
with  more  than  a hundred  rounds?  I fired  but  three 
rifle  shots  in  the  North  Woods  in  the  year  which  I look 
back  upon  as  my  best. 

There  is  a new  railroad  stretching  down  southwest- 
ward  from  El  Paso,  across  the  State  of  Chihuahua.  It 
has  crept  across  the  face  of  the  country,  mile  by  mile, 
until  it  ends  some  150  miles  southwest  of  Ciudad 
Juarez  and  El  Paso.  It  is  going  further,  perhaps  to 
the  Pacific  Coast,  some  day,  and  in  anticipation  of  this 
ultimate  achievement,  its  owners  have  christened  it  the 
Rio  Grande-Sierra  Madre  and  Pacific.  A train  runs 
out  one  day  to  the  end  of  the  present  line,  and  it  runs 
back  the  next. 

We  left  Ciudad  Juarez  in  the  early  morning,  rumbled 
out  from  among  the  adobe  huts  surrounding  the  little 
Mexican  city,  leaving  the  bull  ring  (to  which  do  not 
go,  Oh!  my  brother,  lest  you  rise  in  righteous  wrath 
and  kill  a picador)  upon  our  right,  and  so  out  on  to 
the  plains  of  Mexico.  I cannot  tell  you  of  the 
wonders  of  this  country,  because  sufficient  gift  of 
language  is  not  mine.  The  air  is  wine,  and  the  tem- 
perature of  the  late  autumn  spells  a blue  flannel  shirt 
with  the  sleeves  rolled  up  to  the  elbow,  and  comfort. 
The  plains  country  is  thick  with  blossoms  in  Novem- 
ber, blossoms  which  I do  not  know  by  name,  but  which 
linger  in  my  memory  with  a scent  as  sweet  as  violets; 
new  found  friends,  which  I could  not  forget  if  I would, 
and  which  I mean  to  see  again  right  soon. 

The  train  trundled  down  between  the  two  great  lakes, 
shallow  and  far  flowing,  of  Northwest  Chihuahua.  At 
noontime  we  stopped  on  the  border  of  one  of  these 
lakes  (Lake  Guzman),  and  in  the  little  railway  station 
Chinamen,  all  of  a pattern,  adminstered  to  us  a lunch- 
eon which  was  not  too  bad,  but  which  principally  of- 
fered oysters,  “Far,  far  from  home,”  and  at  the  end 
left  with  me  sundry  dollars  of  lead,  which  I carefully 
saved  and  delivered  once  more  to  these  same  Chinamen 
on  the  way  homeward.  _ 

At  the  railroad  station.  Lake  Guzman  is  almost  at 


one's  feet,  and  Oh,  shades  of  Chesapeake  hunters ! 
Were  there  ever  so  many  ducks  in  the  world 
before?  They  rose  in  rafts  from  the  ditch  beside  the 
track;  they  drove  in  armies  across  the  quiet  surface  of 
the  purple  water;  they  dotted  the  little  bays  and  inlets 
with  an  innumerable  host.  It  seemed  that  one  could 
shoot  ducks  without  end,  with  a rifle  even,  if  blind- 
folded. I shot  none  there;  there  was  not  time,  and 
they  were  very,  very  happy  ducks,  and,  judging  from 
what  I saw,  for  them  guns  were  not. 

I had  visions  of  an  18ft.  canoe,  a two-weeks’  outfit, 
and  a trip  along  the  shores  of  this  very  same  lake. 
1 hey  told  me  down  yonder,  that  in  the  foothills  around 
the  southeast  border  of  the  eastern  lake  (Santa  Maria) 
blacktail  still  linger  in  numbers  to  make  it  worth  while, 
and  sheep,  too,  they  said  are  there ; but  the  sheep  I 
doubt.  Antelope  there  are,  for  friends  who  came  home 
with  me  had  the  heads  in  the  baggage  car.  Of  this 
hunting,  however,  I cannot  speak  of  my  own  knowledge. 

The  conductor  of  this  little  train  in  Mexico  was  out 
of  my  own  land,  an  ex-Adirondack  guide,  learned  in 
the  ways  of  game,  and  full  willing  to  tell  thereof  at 
length  and  in  detail.  From  the  train  window  he  pointed 
out  to  us  a rolling  hill  a mile  or  so  to  the  westward 
of  the  track,  where  he  and  a friend  had  brought  to 
earth  some  six  or  eight  antelope  a year  or  two  before, 
as  they  “milled”  around  and  around  the  summit. 

Late  in  the  afternoon  of  Thursday  (I  had  been  in 
Chicago  on  Sunday  night,  and  had  lingered  one  whole 
day  and  two  nights  in  El  Paso)  I reached  the  end  of  the 
railway  at  the  little  Mexican  village  of  Casas  Grandes, 
and  here  my  two  guides  met  me.  These  two  fellows 
were  the  hopeless  wonder  of  the  trip.  Eastern  men 
both;  they  had  the  knack  of  writing  good  letters  and 
making  one  believe  they  knew  things.  If  a trip  in 
such  a wonderland  could  have  been  spoiled,  they  would 
har^e  spoiled  it.  Incompetent,  lazy,  untruthful,  lack- 
ing in  all  the  qualities  of  sportsmanship,  and  in  most 
other  attributes,  except  the  negative  ones;  they  were 
the  worst  examples  of  guides  and  guiding  that  man 
ever  saw,  but  of  that  more  presently.  They  did  not 
spoil  my  trip,  for  they  could  not,  and  they  served  their 
purpose,  for  they  were  the  instruments  through  which 
I reached  my  promised  land,  which  is  to  know  me  many 
a time  hereafter. 

Nuevas  Casas  Grandes,  the  village  at  the  end  of  the 
railroad,  is  some  four  miles  from  old  Casas  Grandes, 
old  beyond  the  history  of  man.  Here  one  may  wander 
for  hours  through  the  well-preserved  ruins  of  one  of 
the  greatest,  if  not  the  very  greatest  of  Montezumas’ 
palaces,  conjuring,  without  great  imagination,  mental 
pictures  of  the  Aztec’s  days  of  glory. 

It  is  between  twenty  and  thirty  miles  from  Casas 
Grandes  over  the  plains  to  the  point  where  the  ter- 
raced Sierras  break  in  sharp  shelves  and  pinnacles  up- 
ward from  the  table  land.  At  Casas  Grandes  we  were 
between  4,000  and  5,000  feet  above  sea  level,  our  des- 
tination in  the  mountains  between  2,000  and  3,000  more. 

We  had  planned  to  pull  out  from  the  railroad  with 
our  duffle  and  the  wagon  shortly  after  sunrise  the  next 
morning,  that  we  might  be  sure  to  make  the  mountains 
in  good  time  to  camp,  but  Oh,  my  brothers!  The 
wheels  grcaned  the  next  morning  at  our  first  moving 


HOMES  OF  THE  CLIFF  DWELLERS. 


at  something  after  ten.  One  of  our  guides  had  lost 
his  horse  and  stayed  to  find  it.  It  was  the  custom  of 
our  guides  to'  lose  from  one  to  three  horses  each 
night,  a custom  which  I strove  vainly  for  a few  days 
to  break  up,  and  then  accepted  as  inevitable. 

It  was  a wondrous  ride  that  first  day  over  the  plains 
of  Chihuahua.  For  the  first  three  hours  we  followed 
along  a little  watercourse,  lately  swollen  by  the  autumn 
rains,  as  the  cottonwoods  along  its  deep  trench  at- 
tested by  their  load  of  brush,  wood  and  debris,  but  now 
shrunken,  in  a short  three  weeks,  to  a shallow  run, 
promising  soon  to  vanish  altogether.  By  early  after- 
noon we  were  amid  the  cone-shaped  hills  which  gave 
token  of  approaching  mountains,  and  behind  them  we 
could  see  the  towering  outlines  of  the  real  Sierras. 

The  plains,  wide  sweeping,  mile  on  mile,  were  dotted 
sparsely,  here  and  there,  with  grazing  cattle;  once,  al- 
most at  high  noon,  a coyote  sprang  from  the  brush,  al- 


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most  under  the  wheels  of  our  wagon,  and  loped,  with 
low  hung  tail  and  high  borne  head,  away,  quite  un- 
afraid. Flowers  were  everywhere  amid  the  sand  of 
the  half  desert.  Tuft  grass  grew  sparsely  over  the  en- 
tire plain,  and  furnished  a scanty  grazing  for  the  great 
herds  of  unrestrained  cattle,  creatures  almost  as  wild 
as  those  we  were  seeking  out.  Birds  were  everywhere. 
Our  own  familiar-bluebird  fluttered  ahead  of  our  team, 
quite  as  he  does  at  home  in  June. 

Black  specks  in  the  skies,  slanting  easily  to  right  and 
left  and  back  again,  attested  to  a multitude  of  buz- 
zards. Hawks  and  eagles  topped  the  taller  patches  of 
Spanish  bayonet  plants,  silent  predatory  figures,  which 
scaled  away  to  another  resting  point,  only  when  we 
came  within  a few  yards. 

We  lunched  just  within  the  boundary  lines  of  one  of 
the  greatest  ranches  in  Mexico;  the  hacienda  of  Gov- 
ernor Ter  rasas  of  Chihuahua,  and  in  the  late  after- 
noon we  passed  the  hacienda  house  with  its  neighbor- 
ing village  of  adobe  huts,  suggesting  an  almost  feudal 
state  of  government.  As  we  approached  the  foothills 
and  left  the  level  plains  behind  us,  we  passed  numerous 
whitening  skeletons  and  shrunken  mummy-like  car- 
casses of  drouth-killed  cattle.  It  was  told  to  us  that 
on  this  one  property  alone,  Gov.  Terrasas  had  lost  8,000 
head  of  cattle  the  year  before,  for  lack  of  \^ater  and 
the  verdure  which  the  water  only  can  give  and  main- 
tain. To  our  right  all  through  the  latter  part  of  the 
afternoon,  towered  a lonely  cone-shaped  hill  of  pro- 
portions somewhat  greater  than  its  neighbors,  and  on 
its  topmost  peak  there  stood  out  clear  against  the 
burnished  sky  a rectangular  object,  which  our  Mormon 
driver  told  us  was  an  ancient  Aztec  stone  of  sacrifice. 

The  plains  about  were  eloquent  of  a vast  prehistoric 
population.  Countless  mounds  told  of  ruined,  nature- 
buried,  Aztec  homes;  unopened  mounds,  almost  with- 
out exception,  each  holding  unknown  treasures  of  the 
unrecorded  past,  for  future  archaeologists. 

As  the  sun  sank  in  the  western  sky,  and  we  drew  in 
close  to  the  foothills,  we  jumped,  almost  from  under 
the  'horses’  feet,  a pair  of  antelope  hare,  strange,  swift- 
running little  creatures,  the  like  of  which  I had  never 
seen  before.  They  bounded  away  before  us,  like  wind- 
blown thistle  down,  their  white  hind-quarters  marked 
almost  exactly  like  the  antelope,  suggesting  their 
namesakes  in  a most  startling  and  realistic  manner. 
Shortly  after  this  we  passed  a “water-hole”  of  some 
fifty  acres  or  so,  filled  by  the  early  autumn  rains  and 
now  fast  drying  up.  Its  borders  were  literally  speckled 
with  ducks  through  its  entire  circumference.  I had  but 
a moment,  but  I could  not  resist  springing  from  the 
wagon  and  running  down  to  the  water’s  edge  for  just 
one  shot.  The  ducks  rose  in  clouds,  and  circled,  re- 
luctant to  leave  the  only  feeding  ground  within  miles. 
As  one  little  bunch  came  driving  past  me,  well  over 
the  shore  line,  I picked  a single  bird,  and  brought  him 
whirling  down,  a quartering  incomer,  almost  at  my 
feet.  It  was  a beautiful  shoveler  drake,  the  first  of 
his  kind  that  I have  had  a chance  to  kill  for  years. 

I had  not  the  time  to  wait  for  more,  so  clambered 
back  into  the  wagon,  and  pushed  on  until  the  gray  of 
evening  and  the  chill  which  comes  in  Mexico  with  the 
setting  of  the  sun,  drove  us  into  camp  on  the  first 
slope  of  the  real  Sierras.  We  built  a great  fire  of  live 
oak  dead  wood,  smoked  a slow  pipe  over  the  dying 
fire  and  turned  into  our  sleeping  bags  to  the  music  of 
far  distant  bellowing  cattle,  future  champions  of  the 
bull  ring  at  Ciudad  Juarez  perhaps,  and  then — presto! 
It  was  morning.  The  gray  was  creeping  through  the 
tent  roof,  and  sharply  up  from  the  plains  came  the 
mournful  lament  of  a multitude  of  coyotes,  fleeing  be- 
fore the  coming  sun. 

The  nights  are  chill  in  the  Sierras  of  Mexico.  My 
minimum  registering  thermometer  showed  me  as  low 
as  28  degrees  at  night,  and  the  maximum  which  I ob- 
served at  high  noon  in  the  shade  during  a two-weeks’ 
stay,  was  80  degrees,  but  the  wine-like  air,  almost 
never  still,  the  lack  of  humidity  and  the  fact  that  the 
really  hot  period  is  comparatively  brief,  keeps  one  from 
realizing  the  high  temperatures  of  the  middle  of  the 
day. 

After  leaving  the  plains  country,  we  saw  few  Mex- 
icans. The  mountain  valleys,  to  which  the  few  passes 
from  the  plains  lead,  are  peopled  with  a sparse  popu- 
lation of  Mormons. 

The  Mexican  government  has  granted  many  privi- 
leges to  the  Mormon  people,  and  they  have  established 
in  Chihuahua  many  thriving  industrious  colonies,  which 
went  far  to  alter  my  preconceived  ideas  of  this  strange 
people. 

The  wonders  of  the  first  early  morning  tramp  up 
from  the  foothills  of  the  first  night’s  camp,  to  the 
7,000  feet  high  summit  of  the  mountain  table  land  which 
we  were  to  cross,  is  beyond  all  power  of  words  to 
describe.  There  was  no  morning  haze,  no  softening 
of  outline,  but  silhouettes  sharp  as  a cameo,  of  peak 
towering  beyond  peak,  of  rolling  hills,  and  soft  pink- 
gray  plains  land  beyond  us,  all  distant  outlines  tinged 
deeply  with  that  shade  of  withered  rose  leaves  which 
I had  wondered  at  so  often  in  colored  pictures  of  the 
Southwest,.  and  which  I realized  now  not  to  be  im- 
pressionistic distortions,  but  nature  as  she  is. 

By  years  of  toil  and  effort  the  Mormons  have  built 
so-called  roads  through  two  of  the  passes  which  make 
upward  to  the  table  land.  Over  one  of  these  our 
Mormon  driver  urged  the  patient  horses  which  drew 
the  team  with  our  outfits,  and  it  overtook  us  some  half 
hour  after  we  reached  the  immediate  summit. 

As  the  team  came  up  I had  my  first  sight  of  that 
wonderful  little  mountain  game  bird,  Bertram’s  par- 
ridge.  A noble  little  fellow,  he  is  perhaps  over  fond 
of  sprinting  and  very  reluctant  to  fly,  but  offering  for 
one  who  is  patient  and  stout  of  limb,  as  magnificent 
shooting  as  any  game  bird  it  has  ever  been  my  lot  to 
bring  to  bag.  Nearly  twice  the  size  of  our  familiar 
Bob  White  he  is,  as  our  Mormon  driver  expressed  it, 
“most  all  meat.”  I killed  just  two  while  I was  in  the 
mountains.  Frankness  drives  me  to  confess  that  this 
small  number  was  not  entirely  of  my  own  choosing, 
however.  I can  do  fairly  with  Bob  White.  I do  not 
seek  too  many  favors  of  the  North  Woods  partridge; 
the  woodcock,  I confess,  can  balk  me  badly,  but 
Bertram’s  partridge  seems  well-nigh  beyond  me.  But 
I was  not  in  the  mountains  to  play  with  a shotgun,  and 
rarely  during  the  trip  did  I have  it  from  its  case. 


We  slept  the  second  night  in  a little  Mormon  village, 
perhaps  forty  miles  from  the  railroad,  a self-contained 
community  of  some  sixty  families,  leading  a primitive 
and  patriarchal  existence,  in  a new  and  almost  un- 
broken region,  a region  so  new  to  fully  civilized  man 
and  agriculture  that  it  is  but  two  years  back  to  the  last 
Apache  massacre. 

At  the  Mormon  village  of  Colonia  Pacheco  we 
abandoned  our  wagon,  and  our  pack  train  and  saddle 
horses  met  us.  Never  have  I dreamed  of  such  saddle 
work  as  lay  before  us.  I have  often  heard  it  said  that 
where  a man  can  go,  there  a horse  can  go.  It  is 
true,  every  word  of  it,  and  I know  many  a man  who 
carries  a rifle  into  the  woods  who  scarce  could  have 
gone  on  his  own  feet  where  our  sure-footed  horses 
carried  us. 

The  third  night  we  slept  in  a log  camp,  built  by  our 
so-called  guides,  just  within  the  western  border  of  the 
last  outlying  ranch  territory,  and  perhaps  some  five  or 
six  miles  from  the  dividing  line  between  Chihuahua 
and  Sonora.  It  was  quite  obviously  the  custom  of  our 
guides  to  dissuade  all  incoming  sportsmen  who  in- 
trusted themselves  to  their  care,  from  venturing  into 
the  virgin  land  further  on,  and  to  accept,  in  lieu  of  real 
hunting,  a week  or  two  of  real  comfortable,  kid-glove 
sport  in  the  country  immediately  surrounding  their  camp. 

We  found  in  this  region  deer  sign  in  plenty,  not  the 
little  dwarf  deer  of  Mexico,  but  the  old  familiar  Virginia 
deer,  the  white  tail,  which  all  of  us  have  hunted,  whether 
our  ground  be  in  Maine,  in  Florida  or  in  the  countries 
which  do  lie  between. 

We  were  assured  that  bear,  timber  wolf,  mountain  lion, 
and  turkey  were  also  plentiful  in  this  region,  but  I doubt 
it  much,  for  I saw  no  sign  of  them. 

The  next  day  we  urged  and  coaxed  our  reluctant  guides 
to  proceed  with  the  scheme  we  had  planned  so  many 
months  before,  and  by  9 o’clock,  despite  lost  horses,  lost 
broncos,  lost  lariats,  and — alas,  lost  tempers,  we  were 
pushing  on  toward  Sonora  and  the  sunset  land. 

Some  fifteen  miles  (by  guess)  to  the  west  of  our  third 
night’s  halting  place,  and  perhaps  sixty  miles  from  the 
railroad  at  Casas  Grandes,  a strange  and  wonderful  val- 
ley opens  sharply  downward  from  the  rolling  table  land 
or  mesa  of  the  main  Sierras.  Locally  this  valley  is  known 
to  the  few  who  have  been  there  as  “The  Hole.” 

Some  thirty-five  miles  long,  and  varying  in  width  from 
five  miles  to  one-half  mile,  there  are  said  to  be  but  two 
trails  down  which  one  can  take  horses  from  the  mesa 
above  into  the  depths  of  the  valley,  the  rolling,  hill-strewn 
floor  of  which  is  some  2,000  feet  below  the  surrounding 
rim,  and  probably  five  thousand  feet  above  sea  level. 

Down  this  valley  runs  a brawling,  boisterous  stream, 
suggesting  strangely  old  friends  of  the  Katahdin  region, 
realistic  even  to  the  darting  trout  in  the  clear,  cool  crystal 
pools  below  the  ripples. 

The  edges  of  this  valley  are  half  precipice,  half  crag- 
like towering  slopes,  almost  defying  investigation,  except 
on  hands  and  knees. 

Along  the  stream,  which  is  in  reality  the  headwaters 
of  the  Yaqui  River,  grow  almost  unbroken  thickets  of 
scrub  and  timber  and  even  many  towering  trees ; syca- 
more, cottonwood  and  live  oak. 

The  valley  is  filled  with  a jumble  of  hills  and  minia- 
ture, rough-hewn  mountains,  some  conical  and  smoothed 
by  nature’s  trowel,  others  mere  Olympic  fragments  of  na- 
ture-tossed rock,  each  one  a hill  in  itself.  Thickets  of 
cane  brake  lay  along  the  still  running  bends  of  the  stream, 
and  the  smoother  hills  are  dotted  thick  with  live  oak,  like 
old  New  Hampshire  orchard  spots. 

Cacti,  long,  round  pointed  and  short,  with  spikes  and 
hooks  of  every  known  shape,  were  everywhere.  The 
Spanish  bayonet  towered  at  every  turn,  and  everywhere 
the  tracks  of  game,  big  game,  the  game  that  I had  come 
so  far  to  find,  the  game  of  whose  tracks  I had  dreamed 
many  a winter  night  before  the  flickering  fire,  and  which 
was  now,  I believed,  to  be  mine. 

There  lacks  both  space  and  reader’s  patience  to  make 
this  a narrative  of  my  entire  stay  within  this  valley  soli- 
tude. It  must  suffice  for  me  to  say  to  my  brethren  that, 
never  in  my  whole  experience  have  I been  where  the 
fresh,  plain  written  sign  of  a great  variety  of  game  of  the 
noblest  was  so  plentiful.  There  never  was  a day  during 
my  whole  stay  that  I did  not  see  the  deep  pressed  track 
of  the  silver  tip  by  the  stream  side,  around  ant  hills, 
wherever  the  soil  would  take  the  marks. 

More  plentiful  yet,  so  plentiful  that  one  could  find  them 
almost  anywhere  by  searching  for  a hundred  yards,  were 
the  tracks  of  the.  mountain  lion,  whose  numbers  must 
h^ve  been  exceedingly  great. 

Close  about  our  camp,  day  by  day,  I found  the  fresh 
marks  of  the  timber  wolf.  Turkeys  were  there  in  plenty. 
I doubt  if  I saw  in  all  more  than  thirty  or  forty,  for  I did 
not  hunt  them  at  all,  but  I jumped  them  from  under  the 
horses  by  the  stream  side  twice  in  large  flocks,  and  any- 
where the  sand  was  soft  and  damp  by  the  running  water, 
one  could  find  their  marks. 

Had  I cared  to  do  so,  I believe  that  I might  have  killed 
deer  at  the  rate  of  three  or  four  a day,  but  I did  not 
chance  to  see  a good  typical  head  of  the  country,  and  so 
I let  them  be,  and  watched  them  trot  slowly  and  unafraid 
away  in  front  of  the  horses  day  by  day,  in  peace  and 
comradeship. 

They  are  little  fellows  these  Mexican  whitetail,  a good 
buck  weighing,  I should  say,  not  more  than  a hundred 
and  twenty  pounds,  dressed.  So  tame  were  they,  and  so 
conspicuous  in  the  comparatively  open  country  among  the 
hills,  that  one  could  not  help  but  see  them,  and  get  them 
easily. 

It  was  typical  of  the  men  who  were  with  us,  and  who 
called  themselves  our  guides,  that  in  all  of  the  times  that 
we  saw  deer  when  they  were  with  us,  never  once  did  they 
see  them  first  or  point  them  out,  and  once  I had  to  resort 
to  inviting  a glance  along  my  rifle  barrel  before  my 
“thoroughly  tried  and  experienced”  guide  could  locate  a 
standing,  unsheltered  deer. 

It  is  a strange  thing  for  a man  to  return  without  a 
trophy  from  a new  game  region,  and  to  laud  it  as  a great 
game  country,  but  thus  it  is  with  me  in  this  case.  There 
are  two  reasons  for  it : In  the  first  place  I had  gone  on 
my  long  journey  determined  to  secure  a silver  tip  if  I 
could,  and,  with  the  exception  of  one  short  day,  I hunted 
nothing  else. 

I realized  all  too  soon  that  I was  hunting  hopelessly. 
One  must  have  a dog  or  dogs  to  find  one’s  quarry,  if  one 
lusts  for  silver  tip  or  lion  in  this  mass  of  canyons,  cross- 


canyons, rocks  and  pinnacles.  Full  easily  one  might  pass 
by  bruin  within  ten  feet  and  never  see  him  lurking  amid 
the  broken  cross-canyon  mouths,  but  when  I go  again, 
dogs  will  go  with  me,  dogs  which  can  be  had  quite  easily 
at  the  Mormon  settlements  through  which  I had  passed, 
and  then,  so  surely  as  I write  this  now,  silver  tip  will  be 
mine,  cinnamon  will  be  mine,  lion  will  be  mine  quite 
easily,  and — visions  of  triumph  and  unhoped-for  glory; 
there  will  be  a fighting  chance  for  both  jaguar  and  pecary. 

I am  not  one  of  those  to  whom  the  killing  constitutes 
the  trip,  and  there  is  another  reason  beside  my  patient 
bear  seeking,  which  accounts  perhaps  more  fully  for  my 
emptv-handedness. 

Wending  our  way  upward  through  the  passes  to  this 
valley  we  had  come  upon  cliff  dwellings,  wondrous  struc- 
tures of  the  men  of  yesterday,  of  a race  gone  and  for- 
gotten, speaking  eloquently  of  the  struggle  of  a persecuted 
people,  clinging  to  mere  existence  among  the  crags  and 
fastnesses  of  the  mountains  after  their  plains  brethren 
had  been  exterminated. 

In  the  first  one  which  I visited,  a few  moments’  dig- 
ging gave  up  to  me  a pathetic  handful  of  human  bones. 
At  the  entrance  to  this  cave  dwelling  I had  found  a stone 
ax,  and  almost  before  we  were  down  in  the  valley,  the 
lust  of  the  archaeologist,  dormant  in  me  until  now,  was 
strong  in  my  blood. 

Who  can  wonder  then,  when  on  the  third  day  in  the 
valley  my  Goerz  binoculars  revealed  to  me  a vast  pile  of 
masonry  capping  the  highest  of  the  hills  on  the  valley 
floor,  that  hunting  should  have  dropped  to  second  place? 

It  was  a long,  hard  struggle  from  the  canyon  at  its  foot, 
up  the  steep  slopes  of  that  mountain,  work  for  the  hands 
and  feet  and  knees,  and  lots  of  work  for  the  lungs  in  that 
rare  atmosphere,  but,  Oh  the  reward  of  it  when  the  sum- 
mit was  achieved ! I scarce  half  understood  then,  but 
I now  know  that  I had  found  an  ancient  Toltec  temple. 

The  summit  of  the  hill  was  flattened  off  to  an  area  of 
perhaps  two  acres,  and  this  summit  was  sustained  by  an 
eight  or  nine-foot  retaining  wall  of  massive  masonry. 
Below  this  vertical  wall  lay  a shelf  following  the  contour 
of  the  top,  around  the  edge  of  the  retaining  wall,  also 
sustained  by  a similar  retaining  wall,  and  below  this  yet  a 
third,  but  these  shelves  or  terraces  were  arranged  spirally, 
so  that  one  starting  to  walk  on  the  bottommost  would,  in 
a day  when  the  temple  stood  in  better  repair  than  it  is 
to-day,  have  traversed  the  circumference  of  the  hill  twice, 
and  would  have  so,  by  easy  stages,  reached  the  top. 

The  lowermost  of  the  shelves  lay  eighteen  feet  perhaps, 
or,  at  the  most,  Twenty  feet  below  the  summit.  The  way 
was  much  broken,  and  in  some  places  quite  destroyed,  but 
there  was  ample  evidence  that  in  days  long  gone,  an  easy 
inclined  way  had  led  to  the  basin  of  the  valley. 

I had.  no  implements  with  which  to  dig,  except  those 
of  primitive  man,  a sharpened  stick,  augmented  later,  as 
my  interest  grew,  by  the  free  and  destructive  use  of  my 
hunting  knife,  yet  I secured,  in  a few  short  hours,  two 
very  beautiful  examples  of  Indian  pottery  bowls  or  olas, 
each  in  many  fragments,  but  now  restored. 

There  had  been  dozens,  or  perhaps  hundreds  of  these 
little  bowls  around  the  summit.  Digging  revealed  that 
each  had  rested  upon  its  little  fire,  the  embers  of  which 
still  lingered,  almost  petrified,  and  well  preserved.  Im- 
mediately around  one  of  these  bowls,  the  most  perfect 
that  I have,  I found  fragments  of  deer  bones,  and  the 
hill  spoke  eloquently  of  a simple  people  mounting  upward 
on  the  hill  side  as  the  sun  kissed  the  top  of  the  temple,  to 
offer,  in  the  morning  light,  -their  sacrifice  of  food  and  fire 
to  the  Giver  of  warmth  and  life. 

This  is  indeed  a wondrous  land,  good  hunting,  treas- 
ures of  unrecorded  history,  dwellings  of  prehistoric  man 
without  number,  unvisited  and  untouched  by  any  of  our 
race  unto  this  day,  towering  mountains,  pink  in  the  morn- 
ing light,  desert  and  cane  brake,  towering  pine  and 
stunted  live  oak,  all  that  nature  lovers  love,  all  that  an 
adventurous  spirit  can  seek,  are  there. 

Going  into  this  country  one  might  arrange  quite  easily 
for  adequate  guiding,  and  even  for  most  of  one’s  camp 
outfit,  with  one  of  half  a dozen  trustworthy  Mormons, 
whose  names  I shall  be  glad  to  give,  and  of  whose  attain- 
ments glad  to  speak  so  far  as  I can  know  them  without 
having  been  with  them. 

My  time  was  brief.  Fourteen  days  from  my  starting 
from  the  railroad  found  me  back,  and  the  night  of  the 
fourteenth  day  I slept  in  El  Paso,  and  so,  laden  with 
treasures  of  Indian  pottery,  with  opals  and  drawn-work 
purchased  in  Ciudad  Juarez,  with  a real  serape,  and  other 
spoils  of  old  Mexico  I found  myself  in  two  short  weeks 
from  my  start,  rolling  smoothly  and  swiftly  northward 
to  Chicago,  once  more  dining  in  a dining  car,  once  more 
leaving  nature^ and  the  joys  of  the  annual  hunt  behind  me, 
once  more  smoking  cigars  and  not  a pipe,  but  with  mem- 
ories which  will  be  a joy  forever,  and  with  health  brim- 
ming over,  sufficient  to  last  me  through  many  a toilsome 
day  of  office  life  until  the  spring  fishing  and  the  spring 
fever  come  together,  and  once  more  I “hike”  into  nature’s 
homeland. 

Right  soon  again  I shall  roll  southward  on  my  beaten 
trail,  from  Chicago  to  El  Paso,  and  so  on  into  the  sun- 
kissed  Sierras,  and  when  I return  again  it  will  be  with 
trophies  of  the  kind  I seek,  and  I do  not  doubt,  with  new 
made  vows  to  go  yet  again  and  again  until  all  that  I seek 
of  the  Southwestern  mountains  is  achieved. 

Go  ye  my  brothers  and  do  likewise. 


An  Austin,  Tex.,  dispatch  says  that  President  Porfirio  Diaz,  of 
Mexico,  is  a . valiant  hunter,  and  this  fact  has  led  the  stockmen, 
of  the  country  districts  of  the  Territory  of  Tepic  to  extend  him 
an  urgent  invitation  to  visit  their  region  and  kill  off  some  of  the 
tigers  that  infest  the  ranches.  The  animals  have  killed  many  head 
of  live  stock,  and  have  lately  become  bold  near  the  larger  settle- 
ments. The  territorial  Government  has  offered  a reward  of  $10 
for  each  tiger  killed.  The  main  object  of  the  stockmen  in  inviting 
President  Diaz  is  to  impress  on  him  the  necessity  of  affording 
them  relief. 


Motors  for  Scotch  Fishing  Boats. 

A noteworthy  innovation  in  the  fishing  industry  of  Scotland  is 
the  introduction  of  boats  propelled  by  motors.  Experiments  have 
demonstrated  the  great  advantages  of  such  boats  over  sailing  craft 
in-  calm  weather  or  when  the  wind  is  unfavorable.  Inasmuch  as 
the  Scotch  fishing  fleet  comprises  fully  10,000  boats  working  at  line 
and  net  fishing,.  in  addition  to  100  or  more  steam  trawlers,  the 
demand  for  marine  motors  may  become  important. — Rufus  Flem- 
ing, Consul,  Edinburgh,  Scotland. 


The  Magic  of  the  Oaken  Branch. 

"Reginald  Scot,  the  author  of  a work  on  witchcraft,  tells  us: 
“That  never  hunters  nor  their  dogs  may  be  bewitched;  they  cleave 
an  oaken  branch,  and  both  they  and  their  dogs  pass  over  it.” 


382 


ers.— XXXI. 


Fremont — II. 

At  Fort  Laramie,  Fremont  heard  much  about  the 
hostilities  of  the  Sioux  and  Cheyennes,  who,  the  year 
before,  had  had  a severe  fight  with  a party  of  sixty  men, 
under  the  command  of  Mr.  Frapp,  of  St.  Louis.  The 
Indians  had  lost  eight  or  ten  men;  and  the  whites,  half 
as  many,  including  their  leader.  This  left  the  Indians  in 
a bad  frame  of  mind,  and  many  of  the  young  men  had 
gone  off  on  a war  path,  threatening  to  kill  emigrants, 
and,  in  fact,  any  whites  passing  through  the  country.  One 
or  two  parties  had  already  been  saved,  through  the  efforts 
of  Fitzpatrick,  of  the  “Broken  Hand”;  but  the  Indians 
were  clearly  in  a bad  temper.  A large  village  of  Sioux 
was  camped  here,  and  Fremont  had  many  savage  visi- 
tors who  were  very  much  interested  in  him  and  his  curi- 
ous actions.  His  astronomical  observations  and  instru- 
ments especially  excited  their  awe  and  admiration ; but 
the  chiefs  were  careful  to  keep  the  younger  men  and  the 
women  and  children  from  annoying  the  astronomer.  Here 
the  services  of  Joseph  Bissonette  as  interpreter  were  se- 
cured, and  the  party  prepared  to  start.  Before  this  was 
done,  however,  a delegation  of  chiefs  warned  Fremont 
not  to  go  further.  He,  however,  explained  to  them  that 
he  must  obey  his  orders,  and  was  finally  allowed  to  go 
at  his  own  risk. 

The  party  proceeded  up  the  North  Platte  River,  and 
the  first  night  out  were  joined  by  Bissonette,  the  in- 
terpreter, and  by  his  Indian  wife  and  a young  Sioux  sent 
forward  by  the  chiefs  at  Fort  Laramie,  partly  as  guide 
and  partly  to  vouch  for  the  explorers  in  case  they  should 
meet  with  hostile  Sioux.  Fremont  imagined,  from 
Bissonette’s  long  residence  in  the  country,  that  he  was  a 
guide,  and  followed  his  advice  as  to  the  route  to  be  pur- 
sued. He  afterward  learned  that  Bissonette  had  seldom 
been  out  of  sight  of  the  fort,  and  his  suggestions  obliged 
the  party  to  travel  over  a very  rough  road.  They  met 
a party  of  Indians  who  gave  very  discouraging  accounts 
of  the  country  ahead,  saying  that  buffalo  were  scarce,  that 
there  was  no  grass  to  support  the  horses,  partly  because 
of  the  excessive  drouth,  and  partly  on  account  of  the 
grasshoppers,  which  were  unusually  numerous.  The  next 
day  they  killed  five  or  six  cows  and  made  dried  meat  of 
them.  Buffalo  continued  plenty  and  they  pushed  forward, 
meeting  Indians,  who  again  gave  them  bad  accounts  of 
the  country  ahead,  so  that  Bissonette  strongly  advised 
Fremont  to  turn  about.  This  he  declined  to  do,  but  told 
his  men  what  he  had  heard  and  left  it  to  each  man  to 
say  whether  he  would  go  on  or  turn  back.  Fremont  had 
absolute  confidence  in  a number  of  the  best  men,  and  felt 
sure  that  they  would  stay  with  him ; but  to  his  great  satis- 
faction all  agreed  to  go  forward.  Here,  however,  the 
interpreter  and  his  Indians  left  him,  and  with  them  Fre- 
mont sent  back  one  of  his  men,  who,  from  the  effect  of 
an  old  wound,  was  unable  to  travel  on  foot  and  his  horse 
seemed  on  the  point  of  giving  out.  The  carts  were  taken 
to  pieces  and  cached  in  some  willow  brush,  while  every- 
thing that  could  be  spared  was  buried  in  the  ground.  Pack 
saddles  were  arranged  and  the  animals  from  here  were 
to  carry  their  loads,  not  to  haul  them.  Carson  was  ap- 
pointed guide,  for  the  region  they  were  now  entering  had 
long  been  his  residence. 

Instead  of  following  the  emigrant  trail,  which  left  the 
Platte  and  crossed  over  to  the  Sweetwater,  Fremont  de- 
termined to  keep  on  up  the  Platte  until  he  reached  the 
Sweetwater,  thinking  that  in  this  way  he  would  find ; 
better  feed  for  his  animals.  The  decision  proved  a wise 
one.  The  day  after  leaving  their  cache  they  found  abun- 
dant grass  as  well  as  some  buffalo,  and  although  when 
they  passed  the  ford  where  the  Indian  village  had  crossed 
the  river  they  found  there  the  skeletons  of  horses  lying  all 
about ; nevertheless,  they  had  no  trouble  in  finding  grass 
for  their  animals.  Many  mountain  sheep  were  seen  dur- 
ing the  day’s  journey  and  some  were  killed;  and  in  this 
day’s  itinerary  Fremont  perpetuates  the  story,  no  doubt 
long  before  heard  from  others,  that  the  horns  of  the  sheep 
are  useful  to  it  in  going  down  hill.  His  exact  language 
is,  “The  use  of  these  horns  seems  to  be  to  protect  the 
animal’s  head  in  pitching  down  precipices  to  avoid  pur- 
suing wolves— their  only  safety  being  in  places  where 
they  cannot  be  followed.'’  He  notes  also  that  these  ani- 
mals were  called,  indifferently,  sheep  or  goats. 

On  Aug.  i they  camped  near  Independence  Rock,  an 
isolated  granite  rock  about  650  yards  long  and  forty  in 
height.  “Everywhere  within  six  or  eight  feet  of  the 
ground,  where  the  surface  is  sufficiently  smooth  and  i° 
some  places  sixty  or  eighty  feet  above,”  he  relates,  the 
rock  is  inscribed  with  the  names  of  travelers.  Many  a 
name  famous  in  the  hislory  of  this  country,  and  some 
well  known  to  science,  are  to  be  found  mixed  among 
those  of  the  traders  and  of  travelers  for.  pleasure  and 
curiosity,  and  of  missionaries  among  the  savages.” 

It  was  on  Aug.  3 that  the  party  had  their  first  sight  of 
the  Wind  River  Mountains,  distant  then  about  seventy 
miles,  and  appearing  as  a low,  dark,  mountainous  region. 
Soon  after  this  they  came  to  the  canon  where  the  Sweet- 
water comes  out  of  the  mountains,  and  they  followed  the 
river  up  for  some  distance,  but  finally  left  it  and  turned 
up  a ravine  leading  to  the  high  prairie  above.  For  some 
time  recently  they  had  found  fuel  very  scarce,  and  had 
been  obliged  to  burn  buffalo  chips  and  sage  brush  as  they 
did  here.  The  rain,  which  from  time  to  time  had  been 
falling  upon  them  down  in  the  valley,  now  showed  as 
snow  on  the  white  peaks  that  they  had  approached,  for 
they  were  within  a short  distance  of  the  South  Pass, 
which  was  the  objective  point  for  the  expedition.  Soon 
they  reached  the  highest  point  of  the  Pass,  which  Fre- 
mont estimates  at  about  7,000  feet,  passed  over  it  and 
camped  on  the  Little  Sandy,  a tributary  of  Green  River. 
But  a few  days  before,  when  he  had  his  first  glimpse  of 
the  Wind  River  Mountains,  Fremont  had  spoken  rather 
contemptuously  of  them,  saying  that,  ‘ The  view  dissipated 
in  a moment  the  pictures  which  had  been  created  m our 
minds  by  many  descriptions  of  travelers,  who  had  com- 
pared these  mountains  to  the  Alps  in  Switzerland,  and 
speak  of  the  glittering  peaks  which  rise  in  icy  majesty 
amidst  the  eternal  glaciers  nine  or  ten  thousand  feet  into 
the  region  of  eternal  snows.”  But  on  Aug.  10  he  says, 
“The  air  at  sunrise  is  clear  and  pure  and  the  morning 
extremely  cold  but  beautiful.  A lofty  snow  peak  of  the 
mountains  is  glittering  in  the  first  rays  of  the  sun,  which 
has  hot  yet  reached  us.  The  long  mountain  wall  to  the 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


east,  rising  two  thousand  feet  abruptly  from  the  plain, 
behind  which  we  see  the  peaks,  is  still  dark,  and  cuts 
clear  against  the  glowing  sky.  * * * Though  these 
snow  mountains  are  not  the  Alps,  they  have  their  own 
character  of  grandeur  and  magnificence,  and  will  doubt- 
less find  pens  and  pencils  to  do  them  justice.” 

The  party  was  now  approaching  the  loftiest  part  of  the 
Wind  River  chain.  “Here  a view  of  the  utmost  magni- 
ficence and  grandeur  burst  upon  our  eyes.  With  nothing 
between  us  and  their  feet  to  lessen  the  effect  of  the  whole 
height,  a grand  bed  of  snow-capped  mountains  rose  before 
us,  pile  upon  pile,  glowing  in  the  bright  light  of  an 
August  day.” 

These  fine  snow-covered  mountains  made  a great  im- 
pression, not  only  upon  Fremont,  but  upon  all  the  other 
members  of  the  party ; and  he  was  very  desirous  to  as- 
cend some  of  the  peaks.  Unhappily,  however,  the  last 
barometer  was  broken  on  this  day ; and  as  soon  as  camp 
was  made,  Fremont  began  to  repair  it,  and  succeeded  so 
well  that  it  was  quite  an  efficient  instrument,  until  a few 
days  later,  when  it  was  again  broken  beyond  hope  of 
repair. 

The  explorer  felt  a natural  longing  to  push  northward 
from  this  point,  wishing  to  cross  the  heads  of  the  Yellow- 
stone, which  he  justly  supposed  arose  among  the  moun- 
tains which  lay  to  the  north  of  him,  but  the  party  were 
in  no  condition  to  make  such  a journey;  the  men  were 
more  or  less  exhausted  by  the  difficulties  of  past  travel, 
provisions  were  almost  gone  and  game  was  scarce.  He, 
however,  built  a stout  corral  and  felled  timber  on  the 
margin  of  a lake  not  far  off,  where  there  was  abundant 
food  for  the  animals;  and,  dividing  his  party,  left  some 
of  the  men  and  the  weakest  animals  here,  and  taking 
fourteen  men  with  fifteen  of  the  best  mules,  set  out  to 
penetrate,  further  into  the  mountains,  and  perhaps  to 
climb  some  of  them.  Travel  through  the  mountains, 
though  slow  and  difficult,  was  very  attractive ; it  was 
down  one  steep  slope  and  then  up  another  and  then  down 
again.  Every  hilltop  showed  some  deep  and  beautiful 
valley,  often  occupied  by  lakes,  always  showing  the  course 
of  some  pure  and  rapid  mountain  torrent.  The  vegeta- 
tion was  fresh  and  green,  as  different  as  possible  from 
the  parched  grass  and  juiceless  wormwood  through  which 
they  had  so.  long  been  traveling.  Fremont  says,  “The 
air  was  fragrant  with  the  odor  of  the  pine,  and  I realized 
this  delightful  morning  the  pleasure  of  breathing  that 
mountain  air,  which  makes  a constant  theme  of  the  hun- 
ter’s praise,  and  which  now  made  us  feel  as  if  we  had 
all  been  drinking  some  exhilarating  gas.  The  depths  of 
this  unexplored  forest  were  a place  to  delight  the  heart 
of  a botanist.  There  was  a rich  undergrowth  of  plants, 
and  numerous  gay  colored  flowers  in  brilliant  bloom. 
We  reached  the  outlet  at  length,  where  some  freshly 
barked  willows  that  lay  in  the  water  showed  that  beaver 
had  been  recently  at  work.  There  were  some  small 
brown  squirrels  jumping  about  in  the  pines  and  a couple 
of  large  mallard  ducks  swimming  about  in  the  stream.” 

At  their  camp  of  Aug.  13  the  upward  way  became  so 
steep  and  rough  that  it  was  determined  to  leave  the  ani- 
mals here,  and  to  continue  the  journey  on  foot.  The  men 
carried  with  them  nothing  but  arms  and  instruments  ; and 
as  the  day  was  warm  many  of  them  left  their  coats  in 
camp.  They  climbed  and  climbed,  finding,  as  always  hap- 
pens in  the  mountains,  that  the  distances  were  much 
greater  than  they  supposed.  At  night  they  were  still  far 
from  their  objective  point,  and  they  lay  down  without 
anything  to  eat.  The  next  morning,  however,  starting 
early,  and  of  course  without  food,  they  got  among  the 
snow  fields.  The  elevation  was  now  great,  and  several 
of  the  men,  Fremont  among  the  number,  were  taken  ill 
and  were  unable  to  proceed.  From  here  Basil  Lajeunesse 
with  four  men  was  sent  back  to-  the  place  where  the  mules 
had  been  left,  with  instructions  to  bring  on,  if  possible, 
four  or  five  animals,  with  provisions  and  blankets.  Soon 
after  this  Fremont  and  the  remaining  men  returned  to 
their  camp,  and  that  night  the  men  sent  back  for  the  ani- 
mals returned  with  food  and  bedding.  The  next  day, 
encouraged  by  rest  and  a couple  of  hearty  meals,  they 
determined  once  more  to>  essay  the  peaks.  They  rode 
their  animals  well  up  on  to  the  mountains,  and  then  turn- 
ing them  loose,  again  began  to  climb.  Their  previous  ex- 
perience stood  them  in  good  stead;  they  climbed  slowly, 
and  at  last  reached  the  summit  of  the  mountains,  presum- 
ably the  peak  now  known  as  Fremont’s  Peak.  From  this 
point  , the  Three  Tetons  bore  north  fifty  degrees  west, 
and  Fremont’s  elevation  he  gives  as  13,570  feet.  He  says, 
with  reasonable  pride,  “We  had  climbed  the  loftiest  peak 
of  the  Rocky  Mountains  and  looked  down  upon  the  snow 
a thousand  feet  below,  and,  standing  where  never  human 
foot  had  stood  before,  felt  the  exultation  of  first  exr 
plorers.” 

They  returned  to  th,e  camp  where  they  had  left  their 
animals,  and  traveled  rapidly  eastward,  through  South 
Pass,  and  down  on  to  the  Sweetwater  and  the  Platte. 
An  effort  was  made  to  run  this  river  with  the  india- 
rubber  boat,  which  for  daring  and  hardihood  really  de- 
served success.  However,  although  they  ran  some  dis- 
tance and  passed  a number  of  threatening  places,  they 
did  not  get  through.  “We  pushed  off  again,  but  after 
making"  a little  distance  the  force  of  the  current  became 
too  great  for  the  men  on  shore,  and  two  of  them  let  go 
the  rope.  Lajeunesse,  the  third  man,  hung  on  and  was 
jerked  headforemost  into  the  river  from  a rock  about 
twelve  feet  high,  and  down  the  boat  shot  like  an  arrow, 
Basil  following  us  in  the  rapid  current  and  exerting  all 
his  strength  to  keep  in  mid  channel — his  head  only  seen 
occasionally  like  a black  spot  in  the  white  foam.  How 
far  we  went  I do  not  exactly  know,  but  we  succeeded 
in  turning  the  boat  into  an  eddy  below.  ‘Cre  Dieu,’-  said 
Basil  Lajeunesse,  as  he  arrived  immediately  after  us. 
‘Je  crois  bien  que  j’ai  wage  un  demi  mile:'*  He  had  owed 
his  life  to  his  skill  as  a swimmer,  and  I determined  to 
take  him  and  the  two  others  on  board  and  trust  to  skill 
and  fortune  to  reach  the  other  end  in  safety.  We  placed 
ourselves  on  our  knees  and  with  the  short  paddles  in  our 
hands,  the  most  skillful  boatman  being  at  the  bow,  and 
again  we  commenced  our  rapid  descent.  We  cleared  rock 
after  rock  and  shot  past  fall  after  fall,  our  little  boat 
seeming  to  play  with  the  cataract.  We  became  flushed 
with  success  and  familiar  with  the  danger,  and,  yielding 
to  the  excitement  of  the  occasion,  broke  forth  together 
into  a Canadian  boat  song.  Singing,  or  rather  shouting. 


•“Good  Lord!  I belkve  I have  swum  half  a mile.” 


[April  29,  1905. 


we  dashed  along,  and  were,  I believe,  in  the  midst  of  the 
chorus  when  the  boat  struck  a concealed  rock  imme- 
diately at  the  foot  of  a fall  which  whirled  her  over  in  an 
instant.  Three  of  my  men  could  not  swim  and  my  first: 
feeling  was  to  assist  them  and  save  some  of  our  effects ; 
but  a sharp  concussion  or  two  convinced  me  that  I had. 
not  yet  saved  myself.  A few  strokes  brought  me  . into 
an  eddy,  and  I landed  on  a pile  of '-rocks  on  the  left  side. 
Looking  around  I saw  that  Mr.  Preuss  had  gained  the 
shore  on  the  same  side,  about  twenty  yards  below,,  and  a 
little  climbing  and  swimming  soon  brought  him  to  my 
side.  On  the  opposite  side,  against  the  wall,  lay  the  boat 
bottom  up,  and  Lambert  was  in  the  act  of  saving  Desco-. 
teaux,  whom  he  had  grasped  by  the  hair,  and  who  could 
not  swim.  ‘Lache  pas.’  said  he,  as  I afterward-  learned,. 
lache  pas,  cher  frere.’  ‘Crains  pas’  was  the  reply,  ‘Je 
m’en  vais  mourir  avant  que  de  te  lachPr.’f  Such  was  the 
reply  of  courage  and  generosity  in  this  danger.  For  a 
hundred  yards  below  the  current  was  covered  with  float- 
ing hooks  and  boxes,  bales  of  blankets  and  scattered  ar- 
ticles of  clothing;  and  so  strong  and  boiling  was  the 
stream  that  even  our  heavy  instruments  which  were  all 
in  cases,  kept  on  the  surface,  and  the  sextant,  circle  and 
the  long  black  box  of  the  telescope  were  in  view  at  once. 
For  a moment  I felt  somewhat  disheartened.  All  our 
books — almost  every  record  of  the  journey — our  journals 
and  registers  of  astronomical  and  barometrical  observa- 
tions— had  been  lost  in  a moment.  But  it  was  no  time 
to  indulge  in  regrets,  and  I immediately  set  about  en- 
deavoring to  save  something  from  the  wreck.  Making 
ourselves  understood  as  well  as  possible  by  signs  (for 
nothing  could  be  heard  in  the  roar  of  the  waters),  we 
commenced  our  operations.  Of  everything  on  board  the 
only  article  that  had  been  saved  was  my  double  barreled 
gun,  which  Descoteaux  had  caught  and  clung  to  with 
drowning  tenacity.  The  men  continued  down  the  river  on. 
the  left  bank.  Mr.  Preuss  and  myself  descended  on  the 
side  we  were  on,  and  Lajeunesse,  with  a paddle  in  his 
hand,  jumped  on  the  boat  alone  and  continued  down  the 
canon.  She  was  now  light  and  cleared  every  bad  place 
with  much  less  difficulty.  In  a short  time  he  was  joined, 
by  Lambert,  and  the  search  was  continued  for  about  a. 
mile  and  a half,  which  was  as  far  as  the  boat  could  pro- 
ceed in  the  pass. 

“Here  the  walls  were  about  five  hundred  feet  high,  and 
the  fragments  of  rock  from  above  had  choked  the  river 
into  a hollow  pass  but  one  or  two  feet  above  the  surface. 
Through  this  and  the  interstices  of  the  rock  the  water 
found  its  way.  Favored  beyond  our  expectations,  all  of 
our  registers  had  been  recovered  with  the  exceptions  of 
one  of  my  journals,  which  contained  the  notes  and  inci- 
dents of  travel,  and  topographical  descriptions,  a number 
of  scattered  astronomical  observations,  principally  meri- 
dian altitudes  of  the  sun,  and  our  barometrical  register 
west  of  Laramie.  Fortunately,  our  other  journals  con- 
tained. duplicates  of  the  most  important  barometrical  ob- 
servations which  had  been  taken  in  the  mountains.  These, 
with  a few  scattered  notes  were  all  that  had  been  pre- 
served of  our  meteorological  observations.  In  addition 
to  these  we  saved  the  circle,  and  these,  with  a few  blank-, 
ets,  constituted  everything  that  had  been  rescued  from 
the  waters.” 

Having  gathered  up  the  things  which  they  left  on  the 
shore,  the  members  of  the  party,  half  naked,  started  on 
foot  for  the  camp  below  where  the  other  men  had  been 
sent.  They  reached  there  that  night  and  found  the  much 
needed  food  and  clothing. 

After  passing  Fort  Laramie,  Fremont  made  another 
effort  to  navigate  the  Platte  River,  trying  to  descend  it' 
in  a bull  boat ; but  this  descent,  instead  of  being  a:  trip 
by  water,  resolved  itself  into  dragging  the  vessel  over 
the  sands  and  finally  abandoning  it.  On  the  22d  of  Sep- 
tember, Fremont  reached  the  village  of  the  Grand 
Pawnees,  about  thirty  miles  above  the  mouth  of.  the  Loup 
fork,  on  the  Platte  River,  and  on  Oct.  1 he  found  himself 
at  the  settlements  on  the  Missouri  River.  From  here  the 
river  was  descended  in  a boat  and  St  Louis  was  reached 
Oct.  17. 

t“Don’t  let  go;  don’t  let  go-,  dear  brother.” 

“Don’t  fear,  I will  die  before  I let  you  go.” 


The  S1I2  Game  Case. 

In  the  suit  brought  by  the  Attorney-General  against 
August  Silz,  in  the  Supreme  Court,  this  city,  last  week,  to 
recover  penalties  for  the  possession  of  imported  game  in. 
the  close  season,  it  was  determined  by  the  jury  that  the 
game  involved,  English  pheasants,  English  and  German 
partridges,  blackcock  and  Russian  (tame)  ducks  were 
not  of  the  species  indigenous  to  this  State  and  concerned; 
in  the  law.  Qn  this  showing  Justice  Greenbaum  directed 
a verdict  in  favor  of  the  defendant. 

Justice  Greenbaum,  upon  the  application  of the  .At- 
torney-General, said  he  would  accept  briefs  on  a question 
of  law  raised  as.  to  whether  . the  difference  between  .for-  ■ 
eign  and  domestic  game  having  been  conceded,  penalties 
could  be  inflicted  under  the  statute  in  force  in  this  State, 
and  would  hand  down  his  decision  after  consideration  of 
the  authorities. 

The  Attorney-General  has  published  a statement  setting 
forth  that  the  points  of  law  involved  in  the  case  are  not 
yet  settled,  and  warning  all  dealers  that  they  will  make 
themselves  liable  to  prosecution  if  they  deal  in  foreign 
game  in  close  season. 


Bainbridge  Bishop. 

Elizabethtown,  N.  Y.,  April  24.— Bainbridge  Bishop, 
a frequent  contributor  to  Forest  and  Stream,  and  .a  man 
well  versed  in  woodcraft  generally,  died  • at  his  New 
Russia  home  in  this  town  early  Monday  morning  of 
pneumonia,  in  the  sixty-eighth  year  of  his  age.  As  a 
hunter  and  fisherman  he  had  few  equals  and  no  superiors: 
in  this  region.  It  is  probable  that  he  was  the-  best  posted 
man  on  fish  and  fishing  in  Lake  Champlain  which  this 
region  ever  produced.  He  invented  the  color  organ  and 
was  the  author  of  a book  on  the  soul  of  the  rainbow 
and  the  harmony  of  light,  which  was  gladly  received  in 
the  British  Museum  at  London,  England.  Mr.  Bishop 
was  a bachelor  and  had  always  resided  on  the  homestead 
at  New  Russia,  where  his  grandfather  settled  in  1793. 
A man  of  unusual  ability,  strict  integrity  and  proverbial 
kindness  of  heart,  he  will  be  much  missed  in  the  com- 
munity where  his  active,  useful  life  was  passed. 

George  L.  Brown. 


April  29,  1905.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


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Report  on  the  Natural  History  of 
Kiska  Island.* 

BY  DR.  J.  HOBART  EGBERT,  SURGEON  U.  S.  COAST  AND  GEO- 
DETIC SURVEY. 

Extending  westward  from  the  Alaska  Peninsula  for 
somewhat  more  than  a thousand  miles  and  dividing  the 
Pacific  Ocean  from  Bering  Sea,  is  the  archipelago  of 
the  Aleutian  Islands — formerly  belonging  to  Russia, 
but  under  the  stars_  and  stripes  since  its  purchase,  to- 
gether with  the  territory  of  Alaska,  by  the  United 
States,  May,  1867.  This  American  archipelago,  be- 
ginning in  about  163  degrees  west  longitude,  at 
Isanotski  Strait — which  separates  Unimak  Island,  from 
the  Alaska  Peninsula — and  terminating  with  the  island 
of  Attu,  in  about  172  degrees  east  longitude,  extends 
quite  three-fourths  the  distance  from  the  Alaska 
Peninsula  to  the  mainland  of  Russia.  The  last  link  in 
this  chain  which  quite  connects  two  continents,  viz., 
the  Comandorski  Islands,  is  still  Russian  territory,  but 
between  Cape  Wrangle  (the  most  westerly  point  of 
Attu  Island)  and  South  East  Cape  of  Copper  Island 
. (the  most  easterly  point  of  the  Comandorski  Islands) 
is  an  ocean  expanse  of  200  miles,  with  an  average  depth 
of  nearly  1,900  fathoms,  or  somewhat  more  than  2 miles. 

These  islands  of  the  north — situated  between  the  51st 
and  55th  parallels  of  latitude — are  rough,  rocky  and 
treeless,  some  scarcely  more  than  mountain  peaks 
rising  abruptly  from  the  sea,  and  all  evincing  the 
violent  action  which  evidently  gave  them  birth;  yet 
they  are  far  less  uninteresting  than  might  at  first 
glance  be  supposed.  Cold  and  barren  as  these  islands 
at  first  appear  and  wrapped,  as  they  are  in  winter,  in 
snow,  they  are,  during  the  summer,  verdant  with  many 
grasses,  mosses  and  ferns,  and  perfumed  and  beauti- 
fied by  myriads  of  flowers — representatives  of  .many 
families,  genera  and  species.  Nor  are  the  winters 
particularly  severe,  for  the  Japan  current,  sweeping 
northward  through  Bering  Sea,  tempers  the  cold  winds 
of  the  north.  Here  is  the  home  of  the  eider,  the  teal, 
the  ptarmigan,  and,  on  one  island  at  least,  the  caribou; 
here  the  habitat  of  the  trout,  the  resort  of  the.  salmon, 
the  cod,  the  halibut,  and  the  plaice.  Here,  too,  is  seen 
the  seal,  the  sea  lion,  and,  occasionally,  the  rare  and 
valuable  sea  otter.  The  Aleut  is  the  native  human 
soecies,  but  on  some  of  the  eastern  islands  the  Cau- 
casian is  now  found.  Many  of  the  islands  are  entirely  un- 
inhabited, while  others  are  frequented  by  small  colonies 
of  Indians  during  only  the  hunting  and  fishing  season. 

Concerning  the  geological  history  of  this  region 
some  difference  of  opinion  exists.  Some  observers 
assert  that  each  island,  or  group  of  islands,  of  the 
Aleutian  chain  is  a-  distinct  volcanic  upheaval,  but  little 
changed  since  the  period  of  emergence  from  the  sea— 
a conclusion  not  unnatural,  considering  the  volcanic 
character  of  most  of  the  rocks,  ancient  and  recent,  of 
which  most  of  these  islands  appear  to  be  composed, 
and  by  the  many  extinct  or  feebly  active  volcanoes 
occurring  here  and  there  throughout  the  chain.  But  it 
is  asserted  on  equally  good  authority  that,  though 
often  blurred  and  obscured,  there  are  throughout  the 
Aleutian  Islands,  unmistakable  evidences  of  glacial 
action — moraines,  roches  moutonnees,  alternating  ridges 
and  valleys,  erosions,  etc.  The  rather  limited  obser- 
vations of  the  writer  in  this  field  have  led  to  no  hard 
and  fast  conclusions,  for,  while  the  evidences  of  volcanic 
influence  on  the  modeling  of  the  islands  are  far  too 
apparent  to  admit  denial,  monuments  of  glaciation  are 
also  to  be  found. 


On  the  52d  parallel  of  north  latitude  and  about  2^2 
degrees  of  longitude  west  of  the  180th  meridian- — or, 
in  other  words,  about  100  statute  miles  over  the  line 
into  the  Eastern  Hemisphere — is  Kiska  Island,  one  of 
the  Aleutian  chain.  This  island,  which  is  about  twenty- 
five  miles  long  and  with  an  average  width  of  about 
five  miles,  does  not  differ  essentially  from  the  other 
components  of  the  Aleutian  chain.  It  is  a rocky, 
treeless  island  of  mountain  ridges  interspersed  with 
valleys  and  gorges,  with  an  irregular  coast  line,  and  an 
excellent  harbor  on  its  eastern  side.  On  the  northern 
end,  a conical  peak  rises  rather  abruptly  from  the  sea 
to  a height  of  4,000  feet  (vid.  seq.),  and  is  almost 
separated  from  the  main  portion  of  the  island  by  a 
large  lake,  or  lagoon,  which  extends  along  the  base 
of  the  mountain  quite  three-fourths  the  distance  across 
the  island. 

This  mountain  at  the  northern  extremity  of  Kiska 
Island  is,  by  a wide  margin,  the  highest  mountain  on 
the  island.  It  was  ascended  by  the  writer  on.  two  sepa- 
rate occasions.  It  is  a volcano,  pure  and  simple,  and 
still  active — -though  at  present  feebly  so.  The  eleva- 
tion of  the  highest  point  on  the  crest  of  the  crater 
is,  as  already  mentioned,  about  4,000  feet,  as  determined 
by  barometer.  A different  barometer  was  carried  on 
each  of  the  occasions  of  ascent.  On  the  first  oc- 
casion, the  barometer  recorded  an  elevation  of  3,900 
feet,  and  on  the  second,  4,150  feet.  The  correction  to 
be  applid  to  the  first  reading,  for  change  in  atmos- 
pheric pressure  at  sea-level,  is  not  definitely  known, 
as  sea-level  was  not  reached  until  the  following  day — 
about  twenty  hours  after  the  reading  at  the  summit 
was  taken;  but  on  the  second  occasion  of  ascent  less 
than  twelve  hours  elapsed  between  the  readings  of 
the  barometer  at  sea-level  before  and  after  the  ascent 
of  the  mountain.  On  this  latter  occasion,  a subtrac- 
tive correction  of  25  feet  (one-half  the  total  change) 
was  determined. 

The  ascent  of  this  volcano  is.  comparatively  easy 
along  either  its  eastern,  northeastern  or  southeastern 


•Published  by  permission  of  the  Superintendent  U.  S.  Coast 
and  Geodetic  Survey. 


slopes,  though  the  western  and  southwestern  exposures 
are  steep  and  abrupt.  Although  some  snow  remains 
on  the  higher  portions  throughout  the  entire  sum- 
mer, it  is  evidently  sufficiently  dispersed  by  the  month 
of  August  to  interfere  in  no  way  with  the  ascent,  of 
the  mountain.  Arriving  at  the  summit,  one  finds  him- 
self standing  on  the  crest  of  a perfect  crater,  the  floor 
of  which  is  about  300  feet  below  him.  At  the  rim,  the 
crater  has  a diameter  of  about  600  feet  (estimated)  and 
its  steep  and  quite  regular  walls  are  well  preserved  on 
all  sides,  except  to  the  northwest,  where  the  crest  is 
wanting,  and  a portion  of  the  side  has  been  thrown 
down.  Through  this  gap,  which  does  not,  however, 
extend  to  the  floor  of  the  crater,  a large  amount  of 
rock,  lava,  sulphur,  etc.,  has  escaped — apparently  at  no 
remote  time — down  the  side  of  the  mountain,  on  which 
a considerable  portion  of  it  still  remains. 


On  the  first  ascent  of  the  mountain  the  writer  did 
not  go  down  into  the  crater,  owing,  in  part,  to  the 
lateness  of  the  hour  when  the  summit  was  reached,  but 
more  particularly  to  the  fact  that  a dense  fog  shut  in 
the  landscape,  making  it  impossible  to  see  more  than 
a few  yards  in  advance,  filling  the  crater,  and  render- 
ing travel  along  the  declivities  and  among  the  rocks 
extremely  dangerous.  The  strong  wind  that  was 
blowing  across  the-  crater  from  the  westward,  was 
heavily  freighted  with  sulphur  fumes,  affording  the 
only  clue  to  volcanic  activity  obtained  on  this  oc- 
casion. The  second  ascent  of  the  mountain  was  made 
under  much  more  favorable  weather  conditions,  and 
this  time  the  crater  was  quite  thoroughly  explored  and 
photographs  made,  of  different  portions  of  it. 

Inside  the  crater  and  on  the  western  slope  of  the 
mountain  near  it  were  found  numerous  sulphur  beds — 
some,  apparently,  very  recent  deposits — and  all  sur- 
rounding openings  into  the  belly  of  the  mountain,  from 
whence  they  have  apparently  been  cast  up.  Much  of 
this  sulphur  is  in  the  form  of  pure  crystals  (brim- 
stone), and  occurs  both  as  separate  bright  yellow  nug- 
gets and  in  cakes  and  masses.  One  large  heap  of  a 
finely  granular  sort,  of  decidedly  greenish  color,  was 
observed.  There  are  also  within  the  crater  huge  clusters 
of  rock  that  have  evidently  been  subjected,  quite  re- 
cently, to  intense  heat,  and  a few  isolated  granite  boul- 
ders that  have  been  cracked  by  the  heat,  but  which 
still  retain  their  original  shapes  and  structure.  Large 
patches  of  congealed  snow  existed  on  both  the  north- 
eastern and  the  southwestern  walls  of  the  crater,  while 
on  the  floor  under  the  northeastern  slope  was  a large 
pool  of  greenish  water.  In  The  western  aspect  of  the 
floor  of  the  main  crater  is  a sort  of  secondary  crater 
— a rounded  depression  with  central  bonnet  of  fused 
rocks. 

But  while  the  several  openings,  about  which  the 
sulphur  deposits  occurred,  and  various  general  ap- 
pearances spoke  of  the  quite  recent  escape  of  ma- 
terial from  within,  it  was  not  irjside  the  main  orifice 
of  the  crater  that  the  manifestations  of  immediate  ac- 
tivity were  found,  but ; on  the  northwestern  slope  of 
the  mountain  below  the  crater,  and  on  the  steep,  rocky 
side  of  the  gap  in  the  northwestern  aspect  of  the  crater, 
about  midway  from  floor  to  crest.  In  both  these 
places  steam  was  found  escaping  in  considerable 
quantity  from  holes  among  the  heated  rocks,  and,  in  one 
locality  at  least,  carrying  with  it  a moderate  quantity 
of  fine  ashes. 

Along  the  mountainous  sides  of  the  volcano,  and 
particularly  on  the  northern  and  western  slopes,  are 
collections  of  lava  and  rocks  which  have  been  baked 
and  burned.  But  on  this  mountain  are  also  massive 
ledges  of  fine  granitic  rock,  and  isolated  boulders  of 
the  same,  exhibiting  fine,  cleavage  and  clean  edges,  and 
suggesting  desirable  material  for  walls,  buttresses,  and 
buildings. 


t At  the  foot  of  the  mountain,  from  the  point  where 
its  Southern  slope  runs  sharply  down  to  the  water  of 
the  large  lake  (which,  as  already  noted,  extends  along 
the  base  of  its  entire  southwestern  aspect),  and  stretch- 
ing from  this  point  to  the  sea  shore  at  “Kelp  Cove,” 
is  a close  series  of  ridges,  more  or  less  flattened  on 
top,  and  composed  entirely  of  huge  boulders — mainly 
granite.  Most  of  the  component  rocks  are  massive 
and  are  piled  well  upon  each  other,  in  such  manner  that 
the  exposed  portions,  or  tops  of  the  ridges,  are  high 
above  accumulated  silt,  gravel  and  smaller  rocks.  A 
thick  layer  of  “tundra”  covers,  for  the  most  part,  the 
exposed  portions  of  the  rocks  and  hides  caverns  dark 
and  deep;  and  while  this  layer  of  vegetation  assists  one 
in  maintaining  a foot-hold  when  standing  on  or  step- 
ping to  and  from  the  individual  rocks,  is  also  frequently 
forms  a treacherous  covering  or  bridge,  extending  from 
rock  to  rock,  which  is  not  strong  enough  to  sustain 
the  weight  of  the  body,  and  demanding  that  one  direct 
his  footsteps  with  extreme  caution.  In  fact,  travel 
over  these  boulders  is  both  difficult  and  dangerous,  and 
the  appellation  of  “The  Devil’s  Cobblestones”  is  now 
commonly  applied  to  the  locality  by  those  who  have  a 
personal  acquaintance  with  it-— the  term  having  first 
been  employed  by  the  writer,  who,  on  his  first  trip  to  ‘ 
the  summit  of  the  mountain,  was  overtaken  by  dark- 
ness while  crossing  this  area  and  compelled  to  spend 
the  night  there,  in  the  rain  and  with  only  the  wet 
“tundra”  that  covers  the  boulders  for  a blanket — al- 
though within  a few  hundred  feet  of  the  border  of  the 
ridge  and  of  safe  going  when  darkness  settled  doWn 
and  made  further,  attempt  to  advance  among  the  boul- 
ders almost  suicidal.  What  natural  forces  or  con- 
ditions have  heaped  together  these  boulders  in  this 
particular  place,  over  such  an  extensive  area,  and 
whence  they  have  come,  are  not  clear  to  the  writer. 
They  do  not  appear  to  have  been  thrown  up  from  be- 
low, or  to  be  the  superficial  out-crop  of  an  under- 


lying stratum.  That  they  have  been  hurled  down  from 
the  volcanic  peak  which  towers  above  them,  seems  not 
unlikely,  since  bold  out-crops  of  massive  granite  are 
still  to  be  seen,  well  up  the  steep  sides  of  the  moun- 
tain, and  detached  fragments — many  of  large  dimen- 
sions— are  everywhere  strewn  about  its  base;  and  yet 
the  vast  numbers  and  the  segregation  of  the  boulders, 
the  isolation  and  rather  regular  arrangement  of  the 
ridges,  and  their  uninterrupted  extension  from  the 
base  of  the  mountain  toward  the  sea  for  a distance  of 
nearly  a mile,  are  peculiar,  and  would  scarcely  result 
alone  from  the  gravitation  of  the  rocks  from  former 
elevated  positions  on  the  mountain,  or  from  a down- 
pour of  material  hurled  into  space  by  volcanic  activity. 

The  arrangement  of  these  boulders  and  the  dearth 
among  them,  at  least  in  the  superior  portions,  of  sand, 
gravel  and  small  stones,  etc.,  are  suggestive  of  a 
special  segregating  and  enmassing  force,  such,  for  ex- 
ample, as  might  be  exerted  by  glaciers.  Indeed,  were 
it  not  for  the  general  absence — or,  perhaps,  oblitera- 
tion— of  the  monuments  of  glaciation  throughout  the 
island,  these  “Devil’s  Cobblestones”  might,  not  un- 
reasonably, be  regarded  as  moraines. 

It  should  be  mentioned,  en  passant,  that  the  term 
“granite”  is  here  used  in  its  broadest  sense — i.  e„  as 
including  the  holocrystalline  igneous  rocks  of  granitic 
structure  generally  without  special  distinction  between 
true  granite,  eurite,  syenite,  diorite,  etc.,  all  of  which 
doubtless  occur.  In  certain  parts  of  both  Kiska  and 
Little  Kiska  Islands  basaltic  formations  are  observed 
— as  on  the  face  of  the  cliff  at  the  North  Head  of  Little 
Kiska  Island.  General  out-crops  of  trap  rock  occur 
almost  everywhere  throughout  the  island,  and  evidently 
contribute  mainly  to  the  “flooring”  of  “shingle”  so 
common  on  areas  which  are  bare  of  mosses  and 
grasses.  In  most  places  exfoliation  appears  to  have 
been  augmented  by  the  rocks  having  been  subjected 
to  a high  degree  of  heat. 

Conglomerates — usually  appearing  as  fresh  from  an 
oven — are  encountered  almost  everywhere;  sometimes 
as  small  turrets  or  buttes,  and  sometimes  in  more  ex- 
tensive mounds  or  layers.  Grits  and  sandstones — often 
coarse  and  appearing  of  recent  formation — are  con- 
spicuous in  certain  parts  of  the  island.  The  extreme 
western  portion  of  the  ridge  that  rises  abruptly  from 
the  head  of  Kiska  Harbor  appears  to  be  composed 
largely  of  a coarse  yellowish  sandstone,  and  a broad 
flooring  of  similar  material  is  traversed  in  crossing 
from  the  main  ridge  to  the  somewhat  disconnected 
western  extremity.  The  bluff  along  the  northern  aspect 
of  Kiska  Harbor  is  composed  almost  entirely  of  a 
brownish  sandstone.  Scattered  fragments  of  quartz 
and  agate  occur  on  portions  of  the  island,  though  no 
ex  tensive  veins  or  accumulations  were  encountered.  A 
few  small  geodes  were  found.  No  fossils  were  dis- 
covered. 

Iron  occurs  throughout  the  island — in  the  rocks,  the 
sand,  and  even  the  water  of  some  of  the  streams.  Be- 
sides magnetite,  haematite,  and  limonite,  pyrite  occurs 
in  moderate  quantity  in  certain  clays  and  shales. 

Kiska  Island  has  an  abundant  supply  of  fresh  water. 
AH  over  the  island  small  to  moderate  size  streams 
course  through  valleys  and  gorges  to  the  sea.  Even 
near  the  summit  of  the  big  mountain  there  is,  in 
summer,  no  dearth  of  fresh  water,  for  here  accumu- 
lations of  ice  and  snow  continue  throughout  the 
warmer  weather  as  fountain-heads  of  streams  that 
pour  down  the  rocky  slopes  of  the  mountain  to  the 
valleys  below.  The  water  of  the  streams  is  soft  and 
sweet  and  excellent  for  drinking  and  culinary  purposes. 
Only  where  a stream  drains  a considerable  marsh  is 
the  water  likely  to  be  contaminated  to  any  extent  by 
organic  material.  In  specimens  of  such  water  ex- 
amined by  the  writer,  the  microscope  revealed  the  low 
forms  of  life— both  animal  and  vegetable — common  to 
pond  and  ditch  water. 

In  addition  to  the  streams,  there  are,  scattered  over 
the  island,  hundreds  of  fresh-water  ponds — most  of 
them  small,  yet  some  of  fair  magnitude.  There  are 
also  a number  of  large  lakes,  or  lagoons,  along  the 
seashore  which  are  not  elevated  above  sea-level  and 
which,  even  though  opening  by  only  a narrow  stream 
or  brook  to  the  ocean,  or  even  apparently  cut  off  from 
the  sea,  are  brackish.  The  large  lake  at  the  base  of 
the  big  mountain  belongs  to  this  class. 

The  existence  of  a hot  spring  on  the  north  end  of 
the  island  has  been  reported,  and  its  occurrence  is  not 
unlikely,  as  the  writer  has  personally  inspected  a stream 
which  flows  down  the  northeastern  slope  of  the  big 
mountain,  the  water  of  which  is  freighted  with  sulphur 
and  iron. 

[TO  BE  CONCLUDED.] 


The  Audubon  Birthday  Anniversary. 

Mention  has  already  been  made  of  the  service  to  be 
held  next  week  in  commemoration  of  the  birthday  of 
Audubon,  the  naturalist.  The  meeting  will  take  place  at 
the  Church  of  the  Intercession,  157th  street  and  Broad- 
way, New  York,  at  8 o’clock  of  the  evening  of  Thursday, 
May  4.  The  exercises  will  open  by  a brief  address  by 
the  Rev.  M.  H.  Gates,  the  rector  of  the  church,  who  will 
introduce  the  Hon.  Alton  B.  Parker,  who  will  deliver  the 
oration.  This  will  be  followed  by  the  singing  of  an 
anthem,  and  then  by  brief  addresses  by  Mr.  F.  M.  Chap- 
man, Richard  Watson  Gilder,  Ernest  Thompson-Seton, 
Bishop  Greer,  and  Hon.  George  F.  Parker.  While  the 
meeting  will  not  be  a very  long  one,  it  will  be  of  exceeding 
interest  throughout,  and  will  be  largely  attended  by  the 
scientific  people  of  New  York,  and  many  others  interested. 

The  Church  of  the  Intercession  is  most  easily  reached 
by  taking  the  Broadway  Subway  to  157th  street.  The 
church  is  distant  only  a block  from  the  station. 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM 


[Aran  29,  1905. 


Howard  Eaton’s  Buffalo* 

“With  the  opening  of  the  Flathead  Indian  reserva- 
tion in  Montana  to  settlement  the  coming  summer,  the  last 
large  band  of  buffaloes  in  the  United  States  will  be  scat- 
tered to  the  four  winds,  or  else  removed  to  the  Blackfeet 
reservation  further  north,  or  into  the  Milk  River  country 
of  the  Canadian  provinces.” 

This  is  the  statement  made  by  Howard  Eaton,  of 
Wyoming,  who  is  interested  in  the  largest  herd  of  buf- 
faloes in  the  world,  mostly  belonging  to  Michael  Pablo, 
who  has  a herd  of  about  350  on  the  Flathead  reservation. 

“The  Pablo  herd  is  the  largest  in  existence,”  said  Mr. 
Eaton,  “and  comprises  one-third  of  all  the  buffaloes  in 
the  world.  A few  years  ago,  when  ‘Buffalo’  Jones  went 
broke  on  a big  irrigating  scheme,  he  sold  his  bunch,  which 
were  then  in  Kansas,  to  Pablo  and  Allard,  making  the 
largest  herd  of  pure  bloods  now  in  the  world,  and  carry- 
ing the  strains  of  the  old  herds  of  Texas,  Indian  Terri- 
tory, western  and  northern  Montana,  North  Dakota  and 
Manitoba.  Jones  built  his  ditch  all  right,  but  he  got  no 
water,  so  that  his  venture  was  a disastrous  failure. 

“When  I afterward  purchased  the  Allard  interests  there 
were  400  in  the  herd,  and  I secured  four-fifths  of  the 
Allard  holdings.  I have  been  gradually  selling  them  off, 
and  this  year  I expect  to  have  disposed  of  nearly  all  of 
these.”  . 

During  the  last  summer  Mr.  Eaton  accompanied  Count 
Ernest  Bernstroff  and  his  son,  Arthur,  on  an  extended 
hunting  trip  through  the  Flathead  country,  and  as  the 
Count  wanted  to  secure  a pair  of  buffalo  heads  to  take 
to  his  home  at  Ouaden,  Schoenfeld,  near  Wiesbaden, 
Germany,  Mr.  Eaon  sold  him  two  buffaloes  _ from  his 
bunch  on  the  reservation,  and  the  Count  and  his  son  had 
the  pleasure  of  stalking  them  for  a day  or  two  before  they 
got  a good  chance  to  shoot  them,  even  at  long  range. 

Buffaloes  are  now  worth  $1,000  a pair,  bull  and  cow, 
and  in  a few  years  will  be  hard  to  get  at  any  price. 

In  speaking  of  the  breeding  of  these  animals,  Mr.  Eaton 
says  that  the  bunch  on  the  reservation  produced  sixty-six 
calves  in  1904  and  fifty-five  in  1903.  He  sold  the  Gov- 
ernment a herd  of  twenty  in  October,  1902,  two  bulls  and 
eighteen  cows,  for  the  Yellowstone  Park,  and  they  have 
now,  in  two  years,  increased  to  forty. 

Mr.  Eaton  has  sold  buffaloes  to  the  cities  and  private 
individuals  all  over  the  United  States.  He  deals  in  noth- 
ing but  pure  bloods.  The  mixed  breeds,  of  which  Pablo 
ha's  quite  a number  crossed  with  polled  Angus  cattle, 
are  easily  distinguished  by  the  lengthened  tail,  finer  hair 
in  the  coat,  and  the  hair  on  the  fore  legs  is  shorter. 

On  the  full  blood,  the  hair  hangs  from  the  knees  almost 


to  the  ankle,  while  it  is  much  shorter  on  the  mixed 
breeds.  The  buffalo  will  feed  with  his  head  against  the 
wind,  being  so  well  protected  by  the  shaggy  coat  around 
the  shoulders,  but  the  mixed  breeds  are  inclined  to  turn 
their  tail  toward  the  wind,  like  common  cattle. 

Pablo,  the  owner  of  the  great  herd,  is  of  mixed  blood 
and  a direct  descendant  of  some  of  the  early  Hudson  Bay 
trappers.  He  is  about  63  years  old,  has  a family  of  sev- 
eral children,  and  is  worth  at  least  $600,000,  half  of  it 
being  in  cash.  While  uneducated,  Pablo  is,  nevertheless, 
very  shrewd,  and  one  of  the  finest  men  in  the  Flathead 
country. — Helen  (Mont.)  Independent,  April  15. 


The  Rattler  and  His  Stroke. 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

Spectator  in  the  number  of  April  15,  says  that  he 
has  ridden  many  miles  through  Texas  and  New  Mexico 
without  having  seen  a single  rattlesnake.  He  has  -arrived 
on  the  scene  too  late ; that  is  all.  Had  he  been  in  western 
Texas  thirty-five  or  forty  years  ago  he  might  have  seen 
any  number  of  them,  but  they,  like  the  buffalo,  have,  no 
doubt,  been  pretty  well  killed  off,  though  I would  expect 
to  find  a few  there  yet. 

In  the  country  where  Fort  Concho  was  afterward  built, 
the  railroad  town  of  San  Angelo  occupies  the  ground 
now,  and  there  are  no  rattlesnakes  there,  of  course;  but 
in  1866  I saw  half  a dozen  of  them  in  an  hour,  and  did 
not  have  to  hunt  them,  either. 

Around  old  Fort  Cummings,  New  Mexico,  was  another 
good  place  to  find  them;  as  late  as  1882  I hunted  them 
there,  using  a shotgun  to  do  it,  and  in  one  afternoon 
killed  eight.  I must  have  shot  at  least  fifty  of  them  before 
they  began  to  get  scarce. 

The  largest  one  that  I ever  killed,  or  saw  killed,  I shot 
in  1867,  on  the  prairie  half-way  between  Canon  Pass,  near 
Horsehead  Crossing  on  the  Pecos  River,  and  the  head  of 
the  North  Concho  River.  I killed  him  with  the  old  Colt’s 
powder-and-ball  pistol,  cutting  his  head  off  as  he  lay  in 
a coil.  I could  not  have  made  another  shot  like  that  had 
I tried;  it  just  happened  so.  That  snake  measured  gT/2 
feet  in  length,  with  a largest  diameter  of  four  inches. 
There  was  no  guess  work  about  these  measurements,  I 
used  a foot  rule  to  measure  him,  but  he  only  had  eleven 
rattles  and  a button. 

A correspondent  a few  weeks  ago  expressed  a doubt 
about  the  rattlesnake’s  bite  being  always  fatal.  If  I were 
bitten  by  one  and  used  no  remedy,  I would  not  expect  to 
live  three  hours.  Still,  the  rattler  is  not  half  as  dangerous 
as  is  our  northern  copperhead ; he  always  tells  you  where 
he  is  in  time  to  get  out  of  his  road;  he  throws  himself 


into  his  coil,  then  springs  his  rattle;  and  while  he  is  in 
that  coil — and  he  never  strikes  before  that — he  can  only 
strike  half  the  length  of  his  body.  I have  tested  this  time 
and  again  by  having  one  strike  at  my  gun  barrel  while  I 
stood  just  beyond  his  reach. 

We  have  one  snake  that  I never  kill  myself  or  let 
others  kill  if  I can  prevent  it ; that  is  the  black  snake.  I 
ought  to  qualify  this,  though.  I won’t  kill  him  as  long 
as  he  remains  on  the  ground  where  he  belongs,  but  when 
he  climbs  a tree  after  birds’  nests  he  gets  a charge  of  shot 
from  me.  Cabia  Blanco. 


More  Loon  Lore. 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

I see  I have  got  the  loon  into  trouble,  and  I must  see 
if  I cannot  extricate  him.  In  writing  a short  sketch  of 
anything,  one  is  very  likely  to  leave  out  some  things,  and 
so  to  make  it  appear  very  different  from  the  experience 
of  some  one  else,  and  further  explanation  will  be  needed 
to  clear  up  the  matter. 

Now,  that  the  loon  that  Mr.  Hampton  wrote  of 
dodged  twenty  loads  of  shot,  is,  no  doubt,  all  true;  and 
that  then  they  only  succeeded  in  killing  him  by  a ruse ; 
but  it  appears  that  they  were  in  plain  sight  of  the  bird 
until  the  last  shot,  when  the  gunner  was  concealed  by  a 
pile  of  drift  wood,  and  the  other  person  was  attracting 
his  attention  by  pointing  a stick  at  him. 

The  loon  referred  to  as  having  been  hit  with  one  hun- 
dred shot  was  not  shot  at  continuously  or  several  times 
in  close  succession,  but  was  all  summer  in  accumulating 
those  shot,  and  he  was  shot  at  from  a natural  screen  of 
brush,  and  the  shooter’s  idea  was  that  he  dodged  the  shot 
after  hearing  the  report  of  the  gun.  That  was  what  I 
ridiculed.  On  several  occasions  when  I saw  the  bird  shot 
at  with  the  rifle  during  the  course  of  the  summer,  I was 
out  in  the  clearing,  and  they  invariably  shot  over  him. 
In  the  fall  I shot  the  loon  to  demonstrate  my  knowledge 
of  the  game,  and  to  win  a bet.  What  I particularly 
wished  to  call  attention  to  in  my  previous  article,  was 
certain  peculiarities  of  the  bird.  The  thick  tough  hide 
is  one,  and  that  their  feathers  cannot  be  plucked  without 
scalding  is  another.,  I will  further  add  that  I never  saw 
one  alight  on  the  water  as  ducks  or  geese  do;  They  fold 
their  wings  when  several  feet  from  the  surface  of  the 
water,  and  dive  into  it  head  first,  and  often  come  to  the 
surface  as  much  as  a hundred  yards  from  where  they 
went  in.  I have  only  once  seen  a loon  in  shallow  water, 
and  I think  it  swam  around  through  the  channel  from  a 
deep  lake  that  was  a short  distance  away. 

W.  A.  Linicletter. 


Legal  Cranks  in  Game  Protection. 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

Your  editorial  on  “The  Sale  of  Imported  Game”  affords 
a good  text  on  the  peculiar  lengths  to  which  game  pro- 
tecting legislation  will  go,  lengths  to  which  law  does  not 
seem  to  go  on  other  subjects. 

On  no  conceivable  ground  can  the  sale  of  game  im- 
ported from  outside  this  country,  be  held  to  interfere  with 
protection  of  game  in  this  country ; so  the  only  excuse 
for  such  an  interference  with  commerce,  must  be  in  the 
confession  that  we  must  do  wrong  tq  prevent  another 
wrong.  # ... 

Nor  is  this  an  unusual  kink  for  game  protection  law  to 
take,  as  witness  the  United  States  game  protection  idea 
of  my  old  and  valued  friend  George  Shiras  3d.  He 
must  have  forgotten  that  his  honored  father  joined  (prac- 
tically) with  Justice  White  of  the  United  States  Supreme 
Court,  in  the  lottery  ticket  case,  that  there  is  a Tenth 
Amendment  to  the  United  States  Constitution,  oblivious- 
as  that  Court  seems  to  be  to  that  fact.  Let  any  layman 
read  that  Constitution,  and  all  amendments  thereto,  and 
see  where  he  can  hatch  out  any  power  given  the_  United 
States  to  meddle  in  strictly  State  affairs.  And  if  there 
is  anything  but  the  most  finical  of  dodging,  that  can 
make  game  protection  anything  but  a matter  entirely  for 
local  legislation,  then  I don’t  see  why  Congress  may  not 
legislate  on  assault  and  battery,  or  picking  pockets. 

Then  Mr.  Dwight  W.  Huntington,  in  his  excellent 
work,  “Our  Big  Game,”  page  14,  has  these  statements,  “If 
it  were  not  for  the  fact  that  the  privilege  would  be  abused, 
I would  strongly  favor  taking  one  or  two  dogs  into  the 
woods,  to  be  used  only  to  run  down  and  locate  the 
wounded  deer,”  and  further  along,  “The  most  disagree- 
able thing  about  shooting  is  the  wounding  of  an  animal 
which  escapes  to  die.”  This  is  an  honest  confession,  and 
must  come  from  an  honorable  man,  that  “sport”  must  be 
beastly. 

And  the  confession  is,  that  sport  may  not  be  freed  from 
beastliness,  because  the  means  for  so  doing  would  be 
abused!  In  other  words,  law  must  do  wrong,  for  the 
sake  of  preventing  other  wrong!  Can  this  be  paralleled 
in  other  departments  of  law?  I don’t  know,  not  being 
a little  of  a lawyer,  but  some  of  your  lawyer  readers 
might  enlighten  us  on  whether  law  is  given  to  such 

pranks?  , . , 

Your  Raleigh,  N.  C,  correspondent,  page  299,  points 
out  the  nuisance  deer  were  at  the  fox  hunts  at  Chase 
City;  and  no  foxhunter  ever  wants  his  hounds  to  “get 
after  a deer”  when  foxhunting  is  the  job,  as  that  means 
an  absence  of  some  hounds  from  home  for  a considerable 
time,  their  being  badlv  worn-out,  and  the  strong  prob- 
ability that  some  will  be  shot  by  some  “high-toned  sports- 
man” of  a still-hunter.  My  own  opinion,  based  on  a toler- 
ably long  experience  in  both  fox  and  deer  chasing  with 
hounds,  is  that  hounding  kills  fewer  deer  than  still-hunt- 
ing, and  that  the  real  impulse  that  moves  the  still-hunter, 
is  that  hounding  makes  the  deer  so  shy  that  still-hunting 
is  a much  harder  job  than  if  they  are  not  run  by  hounds. 


Yet  your  game  protection  laws  make  it  likely  that  our 
hounds  may  be  lawfully  shot,  because  when  we  are  fox- 
hunting, some  fool  deer  gets  in  their  way.  Have  we  fox- 
hunters  no  rights  in  your  eyes? 

The  real  truth  about  game  protection  seems  to  be  that 
it  takes  heed  to  the  individual  selfishness  of  particular 
classes,  who  want  lots  of  game  and  easy  shooting  of  it, 
for— according  to  Mr.  Huntington — the  capture  of  the 
wounded  deer  is  a secondary  consideration,  and  when  so 
fair-minded  a man  as  his  book  shows  him  to  be  is  driven 
to  such  a position,  what  monstrous  absurdity  is  the  aver- 
age ‘‘sportsman”  to  take  to  ? Wm.  Wade. 

Oakmont,  Pa.,  April  19. 


Do  Woodcock  Decoy? 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

On  Dec.  5,  1904,  I took  a short  gunning  trip  with  a 
friend  whom  I consider  one  of  the  greatest  living  authori- 
ties on  that  fast  vanishing  game  bird,  the  woodcock,  and 
before  the  day  was  over  had  one  of  the  most  novel  ex- 
periences that  has  ever  befallen  me  afield. 

Our  destination  was  some  hills  on  Long  Island,  about 
an  hour’s  run  from  the  city.  For  several  days  the  weather 
had  been  very  cold,  and  when  we  got  afield  we  found  the 
ground  frozen  so  hard  that  walking  was  made  decidedly 
unpleasant,  and  to  add  to  our  discomfort  it  soon  began 
to  snow  and  sleet  quite  hard. 

Without  going  into  details  of  the  early  part  of  our 
hunt,  I will  get  right  down  to  my  story.  We  were  ap- 
proaching some  hills  where  earlier  in  the  season  we  had 
had  several  days  of  excellent  woodcock  shooting,  when 
my  friend  suddenly  stopped  and,  turning  to  me,  said  he 
would  show  me  a woodcock  in  a few  minutes ; and  he  was 
so  positive  in  his  statement  that  I simply  laughed  at  him 
and  told  him  to  go  ahead,  that  I would  have  to  see  the 
bird  before  taking  any  stock  in  his  statement.  Going  up 
a hillside,  I went  to  the  right  and  my  friend  to.  the  left ; 
and  on  account  of  the  dense  growth  of  saplings  and 
bushes  we  became  separated,  and  I had  almost  gained  the 
top  when  I heard  him  call  for  me  to  come  to  him;  and 
when  I finally  worked  my  way  to  where  he  was  standing, 
he  showed  me  some  woodcock  droppings  which  were 
probably  a couple  of  days  old.  He  then  related  to  me 
the  most  curious  yarn  I had  ever  heard  about  this,  the 
most  mysterious  of  all  our  game  birds.  He  said-that  the 
bird  he  was  about  to  show  me  (for  at  no  time  did  he 
seem  to  be  in  doubt  as  to  his  ability  to  show  me  the  bird) 
was  a small  light  colored  cock  that  had  been  on  this  very 
hillside  all  summer  and  fall,  as  he  had  found  it  there 
every  time  he  had  looked  for  it,  and  he  had  even  seen  it 
on  the  ground  on  several  occasions.  He  said  further,  that 
he  felt  positive  that  this  bird  had  inhabited  this  very  spot 
for  the  past  three  seasons,  and  he  made  me  promise  if  I 
flushed  a bird  and  it  proved  to  be  this  small  light  colored 
one,  not  to  shoot  it,  as  he  said  he  had  refrained  from 
killing  it  himself,  although  he  had  had  many  opportu- 
nities to  do  so,  for  the' reason  that  he  considered  it  was 
the  “decoy”  that  had  lured  the  other  woodcock  to  this 


hillside,  and  to  kill  it  would  surely  spoil  our  sport  in 
the  future. 

This  latter  statement  made  me  laugh  outright,  but  my 
friend,  who  is  quite  an  old  man  and  has  made  a study  of 
woodcock  for  many  years,  insisted  that  woodcock  will 
decoy  to  others,  and  in  support  of  his  theory  stated  that 
he  had  known  many  birds  like  the  present  one  that  lived 
in  certain  spots  year  after  year,  and  while  they  were 
allowed  to  remain  undisturbed,  good  shooting  could 
always  be  had  close  by,  but,  as  soon  as  they  were  killed, 
only  an  odd  bird  or  so  would  be  found  in  that  partic- 
ular locality. 

Casting  about,  we  soon  found  plenty  of  sign,  some  of 
it  apparently  only  a few  hours  old ; and  ordering  on  my 
dogs,  two  pointers,  I saw  them  suddenly  stiffen  out  side 
by  side,  and  calling  my  friend’s  attention  to  them,  he  said 
to  go  in.  As  I approached  the  dogs  a bird  flushed  to 
one  side  of  them  and  darted  thirty  feet  or  more  straight 
in  the  air,  and  quicker  than  it  takes  to  relate,  I had  cov- 
ered it  and  fired.  At  first  I thought  I had  missed  and 
was  glad  of  it,  for  I had  fired  on  the  impulse  of  the 
moment  without  giving  a thought  to  my  promise,  but  my 
old  dog  Bob  stiffened  out  at  the  foot  of  the  hill,  and 
going  to  him  I saw  the  woodcock  lying  on  its  back  dead. 

Well,  when  I handed  the  bird  to  my  friend  and  he 
recognized  in  it  the  bird  he  had  been  watching  all  sum- 
mer and  fall,  at  first  no  apology  I could  make  would  be 
accepted,  and  he  looked  as  though  he  had  lost  an  old 
friend.  Then  he  said  we  would  have  to  suffer  next  sea- 
son for  what  I had  done,  as  I had  destroyed  the  “decoy” 
that  had  made  our  covert  such  a good  place  for  birds. 

That  my  friend  knows  the  bird  and  its  habits  thor- 
oughly I have  had  many  demonstrations,  for  he  has  shown 
me  birds  every  time  I have  been  with  him,  and  he  claims 
that  he  can  find  birds  any  time  from  their  first  appear- 
ance in  the  north  until  they  leave  again  for  the  south. 
On  a previous  trip,  in  October,  1904,  he  told  me  of  a bird 
which  had  been  in  a certain  hollow  in  a high  woods  sea- 
son after  season  for  about  five  or  six  years ; and  when  I 
doubted  a bird  would  remain  so  long  as  that  in  any  one 
locality  he  took  me  to  the  place,  and  going  direct  to  the 
spot  mentioned,  flushed  a bird.  This  bird  also  he  would 
not  kill. 

If  my  friend  is  correct  in  his  theory  that  an  individual 
woodcock  will  come  season  after  season  to  a certain 
locality  and  will  there  raise  its  young  if  left  undisturbed, 
might  not  this  be  one  of  the  principal  reasons  for  the 
scarcity  of  this  bird  in  coverts  where  it  was  formerly 
plentiful  and  an  excellent  argument  against  all-summer 
shooting,  for  we  all  know  that  a good  shot  with  a good 
dog  can,  in  July  or  August,  clean  out  a brood  of  wood- 
cock in  a very  short  time? J.  H.  H. 

West  Virginia  Wild  Turkeys. 

Morgantown,  W.  -Va.,  April  19. — Editor  Forest  and 
Stream:  A recent  report  has  been  . received  from  the 

mountains  in  this  vicinity  that  two  wild  turkey  hens  have 
been  seen  with  broods  of  young  already  this  spring.  This 
makes  us  glad.  Emerson  Carney. 


April  29,  1905.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


888 


Federal  Game  Protection* 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

I seem  to  have  failed  to  make  myself  understood  by 
Mr.  Shiras  as  to  several  points  under  consideration,  and 
it  is  mainly  to  clear  up,  if  possible,  these  differences,  that 
I deem  it  necessary  to  go  further  with  the  discussion. 

His  migratory  bird  bill,  Sec.  1,  provides: 

“That  all  wild  geese,  wild  swans,  brant,  wild  ducks, 
snipe,  plover,  woodcock,  rail,  wild  pigeons,  and  all  other 
migratory  game  birds,  which  in  their  northern  and  south- 
ern migrations  pass  through  or  do  not  remain  permat- 
ncntly  the  entire  year  within  the  borders  of  any  State  or 
Territory”  * * * shall  be  under  Federal  protection. 

My  point  is,  that  the  italicised  words  should  have  been 
omitted,  as  they  qualify  the  whole  section  and  limit  the 
protection  to  such  wild  geese,  _ etc.,  as  do  not  remain 
permanently  the  entire  year  within  the  borders  of  any 
State  or  Territory.” 

It  is  true  as  he  says  that  the  term  migratory  has  a 
well  understood  meaning  and  comprises  an  entire  class 
or  subdivision  of  the  bird  family,  hence,  as  I claim,  the 
lack  of  necessity,  and  the  danger  of  putting  into  a law 
a definition  of  the  word,  especially  an  inaccurate  one. 

All  wild  geese  and  ducks  belong  to  the  class  of  migra- 
tory birds,  but  some  of  them  do  sometimes  “remain  per- 
manently the  entire  year  in  a State  or  Teriitory,  and 
do  not,  in  fact,  migrate  at  all. 

Under  Mr.  Shiras’  definition  of  “migratory  _ these  indi- 
vidual birds  are  not  under  Federal  protection,  and  in 
every  case  under  his  bill  the  prosecution  would  probably 
be  bound  to  prove  that  the  particular  bird  in  question 
did,  in  fact,  migrate.  , , 

What  the  bill  is  intended  to  do  is  to  protect  the  whole 
class  of  migratory  game  birds,  and  if  the  section  re- 
ferred to  had  been,  as  I have  suggested,  it  would  have  in- 
cluded the  class  as  a whole,  regardless  of  the  particular 
habits  of  any  individual  bird.  _ 

If  this  does  not  make  my  point  clear,  then  I will  have 

to  give  it  up,  . 

Again  he  says  that  I “refer  to  the  migratory  habits 
of  many  wild  animals”  and  that  such  reference  is  far 
fetched  “since  the  bill  does  not  cover  game  animals. 
(By  this  it  is  not  meant,  of  course,  to  assert  that  a bird 
is  not  an  animal,  except  for  the  purposes  of  his  bill.) 

But  let  us  see  if  it  is  far  fetched.  The  fact  of  migra- 
tion is  in  the  bill  made  the  basis  of  Federal  jurisdiction 
as  to  birds,  and  I was  discussing  whether  that  could  be 
a sound  basis,  for  if  so,  it  would  also  determine  that_  cer- 
tain game  quadrupeds  and  fish  (those  which  were  migra- 
tory) would  also  be  under  Federal  protection  while  others 
of  the  same  species  would  not  be.  That  is,  if  migration 
is  a test  for  bird  jurisdiction,  it  must  also  be  for  all  mi- 
gratory game,  , 

Now,  as  to  the  case  of  Geer  vs,  Connecticut,  which  was 
decided  by  the  United  States  Supreme  Court  when  Mr. 
Shiras’  father  was  a member  of  that  Court,  aild_  which 
decision,  if  it  is  against  Mr.  Shiras’  present  position,  he 
suggests  may  be  a “visitation  of  the  sins  of  the  father 
upon  the  son.”  He  asserts  that  that  decision  has  no 
bearing  on  the  present  controversy,  because  no  Federal 
statute  then  existed  as  to  migratory  birds,  or  was  in  ques- 
tion  in  the  case,  and  therefore  the  Federal  power  in  that 
respect  was  not  in  issue. 

I grant  the  premises,  but  deny  the  soundness  of  his 
deduction.  _ , 

In  that  case  Geer  had  game  in  possession  lawfully 
killed  in  Connecticut  and  was  undertaking  to  transport 
it  out  of  the  State,  and  being  prevented  by  the  game 
wardens,  claimed  that  the  law  preventing  such  transpor- 
tation was  an  interference  with  interstate  commerce,  and 
therefore  invalid. 

While  it  is  true  that  the  case  did  not  directly  involve 
the  power  of  Congress  to  legislate  on  migratory  birds 
because  they  were  migratory,  it  did  involve  the  police 
power  of  a State  to  legislate  as  to  all  its  game,  migratory 
and  otherwise,  notwithstanding  such  legislation  might 
to  a certain  extent  interfere  with  interstate  commerce; 
and  even,  although  as  to  _ interstate  commerce,  Congress 
had  unquestioned  legislative  power  expressly  conferred 
by  the  Constitution,  and  had  legislated,  the  court  in  the 
case  notwithstanding  that  fact,  affirmed  the  existence  of 
the  power  of  the  State  to  absolutely  control  the  game 
within  it,  and  the  reasons  given  for  so  deciding  were  of 
a character  which  would  as  effectually  forbid  Federal 
control  of  migratory  birds,  as  if  that  very  question  had 
been  involved,  and  before  the  court  can  uphold  Mr. 
Shiras’  migratory  bird  bill,  it  must  overrule  or  greatly 
modify  the  Geer  decision. 

The  fact  that  Mr.  Shiras’  father  concurred  in  the  de- 
cision of  the  case,  which  I claim  shows  his  migratory 
bird  bill  to  be  without  constitutional  authority,  does  not 
necessarily  lead  to  the  conclusion  as  he  says,  “that  the 
sins  of  the  father  are  visited  upon  the  son.”  It  might, 
perhaps,  be  more  accurate  to  say  that  the  legal  wisdom  of 
the  father  was  not  visited  on  the  son. 

Mr.  Shiras  says  that  his  bill  has  been  submitted  to  some 
of  the  best  constitutional  lawyers  in  the  country  and  re- 
ceived their  entire  approval,  and  therefore  he  is  content. 

If  by  this  he  means  it  to  be  understood  that  these  law- 
yers have  approved  as  constitutional  the  provisions  of 
his  bill  that  a “Department”  of  the  Government  can  make 
regulations  and  prescribe  penalties  for  their  violation, 
then  are  the  decisions  of  the  courts  of  little  use  in  de- 
termining such  questions. 

And  if  this  assertion  of  his  is  to  now  settle  the  contro- 
versy, without  an  opinion  to  that  effect,  and  the  reasons 
therefor,  from  at  least  one  of  these  lawyers,  it  had  as 
well  not  have  been  begun. 

As  to  my  plan  of  game  protection  on  all  public  lands, 
he  urges  two  objections. 

First:  The  opposition  of  Congressmen  to  placing  what 
he  terms  “local”  game  under  Federal  control. 

But  it  seems  to  me  that  anyone  opposing  that  would 
also  oppose  such  control  of  migratory  birds,  as  the  latter 
furnish  the  principal  shooting  all  over  the  country. 

Second : That  it  would  be  so  difficult  to  determine  the 
public  lands  from  the  private  that  the  law-abiding  sports- 
man could  not  tell  by  which. law  he  was  bound.  I take  it 
that  the  “law-abiding”  sportsman  would  be  willing  to 
keep  within  the  provisions  of  that  law  which  was  the  . 
most  restrictive,  and  would  therefore  _ have  no  trouble, 
while  the  other  fellows  would  hunt,  if  at  all,  at  their 
peril  in  that  respect,  and  the  plea  of  ignorance  as  to  where 
“they  were  at”  would  not  save  them, 


The  purpose  of  what  he  calls  my  “checkerboard”  of 
laws  is  to  make  it  troublesome  for  just  such  people,  and 
the  more  the  grass  is  tangled  in  the  path  of  the  trans- 
gressor, the  less  likely  he  is  to  travel  it. 

Since  writing  the  foregoing,  Mr.  Shiras  has  introduced 
two  more  bills,  copies  of  which  he  has  sent  me,  one  of 
them  being  to  protect  migratory  fish  in  the  public  waters 
of  the  United  States. 

This  bill  undertakes  to  protect  these  fish  only  while 
spawning,  and  goes  at  it  by  declaring  the  spawning  period 
to  begin  when  the  fish  enter  the  bays,  rivers,  etc.,  and  to 
end  “upon  the  completion  of  the  act  of  spawning.” 

Inasmuch  as  the  end  of  the  spawning  period  is  not  the 
same  in  all  the  fish  family,  nor  in  all  of  each  species  or 
kind,  there  being  abnormal  conditions  in  many  of  each 
kind,  spawn  being  found  at  all  times  of  the  year  in  some 
fish,  there  can  be  under  this  bill  no  simultaneous  closing 
of  the  season,  but  each  individual  fish  may  have  its  own 
ending  of  the  season. 

Besides  this,  the  male  fish,  which  do  not  spawn  at  all, 
will  have  no  open  season.  This  beats  my  “checkerboard” 
out  of  sight. 

This  bill  also  provides  for  imprisonment  of  the  violator, 
but  fixes  neither  a minimum  nor  a maximum  of  imprison- 
ment. 

The  other  bill  is  much  in  the  same  line,  and  both  are, 
as  I think,  open  to  many  serious  objections;  but  I do  not 
believe  further  discussion  of  the  subject  will  be  either 
profitable  or  interesting  to  the  public. 

I have  a draft  of  my  proposed  law  covering  game 
quadrupeds,  birds  and  fish,  on  public  lands,  and  in  pub- 
lic waters,  which  when  perfected  according  to  my  ideas 
I will  submit  to  public  criticism,  as  I do  not  agree  with 
Mr.  Shiras  that  a bill  which  the  author  confesses  to  be 
imperfect  should  be  introduced  in  Congress  and  there  per- 
fected, as  that  usually  results  in  patch-work  legislation, 
which  no  two  persons  will  understand  alike. 

D.  C.  Beaman. 

Denver,  Colo.,  April  20. 


Massachusetts  Notes. 

Boston,  April  22. — Editor  Forest'  and  Stream:  I am 

glad  to  report  the  organization  of  another  club  for  the 
purpose  of  fostering  fish  and  game  interests  in  Massa- 
chusetts. Mr.  Edward  H.  Richards,  a member  of  the 
State  Association,  has  been  active  in  doing  missionary 
work  in  Woburn  and  informs  me  that  the  interest  awak- 
ened among  the  hunters  and  fishermen  of  the  town  has 
resulted  in  the  forming  of  the  Woburn  Fish  and  Game 
Association.  The  president  is  Mr.  Charles  W.  Ames; 
vice-president,  L.  A.  White;  treasurer,  W.  J.  Hammond; 
secretary,  John  H.  Sweetser;  chairman  of  the  Board  of 
Directors,  Dr.  C.  H.  Buss. 

The  membership  already  numbers  about  one  hundred. 
The  formation  of  many  local  clubs  in  the  large  towns 
and  cities  of  the  State  is  one  of  the  encouraging  signs  of 
the  times.  The  late  Captain  Collins,  in  a speech  before 
one  of  these  clubs  last  fall,  declared  that  without  the 
support  of  such  societies  “the  work  of  the  Commission 
would  amount  to  very  little.”  In  the  last  annual  report 
of  the  Commissioners  (p.  120)  this  statement  appears : 

“The  notable  work  of  the  fish  and  game  protective  asso- 
ciations deserves  the  interest  and  support  of  all  loyal 
citizens.”  Special  emphasis  is  put  upon  the  activities  of 
these  associations  in  liberating  quail,  “well-nigh  the  most 
beneficial  feathered  friend  of  the  farmer,”  which  but  for 
this  work  might  have  “long  ago:  disappeared  from  within 
our  State.” 

Such  organizations,  besides  carrying  on  specific  lines  of 
work,  are  of  great  value  from  an  educational  standpoint. 
There  is  no  better  way  to  reclaim  a pot-hunter  or  a fish 
or  game  hog  than  to  bring  him  into  the  fold  where  he 
will  imbibe  the  ideas  of  more  enlightened  sportsmen.  The 
number  of  clubs  is  constantly  increasing  in  our  State,  but 
there  are  yet  many  communities  where  they  are  very 
much  needed ; and  it  is  my  belief  that  within  a few  years 
there  are  likely  to  be  twice  the  number  we  now  have. 

George  M.  Poland,  Esq.,  chairman  of  the  executive  corn- 
tee  of  the  central  committee,  has  recently  secured  the 
conviction  of  a man  at  Ayer  for  allowing  his  dog  to  chase 
deer,  and  the  man  convicted  has  brought  an  action  for 
damages  against  the  warden  for  shooting  the  dog.  The 
result  is  awaited  with  a good  deal  of  interest  on  the  part 
of  all  our  wardens.  During  1904  the  number  of  arrests 
for  owning  or  keeping  dogs  that  chased  deer  was  twenty- 
two,  and  as  the  deer  are  increasing  rapidly,  the  number 
of  such  cases  in  the  future  is  likely  to  be  far  in  excess  of 
what  they  have  been  hitherto.  In  the  town  of  Lee  it  is 
said  to  be  a favorite  pastime  with  the  people  to  watch  the 
movements  of  deer  by  the  use  of  field  glasses.  The  pre- 
dictions of  some  sportsmen  a few  years  ago  that  there 
never  could  be  many  deer  in  the  State  for  lack  of  the  food 
they  require  does  not  appear  to  have  been  verified  by  the 
facts.  Reports  of  numbers  of  them  being  seen  are  con- 
stantly coming  in  from  every  county  in  the  State.  The 
same  conditions  exist  in  New  Hampshire  and  Vermont. 
Game  wardens  in  Rutland  county  report  that  they  have 
wintered  “better  than  in  the  last  five  years.”  They  have 
come  out  fat  and  sleek  this  spring.  In  what  is  known 
as  “Long  Yard,”  two  and  one-half  miles  southeast  of  the 
Killir.gton  Park  House,  they  say  as  many  as  265  deer 
were  counted  within  the  radius  of  a mile.  Good  hunting 
for  both  deer  and  partridges  in  the  Green  Mountain  State 
is  counted  upon  for  next  fall. 

Col.  E.  B.  Parker  is  getting  his  tackle  ready  for  a trip 
to  his  preserve  in  northern  Vermont,  and  will  also  take 
along  a few  cans  of  trout-fry  from  the  hatchery  of  Mr. 
Wood,  of  Plymouth.  He  proposes  to  start  the  last  of  next 
week  so  as  to  be  on  hand  for  the  opening  of  the  season 
May  1.  The  streams  in  Windham  county  have  been  liber- 
ally stocked  during  the  past  few  years  in  part  by  the  Ver- 
mont Fish  and  Game  League,  by  the  Forest1  and  Stream 
Club,  of  Wilmington,  and  by  large  consignments  from 
the  United  States  Bureau  of  Fisheries — these  being  se- 
cured through  Congressman  Haskins.  The  effects  of 
generous  stocking  were  apparent  last  year,  resulting  in 
the  taking  of  larger  trout  than  usual,  but  even  better 
catches  are  confidently  expected  the  coming  season. 

A party  of  Boston  sportsmen  (too  modest  to  allow  their 
names  to  appear  in  print)  have  recently  returned  from 
brant  shooting  off  Nantucket,  where  in  less  than  two 
weeks  they  secured  more  than  a hundred  birds.  There 
has  been  a wonderful  flight  at  Monomoy,  where  in  a 
single  day  there  were  killed  about  two  hundred  birds. 


Prof.  C.  F.  Hodge,  of  Worcester,  writes  that  his  cock 
partridge  (reared  from  the  egg)  began  “drumming  like 
a house  on  fire”  the  other  day.  He  has  a lot  of  elegant 
photos  showing  the  performance  in  every  phase.  He  has 
discovered,  he  says,  that  he  has  three  hens  and  two  cock 
birds. 

There  is  much  interest  in  our  community  in  the  result 
of  th6  fight  for  short  (nine-inch)  lobsters.  Senators 
Harding  is  expected  to  resume  his  seat  early  the  coming 
week,  when  the  subject  will  receive  attention.  Courtesy 
for  him  as  a dissenting  member  of  the  committee  has 
caused  the  matter  to  be  deferred  until  his  return. 

. Central. 


The  President's  Hunting 


And  the  little  people  of  the  press. 

When  the  President  of  the  United  States,  desiring, 
and  doubtless  requiring,  some  of  the  balm  of  outdoor 
life  in  the  mountains,  started  for  Colorado  from  Okla- 
homa, he  announced  that  if  he  was  pursued  by  the 
newspaper  correspondents  he  would  simply  have  to 
give  up  his  trip,  and  it  is  safe  to  presume  that  the  cor- 
respondents of  standing,  the  kind  usually  selected  to 
follow  in  his  train,  graciously  and  decently  accepted  the 
situation  and  let  him  alone.  But  the  opportunity  was 
too  tempting  for  the  other  kind.  Gentlemen  had 
stopped  furnishing  bulletins  of  the  movements  and  do- 
ings of  the  President  of  the  United  States,  hence  there 
might  be  a market  for  the  drivel  of  other  people.  And 
in  the  St.  Louis  Globe-Democrat  of  April  16,  under 
the  statement  “Special  Dispatch  to  The  Globe-Demo- 
crat. Camp  Roosevelt,  Penny’s  Ranch,  Colo,  (by 
courier  to  Newcastle,  Colo.),  April  15,”  appeared  along 
with  about  a column  of  other  drivel,  the  following: 

The  hunt  was  on  in  earnest.  Fifteen  minutes  of  mountain 
climbing,  and  then  the  leading  dog  sounded  the  trail. 

“We’ve  found  him,”  shouted  the  President,  as  he  drew  back, 
his  eyes  glistening  and  body  all  trembling  at  the  sport  in  store 
for  him. 

“Away  they  go,”  answered  Goff,  as  he  unleashed  the  fifty 
bounds. 

They  started  off  in  mad  pursuit,  with  the  hunters  and  guides 
wildly  galloping  after  them.  For  an  hour  the  chase  kept  up. 
Over  rocks,  across  gullies,  around  trees,  down  canons,  and  up 
mountainsides,  the  bear  led  them.  President  Roosevelt  was  always 
in  the  fore.  Side  by  side  with  him  was  Wells.  For  an  hour  they 
raced,  and  then  together  they  came  on  the  bear,  looking  angrily 
and  disgustedly  at  the  baying  hounds.  Goff  and  Borah  were  right 
behind  them. 

“Your  shot,  Teddy,”  Goff  called  out  as  he  approached,  and 
Teddy  took  the  first  shot.  He  used  his  own  rifle,  a sportsman 
make  of  the  new  .30-10  Springfield  rifle  now  being  used  in  the 
Army.  A long  and  steady  rest  he  took  across  the  horn  of  the 
saddle. 

“Crack,”  it  sounded,  and  with  it  the  bear  toppled. 

“He’s  a dandy!”  shouted  the  President,  as  he  went  forward  to 
view  his  game.  He  was  a 600-pound  bear,  in  prime  condition. 
Cook  Jack  Fry  will  serve  bear  steaks  for  breakfast  in  the  morning. 

The  doctrine  of  hunting  is  merely  the  doctrine  of  rest, 
which  in  these  times  has  to  be  invoked  by  all  hard 
working  men  whether  presidents  or  preachers  of  the 
Word  or  humbler  of  their  parishioners,  and  why  should 
it  be  thus  belittled?  I suppose  there  is  nothing  to  be 
done  about  it  except  to  hold  it  up  to  the  scorn  of 
those  of  us  who  know.  And  yet  there  are  some  of  the 
family  of  the  Forest  and  Stream  who  have  weight 
with  the  managers  (there  are  no  more  editors)  of  the 
daily  papers — they  advertise;  and  would  it  not  be  well 
for  them  to  mildly  protest?  Might  they  not  suggest  to 
the  manager  to  employ  his  little  minded  folk  to  ridicule 
the  man  who  works  himself  to  death  at  the  age  of 
middle  life  and  leaves  his  work  half  finished?  Or, 
better  still,  to  employ  the  little  people  at  little  things, 
pending  mature  growth?  The  gospel  of  hunting,  because 
it  is  the  gospel  of  rest,  should  be  respected  and  re- 
spectable, and  its  facilities  made  ample  and  permissible 
in  perpetuity  to  the  citizens  of  the  Union.  The  trend 
of  modern  medicine  is  such  that  any  wayfaring  man  can 
see  the  time  is  coming  when  the  doctor  will  feel  the 
pulse,  perhaps  look  at  the  tongue,  as  of  old,  but  will 
then  say  “Prescription,  four  weeks  in  the  mountains. 
Fee,  $10.”  And  it  will  be  worth  the  ten. 

George  Kennedy. 


Game  at  Currituck, 

Currituck,  N.  C.,  April  14.-— There  has  been  much 
less  spring  shooting  than  usual,  and  ducks  are  still  here 
in  large  numbers.  I saw  3,000  to  4,000  ruddy  ducks  in 
one  flock  on  the  10th  of  April,  besides  several  small 
bunches  of  canvasbacks,  blackheads  and  black  ducks. 
Quite  a number  of  the  latter  lay  and  rear  their  young 
at  Currituck  now.  English  snipe  are  more  abundant  than 
I have  seen  them  in  five  years.  Yellowlegs,  dowitchers 
and  creakers  are  late  coming.  I think  I never  saw  them, 
so  scarce  in  April  as  they  have  been  this  season.  We 
having  had  no  snow  of  any  consequence  our  quail  have 
wintered  well,  and  are  quite  up  to  their  usual  numbers. 

There  seems  a serious  question  as  to  whether  we  shall 
be  able  to  shoot  ducks  at  Currituck  next  season,  except 
from  Nov.  20  to  Jan.  20,  two  months.  The  representative 
from  Anson  county,  in  making  laws  for  his  county, 
seems  to  have  made  a duck  law  for  the  whole  State. 
Currituck’s  representative  and  senator  claim  that  it  was 
an  error;  and  some  of  our  leading  State  papers  claim 
that,  the  Supreme  Court  will  hold  that  we  can  - shoot  as 
usual.  The  opinion  of  the  Forest  and  Stream  would  be 
very  acceptable  just  now.  More  Anon. 


Mr,  Atkin’s  Paintings. 

During  the  week  ending  with  the  date  of  this 
paper  there  will  be  held  at  Clausen’s  Galleries,  381  Fifth 
avenue,  an  exhibition  of  paintings  well  worth  seeing. 
About  a year  and  a half  ago  Mr.  Louis  Akin  went  to  the 
Southwest  to  paint  Indians  and  the  general  life  of  that 
section.  He  had  not  expected  to  remain  very  long,  but 
the  country  got  its  grip  on  him  and  he  returned  only  a 
short  time  ago.  A number  of  his  paintings  made  in  and 
near  the  Desert  are  on  exhibition  at  the  address  given 
above,  and  all  who  are  interested  in  Indians,  @r  who  are 
familiar  with  the  Desert,  should  see  them. 


“Aren’t  you  carrying  things  with  a high  hand?”  “Sometimes 
it’s  a high  hand,”  answered  the  South  American  President,  “and 
then  again  sometimes  it’s  only  a bluff.”— Washington  Star. 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


Log  of  the  Mystery. 

( Concluded  from  Page  817.) 

Thursday,  Feb.  2.— Partly  cloudy;  warm;  wind  very 
light,  southwest.  Left  Shark  River  before  breakfast. 
Up  coast;  stopped  Pavilion  Key,  20  miles  north,  for 
clams.  Tide  too  high.  Bay  full  of  big  drum  fish,  show- 
ing fins  above  surface.  Roberts  speared  three,  20,  10 
and  8 pounds.  I shot  at  two,  but  did  not  fetch  them. 
Kept  on  north.  Saw  great  flocks  of  pelicans  on  sand 
bars  and  reefs,  touched  on  shoals  off  Cape  Romano,  but 
did  not  stick.  Reached  Marco  channel  about  5 P.  M. 
Stuck  on  bar  outside.  Got  off  and  made  entrance  all 
right.  Grounded  again  in  river,  pulled  off  and  dropped 
anchor  off  Marco  P.  O.  Half  a dozen  houses  and  good 
sized  hotel  and  store.  Mailed  letters,  and  were  given 
New  York  papers  to  Jan.  30,  and  invited  to  sup- 
per, but  declined;  clothes  not  good  enough  for  ladies’ 
society.  Shot  at  flock  of  ducks,  but  got  none.  Shall 
get  a few  supplies  and  may  stay  here  for  a day  if  fishing 
and  shooting  good.  Mailed  letters.  No  mosquitoes. 
Good  night. 

Friday,  Feb.  3. — Fog  at  sunrise.  Light  showers  once 
or  twice  during  morning.  Caught  fiddlers  on  point; 
great  droves  of  them  there.  Went  up  creek  and  caught 
three  red  drum  (channel  bass)  about  2 pounds  each. 
Struck  a great  sheepshead  hole.  Caught  a dozen,  from 
3 pounds  to  1,  and  stopped  because  I wouldn’t  catch 
more.  They  are  very  light  biters,  and  great  bait 
stealers.  Trask  caught  half  a dozen  and  stopped.  We 
gave  all  we  could  not  use  to.  hotel.  Got  some  fruit, 
beans,  etc.  Roberts  grained  a whip  ray.  about  2ft. 
across.  Started  for  Punta  Rassa,  noon.  Pelicans  and 
porpoises  all  the  way.  Many  dead  fish  floating— mostly 
catfish.  Near  Sanibel  passed  a loggerhead  turtle  close 
by,  6ft.  long.  Trask  wanted  to  shoot  him  and  Roberts 
to  grain  him,  and  the  turtle  woke  up  and  dived  while 
they  were  discussing.  Saw  a great  devil  fish  jumping 
near  the  light.  He  went  clear  out  six  or  seven  times. 
Was  eight  feet  long  at  least,  and  much  wider  than  that. 
Anchored  at  Punta  Rassa  at  sundown.  Got  letters  and 
telegrams  at  hotel.  The  threatened  northwest  storm  did 
not  materialize.  Starry  night. 

Saturday,  Feb.  4. — Partly  cloudy;  east  wind,  light; 
cool,  but  pleasant.  After  breakfast  sailed  to  Fort  Myers 
for  supplies.  Sixteen  miles  up  Caloosa  River.  Shot 
at  many  ducks,  bluebills;  bagged  one,  and  had  my 
glasses  kicked  off  into  the  river.  Got  supplies,  waited 
until  morning  for  ice.  Nothing  doing.  Caught  two 
snappers  off  dock  at  Punta  Rassa,  small.  B'luebill  ducks 
in  Myers  Harbor  amazingly  tame.  Shooting  is  pro- 
hibited there,  and  the  ducks  know  it.  They  are  wild,  as 
usual,  a mile  away. 

Sunday,  Feb.  5. — Foggy;  easterly  wind;  fairly  warm. 
Ice  late  in  coming.  Left  order  to  send  it  to  Punta 
Rassa  and  sailed  9 A.  M.  Stopped  to  fish  for  trout. 
Caught  none.  Shot  two  bluebill  ducks,  and  picked  a 
bushel  of  oysters  off  bar — excellent.  Caught  a 5-pound 
sheepshead  off  dock  at  Punta  Rassa,  and  Trask  caught 
a 6-pounder.  Great  sport  for  our  light  rods. 

Monday,  Feb.  6. — Fair;  light  southwest  wind;  warm. 
Ice  came  9 A.  M.  Sailed  to  Sanibel  Light,  9:30.  Picked 
up  many  and  large  variety  of  shells  on  beach,  and 
caught  four  or  five  sheepshead,  4 pounds  each,  off  dock. 
Sailed  for  Marco.  10:15  A.  M.  On  beach  at  Sanibel 
many  dead  fish,  killed  by  the  late  freeze.  Men  at  Punta 
Rassa  say  that  about  all  fish  caught  in  shallow  water 
were  killed.  Three  dead  sharks  and  a dead  porpoise 
on  bar.  A beautiful  run  to  Marco;  light  southeast 
wind.  Long  swell  from  gulf.  Got  to  Marco  at  4 P. 
M.  Took  in  gasolene  and  caught  fiddlers. 

Tuesday,  Feb.  7. — Fair;  light  southeast  wind;  warm; 
a perfect  morning.  Got  up  before  sunrise,  dressed  and 
rowed  to  shore  for  fiddler  crabs,  caught  about  foui- 
quarts  in  a few  minutes.  They  covered  the  ground  so 
as  to  make  large  brown  patches  on  the  edge  of  the 
mut  flats,  but  scattered  in  a very  lively  way  when  ap- 
proached. It  was  a muddy  job,  but  rather  good  fun. 
Started  at  7:30,  following  a launch  that  was  to  make 
the  run  through  Big  Marco  River,  a tidal  channel 
through  a multitude  of  islets,  hard  to  distinguish  and 
follow  and  to  find  good  water,  for  most  of  it  is  quite 
shallow  and  the  channel  swerves  perplexingly  from  side 
to  side.  We  scraped  several  times,  it  being  dead  low 
tide,  but  got  through  all  right  in  about  two  hours. 
Saw  many  herons,  ibis  and  ducks,  and  a very  few  of 
the  rare  roseate  spoon-bill,  called  “pink  curlew”  here. 
A big  bald  eagle  sat  on  a mangrove  just  as  we  came 
out  into  the  open.  The  mangroves  grow  down  to  low 
water  mark,  their  trunks  being  raised  to  high  tide  level 
on  a cluster  of  spider-like  roots.  Branches  and  pen- 
dant roots  hang  to  the  water  and  are  often  encrusted 
with  oysters,  always  small  and  not  eaten  where  the 
bigger  and  better  kind,  which  are  always  water-covered, 
can  be  had.  Reached  Pavilion  Key  about  noon.  I 
fished  for  drum  with  no  results;  could  hear  their  croak 
all  around  us,  but  they  would  not  bite.  Grained  a big 
fish  in  5ft.  of  water.  He  raced  around  with  the  pole 
for  two  or  three  minutes  before  I got  hold  of  it;  then 
surged  mightily  against  my  pull,  and  finally  worked 
loose  and  got  off.  Must  have  been  a 40-pounder,  proba- 
bly a b:g  drum.  Grained  a big  stingray  and  lost  him  after 
ten  minutes.  Trask  went  out  with  Roberts,  who  grained 
four  sharks  and  lost  them  all.  Was  pulled  overboard 
by  one  of  them.  In  the  evening  went  wading  for  clams 
by  lantern  light  on  the  big  flats,  left  bare,  or  nearly 
so,  by  the  tide.  A very  weird  and  queer  experience. 
Got  a few  clams  only. 

Wednesday  Feb.,  8.— Fair;  warm;  light  easterly 
breeze.  Whole  crew  went  after  clams  after  breakfast, 
and  kept  us  waiting  three  hours,  which  might  have 
b&en  much  better  employed  in  running  south.  \ 


.tramped  the  beach  with  shotgun,  missed  a big  hawk,  or 
rather  failed  to  stop  him,  and  saw  .nothing  else.  Tide 
very  low,  and  a striking  difference  in  the  appearance 
of  the  island.  Got  under  way  about  9:30  for  Cape 
Sable,  and  beyond  if  we  can  get  there. 

Pleasant  run  to  Sandy  Cay.  .Arrived  4:30  P.  M. 
Anchored  one-quarter  of  a mile  south.  On  shore  with 
gun.  No  game.  Saw  thirty  or  more  great  white  and 
blue  herons  perched  on  one  tree,  and  two  bald  eagles 
on  a dead  stub.  Shore  swarming  with  large  horseshoe 
crabs,  in  clusters  of  from  three  to  twelve.  Trask 


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MYSTERY  AGROUND. 


caught  one  catfish  off  yacht  and  stopped  fishing.  Quiet 
night;  warm.  Slept  without  a blanket  for  the  first  time. 

Thursday,  Feb.  9. — One  mouth  from  Cleveland; 
twenty-four  days  from  Miami.  Fair,  bright  and  very 
warm;  wind  southeast,  light.  Started  at  8 A.  M.,  for 
Indian  Key.  Run  is  among  sand  banks,  not  reaching 
the  surface,  the  sea  being  entirely  open,  except  for 
some  small  cays  to  the  north,  and  the  deepest  water 
being  7ft.  to  8ft.  only.  Passed  fleet  of  spongers.  Went 
through  a narrow  channel  between  sand  banks,  and 
anchored  off  Lignum  Vitae  Cay  at- 2 P.  M.  Hunted 
crawfish  in  the  rock  holes  along  shore,  speared  119, 
mostly  big  ones,  and  salted  them  down.  Anchored  off 
Indian  Cay  about  4 P.  M.  Caught  a lot  of  runners 
and  jacks,  nothing  else;  very  strong  fighters,  but  worth- 
less on  the  table.  Threw  them  all  back.  One  pound  to 
two.  Very  hot  night.  Slept  without  covering  and  with 
all  windows  open.  All  very  restless. 

Friday,  Feb.  10. — Wind  S.  E.,  light;  very  warm. 
Fished  off  boat  before  breakfast.  Caught  only  run- 
ners. Saved  a few  for  barracuda -bait.  To  Alligator 
Reef  after  breakfast.  I caught  three  barracuda,  10,  15, 
18  pounds,  and  three  Spanish  mackerel,  7,  7,  4 pounds. 
Trask  caught  two  barracuda,  two  groupers,  one 
mackerel,  about  the  same  size,  and  a 2-pound  parrot 
fish,  green  and  yellow.  I fished  under  the  light  for 


SPEARING  CRAWFISH. 


snappers  and  hooked  a good  one,  who  instantly  ran 
under  one  of  the  iron  braces  and  broke  my  line.  An 
impossible  place.  Saw  a lot  of  them  outside,  but  they 
wouldn’t  look  at  a hook.  Sharks  began  to  appear,  so 
we  rigged  a shark  line,  baited  with  a chunk  of  bar- 
racuda, hooked  and  lost  a 6-footer,  and  caught  a 10- 
footer,  whom  Trask  quieted  with  his  big  rifle.  Three 
remoras  were  attached  to  it,  each  about  2ft.  6in.  long. 
We  speared  them.  Roberts  dived  for  a lot  of  sea  fans 
and  a starfish — he  is  a great  swimmer  and  diver.  He 
hit  a gray  snapper  with  the  spear,  but  it  failed  to  hold. 
Back  to  Indian  Cay  about  4 P.  M.  I fished  to-day  with 
my  medium-weight  rod  and  a No.  12  line,  until  a big 
barracuda  made  a tremendous  rush,  and  my  reel  over- 
ran and  snarled  the  line.  He  kept  quiet  just  then, 
and  by  backing  the  yacht  I managed  to  reel  in  a lot  of 
line  and  save  him.  In  his  last  rush  he  again  snarled 
the  line,  but  was  too  far  gone  to  break  it.  This 
trouble  was  caused  by  the  pad  brake  on  this  reel  not 
being  clamped  tightly  enough  to  the  bar,  so  that  it 
fell  back  every  time  I reeled  in,  and  required  some 
time  to  get  into  service  when  the  fish  made  a rush. 
Very  hot  all  day.  The  big  fish  made  us  work  very  hard, 
so  we  suffered.  Fishing  to-day  was  much  inferior  to 
that  of  our  former  day  at  the  same  place,  which  was 
evidently  exceptionally  favorable;  we  saw  great  num- 
bers of  fish,  but  they  were  not  inclined  to  bite.  Half 
a dozen  barracuda  often  followed  our  baits  for  a long 
distance  before  one  could  summon  up  pluck  enough  to 
strike.  Clouds  banked  up  in  the  north  this  afternoon, 
which  preceded  a sharp  blow  from  the  north  and  north- 
east, rising  about  7 P.  M.,  and  increasing  to  quite  a 
gale.  Captain  rowed  out  and  set  the  second  anchor, 
and  we  are  riding  easily,  being  protected  from  any 
sea  by  the  shoal  water  on  a bank  just  north  of  us,  bare 
at  low  tide.  It  is  much  cooler,  which  is  a pleasant 
change.  We  fished  in  channel  here  after  returning  from 
light  and  caught  only  hard-tail  runners,  all  of  which 
we  threw  back.  High  wind  and  heavy  rain  in  showers, 
continued  all  night. 

Saturday,  Feb.  n. — High  wind,  due  east,  working  to- 
ward the  south  during  the  day.  Fair;  partly  cloudy. 
Yacht  lay  at  anchor  in  channel  all  day.  Water  grew  very 
cloudy.  I tried  to  fish,  but  the  boat  kept  swinging  about 
60  degrees,  going  nearly  across  the  channel  with  each 
swing,  so  I gave  it  up  after  awhile.  Nothing  doing 
all  day. 

Sunday,  Feb.  12.- — Cloudy;  brisk  S.  E.  wind;  too  high 
for  us  outside.  Shall  try  the  inside  course  north.  Had 
a rough  sea  for  a mile,  getting  round  outside  to  the 
channel.  Ran  back  of  Lignum  Vitse  Key  through  nar- 
row channels  of  blue  water  winding  through  broad  flats, 
brown  and  yellow,  with  here  and  there  a young  man- 
grove stem,  and  saw  flocks  of  white  herons,  ibis  and 
other  waders.  Came  out  into  a sound  several  miles 
wide,  beyond  which  we  got  through  a crooked  pass 
in  a sand  bank,  just  wide  enough  for  the  boat,  drag- 
ging her  skeg  through  the  mud  to  do  it.  Crossed  an- 
other sound  several  miles  wide  but,  on  sending  out  a 
small  boat  and  sounding,  found  we  could  not  cross  the 
bar  beyond  it.  Ran  several  miles  north  for  another 
crossing  but,  owing  to  the  wind  and  sea  having  made 
the  water  muddy,  missed  the  channel  and  got  hard 
aground.  Couldn’t  get  off  with  the  engine  or  poles,  so 
ran  an  anchor  out,  put  the  small  boat  on  the  fore  deck 
and  filled  it  with  water  (to  bring  the  bow  down  and 
the  stern  up).  The  Captain  and  Roberts  got  over- 
board and  hoisted;-  Walter  worked  the  engine;  Trask 
and  I hauled  on  the  anchor  cable,  and  we  got  off. 
Roberts.  found  channel,  and  we  got  through  into  an- 
other big  sound.  Ran  seven  of  eight  miles  through 
this,  passing  three  flamingos  feeding  on  a bar,  brilliantly 
scarlet  against  the  green  water.  There  was  quite  a sea 
running,  which  once  bumped  us  very  hard  on  a high 
place  and  started  a small  leak  astern,  but  did  no  serious 
damage.  Got  into  Boggy  Creek  all  right,  dragging  a 
little,  but  grounded  hard  at  the  other  end,  and  had 
quite  a time  getting  off,  repeating  our  earlier  per- 
formances in  all  details.  Finally  did  so,  ran  through 
the  new  sound  to  the  mouth  of  Jewfish  Creek  and  an- 
chored outside  of  it.  All  hands  were  pretty  tired,  and 
we.  served  out  drinks  from  our  only  bottle  of  whiskey, 
which  were  much  appreciated. 

Monday,  Feb.  13. — Partly  cloudy;  wind  S.  W..  light; 
warm.  Had  a fine  plunge  over  the  side  before  break- 
fast. At  that  meal  Trask  sat  on  the  side  of  the  table, 
where  the  movable  leg  is,  and,  on  getting  up,  knocked 
the  leg  out,  precipitating  half  the  contents  of  the  table, 
including  my  unfinished  breakfast,  to  the  floor  in  a 
grand  smash.  Ran  through  Jewfish  Creek,  a narrow 
channel  bordered  by  mangroves,  with  shoals  at  en- 
trance and  exit  and  deep,  dark  water  inside.  I trolled 
with  a No.  8 Skinner  spoon,  and  half-way  through  saw 
the  break  of  a good  fish  as  he  rushed  and  missed  it. 
Let  the  rod  go  back,  and  he  struck  heavily.  Everybody 
happened  to  be  forward,  so  I let  the  reel  run  as 'much 
as  necessary,  held  the  fish  in  the  center  of  the  channel 
and  yelled  like  a wild  Indian.  They  thought  I had 
fallen  overboard  and  all  came  rushing  back,  stopped  the 
engine,  and  I finally  landed  a 12-pound  grouper,  a very 
strong  and  hard  fighting  fish,  though  rather  slow  in 
his  rushes. 

We  went  through  another  sound.  Then  through 
Steamboat  Creek,  crossed.  Barnes’  Sound  and  down 
through  Angelfish  Creek  to  the  sea.  Got  aground  at 
head  of  Angelfish,  but  were  off  without  much  trouble. 

- -an  up  outside  of  the  keys  to  Cape  Florida,  and  an- 
chored in  Bear’s  Cut  at  about  4 P.  M.  Caught  several 
spot,  grunts  and  groupers  off  the  boat  with  light  rod. 
Hooked  something  big,  but  lost  him  at  the  first  rush 

Tuesday,  Feb.  14.— Wind  shifted  to  north  during  the 
night.  Partly  cloudy  and  cooler  in  morning,  with  N 
E,  wind.  Think  it  will  be  very  rough  outside,  and  the 


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Captain  seems  to  hesitate  about  going  out.  Fear  we 
may,  lose  our  kingfishing,  with  which  we  had  hoped  to 
end  the  trip  gloriously.  Fished  off  boat  before  break- 
fast, but  caught  nothing.  Captain  fussed  over  a lot  of  trifles 
and  was  evidently  afraid  to  venture  out,  but  about  9 
o’clock  other  boats  came  along  bound  for  the  grounds, 
and  we  finally  started.  Found  some  swell  outside,  but 
nothing  to  speak  of,  and  could  see  the  white  sails  of 
quite  a fleet  of  boats  on  the  grounds  several  miles  to 
the  north.  When  we  got  near  the  southernmost  we 


A SHARK,  HOOKED. 


put  out  our  lines,  I using  tarpon  rod,  21-thread  line  and 
a 5m.  block  tin  squid,  and  Trask  trying  lighter  tackle. 
Trask  gave  his  rod  to  Roberts  for  a moment  when  the 
first  fish  struck  his  squid,  was  reeled  in  pretty  close,  and 
then  broke  the  line.  I had  a number  of  strikes,  the 
fish  leaping  5ft.  or  6ft.  into  the  air  and  knocking  the 
squid  high  above  the  water.  Presently  there  came  a 
mighty  jerk,  and  the  line  ran  out  50yds.  in  spite  of  my 
fullest  pressure  on  the  brake  pad.  Then  I checked  him, 
reeled  in  a little,  lost  it  and  more  in  another  dash,  and 
finally  got  the  fish  near  the  boat  and  Roberts  hoisted 


A SHARK,  LANDED. 


him  in  and  swung  him  into  the  big  fish  box,  getting 
one  finger  badly  gashed  by  the  sharp  teeth  in  trying  to 
free  the  squid;  blue  and  silver,  a yard  or  more  long, 
15  pounds.  Now  we  were  in  the  middle  of  the  fleet, 
and  the  fish  were  striking  every  minute  or  oftener, 
jumping  10ft.  straight  up,  knocking  the  squids  into  the 
air,  and  every  now  and  then  being  hooked.  I seemed 
to  generally  land  them,  while  Trask’s  lighter  tackle  lost 
fish  after  fish.  Presently  he  struck  something  which,  in 
steady  successive  surges,  ran  out  his  whole  200yds.  of 
line  and  broke  it  at  the  end,  doubtless  a heavy  shark, 
of  which  we  could  see  a number  about.  Twice  sharks 
seized  my  hooked  fish,  and  were  hooked  themselves, 
broke  my  line  at  or  near  the  swivel,  so  I did  not  lose 
much.  Trask  rigged  out  with  heavier  tackle,  and  we 
both -caught  fish,  from  10  to  15  pounds:  each,  until  we 
had  a dozen  or  more.  Then  I reeled  in  the  line  short 
and  held  the  squid  within  20ft.  of  the  stern,  and  got 
strike  after  strike,  the  fish  showing  no  caution  - what- 
ever, and  could  not  avoid  hooking  one  every  now  and 
then.  Then  we  took  our  cameras,  trying  to  get  a snap 
of  a leaping  fish,  and  made  several  exposures,  which 
may  turn  out  good,  though  the  best  leaps  were  gen- 
erally' just  when  we  were  not  ready  or  the  sun  was 
wrong. 

At  noon  we  had  about  twenty  fisjr  and  started  back 
for  Bear’s  Cut,,  being  fully  satisfied.  On  the  way  I 
hooked  and  landed,  after  a great  fight,  much  the  largest 
kingfish  we  took,  4ft.  9m.  long,  and  weighing  35  pounds. 


His  first  rush  took  out  nearly  my  whole  line.  Came  in 
to  Bear’s  Cut,  had  luncheon,  shifted  into  civilized  garb 
ana  started  for  Miami,  and  the  end  of  our  trip.  Got 
aground  on  the  bank  near  the  cut,  but  got  off  in 
half  an  hour. 

The  kingfish,  in  combined  power,  dash,  vigor,  beauty 
and  grace,  surpasses  any  fish  I have  ever  known.  His 
numbers,  on  certain  very  restricted  grounds,  seem  un- 
limited. There  must  have  been  at  least  forty  boats  out 
to-day,  and  the  hand-line  fishermen  caught  an  enor- 
mous number.  Even  with  our  rods,  which  are  very 
much  slower  than  hand  lines,  we  could  certainly  have 
taken  many  times  our  catch  had  we  been  willing  to  do 
so.  We  have  had  a delightful  experience  with  a most 
noble  fish,  have  taken  discreetly  of  his  bounty,  and  none 
of  our  trophies  will  be  wasted. 

A.  St.  J.  Newberry. 

Cleveland,  Feb.  21. 


Canadian  Waters. 


The  Spring  Fishing  Prospects. 

Quebeckers,  with  a recent  ice  jam  at  their  doors 
which  even  the  new  Clyde-built  Dominion  ice-breakers 
could  not  move,  know  very  well  that  it  must  be  some 
time  yet  before  they  can  expect  to  successfully  allure  the 
unsuspecting  trout  with  the  counterfeit  presentment  of  a 
natural  fly.  At  the  same  time  it  is  not  perhaps  to  be 
wondered  at  that  American  anglers  who  come  tO'  Canada 
for  their  fishing  should  be  a little  impatient  at  the  late 
opening  of  the  season  here,  when  open  water  has  shown 
itself  for  some  time  past  in  their  own  particular  bailiwick. 

Many  days  before  the  high  tide  of  the  20th  inst.  broke 
up  the  big  ice  jam  in  the  St.  Lawrence,  six  miles  above 
Quebec,  letters  had  been  received  here  from  many  of  the 
New  England  States,  as  well  as  from  New  York,  in- 
quiring concerning  the  prospects  for  the  opening  of  the 
Canadian  fishing  season.  Having  learned  from  the  ex- 
perience of  former  years,  the  uncertainty  of  the  Canadian 
spring,  and  taking  into  consideration  the  number  of  the 
inquiries  received,  I have  promised  all  my  questioners  to 
endeavor  to  keep  them  posted  in  regard  to  the  progress 
of  the  season,  by  the  medium  of  Forest  and  Stream. 

While  I shall  not  attempt  to  make  any  prophecy  at 
present  as  to  the  probability  of  an  early  season,  which 
altogether  depends  upon  the  weather  conditions  of  the 
next  week  or  two,  there  are  a few  facts  respecting  the 
recent  winter  and  the  present  outlook  which  will  be  of 
interest  to  fishermen.  In  the  first  place,  the  winter 
through  which  we  have  just  passed  has  been  the  most 
severe  in  the  memory  of  any  living  Canadians.  Storms 
of  any  magnitude  have  been  notable  by  their  absence  in 
the  Quebec  and  Lake  St.  John  districts,  as  also  in  the 
Gaspe  country  and  in  eastern  New  Brunswick.  In  north- 
ern New  Brunswick,  in  Nova  Scotia  and  in  Cape  Breton, 
on  the  other  hand,  the'  snow  blockades  have  been  tre- 
mendous. .The  extreme  and  continuous  cold  throughout 
the  province  of  Quebec  caused  the  accumulation  of  ice 
of  unusual  thickness  over  the  lakes  and  rivers.  Much  of 
this  ice  is  from  two  to  three  feet  in  thickness.  It  will 
require  considerable  warmth  or  rain  to  remove  this  thick 
covering  from  our  fishing  waters,  and  up  to  the  present 
writing,  with  the  exception  -of  a few  mild  days  at  the  end 
of  March  and  in  the  first  week  of  April,  the  weather  has 
continued  quite  cold  and  wintry.  The  last  of  the  snow- 
drifts in  the  vicinity  of  Quebec  had  barely  disappeared 
on  Easter  Sunday.  Unless  bright  sun  and  warm  rains 
take  the  place  very  soon  of  the  present  raw  winds,  it  is 
likely  to  be  well  on  toward  the  middle  of  May  before  our 
northern  lakes  will  be  clear  of  their  icy  fetters. 

Good  Fishing  Anticipated. 

Those  local  fishermen  who  enjoy  the  reputation  of 
knowing  how  to  read  the  signs  of  the  times,  in  conse- 
quence of  many  long  years  of  experience  in  comparative 
study  of  the  seasons,  are  promising  themselves  and  their 
angling  friends  an  unusually  satisfactory  fishing  season 
this  year.  Not  only  do  they  hold  that  fish  are  always 
more  plentiful  and  better  risers  after  a very  severe  win- 
ter, but  it  is  also  claimed  by  them,  as  it  is  likewise  by 
Mr.  D.  G.  Smith,  Fishery  Commissioner  of  New  Bruns- 
wick, that  the  best  fishing  seasons  repeat  themselves  only 
once  in  four  years,  and  that  one  of  these  quadrennial 
periods  of  pre-eminent  success  in  angling  operations  is 
that  upon  which  we  are  now  entering. 

There  is  another  side  to  the  story  of  severe  cold  and 
thick _ ice  in  respect  to  their  influence  upon,  fish  and  fish- 
ing, if  any  importance  is  to  be  attached  to  a statement 
which  recently  appeared  in  a daily  newspaper,  to  the  ef- 
fect that  a considerable  loss  of  fish  was  feared  through 
the  freezing  from  top  to  bottom  of  small  streams  and 
shallow  lakes  inhabited  by  them.  It  is  more  reasonable, 
however,  to  believe,  that  as  the  winter  advances,  fishes  in 
the  streams  and  ponds  seek  the  deeper  places  and  live 
well  under  the  ice,  and  that  if  this  latter  should  envelop 
them,  by  reason  of  an  excess  of  cold,  they  then  remain 
in  a frozen,  torpid  condition,  and  suffer  no  harm  if  gradu- 
ally and  naturally  thawed  out  in  the  spring. 

Good  News  for  Nepigon  Fishers. 

It  will  be  good  news  for  all  who  take  an  interest  in 
the  fishing  in  Nepigon  waters,  and,  in  fact,  for  all  friends 
of  fish  protection,  that  the  fishing  monopoly  accorded 
some  time  ago  by  the  Ontario  Government  for  the  net- 
ting of  fish  for  commercial  purposes  out  of  Lake  Nepigon 
is  about  to  be  cancelled.  The  granting  of  this  contract  or 
lease  was  vigorously  opposed  at  the  time,  arid  yet  the 
lease  was  made  for  a period  of  twenty  years.  Violation 
of  the  contract  by  -non-payment  of  rent  is  the  reason  given 
for  its  cancellation  by  the  Government. 

The  Federal  Government,  on  the  other  hand,  is  unfortu- 
nately continuing  the  leasing  of  commercial  fishery  rights 
in  some  of  the  best  of  its  northern  waters.  How  absurdly 
it  is  acting  in  this  matter  may  be  seen  from  the  fact  that 
for  the  sum  of  ten  dollars  a year  for  nine  years  it  has 
awarded  the  exclusive  franchise  to  fish  in  the  rich  waters 
of  Lesser  Slave  Lake.  The  company  to  which  the  politi- 
cal favorite  who  secured  it  subleased  this  valuable  privi- 
lege, is  said  to  have  taken  four  hundred  tons  of  whitefish 
alone  out  of  the  lake  during  the  last  winter,  and  to  have 
made  arrangements  for  taking  seven  hundred  tons  next 
winter.  It  may  easily  be  seen  that  at  this  rate  the  lake 
will  soon  be  depleted.  A Montreal  lawyer  has  been  given 


another  concession  for  twenty-one  years,  at  the  rate  of  a 
nominal  ten  dollars  a year,  to  take  fish  for  commercial 
purposes  in  the  Nelson  and  other  rivers  in  the  district  of 
Keewatin  and  Great  Slave  Lake.  Still  another  individual 
is  said  to  have  secured  for  a nominal  price  the  exclusive 
fishing  rights  in  James  Bay.  E.  T.  D.  Chambers. 

Trout  in  Pennsylvania  and 
New  York* 

Sayre,  Pa.,  April  21.- — The  trout  season  opened  in 
this  section  of  country  under  adverse  conditions. 
Alternate  snow,  sunshine  and  rain  were  the  prevailing 
weather  factors  to  be  reckoned  with,  and  only  the 
hardiest  anglers  were  abroad  the  first  few  days.  Most 
of  the  streams  were  “running  above  normal  water  and, 
all  in  all,  the  disadvantages  were  about  as  numerous 
as  the  early  trout  fisherman  encounters.  In  this 
immediate  vicinity  comparatively  few  trout  have  been 
taken  and  none  of  a size  worthy  of  special  mention. 

In  the  more  remote  trout-inhabited  localities — reached 
from  Binghamton,  Elmira,  Ithaca  and  Cortland,  for 
instance — -I  have  heard  of  some  fine  creels  of  trout  be- 
ing taken.  Many  of  the  streams  about  Ithaca  are 
yielding  some  nice  sized  California  brown  trout,  a 
local  paper  stating  that  a youth  of  the  University  City 
last  Sunday  caught  a brown  trout  22  inches  in  length. 
Some  years  ago  nearly  all  of  the  most  promising  trout 
streams  of  Tompkins  county  were  stocked  with  Cali- 
fornia trout  and  the  fish  have  evidently  thrived. 

Probably  the  trout  angler  is  likely  to  find  as  good 
sport  along  the  streams  encircling  Cortland,  as  he  will 
find  anywhere  in  the  more  southern  New  York  counties. 
And  what  is  particularly  pleasing  to  the  angler,  these 
streams  are  easy  ones,  for  the  most  part,  to  fish.  To 
be  sure,  one  will  not  get  a great  many  trout,  as  not 
a few  men  in  these  latter  days  define  the  term,  but  he 
will  get  enough  to  satisfy  a conservative  appetite,  be- 
sides looking  upon  an  exceedingly  pretty  country  and 
enjoying  something  that  money  nor  the  sordid  am- 
bitions of  the  city  cannot  buy. 

The  pleasantest  trout  fishing  experiences,  which  the 
writer  calls  to  mind,  centered  around  Cortland,  some 
twelve  years  ago,  and  each  springtime  as  the  grass 
comes  to  its  color  and  the  bluebird  flits  from  post  to 
post,  “the  call  of  the  wild,”  as  one  hears  it  from  the 
dear  old  Cortland  county  streams,  arouses  the  spirit 
that  is  sweet  to  commune  with.  And  because  of  this 
I like  to  tell  my  angling  friends  to  go  to  the  town  of 
buggies  and  screen  factories  and  outfit  for  a thoroughly 
delightful  experience. 

The  prophecy  has  again  and  again  been  repeated  in 
local  papers  that  by  reason  of  prolonged  and  unusually 
cold  “spells”  the  past  winter  the  smaller  streams  would 
be  found  devoid  of  trout,  the  fish  having  been  frozen 
in  the  shallow  water.  It  remains  to  be  determined  to 
what  extent,  if  any,  the  freezing  solid  of  these  streams 
has  had  upon  the  trout  supply.  It  is  to  be  hoped  that  in 
this  instance,  at  least,  the  prophet  has  erred  in  his  pre- 
diction, for  the  little  streams  across  which  one  may 
step  at  a stride  really  furnish  some  of  the  fishing  that 
is  best  remembered.  Many  a boy  now  grown  to  man- 
hood, and  even  to  old  age,  can  recall  the  little  silver 
thread  of  water  singing  across  the  meadow  below  the 
red  farmhouse,  and  the  orange-splashed  trout  he  yanked 
in  plenty  therefrom.  Monuments  crumble,  but  these 
memories  live  on.  M.  Chill. 


Maine  Angling  Waters* 

Bangor,  Me.,  April  22. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 
What  the  anglers  at  the  Bangor  salmon  pool,  or,  in 
fact,  at  any  pool,  do  not  know  about  the  why  and 
wherefore  of  salmon  fishing,  its  streaks  of  plenty  and 
streaks  of  scarcity,  lean  and  fat,  but,  like  the  Irishman^ 
pig,  all  lean  most  of  the  time,  would  fill  a very  large 
volume— and  they’re  very  well  informed  fishermen,  too. 
Of  one  thing  they  are  certain,  and  the  knowledge  is 
general,  that  no  salmon  are  being  lured  to  action  by 
the  beautiful  flies  being  cast  on  the  surface  of  the 
Penobscot,  be  they  ever  so  attractive  or  artistically 
cast.  With  the  exception  of  the  fish  reported  in  the  last 
letter,  not  a salmon  has  been  taken  at  the  pool  in  the 
twenty-two  days  of  open  season.  A very  few  fish  have 
been  seen  at  the  pool,  and  more  have  been  reported  as 
seen  at  the  Veazie  dam  above,  so  that  they  have  not  en- 
tirely forsaken  the  river,  but  why  they  won’t  get  into  the 
down  river  weirs  or  take  the  fly  at  the  pool,  is  an  un- 
answered question. 

The  high  winds  prevailing  during  the  week  just  past  have 
had  their  effect  on  the  lakes,  and  several  are  reported 
as  open  and  opening.  Sebago,  usually  the  first  to  clear, 
began  to  break  up  on  Thursday,  and  is  now  practically 
clear  throughout  its  length,  and  is  furnishing  some  mag- 
nificent sport  to  the  early  trollers. 

Lake  Auburn  has  begun  to  break  up,  and  is  probably 
by  this  time  clear  of  ice,  and  the  first  of  the  week  will 
see  crowds  of  anxious  anglers  trolling  for  some  of  those 
big  salmon.  Clearwater  pond  is  expected  to  be  open 
for  anglers  by  to-morrow  or  early  in  the  week,  and 
those  ponds  and  lakes  lying  nearer  the  sea  coast,  like 
Tunk,  Green  Lake,  Phillips  and  others,  will  open  one 
after  another  during  the  next  week,  and  perhaps  less 
time  than  that.  Moosehead  Lake  residents  in  the  city 
to-day  say  that  there  is  still  a great  deal  of  ice  in  that  lake, 
.and  that  it  may  last  until  the  5th,  although  various 
opinions  fix  the  opening  date  all  the  way  from  the  1st 
to  the  5th  of  May.  Sebec  usually  opens  a day  or  two, 
perhaps  three  days,  ahead  of  Moosehead  and  the 
Rangeleys,  which  are  apt  to  be  close  together  in  this 
regard.  The  fishing  in  Sebec,  which  is  one  of  the 
original  salmon  basins,  is  apt  to  be  at  its  very  best 
for  the  first  ten  days  or  a fortnight  after  the  leaving  of 
the  ice,  and  sometimes  the  first  day  records  great  luck. 
In  general,  however,  the  angler  who  waits  so  as  to  be 
on  the  water  a week  or  ten  days  after  the  breaking  up 
of  the  ice,  gets  the  best  results. 

Reports  from  the  Belgrade  lakes  say  that  those  lakes 
will  break  up  by  to-morrow,  and  the  fact  that  Marana- 
cook  and  Cobbossecontee  are  already  clear  is  promis® 
of  early  sport  in  the  lakes  made  famous  as  bass  waters, 
but  where  of  late  years  there  has  been  steadily  im- 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM 


[April  29,  1905. 


proving  sport  with  the  trout,  some  very  large  speci- 
mens being  taken  there.  From  now  until  ike  middle, 
and  perhaps  the  last  of  May,  each  day  will  see  one  or 
more  of  the  lakes  and  ponds  in  Maine  opening  to  the 
angler.  Although  there  is  a license  fee  for  all  who 
hunt  in  Maine,  there  is  none  as  yet  on  the  fisherman, 
who  is  simply  asked  to  abide  by  the  protective  laws 
laid  down.  Herbert  W.  Rowe. 


Boston,  Me.,  April  22. — There  is  good  news  from 
Sebago  that  the  ice  is  out.  Already  several  anglers  from 
Portland  and  some  from.  Massachusetts  have  given  their 
Sines  the  first  wetting  of  the  season  and  with  good  results. 
Several  local  fishermen  who  had  camped  on  shore  were 
out  with  their  boats  as  soon  as  it  was  possible  to  launch 
them.  Mr.  Curtis  Sanborn  got  a thirteen-pounder;  Frank 
L.  Shaw,  of  Portland,  one  weighing  nine  pounds.  W.  H. 
Stevens,  C.  F.  and  W.  L.  Jones,  of  Portland,  have  also 
met  with  good  success.  Lake  Maranacook  is  also  clear 
and  has  yielded  up  a 2j4-pound  trout.  So  the  fishing 
season  in  Maine  has  begun,  although  it  may  be  several 
days  yet  before  the  sport  will  commence  at  the  Rangeleys 
or  Moosehead.  Below  Bangor  at  Verona,  several  salmon 
have  been  taken,  which  shows  that  the  fish  are  running 
and  presages  good  sport  at  the  Pool  before  long.  It  is 
claimed  that  more  work  in  stocking  has  been  done  the 
past  year  than  ever  before,  and  for  that  reason  there 
should  be  an  improvement  in  the  fishing  in  the  Maine 
waters.  One  of  the  changes  in  fish  laws  relates  to  Range- 
ley  waters,  including  Mooselookmeguntic,  Cupsuptic  and 
the  Richardson  lakes,  a law  having  been  passed  last  win- 
ter allowing  a party  in  one  boat  to  catch  only  four  fish 
by  “plugging,”  as  it  is  called— “still-fishing” — in  a day. 
If  there" is  but  one  person  in  the  boat  only  two  fish  are 
permitted.  White  perch  caught  while  trolling  for  trout 
or  salmon  may  not  be  kept  as  heretofore  but  must  be 
returned  to  the  water. 

Only  ten  pounds  of  trout  or  salmon  may  be  sent  out 
at  a time  and  that  but  once  in  thirty  days,  properly  tagged, 
of  course.  No  person  is  permitted,  to  take  more  than 
fifteen  pounds  of  trout  and  salmon  in  one  day  while  troll- 
ing in  these  waters. 

Dr.  W.  C.  Woodward,  of  Middleboro,  says  that  several 
sportsmen  of  his  town  have  taken  good  strings  of  trout 
in  nearby  streams  since  the  opening  of  the  season,  April 
I.  Mr.  Ed.  Grant,  who  has  been  spending  a few  weeks 
in  Boston,  tells  me  that  deer  have  come  through  the  win- 
ter in  fine  shape,  and  are  very  numerous  in  the  country 
about  his  camps  at  Beaver  Pond,  and  that  there  are  lots 
of  partridges.  Fie  says  that  there  had  been  no  perceptible 
falling  off  in  the  fishing  for  the  last  few  years.  It  seems 
to  me  “Ed,”  as  every  one  calls  him,  does  not  look  a day 
older  than  he  did  way  back  in  the  ’80s.  when  he  acted  as 
one  of  the  guides  of  our  party  at  Kennebago  Lake.  One 
of  his  sons  is  associated  with  him  in  running  the  camps. 

Central. 


How  to  Tell  a Grilse. 

New  York,  April  3. — Editor  Forest  otid  Stream: 
I wish  that  some  of  your  readers  would  tMl  me  how 
to  distinguish  a grilse  from  a salmon — that  is  a distinct- 
ive characteristic  which  is  unmistakable. 

For  instance,  I can  tell  a parr  from  a smolt,  for  the 
parr  still  retain  the  dark  bars — they  are  unmistakable. 
Again,  I can  tell  a smolt  from  a grilse  (or  peiliaps  bet- 
ter, I think  that  I can)  for  it  has  not  yet  been  to  the 
sea.  But  I have  no  knowledge  which  enables  me  to 
infallibly  tell  a grilse  from  a salmon. 

As  an  illustration,  I read  from  one  authority,  “I  have 
never  seen  a grilse  in  Canada  of  above  six  pounds,  while 
in  Britain  ten  pounds  is  not  a very  rare  size,  aiM  one 
is  reputed  to  have  been  taken  of  twenty  pound',..”  I 
conclude,  therefore,  that  weight  is  not  a scientific  test, 
for  salmon  of  those  weights  have  been  taken.  An  Eng- 
lish writer  says  that  grilse  have  longer  fins.  than  sal- 
mon ; this  is  absurd  from  a scientific  standpoint.  Rela- 
tive looseness  of  scales  has  been  mentioned,  but  here 
this  distinction  is  too  vague,  for  it  furnishes  no  standard 
of  looseness..  It  has  been  said,  also,  that  grilse  have 
a forked  tail,  while  salmon  have  a square  tail;  but  this 
is  not  adequate,  for  no  salmon  has  a tail  that  would 
true  to  a perpendicular  line  erected  at  its  caudal  ex- 
tremity. It  seems  not  to  be  sexual  maturity,  for  I read 
that  both  male  and  female  grilse  have  been  known  to  breed. 

It  has  also  been  said  that  grilse  have  a thinner  root 
at  the  tail  than  a salmon,  but  this  furnishes  no  clew, 
for  the  question  at  once  arises,  how  thick  is  the  root  of 
a salmon’s  tail?  The  salmon  that  I have  taken  have 
shown  various  thicknesses  in  the  roots  of  their  tails; 
so  have  the  grilse.  But  it  would  appear  that  there  ought 
to  be  some  unmistakable  difference  to  justify  the  differ- 
ent nomenclature.  Have  grilse  the  X marks  of  the  sal- 
■*  mon?  Does  a salmon  always  have  them? 

J.  E.  Hindon  Hyde. 


Mr.  G.  A.  Boulenger  writes  in  the  London  Field  on 
the  subject: 

“A  grilse  is  a young  salmon  on  its  first  return  from 
the  sea,  and  is  intermediate  in  character  between  the  smolt 
and  the  salmon  proper,  the  principal  differences  as  com- 
pared to  the  latter  being  a more  distinctly  emarginate 
caudal  fin  when  fully  spread  out  (this  fin  being  forked 
in  the  smolt  and  truncate,  or  very  feebly  emarginate  in 
the  salmon),  and  a smaller  mouth  (the  upper  jaw  extend- 
ing to  below  the  posterior  third  of  the  eye  in  the  smolt, 
to  beyond  the  vertical  of  the  posterior  border  of  the  eye 
in  the  salmon).  In  salmonids,  as  in  most  other  fishes, 
size  does  not  always  coincide  with  maturity,  and  the  ar- 
gument which  has  often  been  adduced  in  favor  of  the 
grilse  and  salmon  being  distinct  fishes,  viz.,  that  the 
former  may  be  as  large  as  the  latter,  is  of  no  importance. 
According  to  Frank  Buckland,  grilse  have  been  captured 
of  the  extraordinary  weight  of  fourteen  pounds.  The 
male  grilse  may  be  sexually  mature,  but  not  the  female. 

“The  following  is  the  definition  of  a grilse  by  a high 
authority  on  the  life-histories  of  fishes,  the  late  Prof. 
Brown  Goode : ‘The  grilse  is  the  adolescent  salmon,  it 

weighs  from  two  to  six  pounds,  and  is  more  slender  and 
graceful  than  the  mature  fish,  with  smaller  head,  thinner 
scales,  more  forked  tail,  and  spots  rounder,  more  numer- 
ous, and  bluish  rather  than  jetty  black.  The  two  may 
easily  be  distinguishes  even  though  both  should  be  of 
the  same  size,  as  not  un frequently  happens,’  ” 


A I Boy  and  a Bass; 

I was  living  in  the  city  of  Boonville,  Mo.  The 
Missouri  River  ran  close  at  hand.  The  water  was  low. 
There  was  a good  deal  of  fishing  going  on,  and  I had  been 
.working  steady  for  three  weeks  trying  to  get  enough 
money  to  hire  a guide  to  take  me  fishing  in  real  style, 
although  I could  fish  plenty  along  the  bank.  I determined 
to  go  out  and  have  a try  at  the  big  fellow  so  many  had 
let  get  away. 

At  last  the  money  was  earned,  and  I waited  till  a pretty 
day.  The  second  day  I waited  was  dandy.  I hired  a 
boatman  and  started  out  as  happy  as  a lark.  My  rod 
and  reel  were  heavy  and  strong,  and  my  reel  held  400  feet 
of  line.  I fished  till  noon  without  much  success,  ate  my 
luncheon,  and  continued  fishing.  I was  getting  drowsy 
when  my  reel  gave  a loud  discordant  scream  and  darted 
away.  “Ah,”  said  the  boatman,  “you  have  a stunner”; 
and  indeed  I had.  The  fish  started  out  in  a way  which 
taxed  my  strength  to  the  utmost.  I pressed  on  the  brake 
as  hard  as  I dared,  and  I began  to  think  that  if  he  did 
not  stop  directly  he  would  take  all  my  line;  but,  really, 
I had  a good  deal  of  line  yet. 

“Need  any  help?”  said  the  boatman.  “N-n-not  yet,”  I 
gasped;  but  just  then  the  fish  turned  and  started  toward 
the  boat  and  I was  kept  busy  taking  in  line.  He  had  got 
nearly  to  the  boat  when  he  sank  and  I was  almost  sure 
he  got  away,  and  said:  ‘Got  away!”  “What?”  said  the 
boatman,  as  the  fish  gave  another  terrible  lurch  that 
nearly  jerked  the  rod  out  of  my  hands  and  the  reel  crank 
hitting  my  fingers  almost  hard  enough  to  break  them.  He 
now  began  to  make  for  deeper  water  and  the  flying  line 
threw  spray  two  feet  above  the  water.  I knew  if  I did 
not  stop  him  it  was  all  over;  so  I put  all  my  strength 
on  the  rod  and  reel  and  succeeded  in  turning  him.  All 
this  time  the  boatman  was  kept  busy  with  the  oars. 

Long  before  this  my  breath  began  to  come  in  quick, 
short  gasps;  my  hands  were  bleeding  and  my  strength 
was  nearly  exhausted.  But  now  the  fish  began  to  tire 
and  we  were  succeeding  in  getting  him  in  shallow  water. 
Once,  when  I had  him  in  about  nine  feet  of  the  boat,  I 
cried  out : “Quick,  mister,  with  the  gaff  1”  The  boatman 
raised  his  gaff  and  like  a shot  it  descended,  but  too  late. 
The  fish  made  a leap  into  the  air  and  then  plunged  beneath 
the  surface  and  the  battle  raged  as  furious  as  ever.  Now 
making  long  runs,  now  plunging  deep  beneath  the  sur- 
face, now  rising  and  making  leaps  into  the  air  as  if  mad, 
now  letting  itself  be  pulled  close  to  the  boat.  At  last  it 
let  me  pull  it  nearer  than  ever;  and  this  was  fatal,  for 
the  boatman’s  gaff  was  caught  securely  under  the  gills 
and  it  was  dragged  into  the  boat  and  killed.  I was  glad 
the  struggle  was  ended,  as  it  was  growing  dark ; and  we 
pulled  for  land.  My  prize  weighed  nine  pounds;  it  was 
a black  bass  and  was  found  to  be  the  largest  caught  with 
the  rod  for  two  years.  M.  ?.  Sohlinger. 

Stoutsville,  Mo, 


Mullets  in  Fresh  Waters. 

Galveston,  Tex.,  April  20. — Yesterday  I saw  the  com- 
mon salt  water  mullet,  in  a pond  where,  I feel  certain, 
no  salt  water  has  been  since  September,  1900.  On  men- 
tioning it  to  Col.  W.  L.  Moody,  who  owns  Lake  Surprise 
on  the  mainland,  he  tells  me  that  the  water  is  fresh,  they 
drink  it ; and  that  mullet  are  very  abundant  in  it. 

This  suggests  a very  interesting  question  as  to  whether 
the  mullet  could  not  be  accustomed  first  to  brackish  and 
then  to  fresh  water.  What  a food  supply  it  would  make 
for  bass  in  lakes,  and  what  a supply  of  bait.  It  is  the 
favorite  food  of  all  large  fish  of  salt  water. 

When  I lived  in  the  coast  country  of  Virginia  many 
years  ago,  it  was  well  known  that  a few  striped  bass  had 
been  found  in  mill  ponds,  the  stream  or  race  from  which 
emptied  into  salt  water,  but  the  ponds  were  fresh,  and 
the  race  fresh.  It  was  generally  thought  that  the  fish  had 
been  thrown  into  the  pond  by  the  mill-wheel,  or  fish 
hawks  had  dropped  them  when  small.  In  carrying  to 
their  young  the  hawks  frequently  drop  fish  when  the  bald 
eagle  gets  after  them. 

I wish  some  of  the  Fish  Commission  stations,  National 
or  State,  would  experiment  with  getting  fresh  water 
mullet.  G.  E.  Mann. 


Bearing  on  the  subject  are  the  following  notes  from 
earlier  issues  of  Forest  and  Stream,  the  first  by  William 
P.  Seal  and  the  second  by  Dr.  Tarleton  H.  Bean. 

I have  found  that  when  fresh  water  is  introduced  into 
a salt-water  aquarium  it  will  remain  on  the  surface 
unless  the  whole  is  thoroughly  stirred  or  mingled.  It 
is  probable  that  the  fresh  water  of  rivers  is  not 
thoroughly  mingled  with  the  water  of  bays,  but  flows 
off  on  the  surface,  and  that  at  considerable  depths  it 
may  be  very  nearly  as  salt  as  that  near  shore  outside, 
say  1.024,  or  at  least  1.020. 

The  sheepshead  and  tautog  are  bottom  fishes,  and  ex- 
tremely local,  requiring  hard  or  rocky  bottom  (ledges). 
It  occurs  to  me,  in  view  of  the  extreme  changes  of 
salinity  encountered  by  these  fishes  in  this,  transition 
without  apparent  effect,  that  it  opens  an  interesting  field 
for  experiment.  It  is  probable  that  the  conditions  of 
environment  of  most  animals,  and  of  fishes  especially, 
are  accidents  rather  than  necessities  of  existence.  I 
feel  confident  that  it  would  be  possible  to  transfer  suc- 
cessfully many  salt-water  fishes  to  water  wholly  fresh, 
by  slow  degrees,  if  conditions  were  found  otherwise 
similar  to  their  native  ones.  What  a noble  fish  the 
sheepshead  would  be  for  the  Great  Lakes. 

The  possibility  suggested  by  Mr.  W.  P.  Seal  in  Forest 
and  Stream  recently,  of  extensive  transfers  of  marine 
fishes  to  fresh  water,  reminded  me  of  an  experiment 
made  by  Prof.  A.  E.  Verrill,  of  Yale  College,  about 
ten  years  ago.  As  Prof.  Verrill’s  experience  harmonized 
very  well  with  that  of  Mr.  Seal,  I wrote  to  the  Pro- 
fessor for  information  about  it,  and  received  the  fol- 
lowing in  reply: 

“Dear  Doctor  Bean — The  experiment  that  you  refer 
to  was  made  some  ten  years  ago.  Seeing  some  very 
fresh-looking  tomcod  in  the  fish  market  here,  but 
frozen  very  hard  and  stiff  on  a cold  winter  day,  I got 
permission  to  put  a dozen  or  more  into  a large  aquarium 
in  the  market,,  supplied  with  a constant  current  of  city 
water;  My  object  was  to  see  if  they  would  revive  after 
being  frozen.  They  all  revived  perfectly  in  an  hour  or 


less.  As  they  seemed  to  feel  satisfied  with  their  quarters 
in  the  aquarium,  we  allowed  them  to  remain,  and  there 
they  lived  all  winter — probably  three  months  or  more — 
till  turned  out  in  the  spring  to  make  room  for  other 
things.  Sincerely  yours,  A.  E.  Verrill  (New  Haven, 
Nov.  24,  1889).” 

Here  we  have  a marine  fish  suddenly  transferred  from 
salt  water  to  air  below  a freezing  temperature  and  then 
into  fresh  water  without  loss  of  health  and  vigor.  This 
was  a remarkable  case,  and  the  result  could  not  have 
been  anticipated.  There  are  many  anadromous  fishes 
which  ascend  rivers  from  the  sea  far  into  the  interior 
for  the  purpose  of  spawning.  Among  these  the  shad, 
alewife  and  salmon  will  be  recalled  by  every  one.  The 
alewife  will  even  endure  perpetual  landlocking  and  con- 
tinue to  multiply;  the  same  is  true  of  the  smelt  and 
white  perch.  Doubtless  numerous  other  illustrations  of 
a similar  nature  will  occur  to  some  of  our  readers. 
Some  of  the  flounders  run  into  the  rivers  above  tidal 
waters;  the  bluefish  and  the  silver  gar  ascend  far  from  the 
sea.  Even  the  halibut  has  come  up  the  Potomac  to  the 
vicinity  of  Colonial  Beach,  where  the  water  is  brackish. 
Examples  of  marine  species  domiciled  in  fresh  water 
can  be  cited  indefinitely,  and  we  should  not  be  surprised 
by  any  new  developments.  T.  H.  B. 


Fishing  in  the  Delaware  River. 

(I  About  this  time  every  season  we  read  somewhere  that 
“The  fishing  in  the  Delaware  River  will  be  poor  this  sea- 
son because  of  the  floods  and  ice  during  the  winter,”  etc. 
But  those  of  us  who  go  up  there  find  a fish  here  and 
there  just  the  same,  and  learn  to  love  the  river  and  its 
environments  more  than  ever.  Perhaps  the  chief  reason 
why  the  Delaware  attracts  so  many  people  is  its  nearness 
to  New  York  City,  and  the  low  fares  on  the  railways,  yet 
I hazard  the  assertion  that  not  one  out  of  every  thousand 
persons  who  go.  to  the  various  resorts  at  a week-end  see 
and  enjoy  the  river  as  it  should  be  seen  and  enjoyed;  in 
short,  through  the  eyes  of  the  angler  or  canoeist  who 
camps  alongshore  and  sees  the  grand  stream  and  its  moun- 
tains at  their  best — at  sunrise,  sunset,  at  noon,  and  when 
a storm  is  brewing ; who  picks  wild  strawberries  and 
blackberries  when  they  are  ripe,  gathers  great  bunches 
of  laurel  in  bloom  and  wishes  he  might  take  it  home  with 
him,  or  merely,  casts  now  and  then  in  the  eddies  and  rifts 
when  the  spirit  moves  him,  and  tries  to  persuade  his 
camp-mate,  who  grows  lazier  day  by  day,  that  it  was 
fishing  they  came  for;  that  they  can  loaf  at  home  as 
well.  Anyhow,  it  is  not  a place  for  strenuous  people,  un- 
less running  rapids  attracts  more  than  does  the  fishing 
and  the  daily  flopping  across  country  in  search  of  ever- 
elusive  eggs  that  go^  to  the  boarding  houses  in  spite  of 
the  campers’  protests  that  they  are  willing  to  pay  more 
than  anyone  else,  if  only  the  eggs  will  be  kept  for  them 
when  laid ; but  eggs  are  bought  far  in  advance,  and  the 
unlucky  camper  who  is  not  a steady  customer,  must  be 
content  with  the  case  article  from  New  York  unless  he 
can  bribe  the  farmers’  wives  to  save  one  or  two  for  him 
each  day  out  of  the  lot  hoarded  for  the  boarding-house 
people,  who  insist  that  their  boarders  come  to  the  coun- 
try for  country  air  and  truck,  and  will  be  satisfied  with 
nothing  that  comes  from  the  box  if  there  is  any  way  to 
prevent  it. 

To  me  it  seems  the  best  way  to  enjoy  the  Delaware 
and  the  fishing  thoroughly  is  to  drift  downstream  in  a 
canoe.  There  are  many  reasons  for  this,  chief  of  which 
is  that  one  accustomed  to  wide  expanses  of  water  and 
broad  vistas  of  lowland  soon  becomes  oppressed  with 
the  feeling  of  being  shut  in  by  the  hills  which  border 
this  beautiful  stream,  and  longs  for  new  scenes  until 
nothing  short  of  breaking  camp  will  satisfy  him;  and 
the  further  he  drifts  the  more  will  the  feeling  be  present 
with  him,  particularly  as  running  the  myriad  rapids  and 
rifts  is  most  exhilarating  and  the  constant  search  for 
better  fishing  waters  becomes  a sort  of  will  o’  the  wisp. 

I have  a friend  who,  with  his  wife,  drifted  down  a part 
of  the  Delaware  one  wet  summer  in  a canvas  canoe,  and 
who  left  camp  one  day  for  a woods  ramble  which  proved 
to  be  longer  than  expected.  On  their  return  these  good 
people  found  their  tent  on  the  ground  and  all  their  be- 
longings trampled  into  the  soil  by  a drove  of  cows  which 
grazed  up  and  down  the  shores  every  day.  Certain  ar- 
ticles left  in  camp  were  missing,  among  them  a box  of 
cigars  and  a whole  ham.  Now,  I have  known  cows  to  be 
accused  of  many  things  by  canoeists,  but  to  accuse  a cow 
of  taking  down  a ham  that  had  been  hung  on  the  limb 
of  a tree  and  some  nine  feet  from  the  ground,  as  well  as 
eating  strong  black  cigars,  is  pnkind,  to  say  the  least. 
The  only  lesson  one  may  draw  from  this  is  to  keep  an 
eye  on  the  camp  while  away.  Personally,  I was  never 
bothered  by  two-footed  prowlers,  although  there  are  van- 
dals along  the  Delaware,  no  doubt.  However,  there  seems 
to  be  a scarcity  of  Weary  Willies  who  drill  along  the  rail- 
way tracks.  As  a rule,  I avoid  the  railway  side  of  the 
river  in  making  camp,  but  this  is  not  always  convenient. 
At  one  place  I camped  under  the  railway  embankment 
from  necessity  for  nearly  a week,  but  was  never  visited 
by  tramps.  The  visitors  were  of  the  right  sort  with  the 
exception  of  a few  who,  on  a Saturday  night,  insisted 
that  I go  with  them  to  the  nearest  ginmill  for  a night- 
cap, but  who  were  not  offensively  persistent,  as  some  are 
when  partially  under  the  influence  of  the  fiery  stuff  they 
call  tanglefoot  or  bugjuice,  according  to  the  locality,  The 
neighbors  have  a pleasant  way  of  dropping  in  at  nightfall, 
bringing  wflth  them  a few  choice  apples  or  a half-dozen 
mealy  potatoes,  knowing  that  the  little  canoe  does  not 
carry  a cargo  of  such  size  as  to  supply  the  owner  for 
many  days,  when  his  appetite  is  whetted  so  keenly  by 
the  mountain  air  and  hard  exertion  in  the  rifts.  Money 
in  return  is  never  expected,  and  seldom  accepted,  and  I 
recall  one  farmer  who  supplied  three  persons  in  our 
camp  with  fresh  milk  for  four  days,  and  every  time  had 
to  be  urged  persistently  before  he  would  accept  coin  in 
exchange.  “Oh,  that  is  nothing,”  he  asserted,  although  it 
was  a fact  that  he  rowed  across  one  of  the  worst  rifts 
along  the  river  twice  daily  to  deliver  milk  to  one  of  the 
boarding  houses,  and  our  modest  wants  were  supplied  on 
the  ground,  his  cows  grazing  all  about  our  camp,  much 
to  the  discomfort  of  the  Madam,  to  whom  cattle  of  both 
sexes  look  alike,  and  all  are  terrifying. . 

One  may  read  the  railway  fishing  guides  and  the  fish- 
ing laws  relating  to  the  river,  and  learn  a lot  that  will 
be  of  real  service  to  him ; but  neither  one  will  bring  fish 


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to  his  creel.  Neither  will  interviewing  the  farmers  en 
route  or  the  boatmen  at  the  hotels.  The  best  way  is  to 
hunt  for  your  fish,  just  as  you  would  hunt  for  your  game 
in  the  autumn.  To-day  the  bass  may  be  at  the  head  of 
some  rift;  to-morrow  at  the  tail  or  in  the  eddies  above 
or  below  it.  Now  and  then  one  will  take  nice  fish  from 
places  where  none  are  believed  to  exist,  and  so  on  ad 
infinitum.  There  is  a certain  element  in  the  sport  that 
makes  dry-fly  casting  similar  to  that  of  casting  with  the 
free  reel  and  long  line  in  the  rifts  and  eddies  of  the  upper 
Delaware,  but  the  latter  is  generally  more  like  wet-fly 
casting  in  that  one  is  constantly  searching  for  his  game 
instead  of  waiting  for  it  to  make  its  presence  known, 
then  seeking  to  lure  it  to  the  creel. 

So  subject  is  the  river  to  sudden  rises  from  freshets 
following  heavy  downpours  of  rain  perhaps  miles_  fur- 
ther back  in  the  mountains  that  one  will  do  well  to  inter- 
view the  railway  people  the  day  before  starting  for  a 
cruise  of  short  duration.  Otherwise  he  may  find  the 
stream  high  and  colored,  so  that  until  it  falls  and  clears 
the  bass  may  not  feel  inclined  to  take  the  most  tempting 
lures.  But  there  is  a way  to  avoid  this  possible  annoy- 
ance. by  going  to  a part  of  the  river  near  which  there 
are  small  lakes  where  other  fish  can  be  caught.  Then, 
if  the  river  is  discolored,  go  to  one  of  the  lakes  until 
the  stream  resumes  its  normal  state  and  the  bass  are 
again  willing  to  inspect  the  new-fangled  baits  put  out  for 
them.  This  is  an  easier  matter,  as  a rule,  than  it  at  first 
may  seem.  There  are  several  railway  stations  where  one 
may  leave  the  train,  obtain  the  services  of  a teamster,  and 
go  with  him  to  one  of  the  lakes  within  three  or  four 
miles  of  the  village,  taking  the  canoe,  or  at  least  the  camp 
duffle,  along.  Word  travels  rapidly  in  these  hills,  and  al- 
most any  passer-by  will  give  the  camper  exact  informa- 
tion relative  to  the  river’s  condition.  If  it  is  clearing, 
he  can  return  to  it;  if  not,  wait  a few  days  longer. 
Tramping  over  these  grand  hills  will  repay  one  for  the 
visit,  and  if  there  are  any  small  streams  nearby  where 
a trout  may  be  snaked  out  now  and  then,  the  game  will 
be  well  worth  the  candle.  As  a rule,  one  may  be  told 
that  these  streams  have  been  denuded  of  all,  or  nearly 
all,  fish  life  by  the  heavy  freshets  and  severe  runs  of  ice 
during  the  previous  winter;  but  here  a pinch  of  salt  will 
do  no  harm,  and  a trial  of  the  brooks  may  convince  one 
that  not  all  testimony  on  any  subject  is  entirely  credible. 
Anyway,  half  the  fun  of  fishing  is  to  learn  facts  from 
experience,  and  those  who  propose  to  use  electricity  as  a 
servant  in  the  taking  of  fish,  turning  the  sport  into  an 
exact  science — if  only  the  fish  may  first  be  lured  to  the 
hook — should  devote  their  energies  and  researches  to 
other  subjects.  This  applies  with  equal  force  to  many 
of  the  weird  devices  invented  by  well-meaning  persons 
and  called  generally  artificial  baits.  The  bait  for  the 
Delaware,  we  are  told  again  and  again,  is  either  young 
catfish  or  lamprey  eels  of  goodly  size,  say  three  or  four 
inches;  but  these  are  not  easily  obtained  by  those  whose 
outfits  are  small  and  time  limited,  hence  the  growing  de- 
sire to  take  fish  with  spinners,  spoons  and  similar  lures, 
or  with  grasshoppers,  etc.  But  it  is  worth  remembering 
that  the  black  bass  in  this  stream  seem  to  fancy,  the  very 
small  single-hook  spinners,  copper,  brass  or  silver,  ac- 
cording to  the  light  and  other  conditions.  With  such 
lures  bait-casting  and  fly-fishing  become  somewhat  simi- 
lar. It  is  true  that  nearly  all  small  spinners  are  equipped 
with  treble-feathered  hooks  instead  of . single-feathered 
ones,  but  in  selecting  these  I always  insist  on  the  feath- 
ered single  hooks,  and  if  one  will  obtain  a supply  of  bass 
flies  or  lake  trout  flies  on  eyed  hooks,  these  can  be 
changed  on  the  spinner  to  suit  the  conditions  and  the 
whims  of  the  fish.  I have  taken  goodly  fish  on  tiny  spin- 
ners and  grasshoppers  in  July  and  August,  but  it  seems 
this  is  something  that  proves  very  attractive  to  the  chubs 
in  the  river,  and  while  these  fish  are  eaten  by  some  per- 
sons, I do  not  care  for  them,  and  catching  one  is  very 
disappointing  when  one  is  casting  for  bass  in  a very  likely 
spot.  These  eyed  hook  flies  are  most  convenient  for  the 
bait-caster,  and  can  be  used  with  good  success  in  the 
small  brooks  where  trout  abound  as  well  as  for  casting 
alone  for  bass  rvhen  they  are  rising.  A few  bucktail 
flies  on  eyed  hooks  are  handy  for  dark  days  and  early 
fishing  when  the  mist  hangs  low  on  the  mountains,  as 
it  often  does  in  summer  until  after  ,9  o’clock,  and  bright 
flies  seem  to  attract  the  fish  at  times  when  nothing  else 
will.  Crickets,  helgramites  and  doodle-bugs,  all  good 
bait  at  times,  can  be  picked  up  in  goodly  numbers  along- 
shore by  anyone  who  devotes  a half-hour  to  such  effort 
now  and  then.  Preserved  minnows  and  crayfish  are  ad- 
vocated by  some  anglers,  and  it  is  well  to  take  along  a 
jar  or  two  of  the  preserved  shiners  or  chubs,  as  one  can 
never  tell  just  what  the  bass  are  thinking  of  in  the  way 
of  a meal,  and  the  embalmed  minnows  may  strike  their 
fancy  when  nothing  else  will.  Preserving  one’s  own  min- 
nows is  much  easier  than  many  anglers  think,  and  if  an 
empty  jar  or  two  be  taken  along,  and  a small  bottle  of 
formalin,  they  may  be  preserved  on  the  ground.  The 
recipe  is  an  old  one,  but  worth  repeating.  Put  the  min- 
nows in  a small  wide-mouthed  bottle  and  cover  them 
with  clean  water,  adding  a teaspoonful  of  formalin  and 
sealing  the  bottle  tightly  for  three  days,  then  pour  off 
the  liquid,  add  fresh  water  and  only  half  as  much  for- 
malin as  before,  letting  them  set  for  a day  or  two  before 
using.  Shaking  about  in  shipment  is  what  makes  so 
many  of  the  preserved  minnows  look  ragged  and  dis- 
colored. The  less  shaking  the  bottle  gets  the  better.  The 
same  method  may  be  followed  in  preserving  specimens 
to  take  home,  such  as  lizards,  small  snakes,  etc. 

A great  many  anglers  go  to  places  visited  too  often 
by  the  week-end  crowds  for  the  best  fishing.  There  is 
much  to  attract  the  angler  to  the  West  Branch  of  the 
Delaware,  reached  by  leaving  the  train  at  any  station  on 
the  Erie  Railway  between  Deposit  and  Hancock,  and  not 
so  many  fish  in  this  branch  as  in  the  main  river  at 
Parker’s  Glen,  Lackawaxen,  Pond  Eddy  or  Callicoon 
Station.  It  is  true  that  the  West  Branch  is  very  rocky 
and  not  deep  enough  at  all  times  for  comfortable  drifting- 
in  a canoe  if  there  are  two  aboard,  but  for  those  who 
go  singly  this  is  a charming  bit  of  water,  abounding  in 
beautiful  little  islands,  small  brooks  and  spots  no  one 
will  be  eager  to  leave  in  haste;  in  fact,  just  the  sort  of 
water  to  attract  the  lazy  angler.  Then  it  is  only  about 
fifteen  miles  from  Deposit  down  to  Hancock,  and  an- 
other mile  to  the  junction  of  the  East  and  West  branches, 
and  two  large  islands  finely  adapted  to  camping  and  to 
short  trigs  .up.  or  down  stream  to  the  likely  pools  and 


eddies.  Along  there  one  sees  the  mountains  at  their 
best,  and  the  streams  are  not  fished  so  much  as  further 
down,  and  more  convenient  to  the  city.  The  farmers 
are  very  friendly,  and  if  the  wild  berries  are  ripe  at  the 
time  of  your  visit,  don’t  fail  to  look  for  them  alongshore 
and  in  the  hills.  Fried  black  bass  with  wild  blackberries 
for  dessert  should  tempt  any  angler,  and  if  he  is  lucky- 
enough  to  wheedle  some  farmer’s  wife  into  supplying 
him  with  a few  fresh  eggs,  and  the  stage  of  water  is  fa- 
vorable to  fishing,  he  need  not  sigh  for  better  waters  nor 
a more  charming  place  in  which  to  pass  his  vacation,  for 
it  would  be  difficult  to  find.  But  he  who  hurries  should 
avoid  the  West  Branch  and  launch  his  canoe  at  Hancock 
or  Stockport,  where  there  is  a greater  depth  of  water  and 
smoother  sailing  in  consequence.  If  the  vacation  is 
limited  to  a fortnight,  the  trip  from  Hancock  to  Calli- 
coon Station  is  long  enough  for  those  who  are  fond  of 
taking  things  easy  and  merely  drifting  a few  miles  now 
and  then,  to  camp  for  two  or  three  days  near  every  fa- 
vorable bit  of  fishing  water,  which  are  numerous  on  the 
upper  river.  Still,  there  is  much  good  water  further 
down  that  is  not  fished  to  death  every  season,  and  one 
can  go  on  to  Cochecton  or  Mast  Hope.  At  the  latter 
place  there  is  the  beautiful  Ten-Mile  River,  only  a few 
hundred  yards  from  the  village,  and  several  lively  rifts 
at  the  tail  of  which  it  is  safe  to  look  for  the  old  bronze- 
backers. 

Finally,  write  to  two  or  three  of  the  railway  station 
agents  before  starting  for  the  river,  asking,  them  as  to 
the  conditions  at  the  time.  Generally  the  river  is  clear 
during  the  summer,  but  as  stated  above,  it  is  very  sen- 
sitive to  freshets,  and  it  is  annoying  to  be  compelled  to 
wait  two  or  three  days  for  the  water  to  clear  and  the 
fish  to  resume  biting.  From  a low  and  clear  stage  I have 
seen  the  river  rise  two  or  three  feet  in  an  hour  and  re- 
main colored  for  four  days  thereafter,  during  which  time 
not  a single  strike  could  be  obtained  in  eddies  and  rifts 
famous  for  their  bass,  while  during  heavy  rains  the  river 
may  rise  several  feet  and  be  in  flood  for  a week.  These 
are  extreme  cases,  of  course,  but  it  is  well  to  remember 
them.  Perry  D.  Frazer. 


Hudson  River  Fisheries* 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

What  the  present  seaso'n  will  produce  cannot,  of 
course,  be  foretold,  but  the  fact  remains  that  the  valu- 
able fisheries  of  the  Hudson  River  are  steadily  falling 
away  to  nothingness.  Not  many  years  ago  these 
fisheries  were  conducted  as  far  up  the  river  as  Troy. 
But  each  year  now  the  fish  run  less  and  less  up  the 
river,  and  very  recent  letters  received  from  fishermen 
show  that  they  are  discouraged.  It  is  not  in  the  hope 
of  offering  anything  new  that  this  communication  is 
sent,  but  rather  in  the  hope  that  it  will  lead  to  an  agi- 
tation which  will  result  in  giving  the  commission  means 
to  make  an  effort  to  improve  existing  conditions. 
After  studying  carefully  the  statistics  available,  I find 
that  each  year  it  has  been  as  if  an  invisible  line  was 
stretched  across  the  river,  moving  steadily  down  stream, 
beyond  which  the  more  important  fish  do  not  pass. 
The  fishermen  attest  this  in  conversation  and  tell  me 
that,  although  the  greatest  falling  off  is  in  the  shad 
and  herring  and  sturgeon  fisheries,  there  also  is  a 
marked  loss  in  every  variety  that  once  was  plentiful. 
The  following  table,  made  up  from  the  returns  of  the 
licensed  net  fishermen  themselves,  shows  how  serious 
is  the  situation: 


1903. 

1904. 

1903. 

1904. 

Pounds  of  fish  caught. 

Value  of  fish  caught. 

Bullheads  . . . . 

54,174 

40,825 

$4,217.99 

$3,206.17 

Carp  

134,140 

99,726 

3,931.09 

4,849.65 

Eels  

7,024 

- 9,586 

711.82 

770.20 

Frost  fish  

22,097 

40,695 

442.02 

603.54 

Herring  

392,110 

250,719 

6,570.88 

3,341.80 

Perch  

20,032 

30,293 

1,054.09 

1,626.93 

5,080 

937.79 

Shad  

723,811 

161,751 

35,117.24 

13,219.27 

Sturgeon  

.........  16,715 

11,805 

2,444.59 

1,098.09 

Sturgeon  eggs 

2,267 

151 

1,136.00 

128.35 

Suckers  

36,491 

50,324 

1,695.60 

2,535.46 

Sunfish  

4,250 

6,694 

205.51 

352.56 

Striped  bass  . 

10,301 

14,035 

1,190.05 

1,564.14 

Including 

the  miscellaneous  fish  r 

eported,  the  catch  for 

the  two  seasons  thus  compared,  and  the  value 

was  as 

follows : 

1903. 

1904.  Falling  off. 

Pounds  of  fish  caught 

. 1.441,610 

3(9,459 

1,132,151 

'Value  of  fish 

caught 

.$59,379.65 

$33,664.00 

$25,715.65 

The  better  informed  fishermen,  who  also  have  been 
studying  the  situation,  such  men  as  Mr.  Matthew  Ken- 
nedy, for  instance,  tell  me  that  they  think  the  shad 
fishery  at  least  can  be  restored,  if  the  State  and  Federal 
Commission,  which  yearly  plant  millions  of  fry  in  the 
river,  would  first  raise  the  fry  to  the  fingerling  stage. 
This  plan  has  been  tried  by  the  Connecticut  Com- 
mission, and  excellent  results  as  to  increasing  the  run 
of  shad  are  reported.  To  try  the  plan  here  would  re- 
quire the  purchase  or  lease  of  grounds,  the  building  of 
rearing  ponds,  and  the  expense  of  watching  and  feeding 
the  fish  which  are  very  delicate.  Several  thousands 
of  dollars  would  be  necessary,  but  this  sum  ought  to  be 
secured  rapidly  by  the  Assemblymen  from  the  river 
counties  if  united  for  the  purpose. 

My  own  idea  would  be  to  have  first  a thorough  in- 
quiry by  some  such  competent  authority  as  Dr. 
Tarleton  H.  Bean,  for  instance,  who  would  discover,  if 
possible,  why  the  fisheries  have  so  greatly  fallen  off 
each  year,  and  why  the  shad  and  herring  no  longer  run 
up  the  Hudson  beyond  a fairly  well-marked  locality. 
It  might  take  a year  to  do  this,  but  it  would  furnish 
something  definite  to  start  on.  Mere  opinion  is  not  of  great 
value  when  you  are  dealing  with  a fisheries  problem, 
and  the  Hudson  River  fisheries  are  worth  enough  and 
of  sufficient  importance  to  warrant  any  reasonable  ex- 
penditure, either  to  save  or  revive  them.  Personally  I 
cannot  see  that,  if  the  mature  shad  with  their  strong- 
spawning  instinct  will  not  any  longer  run  up  the  river 
above  -a  certain  limit,  there  is  any  reason  to  hope  that 
younger  fish  would  do  so.  and  this  is  the  plain  meaning 
of  the  plan  to  plant  fingerlings  instead  of  fry. 

But  let  the  fishermen  themselves  take  a hand  and  let 
us  see  if  something  cannot  be  done.  If  it  is  not  the 
steadily  increasing  pollution  of  the  water  that  is  caus- 
ing the  destruction  of  the  river  fisheries,  let  us  learn 
vyhat  it  is.  John  D.  Wish, 

Secretary  Forest,  Fish  and  Game  Commission, 


The  First  Account  of  Fly-Fishing. 

Probably  few  fishermen  are  aware  that  fly-fishing  dates 
back  to  classic  times.  A minute  description  of  the  arti- 
ficial fly  as  used  by  Macedonian  anglers  is  given  by 
Ailian,  a Greek  writer  of  the  third  century  A.  D. : “Be- 
tween Beraea  and  Thessalonica  there  flows  a river, 
Astneus  by  name,  and  there  are  in  it  fishes  of  a spotted 
color;  but  by  what  name  the  people  of  those  parts  call 
them  it  is  better  to  ask  Macedonians.  At  any  rate,  these 
fish  live  upon  the  native  flies,  which  fall  into  the  river, 
and  are  like  no  flies  of  any  other  part;  one  would  neither 
call  them  wasp-like  in  appearance,  nor  would  one  reply 
to  a question  that  this  creature  is  formed  like  what  we 
call  the  bumble  bees,  nor  yet  like  the  honey  bees  them- 
selves. It  has  really  the  proper  fashion  of  each  of  the 
above.  I11  audacity  it  is  like  a fly,  in  size  it  might  be 
called  a bumble  bee,  in  color  it  rivals  the  wasp,  and  it 
buzzes  like  the  honey  bees.  All  common  creatures  of 
this  sort  are  called  horse  tails.  These  pitch  upon  the 
stream  to  seek  the  food  they  affect,  but  cannot  help  being 
seen  by  the  fish,  which  swim  underneath.  So  whenever 
one  of  them  sees  the  fly  floating,  he  comes  softly,  swim- 
ming under  the  water,  fearful  of  disturbing  the  surface 
and  so  scaring  away  his  game.  Then  he  comes  near  the 
shady  side  of  the  fly,  gapes  and  sucks  him  in,  just  like  a 
wolf  snatching  a sheep  from  the  fold,  or  an  eagle  a goose 
from  the  yard.  This  done,  he  disappears  beneath  the 
ripple.  The  fishermen  understand  these  manoeuvres,  but 
they  do  not  make  any  use  of  these  flies  for  a bait  for  the 
fish;  for  if  the  human  hand  lays  hold  of  them  they  lose 
their  natural  color,  their  wings  fray,  and  they  become 
uneatable  to  the  fish.  So  for  this  reason  they  make  no 
use  of  them,  disliking  them  because  their  nature  forbids 
their  capture.  So  with  angling  craft  they  outwit  the  fish, 
devising  a sort  of  lure  against  them.  They  lap  a lock  of 
reddish  wool  round  the  hook,  and  to  the  wool  two  cock’s 
feathers,  which  grow  under  the  wattles,  and  are  brought 
to  the  proper  color  with  wax.  The  rod  is  from  six  to  ten 
feet  long,  and  the  horse  hair  line  has  the  same  length. 
They  lower  the  lure.  The  fish  is  attracted  by  the  color, 
excited,  draws  close;  and,  judging  from  its  beautiful  ap- 
pearance, that  it  will  obtain  a marvellous  banquet,  forth- 
with opens  its  mouth,  but  is  caught  by  the  hook,  and 
bitter  indeed  is  the  feast  it  enjoys,  inasmuch  as  it  is 
captured.” 


The  Hudson  River  fisheries  are  year  by  year  dwind- 
ling. A valuable  food  resource  is  falling  off.  The  causes 
should  be  ascertained,  the  remedy  applied.  Mr.  John  D. 
Whish’s  letter  on  the  subject  in  another  column  sets  forth 
the  situation,  and  his  estimate  of  the  importance  of  reme- 
dial action  is  not  exaggerated. 


Legislation  at  Albany. 

Albany,  April  22. — Fish  and  game  matters  were  dull  in  the 
Legislature  the  past  week. 

/the  Senate  has  advanced  to  third  reading  Senator  Elsberg’s 
bill  (Int.  No.  78)  relative  to  the  appointment  of  a -special  assist- 
ant oyster  protector. 

The  Senate  has  passed  the  following  bills: 

Assemblyman  Bedell’s  (Int.  No.  1087),  relative  to  selling  wood- 
cock, grouse  and  quail  in  Orange  county. 

Assemblyman  Bedell’s  (Int.  No.  1181),  relative  to  woodcock, 
grouse  and  quail  in  Orange  county. 

Assemblyman  Cunningham’s  (Int.  No.  599),  relative  to  spear- 
ing fish  in  Ulster  county. 

Assemblyman  Reeve’s  (Int.  No.  1074),  relative  to  grouse  and 
woodcock  not  being  sold. 

Assemblyman  Reeve’s  (Int.  1075),  relative  to  penalties. 

Assemblyman  'Reeve’s  (Int.  No.  1076),  relative  to  fishing  in 
Jamaica  Bay  and  adjacent  waters. 

Assemblyman  Reeve’s  (Int.  No.  1077),  relative  to  the  close  sea- 
son on  woodcock. 

Assemblyman  Reeve’s  (Int.  No.  1079),  relative  to  the  use  of  nets 
in  Coney  Island  Creek. 

Assemblyman  Knapp’s  (Int.  No.  1365),  relative  to  the  transporta- 
tion of  fish  caught  in  Missisquoi  Bay. 

Senator  Armstrong’s  (Int.  No.  110),  relative  to  the  protection  of 
the  nests  of  wild  birds. 

Assemblyman  F.  G.  Whitney’s  (Int.  No.  1019),  relative  to  fishing 
through  the  ice  in  the  waters  of  Big  Sand  Pond,  Oswego  county. 

Assemblyman  Yale’s  bill  (Int.  No.  771),  relative  to  the  close 
season  for  lake  trout,  in  Putnam  county. 

The  Assembly  has  passed  the  bill  of  Assemblyman  Wilson  (Int. 
No.  911),  relative  to  taking  fish  with  nets  in  Lake  Ontario. 

The  Assembly  has  advanced  to  third  reading  the  following  bills: 

Senator  Raines’  (Int.  No.  247),  in  relation  to  the  sale  of  trout. 

Senator  Armstrong’s  (Int.  No.  684),  relative  to  the  destruction 
of  nets. 

Senator  Coggeshall’s  (Int.  No.  496),  relative  to  the  adoption  of 
further  regulations  for  the  destruction  of  nets  by  Boards  of 
Supervisors. 


Salmon  River  For  Sale. — Your  attention  is  called  to  advertise- 
ment on  page  x. 


Jpb  fennel 

— $ — 

Ladies’  Kennel  Association. 

Judges  for  the  third  annual  summer  dog  show  to  be 
given  by  the  Ladies’  Kennel  Association  of  America  at 
the  Fair  Grounds,  Mineola,  L.  I.,  June  7 and  8,  1905: 

Mrs.  E.  Pulsifer,  New  Rochelle,  N.Y..  French  bulldogs. 

G.  Muss-Arnolt,  Tuckahoe,  N.  Y.,  Great  Danes,  Rus- 
sian wolfhounds,  pointers,  setters,  Russian  sheep  dogs, 
Chesapeake  Bay  dogs,  griffons,  Dalmatians,  basset 
hounds,  dachshunds  and  Japanese  spaniels. 

John  Keevan,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  St.  Bernards. 

Winthrop  Rutherford,  New  York,  English  foxhounds. 

Herman  B.  Duryea,  Westbury,  L.  I.,  American  fox- 
hounds. 

H.  K.  Bloodgood,  New  Marlboro,  Mass.,  sporting 
spaniels. 

M.  N.  Palmer,  Stamford,  Conn.,  collies. 

E.  K.  Austin,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  bulldogs. 

Clair  Foster,  Douglaston,  L.  I.,  bull-terriers. 

A.  D.  Cochrane,  Hastings,  N.  Y.,  Airedale  terriers. 

H.  D.  Riley,  Strafford,  Pa.,  Boston  terriers. 

George  F.  Reed,  Barton,  Vt.,  beagles. 

Charles  W.  Keyes,  East  Peppered,  Mass.,  fox-terriers. 

G.  Gordon  Hammill,  Stamford,  Conn.,  Irish  terriers. 

W.  B.  Emery,  Boston,  Mass.,  Scottish  terriers. 

Tom  Ashton,  Leeds,  England,  all  other  breeds,  variety 
and  miscellaneous  classes  and  unclassified  specials. 

Premium  lists  can  be  obtained  by  addressing  James 
Mortimer,  superintendent,  Hempstead,  L,  I, 


840 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


[April  29,  1905. 


a 


Forest  and  Stream”  Designing 
Competition  No.  IV. 

For  a 60-Foot  Cruising  Launch. 


SUBMITTED  BY  VAUGHN  D.  BACON,  BARNSTABLE,  MASS. 

In  the  plans  which  accompany  this  description  of  a 
60ft.  power  launch  the  necessary  displacement  has  been 
taken  in  breadth  rather  than  depth.  Elevent  feet  beam 
seems  to  be  the  minimum  within  which  the  comfortable 
cabin  arrangement  selected  can  be  carried  out.  This, 
with  the  consequent  light  draft  of  2ft.  6in.  to  gar- 
board,  necessitates  high  freeboard  and  a straight  sheer 
to  obtain  full  headroom  in  the  engine  room  and  galley 
under  the  main  deck  amidships. 

The  dimensions  are  as  follows: 

Length — 

Over  all  65ft.  Qin. 

L.W.L 60ft.  Oin. 

Overhang — 

Forward  2ft.  Oin. 

Aft  2ft.  Oin. 

Freeboard — 

Bow  5ft.  Oin. 

Stem  4ft.  lin. 

Least  4ft.  Oin. 

Beam— 

At  deck  lift.  Oin. 

At  L.W.L 10ft.  6in. 

Draft — 

To  rabbet  2ft.  6in. 

Greatest  3ft.  6in. 

Displacement  20.66  short  tons 

Displacement  per  inch  L.W.L 1.19  short  tons 

Center  buoyancy  aft  section  1 .29 . 80ft. 

Center  gravity  hull  and  equipment 29.30ft. 

Weights. 

Short  Tons. 

Keel,  keelson,  etfgine  keelsons,  stems  and  floors 1.74 

Planking  ...2.19 

Frames  69 

Decks  and  top  of  trunks 96 

Deck  frames  and  carlines 46 

Deck  clamps,  shelves  and  bilge  clamps 66 

Cabin  floors,  frames  and  ceiling 1.21 

Fastenings,  paint,  etc 1.10 

Interior  joiner  work,  sides  of  trunks,  furniture,  etc 2.20 

Engines  2.10 

Shafts,  propellers,  etc 50 

Gasolene,  tanks,  etc 2.00 

Water,  tanks,  etc 2.25 

Anchors,  chains,  windlass,  etc 40 

W.  Cs,  lavatories  and  plumbing 20 

Hardware  and  fittings  25 

Boat,  davits,  etc 25 

Crew,  stores,  etc 1.50 

Total 20.66 

Construction. 

Keel — Oak,  sided  Tin.  and  moulded  9in.  at  section  5. 

Keelson — Oak,  7in.  by  3in. 

Stems — Oak,  4in.  by  6in.  at  heads. 

Frames — Oak,  by  2}4in.  steamed  and  bent  and  spaced  15in., 

center  to  center,  except  along  engine  keelsons,  to  be  spaced  7%m., 
center  to  center. 

Floors — Oak,  Sin.  at  throats. 

Planking — Georgia  pine,  DAin. 

Deck — Framed  oak,  2in.  by  3in.  at  center  and  2in.  by  2in.  at  ends. 

Decks — White  pine,  l%m. 

Deck  Clamps — Hard  pine,  2in.  by  6in. 

Deck  Shelves — Hard  pine,  3in.  by  3in. 

Bilge  Clamps — Hard  pine,  2in.  by  4in.,  two  each  side. 

Engine  Keelsons — Oak,  3in. 

Cabin  Floors — Hard  pine,  %in. 

Cabin  Floor  Frames— Ofik,  l%in.  by  21/2in. 

Ceiling — Cypress  or  pine,  %in. 

Power.- — For  power  two  four-cylinder  6in.  by  7m. 
Craig  gasolene  engines  have  been  selected,  driving  twin 
screws  of  28m.  diameter  and  36m.  pitch.  Mr.  Craig 
states  that  these  engines,  although  listed  as  20  horse- 
power, will  develop  25  horsepower  each  at  400  revolu- 
tions, and  30  horsepower  at  a maximum  speed  of  450 
revolutions.  The  speed  of  the  launch  has  been  esti- 
mated as  follows: 

Ordinary  cruising  speed,  11  miles  per  hour  at  50 
horsepower  and  400  revolutions.  Maximum  speed  12*4 
miles  at  60  horsepower  and  450  revolutions.  To  ob- 
tain 8 miles  per  hour  would  require  about  260  revolu- 
tions, which  should  be  obtained  at  30  horsepower. 

The  capacity  of  the  gasolene  tanks  is  350  gallons. 
Figuring  the  consumption  of  fuel  at  1 pint  per  horse- 
power, would  give  the  boat  a cruising  radius  of  700 
miles  at  8 miles  per  hour  and  616  miles  at  11  miles  per 
hour. 

The  mufflers  and  exhaust  from  the  engine  pass  up 
through  a dummy  smoke  stack  on  the  main  deck. 
Should  a coal  or  wood  stove  be  preferred  to  the 
Primus  oil-stove  shown  in  galley,  the  stovepipe  can 
also  be  caried  up  through  this  stack. 

Accommodations.- — Beginning  at  the  bow,  first  comes 
the  cabin  locker;  then  the  forecastle,  with  the  usual 
transom  lockers,  and  two  hammock  cots  on  the  port 
side.  These  cots  are  both  placed  on  one  side,  so  that 
there  may  be  ample  floor  space  and  seating  room  left, 
when  both  cots  are  down.  At  the  forward  end  is  a 
w.  c.  for  the  crew,  and  the  crew  lockers  are  at  the 
after  end. 

Next  comes  the  deck  house,  which  rises  to  a height 
of  4ft.  6in.  above  the  main  deck.  This  house  con- 
tains an  extension  transom,  so  that  it  may  be  used  as 
an  extra  stateroom  at  night,  if  required.  Also  a steer- 
ing wheel  for  use  in  bad  weather,  and  an  extension 
table  for  meals,  etc.  The  house  is  lighted  by  twelve 
I2in.  bullseyes,  six  of  which  open  for  ventilation. 
Under  this  house  is  a passageway  with  4ft.  headroom 
leading  to  the  galley  with  a 200-gallon  water  tank  on 
either  side,  with  lockers  above,  or  this  space  may  be 
utilized  for  the  batteries.  The  compressed,  air  tanks 
for  whistle  are  above  the  water  tanks  under  the  main 
deck,  back  of  the  deck  house  staving. 

Next  comes  the  galley  with  stove  and  dresser  on 
port  side,  also  ice-box  under  deck  house,  opening  into 
|he  affer  end  of  the  passageway.  On  the  st?irbopird 


side  are  sink,  food  lockers,  dish  racks,  and  steps  lead- 
ing _ to  deck  house.  A sliding  door  opens  into  the 
engine  room.  The  galley  is  in  a central  position,  mak- 
ing it  convenient  to  serve  meals  in  either  the  saloon, 
deck  house  or  forecastle. 

The  engine  room  is  8ft.  long,  with  transom  locker 
and  hammock  cot  on  either  side;  to  port  are  two 
lockers;  to  starboard,  small  locker  under  cot,  and  a 
wash  bowl.  The  lower  half  of  the  saloon  buffets  are 
open  into  the  engine  room,  giving  free  access  to  the 
shaft  and  couplings.  A hatchway  and  ladder  over  the 
reversing  gear  of  the  port  engine  leads  to  the  main 
deck.  Fresh  air  for  the  galley  and  engine  room  is 
obtained  by  three  7m.  screw  ports  on  each  side  and 
through  two  sin.  ventilators  or  windsails  at  the  after 
end  of  the  deck  house.  The  air  thus  obtained  passes 
up  and  out  through  the  dummy  stack  already  mentioned. 

Just  aft  of  and  a step  above  the  engine  room  is  the 
saloon,  7ft.  6in.  long,  with  buffets  and  lockers  at  the 
forward  end,  and  a transom  berth  with  drawers  under- 
neath on  each  side.  On  the  after  bulkhead  is  an 
open  fireplace  with  mantle  and  book  shelves  above. 

Next  comes  a passageway,  or  steerage,  leading  to 
the  stateroom  and  main  companion  way  steps,  and  a 
locker  for  oil  skins,  etc.,  also  a linen  press,  with  a 
locker  back  of  it  opening  into  the  saloon.  On  the 
port  side  is  a bathroom,  4ft.  6in.  long,  with  w.  c., 
oval  wash  bowl  and  small  bath.  Placing  the  bathroom 
in  this  passageway  makes  it  equally  accessible  to  the 
saloon,  stateroom  or  deck. 

The  owner’s  stateroom,  7ft.  9m.  in  length,  is  aft, 
and  contains  a double  bed,  with  drawers'  under,  and 
large  clothes  locker  on  starboard  side  and  a wash 
bowl  and  transom  with  drawers  underneath  to  port,  and 
another  and  smaller  locker  aft,  with  a bureau  or  chest 
of  drawers  against  the  bulkhead  between  bend  and 
transom.  This  transom  is  full  length,  and  can  be  used 
for  an  extra  berth  if  needed. 

Separating  the  lazarette  from  the  stateroom,  and  the 
rest  of  the  boat  is  a watertight  steel  bulkhead.  This 
lazarette  is  reached  by  a brass  man-hole  plate  in  the 
after  deck  and  contains  two  gasolene  tanks,  with  a 
total  capacity  of  350  gallpns.  These  tanks  are  sup- 
ported by  keelsons  or  bilge  stringers  running  well 
forward  beyond  the  sternpost  or  deadwood.  This 
position  for  the  fuel  tanks  is  not  conventional,  but 
has  been  selected  for  economy  of  space,  leaving  better 
and  more  comfortable  quarters  for  the  crew  forward. 

The  tanks  are  high  enough  for  the  oil  to  flow  to 
the  engines  under  any  condition  of  trim  or  settling  aft, 
and  the  pipes  lead  outside  along  the  garboards  to  en- 
gine room.  The  waterjacket  or  casting  is  high  and 
can  be  flushed  out  at  any  time. 

This  cabin  arrangement  seems  to  cover  everything 
called  for  in  the  requirements  of  the  competition.  With 
the  exception  of  the  deck  house,  the  owner’s  quarters 
are  aft  and  together  and  away  from  the  crew,,  and  in- 
cluding the  deck  house,  give  three  separate  sleeping 
compartments  at  night,  with  a total  berthing  capacity 
for  the  owner  and  guests  at  follows: 

Stateroom  3,  saloon  2,  deck  house  1;  or  a total  of  6 
berths.  The  crew  accommodations  are  two  in  engine 
room  and  two  in  forecastle. 

The  forward  deck  is  12ft.  gin.  long,  then  comes  the 
deck  house,  with  passage  way  iff.  6in.  wide  each  side. 
The  main  deck  over  galley  and  engine  room  is  10ft. 
gin.  in  length,  giving  ample  room  for  the  handling  of 
the  boat,  use  of  deck  chains,  etc.  Next  comes  the 
cabin  trunk  i8in.  in  height,  with  2ft.  waterways  on  each 
side,  and  an  after  deck  11ft.  9m.  in  length.  The  in- 
terior finish  to  be  of  white  enamel  with  mahogany  trim- 
mings, and  dark  green  upholstery.  The  construction 
is  strong,  , plain  and  inexpensive.  No  estimates  have 
been  obtained  from  builders,  but  the  cost  of  building 
should  be  well  within  the  limit  of  $9,000. 


Queries  on  Marine  Motors. 

B.  J.  G.,  Edgartown,  Mass.— Is  a three-bladed  propeller  more 
powerful  than  a two-bladed,  and  why?  2.  Would  I get  better  re- 
sults to  run  my  propeller  slower  or  faster  than  my  engine,  which 
runs  410  revolutions  per  minute? 

Ans. — 1.  If  the  two-bladed  propeller  has  the  same 
blade  surface  as  the  three  bladed,  and  the  blades  are 
true  pitch  the  whole  of  the  driving  surface,  it  would  be 
equally  as  powerful.  The  principal  trouble  with  two- 
bladed  wheels  used  for  heavy  work  is  they  are  not 
true.  Quite  a difficult  matter  to  make  true  patterns, 
and  not  have  the  castings  warp  in  pouring.  2.  It 
would  all  depend  upon  the  propeller.- 

R.  J.  H.,  New  Bedford,  Mass. — Which  is  the  more  economical, 
a high,  low  or  medium  speed  marine  gasolene  engine? 

Ans. — All  things  being  equal,  there  should  be  more 
friction  in  a high  than  a low  speed  engine,  which  would 
take  power.  On  the  other  hand,  a high  speed  engine 
should  get  a more  even  quality  of  gasolene  vapor  and 
air,  could  be  run  on  a higher  explosive  mixture  if 
proper  adjustment  were  made.  As  ordinarily  designed 
a propeller  wheel  will  absorb  more  power  at  high  than 
low  speed.  It  is,  therefore,  an  open  question  depending 
on  conditions. 

S.  J.  R.,  Manteo,  N.  C. — Which,  do  you  consider  the  better, 
“.Splash”  or  positive  feed  lubrication? 

Ans.— A good  system,  that  is  sure,  no  matter  whether 
“splash,”  force  feed,  or  gravity,  is  absolutely  necessary. 
Some  “splash”  systems  are  very  ooor,  others  have 
been  used  successfully  for  many  years.  Gravity  feed . 
is  good,  provided  the  pressure  leaking  past  the  rings 
does  not  blow  the  oil  back  into  the  cups.  Force  feed 
is  good  unless  the  small  pipes  get  choked  with  dirt, 
or  there  is  a leak  in  the  pressure.  A splash  system  may 
be  positive  and  a force  feed  may  not  be,  but  no  matter 
what  system,  it  should  be  positive. 


Marine  Gasolene  Engines. 

BY  A.  E.  POTTER. 

(- Concluded  from  page  322.) 

In  order  to  know  the  developed  horsepower  and 
fuel  consumption  of  a marine  gasolene  engine,  the  pur- 
chaser will  ordinarily  have  to  make  his  own  test.  Many 
manufacturers  guarantee  their  engines  to  develop  a 
certain  horsepower,  and  also  guarantee  the  amount  of 
fuel,  per  horsepower  hour,  without  making  any  tests 
whatever. 

If  the  price  at  which  the  engine  is  sold  will  not 
warrant  careful  test  for  efficiency,  some  engines  will  de- 
velop considerable  less  -horsepower  than  others,  and  he 
who  buys  one  is  quite  as  likely  to  get  a poor  engine 
as  a good  one.  The  intelligent  manufacturer  who  tests 
his  engines  out  can  tell  whether  or  not  each  one  turned 
out  is  up  to  the  established  standard.  Such  tests  should 
be  made  thoroughly  systematically  and  knowingly,  the 
results  should  be  carefully  studied,  and  in  a two-stroke 
engine  they  should  show  whether  the  exhaust  and  in- 
let ports  are  properly  proportioned  and  located,  two  of 
the  most  important  features  of  two-stroke  engines.  Im- 
perfections of  cylinder  boring  or  improperly  fitting 
piston  rings  can  be  proven  in  no  other  way.  The 
amount  of  back  pressure  on  the  exhaust,  the  actual 
compression  and  vacuum  in  cylinder  and  crank -cham- 
ber, the  amount  of  “wire-drawing”  in  the  exhaust,  the 
timing  of  the  spark  in  multi-cylinder  construction,  and 
several  other  minor,  alffiough  important,  points  may  be 
brought  out.  But  paramount  above  all  these,  in  no 
other  way  or  manner  can  the  horsepower  of  the  en- 
gine be  shown  and  the  number  of  revolutions  per  min- 
ute at  which  the  engine  develops  the  most  power. 
Some  engines  will  develop  more  power  per  hundred 
revolutions  at  low  than  high  speeds,  while  others  will 
be  found  to  be  very  uneconomical  at  low  speed  and 
reasonably  economical  at  high  speed.  In  others  high 
speed  causes  a great  waste  of  gasolene. 

Several  years  ago  I had  occasion  to  run  a small 
launch  for  a period  of  twenty  hours.  It  was  rated  2 y2 
to  3 horsepower,  yet  the  consumption  of  fuel,  in- 
credible as  it. may  seem,  averaged  but  a trifle  less  than 
one  gallon  per  hour,  at  a speed  not  far  from  350  r.  p.  m. 
Another  engine  of  the  same  make  in  a similar  boat, 
with  the  same  number  of  revolutions,  used  less  than  two 
quarts  per  hour. 

If  you  are  to  address  a manufacturer  of  the  cheaper 
grades  of  two-stroke  engines,  and  ask  him  at  what 
speed  his  engine  develops  the  most  horsepower,  and 
also  at  what  speed  the  consumption  of  fuel  per  horse- 
power is  the  least,  he  will,  either  give  you  an  evasive 
answer,  make  no  reply,  or  possibly  give  an  answer, 
figures,  etc.,  that  he  has  no  idea  is  anything  like  the 
truth,  or  he  may  possibly  make  reply,  truthfully,  too, 
that  he  does  not  know;  that  he  never  considered  the 
matter  of  sufficient . importance  to  make  any  study  of 
testing. 

If  not  of  importance  to  the  manufacturer,  it  ought 
to  be  to  the  purchaser,  for  if  one  make  of  engine  6in. 
diameter  and  6in.  stroke  delivers  25  per  cent,  more 
horsepower  at  25  per  cent,  less  fuel,  it  certainly  must 
be  worth  more  than  the  less  powered  more  uneco- 
nomical engine. 

In  four-stroke  engines,  testing  is  even  more  necessary 
than  in  two-stroke.  It  is  rare  that  a two  cylinder  four- 
stroke  engine  will  show  the  same  horsepower  on  each 
of  two  or  more  cylinders.  Testing  is  absolutely  neces- 
sary in  order  to  regulate  the  tension  on  automatically 
operated,  inlet  valve  springs,  timing  of  valves,  regularity 
of  ignition,  relative  timing  of  ignition  in  different 
cylinders,  tracing  leaks  under  inlet  or  exhaust  valves 
or  valve  seats  and  a dozen  or  more  different  points,  all 
essential  if  the  engine  is  to  be  up  to  the  recognized 
standard  of  excellence  attained  in  the  modern  manu- 
facture of  marine  gasolene  engines. 

Let  the  design  of  the  engine  be  by  the  ablest  gaso- 
lene engineers,  the  machine  work  the  most  modern  and 
rational,  the  assembling  the  most  careful,  the  amount 
of  perfection  in  developed  horsepower  depends  on  care- 
ful attention  to  the  symptoms  as  shown  on  the  testing 
block,  by  one  who  knows  how  to  make  it,  and  who  can 
read  from  his  records  the  story  of  maladjustments,  im- 
perfect machinery  or  material,  often  crude  design. 

In  testing  marine  gasolene  engines,  the  only  thor- 
oughly reliable  apparatus  is  the  Prony  brake.  Once 
knowing  what  the  result  by  Prony  brake  will  show  on 
an  electric  generator  in  volts  and  amperes,  this  becomes 
the  handiest  method  of  testing,  but  to  be  absolutely 
sure,  the  work  should  be  occasionally  proven  by  the 
old  reliable  brake. 

An  exhaust  or  pressure  blower  may  sometimes  be 
used  to  good  advantage  to  satisfy  the  manufacturer  that 
the  engine  is  up  to  an  established  standard,  but  no 
matter  what  method  of  testing  is  employed,  it  should 
be  exhaustive,  made  with  the  engine  connected  up  with 
mufflers,  etc.,  about  as  to  be  installed  in  the  boat. 
Nothing  will  teach  the  manufacturer  so  much  abbut  his 
own  engine,  the  operation  so  often  neglected,  if  not 
entirely  omitted,  as  the  object  lessons  of  the  marine 
gasolene  engine  under  test. 


Gravesend  Bay  Championship  Races. — The  five 
events  to  count  on  the  championship  of  Gravesend  Bay 
have  been  settled  upon.  The  first  takes  place  June  24  at 
the  Atlantic  Y.  C.,  the  next  on  July  22  at  the  Marine  and 
Field  Club,  the  third  on  Aug.  5,  under  the  auspices  of  the 
Brooklyn  Y.  C,  the  fourth  on  Aug.  19  at  the  Bensonhurst 
Y.  C,  and  the  last  on  Sept.  9 under  the  auspices  of  the 
Mew  York  C.  C,.  . - ' j 


April  29,  1905.] 


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R0RE3T  AND  STREAM  DESIGNING  COMPETITION  No.  IV. DESIGN  SUBMITTED  BY  VAUGHN  D,  BACON,  BARNSTABLE,  MASS. 


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[April  29,  1905. 


Boston  Letter. 

Elmina  II.  Launched. — Elmina  II.,  designed  by 
Messrs.  A.  Cary  Smith  & Ferris  for  Mr.  F.  F.  Brewster, 
of  the  New  York  Y.  C,  was  launched  from  Lawley’s  west 
shop  on  Tuesday  morning,  April  18.  The  schooner  was 
christened  by  Miss  Anna  H.  Fitch,  a cousin  of  the  owner. 
Elmina  was  started  down  the  ways  at  9:55  and  took  the 
water  gracefully.  A snubbing  hawser  parted  when  she 
fetched  up  on  it  and  Elmina  fouled  a small  schooner  in 
the  basin,  but  no  damage  was  done.  Mr.  Brewster  is  in 
Europe,  but  several  relatives  and  friends  attended  the 
launching,  and  there  was  the  usual  throng  of  spectators 
seen  at  the  Lawley  shops  when  a big  yacht  is  sent  over- 
board. Within  a short  time  the  designation  of  succession 
will  be  taken  from  the  new  schooner,  as  the  old  Elmina’s 
name  is  to  be  changed.  The  new  schooner  is  a handsome 
craft  in  the  water,  and  although  she  is  not  yet  down  to 
her  lines,  there  is  sufficient  to  show  the  fine  form  of  the 
hull  above  water.  She  is  124ft.  over  all,  87ft.  waterline, 
25ft.  breadth  and  15ft.  6in.  draft.  While  the  new  Elmina 
will  undoubtedly  be  raced  as  often  as  possible  during  the 
coming  season,  she  is  also  intended  to  be  a most  comfort- 
able cruiser.  Below  decks  she  is  well  laid  out,  there  being 
comfortable  quarters  not  only  for  the  owner  and  his 
guests,  but  also  for  the  officers  and  crew.  Abaft  the 
main  companionway,  leading  to  the  owner’s  quarters,  is 
an  after  cabin  extending  the  full  beam  of  the  ship.  There 
are  berths  on  each  side  and  transoms.  A bath  tub  is 
placed  below,  the  floor  and  the  washbowl  is  under  the 
companionway  stairs.  Passing  forward,  there  is  a bath- 
room on  the  port  side,  which  may  be  reached  from  the 
passage  or  from  a stateroom  adjoining.  There  is  an- 
other stateroom  forward  of  these  rooms  on  the  same 
side.  On  the  starboard  side,  just  off  the  companionway 
stairs,  is  a smoking  room,  which  contains  a berth  and 
sofas  and  a good-sized  closet.  There  is  a swinging  table. 
Off  this  room  is  a toilet  room.  Forward  of  the  smoking 
room,  on  the  same  side,  is  the  owner’s  room,  containing 
berth  and  sofa,  with  bath  beneath  the  floor.  Next  for- 
ward is  the  main  saloon,  which  has  sofas  on  each  side, 
bookcase,  writing  desk  and  extension  table.  At  the  for- 
ward end  of  the  room  is  a fire-place,  while  on  each  side 
there  are  sideboards.  Forward  of  the  main  saloon  is  the 
galley,  of  good  size  and  having  all  accommodations  for 
cruising.  Off  the  galley,  on  the  starboard  side,  are  two 
staterooms,  one  for  the  stewards  and  the  other  for  the 
cooks.  The  officers’  messroom  is  forward  of  the  galley, 
having  berths  on  the  port  side,  while  on  the  starboard 
side  is  the  captain’s  stateroom.  Then  comes  the  crew’s 
quarters  fitted  with  pipe  berths  and  forward  of  this  are 
closets  for  stores  and  the  chain  lockers.  The  lazarette 
aft  is  fitted  with  shelves  for  stores,  light  sails,  etc. 

New  Yacht  Yard  at  Marblehead. — Messrs.  Burgess 
& Packard  are  to  establish  a yacht  yard  and  building 
plant  at  Marblehead  and  will  move  their  building  plant 
there  from  Salem  some  time  in  June.  They  have  acquired 
about  three  acres  of  land  on  the  town  side,  between  the 
Rockmere  Inn  and  the  electric  light  station,  upon  which 
a shed  is  now  being  erected.  This  shed  will  be  100  by 
40ft.  In  addition  they  will  maintain  a store  for  ship 
chandlery  and  engine  supplies  and  will  also  erect  a small 
machine  shop.  A marine  railway  will  be  built  which  will 
have  a capacity  of  ,300  tons,  in  front  of  which  there  will 
be  14ft.  at  mean  low  water.  It  is  rather  interesting  to 
note  that  the  mew  yard  is  on  the  site  of  the  original 
Marblehead  shipyard,  in  which  ships  were  built  in  the 
early  part  of  the  nineteenth  century.  It  is  known  as  the 
Charles  W.  Parker  estate.  In  addition  to  the  Boston 
office  at  131  State  street,  an  office  will  be  established  on 
Nashua  street,  Marblehead.  This  firm  has  in  the  finish- 
ing stages  at  its  Salem  shops  a 40ft.  auto  boat  for  Mr. 
William  Wallace.  This  boat  is  4ft.  gin.  beam  and  about 
2ft.  draft,  with  a motor  of  200  horsepower.  She  will 
probably  be  entered  for  the  big  events  during  the  coming 
season.  They  are  also  building  a 30ft.  power  boat,  whose 
model  is  similar  to  Mercedes,  U.  S.  A.,  and  which  will 
have  a motor  of  45  horsepower.  A cabin  launch,  36ft. 
long  is  being  built  for  Mr.  S.  W.  Wilder,  which  will 
have  a motor  of  18  horsepower.  This  boat  will  be  en- 
tered in  the  ocean  race  of  the  Knickerbocker  Y.  C.  from 
New  -York  to  Marblehead.  The  light  draft,  40ft.  water- 
line jib  and  mainsail  Cricket,  built  for  Commodore  J.  A. 
Rawlins,  of  New  Orleans,  was  shipped  from  New  York 
last  Wednesday  on  the  deck  of  a steamer  to  Galveston, 
Tex.  She  will  compete  in  the  South  Coast  races. 

Eastern  Y.  C.  Cruise. — Instead  of  holding  its  annual 
cruise  after  the  arrival  of  the  New  York  Y.  C.  fleet  at 
Marblehead,  the  Eastern  Y.  C.  will  hold  its  cruise  in  July. 
The  month  of  August,  in  which  the  New  York  fleet  will 
be  at  Marblehead,  is  one  of  fogs  along  the  Maine  coast, 
and  it  is  possible  that  many  yacht  owners  would  not  care 
to  take  chances  on  being  held  up  at  different  ports.  Then, 
too,  some  of  the  yacht  owners  will  commence  to  think 
of  hauling  out  soon  after  the  end  of  the  New  York  Y.  C. 
cruise,  and  this  would  also  be  liable  to  decrease  the  at- 
tendance at  a late  cruise.  The  itinerary  for  the  Eastern 
Y.  C.  cruise  has  been  announced  by  the  regatta  commit- 
tee as  follows : 

July  7,  Friday.— Rendezvous  at  Marblehead.  Captains  will  re- 
port on  board  the  flagship  at  8:30  P.  M. 

July  8,  Saturday.— Fleet  will  sail  at  3 for  Gloucester. 

Tuly  9,  Sunday. — Gloucester  to  Isles  of  Shoals. 

July  10,  Monday. — Isles  of  Shoals  to  Boothbay. 

July  11,  Tuesday. — Boothbay  to  Camden. 

July  12,  Wednesday.— Fleet  will  proceed  at  will  to  Islesboro. 

July  13,  Thursday.— Isle.sborr  to  Bartlett’s  Narrows. 

July  14,  Friday. — Bartlett’s  Narrows  to  Bar  Harbor.  a 

July  15,  Saturday.— Races  at  Bar  Harbor.  Fleet  disbands. 

New  Sails  by  Cousens  & Pratt. — Messrs.  Cousens  & 
Pratt,  at  their  shops  in  the  Lawley  yards,  have  received 
orders  for  sails  for  the  following  yachts:  Commodore 

J.  O.  Shaw’s  90ft.  schooner  Alert;  43ft.  schooner  build- 
ing at  Lawley’s  for  Mr.  Bancroft  C.  Davis;  schooner 
Winnebago,  35ft.  sloop  building  by  Lawley  for  Mr. 
Myers;  22-footer  Medric  II..  Mr.  H.  FI.  White;  22-footer- 
Rube,  Mr.  H.  L.  Bowden;  18-footer  Hayseed  II..  Mr.  H. 
L.  Bowden;  new  18-footer  for  Mr.  A.  R.  Train;  Mr.  E. 
B.  Holmes’  18-footer  Nicnack;  21-footer  Iola  of  the 
Osterville  class;  Mr.  Longfellow’s  4rft.  sloop  Wyvern; 
Mr.  W.  H.  Wheelock’s  25-footer  Carina  II. ; ten  new  17- 
footers  for  the  Cohasset  Y.  C.,  two  21-footers  and  one 
30-footer  for  Stockholm,  Sweden ; a 21-footer  for  Viborg, 
p.-r-cia. ; M-  C.  F.  Pnckf'~”1  arm’s  new  catboat,  eight  one- 
design  tenders  for  the  Manchester  Y.  C.,  22ft.  knock- 
about Ejako,  Cape  cat  Marvel,  Mr.  John  D.  Batehelder’s 


schooner  Marie,  Mr.  T.  H.  Bickwell’s  21-footer  of  the  Os- 
terville one-design  class,  22ft.  yawl  building  by  Schiverick 
for  a member  of  the  Savin  Hill  Y.  C.,  Mrs.  C.  H.  Will- 
iams’ 18-footer  Kotik,  22-footer  building  for  Messrs.  C.  D. 
Lanning  and  Commodore  B.  P.  Cheney,  21-footer  for  Mr. 
C.  F.  Beyers,  of  Erie,  Pa.;  four  Larchmont  one-design 

21- footers  by  Messrs.  Tams,  Lemoine  & Crane,  and  one 

22- footer  by  the  same  designers ; Mr.  E.  A.  Shuman’s 
sloop  Lamont,  Seawanhaka  challengers  for  Mr.  J.  L. 
Bremer  and  Mr.  A.  Henry  Higginson;  30ft.  yawl  for  Mr. 
R.  D.  Floyd,  of  New  York;  30-footer  Vivian  II.,  Mr.  S. 
E.  Vernon,  New  Y'ork;  17-footer  for  Mr.  George  Lee; 
21-footer  Rooster  II.,  Mr.  Henry  Whiton,  Lakewood  0., 
seven  suits  for  yachts  in  Sweden,  and  awnings,  covers, 
etc.,  for  Commodore  Lewis  Cass  Ledyard’s  steam  yacht 
Rambler. 

Boston  Y.  C. — There  will  be  a regular  meeting  of  the 
Boston  Y.  C.  at  the  Rowe’s  Wharf  clubhouse  on  Wednes- 
day evening  at  which  a proposed  amendment  to  change 
close  of  the  fiscal  year  to  Dec.  31,  will  be  considered.  It 
has  been  announced  that  the  floats  at  the  Dorchester  sta- 
tion will  be  put  in  position  on  April  29  and  the  station 
will  be  opened  May  13.  The  station  at  Hull  will  be 
opened  June  10.  The  floats  at  this  station  will  be  put  in 
position  early  in  May.  New  floats  will  be  built  to  take 
the  place  of  those  destroyed  by  storm  last  year.  A small 
machine  shop  is  to  be  baintained  at  the  Hull  station  this 
season  at  which  launch  owners  may  make  minor  repairs 
to  their  motors. 

Yawl  for  Ocean  Race. — -There  has  been  built  at  Booth- 
bay,  Me.,  from  designs  of  Messrs.  Small  Bros.,  a 30ft. 
waterline  yawl  for  Mr.  R.  D.  Floyd,  of  New  York.  This 
yacht  was  built  to  compete  in  the  ocean  race  of  the  Brook- 
lyn Y.  C.  from  New  York  to  Hampton  Roads,  and  has 
been  designed  essentially  as  a safe,  sane  cruiser,  at  the 
same  time  showing  a very  nicely  turned  hull.  She  _ is 
40ft.  over  all,  30ft.  waterline,  beam  13ft.  and  5ft.  5in. 
draft.  The  headroom  is  over  6ft.  and  there  is  plenty  of 
elbow  room  in  the  cabin.  She  carries  862  sq.  ft.  of  sail 
and  has  6,550  pounds  of  iron  on  her  keel.  Mr.  S.  N. 
Small  intended  to  start  from  Boothbay  to  Marblehead 
yesterday. 

Auxiliary  Schooner  with  High  Power. — Messrs. 
Burgess  & Packard  have  designed  an  auxiliary  schooner 
of  103ft.  waterline  which  is  now  under  construction  at 
the  yard  of  A.  G.  Story,  Essex,  Mass.  The  owner’s  name 
is  withheld  by  the  designers  for  the  present.  The 
schooner  will  be  133ft.  over  all,  103ft.  waterline,  25ft.  7in. 
beam  and  15ft.  draft.  She  will  have  a motor  of  300  horse- 
power, which  is  expected  to  give  her  a speed  of  about 
twelve  miles  an  hour  without  sails. 

Kerosene  Motor  Boat  of  120  Horsepower. — Last  week 
work  was  started  at  Lawley’s  on  a twin-screw  launch, 
96ft.  in  length,  14ft.  beam  and  5ft.  draft.  The  yacht  was 
designed  by  Mr.  Fred  D.  Lawley  for  a Boston  man  whose 
name  is  withheld.  The  yacht  will  be  propelled  by  two 
kerosene  motors  aggregating  120  horsepower.  The  ac- 
commodations will  consist  of  three  staterooms  and  a large 
dining  saloon.  In  one  of  the  staterooms  and  in  the  dining 
saloon  there  will  be  a fire-place. 

Mr.  H.  L.  Bowden’s  Boats  Tried  Out. — The  22-footer 
Rube,  built  at  Graves’  yard,  Marblehead,  from  designs 
by  Messrs.  Small  Bros.,  was  launched  on  Tuesday,  April 
18.  On  Wednesday  she  was  given  a trial  in  company 
with  Mr.  H.  H.  White’s  22-footer  Medric  II.,  and  made  a 
satisfactory  showing.  Mr.  Bowden’s  new  18-footer,  Hay- 
seed II.,  also  designed  by  Messrs.  Small  Bros.,  was  also 
given  a trial  on  Wednesday,  being  put  against  last  year’s 
champion  Hayseed.  The  new  boat  is  said  to  have  shown 
up  well.  John  B.  Killeen. 


Revive  the  Catboat* 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

Your  editorial  “Revive  the  Catboat”  is  encouraging, 
comprehensive  and  timely.  Although  it  must,  of  neces- 
sity, be  known  to  you,  that  to  the  Crosbys  of  Osterville 
is  chiefly  due  the  credit  of  placing  before  yachtsmen  the 
fast,  able  and  inexpensive  Cape  cat ; you  have  somewhat 
unjustly,  I think,  omitted  mentioning  the  fact.  You  say 
“if  properly  designed  catboats  can  be  made  to  balance 
properly.”  To  me  this  seems  rather  “a  consummation 
devoutly  to  be  wished,”  than  an  accomplished  fact.  To 
put  it  mildly,  in  a Cape  cat  equipped  with  the  large  sail 
plan  essential  to  speed  it  is  somewhat  difficult  to  retain 
ease  of  steering.  Your  remarks  on  the  cat  and  the  knock- 
about are  entirely  correct  and  to  the  point.  We  believe 
with  you  that  with  the  thought,  science  and  skill  of 
modern  designers  the  cat  can  be  made  the  perfect  small 
yacht.  Even  now,  putting  aside  the  question  of  hard 
steering  (a  thing  practically  obviated  by  the  wheel  gear) 
I can  see  no  quality  in  which  the  cat  is  inferior.  Con- 
sidering its  simplicity,  seaworthiness,  durability,  speed 
and  comfort  the  Cape  cat  retains  to  a much  greater  degree 
than  the  knockabout  the  old,  pre-eminent  essential  quality 
of  being  a “ship.”  George  M.  Sheahan. 

Quincy,  Mass.,  April  24. 


Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

Permit  me  to  congratulate  Forest  and  Stream  on  the 
article  which  appeared  in  this  week’s  issue  on  the  catboat. 
I feel  sure  that  it  will  accomplish  a great  deal  toward  re- 
viving interest  in  this  distinctly  American  type  of  boat, 
and  the  point  which  you  make  very  clear  in  regard  to 
the  expense  of  building  a modern  racing  boat,  as  com- 
pared with  the  cat)  is  certain  to  appeal  to  many.  At  the 
present  time  a one-design  class  of  catboats  is  being  con- 
sidered by  members  of  the  New  Rochelle  Y.  C.  for  next 
season,  and  there  is  every  prospect  of  its  being  a suc- 
cess. The  Cape  Catboat  Association  is  certainly  a step 
in  the  right  direction,  and  their  rules  and  restrictions 
are  both  simple  and  sensible.  J.  D.  Sparkman. 

New  York,  April  21. 


Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

Was  delighted  to  read  your  article  on  catboats  in  last 
week’s  Forest  and  Stream.  No  sloop  or  knockabout 
compares  with  the  catboat  of  the  same  length,  in  accom- 
modations, ease  of.  handling,  safety  and  cheapness,-  Your 
article  covers  the  entire  ground  and  will  be  appreciated 
by  all  who  have  sailed  catboats  in  all  kinds  of  weather ; 
keep  up  the  good  work,  0,  H,  Chellborg, 

New  York,  April  24,  „ 


The  Canada  Cup  Challengers. 

Toronto,  April  22. — There  will  be  three  Canadian  can- 
didates for  the  honor  of  challenging  for  the  Canada  Cup, 
and  there  will  be  two  additional  entries  in  the  trial  races, 
so  that  the  final  challenger  should  be  a fairly  fast  boat. 

The  “two  additional  entries”  will  be  Beaver  and  In-, 
vader,  both  of  Canada  Cup  fame,  but  while  they  will 
make  excellent  trial  boats  it  is  not  at  all  probable  that 
either  will  be  selected  for  the  filial  contest,  as  neither 
exactly  fit  the  new  30ft.  class. 

Of  the  three  new  yachts  two  are  owned  by  Toronto 
men  and  a Hamilton  syndicate  owns  the  third.  She  will 
be  known  as  Hamilton  II.,  the  head  of  her  syndicate 
being  Mr.  J.  H.  Fearnside,  who  built  Hamilton  I.  for  the 
contest  of  1899.  Mr.  William  Johnston,  who  designed 
Hamilton  I.,  is  the  designer  and  builder  of  the  new  boat. 
His  previous  Canada  Cup  effort  was  a pure  fin-keel  craft 
and  Hamilton  II.,  while  technically  a semi-fin,  resembles 
her  very  closely.  Her  sides  are  carried  down  to  the  fin 
with  a curve  which  shows  little  variation,  and  while  she 
has  hollow  garboards  her  fin  is  quite  a distinct  feature. 
The  sternpost  rakes  at  an  angle  of  about  45  degrees,  but 
the  forward  profile  is  more  nearly  perpendicular. 

Hamilton  II.  is  built  of  Indiana  oak  frame,  with  Michi- 
gan pine  planking  below  waterline  and  British  Columbia 
cedar  above.  Her  lead  ballast,  which  amounts  to  four 
tons,  is  in  a nearly  straight  slab,  extending  all  the  way 
along  the  bottom  of  her  fin.  It  is  8ft.  long.  She  is  50ft. 
6in.  over  all,  30ft.  waterline,  and  her  draft  is  7ft.,  at  least 
it  is  calculated  at  6ft.  ii^in. 

_ There  is  little  possibility  of  variation  in  general  dimen- 
sion among  the  Canada  Cup  craft  owing  to  the  fact  that 
the  rules  are  hard  and  fast,  racing  measurements  being 
now  secured  by  specification  instead  of  formula.  The 
30-footer  under  the  measurements  of  the  Yacht  Racing 
Union  is  30ft.  on  the  waterline,  must  be  9ft.  6in.  beam, 
must  not  draw  more  than  7ft.,  must  not  spread  more 
than  1,500  sq.  ft.  of  canvas,  and  must  have  a cabin-trunk 
19m.  high.  The  new  boats  stick  close  to  the  maximum 
and  minimum  in  every  case,  and  consequently  have  their 
principal  dimensions  in  common.  Even  the  relative  size 
of  their  jibs  and  mainsails  can  show  little  variation,  for 
the  proportions  are  fixed  at  25  and  75  per  cent,  respec- 
tively— at  least  the  mainsail  must  not  exceed  75  per  cent, 
of  the  total  area,  which  makes  this  sail  1,125  sq.  ft.  with 
325ft.  for  the  headsail  triangle.  The  three  boats  are  all 
rigged  alike,  as  jib  and  mainsail  sloops.  It  is  principally 
in  over  all  length  that  individually  is  shown. 

One  of  the  Toronto  challengers  is  owned  by  Mr.  Fred. 
Nicholls  and  designed  by  Mr.  William  Fife,  Jr.,  of  Fairlie. 
She  is  a graceful  boat  with  long  ends,  her  after  overhang 
being  12ft.  and  her  forward  one  11ft.,  or  very  near  it.  Her 
counter  is  carried  out  until  it  intersects  the  line  of  the 
deck.  Forward  her  profile  is  by  no  means  abrupt,  having 
no  more  fullness  than  that  of  the  original  Canada — a Fife 
boat,  by  the  way.  The  curve  of  her  stem  is  carried  down 
to  the  lead  at  the  bottom  without  much  reverse  and  her 
lead  is  shorter  than  the  Hamilton  boats.  Her  sternpost 
rakes  greatly  and  she  has  a pear-shaped  rudder.  Her 
sides  flare  slightly,  so  that  her  breadth,  which  is  9ft.  6in. 
at  the  waterline,  is  nearly  10ft.  on  deck.  Her  garboards 
are  quite  hollow  and  there  is  comparatively  little  dead- 
wood  in  her  fin. 

The  other  Toronto  boat  is  owned  by  Mr.  James  Worts 
and  was  designed  by  Mr.  Alfred  Mylne.  She  is  much 
shorter,  particularly  aft,  where  her  counter  is  cut  off  with 
a neat  transom.  This  reduces  her  over  all  length  to  48ft. 
Her  garboards  are  not  so-  hollow  as  those  of  the  Fife  boat, 
and  were  it  not  for  the  slight  tumblehome  of  her  sides 
her  section  would  more  nearly  resemble  a V shape.  Her 
sternpost  rakes  greatly,  but  not  so  much  as  the  Fife  boat, 
and  her  lead  ballast  is  in  a shorter  and  more  compact 
bulb.  She  carries  more  of  it,  too,  having  5 tons  1,760 
lbs.  to  the  Fife  boat’s  5 tons  1,460  lbs.  The  bulb  is  flat 
on  the  bottom.  From  the  forward  end  of  the  lead  the 
profile  sweeps  up  to  -the  stemhead  with  little  departure 
from  the  one  curve.  The  two  old-country  boats  are  alike 
in  being  very  fine  forward. 

^ The  Toronto  craft  are  both  the  immediate  product  of 
Capt.  James  Andrews’  shop  in  Oakville,  a little  lakeport 
twenty  miles  west  of  Toronto.  It  is  here  that  all  the 
Canadian  challengers  and  defenders  of  the  cup  have  been 
built  so  far,  Captain  Andrews  being  the  best  known 
builder  in  Ontario.  These  two  boats  are  only  his  in  part, 
however,  having  been  completely  framed  in  England  and 
Scotland  by  the  designers,  and  then  sent  out  by  package 
freight  to  be  planked.  Their  frames  are  of  English  oak 
and  elm,  and  their  sails  and  a part  of  their  gear  are  of 
English  make,  although  local  sailmakers  may  also  be 
given  orders  for  suits,  as  was  done  in  the  case  of  Strath- 
cona.  They  are  planked  with  Douglas  fir,  a very  hard 
and  durable  Canadian  wood.  The  cabin  finishing  in  all 
three  will  be  quite  elaborate,  but  it  will  not  be  completed 
until  after  the  races  are  over. 

The  sail  plan  of  the  Nicholls  yacht,  Temeraire,  as  she 
will  be  called,  is  long  on  the  base  and  not  very  high. 
The  Worts  boat’s  sailplan  shows  a generous  hoist 
and  short  mainboom,  this  latter  spar  being  only  37ft. 
in  length  while  the  mainmast  is  over  50ft.  She  has  5ft. 
more  hoist  than  Invader.  The  Hamilton  boat’s  sailplan 
is  more  like  Temeraire’s.  All  three  have  the  modern 
short  horn,  the  bowsprits  being  4ft!  outboard. 

The  displacement  of  the  two  Toronto  boats  is  about 
equal.  They  both  show  a high  proportion  of  wetted  sur- 
face, possibly  30  per  cent,  more  than  is  necessary. 

In  the  two  Toronto  boats  all  the  running  gear  leads 
below.  This  plan  was  followed  in  Beaver  and  Minota 
with  good  results  in  1899,  but  they  were  flush  decked 
vessels,  and  when  on  a wind  could  send  everybody  below. 
The  cabin  trunks  which  the  new  boats  have  to  carry  pre- 
vent any  effectual  economy  of  windage,  but  of  course 
provide  full  head  room,  there  being  6ft.  under  carlins. 

The  trial  races  will  begin  at  Toronto  on  July  22.  Mr. 
E.  K.  M.  Weed  will  sail  Temeraire  and  Mr.  J.  H.  Fearn- 
side  Hamilton  II.  Who  the  other  skippers  ' will  be  is  un- 
certain at  this  date.  It  was  hoped  that  Mr.  Hfmilius 
Jarvis,  the  famous  amateur  skipper,  would  sail  the  chal- 
lenger, but  the  latest  announcement  regarding  him  is  that 
he  will  spend  the  summer  in  Muskoka  on  account  of  hijs 
health,  which  was  not  of  the  best  even  at  the  time  of  the 
last  Canada  Cup  contest.  It  is  possible,  however,  that  it 
will  be  sufficiently  improved  in  time  to  permit  him  to  take 
the  stick.  lie  has  sailed  every  challenger  and  defender 


April  29,  1905.! 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


S4S 


Entries  in  Ocean  Race  for 


Name.  Type  and  Rig.  L.W.L.  Owner. 

Valhalla  Aux.  Ship 240ft Earl  of  Crawford... 

Apache  Aux.  Barque. .. .168ft Edmund  Randolph.. 

Ailsa  Yawl  89ft Henry  S.  Redmond.. 

Hamburg  Schooner  116ft German  syndicate  .. 

Utowana  Aux.  Schooner..  166ft Allison  V.  Armour  . 

Sunbeam  Aux.  Barque....  164. 7ft Lcrd  Brassey  

Thistle  Schooner  llnft Robert  E.  Tod 

Atlantic  Aux.  Schooner..  135ft Uson  Marshall  — 

Hildegarde  schooner  I its  4ft.  ...  Rdward  R.  Coleman. 

Fleur  de  Lys.... Schooner  101ft. Lewis  A.  Stimson... 

Endymion  ......Schooner  Sti.hit. George  Lauder,  Jr.. 


German  Emperor's  Cop, 

/Net 

Club.  Designer.  Year  Built.  Ton. 

Royal  Yacht  Squadron.... W.  C.  Storey 1892. .....648 

New  York  Y.  C J.  Reid  & Co...«. ..1890.  ....d07 

New  York  Y.  C ...William  Fife,  Jr.. .1896..... .lib 

Imperial  Y.  C George  L.  Watson .....1898 185 

I\e.v  York  Y.  C J.  Beavor-Webb 1891 267 

Royal  Yacht  Squadron St.  Claire  Liyrne .1874. 227 

Atlantic  Y.  C..... Henry  Winteringham .1901 235 

New  York  Y.  C Gardner  & Cox 1903 206 

.Philadelphia  Cor.  Y.  C A.  S.  Cnesebrough 1897 146 

New  York  Y.  C Edward  Burgess ...1890 86 

.Indian  Harbor  Y.  C Tams.  Lemoine  & Crane. ..1899 116 


in  the  series  so  far.  „ 

There' is  considerable  difference  in  the  construction  ox 
the  three  boats.  In  Temeraire  steel  cross  ties  are  large- 
ly used  in  the  floors,  and  the  workmanship,  direct  from 
the  Fife  shops,  is  very  fine.  She  has  a very  sturdy  oak 
mast  step  with  special  castings,  and  an  ingenious  set  of 
knees  to  take  up  the  strain  at  the  chain  plates. 

There  is  less  iron  work  in  the  Mylne  boat,  and  her 
construction  looks  comparatively  light,  but  she  has 
three  diagonal  steel  straps  on  the  inner  side  of  her 
planking.  The  two  boats  are  planked  in  long  strakes,  and 
do  not  show  more  than  a dozen  butts  to  the  side.  The 
butts  are  all  long  scarfs,  lapping  over  four  frames,  and 
are  put  in  on  the  bench,  the  whole  strake  going  on  in 
one  piece. 

Hamilton  II.  does  not  use  much  iron  work,  although 
she  has  three  steel  straps  inside  the  frames  at  the  chain 
plates,  and  three  more  amidships.  She  is  heavily  framed 
and  has  strong  oak  floors  cross-tied  at  every  frame. 

C.  H.  J.  Snider. 


Rhode  Island  Notes. 

New  Power  Boats. — At  the  shop  of  the  Chase  Yacht 
& Engine  Company,  in  Providence,  is  building  a 40ft. 
cabin  cruising  power  boat,  designed  to  enter  the  ocean 
race  for  power  boats  to  be  run  from  New  York  to  Marble- 
head, Mass.,  under  the  auspices  of  the  Knickerbocker  Y. 
C.,  the  latter  part  of  July.  The  boat  will  be  40ft.  over  all, 
8ft.  6in.  beam  and  about  2ft.  draft,  and  is  to-  be  equipped 
with  a 30  horsepower  four-cylinder  Chase  engine  capable 
of  about  ten  knots  an  hour.  .There  will  be  a turtle  deck 
forward  and  a water-tight  cockpit  aft,  while  a large  cabin 
will  afford  ample  cruising  accommodations.  The  same 
concern  is  building  a substantial  26ft.  open  launch  for 
Mr.  William  F.  Aldrich,  of  Providence.  At  Frederick 
S.  Nock’s  yard  at  East  Greenwich,  there  is  building  a 
34ft.  hunting  cabin  launch  for  Mr.  Henry  R.  Williams, 
of  Hartford,  Conn.,  which  will  have  a 12  horsepower 
Hartford  motor  and  a 33ft.  boat  of  the  same  type  for  Mr. 
William  A.  Bardell,  of  New  York.  Both  boats  are  from 
Mr.  Nock’s  designs  and  are  handsomely  finished. 

F.  H.  Young. 

YACHTING  NEWS  NOTES. 


For  advertising  relating  to  this  department  see  pages  ii  and  iii. 


Schooner  Sea  Fox  Sold. — Mr.  Anson  Phelps  Stokes, 
New  York  Y.  C.,  has  sold  the  schooner  yacht  Sea  Fox 
through  the  agency  of  Messrs.  Tams,  Lemoine  & Crane, 
to  Mr.  Dallas  B.  Pratt. 

* 

Recent  Sales. — Messrs.  Macconnell  & Cook  have  made 
the  following  transfers: 

The  auxiliary  sloop  yacht  Phoebe  by  Mr.  H.  C.  Quinby 
to  Mr.  Raymond  S.  Porter,  Manhasset  Bay  Y.  C.  The 
schooner  yacht  Rosina  to  a Southern  yachtsman.  The 
cabin  cat  Anemone  by  Mr.  J.  E.  Dederich,  of  Bayonne,  N. 
J.,  to  Mr.  A.  C.  Smith,  of  Yonkers,  N.  Y.,  and  the  sloop 
yacht  Melanie  III.  by  Mr.  M.  K.  Hackett  to  Mr.  William 
Huger,  of  Newark,  N J. 

« ft  K 

Bergen  Point  Y.  C.  Officers. — At  the  meeting  of  the 
Bergen  Point  Y.  C.  the  following  officers  were  elected: 
Com.,  Julius  C.  Shailer;  Vice-Corn.,  William  T.  Barnard; 
Rear  Com.,  Walter  E.  W adman;  Sec.  and  Treas.,  W.  R. 
Wilde;  Directors,  F.  C.  Mahnken,  F.  Dobson  and  F.  K. 
Lord;  Fleet  Capt.,  F.  J.  Borland;  Fleet  Surg.,  Dr.  L.  F. 
Donahoe ; Meas.,  F.  K.  Lord. 

It  I? 

Hempstead  Harbor  Y.  C. — The  following  officers  were 
elected  at  a recent  meeting  of  the  Hempstead  Harbor  Y. 
C. : Com.,  J.  S.  Appleby;  Vice-Com.,  E.  P.  Titus; 

Purser,  Ellwood  Valentine;  Fleet  Capt.,  William 
L.  Hicks;  Members  of  the  Governing  Board,  Edward. 
T.  Payne,  Samuel  J.  Seaman,  E.  B.  Hall,  Jr.,  Isaac  R. 
Downing,  Ward  Dickson  and  the  flag  officers;  Member- 
ship Committee,  Isaac  R.  Coles,  W.  I.  Fancher,  Harold 
Thorne,  Herbert  S.  Bowne  and  Ellwood  Valentine. 

H »t  H 

Steam  Yacht  Levanter  Launched. — Mr.  Alfred 
Marshall’s  new  steam  yacht  Levanter  was  launched  from 
the  yard  of  the  builders,  the  Gas  Engine  & Power.  Co., 
and  Charles  L.  Seabury  Co.,  on  Saturday  noon,  April  22. 
The  yacht  is  of  composite  construction  and  was  designed 
by  Mr.  Charles  L.  Seabury.  She  is  131ft.  over  all,  109ft. 
waterline.  17ft.  breadth  and  8ft.  5in.  draft.  The  boat  has 
a flush  deck,  is  schooner  rigged  and  two  mahogany  deck 
houses.  There  is  a dining  room  forward,  and  the  after 
house  will  be  used  as  a social  hall  and  music  room.  Below 
there  are  seven  staterooms.  The  owner  has  a large 
double  room  on  the  starboard  side,  and  forward  of  this 
a bathroom.  The  other  six  rooms  are  of  good  size  and 
have  bath  and  toilet  rooms  connecting.  All  the  living 
quarters  are  finished  in  mahogany  and  handsomely  up- 
holstered. The  machinery  consists  of  a Seabury  I2in. 
stroke  triple-expansion  engine  and  a Seabury  water  tube 


Races  for  O.  G.  Ricketson  Cups.— Mr.  Oliver  G. 
Ricketson,  of  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  a member  of  the  New  Bed- 
ford Y.  G,  has  offered  through  that  club  three  cups  for 
open  contests  to  be  held  in  Buzzard’s  Bay  next  summer. 
William  F.  Williams,  commodore  of  that  club,  with  Mr. 
Eustis,  secretary  of  the  Beverly  Y.  C.,  has  arranged  the 
series  for  the  Ricketson  cups,  which  are  to  become  the 
preperty  of  the  owners  of  the  winning  craft.  The  first 
race  will  be  held  off  New  Bedford  on  Thursday,  Aug.  31, 
the  second  at  Mattapoisett  on  the  following  day,  and  the 
third  at  Marion,  Saturday,  Sept.  2.  The  fourth  race  of 
the  series  will  be  on  Sept.  4 off  Wing’s  Neck,  over  the 
Beverly  Y.  C.  course.  The  classes  for  which  the  cups  are 
offered  are  as  follows:  First,  for  boats  between  25ft.  and 
35ft.  on  the  waterline;  second,  for  boats  between  20ft.  and 
25ft.  on  the  waterline,  and,  third,  the  one-design  15-fooG 


ers  of  each  club.  The  races  will  be  open  to  members  of 
all  clubs  along  the  coast. — New  York  Herald. 

H n n 

Atair  Arrives  at  City  Island. — Mr.  Cord  Meyers’  new 
one-design  30-footer  reached  City  Island  on  Friday,  April 
21.  She  is  the  first  of  the  New  York  Y.  C,  one-design 
boats  to  come  west. 

H I!  R 

Sunbeam’s  Voyage  to  America. — The  following  letter 
from  Lord  Brassey  appears  in  the  London  Field  of  April 
IS : 

Sir  : As  a veteran  competitor  for  the  German  Em- 

peror’s cup,  the  Sunbeam’s  log  may  interest  your  yachting 
readers. 

We  sailed  from  Southampton  on  Monday,  March  27, 
steamed  down  Channel  against  westerly  winds,  gradually 
freshening.  Put  into  Falmouth  Tuesday  afternoon.  Sailed 
early  Wednesday,  March  29.  On  the  evening  of  Friday, 
March  31,  made  Cape  Finisterre  Light,  and  on  the  follow- 
ing evening  the  Burlings.  Anchored  off  Funchal  April  4. 
Steamed  from  Falmouth  to  lat.  45  degrees  N.,  and  from 
off  Vigo  to  the  Burlings.  The  larger  half  of  the  distance 
was  covered  under  sail,  with  winds  moderate  to  light 
abaft  the  beam.  Total  distance,  Falmouth  to  Madeira, 
steam,  525 ; sail,  693  miles.  Consumption  of  coal,  twenty 
tons.  Average  speed  under  sail,  a fraction  under  eight 
knots;  under  steam,  eight  to  nine  knots. 

March  27. — Sailed  from  Southampton. 

March  28. — Put  into  Falmouth. 

March  29.— Sailed  from  Falmouth. 

March  31.— Rounded  Cape  Finisterre. 

April  1. — Passed  the  Burlings. 

April  4. — Arrived  at  Madeira. 

Weather:  In  the  Channel,  fresh  westerly  winds.  Ushant  to 

45  degrees  north,  calms  and  light  airs;  45  degrees  north  to  off 
Vigo,  northerly  winds;  moderate.  Finisterre  to  Burlings,  calms 
and  light  airs.  Burlings  to  Madeira,  northerly  winds;  sea  smooth; 
all  possible  sail  set. 

Brassey. 

R R R 

The  New  Class  Q Boats. — Six  new  boats  have  been 
built  for  racing  in  Class  Q on  Gravesend  Bay.  The 
names  of  boats,  owners  and  designers  of  five  boats  follow : 


More  Trouble,  W.  H.  Childs.-. Charles  D.  Mower 

Ojigwan,  Geo.  E.  Reiners John  R.  Brophy 

Quest,  F.  J.  Havens Henry  J.  Gielow 

Saetta,  Geo.  H.  Church .’...Henry  J.  Gielow 

Cockatoo  II.,  Hendon  Chubb. Clinton  H.  Crane 


The  sixth  boat  is  from  Mr.  B.  B.  Crowinshield’s  design 
and  it  is  said  she  is  for  Mr.  Henry  J.  Roberts. 

It  * * 

Belle  Harbor  Y.  C.  Burgee.— The  Belle  Harbor  Y.  C. 
has  settled  on  a club  flag.  It  is  of  the  usual  triangular 
shape.  On  the  hoist  are  the  bases  of  two  small  isosceles 
triangles  of  red.  They  leave  the  remainder  of  the  flag  in 
the  shape  of  a white  diamond,  running  horizontally.  On 
the  center  of  this  is  a blue  five-pointed  star. 

R R R 

New  Boats  at  Center  Moriches.— Mr.  T.  A.  Howell, 
of  Brooklyn,  is  having  a cruising  launch  built  at  Hallock’s 
yard,  Center  Moriches,  L.  I.  The  boat  is  38ft.  over  all 
and  8ft  breadth,  with  a hunting  cabin  of  sufficient  depth 
to  give  head  room.  The  engine  is  a 20  horsepower 
Twentieth  Century  and  is  expected  to  give  the  boat  10 
knots  for  ordinary  cruising  and  12  knots  when  driven. 
The  craft  is  intended  primarily  for  use  on  Shinnecock 
and  Great  South  bays,  but  is  adapted  for  winter  cruising 
in  southern  waters.  Mr.  Hallock  has  also  under  con- 
struction four  21  ft.  class  catboats  for  members  of  the 
Shinnecock  Y.  C. 

R R R 

Recent  Sales  and  Charters. — Mr.  Frank  Bowne  Jones 
has  made  the  following  sales  and  charters: 

The  auxiliary  yawl  Vanessa,  sold  by  Mr.  J.  H.  Smedley, 
of  Detroit,  to  Mr.  J.  H.  Ware,  New  York  Y.  C . ; the 
schooner  Grampus,  for  Mr.  S.  F.  Houston,  of  Philadel- 
phia, to  Mr.  L.  D.  Armstrong,  of  New  York,  and  the 
steam  yacht  Turbese  chartered  by  the  estate  of  A. 
Schwarzmann,  to  Mr.  Roswell  Eldridge,  New  York  Y.  C. 

R R R 

Commodore  Lauder’s  Appointments.— Commodore 

George  Lauder,  Jr.,  of  the  Indian  Harbor  Y.  C.,  an- 
nounces the  following  appointments:  Fleet  Capt.,  Frank 

Bowne  Jones;  Fleet  Surg.,  Leander  P.  Jones,  M.  D. ; 
Fleet  Chap.,  Rev.  M.  George  Thompson. 

ft  H 

Committee  to  Start  Ocean  Race. — Messrs.  Newbury 
D.  Lawton,  Edward  H.  Wales,  Oliver  Cromwell,  H.  de  B. 
Parsons  and  Admiral  Hebbinghaus  will  act  as  a commit- 
tee to  start  the  boats  entered  in  the  ocean  race  for  the 
Kaiser’s  cup.  This  committee  is  made  up  of  two  old 
members  and  two  new  members  of  the  race  committee  of 
the  New  York  Y.  C.  The  big  tow  boat  Vigilant,  belong- 
ing to  the  Harbor  Supervisor,  will  be  turned  over  to  the 
committee  for  their  use  on  May  16,  which  is  a very  cour- 
teous thing  for  this  official  to  do. 

R R R 

New  Boats  Building  from  Morgan  Barney’s  Designs. 
—Mr.  Charles  Henry  Davis,  New  York  Y.  C.,  is  having 
an  open  launch  70ft.  over  all,  66ft.  waterline  and  10ft. 


breadth  built  from  designs  by  Mr.  Morgan  Barney.  She 
will  be  of  double  plank  construction  with  oak  frame. 
There  are  two  water-tight  cockpits,  one  forward  and  one 
aft  of  the  engine  compartment.  The  hull  is  subdivided 
by  four  water-tight  bulkheads.  The  freeboard  forward 
is  raised  about  14m.  above  the  main  sheer  line  and  a 
turtleback  deck  is  carried  from  the  stem  aft  for  a dis- 
tance of  21  ft.  There  is  full  head  room.  Under  this  deck 
there  will  be  sleeping  accommodations  and  a toilet  room. 
The  motive  power  will  consist  of  a 70  horsepower  Twen- 
tieth Century  engine.  There  are  two  gasolene  tanks  of 
capacity  sufficient  to  give  a cruising  radius  of  800  miles. 
This  launch  is  being  built  by  H.  Manley  Crosby,  of  Oys- 
terville.  Mass.,  and  will  be  completed  on  June  1.  She 
will  be  named  the  Ildico. 

Another  launch  from  Mr.  Barney’s  designs  is  being 
built  by  Mr.  B.  F.  Hallock  at  Center  Moriches  for  a sum- 
mer resident  of  Quogue,  L.  I.  Her  dimensions  are  38ft. 
pin.  over  all,  37ft.  waterline,  8ft.  breadth  arid  2ft.  draft. 
There  is  a low  trunk  cabin  amidships  containing  the 
engine  room  and  galley,  toilet  room  and  one  double  state- 
room. In  order  to  obtain  full  head  room  the  freeboard 
is  raised  from  a point  amidships  to  the  bow.  There  is  a 
Seat  and  cockpit  forward  of  the  cabin  trunk  and  a water- 
tight cockpit  aft.  The  motor  will  develop  20  horsepower. 
The  propeller  will  have  a weed  cutting  attachment. 

The  New  York  Yacht,  Launch  & Engine  Co.  are  build- 
ing a 21-footer  from  Mr.  Barney’s  design  for  a Shelter 
Island  yachtsman.  She  is  32ft  3m.  over  all,  21ft.  water- 
line, 8ft.  3111.  breadth  and  5ft.  draft.  Her  sail  area  is 
620  sq.  ft.  The  lead  keel  weighs  3,200  pounds.  The  con- 
struction is  substantial  and  the  finish  is  all  of  mahogany. 
There  is  5ft.  head  room.  The  accommodations  consist 
of  saloon,  toilet  and  galley,  with  crew  space  forward. 

Mr.  Barney  has  also  designed  a cruising  yawl  32ft.  loin, 
over  all,  23ft.  waterline,  8ft.  9111.  breadth  and  5ft.  draft 
for  Mr.  J.  Cholditch.  of  Vancouver.  B.  C.  She  will  have 
4,200  pounds  of  outside  lead  and  700  sq.  ft.  of  sail.  The 
cabin  is  13ft.  long  and  has  a head  room  of  5ft.  3m. 

*?  H 

Royal  Canadian  Y.  C.  Race  Schedule. — The  Race 
Committee  of  the  Royal  Canadian  Y.  C.  have  arranged 
for  the  following  regattas: 

June  3. — Cruising  race,  fleet  in  two  divisions,  30ft. 
class. 

June  xo. — 16ft.  B Class,  14ft.  and  12ft.  dinghy,  30ft. 
class. 

June  17. — Cruising  race,  fleet  in  two  divisions,  30ft. 
class. 

June  24. — 30ft.  class,  16ft.  B class,  14ft.  and  12ft. 
dinghy. 

July  1. — Queen’s  Cup  race  off  Hamilton,  16ft.  B class. 
14ft.  and  12ft.  dinghy,  30ft.  class. 

July  8. — Handicap  cruising  race,  entire  fleet,  30ft. 
class. 

July  15. — 30ft.  class,  16ft.  B class,  14ft.  and  12ft. 
dinghy. 

July  22  and  following  days. — Trial  races  for  Canada’s 
Cup  challenger. 

July  29. — Cruising  race,  fleet  in  two  divisions,  30ft. 
class;  16ft.  B class,  14ft  and  12ft.  dinghy. 

Aug.  5. — 25ft.  class  and  20ft.  class. 

Aug.  12.- — Canada’s  Cup  off  Charlotte. 

Aug.  19. — Canada’s  Cup  off  Charlotte. 

Aug.  26. — -16ft.  B class,  14ft.  and  12ft.  dinghy,  25ft. 
and  20ft.  class. 

Sept.  2. — Cruising  race  fleet  in  two  divisions. 

Sept.  9. — Prince  of  Wales  Cup,  entire  fleet,  16ft.  B 
class,  14ft.  and  12ft.  dinghy. 

Sept.  16. — Handicap  cruising  race,  entire  fleet. 

There  will  be  a race  for  the  30ft.  class  every  Wednes- 
day afternoon  during  June  and  July. 

First  Division — 35ft.  class  and  over,  L.  Y.  R.  A. 

Second  Division — 30ft.,  25ft.  and  20ft.  classes,  L.  Y.  R.  A. 

30ft.  Class. 

25ft.  Class. 

20ft.  Class 

16ft.  ballasted  class,  L.  S.  S.  A. 

, 14ft.  dinghy,  L.  S.  S.  A. 

12ft  dinghy,  L S.  S.  A. 

at  it  at 

Schooner  Coronet  Sold. — The  schooner  yacht  Coronet 
has  been  sold  by  Mr.  Louis  Bossert  through  McIntosh’s 
agency  to  Mr.  A.  K.  Perry,  of  Shiloh,  Me.,  who  has 
turned  her  over  to  the  Holy  Ghost  and  Us  Society  of 
Shiloh.  The  Rev.  F.  W.  Sandford  will  use  the  yacht  to 
spread  their  religious  teachings  among  the  fishermen  and 
their  families  on  the  coasts  of  Maine  and  Nova  Scotia. 

About  two  years  ago  the  schooner  Wanderer  was  pur- 
chased by  this  society  to  do  missionary  work  along  the 
Maine  coast. 

Coronet  is  125ft.  waterline,  133ft.  over  all,  27ft,  beam 
and  12ft.  6in.  draft.  She  was  built  in  Brooklyn  in  1885 
by  C.  & R.  Poillon. 

In  1887,  when  owned  by  R.  T.  Bush,  she  defeated  the 
schooner  Dauntless  in  a match  race  from  Bay  Ridge,  L. 
I.,  to  Queenstown  for  $10,000  a side.  Coronet  sailed 
2,949  miles  in  I4d.  19I1.  23m. 

In  December,  1895,  when  owned  by  Mr.  Arthur  Curtiss 
James, _ Coronet  left  New  York  for  San  Francisco  and, 
being  joined  there  by  her  owner  and  a scientific  party, 
proceeded  to  Japan  to  observe  the  total  eclipse  of  the  sun 
in  August,  1896. 


A Durango  man  was  showing  to  a friend  the  good  points  of  his 
dog  and  threw  a half-dollar  coin  into  the  river.  Obediently  the 
dog  dived  for  the  coin  and  brought  up  a two-pound  catfish  and 
35  cents  in  change. — Floresville  (Mo.)  Chronicle, 


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[April  29,  1905. 


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Officers  of  A.  C.  A,,  1905* 

Commodore — C.  F.  Wolters,  14  Main  St.  East,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Secretary — H M Stewart,  85  Main  St.,  East  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Treasurer — F.  G.  Mather,  164  Fairfield  Ave.,  Stamford,  Conn. 

ATLANTIC  DIVISION. 

Vice-Commodore — W.  A.  Furman,  846  Berkeley  Ave.,  Trenton,  N.  J. 
Rear-Commodore — F.  C.  Hoyt,  57  Broadway,  New  York. 

Purser — C.  W.  Stark,  118  N.  Montgomery  St.,  Trenton,  N.  J. 
Executive  Committee — L.  C.  Kretzmer,  L.  C.  Schepp  Building, 
New  York;  E.  M.  Underhill,  Box  262,  Yonkers,  N.  Y. 

Board  of  Governors — R.  J.  Wilkin,  211  Clinton  St.,  Brooklyn,  N.Y. 
Racing  Board — H.  L.  Quick,  Yonkers,  N.  Y. 

How  to  Join  the  A.  C.  A. 

From  Chapter  I.,  Section  1,  of  the  By-Laws  of  the  A.  C.  A.: 
“Application  for  membership  shall  be  made  to  the  Treasurer, 
F.  G.  Mather,  30  Elk  St.,  Albany,  N.  Y.,  and  shall  be  accompanied 
by  the  recommendation  of  an  active  member  and  by  the  sum  of 
two  dollars,  one  dollar  as  entrance  fee  and  one  dollar  as  dues  for 
the  current  year,  to  be  refunded  in  case  of  non-election  of  the 
applicant.” 


Across  Nova  Scotia  in  Canoes, 

Early  in  1904  some  one  suggested  that  we  select 
Nova  Scotia  as  the  scene  for  our  cruise  for  that  sum- 
mer. This  idea  was  hailed  with  enthusiasm  by  the 
members  of  our  party — three  from  Philadelphia,  known 
respectively  as  Carl,  Arthur  the  Skipper,  and  H.  N. 
T.  the  Scribe,  and  one  from  Boston,  named  Charles, 
alias  Chas.  O.  We  had  only  two  weeks  vacation  apiece, 
and  this  meant  scarcely  ten  days  for  the  cruise  itself, 
leaving  us  very  little  time  to  take  things  easy.  So  in 
February  active  preparations  were  begun.  It  has  often 
been  said  that  half  the  enjoyment  of  an  outing  is 
found  in  the  planning  of  it,  and  our  experience  was 
no  exception  to  the  rule.  Sporting  catalogues  were 
secured,  H.  N.  T.  made  a long  exhaustive  search  for 
a chart  or  survey  of  Nova  Scotia,  Charles  looked  up 
the  transportation  facilities  for  getting  to  and  from 
the  scene  of  action  and  Arthur  made  deep  abstruse 
calculations  as  to  the  amount  of  food  likely  to  be  con- 
sumed by  four  ravenous  appetites  on  a ten-day  trip. 
In  all  our  plans,  it  was  necessary  to  keep  a strict  watch 
on  the  quantities,  as  it  was  our  ambition  to  “go-  light” 
and  rely  largely  on  our  own  resources.  With  this 
idea  we  were  inclined  to  think  that  we  could  dispense 
with  the  services  of  a guide,  since  good  maps  of  the 
country  should  be  sufficient  to  show  us  the  way — at 
least,  so  we  thought  then. 

The  outline  of  our  route  was  as  follows:  From 

Boston  to  Yarmouth,  Nova  Scotia,  by  the  Dominion 
Atlantic  Railway  Company  S.  S.  Boston;  thence  via 

D.  A.  Railway  around  the  north  shore  to  Annapolis, 
Nova  Scotia,  and  thence  by  stage  across  the  water- 
shed to  Milford,  about  15  miles  inland,  where  we 
would  put  our  boats  in  the  water.  The  start  was  to  be 
made  from  Boston  on  Sunday  afternoon;  arrive  at 
Yarmouth  Monday  morning;  at  Annapolis  early  Mon- 
day afternoon,  and  at  Milford  about  5 o’clock  that 
evening.  From  ithere  we  would  cruise  down  the 
Liverpool  River  and  through  the  various  lakes,  fishing 
and  taking  things  easy,  so  we  thought,  as  far  as  the 
town  of  Liverpool,  where  we  would  take  the  steamer 
early  Tuesday  morning  of  the  week  following,  around 
the  south  shore  of  Nova  Scotia  to  Yarmouth,  re- 
turning by  the  Dominion  Atlantic  boat  to  Boston 
Wednesday  or  Thursday.  This  plan  was  followed  com- 
pletely with  only  one  or  two  slight  changes,  as  the  rest 
of  the  narrative  will  show. 

Carl  and  H.  N.  T.  were  the  fishermen  of  the  party, 
the  others  caring  nothing  for  this  delightful  sport.  We 
carried  no  fire-arms  other  than  two  revolvers,  which 
were  intended  more  for  signalling  than  anything  else, 
but  our  fishing  tackle  was  very  complete.  H.  N.  T, 
arranged  to  take  two  cameras,  a No.  3 folding  pocket 
kodak  and  a large  No.  5 cartridge  kodak,  using  films. 
Both  of  these  cameras  were  inclosed  in  waterproof 
sponge  bags,  and  the  packages  of  films  were  also 
carried  in  a similar  waterproof  bag.  Our  duffle  was 
packed  in  rubber  camping  bags,  and  heavy  canvas  pack 
bags,  the  latter  proving  the  best.  We  carried  an  A 
wall  tent  with  just  enough  room  inside  for  four  persons 
to  lie  abreast,  and  we  had  four  sleeping  bags  (Phelp’s 
make),  with  heavy  quilted  inside  bags,  expecting  cold 
weather  at  night.  The  party  was  liberally  supplied 
with  fly  dope,  both  the  pennyroyal  and  the  tar  varieties, 
and  H.  N.  T.  carried  a small  bottle  of  oil  of  citronella 
as  an  experiment,  which  proved  very  efficacious  in 
keeping  off  what  few  black  flies  and  mosquitoes  we  en- 
countered. 

We  used  two  canvas-covered  canoes,  one  a 16ft. 
Carleton  make,  dark  red  color,  and  the  other  an  18ft. 

E.  M.  White,  dark  green  finish.  Louis,  our  half-breed 
Indian  guide,  used  a small  white  birch  bark. 

We  decided  upon  the  early  summer,  partly  on  ac- 
count of  the  fishing,  and  partly  because  Chas.  O.  would 
not  take  his  vacation  after  July  1.  This  suited  the 
fishermen  of  the  party  first-rate,  since  the  latter  part 
of  May  and  early  June  is  the  best  time  for  trout  fish- 
ing in  Nova  Scotia.  We  counted  on  striking  the  first 
run  of  grilse,  or  young  salmon,  somewhere  below  the 
Indian  Gardens,  as  they  are  due  there  about  the  mid- 
dle of  June. 

The  second  Monday  in  that  month  saw  us  en  route 
by  boat,  train  and  team  for  the  little  settlement  of 
Milford,  at  the  head  of  the  Liverpool  chain  of  lakes. 
The  drive  across  country  from  the  coast  led  us 
through  mountainous  country,  over  a series  of  steep 
ridges,  heavily  wooded,  with  deep  gorges  and  valleys 
lying  between.  At  5 o’clock  in  the  afternoon  we  drew 
up  at  Thomas’  place  covered  with  dust;  and  after  a 
wholesome  repast,  shacked  our  entire  outfit  over  to  the 
shore  of  the  lake.  We  quickly  loaded  all  the  duffle 
aboard,  and  started  the  cruise  at  7:05  P.  M.,  followed 
by  the  farewells  of  the  Thomas  family.  The  lake  was 
simply  a maze  of  islands  and  bays,  with  low  woods 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


along  the  shores,  and  the  party  got  lost  promptly  with- 
in a quarter  of  a mile  of  the  start,  being  unable  to  find 
the  exit  to  the  main  body  of  the  lake.  Fortunately,  we 
met  a man  going  across  the  lake  in  a birch  bark  canoe, 
•who  pointed  out  the  way  to  us.  This  lake  was  like 
nearly  all  the  others  we  passed  on  the  cruise,  very  ir- 
regular and  full  of  islands,  with  any  number  of  ap- 
parent exits,  which  would  take  probably  a day  or  more 
to  explore,  before  hitting  upon  the  right  one.  We  ran 
leisurely  into  the  second  lake,  and  saw  several  likely 
spots  for  a camp,  finally  deciding  upon  one,  where  there 
was  a huge  shelving  rock  sloping  up  from  the  water, 
with  a broad  flat  space  at  the  top,  and  the  woods  be- 
hind. We  hauled  the  canoes  out  of  the  water,  and  got 
busy  pitching  camp  about  sunset.  The  days  seemed 
much  longer  here,  since  our  watches  were  set  an  hour 
earlier,  but  this  difference  was  not  an  actual  difference 
in  time  between  Nova  Scotia,  and  say,  Boston,,  so  that 
frequently  at  9 o’clock  it  would  be  broad  daylight.  This 
first  night  at  camp  might  as  well  be  described  as  typical 
of  our  procedure  each  evening  on  making  camp. 

After  the  canoes  were  pulled  up  safeiy  on  shore,  all 
hands  would  prospect  around  for  a smooth  level  spot 
on  which  to  pitch  the  tent.  After  this  was  settled  upon, 
the  tent  would  be  unrolled  and  put  up  by  two  of  the 
party,  and  in  the  mean  time,  the  cook  would  unpack 
the  utensils  and  get  things  ready  for  supper.  Then  the 
various  pack  bags  would  have  to  be  distributed  to  the 
proper  places — the  four  sleeping  bags  to  the  tent,  and 
the  “tin  rubber  bag”  and  the  “dope”  bags  to  the  camp- 
fire. One  or  two  of  the  party  would  then  rustle  a supply 
of  fire-wood;  the  others  would  go  into  the  woods  for 
hemlock,  spruce,  or  balsam  boughs  for  the  beds.  By 
this  time  the  two  cooks,  generally  Chas.  O.  and  Arthur, 
would  be  busy  with  the  cooking,  and  H.  N.  T.  or  some- 
body else  would  thatch  the  floor  of  the  tent  with  the 
boughs,  after  smoothing  all  irregularities  in  the  sur- 
face as  well  as  possible  with  an  ax.  The  rubber  blanket 
would  be  spread  over  the  spruce  boughs,  and  the  four 
bags  unrolled  side  by  side  on  that;  after  this  the  per- 
sonal kit  bags  would  be  unpacked  and  laid  out  on  each 
sleeping  bag. 

During  the  few  minutes  before  the  meal  was  ready, 
there  was  generally  a chance  to  change  into  dry  shoes 
and  socks,  and  hang  up  the  wet  ones  to  dry  by  the 
fire;  after  this  all  hands  would  pitch  in  and  feed 
heartily.  Promptly  after  supper,  two  of  the  party 
would  take  their  turn  at  “pot  wrassling,”  one  man  wash- 
ing the  dishes  in  hot  water  and  pearline  in  the  tin  oven, 
and  the  other  man  drying  them  off.  The  oven  proved 
a great  success,  not  only  for  cooking,  but  for  use  as  a 
dish  pan  afterward  for  cleaning  up.  The  other  two 
would  generally  fish  or  amuse  themselves  in  some  other 
way  around  the  camp,  and  two  or  three  times  on  the 
trip,  the  party  gathered  around  the  camp-fire  for  a few 
minutes,  smoking  and  talking.  As  a rule,  however, 
everyone  was  ready  to  turn  .into  bed  as  soon  as  the 
ordinary  duties  were  finished  around  the  camp,  and 
sleep  like  logs  until  the  following  morning.  There  was 
barely  room  inside  the  tent  for  Louis,  but  this  made 
very  little  difference,  as  we  could  not  persuade  him  to 
sleep  under  cover.  He  had  a small  square  of  sheep- 
skin about  4ft.  long,  and  he  would  stretch  out  on  this 
close  up  to  the  fire,  so  close  that  it  was  a wonder  his 
clothes  did  not  scorch,  and  roll  his  head  and  shoulders 
up  in  a blanket.  Along  toward  morning,  the  fire  would 
naturally  die  down  to  nothing  but  ashes,  and  he  would 
then  be  awakened  by  the  cold,  and  would  get  up  and 
pile  on  some  more  logs,  again  lying  down  to  sleep 
until  daybreak.  We  found  the  sleeping  bags  a great 
success,  and  carried  very  pleasant  memories  of  each 
night’s  camp,  with  the  springy  beds  of  boughs  and  the 
strong  fragrance  of  the  balsam.  This  was  practically 
our  procedure  each  evening  of  the  trip,  although  of 
course  the  first  night  out  we  were  by  ourselves,  as  Louis 
did  not  join  us  until  Tuesday  morning. 

We  named  our  first  camp  in  honor  of  the  commo- 
dore for  the  day,  and  the  crew  of  the  big  canoe  went 
out  about  twilight  for  a paddle  around  the  lake,  after 
taking  everything  out  of  the  boat.  The  distant  view  of 
the  camp-fire,  the  dark  forest  behind,  and  the  reflec- 
tion on  the  water  made  a very  beautiful  scene.  A little 
later  before  turning  in,  the  Scribe  tried  a flashlight 
picture  of  the  party  around  the  camp-fire.  This  was  one 
of  the  camps  where  we  did  sit  around  after  supper,  and 
smoked  beside  the  fire.  All  hands  turned  in  early,  about 
half  past  nine,  with  great  expectations  for  the  morrow. 
Some  little  sleep  was  lost  finding  the  proper  thickness 
of  sleeping  bags  to  sleep  under,  and  as  the  tent  was 
pitched  on  solid  rock,  which  made  it  necessary  for  us 
to  fasten  the  guy  ropes  to  stones,  the  party  complained 
somewhat  the  following  morning  of  the  hardness  of 
the  beds,  since  we  had  gathered  scarcely  enough  balsam 
to  serve  as  a mattress.  The  night  was  clear  and  cold, 
and  the  shelter  of  the  tent  was  very  grateful. 

Tuesday,  June  14. 

The  Scribe  awoke  early,  and  turned  out  about  5 A. 
M.,  finding  it  quite  foggy  and  cool.  Following  the  true 
instincts  of  the  fisherman,  he  very  quickly  had  his 
tackle  rigged  up,  and  proceeded  to  try  a few  casts  off 
the  rock,  directly  in  front  of  the  camp.  The  water  was 
very  still  and  clear,  and  after  a few  feeble  rises,  he  man- 
aged to  hook  a small  perch  about  3m.  long.  For- 
tunately, none  of  the  others  but  Arthur  were  up  yet. 
After  the  camp-fire  had  been  replenished  with  several 
huge  logs,  the  others  were  awakened  and  they  turned 
out  with  various  remarks  about  the  hardness  of  the 
ground,  and  the  fogginess  of  the  morning.  Chas.  O. 
had  an  insane  idea,  which,  however,  had  sounded  very 
attractive  the  night  before,  to  take  a swim  in  the  lake, 
which  he  proceeded  to  do,  although  the  water  must 
have  been  little  above  freezing  point.  The  others  stood 
around  and  looked  on  silently,  somewhat  awe-stricken 
by  his  energy,  and  he  tried  to  put  on  a bluff  that  he  was 
enjoying  it.  We  noticed,  however,  that  he  was  very 
willing  to  pay  close  attention  to  the  cooking  around  the 
camp-fire  for  some  little  time  afterward. 

Breakfast  proved  a great  success.  The  coffee  was 
made  by  our  special  process,  which  consisted  of  sus- 
pending a small  cheesecloth  bag  filled  with  ground  cof- 
fee in  the  boiling  water  until  the  desired  strength  was 
secured.  Enough  of  these  bags  were  prepared  and 
filled  before  leaving  home,  and  we  were  always  sure  of 


having  first  rate  coffee  without  grounds,  with  no  trouble 
whatever.  The  corn  bread  baked  in  the  Dut.ch  oven 
was  the  most  popular  item  on  the  menu. 

The  morning  was  cold  enough  to  make  the  camp-fire  i! 
very  popular,  and  about  the  time  breakfast  was  ready, 
the  fog  commenced  to  blow  off  the  lake  in  long 
streamers,  making  a very  strange  effect.  By  6:30  it  was 
perfectly  clear  with  the  sun  up  over  the  horizon.  Curious- 
ly enough,  a few  minutes  later,  a cloud  of.  fog  was  seen  1 
coming  through  the  trees  behind  us,  and  very  shortly  en- 
veloped everything,  so  that  it  was  difficult  to  see  more 
than  a few  yards  in  any  direction.  We  were  rather 
anxious  about  this,  as  Louis,  our  guide,  was  to  meet 
us  at  7 o’clock,  and  we  had  not  set  on  any  definite 
place,  but  simply  expected  him.  to  look  for  us,  some- 
where down  the  lake.  Luckily,  however,  the  second 
fog,  which  must  have  come  from  one  of  the  other  lakes 
in  the  neighborhood,  drifted  suddenly  off,  and  the  sun 
came  out  bright  and  warm  again.  After  we  had  cleaned 
up  and  taken  several  pictures,  Louis  turned  up  about 
7:30  in  a small  white  Indian  birch  bark  canoe,  with 
his  duffle  bag,  and  we  packed  the  canoes,  rigged  up  our 
rods  and  tackle  and  paddled  off  promptly. 

Before  working  down  through  the  series  of  wide  1 
stretches  and  . narrow  channels,  forming  Lake  Milford, 
we  stopped  for  a few  minutes  a short  distance  below 
our  camp  and  tried  some  casts  at  the  mouth  of  a small 
stream,  hoping  to  find  some  trout,  but  without  success. 
The  exit  to  Lake  Milford  was  a small  creek  with  scarce- 
ly any  current,  and  certainly  not  a spot  which  one  would 
hit  upon  as  the  exit,  except  by  accident;  here  again 
we  realized  the  value  of  having  Louis  with  us.  Further 
on  we  found  the  stream  quite  narrow  and  small,  with 
steep,  rocky  rapids,  and  our  canoes  were  frequently 
hung  up  and  badly  scraped,  as  they  were  heavily  loaded. 
The  greater  part  of  the  going  during  the  first  morning 
was  simple,  since  none  of  the  rapids  were  too  large 
or  deep  to  wade  through  easily.  Finally  we  stopped 
to  fish  at  a steep  falls,  too  rough  to  get  the  boats 
through,  and  with  an  old  log  dam  at  the  head.  Here 
we  pulled  the  boats  ashore,  and  tried  the  fishing  in  the  1 
rapids  below,  promptly  catching  a small  string  of  small 
lively  trout,  none  over  a half  pound  in  weight.  This 
was  a very  beautiful  little  stretch  of  river,  very  rocky, 
and  almost  shut  in  by  trees  on  either  side.  It  was 
necessary  to  carry  the  canoe  about  400  yards  through  ’ 
the  woods,  around  the  worst  of  the  rapids,  and  Carl  ; 
and  the  Scribe  spent  some  time  in  working  down  along 
the  shores,  fishing  with  considerable  success,  while  the 
others  cooked  lunch  at  the  end  of  the  carry.  Here  we 
had  broiled  trout  for  the  first  time,  and  named  the  lunch 
camp,  “Portage  Camp.”  This  camp  was  at  the  end  of 
the  carry,  and  was  shut  in  by  high  trees  and  under-  \ 
brush,  making  rather  cramped  quarters.  We  passed  a 
small  log  cabin  on  the  carry,  which  was  used  in  the  j 
winter  time  by  lumbermen,  and  in  the  summer  by 
fishermen.  After  leaving  this  camp,  we  ran  down 
through  a few  small  lakes,  taking-  things  easily,  except 
in  the  numerous  rapids  between  the  lakes,  where  we 
pounded  through,  fishing  continuously,  whenever  there 
was  a chance  to  use  the  rod.  The  result  was  a fine 
mess  of  speckled  trout  by  evening.  The  crew  of  the 
big  canoe  invented  a way  to  shoot  these  rapids,  both 
parties  sitting  out  on  the  opposite  ends  of  the  boat 
with  their  feet  in  the  water,  and  using  both  feet  and  j 
paddles  to  keep  the  boat  away  from  the  rocks,  and  to 
ease  it  over  the  steep  shallow  ledges.  Notwithstanding 
careful  treatment  of  the  new  boat,  it  was  pretty  well 
scraped  by  evening,  not  a particle  of  paint  remaining  , 
on  the  wooden  keel,  which  had  saved  a great  many  hard 
bumps  from  doing  damage. 

The  traveling  was  very  interesting  through  these 
upper  reaches  of  the  river,  as  the  stream  was  small  and 
winding,  with  lots  of  quick  work  and  excitement  in  the 
rifts,  although,  of  course,  no  danger.  We  were  con- 
tinually impressed  with  the  wildness  of  the  scenery, 
and  the  roughness  of  the  country.  The  trees  along  the 
river  banks  were  irregular  and  gnarled,  and  the  under- 
brush below  thick  and  almost  impenetrable,  giving  a 
forbidding  aspect  to  the  country.  The  rocks  were 
covered  with  heavy,  rough  moss,  and  the  woods  were  ; 
mostly  evergreens,  with  great  numbers  of  dead  trees 
sticking  out  in  every  direction.  The  stream  was  ob- 
structed everywhere  by  rocks  of  all  sizes,  and  this  made  ' 
a very  irregular  bottom.  In  one  place  we  would  be 
wading  with  the  boats  through  a series  of  shallow  , 
ledges,  the  water  rushing  down  over  them  in  miniature 
falls,  and  directly  at  the  foot  we  would  step  off  possibly 
into  10ft.  of  water.  At  other  places  .the  stream  would 
wind  around  many  great  rocks,  some  just  below  the 
surface,  and  the  canoes  were  continually  being  hung  up 
or  bumped  heavily  by  these  hidden  obstructions,  which 
were  so  numerous  it  was  almost  impossible  to  avoid 
them.  Louis  generally  kept  ahead,  striking  his  paddle 
on  hidden  rocks  to  warn  us.  All  hands  voted  it  great 
sport,  and  the  first  boat  to  get  through  a particularly  J 
stiff  proposition  would  wait  in  the  eddy  at  the  foot  to 
watch  the  others  come  through,  with  roars  of  laughter 
at  any  mishaps.  The  canoes  would  gain  great  velocity  1 
in  a short  stretch  of  even  ten  yards,  where  it  was  im- 
possible to  reach  bottom  with  the  paddles,  or  to  back 
water  against  the  current,  and  this  would  generally  re- 
sult after  frantic  efforts  in  a tremendous  bump  on  the  1 
rocks  at  the  foot  of  the  slope,  much  to  the  amusement 
of  the  rest  of  the  party,  and  to  the  disgust  of  the 
victims. 

Before  this  day’s  work  was  over,  all  hands  were  get- 
ting pretty  expert  at  picking  channels,  and  snubbing  the 
boats  away  from  danger.  About  4 o’clock  in  the  after- 
noon, we  stopped  off  at  a small  trail,  and  went  some 
distance  back  into  the  woods  to  a spring  which  Louis  ■ 
knew  about.  This  we  found  was  right  on  the  road 
which  ran  from  Milford  to  Maitland,  and  we  filled  up 
our  canteens,  and  returned  to  the  boats.  The  river 
water  was  not  very  good  to  drink,  as  the  lakes  are  so 
large  and  shallow,  and  the  incoming  supply  so  small, 
that  the  water  was  not  very  fresh. 

Along  toward  evening,  we  stopped  at  the  head  of  a 
rift  about  200yds.  long,  and  started  to  fish,  as  usual.  It 
was  getting  rather  late,  so  we  decided  that  we  better 
look  around  for  our  second  night’s  camp.  We  had 
some  trouble  finding  a good  place,  and  hunted  around 
in  a wood  of  young  birch  trees  for  a likely  spot,  but 
without  success.  H.  N.  T.  then  crossed  the  stream,  and 


April  29,  1905.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


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worked  down  on  the  other  side,  finally  discovering  an 
old  lumber  clearing  of  about  half  an  acre  in  extent,  on 
the  banks  of  the  stream,  which  widened  out  here  into  a 
small  lake.  We  proceeded  to  run  the  canoes  down 
through  the  rift,  and  pulled  them  ashore  in  a corner  of 
the  lake  just  below  it  where  we  could  hear  the  rush  of 
the  water  all  night  long.  Just  before  commencing  to 
pitch  camp,  Carl  caught  the  largest  trout  so  far,  weigh- 
ing three-quarters  of  a pound.  We  found  great  quanti- 
ties of  old  dry  hemlock  bark  left  by  the  lumbermen, 
which  made  excellent  fuel  for  the  camp-fire,  and  we 
got  ample  spruce  boughs  for  our  beds.  The  party  took 
things  comfortably  and  cooked  a delicious  meal,  after 
which  Chas.  O.  went  out  in  his  canoe  alone  for  half 
an  hour,  coming  back  in  ghostly  fashion  after  dark. 
H.  N.  T.  tried  a half  hour’s  fishing  in  the  rapids  along- 
side the  camp,  and  then  all  hands  turned  in,  Louis  rol- 
ling himself  up  in  his  blanket,  with  his  stocking  feet  to 
the  fire.  The  weather  all  day  had  been  very  fine,  a 
little  warm  at  noon,  but  not  uncomfortable,  and  cool  by 
evening. 

[to  be  continued.] 


mid  (^alhrg, 

— • — 

Fixtures. 

July  24-29. — Newark,  O. — Second  annual  of  the  Ohio  State  Rifle 
Association. 

July  26-Aug.  1. — Creedmoor,  L.  I. — Second  annual  of  New  York 
Rifle  Association. 


New  York  Schuetzen  Corps. 

The  prize  winners  and  their  scores  for  the  winter  indoor  season 
have  been  determined,  and  the  prizes  distributed  at  a meeting  of 
all  the  members.-  These  were  both  cash  and  merchandise,  some 
of  high  value,  others  useful  or  ornamental.  The  list  is  too  long 
to  be  given  here;  but  the  scores  of  the  winners  are  appended. 
The  highest  prizes  went  to  the  ten  members  who  had  tile  best 
bullseyes.  The  next  ten  prizes  went  to  the  members  who  had  the 
highest  totals  in  ten  20-shot  scores,  one  20-shot  score  for  each  of 
the  ten  regular  shooting  nights  at  the  Zettler  ranges,  with  ,22cal. 
rifles.  The  balance  of  the  prizes  went  to  members — other  than 
those  in  the  first  twenty — who  had  the  best  bullseyes.  All  shoot- 
ing was  at  25yds.  The  results  follow: 

Best  bullseyes:  George  Ludwig  25%  degrees,  H.  C.  Hainhorst 

26%,  H.  Nordbruck  27y2,  G.  H.  Fixsen  28,  J.  C.  Bonn  30,  J.  N. 
F.  Siebs  32,  Capt.  Hainhorst  33 %,  L.  C.  Hagenah  35,  H.  Meyer 
35 %,  G,  J.  Voss  36. 

Best  ring  totals,  possible  5000  points,  ten  20-shot  scores  t6  count: 

Richard  Gute.. 4876  H Beckmann  4448 

Barney  Zettler 4669  A VV  Lemcke 4443 

Charles  Sievers  4531  H B Michaelsen 4439 

H Haase 4496  j'  H Meyer 4420 

H D Meyer 4484  George  W.  Offermann... 4403 

Best  bullseyes  winning  other  prizes:  W.  Schuts  38,'  N.  Jantzen 

38y2,  Henry  Decker  40,  J.  G.  Thoelke  40y2,  F.  W.  Diercks  41%, 
F.  Schulz  41%,  Charles  Plump  45%,  F.  Gobber  46%,  Charles 
Meyer  46%,  R.  Ohms  46%,  FI.  Kahrs  47%,  IT.  Leopold  47%,  H. 
Gobber  48%,  J.  Facklamm  48%,  H.  Offermann  50,  A.  Sibbens  50, 
Dr.  Grosch  51%,  F.  V.  Ronn  52%,  N.  C.  L.  Beversten  53,  J.  Para- 
dies  57,  M.  J.  Then  59,  O.  Schwanemann  59%,  W.  J.  Behrens  60, 
I)  Dede  62y2,  Charles  Boesch  62%,  -W.  Grell  63,  G.  Thomas  64, 
J.  N.  Hermann  65,  J.  Bradley  66,  J.  C.  Brinchmann  67%,  N.  W. 
Haaren  67%,  D.  Peper  71%,  C.  Mann  76,  F.  Facompre  77,  Charles 
Koenig  77%,  IT.  Mesloh  78,  C.  Brinkama  79,  P.  Prange  80,  J. 
Jantzen  86,  H.  Quaal  87%,  C.  Schmitz  90,  Henry  Koster  92%, 
Adolph  Beckman  93%,  F.  Lankenau  95,  D.  von  der  Lieth  98,  YV. 
Ulrich  104,  W.  Dahl  109,  D.  Ficken  112,  G.  Bohlken  114,  H.  Haase 
116,  H.  Hoenisch  117,  L.  L.  Goldstein  121,  G.  H.  Wehrenberg  122, 
J.  H.  Kroeger  123,  H.  Giebelhaus  123%,  J.  Willenbrock  131%,  J.  F.  R. 
Ernst  132%,  M.  V.  Dwingelo  134,  August  Beckman  140,  C.  Roff- 
mann  140%,  W.  Schaefer  153,  P.  Heidelberger  163%,  A.  Liederhaus 
165,  B.  Kumm  165,  H.  Martins  185. 


German  Rifle  Club's  Golden  Jubilee. 

The  German  Rifle  Club,  of  Charleston,  S.  C.,  has  issued  the 
programmes  for  its  fiftieth  annual  shooting  tournament,  to  be  held 
on  its  ranges  in  Charleston,  S.  C.,  May  8-13,  inclusive.  The  ranges 
will  be  open  for  prize  shooting  from  8 o’clock  A.  M.  until  7 P.  M., 
with  an  intermission  of  an  hour  at  noon,  every  day.  The  prize 
list  is  attractive,  and  a good  deal  of  money  is  offered  in.  prizes. 
A summary  of  the  conditions  and  prizes  follows: 

Ring  Target.— Entries  unlimited.  Five-shot  scores,  at  rest,  to 
count,  on  the  regular  25-ring  target.  Four  hundred  dollars  in  cash 
will  be  divided  among  those  making  the  highest  single  score,  the 
first  three  prizes  being  $100,  $75,  and  $50,  respectively.  Entrance 
fee,  $1.  :v:r; 

Pool  Target.— Five-shot  scores  on  the  25-ring  target.  Entrance 
fee  $1  per  ticket.  Fifty  per  cent,  of  the  pool  receipts  will  be  di- 
vided into  four  prizes,  as  follows:  20,  15,  10,  and  5 per  cent. 

Team  Match.— Standard  American  target,  five-man'  teams,  five- 
shots  per  man,  entrance  $5  per  team.  First  team  prize,  $50;  sec- 
ond, $20;  third,  $15;  fourth,  $10;  highest  individual  score,  a gold 
medal;  second,  a silver  medal. 

Standard  American  Target.— Five-shot  tickets,  50  cents,  unlim- 
ited. Highest  score  takes  $75;  second,  $50;  third,  $25;  $250  in  all 
going  as  twenty-two  prizes. 

Point  Target.— Ten-shot  tickets,  $1,  unlimited.  Rest  shooting. 
Thirty-five  prizes,  aggregating  $350.  A shooter  making  600  points 
will  receive  a gold  medal,  while  a score  of  1,000  points  will  entitle 
the  holder -to  a very  fine  gold  medal.  _ 

Target  of  Honor. — Rest  shooting  each  day  from  1 to  2 P.  M., 
but  open  only  to  members  who  have  paraded  in  uniform. 

Charleston  Target.— Open  to  all.  Prizes  to  be  announced  during 
the  tournament. 

Bullseye  Target.— Offhand  on  the  Standard  American  target,  ten 
tickets  for  $1.  Fifty  per  cent-  of  the  receipts  divided  each  day. 

Eagle  shooting  on  May  9,  10,  11,  12  and  13.  Open  to  members. 

All  shooting  will  be  at  200yds.  Rifles  of  any  caliber  from  .32  to 
.45  allowed.  Telescope  sights  barred,  but  simple  glasses  in  the 
rear  sight  cup  will  be  permitted.  Metal-jacketed  bullets  will  also 
be  barred.  Further  information  can  be  obtained  by  addressing 
William  J.  D.  Heinz,  387  King  street,  Charleston,  S.  C.  The 
tournament  will  be  managed  by  Charles  and  Barney  Zettler,  of 
New  York  city. 


Advocating  Telescope  Sights. 

There  is  a movement  on  foot  to  secure  the  sanction  of  all  the 
large  shooting  clubs  in  and  about  New  York  city,  in  the  use, 
without  restrictions,  of  telescope  sights  in  all  of  the  important 
club  shoots  and  tournaments  at  200yds.  At  the  present  time 
most  of  -the  German-American  shooting  societies  are  still  holding 
out  against  magnifying  sights,  but  influence  and  the  force  of 
practical  arguments  are  being  brought  to  bear,  and  it  is  likely  all 
bars  will  be  removed  before  next  year’s  outdoor  shooting  season 
opens,  if  not  during  the  present  season.  The  younger  members 
see  and  appreciate  the  value  of  telescope  sights,  and  their  in- 
fluence will  win  the  old  fellows  over  in  time,  they  confidently  as- 
sert. Meanwhile,  riflemen  are  ordering  and  practicing  with 
telescope  sights  more  than  ever  before. 


Seneca  Gan  Clab. 

Eleven  members  took  part  in  the  regular  shoot  on  the  Zettler 
ranges  the  night  of  April  15.  Mr;  Woernz  was  high  with  a total, 
of  467  out  of  the  possible  500  points,  and  other  scores  showed 
that  the  members  are  being  benefited  by  this  regular  practice. 
The  totals  of  two  ten-shot  scores,  with  ,22cal.  rifles,  follow: 


Woernz  

F Fall  

J Schroeder  . 
W Allabough 
Armstrong  . , 
Sherwood  .... 


.467  A Dick  413 

,459  Charles  Keller  392 

.434  Krieger  385 

,423  Simms  384 

.422  C C Winne  305 

,414 


New  York  Central  Schuetzen  Corps. 

The  first  practice  shoot  of  this  club  for  the  season  was  held 
on  the  ranges  in  Union  Hill  Park,  New  Jersey,  April  20.  The 
weather  conditions  were  fair  during  the  first  part  of  the  afternoon, 
but  rain  followed,’  and  the  light  was  then  poor.  The  results  on 
the  various  targets,  at  200yds.,  offhand,  follow: 

Ring  target,  3 shots,  possible  75  points:. 


F Rolfes  

71 

W J Daniel 

59 

H D Muller 

68 

F Schroeder  

59 

Emil  Berckman  

67 

J Jordon  

56 

F Brodt  

66 

H Bockman  

55 

T von  der  Lieth 

64 

C L A Gerken 

57 

D Scharninghaus  

63 

M Teschmaker  

.........54 

A Ritterhoff  

62 

Man  target,  possible  60  points: 

Emil  Berckman  

59 

J Jordan  

46 

F Schroeder  

58 

F Brodt  

46 

H Bockman 

57 

F Rolfes  

42 

D Scharninghaus  

56 

J von  der  Lieth 

41 

H D Muller 

54 

M Teschmaker  

YV  J Daniel 

53 

Trophy  target:  FI.  D.  Muller  3,  W.  J.  Daniel  3,  A.  D.  Ritter- 

hoff  2,  F.  Schroeder  2,  F.  Rolfes  1,  C.  Gerken  1,  D.  Scharninghaus 
1,  E.  Berckman  1,  W.  Schillingman  1,  H.  Roffman  1,  H.  von  der 
Lieth  1. 

Company  bullseyes:  W.  J.  Daniel  2,  E.  Berckman  2,  H.  D.  Mul- 
ler 1,  J.  von  der  Lieth  1,  F.  Schroeder  1,  H.  Young  1,  F.  Brodt 
1,  IT.  Bockman  1,  A.  D.  Ritterhoff  1,  F.  Rolfes  1,  W.  Schillingman 
1,  H.  Roffman  1,  J.  Helmke  1. 

Cash  bullseyes:  D.  Scharninghaus  3,  M.  Teschmaker  2,  H.  Bock- 
man 2,  E.  Berckman  2,  J.  Jordan  1,  C.  Gerken  1,  F.  Rolfes  1, 
A.  Ritterhoff  1,  F.  Brodt  1,  F.  Schroeder  1. 


Riflemen  Going  Sooth. 

A large  delegation  of  riflemen  will  leave  New  York  city  early 
in  May  to  take  part  in  the  golden  jubilee  tournament  of  the  Ger- 
man Rifle  Club  in  Charleston,  S.  C.,  May  8-13.  The  Zettler  Rifle 
Club  and  nearly  all  of  the  big  shooting  corps  will  send  delegations. 
Local  riflemen  are  taking  no  little  interest  in  this  event,  as  these 
ranges  will  be  the  scene  of  the  great  festival  of  the  National 
Schuetzenbund  in  1906. 


trapshooting. 

# 

If  you  want  your  shoot  to  be  announced  here  send  a 
notice  like  the  following : 


Fixtures. 


April  26-27. — Scottdale,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  shoot. 

April  26-27. — Hopkinsville,  Ky. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  Hopkinsville  Gun  Club. 
A.  F.  Gant,  Sec’y. 

April  27. — Youngstown,  O.,  Gun  Club  tournament. 

April  27. — Mullerite  Gun  Club  shoot  on  grounds  of  Freeport,  L. 

I. ,  Gun  Club.  A.  A.  Schoverling,  Mgr. 

April  29. — Lowell,  Mass.,  Rod  and  Gun  Club  team  and  individual 
prize  shoot.  E.  J.  Burns,  Sec’y. 

April  29. — Newark,  N.  J. — South  Side  Gun  Club  re-entray  match 
for  $100  gold  watch. 

May  2-5. — Pittsburg,  Pa. — Tournament  of  the  Pennsylvania  State 
Sportsmen’s  Association,  under  auspices  of  the  Herron^  Hill 
Gun  Club;  $1,000  added  to  purses.  Louis  Lautenslager,  Sec’y. 

May  2-6. — Kansas  City,  Mo. — Missouri  State  Game  and  Fish  Pro- 
tective Association  tournament. 

May  2. — New  Britain,  Conn. — Consolidated  Gun  Clubs  of  Connecti- 
cut second  tournament.  Dr.  Y.  C.  Moore,  Sec’y,  South  Man- 
chester, Conn. 

May  3. — Muncie,  Ind. — Magic  City  Gun  Club  spring  tournament — 
Indiana  State  League  series.  F.  L.  Wachtel,  Sec’y. 

May  4-5.— Waterloo,  la.,  Gun  Club  spring  tournament.  E.  M. 
Storm,  Sec’y. 

May  5. — Rantoul,  111.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  J.  D.  Neal,  Mgr. 

May  6. — Newark,  N.  J. — South  Side  Gun  Club  re-entry  match 
for  $100  gold  watch. 

May  6. — Mullerite  Gun  Club  shoot,  on  grounds  of  Brooklyn,  N. 
Y.  Gun  Club.  A.  A.  Schoverling,  Mgr.  . 

May  8-9. — Vicksburg,  Miss. — Mississippi  Delta  Trapshooters’ 

League  first  tournament. 

May  9-10. — Fairmont,  W.  Va.,  Gun  Club  second  monthly  shoot  of 
Monongahela  Valley  Sportsman’s  League  of  West  Virginia. 
E.  F.  Jacobs,  Sec’y. 

May  9-10.— Olean,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  B.  D. 
Nobles,  Sec’y. 

May  9-12. — Hastings,  Neb. — Nebraska  State  Sportsmen’s  Associa- 
tion’s twenty-ninth  annual  tournament.  Geo.  L.  Carter,  Sec’y, 
Lincoln,  Neb. 

May  11-12. — Wilmington,  Del. — Wawaset  Gun  Club  third  annual 
spring  tournament.  W.  M.  Foord,  Sec’y. 

May  13. — Paterson,  N.  J. — Jackson  Park  Gun  Club  all-day  shoot. 
Wm.  Dutcher,  Mgr. 

May  14-16. — Des  Moines,  la.— Iowa  State  Sportsmen’s  Association 
tournament.  ,*• 

May  16-18. — Herrington,  Kans.— Kansas  State  Sportsmen’s  Asso- 
ciation tournament. 

May  16-18.— Parkersburg,  W.  Va. — West  Virginia  State  Sports- 
men’s Association  ninth  annual  meeting  and  tournament; 
$600  added  money  and  prizes.  F.  E.  Mallory,  Sec’y. 

May  17. — Boston,  Mass.,  Gun  Club  annual  invitation  team  shoot. 
H.  C.  Kirkwood,  Sec’y. 

May  17-18. — Auburn,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  two-day  tournament.  Knox 
& Knapp,  Mgrs. 

May  17-18. — Owensboro,  Ky. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  Daviess  County  Gun  Club. 
James  Lewis,  Sec’y. 

May  17-19. — Stanley  Gun  Club  of  Toronto  (Incorporated),  Can., 
annual  tournament.  Alexander  Dey,  Sec’y,  178  Mill  street, 
Toronto. 

May  19-21. — St.  Louis,  Mo. — Rawlins  first  semi-annual  tournament; 
two  days  targets,  one  day  live  birds.  Alec.  D.  Mermod,  Mgr., 
620  Locust  street. 

May  20-21. — Shakopee,  Minn.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  Mathias 
A.  Deutsch,  Sec’y. 

May  23-24. — Minneapolis,  Minn.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament. 
H.  Marston,  Sec’y. 

May  23-25. — Lincoln. — Illinois  State  Sportsmen’s  Association  tour- 
nament. 

May  24. — Catskill,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  Seth  T.  Cole, 
Sec’y. 

May  24-25. — Wolcott,  N.  Y. — Catchpole  Gun  Club  tournament. 
E.  A.  Wadsworth,  Sec’y. 

May  25-27.— Montreal,  Quebec,  Gun  Club  grand  trapshooting 
tournament.  D.  J.  Kearney,  Sec’y,  412  St.  Paul  street,  Quebec. 

May  29-31. — Louisville,  Ky. — Kentucky  Trapshooters’  League  third 
annual  tournament.  Frank  Pragoff,  Sec’y. 

May  30. — Cleveland,  O.,  Gun  Club’s  tournament. 

May  30. — McKeesport,  Pa. — Enterprise  Gun  Club  tournament. 
Geo.  W.  Mains,  Sec’y. 

May  30. — Utica,  N.  Y.— Riverside  Gun  Club’s  all-day  target  tour- 
nament; merchandise.  E.  J.  Loughlin,  Sec’y. 

May  30. — Mullerite  Gun  Club  all-day  shoot  on  grounds  of  Point 
Pleasant,  N.  J.,  Gun  Club.  A.  A.  Schoverling,  Mgr. 

May  30. — Newport,  R.  I. — Aquidneck  Gun  Club  fourth  annual 
tournament.  J.  S.  Coggeshal,  Sec’y. 

May  30.— Bound  Brook,  N.  J.,  Gun  Club  all-day  shoot.  Dr.  J.  H. 
V.  Bache,  Sec’y. 

May  30. — Norristown,  Pa.— Penn  Gun  Club  annual  Decoration  Day 
tournament.  T.  V.  Smith,  Sec’y. 

May  30. — Lawrence,  Mass. — Second  annual  Memorial  Day  tourna- 
ment. R.  B.  Parkhurst,  Sec’y. 

May  30. — Fifth  annual  Decoration  Day  tournament  of  the  Ossining, 
N.  Y.,  Gun  Club.  C.  G.  Blandford,  Capt. 

May  30-31. — Washington,  D.  C. — Analostan  Gun  Club  two-day 
tournament;  $200  added.  Miles  Taylor,  Sec’y,  222  F street, 
N.  W. 

May  31.-June  1. — Vermillion. — South  Dakota  State  Sportsmen’s 
Association  tournament. 

June  3.— Long  Island  City,  L.  I. — Queens  County  Gun  Club  open 
tournament.  Rchard  H.  Glasman,  Sec’y. 

June  6-6. — New  Paris,  O. — Cedar  Springs  Gun  Club  tournament. 

J.  F.  Freeman,  Sec’y. 

June  6-8. — New  Jersey  State  Sportsmen’s  Association  tournament 
under  auspices  of  the  Rahway,  N.  J.,  Gun  Club.  W.  R. 
Hobart,  Sec’y. 


June  6-8. — Sioux  City,  la. — Soo  Gun  Club  tournament. 

June  8-9. — Dalton,  O.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  Ernest  E. 
Scott,  Capt. 

June  3-4. — Chicago  Trapshooters’  Association  amateur  tourna- 
ment. E.  B.  Shogren,  Sec’y. 

June  9. — Shamokin,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  S.  C.  Yocum, 
Sec’y. 

June  13-14. — New  Bethlehem,  Pa. — Crescent  Gun  Club  second 
annual  tournament.  R.  E.  Dinger,  Capt. 

June  13-14. — Butler,  Mo. — The  Missouri  and  Kansas  League  of 
Trapshooters.  Dr.  C.  B.  Clapp,  Sec’y. 

June  13-16.— Utica,  N.  Y. — New  York  State  shoot.  James  Brown, 
Sec’y. 

June  13-15.— Canton,  O.,  Trapshooters’  League  tournament. 

June  14-15. — Durham,  N.  C. — North  Carolina  Trapshooters’  Associa- 
tion second  annual  tournament.  Geo.  L.  Lyon,  Pres. 

June  15. — Champlain,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament. 

June  16-18. — Putnam,  111. — Undercliff  Sportsmen’s  Association 
tournament.  C.  G.  Grubbs  Mgr. 

June  20-21. — Binghamton,  N.  Y.,  Rod  and  Gun  Club  tournament, 
Vernon  L.  Perry,  Sec’y. 

June  20-22. — New  London,  la.,  Gun  Club  tournament. 

June  21-22. — Bradford,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  club  tournament.  E.  C. 
Charlton,  Sec’y. 

June  27-30. — Indianapolis,  Ind. — The  Interstate  Association’s  Grand 
American  Handicap  target  tournament;  $1,000  added  money. 
Elmer  E.  Shaner,  Secy-Mgr.,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

July  1. — Sherbrooke,  Can.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  C.  H. 
Foss,  Sec’y. 

July  4. — Shamokin,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  S.  C.  Yocum, 
Sec’y. 

July  4. — South  Framingham,  Mass. — Second  annual  team  shoot; 
$50  in  cash. 

July  4. — Springfield,  Mass. — Midsummer  tournament  of  the  Spring- 
field,  Mass.,  Shooting  Club.  C.  L.  Kites,  Sec’y. 

July  6-7. — Traverse  City,  Mich.,  trapshooting  tournament, 
uly  11-12. — New  Bethlehem,  Pa. — Crescent  Gun  Club  second 
annual  tournament.  O.  E.  Shoemaker,  Sec’y. 

July  12-13. — Menominee,  Mich. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  Menominee  Gun  Club. 
W.  W.  McQueen’  Sec’y. 

July  24-28. — Brehm’s  Ocean  City,  Md.,  target  tournament.  H. 
A.  Brehm.  Mgr..  Baltimore. 

July  28-29. — Newport,  R.  I. — Aquidneck  Gun  Club  tournament. 
Aug.  2-4. — Albert  Lea,  Minn. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  Albert  Lea  Gun  Club. 
N.  E.  Paterson,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  16-18. — Ottawa,  Can.— Dominion  of  Canada  Trapshooting  and 
Game  Protective  Association.  G.  Easdale,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  16-18. — Kansas  City,  Mo. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  Q.  K.  Gun  Club.  C.  C. 
Herman.  Sec’y 

Aug.  22-23. — Carthage,  Mo. — The  Missouri  and  Kansas  League  of 
Trapshooter.  Dr.  C.  B.  Clapp,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  22-25. — Lake  Okoboji,  la. — Indian  annual  tournament. 

Aug.  29-31. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tournament,  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Colorado  Springs,  Colo.,  Gun  Club;  $1,000 
added  money.  A.  J.  Lawton,  Sec’y. 

Sept.  4 (Labor  Day). — Fall  tournament  of  the  Springfield,  Mass., 
* Shooting  Club;  $25  added  money.  C.  L.  Kites,  Sec’y. 

Sept.  5-8. — Trinidad,  Colo. — Grand  YVestern  Handicap. 

Sept.  15-17. — San  Francisco,  Cal. — The  Interstate  Association’s 
Pacific  Coast  Handicap  at  Targets,  under  the  auspices  of  the 
San  Francisco  Trapshooting  Association.  A.  M.  Shields,  Sec’y. 
Sept.  18-20. — Cincinnati  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  Arthur 
Gambell,  Mgr. 

Oct.  10-11.- — St.  Joseph,  Mo. — The  Missouri  and  Kansas  League  of 
Trapshooters.  Dr.  C.  B.  Clapp,  Sec’y. 

Oct.  11-12. — Dover,  Del.,  Gun  Club  tournament;  open  to  all 
amateurs.  W.  H.  Reed,  Sec’y. 

Oct.  12. — Fall  tournament  of  the  Delaware  Trapshooters’  League, 
on  grounds  of  Dover  Gun  Club. 


DRIVERS  AND  TWISTERS. 


Club  secretaries  are  invited  to  send  their  scores  for 
publication  in  these  columns,  also  any  news  notes  they 
may  care  to  have  published.  Mail  all  such  matter  to 
Forest  and  Stream  Publishing  Company,  346  Broadway, 
New  York.  Forest  and  Stream  goes  to  press  on  Tues- 
day OF  EACH  WEEK. 


The  Catskill,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club,  through  their  Secretary,  Mr. 
Seth  T.  Cole,  announces  that  they  will  hold  a tournament  on 
May  24. 

* 

Mr.  R.  B.  Parkhurst,  Secretary,  informs  us  that  on  May  30  the 
Lawrence,  Mass.,  Gun  Club  will  hold  their  second  annual 
Memorial  Day  tournament. 

* 

The  Garfield  Gun  Club,  of  Chicago,  commenced  their  summer 
series  on  Saturday  of  last  week,  with  the  large  attendance  for 
which  their  shoots  are  famous. 

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At  Avondale,  Pa.,  April  22,  the  Coatesville  Gun  Club  defeated 
the  Avondale  Club  in  a twelve-man  team  race,  25  targets  per 
man,  by  a score  of  203  to  193. 

Dr.  C.  B.  Clapp,  Secretary,  Moberly,  Mo.,  writes  us  that  the 
Missouri  and  Kansas  League  of  Trapshooters  have  decided  upon 
dates  as  follows:  June  13-14,  Butler,  Mo.;  Aug.  22-23,  Carthage, 
Mo.;  Oct.  10-11,  St.  Joseph,  Mo. 

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Mr.  Geo.  L.  Lyon,  President,  Durham,  N.  C.,  writes  us  that 
“YV e have  decided  to  change  our  dates  of  the  second  annual  tour- 
nament of  the  Notth  Carolina  Trapshooters’  Association  from 
June  21  and  22  to  June  14  and  15.” 

R 

The  Queens  County  Gun  Club  will  hold  an  open  tournament  on 
their  grounds,  Hunters  Point  avenue,  Long  Island  City,  on  June 
3.  The  programme  will  be  ready  for  distribution  in  the  near 
future.  Through  the  summer  months,  practice  shoots  will  be 
held  every  Thursday  and  Saturday  afternoons. 

H 

The  Perm  Gun  Club,  Norristown,  Pa.,  have  issued  the  pro- 
gramme of  their  Decoration  Day  tournament,  May  30.  The  pro- 
gramme consists  of  eighteen  events,  at  10,  15  and  20  targets, 
entrance  50  cents,  75  cents,  $1  and  $1.50.  Sweepstakes  begin  at 
9:30.  Targets  1%  cent.  This  tournament  will  be  held  on  the  new 
grounds  at  Jeffersonville.  Mr.  T.  V.  Smith  is  the  Secretary. 

K 

The  second  contest  of  the  four  teams,  five  men  to  each,  in  the 
Boston,  Mass.,  Gun  Club  series,  was  shot  at  Wellington  on 
Saturday  of  last  week,  and  resulted  in  a victory  for  the  Boston 
team  by  a score  of  228  out  of  a possible  250,  a team  performance 
exceeding  90  per  cent.  Of  all  the  contestants,  Messrs.  Woodruff 
and  Kirkwood,  of  the  Boston  team  were  high,  each  breaking  47 
out  of  the  50  shot  at. 

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Mr.  Frank  W.  Belton,  Secretary,  sends  us  a list  of  the  officers 
of  the  Concord,  N.  H.,  Gun  Club,-  as  follows:  Nathaniel  E. 

Martin,  President;  Dr.  John  E.  Gove,  Vice-President;  Frank  W. 
Betton,  Secretary;  Frank  YV.  Sanborn,  Treasurer;  Raffaelo 
Nardini,  James  H.  Morris,  Hale  Chadwick,  E.  H.  Cheney,  Orrin 
Byron,  Executive  Committee;  M.  D.  King,  Field  Captain;  An- 
drew R.  Lawson,  Steward.  _ 


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The  results  of  the  contests  in  the  Philadelphia  Trapshooters’ 
League  series  last  Saturday,  are  as  follows:  At  Wissinoming,  the 
Florists  defeated  the  Highlands  by  a score  of  212  to  193.  Meadow 
Springs  defeated  Clearview  at  Clearview, . 202  to  197.  S.  S.  White 
defeated  North  Camden  at  Gorgas  Station,  181  to  149.  Narberth 
defeated  Hillside  at  Hillcrest,  167  to  160.  At  Chester,  Media  de- 
feated Hill  Rod  and  Gun  Club,  175  to  155. 

*1 

In  the  first  contest  of  the  series  inaugurated  by  the  Mononga- 
hela  Valley  Sportsman’s  League  of  West  Virginia,  held  by  the 
Recreation  Rod  and  Gun  Club,  at  Morgantown,  the  five-man 
team  shoot  for  the  Peters  cup,  emblematic  of  the  team  champion- 
ship of  the  League,  was  won  by  the  home  club.  The  Infallible 
cup,  emblematic  of  the  individual  championship  of  the  League, 
was  won  by  Mr.  John  M.  Cobun,  of  the  home  club. 

m, 

Mr.  Wm.  Dutcher  is  working  energetically  in  the  promotion  of 
the  Jackson  Park  Gun  Club  all-day  shoot,  to  be  held  at  Paterson, 
N.  J.,  on  May  13.  A large  number  of  professionals  have  signified 
their  intention  to  be  present,  among  whom  are  the  renowned 
shooters,  Messrs.  R.  O.  Heikes,  W.  H.  Heer,  H.  H.  Stevens,  J. 
R.  Hull,  Neaf  Apgar  and  Sim  Glover.  This  is  to  be  the  first 
great  shoot  in  the  new  location,  and  the  club  extends  a welcome 
to  every  one. 

K 

The  programme  of  the  Mullerite  Gun  Club  shoot,  to  be  held  on 
the  grounds  of  the  Freeport,  L.  I.,  Gun  Club,  April  27,  consists  of 
ten  events,  15,  20,  25  and  50  targets,  a total  of  150  targets,  $9.50 
entrance.  No.  5 is  a special  25-target  handicap,  entrance  - $2.50, 
use  of  both  barrels,  for  the  Hunter  Arms  Co.  silver  badge.  No. 
4 is  50  targets,  class  shooting,  for  merchandise  prizes.  Write  for 
conditions  to  Mr.  Albert  A.  Schovepling,  Manager,  2 Murray 
street,  New,  York. 

B£ 

An  Alpena,  Mich.,  dispatch  of  April  19  says  that  Martin  Chase 
Benjamin,  a famous  character  of  the  Thunder  Bay  region,  died  at 
Hubbard  Lake,  aged  eighty-five  years.  He  was  a wonderful  rifle 
shot,  and  served  in  the  Mexican  and  Civil  Wars  as  a sharpshooter. 
Until  a few  years  ago  he  was  the  best  marksman  in  northern 
Michigan,  and  was  never  defeated.  The  Chase  Benjamin  Gun  Club 
was  named  in  his  honor.  He  claimed  to  have  killed  3,000  deer, 
besides  much  other  big  game.  His  early  days  were  spent  in  the 
employment  of  the  Hudson  Bay  Company. 

* 

Many  portentous  signs  indicate  that  the  fifteenth  annual  tourna- 
ment of  the  Pennsylvania  State  Sportsmen’s  Association,  May  2-5, 
will  be  a great  event,  possibly  a record-breaker.  The  attractions 
in  added  money  ($2,041.75)  and  trophies  are  worthy  of  attention 
and  effort.  The  annual  meeting  will  be  held  in  the  Hotel  Henry 
at  8:30  P.  M.,  May  2.  The  afternoon  of  May  1 will  be  devoted 
to  practice  on  the  club  grounds  at  Brunot’s  Island.  Ship  guns 
and  ammunition  to  yourself,  prepaid,  care  the  Sportsmen’s  Supply 
Co.,  623  Smithfield  street,  Pittsburg,  Pa.  Shipments  on  which 
charges  are  not  prepaid  will  be  refused.  Competition  begins  at 
9 o’clock  sharp  each  day.  Admission  to  the  grounds  is  free. 

A correspondent  writes  us  concerning  Boston  trapshooting  mat- 
ters as  follows:  “Some  ot  our  sportsmen  had  a pleasant  outing 

on  the  19th,  Patriots’  Day,  at  the  traps.  Quite  accessible  to  Bos- 
tonians are  fine  shooting  grounds  with  modern  equipments.  The 
Boston  Athletic  Association  shooters  go  to  Riverside.  The  mem- 
bers of  the  Middlesex  Sportsmen’s  Club  have  traps  at  E.  Lexing- 
ton, the  Trapelo  Club  at  Waverley,  the  Kennel  club  at  Brain- 
tiee,  the  Boston  Shooting  Association  at  Wellington.  Then 
there  is  the  Watertown  Gun  Club  and  one  recently  starting  upon 
a successful  career,  the  Winchester  Gun  Club.  The  grounds  of 
all  these  are  within  less  than  an  hour’s  trolley  ride  from  the  Hub, 
and  all  were  liberally  patronized  on  Wednesday.” 

*1 

The  Magic  City  Gun  Club,  Muncie,  Ind.,  have  issued  the  pro- 
gramme of  their  seventh  annual  spring  tournament,  May  3.  It 
consists  of  twelve  events,  at  10,  15,  20  and  25  targets;  entrance 
based  on  10  cents  per  target.  It  announces  one  event  as  follows: 
“Here  is  where  you  can’t  lose.  All  contestants  are  invited  to 
assist  in  disposing  of  a fine  old-fashioned  country  chicken  dinner, 
free  of  charge.”  Shooting  begins  at  9:30.  Only  trade  representa- 
tives permitted  to  shoot  for  targets  only.  All  stand  at  16.yds. 
Loads  for  sale  on  the  grounds.  Shoot,  rain  or  shine.  Ship  guns 
and  shells  to  Mr.  F.  L.  Wachtell,  Secretary,  110  West  Washing- 
ton street,  and  they  will  be  delivered  free.  Moneys  divided  35,  30, 
20  and  15  per  cent.  The  club  extends  a cordial  invitation  to  all 
their  friends  throughout  the  country. 

■e 

The  Interstate  Association  programme  for  the  trapshooting  tour- 
nament, given  for  the  Daviess  County  Gun  Club,  Owensboro,  Ky., 
May  17  and  18,  is  now  ready  for  distribution.  There  are  twelve 
like  events  for  each  day,  of  which  four  are  at  20  and  eight  at  15 
targets,  entrance  $2  and  $1.50.  To  first  and  second  high  gun  each 
day,  $8  and  $5  respectively.  For  the  general  average  of  the  two 
days,  $15,  $10  and  $5,  first,  second  and  third  high  gun  respectively. 
Shooting  will  commence  at  9 o’clock.  Luncheon  will  be  served 
on  the  grounds.  Targets  2 cents.  Shells  obtainable  on  the 
grounds.  Practice  day,  May  16.  Rose  system,  7,  5,  3,  1.  Guns 
and  ammunition,  prepaid  and  marked  in  owner’s  name,  care  James 
Lewis  Company,  Owensboro,  will  be  delivered  on  the  grounds  free' 
of  charge.  Mr.  Elmer  Shaner,  Manager.  Mr.  James  Lewis  is 
Secretary  of  the  Daviess  County  Gun  Club. 

Bernard  Waters. 


Professional  Doings. 

The  U.  M.  C Eastern  Squad  continued  their  tour  last  week, 
shooting  in  five  cities,  namely,  Boston,  Mass.;  Auburn,  Me.; 
Springfield,  Mass.;  New  Paltz,  N.  Y.,  and  Syracuse,  N.  Y.  At 
each  of  these  points  there  was  a large  crowd  out  to  welcome  the 
shooters,  both  of  amateurs  and  spectators,  especially  at  Syracuse, 
where  great  interest  was  taken,  and  where  at  least  500  spectators 
were  present. 

Below  are  the  scores  at  each  of  the  places  visited;  also  total 
number  of  'hooters: 

Boston,  Mass.,  April  17. — The  wind  blew  a gale.  Targets,  150: 
T.  A.  Marshall  131,  W.  H.  Heer  134,  F'.  E.  Butler  99,  H.  H. 
Stevens  120,  R O.  Heikes  136. 

Auburn,  Me.,  April  18. — Targets  120.  Very  windy  and  cold:  T. 
A.  Marshall  99,  W.  H.  Heer  107,  F.  E.  Butler  83,  H.  H.  Stevens 
ICO,  R.  O.  Heikes  104. 

Springfield,  Mass.,  April  19. — Targets,  115.  Windy,  but  no  so 
cold  as  17th  and  18th:  T.  A.  Marshall  96,  W.  H.  Heer  108,  F.  E. 
Butler  75,  H.  H.  Stevens  95,  R.  O.  Heikes  108. 

New  Paltz,  N Y.,  April  21. — Targets,  180:  R.  O.  Heikes  169, 

W.  H.  Heer  166. 

Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  April  22. — Targets,  150:  T.  A.  Marshall.  137, 

W.  H.  Heer  139,  F.  E.  Butler  118,  H.  H.  Stevens  129,  R.  O. 
Heikes  140.  S. 


Recreation  Rod  and  Gun  Club. 

Morgantown,  W.  Va.,  Aprii  21. — To-day,  in  the  worst  and  most 
disagreeable  weather  of  the  past  month,  between  thirty-five  and 
forty  members  of  the  Monongahela  Valley  Sportsmen’s  League  of 
V'est  Virginia,  and  their  friends,  inaugurated  the  League  season 
of  1905  at  Recreation  Park,  Morgantown,  the  tournament  being 
held  by  the  Recreation  Rod  and  Gun  Club  under  the  sanction  of 
the  League.  But  for  the  weather  conditions  of  the  past  few  days 
we  would  have  bad  at  least  sixty  to  seventy  sportsmen  out. 

The  trade  was  represented  by  H,  C.  Watson,  J.  C.  Garland  and 
L.  Z.  Lawrence. 

This  tournament  is  the  first  of  a series  of  seven  monthly  tour- 
naments which  will  be  held  under  League  sanction  during  the 
season,  the  next  one  being  scheduled  for  May  9 and  10,  at  the 
shooting  grounds  of  the  Fairmont  Gun  Club,  and  programmes 
for  same  will  be  ready  for  distribution  on  May  1. 

At  9 A.  .M.,  when  the  shooting  was  scheduled  to  commence,  a 
driving  rain  and  wind  storm  swept  the  grounds,  compelling  the 
postponement  of  shooting  until  10:30,  when  event  1 was  started 
and  shot  through  in  the  rain;  and  after  this  event  there  was  no 
further  rain _ until  after  the  entire  programme  was  shot  off;  but 
Ihe  gale  which  blew  over  the  traps  during  the  entire  day  made 
good  shooting  and  high  scores  extremely  difficult,  and  straights 
were  very  rare. 

The  prize  for  expert  average  for  the  day  was  won  by  Mr.  L.  Z. 
Lawrence,  with  a score  of  156  out  of  175,  or  an  average  of  85*1 
per  cent. 

First  money  for  high  afateur  average  was  won  by  Mr.  W.  A. 
Wiedebusch,  Fairmont  Gun  Club,  with  an  average  of  85.1  per 
cent. 

Second  money  for  high  amateur  average  was  won  by  Rice, 
Wheeling  Gun  Club,  with  an  average  of  8!  per  cent. 

Third  prize  (a  Bristol  steel  bass  rod  donated  by  the  Horton 
Mfg.  Co.)  for  amateur  average,  was  won  by  G.  A.  Long,  Man- 
nington  Gun  Club,  with  an  average  of  81.  1 per  cent. 

To  Mr.  J.  C.  Garland  belongs  the  honor  of  making  the  first 
straight  for  the  day. 

Owing  to  ,sickness,  several  of  the  League  clubs  did  not  have 
full  teams  oh  the  grounds,  and  the  League  team  race  was  nar- 
rowed down  to  teams  representing  the  Fairmont  Gun  Club  and 
the  Recreation  Rod  and  Gun  Club,  they  being  the  only  clubs 
eligible  to  compete.  This  event,  which  carries  with  it  the  Peters 
cup,  representing  the  team  championship  of  the  League,  was  won 
fer  the  month  by  the  Recreation  Rod  and  Gun  Club  team  with 
a score  of  95  to  their  opponents’  94. 

The  Infallible  cup,  carrying  with  it  the  title  of  champion  of  the 
Monongahela  Valley  Sportsmen’s  League  of  West  Virginia,  was 
won  by  John  M.  Cobun,  of  the  Recreation  Rod  and  Gun  Club. 

The  scores  follow: 


Shot  at.  Broke.  Shot  at.  Broke. 


J Cobun  

...175 

136 

W B Stuck.... 

175 

112 

T F Leachman... 

. . .175 

98 

J Phillips  .... 

175 

128 

G Cochran  

...155 

130 

t)r  McNeely.. 

175 

118 

L Z Lawrence... 

. . .175 

156 

G Lilly  

175 

121 

E Price  

. . .175 

133 

A H Donally. 

175 

129 

J C Garland 

. . .175 

137 

W C Mawhinney . .175 

66 

\V  J Nichols..... 

. . .175 

119 

T G Garden... 

175 

138 

T R Miller 

. . .175 

138 

Rice  

......175 

147 

W A Wiedebusch.. 175 

149 

F Coogle  

175 

132 

L C Jones 

. . .175 

109 

Simpson  

175 

73 

B F Colpitts.... 

...100 

48 

W N Dawson. 

50 

32 

E F Jacobs 

...175 

111 

J H Kennedy. 

50 

24 

C R Phillips 

...175 

108 

T C Long 

160 

110 

G A Long  

. . .175 

142 

B S White.... 

15 

11 

C L Torrel 

. . .175 

125 

H L Moreland 

15 

2 

G F Miller  

...15 

13 

Debrocq  

20 

7 

H M Van  Voorhies  15 

12 

Twenty-five-bird 

team 

shoot: 

Fairmont  R. 

and  G. 

C. 

Recreation 

R.  and  G.  C. 

W A Wiedebusch 

..21 

T Cobun  

...23 

T Phillips  

..20 

E Price  

...20 

Dr  McNeely 

..17 

E F Jacobs.. 

...14 

Geo  Lilly  

..17 

W N Dawson 

...21 

A H Donally.... 

..19-94 

B S White.... 

...17-95 

Elmer  F. 

Jacobs, 

Sec’y. 

Stanley  Gan  Club. 


Toronto,  April  23. — The  annual  50-target  event  of  the  Stanley 
Gun  Club  for  prizes  took  place  on  their  grounds  on  Saturday. 
This  event  is  a handicap,  ranging  from  1 to  15  extra  birds  to 
shoot  at.  Mr.  McGill,  with  1 extra,  was  high  man  with  48. 

This  event  is  usually  shot  on  Good  Friday,  but  was  postponed 
on  account  of  the  National  Gun  Club  holding  an  open  tourna- 
ment on  that  day,  to  allow  as  many  members  to  attend  as  pos- 
sible. The  following  are  the  scores: 


Events : 
Targets : 
Schoffield 
Ingham  .. 
McGraw  . 
Herbert  . . 
Dunk  .... 
Rock 

Hulme  . . 
Edkins  . . 
Hirows  .. 
Hcvey  . . . 

Dey  

McGill  . . 
Thompson 
Martin  .. 
Mason  . . . 
Hampton 

Green  

Fritz  

Townson 

Mcrshead 

Ely  

Lucas  . . . 
Jennings 


12  3 

10  10  10 
9 . . .. 
5 8 8 

5 4 . . 

8 7 7 

10  ..  .. 
8 8 9 

8 8 8 
3 6 . . 

8 . . . . 

6 4.. 
8 . . .. 

...  10  8 
..  ..  9 

..  ..  6 
..  ..  6 
..  ..  8 
..  ..  7 


8 


4 5 6 

50  20  20 


(6). 

..32 

• 0 

(5  . 

..43 

. , 

(12). 

,.26 

, , 

(8). 

.45 

, , 

(1). 

..41 

18 

(1). 

,.42 

14 

(1). 

.44 

6 

(8). 

.47 

(8). 

.36 

•• 

(1). 

.48 

ii 

(1). 

.42 

. . 

(12). 

.35 

13 

(12). 

.40 

(5). 

.38 

(1). 

.46 

. . 

. . 

13 

(8). 

.42 

. , 

(6). 

.40 

. , 

GO). 

.39 

, . 

(8). 

.38 

. . 

6 


On  Tuesday,  the  18th,  Mr.  Fred  A.  Stone,  of  the  Wizard  of  Oz 
Company,  was  entertained  by  the  members  of  the  Stanley  Gun 
Club  to  a shoot  on  their  grounds.  Mr.  Stone  is  an  excellent 
trap  shot,  breaking  88  out  of  100  shot  at.  The  day,  though  fine, 
the  wind  blew  a gale,  which  makes- the  score  all  the  more  cred- 
itable. On  Wednesday,  Mr.  Stone  was  the  guest  of  the  Toronto 
Junction  Gun  Club,  where  he  also  made  an  excellent  score. 

Alex.  Dey. 


Dover  Sportsmen's  Association. 

Dover,  N.  H.,  April  22. — Last  Thursday  was  a day  to  be  desired 
fer  those  who  like  to  shoot  at  targets,  and  many  of  our  members 
came  to  the  grounds  for  practice  on  this  the  first  shoot  of  the 
season.  We  had  with  us  as  visitors  four  gentlemen  from  Maine 
who  knew  something  of  shooting,  as  they  fully  proved  before  the 
day  closed.  They  were  quite  complimentary  of  our  grounds  and 
traps,  and  expressed  themselves  as  having  had  a delightful  after- 
noon’s sport.  Their  names  head  the  following  scores.  Mr.  Seguin 
who  has  not  been  doing  any  shooting  in  past  four  years,  and  with 
a borrowed  gun,  got  59  out  of  his  first  60  shot  at.  His  average 
for  the  day  was  92  per  cent. : 


Shot.  at. 

Broke. 

Shot  at. 

Broke. 

Wheeler  

195 

160 

Corson  

170 

100 

Seguin  

195 

160 

Stevens  

120 

69 

195 

158 

170 

78 

Darton  

195 

160 

White  

120 

70 

Erving  

135 

91 

Mitchell  

55 

34 

Hallam  

195 

95 

Waterman  ... 

65 

27 

Nat  

105 

67 

Lombard  

40 

15 

D.  W. 

Hallam, 

Sec’y. 

Waterloo  Gan  Club. 

Waterloo,  la.,  April  20. — At  the  Waterloo  Gun  Club’s  new 
grounds  on  April  19,  Capt.  Ralph  Storm  made  the  highest  record 
for  the  season,  breaking  97  targets  out  of  100.  This  eclipses  the 
highest  score  of  last  year,  which  was  made  by  J.  C.  Hartman, 
Aug.  17 — 96  out  of  100.  Both  scores  were  made  from  the  Leggett 
trap,  targets  thrown  50yds. 

The  club  expects  a large  attendance  at  its  spring  shoot,  May 
4 and  5,  when  $100  added  money  will  be  donated  to  participants. 

Hartman. 


“Yes,”  said  Alkali  Ike,  quietly,  “he  died  very  sudden,  while 
playin’  poker.”  “Heart  disease?”  queried  the  tourist.  “Well, 
now  I reckon  ye  might  call  it  heart,  spade,  diamond  and  club 
disease.  He  had  all  four  aces  up  his  sleeve.”— Philadelphia  Press. 


TN  NEW  JERSEY. 


Montclair  Gan  Club. 

Montclair,  N.  J.,  April  22. — Eight  men  were  out  to-day.  Two 
teams  were  organized  and  two  matches  were  shot,  team  No.  1 
winning  in  each  event.  Event  No.  1 was  for  a box  of  cigars, 
and  event  No.  2 for  box  of  shells,  used  in  the  event. 


Team  No.  1. 

Team  No 

2. 

Events : 

1 

2 

Events : 

1 

2 

Bush  .... 

24 

Floward  

..23 

21 

Porter  ... 

18 

Boxall  

..20 

22 

Crane  . . 

21 

Benson  

..12 

13 

Doremus 

16 

Hartshorne  

..15 

13 

76 

79 

70 

69 

Edward  Winslow,  Sec’y. 

Jackson  Park  Gan  Clab. 

Paterson,  N.  J.,  April  23. — The  Jackson  Park  Gun  Club  have  at 
last  got  the  club  house  in  its  new  location,  where  the  conveniences 
are  much  better  both  as  to  shooting  and  for  reaching  the  grounds, 
which  are  located  about  300yds.  further  south  of  its  late  position 
on  the  Jackson  road,  which  is  reached  by  the  Singac  trolley  road. 
Cars  run  every  15  minutes  from  the  City  Hall. 

The  Jackson  Park  Gun  Club  intends  to  open  the  new  grounds 
or.  May  13,  with  an  all-day  shoot  which  will  be  a hummer  for  at- 
tendance. I have  assurance  of  at  least  fifty  shooters.  All  those 
who  took  part  yesterday  at  the  North  Side  shoot  have  promised 
to  be  on  hand,  besides  a great  many  others.  Everybody  is  wel- 
come.  Dutcher. 


North  Side  Gan  Club. 

Paterson,  N.  J.,  April  22. — The  pleasant  weather  and  a good  at- 
tendance made  the  opening  spring  shoot  a success.  It  was  man- 
aged by  the  successful  manager,  Mr.  Wm.  Dutcher.  Shooters 
from  the  Passaic  and  Bergen  County  clubs  were  present.  There 
were  about  one  hundred  spectators  present.  Scores: 


Events: 

1 2 

3 4 5 6 

Events : 

1 

2 

3 4 

5 6 

Targets: 

10  15 

10  25  15  10 

Targets: 

10  15 

10  25  15  10 

C Lenone  ...... 

6 9 

5 13  9 .. 

Spect  

5 

8 

6 .. 

12  .. 

E Morgan  

6 13 

10  21  11  . . 

Clayton  

1 

4 

5 .. 

8 .. 

E Van  Horn 

9 14 

10  20  . . . . 

Breen  

10 

9 

7 .. 

9 .. 

J Doty  

10  13 

7 20  13  . . 

Banta  

5 

8 18 

9 .. 

l Dunkerly  ... 

9 10 

8 18  12  . . 

Mercer  

4 

8 

C Lewis 

9 12 

8 21  13  . . 

Garrabrant  

5 

9 

3 .. 

H Van  Houten 

8 10 

9 16  12  . . 

J Kryger  

7 

F Van  Houten. 

8 10 

9 16  12  . . 

Veenstra  

6 .. 

7 .. 

I Cocker  

9 9 

6 

1 . 

A Edmond  .... 

2 10 

7 . . 8 .. 

H Wright  

8 19 

8 .. 

N Bogartman.. 

3 8 

5 11  7 . . 

C Tackson  

0 .. 

W Wilson  

4 6 

5 17  7 5 

G Irwin  

3 .. 

4 .. 

J Dewar  

6 6 

4 10  10  3 

Hamilton  

2 

0 .. 

J Polhemus.... 

5 8 

1 ..  ..  .. 

Reeves  

7 .. 

14  .. 

O Herman  .... 

3 0 

4 0 ..  .. 

Elmer  

5 .. 

7 .. 

A Crooks  

4 6 

2 

5 ^ 

B Maskell  

.5  6 

H Beckler  .... 

O Buckner  ... 

4 2 

North  River  Gan  Clab. 

Edgewater,  N.  J.,  April  22. — Event  6 was  a handicap  shoot  for 
solid  gold  charm.  After  two  ties,  it  was  won  by  Dr.  Paterno,  for 
the  second  time. 


Events:  123456789  10 

Targets:  10  15  10  15  10  60  25  25  10  15 

Williams,  0 9 11  8 14  8 ..  18  ..  ..  .. 

C E Eickhoff,  8 8 9 8 13  4 35  ..  ..  6 11 

Dr  C Richter,  4 12  8 14  9 47  22  i 

A Schoverling,  5 10  12  8 14  8 44  24  19  9 13  ! 

R Tower,  0 6 ..  5 8 

S Glover,  0 12  9 12  8 

Dr  Boldt,  20 7 4 6 9 31  i 

H Schramm,  0 12  6 11  ..  ..  21 j 

Dr  Lerisene,  0 2 2 3 ..  18  i 

Dr  Paterno,  17 9 37  19  18  8 .. 

J Morrison,  7 15  9 13  ..  43  23  21  .. 

J Merrill,  15 5 37  19  13  5 ..  j 


charm,  which  was  won  by  Mr.  Carl  Richter  for  the  fourth  time:  i 

Events:  1 2 3 4 5 6 7' 

Targets:  15  10  15  15  10  50  10  | 

C E Eickhoff,  8 9 4 7 13  9 28  7 1 

Dr  Richter,  5 11  8 13  14  8 44  8 

J McClare,  15  7 6 7 7 6 23  6 I 

R Townsend,  0 10  7 11  ..  8 ..  ..  ' 

Dr  Boldt,  20 6 6 13  7 8 18  6 

Dr  Paterno,  17  7 7 7 23  8 

J Merrill,  15  7 5 24  8 

M Schweagel,  0 9 ,.  ..  3 

Jas.  R.  Merrill,  Sec’y. 


ON  LONG  ISLAND. 


Sheepshead  Bay  Gan  Clab. 

Sheepshead  Bay,  L.  I.,  April  20. — At  the  monthly  shoot  of  the 
Sheepshead  Bay  Gun  Club  to-day,  Mr.  Montanus  won  the  badge 
and  the  Remsen  cup,  this  being  his  third  win.  Others  who  scored  i 
wins  are  as  follows:  D.  Dede,  2,  and  one  win  each  by  G.  Wil- 

liamson, Judge  Voorhies,  Capt.  Dreyer,  G.  Morris,  Dr.  Goubeaud 
and  Ira  McKane.  . 

In  most  of  the  'events  to-day  Mr.  Schortemeier  used  a 20-gauge 
gun. 

Column  5 contains  the  handicaps  for  the  50-target  trophy  contest, 
event  6.  Messrs.  Schortemeier,  Spinner,  Jones  and  Martin  shot 
along  for  targets.  The  shoot-off  in  the  badge  and  Remsen  cup 
resulted  as  follows:  Montanus  (4)  24,  Cooper  (5)  22,  Williamson 

(4)  17,  Capt.  Dryer  (5)  22,  Carolan  (7)  22.  Scores: 


Events:  1 2 3 4 5 6 

Targets : 25  25  25  25  * 50 

Schorty  14  23  21  22  . . 44 

Montanus  21  21  22  20  8 50 

Cooper  14  18  15  19  9 47 

Williamson  ...  19  13  19  ..  8 43 

McKane  20  6 36 

Morris  23  3 37 

Spinner  12 21 

Schorty  21  

Martin  21  22  . . . . 44 


Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 

Targets:  25  25  25  25  * 50 

Voorhies  16 5 38 

Jones  17  19  ..  ..26 

Metz  12 

Schneider  24  24  25  ..  .. 

Capt  Dryer  12  20  . . 10  41 

Carolan  13  14  15  13  40 

D Martin  11  13  ..  ..  1 

Dede  10  33 


Bergen  Beach  Gan  Club. 


Bergen  Beach,  L.  I.,  April  22.— The  pleasant  weather  contributed 
to  a most  enjoyable  shoot,  though  a stiff  cross  wind  with  the 
consequent  freakish  flights  of  the  targets,  made  difficult  shooting. 

Schneider’s  gun  register'’  " u;„i,  — -i — — <■ 

and  marred  his  shootin; 
scores  follow: 

Events : 

Targets: 

Dreyer  


H D Bergt 
Guhring  ... 

Charles  

Schlieman  . 
Schneider  . . 
Waters  . . . . 
*Doubles. 


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Cumberland  Gan  Club* 

Cumberland,  B.  C.— April  11  — Am  inclosing  the  balance  of 
scores  of  aggregate  shooters  for  this  month.  Members  are  allowed 
to  shoot  either  the  first  or  second  Monday  in  each  month,  so  that 
tlie'e  are  just  the  ones  that  did  not  shoot  for  the  aggregate  last 
■week. 

Balance  month  15  targets.  Interstate  rules:  T.  Hudson  13;  F. 
Fvnp?  1I>  C.  Gr^nt  ir>  T.  H,'''b>”-v  11,  F.  Riekard  8.  A.  McPhee 

12,  J.  Bruce  3,  M.  Morgan  12,  W.  F.  Ramson  10,  R.  R.  Napier 

9,  E.  Riuue  9. 


April  29,  1905.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


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FOR 

PEACE  OR  WAR 

EVERYWHERE  THE  STANDARD 


UNITED  STATES  CARTRIDGE  COMPANY. 

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Springfield  Shooting  Club. 

Springfield,  Mass. — It  was  tournament  day  with  us  on  April 
19,  Patriots’  Day,  and  the  usual  large  number  of  shooters  turned 
out  to  try  their  hand  at  flying  targets.  The  attendance  was  not 
i as  large  as  usual,  the  Worcester  shoot  drawing  the  shooters  who 
1 live  that  way.  Still,  we  had  our  share,  and  have  no  reason  to 
complain.  As  usual,  we  had  a pleasant  day,  with  the  usual  wind 
blowing,  which  kept  the  scores  down  in  the  forenoon.  Conditions 
improved  during  the  afternoon,  and  the  referee’s  call  of  “Lost” 
i was  not  heard  quite  as  often,  though  oftener  than  most  of  us 
t wished  for. 

The  trade  was  extra  well  represented.  In  addition  to  the  squad^com- 
posed  of  Tom  A.  Marshall,  Rolla  O.  Heikes,  W.  H.  Heer,  Frank 
]£.  Butler  and  IT.  H.  Stevens,  there  were  present,  J.  A.  R.  Elliott, 
W.  G.  Hearne,  Sim  Glover,  and  that  T.  H.  Keller,  Jr.,  was  present 
goes  without  saying.  It  was  the  largest  gathering  of  manufac- 
turers’ agents  ever  present  at  our  tournaments  at  one  time;  and 
they  did  some  shooting,  too,  as  the  scores  will  show. 

The  principal  event  of  the  programme  was  the  sixth,  a merchan- 
dise event,  known  as  the  National  Sportsman’s  contest.  The 
■ entrance  fee  was  $1,  which  entitled  the  shooter  to  shoot  for  the 
several  merchandise  prizes.  This  event  was  handicapped  back 
to  the  20yd.  mark.  Professionals  were  allowed  to  shoot  for  targets 
only  in  this  event.  The  prizes,  four  in  number,  were  won  by  the 
following:  First,  Winchester  brush  gun,  won  by  Archie  Cooley, 

of  Somers,  Conn.  IT.  L.  Edgerton,  of  Willimantic,  Conn.,  and 
J.  B.  Sanders,  of  Albany,  N.  Y,,  tied  for  second  and  third  prizes, 
and  on  the  shoot-off  Edgerton  won  second  prize,  a Colt’s  re- 
volver, and  Sanders  third  prize,  a Winchester  rifle.  Fourth  prize, 
a brass  cleaning  rod,  was  won  by  B.  F,  Smith,  of  Boston.  Scores, 
showing  handicaps,  in  this  event  follow',  each  shooting  at  25  tar- 
gets  i 

Professionals:  Heer  24,  Heikes  23,  Hearile  22,  Marshall  21, 

Elliott  21,  Stevens  20,  Glover  20,  Keller  IS,  Butler  17. 

Amateurs:  Cooley  (18)  21,  Edgerton  (18)  20,  Sanders  (20)  20, 

Smith  (20)  19,  Batstow  (20)  18,  Jordan  (18)  18,  Metcalf  (19)  18, 
Gay! er  (18)  17,  Collins  (18)  17,  Stanley  (18)  17,  Finch  (18)  17, 
Hackett  ( 18)  17,  Dr.  Moore  (20)  17,  Anderson  (10)  17,  Hawes 
(18)  16,  Delaney  (17)  16,  Harvey  (16)  16,  Coats  (16)  16,  Snow  (18) 
16,  Le  Noir  (20)  16,  Chapin  (16)  16,  W.  Keith  (16)  15,  Dr,  Row>e 
(18),  15,  Cheesman  (18)  15.  McMullen  (20)  15,  Talmadge  (16)  14, 
Dr.  Newton  (18)  14,  Dr.  Keith  (18)  14,  Rochford  (16)  13,  Walker 
(16)  13,  Kites  (18)  13,  Hills  (16)  12,  Dr.  Warren  (18)  12,  Lawrence 
08)  11,  Kimball  (16)  10,  Spencer  (16)  9,  Walsh  (16)  9,  Pinney  (18) 
S,  Peck  (17)  6. 

Of  the  seventy-eight  entries  in  this  event,  thirty-nine  shot  for 
the  prizes.  During  the  day  6,OCO  targets  were  trapped.  H.  L. 
Edgerton,  of  Willimantic,  Conn.,  won  the  gold  badge  put  up  by 
the  club  for  high  amateur  average. 

Following  are  the  averages  of  the  professionals  and  amateurs 


shooting  the 
dise)  event: 

entire 

Shot 

at. 

programme, 
Broke.  Av. 

not  including 

the  sixth 

Shot 

at. 

(merchan- 
Broke.  Av. 

*GIover  

....165 

147 

.89 

Finck  

165 

128 

.77 

Edgerton  . . 

....165 

140 

.85 

Dr.Moote  . 

165 

128 

.77 

McMullen  . 

....165 

135 

.82 

*Elliott  

165 

127 

.77 

Sanders  

....165 

133 

.81 

Jordan  

165 

122 

.74 

Le  Noir 

. . . .165 

133 

.81 

Dr  Newton 

....165 

121 

.73 

Barstow  ... 

....165 

131 

.80 

Snow  

165 

118 

.71 

MCeller  

....165 

130 

.78 

Kites  

165 

110 

.67 

Smith  

. . . .165 

129 

.78 

Coats  

165 

106 

.64 

*Hearne  . . . 

....165 

128 

.77 

Anderson  . . 

165 

106 

.64 

^Professionals.  « 

Shooting  at  115  targets  Heer  broke  108,  93  per  cent. ; Heikes, 
| 108,  93  per  cent. ; Marshall  96,  83  per  cent. ; Stevens,  95,  82  per 
cent. ; Butler,  75,  65  per  cent. 

1 In  an  exhibition  shoot  by  the  professionals  at  35  targets,  the  fol- 
lowing, scores  were  made:  Heer  34,  Heikes  32,  Glover  31,  Keller 

31,.  Marshall  29,  Hearne  29,  Stevens  28,  Elliott  26,  Butler  21. 

The  surrounding  gun  clubs  were  represented,  Albany  by  J.  B. 
Sanders;  Boston  by  B.  F.  Smith;  Greenfield  by  Dr.  L.  A.  New- 
j ton;  Pittsfield  by  H.  S.  Sidway;  Northampton  by  L.  F.  Gayler; 
Northboro  by  J.  M.  Stanley;  Thompsonville,  Conn.,  by  Geo.  C. 
Finch;  Somersville,  Conn.,  by  Wm.  McMullen  and  Archie  Cooley; 
Palmer  by  Dr.  S.  B.  Keith;  Rockville,  Conn.,  by  F.  E.  Metcalf 
and  H.  C.  Barstow;  Windsor  Locks,  Conn.,  by  J.  H.  Spencer; 
| Hartford  by  Dr.  Rowe;  Willimantic,  Conn.,  by  H.  L.  Edger- 
; ton,  and  South  Manchester,  Conn.,  by  Dr.  D.  C.  Y.  Moore. 
Amateur  scores  in  regular  events  follow: 


Events : 

12  3 

4 5 

7 

8 9 10  11  12 

Shot 

Targets: 

10  15  20  10  20  10 

20  25  10  15  10 

at. 

Broke 

Edgerton  

7 11  18 

8 16 

9 

15  23 

9 14 

10 

165 

140 

McMullen  

8 11  17 

9 18 

8 

15  19 

7 14 

9 

165 

135 

Le  Noir  

5 14  13 

7 14 

8 

20  23 

9 12 

8 

165 

133 

Sanders  

9 11  14 

8 17 

8 

15  21 

8 13 

9 

165 

133 

Barstow  

5 13  16 

6 15 

6 

19  19  10  13 

9 

165 

131 

Smith  

5 12  13 

6 19 

6 

16  22 

7 9 

7 

165 

129 

Finch  

7 10  15 

5 14 

8 

18  23 

S 14 

6 

165 

128 

Dr  Moore  

7 S IS 

7 18 

9 

14  19 

9 12 

7 

165 

128 

Jordan  

7 13  17 

7 17 

7 

15  17 

4 11 

7 

165 

122 

Dr  Newton  

5 10  17 

6 16 

8 

17  19 

6 11 

6 

165 

121 

Snow  

8 7 14 

7 18 

8 

14  17 

7 9 

9 

165 

118 

Kites  

6 10  13 

9 15 

7 

9 18 

6 8 

9 

165 

110 

Coats  

7 7 13 

8 9 

5 

14  12 

9 12  10 

165 

106 

Anderson  

7 9 12 

7 14 

5 

12  15 

8 11  10 

165 

106 

Pmnev  

5 7 9 

7 11 

8 

10  14 

7 .. 

. . 

140 

78 

Cooley  

8 10  9 

7 10 

6 

12  .. 

..  8 

. . 

120 

70 

Gayler  • 

..  12 

7 

14  17 

8 10 

7 

110 

75 

Cheesman  

7 12  13 

8 13 

8 

10  .. 

105 

71 

Castine  

5 

11  15 

4 11 

8 

90 

54 

7 7 17 

8 14 

75 

53 

..  13 

7 14  12 

75 

46 

Dr  Rowe  

7 9 

8 

. . 15 

4 .. 

. , 

75 

43 

Lawrence  

7 12 

14  .. 

6 .. 

60 

39 

Vosburg  

..  14 

6 n 

50 

31 

Eernside  

6 10 

3 

6 .. 

. . 

50 

25 

3 11 

7 .. 

50 

21 

Spencer  

6 

4 7 

6 

45 

23 

6 ..  10 

7 

40 

23 

Gesner  

5 

9 .. 

6 .. 

40 

20 

Talmadge  

4 .. 

6 . . 

6 .. 

. . 

35 

16 

Dr  Keith  

5 10 

6 .. 

.. 

40 

21 

Delaney  . . 
W I Keith 
Walsh  ... 

Hills  

Harvey  . . . 
Dr  Warren 
Bradford  . 


. ..  6 ..  ..  6 ..  7 30  19 

5 ..  7 . . . . 3 . . . . 30  15 

3 8 .-.  25  11 

. 8 20  8 

5 ..  ..  10  5 

5 10  5 

3 . . . . 10  3 


Snow  and  Hawes  were  on  to  their  job  at  squad  hustling  as 
usual,  and  kept  things  moving. 

The  attendance  was  rather  small  during  the  forenoon,  but  when 
the  professionals  arrived,  the  “lookers  on”  came  with  them  and 
stayed  the  rest  of  the  day. 

Everything  considered,  it  was  the  best  tournament  we  ever 
held.  Misfire. 


Boston  Gun  Club. 


Boston,  Mass -Twenty-six  shooters  were  present  at  Wellington 
to-day,  the  occasion  of  the  second  leg  in  the  four-cornered  team 
race,  and  as  the  weather  was  all  that  could  be  desired,  the  after- 
noon proved  to  be  one  of  the  most  enjoyable  kind. 

Middlesex  turned  cut  in  full  force,  and  evidently  intends  to  keep 
the  advantage  they  gained  in  the  first  contest,  though  the  boys 
under  Capt.  Woodruff’s  direction  proved  to  be  the  real  things  to- 
day, averaging  over  90  per  cent,  for  a team,  and  shooting  through 
the  match  with  a steadiness  that  would  have  spoken  well  for 
an  expert.  During  this,  however,  the  Middlesexites  were  busy, 
and  gathered  in  a fine  total,  only  losing  5 targets  of  their  previous 
32  targets  lead,  and  it  surely  looks  as  though  nothing  short  of  a 
clean  score  would  dislodge  them. 

The  B.  G.  C.  are  saying  nothing,  but  from  all  indications  are 
getting  in  trim  for  April  29,  at  Lowell,  which  will  see  the  third 
corner  run  off,  when  they  expect  to  keep  up  the  good  work 

Rob  Smith  says  “all  over  but  the  shouting,”  and  intends  to 
have  his  men  in  line  for  that  date,  hoping  for  an  increased  lead, 
which  will  place  them  on  Easy  street,  as  the  final  shoot  is  now 
only  a few  weeks  hence,  and  a good  lead  will  enable  them  to  rest 
on  their  oars  till  the  finishing  guns  are  fired. 

Lowell  presented  their  strongest  team  for  the  fray  to-day,  and 
under  ordinary  conditions  their  score  would  have  won,  but  had 
to  be  content  with  a tie  for  third,  with  Harvard  as  a partner. 

Harvard  was  somewhat  unlucky,  not  being  able  to  get  their  best 
men  to-day,  but  shot  steady,  and  cleaned  up  a raft  of  them. 
Ward,  of  their  team,  was  high  with  a Gilbert  or  Crosby,  score, 
just  one  target  escaping  the  25  grains,  1J4  ounces  No.  7J4  load, 
and  proved  to  be  right  on  edge,  each  target  being  smashed  in  a 
clean,  decisive  manner. 

Wait  until  the  next  shoot,  say  all;  and  as  the  Lowell  boys  in- 
tend to  have  everything  in  the  best  of  shape  for  that  day,  there 
may  be  something  doing.  Other  scores: 


Events : 

1 

0 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

13 

14 

Targets 

15 

ib 

15 

10 

15 

10 

15 

10 

15 

10 

15 

10 

15 

10 

Griffiths  

12 

8 

13 

9 

13 

9 

15 

9 

14 

9 

15 

Climax  

13 

8 

12 

9 

15 

10 

15 

9 

13 

9 

14 

Rule  

14 

9 

15 

9 

12 

8 

14 

8 

15 

8 

Frank  

12 

8 

13 

10 

13 

9 

15 

10 

13 

10 

13 

Adams  

13 

10 

14 

10 

12 

8 

12 

10 

14 

9 

14 

Blinn  

12 

4 

11 

9 

10 

6 

8 

8 

14 

7 

12 

10 

9 

8 

Moore  

8 

9 

9 

6 

10 

8 

12 

9 

13 

8 

11 

Straw  

15 

10 

12 

9 

10 

7 

15 

9 

12 

9 

10 

Fletcher  

10 

7 

12 

9 

10 

'8 

11 

9 

10 

7 

10 

Bernhardt  

8 

7 

14 

10 

13 

10 

15 

10 

13 

8 

Baxter  

12 

9 

8 

12 

8 

15 

7 

12 

9 

13 

9 

13 

10 

Bell  

12 

9 

13 

10 

13 

9 

13 

11 

6 

14 

9 

13 

7 

12 

8 

11 

Gleason  

14 

8 

9 

13 

10 

14 

8 

15 

10 

15 

7 

12 

io 

Smith  

5 

8 

12 

9 

14 

9 

10 

9 

15 

9 

, . 

W ard  

10 

7 

15 

10 

14 

10 

Wickersham  

12 

10 

9 

9 

12 

9 

Webster  

9 

5 

12 

7 

13 

8 

Marshall  

14 

5 

11 

10 

14 

10 

12 

Cloud  

12 

7 

11 

6 

9 

9 

Edwards  

11 

3 

9 

9 

11 

8 

12 

Gokey  

13 

10 

12 

9 

12 

10 

8 

Woodruff  

14 

10 

13 

10 

15 

9 

11 

6 

6 

Dean  

12 

8 

12 

9 

13 

9 

Muldown  

5 

11 

9 

13 

8 

Kirkwood  

14 

9 

14 

10 

14 

9 

14 

10 

14 

8 

Team  match: 

Boston  Gun  Club.  Middlesex  Gun  Club. 


Frank  15  10  13  10—48 

Bell  13  10  13  9—45 

Woodruff  ...  13  10  15  9—47 
Muldown  ...  11  9 13  8 — 41 


Gleason  14  8 15  10—47 

Smith  14  9 10  9—42 

Baxter  15  7 12  9 — 43 

Bernhardt 15  10  13  8 — 40 


Kirkwood 


. . 14  9 14  10—47—228  Adams  12  10  14  9—45—223 


Harvard  Shooting  Club. 
Wickersham.  9 9 12  9 — 39 

Ward  15  10  14  10—49 

Marshall  ....  11  10  14  10—45 

Webster  ....12  7 13  8—40 

Cloud  11  6 9 9—35—1 


Low-ell  Rod  and  Gun  Club. 

Climax  15  9 13  9—46 

Rule  14  8 15  8—45 

Dean  12  9 13  9—43 

Fletcher  ....11  910  7—37 

Edwards  ....  9 9 11  8—37—208 


New  Jersey  State  Sportsmen's  Association. 

The  Rahway  Gun  Club,  which  is  the  most  enterprising  in  the 
State,  having  taken  hold  of  the  State  shoot,  will  leave  nothing 
undone  to  cover  the  members  with  honor  on  this  event.  The 
Association  has  several  trophies  which  will  be  offered  as  cham- 
pionships; the  club  itself  has  contributed  more,  and  various  friends 
have  contributed,  unasked,  among  whom  may  be  now  announced 
a trophy  from  the  E.  I.  duPont  Co.,  through  the  Shotgun 
Smokeless  Powder  Department  of  that  concern.  Programmes  are 
in  the  course  of  preparation,  which  will  combine  features  that  are 
sure  to  enlist  the  satisfaction  of  the  amateur,  be  he  an  expert 
or  a novice,  while  the  professionals  whose  principals  have  been 
so  liberal  to  the  clubs,  and  individual  shooters,  will  be  well  taken 
care  of. 

Clubs  that  are  not  already  members  of  the  Association,  and 
therefore  not  at  present  eligible  to  compete  in  the  State  events, 
may  become  so  by  paying  $1  initiation  fee  and  $1  annual  dues 
before  the  meeting  on  June  6;  individual,  unattached  shooters,  $1 
per  annum,  payable  the  same  way. 

W.  R.  Hobart,  Sec’y. 

No.  440  Sumner  Avenue,  Newark,  N.  J. 


Haverhill  Gtm  Club. 

PIaveri-iill,  Mass.,  April  19. — The  Haverhill  Gun  Club  held  their 
ninth  annual  Patriots’  Day  shoot  to-day,  and  we  were  favored  with 
a large  attendance,  as  usual.  The  weather  conditions  were  any- 
thing but  favorable  for  good  scores,  a high  northwest  wind  play- 
ing all  kinds  of  pranks  with  the  targets  and  our  expert  traps  work- 
ing very  badly.  After  a lot  of  work  by  the  Kirkwood  boys,  Straw 
and  Climax,  had  been  put  in  to  no  purpose,  we  worked  the 
Sergeant,  system,  and  “things”  were  different;  but  a lot  of  valu- 
able time  had  been  wasted.  The  old  traps  will  find  their  proper 
place  in  the  junk  pile  from  now  on,  and  an  automatic  will  be 
installed.  Our  old  friends  have  seen  us  do  better,  and  our  new 
ones  know  that  we  can  do  no  worse  at  our  next  shoot,  so  all 
shall  be  looking  for  them. 

In  the  prize  handicap  Climax  was  first,  44  out  of  50;  Allison  and 
Watch  tied  for  second  and  third  with  40,  Allison  winning  the 
shoot-off,  and  Williams  was  fourth.  All  events  were  at  unknown 
angles.  The  summary  follows: 


Events : 

1 

2 

3 4 5 

6 7 

8 

9 10  11  12  13  14 

Shot 

Targets : 

10  15  10  15  15  10  15  10 

10  15  10  15  15  10 

at. 

Broke. 

Av. 

Climax  ... 

8 13 

8 13  12 

8 13  10 

9 12 

8 15  .. 

150 

130 

.006 

Edwards  . . 

7 

12 

7 12  10 

9 11 

7 

8 11 

7 11  .. 

150 

112 

.746 

Dean  

6 

9 

9 10  13 

9 13 

7 

7 10 

7 14  .. 

150 

114 

.760 

George  . . . 

8 12 

9 15  7 

7 12 

9 

6 10 

8 15  .. 

150 

118 

.786 

Miller  

4 

8 

7 8 9 

0 7 

7 

6 8 

7 9.. 

150 

86 

.573 

Howe  

8 14  10  9 11 

16  12 

7 

8 9 10  11  . . 

150 

115 

.766 

Allison  . . . 

9 

7 

9 13  12 

7 12 

8 

8 12 

6 14  13 

165 

117 

.709 

Temple  ... 

9 

13 

9 14  12 

9 11 

6 

5 14 

9 11  .. 

150 

123 

.820 

Tones  

5 

11 

7 7 11 

9 7 

6 

100 

63 

.630 

Straw  

7 

11 

8 12  11 

4 11 

8 

100 

72 

.720 

E Reed 

8 

12  10  12  12 

8 12 

7 

G 13 

6 10  8 

9 

175 

136 

.777 

Bowen  

10 

13 

8 13  11 

9 11 

7 

8 9 

7 10  12 

9 

175 

137 

.782 

Engine 

5 

9 

7 13  14 

7 13 

7 

7 13 

7 12  9 

8 

175 

131 

.748 

Hatch  

6 

14 

6 9 9 

4 11 

7 

7 14 

9 10  8 

165 

114 

.690 

Kirkwood. 

7 

13 

9 10  12 

8 12 

9 

5 15 

9 10  .. 

150 

119 

.793 

Allen  

7 

11 

5 4 13 

7 7 

8 

8 9 

8 13  .. 

150 

100 

.666 

Childs  .... 

7 

9 

8 13  10 

7 10 

6 

5 14 

7 10  .. 

150 

106 

.706 

Lozier  

5 

13 

7 10  12 

8 11 

7 

8 11 

8 12  .. 

150 

112 

.746 

Leavitt  ... 

2 

6 

5 6 5 

5 0 

90 

35 

.388 

Hallam  . . . 

4 

3 

4 9 7 

7 8 

1 

100 

43 

.430 

Blinn  

6 

9 

6 11  11 

7 11 

5 

6 10 

7 7.. 

150 

96 

.640 

Owen  .... 

7 

14 

7 12  12 

7 11 

8 

5 9 

7 13  .. 

150 

112 

.746 

Fisher  

6 

9 

8 10  8 

5 7 

6 

5 .. 

110 

64 

.581 

William 

6 

S 

5 10  11 

6 13 

5 

4 8 

7 8.. 

150 

91 

.606 

Bryant  . . . 

5 

10 

3 5 10 

6 7 

6 

7 6 

8 12  .. 

150 

85 

.566 

Hall  

7 

12 

4 11  9 

4 6 

5 

5 .. 

110 

63 

.572 

Webster. . 

7 

6 12  9 

5 10 

7 

6 13 

6 10  .. 

140 

91 

.650 

Greives  . . . 

10 

8 9 10 

6 12 

6 

6 7 

4 ..  .. 

125 

75 

.600 

F Fisher. . 

6 

3 6 7 

6 8 

4 

5 .. 

100 

45 

.450 

Cole  

6 

7 11  11 

7 9 

2 

5 31 

8 7.. 

140 

85 

.607 

11  B Moore 

6 13  8 

5 13 

8 

4 12 

7 12  .. 

125 

88 

.704 

G C Moore 

4 7 11 

8 11 

9 

6 10 

6 11  .. 

125 

83 

.664 

Piper  

3 10  .. 

25 

13 

520 

Stillings. . 

7 10  7 

4 10 

75 

44 

.586 

..7  6 

4 9 

4 

65 

30 

461 

Page  

..  ..  8 

5 .. 

25 

13 

520 

Lambert. . 

0 5 

35 

5 

.142 

E M Allen 

3 2 

25 

5 

.200 

Griggs  

7 6 

35 

19 

.542 

Atgfen — Christiana  Tournament. 


The  Atglen-Christiana  Gun  Club  shoot,  held  at  Atglen,  Pa., 
April  20,  was  both  at  bluerocks  and  live  birds.  The  shoot  was 
well  attended,  and,  considering  the  high  wind,  good  scores  were 
made. 


Events:  123456789  10  11 

Targets : 10  10  10  10  15  15  15  15  25  10  10 

Plerman  6 8 7 7 11  ..  14  

Jebb  10  10  9 10  13  14  13  14  24  10  7 

1 Radcliff  5 4 4 6 10  10  12  12  12  6 5 

Jones  8 8 8 8 10  10  9 ..  17  ..  .. 

Clark  :.  7 9 6 7 14  12  12  14  22  ..  .. 

Benner  9 10  8 9 12  14  12  13  20  8 9 

S Radcliff  4 8 6 6 7 9 7 10  15..  .. 

Andrews  7 8 9 9 11  9 13  12  18  9 8 

'Ressler  5 8 5 7 8 ..  12  

Lawrence  5 7 6 

Alexander  7 8 

Mattson  8 9 8 8 12  11  14  14  23  9 8 

Wilson  9 9 S 8 12  13  13  14  23  7 8 

Townsend  9 

Bonner  1 2 ..  ..  ' 


Live  birds.  No.  1 was  at  5 birds;  No.  2 at  7 birds;  Nos.  3,  4 
and  5 were  miss-and-outs : 


Events : 

J Radcliff 
S Radcliff 

Jebb  

Alexander 

Clark  

Andrews  . 

Helm  

Kurtz  

Mattson  . 
Lawrence 


1 2 3 4 5 Events:  1 2 3 4 5 

3 4 0 0 1 Williams  5 6 2 3 4 

4 6 1 3 0 Jones  4 6 0 2 3 

5 7 2 1 4 McBride  4 6 1.. 

4 7 11..  Woods  3 5 0..  .. 

4 6 112  Airgood  3 1 2 3 

4 6 0 3 1 Nauman  5 1 0 1 

2 3..  ..  Shively  ..  2 1 1 

4 5 Ressler  0 

5 3 1..  1 Morrison  3 7 

2 4 0 0 0 


Lloyd  R.  Lewis,  Mgr. 


Analostan  Gtm  Club. 


Indianapolis,  Ind.,  April  13. — Dickman  won  Peters  badge. 
Armstrong  won  high  gun  trophy.  A very  cold,  raw  wind  made 
shooting  difficult.  Each  event  was  at  25  targets: 


Events:  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 

Targets : 25  25  25  25  25  25  25 

Finley 17  16  17  19  18  ..  .. 

Dickman 23  24  19  19  19  22  20 

Moller 18  23  18  22  18  . . .. 

Gregory 18  17  22  19  20  18  .. 

Armstrong. . . 14  13  8 18 

Trout 19  19  23  20  


Events:  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 

Targets:  25  25  25  25  25  25  25 

Morris 11  12  16  12  ..  ..  .. 

Morrison 13 

Hart 18  16 " ” 

Wilkinson....  8 13 " 

Douglass 15  ..  .. 

Smith 13  15  16  15  !!  1!  ” 


348 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


[April  29,  190J* 


WESTERN  TRAP. 

Cincinnati  Gun  Club. 


Cincinnati,  O.— Nineteen  men  shot  in  the  Peters  Cartridge 
Company  s trophy  event  on  April  22,  and  good  scores  were  made. 
1 he:  day  was  fine.  Williams  was  high  man  in  actual  breaks,  scor- 
ing 49,  a record  for  this  trophy  which  has  been  equalled  but  once. 
Herman  and  Harig,  of  those  competing,  tied  for  second  on  48. 
A number  of  interesting  team  matches  were  shot,  and  good  scores 
were  made,  as  well  as  in  the  numerous  practice  events. 

Mr.  C.  O.  Lecompte,  a trade  representative,  was  a visitor  at  the 
grounds,  and  made  a good  showing,  breaking  48  in  the  trophy 
event.  The  Dayton  team  will  be  here  on  the  26th  to  contest  for  the 
Phellis  trophy,  and  the  club  has  a date  with  the  Newark  Gun  Club 
on  the  28th,  m case  they  succeed  in  keeping  the  cup  here,  which 
they  propose  to  do. 

Peters  trophy  shoot,  50  targets: 


Hdp.  Brk.  Tot’l. 


Williams  

....  1 

49 

50 

Herman  

...  3 

48 

50 

Jay  Bee  

...10 

40 

50 

Keplinger  

....10 

40 

60 

Harig  

48 

48 

Le  Compte  . . 

...  0 

48 

48 

Ahlers  

45 

48 

Faran  

....  2 

45 

47 

Maynard  

...  2 

45 

47 

Trimble  ....... 

...  0 

46 

46 

Le  Compte,  Gambell  and  Ni: 


Hdp.  Brk.  Tot’l. 


See  

45 

46 

Falk  ........ 

.....  7 

39 

46 

Andrews  . . . 

.....  9 

37 

46 

Gambell  . . . . . 

......5 

40 

45 

Block  

.....  0 

44 

44 

Bullerdick  .. 

.....  2 

41 

43 

Pfeiffer  

.....  0 

40 

40 

King 

.....  0 

39 

39 

Nixon  

.....20 

16 

36 

did  not  compete  for  the  trophy. 


Team  race,  50  targets: 

Gambell  

Faran  - 

Team  race,  50  targets: 


Team  match,  25  targets: 

Faran  

Barker  

Team  race,  25  targets: 
Le  Compte  


.40 

Peters  

.43—83 

Ahlers  

,37 

Peters  

.43—80 

Le  Compte  

45  83 

,24 

Peters  

24 

.24-48 

Harig  

.24 

Barker  

22—46 

Harig  

March_29:  Rolla  O.  Heikes,  ten  men. 
April  5:  L.  Whitacre,  five  men. 
April  12:  G.  Hodapp,  five  men. 

April  19:  E.  Rike,  four  men. 

Team  match: 

Cincinnati  G.  C. 

R Trimble  


Faran  .. 
Dick  . , . 
Peters  . 
Hesser  . 
Pohlar  . 
Pfeiffer 
Barker  . 
Gambell 


1 2 
25  25 
20  22 
..  23 
..23 
20  22 
23  23 


20  21 

20  .. 


events : 

Events : 

Targets : 

Le  Compte  ..... 

Gross  

Oswald  

Kirby  

Rike  

Spangler  

Peters  

Hanauer  

Lindemuth  

Craig  23  20 

McKeon  20  20 

Schwind  20  20 

Maynard  22  23 

Trimble  22  .. 

E Watkins  

W H Clarke 

Faran  1 22 

Hesser  

W Watkins  

Cain  21 

Theobald  20 

Gambell  


.49 

Rohrer’s 
Gain  . . . „ 

Island  G.  C. 
.............41 

.44 

Rike  ......... 

.43 

Crai  ef  

.....40 

.42 

Theobald  .... 

39 

.41 

Hanauer  .... 

. ............ 38 

.40 

Oswald  ...... 

.39 

Whitacre  .... 

35 

.39 

Lockwood  . . . 

34 

.39 

Miller  

.35  411 

Schwind  

33  372 

is  made  by  the  winners 

in  the  sweepstake 

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 
25  25  25  25  25  25  25 
20  22  20  22  20  22  19 
23  23  . . ..  21  17  21 

20  21  20  20  23  . . 

20  ..  ..  ..  21  21  18 

21  22  23  

. . ..  23  21  23  20  20 

20  21  . . 

. . . . 22  24  

22  22  22  

. . 20  . . 

21  .. 

17  .. 


..  22  .. 
. . 23  21 


20  ..  .. 

21  ..  20 

. . 20  20 


23  21 


18  .. 


20 


Shot 

at. 

225 

150 

150 

150 

125 

125 

100 

75 

75 

75 

75 

75 

50 

50 

50 

50 

50 

50 

50 

50 

25 

25 


Broke. 

187 

128 

127 

122 

112 

107 

82 

66 

66 

63 

61 

57 

45 

44 

44 

44 

42 

41 

40 

39 

20 

20 


New  Moorefield  G,n  Club. 


Scottown  (O.)  Gun  Club. 

The  opening  shoot  of  the  Scottown  Gun  Club  was  held  on  April 
20.  Owing  to  the  rain,  which  fell  for  the  greater  part  of  the  day, 
the  programme  was  materially  shortened  and  the  number  of  shoot- 
ers lessened. 

Among  the  visitors  were  C.  O.  Le  Compte,  D.  D.  Gross  and 
H.  N.  Kirby.  The  latter  was  high  gun  for  the  day  with  118 
out  of  125,  Le  Compte  and  Gross  finishing  second  and  third  with 
115  and  113  respectively.  Gross  and  Kirby  were  the  only  ones  to 
go  straight  in  any  of  the  events.  The  scores: 


Events : 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

Shot 

Targets : 

25 

25 

25 

25 

25 

at. 

Broke. 

H N Kirby 

25 

24 

24 

23 

125 

118 

C O Le  Compte 

23 

23 

22 

24 

23 

125 

115 

D D Gross 

21 

22 

22 

23 

25 

125 

113 

Feidner  

22 

21 

22 

20 

22 

125 

107 

Johnson  

21 

21 

22 

75 

64 

J Mason  

20 

22 

21 

75 

63 

Core  

19 

18 

20 

75 

57 

Holmes  

18 

20 

19 

75 

57 

Winn  

18 

19 

20 

75 

57 

Burnside  

17 

20 

19 

75 

56 

McEloy  

20 

18 

17 

. . 

75 

55 

E Mason  

17 

18 

19 

75 

54 

Leeper  

18 

20 

15 

75 

53 

Washburn  

15 

18 

19 

75 

52 

Clements  

17 

16 

19 

75 

52 

Hamilton  Gun  Club, 


The  regular  weekly  shoot  of  the  Hamilton,  O.,  Gun  Club  was 
held  on  April  20.  A strong  wind  blowing  across  the  traps  made 
the  shooting  very  difficult,  and  some  of  the  scores  suffered.  In 
the  medal  shoot  Wesley  and  E.  D.  C.  tied  on  43  each. 

Club  medal  shoot,  50  targets:  Wesley  (16)  43,  E.  D.  C.  (16)  43, 
Schumacher  (16)  41,  Stickles  (17)  40,  Wesley  (21)  39,  Schumacher 
(16)  36,  Jones  (17)  36,  Smith  (19)  36,  Link  (22)  32,  Brunner  (16)  30, 
Cummins  (16)  29,  Breining  (16)  25. 


Practice  events :‘ 
Events : 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 6 

7 

Shot 

Targets: 

10  10  10  10  10  10  10 

at. 

Broke, 

Jones  

9 

9 

8 

9 6 

9 

60 

50 

E D C 

3 

9 

8 

5 8 

7 

60 

40 

Wesley  

8 

8 

6 

5 .. 

9 

50 

36 

Smith  

6 

9 

..  10 

7 

40 

32 

Cummins  

3 

4 

4 

8 5 

50 

29 

Schumacher  

9 

5 

6 

30 

19 

Breining  

2 

6 

6 

..  5 

. . 

40 

19 

Link  

........  4 

7 

7 

3G 

18 

Brunner  

5 

10 

5 

Stickles  

4 

10 

4 

Rohrer’s  Island  Gun  Club. 


Dayton,  O. — April  19  will  long  be  remembered  by  members  of 
the  Rohrer’s  Island  Gun  Club  as  a most  enjoyable  occasion.  On 
that  day,  in  addition  to  the  regular  shoot  for  the  club  medal,  the 
club  entertained  a large  delegation  from  the  Cincinnati  Gun  Club, 
as  well  as  a number  of  shooters  from  others  towns  in  the  vicinity. 

The  visitors  from  Cincinnati  were  met  at  the  Union  Station  by 
the  Rohrer’s  Reception  Committee — Messrs.  John  Schaerf  and 
H.  Lockwood — and  escorted  to  the  10  o’clock  train  on  the  Erie 
Railroad,  which,  by  courtesy  of  the  company,  stopped  opposite  the 
grounds.  Upon  arriving,  the  visitors  were  given  a royal  wel- 
come. The  local  club  members  had  provided  themselves  with  200 
blank  cartridges  laoded  with  black  powder  and  these  . were _ fired, 
making  a noise  resembling  a half  dozen  gatling  guns  in  action  at 
once.  Though  taken  by  surprise,  the  Cincinnati  boys  quickly  re- 
covered, and  somewhat  turned  the  tables  on  the  Rohrer’s  by  re- 
plying with  a similar  salute. 

In  a large  tent,  a bountiful  hot  dinner  was  served,  and  the 
supply  of  good  things  lasted  all  day. 

The  members  of  the  club  were  on  hand  early  in  the  day,  so  as 
to  get  their  medal  shoot  out  of  the  way  before  the  arrival,  of  the 
guests.  Twenty-three  took  part  in  this  event.  Rike,  Cain,  Os- 
wald and  Schwind  qualifying  with  scores  of  25  or  better. 

In  the  third-shoot-off  "Cain  broke  4,  Rike  breaking  5 straight 
and  winning  the  medal. 

The  big  event  of  the  day  was  the  friendly  match  between  ten 
men  teams  of  the  Rohrer’s  Islanders  and  Cincinnatis.  This  was 
at  50  targets  per  man,  and  was  won  by  the  visitors  with  a score 
of  411  to  372.  The  wind  during  the  match  affected  the  flight  of 
the  targets  badly  and  few  of  the  shooters  on  either  team  shot  up 
to  their  usual  mark,  Ralph  Trimble  was  high  man  with  the  score 
of  49.  Maynard  second  with  44  and  Faran  third  with  43.  Cain 
and  Rike  made  high  score  for  the  home  club,  41  each. 

Two  sweepstakes  were  shot  before  dinner,  and  after  the  team 
The  sport  was  kept  up  until  it  was  too  dark  to  see  the  targets, 
eacU,  16yds.,  $1  entrance,  four  moneys,  40,  30,  20  and  10  per  cent. 
The  sport  was  kept  up  until  it  was  to  odark  to  see  the  targets, 
■when  the  boys  reluctantly  put  up  their  guns  and  left  for  the  city. 

Club  medal  shoot,  50  targets,  handicap  of  extra  targets  to 
shoot  at: 


Shot  at.  Broke. 


Rike  

. 30 

27 

Cain  

. 27 

25 

Oswald  ... 

. 30 

26 

Schwind  .. 

25 

Hohm  .... 

. 32 

24 

Sirran  ..... 

. 31 

24 

Barr  

, 311 

23 

Whitacre  . 

. 28 

23 

Hanauer  . 

. 30 

22 

W entz  .... 

. 30 

21 

Miller 

. 30 

21 

Oldt  ...... 

. 32 

21 

Shoot-off 
Rike  

No. 

1: 

. 12 

11 

Cain  

. 10 

10 

Shoot-off 
Rike  ...... 

No. 

2: 

..  5 

5 

Cain  ...... 

. 5 

6 

Shoot-off 
Rike  ...... 

No. 

3 : 

5 

Following  is  a list  of  medal  wir 
the  shoot-off: 

March  22;  Chas,  F.  Miller,  si: 


Shot  at.  Broke. 


Gemin  ........ 

21 

Hodapp  ....... 

19 

Kette  

35 

18 

H Heikes  ..... 

35 

18 

Smyth  

30 

18 

Kunz  

32 

17 

Cook  

32 

17 

Sapp  

.....  35 

14 

Lawrence  

35 

12 

Balsewicz  

.....  35 

11 

Moorey  

.....  35 

10 

Oswald  ........ 

......  11 

10 

Schwind  

......  10 

8 

Oswald  

5 

4 

Cain  

4 

to  date,  with  the  number  in 


men. 


The  New  Moorefield,  O.,  Gun  Club  held  their  first  monthly 
shoot  on  April  19,  with  an  attendance  of  twenty-five.  Jeff  was 
high  gun  with  301  out  of  125.  Foley  second  with  94.  A strong 
wind  bothered  the  shooters. 

H,  N.  Kirby  was  the  only  one  who  succeeded  in  breaking 
straight  in  the  25-target  event. 

The  club  has  fine  shooting  grounds,  and  will  hold  regular  shoots 
during  the  season.  Visitors  are  always  welcome  and  will  be  well 
looked  after.  The  scores: 

Events:  123456789  10  Shot 

at.  Broke. 
125  101 

125  94 

95  86 

105  80 

95  76 

110  70 

85  68 

85  53 

75  48 

70  41 

60  38 

55  31 

45  31 

40  26 

40  26 

40  21 

30  20 

40  17 

30  16 

20  16 

30  13 

20  14 

20  11 

10  3 

20  9 

Notes, 


Targets:  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  15  15  25 


Jeff  

8 

6 

9 10 

7 

8 

8 12  13  20 

Foley  

9 

7 

9 

6 

7 

7 10  10 

8 21 

H Kirby  

9 

9 

9 

8 

. . 14  12  25 

Sank  

6 

8 

9 

9 

7 

. . 

. . 10  13  18 

R Neer  

8 

7 10 

9 

6 

6 

6 .. 

..  24 

Batdorf  

3 

7 

6 

6 

5 

9 

6 12 

..  16 

Ernst  

7 

6 

8 

7 

9 

9 

..  22 

Goings  

7 

8 

6 

7 

6 

6 

6 7 

McClintock  

5 

7 

8 

8 

7 

5 

..  8 

Demory  

7 

4 

6 

7 

8 

3 

6 .. 

P S Neer 

5 

7 

6 

6 

6 

8 

K-Sl  

3 

8 

4 

..  16 

Hayman  

9 

6 

8 

..  8 

Hunter  

5 

10 

6 

5 

Groves  

4 

8 

5 

9 

West  

5 

5 

6 

5 

Tullis  

9 

7 

4 

Wright  

3 

5 

5 

4 

Pccrman  

7 

3 

6 

G Ernst  

9 

7 

Arbuckle  

4 

5 

4 

Slagle  

9 

5 

Corey  

6 

5 

PIcvey  

3 

Mclntire  

5 

4 

The  Advance  Gun  Club,  of  Dayton,  O.,  has  completed  their 
club  house  and  trap  pits,  and  will  hold  regular  shoots  on  Thurs- 
days this  season. 

The  Welfare  Gun  Club,  of  Dayton,  will  open  its  season  on  May 
6,  when  the  members  of  the  Greenville  Gun  Club  will  be  enter- 
tained, and  beaten  in  a team  match  if  possible.  The  club  has 
joined  the  Ohio  Trapshooters’  League,  and  will  be  represented  at 
events  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  League. 

The  Troy,  O.,  Gun  Club  has  undergone  a complete  reorganiza- 
tion, the  new  officers  being:  E.  E.  Thomson,  President;  F.  O. 

Bcutson,  Vice-President;  Will  Haines,  Secretary;  Otto  Smith, 
Treasurer;  Walter  Augsburger,  General  Manager.  There  are  some 
good  shots  among  its  members,  and  will  be  able  to  put  forward  a 
good  team  in  important  events. 


Greenvil’e  (O.)  Gun  Club. 


The  fourth  medal  shoot  of  the  Greenville  Gun  Club  was  held  on 
April  17.  The  weather  was  not  of  the  best.  A strong  wind, 
which  blew  all  the  afternoon,  caused  the  targets  to  dip  badly,  and 
made  high  scores  impossible.  In  Class  A,  Boioe  Eidson  tied 
with  W.  Kirby,  the  previous  winner,  on  42  each.  Harry  ILartzell 
won  the  medal  in  Class  B,  with  a score  of  40.  There  was  a good 
turnout  of  members,  all  getting  in  trim  for  the  tournament  on 
May  9-10.  The  new  members  are  getting  the  hang  of  things,  and 
made  a good  showing  to-day.  The  scores: 

Club  medal  shoot,  50  targets:  Eidson  (17yds.)  42,  Kirby  (22)  42 
McAughey  (17)  41,  Hartzell  (12)  40,  Ayers  (13)  39,  Warner  (17) 
37,  Lockwood  (12)  35,  Limbert  (12)  34,  Fouts  (12)  32,  Huddle  (12) 
31,  Baker  (19)  31,  Smith  (12)  22,  Wolf  (12)  16. 

Bonasa. 

In  Other  Places. 

The  newly  organized  Salem,  O.,  Gun  Club  on  Saturday  closed 
the  deal  with  R.  B.  Heaton,  whereby  the  club  will  have  the  use  of 
the  grounds  near  the  Ft.  Wayne  station.  The  same  is  already 
equipped  with  club  house,  trap-pits,  etc. 

Sherburn  M.  Becker,  chairman  of  the  committee  of  the  South 
Side  Gun  Club,  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  on  medals  and  trophies,  is 
planning  several  prizes  that  will,  when  introduced,  make  a very 
novel  and  spirited  contest. 

One  of  the  gold  medals  now  up  for  competition  between  mem- 
bers of  the  South  Side  Club,  Milwaukee,  will  be  temporarily 
awarded  monthly  to  the  one  having  the  three  highest  averages 
during  the  month.  The  one  having  the  highest  average  at  end 
of  year  to  win. 

We  have  a line  or  two  from  Hopkinsville  which  states  that  C. 
O.  Le  Compte,  Harold  Money,  John  S.  Boa,  J.  A.  R.  Elliott,  H. 
N.  Kirby  and  Frank  Riehl  will  be  present  at  the  Interstate  tourna- 
ment, April  27  and  28.  It  is  stated  that  Boa  is  now  shooting  in 
the  place  of  Charley  Spencer,  who  is  very  sick.  Most  of  these 
men  are  well  known  in  the  Blue  Grass  State,  and  all  wilt  be  made 
welcome. 

If  any  of  the  Illinois  shooters  happen  to  be  at  Freeport  on  the 
club  practice  day  they  will  find  a ready  right  hand  awaiting  them 
at  the  shooting  grounds.  Freeport  is  one  of  the  northwest  towns 
of  the  State,  and  has  long  been  known  as  a good  shooting  center. 

Dick  Linderman  is  alive  and  well,  and  still  getting  a line  on 
the  clay  targets  now  and  then.  He  was  lately  reported  as  having 
attended  a meeting  held  by  the  Lincoln,  Neb.,  Gun  Club. 

A tournament  will  be  held  at  Rantoul,  111.,  May  5,  under  the 
management  of  J.  D.  Neal.  He  will  be  assisted  by  the  old  veteran 
W.  Tramp  Irwm.  This  shoot  was  arranged  to  catch  the  trap- 
shooters  before  they  got  too  busy  planting  corn. 

All  Western  (especially  Illinois)  shooters  should  keep  an  eye  on 
the  announcements  concerning  the  tournament,  that  will  be  held 
at  Putnam,  111.,  June  16  and  17,  under  the  auspices  of  the  Under- 
cliff Sportsmen’s  Association. 

" The  local  sportsmen  of  Breckenridge,  Minn.,  met  last  Saturday 
evening  and  formed  a gun  club.  The  officers  elected  are:  Presi- 

dent, Moyle  Edwards;  Secretary,  Frank  Sykora;  Treasurer,  J.  L. 
Thompaugh.  The  start  is  made  with  twenty  members,  and  there 
will  be  weekly  shoots  held. 

Programmes  will  be  ready  May  1 for  the  Bradford,  Pa.,  Gun 
Club  shoot,  to  be  held  June  21  and  22.  This  will  be  just  preced- 
ing the  G,  A.  H.,  and  will  be  an  opportunity  to  practice.  The 
secretary  extends  an  invitation  to  all  to  be  present  and  participate. 

The  Masonic  Gun  Club,  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  will  hold  a tournament 
soon.  This  club  was  organized  last  year,  and  starts  out  this  year 
with  great  enthusiasm. 


The  Kingdom  Gun  Club,  of  Fulton,  Mo.,  has  a big  name,  but 
the  scores  reported  show  that  only  three  men  were  at  the  last 
shoot.  E.  M.  Bolton  broke  8 out  of  25;  H.  R.  Brogg  43  out  of 
66;  R.  A.  Moore,  51  out  of  66. 

West  Duluth,  Minn.,  Rod  and  Gun  Club  have  selected  grounds 
which  are  thought  to  be  perfect,  being  surrounded  on  three  sides 
by  water,  and  containing  twelve  acres. 

The  Mankato,  .Minn.,  Gun  Club  have  called  a meeting  for  the 
purpose  of  electing  officers  and  transacting  much  other  business 
that  will  be  intended  to  put  the  club  in  good  condition  for  this 
year. 

The  Sleepy  Eye,  Minn.,  Gun  Club  held  a shoot  last  Wednesday, 
and  there  was  some  good  shooting  by  old  and  new  members. 
Hodges  for  an  old  member,  and  Dr.  Oscar  Werring  for  the  new, 
made  good  scores. 

The  Darlington,  Wis.,  rifle  shooters  have  opened  a range  on  the 
old  gun  club  grounds,  and  will  proceed  to  improve  in  the  manly 
art  of  rifle  shooting.  The  membership  will  be  limited  to  fifteen. 

The  Marino^  Gun  Club,  of  Frost,  Minn.,  held  their  first  meeting 
last  Saturday.  All  were  green,  and  the  secretary  writes  that  no 
“world’s  records  were  smashed.” 

After  a rest  of  several  years,  the  Perkins  Gun  Club,  of  Sharon, 
Pa.,  has  come  to  life.  Warren  Taylor  is  President;  Thomas 
Wallis,  Vice-President;  James  W.  Carver,  Secretary  and  Treas- 
urer. 

The  Paducah,  Ky.,  Gun  Club  has  started  up  the  season  with  a 
pigeon  shoot  for  $25  a corner. 

The  Valparaiso,  Ind.,  Gun  Club  will  initiate  its  new  ground  and 
new  trap  Monday.  Shooters  from  neighboring  towns  will  partici- 
pate. 

Another  club  for  Iowa.  This  time  it  is  at  Kingsley,  and  there 
will  be^  some  regular  tall  shooting,  as  there  are  now  thirty  mem- 
bers. They  grow  shooters  in  Iowa  about  the  same  as  they  grow 
corn  and  hogs. 

The  Superior,  Wis.,  Gun  Club  has  taken  steps  to  secure 
trophies..  There  will  be  special  inducements  offered  for  the  ladies 
to.  participate.  Special  light-weight  guns  and  proper  ammunition 
will  be  provided,  and  the  grounds  will  be  so  arranged  as  to  best 
suit  their  convenience  and  make  it  a pleasure  for  their  assistance 
in  maintenance. 

The  members  of  the  new  Fond  du  Lac  Gun  Club  will  hold  their 
second  shoot  on  Sunday;  then  a meeting  will  be  held  Wednesday 
for. the  purpose  of  electing  officers. 

The  first  State  shoot  for  this  year  will  be  held  at  Mt.  Clemens, 
Mich.,  May  10,  11  and  12.  These  dates  have  been  chosen  so  as  not 
to  interfere  with  the  Pittsburg  State  shoot.  Teams  from  all  parts 
of  the  State  will  participate.  The  officers  are  alert,  and  a fine 
programme  will  be  issued. 

Sunday  was  a blustery  day  when  the  Anaconda,  Mont.,  Club 
members  met  to  shoot  at  the  clays.  None  but  the  old  reliables 
were  out. 

The  Undercliff  Sportsmen’s  Association,  composed  of  some 
seventy  of  the  best  sportsmen  of  Illinois,  will  hold  a tournament 
at  their  headquarters,  Putnam,  111.,  June  16,  17  and  18.  It  will  be 
a social  gathering,  as  well  as  a resting  place  for  the  traveling 
shooter  or  others  who  tire  of  city  life.  Write  to  C.  W.  Grubbs, 
Putnam,  111.,  for  programme. 

The  Rantoul,  111.,  Gun  Club,  under  the  able  management  of 
Jack  Neal,  will  hold  a one-day  shoot  May  5.  The  club  is  well 
provided  with  fine,  level  grounds. 

Garfield  Gun  Club. 

Chicago,  April  22.— The  appended  scores  were  made  on  our 
grounds  to-day  on  the  occasion  of  the  first  trophy  shoot  of  the 
season.  Dr.  Meek,  W.  A.  Jones  and  Tom  Jones  tied  for  Class 
A trophy  on  23;  Gould,  Class  B on  18;  Stalnaker,  Class  C on  19. 

The  day  was  ideal  for  trapshooting,  and  a large  crowd  of 
shooters  lined  up  for  the  occasion,  over  thirty  taking  part  in  the 
various,  events  of  the  day. 

Paid  representatives  were  out  in  good  force,  there  being  Veit- 
meyer,  Lord,  Stannard  and  Steenberg,  the  latter  being  high  man 
for  the  dajq  losing  only  9 targets  in  110  shot  at.  Three  more  appli- 
cants for  membership  were  taken,  making  now  eighteen  on  the 
waiting  list. 


No.  1 was 

the  trophy 

event. 

No.  7 was  at  5 

pairs. 

Events : 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 6 

7 

Events: 

i 

2 3 

4 

5 6 

7 

Targets : 

25  10 

10 

10 

10  10  10 

Targets: 

25  10  10  10  10  10  10 

Dr  Shaw . . . 

21  10 

6 

9 

Richards  .... 

20 

..  6 

6 

7 .. 

Dr  Reynolds  20 

8 

7 

9 

8 8 

, . 

Hathaway. . . 

12 

..  6 

7 

Dr  Meek... 

23 

9 

10 

9 

10  8 

1 

McKennon. . . 

22 

..  10 

9 

7 .. 

Keck  

19  10 

7 

8 

1.0  8 

6 

Dr  Huff 

18 

..  7 

5 

9 .. 

Stannard  . . 

22  10 

9 

8 

8 10 

7 

T Rupel 

23 

..  8 10 

8 8 

8 

Vietmeyer.. . 

20 

9 

9 

9 

6 10 

7 

W A Jones.. 

23 

..  10 

7 

9 9 

8 

Gould  

18 

7 

6 

5 

4 8 

2 

Kissack  

16 

..  5 

9 

..  9 

3 

Steenberg 

24  10 

8 

10 

10  10 

9 

T Jones 

23 

..  9 

6 

5 9 

Smeedes. 

22 

8 

8 

8 

9 .. 

, . 

W einsberg. . 

23 

. „ 

8 

9 8 

7 

T Ellis 

19 

7 

8 

7 

9 6 

5 

Ford  

15 

6 6 

1 

"Stalnaker 

19 

8 

4 

9 

6 7 

5 

Leete  ....... 

20 

5 5 

5 

Horns  

18 

5 

4 

8 

6 7 

Stone 

18 

6 8 

7 

Lord  

20 

10 

7 

7 9 

Thomas  

..  7 

3 

9 7 

Eaton  

22 

. . 

9 

5 

8 7 

Ostendorp. . . 

7 8 

4 

L Wolff  ... 

7 

8 

4 

Vanderveer. . 

5 .. 

15 

1 

2 

Team  race 

25 

targets, 

Messrs. 

Stone  and  Lord, 

captains 

Stone  

20 

Lord  

.23 

Dr  Meek  . . 

.15 

Keck  

Gould  

.15 

Stannard  . . . 

.23 

Steenberg 

.20 

Vietmeyer  .. 

21 

T Ellis  .... 

.18 

Stalnaker  . . . 

.21 

Kissack  .... 

.19 

Gardener  . . . 

Weinsburg 

.24 

Rupel  

.21 

Ford  

.12 

W A Jones. 

.17 

Ostendorp 

. 8-151 

Leete  

.15—172 

Dr.  J.  W.  MEEk,  Sec’y. 


SIDE  LIGHTS  OF  TRADE. 


To  Purchasers  of  Savage  Rifles:  We  find  a few  Savage  rifles 

are  being  offered  by  certain  catalogue  houses  who  are  not  cus- 
tomers of  ours,  at  prices  which  at  a glance,  seem  cheaper  than 
our  regular  schedule,  but  investigation  shows  that  the  rifles  they 
are  delivering  have  been  altered  since  leaving  the  factory,  in- 
cluding changing  or  obliterating  the  serial  numbers,  which  are 
stamped  on  every  genuine  Savage  rifle.  As  it  is  impossible  for 
us  to  ascertain  to  what  extent  these  rifles  have  been  used  or 
altered  and  probably  injured,  we  take  this  opportunity  of  advising 
the  public  that  we  assume  no  responsibility  whatsoever  for  any 
rifles  on  which  the  serial  number  has  been  obliterated  or  changed 
in  any  way.  For  your  own  protection,  refuse  to  accept  rifles 
tendered  you  as  above  described. 

Savage  Arms  Co.,  Utica,  N.  Y.,  U.  S.  A. 


PUBLISHERS’  DEPARTMENT. 


The  angler  who  is  waiting  to  receive  the  telegram  notifying  him 
that  the  ice  has  gone  out  of  the  Maine  lakes  will  be  eager  to  see 
the  1905  edition  of  the  “Sportsman’s  Guide  Book,”  issued  by  the 
Bangor  & Aroostook  R.  R.,  and  his  brother,  who  contemplates  a 
summer  camping  trip  or  a fall  hunt  in  Maine  will  welcome  its 
appearance  with  equal  eagerness.  Many  of  the  railroad  guide 
books  neglect  to  give  the  reader  that  specific  information  which 
he  desires.  The  B.  & A.  R.  R.  “Guide  Book,”  however,  gives 
just  the  information  the  sportsman  wants. 


Michigan  is  a Mecca  to  the  sportsmen  of  a wide  country.  Here, 
almost  without  arm’s  length  of  the  second  city  in  America,  is  a real 
wilderness.  Here  is  fishing  for  trout,  bass  and  maskinonge,  and 
shooting  and  hunting  such  as  is  hardly  known  anywhere  else  in 
the  country.  The  Detroit  & Mackinac  R.  R.  traverses  this  very 
desirable  region,  a country  adapted  not  only  to  outdoor  life  of  the 
rougher  sort,  but  also  to  summer  vacations  and  family  outings, 
where  one  can  really  get  near  to  nature.  Mr.  T.  G.  Winnett, 
G.  P.  A.,  Bay  City,  Mich.,  will  furnish  booklets,  giving  informa- 
tion about  D.  & M.  R.  R.,  and  the  country  it  traverses,  on 
application. 


Among  the  multitude  of  baits  and  spoons  offered  for  sale  to  the 
angler  who  wants  the  best,  the  flexible  “Silver  King”  may  be 
cordially  recommended.  Waters  and  the  local  preferences  or 
prejudices  of  the  fish  must  always  be  consulted,  but  the  “Silver 
King”  has  proved  itself  a very  killing  bait,  and  we  believe  will 
be  so  in  most  waters. 


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are  shown  in  scenes  which  have  in 
them  the  spirit  of  the  wild  creatures 
and  their  surroundings.  Each  picture 
is  an  accurate  portrait  of  the  subject 
and  has  a pleasing  landscape  setting  as 
well.  Of  smaller  game  there  are  field 
scenes  in  which  figure  the  quail,  ruffed 
grouse;  and  a number  of  splendid 
reproductions  of  Audubon  bird  pic- 
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The  Savage  .22-caliber  "Junior” 
Single-shot  Rifle  feeds  itself.  You 
simply  drop  the  cartridge  into  the 
receiver  and  close  the  action  which 
* pushes  the  cartridge  into  its  place  in  the  barrel.  This  same 
Q operation  cocks  the  arm  and  it  is  ready  to  fire.  Only  rifle  of 
its  type  that  has  this  feature.  When  it  comes  to  Rifles,  the 
Savage  is  different. 

"No  savage  beast  would  dare  io  trifle 
With  a man  with  a Savage  Rifle." 

SAVAGE  .22-ca.Iiber  “Junior”  Single-shot 
SAVAGE  .22-ca.liber  “Specia.1”  Junior  - 

Similar  to  regulur  “Junior,”  only  fancier. 


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1.  Alert  (Moose),  ....  Carl  Rungius 

2.  The  White  Flag  (Deer),  - - Carl  Rungius 

8.  “ Listen ! ” (Mule  Deer),  - - Carl  Rungius 

4.  On  the  Heights  (Mountain  Sheep),  Carl  Rungius 
6.  “ What’s  That  ?”  (Antelope).  - Carl  Rungius 

6.  The  Home  of  the  White  Goat. 

Photo  by  H.  T.  Folsom 

7.  Calling  the  Buffalo — 1 The  Lure,  E.  W.  Deming 

8.  Calling  the  Buffalo — 2 The  Drive,  E.  W.  Deming 

9.  Calling  the  Buffalo — 8 The  Fall,  E.  W.  Deming 

10.  Calling  the  Buffalo— 4 Packing  the  Meat. 

E.  W.  Deming 

11.  Sail,  Sea  and  Sky,  Navahoe  on  the  Solent. 

Photo  by  West  & Son 

12.  The  Trapper’s  Camp.  - - E.  W.  Deming 

18.  Peafl  R.  (Setter),  - - - E.  H.  Osthaus 

14.  The  Purple  Sandpiper,  - - J.  J.  Audubon 

15.  The  Black  Duck,  - - - - J.  J.  Audubon 

16.  The  Shoveller  Duck,  - - J.  J.  Audubon 

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17.  The  Redhead  Duck, 

18.  The  Canvasback  Duck,  - 

19.  The  Prairie  Chicken,  - 

20.  The  Willow  Ptarmigan,  - 

21.  The  American  Plover,  ...  J.J.  Audubon 

22.  Rap  Full,  Schooner  Constellation  in  a 

North  Easter,  - - Photo  by  N.  L.  Stebbins 

23.  First  Around  Home  Mark.  The  Altair 

off  Larchmont,  - - Photo  by  Jas.  Burton 

24.  The  Challenge  (Elk),  - - Carl  Rungius 

25.  Quail  Shooting  in  Mississippi,  - - E.  Osthaus 

26.  Ripsey  (Pointer)  E Osthaus 

27.  Between  Casts,  - - - W.  P.  Davison 

28.  Home  of  the  Bass,  - - - W.  P.  Davison 

29.  In  Boyhood  Days,  - - - W.  P.  Davison 

30.  A Country  Road  (Partridge),  W.  P.  Davison 

81.  When  Food  Grows  Scarce.  (Quail),  W.  P.  Davison 

82.  In  the  Fence  Corner  (Quail),  W.  P,  Davison 


HUNTING  WITHOUT  A GUN 


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ROWLAND  E.  ROBINSON 

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of  those  writers.  He  belonged  to  a school  of  men  which  has 
passed,  a school  of  men  who — in  the  eyes  of  many  people — wrote 
better  stuff  than  is  written  now. 

Mr.  Robinson’s  new  book,  “Hunting  Without  a Gun,’'  is  just 
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many  of  our  old  friends  appear  again,  and  it  warms  the  heart  to 
see  their  names  and  to  hear  their  familiar  accents. 

The  present  volume  is  illustrated  by  the  portrait  of  Mr, 
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barrels.  The  finest  quality  Circassian  wal- 
nut stock,  straight  grip,  with  elaborate 
checkering.  This  gun  is  like  new  in  every 
way,  and  with  it  is  a fine  imported  leather 
case.  Dimensions  are  as  follows:  12-ga., 
30-in.,  7%  lbs.,  1%  x 1 % x 14%.  Special 

price  $350.00 

W.  W.  Greener  royal  quality  Crown  ejec- 
tor. Very  few  Crown  Greeners  ever  come 
into  the  market  second-hand,  and  are  al- 
ways snapped  up  as  soon  as  they  appear. 
This  one  is  a very  desirable  example  of 
this  grade,  and  with  a fine  shooting  record. 
It  has  Greener’s  special  Damascus  barrels, 
fine  half  pistol  grip  stock,  and  is  full 
choke  in  both  barrels.  Dimensions:  12-ga., 
30-in.,  7 lbs.  9oz.,  2 3-16  in.  drop,  14%  in. 
stock.  Cost  $425.00,  and  is  in  perfect  con- 
dition. Special  net  price $250.00 

W.  W.  Greener  royal  quality  ejector,  with 
finest  English  Damascus  barrels,  full  choke, 
flat  engine-turned  rib,  very  elaborate  en- 
graving, fine  Italian  walnut  half  pistoj  grip 
stock.  Dimensions:  12-ga.,  30-in.,  7%  lbs., 
2%  in.  drop,  14%  in.  stock.  Cost  new  $425, 

and  is  as  good  as  new.  Price $250.00 

W.  W.  Greener  grand  prize  pigeon  gun, 
$350  grade,  with  Sir  Joseph  Whitworth 
fluid  steel  barrels,  full  choke,  half  pistol 
grip,  elaborate  engraving.  Dimensions: 
12-ga.,  30-in.,  7%  lbs.,  2%  in.  drop,  14%  in. 
stock.  An  extremely  fine  gun.  Price, 

net  $225.00 

W.  W.  Greener  double  4-bore,  weighing 
22  lbs.,  and  cost  new  $450.  It  has  a fine 
pair  of  Damascus  barrels,  without  pit  or 
flaw,  40-in  long,  stock  14  in.,  heavy  Silver’s 
recoil  pad,  half  pistol  grip,  3 in.  drop,  and 
it  is  one  of  the  most  powerful  guns  we 

have  ever  seen.  Price,  net $200.00 

W.  W.  Greener  Monarch  ejector,  with 
Sieman  steel  barrels,  English  walnut  half 
pistol  grip  stock.  Right  barrel  cylinder, 
left  modified,  12-ga.,  28-in.,  6%  lbs.,  2%  in. 
drop,  14%  in.  stock.  Slightly  shopworn 

only.  Cost,  $200.00.  Price $125.00 

W.  W.  Greener  Monarch  ejector,  with 
Sieman  steel  barrels,  English  walnut  half 
pistol  grip  stock.  Both  barrels  full  choke. 
Dimensions,  12-ga.,  30-in.,  7 lbs.  weight,  2% 
in.  drop,  14%  in.  stock.  Slightly  shop- 
worn. Cost  new,  $200.00.  Price $130.00 


W.  W.  Greener  “Far  Killing  Duck” 
hammer  gun,  $200  grade.  Fine  English 
laminated  barrels,  low  hammers,  handsome 
stock,  half  pistol  grip,  full  choke.  Dimen- 
sions, 10-ga.,  32-in.  barrels,  8%  lbs.,  14%  in. 

stock.  Price,  net $100.00 

Greener  Regent  hammerless,  with  Sie- 
man-Martin  steel  barrels.  Dimensions: 
12-ga.,  27-in.  barrels,  6 lbs.  4 oz.  weight. 
Cost  new  $65,  and  in  perfect  condition. 

Price  $39.50 

Baker  hammerless  duck  gun,  “A”  grade, 
with  fine  four-blade  Damascus  barrels,  mat- 
ted rib,  nicely  engraved.  Selected  imported 
walnut  stock.  In  perfect  condition;  as 
good  as  new.  Dimensions:  10-ga.,  30-in., 

10%  lbs.  Cost  new,  $42.75.  Price. ..  .$30.00 
Parker  hammerless,  12-ga.,  30-in.,  7%  lbs., 
Titanic  steel  barrels.  Right  modified,  left 
full  choke.  Imported  walnut  straight  grip 
stock.  List  $100,  and  only  slightly  shop- 
worn. Great  bargain  at $52.50 

Lefever  hammerless,  with  Damascus  bar- 
rels; full  pistol  grip  stock.  Slightly  shop- 
worn; 16-ga.,  28-in.  barrels,  6 lbs.,  2 9-16  in. 
drop,  14-in.  stock.  List,  $57.00.  Price,  $30. 

L.  C.  Smith  ejector  pigeon  gun,  12-ga., 
30-in.,  7%  lbs.,  2%  in.,  14%  in.;  full  choke, 
Damascus  barrels,  straight  grip.  Very 
slightly  shopworn.  Cost,  $60.00.  Great 

bargain  at  $35.00 

W.  & C.  Scott  & Son  hammer  gun, 
16-ga.,  28-in;  6%  lbs.,  in  good  condition. 
Damascus  barrels,  half  pistol  grip.  Cost 

new,  $125.00.  Price,  net $38.50 

W.  & C.  Scott  & Son  single  hammer  4- 
bore  gun,  with  36-in.  barrels,  10%  lbs. 
weight.  In  good  condition.  Damascus  bar- 
rels, half  pistol  grip.  Cost  new,  $125.00. 

Price,  net  $45.00 

Lefever  duck  gun,  8-ga.,  32-in.  barrels, 
11%  lbs.  weight.  Shows  some  wear,  but 
good  for  years  of  service.  In  leather  case, 
and  is  offered  at  one-third  the  original 

cost.  Price $37.50 

W.  W.  Greener  hammer  field  gun,  12-ga., 
28-in.  _ barrels,  7 lbs.  6 oz.,  2 5-16  in.  drop, 
13%  in.  stock.  Sieman  steel  barrels,  half 
pistol  grip.  Greener  cross-bolt.  In  good 
second-hand  condition.  Cost  new,  $120.00. 

Price  $45.00 

Colt  hammer  duck  gun,  10-ga.,  32-in., 
9%  lbs.,  with  Damascus  barrels.  A good, 
sound,  strong  shooting  gun,  that  cost  new 
$65.00,  and  now  in  good  second-hand  condi- 
tion. Price  $27.50 


HENRY  C.  SQUIRES  & SON,  20  Cortlandt  St.,  New  York. 

WE  BUY  AND  TR'DE  SECOND-HAND  GUNS.  With  the  passing  of  the  shooting  season, 
many  sportsmen  desire  to  change  their  shooting  equipment  for  something  different  For  many 
years  we  have  made  a specialty  of  nuying  and  selling  second-hand  guns,  and  we  usually  have  the 
largest  stock  of  fine  second-hand  guns  in  the  country.  If.vou  c intemplate  buying  a new  gun 
next  season,  or  having  one  built  to  order,  now  is  the  time  to  write  about  it,  and  if  you  have  a 
really  good  second-hand  gun  to  trade  in  as  part  payment,  we  can  make  you  more  favorable 
terms  now  than  we  could  at  the  beginning  of  next  season.  We  have  a market  for  all  the  good 
second-hand  guns  we  can  get. 


Blackbird 
Club  Trap 


Send  ten  cents  in  stamps  for  our  new  IT' E'  • _ 

and  beautifully  illustrated  catalogue  of  A-  ll\G  iC  ISfAlOg  it  ACiCi© 

Tourists’  Knapsaks  and  Clothing  Bags,  Rubber  Blank. ts,  Tents,  Camp  Outfits. 

Very  light  16  and  20  bore  SCOTT  GUNS  just  received;  also  light  12.  Also  fine  bronze  metal  Breech-Loading 
YACHT  CANNON;  all  sizes.  EVERYTHING  FOR  CAMP  AND  FIELD. 

WM.  R£AD  <&  5UINS,  Washington  st.,  Boston,  Mass, 

(Established  1826.) 


is  the  latest,  simplest  and  best 
automatic  trap  on  the  market 
SOLD  OUTRIGHT  at  a price 
no  higher  than  the  first  year's  rental  of  other  traps  that  won’t  do  as 
good  work. 

The  Blackbird  Club  Trap  will  throw  any  standard  target,  and  throw 
them  the  way  trap  shooters  like  them  thrown. 

Price  $30.00 — First  Cost— Only  Cost. 


Iver  Johnson  Sporting  Goods  Co., 

163-165  Washington  St.,  - - Boston,  Mass. 


FINE  GUNS,  SPORTSMENS  OUTFITS. 


OtKer  Gvins 
TaJken  in  Tra.de. 


SCOTT’S  MONTE  CARLO 

Automatic  Ejector  Hammerless. 


Also  GREENER,  PURDY, 
LAN<L  PARKER,  L.  C. 
SMITH. 


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No.  50,  Daly  rifle  and  shot,  12  gauge,  38-55  and  30-30,  - $50  00 

No.  105,  three-barrel  hammer  guns,  12  gauge,  30-30  and  38-55,  $90  00 
Three  barrel  hammerless  gtms,  - - $150.00  and  $200.00 

SPECIALTY  CATALOGUE  MAILED  ON  APPLICATION. 


SCHOVERLING,  DALY  & GALES, 

5- ' 302-304  Broadway,  - - - NEW  YORK, 


For  all  game  laws  see  Game  Laws  in  Brief,**  sold  by  all  dealers 

VOL.  LXIV. — No-13.  SATURDAY,  HAY  6,  1905. 


Terms,  postpaid,  $4.  I FOREST  AND  STREAM  PUBLISHING  COMPANY,  346  BROADWAY,  NEW  YORK.  PRICE  10  CENTS. 

Great  Britain,  $5.50. 1 LONDON:  Davies  & Co.  PARIS:  Breniano’s.  ’ " 


ESTABLISHED  1873. 


Entered  at  the  New  York  Post  Office  as  Second  Clats  Matter. 


C pyright,  1SC4,  by  Foiest  and  Stream  Fnbiistirg  Co. 


75 he  U.M.C.  EASTERN  SQUAD 


U1ICII*- 


composed  of  the  well-known  experts,  Capt.  Tom  A.  Marshall,  R.  on  Heikes,  F.  E.  Butler, 
W.  H.  Heer  and  H.  H.  Stevens,  has  been  giving  a series  of  shoots  in  the  East  during  the 
last  four  weeks.  By  attending  the  Bennsylvania  State  Shoot  at  Pittsburg,  May  2-5,  the  Squad 


FINISHES  A WHIRLWIND  TOUR 


covering  sixteen  cities  and  four  States.  Many  remarkable  scores  have  been  made,  such  as 
the  following:  R.  O.  Heikes,  307-325  (two  days);  W.  H.  Heer,  99-100;  R.  O.  Heikes 

100  straight,  and  several  other  97  and  98  per  cents.  Large  and  enthusiastic  crowds  were 
present  to  watch  the  work  of  the  experts. 


V.  M.  C.  Quality  maKes  1/.  M.  C.  Experts  ‘Possible. 


THE  UNION  METALLIC  CARTRIDGE  CO. 

Agency,  313  Broadway,  New  York  City,  N.  Y.  BRIDGEPORT,  CONN.  Depot,  86-88  First  St.,  San  Francisco 


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RECORD-BREAKING,  PRIZE-WINNING  SCORES 


WINCHESTER  .22  CALIBER  CARTRIDGES 


At  the  Open  Tournament  held  by  the  Zettler  Rifle  Club  in  New  York  City,  March  i-ii,  three  of  the  four  first  prizes  were  won  by  shooters 
who  shot  Winchester  Cartridges.  Not  only  were  the  prizes  won  by  Winchester  Cartiidges,  but  the  scores  made  were  so  phenomenally  high 
that  they  surprised  even  the  experts,  all  of  which  is  proof  that  Winchester  Cartridges  are  unequalled  for  accuracy,  reliability  and  results  1 he 
events,  winners  and  scores  wete  as  follows: 

RING  TARGET:  R.  Gute,  with  Winchester  Cartridges;  score,  five  75’s  (75  being  the  best  possible).  J.  W.  Dearborn, 
shooting  Winchester  Cartridges;  score,  three  75’s  and  five  74’s. 

ZIMMERMAN  TARGET:  Won  by  R.  Gute,  with  Winchester  Cartridges;  score,  39  (39  being  the  best  possible),  38. 

BULLSEYE  TARGET:  Won  by  Richard  Bendler,  with  Winchester  Cartridges,  his  bullseye  measuring  18  degrees. 

CHAMPIONSHIP  MATCH:  Second,  R.  Gute,  with  Winchester  Cartridges;  score,  24 66.  Mr.  Gute’s  score  beats  all  previous 


world’s  records. 


Winchester  Cartridges  Shoot  Where  You  Hold 


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(Formerly  Stewart  & Binney.  ) 

Naval  Architect  and  Yacht  Broker 

Muon  Building,  Kilby  Street,  BOSTOH,  HASS. 

Cable  Address,  “Designer,”  Boston. 


BURGESS  & PACKARD, 
NAVAL  ARCHITECTS  & ENGINEERS, 
Yacht  Brokers,  Builders  of  Auto  Boats. 

Board  of  Trade  Building,  - BOSTON,  MASS. 

R.  R.  Taft,  Brokerage  and  Insurance  Department. 


LOR1LLARD  & WALKER, 
YACHT  BROKERS, 


Telephone  6950  Broad.  41  Wall  St.,  New  York  City 

M.  H.  CLARK, 

Naval  Architect  and  Engineer. 

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Yacht  Broker. 

17  Ba.ttery  Pla.ce, 


High  Speed  Work 
a -Specialty* 

New  York, 


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150  Nassau  Street,  - New  York. 

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NAVAL  ARCHITECTS  AND  ENGINEERS, 
YACHT  AND  SHIP  BROKERS, 

131  State  Street,  Boston. 


NEW  YARD. 


On  or  about  June  1,  we  will  move  our  building  shops  from  Salem 
to  Marblehead,  where  we  have  purchased  three  acres  near  the 
center  of  the  town,  on  the  site  of  the  original  Marblehead  ship- 
yard, nearby  stores,  telegraph,  railroad,  etc.  A shop,  100x40,  is 
being  erected  and  an  extensive  repair  plant  will  be  installed, 
with  a marine  railway  for  vessels  up  to  300  tons,  and  a small 
machine  ^hop.  We  will  establish  a ship  chandlery  on  the  plant, 
where  yacht  and  engine  supplies  may  be  obtained  at  all  times. 
For  the  benefit  of  launch  owners  we  will  maintain  a steel  tank 
boat,  with  a capacity  of  about  200  gallons,  from  which  gasolene 
may  be  obtained  with  the  greatest  facility. 


In  addition  to  our  Boston  office,  we  will  establish  an 
office  a*,  the  works,  Nashua  St.,  Ma.rblehead. 


FLORENCE. 


This  fine  cruising  launch  to  be  sold. 


Length  over  all,  57. ft.  6 in.;  length 
water-line,  54  ft.;  breadth,  11  ft.  6 in., 
and  draft,  4 ft.  6 in. 

Has  just  been  rebuilt  at  a cost  of 
$5,600,  and  is  now  in  perfect  condition. 

Sixty  horsepower  compound  Her- 
reshoff  Engines,  and  Roberts  Coil 
Boiler.  Very  economical  boat.  Will 
steam  500  miles  jon  1 x/z.  tons  of  coal, 
Maximum  speed  18  miles,, 

Completely  equipped  in  every  re- 
spect. For  full  particulars,  address 
H.  H.  H.,  Box  515,  Forest  and 
Stream,  346  Broadway,  N«w  York. 


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Builders  of  Launches,  Sail  Boats,  Canoes 

and  Pleasure  Boats.  „ , , 

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INSTALL  an  Eclipse  motor  in  your  canoe  or 
rowboat.  You  can  buy  a cheaper  engine  than 
the  Eclipse,  but  you  cannot  buy  a better  one. 
Strictly  high  grade  and  high  power;  simple  and 
reliable.  Over  1200  Baby  Eclipse  motors  were 
sold  last  year.  Engines  from  $65  up,  according  to 
size.  A 16-ft.  boat  with  power  installed  for  $126. 
Send  for  descriptive  circular. 


THE  ECLIPSE  MOTOR  CO. 

Box  536,  MANCELONA,  MICHIGAN 


CANOES  AND  ROWBOATS. 


Built  of  Maine  Cedar,  covered  with  best  canvas.  Made 
by  workmen  who  know  how.  Models  and  sizes  for  all- 
kinds  of  service.  From  $28  up.  Satisfaction  guaranteed . 
Send  NOW  for  Free  Illustrated  Lutalouue. 

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A History  of  Yachting 

1600=1815 


By  ARTHUR  H.  CLARK 


Octavo.  About  one  hundred-illustrations  in  photogravure.  TV?/,  $5.00.  By  mail,  $5.30. 


Captain  Clark’s  work  has  been  approved  by  the  N.  Y.  Yacht  Club,  and  is 
published  under  its  authority  and  direction.  The  book  opens  with  a descrip- 
tion of  the  pleasure  boats  of  ancient  times,  including  Cleopatra’s  barge.  Fol- 
lowing t is  is  given  the  history  of  pleasure  yachts  from  the  middle  ages  down 
to  the  beginning  of  the  nineteenth  century.  The  illustrations  are  both  artistic 
and  valuable,  and  but  very  few  of  them  have  heretofore  been  published  in 
book  form. 


For  sale  by  FOREST  AND  STREAM  PUB.  CO.,  346  Broadway,  New  York, 


INSIST  ON  HAVING 
Ball-Bearing  Oarlocks 

on  your  new  boat  or  send  for  a 
pair  for  your  old  one. 

Noiseless,  Easy  Rowing, 
Durable 

For  next  30  days  I will  send 
a sample  pair  of  galvanized 
tight  or  loose  pin  locks, prepaid,* 
upon  receipt  of  $2.25.  Send  for 
descriptive  circulars. 

T.H.  Garrett,  Jr.,  Auburn,  N.Y 


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SPAR  COATING 


A perfect  finish  for  all  woodwork,  spars  an* 
ironwork  exposed  to  excessive  changes 
weather  and  temperature. 

Manufactured  by 


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Varnish  Makers  and  Color . Grinders, 

45  Broadway.  59  Market  Street 

New  York.  Chtoago,  ILL 


Forest  and  Stream. 

A Weekly  Journal  of  the  Rod  and  Gun. 


Copyright,  1904,  by  Forest  and  Stream  Publishing  Co. 


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NEW  YORK,  SATURDAY,  MAY  6,  1908. 


< VOL.  LXIV.— No.  IS. 

| No.  346  Broadway,  New  York. 


THE  ADIRONDACK  TIMBER  INVESTIGATION. 

When  the  Association  for  the  Protection  of  the 
Adirondacks  preferred  its  sensational  charge  against 
Commissioner  Middleton  and  Chief  Protector  Pond,  last 
March,  accusing  them  of  collusion  with  Adirondack  tim- 
ber thieves,  we  said  of  the  affair : “There  are  two  sides 

to  every  case.  The  public  has  heard  only  one  side  of  this 
one.  The  other  side  may  not  be  wholly  to  the  credit 
of  the  authorities ; it  may  not  show  that  they  have  been 
so  diligent  or  alert  or  efficient  as  they  should  have  been ; 
but  it  is  incredible  that  a full  ascertainment  of  the  facts 
would  show  any  such  complicity  with  evil-doers  as  the 
letters  of  the  Association  charge.  Pending  the  rigid 
official  investigation  which  should  be  insisted  upon  by  all 
concerned,  the  public  may  wisely  suspend  judgment.” 

Attorney-General  Mayer  was  intrusted  by  Governor 
Higgins  with  the  task  of  investigating  the  charges.  The 
results  of  the  inquiry  as  reported  by  the  Attorney-General 
are  given  on  another  page.  He  finds  that  by  a method  of 
indirection  fire-killed  timber  has  been  sold  from  the  State 
lands  in  direct  violation  of  the  Constitution,  while  on  the 
other  hand,  those  who  cut  green  timber  have  been  vigor- 
ously prosecuted  and  punished.  As  to  the  charge  of 
official  corruption,  the  Attorney-General  reports : 

“Finally,  I think  it  but  just  to  add  that  after  thorough 
investigation,  the  examination  of  many  witnesses  and 
documents,  there  is  no  evidence  that  any  corrupt  con- 
sideration was  received  by  the  State  officials  or  agreed 
upon  between  them  and  any  of  the  trespassers ; but  it  is 
unquestioned  that  the  policy  which  was  followed  resulted 
in  illegal  acts.” _ 

ARTIFICIAL  BREEDING  OF  WILD  BIRDS. 

The  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts  has  always  been 
earnest  in  efforts  to  supply  the  inroads  which  excessive 
shooting  and  fishing  have  made  on  the  wild  denizens  of 
its  woods  and  waters.  It  is  still  working  on  those  prob- 
lems and  is  breeding  some  species  of  game  with  good  re- 
sults, though  attempts  to  rear  quail  have  not  yet  been  suc- 
cessful. Of  all  this  matter  of  the  artificial  rearing  of  wild 
birds  and  mammals  for  stocking  purposes,  we  know  as 
yet  little  or  nothing,  and  only  by  experiments  carried  on 
over  considerable  periods  can  we  learn  what  may  be  done 
and  how  to  do  it. 

In  Massachusetts  the  authorities  have  had  the  very 
important  assistance  of  an  outside  experimenter  who  has 
accomplished  something  never  done  before.  Prof.  C.  F. 
Hodge,  of  Clark  University,  Worcester,  has  reared  a num- 
ber of  healthy  ruffed  grouse  from  the  egg,  and  has  also  suc- 
ceeded in  taming  two  captured  wild  grouse.  The  wildness 
of  the  ruffed  grouse  has  been  proverbial  among  genera- 
tions of  New  England  farmers,  and  it  has  been  declared 
that  it  was  impossible  to  rear  them  in  captivity.  People 
have  said  that  “a  patridge  is  always  a patridge,”  and 
no  matter  how  young  it  may  be  caught,  it  will  escape  or 
it  will  die.  On  the  other  hand,  of  late  years  accounts 
have  been  printed  of  ruffed  grouse  which  seemed  to  lose 
all  fear  of  certain  human  beings  and  came  to  regard  them 
as  friends.  We  recall  no  authentic  account  of  the  breed- 
ing of  this  bird  in  capitivity,<sfbut  a citizen  or  fifteen  years 
ago  the  spruce  grouse — a bird  of  very  different  habit — 
was  bred  by  a resident  of  Nova  Scotia. 

A most  interesting  fact  in  Professor  Hodge’s  experi- 
ment is  that  of  twelve  eggs  brought  in  from  wild  nests, 
every  one  hatched.  His  full  account  of  the  food  which 
the  young  grouse  relish  is  a valuable  addition  to  our 
knowledge  of  the  habits  of  the  bird. 

Six  birds,  the  breeding  stock  which  Professor  Hodge 
has  to  start  with,  is  a slender  foundation  for  a grouse 
farm,  but  he  will  presumably  add  to  this  stock  by  birds 
reared,  as  last  year,  from  the  egg.  It  is  to  be  hoped  that 
his  experiments  will  be  continued,  and  be  supplemented 
by  those  of  others  and  that  the  time  may  come  when 
ruffed  grouse  and  quail  will  be  reared  in  captivity  as 
easily  as  chickens  are  now. 

It  is  not  so  many  years  ago  since  the  experiment  of  turn- 
ing out  two  western  species  of  grouse  was  tried  in  Massa- 
chusetts, but  with  no  result.  It  is  evident  that  this  was 
not  the  proper  way  to  handle  those  birds,  yet  some  of  our 
western  grouse  would  no  doubt  do  well  in  New  England. 
Pinnated  grouse  formerly  lived  in  certain  portions  of  the 
State — where  a few  survivors  still  exist — the  sharptail 
grouse  might  well  flourish  there,  and  it  is  quite  possible 
that  if  the  dusky  grouse — one  of  the  most  splendid  of 
American  game  birds — could  be  introduced,  it  might  do 
well.  The  dusky  grouse,  though  commonly  considered  a 


bird  of  high  altitudes,  yet  flourishes  well  enough  on  the 
seacoast  of  the  Northwest.  Experiments  ought  f*>  be 
made  in  breeding  all  these  grouse  in  captivity,  and  when 
success  has  been  attained  they  may  be  turned  out  in  the 
spring  in  small  numbers  to  take  care  of  themselves. 

The  whole  great  subject  of  the  artificial  rearing  of  web- 
footed wildfowl  is  as  yet  untouched  in  this  country.  It 
is  successfully  done  in  England,  and  in  many  parts  of  the 
United  States  the  wild  geese  in  stands  of  decoys  com- 
monly breed  in  domestication  and  are  reared  as  easily 
as  tame  goslings.  Here  is  a fertile  field  waiting  for  the 
right  man.  When  the  time  shall  come  for  the  Common- 
wealth of  Massachusetts  to  set  apart  certain  wildfowl 
refuges,  which  shall  be  properly  protected  and  sufficiently 
secluded  we  may  expect  to  see  wildfowl — free  as  well  as 
domesticated — breeding  in  those  waters. 

LONG  ISLAND  DUCK  SHOOTING. 

While  Utah  and  Wisconsin  have  just  passed  laws 
stopping  the  shooting  of  wildfowl  in  the  spring,  and  while 
Minnesota  closes  the  season  for  water  fowl  Dec.  I and 
limits  the  bag  to  fifteen  birds  in  one  day,  the  Legislature 
of  New  York  has  before  it  a bill  to  repeal  the  present  law 
forbidding  spring  shooting,  and  to  permit  such  shooting 
for  three  days  in  each  week  from  March  15  to  May  1. 
The  bill  has  already  passed  the  Assembly,  a number  of 
members,  it  is  said,  having  been  induced  to  vote  for  it 
on  the  ground  that  it  made  no  difference  what  the  As- 
sembly did,  for  in  any  event,  the  bill  would  be  killed  in 
the  Senate.  Now,  it  is  hoped  by  its  promoters  that  during 
the  closing  days  of  the  session,  the  bill  may  slip  through 
the  Senate  and  become  law. 

In  many  of  the  States  of  the  Union  the  open  season  for 
wildfowl  is  far  too  long.  Several  months  should  be  cut 
off  this  open  season.  Three  or  four  months  of  shooting 
each  year  is  enough  for  ducks,  as  it  is  for  other  birds, 
and  the  sentiment  among  sportsmen  and  game  protectors 
favors  the  shortening  of  the  season  by  cutting  off  the 
spring  months.  The  trend  of  sentiment  among  sports- 
men and  game  protectors  is  in  the  direction  of  putting 
an  end  to  spring  shooting,  and  sooner  or  later  it  certainly 
will  be  stopped  everywhere. 

It  seems  a pity  that  the  great  State  of  New  York  should 
be  one  of  the  last  to  take  this  action,  and  above  all  a pity 
that  it  should  take  a backward  step,  which,  before  long, 
it  will  have  to  retrace. 

It  is  said  that  the  sportsmen  of  New  York  city  are  in 
favor  of  the  epeal  of  the  present  law,  but  we  do  not  be- 
lieve this  to  be  the  case.  Certainly  the  reverse  of  this 
sentiment  is  expressed  by  the  New  York  papers.  Those 
that  have  spoken  are  in  favor  of  the  law  as  it  stands. 

In  most  sections  of  the  main  range  of  the  Rocky  Moun- 
tains the  winter  has  been  mild  and  the  snowfall  light. 
This  is  a good  thing  for  the  game  but  a bad  thing  for  the 
farmers  and  the  stock  raisers,  who  for  their  summer 
water  depend  in  large  measure  on  the  winter  snows. 

In  the  National  Park  the  snow  is  going  fast,  and  if  it 
is  not  now  practicable  to  get  about  over  the  roads  in 
wagons,  it  will  be  so  soon. 

The  game  is  all  looking  well,  and  there  has  been  almost 
no  loss  this  winter.  Usually  at  this  season  of  the  year 
many  dead  animals  are  seen.  The  very  aged  and  the 
young  and  weak  have  already  succumbed  or  are  about 
to  do  so,  and  many  carcasses  of  old  bulls  and  weak  calves 
are  found  on  the  hillsides  and  down  near  the  rivers.  This 
year  there  are  none. 

There  are  printed  on  the  page  which  follows  two  com- 
munications from  California,  which  chance  has  brought 
together  as  if  by  the  contrast  thus  afforded  to  heighten 
the  loveliness  of  the  one  scene  and  the  desolation  of  the 
other.  Mr.  Charles  Cristadoro  writes  of  the  charms  of 
Point  Loma,  a spot  of  beauty  where  the  warm  southern 
sun  lights  up  the  tinted  seas,  the  air  is  fragrant  and 
balmy,  and  the  landscape,  the  birds  and  The  wondrous 
products  of  the  sea  make  living  in  the  open  air  a delight. 
On  the  other  hand,  Mr.  Chas.  S.  Paige  writes  of  a coun- 
try whose  pristine  beauty  and  healthfulness  has  been  de- 
stroyed, the  land  denuded  of  trees,  of  all  vegetation,  even 
of  the  soil,  the  air  polluted  and  poisoned,  and  the  human 
inhabitants  ruined  and  driven  from  their  homes.  To  read 
the  story  is  to  be  filled  with  indignation  at  the  outrage, 
to  sympathize  with  the  victims  of  it,  and  to  share  their 
impotent  wrath  against  the  heartlessness  and  injustice  of 
those  wha  have  wrought  the  devastation, 


THE  COLORADO  BUFFALO  CASE. 

The  case  of  Bartlett  against  O’Mahoney,  sheriff,  was 
tried  in  the  Lake  county,  Colorado,  District  Court  on 
April  17,  resulting  in  a verdict  for  the  defendant. 

This  case  is  the  most  important  case  ever  tried  under 
the  game  laws  of  Colorado,  and  is  the  finish  of  a number 
of  suits  involving  the  destruction  of  the  last  wild  buf- 
faloes in  the  State.  It  has  also  proved  the  efficiency  of 
the  State  game  law.  of  1899  commonly  known  here  as 
the  Beaman  law. 

The  history  of  the  killing  of  these  buffaloes,  as  shown 
by  the  evidence  for  the  State  in  the  previous  cases,  is  that 
in  February,  1897,  one  of  the  Bartlett  Brothers  (taxider- 
mists in  Leadville)  with  two  or  three  other  men,  went 
into  Lost  Park  and  killed  a large  buffalo  bull,  a cow,  a 
yearling  bull  and  a bull  calf. 

After  doing  so  they  sacked  up  the  hides,  skulls  and 
bones  and  took  them  to  a ranchman’s  house  on  the  edge 
of  the  park  where  they  had  the  ranchman’s  wife  cook 
some  of  the  meat  which  they  told  her  was  buffalo  meat; 
the  sacks  were  left  in  an  outhouse  over  night,  and  she 
said  she  saw  blood  on  the  floor  next  day;  the  men  also 
talked  between  themselves  in  her  hearing  as  to  their  kill- 
ing four  buffaloes. 

Another  ranchman  living  near  Lost  Park  testified  that 
the  buffalo  cow  for  some  years,  and  the  calf  since  its 
birth,  had'  run  with  his  cattle,  and  he  saw  them  every 
week  until  the  Bartlett  camp  was  made,  and  soon  after 
that  he  saw  the  cow  dead  and  her  head  cut  off  but  never 
saw  the  calf  again ; that  horse  tracks  led  from  the  dead 
cow  to  the  Bartlett  camp. 

They  also  paid  the  first  ranchman  $25  for  hauling  them 
to  their  camp  and  back  and  for  hauling  the  hides  to  the 
railroad,  from  whence  they  were  shipped  to  Leadville, 
where  they  were  stored  and  nothing  more  was  heard 
about  the  affair  for  nearly  four  years. 

In  1901,  C.  W.  Harris,  then  State  Game  Commissioner, 
got  on  their  track,  and  pretending  to  be  a buyer  for  a 
zoological  park  in  New  York,  undertook  to  get  hold  of 
them. 

During  his  operations  he  wrote  letters  to  one  of  the 
men  supposed  to  have  been  concerned  in  the  killing  and 
received  an  answer  as  follows: 

“Suppose  a man  had  extra  fine  big  male,  one  big  female,  one 
yearling  male,  and  one  male  baby,  about  two  months  old,  all 
skulls  and  leg  bones  with  them,  also  accurate  measurements  of  the 
bodies,  and  the  hides  all  pickled  and  dried  and  put  away  by  a 
competent  workman.  All  these  collected,  with  the  exception  of 
baby,  in  dead  of  winter,  temperature  of  30  degrees  below  zero, 
and  therefore  of  very  primest  quality.  Supposing,  I say,  a man 
had  such  an  outfit,  what  would  you  be  prepared  to  do? 

I want  you  to  imagine  a magnificent  family,  the  knowledge  you 
claim  of  the  business  will  then  assure  you  that  their  value  must 
be  high,  say,  $3,000. 

Are  you  prepared  to  talk  business  at  this  figure? 

Don’t  come  here  until  you  have  answered  this  letter  and  have 
heard  from  me  again. 

This  letter  was  neither  dated  nor  signed.  Harris  then 
wrote  another  letter  addressed  to  the  same  party,  offering 
$2,500  for  the  specimens  and  received  the  following  an- 
swer, also  undated  and  unsigned : 

If  you  want  a really  first-class  article,  the  proposition  we  submit- 
ted presents  the  chance  of  your  life,  as  we  know  the  group 
unsurpassed  by  any  in  the  U.  S.  In  regard  to  purchasing  live 
ones  at  the  figure  mentioned,  you  may  possibly  be  able  to  do  so 
by  buying  the  so-called  wild  animals,  but  certainly  not  the  gen- 
uine wild  animals,  but  those  that  are  crossed  and  partly  domes- 
ticated- One  thing  I would  ask  you  to  not  overlook,  and  that 
is  “accurate  measurements”;  you  will  agree  that,  no  matter  how 
good  a workman  may  be,  in  a case  of  this  kind,  accurate  measure- 
ments are  important  factors,  and  certainly  worth  money. 

Would  like  you  to  see  them,  however,  and  if  you  will  write  that 
you  are  willing  to  come  and  will  give  at  least  an  hour’s  notice,  I 
will  engage  to  have  them  ready  for  your  inspection. 

Harris  finally  got  next  to  the  Bartletts  and  got  a sight 
of  the  specimens,  and  had  the  sheriff  arrest  the  Bartletts 
and  two  others,  and  seize  the  specimens,  under  the  game 
law.  There  were  two  trials  of  the  accused,  in  both  of 
which  they  were  acquitted  by  reason  of  some  mismanage- 
ment on  the  part  of  the  prosecution,  notwithstanding  the 
proof  was  conclusive. 

Harris  then  began  a replevin  suit  on  behalf  of  the 
State  for  the  specimens,  but  before  it  was  tried  a new 
game  commissioner  was  appointed.  That  suit  was  also 
mismanaged  and  dismissed  .in  August,  1903,  and  it  seemed 
as  though  the  game  law  was  being  made  sport  of.  The 
judge  of  the  court,  however,  refused  to  be  a party  to  the 
farce  and  ordered  the  specimens  to  remain  in  the  custody 
of  the  sheriff  until  the  further  order  of  the  court. 

Thus  matters  rested  until  October,  1903,  when  one  of 

x.  if- 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


[May  6,  1905. 


the  Bartletts  having  bought  whatever  other  alleged  inter- 
ests there  were  in  the  specimens,  brought  a replevin  suit 
agains-t  the  sheriff  for  their  possession.  This  suit  for 
some  reason  hung  fire  until  April,  1905. 

In  the  meantime  a new  district  attorney  and  sheriff  had 
been  elected,  and  the  case  was  set  for  trial  April  17  and 
Mr.  Beaman,  the  author  of  the  game  law,  was  employed 
by  them  to  assist  in  the  defense. 

On  this  trial  one  of  the  Bartletts  testified  that  he  and 
his  brother  bought  the  hides,  etc.,  of  one  Foster  in  Feb- 
ruary, 1897.  On  cross-examination  he  admitted  that  he 
last  had  them  in  possession  in  August,  1901,  and  that  the 
sheriff  then  seized  them,  and  then  the  attorney  for  plain- 
tiff rested  his  case. 

The  defendant’s  counsel  then,  without  offering  any  evi- 
dence, moved  the  court  to'  direct  the  jury  to  return  a ver- 
dict for  the  defendant.  The  motion  was  argued  by  Mr. 
Beaman  on  the  game  law  of  1899  to  the  effect  that  in 
August,  1901,  when  the  sheriff  found  these  specimens  in 
possession  of  Bartlett,  such  possession,  by  that  law,  was 
prima  facie  unlawful,  and  that  there  never  was  a day  or 
a moment  since  the  passage  of  that  law  when  Bartlett 
could  have  lawfully  bought  or  held  them  in  possession, 
and  that  Bartlett’s  own  evidence  on  cross-examination 
was  fatal  to  his  case. 

Mr.  Beaman  also  cited,  among  other  authorities,  the 
decision  of  the  Court  of  Appeals  of  Colorado  last  year 
in  the  Hornbeke-White  case,  which  involved  300  deer 
hides  purchased  by  a hide  buyer  in  Rio  Blanco  county, 
and  which  the  buyer  lost  by  that  decision.  This  latter 
case  was  also  argued  in  the  Appellate  Court  by  Mr.  Bea- 
man after  the  hide  buyer  had  been  successful  in  the  lower 
court. 


The  motion  of  the  defendant  in  the  Bartlett  case  was 
sustained  and  judgment  was  rendered  for  the  sale  of  the 
buffalo  hides  and  skeletons  by  the  sheriff,  as  provided  by 
the  game  law.  Their  value  is  variously  estimated  at  from 
$1,500  to  $3,000. 

An  appeal  was  asked  by  the  plaintiff,  the  bond  being 
fixed  at  $2,500,  but  it  is  probable  that  the  case  is  ended 
forever,  as  it  will  be  impossible  for  him  to  show  any  right 
of  possession. 

It  is  a shame  that  the  murderers  of  this  remnant  of  the 
buffalo  in  Colorado,  whoever  they  are,  were  permitted  to 
escape  the  penalty  of  the  law ; the  only  redeeming  feature 
being  that  no  one  was  permitted  to  get  away  with  the 
proceeds. 

The  decision  of  the  Court  of  Appeals  in  the  deer  hide 
case,  and  the  following  of  that  decision  in  the  buffalo 
case,«show  the  strong  features  of  the  existing  game  law 
of  Colorado,  which  mark  a radical  departure  from  the 
laws  of  other  States.  The  distinctive  features  of  the 
Colorado  law  are : 

First.  It  declares  that  all  game  and  fish  in  the  State 
are  the  property  of  the  State,  and  that  no  right,  title,  in- 
terest or  property  therein  can  be  acquired,  transferred  or 
possession  thereof  had  or  maintained,  except  as  therein 
expressly  provided,  and  that  such  prohibition  extends  to 
every  part  of  such  game  and  fish. 

Second.  That  possession  at  any  time  of  game  or  fish 
unaccompanied  by  a proper  and  valid  license,  certificate, 
permit  or  invoice,  as  in  the  law  provided,  is  prima  facia 
evidence  that  such  game  or  fish  was  unlawfully  taken  and 
unlawfully  held  in  possession. 

Third.  The  law  then  proceeds  to  state  the  open  seasons 
on  all  kinds  of  game  and  fish,  and  under  what  circum- 


stances they  can  be  held  in  possession  for  a limited  time 
after  the  season’s  close. 

The  Court  of  Appeals  in  the  deer  hide  ease  in  discuss- 
ing the  law  said: 

“It  therefore  follows  that  * * * plaintiff’s  right  to 
the  possession  of  the  deer  hides  Could  not  be  established 
by  showing  that  possession  thereof  was  not  prohibited  by 
law,  but  it  was  incumbent  upon  hint  to  point  out  some 
provision  of  law  which  permitted  him  to  have  possession, 
and  that  a failure  upon  his  part  to  allege  and  prove  facts 
which  would  entitle  hint  to  possession  under  the  law 
would  defeat  his  recovery,” 

It  will  therefore  be  readily  seen  that  when  on  Cross- 
examination  Bartlett  admitted  that  he  had  these  buffalo 
specimens  in  possession  in  August,  1901,  and  did  not  go 
further  and  show  facts  which  entitled  him  under  the  law 
of  1899  to  have  such  possession,  which  he  could  not  do, 
his  case  was  defeated. 

Under  most  other  game  laws  it  would  have  devolved 
on  the  sheriff  to  have  made  proof  that  the  buffalo  were 
unlawfully  killed  at  some  time  prior  to  the  date  when 
Bartlett  claimed  to  have  bought  them,  or  that  some  other 
fact  or  law'  then  existed  which  rendered  such  purchase 
unlawful,  which  it  might  have  been  difficult  to  do,  saying 
nothing  about  the  effect  which  the  statute  of  limitations 
might  have  had. 

It  will  be  well  for  the  game  protectors  and  lawmakers 
to  note  and  follow  those  peculiar  features  of  the  Colorado 
game  law,  which  after  possession  is  shown,  places  the 
burden  of  proof  on  the  accused  to  establish  his  right  to 
do  what  he  claims  to  have  done. 

This  kind  of  procedure  renders  tile  prosecution  of  gilnie 
law  violators  easy,  as  it  is  under  other  methods  difficult. 


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m snwmfcE’  wmmt 

Point  Loma. 

On  the  Overland  Limited,  on  my  way  home  from 
Point  Loma,  Cal,  April  27. — The  writer  and  his  better 
half  for  six  weeks  have  been  tenting  on  the  shores  of  the 
blue  Pacific.  Point  Loma  reaches  into'  the  ocean  for 
nine  miles,  more  or  less,  standing  well  out  of  the  water 
fully  350  feet. 

When  fog  prevails  elsewhere  brilliant  sunshine,  tem- 
pered with  the  ocean  breeze,  is  granted  to  Point  Loma.  , 

Day  after  day  as  I gazed  out  upon  the  rainbow  sur- 
faced Pacific  I could  not  help  imagining  myself  far  out 
in  the  sea  on  a rose-embowered  island,  where  the  air  was 
fragrant  with  the  odor  of  the  orange  and  lemon  blossoms 
blended  with  the  rose  and  where,  out  of  the  nodding 
palms,  the  mockingbirds  sang  a welcome  each  morning 
to  the'  rising  sun. 

Wandering  along  the  slopes  I frequently  put  up  quail, 
little  smoky-hued  balls  of  feathers,  smaller  to  my  idea 
than  their  brown  cousins  of  the  Eastern  States.  I was 
not  impressed  with  the  ground,  for  the  cactus,  prickly- 
pear  and  Spanish  bayonet,  wherein  the  quail  sought  cover, 
would  have  made  it  interesting  for  a dog. 

Strange  to  say,  the  California  weed  is  almost  altogether 
a flowering  plant  and  as  a result  the  hillsides,  after  the 
rainy  season,  present  almost  a solid  mass  of  yellows,  pur- 
ples and  greens. 

Point  Loma  and  vicinity  repay  the  shell  hunter  with 
abundant  finds.  The  rainbow  never  gave  more  varied  or 
brighter  gradations  of  color  than  are  to-  be  found  in  the 
shell  of  the  abalone.  Gazing  out  upon  the  surface  of  the 
Pacific  when  but  a slight  br.eeze  stirred  its  surface  I there 
saw  reflected,  in  brilliant  patches,  every  color  of  the  rain- 
bow. Upon  its  gorgeous  surface  was  here  a patch  of 
velvety  green,  there  royal  ourple,  pink  some  other  place, 
deep  red,  yellow  and  delicate  grays,  the  changing  breeze 
shifting  and  graduating  these  colors  until  the  surface  of 
the  ocean  at  times  seemed’to  be  one  great  rainbowed  sheet 
of  color.  We  now  and  then  hear  that  color  photography 
is  an  accomplished  fact,  and  after  gazing  upon  the  kalei- 
doscopic-hued  surface  of  the  ocean  I wondered  whether 
the  water,  acting  as  a lens,  was  not  in  some  way  re- 
sponsible for  the  fixing  of  the  colors  on  its  surface  in  the 
shells  of  the  abalone.  The  coloring  of  the  abalone  shells 
is  one  of  nature’s  mysteries,  explainable  of  course,  but 
yet  unexplained. 

They  tell  me  that  the  flesh  of  the  abalone  per  se  is  be- 
yond human  mastication,  but  beat  it  and  grind  it  to  a 
pulp  and  it  is  delicious. 

I heard  outside  my  tent  the  plaintive  peeping  of  a 
fledgling  linnet  a few  hours  out  of  its  nest.  Presently 
the  mother  bird  flew  down  to'  it  and  transferred  its  beak- 
ful to  its  hungry  chick.  The  mother  flying  to  a nearby 
perch  gave  forth  musical  notes  of  encouragement  to  its 
little  one..  Like  a falcon  from  the  sky  down  swooped  a 
butcher  bird.  . A grasp  of  its  cruel  claws.,  a stroke  or  two 
of  its  lance-like  beak,  a flurry  of  its  wings  and  butcher 
bird  and  its  prey  were  ip  mjfl  air.  The  brave  little  mother 
made  one  dash  for  the  murderer  and  $jith  a plaintive  cry 
gave  up  the  chase,  | presume  it  sa ltd  young  one  was 
already  .dead  ip.  the  grasp  of  the;  enemy.  ’ Qauld  I have 


followed  up  the  pirate  bird,  I no  doubt  would  have  found 
the  fledgling’s  body  impaled  on  some  thorn  or  hanging 
dead  by  the  neck  from  some  crotched  branch. 

This  incident  reminded  me  of  an  engraving,  by  Audu- 
bon, I think,  of  a sortie  of  eagles  upon  the  nesting 
grounds  of  the  swan.  It  was  a scene  of  ferocious,  cruelty, 
but  not  so  much  so  as  that  of  the  butcher  bird  incident, 
whose  killing  was  done  for  the  sake  of  killing  and  where- 
in killing  for  food  formed  no-  part. 

San  Diego  Bay  is  the  home  of  wildfowl.  Loons  can  be 
seen  by  the  score,  diving  ducks  by  the  hundred,  and  gulls 
and  pelicans  uncounted. 

I was  amused  at  the  antics  of  some  pelicans.  They 
would  leave  the  water  and  soaring  twenty  feet  or  more 
above  relax  their  muscles  and  fall  to  the  water  all  of  a 
heap,  making  a great  splash.  I have  seen  swallows  when 
killed  stone  dead  fall  in  just  such  a heap.  Straightening 
themselves  out  in  the  water  they  would  go  through  this 
operation  of  lofty  tumbling  again  and  again. 

I saw  the  pelicans  disporting  themselves  as  I bade 
goodbye  to-  San  Diego  Bay- — on  my  way  to  the  Golden 
Gate.  Having  an  hour  in  Frisco  the  first  thing  I did 
was  to  hunt  up  the  Pacific  News  Company  and  there 
buy  some  back  numbers  of  the  Forest  and  Stream,  mak- 
ing up  my  mind  to'  catch  up  in  my  reading  on  the  train. 
It  was  very  pleasant  to  shake  hands  mentally  with  the 
tribe  of  Forest  and  Stream  once  more.  I see  friend 
Hallock  has  been  a close  neighbor  of  mine  down  at 
National  City.  The  world  is  pretty  small  after  all. 

I had  but  an  hour  in  San  Francisco  and  saw  little  or 
nothing  of  anything  but  the  main  street.  I regretted  that 
I could  not  have  gone  out  and  visited  the  real  Kelley- 
Monarch  Grizzly.  I had  read  about  the  fake,  doped  one 
and  would  much  have  liked  to  have  seen  the  genuine  ar- 
ticle in  propria  persona.  It  would  have  given  me  pleasure 
to  have  thrown  him  a box  of  undoped  honey  with  Allan 
Kelley’s  compliments  and  best  wishes.  Could  I have  un- 
derstood bear  talk  no  doubt  Monarch  would  have  told 
me  that  he  was  trapped  fair  and  square,  and  would  have 
laughed  outright  at  being  fooled  on  atrophied  honey. 

But  to  return  to  Grizzly  Adams.  I think  somewhere 
years  ago'  I saw  a print  in  which  Adams  and  a whole 
tribe  of  grizzlies  were  mixed  up.  Two  bears  lay  dead  at 
Adams’  feet  and  four  or  six  more  giant  animals,  standing 
within  paws’  reach  on  hind  legs,  waited  for  Adams  to 
place  his  leaden  peas  behind  their  ears  where  they  would 
do  the  most  good — for  Adams.  If  I am  correct  in  stating 
that  I saw  this  in  Adams’  book  then  I am  afraid,  the  artist, 
as  well  as  the  preacher  who  wrote  the  book,  took  liber- 
ties. As  a boy  I had  read  of  the  ferocity  of  the  grizzly, 
and  when  I saw  this  picture  of  Adams  calmly  thrusting 
down  a patched  bullet  in  his  trusty  Kentucky  rifle  and  the 
grizzlies  ranged  around  like  a troop  of  trained  dogs  wait- 
ing for  the  band  tO'  start  up.  I felt  concerned  and  uneasy 
about  Adams.  But  seemingly  he  lived  through  it.  And 
then  I too-  saw  him  on  Broadway  and  Ann  street  under 
the  management  of  the  late  lamented  P.  T.  Barnum, 
where  old  Samson  kept  up  the  traditions  of  his  tribe  for 
ugliness  that  ended  in  the  death  of  Adams. 

And  before  I close,  may  I ask  if  the  Comanche  chief 
recently  written  about  by  Cabia  Blanco  as  his  hunting 
companion  and  the  Indian  Chief  Parker,  \yliQ  recently- 


met  President  Roosevelt  on  his  hunting  trip,  are  one  and 
the  same  Indian?  Charles  CrIstadorq. 


A Free  Country* 

Shasta,  Cal.,  April  5.— In  Forest  and  Stream  of 
March  18  editorial  comment  alludes  to  the  injury  done 
by  a smelter  plant  in  Shasta  county,  California.  I feel 
that  this  subject  comes  within  my  domain  as  an  old  corre- 
spondent from  this  region,  and  I do  not  rest  peacefully 
when  I omit  an  opportunity  to  condemn  the  open  and 
widespread  destruction  of  public  and  private  property,  as 
well  as  the  menace  to  health  and  life  itself,  that  these 
smelting  operations  are  responsible  for. 

The  smelter  operated  by  the  Mountain  Copper  Com- 
pany at  Keswick,  Shasta  county,  has  been  at  work  for 
seven  or  eight  years.  The  smelter  and  town  are  located 
in  the  canyon  of  the  Sacramento  River,  six  miles  north- 
west of  Redding.  It  has  destroyed  in  this  time  nearly 
all  vegetation  within  a distance  of  six  to  eight  miles  of 
its  works.  It  has  practically  destroyed  the  homes  of  a 
thousand  people,  for  some  of  which  it  has  paid  an  arbi- 
trary valuation  fixed  by  the  corporation^  for  some  it  has 
avoided  payment  by  prolonged  legal  evasion,  and  in  other 
cases  it  has  insolently  ignored  complaints  where  it  deemed 
its  victims  could  not  help  themselves.  It  has  been  sued 
by  individuals,  and  by  a number  of  farmers  and  fruit 
raisers  collectively,  with  the  result  that  it  has  been  uni- 
versally victorious  in  proving  that  these  small  farmers 
and  common  people  have  no  rights  that  they  can  main- 
tain. Lands  and  orchards  have  been  condemned  by 
scientific  witnesses,  brought  from  abroad  by  the  corpora- 
tion, who  have  testified  in  court  that  the  lands  were  not 
adapted  to  products  that  have  been  profitably  grown  upon 
them  for  half  a century.  In  a region  where  every  man, 
woman  and  child  knows  the  deathly  effect  upon,  vegeta- 
tion of  the  smelter  fumes,  the  corporation  finds  juries 
that  visit  orchards  and  give  verdicts  that  the  fumes  do 
no  damage. 

Over  one-half  the  land  affected  is  Government  or  pub- 
lic land,  nearly  all  of  which  is  timbered,  or  was  timbered, 
with  many  varieties  of  deciduous  and  coniferous  trees. 
Thousands  of  acres  upon  which  timber  grew  have  been 
burned  over  by  forest  fires  after  the  fumes  had  deadened 
the  timber  until  it  was  as  inflammable  as  kerosene.  Thou- 
sands of  acres,  thickly  covered  with  valuable  trees  and 
mountain  shrubbery,  that  mantled  this  region  protecting 
natural  springs  and  retaining  the  soil  upon  steeps  and 
slopes,  now  stand  incontrovertible  evidence  of  the  de- 
struction that  is  extending  further  and  further,  leaving 
the  summits  and  slopes  of  ranges  of  mountains  denuded 
of  everything  except  rocks.  The  soil  itself,  in  this  region 
of  heavy  rainfall,  is  swept  to  the  water  courses,  into  the 
Sacramento  River,  and  carried  by  it  to  the  valley  and  to 
the  Pacific.  That  the  same  poisons  that  destroy  forests 
are  also  destructive  to  human  life  is  unquestionable. 

In,  this  area  at  the  present  time,  fully  a dozen  miles  in 
diameter,  the  natural  flora  and  fauna  hitherto  abundant 
have  been  utterly  swept  from  existence.  The  waste  precipi- 
tations of  chemical  products  upon  this  area,  together  with 
slag  and  poisonous  material  from  the  smelters,  all  find 
their  way  into  the  principal  river  of  the  State,  In  fact, 


May  6,  1903.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


SB1 


it  seems  impossible  to  conceive  of  any  other  process  of 
destruction  within  the  power  of  man  that  could  effect  that 
which  has  been  demonstrated  in  this  region. 

With  the  operations  of  the  Keswick  corporation  as  a 
precedent,  half  a dozen  other  smelting  plants  are  under 
way  and  projected  in  this  region,  some  of  them  have  sites 
near  large  bodies  of  as  fine  timber  as  is  found  on  the 
Pacific  coast.  It  would  appear  from  these  facts  that  a 
large  portion  of  northern  California  is  doomed  to  abso- 
lute destruction,  for  the  sole  purpose  of  smelting  opera- 
tions connected  with  mines  that  usually  prove  unstable 
and  temporary. 

After  four  or  five  years  of  investigation  and  legal  pro- 
cedure an  injunction  was  issued  from  the  Federal  Court 
in  San  Francisco  last  month,  enjoining  the  Keswick  cor- 
poration from  further  smelting  operations  in  Shasta 
county. 

“The  Mountain  Copper  Corhpany  has  appealed  to  the 
United  States  Supreme  Court  from  the  judgment  issued 
out  of  the  United  States  District  Court  by  Judge 
Morrow,  enjoining  the  company  from  operating  its 
smelter  at  Keswick  to  the  injury  of  vegetation.  * * * 

“The  filing,  of  the  appeal  insures  the  company  against 
interference  with  the  operation  of  its  great  smelting  plant 
for  a considerable  time  to  come.  The  most  conservative 
estimate  of  the  time  which  will  elapse  before  the  matter 
can  be  heard  by  the  Supreme  Court  is  six  months,  while 
other  estimates  run  from  one  to  two  years.  General 
Manager  Lewis  T.  Wright  is  said  to  have  made  the  state- 
ment that  the  injunction  came  as  a great  surprise  to  the 
company. 

“The  granting  of  the  injunction  is  of  but  little  effect, 
as  there  are  many  loopholes  in  the  law  and  more  than 
one  way  to  avoid  the  consequences  of  an  injunction,  even 
when  issued  out  of  a United  States  court.” 

In  this  land  of  freedom  we  have  been  criticised  abroad 
for  being  too  strenuous.  It  would  seem  that  this  view 
must  have  been  taken  somewhat  obliquely.  It  did  not 
include  the  more  deliberate  action  of  courts  and  protec- 
tive legislation. 

The  moral,  the  educational  effect  of  this  denudation 
of  northern  California,  may  perhaps  some  time  affect 
other  regions  for  their  good.  Here,  it  has  a tendency  to 
make  the  preservation  of  forests,  the  conservation  of 
water  sources,  the  protection  of  game  and  fish,  the  dignity 
of  general  government  and  the  fundamental  provisions 
of  the  Federal  Constitution  look  somewhat  kaleidoscopic. 

Charles  L.  Paige. 


About  Bob  Rodgers* 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

I had  been  sent  with  a mail  from  Fort  Concho,  Tex.,  to 
Camp  Charlotte,  an  outpost  that  we  had  west  of  the 
Concho  and  half-way  between  it  and  the  Pecos  River.  I 
was  allowed  to  take  two  days  each  way  on  this  trip;  I 
would  have  taken  a week,  probably,  only  the  officers 
would  not  stand  for  it,  and  I was  on  my  way  back  to  the 
Concho  when  late  in  the  afternoon,  while  I was  thinking 
, of  going  into  camp  on  a creek  just  ahead  of  me,  I noticed 
a party  of  cowboys  with  a wagon  in  camp  there  already. 
My  camp  -would  be  with  them  to-night,  so  riding  down 
to  them  I had  just  time  to  get  my  saddle  off  and  my 
horse  staked  out  before  the  cook  began  to  hammer  on  his 
tin  pan  with  a spoon,  a sign  that  supper  was  ready. 

Before  we  sat  down  to  it,  though,  the  cook  going  to  his 
mess-chest  at  the  tail  end  of  the  wagon,  brought  out  a 
quart  beer  bottle  half  full  of  the  post  trader’s  “old  rye 
whisky” — six  weeks  old,  remarking  that  we  might  as  well 
finish  this  now,  as  this  was  the  last  we  had;  we  could 
trust  to  luck  not  to  get  bit  by  a snake  later  on.  “You 
have  the  most  of  them  killed,”  he  said.  I had  been  shoot- 
ing them  around  the  post. 

This  cowboy  outfit  belonged  to  a man  who  had  his 
ranch  down  near  Fort  Mason,  but  he  had  the  contract 
here  of  supplying  Fort  Concho  with  fresh  beef,  and  these 
men  were  out  here  now  hunting  up  the  beef. 

The  contracter  did  not  own  a single  head  of  cattle  in 
this  country  then.  Neither  did  anyone  else,  although 
there  were  plenty  of  cattle  here — part  of  them  were 
mavericks — cattle  that  had  never  been  branded;  and  the 
rest  were  cows  that  had  become  footsore  and  had  been 
left  behind  out  of  the  different  droves  that  passed  here 
on  the  way  to  California;  but  this  man  seemed  to  think 
that  he  owned  them  all,  and  would  try  to  prevent  us  from 
shooting  them  when  we  wanted  extra  beef.  He  was  not 
here  to-day.  One  of  these  men  I had  known  ever  since 
we  were  small  boys;  he  had  gone  west  when  nineteen 
years  old  to  hunt  bears  and  gold,  he  said.  The  bears  he 
had  found ; the  gold  still  remained  to  be  hunted  for.  He 
had  done  his  hunting  for  it  in  a country  where  there  was 
none ; and  to-night  while  we  were  seated  around  the  camp 
fire  I got  his  story  for  the  first  time.  His  name  was  Bob 
Rodgers.  We  had  been  giving  each  other  an  account  of 
how  each  of  us  had  met  our  first  bear,  when  Rodgers 
spoke  up  addressing  me  with,  “Say,  did  I ever  tell  you 
how  I met  my  first  bear?” 

“No.  Let  us  hear  of  it  now,  though  I have  often  won- 
dered, Bob,  since  I met  you  here,  what  brought  you  west, 
anyhow.  You  were  not  meant  for  a cowboy.  Your 
mother  meant  to  make  a minister  of  you,  you  know.” 

“Well,  it  was  this  way.  You  remember  the  time  that 
General  Floyd  started  from  Leavenworth  to  go  out  and 
whip  the  Mormons,  don’t  you?” 

“Oh,  yes ; I was  going  out  to  help  him  whip  them  when 
my_  mother  put  her  veto  on  it.  But  he  did  not  have  to 
whip  them,  he  only  got  as  far  as  Fort  Bridger  before  the 
winter  overtook  him  and  by  the  following  spring  Brigham 
Young  had  got  one  of  his  messages  that  he  was  in  the 
habit  of  getting  from  God  or  elsewhere.  It  told  him  not 
to  fight.” 

“Well,  I was  a kid  of  nineteen  then,  and  was  helping 
to  navigate  the  old  John  C.  Fremont;  you  remember 
her?” 

“Yes,  I knew  her;  go  on.” 

“Well,  we  took  the  old  tub  up  to  St.  Louis  and  here 
the  United  States  marshal  tied  her  up  for  us  for  debt. 
When  the  marshal  took  the  boat  we  were  paid  off  and 
sent  adrift  in  St.  Louis.  There  were  two  other  young 
men  in  this  crew,  cousins  of  the  name  of  White;  they 
came  from  Ohio ; and  we  three  formed  a plan  to  go  up 
to  Leavenworth,  then  join  Floyd  either  as  teamsters  or 
soldiers.  I and  one  of  the  Whites  thought  we  would  not 
be  taken  as  soldiers,  we  were  both  minors  yet.” 


“Yes,  you  might  both  have  gone  as  soldiers;  age  would 
not  have  cut  any  figure  there;  your  parents  would  be  too 
far  away  then  to  object,  and  Floyd  needed  men  then. 
You  would  be  the  very  fellows  I would  grab  at  first,  had 
I been  with  him  and  had  been  sent  to  hunt  recruits.” 

“Well,  the  next  thing  would  be  to  get  to  Leavenworth 
without  having  to  walk  there;  and  we  thought  we  saw  a 
way  to  do  it.  There  was  a small  stern-wheel  boat  here 
that  was  going  to  Kansas  City,  or  they  thought  it  was ; it 
may  have  got  there  in  time,  but  did  not  get  there  this  time. 
It  drew  two  feet  when  loaded,  and  no  feet  when  light. 
We  shipped  on  it.  She  stuck  on  a bar  about  twenty  miles 
below  Independence,  Mo.,  and  we  left  her  there  and 
walked  into  town.  There  we  were  told  that  Floyd  did 
not  need  any  teamsters;  that  all  his  hauling  would  be 
done  by  contractors  who  would  use  bull  teams  and  fur- 
nish their  own  drivers.  We  held  another  council,  and 
concluded  to  let  Floyd  go  to  Utah,  while  we  would  keep 
on  west  and  fight  Indians,  hunt  and  prospect.  Neither 
of  us  knew  any  more  about  prospecting  than  we  did . 
about  preaching,  but  I thought  that  I did,  and  I’ll  bet  that 
I have  waded  one  hundred  miles  through  those  creeks 
up  in  Kansas  with  a tin  pan  washing  out  sand  and  hunt- 
ing for  gold.  We  had  to  get  an  outfit  next  before  we  did 
any  prospecting  and  we  got  it  here.  The  three  of  us  had 
about  $200  between  us,  but  that  would  not  get  much  of 
an  outfit  then.  We  got  three  heavy  rifles,  old  ones,  and 
plenty  of  powder  and  ball.  Then  we  got  two  Texas 
ponies  for  packing;  the  man  that  we  got  them  from  was 
so  anxious  to  get  rid  of  them  that  he  let  us  have  them 
for  $30  each ; then  threw  in  a couple  of  old  pack  saddles, 
his  ropes,  an  ax  and  spade,  and  his  cooking  pots,  a whole 
camp  outfit,  in  fact,  all  except  the  tent;  that  we  never 
had. 

“We  could  not  afford  to  get  ponies  to  ride,  so  we 
walked,  and  on  the  march  one  of  us  always  went  ahead 
while  the  other  two  drove  up  the  pack  train. 

“We  made  mistakes,  of  course,  but  for  three  tender- 
feet,  two  of  them  only  boys,  we  got  along  first  rate. 
The  Whites  had  both  been  farmer’s  boys ; they  knew  how 
to  use  a rifle,  and  so  did  I.  I have  you  to  thank  for  that; 
you  taught  me.  So  we  always  had  plenty  of  meat ; in  fact, 
we  wasted  it. 

“Before  we  left  Independence  we  inquired  about  the 
dangerous  animals  we  would  be  likely  to  meet,  and  were 
told  that  the  black  bear  would  be  about  the  only  one 
which  would  give  us  trouble.  But  he  would,  he  was 
really  dangerous,  he  would  charge  the  whole  three  of  us 
if  our  guns  did  not  stop  him;  and  it  took  a whole  lot  of 
lead  to  kill  him,  they  said.  And  after  night  he  would  be 
liable  to  charge  our  camp.  We  must  keep  a good  look- 
out for  him.  We  swallowed  this  stuff,  of  course.  The 
only  bear  I had  ever  seen  was  one  that  was  kept  chained 
up  in  a slaughter  house  at  home.  You  knew  him.” 

“Yes,  and  he  would  be  far  more  dangerous  than  any 
you  would  be  likely  to  meet  out  in  Kansas.” 

“These  fellows  told  us  this  stuff  to  keep  us  awake  at 
night  I suppose.  Anyhow,  it  did  not  keep  me  awake  one 
night  when  I was  watching  for  the  bear  to  come  and  do 
that  charging.  When  leaving  Independence  we  first 
struck  out  to  the  southwest.  We  wanted  to  strike  the 
Arkansas  River,  what  for  I don’t  know,  unless  it  was  to 
give  the  Comanches  or  Cheyennes  a better  chance  to  find 
us ; and  I have  often  since  wondered  why  they  never 
troubled  us.  In  all  the  time  that  we  were  out  I never 
saw  them  nor  any  signs  of  them,  and  in  the  next  few 
months  we  traveled  pretty  well  all  over  western  Kansas, 
and  at  last  brought  up  in  the  Indian  Territory,  never  once 
seeing  a hostile  Indian.  They  may  have  seen  us  often 
enough  but  may  have  thought  that  we  were  not  worth 
plundering.  We  set  out  to  make  only  twenty  miles  each 
day,  then  camp  if  we  could  find  water  at  the  end  of  those 
twenty  miles.  We  generally  could  find  water  almost  any- 
where ; but  on  the  fifth  day  out  we  had  to  go  at  least 
thirty  miles  before  we  found  any,  and  when  we  did  find 
it  we  were  about  ready  to  drop. 

“On  account  of  these  bears  being  ready  to  charge  our 
camp  at  night  we  had  up  to  now  always  kept  a guard  on. 
Each  of  us  would  stand  one-third  of  the  night,  then 
tramp  on  foot  all  next  day. 

“We  were  camped  to-night  on  a small  creek  that  had 
a fringe  of  small  cottonwoods  growing  along  it;  and  after 
dark  I took  my  rifle,  and,  going  just  below  camp,  went  on 
post  to  stand  my  share  of  the  guard.  I was  dead  tired 
and  sat  down,  then  lay  down,  and  must  have  fallen  asleep 
almost  right  _ off.  I was  wakened  up  some  time  in  the 
night  by  feeling  something  cold  scraping  across  my  face, 
and  just  got  my  eyes  open  in  time  to  see  a young  bear 
cub  about  a year  old  making  off  as  fast  as  his  legs  could 
carry  him.  He  was  down  in  the  bushes  and  out  of  sight 
before  I had  time  to  fire  at  him. 

“I  looked  at  my  watch  and  found  it  to  be  just  3 o’clock. 

I had  been  ‘standing  guard’  six  hours.  Then  I went  and 
called  my  relief,  telling  him  what  time  it  was.  I had  the 
only  watch  in  the  party.  This  was  the  last  night  that 
any  of  us  ever  stood  a guard.  After  thinking  the  matter 
over  next  day,  I told  the  others  just  how  everything  had 
happened  and  that  those  men  had  only  been  making  fools 
of  us ; and  this  guard  was  killing  us  anyhow.  I for  one 
would  risk  the  bears  killing  me. 

“We  had  been  out  nearly  two  months,  and  in  that  time 
had  not  seen  a dozen  of  ranches  in  this  whole  country; 
it  was  all  a wilderness  yet,  and  at  last  we  ran  across  a 
small  log  cabin  that  we  afterward  found  out  had  been 
built  by  a sheep  herder.  It  was  vacant  now,  and  we  took 
possession  of  it,  meaning  to  stop  here  a month  or  more. 
The  cabin  was  only  about  ten  feet  by  six  and  had  a fiat 
mud  roof.  The  door,  which  was  next  to  one  corner  of 
it,  had  been  broken  off  but  it  lay  in  the  cabin  and  we  put 
it  in  place  again.  We  were  still  more  or  less  afraid  of 
those  bears,  though  none  of  us  except  me  had  ever  seen 
any  yet.  The  cabin  had  no  window,  but  to  the  right  of  the 
door  a log  had  been  cut  out  leaving  a space  about  two 
feet  long  and  less  than  a foot  high.  We  always  left  this 
open  at  night  to  let  fresh  air  in.  To  the  right  of  this 
space  I had  a small  shelf  where  I kept  my  cooking  uten- 
sils and  anything  we  did  not  want  lying  on  the  floor. 

“My  partners  had  taken  both  the  ponies  and  gone  after 
supplies,  expecting  to  be  gone  about  four  days,  and  on  the 
second  night  after  they  had  left  I was  wakened  up  about 
midnight  by  the  racket  made  by  my  tin  pans  and  cups 
falling  off  the  shelf  down  on  the  floor,  and  looking  to 
see  what  was  wrong  now,  I could  just  see  the  head  and 
shoulders  of  a bear  shoved  in  through  this  narrow  open- 
ing ; but  he  could  not  get  any  more  of  himself  in  through 


— .n— — I I . ■ ■ ..  II  r>..  ^ wmmmf*  ■ — 

it.  I had  a wooden  water  bucket  half  full  of  coarse 
brown  sugar  back  at  the  far  end  of  the  shelf.  The  beat 
had  it  now,  he  held  it  between  one  of  his  paws  and  his 
breast,  and  was  trying  to  clean  the  sugar  out  with  his 
other  paw,  but  was  not  getting  much  of  it.  The  sugar 
was  in  a hard  cake;  I had  to  use  a knife  to  get  any  out 
of  it  myself.  In  reaching  for  the  sugar  he  had  upset  my 
pans,  causing  the  racket.  I was  lying  on  the  floor  in  the 
far  corner  of  the  cabin  and  the  bear  had  not  seen  me  yet. 
I had  left  my  gun  standing  leaning  against  the  wall  at 
my  head,  and  keeping  my  eyes  on  the  bear  I reached  to 
get  it,  and  knocked  it  down  instead ; and  the  bear  letting 
go  of  the  bucket,  it  dropped  to  the  floor  while  he  dropped 
to  the  ground  outside  and  made  off. 

“I  had  the  door  held  shut  by  a prop  on  the  inside,  andi 
picking  up  my  gun  I ran  to  the  door  and  got  it  open  part 
of  the  way,  then  sticking  my  head  out  began  to  look  for 
the  bear,  but  at  first  I could  see  nothing  of  him.  There 
was  moonlight,  but  the  cabin  stood  up  on  a hillside  in 
among  the  trees.  At  last  I made  him  out  about  fifty  yards 
away.  He  had  stopped  now,  then  turning  around  he 
started  to  come  back  again.  Not  after  me  I suppose,  he 
had  not  seen  me ; he  probably  wanted  more  sugar.  I took* 
the  best  aim  I could  in  the  light  I had,  then  fired,  then 
slamming  the  door  shut  I put  up  the  prop  first,  then  lit 
a candle  to  see  to  load  again,  and  then  got  the  door  open 
but  could  not  see  any  more  of  the  bear.  Not  caring  to 
go  out  after  night  looking  for  him  I closed  the  door,  put 
the  tin  pans  in  the  opening  for  him  to  knock  down  again 
should  he  come  back,  then  went  to  bed  again.  Next 
morning,  as  soon  as  it  was  light  enough  to  see,  I started 
to  hunt  up  the  bear,  first  going  to  where  he  had  been 
when  I shot  at  him.  There  was  no  blood  to  be  seen  here. 
I had  no  doubt  missed  him  I thought.  But  his  trail  led 
off  toward  the  creek,  then  up  it,  and  after  following  it 
for  200  yards,  I found  the  bear  lying  in  among  the  wil- 
lows dead.  My  big  ball  had  taken  him  in  the  breast,  then 
going  nearly  the  whole  length  of  his  body,  had  passed  out 
through  his  flank. 

“It  took  me  half  of  the  forenoon  to  get  that  skin  off. 
I was  not  an  expert  at  skinning  bears  then,  and  did  not 
want  to  spoil  the  skin,  and  did  not.  We  afterward  traded 
it  for  enough  supplies  to  last  us  nearly  three  months. 
As  soon  as  I had  the  skin  off  and  had  it  pegged  out  to 
dry,  I next  cut  up  the  bear  and  had  him  hung  up  on  trees 
when  my  partners  got  home  late  that  evening. 

“This  was  not  the  last  bear  we  shot  in  that  country, 
either.  We  began  to  hunt  for  them  now,  and  in  the  next 
few  weeks  got  two  more.  Then  we  abandoned  the  cabin 
and  left  that  country  finally,  going  down  to  the  Indian 
Territory  next.  There  in  the  Choctaw  Nation  we  put  in 
the  whole  of  the  following  winter,  then  kept  on  down  to 
Texas  and  from  here  both  of  the  Whites  went  home,  I 
staid  in  Texas.” 

“I’ll  bet  that  both  of  those  Whites  and  I were  shooting 
at  you,  Bob,  a few  years  after  this.”  Bob  had  been  in 
the  Confederate  Army. 

“I  should  not  wonder  if  you  were,”  he  told  me.  “Do 
you  know  that  you  came  very  near  never  getting  a chance 
to  shoot  at  me?  When  I first  saw  the  flag  of  your  divi- 
sion, the  winter  you  w.ere  at  Camp  Pierpont,  I had  half 
made  up  my  mind  to  desert  the  first  time  I went  on 
picket  and  go  over  to  you.  That  time  when  you  charged 
us  out  of  Drainsville,  I saw  the  flag  that  you  fellows  car- 
ried for  the  first  time  and  refused  to  fire  on  it.  My  cap- 
tain was  going  to  shoot  me,  until  I told  him  that  your 
flag  was  the  flag  of  the  State  I had  been  born  in.  Then 
when  I found  out  that  you  were  at  Pierpont  I had  half  a 
mind  to  desert  and  join  you,  only  I was  afraid  of  get- 
ting sent  to  prison.” 

“No,  you  would  have  been  given  the  oath  of  allegiance, 
then  sent  home  to  Allegheny.” 

The  flag  that  Bob  would  not  fire  on  was  the  State  of 
Pennsylvania  flag.  We  never  carried  a United  States 
flag,  only  the  State  flag ; it  has  the  State  coat  of  arms  in 
the  blue  field  instead  of  the  stars. 

The  last  time  that  I ever  saw  Bob,  fifteen  years  after 
this,  was  when  I defended  him  tiefore  a judge  and  jury 
in  Silver  City,  New  Mexico,  on  a charge  of  horse 
stealing. 

He  and  two  other  men  had  a fast  trotting  horse  that 
they  were  using  as  a “ringer,”  entering  him  under  a false 
name  in  a class  that  would  be  too  slow  for  him.  It  is 
the  worst  offense  that  can  be  commited  on  the  turf.  They 
had  some  difference  about  money  and  Bob  sold  his  share 
in  the  horse  for  $100  cash,  and  a judgment  note  for  $600, 
Then  when  he  tried  to  collect  the  note  he  could  not,  so 
he  took  the  horse  down  the  country  and  sold  him  and 
was  arrested  for  it  on  his  return.  Then  he  sent  for  me 
to  defend  him.  In  a northern  court  of  record,  the  only 
one  that  I would  be  allowed  to  defend  would  be  myself, 
and  I at  first  thought  that  it  would  be  the  same  in  these 
Territory  courts,  but  a lawyer  to  whom  I went  to  get 
him  to  defend  Bob  got  the  judge  to  let  me  do  it.  I put 
in  part  of  a forenoon  raising  objections  to  everything  that 
the  prosecuting  attorney  said  or  did,  and  in  badgering  his 
witnesses.  Then  as  I had  no  witnesses  except  Bob — and 
I took  good  care  not  to  use  him  as  one,  though  the  op- 
posing counsel  was  anxious  for  me  to  call  Bob — I put  in 
the  greater  part  of  another  hour  in  trying  to  talk  that 
jury  to  death.  They  acquitted  Bob,  and  I then  had  this 
lawyer  collect  that  note  for  him.  The  horse  had  to  be 
sold  again  to  pay  it.  Then  Bob,  taking  my  advice,  went 
home  to  where  he  had  been  born,  the  first  time  he  had 
been  there  in  thirty  years.  Cabia  Blanco. 


For  listening  to  the  noise  made  by  fish  in  the  depths  of 
the  seas,  a Norwegian  inventor  has  devised  a telephone 
to  be  lowered  overboard  from  fishing  boats.  With  this 
he  claims  a fisherman  can  detect  the  presence  of  fish,  their 
numbers,  and  even  their  kind.  Herrings  or  srnaller  fish, 
when  they  come  in  large  numbers,  make  a piping,  whist- 
ling sound,  while  cod  make  a roaring  noise.  When  they 
come  close  to  the  submarine  telephone  the  movements  of 
the  individual  fish  can  be  distinguished.  The  pouring  of 
the  water  through  the  gills  sounds  like  the  labored 
breathing  of  a huge  beast.  The  action  of  the  fins  gives  off 
a rumble  like  surf  beating  on  a beach.  Crunching  of 
teeth  and  rustling  of  scales  are  also  apparent.  The  in- 
strument consists  of  a microphone  in  a heremetically 
sealed  steel  box.  It  is  connected  by  electric  wires  with  a 
telephone  in  the  vessel  above.  Every  sound  in  the  water 
below  is  intensified  by  the  microphone  and  conducted  by 
the  electric  wires  to  the  telephone.-WV’eekly  Scotsman. 


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The  May  Wild  Si  Flowers. 

BY  CLARENCE  M.  WEED. 

To  the  lover  of  wild  flowers  as  to  the  lover  of  birds, 
the  first  half  of  May  is  the  season  of  all  others  when 
one  would  wish  to  live  out  of  doors.  Dr.  Van  Dyke  says 
the  month  of  May  was  made  to  “go  a-fishing” — an  avo- 
cation in  which  the  delights  both  of  flowers  and  birds 
will  appeal  to  one,  but  one  need  not  be  a fisherman  to 
enjoy  the  fields  and  woods  in  May.  During  the  first  half 
of  the  month  one  may  hope  to  find  new  blossoms  every 
day,  and  yet  will  not  be  embarrassed  by  the  floral  riches 
that  the  last  half  of  the  month  brings  in  almost  bewil- 
dering confusion. 

One  of  the  most  abundant  of  the  New  England  wild 
flowers  is  the  curious  little  plant  sometimes  called  the 
Spring  Everlasting',  although  often  called  Indian  To- 
bacco or  White  Plantain.  A better  name  than  any  of 
these  is  the  one  given  it  by  the  botanists,  Antennaria, 
and  it  would  be  fortunate  if  we  could  generally  call  the 
plant  by  this  name.  An  examination  of  the  flowers  of 
Antennaria  shows  at  once  that  it  belongs  to  the  great 
group  of  composite  plants,  many  small  florets  being 
crowded  together  in  one  -head.  It  differs,  however,  from 
most  members  of  this  family  in  the  fact  that  the  pollen- 


the  most  characteristic  of  the  spring  wild  flowers,  while 
still  farther  west  other  species  are  abundant. 

The  Painted  Trillium  delights  in  moist,  rich  woods 
where  it  is  often  found  in  great  abundance.  It  is  an  in- 
teresting and  beautiful  blossom  with  its  white  petals 
standing  out  from  the  background  of  green  leaves,  each 
petal  made  more  conspicuous  by  the  brilliant  crimson  V- 
shaped  spot  upon  its  surface.  This  flower  is  perhaps 
more  likely  to  attract  attention  than  any  other  in  the 
woods,  and  it  is  certainly  one  of  the  most  characteristic 
of  the  New  England  wild  flowers,  although  it  does  not 
seem  to  be  so  universally  distributed  as  the  less  attrac- 
tive Purple  Trillium.  The  shallow  blossoms  of  the  latter 
are  generally  of  a deep  maroon  color  often  becoming 
more  purple  as  they  grow  older.  In  some  regions  a white 
variety  of  this  species  replaces  the  purple  kind.  The 
odor  of  the  Purple  Trillium  is  notoriously  disagreeable 
and  is.  believed  to  be  for  the  purpose  of  attracting  blue 
bottle  flies  and  other  insects  which  feed  upon  the  dull 
yellow  pollen. 

Near  the  haunts  of  the  Purple  Trillium  one  can  gen- 
erally find  the  bizarre  blossoms  of  the  Jack-in-the-Pulpit. 
The  outer  part — so  much  like  the  old-fashioned  pulpits 
that  used  to  be  in  the  churches — is  called  the  spathe,  while 
the  vertical  club  in  the  middle — which  I suppose  repre- 
sents Jack— is  called  the  spadix.  By  removing  the  spathe 
one  can  readily  see  the  stamens  and.  pistils  on  the  lower, 
part  of  the  spadix.  There  is  an  interesting  variation 
in  the  structure  of  different  flowers ; in  some  stamens 
only  will  be  found  upon  the  spadix;  sometimes  pistils 


YELLOW  CLINTONIA. 


name.  The  time  of  blossoming  of  the  species  is  indicated 
by  Longfellow  in  this  verse: 

“At  Pentecost,  which  brings 
The  Spring,  clothed  like  a bride, 

When  nestling  buds  unfold  their  wings. 

And  bishop’s  caps  have  golden  rings, 

Musing  upon  many  things 
I sought  the  woodlands  wide.” 

In  much  the  same  situation,  especially  in  cold  woods, 
one  is  likely  to  find  the  white  flowers  of  the  Goldthread, 
which,  however,  seem  to  blossom  a little  later  than  do 
the  foam  flowers.  The  plant  is  at  once  identified  by  find- 
ing the  yellow  rootstock  which  runs  along  just  beneath 
the  surface  of  the  soil.  In  their  structure  these  flowers 
are  among  the  most  interesting  of  all  the  spring  blos- 
soms. The  sepals  are  white  and  petal-like,  the  stamens 
are  small  and  numerous,  but  the  petals  are  most  extra- 
ordinary. Each  petal  arises  from  in  front  of  and  between 
each  pair  of  sepals,  in  the  form  of  a miniature  column 
that  gradually  enlarges  from  below  upwards  and  filially 
ends  in  a cup-like  disk,  which  is  yellow  with  a white 


BLUE  FLAG. 


only,  while  occasionally  both  will  be  found  together. 
These  plants  are  also  called  Lords  and  Ladies,  the  Lords 
being  the  highly  colored  purple  ones,  and  the  ladies  the 
more  modest  greenish  ones.  Small  flies  are  generally 
present  in  the  Jack-in-the-Pulpit  flower.  These  carry  the 
pollen  from  the  stamen-bearers  to  the  pistil-bearers.  The 
former  fade  away,  while  the  latter  develop  green  berries 
that  become  bright  red  in  autumn. 

In  the  eastern  region  we  seldom  see  the  curious  Green 
Dragon  which  is  found  locally  abundant  in  the  Middle 
West.  In  this  species  the  spadix  is  very  long,  projecting 
much  beyond  the  spathe,  and  giving  the  plant  a striking 
and  characteristic  appearance.  Its  general  struc- 
ture is  much  like  that  of  Jack-in-the-Pulpit. 

When  the  small  stream  along  the  banks  of  which 
the  Lords  and  Ladies  besport  themselves  reaches  a 
level  place  in  the  sparse  woods,  it  spreads  out  into 
an  area  that  forms  the  congenial  home  for  a num- 
ber of  beautiful  and  delicate  flowers.  These  do  not 
grow  in  the  water  itself,  but  upon  the  numberless 
tiny  hillocks  and  banks  which  the  presence  of  the 
water  keeps  always  damp. 

The  most  impressive  of  these  blos- 
soms is  perhaps  the  Foam-flower.  To 
appreciate  its  name  you  have  only  to 
see  the  great  white  masses  growing  like 
a sheet  of  foam  in  damp  places  in  the 
woods.  Hundreds  of  thousands  of  the 
tiny  white  flowers  hide  the  surface 
of  the  ground  in  a most  character- 
istic manner.  These  flowers  are  borne 
in  masses  on  the  ends  of  stalks  which 
average  about  eight  inches  in  height, 
while  the  round  or  heart-shaped  leaves 
are  borne  on  stems  of  about  the  same 
length. 

Not  far  away  from  these  masses  of 
the  Foam-Flower  you  are  likely  to  find 
the  much  less  conspicuous  blossoms  of 
the  Mitre-wort  or  Bishop’s  Cap.  The 
tiny  flowers  which  have  well  been  liken- 
ed to  minute  white  crystals,  are  strung 
singly  along  the  main  flower-stalk. 

When  the  petals  drop  off  the  tiny  fruit- 
pods  form  miniature  mitres,  from 
which  fact  the  plant  gets  its  common 


bearing  and  the  seed-bearing  _ flowers  are  on  distinct 
plants,  consequently  the  species  relies  upon  the  many 
insects  that  visit  the  blossoms,  for  the  transfer  of  the 
pollen  and  the  fertilization  of  the  seed.  . . 

No  group  of  wild  flowers  is  more  characteristic  oi  the 
middle  spring  season  than  that  of  the  Trilliums,  often 
called  the  Wakerobins.  Throughout  the  Northern 
States  the  May  woods  are  resplendent  with  some  one 
of  the  many  species  of  this  family.  In  New  England  the 
Painted  Trillium  and  the  Purple  Trillium  are  the  most 
abundant.  In  New  York,  Michigan  and  the  region  of 
the  Middle  West  the  large  White  Trillium  is  likely  to  be 


center.  This  cup  is  covered  with  a transparent,  sticky 
nectar  which  is  fed  upon  by  the  small  flies  that  carry  the 
pollen  from  blossom  to  blossom  during  the  bright  days 
of  the  middle  spring  season. 

In  the  deep  woods,  a little  higher  up,  where  the  mois- 
ture is  less  in  evidence,  you  are  likely  to  come  across  the 
thickly-planted  beds  of  the  yellow  Clintonia,  a member 
of  the  lily-of-the-valley  family,  whose  leaves  closely  re- 
semble those  of  the  Showy  Orchis.  Each  plant  sends  up 
from  between  the  leaves  a flower-stalk  that  bears  several 
of  the  bell-like  blossoms.  The  flowers  are  freely  visited 
by  such  bees  as  penetrate  the  shady  situations  where 
they  grow,  and  the  visitors  appear  to  get  both  nectar 
and  pollen  in  exchange  for  their  service  in  carrying  the 
pollen  from  flower  to  flower. 

The  Showy  Orchis  is  likely  to  be  found  on  the  south- 
ern slopes  of  rich,  open  woods  where  its  broad,  smooth 
leaves  form  a fitting  setting  for  the  pink-purple  blossoms 
arranged  on  the  central  stem  that  projects  upward  from 
between  the  bases  of  the  leaves  to  a height  of  six  or 
eight  inches.  In  their  structure  these  blossoms  have  the 
same  interest  that  is  found  in  most  of  the  members  of 


JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT. 


GOLD  THREAD. 


May  6,  1905.] 


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the  orchid  family.  They  are  freely  visited  by  bumble- 
bees which  bring  about  pollination  by  a curious  and  com- 
plicated  set  of  devices.  The  method  by  which  this  is  ac- 
complished is  well  worth  the  careful  study  of  anyone 
living  in  a region  where  the  plant  grows. 

With  the  possible  exception  of  the  May-flower  or  Trail- 
ing Arbutus,  the  Wild  Columbine  is  the  most  fascinating 
of  the  spring  flowers.  Along  the  rocky  shores  of  the 
New  England  coast  its  nodding  blossoms  often  color 
the  hillsides  in  May,  the  scant  soil  yielding  only  suffi- 
cient nourishment  for  a growth  of  a foot  or  eighteen 
inches.  But  in  localities  where  the  conditions  are  more 
favorable  the  plants  often  reach  a height  of  two  feet  or 
more. 

Although  the  Columbine  is  found  in  blossom  from 
April  until  June,  the  height  of  its  season  in  the  more 
Northern  States  occurs  in  May.  The  flower  is  often 
called  “honeysuckle”  on  account  of  the  nectar  to  be 
sucked  through  the  spurs  when  the  tip  is  opened,  but 
this  name  more  properly  belongs  to  another  group  of 
plants.  In  some  regions  the  blossoms  are  also  called 
“red  bells.”  These  flowers  are  especial  favorites  of  the 
humming-birds. 

The  blossoms  of  the  Columbine  seem  to  be  especially 
adapted  to  the  visits  of  queen  bumble  bees,  whose  long 
tongues  can  reach  the  nectar  secreted  in  the  vertical 
spurs.  Normally  the  bees  alight  on  the  open  end  of  the 
flower,  and  as  they  make  the  circuit  of  the  five  nectar 
spurs,  the  under  side  of  their  bodies  rub  against  the 
stamens  and  pistils.  When  the  flowers  first  open  the 
pistils  only  project  beyond  the  petals,  so  that  these  are 
touched  by  the  pollen  on  the  body  of  the  visitor.  A little 
later  the  stamens  curl  outward,  yielding  abundant  pollen 
to  be  carried  by  the  bees. 

The  Columbine  is  often  found  along  the  borders  of 


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RUFFED  '"GROUSE. 


This  specimen,  captured  Sept.  26,  was  photographed  Nov.  2,  1904. 

rich  woods,  and  in  somewhat  similar  situations  the  red 
and  the  White  Baneberries,  are  likely  to  be  seen.  These 
are  among  the  most  characteristic  plants  of  the  middle 
spring  season.  In  the  case  of  the  White  Baneberry  a 
smooth,  robust,  leafless  stalk  rises  from  the  ground  eight 
or  ten  inches  before  it  sends  out  the  one  large,  doubly- 
compound  leaf,  with  the  margins  of  its  many  leaflets  cut 
into  numerous  serrate  lobes  which  are  tipped  with  a 
pointed  tooth.  Then  the  stalk  goes  on  upward  to  hold 
the  oblong  cluster  of  small  white  flowers.  Later  some 
of  these  flowers  develop  into  strange  white  berries  with 
a purplish  white  tip,  which  in  New  England  have  long 
been  called  “doll’s  eyes.”  These  berries  are  poisonous, 
however,  and  of  course  should  never  be  eaten. 

The  Red  Baneberry  is  very  similar  to  the  White,  the 
chief  difference  being  in  its  bright  red  berries  which  are 
borne  on  much  more  slender  pedicels  than  are  those  of 
the  White  Baneberry. 

A little  deeper  in  the  woods  one  is  likely  to  find  the 
Star-Flower  abundant.  Few  blossoms  have  been  blessed 
with  so  appropriate  a name  as  this,  for  it  is  a perfect 
white  star  that  dots  here  and  there  the  brown  carpet  of 
the  leaves.  It  has  an  extremely  delicate  odor,  and  its 
grace  and  beauty  are  beyond  praise.  The  slender,  round, 
straight  stem  rises  vertically  a few  inches  before  it  sends, 
out  its  platform  of  long,  linear,  finely-pointed  leaves  in  a 
whorl,  above  which  the  slender  pedicels  of  the  one,  two- 
or  three  flowers  continue  for  about  an  inch  until  each  is 
crowned  by  the  star-like  flower.  A clear-cut  plant,  it 
seems  always  sufficient  unto  itself,  and  I fancy  one  is  less 
tempted  to  gather  it  than  is  the  case  with  many  other 
beauties  of  the  wood. 

The  Wild  Iris  or  Blue  Flag  is  one  of  th'e'most  con- 
spicuous lowland  flowers  of  May.  Thoreau  thought  it 
“loose  and  coarse  in  habit,”  a judgment  with  which  most 
of  us  would  disagree.  For  it  is  a graceful  and  attractive 
plant  as  it  grows  in  its  favorite  haunts  along  the  borders 
of  slow-running  brooks  or  in  the  margins  of  ponds.  It 
has  moreover  an  extraordinary  relation  to  the  world  of 
insects,  which  adds  greatly  to  its  interest.  It  is  visited 
by  a host  of  bees,  flies,  butterflies  and  moths  that  find 
an  abundance  of  nectar  in  the  lower  part  of  the  flower. 


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Rearing  Ruffed  Grouse. 

The  report  of  the  Commissioners  of  Fisheries  and 
Game  for  the  State  of  Massachusetts  for  the  year 
ending  1904  has  just  been  issued.  It  contains  a great 
amount  of  very  interesting  information  from  the  points 
of  view  of  both  sport  or  of  commerce,  and  may  be 
read  with  profit  by  all  gunners  and  fishermen.  The 
good  work  of  hatching,  rearing  and  distributing  fish 
goes  on.  For  example,  6,100,000  shad  fry  were  planted 
in  rivers  of  the  State,  3,300,000  pike  perch  fry  were 
hatched  and  planted  and  16,000,000  landlocked  smelt 
eggs  were  distributed  in  various  ponds  stocked  with 
the  landlocked  salmon.  The  question  of  rearing  frogs 
has  been  considered  by  the  commission,  but  as  yet 


RUFFED  GROUSE — SEVEN  DAYS  OLD. 
Photograph  from  life,  by  C.  F.  Hodge. 


nothing  has  been  dotie  about  it,  it  being  deemed  best 
to  await  the  publication  of  the  experiments  of  the 
Commissioner  of  Fisheries  of  Pennsylvania  in  this  line. 
Trout  eggs  were  collected  to  the  number  of  668,000.  The 
demand  for  fish  to  stock  ponds  is  greater  than  can  be 
filled,  and  many  novel  questions  relating  to  the  rights 
of  the  public  and  of  town  and  village  communities  are 
coming  up  which  time  can  only  settle.  The  commission 
has  bred  pheasants  in  some  numbers. 

Since  Massachusetts  is  about  on  the  limit  of  the 
northward  range  of  the  quail,  this  species  is  likely  to 
be  destroyed  there  at  any  time  by  severe  winters.  In 
order  to  protect  it  as  far  as  possible  the  commission 
recommends  that  the  quail  be  encouraged  to  live  about 
the  farm  buildings,  where  they  can  be  most  readily 
cared  for  during  bad  weather;  that  suitable  covers  be 
retained  for  them,  and  especially  that  clumps  of  bay 
berries,  sumac,  black  alder,  red  cedar,  and  other  berry- 
bearing bushes  which  retain  their  fruit  over  the  winter 
be  reserved  for  them,  which  will  afford  them  not  only 
shelter,  but  food.  Two  severe  seasons  have  practically 
exterminated  the  quail  in  Massachusetts  and  a close 
season  for  a term  of  years  is  suggested  for  both  quail 
and  ruffed  grouse. 

Perhaps- the  most  interesting  contribution  to  the  re- 
port is  the  account  by  Prof.  C.  F.  Hodge,  of  Clark 
University,  Worcester,  of  his  remarkable  success  in 
rearing  ruffed  grouse  in  captivity.  This  species  has  al- 
ways been  esteemed  the  wildest  of  birds,  but  m Prof. 
Hodge’s  hands  it  has,  become  absolutely  tame.  Prof. 
Hodge’s  report -is  as  follows: 

Worcester,  Mass.,  Nov.  25,  1904. 
Mr.  Joseph  W.  Collins,  Chairman,  Massachusetts  Com- 
missioners on  Fisheries  and  Game,  State  House, 
Boston,  Mass.: 

Dear  Sir — The  permit  from  the  Department  of  Fish- 
eries and  Game  allowed  me  tb  take  twelve  eggs  of  the 
ruffed  grouse  for  purposes  -of  • experiment.  Five  eggs 
were  obtained  May-  28  and  Sdven  June  1,  from  nests 
not  less  than  sixty  miles  apart,  being  taken  from  two 
nest's,  in  order  to  avoid  the  possibility  of  close  inter- 
breeding in  case  the  birds  reach  maturity.  The  eggs 
were  carried  in  the  crown  of  a felt  hat,  between  a 
thick  pad  of  cotton  batting  and  the  head— the  first  lot 
from  9 in  the  morning  until  nearly  6 in  the  evening — 
and  all  hatched  in  apparently  perfect  condition,  proving 
this  to  be  an  excellent  method  of  transporting  incu- 
bated eggs. 

Cochin  bantam  hens  were  obtained  by  the  kindness 
of  Mr.  Merrill  from  the  Sutton  hatcheries,  and  they 
brought  out  the  respective  broods  May  30  and  June  6. 
Food  was  supplied,  but  little  was  taken  during  the  first 


RUFFED  GROUSE  STRUTTING. 

Photograph  from  life,  Oct.  17,  1904,  by  C.  F.  Hodges. 


day,  and  the  chicks  were  left  undisturbed  in  the  nest. 
At  the  end  of  this  time  they  were  removed  to  warm 
nest  boxes,  placed  within  boxed  yards  covered  with 
netting,  which  gave  the  chicks  access  to  grass. 

The  weather  was  stormy  and  very  cold,  and  despite 
every  precaution  against  exposure  a number  of  the 
chicks  were  taken  sick,  apparently  with  colds  or  pneu- 
monia, and  five  died  within  the  first  ten  days.  One  was 
killed  in  the  nest  the  first  day.  Subsequently,  two  were 
snagged  by  cats  which  reached  through  the  inch-mesh 
wire  of  their  enclosure,  and  died  in  consequence  of  their 
wounds.  This  leaves  four  of  the  original  stock,  and  at 
present  writing  they  are  as  fine,  vigorous  birds  as  one 
could  find  in  the  covers. 

About  the  first  of  October  two  wild  birds  which  had 
flown  against  windows  in  the  city  were  added  to  the 
flock.  These,  under  the  influence  of  the  others,  rapidly 
became  practically  as  tame  as  they,  and  we  thus  have 
a stock  of  six  healthy  birds,  from  probably  four  dif- 
ferent broods. 

My  plan  of  feeding  has  been  to  give  the  birds  the 
greatest  possible  variety — as  much  as  practicable  like 
the  foods  they  would  be  likely  to  find  in  the  woods — 
and  to  study  and  note  their  preferences.  The  feeding 
can  probably  be  simplified  when  we  discover  the  staples 
and  essentials.  At  first  the  chicks  were  given  ripe  blow- 
fly maggots  and  pheasants’  custard.*  They  were  able 
to  pick  up  the  maggots  from  the  second  day  on,  and 
these  remained  the  staple  diet  until  well  into  August. 
The  custard  was  plastered  on  rough  boards  placed  on 
edge  in  the  pens,  since  the  chicks  seemed  to  prefer  to 
reach  up  for  it.  After  the  first  three  weeks,  however, 
it  could  be  placed  in  trays  on  the  ground,  and  they 


RUFFED  GROUSE  FOUR  MONTHS  OLD. 
Photograph  from  life,  Oct.  3,  1904,  by  C.  F.  Hodges. 


continued  to  feed  upon  it  as  a staple  diet  until  about 
the  middle  of  September;  after  that  its  place  was  taken 
by  live  grasshoppers. 

Along  with  the  foods  above  mentioned,  I gave,  es- 
pecially during  the  first  weeks,  great  abundance  and 
variety  of  small  insects:  plant  lice,  thrips  and  rose  slugs, 
spiders,  “ants’  eggs,”  mosquitoes  and  mosquito  “wrig- 
glers,” small  earthworms,  flies  and  gnats;  also  small 
grasshoppers  and  moths,  obtained  by  sweeping  the  grass 
and  bushes  with  an  insect  net.  The  chicks  were  also 
given  their  freedom — the  free  run  of  the  lawn  and 
garden  as  much  as  possible. 

From  the  first  day  I kept  the  pens  supplied  with  fresh 
chickweed,  and  the  chicks  began  eating  it  on  the  sec- 
ond or  third  day.  They  also  ate  dandelion  seeds,  and 
were  fond  of  the  green  heads  of  June  grass.  All  kinds  of 
fruits  were  offered  them,  and  none  of  the  native  and 
common  garden  fruits  was  declined  (with  the  excep- 
tion of  pears  and  peaches,  which  were  scarcely  more 
than  tasted),  from  strawberies  in  June  to  apples  in 
October.  Raspberries,  blackberries  and  mulberries 
were  eargerly  eaten,  and  blueberries  and  huckleberries 
formed  a staple  food  during  their  seasons.  Thorn  ap- 
ples, barberries  and  black  alder  berries  were  not  re, 
fused,  but  were  not  taken  in  large  quantities.  Grapes 
of  all  kinds  were  greatly  relished,  especially  Delawares. 
Chokecherries  and  especially  black  cherries  were  eaten 
in  great  quantities. 

Although  liberally  supplied  with  green  cabbage  and 
fresh  chickweed  and  generally  lettuce,  all  of  which  the 
young  birds  ate  daily,  they  also  took  quantities  of  all 
sorts  of  leaves  (except  grape,  snowball,  artichoke  and 
Rosa  rugosa)  of  the  trees  and  other  plants  which  grew 
in  their  enclosures:  hawthorn,  cherry,  black  cherry, 
apple,  hackberry,  chestnut,  plantain,  rhubarb,  yellow 
dock,  oxalis,  all  kinds  of  clovers  and  many  others. 
Early  in  September  they  began  to  develop  proclivities 
for  budding,  and  were  often  seen  nipping  and  tugging 
at  small  twigs.  They  ate  chestnuts  and  acorns  eagerly 
through  October  and  up  to  the  present. 

The  first  moult  occurred  chiefly  in  August,  and  the 
adult  feathers  appeared  in  September,  along  with 
“snowshoes”  and  leggins.  Soon  after  attaining  their 

*1  am  again  indebted  to  Mr.  Merrill  for  supplies  of  maggots, 
and  also  for  directions  in  regal  d to  making  pheasants’  custard, 
viz.:  to  one  pint  of  fresh  milk  add  four  fresh  eggs,  and  beat: 
then  steam  or  bake  until  solid. 


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[May  6,  1905, 


fall  plumage  they  began  to  strut,  after  the  fashion  of 
the  turkey  gobbler.  The  tail  is  spread,  the  wings  are 
dragged  on  the  ground  and  the  ruff  is  thrown  out 
around  the  head,  and  a great  deal  of  bowing,  shaking 
the  ruff  and  hissing  is  indulged  in.  The  male  and  female 
of  the  ruffed  grouse,  are  not  distinguished  by  any 
marked  differences  in  plumage.  I suppose  at  first  that 
strutting  was  definite  indication  of  male  sex,  but  doubt 
if  this  is  the  case  with  young  birds.  With  turkeys  the 
young  of  both  sexes  strut.  At  any  rate,  all  the  birds 
that  I have  reared  from  the  egg  have  strutted  more 
or  less,  and  still,  from  their  size  and  other  character- 
istics of  head  and  neck,  I am  inclined  to  think  that  three 
of  them  are  females.  Neither  of  the  wild  birds  have 
shown  any  signs  of  strutting,  although  apparently  per- 
fectly at  home  with  the  others. 

As  far  as  domesticability  is  concerned,  our  ruffed 
grouse  are  tamer  than  most  barnyard  fowls.  They 
have  not  evinced  instincts  of  fear  at  any  time  to  any 
remarkable  degree.  They  feed  readily  from  the  hand, 
and  will  hop  upon  the  knee- — even  the  wild  ones — to 
do  so.  They  have  not  drummed  as  yet,  but  it  is  to  be 
hoped  they  will  in  the  spring.  The  outlook  is  good 
for  nests  and  broods  next  season,  if  present  health  and 
vigor  of  the  birds  can  be  taken  as  any  indication  of 
future  possibilities.  C.  F.  Hodge. 

The  pheasant  breeding  work  of  the  commission — 
owing  perhaps  in  part  to  the  extreme  cold  of  the  prev- 
ious winter — was  not  so  successful  as  might  have  been 
hoped,  but  each  year  as  the  work  is  continued  more 
is  learned  about  breeding  these  birds.  An  extraordin- 
ary incident  during  the  year  was  the  attacking  of  the 
pheasants  by  rats  in  large  numbers.  The  report  closes 
with  a feeling  memorial  to  Capt.  J.  W.  Collins,  long 
the  chairman  of  the  Massachusetts  Commission. 


Havier  Venison. 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

That  is  a very  interesting  article  of  Keeper  Hickmott, 
of  England,  on  havier  deer  in  your  issue  of  April  15- 
Most  of  it  is  new  matter  to  me,  and  I dare,  say  it  is  to 
most  of  our  sportsmen  who  have  never  visited  Great 
Britain  for  sport.  In  the  course  of  the  gentleman’s  re- 
marks he  refers  to  the  period  of  the  year  during  which 
natural  venison  is  eatable.  In  England,  he  says,  the  sea- 
son (that  is  for  buck  venison,  of  course)  continues  from 
May  to  September,  and  yet  we  in  this  country  do  not  per- 
mit venison  to  be  killed  until  six  weeks  later,  or  just 
when  the  rutting  season  is  on,  and  the  meat,  of  course, 
strong.  I have  seen  fall  venison  that  was  as  rank  as  an 
old  Rocky  Mountain  goat,  and  I am  free  to  say  that  I 
have  never  been  friendly  to  a law  which  compelled  me  to 
eat  viands  only  when  most  unfit  and  at  their  worst.  . For 
in  classing  the  two  sexes  in  one  under  the  prohibitory 
law  we  do  just  this  very  thing. 

How  few  of  us  would  know  the  taste  of  really  good 
venison  if  we  had  never  eaten  of  it  clandestinely.  Of 
course  does  and  fawns  should  be  rigidly  protected,  and 
for  them  the  present  close  season  is  all  right  enough,  but 
strange  to  state,  at  the  very  time  when  the  bucks  .are  dis- 
carded and  outlawed  by  their  own  kind,  our  Legislatures 
place  them  under  safeguard. 


I have  had  considerable  to  do  with  formulating  game 
laws,  and  your  files  of  Forest  and  Stream,  will  show,  as 
long  ago  as  1874,  how  I appealed  to  Americans  to  study 
the  game  laws  of  England,  Germany  and  Switzerland  and 
to  be  governed  by  their  centuries  of  experience  when  the 
natural  conditions  were  found  to  conform.  But  we  are 
still  eating  fall  venison  when  the  bucks  are  so  busy  rut- 
ting that  they  have  no  time  to  eat,  when  their  flesh  is 
disgustingly  strong  in  flavor,  if  not  actually  lean  and 
stringy.  So  I urge  that  you  circulate  Head  Keeper  Hick- 
mott’s  letter  among  the  clubs,  and  let  them  canvass  the 
legislators  in  their  respective  States,  so  that  the  laws  may 
be  duly  amended  to  except  buck  deer  from  their  operation 
at  the  earliest  possible  date.  Every  year  in  New  England, 
where  I rusticate,  deer  are  becoming  more  and  more  a 
nuisance  by  their  numbers  and  their  immunity  under  the 
law,  so  that  my  suggestion  is  at  least  opportune,  and,  I 
think,  the  majority  of  full-grown  sportsmen  will  approve 
of  it.  If  we  cannot  put  this  in  force  let  us  adopt  the 
havier  practice.  “Gesundheit  ist  besser  als  Krankheit.” 

Charles  Hallock. 


The  Rattlesnake's  Strike. 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

Our  always  interesting  friend,  Cabia  Blanco,  says  some 
things  about  the  rattlesnake  which  I must  object  to  as 
generalizations.  He  says  the  rattler  “throws  himself  into 
his  coil,  then  springs  his  rattle;  and  while  he  is  in  that 
coil— and  he  never  strikes  before  that — he  can  only  strike 
half  the  length  of  his  body.” 

I have  seen  rattlesnakes  violate  every  one  of  those 
rules.  I have  seen  them  spring  their  rattles  while 
stretched  at  full  length;  I have  seen  them  strike  without 
coiling  oftener  than  from  the  coil ; I have  seen  a rattle- 
snake strike  my  boot  at  more  than  his  own  length,  when 
he  had  a favorable  tail-brace  and  a downhill  slant.  My 
observation  has  been  that  the  coil — and  by  coil  I mean 
the  posture  similar  to  a coiled  line — is  a defensive  atti- 
tude, and  that  when  the  rattler  is  really  “on  the  prod”  he 
strikes  from  a position  like  the  letter  S with  an  added 
reverse  curve  or  two. 

Friend  Cabia  Blanco  has  not  seen  rattlesnakes  do  such 
things,  but  it  does  not  follow  that  such  things  “never” 
are  done.  The  generalization,  I think,  is  too  hasty. 

A.  K. 


Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

Cabia  Blanco  in  his  article  in  the  April  29  Forest  and 
Stream  was  right  about  rattlesnakes  in  speaking  of  Spec- 
tator’s article,  as  he  generally,  is. 

In  the  part  of  Texas  in  which  I have  lived  and  worked 
on  a ranch  for  five  years  rattlesnakes  were  common  in 
the  summer  season.  I have  killed  as  many  as  five  in  a 
day’s  fence  riding,  and  remember  one  time  when  having 
let  the  snake  get  into  a dog-hole  I walled  him  in  and 
two  days  after  on  taking  out  the  rocks  from  the  mouth 
of  the  hole,  killed  him  with  my  rope.  He  was  blind  as  a 
bat  and  had  mashed  his  nose  to  a pulp  on  the  rocks  in 
trying  to  get  out. 

Along  some  of  the  creeks  near  the  ranch  there  are 
rocky  ledges.  The  snakes  (rattle)  take  a place  of  this 


kind  with  crevasses  to  winter  in.  Three  years  ago  this 
spring  a ranchman  named  Cockerell  found  a den  about  | 
a mile  from  his  outfit  on  a branch  of  Deep  Creek  and  | 
killed  over  forty-five  snakes  there  (can  get  affidavits)  and 
I saw  a number  of  the  rattles  afterward,  the  largest  hav- 
ing sixteen  rattles  and  a button. 

Spectator  in  his  travels  through  Texas  evidently  did 
not  get  into  the  snake  country. 

Another  fact  about  rattlers  which  is  curious  is  that  if 
the  snake  gets  into  a dog  hole  before  you  can  get  to  him 
you  can  generally  get  him  out  bv  standing  at  a safe  dis- 
tance back  of  the  hole  and  scratching  dirt  into  it  with  a 
long  stick.  Almost  ahvays  after  a certain  amount  of 
dirt  has  gone  down  the  snake  will  begin  to  rattle  and 
eventually  come  out. 

The  natives  there  give  as  an  explanation  that  when  a 
rattler  gets  into  a prairie  dog’s  hole  the  dog  will  try  and 
fill  it  up  to  keep  him  in.  The  snake  being  “on,”  comes 
out.  However  that  may  be,  I have  killed  a number  of 
rattlers  that  way.  Mark  Hopkins,  Jr. 

New  Hampshire. 


Tamed  Wild  Turkeys. 

Ardmore,  Pa.. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream:  I send  you 
an  extract  from  a recent  letter  received  from  Mr.  Chas. 
Baker,  Orange  county,  Fla.,  that  is  of  interest.  It  deals 
with  taming  wild  turkeys.  He  says : Over  at  Clay 
Springs,  where  we  go  for  the  bathing,  Major  Skinner,  the 
lessee,  is  the  game  warden,  and  he  has  gradually  baited 
in  a flock  of  wild  turkeys,  and  now  they  are  quite  tame. 
He  feeds  them  twice  a day. 

They  come  stalking  in  in  a long  line  and  feed,  no  mat- 
ter how  many  people  are  present.  There  are  some  forty-  ; 
three  in  all,  and  they  make  a fine  sight;  and  unless  you, 
run  at  them  or  make  quick  gestures  or  sudden  noise  they 
will  let  you  get  very  close  to  them— say  ten  or  fifteen 
yards — and  hardly  move ; stand  as  still  as  posts. 

They  are  grand  birds,  and  seem  much  longer  legged 
than  the  domestic  turkey,  with  the  muscular  part  of  the  1. 
leg  not  so  large  or  prominent,  necks  a little  longer  and 
heads  smaller.  Their  plumage  is  just  like  metal  in  ap- 
pearance. When  suddenly  alarmed  they  half  unclose  their 
wings  and  fold  them  up  again  before  starting  to  run  or 
move  off.  It  is  not  often  you  get  so  good  a look  at  such 
a lot.  This  is  the  same  place  the  wild  scaup  ducks  used  \ 
to  come  into  and  were  fed  in  1902.  I.  N.  DeH, 


Domestic  Pigeons  Nesting  in  an  Elm* 

Rockland,  Me.,  April  11. — You  may  remember  me  as 
an  old-time  correspondent.  Now  I want  to  call  your  at- 
tention to  the  fact  that  a pair  of  common  doves  have 
built  their  nest  in  an  elm  tree  and  are  sitting  on  the  eggs. 
The  nest  is  in  a crotch  about  twenty  feet  from  the  ground. 
The  tree  is  in  front  of  a house  in  one  of  the  residential  1 
streets.  There  are  no  dove  cotes  about  nor  near  this 
house.  I have  been  quite  a close  observer  of  bird  life  for 
years  but  never  have  heard  of  a like  instance  before. 

James  Wright. 

[It  is  new  to  us  as  well,  and  we  think  very  unusual,  3 
Have  any  of  our  readers  known  of  a similar  case?] 


Memories  of  the  Buffalo  Range* 


I.— Trails  to  the  Salt  Licks. 

Many  years  ago  I made  a prospecting  trip  through  the 
great  northern  range  of  the  buffalo  in  the  Far  Northwest, 
to  what  was  then  the  limit  of  the  white  man  s travel  by 
pack  horse  and  horseback,  for  the  great  Saskatchewan 
River  is  a muskeg  country,  hardly  to  be  crossed  by  horses 

in  summer.  , , , , , . ,, 

When  I got  some  350  miles  north  of  the  forty-ninth 

parallel  I found  that  I had  lost  sight  of  the  great  herd  0, 
buffalo  that  roamed  over  those  vast  plains,  much  as 1 a 
sailor  loses  sight  of  the  land  when  he  makes  the  wide 
ocean  We  were  traveling  over  that  vast  stretch  of 
prairie  that  to-day  stands  for  the  last  great  tract  of  land 
in  America  that  is  open  to  the  pioneer  settler  from  the 
older  settled  States  of  the  Far  Northwest  and  great 
Middle  West.  As  we  were  mining  prospectors,  not  hunt- 
ers our  route  of  travel  took  us  along  the  eastern  flanks 
of  the  main  range  of  the  Rocky  Mountains,  and  thus  we 
were  at  most  times  on  the  we'stern  edge  of  the  great 
northern  herd  of  buffalo.  After  we  had  gone  beyond 
High  River  we  found  little  or  no  signs  of  alkali  or  ground 
of  that  salty  nature  that  the  buffalo  so  eagerly  partake  of 
at  certain  seasons  of  the  year.  I noticed  now  that  our 
horses  began  to  be  attracted  by  the  refuse  of  our  camp 
and  to  look  for  food  thrown  out,  such  as  bacon  rmds,  and 
anything  else  that  savored  of  salt.  . ( 

After  that  trip  I took  much  notice  of  the  habits  of  the 
large  game  animals,  more  particularly  the  buffalo,  in  their 
northern  range  and  in  the  summer  or  breeding  season. 
When  in  the  early  autumn  they  began  their  migrations  to 
the  southward— toward  the  Badlands  country— on  their 
great  march  over  the  Milk  River  Ridge  on  through  to 
the  Missouri  and  Yellowstone,  Big  and  Little  Horn 
rivers,  thev  seemed  to  seek  eagerly  for  the  salt  of  nature 

the  alkali — which  could  be  found  m abundance  m all 

the  valleys  and  on  many  of  the  divides.  All  the  herbivor- 
ous animals— the  great  herds  of  buffalo,  elk  and  an  elope 
—that  roamed  over  that  vast  country  ate  the  alkali  dirt. 
I have  seen  great  herds  of  antelope  much  like  the  herds 
of  domesticated  sheep  of  this  day  on  a protected  slope  of 
Flat  River  valley,  when,  after  some  early  fall  storm  at 
the  season  of  the  year,  they  had  begun  to  bunch  together. 


I noticed  that  in  their  migrations  in  early  autumn  to 
their  southern  feeding  grounds  the  buffalo,  when  once 
they  got  started,  covered  a long  distance  in  one  steady 
march,  if  all  was  quiet  on  the  range.  With  great  shaggy 
heads  lowered  they  moved  along  over  trails  that  nature 
had  taught  them  led  to  water,  but  they  did  not  stop  when 
the  water  was  found  but  moved  along,  shaking  the  very 
earth  with  their  tremendous  passage,  apparently  having 
but  one  thought,  to  get  to  some  certain  place.  To  see 
them  coming  from  High  River  or  Big  Bow  River  valleys, 
across  the  Belly  River,  up  and  on  over  the  great  Milk 
River  Ridge,  across  the  North  Fork  of  Milk  River  down 
into  the  valley  and  toward  the  Bad  Lands  of  the  South 
Fork  of  the  Milk  and  to  the  Missouri  River  was  a sight 
long  to  be  remembered.  . _ 

When  they  found  the  finish — as  it  were  the  end  of  their 
march — with  an  eager  running  rush  they  plunged  into 
the  alkali  pools  and  lakes  of  water,  eating  and  drinking 
eagerly  of  the  salty  mud  and  water.  Then  all  became 
quiet  for  the  time  being,  as  the  great  shaggy  animals  had 
now  reached  their  goal— the  alkali  country  they  loved  so 
well.  But  in  spring,  led  by  experience  or  instinct,  they 
drifted  northward  again  and  in  the  breeding  season  found 
quiet  and  repose  from  the  white  hunters’  rifles  in  the 
great  stretch  of  the  Far  Northwest,  where  the  salts  of 
nature  were  to  be  found  in  only  very  limited  quantity.. 

The  buffalo  was  not  by  habit  a timber  mountain  loving 
animal,  his  natural  range  being  the  great  plains,  particu- 
ularly  where  the  alkali  was  most  abundant.  Every  day 
he  would  seek  water,  his  great  lumbering  strong  strides 
enabled  him  to  cover  long  distances  from  far  up  on  the 
ridges  and  divides  where  he  delighted  to  feed  and  bed 
down,  with  some  watchful  animals  lying  apart  while  the 
cows  and  the  calves  quietly  chewed  their  cuds. 

Nature  had  so  amply  protected  him  that,  with  his  face 
always  toward  the  wind,  he  was  ready  to  face  any  blizzard 
that  might  come  to  him  over  the  plains  from  the  Far 
North.  It  was  a delight  to  the  buffalo  to  find  a pool  of 
alkali  water  to  plunge  into  and  wallow,  when  he  would 
emerge  covered  with  the  yellow  clay  peculiar  to  such  con- 
ditions, and  would  then  roll  about  on  the  dry  alkali  shale, 
much  as  a horse  rolls  when  he  is  turned  loose..  Under 
such  conditions  he  was  a sight  to  see.  I have  m mind 
hunts  with  Indian  youths,  taking  part  in  the  sport  of  run- 
njng  some  great  bull  whose  hide  was  so  coated  over  with 
alkali  mud  that  he  could  hardly  keep  up  with  the  balance 


of  the  band,  owing  to  the  load  that  he  was  carrying.  The 
Indian  boys  chased  him  in  pure  fun,  calling  him  all  kinds1 
of  funny  names  on  account  of  his  uncouth  appearance.! 
A buffalo  bull  in  this  condition  presented  a very  strange 
appearance,  and  after  the  coating  of  mud  had  become  1 
thoroughly  dry,  when  running  him  at  close  range,  bet 
made  a peculiar  rattling  noise,  owing  to  his  hard  leggings 
being  matted  and  to  the  balls  of  dried  mud  which  hung1 
from  his  long  hair  and  rattled  against  one  another  as  he 
ran.  I have  had  my  horse  run  from  such  a bull  as  though 
afraid  that  it  was  some  strange  animal  that  had  suddenly 
arisen  which  he  had  never  seen  before. 

To-day  the  old  buffalo  trails  are  relocated  by  the  great 
herds  of  the  domesticated  cattle  which  follow  them  to: 
Avater.  It  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  last  remnant  of  that 
once  great  game,  such  as  the  Pablo-Allard  herd  that  a, 
gentleman  has  offered  to  take  over  and  deliver  to  the 
Government,  will  not  be  confined  to  a mountain  range' 
such  as  obtains  in  the  Yellowstone  Park,  but  rather  have, 
some  two  or  three  divisions  or  bunches  made  of  them, 
and  a range  be  selected  upon  the  prairie  with  a Bad  Lands 
range,  where  they  may  have  a free  run  to  alkali  water 
and  licks,  a range  condition  that  they  love  so  well,  and, 
which  nature  has  so  abundantly  supplied  for  them  in  0111- 
great  State.  Charles  Aubrey. 

Browning,  Mont.  

Pinehurst  Preserves. 

The  work  of  planting  food  supply  patches  on  the  Pine- 
hurst, N.  C.,  shooting  preserves  has  proven  so  generally; 
satisfactory  that  this  work  will  be  carried  out  during  this; 
summer  even  more  extensively  than  in  the  past.  Not! 
only  cow  peas,  but  millet  and  buckwheat  will  be  planted  j 
to  provide  a food  supply  for  the  birds. 

Within  the  past  month  150  dozen  quail  have  been  liber- 
ated, which  it  is  confidently  expected  will  breed  well  and: 
greatly  improve  the  shooting  next  fall. 

Good  Roads  School  at  Cornell. 

The  College  of  Agriculture  of  Cornell  University  haF 
called  a good. roads  conference  for  May  16  to  19.  This; 
conference  is  for  the  purpose  of  discussing  the  educa-l 
tional  phases  of  the  good  roads  movement,  and  to  give 
instruction  to  students  and  to  all  others  who  desire  tc 
come. 


May  6,  1905.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM* 


883 


The  Adirondacks  and  Lake  George. 

From  the  report  of  the  Adirondack  Committee  of  the  Assembly, 

transmitted  April  11,  1605, 

Chief  among  the  subjects  of  which  the  attention  of 
the  committee  was  directed  by  the  resolution  authoriz- 
ing its  appointment  was,  “Whether  the  Constitution 
should  be  so  amended  as  to  allow  the  cutting  and  sale, 
under  proper  restrictions,  of  the  so-called  ripe  timber 
on  lands  owned  by  the  State  within  the  forest  pre- 
serve,” and  to  this  question  the  committee  devoted  con- 
siderable of  its  attention.  The  Legislature  of  1904 
passed  a proposed  constitutional  amendment  permitting 
the  removal  of  dead  or  down  timber  from  State  lands, 
and  this  measure  is  before  the  Legislature  of  1905  for 
re-enactment  before  it  can  be  submitted  to  the  people 
for  their  approval.  Many  reasons  have  been  advanced 
why  such  a measure  should  become  a law.  Notwith- 
standing these  arguments,  the  committee  believes  that 
to  permit  the  removal  of  dead  timber  from  State  lands, 
even  under  State  supervision,  might  have  a tendency 
to  bring  about  further  devastations  of_  the  forests  by 
fire,  and  that  it  would  be  unwise  at  this  time  to  depart 
from  the  State’s  policy  of  permitting  not  even  so  much 
as  a stick  of  timber  to  be  removed  from  the  State’s 
property  which  the  Constitution  now  holds  shall  be 
forever  kept  as  “wild  forest  lands.” 

The  majority  of  forest  fires  during  the  year  were 
caused  by  sparks  from  railroad  locomotives,  as  has 
been  the  record  for  several  years.  The  railroad  com- 
panies, however,  have  co-operated  with  the  State 
authorities,  as  a result  of  which  the  forest  fires  at- 
tributable to  locomotives  have  greatly  decreased  in 
number. 

The  committee  is  deeply  interested  in  an  experiment 
recently  tried  by  the  New  York  Central  Railroad,  in 
which  an  electric  engine  hauled  a heavy  train  success- 
fully at  the  usual  rate  of  speed.  The  application  of 
electricity  to  trains,  both  passenger  and  freight,  running 
through  the  forest  region  would  certainly  result  in  a 
great  alleviation  of  the  fire  nuisance,  and  eliminate 
completely  this  source  of  woodland  destruction. 

Mf.  Blagdetfls  Deer  Paik, 

Leaving  Wawbeek  on  the  morning  of  July  30,  the 
Committee  made  a tour  of  Upper  Saranac  Lake,  ar- 
riving at  Saranac  Inn  at  noon.  Here  the  Committee 
was  met  by  Mr.  Thomas  Blagden  of  Washington,  and 
invited  to  inspect  his  deer  park  in  the  vicinity  of  the 
Inn.  The  Committee  was  conducted  to  a tract  of  about 
thirty  acres  of  wild  forest  land  inclosed  by  a high  wire 
fence.  Here,  Mr.  Blagden  explained,  are  confined  about 
thirty  deer,  some  taiiie  and  docile,  allowing  the  visitors 
to  fondle  them,  others  so  wild  that  only  a fleeting 
' glimpse  of  them  was  obtainable  as  they  dashed  away 
into  the  thick  woods.  In  order  not  to  overcrowd  the 
park,  Mr.  Blagden  told  the  Committee  that  he  liberates 
annually  about  ten  or  a dozen  of  his  captives,  thus 
adding  to  the  stock  of  Adirondack  game. 

“What  the  State  ought  to  do,”  suggested  Mr. 

, Blagden,  “is  to  set  apart  a tract  of  wild  land  some- 
where in  the  mountains,  inclose  it,  and  raise  deer,  elk, 
moose  , and  other  game,  liberating  the  young  as  soon 
as  they  are  able  to  care  for  themselves.  The  moose 
and  elk  that  are  sent  to  the  mountains  from  private 
preserves  and  liberated  are  in  many  cases  so  tame  that 
one  can  almost  knock  them  over  with  a club.  Of  those 
sent  to  the  woods  only  a few -remain.” 

The  Committee  was  deeply  appreciative  of  Mr. 
Blagden’s  courtesy  and  greatly  enjoyed  the  “deer  hunt” 
in  which  they  were  permitted  to  participate. 

Leaving  Keene  Valley  on  the  morning  of  Aug.  4, 
a drive  of  twenty-four  miles  took  the  Committee  to 
Ausable  Forks,  where  a halt  was  made  for  the  night. 
While  at  Ausable  Forks  the  Committee  visited  the 
large  pulp  mills  of  the  J.  & J.  Rogers  Company  for  the 
purpose  of  examining  their  method  of  preventing  the 
refuse  from  their  mills  from  polluting  the  waters  of 
tbn  Ausable  River.  The  subject  of  the  pollution  of 
Adirondack  streams  by  pulp  mills  refuse  has  long  been 
One  of  public  interest,  aild  the  Rogers  Company  claims 
to  have  solved  the  problem  to  a considerable  extent. 
The  company  for  some  time  has  had  in  its  employ  Mr. 
J.  S.  Robeson,  a chemist,  who  has  been  experimenting 
at  Ausable  Forks  with  a new  process  of  evaporating 
the  waste  liquor  from  the  digestors.  A small  plant 
was  erected  so  that  a practical  demonstration  might 
be  made,  and  the  result  is  claimed  to  be  very  satis- 
factory. The  water  is  freed  from  all  foreign  substances, 
including  the  pulp  fibre,  which  is  utilized  for  sizing 
. paper,  etc.  It  is  also,  by  further  treatment,  hardened 
and  made  into  cores  for  paper  rolls.  The  experimental 
plant,  according  to  a recent  report  from  the  company, 
has  worked  continuously  since  the  Committee’s  visit 
and  has  taken  care  of  10  per  cent  of  the  waste  liquor 
from  the  sulphite  mill.  A larger  plant  designed  to  take 
care  of  the  entire  output  of  the  mill  is  nearly  com- 
pleted, and  is  expected  to  be  in  operation  before  May  1. 
If  such  a plan  were  to  be  adopted  by  other  sulphite 
mill  owners  the  Committee  believes  it  would  go  a long 
way  toward  remedying  the  evils  of  pollution  against 
which  complaint  has  long  been  made. 

Lake  George  Islands. 

In  examining  the  lands  owned  by  the  State  in  Lake 
George,  the  Committee  found  that  this  property  com- 
prises many  beautiful  islands,  which  are  annually  fre- 
quented by  thousands  of  visitors  and  are  great  favorites 
with  occasional  camping  parties.  The  campers  seem  to 
pay  reasonable  attention  to  the  law  and  do  little,  if  any, 
damage  while  on  the  islands. 

That  there  are  flagrant  cases  of  trespass  on  several 
of  the  islands  might  well  occupy  the  attention  of  the 
Commission.  The  Committee  during  its  trip  noted 
in  particular  the  building  of  a large  summer  camp  on 
Uncas  Island,  and  was  informed  that  the  trespasser 
was  a Mr.  Edwin  Ellis,  of  Schenectady.  This  trespass 
was  all  the  more  flagrant  for  the  reason  that  the  build- 
ing /was  being  done  on  an  island  which  lies  directly  in 
one  of  the  favorite  excursion  routes,  and  which  is 
dist'nctly  marked  as  State  land  by  a large  sign  on,  one 
of  its  l-ncst  prominent  points.  During  the  trip  the 
Committee  was  informed  that  other  trespasses  existed 
on  Burnt  Island,  on  Ranger  Island  and  on  Kettle 
Island,  and  that  there  js  reason  to  believe  Rom  com- 


mon report  that  others  are  in  immediate  contempla- 
tion. Every  trespasser  shuts  off  just  so  much  of  the 
pleasure  ground  owned  by  the  people  from  their  oc- 
cupancy during  the  vacation  season,  and  unless  prompt 
and  vigorous  efforts  are  made  to  stop  all  such  viola- 
tions of  the  law  a serious  situation  may  prevail  in  the 
near  future.  Undoubtedly  the  natives  in  this  locality 
do  not  inform  the  authorities  of  the  trespasses,  because 
certain  revenues  are  derived  from  the  building  and 
boat  letting  and  the  furnishing  of  supplies  which 
naturally  comes  from  this  unlawful  occupancy.  But  the 
fact  remains  that  there  is  no  excuse  for  such  viola- 
tions. Every  such  trespass  closes  to  the  summer 
traveler,  and  especially  to  the  pleasure  seeker  from 
our  own  State,  a favorite  resort  to  which  he  has  the 
first  right  of  occupancy,  and  which  his  money  has,  in 
part,  paid  for  if  he  is  a.  taxpayer. 

Adirondack  Camp  Sites. 

During  its  journey  through  the  various  lakes  along 
, the  shores  of  which  the  State  owns  lands  adapted  for 
camping  purposes,  the  Committee  took  up  the  ques- 
tion of  the  advisability  of  leasing  alternate  lots  as 
camp  sites  to  reliable  persons  at  an  annual  compensa- 
tion. To  do  this  an  amendment  to  the  Constitution 
would  be  necessary.  This  action  has  been  recom- 
mended in  the  past  because  of  the  large  income  which 
it  is  said  would  acrue  to  the  State  from  the  rents  re- 
ceived, and  for  the  further  reason  that  the  cottage 
owners  would  become  fire  wardens  to  a degree  and 
would  aid  in  protecting  the  forests  from  flames.  While 
these  arguments  hold  good  in  great  measure,  the  Com- 
mittee does  not  believe  the  plan  advisable.  To  place 
the  authority  of  leasing  tracts  of  land  along  the  shores  of 
the  lakes  in  the  hands  of  the  Forest,  Fish  and  Game  Com- 
mission, might  lead  to  charges  of  favoritism  in  the 
leasing  of  camp  sites.  It  is  furthermore  pointed  out 
that  once  leased  the  lessees  of  State  lands  are  likely 
to  become  autocratic  to  the  extent  of  forbidding  people 
to  trespass  upon  the  tracts  of  land  so  leased.  Then, 
too,  there  is  likely  to  spring  up  under  such  a plan,  the 
practice  of  sub-letting  camp  sites  which  might  involve 
the  State  in  much  litigation  in  order  to  rid  the  leased 
property  of  undesirable  tenants.  One  instance  was  re- 
lated to  the  Committee  where  a party  leased  a tract 
of  land  from  the  State  under  the  old  law  at  a ridicu- 
lously low  figure  and  later  sublet  it  at  a handsome 
profit.  The  Committee  believes  that  legislation  per- 
mitting the  lease  by  the  State  of  Adirondack  camp 
sites  would  prove  unwise. 

The  Adirondacks  are  the  pride  of  New  York  State 
—a  vast  forest  playground  and  a sanitarium.  Thous- 
ands of  dollars  have  been  spent  for  preserving  the 
forests  and  securing  to  the  people  the  natural  beauties 
of  the  mountains.  Both  for  those  seeking  recreation 
and  health  the  Adirondacks  offer  a tempting  retreat. 
That  New  York  State  should  take  energetic  measures 
to  preserve  this  empire  of  natural  beauties  is  merely 
a recognition  of  its  far-reaching  relationship  to  the 
well  being  of  the  people.  The  forests  that  clothe  the 
Adirondacks  are  not  only  a refuge  for  town  worn  men 
and  women,  but  they  are  also  a necessary  protection 
for  the  water  supply  of  the  great  metropolis  and  other 
cities  lying  to  the  south. 

Recommendations, 

■:w 

The  Committee  would  respectfully  submit  the  follow- 
ing recommendations:  * 

1.  A thorough  investigation  of  the  thefts  of  timber 
on  State  lands,  and  the  enactment  of  more  rigid  statutes 
for  the  punishment  of  trespassers. 

2.  The  establishment  of  a system  of  paid  fire  patrols 
for  further  protection  against  forest  fires. 

3.  Further  appropriations  by  the  State  for  the  pur- 
chase of  forest  lands  within  the  Adirondack  Park. 

4.  An  amendment  to  the  Constitution  authorizing  the 
sale  of  lands  owned  by  the  State  within  the  Forest 
Preserve  in  counties  outside  the  limits  of  the  Adiron- 
dack Park  which  are  undesirable  for  a forest  preserve 
and  the  application  of  the  proceeds  of  such  sales  to 
the  further  purchase  of  forest  lands  within  the  boun- 
daries of  the  Adirondack  Park. 

5.  Further  appropriations  for  the  continuation  of  the 
work  of  reforestation  of  denuded  State  lands  within 
the  Adirondack  Park  and  the  maintenance  of  State 
nurseries  where  forest  tree  seedlings  can  be  propagated. 

6.  The  erection  of  signs  indicating  the  State’s  owner- 
ship of  lands  along  the  shores  of  and  on  the  islands 
in  Lake  George  and  on  other  State  property  as  the 
Forest  Commission  shall  direct. 

The  Committee:  E.  S.  Hanford,  Chairman;  Chas. 

W.  Mead,  J.  R.  Cowan,  Wm.  J.  Ellis. 


Newfoundland  Caribou  Herds. 

The  Department  of  Marine  and  Fisheries  last  week 
received  word  from  Game  Warden  Kelland,  of  Burgeo, 
that  caribou  were  seen  in  Burgeo  and  all  along  the  south- 
ern coast  in  hundreds  of  thousands.  They  come  south 
in  the  winter  in  large  herds.  The  severity  of  the  winter 
drives  them  as  far  south  as  the  water’s  edge  of  the  island. 
Other  years  thousands  of  them  were  slaughtered  and  sent 
to  St.  John’s.  This  practice  has  been  stopped.  Many  of 
the  residents  alongs  the  coast  abused  the  privilege  of  kill- 
ing, and  the  hunt  generally  degenerated  into  a huge 
slaughter.  They  came  out  like  herds  of  cattle  and  were 
easily  destroyed  by  hundreds.  Some  of  the  meat  found 
its  way  to  St.  John’s,  where  it  sold  for  a few  cents  per 
pound;  the  residents  preserved  some  of  it  in  cans,  and  a 
large  quantity  used  to  be  left  to  rot  where  it  fell.  Can- 
ning is  now  forbidden,  and  the  Fisheries  Department  took 
extra  precautions  this  season  to  hinder  the  slaughter. 
Last  year  the  enormous  number  of  three  thousand  caribou 
were  slaughtered  in  a couple  of  days.  Some  of  the  ring- 
leaders were  punished  and  the  practice  stopped.  It  is  evi- 
dent from  Mr.  Kelland’s  report  that  the  herd  has  not  suf- 
fered any  considerable  diminution.  Later,  the  Fisheries 
Department  has  had  advices  from  Western  Cove.  White 
Bay,  stating  that  the  oldest  inhabitant  never  saw  or  heard 
of  such  numbers  of  deer  as  have  been  seen  at  this  section 
and  in  the  bottom  of  the  bay.  Hundreds  crossed  .on  the 
ice  to  the  north  side  of  White  Bay.  while  the  whole  of 
the  woods  from  the  bottom  of  the  bay  to  the  railway 
track  appears  to  teem  with  caribou.  Never  before  at  such 


an  early  date  were  they  so  far  north,  and  instead  of  de- 
creasing they  appear  to  multiply  each  year. 

White  Bay  is  away  north  from  Burgeo  hundreds  of 
miles,  so  that  it  is  probable  that  these  are  different  herds 
of  deer.  If  so,  the  contention  that  the  deer  in  the  interior 
are  in  herds  innumerable,  and  that  they  are  on  the  in- 
crease appears  to  be  well  grounded.  Now  that  protec- 
tion is  given  them  and  slaughter  prevented,  it  looks  as  if 
Newfoundland  were  destined  to  be  the  deer  park  of 
America  for  the  next  century. 

I am  sending  you  under  another  cover,  a copy  of  book- 
let issued  by  the  Reid  Newfoundland  Co,  It  is  edited  by 
Mr.  H.  A.  Morine,  Passenger  Agent.  It  contains  the 
game  laws  of  Newfoundland,  lists  of  best  fishing  rivers, 
with  diagrams  and  dates  of  best  months  for  fishing, 
shooting  grounds,  guides,  hotels,  fishery  wardens,  prices 
per  day  of  guides  and  hotels,  extracts  from  Forest  and 
Stream  and  other  leading  American  journals,  from  writ- 
ers who  have  been  shooting  and  fishing  on  the  island, 
passenger  rates  from  any  American  city  to  Newfound- 
land, and,  in  fact,  every  information  that  a tourist  needs, 
who  is  traveling  for  health  or  sport.  Mr.  Morine  de- 
serves the  greatest  praise  for  this  little  brochure.  He  has 
made  a little  book  that  is  not  only  ..bsolutely  necessary  to 
the  prospective  visitor  to  Newfoundland,  but  would  make 
interesting  reading  for  a person  who  never  shot  or  fished 
in  his  life.  I wish  to  advise  every  reader  of  Forest  and 
Stream,  whether  he  intends  to  visit  the  island  or  not,  to 
writerio  Mr.  W.  D.  Reid,  vice-president  of  Reid  New- 
foundland Co,,  or  to  Mr.  H.  A.  Morine,  general  passenger 
agent,  for  a copy  of  the  booklet.  The  testimony  of  many 
American  and  other  sportsmen  contained  therein  will  be 
a revelation  to  most  American  sportsmen.  C. 


Mongolian  Pheasants  in  New  York. 

The  report  of  the  Forest,  Fish  and  Game  Commission 
reviewing  the  work  of  pheasant  distribution,  says:  On 

April  25,  1904,  it  was  officially  announced  that  no  more 
Mongolian  pheasants  would  be  bred  for  free  distribution 
by  the  State.  The  work,  which  had  been  undertaken  with 
a view  to  encouraging  the  introduction  of  this  species 
of.  game  bird,  had  been  both  popular  and  successful  from 
the  start,  and  many  fish  and  game  clubs,  as  well  as  indi-' 
viduals  have  taken  it  up  in  recent  years.  The  exsent  of 
their  distribution,  together  with  the  fact  that  pheasants 
may  now  be  procured  readily  from  commercial  hatcheries, 
united  to  cause  the  Legislature  to  decline  to  make  a fur- 
ther appropriation,  and  the  work  was  therefore  aban- 
doned. 

The  order  to  breed  pheasants  at  the  Pleasant  Valley 
Hatchery,  in  Steuben  county,  was  given  in  1896,  and  the 
work  was  begun  in  the  following  year  with  a stock  of 
twelve  birds,  from  which  about  forty  were  raised  there 
the  next  season.  These  were  not  released  until  the  year 
following,  when  the  stock  had  increased  to  180  birds,  and 
the  public  had  become  thoroughly  interested  in  the  ex- 
periment. In  1899,  the  first  and  only  appropriation  made 
for  rearing  pheasants  was  secured,  amounting  to  $i,ooo, 
which  was  chiefly  used  in  constructing  the  necessary  pens. 
That  year  over  400  pheasants  were  successfully  reared. 
The  number  af  applications  increased  steadily  up  to  the 
time  when  the  work  closed,  when  they  amounted  to  re- 
quests for  288  pairs  of  birds  and  came  from  twenty-six 
counties. 

The  total  number  of  pheasants  distributed  during  the 
seven  years  in  which  the  work  was  carried  on  was  1,191. 
This  distribution  consisted  of  612  cocks  and  579  hens, 
and  the  average  cost,  taking  one  year  with  another,  has 
been  about  $12.50  per  pair.  The  birds  were  sent  into 
forty-seven  counties  in  the  State. 


A Rifle  Ball  on  its  Travels. 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

An  old  gentleman  who  says  he  has  a large  chicken 
ranch  in  Tennessee,  started  from  home  a week  ago  to  pay 
a visit  to  his  son,  who  lives  at  Rice’s  Landing,  Greene 
county,  Pa.,  and  got  as  far  as  Pittsburg,  where  he  had  to 
stop  over  several  hours  before  he  could  get  a train  to  his 
destination. 

He  had  a Winchester  rifle  in  a canvas  cover  and  taking 
it  into  the  package  room  at  the  Union  Station  left  it  there 
to  be  taken  care  of.  The  rifle  must  have  had  a load  in 
the  chamber  where  it  had  no  business  to  be,  for  the  pack- 
age room  clerk  when  putting  it  in  a pack  let  Lhe  gun  fall 
to  the  floor  and  it  was  discharged,  sending  the  ball 
through  the  clerk’s  leg,  and  then  so  close  to  the  colored 
porter’s  head  that  it  knocked  his  cap  off.  Next  the  ball 
passed  through  the  side  of  the  room  and  across  several 
tracks  and  then  hit  Mr.  I.  J.  Rosenway,  of  East  Seven- 
teenth street,  New  York,  who  was  about  to  board  a train, 
and  the  ball  finally  struck  an  iron  door  that  stopped  its 
peculiar  progress. 

An  ambulance  took  the  two  wounded  men  to  the  hos- 
pital and  an  officer  took  the  owner  of  the  gun  down  to 
the  central  police  station  to  be  held  to  await  the  result 
of  these  men’s  injuries.  When  the  old  man  was  about 
to  be  locked  up  in  a cell  one  of  the  detectives.  Philip 
Dernell,  noticed  that  he  was  wearing  a Grand  Army  but- 
ton. Dernell  wears  one  himself,  and  he,  taking  charge 
of  the  man,  had  a supper  brought  in  for  both,  then  found 
him  a bed  upstairs  in  the  officers’  room — the  button  saved 
him  from  occupying  a cell  there.  He  would  most  likely 
be  let  go  in  a day  or  two  when  it  was  seen  that  these 
men  were  not  badly  hurt. 

He  said  that  he  had  got  the  rifle  to  shoot  chicken 
hawks  and  had  cleared  them  all  out  of  his  part  of  the 
country,  and  was  now  going  to  attend  to  what  hawks 
there  were  in  Greene  county.  Cabia  Blanco. 


Death  of  Old  Mountain  Phelps. 

Orson  Schofield  Phelps,  for  many  years  familiarly 
known  as  “Old  Mountain  Phelps,”  died  at  his  Keene 
Valley  home  Friday  night,  April  14,  aged  eighty-nine 
years.  He  claimed  to  be  the  first  white  man  who  ever 
reached  the  towering  summit  of  Tahawus,  the  cloud- 
splitter,  from  the  east.  He  marked  trails  to  the  top  of 
Bartlett  Mountain,  Hopkins,  the  Giant,  up  Johns  Brook 
to  Tahawus,  and  several  others,  earning  the  title  “Old 
Mountain  Phelps,”  which  clung  to  him  for  half  a century. 
He  is  survived  by  three  sons  and  three  daughters,  also 
an  aged  widow.  Funeral  services  were  held  at  Keene  VaU 
ley  Sunday  afternoon,  April  16,  at  2 o’clock,  G.  L,  B, 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


[May  6,  1905. 


The  Gamp  Doctor. 

At  the  risk  of  becoming  tiresome  I am  going  to  dis- 
cuss for  your  readers  some  of  the  commoner  phases  of 
camp  ailments  and  the  simpler  means  of  combatting 
them.  I shall  not  attempt  a learned  dissertation  upon 
disease,  from  two  reasons : one,  that  I am  not  capable  of 
it,  and  another  that  the  average  reader  would  not  com- 
prehend. It  is,  however,  evident  to  all  that  some  few 
simple  rules  of  treatment  with  the.  means  at  hand  may  be 
employed  and  much  relief  derived  therefrom.  I shall 
only  speak  of  those  things  that  are  more  likely  to  occur 
and  which,  quite  often,  produce  a lot  of  misery  and 
effectually  annihilate  all  the  pleasure  of  a trip  that  you 
have  been,  mayhap,  planning  for  months. 

Diarrhea. — Perhaps  of  all  the  simple  complaints  that 
the  camper  has  to  contend  with  this  is  the  most  preva- 
lent, especially  in  the  summer  months,  and  that’s  the 
period  that  folks  usually  camp.  The  change  of  diet, 
water,  air,  surroundings,  all  conspire  seemingly  to  render 
man  a victim.  The  disease  begins  with  a feeling  of  lassi- 
tude and  distaste  of  food.  A chilly  sensation  meanders 
up  and  down  the  victim’s  spinal  column,  and  a regular 
post-graduate  headache  supervenes.  You  wake  up  in  the 
morning  feeling  not  a bit  like  doing  anything.  You  get 
up  and  very  likely  you  vomit.  Then  in  a few  minutes 
you  vomit  again.  By  this  time  you  are  feeling  “nasty.” 
About  now  comes  the  desire  to  evacuate  the  bowels. 
You  evacuate,  and  this  continues.  The  passages  are  thin 
and  watery  and  scalding,  like  lye.  The  patient  becomes 
pale  and  distressed  with  a severe  pain  in  the  bowels. 
Treatment:  Clean  out  the  bowels  and  keep  them  clean. 
Strange  philosophy  to  give  a man  an  evacuant  when  his 
bowels  are  already  doing  double  duty,  but  that’s  the 
remedy.  Just  plan  old-fashioned  every-day  Epsom  salts 
in  heroic  doses.  Say  a heaping  tablespoonful  every  two 
hours  until  every  bacteria-laden  mass  in  the  whole  in- 
testinal tract  is  swept  out  as  with  a broom.  Follow  with 
doses  of  chloranodyne  in  fifteen  drops  until  the  pain  and 
diarrhea  are  checked.  Nothing  more.  That  will  effect 
a cure.  In  fact,  the  simple  rinsing  out  of  the  intestines 
with  the  salts  will  be  all  that  is  necessary.  The  other  is 
simply  to  relieve  the  pain.  Now,  be  a little  more  careful 
what  you  eat  in  the  future,  and  remember  that  there  is 
always  another  meal  coming,  so  don’t  try  to  consume 
it  all  at  this  one. 

Rheumatism. — The  man  that  is  the  victim  of  rheuma- 
tism had  better  not  get  out  where  he  is  apt  to  get  wet. 
If  you  run  up  against  an  attack  the  very  best  treatment 
is  to  get  dried  out  as  soon  as  possible.  Simply  get  up 
alongside  a hot  fire  and  soak  in  all  the  caloric  your  skin 
will  hold.  Drink  water  and  sweat  until  there  is  not 
enough  water  left  in  the  system  to  drown  a flea.  Get 
your  bed  up  off  the  damp  ground  and  keep  it  thoroughly 
dry.  You  will  not  be  very  apt  to  have  anything  in  your 
camp  medicine  outfit  that  will  do  much  good,  except  a 
cathartic.  If  you  know  that  you  are  going  to  have  rheu- 
matism you  had  better  carry  along  one  of  two  things 
which  amount  to  the  same  thing.  Colchicine  with  methyl 
salycilate,  or  salycilate  of  sodium.  Either  of  these  is 
contained  in  about  every  recipe  for  rheumatism  that  was 
ever  written.  The  former,  being  in  globule  form,  is  more 
easily  carried.  For  acute  attacks,  take  heroic  doses. 

Colds. — Everybody  is  liable  to  this  fashionable  com- 
plaint, and  most  people  allow  it  to  “work  itself  off.” 
Sometimes  the  symptoms  are  so  severe  as  to  demand 
attention.  Then  comes  in  a good  chance  to  try  your 
compound  cathartic  pills  in  about  a three-to-dose  shot. 
The  next  day  begin  to  dose  the  cold  with  three-grain 
doses  of  quinine  every  two  hours  until  a thirty  horse- 
power sawmill  gets  busy  in  your  head.  Stop  then,  and 
get  into  bed  with  a big  hot  lemonade  in  your  skin  and 
allow  the  cold  to  leak  out  through  the  pores  of  the  skin, 
as  it  surely  will  if  you  do  not  throw  off  the  bedclothes 
and  get  chilled. 

Toothache. — “Thou  hell  of  a’  diseases.”  There  are 
about  twenty-two  thousand  three  hundred  and  sixty-five 
remedies  that  have  been  advocated.  All  of  them  useful 
and  all  useless.  Cocaine  is  a valuable  application  if  the 
tooth  is  hollow,  but  useless  if  not  so.  I have  brought 
great  relief  to  a solid  tooth  by  splitting  a large  raisin 
and  filling  it  with  pepper,  preferably  cayenne,  and  apply- 
ing it  directly  to  the  offending  dental.  Laudanum,  oil 
of  cloves,  hot  sandbag,  all  are  useful.  To  start  as  if  you 
were  going  to  the  dentist  to  have  the  thing  extracted  is 
a sovereign  cure.  That  last  is  a joke.  I tell  you  so  that 
you  may  understand  it. 

Earache. — Another  pleasant  complication.  Usually 
caused  from  impacted  cerumen.  If  so,  any  remedy  that 
will  remove  the  wax  will  give  immediate  relief.  I gen- 
erally pour  hot  water  in  the  ear.  I don’t  mean  by  that 
a few  drops  of  luke-warm  water,  but  lay  the  patient  down 
on  his  side  and  pour  about  a gallon  of  water  as  hot  as 
possible  into  the  ear.  Maybe  it’s  a bug  got  in  there.  Use 
the  same  remedy.  Pour  in  the  water.  Wash  out  bug. 
Cocaine  solution  in  ear  will  relieve  pain.  Hot  rock  will, 

tOO'. 

Malaria. — There  is  only  one.  remedy  for  malaria  and 
that  is  quinine.  Everybody  knows  that.  Yes,  there  is 
one  more.  Do  not  get  bit  with  that  particular  mosquito 
that  causes  the  disease.  Of  course,  you  may  have  some 
little  difficulty  in  selecting  the  particular  brand  of  mos- 
quito that  you  desire  to  have  lunch  on  your  person,  but 
that’s  the  sure  cure.  The  best  cure  for  malaria  is  to 
get  out  of  a malarial  climate. 

Sunstroke'. — The  average  woods  loafer  will  hardly 
exert  himself  enough  to  get  a sunstroke,  but  if  he  does 
the  guiding  principle  is  to  keep  up  the  circulation  and 
vitality  and  keep  down  the  temperature.  One  may  be 
accomplished  by  strychnia  and  digitalis,  the  other  by 
applying  cold  to  the  head,  but  not  to  the  extremities. 
Here  is  a good  place  for  a little  old  rye,  if  you  brought 
any  along.  . 

jPneumoma.^ This  may  occur  m those  doing  lymter 


hunting  when  the  weather  is  inclement.  The  symptoms  , 
are  these:  Usually  a decided  chill  ushers  in  the  disease; 
at  any  rate  there  will  be  a chilly  sensation ; a cough  and 
difficult  breathing;  pain  in  some  locality  in  the  lung  or 
lungs.  The  temperature  rapidly  rises  and  the  patient 
becomes  very  ill  indeed.  Unfortunately  medical  science 
has  discovered  no  remedy  for  pneumonia.  The  best  that 
we  can  do  is  to  support  the  vitality  until  the  crisis.  This 
crisis  will  occur  usually  upon  the  fourteenth  day.  The 
medical  treatment  consists  in  stimulating  the  heart  with 
strychnia,  relieving  the  cough  with  codiene  or  the  senega 
compound  tablets,  and  applying  cold  to  the  chest.  Keep 
the  chest  well  packed  in  cold  towels  or  even  ice  packs. 
The  average  man  who  goes  into  the  woods  for  a hunting 
season  will  be  able  to  withstand  an  attack  of  pneumonia 
unless  his  system  is  saturated  with  alcohol.  If  so,  his 
chances  of  recovery  are  not  good.  It  is  a notorious  fact 
that  alcoholics,  senile  persons,  and  children  recover  from 
this'  disease  very  badly.  Alcohol  in  my  hands  has  proved 
of  very  little  avail  except  in  the  latter  stages,  where  it 
became  necessary  to  stimulate  the  circulation  powerfully 
and  at  once.  I am  of  the  opinion  that  alcohol  does  more 
harm  than  good  in  these  cases. 

Typhoid. — The  most  serious  misfortune  that  could  oc- 
cur to  a man  in  the  woods  would  be  an  attack  of  typhoid. 
Fortunately  it  is  rare.  This  being  an  intestinal  disease 
the  treament  should  be  directed  against  the  alimentary 
canal  wholly.  I use  the  intestinal  antiseptics  entirely. 
The  fever  will  subside  in  direct  proportion  to  the  anti- 
sepsis of  the  canal.  Calomel  to  clean  out  with,  followed 
by  salts,  then  zinc  sulphocarbolate.  The  average  case  of 
typhoid  will  recover  in  from  three  weeks  to  six  if  left 
entirely  alone.  A long  time  to  stay  in  the  hills,  you  say. 

This  about  concludes  the  list  of  diseases  that  you  will 
be  apt  to  contract.  If  there  is  anything  that  I have  over- 
looked, I have  forgotten  it.  That  is  a misfortune  of  mine 
—forgetting  things.  I forgot  to  go  home  the  other 
night,  but  my  wife  seemed  to  remember  it,  and  from 
my.  experience  then  I conclude  that  I had  better  bring 
this  tiresome  article  to  a close  and  wend  my  weary  way 
homeward.  I will,  if  this  fills  the  bill,  offend  again  in 
some  future  article  in  which  I will  take  up  the  subject 
of  camp  surgery.  Chas.  S.  Moody. 


Boston  and  Maine. 

Boston,  Mass.,  April  29 .—Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 
In  some  sections  of  Massachusetts  the  land  is  being 
rendered  almost  destitute  of  forests  by  the  local  and 
portable  sawmills,  a condition  greatly  deplored  by  our 
sportsmen,  as  well  as  lovers  of  forests  for  their  beauty 
and  their  usefulness  as  conservators  of  moisture. 

The  allusion  by  Governor  Douglas  in  his  Arbor  Day 
proclamation  to  the  fact  that  there  are  in  our  State 
“no  less  than  a million  acre^”  of  comparatively  worth- 
less land,  which  might  be  rendered  of  great  value  if 
covered  with  forest  trees  of  the  proper  kind,  has 
struck  a responsive  chord  among  all  classes  of  our 
citizens  and  attracted  much  favorable  comment  by  the 
press,  even  beyond  the  confines  of  the  Old  Bay  State. 
While  the  planting  of  shade  trees  is  a work  to  be  com- 
mended, the  larger  problem  of  practical  forestry  should 
receive  the  careful  attention  of  all  rural  communities. 
The  Massachusetts  forestry  department  has  just  issued 
a leaflet  saying,  among  other  things,  “Trees  should  be 
planted  systematically  and  for  a definite  purpose.”  It 
also  calls  attention  to  the  service  other  than  shade  a 
tree  may  render,  and  recommends  the  planting  of  our 
“native  trees”  as  likely  to  prove  more  useful  than  any 
others.  • 

One  of  our  evening  papers  commends  the  plan-  of  a 
suburban  club  in  planting  mountain-ash  and  mulberry 
trees  for  the  reason  that  those  trees'  “invite  birds,”  and 
it  is  very  desirable  to  have  with  us  as  many  of  them 
as  possible.  During  the  last  session  of  the  Vermont 
Legislature,  a forestry  act  was  passed  providing  that 
all  waste  or  uncultivated  lands,  which  shall  be  planted 
with  forest  trees  in  accordance  with  rules  prescribed 
by  the  State  forester,  shall  be  exempt  from  taxation 
for  a period  of  ten  years,  commencing  on  the  first  of 
April  of  the  second  year  after  such  lands  have  been  ' 
planted.  All  efforts  made  to  increase  the  acreage  of 
wooded  land  commends  itself  to  lovers  of  the  birds 
and  animals  that  the  birds  and  animals  that  exist  there- 
in in  a wild  state. 

On  account  of  the  ravages  of  the.  browntail  and 
gypsy  moths,  our  Metropolitan  Park  Commissioners 
have  caused  the  cutting  of  trees  from  large  areas  in 
the  Middlesex  Fells  to  the  great  regret  of  many  people 
in  the  neighboring  towns,  and,  in  fact,  of  all  who  are 
accustomed  to  resort  thither.  There  have  been  many 
appeals  from  correspondents  that  not  only  the  trees, 
but  the  undergrowth  be  allowed  to  remain,  thus  pre- 
senting a natural  aspect,  as  well  as  good  cover  , for  the 
ruffed  grouse  and  other  birds  that  exist  there  in  great 
numbers.  These  writers  prefer  the  natural  to  the  arti- 
ficial, however  ornate. 

At  a recent  conference  for  town  and  village- better- 
ment in  the  rooms  of  the  Twentieth  Century  Club, 
Boston,  Prof.  N.  S.  Shaler,  of  Cambridge, -spoke  of 
the  great  natural  beauty  of  the  State  of  Massachusetts — 

the  “matchless”  outlines  of'  Cape  Cod,  he  said,  could 
not  be  duplicated  anywhere.” 

The  “drumlings,”  or  arched  hills,  left  throughout 
New  England  by  the  glacial . period,  have  a quality 
rarely  met  with  elsewhere.  He  declared  Gay  Head  to 
be  the  “most  instructive  bit  of  shore  in  the  world.” 
He  appealed  to  the  audience  to  form  a society  for 
preserving  the  natural  beauties  of  the  Commonwealth. 
Prof.  Henry  T.  Bailey  made  a plea  to  have  the  State 
purchase  the  salt  marshes,  as  a part  of  the  State 
reservation.  Some  of  them  should  be  spt  apart  as 
preserves  for  our  beach  and  shore  birds,  1 7 


Mr.  Charles  Clark  Munn,  of  Springfield,  author  of 
“Uncle  Terry,”  “The  Hermit,”  etc.,  informs  your  cor- 
respondent that  he  has  nearly  completed  another  story, 
the  chief  characters  and  events  of  which  are  derived 
from  his  many  visits  in  Maine.  “Into  the  story,”  he 
says,  “he  has  woven  a good  deal  pertaining  to  the 
present  system  of  fish  and  game  protection  in  Maine, 
as  carried  out  during  the  last  few  years.”  Some  of 
the  “dramatis  personae,”  if  he  carries  out  his  present 
purpose,  will  be  easily  recognizable,  and  I am  inclined 
to  the  opinion  that  there  will  be  enough  of  spice  iq 
the  book  to  make  it  decidedly  racy. 

Although  the  weather  has  been  rather  cold  of  lafe, 
several  of  our  anglers  have  started  off  in  various  direc- 
tions— Col.  Parker  for  northern  Vermont,  where  he 
finds  royal  sport  with  trout  just  big  enough  for  the 
pan.  “Plenty  of  them,”  he  says. 

President  Hinman  and  Mr.  H.  H.  Kelt  started  Fri- 
day evening  for  the  west  branch  of  the  Penobscot.  They 
will  be  joined  later  by  several  others. 

C A.  York,  of  the  Boston  Tavern,  has  been  with 
Dr.  Bishop  and  Mr.  E.  S.  Wheeler  at  Clear  Water  Lake 
for  a week.  They  report  good  luck- — the  landlocked  sal-  ‘ 
mon  running  large,  and,  it  is  said,  one  of  the  party 
got  68  pounds  of  fish  in  61  minutes.  (Your  readers 
are  aware  that  this  is  about  the  season  for  fish  stories 
from  Maine.)  Anglers  accustomed  to  fish  at  Sebago 
have  had  great  expectations  for  this  season  and  if  re- 
ports are  true,  they  have  not  been  disappointed.  Mr. 
Robert  Low,  of  Portland,  with  five  others  took  129 
pounds  of  salmon  averaging  75^  pounds  each,  in  four 
days,  the  largest  tipping  the  scale  at  iop2  pounds.  A 
fisherman  of  another  party  on  the  west  shore  is  re- 
ported to  ahve  taken  one  weighing  ig1/-  pounds. 

In  Jordan’s  River,  Raymond,  one  was  captured  , 
weighing  iop2  pounds.  By  the  aid  of  the  new  hatchery 
. at  Raymond  and  the  feeding  station  to  be  erected  at 
Sebago,  it  is  predicted  this  lake  is  destined  to  yield 
more  and  larger  fish  than  ever  before  in  its  remarkable 
history.  This  expectation  has  almost  been  realized 
during  _the  past  week.  At  the  mouth  of  the  Songo,  E 
J.  Noyes  took  one  of  10  pounds  and  a 14-pounder,  and 
Mr.  Ross  Snow,  of  New  York,  who  is  at  Fern  Cot- 
tage for  the  summer,  has  to  his  credit  a salmon  weigh- 
ing igJd  pounds.  Mr.  E.  Bartlett,  of  Lynn,  Mass., 
has  taken  several  fine  ones.  Mr.  J.  D.  Brigham,  of  ! 
.Westbrook,  with  Robt.  Martin,  of  Rangeley,  as  guide,  j 
captured  one  weighing  16  pounds.  All  this  to  the 
stay-at-home  may  sound  like  the  “Dead  March  from 
Saul.”  But  never  mind,  their  day  is  coming,  perhaps 
at  the  Rangeleys  or  Moosehead,  “when  the  ice  goes  out.” 

At  all  events  the  Boston  & Maine  Railroad  officials 
say  there  is  an  unprecedented  demand  for  parlor  and 
sleeping  car  accommodations  on  trains  to  the  fishing 
resorts'  of  Maine,  especially  in  the  sleeper  which  will 
be  attached  to  the  7:40  train  out  of  Boston  beginning  ; 
May  7,  for  Greenville.  This  train  leaves  Bangor  next  1 
morning  at  7. 

Ice  is  out  of  Pushaw,  Hermon  and  small  ponds  near  i 
Bangor.  At  last  reports  no  fish  had  yet  been  taken 
at  Lake  Auburn.  By  the  way,  I will  give  your  readers 
a tip,  which  former  Commissioner  Stanley  gave,  me 
last  summer,  viz.,  that  it  would  pay  me  well  to  “try1, 
the  fishing  at  Lake  Auburn.” 

On  Wednesday  next  the  committee  on  fish  and  game  1 
are  to.  give  a hearing  on  a bill  to  prohibit  sale  of 
lobster  meat  (out  of  shell),  also  on  one  to  require 
fishermen  to  get  a permit,  without  charge,  from  the 
commissioners.  These  measures  were  recommended 
by  the  convention  of  commissioners  two  years  ago. 

Central,  j 


Maine  Waters  Open* 

Bangor,  Me.,  April  29. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 
The  opening  of  the  fishing  season  in  this  State,  so  long  * 
looked  forward  to  by  the  thousands  of  devotees  of  the 
rod  and  line  in  and  outside  of  Maine,  is  close  upon  us, 
and  by  the  time  this  reaches  the  readers  of  Forest  and 
Stream  it  may  be  that  the  great  lakes,  those  most  popular 
with  the  anglers  and  other  pleasure  seekers,  will  be  wide  f 
open  and  waiting  for  the  army  of  visitors. 

Already  there  has  been  a material  addition  to  the  list1 
of  lakes  reported  as  open,  in  previous  letters,  and  now 
the  lover  of  salmon  fishing  may  pack  his  grips,  bundle 
his  rods  together  and  take  a train  for  the  famous  home  1 
of  the  landlocked  salmon,  Grand  Lake  of  the  St.  Croix 
system.  That  lake  opened  this  week,  and  it  is  safe  to , 
predict  that  Moosehead  and  the  Rangeleys  will  be  open 
within  the  next  seven  days,  if  not  in  a shorter  time. 

The  sport  at  Sebago  has  been  fast  and  furious  since 
the  breaking  up  of  the  ice,  and  the  lakes  near  Bangor, 
such  as  Green,  Phillips  and  Branch,  have  been  open  for 
a week.  The  results  achieved  by  the  early  enthusiasts, 
who  wet  lines  in  those  lakes  last  Sunday,  were  not  very 
encouraging,  small  strings  resulting.  Thursday,  which 
was  Fast  Day  and  a legal  holiday  in  Maine,  saw  great 
crowds  at  all  these  three  places,  but  results  were  not  ex- 
tensive at  any  but  Brand  Pond,  where  three  boats  took 
ten'  fish,  several  being  salmon,  one  a brown  trout  of  6 J/2\ 
pounds,  and  some  spotted  trout.  But  one  salmon  was’ 
landed  at 'Phillips  during  the  day,  and  several  togue,  with 
scarcely  better  results  at  Green.  As  yet  the  lakes  have 
been  rather  too  cold  for  the  best  of  sport. 

The  Bangor  salmon  pool  has  improved  on  its  record 
of  a week  ago,  having  furnished  five  more  salmon  in  the 
last  seven  days.  Comparatively  few  fish  have  been  ob-( 
served  at  the  pool,  and  the  catch  in  the  weirs  along  the 
river  has  been  as  unsatisfactory  as  at  the  pool,  but  the 
smelts  have  begun  to  run  up  the  river  in  great  quantities, 
and  the  salmon  are  expected  to  follow  right  along  after 
them. 

One  of  the  astonishing  stories  told,  it  is  said,  by  a reli- 
able sportsman,  who  had  it  on  the;  authority  of  an  eye- 


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witness,  was  of  the  taking  of  a big  salmon  weighing  fif- 
teen to  eighteen  pounds,  in  the  Kenduskeag  stream  a mile 
from  the  river,  by  a small  boy  who  was  fishing  for  suck- 
ers. The  youngster  had  an  extra  strong  line,  and  sur- 
prised the  salmon  into  giving  up  a fight  it  might  easily 
have  won.  The  name  of  the  boy  could  not  be  learned, 
but  the  sportsman  who  told  it  was  certain  of  his  friend’s 
veracity.  H.  W.  Rowe. 


New  York  Lakes  and  8 Rivers. 

BY  JOHN  N.  COBB,  AGENT  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES  FISH 

COMMISSION. 

(Concluded  from  page  299.) 

Mill  Site  Lake. 

This  is  a small  lake  in  Jefferson  county,  near  the 
town  of  Redwood.  For  a number  of  years  a gill-net 
fishery  for  cisco,  or  lake  herring,  has  been  carried  on 
here,  but  it  has  never  amounted  to  much.  Part  of  the 
catch  each  season  is  salted;  the  remainder  is  sold  fresh. 
Nearly  all  the  fish  are  disposed  of  in  the  immediate 
vicinity.  • ■ -ll*  *J 

Oneida  Lake. 

Oneida  is  the  largest  lake  wholly  within  the  limits 
of  New  York,  and  is  in  the  central  part  of  the  State. 
It  is  about  twenty  miles  long,  and  its  greatest  width 
is  six  miles.  As  it  is  completely  surrounded  by  rail- 
roads, and  thus  is  easily  accessible,  it  is  much  resorted 
to  by  sportsmen. 

The  principal  fishing  towns  on  the  shore  are  Brewer- 
ton,  at  the  outlet,  Constantia  and  Cleveland  on  the 
north  side,  and  Cicero  Center,  Bridgeport  and  South 
Bay  on  the  south  side  of  the  lake.  Trap  nets  were 
in  use  at  the  time  of  the  statistical  canvass  made  by 
the  United  States  Fish  Commission  in  1895,  the  com- 
mon fish  having  become  so  plentiful  as  to  interfere 
seriously  with  the  game  fishing.  The  use  of  these  nets 
was  prohibited  after  the  1896  season  had  passed,  how- 
ever. In  1902  close  to  and  in  the  outlet  seven  seines 
were  operated  for  black  suckers,  which  come  into  the 
lake  from  Oneida  River  in  countless  numbers  in  the 
spring,  and  these  operations  were  considered  a great 
benefit  to  the  other  fisheries,  as  the  suckers  are  said 
to  consume  great  quantities  of  the  spawn  of  other 
species.  Set  lines,  hand  lines,  and  tip-ups  were  also 
used. 

The  tip-up  fishery  is  especially  interesting.  As  in 
other  ice  fishing  in  these  lakes,  the  fishermen  have  port- 
able huts  provided  with  stoves  and  benches,  and  some- 
times remain  on  the  lake  for  weeks.  The  tip-up  is  con- 
structed over  a hole  in  the  ice,  and  consists  of  two 
sticks  about  eighteen  and  twenty-four  inches  long, 
one  inch  wide,  and  a half  inch  thick,  firmly 
tied  together  with  twine  in  the  form  of  a 

cross.  The  free  end  of  the  line  is  drawn  through 
a hollow  lead  sinker  by  means  of  a loop  of 
copper  wire,  the  ends  of  which  are  bent  at  right  angles 
for  the  attachment  of  the  lines,  and  these,  with  two 
hooks  on  each,  are  suspended  about  eighteen  inches 
below  the  sinker.  The  bait  is  usually  live  minnows,  and 
the  line  is  lowered  until  close  to  the  bottom.  The  ends 
of  the  short  cross  stick  rest  on  the  ice  on  either  side 
of  the  hole,  the  short  end  of  the  long  stick  being  over 
the  center.  In  order  that  the  weight  of  the  sinker  may 
be  just  sufficient  to  make  the  frame  lie  flat  upon  the 
ice,  the  line  is  caught  a number  of  times  around  the 
stick.  The  fish  nibbling  at  the  bait  causes  the  end 
of  the  cross  to  tip  up,  whence  the  name  of  the  ap- 
pliance. When  the  fish  seizes  the  bait  the  long  arm 
becomes  almost  perpendicular  to  the  surface  of  the 
ice  and  attracts  the  attention  of  the  fisherman,  who 
then  removes  the  fish  and  rebaits  the  hook.  The  usual 
number  of  tip-ups  per  hut  is  about  six  or  eight,  rigged 
in  as  many  holes  cut  in  the  ice  a short  distance  from 
the  hut  and  a few  feet  apart.  When  the  fish  are  biting 
well  a fisherman  with  six  holes  to  attend  to  is  a very 
busy  man. 

There  are  a number  of  slight  variations  of  the  tip- 
up  used  on  the  various  lakes,  but  nearly  all  are  built 
in  general  as  described  above.  In  a few  cases  a short, 
supple  sapling  is  stuck  into  the  ice  on  the  side  of  the 
hole  and  the  line  attached  to  this.  When  there  is  a 
bite  the  agitation  of  the  sapling  is  sufficient  to  attract 
the  attention  of  the  fisherman.  Sometimes  a small  flag 
or  a sleigh  bell  is  attached  to  the  end  of  the  sapling. 

The  most  important  frog  fishery  of  the  State  is 
carried  on  in  this  lake.  In  the  marshes  near  the  outlet, 
and  for  a short  distance  down  the  Oneida  River,  are 
to  be'  found  large  quantities  of  frogs  weighing  from 
one-fourth  to  one  and  one-half  and  sometimes  three 
pounds  each.  They  are  usually  hunted  at  night.  The 
fisherman,  wearing  rubber  hip-boots,  wades  in  the  shallow 
water,  carrying  a lighted  lantern,  a short  club,  and  a 
bag  slung  over  his  shoulder.  Making  his  way  in  the 
marsh  as  noiselessly  as  possible,  he  dazzles  the  frog  with 
the  bright  light  from  the  lantern,  and  kills  him  with 
a blow  of  the  club. 

There  has  been  a considerable  falling  off  in  the  catch 
of  frogs  since  1895.  In  that  year  60,000  pounds,  valued 
at  $5,400,  were  obtained,  while  in  1902  only  13,100  pounds, 
valued  at  $1,220,  were  taken.  The  season  of  1902  was 
an  exceptionally  poor  one,  however,  according  to  the 
fisherrpen,  the  water  being  too  high  for  wading,  and 
in  1903  the  catch  was  somewhat  larger.  The  frogs  are 
dressed  at  Brewerton  and  the  hind  legs  shipped  to  all 
parts  of  the  country,  the  demand  being  much  in  excess 
of  the'  supply. 

During  the  spring  months  short  set  lines  are  em- 
ployed in  catching  bullheads-,  suckers,  and  eels. 

Oneida  Lake  is  full  of  the  commoner  species  of  fishes, 
such  as  ling,  suckers,  pumpkinseeds,  rock  bass,  etc., 
which  greatly  interfere  with  the  game  fishing,  and  it 
would  benefit  the  sportsmen,  with  whom  this  lake  is  a 
favorite  resort,  could  some  means  be  devised  for  de- 
creasing the  number  of  objectionable  species.  The  use 
of  trap  nets  for  a season  or  two  would  probably  ac- 
complish the  purpose. 

Oneida  River. 

This  river,  which  is  the  outlet  of  Oneida  Lake  and  in 
conjunction  with  the  Seneca  River  forms  the  Oswego 


River,  is  about  twelve  miles  long.  The  only  commercial 
fishing  on  it  is  at  Caughdenhoy,  about  three  miles  from 
the_  lake.  Here  are  located  fourteen  eel  traps,  or  weirs, 
which  are  valued  at  about  $1,400.  The  manner  of  build- 
ing them  is  as  follows : Heavy  stakes  are  driven  into  the 
shallow  bed  of  the  river  until  about  even  with  the  sur- 
face of  the  water  at  its  medium  height,  and  may  be  so 
placed  as  to  form  the  outline  of  the  letter  W,  extending 
from  shore  to  shore,  the  open  portion  facing  up  stream. 
This  form  permits  the  construction  of  two  traps.  When 
only  one  is  desired  the  stakes  form  a V opening  up 
stream.  A wall  of  planks  is  built  upon  the  stakes,  small 
openings  being  left  at  the  two  lower  tips  of  the  W to  be 
occupied  by  the  traps  themselves,  which  are  usually  made 
of  latticework  and  are  either  rectangular  or  rounded  in 
shape,  the  lower  end  of  a larger  diameter  than  the  upper. 
From  the  inner  sides  of  the  mouth  long  laths  run  back 
into  the  trap  until  they  almost  meet  in  the  center,  leaving 
only  a narrow  opening  about  four  inches  in  diameter 
between  the  ends  of  the  laths.  During  the  fall  months 
the  eels  migrate  from  Oneida  Lake  to  Lake  Ontario,  and 
it  is  then  that  the  fishermen  set  their  traps.  An  eel  on 
its  way  down  stream  meeting  the  side  wall  of  the  trap 
swims  slowly  along  it  in  search  of  a passage,  which  it 
seems  to  find  on  reaching  the  mouth  of  the  trap.  Wrig- 
gling slowly  along  the  slats  to  the  narrow  opening  it 
passes  through  this  and  drops  down  to  the  bottom  of  the 
lattice  box,  thus  securely  captured.  The  traps  are 
visited  at  certain  hours,  lifted  into  a boat,  and  the  eels 
taken  out  by  means  of  a small  door  in  the  side  of  the 
trap. 

All  the  eels  caught  are  smoked,  none  being  sold  fresh. 
As  soon  as  landed  the  body  is  split  from  head  to  vent 
and  the  viscera  removed.  The  head  and  skin  are  then 
taken  off,  after  which  the  body  is  immersed  in  a strong 
brine  for  twenty-four  hours.  On  removal  from  the  brine 
it  is  washed  with  stiff  brushes  to  remove  the  slime  and 
surplus  salt,  then  strung  on  iron  or  steel  rods  and  hung 
in  a smokehouse.  Moisture  is  removed  by  means  of  a 
hot  fire  of  kindlings,  then  the  cooking  is  done  by  a fire 
of  corncobs,  great  care  being  exercised  at  this  stage  lest 
the  heat  become  so  great  as  to  curl  the  fish  out  of  shape. 
After  the  cooking  the  fire  is  partially  smothered  with 
sawdust,  making  a dense  smoke,  and  the  fish  is  soon 
cured.  The  total  length  of  time  in  the  smokehouse  is 
about  four  hours.  Smoked  eels  can  be  kept  a shorter 
time  than  almost  any  fish  so  prepared,  from  five  to  twelve 
days  being  about  the  limit ; hence  they  must-  be  marketed 
as  soon  as  possible  after  being  removed  from  the  smoke- 
house. The  product  is  sold  in  Syracuse  and  vicinity. 
The  smokers  are  unable  to  expand  their  business,  as  they 
find  it  increasingly  difficult  each  year  to  supply  the  local 
demand.  The  season  of  1902  was  very  poor,  and  1903 
was  even  worse,  owing  to  the  excessively  high  water 
which  prevailed  most  of  the  time,  allowing  the  eels  to 
escape  over  the  sides  of  the  traps. 

Several  years  ago  the  fishermen  came  to  an  agreement 
among  themselves  to  the  effect  that  the  whole  business 
should  be  carried  on  in  one  smokehouse,  and  with  but 
one  selling  agent  to  dispose  of  the  whole  product.  This 
has  been  found  much  more  economical  than  the  former 
method,  with  each  man  curing  and  selling  his  own  catch. 

The  eel  fishery  has  been  prosecuted  for  many  years, 
and  it  has  been  well  said  that  “Caughdenhoy  was  built 
on  eels,”  as  that  is,  and  always  has  been,  the  principal 
business  of  the  village.  The  industry  is  now  in  danger 
of  destruction,  however,  as  the  farmers  living  on  the 
river  between  the  village  and  Oneida  Lake  and  for 
several  miles  along  the  shores  of  the  lake  threaten  to 
enter  suit  for  damages  to  their  lands  from  overflows, 
which,  they  claim,  are  caused  by  these  eel  traps.  As 
the  traps  are  rarely  more  than  15  inches  in  height,  it 
does  not  seem  probable  that  they  could  cause  the  water 
to  overflow  land  several  miles  up  stream. 

Onondaga  Lake. 

In  1894  and  1895  there  was  a considerable  gill-net 
fishery  for  whitefish  in  this  lake,  but  this  ceased  soon 
after  that  time,  owing  to  the  almost  complete  disappear- 
ance of  the  fish.  The  fishermen  ascribe  this  disappear- 
ance to  the  pollution  of  the  water  by  refuse  from  several 
large  chemical  plants  on  the  shores  of  the  lake.  The 
city  of  Syracuse,  which  abuts  upon  the  western  shore, 
also  runs  its  sewage  into  the  lake.  No  commercial  fish- 
ing is  now  carried  on.  There  are  said  to  be  large  quanti- 
ties of  German  carp  and  ling  in  the  lake. 

Otsego  Lake. 

This  lake,  the  source  of  the  Susquehanna  River,  is  in 
Otsego  county,  in  the  eastern  part  of  the  State,  and  has 
a length  of  about  nine  miles  and  an  average  width  of  1J2 
miles.  It  is  quite  popular  as  a summer  resort,  Coopers- 
town  being  the  principal  town  on  its  shores.  For  some 
years  seines  were  used  for  catching  whitefish,  locally 
known  as  Otsego-  bass,  but  in  1901  the  Legislature  closed 
the  lake  to. all  manner  of  commercial  fishing,  except  with 
hook  and  line,  until  May  1,  1906.  As  a result  the  com- 
mercial fishing  is  at  present  of  minor  importance. 

Owasco  Lake. 

Lying  about  midway  between  Cayuga  and  Skaneateles 
lakes,  with  a length  of  ten  or  eleven  miles  and  a width 
of  more  than  a mile,  Owasco  Lake  empties  into  the 
Seneca  River  through  Owasco  Outlet.  It  is  wholly 
within  Cayuga  county.  The  only  commercial  fishing  is 
done  by  means  of  tip-ups  in  the  winter  time  at  the  upper 
end  of  the  lake.  Bullheads,  eels,  yellow  perch  and  sun- 
fish  are  the  species  taken. 

Seneca  Lake. 

Next  to  Oneida  this  is  the  largest  lake  wholly  within 
the  borders  of  the  State.  It  extends  almost  directly  north 
and  south,  is  about  thirty-six  miles  long,  from  one  to 
four  miles  wide,  and  with  a maximum  depth  of  500  to 
600  feet,  occupying  an  eroded  valley  flanked  by  bold  hills, 
and  discharging  into  Cayuga  Lake  by  means  of  a short 
outlet.  It  is  unique  among  New  York  lakes  in  that 
the  surface  is  never  entirely  frozen. 

Gill  nets,  spears,  and  a few  fyke  nets  and  hand-lines 
are  used  in  the  commercial  fisheries.  The  gill-nets, 
which  average  in  length  about  no  yards  each,  with  bar 
mesh  of  not  less  than  two  inches,  are  used  principally 
for  lake  trout,  and  are  operated  between  May  1 and 

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October  15  of  each  year.  The  use  of  spears  is  permitted 
from  April  15  to  June  15,  inclusive.  The  principal  fishing 
towns  are  Himrods , Dundee,  Hector,  North  Hector, 
Caywood,  Starkey,  Dresden  and  Geneva. 

The  sportsmen  complain  that  the  lake  trout,  which  are 
very  numerous,  will  not  take  the  hock.  It  is  possible 
that  this  may  be  owing  to  the  large  numbers  of  alewives 
( Pomolobus  psendoharengus ) in  the  lake,  upon  which 
the  trout  feed.  The  fishermen  believe  quite  generally 
that  this  species  was  introduced  into  Seneca  Lake  by 
Seth  Green  about  1872 ; but  this  is  not  the  case,  the  fish 
having  been  known  there  a number  of  years  previous. 
It  has  been  a source  of  great  trouble,  owing  to-  the  annual 
mortality  to  which  it  is  subject  here  as  in  Lake  Ontario. 
During  the  summer  large  numbers  die,  and,  decaying  on 
the  shores,  cause  much  annoyance  to-  the  inhabitants, 
while  doubtless  many  of  the  fish  sink  and  pollute  the 
waters.  The  mortality  has  not  been  as  heavy  as  usual 
during  the  last  two  summers. 

German  carp  are  becoming  quite  plentiful  at  the  head 
of  the  lake,  but  very  little  use  is  made  of  them. 

Seneca  River. 

This  is  the  outlet  directly  or  by  means  of  short  streams 
of  most  of  the  lakes  in  central  New  York.  It  discharges 
into  Lake  Ontaria  through  the  Oswego  River,  the  latter 
being  formed  by  the  junction  of  Seneca  and  Oneida 
rivers.  There  is  an  immense  amount  of  illegal  fishing 
practiced  in  this  river,  despite  the  strenuous  efforts  of 
the  State  authorities  to  suppress  it.  Owing  to-  the  length 
and  general  inaccessibility  of  the  stream,  it  is  a difficult 
matter  to  guard  it.  Almost  the  only  commercial  fishing 
concerning  which  reliable  data  could  be  obtained  was 
that  with  hand-lines  and  traps  for  fishes  and  with  spears 
for  frogs.  The  principal  fishing  towns  are  Weedsport 
and  Savannah.  Considerable  complaint  is  made  by  the 
fishermen  of  the  large  numbers  of  ling  and  German  carp 
in  the  river.  Black  suckers  also  are  very  numerous. 

Skaneateles  Lake. 

This  lake  lies  almost  midway  between  Oneida  and 
Cayuga,  and,  like  most  of  the  other  lakes  of  the  State, 
is  long  and  narrow,  being  afceut  fifteen,  miles  in  length 
and  Ij4  miles  in  width  at  the  widest  part,  with  a depth 
of  320  feet.  Through  a short  outlet  it  discharges  into 
Seneca  River.  Its  commercial  fisheries  are  insignificant, 
hand  and  set-lines  being  the  only  apparatus  permitted. 
Lake  t»  - lit  is  the  principal  fish  caught  with  the  hand- 
lines, b ilheads  and  suckers  the  only  species  taken  on 
the  set-lines. 

Statistics  of  the  Interior  Fisheries  of  New  York. 

In  1895  the  number  of  fishermen  was  543,  in  1902  it 
was  804,  a gain  of  261.  Seneca  Lake  shows  the  greatest 
increase.  The  total  investment  in  1895  amounted  to 
$19,745 ; in  1902  to  $25,291,  a gain  of  $5,546.  Seneca 
Lake  leads  in  total  investment,  with  Oneida  and  Cham- 
plain lakes  second  and  third  respectively.  In  1895  the 
total  catch  was  754,730  pounds,  valued  at  $60,068,  while 
in  1902  it  amounted  to-  1,530,918  pounds,  valued . at 
$87,897,  a gain  of  776,188  pounds  and  $27,811.  Oneida 
Lake  leads  in  the  quantity  secured,  and  the  value  of  the 
catch  is  exceeded  only  in  Chautauqua  Lake,  by  a very 
narrow  margin.  Keuka  Lake  is  third.  The  interior 
waters  of  New  York  produce  more  maskinonge  and 
smelt  than  the  waters  of  any  other  State  in  the  Union, 
and  they  lead  all  others,  except  the  Great  Lakes,  in  the 
catch  of  bullheads,  pickerel,  wall-eyed  pike  (except  Min- 
nesota), yellow  perch  and  suckers. 

While  the  seine  catch  is  the  greatest  in  quantity,  it  is 
exceeded  in  value  by  that  with  hand-lines.  The  tip-up 
catch  is  third.  The  only  species  taken  in  seines  was 
suckers,  while  with  gill-nets  the  leading  species  were  lake 
trout,  yellow  perch,  and  lake  herring.  Fyke  nets  were  in 
use  in  but  two  lakes,  and  the  catch  in  the  aggregate  does 
not  amount  to  much,  the  bullhead  being  the  principal 
species  captured.  With  set  lines  bullheads  and  suckers, 
and  with  tip-ups  pickerel,  bullheads,  wall-eyed  pike,  and 
yellow  perch  were  the  chief  species  taken.  Maskinonge 
and  yellow  perch  predominate  in  the  spear  catch. 

Fly-Casters  at  Banquet. 

From  the  San  Francisco  Breeder  and  Sportsman. 

Dr.  Henry  Van  Dyke,  of  Princeton,  was  guest  _ of 
honor  at  a banquet  of  the  San  Francisco-  Fly-Casting 
Club  last  Wednesday  evening. 

After  the  disposal  of  a good  dinner  President  Ed. 
Everett  introduced  Judge  John  Hunt  as  the  toastmaster 
for  the  evening.  The  Judge  was  in  his  happiest  humor, 
during  the  course  of  his  introductory  remarks  he  referred 
to  Dr.  Van  Dyke  as  the  author  of  two  popular  angling 
classics,  “Fishermen’s  Luck”  and  “Little  Rivers,”  He  ex- 
tolled him  as  an  enthusiastic  sportsman  and  skilled  angler, 
a student  of  books,  a student  of  nature  and  a writer  of 
graceful  verse. 

Dr.  Van  Dyke,  when  he  arose  to  respond,  received  a 
most  cordial  greeting.  The  Doctor’s  remarks  were  inter- 
esting and  entertaining  and  colored  at  times  with  a bit  of 
sterling  humor  given  with  unction.  Among  other  mat- 
ters dwelt  upon  the  Doctor  proudly  said  that  during  a 
recent  visit  to-  the  McCloud  River  he  had  occasion  to 
wade  a portion  of  that  famous  stream.  The  experience 
when  linked  with  others  he  had  since  met  with  had  con- 
vinced him  that  there  is  nothing  colder  than  California 
water  and  nothing  warmer  than  a California  welcome. 

He-  complimented  the  fly-casters  on  the  fact  that  the 
world’s  record  in  that  department  of  sport  is  held  here, 
and  he  characterized  angling  as  a lofty  and  ennobling 
pursuit.  It  could  scarcely  be  described  as  a cheap 
pastime,  as  he  estimated  that  every  pound  of  trout 
brought  to  basket  by  an  angler  cost  about  five  dollars. 
He  spoke  of  fly-fishing  as  a lofty,  ennobling  occupation. 
He  said  some  people  looked  upon  it  as  a mild  form  of 
lunacy,  but  he  had  found  it  dainty,  charming  and  pleas- 
ant to  the  finer  sensibilities. 

He  instanced  that  only  classic  in  sporting  literature 
that  had  to  do  with  fishing,  namely:  “The  Complete 
Angler”  and  he  described  glowingly  the  beauties  of  the 
McCloud  River  and  its  surroundings — an  ideal  stream, 
the  realization  of  an  angler’s  dream. 

Dr,  Van  Dyke  told  several  stories  and  preached  a dainty 


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sermon.  One  of  his  stories  was  of  the  Scotchman,  who 
after  an  unsuccessful  day  on  the  river  tossed  his  fly-book 
into  the  stream  and  said  in  disgust:  “Tak’  yer  choice!” 

He  also  told  of  the  great  trout  Nicodemus  on  the  River 
Neversink  and  of  the  man  who  tried  to  take  him.  In  the 
morning  he  tried  a red  ibis.  The  trout  got  away  with 
this.  Later  in  the  day  he  had  him  on  a white  miller  and 
again  his  troutship  disappeared.  In  the  evening  he  tried- 
him  with  a blue  jay  and  after  a struggle  landed  him.  The 
three  flies  were  fastened  to  the  trout,  and  when  the 
angler  saw  the  national  colors  he  remembered  it  was  the 
Fourth  of  July  and  he  knew  why  the  combinations  had 
proved  so  effective. 

Governor  Pardee  sent  his  regrets  for  an  unavoidable 
absence  from  the  gathering.  In  voicing  them  Judge  Hunt 
combined  the  introduction  of  Dr.  Jordan,  of  Stanford 
University,  saying : 

“The  ‘Governor’  is  a good  fly,  but  the  ‘professor’  is  a 
better  one.”  Dr.  Jordan  created  a laugh  by  addressing 
his  auditors  as  “fellow  geologists.”  He  said:  “The  trout 
lie  at  the  bottom  of  green  streams.  Let  us  lie  about  the 
trout.”  He  then  spoke  entertainingly  of  the  anglers  of 
Samoa,  Japan  and  Honolulu.  He  took  a rise  out  of 
Judge  Hunt  by  telling  how  the  latter  loaned  his  trout 
scales  to  a lady  who  found  they  recorded  the  weight  of 
her  baby  as  being  sixty-eight  pounds. 

He  was  followed  by  Charles  S.  Wheeler,  who  de- 
scribed a fishing  trip  to  the  McCloud  in  company  with 
Dr.  Van  Dyke,  during  which  the  gentleman  from  Prince- 
ton landed  a seven-pound  Dolly  Varden  trout.  As  show- 
ing that  this  was  no  “fish  story”  the  trout  was  paraded 
on  a huge  platter  and  there  was  a general  craning  to  get 
a glimpse  of  the  noble  “speckled  beauty.”  Mr.  Wheeler 
explained  that  the  trout  was  killed  with  a six  and  one- 
quarter-ounce  Leonard  rod  and  said  he  never  saw  a fish 
handled  with  more  skill  and  grace. 

Alex.  T.  Vogelsang,  the  next  speaker,  did  full  justice, 
and  in  a particularly  apt  and  felicitous  manner  to  “The 
Scientific  Angler,”  a subject  which  he  spoke  upon  enter- 
tainingly and  exhaustively,  saying  among  other  things  that 
a true  fisherman  should  rejoice  more  over  a few  fish  well 
caught  than  over  a full  c.eel.  He  advocated  the  observ- 
ance of  chivalry  toward  the  denizens  of  the  stream.  In- 
stead of  losing  temper  when  a fish  gets  away  the  proper 
thing,  according  to  the  Vogelsang  code,  is  to  congratu- 
late him  on  having  made  his  escape.  “Remember  you 
are  merely  working  for  your  own  pleasure,  while  the  fish 
Is  fighting  for  his  life,”  was  the  way  the  speaker  put  it. 
The  banquet  was  one  of  the  most  enjoyable  of  the  many 
given  by  the  club. 


Massachusetts  Lobsters. 

Boston,  Mass.,  April  29. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 
While  the  lobster  does  not  furnish  sport  in  the  taking, 
it  provides  an  article  of  diet  so  much  enjoyed  by  good- 
livers  that  its  preservation  has  been  a subject  of  con- 
cern, not  only  to  the  men  who  are  financially  interested 
in  the  industry,  but  to  the  general  public,  the  con- 
sumers. The  first  movement  for  the  passage  of.  a law 
for  restricting  the  catch  of  lobsters  originated  with  the 
Anglers’  Association  (in  the  ’70s),  which  later  became 
the  Massachusetts  Fish  and  Game  Protective  Associa- 
tion. At  first  it  was  proposed  to  ask  for  an  11-inch 
law,  but  in  the  interest  of  the  fishermen,  this  was 
changed  to  a ioj4-inch  law.  This  was  followed  by 
legislation  in  Maine,  but  the  various  laws  that  were 
tried  proved  inadequate,  until  finally  that  State,  after 
a conference  between  her  commissioners  and  those  of 
Massachusetts,  adopted  the  ioj4-inch  law.  The  State 
Association  has  persistently  opposed  all  attempts  to 
reduce  the  legal  limit  of  length.  In  1891,  after  a 9-inch 
bill  had  been  lobbied  through  both  houses  of  the  Legis- 
lature, the  Association  secured  a hearing  from  Gov. 
Wolcott,  and  the  result  was  a veto.  Again  in  1896,  after 
a very  stubborn  fight,  by  a narrow  margin  the  bill 
went  to  the  Governor,  and  was  vetoed  by  Gov.  Crane. 

Again  the  State  Association  has  come  to  the  rescue 
this  year.  The  apparently  harmless  bill  introduced  on 
petition  of  certain  dealers  to  admit  to  our  markets 
the  Nova  Scotia  9-inch  lobsters  from  Dec.  15  to  April 
I was  merely  an  “entering  wedge”  for  securing  a 9-inch 
all-the-year-round  law.  To  this  proposition  to  admit 
Canadian  lobsters  in  winter  there  was  but  one  dis- 
senting vote  in  the  committee  room.  By  acting  in  ac- 
cordance with  his  convictions  and  having  the  courage 
to  stand  alone  for  a principle,  that  member  paved  a 
thorough  sifting  of  the  lobster  question  in  the  Senate, 
where  he  became  the  prominent  leader  in  behalf  of 
the  present  law,  and  won  a victory,,  of  which  he  may 
justly  feel  proud. 

This  was  Senator  Herman  Andrew  Harding,  of 
Chatham,  representing  the  Cape  District.  In  his  argu- 
ment against  the  substitute  bill  of  the  chairman  of 
the  committee  to  legalize  the  taking  of  all  lobsters 
“from  9 to  11  inches,”  he  was  able  to  show  that  the 
proposition  had  not  the  support  of  the  well-known 
experts,  Prof.  Mead,  of  Rhode  Island,  and  Prof.  H. 
C.  Bumpus,  of  New  York;  that  it  had  never  been 
favored  by  the  late  Captain  Collins,  and  that  it  was 
strongly  opposed  by  Commissioner  Nickerson  in  charge 
of  the  sea-and-shore  fisheries  of  Maine.  He  quoted 
extracts  from  the  reports  of  the  Massachusetts  Com- 
mission in  proof  of  his  contention  for  the  ioEHnch 
law,  and  from  the  report  of  the  convention  of  com- 
missioners from  the  lobster-producing  States,  held  in 
Boston  two  years  ago,  which  was  written  by  the  late 
chairman  of  the  Massachusetts  Commission.  Senator 
Harding  was  ably  supported  in  his  position  by  Senator 
Kyle,  of  Plymouth,  and  the  result  was  the  rejection  of 
the  “from  7 to  9 inches”  proposition  by  a unanimous 
vote,  and  by  a like  vote  the  House  nine-inch  bill  was 
referred  to  the  “next  General  Court.” 

Henry  H.  Kimball, 

Sec’y  Mass.  Fish  and  Game  Protective  Ass’n. 


Fishing  in  Middletown  Reservoirs. 

A dispatch  from  Middletown,  N.  Y.,  April  28,  to  the 
New  York  Times  reports  the  question  whether  fishing 
should  be  allowed  in  the  city  reservoirs,  which  has  great- 
ly agitated  the  town  for  two  years,  reached  a white  heat 
here  to-day. 

The  Board  of  Health  forbade  fishing  in  the  reservoirs 


two  years  ago.  The  Board  of  Water  Commissioners  also 
prohibited  fishing.  The  fishermen  went  into  politics  and 
elected  a majority  of  the  Board  of  Water  Commissioners 
favorable  to  fishing.  The  Board  then  agreed  to  permit 
fishing. 

Dr.  Daniel  Lewis,  State  Commissioner  of  Health,  was 
called  and  decided  against  fishing,  his  decision  reaching 
here  last  night.  This  afternoon  John  Wilkin,  J.  E. 
Barnes,  J.  Frank  Tuthill  and  Thomas  H.  Perry,  leading 
business  men,  went  to  one  of  the  reservoirs  and  in  two 
hours  caught  twenty-two  rainbow  trout  averaging  from 
one  to  three  and  one-half  pounds  each.  The  fish  were 
displayed  in  various  places  and  the  fishermen  boasted  of 
where  they  had  been  caught.  This  created  something 
akin  to  sensation,  and  the  town  is  divided  into  fishing  and 
anti-fishing  factions. 


Hudson  Rivet  Striped  Bass. 

Newport,  R.  I.,  April  28. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 
In  your  issue  of  the  22d  instant  you  speak  of  a striped 
bass  captured  in  the  Hudson  River  off  Grant’s  Tomb  and 
weighing  thirty-seven  pounds  and  state,  “This  is  said  to 
be  the  largest  striped  bass  ever  caught  in  the  Hudson.” 
This  assertion,  I think,  is  not  correct.  I find  on  looking 
over  my  scrap  book  the  following  items : Seth  Green,  in 

an  article  over  his  signature  in  the  American  Angler  for 
May  7,  1887,  has  the  following  in  reply  to  the  editor  of 
the  Albany  Evening  Journal,  who  wrote  asking  him  the 
weight  of  the  largest  on  record  caught  in  the  Hudson 
River.  He  says:  “I  wrote  Mr  J.  J.  Pindar,  a fisherman 
of  many  years’  experience  on  the  Hudson  River,  who  very 
kindly  sent  me  the  following  reply:  ‘Dear  Sir — In  reply 
to  yours  of  the  22d  instant  would  say  I have  seen  two 
striped  bass  caught  within  two  miles  of  this  place  (Cats- 
kill,  N.  Y.)  one  of  which  weighed  ninety-two  and  the 
other  ninety  pounds.  It  is  not  an  uncommon  thing  to  get 
them  from  sixty  to  eighty  pounds,’  signed  J.  J.  Pindar.  I 
find  other  records  of  an  eighty-four-pounder  taken  by 
Richard  Ward,  of  New  Hamburg,  in  June.  1885.  Another 
weighing  seventy  pounds  taken  at  Peekskifl  on  May  6, 
1889.  One  of  sixty-eight  pounds  taken  at  Croton  Point 
in  1885  by  C.  M.  Raymond,  of  Sing  Sing.  This  fish  was 
exhibited  outside  of  the  dining  room  of  S.  H.  Everett,  in 
Barclay  street.” 

To  descend  to  lower  figures,  Forest  and  Stream  of 
April  6,  1901,  speaks  of  three  being  caught  at. Ossining, 
N.  Y.,  that  tipped  the  scales  at  thirty-eight,  3954  and  forty 
pounds.  The  thirty-seven-pounder,  therefore,  caught  off 
Grant’s  Tomb  comes  very  far  from  being  even  an  extra 
sized  fish  to  have  been  taken  in  the  Hudson.  I grant  you, 
though,  that  at  the  rate  Roccus  lineatus  is  being  de- 
stroyed, a thirty-seven  pound  fish  will  soon  be  one  to 
marvel  at.  Daniel  B.  Fearing. 


Big  Striped  Bass. 

National  City,  Cal.,  April  21. — Editor  Forest  and 
Stream:  The  inquiry  about  the  largest  weight  of  rock 

fish  or  striped  bass  is  interesting,  and  I am  able  to  quote 
you  something  from  North  Carolina  which  bears  on  this 
subject.  Dr.  W.  R.  Capehart  owns  the  biggest  commer- 
cial fishery  on  Albemarle  Sound,  in  North  Carolina.  He 
recently  wrote  me : “The  largest  rock  I ever  caught 
weighed  105  pounds  and  I caught  37.000  pounds  at  the 
same  haul ; 365  of  them  averaged  sixty-five  pounds.” 

This  is  a tremendously  large  average  and  365  fish  of 
that  size  a heavy  lot.  Dr.  Capehart’s  seines  are  hauled 
by  steam  winches.  He  operates  five  steam  seine  boa’s. 

C.  H. 


Federal  Control  of  Public  Waters. 

The  Legislature  of  Minnesota  has  adopted  the  follow- 
ing resolution  bearing  on  the  Federal  control  of  the  fish- 
eries of  public  waters : 

To  the  Congress  of  the  United  States : 

Realizing  that  a great  amount  of  friction  has  arisen, 
and  is  liable  to  arise,  on  the  Great  Lakes  between  Canada 
and  the  United  States,  in  regard  to  the  fishery  regula- 
tions, also  on  all  waters  of  a public  nature,  between  the 
different  States;  be  it 

Resolved,  by  the  House  of  Representatives  of  the  State 
of  Minnesota,  that  the  United  States  Government  is  here- 
by requested  to  take  full  control  of  these  public  waters, 
so  that  they  may  be  suitably  stocked  with  fish  and  a uni- 
form law  passed,  governing  the  fishing  industry  of  these 
waters;  and  that  the  State  of  Minnesota  cede  to  the  Gov- 
ernment any  jurisdiction  claimed  over  these  waters  in  re- 
gard to  the  fishing  therein. 

Cases  have  arisen  where  the  representatives  of  the 
United  States  Government  have  been  arrested  by  the 
State  authorities  for  taking  spawn  in  the  closed  season. 
Men  representing  the  Game  and  Fish  Commission  of 
this  State,  have  been  arrested  by  the  representatives  of 
another  State,  simply  for  getting  across  an  imaginary 
line;  and  we  realize  that  it  is  almost  impossible  to  get 
uniform  laws  passed  by  all  the  States  controlling  these 
waters,  therefore  we  would  urge  that  Congress  take  such 
action  as  in  their  judgment  is  desirous,  so  that  frictions 
of  this  kind  would  entirely  cease,  and  that  the  fishing  in- 
dustries of  these  large  bodies  of  water  may  be  replen- 
ished and  protected  as  they  should  be. 


Early  Sebago  Fishing. 

South  Boston,  Mass.,  April  23. — Editor  Forest  and 
Stream:  I have  just  learned  from  a friend  the  result  of 
his  fishing  trip  in  Maine  last  week,  and  thought  perhaps 
you  would  be  interested  to  publish  a paragraph  about  it. 

The  party  consisted  of  C.  F.  Jordan  and  Henry  Lowell, 
of  Portland,  Me.,  and  H.  J.  Littlefield,  of  Dorchester, 
Mass.  They  visited  Sebago  Lake,  and  fished  for  a day 
and  a half.  The  result  was  ten  landlocked  salmon  and 
one  brook  trout,  the  eleven  weighing  97)4  pounds.  The 
largest  was  a seventeen-pound  salmon  caught  by  Mr. 
Littlefield,  who  was  over  two  hours  landing  the  fish. 
This,  I believe,  is  the  second  largest  salmon  that  has  been 
caught  in  Sebago  Lake.  His  guide  was  Levi  Maxfield, 
who  is  one  of  the  best  and  oldest  guides  of  the  lake. 
Captain  Oliver  also  acted  as  guide  for  the  party. 

The  fishing  is  reported  to  be  opening  up  very  well,  and 
the  catches  reported  are  very  large.  Thomas  Hibbard, 


The  Adirondack  Timber  Stealing. 

Attorney-General  Mayer  having  investigated  the  tres- 
passes on  the  Adirondack  Forest  Preserve  by  the  cutting 
and  removing  therefrom  of  lumber  killed  by  forest  fires, 
has  reported  to  the  Governor,  in  part,  as  follows : 

“It  appears  that  a method  of  indirection  was  employ- 
ed whereby  in  effect  the  State  sold  fire-killed  timber  con- 
trary to  the  prohibition  of  the  Constitution,  as  that  pro- 
hibition has  been  construed  up  to  the  present  time;  that 
the  State  has  received  revenues  therefrom  aggregating 
$25,000  in  round  numbers,  by  a method  of  confession  of 
judgment  absolutely  void. 

“I  desire  to  make  clear  that  there  is  no  evidence  what- 
ever that  the  cutting  of  green  timber  was  treated  in  this 
way.  On  the  contrary,  in  green  timber  cases  the  prosecu- 
tions were  vigorous  and  the  amounts  demanded  were  in 
some  instances  three  times  the  stumpage  value  of  the 
timber;  so  that  the  cutting  of  green  timber  has  been  made 
unprofitable. 

“The  sentiment  of  the  residents  of  the  Adirondack  re- 
gion is  strongly  against  the  cutting  of  green  timber  on 
State  lands. 

“I  further  desire  to  call  your  attention  to  the  question 
of  moieties  paid  to  game  protectors.  For  instance,  for 
the  period  from  December,  1904,  to  April,  1905,  the 
amount  of  moieties  paid  to  one  of  the  protectors  was 
$! >735-62,  and  in  another  case  for  a period  of  ten  months 
was  $264. 

“I  believe  it  to  be  true  that  there  is  substantially  unani- 
mous condemnation  of  the  method  whereby  game  pro- 
tectors, who  are  State  officers  in  receipt  of  salaries,  re- 
ceive any  moiety  for  discovering  trespasses.  I take  the 
liberty  of  suggesting  that  the  State  can  well  afford  to  in- 
crease the  fixed  compensation  of  the  game  protectors 
and  let  the  moneys  recovered  for  trespass  be  paid  into 
the  State  treasury.  While  I am  not  to  be  understood  as 
making  any  reference  to  the  case  of  any  game  protector, 
the  system  of  moieties  can  only  offer  serious  temptation 
and  open  a door  to  improper  practices.” 


Legislation  at  Albany. 


Albany,  N.  Y.,  May  1. — Forest,  fish  and  game  interests  figured 
prominently  in  the  Legislature  the  past 'week. 

The  Senate  committee  has  reported  the  bill  of  Senator  Allds 
(Int.  No.  1125),  relative  to  penalties,  and  the  duties  of  the  At- 
torney-General. It  has  been  restored  to  third  reading. 

The  Senate  has  passed  these  bills: 

Senator  Drescher’s  (Int.  No.  82),  providing  for  the  appointment 
of  game  protectors  for  Jamaica  Bay  and  adjacent  waters. 

Assemblyman  Becker’s  (Int.  No.  778),  relative  to  special  game 
protectors  in  Monroe  county. 

Senator  Armstrong’s  (Int.  No.  938),  relative  to  the  protection  of 
wild  birds  and  their  nests. 

Assemblyman  Plank’s  (Int.  No.  958).  relative  to  the  close  season 
for  pickerel,  pike  and  maskinongc  in  the  St.  Lawrence  River. 

Assemblyman  Miller’s  (Int.  No.  958),  relative  to  the  pollution 
of  streams. 

Assemblyman  F.  C.  Wood’s  (Int.  No.  428),  relative  to  the  com- 
pensation of  game  protectors. 

A bill  has  been  introduced  by  Senator  Allds  (Int.  No.  998) 
amending  Section  187  so  as  to  provide  that  the  State  Commission, 
instead  of  the  chief  game  protector  shall  pay  a part  of  the  moneys 
recovered  in  actions  for  penalties,  either  to  the  game  protector  or 
the  fire  warden,  upon  whose  information  proceedings  were  brought. 

The  Hubbs  spring  shooting  bill  (Int.  No.  1443),  allowing  sports- 
men to  kill  ducks  oil  Long  Island  on  Thursdays,  Fridays  and 
Saturdays  from  March  1,  to  April  15,  passed  the  Assembly. 

The  Assembly  has  passed  the  following  additional  bills: 

Assemblyman  Wade’s  (Int.  No.  1205),  in  relation  to  fishing  in 
Chautauqua  county. 

Senator  Prime’s  (Int.  No.  98),  appropriating  $2,119  for  continu- 
ing the  restocking  of  the  Adirondacks  region  with  wild  moose. 

Senator  Elsberg’s  (Int.  No.  76),  providing  for  the  appointment 
of  a special  assistant  oyster  protector;  to  reside  in  the  Borough 
of  Manhattan,  at  a salary  of  $600  a year,  and  an  annual  expense 
allowance  of  $450. 

Senator  Raines’  (Int.  No.  247),  in  relation  to  the  sale  of  trout. 

Senator  Armstrong’s  (Int.  No.  684),  relative  to  the  destruction 
of  nets. 

Senator  Coggeshall’s  (Int.  No.  496),  relative  to  the  destruction 
of  nets  and  other  devices  used  in  fishing. 

Senator  Armstrong’s  (Int.  No.  110),  relative  to  the  protection 
of  the  nests  of  wild  birds. 

The  Assembly  has  advanced  to  third  reading  the  bill  of  Senator 
Allds  (Int.  No.  486),  providing  for  the  publication  of  the  forest, 
fish  and  game  law,  as  amended. 

The  Governor  has  signed  the  following  bills: 

Assemblyman  Reeve’s  (Int.  No.  1074),  making  the  offer  of  sale 
of  grouse  and  woodcock  in  this  State  a violation  of  the  law  pro- 
hibiting the  sale  of  that  game. 

Assemblyman  Reeve’s  (Int.  No.  1075),  providing  a penalty  of 
$60  for  violation  of  that  section  of  the  game  law  relative  to  the 
taking  of  lobsters,  and  an  additional  penalty  of  $10  for  each  lobster 
taken.  For  every  other  violation  of  this  section  a penalty  of  $100 
is  prescribed. 

Assemblyman  Reeve’s  (Int.  No.  1076),  providing  that  the  placing 
of  nets  in  Jamaica  Bay  and  adjacent  waters  shall  be  presumptive 
evidence  that  the  person  intended  to  violate  the  fish  and  game 
law. 


Assemblyman  Reeve’s  (Int.  No..  1077),  correcting  a typographical 
error  in  the  section  of  the  game  law  relative  to  the  closed  season 
for  woodcock  so  as  to  provide  that  not  more  than  thirty-six  wood- 
cock shall  be  taken  in  an  open  season. 

Assemblyman  Reeve’s  (Int.  No.  1079)  providing  that  in  the  use 
of  nets  in  Coney  Island  creek  a passage  unobstructed  not  less 
than  10  feet  wide  shall  be  left  for  the  passage  of  boats  and  fish. 

Assemblyman  Bedell’s  (Int.  No.  1087),  providing  that  woodcock, 
grouse  and  quail  taken  in  Orange  county  shall  not  be  sold. 

Assemblyman  Bedell’s  (Int.  No,  1181),  providing  that  in  Orange 
county,  not  more  than  twelve  woodcock  or  quail  shall  be  taken 
by  any  one  person  in  one  day,  and  not  more  than  thirty-six  of 
either  variety  in  any  one  year. 

Assemblyman  Knapp’s  (Int.  No.  1365).  prohibiting  transporta- 
tion companies  from  bringing  into  this  State  any-  fish  caught  in 
that  portion  of  Lake  Champlain  known  as  Missisquoi  Bay,  Prov- 
ince of  Quebec,  Canada.  _ 

Assemblyman  Cunningham’s  (Int.  No'.  5S9),  permitting  the 
spearing  of  suckers,  bullheads,  eels  and  dogfish  in  the  Delaware 
River  in  Sullivan  and  Delaware  counties,  and  in  Sandsburg  Creek, 
Warwarsing,  Ulster  county,  from  April  1 to  Sept.  30,  both  in- 
clusive. 

Assemblyman  West’s  (Int.  No.  469),  prohibiting  the  placing  of 
carp  in  Keuka  Lake  or  in  any  other  waters  inhabited  by  trout. 

Assemblyman  Gray’s  (Int.  No.  265),  repealing  a provision  of  the 
game  law  permitting  fishing  through  the  ice  in  waters  in  the  town 
of  North  East,  Dutchess  county. 

Assemblyman  Hammond’s  (Int.  No.  534),  prescribing  the  length 
of  pike  which  may  be  taken  in  Oneida,  Madison,  Oswego  and 
Onondaga  counties. 

Assemblyman  Apgar’s  (Int.  No.  86),  adding  Rockland  and  West- 
chester counties  to  those  in  which  there  is  no  open  season  for  wild 


Assemblyman  Gray’s  (Int.  No.  263),  providing  that  the  close 
season  for  black  and  gray  squirrels  in  Sullivan  and  Dutchess 
counties  shall  be  from  Dec.  1 to  Sept.  30  following,  and  in  Chau- 
tauqua, from  Dec.  1 to  Oct.  15  following. 

Assemblyman  Gray’s  (Int.  No.  266),  providing  that  woodcock 
shall  not  be  taken  in  Tioga,  Sullivan  and  Dutchess  counties  from 
Dec.  1 to  Sept.  30  following;  that  grouse  shall  not  be  taken  in 
Tioga  and  Dutchess  counties  between  tire  same  dates,  and  repeal - 
ing°a  provision  of  the  game  law  which  prohibits  the  taking  of 
grouse  in  Dutchess  county  prior  to  1907. 

Assemblyman  Reeve’s  (Int.  No.  115)  making  it  a misdemeanor 
to  buy  or  sell  game  out  of  season. 

Assemblyman  Reeve’s  (Int.  No.  305),  providing  a penalty  oi 
$50  for  each  black  -bear  taken  out  of  season,  and  prohibiting  the 
taking  or  killing  of  land  turtles  or  tortoises.  _ 

The  Senate  committee’s  bill  (Int.  No.  677).  relative  to  the 
duties  of  the  superintendent  of  forest  fire  wardens,  and  game  pro- 
tectors. 


May  6,  1905.] 


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The  Great  Ocean  Race  of  1887. 


Between  Coronet  a rd  Dauntless. 

The  following  account  of  the  ocean  race  between 
Coronet  and  Dauntless  by  Mr.  W.  N.  King  was  taken 
from  the  New  York  Herald: 

Queenstown.  Ireland,  Sunday,  March  2 7,  1887.— The 
schooner  yacht  Coronet  crossed  the  line  off  Roche’s  Point, 
Cork  Harbor,  Ireland,  at  forty  minutes  past  noon,  local 
mean  time,  to-day,  winner  of  the  great  ocean  race. 

On  March  12,  at  fourteen  minutes  and  forty-six  sec- 
onds past  noon,  local  mean  time,  the  Coronet  passed  the 
mark  off  Owl’s  Head.  New  York  Bay,  thus  making  the 
run  from  start  to  finish  in  fourteen  days,  twenty-three 
hours,  thirty-three  minutes  and  forty-six  seconds,  ap- 
parent time. 

A great  race,  this,  and  a gallant  one. 

Well  done.  Coronet;  well  done  everybody,  from  cabin 
boy  to  captain,  who  helped  to  gain  this  victory. 

With  a full  press  of  canvas  alow  and  aloft,  and  with 
all  racing-  sails  tugging  at  their  straining  gear,  the  Coro- 
net left  behind  her  sturdy  competitor,  the  Dauntless,  on 
the  afternoon  of  the  start  at  the  rate  of  about  one  mile 
an  hour. 

Captain  Samuels  is  said  to  have  intentionally  crossed 
the  line  five  hundred  yards  astern  of  the  Coronet  on  a 
wager  that  he  would  overtake  and  pass  her  before  reach- 
ing Sandy  Hook.  How  well  his  calculations  were  made 
was  shown  by  our  relative  position  at  sunset,  when  the 
Dauntless  was  hull  down  and  nearly  six  miles  astern 
of  us. 

The  wind  freshened  considerably  about  4 o’clock,  and 
when  the  Dauntless  was  last  seen  by  us  she  was  heeling 
over  almost  on  her  beamsends  and  hanging  to  her  topsails 
till  the  last  moment. 

We  took  our  departure  at  2h.  49m.,  New  York  mean 
time,  when  Sandy  Hook  Lightship  bore  south  southwest, 
distant  three  and  one-half  miles.  From  that  time  until 
midnight  we  made  a fine  run  under  all  plain  sail,  and 
then  the  wind  having  freshened  to  a moderate  gale  the 
mainsail  was  closely  reefed  and  the  bonnet  of  the  fore- 
sail was  taken  off. 

In  discussing  around  our  mess  table  the  possible  dan- 
gers of  crossing  the  Atlantic  during  the  stormy  month 
of  March,  we  gathered  the  cheering  information  that  all 
the  reporters  had  been  requested  to  write  their  own 
obituaries  before  sailing,  and  upon  further  comparing 
notes  found  that  we  had  all  been  refused  policies  by  dif- 
ferent life  insurance  companies. 

Sunday,  our  second  day  at  sea,  opened  with  a dull, 
overcast  sky,  occasional  showers  of  rain  and  a heavy 
swell  setting  from  the  northward,  the  wind  still  blowing 
fresh  from  north  by  west.  At  9:30  A.  M.  duplicate  mes- 
sages were  sent  to  the  Herald  by  carrier  pigeons.  To- 
ward mid-day  the  sea  began  to  pile  up,  knocking  about 
the  crockery,  chairs,  table  and,  indeed,  everything  mov- 
able in  the  . cabin. 

At  noon  the  position  was  found  to  be  latitude  39deg. 
55min.  north,  longitude  68deg.  41mm.  west.  A course 
south  8ideg.  east  had  been  run,  and  the  distance  made 
was  246  miles.  The  actual  elapsed  time  from  the  start 
was  22I1.  33m.  37s. 

At  4 A.  M.  Monday  the  wind  hauled  to  the  westward 
and  the  sea  began  to  go  down  so  the  reef  was  shaken  out 
of  the  mainsail,  the  bonnet  was  put  on  the  foresail  and 
the  vessel  was  placed  under  light  racing  canvas,  giving 
her  a speed  of  thirteen  knots.  The  yacht  began  to  roll 
heavily,  straining  her  beams,  and  jumping  her  main  boom 
to  such  an  extent  that  Captain  Crosby  was  forced  to  take 
in  the  mainsail  and  set  [he  main  storm  trysail. 

Toward  night  the  wind  moderated  and  the  sea  went 
down  sufficiently  to  let  all  racing  canvas  be  set,  so  as  to 
take.  advantage  of  the  westerly  wind,  which  was  soon 
driving  her  through  the  water  like  a frightened  fish,  with 
her  lee  cathead  and  rail  under  water,  throwing  the  sea 
in  clouds  of  spray  as  high  as  the  masthead.  We  sent  a 
dispatch  to  the  Herald  by  carrier  pigeon  at  9 A.  M. 

At  10  P.  M.  we  carried  away  the  maintopmast  staysail. 

The  position  at  noon  was  latitude  4odeg.  4mm.  north, 
longitude  63deg.  23mm.  west ; course,  north  86deg.  57mm. 
east  and  distance  244.3  miles.  The  actual  elapsed  time 
was  23I1.  38m.  31s. 

. Tuesday . morning  opened  with  damp,  disagreeable 
weather,  and  passing  squalls  of  rain.  At  2 A.  M.  the 
wind  hauled  to  the  northeast,  and  began  to  blow  with 
such  increased  force  as  to  necessitate  close  reefing  the 
foresail  and  mainsail  arid  stowing  the  forestaysail. 

Toward  noon  the  barometer  began  falling  rapidly,  and 
the  wind  canted  to  the  southward;  a half  hour  later  it 
shifted  to  the  southwest,  and  in  hurricane  force  gave  us 
a taste  of  what  is  known  to  all  sailors  as  “a  smoky 
sou’wester.” 

Coronet  scudded  under  fore  and  main  storm  trysail,  jib 
and  forestaysail,  the  wind  all  the  time  increasing  so  much 
that  finally  the  main  storm  trysail  and  jib  had  to  be  taken 
in,  the  schooner  during  the  blow  being  driven  through 
the  water  with  such  velocity  that  she  could  scarcely 
catch  herself  in  time  to  ride  the  seas  ahead.  She  plunged 
into  them  like  a porpoise,  often  sticking  her  nose  right 
under,  while  heavy  green  seas  rolled  over  her  decks  to 
,the  depth  of  several  feet. 

The  captain  gave  us  the  consoling  information  that 
under  ordinary  circumstances  it  would  have  been  safer 
to  heave  to,  but  the  vessel  that  hove  to  this  time  would 


lose  the  race.  At  sunset  the  mate  reported  that  there 
was  a schooner  supposed  to  be  the  Dauntless  off  the  lee 
quarter  hove  to  under  a fore  storm  trysail. 

The  position  at  noon  of  March  15  was  latitude  40deg. 
Simin.  north,  longitude  59deg.  28mm.  45sec.  west;  course 
north  75deg.  i7min.  east;  distance  185  miles,  and  actual 
elapsed  time  23h.  44m.  3s. 

Wednesday  morning  the  weather  continued  cold,  with 
a sombre,  overcast  sky  and  passing  squalls  of  rain,  the 
wind  still  blowing  fresh  from  the  southwest,  with  a very 
heavy  sea.  We  ran  all  day  before  the  gale  under  jib  and 
close  reefed  fore  and  main  storm  trysails.  At  8 P.  M. 
the  wind  moderating  a little,  the  squaresail  was  set  and 
helped  to  lift  Coronet’s  head  from  the  seas  and  to  give 
her  a more  regular  motion,  .though  she  still  continued  to 
roll  her  lee  cathead  and  rail  under  the  seas,  which  had 
now  become  long  and  heavy  and  were  breaking  over 
her  weather  quarter. 

At  11  P.  M.  the  squaresail  was  lowered,  in  order  to 
put  on  the  bonnet.  Although  this  left  us  nothing  but 
a close  reefed  foresail  to  run  under,  it  was  not  sufficient 
canvas  to  give  her  a velocity  greater  than  that  of  the 
waves,  and  consequently  at  11  :i5  P.  M.  a heavy  sea  came 
over  the  stern,  falling  on  top  of  the  man  at  the  wheel 
and  nearly  washing  overboard  Mate  Whittier  and  the 
Herald  correspondent.  Fortunately,  as  we  were  being 
swept  to  leeward  we  managed  to  get  a grip  on  the  main 
sheet. 

During  the  night  a nasty  cross  sea  was  kicked  up,  ren- 
dering the  management  of  a light  boat  so  hazardous  that 
unless  skillfully  handled  there  was  danger  of  being 
tripped.  However,  Coronet  is  so  heavily  ballasted  and 
her  meta  centric  height  is  so  great  that  in  a seaway  her 
recovery  is  almost  instantaneous.  To  stand  aft  or  on  her 
quarter  and  watch  the  roll  of  the  rail,  now  climbing 
mountain  high  to  the  crest  of  one  wave  only  to  be  buried 
in  the  hollow  of  the  next,  is  enough  to  make  one’s  hair 
almost  stand  on  end. 

A bright  lookout  for  icebergs  and  field  ice  had  to  be 
kept,  as  the  southwest  gales  drove  us  so  much  fur. her  to 
the  northward  than  was  intended  that  we  were  compelled 
to  cross  the  Banks  in  latitude  42deg. 

Our  position  at  noon  of  March  16  was  latitude  4ideg. 
25mm.  north,  longitude  54deg.  45mm.  west;  course,  north 
Sodeg.  42mm,  east ; distance,  216  miles.  The  actual  time 
elapsed  was  23I1.  40m.  50s. 

Cloudy,  damp  and  disagreeable  weather  ushered  in 
Thursday  with  a fresh  breeze  from  the  southeast,  the 
yacht  running  free  under  reefed  forestaysails,  fore  storm 
trysail  and  squaresail.  By  11 130  A.  M.  the  wind  had  in- 
creased to  a moderate  gale,  and  the  squaresail  had  been 
split  from  head  to  foot. 

Though  the  sky  remained  overcast  and  the  barometer 
continued  falling  rapidly  the  wind  decreased  sufficiently 
to  permit  us  to  drive  her  under  a full  press  of  racing 
canvas  before  a heavy  sea. 

By  1 P.  M.,  as  the  wind  began  to  freshen  and  the 
barometer  continued  to  fall,  all  plain  sail  and  main  storm 
trysail  were  taken  in.  The  veering  and  hauling  of  the 
wind  and  the  barometer’s  fluctuations,  however,  soon  left 
no  doubt  that  we  were  approaching  the  center  of  a re- 
volving cyclone,  so  sail  was  reduced  to  fore  storm  trysail 
and  reefed  fore  staysail. 

Under  these  the  schooner  scudded  the  waves,  which, 
without  any  exaggeration,  began  to  run  so  high  that  one 
was  almost  afraid  to  look  astern  and  see  the  mountains 
of  water  that  seemed  at  every  moment  as  if  they  would 
engulf  our  tiny  craft;  at  times  the  ocean  seemed  to  open 
and  the  yacht  reeled  about  as  if  snared  in  a whirlpool, 
while  the  whole  surface  of  the  sea  looked  like  an  immense 
snow  drift. 

Under  the  force  of  the  wind,  which  was  traveling  with 
lightning  like  velocity,  the  water  would  be  snapped  up 
from  the  surface  in  spoondrifts  and  be  driven  in  clouds 
of  smoke  over  the  vessel  and  crew,  cutting  like  a knife 
everything  it  came  in  contact  with.  We  were  moving 
through  the  water  with  such  velocity  that  our  little  ves- 
sel seemed  scarcely  to-  touch  the  surface,  and  it  was 
impossible  to  form  an  idea  how  long  the  gale  would  con- 
tinue; darkness,  too,  was  coming  on  and  we  were  being 
driven  up  into  the  region  of  icebergs  and  field  ice. 

Having  run  so  long  before  the  wind,  to  round  to  in  a 
sea  as  high  as  that  then  running  is  an  evolution  that  has 
caused  many  large  ships  either  to  be  swamped  or  to  have 
their  sides  stove  in;  but  as  we  had  the  chance  either  of 
being  driven  among  the  icebergs  in  the  darkness  or  of 
heaving  to  until  the  blow  subsided,  the  latter  alternative 
was  chosen. 

Preparations  were  made.  Extra  sheets  were  secured 
to  the  fore  storm  trysail,  the  forestaysail  was  hauled 
down  and.  the  main  storm  trysail  bent,  so  that  it  might 
be  ready  in  case  the  fore  was  blown  away.  Perforated 
canvas  bags  filled  with  oil  were  also  put  over  both  bows 
and  quarters.  The  captain  and  mate  took  their  places 
at  the  helm  and  the  boatswain  thundered  throughout  the 
length  of  the  vessel:  “Look  out,  everybody;  now  hang 

on  for  your  lives!”  Liard  down  went  the  helm,  and 
as  the  trembling  boat  came  up  we  stood  with  bated  breath 
awaiting  the  dreadful  moment  when  she  must  pass 
through  the  trough  of  the  sea. 

It  was.  an  anxious  moment,  for  we  did  not  know 
whether  it  would  roll  completely  over  us  or  if  we  would 
ride  upon  the  crest.  As  she  came  up  she  paused  a mo- 
ment in  the  trough,  and  then  with  the  wind  well  on  the 
weather  bow  passed  the  crisis  and  rode  each  wave  like  a 
seabird.  We  lay  all  night  drifting  about  at  the  mercy 
of  the  wind  and  waves,  everything  in  the  cabin  a con- 
fused mass,  the  sea  pouring  through  the  skylight?  fires 
and  lights  out.  Ever  and  anon  huge  seas  tjeat  against 
our  weather  bow  with  the  force  of  a battering  ram.  At 
midnight  the  wind  moderated  sufficiently  for  us  to  con- 
tinue on  our  course. 

The  position  at  noon  on  March  17  was  latitude  qideg. 
2/sec.  north,  longitude  sodeg.  31010,  west ; course,  north 


87deg.  34mm.  east;  distance,  21 1.2  miles,  and  actual 
elapsed  time  23h.  41m. 

The  sun  came  out  on  Friday  for  the  first  time,  and, 
the  wind  being  much  lighter,  Captain  Crosby  was  able 
to  drive  her  all  day  under  a full  press  of  canvas;  toward 
night  the  wind  freshened  and  rain  squalls  were  frequent, 
and  when  darkness  fell  the  mainsail  was  reefed  and  the 
bonnet  taken  off  the  foresail.  Under  this  disposition  of 
canvas  the  yacht  ran  all  night  with  the  wind  fresh  from 
the  southwest. 

The  position  of  Coronet  at  noon  of  March  18  was  lati- 
tude 44deg.  56mm.  north,  longitude  47deg.  4mm.  west; 
the  course,  north  8ideg.  imin.  east;  the  distance,  133.5 
miles,  and  the  actual  time  elapsed,  23h.  47m.  43s. 

Saturday  found  us  running  before  the  wind  under  the 
squaresail,  foretopsail,  reefed  jib  and  forestaysail.  A 
Spanish  merchantman  bound  to  the  eastward  ran  close 
down  upon  us  and  inquired  about  our  passage ; we  an- 
swered and  asked  him  by  signals  if  he  had  seen  the 
Dauntless  and  received  in  reply  “No.” 

Toward  night  the  wind  and  sea  increased,  accompanied 
by  passing  squalls  of  rain,  and  the  vessel  was,  as  usual, 
got  under  easy  canvas  for  the  night. 

The  position  at  noon  of  March  19  was  latitude  43deg. 
47min.  -north,  longitude  42deg.  35mm.  west ; course,  north 
6odeg.  27mm. ; distance,  225  miles,  and  the  actual  time 
elapsed,  23h.  41m.  58s. 

Sunday  morning  opened  with  a gale  still  blowing  from 
the  southeast  before  which  we  ran  until  the  seas  began  to 
rise  dangerously  high  and  the  captain  decided  to  heave  to. 
Suddenly  the  wind  died  away  to  a flat  calm  and  in  a few 
minutes  shifted  to  the  northwest  and  blew  with  increased 
fury.  As  this  indicated  a cyclone,  we  continued  to  run 
before  it  under  close  reefed  fore  storm  trysail  and  square- 
sail and  the  seas  breaking  nastily  over  our  weather  quar- 
ter. Toward  midnight  it  began  to  grow  thick  to  wind- 
ward and  several  rain  squalls  passed  over. 

Our  position  at  noon  of  March  20  was  latitude  45deg. 
25mm.  north,  longitude  39deg.  4mm.  west ; the  course, 
north  56deg.  30mm.  east;  the  distance,  179.4  miles,  and 
the  actual  elapsed  time  23I1.  45m.  28s. 

We  ran  close  hauled  Monday  under  a full  press  of  can- 
vas; the  wind  was  northeast,  and  we  tacked  ship  at  4 
P.  M.  Toward  night  the  wind  increased  in  force  to  a 
heavy  gale,  and  as  no  headway  could  be  made  Coronet 
was  hove  to  under  a close  reefed  fore  storm  trysail. 

The  position  at  noon  of  March  21  was  latitude  46deg. 
iSmin.  north,  longitude  34deg.  24mm.  west ; the  course, 
north  75deg.  east;  the  dis.ance,  202  miles,  and  the  actual 
elapsed  time  23h.  39m.  2s. 

Tuesday  opened  with  a heavy  northeast  gale  still  blow- 
ing, and  the  yacht  remained  hove  to  all  day.  An  at- 
tempt m the  afternoon  to  tack  ship  to  southward  and 
eastward  was  unsuccessful.  The  sea  was  very  heavy, 
lurching  the  vessel’s  head  off  as  she  came  up  and  causing 
her  to  ship  a heavy  sea,  which  nearly  washed  overboard 
five  or  six  men.  Finally  we  wore  ship  to  the  northward, 
and  getting  her  on  the  port  tack,  she  managed  to  forge 
ahead  about  three  knots.  Toward  midnight  the  wind 
moderated  and  we  made  sail,  running  under  the  foresail, 
close  refed  mainsail  and  jib. 

The  position  at  noon  of  March  22  was  latitude  46deg. 
38mm.  north,  longitude  33deg.  49mm.  west ; the  course, 
north  38  deg.  I2min.  east ; the  distance,  38.8  miles,  and 
the  actual  time  elapsed  23h.  57m.  4s. 

Wednesday  we  had  a fine  run  under  a cloud  of  canvas, 
the  wind  being  gentle  and  abeam.  Indeed,  it  became  al- 
most calm  toward  night. 

The  position  at  noon  of  March  23  was  latitude  47deg. 
6min.  north,  longitude  32deg.  47mm.  30s.  west ; the 

course,  north  56deg.  31mm.  east;  the  distance,  50.8  miles; 
and  the  actual  elapsed  time  2311.  57m.  17s. 

The  weather  was  cool  and  pleasant  on  Thursday  with 
an  overcast  sky,  the  vessel  rolling  very  heavily  on  top 
of  a strong  northwest  swell,  which  forced  us  to  take  in 
the  mainsail  and  to  set  squaresail.  Quite  an  excitement 
was  caused  by  the  report  that  a steamer  had  been  sighted 
to  leeward  having  a schooner  in  tow.  As  this  rig  is  not 
very  common  in  mid-ocean  at  this  time  of  the  year,  bets 
were  freely  exchanged  as  to  whether  it  was  the  Dauntless 
or  not. 

The  position  at  noon  of  March  24  was  latitude  48deg. 
4min.  north,  longitude  28deg.  12mm.  west ; the  course, 
northeast  yodeg.  east ; the  distance,  218.6  miles,  and  the 
actual  elapsed  time  23I1.  41111.  34s. 

Friday  we  were  able  to  drive  the  stanch  craft  all  day 
under  a full  press  of  canvas,  the  breeze  blowing  stiff  from 
the  south  southwest.  About  noon,  however,  the  yacht 
was  so  much  pressed  that  the  topsails  were  spared  and 
the  mainsail  was  close  reefed.  Toward  and  throughout 
the  night  the  wind  blew  a moderate  gale,  and  in  the  mid- 
dle watch  a heavy  sea  was  shipped. 

The  position  at  noon  off  March  25  was  latitude  49deg. 
48mm.  north,  longitude.  22deg.  32mm.  west;  the  course, 
north  78deg.  45mm.  east;  the  distance,  225.5  miles,  and. 
the  actual  elapsed  time  23I1.  36m.  46s. 

Cloudy  weather  and  an  overcast  sky  came  in  with  Sat- 
urday daybreak,  the  wind  still  blowing  fresh  from  the 
southwest.  There  was  a fine  run  all  this  day  under  close 
reefed  mainsail,  foresail  and  jib.  Toward  midnight  the 
wind  freshened,  and,  drawing  aft,  the  mainsail  was  taken 
in  and  the  squaresail  set. 

The  position  at  noon  of  March  26  was  latitude  Sodeg. 
5imin.  north,  longitude  isdeg.  omin.  6sec.  west;  the 
course  was  north  79deg.  31mm.  east;  the  distance,  291.5 
miles,'  and  the  actual  elapsed  time  was  23b.  29m.  59s. 

Sunday  morning  the  sun  burst  forth  in  all  jts  story  for 
the  first  time  in  a week  as  if  to  welcome  our  first  sight 
of  the  Irish  coast.  At  6h.  27m.  Mizzen  Point  bore  north 
northeast  distant  twelve  miles.  At  ioh.  8m.  the  pilot  boat 
Columbine  hove  to  and  sent  us  a pilot,  from  whom  the 
cheering  information  reached  us  that  we  -had  won  the 
race.  There  was,  it  is  needless  to  say,  great- excitement 
;md  joy  on  board. 


800 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


[May  6,  2905. 


At  12L  31m.  2s.j  Queenstown  mean  time,  Roche’s  Point 
bore  east  southeast,  and  the  great  ocean  race  was  won. 


LOG  OF  CORONET,  1887. 


Start  March  12, 

from  Bay  Ridge,  New 

York  Harbor. 

Roche’s 

Point  to 

Queenstown,  Ireland. 

March. 

Latitude. 

Longitude. 

Distance, 

13 

39.52 

68.41 

246 

14 

40.04 

63.41 

244 

15 

40.51 

59.28 

1S5 

16 

41.25 

54.45 

216 

17 

41.34 

50.03 

211 

IS 

41.56 

47.04 

135 

19 

43.47 

42.35 

225 

20 

45.25 

39.04 

179 

21 

46.18 

34.24 

202 

22 

46.38 

33.49 

39 

23 

47.06 

32.47 

51 

24 

49.04 

28.12 

219 

25 

49.48 

22.32 

225 

26 

50.51 

15.06 

291 

27 

To  Roche’s  Point.. 

266 

Total  .. 

2,934 

LOG  OF  THE  DAUNTLESS,  1887. 

Start  March  12,  from  Bay  Ridge,  New  York  Harbor. 
Roche’s  Point  to  Queenstown,  Ireland. 


March. 

Latitude. 

Longitude. 

Distance 

13 

40.03 

68.38 

232 

14 

39.57 

64.18 

200 

15 

40.58 

61.18 

130 

16 

42.03 

65.07 

260 

17 

41.28 

52.47 

140 

IS 

42.05 

49.39 

140 

19 

44.35 

43.50 

270 

20 

44.10 

40.50 

145 

21 

44.41 

38.30 

195 

22 

46.13 

37.13 

100 

23 

46.07 

36.07 

43 

24 

47.05 

31.44 

205 

25 

49.45 

24.20 

328 

26 

50.47 

17.45 

' 266 

27 

50.16 

13.45 

143 

28 

To  Roche’s 

Point. . 

197 

Total  ' 2,994 


Race  for  the  Ocean  Cup. 


Presented  by  His  Imperial  Majesty  the  German  Emperor. 

For  cruising  yachts  of  any  nation  enrolled  in  a recog- 
nized yacht  club. 

Yacht  must  be  more  than  8o  tons  net  Custom  House 
measurement  to  be  eligible. 

The  race  to  be  started  on  May  16,  at  2 P.  M.,  at  Sandy 
Hook  Lightship,  and  to  finish  at  The  Lizard,  England. 
Three  yachts  to  start  or  no  race. 

International  rules  of  the  road  at  sea  to  govern  the 
race. 

An  owner,  or  his  representative,  who  must  also  be  a 
member  of  a recognized  yacht  club,  must  be  on  board. 

No  handicap  or  time  allowance. 

The  cup  will  be  presented  personally  by  H.  I.  M., 
the  German  Emperor,  to  the  owner  of  the  winning 
yacht,  at  the  beginning  of  the  Kiel  Regatta  week. 

Additional  prizes  will  be  given  by  His  Majesty  on  the 
basis  of  one  for  each  three  starters. 

Auxiliaries  entering  must  sail  the  race  with  the  pro- 
peller removed  from  the  shaft.  The  propeller  may  be 
carried  on  board  yacht  during  the  race. 

The  sub-committee  will  arrange  for  day,  night,  and 
fog  signals  to  be  used  in  the  race. 

By  mutual  agreement  between  owners  of  yachts 
entered,  steam  power  may  not  be  used  to  hoist  sails 
on  fore  and  aft  auxiliary  schooners. 

The  starting  line  shall  be  a line  between  a committee  boat,  flying 
burgee  of  the  Imperial  Y.  C.,  and  the  Sandy  Hook  Lightship. 

The  length  and  direction  of  the  line  to  be  determined  by  the 
committee  managing  the  start.  The  line  is  to  be  crossed  leaving 
the  Sandy  Hook  Lightship  to  starboard. 

Starting  Signals. 

A preparatory  gun  will  be  fired  at  2 P.  M.,  the  club  burgee 
lowered  and  blue  peter  hoisted. 

A warning  gun  will  be  fired  at  2:10  P.  M.,  blue  peter  lowered 
and  red  ball  hoisted. 

The  starting  gun  will  be  fired  at  2:15  P.  M.,  red  ball  lowered. 

In  case  gun  misses  fire  a prolonged  blast  of  the  whistle  will 
be  given. 

Should  postponement  be  considered  necessary  the  preparatory 
gun  would  be  fired,  on  an  even  quarter  hour,  thereafter  tonowed 
by  warning  and  starting  guns  with  intervals  as  above. 

Time  of  yachts  crossing  the  line  will  not  be  taken  by  the  com- 
mittee. 

No  protest  will  be  entertained  in  connection  with  violation  of 
the  rules  at  the  start  of  the  race. 

Yachts  approaching  the  line  under  tow  must  drop  the  tow  line 
at  the  preparatory  signal. 

The  International  rules  of  the  road  at  sea  shall  govern  conduct 
of  the  yachts,  with  the  addition  that— if  an  overlap  exists  between 
two  yachts  when  both  of  them,  without  tacking,  are  about  to  pass 
a mark  on  a required  side,  then  the  outside  yacht  must  give 
inside  yacht  room  to  pass  clear  of  the  mark. 

A yacht  shall  not,  however,  be  justified  in  attempting  to  estab- 
lish an  overlap  and  thus  force  a passage  between  another  yacht 
and  the  mark  after  the  latter  yacht  has  altered  her  helm  for  the 
purpose  of  rounding. 

No  part  of  a yacht’s  hull  or  spars  may  be  across  the  starting 
line  before  the  starting  gun  is  fired. 

In  case  a yacht  infringes  any  of  the  above  rules  the  committee 
will  signal  by  short  blasts  on  steam  whistle  and  display  official 
letters  of  yachts  so  infringing.  Yacht  so  signalled  must  return 
and  recross  the  starting  line.  Yacht  so  returning,  or  one  working 
into  position  from  the  wrong  side  of  the  line  shall  keep  clear  of 
and  give  way  to  all  competing  yachts. 

Should  a yacht  be  delayed  in  starting  at  the  appointed  time 
and  the  committee  boat  not  be  in  position,  it  may  start  later, 
taking  its  departure  from  Sandy  Hook  Lightship.  No  time  will 
be  credited  on  account  of  the  delay. 

Such  yacht  may  not  be  towed  to  any  point  to  the  eastward  of 
Sandy  Hook  Lightship. 

The  finish  of  the  race  will  be  on  a line  bearing  true  south  from 
the  Lizard  Lighthouse  on  the  coast  of  England  and  within 
signalling  distance,  in  the  event  of  there  being  no  mark  boat  at 
the  finish  line.  . 

(Further  information  regarding  the  finish  line  may  be  supplied 
to  contestants  if  received  by  the  American  sub-committee.) 

At  or  near  the  finish  line  communication  must  be  established 
with  the  signal  station  at  the  Lizard  lighthouse. 

By  dg.y  by  displaying  official  letters;  also  the  ensign. 

By  night  by  using  night  signals  as  assigned  in  the  programme. 
In  fog  by  discharging  special  bomb  as  designated,  followed  by 
blasts  on  fog  horn  as  assigned  in  programme. 

These  signals  should  be  repeated  at  intervals  until  a reply  is  re- 
ceived from  the  signal  station,  namely,  the  discharge  of  a similar 
bomb. 

When  in  foreign  waters  yachts  should  identify  themselves  by 
the  use  of  official  letters  rather  than  by  private  signal. 

There  is  no  restriction  as  to  what  flags  a racing  yacht  may 
carry.  . . . 

It  is  requested  that  each  contestant  take  time  at  the  finish  in 
Greenwich  mean  time  to  corroborate  the  time  taken  by  the  sub- 
committee at'  finish  line. 

A pilot  may  be  taken  on  board  before  the  finish  of  the  race. 
After  the  finish,  communication  should  be  established  by  tele- 
graph with  Capt.  Coerper,  German  Embassy,  London,  giving 
first  port  of  entry  in  Europe. 

Special  bomb  for  fog  signal  used  by  all  competing  yachts  is 
fired  from  a mortar — making  a report  at  th<j  mortar,  followed  by 
3,  yolley  of  six  explosions  at  height  of  about  200ft. 


List  of  Entries. 

Ailsa.—  Owner,  Henry  S.  Redmond,  New  York  Y.  C.  Owner 
not  on  board.  Representative  on  board,  Grenville  Kane.  Ton- 
nage, 116.20  net,  registered.  Rig,  yawl.  Color  of  hull,  white.  Day 
signal,  International  code  letters  N.R.C.S.,  and  night  signal, 
Coston  light — green,  red,  green,  followed  by  two  red  stars.  Fog 
signal,  special  bomb,  followed  by  fog  horn  blasts,  4-1-2. 

Apache. — Owner,  Edmund  Randolph,  New  York  Y.  C.  Owner 
on  board.  Tonnage,  307.16  net,  registered.  Rig,  auxiliary  barque — 
three  masts.  Color  of  hull,  black.  Day  signal,  International 
code  letters  L.S.B.F.,  and  night  signal,  Coston  light — green,  red, 
green,  followed  by  one  white  star.  Fog  signal,  special  bomb, 
followed  by  fog  horn  blasts,  4-2-1. 

Atlantic. — Owner,  Wilson  Marshall,  New  York  Y.  C.  Owner  on 
board.  Tonnage,  206.58  net,  registered.  Rig,  schooner,  three 
masts,  auxiliary.  Color  of  hull  black.  Day  signal,  International 
code  letters  K.S.R.B.  Night  signal,  Coston  light — red,  blue,  red. 
Fog  signal,  special  bomb,  followed  by  fog  horn  blasts,  4-3-1. 

Endymion.— Owner,  George  Lauder,  Jr.,'  Indian  Harbor  Y.  C. 
Owner  on  board.  Tonnage,  116  net,  registered.  Rig,  schooner. 
Color  of  hull,  black.  Day  signal,  International  code  letters 

K.P.Q.L.  Night  signal,  Coston  light — red,  white,  followed  by  one 
red  star.  Fog  signal,  special  bomb,  followed  by  fog  horn  blasts, 
4-1-3. 

Fleur  de  Lys. — Owner,  Lewis  A.  Stimson,  M.D.,  New  York  Y. 
C.  Owner  on  board.  Tonnage,  86  net,  registered.  Rig,  schooner. 
Color  of  hull,  white.  Day  signal,  International  code  letters 

K.H.Q.C.  Night  signal,  Coston  light — green,  red,  green,  followed 
by  Coston  light — green,  red,  green.  Fog  signal,  special  bomb, 
followed  by  fog,  horn  blasts,  4-2-2. 

Hamburg. — Owners,  Hamburgischer  Verein  “Seefahrt,”  Nord- 
deutscher  Regatta  Verein.  Representative  on  board,  Adolf  Tiet- 
jens.  Tonnage,  134  net,  registered.  Rig,  schooner.  Color  of  hull, 
black.  Day  signal.  International  code  letters,  R.M.V.H.  Night 
signal,  Coston  light — blue,  red,  followed  by  two  blue  stars.  Fog 
signal,  special  bomb,  followed  by  fog  horn  blasts,  4-3-2. 

Hildegarcle. — Owner,  Edward  R.  Coleman,  Corinthian  Y.  C.,  of 
Philadelphia.  Owner  on  board.  Tonnage,  145.93  net,  registered. 
Rig,  schooner.  Color  of  hull,  white.  Day  signal,  International 
code  letters  K.N.D.B.  Night  signal,  Coston  light — red,  blue, 
followed  by  one'  white  star.  Fog  signal,  special  bomb,  followed 
by  fog  horn  blasts  4-2-3. 

Sunbeam. — Owner,  Rt.  Hon.  Lord  Brassey,  Royal  Yacht  Squad- 
ron. Owner  on  board.  Tonnage,  227-19  net,  registered.  Rig, 
topsail  schooner,  three  masts,  auxiliary.  Color  of  hull,  white. 
Day  signal,  International  code  letters  N.T.G.F.  Night  signal, 
Coston  light — red,  white,  followed  by  two  red  stars.  Fog  signal, 
special  bomb,  followed  by  fog  horn  blasts,  4-3-3. 

Thistle. — Owner,  Robert  E.  Tod,  Atlantic  Y.  C.  Owner  on 
board.  Tonnage,  235  net,  registered.  Rig,  schooner,  stationary 
yard  on  foremast.  Color  of  Hull,  white  (green  boot-top).  Day 
signal,  International  code  letters,  K.R.C.P.,  and  night  signal, 
Coston  light — red,  green,  red.  Fog  signal,  special  bomb, 
followed  by  fog  horn  blasts,  4-3-4. 

Utowana. — Owner,  Allison  V.  Armour,  New  York  Y.  C.  Owner 
on  board.  Tonnage,  266.63  net,  registered.  Rig,  schooner,  auxil- 
iary, three  masts.  Color  of  hull,  black.  Day  signal,  International 
code  letters  K.J.P.F.  Night  signal,  Coston  light — white,  red,  fol- 
lowed by  one  blue  star.  Fog  signal,  special  bomb,  followed  by 
fog  horn  blasts,  4-4-3. 

Valhalla. — Owner,  the  Earl  of  Crawford,  Royal  Yacht  Squadron. 
Owner  on  board.  Tonnage,  647.79  net,  registered.  Rig,  ship,  three 
masts.  Color  of  hull,  white.  Day  signal,  International  code  let- 
ters M.W.H.G.  Night  signal,  Coston  light — green,  red,  followed 
by  two  green  stars.  Fog  signal,  special  bomb,  followed  by  fog 
horn  blasts,  4-4-1. 

American  Sub-Committee  of  the  Imperial  Y.  C.  of 
Germany:  H.  G.  Hebbinghaus,  I.G.N.,  Chairman; 

Allison  V.  Armour,  C.  L.  F.  Robinson. 


Valhalla  and  Hamburg  Arrive. 

The  British  auxiliary  yacht  Valhalla,  owned  by  the 
Earl  of  Crawford,  arrived  at  New  York  at  g o’clock  on 
Friday  evening,  April  28.  'She  will  have  a little  over  two 
weeks  in  which  to  refit  for  the  ocean  race  for  the  Kaiser’s 
Cup.  Valhalla  is,  with  one  exception,  the  monstrosity 
American,  the  only  yacht  in  the  world  rigged  as  a ship. 
The  Earl  of  Crawford  lives  on  board  Valhalla  ten  months 
out  of  the  year,  and  during  the  past  four  years  she  has 
cruised  150,000  miles.  Valhalla  flies  the  burgee  of  the 
Royal  Yacht  Squadron  and  her  home  port  is  Cowes.  She 
carries  a crew  of  over  sixty  men  and  is  by  far  the  largest 
yacht  entered  in  the  race. 

The  Earl  of  Crawford  is  accompanied  by  his  nephew, 
Mr.  Wilbraham,  Mr.  North  and  Dr.  Corfield.  These  gen- 
tlemen visited  the  New  York  Y.  C.  on  Saturday  and 
spent  the  afternoon  there  looking  over  the  collection  of 
models  and  other  things  of  interest  to  those  of  a nautical 
turn  of  mind.  The  Earl  gave  out  the  following  interview 
to  a representative  of  the  New  York  Evening  Post: 

“If  we  have  any  luck  at  all,  we’ll  do  it  in  fourteen  days. 
If  we  have  very  good  luck,  we’ll  cross  the  line  at  the 
Lizard  in  nine  days.  The  bigger  the  wind  the  better,  but 
I don’t  want  the  word  ‘east’  to  enter  into  the  description 
of  any  of  the  weather  conditions. 

“We  left  Cairo  on  Feb.  24  and  made  Gibraltar,  under 
steam  and  sail,  in  four  days  and  nine  hours.  That  was 
a run  of  1,140  miles.  My  guests  joined  me  at  Gibraltar. 
The  Hon.  Reginald  Brougham  is  to  come  aboard  at  New 
York  for  the  race.  We  next  made  Las  Palmas,  in  rhe 
Canaries,  where  I put  in  for  repairs  to  my  propeller.  We 
stayed  there  till  the  13th  of  March,  waiting  for  the  diver 
to  finish  the  work. 

“We  left  Las  Palmas  on  the  13th  and  reached  San  Juan- 
on  the  29th,  at  8 o’clock  in  the  morning,  having  sailed  all 
the  way,  at  an  average  of  7^4  knots.  We  struck  the 
trades  very  far  north  this  year,  and  they  were  light  in 
consequence,  so  we  carried  all  the  sail  that  could  be 
crammed  on  throughout  the  voyage.  The  best  day’s  run 
was  302  miles,  with  a light,  favorable  wind,  three  points 
aft  of  the  beam.  That  was  on  March  4,  on  the  run  from 
Gibraltar  to  Las  Palmas.  The  log  for  that  day  includes 
this  entry : ‘Heavy  clouds  early,  wind  more  aft  and  fresh- 
ening.’ On  the  day  before  we  had  made  but  210  miles. 
The  run  varied  greatly — 198,  213,  207,  209  and  267  are 
fair  samples. 

“We  remained  in  port  at  San  Juan  for  several  days, 
and  then  went  to  Charlotte  Harbor,  Fla.,  for  the  tarpon 
fishing,  arriving  on  April  6.  It  was  too  rough  to  cross 
the  bar.  on  the  day  before.  On  the  20th  Valhalla  arrived 
at  Key  West,  where  we  coaled,  and  on  the  next  day  left 
that  port  for  New  York,  making  the  run  of  1,350  miles 
in  seven  days.  Fog  prevented  us  from  getting  in  yester- 
day. 

“I  have  no  definite  plans  for  the  race.  The  course  will 
depend  entirely  on  the  wind.  Of  course,  if  it  comes  like 
a pile-driver  right  away  from  the  east,  we’ll  have  to  steer 
far  to  the  north  or  the  south.  But  I don’t  want  to  hear 
the  word  ‘east’  from  the  time  we  leave  Sandy  Hook.  I’m 
not  much  afraid  of  it.  As  I understand  it,  the  prevailing 
wind  here  has  a lot  of  west  in  it,  and  if  we  get  that,  com- 
bined with  anything  from  north  or  south,  we’ll  be  all 
right.  Not  much  help  is  to  be  expected  from  the  Gulf 
Stream.  We’ve  got  600  miles  of  northing  to  make,  all 
told,  and  where  we  will  get  into  that  current  there  won’t 
be  enough  force  in  it  to  make  any  material  difference. 
But  coming  up  the  coast,  though,  the  Gulf  Stream  was  a 
very  material  help.  In  the  Bahama  Channel  we  added 
what  sighting  showed  to  the  record  of  the  Jog,  and  the 


computation  showed  that  the  Gulf  Stream  was  adding 
thirty  miles  in  twenty-four  hours  to  our  speed. 

“I  shall  not  make  any  preparations  for  this  race  other 
than  what  is  customary  for  any  voyage  across  the  At- 
lantic. I am  glad  that  it  is  to  be  a race,  for  I think  it 
will  revive  interest  in  ocean  contests  between  sailing  craft. 
I have  always  been  in  favor  of  races  between  real  vessels 
and  opposed  to  the  so-called  yacht  races,  in  which  ma- 
chines are  the  competitors. 

“Valhalla  has  been  in  but  one  race.  That  was  a run 
of  360  miles  for  the  Coronation  cup,  which  I offered  at 
the  time  of  the  King’s  coronation.  That  was  won  by  the 
fore  and  after,  Utowana,  owned  by  Mr.  Armour.  We 
had  head  winds  all  the  way,  so  that  was  no  contest  for  a 
square-rigged  vessel  to  make  any  show  in.” 

Hamburg,  the  only  German  entry  in  the  ocean  race, 
arrived  at  New  York  on  Saturday  afternoon.  Hamburg, 
ex- Rainbow,  was  designed  by  the  late  G.  L.  Watson  and 
has  never  showed  up  to  great  advantage  in  the  racing 
either  in  British  or  German  waters.  She  is,  however,  a 
handsome  vessel  and  should  do  well  in  the  long  trip 
across  the  Atlantic.  Her  German  officers  and  crew  have 
not  gotten  all  there  is  out  of  the  vessel,  and  the  chances 
are  she  will  suffer  a little  from  indifferent  handling. 


British  Letter. 

An  International  Rating  Rule. — The  question  of  an 
international  rating  rule  which  would  include  Great 
Britain,  France,  Germany  and  other  European  countries, 
is  more  likely  of  fulfillment  in  the  near  future  than  it 
has  ever  been.  To  yacht  owners  it  would  be  an  unmixed 
blessing,  for  with  a universal  system  of  measurement  the 
chief  obstacle  to  racing  a yacht  in  a foreign  country 
would  be  removed.  The  present  time  is  peculiarly  auspi- 
cious for  an  international  conference  on  the  subject. 
There  is  not  any  startling  divergency  in  the  rating  rules 
of  Great  Britain,  France,  Germany,  Italy  or  Belgium,  and 
no  very  radical  alteration  would  be  required  in  any  of 
the  systems  to  bring  them  in  line  with  one  another.  Each 
country  favors  much  the  same  type  of  boat,  and  all  are 
in  favor  of  a bigger  body  and  more  internal  accommoda- 
tions than  was  the  case  a few  years  back.  Owners  gen- 
erally are  heartily  tired  of  useless  skimming  dishefi  and 
desire  something  a little  more  wholesome,  even  though  it 
be  a trifle  slower.  Whether  such  a desirable  thing  as  an 
international  rating  rule  will  become  an  accomplished  fact 
is  still  a matter  of  uncertainty,  but  if  the  question  is  taken 
in  hand  there  is  another  equally  important  matter  which 
should  be  dealt  with  at  the  same  time  and  that  is,  the 
drawing  up  and  adoption  of  scantling  rules  for  the  vari- 
ous classes.  There  should  not  be  any  great  difficulty  in 
framing  such  rules,  especially  with  the  help  of  a com- 
mittee which  would  include  one  or  more  naval  architects 
from  each  of  the  countries  interested.  Lloyds’  new  rules 
might  even  be  used  with  certain  alterations  if  the  other 
countries  would  consent  to  this,  or  completely  new  rules 
could  be  made  which  would,  perhaps,  be  the  most  satis- 
factory course.  It  is  sufficiently  obvious  that  a common 
scantling  rule  will  be  an  absolutely  necessary  accompani- 
ment to  a common  rating  rule  and  it  would  be  well  jf  our 
Yacht  Racing  Association  would  wake  up  and  enter  into 
the  subject,  so  as  to  be  in  a position  to  take  up  the  mat- 
ter with  a due  regard  to  the  interests  of  yacht  racing  in 
general  and  the  owners  in  particular  when  the  time  is 
ripe  for  these  changes  to  be  made. 

The  following  is  a copy  of  the  letter  sent  by  Mr.  Heck- 
stall  Smith  to  Mr.  G.  A.  Cormack,  Secretary  of  the  New 
York  Y.  C. : 

“I  am  instructed  to  say  that  the  Yacht  Racing  Association  hopes 
that  the  United  States  will  be  represented  at  the.  proposed  con- 
ference, and  I have  been  directed  to  invite  American  yachtsmen 
to  consider  the  advantages  that  may  result  from  the  adoption  of 
international  racing  rules. 

“I  believe  there  is  no  central  body  in  the  United  States  like 
the  Yacht  Racing  Association  with  which  I could  correspond  on 
such  a subject,  and  therefore  I have  addressed  you,  hoping  that 
the  New  York  Y.  C.  will  deal  with  the  question  whatever  way  it 
considers  most  advantageous  to  American  yachtsmen. 

“I  shall  be  pleased  to  give  further  instruction,  receive  sugges- 
tions, etc. 

“Heckstall  Smith,  Sec’y.” 

Royal  Thames  Y.  C.-  -The  racing  programme  of  the 
Royal  Thames  Y.  C.  is  a very  full  one.  There  will  be 
five  events  on  June  9 when  the  yachts  start  and  finish  at 
Southend.  The  Duke  of  Bedford  is  presenting  a cup, 
value  100  guineas,  for  the  yachts  exceeding  100  tonp,  and 
Mr.  M.  B.  Kennedy  gives  a prize,  value  £50,  for  yachts 
over  fifty  but  not  exceeding  100  tons.  There  will  be  races 
for  the  52ft.  class,  the  ex-52-footers  and  a small  handicap. 
On  June  17  the  club  holds  its  time-honored  races  from 
the  Nore  to  Dover,  and  it  is  a significant  fact  that  this  is 
the  date  fixed  for  the  start  of  the  German  Emperor’s  Cup 
race  from  Dover  to  Heligoland.  As  this  is  the  first  time 
these  two  fixtures  have  clashed  it  looks  as  though  the 
interests  of  British  yachting  will  be  served  through  the 
boats  being  kept  in  British  waters,  while  the  German  race 
is  in  progress.  On  Monday,  June  19,  the  Royal  Thames 
will  have  a race  from  Dover  to  Calais  and  back  for  the 
yachts  over  fifty  tons,  and  a match  for  the  smaller  boats 
at  Dover.  The  yachts  will  then  go  on  to  Dowes  in  readi- 
ness for  the  handicap  match  to  the  Clyde. 

Royal  Alfred  Y.  C. — The  Royal  Alfred  Y.  C.  at  Kings- 
town, Ireland,  has  for  many  years  been  in  the  habit  of 
offering  a series  of  champion  cups  with  money  prizes  at- 
tached for  the  encouragement  of  amateur  seamanship  and 
of  class  racing.  Lately  the  cups  have  been  going  begging 
owing  to  the  dearth  of  class  racers,  and  the  poir^t  was 
mooted  a little  while  ago  as  to  whether  these  cups  should 
be  offered  to  the  one-design  classes.  The  older  members 
of  the  club  are  strongly  averse  to  any  of  the  cups  being 
devoted  to  the  one-design  boats,  which  are  purely  local 
classes,  whereas  the  original  idea  was  for  the  cups  to  go 
to  the  class  racers  and  therefore  open  Jo  the  United 
Kingdom.  The  younger  members  were  in  favor  of  the 
one-designs  being  allotted  the  lesser  cups,  but  the  old 
hands  won  the  day  and  the  cups  will  remain  stored  away 
at  the  silversmith’s  until  the  revival  of  pure  class  racing, 
whenever  that  takes  place.  E.  H.  Kelly. 


Philadelphia  Y.  C.’s  Fleet  Captain. — Commodore 
Abraham  L.  English,  Philadelphia  Y.  C.,  announces  the 
appointment  of  William  Good  fleet  captain  for  the  season 
of  190 5,  v " ‘ ' 


May  6,  1905,] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


8 0 1 


Entries  in  Ocean  Race  for  German  Emperor's  Cop. 


Name.  Type  and  Rig.  L.W.L.  Owner. 

Valhalla  Aux.  Ship 240ft Earl  of  Crawford.. 

Apache  Aux.  Barque...  .168ft Edmund  Randolph, 

Alisa  Yawl  S9ft.  .....Henry  S.  Redmond. 

Hamburg  Schooner  ......116ft .German  syndicate  . 

Utowana  ... Aux.  Schooner. . 155ft Allison  V.  Armour 

Sunbeam  Aux.  Barque 154.7ft Lcrd  Brassey  

Thistle  Schooner  1 1 • if t Robert  E.  Tod...... 

Atlantic  Aux.  Schooner. .135ft Wilson  Marshall  ... 

Hildegarde  Schooner  I'M. 4ft.  ...Edward  R.  Coleman, 

Fleur  de  Lys Schooner  101ft Lewis  A.  Stimson.. 

Endymion  Schooner  86.6ft George  Lauder.  Jr, 


Net 

Club.  Designer.  Year  Built.  Ton. 

Royal  Yacht  Squadron. ...  W.  C.  Storey 1892. .....048 

New  York  Y.  C...........J.  Reid  & Co.. ............ .1890.  ....307 

New  York  Y.  C... ...... ..William  Fife,  Jr.. ......... .1895... ...110 

Imperial  Y.  C.. George  L.  Watson. ........ .1898 185 

New  York  Y.  C... ...J.  Beavor-Webb ......1891 .267 

Royal  Yacht  Squadron. ...  St.  Claire  Byrne... .1874.,...  .227 

Atlantic  Y.  C...... .Henry  Winteringham 1901 235 

New  York  Y.  C Gardner  & Cox.... 1903 206 

Philadelphia  Cor.  Y.  C....A.  S.  Chesebrough.... 1897. .....146 

New  York  Y.  C ...Edward  Burgess 1890 86 

■Indian  Harbor  Y.  C Tams.  Lemoine  & Crane... 1899 116 


Boston  Letter. 

New  22-Footers  Found  Light. — Two  of  the  new  22- 
footers  have  been  weighed  and  each  has  been  found  to  be 
of  less  weight  than  called  for  in  the  rules  governing  the 
class.  The  first  boat  to  be  weighed  was  Medric  II.,  owned 
by  Mr.  Herbert  H.  White.  She  was  found  to  be  under 
the  required  weight,  but  it  is  understood  that  she  is  about 
3in.  under  22ft.  on  the  waterline  and  may  be  able  to  take 
on  sufficient  weight  to  bring  her  into  the  class  without 
making  her  waterline  excessive.  The  second  boat  to  be 
weighed  was  Rube,  owned  by  Mr.  H.  L.  Bowden,  which 
was  hung  up  on  the  big  steel  yards  at  Lawley’s  last  Friday. 
Rube  was  found  to  be  about  300  pounds  under  weight. 
Rube  has  not  yet  been  measured,  so  it  is  not  known 
whether  or  not  the  required  addition  of  weight  will  make 
her  waterline  over  22ft.  Ever  since  the  22ft.  class  was 
formed  there  has  been  more  or  less  difficulty  about 
weights  and  measurements,  it  being  considered  that  the 
majority  of  the  yachts  competing  in  the  class  last  season 
were  more  than  22ft.  waterline.  There  are  three  more 
new  boats  for  this  class,  which  have  yet  to  be  measured 
and  weighed. 

Mosquito  Fleet  Y.  C.  Fixtures. — The  regatta  commit- 
tee of  the  Mosquito  Fleet  Y.  C.  has  announced  the  fol- 
lowing fixtures: 

July  1-4,  Saturday  to  Tuesday — Club  cruise. 

July  8,  Saturday — Club  handicap. 

July  22,  Saturday — Club  handicap. 

Aug.  13,  Sunday- — Ladies’  day. 

Aug.  19,  Saturday— Club  handicap. 

The  regatta  committee  also  announces  that  two  classes 
have  been  arranged  for  power  boats  for  the  regular  club 
races. 

Hildegarde  Visits  Boston.— The  schooner  Hildegarde, 
owned  by  Mr.  Edward  R.  Coleman,  of  Philadelphia,  a 
member  of  the  New  York  Y.  C.,  was  in  the  harbor  last 
week.  She  is  entered  for  the  German  Emperor’s  cup  race 
across  the  Atlantic  and  this,  coupled  with  the  fact  that 
she  was  originally  a Boston  yacht,  made  her  visit  one  of 
more  than  usual  interest.  Hildegarde  made  the  run  from 
New  London  in  21^2  hours.  • She  had  a head  wind  across 
Massachusetts- Bay.  She  came  to  take  on  the  hollow  top- 
sail spars  of  Independence,  which  will  be  used  as  square- 
sail  yards  on  the  ocean  race.  Capt.  S.  M.  Masters,  who 
has  been  on  Hildegarde  since  she  was  purchased  by  Mr. 
Coleman,  is  in  command. 

New  Sails  by  Wilson  & Silsby—  Messrs.  Wilson  & 
Silsby-are  making  the  sails  for  Mr.  F.  F.  Brewster’s  new 
schooner  Elmina,  which  is  being  fitted  out  at  Lawley’s. 
They  are  also  making  the  sails  for  Mr.  Roy  A.  Rainey’s 
new  schooner  Invader  building  at  the  same  yards.  They 
have  an  order  for  a mainsail  for  the  yawl  Ailsa  which 
will  be  carried  in  the  ocean  race.  Among  other  orders 
are  a suit  for  the  35-footer  Cossack,  Mr.  Henry  A. 
Morse;  mainsail  for  the  cat  Emblem,  Mr.  George  E.  Dar- 
ling, secretary  of  the  Rhode  Island  Y.  C. ; suit  for  a 32- 
rater  for  Mr.  M.  Pavloff,  of  St.  Petersburg,  Russia ; suit 
for  five-meter  racer  built  at  Graves’  yard  for  a German 
yachtsman;  a number  of  racing  suits  for  the  Great  Lakes 
and  for  various  points  along  the  coast,  including  suits  for 
Massachusetts  15,  18  and  22-footers. 

Boston  Y.  C. — A meeting  of  the  Boston  Y.  C.  was 
held  at  its  Rowe’s  Wharf  clubhouse  on  Wednesday  even- 
ing, April  26,  at  which  several  amendments  were  passed, 
the  principal  of  which  makes  the  fiscal  year-close  Dec.  31. 
It  was  announced  by  the  regatta  committee  that  plans 
were  under  consideration  for  a number  of  power  boat 
races  during  the  coming  season,  either  in  connection  with 
the  sailing  regattas  or  on  separate  dates.  The  committee 
considers  that  such  a movement  is  necessary  on  account 
of  the  great  number  of  power  boats  enrolled  in  the  club. 
Mr.  Sumner  IT.  Foster  announced  that  the  floats  at  the 
Marblehead  station  have  been  in  place  for  some  time  and 
that  everything  is  ready  for  the  opening  of  the  station 
for  the  season. 

Power  Boat  News. — The  87ft.  power  yacht  Elkhorn, 
built  at  Lawley’s  for  Mr.  H.  F.  Hanson,  was  delivered 
to  her  owner  on  Saturday,  April  22,  and  was  given  a trial 
on  Sunday.  She  developed  a speed  of  about  eleven  miles 
an  hour,  which  Mr.  Hanson  considered  satisfactory  with 
new  and  naturally  stiff  machinery.  Since  then  she  has 
increased  her  speed  to  about  twelve  miles  an  hour.  Elk- 
horn  is  a cruising  yacht  of  about  the  same  general 
layout  .as  the  first  steam  yacht  Monaloa,  owned  by  Mr. 
Chauncy  B.  Borland.  She  has  a low  cabin  trunk,  with  a 
raised  deckhouse  forward,  which  is  used  as  a dining- 
saloon  and  also  as  a pilot  house  in  bad  weather.  The 
floor  of  the  deckhouse  is  sunk  below  the  deck  level,  how- 
ever, and  does  not  give  any  appearance  of  top  heaviness. 
In  fact,  the  yacht  is  one  of  the  most  graceful-  of  the  type 
that  has  been  seen  in  these  waters.  There  is  a roomy 
galley  with  every  convenience  for  cruising.  The  engine 
room  is  also  quite  roomy.  The  power  is  obtained  from 
two  Standard  engines  of  50  horsepower  each.  There  is 
also  a dynamo  for  electric  lighting.  Two  gasolene  tanks 
of  large  capacity  are  placed  in  the  engine  room,  thus  giv- 
ing room  for  the  crew  forward.  The  main  saloon  and 
owner’s  stateroom  are  aft.  There  is  also  a stateroom 
-with  low  headroom  under  the  main  deck  aft.  In  fine 
weather  the  boat  is  steered  from  a bridge,  just  abaft  the 
deckhouse.  Snipe,  a 60ft.  yacht  of  the  same  type  built 
for  Mr.  John  IT.  Proctor,  went  into  commission  last  week. 
Snipe  has  a buffalo  engine  of  40  horsepower. 

Messrs.  Stearns  & McKay  have  received  an  order  for 
a 25ft.  speed  launch  for  Mr.  W.  H.  Stuart,  Jr.  This  boat 
will  have  a little  flare  forward  and  in  general  she  will  be 
. similar  to  most  high  speed  launches  of  extreme  type.  The 
motor  will  be  a Napier  of  from  20  to  25  horsepower.  The 
.same  builders  have  an  order  for  a 30ft.  launch  for  Mr. 
Herbert  LIumphrey.  The  autoboat  built  for  Mr.  Lewis  R. 
Speare  will  probably  be  sent  to  Cleveland  this  week, 
where  her  Winton  motor  will  be  installed.  A 38ft.  hunt- 
ing cabin  launch,  built  for  Mr.  Nelson  Faulk,  of  Phila- 
delphia, was  launched  last  week.  M.r.  Faulk  will  take  her 
around  to  Philadelphia  early  in  the  month. 

The.  hunting  cabin  launch  Highball,  designed  by  Messrs. 
Small  Brothers  and  built  by  Sir.  George  B.  Loring,  of 
East  Braintree,  for  Mr.  Richard. Hutchison,  has  been  de- 
livered to  her  owner  and.  has  had  several  trials  off  the 
-South  Boston  station  of  the  Boston  Y.  C.,  of  which  Mr. 
Hutchison  is  a member.  She  is  entered  for  the -race  of 
the  Knickerbocker  Y.  C.  from  New  York  to  Marblehead. 
She  is  31ft.  6in,  over  all,  29ft.  6in,  waterline,  6ft,  9?n.  beam 


and  27m.  draft.  Her  engine  is  of  12  horsepower,  giving 
a speed  of  about  10  miles  an  hour. 

Messrs.  Murray  & Tregurtha  have  finished  the  45ft. 
launch  for  Mr.  George  H.  Wightman,  of  the  Boston  Y. 
C.,  and  she  has  been  hauled  into  the  storing  shed  until 
her  owner  shall  give  orders  for  her  launching.  She  is  a 
nicely  turned  boat  and  should  be  ideal  for  afternoon  sail- 
ing, for  which  her  owner  had  her  built.  She  is  45ft.  long, 
9ft.  beam  and  3ft.  draft.  She  has  a four-cylinder  engine 
of  25  horsepower,  which  will  give  her  a speed  of  about 
12  miles  an  hour.  The  reversing  lever  and  also  the  spark 
will  be  controlled  from  the  steering  wheel  on  deck.  A 
37ft.  hunting  cabin  launch  for  Mr.  T.  H.  Webb,  of  Peoria, 
111.,  and  a 35ft.  hunting  cabin  launch  for  Mr.  John  J. 
Tobin,  are  ready  to  be  launched.  Two  42ft.  speed  launches 
are  under  construction.  A 40ft.  autoboat  is  to-  be  built 
by  this  firm.  She  will  be  5ft.  beam  and  of  very  light 
draft.  She  will/  have  a special  four-stroke  engine, 
with  6 by  6 cylinders.  This  engine  will  have  a steel  rod 
frame  and  will  be  built  very  lightly. 

Recent  Transfers  and  Charters. — Messrs.  Stearns  & 
McKay  have  chartered  the  houseboat  Clarina,  owned  by 
Mr.  Charles  Stedman  Hanks,  to  Mr.  J.  A.  Garland,  of 
New  York.  They  have  sold  the  raceabout  Kitty,  owned 
by  Mr.  C.  N.  Brush,  to  Mr.  Guy  Standing;  the  yawl 
Friendship  III.  for  Mr.  H.  L.  Friend  to-  Mr.  Rosenthal, 
of  New  York,  and  the  knockabout  Friendship  II.  to  Mr, 
Horatio  Gilbert. 

Mr.  Stephen  Bowen  has  sold  his  25ft.  knockabout 
Rowena  to  Mr.  R.  S.  Peabody. 

The  .35ft.  sloop  Katonah,  owned  by  Mr.  J.  J.  Feeley,  has 
been  sold  to  Mr.  Frank  H.  Doane,  of  New  York,  through 
the  agency  of  Mr.  B.  B.  Crowninshield. 

Eastern  Y.  C.  Power  Boat  Races —The  Eastern  Y.  C. 
power  boat  races  will  be  held  at  Marblehead  on  July  27; 
28  and  29.  Mr.  Henry  Howard,  chairman  of  the  Eastern 
Y.  C.  regatta  committee,  has  notified  the  Knickerbocker 
Y.  C.  that  these  races  will  be  open,  to  all  contestants  in 
the  Knickerbocker  Y.  C.  race  from  New  York  to  Marble- 
head. Boats . finishing  in  this  race  will  have  plenty  of 
time  to  be  measured  before  the  commencement  of  the 
Eastern  Y.  C.  races.  John  B.  Killeen. 


Revive  the  Catboat. 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

If  other  magazines  showed  as  much  interest  in  the 
Cape  catboat  as  Forest  and  Stream  has  already 
shown,  it  might  result  in  building  up  a good  fleet  of 
this  type  of  boat  in  a number  of  different  localities. 

Edgar  W.  Emery. 

Quincy,  Mass. 

YACHTING  NEWS  NOTES. 


For  advert'sing  relating  to  this  department  see  pages  ii  and  iii. 


Yawl  Wayfarer  Sold. — Messrs.  John  M.  and  Henry  K. 
Goetchius,  New  York  Y.  C.,  have  purchased  through  the 
agency  of  Mr.  Henry  J.  Gielo-w  the  auxiliary  yawl  Way- 
farer, from  Mr.  Robert  Saltonstall,  of  .Boston.  The 
yacht  is  75ft.  over  all  and  50ft.  on  the  waterline.  She  was 
built  two  years  ago  and  is  fitted  with  a 20  horsepower 
Standard  gasolene  engine.  The  same  agency  has  sold  the 
following:  The  motor  boat  Arrebo,  to  a Philadelphia 

yachtsman;  the  40ft.  cruising  naphtha  launch  Cyric  to 
Mr.  Mansfield  M.  Doty,  Columbia  Y.  C.,  and  the  yawl 
Scapha,  53ft.  over  all,  to  Mr.  Edwin  Trowbridge  Hall, 
of  New  York. 

« m.  ss 

Canada  Cup  Trial  Races. — The  Rochester  Y.  C.  will 
hold  a series  of  trial  races  off  Charlotte  in  June  to-  select 
a defender  for  the  Canada  Cup.  The  conditions  govern- 
ing these  races  follow: 

1.  All  yachts  entered  for  the  trial  races  must  be  measured  by 
the  Canada’s  Cup  Committee  of  the  Rochester  Y.  C.,  or  a person 
appointed  by  them,  before  the  day  of  the  first  race. 

2.  No  yacht  shall  be  eligible  to  contest  in  the  trial  races  unless 
it  is  built  in  accordance  with  the  rules  of  the  Yacht  Racing  Union 
of  the  Great  Lakes,  and  the  agreement  made  between  the  Royal 
Canadian  Y.  C.  and  the  Rochester  Y.  C. 

3.  The  yacht  selected  to  represented  the  club  shall  be  the  one 
which,  in  the  judgment  of  the  committee,  shall  be  the  best 
adapted  therefor,  and  not  necessarily  the  winner  of  the  trial  races. 
Additional  races  may  be  ordered  sailed  by  the  committee  between 
such  contestants  as  they  may  select. 

4.  _ All  races  shall  be  sailed  under  the  racing  rules  of  the  Yacht 
Racing  Union  of  the  Great  Lakes. 

5.  In  the  -event  of  a race  being  postponed  or  ordered  resailed, 
it  shall  be  sailed  at  as  early  a date  as  possible. 

The  trial  races  will  take  place  in  July,  off  Charlotte,  and  full 
instructions  will  be  given  to  the  owners  of  competing  boats  before 
that  time. 

7.  . A suitable  prize  will  be  given  the  winner. 

The  Royal  Canadian  Y.  C.  will  commence  the  trial 
races  for  the  selection  of  a challenger  for  the  Canada  Cup 
on  July  22. 

It  It  I! 

New  York  Y.  C.  Racing  Schedule. — The  Regatta 
Committee  of  the  New  York  Y.  C.,  composed  of  Messrs. 
Oliver  Cromwell,  H.  de  B.  Parsons  and  Ernest  E. . Loril- 
lard,  has  given  out  the  following  racing  schedule  for  the 
coming  season  : 

Tuesday,  May  30 — Spring  cups,  off  Glen  Cove;  open  to  all  reg- 
ular and  special  classes. 

Thursday,  June  15 — Fifty-ninth  annual  regatta,  off  Glen  Cove; 
open  to  all  regular  and  special  classes.  The  Bennett  regatta  cups, 
presented  by  Commodore  James  Gordon  Bennett,  one  for  schoon- 
ers and  one  for  single  masted  vessels  and  yawls,  will  be  sailed  for. 

Saturday,  July  8 — Glen  Cove  cups,  off  Glen  Cove;  open  to  all 
regular  and  special  classes,  and  classes  too  small  for  enrollment. 

Thursday,  Aug.  10 — Rendezvous  cups,  off  Glen  Cove.  Open  to 
all  regular  and  special  classes,  and  classes  too  small  for  enroll- 
ment. 

THE  CRUISE.  1 

• Thursday,  Aug.  10 — Rendezvous  at  Glen  Cove. 

Friday,  Aug.  11— First  squadron  run,  Glen  Cove  to  Morris 
Cove;  high  water  at  Glen  Cove,  8:14  A,  M. 


Saturday,  Aug.  12 — Second  squadron  run,  Morris  Cove  to  New 
I/cndon;  high  water  at  Morris  Cove,  9:15  A.  M. 

Sunday,  Aug.  13 — At  New  London. 

Monday,  Aug.  14 — Third  squadron  run,  New  London  to  New- 
port; high  water  at  New  London  8:46  A.  M. ; low  water  at  Point 
Judith  12:11  P.  M. 

Tuesday,  Aug.  15 — At  Newport,  the  Astor  cups,  presented  by 
Capt.  John  Jacob  Astor. 

Wednesday,  Aug.  16. — Fourth  squadron  run,  Newport  to  Vine- 
yard Haven;  high  water  at  Newport  8:10  A.  M. ; high  water  at 
\ ineyard  Haven,  12 :17  P.  M. 

4 hursday,  Aug.  17 — Fifth  squadron  run,  cruising,  not  racing: 
Vineyard  Haven  to  Marblehead;  high  water  at  Pollock’s  Rip, 
1:09  P.  M. ; low  water  at  Marblehead  6:39  P.  M. 

Friday  Aug.  18— At  Marblehead. 

Saturday,  Aug.  19— At  Marblehead;  Eastern  Y.  C.  regatta. 

Saturday,  Sept.  9 — Autumn  cups,  off  Glen  Cove;  open  to  all 
regular  and  special  classes  and  classes  too  small  for  enrollment. 

« * « 

Power  Boat  Gregory  Safe. — A number  of  rumors  have 
been  circulated  of  late  to  the  effect  that  the  power  boat 
Gregory  had  been  lost  at  sea.  As  a matter  of  fact,  the 
yacht  is  still  at  the  Azores  waiting  for  gasolene.  Gregory 
arrived  at  Ponta  Delgada  on  April  4 and  has  been  in  that 
port  ever  since. 

* m * 

Power  Boat  Hobo  Launched. — On  Thursday,  April  27 
there  was  launched  from  the  yard  of  the  builders  the  elec- 
tric Launch  Company,  of  Bayonne,  N.  J.,  the  power  boat 
Hobo.  The  boat  was  built  for  Mr.  J.  Insley  Blair.  She 
is  70ft.  long  and  is  equipped  with  a 100  horsepower  Stand- 
ard engine.  A speed  of  15  miles  an  hour  is  guaranteed. 

#S  * 

A British  Opinion  of  Sonya. — The  new  52-footer 
Sonya,  designed  and  built  by  Mr.  Herreshoff  at  Bristol, 
R.  L,  for  Mrs.  Turner  Farley,  arrived  in  the  Thames 
last  week  per  the  Atlantic  Transport  Company’s  steamer 
Minnetonka.  For  the  passage  across  the  Atlantic  a cradle 
was  built  on  the  deck  of  the  liner,  on  which  the  new 
racing  boat  was  placed  and  to  which  she  was  securely 
bolted,  two  of  the  bolts  passing  through  her  lead  keel. 

Arrived  in  the  Thames,  no  time  was  lost  in  putting 
Sonya  Tn  the_  water,  a floating  derrick  being  brought 
alongside  to  lift  her  off  the  steamer.  This  was  safely  ac- 
complished on  Tuesday,  and  two  days  later  the  boat  left 
under  trysail  for  Tollesbury,  where  she  will  be  fitted  out 
for  racing  by  her  skipper,  Captain  Stokes. 

There  are  many  features  about  the  new  boat  which  will 
be  of  interest.  Mr.  Herreshoff,  as  might  be  expected,  has 
made  considerable  departures  from  the  existing  type  of 
boat  as  exemplified  by  Mylne’s  Moyana.  To  begin  with 
the  new  boat  is  considerably  shorter  over  all  than  any  of 
the  existing  boats  of  the  class,  but  her  waterline  length 
and  beam  are  quite  normal,  the  former  being  47ft.  and 
the  latter  13ft.  3m.,  as  against  48ft.  and  13ft.  2in.  in 
Moyana,  while  Maymon,  Fife’s  latest  creation  in  the 
class,  has  a 48ft.  2in.  waterline  and  13ft.  2in.  beam.  From 
the  point  of  the  bowsprit  to  the  end  of  the  mainboom  is 
a little  over  94ft.,  the  latter  being  exactly  54ft.  in  length, 
while  from  the  stepping  of  the  mast  to  the  end  of  the 
bowsprit  the  space  covered  is  39ft.  3m.  The  bowsprit  it- 
self is  18ft.  in  length  as  against  Moyana’s  13ft.  It  is,  how- 
ever, in  the  mast  that  the  greatest  departure  will  be  seen, 
the  Herreshoff  spar,  which  is  of  the  polemasted  type, 
being  Soft,  in  length  as  against  a foot  or  two  under  70ft. 
with  Moyana.  This  will  give  the  new  boat  an  enormous 
sailspread  as  compared  with  the  craft  which  have  already 
been  built  to-  th.e  class.  Another  feature  of  the  rigging  of 
the  boat  is  that  the  spars,  which  are,  of  course,  all  hollow, 
and  with  the  exception  of  the  mast  are  supplied  in  dupli- 
cate, are  very  slight  in  appearance,  being  about  one-thrid 
less  in  diameter  than  the  sticks  we.  usually  see  in  racing 
boats  of  this  size  on  this  side  of  the  Atlantic.  As  she  sits 
in  the  water  Sonya  has  the  appearance  of  a rather  short 
boat — her  overhangs  are  not  at  all  exaggerated — with 
tremendous  spars  for  her  size. 

Below  the  waterline  Sonya  is  cut  right  away  from  the 
entry,  her  greatest  depth — she  draws  9ft.  3m.  as  against 
the  8ft.  9m.  of  Moyana — being  at  the  heel,  though  in  the  • 
distribution  of  her  lead  the  greatest  weight  is  placed  well 
forward,  the  keel  tapering  off  as.it  runs  aft.  So-  far  as 
quantity  is  concerned  the  new  boat  is  supposed  to  have 
about  twenty  tons,  which  is  enormous  considering  that 
Moyana’s  keel  only  weighs  somewhere  about  nine  tons. 

As  regards  accommodation  the  American  designer  has 
made  the  most  of  the  space  at  his  disposal,  there  being 
a stateroom  or  ladies’  cabin  and  saloon  with  a headroom 
of  6ft.  3 in.,  while  in  part  of  the  forecastle  the  headroom 
is  over  6ft. 

Before  leaving  America  Sonya  was  given  a couple  of 
trials.  The  breeze  was  very  light  in  the  morning,  and  not 
much  could  be  learned  of  her  qualities.  In  the  afternoon 
the  wind  was  fresher,  and  she  was  given  another  trial. 
The  spin  was  most  satisfactory  to  both  Captain  Nathaniel 
Herreshoff  and  Captain  Stokes. — Yachting  World. 

*,  * 

Country  Club  Competitive  Cup. — The  third  annual 
series  of  races  for  the  Country  Club  Competitive  Cup, 
open  to  yachts  of  the  Country  Club  restricted  21ft. 
class,  will  be  sailed  on  Lake  St.  Claire,  Tuesday,  Wed- 
nesday and  Thursday,  September  5,  6 and  7,  1905. 
Entries,  close  August  26. 

Bagley  Trophy  for  the  i6ft.  Class. — To  encourage 
small  boat  racing  among  the  younger  sailors  of  the 
Country  Club  and  the  vicinity  of  Detroit,  Mr.  Paul 
N.  Bagley  will  present  annually  a beautiful  trophy  to 
be  raced  for  by  yachts  of  the  toft,  class  of  the  Inter- 
Lake  Yachting  Association,  under  the  racing  rules 
of  the  Country  Club,  the  trophy  each  year  becoming 
the  permanent  property  of  the  yacht  winning  it.  Any 
yacht  enrolled  in  a recognized  yacht  club  of  the  Great 
Lakes  and  eligible  to  race  in  the  toft,  class  of  the 
Inter-Lake  Yachting  Association  may  race  for  this; 


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trophy,  provided,  however,  that  at  the  discretion  of 
the  Regatta  Committee,  existing  yachts  not  conform- 
ihg  to  the  spirit  of  the  restrictions  adopted  in  1904  may 
be  barred. 

The  first  race  for  the  trophy  will  be  sailed  Saturday, 
July  15;  the  second  race,  Saturday,  Aug.  26.  and  the 
third  race  will  be  one  of  the  events  of  Regatta  week, 
in  September.  The  trophy  will  be  awarded  to  the  boat 
making  the  highest  total  percentage  in  the  three  races, 
percentages  to  be  computed  according  to  the  table 
adopted  by  the  Country  Club  for  the  Country  Club 
Competitive  Cup  races.  Entries  close  July  10. 

The  Inter- Lake  Yachting  Association  rules  for  the 
16ft.  class  provide  for  a keel  or  centerboard  open  boat, 
with  a maximum  load  waterline  length  of  16ft.,  and  a 
maximum  over  all  length  of  25  6-ioft,  and  a maximum 
extreme  beam  of  8ft.  6in.,  and  maximum  sail  area  of 
400  sq.  ft. 

A boat  built  to  these  rules  is  handy,  fast  and  able 
and  well  adapted  to  afternoon  sailing,  racing  and  short 
cruises  in  sheltered  water.  As  a school  for  young 
sailors  it  is  unsurpassed. 

The  first  cost  of  a boat  of  this  class  is  small  and  the 
expense  of  maintenance  insignificant. 

Small  Brothers,  of  Boston,  the  designers  of  Spray, 
Little  Shamrock.  Wrinkle  and  many  other  winning 
boats,  give  ap  approximate  figure  of  $850  for  a boat 
built  in  the  best  manner,  with  double  planking  of  ma- 
hogany, and  for  a substantial  boat  with  less  expensive 
fittings,  $550  to  $650. 

Tams,  Lemoine  & Crane,  of  New  York,  designers  of 
the  St.  Claire,  give  an  approximate  figure  of  $600  for 
a boat  built  in  the  best  manner,  and  10  per  cent,  less 
for  a boat  with  plainer  finish  and  fittings. 

A boat  can  be  built  by  Schweikart,  of  Detroit,  with 
first-quality  sails,  rigging  and  fittings,  from  designs  by 
Wilby,  for  about  $500. 

The  Yachting  Committee  believes  that  the  encourage- 
ment of  small  boat  racing  by  the  younger  members  is 
essential  to  building  up  a permanent  love  for  the  sport 
in  the  Country  Club,  and  it  urges  upon  members  in- 
terested in  yachting  their  consideration  of  this  class. 

m « « 

Port  Huron-Mackinac  Race  for  Cruisers. — At  the 
request  of  many  prominent  yachtsmen,  the  Country 
Club  will  hold  a long  distance  race  from  Port  Huron 
to  Mackinac.  The  race  will  be  held  in  conjunction  with 
a similar  race  from  Chicago  to  Mackinac,  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Chicago  Y.  C.  The  two  races  will 
start  at  2 o’clock  P.  M.,  Saturday,  July  29. 

The  distance  by  steamer  course  from  the  Port  Huron 
lightship  to  Mackinac  is  240  miles. 

The  race  is  open  to  any  sail  or  auxiliary  yacht  of 
the  Great  Lakes  having  an  over  all  length  of  30ft.  or 
more.  Contesting  yachts  will  be  divided  into  two 
classes:  Class  A,  yachts  above  over  all  length, 

an.  Class  B,  yachts  30ft.  to  50ft.  over  all  length.  A 
handsome  trophy  will  be  awarded  to  the  winning  yacht 
in  each  class.  Entries  close  July  IS- 

Time  allowance  will  be  computed  by  the  rules  of  the 
New  York  Y.  C. 

Owners  expecting  to  enter  their  yachts  are  requested 
to  obtain  from  their  designers  or  by  measurement  the 
necessary  data  for  computing  their  rating,  and  to  for- 
ward such  data  to  the  secretary  of  the  Yachting  Com- 
mittee at  an  early  date. 

Address  entries  and  all  communications  to  Franck  C. 
Baldwin,  secretary,  1103  Union  Trust  Building,  Detroit. 

at  * « 

Enterprising  Designers. — Messrs.  Burgess  & Packard, 
of  Boston,  are  among  the  most  enterprising  of  America’s 
naval  architects.  Not  only  are  they  skillful  designers  and 
engineers,  but  they  are  also  coming  to  the  front  as  build- 
ers of  yachts.  The  birth  of  the  building  enterprise  un- 
doubtedly emanated  from  the  installation  of  a model 
making  plant,  which  Mr.  W.  Starling  Burgess  established 
in  connection  with  his  designing  office,  in  order  that  he 
might  have  the  benefit  of  model  experiments  while  he  was 
still  working  out  the  lines  of  various  yachts.  Soon  after 
the  admission  of  Mr.  A.  A.  Packard  to  the  firm,  shops 
were  acquired  at  Salem,  where  15  and  18-footers  were 
built,  and  also  several  launches.  Last  year  the  30-footer 
Sauquoit  was  turned  out  at  the  Salem  shop.  The  auto- 
boat Mercedes,  U.  S.  A.,  showed  how  skillful  these  men 
are  not  only  at  designing  but  at  building.  Finding  that 
the  Salem  shops  were  a bit  removed  from  the  center  of 
yachting  interest,  the  firm  secured  the  Charles  W.  Parker 
estate,  of  about  three  acres,  at  Marblehead,  where  they 
are  now  establishing  a building  and  repair  shop,  machine 
shop,  ship  chandlery  and  marine  railway.  They  are  also 
to  maintain  a tank  boat  for  the  benefit  of  launch  owners. 
The  property  selected  is  most  admirably  situated  at  the 
head  of  Marblehead  Harbor,  on  the  town  side,  and  near 
everything  the  yachtsman  needs  ashore.  _ There  is  a depth 
of  14ft.  outside  the  marine  railway,  which  has  a capacity 
up  to  300  tons  at  low  water.  Mr.  Packard  was  formerly 
with  the  Herreshoffs  at  Bristol  and  has  benefited  by  the 
experience  obtained  there.  He  worked  cm  the  laying 
down  of  Columbia,  Constitution  and  Reliance,  and  also 
worked  on  the  construction  of  Columbia  and  Reliance. 

*?  % 

Schooner  for  C.  L.  F.  Robinson.— The  flush  deck 
schooner  buildinp-  at  A.  C.  Brown’s  yard,  Tottenville, 
S.  I.,  from  designs  by  Messrs.  Tams.  Lemoine  & Crane, 
is  for  Mr.  C.  L.  F.  Robinson.  New  York  Y.  C.  She  is  a 
centerboard  boat  54ft.  waterline,  19ft.  breadth  and  4ft. 
6in.  draft.  The  boat  is  in  every  sense  a cruising  vessel 
and  was  built  mainly  for  use  in  Florida  waters. 

*?  n « 

Vitesse  Launched. — The  high  speed  steam  yacht 
Vitesse  built  for  Mr.  Brayton  Ives  bv  the  Gas  Engine  & 
Power  Company  and  Chas.  L.  Seabury  & Co.,  _ Consoli- 
dated, was  launched  from  the  yard  of  the  builders  on 
Saturday  evening,  April  29.  A special  train  brought  the 
owner  and  his  guests  from  New  York.  The  yacht  was 
named  by  Mrs.  Herbert  Parsons.  Vitesse  will  be  used 
mainly  by  her  owner  as  a ferry  between  his  country 
place  at  Ossining-on-the-Hudson  and  New  York  city. 
Occasional  cruises  will,  however,  be  taken  on  the  Sound 
and  around  the  Cape.  Vitesse  is  118ft.  over  all,  114ft. 
waterline,  12ft.  breadth  and  4ft.  2in.  draft.  She  is  splen- 


didly built  and  thoroughly  equipped  and  is  a sample  of 
the  superb  work  turned  out  by  this  firm  of  builders. 

Two  Seabury  triple  expansion  engines  and  a Seabury 
water  tube  boiler  comprise  her  propelling  power.  Dyna- 
mos will  furnish  electric  light. 

Vitesse  is  finished  on  deck  and  below  with  mahogany, 
aft  of  the  machinery  room  is  a double  room  and  cabin. 
The  owner’s  room  extends  the  full  beam  of  the  yacht. 
The  passage  from  the  owner’s  stateroom  to  the  saloon 
has  a toilet  room  on  the  starboard  side,  and  on  the  port 
side  the  intervening  space  is  occupied  by  wardrobes. 

* « 

N.  Y.  Y.  C.’s  Measurer’s  Schedule. — Mr.  Francis  W. 
Belknap,  the  Measurer  of  the  New  York  Y.  C.,  an- 
nounces that,  weather  permitting,  he  will  be  prepared  to 
measure  yachts  enrolled  in  the  club  at  any  one  of  the  fol- 
lowing places  on  the  dates  named: 

May  §„  Larchraont,  j ,j  : j ; 

May  12,  Larchmont. 

May  16,  Station  No.  10,  Glen  Cove. 

Mav  ifl  r;t„  TU-..H 

May  23,  Station  No.  10,  Glen  Cove. 

May  26,  City  Island. 

In  order  to  facilitate  the  work,  members  are  requested 
to  notify  the  Measurer  in  writing  at  an  early  date  as  to 
which  of  the  above  places  they  will  select. 

U » * 

Penelve  and  Shawana  Sold. — Mr.  Adam  D.  Claflin, 
Eastern  Y.  C.,  has  sold  his  auxiliary  schooner  yacht 
Penelve  to  hjr.  Rudolph  Oelsner,  of  New  York  city, 
through  the  agency  of  Mr.  Stanley  M.  Seaman,  New 
York.  Penelve  is  a keel  boat  59ft.  over  all,  40ft.  water- 
line, 14ft.  beam,  6ft.  draft,  designed  and  built  in  1900  by 
Messrs.  Read  Bros.,  of  Fall  River,  Mass.  Her  16  horse- 
power Murray  & Tregurtha  engine  drives  her  about  six 
miles  an  hour.  The  same  agency  has  also  sold  the  hunt- 
ing cabin  launch  Shawna  for  Mr.  George  G.  Williams, 
of  Hartford,  Conn.,  to  a New  York  yachtsman. 

If  K K 

Finish  of  the  Ocean  Race.— Mr.  Allison  V.  Armour, 
of  the  American  sub-committee  of  the  Imperial  Y.  C., 
received  a cablegram  from  Mr.  C.  L.  F.  Robinson,  an 
associate  member  of  the  committee,  who  is  now  in  Lon- 
don, saying  that  the  English  sub-committee  had  decided 
to  place  a stake  boat  at  the  finish  line  of  the  transatlantic 
yacht  race  at  the  Lizard.  The  stake  boat  will  remain  at 
the  line  until  the  winners  of  the  four  prizes  have  crossed 
the  line.  In  the  absence  of  a stake  boat  the  finish  line 
was  to  have  been  a line  north  and  south  through  the 
lighthouse. 


❖ 


Across  Nova  Scotia  in  Canoes. 


( Continued  from  page  845.) 

Wednesday,  June  15. 

The  voyagers  rose  about  6 A.  M.  after  a sound  night’s 
rest,  although  Charles  O.  complained  of  having  slept  with 
his  head  in  a valley  and  the  rest  of  him  on  a ridge.  This 
came  very  nearly  causing  him  apoplexy  about  2 A.  M., 
but  by  wriggling  around  a bit  he  managed  to  get  into  a 
more  comfortable  combination  of  surface,  and  thus  got 
his  much  needed  night’s  rest. 

The  morning  turned  out  to  be  quite  cold  and  foggy,  so 
we  waited  for  it  to  clear,  taking  things  easy  around  the 
camp,  and  cooking  a very  enjoyable  breakfast.  Finally, 
about  8:30,  we  put  out  the  fire  and  embarked  for  the 
morning’s  journey.  After  crossing  a small,  shallow  lake, 
we  ran  into  a succession  of  very  narrow  rapids,  pounding 
the  canoes  hard.  This  morning’s  run  took  us  through 
beautiful  winding  stretches  of  the  river,  not  very  broad, 
more  like  a good-sized  creek,  but  densely  wooded,  along 
the  shores,  very  clear  water,  and  an  almost  continuous 
quick  current.  We  were  all  impressed  by  the  total  , ab- 
sence of  mud,  since  this  section  of  the  country  is  chiefly 
made  up  of  stones  from  the  size  of  a small  house  down 
to  the  size  of  a walnut,  with  now  and  then  a gravelly  or 
sandy  patch.  As  a result,  the  water  is  very  , clear  but 
always  with  the  prevailing  brown  tint  which  is  charac- 
teristic of  the  country.  Very,  few  of  the  places  we  passed 
through  bore  names  by  which  they  could  be  located 
geographically;  some,  in  fact,  were  known,  to  Louis  by 
Indian  names,  but  w'e.  were  wholly  unable  in  most  cases 
to  understand  what  these  names  were,  so  grotesque  was 
his  pronunciation  of  them.  One  particularly  beautiful 
spot  which  we  reached  about  10 :30  in  the  morning,  was 
known  to  Louis  as  Upper  Dukeshire  Falls,  at  least  this 
was  as  near  as  we  could  make  it  out.  1 he  stream  dashed 
over  several  high  ledges  at  this  point  with  a final  fall  of 
about  fifteen  feet.  It  was  necessary  here  to  shack  the 
canoe  down  the  ledges,  which  we  did  with  some  difficulty, 
and  while  we  were  at  this  work,  Louis  unlimbered  his 
fishing  rod  and  caught  several  big  trout  out  of  the  pond 
below  the  falls.  In  getting  from  rock  to  rock  around  the 
ledges,  he  showed  almost  acrobatic  agility  and  sure-foot- 
edness. In  one  place,  a point  of  rock  projected  right  in  the 
center  of  the  edge  of  the  falls,  separated  possibly  five  or 
six  feet  from  the  nearest  footing  on  either  side..  The 
water  was  rushing  over  this  rock  to  a depth  of  ten  inches, 
falling  into  the  pool  some  fifteen  feet  below.  Although 
the  rock  was  no  more  than  a foot  or  so  wide.  Louis  care- 
fully judged  the  distance  and  jumped  from  this  slim  foot- 
hold. He  struck  it  fairly  and  crouched  for  a moment  to 
catch  his  balance,  the  water  roaring  around  his  knees,  and 
then  with  a second  jump  he  gained  the  opposite  side, 
Five  minutes  later  he  had  two  trout,  weighing  possibly 
three-quarters  of  a pound  apiece. 

Just  below  Dukeshire  Falls  there  was  a swift  current 
which  ran  straight  into  a rocky  face,  and  was  deflected 
sharply  off  to  one  side.  Charles  O.’s  boat  went  through 
first  and  was  carried  against  the  rock,  turning  partly 
over  and  filling  half  full  of  water  before  the  canoeists 
could  -get  it  free.  They  managed,  however,  to  ride 
through  the  rest  of  the  rift  by  carefully  balancing  the 
boat  and  pulled  her  ashore  to  empty  out  the  water. 


Arthur  and  the  Scribe  then  came  through,  and  very 
nearly  met  the  same  fate,  shipping  about  two.  or  three 
inches  of  water,  which,  however,  was  quickly  disposed  of 
a minute  or  two  later  at  the  end  of  the  rapid.  The  party 
then  went  on  down  stream  without  further  mishap,  the 
trees  in  some  places  almost  meeting  overhead,  and  the 
ueather  warm  and  delightful.  It  was  certainly  splendid 
going,  and  everybody  was  in  high  spirits  except  Arthur, 
who  had  unfortunately  lost  his  favorite  pipe,  a small  Irish 
dudeen,  in  coming  through  the  excitement  at  the  Falls. 
Arthur  has  a pet  habit  of  getting  parted  from  something 
in  this  way  in  passing  through  some  particular  excite- 
ment. 

The  next  notable  event  of  the  morning  occurred  when 
the  party  halted  for  a short  time  above  a stretch  of  very 
rocky  rapids,  with  numerous  deep  pools  and  big  boulders 
obstructing  the  stream.  The  Scribe  was  clambering  around 
one  of  these  large  rocks  to  get  at  a likely  looking  pool 
some  distance  beyond,  and  managed  to  lose  his  footing 
on  the  side  of  a huge  rock,  sliding  down  with  a tremen- 
dous splash  into  the  deep  pool  below.  The  rest  of  the 
party  thought  that  he  had  simply  dislodged  a stone,  and 
were  not  prepared  for  the  sight  of  him  swimming  around 
the  corner  of  the  rock,  blowing  like  a porpoise.  Fortu- 
nately he  lost  none  of  his  valuables — they  were  mostly 
tied  to  him  with  strings — and  even  his  silver  watch  was 
uninjured,  keeping  on  doing  good  work  through  the  rest 
of  the  trip.  P’rom  this  point  down  to  our  lunch  camp  the 
going  was  even  rougher  than  before,  and  Louis  had  much 
difficulty  keeping  the  water  out  of  his  birch  bark.  We 
halted  for  lunch  on  a narrow,  flat  stretch  by  the  water’s 
edge  near  some  fallen  trees.  The  party  stripped  off  most 
of  their  clothes  and  dried  out  in  the  hot  sun,  as  we  were 
all  well  soaked.  Louis  improved  the  shining  hour  by 
pulling  his  canoe  out  and  patching  up  the  holes  which 
had  been  punched  in  it  by  the  morning’s  run  with  pitch,  a 
small  can  of  which  he  carried  with  him  for  just  such 
emergencies. 

The  lunch  was  particularly  acceptable,  as  everybody 
was  half  starved,  and  ready  to  take  a few  hours’  rest. 
We  found  a small  expanse  of  grassy  bank  here  which 
was  very  comfortable  after  the  rocky,  irregular  quarters 
we  were  rapidly  becoming  accustomed  to.  This  lunch 
camp  was  dubbed  ‘'The  Dinky  Camp,”  for  obvious  rea- 
sons. Just  before  reaching  this  stopping  place  Charles  O. 
and  Carl  had  another  upset  coming  through  an  ugly  little 
rift,  and  the  former  managed  to  lose  his  matchsafe.  Inci- 
dents of  this  sort  served  to  fix  these  various  points  in  our 
memories,  and  the  party  would  frequently  refer  to  “the 
place  where  Charles  O.  lost  his  matchsafe,”  or  “the  Falls 
where  Arthur  lost  his  dudeen,”  etc. 

By  this  time  Louis  was  becoming  more  and  more  pop- 
ular wiih  the  party  and  was  proving  himself  an  excellent 
traveling  companion.  When  addressed  he  would  gener- 
ally reply  with  a quick  “Sir  to  you”  which  amused 
Charles  O.  very  much,  since  it  was  hardly  an  expression 
to  be  looked  for  in  such  an  out-of-the-way  place.  It  seems 
he  had  picked  it  up  from  some  one  of  his  previous 
patrons. 

Louis  spoke  English  rather  slowly  but  with  a good 
choice  of  words.  His  pronunciation  was  a little  indis- 
tinct and  thick  and  he  had  a strong  Indian  accent,  but 
he  was  not  particularly  taciturn  and  made  a very  useful 
and  enjoyable  addition  to  the  party. 

After  things  were  well  dried  out,  canoes  patched,  and 
the  party  refreshed  by  the  hearty  lunch,  we  set  out  for 
Maitland,  which  Louis  reported  not  far  ahead.  We  com- 
menced to  discover  signs  of  civilization  again ; at  one 
time  it  would  be  a rough  clearing,  again  there  would  be 
a small  trail  through  the  woods,  and  finally  around  the 
bend  we  came  in  sight  of  a low  log  bridge,  which  we  took 
to  be  the  Maitland  Bridge,  but  Louis  said  that  the  town 
itself  and  the  “big  bridge”  was  some  little  distance  below 
yet.  Running  quickly  under  the  bridge  we  shortly  came 
to  a long  stretch  of  dead  water  where  the  banks  were 
lined  on  either  side  with  whitened  trunks  and  stumps  of 
trees ; some  were  also  scattered  about  in  the  current,  and 
made  us  keep  a sharp  lookout  for  snags.  This  dead  tim- 
ber proved  to  be  the  debris  left  by  the  lumbermen  above 
a small  lumber  dam,  which  in  turn  was  close  beside  the 
town  itself.  This  log  dam  had  been  partly  torn  down, 
and  damaged  by  fire.  There  was  quite  a heavy  rift 
through  the  opening  of  the  dam,  and  in  running  the  big 
canoe  through  the  Scribe  smashed  a paddle.  Louis  came 
through  jauntily  in  his  little  birch  bark  and  the  crew  of 
the  big  boat  remained  behind  for  a few  minutes  taking 
photographs,  unlimbering  the  other  paddle  and  getting  the 
boat  past  the  obstructions. 

In  the  meantime,  Charles  O.  and  Louis  went  up  to 
“town”  to  arrange  for  shipping  Louis’  canoe  back  to  Mil- 
ford. This  was  necessary,  partly  because  the  going  was 
too  rough  for  a birch  bark,  and  because  there  was  no 
way  of  getting  it  back  from  the  end  of  the  trip.  There 
was  considerable  difficulty  encountered  in  making  the 
necessary  arrangements,  during  the  interval ; the  rest  of 
the  party  waited  around  the  high  iron  bridge  crossing  the 
stream,  and  tried  to  get  some  extra  supplies.  Finally  the 
big  canoe  started  off  for  Maitland  Falls,  or  rather  Big 
Mill  Falls,  as  they  are  known  there,  although  there  is  no 
mill  anywhere  within  fifty  miles  of  the  place. 

Arrived  at  the  Falls,  we  prospected  around  and  admired 
the  scenery,  which  was  magnificent,  taking  a couple 
of  photographs  of  the  Falls,  showing  the  Scribe  fish- 
ing. The  pool  below  was  filled  with  large  fish  that  could 
not  get  up  the  steep  descent,  as  the  water  was  too  swift. 
The  size  of  our  catch  was  only  limited  by  the  time  at  our 
disposal,  as  it  was  possible  to  get  a rise  at  every  other  cast. 
We  had  a little  annoyance  at  this  spot  from  black  flies 
and  gnats,  but  made  out  very  well  with  the  use  of  our 
fly  dope. 

Finally,  Charles  O.  and  Carl  arrived,  and  we  unload- 
ed the  canoes  in  preparation  for  the  carry  around  the 
falls.  We  were  undecided  as  to  the  direction  of  the  carry, 
since  there  were  several  paths,  and  Louis  was  still  back 
in  the  town  making  his  arrangements.  The  Scribe  ex- 
plored the  most  likely  route  for  about  half  a mile,  and  it 
seemed  to  be  as  far  from  the  stream  as  ever,  so  other 
short  cuts  were  investigated,  but  without  success,  since 
the  country  was  rugged  and  heavily  wooded.  Finally  the 
party  decided  to  push  on  by  the  long  way,  carrying  all 
the  duffle,  although  H.  N.  T.  was  in  favor  of  a short  cut 
which  seemed  to  lop  off  about  one-half  mile  of  the  carry'. 
This  discussion  took  place  in  a little  clearing  a few  yards 
wide  at  the  junction  of  two  of  the  most  likely  trails  some 
distance  from  the  river.  H.  N,  T.  went  back  to  look  for 


May  6,  1905.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


Louis’  paddles,  and  the  others  started  off,  heavily  laden 
with  the  duffle,  and  leaving  the  canoes  for  the  second 
trip.  Shortly  after  they  left,  Louis  arrived,  and  he  and 
the  Scribe  carried  the  rest  of  the  duffle  down  the  short 
cut  through  the  woods.  Coming  back  for  the  boats  we 
found  the  others  not  yet  returned  so  we  scribbled  in- 
structions on  a paddle  with  a bit  of  charcoal,  telling  them 
to  follow  us  and  started  with  the  boats.  Before  we  were 
fairly  off,  however,  the  rest  of  the  bunch  turned  up  and 
all  hands  lugged  the  two  boats  across  an  open  stretch  of 
country  broken  up  by  patches  of  bushes,  briers,  small 
clumps  of  trees  and  irregular  hummocks  of  earth — very 
hard  going.  The  worst  part  of  the  carry  was  the  last  bit 
through  the  woods  and  down  a very  steep,  long  slope 


rather  simple  problem,  and  we  three  figured  on  passing  a 
very  comfortable  night  under  the  circumstances.  We  kept 
going  ahead,  however,  expecting  at  every  point  to  see 
the  lake  open  out  ahead  of  us,  but  were  disappointed  again 
and  again.  The  stream  became  quite  slow  and  narrow, 
on  either  side  were  low,  flat,  grassy  banks,  covered  by 
a growth  of  small  trees  with  here  and  there  some  huge 
giants  of  the  forest,  stark  and  white,  towering 

above. 

i ne  sky  was  overcast  and  darkness  was  rapidly  coming 
on,  so  we  kept  a lookout  for  a possible  camping  place, 
well  tired  out  by  the  continuous  hard  work  all  day  but 
unwilling  to  give  up  until  absolutely  necessary.  The  mate 
doled  out  a small  portion  of  the  precious  chocolate  all 


AROUND  THE  CAMP-FIRE,  FIRST  NIGHT  OUT. 


into  the  ravine  a half-mile  below  the  falls.  Slippery 
roots,  Tow  branches,  fallen  logs,  boulders,  etc.,  all  con- 
spired to  make  the  portage  rather  exhausting  work,  but 
we  cut  off  a good  two-thirds  of  the  usual  carry. 

Launching  the  empty  boats  from  the  steep  bank  we 
ran  down  stream  in  the  swift  current  picking  up  the 
duffle  first  where  the  Scribe  and  Louis  had  left  their 
loads,  and  then  some  distance  further  down,  where  the 
others  had  left  theirs. 

We  had  left  Louis’  birch  bark  canoe  in  the  brush  be- 
side the  stage  road  at  Maitland  to  be  picked  up  by  the 
stage  and  taken  back  to  the  starting  point,  and  Charles 
O.  took  him  as  bowman  in  the  smaller  canoe,  Carl  coming 
into  the  other  boat  with  Arthur  and  H.  N.  T.  The  smaller 
boat  got  off  first  after  the  carry  and  disappeared  in  the 


around  and  we  kept  pegging  ahead,  shifting  our  paddles 
often  from  one  side  to  the  other  to  ease  our  weary 
muscles.  The  course  of  the  stream  was  very  winding, 
and  the  country  seemed  open  and  flat,  which  encouraged 
us  to  think  that  we  were  near  the  vicinity  of  the  lake. 
Finally,  after  we  had  about  given  up  hope  of  overtaking 
the  other  canoe,  we  ran  around  a long  semi-circular 
sweep  of  the  stream  which  was  bounded  on  one  side  by 
a high  ridge,  with  what  appeared  to  be  a rail  fence  along 
the  top,  and  at  the  end  of  this  stretch  we  found  Lake 
Kejamkoogic.  The  ridge  ran  out  into  a wooded  point, 
which  cut  off  the  view  of  the  lake  until  we  were  close  to 
it,  and  as  we  rounded  this  point  a long  vista  of  the  lake 
and  islands  opened  up  before  us  in  the  twilight.  Across 
a wide  bay,  directly  opposite  the  point  was  an  abrupt 


BOOT  LAKE  FALLS,  ROUGH  STEEP  GOING. 


distance.  The  other  boat  had  difficulty  in  the  rough, 
rocky  runs,  particularly  after  we  had  left  the  embarking 
place,  -where  we  found  many  steep  ledges,  deep  pools  and 
swift  water,  and  we  were  very  much  delayed  getting  the 
heavily  loaded  boat  through.  However,  with  three  men 
paddling  we  hoped  to  catch  the  others  before  they  had 
reached  our  objective  point  for  the  night,  namely,  the 
head  of  Fairy  Lake,  also  known  as  Kejamkoogic.  With 
this  idea  we  paddled  steadily  at  top  speed  all  the  late 
afternoon  without  seeing  any  trace  of  the  rest  of  the 
party  ahead.  Finally,  along  toward  sunset  we  com- 
menced to  think  we  had  lost  them,  although  that  hardly 
seemed  possible  since  there  had  been  no  branch  streams 
where  they  might  have  turned  off  from  the  main  river, 
and  we  contemplated  seriously  spending  the  night  by  our- 
selves with  what  facilities  we  had.  Upon  taking  an  in- 
ventory we  found  that  this  consisted  of  two  sleeping  bags 
and  the  greater  part  of  the  provisions  but  no  tent  nor 
cooking  tools.  This  presented  a very  interesting  but 


wooded  shore  and  we  spied  the  smoke  of  ■ a camp  fire 
rising  among  the  trees  about  three-quarters  of  a mile 
away,  with  a boat  pulled  up  on  the  beach.  We  started 
for  this  camp  with  some  misgivings  as  to  whether  it  was 
our  party  or  not,  but  we  had  not  proceeded  very  far  be- 
fore we  discovered  a second  smoke  nearby  in  a corner 
of  the  lake  above  a sandy  beach  where  there  seemed  to 
be  a small  clearing.  We  headed  over  to  this,  and  as  _we 
drew  near,  recognized  Louis  and  Charles  O.  busying 
themselves  in  preparing  camp.  The  evening  was  quite 
cool  and  the  lake  rather  rough,  but  we  put  on  an  extra 
spurt  at  the  sight  of  “home,”  and  at  last  dragged  our 
boat  ashore  with  a great  sense  of  thanksgiving  at  having 
successfully  reached  the  end  of  the  day’s  journey.  The 
camp  site,  which  Louis  had  been  heading  for  all  day,  was 
an  old  Indian  clearing,  shelving  up  from  the  beach ; oppo- 
site the  camp,  far  along,  stretches  of  the  lake  opened  out 
toward  us  with  very  densely  wooded  islands  scattered 
everywhere  through  it.  The  trees  were  quite  large  on 


these  islands  and  grew  right  down  to  the  water’s  edge, 
giving  a very  steep  effect  to  the  shore  line  and  a rather 
forbidding  aspect  to  campers.  We  pitched  a very  cozy 
camp,  gathered  the  usual  quantity  of  spruce  bows  for  the 
floor  of  the  tent,  and  quickly  had  a substantial  supper 
prepared.' 

After  dark  the  party  busied  themselves  around  the 
camp  cleaning  things  up  after  the  meal,  and  by  9:30 
everyone  was  very  willing  to  turn  in  for  the  night.  Louis 
had  started  the  fire  almost  too  close  to  the  tent  so  that 
it  was  uncomfortably  warm  inside  from  the  intense  radia- 
tion, but  this  did  not  bother  us  very  much  and  we  quickly 
fell  asleep  watching  the  flickering  light  of  the  flames  on 
the  canvas  around  us. 

[to  be  continued.] 


A.  C.  A.  Members  Elected. 

NEW  MEMBERS. 

Atlantic  Division. — New  York  City:  4914,  G.  H.  Knowlson; 

4924,  Thomas  B.  Latham;  4925,  Fred  V.  McCabe;  4d26,  Kaymund 
E.  Rouse.  Philadelphia,:  4920,  Howard  M.  Landes.  Trenton, 
N.  J.;  4921,  Harry  M.  Lee;  4923,  F.  Raymond  Pidcock.  Deianco, 
N.  J. : Frank  P.  Jones,  Jr. 

Central  Division. — New  York  City:  4907,  Homer  A.  Canfield. 

Bufialo,  N.  Y. : 4908,  Chester  G.  Babcock;  49G9,  William  M.  Coon; 
4910,  William  H.  Crosby;  4911,  Lester  W.  Elias;  4912,  Charles  A. 
L’Hommedieu ; 4913,  William  Riehl;  4915,  Walter  C.  Mullett;  4910, 
William  J.  P.  Seipp;  4917,  Henry  B.  Selkirk;  4918,  W.  Morse  Wil- 
son; 4919,  Richard  L.  Ball  (life  member).  Rochester,  N.  Y.: 
4921,  Guy  W.  Ellis. 

Eastern  Division.— Bangor,  Me. : 4927,  Ralph  P.  Plaisted. 

Providence,  R.  I.:  4928,  Ernest  L.  Arnold;  4929,  Charles  L. 
Weaver;  4931,  Daniel  R.  James;  4932,  H.  S.  McCormack.  Wes- 
lesley  Hills,  Mass.,  Henry  L.  Peabody. 

APPLICATIONS  FOR  MEMBERSHIP. 

Atlantic  Division. — C.  C.  Wilson,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  proposed 
by  C.  T.  Mitchell. 

Central  Division. — George  B.  Montgomery,  Buffalo,  N..  Y.,  pro- 
posed by  C.  P.  Forbush;  C.  R.  Edwards,  Rome,  N.  Y.,  pro- 
posed by  H.  S.  Sturtevant. 


Officers  of  A.  C.  A.,  t9Q5. 

Commodore — C.  F.  Wolters,  14  Main  St.  East,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Secretary— H M Stewart,  85  Main  St.,  East  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Treasurer — F.  G.  Mather,  164  Fairfield  Ave.,  Stamtord,  Conn. 
ATLANTIC  DIVISION. 

Vice-Commodore — W.  A.  Furman,  845  Berkeley  Ave.,  Trenton,  N.  J. 
Rear-Commodore— F.  C.  Hoyt,  57  Broadway,  New  York. 

Purser — C.  W.  Stark,  118  N.  ^Montgomery  t>t.,  Irenton,  N.  J. 
Executive  Committee— L.  C.  Krctzmer,  L.  C.  schepp  Building, 
New  York;  E.  M.  Underhill,  Box  252,  Yonkers,  N.  Y. 

Board  of  Governors— R.  J.  Wilkin,  211  Clinton  Si.,  Brooklyn,  N.Y. 
Racing  Board— H.  L.  Quick,  Yonkers,  N.  Y. 

CENTRAL  DIVISION. 

Vice-Commodore— Lyman  T.  Coppins,  591  Main  St.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
Rear-Commodore — Frank  C.  Deinmier,  52o  Smithlield  St.,  Pittsburg. 
Purser — J.  C.  Milsom,  735  Mooney  Brisbane  Bldg.,  Bunaio,  N.  Y. 
Executive  Committee— F.  G.  Mather,  30  Elk  Si.,  Aluany,  N.  Y.; 
H.  W.  Breitenstein,  611  Market  St.,  Pittsburg,  Pa.;  Jesse  J. 
Armstrong,  Rome,  N.  Y. 

Beard  of  Governors — C.  P.  Forbush,  Bufialo,  N.  Y. 

Racing  Board— Harry  M.  Stewart,  85  Main  St.,  East  Rochester, 
N.  Y. 

EASTERN  DIVISION. 

V ice-Commodore — D.  S.  Pratt,  Jr.,  178  Devonshire  St.,  Boston, 
Mass. 

Rear-Commodore— Wm.  W.  Crosby,  8 Court  St.,  W'obum,  Mass. 
Purser — VV  illiam  E.  Stanwood,  V\  ellesley,  xVlass. 

Executive  Committee—  VV m.  J.  Ladd,  18  Glen  Road,  Winchester, 
Mass.;  F.  VV.  Notman,  Box  2344,  Boston,  Mass.;  O.  L.  Cun- 
ningham, care  E.  Teel  & Co.,  Mediurd,  Mass.;  Edvv.  B. 
Stearns,  Box  53,  Manchester,  N.  H. 

Racing  Board— Paul  Butler,  U.  S.  Cartridge  Co.,  Lowell,  Mass.; 
H.  U Murphy,  alternate 

NORTHERN  DIVISION. 

Vice-Commodore— Chas.  W.  McLean,  3U3  James  St.,  Montreal,  Can. 
Rear-Commodore — J.  VV.  Sparrow,  loronto,  Canada. 

Purser — J.  V.  Nutter,  Montreal,  Canada. 

Executive  Committee — C.  E.  Britton,  Gananoque,  Ont. ; Harry 
Page,  Toronto,  Ont. 

Board  of  Governors— J.  N.  MacKendrick,  Galt,  Ont. 

Racing  Board — E.  J.  Minett,  Montreal,  Canada. 

WESTERN  DIVISION. 

Vice-Commudore — Burton  D.  Munhail,  care  of  Brooks  Household 
Art  Co.,  Cleveland,  O. 

Rear-Commodore — Charles  J.  Stedman,  National  Lafayette  Bank, 
Cincinnati,  O. 

Purser — George  Q.  Hall,  care  of  Bank  of  Commerce.  Cleveland,  O. 
Executive  Committee — Thomas  P.  Eckert,  31  U est  Court  St., 
Cincinnati,  O.;  Dr.  H.  L.  Frost,  lu  Howard  St.,  Cleveland,  O.  . 
Board  of  Governors — Henry  C.  Morse,  Peoria,  111. 

How  to  Join  the  A.  C.  A. 

“Application  for  membership  shall  be  made  to  the  Treasurer, 
F.  G.  Mather,  364  Fairfield  Ave.,  Stamford,  Conn.,  and  shall  be 
accompanied  by  the  recommendation  of  an  active  member  and  by 
the  sum  of  two  dollars,  one  dollar  as  entrance  fee  and  one  dollar 
as  dues  for  the  current  year,  to  be  refunded  in  case  of  non- 
election of  the  applicant.” 


\ange  and 


Fixtures. 


May  24-25. — Union  Hill  Park,  N.  J.,  Independent  New  York 
Scheutzen.  Gus  Zimmerman,  Capt. 

July  24-29. — Newark,  O. — Second  annual  of  the  Ohio  State  Rifle 
Association. 

July  26- Aug.  1. — Creedmoor,  L.  I. — Second  annual  of  New  York 
Rifle  Association.  

At  San  Francisco. 


From  April  1 to  15  was  a busy  time  at  the  indoor  shooting 
tournament,  rifle  and  pistol,  held  at  the  Mechanics’  Pavilion,  under 
the  auspices  of  the  Pacific  Coast  Forest,  Fish  and  Game  Associa- 
tion. Some  of  the  most  brilliant  indoor  shooting  ever  recorded 
on  this  coast  was  witnessed.  George  Tammeyer,  of  San  Francisco, 
captured  first  honors  for  rifle  shooting,  2,500  out  of  the  possible 
2,500.  D.  W.  King,  Jr.,  of  Denver,  Colo.,  was  close  to  Tam- 
meyer with  a score  of  1,900. 

With  the  pistol,  J.  E.  Gorman  was  first  with  479  out  of  the  pos- 
sible 500,  while  G.  M.  Barley,  second,  scored  477.  Both  are  resi- 
dents of  San  Francisco.  The  following  shooters  made  100  but  of 
the  possible  100:  Rifle:  George  Tammeyer,  D.  W.  King,  Jr., 

M.  Blasse,  W.  F.  Blasse,  A.  PI.  Pape,  O.  A.  Bremer,  A.  Studer, 
H.  A.  Klinkner,  E.  Hammond,  Chris.  Meyer  and  W G.  Hoff- 
man. 

The  only  50  out  of  the  possible  50  with  the  pistol  was  made 
by  G.  M.  Barley.  The  reduced  25-ring  target  was  used  for  the 
rifle  shooting,  and  the  reduced  American  target  was  used  for  the 
pistol. 

Rifle  scores:  George  Tammeyer,  2,500,  D.  W.  King,  1,900,  W. 

P",  Blasse  998,  M.  Blasse  995,  A.  Studer  992,  A.  H.  Pape  990,  VV.  G. 
Ploffman  989,  E.  Hammond  988,  Chris  Meyer  986,  O.  A.  Bremer 
985,  M.  O.  Feudner  984,  W.  C.  Pritchard  980,  A.  Gehret  976,  J. 
Boiler  974,  E.  Bridge  969,  A.  Strecker  966,  H.  A.  Klinkner  962, 
B.  Blanchard  962,  F Ellenberger  960,  M.  F.  Harter  957,  G.  Risch- 
muller  955,  A.  A.  Saxe  951,  F.  P.  Schuster  949,  T.  L.  Lewis  832. 

Pistol  scores:  J.  E.  Gorman  479,  G.  M.  Bar’ey  477.  A.  Bran- 

nagan  473,  Capt.  Ord  464,  G.  E.  Frahm  464,  A.  Pape  457,  F.  V. 
Kington  455,  W.  Proll  464,  W.  F.  Blasse  446,  W.  C.  Pritchard  444, 
H.  A.  Harris  442,  C.  M.  Daiss  442,  Dr.  D.  Smith  436,  H.  E. 
Witt  421,  J.  Kullmann  419,  J.  M.  Mann  418,  J.  Trego  394,  F. 
Mante  391,  J.  A.  Macdonald  384. 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


[May  6,  1905. 


Cincinnati  Rifle  Association. 

Cincinnati,  O.— -The  following  scores  were  made  in  regular  com- 
petition by  members  of  this  Association  at  Four-Mile  House, 
Reading  road,  April  23.  Conditions:  200yds.,  olfhand,  at  the  Stand- 
ard target.  Hasenzahl  was  champion  for  the  day  with  the  good 
score  of  92.  He  was  also  high  on  the  honor  target  with  29 
points.  A stiff  head  wind,  fishtailing  from  9 to  2 o’clock,  blew  all 
day,  and  kept  the  shooters  busy  guessing  all  the  time.  This  was 
the  day  set  for  a three-man  team  match  between  this  Association 
and  the  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  Rifle  and  Pistol  Club.  The  result  of 
the  match  is  appended  below.  The  scores: 

Hasenzahl  92  91  86  83  83  81  80  80 

Payne  91  89  86  84  82  81  76  75 

Nestler  89  82  81  80  79  76  75  73 

Odell  88  84  82  81  78  78  73  71 

Freitag  85  81  80  78  76  76  73  71 

Drube  78  71  

Trounstine  77  75  68  

The  result  of  the  match  with  the  Kansas  City  Club  proved  a 
victory  for  the  Cincinnati  contingent.  We  scarcely  expected  to 
come  off  victorious,  owing  to  our  opponents  using  telescopes 
throughout,  while  our  team  used  only  peep  and  aperture  sights; 
but  it  seems  that  they  did  not  shoot  up  to  their  average,  or  the 
result  would  have  been  different.  They  also  had  a strong  9 to 
10  o’clock  wind  to  contend  with. 

Match  scores: 


New  York  Schuetzen  Corps. 

The  first  outdoor  shoot  of  the  season  of  this  club,  on  April 
28,  in  Union  Hill  Park,  was  very  largely  attended,  and  this 
proved  that  the  increased  interest  in  rifle  shooting,  apparent 
elsewhere,  is  being  fostered  by  this  old  club.  More  than  100 
persons  were  present  during  the  afternoon,  which  was  a pleasant 
one,  and  the  shooting  conditions  were  fair  until  about  4 o’clock, 
when  the  sky  became  overcast  and  a thick  haze  accompanied  the 
change  in  the  direction  of  the  wind  to  the  east,  and  a decided 
drop  in  the  temperature.  George  Ludwig  won  first  honors  on 
both  the  man  and  ring  targets.  The  former  is  a most  difficult 
one  on  which  to  make  a high  score.  It  consits  of  a silhouette 
of  a man,  vertical  lines  taking  the  place  of  the  customary  rings. 
The  middle  space  counts  20,  the  next  on  either  side  19,  and  so 
on  out  to  the  margins.  Good  line  shooting  is  necessary.  The 
scores  at  200yds.  offhand  follow: 

Ring  target,  10  shots,  possible  250: 


Kansas  City  Team. 


A W Peck. 


Frank  Evans 


E N Williams. 


7 

8 

9 

10 

10 

9 

7 

10 

9 

8—87  . 

8 

10 

9 

8 

7 

9 

10 

8 

7 

10—86 

9 

7 

7 

8 

9 

8 

9 

9 

9 

6—81  - - 

5 

7 

7 

1C 

9 

10 

6 

7 

10 

6—77 

3 

7 

7 

10 

10 

9 

9 

10 

10 

6-81—412 

8 

5 

7 

6 

6 

7 

7 

8 

8 

9—71 

8 

10 

8 

9 

7 

8 

7 

6 

7 

7—71  - r' 

10 

8 

4 

10 

10 

7 

8 

7 

9 

8—81 

8 

10 

8 

9 

8 

10 

10 

9 

7 

8—87 

9 

5 

10 

8 

6 

7 

7 

8 

7 

7—74—390 

6 

6 

9 

7 

7 

6 

7 

8 

10 

6—72 

S 

9 

9 

8 

8 

8 

5 

7 

7 

8—77 

5 

9 

7 

9 

9 

8 

7 

8 

10 

7—79 

6 

6 

10 

5 

7 

8 

10 

10 

9 

7—78 

7 

10 

8 

8 

10 

8 

7 

7 

9 

7— 81— 3S7 

Cincinnati  Team. 


1189 


Wm 

Hasenzahl  

9 10  10 

8 

7 10  10 

10  9 

8—91 

S 10 

9 

9 

8 

9 10 

10  10 

9-92 

8 

9 10 

8 

8 

6 8 

7 -8 

8—80 

10 

8 

8 10 

6 

7 8 

8 8 

10—83 

7 

8 

10 

9 

8 10  8 

10  8 

8-86-432 

E D 

Payne 

7 

8 

9 

8 

8 

8 10 

9 8 

8—84 

9 

4 

9 

9 

9 

8 7 

6 7 

7—75 

6 

9 

6 

9 

9 

9 9 

9 7 

S— 81 

6 

6 

8 

6 

6 10  10 

8 9 

7—76 

8 10 

8 10 

8 

7 8 

9 10 

8—86—402 

Chas 

Nestler  

9 

9 

9 

7 

7 

7 7 

0 6 

9—79 

8 

6 

8 

9 

9 

7 7 

9 10 

7—80 

9 

8 

7 

6 

8 

9 10 

7 8 

9—81 

6 

8 

6 

8 

8 

8 8 

8 6 

7—73 

8 

6 

9 10  10 

9 9 

10  10 

8—89—402 

1236 


Providence  Revolver  Club. 


After  a lapse  of  two  weeks  our  regular  weekly  practice  was 
resumed  on  the  29th,  and  for  the  remainder  of  our  indoor  season 
we  will  shoot  at  the  U.  T.  Armory  on  Saturday  evenings.  This 
will  carry  us  through  the  month  of  May,  after  which  our  work 
will  be  out  of  doors  on  the  new  range. 

Our  10  by  18  shooting  house  will  be  completed  by  the  15th, 
and  we  expect  to  have  a full  day  on  the  _30th,  Memorial  Day. 
Mr.  Almy  has  already  started  50yd.  work  with  both  revolver  and 
pistol  and  set  a gait  which  will  be  difficult  to  catch. 

Our  new  range  at  Cranston  ought  to  be  very  popular  this 
summer.  There  will  be  facilities  for  handling  eight  men  in  a 
squad  at  50yds.,  and  three  at  20  for  revolver  work.  Considerable 
small  bore  rifle  shooting  will  also  be  done  at  50yds.,  using  the 
Standard  reduced  target,  and  the  pocket  revolver  shooters  will 
also  have  ample  opportunity  "to  get  in  “practical”  work  at  10, 
12,  15  or  20yds.  Visitors  will  be  welcome  at  our  Saturday  after- 
noon shoots,  and  we  expect  a materially  increased  membership. 

We  expect  to  continue  revolver  and  pistol  work  at  20yds.  on 
the  new  range,  as  we  believe  this  will  become  a popular  line  of 
practice,  especially  among  the  men  who  have  been  doing  regular 
shooting  indoors. 

Mr.  T.  H.  Keller,  the  general  manager  of  the  Peters  Cartridge 
Company,  was  in  town  on  the  28th,  and  our  secretary  had  the 
pleasure  of  taking  lunch  with  him  and  W.  D.  Griffith,  the  trap- 
shooting expert.  . 

Walter  Freeman’s  score  of  460,  with  target  pistol  at  20yds.,  is 
worthy  of  special  notice.  He  made  a run  of  fifty  consecutive 
bullseyes,  and  on  his  third  string  tied  the  club’s  best  pistol 
record  with  94.  Mr.  Freeman  expects  to  take  up  revolver  prac- 
tice this  summer,  and  will  make  the  six-shooter  show  up  some 
good  scores  on  our  new  50yd.  outdoor  range. 

Mr.  Almy’s  455  at  50yds.  shows  that  he  is  well' into  the  game 
early  in  the  season,  and,  fortunately  for  us,  he  can  shoot  either 
the  pistol  or  revolver  well  into  the  top-notch  class. 

Scores  of  members  of  Providence  Revolver  Club: 

Fifty  shots,  pistol  at  20yds.,  Standard  American  target,  possible 
500:  'ob; 

Walter  H Freeman 91  91  94  92  91 — 460 

Fifty  shots,  pistol  at  50yds.: 

William  Almy  . 10  8 10  9 9 10  8 10  8 1H— 92 

7 9 9 8 10  8 10  9 9 10—89 

10  9 10  9 9 7 10  10  9 9—92 

7 9 9 10  9 8 9 10-9  9—89 

10  10  9 10  7 10  9 10  9 9—93—455 

Fifty  shots,  revolver  at  50yds.:  William  Almy,  90,  89,  81,  82, 

82  * total  424. 

Fifty  yard's,  rifle,  Standard  target,  10  shots,  possible  100:  B. 

orman,  85;  H.  Powell,  82,  82,  81,  81. 

Rifle,  25yds.,  25-ring  target:  A.  B.  Coulters,  231,  241,  233;  W. 

B.  Gardiner,  228,  239,  238,  228,  234;  D.  L.  Craig,  173,  224;  C.  H. 

■^Revolver!  20yds.,  Standard:  A.  C.  Hurlburt,  77,  77,  79;  Arno 

Argus,  73,  77,  76,  71;  D.  L.  Craig,  70,  74;  Wm.  F.  Eddy,  70. 

Military  revolver,  25yds.,  Creedmoor  count:  D.  L.  Craig,  45, 

42  44. 

Pocket  revolver,  10yds.,  on  20yd.  Standard:  Amo  Argus,  85. 


Lady  Zettler  Rifle  Club. 


The  last  shoot  of  members  for  the  winter  indoor  season  was 
held  the  night  of  April  29  at  headquarters,  159  West  Twenty- 
third  street,  New  York  City.  After  the  regular  scores  had  been 
shot  and  the  total  added  to  those  of  previous  shoots,  the  names 
of  the  season’s  winners  were  announced,  showing  that  Miss  Millie 
Zimmermann  had  the  greatest  number  of  rings  on  the  ring  tar- 
get, while  Miss  Anna  Eusner  was  high  on  the  bullseye  target. 
The  season's  prizes  will  be  awarded  to  the  winners  at  a special 
meeting  to  be  held  at  headquarters  Saturday  night,  May  6.  The 
season’s  scores,  at  25yds.,  follow: 

Ring  target,  possible  5,000  points:  Miss  Millie  Zimmermann 

4 910  Miss  Katie  Zimmermann  4,862,  Mrs.  H.  Fenwirth  4,860, 
Miss’  B.  Ludwig  4,856,  Miss  Muller  4,823,  Miss  F.  Siegibel  4,807, 
Miss  Eusner  4,792,  Miss  A.  Ludwig  4,799,  Miss  Staltz  4,268,  Mrs. 
F Watson  4,251,  Mrs.  H.  Scheu  4,217,  Mrs.  Barney  Zettler  3,177. 

Best  single  bullseye:  Miss  Eusner,  27%  degrees;  Mrs.  Liegibel, 

30;  Mrs.  Fenwirth,  31;  Miss  Millie  Zimmermann,  33%;  Miss  B. 
Ludwig,  49%;  Miss  Katie  Zimmermann,  52;  Mrs.  H.  Scheu,  55; 
Miss  Muller,  61%;  Miss  A.  Ludwig,  75;  Mrs.  B.  Zettler,  100;  Miss 
M.  Stoltz,  110;  Mrs.  Watson,  130. 


Seneca  Gun  Club. 


G Ludwig  203 

J C Bonn  196 

P Heidelberger  189 

Charles  Meyer  188 

F Von  Ronn  188 

B Fessler  183 

T Facklamm  183 

H Hernecke  181 

H D Meyer......... 180 

W Dahl  179 

G Thomas  176 

Grosch  175 

Cljartes  Sower  173 

F Busch  ". 170 

C Schmitz  . 169 

H Winter  167 

F Facompre  167 

J H Hainhorst  , 166 

A W Lemcke 162 

N Beckmann  162 

O Schwanemann  162 

J N Herrmann  162 

T G Tholke. .-. 161 

H Lohden  ... 160 


J F W Meyer 159 

. F Feldhusen  158 

J H Kroger  156 

H Meyn  156 

J Paradies  154 

H Mesloh  154 

G W Offerman  151 

A Sibberns  149 

H Nordbruck  149 

G H Fixsen 149 

D Von  de  Leith 149 

H C Hainhorst  149 

H Gobber  149 

H Decker  1.... 148 

R Ohms  147 

W Wessel  147 

H B Michaelsen  146 

C Plump  146 

F C Boyes  145 

J Moje  139 

G Wehrenberg  137 

N C L Beversten  135 

H Haase  132 


New  York  City  Schuetzen  CoJps, 

Members  held  a shoot  in  Union  Hill  Park  April  26.  The  at- 
tendance was  good,  weather  conditions  favorable  and  interest 
lively.  W.  Grapentin  was  first  on  the  ring  target  and  captured 
the  most  bullseyes.  The  scores  .at  200yds.  offhand  follow: 

Ring  target;  10  shots,  possible  250:  W.  Grapentin  219,  R. 

Busse  214,  August  Kronsberg  209,  R.  Schwaneman  196,  R. 
Bendler  195,  C.  G.  Zettler  186,  O.  Schwaneman  179,  H.  C.  Radloff 
164,  J.  Facklamm  161,  J.  Fueger  157,  A.  Keller  148,  G.  Schroeder 
144,  I.  Moje  131,  J.  Keller,  123. 

Man  target,  3 shots,  possible  60:  R.  Busse  54,  W.  Grapentin 

53,  R.  Bendler  50,  C.  G.  Zettler  50,  H.  Radloff  49,  O.  Schwane- 
mann 49,  A.  Keller  48,  A.  Kronsberg  44. 

Point  target,  5 shots,  possible  15:  J.  Facklamm  12,  R.  Busse 

11,-  A.  Kronsberg  11,  R.  Schwanemann  8,  O.  Schwanemann  7, 
R.  Bendler  7,  H.  Radloff  7,  W.  Grapentin  7,  A.  Keller  6,  G. 
Schroeter  5,  C.  G.  Zettler  4,  L.  Schulz  3,  Capt.  Stower  3,  E. 
Deckelman  3,  J.  Keller  3,  J.  Moje  2,  G.  Bach  2,  A.  Wiltz  1, 
J.  Fueger  1. 

Red  flags:  H.  C.  Radloff  3,  W.  Grapentin  2,  O.  Schwanemann 

1,  A.  Kronsberg  1. 

Bullseyes:  W.  Grapentin  5,  R.  Busse  4,  A.  Kronsberg  4,  J. 

Facklamm  3,  O.  Schwanemann  3,  R.  Schwanemann  2,  H.  Radloff 
1,  A.  Keller  1,  J.  Keller  1,  A.  Wiltz  1. 

Man  target,  3 shots,  possible  60  points:  G.  Ludwig  59,  John 

Facklamm  53,  G.  Thomas  53,  J.  H.  Hainhorst  52,  F.  Facompre 
51,  O.  Schwaneman  50,  Charles  Meyer  50,  A.  _W.  Lemcke  46, 
Charles  Plump  45,  W.  Dahl  45,  A.  Sibbern  44,  H.  Lohden  43, 

. P.  Heidelberger  43,  H.  Haase  43,  F.  Ronn  43,  F.  Busch  42, 
Charles  Grosch  41. 

Bullseyes:  George  Wehrenberg  3,  John  Facklamm  2,  J.  H. 

Hainhorst  1,  G.  W.  Offerman  1,  William  Wessel  1,  A.  W.  Lemcke 
1,  J.  C.  Bonn  1,  Charles  Grosch  1,  J.  H.  Klee  1,  H.  Heinicke  1, 
R.  Ohms  1,  H.  Lohden  1,  M.  D.  Ayer  1,  H.  Holterman  1,  D. 
' Bohling  1,  Chris.  Plump  1,  G.  H.  Frasen  1,  N.  C.  L.  Beversten  1, 
Fred  Busch  1,  N.  Berkman  1.  • 


West  Milton  (O ) Outing  Club. 

The  regular  offhand  rifle  contest  for  medals  of  the  West  Milton 
Outing  Club  was  held  on  April  26,  fourteen  members  taking  part. 
In  the  100yd.  offhand  match  Creedmoor  targets  were  used  for 
the  first  time.  W.  H.  Kerr  won  the  first  prize  medal  on  45 
out  of  a possible  48,  and  D.  W.  Macy  second  on  44.  _ . 

The  200yd.  medal  contest,  muzzle  rest  was  then  shot.  In  this 
match  the  Standard  American  target  is  used,  5 shots,  possible  50. 
John  Spitler  made  5 center  shots  and  won  the  medal  on  a per- 
fect score  of  50.  W.  F.  Jay,  Jr.,  was  a close  second  with  49. 
These  are  both  good  scores  to  serve  as  patterns  for  neighboring 
rifle  clubs. 

The  club  will  hold,  a rifle  tournament  on  July  4,  and  all . rifle- 
men are  cordially  invited  to  attend.  The  programme  will  be  issued 
in  due  time.  The.rscores : 

- Match,  4 shots.  100yds.,  48  possible: 

W H Kerr 

D W Macy....... ...... 


J C Anderson;. 


. 45 

W F Jay,  Jr...., 

34 

. 44 

J W Macy 

34 

. 42 

J IT  Cress  i . . . . . . . . 

. 40 

C R Chase 

31 

. 38 

A Kessler 

29 

37 

J Spitler  

26 

. 36 

T Lyon  

24 

A Vore 
W T Kessler. 

H R Pearson 

Medal  match,  200yds.,  Standard  American  target,  muzzle  rest, 
5 shots,  possible  50: 

39 
35 
35 

33 

34 
26 


J Spitler  50  II  R Pearson. 

W F Jay,  Jr 49  J W Macy  ... 

I A Vore  47  T Lyon  

D W Jones  44  W T Kessler.. 

C R Chase 41  W IT  Kerr 

J C Anderson  43  H Kessler  

J H Cress 39 


Independent  New  Yotk  Schuetzen. 

The  opening  shoot  and  summer  night’s  festival  of  this  club, 
of  which  Gus:  Zimmerman  is  captain,  will  be  held  in  Union  Hill 
Park,  New  Jersey,  Wednesday  and  Thursday,  May  24  and  25. 
There  will  be  shooting  on  the  first  day  from  10  o’clock  A.  M., 
until  7 P.  M.,  and  on  the  second  from  9 A.  M.,  to  6 P.  M. 

The  King  target  is  open  to  members  only,  one  shot  each,  best 
center  to  win.  Besides  the  King  medal,  there  will  be  several 
other  valuable  prizes. 

The  King  target  calls  for  three-shot  scores,  entries  unlimited, 
best  two  tickets  to  count  for  first  five  prizes  and  single  tickets 
for  the  rest.  There  will  be  fifteen  cash  prizes,  ranging  from 
$30  to  $1,  and  three  cash  premiums  for  best  scores.  This  is 
open  to  all. 

The  Bullseye  target  will  also  be  open  to  all  comers,  10-shot 
tickets  unlimited,  the  best  center  shot  to  count.  Seventeen  prizes, 
$20  to  $1,  and  premiums  for  first  and  last  and  most  bullseyes 
each  day. 

On  May  25  from  2 to  5 o’clock  P.  M.,  the  ladies  will  com- 
pete for  the  Queen  gold  medal,  a silver  medal  and  numerous 
other  prizes.  “Members  will  appear  in  uniform  on  the  last- 
day.  A banquet  and  ball  will  follow  the  distribution  of  prizes. 


Zettler  Rifle  Club. 


The  regular  shoot  for  April  22  was  postponed  a week,  and  a 
club  dinner  took  its  place.  The  shoot  held  the  night  of  April 
29  on  the  Zettler  ranges,  was  well  attended.  Members  shoot 
two  10-shot  scores  for  record  at  25yds.  offhand  with  .22  caliber 
rifles.  The  results  follow: 

T N Wunz  232  230-462  A Dick  210  198—408 

S Nevins  220  234—454  C G Kellar. .........  200  214—414 

F A Hall...... 220  223 — 443  C Sherwood  208  198 — 406 

A Brown  217  223 — 440  W Krieger  210  192 — 402 

F H Ryan  220  218 — 438  C A Simms  161  196 — 357 

J G Schroeder 221  217-438  F B Hovey........  176  171— 347 

W AHabough.......  219  208-427 


A Hint  to  Advertisers, 

In  Forest  and  Stream  of  March  18,  Mr.  Jasper  L.  Rowe,  of 
Richmond,  Va.,  inserted  a small  advertisement  of  smoking  to- 
bacco. On  March  22,  he  wrote  the  following  letter: 

Richmond,  Va.,  223  E.  Broad  St. 

. 3/22,  1905. 

Forest  and  Stream  Pub.  Co.,  New  York: 

Dear  Sirs — Kindly  insert  after  “pound”  the  following:  “Large 

sample  package  ten  cents.”  If  same  is  not  asking  too  much,  I 
thank  you.  When  my  present  adv.  runs  out  will  consider  a six 
months’  contract,  as  my  results  are  fine.  Respectfully  yours, 

Jasper  L.  Rowe. 

This  shows  very  clearly — and  all  persons  who  have  a really 
good  thing  to  sell  will  do  well  to  consider  it— that  Forest  and 
Stream  goes  to . people  who"  want  to  buy  good  things  so  much 
that  when  they  hear  of  them  they  waste  no  time  in  trying  to  learn 
more  about  them.' 


At  the  last  business  meeting,  held  at  headquarters  in  New 
York  City,  a programme  for  the  club’s  outdoor  season  was  made 
up,  dates  fixed  and  prizes  named.  The  shooting  days  will  be  the 
afternoon  of  the  second  Saturday  in  each  month,  May— October 
inclusive.  The  exact  dates  are  May  13,  June  10,  July  8,  August 
12,  September  9 and  October  14.  The  ranges  in  Union  Hill 
Park,  New  Jersey,  will  be  the  place  of  meeting.  On  each  shoot- 
ing day  members  may  shoot  five  10-shot  scores  each,  and  in  the 
event  of  a member  being  unable  to  be  present  on  a certain  day, 
he  can  shoot  up  his  back  scores  on  the  next  shooting  day.  The 
best  50-shot  score  of  the  season  takes  $5  cash,  the  first  prize; 
second  and  third,  $4  each;  fourth  and  fifth,  $3  each;  sixth  and 
seventh,  $2.50  each;  and  eighth  prize,  $1.  At  the  regular  meeting 
in  July  each  member  may  fire  a 10-shot  score  for  the  National 
Association  medal. 


trapshooting. 


If  you  want  your  shoot  to  be  announced  here  send  a 
notice  like  the  following  r 

Fixtures* 

May  3.— Muncie,  Ind. — Magic  City  Gun  Club  spring  tournament — 
Indiana  State  League  series.  F.  L.  Wachtel,  Sec’y. 

May  4-5. — Waterloo,  la..  Gun  Club  spring  tournament.  E.  M. 
Storm,  Sec’y. 

May  5. — Rantoul,  111.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  J.  D.  Neal,  Mgr. 

May  6.— Newark,  N.  J. — South  Side  Gun  Club  re-entry  match 
for  $100  gold  watch. 

May  6. — Mullerite  Gun  Club  shoot,  on  grounds  of  Brooklyn,  N. 
Y.  Gun  Club.  A.  A.  Schoverling,  Mgr. 

May  8-9. — Vicksburg,  Miss. — Mississippi  Delta  Trapshooters’ 

League  first  tournament. 

May  9-10.— Fairmont,  W.  Va.,  Gun  Club  second  monthly  shoot  of 
Monongahela  Valley  Sportsman’s  League  of  West  Virginia. 
E.  F.  Jacobs,  Sec’y. 

May  9-10. — Olean,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  B.  D. 
Nobles,  Sec’y. 

May  9-12. — Hastings,  Neb. — Nebraska  State  Sportsmen’s  Associa- 
tion’s twenty-ninth  annual  tournament.  Geo.  L.  Carter,  Sec’y, 
Lincoln,  Neb. 

May  11-12. — Wilmington,  Del. — Wawaset  Gun  Club  third  annual 
spring  tournament.  W.  M.  Foord,  Sec’y. 

May  13. — Paterson,  N.  J. — Jackson  Park  Gun  Club  all-day  shoot. 
Wm.  Dutcher,  Mgr. 

May  14-16. — Des  Moines,  la. — Iowa  State  Sportsmen’s  Association 
tournament. 

May  16-18. — Herrington,  Kans. — Kansas  State  Sportsmen’s  Asso- 
ciation tournament. 

May  16-18. — Parkersburg,  W.  Va. — West  Virginia  State  Sports- 
men’s Association  ninth  annual  meeting  and  tournament; 
$600  added  money  and  prizes.  F.  E.  Mallory_,  Sec’y. 

May  17. — Boston,  Mass.,  Gun  Club  annual  invitation  team  shoot. 
H.  C.  Kirkwood,  Sec’y. 

May  17-18. — Auburn,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  two-day  tournament.  Knox 
& Knapp,  Mgrs. 

May  17-18. — Owensboro,  Ky.— The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  Daviess  County  Gun  Club. 
James  Lewis,  Sec’y. 

May  17-19.— Stanley  Gun  Club  of  Toronto  (Incorporated),  Can., 
annual  tournament.  Alexander  Dey,  Sec’y,  178  Mill  street, 
Toronto. 

May  19-21. — St.  Louis,  Mo. — Rawlins  first  semi-annual  tournament; 
two  days  targets,  one  day  live  birds.  Alec.  D.  Mermod,  Mgr., 
620  Locust  street. 

May  20. — Castleton  Corners,  S.  I — Mullerite  Gun  Club  thirteenth 
shoot.  A.  A.  Schoverling,  Mgr. 

' May  20-21. — Shakopee,  Minn.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  Mathias 
A.  Deutsch,  Sec’y. 

May  23-24. — Minneapolis,  Minn.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament. 
H.  Marston,  Sec’y. 

May  23-25. — Lincoln. — Illinois  State  Sportsmen’s  Association  tour- 
nament. 

May  24.— Catskill,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  Seth  T.  Cole, 
Sec’y. 

May  24-25. — Wolcott,  N.  Y. — Catchpole  Gun  Club  tournament. 
E.  A.  Wadsworth,  Sec’y. 

May  25-27. — Montreal,  Quebec,  Gun  Club  grand  trapshooting 
tournament.  D.  J.  Kearney,  Sec’y,  412  St.  Paul  street,  Quebec. 

May  29-31. — Louisville,  Ky. — Kentucky  State  League  shoot,  under 
auspices  of  Jefferson  County  Gun  Club.  Emile  Pragoff,  Sec’y. 

May  29-31. — Louisville,  Ky.— Kentucky  Trapshooters’  League  third 
annual  tournament.  Frank  Pragoff,  Sec’y. 

May  30. — Cleveland,  O.,  Gun  Club’s  tournament. 

May  30. — McKeesport,  Pa. — Enterprise  Gun  Club  tournament. 
Geo.  W.  Mains,  Sec’y. 

May  30. — Utica,  N.  Y. — Riverside  Gun  Club’s  all-day  target  tour- 
nament; merchandise.  E.  J.  Loughlin,  Sec’y. 

May  30. — Mullerite  Gun  Club  all-day  shoot  on  grounds  of  Point 
Pleasant,  N.  J.,  Gun  Club.  A.  A.  Schoverling,  Mgr. 

May  30. — Newport,  R.  I.— Aquidneck  Gun  Club  fourth  annual 
tournament.  J.  S.  Coggeshal,  Sec’y.  i 

May  30.— Bound  Brook,  N.  J.,  Gun  Club  all-day  thoot.  Dr.  J.  H. 
V.  Bache,  Sec’y. 

May  30. — Norristown,  Pa. — Penn  Gun  Club  annuaLDecoration  Day 
tournament.  T.  V.  Smith,  Sec’y. 

May  30. — Lawrence,  Mass. — Second  annual  Memorial  Day  tourna1- 
ment.  R.  B.  Parkhurst,  Sec’y. 

May  30. — Fifth  annual  Decoration  Day  tournament  of  the  Ossining, 
N.  Y„  Gun  Club.  C.  G.  Blandford,  Capt. 

May  30-31. — Washington,  D.  C. — Analostan  Gun  Club  two-day 
tournament;  $200  added.  Miles  Taylor,  Sec’y,  222  F street, 
N.  W. 

May  31: -June  1.— Vermillion. — South  Dakota  State  Sportsmen’s 
Association  tournament. 

June  3. — Long  Island  City,  L.  L— Queens  County  Gun  Club  open 
tournament.  Rchard  IT.  Glasman,  Sec’y. 

June  5-6. — New  Paris,  O.— Cedar  Springs  Gun  Club  tournament. 
J.  F.  Freeman,  Sec’y. 

June  6-8. — New  Jersey  State  Sportsmen’s  Association  tournament 
under  auspices  of  the  Rahway,  N.  J.,  Gun  Club.  W.  R. 
Hobart.  Sec’y 

June  6-8. — Sioux  City,  la. — Soo  Gun  Club  tournament. 

June  8-9.— Dalton,  O.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  Ernest  E. 
Scott,  Capt. 

June  3-4.— Chicago  Trapshooters’  Association  amateur  tourna- 
ment. E.  B.  Shogren,  Sec’y. 

June  9. — Shamokin,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  S.  C.  Yocum, 
Sec’y. 

June  13-14. — New  Bethlehem.  Pa.— Crescent  Gun  Club  second 
annual  tournament.  R.  E.  Dinger,  Capt. 

June  13-14. — Butler,  Mo. — The  Missouri  and  Kansas  League  of 
Trapshooters.  Dr.  C.  B.  Clapp,  Sec’y. 

June  13-16. — Utica,  N.  Y. — New  York  State  shoot.  James  Brown, 
Sec’y. 

June  13-15. — Canton,  O.,  Trapshooters’  League  tournament. 

June  14-15. — Durham,  N.  C. — North  Carolina  Trapshooters’  Associa- 
tion second  annual  tournament.  Geo.  L.  Lyon,  Pres. 

June  15. — Champlain,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament. 

June  16-18. — Putnam,  111. — Undercliff  Sportsmen’s  Association 
tournament.  C.  G.  Grubbs,  Mgr. 

June  20-21.— Binghamton,  N.  Y.,  Rod  and  Gun  Club  tournament, 
Vernon  L.  Perry,  Sec’y. 

June  20-22.— New  London,  la.,  Gun  Club  tournament. 

June  21-22. — Bradford,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  club  tournament.  E.  C. 
Charlton,  Sec’y. 

June  22. — Towanda,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  W.  F.  Dittrich, 
Sec’y. 

June  27-30. — Indianapolis,  Ind. — The  Interstate  Association’s  Grand 
American  Handicap  target  tournament;  $1,000  added  money. 
Elmer  E.  Shaner,  Secy-Mgr.,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

July  1. — Sherbrooke,  Can.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  C.  H. 
Foss,  Sec’y. 

July  4. — Shamokin,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  S.  C.  Yocum, 
Sec’y. 

July  4.— South  Framingham,  Mass.— Second  annual  team  shoot; 
$50  in  cash. 

july  4. — Springfield,  Mass. — Midsummer  tournament  of  the  Spring- 
field,  Mass.,  Shooting  Club.  C.  L.  Kites,  Sec’y. 

July  g-7. — Traverse  City,  Mich.,  trapshooting  tournament, 
uly  11-12. — New  Bethlehem,  Pa.— Crescent  Gun  Club  second 
annual  tournament. , O.  E.  Shoemaker,  Sec’y. 


May  6,  1905.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


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July  12-13. — Menominee,  Mich. — The  Interstate  Association  s tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  Menominee  Gun  Club. 
W.  W.  McOnten’  Sec’y. 

July  24-28. — Brehm’s  Ocean  City,  Md.,  target  tournament  H. 
A.,  Brehm,  Mgr.,  Baltimore. 

July  28-29.— Newport,  R.  I.— Aquidneck  Gun  Club  tournament. 

Aug.  2-4. — Albert  Lea,  Minn. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  Albert  Lea  Gun  Club. 
N.  E.  Paterson,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  16-18. — Ottawa,  Can. — Dominion  of  Canada  Trapshooting  and 
Game  Protective  Association.  G.  Easdale,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  16-18.— Kansas  City,  Mo.— The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  O.  K.  Gun  Club.  C.  C. 
Herman.  Sec’v 

Aug.  22-23.— Carthage,  Mo.— The  Missouri  and  Kansas  League  of 
Trapshooter.  Dr.  C.  B.  Clapp,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  22-25.— Lake  Okoboji,  la.— Indian  annual  tournament. 

Aug.  29-31. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tournament,  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Colorado  Springs,  Colo.,  Gun  Club ; $1,000 
added  money.  A.  J.  Lawton,  Sec’y. 

Sept.  4 (Labor  Day).— Fall  tournament  of  the  Springfield,  Mass., 
Shooting  Club;  $25  added  money.  C.  L.  Kites,  Sec’y. 

Sept.  5-8.— Trinidad,  Colo.— Grand  Western  Handicap. 

Sept.  15-17.— San  Francisco,  Cal.— The  Interstate  Association’s 
Pacific  Coast  Handicap  at  Targets,  under  the  auspices  of  the 
San  Francisco  Trapshooting  Association.  A.  M.  Shields,  Sec’y. 

Sept.  18-20.— Cincinnati  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  Arthur. 
Gambell,  Mgr.  , 

Oct.  10-11.— St.  Joseph,  Mo.— The  Missouri  and  Kansas  League  of 
Trapshooters.  Dr.  C.  B.  Clapp,  Sec’y. 

Oct.  11-12.— Dover,  Del.,  Gun  Club  tournament;  open  to  all 
amateurs.  W.  H.  Reed,  Sec’y. 

Oct.  12.— Fall  tournament  of  the  Delaware  Trapshooters’  League, 
oil  grounds  of  Dover  Gun  Club. 


DRIVERS  AND  TWISTERS. 


Club  secretaries  are  invited  to  send  their  scores  for 
publication  in  these  columns,  also  any  news  notes  they 
may  care  to  have  published.  Mail  all  such  matter  to 
Forest  and  Stream  Publishing  Company,  346  Broadway, 
New  York.  Forest  and  Stream  goes  to  press  on  Tues- 
day OF  EACH  WEEK. 


June  22  has  been  fixed  upon  by  the  Towanda,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  for 
a tournament. 

The  Catskill,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  announce  a tournament  for  May 
24.  Mr.  Seth  T.  Cole  is  the  Secretary. 

*, 

Advices  on  Tuesday  were  to  the  effect  that  the  Pennsylvania 
State  shoot  is' great  in  point  of  numbers  and  quality. 

The  next  prize  shoot  of  the  Ossining,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  is  fixed 
to  take  place  on  Saturday  of  this  week.  The  Decoration  Day 
shoot  of  this  club  has  an  attractive  programme. 

K 

The  Pennsylvania  Legislature  adjourned  with  the  anti-pigeon 
shooting  bill  in  charge  of  the  committee.  Thus  pigeon  shooting 
is  legal  in  Pennsylvania  for  an  indefinite  time. 

Mr.  Emile  Pragoff,  Secretary  of  the  Jefferson  County  Gun  Club, 
writes  us:  “The  State  League  shoot  will  be  held  in  Louisville, 

Ky.,  May  29,  30,  31,  under  the  auspices  of  the  Jefferson  County 
Gun  Club,  who  will  add  $300  in  money  and  trophies.” 

The  shoot  of  the  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club,  fixed  to  be 
held  on  Saturday  of  this  week,  has  a programme  of  six  events, 
one  at  25,  the  remainder  at  15  targets;  entrance  $1.25  and  $1.15. 
Shooting  begins  at  1 o’clock.  Targets,  one  cent.  Mr.  Alfred 
Traver  is  the  Captain. 

H 

Mr.  A.  A.  Schoverling  informs  us  that  “The  thirteenth  shoot 
of  the  Mullerite  Gun  Club  will  be  held  on  the  grounds  of  the 
Castleton  Gun  Club,  Castleton  Corners,  S.  I.,  on  Saturday,  May 
20.  Shooting  begins  at  11  A.  M.  Take  ferry  foot  of  Whitehall 
street,  New  York,  then  Port  Richmond  trolley  car  to  Castleton 
Corners,  S.  I.” 

H 

Ten  events  are  on  the  programme  of  the  Boston  Gun  Club’s 
sixth  annual  team  shoot,  to  be  held  at  Wellington,  on  May  17. 
The  events  are  at  15  and  20  targets.  Shooting  commences  at 
9 o’clock.  Lunch  will  be  served  on  the  grounds.  Guns  and  am- 
munition, forwarded  to  Kirkwood  Brothers,  23  Elm  street,  Boston, 
and  arriving  not  later  than  May  15,  will  be  delivered  on  the 
grounds  free.  Targets  1 Yz  cent.  Two  prizes  for  amateur  averages. 

The  programme  of  the  Mullerite  Gun  Club’s  twelfth  shoot,  to  be 
held  on  the  grounds  of  the  Brooklyn  Gun  Club  on  Saturday  of  this 
week,  consists  of  six  events,  at  15,  20,  25  and  50  targets;  entrance 
$1.05,'  $1.40,  $1.75  and  $2.50.  The  fourth  shoot,  25  targets,  for  the 
Hunter  Arms  Co.  silver  badge,  has  75  cents  entrance.  Event  4, 
50  targets,  is  the  merchandise  event.  Total  of  programme,  150 
targets,  $9.50  entrance.  Shooting  begins  at  11  o’clock.  Take 
Kings  County  Elevated  to  Crescent  street,  thence  by  stage  to  the 
grounds. 

The  remaining  shoots  of  the  Montello  Gun  Club,  of  Brockton, 
Mass.,  are  announced  by  the  Secretary  as  follows:  “June  10,  24; 
July  4,  22;  Aug.  5,  19;  Sept.  3,  16,  30.  Valuable  prizes  given  at 
every  shoot.  One  prize  to  every  four  entries.  Price  of  birds 
to  members  % cent  each;  non-members,  1 cent.  Prize  shooting, 
% cent  additional  to  all.  One  dollar  membership  fee  gives  shooter 
lowest  club  rate  in  New  England  for  1905.  Private  shoots  on  other 
dates  can  be  arranged  with  the  Secretary.  Shells  and  sporting 
goods  on  sale  at  club  rates.  Excellent  grounds.  Best  of  service. 
All  sportsmen  welcome.  H.  Windle,  Secretary.” 

* 

At  the  shoot  of  the  Texas  State  Sportsmen’s  Association,  April 
18-20,  at  Waco,  in  the  diamond  medal  event  on  the  first  day,  20 
live  birds,  $15  entrance,  Fosgard,  of  Waco,  was  first  with  19, 
Stith,  Ingraham  and  R.  Jackson  were  second  with  18.  E.  Noble, 
winner  of  the  medal  last  year,  was  third  with  17.  Fourth  event 
to  Gilstrap,  Gardner,  J.  A.  Jackson  and  Woodward.  Rain  pre- 
vented shooting  after  the  second  event.  About  one  hundred  entered 
in  the  contest  on  the  second  day.  For  the  individual  champion- 
ship, Atchison,  Curran  and  B.  Connerly  tied  with  44  out  of  50, 
and  in  the  shoot-off  on  the  following  day,  Atchison  won.  Turner 
Hubby  was  high  in  the  professional  averages;  Dunkerly  was  high 
in  the  amateurs.  At  the  annual  meeting  officers  were  elected  as 
follows:  President,  Frank  Sterrett,  Abilene;  Vice-President  and 

Treasurer,  J.  A.  Jackson,  Austin;  Secretary,  George  Tucker, 
Brenham.  A Legislative  Committee  was  appointed  to  look  after 
the  legislative  affairs  of  the  gunners  as  follows:  Col.  Oscar  Gues- 
saz,  of  San  Antonio;  J.  A.  Jackson,  of  Austin,  and  M.  B.  Davis, 
of  Waco,  Austin  was  selected  as  the  next  place  of  meeting. 


A correspondent  informs  us  that  “A  club,  known  as  the  Rock- 
wood  Gun  Club,  of  Rockwood,  Pa.,  has  been  organized  through 
the  efforts  of  F.  D.  Dunbar  and  J.  C.  Garland,  of  Pittsburg,  and 
several  local  sportsmen.  It  has  at  present  twenty-five  members, 
and  is  steadily  increasing.  A practice  is  held  nearly  every  after- 
noon, and  some  very  good  scores  have  been  made  for  greenhorns. 
The  organization  has  received  encouragement  from  the  leading 
citizens  of  this  and  surrounding  towns.  The  officers  for  the  year 
are:  George  Ridenour,  President;  B.  W.  Hull,  Vice-President; 

R.  E.  Donnelly,  Secretary,  and  J.  W.  Floover,  Treasurer.” 

Mr.  Edward  B.  Weston,  President  of  the  National  Archery  As- 
sociation, of  the  United  States,  has  issued  a circular  letter  “to  the 
archers  of  the  United  States,”  in  which  is  presented  much  useful 
information  of  value  to  archers.  He  requests  that  archers  send 
him  their  names  and  addresses,  thereby  enabling  him  to  prepare 
a more  useful  mailing  list,  and  to  acquire  a more  accurate 
knowledge  of  the  status  of  archery  throughout  the  United  States. 
A letter  will  be  issued  about  July  1,  giving  complete  information 
of  the  tournament  to  be  held  in  Chicago,  Aug.  15-17.  The  Presi- 
dent’s address  is  85  Dearborn  street,  Chicago.  Shooters  who  are 
experts  with  the  long  bow  are  eligible. 

* 

At  the  Interstate  tournament  held  at  Hopkinsville,  Ky.,  April 
26-27,  general  professional  averages  were  as  follows:  First,  Mr. 
John  S.  Boa,  381  out  of  400;  second,  Mr.  F.  C.  Riehl,  380;  third, 
Mr.  Harold  Money,  378.  Amateur:  Mr.  A.  Willerding,  365;  sec- 
ond, Mr.  F.  Legler,  364;  third,  Mr.  E.  M.  Moss,  362.  First  day, 
professional  average,  Mr.  F.  C.  Riehl  192;  second  Messrs.  C.  O. 
Le  Compte,  188;  third,  Mr.  Harold  Money,  186.  Amateurs:  Mr. 

A.  Willerding,  179;  second,  Mr.  F.  Legler,  178;  third,  Mr.  E.  M. 
Moss,  174.  Second  day,  professional,  first,  Mr.  J.  S.  Boa,  193; 
second,  Mr.  Harold  Money,  192;  third,  Mr.  C.  O.  Le  Compte,  189. 
Amateur,  first,  Mr.  E.  M.  Moss,  188;  second,  Messrs.  F.  Legler 
and  A.  Willerding,  186;  third,  Mr.  A.  Meaders,  184. 

* 

The  programme  of  the  Enterprise  Gun  Club’s  ninth  annual 
tournament,  to  be  held  at  McKeesport,  Pa.,  May  30,  provides  ten 
events,  15,  20  and  25  targets,  a total  of  180  targets,  $12.60  entrance. 
The  one  25-target  event  is  merchandise,  and  twenty-four  special 
prizes  are  mentioned,  of  which  the  first  is  a beautiful  rocker,  $5 
in  gold  to  the  next  three  high  guns,  etc.  The  Rose  system  will 
govern  other  events.  The  club  will  give  $2  each  to  first  straight 
in  15,  20  and  25  target  events;  same  for  largest  run,  and  same 
to  the  high  and  low  guns  respectively.  Lunch  served  on  the 
grounds.  Shooting  begins  at  9 o’clock.  “Shells  and  guns,  shipped, 
charges  prepaid,  via  Adams  Express,  to  George  W.  Mains,  317 
Pacific  avenue,  will  be  delivered  on  grounds  free  of  charge.” 

The  programme  of  the  Wawaset  Gun  Club  amateur  handicap 
tournament,  to  be  held  at  Wilmington,  Del.,  May  11-12,  has  a 
like  programme  for  each  day,  namely,  twelve  events  at  15  targets 
each,  entrance  $1.30.  Totals,  180  targets,  $15.60.  Shooting  begins 
at  9 o’clock.  The  entire  profits  of  the  shoot  will  be  set  aside  as 
a special  purse  for  amateurs  who  shoot  through  the  programme 
and  do  not  win  their  entranoe.  After  paying  such  losses,  the 
balance,  if  any,  will  be  given  to  the  high  guns.  Sliding  handi- 
cap will  govern.  Dinner  will  be  served  on  the  grounds  each  day. 
Targets,  2 cents,  1^4  cent  of  which  is  reserved  for  the  special 
purse.  May  10  will  be  practice  day.  Targets  will  not  be  thrown 
over  50yds.  Rose  system,  5,  3,  2,  1.  Guns  and  ammunition,  pre- 
paid, and  marked  in  owner’s  name,  care  E.  Melchior,  Jr.,  214 
King  street,  Wilmington,  Del.,  will  be  delivered  on  the  grounds 
free  of  charge.  For  further  information  address  Mr.  W.  M.  Foord, 
213  West  Sixth  street,  Wilmington. 

The  programme  of  the  Rawlings  semi-annual  tournament  No.  1, 
to  be  held  at  Dupont  Park,  St.  Louis,  May  19-21,  Mr.  Alec.  Mer- 
mod,  Manager,  provides  competition  of  both  targets  and  live 
birds.  There  are  ten  target  events  on  the  first  day,  at  15,  20  and 
25  targets;  entrance  $1.50,  $2  and  $2.50;  a total  of  200  targets, 
entrance  $20.  On  the  first  day,  $10  is  allowed  for  high  amateur 
average.  On  the  second  day  the  Monte  Carlo  Handicap,  open 
to  the  world,  is  the  event  of  the  day.  Conditions:  25  live  birds, 

$25  entrance;  handicaps  25  to  32yds.  High  guns,  one  money  to 
each  four  entries.  Also  on  the  second  day  there  will  be  eight 
events  at  targets,  three  of  which  are  for  merchandise,  $1  entrance. 
On  the  third  day,  eight  target  events  are  provided.  The  seventh 
has  merchandise  prizes.  Event  8 is  the  Dupont  handicap,  50  tar- 
gets, $5  entranoe,  $10  added.  Also  on  the  third  day,  an  event  at 
20  live  birds  for  the  amateur  championship  is  provided.  Entrance 
$10,  birds  extra.  Money  divided,  50,  30  and  20;  handsome  medal 
to  winner.  Class  shooting  in  the  target  events.  Shooting  each 


Mullerite  Gua  Club. 


Freeport,  L.  I.,  April  27. — The  eleventh  shoot  of  the  Mullerite 
Gun  Club  was  held  on  the  grounds  of  the  Freeport  Gun  Club 
to-day.  The  attendance  was  rather  light,  owing  to  a pretty 
steady  fall  of  rain,  which  continued  until  about  2 in  the  afternoon, 
when  it  cleared  up  and  made  the  conditions  about  ideal  for 
shooting. 

Some  very  fair  scores  were  made,  notably  those  of  Wm.  Hop- 
kins, who  scored  two  10  straights  and  two  15  straights;  Fred 
Gildersleeve,  who  only  lost  8 targets  out  of  120,  making  an  aver- 
age of  93  1-3  per  cent. 

Event  7 was  a handicap  at  50  targets  for  one  of  the  Mullerite 
gold  medals.  It  was  hotly  contested,  and  required  four  shoot- 
offs,  -each  at  25  targets.  The  contestants  finally  agreed  to  a 
change  of  conditions  in  order  to  finish.  Messrs.  George  Call  and 
C.  A.  Lockwood  scored  25  straight  in  a shoot-off  on  his  straight 
of  actual  breaks.  W.  C.  Ansell  won  second  prize,  a fishing  rod. 
Four  shot  for  targets  only  in  the  50-target  event.  Handicaps  apply 
to  event  7,  and  column  8 is  the  total  of  that  event. 


Events : 

Targets : 

H S Welles 

VV  Hopkins  

Geo  Call,  10 

F C Willis,  10 

E W Reynolds 

Nash,  8 

R S Hendrickson,  10 

E P Smith 

A Smith  

Bert  Lott  

C.  E Ansell,  15  

F Gildersleeve  

Chas  Lockwood,  10.. 
L W Valentine,  15. . 


123456789  10  11  12 
10  10  10  10  15  15  50  25  25  15  15 

7 8 5 8 13  14  39  14  13 

8 8 10  10  12  15  42  12  15 

8 9 9 4 10  14  40  50  

10  9 6 9 11  13  35  45  ....  11  14 

10  . . 5 7 14  12 15  14 

4 6 7 5 14  14  36  44  21  21  15  14 

8 8 8 4 12  11  40  50  ....  12  13 

4 . . 8 8 10 

7 11 14 

7 14  13  

8 36  50  ....  14  .. 


50 

26  41  18  ... . 9 


First  shoot-off  in  handicap,  25  targets,  half  of  original  allotment. 


Brk.  Hdp.  Tot’l. 


'all  

.22 

5 

25 

Hendrickson  

.21 

5 

26 

Second  shoot-off: 

Call  

.25 

0 

25 

Hendrickson  .... 

.18 

5 

23 

Third  shoot-off 

Lockwood  

.22 

5 

25 

Call  

.22 

5 

25 

Fourth  shoot-off: 

Call  

.20 

0 

20 

Lockwood  

.25 

0 

25 

Brk.  Hdp.  Tot’l. 


Lockwood  . . 

21 

5 

25 

Ansell  

17 

8 

25 

Lockwood  . . . 

23 

5 

25 

Ansell  

19 

8 

25 

Ansell  

19 

8 

25 

Ansell  

21 

3 

24 

In  final  shoot-off,  Call  and  Lockwood  at  scratch,  Ansell  allowed 
3 targets.  E.  W.  Reynolds. 


Stanley  Gun  Club. 

Toronto,  April  30.— -The  regular  weekly  shoot  of  the  Stanley 
Gun  Club  took  place  on  their  grounds  on  Saturday.  The  day, 
though  fine,  was  against  the  shooter.  A gale  blew  from  the  west, 
causing  the  targets  to  take  a very  uncertain  flight.  In  the  spoon 
event,  which  is  a handicap  with  extra  birds  to  shoot  at,  Mr.  Dunk 
and  Farmer  tied  with  22  each.  In  the  shoot-off,  Mr.  Dunk  won. 
The  scores: 


Events : 1234  5678 

Targets:  10  10  10  20  * 25  25  10  20 

Rock  9 8 7 16  (0)  15  ..  10  16 

Hulme  10  8 9 ..  (0)  20  

Turner  7 6 8 ..  (6)  22  18  ..  .. 

M cGraw  5 . . 5 . . (7)  14  . . 5 . . 

Dunk  9 9 9 18  (0)  22  19  ..  .. 

McGill  10  8 8 16  (0)  20  18  9 18 

Hirons  7 . . 6 . . (4)  15 

XX  5 7 8 15  (4)  21  16  8 18 

Thompson  6 7 10  16  (0)  18  17  .. 

Martin  5 . . 7 . . (5)  20 

Hooey  4 5 7 ..  (4)  18  ..  7 .. 

Fritz  7 4 ..  ..  

Buck  7 9 ..  (1)  20  

Dey  7 ..  ..  (0)  19  ..  7 .. 

Green  (6)  19  15  ..  16 

Alex.  Dey,  Sec’y. 


New  Yo  k State  Association. 

Rome,  N.  Y.,  May  1. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream:  I notice  in  your 
issue  of  April  29  an  editorial  for  “The  Expansion  of  Trapshoot- 
ing.” I also  observe  that  you  state  that  the  New  York  State  As- 
sociation seems  to  have  declined  in  vigor  and  importance.  I do 
not  think,  however,  that  it  has  been  so  much  on  account  of  a de- 
crease of  interest  throughout  the  State  as  on  account  of  the  con- 
dition of  the  state  organization  and  the  little  interest  taken  in  it  as 
an  organization. 

To  my  mind  there  is  no  reason  why  the  New  York  State  organ- 
ization should  not  be  as  strong,  if  not  stronger,  than  any  or- 
ganization in  the  country,  and  with  that  end  in  view,  at  the  con- 
vention held  in  Buffalo  in  1904,  a committee  was  appointed  to 
draft  a new  constitution  and  outline  a plan  for  reorganization,  and 
that  committee  will  report  at  the  State  shoot  to  be  held  in  Utica 
next  June. 

The  Oneida  County  Sportsmen’s  Association  have  the  State 
shoot  in  charge  this  year,  and  are  doing  everything  that  they  can 
to  awake  an  interest  and  obtain  a large  attendance,  and  we  think 
if  every  one  within  the  State  that  is  interested  in  trapshooting 
will  help,  there  will  be  no  doubt  but  what  at  the  convention  held 
in  June,  a new  start  will  be  made,  and  that  in  future  years  the 
New  York  State  Association  will  take  the  position  that  it  is  en- 
titled to.  M.  R.  Bingham, 

Pres.  Oneida  Co.  Sportsmen’s  Assn. 


day  commences  at  9 o’clock.  Pigeons,  25  cents.  Targets,  2 cents. 
Total  targets  for  three  days,  550;  total  target  entrance,  $50.50. 
Shells  shipped  to  Rawlings  Sporting  Goods  Co.,  620  Locust  street, 
will  be  delivered  at  Dupont  Park. 

Bernard  Waters. 

Independent  Gun  Club. 

Easton,  Pa.,  April  20. — The  second  annual  target  shoot  of  the 
Independent  Gun  Club,  of  Easton,  Pa.,  was  held  yesterday  (Sat- 
urday), on  the  club’s  grounds,  in  Cedarville,  and  was  a success. 
Neaf  Apgar  made  the  highest  average.  Jacob  Pleiss  made  the 
first  high  amateur  average,  with  W.  Mawrrer  second  and  A.  S. 
Heil,  of  Allentown,  third. 

A strong  wind  made  the  shooting  difficult,  and  both  professionals 
and  amateurs  made  many  unaccountable  misses.  Champion  El- 
liott started  the  tournament  at  10:30  A.  M.  with  a miss  on  his 
first  bird.  Isaac  Hahn,  of  Bethlehem,  broke  his  last  bird  of  the 
tournament  at  4:50  P.  M.  The  professionals  present  were  J.  A. 
R.  Elliott,  W.  J.  Hearne,  Neaf  Apgar,  L.  C.  Squier.  There  were 
thirty-one  entries  in  the  programme,  from  all  parts  of  State,  and 


The  following 

is  the  day’s  score,  each  man 

shooting  at  200 

targets : 

N Apgar  

175 

S S Adams 

159 

Jacob  Pleiss  ... 

168 

E F Markley.. 

154 

W Mawrrer 

C Armindt  

152 

A S Heil  

159 

O Skedo  

JAR  Elliott... 

156 

J Mawrrer  

W T Herron  . . . 

T C Miller 

L C Squier  

101 

J Hahn  

Jacob 

Pleiss,  .Sec’y. 

Aquidneck  Gun  Club. 

Newport,  R.  I.,  April  29. — The  fourteenth  serial  medal  shoot 
was  held  on  Wednesday  last  under  rather  unfavorable  weather 
conditions,  a stiff  southwest  breeze  prevailing.  Three  tied  on 
43,  with  handicaps  added.  The  first  25  at  unknown  angles;  second 
at  known.  The  scores: 

Events:  1 2 3 4 Handi- 

Targets:  10  15  10  15  Broke,  cap.  Total. 

Dring  6 12  8 11  37  6 43 

Hughes  10  11  7 11  39  4 43 

Powell  9 6 6 11  32  4 36 

E S Peckham. 3 14  9 11  37  6 42 

H A $ 1 9 13  38  6 43 


New  York  Athletic  Club. 

Travf.rs  Island,  N.  Y.,  April  29. — Special  cup,  re-entry  match, 
25  targets,  handicap  allowance,  resulted  as  follows: 

Hdp.  Tot’l.  Hdp.  Tot’l.  Hdp.  Tot’l.  Hdp.  Tot’l. 


F W'  Perkins 

2 

22 

2 

24 

2 

25 

A O Fleischman... 

2 

20 

2 

25 

2 

25 

2 ii 

J W Hibbard 

...6 

25 

6 

22 

6 

23 

T D Calhoun 

...4 

25 

4 

25 

4 

25 

A W Church 

....6 

22 

6 

20 

L M Borden 

....7 

25 

7 

21 

M B Smith 

...7 

7 

. . 

, . 

. . 

. . 

Re-entry  match,  special  cup,  25  targets,  handicap  allowance: 

Hdp.  Total.  Hdp.  Total. 

A O Fleischman 2 23  2 23 

J W Hibbard 6 24  6 25 

F W Perkins 2 22  2 22 

T M Borden ..7  20  7 20 

A M Church 7 20  7 19 

Special  trophy,  25  targets:  A.  O.  Fleischman  (0)  18,  F.  W. 

Perkins  (0)  20,  F.  Vilmar  (10)  22,  J.  D.  Calhoun  (0)  24. 

Trophy  match,  25  targets,  gun  at  waist:  A.  O.  Fleischman  15, 

F.  W.  Perkins  5. 

Trophy  match,  10  doubles:  A.  O.  Fleischman  6,  F.  W.  Per- 

kins 7. 

Ossining  Gun  Club. 

Ossining,  N.  Y.,  April  29.— The  following  scores  were  made  at 
the  regular  practice  day  of  this  club,  April  22.  In  the  match  for 
$50  in  gold,  poor  scores  have  been  the  rule,  Hyland  being  in  the 
lead  with  76.9  per  cent,  from  18yds. 

Our  prospects  for  a big  shoot  on  Decoration  Day  are  very 
promising.  The  programme  will  be  as  follows:  Four  events  at 

15  targets,  $1.30  entrance;  four  events,  at  20.  targets,  $1.40  entrance; 
a 25-target  event  at  $1.50  entranoe,  in  which  two.  ten-man  teams 
will  participate,  and  a 25-target  merchandise  event,  handicap,  14 
to  20yds.  Five  dollars,  high  amateur  average;  $2  each  to  the 
five  lowest  averages  entering  throughout  for  the  money.  All 
events  to  count  on  average,  but  the  distance  handicap. 

Next  prize  shoot  next  Saturday,  May  6. 

Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 

Targets : 10  25  25  15  25  25  Targets : 10  25  25  15  25  25 

I T Washburn.  6 18  18  10  15  ..  W Coleman..,.  8 ..  18  10  18  .. 

J T Hyland....  8 13  ..  13  19  21  K R McAlpin.  7 ..  14  ..  15  9 

D Brandreth...  7 14  16 R McAlpin....  4 ..  ..  7 ..  11 

C.  G,  B, 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


[May  6,  1903. 


8 66 


Awosticg  Gun  Club* 

New  Paitz,  N.  Y. — The  second  annual  tournament  of  the 
Awosting  Gun  Club,  of  Newport,  N.  Y.,  April  21,  brought  out  as 
fine  a crowd  of  shooters  as  ever  pulled  a trigger.  The  ten  events 
with  a total  of  ISO  targets,  was  finished  in  good  season,  and  every- 
body was  well  pleased  with  the  r treatment  and  day’s  sport. 

The  rain  of  the  night  before,  and  the  heavy  fog  of  the  morning 
of  the  shoot,  kept  at  least  twenty-five  shooters  from  coming.  But 
rain  has  no  terrors  for  a dead-game  sport,  and  forty-seven  of  them 
appeared  on  the  grounds  to  take  part  in  the  programme,  and  to 
wejcume  the  experts — Marshall,  Heer,  Butler,  Heikes  and 
Stevens — and  just  put  a mark  right  here,  they  are  socially,  as  well 
as  “shooterly,”  as  fine  a bunch  as  ever  looked  down  over  a gun. 

There  were  shooters  present  from  Saratoga,  Schenectady, 
Albany,  Catskill,  Kingston,  Poughkeepsie,  New  York  city,'  Mid- 
dletown, Ossining,  Hunter,  Walden,  and  several  other  nearby 
towns,  and  all  were  loud  in  their  praise  of  the  excellent  pro- 
gramme, the  unsurpassed  firing  line,  arid  the  way  the  managers 
handled  the  tournament.  V.  B.  Strong  handled  the  crowd  out- 
side, while  Snyder  did  the  stunts  in  the  office,  and  their  scores 
suffered  somewhat,  as  a natural  result.  Rolla  Heikes  was  high 
gun  with  169  out  of  ISO.  Heer  and  Stevens  166  each — remarkable 
scores  on  a dark  day  and  a heavy  wind  blowing.  We  would  not 
be  surprised  if  Harry  Valentine  . settled  down  here.  Last  year 
he  captured  everything  in  sight  here,  and  this  year  worked  in  a 
repetition,  162  out  of  180,  first  amateur  average,  $20,  and  the  $100 
Ithaca  gun,  with  25  straight. 

Charley  Floyd  second  average,  $15  and  the  gold  watch.  Second 
arize,  Floyd  and  S’ater  shot  off  a tie,  24  out  of  ?5.  Jap  won  out, 
Slater  taking  th:rd  prize,  the  gun  case.  Capt.  Traver  won  third 
average,  $10,  and  also  came  in  on  the  merchandise.  Sanders  won 
fourth  average,  $5,  and  the  solid  gold  cuff  buttons,  first  prize  in 
merchandise.  Warwick  won  fourth  prize  in  merchandise,  Blauvelt 
jacket.  Scott  won  fifth  prize,  shooting  coat;  Hyland,  sixth,  car- 
tridge case;  Johnston  seventh,  Bristol  steel  fly-rod;  J.  Rhodes 
eighth,  opera  glasses;  O.  H.  Brown  ninth,  cuff  buttons;  Greene 
eleventh,  hunting  knife.  Strong,  Tompkins,  Shaw  and  Snyder 
also  won  prizes  in  merchandise. 

The  trade  was  represented  also  by  Mr.  Grimm  and  Flarry 
Welles,  in  addition  to  the  U.  M.  C.  boys.  Tom  Marshall’s 
smiling  face  extended  several  inches  with  a group  of  young 
ladies  around  him  listening  to  his  fairy  tales  and  handing  out 
the  buttons  and  pins. 

That  25  straight  put  a broad  smile  on  Harry  Welles. 

The  ladies,  under  the  management  of  Mrs.  Snyder,  put  up  a 
fine  lunch,  which  everybody  enjoyed. 

There  is  strong  talk  of  sending  a team  from  here  to  compete 
for  the  Dean  Richmond  trophy  at  the  State  meet  at  Utica. 

Following  are  the  scores: 


Events : 

1 

2 

3456789  10 

Shot 

Targets : 

15 

15 

20  15  15  20  25  15  20  20 

at. 

Broke. 

Traver  

12 

15 

17  14  13  18  20  13  15  IS 

180 

155 

Floyd  

13 

13 

18  14  13  13  24  14  19  19 

180 

160 

Tompkins  

11 

12 

17  9 14  16  20  12  14  10 

180 

135 

Welles  

13 

14 

16  11  11  14  25  13  20  17 

180 

154 

S’ater  

8 

12 

17  12  12  13  24  13  17  15 

180 

143 

Marshall  

15 

14 

16  13  13  17  21  14  18  16 

180 

157 

Heer  

......  14 

14 

20  15  15  15  21  13  19  20 

180 

166 

Butler  

15 

10 

10  8 12  9 19  10  16  15 

180 

124 

Stevens  

. 15 

14 

19  14  14  18  22  13  17  20 

180 

166 

Heikes  

15 

14 

20  15  14  20  22  13  20  16 

180 

169 

Hyland  

13 

15 

16  12  11  15  22  12  16  17 

ISO 

149 

Dr  Shaw  

8 

9 

14  12  12  16  19  ..  ..  18 

145 

108 

Snyder  

13 

13 

IS  14  10  16  19  13  15  15 

180 

145 

T Rhodes  

14 

12  12  9 16  21  12  16  17 

180 

136 

O H Brown 

10 

11 

13  11  13  14  21  

125 

93 

Tims  

11 

11 

30 

22 

IToppensted  

13 

6 

14  11  7 16  

100 

77 

Strong  

9 

10 

13  9 ....  20  ....  16 

110 

77 

Morrow  

9 

10 

12  7 9 

80 

46 

Cassady  

8 

10 

13  7 12  15  12  8 11  8 

180 

98 

Sanders  

13 

12 

12  12  14  19  20  14  19  15 

180 

150 

Greene  

11 

in 

14  11  11  ’S  HI  14  17  19 

180 

145 

Valentine  

12 

14 

16  15  14  18  25  13  20  15 

ISO 

162 

Warnick  

13 

13 

10  11  10  17  22  11  19  17 

180 

144 

Levengston  

......  12 

11 

14  12  13  15  

100 

77 

Mahoney  

12 

7 10 

70 

36 

Johnston  

8 

14 

9 10  10  ..  22  9 14  14 

160 

110 

St  ever  

10 

9 

11  10  12  10  ..  ..  ..  .. 

100 

62 

6 

8 9 10  7 

100 

45 

Hans  

13 

7 14  11  17  ..  10  16  12 

140 

100 

C H Smith 

12 

14 

15  10  10  12  

100 

71 

7 7 9 .. 

55 

23 

W Hasbrouck  

8 14  11  15  18  13  13  16 

150 

108 

Beers  

..  10  13  ..  18  11  ..  .. 

75 

52 

Lake  

..  10  12  ..  16  10  12  .. 

90 

60 

Brown  

..  6 10 

30 

16 

Plusch  

....  10  10  ..  9 . . . . 

55 

29 

Schoonmaker  

....  3 10  12  

60 

25 

Delaney  

. . . . 12  . . 14  12  . . . . 

55 

38 

Short  

10  16  15 

70 

. 52 

S Smith  

..  ..  ..  16  22  ..  18  .. 

65 

56 

Minard  

11 

20 

11 

Cook  

12  . . 8 13  14 

75 

47 

Week  

12 

25 

12 

M Du  Bois  

..  ..  ..  ..17  

25 

17 

Murphy  

35 

25 

Shooter. 

Interstate  at  Hopkinsville. 

Hopkinsville,  Ky.,  April  29. — The  Interstate  Association  tour- 
nament at  Hopkinsvibe,  Ivy.,  April  26  and  27,  while  not  largely 
attended,  was  thoroughly  enjoyed  by  those  who  were  present. 

The  Flopkinsville  Gun  Club  was  organized  in  the  spring  of  1902 
with  only  a few  devotees  of  the  sport,  but  owing  to  the  rapidly 
spreading  interest  taken  in  its  welfare,  has  grown  and  can  now 
boast  of  quite  a large  number  of  -enthusiastic  members.  Located 
as  the  club  is  in  the  center  of  quite  a number  of  gun  clubs,  it  has, 
through  the  interest  of  neighboring  clubs,  enjoyed  quite  a suc- 
cess in  each  of  the  few  tournaments  given  on  its  grounds,  and 
no  one  seemed  able  to  explain  just  why  the  attendance  was  not 
larger  on  this  particular  occasion. 

A high  wind  prevailed  entirely  throughout  the  first  day,  and 
■when  the  programme  was  completed,  the  scores  were  much  lower 
than  had  been  expected  in  most  instances.  Tak’ng  into  considera- 
tion the  most  unsuitable  weather  conditions,  the  scores  made  are 
excellent. 

The  highest  score  of  the  day  was  made  by  Mr.  F.  C.  Rielil,  a 
manufacturers’  agent,  who  broke  192  out  of  200  shot  at.  Mr.  C. 
O.  Le  Ccmpte  and  Mr.  John  S.  Boa  tied  for  second  honors  with 
18S.  Mr.  Harold  Money  was  third  with  186. 

Mr.  Al.  Willerding  was  high  amateur,  breaking  179  out  of  200 
Mr.  Frank  Legler  was  a close  second  with  178,  and  Mr.  E.  M. 
Moss  third  with  174. 

The  weather  conditions  were  much  more  propitious  the  second 
ciay,  the  wind  not  being  high  enough  to  seriously  interfere  with 
the  shooting.  Mr.  John  S.  Boa  was  high  manufacturers’  agent 
with  192,  and  Mr.  C.  O.  Le  Compte  third  with  189.  Mr.  E.  M. 
Moss  was  high  amateur  with  188,  with  Messrs.  Frank  Legler  and 
Al.  Willerding  tied  for  second  place  with  186.  Mr.  Andrew 
Meaders  was  third  with  184. 

For  general  average  Mr.  John  S.  Boa  was  in  first  place  with 
381.  Mr.  F.  C.  Riehl  second  with  380,  and  Harold  Money  third 
with  378,  this  among  the  manufacturers’  agents. 

For  general  average  among  the  amateurs  Mr.  Al.  Willerding 
was  first  with  365,  Frank  Legler  second  with  364,  and  Mr.  E.  M. 
Moss  third  with  362.  Mr.  Willerding  was  presented  with  a very 
handsome  watch  charm,  representing  a clay  target. 

After  the  regular  events  had  been  shot  the  second  day  a team 
race  was  shot,  the  teams  being  selected  from  among  those  who 
took  part  in  the  tournament.  Messrs.  Riehl  and  Boa  acted  as 
captains,  each  team  consisting  of  seven  men,  25  targets  per  man, 
and  the  losing  team  to  pay  for  the  targets.  Mr.  Riehl’s  team  won 
by  a score  of  161  to  158. 

Including  extra  events,  Mr.  John  S.  Boa  made  a straight  run 
of  139  breaks,  Mr.  Harold  Money'  105,  and  Mr.  F.  C.  Riehl  101. 

The  scores  of  both  days  follow: 

April  26,  First  Day. 


Events:  123456789  10  Shot 

Targets:  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  at.  Broke. 

James  Lewis  18  16  17  16  17  15  16  17  18  18  200  168 

Abb  Newman  18  18  15  13  15  16  17  18  15  13  200  158 

C O Le  Compte 20  19  20  19  18  18  19  19  18  18  200  188 

E M Moss 16  20  17  18  18  16  17  17  17  18  200  174 

John  S Boa 19  20  18  19  18  19  19  19  20  17  200  188 

F C Riehl..... ..20  19  17  17  19  20  18  20  20  20  200  192 

C O Prowse 18  17  17  16  16  16  18  20  13  18  200  169 

Andrew  Meaders  16  16  12  13  16  15  17  17  17  18  200  157 

John  Noel  .18  16  17  18  16  13  15  16  17  17  200  163 


Frank  Legler  . . . 
Guy  Starling  ... 
Al  Willerding  . . 

F Pragoff  

H Money  

W W Porter 

N Beckwith  

R L Woodard... 
John  McCarley  . . 
E C Cunningham 

W A Glass 

A S Gant 

A C Ivuykendoll. 
G L Campbell... 
H Wood  


Events : 

Targets : 

James  Lewis  

Abb  Newman  ... 
C O Le  Compte. 

E M Moss 

John  S.  Boa 

F C Riehl 

W W Porter 

Andy  Meaders  . 
C W Pennington 

Frank  Legler  

Al  Willerding  ... 

Guy  Starling  

C O Prowse  . . . 
Frank  Pragoff  ... 
Harold  Money  .. 

W A Glass  

R L Woodard 

G C Long 

A S Gant  

John  McCarley  . 
IT  Wood  


16 


1 2 
20  20 

17  15 

19  17 

18  18 
IS  19 

20  18 
19  20 

19  20 
18  18 

15  16 
18  20 

20  19 

16  14 
15  IS 
14  14 
20  19 


19 

16 

20 

IS 

15 

19 

16 

20 

200 

178 

17 

13 

13 

15 

12 

15 

16 

15 

200 

144 

20 

19 

18 

18 

19 

18 

15 

17 

SCO 

179 

15 

15 

16 

18 

18 

17 

18 

15 

200 

165 

19 

18 

20 

14 

18 

20 

20 

20 

200 

1S6 

17 

18 

16 

18 

17 

19 

18 

16 

200 

168 

15 

14 

16 

13 

17 

18 

15 

16 

200 

159 

13 

15 

11 

13 

100 

68 

18 

14 

12 

60 

44 

8 

9 

12 

60 

29 

9 

7 

14 

13 

13 

100 

56 

6 

i 

14 

12 

80 

36 

i3 

20 

13 

13 

20 

13 

15 

15 

16 

60 

46 

Second 

Day, 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

Shot 

20 

20 

20 

20 

20 

20 

20 

20 

at. 

Broke 

19 

19 

20 

19 

17 

17 

18 

18 

200 

179 

19 

15 

18 

17 

15 

15 

IS 

18 

200 

171 

17 

20 

20 

19 

20 

18 

19 

20 

200 

189 

20 

19 

18 

20 

17 

19 

19 

19 

200 

188 

17 

20 

18 

20 

20 

20 

20 

20 

200 

193 

20 

16 

18 

IS 

18 

20 

19 

20 

200 

188 

17 

19 

18 

15 

15 

18 

15 

17 

200 

173 

18 

18 

19 

20 

18 

18 

19 

18 

200 

184 

16 

16 

17 

17 

18 

16 

17 

16 

200 

164 

17 

20 

18 

18 

19 

20 

19 

17 

200 

186 

IS 

IS 

19 

18 

19 

18 

18 

19 

200 

186 

19 

17 

16 

17 

18 

19 

18 

17 

200 

171 

18 

19 

18 

17 

19 

19 

19 

20 

200 

182 

20 

18 

19 

17 

17 

15 

17 

19 

200 

170 

19 

18 

19 

18 

19 

20 

20 

20 

200 

192 

15 

14 

16 

15 

16 

100 

76  ' 

17 

16 

40 

33 

16  15  9 13 

..  ..  12  .. 

17 


80 

20 

20 


53 

12 

17 


Great  Bend  Toum  ament. 

Great  Bend,  Kans. — The  tournament  of  the  Great  Bend  Gun 
Club  was  conspicuous  for  good  fellowship  and  good  sport.  A 
smoker  was  given  on  Monday  evening  by  the  club,  at  which  Mr. 
Chris.  Gottlieb,  in  his  gracious  way,  presided  as  toastmaster. 
The_  speakers  made  mention  of  Great  Bend’s  excellent  capa- 
bilities for  conducting  the  State  shoot  of  1906.  Messrs  Plank 
and  Huff  tied  on  192  for  the  day’s  high  professional  average, 
while  Mr.  Gottlieb  was  close  up  for  second  with  191.  There  was 
a drizzling  rain  during  the  shooting. 


April  24,  First  Diy. 


Events : 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 10 

11 

12 

Broke. 

Targets : 

10 

15 

20 

15 

15 

20 

15 

15  25  15 

15 

20 

Adams,  16 

6 

15 

13 

13 

14 

17 

14 

15  25  15 

14 

19 

180 

Plank,  16 

10 

14 

19 

15 

15 

20 

13 

15  21  15 

15 

20 

192 

Huff,  16... 

9 

15 

19 

14 

15 

18 

14 

15  25  15 

15 

18 

192 

GotMieb,  16 

9 

14 

19 

14 

13 

19 

14 

15  24  15 

15 

20 

191 

Peck,  16 

8 

12 

18 

12 

15 

18 

13 

14  22  14 

13 

17 

176 

Rankin,  16... . . 

8 

10 

17 

12 

12 

17 

13 

14  21  9 

15 

19 

169 

Logan,  IS 

10 

12 

20 

14 

13 

17 

14 

12  21  12 

15 

19 

179 

W’olf,  18 

7 

14 

15 

9 

13 

16 

13 

87 

Arnold,  20 

10 

15 

20 

13 

14 

18 

14 

12  22  13 

14 

18 

183 

O’Brien,  20 

8 

13 

19 

13 

14 

18 

12 

12  24  12 

15 

19 

179 

Ainswoth,  16 

.....  7 

14 

17 

13 

11 

15 

13 

12  . 

. 13 

14 

19 

148 

McMullen,  13 

.....  10 

15 

19 

12 

14 

13 

13 

15  23  10 

14 

19 

1S2 

Gruber,  16 

9 

13 

13 

13 

14 

20 

13 

10  19  13 

14 

20 

176 

Lewis,  16 

6 

15 

17 

14 

13 

16 

13 

13  15  13 

13 

16 

166 

Gano,  13 

10 

12 

17 

14 

13 

13 

15 

11  23  15 

13 

17 

173 

Valerius,  16 

10 

10 

Ilugg,  16 

9 

14 

18 

13 

12 

18 

8 

12  . 

. 12 

12 

16 

145 

H Arnold,  16 

10 

13 

15 

9 

13 

13 

14 

13  . 

. 9 

7 

15 

134 

Whitney,  16 

4 

9 

8 

6 

11 

38 

Prose,  16 

7 

9 

ii 

20 

Mayhew,  16 

Weirauch,  16 

8 

12 

16 

36 

6 

11 

14 

16 

12 

. 11 

13 

83 

French,  16 

17 

12 

10  . 

. 9 

40 

Wilson,  16 

12 

15 

. 12 

12 

15 

66 

Seivert,  16 

io  . 

. 11 

21 

Fry,  16 

. _ 

. . 

11 

Beard,  16 

. 15 

10 

16 

41 

Ouinn.  16 

10 

10 

Mr.  E.  W.  Arnold  was  high  amateur  with  183. 


April  25,  Second  Day, 


A strong  cold  wind  was  an  unfavorable  weather  condition  for 
high  scores.  In  the  amateur  competition,  Plank  was  high  with 
183;  Huff,  second,  179;  Adams  and  Gottlieb,  third,  with  178. 
Of  the  amateurs,  Mr.  E.  W.  Arnold  was  high  with  190;  Wolf 
was  second  with  186;  O’Brien,  third,  183.  The  visitors  were 
treated  with  every  consideration  for  their  enjoyment.  Scores: 


Events:  12  3 

Targets:  10  15  20 

Adams,  16 9 14  17 

Plank,  16 10  15  19 

Huff  16 10  14  18 

Gottlieb,  1C 6 14  16 

Peck,  16 .' 8 13  16 

Rankin,  16 8 11  17 

Logan,  13 9 12  15 

Wolf,  13 9 13  19 

Arnold.  13 9 15  17 

O’Brien,  18 S 12  19 

McMullen,  18 7 10  18 

Gruber,  16 9 13  14 

Lewis,  16 9 11  16 

Gano,  18 9 12  15 

Ilugg,  16 9 14  14 


4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

Broke. 

15 

15 

20 

15 

15 

25 

15 

15 

20 

13 

14 

17 

12 

12 

23 

14 

14 

19 

178 

12 

13 

18 

14 

15 

22 

13 

13 

10 

183 

14 

14 

16 

14 

14 

23 

11 

12 

19 

197 

13 

13 

18 

14 

13 

23 

15 

14 

19 

178 

15 

12 

18 

12 

13 

22 

15 

12 

19 

175 

10 

12 

19 

12 

12 

23 

11 

13 

16 

164 

14 

12 

14 

14 

10 

14 

12 

17 

143 

13 

13 

19 

14 

15 

24' 

15 

14 

18 

186 

15 

14 

19 

15 

13 

25 

14 

15 

19 

190 

13 

13 

19 

13 

12 

25 

16 

14 

20 

183 

14 

13 

18 

14 

12 

24 

15 

13 

19 

177 

11 

9 

17 

13 

13 

23 

14 

14 

18 

168 

9 

11 

17 

18 

91 

15 

13 

19 

13 

14 

24 

15 

13 

20 

182 

14 

14 

18 

12 

14 

24 

10 

14 

14 

171 

13 

9 

18 

14 

11 

88 

4 


5 

105 

38 

176 

12 

101 

48 

48 


IT  Arnold,  16 7 14  16 

Prose,  16 4 ..  .. 

Mayhew,  16 5 ..  .. 

Weirauch,  16 11  19  14  12  18  11  10 

French,  16 6 12  12  ..  ..  8 

Wilson,  16 6 13  18  13  13  18  14  14  23  13  14  17 

Seivert,  16 12 

Merritt,  16 6 12  17  10  21  12  9 14 

Hulme,  16 8 8 13  10  9 ..  

Remick,  16 10  9 12  7 10  


Boston  Gun  C ub, 

Boston,  Mass.,  April  26. — Twenty-six  shogters,  equipped  with 
the  best  guns,  powders,  shells,  etc.,  on  the  market,  wandered 
toward  Wellington  marshes  to-day  to  participate  in  the  third  and 
last  serial  prize  shoot  of  the  spring  series,  and  from  results  ob- 
tained during  the  matinee,  were  convinced  that  their  particular 
combination  was  the  real  thing  and  were  all  ready  to  give  reasons 
for  so  thinking. 

A regular  Boston  Gun  Club  gathering  it  was,  too,  with  every 
one  on  pleasure  bent,  with  smoke  talks  between  -events  on  every 
topic  of  interest  to  a shooter,  which  brought  out  the  sociability 
of  trapshooting  to  no  small  degree. 

The  first  straight  match  scores  of  the  season  were  made  to-day, 
Worthing  and  Weld  securing  the  honor.  The  clean  way  in  which 
they  broke  their  targets  proved  they  were  right  on  edge,  and 
will  b-e  marks  for  the  liandicapper  if  scores  of  this  kind  are  to  be 
steady  diet. 

Gleason  and  Roy  fought  it  out  on  the  19yd.  line  for  second 
place,  with  the  honors  even,  just  one  bird  escaping  for  each, 
making  a crackerjack  score  under  any  conditions.  As  this  is  the 
Doctor’s  fourth  29  in  the  series,  he  now  has  a comfortable  lead 
on  the  total  with  the  finish  only  two  shoots  away. 

B.  F.  Smith,  of  the  Watertown  Club,  made  his  first  bow  on  the 
grounds  for  1905,  and  proved  that  he  had  lost  none  of  the  old 
ability,  with  the  scatter  gun  that  was  much  in  evidence  during 
the  past  years  at  the  Buffalo  Audubon  Club,  and  gave  the  regu- 
lars quite  a iolt  in  the  pr;ze  match  with  hi?  28  out  of  30. 

O.  R.  Dickey  had  the  pleasure  of  the  21yd.  mark  all  alone  (his 
side  partner,  Griffiths,  not  being  on  hand  for  this  occasion),  and 
with  his  92.5  per  ctnt.,  proved  that  the  old  guard  can  still  show 
their  heels  to  the  present  generation  in  a great  many  cases. 

Regular  scores: 

Events:  123456789  10  11  12 

Targets:  15  10  15  10  15  15  10  15  10  25  25  25  Av. 

Frank,  19  14  9 13  S 12  13  5 10  7 ..  ..  ..  .791 

Dickey,  21  14  10  14  9 13  14  ..  .925 

Roy,  19  8 15  14  8 ..  ..  900 


Weld,  19  15  7 15  10  15  15  9 11  

Gleason,  19  15  10  12  10  15  14  8 14  9 22  21  22 

Burns,  16 12  9 14  8 14  12  10  13  

Worthing,  17......... .11  8 13  10  15  15  8 13  ......  .. 

Woodruff,  17  11  7 9 7 9 14  8 10  8 

Smith,  IS  .11  8 14  10  15  13  7 9 7 20  20  21 

McPhee,  16  8 3 7 6 

Willard,  16... 10  9 ....  12  12  5 .. 

Stewart,  16  11  7 

Phelps,  16  5 3 5 ..  4 

Sears,  16  13  8 11  . . 6 

Ford,  16  9 13  13  9 12  10  20  18  23 

Massure,  16  2 10  12  5 

Prior,  16  7 10  14  6 8 8 . . . . 

Muldown,  16  11  14  . . 9 5 

Bon,  18  ..  ..  ..  ..  18  15  19 

Retwood,  14 7 

Williams,  16  7 7 12  7 11  11  . . 11  


.924 

.906 

.876 

.886 

.722 

.816 

.460 

.738 

.720 

.340 

.760 

.846 

.580 

.706 

.709 

.693 

.466 

.694 


Merchandise  match,  distance  handicap:  Weld  (19yds.)  30,  Worth- 
ing (17)  30,  Roy  (19)  29,  Gleason  (19)  29,  Smith  (18)  28,  Dickey 
(21)  27,  Burns  U6)  26,  Ford  (16)  26,  Frank  (19)  25,  Muldown  (16) 
25,  Willard  (16)  24.  Prior  (16)  24,  Woodruff  (17)  23,  Massure  (16) 
22,  Williams  (16)  22. 


Trap  Around  Reading. 

Reading,  Pa.,  April  24. — The  members  of  the  South  End  Gun 
Club,  of  this  city,  held  a target  shoot  on  the  island  ground  on 
Friday  last,  each  man  shooting  at  75  targets  with  the  following 
result:  Ball  73,  Eshelman  69,  Capt.  Gerhard  68,  Yost  67,  Miles 

63,  Melcher  62,  Allison  61,  Lovinski  43,  Adams  71,  Shultz  66, 
George  63,  Matz  63,  Grill  57.  The  high  wind  made  targets  very 
irregular. 

W estchester,  Pa.,  April  22. — The  Westchester  Gun  Club  opened 
its  grounds  for  the  season  this  afternoon  by  holding  a “mer- 
chandise shoot,”  and  the  scores  were  most  creditable.  Each 
man  shot  at  50  targets,  and  prizes  were  awarded  as  follows: 
John,  44,  gun  case;  Lee,  42,  shell  vest;  Howard,  42,  fifty  shells; 
Roberts,  42,  pair  of  leggings;  Ford,  42,  shooting  jacket;  Harvey, 
41,  cleaning  rod;  Grill,  41,  shooting  jacket;  Hariris,  41,  hand 
protector;  Williamson,  41,  recoil  pad;  Eachus,  41,  safety  razor; 
Cale,  39,  shooting  jacket;  Bennett,  39,  pair  of  leggings;  Young, 
37,  Eclipse  watch;  Cardwell,  37,  pipe;  G.  Smith,  37,  fifty  shells; 
Pechin,  37,  cartridge  vest;  Holland,  36,  pocket  knife;  Dale,  34; 
Regester,  34;  Ferguson,  34;  Farr,  33;  Broomall,  28,  and  Mace,  28. 

Pinegrove,  Pa.,  April  22. — Evan  Kimmel,  of  Donaldson,  and 
Charles  Houtz,  of  Clark’s  Valley,  shot  a live-bird  match  at  the 
former  place  this  afternoon  for  $150  a side.  Kimmel  won  by 
killing  8 birds  out-  of  16,  to  his  opponent’s  7 out  of  17. 

The  first  of  a series  of  two  shooting  matches  at  live  birds 
between  Joseph  Hand,  of  Reiner  City,  and  Jacob  Daubert,  of 
Llewellyn,  took  place  this  afternoon  at  the  home  of  the  former 
who  killed  12  birds  out  of  17,  to  Daubert’s  8 out  of  16.  The 
stakes  were  $200  a side.  A large  crowd  witnessed  the  match. 

Lebanon,  Pa.,  April  24. — The  Keystone  Gun  Club  to-day  held 
a live-bird  and  target  shoot  at  East  Lebanon.  The  scores:  9 live 
birds — Trafford  8,  W.  Bollman  8,  Schmehl  4,  Rump  3,  J.  Bollman 
3,  Duffy  6,  Long  4,  Goodman  5,  Buck  5,  Ehrhorn  5,  See  4, 
Zellers  4. 

Ashland,  Pa.,  April  24.— Bodman,  of  Locust  Dale,  defeated 
Martz,  of  Locust  Gap,  in  a live-bird  shooting  match  at  the 
latter  place,  by  a score  of  6 to  2.  The  men  were  to  shoot  at 
11  birds,  but  Bodman’s  superiority  was  manifest  after  the  fourth 
bird  was  shot  at,  and  Martz  agreed  to  discontinue  after  9 birds 
were  shot  at.  The  purse  was  $100;  Schuylkill  county  rules 
governing. 

Mahanoy  City,  April  25. — In  a live-bird  shoot  for  $100  Steve 
Kurtz  defeated  Michael  Kershon  by  killing  5 out  of  7 to  his 
opponent’s  2.  Duster. 


Scottdale  Gun  Club. 


Scottdale,  Pa.,  April  26. — The  Scottdale  Gun  Club  was  rather 
unfortunate  with  the  weather  at  their  first  two-day  tournament 
this  year.  On  Wednesday  morning  it  was  cloudy,  and  during 
the  day  occasional  showers  fell,  which  kept  a good  many  shooters 
away  that  would  have  been  present.  On  Thursday  it  rained 
nearly  all  day,  and  the  shoot  was  called  off. 

The  programme  shot  on  Wednesday  called  for  five  15-bird, 
five  20-bird  and  one  25-bird  event.  The  moneys  were  divided 
Jackrabbit  and  Rose  system.  Mr.  J.  Mowell  Hawkins  was  high 
gun,  breaking  187.  Mr.  R.  S.  Deniker,  the  old  war  horse  of 
Ruffsdale,  Pa.,  finished  second  with  182;  Mr.  A.  B.  Kelley,  of 
Scottdale,  Pa.,  third,  with  179,  and  L.  J.  Squier,  fourth,  with  178. 
Mr.  Kelsey,  of  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  broke  131  out  of  140  shot  at,  he 
not  having  time  to  finish  the  programme  on  account  of  an  en- 
gagement in  Pittsburg. 

The  trade  was  represented  by  L.  J.  Squire,  H.  C.  Watson, 
Jos.  Garland,  J.  A.  R.  Eillott,  J.  Mowell  Hawkins  and  H.  P. 
Fessenden.  Scores  follow: 


Events:  123456789  10  11 

.Targets:  15  20  15  20  15  20  15  20  15  20  25 

J M Hawkins 15  19  14  IS  14  17  18  18  15  18  24 

R S Deniker  14  19  15  18  13  IS  15  18  14  17  21 

A B Kelly 12  19  14  19  14  18  13  18  12  18  22 

L J Squier 14  19  13  17  14  16  14  19  13  17  22 

J T Atkinson  14  15  12  IS  14  18  15  16  13  20  22 

Burgess  Hickey  13  17  14  17  14  17  15  18  11  19  22 

L B Fleming  12  IS  12  18  13  19  14  18  11  19  22 

JAR  Elliott  13  19  12  19  12  18  14  17  13  15  22 

V W Yahner 13  15  14  18  11  17  14  19  14  18  20 

Joe  Garland  13  18  14  18  11  19  14  17  15  14  19 

T A Stoops  15  14  13  14  12  IS  14  18  12  19  22 

W H Chain  10  18  12  14  9 16  14  16  12  15  23 

D N Carroll 11  17  10  15  12  16  11  16  10  12  22 

G M Lilley 10  12  18  13  4 16  12  17  15  16  23 

Kelsey  . 13  19  15  19  14  18  13  20  

S Low  12  13  11  17  9 19  7 . . 8 20  . . 

R J West 14  18  14  20  10  17  12  

H TCnippel  15  17  13  12  13  8 9 ..  6 ..  .. 

J Kiehl  12  14  . . . . 11  13  . . . . 10  15 

J Riley  12  15  8 

J Mulhorn  7 11 


Broke. 

187 

183 

179 

178 

177 

177 

176 

174 

373 

172 

169 

159 

152 

146 

131 

107 

105 

93 

75 

35 

11 


Catskill  Gun  Club. 

Catskill,  N.  Y.,  April  25. — The  Catskill  Gun  Club  held  their 
regular  semi-monthly  shoot  to-day.  Weather  conditions  bad;  light 
rain  and  cloudy.  Some  excellent  scores  were  made  notwithstand- 
ing. F.  Collier,  in  preliminary  practice,  broke  29  out  of  30.  Bob 
Mattice,  an  old-timer,  but  “just  as  young  as  I used  to  be,”  going 
25  straight  for  the  challenge  cup.  Robins  won  the  trophy  with  24. 

E.  J.  Snyder,  of  New  Paitz,  N.  Y.,  was  a welcome  visitor  at 
the  shoot.  Mr.  Snyder  was  trying  a new  load,  which  proved  very 
satisfactory — 52  cut  of  65;  last  32  straight. 

Look  out  for  our  tournament,  May  24;  it’s  going  to  be  a good 
one. 

Following  are  scores: 


Hdp.  Brk.  Tot’l. 

Hdp.  Brk. 

Tot’l. 

Mattice  

..  0 17 

17 

Robens  6 

18 

24 

A Post  

..5  18 

23 

Cole  4 

9 

13 

F Collier  

..  1 22 

23 

Wvnkoop  1 

Iff 

17 

C Post  

..  0 19 

19 

Snyder  (visitor)  . 0 

22 

22 

Ham  

..3  17 

20 

Challenge  cup 

, 25  targets: 

Mattice  25,  C.  Post  19. 

Florists  Gun  Club. 

Wissinoming,  Pa.,  April  25. — Honors  . for  high  places  were 
closely  contested.  In  the  club  shoot  at  50  targets  three,  Messrs. 
Fred  Coleman,  Harvey  and  Westcott,  tied  on  47.  In  the  100-target 
event  Fred  Coleman  broke  90. 

Club  shoot,  50  targets:  F.  Coleman  (C)  47,  Harley  (A)  47,  West- 
cott (B)  47,  E.  Coleman  (A)  46,  Harrison  (A)  44.  Mrs.  W.  K. 
Park  (X)  44,  Haywood  (B)  43,  McCarty  (A)  45,  Frank  (A)  42, 
Depew  (B)  42,  Park  (B)  41,  Stevens  (B)  40,  Chadbourne  (B)  40, 
Ford  (X)  40,  Bell  (A)  39,  Bevan  (C)  £9,  Sanford  (A)  38,  Pratt  (X) 
38,  Thomas  (C)  31. 

One  hundred  target  event:  F.  Coleman  90,  McCarty  87,  San- 

ford 85,  Frank  85,  Harrison  85,  Haywood  SI,  Chadbourne  79, 
Depew  78,  Bell  75,  Ford  73,  Stevens  72,  Pratt  71,  Bevan  69. 


On  the  grounds  of  the  Clearwater  Gun  Club,  Philadelphia, 
April  29,  the  Princeton  Gun  Club  five-man  team  defeated  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania  team  by  a score  of  211  to  203.  The 
scores  were  as  follows:  Princeton — Stutesman  42,  Frick  42,  Me- 

Swain  41,  Pardee  44,  Unn  42;  total  211.  Pennsylvania—  Long* 
necker  48,  Smith  35,  Way  39,  Kraus..41,  Appleton  40;  total  203. 


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Columbia  Gun  Club* 

East  Liverpool,  O.,  April  24. — There  were  sotne  fouHeeii  meirt- 
bers  of  the  Columbia  Gun  Club  who  took  part  in  the  seasori’s 
opening  event.  Many  spectators  were  out,  and  all  expressed  them- 
selves as  being  highly  entertained. 

William  M.  Fouts  was  not  content  with  winning  all  the  honors 
for  the  day,  but  he  smashed  the  ground  record  as  well,  as  none 
of  the  “home  fans”  can  call  to  mind  a score  equal  to  95  out  of  100. 
He  made  first  59  straight,  24  out  of  next  25,  and  21  out  of  the  last. 

The  handicap  committee  placed  the  shooters  by  the  target 
allowance  system,  and  so  nearly  even  are  the  individuals  at  the 
end  of  the'  event  that  all  concede  that  excellent  judgment  was 
displayed,  many  going  above  90,  while  few  fell  below  87. 

These  handicaps  were  set  by  Dr.  L.  C.  Jackman,  Ollie  Wise 
and  Hugh  Johnson.  J.  J.  Robinett  and  C.  C.  Hamilton  were  on 
the  committee,  but  failed  to  attend  the  meeting. 

A fine  gold  medal  will  be  awarded  the  contestant  who  makes  the 
highest  score  during  the  summer. 

Live  Birds  at  Kansas  City. 

Kansas  City,  Mo.,  April  23. — Yesterday  was  the  regular  medal 
shoot  of  the  old  Kansas  City  live-bird  club.  The  man  who  stood 
on  crutches  at  the  G.  A.  IT.  and  who  has  never  missed  a Mis- 
souri State  shoot,  is  still  pounding  away  with  the  boys.  You  all 
know  him  or  have  heard  of  him;  he  is  president  of  the  Missouri 
State  Sportsmen’s  Association.  His  name  is  Smith,  otherwise 
kiiowri  as.  Frank.  Just  to  keep  company  with  Frank  Cunning- 
ham, he  finished  but  one  behind  the  winner.  Nothing  like  trap- 
shooting to  keep  a mart  always  yourig. 

Dr.  Shirley  Millett , was  high  on  this  occasion,  being  the  oiiiy 
otte  to  break  23  of  Bob  Elliott’s  drivers  artd  twisters.  Wiokey 
Reno,  Plank,  Cunningham  and  Smith  were  but  ode  to  the  bad. 
Piank  had  the  very  hard  luck  to  let  the  last  bird  get  over  the 
boundary  line.  Scores : 


Anderson  0020222002222202022202222—17 

Moore  0200011122111101222010220—17 

Feed  1201211222221121111100102—21 

Wickey  2012110212121121121102212—22 

Millett  1221210212212221212102122—23 

Wasson  2111121122210220201000211—19 

Vaughen  2222220222202020202112020—18 

Reno  2222210120211122012121222—22 

N ewton  2112221011222100111222100—20 

Planck  2111212111111202112111010—23 

Cunningham  2001212221212021212221121—22 

F G Smith 2001212221212021212221122—22 

Glassner  2121211020012110112122200—19 


Pacific  Coast  Trap. 

San  Francisco,  Cal.,  April  23. — I am  pleased  to  be  able  to  say 
to  the  thousands  of  readers  of  Forest  and  Stream  that  the 
sport  of  trapshooting,  has  developed  in  a regular  boom  through- 
out the  great  State  of  California.  New  gun  clubs  are  springing 
up  daily.  Many  of  the  interior  towns  are  catching  the  fever,  and 
the  gunners  are  getting  on  to  the  pleasant  pastime  of  pulverizing 
clay  targets. 

Besides  the  several  local  clubs,  there  are  now  gun  clubs  at 
Alameda,  Hercules,  Vallejo,  Martinez,  Santa  Rosa,  San  Jose, 
Mount  View,  Santa  Lucia,  Pajaro,  Watsonville,  San  Rafael,  Mill 
Valley  and  others  yet  to  hear  from.  At  Sacramento  and  that 
vicinity,  as  well  as  the  orange  belt  and  ^many  points  throughout 
the  San  Joaquin  valley,  the  shotgun  artists  are  numerous. 

There  have  been  many  tournaments  held  here  in  April,  and  some 
big  ones  are  due  for  May,  prominent  among  them  being  that  of 
the  Sacramento,  May  12,  13  and  14.  This  is  to  be  the  ninth  an- 
nual of  the  Kimball  and  Upson,  of  northern  California.  On  May 
28,  29  and  30  the  annual  clay  target  smashing  of  the  Pacific  Coast 
Trapshooting  Association  will  be  pulled  off  at  Ingleside. 

From  there  the  scene  will  be  shifted  temporarily  to  Portland, 
where  the  twenty-first  annual  tournament  of  the  Sportsmen’s 
Association  of  the  Northwest  will  be  held  June  22,  23  and  24. 
There  will  be  medals  and  trophies  amounting  to  $2,000.  This  shoot 
is  open  to  Oregon,  Washington,  Idaho,  British  Columbia,  Mon- 
tana, Utah  and  California. 

All  who'  contemplate  going  will  of  course  remember  that  all 
transportation  companies  will  then  have  reduced  rates  for  the 
Lewis  and  Clark  fair.  There  is,  then,  no  reason  why  this  should 
not  be  the  largest  shoot  ever  held  in  the  West. 

Eastern  shooters  will  bear  in  mind  that  the  most  important 
event  ever  held  on  the  coast  will  be  the  Interstate  Association 
shoot,  similar  to  the  G.  A.  H.  Mr.  Elmer  E.  Shaner,  the  world’s 
famous  manager,  will  have  charge,  and  the  . Pacific  coast  handicap 
will  be  under  the  auspices  of  the  San  Francisco  Trapshooting  As- 
sociation, of  which  Mr.  M.  A.  Shields  is  the  secretary. 

Among  the  local  fraternity  there  are  some  fine  shots;  and  as 
they  usually  shoot  at  targets  thrown  60  to  75yds.,  they  judge  that 
they  can  make  as  good  a showing  as  any  of  the  cracks  on  the 
45  to  50yd.  targets. 

The  coast  shooters  are  ever  ready  to  welcome  the  whole  body  of 
Eastern  trap  men,  and  it  is  hoped  that  a majority  of  them  will 
come  out  and  try  conclusions  with  those  of  the  Golden  State. 

At  Florence. 

Florence,  ICans.,  April  22.—' When  Ed.  O’Brien  is  not  attending 
tournaments,  he  is  never  happier  than  when  entertaining  the 
many  friends  he  has  in  the  shooting  profession.  To-day  there 
v/e re  present  here  an  aggregation  such  as  he  never  met  before.  There 
were  professionals  galore,  and  they  hailed  from  all  quarters  of  the 
United  States,  viz.:  Chris.  Gottlieb,  Kansas  City;  C.  D.  Planck, 
Denver;  Walter  Huff,  Maccn,  Ga. ; C.  B.  Adams,  Rockwell 

City,  la.  . 

Now,  as  is  well  known,  these  gentlemen  carry  their  fowling 
pieces,’  and  generally  have  a few  shells  in  their  trunks;  so  Ed. 
got  together  many  of  the  best  shots  and  a lot  of  the  amateurs, 
and  there  were  altogether  over  300  people  out  to  see  the  “clay 
saucer  busting.”  If  every  town  had  an  Ed.  O’Brien,  shotguns 
would  not  rust  in  the  summer  time.  All  that  is  needed  is  for 
some  one  man  to  set  the  ball  rolling  and  say  “Come  pn,  boys,” 


arid  all  those  who  possess  shotguns  would  try  their  “finger  pull” 
oil  clay  targets  during  the  summer  days.  . 

The  weather  wds  cold  arid  somewhat  on  the  threatening  order, 
bill  foil  would  riot  think  So  when  reading  the  scores.  Of  100 
targets  Walter  bluff  broke  66,  Chris  Gottlieb  94,  Charles  Planck 
94  Pat  Adams  91;  Ed.  O’Brien  01,  Witt.  Munstreman  93,  Phil 
Strobeckef  89,  Ed:  Worthington  SL 

Ramsey^s  Manito  Shoot* 

Manito,  April  27.— Among  the  many  uncertainties  there  is  noth- 
ing more  so  than  that  of  holding  a shoot  in  Illinois  in  April,  lhe 
March  weather  was  so  fine  that  the  approach  of  spring  was  so 
sudden  that  it  spoiled  the  duck  shooting,  and  even  started  the 
fish  to  biting;  but  April  being  mostly  wet  and  windy,  set  thing's 
back  a bit.  ...  , , . 

Mr.  J.  C.  Ramsey  had  all  things  going  his  way,  as  he  had  sup- 
posed up  to  the  opening  day  of  his  shoot,  so  that  he  ordered 
4, COO  more  targets,  which  arrived  only  to  remain  unpacked,  as  the 
rain  descended  during  the  night  and  kept  up  all  day,  so  that  none 
save  the  traveling  men  and  enthusiasts  like  Dr.  Lawrence,  of 
Lincoln,  and  A.  Mulford,  of  Mason  City,  and  A.  C.  Connor,  of 
Pekin,  ventured  out. 

Mr.  Ramsey  was  of  course  quite  blue,  as  he  had  gone  to 
much  trouble  and  expense  in  providing  and  setting  up  the  latest 
model  trap  and  in  placing  tents  on  the  grounds. 

One  hundred  shots  were  fired  during  the  day  between  showers. 
Cadwallader  was  present  with  his  shotgun  and  rifle,  but  it  was  too 
cold  for  the  rifle,  and  so  wet  that  objects  could  not  be  sighted 
as  for  a fine  exhibition  such  as  shooting  pins,  etc. 

E.  P.  Lawrence  came  to  boost  the  State  tournament,  but  found 
that  ode  day  would  satisfy  him.  Connor  was  quite  leary  of  get- 
ting his  new  gun  wet,  and  how  the  wind  did  switch  some  of  the 
targets,  Leslie  Staridish  handled  the  cash  for  the  management, 
while  Ttarnp  Ifwiri  staid  close  to  the  tent. 

The  second  day  was  some  improvement  on  the  first.  It  was 
cloudy,  arid  though  not  rainy  to  any  extent,  there  were  not  enough 
shooters  present,  arid  as,  ori  the  first  day,  the  programme  was 
entirely  abandoned,  arid  a shoot  for  targets  only  was  indulged  in. 
The  two  Biemfohr  boys  came  over  from  Spring  Lake,  and  they 
shot  less  than  half  of  the  allotted  200  targets. 

The  Manito  shooting  grounds  are  very  excellent,  level  as  a 
table,  fine  background.  The  trap  worked  well,  and  the  targets 
broke  when  struck,  so  that  the  weather  was  the  only  drawback. 
It  can  be  hoped  that  Mr.  Ramsey  will  try  again,  as  he  is  made  of 
the  right  stuff,  and  every  shooter  in  the  States  wishes  him  well. 
He  will  be  present  at  the  State  shoot  with  a team. 

In  Other  Places. 

The  Hudson,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  opened  the  season  last  Thursday 
with  a contest  for  a handsome  medal.  The  officers  for  1905  are: 
Joseph  Dixon,  President;  James  J.  Judge,  Secretary,  and  Robert 
Carter,  Treasurer. 

Another  new  club  at  Muncie,  Ind.,  is  that  of  the  Gas  City. 

The  trap  and  trigger  folks  at  Chanute,  Kans.,  have  been  rather 
quiet  of  late,  but  it  is  reported  that  A.  W.  Butler  has  returned 
after  a month’s  stay  at  Springfield,  111.,  his  old  home.  The  pres- 
ence of  Mr.  Butler  will  put  some  shoot  into  the  local  club.  There 
will  be  a shoot  at  St.  Paul  this  week,  and  some  of  the  Chanute 
“trappists”  will  attend. 

The  Rod  and  Gun  Club  of  Mauch  Chunk,  Pa.,  will  place  12,000 
fry  in  the  streams  in  their  county. 

There  was  a fifteen-man  team  shoot  held  at  the  town  of  ITave- 
lock,  Neb.,  which  lasted  two  days.  There  was  much  enthusiasm 
and  speculation  on  the  result,  yet  the  shooting  was  not  on  the 
championship  order.  Nine  out  of  fifteen  was  high  score.  The 
race  was  for  a banquet,  and  the  Graham  side,  by  a score  of  92  to  89, 
will  sit  down  to  a banquet  provided  by  those  who  shot  on  J. 
M.  Clemmon’s  side.  Capt.  Hardy,  the  shotgun  and  rifle  artist, 
was  present,  and  gave  one  of  his  interesting  exhibitions. 

Bad  news  for  the  shooters  in  the  vicinity  of  Sidney,  Neb.,  is  to 
the  effect  that  Waubonsie  will  be  drained,  and  then  good-by  to 
the  duck  shooting  at  those  famous  grounds. 

C.  W.  Budd  will  take  a trip  from  Des  Moines,  la.,  to  Spirit 
Lake,  with  the  intention  of  conferring  with  Fred  Gilbert  and 
other  Indians  as  to  the  tournament  to  be  held  by  the  tribe  the 
last  of  August.  There  will  be  cups  and  prizes  that  will  amount 
to  $1,000,  and  the  programme  will  soon  be  out. 

The  Centralia,  Wash.,  Gun  Club  has  raised  all  the  money  neces- 
sary to  conduct  the  Western  Washington  Gun  Club  Association 
tournament.  This  is  the  first  time  Centralia  has  attempted  to 
entertain  a large  body  of  trapshooters,  and  local  enthusiasm  is 
running  high. 

Freeport,  111.,  Gun  Club  practice  is  now  being  indulged  in 
weekly. 

Col.  T.  Collison  was  lately  heard  from  at1  Blackford,  Idaho, 
where  he  was  giving  an  exhibition  of  fancy  shooting  with  the 
shotgun  and  rifle. 

Out  at  Reno,  Nev.,  the  gun  club  has  chosen  the  1905  directors, 
and  there  will  be  ample  arrangements  for  the  members  who  wish 
to  hunt  and  fish  as  well  as  trap  shoot.  The  directors  are  Sam 
Armanko,  Charles  Delaney,  Ernest  Elliott,  Walter  Morton,  A.  G. 
Fletcher,  Dr.  J.  W.  Hennessey,  M.  G.  Magoffin,  Wm.  Hulett, 
Dr.  E.  P.  Quinn. 

There  is  always  sure  to  be  some  good  scores  made  each  time 
the  Cleveland,  O.,  clubs  meet  for  practice.  This  time  it  was  Mr. 
Rice  who  won  the  cup  at  the  shoot  of  the  Recreation  Club  with 
28  out  of  30.  _ • 

The  Lockhart,  Tex.,  Gun  Club  will  go  to  New  Braunfels  on 
May  12,  for  a shoot  to  which  all  the  State  amateurs  are  invited 
to  participate.  It  is  reported  that  the  purses  will  be  good. 

The  Mt.  Clemens,  Mich.,  Gun  Club  held  a practice  shoot  last 
Sunday,  with  a view  to  get  ready  for  the  State  tournament. 

We  note  that  team  shoots  are  much  in  vogue  among  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Mattoon,  111.,  Gun  Club.  Team  shoots  are  very  bene- 
ficial not  only  when  confined  to  members  of  the  same  club,  but 
more  so1  when  two  different  clubs  try  conclusions  in  a friendly 
race,  say,  for  price  of  targets. 

The  Mechanicsville,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  is  expecting  to  hold  a 
tournament  on  Prospect  Plill  on  Decoration  Day.  The  season 
for  1905  will  close  Nov.  1 on  the  Salem,  O.,  Gun  Club  grounds. 
The  badge  of  honor  will  go  to  the  one  making  the  highest  num- 
ber of  points. 

Another  gun  club  for  the  Northwest,  the  Dayton’s  Bluff,  of  St. 
Paul,  Minn.  There  are  twenty-twg  charter  members.  Grounds 


have  been  selected  at  Round  Lake,  and  weekly  shoots  will  be 
held.  Officers:  President,  Edward  IT.  Paybe;  Secretary,  E.  M. 

Parish;  Treasurer,  James  C.  Schroeder;  Captains,  Hugh  E. 
White  and  Albert  Jackson. 

There  will  be  a meeting  held  this  week  at  Fort  Worth,  Tex.,  si 
which  arrangements  will  be  made  for  holding  the  West  Texa-9 
Gun  Club  League,  which  meets  there  in  July. 

Elias  Spangler,  a member  of  the  York  City,  Pa.,  Gun  Club'  is> 
now  champion  of  the  county  as  a live-bird  shot,  as  he  won 
same  Tuesday  at  Glen  Rock.  This  trophy  was  held  by  D.  G. 
Deardorf,  Michael  Lauber,  and  Elias  Spangler,  of  York;  Charles 
S.  Kirk,  of  Hanover;  Allen  M.  Seitz,  of  Glen  Rock. 

The  West  Duluth,  Minn.,  Gun  Club  are  going  along  in  good 
style,  The  members  are  workers,  and  have  with  their  own  muscles 
erected  the  club  house.  The  traps  and  targets  are  on  the  way, 
and  possibly  the  next  week  will  bring  to  pass  the  first  shoot  for 
this  club. 

The  shadows  of  Frank  Parmelee  still  hang  over  Omaha.  A 
new  gun  club  has  been  organized  at  that  city,  and  the  title  now  is 
Omaha  Rod  and  Gun  Club.  One  hundred  and  fifty  members,  and 
more  to  hear  from. 

'the  Plattsmouth,  Neb.,  Club  has  been  reorganized,  and  in  it 
there  are  at  least  ten  prominent  gunners,  viz. : H.  H.  Kuhney, 
M.  IT.  Plonk,  D.  L.  Ouinn,  Fritz  Fricke,  H.  Likewise,  J.  Bauer, 
John  Kniser,  and  Plarvey  Guthman. 

It  is  reported  that  duck  shooting  near  Milwaukee  this  spring 
was  poor.  So  much  the  better.  There  will  be  more  ducks  for  the 
fall  sportsmen. 

The  Geneva,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  has  now  100  members.  The  new 
club  house  has  been  completed,  and  all  shooters  may  find  shelter 
when  needed. 

The  news  comes  from  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  that  the  winners  of_  the 
last  meet  will  be  handicapped  to  22yds.  This  is  carrying  things 
to  extremes,  and  they  are  game  to  try  it. 

The  Colorado  Springs  Gun  Club  has  ordered  100,000  clay  targets. 
Regular  shoots  will  be  held  each  Saturday.  Some  of  the  boys 
are  shooting  mostly  from  the  20yd.  line,  so  that  they  will  be 
ready  for  the  Plandicap  in  August,  when  Elmer  Shaner  starts  the 
traps  to  working. 

R.  J.  Wheeler,  M.  F.  Blair  and  B.  S.  Gaylord  were  selected  to 
represent  the  Owosso,  Mich.,  Gun  Club  at  the  State  shoot.  They 
led  the  others  in  a contest  held  Thursday. 

There  seems  to  be  something  doing  in  Herrington,  Kans.,  as 
the  committee  on  arrangements  are  going  to  work  with  “sleeves 
rolled  up,”  and  they  promise  to  entertain  the  Kansas  visitors 
with  four  days  of  the  best  sport  ever  enjoyed  by  the  “short  grass" 
squad  or  any  other  squad  at  any  other  time. 

Arrangements  have  been  made  by  the  Oneida,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club 
for  the  summer  by  which  the  old  Cody  place  at  head  of  Broad 
street  will  be  their  “stamping  ground”  for  1905. 

Another  Texas  man  heard  from  at  the  New  Orleans  shoot. 
E.  M.  Faurote  made  100  straight,  winning  high  average,  and  the 
expert  cup. 

Frank  Baptiste,  Walter  Mann,  Fred  Johnson  and  IT.  C.  Cox 
are  busily  engaged  in  organizing  the  gun  club  for  the  coming 
season  at  Fort  Smith,  Ark.  It  is  desired  that  the  membership 
be  increased  over  that  of  last  season.  There  will  be  more  traps 
set  up,  and  the  shoots  will  be  held  more  frequently  than  last 
year.  These  gentlemen  prepare  some  new  and  novel  innova- 
tions for  those  who  take  part  this  year. 

Mr.  Willett  won  the  cup  at  the  shoot  held  by  the  Blackwell, 
Oklahoma,  Gun  Club.  The  targets  were  reported  as  of  the 
“tricky”  order,  as  there  was  a strong  northeast  wind. 

Target  shooting  is  now  on  the  boom  in  the  West;  that  is, 
’way  west.  On  the  coast,  many  of  tlie  cities  will  hold  tourna- 
ments. 

“Money”  Hageman  won  the  shoot  at  the  Suburban  Park 
grounds,  Davenport,  la.,  on  last  Sunday.  Kessler,  Welckins, 
Matthias  Bray,  Mattox,  Better  and  Schmidt  were  there  also. 

One  of  the  old  “standbys,”  T.  PI.  Parry,  of  the  Limited  Gun 
Club,  Indianapolis,  was  high  gun  at  the  last  shoot  on  the  historic 
‘G.  A.  H.  ground.  The  old  members  are  now  coming  out  regu- 
larly, and  will  be  getting  in  trim  for  G.  A.  H. 

At  St.  Paul,  Ind.,  May  4,  there  will  be  a tournament.  There 
will  be  ten  events,  and  many  shooters  from  surrounding  cities 
will  be  present. 

The  committee  of  the  Packer  Rod  and  Gun  Club,  South  Beth- 
lehem, Pa.,  have  reported  that  a lease  has  been  made  by  O.  H. 
Acker,  Salisbury,  and  that  after  this  date  regular  meets  will  be 
held  there. 

Minneapolis,  Minn.,  shooters  have  started  to  shoot  so.  early 
that  overcoats  and  gloves  are  still  in  demand. 

In  the  shoot  held  at  Rapid  City  during  the  Stockmen’s  Asso- 
ciation meeting,  the  Deadwood  shooters  got  away  with  about  all 
the  prizes  that  were  awarded.  They  won  the  club  prize,  and  then 
Ray  Walker  won  the  gold  medal  for  high  averages.  Much  in- 
terest was  centered  in  the  contest,  and  the  daily  audience  did 
not  diminish  in  numbers  nor  enthusiasm. 

When  Dick  Dwyer  used  to  be  at  Chicago  he  was  often  seen  at 
the  shooting  grounds  when  live  birds  were  the  fashion.  He  is 
now  in  California,  and  when  the  opportunity  presents,  takes  his 
trusty  breechloader  and  shows  the  Golden  Gate  men  how  to  shoot. 

The  following  bit  of  information  coming  from  the  far-away 
Pacific  Coast  should  be  read  and  well  remembered:  “The  new 

traps  have  been  placed  in  the  bulkheads  for  the  coming  Pacific 
Coast  tournament,  and  the  Interstate  handicap  to  follow.  These 
traps  do  not  give  the  speed  that  the  traps  heretofore  used  did, 
and  are  believed  to  be  of  more  practical  benefit  to  the  beginner 
or  the  moderately  fair  shot  than  the  traps  which  send  a target 
60  to  70yds.  The  Association  is  wise  in  making  an  innovation 
in  favor  of  the  non-expert  devotees  of  the  sport.” 

While  R.  M.  Edwards,  of  the  IToughton,  Mich.,  Gun  Club,  is  in 
the  East,  he  will  select  a medal  which  will  be  given  to  the  shooter 
making  the  best  average  during  this  year,  1905.  A cup  will  also 
be  put  up  that  will  go  to.  the  highest  score  made  during  the  sum- 
mer. 

If  the  plans  of  the  Ideal  Gun  Club,  Wichita,  Kans.,  do  not  go 
amiss,  there  will  be  a big  shoot,  with  many  of  the  best  of  the 
Western  shooters  present,  in  the  next  few  weeks. 

The  South  End  Gun  Club,  Belleville,  111.,  has  leased  Perkins 
Lake,  and  will  build  a club  house. 

The  Union  Gun  Club,  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  defeated  the  Em- 
pires in  their  second  match  on  the  latter’s  grounds.  Score: 
Union  team  201,  Empires  177. 

A delegation  of  the  Hebron,  Neb.,  Gun  Club  went  to  Deshler 
on  Wednesday  last  and  easily  beat  that  burg  in  a team  shoot. 


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The  Deshler  gentlemen  are  not  at  all  satisfied,  and  have  stated 
that  they  will  be  in  Hebron  soon  for  a return  match. 

Things  are  getting  spring-like  at  Hutchinson,  Minn.,  and  the 
Gun  Club  members  have  been  out  for  their  first  warming  up. 
John  Huderlee  won  the  medal,  same  having  been  carried  since 
last  year  by  Charles  Kruester. 

Just  to  hand,  the  information  that  a new  organization  has  been 
launched,  to  be  known  as  the  Wapakuta  Gun  Club,  at  Brainerd, 
Minn.  C.  C.  Kyle  is  President;  E.  O.  Webb,  Secretary;  Thomas 
Mooney,  Field  Captain. 

The  Deer  River  Gun  Club  has  challenged  the  Duluth,  Minn., 
Central  Club  for  a team  shoot,  $100  a side,  and  all  expenses.  It  is 
thought  that  the  Central  boys  will  not  let  the  opportunity  pass  to 
show  what  they  can  do  to  keep  up  their  reputation,  as  at  least 
one  of  the  best  in  the  State.  The  shoot  is  said  to  be  a go.  Yet 
the  time  and  place  have  yet  to  be  settled.  When  it  comes  off, 
there  will  be  a stir  in  the  trapshooting  circles,  for  such  challenges 
for  team  shoots  under  such  conditions  are  not  of  frequent  occur- 
rence. 

Lakeside  Park  Gun  Club,  Hebron,  O. 

The  tournament  of  the  Lakeside  Park  Gun  Club  was  held  near 
Buckeye  Lake  on  April  26  and  27.  The  first  day  was  cloudy  and 
rainy,  and  the  attendance  was  small.  The  second  day  opened 
with  very  threatening  weather,  and  this  doubtless  kept  many  shoot- 
ers away. 

Good  sport  was  enjoyed  by  those  present,  and  but  for  the 
weather  the  manager,  Mr.  Lou  Fisher,  would  have  had  the  crowd 
he  expected. 

High  average  was  won  by  R.  Trimble,  with  349  out  of  360.  Orr 
second,  340;  Fisher  third,  318. 

The  match  for  the  Mullerite  medal  was  won  by  Orr,  who  broke 
25  straight. 

Twenty-five  shooters  took  part  in  one  or  more  of  the  events  of 
the  two  days,  six  shooting  the  entire  programme.  On  the  first 
day  Orr  gave  Trimble  a hot  race  for  high  average,  finishing  only 
one  behind  with  173  out  of  180,  Trimble  breaking  174.  The  scores: 


,— First  Day — . 

Second  Day. 

i Total 1 

Shot  at. 

Broke. 

Shot  at. 

Broke. 

Shot  at. 

Broke. 

Trimble  

180 

174 

ISO 

175 

360 

349 

Orr  

180 

173 

180 

167 

360 

340 

Fisher  

180 

156 

180 

162 

360 

318 

Jennings  

180 

150 

180 

159 

360 

309 

Bottefield  

180 

162 

180 

144 

360 

306 

Keefe  

ISO 

155 

180 

151 

360 

306 

Rife  

125 

100 

120 

99 

245 

199 

Bell  

180 

108 

55 

180 

163 

Bumgardner  . . 

90 

69 

90 

69 

Bright  

75 

44 

75 

44 

Haver  

60 

37 

60 

37 

Gill  

120 

67 

120 

67 

Powell  

15 

8 

15 

8 

King  

iso 

iio 

180 

170 

Campbell  

180 

166 

180 

166 

Murphy  

. . . 

180 

157 

180 

157 

Schaller  

180 

154 

180 

154 

Burrell  

180 

153 

ISO 

153 

* * 

150 

115 

150 

115 

F Burrell  

135 

96 

135 

96 

Swick  

60 

46 

60 

46 

Browne  

45 

29 

45 

29 

Peters  

30 

20 

30 

20 

Rosbrough  

. . . 

45 

13 

45 

13 

House  

15 

1 

15 

1 

Mullerite  medal  shoot,  25  targets:  Orr  25,  Keefe  18,  King  24, 

Jennings  21,  Dutch  22,  Swick  21,  Fisher  17,  S.  Burrell  16,  Mac  20. 


Cincinnati  Gun  Club. 

There  was  a good  attendance  at  the  shoot  on  April  29,  twenty 
shooting  in  the  Peters  trophy  event.  Ackley  headed  the  list  in  the 
Peters  trophv  event  with  the  only  straight  score,  including  handi- 
cap. Don  Minto  was-  second  with  48,  wdiich  was  also  high  for 
actual  breaks.  There  are  only  about  three  more  shoots  in  this 
event. 

Gambell  leaves  on  May  3 for  his  trip  across  the  pond,  and  we  all 
wish  him  the  best  of  luck,  a good  passage,  a good  time  and  a 
safe  return  home  in  time  to  help  the  boys  celebrate  on  the  Fourth. 
During  his  absence,  Mr.  R.  F.  Davies  will  look  out  for  the  com- 
fort of  the  shooters  on  club  days. 

Peters  trophy,  50  targets,  handicap,  added  targets:  Ackley  (26) 

50,  Don  Minto  (0)  48,  Trimble  CO)  40,  Randall  (3)  46,  Roll  (3)  44, 
Hesser  (0)  43,  Falk  (6)  43,  ' Faran  (0)  42,  Pohlar  (1)  42, 

Jay  Bee  (5)  42,  Pfeiffer  (5)  42,  Andrews  (8)  42,  Williams  (0)  41, 
Herman  (0)  41,  Block  (1)  40.  Brllerdick  (4)  40,  Strauss  (0)  37, 
Bonser  (0)  36,  Steinman  (2)  36,  Gambell  (2)  33. 


Preble  County  Gun  Club,  Eaton,  O. 

Many  of  the  members  of  the  Preble  County  Gun  Club  were 
unable  to  leave  their  work  to  attend  the  medal  shoot  on  April  27, 
but  the  few  who  did  had  a good  time. 

In  the  medal  shoot,  25  targets,  16vds.,  open  to  members  only, 
D.  M.  Swihart  won  with  a score  of  23. 


Cincinnati  vs.  Newark  for  Phellis  Trophy. 


The  Cincinnati,  O.,  Gun  Club  has  been  busy  this  week— a 
match  on  Wednesday  with  Dayton,  and  on  Friday,  April  28,  a 
match  for  the  Phellis  trophy  with  the  Newark  Gun  Club,  from 
which  club  they  won  the  cup  a few  weeks  ago  (April  19). 

Over  one  hundred  members  of  the  club  and  its  friends  were 
present.  The  visitors  arrived  about  10  o’clock,  and  were  wel- 
comed and  informed  that  they  could  shoot  all  the  practice  events 
they  wished. 

After  dinner,  which  was  furnished  by  the  local  team  and  pre- 
pared, as  on  Wednesday,  by  Mrs.  Gambell,  a sweepstake  was  shot 
and  the  teams  were  then  made  up,  the  home  club  entering  three, 
Dayton  one,  and  Newark  one. 

Shooting  began  at  3:10;  at  4:30  everything  was  over  but- the 
cheering,  and  that  was  conspicuous  by  its  absence.  The  Newark 
team  were  once  more  holders  of  the  cup,  which  has  _ been  the 
occasion  of  so  many  interesting  shoots.  Messrs.  Ed.  Trimble  and 
A.  C.  Dick  acted  as  referees.  Arthur  Gambell  and  John  Penn 
scored  for  Cincinnati,  and  Mr.  Browne  for  Newark. 

The  day  was  cloudy,  and  hazy.  A little  sprinkle  of  rain  fell  in 
the  afternoon.  A strong  wind  caused  the  targets  to  jump  some. 

Mr  Orr,  of  Newark,  made  the  high  individual  score,  48.  At 
the  end  of  the  first  round  Cincinnati  No.  1 and  Newark  were 
tied  on  131,  but  in  the  last  round  the  unexpected  happened,  and 
one  of  the  Cincinnati’s  steadiest  shots,  Mr.  Faran,  went  to  pieces. 
He  landed  such  a score  as  has  not  been  recorded  for  him  since 
he  first  took  up  the  shooting  game.  He  was  not  well,  and  was 
really  in  no  condition  to  stand  the  strain  of  a closely  contested 


minClt’he  evening  the  home  team  entertained  the  Newark  team  at 
supper,  and  they  returned  home  pleased  With  their,  visit  and  with 
a clear  idea  of  what  hospitality  means  with  the  Cincinnati  shooters. 

Among  the  visitors  were  Messrs.  Ed.  Browne,  Fred  King,  Jesse 
Orr.  John  Keefe,  S.  Burrell,  Earl  Murphy,  Chas.  Schaller,  John 
Keifer  F A.  Hulshizer,  Lou  Fisher,  John  Taylor  and  Jennings, 
all  of  Newark;  C.  H.  Cord,  Z.  Craig,  Lindemuth,  Spangler,  Rike, 
Carr  and  Cain,  of  Dayton.  „ , , x , 

The  Dayton  Gun  Club  challenged  the  Newark  team  and  a match 
for  the  trophy  will  be  shot  soon. 

Phellis  trophy,  six-man  teams,  50  targets  per  man: 

Cincinnati  No.  1. 

Targets : 

Don  Minto  

Sycamore  

Barker  

Teddy  

Bleh  

Faran  


>.  1. 

Dayton  G. 

C. 

25 

25 

Targets: 

25 

25 

. 20 

25—  45 

Cord  

. 19 

18—  37 

, 22 

22—  44 

Lindemuth  

. 21 

24—  45 

25 

22—  47 

Rike  

. 22 

19—  41 

. 22 

22—  44 

Craig  

. 18 

22—  40 

m 

24—  46 

Spangler  

..21 

22—  43 

. 20 

16—  36 

Cain  

. 21 

24 — 45 

131  131—262 

122  129-251 

Newark  G. 

C. 

Cincinnati  No.  2. 

Fisher  

21—  43 

Hesser  

22 

23—  45 

Orr  

23 

25-  48 

Medico  ........ 

22—  42 

King  

22 

24—  46 

Gambell  

19 

22—  41 

Hulshizer  

. 22 

23—  45 

Ahlers  

21 

21—  42 

Murphy  

. 20 

23—  43 

Pohlar  

22—  42 

Keif  

. 22 

21—  43 

Williams  

20 

21—  41 

131  137—268 

122  131—253 

Cincinnati  No.  3. 

Targets: 

25 

25 

Targets: 

25 

25 

Dick  

. 18 

24—  42 

Maynard  

21 

25—  46 

Bullerdick  

. 19 

18—  37 

Pfeiffer  

23—  45 

■Roll 

IQ 

23 42 

Osterfeld  

. 22 

23—  45 

121  136—257 

Phellis  Trophy,  Cincinnati  vs.  Dayton. 

On  April  26  a team  from  the  Dayton  Gun  Club  came  to  Cin- 
cinnati to  contest  for  the  Phellis  trophy.  The  day  opened  cloudy, 
with  heavy  rain  in  the  morning.  The  remainder  of  the  day  was 
cloudy  and  hazy,  making  rather  a poor  light  to  shoot  in. 

Supt.  Gambell  and  Faran,  of  the  reception  committee,  were  at 
the  station  on  the  arrival  of  the  train  to  meet  the  guests.  There 
was  a good  attendance  of  members  and  spectators. 

After  some  practice  shooting  the  guests  were  shown  to  the  club 
dining  room,  where  Mrs.  Gambell  had  the  tables  laid,  and  one  of 
her  best  dinners  ready. 

The  match  began  at  3 and  finished  at  3:40,  and  the  balance  of 
the  day  was  devoted  to  sweep  shooting. 

Phellis  trophy,  six-man  teams,  50  targets  per  man: 


Cincinnati  G.  C. 

Targets:  25  25 

A Sunderbruch  ....  23  20 — - 43 

Don  Minto  . . : 24  23 — 47 

Bleh  22  25—  47 

Faran  22  20—  42 

Barker  24  20-  44 

Harig  18  22—  40 


Dayton  G.  C. 

Targets : 25  25 

Rike  20  19—39 

E Watkins  25  24—  49 

Craig  20  21—  41 

Lindemuth  22  23 — 45 

W Watkins  20  23—  43 

Cord  20  16—  37 


133  130—263 


129  125—254 


Notes. 

Fifteen  shooters  attended  the  shoot  given  by  the  Elyria,  O., 
Gun  Club  on  April  26.  D.  D.  Gross  was  high  gun  with  50  out  of 
55;  H.  N.  Kirby  second  with  48.  N.  M.  Freeland  third  with  38. 

The  tournament  of  the  Youngstown,  O.,  Gun  Club,  held  on 
their  new  grounds,  April  27,  was  a success.  Twenty-four  men 
took  part,  fourteen  shooting  the  entire  programme  of  150  targets. 

D.  A.  Upson  (“Tryon”),  of  Cleveland,  was  high  gun,  with  the 
splendid  score  of  148,  or  98.66  per  cent.  E.  Tully,  of  Hubbard, 
second  with  145,  or  96.66  per  cent.  Ewalt,  of  this  place,  third, 
with  143,  95.33  per  cent.  D.  D.  Gross,  of  the  Peters  Cartridge 
Co.,  fourth,  with  141,  or  94  per  cent.  Others  who  broke  over  90 
per  cent,  were  Haak,  92.66,  and  H.  N.  Kirby,  92  per  cent.  A 
delegation  from  -Canton  were  present,  booming  the  State  shoot 
in  June. 

The  attendance  at  the  medal  shoot  of  the  Rohrer’s  Island  Gun 
Club,  of  Dayton,  April  26,  was  the  smallest  of  the  season.  A 
number  of  the  members  were  in  Cincinnati.  Eight  took  part  in 
the  medal  shoot,  and  Ed.  Cain  won  with  a score  of  23. 

The  La  Grange,  O.,  Gun  Club,  held  a pleasant  little  shoot  on 
April  25,  in  which  ten  men  took  part.  Three  25-targets  were  shot, 
D .D.  Gross  being  high  gun  with  69;  H.  N.  Kirby  second  with 
63,  and  H.  A.  Foster  third  with  59. 

The  New  London,  O.,  Gun  Club  gave  a shoot  on  April  24,  the 
guests  of  honor  being  Messrs.  PI.  N.  Kirby  and  D.  D.  Gross. 
Fifteen  shooters  took  part,  and  a very  enjoyable  afternoon  was 
spent.  D.  D.  Gross  made  high  per  cent.,  breaking  91.2  per  cent. 

E.  R.  Stilson  broke  91  per  cent.,  smashing  182  out  of  200.  H. 
N Kirby  came  third  with  88  per  cent.  Gross  broke  92  out  of  his 
first  100.  Stilson  90  out  of  first,  and  92  out  of  his  last  100. 


Garfield  Gun  Club. 

Chicago,  April  29. — The  appended  scores  were  made  to-day,  on 
the  occasion  of  the  second  trophy  shoot  of  the  first  series.  Dr. 
Meek;  won  Class  A trophy  on  19.  Keck  and  Dr.  Skillman  tied 
for  Class  B on  15,  while  Dr.  Reynolds  won  Class  C on  the  good 
score  of  19. 

The  day  was  about  as  bad  as  it  could  be  for  target  shooting, 
being  extremely  windy,  and  gusty  at  that.  The  flight  of  targets 
was  so  erratic  as  to  make  good  scores  simply  impossible. 

The  weather  conditions  were  so  very  unfavorable  that  only  a 
few  shooters  cared  to  take  it  in,  only  fifteen  taking  part  in  the 
trophy  event. 


Events : 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

Targets: 

10 

10 

25 

10 

10 

10 

10 

10 

15 

Thomas  

7 

13 

4 

3 

7 

10 

9 

13 

Keck  

15 

. . 

8 

13 

Dr  Meek  

6 

7 

19 

8 

9 

8 

6 

6 

Kampp  

4 

4 

16 

3 

8 

6 

Dr  Reynolds  

6 

6 

19 

8 

9 

8 

Wakeman  

5 

7 

16 

4 

8 

. . 

is 

Eaton  

7 

5 

17 

5 

7. 

6 

8 

8 

George  

5 

2 

10 

7 

6 

7 

4 

. . 

.. 

Ditt  

2 

1 

7 

5 

6 

5 

5 

Smedes  

5 

6 

10 

4 

7 

. . 

. . 

9 

io 

L Wolff 

5 

9 

Dr  Skillman  

15 

5 

6 

6 

6 

Davis  

17 

. . 

6 

7 

8 

9 

Lanigan  

16 

. . 

6 

7 

6 

8 

Ayers  

6 

Dr.  J. 

W 

Meek,  Sec  y 

Indianapolis  (Ind.)  Gun  Club, 

Indianapolis,  Ind.,  April  22. — Hice  won  Peters  badge.  Parry, 
Dickman,  Gregory  and  Habich  tied  for  club  trophy.  Each  event 
was  at  25  targets: 


Events:  123456789  10  11  12 

Nash  20  19  21  19  20  14  17  12  19  19  16  19 

Habich  15  8 14  15  11  15  13  18  16  22  ..  .. 

Teiber  6 9 

Parry  23  21  24  21  23  17  21  18  

Dickman  19  22  22  23  21  22  23  21  ..  ..  ..  .. 

Moore  16  13  17  11  17  13  14  17 

Partington  14  18  17  24  22  19  22  14  22  . . . . . . 

Gregory  17  21  21  25  21  7 15  .. 

Finley  18  22  17  20  

Anderson  14  16  13  19 

Armstrong  17  18  12  8 

Paddock  5 6 7 7 '. 

Fields  13  8 4 

Hice  18  17  15  16 

M oiler  20  13  23  

Hann  7 10 


The  Indians'  Annual  Tournament. 

Alton,  111.,  April  24.— Announcement  is  hereby  made  of  the 
annual  tournament  of  the  Indians,  which  will  be  held  at  Spirit 
Lake,  la.,  Aug.  22,  23,  24  and  25,  taking  practically  the  whole  of 
the  fourth  week  in  August.  The  Indians  will  try  to  make  this 
tourney  even  more  attractive  than  any  held  in  the  past,  wdth  at 
least  $1,000  in  cash  and  trophies  hung  up,  in  addition  to  the 
regular  purses.  The  programme  will  be  open  to  the  world,  and  a 
general  invitation  is  extended  to  every  lover  of  the  shotgun  and 
trapshooting  to  be  with  us  and  enjoy  the  pleasures  of  the  meet. 
Programmes  will  be  issued  about  July  1,  and  these,  together  with 
any  information  regarding  the  tournament  will  be  gladly  fur- 
nished on  application  by  Chief  John  Burmister,  Spirit  Lake,  la. 

Tom  A.  Marshall,  High  Chief. 

Frank  C.  Riehl,  Chief  Scribe. 


Bradford  Gun  Club. 


Bradford,  Pa., 

April  24.— The  following  is  a 

total  of  the 

events 

held  at  the  traps 

of  the 

above 

club  on  April  22: 

Shot  at. 

Broke. 

Shot  at. 

Broke. 

Mallory,  Jr 

. . .130 

123 

Durfey  

30 

6 

Nobles  

...100 

92 

Artley  

45 

30 

Mason  

. . .100 

92 

Hamaker  ... 

100 

58 

Conneelv  

. . .100 

94 

Disney  

100 

61 

Russell  

...125 

96 

Pringle  

100 

91 

Ellsworth  

. . .130 

103 

Jones  

115 

94 

Mills  

...60 

28 

Willis  

100 

72 

Bodine  

. . .130 

92 

White  

100 

71 

Costello  

...60 

17 

Rice  

75 

57 

Dr  Vernon  

...60 

27 

E.  C. 

Charlton,  Sec’y. 

SIDE  LIGHTS  OF  TRADE. 


The  G.  W.  Cole  Company  has  sent  us  a letter  written  to  them 
by  their  attorneys,  wherein  is  set  forth  that  the  United  States 
Circuit  Court  has  granted  an  injunction  against  certain  companies, 
restraining  them  from  the  use  of  the  trade  mark,  “3  in  1.” 


Mr.  Geo.  A.  Mosher,  famous  in  the  activities  of  the  gun  trade, 
writes  us:  “It  gives  me  great  pleasure  to  inform  you  that  I have 
become  associated  with  the  Lefever  Arms  Company,  of  Syracuse, 
N.  Y.,  as  traveling  salesman.  I hope  to  visit  the  trade  fre- 
quently, as  well  as  attend  many  tournaments.  I think  the  many 
acquaintances  I made  during  my  seventeen  years  in  the  gun  busi- 
ness will  be  glad  to  know  I am  back  in  line  again.” 


PUBLISHERS'  DEPARTMENT. 


Last  Tour  to  Old  Point  Comfort,  Richmond,  and 
Washington  for  the  Present  Season. 

Six-day  Trip  via  Pennsylvania  Railroad. 

The  last  personally-conducted  tour  to  Old  Point  • Comfort,  Rich- 
mond, and  Washington  via  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  for  the 
present  season  will  leave  New  York  and  Philadelphia  on  Satur- 
day, May  6. 

Tickets,  including  all  necessary  expenses  for  a period  of  six 
days,  will  be  sold  at  rate  of  $36  from  New  York,  Brooklyn  and 
Newark;  $34.50  from  Trenton;  $33  from  Philadelphia,  and  propor- 
tionate rates  from  other  stations. 

Tickets  to  Old  Point  Comfort  only,  covering  luncheon  going, 
one  and  three-fourths  days’  board  at  Chamberlin  Hotel,  and  good 
to  return  within  six  days,  will  be  sold  at  rate  of  $17  from  New 
York,  Brooklyn  and  Newark,  $15.50  from  Trenton;  $14.50  from 
Philadelphia,  and  proportionate  rates  from  other  points. 

For  itineraries  and  full  information  apply  to  ticket  agents;  C. 
Studds,  E.  P.  A.,  263  Fifth  avenue,  New  York;  342  Fulton  street, 
Brooklyn;  789  Broad  street,  Newark,  N.  J. ; or  Geo.  W.  Boyd, 
General  Passenger  Agent,  Broad  Street  Station,  Philadelphia. — 
Adv. 


Enterprise  Gun  Club. 

McKeesport,  Pa.— The  fifth  and  last  shoot  for  the  Daily  News 
cup  was  shot  on  these  grounds  on  April  22,  and  resulted  in  a tie 
between  Knight  and  M.  Hale,  and  in  the  shoot-off  on  15  targets 
Knight  made  a straight  and  Hale  13.  In  the  Hunter  Arms  Co. 
gold  badge  contest,  Hale  was  high  on  32. 

In  the  five  contests  for  the  Daily  News  cup  the  result  was  as 
follows;  J.  F.  Calhoun  won  two  contests;  Mathew  Shorr  won  1; 
W.  Hale  won  one;  Robert  Knight  won  1. 

Mr.  Calhoun  will  receive  the  cup  and  be  declared  champion 
for  the  year  1905  within  the  circulation  of  the  Daily  News.  There 
will  be  no  more  shoots  on  these  grounds  until  after  the  State 
shoot.  Garland  was  present  and  shot  in  both  contests.  The 
scores i 

Hunter  gold  badge,  20  singles  and  10  pairs:  W.  Hale  32, 

Knight  31,  Noel  31,  Calhoun  29,  Garland  29,  Shorr  27,  Irwin  25, 
Taylor  24,  M.  McCombe  23,  S.  McCombe  21. 

Daily  News  cup,  50  targets:  W.  Hale  44,  Knight  44,  Garland 

44,  Calhoun  43,  Shorr  43,  Good  42,  Cochran  40,  Irwin  40,  Black 
40  Noel  39,  McFarland  39,  Taylor  38,  Rhoads  37,  Douglas  37, 
Byard  36,  Hardy  36,  Merritt  35,  Jennings  34,  M.  McCombe  33. 

Tie  on  15  targets:  W.  Hale  13,  Knight  15. 


Riverside  Gun  Club. 

Topsham,  Me. — The  Riverside  Gun  Club,  of  Topsham,  Me.,  one 
of  the  oldest  clubs  in  the  State,  met  recently  and  elected  the  fol- 
lowing officers  for  the  ensuing  year:  President,  E.  C.  Hall;  Vice- 

President,  W.  S.  Cash;  Secretary  and  Treasurer,  Dr.  H.  O.  Curtis. 
Executive  Committee,  E.  C.  Hall,  W.  S.  Cash,  Dr.  Curtis,  James 
Vannal,  A.  E.  Hall.  The  club  will  hold  weekly  shoots  Saturday 
afternoons,  and  the  members  look  forward  to  a prosperous  season 
at  the  traps.  Dr.  H.  O.  Curtis,  Sec’y. 


In  the  big  cities  at  the  opening  of  the  fishing  season  a multi- 
tude of  men,  chained  to  business,  are  yet  eager  to  get  off  to  some 
nearby  place  where  fishing  is  to  be  had,  but  we  all  know  that 
near  (he  big  cities  anglers  are  plenty,  but  fish  are  scarce.  New 
York  is  forunately  situated  in  this  respect,  for  within  a short  dis- 
tance on  the  N.  Y.  Ont.  & Western  Railroad  are  the  beautiful 
streams  of  Sullivan  and  Delaware  counties,  where  trout  and 
bass — and  mighty  ones,  too — are  had  by  the  lucky.  The  N.  Y.,  O. 
& W.  pamphlet,  telling  much  about  the  country  the  road  passes' 
through,  will  be  sent  on  receipt  of  7 cents  by  Mr.  J.  C.  Anderson, 
Traffic  Manager.  


The  scenery  of  the  Saguenay  River,  the  trout  of  Lake  St.  Johns, 
and  the  ouananiche  of  the  great  discharge  are  all  famous,  for 
people  have  been  traveling  back  and  forth  for  a long  time  between 
Quebec  and  Lake  St.  John  over  the  Quebec  & Lake  St.  John  R. 
R.  They  stop  for  a while  at  the  great  Hotel  Roberval,  and  then 
very  likely  go  off  to  camp  on  some  of  the  beautiful  waters  in  the 
neighborhood,  where  the  fish  are  plenty  and  the  guides  efficient, 
and  where  is  found  enjoyment  as  nearly  ideal  as  any  of  us  are 
likely  to  see  in  this  world.  The  season  is  now  opening  again, 
and  the  advertisement  of  the  railroad  in  another  column  tells 
where  information  about  the  country,  with  its  fish,  its  game  and  its 
wonderful  scenery  may  be  had. 


The  trap  advertised  by  the  W.  S.  Dickey  Clay  Mfg.  Co.,  is 
offered  on  such  easy  terms  that  it  is  hard  to  see  how  any  one 
should  hesitate  about  making  trial  of  it.  The  company  clearly 
has  the  utmost  faith  in  its  traps,  and  proves  that  faith  by  its 
very  liberal  offer.  It  certainly  does  not  cost  much  to  write  for  a 
catalogue  giving  full  information  about  these  traps,  and  for  2 cents 
and  a little  trouble  you  can  learn  what  the  manufacturers  have  to 
say  about  their  traps  and  their  target. 


IT  DON’T  COST  A CENT 


UNTIL  YOU  ARE  SATISFIED.  We  will  ship  you  a 
DICKEY  BIRD  AUTOMATIC  TRAP 


on  trial,  if  satisfactory  you  send  us  $25.00.  If  not  satisfactory,  return  the  trap.  We  know  you  will  be  satisfied.  Every- 
body is.  Write  us  for  catalogue  giving  full  information.  We  can  make  prompt  shipment. 

OWN  YOUR  TRAP.  BE  INDEPENDENT. 

W.  s.  DICKEY  CLAY  MANUFACTURING  COITPANY,  - - - Kansas  City,  Mo, 

Von  Lengerke  & Pet  mold,  New  York  City  Agents  for  Dickey  Bird  Targets 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


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The  acknowledged  leader  of  medium-priced  guns,  is  now  offered  for  $25  net.  It  is  fitted  with 
our  famous  Duro  Nitro  Steel  barrels.  Guaranteed  to  shoot  any  Nitro  or  black  powder  and  not 
get  loose.  Fitted  with  the  same  mechanism  as  our  higher  grades.  Sold  through  the  dealer  only. 


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GRAND  PRIX  DU  CASINO,  MONTE  CARLO,  - - 1903 

AUSTRALIAN  GRAND  HANDICAP 1902 

GRAND  AMERICAN  HANDICAP,  - I899 

CHAMPIONSHIP  OF  AUSTRALIA,  - 1899 

CHAMPIONSHIP  OF  NEW  SOUTH  WALES,  - - 1898 

1st,  2d  and  3d  GRAND  AMERICAN  HANDICAP,  - - 1897 


Address  WILLIAM  CASHMORE,  Gun  Maker,  BIRMINGHAM,  ENGLAND. 


THE  BIG  GAME  OF  AMERICA 

is  well  represented  in  the  collection  of  Pictures  from  Forest  and  Stream 


Moose,  elk,  antelope,  mountain  sheep, 
Virginia  deer,  mule  deer  and  buffalo 
are  shown  in  scenes  which  have  in 
them  the  spirit  of  the  wild  creatures 
and  their  surroundings.  Each  picture 
is  an  accurate  portrait  of  the  subject 
and  has  a pleasing  landscape  setting  as 
well.  Of  smaller  game  there  are  field 
scenes  in  which  figure  the  quail,  ruffed 
grouse;  and  a number  of  splendid 
reproductions  of  Audubon  bird  pic- 
tures. The  dog  pictures  by  Osthaus 
and  the  yachting  scenes  round  out  the 
volume,  and  make  it  all  in  all  a very 
comprehensive  volume  of  American 
outdoor  sports. 


LIST  OF  THE  PLATES. 


1.  Alert  (Moose),  ....  Carl  Rungius 

2.  The  White  Flag  (Deer),  - - Carl  Rungius 

3.  “ Listen  ! ” (Mule  Deer),  - - Carl  Rungius 

4.  On  the  Heights  (Mountain  Sheep),  Carl  Rungius 

5.  “ What’s  That  ?”  (Antelope),  - Carl  Rungius 

6.  The  Home  of  the  White  Goat. 

Photo  by  H.  T.  Folsom 

7.  Calling  the  Buffalo — 1 The  Lure,  E.  W.  Deming 

8.  Calling  the  Buffalo — 2 The  Drive,  E.  W.  Deming 

9.  Calling  the  Buffalo — 3 The  Fall,  E.  W.  Deming 

10.  Calling  the  Buffalo — i Packing  the  Meat. 

E.  W.  Deming 

11.  Sail,  Sea  and  Sky,  Navahoe  on  the  Solent. 

Photo  by  West  & Son 

12.  The  Trapper’s  Camp.  - - E.  W.  Deming 

18.  Peafl  R.  (Setter),  - - - E.  H.  Osthaus 

14.  The  Purple  Sandpiper,  - J.  J.  Audubon 

15.  The  Black  Duck,  - - - - J.  J.  Audubon 

16.  The  Shoveller  Duck,  - - J.  J.  Audubon 


17.  The  Redhead  Duck,  - J.  J.  Audubon 

18.  The  Canvasback  Duck,  - - J.  J.  Audubon 

19.  The  Prairie  Chicken,  - - - J.  J.  Audubon 

20.  The  Willow  Ptarmigan,  - - J.  J.  Audubon 

21.  The  American  Plover,  - J.  J.  Audubon 

22.  Rap  Full,  Schooner  Constellation  in  a 

North  Easter,  - - Photo  by  N.  L.  Stebbins 

23.  First  Around  Home  Mark.  The  Altair 

off  Larchmont,  - - Photo  by  Jas.  Burton 

24.  The  Challenge  (Elk),  - - Carl  Rungius 

25.  Quail  Shooting  in  Mississippi,  - - E.  Osthaus 

26.  Ripsey  (Pointer)  ...  E Osthaus 

27.  Between  Casts,  - - - W.  P.  Davison 

28.  Home  of  the  Bass,  ...  W.  P.  Davison 

29.  In  Boyhood  Days,  - - - W.  P.  Davison 

30.  A Country  Road  (Partridge),  W.  P.  Davison 
81.  When  Food  Grows  Scarce,  (Quail),  W.  P.  Davison 
32.  In  the  Fence  Corner  (Quail),  W.  P,  Davison 


“The  plates  are  carefully  printed  on  heavy  coated  paper  and  handsomely 
bound,  making  a most  attractive  volume.  The  size  of  page  is  about  that  of 
the  Forest  and  Stream  or  about  16  x ii^4  inches.  Price,  postpaid,  $2. 

In  response  to  numerous  enquiries  from  those  who  desire  to  frame  these 
engravings,  rather  than  to  keep  them  in  a volume,  a special  price  of  $1.75  each 
has  been  made  for  sets  of  unbound  sheets. 


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MODERN  RIFLE  SHOOTING 

FROM  THE  AMERICAN  STANDPOINT 

By  W.  G.  HUDSON*  M.D. 

is  a modest  title  to  a work  which  contains  an  epitome  of  the  world’s 
best  knowledge  on  the  practical  features  of  the  art. 

In  its  160  pages  are  treated,  in  popular  language  but  with  technical 
accuracy,  all  the  details  of  Rifles,  Bullets,  Triggers  and  Trigger  Pulls, 
Equipments,  Sights  and  Sighting,  Aiming,  Adjustments  of  Sights, 
Helps  in  Aiming,  Optics  of  Rifle  Shooting,  Positions  at  all  Ranges, 
Targets  in  General  Use,  Ammunition,  Reloading,  Cleaning,  Ap- 
pliances, etc.  Thirty-five  illustrations.  Price,  $1.00.  For  sale  by 

FOREST  AND  STREAM  PUB.  CO.,  346  Broadway,  New  York 


FLAT  LIKE  A BOOK 

IN  THE  POCKET. 


The  Automatic  Colt  Pistol, 

Calibre  .32. 

i1 afe.  'Rapid.  Reliable. 

Nine  Shots.  Two  Safeties.  Two  Automatic  Indicators. 


You  can  discharge  the  first  shot  more  quickly  from  this  pistol  than 
from  any  arm  made. 

We  make  four  models  of  Automatic  Pistols,  Twenty  models 
of  Revolvers. 

Complete  Catalogue  on  "Request. 

Colt’s  Patent  Fire  Arms  Mfg.  Co., 

HARTFORD,  CONN..  U.  S.  A. 

London  Office . 15 a,  "Pall  Mall.  S.  W„  London.  W..  England. 


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The  President  of  a Gun  Club 

near  Boston  said,  “The  trap  we  are 
using  is  not  satisfactory.  It  won’t 
throw  doubles,  we  cannot  regulate 
the  he:ght  of  flight,  and  we  can  use 
only  one  make  of  target  with  it. 
We  have  a year’s  contract  with  the 
makers  that  we  cannot  get  a release 
of,  but  we  are  going  to  put  in  an 
Expert  Club  Trap  ” That’s  only 
one  samj  le  of  what  we  hear  every  day.  The  Expert  Club  Trap  is  sold  out- 
right for  $30.  Any  standard  target  can  be  thrown  with  it.  It  will  throw 
doubles.  Height  of  flight  can  be  adjusted.  Write  for  complete  de:.cription. 


Iver  Johnson  Sporting  Goods  Co., 

163-165  Washington  St.,  - - Boston,  Mass. 


Our  Fishing  Tackle 
department  comprises 
everything  in  the  line 
of  tackle. 

For  reliable 


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Send  ten  cents  in  stamps  for  our  new  ITirtO  FtcKinri  Ta  r>lrlo 
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Tourists’  Knapsaks  and  Clothing  Bags,  Rubber  Blankets,  Tents,  Camp  Outfits. 

Very  light  16  and  20  bore  SCOTT  GUNS  just  received;  also  light  12.  Also  fine  bronze  metal  Breech-Loading 
YACHT  CANNON;  all  sizes.  EVERYTHING  FOR  CAMP  AND  FIELD. 

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(Established  1826.) 


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The  Standard  Dense  Powder  of  the  World. 

Highest  Velocity,  Greatest  Penetration  and  Pressures  Lower 

than  Black  Powder. 

AWARDED  The  “Grand  Prix” 

for  excellence  of  manufacture  at  the  World’s  Fair,  St.  Louis,  1904. 


ISTITH 


The  Best  Smokeless  Shotgun  Powder  on  Earth. 

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A postal  brings  “Shooting  Facts.” 


SECOND-HAND  AND  SHOPWORN. 


1591.  W.  W.  Greener  automatic  ejector,  12- 
ga.,  30-in.  barels,  6 lbs.  7 oz.  weight, 
wrought  steel  barrels,  full  pistol  grip,  hand- 
some Italian  walnut  stock.  In  fine  second- 
hand condition.  Made  to  order  at  $250.00. 
Price  $125.00 

3013.  W.  W.  Greener  royal  quality  ejector, 
with  finest  English  Damascus  barrels,  full 
choke,  flat  engine-turned  rib,  very  elaborate 
engraving,  fine  Italian  walnut  half  pistol 
grip  stock,  gilt  triggers.  Dimensions : 12- 
ga.,  30-in.  barrels,  7%  lbs.  weight,  2%  in- 
drop,  1414  in.  stock.  Cost  new  $425.00,  and 
is  as  good  as  new.  Price $250.00 

1243.  W.  & C.  Scott  & Son  premier  qual- 

ity patent  block  safety  hammerless,  with 
crystal  indicator,  handsomely  engraved 
locks,  and  action.  Triplex  lever  grip  action, 
half  pistol  grip  stock,  fine  Damascus  bar- 
rels. Cost  new  $350.00.  A great  bargain 
at  $125.00 

1755.  W.  W.  Greener  Monarch  ejector, 
with  Sieman  steel  barrels,  English  walnut 
half  pistol  grip  stock.  Both  barrels  full 
choke.  Dimensions:  12-ga.,  30-in.  barrels, 

7 lbs.  weight,  2%  in.  drop,  14%  in.  stock. 
Slightly  . shopworn.  Cost  new  $200.00. 
Price  $130.00 

1012.  W.  W.  Greener  Monarch  ejector,  with 
Sieman  steel  barrels,  English  walnut  half 
pistol  grip  stock.  Right  barrel  cylinder; 
left  modified.  12-ga.,  28-in.  barrels,  6%  lbs. 
weight,  2%  in.  drop,  14%  in.  stock.  Slightly 
shopworn  only.  Cost  new,  $200.00.  Price, 

$125.00 

1244.  W.  W.  Greener  royal  quality  Crown 

ejector.  Very  few  Crown  ejectors  ever 
come  into  the  market  second-hand,  and  are 
always  snapped  up  as  soon  as  they  appear. 
This  one  is  a very  desirable  example  of 
this  grade,  and  with  a fine  shooting  record. 
It  has  Greener’s  special  Damascus  barrels, 
fine  half  pistol  grip  stock,  and  is  full  choke 
in  both  barrels.  Dimensions:  12-ga.,  30-in. 

barrels,  7 lbs.  9 oz.,  2 3-16  in.  drop,  14%  in. 
stock.  Cost  $425.00,  and  is  in  perfect  con- 
dition. Special  net  price $250.00 

3008.  L.  C.  Smith  A-3  pigeon  gun.  The 
very  highest  grade  ($740.00)  of  American 
shotgun,  and  one  of  the  finest  specimens 
of  this  unique  quality  we  have  ever  seen. 
This  gun  has  Sir  Joseph  Whitworth  fluid 
steel  barrels.  The  finest  quality  Circassian 
walnut  stock,  straight  grip,  with  elaborate 
checkering.  This  gun  is  like  new  in  every 
way,  and  with  it  is  a fine  imported  leather 
case.  Dimensions  are:  12-ga.,  30-in.  barrels, 
7%lbs.  weight,  1%  x 1%  x 14%.  Special 
price  $350.00 

HENRY  C.  SQUIRES  & SON, 


2438.  W.  W.  Greener  grand  prize  pigeon 
gun,  $350  grade,  with  Sir  Joseph  Whitworth 
fluid  steel  barrels,  full  cfioke,  hall  p.stol 
grip,  elaborate  engraving.  Dimensions:  12- 
ga.,  30-in.  barrels,  7%  lbs.,  2%  in.,  14%  in. 
An  extremely  fine  gun.  Price,  net.. $225.00 
1492.  W.  W.  Greener  double  four-bore, 
weighing  22  lbs.,  and  cost  new  $450.00.  It 
has  a fine  pair  of  Damascus  barrels,  with- 
out pit  or  flaw,  40  in.  long,  stock  14  in. 
heavy  Silver’s  recoil  pad,  half  pistol  grip, 
3 in.  drop,  and  it  is  one  of  the  most  pow- 
erful guns  we  have  ever  seen.  Price, 
net  $200.00 

3014.  Knockabout  hammerless,  with  Krupp 

steel  barrels,  12-ga.,  26-in.  barrels,  6%  lbs. 
weight.  Cost  new,  $60.00.  In  perfect  con- 
dition. Price  $37.50 

1480.  Francotte  hammerless,  handsomely 
engraved,  12-ga.,  30-in.  barrels,  7 lbs.  In 
perfect  condition  and  as  good  as  new.  Cost 

$150.00.  Price  $75.00 

3003.  Lefever  hammerless,  with  Damascus 
barrels,  full  pistol  grip  stock.  Slightly 
shopworn.  Dimensions:  16-ga.,  28-in.  bar- 
rels, 6 lbs.  weight,  2 9-16  in.  drop,  14  in. 

stock.  List  $57.00.  Price  $30.00 

3007.  Baker  hammerless  duck  gun,  “A” 
grade,  with  fine  four-blade  Damascus  bar- 
rels, matted  rib,  nicely  engraved.  Selected 
imported  walnut  stock.  In  perfect  condi- 
tion, as  good  as  new.  Dimensions:  10-ga., 
30-in.  barrels,  10%  lbs.  Cost  new  $42,75. 

Price  $28.50 

3005.  Parker  hammerless,  12-ga.,  30-in. 

barrels.  7%  lbs.  weight.  Titanic  steel  bar- 
rels. Right  modified;  left  full  choke.  Im- 
ported walnut  straight  grip  stock.  List, 
$100,  and  only  slightly  shopworn.  Great 
bargain  at  $52.50 

3015.  Parker  hammerless  12-ga.,  30-in. 

barrels,  8%  lbs.  weight,  Damascus  barrels, 
in  good  condition.  Half  pistol  grip.  Fine 
shooter.  The  $80.00  grade.  Price $38.50 

3016.  W.  W.  Greener  hammer  field  gun, 

12-ga.,  28-in.  barrels,  7 lbs.  6 oz.  weight, 
2 5-16  in.  drop,  13%  in.  stock.  Sieman  steel 
barrels,  half  pistol  grip.  Greener  cross-bolt. 
In  good  second-hand  condition.  Cost  new 
$120.00.  Price,  $45.00 

1483.  Colt  hammer  duck  gun,  10-ga.,  32-in. 
barrels,  9%  lbs.  weight,  with  Damascus  bar- 
rels. A good  sound,  strong  shooting  gun, 
that  cost  new  $65.00,  and  now  in  good  sec- 
ond-hand condition.  Price  $27.50 

1836.  Greener  “Regent”  hammerless  with 
Sieman-Martin  steel  barrels,  12-ga.,  27-in. 
barrels,  6 lbs.  4 oz.  weight.  Cost  new'  $65, 
and  in  perfect  condition.  Price $39.50 

20  Cortlandt  St.,  New  York. 


WE  BUY  AND  TR'DE  SECOND-HAND  GUNS.  With  the  passing  of  the  shooting  season, 
many  sportsmen  desire  to  change  their  shooting  equipment  for  something  different  For  many 
years  we  have  made  a specialty  of  buying  and  selling  second-hand  guns,  and  we  usually  have  the 
largest  stock  of  fine  second-hand  guns  in  the  country.  If  you  cmtemplate  buying  a new  gun 
next  season,  or  having  one  built  to  order,  now  is  the  time  to  write  about  it,  and  if  you  have  a 
really  good  second-hand  gun  to  'trade  in  as  part  payment,  we  can  make  you  more  favorable 
terms  now  than  we  could  at  the  beginning  of  next  season.  We  have  a market  for  all  the  good 
second-hand  guns  we  can  get. 


CANOE  and  BOAT  BUILDING. 


A complete  manual  for  Amateurs.  Containing  plain  and  comprehensive  direc- 
tions for  the  construction  of  Canoes,  Rowing  and  Sailing  Boats  and  Hunting 
Craft.  By  W.  P.  Stephens.  Cloth.  Eighth  and  enlarged  edition.  264  pages, 
numerous  illustrations,  and  fifty  plates  in  envelope.  Price,  $2.00.  This  office. 


All  Averages  Won  by 

Laflin  Rand  Powders 

On  April  19  and  20  at  Jacksonville,  111., 

1st  General  Average,  Mr.  W.  R.  Crosby,  414  ex  450. 

2d  General  Average,  Mr.  F.  C.  Riehl,  410  ex  450, 

Both  shot  NEW  E.  C.  Improved. 

3d  General  and  1st  Amateur,  Mr.  C.  M.  Powers,  407  ex  450, 

using  “INFALLIBLE/* 

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NEW  YORK  CITY. 


CHARLES  DALY  GUNS 


No.  50,  Daly  rifle  and  shot,  12  gang e,  38-55  and  30-30,  - $50.00 

No.  105,  three-barrel  hammer  guns,  12  gauge,  30-30  and  38-55,  $90.00 
Three  barrel  hammerless  guns,  - - $150.00  and  $200.00 

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The  Pennsylvania  State  Championship 

at  targets,  which  was  by  far  the  most  important  event  in  the  entire  programme  of  the  Penn- 
sylvania State  Shoot,  just  finished  at  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  was  won  by  the  wclLkrimyn  amateur, 

Mr.  Fred  Coleman,  shooting 

U.  M.  C.  ARROW  SHELLS 

with  a score  of  71-75.  It  seems  that  history  has  again  repeated  itself,  for  last  year  Mr. 
Coleman  won  the  Pennsylvania  State  Championship  at  Live  Birds,  shooting  U.  M.  C. 
Arrows.  Amateurs  win  repeated  victories  by  remaining  loyal  to  shells  that  possess  the 
winning  quality — U.  M.  C.  Quality. 

XOhcn  ordering  your  shells  for  the  Grand 
American  Handicap , choose  V.  M.  C.  Arro&vs. 


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BRIDGEPORT,  CONN. 

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A Doxible  FLe  ason, 

The  last  week  or  two  has  witnessed  some  exceptional  shooting  at  different  points,  the  winnings  in  each  instance  being  due  in  part  to 
the  same  two  causes.  The  pheHis  Trophy 

emblematic  of  the  Six-Man  Team  Championship  of  Ohio,  was  won  by  a team  from  the  Newark  Gun  Club,  on  the  grounds  of  the  Cincin- 
nati Gun  Club.  A significant  fact  in  connection  with  this  contest  is  that  every  member  of  the  winning  team  used 

WINCHESTER  FACTORY  LOADED  SHELLS 
WINCHESTER  REPEATING  SHOTGUNS. 

The  Interstate  Tournament 

which  was  held  at  Hopkinsville,  Ky.,  April  26-27,  developed  some  remarkable  shooting,  John  S.  Boa,  who  won  high  average  for  the  tour- 
nament, being  obliged  to  make  a straight  run  of  100  to  win.  This  he  did  in  grand  style,  his  total  score  being  381-400,  and  his  longest  run 
139.  He  used,  as  usual,  Winchester  Factory  Loaded  Shells  and  a Winchester  Repeating  Shotgun. 

Texas  State  Sportsmen's  Association.  Tournament 

held  at  Waco,  April  18,  19,  20,  resulted  in  a surprise  to  the  experts,  inasmuch  as  Robert  Conley,  of  Austin,  an  amateur,  ran  ahead  of  them 
for  high  general  average  with  a score  of  317-350.  His  good  work  is  explained  by  the  fact  that  he  used  Winchester  Factory  Loaded  Shells 
and  a Winchester  Repeating  Shotgun.  Shooters  who  go  in  to  win  should  use  Winchester  Factory  Loaded  Shells,  as  they  are  known  gen- 

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I THE  PRESIDENT  AND  THE  SHIRAS  BILL. 

1 In  another  column  is  printed  a communication  from 
Ion.  Geo.  Shiras  3d,  in  further  consideration  of  the 
uestion  of  Federal  control  of  migratory  wildfowl,  as 
ontemplated  in  the  bill  which  was  introduced  by  him 
1 the  late  session  of  Congress.  The  discussion  of  the 
ubject  by  Judge  Beaman  on  the  one  side  and  the  author 
if  the  measure  on  the  other  has  been  extremely  instruc- 
ive,  and  one  of  the  important  results  has  been  to  famili- 
arize the  public  with  the  idea  of  a Federal  system  of 
irotection  for  migratory  game.  The  proposition  that 
Congress  should  assume  the  control  of  the  wild  geese 
ind  wild  ducks  and  snipe  and  shore  birds  is  no  longer 
lovel;  and,  The  subject  being  now  familiar,  the  merits 
if  the ' scheme  both  as  to  its  desirability  and  probable 
efficiency  and  as  to  the  constitutional  points  involved, 
may  be  considered  more  intelligently. 

Mr.  Shiras  has  explained  that  the  introduction  of  the 
measure  in  the  form  in  which  he  presented  it  was  chiefly 
for  the  purpose  of  provoking  discussion  and  testing  pub- 
lic sentiment  as  to  the  substitution  of  Federal  control  for 
that  of  the  State  over  migratory  birds.  Putting  aside 
here  the  constitutional  aspect  of  the  subject,  it  is  to  be 
said  that  the  numerous  letters  printed  in  our  columns 
coming  from  all  over  the  country  have  developed  be- 
yond question  a practically  universal  approval  of  the 
measure  as  offering  a solution  of  the  vexed  problem  of 
wildfowl  protection;  and  the  value  of  these  expressions 
of  indorsement  lies  in  the  fact  that  the  approving  words' 
have  been  spoken  by  game  officials  and  others,  who  by 
reason  of  their  direct  and  intimate  knowledge  of  the 
subject  are  those  whose  opinions  should  carry  most 
weight.  We  shall  in  a not  distant  issue  recur  to  the  topic 
and  review  the  correspondence  in  more  detail. 

Meanwhile  it  is  a pleasure  to  be  permitted  to  repro- 
duce here  a letter  which  has  not  before  been  printed  from 
President  Roosevelt  expressing  his  warm  approval  of  the 
Shiras  Bill.  Mr.  Roosevelt’s  intense  interest  in  game 
preservation  being  known,  one  might  not  have  ques- 
tioned that  he  would  look  upon  the  measure  as  a step 
highly  to  be  applauded : 

White  House,  Washington, 
February  I,  1905. 

My  dear  Mr.  Shiras: 

I am  very  much  pleased  with  your  bill,  and  am  glad 
that  we  have  in  Congress  a man  taking  so  great  an  in- 
terest in  the  preservation  of  our  birds,  and  nature  gen- 
erally.- I particularly  wanted  wildfowl  to  be  protected. 
With  hearty  congratulations,  sincerely  yours, 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 

Hon.  George  Shiras  3D,  House  of  Representatives, 

Washington. 


NIAGARA. 

The  measure  which  was  before  the  New  York  Legis- 
ture  to  grant  to  a Lockport  power  concern  water  rights 
in  the  Niagara  River,  which  would  have  destroyed  the 
Niagara  Falls,  was  finally  defeated,  having  been  fairly 
overwhelmed  by  the  might  of  popular  indignation  which 
was  called  out  against  the  project;  but  not  before  a num- 
ber of  members  of  the  Senate  had  by  a subserviency 
which  the  public  interpreted  as  venal,  subjected  them- 
selves to  infamy  and  the  scorn  of  honest  men. 

Twice — in  the  Legislatures  of  two  successive  years — 
Niagara  has  been  saved  from  the  grasp  of  corporations 
whose  promoters,  if  their  schemes  had  been  carried  out, 
would  have  worked  its  ruin.  The  end  is  not  yet.  It 
must  not  be  imagined  that  the  assaults  will  not  be  re- 
newed. 

The  duty  of  New  York  is  plain.  The  State  is  a trustee 
for  the  American  people  for  the  preservation  of  Niagara, 
which  3-s  one  of  the  natural  wonders  of  the  world  may 


alone,  nor  to-  one  age  alone.  It  belongs  to  the  country 
and  to  the  people  of  the  future  as  well  as  to  us  of  to-day. 
It  is  the  duty  of  the  State  to  take  such  measures  as  shall 
forever  place  the  Falls  beyond  peril  of  diminishing  or 
ruin. at  the  hands  of  corporations.  The  constitution  of 
the  State  might  be  so  amended  as  to  give  to  Niagara  the 
inviolability  now  assured  by  constitutional  guarantee  to 
the  State  forests,  or  by  cession  to  the  National  Govern- 
ment of  such  rights  as  the  State  possesses  in  the  Falls, 
the  way  might  be  prepared  for  a treaty  for  the  United 
States  and  Great  Britain  for  the  conserving  of  the  catar- 
act by  the  two  countries.  To-  this  proposition  the  objec- 
tion is  urged  that  negotiations  for  a treaty  are  always 
dilatory,  prolonged  and  tortuous,  and  that  before  a treaty 
could  be  effected  the  Falls  would  have  been  ruined  by 
the  Canadians.  For,  it  is  pointed  out,  there  is  manifested 
in  Canada  no  sentiment  of  protest  against  the  destruc- 
tion of  the  cataract ; and  the  argument  of  Canadian  in- 
tention to  utilize  the  Falls  has  been  one  of  the  strongest 
and  most  plausible  reasons  assigned  by  those  who  have 
urged  that  by  hesitating  to  sanction  the  plans  of  the  New 
York  power  concerns  the  Legislature  has  been  simply 
playing  into  the  hands  of  Canada.  Whatever  may  be  the 
truth  of  this  contention,  it  is  clear  that  those  who  are 
concerned  for  the  protection  and  preservation  of  the  Falls 
should  not  at  this  juncture— their  concern  allayed  by  the 
temporary  defeat  of  the  schemers — give  over  active  efforts 
to  make  certain  the  preservation  of  Niagara. 


CONCERNING  SOME  ALLURING  INVESTMENTS. 

Nine-tenths  of  all  the  people  in  the  world  are  eaeer 
to  get  something  for  nothing,  yet  nine-tenths  of  the 
peonle  who  have  had  any  experience  know  perfectly  well, 
if  they  think  about  it,  that  it  is  a law  of  life  that  no  good 
thing  may  be  had  without  paying  for  it.  The  swindlers 
who  so  flourish  in  these  latter  days  owe  whatever  meas- 
ure of  success  they  mav  attain  to  the  universal  wish  to 
get  something  for  nothing.  That  is  the  foundation  of 
the  money  making  of  the  confidence  man,  of  the  green 
goods  man,  and  of  the  man  who  plots  one  of  those  vast 
swindling  schemes  which  we  now  call  get-rich-quick 
concerns.  There  are  ennnsdi  foolish  peonle  in  the  world 
to  give  these  men  a fat  living,  and  the  semi-criminals  put 
it  expressively  if  coarsely  when  they  say  “a  sucker  is 
born  everv  second.” 

Gold  mines,  stock  speculation,  and  tins  supposed  to 
come  from  peonle  in  the  confidence  of  lar^e  operators  on 
the  buying  and  Selling  of  various  articles,  are  favorite 
devices  for  extracting  monev  from  the  public  pocket,  and 
lately  there  have ' been  exploited  a variety  of  agricul- 
tural schemes,  of  which  the  latest,  has  to  do  with  the 
raising  of  tropical  products  in  Mexico,  and  in  Central 
and  South  America.  Very  recently  one  or  two  of  these 
concerns  have'  failed,  their  promoters  have  disappeared, 
and  with  the  promoters  the  money  subscribed  for  the 
stocks  of  the  concerns.  Investigation  showed,  that  while 
considerable  money  h^d  been  invested  by  the  ever  hope- 
ful public,  no  cultivation  of  the  supposed  plantation  had 
ever  taken  place,  and  there  was  no  reason  to  believe  that 
the  promoters  ever  intended  to  do  anything  more  than 
to  rob  the  public. 

Inquiries  about  these  agricultural  projects  recently  be- 
came so  numerous  that  the  Government  determined  to 
dispatch  to  tropical  America  an  agricultural  expert, 
who  should  investigate  the  subject  from  which  these  com- 
panies professed  to  be  making  money.  The  expert  has 
reported  that  the  projects  are  apparently  in  all  cases 
theoretical,  and  that  success  has  been  atffiined  by  none. 
In  some  cases  good  men  have  been  induced  to  lend  thffir 
names  to  the  scheme,  but  agriculture — and  especially 
tropical  agriculture — is  something  about  which  a busi- 
ness man  might,  well  be  deceived. 

The=e  concerns  get  money  from  the  public  by  adver- 
tising broadcast,  and  in  many  cases  their  advertisements 
appear  in  publications  of  the  utmost  respectability. 
Periodicals  want  business,  and  the  line  between  an  ad- 
vertisement that  may  properly  be  published  and  one  that 
must  be  refused  is  often  hard  to  draw,  and  in  the  last 
analysis  must  depend  on  the  judgment  of  the  publisher. 

A few  months  ago  the  Forest  and  Stream  was  offered 
an  attractive  and  profitable  advertisement  of  one  of  these 
tropical  plantation  concerns,  to  occupy  large  space,  and 
to  run  for  a considerable  length  of  time.  The  stock  wa§ 


monthly  payments,  and  the  subscribers  were  to  receive 
from  the  beginning  generous  dividends  on  their  payments. 
To  the  publishers  of  Forest  and  Stream  this  all  seemed 
too  good  to  be  true,  yet  inauiry  showed  that  some  of  the 
most  careful  and  respectable  weeklies  and  monthlies  of 
New  York  city  and  of  the  country  had  published  this 
advertisement,  and  it  seemed  rather  absurd  that  the 
Forest  and  Stream  should  be  more  squeamish  than  its 
contemporaries  of  such  hi°'h  standing.  Nevertheless,  the 
investigation  was  continued,  and  after  careful  inquiries 
extending  over  six  weeks  and  covering  a large  territory, 
we  were  obliged  to  decline  the  advertisement.  We  did 
this  on  moral  as  well  as  on  business  grounds.  Setting 
aside  the  morals  of  the  thing,  it  seemed  clear  that  any 
present  gain  would  be  too  high  a price  to  pay  for  the 
possible  injury  to  even  a few  of  our  readers.  In  the  light 
of  the  very  recent  development  of  the  Government  in- 
vestigation the  Forest  and  Stream  must  congratulate 
itself  on  the  decision  reached. 


THE  PENNSYLVANIA  SHOOT. 

The  Pennsylvania  State  Shoot,  held  under  the  auspices 
of  the  Llerron  Hill  Gun  Club,  Pittsburg,  last  week,  at- 
tained the  dignified  importance  of  classing  with  the  great- 
est tournament  events  of  America.  Yet  it  has  a signifi- 
cance greater  than  its  State  limitations.  It  is  an  object 
lesson  well  worthy  of  the  attention  and  emulation  of 
other  State  associations  whose  mission  is'  the  furtherance 
of  State  trapshooting  interests,  yet  whose  mission  halts 
and  languishes  for  no  good  reasons. 

The  full  report  of' the  Pennsylvania  Shoot,  published, 
in  our  trap  columns  this  week,  presents  in  detail  ocular 
evidence  of  its  sportsmanlike  quality  and  magnitude.  In 
it  much  is  revealed  of  the  tournament  conditions  which 
commend  the  support  of  the  shooters,  and  make  the  com- 
petition a success. 

A brief  analysis  of  the  factors  which  insured  this 
superlative  success  may  be  of  interest  and  value.  The 
preparatory  arrangements  were  in  charge  of  skillful  and 
diligent  workers,  gentlemen  who  had  the  confidence  of 
the  shooters,  who  had  an  extensive  acquaintance  among 
the  shooters,  who  knew  how  to  construct  every  detail 
of  a tournament  programme,  and  who  had  the  ability  to 
give  their  shoot  the  widest  publicity.  In  proper  time, 
weeks  before  the  shoot  took  place,  earnest  work  was 
begun,  though  this  is  contrary  to  some  honored  practice 
and  precedent  which  scrupulously  obtain  elsewhere. 

It  was  run  as  a dignified  self-supporting  institution. 
It  posed  neither  as  a candidate  importunately  ready  for 
the  bestowal  of  charity,  nor  as  a smiling  aggressor  ask- 
ing for  contributions  under  the  shadow  of  the  sandbag, 
euphemistically  known  as  a boycott.  The  programme 
does  not  contain  an  advertisement,  and  the  added  moneys 
and  merchandise  prizes  ($2,041)  were  donated  by  the 
club  members.  All  this  is  radically  different  from  ordi- 
nary tournament  procedure,  as  practiced  by  the  average 
tournament  promoter.  The  local  dealer  was  not  told 
that  it  would  be  a great  business  stroke  to  give  a prize 
of  a ton  of  coal  or  a barrel  of  flour,  for  some  stranger 
to  win,  probably  a man  whom  he  never  saw,  or  never 
would  see.  Nor  could  said  local  dealer  ever  note  any 
local  gain  in  trade  from  such  donation. 

Another  notable  feature  of  the  Pennsylvania  State 
Shoot  programme  was  the  trophy  inducements  offered 
year  by  year.  There  were  eight  trophy  events,  one  for  the 
individual  State  target  championship,  one  two-man  team, 
one  three-inan  team,  one  four-man  team  at  targets,  a 
'trophy  event  open  to  State  shooters,  individual  cham- 
pionship at  live  birds,  team  championship,  and  trophy 
events  at  live  birds. 

Briefly,  there  was  something  to  shoot  for,  the  shoot 
was  exploited  in  q skillful,  proper  manner,  and  the  same 
dignified,  self-respecting,  able  methods  were  observed  in 
conducting  it  that  are  observed  in  legitimate  business 
affairs. 


Among  the  fifty-six  game  and  fish  bills,  good,  bad  and 
indifferent,  which  failed  to  win  approval  in  the  New  York 
Legislature  just  adjourned,  was  the  one  to  restore  spring 
duck  shooting  on  Long  Island  waters.  In  its  final  form 
the  proposition  was  to  permit  ducks  to  be  shot  on  Thurs- 
days, Fridays  and  Saturdays  from  March  1 to  April  ;<j, 


S70 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


A Tenderfoot  in  [the  Nipissing 
Country. 

My  g 5od  friend,  Doctor  Bragdon,  had  decreed 
Muskoka  country  more  crowded  than  a trolley  car,  and 
his  spirit  longed  for  new,  wilder  and  more  romantic 
haunts  than  it  had  known.  After  a long  and  severe 
investigation  of  maps,  charts  and  railway  folders,  he 
decided  that  there  was  only  one  best  of  all  places — - 
The  French  River.  This  choice  he  made,  his  migra- 
tory instinct  was  surging  strong  against  galling  chains 
that  bind  to  business,  and  his  spirit,  unbound,  flew  like 
a wild  bird  to  this  supposed  land  of  his  choice.  The 
spirit  finding  so  much  delight  in  roaming  over  Asphodel 
meadows  and  under  primeval  pines  and  hemlocks;  the 
Doctor  decided  that  the  body  should  not  be  bereft  of 
the  pure  delights  in  which  his  untamed  spirit  reveled. 

Armed  with  a large  map  issued  by  the  Department 
of  Crown  Lands  of  Ontario,  he  made  an  assault  upon 
me  and  immediately  carried  the  inner  intrenchments 
and  the  next  day  made  arrangements  with  C.  O.  D. 
Pascault,  the  genial  general  passenger  agent  of  the 
Buffalo  & Pittsburg  Railroad,  to  carry  the  outer  works, 
which  was  done.  So  on  June  8,  we  left  Allegheny  City 
and  were  soon  speeding  up  the  mountains  of  Pennsyl- 
vania. We  stopped  at  Mount  Jewett  long  enough  to 
see  the  beauty  and  sublimity  of  this  mountain  view. 
We  slipped  down  around  these  mountain  curves  like 
a serpent.  All  around  we  saw  evidence  of  the  evanes- 
cense  of  petroleum — new  and  bright  derricks,  old  ones, 
decaying  ones,  and  greasy  spots  on  the  earth.  Surely 
the  track  of  oil  is  the  trail  of  ruin.  The  next  evening 
we  were  hurrying  over  Northen  Ontario  toward  North 
Bay,  where  we  took  the  Canadian  Pacific  train  for 
Sturgeon  Falls,  arriving  there  at  n P.  M. 

Here  the  waters  of  the  Sturgeon  River  come  down 
as  the  waters  come  down  at  Lodore,  and  with  them  a 
never-ending  stream  of  logs.  It  is  interesting  to  see 
these  logs  come  rather  timidly  to  the  falls  as  if  ap- 
prehensive of  the  fate  awaiting,  and  then  plunge  be- 
neath the  flood  and  not  appear  for  a hundred  feet,  when 
they  are  shot  nearly  their  whole  length  into  the  air  and 
fall  into  the  foam.  There  is  a large  pulp  mill  and 
electric  light  plant  here,  and  both  obtain  their  power 
from  these  falls. 

Next  morning  we  got  our  outfit  and  supplies  from 
Cockburns’  and  found  these  men  entirely  reliable. 
Captain  Clark's  steamer  was  chartered  and  carried  us 
down  the  lonely  stretches  of  the  Sturgeon  River.  Five 
miles  down  we  passed  the  Hudson  Bay  Post,  marked 
“H.  B.  Cl,”  which  is  interpreted  by  the  Canadians  to 
mean,  “Here  Before  Christ.”  This  company  has 
operated  since  1670,  in  various  parts  of  Canada.  There 
are  some  ruins  standing  near,  which  Captain  Clark  said 
were  the  ruins  of  the  palisades;  for  in  the  very  early 
days  it  was  thought  needful  to  protect  the  treasures  of 
the  company  by  these  crude  defenses. 

At  2 o’clock  we  were  at  the  fishing  stations  on  the 
western  shore  of  Father  Nipissing,  as  the  lake  is  called. 
The  fishermen  were  busy  netting  sturgeon,  which  our 
Indian  guide  called  “Nahma.”  The  eggs  of  the  sturgeon 
are  manufactured  into  caviar  and  exported,  and  likely 
returned  to  America,  as  Russian  caviar.  It  resembles 
No>.  6 shot  fried  in  lard.  On  Wednesday  afternoon,  as 
the  low,  descending  sun  sank  in  the  west,  our  steamer 
sped  down  a golden  highway  that  was  bound  on  either 
side  by  somber  pines  and  hemlocks,  and  I was  re- 
minded of  Longfellow’s  lines: 

“And  the  evening  sun  descending, 

Set  the  clouds  on  fire  with  redness, 

Left  upon  the  level  water 

One  long  track  and  trail  of  splendor, 

Down  whose  stream  as  down  a river, 

Westward,  westward,  Hiawatha 
Sailed  into  the  fiery  sunset, 

Sailed  into  the  dusk  of  evening.’’ 

We  landed  at  a deserted  lumber  camp  located  at 
Sandy  Island,  near  the  west  shore  of  Lake  Nipissing, 
and  after  supper  that  awful  quietude  of  the  silent  places 
settled  down  over  all,  broken  only  by  the  strident  notes 
of  numerous  chimney  swifts  that  swung  in  circles 
around  the  house. 

After  dark  I went  in  search  of  these  odd  little 
creatures  and  found  them  hanging  like  so  many  bats 
to  the  rough  board  partitions.  When  we  cast  the  light 
from  our  reflecting  lamp  thej^  would  flit  away  from 
place.  Several  of  their  oddly  constructed  nests  were 
glued  to  the  wall.  Late  an  owl  visited  the  rookery  and 
there  was  a tumult  among  the  swallows.  Many  times 
during  the  night,  the  swallows  indicated  their  fright  by 
their  harsh  screams,  and  it  will  never  be'  known  how 
many  failed  to  answer  at  the  morning  roll-call. 

At  sun-up,  Dayne  and  the  Nipissing  went  trolling  for 
maskinonge,  the  king  of  these  north  country  waters. 
According  to  the  opinion  of  our  husky  guide,  this  was 
the  only  best  place  to  catch  the  largest  fish.  “Much 
feesh  dere.  Very  much  beeg  muscallonge  dere.”  Dayne, 
the  medical  student,  tells  us  they  are  still  there.  While 
they  were  gone  I saw  what  John  called  “musquash” 
(muskrat)  push  several  tows  of  green  grass  through 
the  water  to  the  bank,  where  there  were  likely  some 
young.  This  little  creature  had  no  fear  of  us. 

Although  Dayne  caught  no  maskinonge,  he  brought 
home  a fine  string  of  pike,  One  of  the  largest  of  these 


pike  contained  a whitefish  that  would  weigh  two  pounds. 
After  breakfast  of  ham,  eggs,  bread,  butter  and  coffee, 
we  packed  our  duffle  in  our  canvas  and  paddled  away, 
calling  “Auf  wiedersehen”  to  Sandy  Island.  We 
threaded  our  way  through  the  many  islands  and  finally 
emerged  upon  the  placid  waters  of  the  historic  French 
River.  This  stream  has  been  a short  cut  for  travelers  who 
sojourn  to  the  Great  Lakes.  They'  came  up  the  St. 
Lawrence,  turned  off  and  worked  up  the  Ottawa  as  far 
as  Mattawa,  through  Mud  Lake,  Turtle  Lake,  and 
Trout  Lake  to  the  Long  Portage  at  North  Bay;  down 
the  Nipissing  to  the  French  River,  to  the  Georgian 
Bay,  and  thereby  saved  a journey  of  400  or  500  miles. 

Down  this  river  came  Champlain,  Brebeuff  and  very 
many  of  the  early  Catholic  missionaries,  making  this 
river  a popular  highway  for  white  tourists  when  George 
Washington  was  a little  boy.  The  river  is  as  wide  and 
stately  as  the  Hudson.  The  part  lying  between  Lake 
Nipissing  and  the  Big  Chaudiere  seems  like  an  arm  of 
Lake  Nipissing,  and  is  studded  with  islands  which  are 
nearly  all  wooded  with  pine,  hemlock,  spruce  and  much 
jack  pine. 

Being  the  only  one  in  the  party  who  was  not  expert 
in  handling  a canoe,  the  Nipissing  was  assigned  to  me. 
In  and  out,  and  around  these  islands  we  threaded  our 
way  until  we  came  to  Island  No.  125,  where  we  halted. 
A camp-fire  was  made  and  tea  boiled.  Dayne  trolled 
once  around  a small  island  and  caught  three  large  bass, 
which  we  had  for  dinner.  While  we  prepared  the  fish 
for  the  frying-pan,  Doctor  Bragdon,  whose  eyes  see 
more  and  whose  ears  hear  more  than  any  other  set 
of  eyes  and  ears  I have  ever  observed,  explored  the 
island.  He  soon  returned,  bringing  a large  bunch  of 
the  rare  and  rich  Cypripedium  spectabilis,  one  of  the, 
most  beautiful  of  the  orchid  family.  After  dinner  I 
found  numerous  specimens  of  this  fine  flower.  Five 
miles  further  down  the  river  we  landed  at  an  Indian 
settlement  for  some  milk,  but  were  driven  off  by  clouds 
of  black  flies.  These  black  flies  are  interesting  bugs. 
When  they  bite  they  make  a wound  from  which  the 
blood  flows  in  a tiny  stream,  and  when  many  are  seek- 
ing to  devour  you  the  sensation  is  awful.  My  linen 
collar  was  wilted  down  with  blood.  In  the  evening  we 
saw  the  deer  come  down  to  plunge  into  the  river  to 
escape  this  terrible  scourge. 

We  pitched  our  tent  on  a bare,  rocky  island  to  avoid 
mosquitoes,  and  by  lining  the  tent  with  netting  were 
able  to  keep  most  of  them  away.  I saw  the  Indians 
milking  their  cows  while  the  smoke  of  burning  moss 
enveloped  both  cow  and  milkmaid,  the  smoke  keeping 
the  mosquitoes  away.  Fortunately  these  pests  rarely  last 
after  July  1. 

We  made  our  beds  of  moose  moss,  which  is  soft,  but 
soon  packs  down  solid.  It  makes  a good  bed,  but  the 
odor,  to  me,  is  very  offensive.  I prefer  the  jack  pine 
or  the  spruce  or  the  fragrant  bals,am. 

All  around  our  island  was  fine  bass  fishing,  and  in  a 
few  minutes  we  could  catch  enough  to  eat  and  many 
were  returned  to  the  water.  In  this  cool  water  fish 
are  full  of  fight,  and  I must  concur  with  Henshall  when 
he  says,  “Pound  for  pound,  inch  for  inch,  the  bass  is 
the  gamest  fish  that  swims.”  I caught  three  bass  here 
that  would  weigh  twelve  pounds  and  afforded  me  some 
of  the  rarest  sport  I have  ever  had. 

For  many  years  I have  made  summer  pilgrimages 
to  North  Bay,  Kippewa  Lake  and  Lake  Temiscaming, 
and  from  the  Indians  in  all  these  localities  I had  heard 
many  strange  stories  of  the  greatness  of  William 
Dokiis,  one  of  the  Nipissing  Indians.  Dokiis  has  made 
considerable  money  by  trading  in  furs  and  supplies 
throughout  this  northern  country.  He  is  the  chief  of 
a little  band  of  Indians  that  occupy  Okickendawt 
Island,  and  is  indeed  a very  remarkable  man.  He  offers 
$10, coo  to  the  white  man  who  will  marry  either  of  his 
daughters. 

Now  I know  many  of  my  bachelor  friends  in  the 
States  who  would  be  interested  in  this  proposition;  so 
Doctor  Bragdon  and  I planned  a visit  to  his  home 
three  miles  back  in  the  forest.  As  we  paddled  into  a 
large  bay,  called  Dokiis  Bay,  I noticed  several  bear 
skulls  hanging  on  the  balsam  trees.  Here  the  Indians 
never  allow  bear  skulls  to  be  worried  by  the  dogs  or 
to  be  kicked  about  the  camp.  The  lower  jaw  is  care- 
fully bound  to  the  upper  jaw  and  hung  on  the  balsams; 
by  these  solicitous  plans  do  these  superstitious  red  men 
hope  to  appease  the  spirit  of  the  deceased,*  and  soothe 
the  anger  of  his  friends  and  relations.  The  Indians 
are  angered  if  you  disturb  these  skulls  in  their  resting 
place.  Not  only  the  one  who  killed  the  bear,  but  his 
friends  and  relations  will  resent  any  impious  treatment 
of  Brer  Bear’s  cranium.  When  unobserved,  I pur- 
loined a large  head.  This  will  adorn  my  den  when  I get 
one. 

We  landed  and  climbed  to  the  top  of  a commanding 
hill,  from  where  we  could  see  miles  up  the  French 
River.  We  picked  our  course  through  a forest  of  pine, 
cedar,  balsam,  black  and  white  birch.  From  old  birch 
trees  hung  loose  bark  and  the  trees  were  bearded  with 
moss.  We  crossed  the  swamp  on  cedar  logs  that  had 
been  laid  there  during  the  winter,  and  entered  the 
woods  on  the  hill  beyond.  There  were  many  ferns  all 
around  and  several  of  strange  variety,  but  all  seemed 
dwarfed  in  size,  presumably  on  account  of  the  severity 

*See  reference  to  same  superstition  in  Mr.  Brown’s  article  on 
“Hunting  the  Black  Sheep.” 


[May  13,  1905. 


of  the  winters,  for  in  Muskoka,  ferns  grow  large  and 
luxuriant. 

At  the  top  of  the  hill  we  came  upon  a real  old-time 
Indian  tepee  made  of  poles,  bark  and  skins  of  animals. 
Smoke  was  coming  out  at  the  top  and  curling  up 
through  the  trees.  I had  longed  for  years  to  see  the 
primitive  abode  of  the  red  man,  and  fearful,  lest  the 
vision  vanished,  I took  a snap-shot  and  then  hastened 
to  see  how  many  dusky  denizens  of  the  woods  resided 
herein,  and  was  chagrined  to  find  this  was  not  a resi- 
dence, but  a smoke  house.  Within  hung  a ton  or  more 
of  sturgeon  drying,  higher  up  hung  strips  of  venison 
being  smoked  and  dried. 

While  we  were  examining  the  contents  of  the  tepee, 
one  of  the  aforesaid  $io,ooo-prize  maids  came  along  bear- 
ing on  a wooden  shoulder  yoke  two  pails  of  spring  water. 
Since  the  dowry  was  large,  the  interest  in  the  coy 
Indian  girl  was  larger.  Old  Dokiis  has  two  daughters 
of  marriageable  age  or  more.  Little  Angelina  was  64, 
and  Louisa,  what  you  could  detect  with  a pair  of  opera 
glasses,  younger. 

The  stipulations  are  that  the  young  Lochinvar  must 
be  either  Scotch  or  Irish  and  Catholic — must  have 
means  of  his  own  requirements,  and  have  a reputation 
for  integrity  and  sobriety,  it  being  the  determination 
of  the  old  chief  that  no  skittewaba  (whiskey)  shall 
ruin  the  happy  homes  of  his  girls.  Guess  they  are  now 
safe. 

A bit  further  on  we  came  to  the  house  surrounded 
by  the  proverbial  round-pole  fence.  The  house  was  an 
ambitious  structure  of  smoothly  hewn  logs,  neatly 
joined  and  spotless  in  a fresh  coat  of  white-wash. 
Everything  within  and  without  that  house  was  a model 
of  neatness. 

The  chief  was  down  at  the  Big  Chaudiere  (pro- 
nounced, shy-air)  spearing  sturgeon  and  presently  re- 
turned and  dropped  on  the  wood  pile  some  sturgeon, 
demonstrating  that  at  90,  his  eye  was  sharp  and  his 
aim  sure,  since  both  are  needed  to  spear  sturgeon. 
Here  indeed-  was  a wonderful  character — simple  in 
manner,  taciturn  as  becomes  the  Indian,  and  both 
truthful  and  honest. 

As  chief  he  has  power  to  dispose  of  some  30,000 
acres  of  pine  timber  that  are  a choice  tract.  Lumber 
merchants  have  offered  him  thousands  of  dollars  in 
bribes  to  sell.  They  have  wheedled  and  brow-beaten 
him  all  to  no  purpose.  “No,  no,  no,  no!  My  people 
walk  under  pine  tree  for  long  time,  very-very  long 
time.  Hunt  here.  Spear  sturgeon  here.  Paddled 
canoe  here.  Me  no  sell!  No,  no,  no,  indeed  no!” 

I may  say  his  progeny  will  have  no  such  high  ideals 
to  maintain,  for  the  son  said  to  your  correspondent: 
“Me  want  to  sell  very  bad  for  very  good  price.  Pine 
tree  no  good  to  Indian.” 

These  Indians  are  all  very  superior  people.  In  a 
house  belonging  to  a family  of  a deceased  son  of  Old 
Dokiis,  I observed  a piano  and  other  musical  instru- 
ments. This  son  had  married  a quarter-breed  Indian 
at  Moose  Factory  on  Hudson  Bay.  Blither  this  girl 
had  gone  from  Ottawa  as  a little  girl.  Pier  sister 
stayed  in  Ottawa,  and  later  married,  her  husband  finally 
becoming  the  Earl  of  Strathcoma.  Thus  the  hand  of 
destiny  sent  one  to  the  solitudes  of  Canada  and  her 
more  favored  sister  to  the  Court  of  St.  James.  Re- 
cently the  Countess  died  leaving  $20,000  to  this  family 
of  Dokiis. 

On  our  way  home  we  flushed  a merganser  duck  that 
swung  in  circles  over  our  heads.  A silver-crowned 
eagle  spied  the  duck  and  came  down  upon  her  with 
wings  set,  and  speeding  like  an  express  train.  But 
the  duck  has  some  speed  herself  and  dropped,  into  the 
water  and  was  saved. 

A short  distance  above,  on  the  top  of  the  tall,  dead 
pine,  a pair  of  eagles  have  nested  for  over  twenty 
years,  and  were  still  there  last  summer;  but  some 
vandal  will  shoot  these  birds  and  this  interesting  land- 
mark that  is  on  the  river  brink  will  thus  vanish.  With- 
in a quarter  of  a mile  below  there  is  another  eagle’s 
nest,  and  I understood  there  were  young  in  each  nest 
last  season. 

Saturday  afternoon  was  spent  in  fishing  and  cruising; 
and  such  fishing!  The  bait  was  as  much  sought  after 
as  a city  lighting  contract./  Long  strings  of  bass,  pike, 
pickerel,  maskinonge,  and,  in  streams  hardby,  trout 
may  be  taken. 

Sunday  morning  was  spent  in  shaving,  bathing,  and 
in  a general  cleaning  up.  The  writer  borrowed  a camp 
ax,  and  for  a couple  of  miles  blazed  a trail.  I had 
heard  so  many  say  that  it  is  no  easy  thing  to  follow  a 
trail  unless  it  is  made  with  care.  A mile  back  in  the 
woods,  I came  upon  what  we  called  in  Pennsylvania  a 
“pheasant.”  I figured  the  bird  would  dash  toward  a 
spruce  thicket,  so  I aimed  a stone  at  a black  spot  on 
the  ground,  full  three  feet  from  the  bird,  calculating 
she  would  reach  this  spot  in  her  flight  to  the  thicket. 

I threw  the  rock — the  pheasant  never  moved  a feather, 
and,  strange  to  relate,  I knocked  the  bird  over  and 
killed  it.  I hung  it  on  a birch  branch  and  hastened  on 
and  soon  came  to  a swamp  and  was  forced  to  retrace 
my  steps.  I soon  lost  the  trail  and  could  not  find  my 
bird,  but  finally  struck  the  river  above  the  canoe. 

I persuaded  our  dusky  Indian  guide  to  go  along  to  help 
hunt  the  dead  bird,  and  in  an  incredibly  short  time 
he  found  the  trail  and  followed  it  as  easily  as  I would 
walk  up  Broadway.  Every  stone  that  had  been  dis- 


May  13,  1905.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


871 


turbed  he  saw  and,  long  before  we  came  to  it,  he 
spied  the  partridge.  It  was  a splendid  demonstration 
of  the  Indian’s  power  to  follow  any  kind  of  a trail, 
through  any  kind  of  a country. 

For  dinner  we  had  fried  partridge,  fried  fish,  boiled 
■eggs,  biscuit,  and  coffee,  and  had  just  finished  our  re- 
past when  we  heard  the  whistle  announce  the  coming  of 
Captain  Clark’s  steamer  to  carry  us  on  our  return  trip 
to  Sturgeon  Falls. 

We  had  come  to  pick  out  islands  for  camping  pur- 
poses. Doctor  Bragdon,  Dayne  Griffith,  and  the  writer 
had  each  picked  out  his  islands.  The  Doctor- has  now 
a fine  six-room  cottage  on  Island  No.  126,  and  is 
ready  for  the  vacation  season  when  it  comes. 

We  quickly  sped  up  the  lonely  stretches  of  the  French 
River,  every  minute  bringing  us  nearer  and  nearer 
home;  though  the  poet  assures  you  there  is  no  place 
like  it,  the  French  River  has  it  beat  a mile,  especially 
in  the  “Good  Old  Summer  Time.” 

Though  our  hearts  were  saddened  by  the  arduous 
toils,  business  cares  and.  anxieties  at  home,  yet  that 
most  precious  part  of  every  vacation  is  ours  forever. 
It  is  the  fond  recollection  of  bright  days  joyously 
spent,  and  the  bright  anticipations  of  other  vacation 
days  yet  to  come — these  form  the  connecting  spans  of 
hope,  and  over  this  ethereal  bridge,  high  above  vexa- 
tions and  cares,  march  an  ever-ending  army  of  those 
win  have  tired  hands,  weary  brains,  and  heavy  hearts, 
marching  on  to 

“The  island  of  the  home  winds. 

To  the  island  of  the  blessed, 

To  the  Kingdom  of  Ponomah, 

To  the  land  of  the  Hereafter.” 

James  M.  Norris. 

Homestead,  Pa. 


Memories  of  the  Buffalo  Range. 


II,— The  Chimney  C limbi  g of  Broken  Knife, 

The  spring  of  1880  found  me  engaged  in  the  Indian 
trade  on  the  Missouri  River  at  Wolf  Point  on  the 
Yankton  Sioux  reservation.  We  were  engaged  also 
in  trade  over  at  Fort  Peck  at  the  mouth  of  the  Milk 
River,  which  empties  into  the  Missouri,  and  at  Poplar 
River.  The  three  posts  were  under  my  management. 
Business  was  quite  large  with  the  company  I was  with. 

The  large  trade  in  that  country  was  handled  by  men 
who  were  with  the  Assinaboines,  the  Yankton  Sioux, 
and  Red  River  people  from  the  north  who  made  Poplar 
River  and  Wolf  Point  the  centers  in  disposing  of  their 
furs,  and  in  buying  and  trading  for  horses  and  supplies. 
The  point  at  which  I was  trading  was  a favorite  one  for 
the  selling  of  horses  and  ammunition  to  hostile  Indians, 
which  was  very  heavy,  and  I was  careful  to  see  that  I 
did  not  engage  in  this.  North  of  us  was  the  Sitting 
Bull  band  of  Indians,  who  had  fled  to  Canada. 

While  I was  trading  here,  I had  an  experience  which, 
while  funny  enough  to  look  back  on,  was  anything  but 
amusing  at  the  time.  I had  heard  of  a camp  of  skin 
hunters  that  were  situated  in  a little  bunch  of  timber 
on  a little  fork  running  into  Dry  Creek  about  a day’s 
drive  distance,  and  wishing  to  get  to  them  ahead  of  the 
Miles  City  buyers,  who  would  be  starting  out  very  early 
in  the  season,  I thought  I would  visit  them.  I did  not 
know  the  precise  location  of  their  camp  and  needed 
some  one  to  take  me  to  it. 

There  was  a wild  young  Sioux  named  Broken  Knife, 
whom  I had  employed  at  various  times  as  runner  to 
carry  messages  to  distant  camps  of  his  people,  and  as 
hunter  when  meat  was  needed  and  there  was  no  one 
to  go  out  and  kill.  I sent  for  Broken  Knife,  and  when 
he  came,  asked  him  if  he  knew  where  these  hide  hunters 
were  located,  and  if  he  could  and  would  take  me  to 
their  camp.  He  replied  that  he  knew  where  they  were 
and  would  go  with  me,  and  that  it  would  take  us  all 
day  to  get  there.  We  started  early  one  morning.  It 
was  late  in  the  winter  and  bitterly  cold.  At  length  it 
grew  dark  and  became  much  colder,  but  we  kept  on 
driving  as  fast  as  we  could,  crossing  cooleys  and  going 
up  and  down  hill,  but  not  finding  the  roadway  bad. 

About  9 o’clock  we  reached  the  camp,  but  the  cabin 
was  dark  and  there  was  no  sound.  I got  down,  and 
giving  the  lines  to  Broken  Knife,  knocked  at  the  door 
without  getting  a reply;  then  I pounded,  but  all  was 
quiet.  I walked  around  the  house  without  seeing  signs 
of  life  and  whistled  and  called  for  a dog.  I tried  to 
open  the  door  and  to  find  the  latch  string,  but  could 
do  neither.  The  door  seemed  to  be  barred.  By  this 
time  Broken  Knife  had  hitched  the  team  to  a tree  and 
joined  me,  and  I said  to  him  that  I would  get  upon 
the  roof  and  look  down  the  chimney  and  see  if  anything 
could  be  learned  there.  It  was  growing  steadily  colder, 
and  I wanted  to  get  under  cover. 

Broken  Knife  gave,  me  a leg  up  on  to  the  roof,  and  I 
went  and  looked  down  the  chimney.  I could  see  no 
fire,  but  warm  air  was  ascending,  so  that  I knew  the 
house  was  still  occupied  or  had  been  recently.  The 
chimney  seemed  big  enough  for  a man  to  pass  through, 
and  I spoke  to  Broken  Knife,  telling  him  to  come  up 
here  and  bring  a lariat,  and  I would  let  him  down 
through  the  chimney,  so  that  he  could  open  the  door. 
He  looked  a little  doubtful  at  this  proposition,  but  after 
examining  the  chimney  and  measuring  it  with  his  hands, 
he  dropped  off  his  blanket  and  belted  his  white  coat 
close  about  him.  I put  the  rope  around  his  body  under 
the  arms,  he  got  into  the  chimney  and  I began  to 
lower  him. 

His  body  tided  the  chimney  up,  but  he  got  down  well 
enough,  but  when  he  reached  the  fire-place  and  put 
his  foot  down  he  found  that  there  was  a bed  of  hot 
coals  there  covered  up  by  the  ashes,  and  with  a grunt 
he  jumped  quickly  out  of  the  fire-place  and  landed  with 
both  feet  on  a man  lying  on  the  floor.  As  soon  as  he 
felt  what  was  under  his  feet  Broken  Knife  gave  a jump 
to  one  side  and  shouted,  “Hoiv  cola.”  Meantime  the  man 
had  awakened  and  started  up  with  a burst  of  profanity, 
and  when  he  heard  the  Indian  words,  he  rushed  at 
Broken  Knife,  cursing  and  swearing  and  yelling,  while 
Broken  Knife  ran  as  hard  as  he  could  around  the  cabin 
to  get  away.  Meantime  on  the  roof  I was  yelling  my 
name  and  imploring  the  man  to  hold  on,  telling  him 


that  we  were  friends.  Almost  at  once  I heard  a shot 
and  a loud  yen  from  the  Indian,  while  the  curses  of  the 
white  man  continued,  and  there  were  noises  of  stamp- 
ing feet,  falling  benches,  grunts  and  ejaculations.  I 
jumped  down  from  the  roof  as  quickly  as  I could, 
picked  up  a stick  of  wood  and  attacked  the  door,  trying 
to  batter  it  down,  and  all  the  time  I was  calling  my 
name.  Presently  there  was  another  shot  and  another 
yell,  and  as  I pounded  the  door  it  suddenly  flew  open. 
I went  in  on  my  nose  and  hands  on  the  floor,  the 
Indian  jumped  over  me  and  out,  the  white  man  fell 
across  me  and  tried  to  throttle  me.  I grabbed  him, 
took  away  the  pistol  that  he  still  held,  and  in  a few 
seconds  made  him  understand  the  situation,  and  then 
I started  out  to  look  for  the  Indian.  The  moon  had 
just  come  out,  and  I could  see  Broken  Knife  in  his 
white  coat  streaking  down  the  open  bottom  as  hard  as 
he  could.  I put  after  him  as  hard  as  I could,  but  I had 
on  a buffalo  coat  and  buffalo  leggins,  and  did  not,  I 
fancy,  go  very  fast.  Besides  this  I was  yelling  to  him 
all  the  time,  telling  him  to  stop,  that  it  was  all  right 
now,  to  hold  on,  to  wait  for  me,  and  so  forth.  Just 
before  he  got  to  a piece  of  brush,  he  slowed  down  to 
a long  trot  and  in  the  brush  he  stopped,  and  I over- 
took him,  and,  after  I had  got  my  wind  again,  I per- 
suaded him  to  come  back  to  the  house. 

It  seems  that  the  white  man  had  been  to  town  for 
mail,  had  got  drunk  there,  come  back  to  the  cabin, 
gone  in  and  shut  the  door,  and  then  fallen  asleep  in  front 
of  the  fire.  When  the  Indian  jumped  on  him  and  spoke 
to  him  in  Sioux,  he  supposed,  of  course,  that  he  had 
been  attacked  by  Indians,  and  was  just  putting  up  the 
besc  fight  he  could.  Luckily  he  had  but  two  shots  in 
his  six-shooter  and  in  the  dark  missed  Broken  Knife 
both  times.  After  the  last  shot  the  fire  flickered  up  a 
little  and  Broken  Knife  saw  where  the  door  was  and 
threw  the  bar,  when  I was  trying  my  best  to  break  in. 

Broken  Knife  was  a curious  sight.  FI  is  white  blanket 
coat  was  streaked  with  all  sorts  of  shades  of  black  and 
gray  from  his  passage  down  the  chimney,  and  although 
the  night  was  cold,  he  had  run  so  hard  that  the  sweat 
was  pouring  down  his  face  from  his  exertions,  and  mak- 
ing little  trickles  through  the  patterns  of  his  face  paint. 
The  drunken  skin  hunter  was  full  of  apologies,  but 
nothing  would  pacify  the  Indian,  who  was  absolutely 
sullen  and  had  nothing  to  say.  An  hour  or  two  after 
things  had  quieted  down  the  rest  of  the  party  of  nine 
men  came,  and  when  the  story  was  told  to  them  they 
simply  laid  down  on  the  floor  and  yelled.  They  made 
an  immense  amount  of  fun  of  their  white  companion 
and  of  Broken  Knife,  who  sat  in  a dark  corner  at  the 
far  end  of  the  room.  They  would  take  a lantern  and  go 
over  and  look  at  his  face  and  then  yell  with  laughter 
and  then  would  look  at  their  companion  and  yell  again. 

It  was  more  than  a year  before  Broken  Knife  got 
over  his  sense  of  injury  from  this  mishap  and  forgave 
me  for  having  got  him  into  such  a scrape. 

Charles  Aubrey. 

Browning,  Montana. 


An  Unsalted  Luncheon. 

There  are  other  things  beside  doubtful  stories  which 
should  be  taken  with  a grain  of  salt — as  witness  these 
presents. 

The  oftener  a man  goes  into  the  woods  the  fewer 
things  he  takes  with  him.  So  constant  is  this  ratio 
that,  no  doubt,  if  his  days  in  the  woodland,  which  the 
Lord  gaveth  him,  were  long  enough,  his  outfit  on  the 
final  trip  would  be  even  snugger  than  that  which 
Kipling  described: 

“The  uniform  ’e  wore 
Was  nothing  much  before, 

And  rather  less  than  ’arf  o’  that  be’ind. 

For  a piece  o’  twisty  rag 
And  a goatskin  water  bag 
Was  all  the  field  equipment  ’e  could  find.” 

Most  men  who,  in  a spirit  of  beneficence  toward  their 
fellows,  give,  from  the  hoarded  store  of  their  experi- 
ence, advice  on  this  subject,  feel  it  their  duty  to  im- 
press upon  the  tenderfoot  that  his  pleasures  afield  will 
vary  inversely  as  the  square  of  his  provision  list.  Some 
of  these  gentlemen,  in  giving  advice,  go  to  extremes 
which  indicate  great  frugality  in  the  use  of  common 
sense.  Some  of  them,  I suspect,  would  oppose  the 
carrying  of  prunes  because  of  the  added  weight  of  the 
useless  stones.  How  they  must  have  welcomed  the 
advent  of  smokeless  powder! 

Now,  I am  not  writing  an  article  on  “How  to  be 
Happy,  Though  Camping,”  nor  a treatise  on  “The 
Lighter  the  Pack,  the  Lighter  the  Heart”;  nor  do  I 
presume  to  give  advice  as  to  what  ye  shall  eat  or  where 
withal  ye  shall  be  clothed.  But  from  a bitter — because 
tasteless — experience  I venture  to  suggest  that  if  you 
have  at  all  times  a few  pinches  of  salt  in  your  pocket, 
you  will  greatly  increase  your  chances  of  that  happiness 
which  the  woodland  ever  holds  in  such  ample  store  for 
those  who  seek  it  there.  You  can  discard,  or  forget, 
many  things,  and  from  nature’s  warehouse  supply  their 
place  with  something  which  is  either  better,  or  so  much 
worse  that  it  distracts  your  attention  from  the  loss. 
But  you  cannot  procure  salt,  unless,  indeed,  you  distill 
the  tears  you  shed  for  having  forgotten  it;  and  that, 
of  course,  takes  time.  Hinc  illce  lacrinuz. 

We  were  camped  on  the  south  shore  of  Lake 
Superior,  in  the  latter  part  of  November,  duly  ac- 
credited by  the  State  of  Michigan  with  licenses  author- 
izing— but  not  always  enabling — us  to  slay  a stated  num- 
ber of  deer.  The  other  part  of  the  pronoun  “we” 
stands  for  an  eminent  counselor  at  law,  of  whom  it 
might  truly  be  said 

“In  camp  and  court  he  bore 
The  trophies  of  a conqueror,” 

— and  not  in  dreams  either,  like  Bozzaris. 

We  had  parted  in  the  morning  to  hunt  separately  in 
a belt  of  woodland,  and  meet,  unless  the  necessities  of 
the  chase  prevented,  at  a small  lake,  where  we  designed 
to  eat  a frugal  sandwich.  The  day  was  dark  and 
lowering,  the  counterpart  of  many  which  had  preceded 
it.  In  fact,  it  was  a week  since  we  had  seen  the  sun, 
and  every  day  had  brought  its  rainstorm.  So  often  had 
this  been  repeated  that,  if  our  spirits  had  not  been 


waterproof,  they  surely  would  have  been  dampened. 
But  some  one  has  said— probably  Christopher  North  in 
the  “Noctes” — that,  “There  is  no  such  thing  as  bad 
weather.”  And  truly  he  is  right  about  it,  though  you 
have  to  be  out  of  doors  and  away  from  the  pavements 
to  appreciate  it.  Also  must  you  have  good  foot  gear, 
good  legs,  and  a watertight  spirit  withal.  Having  these 
requisites  we  had  spent  an  enjoyable  week  in  the  woods 
despite  the  rain,  though  daily  we  had  prayed  to  Diana 
to  send  us  the  snow  which  was  still  withheld. 

Shortly  after  we  parted  I heard  the  counselor’s  rifle 
— he  was  ever  a lucky  dog.  And  soon  luck  came  my 
way  also.  I was  standing  in  a little  open  glade  when 
a big  doe,  whose  footfalls  the  wet  moss  had  deadened, 
jumped-  the  brush  and  landed  in  the  clearing  behind 
me.  I turned  at  the  sound  and  got  in  four  shots  while 
she  was  making  some  of  those  spectacular  leaps  with 
which  a frightened  deer  creates  space  in  the  rear.  It 
did  not  take  long  to  trail  and  find  her,  for  a .38-55 
hollow-pointed  ball  is  a difficult  thing  to  carry,  and  I 
soon  had  my  rifle  against  a tree  and  my  hunting  knife 
out. 

My  appointment  with  the  Counselor  was  several 
hours  off  in  time,  but  only  a couple  of  miles  in  space, 
and,  having  killed  my  deer,  I had  nothing  to  do  but  to 
kill  time.  So  I set  about  doing  an  artistic  piece  of 
woodland  butchering. 

Now,  to  “gralloch”  a deer — the  technical  word  of  the 
old  huntsmen  is  much  nicer  than  any  modern  equivalent 
—is  a task  which  has  few  elements  of  inherent  pleasure; 
in  fact,  it  will  be  almost  repulsive  unless  you  regard  it 
as  a legitimate  toil  of  the  chase.  If  you  separate  the 
work  of  capture  from  the  pleasure  of  pursuit,  and  re- 
gard it  only  as  a matter  of  blood  and  entrails,  you  had 
better  trade  your  rifle  for  a shotgun  and  hunt  clay 
pigeons. 

To  clean  a deer  you  must  hang  him  up.  I hasten  to 
qualify  this  didactic  statement  by  taking  it  back;  it  is 
not  necessary  to  hang  him  up,  if  your  purpose  is  merely 
to  separate  his  “in’ards”  from  his  “out’ards”  in  the 
shortest  possible  time  and  then  go  after  another  one, 
or  get  back  to  camp  to  tel!  about  it.  You  can,  in  that 
case,  simply  rip  him  open  as  he  lies  on  the  ground, 
pull  out  his  viscera,  and  get  the  blood  all  over  his 
tawny  hide,  so  that  he  looks  as  if  he  had  been  killed 
in  a railway  accident.  But  if  you  regard  him  as  game 
and  not  meat,  and  hold  him  entitled  to  respectful  treat- 
ment, you  will  proceed  as  if  to  a sacrificial  ceremony, 
and  hang  him  up. 

And  now  note  that  there  are  two  ends  to  a deer, 
and  that  you  are  to  choose  between  them  in  hanging 
him  up.  The  ordinary  method  is  that  of  the  butcher 
with  the  sheep,  which  consists  of  running  a “gam  stick’ 
through  the  gambrel  joints  between  the  bone  and  th 
big  tendon  and  suspending  him  head  down  by  a rop 
tied  to  the  stick  and  flung  over  a branch.  This  w 1 
suffice,  and  is  indeed  the  better  way,  after  the  deer  ha 
become  meat;  but  while  he  is  still  game,  - and  you 
game,  you  should,  in  the  transforming  process,  han 
him  up  by  the  head.  The  reasons  for  this  are  purel 
practical,  and  tend  toward  that  cleanliness  which  en- 
ables you  to  approximate  godliness.  When  he  is  hunt 
up  stern  first  the  ribs  act  like  a basket,  which  securely 
holds — being  built  for  that  purpose — all  that  you  desirv 
to  remove.  But  if  you  hang  him  up  by  the  head,  tin' 
rib  basket  is  upside  down,  and  thus  gently  empties  it 
contents  on  the  ground  as  soon  as  your  keen-edge< 
knife  gives  the  necessary  assistance. 

It  seems  as  if  hanging  up  a deer  would  mean  simph 
throwing  a rope  over  a limb,  tying  it  to  his  horns — -o 
around  the  neck,  if  a doe — and  then  hauling  on  th> 
rope  until  he  is  “chock-a-block.”  But  you  cannot  d< 
it  alone  unless  you  are  very  much  stronger  than  the 
ordinary  sportsman,  and  it  requires  a heavier  rope  that 
you  can  conveniently  carry,  unless  you  take  a smal 
block.  But  you  can  always  do  it  with  a tripod  oi 
stout  poles  about  ten  feet  long.  You  tie  the  ends  to- 
gether with  the  light  rope  which  you  carry  around  your 
waist,  spread  the  ends  of  the  legs  out  equally,  and 
lift  up  the  center  until  the  tripod  will  stand.  It  ought 
to  do  this  at  a height  of  between  three  and  four  feet, 
though  you  may  have  to  get  the  ends  of  the  legs 
against  something,  or  “jab”  them  in  the  dirt  to  make 
them  hold  while  they  are  at  so  small  an  angle  with  the 
ground.  Then  you  take  a bight  of  the  rope  around 
the  deer’s  neck,  or  horns,  and  shove  the  legs — the  tri- 
pod’s, not  the  deer’s — -alternately  toward  the  center 
until  the  frame  stands  at  a sufficient  height  to  swing 
your  game  clear  of  the  ground. 

By  this  method  I hung  up  the  doe,  cleaned  her,  and 
buried  the  discarded  portions  in  order  that  they  might 
not  offend  the  woodland  air.  But  I saved  the  kidneys, 
for  it  occurred  to  me  that,  instead  of  our  usual  cold 
sandwich,  we  might  as  well  build  a fire  and  have  a hot 
luncheon.  And  certainly  those  kidneys  would  suggest 
to  anyone  the  idea  of  eating  and  of  doing  it  quickly. 
Never  have  I seen  a more  luscious  looking  morsel,  en- 
cased as  they  were  in  a delicate  white  tissue — “Sweetly 
oleaginous,  oh,  call  it  not  fat!”  as  Charles  Lamb  said 
of  the  prosaic  pig. 

While  wrapping  this  addition  to  our  luncheon  in 
leaves  I heard  three  quick  shots  from  the  Counselor’s 
rifle,  and  knew  by  the  sound  that  he  was  shooting  the 
small  charges  in  his  .30  caliber.  When  I met  him,  an 
hour  later,  he  made  the  greatest  show  of  reticence  I 
have  ever  witnessed.  When  I hailed  him  with  the  usual 
“What  luck?”  he  replied,  “Did  you  hear  my  three 
shots?  That  was  at  a partridge,  and  I never  touched  it.” 

“Well,”  I said,  “how  about  the  other  shot?”  “Oh!” 
said  this  wily  stoic,  “Did  you  hear  that,  too?”  And 
then  his  reticence  gave  way.  “It  was  a whaling  big 
buck,  and  I dropped  him  in  his  tracks!”  Then  we 
foregathered. 

On  our  way  around  the  end  of  the  lake  to  our 
luncheon  place  I shot  a rabbit  with  the  .22  caliber 
target  pistol  which  I carry  to  shoot  partridges.  (I  will 
kill  a partridge  with  that  pistol  yet,  if  I,  and  the  par- 
tridges, live  long  enough.)  This  gave  us  not  only  an 
abundance,  but  a choice  of  meat  for  our  noonday  meal. 
Usually  we  were  not  very  hungry  at  noon,  and  limited 
ourselves  to  a sandwich  and  a piece  of  chocolate.  But 
the  doe’s  kidneys  had  aroused  all  our  carnivorous  in- 
stincts, and  we  were  like  cavemen. 


Forest  and  stream. 


[May  13 


&72 


We  built  a fire,  flattened  the  top  of  a log  for  com- 
bination seat  and  table,  and  spread  thereon  our 
provender.  The  table  did  not  groan,  even  when  com- 
pletely set;  for  it  showed  two  doe’s  kidneys,  two 
rabbit  legs,  two  bacon  sandwiches,  two  sticks  of 
chocolate,  two  russet  apples. 

This  abundant  display  was  flanked  by  two  rubber 
cups  filled  with  water,  cold  enough  to  chill  harrow  teeth. 

When  the  fire  had  burned  down  to  a good  bed  of 
coals  we  skewered  the  kidneys  and  the  rabbit’s  legs 
on  hardwood  switches  and  set  about  cooking  them. 
And  then  there  was  borne  in  upon  us  the  full  force  of 
the  fact  that  we  had  no  salt.  We  made  an  ineffective 
attempt  to  supply  its  savor  by  fastening  the  paltry 
strips  of  bacon  from  the  sandwiches  on  the  meat  as  it 
cooked,  but  with  doubts,  which  were  justified  by  the 
event.  The  abundant  fat  encircling  the  kidneys  enabled 
us  to  keep  both  them  and  the  rabbit  legs  nicely  basted. 
The  fire  was  just' right  and  the  cooking  beautiful,  as 
a mere  visual  spectacle.  The  rabbit  legs  browned 
nicely,  with  little  jets  of  imprisoned  steam  bursting 
out  in  a most  appetizing  way.  The  kidneys  accepted 
the  ministrations  of  the  fire  and  transformed  themselves 
from  mere  organs  into  a viand  worthy  of  those  who 
know  what  it  is  to  kill  and  to  cook  in  the  open. 

When  they  had  reached  this  point  of  absolute  per- 
fection we  bore  them  to  our  log  table,  and  learned 
the  difference  between  appearance  and  reality,  or 
rather  between  appearance  and  taste.  The  kidneys 
were  not  merely  tasteless — better  if  they  had  been.  I 
do  not  know  how  to  describe  them;  but  if  there  is  any 
word  or  expression  for  the  opposite  of  “salty,”  it  is 
the  one  I need.  And  to  sharpen  our  sorrow  we  could 
see  that  salt  alone  was  needed  to  give  them  that  per- 
fection which  we  had  anticipated.  The  rabbit  legs  were 
about  as  bad,  though,  being  of  a coarser  texture,  the 
lack  of  salt  did  not,  as  it  were,  create  such  an  active 
and  persistent  absence  of  taste.  Still  they  were  bad 
enough  to  cope  successfully  with  anything  in  their  line. 

And  so  in  the  end,  after  all  our  exalted  anticipations, 
we  dined  upon  sandwiches  bereft  of  their  bacon, 
chocolate  and  russet  apples,  gnarled  and  weazen  by 
long  life  and  the  privations  of  a remote  youth. 

The  Counselor  and  I now  each  carry  on  all  occasions 
a small  box  containing  a teaspoonful  of  salt,  artfully 


compounded  with  red  pepper.  If  the  fates  can  catch 
us  in  that  trap  again,  they  will  be  entitled  to  their 
quarry.  H.  K.  Tenny. 

Chief  Parker  of  the  Comanches* 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

I notice  that  Charles  Christadoro  asks  in  the  current 
number,  May  6,  if  my  chief  and  Parker,  who  went  to 
Washington  to  attend  the  inauguration  (I  do  not  know 
if  he  met  the  President  later  on  his  hunting  trip)  are  the 
same  Indian.  No,  they  were  not;  my  chief  was  Asa 
Rabbit,  a full  Indian'.  Parker,  whom  I used  to  know  well, 
is  head  chief  of  the  Comanches,  he  is  really  only  a half 
Comanche.  His  mother  was  a white  woman  who  was 
captured  by  his  band  when  she  was  a young  girl,  and 
Parker’s  father,  the  then  chief,  married  her. 

A year  or  two  before  the  Civil  War  (I  forget  the 
exact  date  now,  but  the  officer  who  was  in  command  of 
the  troop  that  recaptured  her,  went  to  the  Confederate 
Army  afterward)  a troop  of  cavalry  raided  this  band  of 
Parker’s  father  and  took  the  white  woman,  Parker’s 
mother,  off  with  them,  returning  her  to  her  friends,  where 
she  died  in  a year  or  two  of  a broken  heart  at  not  being- 
allowed  to  return  to  her  tribe  again.  She  had  forgotten 
the  English  language  years  before  this,  and  could  only 
speak  Comanche.  Parker  is  the  most  intelligent  of  all 
the  Comanches,  and  I always  gave  his  mother  the  credit 
for  it.  He  was  a young  man  about  twenty-one  years 
of  age  when  his  mother  was  taken  from  them. 

Cabia  Blanco. 

Wants  Somebody  to  Start  Something. 

Washington,  D.  C., — Editor  Forest  and  Stream:  It 

may  strike  you  with  a feeling  of  newness  and  surprise 
to  see  my  once  more  familiar  handwriting  again;  but 
the  surprise  need  not  be  as  great  as  that  occasioned  by 
the  reading  of  the  inclosed  slips  from  a West  Virginia 
newspaper  and  from  the  Cincinnati  Enquirer,  showing 
that  in  the  region  where  I used  to  hunt  a good  deal  years 
ago,  hunters  have  killed  a white  black  bear.  The  story 
is.  told  by  the  Montgomery,  W.  Va.,  correspondent  of  the 
Cincinnati  Enquirer,  and  says : “Two  hunters,  who  were 
driven  by  rain  to  take  shelter  in  a cave  in  the  mountains 


of  Nicholas  county,  roused  a perfectly  white  bee 
pink  eyes,  which  had  quarters  in  the  cave.  When 
from  its  slumber  the  bear  attacked  the  men  with 
and  severely  injured  one  of  them.  Mr.  Wilson 
who  fired  the  shot  that  killed  the  animal,  has  tl 
and  will  have  the  same  properly  prepared  and  m 
The  hide  has  the  texture  and  the  head  the  app 
of  the  common  black  bear,  except  that  the  skin  i 
white  and  the  eyes  pink.” 

When  is  the  next  discussion  due  to  begin  in  yc 
umns? — one  of  those  delightful  interchanges  of 
by  a lot  of  good  fellows,  some  of  whom  do  11 
whether  they  know  anything  about  the. subject 
Can’t  you  think  of  a good  subject  that  will  run  al 
a month  or  two?  I got  such  a lot  of  pleasure  out  c 
ing  the  Kipling  criticism  of  a year  or  so  ago  that  ! 
10  take  part  in  it,  which  was  thoughtless.  I wou 
backed  up  Kipling  all  right,  however,  if  I had  chij 
I have  seen  and  heard  the  things  he  describes,  lo. 
Indian  canoe  poles  and  the  rest,  and  his  descriptic 
ried  me  in  imagination  miles  away  to  the  numerou: 
in  the  “brule”  where  I sought  moose  and  caribc 
after  year,  and  to  the  streams  where,  in  search  oj 
the  “raw  right  ahgled”  jam  opposed,  the  shod 
sounded,  and  I basked  on  the  sunny  bars.  It  is  t 
some  of  your  correspondents  to  start  something. 

Cecil  (| 

The  Primer  of  Forestry  Completed. 

As  a source  of  positive  information  about  wh 
estry  really  is,  and  to  spread  a knowledge  of  its  rr 
a book  has  been  prepared  by  Mr.  Gifford  Pinchc 
ester  of  the  United  States  Department  of  Agr 
and  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Forestry,  entitled  “A 
of  Forestry.”  which  is  published  in  two  parts, 
issued  in  i8qq,  deals  with  the  life  of  a single  tre 
trees  as  they  exist  i.i  a forest,  with  the  life  of  a 
and  with  the  enemies  of  the  forest.  Part  II. 
Primer  has  just  been  published.  It  deals  with  “P 
Forestry,”  the  purpose  of  which  is  defined  as  “t< 
the  forest  render  its  best  service  to  man  in  such 
as  to  increase  rather  than  to  diminish  its  useful 
the  future.”  In  other  words,  it  means  “both  t 
and  the  preservation  of  the  forest.” 


The  Brass-Eyed  Duck* 

BY  MARTIN  HUNTER. 

The  whistler,  whistle-wing,  great  head,  garrot  or  brass- 
eyed is  one  of  the  few  ducks  that,  to  my  knowledge, 
builds  its  nest  in  trees. 

The  Indians,  who  are  noted  for  giving  appropriate 
names,  call  this  duck  “arrow  duck,”  on  account  of  its 
quick  passage  through  the  air.  They  fly  very  swiftly,  and 
it  is  only  an  expert  gunner  that  can  bring  them  down  in 
succession. 

I once  had  the  rare  opportunity  of  watching  the  doings 
of  a female  brass-eyed  from  the  building  of  the  nest  to 
the  time  she  placed  the  young  ones  on  the  waters  of  the 
lake.  To  watch  the  industrious  little  builder  was  a most 
interesting  pastime  and  afforded  me  much  pleasure.  The 
tree  selected  was  not,  as  one  would  suppose,  immediately 
on  the  shore,  but  a bit  back  in  the  thick  growth.  Prop- 
erly speaking,  the  tree  was  a stump,  although  a strong- 
live  one  grew  rubbing  sides  with  it.  The  stump  was  on 
the  south  side  of  the  green  one,  and  thus  protected  from 
the  north,  and  was  about  twenty  feet  in  height. 

On  examination  shortly  after  the  duck  began  to  lay,  I 
found  that  the  concave  top  had  been  lined  with  dead 
leaves,  hay,  clay  and  small  sticks.  After  this  one  peep  in 
at  the  architecture  and  the  couple  of  eggs  therein,  I re- 
frained from  anproaching  the  stump  again,  but  continued 
my  observations  from  a distance. 

When  the  duck  took  to  steady  setting  I could  just  see 
her  head  and  bill  over  the  edge  of  the  nest.  Regularly 
each  evening  during  the  period  of  incubation  she  would 
fly  out  on  to  the  lake  to  feed,  drink  and  plume  herself. 
These  absences  from  her  duty  lasted  from  twenty  min- 
utes to  half  an  hour. 

When  the  young  were  hatched  I kept  a strict  and  steady 
watch  on  her  movements,  for  the  thought  occurred  to  me, 
“How  would  they  get  to  the  ground?”  But,  like  a good 
many  other  things,  this  riddle  of  the  forest  was  made 
clear  to  me  one  evening  near  sundown. 

I sat  motionless  in  my  canoe  a little  to  one  side  of  the 
direction  of  the  stump.  The  lake  was  as  calm  as  oil,  and 
in  a little  while,  after  taking  up  my  position,  out  flew 
the  mother  in  a slanting  way  to  the  water,  and  hanging 
from  her  bill  was  one  of  the  young  ducks.  This  she 
quickly  deposited  on  the  lake  and  flew  back  to  the  nest, 
and  made  trips  to-  and  fro,  until  she  had  brought  the 
whole  of  her  brood,  which  numbered  seven. 

A hen  is  a proud  mother  even  with  one  chick;  well 
this  was  a transported  one  with  seven.  She  swam  through 
the  midst  of  them,  around  them,  away  from  them  and 
toward  them,  exhibiting  the  utmost  delight.  Finally  she 
led  them  in  toward  the  shore,  the  shadows  of  the  woods 
shutting  them  out  from  further  observation.  While  daily 
visiting  my  nets  about  the  lake,  I often  encountered  the 
brood,  or  saw  them  at  a short  distance  and  they  continued 
to  interest  me. 

One  day  the  number  of  ducklings  appeared  fewer  than 
ought  to  be  and  on  counting  them  I found  there  were 
only  five.  Next  day  this  was  reduced  to  four,  and  a few 
days  after,  when  next  I saw  them,  there  remained  only 
three.  However,  the  mystery  of  their  disappearance  was 
made  clear  to  me  on  that  same  day,  for  while  trolling 
past  the  ducks’  feeding  grounds  a big  maskinonge  struck 
the  hooks  savagely. 

Being  alone  in  the  frail  and  small  canoe  I had  the  ut- 


most difficulty  to  successfully  play  and  kill  him,  but  was 
amply  paid,  for  on  cleaning  the  big  fish  we  found  in  its 
maw  one  of  my  young  ducks. 

Thus  was  their  mysterious  disappearance  explained, 
this,  or  some  other  large  fish,  was  accountable  for  the 
brood’s  diminution. 

While  on  the  subject  of  the  brass-eye  I would  wish  to 
set  the  reader  right  in  regard  tO'  the  whistling  noise  they 
make,  that  is  the  male.  The  author  of  “Wild  Fowl  and 
Iheir  Habits”  asserts  that  this  noise  is  made  by  their 
short  sharp  wings  cutting  the  air  in  rapid  flight.  Were 
this  the  case  the  female  would  make  the  same  sound,  but 
no  one  ever  heard  this  whistling  from  a lone  female  or  a 
number  of  females. 

It  is  from  the  male  we  get  this;  not  from  the  wings, 
however,  but  from  a gristly  sac  attached  at  the  end  of  the 
wind-pipe,  much  the  shape  of  the  bag  of  the  bag-pipes. 
From  this  he  emits  several  different  kinds  of  sounds,  as  I 
have  often  listened  to  when  approaching  a flock  on  a 
calm  moonlight  night  in  the  mating  season. 

Another  erroneous  assertion  by  the  same  author  is  that 
the  flesh  is  rank,  fishy  and  hard.  The  old  ones  are,  more 
or  less  so,  on  their  first  arrival  inland  in  the  spring.  At 
the  sea,  as  a necessity,  they  live  on  fish,  but  a month  after 
reaching  inland  waters,  where  they  feed  on  marine  plants 
and  roots,  the  color  of  the  flesh  changes.  It  also  becomes 
juicy  and  is  as  good  eating  as  black  duck  or  teal. 

The  young  ones,  when  full  fledged,  just  before  migrat- 
ing to  the  sea  for  the  winter,  are  excellent. 

The  French-Canadians  call  this  duck  the  diver  and  the 
half-breeds  of  Hudson  Bay  the  pork  duck. 

All  the  tricks  of  hiding  attributed  to  this  duck  by  Netlje 
Blanchan,  author  of  the  book  from  which  I have  taken 
the  several  names  under  which  the  duck  is  known  to 
American  readers,  are  quite  true,  and  also  other  devices 
not  enumerated.  For  instance,  when  wounded  I have 
known  it  to  dive  and  come  up  within  a few  yards  of  my 
canoe  with  its  head  under  a water-lily  leaf  and  there  re- 
main, quite  motionless,  until  I noticed  the  center  eleva- 
tion of  this  single  leaf  and  fired  at  a venture  with  the 
result  that  I killed  the  duck. 

On  another  occasion  I noticed  a wounded  brass-eye 
making  toward  the  shore  in  very  shallow  water.  The 
formation  of  the  banks  was  such  that  it  was  impossible 
for  it  tO'  land  and  hide.  Nevertheless,  toward  that  shore  it 
had  dived,  and  never  appeared  above  water.  Pushing  the 
canoe  quietly  along  with  my  gun  ready  in  the  other  hand, 
I scanned  every  inch  as  I went.  Along  the  beach  there 
was  a solution  of  mud  almost  as  light  as  the  water.  The 
duck  had  passed  under  this  and  came  to  the  shore  in  about 
five  inches  of  water  showing  nothing  but  its  bill  on  the 
beach,  the  entire  body  being  covered  with  mud,  the  exact 
counterpart  of  that  about  it. 

Although  my  canoe  was  within  six  feet  of  the  bird,  it 
never  moved,  and  it  was  only  by  the  closest  scrutiny  that 
I detected  its  presence. 

With  a good  silent  dog  playing  in  front  of  a blind,  these 
ducks  in  the  early  spring  will  come  within  short  range, 
as  will  the  black  duck  and  gray  goose.  They  have  keen 
eyesight  and  will  work  in  from  a quarter  of  a mile  to 
investigate  the  dog.  The  dog  of  best  color  to  attract  ducks 
is  yellow  or  yellow  and  white.  A pure  white  is  better 
than  a dark  colored,  which  latter  only  appears  to  scare 
them  away. 

[This  is  an  interesting  contribution,  for  it  brings  up  a 


number  of  points  about  which  there  has  been  more 
controversy  in  the  past,  and  one  at  least  which  is 
us.  That  Mr.  Hunter’s  duck  brought  her  young 
water  in  her  bill  is  interesting  and  agrees  with  sta 
made  years  ago  in  Forest  and  Stream  by  Mr.  Gei 
Boardman,  who  quoted  a Canadian  informant  as 
that  the  old  birds  brought  their  young  from  the  1 
the  water,  carrying  them  in  their  bills,  but  that  tc 
port  the  young  for  a longer  distance,  the  birds  can 
young  pressed  to  the  body  by  the  feet,  a des< 
which  is  not  altogether  clear. 

Mr.  Hunter  declares  that  the  whistling  noise  n 
the  brass-eye  does  not  come  from  the  wings  and  t 
noise  is  never  made  by  the  female,  in  this  his 
differs  from  that  of  many  other  writers.  In  his  be 
labyrinth — an  enlargement  of  the  wind-pipe  found 
male  of  most  ducks  and  but  seldom  in  the  femj 
plains  the  whistling  sound  so  commonly  heard  win 
birds  fly  near  us. 

Food  notoriously  gives  flavor  to  the  flesh  of  d 
well  as  other  animals.  On  the  sea  coast,  where  : 
on  fish  and  perhaps  shell  fish,  the  flesh  of  the  bi 
or  golden-wing  is  notoriously  bad,  but  like  Mr.  ] 
other  authors  have  declared  that  inland  the  bird 
cellent  eating. 

The  observation  of  the  destruction  of  the  brood 
maskinonge  is  worth  recording.  Pike,  pickerel, 
nonge  and  snapping  turtles  are  notorious  enen 
young  duck.]  

Ruffed  Grouse  Propagation 

Fiditor  Forest  and  Stream: 

Professor  Hodge’s  report  to  the  Massachusett! 
Commission,  as  reproduced  in  your  current  issi 
the  accompanying  photographs,  takes  a keen  hold 
sympathies  of  all  the  lovers  of  this  grand  bird.  ’ 
port  itself,  coming  down  no  later  than  last  No- 
might  well  have  been  supplemented  with  an  aco 
some  of  the  Professor’s  more  recent  experiem 
though  it  is  to  be  presumed  that  these  will  follow 
course.  My  own  correspondence  with  him  this 
follows  the  birds  till  some  of  the  hens  began  1; 
few  days  ago,  and  he  assures  me  that  he  previou 
abundant  evidence  that  the  eggs  had  been  duly  fe 

Many  of  the  older  readers  of  the  Forest  and  ; 
will  remember  that  in  my  experiments  for  the  p 
tion  of  the  ruffed  grouse  in  1884-1887,  reported  v 
to  the  paper  at  that  time,  I succeeded  in  actually 
ing  grouse  chicks  from  eggs  laid  and  incubated 
parent  birds  while  in  confinement.  Circumstance 
it  impracticable  to  continue  those  experiments 
time,  and  it  has  been  a matter  of  constant  regi 
I have  never  been  quite  in  a favorable  situation  tc 
them.  But  Professor  Hodge’s  success  along  the: 
has  been  a matter  of  much  gratification  to  me,  and 
taken  much  pleasure  in  placing  at  his  service  sue! 
mation  and  suggestions  as  might  seem  to  be  us 
him. 

Although  all  my  mature  grouse  were  original] 
ones,  they  became  very  tame,  feeding  readily  fr 
hand  and  manifesting  no  fear  of  man.  In  the 
the  males  swelled  and  strutted  after  the -turkey 
fashion,  but  were  never  heard  to  drum  in- the  coop 
reason  for  this  did  not  occur  to  me  till  after  m 


May  13,  1905.] 


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had  gone,  but  when  Professor  Hodge  complained  this 
spring  that  he  could  not  induce  the  males  to  drum  I sug- 
gested that  he  separate  them  from  the  hens.  The  de- 
sired result  followed  in  a very  few  minutes  after  such 
separation ; and  now,  he  says,  the  process  can  be  induced 
at  any  time  by  the  same  method.  I have  now  in  my 
possession  two  very  fine  photos  which  Professor  Hodge 
recently  sent  me,  showing  the  male  grouse  in  the  very 
act  of  drumming.  In  these  pictures  the  outlines  of  the 
head  and  body  are  clear  and  distinct,  while  the  wings, 
owing  to  their  rapid  vibration,  are  only  a misty  blur.  (I 
sincerely  hope  that  Professor  Hodge  will  not  think  I am 
trying  to  steal  his  thunder.) 

The  ruffed  grouse  is  a wary,  but  not  a timid  bird,  and 
soon  makes  friends  with  his  keeper  when  he  realizes 
that  no  harm  is  intended  him.  The  hens  are  faithful 
sitters  and  devoted  mothers,  and  there  would  seem  to  be 
no  valid  reason  why  such  experiments  as  those  of  Pro- 
fessor Hodge,  in  such  intelligent  and  capable  hands  as 
his,  should  not  bd  pushed  to  complete  success. 

In  speaking  of  “Artificial  Breeding  of  Wild  Birds,”  and 
alluding  to  the  efforts  of  the  Massachusetts  Commission, 
the  editor  states  that  its  “attempts  to  rear  quail  have  not 
yet  been  successful.”  Why  not?  It  seemed  to  me  after 
rearing  one  brood  of  quail  from  the  parent  birds  in 
confinement  just  before  taking  up  the  grouse,  that  it  was 
too  easy  to  afford  a problem  of  any  difficulty.  It  would 
be  interesting  to'  know  why  the  Massachusetts  attempts 
failed.  Possibly,  like  so  many  enterprises  which  have 
to  do  with  the  breeding  of  feathered  fowl  of  all  kinds, 
it  was  quite  feasible  on  a small  scale  and  quite  imprac- 
ticable on  a large  one.  Jay  Beebe. 


Scent  Glands  of  the  Deer 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

Thirty  years  ago  in  a hunter’s  camp  on  the  western 
plains  one  of  the  boys  in  “drawing  it  long”  told  the  rest 
of  us  that  antelope  had  ears  in  their  feet  the  better  to 
hear  the  approach  of  an  enemy.  This  was  greeted  with 
a “hoot”  by  the  rest  of  us,  and  the  bold  declaimer  of 
truth  retired  in  some  confusion.  Antelope  feet  there 
were  in  plenty  about  camp,  yet  we  never  thought  of  ex- 
amining one  to  decide  the  question,  but  decided  it  out 
of  hand,  as  it  were.  Many  times  since  then  the  oppor- 
tunity to  examine  deer  and  antelope  feet  has  offered,  but 
I thought  the  idea  so  wild  and  dreamy  that  I never 
charged  my  mind  with  it  and  never  made  any  examina- 
tion. Last  autumn  we  brought  a deer  into  this  ranch 
whole  and  while  it  was  being  dressed  the  argument  of 
thirty  years  ago  came  to  my  mind.  An  examination 
showed  a hole  in  the  skin  just  above  the  hoof  and  be- 
tween the  bones  at  the  front.  This  hole  was  the  end  of  a 
hollow  tube  which  passed  through  the  ankle  between  the 
bones  and  then  up,  ending  in  a cord  running  up  the  leg; 
the  leg  having  been  severed  at  the  knee  it  could  not  be 
traced  further.  Was  this  the  origin  of  the  telephoney5 

[It  has  long  been  well  known  that  many,  if  not  all,  our 
American  deer  have  what  our  correspondent  calls  “a  hole 
in  the  skin  just  above  the  hoof  and  between  the  bones  at 
the  front.”  These  are  commonly  called  by  hunters  “scent 
bags”  or  “scent  glands,”  and  in  most  species  contain  a 
substance  which  emits  a strong  musky  or  other  disagree- 
able odor.  The  Virginia  deer  always  has  the  gland  on  all 
four  feet  as  does  the  Columbian  blacktail  deer  and  the 
mule  deer.  The  caribou  possesses  the  gland.  Caton  de- 
scribed these  glands  quite  fully  about  thirty  years  ago, 
and  they  have  been  long  known.  On  the  Virginia  deer  the 
glands  may  be  fully  one  inch  and  a half  in  depth,  “hairs, 
though  to  a limited  number,  are  found  in  it.  On  this  deer 
I found  this  gland  more  active  than  on  any  of  the  others. 
It  always  contains  a considerable  amount  of  the  secreted 
matter  which  is  about  the  consistency  of  cerumen  and  a 


portion  of  it  frequently  assumes  the  form  of  pellets  about 
the  size  of  a small  pea,  which,  however,  are  so  soft  as  to 
be  more  or  less  flattened.  The  substance  is  of  a grayish 
color  and  emits  an  odor  which  is  strong  and  offensive  to 
most  nostrils.”  We  have  examined  the  feet  of  deer  fre- 
quently for  this  gland,  and  have  found  the  glands  com- 
monly to  contain  a whitish  moist  powder,  strongly  odor- 
ous. Deer  hunters  believe  that  the  odor  from  these 
glands  yields  the  scent  which  the  hounds  follow  in  pur- 
suing the  deer,  but  on  the  other  hand  many  animals  not 
known  to  possess  these  glands  are  followed  by  the  dog 
with  equal  success.] 


A Loon  in  the  City. 

Lockport,  N.  Y.,  May  6. — Last  Friday  morning  as  Mr. 
James  Cochrane  was  on  his  way  to  his  place  of  business, 
which  is  near  the  Erie  Canal,  he  saw  a bird  lying  on  the 
Prospect  street  bridge.  Mr.  Cochrane  supposed  the  bird 
was  dead,  but  on  picking  it  up  found  it  alive,  although 
unable  to  move,  on  examining  the  bird  he  found  blood 
on  the  breast. 

Mr.  Cochrane  took  the  bird  into  the  factory  and  placed 
it  in  a tank  of  water  where  it  soon  commenced  to  paddle 
about,  and  finally  managed  to  climb  out  of  the  tank  and 
drop  to  the  floor,  although  the  water  was  about  eight 
inches  below  the  top  of  the  tank.  The  bird  was  badly 
hurt,  as  it  could  not  walk.  It  propelled  itself  about  the 
room  with  its  wings. 

Mr.  Cochrane  telephoned  me  on  Monday  that  he  had 
a duck  of  some  kind  that  he  wished  me  to  see.  It  proved 
to  be  a male  loon  weighing  between  eight  and  ten 
pounds. 

The  bird  was  probably  flying  down  the  canal  during 
the  night,  attracted  by  the  electric  light,  and  on  nearing 
the  bridge  tried  to  pass  over  it,  failed  to  get  high  enough 
and  struck  one  of  the  iron  rods  and  fell  to-  the  bridge, 
where  Mr.  Cochrane  found  it. 

I noticed  a dish  of  cornmeal  near  the  bird  and  was 
told  that  it  had  had  nothing  else  for  four  days.  I offered 
the  information  that  it  would  not  live  long  on  that  food, 
and  advised  him  to  drop  the  bird  into  the  canal  and  see 
how  quick  he  would  disappear.  I also  gave  him  the  ad- 
dress of  a taxidermist  at  Niagara  Falls  that  would  put 
it  up  for  $5  or  $6.  Mr.  Cochrane  offered  the  bird  to  me, 
but  as  I have  two  fine  specimens  in  my  collection,  I did 
not  care  for  it.  My  best  specimen  weighed  twelve  pounds 
when  taken  and  is  the  largest  loon  I have  seen.  I have 
heard  of  their  weighing  eighteen  pounds.  My  other 
specimen  weighed  only  8$4  pounds,  and  was  about  the 
size  of  the  bird  Mr.  Cochrane  has. 

A Collection  of  Wishbones. 

When  my  collection  of  birds  were  being  mounted  I 
saved  the  wishbones  of  many  species  and  have  a collec- 
tion of  nearly  200  wishbones,  from  that  of  a humming 
bird  to>  a whistling  swan  taken  in  this  county  (Niagara) 
and  a white  pelican  taken  in  Niagara  River;  the  wishbone 
from  my  large  loon  had  been  broken  and  grown  together 
and  is  a good  job  of  surgery. 

Professor  Laicas,  of  the  Smithsonian  Institution,  came 
to  see  my  collection  about  fifteen  years  ago,  and  when 
he  saw  the  wishbones  said,  “it  was  the  finest  collection 
of  them  he  had  ever  seen,  and  that  the  wishbone  was  a 
very  important  bone.”  I picked  up  the  whistling  swan 
bone  and  asked  him  of  what  species  it  was.  He  said  “that 
he  would  give  it  up.”  Professor  Lucas  also  advised  me 
to  present  my  collection  of  wishbones  to  the  Smithsonian 
when  I wanted  to  dispose  of  them.  I know  of  no  better 
place  for  them,  and  ultimately  they  may  go  there. 

J.  L.  Davison. 

P.  S.- — The  wishbone  of  the  whistling  swan  is  unlike 
any  other  that  I have  ever  seen,  although  I suppose  that 
this  bone  is  similar  in  shape  in  all  swans.  J.  L.  D. 


Audubon  Commemoration. 

The  services  in  commemoration  of  the  one  hundred 
and  twenty-fifth  birthday  of  John  James  Audubon,  the 
naturalist,  were  held  on  the  evening  of  Thursday,  May  4, 
at  the  Church  of  the  Intercession,  157th  street  and 
Broadway,  New  York.  The  service  was  conducted  by 
Rev.  M.  H.  Gates,  the  rector  of  the  church,  and  the  large 
building  was  crowded  with  an  interested  and  attentive 
audience.  The  principal  address,  delivered  by  Hon.  Alton 
B.  Parker,  former  Chief  Justice  of  the  New  York  Su- 
preme Court,  told  in  charmingly  simple  fashion  the  story 
of  the  naturalist’s  arduous  life,  and  gave  full  credit  to 
that  great  woman,  Lucy  Bakewell,  his  wife,  to  whom,  as 
much  as  to  himself,  Audubon’s  success  was  due.  The 
address  was  simple  and  without  the  slightest  attempt  at 
oratory,  and  for  that  very  reason  was  moving.  Of  the 
child  Audubon’s  artistic  bent,  the  speaker  said : 

“No  lesson  that  we  learn  from  Audubon’s  life  is  of 
more  interest  than  that  every  child  should  have  oppor- 
tunity to  develop  that  talent  which  God  has  given  him.  A 
father  is  tempted  to  plan  what  work  his  child  shall  carry 
out;  and  if  the  child  happens  to  develop  artistic  talent 
the  father  tries  to  throttle  it.  Audubon’s  father  hoped 
to  make  his  son  a follower  of  Napoleon,  but  the  boy 
would  have  none  of  it.  He  came  to  America  and  hunted 
birds.” 

Mr.  Edward  Doyle  contributed  an  appreciation  in  verse 
of  Audubon’s  character  and  life  work. 

Mr.  Ernest  Thompson  Seton  and  Mr.  Richard  Watson 
Gilder,  who  were  to  have  delivered  addresses,  were  not 
present,  the  former  having  been  detained  by  a railroad 
accident,  while  Mr.  Gilder  was  confined  to  his  room 
through  illness  contracted  at  the  funeral  services  of 
Joseph  Jefferson.  Mr.  Frank  M.  Chapman,  by  way  of 
expressing  the  indefatigable  energy  of  the  naturalist,  gave 
an  Audubon  chronology  extending  over  more  than  thirty 
years,  which  showed  how  constantly  he  was  working  and 
moving  about  in  pursuing  the  great  work  finally  so  well 
accomplished.  Mr.  Chapman’s  address  was  very  effec- 
tive. 

The  Hon.  George  F.  Parker  spoke  more  formally  of 
Audubon  as  a man,  and  pointed  out  the  various  qualities 
which  he  possessed  which  should  be  possessed  by  every 
American ; his  perseverance,  his  democracy,  his  indepen- 
dence and  yet  his  humble  mindedness.  Rev.  Dr.  D.  H. 
Green,  the  Bishop  of  the  Diocese,  made  the  closing  ad- 
dress. 

The  occasion  was  one  of  no  little  interest.  Among 
those  present  were  a number  of  the  grandchildren  and 
great  grandchildren  of  the  naturalist,  together  with  many 
people  who  had  long  lived  about  his  old  home. 


The  Duck’s  Smell. 

Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  April  2 "j.— Editor  Forest  and 
Stream:  Without  wishing  to  revive  the  threshed-out 

question,  “Can  ducks  smell?”  I take  the  liberty  of  quot- 
ing a paragraph  from  Mr.  William  Dinwiddie’s  very  in- 
teresting article  on  “Duck-hunting  in  Japan,”  which  ap- 
pears in  Harper’s  Weekly  of  the  22d  instant.  The  para- 
graph reads  as  follows : 

“The  best  weather  for  this  game  is  when  the  stiff  cold 
winds  of  winter  blow  and  the  birds  are  restless  and  con- 
stantly hungry,  and  a really  successful  hunting  day  can 
only  be  had  when  the  wind  blows  toward  one  off  the 
lake;  otherwise  the  sensitive  birds  wind  you,  as  they 
enter  the  ditch,  and  beat  a hasty  retreat.” 

The  article  from  which  the  above  paragraph  is  clipped 
describes  the  curious  and  elaborate  method  of  netting 
wild  ducks,  as  the  sport  is  pursued  in  Japan.  If  is  illus- 
trated by  photographs,  and  will  prove  of  interest  to  duck 
shooters.  Robert  Erskine  Ross. 

[See  also  reference  to  the  scent  of  ducks  in  a decoy 
paper  which  will  be  printed  in  our  next  issue.] 


National  Park  Game. 


And  the  Montana  License  Law. 

Yellowstone  National,  Park,  April  30  —Editor 
Forest  and  Stream I returned  from  the  Pacific  slope 
almost  a month  ago,  leaving  there  green  grass, 
flowers  and  blossoms  of  all  kinds.  I reach  here  and 
find  almost  everywhere  dry  ground  and  dust.  There 
is  very  little  snow  in  the  Park  or  On  the  mountains 
around,  but  since  my  return  there  has  been  consider- 
able snow  and  rain  in  the  valleys.  A short  time  be- 
fore I came  home,  a buggy  was  taken  through  the 
Park,  so  little  snow  was  then  along  the  roads. 

The  game,  as  a rule,  is  back  almost  to  the  summer 
range.  Even  the  antelope  are  as  far  as  Yancey’s  and 
Specimen  Ridge.  Until  very  lately  there  were  a few 
feeding  on  the  alfalfa  in  front  of  Gardiner.  The  alfalfa 
has  just  begun  to  start,  and  it  is  just  as  well  the  ante- 
lope are  not  all  aware  of  it.  For  several  evenings  I 
saw  seven  mule  deer  there.  They  like  young  alfalfa, 
too,  and,  I suppose,  will  hang  around  for  some  time. 
The  ground  had  been  so  dry  all  winter  that  it  was 
expected  that,  to  make  the  grass  grow,  irrigation 
would  have  to  be  resorted  to,  but  the  late  snow  brought 
it  out.  Still  hardly  a shade  of  green  can  be  seen  on 
the  hills.  In  many  sheltered  spots  wild  currants  have 
green  leaves,  but  not  the  quaking  asp  or  cottonwood, 
and  very  little  grass  shows.  I found  the  whole  country 
west  of  here  on  this  side  of  the  cascades  very  dry  and 
with  very  little  snow.  I heard  of  more  snow  south  of 
the  Park,  and  every  one  knows  that  more  snow  falls 
there  any  season  than  in  the  northern  part  of  the  Park. 
Jackson’s  Hole  has  very  much  more  snow  than  the 
same  altitude  up  here.  Still  Wyoming  has  made  a 
State  game  park  south  of  the  Yellowstone  Park  and 


claiming  it  for  a winter  range.  The  elk  are  not  from 
Missouria,  but  you  will  have  to  show  them  where  the 
winter  range  comes  in  north  of  any  part  of  Buffalo 
Fork  of  Snake  River.  During  some  winters  a very  few 
elk  have  managed  to  make  a living  there,  but  those 
that  are  left  in  this  winter  range  park  are  usually  un- 
fortunate enough  to  die  early  in  the  spring.  It’s  like 
elk  wintering  in  Hayden  Valley,  now  and  then  quite 
a few  winter  there,  one  season  over  2,000  tried  it,  and 
during  the  late  spring  Capt.  G.  S.  Anderson  saw  them 
dead  by  the  hundreds  in  a place.  It  is  the  same  over 
on  Pelican  Creek.  Since  then  very  few  elk  have  at- 
tempted to  winter  in  those  sections,  and  it’s  the  same 
south  of  the  Park,  until  you  get  south  of  Buffalo  Fork. 

Few  elk  would  attempt  to  winter  in  Jackson’s  Hole,' 
or  even  in  the  northern  part  of  Yellowstone  Park,  were 
it  not  for  the  settlers  on  their  old  winter  ranges. 
Wyoming  Winter  Range  Park  would  prove  a death 
trap  if  any  number  of  elk  were  compelled  to  camp  there. 
Their  winter  range  commences  just  south  of  Buffalo 
Fork,  on  what  some  call  Horse  Thief  Buttes,  and  from 
there  on  down  to  the  lower  end  of  the  Hole  more  or 
less  elk  are  found  and  usually  in  large  bands.  If 
Vvyoming  wanted  to  make  a game  park  where  elk  could 
winter  they  would  have  to  take  in  about  all  of  Jackson’s 
Hole,  or,  better  still,  make  a new  park,  either  in  the  Big 
Horn  Mountains  or  on  Green  River,  making  it  large 
enough  for  a winter  range. 

The  best  of  all  the  winter  ranges  are  taken  up  by 
ranches,  and  the  country  is  supporting  families  and 
cattle,  and  many  comfortable  homes  are  found  there. 
I think  Wyoming  would  find  it  difficult  to  get  their 
people  to  give  up  their  locations  in  order  that  the  elk 
or  any  other  wild  animal  might  have  a winter  home. 
Wyoming  and  Montana,  and  for  that  matter  many 
other  States,  could  do  more  for  th<-  preservation  of 


game  if  they  would  encourage  its  domestication,  and 
that  of  fur-bearing  animals,  too.  At  present  these 
States  do  every  thing  they  can  to  discourage  it. 

Montana  has  passed  about  as  obnoxious  a game  and 
fish  law  as  it  is  possible  to  imagine.  I have  not  seen 
a copy  as  passed,  but,  judging  from  the  papers  and  the 
feeling  expressed  by  the  people,  there  is,  as  a rule, 
strong  objection  to  it  everywhere.  There  is  no  use 
itemizing  the  faults,  the  whole  law  is  wrong,  except 
that  part  limiting  the  number  of  animals  to  be  killed 
and  protecting  antelope.  I advise  hunting  parties  of 
eastern  gentlemen  to  keep  away  from  both  Montana 
and  Wyoming  until  they  pass  laws  that  are  not  rob- 
beries. I am  in  the  business,  too,  of  guiding  these 
parties  and  have  been  for  years,  but  I don’t  believe  in 
robbing  them  or  seeing  a State  do  it.  There  are  other 
countries  in  which  they  can  hunt,  and  I advise  them 
to  go  there  unless  they  have  more  money  to  throw 
away  than  usual  for  licenses  for  themselves,  guides, 
cooks  and  packers,  and  $10  for  fishing  in  Montana! 
These  parties  have  to  pay  all  these  licenses,  besides 
wages  for  the  men  and  transportation.  Montana  has 
gone  license  mad!  Wyoming  is  getting  over  the  fever 
and  recovering,  but  has  cut  off  the  best  of  the  hunting 
country,  and  still  requires  a non-resident  to  take  out  a 
license  for  killing  game  that  they  are  not  letting  the 
parties  hunt.  It  is  like  the  item  in  the  license  permit- 
ting the  killing  of  the  Rocky  Mountain  goat,  supposed 
to  mean  white  goat.  It  would  improve  the  license  and 
make  the  non-resident  think  he  was  getting  some- 
thing for  his  money  by  adding  one  eland,  one  spring 
bock,  one  elephant,  one  musk-ox,  two  caribou.  They 
will  be  as  likely  to  get  these  animals  as  the  white 
Rocky  Mountain  goat  in  Wyoming. 

If  the  Yellowstone  National  Park  could  have  taken 
from  it  1,000  elk  every  year  to  stock  other  game  parks 


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and  preserves,  it  would  be  a benefit  to  this  park  and  to 
the  elk  left  here,  and  would  help  out  other  States. 
Washington  has  passed  a law  forbidding  the  killing  of 
elk  in  that  State  for  a number  of  years.  The  Roose- 
velt elk  in  the  Olympics  were  fast  disappearing,  so  it’s 
claimed;  a few  hundred  elk  sent  there  from  here  would 
soon  restore  the  band  to  their  usual  number,  although 
I doubt  if  the  elk  increase  as  fast  in  the  Olympics  as 
in  the  Rocky  Mountains,  owing  to  the  climate  and 
food  conditions.  The  country  is  so  very  different  winter 
and  summer. 

I saw  the  description  of  the  effort  made  to  capture  the 
small  band  of  wild  elk  ranging  on  the  Sacramento  and 
San  Joaquin  bottoms,  or  swamp  country,  and  one  paper 
said  they  were  to  be  given  to  the  Government  for  the 
Yellowstone  Park.  I believe  there  are  less  than 
fifty  elk  in  this  band,  and  in  place  of  the  Government 
accepting  a gift  of  them,  it  could  better  give  a train- 
load for,  say  the  Big  Tree  Parks  to  California,  and 
let  California  keep  her  little  bunch  on  the  San  Joaquin. 
I have  seen  some  of  that  country,  and  would  not  be 
surprised  to  learn  that  these  elk  had  feet  like  caribou, 
or  were  web-footed.  It’s  said  they  are  smarter  than  our 
elk,  and  I don’t  doubt  it. 

We  all  hope  for  considerable  rain  this  summer  to 
make  up  for  the  lack  of  snow  in  the  mountains.  It  is 
the  snow  in  the  big  drifts,  however,  that  keeps  up  the 
water  supply  for  irrigating  the  lower  country  and  not 
that  in  the  timber  or  lower  flats.  If  the  wind  last  win- 
ter was  strong  enough  to  build  those  drifts  up  to  their 
usual  size  there  will  be  no  more  scarcity  of  water  than 

usual.  ... 

I did  think  I would  write  you  a bit  about  the  game 
in  this  park,  but  have  touched  on  everything  but  game 
conditions  here.  Well,  they  are  all  right!  Everything 
did  well  this  winter.  Even  the  scouts  and  game  keep- 
ers, for  they  killed  many  mountain  lions  and  coyotes. 

T.  E.  Hofer. 


Nova  Scotia  Moose. 


The  American  sportsman  who  has  been  accustomed  to 
hunt  in  Nova  Scotia,  will  hear  with  regret  that  the  past 
winter  has  been  a most  disastrous  one  for  moose.  As  a 
rule  the  snow  does  not  attain  a great  depth  in  our  woods. 
In  three  seasons  out  of  five  the  lumbermen  complain  that 
there  is  not  enough.  February  and  March,  1905,  have 
been  the  most  severe  months  for  many  years.  Ihe  snow 
attained  a depth  of  six  feet  on  the  level  in  our  woods,  the 
railway  system  of  the  western  part  of  the  province  was 
paralyzed,  the  town  of  Yarmouth  was  tyenty-four  days 
without  a train  from  Halifax,  and  the  small  towns  were 
cut  off  from  the  country  by  huge  drifts  of  snow,  which 
took  days  to  shovel  out.  The  moose  and  deer  were  help- 
less ill  their  ‘‘yards,”  and  anyone  who  possessed  a pair  of 
snowshoes  and  a gun  could  kill  as  many  as  he  chose. 
Fortunately  for  our  game,  only  an  infinitesimal  number 
of  people  availed  themselves  of  the  opportunity.  Tre 
great  majority  of  our  people  are  law-abiding,  others  were 
“scaled”  of  the  fine  imposed  on.  people  who  hunt  in  close 


season. 

The  minority  of  possibly  two  or  three-score  persons 
made  up  for  this,  however.  In  nearly  every  county  in 
the  Province  several  moose  were  slaughtered,  and  had 
the  latter  end  of  March  been  as  stormy  as  it  was  fine, 
the  moose  would  have  been  well-nigh  exterminated.  The 
vardens  did  all  they  could  to  prevent,  and  are  now  doing 
all  they  can  to  avenge  this  butchery.  Up  to  date  (April 
17)  the  record  of  convictions  is  about  as  follows: 

Yarmouth  county — Four  convictions.  Other  cases 
pending.  _ 

Digby  county — Two  convictions.  Five  or  six  cases 
pending. 

Annapolis  county— Not  heard  from  yet.  Several  cases 
pending. 

Kings  county — Eight  convictions.  Gases  pending.  _ 

Halifax  county — Six  convictions.  Many  cases  pending.. 

Guysboro  county — Two  convictions.  Many  cases  pend- 


Colchester  county — Three  convictions.  Cases  pending. 

Queens  county — Six  convictions.  Many  cases  pending. 

Lunenburg  county — Four  convictions.  . 

There  have  doubtless  been  other  cases  not  reported  in 
the  press,  the  writer  will  send  further  particulars  as  they 
come  to  hand.  It  must  not  be  supposed  that  each  con- 
viction means  a dead  moose.  All  parties  hunting or 
pursuing  with  intent  to  kill  in  close  season  are  liable 
to  a fine.  All  persons  having  meat,  hides  or  horns  in 
their  possession  in  close  season  are  liable  to  a fine  unless 
they  can  prove  that  they  were  obtained  in  the  open  season. 

For  every  poacher  arrested  and  fined  two  or  three  have 
gone  scot-free  uo  to  the  present  time.  They  may  have 
to  reckon  with  the  authorities  later  on,  as  the  poaching 
fraternity  have  an  awkward  way  of  turning  king’s  evi- 
dence against  one  another. 

The  deer  are  not  indigenous  to  Nova  Scotia.  They 
were  captured  in  New  Brunswick,  and  turned  down  in 
our  woods.  They  were  increasing  very  rapidly,  but  num- 
bers have  been  killed,  and  it  is  doubtful  if  the  few  left 
will  be  able  to  hold  their  own  against  the  bears  and  wild- 
cats which  destroy  many  of  the  fawns. 

One  most  gratifying  thing  has  been  the  way -the  magis- 
trates upheld  the  game  wardens.  In  former  years  it  was 
difficult  to  find  a rural  magistrate  who  considered  an 
offense  against  the  game  laws  a serious  matter.  Thanks 
to  the  present  Government;  nearly  every  district  has  a 
stipendiary  magistrate  now,' who  not  only  knows  the  law, 
but  enforces  it.  The  weakest  spot  in  our  system  of  game 
protection  is  the  fact  that  all  measures  relating  to  the 
protection  of  game  are  intrusted  to  the  “game  society.” 
This  body  consists  of  Halifax  business  and  professional 
men  and  officers  of  the  Imperial  army  and  navy.  The 
society  has  no  funds  to  enable  it  to  carry  on  an  aggres- 
sive campaign,  it  is  most  unpopular  in  the  rural  districts, 
and  its  members  are  not  practical  sportsmen,  from  a 
woodsman’s  point  of  view.  _ _ 

The  game  wardens  are  appointed  by  the  society,  and 
belong  to  all  social  grades.  Some  of  them  are  guides, 
others  are  lawyers,  doctors,  druggists,  farmers  and  men 
of  leisure.  Curiously  enough,  the  professional  men  seem 
to  get  more  convictions  than  the  woodsmen  and  farmers. 
There  is  one  old  veteran  who  practically  devotes  all  his 
time  to  the  preservation  of  game.  He  is  far  past  middle 
age,  but  he  can  “do  out”  many  men  young  enough  to  be 


his  grandsons.  He  has  just  run  down  the  arch-outlaw 
of  eastern  Nova  Scotia,  and  has  innumerable  cases  pend- 
ing in  two  counties.  I allude  to  Commissioner  A.  O. 
Pritchard,  of  New  Glasgow. 

The  early  spring  has  brought  the  breeding  woodcock 
along  somewhat  earlier  than  usual.  The  ruffed  grouse 
are  almost  extinct  in  some  localities,  they  were  buried 
under  the  snow  and  the  crust  formed  and  shut  them  in. 
This  was  especially  the  case  on  the  slopes  of  the  North 
Mountain  in  Kings  county. 

Kings  county  has  a most  able  game  warden  in  Mr. 
Tuffts.  He  is  a barrister  by  profession  and  has  only  been 
appointed  recently.  His  list  of  convictions  will  be  a long 
one  at  the  rate  he  is  piling  them  up.  Game  Warden. 


Federal  Control  of  Game. 

Washington,  D.  C.,  May  4. — Editor  Forest  and 
Stream:  On  my  return  from  the  eastern  shore  of  Vir- 

ginia I found  on  my  desk  your  issue  of  April  29  contain- 
ing Judge  Beaman’s  reply  to  my  previous  letter.  The 
tone  is  rather  controversial  and  he  apparently  evinces 
more  concern  in  discrediting  the  principle  of  Federal 
superivision  of  migratory  birds  and  fish  by  applying  a 
magnifying  glass  to  the  minor  and  wholly  unimportant 
provisions  of  the  bills  than  by  a fair  and  candid  criticism 
of  the  original  and  only  issue  now  concerning  the  sports- 
men readers  of  your  journal. 

In  so  much  as  Judge  Beaman  in  his  earlier  correspon- 
dence admitted  the  great  benefit  of  Federal  protection  of 
certain  game,  it  seems  to  me  he  takes  an  unfortunate 
way  of  aiding  in  such  an  attainment  by  a captious  and 
in  my  mind  wholly  erroneous  attack  upon  certain  minor 
details  of  the  game  bill. 

The  principle  advanced  by  me  was  new  and  of  far- 
reaching  effect,  so  that  1 had  not  the  slightest  desire  to 
seek  Congressional  action  thereon  until  the  sportsmen  of 
the  entire  country  might  have  every  opportunity  of  con- 
sidering such  proposed  legislation.  The  game  bill  was 
introduced,  printed  and  immediately  given  out  for  public 
consideration.  Judge  Beaman  almost  seems  to  think  I 
was  guilty  of  some  transgression  in  doing  this  before 
consulting  him  and  other  game  law  experts.  It  does  not 
constitute  a very  grave  offense  to  introduce  a bill  into 
the  National  House,  for  during  the  past  Congress  20,000 
bills  were  d'  mped  into  the  hopper  hnd,  excepting  the 
pension  bills,  only  a small  number  were  enacted  into  laws. 

The  two  questions  uppermost  in  this  legislation  were 
(1)  the  constitutionality  of  Federal  control,  and  (2)  the 
desirability  of  such  a law. 

Considering  the  practically  unanimous  support  accorded 
this  measure,  the  legal  question  alone  remains  for  fair 
discussion,  and  it  seems  to  me  that  in  so  far  as  the  read- 
ers of  the  Forest  and  Stream  are  concerned,  it  is  an  im- 
position on  their  good  nature  to  continue  a debate  on 
this  single  feature,  in  view  of  the  extended  consideration 
already  given  it  in  your  columns. 

My  assertion  that  in  addition  to  the  popular  support 
given  the  bill,  some  of  the  best  constitutional  lawyers  in 
the  country  upheld  this  proposition,  seems  to  irritate 
Judge  Beaman,  for  he  asks  for  “the  reasons  therefor  from 
at  least  one  of  these  lawyers,”  as  though  my  statement 
had  but  a shadowy  foundation. 

As  a matter  of  fact  out  of  more  than  fifty  lawyers  and 
judges  consulted,  only  four  or  five  finally  expressed 
doubts  of  its  legality,  and  I am  now  having  printed  for 
the  use  of  the  House  committee  resolutions  and  opinions 
received  by  me. 

Unquestionably  at  first  sight  the  average  lawyer  looks 
askance  at  the  general  proposition  of  governmental  con- 
trol, but  after  mature  consideration  has  usually  come 
around  in  its  favor,  and  it  is  this  feature  that  has  greatly 
encouraeed  me. 

Judge  Bearttan  says  he  is  preparing  a bill  for  the  Fed- 
eral protection  of  game  and  fish  that  will  be  bomb  proof 
“when  perfected  according  to  my  ideas.”  I am  not  so 
much  surprised  at  his  great  faith  in  the  wisdom  of  his 
product  as  in  the  recent  progressive  evolution  of  ideas 
which  makes  such  a result  possible;  for  at  the  outset  of 
the  discussion  he  expressed  the  belief  “as  to  Federal  pro- 
tection of  birds,  migratory  or  otherwise,  it  is  quite  prob- 
able it  can  be  lawfully  extended  to  all  inland  navigable 
waters  and  public  waters  along  the  coast  by  prohibiting 
shooting  thereon  under  the  guise  of  enhancing  the  safety 
of  navigation  or  something  of  that  kind.” 

The  idea  of,  the  Secretary  of  War  by  a “department” 
regulation  declaring  a closed  season  on  excursion  steam- 
ers, armored  cruisers,  naphtha  launches  and  dredge 
boats,  thereby  incidentally  protecting  waterfowl,  made 
some  of  us  think  we  had  appendicitis;  and  this  scheme 
was  then  followed  by  the  proposition  that  all  local  and 
migratory  game  on  all  public  lands  of  the  United  States, 
be  put  under  Federal  control  (notwithstanding  his  reiter- 
ated assertion  that  the  title  of  all  game  was  in  the  State) 
and  in  the  face  of  the  fact  that  in  some  States  there  are 
probably  a hundred  thousand  instances  where  contiguous 
lands  are  subject  to  separate  State  and  Federal  owner- 
ship, resulting  in  the  inextricable  confusion  of  the  law 
abiding  sportsman.  We  are  then  told  that  the  next  evo- 
lution will  result  in  a bill  so  perfect  that  Congress  will 
have  no  chance  to  amend  or  mutilate  it  and  thus  avoid 
the  “patchwork  legislation,”  which  he  seems  to  think  this 
body  is  only  capable  of. 

Considering  that  seventy-five  per  cent,  of  the  members 
of  the  Lower  House  are  lawyers,  and  that  the  import- 
ant committees  contain  the  oldest  and  most  experienced 
law  makers  in  any  legislative  body,  I can  imagine  their 
delight  in  receiving  a bill  so  perfect  in  legal  principle,  in 
form  and  phraseology  that  it  can  be  recommended  with- 
out the  formaliy  of  a hearing.  This  saves  work,  respon- 
sibility and  inures  to  the  committee’s  credit  besides. 

Since  serving  on  the  Judiciary  General  Committee  of 
the  Pennsylvania  State  Legislature,  fifteen  years  ago,  I 
have  found  few  men  who  could  draw  a statute  on  an 
entirely  new  phase  of  legislative  action  without  erring  in 
some  of  the  minor  details  at  least.  It  may  be  my  game 
and  fish  bills  are  not  perfect,  but  as  they  were  not  intro- 
duced for  immediate  passage  but  to  test  the  great  under- 
lying principle  in  each,  I fail  to  see  the  recklessness  of 
my  course,  though  I regret  not  having  the  Denverian 
ability  to  Turn  out  perfect  work  at  the  first  jump. 

My  migratory  fish  bill,  which  was  sent  to  Judge 
Beaman  at  his  request,  is  likewise  made  a target  of  re- 
fined criticism.  After  squinting  along  the  barrel  for  three 


weeks  he  fires  the  following  shot:  “This  bill  undertakes  ' 
to  protect  fish  while  spawning  gnd  goes  at  it  by  declar-  t 
ing  the  spawning  period  to  begin  when  the  fish  enter  the 
bays,  rivers,  etc.,  and  to  end  upon  the  ‘completion  of  the 
act  of  spawning’ — and  thereupon  remarks,  that  ‘the  male 
fish,  which  do  not  spawn  at  all,  will  have  no  open  sea- 
son.’ ” 

I had  always  assumed  that  the  act  of  spawning,  in  the 
sense  here  used,  was  the  joint  act  of  the  two  sexes — 
the  female  depositing  the  eggs — ,he  male  ejecting  the 
milt  thereon — but.  according  to  Judge  Beaman,  the  female 
is  the  whole  thing.  However,  as  this  section  was  pul 
into  the  bill  at  the  instance  of  the  most  expert  fish  cul- 
turist  in  the  ^country,  who  has  spent  twenty-five  years  in  ’ 
the  United  States  Bureau  of  Fisheries,  the  blow  must 
fall  on  him  and  not  on  me.  Perhaps  in  Colorado  the  fish 
are  of  a hermaphroditic  nature.  A State  which  can  have 
three  Governors  in  one  day  has  a reproductive  capacity 
capable  of  indefinite  limits. 

Since  my  advocating  of  Federal  control  of  food  fishes 
m our  interstate  public  waters,  the  Minnesota  House  of 
Representatives  has  adopted  the  following  resolution: 

To  the  Congress  of  the  United  States: 

Realizing  that  a great  amount  of  friction  has  arisen,  and  is  liable 
to  arise,  on  the  Great  Lakes  between  Canada  and  the  United 
Mates,  in  regard  to  the  fishery  regulations,  also  on  all  waters  ol 
a public  nature,  between  the  different  States;  be  it 

Resolved,  by  the  House  of  Representatives  of  the  State  of 
Minnesota,  that  the  United  States  Government  is  hereby  requested 
to  take  full  control  of  these  public  waters,  so  that  they  may  be 
suitably  stocked  with  fish  and  a uniform  law  passed,  governing 
the  fishing  industry  of  these  waters;  and  that  the  State  of  Min-, 
nesota  cede  to  the  Government  any  jurisdiction  claimed  over 
these  waters  in  regard  to  the  fishing  therein. 

Cases  have  arisen  where  the  representatives  of  the  United 
States  Government  have  been  arrested  by  the  State  authorities  for 
taking  spawn  in  the  closed  season.  Men  representing  the  Game 
and  Fish  Commission  of  this  State,  have  been  arre.,ted  by  the 
representatives  of  another  State,  simpiy  for  getting  across  an 
imaginary'  line;  and  we  realize  that  it  is  almost  impossible  to  get 
uniform  laws  passed  by  all  the  States  controlling  these  waters;  1 
therefore,  we  would  urge  that  Congress  take  such  action  as  m 
their  judgment  is  desirous,  so  that  frictions  of  this  kind  would 
entirely  cease,  and  that  the  fishing  industries  of  these  large  bodies 
of  water  may  be  replenished  and  protected  as  they  shomd  be. 

The  past  ten  days  I have  been  on  the  eastern  shore  of 
Virginia  and  succeeded  in  getting  a number  of  good 
photographs  of  shore  birds  in  their  northern  migration. 
While  there  the  county  supervisors  proceeded  to  suspend 
the  State  law  prohibiting  spring  shooting,  at  the  instance  : 
of  hotel  proprietors,  guides  and  local  shooters.  Word 
was  immediately  sent  to  the  large  cities  on  the  Atlantic 
coast  and  in  a few  days  there  will  be  a great  influx  of 
shooters  intent  on  bagging  the  birds  on  their  way  to  the 
nesting  grounds,  some  of  them  already  covering  eggs 
in  that  vicinity.  While  I can  recall  no  authority  ior 
such  suspension,  the  law  was  not  enforced  at  all  last  year  j 
under  the  State  statute,  and  this  is  a fresh  instance  of  the 
utter  disregard  of  localities  for  the  welfare  of  transitory 
birds.  Were  these  same  supervisors  to  have  opened  the 
law  on  quail,  indignation  would  have  known  no  bounds, 
yet  the  principle  is  precisely  the  same. 

In  conclusion,  let  me  say  that  in  my  humble  judg- 
ment the  next  five  years  will  see  the  passage  of  Federal ! 
laws  protecting  migratory  birds  and  fish,  and  what  is  of 
equal  importance  their  constitutionality  sustained  by  the 
highest  Federal  courts. 

If  this  does  not  occur,  the  sportsmen  of  this  country  ' 
will  witness  the  practical  extinction  of  our  principal  mi- 
gratory birds  on  the  Atlantic  coast  and  in  many  other 
localities  where  the  narrow  avenue  of  flight  is  through  a 
series  of  populated  States.  If  we  had  Sam  Fullerton  as 
a Federal  game  warden,  invested  with  full  authority,  we 
wouid  find  a different  condition  of  affairs. 

Geo.  Shiras  3D. 


The  Mounting  of  Moose  Heads. 


Bangor,  Me. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream:  Perhaps  no 
section  of  country  on  earth  affords  at  present  such  an 
abundance  of  large  game,  such  as  deer,  moose  and 
caribou,  as  does  northern  Maine,  New  Brunswick  and 
Nova  Scotia.  This  year  about  500  bull  moose  were 
brought  out  from  this  territory.  In  New  Brunswick 
and  Nova  Scotia,  where  deer  are  quite  scarce  and 
moose  and  caribou  very  plentiful,  these  animals  are 
killed  in  great  numbers  by  sportsmen  from  all  parts, 
of  the  globe,  and  particularly  from  Europe,  who  are 
gratified  to  think  that  they  have  secured  what  they  may 
well  be  pround  of,  and  which,  if  properly  taken  care 
of,  may  be  handed  down  to  their  descendants  as  family 
heirlooms. 

There  are  many  taxidermists  in  this  section  who  ad- 
vertise as  professionals  in  their  line,  and  charge  the 
owner  of  a head  accordingly.  How  many  of  these  men 
really  understand  their  business  is  a question,  and  it 
is  a constant  wonder  to  me  that  so  many  sportsmen  will 
spend  thousands  of  dollars  to  secure  one  of  these 
trophies  and  then  allow  themselves  to  be  deceived  by 
fraudulent  and  inexperienced  men  and,  in  the  end,  have 
their  game  heads  spoiled.  For  instance,  there  is  a 
firm'  in  a New  Brunswick  city  which  advertises  to 
mount  a moose  head  in  ten  days.  I will  describe  this 
process,  and  you  will  readily  see  how  impossible  it  will 
be  to  get  good  work  done  under  such  a process  and  in. 
so  short  a time.  After  the  head  of  a moose  is  se- 
cured, the  scalp  is  taken  off  from  the  head  and  neck 
and  partly  fleshed.  The  flesh  is  taken  off  of  the  head, 
leaving  the  bones  bare.  The  scalp  is  put  in  a salt  and 
alum  pickle  for  twelve  hours.  The  next  day  it-  is, 
mounted;  then  it  goes  to  the  dry  room,  where  it  gets 
its  roasting.  During  the  process  of  mounting,  a rub- 
ber tube  is  put  inside  the  head.  This  tube  is  con- 
nected with  a hot  air  reservoir,  and  as  soon  as  the  head;' 
goes  into  the  dry  room,  hot  air  is  forced  through  the 
tube  and  the  head  is  thus  exposed  to  a strong  heat, 
inside  and  out.  This  process  is  the  cause,  virtually,  of 
the  spoiling  of  every  one  of  these  heads.  First,  the 
scalp  is  not  tanned  when  the  mounting  is  done;  on  the 
contrary  it  is  in  a raw  state,  while,  as  a matter  of 
fact,  it  takes  twelve  days  to  tan  a moose  scalp,  owing 
to  the  thickness  of  the  skin.  In  my  past  experience  I 
have  seen  untanned  scalps  put  on  heads  with  the  blood 
running  out  of  them.  In  this  hurry-up  process,  it  is 
necessary  to  punch  the  scalp  full  of  holes  to  let  the  hot 
air  out.  This  perforating  ©f  the  scalp  makes  it  look 
as  if  the  animal  had  the  mange;  every  hole  that  is  made  u; 
cuts  many  hairs  of  different  length  and  makes  it  look1 


May -13,  i905-3 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


878 


irregular.  I invite  any  sportsman  who  has  had  work 
done  by  this  hurry  process  to  examine  his  trophy  and 
see  the  hundreds  of  holes,  in  the  scalp,  and  also  see 
what  a large  amount  of  hair  has  been  lost  in  punching 

The  next  bad  feature  is  the  steam  which  is  generated 
in  the  head  by  the  heat,  caused  by  the  moist  clay  lying 
just  under  the  scalp,  and  the  raw,  untanned  condition 
of  the  scalp  itself,  which  promptly  begins  to  sweat  as 
soon  as  the  hot  air  is  turned  on.  This  makes  the  hair 
come  out  during  the  process,  if  the  head  is  disturbed 
after  it  is  dry.  The  hair  and  raw  skin  are  baked  to- 
gether, and  the  sportsman  is  none  the  wiser  until  his 
trophy  falls  to  pieces. 

Another  swindle.  This  firm  will  furnish  a record 
j moose  head,  and  if  you  will  permit  me  to  use  a few  more 
i!  lines,  I’ll  tell  how  it  is  done.  They  will  take  a head 
-i  that  was  shot  early  in  the  season,  and  the  antlers  not 
being  very  hard  immediately  after  the  velvet  comes  oft, 
their  scheme  to  defraud  is  readily  carried  out.  They 
take  a jackscrew  and  put  it  between  the  horns  after 
removing  the  scalp,  and  force  the  antlers  apart  as  far 
as  they  can.  The  head  is  then  thoroughly  dried  in  the 
dry  room,  and  will  remain  spread.  Then  the  scalp  is 
replaced  and  often  high  prices  are  received  for  these 
artificial  spreads,  while  there  is  no  sign  by.  which  the 
unsuspecting  customer  may  detect  such  a high  handed 
fraud. 

There  are  many  of  these  taxidermists  who  advertise, 
and  yet  do  not  understand  the  business,  nor  can  they 
do  the  work  as  it  should  be  done. 

Carl  A.  Garris. 


Massachusetts* 

Boston,  Mass.,  May  6. — Editor  Forest  and  S treaty . 
) Your  many  readers  in  Massachusetts -will  be  pleased  to 

I learn  that  the  committee  on  fisheries  and  game  have 
agreed  upon  a bill  relating  to  the  open  season  for  the 
shooting  of  upland  birds  which  make  the  month  of.  No- 
vember only  the  season  for  -quail  shooting.  No-  quail  are 
j,  to  be  killed  in  October.  On  Tuesday  the  committee  gave 
I a second  hearing  on  House  bill  251,  oni  which  it  had  re- 
1 ported  favorably.  It  will  be  remembered  that  this  bill 
I provided  for  making  November  and  December  the  open 
i time  for  quail,  which  met  with  a general  remonstrance 
i from  the  sportsmen’s  clubs  on  the  ground  that  more 

birds  could  be  killed  in  December  than  in  any  other 

month,  and  for  other  obvious  reasons.  The  sentiment 
1 of  the  committee  has  all  along  been  strong  for  addi- 
tional protection  of  quail,  in  view  of  the  great  numbers 
destroyed  by  the  severe  winter  of  1904,  the  constant  and 
rapid  increase  in  the  number  of  gunners,  and  the  diffi- 

. culty  in  procuring  birds  for  restocking.  It  may  be  a 

disappointment  to  some  of  our  sportsmen  to  be  obliged  to 
forego  the  pleasure  of  quail  hunting  in  October,  but  I 
have  no  doubt  most  of  them  will  approve  the  action  of 
the  committee,  although  it  will  result  in  “a  split”  in  the 
season  for  upland  shooting. 

Another  bill  before  the  committee  was  one  providing 
that  the  prohibition  of  fishing  through  the  ice  on  Lake 
Quinsigamond  be  removed.  This  was  championed  by 
Mr.  A.  B.  F.  Kinney,  of  Worcester,  who  stated  that  more 
than  100  prominent  men  of  his  city  had  organized  a 
trout  fishing  club  and  built  a hatchery  on  Meadow  Brook, 
a tributary  of  the  lake,  where  they  now  have  some  25,000 
or  more  fry  and  young  trout  with  which  they  propose 
stocking  the  lake.  For  that  reason  it  is  desired  to  have 
ice  fishing  allowed,  so  as  to  rid  the  lake  of  pickerel.  Mr. 
Kinney  said  one  of  the  men  interested  was  Congressman 
Hear,  a son  of  the  late  Senator  Hoar.  Mr.  Kinney’s 
contention  was  ably  seconded  by  Representative  Jewett, 
} of  Worcester,  and  no  one  appeared  in  remonstrance. 

The  fishing  at  Sebago  continues  good  and  many  large 
fish  have  been  taken.  The  same  is  true  of  Clearwater, 
where  the  number  of  visiting  anglers  is  increasing  daily. 
Quite  a number  of  salmon  have  been  taken,  from  Lake 
Alburn,  but  none  of  them  very  large.  Moosehead  is 
clear  of  ice  and  several  Boston  sportsmen,  among  them 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alfred  Foster  and  Mr.  James  H.  Young, 
will  start  early  in  the  week  for  that  mecca  for  those  who 
: are  numbered  among  the  disciples  of  Izaak  Walton. 

Central. 


Legislation  at  Albany. 

Albany,  N.  lr.,  May  8. — About  the  usual  number  of 
bills  amending  the  forest,  fish  and  game  laws  were  in- 
, troduced  during  the  legislative  session  just  ended.  A 
fair  proportion  of  these  measures  was  passed,  several,  of 
I them  have  become  laws  already.  The  following  bills 
have  been  signed  thus  far  by  Governor  Higgins : 

Assemblyman  Reeve’s  (Int.  No.  1074)  making  the  offer 
of  sale  of  grouse  and  woodcock  in  this  State  a violation 
j of  the  law  prohibiting  the  sale  of  that  game. 

, Assemblyman  Reeve’s  (Int.  No.  1075)  providing  a 
penalty  of  $60  for  violation  of  the  section  of  the  game 
law  relative  to  the  taking  of  lobsters  and  an  additional 
f penalty  of  $10  for  each  lobster  taken.  For  every  other 
violation  of  this  section  a penalty  of  $100  is  prescribed. 

Assemblyman  Reeve’s  (Int.  No.  1076)  providing  that 
the  placing  of  nets  in  Jamaica  Bay  and  adjacent  waters 
shall  be  presumptive  evidence  that  the  person  intended  to 
l violate  the  fish  and  game  law. 

Assemblyman  Reeve’s  (Int.  No.  1077)  correcting  a 
typographical  error  in  the  section  of  the  game  law  rela- 
tive to  the  close  season  for  woodcock  so  as  to  provide 
' that  not  more  than  thirty-six  woodcock  shall  be  taken 
in  an  open  season. 

Assemblyman  Reeve’s  (Int.  No.  1079)  providing  that 
in  the  use  of  nets  in  Coney  Island  Creek  a passage  un- 
obstructed not  less  than  ten  feet  wide  shall  be  left  for  the 
passage  of  boats  and  fish. 

Assemblyman  Bedell’s  (Int.  No.  1087),  providing  that 
woodcock,  grouse  and  quail  taken  in  Orange  county  shall 
not  be  sold. 

Assemblyman  Bedell’s  (Int.  No.  1181),  providing  that 
in  Orange  county  not  more  than  twelve  woodcock,  grouse 
or  quail  shall  be  taken  by  any  one  person  in  one  day, 
and  not  more  than  thirty-six  of  either  variety  in  any  one 
year. 

Assemblyman  Knapp’s  (int;  No,  1365),  prohibiting 
uansportatipn  companies  from  bringing  into  this  State 


any  fish  caught  in  that  portion  of  Lake  Champlain  known 
as  Missisquoi  Bay,  province  of  Quebec,  Canada. 

Assemblyman  Cunningham’s  (Int.  No.  599) > permit- 
ting the  spearing  of  suckers,  bullheads,  eels  and  dogfish 
in  the  Delaware  River  in  Sullivan  and  Delaware  coun- 
ties and  in  Sandsburg  Creek,  Warwarsing,  Ulster  county, 
from  April  1 to  Sept.  30. 

Assemblyman  West’s  (Int.  No.  469),  prohibiting  the 
placing  of  carp  in  Keuka  Lake  or  in  any  other  Waters  in- 
habited by  trout. 

Assemblyman  Gray’s  (Int.  No.  265),  repealing  a pro- 
vision of  the  game  law  permitting  fishing  through  the 
ice  in  waters  in  the  town  of  North  East,  Dutchess 
county. 

Assemblyman  Hammond’s  (Int.  No.  534) > prescribing 
the  length  of  pike  which  may  be  taken  in  Oneida,  Madi- 
son, Oswego  and  Onondaga  counties. 

Assemblyman  Apgar’s  (Int.  No.  86),  adding  Rockland 
and  Westchester  counties  to  those  in  which  there  is  no 
open  season  for  wild  deer. 

Assemblyman  Gray’s  (Int.  No.  263),  providing  that 
the  close  season  for  black  and  gray  squirrels  in  Sullivan 
and  Dutchess  counties  shall  be  from  Dec.  1 to  Sept.  30 
following,  and  in  Chautauqua  county  from  Dec.  1 to  Oct 
15  following. 

Assemblyman  Gray’s  (Int.  No.  266),  providing  that 
woodcock  shall  not  be  taken  in  Tioga,  Sullivan  and 
Dutchess  counties  from  Dec.  1 to  Sept.  30  following;  that 
grouse  shall  not  be  taken  in  Tioga  and  Dutchess  counties 
between  the  same  dates,  and  repealing  a provision  of  the 
game  law  which  prohibits  the  taking  of  grouse  in 
Dutchess  county  prior  to  1907. 

Assemblyman  Reeve’s  (Int.  No.  115),  making  it  a mis- 
demeanor to  buy  or  sell  game  out  of  season. 

Assemblyman  Reeve’s  (Int.  No.  305),  providing  a 
penalty  of  $50  for  each  black  bear  taken  out  of  season, 
and  prohibiting  the  taking  or  killing  of  land  turtles  or 
tortoises. 

The  Senate’s  Committee  bill  (Int.  No.  677),  relative  to 
the  duties  of  the  superintendent  of  forest  fire  wardens, 
and  game  protectors. 

Assemblyman  Bisland’s  (Int.  No.  1175),  amending 
section  40  providing  that  the  close  season  for  troup  shall 
be  from  Sept,  1 to  April  15,  both  inclusive,  but  if  the 
16th  day  of  April  shall  be  Sunday  in  any  year,  such  close 
season  shall  end  with  the  14th  day  of  April. 

Assemblyman  Wade’s  (Int.  No.  249),  providing  that 
the  meshes  of  nets  used  in  Lake  Erie  shall  not  be  less 
than  one  and  three-eighths-inch  bar. 

These  additional  bills  were  passed  and  are  awaiting 
the  Governor’s  action: 

Senator  Armstrong  (Int.  No.  no),  removing  the  pro- 
hibition against  the  destruction  of  the  nests  of  crane, 
raven,  common  blackbird  or  kingfisher. 

Senator  Elsberg  (Int.  No.  76).  amending  section  170 
so  as  to  provide  that  the  State  Forest,  Fish  and  Game 
Commission  shall  appoint  a special  assistant  oyster  pro- 
tector. a resident  of  the  Borough  of  Manhattan,  at  an 
annual  salary  of  $600.  His  field  of  operation  shall  be 
confined  to  the  Borough  of  Manhattan. 

Senator  Drescher  (Int.  No.  82),  adding  a new  section 
to  be  known  as  180,  and  providing  that  three  additional 
game  protectors  and  one  additional  assistant  chief  pro- 
tector shall  be  appointed.  They  shall  be  assigned  to  en- 
force the  law  for.the  protection  of  fish  in  Jamaica  Bay 
and  adjacent  waters.  The  salary  of  the  assistant  chief 
protector  shall  be  $1,200  a year,  with  $750  for  traveling 
and  other  necessary  incidental  expenses,  and  the  salaries 
of  the  additional  game  protectors  shall  be  $1,000  each 
a year. 

Senator  Armstrong  (Int.  No.  684),  amending  section 

178  so  as  to  direct  the  game  protector  to  destroy  nets  or 
other  devices  unlawfully  used;  provided  that  the  Forest, 
Fish  and  Game  Commission  may  direct  a game  protector 
and  to  retain  certain  nets  and  seines  for  the  use  of  the 
State  fish  hatcheries. 

Senator  Coggeshall  (Int.  No.  496),  amending  section 

179  so  as  to  allow  Oneida  county  to  make  regulations  as 
to  the  destruction  of  nets  or  other  illegal  devices  seized 
for  violations  of  the  law.  (Same  as  Assembly  bill,  Int. 
No.  794,  by  Assemblyman  Gates.) 

Senator  Alld’s  (Int.  No.  10x6),  allowing  the  State 
Commission  to  purchase  from  private  individuals  or  cor- 
porations fish  roe' or  fish  eggs. 

Senator  Raines  (Int.  No.  147),  adding  a new  section 
to  be  known  as  section  43-b,  so  as  to  provide  that  trout 
shall  not  be  sold,  exposed  for  sale  or  possessed  for  the 
purpose  of  selling  from  Sept.  1 to  April  21  in  any  year. 

Assemblyman  Stevens  (Int.  No.  1216),  amending  sec- 
tion 47  so  as  to  provide  that  the  close  season  for  trout 
in  Rensselaer,  Warren  and  Washington  counties  shall  be 
from  Sept,  x to  April  30,  both  inclusive. 

Assemblyman  Miller  (Int.  No.  994),  amending  section 
52  so  as  to  forbid  the  pollution  of  streams  inhabited  by 
fish  in  Queens,  Suffolk  and  Nassau  counties. 

Assemblyman  Whitney  (Int.  No.  1019),  amending  sec- 
tion 59-a,  so  as  to  permit  the  use  of  tip-ups  and  set  lines 
in  fishing  through  the  ice  in  Big  Sandy  Pond,  Oswego 
county. 

Assemblyman  Plank  (Int.  No.  958),  amending  section 
6 so  as  to  provide  that  pickerel,  pike  and  maskinonge 
shall  not  be  taken  in  the  St.  Lawrence  River  below  the 
city  of  Ogdensburgh  from  Jan.  1 to  April  30,  both  in- 
clusive, nor  elsewhere  in  the  river  from  Jan.  1 to  June  9, 
both  inclusive. 

Assemblyman  F.  C.  Wood  (Int.  No.  428),  amending 
section  172  so  as  to  increase  from  $1,200  to  $x,400  the 
annual  compensation  of  assistant  chief  game  protector. 
The  annual  salary  of  the  other  protectors  is  increased 
from  $600  to  $900,  and  their  annual  allowance  from  $450 
to  $600.  The  bill  also  amends  section  187  so  as  to  allow 
the  State  Commission  to  turn  into  the  State  treasury  all 
the  money  received  in  actions  to  recover  penalties,  fines,  etc. 

Assemblyman  Foster  (Int.  No.  262),  amending  section 
48  to  provide  that  maskinonge  less  than  twenty  inches  in 
length  shall  not  be  possessed  or  intentionally  taken,  and 
if  taken,  shall  without  avoidable  injury  and  immediately 
be  returned  to  the  water  where  taken. 

Assemblyman  Yale  (Int.  No.  77x).  providing  that  the 
open  season  for  trout  in  Putnam  county  shall  be  from 
April  15  to  Nov.  1,  both  inclusive. 

Assemblyman  Reeve  (Int.  No.  321),  providing  a new 
section  to  be  known  as  15-a  so  as  to  prohibit  the  taking, 
killing  or  exposing  for  sale  of  any  land  turtles  ?r  tor- 


toises, including  the  box  turtles ; also  amending  section 
16,  so  as  to  provide  an  additional  penalty  of  $25  for  each 
wild  moose  or  any  such  wild  animal  taken  or  possessed 
in  violation  of  the  law;  also  a penalty  of  $100  for  each 
turtle  so  taken,  and  a penalty  of  $xo  for  each  land  turtle 
or  tortoise  thus  taken.  Any  person  failing  to  file  a re- 
port with  the  Forest,  Fish  and  Game  Commission  of  the 
killing  or  taking  of  the  black  bear  is  liable  to  a penalty 
of  $25. 

Assemblyman  Gates  (Int.  No.  651),  amending  section 
14,  so  as  to  prohibit  the  taking  of  beaver  by  any  device 
whatsoever. 

Assemblyman  Bisland  (Int.  No.  476),  amending  section 
12  so  as  to  make  the  close  season  for  hares  and  rabbits 
in  Sullivan  county  from  Feb.  16  to  Sept.  30,  both  inclu- 
sive, and  in  Schenectady  county  from  Feb.  1 to  Oct.  31. 

Assemblyman  Becker  (Int.  No.  778),  providing  for 
four  special  game  protectors  for  Monroe  county. 


License  and  Gtm  Club. 

Mr.  W.  B.  Anderson,  editor  of  the  Cumberland, 
British  Columbia,  News,  writes  of  the  local  gun  dub: 
“The  club  is  capable  of  encouraging  and  doing  useful 
work  in  our  midst.  The  majority  of  the  officers  and 
members  of  the  club  are  in  favor  of  the  $2.00  a year 
gun  license.  Every  one  who  carries  a gun  can  afford 
to  pay  it,  and  all  who  enjoy  the  sport  protected  by  the 
government  should  be  willing  to  pay  something  toward 
the  cost  of  that  protection.  The  government  has  prac- 
tically protected  the  game,  and  the  sportsmen  have 
practically  slaughtered  it.  In  addition  to  the  numerous 
benefits  accruing  from  this  license,  the  small  boy,  also 
the  ‘man  who  cannot  shoot  straight’  will  be  protected. 
In  many  cases  experienced  hunters  have  been  the  vic- 
tims of  reckless  shooters  who  shoot  at  every  moving 
object  they  see  in  the  woods.  By  becoming  members 
of  the  gun  club  a boy  or  man  is  taught  to  handle  his 
weapon,  the  various  workings  of  a shotgun  and  rifle 
are  explained  to  him,  and  when  he  goes  out  for  a day’s 
sport  he  feels  that  he  does  so  without  endangering  his 
own  or  his  neighbor’s  life  by  mismanagement.  Dealers 
in  game  will  be  taught  by  the  imposition  of  a license 
that  it  is  a costly  business  to  offend  against  the  law, 
destroyers  of  grouse  will  be  deprived  of  a market  for 
their  contrabrand  goods,  and  in  general,  sportsmen  will 
receive  the  benefits  of  the  statutes  which  were  meant 
to  be  enforced.  The  officers  of  the  club  receive  no 
other  reward  than  the  approving  consciousness  of 
laboring  in  a worthy  cause.  Therefore  we  submit  the 
gun  club  deserves  acknowledgment  for  the  good  it 
has  done  in  the  past  and  encouragement  in  its  efforts 
for  the  future.  There  seems  to  be  an  idea  prevalent 
that  the  imposition  of  a license  is  for  the  purpose  of 
preventing  a certain  class  from  shooting,  whereas  the 
idea  is  to  create  a fund  to  be  applied  to  the  preserva- 
tion of  game  for  the  public  good.  Any  person  who 
shoots  for  the  sake  of  sport  should  be  able  to  pay  the 
nominal  fee  suggested.” 

Lake  Senachwine  Night  Shooters. 

John  Fay,  of  Toluca,  and  Charles  Spencer,  of  Henne- 
pin, his  pusher,  were  arrested  last  week  for  shooting  at 
ducks  after  sundown  at  Goose  Point  north  of  Undercliff 
Hotel  on  Lake  Senachwine,  and  were  given  fines,  which 
with  the  costs,  amounted  to  $25.60  each.  The  arrest  was 
made  by  Deputy  Game  Warden  H.  C.  Barthleman,  of 
Tiskilwa,  assisted  by  Peter  Francen,  the  watchman  of 
the  Princeton  Game  and  Fish  Club  at  Goose  Pond. 

Just  before  nightfall  the  flight  of  ducks  oyer  the 
marshes  is  usually  pronounced,  for  it  is  at  that  time  that 
the  bulk  of  the  ducks  look  for  a place  to  roost  for  the. 
night.  Between  sundown  and  dark  the  ducks  fly  low 
and  within  easy  range.  The  objection  to  shooting  ducks 
at  that  time  is  that  it  drives  them  from  the  places  they 
might  wish  to  settle  over  night  and  that  the  flashes  from 
the  guns  frighten  them  so  much  that  they  leave  the  pond 
entirely.  After  sundown  and  as  dusk  approaches  the 
bright  flashes  of  fire  can  be  seen  coming  from  the 
muzzles  of  the  guns  every  time  a charge  is  fired.  These 
flashes  are  plainly  seen  over  the  entire  pond  at  dusk, 
being  a thing  that  is  not  possible  in  the  day  time.  It  is 
what  the  hunters  call  “burning  out”  the  ducks.  To 
stop  this  practice  the  Legislature  passed  a law  making 
it  a misdemeanor  to  shoot  at  ducks  before  sunrise  in 
the  morning  and  after  sundown  in  the  evening. 


Medicine  in  Camp. 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

For  twenty-five  years  I have  been  a constant  reader  of 
Forest  and  Stream.  I have  read  with  much  interest  the 
many  articles  on  “Medicine  in  Camp.” 

I am  a veteran  camper.  Have  camped  both  North  and 
South  and  always  carry  a small  medicine  chest  which 
contains  such  remedies  as  were  mentioned  in  the  various 
articles  with  the  exception  of  the  tooth  forceps,  which 
I will  add  this  year.  Toothache  in  camp  breaks  up  that 
cheerfulness  which  is  so  characteristic  in  camps.  Is  not 
easily  checked  with  medication  at  times  when  a pair  of 
forceps  will  bring  smiles  in  a few  minutes.  Of  all  the 
articles  I have  read  there  is  one  remdy  that  has  been 
omitted  and  of  its  great  importance  I can  testify.  One 
ounce  of  mercurial  ointment,  commonly  known  as  blue 
ointment,  for  the  destruction  of  body  pests  which  may 
be  picked  up  in  logging  and  lumber  camps,  in  Pullman 
and  steamer  berths.  J.  F.  Detweiler,  M.  D. 


Prairie  Chickens  Near  Davenport,  Iowa. 

Davenport,  la.,  April  16. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 
On  March  23  of  this  year  I found  four  prairie  chickens 
within  four  miles  of  this  city.  I was  crossing  a small 
field  when  a prairie  chicken  arose  about  a hundred  feet 
ahead  of  me,  and  circling  around,  sailed  past  me  to  my 
left,  at  length  settling  down  in  a meadow  a short  dis- 
tance away.  As  I went  on  a few  feet,  three  more 
chickens  arose  and  passing  to  the  right  of  me  sailed  off 
to  a nearby  cornfield. 

On  April  15  I searched  over  the  fields  about  this  place 
but  failed  to  find  the  birds  again.  _ One  very  rarely  hears 
of  prairie  chickens  being  seen  in  this  county.  Occa- 
sionally a few  are  found  in  the  counties  surrounding  11s, 
but  they  are  so  scarce  as  to  discourage  any  extensive 
hunting  of  them.  Donald  B.  Davison, 


376  FOREST  AND  STREAM.  [May  13,  1905. 


Some  Notes  on  Tarpon  Tackle. 

On  P.  R.  R.  Train  West  of  Pittsburg,  April  10. — 
Editor  Forest  and  Stream:  I promised  to  tell  your  read- 
ers a few  facts  concerning  tarpon  tackle  that  I have 
learned  during  the  last  two  years,  hence  this  letter. 
My  remarks  will  be  grouped  under  the  following 
headings: 

First — Hooks. 

Second — Chains. 

Third — Wires. 

Fourth — Sinkers. 

Fifth — Lines. 

Sixth — Reels. 

Seventh — Rods. 

Eighth — Butt-Sockets. 

Ninth — Leg-Pads. 

After  experimenting  with  various  hooks,  I have  come 
to  the  conclusion  that  the  best  one  up  to  date  is  the 
large  Van  Vleck  hook,  sold  by  Wm.  Mills  & Son. 
There  are  othei;  hooks  that  resemble  it  somewhat  in 
appearance,  but  which  are  not  as  good.  Some  of  these 
have  the  eyes  flattened  too  thin,  causing  them  to  cut 
the  wire  when  the  latter  is  attached  * directly  to  the 
hook  without  an  intermediate  chain.  This  is  a serious 
fault,  and  is  likely  to  be  the  source  of  intense  aggrava- 
tion. The  bronze  color  of  the  Van  Vleck  hook  was 
thought  at  first  by  manv  fishermen  to  be  objectionable, 
because  of  the  possibility  of  its  frightening  the  fish;  but 
experience  shows  this  surmise  to  be  incorrect.  Most 
of  the  experienced  tarpon  fishermen  with  whom  I have 
talked  on  the  subject  agree  with  me  in  my  preference 
for  the  Van  Vleck  hook,  although  I must  confess  that 
the  large-size  hook  of  Ed.  vom  Hofe  is  nearly  as  satis- 
factory. 

Second — Whether  the  use  of  a chain  between  the 
hook  and  the  wire  increases  the  number  of  fish  landed 
is  a disputed  point.  Once  in  a great  while  I lose  a 
fish  by  the  breaking  of  the  wire,  where  it  joins  the 
hook,  but  in  such  cases  it  is  possible  that  had  a chain 
been  adopted  the  wire  would  have  broken  at  its  junc- 
tion with  the  chain.  My  opinion  is  that  the  chain 
does  give  one  a very  slight  advantage,  consequently 
were  I fishing  where  tarpon  are  scarce,  I certainly 
would  adopt  it;  but  where  they  are  plentiful,  it  hardly 
appears  necessary,  for  the  occasional  loss  of  a fish 
adds  to  the  uncertainty  and  therefore  to  the  excitement 
of  tarpon  fishing.  The  real  objection,  though,  to  the 
chain  is  the  increased  expense  of  the  snell  and  the 
fact  that  when  the  attached  hook  is  broken  or  bent  both 
the  chain  and  hook  have  to  be  discarded.  Were  there 
some  easy  method  by  which  sportsmen  could  attach 
the  hooks  to  the  chains,  the  adoption  of  the  latter 
would  soon  become  the  rule  instead  of  the  exception. 

Third — Thus  far  I must  have  tried  faithfully  at  least 
a dozen  different  kinds  of  wire,  and  not  one  has  proved 
to  be  perfect.  The  requisites  for  an  ideal  tarpon-snell 
wire  are,  great  strength,  toughness,  and  immunity  from 
rust  and  deterioration  in  salt  water.  The  ordinary  steel 
wires  rust  quickly  and  become  brittle,  while  wires  of 
soft  metals  break  under  stress.  My  hopes  have  lately 
been  pinned  to  phosphor-bronze  wire,  half-hard,  and 
for  my  last  trip  I ordered  a supply  of  it  measuring  one- 
sixteenth  of  an  inch  in  diameter,  but  I was  furnished 
with  some  that  scaled  a trifle  less  than  one-twentieth 
of  an  inch.  It  answered  fairly  well,  but  failed  me  three 
or  four  times  in  ten  days.  Had  the  diameter  been  as 
great  as  ordered,  I think  the  wire  would  not  have 
broken.  It  is  my  intention  to  try  this  metal  again, 
using  a diameter  of  one-sixteenth  of  an  inch  or  the 
next  larger  size  made.  At  the  same  time  I tested  Mr. 
Ed.  vOm  Hofe’s  new  rustless  wire,  which  is  said  to 
be  of  nickel-steel,  and  found  it  unequal  to  its  task.  It 
failed  me  so  often  that  I soon  stopped  using  it.  Per- 
haps if  its  diameter  were  double,  this  kind  of  wire 
would  be  satisfactory.  The  claim  made  for  its  being 
rustless  is  well  founded,  but  the  metal  is  rather  soft. 

There  seems  to  be  a prejudice  against  the  adoption 
of  wires  of  large  diameter,  because  of  their  greater 
weight,  but  I find  the  latter  to  be  an  advantage  in  that 
it  carries  the  bait  deeper  in  the  water.  Generally,  I 
am  the  most  fortunate  of  all  the  fishermen  in  the  party 
as  for  as  getting  strikes  is  concerned.  This  may  be 
due  partly  to  the  fact  that  I study  as  much  as  possible 
the  habits  of  the  fish  and  try  to  troll  where  they  are 
likely  to  be  most  plentiful,  but  I think  it  is  mainly 
owing  to  my  heavy  snells,  which  reach  the  fish  that  are 
well  below  the  surface  of  the  water.  The  tarpon  does 
not  make  a practice  of  remaining  many  seconds  upon 
or  near  the  surface,  but  ascends  and  descends  frequently. 

Fourth — A sinker1  should  never  be  attached  firmly  to 
the  line  or  snell,  but  so  loosely  that  the  first  struggle 
of  the  tarpon  will  throw  it  off;  for,  otherwise,  its  inertia 
will  be  sufficient  to  jerk  the  hook  out  of  the  fish’s 
mouth.  The  best  and  cheapest  kind  of  sinker  is  one 
of  the  leads  used  for  the  peripheries  of  castnets;  and  it 
should  be  fastened  with  a short  piece  of  very  fine 
copper  or  brass  wire  twisted  several  times  around  the 
line  or  snell.  Such  a fastening  is  so  slight  that  it  will 
detach  with  a moderate  shake. 

Fifth— There  has  been  lately  quite  a little  controversy 
about  the  best  line  to  use.  Some  over-fastidious  sports- 
men claim  that  a line  stronger  than  No.  21  or  No.  24 
is  not  legitimate,  but  the  experienced  ones  who  go  out 
to  catch  fish  find  that  No.  36  gives  the  best  satisfac- 
tion. Vom  Hofe’s  line  of  the  last  mentioned  number 
is  the  one  that  I now  use  exclusively;  and  I find  that 
it  is  so  strong  as  to  obviate  the  necessity  of  doubling 
back  twenty  or  thirty  feet,  as  was  my  custom  when  I 
employed  a lighter  line.  One  objection  to  it  is  that  a 
reel  of  standard  size  will  hold  comfortably  only  400 
feet.  Unless  one  is  fishing  with  the  boat  at  anchor  in 
a swift  current  and  without  a buoy  attached  to  the 


anchor  rope,  300  feet  of  line  will  almost  always  suffice, 
but  under  the  conditions  named  400  feet  will  occasion- 
ally be  found  too  short.  One  great  advantage  of  the 
No.  36  line  is  its  long  life — I have  still  on  one  of  my 
reels  the  remainder  of  a very  long  No.  36  line  that 
has  been  used  for  three  seasons,  and  I expect  to  try 
it  again,  although  it  has  already  been  turned  end  for 
end.  It  is  of  smaller  diameter  than  the  No.  36  line 
that  Mr.  vom  Hofe  is  selling  to-day,  and,  in  my  opinion, 
is  a better  article,  for  it  appears  to  be  wound  tighter. 

Sixth — The  most  satisfactory  reel  that  I have  thus 
far  found  is  Mr.  Ed.  vom  Hofe’s  latest  type  with  all 
the  improvements,  viz.,  the  handle  with  adjustable 
friction  drag  and  the  automatic  stopper  that  prevents 
it  from  being  turned  backward.  I have,  however,  made 
two  improvements  to  these  details,  first,  the  placing  of 
a slide  at  each  end  of  the  handle  instead  of  at  one 
end  only,  and,  second,  making  all  of  the  metal  faces 
that  come  in  contact  plane  instead  of  cylindrical.  Mr. 
vom  Hofe  has  adopted  the  first  improvement,  but  has 
changed  the  abutting  faces,  so  as  to  make  one  plane 
and  one  cylindrical.  This  is  not  enough,  for  the 
cylindrical  face  will  certainly  very  quickly  pound  down 
so  as  to  permit  of  the  handle’s  slipping  back  past  the 
stopper,  as  it  did  when  two  cylindrical  faces  were  in 
contact.  Any  good  reel  fitted  with  a Rabbeth  handle 
and  the  stopper  just  described  is  just  as  satisfactory 
as  the  vom  Hofe  reel,  and,  in  fact,  I prefer  the  Rab- 
beth handle  on  account  of  its  greater  size  and  the 
better  grip  to  the  hand  that  it  affords  in  consequence. 
This  combination,  by  the  way,  effects  considerable 
economy  in  purchasing  a satisfactory  tarpon  reel. 

Seventh — I am  still  using  vom  Flofe’s  greenheart 
and  snakewood  rods  and  find  them  excellent;  but  Mr. 
Mills  has  split  bamboo  rods  for  tarpon  and  tuna  that 
are  beauties,  and  it  is  my  intention  to  possess  one  of 
them  in  the  near  future.  They  cost,  however,  nearly 
twice  as  much  as  the  greenheart  rods.  The  Mills  rods 
all  have  one  important  advantage  over  all  other  rods 
that  I have  ever  seen,  viz.,  a lock  or  catch  for  attach- 
ing the  reel  in  the  seat.  With  other  rods  it  is  necessary 
to  bind  the  reel  to  the  rod  substantially  with  cord. 
This  takes  time,  and  is  awkward  when  one  desires  to 
change  reels  quickly. 

Eighth — Butt-sockets  are  not  yet  employed  at  all 
generally,  notwithstanding  the  fact  that  no  tarpon  out- 
fit is  complete  without  one.  They  afford  great  com- 
fort to  the  sportsman  when  handling  a heavy  fish.  I 
prefer  to  fasten  the  socket  permanently  to  the  chair  by 
means  of  ordinary  screws  instead  of  by  thumbscrews 
beneath,  because  the  latter  sometimes  work  loose  and 
fall  off.  One  objection,  though,  to  the-  permanent  at- 
tachment is  that  the  socket  may  be  stolen  when  the 
boat  is  not  in  use.  This  objection  does  not«apply  at 
Aransas  Pass,  where  thieving  is  unknown,  but  it  does 
for  some  places  in  Mexico,  where  the  peons  will  steal 
everything  that  is  detachable  and  is  not  too  heavy  to 
be  carried  off.  Every  tarpon  fisherman  should  provide 
himself  with  a good  butt-socket  of  stout  leather. 

Ninth — I still  continue  to  use  my  leg-pads  in  spite 
of  their  awkwardness,  and  the.  trouble  they  give  in 
putting  on  and  taking  off;  but  I am  thinking  of  having 
another  pair  made  of  a different  type  by  taking  a pair 
of  stout  overalls,  cutting  the  legs  off  at  the  knees,  and 
attaching  the  wooden  ribs  to  then  on  the  outside  by 
means  of  pieces  of  stout  duck.  A strap  at  the  bottom 
of  each  leg  may  be  advisable  to  hold  the  legs  from 
slipping  upward.  My  leg-pads  certainly  render  much 
more  comfortable  the  handling  of  large  fish.  This  letter 
is  written  in  the  hope  that  it  will  evoke  discussion  from 
some  of  your  readers,  and  thus  augment  the  general 
knowledge  of  sportsmen  concerning  tarpon  tackle. 

J.  A.  L.  Waddell. 


Fish  Chat. 


BY  EDWARD  A.  SAMUELS. 

A Lot  We  Don't  Know  About  Salmon. 

The  work  that  is  now  being  done  by  American  biolo- 
gists is,  for  accuracy  and  thoroughness,  attracting  the 
attention  and  admiration  of  scientists  everywhere;  the 
fields  of  investigation  that  are  being  explored  are  wide 
and  dive'dTd,  and  not  a day  passes  which  does  not 
bring  f r '1  s :ne  valuable  discovery. 

One  m s1-  he  not  only  a diligent  reader  but  he  must 
have  ample  .i.ne  ?t  his  disposal  to  keep  in 'touch  with 
all  that  is  going'  cn  in  scientific  journals,  but  if  he  is  able 
to  digest  even  a moiety  of  all  that  is  recorded  in  them 
he  will  be  astonished,  almost  overwhelmed,  at  the  evi- 
dences of  the  grand  work  that  is  being  done  in  all  direc- 
tions. 

The  value  of  the  results  which  have  been  obtained  is, 
in  many  cases,  almost  inestimable,  in  fact,  it  is  often 
quite  beyond  computation,  such  as,  for  example,  the  dis- 
coveries that  have  recently  been  made  by  Mr.  Charles  C. 
Jocelyn  on  the  diseases  of  fishes.  Although  a vast  deal 
has  been  accomplished,  the  opportunities  for  research  that 
still  remain  are  limitless,  and  some  of  them  will  prove 
of  absorbing  interest  when  the  work  of  investigation  be- 
gins. Among  these  the  habits  of  the  Atlantic  salmon  de- 
serve immediate  attention ; the  information  concerning 
them  possessed  by  ichthyologists  is  astonishingly  small, 
and  as  the  species  seem  to  be  almost  threatened  with 
extermination,  every  opportunity  for  improving  our 
knowledge  concerning  it  should  be  availed  of. 

Among  my  correspondents,  is  a gentleman  who,  al- 
though well  advanced  in  years,  has  lost  nothing  of  his 
interest  in  the  study  of  fishes,  which,  with  him,  has  been 
the  chief  occupation  of  his  life.  Unfortunately  for 
science  he  is  now,  by  reason  of  the  infirmities  which  fall 
to  most  men  who  attain  his  great  age,  unable  to  perform 


the  field  work  for  which,  as  is  shown  by  all  his  letters, 
he  constantly  yearns;  but  he  is  ever  on  the  alert  to  ac- 
quire information  regarding  the  habits  and  characteris- 
tics of  our  fishes  and  often  makes  inquiries  of  me,  some 
of  which  I am  unable  to  answer.  Among  them  are  the 
following : 

“1.  Does  the  salmon  spawn  annually,  or  is  the  work 
of  procreation  occasionally  performed  in  alternate  years 
only  ? 

“2.  What,  in  your  opinion,  is  the  cause  of  and  use  for 
the  elongated,  hooked  jaw  of  the  male  fish  during  the 
mating  season? 

“3.  Is  the  early  run  of  salmon  which  began  in  the 
eastern  rivers  of  Nova  Scotia  this  year  in  February,  a 
chance  occurrence,  or  do  the  fish  enter  those  streams 
thus  early  every  year,  and  long  before  the  ice  goes  out?” 

To  these  questions  I have  been  unable  to  give  decisive 
replies,  and  this,  too,  although  my  acquaintance  with  the 
fish  began  nearly  a half  century  ago.  Biological  investi- 
gation in  the  direction  indicated  by  these  interrogatories 
would  be  attended  with  no  little  difficulty,  but  something 
should  be  done,  and  that,  too,  without  much  delay,  for 
opportunities  for  conducting  it  may  not  always  offer,  and 
it  is  for  the  purpose  of  calling  attention  to  its  necessity 
that  I now  pen  these  lines.  Possibly  the  subject  may 
create  some  discussion  in  these  columns  from  which 
valuable  points  of  information  may  be  obtained. 

Do  Salmon  Spawn  Every  Year? 

To  this  question  I cannot  give  a decisive  answer,  but 
I have  no  doubt  that  a certain  proportion  of  these  fish 
fail  to  mature  ova  in  some  years.  I have  not  handled 
any1  of  them  later  in  the  season  than  the  date  prescribed 
by  law,  which  permits  their  capture  by  the  angler,  but 
I have  often  noticed  that  while  the  ova  in  some  females 
is  so  far  advanced  at  the  close  of  the  season  that  the 
pellets  are  large,  almost  one-half  the  size  they  attain 
when  ready  for  expulsion,  and  have  much  the  appear- 
ance of  mature  eggs,  in  some  of  the  other  fish,  taken  at 
the  same  time,  the  threads  of  ova  are  extremely  minute, 
almost  microscopic;  so  undeveloped  were  they,  in  fact, 
it  seemed  almost  impossible  they  could  in  the  following 
autumn  be  matured  and  ripened  sufficiently  for  cutting, 
in  which  case  they  must,  if  the  fish  had  lived,  have  gone 
over  for  another  year. 

Reasoning  by  Analogy. 

The  habits  of  our  salmon  and  trout  are  similar  in  many 
ways,  particularly  in  the  matter  of  reproduction,  and  that 
the  trout  often  fails  to  cast  its  spawn  at  the  proper  season 
in  the  autumn  and  goes  by  until  the  following  year  I 
have  proved  to  my  entire  satisfaction.  Late  in  Decem- 
ber, 1904,  I was  so  fortunate  as  to  secure  by  the  courtesy 
of  the  fishery  officers  a number  of  fine  specimens,  some 
of  which  were  plump  and  exceedingly  well  conditioned; 
they  showed  no  signs  whatever  of  having  cast  their 
spawn,  for  the  spent  fish  is  always  in  evidence.  One  or 
two,  however,  showed  every  indication  of  having 
spawned,  for  they  were  thin  and  gaunt,  were,  in  fact, 
“spent  salmon”  in  miniature  in  many  ways. 

Now,  judging  by  analogy,  and  we  have  a right  to  do 
that  since  the  two  fish  belong  in  the  same  family,  the 
salmon,  like  the  trout,  occasionally  passes  the  spawning 
season  without  maturing  its  ova. 

A Chance  for  Hatchery  Officials. 

This  matter  could  be  readily  determined,  however,  by 
tagging  the  fish  that  are  stripped  at  the  hatcheries  each 
year  and  noting  the  proportionate  number  of  tagged  fish 
-which  return  with  mature  spawn  the  following  season, 
for  the  salmon  invariably  returns  to  its  native  river  in 
which  the  season  of  reproduction  is  passed. 

As  to  the  Hooked  Jaw. 

To  the  second  inquiry  I replied  that,  until  the  matter 
was  specially  brought  to  'my  attention,  I had  not  given 
it  much  thought,  but  supposed  that  the  hooking  of  the 
lower  jaw  of  the  male  fish  was  a provision  by  nature  to 
enable  him  to  assist  the  female  in  preparing  the  “ridds” 
or  spawning  beds  by  scooping  up  and  carrying  to  them 
the  pebbles  of  various  sizes,  of  which  they  are  formed; 
but  on  reflection  I saw  that  this  was  not  a correct  solu- 
tion of  the  problem,  for  the  male  salmon  takes  but  little 
part  in  forming  the  “ridd,”  leaving  that  work  to  be  done 
by  his  industrious  mate. 

I suggested  to  my  friend  that  it  was  possible  that  the 
hooking  of  the  jaw  was  given  the  fish  as  a weapon 
against  other  males  in  combats  which  would  be  likely  to 
occur;  but  this  supposition  also  seemed  untenable,  for  the 
reason  that  the  tip  is  soft  and  velvety,  which  condition 
would  unfit  it  for  an  offensive  weapon. 

A Variety  of  Opinions. 

My  friend  asked  the  opinions  of  a number  of  other  gen- 
tlemen, and  the  replies  that  came  to  him  were  strange 
and  varied;  one  being  to  the  effect  that  the  elongated 
hooked  jaw  of  the  male  in  the  mating  season  was  given 
him  for  the  purpose  of  holding  the  female  somewhat 
after  the  manner  in  which  the  domestic  cock  seizes  and 
holds  the  hen.  Another  gentleman  of  wide  reputation 
as  a scientist,  replied  that  the  “male  salmon  had  his  jaw 
hooked  because  he  could  not  help  it,”  and  others  believed 
that  the  curious  formation  was  given  the  fish  to  serve 
as  a weapon. 

My  correspondent  did  not  accept  any  of  these  replies 
to  his  interrogatories  as  being  of  very  much  value,  but 
he  has,  after  much  thought  and  study,  worked  out  a 
■ theory  which,  to  me,  seems  perfectly  plausible  and  which, 
in  my  opinion,  he  ought  to  elaborate  before  the  scientific 
world  without  delay,  and  I hope  when  he  reads  these 
lines  in  Forest  and  Stream  he  will  give  in  detail  the 
views  he  has  formed  and  show  how  and  by  what  methods 
of  observation  he  has  arrived  at  his  conclusions.  I un- 


13,  1905.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


877 


I id  them  perfectly  and  believe  in  them,  but  it  would 
air  for  me  to  “trench  upon  his  manor”  by  writing 

n. 

[Early  Runs  of  Salmon. 

iis  third  question  I replied  that  the  salmon  begin 
iie  into  the  rivers  on  the  eastern  coast  of  Nova 
on  or  before  the  first  of  February  every  year,  the 
and  Port  Medway  being  the  earliest  of  all,  fish 
taken  with  the  fly  on  Feb.  i,  which  marks  the 
ng  of  the  open  season  for  anglers.  Why  these 
me  into  the  streams  which  are  at  the  season  I 
lamed,  sealed  with  ice  and  the  water  is  very  cold, 
ly  be  conjectured,  but  by  many  it  is  believed  that 
If  Stream,  whose  western  edge  sweeps  up  outside 
last,  has  an  influence  on  the  movements  of  the 
i.  As  I have  already  written  for  Forest  and 
i an  account  of  this  departure  from  the  usual 
of  the  fish.  I will  not  devote  much  time  to  it  here, 
habit  is  newly  acquired  and  is  to  remain  perma- 
consider  that  it  will  prove  fortunate  for  the  fish, 
jj:  presence  of  ice  prevents  the  use  of  nets,  weirs, 
[id  as  the  streams  are  then  “bank  full”  there  is 
If  to  prevent  the  ascent  of  the  salmon  to  the  lakes 
;h  they  make  their  summer  homes,  and  in  their; 
iie  secure  from  poachers,  for  they  will  take  neither 
hr  fly.  and  spearing  or  netting  them  would  be  al- 
jnpossible. 

je  things  I wrote  to  my  friend  and  his  reply  was 
liws : “Do  these  early  fish  ascend  the  rivers  under 
$ and  if  so,  for  what  purpose?  It  it  can  be  proved 
ly  number  of  these  early  fish  pass  up  stream  under 
I then  I agree  with  you  that  it  is  a good  thing  they 
lie  early  and  escape  the  nets,  which  cannot  be  set 
lie  ice  has  gone  out.'  The  more  I learn  of  the 
Is  of  the  salmon  the  more  I am  impressed  with 
Jiorance  of  their  life  history.  But  you  do  not  an- 
Imy  question  whether  you  still  believe  that 

i enter  Nova  Scotia  rivers  in  February  and  re- 
ntil  they  spawn  in  October  without  eating,  from 
n nine  months.  Because  we  have  not  yet  discov- 
hat  they  eat  in  fresh  water,  is  it  not  unscientific 
:hat  they  do  not  eat  at  all?  An  English  writer,  Mr. 
in,  who  is  by  no  means  convinced  that  salmon 
iring  their  sojourn  in  fresh  water,  thinks  they 
3 minnow  for  a wounded  fish  and  dash  at  it,  owing 
impulse  which  makes  most  animals  attack  a 

r 

Do  Sea  Salmon  Feed  in  Fresh  Water? 

e we  never  find  any  food  in  salmon  which  have 
. the  river  , a considerable  length  of  time,  it  does 
ive  that  they  fast  continuously'’ during  their  so- 
;here,  for  even  if  their  maws  were  well  packed 
.linnows  they  might,  probably  would,  be  ejected 
he  fish  was  on  the  line.  I have  repeatedly  exam- 
e stomachs  of  these  fish  but  never  discovered  any 
them,  nothing  being  present  but  a yellowish  bile- 
id.  But  that  they  do  break  their  long  fasts  occa- 
■ I have  proved. 

ne  occasion,  as  I was  playing  a fish  that  had  been 
river  a long  time,  I noticed  that  it  dropped  from 
ith,  as  it  was  struggling  at  my  line,  a small  fish, 
on  being  secured  proved  to  be  a “parr”  that  the 
had  pouched.  This  was  the  only  instance  of 
character  that  ever  passed  under  my  notice. 

rratic  Salmon  " 

lost  of  the  rivers  the  salmon,  after  the  spawning 
is  passed,  descend  to  the  salt  water  in  which  they 
recuperate  during  the  winter  months,  an  abun- 
of  their  favorite  food  being  always  obtainable 
but  in  some  streams  they  remain  in  the  large  deep 
and  in  the  lakes  from  which  they  rise,  and  do  not 
I to  the  sea  until  late  in  the  spring;  these  “kelts” 
f a scanty  subsistence  by  feeding  on  such  small 
smelts,  etc.,  as  they  can  obtain ; this  is  notably  the 
East  River,  which  empties  into  a small  bay  mid- 
itween  the  Clyde  and  Port  Medway  rivers, 
rat  stream  trout  anglers  often  capture  these  kelts 
lit,  and  this  as  late  even  as  the  close  of  April  and 
ng  of  May. 

“slinks”  are  voraciously  hungry  and  come  fear- 
to  the  line,  but  they  give  no  play  whatever  and 
Isilv  landed  with  ordinary  stout  trout  tackle.  Of 
j they  are  absolutely  unfit  for  food,  and  considerate 
J return  them  to  the  water  without  injury;  but  in 
ne  pool  and  at  the  same  time  the  kelts  are  abid- 
re,  fresh-run  salmon  come  in  and  ascend  the  river 
lake  from  which  it  rises.  I believe  that  none  of 
:elts  remain  in  fresh  water  later  than  the  middle 
y,  and  it  would  seem  that,  since  they  return  to 
ian  at  the  time  when  the  others  are  leaving  it  to 
to  their  summer  homes  they  do  not  return  for 
■pose  of  spawning  the  following  autumn,  and  con- 
fly  the  function  of  procreation  with  them  occurs 
■lly  only. 

ie  is  no  doubt  about  these  peculiarities  of  East 
salmon,  and  such  a thing  as  a fresh-run  fish  being 
• it  later  than  the  end  of  May  is  unknown. 

What  Becomes  of  the  Fry? 

since  there  are  bright  salmon  ascending  the 
i the  spring,  and  black  salmon  or  kelts  descending 
e must  be  ridds  on  the  stream  somewhere,  and 
must  have  been  cast;  but  nowhere  in  the  whole 
of  the  stream  can  salmon  fry,  parr  or  smelts  be 
We  cannot  for  a moment  believe  that  year  after 
ie  fish  have  not  mated  and  the  spawn  cast  has  not 
ertilized,  but  what  has  destroyed  the  young  fish 

[tatter  of  very  great  doubt.  The  East  "River  is  a 
> trout  stream,  the  spotted  beauties  being  found 
ihout  its  whole  length,  and  it  is  more  than  possible 
Ie  young  salmon  in  all  stages  of  their  existence  fall 
to  the  rapacity  of  the  trout. 

1 river  has  no  other  varieties  of  fish  than  trout  and 
|i;  a few  eels  being  occasionally  found  in  the 
- pools,  and  during  the  early  spring  the  smelts  as- 
jhe  river  for  the  purpose  of  spawning,  but  they  do 
main  long  after  the  spawn  is  cast,  and  it  is  reason- 
o suppose  that  the  trout  in  the  absence  of  other 
jupplies  prey  upon  their  young  cousins, 
i:  the  destruction  of  young  salmon  in  this  river  is 
te  is  evidenced  by  the  fact  that  a smelt  is  never 
n its  waters  and  a grilse  is  equally  unknown, 

[ • 


This  condition  of  things  is  quite  different  from  those 
which  obtain  in  other  rivers;  in  the  Port  Medway,  for 
example,  the  smelts  are  exceedingly  numerous,  and  hun- 
dreds of  them  are  caught  by  the  Indians  for  food.  Of 
course  this  is  a most  wasteful  method,  but  the  Indians 
have  for  years  been  permitted  to  catch  these  young  fish 
and  no  one  seems  to  have  sufficient  courage  to  take 
measures  which  will  abrogate  this  privilege.  In  the 
Liverpool  River,  also,  there  are  many  smolts,  and  grilse 
are  so  abundant  that  thirteen  were  taken  with  a single 
rod  last  June. 

The  Little  Alaskan  Blackfish. 

A returned  hunter  from  Alaska  was  telling  a remark- 
able story  the  other  day  in  my  presence  regarding  the 
little  Alaskan  blackfish  and  its  habits.  What  particularly 
arrested  my  attention  was  his  reference  to  the  fact  that 
it  was  no  uncommon  thing  at  all  for  numbers  of  this  fish 
which  had  become  frozen  into  a solid  mass,  to  thaw  out 
to  life  again.  He  gave  me  so  detailed  an  account  of  the 
fish  that  I was  easily  able  to  recognize  it  as  the  Dallia 
pcctorahs  of  Bean,  which  ichthyologically  stands  alone, 
somewhere  near  the  pike-like  fishes,  especially  the  mud- 
minnows,  and  represents  a very  primitive  type. 

Ihe  hunter  to  whom  I have  referred,  described  the 
Alaskan  blackfish  as  the  most  abundant  of  all  the  fishes 
in  the  fresh  and  brackish  waters  of  the  northern  part  of 
Alaska,  where  it  is  known  to  the  white  settlers  as  “black- 
fish,” and  forms  one  of  the  most  important  food  re- 
sources of  the  coast  region.  It  is  about  eight  inches  long, 
when  fully  grown,  and  in  color  is  dusky  brown,  with 
whitish  mottlings.  Thanks  to  its  sluggish  disposition  and 
habit  of  living  in  shallow  waters  in  great  numbers,  it  is 
the  chief  and  constant  food  supply  of  thousands  of  per- 
sons. It  is  found  in  all  the  small  streams  of  the  low 
grounds,  and  even  in  the  wet  morasses,  where  at  times 
there  does  not  seem  to  be  sufficient  water  to  more  than 
moisten  the  skin  of  the  fish.  Here  there  are  generally 
thousands  of  the  little  fish.  They  are  to  be  measured  by 
the  yard,  the  mass  being  as  deep  as  the  nature  of  their 
retreat  will  permit.  A pond  only  partially  thawed  out 
by  the  short  Arctic  summer  will  be  filled  by  them.  Nearly 
every  family  has  a trap  for  catching  them,  and  during 
the  greater  part  of  the  year  tons  and  tons  of  them  are 
captured  daily.  When  taken  from  the  traps  the  fish  are 
immediately  put  into  grass  baskets,  in  which  they  soon 
freeze  into  a solid  mass,  so-  that  when  required  for  food 
or  to  be  given  to  the  dogs  for  their  subsistence,  they 
have  to  be  chopped  out  with  an  axe  or  beaten  with  a 
club  to  divide  them  into  pieces.  Yet  it  is  claimed  that 
these  fish  have  such  surprising  vitality  that  after  remain- 
ing frozen  in  the  baskets  for  weeks,  when  brought  into 
the  house  and  thawed  out,  they  will  become  as  lively  as 
ever.  When  bolted  by  the  dogs  in  frozen  chunks,  it  is 
claimed  that  the  warmth  of  the  canine  stomach  occa- 
sionally wakes  up  the  fish,  their  movements  causing  the 
animal  great  discomfort,  and  sometimes  producing 
vomiting.  L.  M.  Turner  is  quoted  by  Jordan  and  Ever- 
mann  as  noting  one  instance  in  which  some  of  these  fish 
were  vomited  alive  by  a dog  under  these  conditions. 

E.  T.  D.  Chambers. 

Pennsylvania  Pickerel  Propagation. 

Ever  since  the  organization  of  the  Department  of 
Fisheries  there  has  been  a strong  demand  for  the  propa- 
gation of  pickerel  to  replenish  numerous  mountain  lakes 
of  northeastern  and  western  Pennsylvania. 

The  superintendent  of  the  Wayne  county  hatchery, 
Nathan  R.  Buller,  has  reported  to  the  Department  entire 
success  in  the  venture.  There  are  15,000,000  eggs  at  this 
hatchery  at  the  present  time  hatching  and  several  mil- 
lions of  little  fish  have  already  emerged  from  the  shell. 
Simultaneously  the  superintendent  of  the  Corry  hatchery, 
William  Buller,  reports  success  in  hatching  grass  pike. 
For  several  years  the  New  York  State  Fish  Commission 
has  been  propagating  maskinonge  for  planting  in  Lake 
Chautauqua,  but  according  to  the  United  States  Bureau 
of  Fisheries,  the  work  of  Pennsylvania  in  propagating 
pickerel  and  grass  pike  is  the  first  ever  undertaken.  While 
all  the  brook  trout  fry  have  not  been  distributed  from  the 
trout  hatcheries  in  Pennsylvania,  it  is  certain  that  the  out- 
put this  year  will  reach  very  nearly  8,000,000  of  four 
months’  old  trout.  From  present  indications  all  records 
made  by  the  Pennsylvania  Fish  Commission  and  the 
Pennsylvania  Department  of  Fisheries  will  be  broken 
this  year  and  the  outnut  is  likely  to  reach  an  enormous 
proportion. 

During  the  month  of  April  Pennsylvania  wardens  made 
fifty-six  arrests  and  secured  fifty-two  convictions.  The 
fines  imposed  aggregated  $1,140,  making  a record  break- 
ing month  in  the  number  of  arrests.  The  principal 
offenses  were,  selling  fish  out  of  season,  short  trout,  and 
illegal  nets.  The  arrests  were  made  by  fifteen  wardens. 
One  warden  made  eighteen  arrests.  In  addition  to  the 
fifty-six  arrests  there  were  nearly  a dozen  arrests  which 
were  not  decided  by  the  magistrates  until  after  May  1. 


Lake  Sunapee  Fishing. 

Springfield,  Mass.,  May  3. — Editor  Forest  and 
Stream:  The  salmon  fishing  at  Lake  Sunapee,  N.  H., 

has  started  off  well  this  year.  The  ice  went  out  of  the 
main  part  of  the  lake  April  25.  I went  up  to  the  lake 
Friday,  April  28,  with  three  friends  and  on  Saturday, 
the  29th,  we  caught  five  salmon,  one  12  pounds,  one  10 
pounds,  two  6 pounds  each,  and  one  3 pounds.  The 
salmon  were  all  taken  with  live  smelt,  fishing  from  the 
dock,  and  four  were  taken  on  the  dock  at  Blodgett’s 
Landing. 

Plenty  of  smelt  bait  can  be  obtained  from  Mr.  Hun- 
toon  as  long  as  the  weather  holds  cold,  and  they  can  be 
kept  in  the  tank,  but  as  soon  as  the  warm  weather  comes 
they  die  in  the  tank  and  the  fisherman  must  catch  his 
own  bait.  The  steamboats  began  to  run  this  week  and 
will  take  parties  to  any  part  of  the  lake  at  reasonable 
prices ; the  hotel  at  Blodgett’s  Landing  is  open,  and  sev- 
eral fishermen  are  already  there.  I write  this  for  the 
benefit  of  any  of  your  readers  who  may  wish  to  do  a 
little  early  fishing  at  a place  that  is  not  far  away  and 
not  too  expensive.  Many  large  native  square-tail  trout 
are  being  taken  by  trolling,  and  the  favorite  bait  is  the- 
“silver  soldier,”  although  they  ^re  using  the  phantom 
minnow  and  spoon  baits.  Geo.  H.  Graham. 


Bomb  Fishing  in  Brazil. 

In  a report  on  the  importation  of  explosives  into 
Brazil,  Mr.  H.  W.  Furniss,  United  States  Consul  at 
Bahia,  writes  of  the  bomb  fishing.  It  appears  that  the 
dynamiter  is  as  active  in  Brazil  as  in  many  parts  of  our 
own  country: 

“Pligh  explosives,  detonators  and  fuses  are  all  imported. 
The  sale  of  high  explosives  is  very  limited.  Its  use, 
which  is  confined  almost  entirely  to  fishing,  nearly  trebled 
in  1903  as  compared  with  1902,  due  chiefly  to  the  reduc- 
tion in  price.  A case  of  high  explosives  containing  500 
cartridges,  weighing  fifty  pounds  net,  is  purchased  by  the 
retail  merchant  for  $36,  fuse  at  72  cents  for  24  feet,  and 
detonators  $2.88  per  100  for  No.  6 and  $1.68  for  No.  3. 
Fishing  bombs,  containing  a stick  of  explosive  and  a 
detonator,  to  which  is  attached  from  three  to  five  inches 
of  fuse,  are  prepared  from  this  stock.  Such  bombs  are 
sold  at  twenty-four  cents  each,  which  gives  a large  profit 
to  the  retailer.  The  fishing  bombs  are  used  all  along  the 
coast  and  even  in  this  harbor.  There  is  a law  against 
their  use,  but  violators  are  seldom  apprehended.  The 
method  consists  in  lighting  the  fuse  and  pitching  the 
cartridge  into  water  thought  to  contain  fish,  so  timing  the 
throwing  that  the  bomb  will  explode  when  only  a couple 
of  feet  below  the  surface,  where  the  inquisitive  fish  will 
have  rushed  just  in  time  to  receive  the  concussion.  I 
have  seen  great  numbers  of  fish  killed  at  one  time  by  this 
method.  _ Accidents  through  the  careless  use  of  high  ex- 
plosives in  fishing  are  quite  common.” 

Grilse. 

Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  May  1. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 
I see  in  the  foot  note  under  “How  to  Tell  a Grilse,”  April 
29,  the  following  statement : “The  male  grilse  may  be 
sexually  mature  but  not  the  female.” 

Dean  Sage,  in  the  book  “Salmon  and  Trout,”  quotes: 
"Proven  Facts  in  the  Flistory  of  the  Salmon,”  from  Chol- 
mondeley  Pennell;  in  which  he  concurs.  Following  is  the 
statement : “The  eggs  deposited  by  the  female  will  not 
hatch  under  any  circumstances  unless  vivified  after  ex- 
clusion by  the  milt  of  the  male  and,  at  least  up  to  the 
period  of  migration,  there  is  no  difference  whatever  in 
fry  bred  between  salmon  only,  between  grilse  only,  be- 
tween salmon  and  parr,  or  between  grilse  and  parr.  The 
female  parr  cannot  spawn,  but  the  male  parr  possesses 
and  constantly  exercises  the  power  of  vivifying  salmon 
and  grilse  eggs.” 

Dean  Uage  also  says  that  on  the  Godbout  female  grilse 
are  frequently  taken  with  as  well  developed  spawn  as 
salmon  at  the  same  time.  Dixmont. 

Tarpon  at  Tampico. 

Kansas  City,  Mo.,  May  1. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 
A letter  from  my  friend,  Mr.  ' David  Bretzfelder,  of 
Tampico,  Mexico,  informs  me  that  a new  English  consul 
a that  place,  Mr.  H.  W.  Wilson,  broke  the  Tampico 
record  for  large  tarpon  the  first  time  he  went  out  fishing. 
The  fish  measured  seven  feet  two  inches  long,  and 
weighed  200  pounds  and  some  ounces.  Tampico  is  be- 
coming quite  a famous  place.  Since  I left  there  quite 
a few  celebrities  have  been  trying  the  sport.  Among 
others  the  Duke  and  Duchess  of  Manchester,  Lord 
Charles  Beresford,  Bourke  Cockran,  the  Guinnesses  and 
Mr.  Charles  Gates.  J.  A.  L.  Waddell, 

An  Odd  Catch. 

Ossining,  N.  Y. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream:  While 

a small  boy  was  fishing  at  Croton-on-Hudson  he  acci- 
dentally dropped  his  hook,  baited  with  a worm,  between 
the  large  stones  used  for  protecting  the  roadbed  of  the 
New  York  Central  & Hudson  River  Railroad.  The  worm 
was  immediately  seized  by  an  enormous  rat,  which  was 
caught  and  killed.  We  cannot  hope  to  equal  the  exploits 
of  our  brethren  on  the  Gunnison,  who  catch  bull-bats  on 
flies,  but  we  are  doing  as  well  as  circumstances  permit. 

E.  F.  B. 

Ringed  Flies. 

Shell,  Big  Horn  Co.,  Wyoming.— On  April  1 you  pub- 
lished an  article  entitled  “Ringed  Flies,”  which,  I sup- 
pose, meant  Pennell  turned  down  eye  hooks,  in  which  the 
writer  says  it  is  only  in  the  last  two  years  the  American 
dealers  have  had  them,  which  is  quite  a mistake  on  his 
part.  Charles  Plath,  of  New  York,  filled  an  order  for 
me  of  about  four  dozen  in  1901,  and  at  the  present  time 
all  the  first-class  dealers  have  them.  Why  they  are  not 
used  more  extensively  by  anglers  I cannot  understand,  as 
they  are  away  ahead  of  the  old-fashioned  snelled  fly,  as 
anyone  who  has  used  them  can  tell  you.  C.  P. 

Fish  in  the  Erie  Canal. 

The  Erie  Canal  is  well  stocked  in  places  with  fish. 
There  were  taken  from  it  last  autumn  (when  the  waters 
were  drawn  off)  and  distributed  to  nearby  waters  3,200 
black  bass,  500  white  bass,  500  pike  and  pike  perch,  100 
yellow  perch,  and  100  miscellaneous  fish,  or  4,450  in  all. 

New  York  Commissioner. 

Mr.  James  S.  Whipple,  of  Salamanca,  Cattaraugus 
county,  has  been  appointed  Commissioner  of  Forest,  Fish 
and  Game,  in  place  of  Dewitt  C.  Middleton,  whose  term 
of  office  had  expired.  Mr.  Whipple  was  at  the  time  of 
his  appointment  clerk  of  the  Senate. 

Quick  Work. 

In  Forest  and  Stream  of  March  18  appeared  for  the  first  time 
the  advertisement  of  the  National  Waterproof  Boot  Co.  The 
paper  was  printed  March  15,  and  mailed  the  16th.  On  the  17th 
was  written  the  letter  given  below,  which  sufficiently  explains 
itself,  and  should  be  a strong  hint  to  all  advertisers  as  to  the 
advantage  to  be  gained  by  a description  of  their  goods  in 
Forest  and  Stream: 

“Jamestown,  N.  Y.,  March  17,  1905. 
“Forest  and  Stream,  New  York,  N.  Y. : 

“Dear  Sirs — Yesterday  at  4 P.  M.  I received  your  paper  with 
our  adv.  in,  and  at  the  same  time  got  an.  inquiry  for  a catalogue 
from  New  York  City.  To-day  we  have  received  fifteen  letters 
asking  for  catalogues.  Now,  we  think  that  remarkably  good.  We 
of  course  know  that  all  comes  through  your  paper.  Later  on  when 
our  ad. .appears  in  other  papers  we  will  be  unable  to  tell  where  they 
saw  it,  as  only  one  letter  states  that  they  saw  it  in  Forest  and 
Stream.  Why  would  it  not  be  well  to  add  to  the  advertisement, 
‘Please  mention  Forest  and  Stream”?  Then  we  would  know 
.which  paper  to  give  credit  to. 

“We  will  receive  our  catalogues  to-morrow,  and  will  mail  you 

some.'  Fesp.  yours,  - 

“The  National  Waterproof  Boot  Cq.’“ 


878 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


THE  RACE  FOR  THE  OCEAN  CUP. 


As  a yachting  event  pure  and  simple  the  race  for  the 
Ocean  Cup  presented  by  H.  I.  M.  the  German  Emperor, 
will  be  of  an  epoch-marking  character.  Ocean  racing  has 
enjoyed  great  popularity  within  the  last  few  years;  its 
growth  has  been  rapid  and  steady.  This  last  event  is  all 
that  could  be  desired. 

The  German  Emperor  is  particularly  fond  of  yachting, 
and  his  interest  and  enthusiasm  have  done  much  to  pro- 
mote the  sport  in  Germany.  During  recent  years  the  re- 
gattas held  in  German  waters  have  been  sufficiently  at- 
tractive to  induce  owners  of  British  yachts  to  cross  the 
North  Sea  to  participate  in  them.  Yacht  racing  has  not 
been  in  a very  thriving  condition  of  late  years  in  Eng- 
land, and  the  absence  of  many  of  the  crack  boats  while 
racing  in  German  waters  was  keenly  felt  in  their  own 
regattas.  Special  inducements  have  been  made  to  keep 
the  British  fleet  at  home  by  the  various  clubs,  and  the 
Kaiser  doubtless  realized  that  to  haVe  foreign  starters  in 
German  events  he  must  look  further  than  England  for 
them. 

This  and  a desire  to  show  his  friendliness  toward 
Americans  were,  we  assume,  the  motives  which  prompted 
him  to  offer  the  cup  for  the  ocean  race. 

The  event  has  been  an  assured  success  from  the  be- 
ginning. Eleven  vessels  will  start  on  next  Tuesday,  May 
16,  in  the  long  race  across  the  Atlantic,  from  Sandy  Hook 
to  the  Lizard.  Had  the  arrangements  for  the  race  been 
in  the  hands  of  men  more  familiar  with  American  clubs 
and  owners,  the  entry  list  would  have  been  much  larger, 
for  there  are  many  more  available  boats  in  this  country 
whose  owners  would  have  started  had  they  been  ap- 
proached personally. 

Of  the  eleven  starters  eight  are  American,  two  are 
English,  and  one  is  German.  It  is  not  surprising  that 
more  foreign  boats  did  not  enter,  since  this  necessitated 
making  an  Atlantic  passage  rather  early  in  the  year  in 
order  to  be  on  hand  in  time  for  the  start.  The  compet- 
ing vessels  vary  greatly  in  point  of  size;  Valhalla,  the 
largest,  is  240  feet  on  the  waterline,  while  Fleur  de  Lys, 
the  smallest,  is  only  86  feet,  a difference  of  154  feet.  Of 
the  yachts,  six  were  built  in  the  United  States,  and  five 
in  England.  Atlantic  is  the  only  centerboard  boat  in  the 
fleet.  All  the  boats  but  Sunbeam,  which  vessel  was 
launched  in  18 77>  were  built  in  1890  or  later,  so  they  are 
all  of  fairly  modern  design  and  construction.  Valhalla 
is  rigged  as  a ship,  Apache  as  a bark.  Sunbeam  as  a 
topsail  schooner,  and  Ailsa  as  a yawl.  All  the  other  ves- 
sels are  schooner  rigged  with  either  two  or  three  masts. 

It  is  any  boat’s  race  until  the  finish  line  is  crossed.- The 
conditions  to  be  encountered  in  an  ocean  race  of  nearly 
3,000  miles  are  so  diverse  that  it  is  next  to  impossible 
to  form  any  conclusions  as  to  the  winner.  It  will  be  a 
test  of  navigation,  judgment  and  seamanship  rather  than 
of  the  boats  speed.  All  things  being  equal,  however, 
Atlantic,  with  her  clean  hull  of  modern  design  and  huge 
sail  plan,  should  win. 

The  owners  of  all  the  boats,  except  of  Ailsa,  will  be 
aboard  their  respective  ships  during  the  race.  Mr.  Robert 
E.  Tod,  owner  of  Thistle,  and  Lord  Brassey,  owner  of 
Sunbeam,  will  act  as  their  own  navigators ; on  the  other 
vessels  this  most  delicate  and  most  important  work  will 
be  left  entirely  in  the  hands  of  the  professionals. 

Those  who  will  do  the  navigating  in  all  the  vessels 
have  been  interviewed  and  all  have  frankly  declared  their 
belief  that  the  northern  route  was  not  only  the  shortest 
but  the  best.  All  conceded,  however,  that  every  slant 
would  be  taken  advantage  of,  and  their  intention  of  going 
well  north  would  not  stand  in  the  wav  should  they  find 
it  advantageous  to  pursue  another  course,  should  better 
and  more  favoring  winds  be  found. 

It  now  remains  to  be  seen  whether  the  record  of  13 
days  20  hours  36  minutes  made  by  that  splendid  ship, 
Endymion,  in  1900,  will  be  equaled  or  broken. 


Sunbeam  Arrives. 


Revive  the  Catboat. 


Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

I have  read  your  editorial  which  appeared  in  the 
Forest  and  Stream  of  April  22,  and  I consider  it  a very 
fine  article  and  am  sure  you  2re  correct  in  stating  that 
the ^ catboat  has  been  neglected  by  both  yachtsmen  and 
designers,  and  can  and  we  trust  will,  receive  proper 
recognition  in  the  near  future. 

What  you  say  in  regard  to  expense,  balancing  and 
handling,  and,  in  fact,  the  entire  editorial,  expresses  my 
views  exactly,  and  I hope  you  will  continue  to  give  the 
catboat  all  the  encouragement  possible,  that  she  may 
again  be  placed  in  her  proper  position. 

I.  M.  Whittemore, 
President  of  Cape  Catboat  Ass’n. 

Boston,  May  2, 


well. 


If  the  weather  is  heavy  I look  to  the  Valhalla  to  win, 
but  if  not  then  one^  of  the  American  bu’lt  schooners.  7 
do  not  expect  to  win  with  the  Sunbeam,  and,  as  I said 
before,  to  win  the  race  was  not  the  reason  I entered  the 

boat, 


Boston  Letter. 


The  British  topsail  schooner  Sunbeam,  ovuied  by  Lord 
Brassey,  arrived  at  New  York  on  Saturday,  May  6.  She 
was  the  last  of  the  three  foreign  entries  in  the  race  for 
the  Ocean  Cup  to  reach  port.  Sunbeam  is  one  of  the 
most  famous  cruising  yachts  ever  built,  and  a number 
of  the  yacht’s  voyages  were  written  up  and  put  into  book 
form  by  Lord  Brassey’s  first  wife.  Lord  and  Lady 
Brassey  were  accompanied  by  Captain  and  Mrs.  A.  Park- 
enham.  After  passing  Quarantine  the  owner,  his  wife 
and  guests  left  Sunbeam  and  found  quarters  at  a hotel 
in  town  and  the  yacht  proceeded  to  the  Morse  Iron 
Works,  South  Brooklyn,  where  she  was  put  on  the  dry 
dock. 

Lord  Brassey  was  interviewed  at  his  hotel  and  he  had 
the  following  to  say  to  a representative  of  one  of  the 
big  New  York  dailies: 

“When  I first  heard  of  the  Emperor’s  offer  to  give  a 
trophy  for  a race  across  the  ocean  I had  no  idea  of  en- 
tering the  Sunbeam.  My  yacht  is  thirty-four  years  old 
and  I am  more  than  twice  that  age,  and  the  Sunbeam 
was  not  built  for  speed.  But  I knew  that  few  boats  in 
the  English  fleet  would  be  entered,  and  to  encourage  the 
younger  men  in  yachting  who  are  not  so  enthusiastic  as 
they  should  be,  I decided  to  put  Sunbeam  in  the  race. 
I thought,  too,  that  the  idea  of  the  Emperor  was  a good 
one,  and  that  every  one  who  could  should  give  it  sup- 
port. I am  devoted  to  yachting,  and  fifty  seasons  of  my 
life  have  been  spent  on  the  water. 

“There  was  a deeper  motive  though  that  influences  me 
to  enter  the  race,  and  that  is  explained  by  saying  that 
most  of  my  life  has  been  spent  in  the  public  service  of 
my  country  and  for  me  there  is  no  higher  aim  for  a 
British  statesman  than  to  seize  every  opportunity  to  im- 
prove^  the  cordial  relations  existing  between  the  English 
speaking  people.  Such  contests  as  the  one  to  be  started 
in  ten  days  tend  to  this  end. 

“All  my  life  has  been  much  occupied  with  maritime 
concerns.  In  these  days  there  seems  to  some  to  be  a 
decreasing  interest  in  British  maritime  affairs  and  a de- 
cay of  interest  in  shipping.  I do  not  share  that  view.  It 
is  the  race,  however,  that  I am  most  interested  in  just 
now,  and  so  I must  talk  of  my  boat.  In  all  my  fifty 
years  of  yachting  I never  had  a finer  crew  than  there 
is  now  on  the  Sunbeam.  We  had  a fine  trip  across  the 
Atlantic.  Every  voyage  that  the  Sunbeam  has  made 
across  the  Western  Ocean  has  been  by  the  southern  route, 
and  I recommend  it  as  the  most  expeditious  for  one  who 
depends  on  sail  power.  Lady  Brassey,  who  is  in  full 
sympathy  with  all  _ my  yachting  plans,  joined  the  yacht 
at  Madeira,  and  with  her  on  board  I could  not  risk  the 
gales  of  the  north  Atlantic  and  so  took  the  southern 
route. 

“We  left  Southampton  on  March  27  and  made  Madeira 
in  eight  days.  It  took  a day  and  a half  to  reach  Las 
Palmas,  and  from  Las  Palmas  to  St.  Thomas  sixteen 
and  a half  days.  It  took  eight  and  a half  days  to  run 
from  St.  Thomas  to  this  port.  In  all,  we  made  6 500 
miles  in  thirty- four  days.  Three-fifths  of  the  journey 
was  made  under  sail,  and  the  yacht  averaged  194  miles 
a day.  She  averaged  under  sail  eight  knots  an  hour,  but 
that  is  not  what  the  Sunbeam  can  do,  as  we  had  light 
weather  all  the  way  and  no  chance  for  fast  work. 

“The  Sunbeam  is  a composite  vessel  built  of  iron  and 
teak  and  is  coppered.  She  is  rigged  as  a three  masted 
topsail  schooner.  Originally  she  was  schooner  rigged 
and  under  that  rig  made  her  first  voyage  around  the 
world.  That  was  in  1876,  but  after  that  she  was  made 
a topsail  schooner.” 

“Who  is  the  captain  of  your  yacht?”  Lord  Brassey  was 
asked. 

“Well,  as  far  as  I know,  I am  the  captain.  I am  not 
an  A.  B.  as  far  as  knowing  anything  about  knots  and 
slices  are  concerned,  but  I am  navigator  and  plot  out 
the  yacht’s  course  when  we  are  cruising  and  will  do  so 
in  the.  race.  The  Sunbeam  has  sailed  more  than  300.000 
miles  in  her  time..  She  is  not  a fast  boat,  but  is  a won- 
derfully good  cruiser  and  very  comfortable. 

“All  is.  not  easy  on  the  Sunbeam,  though,  and  when 
she  is  sailing  fast  there  is  plenty  of  motion.  If  I were 
to  build  another  boat  I would  not  copy  the  Sunbeam. 
Her  rig  is  not  the  best  for  all  sorts  of  weather.  This 
was  shown  in  this  last  passage.  The  Sunbeam  is  square 
rigged  on  the  foremast,  and  when  we  were  carrying  the 
northeast  trade  winds  from  the  Canary  Islands  we  ran 
along  with  only  the  sails  on  the  foremast  set.  The  fore 
and  aft  sails  were  no  good.” 

“Those  in  the  race  are  much  interested  in  the  weather 
they  pfe  going  to  experience  this  month.  What  is  your 
opmion  of  May  weather  on  the  Atlantic?” 

“My  experience  with  it  is  nil.  But  a general  knowl- 
edge of  the  Atlantic.  in  May  leads  me  to  believe  that 
from  May  to  July  is  the  quietest  time.  The  winter 
storms  have  passed  and  the  lvest  Indian  hurricanes  have 
not  commenced.  As  far  as  the  best  passage  is  concerned, 

I have  seen  a specially  prepared  chart,  which  shows  that 
those  vessels  that  have  gone  in  a beeline  have  fared  as 
well  as  those  that  have  taken  a northern  passage.  A few 
years  ago  the  Sunbeam  sailed  from  the  Chesapeake  to 
Plymouth  in  seventeen  days  and  was  under  steam  only 
a day  and  a half,  and  she  made  another  voyage  from 
Nova  Scotia  to  Dartmouth  in  thirteen  davs  and  steamed 
only  a day  and  a half  on  that  voyage.  This  shows  that 
if  the  Sunbeam  is  favored  with  her  weather  she  can  do 


Eastern  Y.  C.  Ocean  Race. — Pursuant  to  an  announce- 
ment during  the  annual  cruise  last  season,  the  Regatta  j 
Committee  of  the  Eastern  Y.  C.  is  now  making  prepara- 
tions for  an  ocean  race  from  Marblehead  to  Halifax,  the 
start,  to  be  made  on  Monday.  Aug.  21.  A better  time  for 
starting  such  an  event  could  not  have  been  selected.  The 
fleet  of  the  New  York  Y.  C.  coming  eastward  to  be  the 
guests,  of  the  Eastern  Y.  C,  will  be  in  Marblehead  at 
that  time,  and  the  yacht  owners  would  be  more  likely 
to  be  desirous  of  entering  such  an  event  in  consequence. 
Yacht  owners  of  the  New  York  Y.  C.  fleet  have  been 
invited  to  take  part  in  the  race.  The  distance  from 
Marblehead  to  Halifax  is  something  over  350  miles.  It 
is  expected  that  the  Royal  Nova  Scotia  Y.  C.  will  co- 
operate with  the  Eastern  Y.  C.  and  that  races  may  be 
arranged  at  Halifax. 

The  Regatta  Committee  of  the  Eastern  Y.  C.  is  con- 
tinuing the  great  activity  evidenced  last  season,  and  has 
now  arranged  for  more  power  boat  races  on  account  of 
the  growing  interest  in  eastern  waters.  With  the  power 
boat,  annual,  and  special  open  races,  the  ocean  race  and 
the  club  cruise,  this  is  likely  to  be  the  most  active  year 
know^n  in  the  history  of  the  Eastern  Y.  C.  The  full 
schedule  of  power  boat  races,  as  so  far  arranged,  is  as 
follows:  Tuesday,  July  a;  Thursday,  Friday. and  Satur- 
day, July  27.  28  and  29;  Saturday.  Aug.  26.  and  Saturday, 
Sept.  2.  All  of  the  power  boat  races  will  be  held  in  the 
forenoon  and  will  be  sailed  over  the  triangular  course 
arranged  by  the  Rega’ta  Committee  lact  season. 

The  club  house  at  Marblehead  will  be  opened  for  the 
season  on  May  27. 

Dorchester  Y.  C.  Officers—' The  following  officers 
have  been  elected  by  the  Dorchester  Y.  C. : Com.,  Oliver 
FI.  Davenport;  Vice-Corn..  John  P.  Meade;  Rear  Com., 
Chester  H.  Swift:  Sec-.  W.  S.  Mace;  Treas..  Hialmar 
Lundberg;  Meas.,  John  H.  Burroughs:  Directors — H.  W. 
Smith,  Franklin  H.  Codman  and  Coolidce  Barnard; 
House  Committee — William  E.  Richards,  John  H.  Bur- 
roughs and  Harold  P.  Earle;  Repatta  Committee — Loins 
M.  Clark,  T W.  Kinp.  C.  H.  Swift,  A.  D.  Pratt  and  H. 
Lundberg;  Membership  Committee — Albert  F.  Foster, 
Charles  L.  Carr.  Arthur  P.  Nute  and  A.  E.  Rogerson. 
The  opening  night  of  the  cUb  will  be  May  20. 

With  the  22-Footers  — Four  of  the  new  22-footers 
are  now  in  the  water.  The  new  one  for  Commodore  P 
P.  Cheney  and  Mr.  Charles  D.  Lannine  was  launched 
last  Friday,  and  has  been  tried  under  sail  Mr.  W.  H. 
Joyce’s  Tvro,  recently  completed  at  Easi  Booffibay,  will 
be  014  with  the  other  new  ones  this  week.  Mr.  Sumner 
H.  Foster  went  to  Boothbay  last  Saturday  to  sail  her  up 
to  Marblehead.  Mr.  A.  C.  Jones’  new  one,  built  by  Mi-. 
Hanley,  has  not  made  her  appearance  yet.  but  is  ex- 
pected to  be.  out  within  a few  days.  Mr.  H.  H.  White’s 
Mednc  II.,  which  was  found  to  be  light,  can  take  on  the 
required  additional  weight  without  putting  her  out  of 
the  class.  It  was  a closer  shave  wffh  Rube  owned  by 
Mr.  H.  L.  Bowden.  Rube  measured  just  22  ft.  and  was 
about  300  pounds  shy  on  weight.  It  is  believed  that  by 
shaving  the  planking  forward,  where  it  is  smd  to  be 
greater  than  the  required  thickness,  she  can  take  on  the 
required  weight  and  measure  under  22ft.  Medric  T..  now 
owned  by  Mr.  George  Lee,  was  launched  at  Graves’ 
Marblehead  yard  last  week.  She  is  now  painted  white 
and  looks  verv  trim.  Mr.  Lee  had  no  alterations  made 
in  the  boat.  She  has  a new  set  of  sails,  but  they  are  cut 
to  the  original  sail  plan. 

At  the  Marblehead  Yacht  Yard. — Messrs.  S+earns 
& McKay  have  the  24ft.  speed  Hunch  for  Mr.  W.  H. 
Stuart,  Jr.,  in  frame  and  partly  planked.  Her  construc- 
tion is  very  light  and  is  a little  out  of  the  ordinary.  She 
is  b”ilt  on  a system  of  webb  framing  in  whffib  Mr.  W. 

■ B.  Stearns  has  introduced  a new  wrinkle  of  his  own. 

In  addition  to  the  regular  frames,  which  are  of  mahogany, 
sawn  annlewood  frames  are  placed  at  intervals.  The 
longitudinal  frames  are  let  into  the  sawn  frames  and 
engage  the  regular  frames,  and  liners  are  ns°d  over  the 
regular  frames.  The  Planking  is  nuarter-mch  laid  over 
linen  and  has  the  effect  of  double  plankino-  while  the 
weight  that  would  be  necessary  from  two  thicknesses  is 
done  awav  with.  The  boat  is  a very  slipperv  looking  f 
model  and  should  show  a smart  clin  with  a Nanier  en- 
gine of  from  ?o  to  horsepower.  Mr.  Stearns  has  de- 
signed a H’mch  for  the  Fastem  Y.  C.,  which  will  be  built 
at.  once.  She  is  intended  for  use  by  the  Reo-atta  Com- 
mittee and  will  have  sufficient  power  to  give  fair  sneed. 

Wollaston  Y.  C.  Fixtures. — The  following  fixtures 
have  been  announced  by  the  Wollaston  Y.  C. : 

May  30,  Tuesday — Opening  night  and  smoker. 

June  10,  Saturday — Quincy  interclub  race. 

June  17,  Saturday — Wollaston  interclub. 

June  24.  Saturday — Ladies’  day. 

July  a.  Tuesday — Cb'b  championship. 

July  8.  Saturday — Club  championship. 

July  15,  Saturday — Moonlight  sail. 

July  22.  Saturday — Clambake. 

Aug.  5,  Saturday — Snuantum  interclub. 

Aug.  12.  Saturday — Moonlight  sail. 

Aug.  19,  Saturday — Club  championship. 

Sept.  2,  3 and  4 — Club  cruise. 

Among  the  Power  Boats. — Mr.  John  F.  AndersoiCef 
Plyladelnhia.  is  to  have  an  88ft.  cruisin^  gasolene  yicfu 
b”ilt  at  Lawlev’s  from  designs  by  Mr.  Fi-ed.  D.  La^dey. 
She  will  be  iMt.  beam  apd  4ft.  .aim  draft.  She  will  be 
driven  by  two  Globe  engines  aggregating  T20  horsenower 
and  is  expected  to  show  a sneed  of  about  tc  miles  an 
hour.  She  will  have  good  accommodations  below  deckv 


At  the  same  v^i-dc  th*>  o^H.  ke  noQfmA_i-\fonpl  1 A 


in  frame.  She  is  14ft.  beam  and  4ft.  6in.  draft.  This 
boat  will  have  a dining  saloon  deckhouse  fm-ward  with  a 
low  trunk  running  aft.  The  accommodations  will  con- 
sist of  three  staterooms  and  a main  saloon.  The  keel  is 


May  13,  1905.I 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


879 


Entries  In  Ocean  Race  for  German  Emperor's  Cup. 


Name.  Type  and  Rig. 

Valhalla  Aux.  Snip 

Apache  Aux.  Barque... 

Ailsa  Yawl  

Hamburg  Schooner  

Utowaiia  Aux.  Schooner. 

Sunbeam  Aux.  Barque... 

Thistle  Schooner  

Atlantic  Aux.  Schooner. 

Hildegarde  Schooner  

Fleur  de  Lys.... Schooner  

Endymicsn  Schooner  


L.W.L.  Owner. 

.240ft Earl  of  Crawford... 

.108ft Edmund  Randolph.. 

. S9ft Henry  S.  Redmond.. 

.116ft German  syndicate  .. 

. 155ft Allison  V.  Armour  . 

.164.7ft Lcrd  Brassey  

.llllft Robert  E.  Tod 

,136ft Wilson  Marshall  .... 

.103.4ft.  ...  I.d ward  R.  Coleman. 

.101ft.. Lewis  A.  Stimsun... 

.Rtt.fift. George  Lauder.  Jr.. 


Club.  Designer.  Year  Built. 

Royal  Yacht  Squadron.... W.  C.  Storey 1892.. 

New  York  Y.  C. J.  Reid  & Co 1896. 

New  York  Y.  C William  Fife,  Jr .1395.. 

Imperial  Y.  C George  L.  Watson.. 1399.. 

New  York  Y.  C J.  Beavor-W  ebb. 1691.. 

Royal  Yacht  Squadron. ...  St.  Claire  Byrne ls<4.. 

Atlantic  Y.  C Henry  V\  intcringham 1901.. 

. New  York  Y.  C Gardner  & Cox 1903.. 

.Philadelphia  Cor.  Y.  C....A.  S.  Chesebrough 1697.. 

.New  York  Y.  C Edward  Burgess 1890.. 

.Indian  Harbor  Y.  C dams.  Lemoine  & Crane...  1899. . 


Net 

Ton. 
....648 
....307 
,...116 
...186 
. . . . 267 
... .327 
....236 
, . . .206 
....146 
....  86 
....116 


laid  for  a 35ft.  open  launch  for  a Boston  yachtsman,  to 
be  used  on  Lake  Winnipesatikee.  She  will  have  a 34 
horsepower  Sterling  motor,  which  is  expected  to  give  her 
about  18  miles  an  hour. 

At  the  Murray  & Tregurtha  shops  the  35ft.  hunting 
cabin  launch,  for  Mr.  John  J.  Tobin  was  launched  last 
Thursday,  and  her  trial  proved  satisfactory.  Mr.  T.  H. 
Webb’s  27-footer  will  be  launched  about  the  middle  of 
the  month  and  after  a trial  here  she  will  be  shipped  to 
Chicago.  Two  42ft.  launches  for  Buzzard’s  Bay  are 
nearly  planked.  They  will  have  four-cylinder  engines 
of  25  horsepower. 

Mr.  John  B.  Schoeffel’s  90ft.  cruiser  is  nearly  completed 
at  the  Sheldon  yards,  Neponset.  Mr.  A.  S.  Bigelow’s 
65ft.  cruiser,  building  at  the  same  yards,  is  about  ready 
for  her  engine,  which  will  be  of  75  horsepower.  A 30ft. 
speed  launch  for  Mr.  Eben  D.  Jordan  is  almost  all 
planked.  ^ W 

Commodore  George  W.  Gardner,  of  Cleveland,  O.,  has 
ordered  a 25ft.  power  dory  from  the  E.  Gerry  Emmons 
Co.  She  is  to  be  used  on  Lake  Erie.  Mr.  Gardner  has 
been  commodore  of  the  Cleveland  Y.  C.  for  twenty  con- 
secutive years,  and  he  has  recently  been  elected  to  that 
office  for  life.  The  Emmons  company  is  to  build  eleven 
sailing  dories  for  the  Shelter  Island  Y.  C.  These  boats 
will  be  18ft.  over  all. 

The  Toppan  Boat  Co.  is  building  a power  dory  for  Mr. 
Llewellyn  R.  Reakirt,  of  Cincinnati,  0.,  to  be  used  in 
Wisconsin.  This  boat  will  be  one  of  the  most  elaborate 
of  the  type  ever  built.  She  will  be  finished  in  mahogany 
with  inside  panelings  and  will  have  very  costly  fittings. 
Her  planking  will  be  of  the  carvel  type. 

Messrs.  Burgess  & Packard  have  finished  the  40ft. 
autoboat  for  Mr.  William  Wallace  and  she  is  now  ready 
for  her  engine.  It  is  as  yet  undecided  what  make  will 
he  installed,  several  being  under  consideration.  They 
are  busy  getting  the  new  yard  at  Marblehead  ready. 

Canada's  Cup  Boat  Ready. — The  Canada’s  Cup  de- 
fender, which  was  built  at  Lawley  from  designs  of  Mr. 
C.  F.  Herreshoff  for  a Rochester  syndicate,  headed  by 
Mr.  Frank  T.  Christie,  was  hauled  out  of  the  shop  last 
Thursday  and  made  ready  for  shipment  by  rail.  She 
has  been  set  up  at  an  angle,  so  that  she  may  pass  through 
the  tunnels  in  safety.  She  will  be  shipped  via  the  Boston 
& Albany  and  New  York  Central  railroads.  She  will  be 
tried  out  at  Charlotte  against  the  other  two  candidates 
for  the  defense  of  the  cup. 

Seawanhaica  Cup  Boats. — Both  of  the  Seawanhaka 
cup  challengers  designed  by  Mr.  E.  A.  Boardman  have 
been  planked  at  Fenton’s  yard,  Manchester.  The  boat 
for  Mr.  A.  H.  Higginson  has  been  decked  in.  The  work 
of  laying  the  deck  on  the  boat  for  Mr.  J.  L.  Bremer  will 
probably  be  started  this  week.  Mr.  Higginson’s  boat 
will  be  sailed  by  Mr.  Reginald  Boardman  and  Mr. 
Bremer’s  boat  will  be  sailed  by  Mr.  E.  A.  Boardman. 

John  B.  Killeen. 


Rhode  Island  Notes* 

Edgewood  Racing  Schedule. — The  schedule  of  the 
Edgewood  Y.  C.  has  been  decided  upon  by  the  Regatta 
Committee,  and  according  to  the  layout,  with  the  fixtures 
of  the  other  clubs,  the  30ft.  cat  class  will  have  about 
thirty  races  in  which  to  participate  this  season.  Mr. 
Henry  Ford,  of  Detroit,  Mich.,  has  offered  a handsome 
silver  cup  to  be  contested  for  by  the  30-footers  in  a series 
of  three  races.  - There  will  also  be  the  Possner  cup  series 
in  addition  to.  the  regular  regatta  and  the  events  of  other 
clubs.  The  Edgewood  schedule  is  as  follows : 

Ladies’  Day  and  club  regatta,  Saturday,  June  10. 

Possner  cup  series  for  30ft.  cats,  June  10,  July  4 and  July  8. 

Ford  cup  series  for  30ft.  cats,  July  15,  July  29  and  Aug.  5. 

Open  regatta  in  N.  B.  Y.  R.  A.  series,  July  17. 

Open  regatta,  Sept.  2. 

Wanderer  IV. — The  new  cat  Wanderer  IV.,  designed 
by  Mr.  C.  C.  Hanley,  of  Quincy,  Mass.,  and  building  at 
Messrs.  Davis  Brothers’  shop  at  Warren  for  Messrs.  H. 
J.  and  D.  W.  Flint,  of  Edgewood,  is  about  planked  in 
and  will  be  finished  in  another  month.  The  new  boat  is 
a typical  centerboard  racing  cat,  with  an  extreme  for- 
ward overhang  and  a blunt  stern.  She  is  34ft.  6in.  over 
all,  24ft.  waterline,  and  12ft.  6in.  breadth.  The  racing 
measurement  under  the  two  per  cent  rule  will  be  about 
27ft,  and  the  boat  will  have  to  give  a considerable  allow- 
ance, about  12s.  per  mile  to  the  others  of  her  class.  The 
construction  is  of  the  best  and  she  will  be  stoutly  rigged, 
with  a hollow  mast  and  gaff  and  standing  rigging  of  steel. 

Notes.— Commodore  F.  T.  Rogers’  new  auxiliary  yawl 
Truant,  flagship  of  the  Rhode  Island  Y.  C.,  built  from 
designs  by  Messrs.  Small  Brothers,  of  Boston,  was 
launched  this  week  at  Boothbay,  Me.  The  owner,  with 
the  designer,  and  Secretary  G.  E.  Darling  and  Mr.  H.  E. 
Barlow,  of  the  Rhode  Island  Y.  C.,  will  go  to  Maine  next 
week  to  bring  the  craft  around  to'  Narragansett  Bay. 

Mr.  Frederick  S.  Noah  is  building  at  East  Greenwich 
from  his  own  design  a 34ft.  hunting  cabin  launch  for  Mr. 
H.  R.  Williams,  of  Hartford,  Conn.  She  is  gft.  breadth 
and  2ft.  4in.  draft,  with  the  canoe  type  of  stern,  will  he 
finished  in  oak  and  cypress  and  equipped  with  a twelve 
horsepower  Hartford  motor.  Another  boat  of  similar 
type,  33ft.  over  all,  is  building  by  Mr.  Noah  for  Mr.  W. 
A.  Bardell,  of  New  York.  This  boat  is  finished  in  oak 
with  mahogany  trim,  and  has  a fifteen  horsepower  four- 
cylinder  Buffalo  motor. 

The  Chase  Yacht  & Engine  Company,  of  Providence, 
has  an  order  for  a 35ft.  cruising  power  yacht  for  a local 
yachtsman.  The  boat  will  be  of  modern  design,  the 
cabin  trunk  rising  flush  from  the  top  sides. 

F.  H.  Young. 


Opening  for  American  Motor  Boats. — Very  few 
motor  boats  are  in  use  on  this  part  of  the  St.  Lawrence. 
There  is  not  a single  craft  owned  in  this  town  of  12,000 
inhabitants,  with  more  than  500  well-to-do  people,  of 
which  one-half  could  well  afford  pleasure  boats.  Ameri- 
can manufacturers  of  the  latest  improved  models  would 
do  well  to  send  a man  into  this  section.  He  would 
doubtless  carry  off  some  very  good  contracts  from  Three 
Rivers,  as  well  as  from  the  wealthy  towns  adjoining. 
There  is  no  use  in  sending  circulars.  Only  the  indi- 
vidual soliciting  of  a first  class  salesman  understanding 
the  French  language  can  make  headway  here.— James  H. 
Worman,  Consul,  Three  Rivers,  Quebec,  April  4,  1905. 


Designing  Competition  Suggestions* 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

Now  that  the  $9,000  men  are  being  satisfied  with  good 
things  in  the  way  of  designs  for  cruising  motor  boats, 
why  would  it  not  be  a nice  idea  for  you  to  offer  prizes 
for  the  best  design  of  the  smallest  and  cheapest  motor 
boat  cruiser  wherein  two  congenial  souls  can  cook  meals 
and  sleep  with  comfort?  I take  it  that  the  word  comfort 
in  this  case  means  a water  closet,  a place  for  one  large 
or  two  small  pneumatic  mattresses,  and  ample  cooking 
arrangements,  for  one  cannot  live  by  bread  alone  when 
on  a cruise,  and  the  better  the  things  one  has  to  eat  the 
more  successful  will  be  the  cruise,  let  the  other  condi- 
tions be  what  they  may. 

It  has  always  been  my  idea  that  a boat  25ft.  long  could 
he  made  to  do  the  trick  if  carefully  designed.  I see  some 
of  the  other  yachting  papers  are  taking  it  up.  The  Motor 
Boat  111  a recent  issue  puts  forth  a design  for  a 25ft. 
cruiser,  and  the  Rudder  has  one  this  month.  The  Rudder 
boat  is  evidently  intended  as  a day  cruiser  only,  having 
no  galley  or  toilet  arrangements.  The  Motor  Boat  de- 
sign is  the  best  thing  I have  seen  yet,  but  doesn’t  exactly 
suit  me.  The  galley  seems  wofully  inadequate,  and,  as  I 
said  before,  the  flesh  pots  are  extremely  appealing  on  a 
cruise. 

The  $Q,ooo  boats  you  are  showing  are  the  highest  types 
of  their  class.  The  only  trouble  is  so  few  of  us  can 
afford  to  build  them.  Many,  however,  could  raise  $1,000 
if  they  could  get  for  it  the  regular  little  floating  hotel 
they  are  looking  for.  So  get  the  people  at  work,  make  it 
$1,000  limit,  ail  complete,  and  award  the  prize  to  the 
man  who  turns  out  the  design  that  will  make  the  best 
boat  for  the  least  money.  This  is  a good  time  to  do  it, 
and  we  can  all  be  ready  to  jump  in  and  place  our  orders 
early  next  fall.  Damon. 

Applrton,  Wis.,  May  6. 


Steamers  for  the  Start  of  Ocean  Race. 

At  the  request  of  members  of  the  New  York  Y.  C., 
the  flag  officers  of  the  club  will  provide  the  Iron  Steam- 
boat Company’s  steamer  Cygnus  to  witness  the  start  of 
the  race  for  the  Ocean  Cup  on  May  16.  The  steamer  will 
be  in  charge  of  the  house  committee,  and  tickets  for 
members  and  guests,  $5.00  each,  including  lunch,  may  be 
obtained  from  the  treasurer,  Mr.  Tarrant  Putnam,  upon 
application  at  the  club  house. 

The  steamer  is  licensed  to  carry  900  persons.  The 
number  will  be  limited  to  500,  and  tickets  will  be  issued 
according  to  priority  of  application. 

The  steamer  will"  leave  pier  foot  of  Twenty-second 
street,  N.  R.,  at  11  A.  M.,  sharp,  Tuesday,  May  16. 

The  steamer  Sirius  has  been  chartered  by  the  Atlantic 
Y.  C.  to  give  its  members  and  those  of  the  Crescent  A. 
C.  and  the  Indian  Harbor  Y.  C.  an  opportunity  of  wit- 
nessing the  start  of  the  ocean  race.  She  will  leave  pier 
No.  1,  Battery  place,  at  n.  o’clock  the  morning  of  the 
race  and  touch  at  the  Crescent  A.  C.’s  dock  going  out 
and  returning. 

The  Iron  Steamboat  Cepheus,  which  has  been  specially 
chartered  by  Captain  James  C.  Summers  to  afford  yachts- 
men and  their  families  an  opportunity  to  witness,  in  com- 
fort, the  start  of  the  ocean  yacht  race,  will  leave  West 
Twenty-second  street  pier  at  10:45  A.  M.,  and  Battery 
Park  pier  at  11:15  o’clock  on  the  above  date. 


Recent  Sales. — -Mr.  Stanley  M.  Seaman  reports  the 
following  sales : The  motor  yacht  Pip,  by  Mr.  R.  M. 

Willis  to  Mr.  A.  Wineburgh,  of  Great  Neck,  N.  Y. ; the 
cruising  yawl  Adelaide,  for’  Mr.  E.  S.  Rowell  to  Mr. 
Emerson  R.  Newell,  of  New  York  city,  and  the  Lawley 
knockabout  Scintilla,  by  Mr.  John  R.  Hoyt,  Manhasset 
Bay  Y.  C.,  to  Mr.  David  Kay,  Jr.,  Newark,  N.  J. 


more  trouble. 

Designed  by  Charles  D.  Mower,  and  built  by  the  Huntington  ML 
Co.,  for  racing  in  Class  Q on  Gravesend  Bay. 


YACHTING  NEWS  NOTES. 


For  advertising  relating  to  this  department  see  pages  ii  and  iii. 


Seawanhaka  Corinthian  Y.  C.  Races.— The  racing 
schedule  arranged  by  the  regatta  committee  of  the  Sea- 
wanhaka Corinthian  Y.  C.  up  to  July  8 is  as  follows: 

May  27,  Saturday.— Gig  races  (tentative). 

May  29,  Monday. — Motorboat  race,  selected  classes. 

May  30  (Memorial  Day). — Open  race,  33ft.  class;  club  race,  S. 
Y.  C.  15ft.  class,  first  race,  first  series. 

June  3,  Saturday — Club  race  for  33ft.  class;  club,  race  for  race- 
abouts;  club  race  for  S.  Y.  C.  15ft.  class,  second  race,  first  series. 

June  10,  Saturday. — Invitation  race,  around  Lond  Island,  start- 
ing from  Sea  Gate;  club  race  for  S.  Y.  C.  15ft.  class,  third  race, 
first  series. 

June  17. — Saturday. — Club  race  for  S.  Y.  C.  15ft.  class,  fourth 
race,  first  series. 

June  22. — Open  races,  selected  classes. 

June  23. — Open  races,  selected  classes. 

June  24. — Annual  regatta,  open  races,  all  classes. 

July  1,  Saturday. — Club  race,  33ft.  class;  club  race  raceabouts; 
club  race,  S.  Y.  C.  15ft.  class,  first  race,  second  series. 

July  3,  Monday. — Club  race,  S.  Y.  C.  15ft.  class,  second  race, 
second  series. 

July  4,  Tuesday. — Club  race,  S.  Y.  C.  15ft.  class,  third  race, 
second  series. 

July  8,  Saturday.— Ladies’  race  for  Hastings  cups,  33ft.  class,  and 
the  S.  Y.  C.  15ft.  class. 

Two  series  of  races  are  to  be  arranged  for  the  15-foot- 
ers. The  first  series  will  be  sailed  under  the  rules  hereto- 
fore in  force.  All  other  races  will  be  sailed  under  an  addi- 
tional rule,  allowing  hauling  or  laying  on  shore  once  in 
a calendar  month,  excepting  August,  during  which  month 
a boat  may  haul  out  or  lay  on  shore  twice. 

Mawouisi  Launched. — Mawquisi,  the  new  cruising 
launch  built  by  the  Gas  Engine  & Power  Company  and 
Charles  L.  Seabury  & Co.,  Cons.,  of  Morris  Heights  for 
Mr.  A.  G.  Cooper,  of  Brooklyn,  was  launched  last  week. 
She  is  47ft.  over  all,  9ft.  breadth  and  2ft.  gin.  draft.  Her 
power  consists  of  two  four-cylinder,  four-stroke,  4E2  by 
Sin.  Speedway  motors. 

« *S  « 

New  Rochelle  Y.  C.  Programme— The  New  Rochelle 
Y.  C.  will  go  into  commission  on  Saturday,  May  13.  The 
following  is  the  club’s  programme  for  the  season : 

May  27,  Saturday — Spring  regatta. 

May  27-30 — Spring  cruise. 

June  10,  Saturday — Power  boat  race. 

June  30,  Friday — Annual  smoker. 

July  1,  Saturday— Twentieth  annual  regatta. 

July  2-4 — Club  cruise. 

July  15,  Saturday — Club  race. 

July  29,  Saturday— Ladies’  race. 

Aug.  5-14 — Annua]  cruise. 

Aug.  12 — Long  distance  race. 

Aug.  26,  Saturday — Club  race. 

Sept.  2-4 — Club  cruise. 

Sept.  16— Annual  clambake. 

« * *e 

Columbia  Y.  C.  Power  Boat  Race.— The  Columbia  Y. 
C.  will  hold  its  annual  power  boat  regatta  on  the  Hudson 
River  on  Saturday,  June  3.  The  start  will  be  at  2 o’clock. 

•*.  * at 

Commodore  Reid’s  Appointments. — Commodore  Dan- 
iel. G.  Reid,  Atlantic  Y.  C.,  has  made  the  following  ap- 
pointments : B.  M.  Whitlock,  Fleet  Captain,  and  J.  H. 

Irwin,  M.  D.,  Fleet  Surgeon. 

u Forest  and  Stream Designing 
Competition  No*  IV. 

For  a 60-Foot  Water. toe  Launch. 


SUBMITTED  BY  HARRY  P.  FISKE,  NEW  YORK  CITY. 

In  working  out  this  design  the  object  has  been  to  pro- 
duce a good  strong  seawor.hy  boat,  one  in  which  outside 
cruising  could  be  done  at  any  time  of  the  year,  and  have 
ample  accommodation  for  a man  and  wife,  two  guests  and 
a crew  of  three  men  besides  a steward. 

In  _ order  to  comply  with  the  requirements  which 
specified  a low  trunk,  it  was  necessary  to  have  rather  high 
freeboard  to  give  full  headroom. 

The  deep  draft  which  is  within  2in.  of  the  4ft.  limit, 
should  tend  to  keep  the  boat  from  drifting  off  and  the 
slack  bilge  would  make  her  easy  in  a seaway.  As  it  was 
desired  to  produce  a boat  for  southern  as  well  as  northern 
cruising,  copper  sheathing  was  considered  essential. 

The  sides  of  trunk  are  set  in  24m.  from  outside  of 
plank  sheer  and  this  affords  ample  room  to  pass  forward 
and  aft.  Forward,  as  shown,  is  the  bridge  and  from  this 
position  the  helmsman  has  an  unobstructed  view  in  every 
direction.  A mahogany  rail  supported  by  brass  stanchions 
runs  the  full  length  of  boat. 

According  to  requirements,  a short  signalling  mast  is 
shown.  As  it  was  considered  a necessity  a 14ft.  dinghy 
would  be  carried. 

The  propulsion  will  be  by  twin  screws,  as  this  possesses 
a great  many  advantages  over  the  single- screw,  especially 
in  case  of  break  down.  The  engines  will  be  of  the  four- 
cylinder,  four-stroke  type,  the  combined  horsepower  of 
which  will  be  100.  This  should  give  a speed  of  fourteen 
miles,  per  hour.  Four  hundred  and  fifty  eallmw  0f  u-aso- 
lene  is  considered  sufficient  for  a cruising  radius  of  700 
miles  at  eight  miles  per  hour. 

As  a measure  of  safety  and  to  avoid  the  danger  of 
gasolene  finding  its  way  into  the  bilge,  the  tanks  are 
located  between  water-tight  bulkheads  forward  and  aft, 
.as  shown.  The  forward  tank  has  a capacity  of  365  gal- 


FOREST  AND  STREAM  DESIGNING  COMPETITION  No.  IV. DESIGN  SUBMITTED  EY  HARPY  f.  FISKE,  NEW  YORK. 


May  13,  1905.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


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ns  and  the  after  one  a capacity  of  eighty-five  gallons. 

' he  bottom  of  tanks  rest  on  a water-tight  floor  or  foun- 
ition  6in.  below  load  waterline.  A 2in.  hole  on  each 
de  of  boat  will  allow  the  water  to  circulate  freely 
ound  tanks  and  carry  away  any  gasolene  that  might 
: on  outside  from  leakage  or  other  causes.  The  supply 
pes  will  be  run  outboard  from  tanks  to  engines.  This 
so  does  away  with  the  possibility  of  gasolene  finding  its 
ay  into  the  bilge.  The  engines  will  exhaust  under  water 
the  after  end  of  engine,  instead  of  having  the  exhaust 
pes  carried  way  aft,  as  is  usually  the  case.  This.  makes 
impossible  for  heat  from  exhaust  pipes  coming  in  con- 
ct  with  after  tank  and  also  saves  weight, 
j All  living  quarters  have  received  careful  attention  in 
;:gards  to  light,  ventilation,  etc.,  and  are  not  cramped, 

; is  usually  the  case.  A companion  stairs  land  in  a pas- 
i ge  between  the  owner’s  stateroom  and  main  saloon.  On 
le  port  side  of  this  passage  are  two  large  lockers,  and 
1 the  opposite  side  is  the  toilet,  fitted  with  stationary 
i ashbowl,  water  closet,  towel  racks,  etc.  There  is  a 
i cker  under  stairs  opening  into  toilet  which  can  be  used 
ir  clean  towels,  linen,  etc.  The  toilet,  besides  being  con- 
miently  located  between  stateroom  and  main  saloon,  is 
1 xessible  from  the  deck  without  disturbing  those  who 
•e  sleeping  below. 

The  owner’s  stateroom,  9ft.  long  and  extending  full 
idtli  of  boat,  is  fitted  with  extension  berths,  locker, 
ressing  case,  etc.  This  compartment  will  be  well  venti- 
ted  by  two  air  ports  on  each  side  of  trunk  and  a dead- 
»ht  overhead. 

I The  main  saloon,  which  is  8ft.  long,  is  fitted  with  ex- 
nsion  berths,  sideboard  and  table  with  drop  leaves, 
our  air  ports  and  skylight  will  supply  sufficient  light 
id  ventilation.  This  room  will  be  used  for  sleeping  at 
ght  if  necessary. 

The  galley,  which  is  large  and  commodious,  is  aft  of 
le  main  saloon.  On  the  port  side  it  has  a stove,  sink, 
sh  racks,  table  and  locker  for  pots,  pans,  etc.  On  the 
arboard  side  is  a locker  and  large  icebox.  The  galley 
thoroughly  lighted  and  ventilated  by  two  air  ports  and 
skylight.  A sliding  door  leads  from  the  galley  into  the 
igine  room  at  the  forward  end  and  on  each  side  of 
hich  are  lockers  with  hinged  covers  which  can  be  used 
>r  the  stowage  of  oils,  spare  parts,  etc.  There  is  a 
atch  at  the  after  end  of  engine  room  and  this,  with  four 
r ports,  should  give  good  light  and  ventilation.  This 
nnpartment  will  also  furnish  sleeping  accommodation 
jr  two  of  the  crew  and  for  this  purpose  a folding  pipe 
firth  6ft.  6in.  long  by  24m.  wide  is  shown  on  each  side, 
here  will  be  ample  space  between  the  engines  for  the 
eward  to  pass  forward  and  aft  between  the  galley  and 
rew’s  quarters. 

The  crew’s  quarters  come  aft  of  the  engine  room  and 
ave  two  folding  pipe  berths  and  mess  table  with  drop 
'aves.  On  each  side  are  seats  with  hinged  covers ; each 
f these  seats  are  divided  up  into  two  parts,  which  make 
ery  good  clothes  lockers.  The  crew’s  toilet  is  aft  and  has 
water  closet.  The  port  side  can  be  fitted  with  hooks 
ir  hanging  up  oil  clothes,  etc. 

As  it  was  considered  advisable  to  have  as  much  deck 
00m  as  possible  aft,  the  trunk  was  not  carried  over  the 
rew’s  toilet.  There  is  4ft.  8in.  headroom  in  the  crew’s 
ailet.  All  other  quarters  have  full  headroom. 

The.  following  are  the  principal  dimensions : 

.ength — 

Over  all. . , 

Waterline  

earn  

Overhang — 

Forward  

Aft 

•raft  to  bottom  of  skag 

'reeboard — 

At  bow  

At  stern  

Least 

flsplacement  

. B.  aft  of  forward  end  of  L.W.L — 

Weights. 

tanking  

rames  and  floors 

lamps  

keelsons  

eel  and  deadwoods  

eck  

lanksheer  

oof  

looring  

■eck  beams  

loor  beams  

runk  sides  and  port  lights 

asolene  and  tanks 

liner  work  

pholstering  

nchor  and  chains  

tores  

:rindlass  

hocks,  cleats,  etc 

ail  stanchions  

oats  and  Davits  

astenings  

opper  sheathing  

oilets  and  basins 

Tuts  

ropellers  

hafts  

udder  and  stock  

pars  and  rigging  

'ngine  foundations  

'.ngines  and  piping  

7ater  and  tanks . 

llowance  for  miscellaneous  weights  and  soakage 

38,640 

- Equal  to  17.25  tons  displacement. 


Pounds. 
....4,300 
....4,000 
. . . .1,102 
. . . .1,134 
. . . .1,860 
....  900 
....  450 
....  800 
....  500 

600 

....  350 
....  537 
....3,600 
....4,000 

175 

425 

. . . .1,000 

150 

50 

300 

280 

450 

.....  500 

250 

125 

175 

250 

....  200 

150 

300 

....4.500 
.....2,200 
3,027 


66ft. 

Oin. 

60ft. 

Oin. 

,12ft. 

Oin. 

2ft. 

6in. 

3ft. 

6in. 

3ft. 

lOin. 

6ft. 

3in. 

4ft. 

3in. 

4ft. 

lin. 

.17.25  tons 
30.20 


Waterproofing  Canvas* 

f Gansevoort,  N.  Y.,  May  4 —Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 
fan  any  of  the  readers  of  Forest  and  Stream  tell  how 
0 make  waterproofing  for  folding  canvas  canoes? 

I have  purchased  two  works  on  canvas  canoes  and  how 
o build  them,  but  all  either  has  to  say  on  the  important 
Subject  of  waterproofing  is  to  paint  with  linseed  oil 
olored  to  suit  the  fancy  of  the  builder.  Now  while 
his  would  be  all  right  for  a rigid  boat,  in  my  judgment 
t would  not  answer  for  a folding  canoe,  as  the  canvas 
rould  be  liable  to  crack  if  folded  closely  when  dry. 

: Will  some  one  please  oblige  me  by  giving  the  desired 
nformation?  J.  W.  S. 

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Across  Nova  Scotia  in  Canoes. 


( Continued  from  page  868.) 

Thursday.  June  16. 

We  rose  early,  a little  after  sunrise,  and  after  the  usual 
hearty  breakfast  spent  a few  minutes  patching  the  canoes 
with  pitch  and  marine  glue.  This  was  done  by  taking 
glowing  embers  from  the  fire— Louis  used  a roll  of  birch 
bark,  very  inflammable — and  dropping  the  melted  pitch 
on  the  holes  like  sealing  wax,  having  previously  heated 
the  surface  so  that  the  pitch  would  stick.  This  patching 
was  quite  successful  but  the  boats  were  so  badly  scraped 
and  cut  that  it  was  difficult  to  stop  the  leaks. 

After  this  was  finished  we  hastily  loaded  up  and  ran 
down  through  Kejamkoogic  Lake,  a beautiful  sheet  of 
water  full  of  islands,  large  and  small,  through  which  long 
views  of  open  water  showed  from  time  to  time  as  far 
as  one  could  see  in  the  bright,  misty  sunshine  of  the 
early  morning.  We  found  the  water  in  the  lake  shallow- 
in  some  places  with  many  rocks.  The  lake  shores  were 
densely  wooded  and  numerous  gulls  and  ducks  were  seen 
in  every  direction,  some  of  the  former  followed  us  for 
quite  a distance,  screaming  at  us  close  overhead.  Finally 
we  encountered  clusters  of  small  islands  through  which  it 
would  have  been  impossible  for  us  to  have  found  our 
way  without  a guide,  and  picking  out  a hidden  outlet, 
we  ran  out  of  the  lake  at  a point  known  as  the  Eeel  Weir 


right  of  the  mouth  of  the  river  was  a broad  bay,  possibly 
half  a mile  across,  and  almost  directly  in  front  of  us  was 
a low  wooded  point,  which  ran  out  some  distance  into  the 
lake.  Beyond  that  the  main  body  of  water  was  to  be  seen 
dotted  with  whitecaps,  as  quite  a wind  was  blowing,  the 
weather  continuing  stormy  and  threatening.  There  were 
no  good  camping  spots  in  our  immediate  neighborhood, 
as  the  water  was  high,  and  nearly  all  the  land  was  very 
wet  or  actually  under  water,  so  we  decided  to  cross  the 
arm  of  the  lake  to  the  point  ahead  of  us,  which  Louis 
said  was  Wildcat  Point,  where  we  would  find  a good 
camping  site.  We  started  out  and  crossed  to  the  Point 
in  a roundabout  way  to  avoid  the  worst  part  of  the  rough 
water,  and  finally  landed  in  a little  cove  sheltered  by 
overhanging  trees.  We  pulled  our  boats  out  and  found 
a clearing  where  other  camps  had  been  made  by  the  lum- 
bermen and  proceeded  at  once  to  get  things  into  shape 
for  the  night.  It  was  then  probably  a half  hour  before 
sunset,  and  the  Scribe  managed  to  get  a photograph  of 
the  main  part  of  the  lake,  with  the  waves  dashing  over 
the  rocks.  The  view  of  the  lake  was  very  fine  from  this 
point,  as  a very  high  sea  was  running  and  the  waves  were 
spouting  high  in  the  air  over  the  numerous  rocks  scat- 
tered about  in  the  shallow  water  as  far  as  one  could  see. 
Our  camp  was  in  a small  open  space  under  a huge  shade 
tree,  and- after  supper  Arthur  and  FI.  N.  T.  spent  some 
time  patching  their  boat. 

Later,  in  the  twilight,  sitting  around  the  camp  fire, 
Louis  found  a copy  of  the  Cosmopolitan  in  our  pack  con- 
taining a series  of  pictures  illustrating  the  Joan  of  Arc 
story.  He  was  intensely  interested  and  the  Scribe  spent 
some  time  telling  him  the  history  of  the  unfortunate  maid. 
All  hands  turned  in  early,  as  usual,  and  slept  the  sleep 


HUNG  UP  AT  THE  FOOT  OF  THE  RIFT. 


. -/*• 


and  so  down  through  Loon  Lake,  and  Little  Lake  Falls. 
The  country  was  quite  open  here  but  very  flat ; in  fact, 
we  saw  very  few  ridges  or  hills  of  any  prominence 
through  this  day’s  journey  and  the  day  before.  The 
river  was  noticeably  wider  and  after  passing  Little  Lake 
Falls  we  went  through  a series  of  small  lakes  and  easy 
rapids  between.  We  passed  a party  of  four  fishermen, 
two  gentlemen  with  their  guides,  having  great  sport  with 
the  trout,  at  one  of  these  rifts,  and  they  came  down  with 
us,  or  rather  behind  us,  a mile  or  two,  and  all  of  us 
finally  stopped  at  a fair-sized  rapids,  Loon  Lake  Falls, 
where  we  pulled  the  boats  ashore  and  spent  a half  hour 
fishing.  We  had  our  customary  luck  at  this  point  with 
the  trout,  running  about  one  pound  and  lighter.  In  fact, 
so-  good  was  the  sport  that  even  Charles  O.  was  tempted 
to  try  his  hand  and  the  Scribe  took  the  opportunity  to 
secure  photographic  evidence  of  his  downfall.  Arthur 
and  Louis  busied  themselves  at  lashing  a broken  six-foot 
paddle,  and  a ration  of  chocolate  was  served  all  around. 
We  left  our  friends  here  and  went  on  down  stream  ahead 
of  them.  The  canoeing  was  notably  easier  through  this 
part  of  the  journey,  as  there  was  plenty  of  water  in  the 
rapids,  although  the  waves  were  heavy  and  the  current 
swift.  We  had  lunch  on  a small  spot  on  the  river  bank 
on  the  right  hand  side,  among  a wood  of  young  alders 
and  birches,  and  the  camp  was  made  historically  famous 
by  the  invention  of  rice  pudding  by  H.  N.  T. ; this  was 
simply  a mixture  of  boiled  rice,  raisins  and  sugar  to  suit 
the  taste.  Charles  O.  and  Carl  packed  the  extra  supplies 
of  chocolate  in  birch  bark,  which  amused  Louis.  A quick 
lunch  was  necessary  at  this  point  as  the  weather  was 
threatening.  We  tried  the  can  of  ham  at  this  lunch  and 
found  it  not  so  bad.  A short  time  after  we  left  the  camp 
it  commenced  to  rain  but  not  very  hard,  although  all 
hands  prepared  for  it  by  covering  over  the  duffle  in  the 
boats. 

We.  ran  on  down  through  fine  open  scenery,  low 
woods,  marsh  and  good  moose  country;  coming  to  the 
vicinity  of  Lake  Rossignol  we  found  the  water  very  high 
which  puzzled  Louis  considerably  until  we  found  out 
later  that  it  was  due  to  the  new  dam  at  the  Indian  Gard- 
ens, some  fifteen  or  twenty  miles  below.  We  passed 
Trout  Rock  and  a circular  pool  where  the  lumbermen 
make' up  their  rafts  in  the  spring  time  before  crossing 
the  lake,  and  then  through  a marshy  country  where  the 
mosquitoes  were  bad  and  thousands  of  night  hawks  and 
whippoorwills  were  circling  over  the  sedges.  To  the 


of  weariness.  This  camp  was  known  to  the  party  as 
Wildcat  Point  Camp. 

Friday,  June  17. 

Chas.  O.  was  the  first  man  up,  about  5 A.  M.,  as  we 
had  to  make  an  early  start  in  order  to  get  across 
the  lake  before  the  wind  got  up.  If  a bre'eze  had  been 
blowing,  there  was  a strong  probability  that  we  would 
have  to  spend  the  day  on  the  point,  since  the  lake 
becomes  quite  impassable  for  canoes  under  a moderate 
breeze.  The  others  were  thinking  reluctantly  of  drag- 
ging themselves  out  of  their  comfortable  quarters,  when 
a trampling  was  heard  in  the  bushes  some  distance 
away,  and  Louis  gave  a quick  exclamation,  and  threw 
a stone  in  that  direction.  A moment  later  he  stuck 
his  head  in  the  tent,  and  asked  us  excitedly  whether  we 
had  “heard  that  moose.”  Everyone  was  immediately 
agog,  and  H.  N.  T.  wriggled  out  of  his  sleeping  bag 
and  dashed  for  his  camera.  Louis  said  that  the  moose 
had  not  gone  very  far,  but  was  moving  about  some 
little  distance  away  in  the  underbrush.  The  Scribe 
all  this  time  was  hastily  fumbling  with  the  camera,  set- 
tin  the  stops  and  the  shutter,  focusing  for  the  proper 
distance,  etc.,  and  as  a view  of  the  animal  was  evi- 
dently possible  from  a short  distance  down  the  trail 
leading  to  the  shore,  he  hastened  down  this  in  his 
bare  feet,  and  waited  for  the  moose  to  pass  an  open 
space  in  the  trees  on  the  way  to  the  lake  for  a drink. 
The  crashing  in  the  bushes  continued  getting  nearer 
and  nearer,  and  H.  N.  T.  had  everything  prepared  to 
take  a snapshot  of  the  noble  monarch  of  the  forest, 
when  suddenly  the  animal  emerged  into  view.  The 
moose  had  a smooth  coat  of  light  brown,  with  large 
white  patches,  and  two  long  gracefully  curved  horns; 
in  fact,  it  exactly  resembled  in  appearance  a steer,  and 
upon  consulting  Louis,  this  is  what  it  turned  out  to  be. 
The  news  was  hailed  by  the  other  campers  with  great 
delight,  and  continued  to  be  a joke  on  the  Scribe  for 
the  rest  of  the  trip. 

Breakfast  consisted  of  the  usual  bill-of-fare, 
thoroughly  enjoyed  by  everybody,  since  we  were  pretty 
cold  and  stiff  knocking  around  getting  things  ready  be- 
fore breakfast,  and  it  was  generally  not  until  we  had 
finished  the  meal,  and  smoked  our  respective  pipes,  that 
we  commenced  to  feel  like  living. 

We  started  off  shortly  after  sunrise  to  cross  Tal^e 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


[May  13,  1905. 


Rossignol,  which  is  about  10  miles  wide,  and  pretty 
well  filled  with  islands.  Louis  said  there  were  365  of 
them,  but  he  was  probably  counting  the  stones  that 
stood  out  above  the  surface  of  the  water  everywhere. 
As  we  were  still  crossing  the  lake,  more  than  half 
the  distance,  a strong  breeze  sprung  up  astern,  and 
helped  us  along,  so  that  we  made  exceptionally  fast 
time.  We  kept  trolling  lines  out,  about  75yds.  astern, 
with  spoons,  to  try  our  chances  of  picking  up  a fish 
or  two.  Out  in  the  middle  of  the  lake  we  stopped  pad- 
dling for  awhile  with  the  boats  together  and  took  some 
photographs,  admired  the  scenery,  and  had  a bite  of 
chocolate  all  round.  We  then  pushed  on  to  the  exit 
of  the  lake,  which  is  quite  narrow,  and  under  normal 
water,  very  swift.  The  water,  however,  was  about  2 to 
3ft.  over  its  usual  level,  so  that  it  was  simply  a strong 
eddying  current  sweeping  through  the  outlet,  and  no 
noticeable  fall.  A small  circular  lake,  or  inclosed  bay, 
formed  the  exit  to  Rossignol,  and  was  known  to  the 
lumbermen  as  “The  Hopper,”  from  its  use  as  a storage 
place  for  logs  in  the  spring.  Here  the  rafts  were  col- 
lected and  made  ready  for  the  run  down  the  river  to 
the  mills  below  at  Milton  and  Liverpool.  A large 
rock  stood  directly  in  the  center  of  the  outlet,  called 
“The  Screecher,”  and  the  large  boat  stopped  beside 
this,  while  H.  N.  T.  tried  a few  casts  over  the  deep 
water,  without  success.  Chas.  O.  and  Carl,  who  had 
dropped  behind  to  try  some  fishing  a little  further  back, 
caught  up  with  us  and  took  photographs  of  this  beauti- 
ful spot.  Chas.  O.’s  boat  went  through  the  Screecher, 
but  our  boat  went  around  by  a detour'  through  another 
exit,  where  we  ran  across  a proclamation  bearing  the 
royal  coat  of  arms,  and  setting  forth  certain  severe 
penalties  against  parties  starting  forest  fires.  The 
point  that  impressed  Louis,  as  we  read  this  proclama- 
tion to  him,  was  that  no  excuse  would  be  accepted. 
The  penalty,  we  believe,  was  five  years’  imprisonment. 
Just  before  we  passed  out  of  the  lake,  Louis  pointed 
out  to  us  an  open  district,  far  off  in  the  distance  to  the 
west  of  us,  known  as  “Lord  Dunraven’s  Bog,”  where 
there  were  reported  to  be  caribou. 

After  casting  our  lines  across  the  exit  of  the  Hopper 
for  some  time  without  success,  we  gave  it  up,  and 
paddled  down  easily  with  the  steady  current  into  the 
head  of  the  Second  Lake,  a little  sheet  of  water  proba- 
bly 5 miles  wide  and  free  from  islands.  We  were 
puzzled  for  awhile  by  two  objects  some  distance  out 
in  the  lake,  which  seemed  to  change  their  size  in  a most 
remarkable  manner,  until  we  discovered  they  were  two 
loons,  which  would  first  paddle  around  with  their 
bodies  entirely  out  of  water,  and  as  we  drew  nearer 
they  would  sink  themselves  until  only  their  heads  re- 
mained above  the  surface.  After  a time,  these,  too, 
disappeared,  and  we  saw  nothing  more  of  them. 

This  part  of  the  country  was  very  familiar  to  Louis, 
as  he  had  not  only  learned  it  thoroughly  in  the  summer 
time,  but  also  had  followed  the  lumbermen  in  their 
work  through  the  winters  and  early  springs.  He  had 
many  little  anecdotes  of  experiences  he  had  gone 
through,  which  were  all  the  more  interesting  from  our 
being  on  the  spot  as  he  related  them,  and  seeing  the 
actual  points  of  interest  themselves.  At  one  time  he 
would  describe  how  the  lumbermen  worked  their  heavy 
rafts  of  logs  across  these  lakes  by  running  out  a long 
line  of  some  500  feet  by  means  of  a small  rowboat,  and 
then  dropping  it  overboard  with  an  anchor  attached  to 
the  end,  whereupon  the  men  on  the  raft  would  wind 
it  in  with  a windlass,  thus  hauling  the  raft  that  distance. 
The  rope  would  then  be  unwound  from  the  windlass 
and  carried  out  in  its  full  length  again,  and  the  opera- 
tion repeated  again  and  again  until  the  raft  was  worked 
across  the  lake,  a very  slow  and  tedious  process.  Again 
he  would  describe  how  he  had  seen  the  Hopper  jammed 
full  of  logs,  so  that  it  was  possible  to  walk  clear  across 
it  on  the  tightly  packed  mass.  The  rough-looking 
lumber  jacks  would  be  scattered  around  getting  the 
logs  into  position,  and  working  like  beavers  to  finish 
the  work  in  time  for  the  spring  freshet.  Again  we 
would  pass  a small  island,  where  Louis  had  lost  a good 
hunting  coat  the  winter  before,  and  we  actually  stopped 
and  looked  around  a bit.  to  see  whether  we  could  find 
any  traces  of  it,  since  anything  lost  in  this  part  of  the 
world  is  likely  to  stay  just  where  it  was  put,  without 
chance  of  being  found,  except  by  the  original  owner. 
Louis  seemed  quite  disappointed  that  the  coat  was  not 
there,  although  this  was  probably  some  six  or  eight 
months  afterward.  He  blamed  our  failure  to  find  the 
coat  to  the  excessive  high  water,  caused  by  the  new 
dam  some  five  miles  below. 

By  the  time  we  had  crossed  the  Second  Lake  we 
were  commencing  to  feel  pretty  hungry,  and  looked 
around  anxiously  for  a suitable  camping  spot.  The 
banks  of  the  lakes  and  the  connecting  streams  were 
very  forbidding,  covered  with  high  rocks  and  tangled 
underbrush,  with  no  comfortable  places  to  stretch  out 
and  make  camp  properly.  We  kept  on,  hoping  to  find 
a good  site  at  the  foot  of  First  Lake.  The  breeze  was 
blowing  quite  strongly  astern,  and  we  tried  experiments 
in  sailing  by  hoisting  our  coats,  sweaters,  etc.,  on  the 
paddles,  and  made  quite  respectable  progress  while 
we  were  filling  our  pipes  and  taking  things  easy  for  a 
few  moments.  The  party  kept  getting  more  and  more 
tired  and  hungry,  and  there  were  numerous  calls  for 
lunch.  Finally,  we  came  to  the  end  of  First  Lake, 
everyone  ready  to  get  ashore  and  take  a rest  from  the 
constant  paddling,  and  we  made  for  a wooded  point, 
which  Louis  had  been  heading  for.  Just  before  we 
reached  this,  he  showed  us  an  open  stretch  extending 
back  some  little  distance  into  the  woods,  and  described 
how  he  had  been  unfortunate  enough  to  shoot  a moose 
just  at  the  close  of  the  season  the  winter  before,  and 
was  compelled  to  leave  the  meat  behind,  since  the  date 
the  law  allows  for  killing  moose  would  be  past  by  the 
time  he  got  it  down  to  civilization.  Fie  very  nearly 
lost  his  life  crossing  from  the  point  we  were  approach- 
ing over  to  the  other  side  of  the  lake,  on  account  of 
a weak  spot  in  the  ice  along  the  shore,  which  he  finally 
managed  to  negotiate  after  several  narrow  escapes. 
When  we  reached  the  point  we  hunted  all  around,  both 
sides,  for  a dry  spot  for  our  camp,  but  the  ground  was 
wet  and  swampy  from  the  high  water,  and  obstructed 
by  dense  tangles  of  vines  and  underbrush.  We  pushed 
our  canoes  in  a little  way,  trying  to  reach  high,  ground, 


but  the  boats  promptly  got  tangled  in  the  overhanging 
obstacles,  and  we  could  see  no  prospect  of  camping 
there;  we  then  had  to  push  out  into  the  lake  again,  and 
headed  for  a small  island  that  lay  possibly  a half  mile 
away  in  the  direction  we  were  traveling.  We  crossed 
over  to  this,  but  it,  too,  was  almost  under  water,  except 
for  a number  of  rounded  boulders  that  stood  out  in 
the  center  of  it,  and  these  were  surrounded  by  small 
bushes  and  trees  and  the  usual  tangle  of  thorny  vines, 
so  we  gave  that  place  up.  We  were  almost  consider- 
ing fixing  up  a cold  lunch  in  the  boats,  but  this  did 
not  seem  very  inviting,  so  we  took  Louis’  suggestion, 
namely,  to  push  on  to  the  Indian  Gardens,  about  three 
or  four  miles  below.  Carl  and  Chas.  O.  stopped  be- 
hind, however,  at  this  island  for  about  a quarter  of  an 
hour,  and  got  out  some  chocolate,  and  a few  odds  and 
ends,  to  stave  off  their  hunger,  which  was  pretty  ex- 
treme by  this  time.  This  gave  us  a chance  to  get  quite 
a distance  ahead  of  them,  so  we  arrived  at  the  Indian 
Gardens  when  they  were  barely  more  than  a speck  in 
the  distance  up  the  lake.  There  was  quite  an  extensive 
clearing  here,  which  covered  a small  plateau  above  the 
dam,  and  a grassy  slope  rising  up  to  it  from  the  shore 
of  the  lake  above  the  dam.  We  pulled  our  boats  ashore 
and  piled  the  duffle  on  a dry  spot,  along  the  water’s 
edge  and  then  Arthur  and  the  Scribe  went  out  in  their 
empty  boat  to  take  a photograph  of  the  place  from  the 
lake.  This  was  the  first  stretch  of  real  grass  that  we 
had  met  with  on  the  trip,  and  we  threw  ourselves  full 
length  under  the  huge  shade  trees,  and  had  a few 
minutes’  rest. 

[to  be  continued.] 


Atlantic  Division  News. 

For  the  information  of  those  members  of  the  Atlantic 
Division  who  would  take  in  the  cruise  and  meet  at  Park 
Island,  Trenton,  N.  J.,  May  27-30  inclusive,  the  follow- 
ing is  a preliminary  notice,  the  camp  circular  will  appear 
in  about  a week: 

The  Transportation  Committee  are : Joseph  O.  Rickey, 
Chairman;  H.  T.  McNiece,  Trenton;  F.  C.  Hoyt,  57 
Broadway, : New  York;  M.  Ohlmyer,  care  of  F.  H. 
Legget  & Co.,  New  York;  W.  N.  Stanley,  66  Broadway, 
New  York;  E.  M.  Underhill,  Yonkers;  C.  T.  Mitchell, 
415  Girard  Bldg.,  Philadelphia. 

Members  in  these  different  localities  and  clubs  should 
communicate  with  the  above  men  to  perfect  arrange- 
ments for  shipments  before  the  20th  if  possible. 

Many  men  will  think  it  impossible  to  go  on  the  cruise, 
being  unable  to  leave  business  Monday,  but  they  can 
make  the  run  to  Trenton  probably  before  nightfall,  or 
better  still,  leave  their  boats  at  Lambertville  in  charge  of 
one  of  a crew  running  tandem  or  ship  from  there. 

There  will  be  plen.y  doing  to  interest  those  who  come 
over  Saturday  or  Sunday  to  the  island,  and  Tuesday  the 
Regatta  Committee,  of  which  M.  D.  Wilt,  711  North 
Front  street,  Philadelphia,  is  chairman,  will  have  a pro- 
gramme of  eight  races  to  add  interest  for  those  who  feel 
strong.  Novel  prizes  will  be  given  to  the  winners  in  all 
events,  and  the  chairman  would  be  pleased  to  receive 
contributions  from  those  interested,  to  defray  the  ex- 
penses. 

Monday  evening  the  annual  meeting  will  be  held,  after 
which  a camp  fire  will  be  given  by  the  Park  Island  Club. 

A large  attendance  is  looked  for  and  correspondence 
and  notice  of  intention  to  be  present  is  solicited. 

W.  A.  Furman,  Vice-Com. 


Officers  of  A.  C.  A.,  J905. 

Commodore — C.  F.  Wolters,  14  Main  St.  East,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Secretary — H M Stewart,  85  Main  St.,  East  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Treasurer — F.  G.  Mather,  164  Fairfield  Ave.,  Stamford,  Conn. 

ATLANTIC  DIVISION. 

Vice-Commodore — W.  A.  Furman,  846  Berkeley  Ave.,  Trenton,  N.  J. 
Rear-Commodore— F.  C.  Hoyt,  57  Broadway,  New  York. 

Purser— C.  W.  Stark,  118  N.  Montgomery  St.,  Trenton,  N.  J. 
Executive  Committee — L.  C.  Kretzmer,  L.  C.  Schepp  Building, 
New  York;  E.  M.  Underhill.  Box  262,  Yonkers,  N.  Y. 

Board  of  Governors — R.  J.  Wilkin,  211  Clinton  St.,  Brooklyn,  N.Y. 
Racing  Board — H.  L.  Quick,  Yonkers,  N.  Y. 

CENTRAL  DIVISION. 

Vice-Commodore — Lyman  T.  Coppins,  691  Main  St.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
Rear-Commodore — Frank  C.  Demmler,  526  Smithfield  St.,  Pittsburg. 
Purser — J.  C.  Milsom,  736  Mooney  Brisbane  Bldg.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
Executive  Committee — F.  G.  Mather,  30  Elk  St.,  Albany,  N.  Y. ; 
II.  W.  Breitenstein,  511  Market  St.,  Pittsburg,  Pa.;  Jesse  J. 
Armstrong,  Rome,  N.  Y. 

Beard  of  Governors^~C.  P.  Forbush,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Racing  Board — Harry  M.  Stewart,  85  Main  St.,  East  Rochester, 
N.  Y. 

EASTERN  DIVISION. 

Vice-Commodore — D.  S.  Pratt,  Jr.,  178  Devonshire  St.,  Boston, 

Mass. 

Rear-Commodore — Wm.  W.  Crosby,  8 Court  St.,  Woburn,  Mass. 
Purser—  YV  illiam  E.  Stanwood,  Wellesley,  Mass. 

Executive  Committee — Wm.  J.  Ladd,  18  Glen  Road,  Winchester, 
Mass.;  F.  W.  Notman,  Box  2344,  Boston,  Mass.;  O.  C.  Cun- 
ningham, care  E.  Teel  & Co.,  Medford,  Mass.;  Edw.  B. 
Stearns,  Box  63,  Manchester,  N.  H. 

Racing  Board— Paul  Butler,  U.  S.  Cartridge  Co.,  Lowell,  Mass.; 
li.  D.  Murphy,  alternate. 

NORTHERN  DIVISION. 

Vice-Commodore — Chas.  W.  McLean,  303  James  St.,  Montreal,  Can. 
Rear-Commodore— J.  W.  Sparrow,  Toronto,  Canada. 

Purser— J.  V.  Nutter,  Montreal,  Canada. 

Executive  Committee — C.  E.  Britton,  Gananoque,  Ont. ; Harry 
Page,  Toronto,  Ont. 

Board  of  Governors— J.  N.  MacKendrick,  Galt,  Ont. 

Racing  Board — E.  J.  Minett,  Montreal,  Canada. 

WESTERN  DIVISION. 

Vice-Commodore— Burton  D.  Munhall,  care  of  Brooks  Household 
Art  Co.,  Cleveland,  O. 

Rear-Commodore— Charles  J.  Stedman,  National  Lafayette  Bank, 
Cincinnati,  O. 

Furser— George  Q.  Hall,  care  of  Bank  of  Commerce.  Cleveland,  O. 
Executive  Committee— Thomas  P.  Eckert,  31  West  Court  St., 
Cincinnati,  O. ; Dr.  H.  L.  Frost,  10  Howard  St.,  Cleveland,  O. 
Bbard  of  Governors — Henry  C.  Morse,  Peoria,  111. 

How  to  Join  the  A,  C.  A, 

“Application  for  membership  shall  be  made  to  the  Treasurer, 
F.  G.  Mather,  164  Fairfield  Ave.,  Stamford,  Conn.,  and  shall  be 
accompanied  by  the  recommendation  of  an  active  member  and  by 
the  sum  of  two  dollars,  one  dollar  as  entrance  fee  and  one  dollar 
as  dues  for  the  current  year,  to  be  refunded  in  case  of  non- 
election of  the  applicant.” 


All  communications  intended  for  Forest  and  Stream  should 
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§ifle  §xnge  and  §atUt%. 

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Fixtures. 

May  24-25.— Union  Hill  Park,  N.  J.,  Independent  New  York 
Scheutzen.  Gus  Zimmerman,  Capt. 

July  24-29.— Newark,  U. — second  annual  of  the  Ohio  State  Rifle 
Association. 

July  26-Aug.  1. — Creedmoor,  L.  I. — Second  annual  of  New  York 
Rifle  Association. 


The  Team  Match  at  Union  Hill* 

The  formal  opening  of  Union  Hill  Shooting  Park,  Union  Hill, 
N.  J.,  took  place  May  4,  and  was  a thorough  success,  in  spite 
of  the  adverse  weather  conditions.  The  day  opened  fine,  but 
before  noon  a heavy  wind  storm  broke,  accompanied  by'  clouds  of 
dust,  there  having  oeen  almost  no  rain  during  the  month  so  far. 
The  temperature  fell  rapidly,  and  the  wind  continued  strong  all 
day.  The  most  interesting  feature  was  the  team  match,  in  which 
eleven  clubs  were  represented.  The  New  York  Central  Schuetzen 
Corps  team  won,  closely  followed  by  the  New  York  City  Schuetzen 
Corps  team,  with  the  New  York  Schuetzen  Corps  men  third. 
High  man  in  each  team  won  a medal,  R.  Bendier,  ot  the  Wcw 
York  City  Corps  having  high  score.  Michael  Dorrler  was  first 
in  the  bullseye  target,  while  George  Schlicht  took  first  prize  for 
most  points.  The  scores  of  all  the  events  follow,  the  shooting 
being  at  200yds.,  offhand: 


N.  Y.  Central  Schuetzen  Corps.  N.  Y.  City  Schuetzen  Corps. 


W J Daniel.. 

..191 

R Schwaneman 

.163 

H D Muller , 

..194 

R Bendier  

.226 

Charles  Ottmann  

..192 

W Grapentin  .......... 

.210 

Jacob  Hess  

..213 

H C Radloff 

.169 

D Scharninghaus 

..182 

John  Wagner  ......... 

.146 

Christ  Gerken  

..191 

C D Rehm....'. 

.152 

F Schroeder  .......... 

.162 

A Kronsberg  

.206 

F Rolfes  

R Busse  

.182 

G Viemeister  

..173 

A Keller  

.122 

H Bockmann  

..141 

I Munz  

.157 

F Brodt  

..141 

Tos  Dierkerschmidt  ... 

.175 

T Von  de  Lieth 

..149 

"Geo  Schroter 

.149 

jVI  Teschmaker  

..129 

J Facklamm  

.184 

F Kost  

..ISO 

Two  average  scores.... 

.339—2580 

Gus  Zimmermann  .... 

. .194—2594 

New  York  Schuetzen  Corps. 

Harlem  Ind.  Schuetzen  Corps. 

B Zettler  

..209 

C Weber  

.197 

J C Born 

..188 

E Karl  

.188 

A W Lemcke 

..136 

H B’umenberg  

.155 

G Ludwig  

,.195 

A Fenniger  

.144 

C Meyer  

..207 

A Muller  

.140 

F Facompre  

..169 

H Behrman  

,i°5 

1 H Klee  

..152 

Zacharowski  

.139 

F Busch  

,.180 

G Thomas  

.187 

F N on  Ronn  

..171 

A Fegert  

.202 

D Pepper  

..161 

C Mastvogel  

.147 

H D Meyer 

..104 

T Mauck  

. 83 

O Schwaneman  

..176 

C Thiebareth  

.158 

P Heidelberger  

..168 

H Goerke  

.194 

H Lohden  

..172 

H Koch  

.167 

J Hainhorst  

. .133—2521 

L Rokohl  

.184—2410 

Deutsch-Am.  Schuetzenbund. 

Hoboken  Independent  S.  C. 

C Meyer  

,.173 

H Cordes  

.140 

G Dorr  

.165 

E Fisher  

.199 

W m Last  

, .151 

A Peters  

.201 

H Frechen  

,.133 

H Bahn  

.189 

M Reahm  

,.182 

A T Volk 

.159 

H Rrunning  

..139 

J Meyers  

.140 

R Reimer  

..141 

A F Gerken 

.143 

Emil  Roller  

.158 

H Schoeder  

.128 

O Schmidt  

.130 

C Bosse  

.159 

T Lufe  

,.165 

C Bobbe  

.114 

A Meyer 

.169 

L P Hansen 

.215 

G Schlicht  

.202 

E Berckmann  

.189 

T Andt  

.157 

F Glintz  

. 84 

F A Reimer. 

.168-2397 

C Magnus  

C Otten  

. 80 

.148— 228S 

Schweizer  Schuetzen  Ges. 

Union  Hill  Schuetzen 

Corps. 

J Strehsler  

.186 

L Hauenstein,  Jr 

H Untereiner 

.174 

A Dietrich  ............ 

.198 

H Montlee  ........ 

.159 

T F Hotz 

.159 

J Reish  

.169 

F Michel  

. 75 

C Ruengler  

.135 

F Dorner  

.132 

M Si  men  

.184 

W Krienzler  

122 

J Kogi  

. 84 

S Scott  

.153 

C Sobner  

.161 

A Froun  

.179 

J J Gobler  

.190 

T Lane  

. 72 

A Steiner ...... 

.156 

C Hasrich  

. 87 

J Jielnick  

.113 

P Stump  

. 76 

John  Simen  

.171 

G A Hoffman 

.141 

J Hufenless  

. 91 

A Mohlieb  

. 91 

R Grubeman  

.114 

I Dietz  

.159 

C Zimmerman  

.108—2219 

F Wahlers  

.127—1747 

Hoboken  Schuetzen 

Corps. 

N.  T.  Schuetzen  Gesellschaft. 

H Strappenbuck 

. 98 

A Schutz  

.189 

W Forkel  

.193 

C Klemme  

.140 

F H Brinker 

.161 

P Neuendorfer  

.136 

H Lohman  

.177 

C Nolins  

.186 

C Koeh'er  

.123 

NVm  Weber  

.152 

F Hogen  

.100 

T D Nube 

.159 

C Schilling  

.122 

H Behnecke 

.146 

J Gutschow  

.164 

G Teschner  

. 53 

H Heuraan  

.190 

T Burkhard  

. 78 

J Berger  

.176 

W m Kutschinck  

.144 

H Mulschler  

. 92 

P Weisskerch  

. 85 

H Moller  

. 84 

M Busch  

. 50 

G Scliulman  

. 60-1740 

Nelgbert  

No.  1 

No.  2 

.122 
. 49 

. 28—1717 

Hoboken  City  Schuetzen  Corps. 

A Meyers  

.137 

C Trempler  

.162 

P Schmit  

58 

J Schultz  

. 93 

T Labousen  

45 

Westpbal  

.143 

T V Dohn........ 

.......130 

G Lehmann  

.110 

H Ertmeyer,  Jr 

..120 

F Hanke  

.112 

Wm  Welz  

.......111 

E A Meyer 

.138 

Kerchgessner  

Driese  

.169—1597 

Individual  medals:  Barney  Zettler,  New  York  Schuetzen  Corps, 
209;  Jacob  Hess,  New  York  Centrals,  213;  R.  Bendier,  New  York 
Citys,  226;  Wm.  Forkel,  Hoboken  Schuetzen,  193;  L.  P.  Hansen, 
Hoboken  Independents,  215;  M.  Driese,  Hoboken  Citys,  169;  A, 
Fegert,  Harlem  Independents,  202;  George  Schlicht,  D.  A.  S.  G., 
202;  August  Kempf,  Union  Hill  Schuetzen,  179;  A.  Diettrich, 
Schweizer  Schuetzen  198;  A.  Schulz,  N.  Y.  S.  G.,  189. 

Bullseye  target,  degrees : M.  Dorrler  17,  Scharninghaus  29, 

O.  Smith  29 %,  Schlicht  44,  Kronsberg  45%,  Zimmerman  50%, 
Berckman  57,  Facklamm  65%,  Hauenstein,  Jr.,  69,  R.  Schwaneman 
69%,  R.  Busse  71,  Rehm  71,  Fischer  76,  Ottman  80%,  Barning  85%. 

Most  points: 


G Schlicht  

....230 

$15  00 

C L A Gerken... 

...  83 

5 00 

R Busse  

....222 

12  00 

T Facklamm 

...76 

5 00 

H D Muller 

....180 

10  00 

E Fischer  ... 

...72 

4 00 

M Dorrler  

. . . .175 

9 00 

R Bendier  

...61 

3 00 

O Smith  ....... 

. . . .139 

8 00 

G Zimmerman  .. 

...56 

1 00 

L P Hansen 

....117 

7 00 

C Meyer  

...56 

1 00 

H F Barning. . . . 

. . . .105 

6 00 

Red  flags:  First,  C.  G.  Zettler,  $2.  Last,  George  Schlicht,  $1.50. 
Best  three  bullseyes:  Michael  Dorrler  17,  33,  42. 

Rings:  George  Schlicht,  most  24s;  M.  Dorrler,  most  22s;  R. 

Busse,  most  21s.  


United  States  Revolver  Association. 

Springfield,  Mass.,  May  2. — The  United  States  Revolver  Asso- 
ciation has  awarded  the  following  medals  during  the  past  month : 

To  Morris  D.  Stepp,  M.D.,  Cleveland,  O.,  a bronze  and  silver 
medal  on  scores  of  85,  87,  89,  86,  85,  87,  88,  87,  90,  89. 

To  Reginald  H.  Sayre,  M.D.,  New  York,  bronze  and  gold  medal 
on  scores  of  91,  90,  90,  91,  92,  92,  92,  92,  91,  90. 

To  Chas.  J.  L.  Sundburgh,  Jamestown,  N.  Y.,  a bronze  medal 
on  scores  of  82,  84,  82,  84,  84,  81,  86,  86.  88,  88. 

A bronze  and  gold  medal  on  scores  of  90,  90,  91,  9L  91,  91,  93 
93,  93,  90. 

To  Thomas  Le  Boutillier,  New  York,  a bronze  and  silver  medal 
on  scores  of  89,  85,  86,  86,  85,  89,  85,  85,  91,  91, 

To  Edgar  B.  Hawkes,  Wakefield,  Mass.,  a bronze  and  gold 
medal  on  the  scores  of  90,  92  90.  91,  91,  91,  92,  93,  93,  93. 

J.  B,  Crabtree, 


May  13,  190$,} 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


trapshooting. 

« 


Qet,  1142. —Dover,  Del,  Gua  Club  tournament;  open  to  all 
amateurs.  W.  H.  Reed,  Sec’y. 

Oct.  12. — Fall  tournament  of  the  Delaware  Trapshooters’  League, 
on  grounds  of  Dover  Gun  Club. 


If  you  want  your  shoot  to  be  announced  here  send  a 

notice  like  the  following : DRIVERS  AND  TA^/ISTERS* 


Fixtures. 


May  11-12. — Wilmington,  Del.— Wawaset  Gun  Club  third  annual 
spring  tournament.  W.  M.  Foord,  Sec’y. 

May  13. — Paterson,  N.  J. — Jackson  Park  Gun  Club  all-day  shoot. 
Wm.  Dutcher,  Mgr. 

May  14-16. — Des  Moine3,  la. — Iowa  State  Sportsmen’s  Association 
tournament. 

May  16-18. — Herrington,  Kans. — Kansas  State  Sportsmen’s  Asso- 
ciation tournament. 

May  16-18.— Parkersburg,  W.  Va.— West  Virginia  State  Sports- 
men’s Association  ninth  annual  meeting  and  tournament; 
$600  added  money  and  prizes.  F.  E.  Mallory,  Sec’y. 

May  17. — Boston,  Mass.,  Gun  Club  annual  invitation  team  shoot. 
H.  C.  Kirkwood,  Sec’y. 

May  17-18. — Auburn,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  two-day  tournament.  Knox 
& Knapp,  Mgrs. 

May  17-18.— Owensboro,  Ky. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  Daviess  County  Gun  Club. 
James  Lewis,  Sec’y. 

May  17-19. — Stanley  Gun  Club  of  Toronto  (Incorporated),  Can., 
annual  tournament.  Alexander  Dey,  Sec’y,  178  Mill  street, 
Toronto. 

May  19. — Warwick,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  first  shoot  of  monthly  series. 
J.  A.  Ogden,  Capt. 

May  19-21.— St.  Louis,  Mo. — Rawlins  first  semi-annual  tournament; 
two  days  targets,  one  day  live  birds.  Alec.  D.  Mermod,  Mgr., 
620  Locust  street. 

May  20. — Castleton  Corners,  S.  I — Mullerite  Gun  Club  thirteenth 
shoot.  A.  A.  Schoverling,  Mgr. 

May  20-21. — Shakopee,  Minn.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  Mathias 
A.  Deutsch,  Sec’y. 

May  23-24. — Minneapolis,  Minn.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament. 
H.  Marston,  Sec’y. 

May  23-25. — Lincoln. — Illinois  State  Sportsmen’s  Association  tour- 
nament. 

May  24.— Catskill,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  Seth  T.  Cole, 
Sec’y. 

May  24-25.— Wolcott,  N.  ’ Y. — Catchpole  Gun  Club  tournament. 
E.  A.  Wadsworth,  Sec’y. 

May  25-27. — Montreal,  Quebec,  Gun  Club  grand  trapshooting 
tournament.  D.  J.  Kearney,  Sec’y,  412  St.  Paul  street,  Quebec. 

May  28. — Jersey  City,  N.  J. — Hudson  Gun  Club  all-day  tournament. 
James  Hughes,  Sec’y. 

May  29-31. — Louisville,  Ky. — Kentucky  State  League  shoot,  under 
auspices  of  Jefferson  County  Gun  Club.  Emile  Pragoff,  Sec’y. 

May  29-31.— Louisville,  Ky. — Kentucky  Trapshooters’  League  third 
annual  tournament.  Frank  Pragoff,  Sec’y. 

May  30. — Cleveland,  O.,  Gun  Club’s  tournament. 

May  30. — McKeesport,  Pa. — Enterprise  Gun  Club  tournament. 
Geo.  W.  Mains,  Sec’y. 

May  30. — Utica,  N.  Y.— Riverside  Gun  Club’s  all-day  target  tour- 
nament; merchandise.  E.  J.  Loughlin,  Sec’y. 

May  30.— Mullerite  Gun  Club  all-day  shoot  on  grounds  of  Point 
Pleasant,  N.  J.,  Gun  Club.  A.  A.  Schoverling,  Mgr. 

May  30.— Newport,  R.  I. — Aquidneck  Gun  Club  fourth  annual 
tournament.  J.  S.  Coggesnal,  Sec’y. 

May  30. — Bound  Brook,  N.  J.,  Gun  Club  all-day  shoot.  Dr.  J.  H. 
V.  Bache,  Sec’y. 

May  30.— Norristown,  Pa.— Penn  Gun  Club  annual  Decoration  Day 
tournament.  T.  V.  Smith,  Sec’y. 

May  30. — Lawrence,  Mass. — Second  annual  Memorial  Day  tourna- 
ment. R.  B.  Parkhurst,  Sec’y. 

May  30. — Fifth  annual  Decoration  Day  tournament  of  the  Ossining, 
N.  Y.,  Gun  Club.  C.  G.  Blandford,  Capt. 

May  30-31. — Washington,  D.  C. — Analostan  Gun  Club  two-day 
tournament;  $200  added.  Miles  Taylor,  Sec’y,  222  F street, 
N.  W. 

May  31. -June  1.— Vermillion. — South  Dakota  State  Sportsmen’s 
Association  tournament. 

June  3.— Long  Island  City,  L.  I. — Queens  County  Gun  Club  open 
tournament.  Rchard  H.  Glasman,  Sec’y. 

June  6-6.— New  Paris,  O.— Cedar  Springs  Gun  Club  tournament. 
J.  F.  Freeman,  Sec’y. 

June  6-8. — New  Jersey  State  Sportsmen’s  Association  tournament 
under  auspices  of  the  Rahway,  N.  J.,  Gun  Club.  W.  R. 
Hobart.  Sec’y 

June  6-8.— Sioux  City,  la. — Soo  Gun  Club  tournament. 

June  8-9.— Dalton,  O.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  Ernest  E. 
Scott,  Capt. 

June  3-4.— Chicago  Trapshooters’  Association  amateur  tourna- 
ment. E.  B.  Shogren,  Sec’y. 

June  9.— Shamokin,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  S.  C.  Yocum, 
Sec’y. 

June  11-13.— Chef  Menteur,  La. — Gulf  Coast  Trapshooters’  League 
shoot,  under  auspices  of  the  Tally-Ho  Club.  John  Spring, 


Chairman. 

June  13-14.— New  Bethlehem,  Pa. — Crescent  Gun  Club  second 
annual  tournament.  R.  E.  Dinger,  Capt. 

June  13-14. — Butler,  Mo. — The  Missouri  and  Kansas  League  of 
Trapshooters.  Dr.  C.  B.  Clapp,  Sec’y. 

June  13-16.— Utica,  N.  Y.— New  York  State  shoot.  James  Brown, 
Sec’y. 

June  13-15.— Canton,  O.,  Trapshooters’  League  tournament, 
une  14-15.— Durham,  N.  C. — North  Carolina  Trapshooters’  Associa- 
tion second  annual  tournament.  Geo.  L.  Lyon,  Pres. 

June  14-15. — Middletown,  Wis.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  Frank  L. 
Pierstorff,  Sec’y. 

June  15.— Champlain,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament. 

June  16-18. — Putnam,  111. — Undercliff  Sportsmen’s  Association 
tournament.  C.  G.  Grubbs,  Mgr. 

June  20-21.— Binghamton,  N.  Y.,  Rod  and  Gun  Club  tournament, 
Vernon  L.  Perry,  Sec’y. 

June  20-22.— New  London,  la.,  Gun  Club  tournament, 
une  21-22.— Bradford,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  club  tournament.  E.  C. 
Charlton,  Sec’y. 

June  22.— Towanda,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  W.  F.  Dittrich, 
Sec’y. 

June  27-30.— Indianapolis,  Ind. — The  Interstate  Association’s  Grand 
American  Handicap  target  tournament;  $1,000  added  money. 
Elmer  E.  Shaner,  Secy-Mgr.,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

July  1.— Sherbrooke,  Can.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  C.  E. 
Foss,  Sec’y. 

July  4.— Shamokin,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  S.  C.  Yocum, 
Sec’y. 

July  4.  —South  Framingham,  Mass.— Second  annual  team  shoot; 
$50  in  cash. 

July  4. — Springfield,  Mass. — Midsummer  tournament  of  the  Spring- 
field,  Mass.,  Shooting  Club.  C.  L.  Kites,  Sec’y. 

July  6-7.— Traverse  City,  Mich.,  trapshooting  tournament. 

July  11-12.— New  Bethlehem,  Pa.— Crescent  Gun  Club  second 
annual  tournament.  O E.  Shoemaker.  Sec’y. 

July  12-13.— Menominee,  Mich.— The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  Menominee  Gun  Club. 
W W Methieen’  Sec’v 

July  24-28.— Brehm’s  Ocean  City,  Md.,  target  tournament  H. 
A Rrehm.  Mgr..  Baltimore 

July  28-29.— Newport,  R.  I. — Aquidneck  Gun  Club  tournament. 
Aug.  2-4. — Albert  Lea,  Minn. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  Albert  Lea  Gun  Club. 
N.  E.  Paterson,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  16-18.— Ottawa,  Can.— Dominion  of  Canada  Trapshooting  and 
Game  Protective  Association.  G.  Easdale,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  16-18.— Kansas  City,  Mo.— The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  O.  K.  Gun  Club.  C.  C. 
H errnan.  Sec’v 


Aug.  22-23.— Carthage,  Mo.— The  Missouri  and  Kansas  League  of 
Trapshooter.  Dr.  C.  B.  Clapp,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  22-25.— Lake  Okoboji,  la.— Indian  annual  tournament 
Aug.  29-31.— The  Interstate  Association’s  tournament,  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Colorado  Springs,  Colo.,  Gun  Club;  $1,000 
added  money.  A.  J.  Lawton,  Sec’y. 

Sept.  4 (Labor  Day).— Fall  tournament  of  the  Springfield,  Mass., 
' Shooting  Club ; $25  added  money.  C.  L.  Kites,  Sec’y. 

Sept.  5-8.— Trinidad.  Colo.— Grand  Western  Handicap. 

Sept.  15-17.— San  Francisco,  Cal.— The  Interstate  Association’s 
Pacific  Coast  Handicap  at  Targets,  under  the  auspices  of  the 
San  Francisco  Trapshooting  Association.  A.  M.  Shields,  Sec’y. 
Sept.  18-20.— Cincinnati  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  Arthur 
Gambell,  Mgr.  , , 

Oct.  10-11.— St.  Joseph,  Mo.— The  Missouri  and  Kansas  League  of 
Trapshooters.  Dr.  C.  B.  Clapp,  Sec’y. 


Chib  secretaries  are  invited  to  send  their  scores  for 
publication  in  these  columns,  also  any  news  notes  they 
may  care  to  have  published.  Mail  all  such  matter  to 
Forest  and  Stream  Fublislnng  Company,  34b  Broadway, 
New  York.  Forest  and  Stream  goes  to  press  041  Tues- 
day OF  EACH  WEEK. 


The  Harvard  Gun  Club  team  defeated  the  Princeton  Gun  Club 
team  at  Princeton,  May  5,  by  a score  of  218  to  200. 

K 

The  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  Gun  Club  announces  a sweepstake 
shoot  for  Decoration  Day,  commencing  at  1 o’clock. 

H 

Mr.  Frank  L.  Pierstorff,  Secretary,  writes  us  that  the  Middle- 
ton,  Wis.,  Gun  Club  will  hold  a tournament  on  June  14-15, 

n 

Owing  to  the  pressure  on  our  trap  columns  this  week,  several 
reports»of  shoots  are  necessarily  held  over  till  next  week. 

*s 

Mr.  John  Spring,  Chairman,  writes  us  that  the  Gulf  Coast 
Trapshooters’  League  will  hold  a shoot  under  the  auspices  of  the 
Tally-Ho  Club,  at  Chef  Menteur,  La.  The  address  of  the  club 
is  Box  488,  New  Orleans. 

*?, 

At  the  second  tournament  of  the  Consolidated  Gun  Clubs  of 
Connecticut,  held  on  the  grounds  of  the  New  Britain,  Conn.,  Gun 
Club,  May  2,  nine  teams  contested  in  the  team  event.  New 
Haven  was  high  with  a total  of  78. 

K 

Mr.  Ed.  Voris,  of  Mancie,  Ind.,  recent  winner  of  the  English 
Hotel  cup  from  Mr.  J.  W.  Farrell,  has  been  challenged  by  Mr. 
A.  C.  Spencer,  Muncie,  Ind.,  to  contest  for  it.  The  grounds  of 
the  Indianapolis  Gun  Club  will  be  the  place  of  contest. 

H 

The  Hudson  Gun  Club,  of  Jersey  City,  announce  an  all-day 
shoot,  to  be  held  on  May  28.  Competition  will  begin  at  9:30 
o’clock.  Targets,  V/2  cent  to  visitors.  The  next  regular  shoot  of 
the  club  will  be  held  on  May  14.  New  traps  are  being  installed. 
Mr.  James  Hughes  is  the  Secretary. 

H 

The  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  Gun  "Club  has  set  a special  day, 
Wednesday,  of  each  week,  for  new  members  who  hesitate  to  shoot 
on  the  regular  days  with  the  more  experienced  trapshooters.  Mr. 
Dickman  has  kindly  otiered  to  take  cnarge  on  that  day,  and  with 
other  members,  will  be  present  to  help  any  one  who  desires  help. 

The  Oak  Hill  Gun  Club,  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  provides  eleven  pro- 
gramme events  for  their  tournament,  fixed  to  be  held  on  May  30, 
on  the  club  grounds,  at  Pontoosuc  Lake.  The  events  are  at  10, 
15,  20  and  25  targets;  a total  of  200;  total  of  $13'  entrance,  and 
$25  added.  Targets,  1%  cent.  Sweepstakes  optional.  The  two 
25-target  events  are  merchandise  contests.  Mr.  John  Ransehousen 
is  the  Secretary. 

*? 

There  are  fifteen  15-target  events,  alternately  known  and  un- 
known angles,  on  the  programme  provided  by  the  Auburn,  Me., 
Gun  Club  for  their  Decoration  Day  shoot.  Distance  handicap, 
16  to  20yds.  High  guns,  $10,  $6  and  $4.  Low- guns,  $1,  $2  and  $3.. 
Shooting  begins  at  9 o’clock.  “Guns  and  ammunition,  express 
prepaid,  sent  to  J.  F.  Emerton’s  store,  94  Main  street,  will  be 
delivered  on  grounds.” 

Mr.  J.  A.  Ogden,  Captain,  writes  us  as  follows:  “The  Warwick 
Gun  Club,  of  Warwick,  N.  Y.,  will  begin  a series  of  monthly 
shoots  on  Friday,  May  19,  a programme  of  125  targets  will  be 
completed  each  day.  Shooting  begins  at  1 o’clock.  Conveyance 
at  the  Demerest  House,  12:45.  Shooting  dates  for  subsequent 
months  will  be  given  .'n  ample  time.  Open  to  all  amateurs;  the 
professionals  are  always  welcome.” 

R 

The  Fish  and  Game  Protective  Association,  of  Little  Falls, 
N.  Y.,  have  issued  the  programme  of  their  shoot  to  be  held  on 
the  club  grounds,  May  30.  There  are  fifteen  programme  events, 
alternately  class  shooting  and  merchandise.  Total  entrance,  $9.25. 
High  average,  sole  leather  gun  case,  value  $8.  Shooting  begins 
at  10  o’clock.  Shells  sold  at  cost.  Shoot  rain  or  shine.  Mr.  G. 
L.  Kretser,  Secretary  of  the  Committee. 

R 

The  Analostan  Gun  Club,  of  Washington,  D.  C.,  for  their  shoot 
to  be  held  May  30-31,  will  each  day  add  $100  in  money.  High 
amateur  average,  first,  $10;  second,  $5.  High  professional  average, 
gold  watch.  The  programme  is  alike  for  each  day,  namely,  ten 
20-target  events,  $10  added;  entrance,  $1.40.  Lunch  will  be  served 
on  the  grounds.  Class  shooting,  40,  30,  20  and  10  per  cent.  Mon- 
day, May  29,  practice  day.  Guns  and  ammunition,  prepaid  and 
marked  in  owner’s  name,  sent  care  of  Wm.  Wagner,  207  Penn- 
sylvania avenue  S.E.,  will  be  delivered  on  the  grounds  free. 
Sliding  handicap,  16  to  20yds.  Mr.  Miles  Taylor,  222  F street 
N.W.,  is  the  Secretary. 

The  annual  intercollegiate  team  contest,  held  on  the  grounds 
of  the  Clearview  Gun  Club,  near  Philadelphia,  May  6,  resulted  in 
a victory  for  Princeton  Gun  Club  team.  Williams,  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Pennsylvania,  was  high  in  individual  scores.  He  broke 
47,  a 98  per  cent,  performance.  Scores:  Pennsylvania:  Long- 

necker  41,  Smith  40,  Way  40,  Williams  47,  Appleton  39;  total  207. 
Yale:  Morrison  38,  Pugsley  40,  Borden  44,  Thompson  43,  King 
45;  total  210.  Princeton:  Stutesman  45,  Mellvain  43;  Frick  46, 
Munn  41,  Pardee  45;  total  2J20.  Harvard:  Ward  42,  Wickersham 
44,  Marshall  44,  Bartlett  42,  Foster  43;  total  215. 


Ten  events  each  day,  at  15  and  20  targets,  $1.60  entrance,  $2 
added  constitute  the  programme  each  day  of  the  Catchpole  Gun 
Club  tournament,  Wolcott,  N,  Y.,  May  24  and  25.  No.  7 each 
day  is  a merchandise  handicap  event.  First  prize,  Smith  gun, 
first  day;  Ithaca  gun,  second  day;  other  prizes  also.  No.  5,  on 
the  second  day  is  the  Mullerite  event,  first  prize  of  which  is  a 
gold  badge,  valued  at  $10  and  30  per  cent,  of  purse.  Second,  25 
per  cent.;  third,  20  per  cent.,  fourth,  15  per  cent.  Totals  each 
day,  170  targets,  $15  entrance;  $12  added.  Targets,  \x/z  cent. 
Class  shooting.  Guns  and  ammunition,  will  be  delivered  on  the 
grounds  if  shipped  charges  prepaid,  to  Thacker  Brothers  & Co. 
Mr.  E.  A.  Wadsworth  is  the  Secretary. 

The  programme  of  the  Nebraska  State  Sportsman’s  Association 
tournament  is  now  ready  for  distribution.  The  dates  are  May  9-12; 
the  place,  Hastings,  Neb.  The  programme  consists  of  thirty-three 
target  events  for  May  10-12,  May  9 being  practice  day.  Of  these, 
ten  are  at  20  targets,  $2  entrance,  $10  added.  Event  20,  for  Denver 
Post  trophy,  is  at  100  targets,  $10  entrance,  $50  added.  Event  21, 
25  targets,  50  cents  entrance,  is  for  the  State  championship  and 
a Stevens  gun.  Even  13  is  the  Mullerite  event,  20  targets,  for  a 
gold  watch.  The  remaining  events  are  at  15  targets,  $1.50  entrance, 
$7.50  added.  Class  shooting.  Competition  is  for  amateurs.  Ship 
guns  and  shells  to  G.  A.  Mann,  Hastings,  Neb.  The  Secretary  is 
Mr.  Geo.  L.  Carter,  Lincoln,  Neb. 

H 

Mr.  Wm  Dutcher,  the  energetic  manager  of  the  Jackson  Park 
Gun  Club,  of  Paterson,  N.  J.,  writes  under  date  of  May  7: 
“Everything  is  almost  completed  for  the  big  shoot  May  13  next. 
Messrs.  Morgan  and  Hopper  have  been  at  the  grounds  every  day 
looking  after  the  arrangement  of  things.  The  carpenters  have 
finished.  There  are  platforms,  seats,  house  for  magautrap;  in 
fact,  everything  in  up-to-date  style.  The  painters  will  finish  the 
rest  on  Tuesday.  All  will  be  delighted  when  they  visit  the 
grounds  next  Saturday.  Also  I think  they  will  witness  the  largest 
gathering  of  trapshooters  seen  in  Jersey  in  years — expect  from 
fifty  to  seventy  guns  during  the  whole  afternoon.  This  will  be  a 
good  day  for  the  trade  to  be  on  hand.  The  shoot  will  start  at 
9:30  A.  M.  Take  Singac  cars  to  Jackson  Road.  Shells  at  the 
club.  Everybody  weicome.” 

Bernard  Waters. 


Magic  City  Gun  Club. 

Muncie,  Ind.,  May  5. — The  annual  spring  tournament  of  the 
Magic  City  Gun  Club  of  this  place  was  held  May  3.  The  oc- 
casion was  favored  with  ideal  weather  conditions  and  fair  patron- 
age, twenty-seven  shooters  in  all  taking  part.  W.  D.  Stannard 
was  high  gun  among  the  trade  representatives,  who  were  per- 
mitted to  shoot  for  targets  only.  An  aged  dentist  from  In- 
dianapolis, who  is  trooping  this  season  under  the  nom  de 
plume  of  “Abe  Martin,”  was  high  for  the  amateurs.  Coming 
back  to  town  in  the  evening  Dr.  O.  F.  Britton  was  heard  to 
remark  that  Muncie  was  “a  right  nice  place  to  come  to  a 
shoot.”  Edward  Voris  acted  as  pace-maker  for  the  amateurs 
for  the  most  of  the  day,  but  in  the  last  two  events  he  got  to 
thinking  of  the  days  when  he  was  bald-headed  and  he  went  to 
the  bad,  and  Britton  passed  him. 

Have  you  seen  Eddie  this  spring?  He  is  superb — hence  the 
Edward.  It  used  to  be  just  Ed.  His  think-tank  is  now  adorned 
with  the  flowing  locks  and  that  old  barren  roof  garden  of  yore 
is  all  with  the  past.  He  is  one  of  the  big  chief  charioteers  in 
the  game  of  Ben-Hur,  the  mayor  of  his  city,  and  recently  won 
from  Farrell,  of  Muncie,  the  English  Hotel  Cup.  And  just  when 
events  were  crowding  with  him,  he  side-steps  the  Bill  Nye 
bunch  and  disdains  the  onyx  top.  Edward  invites  all  to  at- 
tend the  annual  meet  of  the  Trapshooters’  League  at  Crawfords- 
ville,  Ind.,  and  promises  Shooting  conditions  where  only  straights 
are  made.  It’s  in  May. 

The  new  blackbird  trap  and  traget  were  used,  and  they  gave  the 
very  best  of  satisfaction,  the  breakage  of  targets  being  con- 
spiciuous  by  its  absence.  The  scores  follow: 


Tom  Parry 

Shot 

at. 

..  200 

Broke. 

175 

M F Raiser  ..... 

Shot 

at. 

. 75 

Broke, 

61 

J W Cooper  

..  200 

163 

A C Spencer 

. 200 

150 

W D Stannard  . 

..  200 

188 

H A Shumack.... 

. 120 

92 

T S Boa  

..  200 

175 

VV  A McDaniel  . 

..155 

112 

B F McDaniel  . 

. . 165 

95 

Joe  Little  ........ 

. 175 

151 

Abe  Martin  . . . . 

..  200 

177 

C H Foust  ...... 

. 50 

38 

Edward  \ oris  . . 

..  200 

175 

J I.  Williams 

, 10 

5 

T VV  Farrell  ... 

..  200 

162 

E D Foust 

. 50 

44 

E C Houser  .... 

..  200 

159 

J C Dixon....... 

35 

H J Borden  .... 

..  200 

172 

H Gill  

. 25 

18 

H A Comstock  . 

..  150 

117 

J R Johnson 

. 100 

72 

Joe  Smiley  

..  200 

154 

H D 1 hompson 

..  55 

33 

C L Bender 

..  140 

101 

G G Williamson. 

. 35 

S3 

W H Davis  . . . . 

..  125 

74 

Williamson. 

Awosting  Gun  Club. 

New  Paltz,  N.  Y.,  April  29. — Regular  shoot  Awosting  Gun 
Club.  Too  much  shoot  on  21st,  tournament  day.  Only  four  of 
the  regulars  showed  up  to-day,  and  they  shot  in  the  rain.  J.  L. 
Cassady  carried  off  the  honors,  winning  the  Layton  cup,  after 
shooting  off  tie  with  Snyder  and  Strong;  he  also  won  the  Hunter 
Arms  Co.  medal.  Scores: 

Hunter  Arms  Co.  medal,  20  singles:  Snyder  18,  Strong  18, 
Cassady  17,  Hasbrouck  17. 

Ten  doubles:  Snyder  15,  Strong  15,  Cassady  18,  Hasbrouck  15. 


Layton  cup,  25  targets: 


W Hasbrouck. 

Hdp.  Brlc.  Tot’l. 
....4  20  24 

Snyder  ..... 

Hdp. 
......  2 

Brk.  Tot’l. 
23  25 

Strong  

...  4 

21 

25 

Cassady  . . . . 

......10 

16 

25 

Shoot-off : 
Strong  

...  4 

19 

23 

Cassady  ..... 

......10 

16 

25 

Snyder  

...  2 

21 

23 

Nim. 

New  York  Athletic  Club. 

Travers  T«'  *»n.  N.  Y.,  May  6. — J.  W.  Hibbard  won  the  first 
leg  on  the  Msv  cup  to-day  with  a low  score.  After  the  first 
match  A.  Oi^Fleischmann  shot  in  excellent  form,  making  in  the 
last  six  scores  133  in  150,  an  average  of  89  per.  cent. 

May  cup,  50  targets,  handicap  allowance:  A.  O.  Fleischmann 

(4)  37,  J.  VV.  Hibbard  (10)  41. 

Event  2,  25  targets:  J.  VV.  Hibbard  (5)  16,  Dr.  Brown  (7)  18, 
Dr.  Williams  (6)  17,  A.  O.  Fleischmann  (2)  22. 

Event  3:  Dr.  Brown  (7)  18,  Dr.  Williams  (6)  19,  A.  O.  Fleisch- 
mann (2)  24,  J.  VV.  Hibbard  (5)  19,  G.  Bechtel  (4)  20. 

Event  4:  Dr.  W’illiams  (6)  19,  A.  O.  Fleischmann  (2)  25,  G. 

Bechtel  (4)  23,  Dr.  Brown  (7)  15. 

Event  5:  A.  O.  Fleischman  (2)  24,  Geo.  Bechtel  (3)  17,  Dr. 

Brown  (7)  17,  Dr.  Williams  (6)  22,  E.  J.  Gieninni  (6)  13, 

Practice:  A.  O.  Fleischmann,  50  targets,  45. 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


Pennsylvania's  Greatest  Shoot. 

The  fifteenth  annual  tournament  of  the  Pennsylvania  State 
Sportsmen’s  Association  has  passed  into  the  history  of  trap- 
shooting as  one  of  the,  if  not  the  greatest  mixed  trapshooting 
event  ever  held.  At  the  G.  A.  H.  held  in  Kansas  City  in  1902,  it 
is  true,  there  was  a larger  number  of  shooters  gathered  to- 
gether, but  then  that  was  purely  a pigeon  tournament.  The 
gatherings  at  the  recent  Grand  American  Handicap  tournaments 
have  been  growing  gradually  larger  and  larger;  but  none  of  them 
can  boast  a solid  three  days’  entry  list  equal  to  that  recorded  at 
the  tournament  held  last  week,  May  2-5,  in  Pittsburg,  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Herron  Hill  Gun  Club. 

Many  causes  contributed  to  that  end.  Perhaps  the  chief  one 
was  the  attractive  invitation  sent  out  to  shooters,  followed  by  a 
programme  the  like  of  which  had  never  been  given  to  the  public 
before.  For  general  make-up,  the  entire  absence  of  advertisements 
of  any  sort  from  its  pages,  the  freedom  with  which  money  was 
added  to  the  events,  and  particularly  to  the  main  target  feature, 
the  Herron  Hill  Handicap,  on  the  third  day,  the  programme  fairly 
took  away  the  breath  of  the  ordinary  trapshooting  individual. 
The  programme  showed  the  boys  that  the  Herron  Hill  Gun  Club 
was  not  after  their  money,  and  that  counts  a good  deal  with  any 
class  of  men.  Then  again,  the  committee  in  charge  of  the  tour- 
nament was  bound  to  have  the  entire  confidence  of  the  public. 
Louis  Lautenslager  was  chairman;  Charlie  Grubb  and  Elmer  E. 
Shaner,  his  assistants.  When  a chairman  of  any  committee  has 
two  such  lieutenants  as  those,  how  could  any  shoot  placed  in 
charge  of  his  committee  be  a failure,  or  anything  else  than  it 
appeared  to  be  on  paper?  The  committee  looked  all  right,  and 
it  was  all  right — distinctly  so. 

There  were  the  most  perfect  arrangements,  nothing  was  for- 
gotten, and  the  members  of  the  tournament  committee  were 
always  in  evidence,  even  at  the  end,  when  one  (the  chairman) 
was  footsore,  another  (Shaner)  sunburned,  tired  out  and  hoarse 
of  voice,  while  the  third  (Grubb)  was  only  living  on  the  rem- 
nants of  that  vitality  which  he  possesses  to  such  a remarkable 
and  fortunate  degree.  The  trio  were  tired  out  Friday  night,  and 
I can  only  dimly  imagine  with  a shudder  what  they  must  have 
been  after  all  the  ties  in  the  pigeon  races  were  shot  off  on  Satur- 
day. 

A Tournament  in  Tents. 

The  shoot  was  held  in  the  driving  park  at  Brunot’s  Island,  and 
practically  no  use  could  be  made  of  the  buildings,  as  the  shoot 
was  inside  the  mile  track.  Hence  it  was  a tournament  held  in 
tents,  of  which  there  was  no  lack.  There  were  three  mess  tents 
of  the  National  Guard,  each  60  by  24,  and  gunracks  in  each  tent 
gave  accommodation  all  told  to  320  guns.  Then  there  was  a 
locker  tent,  18  by  24,  in  charge  of  an  employe  who  saw  that 
everything  was  in  order  each  day.  The  members  of  the  committee 
being  Pittsburgers,  it  was  not  likely  they  would  forget  the  neces- 
sity of  ample  accommodation  for  washing;  hence  there  was  a 
wash  tent  (a  canopy  tent),  16  by  16,  which  was  presided  over  by 
a genial  colored  gentleman.  There  was  also  a dining  tent,  65  by 
35,  in  which  an  excellent  dinner  was  served  each  day  at  the 
price  of  “50  cents  per.”  There  was  an  ice  cream  tent  too,  14  by 
12,  in  which  lots  of  business  was  done.  The  ammunition  trade 
had  two  tents  also,  each  about  16  by  14.  In  one  the  Peters  Car- 
tridge Company  did  business,  while  in  the  other  the  Sportsman’s 
Supply  Company,  Louis  Lautenslager’s  company,  supplied  the 
needs  of  the  boys  who  wanted  Association  shells. of  the  U.  M.  C. 
and  W.  R.  A.  brands. 

The  cashier’s  and  the  compiler  of  scores’  office  was  a wooden 
building,  temporarily  erected  for  the  occasion,  about  16  by  12.  In 
it  were  H.  L.  Born,  of  Pittsburg,  the  cashier;  J.  K.  Starr,  of 
Philadelphia,  the  compiler  of  scores,  who  had  as  his  first  assist- 
ant, Bernard  Elsesser,  of  York,  Pa.,  and  as  his  clerks,  Ed.  Reed 
and  J.  F.  Plelm,  both  of  Pittsburg.  It  will  be  seen,  therefore, 
that,  so  far  as  accommodations  for  the  shooters  and  the  furnish- 
ing of  a competent  office  force  went,  the  committee  left  nothing 
to  be  desired,  provided  the  weather  was  fine.  And  the  clerk  of  the 
Weather  Bureau  was  mighty  good  to  them,  too.  The  whole  week 
was  all  that  could  be  desired,  although  perhaps  a trifle  sultry  for 
heavy  underwear. 

Five  Blackbird  Club  traps  were  installed,  and  were  in  charge  of 
Mr.  W.  P.  Markle,  and  one  of  his  company’s  experts.  Some 
ninety  odd  thousand  of  blackbird  targets  were  thrown  into  the  air 
by  these  traps  during  the  first  four  days  of  the  tournament  for 
the  shooters  to  smash  or  miss,’ as  might  happen. 

The  Field  Force. 

The  referees  were  William  Kuhn,  Frank  Good,  J.  R.  Ball,  G. 
B.  Meyer  and  James  Hallman,  who  had  charge  of  traps  1 to  5 
in  order  named.  Their  scores  were  respectively  David  Goudey, 
John  Payton,  Wm.  Milligan,  Lee  Hamilton  and  Fred  Campbell. 
In  addition  to  the  above,  the  field  force  numbered  thirty-seven 
men,  made  up  as  follows:  Five  pullers,  five  trappers  and  five 

trappers’  assistants;  five  squad  hustlers,  nice  gentlemanly  fellows, 
who  were  all  drawn  from  the  dental  department  of  the  Western 
University  of  Pennsylvania;  one  wash  tent  man,  two  utility  men, 
one  of  whom  was  Major  Bill  McCrickart,  well  known  to  those 
who  used  to  attend  the  G.  A.  H.s  at  pigeons  in  the  old  days; 
eight  men  for  opening  barrels  of  targets,  and  carrying  them  to  the 
trap  pits;  three  watchmen,  one  lockerman  and  two  special  officers. 
In  addition  to  this,  the  judges’  stand  was  turned  into  a ladies’ 
waiting  room  and  was  presided  over  by  a lady’s  maid. 

In  order  to  get  the  shooters  to  the  grounds  in  comfort,  the 
Herron  Hill  Gun  Club  had  chartered  a steamboat,  and  she  ran  as 
regularly  as  she  could;  but  it  was  not  until  the  last  day  that 
Uncle  Sam  saw  fit  to  raise  the  wickets  at  the  Davis  Island  dam 
and  thus  give  them  water  enough  to  land  at  the  regular  dock.  It 
was  unfortunate  that  it  should  have  happened'  so,  but  the  man- 
agement was  not  to  'blame,  and  to  some  of  us  it  was  all  in  a 

lifetime  to  have  our  boat  shove  her  nose  into  the  muddy  bank 

at  the  lower  end  of  the  island  and  then  clamber  up  the  steep 

bluff  with  soft  soil  under  one’s  feet.  A few  heavyweights  were 
with  us,  but  they  took  their  medicine  like  the  rest,  although  it 
did  require  some  exertion  on  the  part  of  others  to  get  them  to  the 
top,  when  their  breath  gave  out.  The  boat  was  hired  at  a cost  of 
$375,  so  it  was  hard  luck  to  have  such  low  water  to-  contend  with. 

I think  that  from  all  the  foregoing  it  will  be  seen  that  the 
Plerron  Hill  Gun  Club  and  its  tournament  committee  had  thought 
of  about  everything  that  could  be  done  to  add  to  the  comfort  of 
its  guests  during  the  week  of  the  shoot. 

The  Handicap  Committee. 

The  handicap  committee  was  small,  but  it  was  good  enough  to 
do  its  work  without  my  hearing  a single  kick  at  its  decisions  as 
to  a man’s  capabilities,  and  as  to  where  he  accordingly  ought  to 
stand.  That  committee  was  as  follows:  Will  K.  Park,  chairman; 

R,  R.  Bennett  and  John  A.  Flick.  It  is  absurd  to  suppose  that 
any  handicap  committee  could  satisfy  everybody,  so-  I suppose 
there  were  some  who  had  troubles  to  relate;  but,  thank  goodness, 
they  did  not  come  to  me  for  comfort. 

The  Annual  Convention. 

Not  having  expected  to  be  required  to  know  anything  about  the 
deliberations  of  this  body,  I was  only  present  at  the  annual 
convention  for  a short  time,  and  made  no  notes  as  to  what  was 
done  while  I was  there.  Dr.  Kalbfus,  the  State  Game  Warden, 
and  a dandy,  made,  so  I am  told,  a capital  address,  full  of  inter- 
est to  the  members  of  this  Association.  And,  by  the  way,  it 
might  be  just  as  well  to  say  that  the  P.  S.  S.  Association  is  a 
game  protective  association  in  truth.  The  work  it  has  done  in 
the  past  fifteen  years  is  telling  now,  and  would  be  a credit  to  any 
organization.  It  is  to  its  efforts  solely  that  Pennsylvania  is  now 
one  of  the  best  small  game  States  in  the  East,  and  Dr.  Kalbfus 
is  the  right  man  in  the  right  place. 

At  the  meeting  eleven  new  clubs  applied  for  membership  and 
were  duly  admitted.  It  was  decided  to  hold  the  sixteenth  annual 
convention  at  Williamsport.  The  officers  elected  for  the  ensuing 
year  were:  H.  M.  F.  Worden,  President;  Allen  M.  Seitz,  Vice- 

President;  Secretary,  J.  M.  Runk,  of  Chambersburg;  Correspond- 
ing Secretary,  H.  A.  Dimick,  of  Williamsport;  Treasurer,  J.  H. 
Worden;  Directors;  C.  F.  Kramlich,  F.  M.  Eames,  Hon.  Frank 
Godcharles,  R.  R.  Bennett  and  J.  O’H.  Denny. 

The  story  of  the  shoot  in  detail  follows: 

Preliminary  Day,  May  I. 

With  an  entry  list  in  the  Preliinary  events  of  103,  the  manage- 
ment had  an  idea  of  what  they  were  going  to  be  up  against  on 
the  first  regular  day  of  the  shoot.  The  poor  background  and 
other  conditions  hard  to  be  understood  made  scores  rule  low,  al- 
though some  did  distinguish  themselves.  Ninety  per  cent,  scores 
were  few  and  far  between,  C.  M.  Powers,  Hirschy,  Schlicker, 
Tryon  and  McMurchy  being  the  only  ones  to  get  90  or  better. 
Much  was  the  questioning  that  night  in  the  Hotel  Henry  as  to 


why  such  poor  scores  were  made,  but  most  people  who  went  to 
bed  that  night,  did  so  with  the  question  unsolved,  so  far  as  they 
were  concerned. 

The  tale  of  woe  of  the  ninety-eight,  whose  names  do  not  appear 
on  the  above  honor  roll,  is  best  rendered  by  allowing  a perusal 
of  the  scores  as  made,  all  five  events  being  at  20  targets,  a total 
of  100  targets: 


Broke. 

Kirby  82 

Glover  74 

Young  89 

Stoop  86 

Grass  75 

Banks  77 

Killen  58 

Trafford  86 

Hoffman  63 

Hull  ....79 

Vietmeyer  83 

Elliott  87 

Powers  95 

Raven  84 

Fry  .71 

Celler  66 

Schlicker  94 

Pfleger  79 

Haywood  66 

Krartilich  76 

Straub  69 

Hubbs  77 

Hersheiser  76 

Ferley  73 

, W M Hale. 83 

McGashen  70 

Trego  67 

Sparks  71 

Underwood  51 

W C Bower 82 

McCrady  55 

H C Hirschy 94 

Garland  78 

Hart  87 

Johnston  54 

Hoey  81 

Nichols  83 

Miller  75 

Doolittle  78 

Cramer  80 

Andrews  68 

Jessup  79 

A B Kelley 81 

E Brown  78 

W ampler  68 

Befck  75 

Zihkham  78 

Ltyon  95 

Jarvis  89 

McMurdhy  90 

Wilson  74 


Broke. 

Hawkins  87 

Squier  70 

German  86 

Foord  .78 

/Apgar  76 

C Siger  88 

Le  Compte  76 

Brown  79 

Irwin  ..79 

Lang  64 

Atkinson  77 

Benner  70 

Lewis  59 

Beckwell  51 

Samson  72 

Newcomb  79 

McKelvey  71 

Nelson  ..51 

Chew  56 

Richardson  ...83 

T H Hahn 65 

C N Miller 57 

E J Bruch 65 

C F Hankey 65 

Heiser  58 

Hawley  51 

Runk  77 

Denney  ..24 

Kochey  55 

Rogers  ..62 

Howell  ? 80 

Derk  82 

Godcharles  80 

Woods  77 

Krueger  76 

King  .75 

Kelsey  87 

Fleming  77 

Henry  D 67 

Pyle  60 

Marshall  89 

Lawrence  88 

Butler  1 75 

Stevens  86 

McCarty  70 

Sanford  76 

Mink  81 

Stoops  ,...79 

Anderson  65 

Speer  75 


First  Day,  May  2. 

The  programme  for  the  first  day  contained  ten  events,  seven 
15s  and  three  20s,  a total  of  165  targets.  As  there  were  no  less 
than  230  entries,  the  programme  was  not  nearly  completed  when 
night  fell  on  Brunot’s  Island.  It  was,  in  fact,  nearly  noon  on  the 
second  day  before  the  arrears  on  the  first  day’s  programme  were 
wiped  off  the  slate. 

Some  people  found  the  targets  to  their  liking,  notably  Charlie 
Young  among  Ihe  professionals,  and  Alex.  H.  King  among  the 
amateurs.  The  former  went  through  the  day  with  only  6 lost 
out  of  165,  while  the  latter  showed  well  up  to  the  front  with  7 
losses,  or  a total  of  158  out  of  165,  a championship  gait,  indeed. 
A curious  feature  of  the  shooting  was  the  way  in  which  a good 
shot  would  go  along  nicely  for  a while,  and  then  blow  up  all  of 
a sudden  and  lose  a bunch  that  made  havoc  of  any  hopes  he 
might  have  had  of  a really  high  percentage. 

Figuring  from  the  scores  as  given  below,  a total  of  36,560  targets 
had  to  be  thrown  to  complete  the  programme.  This  total,  added 
to  the  10,300  thrown  in  the  afternoon  of  the  preliminary  day, 
made  46,850  targets  thrown  to  date. 

Scores  as  follows: 


Events:  123456789  10 

Targets:  15  15  20  15  15  20  15  15  20  15 

Lewis  8 11  14  12  13  10  12  13  9 9 

Benner  12  13  18  7 13  18  9 15  16  14 

C N Miller 8 9 18  12  13  18  9 9 18  15 

J Hahn  10  10  6 8 8 12  9 12  17  7 

C F Hankey 8 11  11  11  5 15  7 8 19  10 

A H King 15  15  20  12  14  20  13  15  19  15 

Kelsey  12  14  10  14  14  19  13  14  16  14 

Fleming  13  14  19  15  12  18  10  14  15  15 

Henry  G 13  9 16  11  14  15  6 12  14  12 

C C Irwin 11  13  16  9 11  14  12  13  16  14 

Elliott  13  13  14  12  13  17  10  15  18  14 

Willard  11  12  20  14  15  17  10  15  18  15 

Roll  12  15  17  13  12  16  10  10  15  10 

Hirschy  12  15  18  13  15  16  12  15  19  15 

Powers  14  15  17  15  14  18  13  13  20  15 

D Sanford  11  11  19  12  14  18  13  9 15  15 

W R Huttenlock 12  10  18  14  12  18  12  15  18  14 

F Coleman-  13  11  20  13  14  17  13  15  20  14 

Pfleger  13  12  16  12  14  18  12  13  17  14 

Bell  15  12  15  13  12  15  10  9 16  11 

F Eames 12  13  17  13  13  15  14  14  17  13 

G S McCarty 12  11  17  14  12  19  14  13  16  12 

Mink  14  13  18  13  14  15  11  12  18  10 

C W Haywood 7 10  14  12  8 14  13  13  16  11 

. Sheeler  14  8 11  7 12  17  9 10  14  11 

Deardorff  9 8 14  9 13  13  13  13  15  15 

Grove  11  11  15  10  11  14  11  13  16  8 

Jackson  12  12  16  14  13  14  8 7 9 12 

Adams  12  12  16  11  10  15  8 13  12  10 

Seitz  3 4 11  7 10  9 9 7 14  8 

McMurchy  12  14  18  .12  14  19  13  15  19  14 

Keller  11  11  13  13  9 15  12  14  17  11 

Banks  11  14  13  11  11  18  11  13  14  12 

Le  Compte  14  13  20  13  14  16  12  13  18  15 

Hull  13  12  17  10  14  16  9 14  17  15 

Kirby  13  13  16  10  12  19  9 14  18  14 

Glover  12  13  14  11  13  19  13  15  18  14 

Young  14  14  20  15  14  20  14  14  19  15 

Stoor  11  14  17  13  14  20  15  15  16  14 

Gross  12  12  17  13  13  14  10  13  17  13 

Hawkins  15  12  19  12  13  20  12  13  20  13 

Squiers  10  12  17  11  9 17  11  11  19  13 

German  14  13  16  15  14  19  14  15  19  14 

Foord  13  15  15  12  9 19  11  13  17  12 

Apgar  13  11  19  11  14  19  12  14  19  15 

Deniker  12  13  14  12  12  16  13  13  18  12 

J L Feeley 11  9 14  10  11  17  10  15  16  11 

Hersheiser  9 7 16  11  13  13  6 11  16  11 

W C Hubbs 8 9 16  12  15  14  9 11  16  13 

A B Kelly 11  10  16  10  12  14  11  13  13  14 

A Sizer  13  14  17  12  12  12  14  12  16  12 

C Hart  12  13  20  15  12  19  8 13  17  15 

H E Brown 13  11  14  12  15  16  13  12  16  14 

C J Jessop 13  14  15  14  13  15  13  13  17  13 

J A Stoops 12  10  18  13  12  14  11  14  18  13 

G S Trafford 10  11  18  12  15  16  11  14  18  13 

J H Fry 9 8 15  7 10  11  10  6 13  9 

Underwood  10  11  11  9 6 14  8 10  15  8 

G Hoffman  12  12  13  11  14  13  12  13  15  11 

Sampson  12  10  16  12  10  16  9 11  10  13 

T A Marshall 12  12  20  14  12  16  13  14  16  14 

L J Lawrence 14  13  18  14  12  20  13  14  15  13 

F E Butler... 10  10  19  11  10  15  11  13  16  8 

IT  H Stevens 14  14  18  12  12  15  13  14  19  14 

R O Heikes 13  13  18  14  14  19  14  15  19  14 

J A Atkinson.... 14  13  16  13  15  19  13  12  18  13 

R H Brown....... 7 10  13  12  8 11  9 11  14  13 

P J Trego 9 9 12  6 11  10  6 11  12  9 

J C Garland....... 13  13  16  14  12  19  10  10  17  13 

P S Pyle >...  10  12  16  13  11  19  10  11  15  13 

Newcomb  13  13  19  13  11  18  12  12  19  14 

McKelvey  12  13  17  13  13  17  8 13  17  13 

Nelson  9 6 14  9 13  10  4 8 13  13 

Chew  11  7 13  12  12  9 11  3 14  13 

Richardson  12  12  20  13  14  19  11  14  19"  13 

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E E Heiser 11  U 15  10  12  14  10  12  15  10 

Runk  10  11  16  13  12  17  9 14  16  IB 

D B Anderson 7 9 13  9 8 17  U 12  12  10 


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Second  Day,  May  3. 


With  five  State  events  on  the  programme  for  the  day  and 
big  hang-over  from  the  previous  day’s  programme,  it  was  sma 
wonder  that  the  management  called  off  the  open  events  after  tl 
three  first  of  the  six  scheduled  for  the  day  had  been  shot.  The^ 
were  225  entries  in  these  events,  and  all  except  six  of  that  nur 
ber  shot  the  50  targets  called  for.  The  scores  show  that  a tot: 
of  11,140  targets  were  thrown  in  those  three  events.  This  cuttir 
down  of  the  open  events  caused  much  heartburning  to  those  st. 
well  in  the  hunt  for  high  average  honors,  but  it  was  the  on 
thing  for  the  management  to  do,  as  this  was  a State  shoot,  al 


May  13,  1905.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


88B 


therefore  State  events  naturally  had  the  preference. 

Charlie  Young  again  shot  well  to  the  front,  losing  his  first 
target  and  running  straight  in  the  remaining  49.  Others  also  shot 
well,,  the  list  of  48s  and  47s  being  too  lengthy  to  enumerate. 
Scores  follow: 


Events : 

12  3 

Events: 

12  3 

Targets : 

15  15  20 

Targets: 

15  15  20 

Lewis  

. . . 13  7 17 

Deardorff  ........... 

, . . . , 9 11  14 

Benner  .............. 

. . . 10  11  17 

Grove  

. . . . . 10  11  13 

E N Miller 

. , . 11  10  16 

Jackson  

13  10  19 

J Hahn  ............ 

. . . 8 11  15 

Adams  

11  14  19 

C Knite  

. . . 10  10  13 

Seitz  

. . . . . 7 7 12 

A H King... 

. . . 13  14  19 

McMurchy  

12  14  20 

Kelsey  .............. 

. . . 12  14  17 

Keller  

. .... .13  8 15 

Fleming  .... 

. . , 15  14  18 

Banks  

13  10  19 

Henry  G......... 

. . . 14  12  19 

Le  Compte  

. ....  13  14  19 

C C Irwin 

...  11  12  15 

Hull  

Elliott  f 

. . . 10  11  19 

Kirby  

18  13  20 

Willard  

...  15  13  20 

Glover  

13  12  19 

Roll  

...  12  10  18 

Y oung  

. . . . . 14  15  20 

...  11  15  18 

Storr  

Powers  ............... 

...  15  14  19 

Stilson  

. . . . . 12  13  18 

Sanford  ............. 

. . . 13  11  19 

Hawkins  

14  15  20 

Huttenlock  

...  13  12  19 

Squires  

8 14  14 

F Coleman  

...  14  13  20 

German  

14  14  18 

Hallowell  

...  13  15  19 

Foord  

13  11  19 

Goebel  

...  12  13  15 

Apgar  

8 13  19 

Sheeler  

...  13  11  17 

Denicker  

13  13  17 

C Mink  ............. 

T L Felly... 

13  14  16 

G S McCarty. ...... 

...  11  11  18 

Hersheiser  

. . . . . 11  11  16 

W Haywood. ......... 

...  12  12  13 

W C Hubbs 

.....  11  15  14 

F Ames  

...  14  14  17 

A B Kelly. 

. . . . . 14  11  16 

Sizer  ................. 

...  13  11  19 

Bruch  

. . . . . 11  10  14 

Hart  

...  14  10  15 

E Heiser  

10  10  18 

H E Brown 

...  12  12  16 

Runk  

11  14  15 

Jessop  

...  12  14  19 

Anderson  

13  7 16 

Stoops  

...  13  10  17 

Speer  

13  9 17 

G S Trafford 

...  11  12  18 

Brey  

14  13  20 

Pfleger  

Schlicher  

15  12  17 

J O’H  Denny 

...  8 9 12 

Kramlich  

14  12  17 

Sampson  

...  13  14  17 

W B Jarvis 

13  12  16 

G Hoffman.... 

...  8 11  11 

II  Howard  

14  11  15 

T A Marshall 

...  13  14  18 

Andrews  

13  10  14 

L J Lawrence 

...  14  13  17 

G E Greiff 

13  13  18 

L E Butler 

...  13  12  13 

T L Englert 

11  11  14 

H H Stevens 

...  13  13  19 

A S Heil 

12  12  15 

R O Heikes... 

...  14  13  20 

Kiplinger  

. . . . . 14  13  16 

J A Atkinson 

...  12  15  20 

Howell  

15  11  14 

A Holderbaum 

...  12  10  18 

Derk  

14  14  17 

Moore  ......... 

...  12  11  15 

Godcharles  

13  13  14 

T C Garland 

...  15  11  17 

Woods  

13  13  17 

P S Pyle.............. 

...  10  13  18 

Krueger  

Newcomb  

F E Mallory 

. . . . . 13  12  15 

McKelvey  

...  14  10  16 

S T Mallory 

11  13  17 

Nelson  

...  9 10  15 

E O Bowers 

15  14  19 

Chew  

...  11  12  18 

J F Mallory 

12  11  18 

Richardson  

...  13  13  19 

T W Stewart 

14  12  15 

Vietmeyer  

...  10  15  20 

Wiedebusch  

14  12  20 

Flinn  ................ 

G M Lilley... 

. . . . . 14  11  17 

McCurdy  

...  8 8 17 

T F Phillips 

. . . . . 10  15  16 

Bower  ............... 

...  10  13  17 

T R Miller 

12  10  14 

Lang  ................ 

...  11  10  14 

W T Nicols 

Rike  ................. 

F C Bissett 

Kirby  

...  15  11  18 

G H Piercy 

13  12  18 

Fisher  ............... 

12  13  16 

Dansers  

12  13  14 

Hatcher  ............. 

14  14  19 

R Rahm  

15  12  17 

Orr  .............. 

...  13  12  17 

Muldoon  ...... 

. . . . . 15  11  20 

Doolittle  

...  13  12  15 

F V Nicols  ....... 

14  12  15 

Kramer  

, ...  13  10  14 

Simons  

14  7 17 

Tryon  ........ ... 

,...  15  12  20 

W G Hearne 

.....  14  10  18 

Latham  

Cleve  

.....  13  10  16 

McLouth  

W N Murray 

12  12  14 

Eaton  

...  14  13  19 

C H Miller 

. . . . . 13  11  17 

Lay  

...  10  13  15 

Oliver  

. . . . . 10  11  16 

15  12  14 

Oles  

, . . . 14  11  19 

Sohn  

12  12  16 

Bates  ................ 

Lovett  

12  10  14 

C B Bennett 

...  13  10  18 

C P Kenny 

I H Hunter.......... 

...  10  11  17 

H S West 

13  10  13 

Wm  Wagner.. 

R L Hibbs 

Mosher  

Doc  Smith 

Dursten  

...  13  12  16 

Curry  

Law  

...  10  12  15 

Lutz  

15  14  20 

D A Herrold......... 

...  11  14  16 

Hickey  

15  11  19 

R E Shearer 

,...  12  13  16 

Bilsing  

10  12  17 

H W Hoey. ........ 

....  13  12  17 

Geo  Cochran  

J H Ellsworth 

, ...  12  10  18 

Calhoun  

Langdon  

...  12  9 15 

Garrigues  

Stroh  

...  13  13  15 

J Frost  

Cooper  

...  13  14  18 

Traver  

12  12  17 

Mason  

...  10  14  17 

Wampler  

.....  10  10  15 

Stull  

...  11  12  13 

L Lint  

11  8 13 

Volk  ................. 

...  14  8 18 

W A Baker 

15  13  18 

Foltz  

...  11  9 17 

Tosetti  

Henderson  .......... 

S T Kinney  

.....  14  13  19 

Peters  

...  12  14  17 

A M Sargent  

11  11  14 

Brinshard  ............ 

, . . . 12  13  10 

A E Conley 

. . . . . 15  11  16 

H W Millin 

H Nye  

11  13  14 

Ginsberg  ............ 

Crozier  

11  12  16 

Buterbaugh  ......... 

. . . . 15  12  17 

H C Daly 

.....  13  7 .. 

Dr  Heilman  

....  10  9 13 

See  

14  13  18 

C R Anderson  

Richmond  

12  13  17 

Wagner  

E H Tripp 

. . . . . 10  11  13 

Snow  

. . . 14  12  18 

McMurchy  

11  11  14 

Raven  ............... 

, . . . 13  13  19 

J T McNary 

9 10  14 

Schlitz  

A McKean  

8 9 13 

Haak  

Marlowe  

8 10  10 

W M Hall........... 

Hawley  

. . . . . 5 8 12 

R Knight  

J M Glashan 

12  9 17 

J Hale.  ............. 

....  10  7 15 

T H Thomson 

.....  11  7 11 

1)  K Irwin 

....  12  8 12 

R B Johnston 

12  13  17 

D W Baker.... 

....  12  14  17 

N S Anthony 

......13  8 18 

S E Roach.. 

D Chambers  

.....  12  7 19 

F Dougherty  

....  12  ..  18 

Geo  B Uzzell 

14  11  18 

Geo  Snyder  ......... 

....  5 817 

Toney  

13  10  16 

C E Myers... 

, . . . 10  10  12 

North  

11  9 15 

Wm  W Campbell.... 

, . . . 9 6 16 

W M Beck 

11  11  . . 

H E Yunger 

Marcus  

6 2 6 

Mike  Miller 

C Watson  

6 7 9 

E J McMahon.........  12  12  ... 


Pfleger  ......... 

......  24 

23-47 

Irwin  ......... 

22 

21-43 

Denney  ........ 

......  18 

17—35 

Mosby  

13 

16 — 28 

20 

11—31 

19—39 

Anderson  ... 

......  19 

16—35 

Benton  

........  19 

14—33 

....  24 

22—46 

25 — 45 

Holderman  

......  23 

21—44 

Hickey  ....... 

........  24 

23—47 

Speer  

20 

21—41 

Belsing  

22 

23 — 45 

Garland  

......  20 

21—41 

Cochran  ...... 

23 

19—42 

Pyle  

21 

18-39 

Runk  

20 

19—39 

Brey  

20 

21 — 41 

Baker  

21—41 

Schlicher  

21 

23-44 

Park  

15 

15—30 

Howard  ......... 

21 

20—41 

Miller  ........ 

20—40 

Englert  

18 

19—37 

Kramlich  

21 

23—44 

Heil  

19 

23—42 

Jessop  ........ 

........  21 

21—42 

Howell. 

......  22 

16—38 

Curry  

........  16 

19—35 

Derk  

20 

21—41 

McLouth  . . . . . 

22 

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Godcharles  

......  22 

21—43 

Bennett  

20 

19—39 

Wood  ........... 

24 

19—43 

Rahm  

23 

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Krueger  

17 

22—39 

Murray  

........  17 

14—31 

Bower  

22 

22—44 

Milt 

Lindsley  Trophy. 

Open  to  State 

shooters 

only. 

Two-man  teams, 

25  singles 

and  5 

pairs  per  man;  70  targets  to  a team;  $4  entrance  per  team,  $25 
added.  Money -divided  40,  30,  20  and  10  per  cent.  Class  shooting. 
Sixteen  teams  entered. 

In  addition  to  holding  the  Lindsley  trophy,  and  taking  40  per 
cent,  of  the  purse,  the  winners  received  a trophy  donated  by  the 
Pennsylvania  State  Sportsmen’s  Association,  which  was  their 
absolute  property.  Of  the  sixteen  teams  entered,  all  but  two 
finished,  and  the  Northside  Gun  Club  carried  off  first  place  with 
the  excellent  total  of  67  out  of  70,  Hickey  scoring  34  and  Fleming 
38.  The  Florists’  of  Philadelphia,  were  a good  second,  Jack 
Hallowed  and  Fred  Coleman  each  scoring  32,  their  team  total  being 
64.  The  Allentown  and  Independent  gun  clubs,  of  Philadelphia, 
were  next  with  59,  while  the  balance  came  straggling  along  with 
scores  ranging  from  68  down  to  42.  Scores: 

Northside  Gun  Club — Fleming  33,  Hickey  34;  total  67. 

Florists’  Gun  Club,  of  Philadelphia — Coleman  32,  Hallowell  32; 
total  64. 

Allentown  Gun  Club — Brey  28,  Schlicker  31;  total  59. 

Independent  Gun  Club  of  Philadelphia — Eames  30,  Pfleger  29; 
total  59. 

Kane  Gun  Club — Sizer  29,  Brown  29;  total  58. 

Herron  Hill  Gun  Club — A.  H.  King  28,  Kelsey  26;  total  54. 

Oil  City  Gun  Club  No.  1 — Eaton  27,  Bates  27;  total  54. 

Northumberland  Gun  Club — Derk  30,  Godcharles  24;  total  54. 

Oil  City  Gun  Club  No.  2 — Oles  25,  Lay  26;  total  51. 

Enterprise  Gun  Club  of  McKeesport — Hall'26,  Colburn  25;  total 
51. 

Herron  Hill  Gun  Club  No.  2—  Rahm  25,  Henry  G.,  26:  total  51. 

St.  Mary’s  Gun  Club — Anderson  26,  Speer  22;  total  48. 

Kittanning  Gun  Club — Heilman  19,  Dr.  Jessop  29;  total  48. 

Scranton  Gun  Club — Stroh  21,  Mason  21;  total  42. 

The  Newcastle  Gun  Club  (Atkinson  and  Moore),  and  the  Centre 
County  Gun  Club  (Chambers  and  Uzzell)  did  not  finish. 

Harrisburg  Trophy. 

Open  to  State  shooters  only.  Three-man  teams,  25  targets  per 
man;  75  per  team;  $6  entrance  per  team;  $25  added.  Money  divided 
40,  30,  20  and  10  per  cent.  Class  shooting.  In  addition  to  holding 
the  Harrisburg  trophy  and  getting  40  per  cent,  of  the  purse,  the 
winning  team  received  a trophy  from  the  Pennsylvania  State 
Sportsmen’s  Association,  which  became  their  property.  Ten 
teams  entered. 

This  was  a very  interesting  race,  and  was  not  really  hardly  over 
until  the  last  man  had  fired  his  last  shot.  Scores  did  not  range 
so  very  high,  but  the  Herron  Hill  Gun  Club  won  out  with  68, 
owing  to  the  good  team  work  of  their  men.  Allentown  Rod  and 
Gun  Club  was  second  with  66,  and  the  Florists’  No.  1 team  was 
third  with  65.  Scores  were  as  below: 

Independent  Gun  Club,  Philadelphia — Eames  18,  Pfleger  23,  Mink 
22;  total  63. 

Herron  Hill  Gun  Club— King  15,  Fleming  20,  Kelsey  22;  total  57. 

Oil  City  Gun  Club — Eaton  15,  Oles  20,  Bates  22;  total  57. 

Allentown  Gun  Club — Schlicher  22,  Bray  24,  Kramlich  20;  total  66. 

Northumberland  Gun  Club — Howell  16,  Derk  21,  Godcharles  20; 
total  57. 

Florists’  Gun  Club  No.  1 — Hallowell  22,  Huttenlock  23,  Cole- 
man 20;  total  65. 

Florists’  Gun  Club  No.  2 — Goebel  19,  Sheeler  21,  Sanford  21; 
total  61. 

Enterprise  Gun  Club — Hull  21,  Calhoun  14,  Knight  19;  total  54. 

Keating  Gun  Club — Brinshard  22,  Heilman  11,  Jessop  22; 
total  55. 

Herron  Hill  Gun  Club  No.  2~-Rahm  23,  Irwin  23,  Henry  G.  22; 
total  68.  ’ 

Reading  Trophy. 

Open  to  State  shooters  only.  Four-man  teams,  25  targets  per 
man;  100  per  team;  $8  entrance  per  team;  $25  added.  Money 
divided  50,  30  and  20  per  cent.  Class  shooting.  In  addition  to 
holding  the  Reading  trophy,  the  winners  received  a trophy  donated 
by  the  Pennsylvania  State  Sportsmen’s  Association,  which  became 
their  absolute  property.  Seven  teams  entered. 

This  was  a really  hot  race,  with  plenty  of  gpod  high  scoring,  all 
the  more  remarkable  after  what  had  been  dorie  in  so  many  events 
previously.  The  Allentown  Rod  and  Gun  Club  won  out  with  95 
out  of  their  100,  while  the  Florists’.  No.  1 t£am  cajme  within  one 
target  of  equaling  their  score,  their  total  being  94.  Sanford  could 
not  shoot  his  string  on  the  second  day,  so  on  the  morning  of  the 
third  day,  had  to  go  up  against  the  stiff  proposition  of  breaking 
24  to  win  and  28  to  tie,  and  oniy  failed  by  one  target;  but  that 
was  enough.  Herron  Hill  Gun  Club  was  third  with  92.  Scores 
follow': 

Oil  City ‘Gun  Club — Lay  23,  Oles  21,  Eaton  23,  McLouth  21; 
total  88. 

Northumberland  Gun  Club — Howell  20,  Derk  24,  Godcharles  20, 
Herrold  24;  total  88. 

Florists’  Gun  Club  No.  1 — Coleman  24,  Huttenlock  24,  Hallo- 
well  24,  Sanford  22;  total  94. 

Florists’  Gun  Club  No.  2— Goebel  20,  McCarty  23,  Eames  19, 
Sheeler  21;  total  83. 

Enterprise  Gun  Club— W.  Hale  21,  Calhoun  24,  Knight  24,  J. 
Hale  20;  total  89. 

Allentow'n  Gun  Club — Bray  25,  Schlicher  23,  Kramlich  22,  Heil 
25;  total  95. 

Herron  Hill  Gun  Club — Kelsey  24,  Fleming  22,  King  24,  Henry 
G.  22;  total  92.  y 


Wolstencroft  Trophy. 

Open  to  State  shooters  only.  Individual  championship  of  the 
State  at  targets,  50  targets  per  man,  entrance  $1,  optional  sweeps, 
$2  entrance,  $50  added.  Money  in  sweep  divided  30,  25,  20,  15  and 
10  per  cent.  Class  shooting,  ninety-one  entries. 

When  the  smoke  had  cleared  away,  it  was  found  that  there  were 
no  straights,  no  49s  nor  48s,  but  that  there  were  five  tied  on  47 
out  of  50  for  the  State  championship.  These  five  were  Fred 
Coleman,  Ed  Hickey,  Charlie  Mink,  Pfleger  and  Brinshard.  The 
tie  was  not  shot  off  until  the  morning  of  the  third  day,  when 
Coleman  won  out  with  24  out  of  25,  Hickey  being  second  with 
23,  losing  his  first  and  his  last  target;  Mink  and  Pfleger  broke  22 
and  Brinshard  18. 

Scores  in  the  Wolstencroft  trophy  were: 


Targets : 

25 

25 

Targets : 

25 

25 

King  

20—44 

Eaton  

23 

19 — 42 

Kelsey  

22—45 

Lay  

....  20 

20—40 

Sanford  

23 

20 — 43 

Carnahan  

18 

16—34 

Fleming  ........ 

23 

22 — 45 

Oles  

18-41 

Henry  G 

23 

22 — 45 

Bates  

19—44 

Irwin  ........... 

20 

18—38 

D A Herold 

....  20 

21—41 

Huttenlock  

......  21 

23-44 

Shearer  

23—43 

Coleman  

23 

24—47 

Brinshard  

23—47 

Hallowell  

23—46 

Calhoun  

19—40 

Goebel  ......... 

18—39 

Langdon  

15—33 

Sheeler  ......... 

21—41 

Stroh  

21-46 

Mink  

25 

22-47 

Cooper  

18—42 

McCarty  

21 

23—44 

Mason  

17—40 

Haywood  

19 

18—37 

Bakewell  

18—38 

Eames  

18—43 

Millen  

22—43 

Deardorff  

16 

16—32 

Ginsberg  

20—42 

Grove  

......  19 

10—29 

Butterbaugh  

....  22 

19-41 

Jackson  

22-44 

Heilman  

18—40 

Denicker  ...... 

......  21 

23—44 

Dougherty  

17—35 

Seitz  

12—26 

Snyder  

18—33 

Kelley  

22 

19 — 41 

Meyer  

20—35 

Sizer  

23-46 

Roach  

16—32 

H E Brown.... 

23 — 45 

C R Anderson 

....  19 

20—39 

Stoops  

20-41 

Knite  

20—39 

Newcomb  

23—45 

W Hale  

17—41 

Trafford  

21—46 

J Hale  

17—36 

The  Denny  Trophy  Handicap. 

Open  to  State  shooters  only.  Entrance  $3;  50  targets  per  man; 
handicap  allowance  of  misses  as  breaks.  High  guns  win,  not  class 
shooting.  The  J.  O’H.  Denny  trophy  ($80  grade  L.  C.  Smith  gun) 
to  first  high  gun.  Money  divided  20,  18,  16,  14,  12,  8,  5,  4,  and  3 
per  cent,  to  high  guns  other  than  first  high  gun.  Seventy-eight 
entries. 

The  handicap  committee  had  its  work  cut  out  for  it,  as  seventy- 
eight  men  put  up  their  $3  to  shoot  for  the  Denny  trophy.  Of 
that  number  no  less  than  nineteen,  about  25  per  cent,  of  the  whole, 
broke  enough  to  make  them  a possible  with  their  handicap  allow- 
ance. Then  came  the  shoot-off,  which  was  at  25  targets  with 
half  allowances.  Thirteen  of  the  nineteen  dropped  out  on  the 
first  shoot-off,  a remarkable  showing  indeed.  Speer,  Heil,  Millin, 
Bowen,  Oles  and  Runk  were  the  fortunate  ones  to  get  through. 
The  second  round  of  ties  saw  Speer  and  Runk  drop  out.  The 
third  round  witnessed  the  finish  of  Bowen  and  Oles,  leaving 
Millin  and  Heil  to  try  a fourth  time.  On  this  occasion  Millin 
lost  out  by  one,  his  score  being  24  to  Pleil’s  25,  which  gave  the 
latter  the  Smith  gun  as  his  reward.  With  the  decision  of  the 
Denny  trophy  handicap  the  list  of  competitions  in  State  target 
events  was  completed.  Scores,  50  targets,  handicap  allowance: 


King  

Handicap. 
2 

Broke. 

45 

Handicap.  Broke. 

Kelsey  

45 

McLouth  . . 

40 

Fleming  . . . 

46 

Bennett  ... 

49 

Henry  G... 

49 

Rahm  

49 

Irwin  

.........  6 

49 

Eaton  

47 

Sanford  . . . . 

49 

Lay  

48 

Huttenlock 

6 

50 

Carnahan  . . 

46 

Coleman  ... 

48 

Oles  ...... 

50 

Hallowell  . . 

6 

44 

Bates  ...... 

44 

Sheeler  . . . . 

8 

44 

Herrold  . . . . 

50 

Mink  

47 

Shearer  .... 

46 

McCarty  . . 

45 

Brinshard  .. 

46 

Haywood  . . 

8 

46 

Calhoun  . . . 

45 

Eames  

6 

46 

Lowe  

50 

Newcomb  . 

.........  5 

46 

Langdon  . . 

38 

Sizer  ...... 

6 

48 

Stroh  

49 

Brown  

47 

Cooper  .... 

44 

Stoops  .... 

48 

Masoa  

» 

Jessop  ......... 

so 

Millin  ........... 

....  6 

60 

Trafford  ...... 

46 

Ginsberg  ....... 

....  6 

49 

Pfleger  ....... 

50 

Butterbaugh  . . . 

....  7 

49 

Denny  ........ 

......  15 

47 

Heilman  ........ 

....  7 

44 

Nelson  ....... 

42 

Dougherty  ..... 

....  7 

47 

Anderson  .... 

10 

45 

Snyder  

....  8 

_ , 

Atkinson  ..... 

......  4 

47 

Meyer  

....  8 

46 

Lang  ..... 

7 

47 

Roach  .......... 

....  7 

50 

Speer  

50 

Sohn  

....  7 

50 

Garland  

5 

46 

Anderson  ....... 

48 

Pyle  .......... 

48 

McCready  

....  7 

33 

Brey  

50 

Benton  

....  9 

43 

Schlicher  

4 

50 

Curry  

34 

Howard  

7 

49 

Campbell  ... 

....  7 

35 

Englert  

8 

41 

McNary  

....  8 

30 

Heil  .......... 

8 

50 

McKean  

28 

Howell  ....... 

47 

Runk  

....  10 

50 

Derk  .......... 

......  7 

50 

Miller  

....  6 

50 

Godcharles  . . . . 

.......  6 

50 

Kramlich  

....  6 

48 

Woods  

......  6 

44 

Pontefract  

....  6 

46 

Krueger  

......  4 

49 

George  

....  7 

49 

Third  Day,  May  4, 


As  the  programme  for  the  third  day  of  the  shoot,  the  man- 
agement had  prepared  a schedule  of  five  open  events,  each  at  20 
targets,  with  $25  added  to  each  event,  or  a total  of  $125  cash. 
This  was  jo  be  followed  by  the  Herron  Hill  Handicap,  for  which 
a long  list  of  merchandise  and  cash  prizes  had  been  secured, 
the  total  value  being  $1,001.75.  It  was  found  to  be  necessary, 
owing  to  the  large  number  of  entries  in  the  main  event,  the 
Herron  Hill  Handicap,  which  had  220  entries,  to  cut  out  the 
five  open  events,  more  especially  as  there  were  certain  ties  in 
some  of  the  previous  day’s  State  events  to  be  decided  before  this 
day’s  programme  could  be  commenced.  It  will  be  remembered 
that  on  the  day  before  it  had  been  found  necessary  also  to  cut 
out  the  last  three  open  events,  to  which  $65  was  to-  have  been 
added.  Taking  the  $125  from  the  open  events  on  this  day,  and 
the  $65  from  the  events  not  shot  on  the  previous  day,  the  man- 
agement added  the  total  of  the  two  amounts,  namely,  $190,  to  the 
prizes  to  be  contested  for  in  the  Herron  Hill  Handicap,  making 
nineteen  more  moneys,  each  of  the  value  of  a $10  gold  piece. 
This  made-  the  total  number  of  prizes  sixty-nine,  as  against  the 
fifty  previously  announced  in  the  programme,  and  the  total  cash 
value  of  prizes  and  cash  donated  $1,191.75,  as  against  $1,001.75,  as 
previously  stated.  It  will  thus  be  seen  that,  although  there  were 
220  entries  each  at  $5,  making  a sum  of  $1,100  in  cash,  the  actual 
cash  value  of  the  prizes  offered  by  the  club  was  in  excess  of  the 
total  entrance  fee,  no  account  at  all  being  taken  of  the  cost  of 
the  2,200  targets  thrown  in  the  event.  This  is  a point  worth 
noting,  especially  when  it  is  remembered  that  the  club  positively 
states  in  its  programme:  “The  cash  for  the  following  prizes  was 
donated  by  members  of  the  Herron  Hill  Gun  Club,  and  the 
merchandise  prizes,  with  the  exception  of  those  for  the  eighth  and 
eleventh  high  guns,  which  were  also  donated  by  members  of  the 
club,  were  purchased  from  local  dealers.”  It  must  also  be  borne 
in  mind  that  in  figuring  the  cash  value  of  the  guns  and  other 
merchandise  prizes,  selling  prices  and  not  list  prices  were  con- 
sidered. 

The  general  lowness  of  the  scores  cannot  be  attributed  to 
anything  other  than  the  extremely  hard  background;  perhaps 
there  were  other  contributing  drawbacks,  but  the  background  was 
the  chief  offender.  When  it  is  seen  that  out  of  220  entries,  only 
six  men  could  score  better  than  90  out  of  100,  shooters  who  were 
not.  present  can  gather  some  idea  of  what  the  boys  were  up 
against.  Many  may  kick  themselves  for  not  being  on  hand  to 
try  the  game,  but  it’s  dollars  to  doughnuts,  some  of  them  would 
have  miss-ed  a few  now  and  then. 

rThe  winner  was  a young  shooter  from  the  smallest  State  in  the 
Pinion— Delaware,  of  which  State  he  now  holds  the  target  cham- 
pionship by  reason  of  his  win  of  the  same  at  the  tournament 
recently  held  in  Wilmington  under  the  auspices  of  the  Wilmington 
Gun  Club;  his  name  is  A.  B.  Richardson,  and  he  hails  from 
Dover.  Second  to  him,  and  only  one  behind,  was  that  sterling 
good  shot  of  the  Herron  Hill  Gun  Club,  Kelsey,  a nom  de  fusil 
that  conceals  to  many  the  identity  of  the  gentleman  wh*  has  for 
a brother  one  of  the  best  amateur  live  bird  shots  in  the  country. 
It  would  be  a pleasure  to  give  the  shooting  public  this  gentle- 
man’s real  name,  but  Forest  and  Stream  appreciates  the  fact 
that  citizens  of  this  country  have  a right  to  travel  incognito  if 
they  want  to  do  so. 

The  scores  in  this  event  are  given  below: 


Targets : 20  20  20  20  20 

Powers,  20 14  17  15  19  16—81 

L Willard,  19.  16  18  20  19  16—89 
L Fisher,  19. . . 15  17  20  15  19—86 

Tryon,  19 12  19  16  16  17—80 

A H King,  18..  18  17  IS  16  18—87 
Kelsey,  18  ....  17  19  20  20  19—95 
L Fleming,  18.  18  20  16  17  18—89 
J Atkinson,  18.  17  17  18  18  19—89 
G Piercy,  18. . . 14  18  18  17  18—85 

Bissett,  18 19  18  20  19  14—90 

E Bower,  18...  16  17  20  18  14—85 
J Mallory,  18.  15  17  16  17  16—81 
S J Roll,  18...  12  17  15  16  19—79 
F Coleman,  18.  19  18  14  19  18 — 88 
E D Rike,  18..  15  15  11  19  17—77 

Volk,  18 16  17  20  19  18—90 

Henderson,  18.  18  16  16  18  17—85 
L German,  18.  19  15  18  17  18—87 
Schlicher,  18. . 16  16  20  17  18—87 
A Hatcher,  18.  17  17  19  20  16—89 
W Baker,  18..  16  18  20  18  17—89 
F Cooper,  18..  14  13  17  19  18—81 
J Calhoun,  18.  15  17  20  17  18—87 
Hickey,  18. ... . 17  17  19  20  17—90 
R Rahm,  17...  17  18  16  18  15—85 
O Flinn,  17. . . . 12  15  17  18  17—79 
Richardson,  17.  17  20  20  20  19 — 96 
Newcomb,  17..  17  15  16  18  12 — 78 
G Howell,  17..  15  16  18  17  17—83 
E Stilson,  17..  17  18  16  17  17—85 
F Mallory,  17.  13  13  16  16  17—75 
S Mallory,  17.  16  13  17  20  19—85 
T Stewart,  17..  16  14  16  17  16—79 
S Kinney,  17..  18  17  16  17  16—84 
Tossetti,  17. . . . 15  19  19  16  18—87 
Huttenloch,  17.  15  20  16  18  16—85 
A Krueger,  17.  15  20  19  18  17—89 

Foltz,  17 16  16  IS  17  18—84 

Peters,  17 15  17  13  16  13—74 

D Sanford,  17.  17  18  15  19  19—88 
W Stroh,  17...  16  14  15  16  18—79 
J Hunter,  17..  17  15  16  20  15—83 
W Wagner,  17.  15  18  17  16  17—83 
Wiedebusch,  17.  13  18  18  19  16—82 
N Ford,  17....  18  19  19  18  16—90 
C Kramlich, 17.  17  16  18  17  17—85 
M Brey,  17. . . . 15  18  18  18  19—88 
A Kirby,  17. . . 18  18  20  19  15—90 
F Snow,  17....  18  18  17  18  19—90 
C Mink,  17....  14  18  18  19  16—85 
C Hart,  17. . . . 16  17  16  18  18—85 
P Pfleger,  17..  17  20  19  19  18—93 
R Deniker,  17.  18  17  15  18  13—81 
G Cochran,  17.  19  19  10  14  13—75 
C Miller,  17..  15  18  17  17  17—84 
.Simmons,  17...  16  11  19  17  18—81 

Raven,  17  17  19  16  16  18—86 

C Irwin,  17. . . 16  14  15  18  16—79 

J Lutz,  17 17  20  18  18  19—92 

D Bakewell,  16.  16  18  16  14  16—80 
W Bower,  16..  19  17  18  18  20—92 
Henry  G,  16...  16  16  18  17  16—83 
P Pyle,  16.....  16  19  17  19  17—88 
J Denny,  16...  11  14  13  11  10—59 
J Speer,  16. . . . 12  17  14  18  16—77 
L Cannon,  16.  11  16  15  17  16—75 
T Brick,  16.....  13  12  15  19  16—75 
N Good,  16...  10  15  12  13  16—66 
D Hardy,  16..  12  15  13  13  16—69 
E Oles,  16.....  14  15  16  17  16—78 
J Curry,  16....  12  13  18  18  18—79 
A Traver,  16..  14  17  17  18  17—83 
N Johnston,  16  13  19  14  13  17—76 
C Lay,  16.....  19  19  16  18  17—82 
D Baker,  16...  16  17  17  18  20—88 
Latham,  16. . . . 14  13  15  18  18—78 
T Chew,  16....  14  18  IS  17  13—80 
J McKelvey,  16.  14  16  17  18  14—79 
T Nelson,  16..  9 1116  11  9—56 
E Mull,  16..,.  13  16  11  14  14-78 


A Conley,  16..  17  17  18  18  18—8 
N Andrews,  16.  15  17  16  15  16—7 
Deardorff,  16..  13  14  16  17  13—7 
C Grove,  16...  15  15  16  11  12—6: 
Jackson,  16....  17  18  20  17  18—9 
S Adams,  16...  16  18  19  19  16—8 
Pontefract,  16.  15  19  17  19  15—8! 
A Kelley,  16..  18  14  18  15  18—8! 
S Heilman,  16.  11  9 12  13  16 — 6 
F Eames,  16...  17  16  17  18  16—8 
J McCarty,  16.  16  16  16  15  17—8: 
J Sheeler,  16..  17  17  19  17  13—8! 
A Sizer,  16. ... . 13  15  18  16  17—7! 
H Brown,  16..  15  17  17  18  17—8 
Dr  Jessop,  16.  17  15  18  17  18—8! 
J Stoops,  16...  19  14  15  16  15—7! 

J Orr,  16 17  19  19  18  18—9' 

H Milton,  16..  14  17  17  16  17—8: 
D Anderson, 16.  13  13  12  9 13— 7l 
C Kockey,  16. . 14  11  10  15  13—6! 
Vern’ndean,  16.  11  15  10  10  10—51 
Abe,  16. ...... . 11  12  15  13  14—6! 

Nimrod,  16....  15  11  13  1514—6! 

W Hale,  16...  19  14  20  16  16—8! 
W Hubbs,  16..  18  19  15  15  18—8! 
J Feeley,  16...  13  14  16  12  17—6! 
J Hirshey,  16.  15  16  17  17  15—8! 
Dr  Jacques,  16.  13  16  20  16  16 — 8' 
D Moore,  16. . . 16  15  16  18  15—81 

Tack,  16 9 5 8 4 13—3! 

F Ginsberg,  16.  13  18  18  14  15—7! 
Butterb’h,  16..  15  15  17  19  15—8: 
F Muldoon,  16.  13  12  20  16  15— 7( 
Chambers,  16..  15  15  17  16  15—7! 
G Uzzell,  16...  13  15  16  16  16— 7t 
C Watson,  16..  6 ..  ..  .. 

J Frost,  16....  13  18  17  14  12—7' 

j Englert,  16..  12  16  18  14  16—71 
McMurtry,  16.  15  16  18  15  14—7! 
Dr  Smith,  16..  15  14  17  16  15—7' 
McConnell,  16.  10  11  13  15  13—6! 
D Herrold,  16.  13  15  16  12  15—71 
Kingsbury,  16.  14  17  15  14  14—7' 
C Bennett,  16.  20  18  19  18  12—8! 
K Knight,  16.  17  14  18  15  17—81 
R Johnston,  16.  19  17  17  17  17— 81 
A Sargent,  16.  15  17  14  14  14—7' 
L Lewis,  16...  6 7 10  8 10—41 
Tingley,  16....  17  17  14  17  19—8' 

J Fry,  16. .... . 15  18  16  14  16—7! 

R Shearer,  16.  17  15  16  18  18—8' 

Runk,  16 15  17  16  16  15—7! 

Brinshard,  16..  17  17  19  17  19— 8£ 
Bilsmg,  16.....  17  16  13  14  14— 7-1 
H Stewart,  16..  15  11  19  16  17—7! 
C Hackett,  16.  14  13  17  16  IS — 7S 

H Galt,  16 17  13  17  17  18—85 

J Allen,  16.....  13  11  13  12  14—65 
L Bridwell,  16.  9 13  11  12  13—55 

Benton,  15 12  11  17  17  12—6! 

Sohn,  15 15  17  16  18  18—84 

S Hoffman,  15.  13  13  14  7 15—65 

Hyp°',  15 14  12  15  16  13—70 

Cleve,  15 12  18  17  17  14—82 

J Johnston,  15.  8 14  14  13  11 — 6C 
Thompson,  15.  10  13  13  13  14—63 
J Taylor,  15...  8 9 7 8 10—42 
E Casper,  15..  17  11  16  15  13—69 
McGashan,  15.  19  16  16  15  17— 7S 
Burnham,  15...  18  15  17  17  17—84 
W Lang,  15....  13  17  12  14  14^70 
McCready,  15..  15  11  14  12  12—64 
Westphal,  15...  10  15  15  17  16—73 
Mcjenkin,  15..  9 16  10  6 7—48 
Campbell,  15..  10  12  14  11  16—63 

Yohner,  15 15  14  14  16  20—79 

Hawes,  15.....  12  15  9 14  15—65 
W Campb’ll,  15.  13  18  16  16  13—76 
W Brusley,  15.  16  15  13  18  11—78 
North,  15 15  14  17  17  14—77 


386 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


[May  13,  1905. 


Davis,  16...,.  14  16  14  12  9-65. 
atterson,  16..  9 9 6 8 12 — 44 
Godcharles,  16.  17  14  16  13  17—77 
Trafford,.  16...  13  15  15  17  15—76 
Anderson,  16..  15  13  18  17  15 — 78 
G Wagner,  16.  16  16  19  14  2C— 85 
W Eaton,  16..  18  16  17  19  14-84 
McLouth,  16..  16  18  16  18  17 — 85 
C Oles,  16.....  17  17  17  17  15—83 

F Bates,  16....  17  14  18  19  17—85 

Garrigues.  16..  13  17  15  13  13—71 
H Hoey,  16....  15  15  18  18  17—83 

Ellsworth,  16.  16  12  14  18  16—76 
E Heil,  16.....  14  17  18  14  19—82 

H Woods,  16..  16  16  15  16  18—81 
H Oliver,  16...  17  13  14  15  11—70 
A Walker,  16..  14  11  11  15  15—66 
Langdon,  16..  10  11  12  12  9— 5"4 
J Mason,  16...  13  17  15  17  12—74 
J Miller,  16....  19  16  IS  IS  17—88 

W Nicols,  16..  16  14  14  13  10—67 
G Lilley,  16...  14  IS  19  16  16—83 
J Phillips,  16..  17  17  18  18  18—88 
H West,  16...  19  17  14  15  14—79 
C Kenney,  16..  14  16  IS  13  16—77 
R Hibbs,  16.... 11  15  14  15  17—72 

Brabson,  16.  16  14  15  14  11—70 
Howard,  16.  19  16  16  17  17-85 
Speer,  16.......  13  12  12  15  13—65 

C Miller,  16...  14  11  17  15  13—70 


MeMillen,  16.,  18  17  16  18  16-84 

L Link,  15....  14  18  16  16  12—76 

J Watson,  15..  18  15  15  13  13—74 
Hancock,  14..  17  14  9 15  13—68 
R Weaver,  14..  . 5 12  13  14  10—54 
Carnahan,  14. . 14  17  11  14  15 — 71 
Br’r  Bill,  14. . 13  14  17  15  15— 74 
Mc'Cork’e,  14..  13  15  13  15  15—71 
R Shaner,  14..  12  18  17  17  19—83 
C Th’mps’n,  14.  10  10  10  11  5-46 
Toney,  15......  16  13  15  18  16—78 

M Low,  15.....  11  14  14  14  11—64 

Hallowed,  18..  18  16  19  18  18—89 

Derk,  17 17  16  19  13  18—83 

J B akeslee,  17.  14  17  15  12  ..—58 
J Malone,  17. . 14  13  15  14  12—68 
N Tarvis,  16...  16  16  18  20  18—88 
N Foutts,  16...  13  16  15  13  14—71 
N Anthony,  16.  17  16  18  16  17—84 
W Sharp,  16..  8 13  7 13  10—51 
S Roach,  16...  13  14  12  15  17—71 
R Snyder,  16..  11  15  12  15  13—66 
A Buck,  16....  14  IS  14  16  14—76 

Pills,  16........  15  17  18  16  15—81 

IV  Danser,  15.  13  16  18  15  18—80 
C Smith,  15...  15  15  18  17  14—79 
H Johnson,  15.  17  16  19  17  20—89 

S Bell.  15 IS  15  18  14  19—84 

W Hill,  15 12  8 13  13  15—61 

Shaw,  16 15  14  17  12  9—67 


List  of  'Winners  in  Herron  Hill  Handicap. 

With  sixty-nine  moneys  in  the'  purse  to  be  decided,  and  with 
those  who  broke  84  out  of  100  getting  at  least  a $10  gold  piece,  it 
took  quite  a little  time  to  arrive  at  a correct  list  of  winners  in 
order  of  merit.  Below  is  given  that  list,  as  it  is  believed  same 
will  be  of  considerable  interest: 


1. 

A B Richardson..... 

96 

21. 

J J Hallowell 

89 

2. 

C E Kelsey 

95 

22. 

D D Baker 

89 

3. 

Pfleger  

93 

23. 

H fohnston  

89 

4. 

Lutz  

92 

24. 

A E Conley 

88 

5. 

N C Bowen 

92 

25. 

W B Jarvis 

88 

6. 

J Orr  

91 

26. 

M S Brey 

88 

7. 

Geo  Volk  

.....90 

27. 

F Coleman 

88 

8. 

W M Foord..... 

90 

28. 

P S Pvle. , 

88 

9. 

A W Kirby 

90 

29. 

S S Adams 

88 

10. 

Jackson  

90 

30. 

Sanford  . , 

.......88 

11. 

Hickey  

90 

31. 

J R Miller.......... 

12. 

F H Snow 

90 

32. 

J F Ph  ilipps 

88 

13. 

F C Bissett 

90 

33. 

J F Ca  houn 

87 

14. 

L C Willard 

89 

34. 

R B Johnston 

.87 

15. 

L Fleming  

.....89 

35. 

IT  Schlicher ..... 

87 

16. 

J T Atkinson... 

89 

36. 

C B Bennett .... 

17. 

A M Hatcher 

89 

37. 

A H King 

87 

18. 

W A Baker 

89 

38. 

L German  

87 

19. 

A C Kreuger 

89 

39. 

Tossetti  

87 

20. 

Brinshard  

89 

The  thirty-seventh  to  the  sixty-n:nth  prizes  were  all  $10  gold 
pieces,  and  therefore  the  86s  and  85s,  of  which  there  were  two  and 
eighteen  respectively,  did  not  have  to  shoot  off.  The  84s,  however, 
were  thirteen  in  number,  and  as  there  were  only  ten  prizes  be- 
tween them,  three  had  to  go  without  anything,  and  McMillan, 
Anthony  and  G.  O.  Be'l  were  apparently  the  unlucky  ones,  ac- 
cording to  record  as  furnished  me. 


Target  Programme  CompVed. 

With  the  awarding  of  the  prizes  in  the  Herron  Hill  Handicap 
the  target  programme  for  the  Pennsylvania  State  Sportsmen’s  As- 
sociation’s fifteenth  annual  tournament  was  completed.  It  had 
been  hard  work  for  all  concerned,  the  management  and  shooters 
combined.  The  long  waits  were  tedious;  that  is,  for  the  shooters; 
as  for  the  managenient,  they  had  no  waits  or  rests,  long  or  short, 
during  the  entire  .week;  and  perhaps  not  for  days  before  the  open- 
ing' of  the  shoot. 

The  magnitude  of  the  task  they  had  to  cope  with  may  be  gath- 
ered from  the  fact  that  they  had  State  and  open  events  to  handle 
at  the  same  time,  and  that  with  200  and  odd  shooters  on  the 
ground,  all  wanting  to  get  busy,  is  anything  but  a cinch. 

As  an  item  of  interest  is  now  given  a list  of  targets  thrown 
during  the  tournament,  as  taken  from  the  scores  furnished. 
W hile  the  figures  may  not  be  actually  correct,  they  are  approxi- 
mately so,  and  are  only  given  for  what  they  are  worth: 


Preliminary  day  10,000 

First  day  36,560 

Second  day: 

Open  events  11,140 

Wolstencroft  trophy  and  ties 4,675 

Lindsley  trophy  and  ties 1,100 

Harrisburg  trophy  and  ties 750 

Reading  trophy  and  ties.., 700 

Denny  trophy  and  ties 4,650 

Third  day: 

. Herron  Hill  Handicap,  ties  not  included 22,000 


Total 91,875 


Fourth  Day,  May  5, 

The  management  had  worked  hard  over  night  and  early  in  the 
morning  of  this  day  to  transform  the  target  grounds  into  three 
sets  of  live-bird  grounds,  with  50yd.  wire  boundaries  and  high  pro- 
tecting fences  between  each  set  of  traps,  much  after  the  same 
style  as  adopted  at  Interstate  Park  in  the  old  days.  A young 
cyclone  that  whirled  around  Brunot’s  Island  on  the  night  of  the 
4th  caused  some  damage  to  the  arrangements,  and  b.ew  down  a 
fence  or  two,  but  the  shooting  commenced  as  soon  as  the  boat 
made  its  landing. 

The  birds  were  a more  than  fair  lot,  but  the  long  grass  that 
surrounded  the  traps  made  them  often  slow  to  start,  in  addition  to 
which  most  of  the  time  there  was  an  incoming  wind,  which,  with 
the  Driving  Park  buildings  in  the  rear  of  the  shooters,  made  many 
of  the  birds  incomers  which  would  probably  otherwise  made 
straight  cuts  for  the  outer  boundary. 

W ith  three  State  events  on  the  programme,  in  addition  to  the 
main  event,  the  Driving  Park  Handicap,  on  their  hands,  the  man- 
agement had  their  work  set  for  them  to  get  through  the  pro- 
gramme in  anything  like  due  order.  Most  of  the  ties  were  shot 
oil  on  the  morning  of  May  6,  it  being  impossible  to  finish  them 
over  night.  Thus,  with  the  preliminary  day  on  the  1st,  there  were 
six  days  of  continued  sport  on  Brunot’s  Island  before  it  could  be 
said  that  the  fifteenth  annual  tournament  of  the  Pennsylvania 
State  Sportsmen’s  Association  had  been  brought  to  a successful 
close. 

The  several  eve.nts  are  treated  of  below,  and  the  scores  are 
given  with,  the  shoot-offs  where  required.  A rough  calculation 
made  from  the  scores  apparently  shows  that  a grand  total  of  2,531 
birds  were  trapped  in  the  four  events  and  in  the  shoot-offs  con- 
nected with  those  events,  as  follows:  Williamsport  trophy,  976; 

Driving  Park  Handicap,  882;  John  A.  Wilson  trophy,  358,  and 
L.  C.  Smith  trophy,  315. 

The  Driving  Patfc  Handicap. 

Open  to  all,  nobody  barred.  Twenty  birds  per  man,  $20  entrance, 
birds  included;  handicaps  25  to  32yds.  One  money  for  every  five 
entries  or  fraction  thereof.  In  addition  to  first  money  the  winner 
to  receive  a $100  sterling  silver  loving  cup  presented  by  the  Her- 
ron Hill  Gun  Club.  High  guns,  not  class  shooting.  (As  there 
were  fifty-seven  actual  entries,  there  were  twelve  moneys.) 

It  was  at  first  intended  that  this  event,  as  per  statement  in  the 
programme,  should  be  at  25  birds,  $25  entrance;  but  owing  to  the 
large  number  of  entries  in  the  State  events,  and  the  fact  that 
therefore  only  one  set  of  traps  could  be  devoted  to  this  “open  to 
all”  event,  the  number  of  birds  was  cut  to  20  and  the  entrance  to 
$20  per  man.  There  were  originally  sixty-five  entries  for  the  event, 
but  when  it  was  seen  that  even  by  cutting  down  the  event  as 
above,  it  was  almost  certain  that  the  decision  as  to  ownership  of 
the  trophy  could  not  be  arrived  at  until  Saturday  morning,  eight 
were  allowed  to  withdraw,  the  number  of  actual  contestants  being 
fifty-seven,  among  them  some  of  the  best  in  the  country. 

At  the  close  of  the  day,  when  it  was  too  dark  to  attempt  to 
shoot  off  the  ties,  there  were  nine  men  with  20  straight  to  their 
credit  and  eight  who  had  scored  19  out  of  20.  Among  the  latter 
was  Lester  German,  of  Aberdeen,  Md.,  a sterling  good  shot,  who 
had  what  was  generally  considered  some  hard  luck  in  connection 
with  his  ninth  bird,  which,  so  far  as  I could  tell,  was  scored  lost 
to  him  under  exceptionally  unfortunate  (to  him)  conditions.  The 
happening  was  thus:  He  drew  a swerving  outgoer  from  No.  1 

or  2 trap,  which  he  missed  clean  with  his  first,  but  brought  down 
with  a quick  and  accurate  second,  drawing  generous  applause  for 


his  work.  The  rule  was  to  shoot  two  birds  before  leaving  the 
score,  the  first  bird  not  being  gathered  until  both  had  been  shot 
at  unless  there  was  reasonable  doubt  as  to  whether  the  first  bird 
could  be  gathered  or  not.  There  seemed  no  doubt  about  German’s 
bird  being  dead,  and  he  was  permitted  by  the  referee  (who  had 
called  his  first  bird  “dead,”  and  had  it  scored  so),  to  shoot  at  his 
second,  which  he  killed  in  good  shape.  The  discharge  of  his 
gun,  however,  wakened  up  a bird  that  gathered  itself  together  and 
flew  heavily  to  the  left  quarter  boundary.  German  and  several  others 
were  positive  it  was  not  his  b rd,  but  a pricked  one  from  one  of  the 
two  other  sets  of  traps,  so  he  made  no  special  efforts  to  have  it 
retrieved.  The  boy  sent  to  gather  it  was  unable  to  get  really  near 
it,  and  it  went  out,  flying  strongly,  whereupon  the  “dead  bird”  in 
German’s  ninth  round  was  changed  to  a “lost.”  The  claim  made 
also  was  that  German’s  bird  was  darker  in  color  than  the  one 
that  got  away.  Later  on  a dead  bird  was  found  in  the  long  grass, 
which  some  said  was  surely  German’s  bird,  but  no  further  change 
was  made  in  the  score.  The  long  grass  in  the  outfield  was  a heavy 
handicap  on  locating  fallen  birds  accurately,  and  is  solely  re- 
sponsible for  any  doubt  in  this  case  as  to  whether  it  really  was 
German’s  bird  that  got  away,  and  which  lost  him  his  chance  of 
the  cup,  or  whether  it  was  his  bird  that  was  later  on  discovered 
dead  in  the  grass.  Without  attempting  or  desiring  to  criticise  in 
the  least,  it  would  seem  as  if  a “no  bird”  was  the  worst  that 
German  should  have  got  in  such  a case,  unless  it  was  positively 
certain  that  the  dead  ifird  discovered  later  was  not  his  ninth  bird. 

Among  those  with  “20  straight”  were  C.  M.  Powers,  of  Decatur 
111.;  H.  C.  Hirschy,  of  Minneapolis,  winner  of  the  last  G.  A.  H. 
at  pigeons,  in  which  there  were  456  entries;  and  C.  A.  Young,  of 
Youngstown,  O.,  all  at  31yds.,  Young  shooting  a repeating 
“Young”  gun.  Three  out  of  the  nine  were  30yd.  men — “Tryon,” 
a nom  de  fusil  that  has  lately  been  adopted  by  a Cleveland 
shooter  of  considerable  repute;  J.  R.  Malone,  runner-up  in  the 
G.  A.  H.  of  1900,  and  the  Pittsburger,  Bessemer.  The  other  three 
were  Geo.  S.  Trafford,  of  Lebanon,  Pa.,  29yds.;  N.  Johnston  and 
Henry  Gee,  a Pittsburger,  both  at  28yds.  The  winner  was  Powers, 
who  killed  14  straight,  Johnston  being  the  runner-up.  Young  and 
Bessemer  both  dropped  out  in  the  thirteenth  round;  Henry  Gee 
in  the  ninth,  Malone  in  the  eigthh,  and  Trafford  in  the  seventh. 
Hirschy  went  out  in  the  fourth,  and  Tryon  in  the  third.  Thus 
Powers  landed  the  cup  which,  while  described  in  the  programme 
as  a $100  sterling  silver  loving  cup,  actually  cost  the  Herron  Hill 
Gun  Club  practically  $130,  and  was  a beauty  indeed. 

The  shoot-off  of  the  19s  for  the  three  remaining  moneys  was 
quite  short,  as  only  six  showed  up  to  contest  for  their  portion  of 
the  purse.  The  two  missing  ones  were  VV.  C.  Danser  and  Frank 
Muldoon,  both  of  Freehold,  N.  J.,  and  both  28yd.  men.  L.  C. 
Willard,  of  Chicago  (31yds.)  missed  his  first  bird  in  the  ties; 
P.  S.  Pyle  (2Syds.)  lost  his  second.  The  remaining  four  shot 
along  until  the  sixth  round,  when  C.  O.  Le  Compte,  of  Eminence, 
Ky.  (30yds.)  lost  his  bird,  leaving  Lester  German  (31),  Geo. 
Roll,  of  Chicago  (31),  and  C.  B.  Hawley  (28),  to  whack  up  the 
last  three  moneys  in  the  purse.  Scores  follow: 

A H King,  30 120222222212220  —13 

Kelsey,  30  2200  — 2 

Rahm,  30. 222222202222222220  — ' >« 

Jessop,  28  22200  — 3 

Frank,  30  222212222212122200  —16 

Sampson.  27  2222202210  — 8 

E P McMurtry,  27 2200  — 2 

J S Speer,  28 22220220  — 6 

N Johnston,  28 22222222222222222222—20 

G Henry,  28  22122222222222222222—20 

P S Pyle,  28 22012222122222221222—19 

Coon,  28  12202222211222220  —15 

Drinkhard,  28  112222100  — 7 

Morgan,  28  1200  — 2 

H Stevens,  30  0220  — 2 

I<  O Heikes,  31 2222222222201220  —14 

J R Hull,  29 222222021222222220  —16 

J R Malone,  30 22221211222111121222—20 

I.  S German,  31 11221112022221212222—19 

Marcus,  27  00  — 0 

Iseman,  28  22110220  — 6 

Powers,  31  11211211111111221212—20 

Tryon,  30  2212222222222  2222222 — 20 

I,  Willard,  31  22021211122222212222—19 

Geo  Roll,  31  12222221021111211211—19 

Wm  Wagner,  28 ..01211201  —6 

I-I  C Hirschy,  31 12122222221222222222—20 

W Williams;  28 2222222202220  —11 

F Coleman,  31 22222222222202120  —15 

J J Hallowell, -30 11221102222211111110—18 

C O Le  Compte,  30 11111222220211212222—19 

M M Mayhew,  30.. 10220  —3 

W A Weidebusch,  29 2211222202121120  —14 

G M Lilly,  28 00  — 0 

O S Tossetti,  28. ...  r 101110  — 4 

S T Kinney,  28 1212102222220  —11 

Pontefact,  27  2011221222112110  —14 

S Roach,  28  2222022222221220  —14 

J Atkinson,  29 21112220121111120  —15 

J M Hawkins,  31 00  , — 0 

G S Trafford,  29 22221222222222222222—20 

G H Piercy,  30 112202112212121210  —16 

Fen  Cooper,  31  121222222200  —10 

C B Hawley,  28 .22221212222022122222— 19 

R Burns,  29  02222222222220  —12 

Wm  Jarvis,  29  '. 222222012210  —10 

C A Young,  31 22222222222222222222—20 

Godcharles,  2-7  2211211110110  —11 

Bessemer,  30  22222222222222222222—20 

W S Canon,  26 0110  — 2 

G S Bolton,  28 1211221010  — 8 

Riley,  28  2222021112120  —11 

J R'  Miller,  28  2122211222101120  —14 

W C Danser,  23  21111111210211111111—19 

Prank  Muldoon,  .28 22212112222211222021—19 

Robert  Shoop,  28  2222222220122220  —14 

Shoot-off  of  ties  on  20  straight  for  cup  and  nine  first  moneys, 
mis°-and-out : 


H C Hirschy,  31.1120 
G S Trafford,  29.. 2222220 
C A Young,  31... 2222222222220 
Bessemer,  30  22.2222222220 


N Johnston,  28. . .22222222222220 

Henry  G,  28 222222220 

T R Malone,  30. . .11112210 

C Powers,  31 11211212122112 

Tryon,  30 220 

Shoot-off  of  ties  on  19  out  of  20  for  three  last  moneys  in  purse: 

P S Pyle,  28 20  Geo  Roll,  31 211122 

L S German,  31 221111  C O Le  Compte,  30 211220 

L Willard,  21 0 C B Hawley,  28 222221 

German,  Roll  and  Hawley  divided. 


The  Wi  Hamsport  Tr  phy. 

Open  to  State  shooters  only.  Individual  championship  of  the 
State  of  Pennsylvania  at  pigeons,  15  birds  per  man,  $10  entrance, 
birds  extra;  $50  added.  Money  divided  40,  30,  20  and  10  per  cent.; 
class  shooting.  Williamsport  trophy  and  40  per  cent,  to  first,  30 
per  cent,  to  second,  20  per  cent,  to  third,  and  10  per  cent,  to 
fourth.  All  at  28yds.  Fifty-three  entries.  Scores: 


A H King 222223211222222—15 

Kelsey  122222221221222—15 

Rahm  222222222202222—14 

Frank  212222222212222—15 

Marcus  ...... .022102011112112—12 

N Johnston . . . 222202222220022—12 

C Knipe  202012222222222 — 13 

Henry  G ....022222202222222—13 
P H Pyle  222222222022222—14 

Coon  200212202222222—12 

Drinkhard  ....121221021222111—14 

Morgan  122120201122111—13 

F Coleman  ...211222212111122—15 

Hallowell  112222211222211—15 

J L Englert...  121212121022010— 13 
H A Oliver... 222222222222202— 14 
V Williams  ..222222022222222—14 

Jessop  .101220010  — 5 

Sol  Roach  . . .122021121112021 — 13 
H B Wood... 220222222222122— 14 
R E Shearer... 2111  1110021122— 13 
Pontefract  . . . .112221222222112—15 
C.  M Howell.. 2201222 22111122 — 14 
Godcharles  . . . 1121 12221111122—15 
J A Mason.... 012021222101112— 12 

Pills  ...111201012011212—12 

Derk  .........  111211212222212—15 


Bessemer  ....222202222222202—13 
T C Garland.. 221222020121212— 13 
j Hoffman  ...111112111112110—14 
Fen  Cooper  ..201121222211222—14 
T T Nelson... 001112222222122— 13 

Speer  000120  — 2 

Hickey  221111112022022-13 

Bowen  02222220222100  —10 

A A Felix 222222022120212—13 

A P Giest 222222202212102—13 

A C Krueger..  121111012211112— 14 

Cotiser  222222022222020—12 

R Burns  222020222222222—13 

A M Sargent..  110112002222222— 12 

Zeller  ...112112211021111—14 

G I Trafford.. 222222222222222— 15 

R Shoop  221211202122200 — 12 

Beamesdorf er  .122112: 21211122—15 

Steen  222010221022111—12 

G S Snvder... 221102121222122— 14 
C B Hawley. . ,02221222r>022223 — 13 

Pfleger  120122211122022—13 

W Langdon . . .011120212001101—10 
W H Stroh... 22 1222011220020— 11 
T Atkinson. 010 221212221022 — 12 
errold  ......  220120111212222—13 


Hard  Fight  for  Championship  Honors, 

As  will  be  seen  from  the  above  scores,  there  were  ten  men  tied 
with  straight  scores  of  15  each;  then  came  twelve  with  14  each, 


sixteen  with  13  and  ten  with  12,  so  that  out  of  a total  of  fifty- 
three  entries,  forty-eight  got  into  the  money;  thus  the  various 
winnings  outside  of  the  honor  taking  the  trophy  and  the  cham- 
pionship did  not  amount  to  much.  It  was  most  unfortunate  that 
birds  should  have  run  out,  as  otherwise  there  would  have  been  a 
final  real  disposition  of  the  honor  of  being  champion  of  Pennsyl- 
vania. As  it  was,  when  the  birds  did  run  out,  Pontefract,  Derk 
and  Coleman  had  each  of  them  a run  of  50  straight  in  the  ties 
to  their  credit,  and  the  championship  honors  were  decided  by 
lot,  Pontefract  being  the  lucky  man,  not  that  he  had  not  fully 
deserved  all  that  was  coming  to  him,  after  having  scored  65 
straight  all  told  in  the  event.  Two  years  ago  Fred  Coleman  won 
both  the  target  and  the  pigeon  championships,  and  he  certainly 
worked  hard  and  deserved  both  this  year,  as  he  had  corralled  the 
target  championship  earlier  in  the  game.  Fate,  however,  was 
against  him,  and  also  Derk;  but  both  nevertheless  have  the  pleas- 
ant recollection  of  having  “fit  some”  at  Pittsburg,  on  May  6. 

From  the  scores  in  the  shoot-off,  which  follows,  it  will  be  seen 
that  Kelsey  and  Beamesdorff  fell  out  in  the  third  round;  Frank 
in  the  fourth,  and  A.  IT.  King  and  John  J.  Hallowell  in  the  fifth. 
Hon.  Frank  Godcharles,  of  Milton,  Pa.,  one  of  the  best  sports- 
men in  the  State,  lasted  only  until  his  seventh  round,)  but  the 
lusty  Geo.  Trafford,  of  Lebanon,  Pa.,  hung  on  to  the  end  of  the 
seventeenth  round,  when  he  had  totalled  31  straight  in  this  event. 
Then  came  the  struggle,  which  only  ended  as  above,  when  birds 
gave  out,  and  Dame  Fortune  had  to  be  dallied  with. 


Scores  in  the  ties,  miss-and-out : 

A H King ..212220  , 1 

Kelsey  220  , 

Frank  21210 

Hallowell  ....... .111220 

Godcharles  ......2122110 

Trafford  22222222222222220 

Beamesdorf  ......210  •'  1 "f>  * 

Pontefract  1^12212111212222222212212122211222222112211221112— 50 

Derk  111212212212211122221121121 11111 121121 211 12111 2’  22—50 

Coleman  ........  212111222211212222222111222211221121111221 11121212—50 


L.  C.  Smith  Trophy. 

Open  to  State  shooters  only.  Team  championship  of  the  State 
of  Pennsylvania  at  pigeons.  Three-man  teams,  15  birds  per  man, 
45  per  team,  $25  entrance  per  team,  birds  included;  $50  added. 
Money  divided  40,  35,  and  25  per  cent;  class  shooting.  L.  C. 
Smith  trophy  and  40  per  cent,  of  purse  to  first,  35  per  cent,  to 
second,  and  25  per  cent,  to  third. 

Seven  teams  entered  in  this  event,  the  Herron  Hill  and  North- 
side  gun  clubs  each  entering  two  teams.  The  winners  turned  up 
in  the  team  representing  the  Keystone  Shooting  League,  of 
Philadelphia,  the  members  of  this  team,  Fred  Coleman,  A.  A. 
Felix  and  Frank,  putting  up  the  unbeatable  total  of  45  straight. 
Herron  Hill  No.  1 was  second  with  43,  and  Northumberland  G.  C. 
third  with  42.  Then  came  Herron  Hill  No.  2 with  41,  followed  by 
Northside  No.  2 and  Hamburg  G.  C.  teams  with  39  each,  the 
Northside  team  No.  1 bringing  up  the  rear  with  38.  Scores: 

Keystone  Shooting  League:  Coleman  15,  Frank  15,  Felix  15; 

tclal  45. 

Herron  Hill  G.  C.  No.  1:  A.  H.  King  15,  Kelsey  15,  Burns  13; 
total  43. 

Northumberland  G.  C. : Godcharles  15,  Derk  14,  Howell  13; 

total  42. 

Herron  Hill  G.  C.  No.  2:  Rahm  15,  Henry  Gee  14,  Pontefract 
12;  total  41. 

Northside  G.  C.  No.  2:  Barson  15,  Smith  13,  Steve  11;  total  39. 

Hamburg  G.  C. : IT.  A.  Oliver  13,  Hoffman  13,  H.  B.  Wood 

13 ; total  39. 

Northside  G.  C.  No.  1:  Mullon  15,  Keiser  12,  Toney  11;  tota!238. 


The  John  A.  Wl  son  Trophy. 


Open  to  State  shooters  only,  15  birds  per  man;  $10  entrance, 
birds  extra.  Money  divided  50,  30  and  20  per  cent.  High  guns 
win;  not  class  shooting.  The  John  A.  Wilson  trophy,  absolute, 
and  50  per  cent,  of  the  purse  to  first  high  gun;  30  per  cent,  to 
second  high  gun,  and  20  per  cent,  to  third  high  gun.  All  28yds. 
Twenty-six  entries: 


Henry  G 22222222222022  —13 

Rahm  222222222222122—15 

A II  King 222 ”2002222 122  —12 

Frank  222221122222222—15 

Coleman  ......121222121221221—15 

Hallowell  ....  .1222011110  — 8 

Bessemer  .....0 

P Knipe  22222222222202  —13 

Godcharles  . . .21201221111101  —12 

A Giest  2222022222220  —11 

Johnston  00 


J Atkinson. . . .211112122221222—15 
C R Anderson. 02101012121212— 11 


R Burns  222220222222202—13 

Marcus  00110002000102  — 5 

Morgan  0111111112101  —11 

Derk  ......... .1111111111220  —12 

Lang  2222100111222  —11 

Drinkhard  ....122311112221212—15 
Pontefract  . . . .12220121120  — 9 

R A Shaw 0022220  — 4 

G M Ho  well..  2112022  —6 

A A Felix 212202220  — 7 

Pyle  12211221222120  -13 

V Williams. . .122222121222212— 15 
Cotiser  ....... .202222  — 5 


This  event,  the  Wilson  trophy,  was  quite  a sporty  affair,  but 
only  twenty-six  thought  it  advisable  to  put  up  their  $10  and 
fight  it  out  for  the  cup  and  cash  consideration  offered.  Of  that 
number,  six  men  tied  with  clean  scores  of  15  each,  and  shot  off, 
miss-and-out,  for  position  and  cup,  there  being  only  three- moneys, 
high  guns  to  win.  The  fortunate  (or  perhaps,  skillful)  three  were 
V.  Williams,  Jimmie  Atkinson  and  Rahm,  the  winner  of  the  big 
pigeon  event  at  Detroit  last  winter,  the  Gilman  & Barnes  trophy, 
when  a blizzard  made  trouble  for  many  a good  man.  Drinkhard 
and  Frank  fell  down  in  the  second  round  of  the  ties,  and  Fred 
Coleman  dropped  his  sixth  bird;  Rahm  went  out  in  the  ninth 
round,  and  Atkinson  in  the  seventeenth,  after  he  and  Williams  had 
had  quite  a prolonged  struggle  for  first  place  and  cup.  Scores: 


Rahm  222222220  Atkinson  12112222222122210 

Frank  20  Drinkhard  20 

Coleman  111210  Williams  22222122222222222 

The  Blue  Hen’s  Chicken. 


IN  NEW  JERSEY. 

Hudson  Gun  Club. 


Jersey  City,  N.  J.,  April  29.— The  Hudson  Gun  Club  held  its 
regular  shoot  on  this  date.  There  was  a good  attendance,  and 
some  good  scores  were  made,  among  them  being  those  of'  Messrs. 
Foster,  Schorty,  Gille  and  Cocklin.  This  club  will  hold  an  all- 
day shoot  "on  May  28.  Shooting  will  begin  at  9:30  A.  *M.,  and 
continue  until  all  are  satisfied.  The  price  of  targets  will  be  one 
cent  to  members  and  1%  cent  to  non-members.  You  are  invited. 
Next  shoot,  May  14.  Scores: 


Events:  1 2 3 4 6 6 

Targets:  25  25  25  25  25  25 

Cocklin  14  20  15  20  . . 

Gille  12  15  15  17  ..  .. 

Boldt  10  14  12  13  ..  .. 

Schoverling  12  14  16  10  15  .. 

Schorty  15  20  20  22  21  23 

Cottrell  16  12  15  12  15 

O’Brien  10 

Metz  11  10  . . . . 19  15 

Foster  18  22  . . 22  19 

Brothers  5..  5 5..  .. 


Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 

Targets:  25  25  25  25  25  25 

Kurzel  12  10  ..  13  10  .. 

Brewer  .........  10  11  13 

Whitley  16  13  ..  ..  .. 

Wright  ..  14  18  21  ..  .. 

Headden  .......  ..  11  10  ..  ..  .. 

W Pearsall 20  ..  ..  ..  .. 

H Pearsall  ....  ..  14  ..  

Banta  15 

Heritage  14  21  15  ..  24  .. 

Jas  Hughes,  Sec’y. 


North  River  Gun  Club. 


. Edgewater,  N.  J.,  April  29. — Event  5 was  the  handicap  for  solid 
gold  watch  charm,  which  was  won  by  Mr.  Merrill  for  the  first 
time. 


Events : 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

Targets : 

10 

15 

20 

10 

50 

25 

25 

C E Eickhoff,  8.. 

10 

9 

14 

4 

36 

16 

11 

Dr  Boldt,  20 

10 

7 

13 

8 

26 

j , 

J 5 

Jas  Morrison,  7 .............. . 

12 

15 

9 

44 

23 

22 

Dr  Paterno,  14 

10 

12 

15 

. . 

39 

22 

20 

A Schoverling,  5 

8 

10 

17 

. . 

41 

• . 

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H B Williams,  0 

9 

11 

18 

. 0 

44 

0 0 

F Vosselman,  10 

10 

13 

11 

, , 

41 

18 

. , 

J Merrill,  15....... 

7 

36 

19 

20 

Peei  less  Rod  and  Gun  Club. 


Paterson,  N.  T.. 

May 

6.— The 

Peerless  Gun  Club, 

on 

their 

grounds  at  Hawthorne  to-day,  had 
Side  Club. 

l as  visitors  several  of  the 

North 

Targets: 

25 

25  20 

Targets: 

25 

26 

20 

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...  4 

12  .. 

P Garrabrandt  

12 

0 • 

13 

O Herman  ........ 

...  7 

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J Pohlhemus  

11 

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J Dewar  

13  7 

J Schrier  

16 

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12 

J Jackson  

...  5 

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12 

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J Dorrhoffer  ...... 

...  6 

7 .. 

W Banta  

14 

14 

T Walker  

...14 

6 .. 

J Storms  

15 

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G Herman  

...  12 

..  12 

J Dewar  

. 13 

.. 

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May  13,  1905.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


S 87 


Always  Reliable 
and  Superior. 

UNITED  STATES  CARTRIDGE  COMPANY 

LOWELL,  MASS. 


497-503  Pearl  Street.  35-43  Park  Street,  New  York, 
114-116  Market  Street,  San  Francisco. 


WESTERN  TRAP. 


Cincinnati  Gun  Club. 

A lot  of  the  boys  visited  the  grounds  on  May  3 for  the  pur- 
pose of  giving  Arthur  Gambell  a good  send  off  on  his  journey 
across  the  pond,  and  'to  express  their  regards  and  good  wishes 
in  various  ways.  It  was  a surprise  to  him  to  see  so  many  on  a 
Wednesday,  and  a still  greater  surprise  when  he  was  invited 
to  be  their  guest  at  a farewell  banquet  served  in  the  club  house. 

. Another  surprise  was  when  he  was  presented  with  a splendid 
. diamond  pin  from  many  of  his  club  friends.  Messrs.  D.  D. 

' Gross  and  H.  N.  Kirby  presented  him  with  a silk  umbrella  as  a 
protection  against  the  “Lun’on”  fog,  and  a friend  in  Columbus 
i remembered  -him  with  a box  of  neck  wear.  Among  those  who 
( sat  at  table  were:  Judge  Logan  (Ackley),  Messrs.  Faran,  Cole- 

man, Pfeiffer,  Pohlar,  Osterfield,  Dick,  Ahlers,  Barker,  Buller- 
dick  and  Ward. 

The  afternoon  was  spent  in  team  races,  matches  and  a number 
of  events  at  20  and  25  targets  each. 

Altogether  it  was  a very  enjoyable  day,  and  the  boys  certainly 
: gave  Arthur  a good  send-off,  and  all  wished  him  good  luck  and 
a pleasant  voyage  when  they  parted. 

Saturday,  May  6,  was  not  a pretty  day.  It  rained  heavily  most 
of  the  forenoon,  and  continued  cloudy  and  threatening  until 
late  in  the  afternoon.  , In  consequence  few  were  at  the  grounds, 
only  eight  shooting  in  the  Peters  trophy.  Faran  and  Block  made 
full  scores  with  their  handicap.  Faran  shot  like  himself,  and  made 
high  score  in  actual  breaks,  49,  something  like  his  correct  form. 
There  are  two  more  shoots  for  this  trophy,  and  then  the  con- 
test for  the  handsome  gun  cabinet,  donated  by  G.  W.  Schuler, 
will  start.  After  this  is  disposed  of,  Powell  & Clements  have 
promised  a cup. 

Interest  in  the  cup  race  has  revived  and  five  scores  were  shot, 
but  Faran  is  still  supreme.  Williams  18yds.,  23,  24,  22,  17; 
Iiesser,  18yds.,  19.  Try  again  boys.  The  scores: 

Peters  trophy  shoot,  50  targets:  Block,  handicap,  6,  total  50; 

Faran,  3,  50;  Williams,  4,  48;  Hesser,  2,  46;  Maynard,  45;  Herman, 
4,  44;  Ahlers,  43;  Andrews,  11,  42. 

Rohrer's  Is  and  Gun  Club. 

The  regular  handicap  medal  contest  of  the  Rohrer’s  Island  Gun 
Club,  on  May  3,  was  not  attended  quite  as  well  as  usual,  several 
of  the  members  being  at  the  Springfield  tournament.  However, 
fourteen  men  were  on  hand  and  enjoyed  a good  day’s  sport. 

C.  F.  Miller  and  J.  W.  Gerlaugh  qualified  on  scores  of  27,  and 
after  three  stoot-offs,  Miller  won,  making  two  wins  to  his  credit 
so  far.  At  the  close  of  the  series,  thirty-two  contests,  four  prizes 
will  be  awarded;  $15  to  the  one  winning  the  largest  number  of 
times;  $10  to  second;  $5  to  third;  leather  medal  to  fourth. 

Hamilton  Gun  Club. 

The  regular  weekly  shoot  of  the  Hamilton  Gun  Club  was  held 
at  Lindenwald  on  May  4.  The  weather  was  ideal,  and  the  scores 
the  best  that  have  yet  been  made.  B.  B.  was  high  in  the 
medal  event  with  48  out  of  50;  Parker  second,  with  47,  and  E. 

D.  C.  third,  with  45. 

Club  medal  shoot,  distance  handicap,  50  targets:  B.  B.  20yds., 

total,  48;  Parker,  16,  47;  E.  D.  C.,  18,  45;  Smith,  16,  43;  Stickles, 
16,  41;  Link,  16,  41;  Atherton,  16,  40;  Breinig,  16,  31. 

Greenville  (O.)  Gun  Club. 

The  fifth  medal  shoot  of  the  Greenville  Gun  Club  was  held 
May  1,  and  fifteen  members  participated.  A.  W.  Kirby  won  Class 
A medal  to-day  with  43,  and  Harry  Hartzell  Class  B medal 
' with  37.  Kirby  and  Eidson  tied  for  the  medal  on  April  17,  and 
the  tie  has  not  yet  been  shot  off.  Hereafter  shoots  will  be  held 
weekly  instead  of  semi-weekly. 

Springfield  (O.)  Gun  Club. 

The  second  annual  tournament  of  the  Springfield  Gun  Club  was 
held  on  May  3 and  4,  and  Capt.  Ben  Downs  is  to  be  congratulated 
on  the  success  which  attended  the  affair.  Eleven  events  at  a 
i total  of  180  targets  were  shot  each  day,  a goodly  number  of  those 
present  shooting  through. 

The  weather  was  good  and  every  one  had  a good  time.  Among 
the  visitors  present  were  Messrs.  W.  R.  Crosby,  W.  A.  Watkins, 
Cain,  E.  Watkins,  Lindemuth,  Carr,  of  Dayton;  Anderson  and 
Smith,  of  Xenia.  . . 

Crosby  was  high  gun  for  the  two  days,  missing  but  7 targets 
out  of  360.  High  everage  money  was  divided  among  the  follow- 
ing amateurs  in  order  given:  Lindemuth  and  Hill  $10  each; 

E.  Watkins,  Cain,  W.  Watkins,  R.  Neer,  Carr  and  Poole,  $5  each. 

On  the  first  day  the  attendance  was  good,  twenty-seven  shooters 

taking  part  in  one  or  more  of  the  events.  Crosby  was  high  gun 
with  174;  W.  A.  Watkins  was  high  amateur  and  next  to  Crosby 
with  169;  Trimble  and  Good  were  third,  with  165  each. 

On  this  day  the  match  for  the  cup  offered  by  the  Peters 
Cartridge  Co.  and  open  to  members  of  clubs  in  Champaign, 
Logan  Clark,  Miami  and  Shelby  counties,  was  shot  and  was  won 
by  Jeff  Karnehm,  of  St.  Paris,  O.  This  cup  is  to  be  shot  for 
monthly.  The  match  was  not  finished  until  6:45  P.  M.,  at  which 
time  it  was  storming  and  very  dark,  which  accounts  for  some  of 
the  low  scores: 


Events: 

Targets: 


Guy  11  12  18  12  14  15 

Wm  Poole  12  12  17  13  14  18 

Anderson  12  12  15  13  12  14 

Smith  11  12  15  11  13  17 

Rife  15  19 

Henderson  19 

Slagel  11  13  17  . . 14 

Ernest  13  15  18  13  11 

Bell  

Wright  4 8 12  5 14 

Carr  11  14  18  15  15  18 

Shaffer  

W ard  

Hibschman  

Hayman  

Norbeil  

I-I  Neer  8 15  7 15  12 


12  14  19  11  15 
14  11  18  12  10 

13  12  17  12  9 

13  10  . . . . 10 
13  13  17  13  11 
11  13  20  14  13 
11  13 

ii  ii  ii  ii  ii 


5 .. 

11  9 

12  13 

7 .. 

12  .. 

8 10  13 
10  14  17 


11  ..  .. 
15  14  13 
..  15  .. 
11  ..  ,. 
7 ..  .. 


180 

180 

180 

146 

115 

100 

95 

80 

80 

120 

180 

45 

35 

35 

50 

50 

80 


163 

151 

141 

112 

101 

90 

79 

70 

67 

59 

153 

40  . 
IS 
19 
31 

41 
57 


Peters  cup  match,  50  targets  per  man:  Karnehm  45,  Gross  42, 

Batdorf  40,  Haines  39,  Augspurger  39,  Poole  38,  Shaffer  38,  C. 
Smith  37,  Holding  37,  Snyder  36,  Downs  36,  Strong  34,  Muzzy 
34,  Rankin  32,  Foley  29. 

There  was  a slight  falling  off  in  number  of  shooters  oh  the 
closing  day  of  the  tournament.  Crosby  was  high  gun  with  179, 
missing  only  1 target.  Lindemuth  was  second  with  174,  and  was 
high  amateur,  shooting  a 93.33  per  cent,  clip  for  the  two  days. 

The  five-man  team  contest  for  the  silver  cup  for  teams  of  the 
counties  named  above,  was  shot  and  was  won  by  Springfield 
team  No.  1,  with  a score  of  219.  The  cup  was  won  last  month 
by  Urbana  on  whose  grounds  the  contest  was 
scores : 

Second  Day. 

Events:  123456789  10  11 

Targets : 15  15  20  15  15  20  15  15  20  15  15 

Crosby  15  15  20  15  15  19  15  15  20  15  15 

Lindemuth  15  14  20  15  14  20  14  13  19  15  15 

E Watkins  15  14  19  15  14  IS  15  12  19  13  13 

Hill  15  15  17  14  13  20  14  13  18  13  15 

Trimble  13  11  18  14  15  18  13  14  19  15  14 

Cain  12  14  17  14  15  20  13  12  20  12  13 

Gross  14  13  18  12  12  15  15  13  20  12  15 

W Watkins  14  13  17  14  14  17  14  10  18  14  13 

R Neer  13  14  14  13  14  17  14  13  18  14  14 

W Poole  . . . . 15  13-18  14  13  15  14  14  17  11  12 

J Karnehm  15  17  14  14  IS  14  15  19  15  15 

Carr  14  13  17  13  15  18  13  10  14  13  14 

A R Filson  14  IS  14  14  18  14  14  14  14  14 

Rife  8 7 20  15  14  17  11  11  19  12  12 

Snyder  18  13  10  15  12  11  19  14  13 

Shaffer  15  14  18  14  12  IS  12  ....  14  . . 

W H Batdorf  .....  . . 10  . . 12  12  . . 11  14  18  13  15 

Bell  11  13  16  14  13  ....  12  ....  13 

A Carlton  12  17  10  10  14  7 11 

Thompson  15  15  18  13  .. 

Rairdon  12  10  13  10  9 

Foley  13  10  20  . . 9 

PH  Neer  8 12  ..  11  9 ..  ..  9 

Ryan  13 13 

Peters  cup  contest,  5-man  teams,  50  targets  pej 
Springfield  No.  1. 

Jack  

Poole  

Snyder  44 

Strong  42 

Neer  41- 

Springfiel'd  No.  2. 

Shaffer  

Foley  

Jobe  

Hutehin  

Dorm  35 — 201 

Urbana  Gun  Club. 

Holding  45  Paysell 

Ouk  40  Light  . 

Muzzy  39 

General  average: 


started. 

The 

Shot 

at. 

Broke. 

180 

179 

180 

174 

180 

167 

180 

167 

180 

164 

180 

162 

180  ' 

159 

180 

158 

180 

158 

180 

156 

165 

156 

180 

154 

165 

148 

180 

146 

150 

125 

130 

117 

125 

105 

110 

93 

115 

84 

65 

57 

SO 

54 

65 

52 

75 

49 

30 

26 

Gun 


man: 
Club. 


47 

Thompson  

46 

45 

O Smith  

45 

44 

Haines  

42 

42 

Ryan  

43 

41—219 

Angspurger  

34—209 

Tippecanoe 

City. 

43 

Tacobs  

43 

42 

Haaga  

43 

41 

Nunlist  

38 

40 

Carlton  

38 

35—201 

C Smith  

36— 19S 

89 

32—195 


Hill  

E Watkins 
Trimble  .., 

Cain  

W Watkins 

R Neer  

D Gross  . . 

Carr  

Poole  151 

Garfield  Gun  Club. 

Chicago,  May  6. — The  appended  scores  were  made  on  our 
grounds  to-day  on  the  occasion  of  the  third  trophy  shoot  of  the 
first  series.  L.  Thomas  won  Class  A trophy  on  the  good  score 
of  25  straight.  Gould  won  B on  18,  and  Horns  and  Dr.  Reynolds 
tied  for  Class  C on  19.  The  day  turned  out  to  be  a rather 


First 

Second 

Day. 

Day. 

Total. 

174 

179 

353 

161 

174 

335 

164 

167 

331 

163 

167 

330 

165 

164 

329 

166 

162 

328 

169 

158 

327 

163 

158 

321 

159 

159 

318 

153 

154 

307 

151 

156 

307 

Bonasa. 

W A Watkins 
Cain  


II.  H.  Good 
A H Hill  ... 
E W atkins  . 

R Neer  

Lindemuth  . 
Gross  


pleasant  one  for  target  shooting, 

although  very  threatening; 

in 

First  Day. 

fact,  raining  all  forenoon  and  up 

to  almost 

2 

o’clock, 

as 

a 

re- 

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suit  of  which  only 

eleven  shooters  put 

in 

appearance 

for 

the 

15  15  20  15  15  20  15  15  20  15  15 

at. 

Broke. 

event.  Those  who 

did  come  were 

: well 

repaid, 

however, 

as 

the 

. 14  15  20  13  15  20  15  14  18  15  15 

180 

174 

day  turned  out  very  good. 

. 14  15  18  15  14  18  12  15  18  15  15 

180 

169 

Targets: 

25 

10 

10 

10 

10  10 

10 

15 

. 15  12  17  14  14  18  14  14  18  15  15 

180 

166 

Events : 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

. 15  14  IS  14  14  19  11  14  19  12  15 

180 

165 

Thomas  

..  25 

4 

8 

8 

8 

8 

8 

14 

. 14  15  19  14  14  19  14  14  18  12  12 

180 

165 

Gould  

..  18 

7 

5 

7 

7 

6 

6 

11 

. 12  13  18  14  15  16  15  13  20  14  14 

180 

164 

Dr  Meek  

8 

7 

9 

8 

8 

7 

15 

. 14  14  17  12  13  19  14  13  20  13  14 

180 

163 

Dr  Reynolds  

..  19 

5 

8 

2 

5 

8 

. 12  12  18  12  14  20  13  14  18  15  13 

ISO 

163 

Eaton  

..  24 

5 

8 

8 

4 

6 

8 

. 14  13  17  15  13  20  12  14  18  11  13 

180 

161 

Stone  

. . 

6 

8 

6 

9 

13 

. 14  14  18  14  15  15  14  14  17  12  12 

180 

159 

Horns  

..19 

8 

9 

10 

, 15  15  16  13  12  17  11  13  19  15  12 

180 

158 

Pitt  ........ . - 

..  16 

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i. 

•• 

7 

5 

11 

George  18 7 9 14 

Davis  20  8 7 12 

Keck  17 5 0 

Dr.  J.  W.  Meek,  Sec’y. 

In  Other  Places. 

lhe  Lake  Charles,  La.,  Gun  Club  will  start  on  Wednesday  to 
resume  the  regular  weekly  shoots  at  PIoo-Hoo  Park. 

The  Terre  Haute,  Ind.,  Gun  Club  has  started  in  for  the  season 
with  the  handicap  shoots.  Prizes  will  be  awarded  the  winners 
of  the  series. 

The  Hamilton,  O.,  Gun  Club  shot  their  regular  practice  events 
on  Thursday  wi:h  a gale  of  wind  across  the  traps.  Link,  at  the 
22yd.  line,  could  not  get  better  than  7;  Wesley,  at  21,  got  8,  and 
the  16yd.  men  had  the  advantage.  E.  D.  C.  Jones  and  Smith 
made  9 each. 

We  note  that  the  Coffeeville,  Kan.,  boys  are  shooting  targets 
this  year,  and  that  most  of  the  towns  in  southeast  Kansas  are 
joining  in  and  holding  combined  meets.  Dave  Elliott,  the 
brother  of  Jim,  has  been  down  in  that  part  of  the  Sunflower 
State  giving  exhibitions. 

It  would  seem  from  reports  that  the  old  Limited  Club  at 
Indianapolis  has  been  revived  again  this  year,  team  shoots  being 
the  leading  features.  The  familiar  names  of  Tripp,  Comstock, 
Beck,  Wildhock,  Adams,  Parry,  Cooper  and  Partington  appear 
as^  participants. 

lhe  Albany,  Ga.,  Gun  Club  has  secured  a set  of  new  traps,  and 
practice  will  begin  at  once. 

At  the  meeting  of  the  Soo  City,  la.,  Gun  Club  the  prize  for 
the  handicap  events,  held  by  the  club  during  the  summer,  will 
be  a $100  shotgun.  There  will  be  sixteen  shoots,  first  one  May  2, 
and  then  each  Wednesday  thereafter.  The  handicaps  will  be 
changed  monthly,  the  committee  being  the  well-known  W.  F. 
Duncan,  H.  H.  Plaroman  and  C.  E.  Ellis. 

The  professionals  have  made  an  extensive  tour  of  southern 
Kansas.  At  Peabody  Walter  Huff  made  96,  Chris  Gottlieb  and 
P.  Plank  94,  while  Ed.  O.  Brem,  the  Kansas  expert,  made  90. 

There  is  some  trouble  with  the  Indianapolis  shooting  Associa- 
tion. Injunctions  have  been  filed  by  parties  on  the  adjoining 
property.  This  is  a rifle  club,  and  should  not  be  confounded 
with  the  Indianapolis  Gun  Club,  where  the  G.  A.  H.  is  to  be  held. 

Iola,  Kan.,  Gun  Club  is  holding  regular  shoots  on  Thursday 
of  each  week. 

News  comes  from  Okaloosa,  la.,  that  there  will  be  shoots  held 
at  Plilton,  Flacking,  Hynes  and  Fliteman,  where  clubs  are  formed. 
These  names  seem  new  and  are  not  familiar  to  the  readers  of 
sportsmen’s  journals,  but  nevertheless  they  are  bound  to  receive 
a hearty  welcome. 

John  Wilmot,  with  a score  of  15  out  of  25,  was  high  man  at 
the  Lexington,  Mo.,  Gun  Club  shoot. 

J.  C.  Jensen,  Secretary  of  the  Big  Rapids,  Mich.,  Gun  Club, 
writes  that  a special  meeting  will  be  held  to  line  up  the  old 
shooters  for  the  1905  season. 

Kinsley,  la.,  has  a bran  new  gun  club. 

The  Excelsior  Rod  and  Gun  Club,  Columbia,  Pa.,  have  new 
officers,  viz.,  President,  Wesley  Mitler;  Sec’y,  William  M.  Guiles; 
Treasurer,  Henry  Curnow. 

The  Salem,  O.,  Gun  Club  has  been  reorganized  for  the  season. 
E.  W.  Silver  is  the  captain  and  manager. 

The  Misses  Pinkney,  Hill,  Dollie  Jameson,  Jalie  Yates  and 
Nellie  Harrison  were  in  attendance  at  the  shoot  given  by  the 
Kingdom  .Gun  Club,  of  Fulton,  Mo.,  and  they  were  quite  in- 
terested in  the  shooting. 

Out  at  Houston,  Texas,  the  Highland  Gun  Club  have  com- 
pletely overhauled  the  traps  and  put  on  the  finishing  touches 
preparatory  to  a summer  campaign  with  the  clay  targets. 

Some  remarkable  shooting  reports  come  from  Waco,  Texas, 
where  little  “Fuzzy,”  a son  of  F.  F.  Fosgards,  is  hitting  48  out 
of  50  objects  thrown  in  the  air  with  a rifle. 

Mr.  Turner  E.  Hubby  won  the  money  for  the  highest  pro-* 
fessional  average  at  the  Texas  State  tournament. 

There  is  considerable  mention  about  the  clubs  that  are  being 
organized  at  Peoria  and  at  Pekin  111. 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Bay  City,  Mich.,  Gun  Club,  F. 
Hogaman  was  elected  President;  J.  A.  Noe,  Vice-President;  F 
Boughner,  Secretary;  S.  A.  Allen,  Captain;  J.  B.  Flodung  and  C 
Russell,  Committee. 

The  new  gun  club  at  Salt  Lake,  Utah,  has  selected  good  shoot- 
ing grounds  on  the  land  which  belongs  to  Fort  Douglas.  The 
traps  will  soon  be  in  place  and  then  there  will  be  scfme  other 
booming  there  beside  the  rifle  and  the  cannon. 

There  was  a pleasant  time  at  the  grounds  of  the  Paducah,  ICy., 
Gun  Club  grounds  on  last  Tuesday,  there  being  a shoot  com- 
plimentary to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  A.  Davis.  Shooters  will  remem- 
ber Mr.  Davis,  as  he  was  a prominent  member  of  the  club,  but 
now  residing  at  Chicago. 

Urbana,  O.,  Gun  Club  won  the  contest  at  Troy,  held  last 
week,  wherein  teams  from  Logan,  Clark,  Union,  Madison,  Shelby, 
Miami  and  Champaign  contested.  Out  of  50  targets,  Urbana 
191,  Troy  182,  Springfield  172,  West  Moreland  165,  De  Graff  152. 
Another  shoot  will  be  held  in  Urbana,  May  12. 

Another  case  of  a loaded  shotgun  and  a funeral.  Two  boys 
found  a gun  in  a barn  and  it  went  off,  killing  one  and  causing 
much  sorrow  to  the  parents.  And  yet  there  are  people  who  will 
leave  the  gun  loaded  where  those  who  have  no  knowledge  of  its 
destructiveness  may  lay  hands  on  it. 

Members  of  the  Winona  Sportsmen’s  Gun  Club  held  a shoot 
Wednesday  afternoon.  The  Cone  trophy  was  won  by  George 
Stoger,  who  got  24  out  of  25.  . He  also  won  the  Posz  cup  by 
getting  20  in  the  next  event,  being  the  second  time  that  he  has 
won  same. 

Did  it  ever  occur  to  you  that  many  men  now -go  out  auto- 
mobiling  and  play  golf  where  formerly  they  took  part  in  the 
art  of  wing  shooting? 

William  McVicor,  of  Janesville,  carried  off  the  hammerless 
gun  offered  as  first  prize  at  the  annual  shoot  of  the  Darlington, 
Wis.,  Gun  Club.  Together  with  his  brother  Jack  they  won  the 
team  shoot.  The  target  championship  of  Southern  Wisconsin  was 
won  by  Voss,  of  South  Wayne,  who  defeated  Arton,  of  Dariington. 

Fond  du  Lac,  Wis..  has  now  a regularly  organized  gun  club! 
E.  W.  Clark  is.  President;  John  P.  Hess,  Vice-President;  M.  k" 
Raidy,  Secretary,  , and  C.  E.  Atkins,  Treasurer.  There  wili  he 
a shoot  confined  to  local  members  for  Decoration  Day, 


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Forest  and  stream. 


[May  13,  1905. 


Allgawr  won  the  Class  A trophy  in  the  regular  Sunday  shoot 
at  St.  Paul,  Minn.  Kinscherbaum  won  the  Class  B.  There  will 
be  regular  shoots  held  during  the  summer  on  each  Saturday  and 
Sunday. 

There  is  a general  stir  all  along  the  line  in  and  about  Duluth, 
Minn.  New  clubs  are  being  formed,  and  there  is  something 
going  on  in  the  way  of  challenges  that  will  prove  interesting 
when  the  matches  are  shot. 

New  officers  for  the  Springfield,  Minn.,  Gun  Club  are  H.  O. 
Schlueder,  President;  Dr.  E.  A.  Hintz,  Secretary;  John  Eichman, 
Captain;  W.  G.  Frank  and  W.  F.  Runck  were  added  to  the 
Executice  Board.  There  are  twenty  old  members  in  the  club,  and 
there  are  prospects  for  many  new  ones. 

Many  of  the  small  towns  in  Northwest  Minnesota  are  getting 
the  fad  for  target  shooting.  There  is  a club  at  Euclid  which 
promises  well.  It  has  a large  membership,  and  though  but 
recently  organized,  many  of  its  members  make  good  scores. 

The  Waterloo,  la.,  Gun  Club  were  compelled  to  move  their 
shooting  grounds  from  Cedar  River  Park  to  Johnson’s  Crossing, 
this  being  at  a convenient  place  on  the  Rapit  Transit  and  will 
suit  all  who  visit  the  shooting  park. 

All  the  blue  rock  shooters  on  the  Pacific  coast  will  be  glad  to 
learn  that  Maurice  Abraham,  of  Portland,  Ore.,  was  appointed 
to  the  position  of  Director  of  the  Pacific  Coast  Trapshooters’ 
Association.  There  will  be  much  enthusiasm  on  the  coast  this 
year,  and  target  shooting  will  be  a great  pastime. 

Messrs.  James  T.  Skelly  and  Ed.  Taylor,  of  the  Laflin  & Rand 
Powder  Co.,  are  having  a good  time  on  the  Pacifie  coast.  Skelly 
is  doing  some  good  shooting  among  the  coastites.  They  paid 
a visit  to  the  Union  Gun  Club  only  last  week. 

Barney  Case  won  the  medal  at  the  Sunday  shoot  held  by  Ouray, 
Colo.,  Gun  Club. 

The  Beech  Grove  Gun  Club  at  Madison,  Ind.,  have  installed 
a fine  new  magautrap.  At  their  first  meeting  there  was  present 
John  S.  Boa,  H.  Graham,  L.  K.  Niklaus,  L.  Schuler,  R.  Johnson, 

J.  S.  Hussey,  F.  Herbst,  W.  Schofield,  A.  Schuler,  Alex  White, 
James  Armstrong,  A.  Augustin,  Sr.,  J.  IT.  Waltz,  M.  Lyons, 

Jack  Thompson,  Frank  Hill,  C.  Pruitt,  C.  Johnson,  W.  Weyer, 

. Schofield,  C.  H.  Robinson,  G.  H.  Stopp. 

In  the  live-bird  match  at  Mahanoy  City,  Pa.,  Monday  last,  be- 
tween Steve  Kurtz  and  Mike  Kereshoin,  of  Buck  Mountain,  for 
$50  a side,  Kurtz  won  with  5 out  of  7,  while  his  opponent  got 
but  2. 

Illinois  shooters  are  getting  ready  for  the  State  tournament,  to 
be  held  at  Lincoln,  May  23,  24  and  25. 

The  sportsmen  of  York  Haven,  Pa.,  have  organized  a gun  club, 
the  officers  being:  President,  W.  McCready;  Secretary,  F.  G. 

Krout;  Treasurer,  Irwin  Shedrick;  Manager,  Harry  Myers.  The 
club  starts  with  eighteen  members,  and  a club  house  will  be 
erected  on  Whistbar  Island. 

Lookout  Mountain  Gun  Club,  Chattanooga,  Tenn.,  gave  a 
musical  entertainment  at  Town  Hall  on  the  Mountain  Tuesday 
last.  The  members  are  mostly  young  men,  and  will  not  neglect 
the  social  part  of  the  organization. 

The  Fayette,  O.,  Gun  Club  hold  their  shoot  at  50  birds.  The 
scores:  Stutler  30,  Zimmerman  38,  Prickett  41.  The  annual 

meeting  was  scheduled  for  the  first  Tuesday  in  May. 

The  Bristol,  Tenn.,  Gun  Club  has  started  the  1905  season.  The 
annual  meeting  resulted  in  Capt.  A.  S.  McNiell  being  elected 
President;  Col.  S.  L.  King,  Vice-President;  Dr.  S.  W.  Rhea, 
Secretary;  E.  B.  Smith,  Captain.  The  1904  championship  was 
awarded  to  A.  M.  Hotcher. 

Highland  Gun  Club,  Rock  Island,  111.,  have  elected^  officers, 
viz.,  Resident,  William  Walters;  Secretary,  F.  H.  Bean;  Treasurer, 
John  Linvail;  Captain,  John  Cooper. 

A.  B.  Biglow,  Ogden,  Utah,  won  the  gold  medal  for  high 
average  at  Idaho  Falls,  Ida.,  two  days’  tournament.  He  tied 
with  E.  Confare  and  then  won  out  on  the  shoot-off. 

A tournament  was  held  at  Waterloo,  la.,  May  4 and  5.  As 
there  was  $100  added  money,  many  of  the  Iowa  shooters  were 
present. 

La  Crosse,  Wis.,  has  incorporated  the  La  Crosse  Sharpshooters 
Club.  It  is  for  the  purpose  of  encouraging  fancy  shooting  and 
the  use  of  firearms.  The  incorporators  are  John  Mohr,  William 
Fisch,  S.  L.  Burdick  and  John  Rusche. 

Some  of  the  shooters  at  Peeksville,  N.  Y.,  are  endeavoring  to 
get  enough  interest  taken  to  organize  a gun  club  for  the  practice 
on  targets  such  as  other  clubs  throughout  the  State  now  enjoy. 

The  Bridge  City,  Loganport,  Ind.,  Gun  Club  has  been  heard 
from  for  the  first  time  this  season.  The  secretary  writes  that 
the  first  shoot  shows  that  this  will  be  the  most  successful  and 
enjoyable  season  since  the  club  was  organized.  All.  outsiders  may 
shoot  by  paying  IV2  cent  for  targets.  The  president  is  J.  T. 
Flanagin,  Theo  Sample  is  secretary  and  treasurer. 

Dickman  won  the  medal  at  the  Indianapolis  Gun  Club  shoot 
Saturday  last.  , , . 

The  'l'arentum,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  will  hold  weekly  shoots  during 
the  summer.  Last  Saturday  Curry  shot  at  118,  broke  105;  Lytle, 
100,  64;  Mitchel,  100,  72;  Smith,  75,  50;  McCall,  50,  24;  Greiner, 
100,  72;  Long,  25,  12. 

At  a special  meeting  of  the  Benson,  Minn.,  Gun  Club,  May 
23  and  24  were  chosen  for  dates  for  the  annual  tournament.  It 
will  be  amateur,  and  much  enthusiasm  exists  among  the  mem- 
bers, so  that  there  are  indications  for  a successful  shoot. 

“If  ducks  are  to  be  preserved,”  said  game  warden  Porterfield, 
of  Ohio,  “spring  shooting  should  not  be  permitted.  Every  man 
who  is  conversant  with  the  conditions  will  agree  to  this.  The 
wild  ducks  in  the  spring  are  not  fit  to  eat,  yet  they  are  killed 
by  the  thousands.  If  these  were  permitted  to  breed, , they  would 
add  tens  of  thousands  to  the  supply  for  fall  shooting.” 

The  Michigan  State  shoot  at  Mt.  Clemens  will  start  May  10, 
instead  of  May  11,  as  previously  announced.  The  programmes 
are  ready  for  distribution.  A good  supply  of  same  may  be  found 
at  J.  A.  Marks  and  Co.’s  store,  Detroit,  Mich..  Opening  shoot 
of  the  combined  Winchester  and  Fletcher  Gun  Clubs  was  a 
success.  Only  one  clean  score  made.  Whitmore  went  a straight 
25.  1 he  shoot  was  held  at  Woodward  and  Davison  avenues. 

Shoots  will  be  held  regularly  on  Saturday.  , , _ 

We  hear  from  Toledo,  O.,  that  the  Consolidated  and  the  East 
End  Gun  Clubs  are  about  to  pull  off  a five-man  team  race,  each 
man  to  shoot  at  50  targets.  . 

The  Mankato.  Minn..  Gun  Club  has  started  out  on  their  new 
cup  shoot.  The  location  of  the  shooting  grounds  has  been, 
changed,  and  the  cup  conditions  were  acceptable  to  all  the 
members.  ... 

The  Rock  River  Gun  Club,  Juneau,  Wis.,  held  their  first  shoot 
of  the  season  last  week.  This  club  made  some  fine  scores  last 
year,  and  later  on,  when  the  practice  has  developed  the  taiget 
smashing-,  this  club  will  be  ready  to  meet  and  shoot  with  any 

club  in  this  country.  „ . . ^ ir 

Under  a new  ordinance  lately  passed  at  Proctor  Knott,  Minn., 
the  members  of  the  gun  club  were  arrested  for  shooting  in  the 
city  limits.  They  were  released,  and  the  ordinance  will  be  amended 
to  permit  the  club  to  shoot  on  their  grounds.  The  law  was 
passed  to  stop  children  from  using  firearms,  and  the  man  first 
arrested  was  a city  alderman. 

Secretarv  Percy  S.  Scheule,-  of  Wenatchee,  Wash.,  announces 
that  there  will  "be  $4,300  in  trophies,  and  $4,600  added  money 
hur.g  up  to  make  the  meet  interesting.  Competition  open  to  all, 
save  some  of  the  State  events.  Now  will  ye  old  Eastern  States 
be  good?  Look  at  some  of  the  State  shoots  to  be  held  this 
year,  scarcely  any  added  money!  . „ . 

The  professional  squad  at  Hutchinson,  Kansas,  were  well  to 
the  front  Ed.  O’Brein  was  reported  as  the  manager,  and  he 
outshot  ’em  all.  Ed.  O’Brein  96,  Chris  Gottlieb  94,  Walter  Huff 
9?  c D.  Plank  91.  C.  B.  Adams  88.  C.  D.  Rankin  led  the 
locals  at  the  Hutchinson,  Kansas,  shoot  for  two  days. 

High  score-  was  made  by  Jim  Lewis  in  the  first  held  by 

the  Davies  County  Gun  • Club,  Owensburg,  Ky.  The  scores: 
Tames  Lewis  47,  W.  E.  Overstreet  43,  Ab.  Newman  39,  John 
Smith  37,  Weir  Griffith  37,  John  Head  29. 

Shooters  in  Pennsylvania  shoot  for  hogs,  fat  steers,  and  now 
comes  the  latest— a contest  for  a Shetland  pony,  to  take  place 
under  the  management  of  Charles  Knipe  at  Norristown,  I a. 

A new  club  has  been  organized  at.Scrantpn,  Pa.,  the  officers 
being:  President,  George  Fenne;  Vice-President,  Wm.  Fenne; 

Secretary,  Herbert  Chatfield;  Treasurer  George  benne;  Captain 

rTh7asta*l-mem'  has  gone  forth  that  the  Hallenbeck  Gun  Com- 
panv  at  Moundsville,  W.  Va.,  will  soon  resume  operations,  lhis 
property  was  recently  sold,  being  bought  in  by  a representative 
of  the  largest  stockholders. 


Consolidated  Gun  Club  of  Connecticut. 

New  Britian,  Conn.,  May  2. — The  second  tournament  of  the 
Consolidated  Gun  Clubs  of  Connecticut  was  held  to-day  on  the 
grounds  of  the  New  Britian  Gun  Club.  Eighty-eight  shooters 
took  part  in  the  programme. 

The  day  was  bright  and  clear,  but  a strong  northeast  wind 
was  blowing,  which  had  a slightly  frosty  tinge  and  which  caused 
the  targets  to  rise  and  dip  in  a manner  at  times  very  exasperating 
to  the  shooters. 

The  No.  1 set  of  traps,  composed  of  five  expert  traps  with 
electric  pulls,  worked  beautiful,  but  a set  of  three  expert  traps 
with  hand  pulls,  which  were  set  up  in  Sergeant  system,  and  were 
used  as  a No.  2 set,  worked  rather  badly,  the  pull-ropes  being 
put  through  one  hole  in  the  screen  and  that  frequently  caused 
the  springing  of  two  traps  when  the  shooter  called  pull. 

There  was  considerable  kicking  on  the  management  of  the 
office,  but  the  shooters  were  not  in  the  least  patient,  and  the 
fact  that  so  many  shooters  would  want  to  shoot  in  one  event 
and  drop  out  of  the  next  one  were  continually  wanting  to  shift 
their  position  in  the  squads,  which  request  was  always  turned  - 
down  at  the  office,  as  it  should  be,  caused  some  confusion.  The 
members  of  the  club,  notably  Charles  Cadwell,  A.  J.  Reynolds, 
Al.  Langdon,  Duncan  Ross,  Secretary,  Mr.  Barnes  and  some 
others  worked  hard  all  day  and  endeavored  to  the  best  of  their 
ability  to  take  care  of  what  was,  with  some  few  exceptions,  the 
hardest  crowd  of  shooters  to  satisfy  the  writer  has  ever  seen  at 
any  shoot. 

At  the  suggestion  of  Dr.  Moore,  Secretary  of  the  Consolidated 
Gun  Clubs  the  sixth  event,  which  was  the  team  race,  and  which 
is  desired  shall  be  shot  as  near  noon  as  possible,  was  put  on 
before  the  fifth  event,  and  as  the  shooters  straggled  in  from  the 
different  points,  all  during  the  morning  it  was  impossible  to  keep 
the  men  who  were  to  shoot  on  the  teams  together  in  the  squads. 
After  the  team  race  was  started  an  attempt  was  made  to  run  the 
fifteenth  event  on  the  No.  2 set  of  traps,  and,  of  course,  this 
brought  confusion,  owing  to  the  fact  that  frequently  a shooter 
was  in  one  of  the  squads  shooting  in  the  team  race  or  was 
about  to  be  called  when  his  squad  was  called  in  the  fifth  event, 
and  this  necessarily  made  delays. 

The  home  club’s  cashier,  Mr.  Frank  Bassett,  is  a very  compe- 
tent accountant,  but  he  lacked  experience  in  handling  a shoot 
of  this  size,  though  he  had  occupied  the  position  of  secretary 
of  the  club  for  some  time,  and  when  the  writer  who,  though  a 
resident  of  New  York,  is  a member  of  the  New  Britain  Gun  Club 
saw  that  the  cashier  was  greatly  in  need  of  an  assistant,  gave 

up  all  attempt  to  shoot  and  went  into  the  office  to  try  to 

straighten  matters  out,  but  as  the  system  <?f  taking  entries  which 
was  started,  was  not  complete  enough  and  the  entries  continued 
to  come  all  day,  it  was  late  in  the  afternoon  before  we  got 
caught  up,  and  as  the  shooters  were  desirous  of  catching  their 
trains  we  took  the  names  and  addresses  of  those,  who  were 
shooting  for  the  money  and  mailed  checks  for  their  winnings 
that  night.  . , , 

Mr.  H.  Brugmann,  of  New  York,  was  high  average  of  those 
who  shot  through  the  programme,  with  84  per  cent.,  and  Mr.  G. 
C.  Finch  was  a very  close  second,  with  82  2-3  per  cent.  Mr. 

Brugmann  made  a 20  straight  in  the  third  event,  and  Bert  Mack 

made  a 15  straight  in  the  fifth  event.  The  ninth  and  tenth 
events  on  the  programme  were  shot  in  one  string  of  30,  and  the 
eleventh  and  twelfth  events  in  one  string  of  35,  and  Mr.  Strong, 
an  old-timer  from  New  London,  broke  35  straight  in  the  last- 
named  event.  _n 

The  team  shoot  resulted  as  follows:  New  Haven  78,  Water- 

bury  74,  Hartford  72,  Norwich,  New  Britian  and  Rockville  scored 
71  each,  Bristol  68,  Willimantic  and  Bridgeport  66  each. 


Events: 

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W Edgarton  5 13  17 

R Hollister  5 13  13 

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M Martin  . 2 

H Barstow  9 

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A Mitchell  8 11  14 

M Wheeler  10  7 16 

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P Taft  6 11  16 

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8 10  .. 
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E A Clark "6  11  11 

H Brugmann  9 13  20 

Wm  P Jordan 7 10  15 

E W Reynolds 10  12  .. 

A J Reynolds 6 . . 17 

G C Finch 10  14  15 

C B Cadwell 8 11  15 

Fredett  8 11  15 

L H Schorty  8 11  15 

Bugbee  8 10  9 

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Mount  Pfeasant  Gun  C'ub. 

Paterson,  N.  J.,  May  6— The  third  event  was  for  the  gold 
medal,  for  members  only.  The  scores: 

Targets-  10  15  25  Targets:  10  15  25 

H van  liouten  ......  8 7 17  ‘I  Cocker  ............  8 11  22 

F.  Morgen  5 8 16  F L Van  TTouten  ....  8 12  23 

lohnson  . . . . . * . . o . . . 0 6 7 GA  Hopper  .10  11  23 

T Dankerly  ..........  7 13  10  W Wilsifi  ............  ..  ..  18 

W lYilson  ,,.eoo...e.o  4 9 16  _ — .. — — — — — — - — - 


’Savage  ••  18 

C Hull  16 

Conrad  13 

E B Finch  5 

Derick  ••  3 

Chilton  “ 

Seerey  ° 

P F Burns „ 

Wells  J,  I 

J C Edwards  ,? 

W Burns  - ••  ••  Ji 

C S Davis 

Cheesman  ' „ 

F Hermann  

E Blanchard  ‘ •• 

Chas  Templeton  ••  ••  3 •;  in  lq 

Borden  S 

Pugsley  11  13 

Alden  - 

C D Noble  ••  •• 

King  

W H Cadwell  •• 

Dailey  


10  ..  12 
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6 ..  12 
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Team  shoot: 

Willimantic. 

Ockford  - - - 43 

Prest  - 48 

Bugbee  - 

Strong  3 

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Norwich. 

Austin  14 

Metcalf  15  . 

Richards  11 

W Noble  15 

Taft  

Bridgeport, 


Waterbury. 

McEUigott  17 

Draher  14 

Hart  15 

Bley  14 

16—71  Geddes  14—74 

Hartford. 


Bradley  19  Hadister  .14 

Finch  14  McFettredge  15 

Nelson  15  Dr.  Rowe  16 

Seerey  7 Sam  Colt  15 

C Hull  11 — 66  Fernside  12 — 72 

New  Britain.  New  Haven. 

Reynolds  17  Mack  16 

Miles  14  Kelley  19 

Cadwell  16  Whitney  14 

Langdon  8 Savage  14 

Gill  16 — 71  Stevenson  15 — 78 

Bristol. 

Mills,  H.  J 14  Dailey  14 

Morgan  12  Edwards  12—68 

P Burns  16 

E.  W.  Reynolds. 

Boston  Gan  Clab. 

Boston,  Mass.,  May  3. — The  second  last  serial  prize  shoot,  held 
on  the  Boston  Gun  Club  grounds  to-day,  proved  to  be  just 
what  the  “doctor  ordered,”  twenty-one  shooters  presenting  them- 
selves to  the  official  scorer  as  evidence  this  was  their  afternoon 
for  pleasure.  With  traps  working  Al,  no  wind  to  speak  of  till 
the  last  two  events,  everything  sailed  on  merrily,  and  regrets 
were  only--  in  order  when  the  afternoon  had  passed  away  and 
guns  packed  up  for  home. 

The  good  work  started  right  from  the  bell,  Gleason,  Weld 
and  Burns  making  12  straight  scores  in  the  first  five  events,  and 
the  others  were  not  so  very  far  behind,  especially  as  during  the 
afternoon  some  25  clean  scores  were  made.  Gleason’s  76  straight 
from  the  19yd.  line  easily  was  the  star  performance,  putting  the 
ground  record  on  the  highest  shelf  in  the  club  house  and  hopes 
that  this  time  it  will  have  at  least  a fair  amount  of  vacation. 

Peacey  and  Batchelder,  two  of  Bangor’s  most  expert  target 
smashers,  joined  in  the  fusilade  and  held  their  end  up  in  good 
style,  the  Parker  kgun  disciple  just  leading  his  side  partner  four 
birds  at  the  finish,  which  was  all  too  small  with  conditions  as 
they  were.  Another  visit  to  the  grounds  will  make  quite  a 
difference,  and  then  the  home  boys  are  in  for  it  if  to-day’s  scores 
are  any  criterion  of  what  has  got  to  come. 

O.  ‘R.  Dickey,  though  right  on  edge,  was  able  to  shoot  four 
events  only,  but  these  four  were  just  enough  to  show  what  an 
expert’s  ability  is  on  the  21yd.  line,  a distance  that  some  state 
cutguns  a shooter,  but  surely  a 96  per  cent,  average  would  show 
nothing  of  this  sort. 

The  club’s  lady  representative  shooting  from  the  14yd.  mark 
with  a 6%-pound  16-gauge  proved  that  the  214  1-ounce  load  is  just 
right  when  held  up  to  the  mark,  her  last  15  spoiling  an  excellent 
chance  for  a 75  per  cent,  average. 

From  now  on,  with  weather  suitable  for  all  outdoor  sports,  we 
are  looking  for  future  visits,  which  will  mean  added  interests 
from  all  sides.  ... 

Just  one  more  shoot  for  this  series  and,  as  first  position  is 
now  settled  for  a surety,  the  battle  is  on  for  second,  Burns, 
Dickey,  Frank,  Woodruff,  Ford  and  Roy,  all  having  a look  in, 
though  advantages  rest  with  the  first  three.  Scores: 

Targets:  10  15  10  10  15  15  10  15  25  25 

Gleason,  19.- 10  15  10  10  15  15  8 12  18  19 

Weld  18 9 15  10  10  15  13  8 13  ..  20 

Bell,  20 7 11  9 8 13  13  5 9 

Frank,  19  9 12  8 9 15  15  9 12 

Roy,  19 8 15  10  ..  .. 

Batchelder,  1.6 8 14  7 9 13  13  6 13  9 16 

Peavey,  16 7 14  10  10  12  14  9 10  '”7 

Hassam,  16. 7 11  10  10  12  7 4 12 

Rogers,  16 8 14  10  7 14  13  8 14 

Woodruff,  1.7 8 12  7 8 14  11  7 9 

Prior  16  9 13  7 7 13  10  8 7 

Caswell  16 9 13  10  9 12  12  7 9 19  18 

Burns,  16.. 9 15  10  10  14  14  7 13  ..  14 

Sears,  16 7 11  4 9 ..  

Phelps,  16 2 8 4 1 

Ford  16  8 9 14  13  9 13  19  20 

Massure,  16 8 13  9 5 ... 

Muldown,  16 ••  ••  11  6 11  ..  .. 

Dickev  21  10  10  14  14 

Kirkwood,  20 10  12  6 6 14  12  6 11  24  22 

Retwood,  14 7 6 E 7 

Merchandise  match,  distance  handicap— Gleason,  19yds,  total  30; 
Frank,  19,  30;  Weld,  18,  28;  Burns,  16,  28;  Dickey  21,  28;  Rogers, 
16  27-  Ford,  16  27;  Bell,  20,  26;  Batchelder,  16,  26;  Peavey,  16, 
26;  Kirkwood,  20,  26;  Roy,  19,  25;  Woodruff,  17,  25;  Caswell, 
16,  24;  Prior,  16,  23;  Muldown,  16,  23;  Massure,  16,  22;  Hassam, 

16!  19;  Retwood,  14,  19. 

— - 

Indianapolis  Gun  Club. 

Indianapolis,  Ind.,  April  29.— Voris  defeated  Farrell  for 
English  Hotel  Cub  by  the  following  score: 

Voris  18  19  23  21—81  Farrell  15  22  20  19—76 

Moore  won  badge  presented  by  Peters  Cartridge  Co.  Parry, 
Dickman,  Gregory,  Miller,  Finley  and  Anderson  tied  for  club 

11 AP 'great  deal  of  work  is  being  done  on  our  grounds,  getting 
things  in  shape  for  the  G.  A.  H.  . 

Gus  Greiff  was  with  us  and  had  a bad  half  hour  in  first  event, 
but  in  the  second  event  he  pointed  his  gun  in  about  the  right 
place  Ask  Mr.  Greiff  what  he  thinks  of  our  grounds,  or  any 
one  else  who  has  seen  them.  The  verdict  will  be,  finest  in  the 
world.  Come  and  see  us. 


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17 

17 


880 

904 

750 

890 

825 

792 

824 

720 

840 

760 

740 

786 

848. 

688 

333 

840 

700 

727 

960 

820 

640 


Events : 
Targets: 


Dickman 


Partington 


Anderson 
Kanause  . 


Hice 


Armstrong 


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 

Events: 

25  25  25  25  25  25  25 

Targets: 

18  21  16  19  20  18  21 

Plabich  

22  20  23  23  22  22  . . 

Tripp  

19  21  19  23  19  19  . . 

Comstock  ... 

21  25  19  21  20  24  .. 

Morrison  .... 

IB  IQ  17  IS 

lliff  

17  19  21  21  20  15  .. 

Cooper  

18  21  22  22  22  . . . . 

Nash  

20  20  19  23  20  . . . . 

Beck  

18  14  19  16  20  19  .. 

Trout  

13  18  19  15  18  11  18 

Farrell  

14 

Voris  

23  20  19  20  21  18  . . 

Wands  

18  13  12  

Greiff  

17  14  14  

Dark  

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
25  25  25  25  25  25  25 


.21  21  20 

12  12  12 


10  8 14  15 


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Contents:  General  Principles.  Instinct. 

Natural  Qualities  and  Characteristics.  - 
Best  Lessons  of  Puppyhood.  Yard  Bre 
Roading  and  Drawing.  Ranging.  Dropj 
Shot,  Breaking  In,  Chasing.  Retrieving. 

IEOREST  AND  STREAM  PUBLISHING  COMPANY, 


LIST  OF  THE  PLATES 


17.  The  Redhead  Duck,  - J.  J.  Audubon 

18.  The  Canvasback  Duck,  - - J.  J.  Audubon 

19.  The  Prairie  Chicken,  - - - J.  J.  Audubon 

20.  The  Willow  Ptarmigan,  - - J J.  Audubon 

21.  The  American P> over,  - J.J.  Audubon 

22.  Rap  Full.  Schooner  Constellation  in  a 

North  Easter,  - Photo  by  N.  L.  Stebbins 

23.  First  Around  Home  Mark.  The  Altair 

off  Larchmont,  - - Photo  by  Jas.  Burton 

Carl  Rungius 
- E.  Osthaus 
E Osthaus 
W.  P.  Davison 
W.  P.  Davison 
W.  P.  Davison 
W.  P Davison 
31.  When  Food  Grows  Scare.  (Quail),  W.  P.  Davison 
82.  In  the  Fence  Corner  (Quail), 


.c,  Reason  and  Natural  Development. 
Punishment  and  Bad  Methods.  The 
reaking.  “Heel.”  Pointing.  Backing, 
pping  to  Shot  and  Wing.  Breaking 


24.  The  Challenge  (Elk), 

25.  Quail  Shootine  in  Mississippi, 
26  Ripsey  (Pointer) 

27.  Between  Casts, 

28.  Home  of  the  Bass,  - 
29  In  Boyhood  Days. 

30.  A Country  Road  (Partridge), 


&.  Launch  From  Plans 


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instructions  are  so  definite  and  full  that  with  this  manual  on  hand  the  amateur  may  success- 
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The  second  part  of  the  work  is  devoted  to  the  use  and  care  of  gas  engines,  and  this 
chapter  is  so  specific,  complete  and  helpful  that  it  should  be  studied  by  every  user  of  such  an 
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Blackbird  Club  Trap. 

5 

Braintree,  Mass.,  April  24,  1905. 
Iver  Johnson  Sporting  Goods  Co., 
Bostqn,  Mass. 

Gentlemen: 

We  have  thoroughly  tested  the  Black, 
bird  Club  Trap  recer  tly  purchased  of 
you,  having  held  five  shoots  over  it,  and 
we  wish  to  say  that  we  consider  it  the 
best  trap  on  the  market. 

It  is  very  simp’e  and  throws  “doubles" 
equally  well  as  singles.  We  have  tried  it  with  several  different  kind  of  targets  and  we  cannot 
see  that  it  makes. any  difference.  Our  club  members  one  and  all  are  delighted  with  it,  and  you 
certainly  may  recommend  it  in  the  highest  terms  to  those  questioning  its  efficiency. 

Yours  respectfully,  H.  W.  Macomber,  President  Braintree  Gun  Club. 

Write  for  Complete  Description. 

Iver  Johnson  Sporting  Goods  Co., 

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Surely  see  this  high-grade  reel. 

After  using  this  reel  half  a day,  all 
others  are  thrown  aside. 

Prices,  80-yd.  quadruple,  $6.00;  100- 
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1501.  W.  W.  Greener  automatic  ejector,  12- 
ga.,  30-in.  barels,  6 lbs.  7 oz.  weight, 
wrought  steel  barrels,  full  pistol  grip,  hand- 
some Italian  walnut  stock.  In  fine  second- 
hand condition.  Made  to  order  at  $250.00. 
Price  $125.00 

3013.  W.  W.  Greener  royal  quality  ejector, 
with  finest  English  Damascus  barrels,  full 
choke,  flat  engine-turned  rib,  very  elaborate 
engraving,  fine  Italian  walnut  half  pistol 
grip  stock,  gilt  triggers.  Dimensions:  12- 
ga.,  30-in.  barrels,  7%  lbs.  weight,  2%  in. 
drop,  14%  in.  stock.  Cost  new  $425.00,  and 
is  as  good  as  new.  Price.. $250.00 

1243.  W.  & C.  Scott  & Son  premier  qual- 

ity patent  block  safety  hammerless,  with 
crystal  indicator,  handsomely  engraved 
locks,  and  action.  Triplex  lever  grip  action, 
half  pistol  grip  stock,  fine  Damascus  bar- 
rels. Cost  new  $350.00.  A great  bargain 
at  $125.00 

1755.  W.  W.  Greener  Monarch  ejector, 
with  Sieman  steel  barrels,  English  walnut 
half  pistol  grip  stock.  Both  barrels  full 
choke.  Dimensions:  12-ga.,  30-in.  barrels, 

7 lbs.  weight,  2 % in.  drop,  14%  in.  stock. 
Slightly  shopworn.  Cost  new  $200.00. 
Price  $130.00 

1912.  W.  W.  Greener  Monarch  ejector,  with 
Sieman  steel  barrels,  English  walnut  half 
pistol  grip  stock.  Right  barrel  cylinder; 
left  modified.  12-ga.,  28-in.  barrels,  6%  lbs. 
weight,  2%  in.  drop,  14%  in.  stock.  Slightly 
shopworn  only.  Cost  new,  $200.00.  Price, 

$125.00 

1244.  W.  W.  Greener  royal  quality  Crown 

ejector.  Very  few  Crown  ejectors  ever 
come  into  the  market  second-hand,  and  are 
always  snapped  up  as  soon  as  they  appear. 
This  one  is  a very  desirable  example  of 
this  grade,  and  with  a fine  shooting  record. 
It  has  Greener’s  special  Damascus  barrels, 
fine  half  pistol  grip  stock,  and  is  full  choke 
in  both  barrels.  Dimensions:  12-ga.,  30-in. 

barrels,  7 lbs.  9 oz.,  2 3-16  in.  drop,  14%  in. 
stock.  Cost  $425.00,  and  is  in  perfect  con- 
dition. Special  net  price $250.00 

3008.  L.  C.  Smith  A-3  pigeon  gun.  The 
very  highest  grade  ($740.00)  of  American 
shotgun,  and  one  of  the  finest  specimens 
of  this  unique  quality  we  have  ever  seen. 
This  gun  has  Sir  Joseph  Whitworth  fluid 
steel  barrels.  The  finest  quality  Circassian 
walnut  stock,  straight  grip,  with  elaborate 
checkering.  This  gun  is  like  new  in  every 
way,  and  with  it  is  a fine  imported  leather 
case.  Dimensions  are:  12-ga.,  30-in.  barrels, 
7%lbs.  weight,  1%  x 1%  x 14%.  Special 
price  $350.00 

HENRY  C.  SQUIRES  & SON, 


2438.  W.  W.  Greener  grand  prize  pigeon 
gun,  $350  grade,  with  Sir  Joseph  Whitworth 
fluid  steel  barrels,  full  choke,  half  pistol 
grip,  elaborate  engraving.  Dimensions:  12- 
ga.,  30-in.  barrels,  7%  lbs.,  2%  in.,  14%  in. 
An  extremely  fine  gun.  Price,  net.. $225.00 
1492.  W.  W.  Greener  double  four-bore, 
weighing  22  lb?.,  and  cost  new  $450.00.  It 
has  a fine  pair  of  Damascus  barrels,  with- 
out pit  or  flaw,  40  in.  long,  stock  14  in. 
heavy  Silver’s  recoil  pad,  half  pistol  grip, 
3 in.  drop,  and  it  is  one  of  the  most  pow- 
erful guns  we  have  ever  seen.  Price, 
net  $200.00 

3014.  Knockabout  hammerless,  with  Krupp 

steel  barrels,  12-ga.,  26-in.  barrels,  6%  lbs. 
weight.  Cost  new,  $60.00.  In  perfect  con- 
dition. Price  $37.50 

1480.  Francotte  hammerless,  handsomely 
engraved,  12-ga.,  30-in.  barrels,  7 lbs.  In 
perfect  condition  and  as  good  as  new.  Cost 

$150.00.  Price  $75.00 

3003.  Lefever  hammerless,  with,  Damascus 
barrels,  full  pistol  grip  stock.  Slightly 
shopworn.  Dimensions:  16-ga.,  28-in.  bar- 
rels, 6 lbs.  weight,  2 9-16  in.  drop,  14  in. 

stock.  List  $57.00.  Price  $30.00 

3097.  Baker  hammerless  duck  gun,  “A’ 
grade,  with  fine  four-blade  Damascus  bar- 
rels, matted  rib,  nicely  engraved.  Selected 
imported  walnut  stock.  In  perfect  condi- 
tion, as  good  as  new.  Dimensions:  10-ga. 
30-in.  barrels,  10%  lbs.  Cost  new  $42.75 

Price  $28.50 

3005.  Parker  hammerless,  12-ga.,  30-in, 

barrels,  7%  lbs.  weight.  Titanic  steel  bar 
rels.  Right  modified;  left  full  choke.  Im 
ported  walnut  straight  grip  stock.  List 
$100,  and  only  slightly  shopworn.  Great 
bargain  at  $52.50 

3015.  Parker  hammerl-ess  12-ga.,  30-in. 

barrels,  8%  lbs.  weight,  Damascus  barrels, 
in  good  condition.  Half  pistol  grip.  Fine 
shooter.  The  $80.00  grade.  Price $38.50 

3016.  W.  W.  Greener  hammer  field  gun, 

12-ga.,  28-in.  barrels,  7 lbs.  6 oz.  weight, 
2 5-16  in.  drop,  13%  in.  stock.  Sieman  steel 
barrels,  half  pistol  grip.  Greener  cross-bolt. 
In  good  second-hand  condition.  Cost  new 
$120.00.  Price $45.00 

1483.  Colt  hammer  duck  gun,  10-ga.,  32-in. 
barrels,  9%  lbs.  weight,  with  Damascus  bar- 
rels. A good  sound,  strong  shooting  gun, 
that  cost  new  $65.00,  and  now  in  good  sec- 
ond-hand condition.  Price  $27.50 

1836.  Greener  “Regent”  hammerless  with 
Sieman-Martin  steel  barrels,  12-ga.,  27-in. 
barrels,  6 lbs.  4 oz.  weight.  Cost  new  $65, 
and  in  perfect  condition.  Price $39.50 

20  Cortlandt  St.,  New  York. 

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many  sportsmen  desire  to  change  their  shooting  equipment  for  something  different  For  many 
years  we  have  made  a specialty  of  buying  and  selling  second-hand  guns,  and  we  usually  have  the 
largest  stock  of  fine  second-hand  guns  in  the  country.  If  you  contemplate  buying  a new  gun 
next  season,  or  having  one  built  to  order,  now  is  the  time  to  write  about  it,  and  if  you  have  a 
really  good  second-hand  gun  to  trade  in  as  part  payment,  we  can  make  you  more  favorable 
terms  now  than  we  could  at  the  beginning  of  next  season.  We  have  a market  for  all  the  good 
second-hand  guns  we  can  get. 


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ALL  AVERAGES  AGAIN. 

At  Ridgetown,  Ontario,  April  21  and  22. 

1st  Amateur  Average,  Mr.  Thos.  Upton,  277  ex  315. 
2nd  Amateur  Average,  Mr.  C.  Scane,  272  ex  315. 
3rd  Amateur  Average,  Mr.  Harry  Scane,  262  ex  315. 

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The  final  scores  of  the  Pennsylvania  State  Shoot  offer  positive  proof  of  the  wide  popularity 
of  U.  M.  C.  Shot  Shells.  In  addition  to  the  fine  record  of  ioo  Live  Birds  without  a miss,  by 
Mr.  Fred  Coleman,  all  of  the  honors  worth  while,  including 

THE  PENNSYLVANIA  STATE  CHAMPIONSHIPS 

at  both  Clay  Birds  and  Live  Birds,  were  won  by  shooters  shooting  U.  M.  C.  The  following  is 
a list  of  U.  M.  C.  winnings: 

The  Pennsylvania  State  Championship  at  Targets,  won  by  Mr.  Fred  Coleman;  score,  71-75. 

The  Pennsylvania  State  Championship  at  Live  Birds,  including  Williamsport  Diamond  Badge,  tied  by  Messrs.  Derk, 
Pontefract  and  Coleman,  score  65  straight 

The  Pennsylvania  Stake  Team  Championship,  includirg  the  L.  C.  Smith  Trophy,  won  by  Messrs.  Coleman,  Ames  and 
Felix;  score,  15  straight  each. 

The  Highest  Amateur  Average  for  All  Events,  won  by  Mr.  Alex.  King. 

All  of  the  above  shooters  shot  U.  M.  C. 

V.  M.  C.  Quality'  is  the  winning  Quality . 

Ha'Ve  you  ordered  your  shells  jf  or  the  Grand  American? 

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Wins  made  at  such  big  shoots  as  the  Pennsylvania  State  Shoot  and  the  Missouri  State  Shoot  mean  something,  because  the  entries  are 
large  and  the  competition  keen.  They  mean  extraordinary  skill  in  the  shooter  and  superior  merit  in  the  ammunition  used. 

WINCHESTER. 

FACTORY  LOADED  SHELLS 

were  used  in  making  the  following  recent  winnings: 

PENNSYLVANIA  STATE  SHOOT,  held  at  Pittsburg,  May  2-3-4 -5. 

Reading  Trophy — 4-Man  Team  Championship  of  Penn.  Won  by  team  composed  of  Al.  Heil,  C.  F.  Kramlich,  H.  Schlicher  and 
M.  S.  Brey,  all  using  Winchester  Factory  Loaded  Shells. 

Denny  Trophy — for  State  shooters — von  by  Al.  Heil  with  Winchester  Factory  Loaded  Shells. 

Herron  Hill  Gun  Club  Handicap — open  to  all  amateurs — won  by  A.  B.  Richardson  from  17-yard  mark,  with  Winchester 
Factory  Loaded  Shells,  score,  96 — 100. 

Wilson  Live  Bird  Trophy — for  State  shooters — won  by  V.  Williams  with  Winchester  Factory  Loaded  Shells. 

MISSOURI  STATE  SHOOT,  held  at  Kansas  City,  May  2-3-4-S, 

State  Championship — Won  by  Mr.  Baggerman  with  Winchester  Factory  Loaded  “Leader”  Shells. 

These  winnings,  made  under  such  hard  conditions,  serve  to  emphasize  the  fact  that  success  attends  the  user  of  Winchester  Factory 
Loaded  Shells,  which,  in  recognition  of  this,  are  known  universally  as 

“The  Winning  Loads.” 


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Length  over  all,  57  ft.  6 in.;  length 
water-line,  54  ft.;  breadth,  11  ft.  6 in., 
and  draft,  4 ft.  6 in. 

Has  just  been  rebuilt  at  a cost  of 
$S, 600,  and  is  now  in  perfect  condition. 

Sixty  horsepower  compound  Her- 
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Boiler.  Very  economical  boat.  Will 
steam  500  miles  on  1/2  tons  of  coal. 
Maximum  speed  18  miles. 

Completely  equipped  in  every  re- 
spect. For  full  particulars,  address 
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TO  PURCHASE  new  or  second-hand,  or  lease 
for  the  season,  a staunch,  seaworthy  gasolene 
motor  launch. 

General  specifications:  Length,  22  to . 28  ft.; 

beam,  4y2  to  5%  ft.;  freeboard,  18  in.;  draft,  not 
to  exceed  21  in. ; 9 to  10  horsepower.  Canopy 
top  and  fittings  complete,  delivered  at  Syracuse, 
N.  Y.  Proposals  should  state  selling  price,  also  a 
monthly  rental  price,  with  the  privilege  of  pur- 
chase at  the  end  of  six  months,  and  the  moneys 
paid  for  rental  to  be  applied  on  the  purchase 
price.  All  proposals  must  be  addressed  to  the 
undersigned  and  received  by  him  on  or  before 
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BACK  FROM  THE  HUNT. 

President  Roosevelt’s  hunt  is  over  and  he  has  re- 
turned to  Washington  and  the  daily  grind  of  official  duty. 
The  record  of  the  hunt,  as  printed  in  the  daily  papers, 
is  ten  bears  and  four  bobcats,  an  unusually  successful 
expedition,  such  as  a President  should  have.  Just  how 
many  bears  fell  to  Mr.  Roosevelt’s  rifle  is  not  announced 
and  is,  in  fact,  unimportant,  for  in  a hunt  like  this  the 
killing  of  the  victims  is  the  least  interesting  part  of  the 
work.  It  is  the  pursuit  that  gives  joy  and  excitement  to 
the  hunt — the  wild  rough  ride  along  the  mountainside, 
down  one  side  of  a ravine  and  up  the  other,  dodging 
rocks  and  trees  the  while,  the  listening  for  the  dogs,  and 
the  effort  to  overtake  them,  while  all  the  time  you  watch 
your  horse  and  try  to  spare  him. 

It  is  certain  that  the  President  had  a good  time,  and 
that  he  worked  as  hard  at  his  hunting  as  he  always  does 
at  his  play  or  at  his  work.  If  snow  and  rain  and  cold  and 
wind  confronted  him  he  met  bad  weather  with  a cheerful 
mind,  and  made  the  best  of  it.  He  went  for  a good  time 
and  he  had  it,  and  with  the  good  time  he  acquired  a store 
j of  health  and  vigor  which  will  stand  him  in  good  stead 
this  summer. 

It  may  be  hoped  that  when  the  time  comes  the  public 
may  have  from  Mr.  Roosevelt’s  pen  an  account  of  this 
hunt.  Many  readers  will  remember  his  story  of  the 
cougar  hunt  which  he  made  when  Vice-President,  and 
the  still  more  delightful  account  of  his  trip  to  the  Yel- 
lowstone National  Park  in  April,  1903,  published  in  the 
last  volume  of  the  Boone  and  Crockett  Club’s  Book.  On 
no  subject  does  Mr.  Roosevelt  write  more  simply,  more 
freshly,  and  with  greater  charm  than  on  outdoor  and 
especially  on  natural  history  subjects,  and  all  sportsmen 
and  all  nature  lovers  eagerly  welcome  anything  from  his 
pen.  His  chapter  on  Wilderness  Reserves,  just  referred 
to,  besides  being  a model  outdoor  article,  is  a powerful 
and  useful  tract  in  favor  of  game  and  forest  preservation 
and  the  setting  aside  of  wild  tracts  of  land  for  pleasure 
grounds  for  all  the  people. 


MOIETIES  FOR  PROTECTORS. 

Under  the  present  New  York  law  the  salary  of  a dis- 
trict game  protector  is  $600  a year,  with  $450  allowance 
for  expenses,  and  he  receives  also  one-half  of  the  fines 
and  penalties,  less  the  expenses  of  recovering  the  sum, 
collected  in  actions  brought  upon  information  furnished 
by  him.  A measure  passed  by  the  Legislature  and  now 
in  the  Governor’s  hands  increases  the  protector’s  salary 
■ to  $900,  allows  $600  for  expenses,  and  deprives  him  of 
the  moieties  received  for  recoveries  in  actions.  This 
change,  if  we  are  not  misinformed,  was  prompted  at  the 
instigation  of  the  Association  for  the  Protection  of  the 
Adirondacks,  and  the  reason  given  was  that  there  had 
been  collusion  between  certain  protectors  on  the  one 
hand  and  Adirondack  timber  thieves  on  the  other,  where- 
» by  the  protectors  winked  at  violations  of  the  law  in  the 
penalties  for  which  they  saw  profits  to  themselves. 
Whether  or  not  there  was  any  foundation  for  the  sus- 
picion of  collusion  in  Adirondack  forest  trespass- cases, 
there  is  no'  reason  to  believe  that  any  protector  has  ever 
encouraged  or  acquiesced  in  violations  of  the  game  and 
fish  laws  for  the  purpose  of  making  business  for  himself. 
No  plausible  plan  presents  itself  by  which  such  a scheme 
could  be  carried  out.  It  is  beyond  our  ingenuity  to  im- 
agine how  a protector  in  New  York  city,  for  instance, 
who  should  seize  an  illicit  stock  of  game  birds  in  close 
season,  could  have  arranged  for  the  dealer’s  reception 
of  the  birds  from  the  distant  shipper,  or  how  the  dealer 
could  be  duped  into  thinking  that  he  saw  a way  to  profit 
. by  taking  the  birds  into  his  possession,  having  them 
confiscated,  and  being  fined  for  them  $500,  as  a Sixth 
avenue  dealer  was  recently  fined  for  a lot  of  close-season 
quail;  or  $650,  as  another  Sixth  avenue  dealer  was  fined 
for  a like  offense;  or  $1,000,  a penalty  imposed  last  month 
upon  a down-town  commission  merchant  for  out  of  sea- 
son quail.  The  game  protector  and  game  dealer  collu- 
sion theory  is  so  fanciful  as  to  be  preposterous. 

The  change  embodied  in  the  Wood  bill  is  of  question- 
able merit  While  the  increase  of  salary  from  $600  to 
$900  is  probably  intended  to  compensate  the  protector  for 
taking  from  him  the  moieties,  and  while  it  may  therefore 
fully  satisfy  him,  the  new  system  would  be  likely  to  secure 
less  efficient  service  to  the  State.  Protectors  are  human. 

Slid  jt  is  human  to  work  harder  when  the  reward  is  con-? 


tingent  upon  one’s  exertions  than  when  the  reward  is 
assured  whether  or  no.  The  protector  who,  for  a salary, 
may  do  all  that  his  conscience  tells  him  it  is  his  duty  to 
do,  will  do  still  more  for  an  added  reward  to  be  won  by 
the  increased  exertion — that  is,-  for  work  which  is  just  a 
trifle  beyond  the  rigid  demand  of  mere  duty. 

The  enforcement  of  the  game  laws  by  the  protector  de- 
pends in  a peculiar  degree  for  its  efficiency  upon  the  ex- 
ercise of  this  over-zealousness.  It  is  not  enough  for  a 
protector  who-  suspects  a violation  to  make  such  a more 
or  less  perfunctory  investigation  as  may  or  may  not  dis- 
close the  facts ; he  must  persist  and  persevere  and  ferret 
out  and  stick  to  the  case  and  follow  it  up,  and  in  the  end 
stand  stoutly  for  a good  round  penalty.  And  as  has  been 
said,  a protector  is  human ; he  v/ill  ferret  and  stick  and 
stand  much  more  strenuously  if  he  be  working  for  an 
extra  reward  than  he  will  if  he  reflects  that  his  salary  is 
coming  to  him  whether  or  no.  In  short,  if  those  who 
fixed  the  new  compensation  at  $900  figured  out  that  the 
average  moieties  of  protectors  amounted  to  $300 — the 
State  is  likely  to  receive  better  service  from  the  protector 
who  is  paid  $600  and  earns  in  addition  thereto  $300  in 
moieties,  than  it  will  receive  from  a protector  who  is  paid 
the  $900  as  a salary. 

The  system  of  moieties  as  added  rewards  has  worked 
well  in  the  past;  the  actual  service  rendered  to  the  State 
would  probably  be  more  efficient  and  valuable  wdth  a re- 
tention of  the  system  than  under  the  proposed  change. 

SMELTERS  AND  THE  PUBLIC. 

Some  time  ago  we  called  attention  to-  the  damage  to 
adjacent  vegetation  caused  by  the  fumes  of  a smelter 
operated  in  Shasta  county,  California,  and  incidentally 
mentioned  similar  damage  done  by  smelters  in  Butte, 
Mont.  Very  promptly  upon  the  publication  of  this  ar- 
ticle follows  an  application  to  Judge  Hunt  by  residents 
of  Silver  Bow  county  in  Montana  for  an  injunction 
against  the  smelters  of  Butte,  on  the  ground  that  their 
operation  is  destructive  to-  the  health  and  property  of 
neighboring  residents. 

It  is  certainly  time  that  action  be  taken  by  executive 
officers,  legislative  bodies  and  courts  to  put  an  end  to  the 
riding  rough  shod  by  manufacturing  companies  over  the 
rights  of  the  public.  It  may  be  assumed  that  every  citi- 
zen who-  owns  real  estate  is  entitled  to-  pure  air,  pure 
water  and  unobstructed  light.  This  principle  is  suffi- 
ciently established  as  regards  transportation  companies 
in  cities,  but  in  the  country  where  population  is  sparse 
the  right  seems  to  have  been  forgotten.  Factories  run 
their  waste  products  into  streams  and  pollute  them  so 
that  they  are  fit  for  use  neither  by  man  nor  beast  nor 
fish.  Streams  that  once  furnished  a pathway  for  un- 
counted multitudes  of  fish  which  afforded  cheap  and 
wholesome  food  to  the  people,  are  now  so  tainted  by  vile 
stuff  sent  into  them  that  no  fish  is  ever  found  in  then- 
waters,  and  even  lower  forms  of  animal  life  have  dis- 
appeared. 

There  are  many  signs  that  the  public  is  slowly  awaken- 
ing to  this  outrageous  state  of  things,  and  that  the  time 
is  not  distant  when  the  present  license  of  many  manu- 
facturing companies  will  be  so  restrained  that  they  will 
be  obliged  to  content  themselves  with  a measure  of  liberty 
no  greater  than  that  possessed  by  the  average  citizen. 

BUFFALO  LORE. 

The  disappearance  of  the  buffalo  as  a wild  animal  is 
so  recent,  and  the  concern  felt  in  its  extermination  so 
keen,  as  to  lend  an  especial  interest  to  reminiscences  of 
buffalo  days,  such  as  have  been  recently  given  by  Mr. 
Charles  Aubrey.  The  true  story  of  the  foundation  of  the 
Pablo-Allard  herd,  printed  in  Forest  and  Stream  in  the 
summer  of  1902,  came,  it  will  be  remembered,  from  Mr. 
Aubrey’s  pen,  and  was  of  especial  value  as  being  the 
truth,  though  a multitude  of  fictitious  stories  about  that 
herd  have  been  published. 

Among  the  many  old  timers  who  reside  on  the  Western 
plains  and  among  the  mountains  there  yet  remains  a vast 
fund  of  buffalo  lore,  all  of  it  interesting,  and  much  of  it 
valuable  from  the  point  of  view  of  natural  history,  which 
ought  to  be  set  down.  It  is  only  occasionally  and  bit  by 
bit  that  fragments  of  this  lore  come  to  light,  as  in  the 
three  contributions  from  Mr,  Aubrey,  the  last  this  week. 

Most  interesting  from  the  human  standpoint  is  the  wide- 
spread view  among  the  plains  Indians  of  what  had  be- 
come of  the  buffalo,  ]<  fom,  the  days  of  their  earliest  tra^ 


ditions  the  Indians  of  the  plains  had  always  known 
buffalo — more  than  could  be  counted,  often  covering  the 
land  as  far  as  the  eye  could  reach — and  to-  the  savage 
mind  it  was  inconceivable  that  these  should  have  been 
suddenly  swept  away.  The  buffalo  had  always  been  their 
food  and  it  was  impossible  to  imagine  a world  without 
buffalo-,  which  would  mean  a world  without  food — ex- 
termination for  their  race.  Hence,  some  other  explana- 
tion than  extermination  must  be  sought,  for  extermina- 
tion was  unthinkable.  So-  the  Dakotas  believed  that  the 
buffalo,  wearied  by  constant  pursuit  and  with  their  feet 
worn  down  and  tender  from  continual  running,  had  re- 
tired to  some  distant  place  to  rest;  the  Blackfeet  believed 
that  the  malevolent  white  man  had  shut  up-  the  buffalo 
in  a cave,  whence  some  time  they  would  escape  to  re- 
people the  plains.  Other  tribes  cherished  similar  beliefs. 
The  Blackfoot  belief  was  evidently  suggested  by  an  old 
myth  of  the  tribe  which  seems  to  refer  to  some  ancient 
period  of  starvation  when  the  buffalo — as  sometimes 
happened — disappeared  for  a long  time,  and  the  people 
starved. 

It  is  greatly  to-  be  desired  that  persons  who  remember 
facts  and  incidents  of  the  buffalo-  days  should  write  out 
their  memories  of  those  times,  the  details  of  which  are 
so  interesting.  

FOR  A WIDER  INFLUENCE. 

Within  the  past  fifteen  years  a great  change  has  taken 
place  in  public  sentiment  in  the  United  States  as  to-  the 
protection  of  wild  creatures,  the  forest  and  natural  things 
in  general.  It  is  a matter  of  common  belief  that  a chief 
factor  in  bringing  about  this  change  has  been  the  Forest 
and  Stream,  which  has  devoted  itself  in  season  and  out, 
to  showing  that  such  protection  is  for  the  public  welfare. 
The  good  work  thus  started  is  still  being  carried  on,  but 
all  who  are  interested  in  strengthening  this  sentiment 
should  do  everything  in  their  power  to  assist  and  hasten 
forward  the  movement. 

This  can  best  be  done  by  putting  before  the  public  in- 
teresting and  good  literature  dealing  with  the  subject. 
Such  literature  is  Forest  and  Stream,  which  is  not  only 
interesting  in  itself  but  also  records  the  changes  in  public 
feeling,  the  alteration  of  laws,  local  and  general,  the  de- 
cisions of  the  courts  and  the  views  and  acts  of  clubs  and 
associations.  The  reader  is  thus  kept  constantly  in  touch 
with  the  game  protective  movement  in  this  country, 
knows  what  is  going  on  and  can  judge  for  himself  and 
act  intelligently  on  any  matter  that  may  come  up. 

What  the  paper  is  to  the  outdoor  man  in  relation  to 
the  sports  which  he  so  greatly  enjoys,  is  too  well  known 
to  need  any  extended  reference.  It  is  a record  of  all 
facts  of  interest  in  the  nature  of  competitions,  it  tells  of 
the  shooting,  fishing  and  yachting  and  other  sports  that 
we  are  enjoying  to-day,  and  of  those  sports,  and  scenes 
of  adventure  connected  with  them  that  were  taken  part 
in  by  people  of  a generation  or  more  ago.  It  is  a journal 
that  the  outdoor  man  cannot  get  along  without. 

With  a view  to  extending  the  circulation  of  Forest  and 
Stream,  and  thus  forcing  forward  the  movement  in  favor 
of  the  protection  of  natural  things,  the  publishers  are 
prepared  to  send  out  to  any  present  readers  coin  cards 
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THE  NATIONAL  PARK  ANTELOPE. 

Early  in  April,  the  antelope  moved  back  to-  their  sum- 
mer range  on  the  higher  ground,  after  having  wintered  on 
the  alfalfa  flats  near  the  town  of  Gardiner  and  just  with- 
in the  Park.  They  have  notably  increased  in  number 
within  the  past  year.  In  1904  the  average  of  several 
counts  showed  1,100  antelope ; this  year  there  are  between 
1,500  and  1. Too,  indicating  a large  increase  by  births  and 
a small  loss  from  any  cause.  During  the  late  winter  800 
antelope  were  counted  one  day  on  the  alfalfa  flat  near 
Gardiner,  and  besides  this  a number  of  bands  were  seen 
on  the  hills  all  about. 

The  usefulness  of  planting  winter  food  for  the  antelope 
. — which  was  first  done  by  Major  Pitcher,  the  Superin- 
tendent of  the  Park,  two  or  three  years  ago — has  thfig 

keen  shown  ajgain  during  the  past  winter, 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM 


[May  20,  1903. 


Floating  Down  the  Mississippi* 


With  the  Cabin  Boaters. 

Dropping  around  the  first  bend  in  the  river  I was 
soon  out  of  sight  of  Helena,  and  in  an  hour  I was  be- 
yond all  sight  of  things  that  I had  known  heretofore, 
save  the  yellow  torrent.  It  was  a little  raw,  and  rowing 
was  necessary  to  keep  warm;  but  something  of  the 
river  indolence  had  penetrated  my  bones,  so  that  I 
could  feel  the  invidious  nature  of  river  life.  I disliked 
the  idea  of  a change,  and  yet  I didn’t  really  care  very 
much.  Careless  of  where  I was  going,  I pulled  away 
with  long,  slow  strokes  until  about  9 o’clock,  when  I 
was  startled  by  a hail  close  at  hand. 

“Hy  there,  you!” 

Forty  yards  away  was  a cabin  boat  drifting  with  the 
current,  manned  by  a tall,  dark,  rather  lanky  individual 
with  his  black  hat  poised  on  his  head  at  a most  self- 
confident  angle.  “Come  yere!”  he  said,  and  I rowed  to 
his  boat,  and  was  invited  aboard. 

“You  ain’t  the  man  I thought  you  was,”  he  said, 
“there  was  a sailor  stole  a boat  from'  a friend  of  mine 
up  to  Memphis  the  other  day,  an’  I jes’  ’lowed  you  all 
was  him.  Nossir,  you  ain’t.  The  feller  what  stoled  the 
boat  was  a little  feller,  dark  an’  wiry.  You  ain’t  the 
man.” 

Not  only  had  I begun  to  feel  like  a river  man,  but, 
apparently,  I had  something  of  the  look  of  one  from 
the  distance  of  a few  yards. 

“Sit  down  awhile,  hit’s  plaguey  lonesome  floatin’ 
along  with  nothing  to  do.  Hit  shore  is.  Who  all 
mout  you  be?” 

I told  him,  and  then  he  said  he  was  John  Pierce,  and 
was  on  his  way  to  Friar’s  Point,  and  that  he  would  be 
glad  of  my  company  for  a day  or  two.  I had  not 
floated  on  a cabin  boat  previous  to  this  time,  and  the 
experience  was  novel.  We  sat  down  inside,  with  the 
doors  closed,  held  our  hands  over  the  fire,  and  tried 
to  remember  some  mutual  acquaintances  up  stream. 
I thought  he  was  the  Pierce  whom  I heard  Mrs.  Haney 
mention  as  her  “husband  who  used  to  be,”  but  I was 
mistaken,  as  I learned  afterward.  I mentioned  that  I 
had  heard  of  him  up  at  Memphis,  and  he  ducked  his 
head  with  a gesture  of  emphatic  glee.  It  appeared  that 
his  glee  was  due  to  a'  companion  he  had  left  at  Mem- 
phis, owing  to  his  incompatibility  of  temperament  with 
the  woman’s  ten-year-old  boy. 

Pierce  proved  a jovial  companion.  He  was  sheriff 
at  Carruthersville  for  a term,  and  during  that  time 
he  had  occasion  to  hunt  up  various  characters  of  local 
note.  One  time,  he  heard  that  a couple  of  “good  ones” 
were  just  above  town.  There  was  a reward  offered  for 
their  capture,  which  was  why  they  were  “good.”  With 
a couple  of  deputies,  Pierce  went  after  them,  and  found 
them  at  home,  behind  two  trees,  with  repeating  rifles 
against  the  bark.  Pierce  had  depended  on  surprise,  to 
effect  the  capture.  His  own  was  painful  as  he  tried 
to  “slab  it”  behind  a tree  that  was  a size  too  narrow, 
even  for  his  own  thin  form. 

“Picking  up  hundred  dollar  rewards  ain’t  so  easy  as 
some  might  think,”  he  said.  “Some  rewards  has  shoot- 
ing* irons  two-feet  long,  and  they  shoot  straight.  I 
didn’t  depend  much  on  making  that  sort  of  easy  money 
after  I’d  tried  hit  onct.” 

A big  cowhide  was  on  the  roof  of  the  boat,  and 
after  we’d  eaten  a hatful  of  hickory  nuts,  Pierce  got 
dinner.  From  the  hold  of  the  boat  he  took  a piece  of 
dark  purple  beef,  and  sliced  it  with  a keen  butcher 
knife.  He  put  a spoonful  of  lard  into  the  frying-pan, 
and  dipped  the  beef  into  flour,  and  then  fried  it  in 
the  lard.  I was  calloused  to  lard,  so  to  speak,  but 
I’d  much  rather  have  seen  the  meat  broiled,  but  the 
odor  was  delicious.  When  the  meat  was  cooked,  he 
made  condensed  milk  gravy,  which  was  startling,  and 
finally  brought  out  some  of  the  fluffiest  white  bread 
that  I’d  ever  seen.  I was  ready  to  eat  when  the  time 
came,  and  although  each  process  in  getting  the  meal 
had  been  surprising,  and  a bit  distasteful  in  appearance, 
that  dinner  proved  a memory  that  will  not  soon  be 
forgotten.  Mr.  Pierce  didn’t  tell  where  he  got  the  beef, 
and  one  on  the  river  has  a feeling  of  delicacy  about 
asking  questions  in  regard  to  where  things  come  from, 
so  I can’t  say  on  what  the  animal  fed.  But  it  was  un- 
questionably “out-door  beef,”  and  as  cabin  boaters  are 
said  to  sometimes  shoot  beef  that  ventures  too  close  to 
the  river  bank,  this  beef  may  have  been  acquired  by 
some  of  Pierce’s  friends  whom  he  mentioned  having 
met  above  Helena  a few  days  before.  The  cabin  boater 
is  a most  liberal  man  when  one  is  on  good  terms  with 
him.  What  they  get  easily,  they  yield  to  others  almost 
without  a thought  of  its  value,  when,  such  things  as 
meat  and  game  are  concerned. 

As  we  were  dropping  down  a few  miles  below  Helena, 
Pierce  discovered  a flock  of  wild  geese  on  the  east 
bank,  feeding  down  close  to  the  water.  He  got  out  his 
gun.  My  double  Bi  were  all  in  the  skiff,  and  that  was 
on  the  side  toward  the  birds.  However,  we  loaded  up, 
my  gun  with  No.  4s,  and  we  drifted  along  ,ten  yards 
from  the  bank  with  expectant  nerves.  The  time  to 
shoot  came  at  last,  and  then  we  fired  four  shots.  The 
birds  jumped  into  the  air,  and  away  they  went  to  the 
sana.  bar  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  stream,  where 
they  came  down  still  noisily  honking  about  the  affair. 

Along  the  bank  just  above  ’Friar’s  jPoint  y/gre  a dead 


pig  and  a dead  calf,  for  which  Pierce  was  inclined  to 
hold  the  target  practice  of  some  cabin  boater  re- 
sponsible. He  said  that  a favorite  way  of  getting  meat 
on  the  Arkansas  with  him  was  to  find  some  one  with 
hogs  running  in  the  cane.  He  would  kill  the  animals 
on  shares.  Once  he  met  a negro  up  in  the  swamp 
country  who  wanted  two  big  boars  killed.  Pierce  found 
them  and  killed  both  with  buckshot.  They  were  big  red 
fellows  weighing  several  hundred  pounds  apiece.  The 
tusk  of  one  which  he  gave  me  measures  nearly  8j4in. 
around  the  bend. 

Friar’s  Point  proved  to  be  a levee  town,  consisting 
of  a few  small  buildings,  weather  beaten  and  drooping. 
I remarked  that  it  looked  rather  sleepy  and  the  response 
was:  “Yas,  but  you  all  jes’  orter  have  seen  hit  New 

Years!  Lawse!  But  they  was  six  or  seven  men  gwin’ 
up  an’  down  these  yere  streets,  cuttin’  loose  with 
forty-fours,  like  you  couldn’t  think.  Yassir,  hit’s  tolable 
quiet  to-day,  strangeh,  but  hit  ain’  always  so.” 

Living  in  a long  cabin  boat  six  feet  above  the  ground 
on  post  ends  was  Pierce’s  son  Tom  and  Tom’s  wife, 
who  is  well  known  on  the  river  as  “Kid.”  Tom  wanted 
to  go  down  the  river  with  his  father,  and  take  a con- 
tract to  build  some  sbanties  at  a landing  a couple  or 
three  days’  floating  down  stream.  This  was  agreeable 
to  the  father,  but  there  was  no  great  hurry.  They 
would  drop  down  if  the  wind  was  favorable.  I was  for 
starting  on,  but  they  said  things  would  be  fixed  all 
right,  and  I’d  better  stay. 

As  we  came  to  town  on  Saturday  night,  we  were 
obliged  to  remain  over  Sunday  in  order  to  buy  some 
supplies.  Just  above  our  mooring  place  was  the  ferry, 
consisting  of  a gasolene  launch  that  would  hold  ten  or 
fifteen  men.  I noted  with  wonder  that  the  boat  was 
running  across  with  scarcely  a wait  at  the  landing,  and 
that  as  many  as  twenty  or  thirty  negroes  would  be 
waiting  for  the  next  trip,  when  it  returned.  I watched 
the  boat  through  my  glasses  and  saw  that  the  passen- 
gers, when  twenty  or  thirty  rods  from  the  bank,  would 
drink  from  small  glasses  which  the  ferryman  handed 
them.  That  launch  was  a government-license  ferryboat. 
The  passengers  paid  twenty-five  cents  for  the  privilege 
of  crossing  in  the  boat,  and  they  were  served  with 
liquor  when  sixty  or  more  yards  from  the  bank.  The 
ferryman,  it  was  said,  cleared  fifty  to  sixty  dollars  a 
week,  anyhow,  and  sometimes  a hundred  dollars. in  a 
day. 

On  Sunday  afternoon  we  carried  Tom’s  duffle  down 
to  Pierce’s  boat.  It  consisted  of  a couple  of  trunks,  a 
tintype  machine,  a box  of  carpenter  tools  and  nails,  a 
mattress  and  bedding,  a tent  and  boxes  and  bottles  of 
chemicals  used  in  the  manufacture  of  “medicine.”  Tom 
and  his  father  are  river  “hustlers.”  They  make  a large 
part  of  their  living  by  selling  things  on  the  bank. 
Pierce  said  that  one  could  make  plenty  of  money  on  the 
river  if  he  had  something  to  sell  to  the  negroes.  “I 
carry  electric  belts  this  trip,”  he  said.  “Look  here!” 

With  that  he  brought  out  a box  nine  inches  long, 
containing  a gorgeous  red  flannel  belt,  with  two  zinc 
shields  the  size  of  a pound  baking  powder  can  top  at 
each  end  of  the  flannel.  The  flannel  was  folded  and 
inside  was  a copper  chain,  the  links  connected  by  iron 
wire,  and  each  end  hooking  into  the  backs  of  the 
zinc. 

“Look  at  that!”  said  Mr.  Pierce,  “Wouldn’t  that  jes’ 
make  a nigger  bat  his  eyes?  They  cost  a dollar  a dozen 
— eight  and  a third  cents  apiece.  Now,  I sell  them  for 
a dollar  each,  or  trade  for  something  I can  sell.  I 
like  something  I can  make  ninety  per  cent,  profit  on 
like  I do  on  them  belts.  But  if  I can’t  sell  belts,  look 
a-here!” 

With  that  he  brought  out  some  lamp  mats,  the  most 
gorgeous  I had  ever  seen.  A mat  was  just  a bit  of 
circular  blue  or  red  cloth,  with  a lot  of  long  yellow,  blue, 
green  or  white  cotton  fibers  fastened  around  the  edges. 

“They  ain’t  so.  much  profit  on  these,”  Mr.  Pierce  said, 
“but  I can  sell  ’em  for  a couple  of  hens  apiece  any  day, 
and  hens  is  worth  thirty  cents  each.  I pay  ten  cents  for 
them.  If  you  can  talk  you  can  sell  things  along  this 
old  yellow  gut,  that’s  what  you  can.  I tell  you  a good 
line  to  carry.  Bible  pictures  sells  brilliant.  You  take 
a big  red,  yellow  and  blue  picture  now,  of  angels  wel- 
coming a nigger  to  heaven,  and  it  ’ll  sell  down  here  like 
giving  away  whiskey.  There’s  a feller  up  in  Kaintuck 
what’s  copyrighted  a picture  like  that,  an’  he’s  gettin’ 
rich  like  mud  on  a sandbar.  He  sells  ’em  fer  about 
ten  cents,  an’  we  sells  ’em  down  here  for  four  bits — 
five  times  as  much  as  we  gives.  That’s  business,  ain’t 
hit?  We’re  here  for  business,  that’s  what  we  are.” 

Pierce  had  something  to  say  on  most  topics  known  to 
the  river.  Particularly  he  shone  in  gun  plays  that  he 
described. 

“It’s  never  been  necessary  for  me  to  kill  anybody,” 
he  remarked  casually  one  day,  “but  I been  where  I 
thought  I’d  have  to  some — yes,  jes’  about  some  an’  a 
half,  I should  say.  One  time,  before  my  wife  died — 
that  was  in  ’92 — I was  riclin’  along  with  her  in  a buggy 
and  we  come  to  a mud  hole,  one  of  them  wide,  deep, 
slimy  alligator  mud  holes.  Met  a feller  from  Texas 
right  thar.  He  was  a bad  man,  claimed  to  be,  and 
’lowed  around  that  he’d  killed  nine  men.  He  had  a 
wagon,  an’  I pulled  around  tryin’  to  keep  out  of  the  mud 
hole,  an’  the  Texan,  he  jes  said,  ‘You  alls  the  fustest 
man  I ever  seen  what  wouldn’t  give  a wagon  the  road 
to  a buggy.’  He-e.  You  know,  I had  my  gun,  a .45, 
right  down  on  the  seat  beside  me  whar  I ^llug  carried 


hit  when  I went  ridin’  into  a buggy.  Fore  he  knowed 
hit,  I had  him  kivered.  Yasseh!  Plumb  kivered,  an’, 
well,  you  know,  that  bad  Texan,  he  jes’  knowed  he  had 
to  ’pologize,  an’  he  done  hit,  he  shore  did.” 

On  Monday  morning  we  went  up-town  and  bought 
supplies.  Condensed  milk,  flour,  a few  potatoes,  a 
large  piece  of  lard,  and  some  baker’s  bread,  were 
among  the  things  we  purchased.  The  total  came  to 
$2.30.  Everything  was  expensive.  Prices  are  far  above 
normal  back  country  prices,  particularly  vegetables  of 
all  sorts.  Having  carried  these  things  down  to  the  boat, 
the  lines  were  cast  off  and  a few  strokes  of  the  oars 
drove  us  into  the  current,  and  by  noon  we  were  drop- 
ping down  the  river.  The  boat  was  crowded.  There 
were  four  persons  on  board,  with  two  rooms  at  their 
disposal.  The  craft  was  30ft.  long,  by  9ft.  wide.  There 
were  five  trunks,  a bed,  a stove,  several  boxes  and 
chairs,  and  a table  on  board.  Like  all  cabin  boats, 
this  one  was  well  lighted.  Four  large  windows  were 
in  the  sides,  and  the  two  doors,  one  at  each  end,  as- 
sured ample  ventilation,  for  the  cabin  boater  “has  to 
go  outdoors  every  time  he  wants  to  turn  around,”  as 
they  say  on  the  river.  It  was  particularly  true  of  the 
cabin  boat  we  were  on. 

There  was  a plenty  of  talk  and  singing  on  board. 
Mrs.  Pierce  was  a small  woman,  perhaps  twenty-one 
years  of  age.  She  ran  away  from  home  when  a young 
girl,  and  had  lived  "on  the  river  in  preference  to  a home 
life  that  meant  drugery  in  the  factories.  She  was 
happy  with  Tom,  and  he  with  her.  Her  songs  were 
not  all  printable  for  a variety  of  reasons,  but  they  were 
not  improper  from  the  river  point  of  view.  One  runs: 

“Oh,  honey  babe,  Ah’m  out  of  down. 

Oh,  honey  babe,  Ah’m  out  of  down, 

Ah’m  gwine  to  catch  the  Old  Kate  when  she  comes  down, 

Ah’m  gwine  to  catch  the  Old  Kate  when  she  comes  down, 

Oh,  honey,  when  I hear  that  Old  Kate  blow, 

Blow  like  she  never  blowed  befoh. 

Ah  know  she’ll  carry  me  away, 

’Way  down  South,  whar  de  ’gators  play. 

Oh,  farewell,  honey  babe,  Ah’m  gwine  away, 

Ah’m  all  adrift,  Ah’m  doomed  to  stay 
Ahway,  Ahway, 

The  song  was  pathetic,  under  the  circumstances. 
Many  of  the  river  songs  are  exceedingly  touching  on 
account  of  the  impression  they  give  of  the  people  who 
drift  through  their  lives  as  snags  and  other  flotsam  on 
the  river.  The  analogies  between  the  river  debris  and 
the  river  people  are  many,  and  close.  One  of  them  is 
shown  in  the  expression  “we  hung  up  in  Helena  a 
couple  of  days.”  The  drift  “hangs  up”  on  the  sandbars. 
Another  is:  “The  tide  come  and  took  me  down  to 

Vicksburg,”  meaning  he  got  work  on  a boat,  or  raft. 
He  was  like  the  drift  a flood  takes  down  stream,  per- 
haps to  some  sandbar,  or  to  a drift  pile  in  the  overflow. 

The  weather  was  rather  cold,  but  the  little  stove, 
which  used  14-inch  wood,  gave  out  a great  heat.  The 
wood  burned  was  choice  drift  stuff.  Pierce  prefered 
pine  for  fire-wood.  He  had  an  armful  of  cedar  for  kind- 
ling. Toward  night,  when  we  were  watching  the  bank  for 
a little  harbor,  he  remarked  on  the  sticks  and  timber 
which  he  could  see.  “There’s  a good  one,  but  they  ain’t 
no  landing  here.  I bet  that  big  timber  there’s  yellow 
pine;  but  that  bank  ain’t  no  good.  There’s  a pile  of 
drift;  I guess  we  could  land  there,  but  it  looks  better 
down  toward  the  point.” 

We  finally  ran  into  a pocket  which  was  sheltered  from 
the  current  by  a point  of  hard  pan,  and  from  the  wind 
by  the  bank  and  a mass  of  branches,  save  toward  the 
west.  On  this  side  the  wind  had  a clear  sweep,  but 
the  waves  would  be  broken  by  the  swirl  of  a long  eddy. 
As  much  care  was  taken  in  choosing  the  tying  in  place 
as  in  selecting  a site  for  a camp.  Much  depends  on 
the  choice.  Later  on,  just  above  Vicksburg,  I had  an 
experience  indicating  why  care  should  be  taken.  We 
cut  wood,  and  put  nearly  half  a cord  on  the  boat,  which 
seemed  already  fully  laden. 

It  was  a pleasant  night,  dark  and  cloudy.  Pierce 
wanted  to  go  to  a little  lake  half  a mile  or  so  from  the 
river,  to  which  a blazed  trail  led,  and  we  went.  He 
had  a two-torch  lamp  on  his  head,  and  I followed  him 
along  the  trail.  We  didn’t  find  the  lake,  however,  nor 
did  we  see  any  coons,  although  we  did  see  plenty 
of  trees  up  which  coons  had  been  climbing  recently, 
judging  by  the  claw  marks.  One  frightful  thing  was 
seen.  It  was  a hole  in  the  ground  about  two.  feet  in 
diameter,  and  fifteen  feet  deep.  The  overflow  of,  the 
river  had  left  a deposit  of  mud  around  the  tree  which 
died  in  time.  The  core  of  the  tree  rotted  out,  but  the 
thin  outside  shell  remained  to  keep  the  dirt  from  i 
slumping  into  the  cavity.  Fancy  the  fate  of  a man  who 
happened  to  fall  into,  one  of  these  places!  It  has 
happened,  and  very  likely  some  of  the  mysterious  dis-  : 
appearances  recorded  in  the  bottom  lands  were  due  to 
plunging  head  first  into  a hollow  tree,  and  drowning 
in  the  water  at  the  bottom. 

With  a view  to  traffic,  Pierce  took  a walk  through 
the  woods  to  the  levee  on  the  next  day,  there  being  too 
much  wind  for  floating.  The  levee  was  nearly  half  a 
mile  distant,  and  beyond  it  was  as  dense  a forest  as 
the  one  before  it.  Down  a way  was  a small  steam  saw- 
mill, and  a boy  gave  Pierce  an  idea  of  what  the  people 
would  do  as  regards  electric  belts,  saying  some  of  them 
had  pains.  Pierce  went  back  to  the  boat,  and  later  Tom  L 
visited  thp  mill  anti  so|4  ft  belt  or  two,  While  wa§ 


May  so,  1905.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


891 


away,  the  rest  of  us  ate  hickory  nuts,  gathered  a few 
miles  from  Columbus,  Kentucky,  on  the  river  bank. 
They  were  nearly  as  large  as  hen’s  eggs,  with  meats  like 
good  walnuts.  They  were  a part  of  every  day’s  fare. 
Breakfast  came  at  about  7 o’clock,  hickory  nuts  at  n, 
dinner  at  2 P.  M.,  and  supper  at  dark.  “About  all  a 
man  has  to  do  on  the  river  when  he’s  tied  in  is  eat, 
Pierce  remarked.  Between  meals  our,  pockets  were 
filled  with  pecan  nuts,  which  were  nibbled  in  the  in- 
tervals of  abstraction.  Pierce  was  a good  hunter,  and 
he  killed  half  a dozen  ducks  in  the  two  days  the  wind 
held  us  to  the  bank  at  the  first  stopping.  These  birds 
were  baked  in  delicious  fashion,  and  served  with  biscuits 
and  condensed  milk  and  flour  gravy. 

“The  right  kind  of  a river  man  never  gets  hungry,” 
Pierce  said.  Considerable  experience  with  the  river 
people  tended  to  confirm  this. 

There  were  three  dogs  on  the  boat  belonging  to  the 
woman.  One  was  a shaggy,  scowling  little  beast,  and 
the  other  two  were  pups  of  small  size  and  playful 
natures.  Fortunately,  all  three  were  little  ones,  else 
the  place  had  been  crowded  with  dogs.  As  it  was,  the 
strangled  yelp  of  a down-trodden  purp  was  heard  at 
frequent  intervals.  Pierce  remarked  in  an  aside  one 
day:  “I  ’low  there’ll  be  an  accident  on  this  yere  boat 

some  day,  with  them  pups  figurin’  eminent  into  hit.” 

My  note  book,  a 9 by  14  inch  store  record  blank  book, 
was  a source  of  much  interest  to  the  river  folk..  , Pierce 
remarked  admiringly  one  day:  “Say,  Spears,  it’d  take 

a Philadelphia  lawyer  to  read  them  writings,  now, 
wouldn’t  it?”  I allowed  it  would,  and  felt  duly  thank- 
ful for  the  fact.  My  studies  of  river  life  were  written 
“by  hand,”  while  general  notes  I made  on  my.  type- 
writer on  thin  paper,  and  inserted  them,  according  to 
the  dates.  I was  reasonably  sure  that  the  inexperienced 
would  be  unable  to  read  my  pen-made  observations,  and 
took  some  long  chances  in  order  to  preserve  my  facts. 

The  river  winds  are  fairly  regular  in  their  periods. 
There  is  likely  to  be  a couple  days  of  dead  calm,  and 
then  a day  of  faint,  shifting  breezes.  Then  for  two  or 
three  days  the  wind  grows  stronger  and  stronger  all 
day  long,  starting  at  10  o’clock  the  first  morning,  8 
or  9 o’clock  the  second,  and  so  on  for  three  or  four 
days,  when  a hard  gale  winds  up  in  rain  or  sleet,  and 
cold,  followed  by  delightful  sunshiny  calm  once  more. 

One  of  Pierce’s  stories  was  of  an  acquaintance  of 
his.  Pierce  is  an  agent  for  the  Blake  brothers,  medicine 
manufacturers,  who  do  their  business  from  cabin  boats 
almost  exclusively.  They  have  a large  number  of  cus- 
tomers on  the  bank,  too,  the  varieties  of  Chickasaw 
medicines  being  sold  at  many  plantation  commissaries. 
There  being  a good  deal  of  money  in  the  medicine 
business,  it  is  followed  by  all  kinds  of  rascals  on  the 
river,  as  well  as  by  legitimate  dealers.  One  of  the 
rascals,  the  acquaintance  mentioned,  came  to  Pierce’s 
boat  one  night  after  dark,  when  he  was  tied  in  just 
above  the  mouth  of  the  Red  River.  Pierce  told  of  him: 
“He  acted  kind  of  nervous  and  flippy,  and  there  was 
considerable  mud  round  his  pants  legs,  and  he  was 
kind  of  sweaty  when  he  come  aboard,  but  knowing  him 
as  I did,  I didn’t  think  nothing  about  it  for  some  time, 
though  it  wa’n’t  jes’  natural  to  drap  down  to  me  in  a 
pointed  skift,  at  8 o’clock  of  a night.  Fust  thing  I 
knowed  I hearn  some  boats  a-crossing  the  river  about 
half  a mile  up  stream.  They  was  jes’  a clickin’  the  oars 
an’  they  had  a couple  dogs  on  board  what  yelped  con- 
siderable. Once  in  a while  they’d  strike  a match  an’ 
some  had  headlights.  The  voices  I heard  were 
niggers  by  the  sound  of  ’em.  I said  to  the  man, 
‘Seems  like  they’re  runnin’  a whiskey  ferry  up 
thataway.’  Lawse!  he  jumped  a foot  into  the 
air  an’  turned  a pale  yeller-white.  I knowed  somethin’ 
wa’n’t  right,  so  I tole  him  to  spit  hit  out.  He  done  it. 
He’d  been  sellin’  medicine  up  in  the  plantation  quarters, 
an’  had  run  out  of  belly  wash,  so  he  mixed  up  some 
liniment  an’  sold  that  fur  internal  use.  Well,  they,  was 
a woman  thar  who  wa’n’t  very  strong,  an’  the  medicine 
killed  her  that  night,  an’  next  mornin’  a baby  died,  an’ 
toward  night  quite  a number  was  took  bad.  He  was 
a durned  fool.  He’d  stayed  around  two  days  too  long. 
Well,  them  niggers  was  jes’  a-rippin’  an’  they  knowed 
nothing  would  be  said  if  they  took  after  a medicine 
peddler,  so  they  was  after  the  man  what  had  come  to 
me.  Hum-m,  course,  when  I hearn  that,  I jest  cut 
loose  an’  drapped  down  stream  a ways,  with  no  lights 
burnin’.  I ain’t  the  kind  of  a man  to  sit  around  while 
niggers  is  stringing  up  a white  man,  you  bet  I ain’t.” 
Stories,  songs,  remarks  and  planning  as  to  the  future 
were  the  rainy-day  pastimes  on  the  cabin  boat.  A 
Steele’s  geology  was  on  board,  also  some  novels  and 
several  almanacs,  which  were  consulted,  but  not  be- 
lieved in.  Some  local  papers  of  a few  weeks’  age  were 
also  read,  but  they  were  not  full  of  news.  One  para- 
graph told  of  a murder  a few  miles  away,  speaking  of 
it  as  an  “unfortunate  fatality.”  Days  of  rain  were  suc- 
ceeded by  “good  floating,”  and  we  dropped  along  down 
stream.  At  Allison’s  landing  half  a dozen  negroes 
hailed  to  know  if  we  had  any  fish.  “Lots  of  ’em!” 
answered  Pierce.  “We’re  going  to  tie  in  just  below!” 
The  negroes  came  down  the  bank,  following  the  boat. 
They  were  still  following  when  a bend  intervened  half 
a mile  down  stream.  “That’s  the  way  we  rig  the 
niggers,”  Pierce  remarked.  ” 

A mile  down  stream  a sharp  wind  suddenly  sprang 
up  and  drove  the  boat  into  a caving  bank,  in  spite  of 
hard  rowing  with  the  sweeps.  The  current  carried  us 
against  the  head  of  a raft  of  logs  which  a drifter  had 
caught.  We  shoved  around  it  and  dropped  into  an 
eddy  just  below,  where  we  rode  a pretty  swift  little 
gale  of  wind  that  lasted  three  or  four  hours. 

“Did  you  git  scared,  Kid?”  Tom  asked  his  wife. 
“Humph!”  she  exclaimed.  “’Twa’n’t  the  firs’  time  I 
been  ketched  up  into  a gale.” 

By  2 o’clock  the  wind  lay,  and  we  dropped  on  down, 
Pierce  remarking:  “You  got  to  take  the  wind  as  she 
comes,  and  crawl  down  stream  between  storms — hit’s 
the  only  way.”  A lake  a mile  back  from  shore,  a few 
miles  further  down,  of  which  they  knew,  tempted  Tom 
to  try  for  some  ducks.  He  went  back  and  the  rest  of 
us  ate  pecans,  the  woman  reading  “The  Hidden  Hand,” 
a novel.  Another  storm  came  on,  this  one  a drizzly 
rain.  Pierce  thought  it  looked  as  though  the  winter 
had  set  in — Jan.  23  the  day  was.  When  Tom  returned 
from  his  hunt  he  said  it  “looked  like  some  business 


back  in  the  country.”  He  went  back  with  his  grip  full 
of  belts  and  mats  and  Chickasaw  medicines.  On  his 
return  he  remarked:  “I  did  $2  worth  of  business.’’ 

He  had  been  gone  two  hours. 

Pierce  had  been  to  Florida  in  his  time,  and  said,  “I 
might  have  made  a young  fortune  right  there.  They 
were  a man  who  had  a whole  orchard  full  of  lemon 
trees.  Told  me  I could  have  all  I wanted  of  them — 
two,  three  car-loads.  But  I didn’t  know  what  to  do  with 
them.”  Three  days  later,  when  he  reached  Evansville, 
111.,  he  found  lemons  selling  at  $7  a crate  of  100  each. 
Other  opportunities  had  come  to  Pierce,  and  lie  had 
gained  on  some  of  them.  His  readiness  was  indicated 
by  the  fact  that  he  and  his  son  were  looking  for  the 
job  of  building  some  quarters  for  negroes,  having  as  a 
carpenter  outfit  one  plane,  a hammer,  a saw,  and  a 
square,  “I  can’t  use  but  one  plane  to  a time!”  Pierce 
said. 

Finding  this  landing  a good  place  to  sell  stuff,  the 
two  dressed  up  in  outfits  that  included  new  clothes  and 
celluloid  collars,  and  made  ready  to  go  trading.  I 
crossed  the  river  to  try  for  a flock  of  wild  geese,  at  the 
head  of  a sandbar.  I needed  a rifle,  for  when  I was 
still  a hundred  yards  from  the  birds,  I found  a wide, 
level  surface  of  sand  intervening  between  us.  I watched 
them,  in  hopes  they’d  walk  my  way,  but  they  did  not. 
A shot  at  a flock  of  passing  ducks  started  the  big  birds. 
When  I returned  I found  the  two  men  taking  six 
dozen  eggs  out  of  their  grips,  while  two  old  hens  and  a 
rooster  flapped  on  the  floor.  “They  jes’  had  to  have 
them  belts!”  Pierce  remarked  with  a chuckle,  “and  we 
tuck  the  chicks  to  accommodate  them.” 

“The  way  I sells  is  this,”  he  continued:  “If  he’s  a 
pretty  wise  looking  nigger,  I tell  him  I’m  handling 
electrical  goods;  but  if  he  ain’t,  I jes’  say  I’ve  got 
electric  belts.  If  he’s  feeling  the  least  bit  out  of  order, 
I’ll  sell  him  one.  I got  that  hunk  of  pork,  too,”  he  said, 
pointing  to  a slab  of  six  pounds  weight  on  the  table 
which  I hadn’t  noticed. 

Most  remarkable  of  the  goods  that  Pierce  carried 
was  a pill  bottle  “electric  battery.”  It  consisted  of  a 
piece  of  corn  pith  through  which  a bit  of  copper  wire 
was  thrust.  A tiny  wad  of  cotton,  a cork  and  a drop 
of  chemical  with  a scent  so  strong  that  a whiff  of  it 
brought  tears  to  my  eyes,  was  the  “battery.”  I don’t 
know  what  the  drug  was,  but  it’s  odor  passed  for 
electricity  with  the  negroes,  and  the  bottles  were  sold 
at  from  fifty  cents  to  a dollar  each,  according  to  the 
purse  of  the  purchaser. 

“The  only  kind  of  real  rascality  I ever  did,”  Pierce 
said,  “was  to  pass  counterfeits  what  I’d  got  stuck  on.” 
We  were  looking  for  Burke’s  landing,  where  the  con- 
tract of  putting  up  cabins  was  supposed  to  be.  We 
came  to  an  island,  No.  63,  I believe,  on  which  a saw  mill 
had  been  erected.  Tom  and  his  wife  went  visiting 
there,  expecting  to  see  some  friends  who  came  down 
the  river  ahead  of  them.  Pierce  and  I continued  on 
down  the  chute  and  tied  in  at  a landing,  where  some 
negroes  asked  who  we  were.  Pierce  explained  that  he 
was  selling  electrical  goods,  and  invited  them  down. 
They  didn’t  come  down  just  then,  and  Pierce  told  about 
how  mean  the  bank  people  were  sometimes,  “But  they 
don’t  bother  me,  and  I don’t  bother  them,”  he  ex- 
claimed. Then  five  negroes  appeared. 

Pierce  called  them  “gentlemen,”  set  out  chairs  for 
them,  and  was  as  polite  as  possible.  He  explained  how 
to  make  the  electricity  by  holding  the  copper  links  of 
the  belt  folded  in  the  hand  till  it  was  warm.  Then  put 
it  on.  The  wife  of  one  of  the  visitors  was  subject  to 
pains,  and  this  visitor  borrowed  a dollar  with  which  to 
purchase  one  of  the  infallible  belts.  On  his  departure, 
Pierce  grinned.  “Isn’t  that  the  way  to  talk  to  them?” 
Five  minutes  later  a smooth-shaven,  deep  sunken- 
eyed young  man  appeared  at  the  top  of  the  bank  forty 
feet  away.  “You  all  move  out  of  yere,  don’t  you  all 
stay  yere  to-night !” 

Pierce  invited  him  to  come  down,  and  then  said  he 
would  go.  For  fifteen  minutes  he  scanned  the  chute 
up  stream,  and  said  he  wished  Tom  would  come.  The 
negro  who  had  purchased  the  belt  then  appeared. 

“The  boss  says  he  all  ’lows  this  yere  ain’  no  good,” 
the  negro  said,  “an’  I wants  my  money  back.” 

Pierce  wet  his  lips,  and  I wondered  what  was  going 
to  happen. 

The  demand  for  the  return  of  the  money  evidently 
was  entirely  against  Pierce’s  principles  of  doing  busi- 
ness. He  looked  at  the  negro  to  whom  he  had  sold 
the  electric  belt,  and  then  he  took  a look  at  the  top  of 
the  bank.  A few  yards  down  stream  was  the  head  of  a 
darky  scrutinizing  the  cabin  boat.  Sight  of  him  decided 
Pierce,  and  he  handed  the  dollar  back. 

“You  all  oughtn’t  to  buy  if  you  don’  intend  to  keep,” 
he  remarked. 

The  negro  returned  the  belt,  and  "took  the  coin. 
When  he  was  gone,  Pierce  said:  “I’d  ought  to  pulled 
out  right  away,  an’  I’d  done  hit  if  Tom  had  been  here.” 
He  cast  anxious  glances  at  the  bank  from  time  to 
time,  and  studied  the  current  in  the  chute.  “That  cur- 
rent’s so  plaguey  swift  out  there  I don’t  reckon  we 
could  cross  to  the  island.  I don’t  ’low  we’d  better 
stay  yere  much  longer,  though.  Them  bank  fellers  is 
pretty  bad.  They’ve  got  us  foul  yere  an’  if  we  staid 
to-night  they’d  shore  fill  this  boat  full  of  lead,  they 
shore  would.  I reckon  we  can  make  yon  island — if  we 
can’t,  Tom  can  find  us  down  below  somewheres,  if  he 
don’t  start  too  late.” 

With  that  he  cast  the  lines  from  the  bank  and,  giving 
the  boat  a shove,  he  jumped  aboard  and  in  a few 
minutes  we  were  making  our  way  diagonally  across 
the  chute.  The  current  was  not  so  bad  as  Pierce  feared, 
for  it  eddied  near  the  foot  of  the  island,  and  did  not 
carry  us  past.  Tied  to  some  willows,  we  awaited  the 
coming  of  Tom  and  his  wife.  An  hour  later  they  came 
down  the  chute,  and  Tom  laughed  aloud  at  Pierce’s 
description  of  the  sale  and  refund.  We  dropped  down 
to  a place  just  above  Modoc  landing,  where  we  tied 
in  again,  but  Mr.  Pierce  did  not  recover  his  jovial 
spirits  for  some  time  thereafter. 

He  was  inclined  to  take  a more  cheerful  view  of  the 
affair  on  the  following  day.  “He’s  ashamed  of  himself 
now,”  he  remarked.  “I  treated  him  so  nice  and  polite.” 
It  was  his  opinion  that  the  reason  why  so  much  ob- 
jection is  offered  to  river  medicine  and  other  peddlers 
by  the  plantation  owners  is  because  the  plantation  men 


want  all  the  trade  to  come  to  the  commissaries*  To 
the  remark  which  the  plantation  owners  make  about 
river  goods  to  the  effect  that,  “they’re  no  account,”  the 
river  man  frequently  argues,  “the  stuff  the  robissaries 
sell  ain’t  no  better,  and  why  shouldn’t  we  have  a share 
in  the  niggers’  money?” 

While  we  were  talking  to  some  visitors  from  other 
cabin  boats,  a covered  gasolene  came  in.  All  hands 
went  up  on  the  bank  to  greet  the  newcomers.  There 
were  several  on  the  gasolene,  but  only  one  showed 
his  face — and  only  half  of  that  from  behind  the  canvas 
curtain.  He  wanted  to  know  what  landing  that  was, 
and  if  there  was  any  news  from  up  the  river.  Learning 
that  it  was  Modoc,  and  that  “nothing  doing”  was  the 
news  item,  the  gasolene  backed  out  and  shot  away  down 
stream,  while  the  river  men  on  the  bank  exchanged 
significant  glances.  One  class  of  river  pirates  travel 
in  small  launches,  and  do  a lot  of  thievery,  trusting  to 
the  speed  of  the  propeller  to  take  them  clear  of  the 
local  police  authorities. 

Asking  Tom  what  was  the  usual  river  law,  as  regards 
the  cabin  boaters,  he  reached  for  a big  revolver  in  a 
trunk  nearby  and  patted  it:  “This  is  law!”  he  said. 

One  curious  story  was  told  by  the  Pierces.  They, 
were  tied  in  at  Lake  Palmyra,  just  below- Vicksburg, 
with  another  river  character  called  Huffman.  Huffman 
was  in  a 6 x 10  boat,  covered  by  a combination  of  rags 
and  planks.  With  Huffman  was  his  wife  and  a boy  of 
ten  years.  Nearby  was  one  Hogan,  whose  wife,  known 
as  Ruby,  was  with  him.  This  couple  were  in  a boat 
similar  to  the  one  occupied  by  the  Huffmans.  Ruby 
and  her  husband  had  a falling  out,  and  she  vowed  to 
leave  him,  upon  hearing  which,  Huffman  went  to 
Hogan  and  a bargain  was  struck  of  a sort  known  to 
the  annals  of  the  river  as  “wife  swapping.”  Huffman 
said  he  was  a poor  man,  but  he  could  afford  to  give 
$2.50  for  Ruby.  • Hogan  said,  “She’s  going  anyhow,  so 
here’s  where  I get  some  plunks,”  and  he  accepted  the 
offer.  That  night,  while  he  was  playing  the  card  game 
of  hearts  on  the  Pierce  boat,  Ruby  appeared  with  the 
money,  and  said:  “Here,  I leave  you  now.”  He  took 
the  money,  and  the  woman  departed. 

“Do  you  know,”  Pierce  said,  “Huffman  had  two 
women  now,  so  he  comes  up  and  offers  me  his  old  one. 
Humph!  He  went  away  with  the  both  of  ’em  and  the 
boy  onto  his  boat,  and  he  had  to  tote  his  old  wife  mighty 
nigh  to  Lake  Providence  ’fore  he  could  find  a husband 
for  her,  then  Ruby  up  and  left  him,  and  he  didn’t  have 
anybody.” 

Up  in  Scott  county,  Mo.,  a similar  transaction  was 
made,  only  in  this  instance  the  consideration  was  a side 
of  bacon  given  with  his  wife  in  exchange  for  another 
woman  whose  worth  was  enough  more  to  make  up  for 
the  other  one’s  lack  of  good  qualities. 

I use  the  word  “wife”  advisedly.  A few  years  ago 
Indians  engaged  in  just  such  transactions  as  those  de- 
scribed in  the  same  region.  One  could  hardly  call  some 
of  the  river  people  “immoral,”  they  are  simply  with- 
out the  moral  sense.  One  sees  wedding  certificates  in 
many  cabin  boats.  In  some  instances,  the  original 
names  of  the  contracting  parties  have  both  been 
scratched  out,  and  others  substituted,  and  it  takes  an 
ex-sheriff  to  see  the  absurdity  of  the  act. 

Raymond  S.  Spears. 


Memories  of  the  Buffalo  Range. 


IIL — The  Last  of  the  Plains  Buffalo. 

Year  after  year  the  trade  went  on,  the  Indians  bring- 
ing in  each  season  a certain  number  of  dressed  robes, 
and  from  time  to  time  a little  other  fur.  Hostiles  fresh 
from  fights  with  the  troops  would  occasionally  come 
in  to  trade,  sometimes  running  away  to  Canada,  at  others 
merely  joining  a camp  of  people  who  were  supposed  to 
be  friendly.  I heard  of  one  Indian  who  had  a gold 
watch  reported  to  havl  been  Gen.  Custer’s,  or,  at  all 
events,  to  have  been  taken  on  that  battlefield,  and  I 
tried  to  get  it,  but  the  Indian  was  afraid  to  show  him- 
self or  the  watch  to  me. 

As  time  went  on  I kept  careful  account  of  the  action 
and  movements  of  the  buffalo,  the  skins  of  which  formed 
the  bulk  of  the  trade.  A new  problem  presented  itself 
when  the  skin  hunters  began  to  come  into  Montana  in 
large  numbers  from  Smoky  Hill,  Kansas,  country  with 
their  heavy  guns  and  ammunition  as  killers  of  the 
buffalo.  From  conversation  with  the  leaders  of  the 
bands  of  hunters,  I found  that  they  had  been  killing 
the  buffalo  for  his  hide  in  the  south,  and  after  ex- 
terminating the  southern  herd,  they  could  not  give  up 
the  northern  herd,  whose  numbers  it  was  apparent  to 
any  careful  observer  were  already  fast  decreasing. 
Driving  about  from  camp  to  camp  I had  noticed  with 
real  regret  the  merciless  slaughter  of  the  great  game 
by  the  hide  hunter. 

I had  been  on  the  frontier  since  my  boyhood  days, 
and  it  always  appeared  to  me  that  the  buffalo  was  the 
noblest  game  that  man  was  ever  blessed  with.  I re- 
member a time  when  the  pioneer  settlers  living  in  Sun 
River  Valley  and  the  northern  part  of  Montana  were 
eaten  out  by  grasshoppers,  their  crops  being  entirely 
destroyed.  When  there  seemed  nothing  left  for  them 
but  to  starve,  they  abandoned  the  ranches,  took  their 
tents  and  went  to  the  buffalo  range  and  lived  during  the 
winter  upon  the  buffalo,  getting  together  enough  hides 
by  the  Indian  mode  of  hunting— running  them  on  horse- 
back— to  enable  them  to  buy  seed  in  the  spring  and 
again  to  plant  their  crops.  In  so  many  ways  had  I 
seen  that  great  game  so  beneficial  to  the  people  of  the 
frontier,  where  they  were  hunted  in  a sane  manner,  that 
I had  always  felt  as  though  I would  like  to  do  something 
to  assist  in  their  protection.  Now,  when  the  army  of 
buffalo  hunters  from  the  southern  country  came  into 
Montana,  I concluded  that  I would  call  on  the  military 
and  appeal  to  them  to  see  if  something  could  not  be 
done  to  prevent  the  extermination.  For  this  purpose 
I made  a trip  to  Fort  Buford  to  consult  with  the  army 
officers  and  appeal  to  them  to  see  if  a means  could  not 
be  found  to  stop  the  hide  hunter. 

After  I had  carefully  gone  over  the  matter  with  the 
commanding  officer  there,  he  very  abruptly  informed 
me  that  the  buffalo  was  the  commissary  of  the  Indian, 
and  he  believed  that  the  only  way  that  was  open  to 


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the  army  in  which  to  settle  the  Indian  question,  was  to 
kill  off  the  Indian’s  commissary.  To  me  this  was  very 
disappointing,  as  I had  somewhat  relied  on  him  as  an 
old  friend  to  take  my  view  of  the  matter.  It  tlnrn  first 
came  to  my  mind  like  a flash  that  the  Indian’s  wild 
life  on  the  plains  was  near  its  end.  Heretofore  I had 
not  heartily  entered  into  the  purchasing  of  buffalo  hides 
from  the  skin  hunter,  but  after  reviewing  the  situation 
as  a matter  of  trade,  I felt  it  my  duty  to  my  firm  to 
use  every  legitimate  means  at  my  command  to  further 
their  interests,  and  to  buy  all  the  hides  that  I could. 

As  time  passed,  close  observation  led  me  to  believe 
that  the  limit  to  the  buffalo’s,  existence  might  be  reached 
at  any  time,  and  for  the  benefit  of  the  future  I thought 
that  I would  invest  in  some  buffalo  calves,  if  I could 
get  any  gathered  and  delivered  to  me. 

In  the  spring  of  1883  I entered  into  a contract  with 
an  old  Red  River  hunter  by  the  name  of  Gabriel 
D’lsraeli  to  deliver  one  hundred  head  of  buffalo  calves 
at  any  point  upon  the  Missouri  River  where  a steam- 
boat could  land  on  the  down  trip,  which  I would  in- 
struct the  captain  to  take  from  him  and  deliver  to  me 
at  Wolf  Point,  that  being  my  headquarters.  The  con- 
tract price  was  $6  a head  delivered  on  board  the  boat. 
The  old  man  and  his  boys  were  good  horsemen,  and 
after  carefully  talking  over  the  matter  of  the  handling 
of  the  buffalo  calves  after  they  were  captured  so  as  to 
prevent  loss  and  injury,  and  hearing  my  conditions,  they 
quickly  entered  into  the  contract.  The  first  delivery 
they  made  was  of  seven  head  to  the  steamer  Helena, 
commanded  by  Captain  Joe  Flecto.  Joe  being  quite 
a lover  of  buffalo  himself,  as  are  all  French  Canadians, 
was  greatly  pleased  to  deliver  me  the  first  buffalo  under 
my  contract.  The  calves  when  they  reached  Wolf  Point 
were  still  pretty  frisky  and  wild,  and  one  jumped  off 
the  gang  plank  and,  hanging  over  the  boat,  broke  his 
back  against  the  bank.  Taking  the  rest  home,  I put 
them  with  the  milch  cows  in  the  corral.  They  did  not 
greatly  like  their  new  comrades  and  went  to  hooking  and 
fighting  them,  and  I had  to  take  them  out.  However, 
they  gradually  became  used  to  the  cows,  and  I em- 
ployed a herder  to  herd  them  with  the  cows.  In  order 
to  distinguish  them  from  the  wild  buffalo,  I tied  a 
piece  of  red  flannel  about  the  neck  of  each.  The  herder 
remained  with  them  all  day,  and  came  back  with  them  in 
the  evening.  One  day,  however,  he  proved  careless  in 
his  work,  and  left  the  bunch,  and  some  northern  Cree 
Indians  coming  in  from  the  far  north  and  finding  my 
buffalo  calves,  killed  three  of  them.  Various  accidents 
happened  to  the  rest,  by  which  I lost  them  all. 

In  the  meantime  Mr.  D’lsraeli  came  in  and  informed 
me  that  the  buffalo  were  all  leaving  the  country.  Upon 
inquiry  I found  that  instead  of  making  their  usual  mi- 
gration to  the  north,  where  they  would  perhaps  have 
received  the  protection  of  the  Canadian  government,  in 
much  the  same  manner  as  Sitting  Bull  and  his 
people  had  received  protection  from  the  Canadian  of- 
ficials, they  had  gone  south.  This  was  suicide  for  the 
buffalo,  for  on  the  west  end  of  that  herd  of  buffalo 
were  some  1,500  families  of  Red  River  half-breeds;  and 
along  the  Missouri  River  were  the  Sioux  Indians,  and 
on  the  south  there  must  have  been  1,500  white  men 
directly  or  indirectly  engaged  in  the  slaughter  of  the 
buffalo. 

The  white  buffalo  hunter  was  a picked  man  among 
all  the  game  hunters  of  the  West.  The  manner  of 
hunting  the  buffalo  was  not  by  the  usual  method  of  the 
frontier  hunters.  _ To  the  wonder  and  surprise  of  all 
the  Indians  who  inhabited  that  part  of  the  country  and 


of  the  Red  River  half-breeds  who  were  perhaps  the 
best  horseback  hunters  of  the  frontier,  it  was  now 
found  that  the  white  hunter  far  excelled  them  by  going 
out  on  foot  and  hunting  the  buffalo.  The  cartridges 
that  he  used  carried  each  120  grains  of  powder,  and  his 
gun,  weighing  as  much  as  the  average  crowbar,  was 
a very  formidable  weapon.  The  expert  buffalo  hunter 
taking  the  lead  of  his  party  cautiously  approached  the 
buffalo  when  lying  down  or  feeding,  and  killed  the 
leader  with  perhaps  the  first  shot  at  a range  of  any- 
where from  800  to  1,200  yards.  If  the  buffalo  were 
bedded  down,  the  next  one  that  rose  and  acted  as  a 
leader  was  shot  down.  The  buffalo  finally  became  so 
confused  that  they  made  no  attempt  to  get  away,  and 
ultimately  the  whole  bunch,  numbering  anywhere"  from 
20  to  80  head,  would  be  wiped  out  at  one  killing,  pro- 
vided the  buffalo  hunters’  cartridges  did  not  give  out. 
As  soon  as  the  slaughter  was  complete,  the  hunter 
would  signal  to  his  companions  to  come  up  and  skin 
them.  An  expert  buffalo  hunter  was  followed  by  from 
three  to  five  skinners.  The  manner  of  skinning  the 
buffalo  was  peculiar.  They  rarely  took  the  head  part, 
but  cut  off  the  hide  close  to  the  shoulder,  making  a 
so-called  short-trimmed  hide,  and  skinning  up  the 
legs,  attached  a horse  to  the  hide  and  pulled  it  off. 
It  was  then,  for  the  present,  simply  left  spread  out  on 
the  ground  to  freeze.  When  the  weather  was  very 
cold  only  enough  were  killed  so  that  the  skinners  could 
take  the  hides  off,  for  when  the  body  was  frozen  it  was 
very  difficult  to  skin.  Nothing  escaped  the  hide  hunter’s 
gun.  The  old  buffalo,  the  cows,  yearlings  and  the 
calves  were  all  slaughtered  alike. 

The  buffalo  being  so  hard  pressed — so  completely 
surrounded  by  the  white  men  on  the  south,  the  Red 
River  half-breeds  on  the  west  and  the  Sioux  nation 
on  the  north,  with  a continuous  line  of  Indians  along 
the  Missouri  River  on  the  northeast  side — had  no  place 
to  rest.  They  were  driven  from  their  usual  trails,  or 
road  of  migration,  as  it  were,  to  the  north  end  and  ap- 
peared completely  lost  and  bewildered.  The  pursuit 
was  kept  up  day. after  day,  and  getting  no  rest  they  were 
crowded  and  driven  and  pushed  south  to  the  Standing 
Rock  Agency,  which  at  that  time  was  under  the  charge 
of  Major  McLaughlin.  He  made  several  seizures  of 
the  white  hunters  and  their  outfits  for  trespassing  on 
his  reservation  in  their  pursuits  of  buffalo.  Finally  on 
the  Cannonball  River,  on  the  border  land  of  Dakota, 
the  buffalo,  like  the  Sioux,  made  their  last  stand,  and 
the  Indian  hunters,  eager  to  get  meat  for  their  families 
and  thinking  that  this  would  be  the  last  of  the  buffalo, 
made  the  most  of  it.  The  white  hunter  was  fully  im- 
pressed with  the  same  idea,  and  did  the  same. 

It  soon  became  apparent  to  every  one  that  the  buf- 
falo was  no  more;  but  this  idea  dawned  very  slowly 
on  the  mind  of  the  Indian.  He  could  not  give  up  the 
belief  that  they  were  merely  gone  on  a visit  somewhere 
and  would  return  again. 

When  I became  fully  aware  of  the  situation  and  had 
made  up  my  mind  as  to  the  future  welfare  of  the 
Indian  and  those  engaged  in  trade  with  them,  I had  a 
talk  with  the  Sioux,  at  which  council  were  present 
among  others  Skin  of  the  Heart,  Long  Tree,  Stabs  in 
Plenty,  Yellow  Moon,  Big  Snake,  Running  Elk,  Red 
Stone,  The  Skunk,  Red  Dog  and  Two  Bellies.  I 
thought  it  was  due  to  them  to  explain  the  condition 
in  which  they  found  themselves  and  their  families;  and 
to  try  and  show  to  them  that  their  occupation  as 
hunters  was  now  gone,  and  to  impress  upon  them  the 
necessity  of  looking  out  for  some  other  avocation  for 


the  future.  After  a long  talk,  in  which  I explained  the 
situation- — for  the  prairie  Indian  lived  almost  wholly 
upon  the  buffalo — Skin  of  the  Heart  arose  and  in  a 
very  impressive  manner  asked  his  people  to  listen  to 
and  consider  what  I had  said.  After  he  had  said  a 
few  words — for  he  was  not  much  of  a talker— Long 
Tree,  who  was  quite  an  orator,  arose  in  his  turn  to 
speak.  Fie  told  his  people,  that  while  my  story  looked 
plausible,  it  was  his  firm  belief  which  all.  the  Indian 
people  shared  that  the  buffalo  had  merely  gone  away 
to  a distant  land,  possibly  to  the  far  north,  in  the 
country  where  the  Old  Man  lived  and  roamed;  that  at 
the  next  Medicine  Lodge,  which  he  and  his  people 
would  hold,  they  would  take  offerings  of  horses  and 
other  property  of  value  to  the  Great  Spirit  to  inter- 
cede for  them  and  induce  the  buffalo  to  come  back 
again;  that  while  many  things  were  possible  to  the 
white  man,  it  was  not  possible  that  he  could  have  killed 
all  the  buffalo;  that  he  didn’t  doubt  that  the  buffalo  in 
their  anger  at  being  so  hotly  pursued  and  continually 
hunted  had  gone  to  the  Old  Man’s  country  and  dis- 
appeared in  a great  hole  that  he  tried  to  describe  to 
them.  “They  are  tired,”  he  said,  “with  much  running. 
They  have  had  no  rest.  They  have  been  chased  and 
chased  over  the  rocks  and  grave  of  the  prairie  and 
their  feet  are  sore,  worn  down,  like  those  of  a tender- 
footed horse.  When  the  buffalo  have  rested  and  their 
feet  have  grown  out  again,  they  will  return  to  us  in 
larger  numbers,  stronger,  with  better  robes  and  fatter 
than  they  ever  were.” 

As  time  went  on,  the  older  and  thinking  Indians, 
such  as  Red  Stone  and  Skin  of  the  Heart,  came  to 
realize  the  actual  conditions,  and  to  see  that  their  offers 
of  gifts  to  the  Old  Man  were  not  inducements  enough 
to  bring  the  buffalo  back  to  them.  They  came  to  me 
and  again  asked  me  my  opinion,  and  if  I still  held  to 
what  I told  them.  I could  only  tell  that  they  had  seen 
that  what  I said  to  them  had  come  true,  for  I had  seen 
them  day  after  day  eat  their  horses  and  their  dogs  to 
keep  themselves  and  their  children  from  starving.  If 
the  Old  Man  and  the  buffalo  loved  them,  as  Long 
Tree  haid  said,  they  would  not  have  left  them  to  suffer 
as  long  as  this. 

I now  desired  to  wind  up  the  affairs  of  the  company 
I was  engaged  with,  for  I had  considered  the  matter  and 
could  see  no  reason  to  remain  in  the  trade  with  the 
Indians,  for  they  had  nothing  to  trade.  I therefore 
explained  to  them  that  there  was  now  nothing  for  them 
to  do  and  so  no  inducement  for  me  to  remain,  for 
their  occupation  as  hunters  was  forever  gone.  Then 
Skin  of  the  Heart  begged  me  to  remain  with  them, 
telling  me  that  his  tribe  would  give  me  a selection  of 
any  land  that  I might  want  to  take — embracing  land  not 
by  the  acre,  but  by  the  mile  in  extent — if  I would  remain 
and  help  them  to  earn  a living  in  their  new  way.  I 
thanked  them  cordially  for  their  good  will  and  for  their 
offer,  but  informed  them  that  my  family  and  myself 
had  come  from  the  mountains,  and  that  we  desired  to 
return  to  them,  where  I had  spent  the  better  part  of  my 
life. 

When  they  found  that  I would  not  recede  from  my 
position,  Red  Stone  arose  and  briefly  addressed  his 
people  and  saying:  “When  this  white  man  came  here 

I called  him  the  Trader  Chief;  I have  tried  to  persuade 
him  to  stay  with  us  and  help  us,  for  he  has  been  a good 
man  for  me  and  my  people,  but  he  is  going  away. 
When  he  goes,  what  shall  we  do?  We  will  starve.” 

Chas.  Aubrey. 

Browning,  Mont. 


The  May  Wild  Flowers* — II. 

BY  clarence  m.  weed. 

Perhaps  no  flower  is  more  truly  a universal  favorite 
than  is  the  Violet.  It  is  one  of  the  first  blossoms  of 
spring  and  continues  in  bloom  through  the  golden  weeks 
of  that  happy  season.  In  its  various  species  it  is  widely 
distributed  over  the  surface  of  the  earth,  and  for  a long 
period  it  has  been  cultivated  by  florists  and  gardeners. 
Yet  with  the  exception  of  the  double  sorts,  it  has  lost 
little  of  its  charm  through  cultivation.  Its  colors  are 
modest  and  pleasing,  its  odor  delightful,  and  its  form  is 
charming.  So  it  is  not  strange  that  all  who  care  for 
flowers  have  a special  liking  for  the  Violets. 

In  America  we  are  especially  fortunate  in  the  abun- 
dance and  variety  of  our  wild  Violets.  Scores  of  species 
are  found  throughout  the  greater  part  of  the  United 
States  and  Canada,  occurring  in  all  sorts  of  situations 
and  often  carpeting  the  fields  with  their  blossoms.  In 
general  the  type  of  flower  structure  is  the  same  in  all 
and  may  readily  be  understood  from  the  accompanying 
engraving.  On  the  outside,  at  the  base  of  the  flower,  are 
the  small  green  sepals  w hich,  when  spoken  of  together, 
are  called  the  calyx.  These  sepals  cover  the  blossom 
when  it  is  a bud.  The  chief  showy  part  of  the  flower  is 
made  up  of  the  five  irregular  petals,  which  taken  together 
form  the  corolla.  Within  the  bases  of  the  petals  are  the 
curiously  joined  stamens  which  develop  the  pollen  of  the 
flower.  Each  of  the  two  lower  stamens  has  projecting 
from  its  back  end  a large  nectary  which  produces  nectar 
that  drops  into  the  nectar  spur  formed  by  the  projecting 
end  of  the  lower  petal.  In  the  middle  of  the  united 
stamens  is  the  seed-producing  pistil,  which  has  on  the 
outer  end,  projecting  beyond  the  stamens,  the  stigma 
adapted  to  receive  the  pollen  that  fertilizes  the  ovules. 

This  whole  complicated  structure  of  the  Violet  serves 
admirably  to  bring  about  the  cross-pollination  of  the 
flowers  by  means  of  many  species  of  small  bees  that  visit 
the  blossoms  for  nectar  and  pollen.  Many  of  these  bees 
alight  head  downward  upon  the  flowers,  the  curious  hairs 


of  the  so-called  bearded  Violets  serving  to  give  them  a 
foothold  in  this  somewhat  precarious  position. 

In  addition  to  these  showy  flowers  many  species  of 
Violets  produce  at  the  surface  of  the  ground  another  set 
of  flowers  which  never  receive  the  visits  of  insects  but 
which  develop  great  numbers  of  seeds.  These  so-called 
closed  flowers  have  received  a great  deal  of  attention 
from  botanists,  one  of  Darwin’s  most  interesting  books 
being  entitled  “Different  Forms  of  Flowers  on  Plants  of 
the  Same  Species.”  It  is  generally  believed  that  the  plant 
derives  an  advantage  from  having  the  closed  flowers  to 
produce  an  abundance  of  seed  and  the  showy  flowers  to 
bring  about  occasional  cross-pollination. 

The  easiest  classification  of  our  Violets  is  by  the  color 
of  the  flowers,  although  this  has  little  botanical  signifi- 
cance. The  next  easiest  is  by  the  mode  of  growth — 
whether  it  is  a stemless  or  a stemmed  species.  In  the 
former  the  leaves  and  flowers  are  borne  on  stalks  that 
seem  to  rise  from  the  crown  of  the  plant;  in  the  latter 
the  leaves  and  flower  stalks  arise  from  branches  that  ex- 
tend upward  from  the  crown.  The  third  point  of  separa- 
tion is  the  presence  or  absence  of  a fringe  of  hairs  to- 
ward the  base  of  the  petals;  these  are  present  in  the  so- 
called  bearded  Violets  and  absent  in  the  beardless  ones. 

The  Sweet  White  Violet  is  one  of  the  most  attractive 
species.  It  belongs  to  the  group  of  stemless  Violets  and 
is  found  in  moist  situations  over  a wide  range  of  terri- 
tory. The  smooth  and  shiny  leaves  and  delicate  odor 
are  distinctive  characteristics  of  this  plant,  which  is  al- 
most certain  to  occur  along  slowly  running  brooks  or 
the  margins  of  swamps. 

The  Kidney-leaved  Violet  is  a somewhat  similar  species 
found  in  the  Northern  States.  It  is  distinguished  by  its 
hairy  leaves  and  stems.  The  Lance-leaved  Violet  is  at  once 
recognized  by  the  lance-like  leaves  that  accompany  the 
white  flowers.  It  is  found  throughout  the  greater  part 
of  the  United  States.  The  only  other  common  white  sort 
is  the  Primrose-leaved  Violet  which  has  oval  or  ovate 
leaves. 

There  are  three  Yellow  Violets  which  the  amateur 
flower  lover  may  hope  to  find.  The  Round-leaved  Yellow 


Violet  is  a stemless  sort  that  is  very  readily  distinguished, 
while  the  Hairy  or  Downy  Yelloy  Violet  is  a stemmed 
species  which  is  common  over  a wide  area.  The  Smooth- 
ish  Yellow  Violet,  also  a stemmed  species,  is  much  less 
abundant. 

When  we  pass  to  the  Blue  Violet  their  name  is  legion. 
And  the  botanists  have  been  subdividing  species  to  such 
an  extent  lately  that  one  can  only  keep  up  with  them  by 
subscribing  for  the  botanical  magazines.  The  latest 
books  are  far  behind  the  times.  Fortunately,  however, 
we  can  appreciate  the  flowers  in  ignorance  of  the  latest 
dictum  of  the  scientist  concerning  its  specific  standing. 
And  we  can  follow  Gray  and  the  more  conservative  folk 
in  broad  distinctions  which  answer  our  purpose  very 
well. 

Among  the  stemless  blue  sorts  the  Bird’s  Foot  Violet  is 
one  of  the  most  interesting  and  attractive  species.  The 
name  is  derived  from  the  lobes  of  the  divided  leaf  which 
are  suggestive  of  a bird’s  foot.  On  rocky  hillsides  this 
species  is  often  very  abundant. 

Another  violet  which  has  received  an  appropriate  com- 
mon name  is  the  Arrow-leaved  Violet.  In  many  parts  of 
the  country  this  is  an  abundant  species  in  wet  meadows 
and  along  the  borders  of  marshes..  It  is  somewhat  simi- 
lar to  the  Ovate-leaved  Violet  which  grows  in  drier  situa- 
tions and  has  shorter  petioles,  the  flower  stalks  being  as 
long  as  the  leaf  and  its  petiole.  Both  of  these  species 
belong  to  the  group  of  stemless  bearded  Violets  of  which 
perhaps  the  most  generally  abundant  form  is  the  common 
Blue  Violet,  often  called  the  Meadow  Violet.  It  is  found 
abundantly  in  a great  variety  of  situations,  especially 
where  there  is  considerable  moisture.  In  dry  woods  the 
Early  Blue  Violet  occurs  very  generally.  The  first  spring 
leaves  of  this  form  are  likely  to  be  heart-shaped  resemb- 
ling those  of  the  Meadow  Violet,  but  the  later  leaves  have 
their  margins  divided  into  many  lobes,  on  this  account 
the  species  is  often  called  the  Palmate-leaved  Violet. 

The  flowers  of  the  stemmed  Blue  Violets  are  generally 
smaller  and  less  attractive  than  those  of  the  stemless  spe- 
cies. The  Canada  Violet  and  the  American  Dog  Violet  are 
two  of  the  most  abundant  forms  in  this  group.  The 


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Long-spurred  Violet  is  less  common  but  is  of  especial  in- 
trest  on  account  of  the  shape  of  the  blossoms,  each  of 
which  has  a remarkably  long  nectar  spur  projecting  back- 
ward from  the  flowers. 

I know  of  few  families  of  wild  flowers  the  study  of 
which  is  more  likely  to  be  of  fascinating  interest  than 
that  of  the  Violets.  In  every  locality  many  species  grow, 
so  that  one  can  find  near  at  hand  abundance  of  material 
for  beginning  the  study.  The  plants  are  easily  trans- 
planted to  the  wild  garden,  and  most  of  the  species  may 
be  purchased  of  dealers  in  wild  flowering  plants,  so  that 
one  could  very  easily  develop  a living  collection  of  many 
sorts. 

In  addition  to  the  Violets  the  later  weeks  in  May  bring 
forth  a host  of  beautiful  blossoms.  Over  a wide  range 
the  May  Apple  or  Wild  Mandrake  is  known  to  every  one 
on  account  of  the  curious  umbrella-like  leaves  and  the 
good-sized  white  flower  nodding  from  the  fork  between 
them.  Apparently  no  nectar  is  present  and  the  flower 
seems  to  be  seldom  visited  by  insects. 

Another  conspicuous  flower  of  the  late  spring  season 
is  the  Golden  Ragwort,  which  grows  in  great  abundance 
in  wet  meadows  and  along  small  streams.  It  is  a com- 
posite blossom,  the  ray  florets  being  clear  yellow  and 
the  central  florets  orange  yellow.  The  flowers  have  a 
distinct  and  rather  pleasing  odor. 

The  Wood  Betony,  Pedicularis  lousewort,  or  Beef- 
steak plant,  as  it  is  variously  known,  is  a low-growing 
plant,  generally  found  in  rather  dry  fields,  with  its  blos- 
soms in  compact  heads.  The  flowers  are  bent  at  the 
outer  ends  and  so  arranged  in  spirals  that  when  a bum- 
ble bee  alights  upon  the  lowest  blossom  it  can  easily  and 
rapidly  visit  them  all.  The  structure  of  the  flower 
renders  cross-pollination  by  such  visitors  almost  certain. 
“Farmers  once  believed  that  after  their  sheep  fed  on  the 
foliage  of  this  group  of  plants,”  writes  Neltje  Blanchan, 


BUNCH-BERRY. 


“a  skin  disease,  produced  by  a certain  tiny  louse  ( Pedi - 
cuius),  would  attack  them — hence  our  innocent  Betony’s 
repellant  name  of  Lousewort.” 

Along  the  banks  of  your  favorite  trout  streams  you 
are  likely  to  find  those  beds  of  Fringed  Polygalas  which 
John  Burroughs  has  so  aptly  said  looked  like  a flock 
of  rose-colored  butterflies  resting  after  flight.  These  are 
not,  however,  especially  adapted  to  pollination  by  butter- 
flies, being  instead  especially  adapted  to  bees.  By  a little 
watching  you  can  easily  see  one  of  the  large  queen 
bumble-bees  which  are  abroad  during  these  May  days 
alight  upon  the  mass  of  fringe  at  the  end  of  the  flower 
and  insert  her  tongue  between  the  petals  to  suck  up  the 
nectar.  In  so  doing  she  depresses  the  keel  and  uncov- 
ers the  anthers  and  stigma,  thus  bringing  about  the  trans- 
fer of  pollen  from  blossom  to  blossom.  In  addition  to 
these  large  showy  flowers  this  Polygala  develops  great 
numbers  of  inconspicuous  whitish  blossoms,  hidden  at 
the  surface  of  the  ground.  These  are  the  so-called  closed 
flowers,  which  nevertheless  produce  seed  in  abundance. 

Every  fisherman  must  have  come  across  the  beautiful 
little  blossoms  of  the  Twin  .Flower  or  Linnaea.  In  their 
structure  these  blossoms  are  of  decided  interest.  If  you 
will  look  at  the  inside  of  the  corolla,  you  will  find  it 
filled  with  hairs  projecting  horizontally,  while  on  the 
outside  of  the  flower  stalk  and  the  calyx  you  will  find 
great  numbers  of  grandular  hairs  with  viscid  tips.  These 
are  evidently  devices  for  preventing  nectar  robbery  by 
ants  and  other  wingless  insects. 

Not  far  from  the  fragrant  beds  of  Linnaea  you  are  like- 
ly to  find  great  numbers  of  the  curious  flowers  of  the 
Patridge  Vine  or  Twin-berry.  The  latter  name  is  due 
to  the  strange  double  fruits  which . develop  from  the 
pairs  of  white  flowers.  The  blossoms  are  tubular  with 
the  inside  of  the  flower  furnished  with  a thicket  of  hairs 
that  prevents  the  ants  from  reaching  the  nectar.  The 
blossoms  are  freely  visited  by  bees  which  are  certain  to 
bring  about  cross-pollination  because  in  some  flowers 
the  stigma  projects  and.  the  stamens  are  low,  while  in 
others  this  condition  is  reversed. 

Along  the  roadbeds  and  in  dry  fields  the  yellow  Cinque- 
foils dot  the  turf  with  numerous  bits  of  bright  color. 
These  flowers  resemble  miniature  strawberry  blossoms  in 
their  structure,  although  the  color  of  the  petals  is  so 
different.  Like  the  strawberry,  too,  the  plant_  spreads 
over  the  ground  by  long  and  slender  runners,  which  often 
produce  a thick  carpet  of  plants  in  fields  and  along  high- 
ways, the  running  stems  being  smooth  and  almost  wire- 
like. 

The  Silvery  Cinquefoil  is  at  once  distinguished  by  its 
whitened  appearance,  especially  on  the  smaller  stems  and 
the  lower  surface  of  the  leaves.  The  yellow  flowers  are 
only  about  a quarter  of  an  inch  in  diameter  and  are  borne 


on  short,  slender  stems.  Like  the  common  Cinquefoil 
the  species  is  widely  distributed  over  the  Northern  States 
and  Canada. 

Of  all  the  wild  flowers  of  the  late  spring  season  none 
are  more  striking  in  anoearance  or  interesting  in  struc- 
ture than  those  of  the  Pitcher  Plant  or  Sarracenia.  You 
are  likely  to  find  it  in  some  sphagnum  bog  surrounded  by 
black  spruce  and  other  evergreens.  The  dull  red  flowers 
hang  downward  from  the  stems  a foot  or  more  high  in 
a way  that  immediately  attracts  your  interest.  The 
structure  of  these  flowers  is  unusual,  the  pistil  having  a 
most  extraordinary  development.  They  are  visited  by 
bumble-bees  which  gather  the  abundant  pollen. 

A more  abundant  blossom,  yet  one  of  much  interest,  is 
the  Bunch-berry  or  Dwarf  Cornell,  which  may  be  seen 
everywhere  in  cool  woods  late  in  spring  or  early  in  sum- 
mer. The  white  petal-like  objects  which  give  the  blos- 
som its  chief  attraction,  are  really  bracts,  the  true  flow- 
ers being  crowded  together  inside  these  white  bracts. 

Report  on  the  Natural  History  of 
Kiska  Island/ 

BY  DR.  J.  HOBART  EGBERT,  SURGEON  U.  S.  COAST  AND  GEO- 
DETIC SURVEY. 

(i Concluded  from  page  883.) 

The  Fauna  of  Kiska  Island. 

Fishes. — Fish  may  be  said  to  be  plentiful  in  the 
waters  on  and  about  Kiska  Island.  Practically  all  the 
small  streams  that  run  through  the  valleys  on  both 
sides  of  the  island  contain  brook  trout  ( Salvelinus 
malma ) which,  while  usually  small  in  size,  are  numer- 
ous, and  afford  excellent  sport  for  the  angler  and  ex- 
cellent food  for  the  table.  Catches  of  a hundred  trout 
in  a few  hours  are  not  uncommon.  On  one  occasion, 
while  camping  on  the  island,  the  writer  caught  for 
breakfast,  forty-five  trout,  running  from  five  to  eight 
inches  in  length,  in  as  many  minutes.  All  were  taken 
with  flies,  and  not  infrequently  two  were  hooked  at  a 
single  cast.  These  streams  contain  only  trout — except 
during  the  salmon  run,  when  many  of  them  also  be- 
come the  spawning  resorts  of  these  larger  fishes. 

The  fresh-water  lakes  and  ponds  of  the  island  ap- 
pear to  be  devoid  of  fishes,  but  in  the  brackish  lakes,  or 
lagoons,  along  the  seashore  (already  noted)  are  found 
trout,  “salmon  trout,”  and  various  species  of  salmon. 
Quite  plentiful  in  these  bodies  of  water,  is  a so-called 
“salmon  trout,”  which  is  really  a speckled  trout,  or 
charr,  and  a close  relative  of  those  in  the  fresh-water 
streams.  This  fish  here  attains  a fair  size  (three  to 
four  pounds)  arid,  as  it  rises  quite  readily  to  the  fly, 
affords  capital  sport  for  the  angler.  This  trout  also 
sometimes  ascends  the  fresh-water  streams,  especially 
during  the  season  when  the  salmon  are  spawning,  and 
young  of  this  species  are  commonly  found  in  the  lower 
portions  of  the  fresh-water  courses.  The  fact  that 
this  trout  runs  up  the  brooks  with  the  salmon  to  feed 
on  the  eggs  of  the  latter,  rather  than  to  spawn  itself, 
is  shown  by  the  readiness  with  which  it  takes  bait  or 
fly  at  such  times — when  wielded  by  the  cautious  angler. 

It  is  worthy  of  mention,  that  while  these  charr  of 
the  lagoons  are  apparently  strong,  healthy  fishes,  not 
a few  of  those  caught,  both  with  hook  and  seine,  in 
the  earlier  part  of  the  summer,  contain  neumatoid 
Entozoa  in  the  lower  alimentary  tract — some  having 
an  enormous  number. 

But  the  fish  in  the  seaboard  lakes  are  most  easily  taken 
with  the  seine.  On  one  occasion,  a boatload  of  fish — esti- 
mated to  number  over  a thousand,  and  consisting  of  the 
so-called  “salmon  trout”  just  mentioned,  steelheads 
( Salnio  gairdneri),  and  a few  blueback  salmon  ( Oncor - 
hynchus  nerka) — was  taken  in  a single  haul  of  the  seine 
from  the  brackish  pond  at  the  head  of  Kiska  Harbor. 

When  the  salmon  come  into  the  fresh-water  streams 
they  may  be  readily  taken  with  net,  spear,  or  gig.  Al- 
though no  very  large  runs  of  salmon  were  noted  on  Kiska 
Island  this  season,  quite  a number  of  humpbacks  ( On - 
corhynchus  gorbuscha ) and  sock-eyes  ( Oncorhynchus 
nerka)  were  taken  from  the  fresh-water  courses,  together 
with  some  dog  salmon  ( Oncorhynchus  keta)  and  a few 
silver  salmon  ( Oncorhynchus  kisutch).  The  salmon  did 
not  appear  in  the  fresh-water  streams  of  the  island  this 
year  until  rather  late  in  the  season — they  being  first  ob- 
served Aug.  11. 

Of  the  strictly  salt  water  fishes  there  are  many  in  the 
waters  about  Kiska  Island.  The  rocky  shores  furnish 
sea  bass,  kelp  fish  and  rock  cod;  the  bays  yield  plaice  in 
abundance  and  also  give  shelter  to  injured  and  sickly  cod, 
which  take  the  hook  freely  enough  to  disgust  the  angler; 
while  the  straits  and  deeper  waters  yield  cod,  halibut  and 
salmon  in  season.  A number  of  halibut  were  caught 
from  the  Patterson  while  anchored  in  Kiska  Harbor — 
the  largest  weighing  eighty-five  pounds;  while  a halibut 
weighing  196  pounds  was  caught  in  one  of  the  ap- 
proaches to  the  harbor. 

Birds. — The  chief  game  birds  of  Kiska  Island  are  the 
Pacific  eider  ( Somateria  v-nigra),  the  green-wing  teal 
( Nettion  carolinense) , the  goose,  the  ptarmigan  ( Lago - 
pus  rupcstris  townsendi) . The  northern,  phalarope  (Pha- 
laropus  lobatus)  inhabits  the  marshes  during  the  sum- 
mer months,  and  the  Aleutian  sandpiper  ( Arquatella 
couesi)  is  found  both  along  the  seashore  and  on  bare, 
rocky  mountain  tops.  Two  additional  species  of  duck 
were  observed,  though  apparently  transient  visitors.  The 
“oyster  catcher  ( Hcematopus  bachmani)  is  also,  eaten. 

Both  the  eider  duck  and  green-wing  teal  nest  and  rear 
their  young  cn  the  island.  The  former  belong  more 
strictly  to  the  sea,  and  the  latter  frequent  most  common- 
ly the  fresh- water  marshes  along  the  shore.  No  large 
flocks  of  teal  were  observed — they  usually  being  found 
in  pairs  or,  at  most,  families  or  broods.  By  the  first  of 
September  the  young  are  sufficiently  grown  to>  fly,  and 
afford  toothsome  food.  The  eiders  are  more  gregarious, 
being  usually  found  in  groups  or  flocks — either  upon  the 
wing  or,  more  commonly,  swimming  along  the  rocky 
shores  or  in  some  secluded  bay,  or  congregated  upon  a 
sandy  beach.  When  the  young  broods  are  afloat  the 
gregarious  tendency  is  still  in  evidence,  for  one  will  fre- 
quently see  two,  three,  or  more  broods,  with  their  re- 


*Published  by  permission  of  the  Superintendent  U,  S.  Coast 
arid  Geodetic  Survey. 


spective  mothers,  swimming  about  together.  These  little 
fellows  take  early  to  the  water  and  are  skillful  swimmers, 
divers  and  runners  long  before  the  primaries  of  their 
wings  appear  and  flying  becomes  possible. 

There  plainly  were  a large  number  of  female  eiders 
that  were  not  occupied  this  season  with  rearing  families, 
and  it  was  also  observed  that — during  the  nesting  season, 
at  least — those  ducks  and  the  drakes  flocked  separately. 
Eiders  were  found  nesting  during  the  month  of  July. 
July  9 the  writer  found  two  nests  with  eggs  not  yet  in- 
cubated, and  as  late  as  July  27  a nest  with  eggs  was 
discovered.  Some  broods,  however,  were  hatched  earlier, 
for  as  early  as  July  20  two  broods  of  young  were  ob- 
served afloat.  As  in  the  colder  more  northern  regions, 
the  eider  here  lines  her  nest  and  protects  her  eggs  and 
nestlings  with  down  plucked  from  her  own  body. 

Very  few  geese  were  seen  on  the  island  until  the  latter 
part  of  August,  when  the  young  were  marshalled  for 
flight  and  from  which  time  until  the  departure  of  the 
Patterson  from  the  island  large  flocks  were  almost  daily 
observed,  either  on  the  wing  or  stalking  about  some 
grassy  hillside  or  mountain  top.  That  the  geese  nest  on 
the  island  was  evinced  by  the  finding  and  capture  on 
Aug.  2 of  nine  three-quarter  grown  goslings.  They  evi- 
dently constituted  two  broods  and  were  found,  together 
with  some  older  birds,  on  a high  grassy  bluff  near  the 
northeastern  end  of  the  island.  They  were  kept  alive 
aboard  the  Patterson  nearly  two  months  and  thrived  well 
in  captivity. 

Ptarmigan,  while  fairly  numerous,  can  hardly  be  said 
to  be  plentiful  on  Kiska  Island.  Nesting  birds  were  ob- 
served during  the  month  of  July,  and  Aug.  2 a brood  of 
young  birds,  scarcely  larger  than  nestlings,  was  found. 
The  young  are  much  like  young  ruffed  grouse,  and  also 
resemble  in  color  and  “peep”  brown  leghorn  chicks.  By 
September,  when  the  young  are  quite  grown,  the  gregari- 
ous broods  fall  rather  easy  prey  to  the  hunter.  During 
the  second  ascent  of  the  big  mountain,  a ptarmigan  was 
seen  within  two  hundred  feet  of  the  summit  of  the  moun- 
tain. Their  propensity  to  follow  the  ascent  of  the  snow 
line,  with  the  advance  of  summer,  is  especially  noted  in 
certain  localities. 

Three  or  four  species  of  passerine  birds  may  be  said  to 


A ICISKA  ISLAND  BABY. 
Photo  by  Mr.  Paul  C.  Whitney. 


comprise  the  song  birds  of  Kiska  Island.  These  birds 
are  small  and,  with  the  exception  'of  one  species — the 
Pribilof  snowflake  ( Passerinus  nivalis  townsendi) , 

the  male  of  which  is  notable  for  white  plumage — incon- 
spicuous. Neither  are  they  remarkable  for  their  song. 
The  Raptores  are  represented  by  the  eagles — which  are 
quite  numerous — and  two  or  three  species  of  hawks.  A 
raven — common  throughout  the  Aleutian  Islands  and 
notable  for  its  habit  of  “tumbling”  in  the  air  while  utter- 
ing its  rather  liquid  call — and  a pretty  little  wren  that  is 
found  among  the  rocks  along  the  beach,  practically  com- 
plete the  list  of  land  birds  of  Kiska  Island. 

The  aquatic  birds  are  those  of  the  Aleutians  generally. 
They  include,  in  addition  to  the  ducks  and  geese,  the 
gulls,  several  species  of  divers  and  loons,  sea  parrots 
(puffin),  shags  (cormorant),  and  two  species  of  Mother 
Carey’s  chickens  (petrel) — Oceanodroma  furcata  and  O. 
leucorhoa — of  the  Order  Tubinares — birds  notable  for 
having  a separate  tubular  nostril  surmounting  the  su- 
perior mandible,  a pronounced  musky  odor,  and  for  fly- 
ing almost  entirely  by  night  or  in  dark,  stormy  weather. 
To  this  list  might  be  added  the  “oyster  catcher,”  or 
“beach  hen,”  which,  though  not  a swimmer,  is  always 
found  about  the  salt  water. 

Insects. — The  insects  of  Kiska  Island  are  few  and, 
aside  from  an  occasional  swarm  of  gnats  about  marshy 
ground  in  the  warmest  weather,  inconspicuous.  A few 
small  trachelia  beetles  of  the  genus  melee,  a single  spe- 
cies of  Rynchophora  (weevil),  and  a few  minute  uniden- 
tified forms,  among  the  Colecptera ; a few  small  homely 
moths,  among  the  Lepidoptera;  a small  variety  of  dip- 
terous insects — represented  by  gnats,  some  vegetable 
feeding  flies,  and  a few  mosquitoes — among  the  Hemip- 
tera;  and  several  species  of  Mallophaga  (bird  lice), 
found  parasitic  on  eagles,  ducks  and  other  birds,  com- 
prise the  writer’s  list  of  the  Insecta. 

Two  varieties  of  Arachnida — forms’ closely  allied  to  the 
Insecta- — may  also  be  here  noted.  They  are  spiders 
(Araneida)  and  mites  (Acarina).  The  former  are  found 
among  the  mosses  which  cover  the  ground,  while  num- 
bers of  the  latter — small  of  size  and  red  of  color — in- 
habit the  beaches. 

Crustaceans,  Mollusks,  etc. — Among  the  Crustacea  the 
following  were  observed:  Small  red  hermit  crabs  (Pa- 

guridae),  inhabiting  the  shells  of  certain  barnacles  of  the 
sessile  type  (Balanidse),  were  found  in  Kiska  Harbor;  a 
few  sand-hoppers  ( Talitrus  locusta)  were  dug  from  the 
sand  of  the  shore  of  the  harbor;  and  large  numbers  of 
a species  of  shrimp-like  Amphipoda,  resembling  Gamma- 
rus  pulex,  were  found  in  shallow  water  on  the  sandy  bot- 
toms of  the  lagoons — where  they  were  fed  upon  by  both 
birds  and  fishes.  Two  crustaceans  of  the  order  Isopoda 
were  observed — one,  presumably  Anilocrus,  was  found 
parasitic  on  the  cod  caught  in  Kiska  Harbor;  while  a 


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[May  20,  1905. 


terrestrial  species,  not  unlike  the  common  wood  louse, 
or  “sow  bug”  ( Oniscus ),  was  found  under  stones  in 
damp  sand.  It  is  indeed  surprising  that  these  terrestrial 
Isopoda  are  no  more  common  than  they  appear  to  be, 
considering  the  fact  that  the  ground  of  the  island  ap- 
parently always  affords  those  conditions  of  their  evident 
delight,  to  wit:  moisture  and  decaying  vegetation.  Of 
the  minute  Crustacea,  Cyclops  vulgaris—  that  almost  uni- 
versal inhabitant  of  pond  and  ditch  water — was  alone 
observed,  though  it  is  not  unlikely  that  other  species 
of  Entomostraca— both  fresh  water  and  marine— exist. 

The  Mollusca  are  represented  by  limpets  (Patellidae), 
and  by  marine  mussels  (Mytilidae)  which  are  found  at- 
tached to  rocks  and  the  madreporitic  attachments  of 
sea-weeds. 

The  rocky  bottoms  along  the  shores  are  covered  with 
sea  urchins  (Echinidse)  which,  as  washed  ashore,  are 
promptly  eaten  by  ravens  and  gulls — whence  the  num- 
bers of  urchin  cases  found  on  high  ground  throughout 
the  island.  These  animals  are  also  an  available  source 
of  food  for  man. 

A large  sea  cucumber,  or  trepang  (Holothuria),  was 
hooked  up  from  the  bottom  of  Kiska  Harbor. 

Jelly  fishes  (Medusae),  in  considerable  variety,  are 
found  in  the  waters  about  Kiska  Island,  as  also  sponges 
(Porifera)  and  allied  zoophytes.  One  is  apt  to  associate 
these  creatures  with  warmer  climates,  but  the  sea  of 
every  latitude  of  the  globe  furnishes  various  tribes  of 
them.  Medusae  are  found  in  the  icy  waters  of  both  the 
Arctic  and  Antarctic  Oceans,  while  numerous  species 
inhabit  equatorial  regions.  The  geographical  distribu- 
tion of  the  sponges  may,  likewise,  be  said  to  be  almost 
universal,  since  every  coast,  from  the  Equator  to  the 
highest  polar  regions,  furnishes  some  kinds  of  sponge. 

Phosphorescence  of  the  sea,  so  common  in  lower  lati- 
tudes, is  also  a phenomenon  of  the  North — the  noctiluca 
and  other  minute  forms  to  which  it  is  due  being  found 
in  the  waters  of  Bering  Sea,  as  well  as  in  those  of  the 
Mediterranean.  On  certain  nights  during  the  month  of 
August,  the  water  of  Kiska  Harbor  was  highly  phos- 
phorescent. This  was  particularly  noticed  _ one  stormy 
night,  when  returning  to  the  ship  in  a pulling-boat.  A 
rather  strong  wind  was  blowing  from  the  northeast. 
Each  dip  of  the  oar  stirred  up  a swirl  of  gold,  and  the 
course  of  the  boat  was  marked  by  a luminous  trail.  Pass- 
ing under  the  poop  of  the  ship,  the  outlines  of  rudder, 
propeller,  and  stern — from  water-line  to  keel — were 
plainly  seen,  aglow  with  golden  light. 

Mammals,  Quadrupeds,  Reptiles,  etc.— No  evidence  of 
the  existence  of  a single  wild  quadruped,  reptile,  or  even 
batrachian,  on  Kiska  Island  was  obtained.  The  ptarmi- 
gan, ducks,  and  other  birds  that  nest  there — either  upon 
or  under  the  ground,  do  so  without  fear  of  molestation, 
except  from  eagles,  hawks,  or  man.  Among  the  Mam- 
malia, may  be  mentioned  the  sea-lions  that  live  along 
the  shores,  and  certain  cetaceans  (whales,  dolphins,  etc.) 
that  visit  the  bays  and  straits.  At  one  time  Kiska  Island 
was  a favorite  haunt  of  the  now  quite  rare  sea  otter. 

There  are  at  the  present  time  no  Indians  on  Kiska 
Island,  though  evidences  of  not  very  remote  occupation 
are  abundant.  At  the  head  of  Kiska  Harbor  is  a grave- 
yard and  the  remains  of  a dozen  or  so  Indian  huts.  On 
the  southwestern  shore  of  the  harbor  has  been  a rather 
extensive  Indian  village — as  evinced  by  the  remaining 
excavations  of  about  sixty  huts — while  between  this  point 
and  South  Pass  another  village  has,  -as  noted  on  the  chart 
of  the  harbor,  been  located.  On  various  other  portions 
cf  the  shore  of  the  island  are  similar  monuments  of 
former  habitation.  About  thirty  ■"■ears  ago  the  Alaska 
Commercial  Company  had  a trading-post  and  white  agent 
on  this  island. 

The  Flora  of  Kiska  Island. 

Vegetation  on  Kiska  is  not  unlike  that  of  the  Aleutian 
Islands  generally.  There  are  numerous  species  of  flower- 
ing plants,  including  grasses ; several  varieties  of  mosses, 
lichens,  and  seaweeds,  and  some  ferns;  There  are  no 
trees,  and  only  a single  procumbent  species  of  shrub — the 
arctic  osier,  or  dwarf  willow— which  grows  almost  every- 
where, especially  on  higher  ground.  The  mosses  and 
grasses  thrive  luxuriantly  and,  except  on  the  higher  peaks 
and  ridges  and  loose,  rocky  northern  slopes,  form  a car- 
pet of  thick  yielding.  “tundra”  which,  together  with  the 
substratum  of  decaying  vegetation,  holds  water  like  a 
sponge.  This  “tundra”  is,  as  the  years  go  on,  m many 
places  adding  to  an  already  considerable  deposit  of  peat, 
which  has  a definite  economic  value  for  fuel. 

An  herbarium  of  the  phamogamous,  or  flowering, 
plants  of  the  island  has  been  made  by  the  writer.  About 
fifty  species — all  perennials — were  collected  and  analyzed. 
Among  them  are  many  familiar  forms — the  violet,  the 
daisy,  the  dandelion,  the  buttercup,  the  marsh  mangold, 
the  lupine,  the  cranesbill,  the  blue  iris,  the  anemone, 
chickweed,  and  Solomon’s  seal.  A delicate  little  poppy- 
found  only  on  the  bare  summits  of  the  higher  ridges  is 
perhaps  among  the  most  interesting  species.  Most  of 
the  floral  species  of  the  island  are  well  distributed,  and 
grow  with  a luxuriance  hardly  to  be  expected  from  a 
consideration  of  either  soil  or  climate. 

Mild  attempts  made,  during  the  season,  to  cultivate 
garden  vegetables  were  attended  with  failure.  A limited 
crop  of  radishes,  turnips,  onions  and  lettuce  might  be 
secured,  but  it  is  doubtful  if  results  would  reward  the 
necessary  expenditure  of  care  and  effort.  Some  of  the 
lichens  and  sea-weeds  of  the  island  are  edible,  and  the 
marsh  marigolds  (“cowslips”)  of  the  spring  runs,  fur- 
nish an  abundant  supply  of  excellent  “greens”  in  season. 
Neither  the  salmon-berry  nor  the  huckleberry— so  com- 
mon on  the  eastern  islands  of  the  chain,  and  so  esteemed 
for  food — were  found  on  Kiska  Island. 


“Talk  about  mosquitoes,”  said  an  American,  “why, 
when  we  were  in  latitude  30  degrees  and  longitude  75 
degrees,  a host  of  mosquitoes  settled  on  our  rigging, 
and  when  they  left  us,  there  wasn’t  a stitch  of  canvas 
left  on  the  boat.”  “Wal,”  said  his  friend,  “that’s 
strange,  because  when  I was  sailing  in  latitude  29  de- 
grees and  longitude  74  degrees,  a swarm  of  mosquitoes 
settled  on  our  rigging  and  every  one  of  them  had  a 
pair  of  canvas  breeche-s  on.  Same  mosquitoes,  no 
doubt!” — Hendon  Globe. 


A Rattlesnake's  Victim. 

Los  Angeles,  April  29. — Edward  Rabe,  animal  keeper 
at  East  Lake  Park,  died  at  the  county  hospital  last 
night  from  the  effects  of  the  bite  of  a rattlesnake. 
Rabe  was  bitten  Wednesday  morning  while  in  a cage 
where  a number  of  reptiles  were  confined.  The  keeper 
had  entered  the  cage  to  attend  a snake  which  had  been 
ill  sveral  days,  when  a large  rattler  sprang  at  him  from 
a shelf  and  buried  its  fangs  in  his  cheek. 

Rabe  was  taken  to  the  county  hospital,  where  he  ar- 
rived within  ten  minutes  after  the  snake  had  struck  him. 
Surgeons  began  instant  treatment,  and  the  unfortunate 
man  had  every  attention.  Although  his  face  was  badly 
swollen  within  half  an  hour,  it  was  reported  that  the 
case  was  progressing  fairly  well  Thursday.  Friday 
morning  the  patient’s  condition  took  a turn  for  the 
worse,  and  the  heart  action  became  so  weak  that  the 
physicians  used  powerful  restoratives. 

I have  had  no  opportunity  to  learn  what  treatment 
was  resorted  to  in  the  case.  The  daily  papers  give 
varied  and  vague  accounts  of  what  the  surgeons 
did.  Two  journals  agreed  that  the  wound  was  “cut 
out,*’  and  that  a drain  tube  was  put  in  to  “draw  out 
as  much  as  possible  of  the  affected  blood.”  An  evening 
paper  says:  “Physicians  say  that  the  one  known 

antidote  for  poison  is  a serum,  called  ‘anti-venene,’ 
used  in  India  for  cobra  poison.” 

Edward  Rabe  had  charge  of  the  city  zoo  and  deserved 
great  credit  for  his  work  in  establishing  a really  good 
exhibit  of  animals  at  East  Lake  Park.  He  was  very 
successful  as  a trainer,  and  was  absolutely  fearless  in 
handling  animals.  I had  an  opportunity  of  closely  ob- 
serving his  methods,  when  I made  several  photographs 
of  his  charges  a few  days  before  the  tragedy  which 
cost  him  his  life.  Lie  seemed  to  have  won  the  con- 
fidence of  every  animal  in  his  collection.  His  kind  and 
gentle  way  of  approaching  them  accounted  largely  for 
his  success.  When  I first  went  to  the  park  Mr.  Rabe 
invited  me.  to  step  right  into  the  cage  with  Lobengula, 
the  big  African  lion.  The  trainer  seemed  much  disap- 
pointed when  I refused.  Lobengula  nearly  killed  his 
keeper  when  he  was  confined  at  Chutes  Park,  and  the 
incident  was  too  fresh  in  my  mind.  An  hour  later  I 
wanted  to  go  back  and  photograph  the  lion  or  take 
a ride  on  his  back  if  Rabe  wanted  me  to.  Rabe  entered 
the  cage  with  a brush  and  curry  comb  and  groomed  the 
old  fellow  as  a stable  boy  would  a trotter.  Then  he 
took  a ride  astride  the  great  beast.  After  watching  this 
performance  we  went  to  the  cage  where  a monster 
brown  bear  is  confined.  Without  hesitation  I entered 
the  cage  with  the  trainer  and  made  several  excellent 
photographs  of  the  animal.  Rabe  talked  to  the  animals 
and  they  seemed  to  have  no  fear  of  him. 

All  of  the  animals  at  the  park  knew  Rabe’s  voice.  A 
few  weeks  ago  four  black  bear  cubs  escaped  from  their 
cage.  Rabe  was  sick  at  the  time  and  in  bed  at  his 
vine-covered  cottage,  which  is  within  one  hundred  feet 
of  the  semi-circle  of  cages.  The  attendants  were  hav- 
ing a difficult  time  trying  to  get  the  cubs  back  to  their 
quarters.  Rabe  heard  the  noise  and,  coming  to  a 
window,  saw  the  four  bears  wallowing  on  his  lawn. 
Seventy-five  feet  away  their  cage  door  stood  open. 
Rabe  leaned  out  and  shouted  to  them,  much  as  he 
would  to  a lot  of  mischievous  boys: 

“Here!  you  little  rascals,  what  are  you  doing  on  that 
grass?  Get  back  to  your  cage,  or  I’ll — ” But  by  that 
time  the  cubs  had  fled,  tumbling  over  each  other  in  a 
wild  scramble  to  get  into  their  home  cage. 

The  rattlesnake  which  bit  the  trainer  was  as  much 
a pet  as  any  of  the  creatures  in  the  collection.  Rabe 
frequently  said  there  was  no  more  danger  in  handling 
the  snakes  than  there  was  in  handling  an  angle  worm, 
provided  one  went  about  it  quietly.  He  was  unable  to 
account  for  the  snake’s  action  in  suddenly  striking  him, 
unless  it  was  that  there  had  been  a family  quarrel  among 
the  reptiles  just  before  he  arrived. 

Edward  Rabe  was  widely  known  and  very  popular 
with  all  classes.  His  good  work  at  the  park  was  ap- 
preciated by  the  city  authorities  who  will  probably  find 
difficulty  in  filling  the  place  made  vacant  by  his  death. 

Frank  E.  Wolfe. 


Size  and  Power  of  Owls. 

Oakland,  Cal.,  April  18. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 
I have  on  several  occasions  seen  in  articles  in  the  Forest 
and  Stream  mention  made  of  an  owl  found  in  certain 
sections,  notably  that  formerly  known  as  the  southwest, 
that  from  the  description  seemed  to  be  larger  than  the 
great  horned  owl,  which  was  formerly  found  over  nearly 
the  whole  of  our  country  and  which  I had  always  sup- 
posed was  the  largest  North  American  species.  One 
writer  speaks  of  it  as  the  eagle  owl.  Is  the  eagle  owl 
found  anywhere  in  the  United  States?  Another  writer 
from  the  cypress  swamps  of  the  South  tells  of  one  with 
a wing  spread  of  six  feet  that  easily  picked  up  a full- 
grown  mallard  drake  out  of  the  water  and  flew  away 
with  it.  Now,  I am  fairly  familiar  with  the  great  horned 
owl,  but  I never  saw  one  that  measured  even  five  feet 
across  the  wings,  or  that  could  possibly  fly  away  with  a 
full-grown  mallard.  While  it  is  possible  that  the  great 
northern  snowy  owl  might  be  able  to  do  this,  that  bird,  I 
believe,  never  gets  as  far  south  as  the  section  referred  to, 
and  it  is  quite  certain,  for  other  reasons,  that  it  is  not 
the  bird  referred  to. 

Can  the  Forest  and  Stream  throw  any  light  upon  the 
subject?  Forked  Deer. 

[We  fancy  that  the  size  and  strength  of  the  bird  re- 
ferred to  as  having  a spread  of  six  feet  and  being  able 
to  fly  off  with  a full-grown  duck,  were  overestimated. 
The  eagle  owl  is  a bird  of  Europe,  not  found  in  North 
America.  The  three  greatest  of  our  owls  are  the  great 
horned,  great  gray  and  white  or  snowy.  These  are  all 
about  the  same  size,  the  last  averaging  the  largest.  None 
of  them  much,  if  at  all,  exceed  five  feet  in  their  extent. 
At  the  same  time  they  are  powerful  birds.  The  great 
horned  owl  has  been  known  to  kill  skunks  and  cats,  and 
the  other  large  owls  are  said  to  kill  grouse,  while  the 
eagle  owl  of  Europe  is  reported  to  attack  fawns.  Of 
course  a much  larger  bird  or  animal  might  be  killed  than 
could  be  raised  from  the  ground  and  flown  away  with.] 


Quail  Breeding. 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

Jay  Beebe,  in  a contribution  on  the  propagation  of 
ruffed  grouse  in  the  number  for  May  13,  quotes  the 
editor  of  the  Massachusetts  paper  of  the  Game  Commis- 
sion as  saying  “that  attempts  to  rear  quail  have  not  yet 
been  successful,”  but  he  seems  to  doubt  it  and  so  do  I. 

If  a boy  of  fourteen  could  rear  them,  and  I did  it,  why 
could  not  men  who  know  all  about  it  do  it? 

Away  back  in  1853,  when  western  Pennsylvania  had 
still  plenty  of  quail,  and  they  could  be  found  within  a 
mile  of  town,  one  of  my  aunts  who  lived  just  beyond 
Allegheny  City  had  a large  flock  of  chickens,  and  among 
them  was  a small  bantam  hen  not  much  larger  than  a 
prairie  chicken.  I found  the  little  hen  on  a nest  one  day 
busy  trying  to  hatch  out  a white  door-knob  that  was  used 
as  a nest  egg;  and  a thought  struck  me.  My  aunt  would 
not  let  the  hen  have  eggs  to  sit  on,  so  I borrowed  her. 
Going  out  to  where  I knew  I could  find  plenty  of  quails’ 
eggs,  I took  about  one,  never  more  than  two,  out  of  each 
nest  I found;  and  when  I had  thirteen  brought  them  in 
and,  removing  the  door-knob,  put  the  eggs  under  the  hen. 
She  broke  one  of  them  but  hatched  out  all  the  rest,  and 
they  all  lived. 

When  they  came  off  the  nest  I began  feeding  them  on 
cornmeal  dough  mixed  very  stiff  with  sweet  milk.  Then 
in  a few  days  I gave  them  bread  crumbs,  both  wheat 
and  cornbread,  my  aunt  making  the  cornbread  on  pur- 
pose for  them;  she  put  eggs  and  milk  in  it.  The  little 
hen  took  the  same  care  of  these  quail  that  she  would 
have  taken  had  they  been  chickens.  I don’t  believe  she 
ever  knew  that  they  were  not  chickens. 

I kept  them  penned  up  in  the  mornings  and  evenings 
and  in  wet  weather,  but  at  other  times  they  were  let  run 
among  the  young  chickens,  and  after  they  were  two  weeks 
old  they  ate  just  what  the  chickens  ate.  I was  in  hopes 
that  they  would  remain  with  me,  but  was  told  that  they  i 
would  leave  as  soon  as  they  were  old  enough,  and  they 
did,  a few  of  them  going  at  a time  until  all  were  gone. 

I don’t  know  whether  the  ruffed  grouse  could  be  raised 
this  way  or  not,  but  believe  they  can.  Prairie  chickens, 
no  doubt,  could,  and  they  would  probably  remain  tame  ; 
and  stay  around  the  place  where  they  had  been  hatched 
out.  Cabia  Blanco. 


Birds  Along  a Country  Road. 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

I think  it  may  interest  you  to'  know  of  the  birds  seen 
May  10  while  driving  from  the  house  to  the  Junction,  a 
distance  covered  in  fifteen  or  twenty  minutes. 

Here  is  the  list:  Four  scarlet  tanagers,  all  males,  three 
of  them  close  together  on  the  same  small  tree ; three 
orioles,  two  males  and  one  female ; two  indigo  birds,  male 
and  female;  thirty  or  forty  warblers,  including  magnolia, 
black  throated  blue,  yellow  rump,  Maryland  yellow  throat, 
summer  yellowbird,  red  start  and  so  forth ; four  gold 
finches,  six  towhee  buntings,  males  and  females ; four  cat 
birds,  barn  swallows  and  white-bellied  swallow ; chimney 
swifts,  golden-winged  woodpeckers,  cow  buntings,  red- 
winged blackbirds,  blue  jays,  song  sparrow,  fox  sparrow, 
chip  sparrow  and  field  sparrow ; hawk,  titmice,  brown 
thrasher,  wood  thrush,  Wilson’  thrush,  blue  birds.  Be- 
sides, I saw  two  gray  squirrels,  one  red  squirrel  and  one 
chipmunk. 

Life  is  abundant  now  in  this  part  of  the  world.  It  seems 
to  me  that  almost  all  the  migratory  birds,  excepting  the 
hardy  ones  such  as  robins,  woodpeckers,  blue  birds  and 
a few  others,  get  here  about  May  10  each  year.  The  cat- 
birds and  the  wood  thrushes  came  three  or  four  days 
earlier  than  this.  If  one  could  spend  a few  days  cata- 
loguing the  animals  and  the  plants  along  this  one  road, 
he  would  have  material  for  a volume.  M.  G. 

Milford,  Conn. 


Pheasant  Rearing. 

Essex,  England. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream:  The 

hand  rearing  of  game  birds  appears  up  to  the  present, 
time  not  to  have  made  very  rapid  progress  in  the  United 
States,  although  here  in  England  it  is  becoming  a big  in- 
dustry. It  is  carried  on  systematically  all  over  the  whole1! 
country  and  to  such  an  enormous  extent  that  it  is  no  un- 
usual thing  for  pheasants  to  be  sold  cheaper  than  poultry 
in  our  London  markets.  In  my  way  of  thinking,  it  seems 
a pity  that  your  sporting  gentlemen  do  not  turn  their 
attention  more  extensively  to  the  hand  rearing  of  pheas- 
ants, although  the  work,  from  start  to  finish,  comes  rather 
expensive.  It  also  requires  constant  attention,  both  day 
and  night,  with  judgment  and  experience.  In  the  first, i 
place,  suitable  woods  (coverts)  of  a proper  size  would, 
have  to  be  planted,  and  the  situation  and  location  of  the1 
coverts  would  have  to  be  considered.  The  proper  kind  of 
food  for  the  young  birds  for  the  first  five  or  six  weeks 
after  they  are  hatched,  and  a suitable  kind  of  soil  are  two 
very  important  items.  A sudden  change  in  the  weather 
is  pretty  sure  to  affect  them  if  they  are  under  one  month 
old;  diseases  of  several  different  kinds,  and  noxious  ver- 
min of  all  descriptions  often  causes  no  end  of  trouble.  All 
this  has  to  be  considered  and  encountered  with  the 
hand  rearing  of  pheasants  and  other  game  birds. 

H.  Hickmott. 


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Duck  Decoys. 


I.— In  England. 

The  art  of  duck  decoying,  for  art  it  most  surely  is, 
though  still  carried  on  in  many  places  throughout  the 
United  Kingdom,  bids  fair  in  time  to  be  confined  only 
to  a few  favored  localities.  Where  in  years  gone  by 
there  used  to  be  & dozfcn,  iiow  th£re  is  only  one,  and 
gradually,  owing  to  the  reclamation  of  waste  land,  the 
increase  of  population  and  the  general  use  of  firearms, 
the  old  decoys  are  slowly  but  surely  falling  into  disuse. 
Still,  there  are  places  where  the  decoys  still  flourish 
and  are  a source  not  only  of  pleasure  and  sport  to  their 
owners,  but  of  considerable  profit  also.  That  well- 
known  sportsman,  Sir  Ralph  Payne-Gallwey,  in  his  ex- 
cellent book  on  duck  decoys,  says  that  the  art  of  con- 
structing and  working  them  was  most  carefully  con- 
cealed in  former  times,  so  as  to  prevent  as  much  as 
possible  any  addition  to  the  number  already  existing, 
which  otherwise  would  necessitate  a division  of  the 
spoil,  that  spoil  being  the  myriads  of  wildfowl  which 
formerly  haunted  the  fenlands  of  England.  The  decoy- 
men  kept  their  secret  well,  and  were  indeed  forced  to 
do  so  in  their  own  interests,  for  it  stood  to  reason 
they  knew  that  the  greater  the  number  of  decoys  in 
use  the  less  would  be  each  owner’s  proportionate  share 
of  birds.  From  father  to  son  all  the  secrets  concerning 
the  same  were  handed  down  from  generation  to  genera- 
tion, and,  considering  these  circumstances,  it  is  not 
to  be  wondered  at,  that  so  little  is  now  generally  known 
of  the  ancient  decoys  and  decoying.  The  first  and  most 
reliable  description  of  a decoy  in  England  for  catching 
ducks  by  enticing  them,  is  said  to  be  one  referred  to  by 
Evelyn,  which  Charles  IL  made  in  St.  James’  Park, 
and  that  it  was  constructed  by  a Dutchman  of  the  name 
of  “Sydrach  Hiicus,”  who  came  over  specially  from 
Holland  for  the  purpose. 

My  subject  is  the  decoy  belonging  to  the 
Duke  of  Leeds,  a well-known  sportsman,  who  lives 
at  Hornby  Castle,  in  the  county  of  Yorkshire.  The 
original  decoy  here  was  constructed  for  the  seventh 
Duke  of  Leeds  in  1854.  In  1882  the  present  Duke 
moved  the  material  of  the  pipes  from  the  old  decoy  to 
their  new  position.  The  new  pool  is  about  sixty  yards 
square.  On  approaching  the  decoy  from  the  castle, 
the  first  thing  that  one  comes  across  is  the  fish-tail 
weather-gauge,  set  up  on  a high  pole  on  an  eminence 
in  the  park,  so  that  the  decoyman  may  know  how  the 
wind  blows,  and  accordingly  which  of  the  four  pipes 
to  work,  for  ducks  are  birds  of  very  keen  scent,  and 
quick  to  wind  anything  unusual.  At  a famous  Lincoln- 
shire decoy  the  old  squire  used  always  to  give  orders 
to  the  decoyman’ g wife  to  take  a hare,  dr  anything 
savory  that  she  happened  to  be  cooking,  off  the  fire  if 
the  wind  happened  to  be  blowing  in  the  direction  of 
the  decoy.  The  decoy  itself  is  situated  in  a plantation 
with  high  wooded  poling  all  around,  so  that  nothing 
can  get  in;  it  covers  about  12  acres,  iol/2  acres  being 
wood  and  iJi  acres  water. 

The  first  procedure  before  entering  the  enclosing  is 
fitting  on  the  foxskin  coat  and  brush,  with  tapes  tied 
round  the  chest  and  loins  of  Rover,  the  decoy  dog,  a 


END  OF  PIPE,  SHOWING  DETACHABLE  TUNNEL  NET  AND  WIRE 
INCLOSURE  FOR  DEAD  PUCKS. 


most  sensible,  yellow,  pricked-eared,  long-tailed  animal, 
who  wags  his  tail  and  shows  every  appearance  of  de- 
light at  the  performance.  This  is  the  only  decoy  I 
know  of,  where  a foxskin  coat  and  brush  is  actually 
fastened  on  to  the  dog.  At  others  dogs  are  used  m 
their  natural  state;  collies  at  some,  Irish  terriers  at 
others,  and  so  on.  But  though  I have  known  a white 
dog  used,  all  decoymen  seem  to  have  a preference. for 
something  foxy  in  appearance.  Ferrets  are  occasion- 
ally used,  and  there  is  a story,  quite  true,  I believe, 
of  a monkey  escaping  from  an  organ-grinder  at  one 
decoy,  rushing  up  the  pipes,  and  being  followed  by  a 
great  drift  of  ducks.  It  is  well  known  how  most  birds 
will  mob  a fox,  and  this  is  the  idea  of  using  something 
foxy  in  appearance.  But  I believe  really  that  it  is  a 
question  of  curiosity  that  makes  the  ducks  follow  the 
dog  up  the  pipe,  and  that  almost  any  color  will  do, 
provided  that  the  dog  arouses  the  curiosity  of  the  birds 
.and  they  follow  him, 


Everything  must  be  as  silent  as  the  grave.  The  dog 
utters  not  a sound,  but  works  by  signal  from  the  decoy- 
man, who  is  hidden  behind  the  screens.  These  are  of 
wood  well  tarred,  thirteen  to  each  pipe,  with  little  peep- 
holes in  them  for  the  decoyman  to  look  through  and 
a sliding  shutter  to  cover  them.  The  dog  jumps  over 
low  screens  placed  between  the  high  ones.  Sawdust 
is  laid  down  on  the  boards,  etc.,  to  prevent  the  men 
from  slipping  in  frosty  weather,  and  every  twig  and 
branch  is  carefully  swept  away,  so  that  there  shall  be 
no  crackling  to  frighten  the  ducks. 

The  way  of  working  the  decoy  is  as  follows:  The 

wild  ducks,  which  are  swimming  about  on  the  pond, 
are  attracted  by  the  dog,  who  is  put  in  at  the  end  of 


ducks  following  decoy  dog  up  THE  PIPE, 


the  pipe  to  be  worked,  tie  keeps  jumping  round  the 
screens  backward  and  forward,  gradually  leading  the 
ducks  further  and  further  up  the  pipe.  V/hen  at  the 
bend  of  the  pipe,  the  decoyman,  who  all  this  time  has 
been  behind  the  screens  guiding  the  dog  by  signal, 
shows  himself  behind  the  birds,  waving  a _ red  hand- 
kerchief. When  doing  this  he  is  quite  invisible  to  any 
birds  that  may  be  left  on  the  pond.  The  ducks  fly  and 
swim  further  up  the  pipe  till  the  decoyman  pulls  the 
cord,  and  lets  fall  the  dropnet,  and  then  there  is  no  fear 
of  any  of  the  birds  breaking  back.  The  birds  hurry 
forward  along  the  rapidly  narrowing  pipe,  till  they 
reach  the  detachable  tunnel  net,  right  at  the  end  of  the 
pipe.  This  is  then  unhooked,  the  birds  taken  out,  and 
their  necks  broken,  so  as  not  to  injure  the  skin — a pro- 
cedure that  requires  considerable  practice — by  holding 
the  head  in  one  hand  and  the  neck  and  body  in  the 
other,  and  giving  it  a sharp  jerk.  The  birds  are  then 
thrown  into  the  little  wire  enclosure  seen  at  the  end 
of  the  tunnel  net,  about  i:A  feet  high,. to  prevent  them 
flapping  about  and  scaring  the  other  birds  on  the  pond. 

Some  decoymen  use  burning  peat  to  take  away  then- 
scent  from  the  ducks;  but  it  is  never  used  at  this 
decoy.  Mallard  and  teal  form  the  principal  bag,  very 
few  widgeon  being  taken.  The  full  length  of  each  pipe 
is  seventy-five  yards,  and  there  are  thirteen  screens 
to  each.  The  dog  is  rewarded  every  now  and  then  by 
some  little  tit-bit,  which  the  decoyman  carries  in  his 
pocket.  An  iron  rod  is  attached  to  the  drop-net,  so 
that  it  shall  sink  at  once  to  the  bottom,  when  released, 
and  prevent  any  ducks  diving  back  beneath  it.  If  any 
do  break  back  before  the  net  falls,  it  frightens  the  rest 
of  the  ducks  on  the  pond  so  much  that  it  is  almost  use- 
less to  try  for  any  more  on  that  day;  and  if  a bird  flies 
up  and  kills  itself  against  the  top  of  the  pipe,  and  re- 
mains hanging  there  in  sight  of  them  all,  this  also  has 
a very  bad  effect  on  them.  It  is  at  once  removed  by 
a long  pole  with  a hook  at  the  end. 

The  biggest  “drift,”  or  catch,  of  duck  ever  taken  in 
this  decoy  was  197,  and  the  most  in  one  day  205 — 145  at 
one  drift,  and  the  rest  at  another.  The  water  on  the 
decoy  pond  is  quite  shallow,  being  nowhere,  more  than 
three  feet  deep.  The  decoy  birds  kept  on  it  to  entice 
their  wild  brethren  to  destruction  are  of  the  wild  breed, 
the  white  decoy  ducks,  so-called,  not  finding  favor  with 
the  decoymen.  The  ducks  will  not,  as  a rule,  drive 
either  directly  up  or  down  wind — a cross  wind  is  the 
best.  Occasionally  rarities  are  got  in  the  drifts,  and 
such  stragglers  as  kingfishers,  snipe,  woodcock,  etc. 
Ice-breaking,  etc.,  is  mostly  done  at  night,  when  the 
ducks  are  generally  away  feeding,  coming  back  to  rest 
on  the  quiet  water  in  the  day  time.  But  occasionally 
a good  catch  has  been  made  at  night,  and,  in  fact,  with 
proper  management  the  ducks  may  be  got  at  all  times 
in  a first-rate  decoy,  such  as  the  one  I have  just  de- 
scribed. 

As  showing  the  amount  of  wildfowl  that  used  to  be 
taken  in  the  decoys,  from  the  account  book  belonging 


to  the  Ashby  decoy  in  Lincolnshire,  we  find  that  in 
thirty-five  seasons,  namely,  from  September,  1833,  to 
April,  1868,  nearly  100,000  wildfowl  were  captured. 
These  consisted  of  mallard  or  wild  duck,  48,664;  widgeon, 
2,019;  pintail,  278;  teal,  44,568;  shoveller,  285;  gadwall, 
22;  grand  total,  95,836. 

As  a finish  to  my  short  account  of  duck  decoys,  k 
may  quote  the  following  very  curious  lines,  which  occur 
in  Davies’  “History  of  Whittington  Castle,”  printed 
about  1800,  and  which  were  taken  from  an  epitaph: 

Andrew  Williams, 

Born,  A.D.,  1692.  Died,  April  18,  1776. 

Aged  84  Years. 

Of  which  time  he  lived  under  the  Aston  family  (in  Shropshire) 
as  Decoyman,  60  years. 

“Here  lies  the  Decoyman  who  lived  like  an  otter. 

Dividing  his  time  betwixt  land  and  water; 

His  hide  he  oft  soaked  in  the  waters  of  Perry,* 

Whilst  Aston  old  beer  his  spirits  kept  cherry. 

Amphibious  his  life,  Death  was  puzzled  to  say 
How  to  dust  to  reduce  such  well  moistened  clay; 

So  Death  turned  Decoyman  and  coyed  him  to  land, 

Where  he  fixed  his  abode  till  quite  dried  to  the  hand; 

He  then  found  him  fitting  for  crumbling  to  dust, 

And  here  he  lies  mouldering  as  you  and  I must.” 

*The  name  of  the  river  close  by  the  Decoy. 

Oxley  Grabham. 


Maine  Guides. 

The  Maine  law  provides  as  to  the  employment  of 
guides  by  non-residents : 

“Non-residents  of  the  State  shall  not  enter  upon  the 
wild  lands  of  the  State  and  camp  or  kindle  fires  thereon 
while  engaged  in  hunting  or  fishing,  without  being  in 
charge  of  a registered  guide,  during  the  months  of  May, 
June,  July,  August,  September,  October  and  November, 
and  no  registered  guide  shall,  at  the  same  time,  guide,  or 
be  employed  by,  more  than  five  non-residents  in  hunting. 

In  explanation  of  the  requirements  of  the  law,  Com- 
missioner L.  T.  Carleton  issues  the  following : 

We  have  many  requests  from  citizens  of  other  StateSi 
for  a guide’s  license.  Any  person  who  can  show  that  he 
is  fully  qualified  to  act  as  a guide,  and  wants  to  come 
here  to  engage  in  the  business  of  guiding  in  good  faith, 
can  be  licensed,  but  we  cannot  license  one  of  a party,  who 
simply  wants  to  avoid  the  law  requiring  non-residents, 
when  camping  and  kindling  fires  on  the  wild  lands  of  the 
State,  to  be  in  charge  of  a registered  guide.  This  would 
simply  be  an  evasion  of  the  law  and  cannot  be  tolerated. 

The  following  typical  questions  were  received  from  a 
New  York  party,  which  are  given  with  the  answers : . 

Ques.— “I  represent  a party  of  eight  who  make  a regis- 
tered camp  our  headquarters.  Now  when  we  wish  to^ 
change  and  visit  a new  locality,  with  our  own  canoes,  can 
we  paddle  over  the  lakes  or  up  river  to  another  ^registered 
camp  without  a guide  and  not  violate  the  law  ?” 

Ans. “Yes,  if  you  do  not  camp  and  kindle  a fire  on 

wild  land.”  . . , 

Ques.— “Several  of  us  were  stopping  at  a registered 
camp,  but  there  was  but  one  sleeping  room.  It  was  sug- 
gested that  we  pitch  our  tent  nearby  and  take  our  meals 
at  the  camp ; can  we  do  so  without  being  in  charge  of  a 

registered  guide?”  , 

Ans.— “Certainly,  if  you  do  not  build  fires  on  wild 


Ques. — “An  article  in  the  New  York  Sun  says,  ‘A  pro- 


general  view  of  a pipe,  with  decoy  man  and  dog. 


vision  of  Maine’s  game  law  compels  every  party  that 
visits  the  State  for  the  purpose  of  hunting  or  fishing  to 
employ  at  least  one  guide?’  ” 

Ans.— “This  is  all  wrong.  I repeat  again  that  our  law 
simply  provides  that  from  May  to  November,,  both  inclu- 
sive, non-residents,  when  camping  and  kindling  fires  on 
wild  lands,  must  be  in  charge  of  a registered  guide;  in 
other  words,  if  they  do  not  camp  and  kindle  fires  on  wild 
lands  they  do  not  require  a guide.  This  seems  to  be 
easily  enough  understood.” 

Ques.— “May  a person  who  is  stopping  at  a registered 
camp  paddle  off  for  a day’s  fishing  without  a guide,  and, 
not  desiring  to  return  to  dinner  or  other  meal,  may  said 
person  build  a fire  and  cook  a meal?” 

Ans. — “You  can  paddle  your  own  canoe  as  much  as 
you  choose,  or  fish  or  hunt  or  tramp  alone,  but  you  must 
not  camp  or  build  a fire  on  wild  lands  unless  in  charge 
of  a registered  guide.” 

Indians  have  no  more  rights  in  hunting  or  fishing  that! 
a white  man. 


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[May  20,  1905. 


There  are  no  game  preserves  in  Maine  and  cannot  be 
under  our  laws.  Fishing  and  fowling  is  free  on  wild 
lands.  It  is  trespass  to  go  upon  cultivated  or  inclosed 
lands  to  hunt  or  fish. 

Hints  to  Guides. 

What  is  it  to  engage  in  the  business  of  guiding?  These 
words,  “engage,”  “business”  and  “guiding,”  must  be  given 
their  ordinary  meaning  obviously ; “to  engage”  in  any- 
thing, means  to  “procure  or  secure”  for  some  special 
purpose,  as  to  engage  in  business,  trade,  engage  in  a 
business  or  pursuit. 

“Business”  means  a pursuit  or  occupation  that  employs 
or  requires  energy,  time,  thought,  profession,  calling,  at- 
tention, application,  accuracy,  method,  punctuality.  Fi- 
delity and  dispatch  are  the  principal  qualities  required 
for  the  efficient  conduct  of  business. 

“Guide,  guided,  guiding.”  The  meaning  of  the  word 
“guiding”  has  come  to  be  so  well  understood  that  no 
definition  need  here  be  given. 

A person  having  a friend  visit  him,  who  goes  fishing 
with  him,  rows  a boat,  or  goes  hunting  with  him,  is  not 
engaging  in  the  business  of  guiding,  and  does  not  require 
a license  if  he  is  not  paid  for  this  work. 

A person  might  guide  one  day,  or  on  a short  single 
trip,  and  take  pay  for  it  and  still  not  be  liable  for  guid- 
ing without  a license,  but  if  he  holds_  himself  out  as  a 
guide,  or  makes  it  a part  of  his  business,  he  must  be 
licensed. 

Guides  should  provide  themselves  with  all  necessary 
equipment  usually  furnished  by  our  best  guides,  such  as 
dry,  comfortable  boats  or  canoes,  cooking  utensils,  etc., 
and  should  look  thoroughly  after  the  comfort  and  pleas- 
ure of  their  patrons.  They  should  make  every  effort  to 
inform  themselves  about  the  habits  of  game  and  fish 
and  where  they  can  be  found  in  greatest  abundance  at 
different  periods  of  the  open  season.  They  should  also 
inform  themselves,  as  far  as  possible,  upon,  the  general 
subject  of  sporting  interests  in  order  to  converse  intelli- 
gently with  their  employers.  They  should  not  lead  the 
conversation  but  always  be  ready  to  answer  all  ques- 
tions relating  to  their  profession  and  take  part  in  gen- 
eral conversation  when  solicited.  A guide  should  always 
be  careful  not  to  intrude  his  presence  when  not  re- 
quested, or  t~'  volunteer  remarks  or  advice  to  visitors, 
unless  directly  connected  with  the  business  of  guiding. 

Coarse,  profane  and  vulgar  language  in  the  presence 
of  sportsmen  is  very  objectionable  to  them,  as  a rule, 
and  is  liable  to  affect  a guide’s  business  very  materially, 
and  therefore  should  be  guarded  against. 

A popular  guide  is  one  whose  services  are  always  in 
demand.  What  gives  him  such  popularity  is  because  he 
is  always  on  the  alert  and  studying  how  he  can  please 
his  employers  and  make  their  visits  more  pleasant  and 
agreeable.  On  the  other  hand,  if  you  try  to  see  how 
little  work  you  can  do  without  causing  your  employers 
to  find  fault,  seldom  anticipating  the  ordinary  wants  of 
the  tourist,  frequently  not  ready  at  the  appointed  time 
for  a start,  sometimes  almost  imposing  on  the  novitiate 
sportsman,  you  will  soon  become  an  unpopular  guide 
and  have  employment  only  a part  of  the  season. 

Always  be  careful  about  speaking  in  a derogative  man- 
ner of  any  sportsman  or  visitor,  whether  they  have  em- 
ployed you  or  not.  Finding  fault  with  sportsmen  against 
whom  you  think  you  have  some  grievance,  or  whose  ways 
or  manners  fail  to  please  you,  will  not  assist  you  in  pro- 
curing engagements. 

Sportsmen  dislike  very  much  to  have  guides  talking 
about  them  in  an  uncomplimentary  manner  and  will  use 
their  influence  to  prevent  their  making  engagements 
with  friends. 

Good  taste  and  sense  of  propriety  should  cause  guides 
to  be  very  careful  in  this  respect. 

Before  retiring  at  night,  be  sure  and  ascertain  what 
the  plans  are  for  the  next  day.  If  a fishing  trip,  have 
everything  in  readiness,  such  as  live  bait  or  worms  if 
such  are  to  be  used,  and  also  have  lunch  ready  if  dinner 
is  to  be  taken  away  from  camp  so  that  there  shall  be. 
no  delay  when  your  party  is  ready  to  start.  A delay 
caused  by  any  negligence  on  your  part  sometimes  causes 
great  annoyance.  If  fish  are  caught  the  guide  should, 
without  being  asked  to  do  so,  clean  them  in  the  neatest 
possible  way  on  returning  from  the  day’s  fishing,  or 
meanwhile  if  opportunity  offers. 

Fish  to  be  carried  or  transported  any  distance  should 
never  be  “drawn.”  Better  not  be  molested  at  all  than 
“draw”' them.  They  should  be  split  open,  the  gills  and 
entrails  carefully  removed,  then  thoroughly  cleaned, 
wiped  dry  and  wrapped  in  paper  or  hung  in  the  ice 
house.  No  better  way  can  be  found  to  pack  fish  to 
transport  than  to  thoroughly  clean  them,  wipe  dry,  then 
wrap  them  in  paper  and  pack  in  cool  moss.  Never  allow 
them  to  come  in  contact  with  ice.  Ice  can  be  used  in 
order  to  keep  the  package  cool,  but  it  should  not  come 
in  contact  with  the  fish. 

Under  our  statutes  any  guide  convicted  of  a violation 
of  our  Fish  and  Game  Laws  shall  have  his  registration 
certificate  cancelled  and  be  deprived  of  the  right  to  do 
a guiding  business  for  a year  or  more  at  the  discretion 
of  the  Commissioners. 

In  addition  to  this,  the  Commissioners  have  established 
the  following  rulings  with  reference  to  guides,  which,  if 
violated,  is  liable  to  cause  their  registration  to  be  can- 
celled unless  there  are  very  extenuating  circumstances : 

1.  Failure  to  extinguish  camp-fires,  whether  damage 
results  or  not. 

2.  Drunkenness  when  under  employment  as  a guide. 

3.  Breaking  an  engagement  with  a sportsman  or  visi- 
tor when  made  in  good  faith. 

4.  Leaving  a sportsman  or  visitor  before  completing 
an  engagement,  unless  discharged. 

5.  Untruthful  statements  about  Commissioners,  ward- 
ens or  visitors,  or  untruthful  reports  about  poaching 
being  done, _ if  made  for  the  purpose  of  annoying  either 
the  _ Commissioners  or  wardens,  or  to  deceive  the 
public. 

6.  Dishonesty  or  untruthfulness  in  dealing  with 
sportsmen  or  visitors. 

7.  Failure  to  report,  either  to  a warden  or  the  Com- 
missioners, any  flagrant  vfblations  of  the  fish  and  game 
laws  coming  to  their  notice,  and  giving  names  or  viola- 
tors as  far  as  known. 


The  Laurentides  National  Park. 

The  object  of  the  Government  in  erecting  this  forest 
reservation  and  fish  and  game  preserve,  was,  first,  to 
furnish  an  example  to  the  rest  of  the  province  of  the 
good  results  obtainable  by  preserving  a natural  forest 
at  the  headwaters  of  important  rivers,  and  thus  se- 
curing an  even  and  well-maintained  water  supply; 
secondly,  to  demonstrate  that  by  intelligent  cutting  of 
the  mature  forest,  the  same  can  be  made  to  last  in 
perpetuity,  and  thirdly,  to  provide  a good  sized  area 
within  our  borders  where  fish,  game  of  all  descriptions, 
and  fur-bearing  animals,  would  be  allowed  to  propa- 
gate and  thus  insure  against  extinction,  any  variety  of 
same  indigenous  to  the  country. 

The  park  comprises  an  area  of  about  2,640  square 
miles,  or  1,689,600  acres,  and  is  situated  due  north  of 
Quebec  city.  The  whole  area  is  permanently  withdrawn 
from  sale,  for  settlement  or  other  purposes;  and  as  this 
area  has  always  been  noted  for  its  abundance  of  fish 
and  game,  no  better  allotment  in  this  respect  could  have 
been  made. 

The  tourist  sporting  public,  and  the  local  anglers  and 
hunters,  of  course,  regard  the  park  from  the  sports- 
man’s point  of  view,  and  this  is  practically  intended  to 
assist  any  of  the  above  in  deciding  upon  their  trips  in 
the  park. 

A certain  percentage  of  the  park  is  under  lease  to 
fish  and  game  clubs,  but  by  far  the  larger  part  of  the 
territory  is  open  to  the  public. 

Practically  speaking  there  is  but  one  species  of  fish 
to  be  found  in  the  Park,  viz.,  the  much  prized  brook 
trout,  but  in  Snow  Lake  there  are  large  numbers  of 
fork-tailed  trout.  Rumor  has  it  that  this  fish  is  to  be 
found  in  one  or  two  other  lakes,  but  the  fact  has  not  as 
yet  been  established. 

It  may  safely  be  asserted  that  the  park  contains  at 
present  a goodly  number  of  moose  owing  to  the  pro- 
tection afforded  during  the  last  eight  or  nine  years. 
Caribou  have  largely  increased  in  numbers  without 
question,  and  we  have  a few  red  deer — killing  prohibited 
entirely  at  present.  As  for  feathered  game,  the  ruffed 
grouse  must  have  largely  augmented  in  numbers,  while- 
the  usual  quota  of  migratory  wild  fowl  are  to  be  found 
in  the  rivers  and  lakes  in  September  and  October  of 
each  year. 

River  Jacq  ?es-Cartier. 

A drive  of  thirty  miles  from  Quebec,  over  good 
country  roads,  lands  the  sportsman  at  Bayard’s.  The 
scenery  going  up  is  unusually  fine,  particularly  from  the 
summit  where  the  Jacques  Cartier  River  is  first  seen.  A 
full  equipment  of  canoes,  tents,  etc.,  is  kept  here,  for 
which  a charge  of  $1  per  day  is  made.  Experienced 
guides,  Jos.  Isabel,  J.  Filion,  Beaulieu,  Minguy,  and 
others  at  $1.50  per  day  are  obtainable,  and  the  sports- 
man embarks  in  the  canoes  at  the  River  Cache,  three 
miles  above  Bayard’s.  From  this  point  the  angler  can 
look  for  sport  all  along  the  river,  notably  at  the  foot 
of  all  the  rapids.  Continuing  up  stream  surmounting 
the  Frappant,  Remou  Rond  and  Bouleau  rapids,  one 
reaches  the  mouth  of  the  River  Santoriski,  where  the 
fishing  is  excellent  and  opportunities  for  camping  are 
good. 

_ Continuing  by  easy  stages  the  party  proceeds  up 
river,  and  after  passing  several  rapids,  camps  say  just 
above  the  falls  known  as  Little  Portage,  a very  beauti- 
ful waterfall.  The  scenery  all  along  the  river  is  very 
fine,  and  from  the  Little  Portage  up  may  be  fairly 
termed  grand. 

Above  Little  Portage  the  river  is  somewhat  rougher 
than  below,  but  the  fishing  is  better,  scenery  grander 
and  bolder.  By  evening  the  sportsman  reaches  Grand 
Portage  and  makes  here  his  permanent  camps.  With- 
in easy  reach  are  half  a dozen  magnificent  pools,  in  all 
of  which  the  trout  run  up  to  five  pounds.  The  record 
fish  is  six  pounds.  About  a mile  or  so  above  the  camp, 
and  on  the  west  side,  there  is  a trail  through  level 
country  leading  up  to  the  Forks  and  here  ruffed  grouse 
can  be  found  in  fair  quantities,  while  there  is  always  a 
chance  of  encountering  bruin,  or  having  a shot  at  a 
caribou  or  a moose,  the  bottom  land  between  river  and 
mountains  being  narrow.  In  the  dead  waters  be- 
tween Little  Portage  and  Grand  Portage  the  guides  can 
show  the  sportsman  beaver  cabins  and  otter  slides,  while 
above  Grand  Portage  beaver  workings  in  abundance  are 
visible. 

The  River  Santoriski,  on  the  way  down  or  up  is 
well  worth  a visit.  A trail  leads  up  the  south  side  for 
several  miles,  and  many  beautiful  pools  are  met  with; 
some  remarkable  catches  of  heavy  trout  having  been 
made  here,  when  the  temperature  of  the  main  river 
water  is  high,  the  Santoriski  being  essentially  a cold- 
water  stream. 

There  is  good  caribou  and  moose  hunting  opposite 
and  inland  fr^m  Grand  Portage  on  the  west,  and  the 
basin  of  the  Riviere-a-la-Chute,  tributary  of  the  San- 
toriski, is  also  very  good.  This  latter  territory  will 
probably  be  opened  up  this  year,  and  trails  cut  leading 
to  the  principal  hunting  grounds'  and  lakes  therein. 

Graad  Lake  Jacq  res  Cartier. 

The  visitor  who  is  not  afraid  of  a little  hardship  and 
tramping,  caii  select  another  locality,  viz:  Grand  Lake 
Jacques  Cartier  and  vicinity,  about  57  miles  from 
Quebec.  The  old  colonization  road  leads  directly  to 
this  point ; branching  to  the  right  at  Stoneham  and 
following'  the  basin  of  the  Huron  River,  one  reaches 
River  Cache  over  a fair  road,  last  part  rather  rough. 
Thence  a buckboard,  without  steel  springs,  and  very 
strongly  constructed,  is  the  only  vehicle  capable  of 
surviving  the  trip,  and  the  sportsman  has  to  face  a 35- 
mile  tramp,  passing  on  the  way  Lakes  Regis,  Noel, 
Grand  and  Little  a l’Epaule  and  Lake  des  Roches,  in 
all  of  which  trout  from  one-quarter  of  a pound  to  two 
and  three  pounds  abound,  with  good  ruffed  grouse 
shooting  all  along.  A few  miles  beyond  latter  lake  one 
reaches  La  Mare,  a section  of  the  Montmorency  River 
and  a further  journey  of  nine  miles  brings  the  angler 
to  the  discharge  of  Grand  Lake  Jacques  Cartier,  where 
from  the  middle  of  August  to  Sept.  30  the  Government 
maintains  two  large  tents  for  the  accommodation  of 
yisitors  and  a couple  of  wooden  boats.  Within  a mile 
of  the  camping  ground  are  four  excellent  pools,  3 Jittl# 


further  up  two  more  exist,  and  a short  distance  from 
the  Grand  Lake  is  the  famous  pool,  where  most  of  the 
heavy  trout  of  this  region  have  been  taken.  The 
Salvelinus  fontinalis  in  these  waters  run  up  to  fully  ten 
pounds  in  weight,  and  in  any  of  the  above  pools  such 
fish  may  be  met  with. 

The  moose  and  caribou  hunting  in  the  vicinity  of  the 
Grand  Lake  is  excellent  and  the  character  of  the  coun- 
try is  favorable  for  such  sport.  The  valley  of  the  River 
Montmorency,  where  the  old  road  lies  close  to  same, 
is  very  beautiful.  Lake  of  Seven  Islands  and  Lake  Vert 
furnish  heavy  trout  from  one  pound  up  to  six  or  seven 
pounds.  There  is  also  good  fishing  at  the  islands  in 
the  middle  of  the  lake,  and  also  at  the  north  end,  but 
the  Grand  Lake  being  a large  sheet  of  water  is  a little 
risky  to  navigate^  in  small  boats,  being  subjected  to 
heavy  gusfs  of  winds  which  come  down  unexpectedly 
from  the  mountains. 

Hunting  in  the  “Great  Barrets”  and  Vicinity. 

This  renowned  hunting  tract  is  situated  wholly  with- 
in the  park,  in  the  basin  of  the  River  Murray,  and  can 
be  reached  by  two  routes,  firstly,  by  electric  railway 
from  Quebec  to  St.  Joachin,  thence  by  wagon  or  sleigh 
via  St.  Paul  Bay  and  St.  Urbain  to  Lac-a-la-Galette;  or, 
by  rail,  Quebec  to  River  Ouelle,  thence  across  the  St. 
Lawrence  to  Murray  Bay  and  by  vehicle  to  same  point. 
Both  routes  occupy  about  a day  and  a half  to  reach 
Galette  by  easy  traveling.  From  Galette  one  pro- 
ceeds by  trail  to  the  Hunting  Lodge,  westwardly  about 
eight  miles,  and  on  the  way  in  it  is  not  uncommon  for 
sportsmen  to  bag  a caribou.  The  lodge  is  40ft.  x 20ft. 
and  supplied  with  stoves,  cooking  utensils,  spring  cots 
and  blankets.  Guides  cost  $1.50  per  day.  Best  time 
for  hunting  Nov.  15  to  Dec.  31.  Large  herds  of  caribou 
are  frequently  seen  within  a radius  of  seven  or  eight 
miles  of  the  lodge,  once  over  a hundred  head  together 
being  counted.  The  “barrens”  extend  from  Lake 
Carre  to  some  seven  or  eight  miles  west  of  the  lodge 
each  side  of  the  river,  to  say  nothing  of  large  patches 
of  country  north  and  south  of  the  same  character. 

A day’s  journey  to  the  westward  brings  one  to  River 
a Jack,  tributary  of  the  Murray,  where  the  chances  for 
moose  are  excellent.  Another  good  place  for  moose 
is  on  the  west  side  of  the  River  de  l’Enfer,  just  north 
of  the  lodge,  and  very  accessible. 

About  ten  miles  north  of  Galette  by  the  St.  Urbain 
road  is  another  hunting  ground  equally  as  good  as  the 
“Great  Barrens”  for  caribou  and  known  as  La  Cruche, 
the  same  character  of  country  prevailing,  and  dotted 
here  and  there  with  lakes. 

On  either  of  these  tracts  one  is  practically  sure  of 
sport,  unless  extraordinary  weather  conditions  prevail, 
i.  e.,  from  Nov.  15  to  Dec.  31. 

In  September  and  October  for  moose  and  caribou, 
Riviere-a-Jack,  west  side  of  Riviere  de  l’Enfer,  and 
Riviere-a-Mars  lying  west  of  La  Cruche  are  all  good, 
and  it  is  the  exception  to  have  an  empty  bag. 

Good  country  accommodation  is  obtainable  at  St. 
Paul’s  Bay,  St.  Urbain  and  Galette. 

Fires,  Fees,  Fish  and  Game  Regulations. 

Sportsmen  are  particularly  requested  to  observe 
strictly  the  regulations  relating  to  extinguishing  thor- 
oughly camp-fires  and  smudges.  No  forest  fires  have 
as  yet  occurred  in  the  Park  from  sportsmen’s  camps, 
and  it  is  highly  desirable  that  this  state  of  affairs  shall 
continue  in  the  future. 

The  license  fee  for  fishing  in  the  park  for  non-resi- 
dents, is  $10  for  the  season,  and  $1  per  day  in  ad- 
dition, except  at  Grand  Lake  Jacques  Cartier,  where 
the  tariff  is  $4  per  day.  The  hunting  license  for  the 
season  is  $25  for  non-residents  and  a per  diem  charge 
of  $1,  except  in  the  barrens,  where  the  tariff  is  $2  per 
day,  privileges  of  the  lodge  thrown  in. 

The  law  allows  one  bull  moose,  and  two  caribou,  to 
each  sportsman.  No  limit  is  placed  on  feathered  game 
or  trout,  except  at  Grand  Lake  Jacques  Cartier  as  re- 
gards the  latter,  each  sportsman  being  allowed  five 
fish  of  three  pounds  and  upward,  but  as  many  more 
smaller  ones  as  may  be  necessary  for  all  reasonable 
camp  requirements. 

Lakes  des  Neiges  and  Vicinity. 

The  tract  on  rivers  Montmorency  and  Snow,  leased 
to  the  Quebec  Railway  Light  and  Power  Company,  is 
also  open  to  tourists  by  arranging  with  the  company. 
By  the  month  of  June  this  large  territory  will  be  thor- 
oughly in  a position  to  accommodate  visitors.  Trails 
have  been  cut,  boats  will  be  placed  on  all  the  lakes,  and 
Mr.  Baker,  the  manager,  has  laid  out  the  route  in  such 
a manner  that  new  territory  can  be  traversed  every  day 
of  the  trip  practically.  Trout  abound  in  all  the  lakes, 
the  fork-tailed  variety  in  Snow  Lake  being  a remark- 
able feature,  caribou  are  plentiful  and  moose  fairly 
abundant.  Applications  for  permits  on  this  tract  should 
be  made  to  J.  W.  Baker,  Kent  House,  Montmorenci. 

General  Remarks. 

This  coming  summer  the  old  road  leading  to  Grand 
Lake  Jacques  Cartier  will  be  made  practicable,  as  it 
is  the  intention  of  the  Government  to  have  a lot  of  work 
performed  on  same.  Sportsmen  will  then  be  able  to 
get  up  in  a buckboard  the  greater  part  of  the  way,  in- 
stead of  having  to  tramp  the  whole  distance  as  at 
present. 

That  portion  of  the  River  Ste.  Anne  de  Beaupre 
lying  within  the  park  would  certainly  be  a desirable  one 
for  a good  sized  club  to  take  up  for  fishing  and  hunt- 
ing, and  is  accessible  via  St.  Urbain,  or  in  rear  of 
Ste.  Anne  Station  on  the  O.  R.  L.  & P.  Co.’s  road. 

A tramping  and  canoe  trip  from  Quebec  to  Lake  St. 
John  through  the  center  of  the  park  via  Grand  Lake 
Jacques  Cartier  and  the  old  colonization  road,  would 
be  most  interesting  to  tourists,  and  if  sufficient  inter- 
est is  displayed  by  inquiring  sportsmen  regarding  same, 
the  Government  will  probably  take  the  necessary  steps 
to  open  up  that  portion  of  the  route  lying  between 
Lake  Jacques  Cartier  and  the  northern  boundary  of 
the  park. 

All  applications  for  permits  should  be  made  to  the 
Minister  of  Lands,  Mines  and  Fisheries,  Quebec,  P.  Q. 

A.  Turgeon, 

Minister  of  Lands,  Mines  and  Fisheries;, 


May  20,  1905.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


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Fishing  in  Maine  Waters, 

Cornish,  Me.,  May  12. — Anglers  in  this  section  are  in- 
deed having  a feast  this  season,  especially  with  respect 
to  pond  and  lake  fishing.  Not  within  many  years,  it  is 
generally  asserted,  have  so  many  fine  red-spots  been  taken 
from  the  ponds  of  York,  Oxford  and  Cumberland  coun- 
ties, while  the  salmon  fishing  has  been  something  phe- 
nomenal. Hundreds  of  this  gamy  species  have  been  cap- 
tured on  Sebago-  Lake  alone,  some  of  the  largest  weigh- 
ing in  the  neighborhood  of  eighteen  pounds.  Twenty-five 
were  known  to  be  taken  in  a single  day.  Ponds  of  this 
same  system  in  the  vicinity  of  Bridgton,  Denmark  and 
Harrison  have  also  yielded  record-breaking  catches  of 
this  fish,  the  extraordinarily  low  water  being  generally 
assigned  as  the  condition  favoring  the  sport. 

As  examples  of  the  quality  of  the  trout  fishing  we  sub- 
mit the  following  catches  by  local  anglers:  Melvin  Ricker 
and  Percy  Douglass,  seven  ranging  in  weight  from  \y2 
to  three  pounds;  Dr.  W.  S.  Fogg  and  Bion  Bradley,  five 
from  two  to  3%  pounds ; E.  E.  Brackett,  Will  and  Pres- 
ton Parker,  four  aggregating  thirteen  pounds;  Stephen 
Rounds  and  E.  L.  Watson,  three  each  averaging  about 
the  same — all  taken  on  Horn  Pond,  Leamington,  within 
ten  days,  and  as  handsome  red-spots  as  one  often  sees. 
W.  H.  Hatch,  registered  guide  and  taxidermist,  also  took 
some  good  trout  from  this  pond,  as  well  as  four  salmon 
at  Sebago  Lake  reaching  a total  of  thirty-six  pounds. 

The  brook  fishing  has  hardly  been  on  a level  with  the 
above,  the  scantiness  of  water  so  conducive  (if  the  theory 
be  correct)  to  good  results  in  the  larger  bodies,  seemingly 
having  a contrary  effect  on  the  smaller  streams.  A few 
warm  rains  are  necessary  it  is  believed  to  favor  this 
branch  of  the  sport.  Yet  a considerable  number  of  good 
strings  have  been  made,  particularly  on  Little  River, 
which,  all  things  considered,  is  perhaps  one  of  the  most 
remarkable  trout  streams  in  the  State.  For  a distance  of 
four  miles  it  runs  through  meadow  lands,  within  sight 
of  the  highway  for  the  most  part,  and  is  fished  almost 
constantly  in  season,  yet  annually  yields  scores  of  trout 
ranging  in  weight  from  one-half  to  1%  pounds.  With 
a tardy  recognition  of  the  worth  of  this  stream,  the  resi- 
dents of  this  town  in  which  it  is  situated,  have  secured  a 
law  from  the  Fish  and  Game  Commission  fixing  the  be- 
ginning of  close  season  at  June  1 instead  of  October  1 
as  heretofore.  This  move,  we  think,  can  safely  be  taken 
as  indicative  of  a growing  sentiment  in  our  midst  in  favor 
of  the.  better  protection  of  fish  and  game.  Many  of  our 
best  citizens  are  manifesting  the  deepest  interest  in  the 
subject,  which  is  the  case  generally,  we  are  confident, 
throughout  the  State.  Let  the  good  cause  flourish  and 
spread  until  it  has  secured  to  the  people  of  the  entire 
country,  now  and  forever,  their  most  pleasurable  and 
healthful  form  of  recreation.  Templar 


New  England  Waters. 

One  ex-president  of  the  Massachusetts  Fish  and  Game 
Protection  Association  who  has  every  year  an  invitation 
to  fish  on  several  private  streams,  says  he  derives  more 
satisfaction  in  taking  a few  trout  from  public  waters  than 
in  getting  a . basketful  from  any  brook  from  which  the 
general  public  is  excluded.  He  recently  returned  from 
the  Cape,  where  he  fished  an  open  stream  for  about  two 
miles,  and  secured  in  one  day  fourteen  trout  averaging 
half  a pound  and  fifteen  pickerel.  He  pronounced  it  one 
of  the  most  enjoyable  days  of  his  long  period  of  angling 
in  Massachusetts  waters  and  elsewhere. 

On  the  Tihonet  Club  brooks  Messrs.  A.  G.  Weeks,  Dr. 
M.  H.  Richardson,  the  noted  surgeon,  and  Luther  Little 
have  taken  a good  number  of  trout  since  the  opening  of 
the  season  (April  1).  Messrs.  Noble  and  Wheeler,  of 
Hyde  Park,  have  been  well  rewarded  for  their  skillful 
efforts  on  some  brooks  within  about  twelve  miles  of  Bos- 
ton, in  Norfolk  county. 

Several  Boston  men  have  secured  fair  strings  from 
■ brooks  in  Burlington,  Billerica  and  other  towns  to  the 
north  of  the  city.  Men  engaged  in  the  sale  of  fishing 
tackle  say  they  have  had  more  than  the  usual  calls  from 
customers,  and  just  now  many  are  buying  preparatory  to 
trips  into  Maine  and  New  Hampshire,  and  even  the  sal- 
mon fishermen  who  gO'  to  New  Brunswick  are  securing 
their  outfits. 

Messrs.  Joseph  Gridley,  of  Washington  street,  with 
three  companions,  recently  returned  from  Dan  Hole 
Pond,  N.  H.,  where  they  landed  several  salmon  from 
eight  to  twelve  pounds  in  weight.  This  party  in  a few 
days  will  leave  for  Grand  Lake  Stream,  Me.  Another 
party  that  will  leave  Boston  May  27  for  the  same  place  is 
composed  of  Dr.  Morris,  of  Charlestown,  the  celebrated 
moose  hunter,  with  Mrs.  Morris;  Dr.  E.  W.  Branigan 
and  Mr.  Nathan  Tufts.  Commissioner  Wentworth,  of 
New  Hampshire,  informe  me  that  they  are  having  “great 
luck”  with  lake  trout  and  salmon  in  the  large  lakes  of  the 
State.  He  says  Judge  Aldrich  at  Penacook  Lake  landed 
a salmon  that  weighed  sixteen  pounds.  Sunapee,  too,  has 
yielded  several  large  fish. 

The  same  is  true  of  Newfound  Lake.  Last  week  Mr. 
George  W.  Tenney,  of  Boston,  secured  a 22jYpound 
trout  from  Lake  Winnisquam— the  largest  of  the~season, 
though  it  is  claimed  a larger  one  has  been  captured.  One 
Barnet  Smith,  of  Sanbornton,  in  1859.  with  a spear  killed 
one  that  weighed  twenty-eight  pounds.  In  the  struggle 
Smith  lost  his  jack-light  overboard.  This  is  believed  to 
be  the  largest  ever  taken  from  the  lake.  The  biggest  trout 
ever  secured  by  hook  and  line  was  captured  some  eight 
years  ago  and  weighed  21)4  pounds,  being  about  three 
pounds  heavier  than  any  that  had  been  taken  by  angling 
prior  to  that  time;  so  in  the  opinion  of  resident  sports- 
men Mr.  Tenney’s  catch  beats  all  previous  records  by 
Jiook-and-line  fishing. 

Commissioner  Wentworth  says  the  Commission  is  now 


planting  half  a million  brook  trout  fry  for  the  reason  that 
they  have  not  room  to  keep  them  till  they  reach  the 
fingerling  stage.  The  Colebrook  hatchery  has  1,000,000 
fry,  the  one  at  Laconia  1,500,000.  They  are  salmon,  lake 
trout  and  brook  trout.  The  Commissioners  propose  to 
raise  all  the  salmon  and  about  half  a million  of  the  brook 
trout,  fry  to  fingerlings.  When  it  is  remembered  that  the 
Granite  State  has  a hatchery  run  by  the  Federal  Govern- 
ment it  would  seem  that  in  this  department  she  is  doing 
vastly  more  toward  keeping  up  the  supply  of  game  fish 
in  her  streams  and  lakes  than  Massachusetts  is  doing  for 
hers.  The  same  is  true  of  Maine,  probably  of  Vermont. 
Will  the  Old  Bay  State  ever  catch  up?  With  us  there 
is  a loud  call  for  more  fingerling  trout.  In  point  of  size 
of. the  fish  taken  from  their  lakes  this  season,  New  Hamp- 
shire and  Maine  are  running  a very  close  race.  Both  Clear- 
water and  Sebago  continue  to  give  up  big  salmon  to  the 
large  number  of  fishermen  who  are  reported  as  enjoying 
royal  sport. 

In  our  State  there  is  need  of  further  educational  work 
before  the  sportsmen  can  secure  a right-of-search  law 
adequate  for  the  securing  of  the  best  results  from  the 
labors  of  game  wardens. 

In  the  report  of  the  Massachusetts  Fish  and  Game  Com- 
mission for  1904  the  following  recommendation  is  made: 
“That  the  Commissioners  and  their  deputies  be  empow- 
ered to  approach  any  person  who  appears  to  be  hunting 
or,  fishing  or  killing  or  snaring  birds  or  mammals  illegal- 
ly” after  making  explanations  and  showing  evidence  of 
authority  to  demand  “in  the  name  of  the  Commonwealth” 
that  said  person  display  all  the  game,  fish,  etc.,  protected 
by  law  then  in  his  possession,  and  in  case  of  refusal  the 
officer  should  have  the  right  to  take  the  suspected  party 
to  the  nearest  police  station  or  before  a j ustice  where  the 
search  may  be  made,  and  that  in  doing  this  the  officer 
should  not  incur  personal  liability,  whatever  the  search 
might  reveal.  A bill  embodying  this  plan  was  favorably 
reported  by  the  committee  but  was  voted  down  in  the 
Senate  on  Thursday  by  a substantial  majority.  The  late 
chairman  of  the  board  repeatedly  stated  to  your  corre- 
spondent that  he.  would  never  desist  from  urging  this  ex- 
tension of  the  right-of-search  law  as  enacted  in  1904  so 
long  as  he  held  the  position  of  chairman  of  the  board. 
This  measure  was  deemed  by  him  as  of  the  highest  im- 
portance in  order  that  the  deputies  should  be  able  to  ac- 
complish the  work  for  which  they  were  employed.  He 
declared  that  it  was  a common  occurrence  for  a warden 
to  report  finding  persons  out  with  every  appurtenance 
for  killing  game  and  when  he  was  absolutely  sure  they 
had  birds  in  their  possession,  but  because  the  officer  had 
not  witnessed  the  act  of  killing  he  was  powerless.  The 
captain  had  no  patience  with  legislators  who  made  the 
objection  that  a search  law  was  “liable  to  be  abused.” 
His  wardens,  he.  said,  “could  be  trusted”  to  apply  the 
law  judiciously  in  the  interest  of  protection.  He  took 
the  ground  that  the  honest  hunter  or  fisherman  would 
not  obj  ect  to  showing  his  fish  or  game.  Central. 


Tarpon  Fishing:. 

New  York,  May  1 3.— Editor  Forest  and  Stream : I 
have  read  with  much  interest  the  letter  of  your  correspon- 
dent, Mr.  J.  A.  L.  Waddell,  on  tarpon  tackle  in  the  cur- 
rent issue  of  your  paper.  Taking  the  headings  in  the 
same  order  that  he  does,  I give  my  experiences  on  a trip 
from  which  I have  just  returned  in  the  hope  that  these 
may  be  of  some  use  to  others,  for  it  is  certainly  only 
through  such  experiences  that  one  learns  what  to  avoid. 

Hooks.- — I have  not  seen  the  large  Van  Vleck  hook 
sold  by  William  Mills  & Son,  as  recommended  by 
Mr.  Waddell  as  the  best,  those  I used  were  the  large 
Van  Vleck  hook  sold  by  Mr.  E.  Vom  Hofe.  The  only 
large  tarpon  hooks  by  Messrs.  Mills  that  I ever  saw 
were  lighter,  and  slightly  too-  long  in  the  barb  for  my 
liking;  I think  what  is  needed  is  a shorter  barb  with  a 
sharp  cutting  edge  on  the  inside,  as  on  the  Van  Vleck 
hook.  I always  used  to  file  the  points  to  a three-corner 
or  bayonet  point,  and  I fancy  on  hitting  a bone  they  are 
more  apt  to  hold  in  like  a peg.  The  Vom  Hofe  Van  Vleck 
hook  is  galvanized  and  I think  would  be  better  of  a 
darker  color,  especially  for  night  fishing.  I certainly  had 
many  more  strikes  than  either  of  my  two  friends  had,  the 
only  difference  in  our  fishing  being  that  I used  the  dark 
hook.  We  fished  the  same  places  at  the  same  time  and 
with  the  same  bait. 

Chains. — There  is  no  doubt  -the  idea  of  a chain  be- 
tween the  hook  and  the  piano  wire  is  a good  one,  for 
it  reduces  the  danger  of  a snap  through  the  wire  kinking. 
My  personal  experience  with  these  chains,  however,  was 
most  unfortunate,  as  I lost  five  hooks  through  the  link 
connecting  the  chain  to  the  eye  of  the  hook  giving  way. 
Examination  of  some  new  ones  showed  that  many  had 
not  been  brazed  at  all,  but  were  simply  pinched  together. 
As  the  maker  happened  to  be  fishing  next  to  me,  I took 
the  opportunity  to  point  out  this  to  him  and  return  him 
a few  of  . them.  This  fault  is  therefore  not  likely  to 
occur  again,  though  this  probability  by  no  means  ex- 
cuses such  carelessness  in  such  very  expensive  tackle. 
Messrs.  Mills  I notice  use  a much  larger  connecting  link 
and  it  is  well  brazed.  I should  think  a small  split  link 
could  be  made  for  this  purpose  on  the  same  principle  as 
those  used  for  piecing  yachts’  chains,  and  I will  cer- 
tainly get  some  made  when  I return  to  England  next 
month. 

Wire.— -Though  I purchased  mine  from  Mr.  E.  Vom 
Hofe  about  -two  months  ago,  he  never  mentioned  his  new 
rustless  wire  to  which  your  correspondent  refers,  and  so 
I had  no  opportunity  to-  try  it.  Certainly  rust  is  a great 
drawback  to  the  use  of  ordinary  steel  wire.  I would 
think  phosphor  bronze  wire  would  do,  but  personally  I 
intend  to  try  having  the  ordinary  steel  wire  "plated  with 
silver.  It  should  not  add  much  to  the  cost,  and  if  it 


answers,,  as  it  certainly  should  do,  it  would  more  than 
repay  this  extra  expense. 

Sinkers. — Those  at  present  in  use  and  as  at  present 
attached  could  hardly  be  improved  upon. 

Lines.— I quite  agree  with  your  correspondent  that  a 
36  line  is  the  best  all-round  line  to  use.  In  my  opinion, 
the  “sporting”  part  of  it  does  not  come  into  the  question 
at  all.  One  does  not  put  pressure  on  a 36  line  sufficient 
to  break  a 27,  or  even  a 24,  and  if  one  did  systematically, 
many  fish  would  be  lost,  not  from  the  line  breaking,  but 
through  the  hold  breaking  out.  On  the  other  hand,  the 
line  lasts  much  longer  and  a big  jewfish  or  shark  can 
be  brought  up  by  hand-lining  it  and  at  least  a lot  of  line 
saved  which  otherwise  would  be  taken  by  these  pests. 
Another  reason  for  good  strong  all-round  tackle  is  that 
when  one  does  hook  that  300-pound  tarpon,  the  mortify- 
ing knowledge  of  having  had  too  light  tackle  need  not 
be  added  to  the  ever-ready  reasons  for  not  landing  it. 

“Fish  for  the  very  largest”  is  my  motto.  In  tuna  fish- 
ing at  Catalina  I understand  the  heaviest  line  allowed  by 
the  club  is  a 24,  and  no  reel  with  a handle  stopper  or 
Rabbeth  handle  is  allowed,  and  yet  with  the  addition  of 
at  least  one  of  these,  namely,  a heavier  line,  the  largest 
fish  ever  landed  on  rod  and  line  would  not  now  be  avoid- 
ing Catalina.  After  a fight  of  eleven  hours  and  twenty- 
three  minutes  it  was  lost  through  the  line  wearing  out 
from  the  continuous  friction.  Now  tarpon  are  scarce 
and  tuna  more  so,  so.  why  not  use  the  strongest  possible 
tackle,  of  course  within  reason,  say  a 30  line? 

Reels.- — This  question  of  reels  is  a difficult  one,  and 
so.  far  I . have  not  yet  come  across  a reel  which,  in  my 
opinion,  is  anywhere  near  perfect.  My  objections  to  the 
latest  E.  Vom  Hofe  reel,  which  I got  for  this  trip,  are 
several.  I think  the  reel  should  be  larger  and  while  the 
drag  on  the  left  hand  side,  which  prevents  over-running, 
is  excellent  for  this  purpose,  it  soon  wears  out.  More- 
over, it  is  not  adjustable  nor  is  it  mechanically  correct, 
as  it  pushes  on  one  plate  and  has  a tendency  to  push  the 
barrel  of  the  reel  over  to  one  side.  The  check  on  the 
right  or  handle,  side  of  the  reel  is  actuated  by  a slide 
which  must  be  lifted  by  the  finger  to  be  put  in  action  and 
depressed  by  the  thumb  to  be  put  out  of  action ; this  is 
exactly  the  reverse  of  what  it.  should  be,  for  it  is  difficult 
and  dangerous  to  raise  this  slide  with  a fish  on,  and  cer- 
tainly if  this  slide  must  be  there  then  it  should  come  into 
action  by  depressing  it  with  the  thumb.  Next,  the  stop 
which  comes  out  to  prevent  the  handle  revolving  is  sure- 
ly in  the  wrong  place,  situated  as  it  is  in  such  a position 
that  should  one  miss  lifting  the  slide  or  get  one’s  fingers 
in  between  the  handle  and  the  stop,  a broken  or  severely 
bruised  finger  would  be  the  result;  all  this  would  be 
avoided  by  putting  this  stop  on  that  part  of  the  plate 
which  points  toward  the  top  of  the  rod  and  actuating  it 
by  a similar  arrangement  to  that  on  the  left  side.  The 
handle  piece  also  could  be  made  somewhat  longer  with 
advantage,  so  as  to  allow  of  two  fingers  at  least  being 
employed  in  winding.  . As  for  the  drag  itself,  I am  by 
no  means  in  favor  of  its  use  for  tarpon  or  any  fish  that 
breaks  water.  I know  the  makers  would  say:  “Don’t  use 
it  till  the  fish  has  done  jumping,”  but  when  has  a tarpon 
made  his  last  jump?  And  I lost  so  many  fish  with  it  that 
I gave  up  using  it  altogether.  For  deep  water  fighting 
fish  such  as  jewfish,  shark,  and  I have  no  doubt  tuna,  it 
is  excellent,  but  what  is  wanted  is  an  adjustable  drag 
which  can  be  worked  by  the  thumb,  but  not  working  by 
rubbing  on  the  line  as  at  present.  I have'  in  my  mind  a 
device  which  should  answer  this  purpose  and  which  I 
will  have  fitted  to  my  reels  if  possible  for  next  season. 

. Rods. — There  are  so  many  good  rods  made  now  that 
it  is  hard  to  avoid  a good  one.  I used  a greenheart  rod 
made  seven  years  ago  in  Ireland  and  found  it  answered 
perfectly. 

Butt  Sockets. — -I  think  a cup  or  ball  of  phosphor 
bronze  would  be  better  than  the  leather  now  used,  as  it 
would  allow  of  more  movement. 

Of  leg  pads  I know  nothing,  nor  for  what  purpose  they 
are  employed,  but  would  like  to-  hear  what  they  are  for. 

This  exhausts  the  points  referred  to  by  Mr.  Waddell, 
and  I shall  look  forward  to  reading  what  hints  he  and 
others  have  to  give  us  in  the  future.  While  fishing  at  Boca 
Grande  this  season  I noticed  one  old  English  sportsman 
had  devised  an  idea  for  preventing  the  line  coming  in  as 
wet  as  it  generally  does,  by  winding  some  cord  or  bath 
towel  round  the  rod  between  the  first  and  second  guides. 

r 6Jdea  seemed  to  me  excellent,  but  I fear  with  the  use 
of  the  leather  thumb  break  it  would  not  work,  as  plenty 
of  water  is  necessary  to  prevent  the  burning  of  the 
leather.  Referring  back  to  the  question  of  reels,  I would 
like  to  see  another  cog  wheel  put  in,  to  allow  of  the  reel 
running  in  the  same  direction  as  the  handle,  and  so  get- 
ting a better  lead  for  the  line.  I find  with  the  last  guide 
so  far  from  the  reel,  when  the  rod  bends  the  line  is  apt 
to  come  below  it.  By  this  arrangement  the  line  would 
come  m with  a much  better  lead  to  the  reel. 

And  now  as  to  the  question  of  tarpon  fishing  gener- 
ally and  the  best  time  and  place  to  fish  for  big  fish.  It 
would  seem  to  me  that  the  surest  places  for  big  fish  are 
m those  passes  which  lead  to  large  rivers,  such  as  Boca 
Grande,  Captiva  and  others.  This  year  the  season  was 
very  late  and  but  few  fish  had  been  caught  in  these  passes 
when  I was  there.  I say  surest,  for  undoubtedly  when  the 
fish  are  there  absolutely  certain  sport  is  to  be  had  on  each 
tide.  The  fish  are  evidently  bound  for  these  rivers  to 
breed,,  and  once  they  taste  the  fresh  water  and  are  sure 
of  their  breeding  ground  they  hover  about  in  these  passes 
ready  at  any  moment  to  go  up,  whereas  at  Indian  Key, 
Bai.e  Hundy  and  such  places,  many  miles  from  any  rivers] 
while  fish  are  often  to  be  got  there,  there  is  no  certainty 
about  it,  and  I believe  they  are  only  fish  passing  in  from 
the  sea  on  their  way  to  the  shore.  Such  a school  came 
into  Indian  Key  when  we  were  there,  and  we  had  a won- 
derful night’s  fishing.  Everyone  had  as  much  fishing  as 
he  could  stand.  They  struck  at  everything;  unfortunately 


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it  was  all  night  fishing,  and  so  lost  most  of  its  charm.  In 
fact,  in  our  thirty  days’  fishing  we  did  not  get  any  fish 
in  the  daylight,  excepting  perhaps  a few  small  ones  at 
Shark  Creek.  At  this  latter  place  I believe  they  can  be 
got  at  any  time,  but  they  run  small,  from  fifteen  to  sev- 
enty-five pounds,  and  I should  say  are  fish  that  have  not 
been  to  sea  very  far;  in  other  words,  those  that  have  been 
bred  there.  The  small  fish,  mosquitoes- and  night  fishing 
entirely  take  away  all  the  charm  of  this  place.  We  found 
shrimp  the  best  bait  when  the  fish  are  striking  on  the  top 
of  the  water,  and  needle  fish  the  best  at  Indian  Key.  For 
the  capture  of  these  latter  a small  mesh  cast-net  should 
be  taken,  otherwise  they  can  only  be  shot  with  a bullet. 
Mullet  are  scarce  at  Indian  Key  but  needle  fish  plentiful. 
I would  like  to  hear  the  opinion  of  sportsmen  as  to  the 
relative  fighting  of  tarpon  caught  in  the  passes  and  those 
caught  still-fishing.  My  experience  is,  that  while  those  I 
caught  many  years  ago  still-fishing  fought  very  hard, 
sometimes  taking  some  hours  to  land,  that  it  was  due  to 
inexperience  and  bad  tackle.  I have.  always  looked  on 
still-fishing  as  the  capture  of  a maimed  fish,  since  I 
caught  some  which  came  up  with  hardly  a struggle,  being 
hooked  very  far  down  and  probably  being  pricked  with 
the  hook  in  a vital  part.  Since  then  I have  never  cared 
for  this  kind  of  fishing.  In  Captiva  I have  had  some  big 
fights,  but  there  again  the  current  is  in  the  fish’s  favor, 
and  again  I had  the  old  reels  which  were  difficult  to  keep 
from  overrunning.  In  Indian  Ivey,  where  the  current  is 
not  very  great  and  equipped  with  these  new  reels,  I had 
no  difficulty  in  handling  what  fish  I got,  but  I have  heard 
it  said  that  a fish  hooked  by  the  mouth,  as  in  pass  fish- 
ing, cannot  fight  so  hard  in  consequence  of  his  mouth 
being  continuously  pulled  open. 

All  these  questions  are  interesting  and  the  opinions  of 
sportsmen  who  have  caught  both  on  the  same  tackle 
would  be  more  so.  Lorenzo  Henry. 


Fish^ancT  Fishing, 


Canadian  Trout  are  Now  Rising. 

W.  J.  Darlington,  of  Quebec,  one  of  the  neatest  fly- 
casters  in  Canada,  drove  out  to  Lake  Beauport  on 
May  Day,  the  opening  day  of  the  Canadian  trout  sea- 
son, and  succeeded  in  creeling  a baker’s  dozen  of  the 
silvery  beauties  of  that  exceptionally  beautiful  sheet 
of  water,  employing  no  other  lure  than  the  artificial 
fly.  This  was  exceptionally  good  luck,  as  well  as  good 
fishing,  for  fly-casting  seldom  succeeds  so  early  in  the 
season  as  this  on  the  lakes  to  the  north  of  Quebec. 
Very  few  of  the  lakes  along  the  line  of  the  Quebec 
and  Lake  St.  John  Railway  were  altogether  free  of 
ice  until  the  second  week  of  the  present  month,  though 
the  Jacques  Cartier  River,  Lake  St.  Joseph,  and  some 
of  the  other  waters  in  the  neighborhood  of  these  latter 
were  clear  some  days  earlier.  From  Lake  Edward 
comes  the  intelligence  that  the  ice  broke  up  about  the 
8th  inst.,  and  that  several  fine  trout  were  caught  by 
bait  a few  days  later.  The  best  of  the  spring  fishing 
in  this  body  of  water  is  expected  this  year  after  about 
the  20th  inst.  At  present  writing  the  ice  has  left  all 
the  lakes  between  Quebec  and  Lake  St.  John,  though 
little  or  nothing  has  yet  been  done  by  fly-fishermen,  for 
the  water  is  still  rising  in  both  streams  and  lakes. 
Lake  Kenogami  was  about  the  last  of  the  northern 
lakes  to  become  clear  of  ice  this  season.  On  Lake 
St.  John,  the  last  of  the  ice  disappeared  about  the  same 
time  as  it  did  from  Lake  Edward,  and  navigation  was 
funy  opened  there  on  the  10th  of  May. 

While  bait-fishing  in  the  more  northerly  lakes  is 
not  likely  to  give  way  to  successful  fly-fishing  before 
the  third  week  of  the  month,  it  is  still  more  probable 
that  the  latter  sport  will  not  amount  to  very  much 
until  after  the  24th  inst. 

It  is  likely  to  be  fully  as  late  before  the  ouananiche 
fishing  in  the  Roberval  bays,  and  in  the  mouths  of  the 
Metabetchouan  and  Ouiatchouan  rivers  at  Lake  St. 
John  will  be  worth  anything.  The  water  of  the  ljflce  is 
quite  low  at  present,  the  lateness  of  the  season,  and 
the  cold  weather  that  prevailed  well  into  the  present 
month  having  delayed  the  melting  of  the  snow  and  ice 
on  the  northern  feeders  of  the  big  lake  and  in  the 
forests  drained  by  them.  Though  now  rising  rapidly, 
it  will  be  some  time  before  the  high  spring  level  of  the 
water  is  reached,  and  the  best  of  the  fishing  will  only 
set  in  when  the  water  has  commenced  to  fall. 

New  Fishing  Waters. 

While  there  is  no  doubt  whatever  that  the  lease  of 
large  fishing  and  hunting  territories  to  American  and 
other  clubs,  has  had  for  effect  the  very  efficient  pro- 
tection of  fish  and  game  in  many  of  the  districts  of  the 
Province  of  Quebec,  sportsmen  who  are  not  fortunate 
enough  to  be  lessees  of  such  rights  themselves,  or  to 
belong  to  clubs  possessing  them,  have  at  times  found 
it  difficult,  without  traveling  long  distances,  to  find 
good  free  fishing  waters.  The  rapidly  increasing  num- 
ber of  American  anglers,  who  now  come  to  northern 
Quebec  for  their  fishing,  has  accentuated  this  fact. 
Realizing  the  increased  demands  for  fishing  privileges 
which  must  shortly  prevail,  the  Quebec  and  Lake  St. 
John  Railway  has  taken  time  by  the  forelock  in  con- 
nection with  the  new  branch  line  of  railway  which  it 
is  building  from  a little  south  of  Lake  Edward,  through 
the  interior  of.  the  province  to  the  falls  of  La  Tuque  on 
the  St.  Maurice  River.  This  line  of  railway  which 
branches  off  from  the  line  of  the  Quebec  and  Lake  St. 
John  Railway,  some  78  miles  from  Quebec,  is  40  miles 
in  length  and  traverses  a country  very  rich  in  trout 
waters.  Judging  that  these  would  be  quickly  snapped 
up  by  private  lessees,  the  railway  company  has  leased 
most  of  them  itself,  in  order  that  free  fishing  may  be 
at  the  disposal  of  the  patrons  of  the  road.  The  new 
line  will  be  open  to  traffic  next  winter. 

Salmon  Fishing. 

More  inquiries  than  ever  for  salmon  fishing  rights 
have  been  received  here  this  spring,  but  it  is  needless 
to  say  that  there  is  nothing  of  the  kind  lying  around 
loose,  waiting  to  be  picked  up,  just  now.  And  those 
that  have  salmon  fishing  are  taking  every  means  to 
properly  protect  it.  Mr.  J.  J.  Hill  sent  two  very  prom- 


FOREST AND  STREAM. 


inent  lawyers  here  last  week  to  oppose  a bill  which 
was  before  the  Legislature,  in  the  interests  of  a 
Canadian  lumberman,  asking  for  authority  to  erect 
dams,  piers,  etc.,  in  the  St.  John  River  of  Labrador, 
for  the  salmon  fishing  of  which  Mr.  Hill  pays  $3,000 
yearly  to  the  government  of  the  Province  of  Quebec. 
Because  it  was  shown  that  the  proposed  “improve- 
ments” in  the  river  would  injure  and  perhaps  ruin  its 
salmon  fisheries,  the  bill  was  rejected  by  the  Legisla- 
ture. Another  bill,  which  is  likely  to  become  law,  is 
now  before  the  Legislature,  the  object  of  which  is  to 
prohibit  the  running  of  logs  in  salmon  rivers  between 
the  25th  of  June  and  the  15th  of  August  following.  It 
stands  to  reason  that  the  running  of  logs  , while  the 
salmon  are  ascending  the  rivers  to  their  spawning  beds 
is- of  a nature  to  materially  interfere  with  their  pro- 
gress up  stream. 

Salmon  in  New  Brunswick  are  Not  Decreasing. 

I have  just  read  the  last  report  of  Mr.  H.  E.  Harrison, 
one  of  the  fishery  inspectors  of  New  Brunswick,  and 
am  convinced  that  he  is  much  more  correct  in  his  con- 
clusions as  to  the  salmon  supply  of  some  at  least  of 
the  rivers  of  New  Brunswick,  than  are  those  who  would 
have  us  to  believe  that  the  increase  of  fishcultural 
operations  results  in  a diminished  supply  of  salmon  in 
the  rivers  in  which  the  fry  are  planted.  The  mistake 
made  by  these  latter  is  that  they  base  their  estimate  of 
the  supply  of  fish  upon  the  returns  of  the  net  fishermen 
as  to  the  number  caught  by  them  from  year  to  year. 
The  incorrectness  of  this  reasoning  is  thus  exposed 
by  Mr.  Harrison:  “A  slight  falling  off  in  the  quantity 

of  this  (salmon),  the  most  valuable  fish  caught  in  this 
district,  can  scarcely  be  attributed  to  a smaller  run,  or 
to  less  of  them  passing  up  the  St.  John  River;  in  fact, 
I think  I can  disprove  any  statement  to  that  effect,  by 
evidence  which  I will  submit  with  this  report,  from 
one  who  is  in  position  to  know  the  facts.  I feel  safe  in 
saying  that  the  decrease  in  quantity  taken  is  the  result  of 
better  protection,  made  possible  by  your  department 
giving  me  an  extra  guardian  the  first  part  of  the  sea- 
son, and  two  during  the  latter  part  of  it,  whereby  con- 
siderable illegal  fishing  was  prevented.  The  surface 
fly-fishing  on  the  Tobique  River  was  grand  the  past 
season,  and  those  who  could  afford  the  pleasure  were 
delighted  with  the  results.” 

What  the  Head  Warden  of  the  Tobique  Salmon  Club  Says. 

The  evidence  adduced  by  Mr.  Harrison  is  contained 
in  the  report  of  Mr.  T.  F.  Allen,  head  warden  of  the 
Tobique  Salmon  Club,  to  the  local  fishery  overseer. 
Mr.  Allen  is  a citizen  of  the  United  States  who  has  for 
some  years  looked  after  the  interest  of  the  club.  He 
says  among  other  things:  “As  to  the  fishing  on  the 

Tobique  River  during  the  last  season,  I am  pleased  to 
say  that  it  was  the  best  in  the  history  of  the  Tobique 
Salmon  Club.  This  was  due  principally  to  the  im- 
provement in  the  protection  of  the  fish  in  the  non-tidal 
waters  of  the  St.  John.  Without  such  assistance  very 
few  salmon  would  be  able  to  pass  the  numerous  nets 
such  as  would  be  in  use,  unless  compelled  to  abide  by 
the  laws  in  connection  with  such  protection,  by  the 
Dominion  government  on  the  St.  John  River.  The 
salmon  are  well  protected  after  they  enter  the  Tobique 
River.  Twenty  men,  residents  of  the  vicinity,  are  con- 
stantly on  duty  as  wardens  on  the  Tobique  River,  from 
June  1 to  Nov.  1.  While  the  season  for  taking  salmon 
expires  Aug.  15,  the  wardens  are  retained  to  protect 
the  fish  through  the  spawning  season,  and  until  they 
leave  that  stream  to  return  to  sea,  these  guardians  are 
kept  at  the  expense  of  the  club.  The  fry  placed  in  the 
Tobique  River  each  season  from  the  Dominion 
hatchery,  at  Grand  Falls,  are  undoubtedly  a great  bene- 
fit in  supplying  a stock  of  salmon  for  the  river.  During 
the  present  season,  there  were  more  salmon  in  the 
Tobique  River  for  spawning  (after  the  season  closed  for 
taking  them),  than  I ever  saw  at  one  time;  they  could 
be  counted  by  the  thousand.  This  means  a grand  supply 
for  the  future.  A grand  feature  in  connection  with  the 
fishing  of  the  past  season,  was  that  at  no  time  after 
the  salmon  arrived  was  there  a day  up  to  the  close  of 
the  season,  but  salmon  could  be  taken  with  a fly,  as 
far  as  the  condition  of  the  water  was  concerned.  We 
had  some  rain  but  not  enough  at  any  time  to  put  the 
river  above  a fishing  pitch,  or  to  make  it  so  dirty  that  a 
fish  could  not  outline  a fly  distinctly.  * * * The 

members  of  the  Tobique  Salmon  Club  and  their  guests 
killed  about  325  fish,  including  salmon  and  grilse,  and 
in  private  pools  controlled  by  Lord  Strathcona  and 
residents  on  the  river,  there  were  many  fish  killed,  the 
exact  number  of  which  I cannot  state.” 

E^T.  D.  Chambers. 

[The  Dolphin  as  a Pilot. 

“Pelorous  Jack”  is  the  name  of  an  old  dolphin  which 
is  protected  by  a special  act  of  the  New  Zealand  Legisla- 
ture. The  official  proclamation  of  the  Government  pro- 
hibits any  interference  with  Pelorous  Jack  under  a pen- 
alty of  £100. 

According  to  an  old  sailor’s  tale,  a shoal  of  dolphins 
grounded  on  the  shores  of  Cook  Strait  forty  years  ago, 
and  one  of  them  escaped  into  the  sea.  That  one,  which 
is  now  acknowledged  to  be  Pelorous  Jack,  never  left  the 
locality  where  he  lost  his  companions,  and  “he  is  now 
protected  by  law  as  he  has  always  been  by  sentiment.” 

The  most  remarkable  fact  of  all  is  the  reason  for  the 
passage  of  the  law,  which  is  that  Pelorous  Jack  acts  as  a 
most  effective  pilot,  escorting  all  kinds  of  vessels  in  and 
out  of  the  French  Pass,  Cook  Strait,  always  keping  to 
deep  water. 

For  years  he  was  believed  to  be  a beluga,  or  white 
whale,  but  recent  scientific  investigation  has  shown  that 
he  is  really  a dolphin.  As  he  is  never  absent  from  his 
duties,  the  proclamation  has  been  received  with  keen  sat- 
isfaction throughout  Australasia  by  sailors  who  have  to 
use  the  French  Pass. — London  Express. 


As  teachers  of  patience  in  fishing,  black  bass  stand  at 
the  head  of  the  list,  and  in  their  intercourse  with  fisher- 
men, especially  in  its  early  stages,  they  are  the  most  ag- 
gravating and  profanity-provoking  animal  that  swims  in 
fresh  water. — Grover  Cleveland. 


Tarpon  at  Fort  Myers* 

Of  the  April  and  May  tarpon  fishing  at  Fort  Myers, 
Fla.,  the  Press  of  that  town  says  in  the  current  issue: 
“If  the  many  fishermen  who  were  here  in  February. and 
March  making  strenuous  efforts  to  entice  the  wily  silver 
king  to  take  their  bait  had  been  fishing  for  the  past 
week,  there  would  have  been  an  old-time  tarpon  record 
that  would  have  run  into  the  hundreds.  As  it  is,  there 
were  only  a half  dozen  here  to  enjoy  the  fine  sport,  as 
the  river  is  now  alive  with  tarpon,  from  Four  Mile 
Island  up  to  the  railroad  bridge,  and  any  morning  they 
may  be  seen  leaping  out  of  the  water  by  scores.  With 
but  a half  dozen  persons  fishing  the  record  for  the  past 
week  equals  that  of  the  entire  season  previous  to  this. 
Two  more  prominent  names  of  titled  foreigners  are 
added  to  the  roll  of  honor  for  landing  the  gamest  fish 
that  swims — they  are  Baron  and  Baroness  Von  Tuyll  . 
Von  Serooskerken,  from  Holland,  the  Baron  being  the 
accredited  representative  of  his  country  at  Washington. 
The  Baron  and  Baroness  each  landed  two  fine  tarpon, 
and  their  success  will  undoubtedly  be  the  means  of 
sending  others  of  the  diplomatic  corps  at  Washington 
to  try  their  luck  here  next  season.  Another  couple 
who  have  gained  fame  as  tarpon  anglers  are  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  E.  M.  Statler,  of  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  Mr.  Statler  has 
shown  his  capacity  for  operating  the  largest  hotel  in 
the  world,  and  now  has  shown  that  he  can  subdue  the 
greatest  piscatorial  fighter  of  the  Gulf,  and  it  is  a ques- 
tion between  Mrs.  Statler  and  himself  as  to  which  is  . 
the  better  angler.  Mrs.  Statler  has  a firm  hold  on  the 
record  for  the  greatest  number  of  tarpon  taken  by  a ; 
lady  this  season,  landing  six  silver  beauties,  averaging 
97  pounds  in  weight,  the  largest  weighing  130  pounds.  • 
She  also  accomplished  the  rare  feat  for  a lady  of  land- 
ing two  tarpons  in  one  day,  which  she  did  on  April  28. 
Mr.  Statler  has  a record  of  seven  tarpon,  two  of 
these  being  landed  on  last  Saturday,  weighing  170  and 
100  pounds  respectively.  The  well-known  tarpon 
anglers,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  Ashby  Jones,  have  both  added  | 
to  their  scores  the  past  week,  Mrs.  Jones  celebrating 
May  Day  by  landing  two  beauties  weighing  118  and  120 
pounds.  Mr.  Jones  landed  six  tarpon  the  past  week, 
two  on  April  27  and  two  yesterday.  On  Tuesday  he 
brought  in  what  was  undoubtedly  the  largest  silver  king 
killed  this  season.  He  weighed  182  pounds,  and  the 
girth  measurement  would  make  him  go  above  this 
weight.  Mr.  Jones’  record  for  the  season  up  to  yester- 
dav  was  eleven  tarpon,  and  he  will  likely  increase  this 
to  twenty-five  in  the  next  week.  More  tarpon  have 
been  taken  at  Fort  Myers  this  season  than  all  the 
catches  combined  elsewhere  in  the  State.” 


New  York  and  Pennsylvania 
Fishing  Notes. 

Sayre,  Pa.,  May  13.— Mr.  E.  S.  Worthington,  of  Sayre, 
and  a congenial  party  of  angling  friends,  spent  a few  days 
the  early  part  of  the  week  along  some  of  the  most  likely 
streams  in  the  vicinity  of  Satterfield,  this  State,  and 
brought  home  140  trout  of  nice  size  and  a supply  of  ang- 
ling tales  rich  with  the  flavor  of  the  outdoor  life. 

Charles  Northrup  and  some  friends  were  on  the 
Shrader,  below  Towanda,  for  a part  of  the  week,  but 
caught  only  eighty-four  trout,  and  advise  that  not  many 
trout  are  being  taken  from  the  streams  in  that  section 
this  season,  although  ordinarily  fine  sport  is  due  the 
angler  working  out  that  section  of  country. 

Local  streams  are  not  yielding  results  equal  to-  those 
of  former  years,  and  all  in  all,  from  reports  which  come 
to  me,  it  would  appear  that  either  the  trout  supply  is  less 
than  usual  or  the  conditions  for  the  best  fishing  have 
not  sufficiently  developed. 

From  the  streams  over  along  the  Auburn  Division  of 
the  Lehigh  Valley,  between  Owego  and  Groton,  N.  Y., 
reports  are  far  more  satisfying. 

A good  many  fine  creels  of  trout  have  been  taken  from 
streams  about  Harford  Mills,  McLean  and  from  the  head 
waters  of  Fall  Creek,  near  Groton.  In  all  that  country 
the  big  green  meadows  reach  away  to  the  horizon  line, 
and  the  streams,  big  and  little,  many  of  them  really 
diminutive,  afford  about  as  easy  fishing  as  one  can  hope 
for. 

The  streams  in  the  vicinity  of  Slaterville  and  Speeds- 
ville,  probably  best  reached  from  Rich  ford  on  the  Auburn 
line  above  referred  to,  or  from  Ithaca,  have  thus  far,  it 
is  reported,  yielded  unsatisfactory  results,  counting  re- 
sults upon  the  basis  of  trout  taken,  but  the  fishing  is 
through  a picturesque  bit  of  country  which  in  itself 
affords  the  angler  compensations  above  the  world’s  lucre. 

The  largest  California  trout  said  to  have  been  taken 
from  any  stream  around  Ithaca  within  recent  years  was  ■ 
caught  by  a Cornell  University  student  one  afternoon  last 
week  in  Buttermilk  Creek,  below  the  locally  famous  But- 
termilk Falls.  The  trout  when  measured  reached  the  tape 
at.  2214  inches,  and  weighed  3)4  pounds. 

Pickerel  and  pike  fishing  at  the  Ithaca  end  of  Cayuga 
Lake  has  been  of  a decidedly  pleasing  sort  for  some  time 
past.  Last  Saturday  night  John  R.  Woodford,  of  Ithaca, 
caught  the  largest  pike  ever  taken  from  the  local  waters 
of  the  lake,  so  far  as  the  present  generation  has  knowl- 
edge. the  fish  weighing:  14H  pounds.  Thousands  of  pike 
fry  have  been  distributed  in  the  lake  at  Ithaca,  and  under, 
the  thorough  protective  measures  now  enforced,  the  fish- 
ing should  continue  to  be  satisfactory. 

At  Sherburne,  N.  Y.,  May  6,  William  Friar  caught 
from  the  Chenango  River  a brown  trout  which  weighed; 
seven  pounds  and  two  ounces  and  measured  twenty-seven 
inches  long.  Through  the  effort  of  Assemblyman  Carrier 
this  fish  was  presented  to  Lewis  E.  Carr,  of  Albany.  And 
in  this  connection  it  may  be  worth  while  to  state  that  ad- 
vices from  the  fine  old  Chenango  are  to  the  effect  that 
excellent  catches  of  brown  trout  have  been  made  this 
spring  from  those  waters. 

Coming  nearer  home  I hear  that  in  the  Susquehanna’ 
River,  between  Sayre  and  Owego,  large  distributions  of! 
pike  fry  have  within  the  week  been  made,  the  evident 
determination  being  to  keep  the  supply  of  these  fish  up1 
to  normal  conditions.  Perhaps  the  very  best  pike  fishing 
for  the  entire  length  of  the  Susquehanna  is  to  be  had 


May  20,  1905.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


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from  the  New  York  and  Pennsylvania  State  line  up  to 
within  a short  distance  of  Owego. 

Speaking  of  the  Susquehanna  reminds  me  that  among 
the  papers  bearing  upon  property  rights,  real  estate  trans- 
fers, etc.,  one  often  gets  an  illuminating  insight  into  the 
importance  once  attaching  to  the  shad  fisheries  of  the 
river  hereabouts.  Old  deeds  and  records  make  conspicu- 
ous mention  of  shad  fishing  rights  reserved  for  individ- 
uals and  bodies  of  individuals. 

An  old  resident  of  this  section  told  the  writer  recently 
that  shad  were  at  one  time  so  plentiful  that  farmers 
utilized  the  fish  for  fertilizer,  a big  husky  shad  serving  to 
accelerate  the  growth  of  each  hill  of  corn,  the  rule  being, 
in  local  terms,  “a  shad  to  a hill  of  corn.”  Ah,  me,  if  we 
could  but  live  over  the  old  days  once  more.  M.  Chill. 

Waterproofing  for  Lines. 

Now,  I would  like  to  ask  a question.  It  is  possible 
to  purchase  a braided  linen  reel  line  about  the  same  size 
as  an  F braided  silk  line,  although  some  of  the  linen 
lines  seem  to  be  smaller  when  they  are  new.  Casting  with 
them  frequently  proves  that  they  swell  to  F size  or 
larger,  and  when  thoroughly  saturated  they  expand  ■won- 
derfully. It  occurred  to  me  that  the  paraffin-naphtha 
treatment  might  prevent  saturation.  I tried  it,  hung  the 
line  up  to  dry  and  afterward  began  casting  with  it — on 
salt  water.  Beautiful ! A hundred  feet  of  the  line  would 
lie  on  top  the  water  as  if  made  of  cork.  The  line  came 
in  on  the  reel  quite  dry.  I was  greatly  pleased— for  a 
time.  For  the  paraffin  came  off  on  the  guides  in  dust 
and  presently  the  line  began  to  soak  up  water  and  swell 
again.  It  seemed  that  the  center  of  the  line  should  not 
be  affected,  but  apparently  there  is  too  much  friction  on  a 
casting  line  for  this  treatment.  Will  some  brother  angler 
offer  something  that  will  not  injure  a fine  line,  but  which 
will  prevent  it  from  swelling  and  at  the  same  time  leave 
it  soft  and  pliable  but  not  sticky?  Perry  D.  Frazer. 

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Let  Us  Go  A-Fishing. 

The  town  of  Wakefield,  Mass.,  has  a fish  committee 
which  makes  an  annual  report  on  the  local  fishing  in- 
terests. The  current  document  contains  this  bit  of  wis- 
dom which  is  of  wide  application : 

There  are  multitudes  of  men  who,  having  nothing  else 
to  do,  will  not  even  go  a-fishing  when,  by  simply  and 
frequently  looking  at  nature  they  might  reap  to  them- 
selves knowledge  and  riches  which  neither  time  nor  eter- 
nity can  take  away  nor  destroy.  If,  as  has  been  said, 
“Charity  begins  at  home,”  let  us  all  be  charitable  to  our- 
selves and  go  a-fishing  as  frequently  and  as  heartily  as 
possible.  ■ 

Many  who  are  inclined  to  go  a-fishing  are  prevented  by 
the  mistaken  idea  that  they  cannot  get  away.  Now,  we 
believe  that  fishing  “is  the 'wisest,  virtuousest,  discreetest 
and  best  sport  ever  sported,”  and  that  he  or  she  who 
takes  a month  off  in  the  open,  can  do  more  and  better 
work  in  eleven  months  than  in  twelve.  “Let  us  make 
the  best  of  the  time  yet  allotted  to  us  and  regain  and 
retain  what  of  youth  is  possible — let  us  go  a-fishing.” 


A Large  Codfish. 

The  biggest  thing  in  the  way  of  a codfish  ever  seen 
in  Boston  was  a fish  which  had'  been  caught  near  Half- 
way Rock,  off  Marblehead.  It  was  six  feet  in  length  and 
weighed,  dressed,  eighty-five  pounds.  The  undressed 
weight  was  probably  100  pounds. 


I^he  Jf mml 

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Points  and  Flashes. 

Volume  21  of  the  American  Kennel  Club  Stud  Book 
(1904)  contains  registrations  from  774 i68  to  84,963  inclu- 
sive. It  also  contains  much  other  valuable  information, 
including  lists  of  active  and  associate  members,  bench 
shows  and  judges,  cancellations,  champions  of  record, 


foxhound  and  beagle  trials,  kennel  names,  prefixes  and 
affixes,  officers  of  the  club,  Pacific  Advisory  Board,  bench 
show  winnings,  etc.  It  is  published  by  the  American 
Kennel  Club.  A.  P.  Vredenburgh,  Secretary,  55  Liberty 
street,  New  York. 

The  Manitoba  Field  Trials  Club,  of  which  Mr..  Eric 
Hamber,  Winnipeg,  is  the  honorary  secretary,  has  issued 
some  important  information  concerning  customs  arrange- 
ments of  interest  to  patrons.  In  substance,  dogs  entered 
in  the  trials,  and  an  accurate  description  of  them  sent  to 
him,  with  designation  of  line  of  railway  which  will  trans- 
port them,  one  week  previous  to  date  of  arrival  at  port 
of  entry,  will  be  allowed  to  enter  Manitoba  and  remain 
ninety  days  or  less  free  of  duty.  The  club  has  provided 
three  stakes,  namely,  a Derby,  All-Aged  and  Champion 
stakes.  Derby  entries  close  July  1.  Mr.  W.  W.  Titus, 
famous  as  a judge  and  handler,  with  a member  of  the 
Manitoba  Club,  will  judge.  The  club  is  to  be  congratu- 
lated for  their  manly  independence  in  fearlessly  conduct- 
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Association  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding. 


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The  Race  for  the  Ocean  Cup. 

The  past  week  has  been  one  of  great  activity  on  board 
the  eleven  yachts  entered  in  the  race  for  the  Ocean  Cup 
. presented  by  H.  I.  M.  the  German  Emperor. 

On  most  of  the  yachts  the  work  of  preparation  has 
been  going  on  since  early  spring  but  much  had  to  be  done 
in  the  last  ten  days  before  the  start.  All  the  entries,  both 
American  and  foreign,  have  been  hauled  out  and  their 
underwater  bodies  cleaned  or  painted.  New  gear  has 
been  put  in  place  and  sails  bent.  So  much  work  has  been 
necessary  that  few  of  the  boats  have  had  time  to  give  to 
much  needed  trial  spins. 

As  we  go  to  press  the  boats  will  be  about  starting  on 
their  long  race  across  the  Atlantic. 

Atlantic,  which  had  been  in  the  dry  dock  at  the  Morse 
Iron  Works,  was  put  overboard  on  Saturday.  In  the 
afternoon  she  went  out  for  a short  spin  and  then  returned 
to  Bay  Ridge  and  anchored.  On  Sunday  she  proceeded 
to  the  Horseshoe,  where  she  remained  until  the  start 
on  Tuesday.  Mr.  William  Gardner,  Atlantic’s  designer, 
thought  the  vessel  would  be  improved  if  some  of  her  in- 
side ballant  was  put  outside  on  the  keel,  and  the  werk 
was  carried  out  under  his  direction  this  spring.  Some 
of  her  heaviest  interior  fittings  have  been  done  away  with 
so  the  vessel  now  floats  higher  than  she  did  last  year. 
This  will  make  her  more  buoyant  and  better  able  to  wi.h- 
stand  the  bad  weather  likely  to  be  encountered  on  an 
Atlantic  passage.  Capt.  Charles  Barr  will  be  in  command 
and  his  right  hand  man  will  be  Captain  Pagel.  Mr.  John 
Barr,  who  has  been  in  Isolde  for  the  past  two  seasons, 
is  mate.  Counting  in  the  extra  hands  taken  for  the  race, 
Atlantic  will  have  nearly  fifty  men  all  told.  Her  owner, 
Mr.  Wilson  Marshall,  will  be  on  board  and  he  will  have 
as  guests  Messrs.  Ferd  M.  Hoyt,  Morton  W.  Smith,  L. 
B.  Ostrander,  C.  B.  Seeley,  H.  A.  Bergman  and  Dr.  F.  B. 
Downs.  Atlantic  has  been  the  favorite  and  it  is  gener- 
ally believed  that  she  will  win. 

The  second  choice  has  been  Endymion,  the  yacht  which 
holds  the  record  for  an  Atlantic  crossing.  Endymion 
has  had  more  tryout  spins  than  any  of  the  American  boats 
this  season,  and  she  is  in  as  good,  if  not  better,  shape 
than  any  of  the  other  entries.  Her  copper  was  removed 
last  week  and  her  bottom  smoothed  down  and  painted. 
She  will  be  recoppered  on  her  arrival  at  Southampton. 
Capt.  James  A.  Loesch  has  been  in  the  yacht  since  she 
was  built  in  1900,  and  has  crossed  the  Atlantic  in  her  five 
times.  Of  all  the  skippers  none  is  more  familiar  with  his 
vessel  than  Captain  Loesch.  While  he  has  the  reputation 
of  being  a driver,  and  a sail  carrier,  still  he  is  a seaman 
of  rare  skill  and  judgment,  and  is  not  liable  to  make  any 
blunders.  Captain  Larsen,  of  the  auxiliary  Enterprise, 
will  be  the  navigation  officer  on  Endymion,  and  he  is  very 
familiar  with  the  boat,  as  he  was  mate  in  her  for  a num- 
ber of  years.  Endymion  has  a complete  suit  of  spare  sails 
and  spare  topmasts.  Her  boats  have  been  sent  to  South- 
ampton by  steamer  and  she  will  carry  a number  of  dories 
“nested”  on  deck  amidships.  Besides  the  men  in  the 
steward’s  department  she  carries  sixteen  men  forward. 
Commodore  George  Lauder,  Jr.,  will  have  Mr.  J.  R. 
Buchan,  Dr.  H.  C.  Rowland.  Mr.  Jasper  Rowland,  Mr. 
Richard  Armstrong  and  Mr.  Richard  Sheldon. 

The  yawl  Ailsa  has  been  almost  entirely  rebuilt  this 
spring  at  the  Jacob  yard  at  City  Island  and  is  now  said 
to  be  in  good  condition.  In  her  first  trials  she  leaked 
somewhat  but  the  boat  is  now  perfectly  tight.  Mr.  Henry 


S.  Redmond,  who  owns  the  boat,  will  not  cross  in  her 
but  he  will  be  represented  on  board  by  Mr.  Grenville 
Kane.  Mr.  Kane  will  be  accompanied  by  Mr.  Paul  Eve 
Stevenson  and  Mr.  Henry  Reuterdahl,  the  famous  marine 
artist.  Capt.  Lem.  Miller,  the  well-known  racing  skipper, 
is  in  charge  and  she  has  a crew  of  eighteen  men. 

Fleur  de  Lys  is  the  smallest  boat  entered.  She  was, 
however,  built  for  cruising  and  has  covered  many  thou- 
sands of  miles  of  deep  water  during  her  career.  Dr. 
Lewis  Stimson,  her  present  owner,  purchased  her  a num- 
ber of  years  ago  and  has  crossed  the  Atlantic  in  her  sev- 
eral times  as  well  as  having  made  a number  of  southern 
cruises.  Dr.  Stimson  will  have  as  guests  Mr.  Elliot  Tuck- 
erman  and  Mr.  James  B.  Connolly,  the  writer  of  so  many 
fisherman’s  yarns.  A Gloucester  skipper  of  note,  Capt. 
Thomas  Bohlin,  will  be  in  command,  and  his  crew  is 
mostly  made  up  of  Gloucester  fishermen. 

Hildegarde  was  put  in  readiness  for  the  race  at  New 
London  and  the  skipper,  Capt.  S.  N.  Masters,  together 
with  his  mates,  Messrs.  Saunders  and  Miller,  have  out- 
done themselves  in  the  fitting  out.  Next  to  Endymion 
this  ship  has  been  given  more  trying-out  spins  than  any 
of  the  other  American  entries.  Mr.  E.  R.  Coleman  will 
be  on  board  and  his  guests  are  to  be  Messrs.  Frank  Platt, 
A.  E.  Barker  and  Dr.  Robert  Lecomte.  Hildegarde  has 
a crew  of  twenty-four  men. 

Thistle  is  a vessel  particularly  adapted  for  the  work 
she  will  meet  in  this  contest.  She  is  too  powerful  a ves- 
sel for  ordinary  cruising  on  the  Sound  and  it  is  expected 
she  will  do  well  under  really  trying  conditions.  Mr. 
Robert  E.  Tod,  her  owner,  is  in  a great  measure  respon- 
sible for  the  race,  and  he  has  also  done  much  to  promote 
ocean  racing  in  America.  Mr.  Tod  will  act  as  his  own 
navigator.  Mr.  Tod’s  mate,  Captain  Ellis,  is  an  old  sea- 
man and  a yacht  sailor  of  experience  and  has  the  reputa- 
tion of  being  as  clever  and  able  as  any  professional  on 
any  of  the  boats  in  the  race.  Dr.  James  A.  Ayer,  Dr. 
Paul  Onterbridge  and  Mr.  Poultney  Bigelow  will  be  Mr. 
Tod’s  guests. 

Utowana  is  an  auxiliary  and  in  every  sense  of  the  word 
a cruiser.  Her  owner  entered  the  boat  in  the  race  as  an 
act  of  courtesy  toward  Lord  Crawford,  whose  ship  Val- 
halla he  defeated  in  a race  about  a year  ago.  Utowana 
is  owned  by  Mr.  Allison  V.  Armour  and  he  will  have 
with  him  two  guests,  Messrs.  Jordan  L.  Mott,  Jr.,  and 
William  Williams.  Utowana  is  commanded  by  an 
American  born  and  bred  skipper,  Capt.  J.  H.  Crawford, 
a Connecticut  Yankee.  She  has  a crew  of  thirty-four 
men. 

Apache,  ex-White  Heather,  is  one  of  the  largest  boats 
in  the  race.  She  is  owned  by  Mr.  Edmund  Randolph, 
and  the  following  gentlemen  will  cross  with  him : Messrs. 
Royal  Phelps  Carroll.  Joseph  Harriman,  Ralph  N.  Ellis, 
Stuyvesant  LeRoy,  R.  Burnside  Potter,  W.  Gordon  Fel- 


lowes  and  Dr.  Watson  B.  Morris.  Apache  is  in  charge 
of  Capt.  J.  H.  McDonald,  who  has  under  him  a crew  of 
forty  men. 

Valhalla.  Lord  Crawford’s  fine  ship-rigged  yacht, 
needed  little  or  no  work  done  on  her  to  put  her  in  shape 
for  the  race.  This  vessel  is  always  ready  for  an  ocean 
crossing,  with  the  exception  of  putting  stores  on  board. 
In  this  instance  it  was  necessary  for  her  to  go  on  a dry 
dock  to  remove  her  screw.  Captain  Caws  is  in  charge 
of  Valhalla  and  she  has  a crew  of  sixty-six  men. 

Sunbeam,  the  other  British  entry,  is  owned  by  Lord 
Brassey.  This  vessel,  like  Valhalla,  needed  little  work 
done  to  put  her  in  readiness  for  the  contest.  Her  bottom 
was  cleaned  and  painted  when  she  was  in  the  dry  dock 
having  her  propeller  taken  off.  Lord  Brassey  will  act  as 
his  own  navigator  and  he  will  have  with  him  Colonel 
Harboard  and  Major  Pakenham.  Lord  Brassey’s  captain 
is  E.  C.  S.  Achard  and  she  has  a crew  of  twenty-nine 
men. 

Hamburg,  ex-Rainbow,  is  the  only  German  entry  in 
the  race.  She  is  owned  by  a German  syndicate  whose 
, representative  cn  the  boat  is  Mr.  Adolph  Tietjens.  With 
him  are  Lieut.  John  Tietjens  and  Mr.  Piconelli.  Captain 
Peters  is  in  charge  and  the  crew  numbers  twenty-eight 
men. 

The  race  will  start  as  scheduled  unless  in  the  opinion 
of  the  committee  in  charge  the  start  should  be  deferred. 
The  German  cruiser  Pfeil  will  be  stationed  off  the  Lizard 
and  will  serve  to  show  more  clearly  the  finish  line.  The 
cruiser  Pfeil  is  painted  a light  gray  and  has  two  funnels 
and  two  pole  masts. 

The  German  Emperor  will  present  a silver  plate,  on 
which  will  be  inscribed  a cuitable  legend,  to  each  of  the 
owners  whose  yachts  finish  in  the  race.  This  plate  be- 
longs to  the  yacht  and  not  to  the  owner  and  must  be 
placed  in  some  conspicuous  place  on  board  to  remain 
there  until  the  vessel  is  broken  up. 

Some  of  the  American  boats  have  had  trouble  with  the 
crews  and  there  have  been  rumors  regarding  strikes  at 
the  last  moment.  While  it  is  very  doubtful  if  anything 
of  the  sort  will  happen,  still  to  be  able  to  meet  all  con- 
tingencies the  owners  have  discussed  the  matter  and  the 
owners  of  the  foreign  entries  have  agreed  not  to  start  if 
any  boats  are  held  up  for  that  reason. 

The  owners  of  the  yachts  and  the  members  of  the  sub- 
committee had  a dinner  at  Delmonico’s  last  Saturday 
night  and  the  following  cablegram  was  read  during  the 
affair : 

Urvili.e,  May  13,  1905. 
Allison  V.  Armour,  New  York: 

Best  greetings  to  yacht  owners  and  Starting  Committee, 
hoping  race  will  be  a success  and  wishing  a good  and 
speedy  cruise.  William  I.  R. 


Entries  in  Ocean  Race  for  German  Emperor's  Cop. 


Name. 

Type  and  Rig. 

L.W.L. 

Valhalla  

.240ft 

Apache  

..Aux.  Barque... 

.168ft.  .. 

Ailsa  

. . Y awl  

. 89ft.  . 

Hamburg  

..Schooner  

.116ft.  . 

Utowana  

..Aux.  Schooner. 

,155ft.  . 

Sunbeam  

..Aux.  Barque... 

,154.7ft. 

Thistle  ....... 

..Schooner 

,110ft.  .. 

* "1C  . . . . . 

..Aux.  Schooner. 

.135ft.  . 

Hildegarde  ... 

. .Schooner  .... 

.103  4ft. 

Fleur  de  Lys.. 

..Schooner  ...... 

.101ft.... 

Endymion  .... 

^Schooner  ( 86, §ftn?! 

Owner. 

. . Earl  of  Crawford . . . 
..Edmund  Randolph.. 
...Henry  S.  Redmond.. 
...German  syndicate  .. 
. . .Allison  V.  Armour  . 

. ..Lcrd  Brassey  

...Robert  E.  Tod 

...Wilson  Marshall  .... 
..Edward  R.  Coleman. 
..Lewis  A.  Stimson... 
•’George  Louder,  Jr». 


Club. 

...  Royal  Yacht  Squadron. 

...  New  York  Y.  C 

. . New  York  Y.  C 

..  Imperial  Y.  C 

..  New  York  Y.  C 

..  Royal  Yacht  Squadron. 

. . Atlantic  Y.  C 

...New  York  Y.  C 

...Philadelphia  Cor.  Y.  C.. 

...New  York  Y.  C 

.(slndian  Harbor  Y.  C 


„r  Designer.  Year  Built. 

..W.  C.  Storey 1S92.. 

..J.  Reid  & Co 189o! * 

..William  Fife,  Jr 1S95 

..George  L,  Watson 1898!! 

..J.  Beavor-Webb 1891.. 

..St.  Claire  Byrne 1874!! 

..Henry  Winteringham 1901.! 

..Gardner  & Cox 1903.! 

..A.  S.  C’nesebrough 1897!! 

..Edward  Burgess 1890!! 

•jTams,  Lemoine  & Crane.. !l899.! 


Net 
Ton. 
... .048 
....307 
....116 
....186 
....267 
....227 
....235 
....206 
....146 
. . . . 86 
....U§ 


400 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


[May  20,  1905. 


Boston  Letter. 

Y.  R.  A.  Classes. — Another  of  the  22-footers  has  been 
measured  and  has  been  found  to  be  under  weight.  This 
is  Clorinda,  designed  by  Mr.  Fred  D.  Lawley  for  Com- 
modore B.  P.  Cheney  and  Mr.  Charles  D.  Lanning.  She 
was  weighed  last  Friday  and  was  found  to  be  75  pounds 
short.  As  she  measured  only  21ft.  4pdn-  on  the  water- 
line, however,  there  will  be  no-  difficulty  in  adding  the  re- 
quired weight  without  putting  her  out  of  the  class.  She 
is  a promising  looking  boat  and  appears  to  have  some  of 
the  general  outlines  of  Sally  VII.  and  Clotho. 

Rube,  owned  by  Mr.  H.  L.  Bowden,  is  undergoing 
changes  at  Marblehead  to  bring  her  into-  the  class.  Her 
rabbet  line  is  being  raised  and  the  reverse  curves  forward 
and  aft  slightly  increased,  thus  shortening  up  her  water- 
line sufficiently  to  enable  her  to  take  on  300  pounds  with- 
out exceeding  22ft.  waterline. 

Tyro,  owned  by  Mr.  W.  H.  Joyce,  arrived  at  Marble- 
head from  Boothbay  on  Sunday,  May  7.  Mr.  Sumner  H. 
Foster  joined  the  yacht  at  Portland  and  sailed  her  from 
there  to  Marblehead.  Strong  head  winds  were  experi- 
enced all  the  way,  but  Tyro  behaved  splendidly  and 
steered  very  easily.  As  she  passed  Thatcher’s  Island  she 
carried  a three-reefed  mainsail  and  storm  jib.  Off  Cape 
Ann  the  wind  lightened  somewhat  and  the  reefs  were 
shaken  out.  In  a short  time  it  blew  harder  than  ever  and 
she  was  kept  going  under  full  sail  until  she  arrived  at 
Marblehead.  No  attempt  was  made  to  luff  her,  but  she 
was  kept  as  close  to  her  course  as  possible  by  easing  and 
trimming  sheets. 

Mr.  A.  C.  Jones’  Nutmeg,  designed  and  built  by  Han- 
ley, will  be  launched  on  Monday  and  then  all  five  new 
ones  will  have  been  put  overboard.  Nutmeg  is  quite  full 
forward  and  is  quite  flat  with  generous  draft.  She  will 
be  fitted  up  very  substantially  below  decks.  Capt.  Frank 
James  has  been  engaged  to  sail  her  in  the  races. 

The  first  Medric  is  the  only  one  of  the  older  boats  to 
have  been  launched  yet,  and  she  has  had  several  tryouts 
with  Mr.  PI.  PI.  White’s  Medric  II.  The  old  boat  is  said 
to  have  shown  up  very  well. 

There  will  be  four  new  18- footers  in  the  field  this  sea- 
son and  these,  with  a host  of  older  ones,  will  make  things 
interesting  for  the  class.  A less  active  market  is  largely 
responsible  for  the  fewer  number  of  18-footers  this  year, 
as  the  owners  of  old  boats  would  not  order  new  ones  until 
the  old  ones  were  sold.  Three  of  the  new  ones  are  de- 
signed by  Messrs.  Small  Brothers  and  one  by  Mr.  B.  B. 
Crowninshield.  The  last  one  to  be  ordered  is  for  Messrs. 
F.  L.  & R.  W.  Pigeon,  the  hollow  spar-makers  of  East 
Boston.  Mr.  George  H.  Wightman’s  new  one,  de- 
signed by  Mr.  Crowninshield,  was  launched  last  week 
and  has  been  weighed  and  measured  satisfactorily.  She 
has  been  named  Bonitwo,  which  is  not  only  suggestive  of 
succession,  Mr.  Wightman’s  old  18-footer  being  named 
Bonito,  but  is  also  appropriate  as  the  new  boat  is  to  be 
sailed  by  Mr.  Wightman’s  two  sons. 

Only  one  new  15-footer  has  been  heard  from  and  there 
is  a general  feeling  among  the  racing  men  that  this,  class 
is  not  panning  out  as  well  as  might  be  expected. 

Since  the  close  of  the  last  season  the  opinion  has  been 
freely  expressed  that  the  new  30ft.  class,  which  was  or- 
ganized last  year,  would  prove  a yearling.  Chewink  IV. 
had  so  little  difficulty  in  securing  the  championship  that 
it  was  felt  that  the  other  yachtsmen  interested  would  not 
want  to  chase  her  around  another  year.  Messrs.  Burgess 
& Packard,  however,  have  been  building  a 30-footer  at 
their  Salem  shops,  which  may  be  intended  to  race  against 
the  last  year  boats,  either  in  class  or  in  the  races  of  the 
Eastern  Y.  C.  for  yachts  of  less  than  40ft.  A hollow  mast 
is  being  made  for  this  yacht  by  the  Pigeon  Hollow  Spar 
Co.,  which  would  indicate  that  she  is  not  for  the  regular 
30ft.  class,  unless  the  rules  prohibiting  hollow  spars  has 
been  waived. 

Eastern  Y.  C.  Fixtures. — The  Eastern  Y.  C.  will  be 
the  most  active  club  in  Massachusetts  Bay  this  year,  if  it 
is  not  indeed  in  the-  whole  country.  Its  season’s  pro- 
gramme has  been  arranged  with  great  care  and  with  ex- 
cellent judgment  as  regards  the  sequence  of  events.  The 
complete  programme,  as  arranged  up  to  date,  is  as  fol- 
lows : 

Monday,  July  3. — Sailing  races  at  Marblehead  for  boats  under 
40ft.  rating,  including  the  18  and  22-footers. 

Tuesday,  July  4,  10  A.  M. — Motorboat  races. 

Tuesday,  July  4,  2:30  P.  M.— Sailing  races  for  boats  under  40ft. 
rating,  including  the  18  and  22-footers. 

Saturday,  July  8. — Cruise,  Marblehead  to  Gloucester. 

Sunday,  July  9. — Cruise,  Gloucester  to  Isles  of  Shoals. 

Monday,  July  10. — Cruise,  Isles  of  Shoals  to  Boothbay  Harbor. 
Tuesday,  July  11. — Cruise,  Boothbay  Harbor  to  Camden. 
Wednesday,  July  12. — Cruise;  the  fleet  will  proceed  at  will  to 
Islesboro. 

Thursday,  July  13.— Cruise,  Islesboro  - (Dark  Harbor)  to  Bartletts 
Narrows. 

Friday,  July  14 — Cruise,  Bartletts  Narrows  to  Bar  Harbor. 
Saturday,  July  15. — Cruise:  race  off  Bar  Harbor;  fleet  disbands. 
Thursday,  July  27,  10  A.  M. — Motorboat  race. 

Friday,  July  28,  10  A.  M. — Motorboat  race. 

Saturday,  July  29,  10  A.  M. — Motorboat  race. 

Tuesday,  Aug.  8,  2:30  P.  M. — Sailing  races  for  boats  under  30ft. 
rating,  including  the  18  and  22-footers. 

Thursday,  Aug.  17. — New  York  Club  due  to  arrive. 

Friday,  Aug.  18,  10  A.  M. — Motorboat  race. 

Saturday,  Aug.  19,  11  A.  M. — Annual  regatta. 

Monday,  Aug.  21,  10  A.  M. — Start  of  ocean  race  to  Halifax. 
Saturday,  Aug.  20,  10  A.  M. — Motorboat  race. 

Saturday,  Sept.  2,  10  A.  M. — Motorboat  race. 

Boston  Y.  C. — A meeting  of  the  Regatta  Committee  of 
the  Boston  Y.  C.  was  held  last  Wednesday  evening  at 
which  races  for  the  coming  season  were  discussed.  Dates 
for  the  launch  races  have  not  yet  been  decided  upon, 
but  it  has  been  announced  that  Commodore  B.  P.  Cheney 
will  give  championship  cups  for  launches  as  well  as  for 
the  regular  classes  for  the  season’s  racing.  The  launch 
classes  will  be  divided  as  follows : Hunting  and  open 

launches  not  over  40ft.,  cabin  launches  not  over  40ft.,  and 
cabin  launches  over  40ft. 

The  Boston  Y.  C.  will  share  in  the  endeavor  to  pre- 
serve the  Cape  cat  as  a type  and  will  provide  classes  for 
the  yachts  of  the  Cape  Catboat  Association  in  the  races 
of  June  17,  and  Aug.  5 and  7.  The  association  now  has 
twenty  boats  enrolled  in  its  membership,  and  yachtsmen 
are  taking  a lot  of  interest  in  the  movement. 

One  of  the  most,  enjoyable  features  of  the  season  in  the 
Boston  Y.  C.  will  be  the  annual  cruise,  which  will  be  to 
Five  Islands,  Me.,  again.  The  squadron  will  be  the  guest 
of  Vice  Commodore  E.  P.  Boynton  at  Five  Islands,  and 
he  will  give  prizes  for  races  there.  Rear  Commodore  Al- 
fred Douglass  has  offered  prices  for  the  port  to  port  runs, 


The  Regatta  Committee  will  have  a fast  launch  on  the 
cruise,  which  will  run  ahead  of  the  fleet  to  take  finish 
times,  and  a tug  will  stay  by  the  smaller  yachts  and  assist 
them  in  making  port  if  it  should  be  necessary.  The  Ken- 
nebec Y.  C.,  of  Bath,  Me.,  has  extended  an  invitation  to 
the  Boston  Y.  C.  to  visit  Bath  while  the  fleet  is  in  Maine 
waters.  The  Boston  Y.  C.  will  also  be  entertained  by  the 
Portland  Y.  C. 

Beverly  Y.  C.  Fixtures. — The  following  fixtures  have 
been  announced  by  the  Beverly  Y.  C.,  which,  unless  other- 
wise mentioned,  will  be  held  off  the  club  house  at  Wing’s 
Neck : 

Saturday,  June  17. — First  club  and  sweepstake  race. 

Saturday,  June  24. — First  club  race. 

Saturday,  July  1. — Second  club  race. 

Tuesday,  July  4. — First  sweepstake. 

Saturday,  July  8. — First  Corinthian. 

Saturday,  July  15. — Second  Corinthian. 

Saturday,  July  22. — Third  Corinthian. 

Saturday,  July  29. — Fourth  Corinthian. 

Saturday,  Aug.  5. — Fifth  Corinthian. 

Saturday,  Aug.  12. — Third  club  race. 

Saturday,  Aug.  19. — Sixth  Corinthian 

Saturday,  Aug.  26. — Second  club  and  sweepstake. 

Thursday,  Aug.  31. — Open  race;  Ricketson  cups,  Dartmouth. 

Friday,  Sept.  1.— Open  race  at  Mattapoisett. 

Saturday,  Sept.  2. — Van  Rensselaer  cup  race  at  Marion. 

Monday,  Sept.  4. — Second  open. 

Saturday,  Sept.  9. — Seventh  Corinthian. 

Cruiser  for  Mr.  S.  R.  Anthony. — At  the  Herreshoff 
shops  last  Wednesday,  the  cruising  sloop  Doris,  built  for 
Mr.  S.  Redd  Anthony,  of  the  Eastern  Y.  C.,  was  launch- 
ed in  the  presence  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Anthony  and  a party 
of  friends.  Doris  is  a heavily  constructed  boat  with  con- 
siderable body.  She  is  77ft.  over  all,  56ft.  6in.  waterline, 
15ft.  3in.  breadth  and  9ft.  3m.  draft.  She  will  be  delivered 
about  June  1 and  will  be  anchored  off  Beverly. 

New  Yard  at  Marblehead. — The  shop  on  the  new 
Burgess  & Packard  plant  at  Marblehead  is  being  erected. 
It  is  to  be  100ft.  long,  40ft.  wide  and  17ft.  high.  A house 
for  Mr.  Burgess  is  also  to  be  erected.  A channel  is  being 
dredged  for  the  marine  railway.  The  38ft.  launch  Viking, 
designed  by  this  firm  for  Mr.  S.  W.  Wilder,  has  been 
formally  entered  for  the  Knickerbocker  Y.  C.  long  dis- 
tance power  boat  race  from  New  York  to  Marblehead. 

At  the  Marblehead  Yacht  Yards.— At  Messrs. 
Stearns  & McKay’s  Marblehead  Yacht  Yards  the  25ft. 
speed  launch  for  Mr.  W.  H.  Stewart  is  about  planked. 
The  twin-screw  launch  for  Mr.  Herbert  Humphrey  and 
the  launch  for  Mr.  Miller  are  about  ready  for  the  engines. 
The  22ft.  launch  for  the  Eastern  Y.  C.  is  in  frame.  The 
auxiliary  yawl  Umbrina,  owned  by  Mr.  J.  P.  Elton,  of 
Waterbury,  Conn.,  has  been  launched  and  will  be  put  in 
commission  at  once.  The  launch  Helen,  the  22-footers 
Opitsah  V.  and  Margaret,  the  steam  launch  Caprice  and 
several  smaller  boats  have  been  put  overboard. 

Elaborate  Speed  Launch. — A very  elaborate  speed 
launch  has  been  designed  by  Mr.  Norman  L.  Skene,  for 
Mrs.  George  T.  Williams,  of  Hartford,  which  is  now 
being  built  at  Lawley’s.  This  boat  is  22ft.  long  and  4ft. 
6in.  beam,  and  is  expected  to  develop  a speed  of  about 
eleven  miles  an  hour  with  a twelve  horsepower  motor. 
She  will  be  built  entirely  of  mahogany,  and  the  metal 
trimmings  and  cleats  will  all  be  of  nickel.  The  boat  will 
be  used  as  a ferry  between  the  owner’s  home  and  the 
railroad  station.  Six  or  eight  people  may  be  carried. 

Launch  for  Casco  Bay.— Messrs.  Murray  & Tregurtha 
have  an  order  for  a 25ft.  launch  of  6ft.  6in.  beam, 
equipped  with  a six  horsepower  engine  for  Mr.  L.  H. 
Spaulding,  of  Lowell,  Mass.  She  will  be  used  in  Casco 
Bay. 

First  Race  of  the  Season. — The  first  race  of  the  sea- 
son in  Massachusetts  Bay  will  be  given  by  the  Quincy 
Y.  C.  on  Saturday,  May  27.  This  will  not  be  an  open 
event,  however,  but  will  be  limited  to  yachts  of  the  club. 
The  formal  opening  of  the  racing  season  will  be  at  the 
annual  Memorial  Day  race  of  the  South  Boston  Y.  C., 
as  usual.  John  B.  Killeen. 


British  Letter. 

An  International  Rating  Rule. — The  idea  of  an 
International  rating  rule  is  likely  to  take  definite  shape, 
if  the  letter  sent  by  the  secretary  of  the  Yacht  Racing 
Association  to  the  principal  European  yacht  clubs  on 
April  22  is  favorably  received.  The  letter  referred  to 
states,  that  as  the  outcome  of  correspondence  between 
the  leading  yacht  clubs,  or  associations,  of  various 
European  nations,  the  council  of  the  Yacht  Racing 
Association  propose  that  a conference  on  the  subject 
of  an  international  rating  rule,  to  come  into  force  on 
January  1,  1908,  be  held  in  London  next  winter.  The 
leading  club,  or  association,  of  each  of  the  following 
countries  has  been  communicated  with,  viz.,  Germany, 
France,  Denmark,  Sweden,  Norway,  Austria  and  Italy, 
and  a copy  of  the  letter  has  been  sent  to  the  New  York 
Y.  C.  with  the  intimation  that  the  representation  of 
the  United  States  at  the  conference  will  be  welcomed. 
Each  country  is  to  send  two  delegates,  who  may,  if 
they  wish,  bring  with  them  any  professional  naval 
architects  whose  services  they  may  consider  advisable. 
The  Prince  of  Wales  has  accepted  the  office  of  presi- 
dent of  the  conference,  and  has  appointed  vice-presi- 
dents to  act  for  him  in  his  absence  in  the  persons  of 
the  vice-presidents  of  the  Y.  R.  A.  So  far  all  seems 
well.  The  time  is  peculiarly  propitious  for  the  planning 
out  of  a universal  rule  of  rating.  No  very  great  dif- 
ference exists  between  the  rules  already  existing  in  the 
various  countries  above  named  and  that  of  England, 
and  a very  little  judicious  manipulation  should  result 
in  the  evolution  of  a sound,  practical  rule,  which  would 
draw  the  sporting  communities  of  the  different  countries 
involved  still  closer  together.  In  fact,  if  the  matter 
is  taken  up  with  energy  and  singleness  of  purpose, 
nothing  but  good  can  be  the  outcome. 

There  is  one  matter  which  has  not  as  yet  been  men- 
tioned, and  that  is  the  question  of  scantling.  A uni- 
versal rating  would  be  of  little  practical  use  without  a 
universal  system  of  scantling  restrictions,  and  a most 
favorable  opportunity  to  discuss  this  vital  matter  would 
be  when  the  proposed  conference  meets  in  London  to 
discuss  the  question  of  international  rating.  The  yachts 
of  countries  which  adopt  scantling  restrictions  would 
obviously  be  at  a disadvantage  with  yachts  which  are 
not  subject  to  such  rules,  and,  what  is  more  important 
still,  4 good  systenj  of  scantling  rules  would  }dll  all 


flimsy  construction,  which  has  so  long  been  the  bane 
of  yacht  racing  in  England  and  has  done  so  much  to 
put  an  end  to  class  racing.  It  is  much  to  be  hoped 
that  this  burning  question  will  be  taken  up  and  settled 
at  the  forthcoming  conference.  A most  interesting 
discussion  on  the  subject  of  scantling  restrictions  has 
been  going  on  in  the  Yachtsman  for  some  weeks.  It 
.was  started  by  Mr.  C.  E.  Nicholson,  the  Gosport 
des  gner,  and  has  been  carried  on  by  many  well-known 
naval  architects  and  well-known  yachtsmen,  including 
Mr.  Alfred  Benzon,  of  Copenhagen,  a great  authority 
on  scantling  and  rating  rules.  All  are  in  favor  of 
scantling  rules,  though  there  is  some  divergency  of 
opinion  as  to  how  they  should  be  arrived  at.  If  a 
universal  rating  rule  is  adopted,  the  question  of  scant- 
ling rules  should  be  immensely  simplified,  as  there  will 
be  practically  only  one  type  of  vessel  to  provide  for. 
Then  when  racing  yachts  are  substantially  built,  the 
racer  of  to-day  will  become  the  cruiser  of  to-morrow 
and  yachting  should  flourish  again.  As  Mr.  Benzon 
truly  says,  “Very  few  men  would  stick  to  the  opinion 
that  open  class  racing  should  be  a competition  not 
only  in  designing  and  seamanship,  but  also  a compe- 
tition in  the  art  of  constructing  the  lighest  possible 
hull  without  regard  to  durability.”  This  is  exactly 
what  has  happened,  and  it  is  chiefly  owing  to  the 
absence  of  any  scantling  rules  that  we  are  at  present 
deploring  the  downfall  of  class  racing.  The  remedy 
is  at  hand  if  the  conference  will  but  use  it,  but  without 
it  the  adoption  of  an  international  rating  rule  would  be 
of  little  real  benefit. 

The  52FT.  Class. — The  latest  report  in  connection 
with  the  52ft.  class — practically  our  only  open  rater 
class — is  that  a second  Herreshoff  boat  is  to  enter  the 
lists.  The  pleasure  with  which  the  news  will  be  received 
here  will  be  tempered  by  the  fact  that  she  is  to  be 
German  owned.  Without  being  uncharitable,  this 
means  that  if  she  is  to  be  sailed  by  a German  skipper 
and  crew,  the  utmost  will  not  be  got  out  of  her,  and  in 
all  probability  no  true  idea  of  her  qualities  will  ever 
be  gleaned.  Enormous  strides  have  been  made 
in  yachting  in  Germany  during  the  last  decade,  but 
the  increase  in  the  numbers  of  the  racing  contingent 
has  not  been  marked  by  a proportionate  improvement 
in  seamanship,  and  the  handling  of  German  racers 
manned  by  native  crews  is  by  no  means  beyond  re- 
proach. The  last  52-footer,  or  rather  20-rater,  which 
came  from  Germany  to  race  in  British  waters,  was  the 
Herreshoff  boat  Vineta,  belonging  to  the  late  Baron 
von  Zedwitz,  who  lost  his  life  on  board  of  her  in  the 
Solent  as  a result  of  the  little  vessel  being  swept  by 
the  main  boom  of  the  German  Emperor’s  cutter 
Meteor.  This  was  in  1896,  the  year  when  Mr.  Howard 
Gould  brought  his  famous  Herreshoff  Niagara  over 
and  did  so  well  with  her.  Vineta  looked  a slippery 
boat,  but  she  never  did  anything  in  the  way  of  prize 
winning,  although  she  was  much  the  same  style  of  boat 
in  appearance  as  her  sister.  A racing  yacht  is  always 
at  a slight  disadvantage  in  foreign  waters,  and  unless 
she  has  the  best  crew  and  skipper  that  can  be  ob- 
tained, the  odds  are  necessarily  against  her.  However, 
the  new  boat  and  her  owner  will  be  sure  of  a warm 
welcome,  and  the  better  she  is  handled  the  better  we 
shall  be  pleased.  Of  course,  it  is  just  possible  that 
she  may  have  a British  crew,  but  of  that  there  is  no 
report. 

There  was  quite  a bustle  of  activity  at  Easter  among 
the  small  clubs  on  the  Upper  Thames  and  at  Burnham- 
on-Crouch,  where  several  small  sailing  clubs  have 
their  headquarters.  All  round  the  coast  the  small 
classes  are  waking  up;  but  it  is  not  until  the  beginning 
of  June  that  the  season  proper  commences.  In  the 
meantime  the  big  boats  are  fitting  out,  and  all  the 
more  important  yards  are  busy  getting  the  heavyweights 
into  trim  for  the  season.  E.  H.  Kelly. 


A Busy  Yacht  Yard.' — In  the  fitting  out  time  there  are 
few  places  along  the  coast  where  SO'  much  yacht  work  is 
done  as  at  Marblehead.  Although  it  is  a small  place  it  is 
a big  yachting  center  and  many  of  the  yachts  that  are 
seen  in  the  rock-bound  harbor  during  the  summer  months 
are  stored  there  during  the  winter.  The  greater  number 
is  stored  at  the  Marblehead  Yacht  Yards,  owned  by 
Messrs.  Stearns  & McKay.  They  have  two  yards,  each 
having  good  capacity  with  plenty  of  room  for  storing 
under  cover.  There  is  a marine  railway  at  each  yard 
and  the  main  yard,  situated  near  the  club  houses,  with 
deep  water  up  to  the  dock,  has  proven  a blessing  to  many 
a racing  man  who  wanted  to  haul  out  on  the  railway  and 
get  away  quickly,  or  who  has  been  forced  through  acci- 
dent to  have  repairs  made  at  short  notice.  A gasolene 
supply  station  is  also  located  at  each  yard,  which  is  of 
immense  convenience  to  launch  owners.  Not  only  do  the 
yards  appeal  to  yachtsmen  on  account  of  their  locations, 
but  the  owners  thereof  are  in  high  favor  as  designers  and 
builders  of  yachts.  A visit  to  the  building  shops  is  all 
that  is  necessary  to  convince  one  of  the  quality  of  the 
work  turned  out.  From  the  very  lightest  to  the  solid 
cruising  construction  the  same  care  is  taken  with  the 
work,  and  yachtsmen  feel  that  when  a boat  leaves  the 
shops  she  is  finished.  Mr.  W.  B.  Stearns  is  a skillful 
designer  of  great  ability  and  has  produced  some  clever 
original  ideas  in  cruising  and  racing  yachts  and  launches. 

* r„ 

Harlem  Y.  C.  Annual  Regatta. — The  Harlem  Y.  C.’s 
twenty-third  annual  regatta  will  be  sailed  on  Memorial 
Day.  The  race  is  open  to  yachts  enrolled  in  clubs  belong- 
ing to  the  Y.  R.  A.  of  Long  Island  Sound.  Arrange- 
ments have  been  made  for  the  following  classes  : 

Sloops  and  Yawls. — Class  L,  over  40ft.  and  not  over 
48ft.,  racing  measurement;  class  M,  over  33ft.  and  not 
over  40ft;  class  N,  over  27ft.  and  not  over  33  ft.;  class  P, 
over  22ft.  and  not  over  27ft. ; class  Q,  over  18ft.  and  not 
over  22ft.;  class  R,  over  15ft.  and  not  over  18ft.,  and  class 
S,  not  over  15ft. 

Catboats — Class  N,  over  27ft.  and  not  over  33ft. ; class 
P,  over  22ft.  and  not  over  27ft. ; class  Q,  over  18ft.  and 
not  over  22ft.;  class  R,  over  15ft.  and  not  over  18ft.,  and 
class  S,  not  over  15ft.  Raceabouts,  class  T. 

The  courses,  on  the  Sound,  will  be  15.12  and  9 nautical 
miles.  The  Race  Committee  is  composed  of  Mr.  Frank 
McDermott,  chairman;  Mr.  George  McGuinness,  secre? 
tary,  and  Mr-  W.  T.  Hyde,  : 


START  OF  THE  RACE  FOR  THE  OCEAN  CUP  OFFERED  BY  H.  I.  M.  THE  GERMAN  EMPEROR.  Published  through  the  courtesy  of  the  Scientific  American. 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM 


[May  20,  1905. 


Power  Boat  Racing  Abroad. 

The  power  boat  racing  that  has  taken  place  on  the 
Mediterranean  during  the  past  two  months  has  been  at- 
tended with  numerous  serious  accidents.  The  climax  was 
reached,  however,  in  the  last  race,  a long  distance  run 
from  Port  Mahon  to  Toulon,  when  out  of  seven  starters 
four  sank,  one  was  abandoned,  another  was  taken  m tow 
after  the  crew  had  been  rescued  by  a cruiser  which  acted 
as  a convoy.  The  seventh  boat,  Quand  Meme,  with  Due 
Decazes,  the  owner,  a well-known  French  sportsman, 
on  board,  together  with  M.  Chauchard,  Lieutenant  Des- 
fosses,  M.  Baudouin,  four  engineers  and  three  sailors  is 
still  adrift  and  the  gravest  fears  are  felt  for  those  on 

The  competing  boats  left  Port  Mahon  on  Satuiday 
morning  at  4 A.  M.  It  was  clear  at  the  time  of  the  stai  t 
and  it  was  not  until  some  hours  later  that  they  were 
overtaken  by  a furious  gale.  Fortunately  all  the  starteis 
had  convoys  and  had  this  not  been  the  case  many  lives 
might  have  been  lost. 

Due  Decazes’  steam  yacht  Velleda  was  supposed  to 
convoy  his  motor  yacht  Quand  Meme,  and  the  reports  fail 
to  state  why  the  larger  vessel  was  not  on  hand  to  rescue 
those  on  the  smaller  craft  when  it  was  found  that  she 
was  in  danger  and  flying  signals  of  distress. 

The  weather  continues  stormy  but  it  is  hoped  that  if 
the  Quand  Meme  is  able  to  live  in  the  sea  that  is  running 
that  she  will  reach  Corsica  or  the  Spanish  coast. 

Due  Decazes  is  one  of  the  best  known  of  the  French 
sportsmen  and  is  vice-president  of  the  Yacht  Club  of 
France. 

Quand  Meme  was  designed  by  M.  Joseph  Guedon  and 
built  by  Abel  Lemarchand,  Vincent  & Co.,  at  Cannes.  The 
boat  is  nearly  yoit.  long  and  has  twin  screws  which  are 
driven  by  two  Baudouin  engines  developing  together  240 
horsepower. 

A late  report  states  that  Due  Decazes  and  the  rest  ol 
those  on  board  Quand  Meme  were  saved  by  the  torpedo 
boat  destroyer  Arbalite.  The  yacht  was  abandoned.  _ 

This  race,  that  ended  so  disastrously,  was  arranged  m 
two  parts.  The  first  half  commenced  at  Algiers  on  Sun- 
day, May  7,  at  6 A.  M.  Seven  boats  were  sent  away,  as 
follows : Malgre-Tout,  attended  by  the  torpedo  boat  de- 

stroyer  Carabine ; Quand  Meme,  attended  by  the  de- 
stroyer  Arbalete ; Mercedes-Mercedes,  attended  by  the  de- 
stroyer Pertuisane;  Mercedes-C.  P.,  attended  by  the  de- 
stroyer Hallebarde;  Camille,  attended  by  the  destroyer 
Dard;  Heracles  II.,  attended  by  the  destroyer  Sarbacane, 
and  F.  I.  A.  T.  X,  attended  by  the  destroyer  Arc.  _ 

F.  I.  A.  T.  X.  took  the  lead  from  the  start  and  arrived 
first  at  the  end  of  the  first  stage  of  the  race,  Port  Mahon, 
Island  of  Minorca,  at  7 o’clock  the  same  evening,  having 
covered  250  miles  in  twelve  hours.  Camille,  with  her 
owner,  Mme.  du  Gast,  arrived  second,  at  10:25  P.  M. 
Mercedes-C.  P.  was  third,  Mercedes-Mercedes  was  fourth, 
Quand  Meme  was  fifth,  Malgre-Tout  was  sixth,  and 
Heracles  II.  was  last.  The  two  last  were  towed  into  port. 

The  boats  started  on  the  second  stage,  from  Port 
Mahon,  at  4 A.  M.,  May  13,  and  encountered  heavy  winds 
and  bad  seas. 

Mercedes-C.  P.,  when  about  fifty  miles  from  Toulon  111 
tow  of  the  Hallebarde,  sank.  The  crew  were  saved. 

The  gunboat  Hire,  which,  with  the  cruisers  Desaix  and 
Kleber,  was  escorting  the  flotilla,  hoisted  Fiat  X and  her 
crew  on  board. 

Camille  was  abandoned  after  the  Dard  had  saved  Mme. 
Du  Gast  and  her  crew. 

Heracles  II.  was  allowed  to  go  adrift  after  her  crew 
had  been  taken  on  board  Sarbacane. 

Malgre-Tout  sank  and  her  crew  were  taken  on  board 
Carabine. 

Pertuisane  saved  the  crew  of  the  Mercedes-Mercedes, 
which  was  in  distress  and  was  abandoned. 

A New  Type  of  Motorboat. 


side  facing  inward;  the  seat  underneath  is  made  of  red 
pegamoid,  so  that  the  simple  turning  up  of  the  bed 
turns  the  whole  into  a comfortable  couch.  Instead 
of  weather  boards  for  the  bunks,  canvas  is  arranged  and 
lines  are  carried  up  to  the  deck  carlins.  The  canvas 
weather  boards  stow  under  the  cushions  in  the  daytime. 
Neat  netting  racks  are  arranged  over  the  bunks  to  place 
small  articles  in.  Forward  of  the  starboard  side  is  a 
sideboard  and  hand  basin,  and  above  this  is  the  signal- 
flag  locker.  A bulkhead  partitions  off  the  fore  peak 
in  which  is  placed  the  water  tank,  chain  lockers,  and 
pantry  lockers.  She  is  fitted  with  a stout  17ft.  pole 
mast  and  a yard  that  can  either  be  crossed  or  a big  sail 
can  be  bent.  Flowever,  the  sail  is  only  for  steadying 
purposes  and  she  is  in  no  way  a sailing  craft.  She  is 
finished  with  green  underbody  of  anti-fouling,  black 
topsides  with  gold  band  and  American  elm  rubbing 
rail,  teak  covering  board  on  which  are  mounted  galvan- 
ized iron  stanchions  and  wire,  yellow  pine  decks  with 
black  seams,  'teak  coamings  and  teak  fitted  cockpit. 
The  cabin  top  is  cream  color,  and  besides  the  ordinary 
kedge  and  chain  cable,  an  extra  heavy  anchor  and 
cable  is  fitted,  and  a sea  anchor  or  drouge  is  carried.  . 

The  engine  room  is  entirely  separated  from  the  main 
cabin  and  the  engine  looked  very  snug  and  comfortable 
in  its  quarters;  moreover,  it  looked  quite  at  home  and 
gave  one  the  impression  that  it  would  carry  out  its 
work  in  a manner  that  would  leave  very  little  to  be 
desired.  A good  storage  battery  and  dynamo  have  been 
installed  and  electric  light  is  fitted  throughout,  includ- 
ing the  head  and  side  lights,  and  a neat  switchboard 
has  been  arranged  so  that  the  cells  can  be  charged  or 
discharged  in  groups  as  required. 

The  panelling  is  in  pitch  pine  and  teak,  and  the  re- 
mainder of  the  inside  is  in  white  enamel,  and  the  whole 
appearance  of  the  internal  arrangements  is  that  of  a 
boat  equipped  for  hard  practical  service. 

The  deck  arrangements  are  very  simple;  a 12m.  cabin 
top  dropped  to  about  5in.  forward  terminates  in  a good 
roomy  self-draining  cockpit  and  the  communication. to 
the  engine  room  is  closed  by  means  of  slats  which 
drop  down  in  grooves,  which  make  it  impossible  for 
quantities  of  water  to  get  down  into  the  engine  room. 
In  order  to  prevent  the  sea  breaking  through  in  case 
of  the  best  boat  being  badly  pooped  a portable  iron 
grating  has  been  arranged  in  the  cockpit,  which  is 
stowed  in  ordinary  times  below  the  floors. 

She  has  bunker  capacity  for  3,000  miles  running  at 
full  speed,  has  three  berths,  and  every  accommodation 
for  a cruise  if  necessary  across  the  Atlantic. 


New  York  A.  C.  Cf wising  Race. 

The  New  York  A.  C.  will  hold  its  second  annual  race 
for  small  yachts  in  cruising  trim  on  Saturday,  June  17- 
Open  to  boats  enrolled  in  any  recognized  yacht  club. 
First,  second  and  third  prizes  will  be  given.  The  start 
will  be  at  10  A.  M.,  and  the  course  from  Whortleberry 
Island  to  the  west  harbor  of  Block  Island,  distance  101 
nautical  miles.  Yachts  to  be  eligible  must  be  propelled  by 
sails  only,  of  more  than  21ft.  and  less  than  31ft-  water- 
line, have  stationary  cabins  and  ballast.  Fin  keels  barred. 
Time  allowance  of  ten  seconds  per  foot  per  nautical  mile, 
based  on  the  over  all  length. 

Yachts  will  be  considered  in  cruising  trim  when  they 
carry  a boat,  two  anchors  and  cables,  life  preservers,  the 
regulation  lights  and  their  cabin  furniture,  fittings  and 
tanks  in  their  usual  places.  Crew  will  be  limited  to  five, 
of  whom  one  may  be  a paid  hand.  No  restriction  as  to 
sails  or  rig,  and  yachts  will  carry  their  club  colors  at  the 
main  truck. 

Entries  close  June  10,  and  must  be  accompanied  by 
club  measurer’s  certificate  of  waterline  and  over  all 
length.  Those  interested  should  communicate  at  once 
with  the  Yachting  Committee,  New  York  A.  C.,  Pelham 
Manor,  N.  Y. 

SAILING  DIRECTIONS. 


YACHTING  NEWS  NOTES. 


For  advertising  relating  to  this  department  see  pages  ii  and  iii. 


Actjshla  and  Theo  Sold. — The  sloop  yacht  Acushla 
II.,  Mr.  Paul  Rainey,  N.  Y.  Y.  C.,  has  been  sold  to 
Mr.  Irving  R.  Todd,  Calais,  Maine,  through  the  office 
of  Henry  J.  Gielow.  The  same  agency  has  also  sold 
the  36ft.  yawl  Theo,  Mr.  G.  M.  Wynkoop,  to  Prof.  S. 
R.  Reeve,  Worcester,  Mass. 

R **  **» 

Hercules  and  Mic  Mac  Sold. — Mr.  W.  C.  Coffin, 
New  Rochelle,  N.  Y.,  has  sold  the  auxiliary  schooner 
Hercules  to  Mr.  R.  Rydberg,  of  this  city,  through  the 
agency  of  Stanley  M.  Seaman,  220  Broadway.  The 
same  agency  has  also  sold  the  knockabout  Mic  Mac  for 
Howard  Palmer,  Yale  University,  to  Miss  Myrtle  Scott, 
Great  Neck,  L.  I.  She  was  designed  by  Crownmshield, 
built  1902  by  Jensen,  and  is  37ft.  over  all,  21ft.  water- 
line, 9ft.  beam  and  4ft.  draft;  the  boat  is  now  in  com- 
mission off  Great  Neck,  and  Miss  Scott  expects  to 
enter  her  in  the  races  this  end  of  the  Sound. 

r r r 

Commodore  W.  K.  Vanderbilt,  Jr. — Commodore 
William  K.  Vanderbilt,  Jr.,  of  the  Seawanhaka  Corin- 
thian Y.  C.,  has  made  the  following  appointments: 
Rev.  George  R.  Van  de  Water,  D.D.,  Fleet  Chaplain; 
John  Herndon  French,  M.D.,  Fleet  Surgeon,  and 
Beverley  R.  Robinson,  Signal  Officer. 

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Edmee  Launched. — The  60ft.  cruising  launch  Edmee, 
built  by  the  Gas  Engine  & Power  Co.  and  Charles  L.  Sea- 
bury  Co.,  Cons.,  for  Mr.  R.  J.  Schaefer,  was  launched  last 
week.  No  expense  was  spared  in  the  boat’s  construction 
and  she  is  as  complete  as  any  cruising  boat  of  her  size 
in  this  country.  Edmee  is  60ft.  over  all,  53/f - waterline, 
10ft.  6in.  breadth,  and  3ft.  6in.  draft.  She  is  fitted  with 
a six-cylinder  Speedway  engine.  The  keel,  stem  and 
frames  are  of  oak  and  the  planking  is  of  cedar,  copper 
fastened.  The  owner’s  stateroom,  a large  double  cabin, 
occupies  most  of  the  forward  part  of  the  boat.  Connect- 
ing with  this  cabin  is  a roomy  lavatory.  Further  aft  is 
the  main  saloon  with  extension  berth  on  either  side.  Aft 
of  the  saloon  is  the  engine  space,  the  galley  and  quarters 
for  the  crew. 

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Mr.  George  Lauder,  Jr.,  Dined.— On  Friday  evening, 
May  12,  sixty-five  members  of  the  Indian  Harbor  Y.  C. 
gave  a dinner  at  the  club  house  at  Greenwich,  Conn.,  to 
their  Commodore,  George  Lauder,  Jr.  Endymion,  Commo- 
dore Lauder’s  flagship,  is  entered  in  the  race  for  the 
Ocean  Cup  from  the  Indian  Harbor  Y.  C. 

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Onontio  Sold. — Mr.  Harrison  B.  Moore  has  sold  his 
high  speed  launch  Onontio  to  Mr.  H.  N.  Baruch,  of  New 
York  city.  Mr.  Moore  has  purchased  a cruising  yacht  to 
replace  Onontio.  The  new  boat  is  an  auxiliary  ketch 
known  as  Kamoor,  and  she  was  purchased  through  the 
agency  of  Mr.  Frank  Bowne  Jones. 

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Recent  Sales— The  schooner  yacht  Loyal  has  been 
sold  by  Mr.  R.  P.  Doremus  to  Mr.  Gibson  Putzel. 

The  steam  yacht  Constant  has  been  sold  by  Messrs. 
R.  P.  Hart  & H.  Burden  2d,  to  Mh  Egbert  Moxham,  of 
Wilmington.  Constant  was  built  two  years  ago  for  a 
cruise  up  the  Amazon,  but  the  project  fell  through.  She 
is  125ft.  6in.  over  all,  110ft.  on  the  waterline,  20ft.  beam 
and  6ft.  9m.  draft.  She  was  designed  by  Messrs.  Tams, 
Lemoine  & Crane. 

The  35ft.  sloop  Lida  Louise  has  been  sold  to  Mr.  Henry 

G.  Tobey,  of  the  New  YorkY.  C. 

Mr.  Lucius  W.  Hitchcock,  Jr.,  has  purchased  the  sloop 
yacht  Sirocco.  Mrs.  G.  F.  Dominick  has  purchased  the 
Bar  Harbor  30-footer  Joker. 

The  cabin  launch  Elf  has  been  sold  by  the  estate  of 
Augustin  Monroe  to  Mr.  Edward  C.  Griffith,  of  Larch- 


From  the  Yachting  World. 

A new  Napier  yacht  has  just  been  launched,  the  name 
of  which  is  Napier  Major.  What  the  old  Napier  was 
to  the  racing  craft  now  so  much  in  evidence  all  over 
Europe  and  America,  so  Napier  Major  will  be  to  a 
fleet  of  cruising  launches,  fishing  boats,  and  pleasure 
yachts,  viz.,  the  pioneer  of  innumerable  vessels  that  will 
be  constructed  in  the  near  future  of  such  various 
designs  as  will  be  required  to  meet  the  fast  growing 
public  demand.  Napier  Major  was  launched  recently 
at  Lowestoft  and  christened  by  Mrs.  F.  Miller.  Her 
over  all  length  is  45ft.,  load  waterline  40ft.,  beam  9ft. 
6in.,  depth  5ft.  8in.,  and  her  6ft.  of  headroom  showed 
her  what  may  be  termed  a model  power  fishing  boat. 
Her  displacement  is  12  tons  and  her  horsepower  derived 
from  a four-cylinder  20  m.  p.  Napier  engine,  which  is 
sufficient  to  drive  her  between  eight  and  nine  knots  and 
to  keep  her  going  in  the  teeth  of  a full  gale  of  wind. 
Her  gross  weight  is  13-45  tons.  She  is  built  of  larch, 
oak  frames,  American  elm  timbers,  steel  floors,  and 
three  steel  frames  with  teak  fittings.  The  boat  is 
decked  and  has  raised  cabin  top  14m.  above  deck  aft, 
and  dropping  down  forward.  The  cabin  top  is  fitted 
with  dead  lights  and  ventilation,  and  also  with  scuttles 
on  sides  of  cabin  top.  A round  hatch  is  fitted  forwaid 
to  facilitate  handling  of  sail  and  forward  deck  gear  in 
bad  weather  and  to  allow  the  crew  to  obtain  quick 
access  to  the  cabin.  Aft  is  a cockpit  made  watertight 
and  self-draining,  fitted  with  portable  benches.  The 
companion  leading  from  the  cockpit  to  the  engine  room 
is  closed  with  sliding  boards  which  drop  into  slots,  in- 
stead of  folding  doors,  for  the  sake  of  security.  In  the 
bulkhead  is  fitted  a scuttle,  and  the  steering  compass 
is  placed  inside  and  can  be  seen  through  the  scuttle. 
Fuel  tanks  are  placed  under  the  deck  in  what  really  is 
part  of  the  self-draining  cockpit.  There  are  other 
tanks  in  the  engine  room,  and  a pump  worked  by  hand 
supplies  the  oil  to  the  feed  tank.  The  engine  room  is 
ample  for  the  engine,  giving  room  all  round,  and  it  is 
provided  with  considerable  locker  space  for  stores. 
The  tanks  both  in  the  cockpit  and  engine  room  are  in 
the  wings  and  are  protected  by  bulkheads  in  teak.  The 
cabin  which  leads  out  of  the  engine  room  is  fitted  with 
one  big  berth  for  two  and  a single  berth  on  the  star- 
board side.  The  berths  are  so  arranged  that  in  the 
day  the„bed  is  placed  up  against  the  ship’s  side  and  the 


Start  will  be  from  a line  between  the  black  and  red 
horizontally  striped  buoy  on  the  southerly  end  of  Green  s 
Flats  and  the  Committee  boat  anchored  to  the  north  of 
Whortleberry  Island.  Finish  will  be  at  the  entrance  to  the 
west  harbor  of  Block  Island.  Judge  at  finish  will  show 
the  New  York  A.  C.  flag  by  day  and  a lantern  at  night. 

Yachts  may  go>  through  Plum  Gut,  the  Race  or  Fisher’s 
Island  Sound,  but  all  buoys  and  Government  marks  must 
be  left  on  the  channel  side.  Preparatory  signal  will  be 
a gun  from  the  committee  boat  at  10  A.  M.  Starting 
signal  at  10  :o5,  when  the  time  of  all  boats  will  be  taken. 

High  water  at  Whortleberry  Island  10:50  A.  M.,  June 
17.  Full  moon  June  17. 

Steamers  leave  Block  Island  for  New  London  or  Green- 
port  every  day. 

entries. 

Five  boats  are  already  entered  and  their  particulars  are 
as  follows : 

Flosshilde,  owned  by  Dr.  W.  D.  Hennen  and  entered 
from  the  New  York  A.  C.  She  is  42ft.  ioin.  over  all  and 
26ft.  6in.  on  the  waterline.  The  boat  was  built  by  Smith, 
at  Quincy,  Mass.,  in  1901  from  Mr.  B.  B.  Crowninshield’s 
designs. 

Planley,  owned  by  Mr.  C.  D.  Mallory,  is  entered  from 
the  Indian  Harbor  Y.  C.  _ She  was  designed  and  built  by 
Mr.  C.  C.  Hanley  for  racing  in  the  East,  and  is  41ft.  2in. 
over  all  and  29ft.  waterline. 

Saladin  is  one  of  the  old  Burgess  “thirties.”  She  is 
owned  by  Mr.  R.  W.  Rathborne  and  entered  from  the 
New  York  A.  C.  Saladin  was  built  by  Lawley  in  1889. 

Alyce  was  designed  and  built  by  the  George  Lawley  & 
Son  Corp.,  South  Boston,  in  1899.  She  is  owned  by  Mr. 

H.  A.  Jackson  and  entered  from  the  New  York  A.  C. 

Gauntlet  was  designed  and  built  last  winter  by  Mr.  L. 
D.  Huntington  for  himself.  She  is  28ft.  long  over  all  and 
is  entered  from  the  New  Rochelle  Y.  C. 


Vitesse  Shows  Good  Speed. — Vitesse,  the  new  steam 
yacht  built  by  the  Gas  Engine  & Power  Co.  and  Charles 
L.  Seabury  Co.,  Cons.,  for  Mr.  Brayton  Ives,  was  given 
her  speed  trials  last  week  on  the  Hudson  River.  On  a 
run  of  two  hours  over  the  nine-mile  straightway  measured 
course  she  attained  a speed  of  29.75  miles  an  hour,  and 
an  average  speed  of  27.12  miles  an  hour  fQr  the  entire 
distance. 


mont. 

Mr.  R.  S.  Morton  has  sold  to  Mr.  William  Ackerman 
the  40ft.  sloop  Elfin. 

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Recent  Transfers. — Messrs.  Macconnell  & Cook  have 
made  the  following  sales  and  charters : 

Launch  Queen  Bess,  sold  by  Mr.  R.  LI.  Stearns,  Larch- 
mont  Y.  C.,  to  Messrs.  D.  A.  Dodge  and  E.  A.  Carley, 
Columbia  Y.  C. 

The  auxiliary  sloop  Sculpin,  sold  by  Mr.  F.  H.  Still- 
man, Bridgeport,  Conn.,  to  Mr.  J.  W.  Wilson,  of  New 
York  city. 

The  Crosby  knockabout  Vladivostok,  sold  to  a Western 
yachtsman.  The  craft  is  now  being  shipped  to  Port  Clin- 
ton, O. 

The  gasolene  boat  Duff,  to  Mr.  W.  L.  Coulter,  of  Sara- 
nac Lake,  N.  Y.,  and  the  sloop  Urchin  to  Mr.  Howard 
Greenberg,  of  New  York  city. 

The  auxiliary  yawl  Hussar  II.,  chartered  by  Commo- 
dore E.  T.  Affleck,  of  the  Toledo  Y.  C.,  to  Mr.  H.  S.  A. 
Stewart,  of  Pittsburg,  and  the  sloop  Gossoon  to  Mr.  Low- 
den  Jessup. 

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Levanter  Sold. — Mr.  Clifford  V.  Brokaw  has  purchased 
the  high  speed  steam  yacht  Levanter  and  changed  her 
name  to  Anita.  

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^moeing. 

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Across  Nova  Scotia  in  Canoes. 

1 Continued  from  page  882.) 

Lunch  was  the  first  consideration,  however,  so  we 
quickly  set  about  preparing  it,  choosing  the  things  that 
would  take  the  shortest  time  to  cook.  The  general 
spirit  of  the  dinner  party  would  have  reminded  one  of 
a collection  of  wild  animals  after  possibly  a three 
days’  fast.  The  meal  dispelled  all  this,  however,  our 
spirits  quickly  revived,  and  we  proceeded  to  take  things 
easily,  rambling  about  the  place  and  watching  a large 
party  of  three  sportsmen,  their  families  and  an  army 
of  guides  break  up  a camp  which  they  had  used  for  the 
past  two  weeks  as  headquarters.  The  Scribe  had  quite 
a talk  with  the  head  man  of  the  party,  and  managed 
to  snipe  a few  onions.  They  had  a great  box  of 
cleaned,  fresh  trout  packed  in  leaves  to  carry  with  them 
over  to  the  Port  Medway  River,  where  they  were  go- 
ing to  try  the  salmon  fishing.  They  were  very  pleasant 
people;  and  told  us  they  hailed  from  the  neighborhood 
of  Boston.  They  had  used  poles  for  slinging  their 
sleeping  bags  off  the  ground,  and  had  a very  com- 
fortable looking  camp. 

The  dam  at  the  Indian  Gardens  was  the  first  one  we 
had  encountered,  and  was  quite  a substantial  affair.  It 
was  possibly  15ft.  high,  and  had  numerous  sluice  gates 
and  a center  opening  through  which  the  entire  volume 
poured.  There  was  no  spillway  to  this  dam,  and  we  dis- 


Scribe had  managed  to  catch  one  of  the  large  trout 
which  were  plainly  to  be  seen  swimming  around  in  the 
clear  water  below,  directly  alongside  of  the  rapid  cur- 
rent. We  took  our  leave  of  the  camping  party,  and 
were  sorry  to  leave  the  Indian  Gardens  behind  us,  as 
they  were  an  ideal  spot  for  camping,  and  we  would 
have  liked  to  spend  several  days  there  exploring  the 
surrounding  country.  This  point  is  used  as  a head- 
quarters by  the  lumbermen  during  the  active  season, 
and  Louis  told  us  a number  of  anecdotes  of  the  place, 
describing  in  his  slow,  disjointed  way,  the  great  camps 
that  spread  around  over  the  open  clearing.  A number 
of  the  cook  boats  were  even  then  drawn  up  high  and 
dry  along  the  shore  at  the  lower  end  of  the  lake. 
Louis  was  employed  on  one  of  these  several  seasons 
ago,  and  told  us  of  the  difficulties  they  had  getting  these 
unruly  boats  up  to  the  head  waters,  where  the  lumber- 
men were  working.  In  some  cases  they  would  even 
have  to  work  them  up  the  rapids,  but  the  most  trouble 
was  with  the  floating  ice-floes  on  the  lakes. 

The  two  boats  started  jauntily  off  from  the  Indian 
Gardens  and  dropped  into  the  quick  current  commenc- 
ing a short  distance  below  the  wide  pool  under  the 
dam.  They  had  not  gone  more  than  500  yards,  how- 
ever, before  the  big  boat  was  suddenly  hung  up  by  a 
hidden  obstacle  while  passing  through  a fairly  swift 
current,  where  there  seemed  to  be  plenty  of  water. 
Louis  was  in  the  waist  of  the  boat,  and  announced  that 
the  obstacle  was  directly  under  him.  We  prodded 
around  with  our  paddles  and  found  plenty  of  water 
under  the  boat,  and  were  a good  deal  puzzled  to  know 
what  was  holding  us.  We  knew  we  had  struck  some- 


puted sometimes  as  to  the  wisdom  of  carrying  the 
boats  over,  rather  than  attempting  to  shoot  the  passage. 

There  was  a chute  of  some  10  or  15ft.  drop  through 
the  central  opening,  and  the  waters  poured  through 
with  such  force  that  it  was  heaped  up  and  thrown  to- 
gether in  the  shape  of  a ridge  as  it  went  down,  and 
this  ridge  broke  up  at  the  foot  of  the  drop  into  a suc- 
cession of  great  waves,  possibly  3 or  4ft.  high.  There 
seemed  to  be  no  trouble  beyond,  after  the  force  of  the 
water  had  been  spent  in  the  eddy  below  the  dam,  and 
we  came  to  the  conclusion  that  we  would  try  it,  and  if 
the  boats  happened  to  capsize  or  swamp  going  through 
the  chute,  there  would  be  little  danger  if  the  crew  hung 
on  to  the  boat  and  swam-  through  to  the  quiet  water. 
We  accordingly  carried  the  duffle  around,  so  as  to  have 
the  boats  empty,  and  Arthur  and  Louis  were  the  first 
to  try  the  passage.  Carl  and  the  Scribe  took  up 
positions  on  the  dam  above  the  open  space,  and  had  the 
cameras  focused  ready  to  catch  them  as  they  took  the 
drop.  In  the  mean  time,  Chas.  O.  had  been  getting 
his  boat  ready,  and  one  of  the  camping  party — most 
of  whom  had  come  down  to  see  the  excitement — asked 
us  if  the  “other  half-breed”  was  going  to  shoot  the 
dam  alone,  meaning,  of  course,  Chas.  O.  This  was 
one  on  Chas.  as  his  appearance  was  rather  forbidding, 
and  he  was  forthwith  named  the  “half-breed,”  which  ap- 
pellation stuck  to  him  the  rest  of  the  trip. 

Arthur  and  Louis  knelt  in  the  bottom  of  the  big 
canoe,  with  Louis  at  the  stern,  and  ran  quickly  down 
to  the  chute.  H.  N.  T.  was  lucky  enough  to  catch 
them  with  his  camera  just  as  they  took  the  drop,  and 
Carl  snapped  them  a few  seconds  later  as  they  were 
shooting  through  the  waves  below.  They  came  through 
with  great  speed,  and  Arthur  was  almost  lost  to  sight 
in  the  spray  when  they  struck  the  first  wave  at  the 
foot  of  the  chute.  They  pounded  through  the  lower 
waves  without  mishap,  throwing  the  water  high  on 
either  side  and  shipping  quite  a little  of  it,  so  that 
Arthur  was  pretty  well  soaked  by  the  time  they  drove 
the  canoe  out  of  the  current,  into  the  back  water  be- 
hind the  dam.  A minute  or  two  later,  Charles  came 
through  alone,  kneeling  in  the  stern  of  the  boat,  and 
made  a little  better  trip,  as  his  canoe  was  not  weighted 
in  the  bow  and  jumped  through  the  waves  without 
shipping  much  water.  The  photographers  were  ready 
and  got  two  more  views  as  he  passed  through. 

Both  boats  drew  around  to  the  other  side  of  the 
dam,  and  everything  was  loaded  aboard,  not  before  the 


thing  pretty  hard,  as  we  found  a little  water  leaking  in, 
but  could  not  tell  where  the  trouble  was,  as  the  bags 
and  duffle  covered  the  bottom  of  the  boat  completely 
there.  Finally  Arthur  managed  to  work  the  boat  off 
by  getting  out  into  the  water  and  lifting  it  around,  and 
as  we  slid  clear  we  found  it  was  a long  heavy  iron 
spike,  projecting  from  some  lumber  in  the  bed  of  the 
stream,  a very  dangerous  obstacle.  Our  boat  was  tak- 
ing in  water  pretty  fast,  so  we  ran  ashore  at  a likely 
looking  camping  spot  not  more  than  a mile  below  the 
Indian  Gardens,  and  we  decided  to  make  this  our  night’s 
stopping  place. 

This  was  one  of  the  most  comfortable  camps  we  had, 
on  a low,  flat  stretch  of  bank,  at  the  foot  of  a steep 
slope  heavily  covered  with  trees.  A short  distance  above 
the  camp  was  a stretch  of  rapids,  called  the  “Ledges,” 
and  the  water  opposite  to  us  was  quite  swift.  After  the 
camp  had  been  pitched,  we  tried  the  fishing  just,  below 
the  rapids  above  camp  and  had  very  good  sport.  Here 
the  Scribe  caught  the  first  grilse,  or  young  salmon. 
A little  later  all  hands  went  in  swimming,  experiencing 
some  annoyance  from  black  flies,  which,  fortunately, 
were  not  very  numerous.  We  found  that  our  canoe 
was  not  very  badly  damaged,  but  decided  to  wait 
until  the  next  morning  for  the  boat  to  dry  before 
patching  it. 

After  supper  we  rigged  up  the  large  camera,  and 
tried  to  take  a flashlight  view  of  the  camp.  Louis  at- 
tended to  squeezing  the  bulb,  and  must  have  bungled 
it  somehow,  as  the  photograph  never  came  out.  The 
weather  was  still  fine  and  cool,  with  no  sign  of  rain 
all  day.  This  camp  was  called  the  “Porcupine  Camp” 
for  obvious  reasons,  and  was  noted  for  the  excellent 
fishing  we  had  in  the  river  directly  above  and  in  front 
of  it.  We  tried  white  flies  at  dusk,  with  considerable 
success,  landing  several  fine  trout  from  the  rocks  with- 
in casting  distance  of  the  camp-fire.  Our  tent  was  well 
shaded  by  the  trees,  and  the  scenery  up  and  down  the 
river  was  very  wild  and  beautiful.  All  hands  turned  in 
about  half  past  nine,  and  after  various  grunts  of  satis- 
faction, quickly  dropped  off  to  sleep. 

[to  be  continued.] 


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Atlantic  Division  Meet* 

As  a guide  to  Atlantic  Division  members  the  following  informa- 
tion regarding  the  meet  of  the  Atlantic  Division,  to  be  held  at 
Park  Island,  Trenton,  N.  J.,  May  27-31;  and  the  cruise  from 
Easton,  Pa.,  to  Trenton,  has  been  collated  by  the  vice-commo- 
dore and  purser. 

The  camp  will  open  May  27  at  Park  Island,  situated  about  two 
miles  above  Trenton.  Members  coming  from  out  of  town  can 
make  connection  via  Belvidere  Division,  Penn.  R.  R.  to  the 
Asylum  Station,  which  is  opposite  the  camp,  or  take  trolley  to 
the  Trenton  Canoe  Club  at  Cadwallader  Place  and  paddle  up 
from  there,  or  walk  to  ferry  opposite  island,  about  one  mile. 
Both  clubs  have  Bell  telephone  connections. 

As  to-  quarters,  there  are  besides  the  club  house,  some  thirty 
tents  erected  on  board  floors,  belonging  to  members,  and  we 
will  be  well  prepared  to  take  care  of  men  from  out  of  town,  as 
a large  consignment  of  cots  and  blankets  have  been  arranged  for. 
A caterer  will  furnish  the  mess  at  the  usual  rate  of  $1.50  per  day. 

Everything  possible  will  be  done  to  lessen  the  labor  usually 
necessary  when  preparing  for  an  outing  of  this  kind,  and  to  mem- 
bers bringing  their  own  outfits  excellent  sites  will  be  given. 

Non-members  may  attend  the  cruise  and  meet  when  accompany- 
ing members,  and  upon  conditions  mentioned  in  the  by-laws  of 
the  A.  C.  A. 

The  vice-commodore  expects  to  remain  in  camp  all  of  the 
time,  and  will  prepare  some  attractive  trips  and  entertainment 
for  those  who  come  to  camp  for  Saturday  and  Sunday. 

Monday  evening  the  Park  Islanders  will  give  a camp-fire,  etc., 
on  the  lawn,  where  all  can  get  together  and  talk  it  over.  Should 
the  evening  prove  stormy,  the  club  house  is  amply  large  to 
shelter  all,  and  a hearth-fire  can  be  substituted. 

Annual  Meeting. 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  Division  for  the  election  of  officers 
and  transaction  of  other  business,  will  be  held  in  the  club  house 
Monday  evening,  May  29. 

The  Cruise. 

The  Delaware  River  for  the  50  miles  from  Easton  to  Trenton 
possesses  great  advantages  to  the  canoeist  in  being  accessible  at 
various  points  along  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad,  and  being  a 
swift  stream,  running  through  beautiful  country  from  the  foot 
of  the  mountains  to  the  low,  rolling,  farming  districts  above 
Trenton.  There  are  ripples  and  rapids  in  succession  which  the 
amateur  even  may  safely  run  in  an  ordinary  open  16x'30  paddling 
canoe,  and  some  of  the  liveliest  water  to  be  desired  by  the  ex- 
perienced cruiser  in  decked  canoes  may  be  found  at  Bull’s 
Island,  Well’s  and  Scudder’s  Falls,  all  of  which  can  be  safely 
passed  around  in  the  spring  when  the  water  is  high. 

Members  wishing  to  join  the  cruise  should  notify  Mr.  Stark 
before  the  23d  and  meet  at  the  United  States  Hotel,  Easton,  Pa., 
Saturday  evening,  May  27.  There  will,  no  doubt,  be  a number 
on  hand  early  in  the  afternoon  to  look  after  canoes  and  prepare 
for  the  start  early  Sunday  morning.  Frenchtown  is  the  place 
scheduled  for  dinner.  After  an  hour’s  rest  we  will  proceed  to 
Lambertville,  where  the  night  will  be  spent.  Monday  morning, 
after  taking  the  side  channel  around  Well’s  Falls  just  below 
town,  there  will  be  plenty  of  time  left  to  get  down  to  the  camp 
before  lunch. 

Lodging  and  meals  will  be  arranged  for  at  the  hotels  en  route, 
and  for  those  preferring  to  tent  out,  camp  sites  may  be  found 
adjacent  to  the  stopping  places. 

For  members  desiring  a partner  with  or  without  canoe  for  the 
cruise  we  will  endeavor  to-  make  up  tandem  crews  on  application. 

If  a cruise  of  one  day  longer  is  desired,  ship  to  Delaware 
Water  Gap,  Pa. ; in  the  thirty  extra  miles  there  are  many  ex- 
citing rapids,  of  which  full  details  will  be  furnished  on  applica- 
tion to  headquarters.  Three  days,  mostly  paddling  through  ordi- 
nary current,  can  be  had  shipping  to  Port  Jervis,  N.  Y.,  and  so 
on,  up  to  ten  days  extra,  which  would  take  you  to  Hancock  or 
Arkville,  N.  Y.,  on  the  headwaters. 

Outfit. 

As  to  outfits:  Two  men  can  make  the  trip  in  an  open  paddling 

canoe,  each  carrying  a waterproof  duffle  bag  with  change  of 
clothing  and  a rubber  poncho,  which  comes  in  useful  many 
times.  Each  boat  should  carry  a 30ft.  painter  and  sponge;  and 
it  is  generally  advisable  to  put  a quart  of  water  or  so  in  the 
canoe  before  shipping,  as  it  prevents  shrinkage  while  in  the 
cars. 

Tramp  rtation. 

Members  from  New  York  and  vicinity  desiring  to  ship  canoes 
for  the  cruise  are  advised  to  consult  with  the  local  committee- 
men and  arrange  to  have  canoes  and  duffle  shipped  as  freight 
early  in  the  week,  via  either  the  Central  Railroad  of  New  Jersey, 
or  Delaware,  Lackawanna  & Western  Railroad,  marked  “Care 
of  Charles  W.  Stark,  to  be  held  until  called  for,  Phillipsburg, 
N.  J.”  Prepay  all  charges  to  save  trouble  Sunday  morning. 

When  a number  arrange  to  ship  together  agents  will  be  willing 
to  assign  a large  Car,  thus  lessening  the  liability  of  damage. 
Pack  duffle  in  separate  packages,  as  it  enables  the  canoes  being 
handled  easier  and  does  not  strain  them  if  poorly  placed  in  car. 

Members  from  points  below  Trenton  will  ship  via  river  steamers 
or  Pennsylvania  Railroad,  market  “Jos.  O.  Rickey,  Trenton, 
N.  J. — forward  to  Phillipsburg,  N.  J.”  Trenton  men  should 
also  arrange  with  him  for  space  in  car  to>  leave  there  the  24th. 

Canoes  and  duffle  intended  for  the  meet  only  should  be  ad- 
dressed care  of  Jos.  O.  Rickey,-  Trenton,  N.  J.,  and  marked 
“Trenton  Canoe  Club,”  or  “Park  Island,”  as  desired.  Express 
matter  should  be  addressed  in  the  same  way.  Notify  Mr. 
Rickey  immediately  upon  shipment. 

The  Pennsylvania  Railroad,  under  circular  letter  to  agents  dated 
Dec.  18,  1890,  will  carry  canoes  as  excess  baggage  when  ac- 
companied by  owner,  if  arranged  for  beforehand. 


Regatta  Events. 

The  Regatta  Committee  have  prepared  a programme  of  y2- mile 
races,  to  be  called  at  10  A.  M.,  Tuesday.  From  the  list  given 
below  it  will  be  seen  that  there  are  enough  to  furnish  consider- 
able sport,  and  not  detain  visitors  wishing  to  pack  up  early  in 
the  afternoon:  r 

1.  Maclister  trophy;  one  man,  double  blades. 

*2.  Tail-end  race. 

3.  Tandem,  single  blades. 

*4.  Tandem,  double  blades. 

*5.  One  man,  single  blades. 

*6.  Tandem,  single  blades,  standing. 

The  A.  C.  A.  racing  rules  are  to  govern  all  races,  except  events 
marked  (*),  in  which  no  canoe  of  less  than  601bs.,  including 
floor  boards,  will  be  allowed;  the  committee  will  weigh  all  canoes 

In  the  tail-end  race,  contestants  shall  sit  or  kneel  between 
the  end  of  the  canoe  and  the  thwart,  or  seat  nearest  the  end, 
and  shall  use  a single-blade  paddle. 

Any  canoe  may  be  entered  in  one  or  more  races  by  the  owner; 
or  by  any  other  member  with  the  owner’s  permission. 

The  Atlantic  Division  sailing  trophy  will  be  contested  at  the 
general  meet.  First  and  second  prizes  of  novel  designs,  now  being 
prepared,  will  be  awarded  in  all  events. 

The  committee  solicit  subscriptions  to  the  regatta  fund. 

Conclusion. 


As  Trenton  and  Park  Island  are  easy  of  access,  we  trust  that 
members  will  take  this  time  to  visit  us,  as  no  efforts  will  be 
spared  to  make  the  meet  a success.  If  you  cannot  come  for  the 
entire  meet  or  take  in  the  entire  cruise,  come  with  us  for  a 
day,  as  we  anticipate  meeting  a large  number  of  members  during 
the  three  days. 

Correspondence  and  early  notice  of  intention  to  be  present 
is  earnestly  solicited.  Wm.  A.  Furman,  Vice-Corn. 

Officers  and  Committees,  Atlantic  Division. 


Vice-Commodore — Wm.  A.  Furman,  846  Berkley  avenue, 
Trenton,  N.  J. 

Rear-Commodore — Frank  C.  Hoyt,  57  Broadway,  New  York  city. 
Purser — Charles  W.  Stark,  23  W.  State  street.,  Trenton,  N.  J. 
Executive  Committee— E.  M.  Underhill,  Yonkers,  N.  Y.;  L.  C. 
Kretzmer,  Schepp  Building,  New  York  city;  M.  D.  Wilt,  721  N. 
Front  street,  Phila,  Pa. 

Camp  Site  Committee— A.  H.  Wood,  Chairman;  H.  M.  Lee. 
Chas.  F.  Plildebreciit,  Trenton,  N.  J. 

Regatta  Committee— M.  D.  Wilt,  Chairman,  721  N.  Front 
street,  Phila.,  Pa.;  E.  T.  ICeyser,  New  York  city;  A,  F.  Lutze 
Trenton,  N.  J.  ’ 

Transportation  Committee— Jos.  O.  Rickey,  Chairman,  Trenton. 
N.  J. ; F.  C.  Hoyt,  M.  Ohlmeyer  New  York  city;  W N 
Stanley,  Brooklyn;  E.  M.  Underhill,  Yonkers;  C T.  Mitchell 
Phila.;  IT.  T.  McNiece,  Trenton,  N.  J.  ’ 

Entertainment  Committee— Wm.  B.  Maddock,  Chairman,  Tren- 
ton, N.  J. ; M.  S.  West,  Frederick  Gilkyson,  F.  W.  Donnellv. 
W.  A.  Holcomb,  G.  M.  Wallington,  Trenton,  N.  J. 


r 404 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


£MaY  20,  X90g. 


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Fixtures. 

May  24-25.— Union  Hill  Park,  N.  J.,  Independent  New  York 
Scheutzen.  Gus  Zimmerman,  Capt.  . 

June  15-18—  Central  Sharpshooters’  Union,  under  auspices  of 
Davenport,  la.,  Shooting  Association.  F.  Berg,  Sec’y. 

July  24-29.— N ewark,  U.— Second  annual  of  the  Onio  State  Rifle 
Association.  , ... 

July  26- Aug.  1.— Creedmoor,  L.  I.— Second  annual  of  New  York 
Rifle  Association.  . . 

Aug.  11-18.— Fort  Des  Moines,  la.,  Rifle  Association  annual 
meeting. 

Aug  24-28.— Sea  Girt,  N.  J.— National  rifle  and  revolver  matches. 

Aug.  29-Sept.  9.— Sea  Girt,  N.  J.— National  Rifle  Association  and 
New  Jersey  State  Association. 


Cincinnati  Rifle  Association. 


Cincinnati,  O. — The  following  scores  were  made  in  regular  com- 
petition by  members  of  this  Association  at  Four-Mile  House, 
Reading  road,  May  7.  Conditions,  200yds.,  offhand,  at  the  25-ring 
target.  Hasenzahl  was  champion  for  the  day  with  the  good 
score  of  230.  Roberts  was  high  on  the  honor  target  with  69  points. 
This  was  the  dav  set  for  a ten-man  team  match  with  the  Wausau 
Schuetzen  Verein,  of  Wausau,  Wis.  Conditions:  ten-man  teams, 
ten  shots  each  man,  offhand,  at  the  25-ring  target.  It  resulted  in 
a victory  for  the  home  team.  The  Wausau  team  had  bad  weather 
conditions,  while  the  Cincinnati  team  had  fair  conditions.  An- 
other match  is  being  prepared  for  June  4,  under  the  same  con- 
ditions. The  scores: 


Hasenzahl  ....230  220  220  215  212 


Payne  227  227  226  215  213 

Nestler  ...... .226  226  217  216  215 

Odell  223  213  209  208  207 

Roberts  222  218  217  213  207 

Hofer  215  206  201  199  196 


Bruns  211  207  201  193  ... 

Freitag  206  200  195  192  182 

Gindele  203  199  

Drube  195 


Trounstine  . . .186  184  175  


Team  scores: 


O Mueller 
A Lepinski- 
F Mathie  .. 
W Koppe  . 
H Binzer  . . 
O Mathie  . . 
J Ringle  — 
W Lohmar 
H Schmidt 
J Dern 

Freitag  .... 
Hasenzahl  . - 

Odell  

Nestler  .... 

Payne  

Hofer  

Bruns  

Roberts  . . . , 
Gindele  . . . . 
Drube  


Wausau  Schuetzen  Verein. 

22  24  18  22  21  19  20  20  20 

15  25  14  17  17  22  20  22  17 

21  13  18  22  22  20  23  23  24 

16  20  18  22  24  15  22  12  19 

18  24  21  20  9 17  17  23  15 

8 20  21  20  16  20  23  22  15 

21  18  20  22  14  19  25  18  20 

16  22  20  18  22  15  24  22  16 

12  23  20  22  23  19  23  21  17 

24  23  18  20  18  21  20  19  18 

Cincinnati  Team. 

19  21  15  15  17  21  20  16  17 

25  21  13  17  16  20  21  19  23 

20  19  22  14  17  23  25  21  22 

20  19  22  14  17  23  25  21  22 

20  19  24  18  22  22  24  22  17 

21  25  16  21  20  21  23  24  20 

. .22  22  21  20  22  18  21  22  20 

' 20  19  23  19  24  21  24  20  22 

16  21  12  24  22  24  24  21  21 

21  22  19  17  21  25  21  14  14 


17— 203 

18— 187 
22—208 

19— 187 

20— 184 

20— 185 
19—196 

23— 198 
17—197 

17- 198-1943 

21— 182 

24— 199 
19—202 
19—205 

23— 211 

24 —  215 
19—207 
21—213 

18— 203 
21—195—2032 


Zettler  Rifle  Club. 


The  first  outdoor  shoot  for  the  season  held  by  this  club  oc- 
curred  May  13,  on  the  ranges  in  Union  Hill,  N.  J.  The  attend- 
ance  was  small,  because  of  the  weather  conditions,  the  day  being 
dark  and  cloudy  toward  its  close.  Dow  scores  were  due  mostly 
to  the  thick  haze,  which  rendered  the  targets  indistinct.  Louis 
P.  Hansen  was  high  man.  The  conditions  were  50  shots  per  man 
at  200yds.,  offhand,  on  the  %in.  ring  target.  The  results  follow: 


L P Hansen,  Jersey  City. 


A Hubalek,  Newark. 


G Schlicht,  Weehawken 


H Fenwirth 


Barney  Zettler,  New  York.. 


L Maurer,  New  York. 


.19  22 

22  24 
19  17 

23  24 
19  20 
.19  22 

23  22 

19  22 
22  18 

23  24 
.22  19 
22  19 

20  19 

21  21 
21  23 
.17  23 
18  22 
17  20 
21  19 
20  21 

19  20 
25  14 

24  19 

20  24 

17  23 
.15  18 
24  21 
20  18 

18  19 
20  24 


22  19 
21  22 

23  22 

24  22 
22  20 

21  25 
19  20 

24  18 

22  21 

19  20 

25  21 
25  21 
17  22 
21  18 
22  22 
17  16 
25  20 

22  23 
21  18 
14  21 
16  21 

23  24 
21  21 

0 19 

20  19 
19  16 
22  13 
19  24 
19  20 
22  23 


19  23 
21  22 
22  22 
24  21 
24  23 
23  21 

23  25 
16  23 

24  23 
13  24 

20  20 
20  20 

19  21 
21  20 

22  17 
24  8 
22  22 

15  22 
24  21 

16  12 

20  19 

21  21 
20  21 
21  21 

23  21 
18  16 

20  23 

21  18 
19  19 
21  16 


19  21 
24  17 
24  20 

16  24 
21  22 
19  20 
19  15 
19  24 

17  15 

19  17 
17  23 

17  23 

23  19 

21  24 

18  22 

24  18 
13  22 
16  19 

22  21 
21  18 

20  18 
22  16 

18  13 
20  22 

19  21 
18  12 
23  22 
18  21 

25  20 
16  20 


21  23—208 
24  21—218 

22  24—215 

23  19—220 

24  20—215—1076 
20  22—212 

21  20—208 

23  19—207 

16  20—198 

20  23—202—1027 
13  15—195 

13  15—195 
19  18—197 

21  20—208 
22  22-211- 

24  23—194 

25  22—211 

17  23—194 

21  2a — 21.0 

15  16—174—  983 
25  22—200 
12  21—199 

18  15—190 

15  19—181 

23  19 — -205 — ■ 975 
21  21—174 
25  21—214 

16  15—190 
21  20-200 

11  19—192—  970 


-1019 


West  Milton  (O.)  Rifle  Club. 


The  regular  semi-monthly  shoot  of  the  West  Milton  Outing 
Rifle  Club,  on  May  10,  was  fairly  well  attended.  The  offhand 
contest  at  100yds.  was  won  by  P.  Bridenbaugh  with  a score  of 
44  out  of  a possible  48.  D.  W.  Jones  won  the  100yd.  offhand 
8-shot  match  with  84  out  of  a possible  96  on  the  Creedmoor  target. 
On  the  Standard  American  target,  200yds.,  muzzle  rest,  W.  h. 
Jay  won  with  47  out  of  a possible  50. 

The  club’s  regular  medal  contest  has  been  postponed  to  May 
25,  in  order  that  the  members  may  attend  the  opening  shoot  of 
the  Dayton  Sharpshooters  on  the  24th.  The  scores: 

Match,  offhand,  100yds.,  Creedmoor  target,  4 shots,  possible  48, 
and  8 shots,  possible  96: 


D W Jones  ... 

W F Jay 

P Bridenbaugh 
J C Anderson 
H R Pearson... 
John  Spitler  ... 


10 

12 

9 

12-43 

12 

8 

9 

12—41—84 

10 

12 

9 

11—42 

8 

8 

10 

5—31—73 

12 

12 

8 

12—44 

8 

0 

8 

11— 27 — 1 71 

8 

10 

12 

6—36 

8 

11 

6 

6—31—67 

8 

4 

6 

5—23 

7 

10 

10 

8-35-58 

4 

10 

8 

9—31 

0 

9 

8 

10—27—58 

Muzzle  rest,  200yds.,  5 shots,  possible  50,  on  Standard  American 
target : 

W F Jay  10  10  9 8 10—47  J C Anderson.  8 8 10  9 8—43 

H R Pearson..  10  10  10  9 6—45  P Bridenbaugh.  5 10  6 8 4—33 

D W Jones  ...10  9 9 7 9—44  J Spitler  7 6 -6  5 6—30 

BO  NASA. 


Providence  Revolver  Club. 

May  13. — Three  of  our  members^  who  have  had  an  opportunity 
to  commence  50yd.  outdoor  practice  are  apparently,  making  the 
most  of  their  advantage.  W.  H.  Freeman  has  to  his  credit  this 
week  a 50-shot  score  of  452,  and  William  Almy  commenced  a 
1000-shot  task  with  his  .22  pistol,  scoring  an  average  of  90  per 
cent,  to  date.  The  combination  of  shooter,  and  ammunition  seems 
well  matched  for  fine  work.  Mr.  Almy  is  also  shooting  his  .38 
officer’s  model  in  the  90  class.  We  think  it  a great  gun  in  this 
vicinity. 

Frank  Corey’s  86,  “with  a four  in  it,”  was  a hard  luck  string, 
but  a particularly  pretty  group  of  tens  made  the  target  of  more 
than  ordinary  interest.  The  big  .44  is  going  to  show  up  some 
nineties  yet. 

We  are  still  doing  a little  20yd.  and  25yd.  indoor  work,  and  on 
Saturday  evening  Mr.  Argus  succeeded  in  getting  a couple  of 
86’s  with  his  .38,  which  we  consider  good  work  for  our  indoor 
range.  Mr.  Jefferds,  one  of  our  new  members  secured  a 220  with 
Jris  repeating  rifle. 


The  following  scores  were  recorded  for  week  ending  May  13: 
Fifty  yards : 

Walter  H Freeman,  .22  pistol 92  89  94  90  87  —452 

Wm  Almy,  .38  officer’s  model. ...  10  10  9 10  7 8 7 10  10  10—  91 

Wm  Almy,  .22  pistol 7 9 9 10  9 7 10  9 10  10—  90 

9 10  10  8 10  8 8 10  9 10—  92 

8 9 10  9 8 9 10  8 10  8—  89 

10  8 8 7 10  9 10  10  8 9—  89 

Frank  L.  Corey,  .44  New  Service  Target,  86,  77,  85. 

Twenty-five  yards,  rifle:  W.  Bert  Gardiner,  240,  231,  240,  230,  237; 
C.  H.  Jefferds,  Jr.,  .32-20,  repeater,  220. 

Twenty  yards:  Wm.  Almy,  .38  officer’s  model,  92,  91,  90;  Wm. 
Almy,  .22  pistol,  90,  89,  88;  Arno  Argus,  .38  officer’s  model,  75, 
71,  74,  80,  75,  86,  80,  73,  86;  Wm.  F.  Eddy,  .38,  military,  75,  71. 
Twenty  yards  Creedmoor:  D.  P.  Craig,  .38,  41.  45. 


Seneca  Gun  Club. 

Members  held  their  regular  shoot  on  the  Zettler  ranges  in 
West  Twenty-third  street.  New  York  city,  the  night  of  May  13. 
Each  man  fired  two  10-shot  scores  at  25yds.,  offhand  with  .22 
caliber  rifles.  J.  N.  Wernz  was  high  with  462  out  of  the  possible 
500  points.  The  scores  of  all  follow: 


J N Wernz  

462 

J 

T 

Schroeder  

428 

S Nevins  

451 

A 

A 

Brown  

405 

F A Fall  

449 

F 

B 

Hovey  

389 

S Sadler  

437 

C 

L 

Sherwood 

381 

F A Ryan  436 


If  you  want  your  shoot  to  be  announced  here  send  a 
notice  like  the  following : 


Fixtures. 

May  17. — Boston,  Mass.,  Gun  Club  annual  invitation  team  shoot. 
H.  C.  Kirkwood,  Sec’y. 

May  17-18. — Auburn,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  two-day  tournament.  Knox 
& Knapp,  Mgrs. 

May  17-18. — Owensboro,  Ky.— The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  Daviess  County  Gun  Club. 
James  Lewis,  Sec’y. 

May  17-19. — Stanley  Gun  Club  of  Toronto  (Incorporated),  Can., 
annual  tournament.  Alexander  Dey,  Sec’y,  178  Mill  street, 
Toronto. 

May  19.- — Warwick,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  first  shoot  of  monthly  series. 
J.  A.  Ogden,  Capt. 

May  19-21. — St.  Louis,  Mo. — Rawlins  first  semi-annual  tournament; 
two  days  targets,  one  day  live  birds.  Alec.  D.  Mermod,  Mgr., 
620  Locust  street. 

May  20. — Castleton  Corners,  S.  I.— Mullerite  Gun  Club  thirteenth 
shoot.  A.  A.  Schoverling,  Mgr. 

May  20-21. — Shakopee,  Minn.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  Mathias 
A.  Deutsch,  Sec’y. 

May  23-24. — Minneapolis,  Minn.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament. 
H.  Marston,  Sec’y. 

May  23-25. — Lincoln. — Illinois  State  Sportsmen’s  Association  tour- 
nament. 

May  24. — Catskill,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  Seth  T.  Cole, 
Sec’y. 

May  24-25.— Wolcott,  N.  Y. — Catchpole  Gun  Club  tournament. 

E.  A.  Wadsworth,  Sec’y. 

May  25. — Fairview,  N.  J.,  Gun  Club  shoot. 

May  25-27. — Montreal,  Quebec,  Gun  Club  grand  trapshooting 
tournament.  D.  J.  Kearney,  Sec’y,  412  St.  Paul  street,  Quebec. 
May  28. — Jersey  City,  N.  J. — Hudson  Gun  Club  all-day  tournament. 
James  Hughes,  Sec’y. 

May  29-31. — Louisville,  Ky. — Kentucky  Trapshooters’  League  third 
annual  tournament.  Frank  Pragoff,  Sec’y. 

May  30.— Cleveland,  O.,  Gun  Club’s  tournament. 

May  30. — McKeesport,  Pa. — Enterprise  Gun  Club  tournament. 
Geo.  W.  Mains,  Sec’y. 

May.  30. — New  Berlin,  O.,  Gun  Club  Decoration  Day  shoot. 

May  30. — Mechanicsville,  N.  Y.,  Game  Protective  Association 
target  tournament. 

May  30. — Somerville,  Conn.,  Gun  Club  shoot.  A.  M.  Arnold, 

. Sec’y. 

May  30. — Pittsfield,  Mass. — Oak  Hill  Gun  Club  tournament.  J. 
Ransehousen,  Sec’y. 

May  30.— Indianapolis,  Ind.,  Gun  Club  shoot. 

May  30. — Auburn,  Me.,  Gun  Club  shoot. 

May  30. — Little,  Falls,  N.  Y.,  Fish  - and  - Game  Protective  Asso- - 
ciation  shoot. 

May  30. — Utica,  N.  Y. — Riverside  Gun  Club’s  all-day  target  tour- 
nament; merchandise.  E.  J.  Loughlin,  Sec’y. 

May  30. — Mullerite  Gun  Club  all-day  shoot  on  grounds  of  Point 
Pleasant,  N.  J.,  Gun  Club.  A.  A.  Schoverling,  Mgr. 

May  30. — Newport,  R.  I.— Aquidneck  Gun  Club  fourth  annual 
tournament.  J.  S.  Coggeshal,  Sec’y. 

May  30.— Bound  Brook,  N.  J.,  Gun  Club  all-day  shoot.  Dr.  J.  H. 

V.  Bache,  Sec’y.  J 

May  30. — Norristown,  Pa. — Penn  Gun  Club  annual  Decoration  Day 
tournament.  T.  V.  Smith,  Sec’y. 

May  30. — Lawrence,  Mass. — Second  annual  Memorial  Day  tourna- 
ment. R.  B.  Parkhurst,  Sec’y. 

May  30. — Fifth  annual  Decoration  Day  tournament  of  the  Ossining, 
N.  Y.,  Gun  Club.  C.  G.  Blandford,  Capt. 

May  30-31.— Washington,  D.  C.— Analostan  Gun  Club  two-day 
tournament;  $200  added.  Miles  Taylor,  Sec’y,  222  F street, 
N.  W. 

May  31.-June  1.— Vermillion. — South  Dakota  State  Sportsmen’s 
Association  tournament. 

June  1-2.— North  Branch,  N.  J.,  Gun  Club  first  annual  spring 
target  tournament.  H.  B.  Ten  Eyck,  Sec’y. 

June  3. — Long  Island  City,  N.  Y. — Merchandise  shoot  of  Queens 
County  Gun  Club.  R.  H.  Gosman,  Sec’y. 

June  5-6.— Lew  Pans,  O.— Cedar  Springs  nun  Club  tournament. 
J.  F.  Freeman,  Sec’y. 

June  6-8. — New  Jersey  State  Sportsmen’s  Association  tournament 
under  auspices  of  the  Rahway,  N.  J.,  Gun  Club.  W.  R. 
Hobart,  Sec’y. 

June  6-8.— Sioux  City,  la.— Soo  Gun  Club  tournament. 

June  8-9. — Dalton,  O.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  Ernest  E. 
Scott,  Capt. 

June  3-4.— Chicago  Trapshooters’  Association  amateur  tourna- 
ment. E.  B.  Shogren,  Sec’y. 

June  9.— Shamokin,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  S.  C.  Yocum, 

gec’y# 

June  11-13.— Chef  Menteur,  La.— Gulf  Coast  Trapshooters’  League 
shoot,  under  auspices  of  the  Tally-Ho  Club.  John  Spring, 
Chairman. 

June  13-14.— New  Bethlehem,  Pa. — Crescent  Gun  Club  second 
annual  tournament.  R.  E.  Dinger,  Capt. 

June  13-14. — Butler,  Mo.— The  Missouri  and  Kansas  League  of 
Trapshooters.  Dr.  C.  B.  Clapp,  Sec’y. 

June  13-16.— Utica,  N.  Y.— New  York  State  shoot.  Janies  Brown, 
Sec’y. 

June  13-15.— Canton,  O.,  Trapshooters’  League  tournament. 

June  14-15. — Durham,  N.  C. — North  Carolina  Trapshooters’  Associa- 
tion second  annual  tournament.  Geo.  L.  Lyon,  Pres. 

June  14-15.— Middletown,  Wis.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  Frank  L. 
Pierstorff,  Sec’y. 

June  15.— Champlain,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament. 

June  16-18. — Putnam,  111. — Undercliff  Sportsmen’s  Association 
tournament.  C.  G.  Grubbs,  Mgr. 

June  20-21.— Binghamton,  N.  Y.,  Rod  and  Gun  Club  tournament, 
Vernon  L.  Perry,  Sec’y. 

June  20-22.— New  London,  la.,  Gun  Club  tournament. 

June  21-22.— Bradford,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  club  tournament.  E.  C. 

Charlton,  Sec’y.  _.  . , 

June  22.— Towanda,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  W.  F.  Dittrich, 

June  27-30.— Indianapolis,  Ind.— The  Interstate  Association’s  Grand 
American  Handicap  target  tournament;  $1,000  added  money. 
Elmer  E.  Shaner,  Secy-Mgr.,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

July  1.— Sherbrooke,  Can.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  C.  H. 
Foss  Sec’y 

Tulv  4.— Shamokin,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  S.  C.  Yocum, 
Sec’y. 

julv  4._‘South  Framingham,  Mass.— Second  annual  team  shoot; 

$69  in  cash. 


July  4. — Springfield,  Mass. — Midsummer  tournament  of  the  Spring- 
field,  Mass.,  Shooting  Club.  C.  L.  Kites,  Sec’y. 

July  6-7. — Traverse  City,  Mich.,  trapshooting  tournament, 
uly  11-12.— New  Bethlehem,  Pa. — Crescent  Gun  Club  second 
annual  tournament.  O.  E.  Shoemaker,  Sec’y. 

July  12-13. — Menominee,  Mich. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  Menominee  Gun  Club. 
W.  W.  McQueen’  Sec’y. 

July  24-28. — Brehm’s  Ocean  City,  Md.,  target  tournament  H. 
A Rrehm.  Mgr..  Baltimore 

July  28-29. — Newport,  R.  I.— Aquidneck  Gun  Club  tournament. 
Aug.  2-4.— Albert  Lea,  Minn. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  Albert  Lea  Gun  Club. 
N.  E.  Paterson,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  16-18.— Ottawa,  Can.— Dominion  of  Canada  Trapshooting  and 
Game  Protective  Association.  G.  Easdale,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  16-18. — Kansas  City,  Mo. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  O.  K.  Gun  Club.  C.  C. 
Herman,  Sec’v 

Aug.  22 — Somerville,  Conn.,  Gun  Club  individual  State  champion- 
ship tournament.  A.  M.  Arnold,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  22-23. — Carthage,  Mo. — The  Missouri  and  Kansas  League  of 
Trapshooter.  Dr.  C.  B,  Clapp,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  22-25.— Lake  Okoboji,  la.— Indian  annual  tournament. 

Aug.  29-31. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tournament,  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Colorado  Springs,  Colo.,  Gun  Club ; $1,000 
added  money.  A.  J.  Lawton,  Sec’y. 

Sent.  4 (Labor  Day).— Fall  tournament  of  the  Springfield,  Mass., 
‘ Shooting  Club;  $25  added  money.  C.  L.  Kites,  Sec’y. 

Sept.  5-8.— Trinidad,  Colo.— Grand  Western  Handicap. 

Sept.  15-17.— San  Francisco,  Cal.— The  Interstate  Association’s 
Pacific  Coast  Handicap  at  Targets,  under  the  auspices  of  the 
San  Francisco  Trapshooting  Association.  A.  M.  Shields,  Sec’y. 
Sept.  18-20.— Cincinnati  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  Arthur 
Gambell,  Mgr. 

Oct.  10-11.— St.  Joseph,  Mo.— The  Missouri  and  Kansas  League  of 
Trapshooters.  Dr.  C.  B.  Clapp,  Sec’y. 

Oct.  11-12.— Dover,  Del.,  Gun  Club  tournament;  open  to  all 
amateurs.  W.  H.  Reed,  Sec’y. 

Oct.  12.— Fall  tournament  of  the  Delaware  Trapshooters’  League, 
on  grounds  of  Dover  Gun  Club. 


DRIVERS  AND  TWISTERS. 

Mullerite  Gun  Club’s  thirteenth  shoot,  at  Castleton  Corners,  S. 
I.,  on  Saturday  of  this  week. 

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The  South  End  Gun  Club,  of  Reading,  Pa.,  announces  a 
tournament  to  be  held  by  them  on  July  4. 

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The  Fayette  Gun  Club,  of  Lexington,  Ky.,  have  adjusted  the 
handicap  target  allowance  on  a sliding  scale  in  the  competition  in 
the  Parker  gun  series. 

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Ten  events  at  10,  15  and  20  targets,  75  cents,  $1  and  $1.50 
entrance,  constitute  the  programme  of  the  Warwick,  N.  Y.,  Gun 
Club  monthly  shoot,  May  19.  Shooting  begins  at  1 o’clock. 

* 

The  Cumberland  Gun  Club,  of  British  Columbia,  has  installed  a 
new  American-made  trap,  and  the  perfect  working  of  it  and 
the  consequent  saving  of  time  evoked  the  opinion  that  it  was  a 
success. 

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The  programme  of  the  North  Side  Gun  Club,  Pittsburg,  Pa., 
consists  of  six  events;  five  at  20  and  one  at  50  targets;  entrance 
$1.20  and  $2.  Targets,  1 cent.  The  50-target  event  is  for  ten 
merchandise  and  cash  prizes,  distance  handicap.  Rose  system  in 
other  events.  Mr.  G.  G.  Root  is  the  Secretary. 

Capt.  C.  G.  Blandford,  of  the  Ossining,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club,  writes 
us  as  follows:  “The  prospects  for  a big  shoot  on  the  30th  inst. 

are  great.  We  have  about  twenty  prizes  donated  so  far  for  the 
merchandise  event  on  that  day.  The  entrance  in  that  event  will 
be  $1.50.  All  the  prizes  will  be  worth  more  than  the  entrance,  and 
some  several  times  more.” 

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The  hosts  of  friends  of  the  famous  trapshooter,  and  manager 
Shotgun  Smokeless  Bureau  of  the  Dupont  Co.,  Mr.  J.  T.  Skelly, 
will  hasten  to  extend  their  hearty  congratulations  to  him,  as  he 
is  now  a benedict.  He  was  married  a few  days  ago  in  Nashville, 
Tenn.,  and  is  now  on  his  wedding  tour.  To  Mr.  Skelly  and  wife 
our  hearty  wishes  are  extended  for  their  happiness,  -long  life  and 
prosperity. 

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The  third  tournament  of  the  Consolidated  Gun  Clubs  of  Con- 
necticut is  fixed  to  take  place  under  the  auspices  of  the  Willi- 
mantic  Gun  Club,  May  23.  Mr.  Wm.  P.  Jordan  is  the  Secretary. 
The  fourth  tournament  is  fixed  to  take  place  on  June  13,  at 
Waterbury,  Conn.,  under  the  auspices  of  the  Mattatuck  Gun 
Club.  Willis  P.  Hall,  Secretary. 

A circular  letter  announces  the  consolidation  of  the  Ashland 
Gun  Club  and  Fayette  Gun  Club,  of  Lexington,  Ky.,  under  the 
name  of  the  latter.  The  resultant  membership  is  now  over  sixty. 
Targets  will  be  trapped  for  one  cent  to  all  club  members  or  visit- 
ing shooters  who  are  not  residents  of  Lexington  or  Fayette 
county,  Kentucky.  Two  handsome  trophies  are  objects  of  com- 
petition for  the  season  of  1905.  Mr.  Wm.  Van’  Deren  is  the 
Secretary. 


The  programme  of  the  Christiana-Atglen  Gun  Club  all-day  shoot 
at  Atglen,  Pa.,  May  25,  includes  both  live-bird  and  target  com- 
petition. Ten  target  events,  at  10,  15  and  25  targets;  75  cents, 
$1,  $1.25  and  $1.75  entrance,  are  provided.  Moneys  will  be 
divided  Rose  system.  The  three  live-bird  events  are  respectively 
at  5,  7 and  10  birds,  entrance  $2.50,  $3  and  $4.  Class  shooting. 
Live  birds  9:30  A.  M.  Targets  1 P.  M.  Mr.  W.  R.  Fieles  is  the 
Secretary. 

The  programme  of  the  Decoration  Day  shoot,  to  be  held  by  the 
Ossining,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club,  has  ten  events,  at  15,  20  and  25 
targets.  Totals,  190  targets,  $13.80  entrance.  Shooting  begins  at 
10:30,  rain  or  shine.  Rose  system.  High  amateur  average,  $5. 
Five  low  averages,  $2  each.  In  event  8,  merchandise,  the  handi- 
caps are  from  14  to  20yds.  No.  6 will  include  a ten-man  team 
match  between  the  Ossining  and  Poughkeepsie  clubs.  Address 
Capt.  C.  G.  Blandford  for  further  particulars. 

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Mr.  A.  M.  Arnold,  Secretary,  writes  us:  “The  Somersville 

Gun  Club  will  hold  a shoot  Tuesday,  May  30.  Programme  calls 
for  150  targets.  Shoot  to  commence  at  10  A.  M.  Entrance  in 
sweeps,  $12.27.  Targets,  1%  cent  each,  included  in  entrance. 
Money  divided  by  the  Rose  system.  On  Aug.  22  next,  the  club 
will  hold  their  second  annual  State  championship  tournament, 
the  principal  event  being  a 50-target  race  for  individual  State 
championship.  Full  particulars  will  be  announced  later. 


May  20,  1905.] 


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Mr.  Elmer  F.  Jacobs,  Secretary  Monongahela  Valley  League, 
of  West  Virginia,  Box  746,  Morgantown,  writes  us  that  the 
League  dates  for  the  third,  fourth  and  fifth  regular  monthly 
tournaments  are  as  follows:  Third,  June  21:  Grafton  Rod  and 

Gun  Club,  Grafton,  W.  Va. ; A.  R.  Warden,  Sec’y,  Grafton,  W. 
Va.  Fourth,  July  4:  Mannington  Gun  Club,  Mannington,  W. 

Va. ; W.  C.  Mawhinney,  Sec’y,  Mannington,  W.  Va.  Fifth,  Aug. 
8 and  9:  Recreation  Rod  and  Gun  Club,  of  Morgantown,  W.  Va. ; 
Elmer  F.  Jacobs,  Sec’y,  Morgantown,  W.  Va. 

Mr.  Luther  J.  Squier,  famous  both  as  a skillful  trapshooter, 
tournament  manager  and  cashier,  writes  us  that  the  special  purse 
for  amateurs,  which  was  a feature  of  the  Wawaset  Club  shoot,  at 
Wilmington,  Del.,  on  May  11  and  12,  resulted  in  much  satisfac- 
tion. Every  man  who  shot  through  the  programme  got  his  money 
back.  Eighteen  men  failed  to  win  their  entrance,  and  their  total 
losses  thereby  amounted  to  $243.80.  The  purse  was  sufficient  to 
cover  that  amount.  This  purse  was  the  entire  profits  of  the  shoot, 
consequent  to  setting  aside  for  it  1%  cent  for  each  target  thrown. 

* 

The  programme  of  the  Aquidneck  Gun  Club,  of  Newport,  R.  I„ 
for  their  shoot  on  May  30,  consists  of  nine  events;  six  at  15 
and  three  at  20  targets;  entrance  $1  and  $1.25;  totals,  150  targets, 
$9.75  entrance.  Shooting  commences  at  10  o’clock.  Targets,  V/2 
cent.  Rose  system.  Events  4,  5 and  6 will  be  combined  into  a 
50-target  distance  handicap,  for  merchandise  prizes.  Guns  and 
shells,  shipped,  prepaid,  to  J.  S.  Coggeshall,  Secretary,  9 Ayrault 
street,  will  be  delivered  on  the  grounds.  Of  the  two-day  tourna- 
ment, to  be  held  on  July  28-29,  a feature  of  the  second  day  will 
be  a five-man  team  shoot. 

The  North  Branch,  N.  J.,  Gun  Club  announces  their  first  annual 
target  tournament,  to  be  held  on  June  1 and  2.  The  programme 
consists  of  ten  15  and  two  25  target  events ; entrance  $1.30  and 
$1.50.  Average  money  for  amateurs,  $50,  divided  into  $15  for  each 
day,  and  $20  for  both  days.  A prize  will  be  given  to  the  pro- 
fessional making  high  average.  Class  shooting.  Shoot  rain  or 
shine.  Targets,  2 cents.  Any  one  may  shoot  for  targets  only. 
Shells  and  guns,  prepaid,  sent  to  Mr.  M.  H.  Rupell,  will  be 
delivered  on  the  grounds  free  of  charge.  North  Branch  is  on  the 
main  line  of  the  C.  R.  R.  of  N.  J. 

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The  Queens  County  Gun  Club  have  issued  the  programme  of 
their  shoot,  fixed  to  be  held  on  June  3.  Ten  events  at  10,  15  and 
25  targets,  are  provided.  Entrance  70  cents,  $1.05  and  $1.25.  Totals, 
175  targets,  $10.25  entrance.  Events  7,  8,  9 and  10  are  merchandise 
handicaps,  25  targets,  five  prizes  in  each,  value  from  $2  to  $7. 
Amateur  high  average,  silver  cup;  amateur  low  average,  $2.  Shoot- 
ing begins  10:30.  Targets,  2 cents.  Refreshments  free.  Ammuni- 
tion obtainable  on  grounds.  From  Thirty-fourth  street,  Long 
Island  -City,  take  Calvary  Cemetery  trolley  via  Borden  avenue 
to  grounds  on  Hunters’  Point  avenue. 

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The  Mechanicsville,  N.  Y.,  Game  Protective  Association  invites 
all  shooters  to  participate  in  their  Memorial  Day  shoot.  A pro- 
gramme of  ten  events,  at  15  and  20  targets,  is  provided.  Entrance, 
$1.30  and  $1.40,  except  in  the  Mullerite  event,  No.  8,  which  is  for  a 
gold  medal,  open  to  club  members  only.  Event  9 is  for  an  Ithaca 
gun.  Event  2 has  merchandise  prizes.  In  event  6,  added  money 
$2.  All  shoot  from  scratch.  Rose  system  and  class  shooting. 
Ship  guns  and  ammunition  to  M.  L.  Welling,  Hotel  Leland,  and 
they  will  be  delivered  on  the  grounds  free.  Shooting'  begins  at 
9:30,  rain  or  shine.  Committee,  A.  J.  Harvey,  Edgar  Morehouse, 
J.  L.  Shorey,  Geo.  Slingerland,  M.  L.  Welling  and  W.  C. 
Colbeck. 

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The  Consolidated  Gun  Clubs  of  Connecticut  offer  a programme 
of  twelve  events  for  competition  at  their  tournament,  to  be  held 
under  the  auspices  of  the  Willimantic  Gun  Club,  May  23.  There 
are  provided  two  events  at  10,  six  at  15,  and  four  at  20  targets, 
entrance  65  cents,  $1.22  and  $2.30.  Event  6,  20  targets,  is  the  team 
race.  Totals,  190  targets,  $17.82  entrance.  Rose  system,  5,  3,  2 
and  1.  Targets,  1%  cent.  All  shooters  are  invited.  Loaded 
shells  and  refreshments  on  the  grounds.  Baltic  trolleys  pass 
close  by  the  club  house.  Shooting  commences  at  9:30.  Mr.  W.  P. 
Jordan  is  the  Secretary  of  the  Willimantic  Gun  Club.  Dr.  D.  C. 
Y.  Moore  is  the  Secretary  of  the  Consolidated  Gun  Club. 

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The  Shamokin,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  has  provided  a programme  of 
thirteen  events  for  their  first  target  tournament,  on  June  9.  No. 

1 is  at  10,  No.  8 is  a merchandise  event  at  25  targets,  and  the 
remaining  eleven  are  at  15  targets;  totals,  200  targets,  $10  entrance. 
Targets,  2 cents.  The  programme  for  their  second  tournament, 
July  4,  has  fourteen  events,  two  at  10,  the  remainder  at  15  targets. 
Totals,  200  targets,  $10  entrance.  Shooting  begins  at  9:30  o’clock. 
Class  shooting.  Guns  and  ammunition,  prepaid  and  forwarded 
to  S.  C.  Yocum,  will  be  delivered  on  the  grounds  free  of 
charge.  Amateur  averages,  two  high  and  two  low  guns,  25  per 
cent,  of  target  receipts.  Committee:  Messrs.  S.  C.  Yocum,  M. 

F.  Kane  and  W.  T.  Wray. 

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The  Fairview,  N.  J.,  Gun  Club  announce  an  all-day  shoot,  fixed 
to  be  held  on  May  25.  Competition  is  open  to  all.  Lunch  served 
free  to  all  shooters.  Shells,  express  prepaid,  may  be  sent  to  Mr. 
Geo.  C.  Dods,  Fairview.  The  programme  consists  of  eight  events, 
at  10,  15,  20,  25,  30  and  50  targets,  the  latter  a merchandise  handi- 
cap; $2.50  entrance;  seven  prizes,  value  $3.25  to  $7.50;  total  value 
of  prizes,  $39.25.  The  club  reserves  the  right  to  reduce  the  list 
of  prizes  if  the  event  does  not  fill.  Entrance  in  other  events  70 
cents,  $1.00,  $1.05,  $1.10,  $1.40  and  $2.00.  Targets,  2 cents,  included 
in  entrance.  Ties  will  be  shot  off  in  following  event.  Class 
shooting.  Handicappers,  Messrs.  Frank  Butler,  W.  R.  Hobart  and 
B.  Waters.  To  reach  the  grounds,  take  boat  for  Hoboken  at 
Twenty-third  street;  trolley  at  ferry 'in  Hoboken  direct  to  grounds. 
Or,  take  Barclay  street,  Christopher  street,  Franklin  street,  or 
Forty-second  street  ferries,  Union  Hill  car  on  Jersey  side,  and  get 
transfer  to  Fairview  car.  Or,  take  Erie  R.  R.,  Northern  R.  R.  of 
New  Jersey  Branch,  Chambers  street  or  Twenty-third  street  fer- 
ries. Train-boats  leave  Twenty-third  street,  9:10  A.  M.  and  11:25 
A.  M.,  and  1:15  P.  M.,  and  Chambers  street,  5 minutes  later.  The 
grounds  will  be  open  for  practice  at  10  o’clock.  Shooting  begins 
at  11  o’clock. 

Bernard  Waters. 

Fayette  Gan  Club. 

Lexington,  Ky.,  May  12.— A Vulcan  $50  grade  Parker  gun  is 
being  contested  for  by  the  members  of  the  Fayette  Gun  Club, 
of  Lexington,  and  the  first  shoot  of  this  contest  was  held  on 
Thursday  last,  under  a new  system  of  handicaps.  It  was  pleasing 
to  learn  that  a number  of  the  sixty  members  were  anxious  to 
qualify  for  the  event  of  the  season,  and  though  the  scores  were 
not  given  out  for  publication,  they  were  good  considering  the 
high  wind.  The  shoot  emphasized  the  fact  that  the  club  had  in 
its  membership  the  most  enthusiastic  and  best  sportsmen  of  the 
city,  and  that  the  new  dub  is  bound  to  be  a successful  one. 


Monongahela  Valley  Sportsmen's  League  of 
West  Virginia. 

Morgantown.  W.  Va.,  May  10. — The  Monangahela  Valley 
sportsmen’s  League  of  West  Virginia  held  its  second  regular 
m°nntilly  tournament  on  the  grounds  of  the  Fairmont  Gun  Club 
on  May  9,  and  the  club  continued  the  programme  to-day,  a two- 
day  tournament,  during  which  forty-seven  sportsmen  faced  the 
traps  and  about  12,000  blue  rocks  were  trapped. 

Weather  and  light  conditions  were  moderately  good,  and  some 
fair  scores  were  made,  especially  on  the  second  day. 

I lie  trade  was  represented  by  Mr.  J.  C.  Garland,  with  Chas. 
G,  Grubb,  Pittsburg;  Mr.  E.  H.  Taylor,  Mr.  C.  A.  North  and 
Mr.  Davenport,  the  first  two  shooting  through  the  entire  pro- 
gramme. 

High  average  scores  were  as  follows:  League  day,  May  9 — High 
expert  average,  J.  C.  Garland,  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  144  out  of  175. 
High  amateur  average,  G.  A.  Long,  Mannington,  W.  Va.,  158 
out;  of  175;  second  high  amateur  average,  W.  A.  Wiedebusch, 
Fairmont,  W.  Va.,  157  out  of  175;  third  high  amateur  average, 
Jno.  M.  Cobun,  Morgantown,  W.  Va.,  152  out  of  175. 

Club  day,  May  10 — High  expert  average,  E.  H.  Taylor,  Pitts- 
burg, Pa.,  182  out  of  210.  Hight  amateur  average,  W.  A.  Wiede- 
busch, Fairmont,  W.  Va.,  194  out  of  210;  second  high  amateur 
average,  G.  A.  Long,  Mannington,  W.  Va.,  185  out  of  210;  third 
high  amateur  average,  J.  F.  Phillips,  Fairmont,  W.  Va.,  182  out  of 

Z1U. 

The  Peters  cup,  emblematic  of  the  league  team  championship, 
5-man  teams,  25  targets  per  man,  was  won  for  the  month  by  the 
Recreation  Rod  and  Gun  Club,  of  Morgantown,  W.  Va.,  with  a 
score  of  107.  Fairmont  Gun  Club  was  second,  with  104. 

The  Lafiin  & Rand  “Infallible”  cup,  emblematic  of  the  league 
individual  championship  was  won  by  W.  A.  Wiedebusch,  of 
Fairmont  Club,  with  20  straight. 

Taken  altogether,  the  tournament  was  most  successful,  and  so 
successful  a shoot  this  early  in  the  season  certainly  presages  a 
most  successful  season  for  the  Valley  League. 


WESTERN  TRAP. 


—First  Day — 
Shot  at.  Broke. 

W B Stuck 175  116 

A R Warden  175  125 

J C Darnall  85  47 

L J Walker  140  84 

J F Leachman 175  111 

G A Long  175  158 

H Heckman 175  119 

R Carahan  175  141 

C L Torey  175  121 

R Painter  175  119 

J M Cobun 175  152 

E F Jacobs 175  132 

W Evans  Price  175  142 

W N Dawson 105  87 

H M Van  Voorhis  140  80 

Thos  Neil  175  140 

J C Garland  175  144 

J R Miller  175  151 

W T Nichols  175  142 

J C Long  175  134 

W A Wiedebusch  175  157 

C M Lilly 175  138 

A L Donally  175  145 

D P Fitch  175  124 

J F Phillips  175  149 

S S Deusenberry 125  91 

L D Phillips  175  124 

B F Colpitts  120  76 

F.  C Wiedebusch  175  87 

Wm  Stroh  175  135 

J I Michaels 38  10 

C G Badgley  50  26 

A R Badgley 50  38 

B H Taylor  175  124 

Dr  McNeely  140  110 

B S White  40  39 

Frank  Coogle  140  112 

C A North  90  60 

Daugherty  55  44 

Merrefield  90  54 

Davenport  90  76 

J H Morgan 15  12 

Frank  Amos  

D Duncan  ... 

Dr  Jamison  

Geo  Watson  

Jno  Coll  


—Second  Day — 
Shot  at.  Broke. 


105  76 

210  185 

45  34 


210  172 


Cincinnati  Gun  Club. 

Cincinnati,  O. — A steady  downpour  of  rain  all  the  morning  on 
May  13  kept  a number  away  from  the  grounds.  Fifteen  shot  in 
the  Peters  trophy  event.  Faran  was  high  in  actual  breaks  with  47, 
Maynard  a close  second  with  46. 

Six  scores  were  shot  in  the  cup  race,  and  Faran  now  has  a 
companion  at  the  top,  as  Harig  made  a straight  25.  Others  were: 
Williams  20,  20;  Peters  22;  Hesser  19;  Bullerdick  19. 

The  club  held  its  annual  election  on  May  12,  with  the  following 
result:  Joe  Coyle,  G.  H.  Krehbiel,  E.  B.  Barker,  E.  A.  Donally, 
Jas.  J.  Faran,  II.  Van  Ness  and  W.  F.  Linn  The  board  will 
choose  its  officers  at  a future  meeting. 

J>e^®rs^j°phy»  50  targets,  handicap  of  added  targets:  Randall 

W 50,  Pfieffer  (8)  50,  Andrews  (14)  50,  Herman  (5)  49,  Faran 
(0)  47,  Maynard  (0)  46,  A.  Sunderbruch  (3)  45,  Roll  (4)  45,  Wil- 
liams (1)  44,  Penn  (0)  43,  Bullerdick  (3)  43,  Harig  (0)  42,  Pohlar 
(4)  42,  Hesser  (1)  40,  Block  (0)  38. 

Team  race,  50  targets: 

Pohlar  41,  Pfieffer  38;  total  79. 

Faran  42,  Herman  31;  total  73. 

Roll  42,  Maynard  44;  total  86. 

Team  race,  25  targets: 

Pfieffer  20,  Pohlar  20;  total  40. 

Herman  17,  Faran  17;  total  34. 

Roll  20,  Maynard  22;  total  42. 

Team  race,  50  targets: 

Gross  41,  Peters  45;  total  86. 

Faran  44,  Hesser  47;  total  91. 

Team  race,  25  targets: 

Faran  22,  Hesser  25;  total  47. 

Peters  22,  Gross  22;  total  44. 

Greenvilfe  (O.)  Gun  Club. 

Tv^ThenannjaLtournam.ent  °*  the  Greenville  Gun  Club  was  held  on 
May  9 and  10,  and,  in  spite  of  the  threatening  weather,  was  a 
most  successful  affair. 

There  was  a good  attendance  of  shooters.  The  club  officials  had 
provided  tents  and  luncheon.  They  are  to  be  congratulated  on  the 
smoothness  with  which  everything  passed  off. 

On  the  first  day  thirty  entered  in  the  various  events,  most  of 
,tLemr-s^lootm8'  throu&h.  at  200  targets.  Crosby  was  high  gun  with 
190,  Folger  second  with  186  and  Trimble  third  with  185. 

Among  the  well-known  shooters  from  out  of  town  were  W R 
Crosby  R TrimbR,  Messrs.  Rike,  Carr,  Watkins,  Cain,  Oswald! 
Theobald,  Brandenburg,  Lmdemuth  and  Clark,  of  Dayton,  and 
Jesse  Orr,  of  Newark. 

The  weather  was  against  any  record  scores  being  made,  but 
the  events  were  closely  contested  and  interesting. 

May  9,  First  Day. 

Shot  at.  Broke. 

Carr  200  151 

Steward  200  137 

Lewis  150  131 

Pierce  155  106 

Fischer  155  92 

Clark  100  90 

Mertz  100  80 

Brooks  90  68 

Brown  50  39 

Raiser  80  38 

Eidson  45  32 

Kerr  50  25 

Fouts  30  23 

Baker  30  19 

Warner  15  9 


. . . 

. . . 

Shot  at. 

Broki 

210 

175 

Crosby  

190 

210 

173 

Felger  

200 

186 

120 

92 

Trimble  

200 

185 

... 

... 

Flinn  

200 

179 

210 

194 

Lindemuth  . . . 

200 

173 

210 

168 

Rike  

172 

210 

169 

Watkins  

200 

172 

90 

69 

Kirby  

. 171 

210 

182 

Orr  

170 

... 

... 

Cain  

166 

a . . 

... 

Oswald  

164 

o . . 

. . . 

Snow  

164 

. . . 

... 

Lenner  

163 

210 

177 

McKeon  

156 

. . a 

• . . 

Brandenberg  . 

200 

154 

... 

. . . 

Theobald  

200 

152 

210 

182 

May  10, 

210  160 


30 

210 

iso 

45 

30 

30 

90 


20 

159 

ii6 

35 

19 

26 

81 


League  team  race,  5-man  teams,  25  targets  per  man: 

Recreation.  Fairmont.’ 

Cobun  21  Wiedebusch  23 

Jacobs  18  Donally  20 

Price  24  J F Phillips  20 

Dawson  20  McNeely  19 

White  24 — 107  Coogle  20 104 


1 he  second  day  started  in  with  a strong  wind  and  a heavy 
downpour  of  rain.  The  programme  was  not  begun  until  about 
11  o clock,  when  the  sun  came  out.  The  darkness  which  both- 
ered the  shooters  on  the  first  day  was  superseded  bv  bright 
sunlight.  The  wind  caused  the  targets  to  cut  all  sorts  of  capers. 

Crosby  was  again  high  gun  with  192,  Orr  second  with  173  and 
Borden  third  with  172. 

There  were  twelve  events  at  a total  of  200  targets  on  each  day; 
entrance  $20;  money  divided  in  each  event  40,  30,  20  and  10  per 

cent. 

everything  went  off^  in  good  shape,  and  the  shooters  were 
unanimous  m their  praise  of  the  management  of  the  tournament 
The  scores: 

Shot  at.  Broke. 


Mannington. 

C A Long  22 

Carnahan  20 

Sorey  18 

Painter  14 


Grafton. 

Stuck  15 

Warden  17 

Darnall  16 

Walker  16 


Crosby  

Orr  

Borden  ... 

Cain  

Trimble  .. 

Kirby  

Watkins  . . 

Snow  

Lindemuth 
Carr  


.200 

.200 

.200 

.200 

.200 

.200 

.200 

.200 

.200 

.200 


192 

173 

172 

171 

169 

168 

160 

160 

159 

150 


Theobald  200 

Flinn  200 

Clark  135 

Eidson  110 

Steward  170 

McKeon  85 

Baker  35 

Dow  15 

Warner  15 


Shot  at.  Broke. 


Neill  22 — 96  Leachman  15 — 79 

League  championship  race,  20  targets  per  man:  Price  19, 

W.  A.  Wiedebusch  20,  Neill  17,  Warden  18. 

Elmer  F.  Jacobs,  Sec’y. 


Crosby  

. . .190 

192 

382 

Watkins  ... 

. . . .172 

Trimble  

...185 

169 

354 

Flinn  

. . . .179 

Orr  ......... 

. . .170 

173 

343 

Snow  

Kirby  ... 

. . .171 

168 

339 

Carr  

....151 

Cain  ........ 

171 

337 

Theobald  . . 

....152 

Lindemuth  , 

...173 

159 

332 

160 

145 
160 
150 

146 


146 

145 

115 

106 

100 

64 

23 

10 

7- 


332 

324 

324 

301 

298 


The  Blue  Hen's  Chicken  “Backs  Water" 

YVilmington,  Del.,  May  13. — With  your  kind  permission,  I 
desire  to  take  back  something  that  I wrote  in  my  report  of  the 
Pittsburg  shoot,  which  appeared  in  your  issue  of  this  date.  I 
have  just  received  a letter  from  Mr.  Elmer  E.  Shaner,  in  which, 

ma.king  sundry  pleasant  comments  on  that  report,  he  says: 
'I here  is  just  one  point  on  which  you  will  have  to  slightly  ‘back 
water,  and  that  is  where  you  say,  ‘The  gatherings  at  recent  G.  A. 
H.  tournaments  have  been  growing  gradually  larger  and  larger, 
but  none  of  them  can  boast  a solid  three  days’  entry  equal  to 
that  recorded  at  the  tournament  held  last  week.’  You  are  mis- 
taken in  this.  The  record  of  last  year’s  G.  A,  H.  is  as  follows: 

Preliminary  day  157  entries. 

Bjrst  day  240  entries. 

Second  day  273  entries. 

Third  day  317  entries. 

Fourth  day  i63  entries. 

Total , 1150  entries. 

Total  number  of  targets  trapped 155,300. 

The  correction  is  made,  and  the  process  of  “backing  water,” 
or  ' back-watering,”  is  accompanied  bv  a feeling  of  pleasure  at 
bfein?  Placed  111  a position  to  give  to  your  readers  the  above 
official  information  as  to  the  record  at  last  year’s  Grand  American 
Handicap,  information  which  I know  will  be  of  interest  to  a 
goodly  number. 

The  Blue  Hen’s  Chicken. 


Notes. 


Stanley  Gun  Club. 

Toronto,  May  14.— The  regular  weekly  shoot  of  the  Stanley 
Gun  Club  took  place  on  their  grounds  on  Saturday  The  day 
was  fine  and  warm,  with  little  wind,  an  ideal  day  for  good 
shooting.  0 

In  the  spoon  event,  which  is  a handicap  with  extra  birds  to 
shoot  at,  there  was  a general  surprise  all  around  four  making  a 
straight  score  with  their  handicaps.  In  the  shoot-off  Mr 
Wilson  and  Booth  again  went  straight.  Mr.  Wilson  finally  won’ 
The  scratch  men  were  right  up  with  good  scores.  The  following 
is  the  result:  s 


Events: 
Targets: 
X X,  4... 
Seager  . . . 
Wilson,  6, 
Spencer  . 
Ely,  5 


1 2 *3  4 5 6 
10  10  25  25  15  15 


11 

10 


Events:  1 2 *3 

Targets : 10  10  26 

Hirons,  4 7 ..  25 

Williams  ..6  4 .. 

Fritz  6 ..  ., 

Booth,  10 6 25 

Dunk  8 22 

Hogarth,  8....,  ..  ..  19 

Edwards,  8 19 

Edgar  

♦Spoon  event;  handicaps  apply  only  to  this  event. 

Ajlex  Dsy, 


25  21 
. ..  17 
. 25  25 
7 . . ..  10  .. 
7 18  ..  12  .. 
7 20  22  15  12 


4 5 6 
25  15  15 
24  13  .. 

..  7 .. 


Rock  7 

McGill  7 10  23  24  14  12 

Thompson  7 8 22  19  13 


25  8 .. 
..  15  15 


..  11  .. 

Sec’y. 


Tbe  Welfare  Gun  Club,  of  Dayton,  held  their  opening  shoot 
iviay  6.  A good  crowd  of  shooters  was  present,  among  whom 
was  a number  of  the  Rohrer’s  Island  Gun  Club.  The  Welfare 
Gun  Club  will  hold  regular  shoots  on  each  Saturday  during 
the  season,  and  have  a number  of  team  shoots  arranged  with  out- 
side clubs. 

The  regular  handicap  medal  shoot  of  the  Greenville,  O.,  Gun 
Club  was  held  on  May  8.  The  Class  A medal  was  won  by  H A. 
McCaughey,  with  43;  Brooks  a close  second  with  42.  In  Class 
B,  Hartzell  and  W esterfield  tied  for  the  medal  on  39,  and  will 
shoot  off  the  tie  later  in  the  season. 

, rThei P?yton,  Gun  Club  members  who  visited  the  grounds  on 
May  12  found  rather  moist  conditions,  as  the  storm  of  Thursday 
had  flooded  the  ground.  One  set  of  traps,  however,  could  be 
used,  and  the  boys  smashed  a few  before  returning  home. 

At  the  Board  of  Trade  rooms,  in  Columbus,  O.,  May  8,  the 
• G,un  C1,ub  was  organized.  It  will  be  incorporated  with 
$3,000  capital  stock  at  $5  per  share.  The  members  include  some 
oi  the  most  prominent  men  in  the  city.  It  starts  with  the  bright- 
est prospects.  The  following  officers  were  elected:  J.  Y.  Bassell 
President;  J.  C.  Porterfield,  Vice-President;  Fred  Shattuck,  Sec- 
retary;  James  L.  Ward,  Treasurer;  Executive  Committee,  Chas. 
B.  Wolfe  Chairman;  Dr.  C.  M.  Waters,  Dr.  Sterling  Wilcox, 
Louis  Link,  R.  S.  Rhoades.  An  excellent  location  has  been 
secured  on  West  Fifth  avenue,  about  ten  acres  in  all.  A lease 
ior  five  years  with  privilege  of  renewal  will  be  taken.  A two-story 
club  house  will  be  erected.  Work  will  be  begun  within  a month. 
In  addition  to  the  traps,  there  will  be  pistol  and  rifle  ranges. 
,AheVhue  w,eatTh<;r  Reared  up  a little  on  May  10,  ten  members 
of  the  Rohi  er  s Island.  Gun  Club,  Layton,  O.,  competed  for  the 
regular  handicap  medal.  It  was  won  by  C.  F.  Miller  after  shoot- 
mg  off  a tie  with  H.  Oswald.  F.  J.  Wolf,  of  Celina,  was  a 
guest  of  the  club. 

The  Central  Covington,  ICy.,  Gun  Club  held  a shoot  on  May  7 
fifteen  men  taking  part  In  the  club  event  Ed  Trimble  was  high 
gun,  with  48  out  of  50.  Arrangements  are  being  made  for  a 
shoot  for  a medal  donated  by  the  Peters  Cartridge  Co 
The  New  Berlin,  O.,  Gun  Club  has  at  last  succeeded  in  pro- 
curing good  grounds,  and  will  hold  an  all-day  shoot  on  May  30 
xTereafter  regular  shoots  will  be  held. 

Garfield  Gun  Club. 

Chicago,  111.,  May  13.— The  appended  scores  were  made  on  our 
grounds  to-day  on  the  occasion  of  the  fourth  trophy  shoot  of  the 
first  senes.  Goetter  won  Class  A trophy  on  22.  Keck  and  Gould 
tied  for  Class  B on  20,  and  Horns  won  Class  C on  18  No  cud 
shoot  was  held  on  account  of  one  of  the  carriers  of  the  trap  beimr 
missing,  and  we  could  not  throw  doubles.  VVe  found  our  boiler 
iron  magautrap  house  boosted  out  of  the  hole  by  the  water  pres 
sure,  caused  by  the  exceedingly  heavy  rains  of  the  last  week 
Attendance  was  not  up  to  cur  standard,  owing  to  the  threaten 
mg  weather  conditions,  only  twenty-three  shooters  showing  im 
Events:  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 

Targets:  25  10  10  10  10  10  10  15 

i5ey,nolds  13  6 3 6 6 10  8 1 

Meek  W 9 8 U , 1 


POREST  AND  STREAM. 


[May  20,  ieo|. 


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Keck 

Gould 

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20 

20 

21 


6 7 4 2 


Mr, 


. Tames  Gray  made  the  presentation  speech,  and 

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Barnard  


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Smedes 


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yet  be  expressed  thanks,  and  afterward  was  busy  thanking  each 
member  personally.  It  is  hoped  that  Mr.  Boettger  will  now  have 
an  opportunity  to  put  the  new  gun  to  some  use,  such  as  an 


St,  Paul,  Minn.,  Rod  and  Gun  Club  shoot.  Schillbach  led  in 
Class  B.  Don  Morrison  shot  at  100  and  made  93 
The  boom  of  the  shotgun  was  heard  at  the  Salt  Lake  Gun  Club 
grounds  on  last  Wednesday  for  the  first  time  m a year  It  is  tne 
intention  of  the  members  of  the  new  club  that  the  sport  of  target 


? 10  * 10  T?  wr&fSV  <* 


Lanigan  ^ 


Ostendorp 


13 

9 


W akeman  

Goetter  r" 

Sias  

Lathrop  

Sarel  ° 

Travis  

Kampp  


15 


4 
6 
8 

5 
8 
8 
3 

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8 


Dr.  J.  W.  Meek,  Sec’y. 


At  Streator. 

Streator  111.,  May  5.— The  shoot  held  here  on  May  3 by  the 
Stauber  brothers  was  not  well  attended;  probably  it  came  when 
the  weather  was  too  fine,  as  the  farmers  cannot  keep  from  planting 


corn" when*  the  thermpfneter  registers^SO^  JThe^sun^shone^hot  and 


strong,  which  made  targets  hard  to  gauge.  ihe 
is  were  first-class.  New  traps  had  been  provided, 


the  wind  was 

accommodations  were  - , 

“tr,hslk"S,r«jGS'",L,‘S.r.£°I^  expert  average. 

T T hePS  1m o ter s 'cam c ' f °o m f 0 1 1 a wa , and  were  the  well-known  mem- 

bers  of  the  Rainmakers  Club,  Messrs.  Kneussel,  Sherzer,  Gentle- 
man and  Bossenin.  They  did  not  arrive ^ntd in  the  afternoon^ 
as  their  automobile  gave  out  on  them,  and  they  had  to  transie 
to  the  electee  cars.  But  when  they  finally  reached  the  grounds, 
they  got  busy  with  the  scatter  gun.  Scores: 

Event  No.  9 was  shot  at  7 pairs  and  one  single. 

Fvents-  1 23456789 

Targets’  • 15  15  15  15  15  15  15  15  15 

Stauber  ' 13  12  15  12  13  14  15  14  11 

Kneussel 14  14  14  12  13  11  13  12  8 

Sherzer  13  13  14  13  11  12  15  7 12 

Gentleman' " 14  10  10  13  12  11  10  12  11 

BossenTn  " ' 11  13  12  8 10  13  13  13  7 

Steenberg  ' ! ! ! 8 14  11  10  13  14  14  14  13 


In  Other  Places. 

The  secretary  of  the  Benson,  Minn.,  Gun  Club,  writes.  that  all 


arrangements "have  been  perfected  whereby  a tournament  will  be 
held  May  26  and  27.  There  will  be  twelve,  events,  aggregating^  200 


8 7 9 „ a G»n  Clib  has  taken  on  Hf^  and  will  vie  ^„ors  with 

| I . the  Indianapolis  Gun  Chib.  The  late  election  resulted  in  brmg- 

- ing  out  the  cld-timers.  H T.  Hearsey  is  President  JL.  Gasper, 

Vice-President;  H.  A.  Comstock,  Secretary;  Bert  B.  Adams, 

Treasurer;  J Sielken,  George  J.  Marott  and  John  W.  Cooper 

Directors.  Several  large  tournaments  are  to  be  held,  among 

them  the  Grand  Hotel  cup,  emblematic  of  the  championship  of 
Indiana,  Ohio,  Kentucky,  Illinois  and  Michigan.  A committee 
will  report  some  changes  in  the  by-laws,  to  report  at  a meeting 

tCThe  Duluth,  Vlinn.,  Rod  and  Gun  Club  were  compelled  to  put 
their  shoot  off  a week,  owing  to  the  non-arrival  of  the  traps. 

A number  of  new  members  have  been  added  to  the  Bermidji, 
Minn.,  Gun  Club,  and  shoots  are  regularly  held  at  the  fair 

grounds.  There  will  be  a regular  tournament  held  soon,  with 
teams  from  other  towns  as  participants. 

News  items  furnished  state  that  the  Appleton,  Minn.,  Gun  Club 
will  hold  a tournament  June  14  and  15. 

Much  preliminary  work  is  being  done  on  the  prospectus  by 
the  Minneapolis,  Minn..  Gun  Club,  for  their  May  22  tournament. 

When  the  new  club  lately  organized  at  Morgan  Minn.,  secures 

grounds,  then  shooting  will  be  held  regularly  each  Tuesday  after- 
noon. Axtel  Hanson  is  President;  Frank  Gertsman,  Secretary; 
John  Drexler,  Treasurer,  and  August  Everet,  Field  Captain 

Reports  come  from  Le  Mars,  la.,  that  the  club  is  active,  and 
that  the  shotgun  will  be  heard  same  as  during  last  year. 

Mr  C A.  Young,  the  Ohio  expert,  has  changed  his  field  of 
labor's  from  Texas  to  Iowa.  With  W.  A.  Waddmgton  he  lately 
visited  Audubon,  and  gave  an  exhibition  of  shooting  that  stamps 
him  as  among  the  best  ever.  Facing  a wind  that  “used  *- 
missed  targets  to  fall  behind  the  shooter  s score,  he  broke  48  out 
of  50.  c 1a 

There’ll  be  something  doing  at  Davenport  la.,  J"ne  15  to  18, 
as  elaborate  preparations  have  been  made  for  the  fifth  biennial 
of  the  Central  Sharpshooters’  Union.  There  is  an  ideal  shooting 
park  at  Davenport,  and  the  rifle  club  has  many  of  the  best  shots 

indfiegunntclubs  that  never  shot  before,  the  latest  one  is  the 
Hubbell  Mich.,  Rod  and  Gun  Club,  ihe  members  are  taking 
much  interest,  and  the  clay  target  smashing  was  very  interesting 
from  start  to  finish.  John  B.  Hodges  won  the  highest  honor^ 
though  the  scores  will  show  that  all  are  Beginners,  ihus  at  20 
targets,  Hodges  broke  13;,  Harrington  6,  Wise  6,  and  Armstrong  4. 

When  will  the  reformers  cease  their  efforts  to  stop  shooting. 
The  Michigan  Legislature  has  members  who  are  'endeavoring  to 
stop  Sunday  shooting  by  passing  laws  prohibitory.  The  Chatrman 
of  the  Game  Committee  said:  “ r,’“  nuerht  to  have 


intention  of  the  members  u,  ...x  ~-r.~  . — -■  x n 

shooting  shall  become  as  popular  as  it  was  in  days  past,  au 
shooters  and  their  friends  were  asked  to  attend  the  openm0  and 
participate  or  look  on.  In  connection  with  the  shotgun  practice 


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targets  Money  divided  per  cent,  plan,  with  $75  divided  as  ave 
prifes  Many  manufacturers’  agents  will  be  present,  but  will 

C0TliPeeMcLeatn' County’ Gun  Club  shoot  at  Bioomington, 
last  week,  was  well  attended.  Gideon  won  the  Class  A meaai, 


‘The  working  man  ought  to  have 
a rigni  to  go  out  »uu  ~ Su.,  Sunday.”  “Yes,  and  shoot  the 
farmer’-s  stock  and  tramp  down  his  gram,  was  the  retort  of  a 


Radbourn  won  Class  B. 


shooting  out  the  tie  with  Smith,  iwv.u,™.,  m-*-  - Gun 

Tuesday  afternoon  last  members  of  the  Manton,  tuicn.. 

Club  held  their  practice  shoot,  and  Reynold  Swanson  mad 


highest  score. 


Th7 'South  Haven  Mich.,  Gun  Club  held  a business  meeting 
Friday  night,  mid  awarded  the  contract  forjhe  targets  and  shells 


fnr  thp  epflenn  Shoots  will  be  held  every  Thursday.  . £ 

And  now  comes  this  deponent  and  sayeth  that  the  sh0™1^®  of 
hooters  at  Pittsburg  would  justify  Pennsylvania,  and  in  fact,  a 


SttatoWZ  S^T&at1T6ar“out  all  who  are  not 
Residents5  in  the  State  from  shooting  {or  any  prizes.  A l State 
tournament  should  be  for  the.  benefit  of  all  the  State : clubs  and 
not  for  outside  men  to  come  m and  carry  away  the  prizes,  mos 
of  which  have  been  donated  by  home  people.  Gentlemen,  come, 

^Good^ners'comer'from  Kinsley,  la.,  that  members  of  the 
Gun  club  will  see  to  it  that  the  ducks  which  are  nesting  are  not 


bTherLosn Angeles,  Cal.,  Gun  Club  has  the  following  members 
as  directors:  R.  J.  Northam,  R.  Werrtgk,  R.  H.  Lacey,  G.  A. 

PAlbert  LetnMCinnC!mGeun  Club  held  their  annual  election  of  of- 
ficers Monday  evening.  Result:  President,  Henry  Morgan;  Vice- 

President  Oscar  Subby;  Treasurer,  Bert  Skinner;  Secretary, 
Norman  Peterson;  Field  Captain,  Earl  Henry.  Weekly  shoots  will 
be  the  order  for  the  summer  months.  -p  ,,  , m 

The  Eastern  experts  who  are  planning  a trip  to  Portland  to 
attend  the  tournament  June  22,  23  and  24, are  hereby  r°feedTt  ;s 
the  shoot  will  be  open  only  to  men  on  the  Pacific  Coast.  It  is 
not  a national  tournament.  .... 

Rensselaer,  Ind.,  Club  drew  well  at  their  last  tournament. 


there  will  be  rifle  and  pistol  shooting,  as  there  are  three  ranges 

b<Someerof fhe  prominent  shooters  of  Ohio  are  watching  the 
movements  of  the  newly'  organized  gun  club  of  Columbus.  Mr 
Fred  Shattuck,  of  the  Capital  City  lately  visited  the  Cincinnati 
Club,  and  found  that  they  were  in  favor  of  holding  all  the  State 
shoots  at  the  city,  where  permanent  arrangements  can  be  made 
for  the  accommodations  of  a crowd  similar  to  the  State  gatherings. 

After  wandering  all  over  the  State,  the  Iowa  Association  has 
held  one  shoot  at  Des  Moines,  and  the  next  will  be  held  there 
also ; and  it  is  to  be  hoped,  for  the  good  of  Iowa,  trapshots,  that 
all  future  State  shoots  will  be  held  there.  There  is  IBinois  with- 
out  a home,  and  something  should  be  done  toward  a permanent 

ShThenCofumbus,  O.,  Gun  Club  is  now  fully  incorporated.  The 
incorporators  are  Ralph  S.  Rhoads,  Starling  S.  Wilcox,  J.  A. 
Van  Fossen,  C.  B.  Wolfe  and  Albert  Corrodt.  c . , „ 

Six  teams  met  at  the  Lagrange,  O.,  Club  grounds  last  Saturday. 
The  Fairmount,  of  Cleveland,  was  high  with  217  out  of  -50.  The 
Berea  team  scored  205.  Battles,  of  the  Clevelands,  was  high  with 
47.  The  teams  were:  Fairmount,  Berea,  Lagrange,  New  .London, 

Elyria,  and  Spencer.  . ...  „ v. 

Prominent  sportsmen  having  summer  homes  at  the  Kenosha 
county  lakes  of  Wisconsin,  have  organized  a Sportsmen  s League, 
having  for  its  object  the  protection  of  fish  and  game  in  the  south- 
ern part  of  the  State.  . . , , T . 

Maurice  Abrahams  has  been  invited  by  the  Interstate  Trap- 
shooters’  Association  to  become  a member  of  the  handicap  com- 
mittee,  to  pass  upon  the  shooting  abilities  of  the  participants  in 
the  San  Francisco  shoot,  to  be  held  in  September.  Mr.  Abrahams 
is  a prominent  shooter  of  Portland,  Ore.  T „ nx;,,,. 

Ana,  22,  23  and  24  will  find  Elmer  Shaner  at  Albert  Lee,  Minn. 
The  club  is  already  making  preparation  for  300  shooters  (?). 

The  Charivari  was  introduced  at  Kenton,  O.,  last  Wednesday 
in  a novel  way.  F.  Williams,  a,  prominent  member,  was  mar- 
ried  to  Miss  Blanch  Woods,  and  a hundred  members  of  the  gun 
club,  armed  with  shotguns,  gave  the  couple  a serenade,  using 
some  300  rounds  of  blank  shells. 

The  Nahma,  Mich.,  Gun  Club  is  such  a new  affair  that  only 
the  preliminary  meeting  has  been  held.  Later  an  announcement  ot 
the  officers  will  be  made.  . , . . 

A splendid  idea,  as  Indianapolis  has  a shooting  school.,  wherein 
the  beginner  will  be  instructed  in  the  art  of  wing  shooting.  Why 
not  every  large  town  be  supplied  with,  such  facilities.  I here  are 
thousands  of  young  men  ready  and  willing  to  learn 

The  mechanical  genius  of  the  Houston,  Tex.  Gun  _ Club  took 
the  trap  to  pieces  in  order  to  “get  the  hang  of  things,  ^ and  when 
he  came  to  replacing  them,  there  was  a hang,  fire,  and  the 
club’s  regular  shoot  was  postponed.  . The  club  will  soon  have  a 
club  house  wherein  to  keep  the  various  paraphernalia,  and.  inci- 
dentally to  form  a place  where  shooters  can  be  housed  in  all 

kinds  of  weather.  . „ . c.  .„  _• 

IT.  C.  Hirschey  is  now  touring  some  of  the  Lastern  States,  giv- 
ing exhibitions  with  the  rifle  and  the  shotgun.  . . 

The  Troy  O.,  Gun  Club  will  have  a combination  sporting  and 
pleasure  ground.  In  connection  with  the  target  grounds  there 
will  be  a tennis  court  and  a croquet  grounds.. 

The  Lockport,  Tex.,  Gun  Club  will  shoot  twice  a month  during 
the  coming  summer.  


The  City  Gun  Club,  Eufaula,  La.,  has  been  organized  Warren 
Cooper,  of  Ripling,  Ga.,  was  elected  President,  and  C.  M. 
c will  p hip-  shoot  aboi 


Carnage,  Secretary.  ’There  will  be  a big  shoot  about  July  12,  at 


which  time  a $100  shotgun  will  be  one  of  the  prizes.  A coitt 


disturbed  by  law-breakers  who  are  reported  shooting  them 

A shoot  was  held  at  Kornesville,  N.  C,  last  week  w.th  S.  O. 


mittee  was  appointed  to  secure  grounds,  and  traps,  and  all  the 
trapshooters  in  the  surrounding  States  will  be  asked  to  join. 

Mr  Edward  Dickman  is  now  a full-fledged  instructor.  He  will 
open  up  a large  class  for  lessons,  in  thejirt  of  wing  shooting  at 


Goode,  of  Winston, 
out  of  165. 


Salem,  as  the  leading  man.  -He  made  147 


th-e- grounds  of  the  Indianapolis  Gun^Chib.  ^ ^ Ry  > 


Great  Bend,  Kans.,  came  well  to  the  front,  and  the  citizens  tiied 
their  utmost  to  give  the  visiting  shooters  a good  time,  and  wh 
these  shooters  who  were  present  at  their  tournament  reach  ITer- 
Hng?on  they  will  not  forget  that  Great  Bend  will  ask  for  the  next 


Kennedy  won  the  tie  after  he  and  Beyer,  . --  h - , 

had  killed  23  out  of  25  live  birds.  Mrs.  Davis  shot  at  10  and 

SC'Uiis  spicy  information  comes  from  Decatur,  Ind.:  “Decatur 


is  to  have  a gun  club  this  summer,  and  a neat  souvenir  button  is 
now  being  worn  by  the  charter  members.  They  expect  by  a 
Id  tie  practice  to  hit  a pmhole.m.  Jim  ^da^and.  to 


tournament.  Tust  watch  then  vote.  i i j *.1  • 

btate  tournament.  ^ ^ many  teaffl  shoots  being  held  this 


As 


year  i|nd  Pyet 'there “is" o7e  'feature  that  is  hard  to  overcome 
a rule  some  one  of  the  teams  gets  over-anxious  and  falls  down. 
Tt  is  hard  to  get  experienced  match  shooters  for  these  events. 

Niagara  Fads  Gun  Club  is  being  organized.  The  temporary 
officers  are:  President,  Dr.  Campbell;  Secretary,  A.  Kinsey, 

Financial  Secretary,  Frank  Butler 


game  at  the  matches  for  skill  in  marksmanship. 

^ - and  from  that  time  on,  look  out  for  red- 


The  Recreation  Rod  and  Gun  Club,  of  Morganstown,  W Va., 
Friday.  The  large  number  present  report  having 
- ' Cobun  won  the  club  medal  with  91.4 


held  a shoot  _ . 

p6r°^c^tu  eiE\^^m^ricP sectmd”  ^iyith  ~ 43  ""and  " Elmer  F.  Jacobs 

thSeWsLm,°a,°Gun  Club  starts  the  season  with  twenty-five 
members  and  will  shoot  each  Thursday  afternoon. 

T well-organized  movement  is  on  to  form  a gun  club  in 
Aberdeen  S.  D.,  that  will  be  second  to  n(pne  in  the  Northwest. 
At  the  Borea  O.,  Gun  Club  shoot,  which  was  the  twenty-first 
of  shoots  for  the  Hunter  Arms  Co.  gold  badge, 


season  is  soon  to  open, 

' °lack  Parker  is  to  manage  the  New  York  State  shoot,  which 
takes  place  :his  year  at  Utica.  The  programme  will  be  an  eighty 

P2Aenewalrule  has  been  adopted  by  the  Minneapolis,  Minn.  Gun 
Club  Hereafter  shooters  will  be  divided  into  classes,  and  all  will 
stand  at  the  16yd.  line.  Mrs.  Johnson  won  two  of  the  medals  at 

May  7 was  the  opening  day  for  the  Chicago  Gun  Club.  . A fine 
programme  has  been  arranged  for  this  season,  and  the  prizes  are 
numerous  and  the  shooting  various  Secretary  Zacher  will  be 
found  with  his  shoulder  to  the  wheel.  Some  of  the  old  familial 


Trap  Around  Reading. 

Reading  Pa.,  May  13. — The  South  End  Gun  Club,  of  this 

city,  held  ’an  all-day 'target  tournament  on  theclubgroundson 
Boyer’s  Island,  located  on  the  west  bank  of  the  Schuylkill 
River  at  the  southern  end  of  the  city,  and  had  a fair  cro 
of  sportsmen  in  attendance.  The  weather  was  ideal  for  targ 
shooting,  but  around  2 P.  M„  a high  wind  began  to  pUy  havoc 
with  the  targets,  and  continued  for  the  rest  of  the  day,  making 
shooting  very  difficult.  A large  crowd  of  spectators  were  present 
Ind  seemed  to ^ enjoy  the  sport.  The  paid  experts,  representing 
the  trades,  present  were  Sim  Glover,  Neaf  Apgar,  Edw.  L. 

1 Of 'the 'amateur s,  shooters  were  in  attendance  from  Honeybrook, 
Stony  Creek,  Hamburg,  Tower  City  and  Pottstown. 

Of  the  ninteen  shooters  that  faced  the  score  during  the  day, 
Neaf  Apgar  carried  off  the  high  average  honors  with  T78  out  of 
a total  of  185  targets  scored  to  his  credit.  Hairy  Ball,  the  well 
known  amateur  of  this  city,  finished  m second  P!.aLe’ 
amateur  for  the  day  with  170,  with  Sim  Glover  third  wl^h  lb7. 
Frank  Gerhart,  of  Reading,  was  second  high  amateur  with  164, 
with  M.  L.  Ludwig,  of  Honeybrook,  third,  with  160.  .. 

The  South  End  Gun  Club  desire  to  announce  to  the  public 
that  their  annual  Fourth-of-July  target  tournament  this  year 
will  eclipse  any  shoot  ever  held  by  that  well-known  and  popular 
orgaSion  and  it  is  the  intention  of  the  club  s tournament 
cofmittee  to  present  a programme,  one  that  will  gave : some 
special  attractions  not  only  for  the  amateur,  but  also  for  the 


faces  were  absent,  and'  yet  there  were  new  ones  in  their  places. 
i wen1  y men  faced  the  trapsL  and  some  good  scores  wp™  m'lHp 


naidT' representatives"  of  the  'trade.  Keep  your  eyes  open  for  the 
South  End’s  programme,  and  paste  the  date,  July  4 and  the 
address  Reading,  in  your  hat  so  you  don  t miss  it,  as  you  11 
meet  a crowd  of  sportsmen  there  thajare  ^ ^ wel- 


in  a series 


Ouayle  wo^n,  'and  "now'  he  "is  in  the  lead,  with  eight  points  to  his 
k'  rrM  — ~ r*  rnnrp  shoots.  Claflin  is  in  second. 


credit.  There  are  only  four  more  shoots. 

PlSpH^%ajfeyP1«nn.,  Gun  Club  give  notice  that  on  July  19  and 

I.  0 • i i 1 J of  flue 


20  there  will  be  a tournament  at  this  town.  The  business  men 
are1  being  solicited  for  donations,  and  some  good  prizes  will  be 


aWTheeHavelock,  Neb.,  Gun  Club  is  now  fully  reorganized,  with 
officers  viz  ■ President,  W.  R.  Johnston;  Secretary,  E.  W.  Day, 
Cantam  w’  F Mitchell.  The  prospects  are  that  the  Heyers 
Gun  Chib  will  consolidate  with  this  one.  It  is  possible  that  one 
large  club  would  accomplish  more  than  two  small  ones. 

Shooters  at  St.  Cloud,  Minn.,  are  getting  to  work,  and  trap 
shnntmer  will  hold  them  until  Sept.  1.  _ , , c ■ — - 

Lookout  now  for  much  shooting  news  from  Colorado  S; pr ings 
The  run  chib  has  received  a shipment  of  100,000  targets.  in  s 
shows'  that  when  enthusiasts  once  enthuse  on  the  target  game  that 


fhev  do  not  fail  to  keep  enthused.  , 

May  23  and  24  will  see  $2,000  distributed , at | J^e Journament^of 


the  Minneapolis  Gun  Club.  Shooters  {of  the  Northwest  will 
surely  appreciate  such  liberal  prizes.  .It  is  a pity  that  this  shoot 
i«;  for  the  same  dates  as  the  Illinois  State  shoot. 

“*?,£  seconlT  annual  ,.o„r» 

Gibson, 


Club  about  one  hundreds  shooters  were  present 
championship  of  northern  California  was  won  by  G.  W. 


°f AW1inea?rom  Huntsville,  Ala.,  states  that  the  gun  club  has  been 
reorganized,  with  J.  M.  Kirkpatrick  as  Secretary,  and  held  their 


firThehForestf  (L^Gun  Club  was  organized,  last  rMonday^  an d^  the 


American  shooting  rules  were  adopted. 

' ” lest ; Vice-Presid 

irer,  I.  Van  Scoi  , 

Board,  "wfiliam  Johnson,  William  Mapletpft 


The  officers  are:  Pres- 


ill  1LUCS  well-  QUU1JLCU.  , T 

:v  , FHwird  Ernest*  Vice-President,  Dr.  Cook;  Secretary,  J. 
ident,  Edward.  Linesi,  vice  nf  the  Executive 


E 6 Rinkard"  Treasurer,’  L Van  Scott;  ’Members  of  the  Executive 
william  Tohnson.  William  Mapletoft  and  J.  C.  ShuLr. 


(Jill  LI.  VV  iiiiain  j , 

Bravton  and  Wm.  Bennett  are  members. 

Tt  will  be  interesting  to  all  whoever  shot  at  the  old  gun  cub 
it  will  be  imercsiu  0 )earn  that  Jefferson  County  Gun 

Sub11  has  taken  new  grounds,  having  a perfect  sky  background. 
This  popular  organization  was  founded  June,  1901,  and  now  has 

ab°Wh0eneEhdUn6’|drieTgobesrSabout  with  the  expert  squad,  it  will 
confuse  many  to  know  to  which  class  he  belongs;  yet  reports 
from  Great  Bend,  Kans.,  tournament  puts  him  most  likely  where 

h' The10SnoScSi’al,: Target ctub^of' Kansas  City,  Mo.,  lately  organized, 
has  started  out  with  the  idea  of  protecting  the  game  The 
Warn  si  ey  law  will  be  enforced,  and  the  song  and  the  plumage 
bird's  will  be  protected,  and  the  mdlmery  establishments  will  be 

W Kahrman  of  St.  Paris,  O.,  won  the  Peters  trophy  for  the  in- 
Championship  of  Clark,  Logan,  Champaign  Madison, 


re  made. 

Fred ^ Gilbert  made  74  out  of*  75,  John  Boa  95  out  of  100.  Bill  Stan- 
dard 91  Steenberg  86,  Lord  made  38  out  of  40.  This  was  a 
good  showing  for  traveling  men.  Max  Hensler  and  Tramp  Irwin 

'VThe0nshoctSheldndkt  Elgin,  111.,  May  7,  was  advertised  as  a 
benefit  for  the  widow  of  a deceased  member.  1 he  attendance 
of  heme  shooters  was  good,  but  the  outsiders,  save  the  experts, 
were  slim  The  weather  was  good,  save  for  a sharp  cross  wind, 
that  made  left-quartering  targets  “duckers.  ' The  scores  are 
very  low,  and  this  was  caused  mostly  by  throwing  targets  too 
hard;  this  caused  many  to  drop  out  before  finishing  half  the 
programme.  John  Boa  made  high  professional  average,  103  out  of 
■|9n  Stannarc  second  and  Steenberg  third.  Freeman,  of  Elgin, 
made  lngh  imatlin  score,  90  out  of  120.  The  Chicago  delegation 
n-esent  were  accompanied  by  their  wives,  and  they  were  enter 
tained  with  ice  cream  and  cake  by  the  traveling  men  present, 

W Th'1  1siioctedeidraMay  6 at  Rantoul,  111.,  was  fairly  well  at- 
tended ' The  attendance  of  the  traveling  men  was  especially  good. 
The=e  were  John  Boa,  Cadwallader,  Staimard  Ward  Burton  and 
Tramp  Irwin.  Thomasboro  sent  up  the  largest  delegation,  and  the 
farmer  boys  went  home  somewhat  overjoyed  when  one  of  their 
'members,  JM.  Airie,  won  the  high  average  over  all.  John  Boa 
was  doino-  some  great  shooting,  losing  but  4 targets  for  the  entire 
day,  160  Targets  in  the  programme,  and  this  young  farmer,  hitting 
’em  in  the  middle,  went  him  one  better.  , , 

The'  Three  Barrel  Gun  Company  has  been  organized  at  Wheel- 
o-  W Va  and  has  been  capitalized  at  $50,000,  for  the  purpose 
of  manufacturing  guns  at  Moundsville.  The  incorporators  are 
all  Pittsburg  men.  M.  N.  Cecil,  C.  A.  .House,  J°hn  B-  G?rden> 
C W Welly  and  D.  O.  Smith.  This. is  the  well-known  Hollen- 
beck 'Gun  Company  plant.  It  is  the  intention  of  the  new  com- 
pany’ to  push  the  manufacture  of  the  well-known  Hollenbeck 

shotgun. 

Members  of  the  Beechwood  Rod  and  Gun  Club,  Charleston, 
W Va  he’d  their  first  shoot  Wednesday.  All  present  report  an 
afternoon  well  spent.  Many  shoots  will  be  held  this  summer 
The  Pekin,  111.,  Gun  Club  is  now  a sporter  of  the  Celestial 
name  and  the  first  shoot  was  held  last  Sunday,  May  14.  A.  C. 
Connor  and  Henry  Leach  are  the  head  promoters 
The  North  SideY  Gun  Club,  of  Milwaukee,  Wis  has  now  the 
limit  cf  membership,  and  is  in  a prosperous  condition,  The  new 
officers  lately  chosen,  are : President,  Kloman ; Vice-President, 


and  they  will  make  you  feel  at  home.  _ 

come  The  more  the  merrier.  The  scores  follow. 
Events  * 123456789  10 

Targets-  15  15  15  20  20  15  20  20  20  24 

a ’ 14  15  15  18  20  15  18  19  20  24 

7?,?  13  13  12  18  18  14  18  19  20  25 

v 13 14 13 17 17 13  is  is  20  24 

. ; 15  15  13  17  19  14  18  17  18  20 

Perhart  14  15  13  20  18  14  16  17  16  21 

Tnrwll 14  13  13  18  18  13  16  18  18  19 

Wenrtel  15  12  13  18  17  12 20 

fefezel  11  10  16  16  13  16  

Maatz :::::::::: 1313141s 

Confer".:. 13  12  12  ..  ..  13 

Lewinski  -\2  12  

• .. .. :: ::  i3  a :: :: :: 

ii 

ii 


Broke. 

178 

170 

167 

166 

164 

160 


W eidner  . 
Eshelman 

W eist  

Hawk  . . . 


Duster. 


Mullerite  Guo  Club. 

Brooklyn,  L.  I.,  May  6.— The  shoot  of  the  Mullerite  Gun  Club, 
the  grounds  of  the  Brooklyn  Gun  Club  to-day,  had  a pro- 
imme8of  thirteen  events,  of  which  No.  1 was  at  50  targets. 


f^<m?rance.  ^Events  Nos.  6,  9.  and  10  were  shot  from  the_22yd. 


mark  Mr!'  Wm.  Hopkins  made  a straight  run  of  56.  Through 
the  special,  kind  efforts  of  Manager  John  Wright  of  the  Brooklyn 
Gun  Club,  all  had  a pleasant  time,  and  the  programme  was  run 
off  smoothly.  Scores: 

tt  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  11  12  13 

Ta  rizet s'  ■ 50  20  10  15  15  15  15  25  25  10  15  15  15 

t lumil  . 47  20  7 14  10  11  13  20  ... . 12  11  14 

Crinnell  Tr 40  17  10  13  9 . . 11  17  . . ..  14  11  11 

F T Nash 46  18  8 13  13  13  14  21  21  8 13  11  14 

fe  I „Wash  42  ...  12  12  ..  10  18  ....  10  11  13 

UUS  r 

Schwartz  “ • • ■ • 0 


42 

32 


Welles 


17  17  13  11 


Hopkins  ’ 20  10  15  13 


CllUbCJl,  cuv.  . -- 

T l\/TiVrP97wa ’ Secretary,  George  Lade;  Treasurer,  O.  Irnse,  Lap- 
'•i.  R.  Peter’s;  Assistant  Captain  A -Krause;  Board  ol ^Directors, 


‘Johns” 

S M Van  Allen. 


10  18  . . 

6 6 ....  5 ..  7 
11  22  20  8 14  ... . 
14  21  23  10  13  13  13 
9 19 

..  23  ..  ..  14  ..  .. 


tain. 


5 nShloiaui.  ‘ *■  i . c La. 

W Birnsheim,  A.  Krause  and  E.  Koehn.  The  cash  prizes  for  best 
twenty  scores  made  last  year  were  awarded,  viz.:  Pete  Peters, 
first-  F Meixner,  second;  A.  Krause,  thud  in  Class  A.  In  Class 
B,  George  Kloman,  first,  E.  Koehn second,  and ^J.  Mauch,  third. 


In  the"  trophy  events  of  the  Pastime  Gun  Club,  Detroit,  Mich., 
Tolsma  and  Whitmore  were  high  guns  fojMedal^A.  JVJhamJS. 


Shefiij!^  Miami  !md  Union  counties,  with  45  out  of  50.  The  Spring- 
field  team  won  the  championship  for  teams.  Crosby  was  present 

anHerTTshthe17wayUto  show  appreciation.  An  interesting  feature 
of  the  Bloomington,  111.,  shoot,  held  last  week,  was  the  presenta- 
tion  to  the  secretary,  W.  A.  Boettger  >y  the  members  with  a $100 
shotgun  as  a token  of  their  appreciation  of  his  services.  He  has 
given  much  of  his  time  to  the  work,  and  his  faithfulness  has  at- 
tracted the  whole  of  the  membership.  This  token  of  esteem  shows 


Webber,  medal  B,  and  Jack  Marcon  medal  C.  There  were 
twenty-two  shooters,  with  a distance  handicap  of  21  to  16yds. 

At  Milwaukee  recently,  it  is  reported,  that  a Mr.  Donald 
Frazer  who  never  fired  a shell  from,  a shotgun  previously,  made 
the  fine  score  of  11  out  of  15.  This  should  serve  to  stimulate 
others  who  are  looking  for  an  innocent  and  inexpensive  recreation 
° The  Port  Gibson,  Miss.,  Gun  Club  has  been  organized,  with 
George  T.  Walne  as  Secretary.  Trap  and  targets  are  .on  the 
grounds.  Shoots  will  be  held  and  the  club  will  probably  join  the 

StR.6  Ilflksher  won  the  Class  A contest  held  last  Sunday  at  the 


J8Jew  York  Athletic  Club* 

Travers  Island,  N.  Y„  May  13.-May  cup,  50  targets  handi- 
cap allowance,  resulted  as  follows:  Geo.  Bedite  1 (S » tt,  m. 

•piYoc  rfi't  Gus  E Grieff  (2)  34,  F.  White  (14)  3b,  r. 
Barnes(  (2)  26,  G.  N.  Hug&s  (14)  40;  A . W.  Hibbard  (6)  29, 
E.„P-  McM„,.ryJ8).29,A.  O.  Fl«,,chm,„  W ^ 


“Special  cup,  25  targets  handicap: 

Barnes’-1  (1)  fi  f N 17," Ar'wT'HibSlrd  'l/)  ft, 
E P.  McMurtry  (5)  15,  T.  White  (7)  15,  Dr.  Brown  (7)  16,  Dr. 

^Fletschman  trophy,  25  targets:  A.  O.  Fleischman  19,  G.  Bechtel 


(1)  15,  WnaElias  (4) ’ 1?.  JF*„L. . Barnes ’(1)  H Dr.  William  (6)  16, 


E^  White  (71  23  A.  W.  Hibbard  (3)  14,  Dr.  Brown  (7)  22,  E. 
!;  McMurtry  (6)  19,  G.  E.  Grieff  (1)  19,  Huggins  (7)  19. 

Besides  the  foregoing  trophy  events,  several  others  were  shoL 


May  20,  1905;] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


407 


Wawaset  Gun  Club  Tournament. 

Wilmington,  Del. — The  tournament  of  the  Wawaset  Gun  Club, 
held  on  May  11  and  12,  had  a large  entry — sixty-six  participants. 
The  programme  was  conducted  without  a hitch,  this  consequent 
to  the  able  management.  The  office  work  was  in  charge  df  Mr. 
Luther  J.  Squier,  and  everything  pertaining  to  it  was  prompt  and 
accurate. 

High  average  of  the  first  day  was  made  by  Mr.  Lester  S. 
German,  an  amateur.  He  broke  155  out  of  180.  Mr.  A.  B.  Rich- 
ardson, amateur,  of  Dover,  was  second,  with  154.  Third  was  made 
by  Mr.  J._  Mowell  Hawkins,  148. 

The  weather  was  exceedingly  pleasant.  Many  ladies  were  in  the 
groups  of  spectators. 


May  U,  First  Day. 


Events:  123456789  10  11  12  Shot 

Targets:  15  15  15  15  15  15  15  15  15  15  15  15  at. 

McKelvey  9 9 14  9 12  11  14  11  11  12  12  12  180 

Edmundson  11  10  13  11  13  11  12  12  13  9 14  13  180 

Schortemeier  13  15  12  10  12  11  13  12  14  9 14  10  ISO 

W Ryan  10  10  12  11  12  8 10  12  11  7 10  12  180 

J Godwin  7 10  9 9 12  6 11  9 7 9 10  11  180 

J George  13  11  13  9 12  9 15  10  13  12  11  11  180 

C Knipe  12  10  13  11  10  8 12  10  10  11  14  8 180 

W A Lindsay 10  11  13  11  12  8 13  13  8 9 11  12  180 

Dyer  13  9 10  6 14  5 14  8 11  9 11  7 180 

German  13]  12  12  13  14  12  12  13  13  13  13  15  180 

Foord  13  10  15  12  11  10  15  14  13  10  10  10  180 

Newcomb  11  11  13  11  12  7 15  13  12  12  14  9 180 

Worthington  10  13  12  12  13  13  12  14  13  10  12  11  180 

England  10  11  14  6 9 8 8 10  12  9 11  13  180 

J Gifford  11  11  15  7 7 7 9 10  11  12  8 6 180 

Pennington  10  11  13  8 9 7 13  10  12  10  12  10  180 

Pratt  11  7 13  7 12  11  9 9 6 9 7 7 180 

Williamson  9 8 9 8 10  9 11  9 11  13  10  12  180 

Rumack  11  10  8 13  14  8 10  10  12  12  12  10  180 

Mink  12  13  14  12  14  9 14  13  14  8 13  10  180 

Joe  Hunter  11  11  13  12  11  12  14  12  13  12  14  9 180 

McHugh  10  10  14  10  14  11  12  13  12  11  11  12  180 

Beady  13  5 10  5 12  7 11  12  10  8 12  11  180 

Malone  8 10  13  8 10  14  10  15  14  11  12  11  180 

Chew  8 10  9 10  13  9 12  10  12  8 10  8 180 

Ghent  14  10  13  13  11  8 14  11  12  11  10  9 180 

Lupus  10  10  11  12  15  9 12  10  9 11  14  10  180 

Roser  14  13  14  6 10  11  14  10  12  12  10  8 180 

Fisher  13  11  12  11  14  11  14  9 14  11  14  11  180 

Richardson  11  12  13  10  14  9 15  13  15  14  14  14  180 

Reed  13  11  12  11  14  10  12  11  14  10  13  10  ISO 

Wallace  13  9 11  10  13  11  14  11  12  13  13  11  180 

C E Smith 10  10  10  9 10  6 10  11  9 9 5 9 180 

Torpey  13  8 12  14  7 10  13  10  12  12  9 10  ISO 

McCarthy  13  7 9 8 14  10  11  14  11  11  12  12  ISO 

Cleaver  11  12  13  9 5 11  . . 11  105 

Silver  10  11  9 10  9 12  6 11  9 135 

G Godin  12  8 9 13  8 . . . . 75 

Springer  13  9 12 45 

Borroughs  13  9 11  10  60 

Steele  10  10  30 

Elliott  12  10  13  9 10  11  13  12  12  10  13  10  180 

G A Mosher 15  9 11  12  11  10  11 105 

Butler  9 15  11  10  12  8 14  11  14  9 12  8 180 

Daudt  11  10  13  8 14  11  7 9 10  9 9 11  180 

Rigby  10  10  12  9 12  4 9 12  12  10  11  8 180 

Stevens  14  10  15  10  13  10  14  9 14  11  14  7 180 

Dr  Buck  9 8 9 4 10  6 90 

Banks  12  14  13  13  12  12  10  14  12  12  13  9 180 

Sampson  12  10  13  12  11  11  12  10  8 12  13  12  180 

Mel  choir  12  8 11  7 13  10  11  9 12  10  11  7 180 

J E Kirk 9 13  13  11  13  7 14  11  12  13  ... . 150 

J W Evans 9 1111  9 10  9 10  10  11  12  . . . . 150 

F Buck  10  9 ' 30 

Faithful  4 11  4 7 ..  ..  7 ..  8 ..  ..  90 

Burke  6 8 1 7 7 12  90 

Tames  12  ..  11  13  7 11  12  ... . 9 . . 105 

t-Iawkins  12  13  14  11  15  10  13  10  14  10  15  11  180 

Glover  12  12  11  14 60 

Mr  Parks  14  6 12  9 11  11  14  13  13  . . 135 

Mrs  Parks  11  8 11  13  13  7 11  10  11  . . 135 

Sweeney  13  5 10  6 12  9 6 3 120 

Stidham  12  12  12  10  . . . . 60 

Hartlove  ; 10  10  11  11  ..  ..  60 

C Buck  11  12  10  ... . 45 

N Grubb  10  15  8 10  . . 8 75 


Broke. 

136 

142 
145 
125 
110 

139 
129 
131 
117 
155 

143 

140 
145 
121 


108 

119 

130 

146 

144 

140 
116 
133 
119 
136 

133 

134 

145 
154 

141 
141 
108 
130 

132 
72 
87 

50 
34 
43 
20 

135 
79 

133 
122 
119 
141 

46 

146 

136 
121 
116 
102 

19 

41 

41 
75 

148 

49 

103 

95 

64 

46 

42 
33 

51 


May  t2,  Second  Day, 


The  weather  conditions  favored  the  shooters  more  than  on  the 
previous  day,  and  there  was  a consequent  rise  in  the  averages. 
Mr.  J.  Mowell  Hawkins  was  high  in  the  averages  for  the  day 
with  162  out  of  a possible  ISO. 

Second  average  was  a tie  between  Messrs.  J.  A.  R.  Elliott  and 
Neaf  Apgar,  with  157.  Mr.  L.  S.  German,  of  Aberdeen,  Md., 
was  third  with  154. 

For  the  two  days,  Mr.  J.  Mowell  Hawkins  was  high  with  a 
total  of  310  out  of  360.  Messrs.  L.  S.  German,  309,  and  A.  B. 
Richardson,  of  Dover,  Del.,  were  second  and  third. 

■ Thirty-four  shot  through  the  two-day  programme.  The  tourna- 
ment was  a success,  and  much  praise  is  due  the  hard-working 
popular  committee  which  contributed  so  much  to  the  success. 
Scores: 


Events: 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

Shot 

Targets: 

J Godwin  

W Edmundson  . 

15 

15 

15 

15 

15 

15 

15 

15 

15 

15 

15 

15 

at. 

Broke. 

..  11 

13 

10 

12 

10 

8 

12 

12 

8 

10 

12 

11 

180 

129 

..  14 

12 

9 

11 

13 

12 

15 

13 

14 

9 

14 

11 

180 

147 

Rumack  

..  10 

8 

14 

13 

12 

11 

13 

11 

13 

13 

11 

14 

180 

143 

W Ryan  

..  9 

7 

8 

8 

10 

9 

9 

10 

10 

8 

8 

8 

180 

104 

Mink  

..  12 

11 

13 

11 

14 

13 

12 

14 

11 

10 

11 

13 

180 

145 

McCarthy  

..  13 

12 

14 

14 

12 

11 

14 

11 

11 

12 

13 

11 

180 

148 

Shorty  

..  12 

14. 

12 

13 

13 

13 

12 

13 

13 

9 

13 

12 

180 

149 

Lindsay  • * • 

..  11 

9 

12 

9 

13 

10 

11 

8 

10 

12 

11 

11 

120 

127 

German  

13 

13 

14 

13 

13 

14 

13 

9 

14 

14 

13 

11 

180 

154 

Foord  ........... 

15 

8 

13 

13 

12 

13 

13 

12 

12 

9 

12 

14 

' 180 

146 

Richardson  

;..  13 

12 

15 

15 

13 

10 

13 

12 

15 

13 

13 

S 

180 

153 

Chew  

...12 

7 

10 

8 

13 

7 

13 

12 

14 

11 

9 

15 

180 

136 

McKelvey  ....... 

..  13 

13 

11 

11 

11 

11 

11 

11 

10 

11 

12 

13 

180 

148 

Lupus  

...11 

12 

15 

11 

12 

14 

10 

10 

12 

13 

14 

13 

180 

147 

Gent  

..  12 

12 

12 

9 

9 

8 

11 

10 

10 

10 

10 

11 

180 

124 

George  

..  13 

8 

15 

9 

13 

7 

13 

8 

13 

10 

10 

11 

180 

130 

TJ  unter  

...10 

10 

11 

10 

11 

10 

10 

13 

15 

8 

12 

. . 

165 

120 

McHugh  

...14 

11 

11 

14 

10 

11 

13 

11 

11 

11 

11 

13 

180 

141 

Pratt  

..  10 

11 

6 

10 

9 

11 

10 

8 

11 

9 

8 

8 

180 

111 

Pennington  

...10 

10 

13 

8 

10 

9 

11 

14 

12 

9 

11 

11 

ISO 

128 

Williamson  

..13 

8 

11 

7 

11 

6 

12 

12 

8 

12 

9 

8 

180 

116 

W Philips  

..  9 

12 

13 

8 

10 

9 

7 

12 

6 

12 

10 

7 

180 

115 

Wallace  

...15 

14 

11 

11 

12 

14 

9 

13 

12 

14 

13 

9 

180 

147 

Smith  

..  9 

10 

S 

4 

13 

7 

12 

12 

6 

9 

11 

10 

ISO 

118 

Knipe  

..14 

9 

11 

14 

8 

13 

12 

13 

14 

13 

13 

10 

180 

144 

Roser  

..13 

11 

13 

8 

11 

9 

13 

10 

13 

12 

11 

12 

180 

136 

Beady  ■. .. 

...14 

8 

12 

10 

14 

12 

10 

10 

11 

13 

10 

10 

180 

134 

Torpey  

...12 

11 

9 

10 

12 

10 

12 

7 

11 

14 

11 

9 

180 

128 

Armstrong  

11 

11 

12 

13 

12 

9 

13 

8 

13 

11 

150 

113 

Kirk  

12 

8 

11 

10 

11 

9 

14 

105 

75 

Miller  

8 

8 

12 

10 

13 

9 

13 

9 

, * 

120 

82 

Gill  

11 

4 

30 

15 

Clarke  

12 

10 

14 

12 

8 

11 

90 

67 

G Edmundson  . . 

..  7 

3 

7 

4 

6 

8 

90 

36 

Silver  

...10 

8 

13 

13 

13 

12 

12 

9 

13 

11 

11 

10 

180 

135 

Elliott  

..  15 

13 

14 

10 

15 

13 

15 

9 

15 

10 

15 

13 

180 

157 

Flawkins  

...13 

14 

13 

15 

13 

13 

15 

14 

15 

12 

14 

11 

180 

162 

Stevens  

...12 

12 

13 

13 

13 

14 

12 

13 

13 

13 

9 

10 

180 

139 

Butler  

..15 

9 

12 

11 

14 

9 

13 

11 

12 

11 

13 

9 

180 

139 

Banks  

...13 

15 

11 

14 

10 

13 

13 

14 

13 

11 

12 

14 

180 

153 

Sampson  

..  14 

12 

9 

9 

12 

12 

14 

9 

11 

10 

12 

11 

180 

135 

McColley  

...13 

6 

12 

10 

11 

8 

12 

12 

10 

10 

12 

12 

180 

128 

Bee  

..  11 

12 

12 

11 

13 

12 

13 

11 

11 

10 

13 

11 

180 

140 

Mosher  

...13 

10 

13 

11 

13 

12 

12 

105 

84 

North  

..  13 

14 

10 

10 

14 

11 

11 

105 

83 

Melchoir  

...12 

11 

14 

9 

13 

12 

11 

10 

15 

11 

12 

13 

180 

143 

Alburger  

..  12 

11 

10 

45 

43 

Faithful  

..10 

7 

10 

8 

7 

5 

90 

47 

Springer  

...11 

11 

9 

io 

12 

ii 

90 

64 

Burke  

9 

9 

30 

IS 

Steele  

10 

8 

30 

18 

Apgar  

...13 

13 

13 

12 

14 

12 

14 

15 

12 

12 

15 

12 

180 

157 

Richards  

10 

15 

10 

Rutter  

11 

13 

11 

12 

15 

7 

90 

69 

C Buck  

10 

15 

14 

9 

13 

14 

90 

75 

Cornog  

12 

10 

12 

14 

12 

75 

60 

V duPont,  Jr 

9 

13 

12 

13 

14 

75 

61 

T Kirk  

8 

11 

11 

12 

10 

75 

52 

Dr  Buck  

12 

13 

9 

13 

9 

75 

56 

Hartlove  

12 

10 

12 

45 

34 

McArdle  

10 

9 

30 

19 

E E duPont  .. 

10 

13 

ii 

45 

34 

Mississippi  Delta  Trapshooters'  League. 

Vicksburg,  Miss. — The  first  tournament  of  the  Mississippi  Delta 
Trapshooters’  League  was  held  under  the  auspices  of  the  Vicks- 
burg, Miss.,  Gun  Club,  May  8 and  9. 

Chief  interest  wras  in  the  amateur  competition  for  the  cup,  open 
to  all  shooters  who  were  residents  of  Mississippi.  It  was  won  by 
the  popular  and  efficient  secretary  of  the  Vicksburg  Gun  Club, 
Mr.  John  J.  Bradfield.  Previous  winners  were  Messrs.  W.  J. 
Fletcher,  of  Vicksburg;  W.  H.  Clements,  of  Rolling  Fork;  E.  H. 
Wilson,  of  Natchez;  C.  H.  Walton,  of  Rolling  Fork.  The  con- 
ditions governing  it  were  60  targets,  two  wins  to  constitute 
title  to  final  possession. 

After  Mr.  Bradfield’s  win  on  the  first  day,  it  was  decided  to 
shoot  off  for  ownership  between  the  winners.  The  contest  was  at 
100  targets.  Mr.  Bradfield  won  easily,  with  a score  of  92,  his 
nearest  competitor,  Mr.  Wilson,  scoring  89.  His  victory  was  the 
occasion  of  much  rejoicing.  The  presentation  of  the  club  later 
was  elegantly  made  by  Mr.  Stanford  N.  Collier,  in  a witty  ap- 
propriate speech  in  behalf  of  the  club,  which  was  responded  to 
in  feeling  terms  by  Mr.  Bradfield.  Mr.  George  H.  Hillman,  in 
recognition  of  his  valuable  assistance,  was  presented  with  a 
beautiful  diamond  studded  watch  charm.  Mr.  Hillman  responded 
in  an  excellent  speech.  The  cup  was  filled  with  champagne,  and 
in  honor  of  the  event,  the  cup  passed  from  lip  to  lip. 

High  professional  average  for  the  two  days  wos  won  by  Mr. 
Frank  Faurote,  with  386  out  of  400,  and  he  made  a run  of  101 
straight.  Mr.  Harold  Money  was  second  with  376.  High  amateur 
average  was  won  by  Livingstone,  of  Birmingham,  with  370  out  of 
400;  Brazeale,  second,  367;  Scannal,  Wells  and  North  third,  354; 
Bradford  fourth,  353;  Hayes  fifth,  348. 

Scannal,  of  Shreveport,  won  the  Dupont  trophy.  Shanahan,  of 
Greenville,  won  the  Peters  trophy. 

The  tournament  committee,  Messrs.  Hayes,  Fletcher,  Miller, 
Pinkston,  Dinkins  and  Bradfield,  deserve  credit  for  their  excellent 
work  in  promoting  the  success  of  the  shoot.  The  other  shoots  of 
the  Mississippi  Delta  League  series  will  follow  in  due  order  in  the 
near  future.  The  scores  of  the  two  days  are  summarized  as 
follows : 


Shot  at.  Broke.  Shot  at.  Broke. 


Faurote  

...400 

386 

Henshaw  

400 

318 

Anthony  

...400 

356 

McCutchen  . . . 

400 

299 

Kaufman  

...400 

328 

Shanahan  

400 

321 

Monev  

...400 

376 

Sharkey  

400 

312 

Livingston  

. . .400 

370 

North  

400 

354 

Sligo  

...400 

354 

Henderson 

400 

343 

Brvan  

...400 

343 

Wilson  

400 

333 

Brazeale  

...400 

367 

Pinkston  

400 

315 

Caddo  

...400 

341 

Dinkins  

400 

332 

Claudet  

...400 

331 

Hossley  

400 

320 

Cameron  

...400 

339 

Casey  

192 

Erwin  

...400 

352 

O’Trigger  

200 

161 

Farr  

...400 

334 

Austin  

131 

Walton  

...400 

332 

Ward  

102 

Clements  

...400 

841 

Sinai  

102 

Bradfield  

...400 

853 

Alexander  

78 

Fletcher  

...400 

313 

Blake  

43 

Miller  

. . .400 

310 

Allen  

25 

Wells  

...400 

354 

Noland  

19 

Pbyes  

,.,400 

348 

Boston  Gun  Club* 

Boston,  Mass.,  May , 10i — The  most  successful  series  evefi  held 
on  the  Boston  Gun  Club  grounds  terminated  at  Wellington  to-day* 
with  nineteen  shooters  vainly  endeavoring  to  increase  their  match 
scores  and  throw  out  the  poor  ones  made  during  some  of  the 
past  shouts.  1N0  one  succeeded,  however,  and  tne  final  result 
was  the  same  as  a week  ago. 

The  scores,  as  a rule,  were  all  considerably  lower  than  has  beetl 
the  case  for  some  time  past,  but  the  crowd  was  there  fof  the 
pleasure,  and  little  things'  like  that  did  not  bother  a little  bit* 
Frank  started  in  to  beat  three  of  a kind,  but  relinquished  his 
bold  to  Dr.  Gleason,  who  finished  out  for  the  high  average. 

In  the  serial  prize  match,  seven  scores  to  count,  Dr.  Gleason’s 
high  totals  eclipsed  all  other  efforts,  add  certainly  shows  great 
shooting,  as  a 19yd.  handicap  is  no  cinch  when  taking  all  weather 
conditions  in  consideration.  From  appearances,  he  was  not  scared 
at  the  look  of  the  official  handicapper’s  ax,  and  henceforth  hi9 
efforts  will  be  from  the  21yd.  line.  The  doctor  intimates  that 
even  that  will  not  hold  him,  as  he  is  out  for  business  duriftg  1909* 
and  will  not  rest  till  he  has  quite  a fair  number  of  trapshooting! 
scalps  hanging  from  his  belt. 

Burns,  the  winner  of  second  prize,  deserves  great  credit  for  the 
persistent  way  lie  attended  all  shoots,  and  was  the  leader  from  the 
first,  till  the  last  three  shoots,  when  the  B.  A.  A.  representative 
stepped  in  with  some  straight  scores  which  were  just  too  much 
of  a handicap  to  overcome.  Next  series,  Burns  says,  may  tell 
another  story,  but  an  additional  2yd.  handicap  is  expected,  and 
this  may  hurt  just  a little. 

O.  R.  Dickey’s  win  of  third  was  one  of  the  most  popular  of  the 
eight  lucky  shooters,  as  ’“Dick”  has  a host  of  well  wishers  in 
this  section  that  are  more  than  pleased  when  the  “old  reliable” 
shows  his  top-notch  form.  Twenty-one  yards  looks  big  to  the 
most  of  us,  but  in  the  majority  of  cases  it  was  like  giving  a 
donkey  strawberries  to  give  him  a 45yd.  target.  Just  as  big  as 
baskets  was  his  idea  on  one  particular  occasion,  and  his  93  per 
cent,  showed  that  there  certainly  was  something  doing. 

The  club’s  own  representative,  Frank,  took  care  of  fourth  posi- 
tion, a slightly  lower  average  than  usual,  caused  by  a change  in 
guns,  which  seems  to  always  have  a bad  effect  on  a trapshooter. 
From  now  on,  however,  something  has  got  to  bust,  and  it  must 
be  the  targets  and  nothing  else. 

Ford,  the  “Fiz  Fiz”  man,  captured  a subscription  to  a well- 
known  sporting  journal,  and  expects  now  to  keep  abreast  of  the 
times,  even  though  his  own  time  is  pretty  well  taken  up,  with 
the  exception  of  his  Wednesday  afternoons,  which  Ford  would 
not  miss  from  a farm  down  East. 

Capt.  Woodruff,  the  original  Boston  Gun  Clubite  thought  that 
sixth  place  was  just  to  his  liking,  as  he  needed  the  hunting  ax 
to  break  some  of  these  modern  targets  that  his  7%  was  usgless 
on,  but  which  have  to  be  handled  as  carefully  as  eggs. 

The  Watertown  representative,  “Roy,”  had  the  pleasure  of 
beating  his  old  friend,  John  Bell,  and  wears  a smile  that  won’t 
come  off,  and  is  now  seen  round  town,  apparently  as  deaf  as  an 
adder;  but  talk  trapshooting  to  him,  and  out  comes  a brand- 
new  pair  of  ear  drum  protectors  which  he  claims  rightly  belong 
to  his  trusty  gun  and  load. 

John  Bell,  the  winner  of  the  eighth  and  last  prize,  has  for  quite 
a time  been  complaining  of  the  bunching  and  leading  of  his 
“fusee,”  SO'  behooved  himself  to  smoke  up  and  win  the  anti-rust 
wicks,  which  are  guaranteed  to  cure  his  complaint.  John’s 
prayers  evidently  struck  home,  as  only  one  target  separated  him 
from  the  object  of  his  search  and  nothing.  Scores  of  to-day’s 
shoot  as  follows: 


Events: 

1 2 

3 4 5 6 

7 

8 9 10  11  12 

Targets : 

10  15  10  15  15  15 

10  10  10  10  10  25 

Av. 

Frank,  19  .... 

10  14 

7 9 11  12 

7 

8 ..  . 

780 

Bell,  20 

8 9 

9 10  11  8 

687 

Dickey,  21  . . . 

9 13 

7 12  9 8 

725 

Weld,  19  

8 13 

6 14  10  13 

800 

Gleason,  19  . . 

9 13  10  14  14  11 

8 

7 10  10 

8 22 

877 

Lee,  16  

8 13 

6 9 13  8 

9 

9 ..  . 

750 

Burns,  16  . . . . 

5 10 

6 11  13  11 

5 

5 3 

6 10  19 

670 

Worthing,  17 

8 11 

8 10  10  10 

6 

700 

Wheeler,  18  . . 

5 9 

7 13  10  13 

4 

8 8 

8 

5 20 

729 

Woodruff,  17.. 

5 8 

7 13  10  10 

8 

9 6 . 

690 

Prior,  16  

S 11 

6 11  8 13 

8 

8 7 . 

727 

Smith,  18  

5 

..  7 

7 

..  19 

690 

Ford,  16  

. . 12  12  11 

9 

9 10 

9 

9 22 

858 

Massure,  16  . . 

. . 10  8 13 

688 

Muldown,  16  . 

6 

618 

Roy,  19 

. . 10  13  7 

8 

5 9 . 

..  15 

670 

Williams,  16  . 

3 4 

6 4 8 7 

8 

6 5 . 

463 

Retwood,  14  . 

4 7 6 2 

2 

323 

Merchandise 

match, 

distance 

handicap : 

Gleason 

(19vds.) 

25, 

Burns  (16)  24 

, Frank 

(19) 

23,  Weld  (19) 

23, 

Wheeler  (18) 

23. 

Ford  (16)  23, 

Lee  (16) 

21, 

Prior 

(16)  21,  Smith  (18) 

21,  Massure 

(16)  21,  Muldown  (16)  21,  Worthing  (17)  20,  Woodruft  (17)  20, 
Roy  (19)  20,  Bell  (20)  19,  Dickey  (21)  17,  Williams  (16)  15,  Ret- 
wood  (14)  8. 

Merchandise  match,  total  scores,  best  seven  out  of  fourteen  to 
count : 


Burns 

Dickey 


Roy 


Kirkwood 


Willard 


29 

29 

29 

29 

28 

25- 

-199 

28 

26 

26 

26 

26 

26- 

-186 

27 

27 

27 

27 

26 

22- 

-184 

29 

26 

25 

25 

24 

24—183 

26 

26 

28 

25 

25 

24—179 

27 

26 

25 

25 

24 

23- 

-178 

27 

25 

25 

24 

24 

22—176 

26 

24 

24 

23 

25 

23—172 

. .37 

27 

26 

25 

23 

22. 

21- 

-171 

27 

26 

26 

24 

21 

19- 

-171 

26 

25 

25 

23 

22 

22—170 

..26 

24 

21 

21 

23 

21 

20—160 

. .27 

26 

24 

23 

21 

17 

15—153 

22 

22 

16 

17 

16 

21- 

-136 

Game 

Cfub. 

Cochran,  Pa.,  May  9. — The  scores  made  to-day  follow  shootlncr 
at  25  targets;  H.  Gibbon  21,  W.  Hughes  21,  W.  Lewis’ 23,  D.  I 
Phillips  21,  D.  Krappf  19,  L.  Kimmell  13,  W.  Dougherty  16  ’ V' 
Gallagher  18,  G.  H.  Smith  21.  s y to,  r-. 

Event  2,  25  targets:  Wm.  Hughes  22,  H.  Gibbon  20.  G H 
Smith  16,  D.  J.  Phillips  22,  Neil  Mahon  li,  S,  Farrow  14*  c" 
(Jallagher  15,  W.  Lewis  20,  p.  (lallagber  14  * ■ " 


408 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


'[May  20,  igog. 


ON  NEW  JERSEY, 


Montclair  Gun  Club. 

Montclair,  N.  J.,  May  6. — But  eight  men  were  out  to-day. 
Event  No.  2.  was  for  a box  of  cigars,  two  teams  competing. 
Team  No.  1,  composed  of  Messrs.  .Porter,  Boxall,  Soverel  and 
Hartshorne,  scored  78,  to  team  No.  2,  composed  of  Messrs. 
Bush,  Crane,  Doremus  and  Vause,  score  of  77. 

Event  No.  4,  5 pairs,  unknown  angles,  was  won  by  Mr.  Harts- 
horne with  eight  breaks  to  his  credit.  Scores; 

Events:  1 2 3 4 Events:  12  3 4 

Targets:  25  25  10  10  Targets:  25  25  10  10 

Porter  21  21  8 3 Bush  22  22  9 7 

Boxall  ............  20  23  8 7 Crane  .............  14  22  1 6 

Soverel  19  9 5 Doremus  .18  19  6 .. 

Hartshorne  . 16  15  6 8 Vause  ....18  14  5 6 

Montclair,  N.  J.,  May  13. — To-day  was  the  regular  monthly 
shoot  for  the  Daly  gun.  Some  fifteen  men  were  present. 

Events  1 and  2 were  for  practice.  Event  3,  50  targets,  unknown 
angles,  handicap,  for  a Daly  gun,  to  be  shot  for  every  month 
during  the  year  was  tied  for  by  Messrs.  Porter  and  Hartshorne,  on 
49.  The  tie  was  shot  off  at  25  targets.  Mr.  Porter  broke  20  to 
Mr.  Hartshorne’s  15,  but  with  the  handicap,  the  score  stood: 
Porter  22  to  Hartshorne  21.  Porter  was  declared  the  winner  for 
May. 


Events : 

1 

2 

3 

Events : 

1 

2 

3 

Targets: 

25 

25 

50 

Targets: 

25 

25 

50 

P Cockefair,  4.. 

. 17 

16 

42 

H Babbage,  8 

19 

36 

H F Holloway,  12... 

48 

H V anse  

..  16 

19 

37 

C Bush,  2. 

. 22 

20 

42 

G Schneider  

..  23 

23 

46 

G Porter,  4.......... 

9(1 

- . 

49 

S C Wheeler,  4..,.. 

19 

43 

C Beck  

. 19 

. - 

C S Hartshorne,  12. 

..  14 

15 

49 

E Winslow,  4........ 

13 

15 

44 

G Howard,  2 

24 

47 

W T Wallace,  2 

..  15 

19 

46 

E H Babbage 

14 

G Boxall,  4..... 

,.  16 

18 

44 

Handicaps  as  indicated  apply  in  event  3 only. 

Edward  Winslow,  Sec’y. 


North  River  Gun  Club. 

Edgewater,  N.  J.,  May  6. — Event  No.  5 was  a handicap  shoot 
for  a solid  gold  watch  charm.  It  was  won  by  Dr.  Paterno  for 
the  third  time.  .Scores: 


Events:  12345678 

Targets:  10  15  10  15  50  25  25  25 

F Vosselman,  10 6 11  7 ..  37 

C Leasenfeldt,  15 9 6 5 . . 35  17  . . 13 

Dr  Boldt,  20 5 4 5 ..  18  ..  15  .. 

Dr.  Leniseur  3 3 3 4 18  ..  5 .. 

C E Eickhoff,  8 14  42  ..  16  19 

R Schneider ..  10  38  22  20  21 

De  Mawhy  9 24  ..  12  .. 

Dr  Paterno,  14 43  21  ..  20 

J Merrill,  13 33  12  ..  11 

J Morrison,  6 10  14  10  ..  34  ..  23  22 

G Harland,  10 8 12  6 ..  36  ..  19  .. 

Williams  7 10  7 ..  46  ..  22  .. 

Meiser  7 6 7 6 

Hans,  5.. 8 11  8 ..  40  ..  19  .. 

May  13. — Event  7 was  the  handicap  contest  for  the  gold  watch 
chain.  It  was  won  by  Mr.  James  Morrison.  This  is  his  second 
win.  Scores: 

Events:  123456789 

Targets:  10  10  15  15  15  15  50  25  25 

J Morrison,  7 9 8 12  13  10  7 43  23  .. 

Hans,  5 7 ..  10  11  11  11  40  23  .. 

Fred,  0 4 4 5 5 

Cottrell,  C 5 5 11  10  8 10  30  13  .. 

Metz,  0 8 7 7 5 8 10  ..  14  .. 

Vosselman,  10  5 13  14  12  ..  40  19  .. 

A Schoverling,  5 9 11  12  11  ..  40  19  24 

C E Eickhoff,  8 8 8 5 9 6 33  11  .. 

Dr  Boldt,  20  8 7 10  8 ..  37  10  7 

Dr  Leveseur,  20  8 7 3 . . 18  10  . . 

Dr  Paterno,  11. 14  11  ..  ..  31  12  .. 

Dr  Fansoni,  20 3 ..  ..  8 6 .. 

J Merrill,  12  ..  6 ..  ..  7 ..  29  10  .. 

Geo  Allison,  0 21  .’. 

Peeiless  Rod  and  Gun  Club. 

Paterson,  N.  J.,  May  13. — The  scores  made  in  25-target  events 
follow: 

P Jacobus  3 ..  ..  G Herman  16  14  .. 

T Dewar  5 7 8 J Doorhofer  7 11  .. 

T Walker  5 10  8 P Garrabrant  14  9 .. 

C Engel  0 2 6 


Jackson  Park  Gun  Club. 

Paterson,  N.  J.,  May  14. — Everything  appeared  to  be  in  perfect 
shape  for  our  shoot  as  late  as  6 o’clock  Friday  night,  when  Morgan 
and  Hopper  left  the  grounds.  When  we  arrived  there  Saturday 
morning,  Morgan  A.  Doty,  Hopper,  sporting  editor  of  the  Morn- 
ing Call,  and  Dutcher,  a few  minutes  late,  we  were  pleased  to 
greet  the  Messrs.  Schneider,  Burgman  and  Welles.  We  were  soon 
ready  to  start  a squad,  with  the  new  arrival,  Frank  Butler,  but 
to  our  surprise  the  magautrap  failed  to  work  in  anything  like 
its  old  form,  as  it  had  done  for  the  last  three  years.  We  tried 
every  means  to  overcome  the  difficulty,  .and  at  about  1 o’clock, 
through  the  efforts  of  the  gentlemen  present,  and  trying  to  shoot, 
we  got  things  to  rights,  thanks  to  Burgman,  Welles,  Elliott,  and 
those  who  assisted  in  righting  things.  Much  to  the  discomfort  of 
those  who  had  labored  for  the  success  of  the  shoot,  the  men 
engaged  to  assist  Manager  Dutcher  failed  to  appear,  and  he  was 
compelled  to  take  charge  of  the  money  department  and  collect 
and  keep  the  score  sheets  in  shape,  while  the  captain,  Count 
Lenone,  took  the  shoot  in  charge  and  refereed.  He  was  assisted 
by  Mr.  Frank  Butler.  We  succeeded  in  shooting  about  3,000  tar- 
gets. The  programme  was  carried  out,  except  the  prize  events, 
which  failed  to  any  way  near  fill,  so  we  withdrew  the  prizes. 

The  majority  of  the  shooters  taking  part  were  mostly  beginners, 
and  would  not  take  chances  against  the  more  expert  shooters. 

The  professionals  shot  for  targets  only.  Mr.  Frank  Butler  shot 
in  great  form  in  the  regular  events,  which  started  at  event  5.  In 
fact,  after  the  trap  got  going  in  proper  shape,  everybody  seemed 
to  improve,  and  everything  wound  up  pleasantly. 

The  club  will,  as  soon  as  possible,  put  in  a cashier’s  booth,  which 
is  or  was  missing  to-day,  where  all  the  entries  will  be  received 
and  money  paid  out. 

Owing  to  no  programme  being  gotten  out  for  this  shoot,  the 
regulars,  or  those,  who  shot  through  the  programme,  paid  at 
the  finish,  and  everybody  took  advantage  of  this  rule,  to  the 
discomfort  of  the  man  in  charge. 

Appended  are  the  scores  of  those  taking  part. 

Unfavorable  weather  prevailed  during  the  entire  eight  hours’ 
shooting.  Despite  the  gloomy  weather  and  cloudy  skies,  many 
people  journeyed  to  Jackson  Park,  and  were  royally  entertained 
by  the  Jackson  Park  Gun  Club,  on  the  occasion  of  the  big  tourna- 
ment, which  formally  opened  their  new  shooting  grounds,  situated 
on  Arthur  Crooks’  farm,  Jackson’s  Lane.  The  club  house,  re- 
modelled and  repainted,  contained  a large  crowd  from  the  time  the 
first  event  was  shot,  at  10:30  A.  M.,  until  darkness  put  an  end 
to  the  day’s  sport. 

During  the  day  refreshments  were  served  in  the  club  house,  and 
everybody  partook  of  the  Jackson’s  generous  hospitality.  Every 
gun  club  in  Passaic  and  Bergen  counties  was  represented. 

Fifteen  events  in  all  were  decided;  seven  at  10  targets,  five  at 
15  and  three  at  25. 

Aaron  Doty,  Butler,  Schneider,  Willis_,  Markley  and  Brugman 
shot  in  all  the  events  but  one,  and  their  work  was  close  on  to 
perfect  in  nearly  every  event.  Doty  is  the  amateur  champion  of 
Passaic  and  Bergen  counties,  and  held  his  own  with  the  visiting 
cracks.  Perfect  scores  were  frequently  made  in  the  10-target 
events.  Butler’s  shooting  was  the  most  consistent,  and  on  the 
whole  day’s  work  was  the  best  out  of  the  half  hundred  who  par- 
ticipated. 


Events: 

1 

2 3 4 5 

6 

7 8 

9 

10  11  12  13  14  15 

Targets: 

15  10  15  10  15  10  10  15  10  10  15  10  25  25  25 

Elliott  

9 14  8 12 

9 

8 12 

9 

. . 12  7 22  23  19 

Butler  . . . . . 

12 

9 13  8 14 

9 

9 13 

7 

. . 13  9 22  24  22 

Schneider  . 

13  10  10  6 12 

8 

8 12 

8 

. . 13  7 19  20  19 

Welles  .... 

12 

8 11  10  12  10 

8 13 

9 

. . 14  8 21  22  22 

Markley  ... 

10  14  10  14 

9 

9 13 

7 

. . 14  10  20  22  21 

Brugman  .. 

...............  13 

8 15  9 15 

8 

9 13 

9 

. . 14  10  20  21  19 

A Doty  .... 

...............  12 

7 13  8 12 

6 

6 10 

6 

..  11  7 19  17  20 

Lenone  . . . . 

. , 4 12  6 

8 

7 .. 

..  ..  6 

Hopper  . . . , 

6 5 ..  .. 

Edwards  . . . 

5 6 ..  .. 

ftapy 

M » M f * * M ? f M P!  P9. 

M ep  $ 

& 

7 10 

6 

M 7 

Van  Horn  ................  11  8 9 14  7 ..  12  9 19  16  16 

Johnson  ..........................  10..  8 15  6 ..  13  6 15  18  18 

J Doty  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  6 12  7 19  21  22 

Banta  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 10  6 19  20  21 

R Wilson  .................  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  2 4 7 5 15  9 

H Van  Houten 4 3 5 ..  15  15 

H Wright  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ...  7 6 7 4 17  11  16 

F L Van  Houten . . 8 6 ..  10  12 

G Nichols  ..  ..  ..  ......  7 6 7 ..  14  17 

McGuirk  ..  7 10  7 ..  ..  .. 

Clickner  ..  ..  9 ..  22  22 

W Wilson  6 ..  ..  4 4 13  12  14 

Dunkerly  10  7 ..  20  20 

A Reeves  . . . . 16  . » . . 

Lewis  . . . . 5 10  . . 20  . . . . 

T Crocker  9 ..  . . 16  17 

E V an  Plouten  6 2 2 4..  ..  .. 

Pullhemus  - 6 8 4 

Dr  Utter  ..  6 7 ..  ..  ..  .. 

A B Van  Houten 2 8 6 

E Simonton  2 6 7 ..  ..  .. 

Henry  4 5 8 6..  ..  .. 

Devine  ..  ..  ..  ..  4 4 ..  ..  .. 


Stanley  Gan  Clab. 

Toronto,  May  7. — The  regular  weekly  shoot  of  the  Stanley 
Gun  Club  took  place  on  their  grounds  on  Saturday.  There  was 
a slim  attendance  of  the  members,  owing  to  the  inclemency  of 
the  weather.  The  few  events  were  shot  in  a steady  downpour 
of  rain  which  put  a damper  on  the  sport. 

In  the  spoon  event,  some  good  scores  were  made.  Mr.  Buck 
with  three  additional,  and  Fritz,  with  five  aditional  birds  to  shoot 
at,  scored  24  each.  Mr.  Dunk  and  Mr.  Rock,  both  scratch  men, 
were  right  up  with  23  each.  The  following  are  the  scores: 


Events : 

1 2 

3 

4 5 6 

Events: 

1 2 3 4 5 

6 

Targets: 

25  25  10  10  25  10 

Targets: 

25  25  10  10  25  10 

Rock  ........ 

, . 18  22 

9 23  9 

Fritz,  5 

. ....  15  7 7 24 

. . 

Dunk  

..  22  .. 

Molton  

...  ..  IS  7 7 .. 

8 

Dey  .......... 

..  16  .. 

Wilson,  4 

7 ..  16 

6 

Hulme  ....... 

..  20  .. 

Edgar  

...  ..  ..10..  .. 

7 

Herbert,  3. . . 

..  17  .. 

7 

7 21  .. 

Buck,  3...... 

• 

Booth,  10...,, 

..  ..  12 

6 

5 15  6 

Handicaps  apply  to  spoon  event  (No.  5)  only. 

Alex  Dey,  Sec’y. 


St.  Paul  Gao  Clab. 


Bergen  Beach  Gan  Clab. 

Bergen  Beach,  Brooklyn,  L.  I.,  May  9. — Thirty-one  contestants 
participated  in  the  monthly  shoot  of  the  Bergen  Beach  Gun  Club 
to-day.  High  average  was  made  by  Mr.  Kelly.  The  manufac- 
turers’ agents  present  were  Messrs.  Frank  Butler  and  H.  B.  Wil- 
liams. The  weather  conditions  were  a clear  light  and  a high 
wind,  the  latter  making  the  shooting  difficult.  Scores: 

Events : 

Targets : 

Schorty  . . . 

A Schoverling  13 

O N T 

Cottrell  11 

Metz  10 

F Butler 
W Keim 

A Suydam  7 

Kelly 

H B Williams 12 

Schorty  10 

Eickhoff  

J Kroeger  13 

Hans  11 

Castles  7 12  9 


1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

15 

15 

15 

15 

15 

15 

15 

15 

15 

15 

10 

13 

11 

14 

12 

13 

11 

. . 

13 

9 

1.2 

12 

12 

10 

13 

12 

12 

12 

10 

12 

8 

11 

12 

11 

11 

8 

6 

11 

11 

6 

4 

4 

6 

7 

7 

10 

8 

3 

5 

4 

9 

10 

6 

10 

11 

11 

10 

9 

5 

13 

10 

14 

12 

11 

10 

11 

5 

10 

7 

7 

4 

7 

8 

9 

7 

6 

7 

7 

10 

14 

12 

13 

13 

14 

14 

13 

15 

15 

12 

7 

12 

12 

11 

8 

10 

8 

12 

10 

10 

9 

10 

8 

10 

12 

10 

8 

9 

7 

10 

4 

9 

8 

2 

6 

. . 

. . 

13 

13 

8 

12 

10 

13 

8 

11 

10 

10 

11 

12 

12 

9 

ii 

is 

Pfaender 10 


Dreyer 


10  12 

5 


7 

13 


11 

5 

7 


10 

11 


were  shot. 
Events : 
Targets: 

Boa  

Hess  


Scores: 


Jack  Snipe 


Stuard 
Bless  . 
Iiudgel 
Crane  . 


-Eight  extra 

events 

, each 

at  10  targets. 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

10 

10 

15 

20 

15 

15 

15 

20 

15 

15 

10 

15 

20 

13 

15 

16 

17 

14 

14 

S 

8 

8 

9 

13 

14 

14 

15 

8 

8 

13 

20 

13 

14 

15 

20 

12 

14 

9 

8 

14 

16 

12 

14 

13 

14 

12 

12 

7 

10 

15 

9 

13 

11 

15 

11 

14 

10 

9 

11 

10 

14 

8 

13 

17 

11 

10 

8 

8 

15 

17 

14 

12 

12 

17 

14 

14 

10 

11 

14 

13 

12 

10 

17 

11 

12 

9 

11 

12 

9 

10 

9 

15 

11 

11 

9 

9 

7 

18 

11 

13 

7 

19 

14 

15 

9 

10 

11 

15 

11 

9 

8 

8 

11 

15 

Lines  , . 6 4 6 7 

Leffler  5 3 7 7 

E.  G.  Bless,  Sec’y. 

Oneida  County  Sportsmen's  Association. 

Utica,  N.  Y. — Last  Saturday,  on  the  club  grounds  near  Utica 
Park,  the  home  club  defeated  the  Schenectady  Club,  in  a 9-man 
team  contest,  $50  a side,  50  targets  per  man,  by  a score  of 
395  to  373.  In  a recent  contest  of  these  clubs,,  at  Schenectady, 
the  Oneida  County  team  was  beaten  by  6 targets.  Scores: 


Gehring  11 

J Martin  . . . . 


Utica  Team. 


Schenectady. 


Montanus 
Raynor  . . 
Creamer  . 
Slavin  ... 
Malstedt  . 


C Woelfel 
Schlim 

Gamis  

Voorhis  .. 


12 

11 

13 

13 

14 

15 

9 10 

Palmiter  .... 

....  21 

22 

43 

Walburg  

...  18' 

21 

39 

14 

13 

10 

10 

13 

13 

. „ , , 

Windheim  .. 

....  23 

21 

44 

Adams  

...  19 

20 

39 

12 

11 

10 

8 

10 

8 

9 .. 

W Wagner  . 

....  21 

23 

44 

Janders  

...18 

18 

36 

12 

13 

8 

11 

10 

8 .. 

Christian  ... 

....  20 

22 

42 

Ferguson  

...20 

25 

45 

5 

8 

9 

9 

....  21 

22 

43 

...19 

24 

43 

7 

9 

11 

12 

7 

9 .. 

J Wagner  .. 

....  21 

21 

42 

H C Green... 

....  24 

24 

48 

9 

8 

5 

6 

Deck  

....  21 

23 

.44 

Miller  

...19 

17 

36 

8 

8 

4 

4 

7 .. 

Gates  

....  25 

23 

48 

A A Green  . . 

...  25 

19 

44 

8 

8 

11 

6 

8 .. 

Lewis  

....  22 

23 

45 

Livingston  ... 

...  23 

20 

43 

/ 

1 

6 

6 

0 

4 

O 

7 

4:  , . 

8 .. 

Total  

. . . .195 

200 

395 

Total  

. . .185 

188 

373 

•• 

•• 

8 

■ 7 

7 

9 .. 

Utica  won 

by  22. 

Eric  Rod  and  Gan'  Clab. 


Indianapolis  Gan  Club. 


Indianapolis,  Ind.,  May  6.— The  Peters  badge  was  won  by 
Scott.  Perry,  ’Dixon,  Gregory,  Anderson,  Morgan,  Nash,  Arm- 
strong, Dark  and  Moore  tied  for  the  club  trophy. 

The  race  for  the  Peters  badge,  between  Scott  and  Tripp,  was 
very  interesting,  but  Scott  being  in  great  form,  was  the  victor. 

The  meet,  last  Wednesday,  for  beginners,  was  a success,  and 
the  advice  given  by  Mr.  Dickman  and  other  old  shooters  was 
much  appreciated.  . 

Shells  have  commenced  to  arrive  for  the  Grand  American  Handi- 
cap. Scores,  each  event  at  25  targets: 


Events : 

Purry  

Scott  

Morris  

Dixon  

Finley  

Gregory  

Anderson  . . . 

Steele  

Bell  

Rhoades  

Moller  

Morgan  

Nash  

Armstrong  . 
Abe  Martin 

Tripp  

Dark  

Moore  

Rison  

Leib  

Hice  

C Thompson 

Jones  

Medice  

Dickman  

Habich  

M Dinger  . . 
W Dinger  .. 
Stewart  


12  3 

22  21  23 
14  14  18 

14  7 15 

11  17  22 
20  20  20 
19  22  20 
19  20  19 

15  17  13 
19  21  19 

8 9.. 

19  20  21 

20  11  19 

20  21  24 
7 17  16 

21  19  15 
20  14  21 

17  23  19 
11  19  14 

9 3 7 

18  15  20 
15  11  20 
15  18  21 
15  21  13 
25  15  21 

23  19  23 
18  15  11 
17  11  15 
15  16  17 

13  15  15 


4 5 6 7 8 9 

23  22  23  

22  23  22  23  20  21 

8 22  14  14  11  .'. 

17  21  18  11  ..  .. 

22  21  21  

24  21  21  23  ..  .. 

18  22  16  17  ..  .. 


22  22  22  19  ..  .. 


21  20  19 

14  13  ..  

20  19  ..  ..  ..  .. 

17  9 . . 

17  16  18 

21  23  24  16  ..  .. 

19  19  21  ..  ..  .. 

17  16 


21  17  22  21  ..  .. 

16  18  16 

14  18  15  12  ..  .. 

20  16  20  18  ..  .. 

17  16  17  21  ..  .. 


Springfield  Shooting  Clab. 

Springfied,  Mass.— This  club  held  their  annual  meeting  and  a 
practice  shoot  on  the  afternoon  of  May  6.  Fifteen  new  mem- 
bers were  admitted  to  the  club. 

The  following  officers  were  elected  for  the  year:  H.  L.  Hawes, 

President;  W.  E.  Gilbert,  Vice-President;  C.  L.  Ketes,  Sec’y- 
Treas. ; Frederick  Le  Noir,  Field  Captain.  Directors,  H.  L. 
Hawes,  Frederick  Le  Noir  and  N.  H.  Snow.  Forty-five  dollars 
was  appropriated  for  merchandise  prizes,  to  be  shot  for  during 
the  season  by  club  members  at  the  regular  practice  shoots  held 
every  other  Saturday  afternoon.  In  addition  to  the  merchandise 
prizes  the  Peters  Cartridge  Co.  have  donated,  through  their 
local  agent  H.  L.  Hawes,  a beautiful  silver  loving  cup  for  high 
average  prize  during  the  season.  Scores  follow: 

Events:  123456789  10  11  12 

Targets:  10  10  10  10  15  10  15  10  20  10  10  10 


Kites  6 10  6 

Le  Noir  9 ..  9 

P Lathrop  7 8 7 

E Lathrop  6 . . 5 

Snow  

Bradford 1 

Keyes  5 ..  3 ..  4 ..  1 

Hawes  5 

Forest  3 


12  9 13 
10  8 19 

8 9 . . . . 
10  7 . . 7 . . 

9 12 


13 

12 

10 


Ossining  Gan  Club. 

Ossining,  N.  Y.,  May  14.— Am  inclosing  scores 
7th  and  14th  inst.  While  yesterday,  14th,  was  not  a 
tice  day,  a number  of  the  boys  came  out.  Scores: 
Events:  1 2 3 4 Events: 

Targets:  25  25  25  10  Targets: 

D Brandrethi  24  20  21  8 J Hyland  ....... 

F Brandreth  18  22  20  8 W Coleman  .... 

May  14. — All  events  from  18yds. : 

Events:  1 2 3 4 5 6 

T argets : 10  10  10  10  10  10 


C Blandford  5 8 

J Hyland  6 7 

R McAlpin  6 7 

I W ashburn  

F Hahn  

W IT  Coleman 

F Brandreth  

Miss  Hyland  

W H Hyland  

This  is  the  first  shooting  Miss  Hyland  had  done 
State  shoot, 


Shot 

at. 

Broke. 

130 

100 

120 

97 

90 

63 

65 

41 

55 

36 

50 

14 

40 

13 

10 

3 

10 

3 

Misfire. 

made 

on  the 

1 regular  prac- 

1 

2 3 4 

25  25  25  10 

....  10 

..  12  5 

15  ..  6 

7 8 

; 9 10 

10  10  25  25 

5 5 9 16 

7 4 19  .. 

. ..  15 

3 . 

. 12  18 

2 6 18  .. 

1 

1 18  .. 

6 - 

1 14  .. 

. ..11 

since  the  1903 

& ft  & - 


Brooklyn,  May  11.— A good  time  for  all.  This  was  the  last 
shoot  until  September.  The  club  shoot,  25  targets  for  June,  July 
and  August,  is  as  follows: 

S Hitchcock 19  20  17—56  D Mohrman  17  18  17—52 

F Gref  14  22  16—52  W Roberts  7 15  8-30 

C.  Detleffsen,  18  out  of  27,  and  9 out  of  21,  to  be  finished  at 
next  shoot. 

Events : 123456789  10 

Targets : 10  5 10  10  10  10  10  10  10  15 

H S Wells 9 4 8 9 8 8 8 8 10  14 

Hitchcock  9 

Mohrman  4 -• 

J Bohn  3 ’..I 

Targets  hard,  and  some  wind.  Club  dinner  after  shoot  at 
Tester’s  Ulmer  Park  Cafe. 


Sidney  Gan  Clab. 

Sidney,  N.  Y.,  May  9. — The  following  scores  were  made  by 
the  Sidney  Gun  Club  at  Sidney,  May  5: 

Dr  FI  J Fleming  

E Borden  

C Ferguson  

J Breed  

M Breed  

FI  M Lane  

N Ogden  

G B French  

H Paterson  . 

N.  Ogden  is  from  Oneonta,  N.  Y.,  and  G.  B.  French  is  from 
Edmunston,  N.  Y. 


Shot 

at. 

Broke. 

Ave. 

200 

168 

.84 

100 

89 

.89 

150 

115 

.77 

65 

45 

.69 

50 

39 

.78 

175 

146 

.84 

80 

64 

.80 

60 

45 

.75 

85 

76 

.82 

A.  M.  Lane. 


PUBLISHERS’  DEPARTMENT. 


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The  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Company  will  sell  special  excursion 
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Cammeyer,  stamped  on  a shoe  means  standard  of  merit.  These 
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are  shown  in  scenes  which  have  in 
them  the  spirit  of  the  wild  creatures 
and  their  surroundings.  Each  picture 
is  an  accurate  portrait  of  the  subject 
and  has  a pleasing  landscape  setting  as 
well.  Of  smaller  game  there  are  field 
scenes  in  which  figure  the  quail,  ruffed 
grouse;  and  a number  of  splendid 
reproductions  of  Audubon  bird  pic- 
tures. The  dog  pictures  by  Osthaus 
and  the  yachting  scenes  round  out  the 
volume,  and  make  it  all  in  all  a very 
comprehensive  volume  of  American 
outdoor  sports. 


A Pocket  Revolver  with 

A Grip. 


LIST  OF  THE  PLATES. 


1.  Alert  (Moose), 

2.  The  White  Flag  (Deer), 

8.  “ Listen  ! ” (Mule  Deer), 

4.  On  the  Heights  (Mountain  Sheep), 

5.  “What’s  That?”  (Antelope), 

6.  The  Home  of  the  White  Goat. 

Photo  by  H.  T.  Folsom 

7.  Calling  the  Buffalo — 1 The  Lure,  E.  W.  Deming 

8.  Calling  the  Buffalo — 2 The  Drive,  E.  W.  Deming 

9.  Calling  the  Buffalo — 3 The  Fall,  E.  W.  Deming 

10.  Calling  the  Buffalo — 4 Packing  the  Meat. 

E.  W.  Deming 

11.  Sail,  Sea  and  Sky,  Navahoe  on  the  Solent. 

Photo  by  West  & Son 

12.  The  Trapper’s  Camp.  - - E.  W.  Deming 

18.  Pearl  R.  (Setter),  - - - E.  H.  Osthaus 

14.  The  Purple  Sandpiper,  - - J.  J.  Audubon 

15.  The  Black  Duck,  - - - - J.  J.  Audubon 

16.  The  Shoveller  Duck,  - - J.  J.  Audubon 


17.  The  Redhead  Duck,  - J.  J.  Audubon 

18.  The  Canvasback  Duck,  - - J.  J.  Audubon 

19.  The  Prairie  Chicken,  - - - J.  J.  Audubon 

20.  The  Willow  Ptarmigan,  - - J.  J.  Audubon 

21.  The  American  Plover,  - J.  J.  Audubon 

22.  Rap  Full,  Schooner  Constellation  in  a 

North  Easter,  - - Photo  by  N.  L.  Stebbins 

28.  First  Around  Home  Mark.  The  Altair 

off  Larchmont,  - - Photo  by  Jas.  Burton 

24.  The  Challenge  (Elk),  - - Carl  Rungius 

25.  Quail  Shooting  in  Mississippi,  - - E.  Osthaus 

26.  Ripsey  (Pointer)  - E Osthaus 

27.  Between  Casts,  - - - W.  P.  Davison 

28.  Home  of  the  Bass,  - - - W.  P.  Davison 

29.  In  Boyhood  Days,  - - - W.  P.  Davison 

80.  A Country  Road  (Partridge),  W.  P.  Davison 

81.  When  Food  Grows  Scarce  (Quail),  W.  P.  Davison 

82.  In  the  Fence  Corner  (Quail),  W.  P,  Davison 


Carl  Rungius 
Carl  Rungius 
Carl  Rungius 
Carl  Rungius 
Carl  Rungius 


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bound,  making  a most  attractive  volume.  The  size  of  page  is  about  that  of 
the  Forest  and  Stream  or  about  16  x inches.  Price,  postpaid,  $2. 

In  response  to  numerous  enquiries  from  those  who  desire  to  frame  these 
engravings,  rather  than  to  keep  them  in  a volume,  a special  price  of  $1.75  each 
has  been  made  for  sets  of  unbound  sheets. 


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Other  “Pocket  Revolvers”  fail  in  one  of  the  most  important 
features  of  an  arm.  There  is  no  Grip , The  handle  is  too 
small  to  afford  a firm  and  at  the  same  time  an  easy  grasp. 

The  COLT  NEW  POLICE  REVOLVER,  has  ail 

the  features  of  any  other  pocket  revolver—  and  THE  G'RIT, 

All  Colts  Have  a Solid  Frame. 


Complete  Catalogue  on  "Request. 

Colt’s  Patent  Fire  Arms  Mfg.  Co., 

HARTFORD.  CONN.,  U.  S.  A. 

London  Office,  15a,  Pall  Mall,  J*.  W„  London,  W.,  England. 


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Read  What  the  Braintree  Gun  Club  says  of  the 

Blackbird  Club  Trap. 

Braintree,  Mass.,  April  24,  1905. 
Iver  Johnson  Sporting  Goods  Co., 
Boston,  Mass. 

Gentlemen: 

We  have  thoroughly  tested  the  Black, 
bird  Club  Trap  recently  purchased  of 
you,  having  held  five  shoots  oyer  it,  and 
we  wish  to  say  that  we  consider  it  the 
bist  trap  on  the  market. 

It  is  very  simp'e  and  throws  “doubles” 
equally  well  as  singles.  We  have  tried  it  with  several  different  kind  of  targets  and  we  cannot 
see  that  it  makes  any  difference.  Our  club  members  one  and  all  are  delighted  with  it,  and  you 
certainly  may  recommend  it  in  the  highest  terms  to  those  questioning  its  efficiency. 

Yours  respectfully,  H.  W.  Macomber,  President  Braintree  Gun  Club. 

Write  for  Complete  Description.. 

Iver  Johnson  Sporting  Goods  Co., 

163-165  Washington  St.5  - - Boston,  Mass. 


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of  tackle. 

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Best  Model  amd  Most  Improved 
Fishing  Reel  Yet  Produced. 

Special  Features  is  applied 

by  the  handle.  Tension  of  click  ad- 
justed at  will,  or  Free  Running  11 
preferred.  Easily  and  quickly  taken 
apart.  German  Silver  and  Hard  Rub- 
ber. Three  Sizes. 

Surely  see  this  high-grade  reel. 

After  using  this  reel  half  a day,  all 
others  are  thrown  aside. 

Prices,  SO-yd.  quadruple,  $6.00;  100- 
yd.  quadruple,  $7.50;  and  for  lake 
trolling  250-yd.  double,  $9.00- 


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(Established  1826.) 


SECOND-HAND  AND  SHOPWORN. 


1591.  W.  W.  Greener  automatic  ejector,  12- 
ga.,  30-in.  barels,  6 lbs.  7 oz.  weight, 
wrought  steel  barrels,  full  pistol  grip,  hand- 
some Italian  walnut  stock.  In  fine  second- 
hand condition.  Made  to  order  at  $250.00. 

prjce  $125.00 

3013.  W.  W.  Greener  royal  quality  ejector, 
with  finest  English  Damascus  barrels,  full 
choke,  flat  engine-turned  rib,  very  elaborate 
engraving,  fine  Italian  walnut  half  pistol 
grip  stock,  gilt  triggers.  Dimensions:  12- 
ga.,  30-in.  barrels,  7%  lbs.  weight,  2%  in. 
drop,  1414  in.  stock.  Cost  new  $425.00,  and 
is  as  good  as  new.  Price $250.00 

1243.  W.  & C.  Scott  & Son  premier  qual- 

ity patent  block  safety  hammerless,  with 
crystal  indicator,  handsomely  engraved 
locks,  and  action.  Triplex  lever  grip  action, 
half  pistol  grip  stock,  fine  Damascus  bar- 
rels. Cost  new  $350.00.  A great  bargain 
at  ,$izo.uu 

1755. ’W."  W."  Greener  Monarch  ejector, 
with  Sieman  steel  barrels,  English  walnut 
half  pistol  grip  stock.  Both  barrels  full 
choke.  Dimensions:  12-ga.,  30-in.  barrels, 

7 lbs.  weight,  27g  in.  drop,  PP/s  in  stock. 
Slightly  shopworn.  Cost  new  $200.00. 

Price  $130.00 

1912.  W.'  W.  Greener  Monarch  ejector,  with 
Sieman  steel  barrels,  English  walnut  half 
pistol  grip  stock.  Right  barrel  cylinder; 
left  modified.  12-ga.,  28-in.  barrels,  6%  lbs. 
weight,  2%  in.  drop,  14%  in.  stock.  Slightly 
shopworn  only.  Cost  new,  $200.00.  Price, 

$1^0.  uu 

1244.  W.  W.  Greener  royal  quality  Crown 

ejector.  Very  few  Crown  ejectors  ever 
come  into  the  market  second-hand,  and  are 
always  snapped  up  as  soon  as  they  appear. 
This  one  is  a very  desirable  example  of 
this  grade,  and  with  a fine  shooting  record. 
It  has  Greener’s  special  Damascus  barrels, 
fine  half  pistol  grip  stock,  and  is  full  choke 
in  both  barrels.  Dimensions:  12-ga.,  30-in. 

barrels,  7 lbs.  9 oz.,  2 3-16  in.  drop,  14y2  in. 
stock.  Cost  $425.00,  and  is  in  perfect  con- 
dition. Special  net  price $250.00 

3008.  L.  C.  Smith  A-3  pigeon  gun.  The 
very  highest  grade  ($740.00)  of  American 
shotgun,  and  one  of  the  finest  specimens 
of  this  unique  quality  we  have  ever  seen. 
This  gun  has  Sir  Joseph  Whitworth  fluid 
steel  barrels.  The  finest  quality  Circassian 
walnut  stock,  straight  grip,,  with  elaborate 
checkering.  This  gun  is  like  new  in  every 
way,  and  with  it  is  a fine  imported  leather 
case.  Dimensions  are:  12-ga.,  30-in.  barrels, 
7%lbs.  weight,  1%  x 1%  x 14%.  Special 


price 


.$350.00 


2438.  W.  W.  Greener  grand  prize  pigeon 
gun,  $350  grade,  with  Sir  Joseph  Whitworth 
fluid  steel  barrels,  full  choke,  half  pistol 
grip,  elaborate  engraving.  Dimensions:  12- 
ga.,  30-in.  barrels,  7%  lbs.,  2%  in.,  14%  in. 
An  extremely  fine  gun.  Price,  net.. $225. 00 
1492.  W.  W.  Greener  double  four-bore, 
weighing  22  lbs.,  and  cost  new  $450.00.  _ It 
has  a fine  pair  of  Damascus  barrels,  with- 
out pit  or  flaw,  40  in.  long,  stock  14  in. 
heavy  Silver’s  recoil  pad,  half  pistol  grip, 

3 in.  drop,  and  it  is  one  of  the  most  pow- 
erful guns  we  have  ever  seen.  Price, 

.$200.00 

3014.’  Knockabout  hammerless,  with  Krupp 
steel  barrels,  12-ga.,  26-in.  barrels,  614  lbs. 
weight.  Cost  new,  $60.00.  In  perfect  con- 
dition. Price  • .$37.50 

1480.  Francotte  hammerless,  handsomely 
engraved,  12-ga.,  30-in.  barrels,  -7  lbs.  In 
perfect  condition  and  as  good  as  new.  Cost 

$150.00.  Price  $”5.00 

3003.  Lefever  hammerless,  with  Damascus 
barrels,  full  pistol_  grip  stock.  Slightly 
shopworn.  Dimensions:  16-ga.,  28-m.  bar- 
rels, 6 lbs.  weight,  2 9-16  in.  drop,  14  in. 

stock.  List  $57.00.  Price  $30.00 

3007.  Baker  hammerless  duck  gun,  A 
grade,  with  fine  four-blade  Damascus  bai> 
rels,  matted  rib,  nicely  engraved.  Selected 
imported  walnut  stock.  In  perfect  condi- 
tion, as  good  as  new.  Dimensions:  10-ga., 
30-in.  barrels,  10%  lbs.  Cost  new  $42.75. 

Price  $28.50 

3005.  Parker  hammerless,  12-ga.,  30-m. 

barrels,  7%  lbs.  weight.  Titanic  steel  bar- 
rels. Right  modified;  left  full  choke.  Im- 
ported walnut  straight  grip  stock.  List, 
$100,  and  only  slightly  shopworn.  Great 
bargain  at  $“".50 

3015.  Parker  hammerless  12-ga.,  30-m. 

barrels,  8%  lbs.  weight,  Damascus  barrels, 
in  good  condition.  Half  pistol  grip.  Fine 
shooter.  The  $80.00  grade.  Price $38.50 

3016.  W.  W.  Greener  hammer  field  gun, 

12-ga.,  28-in.  barrels,  7 lbs.  6 oz.  weight, 
2 5-16  in.  drop,  13%  in.  stock.  Sieman  steel 
barrels,  half  pistol  grip.  Greener  cross-bolt. 
In  good  second-hand  condition.  Cost  new 
$120.00.  Price,  $45.00 

1483.  Colt  hammer  duck  gun,  10-ga.,  32-in. 
barrels,  9%  lbs.  weight,  with  Damascus  bar- 
rels. A good  sound,  strong  shooting  gun, 
that  cost  new  $65.00,  and  now  in  good  sec- 
ond-hand condition.  Price  $27.50 

1836.  Greener  “Regent”  hammerless  with 
Sieman-Martin  steel  barrels,  12-ga.,  27-in. 
barrels,  6 lbs.  4 oz.  weight.  Cost  new  $65, 
and  in  perfect  condition.  Price $39.50 


HENRY  C.  SQUIRES  & SON,  20  Cortlandt  St.,  New  York. 

WE  BUY  AND  TR*DE  SECOND-HAND  GUNS.  With  the  passing  of  the  shooting  season, 
many  sportsmen  desire  to  change  their  shooting  equipment  for  something  different.  For  many 
vears  we  have  made  a specialty  of  buying  and  selling  second-hand  guns,  and  we  usually  have  the 
largest  stock  of  fine  second-hand  guns  in  the  country.  If  you  contemplate  buying  a new  gun 
next  season  or  having  one  built  to  order,  now  is  the  time  to  write  about  it,  and  if  you  have  a 
really  good  second-hand  gun  to  trade  in  as  part  payment  we  can  make  you  more  favorable 
terms  now  than  we  could  at  the  beginning  of  next  season.  We  have  a market  -for  all  the  good 
second-hand  guns  we  can  get. 


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A complete  manual  for  Amateurs.  Containing  plain  and  comprehensive  direc- 
tions for  the  construction  of  Canoes,  Rowing  and  Sailing  Boats  and  Hunting 
Craft.  By  W.  P.  Stephens.  Cloth.  Eighth  and  enlarged  edition.  264  pages, 
numerous  illustrations,  and  fifty  plates  in  envelope.  Price,  $2.00.  This  office. 


All  Averages  Won  by 

LaJlin  Raaid  Powders 

On  April  19  and  20  at  Jacksonville,  111.,  1st  General 
Average,  Mr.  W.  R.  Crosby,  414  ex  450.  2d  General 
Average,  Mr.  F.  C.  Riehl,  410  ex  450. 

Both  shot  NEW  E.  C.  Improved. 

3d  General  and  1st  Amateur,  Mr.  C.  M.  Powers, 

407  ex  450 

using  “INFALLIBLE.” 

LAFLIN  & RAND  POWDER  CO. 

NEW  YORK  CITY. 


WOLF  POWDER. 

For  a pleasant  shootirig  Powder  for  Sum 
mer  work,  use  shells  loaded  with 

WOLF 
POWDER 

Sample  can  contain- 
ing 1 20  loads  sent  by 
express,  prepaid,  on 
receipt  of  75  cents. 

SCHOVERLING,  DALY  & GALES, 


X 302-304  Broadway, 


NEW  YORK. 


A FIESTA  IN  MORO  LAND. 


VOL.  LXIV.—  No.  2 U 


SATURDAY,  MAY  27,  1905. 


Copyright,  1904,  by  Forest  and  Stream  Publishing  Co. 


ESTABLISHED  1873.*S®I% 


Entered  at  the  New  York  Post  Office  as  Second  Class  Matter. 


Terms,  postpaid,  $4. 1 
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LONDON:  Davies  & Co.  PARIS:  Brentano’s. 


PRICE,  10  CENTS. 


307  STRAIGHT 

is  the  wonderful  score  recently  made  by  Mr.  W.  H.  Heer  at  the  Iowa  State  Shoot.  This 
work  proves  that  Mr.  Heer  is  one  of  the  world’s  great  marksmen,  from  the  fact  that  for  two 
days  continuous  Tournament  shooting,  over  two  sets  of  traps,  the  score  of  307  straight  has 
been  recognized  as 

T5he  NEW  WORLD'S  RECORD 

Mr.  Heer  then  finished  the  programme  with  the  final  score  of  594-600 — 99  per  cent. — using 
(as  usual)  U.  M.  C.  Arrow  shells.  Everyone  knows  that  perfect  ammunition  is  necessary 
for  perfect  scores.  The  U.  M.  C.  combination  of  wadding  and  the  U.  M.  C.  33  primer 
make  the  ballistic  properties  of  U.  M.  C.  shells  practically  perfect.  In  selecting  your  Grand 
American  Handicap  Load  select  the  shells  that  win  Grand  American  Handicaps — 

U.  M.  C.  ARROW  SHELLS 


Wins  That  Mean  Something. 


Wins  made  at  such  big  shoots  as  the  Pennsylvania  State  Shoot  and  the  Missouri  State  Shoot  mean  something,  because  the  entries  are 
large  and  the  competition  keen.  They  mean  extraordinary  skill  in  the  shooter  and  superior  merit  in  the  ammunition  used. 

WINCHESTER 

FACTORY  LOADED  SHELLS 

were  used  in  making  the  following  recent  winnings: 

PENNSYLVANIA  STATE  SHOOT,  held  at  Pittsburg,  May  2-3-4-S. 

Reading  Trophy — 4-Man  Team  Championship  of  Penn.  Won  by  team  composed  of  Al.  Heil,  C.  F.  Kramlich,  H.  Schlicher  and 
M.  S.  Brey,  all  using  Winchester  Factory  Loaded  Shells. 

Denny  Trophy — for  State  shooters — won  by  Al.  Heil  with  Winchester  Factory  Loaded  Shells. 

Herron  Hill  Gun  Club  H a. n dicap— open  to  all  amateurs — won  by  A.  B.  Richardson  from  17-yard  mark,  with  Winchester 
Factory  Loaded  Shells,  score,  96 — 100. 

Wilson  Live  Bird  Trophy — for  State  shooters — won  by  V.  Williams  with  Winchester  Factory  Loaded  Shells. 

MISSOURI  STATE  SHOOT,  held  at  Kansas  City,  May  2-3-4-S, 

State  Championship — Won  by  Mr.  Baggerman  with  Winchester  Factory  Loaded  “Leader”  Shells. 

These  winnings,  made  under  such  hard  conditions,  serve  to  emphasize  the  fact  that  success  attends  the  user  of  Winchester  Factory 
Loaded  Shells,  which,  in  recognition  of  this,  are  known  universally  as 

“The  Winning  Loads.” 


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ARTHUR  IINNEY, 

( Formerly  Stewart  & Binnky.  ) 

Naval  Architect  and  Yacht  Broker 

Muon  Building,  Kilby  street,  BOSTOH,  MASS. 

Cable  Address,  “Designer,”  Boston. 

BURGESS  & PACKARD, 
NAVAL  ARCHITECTS  & ENGINEERS, 
Yacht  Brokers,  Builders  of  Auto  Boats. 

Board  of  Trade  Building,  - BOSTON,  MASS. 

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LOR1LLARD  & WALKER, 
YACHT  BROKERS, 

Telephone  6950  Broad.  41  Wall  St.,  New  York  City. 

M.  H.  CLARK, 

Naval  Architect  and  Engineer. 
Yacht  Broker. 

17  Ba-ttery  Pla.ce,  - - New  York. 

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! OF  EVERY  DESCRIPTION. 

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of  All  Kinds. 

Fire,  Marine,  Life,  Liability,  Accident,  Etc. 
10  TREMONT  STREET. 

Telephone  im-1  Main.  BOSTON. 

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NavaJ  Architect  and  Engineer. 
Yacht  Broker.  Marine  Insuta.nce 

15  Exchange  St.,  Boston,  Mass. 

SMALL  BROS. 

NAVAL  ARCHITECTS.  YACHT  BROKERAGE. 
No.  112  Water  Street,  BOSTON,  MASS. 

Fast  cruisers  and  racing  boats  a specialty. 
Telephone  3556-2  Main. 


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Yachts,  Canoes  For  Sale* 


FLORENCE. 


This  fine  cruising  launch  to  be  sold. 

Length  over  all,  57  ft.  6 in,;  length 
water-line,  54  ft  ; breadth,  11  ft.  6 in., 
and  draft,  4 ft.  6 in. 

Has  just  been  rebuilt  at  a cost  of 
$5,600,  and  is  now  in  perfect  condition. 

Sixty  horsepower  compound  Her- 
reshoff  Engines  and  Roberts  Coil 
Boiler.  Very  economical  boat.  Will 
steam  500  miles  on  tons  of  coal, 
Maximum  speed  18  miles. 

Completely  equipped  in  every  re- 
spect. For  full  particulars,  address 
H.  H.  H.,  Box  515,  Forest  and 
Stream,  346  Broadway,  New  York. 


WANTED 

TO  PURCHASE  new  or  second-hand,  or  lease 
for  the  season,  a staunch,  seaworthy  gasolene 
motor  launch. 

General  specifications:  Length,  22  to  ft. ; 

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THE  HAY  BOX  IN  CAMP. 

United  States  Consular  Cleric  George  H.  Murphy 
sends  from  Frankfort,  Germany,  a description  of  a fire- 
less cook  stove  which  is  well  worth  the  attention'  of  the 
man  in  the  woods.  The  device  is  not  new.  It  was  shown 
in  the  Paris  Exposition  of  1867,  being  then  known  as  the 
“Norwegian  automatic  kitchen,”  but  only  in  recent  years 
has  it  come  into  general  use.  A propaganda  to  familiarize 
the  public  with  its  merits  is  now  being  successfully  pushed 
in  Berlin,  Munich  and  other  cities;  and  Mr.  Murphy 
believes  that  it  should  be  known  on  this  side  of  the 
Atlantic. 

The  fireless  cook  stove  or  hay  box  is  devised  on  a recog- 
nition of  the  principle  that  various  kinds  of  food  require 
but  a few  minutes  of  actual  cooking,  and  if  then  they  are 
put  away  and  surrounded  with  such  conditions  that  the 
heat  cannot  escape  nor  the  air  get  to  them  the  process  of 
cooking  will  be  completed.  In  its  simplest  form  the  stove 
is  a wooden  box  in  which  vessels  containing  hot  food  are 
packed  in  nests  of  hay  or  shavings  or  paper  or  some 
similar  material  to  retain  the  heat.  The  box  may  be 
lined  with  wool  or  felt,  but  this  is  not  essential.  Almost 
any  wooden  box  that  has  a tight  cover  will  answer  the 
purpose.  The  advantage  of  the  use  of  the  hay  box  is 
that  the  time  of  cooking  food  is  very  greatly  reduced; 
thus  two  or  three  minutes  of  actual  boiling  on  the  fire  are 
amply  sufficient  for  vegetables;  at  the  end  of  that  time 
the  pots  containing  them  are  transferred  to  the  hay  box 
and  covered  up,  and  the  process  of  cooking  there  con- 
tinues; roasted  meats  require  from  twenty  to  thirty 
minutes  of  roasting,  and  the  process  is  then  completed 
in  the  hay  box.  After  the  preliminary  cooking  on  the 
stove  the  articles  are  kept  for  two  or  three  hours  in  the 
hay  box,  although  they  may  be  left  there  for  ten  or 
twelve  hours.  All  the  usual  dishes,  such  as  boiled  and 
roasted  meats,  fish,  sauces,  soups,  vegetables,  fruits,  pud- 
dings, etc.,  may  be  cooked  in  this  way.  Dried  beans  and 
dried  fruits  are  first  to  be  well  soaked  in  water;  then, 
after  being  allowed  to  boil  for  from  two  to  five  minutes, 
they  will  be  thoroughly  prepared  for  the  table  after  being 
kept  from  one  to  two  hours  in  the  hay  box.  The  formula 
for  the  use  of  the  box  is  very  simple.  The  pots  being 
transferred  from  the  fire  to  the  box  are  set  in  the  nests 
prepared  for  them,  the  hay  is  packed  tightly  under  and 
around  them,  a pillow  of  hay  is  placed  on  top  and  the  lid 
of  the  box  is  securely  closed. 

The  advantages  of  the  system  in  domestic  use  are 
obvious ; some  of  them,  as  summarized  by  Consular  Clerk 
Murphy,  are : 

“1.  The  cost  of  fuel  can  be  reduced  four-fifths,  or  even 
nine-tenths.  2.  The  pots  are  not  made  difficult  to  wash; 
they  are  not  blackened,  and  they  will  last  for  an  almost 
indefinite  period  of  time.  3.  The  food  is  better  cooked, 
more  tasty,  more  nutritious,  and  more  digestible.  4. 
Kitchen  odors  are  obviated.  5.  Time  and  labor  are  saved. 
6.  There  is  no  need  of  stirring  nor  fear  of  scorching  or 
burning.  7.  The  cares  of  the  housewife  are  lessened,  and 
her  health  and  happiness  are  thus  protected.  8.  The 
kitchen  need  not  be  in  disorder  half  of  the  day.  9.  Warm 
water  can  always  be  had  when  there  is  illness  in  the 
house  and  during  the  summer  when  fires  are  not  kept  up. 
10.  Milk  for  the  baby  can  be  kept  warm  all  night  in  a pot 
of  water.  11.  Where  workmen’s  families  live  crowded  in 
one  or  two  rooms  the  additional  suffering  caused  by 
kitchen  heat  is  obviated  by  the  hay  box,  for  the  prelimi- 
nary cooking  can  all  be  done  in  the  cool  of  the  morning. 
\2.  At  picnics  the  appetites  of  young  people  are  only  half 


satisfied  by  sandwiches  and  other  cold  food.  The  hay 
box  can  furnish  a hot  meal  anywhere  and  at  any  time. 
13.  Similarly,  men  and  women  working  in  the  fields  or 
having  night  employment  can  take  with  them  hot  coffee, 
soup,  or  an  entire  meal,  thus  avoiding  the  necessity  of  re- 
turning home  at  a fixed  hour  or  having  it  brought  to  them 
by  another  member  of.  the  family.  14.  When  different  em- 
ployments make  it  necessary  for  the  various  members  of 
a family  to  take  their  meals  at  different  hours,  this  can 
be  arranged  without  a multiplication  of  work  with  the 
assistance  of  the  hay  box.  Of  course  it  is  necessary  that 
the  box  be  kept  perfectly  clean,  as  otherwise  it  may  be- 
come sour  or  musty.” 

The  hay  box  system  might  well  be  adapted  to'  camp 
use.  Any  old  box  will  do ; for  purposes  of  transportation 
it  might  be  collapsible,  of  wood  or  of  tin.  The  dishes 
could  be  a set  which  would  nest  one  in  the  other.  For 
hay  there  are  leaves,  grass,  pine  needles  and  what 
not.  Many  of  the  conditions  of  its  use  which  are  so  ad- 
vantageous in  domestic  practice  would  prove  not  less  so 
in  the  field.  Instead  of  one  member  of  the  party  remain- 
ing in  camp  or  returning  early  to  do  the  cooking,  while 
the  others  were  hunting  or  fishing,  the  meal  could  be 
prepared  in  a few  minutes  before  starting  out  for  the 
day,  and  the  food  put  away  in  the  hay  box  to  be  found 
cooked  and  warm  on  the  return.  The  task  of  keeping  up 
the  camp  fire  would  be  reduced  to  a minimum.  And  the 
probabilities  are  that  the  food  that  came  out  of  the  hay 
box  would  be  better  cooked  and  more  nutritious  than  the 
ordinary  product  which  the  average  vacation  camper  now 
submits  for  judgment  before  a jury  of  his  peers. 


IN  LITTLE  OLD  NEW  YORK. 

We  may  go  very  far  back  in  the  chronicles  of  Man- 
hattan Island  and  we  shall  find  in  a surprising  degree  a 
similarity  between  the  game  and  shooting  conditions  of 
that  time  and  the  present.  The  sportsman  who  flourished 
in  the  early  .part  and 'middle  of  the  eighteenth  century 
was  very  much  the  make  of  man  of  to-day;  and  a picture 
of  those  times  would  show  him  to  have  been— except  as 
to  dress  and  field  equipment — astonishingly  modern,  if  by 
modern  we  mean  having  the  characteristics  of  these 
modern  days.  The  questions  which  trouble  us  troubled 
him,  and  among  them  the  problem  of  where  in  the  world 
one  might  find  any  shooting  if  the  taking  up  of  .lands 
open  to  the  public  were  to  continue. 

In  1765,  it  having  been  recited  that. “it  has  long  been 
the  practice  of  great  numbers  of  idle  and  disorderly  per- 
sons in  and  about  the  City  of  New  York  and  the  Liber- 
ties thereof  to  hunt  with  firearms  and  to  tread  down  the 
grass,  and  corn',  and  other  grain  standing  and  growing- 
in  the  fields  and  inclosures  there,  to  the  great  danger  of 
the  lives  of  His  Majesty’s  subjects,  the  ruin  and  destruc- 
tion of  the  most  valuable  improvements,  the  grevious 
injury  of  the  proprietors,  and  the  great  discouragement 
of  their  industry,”  an  act  was  passed  to  prevent  hunting 
with  firearms  in  said  City  of  New  York  and  the  Liber- 
ties thereof,  and  a fine  of  twenty  shillings  was  incurred 
by  anybody  but  the  owner  or  his  servants  “that  fires  a 
gun  in  any  orchard,  garden,  cornfield  or  other  inclosed 
land  or  enters  into  or  passes  through  it.” 

This  naturally  called  out  loud  complaint,  and  vigorous 
pleas  were  made  for  shooting  privileges.  It  is  interest- 
ing to  note  that  a stock  argument  then  was  the  one  so 
familiar  now,  that  if  we  do  not  have  a chance  to  go  shoot- 
ing we  shall  forget  how  to  shoot,  and  the  country  will 
be  at  the  mercy  of  our  foes.  “Since  we  are  prohibited 
from  hunting  or  shooting  upon  other  men’s  lands,”  wrote 
a sportsman  of  that  day,  “it  is  necessary  that  the  citizens 
should  have  some  other  place  for  that  manly  diversion 
or  exercise;  otherwise  they  will  be  in  danger  of  forget- 
ting to  use  their  firearms  with  dexterity,  however  neces- 
sary they  may  be  for  their  own  defense,  and  of  sinking 
into  effeminacy  and  meanness.” 


Nor  were  the  Manhattan  Island  sportsmen  of  the  days 
of  George  III.  less  enterprising  than  their  successors  in 
practical  ways,  of  saving  the  birds.  The  winter  of  1764-5 
was  bitterly  cold,  the  mercury  falling  to  35  degrees  below 
zero.  A newspaper  of  the  time  records:  “The  severe 

weather  having  destroyed  great  numbers  of  small  birds 
and  threatening  an  extinction  of  several  species  for  years 
to  come,  especially  quails,  we  hear  several  gentlemen 
have  caught  and  purchased  considerable  numbers  of  them, 


which  they  keep  in  cages  properly  sheltered  from  the  cold, 
and  feed,  in  order  to  set  them  at  liberty  in  the  spring  to 
preserve  the  breed.” 

Some  years  before  this  foreign  game  importations  had 
been  undertaken  with  success.  In  1753  Bedloe’s  Island 
(in  the  old  days  Love  Island),  on  which  the  Statue  of 
Liberty  now  stands,  was  described  in  an  advertisement 
as  abounding-  in  English  rabbits.  A much  more  valuable 
importation  of  game  for  stocking  preserves  was  that  of 
Governor  Cosby,  who  sought  to  acclimatize  the  English 
pheasant. 

Governor’s  Island,  then  known  as  Nutten  Island,  taking 
the  later'  name  from  the  circumstance  that  the  Council 
set  it  apart  as  a private  domain  for  the  use  of  the  Gov- 
ernor of  the  province,  was  used  by  Governor  Cosby  as 
a game  preserve ; and  in  one  of  the  acts  of  the  Legislature 
of  the  time  is  an  extremely  interesting  record  of  what 
must  have  been  one  of  the  earliest  enternrises  of  intro- 
ducing European  game  into  America.  This  act,  of  1738, 
declares  that  “whereas  the  late  Governor  did  place  about 
a half  a dozen  couple  of  English  pheasants  on  Nutten 
Island,  and  first  pinioned  them,  to  the  end  that  they  might 
remain  there  to  propagate  their  species  with  a view  that 
their  increase  would  spread  from  thence  and  stock  the 
country  with  their  kind ; and  whereas,  the  said  fowls  not 
only  have  increased  vastly  on  the  said  island,  but  many 
of  them  already  spread  over  to  Nassau  Island  [Long 
Island]  and  in  all  orobability  will  soon  stock  the  country 
if  people  are  restrained  from  destroying  them  for  a few 
years.  The  present  Governor  being  also  desirous  that 
the  whole  colony  may  be  stocked  with  these  birds” — it 
was  enacted  that  no  birds  should  be  killed  and  no  eggs 
taken  for  a year. 

What  became  of  the  birds  we  have  been  unable  to'  as- 
certain ; nor  do  the  records  inform  us  whether  or  not  the 
worthy  Governor  and  the  Manhattan  sportsmen  who  re- 
sorted to  Long  Island  ever  enjoyed  their  anticipated 
pheasant  shooting. 


Moreover— and  this  is  the  human  failing  in  which  the 
sportsmen  of  the  eighteenth  century  and  his  successor 
of  the  twentieth  are  most  nearly  akin — there  was  in  those 
days  in  frequent  evidence  the  fellow  who  shoots  before 
h®  knows  what  he  is  shooting  at  and  whether  it  is  game 
or  human.  The  newspapers  of  the  day  recorded  his 
doings.  “We  hear,”  says  a journal  of  1734,  “that  on 
Tuesday  last  one  Reymer  Sickelse,  at  Gravesend,  on  Long 
Island  [now  a part  of  Greater  New  York],  being  at  a 
Hunting  and  by  Chance  espied  a Fox,  which  he  pursued, 
and  after  some  time  thought  he  saw  the  Fox,  behind 
some  Bushes,  and  Fired  at  it;  but  when  he  came  to  the 
Place  (without  doubt  to  his  great  amazement)  he  found 
that  he  had  shot  a Woman,  who  was  busy  gathering  some 
Berries.  The  fatal  mistake  was  occasioned  by  her  wear- 
ing an  Orange  Brown  Wast-Coat.  The  Man  is  in  a 
very  melancholy  condition.” 

Again,  in  1754,  one  Jacob  Ivool,  on  his  rounds  near  the 
city  a gunning,  noticed  something  moving  in  a thicket  of 
bushes  and  not  readily  distinguishing  the  object  imagined 
it  to  be  a bear.  His  gun  being  loaded  with  small  shot, 
he  repaired  to  a near  by  house  and  enlisted  the  assistance 
of  Johan  Baltas  Dash  and  a negro  man.  The  three, 
armed  with  guns  loaded  with  ball,  went  back  to  the 
bushes,  and  Kool  discharged  his  gun  in  the  middle  of  the 
thicket,  as  did  likewise  the  others,  “when  hearing  a groan 
and  seeing  the  motion  of  a man’s  leg  they  found  their 
mistake.”  It  proved  to  be  Cornelius  Vonk,  who  was 
walking  out  from  the  city  to  refresh  himself,  and  lying 
down  in  the  thicket  to  rest,  had  fallen  asleep.  “The  jury 
brought  in  their  verdict  Chance  medley.” 


Each  recurring  anniversary  of  Decoration  Day  lends 
new  emphasis  to  the  growing  tendency  to  make  this,  as 
other  holidays,  an  occasion  of  outdoor  recreation  and 
sport ; and  here  and  there  effort  is  made  to  check  the 
movement  and  preserve  the  original  solemnity  of  the  ob- 
servance. Nebraska  has  a new  law  which  prohibits  all 
outdoor  sports,  which  are  forbidden  by  the  Sunday  ob- 
servance law,  such  as  horse  racing  and  baseball. 


The  Forest  and  Stream  will  go  to  press  next  week  on 
Monday  instead  of  Tuesday,  as  usual,  because  of  Decora- 
tion Day.  . 


410 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


[May  27,  1905. 


A Fiesta  in  Moro  Land. 

When  we  had  been  at  Camp  Vicars,  in  Moroland,  for 
about  eight  months,  things  had  settled  down  into  pretty 
fair  shape.  The  road  through  the  jungle  from  Mala- 
bang,  on  the  coast  to  our  camp  had  been  completed; 
we  were  getting  at  least  two  wagon-train  loads  of  sup- 
plies and  things  a week;  the  dry  (?)  season  had  at  last 
set  in,  and,  take  it  all  in  all,  we  were  comfortable  enough 
to  be  a trifle  bored,  and  to  pine  for  other  amusements 
than  tennis  and  polo,  and  getting  shot  up  by  our 
friends,  the  enemy,  at  night.  The  latter  amusement, 
if  it  may  be  called  such,  had  come  to  be  so  much  a 
matter  of  course  with  us  that  most  of  the  time  the 
sound  of  the  firing  didn’t  even  wake  us  up,  and  when  we 
did  wake,  it  was  only  to  turn  over  and  go  to  sleep 
again,  for  the  Moros  never  did  any  damage,  and  the 
only  excitement  to  be  had  out  of  the  matter  was  in 
wondering  if,  by  any  chance,  an  outpost  had  managed 
to  get  one  of  the  attacking  party. 

After  the  battle  of  Bayang,  of  which  I have  spoken 
in  a previous  article,  we  were  left  severely  alone  for  a 
couple  of  months.  Not  a shot  was  fired  into  camp,  nor 
a single  act  of  hostility  committeed  against  us.  Then 
one  stormy  night,  when  it  was  so  dark  you  couldn’t  have 
seen  your  hand  before  your  face,  the  Moros  crept  up 
on  an  outpost,  killed  two-  of  its  members  and  wounded 
the  other  two  seriously,  after  which  it  was  rare  that  a 
night  passed  without  the  camp  being  “shot  up”. 

They  never  succeeded  in  surprising  another  outpost, 
however,  for  after  the  first  attack,  when  the.  outposts 
were  placed,  just  before  sun  set,  they  were  instructed 
to  remain  in  their  positions  until  after  dark,  and  then  to 
move  about  from  place  to  place  during  the  night,  keeping 
of  course  within  a few  yards  of  their  original  position. 
In  this  way  the  enemy  were  prevented  from  locating 
them,  and  it  often  happened  that  a party  of  Moros 
would  stick  their  heads  up  out  of  the  tall  grass  at  the 
very  spot  where  the  outpost  had  been  originally  placed, 
only  to  be  promptly  notted  by  the  members  of  the 
said  outpost,  who  were  sitting  a little  distant  away  wait- 
ing for  them  to  appear. 

In  order  to  relieve  this  monotony  and  furnish  us 
with  some  excitement,  Pershing,  our  commanding  of- 
ficer, decided  to  have  a fiesta  and  invite  all  the  Moros 
of  the  surrounding  country  to  come  in  and  have  dinner, 
if  not  with,  at  least  on  us.  Now,  Pershing  is  a man 
who  when  once  he  sets  out  to  do  a thing  usually  carries 
it  through  to  a successful  termination,  no  matter  how 
impossible  it  may  have  seemed  at  the  first  glance,  nor 
how  many  obstacles  arise.  And  surely  when  you  con- 
sider the  proposition  of  throwing  open  a camp  in  the 
very  heart  of  a hostile  country,  and  inviting  the  natives, 
not  one  in  ten  of  whom  were  friendly  to  us,  to  come  in 
and  make  themselves  at  home,  especially  when  you 
knew  that  not  one  of  them  would  come  unless  allowed 
to  wear  his  arms,  it  did  seem  a crazy  sort  of  a thing 
to  do.  But  Pershing  knew  his  people,  and  though  many 
of  the  others  thought  it  risky  and  foolhardy,  I,  for  my 
part,  felt  sure  it  would  be  all  right  so  long  as  he  said 
it  would  be. 

Pershing  was  the  adopted  father  or  brother  of  two- 
thirds  of  the  leading  men  in  the  district  for  one  thing, 
and  as  nearly  all  of  them  had  met  him  both  socially 
and  officially  for  another,  they  were  thoroughly  familiar 
with  his  method  of  doing  business,  and  I didn’t  be- 
lieve they  would  be  apt  to  take  advantage  of  the  oc- 
casion to  make  a hostile  demonstration,  for  they  knew 
that  any  act  of  that  nature  would  be  followed  by  punish- 
ment swift  and  sure,  and  of  a character  not  pleasant 
to  contemplate. 

It  seems  to  me  it  might  be  a good  plan  to  pause 
right  here  and  say  a word  of  explanation  about 
Pershing.  I have  mentioned  him  a number  of  times 
in  previous  articles,  and  I know  a word  as  to  who, 
and  what  he  was,  and  his  method  of  handling  the 
Moros,  will  not  come  amiss. 

Not  long  ago  I read  a magazine  article  in  which  the 
writer  said  that  one  of  the  most  striking  features  of 
the  history  of  our  country  is,  that  at  every  crisis  which 
has  confronted  her  there  has  appeared  a man,  who, 
while  previously  unknown,  or  at  least  nearly  so,  seemed 
nevertheless  to  have  been  specially  fitted  by  training, 
taste  and  temperament  to  step  in  and  handle  the  situa- 
tion. The  author  went  on  to  cite  the  cases  of  Wash- 
ington, Lincoln,  Grant  and  others  as  examples  of  what 
he  meant,  and  his  remarks  certainly  apply,  in  a lesser 
degree  possibly,  to  Pershing,  for  I do  not  believe  there 
could  have  been  found  a man  in  the  whole  United 
States  army  to  handle. so  difficult  and  delicate  a situa- 
tion with  the  tact,  diplomacy  and  patience  he  dis- 
played in  dealing  with  the  Moros  in  the  Lake  Lanao 
country  of  Mindanao. 

Of  course,  the  Moro  question  way  off  there  in  the 
Philippines  was  neither  a very  great,  nor  a very  vital 
one  to  the  average  citizen  of  this  glorious  republic  of 
ours,  probably  not  one  in  a hundred  of  whom  could 
have  told  where  to  look  for  the  island  of  Mindanao  on 
the  map.  But  it  was  a vital  and  important  question  to 
the  fathers  and  mothers,  sweethearts  and  wives,  of  the 
three  or  four  thousand  American  soldiers  who  formed 
the  garrison  of  that  island,  a goodly  portion  of  whom 
would,  most  likely,  never  have  seen  “God’s  country” 
again  had  the  wrong  man  been  given  the  problem  to 
solve. 

It  was  also  a vital  and  important  question  to  some 


forty  or  fifty  thousand  Moros,  who,  up  to  that  time, 
had  never  been  conquered,  and  who,  to  a man,  were 
willing  to  die  in  defense  of  their  liberties  and  homes. 
Of  course,  it  would  have  been  easy  enough  to  start 
out  an  expidition  and  exterminate  them,  but  that  would 
have  meant  a long,  and  very  nasty  little  war,  which  it 
was  not  the  policy  of  the  Government  at  Washington 
to  bring  about  at  that  time,  in  the  face  of  a presidential 
election,  nor  would  it  have  been  a just  or  humane  way 
out  of  the  difficulty.  So  nothing  remained  but  to  win 
the  Moros  over  to  us  by  diplomacy. 

Pershing  had  always  been  fond  of  studying  and  fra- 
ternizing with  the  natives  among  whom  he  found  him- 
self, be  they  who  they  might.  As  a second  lieutenant 
of  cavalry  stationed  at  Fort  Custer,  Montana,  some 
twenty  years  ago,  he  had  been  adopted  by  a chief  of 
the  Crow  Indians  as  his  son,  and  received  by  that  tribe 
as  a member.  In  1899  he  was  sent  to  the  Philippines, 
where,  after  being  shifted  about  from  place  to  place, 
he  finally  found  himself  at  Zamboanga,  the  capital  and 
metropolis  of  Mindanao,  as  Adjutant-General  of  the 
Department  of  Mindanao  and  Jolo. 

True  to  his  old  habits  he  promptly  became  interested 
in  the  Moros  of  that  section,  and  later,  when  the  ever- 


MOROS  WATCHING  THE  GAMES, 


changing  kaleidoscope  of  military  service  sent  him  to 
command  the  troops  at  the  little  town  of  Uligan,  on  the 
northern  coast  of  the  island,  he  found  that  his  fame 
had  preceded  him,  and  there  was  hardly  a Sultan  or 
Datto  of  importance  within  two  or  three  days’  journey 
of  that  place,  but  hurried  to  pay  his  respects  to  the  new 
commandante. 

After  awhile  even,  some  of  the  leading  men  of  the 
lake  country,  which  lies  two  days’  journey  back  of 
Uligan,  who  did  not  make  the  trip  to  the  coast  more 
than  once  a year,  heard  of  him,  and  came  down  to 
Uligan,  especially  to  visit  him,  and  it  was  not  long 
before  Pershing  found  himself  on  friendly  terms  with 
many  Moros  who,  up  to  that  time,  had  been  regarded 
as  irreconcilably  hostile  to  all  white  men. 

By  exercising  the  greatest  judgment,  firmness  and 
tact,  by  never  promising  them  more  than  he  could  and 
was  willing  to  perform,  by  listening  to  their  grievances 
with  patience,  treating  them  and  their  manners  and 
customs  with  courtesy  and  respect,  and  by  making  them 
understand  that  we  were  in  their  country,  not  to  despoil 
their  homes  and  make  slaves  of  them,  nor  to  interfere 
with  their  laws  or  religion,  but  rather  to  help  and  en- 
courage them,  he  won  their  confidence  and  regard,  and 
was  finally  able  to  induce  a very  wealthy  and  influential 
Datto,  named  Ahmi  Manibeling,  who  lived  at  Marahui, 
on  the  northern  end  of  the  lake,  to  invite  him  to  come 
there  and  make  him  a visit. 

This  invitation  was  only  extended  by  Manibeling  after 
a long  and  stormy  consultation  with  the  other  leaders 
of  the  lake  district,  and  permission  was  finally  granted 
Pershing  to  enter  that  sacred  country,  only  on  con- 
dition that  he  came  unaccompanied  by  any  other  white 
man  and  should  go  no  further  than  his  friend’s  house. 

Overjoyed  by  the  success  of  his  plans  in  securing  the 
invitation,  Pershing  went  off  with  Amhi  Manibeling  and 
spent  a week  visiting  the  Moros  on  the  lake  in  the 
vicinity  of  Marahui,  and  met  all  the  most  powerful  and 
influential  men  of  the  district,  laying  the  foundation  of 
a friendship  with  them,  which  has  lasted  up  to  the 
present  time;  and  to-day,  his  name  is  one  to  conjure 


with  throughout  all  that  region  and  is  known  and  re- 
spected wherever  a Moro  “shack”  stands  on  the  island 
of  Mindanao. 

After  Camp  Vicars  was  established,  Pershing,  because 
of  his  intimate  knowledge  of,  and  friendly  relations  with 
the  Moros,  was  relieved  from  command  at  Uligan  and 
sent  to  take  charge  of  Moro  affairs  at  that  place  under 
the  command  of  Colonel  Frank  D.  Baldwin,  of  the 
27th  Infantry;  and  here  it  is  that  fate  stepped  in.  In 
less  than  a month  after  Pershing  reported  to  Colonel 
Baldwin  for  duty,  the  latter  was  made  a brigadier  gen- 
eral, in  recognition  of  the  services  he  had  performed 
in  opening  up  the  country,  and  John  J.  Pershing,  a 
junior  and  up  to  then  a practically  unknown  captain  of 
cavalry,  being  the  senior  officer  present,  found  himself 
in  command  of  the  most  important,,  and  one  of  the 
largest  military  posts  in  the  Philippine  Islands,  with 
the  task  of  solving  the  hardest  problem  confronting 
the  Government,  on  his  hands. 

When  Pershing  fell  heir  to  the  command  at  Camp 
Vicars  the  situation  there  was  practically  as  follows : 

Here  were  anywhere  from  forty  to  sixty  thousand 
Moros,  newly  come  under  the  influence  of  the  United 
States,  who  were  war-like,  proud  and  unconquered; 
they  not  only  resented  our  presence  in  their  country, 
but  were  suspicious  of  our  good  intentions  toward  them, 
and  feared  us  as  well.  They  were  hostile,  almost  to 
a man;  were  not  only  willing,  but  apparently  anxious 
to  fight  us;  and  there  were  just  two  ways  open  to  the 
authorities  for  handling  the  situation.  One,  to  use 
force,  which  meant  practically  the  extermination  of  the 
whole  community,  and  the  other  to  patiently  strive  by 
diplomacy  to  win  their  confidence  and  ultimately  their 
friendship,  gradually  getting  them  to  submit  to  the  laws 
provided  for  their  government,  by  persuading  them  that 
these  laws  were  for  their  best  interests  and  protection.  Of 
course,  the  Government  selected  the  latter  plan,  and  no- 
wheres  could  they  have  found  a better  man  to  carry 
it  out  than  Pershing.  The-  Moros  are  great  diplomats, 
but  he  played  their  own  game  with  them  and  beat  them 
at  it. 

Some  fool  Datto  would  get  his  fur  up  and  send  us 
a letter  filled  with  pictures  of  forts  bristling  with  can- 
non, and  usually  burned  in  six  places,  which  with  the 
Moros  means  war  to  the  bitter  end,  challenging  us  to 
come  over  and  fight  on  the  pain  of  having  all  sorts 
of  dreadful  things  done  to  us  if  we  didn’t.  Then 
Pershing  would  set  to  work;  and  the  first  thing  you’d 
know  he’d  succeed  in  getting  this  belligerent  person  to 
meet  him  and  talk  things  over.  When  they  met, 
Pershing,  who  in  the  meantime  had  been  learning  all 
he  could  about  this  Datto  and  his  family,  would  ask 
him.  how  his  brother  Ahmi  “This”  was,  and  be  greatly 
surprised  to  find  that  he  was  the  son-in-law  of  Datto 
“That,”  who  was  a great  friend  of  Pershing’s,  and  be- 
fore the  hostile  knew  what  was  happening  to  him,  he 
and  Pershing  would  be  shaking  hands  and  adopting  each 
other  and  swearing  eternal  friendship.  Then,  perhaps,  if  it 
was  not  too  far,  Pershing  would  take  us  all  for  a visit 
to  the  hostile’s  house,  where  we  would  sit  on  the  floor 
and  chew  betel  nut  (or  at  least  some  of  us  would)  and 
talk  about  how  much  we  had  always  loved  each  other 
and  how  glad  we  were  that  the  “crool  war,”  as  Mr. 
Dooley  would  call  it,  was  over.  Pershing  during  the  visit 
would  let  fall  certain  little  remarks  which  would  give 
the  erstwhile  hostile  to  understand  that  he,  the  hostile, 
was  the  only  warrior  in  the  whole  lake  country  we 
really  were  afraid  of,  and  that  while  of  course  he, 
Pershing,  believed  that  we  would  have  been  victorious 
had  it  come  to  a fight,  still  it  would  have  been  a very 
big  battle  indeed,  and  so  on  and  so  forth.  Then  our 
friend  and  late  enemy  would  begin  to  swell  up  and 
talk  big,  and  we’d  all  say  good-bye  and  go  back  to 
camp. 

Two  or  three  days  later  some  friendly  Moro  would 
come  in  and  inform  Pershing  that  this  recently  hostile 
Datto  was  at  his,  the  friendlies,  house  and  wanted  to 
come  in  and  visit  his  brother,  or  whatever  relation  it 
was  he  and  Pershing  had  adopted  each  other  as. 
Pershing,  of  course,  would  be  very  pleased  to  receive 
him,  and  an  hour  or  so  afterward  would  be  heard  the 
sound  of  a drum,  and  presently  over  the  hill  back  of 
camp  would  appear  a procession  in  single  file,  small 
boys  skillfully  mixed  in  with  the  men,  so  as  to  lend 
the  appearance  of  a great  and  powerful  following,  every 
one  dressed  in  his  best  clothes,  spears  all  trimmed  with 
feathers,  campilans  and  krises  with  handles  of  gold  and 
silver,  and  headed  by  the  friendly  Datto  and  the  one 
coming  to  pay  his  respects  both,  usually,  mounted  on 
ponies  which  were  also  trimmed  with  feathers  and 
bells  and  things. 

When  the  procession  arrived  in  front  of  Pershing’s 
tent  he  would  appear  and  much  hand  shaking  would 
follow.  Then  the  two  Dattos  would  seat  themselves 
cross-legged  under  the  tent  fly,  their  followers  would 
squat  in  a semi-circle  in  front  of  it,  and  a lot  more 
talk  would  follow.  Like  as  not  Pershing  would  send 
his  orderly  for  me,  and  I would  hook  on  my  sabre  and 
go  over  and  shake  hands  all  around  and  be  adopted 
three  or  four  times.  Pershing  would  then  produce  half 
a dozen  or  so  small  looking  glasses,  a stock  of  which 
he  kept  on  hand  for  the  purpose,  a couple  of  bottles 
of  toilet  water,  and  send  a messenger  to  the  commis- 
sary for  a few  pounds  of  rice  and  a plug  of  condemned 
chewing  tobacco,  which  all  the  Moros,  especially  the 
women,  love,  and  present  them  to  our  visitor  for  him- 


May  27,  1905.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


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self  and  the  ladies  of  his  harem.  Our  llew  friend  would 
then  usually  reciprocate  by  presenting  to  Pershing  some 
chickens  and  eggs,  or  perhaps  a knife  or  a sarong. 
Then,  after  more  talk,  our  guests  would  rise  and  with 
some  remark  about  affairs  of  state  needing  them,  would 
shake  hands  all  round  again  and  take  their  departure, 
and  another  Datto  would  have  been  won  from  the  ranks 
of  the  hostiles. 

But  it  was  heart-breaking  work  nevertheless.  Time 
after  time  have  I seen  Pershing's  plans  fall  all  to  pieces 
after  he  had  spent  weeks  and  sometimes  months  on 
them,  and  through  no  fault  of  his  own. 

The  Moro  priests,  or  Panditas,  as  they  are  called, 
were  very  bitter  against  us  and  intensely  hostile. 
Nothing  seemed  too  absurd  for  them  to  charge  against 
Pershing.  Did  a Sultan  die:  It  was  because  he  was  a 
friend  of  Pershing.  Was  the  valley  devastated  by  an 
earthquake  or  a hurricane,  it  was  Allah  showing  his 
wrath  because  the  people  did  not  arise  in  their  might 
and  drive  the  dogs  of  Christians  into  the  sea.  Once 
it  was  an  epidemic  of  cholera  that  was  laid  at  his  door, 
but  through  it  all  he  remained  the  same  calm,  cheerful 
person  whom  nothing  seemed  to  discourage,  and  no 
sooner  would  one  cherished  scheme  for  the  pacification 
of  the  people  crumble  away  than  he  would  be  hard  at 
work  on  another  to  take  its  place. 

And  that’s  the  way  the  Moros  will  be  finally  con- 
quered. By  good,  fair,  square,  honest  treatment  win- 
ning their  confidence  and  respect.  It  is  the  men  like 
Pershing  who  meet  with  the  real,  substantial,  lasting 
success  in  handling  the  natives  of  the  Philippines,  and 
who  will  finally  succeed  in  solving  the  problem.  Al- 
ways friendly,  always  courteous,  always  honest  with 
'them,  taking  them  seriously  at  all  times,  even  though 
their  customs  often  do  seem  ridiculous  and  absurd  to 
us,  and  believing  that  months  of  patient  waiting  and 
diplomacy  are  infinitely  to  be  preferred  to  a resort  to 
arms  which  should  never  be  used  until  all  else  has 
failed. 

But  to  get  back  to  this  fiesta  I started  to  tell  you 
about.  Having  decided  to  have  the  celebration  we  sent 
out  runners  to  all  the  neighboring  rancherias  with 
letters  of  invitation  to  every  one  to  come  in  and  cele- 
brate with  us.  In  the  invitations  we  also  set  forth  the 
programme  for  the  day,  which  consisted  of  tugs  of  war, 
foot,  pony  and  horse  races,  throwing  the  spear,  wrest- 
ling, jumping,  etc.,  most  of  the  events  being  open- to 
both  Moros  and  soldiers  alike,  the  whole  celebration 
to  wind  up  with  a big  dinner  and  a dance  in  the 
evening. 

The  natives  took  kindly  to  the  idea,  and  when  the 
appointed  day  rolled  around  we  were  assured  of  a big 
attendance.  Along  about  8 o’clock  in  the  morning  we 
heard  the  measured  beats  of  a drum  and  presently  our 
first  guests  appeared,  headed  by  my  friend,  Pedro, 
dressed  in  his  very  best  clothes,  the  trousers  of  which 
were  made  of  a pair  of  bath  towels  he  had  talked  me 
out  of  the  day  before,  and  looking  more  like  a catfish 
than  ever.  He  and  his  party  had  hardly  reached  the 
outposts,  when  from  every  direction  could  have  been 
seen  small  parties  of  Moros  hurrying  toward  camp. 

The  camp,  as  is  usual  in  an  enemy’s  country,  was 
entirely  surrounded  by  a line  of  outposts  placed  here 
and  there  in  commanding  positions  and  anywhere  from 
250  to  500  yards  apart.  It  was  a rule  that  all  natives 
wishing  to  enter  must  do  so  at  certain  of  these  out- 
; posts  where  they  were  required  to  leave  their  weapons 
before  being  admitted.  The  non-commissioned  officers 
in  charge  of  these  designated  entrances,  of  which  there 
was  one  on  each  side  of  camp,  gave  them  little  slips 
of  wood  with  numbers  written  on  them  in  exchange 
1 for  their  knives,  spears,  etc.,  and  tags  with  correspond- 
ing numbers  were  attached  to  the  arms  which  were  put 
to  one  side  and  retained  until  their  owner  was  ready 
to  leave  camp.  Having  completed  his  business,  what- 
ever it  was,  and  wishing  to  depart,  the  native  went  to 
the  outpost  at  which  he  had  entered,  presented  his  slip 
which  was  taken  up,  and  his  knife  or  knives  returned 
to  him.  When  a native  desired  to  bring  a number  of 
weapons  into  camp  with  him  for  the  purpose  of  selling 
them,  he  was  escorted  to  the  market  place,  where  special 
stalls  were  provided  for  the  sale  of  arms,  over  which  a 
heavy  guard  was  always  maintained.  No  one  was  per- 
[ mitted  to  handle,  or  purchase,  these  arms  except  from 
the  non-commissioned  officer  in  charge,  nor  were 
natives  ever  allowed  to  purchase  articles  of  that  char- 
acter within  the  limits  of  camp. 

Only  a very  few  permits  were  given,  even  to  our 
most  trusted  friends,  to  enter  camp  wearing  their  knives. 
Datto  Pedro  and  Datto  Grande,  whose  loyalty  and 
friendship  had  been  thoroughly  tested,  being  the  only 
natives,  so  far  as  I can  now  remember,  who  were  habitu- 
ally allowed  to  do  so.  This  regulation,  as  may  be 
readily  understood,  was  absolutely  necessary,  and  while 
at  first  it  gave  us  no  end  of  trouble  to  enforce,  and 
was  the  occasion  of  much  hard  feeling  toward  us  on 
1 the  part  of  some  of  the  natives,  they  soon  became  re- 
conciled and  apparently  thought  no  more  about  it. 

Of  course,  no  Moro  of  rank  would  any  more  think 
of  appearing  in  public  without  his  knife,  than  we  would 
think  of  going  to  hear  Parsifal  in  a bathing  suit.  So, 
whenever  such  a one  presented  himself  at  an  outpost, 
the  officer  of  the  guard  was  notified  and  went  out  and 
escorted  him  to  the  commanding  officer.  Sometimes 

iwhen  the  visiting  Moro  was  of  very,  very  high  rank 
indeed,  not  only  he,  but  his  entire  escort  as  well,  were 
allowed  to  retain  their  weapons.  In  such  cases,  how- 
ever, there  was  always  a company  of  infantry  held  in 
readiness,  discreetly  out  of  sight  behind  the  tents,  in 
case  anything  should  happen,  but  nothing  ever  did.. 

As  the  Moros  arrived  at  the  entrances  to  camp  on 
this  day  of  which  I am  telling  you,  they  were  met  by  an 
officer  who  passed  them  in,  their  leaders  being  per- 
mitted to  retain  their  arms.  They  then  proceeded  to 
• Pershing’s  tent  where  they  paid  their  respects  to  him, 
after  which  they  scattered  about  the  camp,  meeting 
friends  and  seeing  the  sights. 

They  were  especially  interested  in  the  guns  of  the 
mountain  battery  and  never  seemed  to  tire  of  ex- 
amining and  asking  qustions  about  them.  How  far 
would  they  shoot?  How  much  did  they  cost?  What 
was  the  price  of  the  cartridges  for  them?  and  so  on, 
ad  lib.,  some  of  which  questions  were  rather  hard  to 


answer  off  hand,  particularly  in  Spanish,  which  is  the 
court  language  in  Moroland,  but  which  was  spoken  none 
too  fluently  by  either  the  Moros  or  ourselves. 

I rather  imagine  that  more  than  one  dusky  gentle- 
man present  there  that  day  could  have  told  just  how  it 
felt  to  be  the  man  in  front  of,  instead  of  the  one  be- 
hind, the  gun,  so  far  as  these  little  beauties  were  con- 


THE  SULTAN  OF  BAYANG. 


cerned,  for  there  were  Moros  there  from  all  parts  of 
the  lake,  and  among  them  must  have  been  many  who 
had  fought  against  us. 

In  fact  one  Datto  called  at  my  tent,  and  opening  his 
jacket,  pointed  to  a scar  on  his  breast,  which  he  said 
was  the  result  of  a rifle  bullet  fired  at  him  by  me 


AH  MIR  BANCURU,  THE  WEALTHIEST  MORO  IN  MOROLAND. 


during  the  fight  at  Fort  Pandapatan,  some  months  be- 
fore, and  I remembered  both  the  circumstances  and  the 
man’s  face. 

At  this  fight  my  company  had  advanced  to  within 
about  thirty  yards  of  the  fort,  when  I found  the  Moros 
to  be  in  such  strong  force  that  I halted  and  sent  back 
for  reenforcements.  While  we  were  waiting  for  these 
to  come  up,  this  Moro,  whose  name  was  Narga,  and 
I were  engaged  in  an  impromptu  duel.  The  ground 
was  utterly  devoid  of  cover  of  any  kind,  and  while 
kneeling  there  directing  my  men  and  wishing  heartily 
that  I had  never  left  home  and  mother,  for  there  were 
about  6co  Moros  in  that  fort  and  its  trenches,  and  each 
one  of  them  seemed  to  be  armed  with  a latest  model 
automatic  gun  and  unlimited  ammunition,  and  to  be 
shooting  at  me  personally,  when  I awakened  to  the  fact 
that  a disagreeable  person  in  a red  turban  and  a yellow 
jacket  was  popping  up  from  the  trench  right  in  my  front 
every  three  or  four  minutes  and  taking  a pot-shot  at 
me.  There  could  be  no  question  as  to  his  intentions, 
which  were  unpleasant;  nor  as  to  his  aim,  which  was 
bad,  else  I would  not  be  writing  this.  But  at  such  short 
range  he  could  not  help  coming  altogether  too  close 
for  comfort,  so  I took  my  rifle,  a Winchester,  using 
Krag  cartridge,  and  started  in  to  silence  his  batteries 
before  he  silenced  mine.  After  potting  at  each  other 
for  the  better  part  of  an  hour  I finally  landed  him,  but 
he  managed  to  crawl  away  and  get  through  our  lines 
than  night,  to  reappear  at  this  fiesta  and  shake  hands 
with  me. 

We  had  two  very  distinguished  visitors  at  our  party, 
the  Sultan  of  Bayang,  and  his  father-in-law,  Ahmi  Ban- 


curan,  whose  pictures  will  show  you  what  real,  sure 
enough  members  of  the  Moro  four-hundred  look  like. 
Bancuran,  the  Sultana  of  Bayang,  didn’t  come,  of 
course,  but  we  called  on  her  later  and  found  her  a 
really  pretty  girl  and  were  royally  entertained. 

Pedro,  with  an  eye  to  the  revolver  I had  promised 
him  for  Christmas,  came  to  my  tent  soon  after  his 
arrival  and  presented  me  with  a very  handsome  Spanish 
sword  in  a beautifully  carved  silver  sheath,  the  handle 
being  of  silver  of  Moro  workmanship,  and  a cage  con- 
taining three  live  quail,  an  old  hen  and  two  chicks, 
which  Lomocdi  had  trapped  for  me.  These  quail,  which 
are  very  plentiful  over  there,  are  shaped  like  our  Bob 
White,  but  their  plumage  is  very  much  darker,  almost 
black  in  fact,  and  they  are  without  the  markings  on 
cheek  and  throat  which  Bob  and  his  wife  sport,  and 
are  only  as  large  as  the  English  sparrow.  As  soon 
as  I could,  I took  these  that  Pedro  had  brought  me 
over  to  the  edge  of  camp  and  released  them.  When 
free,  the  old  hen  flew  a short  distance  into  the  grass 
and  in  a minute  or  two  I heard  a familiar  ka-loi-hee, 
ka-loi-hee,  and  the  chicks,  which  had  only  run  a little 
ways  and  then  squatted,  scurried  into  the  cover  and  I 
saw  them  no  more. 

Pedro  was  very  much  disappointed  at  not  receiving 
the  revolver,  but  took  it  with  true  oriental  stoicism 
and  said,  when  I explained  that  it  had  not  yet  arrived, 
and  how  sorry  I was  at  the  delay,  “bueno — patiencia,” 
by  which  he  meant  that  it  was  well  and  he  would  have 
to  be  patient. 

About  10  o’clock,  when  almost  every  one  had  arrived, 
we  started  up  the  sports.  The  first  event  was  a tug-of- 
war  between  teams  from  different  organizations  sta- 
tioned at  Camp  Vicars.  No  team  from  the  Moros  was 
entered  in  this  event,  but  in  the  next,  a 100-yard  dash, 
several  natives  ran  and  one  of  them  came  in  first.  They 
also  took  part  in  the  three-legged  and  potato  races  and 
seemed  to  enter  heartily  into  the  spirit  of  the  thing, 
those  participating  being  laughed  at  and  guyed  by  the 
other  Moros  quite  as  much  as  our  men  were  by  their 
comrades,  all  of  which  they  took  goodnaturedly  and 
seemed  to  enjoy. 

In  the  spear  throwing  contest,  a tree  about  twelve 
feet  high  was  used  for  a target.  The  bark  was  peeled 
from  one  side  of  it  for  a distance  of  five  or  six  feet 
above  the  ground  and,  standing  off /some  thirty  or 
thirty-five  yards,  they  cast  their  spears  at  it  with  won- 
derful force  and  accuracy,  using  a peculiar  underhand 
motion  difficult  to  describe  and  more  so  to  imitate. 
The  spears  used  in  casting  were  from  five  to  six  feet 
long  and  had  light  “behuca”  shafts,  and  steel  heads  of 
varying  lengths  and  shapes.  I had  never  seen  them 
throw  their  spears  before,  except  on  one  or  two  oc- 
casions when,  while  attacking  a fort  they  threw  them 
up  in  the  air  from  the  inside,  in  hopes  that  in  falling 
they  might  hit  one  of  us,  and  I was  more  interested  in 
this  event  than  in  any  other  part  of  the  day’s  pro- 
ceedings. 

I learned  subsequently  that  of  recent  years  they  do 
not  use  spears  very  often,  except  for  hunting,  or  in 
an  ambuscade,  as  many  of  them  have  guns  and  prefer 
to  use  them  for  long  range  work.  At  close  quarters 
they  use  the  kris,  or  campilan,  which  are  much  handier 
than  a spear  and  quite  as  effective.  It  seems  to  me 
though,  they  might  much  better  have  stuck  to  their 
spears,  as  they  are  certainly  very  expert  with  them 
while  they  can’t  hit  the  broad  side  of  a barn  with  a 
rifle. 

By  far  the  most  popular  event  on  the  programme  was 
the  pony  races,  which  were  run  Moro  fashion  and  were 
very  exciting.  The  Moros  are  great  lovers  of  horses 
and  have  some  very  fine  ponies  among  them.  They 
ride  perched  way  up  in  the  air  on  a wooden  saddle, 
which  they  rest  on  a sack  of  dried  grass  or  native  cot- 
ton, at  least  ten  inches  thick.  For  stirrups  they  use 
small  pieces  of  wood  with  a notch  cut  in  one  end;  this 
they  place  between  the  great  and  second  toes,  the 
great  toe  resting  in  the  notch.  These  stirrups  are  sus- 
pended from  the  saddle  proper  by  a short  piece  of 
twisted  hemp,  so  that  when  the  rider  is  mounted  his 
feet  are  little  lower  than  the  top  of  the  pony’s  back 
and  he  looks  like  a monkey  riding  a trick  pony  at  the 
circus. 

The  ponies  themselves  are  beautiful  little  animals 
from  eleven  and  a half  to  thirteen  hands  high,  the 
average  being  about  twelve  hands,  anything  over  that 
being  rare.  The  Moros  never  use  their  ponies  for 
draught  purposes,  either  riding  them  or  else  using  them 
for  pack  animals.  As  a rule  they  are  mean  little  beasts 
and  will  bite  or  kick  or  strike  whenever  they  get  a 
chance.  But  they  can  carry  a man  weighing  in  the 
neighborhood  of  180  pounds  up  hill  and  down  dale  all 
day  and  then  try  to  run  away  or  throw  him  when  he 
gets  into  camp  at  night. 

The  Morro  method  of  racing  differs  considerably  from 
ours.  The  course  is  a straightaway  about  300  yards 
long.  The  competitors  line  up  100  yards  or  so  in 
rear  of  the  starting  point  and  at  the  word  set  off  in  a 
dead  run.  It  doesn’t  seem  to  make  any  difference 
whether  they  all  cross  the  starting  line  at  once  or  not, 
just  so  long  as  they  are  not  too  badly  strung  out,  and 
it  is  considered  perfectly  good  form  to  do  anything 
that  will  help  you  win,  even  to  slashing  another  pony 
across  the  face  with  your  quirt,  or,  if  necessary,  running 
into  a rival  and  upsetting  him. 

On  this  day  there  were  at  least  thirty  ponies  entered 
in  the  various  races,  the  winners  being  a little  black, 
owned  by  Ahmi  Puk-Puk  of  Paulus,  and  a roan,  by 
all  odds  the  finest  pony  I saw  in  the  Philippines,  belong- 
ing to  Ahmi  Tompugo,  of  Tubvran.  Most  all  Moro 
ponies  are  single-footers,  and  this  roan  could  go  at  that 
gait  as  fast  as  my  big  American  horse  could  trot,  which 
wasn’t  slow,  and  what  was  more  he  could  keep  up  his 
gait  much  longer  than  my  horse  could  his. 

After  the  sports  were  over,  we  got  up  a race  between 
the  winning  ponies,  and  the  two  American  horses,  which 
had  won  in  their  races,  and  while  the  American  horses 
beat,  as  was  to  be  expected,  they  didn’t  have  a walk- 
over by  any  means. 

The  horse  races  wound  up  the  day’s  programme, 
except  for  the  dance  and  feast  which  was  to  come  later 
in  the  afternoon  and  in  the  evening.  In  the  interim 
many  of  our  guests  took  themselves  off  to  the  market 
place  to  while  away  the  time  gambling,  and  others 


4 1.2 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


[ivlAY  27,  i90S. 


squatted  cross-legged  under  the  shade  of  our  tent  flies 
and  watched  the  impromptu  foot  and  horse  races  grow- 
ing out  of  the  morning’s  games,  or  else  dozed  lazily  in 
the  sun. 

I was  quite  ill  at  this  time,  and  the  morning’s  ex- 
citement having  tired  me  out,  after  luncheon  I retired 
to  my  tent  with  the  intention  of  taking  a siesta.  Pres- 
ently, however,  Lomocdi  and  a whole  lot  of  other 
youngsters  invaded  my  canvas  mansion,  so,  instead  of 
going  to  sleep,  I spent  most  of  the  afternoon  enter- 
taining them  and  being  not  a little  entertained  myself. 
They  were  nice  youngsters,  the  whole  lot  of  them, 
Lomocdi,  Balading,  Cambien  and  Tompugo  being  my 
especial  favorites,  although  I was  great  friends  with  all 
of  them  and  found  them  very  much  like  our  own  boys. 

We  amused  ourselves  at  first  by  talking  over  the 
morning’s  sports  and  incidents.  Then  I got  out  a lot 
of  old  magazines  and  their  delight  and  astonishment  at 
the  pictures  was  comical  to  see.  Questions  came  thick 
and  fast.  How  far  would  that  enormous  cannon  stick- 
ing from  the  side  of  that  “vinta  grande”  (one  of  our 
war  ships)  shoot?  Why  weren’t  our  houses  built  of 
bamboo  like  the  Moros  built  theirs,  and  why  were  they 
so  high?  Didn’t  they  kill  a great  many  people  when 
earthquakes  shook  them  down?  How  many  people 
lived  in  my  town?  How  much  did  we  have  to  pay 
for  women  and  slaves?  and  so  on,  until  they  finally  be- 
came interested  in  trying  to  pick  out  the  women  from 
the  men  in  the  pictures,  their  pride  when  they  happened 
to  strike  it  right  being  very  amusing.  They  seemed  to 
have  quite  as  much  trouble  in  making  the  distinction 
as  some  of  my  friends  do  in  picking  the  women  from 
the  men  in  the  photographs  of  the  Moros,  which  I 
brought  back.  The  boys  thought  the  slender  waists  and 
long  skirts  of  our  women  very  odd,  and  wanted  to  know 
if  they  were  like  that  all  the  time,  or  only  gotten  up 
for  the  occasion,  to  have  their  pictures  taken.  Finally 
they  got  to  squabbling  so  over  a picture,  some  claiming 
it  was  that  of  a “bye-bye”  (woman),  and  others  that  it 
was  of  a “mama”  (man),  that  they  made  me  nervous, 
so  I sprinkled  the  better  part  of  the  bottle  of  toilet 
water  over  them,  and  presenting  them  with  a couple  of 
packages  of  native  cigarettes,  sent  them  away. 

So  many  more  accepted  our  invitation  than  we  had 


expected  that  we  found  it  would  be  impossible  to  pre- 
pare enough  food  for  them  with  our  limited  facilities  for 
cooking.  So  we  decided  to  give  them  their  things  raw, 
and  let  them  cook  for  themselves;  an  arrangement  which 
seemed  to  be  perfectly  satisfactory  to  them  and  was 
certainly  very  much  easier  for  us.  The  menu  con- 
sisted of  hard-tack,  rice,  coffee,  brown  sugar,  plug 
tobacco,  cigarettes  and  a few  cans  of  salmon.  After 
receiving  their  rations  a great  many  of  our  guests  left 
for  their  homes,  while  the  others  proceeded  to  cook  up 
their  “chow”  and  dine. 

To  cook  their  rice'  they  cut  a piece  of  bamboo  as 
large  in  diameter  as,  they  could  find,  reamed  out  the 
partitions  except  the  one  at  the  bottom;  put  the  rice  in 
it  and  rested  if  in  a forked  stick  so  that  the  bamboo 
tube  was'  at  a considerable  angle  with  the  ground.  Under  ; 
this  tube  they  built  a fire  and  when-  the  rice  was  cooked 
all  they  had  to  do  was  to.  split  the  bamboo  off  and  there 
it  was  all  ready  to  be  eaten,  and  prepared  in  this  way 
it  is  delicious.  Of  course,  the  bamboo  used  for  this  ; 
purpose  must  be  green,  and  sufficiently  large  to  have  ; 
walls  at  least  three-eighths  of  an  inch  thick,  so.  it  won’t 
burn  through.  I have  made  coffee  in  this  way  and  . 
had  no  trouble,  for,  while  bamboo  will  burn  readily 
when  dry,  it  is  almost  impossible  to  set  it  on  fire  when 
it  is  green.  T don’t  know  what  the  Moros  would  do 
without  the  bamboo.  They  use  it  for  about  every  thing 
under  the  sun,  from  building  their  houses  with  it  to 
eating  it,  the  young  shoots  being  very  palatable  and 
not  unlike  cabbage. 

In  the  evening  the  Moros  danced  for  us,  if.it  could 
be  called  dancing.  One  of  them  would  arise  from 
among  those  squatted  in  a circle  around  a huge  .fire, 
and  with  his  kris  or  campilan  in  one  hand  and  often  a i 
shield  in  the  other,  strike  an  attitude  and  shout  a few 
words;  then,  changing  his  posture,  shout  a few  words 
more  and  so  on,  each  sentence  ending  with  a peculiar 
rising  inflection  of  the  voice.  Some  of  their  poses  while 
going  through  this  so-called  dance  were  extremely 
graceful,  while  others  were  comical  almost  to  the  verge 
of  grotesque. 

Leon,  one  of  our  interpreters,  told  me  that  during 
this  dance  the  performer  first  recounts  the  fame  of  his 
ancestors,  then  tells  of  his  own  war-like  deeds,  and  1 


finally  winds  up  by  reviling  his  enemies.  This  I can 
very  well  believe,  for  I have  often  seen  them  go  through 
the  same  antics  in  defiance  to  us  as  we  were  approach- 
ing one  of  their  forts  to  attack  it. 

During  the  evening  a sword  dance  was  also  per- 
formed, the  dancers  going  through  the  motions  of  an 
attack  and  defense  with  various  weapons,  which  they  . 
at  times  made  very  realistic  by  uttering  piercing  war  . 
whoops  and  making  awful  slashes  at  each  other.  The 
whole  thing  reminded  me  a good  deal  of  some  of  the 
dances  I have  seen  among  our  own  Indians. 

The  music  for  the  occasion  was.  furnished  by  a Moro  ••  • 
Orchestra  whose  instruments  consisted  of  gongs  of  two 
sizes.  One,  about  eighteen  inches  in  diameter,  called 
an  “agun,”  and  a series  of  smaller  gongs  arranged  in 
little  bamboo  frames  so  as  to  form  a sort  of  rude 
scale,  somethincr  on  the  order  of  a xylophone,  called 
a “culantangan,”  which  the  operator  vigorously  pounded 
with  a drumstick,  so  far  as  I could  see  without  any  re- 
gard to  time  or  which  particular  one  he  hit.  But  the 
Moros  seemed  to  enjoy  it,  so  the  rest  of  us  were 
satisfied.  ,.  .. 

rhese  gongs  are  the  only  musical  (?)  instruments  I 
saw  among  the,  Moros  with  the  exception  of  a drum 
made  of  a hollow  log  with  a piece  of  skin  stretched 
over  one  end.  and.  an  instrument,  closely  resembling  a 
viohncello,  which  was  found  in  a house  by  one  of  our 
officers  during  a fight.  . 

Along  about  9 o’clock  Pershing  politely  informed  our 
guests  that  it  was  time  for  them  to  go  home,  which 
they  didn’t  seem  at  all  inclined  to  do  at  first,  but  we 
finally  managed  to  get  rid  of  them  and  turned  in  well 
satisfied  with  our  day’s  work,  which  we  hopeed  would  . 
bear  fruit  in  the  shape  of  convincing  some  of  the  still 
hostile  Moros  that  we  had  no  evil  intentions  toward 
them. 

After  leaving  our  camp,  however,  many  of  our  guests 
apparently  decided  that  the  night  was  altogether  too 
young  for  them  to  stop  celebrating,  so  they  adjourned 
to  Pedro’s  house,  where  they  kept  up  their  merry-mak- 
ing pretty  much  all  night,  and  it  was  not  until  the  first  1 
streak  of  gray  dawn  appeared  that  everything  became 
quiet  and  our  first  fiesta  in  Moroland  was  over. 

Ahmi  Commissario. 


Some  Bird  Names. 


BY  ERNEST  INGERSOLL. 

All  the  winged  wanderers  over  the  wide  ocean  are  well 
identified  by  the  watchful  mariner,  who  often  addresses 
them  by  fanciful  titles.  Thus  for  one  reason  he  dubs 
“frigates”  and  “man-o’-war  birds”  these  tireless  fliers 
which  the  naturalist  names  after  Phcethon,  and  calls  them 
“boatswain’s  birds”  for  another — namely,  the  resemblance 
between  the  long  projecting  tail-feathers  and  a marling- 
spike.  Additional  instances  will  occur  later. 

We  have  two  pelicans  in  this  country — the  white  and 
the  brown.  The  word  comes  from  a Greek  one  of  nearly 
the  same  sound,  which  belonged  to  a woodpecker  and  also 
to  a seabird.  Its  application  to  the  former  can  be  un- 
derstood, for  it  simply  meant  “the  axman”;  but  why  to 
this  one,  of  all  the  sea-birds?  In  Egypt  the  pelican  is  the 
“camel-of-the-river,”  and  in  Persia  “the  water-carrier.” 
“Cormorant”  is,  in  name,  simply  a sea-crow — corvus  ma- 
rinus — brought  to  us  apparently  through  the  Portuguese ; 
another  name  for  this  unhandsome  tribe  is  “shag,”  which 
is  said  by  etymologists  to  be  an  obscure  reference  to  the 
rough  hair-like  feathers  on  the  bird’s  head.  Undoubtedly 
that  is  the  root,  but  the  Icelanders,  at  least,  had  formed 
a separate  word  skegglinger  (modern  skegga)  as  long 
ago  as  when  the  Eddas  were  written.  The  closely  allied 
gannet  (“little  goose”)  is  often  called  a “haglet” — should 
this  be  “shaglet”?  “Solan  goose,”  a kind  of  gannet,  is 
a mis-pronunciation  of  the  Icelandic  name  sula. 

The  Celtic  tongue  has  given  “gull”  to  our  language; 
an  old  pronunciation  was  “gow,”  and  “divie-gow”  is  the 
way  some  British  sailors  speak  of  a gull  yet.  The  kitti- 
wake  tells  its  name  with  every  petulant  scream,  and  you 
may  see  the  black  burden  on  the  back  of  the  “coffin- 
carrier”  with  each  turn  in  his  flight.  The  small  gulls 
called  “sea-swallows”  or  “terns”  (Latin  Sterna)  have 
many  names,  but  none  require  remark  except  “marlin,” 
which  is  either  a diminutive  of  the  Icelandic  marr,  the 
sea,  or  ' of  “marlingspike.”  The  big  “jaeger”  or  hunter 
gulls  of  the  North  Atlantic,  who  yell  skua!,  skua!  are 
“marlingspikes”  to  most  sailors,  and  “hags,”  or  “hag- 
dens”  to  the  Banks  fishermen,  probably  on  account  of 
their  witch-like  and  doleful  screams,  heard  loudest  in  bad 
weather,  when  the  birds  can  hardly  be  seen. 

Petrel  is  to  be  translated  “little  Peter,”  and  applies  to 
those  wide-wandering  birds  because  they  seem  to  walk 
on  the  waves  as  did  St.  Peter.  “Mother  Carey’s  chick- 
ens,” the  name  of  the  least  of  the  race,  comes  to  us,  it  is 
supposed,  from  the  Portuguese  Madre  car  a,  meaning,  in 
fact,  Mother  of  Our  Lord.  Among  all  sailors  this  bird, 
which  is  suddenly  attracted  toward  any  ship  in  sight 
when  storms  arise,  as  if  it  were  a guardian  spirit  sent 
from  Above,  is  an  object  of  reverent  superstition,  so  that 
such  a name  is  not  surprising.  All  the  small  petrels  are 
known  as  “mollymokes”  in  the  arctic  regions,  a term 
borrowed  from  the  Greenland  Eskimos  and  said  by  Cap- 
tain Austin  (“Explorations,”  1850)  to  mean  stupid  fliers. 

The  puffins  take  their  odd  name  from  their  puffed-out 
appearance,  no  doubt;  but  are  also  known  to  seamen  as, 
“Mother  Carey’s  geese,”  and  “hagdens,”  as  also  is  the 
thin-beaked  “shearwater.”  The  word  “grebe”  is  said  by 
Skeat  to  be  the  French  form  of  a Celtic  word,  meaning 
a comb,  or  crest,  in  reference  to  that  ornament  on  the 
head  of  the  crested  species  to  which  it  was  first  applied. 
Such  names  as.  “dabchick,”  “dipper,”  “di’dapper”  and 


“water-witch”  refer  to  its  astonishing  quickness  in  dis- 
appearing after  an  alarm.  Why  grebes  should  be  called 
“pegging  awls”  and  “pine-knots”  in  New  England,  or 
“tinker  loons”  in  Illinois  I do  not  know. 

Another  famous  diver  is  the  great  northern  one,  called 
a “loon”  here  and  in  the  Old  World,  where,  however,  it 
is  not  restricted  to  the  Colymbi,  as  with  us.  The  word 
is  now  “loom”  in  northern  Scotland,  and  comes  from 
lomr,  the  Icelandic  name  of  the  bird,  in  imitation  of  its 
characteristic  cry;  and  from  this  root  compounds  were 
made  by  the  islanders  that  carry  with  them  the  sense  of 
loud  lamentation,  so  that  to  the  ears  of  the  early  North- 
men the  voice  of  the  loon,  which  we  call  a “laugh,”  ap- 
pears to  be  a woful  and  melancholy  cry.  A common  name 
for  this  bird  in  northern  Ireland  and  Scotland  is  “ember,” 
or  “immer”  goose,  handed  down  from  an  old  Icelandic 
name  of  the  bird,  himbrin,  which  is  recorded  in  the 
Eddas.  “Cape  Race,”  “pegging  awl,”  and  “pegmonk”  are  , 
American  seamen’s  words  for  this  well-known  sea  bird. 

For  “auk”  we  -must  again  turn  to  the  Icelandic,  which 
spelled  it  alka,  but  in  old  English  books  the  spelling  ' 
“alk”  and  “auke”  are  frequently  met  with.  As  to  “pen- 
guin” the  ’Etymological  Dictionary  says : “In  a tract  . 
printed  in  1588  we  read  that  Sir  F.  Drake  gave  a certain 
island  the  name  of  Penguin  Island  in  1587,  from  the  ? 
penguins  found  there.  The  word  appears  to  be  Welsh  ■ 
pen  g-zeen.  i.  e.,  white  head.  If  so  it  must  first  have  been  ■ 
given  to  another  bird,  such  as  the  auk  (the  puffin  is  com- 
mon in  Anglesey)  since  the  penguin’s  head  is  black.”  ' 
This  is  unsatisfactory,  but  better  than  Worcester’s  sug- 
gestion that  it  comes  from  the  Latin  pinguis,  fat.  Why  - 
not  say  the  word  is  “pin-wing,”  in  reference  to  the  ap- 
parently unfledged  condition  of  the  abortive  wing,  which 
is  the  most  striking  peculiarity  about  these  birds?  We 
still  say  />m-feathers  for  those  only  half-grown,  and  the 
word  is  seen  in  old  writings  as  “pinguin”  and  “pengwin,” 
and  even  “pin-wing.”  The  sailor’s  name  for  the  giant  of 
the  race  ( Alca  impennis)  once  abundant  along  the  rocky 
islands  and  coasts  of  the  North  Atlantic,  but  now  un- 
happily extinct,  was  “gare-fowl,”  meaning  the  birds  that 
stood  and  stared  at  one  instead  of  seekiw  to  escape. 

This  brings  us  to  the  end  of  the  bird  list,  and  leaves 
us  where  it  found  us,  with  the  imitation  of  its  voice  as 
the  strongest  element  in  the  making  of  birds’  names,  and 
the  many  derivatives  thereform  which  enrich  the  vocabu- 
lary of  all  languages. 


Late  Wild  Geese. 

New  London,  Conn.,  May  19. — Editor  Forest  and 
Stream:  On  the  17th  of  this  month  I noticed  a flock  of 

twenty-five  or  thirty  wild  geese  traveling  in  a north- 
easterly direction  a little  to  the  west  of  this  place.  I 
think  this  is  unusual  for  this  time  of  the  year.  If  so,  it 
might  be  of  interest  to  some  of  the  readers  of  Forest 
and  Stream.  J.  Roberts  Mead. 

Female  Kiftland  Warbler  in  Ohio. 

Lakewood,  O.,  May  15. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 
I had  the  good  fortune  to  capture  a female  Kirtland 
warbler  to-day  (May  15),  being  second  specimen  in 
twenty  years.  About  that  time  a female  was  taken  May 
15.  This  seems  to  show  that  the  males  pass  through  first, 
as  on  May  4 a male  was  killed  by  me,  which  makes  five 
taken  in  this  locality.  A.  Hall. 


Capers  of  the  Crow. 

By  this  title  to  an  article  in  a recent  issue  of  Forest 
and  Stream  by  Charles  Hallock  I am  reminded  of  many 
of  the  doings  of  tame  crows  that  I have  known. 

I wonder  how  many  of  the  readers  of  Forest  and 
Stream  know  that  by  getting  a young  crow,  before  it  is 
able  to  fly,  and  by  patience  and  perseverance  for  a few 
days,  or  perhaps  weeks,  it  can  be  taught  to  talk,  and 
after  the  first  few  words  that  it  learns  to  pronounce  it 
learns  much  faster  than  any  child  that  I ever  knew  or 
heard  of.  Among  wild  crows  I never  have  seen  one  that 
talked,  so  I cannot  say  whether  talking  would  frighten 
crows  or  not,  but  I presume  it  would.  I wish  that  a pair 
of  talking  crows  could  be  mated,  and  raise  a brood  see 
whether  they  would  teach  their  young  to  use  human 
speech. 

I have  seen  things  that  astonished  me  as  much  as  that 
would.  I have  seen  a pet  duck  raise  a brood  of  chickens, 
and  before  they  were  two  weeks  old  she  had  them  well 
versed  in  duck  language,  and  had  taught  them  to  swim. 
The  reason  that  I have  for  believing  that  they  under-  i 
stood  duck  language  is  this : that  if  a hawk  or  crow  flew 
near  she  would  give  one  harsh  quack  and  every  one  of 
the  chicks  would  scud  into  the  weeds,  and  after  the  dan- 
ger was  past  she  would  give  five  or  six  gentle  quacks  and 
out  they  would  come,  without  the  least  appearance  of  fear.  1 

But  the  greatest  performance  was  the  way  she  im- 
pressed it  on  their  minds  that  it  was  time  that  they 
learned  to  swim.  One  foggy  cold  morning,  early  in  the 
spring, when  they  were  about  a week  old,  I heard  her 
using  some.  of  the  worst  duck  language  that  I ever  heard 
and  the  chicks  were  yelling  all  kinds  of  bloody  murder. 

I ran  out  to  learn  what  was  the  trouble,  and  there'  she 
was  at  the  edge  of  the  water  grabbing  the  chicks  in  her 
mouth  and  throwing  them  in  the  river,  and  they  were 
scrambling  out  so  fast  that  she  never  had  more  than  half  , 
of  the  brood  in  the  water  at  one  time.  I knew  that  the 
water  and  the  weather  were  so  cold  that  she  would  have 
them  so  chilled  in  a short  time  that  they  would  all  die, 
so  I shut  her  up  in  the  coop  and  kept  her  there  for  sev- 
eral days.  When  I again  let  her  out  she  took  the  chickens 
to  the  water  and  gave  them  another  lesson  in  swimming, 
and  she  repeated  this  several  time  a day,  and  in  three  or 
four  days  she  had  them  educated  so  that  when  she  would 
go  into  the  water  and  call  to  them  to  come  along  they 
did  so  without  any  hesitation.  She  apparently  had  sense 
enough  not  to  keep  them  in  the  water  long  at  a time,  and 
that  I call  reasoning,  for  it  certainly  was  not  instinct. 

One  of  the  talking  crows  that  I have  known  was  owned  ! 
by  a man  by  the  name  of  Lew  Labady,  that  kept  a hotel  j 
in  Petoskey,  Mich.,  and  his  wife  one  day  in  a fit  of  anger  ' 
for  some  misdemeanor  that  the  crow  had  cut  up,  grabbed 
him  and  took  him  out  in  the  yard  and  chopped  his  head 
off,  the  crow  shouting  “Oh,  don’t,”  “oh,  don’t,”  as  she 
carried  him  to  the  block. 

I suppose  I should  not  write  this  last  part,  neither  do  I 
know  as  you  will  publish  it,  but  I was  angry  at  her  1 
for  killing  the  crow,  for  I had  taught  him  to  talk  several 
years  before,  and  the  offense  was  small.  He  had  under-  1 
taken  to  fly  off  with  a small  bottle  of  something,  ink 
probably,  and  had  dropped  it  and  the  bottle  broke  and  ; 
made  a stain  on  the  carpet.  Her  husband  would  have 
been  willing  to  recarpet  the  room  rather  than  to  lose  the 
crow,  and  he  was  as  angry  about  it  au  I was. 


May  27,  1905.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM.  __  _ 413 


I don’t  know  that  all  crows  could  be  taught  to  talk,  for 
it  seems  reasonable  to  me  that  some  of  them  might  be 
much  more  intelligent  than  others.  _ I have  known  three 
talking  crows,  and  they  all  spoke  in  a higher  key  than 
people  commonly  do,  but  not  more  so  than  a few  persons 
that  I have  known,  but  their  talk  is  very  much  plainer 
than  that  of  any  parrot,  and  a crow  does  not  use  a lot 
of  meaningless  words  and  he  knows  what  he  is  talking 
about.  . . 

One  of  these  crows  was  owned  by  a man  that  lived  in 
Cena,  upper  Michigan.  I don’t  know  as  he  or  the  crow 
either  is  living  now  or  not,  for  it  has  been  a long  time 
since  I was  there,  but  that  crow  had  a knowledge  and 
command  of  wit  and  repartee  that  would  beat  the  best 
criminal  lawyer  that  ever  tried  to  tangle  a witness  in  his 
evidence.  1 can’t  recall  the  man’s  name  that  owned  him, 
and  the  other  crow  was  shot  by  mistake  for  a wild  crow, 
and  the  man’s  name  that  owned  him  was  Tom  Cutler, 
and  he  lived  in  Traverse  City,  Mich.,  and  some  of  his 
sons  are  living  there  now.  W.  A.  Linkletter. 

Hoquiam,  Wash, 


California  Rough  Notes. 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

While  in  these  parts  it  is  my  experience  to  be  con- 
stantly meeting  up  with  new  forms,  some  of  which  are 
not  in  the  cases  of  the  National  Museum.  Natives  and 
old  residents  are  apt  to  select  their  bathing  places  along- 
shore for  fear  of  some  of  these  forms,  and  picnic  parties 
who  take  a day  off  on  the  mesas  and  barancas  are  apt  to 
look  where  they  sit  down.  To-day  I climbed  into  the  loft 
of  an  unoccupied  barn,  and  found  that  the  owls  had 
started  up  aFig  colony  there.  Nevertheless,  the  outcome 
from  the  exuberance  of  natural  surroundings  is  for  the 
most  part  charming,  and  I repeat,,  as  declared  before,  that 
southern  California  is  indeed  a winsome  spot  of  earth,  as 
included  within  its  mountainous  environment ; only  35,000 
square  miles,  I believe,  but  it  has  its  lap  full,  and  what- 
ever is  superfluous  therein  is  poured  out  into  the  ocean, 
especially  in  the  rainy  season. 

The  amount  of  rain  we  have  had  since  Christmas  is 
! marvellous,  and  our  five  great  mountain  reservoirs  are 
deep  enough  and  spacious  enough  to  float  the  combined 
navies  of  Russia  and  Hayti,  the  sounding  line  reaching 
, from,  fifty-one  to  seventy-two  feet,  which  is  not  bad  for  a 
t semi-arid  coutry  requiring  irrigation.  I send  you  a cut 
of  the  Sweetwater  Dam  herewith.  Such  vivid  greens  I 
i never  saw  in  New  England,  nor  such  rank  growths  of 
f cultivated  flora  anywhere  on  earth.  Geraniums,  begonias 
! and  many  hot-house  plants  which  we  in  New  York  are  ac- 
customed to  grow  in  pots  and  tubs,  here  run  up  to  fifteen 
feet,  and  vegetables  and  fruit  trees  which  eke  out  a scanty 
single  crop  give  out  three.  We  can  shell  green  peas  from 
the  pod  at  any  season  we  choose  to  plant  and  raise  the 
seed,  and  as  for  wild  flowers  there  are  enough  now  out 
on  the  mesa  to  be  had  for  the  gathering  to  stock  a 
botanical  garden. 

Verily  this  is  a charming  land.  My  driven  pen  is  kept 
continually  busy  answering  the  various  many  questions 
from  interested  persons  who  wish  to  do  the  Pacific  side. 
The  heft  of  the  inquiry  is  in  the  direction  of  hunting  and 
fishing;  and  there  are  twenty-eight  kinds  of  edible  fish 
caught  in  San  Diego  Bay,  but  people  wish  to  learn  also 
about  climate,  the  cost  of  living  and  building,  and  about 
orange  culture  and  poultry  raising,  irrigation,  choice  of 
residence  sites,  and  whether  mosquitoes  are  bad;  and 
more  of  like  sort.  Notwithstanding  the  volumes_  that 
have  been  written  in  praise  of  southern  California  by 
well  known  writers,  from  first  to  last,  there  seems  at 
present  to  be  a loud  call  for  assurance,  that  it  is  just  as 
Nordhoff,  Pixley,  Holden,  Van  Dyke,  Lum'mis  and  others 
have  declared.  For  illustration,  an  article.  of  mine  de- 
scribing National  City,  which  was  printed  in  the  North- 
ampton Gazette  in  February,  and  alluded  to  in  Forest 
and  Stream,  brought  applications  from  three  parties 
wanting  houses.  I have  called  the  attention  of  the  San 
Diego  Chamber  of  Commerce  to  this  thirst  for  informa- 
tion, and  suggested  an  output  of  propaganda. 

One  satisfying  comfort  of  coming  to  National  City 
more  than  to  any  other  town  is  derived. from  the  fact  that 
it  is  so  largely  native  American,  the  percentage  of  for- 
eigners being  insignificant.  Those  remaining  here  now, 
since  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad  shops  were  removed  to  San 
Bernardino,  are  chiefly  elderly  people  who  want  to.  live 
in  peace  and  quietness,  and  plant  for  themselves  an  ideal 
environment  for  a comfortable  old  age,  not  caring  to  put 
in  the  whole  of  their  declining  years  in  behalf  of  posterity. 
One  does  not  have  to  wait  forty  years  for  a tree  to  grow 
large  enough  to  cast  a grateful  shade.  They  culminate 
within  one’s  life  insurance  possibilities.  You  have  all 
heard  of  our  plant  and  vegetable  growths,  and  our  three 
crops  of  fruit  per  year.  It  is  odd  to  see  mature  apples  in 
March  on  trees  which  blossomed  in  September.  Figs, 
oranges  and  lemons  all  have  three  crops  a year,  but  all 
deciduous  fruit  trees  follow  closely  the  habits  of  their 
Eastern  congeners,  such  as  pears,  cherries,  quinces,  plums, 
peaches,  apricots,  etc. 

As  yet  we  have  had  no  insect  pests.  A few  mosquitoes 
are  in  evidence  in  certain  localities,  but  other  localities 
are  exempt.  Later  on,  when  the  sun  warms  up  the  sala- 
manders and  the  Gila  monsters,  I expect  to  see  all  man- 
ner of  snakes  and  reptiles,  toads  and  tarantulas;  unless 
the  swollen  streams  have  washed  them  off  the  mountain 
slopes  into  the  sea.  Some  day  the  tide  may  set  the  other 
way,  and  wash  the  squids,  octopods,  stingrays  and  devil- 
fish up  into  the  barancas. 

Of  one  melodious  measure  I must  write:  it  is  of  the 
medley  of  the  California  mockingbird. 

I have  often  listened  to  the  polyglot  of  caged  mocking- 
birds, as  well  as  to  the  song  rhapsodies  of  native  North 
Carolina  mockers,  which  sit  on  gables  and  improvise  a 
most  extraordinary  tangle  of  melody;  but  shiver  my  tim- 
bers if  ever  I ran  into  such  a cyclone  of  versification  as 
the  warbler  in  front  of  my  bungalow  discourses  daily. 
And  almost  every  residence  has  its  one  especial  minstrel. 
’Tis  a study  to  listen  to.  The  notes  seem  almost  word 
sounds.  No  human  articulation  could  ring  so  many  rapid 
changes  on  the  vowels,  varied  by  intricate  inflections  and 
modulations  as  this  wondrous  songster  can  utter  in  the 
course  of  its  rendition.  Now,  the  North  Carolina  mock- 
ingbird seems  to  merely  imitate  the  notes  of  other  birds, 
like  a parrot  or  mina  bird ; but  this  chief  musician  is  an 
improvisor  as  well  as  mimic,  and  he  will  sit  on  a wind- 


mill, ridge-pole,  chimney  or  other  high  perch  and  reel  off 
solfeggios  and  grace  notes  which  would  astonish  the  most 
gifted  rag-time  composer,  and  put  the  best  German  canary 
to  stumps.  Usually  as  many  as  fifteen  minutes  are  occu- 
pied in  delivering  his  repertoire,  after  which  there  fol- 
lows an  interval  of  hush.  I have  started  as  many  as  three 
mockers  at  once  out  of  a loquat  tree  in  our  garden,  but 
no  two  of  them  would  attempt  to  sing  at  once,  or  inter- 
rupt another’s  singing.  Each  songster  is  permitted  to 
do  his  own  stunt  in  its  own  sweet  time.  Then,  after  a 
deferential  pause,  a second  champion  is  likely  to  start  in 
something  after  the  following  strain,  the  notes  sounding 
amazingly  like  words  : 

THE  MOCKER’S  MEDLEY. 

Cheap ! cheap ! cheap ! cheap ! 

Let  me  try!  Let  me  try! 

Quick!  quick!  quick!  quick! 

Thank  you ! thank  you ! 

Pick-wick!  pick-wick! 

Whir-r-r-r-r-r ! 

Chew-chew-chew-chew ! 

Chew  it!  chew  it!  chew  it!  chew  it! 

Witcher,  witcher,  witcher! 

Witchita!  witchita!  witchita! 

Mieauw!  (cat  call) 

Come  here!  come  here! 

Birdie!  birdie!  birdie! 

Chip-chip-chip-chip ! 

You’re  a wit!  you’re  a wit! 

Who?  who?  who?  who? 

Pee- wee!  pee-wee! 

W ake  up ! wake  up ! 

Wee-haw!  wee-haw!  wee-haw! 

Haw-wee!  haw-wee!  haw-wee! 

Haw ! haw ! 

What  cheer!  what  cheer! 

(A  pause.) 

Too-wee!  too-wee!  twitter  twee! 

Good  fellow!  good  fellow! 

See  me!  see  me! 

Jocko!  Jocko!  Jocko! 

Caesar!  Caesar!  Caesar! 

Cut  it  out!  cut  it  out! 

Chicora!  chicora!  chikaree! 

Tut,  tut,  tut,  tut! 

Quit  it!  quit  it!  quit-quit! 

Saw  cut!  saw  cut!  so  be  it! 

So  be  it!  ’tis  like  it!  ’tis  like  it! 

Peter!  Peter!  Peter! 

Gawky-gawky-gawky ! 

Ivollup,  Kollup,  Kollup! 

Chee!  chee!  chee!  meet  me! 

Meet  me!  meet  me!  meet  me! 

Better  not!  better  not!  not! 

Sweet!  sweet!  sweet!  sweet! 

Mieauw!  C-r-r-r-r-r-r-r ! 

Phew!  phew!  phe-e-e-w! 

(Another  pause.) 

Esau!  Esau!  Esau! 

Up-up-up-up! 

Go  it!  go  it!  go  it! 

Polly  up!  polly  up!  polly  up! 

Chew  it!  chew  it!  chew  it! 

Butter  fat!  butter  fat!  Out  strip  it! 

Out  strip  it!  out  strip  it! 

Fitchu!  fitchu!  fitchu! 

Silly,  silly,  silly! 

Cut  it!  cut  it!  cut  it! 

Cheerful!  cheerful!  cheerful! 

Good  cheer!  good  cheer! 

Cheep,  cheep,  cheep! 

Fichu!  fichu!  More,  too!  More,  too! 

Twir-r-r-r!  chip,  chip,  chip! 

Queer!  queer!  Mieauw! 

At  the  finale  the  bird  usually  takes  a short  flight  and 
plumps  down  into  a bush,  where  the  last  cat  call  is  made. 
This  note  alone  of  all  the  repertoire  remains  constant 
throughout  the  year.  One  peculiarity  is  that  it  sings  at 
night,  at  all  hours;  not  just  a note  or  two,  but  continu- 
ously at  intervals.  This  night  song  is  not  so  rollicking 
as  the  day  song,  and  the  matins  differ  from  the  vespers. 
I think  that  ornithologists  have  seldom  referred  to  this 
fact,  or  to  the  general  fact  that  the  California  mocker  is 
a nocturnal  singer,  though  it  is  palpable  enough  to  list- 
eners who  are  out  late.  Charles  Hallock. 

National  City,  Cal.,  March  1935. 


British  Columbia  Game  Importation. 

The  importation  of  game  birds  into  British  Columbia 
in  1904,  reported  in  a former  issue,  has  been  supplemented 
this  year  by  further  effort  in  the  same  line. 

The  birds  were  shipped  by  Messrs.  Cross  & Co.  from 
Liverpool  on  Feb.  23  last.  Thirty-four  birds  reached 
Vancouver  alive  and  in  good  condition.  The  birds  were 
divided  into  two  lots,  eight  brace  being  put  down  on 
March  23  on  Mr.  H.  Hulbert’s  farm  at  Chilliwack,  and 
the  remainder  on  Mr.  F.  B.  Pemberton’s  place  at  Port 
Guichon.  Last  year’s  birds  are  reported  as  having  al- 
ready mated.  Mr.  F.  G.  Hinde-Bowker,  of  Langley,  re- 
ports four  pairs  mated  on  his  place,  and  several  other 
pairs  some  miles  up  the  valley. 


Size  and  Power  of  Owls. 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

Referring  to  an  article  on  this  subject  in  Forest  and 
Stream  of  May  20,  I would  say  that  we  have  no  eagle 
owls  in  North  America,  our  largest  being  the  great 
horned  and  the  snowy.  I have  measured  a good  many  of 
the  great  horned,  and  the  largest  spread  four  feet  nine 
inches — four  and  one-half  feet  is  the  usual  spread  of  a 
full-grown  great  horned  owl.  I have  shot  one  having  a 
full-grown  rabbit  in  his  claws — not  the  little  cotton-tail, 
but  one  of  our  large  northern  hares.  I have  known  of 
several  cases  where  they  have  carried  off  house  cats.  In 
one  instance  it  was  a very  large  cat.  As  a large  cat  will 
weigh  near  ten  pounds,  I should  think  it  a very  easy 
matter  for  one  to  carry  off  a mallard  duck.  I know  that 
they  can  and  do  carry  off  our  dusky  ducks — which  are 


about  as  heavy.  I have  seen  the  barred  owl,  which  is 
much  smaller  and  weaker,  fly  with  a full-grown  ruffed 
grouse  with  apparently  very  little  exertion.  I once  had 
a great  horned  owl  mounted  which  had  just  killed  a full- 
grown  goose,  and  it  is  a very  common  thing  for  them  to 
kill  skunks.  While  their  size  is  often  greatly  overstated, 
I can  testify  that  they  have  considerable  lifting  power,  as 
I once  had  one  jerk  my  head  up  suddenly  as  I lay  rolled 
up  in  a blanket.  My  hat  had  fallen  off  and  he  probably 
seized  me  by  mistake  thinking  my  head  was  a rabbit. 

M.  Hardy. 


Tame  Pigeons’  Nests  in  Trees. 

San  Francisco,  Cal.,  May  12. — Editor  Forest  and 
Stream:  I noted  with  interest  the  account  of  your  cor- 

respondent from  Rockland,  Me.,  of  tame  pigeons  nesting 
in  an  elm  tree,  and  it  brought  to  mind  an  occurrence 
similar  to  this.  When  I was  a boy  in  the  South,  I took 
several  pairs  of  pigeons  from  New  Orleans  to  Pass  Chris- 
tian, and  built  a cote  large  enough  for  six  pairs  of  birds 
and  placed  it  on  the  branch  of  a water  oak,  about  fifty 
feet  high.  In  time  the  progeny  so  increased  there  was 
no  more  room  in  the  cote,  and  they  resorted  to  the 
branches  of  these  immense  oaks,  where  they  constructed 
nests  on  the  main  branches  and  reared  their  broods  as 
contentedly  as  if  in  a pigeon  loft. 

The  pigeon  incident  calls  to  mind  also  a case  that  oc- 
curred here  within  the  last  few  months.  Last  winter  on 
Lake  Merced  I caught  three  wounded  male  canvasbacks 
to  use  as  decoys.  One  of  them  died,  another  recovered, 
and  flew  away  from  the  pen,  but  the  third,  which  had  a 
broken  wing  and  a crippled  foot,  was  kept  until  spring, 
when  the  hired  man,  to  make  room  for  some  goslings, 
returned  the  duck  to  the  lake,  which  is  down  below  us 
thirty  feet. 

Several  weeks  afterward  the  crippled  canvasback  was 
found  one  morning  between  the  woodshed  and  his  old 
stamping  ground,  the  chicken  yard,  having  in  some  man- 
ner climbed  or  hobbled  up  the  steep  bank  to  get  his  ac- 
customed ration  of  wheat,  which  was  fed  him  in  his 
swimming  tank.  C.  B.  T. 


A Crow’s  Nest. 

I hardly  believe  that  the  crow  is  entitled  to  be  called 
a wise  master  builder,  nor  do  I suspect  that  he  is  even 
rated  as  a careful  builder  ordinarily,  but  while  passing 
an  interesting  half  hour  in  the  bird  department  of  the 
Cornell  University  Museum  recently,  I saw  a fine  ex- 
ample of  the  nest  building  ability  of  the  sable  corn  puller. 
A card  attached  to  the  nest  stated  that  it  was  taken  from 
a scrub  oak  at  Nantucket,  Mass.  Oak  twigs  as  large  as 
one’s  little  finger  had  been  employed  in  constructing  the 
outer  frame-work  of  the  nest,  and  these  had  been  deftly 
—one  might  almost  say,  scientifically — bound  together  in 
a series  of  locks  and  twists  that  would  seem  strong 
enough  to  defy  the  sturdiest  winds  or  the  wildest  emo- 
tions of  the  weather.  Then  in  order  were  cast  successive 
layers  of  smaller  twigs  and  branches,  after  which  came 
the  lining  made  of  twine  and  oak  strippings  picked  and 
fussed  into  a soft  and  altogether  cosy  looking  habitation. 

At,  the  top  the  nest  was  wide  and  almost  unnaturally 
roorhy,  then  pitching  into  a deep,  rather  long,  pit-like 
base,  from  which  it  would  appear  difficult  to  dislodge  the 
occiipants. 

To  the  writer  the  nest  appeared  to  have  been  con- 
structed. with  especial  reference  to  the  weather  conditions 
at  certain  seasons  prevailiilg  in  the  neighborhood  of  its 
location,  and  it  at  once  stamps  the  black-winged  maraud- 
ers of  picturesque  Nantucket  , as  nest  builders  of  uncom- 
mon foresight- and  skill.  M.  Chill. 


We  fancy  the  late  Captain  Forsyth,  the  author  of  the 
Highlands  of  Central  India,  was  not  far  wrong  when 
he  wrote  that  those  who  persist  in  following  tigers  on 
foot  are  sure  to  come  to  grief  eventually.  And  the 
same  remark  applies  to  the  pursuit  of  lions  and 
panthers,  and  in  particular  in  the  following  up  of  any 
of  these  animals  when  wounded.  The  sad  story  in  all 
such  cases  is  generally  much  the  same.  The  animal  is 
wounded,  and  the  sportsman  follows  upon  its  tracks 
drawn  on  by  the  almost  irresistible  attraction  of  the 
chase  which  lures  him  on  upon  the  blood-trail  of  the 
stricken  beast.  With  due  precautions  this  sport  may 
often  be  followed  with  impunity,  the  wounded  animal 
being  found  dead  or  in  extremis,  or  the  sportsman  hav- 
ing the  opportunity  of  putting  in  a fatal  shot  before  he 
is  seen  and  attacked.  But  there  comes  a day  when  luck 
or  management  fail  him.  The  animal,  rendered  fero- 
cious by  its  wounds,  charges  suddenly  from  its  place  of 
concealment,  perhaps  from  a few  yards  off,  and  those 
who  have  witnessed  or  encountered  such  attacks  know 
how  irresistible  they  generally  are.  Nothing  but  a 
shot  in  the  brain  will  usually  suffice  to  put  a stop  to 
so  furious  an  onslaught.  Immediate  death,  or  subse- 
quent fatality  from  shock  or  blood-poisoning  generally 
forms  the  epilogue  of  such  encounters,  or  if  the  sports- 
man is  fortunate  he  may  escape  with  the  loss  of  a limb, 
or  possibly  with  no  permanent  injury.  Experienced 
sportsmen  know  what  should  be  done  in  following  up 
wounded  and  dangerous  animals,  but,  as  we  have  al- 
ready indicated,  they  sometimes  omit  to  do  it,  and  suffer 
in  consequence. — The  Asian. 


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Pheasant  Breeding. 

A very  serious  question  is  confronting  our  American 
sportsmen.  How  to  eliminate  this  question  is  another 
perplexing  one.  In  the  course  of  a few  years  what  shall 
we  do  in  order  that  we  may  replace  our  fast  disappear- 
ing game,  such  as_  the  ruffed  grouse  or  pheasant,  the  quail, 
etc.  In  a short  time,  a very  short  time,  indeed,  we  must 
speak  of  them  as  game  birds  that  have  been  but  are  now 
extinct. 

“Have  we  any  substitutes  for  our  pheasants?”  To  this 
I will  answer  yes.  The  English  pheasant  is  next  nearest 
in  my  estimation.  This  bird  is  quite  well  known  and 
hardly  needs  any  special  description.  It  is  not  so  fleet 
on  wing,  but  in  weight  the  English  ringneck  far  exceeds 
the  ruffed  grouse.  It  takes  an  exceptionally  large  grouse 
to  weigh  two  pounds.  An  ordinary  English  bird  will 
weigh  2J/2  to  3J4  pounds.  It  is  a very  difficult  matter  to 
rear  ruffed  grouse.  I have  raised  them  to  maturity  and 
find  that  they  become  very  tame.  The  young  birds  will 
eat  and  drink  from  my  hand. 

The  English  pheasant  is  much  more  easily  reared  and 
appears  to  be  better  adapted  to  confinement  than  the 
ruffed  grouse.  In  my  estimation  there  appears  to  be 
something  supplied  by  nature  that  has  not  yet  been  dis- 
covered for  the  ruffed  grouse.  We  can  form  certain 
opinions  but  not  absolute  facts.  We  are  well  aware  of 
the  fact  that  the  mother  grouse  is  very  persistent  in  her 
efforts  to  scratch  a living  for  herself  and  brood.  She 
allows  nothing  to  remain  undone  in  the  manner  of  pro- 
tecting her  brood.  I have  noticed  in  the  rearing  of  these 
birds  that,  in  confinement,  they  always  seek  animal  mat- 
ter rather  than  vegetable,  such  as  worms,  insects,  etc. 

The  pheasant,  that  multiplies  probably  faster  than  any 
other,  is  the  so-called  Mongolian,  properly  called  Chinese 
ringneck  or  torquatus.  Eighteen  torquatus  pheasants 
were  turned  loose  in  Oregon  in  1884,  and  there  are  prob- 
ably more  now  in  Oregon  than  in  China.  Fifty  thousand 
were  killed  in  one  day  during  the  year  of  1904  in  Oregon. 
Please  note  that  in  the  short  space  of  twenty  years  these 
birds  multiplied  to  such  enormous  numbers. 

What  is  known  as  our  English  ringneck  is  a hybrid 
between  the  China  ringneck  or  torquatus  and  the  com- 
mon English  blackneck.  There  is  very  little  difference  in 
plumage  of  the  Mongolian,  English  blackneck,  Chinese, 
Japanese  and  English  ringneck. 

According  to  Davenport,  the  Mongolian  pheasant  has 
never  reached  this  country  alive.  Their  native  home  is 
in  the  valley  of  the  Syr-Daryr  as  far  east  as  Lake  Saisan, 
and  the  valley  of  the  Black  Irtish.  It  is  characterized  by 
a broad  white  ring  around  the  neck.  The  coverts  of  the 
wing  white,  the  mantle,  chest  and  breast  bronze  orange 
red.  The  rump  feathers  are  of  a very  dark  green  color. 
This  bird  measures  thirty-six  inches  from  tip  to  tip.  It 
is  a cold  climate  bird  and  suffers  more  from  heat  than 
cold.  \j  ... 

This  bird  is  not  as  handsome  as  some  of  the  other 
species,  such  as  the  golden  Amherst,  Reeves,  silver,  etc. 

In  my  estimation,  the  golden  or  Reeves  is  :the  most 
beautiful,  especially  during  the  season  of  laying.  The 
golden  male  bird  will  run  toward  the  female  bird  with 
head  downward  to  such  an  extent  that  an  observer  would 
naturally  think  the  bird  would  fall  headlong  over  a 
pretty  display  of  feathers  colored  with  a mixture  of  yel- 
low and  black  over  the  top  of  his  head.  At  the  same 
time  the  full  expansion  of  the  collar  takes  place,  the  bird 
utters  a snake-like  hiss  which,  according  to  our  notions, 
would  not  be  very  fascinating  as  a love  song/ 

The  home  of  the  Reeve’s  pheasant  is  on  the  mountains 
of  China.  Their  tail  feathers  frequently  reach  the  enor- 
mous length  of  six  feet.  While  in  flight  their  tail  opens 
like  a fan  and  presents  many  colors.  They  are  rugged 
birds,  being  able  to-  withstand  almost  any  winter  weather 
or  any  degree  of  heat.  .They,  however,  never  become 
quite  so  tame  as  some  of  the  other  species.  The  male 
bird  also  displays  his  enormous  tail  in  a circular  form 
around  the  female  bird,  the  feathers  being  held  straight 
up. 

The  silver  pheasant  is  not  as  beatuiful  as  the  golden 
pheasant,  although  a more  gamy  bird.  Its  home  was  first 
definitely  ascertained  to  be  on  the  wooded  hills  of  south- 
ern China.  From  the  large  size,  commanding  appearance 
and  the  beauty  of  the  markings,  silver  pheasants  have 
long  been  a favorite  of  Americans  interested  in  pheasant 
breeding.  These  birds  could  be  easily  domesticated  if  it 
were  thought  desirable  to  do  so.  I have  heard  of  several 
instances  where  they  have  been  allowed  to  run  at  full 
liberty  and  have  become  sufficiently  tame  to  come  and 
stand  before  a window,  waiting  for  members  of  the 
family  to  feed  them.  The  hens  hatch  their  own  eggs  and 
attend  upon  their  brood  with  all  the  care  of  common 
fowls.  I do  not  consider  them  a desirable  addition  to  our 
limited  stock  of  game  birds,  because  they  are  continually 
waging  war  upon  other  members  of  the  poultry  yard. 
They  do  not  hesitate  to  attack  dogs  and  children  and  even 
adults  during  the  breeding  season. 

The  bird  that  interests  me  the  most  is  the  English 
pheasant.  I have  raised  them  for  a number  of  years  and 
find  them  best  adapted  to  the  coverts,  of  die  United  States. 
These  birds  were  formerly  reared  in  Europe,  and  there 
was  but  one  distinct  species  known  in  Europe,  namely, 
Phasianus  colchicus.  They  were  first  raised  along  the 
banks  of  the  River  Colchis,  in  Asia  Minor.  Their  name 
originated  from  the  name  of  the  river.  This  species  was 
soon  followed  by  the  ringnecked  torquatus  from  China. 
These  two  were  subsequently  followed  by  the  versicolor 
species  from  Japan.  These  were  originally  regarded  by 
naturalists  as  perfectly  distinct  species,  but  it  is  now 
known  that  they  breed  freely  with  one  another,  and  that 
.the  offspring  is  perfectly  fertile,  however  closely  they  are 
interbred. 

Henry  Seebohm,  in  his  account  of  birds,  says  that  all 
true  pheasants  are  interbred  freely  with  each  other  and 


produce  fertile  offspring.  This  may  be  accepted  as  ab- 
solute proof  that  they  are  only  sub-specifically  distinct. 

The  local  races  appear  to  be  distinct  enough,  but  they 
only  retain  a portion  of  their  distinctive  character  if  not 
separated  from  each  other.  I have  been  informed  that 
the  instant  the  various  species  of  English  pheasants  are 
brought  in  contact  with  each  other  they  begin  to  inter- 
breed, and  in  a comparatively  short  time  the  several  spe- 
cies through  interbreeding  reduce  the  various  local  races, 
which  have  been  brought  into  contact  to  a single  and 
uniform  race.  Through  this  interbreeding  the  two  dis- 
tinct and  very  different  looking  races,  which  were  intro- 
duced into  the  various  parts  of  the  British  Isles,  namely, 
Phasianus  colchicus,  from  Asia  Minor,  and  Phasianus 
torquatus  from  China  have  been  practically  stamped  out 
of  existence.  The  English  pheasant  of  the  British  Isles 
is,  with  a very,  rare  exception,  a mongrel  between  these 
two  races. 

I shall  now  discuss  the  management  of  two  species, 
the  golden  and  English.  I have  spent  hours  observing 
their  different  habits  and  modes  of  living,  and  I have  ex- 
perimented on  different  aviaries.  I feel  tnat  my  time  has 
been  well  spent  and  I shall  be  glad  to  invite  correspon- 
dence on  any  part  that  may  not  be  definitely  explained. 

As  stated,  I intend  to  dwell  wholly  on  the  management 
of  the  English  ringneck,  or  the  cross  between  the  Eng- 
lish blackneck  and  torquatus.  This  bird,  I think,  is  the 
proper  one  for  a temperate  climate  naturalization,  for 
game  preserves  and  for  confinement.  In  order  to  obtain 
the  best  results  in  the  rearing  certain  conditions  must  be 
taken  into  consideration. 

To  develop  this  subject  systematically  I must  begin 
with  the  egg,  which  is  the  basis  of  success  to  a great  ex- 
tent. The  egg  should  never  come  in  contact  with  saw- 
dust or  excelsior,  because  a certain  amount  of  oil,  which 
is  contained  in  the  wood  of  the  sawdust  or  excelsior  is 
apt  to  be  absorbed  by  the  shell  of  the  eggs,  consequently 
the  pores  of  the  eggs  become  closed  and  what  eggs  are 
hatched  will  be  weaklings. 

The  proper  way  to  ship  eggs  is  to  procure  pasteboard 
sections  of  a common  egg-crate,  such  as  are  used  in 
shipping  hens’  eggs.  Then  place  in  the  bottom  of  the 
basket  some  excelsior,  covering  the  top  of  the  excelsior 
with  paper.  Put  the  pasteboard  sections  in  the  basket 
and,  after  wrapping  each  egg  in  cotton,  place  the  egg  in 
one  of  the  sections.  After  a layer,  or  rather  a section, 
has  been  filled  with  eggs,  spread  a piece  of  paper  over  it. 
Thus  proceed  until  your  basket  has  been  filled.  Spread 
excelsior  over  the  top  of  the  basket  and  cover  with  a 
thin  board.  Baskets  are  preferable  to  boxes  because  the 
express  companies  are  more  careful  in  handling  them. 

When  eggs  are  received  they  should  remain  undis- 
turbed for  at  least  twenty-four  hours,  because  the  parts 
of  the  eggs  are  apt  to  become  disturbed  during  shipment, 
although  eggs  will  resist  a vast  amount  of  jarring  before 
the  parts  will  become  disturbed  and  mix  with  each  other. 
Should  this  occur  the  eggs  will  be  defective. 

I have  shipped  the  eggs  of  the  English  ringneck  to  the 
extreme  part  of  the  Continent  with  exceedingly  good  re- 
sults. This  is,  not  true  of  golden  pheasant  eggs ; I find 
them  to  be  much  more  sensitive  than  the  English  pheas- 
ant’s eggs,  and  they  will  not  stand  shipment  as  well  as 
the  other  breeds.  I would  therefore  not  advise  a very 
long  j ourney  for  the  shipment  of  golden  pheasant  eggs. 

The  late  Dr.  J.  B.  Shaw  (a  personal  friend  of  mine) 
was  an  exceptionally  successful  breeder  of  both  golden 
and  English  pheasants.  He  invariably  would  receive  re- 
plies from  persons  to  whom,  golden  pheasant  eggs  were 
shipped,  stating  that  the  eggs  were  not  fertile  or  had 
been  molested  before  shipment.  I can  truthfully  and  em- 
phatically say  that  the  eggs  were  shipped  in  excellent 
condition,  but  owing  to  the  distance  they  were  shipped, 
the  yolk  and  germ  were  destroyed  when  they  reached 
their  destination.  Very  often,  to  preserve  peace  and  har- 
mony, other  .eggs  were  sent  gratis  to  replace  them. 

The  egg  of  an  English  pheasant  blends  from  a pale  to 
a dark  blue  in  color,  while  that  of  the  golden  is  of  a 
whitish  semi-transparent  color.  The  egg  of  an  English 
pheasant  is  somewhat  larger  than  that  of  the  golden. 
The  golden  pheasant  will  lay  from  fifteen  to  twenty-five 
eggs  per  season.  The  English  ringneck  will  lay  from 
forty  to  fifty-five  eggs  per  season. 

When  the  birds  begin  to  lay  their  eggs,  which  will  be 
about  the  middle  of  April,  the  eggs  should  be  gathered 
every  day  and,  if  possible,  oftener,  because  eggs  that  are 
left  lying  around  in  the  aviaries  become  a temptation  to 
the  male  birds.  They  will  roll  them  over,  pick  at  them, 
and  finally  break  them  in  order  to  satisfy  their  curiosity. 
The  final  result  of  this  will  be  the  learning  of  egg-eating. 
When  this  habit  is  once  formed  it  is  very  difficult  to 
check. 

About  the  time  the  female  bird  begins  to  lay  I place 
a few  wooden  eggs  about  the  size  of  a pheasant’s  egg  in 
the  aviaries.  I also  fill  a few  eggs  with  plaster  paris 
and,  if  they  are  put  at  various  places  in  the  aviaries  the 
male  birds  will  become  tired  of  picking  at  this  hard  sub- 
stance and  finally  refrain  from  the  habit  of  eating  eggs. 
Another  remedy  with  which  I have  been  successful  is  to 
fill  an  egg  with  a mixture  of  cayenne  pepper,  ginger  and 
vinegar  mixed  to  a paste.  When  the  eggs  are  stuffed  with 
this  mixture  they  should  be  placed  at  conspicuous  points 
in  the  aviaries.  One  dose  is  sufficient.  When  the  eggs 
are  gathered  they  should  be  placed  in  cornmeal  and  bran 
with  end  downward  and  reversed  each  day.  This  will 
prevent  the  yolk  from  settling  in  the  ends  and  adhering 
to  the  sides  of  the  shell. 

I prefer  a bantam  to  hatch  the  eggs,  but  before  I trust 
to  place  pheasant’s  eggs  underneath  her  I allow  her  to 
sit  on  ordinary  chicken  eggs  for  probably  a week,  at  any 
rate  long  enough  until  I am  convinced  that  she  will  hatch 
the  pheasant’s  eggs  that  I am  about  to  place  under  her. 

I find  that  a bantam  will  cover  fifteen  to  eighteen  eggs 
very  satisfactorily,  and  in  about  twenty-three  to  twenty- 


four  days  the  young  birds  should  begin  to  come  out. 

Do  not  attempt  to  feed  or  disturb  the  birds  for  at  least 
twenty-four  hours  after  they  are  hatched.  This  is  a very 
critical  part  of  the  bird’s  life.  The  first  bill  of  fare  should 
be  arranged  as  follows':  Prepare  a thick  custard  with 
milk  and  eggs.  Feed  this  three  and  four  times  per  day. 
This  diet  should  be  continued  for  at  least  two  weeks. 

I can  especially  recommend  Spratt’s  game  meal  for 
young  pheasants.  The  young  birds  become  attached  to 
this  meal  very  readily.  In  connection  with  the  custard 
and  eggs  and  meal  I feed  maggots,  which  can  be  pro- 
cured in  the  following  manner : Secure  a sugar  barrel, 

knock  out  the  head,  and  suspend  across  the  top  a sheep’s 
pluck  (viz.,  lungs,  liver,  etc.).  Cover  the  top  of  the  bar- 
rel with  burlap  or  a board  with  holes  bored  in  it,  in  order 
that  flies  may  enter.  In  the  course  of  a few  days  the 
pluck  will  be  full  of  maggots.  They  will  feed  ( n the 
pluck  and  soon  will  become  fat  and  drop  down  in  the 
barrel.  It  is  advisable  to  have  cornmeal  and  beef  scraps 
under  the  barrel  so  that  the  maggots  will  live  after  they 
have  fallen  into  the  barrel.  The  young  birds  will  relish 
this  food  and  soon  become  strong  and  healthy.  They 
should  be  fed  twice  a day  on  maggots. 

Some  people  engaged  in  the  business  do  not  care  to 
feed  them  on  this  food ; others  may  have  no  way  to  se- 
cure this  particular  sort  of  animal  matter.  To  these  I 
would  suggest  that  you  can  purchase  through  some  poul- 
try dealer  or  supply  houses  dried  ant  eggs  and  maggot 
meats  which  I have  found  very  beneficial  for  young 
birds. 

The  young  birds  should  have  but  very  little  water  un- 
less extremely  hot  Weather  prevails. 

The  houses  for  the  birds  can  be  made  of  a box  three 
feet  square.  Cover  the  top  with  a one  inch  mesh  wire 
(bottom  out).  Place  this  against  a triangular  shaped 
coop  with  slats  on  the  front,  so  that  the  young  birds  can 
go  in  and  out  at  random,  also  be  closed  up  at  night. 
The  young  birds  should  not  be  allowed  to  go  out  of  the 
triangular  shaped  box  in  the  morning  until  the  dew  is 
practically  all  off  the  ground.  I attribute  to  a certain 
degree  that  this  neglect  is  an  instigator  of  the  most  de- 
spised disease  that  can  attack  our  young  birds,  namely, 
the  gape-worm.  After  the  birds  are  about  two  weeks 
old  they  may  be  allowed  to  roam  at  large,  but  it  is  ad- 
visable to'  keep  the  female  bird  at  home  until  the  young- 
birds  will  respond  to  her  calling.  After  the  birds  have 
reached  this  age  feed  them  boiled  rice  and  boiled  eggs, 
chopped  fine.  Take  great  care  not  to  allow  any  of  the 
feed  to  lie  around  the  aviaries  uneaten,  as  this  will  soon 
become  sour,  the  stomach  of  the  bird  will  become  rancid 
and  indigestion  will  be  the  result. 

The  birds  at  this  age  begin  to  get  their  larger  feathers. 

It  is  very  essential  that  the  position  of  the  coops  be 
changed  every  day,  especially  when  the  young  birds  are 
still  confined. 

Gapes,  the  most  dangerous  of  all  maladies,  you  un- 
doubtedly will  discover  as  your  next  opponent.  This  can 
be  avoided  to  a certain  degree  by  keeping:  the  birds  in  a 
good  healthy  condition  and,  as  I have  before  related,  keep 
them  off  of  the  grass  until  the  dew  is  all  gone. 

When  the  gapes  are  first  noticed,  water  containing  sev- 
eral drops  of  turpentine  may  be  given.  I find  this  to  be 
effective  in  some  cases  of  a mild  form.  The  last  resort  is 
to  extract  the  worms  or  worm  with  a gape-worm  ex- 
tractor or  horse  hair  dipped  in  turpentine  and  olive  oil. 

I have  had  birds  die  in  my  hands  while  undergoing  this 
operation,  which  is  a critical  one.  The  old  saying  that 
“an  ounce  of  prevention  is  worth  a pound  of  cure,”  is 
very  well  applied  in  this  case. 

Tegetmeier,  in  his  treatise  on  the  “Management  of 
Pheasants,”  claims  to  have  a very  effective  cure  for  gapes 
by  fumigation  with  carbolic  acid.  He  places  the  birds  in 
a box  with  an  opening  of  four  inches  in  the  bottom,  and 
in  a saucer  places  from  four  to  six  drops  of  carbolic  acid. 
By  holding  a lamp  under  the  saucer  the  acid  becomes 
evaporated  in  the  box  and  this  is  inhaled  by  the  bird. 
Great  care  should  be  taken  in  order  that  the  bird  does 
not  suffer  death  from  suffocation.  When  symptoms  of 
suffocation  appear  the  bird  should  be  immediately  re- 
moved and  the  operation  repeated  the  next  day,  providing 
the  bird  does  not  appear  to  be  relieved. 

Another  disease  that  is  quite  prevalent  among  young 
birds  is  diarrhea.  I have  found  that  powdered  chalk 
mixed  with  a mash  is  a very  good  diet  and  proves  ef- 
fective to  check  the  disease.  Very  little  should  be  fed  at 
one  meal.  The  vent  of  the  bird  becomes  closed,  caused 
by  the  passage  adhering  to  the  sides  of  the  vent.  This 
should  be  washed  off  and  vaseline  applied  on  the  irritated 
part. 

Birds  when  about  half  grown  will  sometimes  form  the 
habit  of  picking  their  feathers  to  such  an  extent  that  the 
bird  will  die  from  loss  of  blood.  They  oftimes  continue 
this  habit  until  they  have  the  rump  and  vent  almost  com- 
pletely picked  out  of  their  body.  This  can  be  remedied 
by  using  tar  on  the  affected  part.  I have  been  told  by  ex- 
perienced bird  fanciers  that  this  is  an  indication  that  the  1 
bird  does  not  get  enough  animal  matter  to  eat.  I find 
this  statement  to  be  perfectly  correct.  Feeding  ground  ; 
beef  cut  about  the  size  of  peas  will  assist  greatly  toward  ■ 
abandoning  this  fatal  habit.  As  soon  as  I discover  that  i 
a bird  is  forming  this  habit  I separate  it  from  the  rest ; 
otherwise  it  invariably  proves  to  be  a competent  in- 
structor for  the  other  birds. 

The  hen  with  her  brood  should  have  a place  where  they 
may  get  to  dust.  It  is  very  amusing  to  watch  them  dust 
themselves.  They  turn  completely  over  on  the  back  and 
roll  in  the  dust.  This  also  gives  the  birds  a chance  to'  rid 
themselves  of  lice.  I can  recommend  Lambert’s  Death  to 
Lice,  and  consider  it  superior  to  any  other  preparation. 

It  is  quite  harmless  to  birds.  Drooping  wings  and  sleep- 
lessness are  indicative  of  lice.  Get  rid  of  them  as  soon 
as  possible  or  you  will  lose  all  your  young  birds  very 
quickly.  A very  good  plan  is  to  dust  the  hen  three  or 


May  27,  1505.] 


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four  times  before  the  eggs  are  hatched  out. 

The  location  of  the  aviaries  for  the  development  of  the 
birds  will  next  demand  our  attention.  As  soon  as  the 
young  birds  develop  sufficiently  large  enough  so  as  to 
fly,  a suitable  properly  drained  piece  of  ground  should 
be  selected.  If  possible  it  should  face  toward  the  south, 
as  the  sun  will  tend  to  dry  the  aviaries.  Avoid  dampness 
as  much  as  possible.  A gravel  or  shale  soil  is  best.  The 
building  should  cover  a space  at  least  ten  by  ten  feet  for 
every  four  or  five  birds,  especially  during  the  laying 
season. 

Plant  the  four  corner  posts,  then  dig  a trench  six  or 
eight  inches  deep  between  each  post.  Place  a board  edge 
downward  in  the  trench.  This  will  keep  the  rats  from 
destroying  the  birds.  Extend  the  boards  eighteen  or 
twenty  inches  above  the  ground,  as  this  will  serve  as  a 
protection  against  the  scare  of  dogs  and  other  animals. 
Complete  the  top  and  sides  of  the  pen  with  one  inch  mesh 
poultry  wire.  The  sides  should  be  about  five  feet  in 
height.  I recommend  one  inch  mesh  wire  because  other- 
wise in  a very  short  time  the  small  birds  such  as  the 
sparrow,  would  carry  away  enough  feed  to  pay  for  the 
excess  of  this  wire  over  one  of  two-inch  mesh.  The  one 
inch  mesh  wire  is  rat  proof,  which  will  be  of  considerable 
value,  for  without  it  rats  may  kill  several  birds. 

The  aviaries  should  be  large  enough  to  allow  partitions 
to  be  placed  in  them.  During  the  laying  season  the  birds 
should  be  separated,  and  by  no  means  allow  more  than 
one  cock  in  each  pen  with  the  hens.  Cocks  at 
this  time  are  very  bitter  enemies.  I have  tried  this  to 
my  sorrow  and  found  that  they  will  fight  like  Roman 
gladiators  until  one  of  the  combatants  is  dead.  After  the 
laying  season  is  over  and  all  the  birds  are  once  more 
' allowed  to  mingle  with  each  other,  great  care  should  be 
taken  that  the  birds  do  not  engage  in  a fight.  They  will 
need  attention  along  this  line  for  at  least  two  weeks.  I 
lost  some  very  valuable  golden  pheasants  through  allow- 
ing them  to  mingle  with  each  other  too  soon. 

The  entrances  to  the  aviaries  should  be  so  arranged  that 
all  parts  are  accessible  from  one  outside  door.  It  is  not 
advisable  to  have  too  many  outside  entrances,  as  the  birds 
are  liable  to  escape  because  of  forgetfulness  on  your  part 
to  close  the  door.  Every  outside  door  should  have  a 
spring  to  close  it.  Some  protection  from  winds  and 
storms  should  be  erected  on  the  north  and  west  sides  of 
the  aviaries.  There  should  be  a part  covering  over  the  top 
of  the  aviaries  so  that  the  birds  may  seek  shelter  during 
a storm  of  snow  or  rain.  I think  it  to  be  unnecessary 
to  construct  buildings  of  which  all  sides  are  inclosed  in 
which  birds  are  to  roost,  as.  they  seldom  sleep  in  any  sort 
[ of  a building.  They  invariably  sleep  on  the  ground  or 
| on  a roost  in  the  open  air.  To  arrange  a roost  in  the 
■ open  air,  place  two  forked  sticks  in  the  ground  and  on 
these  place  horizontally  a pole  about  1V2  inch  in  diameter. 
This  pole  should  be  about  three  feet  from  the  ground. 
During  the  laying  season  cedar  or  pine  twigs  can  be 
placed  across  the  horizontal  bar.  This  will  form  a covert 
for  them,  when  they  wish  to  deposit  their  eggs.  An  ex- 
cellent plan  is  to  construct  a triangular  shaped  box  twelve 
inches  wide  and  four  feet  long.  Place  the  ridge  of  the 
box  cn  the  ground,  base  upward.  The  birds  will  seek 
. the  dark  places  along  the  sides  of  the  boxes  to  deposit 
their  eggs,  and  will  oftimes  go  under  the  box  as  a place 
c f refuge  when  frightened.  Eggs  are  not  always  de- 
posited in  the  same  place.  In  searching  for  the  eggs  in 
the  aviaries,  you  should  seek  for  them  with  great  care,  as 
they  are  very  often  deposited  where  least  expected.  I 
have  riven  all  kinds  of  inducements  in  the  manner  of 
nests,  but  of  no  avail.  They  will  occasionally  lay  their 
eggs  in  a nest  prepared  for  them,  but  more  frequently 
will  lay  them  anywhere. 

After  the  third  year  I do  not  consider  it  advisable  to 
retain  female  birds  as  breeders.  Some  people  engaged 
in  the  business  will  retain  their  birds  and  breed  from 
them  as  long  as  they  will  continue  to  lay  eggs.  I con- 
sider this  a serious  mistake.  The  first  and  second  years 
are  the  most  vital  part  of  the  bird’s  life.  The  pheasant, 
.as  an  object  of  beauty,  is  just  as  valuable  at  the  age  of 
five  years  as  at  two  years,  but  it  is  not  so  in  regard  to 
1 the  profit  on  the  bird. 

In  feeding  the  older  pheasants  great  care  should  be 
taken  that  the  birds  are  not  overfed  and  become  too  fat. 
Supply  them  with  a sufficient  amount  at  meal  time  but 
do  not  allow  food  to  lie  around  in  the  aviaries  for  the 
pheasants  to  eat  at  any  time.  They  are  very  fond  of 
buckwheat,  corn,  wheat  and  barley.  I feed  corn  and 
barley  in  the  morning  and  wheat  and  buckwheat  in  the 
1 evening.  I alternate  these  grains.  A supply  of  fresh 
: water  in  clean  vessels  should  be  kept  in  store,  especially 
during  warm  weather.  Green  vegetables,  such  as  cabbage, 
lettuce,  spinach,  etc.,  should  be  supplied.  I have  found  it 
very  beneficial  to  suspend  in  the  center  of  the  aviaries 
about  two  feet  from  the  ground  a head  of  cabbage.  This 
will  give  the  birds  a certain  amount  of  exercise  in  jump- 
ing to  get  the  cabbage. 

Grit  should  also  be  supplied.  I might  mention  ground 
bone,  oyster  shells,  etc.  I find  that  limestone  in  its  raw 
state  is  very  good.  It  is  impossible  to  feed  too  much 
of  any  kind  of  grit.  I might  also  recommend  a liberal 
supply  of  charcoal  for  the  sweetening  of  the  stomach. 
With  the  above  combination  no  difficulty  should  arise  in 
the  matter  of  a diet. 

I very  often  notice  that  the  birds  will  all  begin  to  fly 
and  run  the  whole  length  of  the  aviaries.  I often  think 
that  they  are  frightened,  but  upon  investigation  I find 
that  such  is  not  the  case.  The  birds  simply  want  exer- 
cise and  use  this  method  to  secure  it. 

A very  good  idea  is  to  place  leaves  in  the  aviaries  and 
throw  grain  that  is  to  be  given  them  in  these  leaves.  They 
will  hunt  and  scratch  for  the  kernels  which  will  give 
them  exercise.  Where  birds  are  reared  in  larger  quanti- 
ties this  would  be  impossible.  I would  not  advise  leaves 
to  be  placed  in  the  aviaries  during  the  laying  season,  as 
the  eggs  are  apt  to  be  deposited  in  the  leaves  and  lost. 
You  are  also  liable  to  tread  on  them  while  searching  for 
them.  Before  and  after  the  laydng  season  I consider  the 
use  of  leaves  a good  one,  because  birds  as  well  as  man 
need  exercise.  While  searching  for  eggs  care  should  be 
taken  that  the  birds  are  not  frightened.  They  will  fly’’ 
against  the  net-work  and  sometimes  be  injured  to  such  an 
extent  that  l he  bird  breaks  a bene  or  loses  its  life. 

During  the  laying  season  it  is  very  essential  that  sight- 
seeing visitors  should  not  molest  the  aviaries.  It  is  advis- 
able not  to  allow  anything  other  than  the  usual  daily  oc- 
currences to  happen.  Because  of  a violation  of  this,  there 


may  be  a falling  off  in  the  egg  production,  where  the 
birds  are  continually  disturbed.  I found  it  advisable  to 
clip  the  flight  feathers  from  off  of  one  of  the  wings.  By 
so  doing  the  bird  can  only  rise  a few  feet  from  the 
ground,  thus  reducing  the  injury  of  the  birds  to  a mini- 
mum. 

Some  breeders  have  gone  to  the  extent  of  clipping  one 
wing  at  the  first  joint,  thereby  saving  the  time  and  trouble 
of  clipping  the  flight  feathers  every  year.  This  is,  to  my 
sense  of  reasoning,  cruel  and  an  unnecessary  punishment. 

I think  I have  demonstrated  in  a plain  and  simple  way 
the  manner  in  which  pheasants  may  be  reared.  I fully 
realize  that  there  are  many  questions  that  may  arise,  but 
the  most  important  thing  in  the  rearing  of  these  birds  is 
good  judgment  and  patience,  and  you  will  find  your  efforts 
crowned  with  success.  You  may  meet  disappointments, 
but  these  are  prices  of  success.  Command  me,  whenever 
I can  be  of  any  assistance  to  you.  Suggestions  will 
gladly  be  accepted  from  anyone.  I feel  that  with  our 
united  efforts  we  will  meet  with  an  unbounded  success. 

R.  F.  Kistler. 

Deiawarb  Watbr  G.»p,  Pa. 


Federal  Control  of  Game* 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

Having  read  Mr.  Shiras’  reply  to  my  suggestions  as  to 
the  constitutionality  of  his  proposed  Federal  legislation, 
as  well  as  his  other  letters  upon  the  general  subject,  I am 
free  to  say  that  it  is  impossible  to  find  in  the  arguments 
advanced  or  in  any  of  the  decisions  referred  to  any  sup- 
port for  these  proposed  laws.  One  of  the  cases  cited, 
and  only  one,  touches  on  the  general  subject  of  Federal 
rights  as  to  fish  ; and  that  relates  solely  to  the  power  to 
take  fish  out  of  season  for  scientific  purposes.  This  is 
a right  which  has  always  appeared  to  me  to  be  plain 
enough,  and  has  never  been  denied  by  any  respectable 
authority. 

Most  men  who  have  given  the  matter  any  thought  at 
all,  agree  that  a law  of  as  nearly  uniform  application  as 
circumstances  will  allow  is  desirable  for  the  protection  of 
fish  and  game  in  their  migrations  to  the  feeding  grounds, 
and,  if  the'States  shall  be  unable  to  frame  and  enforce 
such  laws  as  are  needed,  then  there  should  be  some  other- 
way  of  accomplishing  the  desired  end.  But  with  this 
question,  the  necessity  for  or  expediency  of  such  laws  has 
nothing  to  do.  It  is  wholly  a question  of  power. 

While  I fail  to  see  anything  in  what  has  been  said  in 
reply  to  my  letter  that  requires  an  answer,  the  main 
points  suggested  by  me  not  having  been  met  at  all;  yet, 
for  the  good  of  the  cause,  and  to  give  those  who  may  de- 
sire to  set  forth  their  views  in  favor  of  the  constitution- 
ality of  such  laws  as  are  now  proposed,  ample  opportunity 
to  understand  clearly  my  position,  I will  take  the  trouble 
to  again,  but  briefly,  state  my  opinion. 

The  fundamental  principle  upon  which  game  laws  are 
based,  the  main,  and  really  the  only  ground  upon  which 
such  laws  have  been  sustained,  is  that  the  game  of  a 
country  in  its  natural  state  is  not  property  in  any  sense, 
but  belongs  to  all  the  people  of  the  several  States  in  their 
aggregate  capacity;  and  that  the  States  have  authority,  in 
the  exercise  of  what  is  known  in  law  as  the  police  power, 
to  protect  and  procure  such  game  as  a useful  food  supply 
for  the  people. 

The  police  power  was  not  delegated  by  the  constitu- 
tion of  the  United  States  to  the  Federal  Government,  but 
was  retained  by  the  States  themselves,  as  a part  of  the 
administrative  authority  in  regulating  the  internal  affairs 
of  each  State.  This  is  one  of  the  few  attributes  of 
sovereignty  which,  under  our  system  of  government,  was 
retained  by  the  States.  In  a sense,  even  this  is  not  ex- 
clusive, for  as  was  said  by  the  United  States  Supreme 
Court  in  the  Debs  case,  “there  is  a peace  of  the  United 
States,”  to  preserve  and  maintain  which  the  whole  police 
power  of  the  General  Government  may  be  exerted  when- 
ever and  wherever  occasion  may  require.  But  this  only 
refers  to  the  administration  of  those  departments  of  gov- 
ernment which,  under  the  constitution,  are  vested  in  the 
Federal  Government. 

If  it  be  admitted  (and  I believe  it  must  be  so  admitted 
in  view  of  the  practically  unanimous  decisions  of  the 
court  on  the  point)  that  the  game  of  the  country  belongs 
to  the  people  of  the  States,  as  has  already  been  stated, 
then  there  is  no  possible  argument  which  can  be  ad- 
vanced, as  it  seems  to  me,  that  may  even  tend  to  sustain 
the  contention  that  Congress  can  legislate  at  all  on  the 
subject,  except  in  so  far  as  game  and  fish  may,  when 
reduced  to  captivity  and  killed,  become  an  object  of  inter- 
state commerce.  But  even  if  it  were  true  that  the  game 
and  fish  of  the  country  belongs,  not  to  the  people  of  the 
several  States  but  to  all  the  people  of  the  United  States, 
there  would  still  be  the  same  absence  of  power  in  the 
General  Government  to1  deal  with  the  question. 

I may  say  that  I think  the  Lacey  Law  valid,  but  it  is 
so  because  it  recognizes  the  fundamental  principle  al- 
ready suggested,  and  operates,  as  Congress  has  a right 
to  do,  on  game  when  it  becomes  an  article  of  interstate  or 
foreign  commerce.  The  courts  have  held  that  the  power 
which  Congress  has  to  regulate  commerce  includes  also 
the  power  to  entirely  prohibit  traffic  in  a particular  ar- 
ticle. This  was  the  basis  of  the  decisions  in  the  lottery 
cases.  While,  strictly  speaking,  there  can  be  no  com- 
merce in  a legal  sense  in  an  article  the  traffic  in  which 
our  State  laws  have  declared  to  be  unlawful,  still  the 
power  of  Congress  to  supplement  and  aid  the  State  laws 
by  prohibiting  traffic  between  the  States  or  abroad  in  such 
unlawful  articles  has  been  fully  sustained. 

Now,  it  seems  to  me  that  the  only  plausible  argument 
that  can  be  urged  in  favor  of  the  Shiras  Bill  is  that  it 
comes  within  the  power  of  Congress  to  regulate  com- 
merce. But  at  the  outset  we  are  met  by  the  elementary 
idea  upon  which  all  the  decisions  of  any  weight  agree, 
that  commerce  consists  of  the  transportation  of  persons 
and  property.  It  will  not  be  contended  probably  that 
pame  and  fish  come  within  the  meaning  of  the  word 
“persons” ; and,  on  the  other  hand,  it  is  declared  by  the 
most  eminent  authority  that  game  and  fish  in  a state  of 
nature  are  not  property;  that  no  one  has  any  right  to  or 
claim  upon  such  articles  until  they  are  reduced  to  cap- 
tivity; and  that  even  then  the  property  in  them  may  be 
taken  away  without  compensation,  whenever  the  Legis- 
lature sees  fit  to  do  so. 

A further  suggestion  as  to  the  error  into  which  some 
persons  have  fallen  in  regard  to  the  control  and  jurisdic- 
tion of  Congress  over  the  navigable  waters  of  the  coun- 


try. It  is  entirely  true  that  Congress  has  paramount  au- 
thority over  such  waters,  but  only  for  the  purpose  of 
developing  the  commerce  of  the  country.  As  to  all  else, 
the  control  by  the  States  is  absolute  and  exclusive.  The 
title  to  all  lands  under  our  navigable  waters  within  the 
limits  of  the  several  States,  as  well  as  the  ownership  of 
I he  waters  over  them  is  vested  in  the  people  of  the  sev- 
eral States,  in  their  sovereign  capacity,  in  trust  for  all 
the  people,  to  be  used  and  controlled  by  the  State  authori- 
ties as  shall  best  serve  the  interests  of  the  people  as  a 
whole.  Over  such  lands  and  waters  the  civil  and  crim- 
inal jurisdiction  of  the  several  States  extends  and  may 
be  exercised  just  as  effectively  as  upon  dry  land;  and 
this  branch  of  the  police  power  is  not  at  all  or  in  any 
sense  concurrent,  except  so  far  as  the  administration  of 
the  constitutional  functions  of  the  State  and  National 
Governments  may  require.  You  will  understand,  of 
course,  that  what  has  been  said  does  not  relate  to  the 
power  of  Congress  to  legislate  as  it  thinks  best  for  the 
Territories  and  our  insular  possessions  and  places  within 
the  States  owned  by  the  General  Government. 

Permit  me  to  say  in  conclusion  that  I hold  to  the  deci- 
sion in  Geer  vs.  Connecticut  as  the  sheet  anchor  of  game 
and  fish  protection,  and  am  confident  that  the  rules  laid 
down  there  will  stand  unmodified,  because  they  are  right 
both  in  principle  and  from  precedent. 

I hope  that  in  the  future  those  who  may  desire  to  dis- 
cuss this  matter  will  lay  aside  for  the  time  being  all  ques- 
tion of  necessity  or  expediency,  and  will  discuss  the 
fundamental  question  of  the  power  of  Congress  to  enact 
such  laws.  Once  it  has  been  decided  by  competent  au- 
thority that  Congress  has  this  power,  then  all  the  rest 
will  not  be  difficult.  But  should  it  be  determined,  as  I 
feel  confident  it  must,  that  no  such  power  now  exists,  why 
not  seek  to  have  the  constitution  amended  to  meet  this 
and  other  emergencies  in  which  greater  uniformity  in 
laws  is  desirable?  Joseph  B.  Thompson. 


Down  in  Maine. 

It  was  at  the  club  one  night,  and  the  conversation  had 
turned  to  fishing  and  hunting,  and  Sam  and  Joe  were 
eagerly  seeking  for  information,  as  they  were  planning  a 
month’s  hunting  trip  for  the  coming  season.  “Now  if 
Fred  B.  were  only  here,”  said  Jim,  “he  could  give  you  a 
lot  of  pointers.  He  was  off  somewhere  a few  years  ago 
and  shot  a whole  lot  of  things.” 

“Talk  about  the  devil  and  he  will  always  appear,”  said 
Sam.  “Here’s  Fred  now.” 

Greetings  being  exchanged  and  another  glass  ordered. 
“Sam  and  Joe  were  trying  to  plan  a hunting  trip,”  said 
Jim,  “and  I thought  you  could  tell  them  where  to  go. 
You  were  up  in  Maine  somewhere,  were  you  not?” 

“Yes,  up  in  the  Moosehead  region.” 

“Tell  us  about  your  trip,”  said  Sam. 

“Now,  look  here,  you  know  if  I get  started  on  that 
subject  I’ll  talk  half  the  night.” 

“Good ; go  ahead ; we  are  not  any  of  us  going  any- 
where to-night.  Tell  us  your  experience,  perhaps  it  will 
help  us  decide  where  to  go.” 

“It  was  in  the  summer  of  ’97.  I had  got  heartily  tired 
and  out  of  sorts  and  the  doctor  advised  me  to  go  to 
Maine.  You  know  the  Governor  is  quite  an  old  sport, 
and  I know  he  had  been  up  there  somewhere  once  or 
twice,  so  I went  to  him  for  advice,  and  he  told  me  to  go 
to  the  Moosehead  Lake  region.  Arriving  at  Kineo  in 
due  season  I secured  the  services  of  a good  guide,  who  in 
a little  time  had  our  camp  supplies  packed  and  ready  for 
a start.  I had  decided  to  paddle  my  own  canoe,  so  had 
got  one  at  the  lake.  Just  before  starting  Tom,  my  guide, 
came  to  me  and  said,  “We  had  better  take  a man  with  us 
to  help  us  in  with  our  loads,  as  the  water  is  pretty  low, 
unless  you  want  to  take  quite  a lot  of  it  in  your  canoe, 
and  I did  not  know  but  what  you  might  wet  it.’  Tom 
did  not  have  a very  good  opinion  of  my  abilities  as  a 
canoeman.  I told  him  to  get  the  man  and  later  was  glad 
I had  done  so.  On  the  third  day  out  in  the  afternoon 
while  we  were  crossing  Eagle  Lake,  suddenly  a funnel- 
shaped  white  cloud  loomed  large  in  the  northwest.  The 
three  canoes  were  pretty  well  bunched,  and  Dave,  the 
man  Tom  had  got  to  help  us  into  camp,  sajd,  ‘There’s  a 
squall  coming  and  we’ve  got  to  get  out  of  this  quick.  It’s 
as  near  to  that  island  ahead  as  it  is  to  the  shore  behind 
us,  and  that’s  the  way  we  are  going.’  And  he  struck  out 
with  long  powerful  strokes  that  soon  left  Tom  and  me 
far  in  the  rear.  Tom,’ with  an  anxious,  look  to  the  north- 
west, said  to  me,  ‘Get  forward  of  the  first  thwart,  and 
keep  the  bow  headed  pretty  well  into  it  when  she  strikes 
you.  I can’t  help  you  any  now.’  The  wind  with  a roar 
was  upon  us.  Tom  steadily  drew  away  from  me,  both 
canoes  making  lots  of  leeway.  I saw  I was  not  gaining 
any,  merely  holding  my  own,  but  I realized  that  the 
guides  with  their  loaded  canoes  could  not  help  me  any. 
It  was  a case  of  ‘each  for  himself  and  the  devil  take  the 
hindmost,’  and  I seemed  very  much  behind.  But  I knew 
something  about  a canoe  and  in  keeping  her  head 
to  the  wind  I had  not  had  much  time  to  look  at  anything 
but  the  canoe  and  the  waves,  but  in  a momentary  lull  I 
looked  for  the  guides  but  could  not  see  anything  of  them. 
Either  the  waves  hid  them  or  they  had  reached  the  island, 
while  I was  farther  off  than  when  the  squall  first  struck 
us.  I knew  the  canoe  would  soon  fill  in  the  trough  of  the 
sea,  so  kept  steadily  pulling,  pulling,  always  pulling.  It 
seemed  as  if  my  arms  would  be  pulled  out,  when  suddenly 
there  came  the  guides  right  in  front,  coming  down  upon 
me  with  the  speed  of  the  wind.  They  ran  down  and 
rounded  up  on  the  lee  side,  and  somehow  I never  could 
tell  how  they  fastened  a long  rope  to  the  bow  thwart  of 
my  canoe,  then  pushed  off  and  were  soon  paddling  with 
that  long,  strong  swinging  stroke  which  the  Maine  guide 
knows  so  well.  Oh  what  a relief  to  lay  down  my  paddle 
and  "rest  my  weary  arms!  Soon  we  were  back  in  the  lee 
of  the  island  and  ashore,  where  they  had  hastily  unloaded 
one  canoe  and  fastened  a small  rope  to  the  stern  to  act 
as  a tow  line.  Camping  there  for  the  night  we  finished 
the  distance  to  Churchill  Lake,  where  I had  decided  to 
make  my  home  camn  and  let  Dave  return  to  Kineo. 
Looking  out  on  the  still  water  the  next  morning  one  could 
hardly  believe  it  possible  that  a small  lake  could  get  so 
rough.  ‘Those  white  squalls  are  rare  with  us,’  says  Dave, 
‘but  they  are  the  real  thing  when  they  do  come,  and  don’t 
you  forget  it.’  I never  shall. 

“Writing  a few  letters  that  night  to  be  taken  by  Dave, 
the  last  I should  send  out  of  the  woods,  made  me  feel 
that  now  indeed  I was  away  from  everything  to  remind 


410 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


[May  27,  1905. 


me  of  the  old  routine  of  business  and  city  life.  No  more 
dressing  for  dinner,  no  more  social  functions  to  attend 
but  just  my  own  inclination,  a little  fishing,  good  hearty 
food,  and  such  Johnny-cake  and  flap-jacks  as  Tom  could 
make,  and  long  nights  of  refreshing  sleep.  Such  sleep 
on  these  fresh  springy  beds  of  fir  balsam,  until  I felt  hke 
a young  lion.  Of  course  we  broke  the  monotony  of  being 
lazy  in  camp  by  short  trips  down  the  Allegash,  whcre  l 
learned  to  shoot  the  three-mile  rapids  of  Chase  s Carry 
and  to  pole  the  canoe  back  most  of  the  way  with  the  iron 
shod  pole.  Ah,  that  was  sport  indeed;  but  it  took  some 
considerable  persuasion  before  I got  Tom  to  sit  in  the 
bow  and  let  me  arm  him  down.  As  he  said,  It  s a d ffe 
ent  proposition  to  sit  in  the  bow  of  a canoe  down  there 
with  some  one  in  the  stern  that  you  do  not  place  much 
confidence  in.’  However,  beyond  a little  ducking  one  day, 
which  did  neither  of  us  any  harm,  and  a small  nole : m 
the  bow  of  mv  canoe,  no  harm  resulted  from  the  experi 
ment  This  with  chasing  cow  moose  round  m the  lake 
to  take  their  pictures— and  they  did  not  seem  to  want 
them  taken,  either,  they  would  not  stand— and  an  occa- 
sional try  for  a loon  or  great  northern  diver  made  up  the 
routine  of  our  life.  Soon  the  hunting  season  would  begin 
and  we  knew  we  should  have  to  get  to  work.  September 
was  drawing  to  a close  when  I was  tempted  to _ kill  a 
moose  in  spite  of  the  law,  but  remembering  my  father  s 
advice  and  what  Tom  had  said  m regard  to  shooting  m 
close  season,  I calmly  watched  a huge  bull  with  eleven 
points  on  a side  walk  away  to  the  woods,  Tom  saying, 
‘Never  mind,  Fred,  there  are  others.’  _ 

“One  rainy  afternoon  while  lying  m our  tent  where 
we  had  been  reading  and  being  tired,  my  eyes  were  fast- 
ened on  the  changing  foliage,  directly  in  front  of  the  tent, 
when  suddenly  across  my  line  of  vision  walked  a tre- 
mendous  animal  of  the  cat  species.  With  a startled  cry 
I was  on  my  feet.  ‘What’s  the  matter  with  you?  said 
Tom  ‘Look  here,  Tom,’  I said  as  quietly  as  1 could,  i 
just  saw  a large  gray-brownish  colored  cat  which  must 
have  been  nearly  two  feet  high  and  almost  four  feet  long, 
go  right  by  the  tent  down  toward  the  lake.  Well,  take 
your  rifle,  I’ll  take  the  ax,  and  we’ll  beat  the  woods  out 
to  the  point,  and  if  he  went  that  way  we  may  get  a shot, 
but  if  he  went  back  the  other  way  we  will  not  stand  any 
show  at  all.’  We  beat  the  narrow  neck  of  land  running 
out  into  the  lake  but  saw  nothing,  and  went  back  to  camp 
disappointed.  Soon  the  rain  ceased  falling.  Tom  said, 
‘Take  your  rifle  and  rod  and  we  will  go  fishing.  We  were 
skirting  along  in  shoal  water  on  the  lee  shore  to  he  out 
of  the  wind,  when  Tom  said,  ‘Fred,  put  down  the  paddle 
and  take  your  gun,  I believe  I can  see  your  cat.  He 
worked  the  canoe  round  till  it  pointed  directly  at  a small 
gray  object  at  the  foot  of  some  large  boulders  on  the 
shore.  Sure  enough,  it  proved  to  be  the  cat  sitting  on 
the  rocks  watching  us.  When  we  were  within  seventy-five 
yards  Tom  said,  ‘You  had  better  try  a shot,  I think  he  is 
getting  ready  to  vamoose.’  As  all  of  you  know  who  have 
ever  tried  it,  it’s  hard  shooting  from  a canoe,  but  by  good 
luck  I succeeded  in  hitting  him  the  first  shot,  and  with 
one  bound  in  the  air  he  fell  dead.  We  found  on  reaching 
shore  that  it  was  a large-sized  Canadian  lynx  weighing, 


Tom  said,  about  forty  pounds. 

“After  preparing  the  skin  so  it  would  keep,  we  started 
out  on  Sept.  29  for  a two  weeks’  hunting  trip  to  Soaper 
Pond,  which  is  about  seven  or  eight  miles  from  Churchill 
Lake.  Arriving  there  we  cleaned  up  the  little  camp  we 
found  on  the  shore  of  the  pond.  It  was  about  nine  by 
ten  feet  in  size,  door  about  3^2  feet  high,  and  had  one 
small  square  of  glass  eight  by  ten  inches  for  a window. 
However,,  it  answered  our  purpose  and  was  very  comfort- 
able. On  the  first  night  of  October  Tom  called  in  one 
small  bull,  but  as  he  said  it  was  a poor  specimen  we  did 
not  bother  with  it.  The  first  week  we  saw  nine  bulls  and 
lots  of  cows,  but  none  of  their  heads  suited  me. 

“On  the  9th  day  of  October  wre  found  a. herd  of  caribou 
on  Upper  Soaper  and  I succeeded  in  killing  a good  bull 
having  seventeen  points  on  a horn.  We  took  the  head, 
hide  and  a small  piece  of  the  loin.  Tom  took  off  one 
hind  quarter  and  hung  it  up  on  a.  spring  pole  in  case  we 
should  get  out  of  meat.  The  killing  of  that  caribou 
brought  me  luck  indeed,  for  going  there  again  on  the 
afternoon  of  the  nth  to  call  moose,  we  found  that  a bear 
had  found  the  carcass,  and  not  satisfied  with  that  he  had 
even  stolen  the  quarter  of  meat  we  had  hung  on  the 
spring  pole.  There  was  the  mark  of  his  claws  on  the  tree 
where  he  had  taken  hold  of  it  to  bend  it  down.  We  soon 
found  where  he  carried  the  carcass,  in  under  a leaning 
cedar  tree  on  the  edge  of  the  woods.  Tom  carried  the 
canoe  up  to  within  twenty  yards  of  the  carcass,  set  it 
down  on  the  ground,  spread  our  blankets  in  the  middle, 
then  trimmed  out  some  of  the  underbrush  with  his  knife 
and  stuck  the  branches  in  the  ground  around  the  canoe. 
‘It’s  going  to  be  a fine  night  to  call.  If  he  don’t  come 
down  to  feed  before  midnight  he  won’t  come  to-night; 
and  we’ll  try  the  moose,’  Tom  explained.  Just  as  the  sun 
was  sinking  behind  the  trees  we  heard  back  on  the  ridge 
the  unmistakable  sound  of  some  heavy  animal  coming 
down  the  steep  hill.  ‘Quiet  now  and  into  the  canoe,’  said 
Tom.  I have  often  thought  since  that  that  bear  must 
have  been  foolish,  for  he  came  within  a hundred  feet  of 
us  and  stopped  and  began  to  snuffle  as  though  he  saw 
there  was  something  wrong.  He  circled  to  the  right,  then 
to  the  left,  snuffling  all  the  time,  trying  to  smell  us,  and 
always  just  out  of  sight,  then  back  to  where  he  was  at 
first.  ‘Keep  quiet,’  whispered  Tom,  ‘if  he  don’t  smell  us, 
and  I don’t  believe  he  can,  for  there  isn’t  a breath  of  air 
moving,  he  will  come  out.  Don’t  shoot  until  I tell  you, 
and  remember,  you  have  got  to  shoot  low  in  the  night  or 
you’ll  overshoot.’  Well,  that  bear  trod  around  there  for 
more  than  two  hours,  never  coming  in  sight,  then  lay 
down  and  went  to  sleep.  Now,  boys,  you  may  think  I 
am  rubbing  it  in,  but  I assure  you  it’s  exactly  what  hap- 
pened. That  bear  lay  there  within  one  hundred  feet  of 
us  and  slept  for  more  than  three  hours,  and  he  actually 
snored;  snored  as  bad  as  any  man  I ever  heard.  Once 
I wanted  to  try  and  creep  up  to  him  and  try  and  get  a 
shot,  but  Tom  said  no.  There  we  sat  in  that  canoe  shiv- 
ering with  the  cold,  our  backs  cramped  from  leaning 
against  the  thwart,  until  suddenly  he  awoke  and  we  could 
almost  hear  him  yawn  and  stretch  himself.  Then,  as  if 
he  had  forgotten  the  danger  that  threatened  him,  he 
walked  boldly  down  to  the  carcass,  and  rising  on  his 
hind  feet  stood  upright  like  a man,  looking  directly  at  us. 
I had  him  covered,  and  at  Tom’s  low  whispered  ‘Now,’ 
pulled  the  trigger.  The  scream  he  uttered  told  Tom  I 


had  hit  him.  ‘All  out,  come  on!’,  cried  Tom,  and  I after 
him.  Tom  sprang  upon  the  leaning  cedar  and  scratched 
a match  and  held  it  in  his  hands  to  throw  the  light  for- 
ward into  the  bushes  where  we  could  hear  him  groaning,, 
but  he  lost  his  balance  and  fell  almost  on  top  of  the  bear,, 
which  was  trying  to  drag  himself  away  with  both  hips- 
broken.  ‘Don’t  shoot,’  cried  Tom,  and  in  a moment  he 
stood  beside  me  with  his  coat  torn  across  the  left  arm 
where  bruin  had  made  one  swipe  at  him  as  he  went  down. 
By  a torchlight  of  birch  bark  I finished  the  bear,  and 
found  I had  got  a fine  black  bear  weighing  about  200 
pounds  and  having  an  elegant  skin. 

“Later  I secured  two  very  good  buck  deer  heads,  and 
although  we  saw  sixteen  bulls  I did  not  secure  a head.  As. 
it  then  was  getting  late  in  October  and  the  chances  were 
every  day  growing  less  for  calling  moose,  we  decided  to 
go  back  to  the  home  camp  at  Churchill  and  break  camp 
and  go  home.  Spending  only  one  night  at  camp,  we  were 
up  for  breakfast  before  daylight,  and  everything  was 
packed  for  an  early  start  for  civilization.  Going  down 
to  the  canoe  landing  with  a load,  Tom  all  at  once  dropped 
his  bundles  and  said,  ‘There’s  a woman  coming  from 
somewhere.  I heard  her  voice.’  Sure  enough,  in  a mo- 
ment a canoe  broke  through  the  dense  fog,  which  was 
rising  from  the  water,  and  in  it  were  two  men  and  a 
woman.  It  proved  to  be  Dr.  M.  and  wife,  of  Boston,, 
who,  with  their  guide  from  some  southern  part  of  the 
State,  were  making  the  Allegash  trip.  The  doctor  said 
he  had  been  told  one  could  make  the  trip  and  stop  at 
camps  and  houses  each  night,  so  he  was  without  tents, 
and  had  but  little  provisions.  Thanking  us  for  our  offer 
to  help  him  as  much  as  we  could,  he  asked  us  if  we  could 
tell  him  anything  of  Chase’s  Carry,  and  if  we  thought  he 
and  guide  could  run  the  load.  The  guide  had  a worried 
look.  Tom  said,  ‘Well,  mister,  it’s  a pretty  nasty  place 
down  there  as  you’ll  find,  but  if  your  guide  knows  his 
business  he  will  get  you  through  all  right,  barring  acci- 
dents. In  low  water,  in  August,  one  can  go  down  there 
and  pick  up  whole  kits,  from  knives  and  forks  to  rifles 
and  fly  rods,  where  people  have  swamped.’  Thinking 
he  had  roasted  the  guide  enough  he  said,  ‘Sir,  if  that  load 
belonged  to  me  and  I did  not  want  to  give  her  a cold 
bath  I would  walk  her  down  the  path  you’ll  find  on  the 
right  hand  side  of  the  river;  and  then  if  you  don’t  think 
your  guide  can  get  down  alone  you  can  walk  back  and 
help  him.’  The  doctor’s  wife  seemed  pleased  about  some- 
thing at  about  that  time.  We  watched  them  off  with  a 
few  words  of  advice  to  the  doctor;  and  for  a good- 
natured  fling  at  the  guide,  Tom  said,  ‘Don’t  feel  so  bad, 
old  man,  the  first  three  miles  is  the  worst.’ 

“Three  days  it  took  us  to  get  back  to  Kineo  again. 
Then  back  to  old  New  York,  for  which  I think  we  all 
have  an  affection,  bad  as  she  uses  us  sometimes.  And 
that,  boys,  finishes  the  account  of  my  trip  to  Maine.” 
There  was  silence  for  a few  monents  while  all  seemed 
to  be  thinking,  until  Sam  said,  “Well,  boys,  I am  going 
to  Maine.”  “So  am  I,”  said  Joe,  “and  we’re  obliged  to 
you,  Fred,  for  telling  us  about  it.”  “Don’t  mention  it, 
boys,  and  I wish  you  as  good  luck  as  I had,  and  now  I 
must  be  going.  Good  night.”  J.  H.  B. 


“Yes,  but  after  we  have  sold  our  hides  and  have  stocked 
up  for  the  next  month,  we  don’t  have  many  $30  left.” 
What  they  did  have  left  would  be  likely  to  be  divided 
between  firewater  and  a monte  bank.  I did  not  tell  him 
so,  though. 

“You  won’t  follow  uo  these  wounded  buffalo,  will  you?” 
“No;  what  is  the  use?  They  will  run  half  a day  before 
they  drop.” 

These  men  had  about  250  hides  on  hand  now.  About 
$200  worth  when  I ~ot  to  Fort  Elliott,  $50  for  each  man 
for  a hard  month’s  work.  The  skin  hunters  had  a hard 
life  of  it  and  often  finished  it  with  their  boots  on  at  the 
conclusion  of  a drunken  row.  Their  greatest  fear  was  of 
hostile  Indians,  they  had  a far  more  dangerous  enemy 
than  the  Indian — the  post  trader’s  whiskey. 

Cabia  Blanco. 


Game  Wardens  and  Collusion. 

Portland,  Ind.,  May  ig.^Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 
Certain  remarks  in  your  editorial  under  the  heading 
“Moieties  for  Protectors,”  caused  me  to  smile.  I have 
had  some  experience  with  game  wardens  in  their  native 
element,  and  there  is  more  or  less  inclination  to  graft,  the 
same  as  in  other  lines  of  business.  Those  who  frequent 
the  game  sections  are  well  aware  of  the  temptations  and 
inclinations  in  that  direction.  I am  inclined  to  the  opin- 
ion that  very  little  game  is  smuggled  without  collusion 
with  some  so-called  game  warden.  I have  met  both  the 
good  and  the  bad,  also  the  indifferent.  A big  fat  deputy 
sat  in  our  tent  on  the  occasion  of  one  of  our  last  trips  to 
the  Upper  Peninsula  of  Michigan,  and  told  us  of  taking 
$25  from  a party  the  year  previous  and  allowing  them 
to  ship  five  deer  out.  He  said  “it  was  only  $5  apiece.” 
But  he  had  an  assistant  where  our  train  stopped  before 
crossing  the  State  line  and  we  did  not  bite.  He  also 
offered  to  sell  us  some  venison,  which  was  contrary  to 
law.  Last  fall,  when  two  deputies  came  on  to  us  before 
we  had  tied  our  coupons  on  the  four  deer  we  had  hung 
up,  placed  us  under  arrest  and  confiscated  our  game,  then 
staid  to  parley,  the  first  thing  we  thought  of  was  money, 
and  one  of  our  party  in  response  to  that  thought  said 
“don’t  give  them  a cent.”  . While  I am  pursuaded  that 
there  are  honorable  men  acting  as  game  wardens,  I would 
not  for  a moment  think  it  possible  there  was  no  excep- 
tion to  the  rule.  The  tip  has  led  to  graft,  until  a divi- 
sion of  the  spoil  is  found  in  the  woods  as  well  as  in  the 
city.  . . C.  W.  Cunningham. 

[This  is  based  on  an  apparent  misconstruction  of  what 
we  wrote.  We  did  not  say  that  there  are  not  dishonest 
wardens,  but  that  under  the  New  York  system  of  sharing 
in  the  penalties  recovered  it  was  not  practicable  for  war- 
dens to  be  in  collusion  with  law  breakers  for  the  purpose 
of  making  business  for  themselves  and  profiting  by  a 
division  of  the  recoveries  after  court  proceedings. 

There  are,  of  course,  unfaithful  and  dishonest  wardens ; 
but  then  let  us  not  forget  that  there  are  others  who  are 
uncompromisingly  honest  and  inflexibly  straight.] 


The  Skin  Hunters  of  the  Plains* 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

Reading  Charles  Aubrey’s  account  of  the  buffalo  set 
me  to  thinking  again  of  the  white  skin  hunters  and  their 
wasteful  methods.  Their  manner  of  killing  them  gave 
them  about  one  animal  out  of  every  three  that  they  killed, 
the  wolves  got  the  other  two.  The  buffalo  guns  they 
used  (“as  heavy  as  a crowbar”  well  describes  them),  with 
their  bottle-neck  50  caliber  shells,  would  kill  a buffalo  at 
1,500  yards,  if  it  hit  him  where  he  could  be  killed;  but 
often  it  did  not. 

I was  . coming  from  the  antelope  hills  on  my  way  to 
Fort  Elliott  one  hot  afternoon  in  June  when  I overtook 
four  skin  hunters  mounted  on  rather  poor  Texas  ponies. 
They  were  out  after  buffalo  that  could  here  be  seen  in 
small  herds  grazing  in  all  directions.  There  were  half 
a dozen  hunters  in  sight.  These  men  had  a camp  with 
wagons  miles  from  here  on  some  stream  where  there  was 
water.  Only  one  of  them  had  a buffalo  gun,  the  rest  had 
Winchesters.  They  would  do  the  driving,  he  the  shoot- 
ing, and  in  a short  time  after  this  he  did  it.  The  nearest 
buffalo,  about  fifty  of  them,  were  grazing  off  to  our  right 
and  front  about  a mile  away.  The  drivers  went  for  them 
while  the  shooter  and  I kept  on  to  where  the  buffalo 
would  be  likely  to  pass ; and  getting  there  he  and  I staked 
out  our  horses,  while  he  took  his  stand  in  a buffalo 
wallow.  He  wanted  me  to  take  a stand  here  also ; I had  a 
Marlin  rifle,  but  I told  him  that  I only  did  my  shooting 
from  the  saddle,  his  .method  was  too  wasteful ; and  lying 
down  behind  him  I prepared  to  take  in  this  show.'  I had 
seen  others  like  it  before.  The  buffalo,  when  started,  ran 
past  us  about  500  yards  away  and  the  hunter  opened  on 
them,  firing  at  least  a dozen  shots  before  the  last  of  them 
were  out  of  range. 

He  got  three,  and  I was  surprised  at  him  getting  so 
many,  the  only  spot  in  which  they  could  be  hit  to  kill 
instantly  could  be  more  than  covered  with  the  rim  of  one 
of  our  hats,  there  was  small  cuance  of  his  killing  them 
there,  while  they  were  on  the  dead  run  500  yards  away; 
yet  every  shot  he  fired  no  doubt  hit  a buffalo  somewhere’. 
These  big  balls  going  through  too  far  back  would  kill 
the  animal  in  time. 

“Well,  you  have  three  out  of  a dozen.  The  other  nine 
are  lost  to  you,”  I told  him.  “Why  don’t  you  men  run 
those  buffalo?  I could  have  got  six  out  of  that  bunch 
with  this  horse  of  mine  and  might  not  have  fired  over 
six  shots  to  get  them,  either.” 

“Oh,  we  can’t  run  them  on  these  horses  we  have.  It  is 
well  enough  for  you  fellows  to  talk  of  running  them.  If 
we  had  some  one  to  buy  us  $200  horses,  then  get  us  an- 
other like  him  as  soon  as  we  had  killed  up  the  first  one 
then  we  could  run  them.” 

“You  have  a curious  idea  about  us  and  our  horses  This 
horse  of  mine  cost  $135.  The  highest  that  is  paid  for  any 
of  them  is  $150,  and  not  many  of  them  cost  that  much. 
And  as  for  the  killing  him  up,  I take  mighty  good  care 
not  to  do  it;  if  I did  I would  not  run  many  buffalo  on 
the  plug  that  would  -be  given  me  the  next  time.  If  I 
were  in  this  business  I would  have  at  least  two  good 
Indian  buffalo  ponies ; they  can  be  got  for  $30  a piece  all 
yoq  want  of  them,”  ’ 


The  Canadian  Camp  Club. 


The  directors  of  the  Canadian  Camp  Club  dined  at 
the  Metropolitan  Club,  this  city,  on  the  evening  of 
Thursday,.  May  18,  and  elected  officers  for  the  permanent 
organization.  The  club  was  organized  largely  through 
the  personal  efforts  of  Dr.  G.  Lenox  Curtis,  of  New 
York.  Dr.  Curtis  founded  and  organized  the  Canadian 
Camp,  of  which  the  club  is  an  off-shoot. 

The  camp  is  purely  a social  body,  and  has  a member- 
ship of  over  700  of  America’s  principal  sportsmen  and 
authors  of  woods  life.  The  camp  has  proved  a pro- 
nounced social.  success.  Its  dinners,  which  consist 
principally  of  big  game,  have  won  a world  wide  repu- 
tation.. The  officers  elected  for  one  year  are: 

President,  Dr.  Robert  T.  Morris;  First  Vice-Presi- 
dent, Charles  Wake;  Second  Vice-President,  Dr.  G. 
Lenox  Curtis;  Secretary,  James  A.  Cruikshank;  Treas- 
urer,_ Girard  N.  Whitney.  The  Executive  Committee  i 
consists  of  Dr.  G.  Lenox  Curtis,  Chairman;  L.  O.  Arm- 
strong, James  A.  Cruikshank,  W.  T.  McCulloch,  Dr. 
Robert  T.  Morris,  Charles  Wake,  Girard  N.  Whitney,  ' 
and  the  Hon.  Julius  H.  Seymour. 

The  Canadian  Camp  Club  now  has  some  250  members, ) 
the  limit  being  500  members.  It  has  secured  a tract  of 
land  extending  from  Hudson  Bay  to  Lake  Huron,  a 
distance  of  600  miles,  most  of  which  is  through  virgin 
and  unexplored  territory,  and  abounds  in  large  game 
and  fish.  This  is  the  largest  club  of  its  kind  in  existence 
and  its  members  are  selected  from  among  the  best 
known  sportsmen,  naturalists  and  explorers.  The  club 
is  erecting  camps  throughout  the  entire  tract  at  inter- 
vals of  a day’s  journey.  Its  principal  camps  are  situated 
on  the  picturesque  Mississaga  River  near  Slate  Falls  1 
and  at  the  watershed  near  Winnebago. 


Cold  Storage  in  Illinois. 

One  would  hardly  look  for  anything  pertinent  to  th 
game  supply  in  a legislative  measure  entitled  “An  act  t< 
regulate  public  warehouses  and  the  warehousing  and  in 
spection  of  grain”;  but  an  Illinois  bill  to  amend  a law  o 
that  title  contains  a provision,  which  if  it  becomes  law 
will  have  a direct  effect  upon  the  cold  storage  of  game 
This  is  a requirement  that  the  warehouse  man  shall  01 
or  before  Tuesday  morning  of  each  week  make  out  am 
keep  posted  in  a conspicuous  place  in  the  office  of  hi 
warehouse  a statement  of  the  amount  of  butter,  eggs 
game  and  poultry  in  store  in  his  warehouse  at  the  clos 
of  business  on  the  previous  Saturday,  setting  forth  par 
ticulars  of  when  the  game  was  placed  in  storage  and  th 
kind  of  game.  A similar  statement  must  be  sworn  to  b 
one  of  the  principal  owners  and  the  bookkeeper,  and  fur 
nished  to  the  warehouse  inspector.  A further  provisio 
requires  that  there  shall  be  furnished  daily  to  the  in 
spector  a correct  statement  of  the  amount  of  each  kin 
and  inspected  grade  of  butter,  eggs,  game  or  poultry  re 
ceived  on  the  previous  day,  also  of  the  amount  delivere 
or  shipped  by  the  warehouseman  on  the  previous  dai 
and  in  addition,  there  shall  be  furnished  the ‘inspector  an 
further  information  that  may  be  necessary  to  enable  hir 
to  keep  a full  and  correct  record  of  all  butter  eees  mm 
or  poultry  received  and  delivered,  - ' ^ 


May  27,  1905.] 


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British  vs.  American  Casters. 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

In  your  issue  of  April  1 last  Mr.  E.  Lipkau  contrib- 
uted a short  but  timely  and  interesting  note  on  ringed 
flies,  setting  forth  their  lasting  qualities  and  general 
superiority  over  the  mounted  or  snelled  flies  commonly 
used  by  American  anglers.  I fully  indorse  what  he  says. 

I have  all  my  large  flies  tied  that  way  now  and  find  them 
more  lasting.  I have  a considerable  number  on  hand 
that  are  as  safe  as  the  day  they  came  from  the  skillful 
hands  of  old  John  Benn  some  seasons  ago.  One  or  two 
of  my  western  friends  in  discussing  the  relative  merits 
of  the  two  methods,  have  advanced  the  argument  that 
leaders  are  quite  as  subject  to-  decay  as  the  snells  of 
mounted  flies,  and  while  that  is  true  in  main,  they  have, 

I think,  overlooked  the  effect  of  the  steel  shank  or  snell. 
Other  and  less  skilled  fly  casters  have  objected  to  the 
use  of  ringed  flies  as  being  less  convenient,  but  their  ob- 
jection comes  from  a lack  of  familiarity  with  the  knots 
used  in  fastening  the  unlooped  end  of  leader  to  the  eye 
or  ring  of  flies.  In  most  cases  this  objection  has  been 
removed  by  showing  them  the  simple  knots  most  com- 
monly used  by  the  English  and  American  experts. 

I take  it  that  the  American  dealers  aim  to  supply  what 
their  customers  demand  and  consequently  they  carry 
their  flies  mounted  as  there  is  so  little  demand  for  the 
other  style.  True  it  is,  that  very  few  of  even  the  largest 
dealers  in  tackle  in  the  United  States  carry  any  ringed 
flies.  In  Canada,  where  most  local  anglers  are  familiar 
with  “eyed  flies”  and  the  stocks  are  principally  obtained 
from  England  you  will  usually  find  even  the  smaller  shops 
to  be  well  supplied,  even  to  the  gnats  and  midgets.  The 
angler  who  needs  or  wishes  to  economize  in  his  tackle 
will  find  the  ringed  flies  of  advantage.  I have  not  found 
that  the  ring  or  eye  of  fly  or  the  knot  used  in  fastening 
the  leader  offers  more  resistance  to  the  water  or  other- 
wise detracts  from  their  use.  If  the  fly  be  well  and  prop- 
erly secured  to  the  leader  or  temporary  snells  it  offers 
no  more  resistance  to  the  water  than  those  that  are 
mounted  at  the  time  the  fly  is  laid  on. 

While  I fully  agree  with  Mr.  Lipkau  in  what  he  says 
of  the  economy  and  safety  of  ringed  flies,  he  makes  one 
statement  in  his  note  which,  I think,  is  open  to  question 
and  which  I should  like  to  see  discussed  in  your  columns. 
He  says,  “We  are  much  behind  the  English  fly  caster  in 
the  art  of  fly  casting.”  Now  are  we?  I cannot  write 
of  the  English  fly  caster  at  home,  for  I have  not  fished  in 
Great  Britain.  My  experience  in  fishing  with  “our  Brit- 
ish cousins”  has  been  confined  to-  waters  in  eastern  and 
western  Canada  and  in  California  and  Oregon.  On  waters 
there  it  has  been  my  very  good  fortune  to  fish  with  a good 
many  English  and  Scotch  fishermen,  most  of  whom  were 
“royal  good  chaps”  and  keen  sportsmen  who  were  “doing 
the  States  and  Canada  for  fish  and  game,”  or  who  resid- 
ed in  Canada,  and  I have  not  found  that  any  of  them 
excelled  and  that  but  one  or  two  equalled  many  of  my 
eastern  and  western  friends  in  the  art  of  fly  casting.  In 
the  first  place,  their  rods  do  not  compare  with  our  best. 
They  are  heavier  and  though  much  longer  do  not  handle 
the  line  nearly  as  well.  A few  of  the  most  expert  English 
fly  casters  I have  met  have  used  Leonard  rods,  but  even 
these  did  not  have  the  command  of  their  cast  that  our 
best  anglers  have.  When  it  comes  to  distance  casting 
with  the  back  cast  unobstructed  they  get  out  a good  line 
and  place  their  flies  well.  Where  the  back  cast  is  limited 
by  trees  or  rocks  or  where  a cast  must  be  made  to  place 
the  flies  well  under  overhanging  trees  or  brush,  the  Eng- 
lish casters  have  not  shown  up  well  in  comparison  with 
many  Americans  with  whom  I have  fished. 

The  average  English  fisherman  you  meet  on  American 
waters  uses  a very  large  fly,  mostly  of  the  English  salmon 
style.  They  are  too  heavy  to  be  placed  lightly  on  the 
water,  they  are  essentially  flies  for  sinking  and  cannot  be 
delicately  dropped  and  floated  on  the  surface.  In  fishing 
heavy  waters  like  the  McCloud  in  California,  the  Rogue 
in  Oregon  and  the  Thompson  and  Kootney  in  British 
Columbia,  and  Nipigon  in  Ontario,  where  sunken  flies 
are  often  resorted  to,  the  American  casters  use  much 
smaller  flies  than  the  Englishmen  I have  met  on  these 
waters.  In  my  experience  the  former  have  been  more 
successful,  probably  because  of  their  superior  casting  and 
because  by  the  use  of  smaller  flies  they  were  enabled 
to  cover  all  the  more  quiet  stretches  with  their  cast  and 
yet  sink  them  in  swift  water.  I should  like  to  hear  from 
others  of  your  readers  on  this  subject,  and  it  would  be 
interesting  to  learn  from  Mr.  Lipkau  why  he  thinks  “we 
are  much  behind  the  English  fly  caster  in  the  art  of  fly 
casting.” 

Let  me  tell  you  of  a tribute  to  the  expertness  of  some 
of  my  western  fly-casting  friends  and  American  fly  cast- 
ers generally  which  was  paid  them  by  the  most  expert 
English  fly  caster  and  fisherman  it  has  been  my  pleasure 
to  know. 

Some  seasons  ago,  in  company  with  a party  of  Cali- 
fornia friends,  I met  at  Pelican  Bay,  in  southern  Oregon, 
an  Englishman  who  outwardly  was  of  the  Lawrence 
D’Orsay  stamp  and  who  mentally  reflected  all  of  the 
sterling  qualities  of  that  most  gentlemanly  and  accom- 
plished actor.  Not  having  to  play  a part  written  by 
Thomas  he  was  less  heavy  than  the  Earl  of  Pawtucket, 
we  laughed  with  and  not  at  him,  and  found  him  an  ex- 
cellent fly  caster  and  fisherman.  Though  he  was  more 
or  less  reserved  and  very  deliberate,  he  was  “a  royal  good 
chap,”  direct  and  pleasant,  and  we  all  liked  him  from  the 
first.  The  fishing  in  the  placid  waters  of  Pelican  Bay  is 
all  done  from  a boat,  and  it  is  usually  the  custom  for  two 
fishermen  to  go  out  from  the  lodge  in  each  boat,  taking 
“turn  and  turn  about”  in  casting  and  handling  the  boat. 
As  our  party  was  odd  in  number  we  were  only  too  glad 
“to  split  a boat  with  him.”  He  proved  a welcome  sub- 
stitute for  the  average  boatman  one  can  get  there.  He 
did  his  “trick  at  the  ash”  well  and  proved  easily  that  he 
was  an  accomplished  fisherman,  and  he  was  reckoned  one 
of  our  party  thereafter,  A few  evenings  after  our  first 


meeting  he  was  seated  on  the  well  screened  porch  of  the 
very  artistic  and  comfortable  rustic  cottage  which  our 
party  occupied  at  the  Lodge,  when  some  one  asked  him 
how  he,  an  Englishman,  came  to  be  using  a Leonard  rod, 
a Mills  tapered  line  and  an  Edward  vom  Hofe  reel.  In 
reply  he  told  us  that  some  years  ago,  while  the  guest  of 
an  English  friend,  at  the  latter’s  salmon  lodge  in  Scot- 
land, he  met  Mr.  J.  R.  Moore,  of  New  York,  who  was 
one  of  the  same  house  party.  Mr.  Moore,  he  continued, 
was  “the  most  remarkable  fly  fisherman  he  had  ever 
knocked  up  against.  His  use  of  his  cast  and  his  method 
of  playing  and  killing  the  fish  he  struck  was  a revelation 
to  us  all.  None  of  us  had  ever  seen  so  clever  a caster. 
Mr.  Moore  was  at  that  time  using  a-  light  single- 
handed  split  cane  rod,  while  the  balance  were  using 
double  handed  rods.  He  was  the  first  fisherman  I had 
ever  seen  kill  a salmon  with  so  light  a single  handed  rod. 
I afterward  accompanied  Mr.  Moore  to  Norway  and 
‘fished  salmon’  with  him  there.  Mr.  Moore  very  cleverly 
coached  me  and  whatever  skill  I may  have  I owe  to  him. 
After  fishing  with  him  I changed  my  method.  On  Mr. 
Moore’s  return  to  New  York  he  sent  me  one  of  the  rods, 
lines  and  reels  I am  now  using,  and  I have  not  since  used 
any  other  makes.” 

Mr.  Moore  had  told  him  of  the  fishing  in  California, 
at  Pelican  Bay  and  the  Williamson  River  in  Oregon,  and 
had  asked  him  to  “come  out”  and  fish  them  with  him. 
Much  to  his  sorrow  Mr.  Moore  died  before  he  could  get 
over,  but  his  stories,  especially  those  of  the  Williamson, 
had  made  so  strong  an  impression  that  he  came  over  to 
the  States  to  fish  there.  As  it  was  the  good  fortune  of 
myself  and  one  other  of  our  party  to  have  known  Mr. 
Moore  well,  and  to  have  fished  many  Pacific  coast  waters 
with  him,  this  announcement  that  this  Englishman  had 
known  him  in  the  old  country  kept  us  all  up  to  a late 
hour  toasting  the  memory  and  relating  recollections  of 
that  much  traveled  and . interesting  fisherman. 

We  afterward  had  the  pleasure  of  showing  our  new 
friend  some  of  Mr.  Moore's  favorite  stretches  of  the  fa- 
mous Williamson  River.  Now  this  Englishman  repeated- 
ly declared  that  “Moore  was  and  you  chaps  are  much 
more  clever  with  your  rods  than  the  men  at  home,  and 
you  do  yourselves  a deal  better  in  tackle.” 

Mr.  Moore  was  my  friend  for  many  years,  and  he 
taught  me  many  “kinks”  that  old  Thad.  Norris  had 
taught  him  when  a boy.  Mr.  Moore  was  by  all  odds  the 
best  fly  fisherman  it  has  ever  been  my  good  fortune  to 
have  met.  He  had  fished  almost  all  the  waters  of  the 
world — and  that  as  our  English  friend  remarked,  was 
“a  big  order” — yet  he  often  said  that  the  best  English 
casters  he  had  met  did  not  compare  favorably  with  the 
best  of  American  anglers.  Mr.  Moore  had  better  com- 
mand of  his  flies  than  any  other  man  I have  fished  with. 
Probably  he  could  not  have  gone  on  to  a platform  at  a 
fly  casting  tournament  and  equalled  Leonard,  Mansfield 
or  Golcher,  but  out  on  a stream  he  was  a master.  I have 
never  fished  with  Mr.  Leonard  but  I have  fished  with 
Messrs.  Mansfield  and  Golcher  and  many  other  most 
skilled  fly  fishermen,  and  I think  Moore  placed  his  flies 
better  than  any. 

Let  us  hear  what  others  have  to  say  of  Mr.  Lipkau’s 
statement  that  “We  are  much  behind  the  English  fly  cast- 
ers in  the  art  of  fly  casting.”  Amigo. 

San  Francisco,  Cal.,  May  12. 


Suspended  Animation  in  Fishes* 

Editor  Forest  mid  Stream: 

As  an  old  sportsman  in  many  lands,  I take  great  in- 
terest in  two  articles  in  your  issue  of  May  13.  That  on 
salmon  by  Mr.  Edward  A.  Samuels,  and  that  on  the  Alas- 
kan blackfish,  by  my  old  fellow  sportsman  and  friend, 
Mr.  E.  T.  D.  Chambers. 

There  are  two  points  in  the  former,  first,  with  refer- 
ence to  the  hooked  jaw  of  the  salmon  male  fish.  Mr. 
Samuels  is  right  in  considering  that  this  is  used  for  a 
weapon  for  fighting.  Many  instances  have  occurred  of 
salmon  being  picked  up  with  their  sidles  all  scored  by 
these  beaks,  the  wounds  having  been  inflicted  by  an  an- 
tagonist at  spawning  time.  With  reference  to  Mr.  Sam- 
uels’ objection,  that  the  fleshy  tip  is  soft  and  velvety,  I 
have  frequently  noticed  that  male  fish  caught  in  English 
or  Scotch  rivers  at  “the  back  end,”  that  is,  in  September 
and  October,  have  had  the  “gib”  hard  and  horny  through- 
out at  that  season.  Mr.  Samuels  is  no  doubt  aware  that 
this  hook-like  appendage  frequently  drops  off,  or  is  worn 
off  by  the  fish  rubbing  on  stones ; but  it  grows  again  by 
the  mating  time.  Second,  with  reference  to  salmon  feed- 
ing in  fresh  water,  the  weight  of  evidence  is  now  in  favor 
of  their  doing  so  occasionally,  but  not  frequently. 

Only  one  instance,  other  than  that  of  a fish  taking  a 
trout  fly  made  to  resemble  a natural  insect,  has  come  un- 
der my  own  notice.  I was  once  with  a brother  and  a 
Scotch  “gillie”  named  Wragge  watching  some  salmon  in 
a clear  pool  in  a stream,  when  we  saw  one  which  had 
a small  eel  in  its  mouth.  It  took  a long  time  in  swallow- 
ing this  appetizing  morsel,  but  the  eel  gradually  disap- 
peared. 

An  instance  was  also  recorded,  about  a year  ago,  of  a 
salmon  which  was  caught  with  rod  and  line,  inside  which 
was  a recently  swallowed  roach.  This  was,  if  I remember 
correctly,  on  the  River  Avon,  in  the  south  of  England, 
and  the  roach  414  inches  in  length. 

Mr.  Chambers’  remarks  concerning  the  extraordinary 
vitality  of  the  frozen  blackfish  are  certainly  most  remark- 
able. One  feels  inclined  to  be  sorry  for  those  dogs,  whom 
he  mentions  as  only  being  made  aware  of  this  latent  ani- 
mation by  feeling  the  little  creatures  kicking  about  inside 
them,  with  the  result  that  they  lost  their  meal ! I have, 
however,  myself  frequently  witnessed  cases  of  this  sus- 
pended animation  in  fish,  although  in  a hot  climate,  like 
India,  not  a cold  one  like  Alaska.  When  at  Jubbulpore, 
in  the  central  province  of  India,  I,  in  several  successive 
seasons,  watched  the  natives  catching  enormous  quanti= 


ties  of  fish  in  baskets,  in  a shallow  pond  formed  merely 
of  rain  water;  the  bed  of  which  would  be  dry  and  as  hard 
as  iron  a fortnight  later,  while  in  the  great  succeeding 
heats  the  whole  surface  of  what  had  been  the  pond  was 
full  of  cracks  and  fissures  in  what  had  formerly  been 
mud. 

Upon  another  occasion,  just  at  the  commencement  of 
the  cold  weather,  I was  snipe  shooting  near  the  Grand 
Trunk  road  connecting  Delhi  with  Meerut,  over  several 
rushy  and  reedy  “j ’heels,”  also  in  the  process  of  drying 
up.  The  shallow  water,  where  there  was  any  left,  was 
full  of  small  fish,  while  near  the  edges  of  the  j’heels, 
where  it  had  already  almost  dried,  were  the  hoof-prints 
of  many  buffaloes.  In  some  of  these  remained  a little 
water,  in  others  liquid  mud,  but  in  each  of  those  hoof- 
prints  were  one  or  two  of  the  little  fishes,  sometimes  half 
or  three-quarters  buried  in  the  mud;  apparently  they 
were  burrowing.  Upon  the  last  occasion  that  I visited 
those  j’heels  all  the  water  had  gone.  There  were  no 
snipe  to  shoot  and  not  a fish  to  be  seen,  for  everything 
was  dry  and  hard  as  iron.  Yet  in  the  following  year’s 
rains,  as  in  the  case  of  the  pond  at  Jubbulpore,  those 
j’heels  would  again  be  full  of  fishes,  returned  from  the 
mud.  I could  give  you  a far  more  remarkable  instance 
of  suspended  animation  in  fish  life,  one  which  had  lasted 
not  for  one  year  only  but  for  untold  centuries,  but  fear 
that  I have  already  trespassed  too  much  upon  your  valu- 
able space.  Andrew  Haggard,  Lieut.-Col. 


Charles  Hallock's  Initiation. 

The  charming  story  of  his  initiation  in  the  art  of  fly- 
fishing is  told  by  Mr.  Hallock  in  his  “Fishing  Tourist,” 
a volume  which  is  one  of  the  classics  of  American 
angling  literature.  It  is  given  here  by  courtesy  of  the 
publishers,  Messrs.  Harper  & Bros.: 


It  is  now  twenty-six  years  since  I cast  my  first  fly 
among  the  green  hills  of  Hampshire  county,  Mass.  I 
was  a stripling  then,  tall  and  active,  with  my  young  blood 
bounding  through  every  vein,  and  reveling  in  the  full 
promise  of  a hardy  manhood.  My  whole  time  was  passed 
out  of  doors.  I scorned  a bed  in  the  summer  months. 
My  home  was  a tree-embowered  shanty  apart  from  the 
farm-house,  and  crowning  a knoll  around  whose  base 
wound  and  tumbled  a most  delectable  trout-brook.  Here 
was  the.  primary  school  where  I learned  the  first  rudi- 
ments of  a sportsman’s  education.  In  time  I came  to 
know  every  woodchuck  hole  in  the  township,  and  almost 
every  red  squirrel  and  chipmunk  by  sight;  every  log 
where  an  old  cock-partridge  drummed ; every  crow’s  nest, 
and  every  hollow  tree  where  a coon  hid  away.  I heard 
Bob  White  whistle  to  his  mate  in  June,  and  knew  where 
to  find  his  family  when  the  young  brood  hatched  out. 

I had  pets  of  all  kinds : tame  squirrels,  and  crows,  hawks, 
owls  and  coons.  All  the  live  stock  on  the  farm  were  my 
friends.  I rode  the  cows  from  pasture,  drove  a cosset 
four-in-hand,  jumped  the  donkey  off  the  bridge  to  the 
detriment  of  both  our  necks,  and  even  trained  a heifer 
so  that  I could  fire  my  shotgun  at  rest  between  her  bud- 
ding horns.  I learned  where  to  gather  all  the  berries, 
roots,  barks  and  “yarbs”  that  grew  in  the  woods ; and  so 
unconsciously  became  a naturalist  and  an  earnest  student 
of  botany.  As  to  fishing,  it  was  my  passion.  There  were 
great  lakes  that  reposed  in  the  solitude  of  the  woods,  at 
whose  outlets  the  hum  and  buzz  of  busy  sawmills  were 
heard,  and  whose  waters  were  filled  with  pickerel:  and, 
most  glorious  of  all,  there  were  mountain  streams,  foam- 
ing, purling,  eddying  and  rippling  with  a life  and  a dash 
and  a joyousness  that  made  our  lives  merry,  and  filled 
our  hearts  to>  overflowing  with  pleasure. 

Fly-fishing  was  in  its  infancy  then.  It  was  an  art 
scarcely  known  in  America  and  but  little  practised  in 
England.  The  progressive  school  of  old  Isaak  and  Kit 
North  had  but  few  graduates  with  honor.  We  boys,  my 
cousin  and  I,  had  little  conception  of  the  curious  devices 
of  feathers  and  tinsel  which  we  afterwards  learned  to 
use;  and  to  the  angling  fraternity  the  artifices  of  Thorn- 
dyke,  Stickler  and  Bethune  were  as  mysterious  as  the 
occult  . sciences  themselves.  We  used  simply  a wattle  and 
a worm,  and  whipped  the  trout  out  by  hundreds;  for  the 
. streams  fairly  teemed  with  them.  And  it  required  some 
little  skill  to  do.  it,  too — much  knowledge  of  the  haunts 
of  the  speckled  beauties,  much  caution  in  creeping  up  to 
the  more  exposed  pools,  v'here  a passing  shadow  would 
have  dashed  our  hopes  in  an  instant ; and  no  little  dexter- 
ity in  dropping  the  bait  quietly  out  of  sight  under  the 
bank,.  where  we  knew  a wary  trout  was  lurking.  What 
a thrill  there  was  when  the  expected  tug  came!  and  when 
we  had  him  hooked,  we  pulled  him  out  vi  et  armis.  No 
time  for  grace  or  parley.  It  was  purely  a test  of  strength 
between  tackle  and  gills.  We  did  not  understand  “play- 
ing a trout.”  And  yet  we  were  the  best  anglers  in  the 
village.  No  boys  could  hold  a candle  to  us.  We  caught 
bigger  fish  and  more  of  them..  We  knew  every  good 
place  in  the  stream.  There  was  the  old  log  just  at  the 
edge  of  the  woods,  the  big  hole  where  we  used  to  bathe, 
the  bridge  that  crossed  the  road,  the  rocky  ledge  at  the 
pond  where  there  was  a little  mill,  the  crossing-log  in 
the  ten-acre  pasture,  the  eddy  at  the  lower  falls,  and  so 
on  from  point  to  point,  through  devious  windings  and 
turnings,  away  down  stream  three  miles  or  more  to  the 
grist-mill — the  same  which  the  old  “Mountain  Miller” 
used  to  “tend”  in  days  gone  by. 

Ah!  those  were  halcyon  days.  No  railroads  disturbed 
the  quiet  seclusion  of  that  mountain  nook.  The  scream 
of  the  locomotive  was  not  heard  within  twenty-four  miles 
of  it.  Twice  a week  an  old-fashioned  coach  dragged 
heavily  up  the  hill  into  the  hamlet  and  halted  in  front°  of 
the  house  which  was  at  once  post-office,  tavern,  and  mis- 
cellaneous store — an  “ omnium  gatherum,”  as  our  friend 
Ives  had  it  in  our  college  days  at  Yale.  One  day  it 
brought  a passenger.  A well-knit,  wiry  frame  he  had 
and  features  stolid  and  denoting  energy  and  kindred 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


[May  2 7,  1905. 


qualities.  He  carried  a leather  hand-bag  and  a handful 
of  rods  in  a case.  The  village  quidnuncs  said  he  was  a 
surveyor.  He  allowed  he  was  from  Troy  and  had  “come 
to  go  a-fishing.”  From  that  stranger  I took  my  first  les- 
son in  fly-fishing. 

As  he  stood  upon  the  tavern  steps  he  gazed  across  the 
barren  waste  of  ground  to  the  meeting  house  opposite— 
the  same  meeting  house  where  my  revered  grandfather 
ministered  with  grace  for  forty  years — a meeting  house 
quaint  and  ancient,  rooster-crowned,  with  its  horse-block 
and  horse-sheds  at  hand,  and  its  square  pews  inside,  its 
lofty  galleries  and  pulpit,  its  deacon-seats  and  its  sound- 
ing-board, long  since  things  of  the  past.  He  gazed  and 
seemed  to  meditate,  then  shook  his  head  and  remarked, 
“'Po-morrow  will  be  Sunday.  I shall  have  to  wait  till  the 
following  day.  Sonny,  can  you  tell  me  if  there  is  any 
trout-fishing  about  here?”  Trout-fishing!  to  me  there 
was  magic  in  the  sound.  Of  course  my  Sunday-school 
lesson  lapsed  next  day.  Appetite  deserted  me— I even  re- 
fused the  golden  gingerbread  that  my  aunt  supplied  at 
noon  from  the  family  lunch-basket.  But  you  should  have 
seen  that  stranger  fish  on  Monday ! It  was  not  that  he 
took  so  very  many  fish,  but  the  way  in  which  he  did  it. 
In  the  first  place,  his  rod  was  so  constructed  in  different 
pieces  that  he  could  joint  it  together,  and  it  was  nicely 
varnished,  too,  and  stiffer  and  more  supple  than  our  long 
hickory  poles.  I did  not  see  what  kind  of  bait  he  used  • 
I didn’t  see  him  use  any— but  he  gave  a flourish  of  his 
arm,  and  tossed  his  line  every  time,  far,  far  beyond  the 
most  ambitious  attempts  of  ours;  and  nearly  every  time 
a fish  took  his  hook.  Big  fellows  they  were,  too,  I can 
tell  you.  We  always  knew  they  were  out  there  in  that 
deep  water  under  the  alders,  for  we  had  seen  them  break 
there,  often.  We  never  tried  to  fish  there;  we  could  not 
reach  them  from  this  side,  and  upon  the  other  the  bushes 
were  so  thick  it  was  useless  to  attempt  it.  All  day  long, 
while  fishing  with  him,  I employed  my  nicest  art.  I took 
only  a few  big  ones — any  dozen  of  his  would  have  out- 
weighed my  whole  string.  It  aggravated  me  awfully. 
He  said  I was  an  excellent  bait  fisher,  but  thought  I 
would  learn  to  prefer  a fly.  Before  he  went  away  he  gave 
me  some  instructions  and  a few  flies.  Since  then  I have 
always  used  a fly,  except  in  certain  contingencies. 


Canadian  Fishing* 


American  Anglers  are  Flocking  to  Canada. 

Almost  every  train  from  American  points  running  into 
New  Brunswick  and  the  Province  of  Quebec  carries  at 
this  time  a greater  or  less  number  of  sportsmen  on  their 
way  to  enjoy  the  spring  fishing  for  trout.  Under  ordi- 
nary circumstances  the  visitors  would  be  none  too  early 
in  arriving.  But  this  is,  so  far,  a very  late  and  backward 
season,  and  though  the  water  is  lower  than  usual  at  this 
time  of  the  year,  owing  to  the  absence  of  rain  during  the 
winter  and  the  very  gradual  thawing  of  the  snow,  it  is 
still,  like  the  atmosphere,  exceptionally  cold.  Fontinalis 
is  not,  therefore,  rising  very  freely  at  surface  lures_  as 
yet,  though  a couple  of  days’  warmth  would  do  the  trick. 
Trolling  and  bait-fishing  are  reported  good,  but  the  best 
of  the  spring  fly-fishing  is  yet  to  come  in  our  northern 
Canadian  waters.  A change  in  the  weather  may  be  ex- 
pected any  day  now,  but  so  disagreeably  cold  and  back- 
ward was  it  in  Quebec  during  the  greater  part  of  the 
third  week  of  May  that  New  England  anglers  who  ar- 
rived there  early  in  the  week  preferred  remaining  several 
days  in  their  comfortable  quarters  at  the  Chateau  Fron- 
tenac  to  an  immediate  departure  for  their  respective 
camps. 

Quite  a number  of  visitors,  besides  many  members  of 
Canadian  fishing  clubs  are  now  encamped  upon  their 
preserves  along  the  line  of  the  Quebec  and  Lake  St.  John 
Railway,  while  many  who  have  no  fishing  rights  of  their 
own  are  now  fishing  Lake  Edward  and  the  neighboring 
waters.  Not  many  reports  have  so  far  reached  Quebec  of 
the  success  of  the  fly-fishers,  though  at  the  outlet  of  Lake 
Kiskisink  there  has  already  been  some  very  fair  sport, 
and  the  next  few  days  is  likely  to  be  productive  of  any 
number  of  fish  stories. 

The  different  parties  of  American  sportsmen  who  have 
passed  through  Quebec  during  the  last  few  days  for  the 
spring  fishing  include  the  following : Samuel  Dodd, 

president  of  the  International  Silver  Company,  Meriden, 
Conn. ; ex-Governor  Chamberlain,  of  Connecticut ; C. 
Berry  Peets,  director  of  the  International  Silver  Com- 
pany; Frank  Furlong,  cashier  of  the  Hartford  National 
Bank;  Robert  M.  Wilcox,  the  husband  of  Mrs.  Ella 
Wheeler  Wilcox;  Judge  George  M.  Gunn,  Milford, 
Conn.;  General  Phelps,  of  New  Haven,  Conn.;  John  W. 
Coe,  of  Meriden,  Conn.,  vice-president  of  the  Meta- 
betchouan  Fish  and  Game  Club;  Francis  Stevenson  Coe 
and  Dr.  John  W.  Coe,  of  New  York.  Most  of  these  gen-, 
tlemen  are  now  at  the  club  house  of  the  Metabetchouan’ 
Fish  and  Game  Club,  which  controls  the  fishing  in  Lake 
Kiskisink  and  neighboring  waters,  as  well  as  a beautiful 
stretch  of  the  Metabetchouan  River. 

Before  the  end  of  the  month  it  is  expected  that  most 
of  the  club  houses  along  the  line  of  the  railway  will  be 
pretty  well  crowded  with  anglers  and  their  friends. 

To-day  (the  20th  of  May)  I have  a message  from  Lake 
St.  John,  telling  me  that  the  water  of  the  lake  is  in  good 
condition  for  ouananiche  fishing  and  that  the  residents 
there  are  taking  the  gamy  fish  very  freely  by  means  of 
such  coarse  bait  as  salt  pork  and  pieces  of  ouitouche 
or  chub.  My  experience  has  always  been  that  these  fish 
rise  very  freely  to  the  fly  in  the  bays  of  the  lake  and  the 
mouths  of  the  rivers,  at  least  a fortnight  earlier  than  the 
opening  of  the  season  in  the  Grand  Discharge,  and  I have 
had  excellent  sport  in  the  mouth  of  the  Ouiatchouan 
River  as  early  as  the  24th  of  May.  But  the  season  was 
an  earlier  one  that  year  than  the  present  spring  is.  Those 
who  care  to  try  this  sport  should  bring  large  size  flies 
with  them,  the  best  for  the  purpose  being  medium-sized 
salmon  flies  of  any  of  the  more  favorite  patterns. 

Another  Big  Fish  and  Game  Preserve. 

It  will  be  good  news  to  those  who  take  an  interest  in 
the  matter  of  forest,  fish  and  game  protection  to  learn 
that  another  very  large  preserve  has  just  been  created 
by  the  new  Minister  of  Lands,  Mines  and  Fisheries  of  the 
Province  of  Quebec,  the  Hon.  Adelard  Turgeon,  who 
succeeded  the  Hon.  S.  N.  Parent  in  that  position  a few 


weeks  ago.  The  new  preserve  is  over  2,500  square  miles 
in  extent,  or  in  the  neighborhood  of  a million  and  a half 
of  acres.  It  is  situated  in  the  very  heart  of  the  Gaspe 
Peninsula,  an  enormous  plateau  of  considerable  elevation, 
crowned  by  the  famous  Shick-Shock  Mountains,  and  cov- 
ered with  a luxuriant  growth  of  forest.  From  a glance  at 
the  map  of  this  part  of  Canada  it  will  quickly  be  seen  how 
essentia]  it  is  to>  the  protection  of  the  inland  fisheries  of 
the  Gaspe  country  that  the  forests  of  the  interior  should 
be  carefully  protected.  From  a dozen  to  twenty  large 
rivers  take  their  rise  in  or  near  these  mountains,  and  flow 
therefrom  in  every  direction  toward  the  sea,  those  run- 
ning toward  the  north  and  east  emptying  themselves 
into  the  Gulf  of  St.  Lawrence,  and  those  toward  the 
south  mingling  their  waters  with  those  of  the  Baie  des 
Chaleurs.  With  the  exception  of  the  Ristigouche  and  its 
tributaries,  these  rivers  include  almost  all  the  south  shore 
salmon  streams  of  any  value  in  the  Province  of  Quebec, 
and  many  important  trout  waters  as  well.  Among  them 
may  be  mentioned  the  Matane,  the  Cap  Chat,  the  Ste. 
Anne,  the  Magdalen,  the  Dartmouth,  the  York,  the  St. 
John,  the  Bonaventure,  the  Little  Cascapedia,  the  Grand 
and  Little  Pabos,  the  Grand  River,  the  Grand  Cascapedia, 
the  Nouvelle,  the  Escumenac  and  the  Caucupscull.  Many 
of  us  have  revisited  the  scenes  of  fishing  exploits  of  a 
number  of_  years  ago,  only  to  find  that  since  the  disap- 
pearance of  forests  we  were  unable  to  discover  the  brooks 
and  streams  in  which  we  fished  in  early  youth,  nothing 
now  being  observable  but  dry,  or  almost  dry,  beds,  partly 
grown  over  with  weeds.  It  is  true  that  there  is  no  imme- 
diate danger  to  be  apprehended  of  the  disappearance  of 
wood  and  water  from  the  Gaspe  Peninsula,  but  it  is  sure- 
ly the  part  of  prudence  to  take  precautionary  measures 
in  time,  especially  as  the  territory  in  question  is  about 
to  be  opened  up  by  a railway.  Should  the  sources  of  the 
valuable  rivers  already  mentioned  become  denuded  of 
forest  growth,  the  natural  result  would  be  disastrous 
floods  in  the  spring,  owing  to  the  too  rapid  thaw  of  the 
exposed  snow,  nearJy  dry  streams  in  summer,  the  carry- 
ing away  of  the  soil  from  the  declivities  in  immense  quan- 
tities by  the  freshets,  and  finally  the  transformation  of  the 
whole  country  into  a desert  waste.  All  these  possibilities 
are  fully  dealt  with  in  the  report  of  the  special  officer 
of  Mr.  Turgeon’s  department — Mr.  Hall — in  accordance 
with  which  the  reserve  in  question  has  been  created.  Mr. 
Hall  supported  his  recommendation  with  the  following 
reference  to  the  fish  and  game  of  the  new  preserve : 

“As.  a matter  secondary  in  importance  only  to  the  pre- 
servation of  the  forests  and  water  supplv,  I would  re- 
mark that  the  said  territory  furnishes  a magnificent  op- 
portunity to  create  a hunting  and  fishing  reserve,  which 
would  be  of  the  greatest  possible  annual  value  to  the  resi- 
dents. Were  this  tract  properly  protected,  I venture  to 
say  that  in  a comparatively  short  time  it  would  become 
as  well  patronized  by  sportsmen  as  the  northern  part  of 
the  State  of  Maine  is  to-day,  and  we  are  all  familiar  with 
the  statistics  respecting  those  interests  there,  since  it  re- 
quires more  than  six  figures  to  represent  the  direct  and 
indirect  revenue  annually  derived  from  this  source.” 

Sportsmen  will  be  glad  to  know  that  they  are  not  to  be 
kept  out  of  the  new  reserve.  Neither  resident  nor  non- 
resident sportsmen  will,  however,  in  all  probability  be 
under  some  Government  restrictions  as  to  payment  of 
license  fees,  for  hunting  or  fishing  within  the  limits  of  the 
Gaspe  National  Park.  Many  of  the  lakes  and  streams 
m the  heart  of  this  Gaspe  Peninsula  afford  some  of  the 
finest  trout  fishing  in  the  country,  and  having  been  up  to 
the  present  more  or  less  inaccessible,  many  of  these  in- 
land waters  are  more  or  less  virgin  ones.  Much  of  the 
country,  was  recently  traversed  by  the  surveyors  for  the 
new  railway,  who  report  that  large  game  of  all  kinds 
is  exceedingly  plentiful  in-  the  fastnesses  of  the  pictur- 
esque and  rugged  interior  of  the  peninsula.  All  the  big 
rivers,  already  referred  to  form  so  many  highways  for 
reaching  the  interior  by  canoe,  though  of  course  the  sal- 
mon pools  which  many  of  them  contain  can  only  be  fished 
by  their  lessees,  or  those  to  whom  they  may  have  given 
permission. 

It  is . understood  that  Mr.  Turgeon  has  decided  upon 
the  policy  of  leasing  a limited  number  of  fish  and  game 
preserves  within  the  territory  of  the  Gaspe  reservation. 

E.  T.  D.  Chambers. 

Grilse  and  Parr* 

Editor  Forest,  and  Stream: 

In  your  issue  of  May  15.  your  correspondent  “Dixmont,” 
whose  frequent  contributions  I read  with  much  interest, 
quotes,  from  the  late  Dean  Sage’s  book,  “Salmon  and 
Frout,”  what,  on  the  authority  of  Mr.  Cholmondeley  Pen- 
nell, .he  calls  “Proven  Facts  in  the  History  of  the  Sal- 
mon,” the  following  statements,  in  which  he  concurs : 
“Up  to  the  period  of  migration  there  is  no-  difference 
whatever  in  fry  bred  between  salmon  only,  between  grilse 
only,  between  salmon  and  parr,  or  between  grilse  and 
parr.  The  female  parr  cannot  spawn,  but  the  male  parr 
possesses  and  constantly  exercises  the  power  of  vivifying 
salmon  and  grilse  eggs.” 

Mr.  Pennell,  I understand,  writes  of  salmon  in  Eng- 
lish, Scotch  and  Irish  rivers,  and  Mr.  Sage’s  concurrence, 

I infer,  is  based  on  his  own  experience  in  the  rivers  of 
North  America,  especially  in  those  of  Quebec,  New 
Brunswick  and  Nova  Scotia,  since  he  says  that  “on  the 
Godbout  female  grilse  are  frequently  taken  with  as  well 
developed  spawn  as  salmon  at  the  same  time.”  The  scien- 
tific inquirer  cannot  but  regret  that  the  weight  of  these 
grilse  was  not  given. 

As  I know  nothing  of  the  salmon  of  Great  Britain,  ex- 
cept  from  reading,  I am  not  in  a position  to  deny  any  of 
the  statements  made  by  Mr.  Pennell  and  concurred  in 
by  Mr.  Sage,*  but  in  an  experience  of  over  sixty  years  on 
the  rivers  of.  Maine,  Nova  Scotia,  New  Brunswick  and 
the  Quebec  side  of  the  Bay  Chaleur,  I have  been  unable 
to  find  a grilse  with  any  visible  ova,  and  I had  the  as- 
sistance of  coast  fishermen,  fishery  officers,  managers  of 
hatching  houses  and  a large  circle  or  brother  anglers.  As 
for  the  male  parr — a samlet  of  a year’s  growth,  weighing 
three  to.  four  ounces,  which  has  never  been  to  salt  water — 
possessing  the  power  to  vivify  the  ova  of  adult  salmon 
weighing,  from  ten  to  forty  pounds,  whether  in  European 
or  American  rivers — Credat  Judceus  Appella—non  ego! 

There  must  be,  among  your  numerous  readers,  many 
anglers  who  have  had  as  much  experience  with  salmon 
as  the  late  Mr,  Sage,  and  if  there  be  in  North  American 


rivers  female  grilse  of  four  to  six  pounds  with  matured 
ova,  and  male  parr  of  three  to  four  ounces  with  ma- 
tured milt — some  of  these  sportsmen  must  have  seen 
them.  If  any  such  there  be  they  will  do  a real  service  to 
scientific  inquiry  by  recording  their  experience  in  your 
columns,  and  stating  the  waters  from  which  such  grilse 
and  parr  were  taken.  The  Old  Angler. 


Maine  Waters  Full  of  Fish. 

Boston,  May  19. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream:  The 

Belgrade  Lakes  have  long  been  known  as  yielding  large 
numbers  of  black  bass,  and  have  furnished  a moderate 
amount  of  trout  fishing.  Messalouskie  (formerly  known 
as  Snow  Pond),  the  last  of  the  chain,  bids  fair  to  be 
a close  rival  of  Clearwater  and  Sebago  for  early  fish- 
ing. Ten  years  ago  Hon.  Win,  T.  Haines,  of  Water- 
ville,  who.  has  been  for  years  a generous  patron  of 
sportsmen’s  interests  in  Maine,  planted  in  the  lake 
several  thousand  square-tail  trout.  They  had  a hard 
struggle  for  life  against  the  bass  and  pickerel  for  some 
years,  but  many  of  them  “won  out”  and  are  now  furnish- 
ing good  sport.  Three  years  ago  a 3-pound  square- 
tail  was  taken,  and  two  years  ago  a few  were  caught 
weighing  five  pounds  each,  furnishing  strong  evidence 
that  some  of  Mr.  Plaines’  small  trout  had  survived  the 
race  war.  Last  week  Mrs.  S.  L.  Preble,  of  Waterville, 
while  fishing  on  the  west  shore  netted  a square-tail  of 
7)4  pounds.  Mr.  Preble  at  the  same  time  captured  a 
couple  of  3-pounders.  Mr.  Glenn  Blake,  of  Oakland 
took  one  weighing  7)4  pounds.  Another  angler  secured 
two  5-pounders  and  others  were  taken  from  3 to  4)4 
pounds.  Another  day  Mr.  Henry  Williams,  of  Portland, 
took  two  5-pounders.  Several  others  caught  trout 
enough  to  make,  a handsome  lay-out— all  of  the  genuine 
square-tail  species.  Good  catches  of  bass  and  salmon 
have  been  taken  from  Great  Pond,  which  has  hereto- 
fore out-classed  all  the  others  of  the  Belgrade  Chain. 
Twelve  bass  taken  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Turner  weighed 
38  pounds.  The  largest  salmon  taken  weighed  sYa 
pounds.  Some  of  the  other  lakes  of  the  series  have 
made  a creditable  showing. 

Another  comparatively  new  candidate  for  public 
favor  is  Sweet’s  Pond  in  New  Vineyard.  Salmon 
weighing  5 to  6 pounds  and  lakers  weighing  from  3 to 
8 pounds  have  been  recently  taken  by  several  anglers 
<pf  the  town,  and  from  Kingfield  and  Avon.  An  angler 
from  Strong  has  taken  a salmon  weighing  7)4  pounds, 
and  another  fisherman  took  two  in  an  hour’s  fish- 
ing that  weighed.  6 pounds  each— these  were  taken  by 
Mr.  W.  E.  McLain,  who  has  been  active  in  stocking  the 
lakes..  Several  new  cottages  are  in  process  of  con- 
struction on  the  lake  and  eligible  sites  are  in  demand — 
all  this  the  direct  result  of  good  fishing. 

Sebec,  which  is  a favorite  resort  for  sportsmen  of  the 
twin  towns,  Dover  and  Foxcroft,  is  furnishing  good 
early  fishing.  L.  W.  Gilbert,  of  Bath  has  taken  an 
8-pound  salmon.  A party  of  twelve  from  Portland  has 
just  arrived  at  the  Lake  House  for  an  outing  of  several 
days. 

At  Weld  Pond  Dr.  Walter  I.  Hoyt,  of  Waltham,  has 
taken  twenty-one  trout  and  two  salmon.  Hon.  S.  W. 
Carr,  insurance  commissioner,  of  Augusta,  has  captured 
a 6-pound  salmon  front  Cobbosseecoittee.  Three 
Bostonians,  Messrs.  H.  Lawton,  L.  H.  Fitch  and 
George  Singleton,  who  have  visited  Square  Lake  in  far- 
off  Aroostook  regularly  for  five  years  are  enjoying 
royal , sport  there.  One  afternoon  Mr.  Lawton  in  two 
hours’  fishing  took  two  salmon  and  three  square-tail 
trout  whose  total  weight  was  26)4  pounds — the  largest 
salmon  7)4  and  the  largest  trout  5)4  pounds.  This  lake 
is  noted  for  its  large  square-tails. 

Mr.  E.  O.  Noyes,  a well-known  Brockton  fisherman, 
has  taken  several  3 to  4-pound  fish  from  Rangeley  Lake. 
Mr.  Ray  L.  Averill  with  seven  other  gentlemen  has 
gone  to  Moosehead.  The  Megantic  club  house  on 
Snider  lake  was  opened  for  guests  on  the  15th,  Mr.  W. 
L.  Jones,  steward.  Big  Island  Camps  are  in  charge  of 
John  Parnell,  those  at  Chain  of  Ponds,  of  E.  S.  Sprague. 
In  a few  days  several  of  the  club  members  are  ex- 
pected to  arrive. 

Several  Massachusetts  anglers  are  already  at  Carry 
Ponds  and  other  resorts  reached  from  Bingham.  Mr. 
F.  W.  Mason  and  wife,  of  New  York,  have  taken  pos- 
session of  their  camp  at  Gull  Pond  which  has  been 
bountifully  stocked  the  past  few  years  with  trout  and 
salmon.  Mr.  Walter  Clark,  of  Attleboro,  is  at  Bald 
Mountain  Camps.  Increased  accommodations  are  the 
order  of  the  day  all  through  the  Rangeley  and  the 
Dead  River  country.  At  the  Barker  six  new  camps 
have  been  built  the  past  winter;  several  have  been  added 
at  Round  Mountain  Lake. 

1 wo  Cambridge  fishermen  who  have  just  returned 
from  Sebago  with  five  salmon,  whose  aggregate  weight 
is  41  pounds,  say  they  are  at  least  five  years  younger 
than  when  they  left  Boston  a week  ago. 

It  is  claimed  that  200  Maine  lakes  now  contain 
salmon.  So  assiduously  has  the  work  of  stocking  been 
carried  on  that  every  year  the  discovery  is  made  that 
excellent  fishing  may  be  had  in  lakes  never  before 
brought  to  public  notice.  Such  results  must  be  a source 
of  great  satisfaction  to  ex-Commissioner  Stanley  under 
whose  skilful  guidance  this  great  work  has  been  carried 
on.  In  this  connection  should  be  noted  the  faithful  ef- 
forts of  Maine  Congressmen  in  securing  the  necessary 
appropriations  from  the  General  Government  to  es- 
tablish and  maintain  the  three  stations  of  the  U.  S. 
Fisheries  Bureau  in  the  Pine  Tree  State.  These  have 
proved  valuable  auxiliaries  to  the  hatcheries  main- 
tained by  the  State,  of  which  there  are  eight;  a very 
large  one  at  Sebago  Lake  in  Raymond  (20  miles  from 
Portland) ; the  Rangeley  at  Oquossoc,  which  is  the 
Indian  name  for  Rangeley;  the  Cobbosseecontee  at 
Monmouth;  the  Carlton  Brook  at  Winthrop;  the 
Moosehead  Lake  at  Squaw  Brook;  the  Cold  Stream  at 
Enfield  on  the  Penobscot,  35  miles  from  Bangor;  the 
Lake  Auburn  near  Lewiston;  the  Caribou  at  the  town 
of  that  name  in  Aroostook  county.  Besides  these,  the 
U.  S.  Government  maintains  two  extensive  ones' and 
a station  in  the  eastern  part  of  the  State.  The  streams 
and  lakes  of  the  State  received  not  less  than  a million 
trout  and  salmon  as  the  planting  of  the  past  year. 

In  no  less  than  seventy-five  lakes  and  ponds  the  U, 


May  27,  1905.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


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S.  Government  deposited  either  fingerling  or  yearling 
salmon  during  the  year  ending  in  June,  1903. 

Among  the  departures  for  Maine  this  week  are  Dr. 
J.  C.  French  and  wife  for  Square  Lake;  the  “Mohawks,” 
of  Haverhill,  including  R.  E.  Traiser  and  J.  K.  Mosser, 
of  Boston,  to  Square  Lake.  A T.  Clarke  and  wife,  of 
Newton,  and  N.  A.  Dill  and  party  to  Ed.  Grant’s 
Camps,  Kennebago  and  Beaver  Pond.  F.  A.  Nichols 
and  wife  for  Rangeley.  Mr.  C.  H.  Utley  and  others 
are  going  to  Holeb.  leaving  Boston  Sunday  evening. 
Not  a day  will  pass,  while  the  still-fishing  and  trolling 
are  good,  without  the  exodus  of  many  Bostonians  for 
the  fishing  resorts  of  Maine  and  New  Hampshire. 
Fishermen  who  must  have  fly-fishing  will  go  later — 
most  of  them  in  June.  Central. 


The  Nepigon* 

New  York,  May  5. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 
Sportsmen  who  have  fished  the  Nepigon,  and  especially 
those  intending  to  fish  that  stream  again  this  season  will 
confer  a favor  by  corresponding  with  Noah  Palmer. 

37  Madison  Square,  E,,  New  York  City. 


Pennsylvania  Trout  Hatcheries. 

The  Department  of  Fisheries  of  Pennsylvania  will  have 
$89,700  with  which  to  carry  on  its  work  for  fishculture 
and  fish  protection  for  the  next  two  years,  $30,100  more 
than  was  appropriated  two  years  ago.  Among  the  items 
provided  for  in  the  appropriation  is  one  for  the  establish- 


ment of  three  new  hatcheries  for  the  propagation  of  black 
bass  and  other  fishes.  When  these  three  hatcheries  are 
established  the  Department  of  Fisheries  of  Pennsylvania 
will  have  eight  hatcheries,  and  with  the  excepion  of  one, 
each  will  be  of  large  size,  the  smallest  ten  acres  and  the 
largest  100  acres. 

Lewis  and  Clark  Fly-Casting  Tournament* 

A fly-casting  tournament  will  be  held  in  connection 
with  the  Lewis  and  Clark  Fair  at  Portland  on  Aug. 
23.  The  secretary  is  Mr.  A.  E.  Gebhardt,  of  Portland. 

Salmon  fishing  to  lease  on  Nepisiquit  River,  New  Brunswick. 
Terms  on  application  to 

GEORGE  GILBERT,  Bathurst,  N.  B. 


Yachting  Fixtures  for  1905. 

Members  of  Race  Committees  and  Secretaries  will  confer  a favor 
by  sending  notice  of  errors  or  omissions  in  the  following  list,  and 
also  changes  which  may  be  made  in  the  future: 


„ „ . JUNE. 

1.  Sea  Side,  open. 

3.  Columbia,  annual  power  boat  regatta. 

3.  Knickerbocker,  annual. 

3.  Seawanhaka  Corinthian,  club. 

3.  Atlantic,  Havens  cup  No.  1. 

3.  Royal  Canadian,  cruising  race. 

5.  Bergen  Beach,  open. 

6.  East  Gloucester,  club. 

10,  Seawanhaka  Corinthian,  invitation  race  around  Long  Island. 
10.  New  York  C.  C.,  open. 

10.  Atlantic,  Underwood  cup. 

10.  Seawanhaka  Corinthian,  club. 

10.  New  Rochelle,  power  boat  races. 

10.  Knickerbocker,  one-design  power  boats. 

10.  Royal  Canadian,  club. 

10.  Edgewood,  club. 

10.  Manhasset,  annual. 

10.  Wollaston-Quincy,  interclub. 

10.  Corinthian,  club. 

11.  Morrisania,  spring. 

13.  Boston,  club.  City  Point. 

13.  Sea  Side,  club. 

15.  New  York,  Bennett  cups,  Glen  Cove. 

15.  Atlantic,  annual. 

17.  Bensonhurst,  open. 

17.  Atlantic,  A.  P.  B.  A.  regatta. 

17.  Seawanhaka-Corinthian,  club. 

17.  Knickerbocker,  one-design  power  boats. 

17.  Hampton  Roads,  power  boat  cruise. 

17.  Boston,  M.  Y.  R.  A.,  Hull. 

17.  Corinthian,  ocean  race. 

17.  New  York  A.  C.,  race  to  Block  Island. 

17.  Royal  Canadian,  cruising  race. 

17.  Wollaston-Quincy,  interclub. 

17.  Beverly,  club. 

17.  Rhode  Island,  club. 

20.  East  Gloucester,  club. 

22.  Seawanhaka  Corinthian,  open. 

22.  Sea  Side,  open. 

23.  Seawanhaka  Corinthian,  open. 

24.  Seawanhaka  Corinthian,  annual. 

24.  Knickerbocker,  one-design  power  boats. 

24.  Squantum,  M.  Y.  R.  A. 

24.  Bristol,  open. 

24.  Royal  Canadian,  club. 

24.  Rhode  Island,  cruising  race. 

24.  Rhode  Island,  open. 

24.  Beverly,  club. 

24.  Atlantic,  first  championship,  Y.  R.  A.  G.  B. 

24.  Corinthian,  open. 

28.  Sea  Side,  club. 

29.  Brooklyn,  ocean  race  to  Hampton  Roads. 


JULY. 

1.  Atlantic,  Havens  cup  No.  2 and  Underwood  cup. 
1.  Bristol,  ocean  race. 

1.  Beverly,  club. 

1.  Seawanhaka  Corinthian,  club. 

1.  Knickerbocker,  cruise. 

1.  Knickerbocker,  one-design  power  boats. 

1.  Seaside  Park,  ladies’  cup  races. 

1.  Royal  Canadian,  Queen’s  cup  race. 

1.  New  Rochelle,  annual. 

1.  Boston,  club,  Marblehead. 

1.  Corinthian,  club,  Marblehead. 

2.  New  Rochelle,  cruise. 

3.  American,  annual. 

3.  Seawanhaka  Corinthian,  club. 

3.  Eastern,  M.  Y.  R.  A. 

3.  Bensonhurst,  Childs  trophy. 

4.  Atlantic,  open. 

4.  Corinthian,  M.  Y.  R.  A. 

4.  Eastern,  M.  Y.  R.  A. 

4.  Eastern,  power  boat  races. 

4.  Knickerbocker,  one-design  power  boats. 

4.  Edgewood,  club. 

4.  Wollaston,  club  championship. 

4.  Seawanhaka  Corinthian,  club. 

4.  Seaside  Park,  club. 

4.  Hampton  Roads,  cruise. 

4.  Jamaica  Bay  Y.  R.  A.  races. 

4.  Beverly,  sweepstake. 

4.  East  Gloucester,  club. 

4.  plartford,  annual. 

4.  Larchmont,  annual. 

4.  Sea  Side,  club. 

5-12.  Atlantic,  cruise.  , 

7.  Eastern,  cruise. 

8.  Knickerbocker,  one-design  power  boats. 

8.  New  York,  Glen  Cove,  cups. 

8.  Royal  Canadian,  cruising  race. 

8.  Wollaston,  club  championship. 

8.  Seawanhaka  Corinthian,  club. 

8.  Edgewood,  club. 

8.  Quincy,  M.  Y.  R.  A. 

8.  Rhode  Island,  cruising  race. 

8.  Seaside  Park,  club. 

8.  Beverly,  club 

5.  Corinthian,  club. 

8.  Riverside,  annual. 

8.  Sea  Side,  open. 

8.  Bensonhurst,  Bellows  challenge  cup. 

9.  Canarsie,  open. 

9.  Morrisania  power  boat  race. 

10.  Seawanhaka  Corinthian,  ocean  race. 

12.  Seaside  Park,  club. 

12.  Sea  Side,  open. 

15.  Royal  Canadian,  club. 

15.  New  Rochelle,  - club. 

15.  Knickerbocker,  one-design  power  boats. 

15.  Seaside  Park,  club. 

15.  Country  Club,  Detroit  club. 

15.  Edgewood,  club. 

15.  Bensonhurst,  Bellows  challenge  cup. 

15.  Atlantic,  Underwood  cup. 

15.  Beverly,  club. 

15.  Boston,  cruise. 

15.  Corinthian,  club. 

17.  Edgewood,  N.  B.  Y.  R.  A.,  open. 

18.  New  Brunswick  Y,  R.  A.  regatta.  Prudence  Island. 


IS.  East  Gloucester,  club. 

19.  Seaside  Park.  club. 

19.  Rhode  Island,  N.  B.  Y.  R.  A.,  open. 

20.  Rliole  Island-Sachem  Head,  team  race. 

20.  Royal  St.  Lawrence,  Seawanhaka  cup. 

21.  Fall  River,  N.  B.  Y.  R.  A.,  open. 

22.  Knickerbocker,  power  boat  race  to  Marblehead. 

22.  Knickerbocker,  one-design  power  boats. 

22.  Wintlirop,  M.  Y.  R.  A. 

22.  Bristol,  N.  B.  Y.  R.  A. 

22.  Rhode  Island,  cruising  race. 

22.  Seaside  Park,  club. 

22.  Royal  Canadian,  Canada’s  cup  trials. 

22.  Beverly  Y.  C.,  club. 

22.  Marine  and  Field,  second  championship,  Y.  R.  A.  G.  B. 
22.  Corinthian,  club. 

20.  Seaside  Park,  club. 

27.  Eastern,  power  boat  races. 

27.  Sea  Side,  club. 

28.  Eastern,  power  boat  races. 

28.  Seaside  Park,  Bay  Head  and  Island  Heights,  cruise. 

28.  Sea  Side,  open. 

29.  Eastern,  power  boat  races. 

29.  New  Rochelle,  ladies’  race. 

29.  Chicago,  race  to  Mackinac. 

29.  Country  Club  of  Detroit,  race  to  Mackinac. 

29.  Seaside  Park,  open. 

29.  Edgewood,  club. 

29.  Knickerbocker,  cne-design  power  boats. 

29.  Hampton  Roads,  cruise. 

29.  Rhode  Island,  cruising  race. 

29.  Royal  Canadian,  cruising  race. 

29.  Beverly,  club. 

29.  Corinthian,  club. 

29.  Boston,  club,  Marblehead. 

29.  Indian  Plarbor,  annual. 

29.  Bensonhurst,  Childs  trophy. 


Racing  on  Buzzard's  Bay* 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

The  Beverly  Y.  C.,  Sippican  Y.  C.  and  New  Bedford 
Y.  C.  have  arranged  for  a series  of'  four  open  races  in 
Buzzard’s  Bay  on  the  following  dates : 

First  Race,  Aug.  31. — Ricketson  Cup  races  off  the 
South  Dartmouth  station  of  the  New  Bedford  Y.  C. 
Three  cups  are  offered  by  Messrs.  Oliver  G.  "and  John  H. 
Ricketson  for  the  following  classes : 

1.  Fifteen-foot,  one-design  boats. 

2.  Twenty-five  to  30ft.  sloops. 

3.  Thirty  to  35ft.  sloops,  to  be  managed  by  the  New 
Bedford  Y.  C. 

Second  Race,  Sept.  1,  off  Mattapoisett,  to  be  managed 
by  the  Beverly  Y.  C.  for  prizes  offered  by  summer  resi- 
dents. 

Third  Race,  Sept.  2. — Van  Rensselaer  Cup  races  off 
Marion,  to  be  managed  by  the  Sippican  Y.  C.  Illumina- 
tion of  cottages  and  yachts  in  the  evening. 

Fourth  Race,  Sept.  4,  off  Wing’s  Neck,  to  be  managed 
by  the  Beverly  Y.  C. 

It  is  the  desire  of  these  clubs  to  establish  in  Buzzard’s 
Bay  a series  of  open  races,  annually,  similar  to  those  in 
vogue  in  Massachusetts  Bay,  which  will  enable  yachts- 
men to  secure  in  a moderate  vacation  four  days  of 
racing.  It  is  also  hoped  that,  as  the  above  dates  come 
after  the  close  of  the  New  York  Y.  C.  cruise,  some  of 
the  smaller  yachts  will  continue  to  Buzzard’s  Bay  and 
take  part  in  these  races. 

William  F.  Williams, 
Commodore  New  Bedford  Y.  C. 


Rhode  Island  Notes. 

N.  B.  Y.  R.  A. — The  schedules  of  the  week  of  open 
racing  to  be  held  beginning  July  17  have  been  issued  by 
the  Narragansett  Bay  Y.  R.  A.  There  will  be  six  days’ 
events,  including  regattas  with  the  Edgewood,  Rhode 
Island,  Fall  River  and  Bristol  Y.  C.’s,  an  open  association 
race  and  a team  race  between  the  Rhode  Island  Y.  C. 
and  the  Sachem’s  Head  Y.  C.  The  opening  event  will 
be  with  the  Edgewood  L.  C.,  and  the  following  three 
days’  racing  will  be  off  Potter’s  Cove,  being  respectively 
the  R.  I.  Y.  C.,  the  Association  and  the  team  race. 

There  will  be  no  entrance  fee  to  these  races,  and  all 
will  be  open  events  excepting  the  team  race.  Boats  be- 
longing to  any  recognized  yacht  club  will  be  allowed  to 
enter,  and  suitable  prizes  will  be  awarded  each  day,  as 
well  as  pennants  for  the  boats  in  each  class  scoring  the 
most  points  during  the  week.  F.  H.  Young. 


FIerreshoff  Yacht  for  German  Owner. — The  new 
52-footer,  built  at  Bristol  by  the  Herreshoff  Mfg.  Co., 
for  Mr.  Max  Warbury,  of  Hamburg,  was  launched  last 
week,  and  will  be  shipped  by  steamer  to  her  hailing 
port,  as  was  Sonya.  The  new  boat  will  be  known  as 
Alice  and  is  slightly  smaller  than  Sonya.  She  is  61ft. 
Qin.  over  all,  49ft.  waterline,  13ft.  2in.'  breadth  and  9ft’ 
draft.  She  will  be  raced  in  all  the  German  and  most 
of  the  British  events. 

* 

AH  communications  for  Forest  and  Stream  must  be 
directed  to  Forest  and  Stream  Pub.  Co.,  New  York,  tg 
receive  attention.  We  have  no  other  office. 


The  Start  of  the  Ocean  Race. 

Those  yachtsmen  whose  enthusiasm  did  not  wane  after 
the  first  day’s  trying  experience  in  their  effort  to  see  the 
start  of  the  race  for  the  Ocean  Cup  on  Tuesday,  May 
16,  and  went  down  the  Bay  a second  time  well  repaid  for 
their  persistency. 

The  start  of  the  ocean  race  was  a great  marine  spec- 
tacle and  it  will  be  many  years  before  three  great  nations 
are  represented  in  so  important  an  event  by  eleven  yachts 
so  different  in  size  and  rig. 

The  work  of  fitting  out  the  contestants  Had  been  greatly 
hampered  by  continued  bad  weather,  and  both  participants 
and  sight-seers  were  disgusted  when  Tuesday,  May  16, 
the  day  set  for  the  start,  dawned  cold  and  foggy.  Almost 
all  the  large  yacht  clubs  made  arrangements  so  that  their 
members  could  see  the  start  from  either  excursion  boats 
or  tugs  chartered  for  the  purpose.  The  bad  weather  on 
Tuesday  kept  but  few  away,  for  interest  in  the  event  had 
become  very  keen,  but  the  discomforts  experienced  that 
day  were  sufficient  to  keep  all  but  a handful  away  the 
day  following. 

The  start  was  scheduled  for  2 o’clock,  and  a goodly 
number  of  yachts,  excursion  boats  and  tugs  felt  their  way 
down  the  Bay  to  the  Horseshoe  just  inside  the  Hook, 
where  seven  of  the  eleven  starters  were  anchored. 

Monday  night  was  a most  uncomfortable  and  uneasy 
on?  for  both  amateurs  and  professionals  on  the  eleven 
contestants.  Many  dreaded  being  run  down  while  at 
anchor  and  even  a slight  accident  might  serve  to  prevent 
their  starting.  The  fears  of  those  on  Fleur  de  Lys  were 
realized,  for  just  before  dawn  she  was  fouled  by  a scow 
in  tow  of  a tug.  Some  of  her  planks  were  stove  in  and 
part  of  her  rail  was  carried  away  on  the  starboard  side. 
Repairs  had  to  be  made  at  once  so  the  boat  was  towed  to 
Manning’s  Basin  and  work  commenced.  The  damage  was 
not  as  serious  as  was  first  thought  and  Fleur  de  Lys  was 
back  in  the  Horseshoe  that  night.  Dr.  Stimson,  Fleur  de 
Lys’  owner,  was  greatly  disappointed  but  acted  in  a very 
sportsmanlike  manner.  He  asked  the  Committee  on.  Start 
not  to  delay  on  his  account  and  said  that  he  would  pro- 
ceed as  soon  as  it  was  possible  for  him  to  do  so. 

The  fog  held  thick  all  day,  however,  and  the  committee 
did  not  care  to  send  the  boats  away  while  such  conditions 
prevailed.  The  owners,  too,  were  in  favor  of  a postpone- 
ment and  shortly  after  3 o’clock  it  was  announced  that 
the  start*  would  be  deferred  until  12  o’clock  on  Wednes- 
day, the  day  following.  A fresh  easterly  breeze  held  all 
day  Tuesday  ar.d  all  hands  were  chilled  through  and  dis- 
gusted all  except  Dr.  Stimson,  for  the  delay  proved  to  be 
a fortunate  one  for  him,  as  he  was  enabled  to  complete 
repairs  on  Fleur  de  Lys  and  start  with  the  rest  of  the 
fleet. 

In  the  early  morning  the  conditions  were  very  much 
the  same  as  those  of  the  day  previous,  and  many  who 
had  half  a mind  to.  try  again  to  see  the  start  abandoned 
the  idea  after  looking  out.  The  attending  fleet  looked 
small  when  compared  with  the  large  number  of  boats 
that  were  on  hand  the  day  before. 

Hamburg,  the  only  German  entry,  was  the  first  boat  to 
reach  Sandy  Hook  lightship.  It  was  about  11  o’clock 
when  she  arrived  there  in  tow.  Hamburg  was  soon  fol- 
lowed by  Thistle,  and  then  came  Endymion.  Ailsa,  Sun- 
beam, Hildegarde,  Utowana,  Apache,  Valhalla  and  At- 
lantic. 

Vigilant,  the  Harbor  Supervisor’s  tug,  arrived  in  good 
season.  On  board  were  Commander  LI.  G.  Llebbinghaus, 
I.  G.  N. ; Commander  H.  LI.  Hosley,  U.  S.  N. ; Messrs. 
Oliver  E.  Cromwell,  Newbury  D Lawton,  H.  DeB.  Par- 
sons and  Edward  H.  Wales,  the  committee  in  charge  of 
the  start. 

The  committee  boat  anchored  some  distance  to  the  east- 
ward of  the  Light  vessel. 

The  east  wind  freshened  up  somewhat  just  as  the  fleet 
was  leaving  the  Horseshoe,  but  at  noon,  when  the  pre- 
paratory signal  was  given  it  had  lightened  up  consider- 
ably. At  12:10  the  warning  gun  was  fired  and  five  min- 
utes later  the  boatswere  sent  away. 

There  was  little  or  no  jockeying  before  the  start,  al- 
though the  boats  most  easily  handled  kept  close  to  the  line 
in  order  to  get  away  in  good  season.  All  thought  Captain  ' 
Barr  would  be  first  over  from  force  of  habit,  but  Captain 
Masters,  of  Hildegrade,  sent  his  boat  over  ahead.  She 
crossed  almost  on  the  signal  and  her  crew  got  her  sheeted 
down  and  set  a small  maintop  staysail.  Ailsa  was  the 
next  boat  over,  crossing  on  Hildegarde’s  weather  five 
seconds  behind  her.  Ailsa  had  a small  jib  topsail  set  in 
addition  to  her  lower  sails.  Captain  Miller  luffed  his 
boat  up  smartly  after  crossing  and  her  sheets  were 
trimmed  down.  She  was  quite  at  home  in  the  light  breeze 
going  out  to  windward  in  good  shape  and  taking  the  lead 
Atlantic,  the  third  boat  over,  crossed  3osec.  behind 
Hildegarde.  She  went  over  in  Ailsa’s  wake  and  to  lee- 
ward of  that  boat.  Atlantic  was  under  all  her  lower  sails 
and  had  her  three  working  topsails  set.  As  she  crossed 
mam  and  mizzen  topmast  staysails  were  broken  out 


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' [May  27,  1905. 


The  rest  of  the  boats  were  pretty  well  bunched.  Uto- 
wana’s skipper  got  out  to  windward  of  Valhalla,  and 
when  it  was  found  impossible  to  keep  the  latter  vessel  off 
both  crossed  to  the  eastward  of  the  line.  Captain  Craw- 
ford, of  Utowana,  which  vessel  had  the  same  sail  set  as 
Atlantic,  headed  after  the  leaders. 

A ship-rigged  yacht  is  a great  curiosity  and  Valhalla 
came  in  for  more  than  her  share  of  attention.  When 
this  vessel,  like  Utowana,  crossed  the  wrong  side  of  the 
starting  line  and  both  were  recalled,  the  spectators  had 
an  opportunity  to  see  how  the  big  vessel  was  handled. 
The  work  was  considerable  of  an  undertaking  but  most 
interesting  to  the  watchers. 

Hamburg  was  the  next  boat  to  start  properly,  and  she 
crossed  at  12:16.  She  had  all  lower  canvas  set  and  two 
working  topsails.  Following  the  example  of  the  others, 
a maintopmast  staysail  was  set  after  crossing.  Endymion 
got  away  two  minutes  after  Hamburg,  and  she  was  under 
the  same  sail. 

At  12  :20  Thistle  started  with  Mr.  Robert  E.  Tod  at  the 
wheel.  Fleur  de  Lys  got  a poor  start  and  she  did  not 
cross  until  12:26.  Both  these  boats  were  under  lower 
sails  and  working  topsails. 

The  famous  old  Sunbeam  got  away  at  12  -.30  followed 
by  Apache  over  four  minutes  later. 

In  the  meantime,  Utowana  and  Valhalla  had  been 
working  their  way  back  after  the  committee’s  recall  sig- 
nals in  order  that  they  might  cross  properly.  Utowana 
working  back  into  position  and  was  timed  when  she 
crossed  at  12:55.  The  unwieldly  Valhalla  did  not  cross 
until  ten  minutes  later,  and  was  timed  at  1 :05. 

As  each  boat  went  over  a loud  tooting  of  whistles  that 
deadened  the  cheers  of  the  spectators  greeted  them.  All 
the  boats  crossed  on  the  port  tack. 

Atlantic  moved  along  at  a lively  pace  and  soon  took 
the  lead.  Hamburg  also  showed  she  was  no  slouch  and 
gave  Atlantic  a good  chase.  Fleur  de  Lys  moved  along 
at  a smart  clip  and  was  well  up  with  the  leaders. 

The  fog  that  had  held  off  pretty  well  during  the  morn- 
ing began  to  shut  in  about  an  hour  after  the  start,  and  as 
it  became  thicker  the  tugs  and  yachts  turned  back  one 
by  one.  The  steam  yachts  Oneida  and  Niagara  held  on 
some  time,  the  former  sticking  it  out  into  the  evening. 
When  she  put  back  it  was  thick  and  nasty  and  there  was 
considerable  sea  on. 

All  the  boats  were  headed  about  southeast  and  the  first 
boat  to  tack  was  Endymion.  It  was  shortly  after  1 o’clock 
when  she  was  put  on  the  starboard  tack  and  headed  in 
toward  Long  Island. 

The  only  woman  on  any  of  the  yachts  is  Miss  Candace 
C.  Stimson,  a daughter  of  Dr.  Stimson.  She  is  a splendid 
sailor  and  has  always  accompanied  her  father  in  the  long 
cruises  taken  in  Fleur  de  Lys. 

The  fleet  seems  to  have  divided  itself  into  two  sec- 
tions. Some  have  chosen  the  northern  route,  while 
others  have  elected  to  follow  a more  southerly  course. 
Of  those  going  well  north,  Endymion  seems  to  be  lead- 
ing from  the  reports  received  by  incoming  steamers, 
while  Atlantic  was  ahead  of  those  following  the  southern 
route.  The  last  report  from  Atlantic  as  we  go  to 
press  shows  she  has  averaged  over  8 miles  an  hour 
since  starting.  She  has  had  a fair  S.W.  breeze  most,  of 
the  time,  and  has  made  fair  time,  although  still  behind 
the  record  average,  which  is  9.66. 


Boston  Letter. 

Making  22-footers  Ready. — Last  Monday  the  22-footer 
Nutmeg,  designed  and  built  by  Mr.  C.  C.  Hanley  for  Mr. 
A.  C.  Jones,  was  launched  at  the  shop  of  her  builder  on 
the  Town  River,  Quincy.  She  was  taken  to  Lawley’s, 
where  her  lead  keel  will  be  put  on  and  her  cabin  work 
will  be  finished.  It  is  stated  that  the  builder’s  reason 
for  not  putting  the  lead  keel  on  at  the  time  the  hull  of 
the  boat  was  started,  was  that  he  desired  to  find  out  just 
what  the  actual  weight  of  the  hull  would  be  without  the 
lead,  so  that  just  enough  weight  might  be.  added  in  the 
lead  keel.  This  is  something  of  a novelty  in  the  manner 
of  figuring  actual  displacement  in  a new  boat,  but  the  re- 
sults obtained  may  be  worth  the  extra  trouble.  Last  sea- 
son’s champion,  Clotho,  has  been  sold  by  Commodore  B. 
P.  Cheney  and  Mr.  Charles  D.  Lanning  to  a Boston  rac- 
ing man  whose  name  is  withheld  for  the  present.  Clotho 
will  be  raced,  however,  and  Messrs.  Small  Brothers,  her 
designers,  have  been  commissioned  to  make  any  necessary 
changes  that  may  improve  her  speed.  She  was  about  700 
pounds  over  the  required  weight  last  season,  and  some  of 
this  will  be  taken  off.  The  lead  will  also  be  dropped  and 
deadwood  will  be  put  on  the  after  end  of  the  keel.  She 
will  also  be  given  a deeper  rudder  to  make  her  steer  more 
easily.  It  was  thought  last  season  that  she  was  more 
tender  than  some  of  the  other  boats,  as  she  often  sailed 
under  reefs.  Her  former  owners  explained  this,  however, 
by  stating  that  it  was  the  fault  of  the  steering,  and  that 
in  a heavy  breeze  she  could  not  have  been  handled  unless 
she  had  been  reefed.  Clotho,  with  her  low  ends,  which 
take  the  water  upon  the  lightest  angle  of  heel,  will  un- 
doubtedly be  made  faster  than  she  was  last  season  and 
may  be  looked  for  to  give  the  new  boats  all  .they  can  do 
to  get  away  from  her.  The  new  Clorinda,  built,  for  Com- 
modore Cheney  and  Mr.  Lanning,  will  be  weighed  and 
measured  again  on  Monday.  She  was  only  a few  pounds 
under  weight  before.,  and  as  her  waterline  measurement 
at  that  time  was  quite  short,  there  is  no  doubt  that  she 
will  be  found  well  inside  the  restrictions.  The.  new  boats, 
that  have  been  in  the  water  for  some  time,  have  been 
tried  out  quite  thoroughly  and  should  be  in  good  shape 
for  the  opening  race  on  Memorial  Day. 

Catboat  Association  Rules. — The  first  growl  has  been 
heard  from  the  quarter  of  the  Cape  Catboat  Associa- 
tion. This  is  over  the  refusal  of  the  Association  to  ac- 
cept the  entry  of  Harriet,  owned  by  Mr.  A.  L.  Lincoln. 
Harriet  is  a yacht  with  some  reputation  and  was  some- 
thing of  a racer  a few  years  ago,  having  captured  a Y. 
R.  A.  championship  in  1900.  Her  entry  was  sent  to  the 
newly  formed  Cape  Catboat  Association  and  she  was  ac- 
cepted by  the  measurer,  as  conforming  to  the  rules.  The 
executive  committee,  however,  barred  her  on  the  ground 
that  she  did  not  conform  to  the  spirit  of  the  rules.  Ac- 
cording to-  the  rules  governing  dimensions  and  the  deter- 
mining of  the  type  according  to  the  position  of  the  mast, 
Harriet  seems  to  be  well  within  the  restrictions,  and  her 
owner  is  much  disturbed  over  the  decision  of  the  execu- 
tive committee.  This  appears  to  be  another  of  those  , in- 


stances which  show  the  necessity  of  making  the  actual 
rules  so  binding  that  no  question  of  evading  their  spirit 
can  be  raised.  Either  a boat  does  or  does  not  conform 
to  the  class  for  which  she  is  entered. 

Invitation  to  the  Eastern  Y.  C. — Mr.  R.  G.  Hervy, 
of  Shelburne,  N.  S.,  an  enthusiastic  yachtsman,  visited 
Boston  last  week  and  extended  to  the  Eastern  Y.  C.  Re- 
gatta Committee  an  invitation  to  have  all  of  the  yachts 
take  part  in  the  ocean  race  of  the  club  from  Marblehead 
to  Halifax,  and  visit  Shelburne  after  the  finish  of  the  race 
at  Halifax.  Mr.  Hervey  guarantees  a series  of  races,  for 
which  substantial  prizes  will  be  offered. 

Cruise  of  Dr.  F.  T.  Rogers'1  Yawl. — The  36ft.  auxil- 
iary cruising  yawl,  designed  by  Messrs.  Small  Brothers, 
and  built  at  East  Boothbay,  for  Dr.  F.  T.  Rogers,  Com- 
modore of  the  Rhode  Island  Y.  C.,  is  now  cruising  from 

Boothbay  to  the  westward. Mn"Juhir  F.  Small  went  to 

East  Boothbay  last.  Thursday,  where  Dr.  Rogers  was  met. 
The  yawl  was  tried  out  the  next  day  and  then  started  on 
her  voyage  around  the  Cape  to  Narragansett  Bay.  Stops 
will  be  made  at  various  harbors  along  the  coast,  and  it  is 
expected  that  the  trip  will  take  about  ten  days.  The  yawl 
is  an  admirable  type  of  cruiser  with  graceful,  moderate 
ends  and  good  accommodations  below  decks.  She  is  55ft. 
pin.  over  all,  36ft.  6in.  waterline,  14ft.  beam  and  8ft. 
draft.  She  has  eight  tons  of  ballast  outside  and  carries 
1,837  sq.  ft.  of  sail.  On  one  side  of  the  main  companion- 
way  is  a closet,  a chart  locker  and  a toilet  room,  while 
on  the  other  side  is  a stateroom.  On  the  starboard  side 
of  the  main  saloon  there  are  two  berths,  and  there  is  one 
berth  on  the  port  side.  The  galley  is  quite  roomy  and  in 
this  space  the  engine,  a Standard  of  12  horsepower,  is 
placed.  There  are  pipe  berths  forward  for  the  crew. 

Among  the  Power  Boats.- — Messrs.  Small  Brothers 
have  designed  a cruising  launch  for  Mr.  A.  L.  Lincoln, 
of  Hingham,  which  will  be  built  by  Mr.  Geo.  C.  Loring, 
of  East  Braintree.  She  will  be  32ft.  long  and  8ft.  beam, 
with  an  engine  of  about  12  horsepower.  This  boat  is  a 
possible  entry  in  the  long  distance  race  of  the  Knicker- 
bocker Y.  C.  from  New  York  to  Marblehead. 

The  90ft.  twin-screw  launch  Prosit,  built  by  the  O. 
Sheldon  Co.  for  Mr.  John  B.  Schoeffel,  will  be  launched 
at  the  yards  of  her  builders  on  Tuesday,  May  23,  with 
considerable  ceremony.  At  the  same  yard  a 40ft.  speed 
launch  for  Mr.  Samuel  Powers  for  use  on  Lake  Winni- 
pesaukee  is  in  frame.  She  will  have  a 40  horsepower 
Buffalo  engine.  A 65ft.  speed  launch  is  to  be  built  for 
Mr.  Lewis  Audenried,  of  Philadelphia,  which  will  be 
equipped  with  a 75  horsepower  Globe  engine.  The  65ft. 
launch  for  Mr.  Alanson  Bigelow,  Jr.,  is  nearing  comple- 
tion. 

At  Messrs.  Murray  & Tregurtha’s  Mr.  George  H. 
Wightman’s  45ft.  launch  A.  C.  will  be  launched  next 
week.  An  18ft.  launch  for  Mr.  J.  D.  Crosby  was  given 
a satisfactory  trial  last  week.  Another  18-footer  from 
the  same  molds  is  being  built  for  Mr.  Frank  H.  Stanyan, 
of  West  Medford.  This  launch  will  be  used  on  Lake 
Cobbossecontee,  Me.,  where  Mr.  Stanyan  has  a summer 
residence.  A 20  horsepower  engine  has  been  installed  in 
the  launch  Zip,  owned  by  Mr.  T.  W.  King,  of  the  Boston 
Y.  C.,  in  place  of  the  12  horsepower  engine  with  which 
the  boat  was  originally  equipped.  The  additional  power 
has  been  productive  of  more  speed. 

Mr.  W.  L.  Wright,  of  Brocton,  has  ordered  a 22ft. 
power  dory  from  the  E.  Gerry  Emmons  Corporation.  She 
will  be  fitted  with  a 3 horsepower  Palmer  engine,  and  will 
be  used  on  Assawumsett  Pond,  Middleboro-.  The  same 
firm  has  an  order  for  a 21ft.  power  dory  to  be  equipped 
with  a Toquet  engine  of  5 horsepower,  for  use  at  Vine- 
yard Haven. 

Messrs.  Swasey,  Raymond  & Page  have  received  an 
order  for  a 50ft.  speed  launch  for  use  on  Lake  Chapala, 
Mexico-.  She  will  be  equipped  with  a 75  horsepower  en- 
gine and  will  have  a guaranteed  speed  of  18  miles  an 
hour.  The  same  firm  has  an  order  for  a 50ft.  launch  for 
Dr.  Ralph  Gordon,  of  Seattle,  Wash.,  which  will  have  a 
50  horsepower  engine.  John  B.  Killeen. 


Motorboats  in  China. 

George  E.  Anderson,  U.  S.  Consul  at  Hangchau, 
China,  writes  as  following  regarding  motorboats: 

_ “The  whole  of  China  is  a network  of  canals  and 
rivers  upon  which  motorboats,  especially  boats  of  light- 
draft  capacity,  can  be  operated.  Within  the  past  few 
years  the  accepted  mode  of  travel  has  been  by  house- 
boat, towed  by  a steam  launch.  Where  the  regular  lines 
of  steam  launches  do  not  run,  the  old-time  houseboat 
with  a yuloh  or  scull  is  employed.  These  boats  are 
very  slow,  and  grow  more  and  more  unpopular.  It  will 
be  many  years  before  this  travel  is  displaced  by  rail- 
roads, and  in  the  meanwhile  there  is  a growing  favor 
for  power  boats,  both  for  the  private  ownership  of  those 
who  are  compelled  to  go  about  considerably  in  China 
and  for  a more  or  less  public  service.  The  motorboat 
as  it  is  now  made  in  the  United  States  is  practically 
unknown  in  China.  In  Shanghai  and  other  prominent 
trading  points  on  the  coast  there  are  a number  of 
modern  small  launches,  but  the  great  interior  is  prac- 
tically untouched.  The  Chinese  people  who  have  suf- 
ficient means  to  buy  such  things  are  turning  more  and 
more  in  the  direction  of  modern  western  inventions, 
and  I have  no  doubt  that  a consistent  and  persistent 
campaign  in  behalf  of  American  motorboats,  of  cheap 
and  substantial  grades,  would  result  in  building  up  a 
great  and  permanent  business.  The  need  of  motor- 
boats  is  here,  and  the  Chinese  and  foreigners  domiciled 
here  are  appreciating  the  need.  So  far  there  has  been 
little  done  to  meet  it.  There  is  an  agency  for  one  line 
of  American  launches  in  Shanghai,  and  several  other 
firms  there  have  a working  arrangement  with  concerns 
in  the  United  States  for  the  sale  of  boats,  but  the 
business  is  not  pushed,  and  there  will  probably  be  little 
change  in  the  situation  until  the  manufacturers  of  the 
United  States  go  at  the  matter  systematically  and  with 
energy.  The  boats  sold  in  Shanghai  are  usually  of  high 
grade  and  high  prices,  and  most  people  of  moderate 
means  do  not  realize  that  there  are  motorboats  within 
their  reach.  It  is  quite  possible  that  a strong  adver- 
tising campaign,  even  in  English,  would  result  in  a 
good  start  for  a motorboat  boom,  and  catalogues  in 
Chinese  would  undoubtedly  be  effective.  But  the  real 
need  is  personal  representation  and  hard  work  for  a 
while. 

“At  present  Pacific  freight  rates  are  unfavorable  to 


motorboats.  During  the  past  summer  the  rates  charged 
were  about  two  and  one-half  times  the  rates  charged 
for  household  goods.  As  yet  there  have  been  few  ship- 
ments around  by  the  Atlantic.  At  present  the  tendency 
is  to  buy  Pacific  coast  goods  as  far  as  possible,  because 
of  the  rates,  but  the  Pacific  coast  manufacturers  have 
not  been  making  motors  and  machines  of  the  grades 
and  at  the  prices  which  will  reach  the  bulk  of  the  trade 
in  the  Far  East.  The  more  popular  sized  and  medium 
to  cheap  grades  of  boats  made  in  the  Eastern  States 
are  what  are  required  in  China. 

“As  a rule  the  Chinese  are  good  boafi  builders  when 
they  have  good  models  to  work  from,  and  it  would  be 
practical  for  American  boat  builders  to  ship  boat  ma- 
chinery here  and  have  the  hulls  made  in  China.  . It 
will  be  a long  time  before  the  natives  will  be  making 
boat-propelling  machinery  of  the  modern  sort,  but  it 
will  be  a very  short  time  until  they  make  as  good  hulls 
as  are  made  elsewhere.  In  Shanghai  the  other  day  I 
saw  a Chinese  carpenter  and  furniture  maker  making 
a hull  from  the  model  of  one  of  the  American  boats,  sold 
there.  He  was  making  a very  creditable  boat.  The  ma- 
chinery was  to  come  from  the  United  States.  With  a 
little  instruction  and  practice  these  carpenters' will  turn 
out  good  boats  at  figures'  which  will  make  American 
prices  look  exceedingly  high.  Chinese  labor  is  so  cheap 
that  in  a product  like  a boat  hull,  in  which  the  chief 
cost  is  the  labor  expended  upon  it,  China  has  an  ad- 
vantage which  is  overwhelming,  other  things  being 
equal.  Of  course,  many  people  appreciate  the  ad- 
vantages of  having  a boat  completely  built  by  experts 
in  the  United  States.  American  manufacturers  ought 
to  be  able  to  meet  the  requirements  of  this  trade  in 
either  line,  and  I see  no  reason  why  they  cannot  easily 
do  so.” 


Semillant. 

The  40ft.  cruising  launch  Semillant,  whose  plans  are 
shown  in  this  issue,  was  designed  by  Mr.  Norman  L. 
Skene,  of  Boston,  for  Dr.  S.  Gandreau,  of  Quebec,  for  use 
on  the  St.  Lawrence  River  and  Gulf.  It  is  a popular  type 
of  boat,  being  very  able,  roomy  and  fast.  The  scantlings 
are  medium. 

The  motor  used  is  a twenty  horsepower  four-cylinder 
Jager  gasolene  engine  which  will  drive  the  boat  at  a 
speed  of  about  twelve  miles  an  hour.  Gasolene  is  carried 
in  two  tanks,  one  of  120  gallons  capacity  forward,  and 
one  of  thirty  gallons  under  the  cockpit  seats.  Gasolene 
is  drawn  from  the  smaller  tank,  which  is  filled  occasion- 
ally from  the  larger. 

The  cabin  plan  shows  a toilet  room  with  water  closet, 
lavatory  and  large  lockers  way  forward.  Abaft  of  this 
is  the  main  cabin  with  8ft.  transom.  The  back  cushions 
of  these  may  be  laid  on  the  floor  making  comfortable 
sleeping  quarters  for  three  people. 

The  space  on  the  port  side  of  the  engine  is  used  as  a 
galley  with  store,  drawers,  lockers,  etc.  On  the  star- 
board side  is  a transom  seat  with  tool  lockers  beneath 
and  a hanging  pipe  berth  above  for  a man.  An  unusual 


arrangement  is  the  utilization  of  the  roomy  torpedo  boat 
stern  for  sleeping  quarters  for  two  people.  This  was  the 
principal  object  in  adopting  this  type  of  stern.  The  head- 
room  in  the  cabin  is  5ft.  8in.  and  the  finish  is  of  butter- 
nut. 

The  steering  is  done  from  the  forward  end  of  the  cock- 
pit and  the  throttle,  spark  and  reverse  levers  are  located 
right  near  the  wheel,  so  that  the  boat  is  readily  controlled 
by  one  man.  The  principal  dimensions  are  as  follows : 
Length — 

Over  all  40ft.  oin. 

L.W.L 38ft.  2in. 

Breadth — 

Extreme  7ft.  6in. 

L.W.L 6ft.  8in. 

Draft — 


Extreme  2ft.  loin. 

Rabbet  ift.  6in. 

Freeboard — 

Forward  3ft.  Sin. 

Aft,  lowest  2ft.  6in. 

Mr.  Norman  L.  Skene,  of  Boston,  is  a graduate  of  the 
Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology  and,  although  a 
young  man,  has  shown  much  ability.  He  is  a close  stu- 
dent of  all  that  pertains  to  naval  architecture  and  his 
work  has  been  favorably  commented  upon  by  those  who 
have  seen  it.  He  has  already  written  an  elementary  trea-  , 
tise  on  yacht  designing,  which  is  one  of  the  best  of  its 
kind  that  has  been  produced,  and  he  is  now  at  work  on 
other  launches. 


A Change  in  Business. — Mr.  Hollis  Burgess,  who 
has  been  known  to  yachtsmen  as  a yacht  broker  and  later 
as  the  prime  mover  in  the  Maritime  Stores  Co.,  of  Bos-  i 
ton,  and  who  has  been  in  racing  craft  from  childhood,  - 
has  succeeded  to  his  father’s  insurance  business,  and  will  , 
pay  attention  to  the  merchant  marine  and  also  yachts,  ; 
from  force  of  habit,  in  connection  with  his  general  in- 
surance business.  He  handled  much  marine  insurance 
when  a yacht  broker  and  has  had  that  experience  which 
gives  best  results  to  his  clients, 


4 21 


May  27,  1905-] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


SEMILLANT FORTY-FOOT  CRUISING  LAUNCH -DESIGNED  BY  NORMAN  L.  SKENE  FOR  S.  GAUDREAU. 


422 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


tMAY  27,  1905. 


Manhasset  Bay  Y.  C. 


PORT  WASHINGTON^  LONG  ISLAND  SOUND. 

Saturday,  May  20. 

The  New  York  Y.  C.  one-design  30-footers  sailed  an 
impromptu  race  under  the  auspices  of  the  Manhasset 
Bay  Y.  C.  on  Saturday,  May  20. 

Aside  from  occasional  scraps,  this  is  the  first  real 
race  in  which  any  of  these  splendid  boats  have  par- 
ticipated. 

Vice-Commidore  Clarkson  Cowl  offered  two  prizes, 
and  the  Race  Committee  were  on  board  his  steam  yacht 
Ardea,  ex-Hanniel,  which  he  very  kindly  placed  at  their 
disposal.  The  breeze  was  fresh  from  the  N.  W.,  and 
the  four  starters  covered  a 9-mile  triangle.  The  first 
leg  was  a beat,  the  second  a broad  reach  and  then  a 
run  back  to  the  finish.  Atair  and  Alera  each  carried 
two  reefs  in  the  mainsail,  while  Dahinda  and  Phryne 
tied  down  but  one.  The  two  former  boats  apparently 
did  not  have  sail  enough  with  two  reefs  in,  for  they 
were  both  beaten  out. 

The  new  boats  look  very  much  better  under  sail  than 
they  do  at  anchor.  Even  in  the  heaviest  puffs  the  boats 
carried  their  sail  well,  and  all  concerned  were  very 
much  pleased  with  their  initial  performance. 

Dahinda,  with  the  wife  of  the  owner  on  board,  won 
by  12s. ; Phryne  was  second;  Atair  next  and  Alera  last. 

The  summary  follows: 


Start,  3:25: 

Dahinda,  W.  Butler  Duncan 
Phryne,  Harry  L.  Maxwell.. 

Atair,  Cord  Meyer 

Alera,  A.  H.  & J.  W.  Alker . 


Finish. 
.4  28  3G 
.4  28  48 
.4  29  20 
.4  29  23 


Elapsed, 
1 03  36 
1 03  48 
1 04  20 
1 04  23 


YACHTING  NEWS  NOTES. 


For  advertising  relating  to  this  department  see  pages  ii  and  iii. 


Brooklyn  Y.  C.  Ocean  Race. — On  Wednesday,  June 
29,  the  Brooklyn  Y.  C.’s  ocean  challenge  cup  race  will 
be  started  to  Hampton  Roads,  Va.  At  the  present  writ- 
ing eight  entries  have  been  received  and  accepted.  Sev- 
eral entries  of  boats  too  light  for  such  a trip  had  to  be 
refused.  The  boats  entered  are : 

Name.  Owner.  Club  or  Clubs. 

Gauntlet L.  D.  Huntington.... New  Rochelle 

Lila D.  R.  Floyd Newark  Bay 

Mopsa F.  C.  Sullivan  Harlem 

Anna C.  L.  Johnson  Chesapeake  Bay 

Bonita Haviland  Brothers Brooklyn 

Outing W.  W.  Titcomb Brooklyn 

Pocahontas Blanchard  Atkinson Brooklyn 

. ..... ..Frank  Maier Brooklyn  and  N.  Y. 

A large  party  of  members  and  guests  are  arranging  to 
leave  New  York  on  the  Old  Dominion  Line  on  July  1 to 
witness  the  finish  of  the  race  at  Hampton  Roads  and  to 
take  part  in  the  regatta  of  the  Hampton  Roads  yacht 
clubs,  which  will  be  held  on  the  Fourth,  and  is  as  fol- 
lows : 

Class  A,  boats  over  45ft.  racing  length. 

Class  B,  boats  over  35ft.  racing  length. 

Class  C,  boats  over  25ft.  racing  length. 

Class  D,  boats  under  25ft.  racing  length. 

Class  E,  boats  that  have  participated  in  Ocean  Race. 

Class  F,  cruising  power  boats. 

On  the  evening  of  the  Fourth  a banquet  will  be  given 
by  the  Hampton  Roads  Y.  C.  to  the  visiting  yachtmen. 
This  will  be  the  first  general  gathering  and  regatta  ever 
held  in  any  waters  south  of  New  York  Bay,  and  the  com- 
mittees of  both  clubs  are  earnestly  working  to  make  the 
event  a memorable  success. 

« »t  n 

Conditions  Governing  Race  for  Heligoland  Cup. — - 
The  race  for  the  Heligoland  Cup  will  be  of  more  than 
usual  interest  to  home  yachtsmen  this  year  as  a number 
of  American  vessels  will  probably  participate.  The  Heli- 
goland Cup  is  presented  by  H.  I.  M.  the  German  Em- 
peror, and  the  conditions  governing  the  race  are  as  fol- 
lows : 

For  all  cruising  yachts  belonging  to  any  recognized 
yacht  club,  of  80  tons  (T.  M.)  and  upwards. 

To  be  sailed  for  on  Saturday,  June  17,  from  Dover  to 
Heligoland,  to  start  at  11  A.  M.  Three  to  start  or  no  race. 

To  be  sailed  under  Y.  R.  A.  rules,  but  all  vessels  are 
to  carry  at  least  their  cutter  and  dinghy.  No  paid  hands 
to  be  carried  beyond  the  ordinary  crew  of  the  vessel, 
with  the  exception  of  a pilot. 

The'  owners  of  yachts  competing  for  the  Heligoland 
Cup  must  at  the  time  of  entry  hand  in  a certificate  of  her 
load  waterline  and  sail  area,  in  accordance  with  Y.  R.  A. 
rule. 

All  yachts  to  be  handicapped  after  the  manner  of  yachts 
for  the  King’s  Cup  at  the  R.  Y.  S.  Regatta  at  Cowes. 

A sub-committee  has  been  appointed  for  the  purpose  of 
handicapping  the  yachts,  which  is  empowered  to  decide 
which  vessels  come  under  the  category  of  cruising  yachts, 
and  against  whose  decision  there  shall  be  no  appeal. 

Tugs  will  be  at  hand  on  arriving  at  Heligoland  to  tow 
the  yachts  through  the  Kaiser  Wilhelm  Canal  to  Kiel. 

The  Heligoland  Cup  has  been  designed  by  H.  I.  M.  the 
German  Emperor,  K.  G.,  and  will  be  given  by  His  Im- 
perial Majesty  personally  to  the  owner  of  the  winning 
yacht. 

His  Imperial  Majesty  will  give  additional  prizes  on 
the  basis  of,  for  every  three  starters,  one  prize. 

r n 

Large  Power  Yacht  Sold. — Mr.  James  Hartness,  of 
Springfield,  Vt.,  has  sold  his  motor  yacht  Laurena  to  Mr. 
D.  N.  Armstrongg,  of  Bridgeport,  Conn.,  through  the 
agency  of  Mr.  Stanley  M.  Seaman. 

m * * 

Designers  of  Winners.— It  is  seldom  that  yachts  from 
the  same  designing  board  will  win  championships  in  three 
distinct  classes  racing  on  the  same  circuit,  but  this  is  a 
feat  accomplished  by  yachts  designed  by  Messrs.  Small 
Brothers,  of  Boston.  Three  boats  of  their  design,  Clotho, 
Hayseed  and  Vera  II.  won  the  championships  in  the  Y. 
R.  A.  of  Massachusetts  in  the  22,  18  and  15ft.  classes 
respectively  last  season.-  Messrs.  Small  Brothers  are 
very  clever  in  turning  out  racing  boats,  having  had  long 
experience  in  this  line,  and  both  have  the  advantage  of 


being  expert  racing  skippers.  They  are  equally  skillful 
on  cruising  craft  and  have  the  faculty  of  getting  as  much 
accommodation  as  possible  in  a given  space,  without  giv- 
ing the  appearance  of  crowding. 

* « « 

Sally  Growler  Launched. — The  Gas  Engine  & Power 
Co.  and  Charles  L.  Seabury  & Co.,  Cons.,  of  Morris 
Heights,  have  launched  at  least  one  large  yacht  a week 
from  their  big  shops  since  early  spring.  The  last  boat 
to  go  overboard  was  the  twin-screw  cruising  launch  Sally 
Growler.  This  clean-lined,  splendidly  built  boat  is  for 
Mr.  Herbert  L.  Terrell.  She  is  50ft.  over  all,  12ft. 
breadth  and  2ft.  3m.  draft.  She  is  fitted  with  two  Speed- 
way engines  which  will  drive  her  at  a speed  of  12  miles 
an  hour.  The  interior  arrangements  are  roomy  and  fitted 
in  good  taste.  Forward  is  a pilot  house  with  guest  quar- 
ters just  aft.  Next  comes  the  owner’s  room  and  the 
toilet.  Then  the  engine  room,  galley  and  crew’s  quar- 
ters. A large  cockpit  aft  affords  a comfortable  and  pro- 
tected place  for  those  on  deck.  The  boat  is  for  use  at 
Seabright,  N.  J. 

The  same  firm  has  put  overboard  the  handsome  high 
speed  launch  Colonia. . She  was  built  for  Commodore 
Frederick  G.  Bourne,  New  York  Y.  C.,  and  will  be  car- 
ried on  the  flagship’s  davits.  The  launch  will  be  entered 
in  some  of  the  season’s  races  and  also  in  the  events  ar- 
ranged for  on  the  New  York  Y.  C.  cruise.  - 

*,  * 

Hingham  Y.  C.  Incorporated. — The  Hingham  Y.  C., 
which  has  lain  dormant  for  two  or  three  years,  has 
taken  on  a new  lease  of  life  by  a large  increase  in 
membership,  and  it  has  just  been  incorporated  under 
the  laws  of  the  State  of  Massachusetts.  The  meeting, 
which  voted  to  incorporate,  elected  the  following  of- 
ficers: Com.,  Charles  B.  Barnes,  Jr.;  Vice-Corn.,  Alfred 

L.  Lincoln;  Sec’y,  J.  Sumner  Fowler;  Treas.,  Charles 

M.  Scudder.  The  club  house  is  shortly  to  be  erected 
and  leased  to  the  club  and  a runway  and  float  will  be 
put  in  position,  so  that  the  latter  may  be  reached  at  all 
stages  of  the  tide. 

•S  •?  *S 

Seawanhaka  Corinthian  Y.  C.  Gen.  Orders  No.  3.— 
General  Orders  No.  3 of  the  Seawanhaka  Corinthian 
Y.  C.,  issued  by  the  Fleet  Captain  Clinton  H.  Crane  for 
Commodore  William  K.  Vanderbilt,  Jr.,  are  as  follows: 

1. — The  squadron  will  rendezvous  at  Seawanhaka  Har- 
bor, Oyster  Bay,  on  Saturday,  May  2 7,  in  order  to  take 
part  in  the  opening  exercises  at  the  club  house. 

II.  — On  signal  from  the  flagship  at  3 P.  M.  (Satur- 
day), the  club  burgee  will  be  mast-headed  on  the  club 
flagstaff,  and  all  vessels  in  harbor  will  dress  ship  sim- 
ultaneously. 

III.  — On  Sunday,  May  28,  Divine  services  will  be 
read  on  board  the  flagship  at  11  A.  M.,  by  Rear-Com- 
modore Frank  S.  Blastings. 

IV.  — In  observance  of  Decoration  Day,  Tuesday,  May 
30,  all  ensigns  will  be  half-masted,  and  the  fleet  will 
dress  ship  at  eight  bells. 

V.  — At  10  A.  M.,  all  yachts  will  be  inspected  by  the 
commodore. 

VI.  — At  4 P.  M.,  a reception  will  be  held  on  board 
Virginia  to  which  all  captains,  members  and  their 
guests  are  cordially  invited. 

Captains  are  earnestly  requested  to  have  their  yachts 
in  harbor  during  the  ceremonies. 

* * 

Passage  from  Stage  Harbor,  Chatham,  now  Com- 
pletely Closed. — Cruisers  of  the  small  yacht  fleet  having 
occasion  to  round  Cape  Cod  this  season  will  learn  with 
regret  that  the  winter’s  storms  have  caused  unfavorable 
changes  in  the  already  forbidding  entrance  to  Chatham 
North  Harbor.  The  north  point  has  been  washing 
away,  and  the  sand  has  been  making  on  the  south  point, 
until  quite  a new  form  of  channel— if  channel  it  can  be 
called — has  been  formed  to  the  old  harbor.  Boats 
crossing  the  bar  now  work  close  up  the  shore  by  the 
hotel  in  entering  the  old  harbor.  The  south  point, 
the  back  entrance  from  Stage  Harbor,  that  formerly 
constituted  a channel  for  small  boats  by  which  the  long 
and  sometimes  rough  trip  around  Monomoy  could  be 
avoided,  has  now  been  closed  by  a high  and  wide 
sandbar,  across  which  one  may  pass  dryshod  from  in 
front  of  the  hotel  clear  to  the  outer  beach.  This 
channel  has  been  gradually  filling  up  for  some  years, 
though  up  to  comparatively  recently  boats  could  go 
through  at  high  water.  One  of  the  last  large  boats  to 
go  through  was  the  yawl  Clairette,  in  making  the 
passage  from  Baltimore  to  Boston,  in  charge  of  Walter 
Burgess,  some  five  years  ago.  Illustrating  the  uncer- 
tainties of  the  sea,  old  ocean  has  broken  through  the 
outer  beach  below  the  lights  at  Chatham,  forming  a 
passage  through  which  sand  is  being  poured  into  Stage 
Harbor  at  a rate  that  must,  if  continued,  fill  it.  An 
effort  in  town  meeting  to  take  measures  to  stop  this 
cut  was  defeated.— Boston  Globe. 

It  * ft 

Atlantic  Y.  C.  General  Orders  No.  2. — Fleet  Cap- 
tain B.  M.  Whitlock  has  sent  out  for  Commodore 
Daniel  G.  Reid,  General  Orders  No.  2,  which  are  as 
follows: 

The  fleet  will  rendezvous  at  the  club  anchorage  at  or 
before  10  o’clock  A.  M.,  Tuesday,  May  30. 

At  11  o’clock  A.  M.,  the  fleet  will  dress  ship  and  the 
flag  at  the  club  house  will  be  mast-headed.  At  11:02 
o’clock  A.  M.,  the  flagship,  followed  by  the  fleet,  will 
salute  the  club  flag  by  firing  one  gun. 

Official  calls  should  be  made  between  the  hours  of 
11:30  o’clock  A.  M.,  and  1 o’clock  P.  M. 

The  commanding  officer  will  be  pleased  to  receive 
members  of  the  club  and  their  friends  on  board  the 
flagship  between  the  hours  of  3:30  and  5 o’clock  P.  M. 

It  * * 

Zeta  Violates  Quarantine  Regulations. — Mr.  E.  W. 
Deming’s  gasolene  launch  Zeta  has  been  held  up  at 
Sagua  la  Grande,  Cuba,  for  three  weeks  because  of  an 
unintentional  violation  of  quarantine  regulations.  The 
facts  in  the  base  developed  when  Mr.  Deming  appealed 
to  Minister  Squires  to  see  if  something  could  not  be 
done  to  expedite  the  case. 

The  story  told  by  Mr,  Deming  is  that  when  he  sailed 


from  New  Orleans  he  inquired  if  it  was  necessary  for 
him  to  take  out  a health  certificate  to  sail  for  gulf  ports, 
and  he  was  informed  that  there  was  no  need.  He  then 
sailed  around  the  coast  of  the  Uiiited  States,  finally 
touching  at  St.  Petersburg,  Fla.,  from  which  place  he 
cleared  for  Cuba.  He  sailed  around  part  of  the  coast 
and  then  touched  at  Sagua  la  Grande,  to  be  surprised 
with  the  detention  by  the  authorities  for  having  entered 
the  port  without  a health  certificate. 

For  three  weeks  the  case  of  Mr.  Deming  has  been 
held  up,  and  there  seemed  no  more  prospect  of  getting 
it  settled  than  when  he  wras  first  detained,  and  he  finally 
appealed  to  Mr.  Squires,  to  see  what  could  be  done. 
Mr.  Squires,  on  investigating,  found  that  the  Cuban 
authorities  had  acted  according  to  a law  which  was 
made  by  military  order  during  the  American  interven- 
tion, which  fixed  a maximum  penalty  of  $5,000  for  any 
ship  violating  the  order. 

Mr.  Deming,  realizing  that  he  has  violated  the  law, 
although  it  was  absolutely  unintentional,  wishes  to  pay 
the  fine  which  the  government  wishes  to  impose  so  that 
he  can  leave,  and  Minister  Squires  will  use  his  good 
offices  in  trying  to  see  if  the  case  cannot  be  expedited, 
— Havana  Post. 


§>anoi{ing. 

-*> 

Across  Nova  Scotia  in  Canoes* 

(Continued  from  page  403.) 

Saturday,  June  18, 

After  the  usual  morning  ablutions,  Arthur  and  Louis 
got  to  work  on  the  big  canoe,  and  patched  it  up  with 
pitch.  We  then  struck  camp  and  left  this  attractive 
little  spot  very  regretfully.  We  ran  down  through  the 
rough  water,  and  in  the  hard  work  and  excitement 
incident  on  getting  through,  did  not  learn  the  names 
of  any  but  one  or  two  of  the  rapids.  One  beautiful  spot, 
where  the  river  tumbled  over  a series  of  steep,  rocky 
slopes,  was  known  as  “Pescawes  Ledges.”  Another 
rapid  was  known  as  “Lake  Falls,”  and  just  a short 
distance  below  this  point,  we  came  across  an  old  log 
wing  dam,  stretching  about  half  way  across  the  stream, 
diagonally;  to  turn  the  current  into  the  main  channel 
around  an  island.  ‘ The  river  was  quite  broad  at  this 
point,  and  full  of  great  rocks  projecting  above  the 
surface  everywhere.  We  had  magnificent  sport  all 
morning  working  the  boats  through  these  rapids, 
under  constant  risk  of  smashing  them  on  the  obstruc- 
tions. A tremendous  wind  was  blowing,  although  it 
was  perfectly  clear,  and  fly-casting  was  strenuous  sport. 
Carl  and  H.  N.  T.  perched  themselves  on  high  rocks 
and  proceeded  to  cast  some  hundred  feet  down  stream 
in  the  gale.  The  rapids  were  a roaring  stretch  of  white 
water,  and  the  branches  of  the  evergreens  tossed  and 
bent  with  the  force  of  the  wind.  The  fresh,  clear 
air  and  the  bewildering  motion  and  tumult  all  about 
made  one  feel  like  living,  and  we  were  a pretty  en- 
thusiastic crowd,  faces  tanned  by  the  sun,  muscles 
hardened  by  the  constant  work,  and  nerves  braced  by 
the  excitement  and  the  wholesome,  outdoor  sport.  We 
stopped  for  lunch  a little  after  noon  on  the  left-hand 
bank  of  the  river,  at  a spot  that  had  little  to  commend 
it  in  the  way  of  scenery,  compared  with  the  magnificent 
country  we  were  passing  through.  While  the  others 
were  preparing  lunch,  the  anglers  fished  above  and 
below  the  camp,  catching  a few  trout,  and  Louis  amused 
the  party  with  anecdotes  of  his  previous  employers, 
some  of  them  lady  sportsmen.  Charles  afforded  some 
merriment  by  slipping  off  the  edge  of  the  steep  bank 
into  the  water,  and  floundering  out  again  up  the  slip- 
pery muddy  slope.  While  we  were  eating  lunch,  a huge 
raven  serenaded  us  from  a clump  of  trees  a short  dis- 
tance up  stream,  making  very  weird,  discordant  sounds. 
This  camp  was  named  after  our  faithful  guide,  as  he 
was  particularly  talkative  here,  and  kept  the  party  well 
amused  by  his  droll  sayings  and  stories. 

Not  very  long  after  leaving  this  camp,  we  had  our 
first  serious  accident  of  the  cruise.  Charles  O.  and 
Carl  were  traveling  in  the  smaller  boat,  and  Arthur, 
the  writer,  and  Louis  in  the  large  one.  We  were 
ahead  of  the  others;  and  at  a rough  stretch  of  rapids, 
just  above  Hemlock  Point,  we.  had  several  close  calls 
getting  through,  as  the  stream  was  badly  obstructed 
by  sunken  rocks.  We  managed  to  get  through  all 
right  about  iooyds.  ahead  of  the  others,  and  as  we 
were  pushing  ahead  down  stream,  Louis  turned  around 
suddenly  to  see  whether  they  were  safely  through.  We 
heard  him  give  a quick  exclamation,  and  upon  glancing 
back,  we  saw  that  they  had  jammed  on  a rock  in  the 
current,  and  were  both  out  of  the  boat,  struggling  in 
the  water.  We  turned  immediately  for  the  shore, 
beached  our  boat  as  quickly  as  possible,  and  seizing  the 
paddles  and  poles,  dashed  up  the  river  bank  to  the 
rescue.  This  was  pretty  slow  work,  as  we  had  to 
clamber  over  high  rocks  and  underneath  overhanging 
trees,  but  we  made  quick  time  of  the  short  distance, 
and,  arriving  upon  the  scene  breathless,  we  found  that 
the  canoe  was  jammed  broadside  against  a rock  in  the 
swiftest  part  of  the  current  and  sunk  almost  out  of 
sight  under  the  water.  Carl  was  standing  waist-deep 
in  the  current  a short  distance  out  from  the  bank  and 
Charles  was  passing  the  pack  bags,  tent,  etc.,  to  him,  to 
be  thrown  ashore.  We  helped  them  with  the  last  of 
these,  and  managed  to  get  Carl’s  rod  free,  although 
it  was  bent  double  and  tangled  in  among  the  thwarts. 

Fortunately,  the  boat  was  not  far  from  the  shore, 
and  the  water  not  more  than  waist-deep,  although  the 
bottom  was  rocky  and  irregular,  giving  a very  in- 
secure foothold.  The  force  of  the  water  was  gradually 
bending  the  boat  around  the  rock,  and  we  tried  our 
best  to  swing  one'  end  around  so  as  to  get  the  boat 
free,  which  was  impossible.  We  then  tried  to  lift  the 
boat  over  the  rock,  but  it  was  wedged  too  tightly,  and 
the  current  was  too  strong.  We  found  that  the  com- 
bined efforts  of  all  five  of  us  were  not  sufficient  to  get 
the  boat  free,  and  it  was  slowly  being  crushed  around 
the  rock,  so  Louis  and  the  Scribe  dashed  ashore  after 
poles,  while  the  others  braced  the  ends  of  the  boat  with 
their  knees  to  keep  it  from  breaking  further.  We 
quickly  secured  long  poles  from  the  woods,  and  with 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


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May  27,  tposJ 


WILD  POINT  CAMP,  LAKE  ROSSIGNOL. 


the  help  of  these,  managed  to  pry  the  boat  up  over  the 
rock,  so  that  it  was  swept  down  stream  full  of  water, 
and  liadly  broken.  We  dragged  it  ashore  a short  dis- 
tance below,  and  found  that  some  of  the  ribs  were 
broken  and  the  bottom  pushed  up  level  with  the  gun- 
wales. The  longitudinal  planking  was  also  cracked  and 
splintered,  but,  fortunately,  the  canvas  cover  was  still 
intact.  We  found  by  Louis’  directions  a little  clearing 
some  25yds.  from  the  water’s  edge,  up  a short  slope, 
and  decided  to  pitch  camp  here,  and  see  what  we  could 
do  toward  repairing  the  boat.  It  was  then  probably 
about  3 o’clock  in  the  afternoon.  Arthur  and  Louis 
jumped  in  the  large  canoe  and  hastened  down  stream 
to  recover  Carl’s  rod  case,  which  had  been  lost,  and 
were  lucky  enough  to  find  it  floating  in  an  eddy  a 
short  distance  below. 

Upon  taking  an  inventory,  we  found  that  nothing  of 
value  was  missing,  except  a canteen  of  tea,  and  a canoe 
sponge  for  bailing.  This  accident  bid  fair  to  be  a 
serious  matter,  since  the  nature  of  the  country  we  were 
passing  through  made  it  well-nigh  impossible  to  get 
out  on  foot,  and  we  were  still  quite  a distance  from  our 
destination.  We  were  pretty  completely  equipped  for 
just  such  emergencies,  and  had  a supply  of  marine 
glue  and  pegamoid,  a waterproof  imitation  of  leather — 
tacks,  a combination  tool  containing  a gimlet,  screw- 
driver, chisel,  etc.,  and  a supply  of  small  brass  screws 
of  various  sizes.  Louis  set  to  work  to  find  out  what 
he  could  do  'with  the  broken  boat,  after  the  camp  was 
pitched,  and  everything  was  hung  up  to  dry  on  high 
racks  around  the  fire.  He  was  keenly  pleased  with  the 
combination  tool,  and  after  about  an  hour’s  hard  #ork 
with  it  and  his  Indian  drawing  knife,  the  boat  was  al- 
most as  good  as  new..  The  repairs  were  accomplished 
by  putting  in  a heavy  extra  thwart  with  a vertical  sup- 
port to  keep  the  bottom  of  the  boat  down  and  to 
strengthen  the  ribs.  A little  pitch  on  the  wo®t  places 
in  the  canvas  cover  completed  the  repairs^ahd  we  had 


no  further  trouble  with  the  boat  from  this  accident 
during  the  rest  of  the  trip. 

Emergency  Camp  was  a very  picturesque  one,  being 
surrounded  by  forest  on  all  sides,  the  river  showing 
through  gaps  in  the  trees  a short  distance  away.  We 
had  plenty  of  time  to  make  ourselves  comfortable,  the 
Scribe  cut  a number  of  light  poles  in  the  woods  nearby 
and  made  a support  for  swinging  all  the  sleeping  bags 
off  the  ground.  This  arrangement  consisted  of  two 
heavy  logs  supported  by  crotched  sticks  driven  in  the 
ground,  one  at  the  back  and  the  other  at  the  front  of 
the  tent;  the  bags  were  hung  on  the  light  poles,  which 
had  their  ends  resting  on  these  heavy  logs  at  the  head 
and  foot,  and  strapped  securely  into  place.  There  was 
just  enough  room  inside  the  tent  for  this  plan  to  be 
carried  out  successfully,  and  when  completed,  the 
sleeping  bags  were  a good  foot  off  the  floor,  very 
springy  and  luxurious.  While  we  were  working  around 
the  camp,  a rabbit  persisted  in  coming  out  from  the 
bushes  and  viewing  us  until  finally  somebody  suggested 
that  possibly  a rabbit  pot-pie  would  not  taste  badly, 
so  we  got  the  revolvers.  Chas.  O.  and  Carl  were  both 
members  of  the  National  Guard,  and  had  quailfied  with 
honors  in  revolver  shooting,  so  that  the  rabbit  seemed 
to  have  a very  slender  chance  for  existence.  It  gave 
an  exhibition  of  courage,  however,  that  would  have 
done  credit  to  a Jap,  and  simply  sat  up  and  shook  its 
ears  at  us  when  the  bullets  flew  closer  than  usual. 
Finally,  somebody  managed  to  knock  the  dust  up  a 
little  to  one  side  of  him,  and  he  scampered  off  into  the 
bushes,  much  to  the  chagrin  of  the  sharpshooters.  A 
few  minutes  later,  Louis  flushed  a porcupine  down  near 
the  river  bank,  and  H.  N.  T.  chased  him  down  with 
a forked  stick,  close  by  the  camp.  The  animal  was 
quite  leisurely  in  his  movements,  and  did  not  seem 
unusually  disturbed  or  excited,  so  the  Scribe  got  the 
idea  that  he  could  pick  him  up  carefully  by  the  tail 
and  carry  him  triumphantly  into  camp.  After  one  or 


two  spasmodic  attempts,  H.  N.  T.  allowed  the  creature 
to  go  his  way  in  peace,  and  retreated  back  to  camp, 
carefully  extracting  the  quills  from  his  fingers.  Louis, 
to  reassure  him,  proceeded  to  tell  stories  of  lumber- 
men who  had  lost  their  hands  and  arms,  as  the  case 
might  be,  by  attempting  to  make  friends  with  these 
tame  little  beasts.  In  the  meantime,  the  rabbit  made  a 
second  appearance,  and  possibly  a dozen  cartridges 
were  again  wasted  by  frantic  shooting  in  his  direction. 

About  sunset  we  had  dinner,  at  which  Arthur  furn- 
ished an  excellent  line  of  fresh  biscuits,  almost  too 
dainty  for  the  rough  environment.  We  noticed  that 
it  looked  a little  cloudy,  so  we  built  Louis  a lean-to 
of  the  paddles  and  the  rubber  blanket,  close  alongside 
the  fire.  We  pulled  the  patched  canoe  just  up  behind 
this,  and  piled  pack  bags  at  either  side  of  the  shelter, 
so  that  we  had  a very  comfortable  and  cosy  place  for 
the  night.  We  lit  up  our  six-candle  power  arc  light, 
which  consisted  of  six  was  candles  which  had  gotten 
completely  melted  together  in  one  of  the  bags,  and  had 
a brillian  illumination  after  dark,  although  at  the  ex- 
pense of  a great  deal  of  wax,  which  streamed  down  in 
copious  quantities,  forming  graceful  stalactites.  Just 
before  it  was  too  dark  to  see  objects  distinctly,  our 
■friend,  the  rabbit,  turned  up  again,  and  more  shooting 
disturbed  the  quiet  of  the  twilight.  The  only  result 
was  to  make  the  rabbit  more  curious  as  to  what  all  the 
racket  was  about  anyhow,  and  he  seemed  to  have  gained 
the  impression  that  it  was  a celebration  in  his  honor, 
as  he  was  waiting  for  us  bright  and  early  the  next 
morning  outside. 

That  night  we  had  a heavy  shower  of  rain,  which 
came  up  with  a roar,  awakening  several  of  us,  and  we 
were  glad  that  we  were  well  up  from  the  ground  and 
comfortably  under  cover;  also,  that  we  had  made  some 
provision  for  Louis’  comfort.'  We  lay  snugly  in  the 
sleeping  bags — the  rain  pouring  down  on  the  tent  above 
us — perfectly  dry  and  contented,  knowing  that  every- 
thing was  shipshape.  This  is  certainly  a delightful 
sensation,  to  lay  comfortably  inside  a tent  out  in  the 
woods,  with  the  rain  beating  down  outside,  provided, 
of  course,  one  does  not  touch  the  canvas  and  start  a 
leak. 

The  storm  did  not  last  very  long,  and  we  quickly 
dropped  off  to  sleep  again,  lulled  by  the  absolute  com- 
fort of  the  beds  we  had  taken  the  trouble  to  fix  up. 

[to  be  continued.] 


Waterproofing  Canvas. 

In  Forest  and  Stream  of  May  13,  J.  W.  S.,  of  Ganse- 
voort,  N.  Y.,  asks  for  information  on  the  waterproofing 
of  canvas  for  folding  canoes. 

While  each  builder  of  canvas-covered  or  canvas  folding 
canoes  employs  a preparation  the  formula  for  which  he 
keeps  secret,  it  seems  to  me  that  for  the  purpose  named 
by  your  correspondent,  the  paraffin  and  naphtha  treat- 
ment will  answer.  This  consists  merely  in  shaving  a 
quantity  of  paraffin  finely  and  putting  it  into  a bottle  of 
naphtha  for  a couple  of  days,  adding  a little  paraffin  until 
no  more  will  dissolve;  then,  with  a varnish  brush,  lay 
the  solution  evenly  on  the  canvas  while  the  latter  is 
either  stretched  very  tightly  or  placed  on  a smooth  sur- 
face. Drying  takes  place  very  rapidly,  but  it  is  well  to 
give  the  treated  canvas  a couple  of  days  to  dry  thor- 
oughly, and  thus  be  on  the  safe  side.  Benzine  can  be 
used  instead  of  naphtha,  and  I have  used  turpentine  and 
paraffin  with  entire  success,  although  more  time  should 
be  given  for  the  wax  to  dissolve  if  turpentine  is  used. 
In  any  event,  do  the  waterproofing  outdoors,  and  put 
your  pipe  in.  a safe  place  first  of  all,  lest  you  forget  and 
attempt  to  light  up  while  coating  the  canvas.  The  re- 
sult of  striking  a match  near  the  treated  canvas  can  be 
imagined  better  than  described.  I have  been  told,  how- 
ever, that  things  happen  very  suddenly  at  such  times. 
This  treatment  is  entirely  successful  for  ’ old  tents  and 
awnings,  even  of  common  sheeting.  Its  chief  merit  is 
that  it  adds  no  appreciable  weight,  and  the  material  re-* 
mains  soft  and  pliable,  I have  never  found  any  evidences 
of  cracking  if  the  goods  is  folded.  Perry  D.  Frazer. 


A.  C.  A.  Amendments. 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

In  accordance  with  article  12  of  the  constitution  of  the 
American  Canoe  Association  I beg  herewith  to  give  no- 
tice that  at  the  next  meeting  of  the  executive  committee 
I shall  propose  the  following  amendment  to  the  consti- 
tution : 

Article  9,  section  3,  beginning  after  treasury  in  the 
third  line  011  page  n of  1904  year  book  to  read  as  fol- 
lows : 

On  or  before  Oct.  1 in  each  year  thev  shall  make  an 
annual  report  of  finances  properly  audited  with  vouchers 
for  all  expenditures,  the  same  shall  be  forwarded  to  the 
secretary.  At  the  same  time  they  shall  forward  all  un- 
expended funds  held  by  them  to  the  Board  of  Governors. 

C.  F.  Wolters, 

A.  C.  A,  798. 

A.  C.  A.  Membership. 

New  Members  Proposed. — Atlantic  Division:  George 
F.  Burch,  New  York  city,  by  B.  Frank  Cromwell,  Jr.; 
Charles  L.  Hancock,  Trenton,  In.  J.,  by  Fred  G.  Furman; 
Robert  Andruss,  New  York  city,  by  B.  Frank  Cromwell, 
Jr.  ; Charles  A.  Tracy,  Bordentown,  N.  J.,  by  J.  A. 
Brown;  Richard  Rank,  Kingsbridge,  New  York  city,  by 
Albert  ICumke;  George  G.  Brower,  Bordentown,  N,’  I. 
by  Louis  W.  Wiese. 

Central  Division : Lee  Richmond,  Rochester,  N.  Y., 

by  C.  F.  Wolters;  Arthur  R.  Selden,  Rochester,  N.  Y.[ 
by  C.  F.  Wolters;  IT.  H.  Cummings,  Jr.,  Rome,  N Y bv 
H.  S.  Sturdevant.  7 

Eastern  Division;  Arthur  W.  Blunt,  Charles  H 
Northup  and  Louis  W.  Boutelle,  all  of  Providence  R T ’ 
and  all  by  H.  S.  McCormack.  ’ * ’ 


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Fixtures. 

May  24-25.— Union  Hill  Park,  N.  J.,  Independent  New  York 
Scheutzen.  Gus  Zimmerman,  Capt. 

June  15-18. — Central  Sharpshooters’  Union,  under  auspices  Of 
Davenport,  Ta.,  Shooting  Association.  F.  Berg,  Sec’y.  . . 

July  24-29.— JN  ewark,  O. — Second  annual  of  the  Ohio  State  Rifle 
Association. 

July  26-Aug.  1. — Creedmoor,  L.  I. — Second  annual  of  New  York 
Rifle  Association. 

Aug.  11-18.— Fort  Des  Moines,  la.,  Rifle  Association  annual 
meeting. 

Aug.  24-28.— Sea  Girt,  N.  J.— National  rifle  and  revolver  matches. 

Aug.  29-Sept.  9.— Sea  Girt,  N.  J.— National  Rifle  Association  and 
New  Jersey  State  Association. 


Providence  R.  I.  Revolver  Club. 

We  have  finished  indoor  shooting,  and  open  our  new  50yd.  range 
for  regular  practice  Decoration  Day. 

Our  vice-president,  Mr.  Win.  Almy,  has  finished  the  first  100 
shots  in  his  1000-shot  test,  with  an  average  of  a little  over  90 
per  cent.,  and  his  second  100  shows  an  improvement  over  even 
this  fine  showing.  Mr.  Almy  is  very  much  pleased  with  the 
accuracy  of  this  new  cartridge  for  50yd.  pistol  shooting,  and  his 
scores  are  showing  a good  combination. 

Mr.  M.  B.  Brown  has  been  practicing  diligently  with  his  re- 
volver of  late,  and  some  of  the  boys  are  of  the  opinion  they  know 
the  reason.  He  leaves  this  week  for  a five-weeks’  trip  through 
Arizona. 

The  following  scores  were  recorded  for  week  ending  May  20: 

Fifty  yards,  rifle  (Standard):  H.  Powell  89,  87,  84,  80;  B. 

•Norman  88,  86,  84,  83. 

Fifty  yards,  rifle  (German  ring):  H.  Powell  216,  216,  21,0. 

Fifty  shots,  pistol:  Wm.  Almy  91,  91,  90,  91,  95,-91. 

The  following  scores  were  recorded  at  our  final  indoor  shoot, 
Saturday  evening:  ’ 

Twenty  yards,  Standard:  Arno  Argus  .(38  officers’ , model),  78, 

79,  83,  80;  Maj.  Wm.  F.  Eddy.  (.38  military),  78,  76;  Fred  Lieblich 
(.22  pistol),  74. 

Twenty-five  yards,  rifle,  25  ring:  Fred  Collins  (.25-25),  234,  233, 

221;  C.  H.  Jeffords,  Jr.,  (.32-20  repeater),  199,  205,  207,  209,.  207. 

Ten  yards,  pocket  revolvers,  20yds.,  Standard:  Milton.  B. 

Brown  (.32),  70,  70,  85;  Milton  B.  Brown  (.22)  68;  Edw.  C.  Park- 
hurst  (.32),  70,  92,  68,  78;  Edw.  C.  Parkhurst  (.22),  68. 


Dallas  Rifle  and  Revolver  Club. 

Dallas,  Tex.,  May  17.— On  May  12,  the  Dallas-  Rifle  and  Re- 
volver Club  was  organized  at  Dallas,  Tex.,  with  fifteen  members, 
and  it  promises  to  be  an  active  and  progressive  club. 

Heretofore  there  has  been  much  informal  rifle  shooting  at 
200yds.,  offhand,  but  no  club  was  organized,  and  now,  since  the 
interest  and  attendance  at  these  informal  shoots  has  increased  so 
much,  this  club  was  organized. 

The  officers  are  as  follows:  V.  C.  Dargan,  President;  Ed- 

ward A.  Belsterling,  Vice-President;  Fred  T.  Moseley,  Secretary- 
Treasurer;  R.  S.  McBean,  Executive  Officer. 

The  club  has  a very  good  200yd.  range,  and  weekly  shoots  will 
be  held.  Fred  T.  Moseley. 

West  Side  Rifle  Club. 

A prize  shoot  will  be  held  May  27  and  28  on  the  club’s  range,  523 
West  Fifty-seventh  street,  New  York  city.  This  range  is  an  open 
one,  85ft.  long.  Scores  on  the  ring  target  will  be  three  shots 
each,  with  any  ,22cal.  rifle,  offhand.  Entries  unlimited,  35  cents 
each.  Fifteen  prizes,  ranging  from  $15  to  $2,  and  three  cash 
premiums  for  the  best  five  targets.  The  bullseye  target,  by 
measurement,  is  also  open  to  all  comers,  35-cent  tickets  of  three 
shots,  best  single  shot  to  count.  There  are  fifteen  prizes,  ranging 
from  $12  to  $1,  and  three  premiums  for  the  greatest  number  of 
bullseyes.  On  the  first  day  there  will  be  shooting  from  1 to 
9 P.  M.,  and  on  the  second  day  from  9 A.  M.  to  9 P.  M. 


If  you  want  your  shoot  to  be  announced  here  send  a 
notice  like  the  following: 


Fixtures. 

May  24.— Catskill,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  Seth  T.  Cole, 
Sec’y. 

May  24-25.— Wolcott,  N.  Y.— Catchpole  Gun  Club  tournament. 

E.  A.  Wadsworth,  Sec’y. 

May  25. — Fairview,  N.  J.,  Gun  Club  shoot. 

May  25-27.— Montreal,  Quebec,  Gun  Club  grand  trapshooting 
tournament.  D.  J.  Kearney,  Sec’y,  412  St.  Paul  street,  Quebec. 
May  28— Jersey  City,  N.  J.— Hudson  Gun  Club  all-day  tournament. 

James  Hughes,  Sec’y  . 

May  28-30.- — San  Franciseo. — Pacific  Coast  Trapshooting  Associa- 
tion annual  tournament. 

May  29-31.— Louisville,  Ky.— Kentucky  Trapshooters’  League  third 
annual  tournament.  Frank  Pragoff,  Sec’y. 

May  30.— Westwood,  N.  J.,  Gun  Club  shoot.  Mr.  V.  Van  Buskirk, 
Capt.  - 

May  30.— Buffalo,  N.  Y.— Infallible  Gun  Club  tournament.  E.  J. 
McLeod,  Sec’y. 

May  30.— Columbus,  O.— Indianola  Gun  Club  tournament. 

May  30.— Cleveland,  O.,  Gun  Club’s  tournament.  F.  IT.  Wallace, 
Mgr. 

May  30.— McKeesport,  Pa.— Enterprise  Gun  Club  tournament. 

Geo.  W.  Mains,  Sec’y.  _ _ , 

May  30.— New  Berlin,  O.,  Gun  Club  Decoration  Day  shoot.  John 
L.  Schlitz,  Sec’y.  .... 

May  30. — Mechanicsville,  N.  Y.,  Game  Protective  Association 
target  tournament.  r . 

May  30.— Somerville,  Conn.,  Gun  Club  shoot.  A.  M.  Arnold, 

Sec’y- 

May  30.— Pittsfield,  Mass.— Gak  Hill  Gun  Club  tournament.  J. 

Ransehousen,  Sec’y.  _ ,,  _ , 

May  30.— Indianapolis,  Ind.,  Gun  Club  shoot.  Jas.  W.  Bell,  Sec  y. 
May  30.— Auburn,  Me.,  Gun  Club  shoot. 

May  30.— Little,  Falls,  N.  Y.,  Fish  and  Game  Protective  Asso- 
ciation shoot.  „ „ , 

May  30.— Utica,  N.  Y.— Riverside  Gun  Club’s  all-day  target  tour- 
nament; merchandise.  E.  J.  Loughlin,  Sec’y. 

May  30.— Mullerite  Gun  Club  all-day  shoot  on  grounds  of  Point 
Pleasant,  N.  J.,  Gun  Club.  A.  A.  Schoverling,  Mgr. 

May  30.— Newport,  R.  I.— Aquidneck  Gun  Club  fourth  annual 
tournament.  J.  S.  Coggeshal,  Sec’y.  , x _ T TT 

May  30.— Bound  Brook,  N.  J.,  Gun  Club  all-day  shoot.  Dr.  J.  H. 

V.  Bache,  Sec’y.  . _ 

May  30.— Norristown,  Pa.— Penn  Gun  Club  annual  Decoration  Day 
tournament.  T.  V.  Smith,  Sec’y. 

May  30.— Lawrence,  Mass.— Second  annual  Memorial  Day  tourna- 
ment. R.  B.  Parkhurst,  Sec’y.  . . 

May  30  —Fifth  annual  Decoration  Day  tournament  of  the  Ossining, 
N.  Y„  Gun  Club.  C.  G.  Blandford,  Capt. 

May  30-31.— Washington,  D.  C.— Analostan  Gun  Club  two-day 
tournament;  $200  added.  Miles  Taylor,  Sec  y,  222  F street, 
N.  W. 

May  31.-June  1.— Vermillion.— South  Dakota  State  Sportsmen’s 
Association  tournament.  . 

June  1-2.— North  Branch,  N.  J.,  Gun  Club  first  annual  spring 
target  tournament.  H.  B.  Ten  Eyck,  Sec’y. 

June  3.— Long  Island  City,  N.  Y.— Merchandise  shoot  of  Queens 
County  Gun  Club.  R.  H.  Gosman,  Sec’y. 

June  5-6.— New  Paris,  O.— Cedar  Springs  Bun  Club  tournament. 
J.  F.  Freeman,  Sec’y. 

June  6-8.— New  Jersey  State  Sportsmen’s  Association  tournament 
under  auspices  of  the  Rahway*  N.  J.,  Gun  Club.  W.  R. 
Hobart.  Sec’y.  _ 

June  6-8— Sioux  City,  la.— Soo  Gun  Club  tournament.  W.  F. 
Duncan,  Sec’y. 

June  8-9.— Dalton,  O.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  Ernest  E. 
Scott,  Capt. 

June  3-4.— Chicago  Trapshooters’  Association  amateur  tourna- 
ment, E.  B.  Shogren,  Sec’y. 


June  9. — Shamokin,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  S.  C.  Yocum, 

Sec’y. 

June  9-11. — Bozeman,  Mont. — Montana  State  shoot. 

June  11-13. — Chef  Menteur,  La. — Gulf  Coast  Trapshooters’  League 
shoot,  under  auspices  of  the  Tally-Ho  Club.  John  Spring, 
Chairman. 

June  12-13. Wabash  Gun  Club  tournament;  sanction  of  Iridiaria 

State  League.  Austin  S.  Flinn,  Sec’y. 

June  13-14.— New  Bethlehem,  Pa. — Crescent  Gun  Club  second 
annual  tournament.  R.  E.  Dinger,  Capt. 

June  13-14. — Dubuqtiej  la.,  Gun  Club  amateur  tournament.  F. 
M.  Jaeger,  See’y. 

June  13-14.— Butler,  Mb. — The  Missouri  and  Kansas  League  of 
Trapshooters.  Dr.  C.  B.  Clapp,  Sec’y. 

June  13-16. — Utica,  N.  Y. — New  York  State  shoot.  James  Brown, 
Sec’y. 

June  13-14. — Capron,  111.,  . Gun  Club  tournament.  A,  Vance,  Sec’y, 
June  13-15. — Canton,  O.,  Trapshooters’  League  tournament.  C.  F. 
Schlitz,  Sec’y. 

June  14-15, — Durham,  N.  C.— North  Carolina  Trapshooters’  Associa- 
tion second  annual  tournament.  Geo.  L.  Lyon,  Pres. 

June  14-15.— Middletown,  Wis.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  Frank  L. 
Pierstorff,  Sec’y. 

June  15.— Champlain,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament. 

June  16.— Indianapolis,  Ind.- — Limited  Gun  Club  championship 
shoot. 

June  16-18.— Putnam,  111.— Uhdercliff  Sportsmen’s  Association 
tournament.  C-  G.  Grubbs,  Mgr. 

June  17.— Chicago,  111.,  Gun  Club  special  100-target  contest.  C.  P. 
Zacher,  Sec’y. 

June  20.— Dayton,  ,0.— Rohrer’s  Island  Gun  Club  tournament. 
Will'E.  T-Cette,  Sec’y. 

June  20-21.— Binghamton,  N.  Y.,  Rod  and  Gun  Club  tournament, 
Vernon  L.  Perry,  Sec’y. 

June  20-21.— Jackson,  Mich. — Michigan  State  shoot,  under  auspices 
of  Jackson  Gun  Club.  H.  B.  Crosier,  Sec’y. 

June  20-22.—  New,  London,  la.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  Dr. 
C.  E.  Cook,  Sec’y. 

June  21-22-.— Bradford,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  club  tournament.  E.  C. 
Charlton,  Sec’y. 

June  21—  Monongahela  Valley  League,  of  West  Virginia  third 
tournament,  under  ‘ auspices  of  Grafton  Gun  Club.  A.  R. 
Warden,  Sec’y. 

June  22. — Towanda,  Pa,,  Gun  Club  tournament.  W.  F.  Dittrich, 
Sec’y. 

June  22-24.— Portland,  Ore.— Sportsmen’s  Association  of  the  North- 
west tournament.  J.  Winters,  Sec’y. 

June  27-30.— Indianapolis,  Ind.— The  Interstate  Association’s  Grand 
American  Handicap  target  tournament;  $1,000  added  money. 
Elmer  E.  Shaner,  Secy-Mgr.,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

July  1.— Sherbrooke,  Can.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  C.  H. 
Foss,  Sec’y. 

July  4.— Shamokin,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  S.  C.  Yocum, 
Sec’y. 

July  4.— South  Framingham,  Mass.— Second  annual  team  shoot; 
$50  in  cash. 

July  4.— Springfield,  Mass.— Midsummer  tournament  of  the  Spring- 
field,  Mass.,  Shooting  Club.  C.  L.  Kites,  Sec’y. 

July  4.— Monongahela  Valley  League  of  West  Virginia  fourth 
tournament,  under  auspices  of  Mannington  Gun  Club.  W.  C. 
Mawhfnney,  Sec’y. 

July  4.— Richmond,  Va.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  J.  A. 
Anderson,  Sec’y. 

July  6-7.— Traverse  City,  Mich.,  trapshooting  tournament.  W.  A. 
Murrell,  Sec’y. 

July  11-12.— Eufala,  Ala.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  C.  M.  Gam- 
mage,  Sec’y. 

July  11-12.— New  Bethlehem,  Pa.— Crescent  Gun  Club  second 
annual  tournament.  O.  E.  Shoemaker,  Sec’y. 

July  12-13.— Menominee,  Mich.— The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  Menominee  Gun  Club. 
W.  W.  McQueen,  Sec’y. 

July  24-28.— Brehm’s  Ocean  City,  Md.,  target  tournament.  H.  A. 
Brehm,  Mgr.,  Baltimore. 

July  28-29.— Newport,  R.  I.— Aquidneck  Gun  Club  tournament. 

Aug.  2-4.— Albert  Lea,  Minn.— The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament under  the  auspices  of  the  Albert  Lea  Gun  Club.  N. 
E.  Paterson,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  8-9.— Morgantown,  W.  Va.— Monongahela  Valley  League  of 
West  Virginia  fifth  tournament,  under  auspices  of  the  Recre- 
ation Rod  and  Gun  Club.  Elmer  F.  Jacobs,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  16-18.— Ottawa,  Can.— Dominion  of  Canada  Trapshooting  and 
Game  Protective  Association.  G.  Easdale,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  16-18.— Kansas  City,  Mo.— The  Interstate  Association  s tour 
nament,  under  the  auspices  of  the  O.  K.  Gun  Club.  C.  C 
Herman,  Sec’y.  _ 

Aug.  17-18.— Dalton,  O.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  Ernest  F.  Scott 
Sec’y. 

Aug.  18-20.— Chicago,  111.,  Trapshooters’  Association  fall  tourna 
ment.  E.  B.  Shogren,  Sec’y.  , „ 

Aug.  22— Somerville,  Conn.,  Gun  Club  individual  State  champion- 
ship tournament.  A.  M.  Arnold,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  22-23.— Carthage,  Mo.— The  Missouri  and  Kansas  League  of 
Trapshooters.  Dr.  C.  B.  Clapp,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  22-25.— Lake  Okoboji,  la.— Indian  annual  tournament.  Trank 
Riehl,  Sec’y.  , , 

Aug.  29-31.— Grand  Rapids,  Mich.— Consolidated  Sportsman  s Club 
fourth  annual  tournament. 

Aug.  29-31.— The  Interstate  Association’s  tournament,  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Colorado  Springs,  -Colo.,  Gun  Club;  $1,000 
added  money.  ' A.  J.  Lawton,  Sec’y.  . 

Sect.  4 (Labor  Day).— Fall  tournament  of  the  Springfield,  Mass., 

‘Shooting  Club;  $25  added  money.  C.  L.  Kites,  Sec’y. 

Sept.  4-6.— Lynchburg.— Virginia  State  shoot.  N.  R.  Winfree, 
Sec’y. 

Sept.  5-8.— Trinidad,  Colo.— Grand  Western  Handicap.  Eli  Jeffries, 
Sec’y. 

Sept  15-17.— San  Francisco,  Cal.— The  Interstate  Association’s 
Pacific  Coast  Handicap  at  Targets,  under  the  auspices- of  the 
San  Francisco  Trapshooting  Association.  A.  M.  Shields,- Sec’y. 
Sept.  18-20.— Cincinnati  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  Arthur 
Gambellj  Mgr.  ...  . T.  T . 

Dct  10-11  —St  Toseph,  Mo.— The  Missouri  and  Kansas  League  of 
Trapshooters.  Dr.  C.  B.  Clapp,  Sec’y. 

Oct  11-12.— Dover,  Del.,  Gun  Club  tournament;  open  to  all 
amateurs.  W.  H.  Reed,  Sec’y. 

DRIVERS  AND  TWISTERS. 

Programme  of  New  York  State  -shoot  is  now  ready.  Apply 
to  Mr  Jas.-W.  Brown,  Secretary,  65  Taylor  avenue,  Utica,  N.  Y. 

* 

The  Indianapolis  Gun  Club  announces  a programme  of  six 
events  for  their  shoot  on  May  30.  Each  event  is  at  20  targets,  $2 
entrance.  Moneys  divided  into  four  equal  parts,  class  shooting. 
Competition  begins  at  1 o’clock. 

n , . - .... 

The  Middlesex,  Mass.,  Gun  Club  was  victorious  in  the  series 
of  50-target  five-man  team  matches,  between  Middlesex,  Lowell, 
Boston  and  Harvard.  The  totals  of  the  scores  made  in  M|gp  four 
shoots  were:  Middlesex  841,  Lowell  792,  Boston  788,  Harvard  574. 


Mr.  J.  A.  Howard  writes  us  that  “The  Castleton  Gun  Club,  of 
Staten  Island,  will  hold  a shoot  on  May  30,  on  the  grounds  at 
Castleton  Corners.  Shooting  begins  at  10:30  A.  M.  Targets  will 
be  thrown  at  1 cent  each.  - Visitors  are  always  welcome.  Take 
St.  George  ferry  from  foot  of  Whitehall  street,  New  York,  and 
Silver  Lake  trolley  car.” 

In  Trenton,  Tenn.,  the  other  day  three  men  were  killed,  three 
injured  and  considerable  damage  done  to  property  by  the  ex- 
plosion of  some  powder  in  a storehouse  . in  the  rear  of  a hard- 
ware store.  Robert  Phelan,  owner  of  the  store,  was  trying  a 
target  gun.  It  is  thought  a ball  penetrated  a can  of  powder  in 
the  storehouse  and  caused  the  explosion. 

The  Dubuque,  la.,  Gun  Club  tournament,  June  13-14,  is  limited 
to  strictly  amateur  competition.  Twelve  programme  events,  15  and 
20  targets,  entrance  $1.50  and  $2,  $5  added,  are  provided.  Twelve 
average  prizes,  $5  each,  are  for  those  who  shoot  best  through  the 
two-day  programme.  Class  shooting.  Shooting  begins  at  9 o clock. 
Ship  shells  and  guns  to  the  Dubuque  Brewing  and  Malting  Co, 


The  Consolidated  Sportsitiah’s  Association  has  changed  the 
dates  of  their  tournament  from  Aug.  29-31  to  Aug.  8-10.  The 
place  the  tournament  is  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

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At  the  Boston  Gun  Club’s  sixth  annual  invitation  team  shoot 
sixty-six  shooters  participated.  Eight  teams  contested,  namely, 
Watertown,  Boston  No.  1 and- No.  2,  Mumford,  Derryfield,  Bos- 
ton Athletic,  Stoughton  and  South  Framingham.  Watertown 
was  first  with  125.  Ten  target  events,  at  15  and  20  targets,  aggre- 
gating 160  targets,  were  also  shot,  and  a majority  of  the  con- 
testants competed  in  the  entire  programme. 

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In  our  trap  columns  the  full  programme  of  the  G.  A.  H.  is 
presented.  There  are  many  important  points  in  it  which  con- 
testants should  carefully  study.  An  added  feature  to  the  pro- 
gramme is  the  five-man  State  team  race,  the  conditions  of  which 
are  100  targets,  $35  entrance  per  team,  scratch,  high  guns.  Mr. 
Elmer  E.  Shanet,  the  Secretary-Manager,  informs  us  that  the  pro- 
grammes will  be  put  in  the  mails  on  Saturday,  May  27. 

Mr.  H.  S.  Noxon,  of  Wellington,  Ont.,  under  date  of  May  15 
writes  us:  “A  gun  club  has  been  organized  at  Picton,  Ont.,  called 
the  Picton  Gun  Club,  with  the  following  officers:  President, 

W.  V.-  Pettitt;  Vice-President,  H.  S.  Noxon;  Secretary,  Keith 
Hepburn;  Treasurer,  E.  Spencer.  Executive  Committee:  B. 

Johnson,  I.  Mastin,  A.  Hubbs,  B.  Crandall,  L.  Crandall.  The 
regular  club  shoots  will  be  held  on  the  first  and  third  Thurs- 
days  in  each  month.” 

The  following  cable  despatch  to  the  Sun  is  of  special  in- 
terest to  trapshooters:  “London,  May  22.  The  decision  of  the 

Hurlingham  Club  to  drop  live  pigeon  shooting  from  its  list  of 
sports,  as  lending  itself  to  abominable  cruelties,  is  likely  to  be 
followed  in  other  quarters,  and  is  not  unlikely  to  prove  a death 
blow  to  the  sport  throughout  the  country.  A large  body  of 
people,  including  well-known  sportsmen,  and  beaded  by  the 
Queen,  has  been  fighting  energetically  for  its  abolition  for  a long 
time  past.” 

Eleven  events  at  10,  15,  20  and  25  targets,  70  cents,  $1.30,  $1*40, 
$1.50  and  $2  entrance,  constitute  the  programme  of  the  Bound 
Brook,  N.  J.,  Gun  Club  shoot,  May  30.  No.  11  is  the  merchandise 
event,  eleven  prizes.  Amateur  averages,  first  and  second,  loving 
cups;'  third,  $5  in  gold.  Professional  average,  8-inch  cut-glass 
berry  bowl.  Class  shooting.  Practice  begins  at  9 o’clock.  Pro- 
gramme begins  at  11  o’clock.  Shells  and  lunch  are  obtainable 
on  the  grounds.  Targets  thrown  not  over  50yds.  Shells  shipped, 
prepaid,  to  Dr.  J.  B.  Pardoe  will  be  delivered  on  the  grounds 
free. 

The  Westwood,  N.  J.,  Gun  Club  announce  a programme  of 
twelve  events,  10,  15  and  20  targets,  25,  50  and  75  cents  entrance, 
a total  of  180  targets,  $5.75  entrance.  The  three  20-target  events 
have  merchandise  prizes  for  the  winners  of  first  and  second.  A 
handsome  prize  is  offered  for  high  average.  Shooting  will  com- 
mence at  10:30.  Refreshments  free  to  contestants.  All  shooters 
are  welcome.  The  officers  are:  I.  L.  Hasbrouck,  President; 

B.  L.  Gruman,  Vice-President;  E.  L.  Greenm,  Secretary;  G.  M. 
Holdrum,  Financial  Secretary;  V.  Van  Buskirk,  Treasurer  and 
Captain;  I.  Collignon,  Lieutenant. 

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Mr  John  M.  Draper,  115  Nassau  street,  New  York,  has  suc- 
ceeded in  arranging  a five-man  intercity  team  match,  between 
trapshooters  of  New  York  and  St.  Louis.  Five  of  the  best 
available  expert  shooters  of  St.  Louis  will  shoot  at  Dupont  Park, 
St  Louis,  and  the  same  number  of  available  New  York  expert 
shooters  will  shoot  on  the  grounds  of  the  Hudson  Gun  Club, 
lersey  City,  on  May  28,  at  2 o’clock.  The  conditions  are  100 
targets  per  man,  Interstate  rules  to  govern.  The  prospective 
contestants  are:  St.  Louis-Messrs.  Mermod,  H.  Spencer, 

Baggerniau,  McCloughlan  and  Ford.  New  York-Messrs.  Schorte- 
meier,  Piercy,  Brugman,  Staples  and  “Jap.” 

At  the  Interstate  tournament  given  for  the  Daviess  County 
Gun  Club,  Owensboro,  Ky.,  May  17-18,  the  high  averages  on  the 
first '.day  were  made  as  follows:  Professional:  First  F.  C.  Riehl, 

176  out  ..of  200;  second,  F.  M.  Faurote,  173;  third,  C.  O.  Le 
Compte,  172.  Amateurs:  First,  Al.  Willerding,  177;  second,  W 

F.  Booker,  166;  third,  T.  D.  Riley,  161.  Second  day:  First,  F 

M.  Faurote,  .192;  second,  C.  O.  Le  Compte,  183;  third,  F.  C 
Riehl,  182.  Amateurs:  First,  Al.  Willerding,  183;  seconld,  W.  F 
Booker,  169;  third,  Guy  Starling,  159.  Two  days’  general  aver 
age:  First,  F.  M.  Faurote,  365  cut  of  400;  second,  F.  C.  Riehl 
358;  third,  C.  O.  Le  Compte,  355.  Amateurs:  First,  Al.  Wilier 

ding,  360;  second,  W.  F.  Booker,  335;  third,  T.  D.  Riley,  319. 

The  second  annual  tournament  of  the  Missouri  and  Kansas 
League  of  Trapshooters,  to  be  held  at  Butler,  Mo.,  June  13  and 
14,  has  a programme  of  twelve  events  each  day,  of  which  the 
ninth,  at  25  targets  on  the  first  day,  is  for  the  L.  C.  Smith  badge. 
The  use  of  both  barrels  is  permitted  in  this  event.  All  the  other 
events  are  at  10,  15  and  20  targets,  $1,  $1.50  and  $2  entrance.  A 
total  of  $100  is  added.  Shooting  will  commence  at  9.  o’clock. 
Competition  open  to  amateurs.  Manufacturers’  agents  may  shoot 
for  targets.  Class  shooting  and  Rose  system.  The  16yd.  mark 
for  all.  One  rule  is  specially  commendable,  as  follows:  “Refusing 
of  difficult  targets  will  not  be  tolerated;  the  referee  will  attend  to 
your  case.”  Ship  guns  and  shells  to  J.  A.  Cobb,  Butler,  Mo., 
and  they  will  be  delivered  free  on  the  grounds. 

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Mr.  E.  J.  Loughlin,  Secretary,  writes  us  that  “Programmes 
covering  the  annual  Memorial  Day  target  tournament  of  the 
Riverside  Gun  Club,  of  Utica,  N.  Y.,  are  being  mailed  to  sports- 
men throughout  central  New  York,  and,  from  present  indications 
an  unusually  large  attendance  is  assured.  There  are  ten  sweep- 
stake  events  scheduled,  a total  of  130  targets,  with  an  entrance 
of  $9.65,  birds  included  at  IV2  cent  each.  Eight  dollars  added  to 
the  purses,  and  moneys  divided  40,  30,  20  and  10  per  cent.  No 
handicaps.  For  those  not  desiring  to  shoot  in  the  sweeps  there 
is  $40  worth  of  free  merchandise  provided,  with  added  handicaps, 
and  targets  one  cent  each.  Shooting  will  commence  at  10  A.  M., 
and  Blackbird  Club  trap  and  blackbirds  will  be  used.  The 
grounds  are  located  at  the  foot  of  Washington  street,  close  to 
depots.” Bernard  Waters. 

Ossining  Gun  Club. 

Ossining,  N.  Y.,  May  20,-Following  are  the  prizes  donated  to 
date  for  the  tournament  of  the  Ossining  Gun  Club,  May  30. 
Laflin  & Rand,  silver  cup  for  high  amateur  average:  Remington 
silver  cup  for  longest  amateur  continuous  run  of  breaks,  copper 
cup  for  high  professional  average  (four  entries  to  make  com- 
petition), G.  B.  Hubbell;  copper  samovar,  Robt.  T Dennis, 
camera,  Chas.  W.  Floyd;  box  Havana  cigars,  Geo.  W.  Anderson, 
box  stood  cigars,  A.  Rohr;  $2.50  fountain  pen,  John  T.  Hyland; 
stein 8 H.  M.S Carpenter;  100  shells,  Barlow  & Co.;  100  shells,  W. 
S Smith  & Co.;  G.  B.  pin,  C.  G.  Blandford;  four  prizes  by  E. 
F Ball,  D.  Brandreth,  C.  McDonald,  W.  H.  Coleman.  All  prizes 
are  worth  more  than  entrance  fee,  $1.50. 


May  27,  1905.] 


PORESt  AND  STREAM 


WESTERN  TRAP. 


Cincinnati  Gun  Club. 

May  20  was  a pretty  day,  and  there  was  a fair  attendance  at 
the  grounds.  The  last  of  the;  series  of  contests  for  the  Peters 
trophy  took  place  to-day.  Captain,  Andrews  and  Smith  made 
straight  scores,  including  their  handicaps.  Faran  was  high  gun  in 
actual  breaks  with  44.  Two  scores  were  shot  in  the  cup  race, 
making  110  entries  in  all.  Peters  21,  Williams  18.  Mr.  S.  B. 
Adams,  one  of  the  crack  shots  of  the  Portland,  Me.,  Gun  Club, 
was  at  the  grounds,  a guest  of  “Williams,”  and  broke  41  in  the 
trophy  race,  a fine  showing  for  a stranger  to  make  here,  and 
breaking  81  per  cent,  at  practice. 

John  Falk,  Peters  and  several  others  will  attend  the  Franklin 
tournament  next  week.  There  will  be  a good  programme  of 
sweepstakes  for  May  30,  Decoration  Day,  and  every  one  is  in- 
vited to  attend  and  get  a piece  of  money,  as  well  as  have  a good 
time. 

Peters  trophy,  50  targets,  handicap  added  targets:  Captain  (18) 

50,  Andrews  (12)  50,  Smith  (16)  50,  Black  (7)  41,  Pohlar  (4)  46, 
Faran  (0)  44,  Williams  (2)  44,  Pfieffer  (3)  42,  Adams  (0)  41, 
Maynard  (0)  41,  Falk  (8)  38,  Herman  (1)  37. 

Bleh  with  92.2  per  cent,  in  this  race,  is  a safe  winner,  but  the 
decision  will  not  be  officially  announced  until  to-day’s  scores  have 
been  added. 

Notes. 

Eleven  members  attended  the  shoot  of  the  Dayton  Gun  Club 
on  May  19.  The  club  has  not  yet  selected  a date  for  its  mid- 
summer shoot,  but  will  make  arrangements  for  a big  one. 

The  Central  Covington,  Ky.,  Gun  Club  will  hold  a shoot  every 
two  weeks  up  to  Oct.  27,  beginning  with  May  21.  The'  contest 
will  be  for  a trophy  donated  by  the  Peters  Cartridge  Co.,  and  the 
one  having  the  largest  score  at  the  close  of  the  season  will  be 
presented  with  the  medal. 

Garfield  Gun  Club. 


Chicago,  May  20.— The  inclosed  scores  were  made  on  our 
grounds  to-day  on  the  occasion  of  the  fifth  trophy  shoot  of  the 
first  series. 

Dr.  Meek  and  Thomas  tied  for  Class  A trophy  on  20;  Keck 
won  Class  B on  the  same  score,  and  Barnard  won  Class  C on 


No  cup  shoot  to-day.  After  the  trophy  shoot  Dr.  Meek  and 
Stone  captained  teams  formed  by  choosing  sides.  Dr.  Meek’s 
team  won  by  a score  of  119%,  Stone’s  team  96%,  Ditt’s  score 
being  divided  and  half  counted  on  each  side.  The  shoot  was  at 
15  singles  and  5 pairs. 

The  day  was  a fairly  good  one  for  target  shooting,  but  no  good 
scores  were  made,  partly  on  account  of  a rear  wind,  which  caused 
the  targets  to  fly  badly  at  times. 


Events : 
Targets: 

Keck  

Dr  Reynolds 
Dr  Meek.... 
Dr  Shaw  Jr. 

Eaton  

Thomas  .... 

Smedes  

Barnard  .... 


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
10  10  10  10  10  10  25 

6 8 ..  20 

6354....  8 

9 9 7 10  8 8 20 

7 7 8 7 ....  20 

6 77  8 5 10  14 

2 5 4 5 5 8 20 

7 7 7 7 ....  15 

7 8 7 5 6 ..  18 


Events:  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 

Targets:  10  10  10  10  10  10  25 

Gould  5 6 5 7 4 7 11 

Eckert  7 8 8 ....  19 

Kissack  5 7 6 5 13 

McDonald 6 6 .....  13 

George  ..  6 6 3 8 14 

Ditt  5 4 5 3 14 

Stone  ......  5 4 13 

Ostendorp 5 8 17 


Team  shoot,  15  singles,  5 pairs;  Dr.  Meek  and  Mr.  Stone 


captains.  Scores : 

S.  D. 


Dr  Meek  11  5 

Eaton  13  8 

Keck  11  4 

Smedes  11  5 

Eckert  12  7 

Barnard  10  3 

Kissack  12  2 

Ditt  5 4 


Score  112% 


S.  D. 

Stone  9 6 

Thomas  , 11  8 

Dr  Reynolds  19  1 

Gould  11  6 

McDonald  9 4 

Ostendorp  10  2 

George  10  6 

Ditt  6 4 


Score  96% 


Dr.  J.  W.  Meek,  Sec’y. 


At  Mason  City. 

Mason  City,  111.,  May  19. — There  was  an  attempt  made  to  hold  a 
tournament  here.  May  18  was  the  day  set  apart,  and.it  proved  a 
“Jonah,”  as  the  attendance  was  small.  Owing  to  the  boys  laying 
off  for  the  State  shoot,  which  comes  off  next  week,  and  other 
shoots  in  this  and  surrounding  States  together  with  the  farmers’ 
most  busy  season  coming  on  same  clay,  the  gathering  of  target 
smashers  was  quite  limited. 

This  club  can  muster  about  20  shooters  when  the  season  suits 
their  convenience,  and  some  rousing  county  shoots  can  and  have 
been  held,  but  the  members  of  late  were  busy  with  sowing  their 
corn  crops.  The  grounds,  club  house  and  trap  used  are  all  first- 
class.  In  J.  D.  Wilson,  the  hardware  man,  the  club  has  a man 
who  is  there  with  the  proper  amount  of  “get  up,”  and  takes  the 
whole  responsibility  of  getting  everything  _ together  and  keeping 
the  machinery  well  oiled  and  smooth  running. 

Those  "who  came  and  were,  disappointed  at  not  finding  more 
shooters  present  were  Guy  Burnside,  Knoxville,  111. ; H.  C. 
Connor,  Pekin,  111.;  W.  “Dod”  Gilbert,  Philadelphia,  111.;  W. 
Mangold,  San  Jose,  111.;  Henry  Gleason,  Fairview,  111.,  and  the 
home  boys:  A.  L.  Mulford,  Chas.  Wandle,  J.  D.  Wilson,  A.  D. 
Abbott,  George  Burkhart,  C.  A.  Stone,  et  al. 

The  club  has  a good  home  in  the  southern  part  of  town;  good 
club  house,  good,  level  grounds  facing  east,  in  which  is  placed 
one  of  the  “club”  traps.  Thus  all  worked  well  for  the  shooters 
except  that  there  was  a very  poor  light,  or  some  kind  of  a 
“skum  over  the  eye,”  and  missing  was  “catching.” 

Mr.  Mulford  was  high  with  129  out  of  160.  Mr.  Burnside  sec- 
ond, 123;  Mr.  Connors  third,  111. 

There  were  no  professional  shooters  present,  but  the  Winches- 
ter Company  had  Ward  Burton,  and  the  U.  M.  C.  Co.  “Tramp,” 
while  not  shooting,  they  are  both  experienced,  and  they  were 
giving  the  younger  shooters  present  some  points. 

In  Other  Places. 


The  Fort  Worth,  Texas,  Gun  Club  is  now  contesting  for  the 
Laflin  & Rand  Infallible  trophy.  Shoots  are  held  Fridays.  All 
visiting  sportsmen  made  to  feel  “at  home.” 

Attorney  Bootenshone,  of  Council  Idaho,  visited  Weisner  last 
week  for  the  purpose  of  taking  part  in  the  gun  club  practice  shoot. 

Edward  Dickman  had  fourteen  pupils  out  at  his  matinee  in- 
structive shoot  at  the  Indianapolis  Gun  Club  grounds  on  Wednes- 
day last. 

The  Kendallville,  Ind.,  Gun  Club  was  organized  last  November 
and  has  fifteen  members.  Officers  are:  President,  C.  P.  Bruck; 


Secretary,  W.  H.  Bowen;  Treasurer,  P.  G.  Klinkenberg, 

While  shooting  at  Chestnut,  Man.,  Thomas  Dixon  was  scared, 
but  not  hurt  by  the  bursting  of  the  gun  barrel.  No  explanation 
of  the  same  can  be  given,  but  it  is  reasonable  to  suppose  that 
there  was  some  obstruction  in  the  barrel  and  that  the  damage  to 
the  gun  could  have  been  avoided  by  a look  through  the  barrel 
previous  to  the  insertion  of  the  shell. 

The  Corner  Rod  and  Gun  Club  at  Fort  Wayne,  Ind.,  was 
opened  for  1905  on  May  21.  There  was  music,  sports  and  pastimes 
of  various  kinds. 

Chas.  W.  Budd,  accompanied  by  Earl  B.  Moore  was  in  Green 
Bay,  Wis.,  last  week,  and  gave  an  interesting  exhibition  of  target 
shooting. 

Marengo,  Iowa,  Gun  Club  have  ordered  a fine  silver  cup  to  be 
given  as  a trophy  for  the  highest  score  made  by  a member  during 
the  season. 

The  effort  of  the  Jonesville,  Wis.,  trapshots  to  locate  the  club 
grounds  near  to  Beloit  will  be  much  appreciated  by  those  of  the 
latter  town,  who  delight  in  the  bang  of  the  scatter  gun. 

At  the  shoot  held  at  Traverse  City,  Mich.,  the  home  team  with 
a score  of  95  won  the  cup.  East  Jordon  was  second  with  87. 
Manton  third  75.  Kinsley  fourth.  In  this  shoot  Carter,  of  the 
Traverse  City  Club,  made  24  out  of  25.  The  next  team  shoot  will 
be  held  at  Mancelona. 

The  Erie,  Kans.,  Gun  Club  lately  paid  a visit  to  Thayer  for  the 
purpose  of  holding  a team  shoot. 

G.  N.  Ford,  who  is  now  a guard  at  the  Federal  prison  at  Fort 
Leavenworth,  Kans.,  has  “blossomed”  out  champion  shotgun,  rifle 
and  pistol  shot,  and  will  show  the  boys  some  tricks  at  the 
various  meets  of  the  Leavenworth  Gun  Club. 

The  Hunters  Arms  Co.  trophy  will  be  regularly  competed  for 
by  the  members  of  the  North  End  Club,  of  Port  Huron,  Mich. 

There  is  a boom  on  in  the  trapshooting  line  at  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
The  Country  Club  have  decided  to  add  an  automatic  trap  to 
their  outdoor  equipment.  Geo.  Blustine  and  Harold  G.  Meadows 
are  leaders  in  the  movement. 


When  the  Illinois  State  convention  of  trapshooters  meets  at 
Lincoln,  111.,  May  24,  there  will  be  at  least  two  applicants  for  the 
meeting  for  1906,  viz.,  Bloomington  and  Chicago. 

The  Canton,  Mo.,  Trapshooting  Club  are  fully  wide  awake  this 
year,  holding  regular  practice  shoots  and  also  tournaments.  L. 
H.  Condit  is  President;  M.  Goetz,  Secretary,  and  J.  F.  Cooksey, 
manager  of  shoots. 

The  announcement  comes  from  Lincoln,  111.,  that  the  State 
tournament  will  be  managed  by  W.  “Tramp”  Irwin,  the  old-time 
champion  wing  shot.  ' 

Mrs.  M.  F.  Sheard,  of  Tacoma,  whose  husband  is  a crack  shot, 
will  be  one  of  the  competitors  at  the  Portland  shoot. 

The  South  Bend,  Ind.,  Gun  Club  will  hold  the  annual  meeting 
Tuesday,  and  then  there  will  be  some  trapshooting  to  announce 
from  that  part  of  Indiana. 

At  the  target  tournament  held  at  Rantoul,  Ill.,_  the  master  of 
ceremonies  was  the  well-known  W.  “Tramp”  Irwin,  of  Chicago, 
a trade  representative. 

Mr.  Marley,  of  Butte,  Mont.,  has  challenged  Mr.  Drum- 
goole,  of  Anaconda  for  the  Brownlee  medal,  and  the  contest  will 
likely  be  held  Sunday.  This  will  be  the  last  shoot  for  this  medal. 

The  Crookston,  Minn.,  Gun  CluJ>  members  are  quite  active. 
The  Peters  trophy,  is  causing  them  to  get  out  at  least  weekly  to 
the  traps. 

We  have  been  shown  a photo  of  the  Jefferson  County  Gun  Club 
grounds,  otherwise  the  old  Louisville,  Ky.,  Gun  Club,  and  it 
shows  that  this  club  has  now  a delightful  home,  being  three 
miles  out  from  the  city  along  the  line  of  the  Interurban  R.  R. 

Bright  skies  and  very  favorable  weather  conditions  were  features 
of  the  Missoula,  Mont.,  Gun  Club  meet  held  last  Sunday.  There 
were  fifty  present,  which  shows  that  much  interest  is  taken  this 
year. 

The  next  shoot  will  take  place  at  Rolling  Fork,  Miss.,  in  June, 
according  to  the  schedule  of  the  Mississippi  Delta  Trapshooters’ 
League. 

Flow  Club,  of  St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  has  held  its  first  meeting, 
using  the  traps  of  the  Metropolitan  Club. 

“Pop”  Heikes  was  popping  away  at  a lively  rate  when  he  won 
the  high  average  at  the  Michigan  shoot,  in  the  face  of  a very 
strong  wind. 

Remember  that  the  championship  of  Kentucky,  Ohio,  Illinois, 
Michigan  and  Indiana  will  be  contested  for  on  June  16,  at  the 
Limited  Gun  Club  grounds,  Indianapolis. 

Great  Bend,  Kans.,  Gun  Club,  has  a faculty  of  doing  things 
in  a great  way,  so  at  a meeting  it  was  decided  to  send  the  three 
best  shots  to  the  State  shoot  at  the  expense  of  the  club. 

The  Erie,  Kans.,  Gun  Club  is  the  proud  possessor  of  an  auto- 
matic trap.  The  Erie  boys  are  feeling  their  oats,  and  will  be- 
come so  proficient  that  soon  matches  with  other  teams  will  be 
pulled  off. 

Arrangements  are  well  under  way  by  the  Menominee,  Mich., 
Gun  Club  for  the  publishing  of  the  largest  programme  ever 
gotten  out  in  the  Upper  Peninsula  for  the  Wisconsin  and  Upper 
Peninsula,  which  comes  off  in  July. 

A Central  Texas  League  has  been  formed,  composed  of  the 
following  towns:  Bremand,  Kosse,  Groesbeck,  Mexia,  Corsicana, 

Ennis,  Hubbard  City,  Coolidge,  Waco,  Gatesville,  Mart,  Martin, 
and  Riesel.  The  opening  shoot  was  held  May  16  and  17  at 
Wooton  Welles,  for  which  the  Railroads  made  excursion  rates. 
The  men  behind  the  scheme  are  the  well-known  trap  promoters 
W.  A.  Holt,  of  Waco,  and  R.  J.  Jackson,  of  Mexia. 

The  Troy,  O.,  Gun  Club  has  leased  new  grounds.  It  has  a 
boom.  Many  business  men  are  joining,  and  there  are  thirty-five 
members  at  the  present  writing. 

Pigeon  shooting,  on  the  ground  that  it  is  not  only  inhuman,  but 
an  out-of-date  sport,  is  likely  to  be  abolished  from  the  Hurling- 
ham  Club.  A resolution  to  this  effect  was  to  be  brought  up  at 
the  annual  meeting,  and  the  chairman,  the  Earl  of  Ancester,  and 
Gen.  Sir  P.  Stewart,  were  to  force  its  passage. 

All  arrangements  are  reported  as  completed  by  those  in  charge 
of  the  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  tournament,  which  comes  off  May  26 
and  27. 

West  Duluth,  Minn.,  Gun  Club  was  compelled  to  postpone  the 
shoot  scheduled  for  last  Sunday,  as  the  trap  had  not  arrived. 

The  Fremont,  O.,  Gun  Club  will  hold  a tournament  June  21 
and  22.  Valuable  prizes  will  be  awarded. 

The  gun  club  that  Tramp  Irwin  was  seeking  to  organize  at 
Pekin  is  now  duly  at  work  breaking  targets.  The  officers  have 
been  duly  installed. 

A certain  club  has  served  notice  that  all  not  members  of  the 
club  will  be  charged  2 cents  each  for  targets,  while  the  members 
will  pay  one  cent. 

Some  of  the  best  shots  in  the  Territory  are  members  of  the 
Elreno,  Oklahoma,  Gun  Club.  There  is  a large  membership,  and 
the  club  meets  every  Friday. 

The  Morgan  Gun  Club  was  not  abandoned,  as  reported  at  Ster- 
ling, 111.,  as  it  held  a shoot  last  Thursday,  at  which  W.  Mc- 
Whorter made  the  highest  score  for  the  medal.  He  held  it  when 
the  last  shoot  was  held,  which  closed  the  1904  season. 

The  Gas  City  Gun  Club,  and  the  Marion,  Ind.,  Gun  Club  met 
on  last  P'riday  and  held  a friendly  shoot. 

George  Davidson  and  J.  T.  Hood,  of  Bisbee,  Ariz.,  being  en- 
thusiasts such  as  are  needed  in  every  town,  have  organized  a gun 
club,  and  will  soon  be  ready  for  practice  on  the  clay  target. 
There  has  also  been  a club  started  among  the  car  shop  men.  The 
members  have  ordered  targets,  bought  new  guns,  and  are  getting 
“swelled  up.”  Some  talk  of  a team  match  has  sprung  up  through 
the  bantering  of  members.  . 

Randolph,  O.,  has  a gun  club  which  meets  every  Saturday, 
Mr.  M.  O.  Austin  says,  “He  is  past  three-score  and  ten,  and  his 
eyesight  is  dim,  yet  he  thinks  he  can  beat  any  of  the  scores  made 
by  the  members  so  far.” 

"Dr.  W.  S.  Holloway,  of  the  Bridge  City,  Gun  Club,  Logans- 
port,  Ind.,  secured  the  highest  score,  and  will  wear  the  cham- 
pionship badge  until  some  one  overtops  him. 


The  New  York  Stale  Shoot. 

The  programme  of  the  New  York  State  Sportsmen’s  Association 
tournament,  to  be  held  at  Utica,  N.  Y.,  June  13  to'  16,  is  now 
ready  for  distribution.  The  programme  contains  eighty  pages,  and 
will  be  of  interest  to  every  trapshooter.  Every  effort  has  been 
put  forth  to  make  this  shoot  a success.  . Two  different  advance 
notices  have  already  been  sent  to  every  trapshooter  in  the  State, 
which  will  be  followed  by  another. 

The  tournament  will  be  under  the  direction  and  supervision  of 
Mr.  John  Parker,  of  Detroit,  Mich.,  who  has  had  a wiespread 
experience  in  managing  large  shoots.  Four  Leggett  traps  and  a 
carload  of  bluerocks  have  been  received,  and  will  have  the 
personal  attention  of  Mr.  Chas.  North. 

The  meeting  of  the  Association  will  be  held  at  Bagg’s  Hotel, 
Monday  evening,  June  12,  8 o’clock.  On  Tuesday,  June  13  at  9 
A.  M.,  the  shooters  will  leave  in  a body  to  attend  the  dedication 
of  the  monument  of  the  late  E.  D.  Fulford. 

Programme  for  the  New  York  State  events,  consists  of  485  tar- 
gets, being  eight  20-target  events  each  day,  $2  entrance,  $100  being 
added. 

The  money  will  be  divided  percentage  system,  30,.  25,  20,  15  and 
10  per  cent.  There  will  also  be,  under  the  heading  State  Open 
Events,  each  day  eight  20-target  events,  $2  entrance;  open  to  all 
amateurs.  In  addition  to  the  above,  there  will  be  open1  sweep- 
stakes  each  day,  open  to  the  world,  no  one  barred,  consisting  of 
five  25-target  events,'  $2.50  entrance,  Two  Leggett  traps  will  be 
used  for  the  State  events,  one  for  the  open  amateur,  events,  and 
the  others  for  the  events  open  to  all.  Five  per  cent,  of  all  the 
purses  in  the  New  York  State  events  will  be  deducted  for  daily 
averages,  viz.,  20,  17%,  15,  12%,  10,  10,  8 and  7 per  cent. 

In  addition  to  these,  there  will  be  two  special  prizes  for  the 
best  averages  in  the  State  events  for  the  three  days;  $50  in  cash 
for  the  first,  and  one  Marlin  repeating  shotgun,  16-gauge,  value 
$25,  for' the  second.  ’ 

On  Thursday,  June  15,  will  be  held  the  Oneida  County  Handi- 
cap event,  at  50  targets.  Handicaps,  14  to  22yds.;  entrance  $5, 
which  will  be  open  to  all.  High  guns  win.  There  will  be  ten 
valuable  prizes,  the  first  of  which  is  a piano,  valued  at  $300. 

Friday,  June  16,  the  Dead  Richmond  trophy,  valued  at  $1,500, 
will  be  shot  for.  Open  to  three  teams  from  State  of  New  York, 
25  targets  per  man.  On  this  day  the  New  York  city  trophy  will 
also  be  shot  for;  open  to  New  York  State  Sportsmen’s  Associa- 
tion shooters.  This  trophy  is  a solid  silver  loving  cup,  donated  by 
the  shooters  of  New  York  city.  This  event  will  be  at  100  targets, 
entrance  $5,  $50  added,  the  money  divided,  first,  50  per  cent,  of 
purse  and  trophy;  second,  30  per  cent,  of  purse,  and  third,  20  per 
cent,  of  purse. 

The  fourth  event  on  Thursday,  June  15,  at  25  targets,  is  the 
grand  merchandise  event,  $5  entrance,  which  contains  sixty  valu- 
able prizes.  The  prizes  have  been  arranged  for  six  different 
classes  of  ties,  each  having  ten  prizes.  The  committee  in  charge 
have  fully  endeavored  to  make  this  shoot  the  largest  and  best  in 
the  history  of  the  Association,  and  especially  request  every  one 
who  has  not  already  received  a programme  to  send  for  one  at 
once.  We  hope  every  trapshooter  will  put  forth  a strong  effort  to 
attend.  Jas.  W.  Brown,  Sec’y. 

No,  65  Taylor  Ave.,  Utica,  N.  Y,  . . 


JIN  NEW  JERSEY. 


Fairview  Gun  Club. 

Fairview,  N.  J.,  May  20. — Event  3 was  for  the  Mullerite  medal. 
The  weather  was  windy.  Scores: 


Events:  1 2 3 4 5 

Targets:  25  25  25  25  25 

Con  Sedore  12  16  12  18  17 

Untereiner  12  7 5 16  17 

Matzen  16  13  8 17  . . 

H Von  Lengerke.  21  14  9 17  .. 

Sooth  Side 

Newark,  N.  J.,  May  20. — The 
Scores: 

Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 

Targets : 25  15  25  25  25  25  25 


Engle  20  . . 22  22  . . 24  21 

Tobes 15  . . 15  19  17  20 

‘Nott  18  ..  17 


Events:  1 2 3 4 5 

Targets:  25  25  25  25  25 

G Sauer  13  16  12  16  19 

Ed  Collins  17  19  ..  16  20 

Chas  Sedore  15  17  13  17  19 

Unger  12  14  . . 15  18 

Gun  Club. 

weather  was  exceedingly  windy. 


Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 

Targets:  25  15  25  25  25  25  25 

Turton  2 ..  3 ..  15  18 

Osgood  6 14  10  . . 14  . . 

Lewis  21 


Carteret  Gun  Club. 

Garden  City,  L.  L,  May  20. — The  five-man  team  shoot  of  the 
Carteret  Gun  Club  had  five  contestants.  The  star  performer  was 
Mr.  J.  S.  S.  Remsen,  who  broke  49  out  of  50.  The  Yale  team  won 
the  cup  by  a score  of  204.  The  Crescent  - team  was  second  with  a 
score  of  201.  The  expert  Mr.  S.  M.  Van  Allen  acted  as  referee. 


Scores: 

Yale. 

Crescent  A. 

C. 

1st  25.  2d  25.  Tot’l. 

1st  25.  2d  25.  Tot’ 

Pugsley  

....25 

25 

32 

Lott  

18 

19 

37 

Morrison  .... 

....23 

22 

45 

Lockwood  . 

19 

18 

37 

White  

....19 

21 

40 

Grinnell  ... 

16 

20 

36 

R S Thompson.  .22 

19 

41 

Kryn  

22 

20 

42 

— 

Remsen  ... 

25 

24 

49 

204 

— 

201 

Westchester 

Country  1 

Club. 

Nassau 

Country 

Club. 

Benkard  .... 

....10 

18 

28 

Geddes  

22 

13 

35 

T R Hoyt.... 

....17 

18 

35 

Whitney  . . 

22 

19 

41 

Scott  

. . . .15 

18 

33 

Busch  

18 

15 

33 

Caswell  

....16 

IS 

34 

Loring  

15 

18 

33 

R C Watson, 

Jr. 18 

21 

39 

Hooper  

20 

20 

40 

169 

182 

Carteret 

Gun  Club. 

McAlpin  . . . . 

....19 

20 

39 

Norton  

......19 

22. 

41 

Painter  

....22 

17 

39 

Pierce  

......19 

20 

39 

W S Hoyt 

....17 

16 

33 

— 

191 

Indianapolis  Gun  Club. 

Indianapolis,  Ind.,  May  13.— Moore  won  Peters  badge.  Moore, 
Morris,  Gregory,  Anderson,  Parry,  Moller,  Dixon  and  Finley 
tied  for  club'  trophy. 

Mr.  Elmer  E.  Shaner  paid  us  a visit  on  the  14th  inst.,  and  we 
took  him  out  to  the  grounds.  He  seemed  very  well  pleased  and 
had  but  few  suggestions  to  offer.  Ask  him.  He  knows  what  he 


will  get  on  our  grounds. 


Events : 12  3 4 5 6 

Targets : 25  25  25  25  25  25 

Moore  22  22  24  24  21  25 

Morris  15  20  19  15  12  14 

Gregory  20  20  22  19  18  24 

Anderson  20  21  21  19  18  23 

Parry  22  23  22  23  21  21 

Steele  .13  15  17  15  . . 

Rhodes  6 15  15  15  ... . 

Clark  17 

Moller  .........  22  18  22  22  19 

Dixon  22  23  20  19  20 

Finley  IS  22  21  17  24 

Short  22  17  24  18  . . 

Nash  20  17  i 

Will  14  14  15 

Wise  22  23  24  24  . . . . 

Bill  1814 


Events: 

1 2 3 4 5 6 

Targets : 

25  25  25  25  25  25 

Wands  

. . . 17  12  

Dickman  

. . . 25  23  22  24  . . . . 

Ivery  

. . . 22  14  

Armstrong  .. 

. . . 18  18  18  21  . . . . 

Ilice  

. . . 20  21  

Douglass  ... 

. . . 14  19  10  . . . . . . 

Beck  

...11  9 

Field  

...  10  16 

Overman  . . . 

. . . 16  12  . . . . . . . . 

Mack  

. . . 11  10  13  13  . . . . 

Mrs  O 

...  6 

1-Ia.nn  

. . . 12  16 

Mand  

...  12 

Koehne  

...  3 

Gasper  

...  18  .. 

Sheepshead  Bay  Gun  Club. 

Sheepshead  Bay,  L.  I.,  May  18. — Messrs.  E.  Carolan  and  Capt. 
Dreyer  tied  in  the  medal  event,  which  is  No.  7,  and  the  figures  in 
the  column  preceding  are  the  handicap  allowances  in  that  event. 
In  the  medal  event,  some  of  the  contestants  shot  twice,  merely 
for  the  sake  of  filling  squads.  The  scores: 


Events : 

Targets: 

*Schorty  

'■Williamson  

Cooper  ;.... 

M cKane  

*J  onas  

^Bergen  

Montanus  

*Martin  

Carolan  

Spinner-  

Capt  Dreyer  

*Garms  

*Voorhies  - ..... 

*F  Scho verling  

*Schorty  

Voorhies  

Cooper  

*Did  not  compete  in  medal  event. 


1 2 3 4 5 6 

25  25  25  25  25  Hp.  25 

20  21  22  20  22  ..  .. 

21  16  14  ..  ..  ..  19 

16  16  ..  15  13  9 21 

18  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  .. 

..  19  19  18  ..  ..19 

..  17  16  ..  ..  ..  18 

..  19  ..  20  14  5 19 

..  18  19  ..  ..  ..  19 

..  9 8 ....  13  23 

..  11  7 12 

..  ..  17  14  ..  10  23 

..  ..  9 ..  ..  ..  17 

..  ..  5 21 

..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  16 

22 

15 

..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  19 


Ashlacd  Gun  Club. 


Lexington,  Ky.,  May  18. — Enclosed  herewith  find  scores  of  the 
Fayette  Gun  Club  of  this  city  at  a regular  club  shoot,  Thursday 
afternoon,  May  18.  This  club  shoots  every  Thursday  afternoon, 
and  visiting  shooters  are  always  welcome.  Targets  are  thrown 
55yds.,  low  and  swift.  The  background  is  perfect,  however,  and 
the  luxuriant  blue  grass,  half-knee  high,  preserves  every  target 
not  broken  in  the  air. 

The  club  has  a membership  of  over  sixty,  and  the  sport  is  a 
very  popular  one  here. 


Events:  1 2 3 4 5 

Targets:  10  10  25  15  15 

J Q Ward 8 10  20  12  11 

J W Woolly 8 9 25  15  14 

Judge  G Kinkead.  7 8 14  8 9 

L B Shouse 8 6 15  5 5 

W Luxon  3 6 19  7 . . 

W V Green 6 ..  16  10  9 

G Stoll  6 ..  15  6 9 

W Dwyer  5 . . 14  9 . . 

W Drummy  7 . . 22  11  . . 

L Fieber  .........  6 . . 13  12  . . 


Events : 1 2 3 4 5 

Targets : 10  10  25  15  15 

R H Smith 8 7 31  13  11 

R R Skinner 8 9 19  14  .. 

T B Satterwhite. . 7 . . 17  12  . . 

W Rennick  2 ...  10  8 .. . 

J Offutt  2 3..  8 7 

J E Pepper 2 3 

F C Bell 6 ..  19  ..  .. 

Ed  P Perry 7 . . 15  14  . . 

P Morgan  3 3 .. 

W B Wilkerson..  4 


Event  No.  3 was  qualifying  handicap  for  club  trophy.  Monk. 


New  York  Athletic  Club. 

Travers  Island,  N.  Y.,  May  20. — The  May  cup,  50  targets,  had 
five  contestants.  Scores:  A.  O.  Fleischmann  (scratch)  33,  T.  J. 

McCahill  (10)  41,  A.  W.  Hibbard  (6)  33,  F.  R.  White  (12)  32, 
W.  D.  Rose  (8)  40. 

No.  2,  25  targets:  T.  J.  McCahill  (4)  23,  A.  W.  Hibbard  (3)  14, 
F.  R.  White  (6)  .19,  W.  D.  Rose  (4)  25,  Dr.  Brown  (7)  19,  Dr. 
Williams  (7)  25,  J.  D.  Calhoun  (4)  19,  A.  O.  Fleischmann  (0)  21. 

No.  3:  A.  W.  Hibbard  (3)  17,  J.  D.  Calhoun  (4)  21,  Dr.  Williams. 
(6)  17,  Dr.  Brown  (7)  18,  A.  0.  Fleischmann  (0)  22,  F.  R.  White 
(6)  13. 

No.  4,  butt  below  the  elbow:  Dh.  Brown  (7)  16,  A.  O.  Fleisch- 
mann (0)  15,  Dr.  Williams  (6)  14,  F.  R.  White  (6)  12,  A.  W.  Hib- 
bard (3)  16,  J.  D.  Calhoun  (4)  24. 

No'.  5:  A.  O.  Fleischmann  (0)  18,  J.  D.  Calhoun  (4)  20  Dr. 

Williams  (6)  21,  A.  W.  Hibbard  (3)  13,  Dr.  Brown  (7)  21. 

Special  match,  25  targets:  J.  D.  Calhoun  (2)  13,  A.  O.  Fleisch- 

mann  (0)  17,  ..  _ i . ..  . 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM 


[May  27,  1905. 


The  Interstate  Association's  Programme. 

Following  is  the  programme  of  the  Interstate  Association’s 
G.  A.  H.: 

The  sixth  Grand  American  Handicap  target  tournament  will 
he  held  on  the  grounds  of  the  Indianapolis  Gun.  Club,  Indian- 
apolis, Ind.,  June  27  to  30  inclusive. 

In  presenting  this  programme  we  feel  that  we  need  offer  no 
apology  for  the  choice  of  grounds  as  above.  The  expierence 
of  last  year,  when  the  largest  number  of  contestants  ever  gathered 
together  on  any  shooting  grounds  to  take  part  in  a target 
tournament  were  handled  without  any  trouble,  fully  warranted 
the  selection  of  the  Indianapolis  Gun  Club  grounds  as  the  scene 
for  the  big  event  of  1905. 

Our  aim  has  been  to  make  the  Grand  American  Handicap 
the  largest  event  of  its  kind,  and  to  make  it  a tournament  that 
trapshooters  liked  to  come  to.  Our  efforts  have  always  been  in 
this  direction,  and  the  increased  efforts  on  our  part  have  not 
been  unnoticed  or  disapproved  by  the  trapshooting  fraternity 
of  this  country. 

To  handle  a handicap  event  at  targets,  and  handle  it  suc- 
cessfully, is  always  a difficult  matter;  sometimes  the  effort  suc- 
ceeds, more  often  it  fails.  It  is  with  a direct  knowledge  of  this 
condition  of  affairs,  a knowledge  born  of  actual  experience,  that 
the  system  of  dividing  the  total  number  of  contestants  into 
sections  was  introduced  at  last  year’s  Grand  American  Handicap. 
The  plan  as  outlined  proved  all  that  had  been  claimed  in  its 
favor.  It  established  perfect  equity  as  to  weather,  light,  wait, 
tifnes  of  day,  etc.,  and  gave  such  perfect  satisfaction  to  all 
that  it  will  be  used  at  this  year’s  tournament. 

50  much  was  written  last  year  about  the  shooting  grounds 
of  the  Indianapolis  Gun  Club,  both  in  the  columns  of  the 
sportsmen’s  journals  and  of  the  daily  press,  that,  it  seems  almost 
a work  of  supererogation  to  go  once  more  into  a description 
of  these  perfectly-appointed  shooting  grounds.  There  are  none 
like  them  anyw'here  else  on  the  face  of  the  earth,  and  they  must 
be  seen  to  be  appreciated  and  thoroughly  understood.  More 
people  can  shoot  at  the  same  time,  and  more  targets  can  be 
trapped  per  hour,  than  anywhere  else  that  can  be  named.  Last 
year  the  enormous  number  of  155,300  targets  were  trapped  in 
four  and  one-half  days.  So  much  for  the  facilities  for  fast 
trapping  on  the  Indianapolis  Gun  Club  grounds. 

While  there  is  always  more  or  less  discomfort  at  other  shooting 
grounds,  whether  the  day  be  wet  or  fine,  and  whether  the 
number  of  contestants  be  small  or  large,  at  the  Indianapolis 
Gun  Club  grounds  the  weather  and  size  of  crowd  cuts  very  little 
figure. 

The  experience  gained  from  each  preceding  Grand  American 
Handicap  has  invariably  resulted  in  improved  methods  for  the 
smooth  running  of  its  successors.  Last  year’s  tournament  was 
no  exception  to  the  rule,  and  for  that  reason  we  feel  confident 
that  each  participant  in  the  sixth  Grand  American  Handicap 
will  find  every  arrangement  more  perfect  than  ever. 

All  entries  for  the  Grand  American  Handicap  at  targets  must 
be  made  on  application  blanks.  Ho  not  wait  until  the  Iasi 
moment  to  make  your  entry.  Last  year’s  Grand  American  Handi- 
cap would  have  been  the  greater  by  several  entries  had  some 
over-deliberate  applicants  been  permitted  to  enter  after  entries 
were  closed.  No  exception  was  made  in  favor  of  any  one.  The 
same  rule  is  in  force  this  year.  If  you  don’t  make  your  entry 
in  time,  it  will  not  be  accepted.  Additional  application  blanks 
can  be  secured  by  addressing  Elmer  E.  Shaner,  Sec’y-Mgr.,  219 
Coltart  Square,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

Remember,  if  you  take  part  in  the  tournament,  you  must  abide 
by  the  rules  and  conditions  as  announced  in  this  programme. 
You  are  earnestly  requested  to  read  the  programme  carefully,  as 
several  radical  changes  have  been  made  from  the  usual  manner 
of  conducting  tournaments,  and  contestants  are  required  to 
conform.  Ignorance  of  the  rules  is  no  excuse  for  any  error  or 
oversight  relating  to  the  competition.  All  contestants  are  ex- 
pected to  be  on  the  grounds  by  9 A.  M.,  each  day.  Failing 
therein,  each  contestant  is  responsible  for  his  acts  of  negligence. 

Division  of  money  in  the  preliminary  handicap,  the  Grand 
American  Handicap  at  targets,  the  consolation  handicap  and 
the  State  team  event.  High  guns  win — not  class  shooting: 

I to  10  entries,  two  moneys — 60  and  40  per  cent. 

II  to  20  entries,  six  moneys — 40,  30,  20  and  10  per  cent. 

21  to  30  entries,  six  moneys — 30,  20,  15,  13,  12  and  10  per  cent. 

31  to  40  entries,  eight  moneys — 25,  20,  15,  12,  10,  8,  5 and  5 per 

cent. 

41  to  50  entries,  ten  moneys — 22,  18,  14,  11,  10,  8,  5,  5,  4 and 
3 per  cent. 

51  to  60  entries,  twelve  moneys — 20,  16,  13,  10,  9,  7,  6,  5,  5,  4,  3 
and  2 per  cent. 

61  to  70  entries,  fourteen  moneys — 18,  15,  12,  10,  9,  7,  6,  5,  5, 

4,  3,  2,  2,  and  2 per  cent. 

71  to  80  entries,  sixteen  moneys — 16,  14,  11,  9,  8,  7,  6,  5,  5,  4, 

3,  3,  3,  2,  2 and  2 per  cent. 

81  to  90  entries  eighteen  moneys — 15,  13,  10,  8,  8,  7,  6,  5,  5,  4, 
3,  3,  3,  2,  2,  2,  2 and  2 per  cent. 

91  to  100  entries,  twenty  moneys — 14,  12,  9,  8,  7,  7,  6,  5,  5,  4, 

3,  3,  3,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2 and  2 per  cent. 

101  to  110  entries,  twenty-two  moneys — 13,  11,  9,  8,  7,  6,  5,  5,  5, 

4,  3,  3,  3.  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2 and  2 per  cent. 

III  to  120  entries,  twenty-four  moneys — 12,  10,  9,  8,  7,  6,  5, 
4,  3,  3,  3,  3,  3,  3,  3,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2 and  2 per  cent. 

121  to  130  entries,  twenty-six  moneys — 11,  10,  9,  8,  7,  6,  5,  5,  3, 
3,  3,  3,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2 and  2 per  cent. 

131  to  140  entries,  twenty-eight  moneys — 10,  9,  8,  7,  6,  5,  4,  3,  3,  3, 

3,  3,  3,  3,  3,  3,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2 and  2 per  cent. 

141  to  150  entries,  thirty  moneys — 10,  9,  8,  7,  6,  5,  4,  3,  3,  3,  3,  3, 

3,  3,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  1 and  1 per  cent. 

151  to  160  entries,  thirty-two  moneys — 10,  9,  8,  7,  6,  5,  4,  3,  3,  3, 

3,  3,  2-,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  1,  1,  1 and  1 per  cent. 

161  to  170  entries,  thhty-four  monevs — 10,  9,  8,  7,  6,  5,  4,  3,  3,  3, 

2 2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  and  1 

per  cent. 

171  to  180  entries,  thirty-six  moneys — 10,  9,  8,  7,  6,  5,  4,  3,  2,  2,  2, 
2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1 and 
1 per  cent. 

181  to  190  entries,  thirty-eight  moneys — 10,  9,  8,  7,  6,  5,  4,  3,  2,  2, 

2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1, 

1 and  1 per  cent. 

191  to  200  entries,  forty  moneys — 10,  9,  8,  7,  6,  5,  4,  3,  2,  2,  2,  2, 

2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1, 

1 and  1 per  cent. 

201  to  210  entries,  forty-two  moneys — 10,  9,  8,  7,  6,  5,  4,  3,  2,  2,  2, 

2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1, 

1,  1,  1 and  1 per  cent. 

211  to  220  entries,  forty-four  moneys — 10,  9,  8,  7,  6,  5,  4,  3,  2,  2, 

2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1, 

1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1 and  1 per  cent. 

221  to  230  entries,  forty-six  moneys — 10,  9,  8,  7,  6,  5,  4,  3,  2,  2, 

2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1, 

1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1 and  1 per  cent. 

231  to  240  entries,  forty-eight  moneys — 10,  9,  8,  7,  6,  5,  4,  3,  2,  2, 

2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1, 

1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1 and  1 per  cent. 

241  to  250  entries,  and  over,  fifty  moneys — 10,  9,  8,  7,  6,  5,  4,  3, 

2 2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1, 

1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1 and  1 per  cent. 

Briefly  summarizing  the  foregoing,  it  will  be  noted  that  two 
places  are  created  for  each  ten  entries  or  fractions  thereof  up  to 
two  hundred  and  fifty. 

First  Day,  June  27. 

Ten  events  at  20  targets,  $2  entrance,  $25  added  in  all  events 
at  unknown  angles.  No  handicaps.  Manufacturers’  agents,  paid 
representatives,  etc.,  may  shoot  in  the  above  events  for  targets 
only. 

Second  ;c Day,  June  28. 

Preliminary  handicap,  open  to  all,  100  targets,  unknown  angles, 
$7  entrance — targets  included,  handicaps  14  to  22yds.,  high  guns 
—not  class  shooting,  $100  added  to  the  purse.  The  handicaps 
contestants  receive  for  the  Grand  American  Handicap  at  targets 
will  govern  in  this  event.  The  number  of  moneys  into  which 
the  purse  will  be  divided  will  be  determined  by  the  number  of 
entries  received.  In  addition  to  first  money,  the  winner  will 
receive  a trophy,  fifty  dollars  of  the  net  purse  being  reserved  to 
purchase  same. 

If  you  want  to  take  part  in  the  preliminary  handicap,  you  must 
make  entry  at  the  cashier’s  office  on  the  shooting  grounds  before 
5 P.  M.,  Tuesday,  June  27.  Penalty  entries  will  not  be  taken. 
An  entry  is  not  transferable,  and  entrance  money  cannot  be 
withdrawn  after  entry  has  been  made. 

State  team  event,  open  to  amateurs  only.  Each  team  shall 
consist  of  five  contestants,  who  are  bona  fide  residents  of  the 
same  State.  One  hundred  targets  per  man — 500  targets  per  team, 
P5  entrance  per  team,  targets  included,  no  handicaps,  high  guns- 


hot class  shooting.  The  number  of  moneys  into  which  the  purse 
will  be  divided  will  be  determined  by  the  number  of  entries 
received.  In  addition  to  first  money,  the  members  of  the  winning 
team  will  each  receive  a trophy,  presented  by  the  Interstate 
Association.  Entries  must  be  made  at  the  cashier’s  office  on  the 
shooting  grounds  before  5 P.  M.,  Tuesday,  June  27.  Names  of 
contestants  must  be  announced  at  time  of  making  entry,  and  no 
substitution  of  names  will  be  permitted  after  entries  are  closed. 
Penalty  entries  will  not  be  taken.  An  entry  is  not  transferable, 
and  entrance  money  cannot  be  withdrawn  after  entry  has  been 
made. 

Third  Day,  June  29. 

Grand  American  Handicap  at  targets,  open  to  all,  100  targets, 
unknown  angles,  $10  entrance — targets  included — handicaps,  14  to 
22yds.,  high  guns — not  class  shooting,  $200  added  to  the  purse. 
The  number  of  moneys  into  which  the  purse  will  be  divided  will 
be  determined  by  the  number  of  entries  received.  In  addition  to 
first  money,  the  winner  will  receive  a trophy,  presented  by  the 
Interstate  Association. 

Regular  entries  must  be  made  on  or  before  Saturday,  June  17, 
and  must  be  accompanied  by  $5  forfeit.  Penalty  entries  may  be 
made  after  June  17,  up  to  5 P.  M.,  Wednesday,  June  28,  by  pay- 
ing $15  entrance — targets  included.  An  entry  is  not  transferable, 
and  entrance  money  cannot  be  withdrawn  after  entry  has  been 
made. 

Fourth  Day,  June  30. 

Five  20-target  events,  $2  entrance,  $25  added,  events  at  unknown 
angles.  No  handicaps. 

Manufacturers’  agents,  paid  representatives,  ets.,  may  shoot  in 
the  above  events  for  targets  only. 

Event  No.  6,  consolation  handicap,  open  to  all,  100  targets,  un- 
known angles,  $7  entrance — targets  included,  handicaps  14  to  22yds., 
high  guns — not  class  shooting,  $100  added  to  the  purse.  \\  inners 
of  money  in  the  Grand  American  Handicap  at  targets  will  have 
lyd.  added  to  their  handicaps,  and  non-winners  of  money  in  the 
Grand  American  Handicap  at  targets  will  go  in  lyd.  The  num- 
ber of  moneys  into  which  the  purse  will  be  divided  will  be  de- 
termined by  the  number  of  entries  received.  In  addition  to  first 
money  the  winner  will  receive  a trophy,  $50  of  the  net  purse 
being  reserved  for  the  same. 

If  you  want  to  take  part  in  the  events  scheduled  for  this 
day,  you  must  make  entry  at  the  cashier’s  office  on  the  shooting 
grounds  before  5 P.  M.,  Thursday,  June  29.  Penalty  entries 
will  not  be  taken  for  these  events.  An  entry  is  not  transferable 
and  entrance  money  cannot  be  withdrawn  after  entry  has  been 
made. 

It  is  with  great  pleasure  that  the  Interstate  Association  an- 
nounces that  it  has  secured  the  services  of  a Handicap  Committee 
composed  of  five  men,  each  of  whom  is  thoroughly  well  qualified 
to  judge  of  the  individual  merits  of  the  contestants,  and  to  award 
handicaps  accordingly. 

By  accepting  the  arduous  duties  that  are  always  attached  to 
the  office  of  handicapper,  the  committee  as  a whole,  and  each 
member  as  an  individual,  is  entitled  to  the  warmest  thanks  of 
the  Interstate  Association,  and  the  same  are  hereby  cheerfully 
and  publicly  tendered. 

The  committee  is  constituted  as  follows:  E.  H.  Tripp,  Indian- 

apolis, Ind.,  Chairman;  Lem  Willard,  Chicago,  111.;  F.  E. 
Mallory,  Parkersburg,  W.  Va. ; P.  C.  Ward,  Walnut  Log,  Tenn. ; 
Frank  Alkire,  Williamsport,  O. 

With  the  utmost  confidence  it  is  predicted  that  this  committee 
will  not  fall  below  the  estimate  that  has  been  placed  upon  it. 

Mr.  Elmer  E.  Shaner,  Secretary-Manager  of  the  Interstate 
Association,  will  be  Secretary  to  the  Committee,  but  will  not 
have  a vote  in  the  handicapping  of  contestants. 

The  committee  will  meet  at  the  English  Hotel,  Indianapolis, 
Ind.,  Saturday,  June  24,  but  handicaps  will  not  be  announced 
until  the  next  day. 

Amateurs. 

In  case  a contestant’s  amateur  standing  is  questioned  by  a 
subscriber,  or  by  the  representative  of  a subscriber,  to  the 
Interstate  Association,  he  will  be  required  to  sign  the  following 
form  of  certificate  before  he  may  take  part  in  the  competition 
as  an  amateur: 

CERTIFICATE. 

Town: — - County:—  State:— 

Date : — - 

Tournament  given  by  the  Interstate  Association  under  the 
auspices  of  the  of 

Acting  in  accordance  with  a request  made  to  me  by  Mr. 
Elmer  E.  Shaner,  Manager  of  the  Interstate  Association  and  of 
this  tournament,  I do  hereby  state  that  I am  not  a manufacturers’ 
representative  as  defined  by  the  said  Association  in  its  special 
ru;e  governing  same;  that  no  portion  of  my  expenses  in  attending 
this  tournament  is  paid  or  is  to  be  paid  by  any  manufacturer  of 
guns,  shells,  or  powder,  or  by  any  of  his  agents;  that  none  of 
the  shells  which  I have  been  using  for  the  past  three  months, 
nor  of  the  shells  which  I am  using  and  intend  to  use  in  this 
tournament,  have  been  donated  to  me  by  any  manufacturer  of 
guns,  shells  or  powder,  or  by  any  of  his  agents;  that  no  manu- 
facturer of  guns,  shells  or  powder  nor  any  of  his  agents  has  paid  me 
any  sum  for  using  his  gun,  shells  or  powder,  or  for  any  other 
purpose  for  trade  reasons  for  the  past  three  months,  and  that 
by  the  above  it  is  clearly  understood  that  I have  at  all  times 
during  the  past  three  months  paid  not  less  than  regular  whole- 
sale market  prices  for  all  such  goods  used  by  me. 

In  testimony  whereof  I hereto  affix  my  full  name  and  place 
of  residence, 

Name: 

Residence: 

Shooting  will  commence  at  9 A.  M.,  sharp  each  day.  The 
grounds  will  be  open  for  practice  and  sweepstakes  shooting  on 
the  afternoon  of  Monday,  June  26.  The  Interstate  Association 
trapshooting  rules  will  govern  all  points  not  otherwise  provided 
for.  Note  that  Section  1,  Rule  II,  of  the  target  rules,  relating  to 
bore  of  gun,  is  not  in  force  at  this  tournament.  No  guns  larger 
than  10-gauge  allowed.  Weight  of  guns  unlimited.  Black  rm’-der 
barred.  Targets  will  be  thrown  about  50yds.  Five  automatic  traps 
will  be  use-.  Price  of  targets  2 cents  each,  included  in  all 
entrances.  The  Interstate  Association  reserves  the  right  to  re- 
fuse any  entry.  The  standard  bore  of  gun  is  No.  12,  and  in  the 
handicap  events  all  contestants  will  be  handicapped  on  that 
basis.  Contestants  using  guns  of  smaller  bore  must  stand  on 
the  mark  allotted  to  them.  The  Interstate  Association  reserves 
the  right  to  select  two  cartridges  from  each  contestant — to  test 
the  same  for  proper  leading — the  selection  to  be  made  at  any  time 
when  a contestant  is  at  the  firing  point.  In  case  entries  are  so 
numerous  that  darkness  or  other  cause  prevents  the  finish  of 
any  events  the  same  day  they  are  commenced,  the  management 
reserves  the  authority  to  stop  the  shooting  at  any  time  it  may 
deem  it  nece  ;sary.  In  this  case,  weather  permitting,  the  shooting 
will  begin,  v.  here  left  off,  at  9 A.  M.,  sharp  the  next  day. 

“Shooting  names”  will  not  be  used  at  this  tournament. 

Shooting  “for  targets  only”  is  open  to  manufacturers’  agents 
solely.  All  other  contestants  must  make  entry  for  the  purses. 

There  will  be  no  practice  shooting  allowed,  or  preliminary 
events  shot,  prior  to  the  commencing  of  the  regular  events 
scheduled  fer  the  day. 

Entries  for  the  second  day’s  events  (the  preliminary  handicap, 
and  the  State  team  event),  and  entries  for  the  fourth  day’s 
events  (the  consolation  handicap  included)  close  at  5 P.  M.,  the 
day  before  they  are  scheduled  to  be  shot.  All  entries  for  these 
events  must  be  made  by  that  time,  as  penalty  entries  will  not  be 
taken  for  them.  Last  year  a number  of  shooters  who  neglected 
to  make  their  entries  each  day  at  the  proper  time  as  a conse- 
quence found  that  they  could  not  make  them  at  all.  No  personal 
plea  or  any  other  plea  served  to  change  the  situation.  The  same 
rules  are  in  force  this  year,  and  shooters  must  live  up  to  them 
or  suffer  the  consequences. 

A contestant  who  takes  part  in  the  tournament  any  day  must 
make  entry  for  all  events  called  for  by  the  programme  of  that 
day,  with  the  exception  of  the  State  team  event.  Entries  will  not 
be  taken  for  less  than  the  total  number  of  events  (the  handicap 
events  included)  scheduled  for  the  day.  In  case  a contestant, 
after  making  entry,  fails  to  take  part  in  any  event,  or  events,  his 
entrance  will  be  forfeited  for  that  particular  event  or  events,  and 
the  amount  so  forfeited  will  be  added  to  the  purse  the  same  as  if 
he  had  contested. 

This  rule  is  made  necessary  by  the  outlook  for  an  exceptionally 
large  entry  list,  and  it  will  be  impossible  to  keep  this  large 
tournament  working  smoothly  unless  the  squads  are  kept  intact. 

Under  the  system  in  force  at  this  tournament  the  greater 
part  of  the  compiler  of  scores’  work  must  be  accomplished  at 
night;  consequently,  winners  of  money  in  any  event  cannot  se- 
cure the  amounts  due  them  until  the  next  day  following  that  on 
which  the  competition  takes  place.  This  rule  will  be  in  force 
during  the  entire  tournament,  with  the  exception  of  the  last 


day,  when  winners  of  money  can  secure  the  amount  due  them 
within  one  hour  after  the  last  event  has  been  completed. 

Contestants  who  ask  to  have  their  cashier  slips  or  compiler  of 
scores’  cards  countersigned,  for  the  purpose  of  securing  any 
bonus  offered  as  an  inducement  to  use  certain  goods,  will  be  con- 
sidered as  manufacturers’  agents,  and  will  so  be  classed  at  future 
Interstate  Association  tournaments. 

The  purses  in  all  events  except  the  three  handicaps  and  the 
State  team  event  will  be  divided  according  to  the  Rose  system 
into  four  moneys  at  the  ratio  of  S-5-3-2. 

The  Interstate  Association  adds  $1,000,  of  which  amount  $225 
is  reserved  to  purchase  trophies — $100  for  a trophy  for  the  winner 
of  first  money  in  the  Grand  American  Handicap,  and  $125  for  five 
trophies,  one  for  each  member  of  the  team  winning  first  money 
in  the  State  team  event. 

The  Interstate  Association  reserves  the  authority  to  postpone 
the  Grand  American  Handicap  at  targets  on  account  of  bad 
weather  or  other  important  cause  if,  in  the  judgment  of  the 
Management,  such  postponement  is  necessary. 

The  manner  of  shooting  the  Grand  American  Handicap  at 
Targets  (and,  in  fact,  all  events  scheduled  for  the  tournament) 
is  as  follows: 

Five  automatic  traps  will  be  used,  and  five  different  events 
will  be  commenced  at  the  same  time,  one  respectively  at  each 
trap.  The  total  number  of  qualified  contestants  will  be  divided 
into  five  sections,  as  nearly  equal  in  number  as  possible,  and  a 
section  will  be  started  at  the  same  time  at  each  trap.  After 
all  members  of  a section  have  finished  competing  at  their  trap, 
they  will  pass  on  to  the  next  trap  and  compete  there,  and  so  on 
until  they  have  competed  at  each  of  the  five  traps. 

For  example:  Say  we  have  200  entries — 40  squads  of  five  men 

each.  Divide  the  40  squads  into  five  sections,  and  it  would  make 
eight  squads  to  each  section.  Squads  1 to  8 would  compose 
the  first  section.  Squads  9 to  16  would  compose  the  second 
section.  Squads  17  to  24  would  compose  the  third  section. 
Squads  25  to  32  would  compose  the  fourth  section,  and  squads 
33  to  40  would  compose  the  fifth  section.  These  sections  simul- 
taneously would  be  started  at  Nos.  1,  2,  3,  4 and  5 traps  re- 
spectively. After  all  squads  of  a section  finished  competing  at  a 
particular  trap,  their  entire  section  would  pass  on  to  the  next 
trap  and  compete  there,  and  so  on,  until  they  had  competed  at 
the  entire  five  traps. 

The  foregoing  arrangement  will  do  away  with  a squad  shooting 
100  targets  “off  the  reel,”  right  down  the  line  of  five  traps.  Yet 
a true  equity  will  be  maintained,  as  each  contestant  will  com- 
pete alike  in  each  particular  event. 

The  manufacturers’  agent  making  the  highest  score  in  the 
Grand  American  Flandicap,  from  his  handicap  distance,  will  be 
presented  with  a trophy  known  as  the  “Scarecrow  Cup,”  donated 
by  Mr.  Fred  A.  Stone  of  the  “Wizard  of  Oz”  theatrical  company. 

The  official  score  will  be  kept  on  a score  board  in  plain  view 
of  the  contestant.  It  will  be  the  duty  of  the  contestant  to  see 
to  it  that  the  right  result  is  recorded.  In  case  of  error  it  will  be 
the  duty  of  the  contestant  in  whose  score  the  mistake  has  oc- 
curred to  have  it  corrected  before  he  fires  at  two  more  targets, 
otherwise  the  score  must  stand  as  shown  on  the  score  board. 
In  case  a contestant’s  view  of  the  score  board  is  interfered  with 
through  any  cause,  he  may  refuse  to  shoot  until  the  result  of 
his  last  shot  can  be  seen. 

In  the  handicap  events  ties  that  are  shot  off  will  be  at  20  targets 
per  man,  and  the  original  distances  contestants  stand  at  will 
govern. 

Through  the  courtesy  of  the  Winchester  Repeating  Arms  Com- 
pany, Mr.  Fred.  C.  Whitney,  of  Des  Moines,  la.,  will  again  have 
charge  of  the  cashier’s  office.  Mr.  Whitney  has  few  equals,  and 
no  superiors,  in  this  position. 

The  office  of  compiler  of  scores  will  be  filled  by  Mr.  J.  K. 
Starr,  of  Philadelphia.  His  services  the  last  five  seasons  in  a 
similar  capacity  is  a sufficient  guarantee  of  excellent  results. 

It  is  requested  that  entries  for  the  Grand  American  Handicap 
at  targets  be  made  in  ample  time  to  permit  the  sending  of  receipt 
and  admission  ticket,  and  for  same  to  reach  the  maker  of  entry 
prior  to  his  departure  for  Indianapolis. 

All  entries  must  be  accompanied  by  the  maker’s  full  name 
and  address. 

When  making  an  entry  by  mail,  remittances  covering  the 
amount  of  forfeit  ($5)  should  be  made  by  bank  check,  draft,  post- 
office  money-order,  express  money-order,  or  registered  letter. 

Bank  checks,  drafts,  or  bills  of  exchange,  will  not  be  received 
at  the  cashier’s  office  in  payment  for  balance  due  on  entries;  nor 
will  any  check,  draft,  or  bill  of  exchange  be  cashed  during  the 
tournament.  This  rule  will  be  strictly  enforced. 

To  reach  shooting  grounds  from  hotels  in  Indianapolis,  take  the 
Plainfield  Electric  Line  cars,  leaving  Terminal  station,  corner 
of  Illinois  and  Market  streets,  direct  to  the  grounds.  The  fare 
in  10  cents. 

An  admission  fee  will  not  be  charged,  but  in  order  to  keep  out 
any  undesirable  element,  admittance  to  the  shooting  grounds  will 
be  by  card  of  admission  which  can  be  obtained,  free  of  charge, 
by  applying  to  any  of  the  subscribers  to  the  Interstate  Associa- 
tion, or  the  Indianapolis  Gun  Club. 

The  comfort  and  convenience  of  contestants,  as  well  as  spec- 
tators, has  been  looked  after  carefully. 

A warm  and  substantial  lunch  will  be  served  at  the  club 
grounds  each  day  for  the  sum  of  50  cents. 

There  will  not  be  any  lockers.  The  club  house  will  contain  a 
sufficient  number  of  gun  racks  to  meet  all  requirements.  The 
management  of  the  Indianapolis  Gun  Club  will  provide  a room 
for  guns,  shells  and  clothing,  and  it  will  be  in  charge  of  a com- 
petent watchman;  but  as  contestants  will  have  free  access  to 
this  room  at  all  times,  they  must  be  responsible  for  their  own 
belongings.  The  Interstate  Association  will  not  be  responsible 
for  guns,  shells,  clothing,  etc.,  under  any  circumstances. 

Guns,  ammunition,  etc.,  forwarded  by  express  must  be  prepaid 
and  sent  to  Indianapolis  Gun  Club,  121  West  Washington  street, 
Indianapolis,  Ind.  Mark  your  own  name  on  the  box  that  goods 
are  shipped  in,  and  it  will  be  delivered  at  the  shooting  grounds 
free  of  charge. 

Please  note  that  shipments  on  which  charges  have  not  been 
paid  will  positively  not  be  received. 

All  standard  factory  loaded  shells  of  the  Union  Metallic  Car- 
tridge Company,  Winchester  Repeating  Arms  Company  and  the 
Peters  Cartridge  Company  will  be  for  sale  on  the  grounds,  and 
any  special  loads  will  be  furnished  and  delivered  to  the  grounds 
by  Mr.  James  W.  Bell,  Secretary  Indianapolis  Gun  Club,  121 
West  Washington  street,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Rate  of  a fare  and  a third  for  the  round  trip,  on  the  certificate 
plan,  has  been  granted  from  all  points  in  the  territory  of  the 
Central  Passenger  Association,  Trunk  Line  Association,  Western 
Passenger  Association,  Southeastern  Passenger  Asociation  and  of 
Southwestern  Excursion  Bureau,  conditional  on  there  being  an 
attendance  at  the  tournament  of  not  less  than  100  persons  who 
hold  proper  certificates  obtained  from  ticket  agents  at  starting 
points,  showing  payment  of  first-class  fare  of  not  less  than  75 
cents  through  to  Indianapolis. 

Tickets  for  the  return  journey  will  be  sold  by  the  ticket  agent 
at  Indianapolis  at  one-third  the  first-class  limited  fare,  only  to 
those  holding  certificates  signed  by  the  ticket  agent  at  points 
where  through  ticket  to  Indianapolis  was  purchased,  counter- 
signed by  signature  of  F.  C.  Whitney,  cashier,  certifying  that  not 
less  than  100  persons,  holding  standard  certificates  are  present, 
and  that  the  holder  has  been  in  regular  attendance  at  the  tourna- 
ment, and  viseed  by  the  special  agent  of  the  lines  of  the  Railway 
Association. 

Agents  at  all  important  stations  and  coupon  ticket  offices  are 
supplied  with  certificates.  If,  however,  the  ticket  agent  at  a 
local  station  is  not  supplied  with  certificates  and  through  tickets 
to  Indianapolis,  he  can  inform  you  of  the  nearest  important  station 
where  they  can  be  obtained.  In  such  cases  purchase  a local  ticket 
to  such  station,  and  there  secure  certificate  and  through  ticket  to 
Indianapolis.  Ask  for  certificate  to  the  Interstate  Association’s 
Sixth  Grand  American  Flandicap  at  Targets. 

Going  tickets  and  certificates  will  be  issued  June  23  to  27. 
Certificates  will  be  viseed  by  special  agent  June  28  and  29,  and 
then  honored  for  return  tickets  to  July  4 inclusive.  The  special 
agent  at  time  of  validation  will  collect  from  the  holder  of  each 
certificate  a fee  of  25  cents. 

Regular  entries  for  the  Grand  American  Handicap  at  Targets 
must  be  made  on  or  before  June  17.  Entries  mailed  in  en- 
velopes bearing  post-marks  dated  June  17  will  be  accepted  as 
regular  entries.  All  entries  must  be  made  on  application  blanks, 
and  they  will  be  received  by  Elmer  E.  Shaner,  Secretary-Manager, 
219  Coltart  Square,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 


Peei  less  Red  and  Gun  Club. 

Paterson,  N.  J.,  May  20. — The  -scores  made  in  the  main  event 
to-day  follow:  Gus  Herman  10,  Jacob  Dorrhofer  10,  O.  Herman 

8,  T.  Walker  6,  P.  Garrabrant  12,  J.  Jackson  5,  W.  Banta  16,  C. 
Lewis  16,  F.  Walker  10,  G.  Hermann  16,  P.  Garrabrant  11,  C. 
Gugal  7,  G.  Garrabrant  6,  P.  Garrabrant  9,  C.  Gugel  8,  P.  Garra- 
brant 16. 


May  27,  1905.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


427 


U.  S.  Government  Ammunition  Test. 

Accuracy  test  of  Krag-J orgensen  .30-Caliber  Cartridges  held  at  Springfield  Armory  by  order  of 
the  Ordnance  Department,  United  States  Army. 

TESTED  — Ammunition  of  all  the  American  Manufacturers. 

CONDITIONS  — 10  and  20  shot  targets,  muzzle  rest. 

10  and  20  shot  targets,  fixed  rest. 

DISTANCE  =1000  yards. 


O F F^C  mL^TRJEPORT:  U.  S.  Cartridges  excelled  all  others 


MANUFACTURED  BY 


Agencies: 


UNITED  STATES  CARTRIDGE  CO., 

LOWELL.  MASS.,  U.  S.  A. 

497*503  Pearl  St.,  35-43  Park  St.,  New  York.  114-116  Market  St.,  San  Francisco. 


Boston  Gun  Club. 

Boston,  Mass: — May  17,  the  date  of  the  Bostoil  Guii  Club  s 
sixth  annual  invitation  team  shoot,  did  not  prove  to  be  the  ideal 
weather  for  the  tfapshootef,  but  honors  seemingly  being  about 
■even  between  Old  Ptob  and  Old  Sol.  Sixty-six  shooters  verl- 
tured  Wellingtonwatd,  and  from  morning,  till  night  kept  pegging 
away,  with  results,  iii  the  majotitv  of  eases,  most  gratifying. 
With  this  number  of  shooters  on  hand,  each  with  a good-sized 
bee  buzzing  underneath  the  hat  band,  it  is  sufficient  to  say  that  Urn 
trapper  boys  were  brought  to  play  with  a vengeance,  and  by 
keeping  steadily  at  their  work,  threw  the  necessary  ten  thousand 
targets  to  complete  the  day’s  sport.  With  two  automatic  traps 
in  the  pink  of  condition,  the  club  was  amply  prepared  for  the 
onslaught,  and  barring  the  one  or  two  delays  that  never  can  be 
forestalled,  the  traps  performed  faithfully  for  the  entire  day,  and 
the  trapping  brought  forth  comments  that  the  trap  crews  liked 
to  hear,  as  there  was  no  doubt  they  were  putting  forth  their  best 
efforts  to  have  their  part  of  the  programme  performed  in  the  most 
thorough  manner,  and  were  highly  pleased  to  find  their  work  was 

^Thfc  office  was  id  charge  of  Mr.  F.- P.  Miller,  who,  it  can  be 
said,  had  a decidedly  bbsy  day,  the  two  sets  of  traps  keeping 
things  ort  the  hum;  but  as  the  winners  were  made  known  im- 
riiediatfely  Upoti  the  last  everit  being  fitiished*  it  be  seeii  that 
the  goods  were  delivered  right  on  time.  -t?  t? 

The  trade  was  well  represented  by  J.  E.  Burns  (ClittlaX),  r.  L- 
Butler,  O.  R:  Dickey,  S.  M,  Wheeler,  If.  B.  lenlby,  Ray  Rush, 
atdson,  S,  D.  Hebbard.  J.  E.  Burns  easily  captured  first  expert 
honor  F.  E.  Butler,  second,  S.  M.  Wheeler  third.  Dickey  s 90 
per  cerit.  was  the  high  mark  of  the  day,  brit,  riot  shootirig  the 
entire  programme,  did  rtot  count  for  the  average. 

Rule,  of  Lowell,  and  Tozier,  of  Haverhill,  had  & neck-and-neck 
race  for  high  amateur  average,  Tozier’s  second  20  being  his  un- 
lucky event,  and  the  captain  of  Engine  10  was  most  willing  to 
take  advantage  of  the  less,  and  now  sports  round  with  a nice 

new  leather  traveling  bag,  just  intended  to  hold  the  proper 

amount  of  shells,  etc.,  for  a day’s  trap  shoot, 

Tozier’s  win  of  second  average  pleased  the  crowd  immensely, 
and  no  one  was  there  but  was  ready  with  the  glad  hand,  there 
will  be  times  doing  in  Haverhill,  however,  as  there  is  to  be  no 
hiding  this  light  under  a bushel,  as  “Ned  has  quite  a chest  ex- 
pansion, which,  with  the  accompanying  hailds-m-pocket  style*  wnl 
give  all  a chance  to  view  the  sterling  silver  watch  fob  offered 

f°Chartie1  Alfen^'of  Manchester,  brought  his  old  reliable  to  an- 
nihilate everything  in  sight,  and  proceeded  to  do  so,  with  the 

exception  of  the  third  event,  which  lost  him  .ground l that  he  was 

never  quite  able  to  regain.  Charlie  insinuates  he  did  «?t  J 
the  bag  anyway,  as  a previous  shooting  trip  had  netted  him  one, 
but  in  an  entirely  different  manner.  Charles  got  it,  however,  and 
Derryfield  heard  of  it,  if  Gene  Reed  could  help  a good  cause 
along,  and  they  do  say  a joke  goes  a long  ways  up  m their  burg. 

The  team  shoot,  which  was  the  most  interesting  event  of  the 
day,  had  eight  teams  entered,  and  as  the  results  were  in  doubt 
till  the  last  squad  had  shot,  the  interest  never  waned  one  atom. 
Five  teams  had  a look  in  for  first  place,  and  hung  on  to  each 
other  like  leeches,  but  the  Watertown  boys,  under  Roy  s guid- 
ance held  on  the  best  of  all,  and  at  the  end  led  by  two  targets. 
They  are  now  styled  the  Watertown  World  Beaters,  or  the  Knights 
of  the  Sca?mr.  Gun,  with  Hebbard  Chief  Knight  through  being 

thCapthl: wUotalfP segregation  shot  a good  race,  but  in  one  15 
John  Bell  got  off  the  target  breaking  wagon,  and  try  as  he 
could  never  recovered  till  the  next  event,  and  then  the  old  form 

“ f.  proved  .O  be  , be  anchor -of  the 

boat  (2501bs.),  and  it  was  mainly  through  this  ballast  that  they 
hung  together,  but  it  surely  showed  good  generalship  on  some 
one’s  part  to  have  the  right  man  in  the  right- place. 

The  Derryfield  boys,  minus  the  services  of  the  Reeds,  were, 
to  say  the  least,  considerably  handicapped;  but  for  all  that,  did  a 
few  shooting  stunts.  Corson,  tlieir  latest  acquisition,  tying  for 
high  individual  honors  in  the  team  match,  and  Goss  just  one 
target  less  Lieut.  Greer,  ordinarily  a 24  or  25  man,  was  some- 
whit  out  of  form,  and,  coupled  with  shooting  a strange  gun,  was 
indeed  sh o o ting  a good  race  to  get  the  scores  he  did.  Another 
vearand  another  story  will  be  told,  as  from  looks  the  Derryfields 
have  got  considerable  up  their  sleeves  which  they  intend  to  let 

1C>The  3Stoughton  team  put  up  a good  fight,  but  right  in  the 
first  event  their  top-notcher,  Worthing,  strained  his  gun,  and 
could  not  use  it  after  the  first  shot.  A trial  of  three  guns  proved 
disastrous  but  a Watertown  winner  had  a corker  of  a gun, 
and  Worthing  found  it  just  the  gun  he  wanted,  as  he  proceeded 

t00Sne°^f  the  most  welcome  visitors  was  Dr  C,  H.  Gerrish,  of 
Fxebfr  who  had  the  pleasure  of  talking  over  old  times  with  H.  H. 
Francis  the  two  being  practically  pioneers  on  the  Boston  Gun 
Club  piatform.  The  doctor  is  still  one  of  the  staunchest  ad- 

•b  holding  the  gun  below  the  elbow,  and  regrets  very 

Such  that  the  necessary  support  is  not  given  him  toward  reviving 
muen  tnai  Luc  vogue  m the  days  of  the  Ligowsky 

^v  pIgSons  The  Doctor  himfelf  still  sticks  to  the  old  way, 
and  very  often  gives  the  present  generation  a good  run  for  their 
money,  which  goes  to  show  that  the  old  ways  are  just  as  good  as 

thFowdi  Bowler  and  Mason,  the  Newport  trio,  were  away  off 
color  fn  the  regular  events,  but  in  the  few  extras  showed  clean 

heAll  in  all6  it1  was^a  most  successful  tournament,  every  shooter 

All  in  an,  some  doing  a good  deal  of  physical  labor. 

Walter  ^“Straw”  Hay,  as  second  chef,  proved  the  right  man  in  that 
m-fee  though  he  was  a trifle  slow  with  his  squad,  but  will  still 
h-'ve  our  recommendations.  Other  scores: 

f ! ■ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 

Events  - 15  15  15  15  20  15  15  15  15  20 

f mrS18  ‘ ....  10  13  10  11  19  15  14  13  14  19 

£ul?’  18W 15  35  14  12  1«  12  12  13  15  13 

Tozier,  16  13  12  9 15  1?  14  13  12  14  18 

Climax,  -1  14  15  11  13  17  13  14  12  12  15 

Allen,  16  • — 81410  13  17  13  13  13  15  19 

Hebbard,  1<  14  12  9 13  17  11  14  12  14  17 

ReJl’ey,  1«" ' l • ‘ • • » 10  12  13  18  13  13  11 1?  17 


Shot 

at. 

Broke. 

Av. 

160 

138 

.862 

160 

137 

.856 

160 

137 

.856 

160 

136 

.850 

160 

135 

.843 

160 

134 

.837 

160 

130 

.812 

Bartlett,  16  

..  12 

10 

12 

11 

19 

11 

13 

11 

11 

19 

160 

129 

.806 

Frank,  19  ....... 

..  11 

13 

8 

15 

16 

15 

11 

11 

14 

14 

160 

128 

.800 

Goss,  17  

11 

10 

12 

17 

15 

12 

13 

14 

16 

160 

128 

.800 

Cobb,  16  ........ 

..  13 

12 

9 

9 

16 

10 

14 

14 

13 

17 

160 

127 

.793 

Sadler,  16  , . . 

..  14 

13 

15 

10 

14 

8 

12 

12 

14 

15 

160 

127 

.793 

Kirkwood,  20  , . . 

9 

10 

11 

12 

12 

11 

11 

14 

14 

19 

160 

123 

.768 

Butler,  16  

..  11 

11 

12 

10 

19 

12 

11 

11 

11 

14 

160 

122 

.762 

Rogers,  16  

..  11 

12 

13 

11 

15 

10 

14 

9 

12 

15 

160 

122 

.762 

Burns,  18  , 

Lee.  16  

..  8 

13 

9 

13 

14 

11 

13 

13 

13 

14 

160 

121 

.756 

..  13 

12 

10 

10 

15 

11 

14 

10 

14 

11 

160 

120 

.750 

Owen,  16  

..  11 

6 

!) 

12 

18 

11 

13 

13 

11 

15 

160 

119 

.743 

Ford,  16  

..  8 

10 

12 

8 

19 

11 

12 

11 

12 

16 

160 

119 

.743 

Smith,  18- 

12 

7 

13 

12 

13 

10 

12 

12- 

16 

160 

118 

.737 

Worthing,  17  

...10 

13 

12 

9 

14 

13 

13 

4 

13 

17 

160 

118 

.737 

Bell,  20  

..  11 

9 

10 

11 

17 

12 

12 

9 

14 

11 

160 

116 

.725 

Hewins,  16  

..  11 

11 

14 

9 

17 

11 

10 

8 

12 

13 

160 

116 

.725 

Coffin,  18  

..  6 

8 

9 

8 

18 

11 

13 

10 

13 

19 

160 

115 

.718 

Wheeler,  IS  

..  6 

12 

11 

13 

14 

13 

12 

9 

11 

14 

160 

115 

.718 

Bowler,  18  

..  11 

12 

10 

10 

15 

11 

12 

9 

11 

14 

160 

115 

.718 

Fuller,  16  

, 7 

12 

10 

10 

17 

13 

10 

13 

12 

10 

160 

114 

.712 

Searles,  18  

..  8 

11 

7 

11 

18 

11 

13 

10 

13 

13 

160 

113 

.706 

Rice,  16  

Straw,  16  

..  11 

10 

10 

14 

16 

10 

10 

8 

12 

11 

160 

112 

.700 

..  9 

11 

10 

11 

18 

8 

11 

10 

9 

14 

160 

111 

.693 

Corson,  18  

..  9 

9 

5 

14 

15 

10 

9 

13 

15 

11 

160 

110 

.687 

Comer,  16  

..  10 

11 

7 

10 

14 

10 

13 

9 

11 

14 

160 

109 

.681 

Woodruff,  17 

..  12 

10 

11 

8 

11 

10 

10 

11 

12 

13 

160 

108 

.675 

Powell,  16  

Black,  16  

..  8 

11 

14 

12 

12 

8 

12 

10 

7 

13 

160 

107 

.668 

..  12 

10 

7 

10 

14 

8 

10 

8 

13 

10 

160 

105 

.656 

Greer,  16  

..  10 

12 

9 

11 

14 

13 

10 

9 

8 

9 

160 

105 

.656 

Hallam,  16  

..  8 

12 

7 

6 

14 

6 

8 

11 

13 

16 

160 

101 

.631 

Wilber,  16 

..  7 

12 

10 

8 

12 

7 

10 

10 

9 

8 

160 

93 

.581 

McArdle,  16  

..  6 

9 

7 

6 

12 

10 

8 

6 

5 

8 

160 

73 

.456 

Hassam,  16  

..  9 

9 

11 

11 

14 

11 

14 

14 

13 

145 

106 

.731 

Mason,  16  

..  6 

10 

10 

6 

18 

7 

10 

ii 

11 

145 

70 

.482 

Adams,  16  

14 

10 

14 

9 

14 

14 

14 

15 

130 

104 

.800 

Foster,  16  

10 

12 

16 

11 

15 

9 

10 

17 

130 

100 

.761 

Grey,  16  

..  12 

13 

13 

12 

18 

8 

11 

12 

130 

99 

.760 

Randall,  20  

..  9 

11 

11 

13 

16 

8 

11 

15 

130 

94 

.723 

Edwards,  16  

13 

12 

10 

10 

5 

7 

5 

12 

130 

74 

.561 

Hamblin,  16  

..  15 

14 

14 

13 

13 

11 

13 

16 

125 

109 

.8  <2 

Weld,  16  

13 

16 

12 

14 

12 

12 

14 

115 

93 

.808 

F Cavicchi,  16 

12 

16 

11 

15 

11 

15 

19. 

115 

99 

.S60 

E Cavicchi,  16... 

12 

14 

8 

13 

8 

12 

16 

115 

83 

.721 

Johnson,  18  

. . . . 

12 

10 

12 

15 

13 

13 

19 

110 

94 

.854 

Thomas,  16  

11 

15 

11 

14 

10 

12 

12 

110 

85 

.772 

Dickey,  16  

i9 

12 

13 

15 

12 

19 

100 

90 

.900 

Hawkins,  16  .... 

19 

13 

11 

9 

11 

16 

100 

79 

.790 

Bryant,  16  

..  5 

4 

11 

7 

15 

8 

100 

50 

.500 

Burbank,  16  . . . 

14 

11 

14 

12 

13 

19 

95 

83 

.873 

Lelian,  16  

7 

8 

11 

13 

12 

80 

51 

.637 

Muldown,  16  

12 

11 

12 

16 

65 

51 

.784 

Willard,  16  

12 

13 

12 

50 

37 

.740 

Gerrish,  16  

13 

9 

14 

50 

36 

.720 

Damon,  16  

11 

10 

9 

50 

30 

.600 

Wild,  16  

9 

12 

35 

21 

.600 

Stewart,  16  

10 

13 

30 

23 

.766 

Baker,  16  

12 

11 

30 

23 

.766 

Richardson,  16  . . 

7 

4 

30 

11 

.366 

Team  match: 


W atertown 

G.  C. 

Boston  G.  C.  N.o. 

1. 

Hebbard  ... 

.28 

Frank  

.25 

Smith  

.24 

Bell  

.23 

Biutlett  . . . 

.22 

Muldown  

.23 

Roy  

.26 

Woodruff  

.23 

Lee  

.24—124 

Kirkwood  

.28—122 

Mumford  F. 

& S. 

Association. 

Derryfield  G.  C. 

Coffin  

.23 

Greer  

.17 

Searles  

.23 

Allen  

.24 

Tohnson  

.26 

I'erley  

.24 

Hamblin  . . . 

.24 

Goss  

.27 

Burbank  . . . 

.25 — 121 

Corson  

.28—120 

Boston 

G .C. 

No. 

2. 

Boston  Athletic  Association. 

Straw  

.19 

Black  

.21 

Tozier  

.28 

Owen  

.24 

Rogers  

.21 

Edwards  

.12 

Ford  

.23 

Weld  

.24 

Cobb  

.27—113 

Adams  

.28-109 

Stoughton  G.  C. 

South  Framingham  G.  C. 

Lehan  ...... 

.24 

Wilber  

.19 

F Cavicchi  . 

.26 

McArdle  

.11 

E Cavicchi  . 

.20 

Hewins  

.20 

Worthing  . . . 

.17 

Rice  

.20 

The  mas  

.17—109 

Fuller  

.25—  95 

Nebraska  State  Tournament. 

Hastings,  Neb.,  May  12. — The  Nebraska  State  Sportsmen’s  As- 
sociation concluded  its  twenty-ninth  annual  tournament  at  Hast- 
ings to-day,  and,  notwithstanding  miserable  weather,  it  was  a 
success,  38,000  targets  being  thrown. 

The  office  was  handled  by  the  only  Fred  C.  Whitney,  of  Des 
Moines;  the  management  was  assisted  on  the  outside  by  Marshall 
Sharp,  of  Bridgeport,  Conn.,  and  Harry  Duncan,  of  Gibbon,  Neb., 
and  with  two  practical  shooters,  Mr.  Oswold,  of  Falls  City,  and 
Mr.  Crabill,  of  Hastings,  at  the  score  boards,  everything  moved 
on  without  a murmur  of  dissatisfaction  from  any  quarter. 

The  Association,  was  favored  with  the  presence  and  assistance 
of  A.  H.  Hardy,  of  Lincoln;  W.  A.  Waddington,  of  Beatrice; 
Hon.  Tom  A.  Marshall,  of  Keithsbnrg,  111. ; C.  B.  Adams,  of 
Rockwell  City,  la.;  W.  H.  Heer,  of  Concordia,  Kans;  Marshall 
Sharp,  of  Bridgeport,  Conn.;  Chris.  Gottlieb,  of  Kansas  City;  Fred 
C.  Whitney,  of  Des  Moines;  Walter  Huff,  of  Macon,  Ga.,  and 
Chas.  Plank,  of  Denver,  Colo. 

On  the  preliminary  day  we  were  greeted  with  a severe  wind 
and  hail  storm.  But  forty  shooters  faced  the  traps,  and  Adolph 
Olson,  of  Holdrege,  Neb.,  who  shot  under  the  name  of  Adolph, 
won  the  handsome  watch  charm  on  a score  of  91. 

The  first  day  of  the  regular  programme  opened  clear  and 
bright,  with  seventy  shooters  on  the  ground,  61  of  which  were 
Nebraskans,  which  again  demonstrates  that  Nebraska  has  more 
shooters  within  her  boundaries  than  any  other  State  in  the 


Union  of  a like  population.  On  this  day,  Mr.  W.  H.  Heer  was 
high  professional  with  196,  and  Wm.  Veach,  of  Falls  City,  Neb., 
was  high  amateur  with  191. 

The  Mullerite  powder  event  was  shot  with  forty-five  entries,  and 
V1  a tie  with  a straight  score  of  25  for  Bray,  of  Columbus, 
pd’,,°  oPInVaL,In  t!le  shoot-off  Bray  won  on  a score  of 
f A t , R^cl  s,  f3-  0°  Thursday  the  second  day,  rain  began  fall- 

ing]  by  10  o clock,  and  at  11  o clock  shooting  was  almost  impos- 
SIt>Jeonn  ,account  of  wind  and  rain,  but  was  continued  at  2:30, 
and  _U0  targets  of  the  regular  programme  were  shot,  but  the 
.Denver  Post  trophy  and  State  championship  events  were  post- 
poned until  Friday, 

Friday  morning  was  clear,  but  with  a strong  wind.  Interest  was 
centered  m the  Denver  Post  trophy  race,  and  the  State  cham- 
pionship. Ihe  Denver  Post  trophy  was  at  100  targets,  handicap, 
and  was  won  by  Geo.  Maxwell,  of  Holstein,  Neb.,  on  a score  of 
Jo,  trom  the  18yd.  mark.  Let  it  be  remembered  that  Mr.  Maxwell 
has  only  one  arm.  What  would  he  do  if  he  had  two.  The  scores 
follow : Linderman  (18yds.)  89,  Williams  (18)  84,  Sievers  (18)  79, 

ACA°7e,1i  (1,8)  87’  n?°£ers  (18)  8*  Deifenderfer  (19)  84,  Adolph 
(19)  84,  Reed  (19)  90,  Carter  (19)  80,  Bray  (19)  90,  Veach  (19)  91, 
laylor  d9)  92,  Maxwell  (18)  95,  Schroeder  (18)  91,  Townsend  (18) 

nAi3?!  £7?  79’  (17)  withdrew,  Ball  (17)  86,  Brooking 

(U)  90,  McElhaney  (17)  86  Miller  (17)  81,  Kennedy  (17)  88, 
Davidson  (16)  82  Holtzinger  (16)  82,  Merritt  (16)  87,  Morrill  (16) 
88,  Capsey  (16)  94  Southard  (16)  73,  Wright  (16)  87,  Mockett  (16) 
<9  Mann  (16)  93,  Varner  (16)  83,  Wertz  (16)  88,  Hempel  (16)  79, 
lhorpe  (16)  88,  Myers  (16)  86. 

The  State  championship  event  had  thirty-five  entries,  and  was 
won  by  that  terrible  Swede,  Adolp  Olson,  of  Holdrege,  Neb., 
after  a spirited  shoot-off  with  Townsend,  of  Omaha;  Linderman, 
of  .Lincoln,  and  Bray,  of  Columbus.  The  score  in  the  regular 
events  follow: 


First 

Day. 

Second  Day. 

Third 

Day. 

Total. 

Shot 

Shot 

Shot 

Shot 

Linderman  . 

at. 

Broke. 

at. 

Broke. 

at.  Broke. 

at.  Broke 

..200 

187 

200 

182 

100 

91 

500 

460 

Veach  

..200 

192 

200 

171 

100 

89 

500 

452 

Bray  

186 

200 

176 

100 

97 

500 

459 

Hardy  

..200 

172 

200 

166 

100 

87 

500 

422 

Taylor  

..200 

189 

200 

183 

100 

88 

500 

451 

Reid  

..200 

190 

200 

181 

100 

95 

500 

466 

Maxwell  

..200 

191 

200 

171 

100 

95 

500 

457 

Sievers  

..200 

170 

200 

157 

100 

86 

500 

413 

Townsend  . . 

..200 

178 

200 

170 

100 

92 

500 

440 

Williams  ... 

..200 

191 

200 

161 

100 

81 

500 

433 

Frank  

..200 

191 

200 

186 

100 

97 

500 

475 

Gottlieb  

..200 

189 

200 

183 

100 

90 

500 

462 

Brooking  . . . 

..200 

188 

200 

173  - 

100 

98 

500 

459 

Huff  

..200 

187 

200 

185 

100 

98 

600 

470 

McLIhaney  . 

..200 

182 

200 

171 

100 

91 

500 

444 

Adolph  

..200 

187 

200 

185 

100 

95 

600 

467 

Mann  

..200 

171 

200 

156 

100 

86 

500 

413 

Heer  

..200 

196 

200 

188 

100 

100 

500 

484 

Pfempel  

..200 

170 

200 

157 

100 

83 

500 

400 

Ball  

..200 

182 

200 

173 

100 

86 

500 

441 

Marshall  . . . 

..200 

171 

200 

168 

100 

96 

500 

435 

Deifenderfer 

..200 

189 

200 

176 

100 

86 

500 

441 

Rogers  

..300 

179 

200 

178 

100 

82 

500 

439 

Waddington 

..200 

181 

200 

179 

100 

90 

500 

450 

'lhorpe  

..200 

176 

200 

164 

100 

93 

500 

433 

Carter  

..200 

178 

200 

161 

100 

87 

500 

426 

Schroeder  . . 

..200 

186 

200 

165 

100 

96 

500 

447 

McDowell  . . 

..200 

177 

200 

168 

100 

87 

500 

432 

Myer  

..200 

173 

200 

153 

100 

88 

500 

414 

F Sack  

..200 

165 

185 

152 

20 

20 

405 

337 

T Sack  

..200 

175 

100 

78 

300 

253 

Gayhart  

..200 

189 

60 

33 

260 

222 

Murrill  

..200 

172 

60 

47 

100 

a 

360 

300 

Kennedy  ... 

. . . 

170 

136 

100 

89 

270 

227 

Cox  

..200 

186 

60 

48 

260 

234 

Davidson  . . . 

..200 

168 

160 

127 

360 

295 

Wertz  

..200 

168 

140 

116 

340 

234 

Hulzanger  . . 

. .200 

163 

200 

159 

400 

322 

Copsey  

..100 

93 

170 

141 

270 

234 

Daniels  

..200 

170 

200 

137 

... 

400 

307 

Warwick  Gun  Club. 

Warwick,  N.  Y.,  May  20.— The  first  monthly  shoot  of  the 
Warwick  Gun  Club  was  held  on  the  club  grounds  on  Friday,  May 
19.  The  day  was  delightful,  except  that  a strong  wind  blew  across 
the  grounds,  making  high  scores  impossible.  Notice  of  the  next 
shoot  will  be  sent  you  in  due  itme.  Following  are  the  scores: 
Targets : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  11  12  13 

Targets;  10  15  20  10  15  20  10  15  10  * 10  15  25 

Bnchner  8 11  15  5 11  12  8 11  9 1 9 11.. 

Howell  10  10  11  7 10  . . 7 9 7 2 7 11 

Wills  3 7..  4....  4..  3..  6 7.. 

Hendrickson  5 7..  4 8..  7 12  6..  4 9 12 

Ogden  9 10  15  7 10  17  9 11  10  8 8 10  20 

Lines  9 9 15  6 10  13  ‘ ‘ ‘ 

Edsall  8 14  16  5 9 . . 

Dunning  11  14  7 11  14 

Lowenhart  2 

No.  10  was  a miss-and-out.  J.  B,  Rogers 


9 11  10 

8 10  .. 

6 11  6 7 8 12  . . 

7 12  8 3 6 12  17 


Bradford  Gun  Club. 

Bradford,  Pa.,  May  14.— The  following  is  a total  of  the  events 
held  at  the  traps  of  the  above  club,  on  May  13 
Shot  at.  Broke. 


Russell  125  100 

S Mallory  150  88 

Pringle  125  109 

Kennedy  ...... .100  65 

W Haymaker 100  64 

Brown  ... > 70  56 

McKeown  45  18 

Vantine  75  51 

Vernon  60  25 


Durfey  30 

Disney  loo 

Jones  ..100 

Eggabrout  75 

Bodine 100 

White  115 

Willis  75 

H°ey  100 

Scott  75 

E.  C.  Charlton,  Sec’y-Treqs" 


Shot  at.  Broke. 

17 
61 

78 
38 
75 

79 
53 

80 
35 


42  8 


FOREST  AND  STREAM, 


[May  27,  190& 


Interstate  at  Owensboro* 

Owensboro,  Ky.,  May  20. — The  Interstate  Association’s  trap- 
shooting tournament  given  for  the  Daviess  County  Gun  Club,  of 
Owensboro,  Ky.,  May  17  and  18,  was  fairly  well  attended,  thirty 
different  contestants  taking  part  the  first  day  and  twenty-eight  the 
second  day.  W eather  conditions  were  against  good  scores,  a high 
wind  prevailing  both  days. 

The  first  day’s  programme  was  put  through  with  such  celerity 
that  seven  events  were  completed  by  noon,  and  when  lunch  was 
announced,  every  one  was  in  a good  humor,  the  high  and  low 
score  men  joking  as  they  gathered  around  .the  tables.  Among  the 
manufacturer’s  agents,  F.  C.  Riehl  was  high  man  with  a score  of 
°UJ  of  200  shot  at;  F.  M.  Faurote  was  second  with  173,  and 
<C.  O,  Le  Compte  third  with  172.  Among  the  amateurs,  Al.  Willer- 
ding  was  in  first  place  with  177,  and  W.  F.  Booker  was  second 
With  166,  T.  D.  Riley  being  third  with  161. 

The  second  day’s  programme  was  started  promptly  at  9 A.  M. 
and  continued  till  late  in  the  afternoon,  when  the  last  shot  was 
fired  in  the  twelfth  event.  F.  M.  Faurote  was  easily  in  first 
place  for  the  day  among  the  manufacturer’s  agents,  with  the  fine 
score  of  192  out  of  200  shot  at;  C.  O.  Le  Compte  was  second 
with  183,  and  F.  C.  Riehl  third  with  182.  Al.  Willerding  again 
led  the  amateurs  with  183,  with  W.  F.  Booker  second  with  169, 
and  Guy  Starling  third  with  159. 

For  general  average  among  the  manufacturers’  agents,  Mr. 
Faurote  was  first  with  366,  Mr.  Riehl  second  with  358,  and  Mr. 
Le  Compte  third  with  366.  Among  the  amateurs,  Mr.  Willerding 
was  first  with  360,  Mr.  Booker  second  with  335,  and  Mr.  Riley 
third  with  319.  Th.e  scores  of  both  days  follow: 


May  17,  First  Day. 


Events : 

1 

2 

8 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

Shot 

Targets: 

15 

15 

20 

15 

15 

20 

15 

15 

20 

15 

15 

20 

at. 

Broke. 

F C Riehl 

13 

12 

20 

14 

13 

18 

12 

13 

IS 

11 

14 

18 

200 

176 

F M Faurote. 

13 

11 

18 

15 

14 

18 

12 

15 

16 

12 

11 

18 

200 

173 

W F Booker 

13 

13 

18 

11 

12 

IS 

13 

11 

15 

13 

14 

15 

200 

166 

F Pragoff  

11 

13 

12 

11 

12 

15 

12 

10 

15 

14 

12 

16 

200 

153 

T D Riley 

13 

14 

20 

11 

<9 

15 

10 

14 

12 

14 

10 

15 

200 

161 

J T Anthony 

12 

13 

IS 

13 

12 

14 

11 

14 

16 

11 

13 

18 

200 

165 

C O Le  Compte. . 

11 

13 

18 

35 

11 

19 

14 

13 

16 

11 

14 

17 

200 

172 

A Wellerding 

14 

13 

18 

15 

13 

19 

13 

12 

17 

13 

12 

18 

200 

177 

J Lewis  

13 

13 

16 

11 

10 

7 

13 

7 

14 

7 

10 

16 

200 

137 

A Newman 

13 

13 

14 

9 

9 

IS 

10 

10 

18 

11 

13 

16 

200 

154 

C F Sundy 

13 

11 

16 

9 

13 

18 

10 

13 

16 

12 

12 

18 

200 

161 

11  J Bordeii 

14 

11 

14 

13 

13 

19 

13 

14 

17 

12 

11 

19 

200 

170 

Guy  Starling  

9 

6 

11 

11 

13 

13 

12 

9 

14 

11 

9 

13 

200 

131 

R A Powell. ...... 

9 

10 

13 

13 

11 

16 

10 

10 

14 

9 

12 

j . 

ISO 

127 

W S Alvis 

13 

19 

. . 

12 

14 

11 

16 

11 

13 

18 

150 

127 

W H Mourning. . . 

3 

4 

2 

3 

1 

80 

13 

J Allridge  

11 

13 

11 

12 

17 

85 

64 

J Head  

6 

8 

9 

60 

23 

J Collins  

13 

14 

8 

15 

is 

85 

65 

Wm  Dawson  

6 

6 

35 

12 

J M Heer 

8 

_ m 

8 

30 

16 

Wm  Calhoun  

10 

11 

. . 

12 

i3 

70 

46 

M Grant  

13 

. 20 

13 

J C Shalcross 

12 

12 

17 

50 

41 

J R Lees 

6 

15 

6 

M Parish  

10 

11 

35 

21 

Phil  Mattingly  .... 

9 

11 

35 

20 

\V  Overstraight.... 

12 

20 

12 

Geo  Bennett  ...... 

15 

20 

15 

W Williams  

15 

20 

15 

May  18, 

Second 

i Day. 

Events: 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

Shot 

Targets: 

15 

15 

20 

15 

15 

20 

15 

15 

20 

15 

15 

20 

at. 

Broke. 

F C Riehl 

14 

15 

17 

14 

13 

19 

14 

12 

18 

14 

14 

18 

200 

182 

F M Faurote 

15 

14 

19 

15 

15 

19 

14 

15 

20 

14 

14 

18 

200 

192 

W F Booker 

14 

15 

15 

11 

12 

19 

13 

14 

16 

12 

12 

16 

200 

169 

F Pragoff  

12 

14 

17 

13 

14 

15 

12 

10 

17 

12 

10 

11 

200 

157 

T .D  Riley 

9 

10 

12 

14 

12 

17 

11 

13 

IS 

13 

15 

14 

200 

158 

J T Anthony 

12 

12 

19 

14 

13 

18 

13 

14 

17 

14 

13 

17 

200 

176 

C O Le  Compte.. 

14 

11 

19 

13 

15 

IS 

13 

15 

20 

15 

14 

16 

200 

183 

Al  Willerding 

13 

10 

19 

13 

14 

19 

15 

13 

17 

15 

15 

20 

200 

173 

Jas  Lewis  

10 

10 

14 

11 

8 

14 

14 

12 

12 

11 

12 

15 

200 

143 

A Newman  

12 

13 

16 

11 

12 

13 

9 

11 

130 

97 

C F Sundy 

10 

9 

17 

13 

12 

10 

12 

10 

13 

9 

14 

17 

200 

146 

R A Powell 

12 

13 

14 

12 

8 

16 

12 

13 

12 

11 

12 

18 

200 

153 

H T Borden 

12 

14 

14 

15 

13 

17 

100 

85 

G Starling  

W Griffith  

11 

10 

18 

11 

13 

14 

13 

14 

14 

11 

12 

18 

200 

159 

12 

11 

20 

12 

10 

20 

100 

85 

J Griffith  

14 

13 

16 

10 

18 

85 

71 

J Smith  

9 

9 

11 

9 

13 

S5 

51 

J A Head 

S 

12 

7 

. . 

50 

27 

T L Bennett 

8 

8 

9 

8 

13 

85 

46 

Jesse  Harl  

8 

9 

7 

50 

24 

Wm  Calhoun  

11 

. , 

8 

12 

50 

31 

A Smith  

7 

15 

7 

J Collins  

17 

11 

12 

18 

70 

58 

W H Mourning... 

1 

12 

20 

1 

Wm  Overstraight.. 

15 

11 

16 

70 

54 

J C Shalcross...... 

11 

13 

18 

50 

42 

J Allridge  

11 

15 

11 

T M Peer 

is 

20 

35 

35 

Clean  Tournament. 


Olean,  N.  Y.,  May  11. — The  ninth  annual  tournament  of  the 
Glean  Gun  Club  was  held  here  May  9 and  10,  and  was  the  most 
successful  meet  ever  held  by  this  club.  The  trade  was  represented 
by  J.  Mowed  Hawkins,  Geo.  R.  Ginn,  H.  H.  Stevens,  Sim 
Glover,  Mr.  Stull  and  Luther  Squier. 

For  the  two  days,  Mr.  Glover  won  high  professional  average, 
breaking  360  out  of  390  targets.  Second  .was  won  by  Mr.  Stevens, 
breaking  367  out  of  390  targets.  Third  was  won  by  Mr.  Hawkins, 
who  broke  364  out  of  390  targets. 

High  amateur  average  for  the  two  days  was  won  by  Mr.  F.  D. 
Kelsey,  of  East  Aurora.  N.  Y.,  who  broke  356  out  of  390.  Second 
average  was  won  by  B.  D.  Nobles,  of  Olean,  N.  Y.,  who  broke 
r ^ targets.  Third  average  was  won  by  Mr.  Hobbie, 

of  Fulton,  N.  ,Y.,  who  broke  349  out  of  390  targets. 

In  the  merchandise  event,  May  9,  Mr.  Conneely,  of  Bradford, 
Pa.,  won  the  Winchester  repeating  shotgun. 

..merchandise  event,  May  10,  Mr.  Bozard,  of  Allegany, 
IN.  Y.,  wen  the  Ithaca  hammerless  gun  by  making  the  remark- 
able scoie  of  25  straight  at  18yds.  handicap. 

Following  are  the  scores  made  each  day: 


May  9,  First  Day. 


Events:  123456789  10  11 

Targets:  15  20  15  20  15  25  15  20  15  20  15 

Gloyer  12  20  14  19  13  23  14  19  15  19  12 

Stevens  13  19  14  18  11  22  13  18  14  19  13 

Hawkins  13  19  13  19  14  23  14  18  14  18  13 

Squier  14  18  13  17  14  16  13  15  15  14  12 

Stull  . . 13  19  13  17  12  19  13 

Kelsey  11  17  13  20  12  21  12  18  15  18  14 

Nobles  12  17  14  18  13  22  14  17  12  18  14 

Hobbie  11  19  12  19  15  19  13  19  15  16  14 

Wheeler  11  19  14  18  11  17  13  19  13  18  13 

Adams  11  17  10  17  12  22  13  18  12  18  15 

Stewart  13  20  12  16  7 22  13  14  13  20  14 

Sizer  13  18  12  18  13  16  13  17  13  17  10 

Mason  14  17  15  16  13  18  14  16  13  18  12 

Bozard  13  18  13  17  7 17  10  15  13  19  12 

Hart  13  14  12  18  14  20  14  16  14  16  11 

Miller  13  15  11  14  14  23  10  15  11  17  9 

Osborne  8 16  11  12  13  21  10  18  12  16  14 

Stohr  11  16  12  14  11  19  13  17  12  16  12 

Phillips 14  17  13  16  13  17  13  18  11  18  8 

Varley  9 12  11  12  12  17  11  15  10  14  12 

Farnum  10  15  S 17  11  23  14  15  11  14  11 

Dailey  12  11  11  13  12  18  8 14  12  13  10 

Ross  9 13  9 12  11  15  8 15  7 13  10 

Weller  10  14  12  17  14  21  10  17  13  15  9 

Russell  5 12  13  15  12  21  10  16  12  15  11 

Pringle  14  18  12  18  13  15  12  19  11  16  13 

Wertman  9 15  12  14  10  18  12  15  13  14  12 

Conneely  10  16  13  17  11  23  12  18  13  16  11 

Brown  14  14  18  13  ..  13  15  11  16  11 

Nichols  12  15  13  16  12  20  12  13  13  ..  .. 

Zimmerman  10  11  10  14  12  12  7 11  7 ..  .. 

Fields  14  17  10  12  14  20  10  18  13  . . 

Jones  9 12  12  12 

Curtis  14 

May  10,  Second  Day. 

Events:  123456789  10  11 

Targets:  15  20  15  20  15  25  15  20  15  20  15 

Glover  15  19  14  15  14  21  13  20  15  20  15 

Stevens  13  18  14  19  14  24  14  18  15  20  14 

Hawkins  12  18  15  20  13  21  13  19  13  19  13 

Stull  14  16  14  15  15  21  12  16  13  15  11 

Kelsey  15  17  15  19  14  22  13  20  14  20  15 

Nobles  13  19  13  19  14  22  12  20  14  20  13 

Hobbie  13  20  14  19  14  23  13  18  15  15  13 

Wheeler  12  17  12  17  14  21  14  19  14  19  14 

Adams  13  14  14  17  13  22  11  17  15  17  14 

Stewart  13  19  12  16  12  21  14  15  15  19  11 

Sizer  12  18  12  18  14  23  12  19  13  16  14 

Mason  8 18  13  18  14  20  14  15  12  19  12 

Bozart  12  19  14  17  14  25  11  19  12  18  13 

Hart  13  19  9 17  16  19  13  17  12  17  15 

Miller  14  18  14  19  14  16  14  18  14  19  12 

Osborne  14  15  13  14  13  20  13  16  14  19  15 

Stohr  11  14  13  13  14  24  14  16  10  15  11 

Phillips  11  17  12  17  11  23  S 16  15  14  12 

Verley  12  17  12  14  12  19  11  19  13  17  10 

Farnum  11  12  10  13  12  20  10  12  14  15  12 

Dailey  12  15  10  15  11  IS  8 15  12  17  12 

Ross  12  17  13  11  12  17  10  16  13  12  12 

Russell  18  14  14  12  18  13 

Conneely  17  14  17  15  20  12  

Brown  11  14  13  14  13  23  14  IS  12  . . 

Zimmerman  13  17  12  ..  13  16 

Fields  13  IS  12 

Adkin  13  19  12  18  10  20  12  10  12  16  12 

C Phillips 14  9 16  12  21  13  16  13  20  14 


Shot 

at. 

Broke. 

195 

180 

195 

180 

195 

178 

195 

161 

125 

106 

195 

171 

195 

171 

195 

172 

195 

166 

195 

165 

195 

164 

195 

160 

195 

166 

195 

154 

195 

162 

195 

152 

195 

151 

195 

153 

195 

158 

195 

135 

195 

149 

195 

134 

195 

122 

195 

152 

195 

142 

195 

161 

195 

144 

195 

160 

155 

125 

165 

126 

165 

94 

165 

128 

70 

45 

15 

14 

Shot 

at. 

Broke. 

195 

180 

195 

183 

195 

176 

195 

163 

195 

184 

195 

177 

195 

177 

195 

173 

195 

167 

195 

167 

195 

171 

195 

163 

195 

174 

195 

166 

195 

172 

195 

166 

195 

155 

195 

156 

195 

156 

195 

141 

195 

145 

195 

145 

110 

89 

110 

95 

160 

132 

85 

71 

60 

43 

195 

165 

180 

148 

General  average,  two  days,  390  targets:  Glover  360,  Stevens  357, 
Hawkins  354,  Stull  (320)  269,  Kelsey  365,  Nobles  350,  Hobbie  349, 
Wheeler  339,  Adams  332,  Stewart  331,  Sizer  331,  Mason  329,  Bozard 
328,  Hart  328,  Miller  324,  Osborne  317,  Stohr  308,  Phillips  314, 
Varley  291,  Farnum  290,  Dailey  279,  Ross  267. 


Michigan  Tfapshooters'  Association. 

The  Michigan  Trapshooters’  Association  held  its  first  State 
shoot  at  Mt.  Clemens  on  May  10  and  11.  The  next  shoot  will  be 
held  in  Jackson  in  June.  For  the  two  days,,  the  professional  high 
averages,  400  targets,  were  as  follows:  Heikes  373,  Hirschy  369, 

Boa  362.  Amateurs:  Felker  359,  Tolsma  345,  Renick  358.  The 

totals  were  as  follows: 


1 May  10 1 

, May  11 1 

, Total 1 

Heikes  

Shot  at. 

Broke. 

Shot  at. 

Broke. 

Shot  at. 

Broke. 

< 200 

188 

200 

185 

400 

373 

Hirschy  

200 

178 

200 

191 

400 

369 

Boa  

200 

180 

200 

182 

400 

362 

Phil  ............ 

200 

179 

200 

181 

400 

360 

Felker  

200 

175 

200 

184 

400 

359 

Young  

200 

178 

200 

180 

400 

358 

Tolsma  

200 

170 

200 

175 

400 

345 

Renick  

200 

167 

200 

171 

400 

338 

Jarvis  

200 

159 

200 

171 

400 

330 

Conover  

200 

167 

200 

161 

400 

328 

Gaylord  

’OO 

164 

200 

163 

400 

327 

A eitmeyer  

200 

154 

200 

171 

400 

325 

Teltier  ......... 

900 

154 

200 

170 

400 

324 

Wood  .......... 

200 

149 

200 

166 

400 

315 

Schuman  

200 

147 

200 

153 

400 

300 

Kirby  

.......200 

171 

75 

60 

275 

231 

Lutz  

200 

176 

175 

128 

375 

304 

A Hensler  .... 

200 

171 

115 

92 

315 

263 

Scott  

200 

170 

115 

97 

315 

267 

Nelson  

200 

167 

... 

. . . 

200 

167 

Reid  ...... 

200 

165 

160 

110 

360 

275 

H Scane  

200 

141 

... 

200 

141 

C Scane  

200 

125 

... 

200 

125 

Osmun  

200 

133 

60 

49 

260 

182 

Beebe  

120 

87 

140 

115 

260 

202 

Sparks  

140 

104 

120 

95 

260 

199 

Berlin  

200 

168 

200 

168 

Campau  

.......140 

io7 

100 

70 

240 

177 

Tuscany  

..180 

118 

175 

143 

355 

261 

Guthard  

140 

111 

. . . 

... 

140 

111 

Carson  ........ 

.......180 

114 

95 

68 

275 

182 

Sutton  

..140 

91 

95 

61 

235 

152 

Wills  

180 

116 

15 

9 

195 

125 

Stan’ey  

175 

137 

75 

60 

250 

197 

Chamberlain  . . 

.......  80 

63 

55 

44 

135 

103 

Klein  ......... 

95 

69 

60 

43 

115 

112 

Brown  ......... 

55 

. . . 

100 

55 

Wattes  ........ 

.......120 

97 

is 

10 

135 

107 

Perkins  ....... 

.......120 

90 

35 

22 

155 

112 

Webber  ....... 

... 

200 

-143 

200 

143 

Wiliam  ....... 

200 

159 

200 

159 

Wolf  

. . . 

200 

152 

200 

152 

Cox  

■ . • 

200 

166 

200 

166 

Greenway  ..... 

200 

163 

200 

163 

All  communications  intended  for  Forest  and  Stream  should 
always  be  addressed  to  the  Forest  and  Stream  Publishing  Co., 
Jgew  York,  and  not  to  any  individual  connected  with  the  paper. 


Auburn  Tournament. 

Auburn,  N.  Y.,  May  20. — The  tournament,  under  the  auspices 
of  Knox  & Knapp,  May  17-18,  was  very  successful.  Ten  thousand 
targets  were  thrown.  Forty-seven  shooters  were  present  on  the 
first  day,  and  twenty-four  on  the  second.  J.  M.  Hawkins,  Balti- 
more; Harvey  McMurchy,  Fulton,  and  Mr.  Stull,  of  Batavia,  were 
the  experts  present.  Trade  was  represented  by  Mr.  Ginn  and 
J.  G.  Heath.  J.  M.  Hawkins  was  high  average  for  the  two  days 
for  the  professionals,  and  C.  W.  Hart  was  high  amateur  average 
for  two  clays. 

In  the  merchandise  events,  the  first  day,  H.  W.  Brown,  of 
Binghamton,  and  Geo.  Brown,  of  Seneca  Falls,  divided  first,  an 
L.  C .Smith  gun.  C.  J.  Dally,  second,  an  Indian  made  leather 
pillow.  C.  W.  Hart,  a clock.  The  second  day,  Geo.  Brown  won 
the  Baker  gun;  IT.  W.  Hobbie  won  the  Indian  made  pillow; 
Isaac  Chapman  won  the  clock. 


May  17,  FBst  Day. 


Events : 

1 

2 

3 

4 

6 

6 

7 

8 

Targets : 

15 

15 

20 

15 

15 

20 

15 

25 

Dr  Weller  

11 

12 

15 

13 

10 

11 

10 

16 

L C Fraulz 

10 

13 

9 

10 

11 

12 

21 

Wadsworth  

7 

14 

18 

14 

12 

i:i 

10 

24 

S Curtis  

10 

13 

20 

12 

13 

15 

14 

23 

Connors  

8 

6 

17 

13 

9 

18 

13 

20 

Greene  

11 

13 

18 

14 

15 

20 

14 

18 

Nobles  

8 

13 

18 

12 

12 

19 

14 

19 

Bozard  

15 

18 

12 

11 

17 

11 

22 

C W Hart 

15 

19 

13 

14 

18 

13 

21 

Conley  

11 

10 

17 

9 

13 

17 

10 

20 

De  Groff  

8 

10 

11 

13 

9 

18 

12 

22 

G A Brown 

11 

15 

16 

15 

13 

19 

15 

22 

Fowler  

6 

_ „ 

12 

10 

Fedigan  

9 

11 

11 

11 

Daly  

11 

8 

is 

12 

12 

18 

10 

. , 

Hawkins  

.................  12 

14 

19 

13 

15 

19 

15 

25 

Pumpelly  

.................  10 

14 

19 

13 

14 

19 

14 

23 

H YV  Brown 

.................  11 

14 

18 

12 

11 

17 

15 

21 

Hookway  

14 

19 

15 

14 

17 

12 

20 

Stull  

11 

14 

12 

10 

17 

14 

24 

Adkin  

.................  11 

12 

15 

20 

12 

18 

13 

20 

Dailey  

.................  11 

13 

16 

13 

11 

20 

14 

24 

Wheeler  

.................  10 

14 

19 

13 

14 

18 

11 

23 

Loomis  

12 

12 

16 

13 

13 

17 

13 

21 

Bryant  

5 

11 

15 

8 

12 

16 

12 

. . 

McMurchy  

13 

19 

15 

14 

19 

15 

22 

Lewis  

8 

12 

18 

13 

14 

18 

14 

18 

A P Curtis 

10 

13 

17 

12 

12 

13 

10 

. . 

Hobbie  

.................  12 

13 

17 

12 

13 

16 

14 

20 

Chapman  ............. 

15 

16 

11 

13 

19 

14 

24 

Killick  

13 

14 

11 

14 

17 

, , 

Burnett  

11 

9 

15 

11 

13 

16 

. . 

C W Brown..... 

.................  10 

12 

12 

12 

. , 

23 

11 

11 

9 

13 

11 

13 

13 

12 

16 

12 

14 

12 

12 

H Harter  

.. 

19 

14 

19 

A Van  Patten 

• 0 

• • 

. . 

17 

14 

21 

Forsyth  

? • 

15 

11 

23 

Mills  .. n 17  13  5 8 14  9 14 

Kennedy  8 6 13  9 12  15  9 14 

Millard  11  12  18  12  9 17  12  18 

Wise  9 11  12  11  11  18  13  15 

Geo  C Kirk ..  ..  14  12  10  19  9 16 

Chas  Lewis  14  12  ..  ..  ..  

Doane  ..  ..  13  ..  ..  .. 


The  last  two  events,  Nos.  9 and  10,  were  not  shot  on  account  of 
broken  Leggett  trap. 


May  18,  Second  Day. 


Events : 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

Targets: 

15 

15 

20 

15 

15 

20 

15 

25 

15 

15 

Wheeler  

11 

18 

13 

14 

18 

11 

23 

13 

13 

Dailey  

14 

17 

12 

14 

19 

12 

21 

15 

12 

Wadsworth  ........... 

14 

16 

14 

12 

15 

12 

18 

9 

12 

Hobbie  

.........  12 

11 

16 

13 

13 

19 

14 

19 

15 

14 

Chapman  

11 

20 

13 

12 

18 

13 

16 

14 

13 

Greene  

10 

16 

13 

11 

19 

12 

21 

13 

15 

Nobles  

10 

17 

9 

14 

18 

10 

19 

13 

10 

Bozard  

14 

13 

15 

13 

12 

15 

11 

22 

13 

11 

C W Hart 

13 

12 

18 

14 

12 

18 

11 

23 

13 

15 

Conley  

11 

18 

9 

14 

17 

9 

23 

13 

14 

Hawkins  

12 

15 

18 

12 

15 

20 

12 

24 

14 

12 

Stull  

13 

12 

13 

14 

12 

16 

12 

21 

13 

15 

S Curtis  

.........  12 

10 

16 

12 

10 

16 

11 

18 

15 

9 

Hookway  

.........  10 

11 

18 

11 

11 

14 

9 

21 

13 

13 

Lewis  

.........  12 

14 

18 

14 

15 

16 

12 

22 

13 

10 

Fedigan  

6 

12 

12 

Fowler  

.........  11 

9 

13 

8 

10 

15 

11 

G A Brown 

9 

11 

18 

14 

13 

16 

15 

16 

14 

12 

........  11 

9 

13 

9 

16 

Gutchess  

8 

11 

15 

11 

Dr  Tripp  

10 

. , 

15 

Snyder  

10 

15 

12 

11 

Connors  

9 

Daly  

. •• 

. . 

10 

11 

, , 

Knox  & 

Knapp,  Mgrs. 

Middlesex  Sportsmen's  Club. 

Middlesex,  Mass. — In  the  recent  series  of  matches  for  team 
trapshooting  supremacy,  the  Middlesex  Sportsman’s  Club,  of  East 
Lexington,  added  one  more  to  its  long  string  of  victories,  by  de- 
feating very  decisively  teams  representing  the  Lowell,  Harvard 
and  Boston  gun  clubs.  The  series  consisted  of  four  matches,  one 
on  each  of  the  different  grounds,  teams  consisting  of  five  men, 
50  targets  each,  thrown  at  unknown  angles,  Interstate  rules  gov- 
erning. At  the  finish  the  Middlesex  Club  led  their  nearest  com- 
petitor by  49  targets — a big  margin  considering  that  each  club 
was  represented  by  its  strongest  shooters. 

In  the  last  shoot  the  Middlesex  Gun  Club  were  somewhat  handi- 
capped by  the  absence  of  Adams  and  Baxter,  their  regular  mem- 
bers, but  pulled  through  with  a good  score,  with  the  aid  of 
Marshall  and  Burnes  as  substitutes. 

Dr.  E.  F.  Gleason  won  individual  high  average  with  a score  of 
180  out  of  200.  Each  member  of  the  winning  team  was  presented 
with  a handsome  cup.  The  scores  were  as  follows: 

Middlesex  Gun  Club.  Lowell  Gun  Club. 

At  Wellington  223  At  East  Lexington  163 

At  Lowell  209  At  Wellington  208 

At  Cambridge  207  At  Cambridge  220 

At  home  202—841  At  home  201—792 

Boston  Gun  Club.  Harvard  Gun  Club. 

At  East  Lexington  170  At  Wellington  208 

At  Cambridge  195  At  Lowell  182 

At  Lowell  195  At  home  ....184 

At  home  228 — 788  At  Lexington  000 — 574 

The  Harvard  Club  did  not  show  up  at  Lexington. 


SIDE  LIGHTS  OF  TRADE. 


“Spratt’s  Dog  Culture,  with  a Chapter  on  Cats,”  is  the'  title  of 
an  illustrated  work  abounding  in  valuable  information.  It  is  pub- 
lished by  Spratt’s  Patent  (America),  Limited,  Newark,  _N.  J., 
and  is  sent  free  to  applicants.  Some  of  the  main  topics  are 
diseases  and  their  treatment,  administering  medicines,  kennels, 
exercise,  feeding,  washing,  clothing,  breeding,  whelping,  wean- 
ing. rearing,  management  of  small  breeds,  toys  and  their  care, 
exhibiting,  conditioning,  grooming.  Similar  information  is  pre- 
sented concerning  the  cat.  It  contains  a glossary  of  technical 
terms  as  applied  to  the  dog.  There  also  is  a list  of  foods  for 
dogs,  cats,  poultry,  fish,  remedies,  furnishings,  prices,  etc.,  in 
which  no  pertinent  matter  is  omitted. 


PUBLISHERS'  DEPARTMENT. 


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A Fish  and  Game  Country. 

As  settlements  increase  in  that  West  which  used  to  be  wild, 
game  is  driven  back  and  hunting  areas  contract.  But  away  to.  the 
north,  in  the  British  possessions,  we  all  know  that  there  is  a 
country  still  wild,  watered  by  rivers  that  are  still  unfished.  More 
and  more  people  are  turning  their  faces  toward  the  north  land  for 
the  wild  life.  The  Dominion  Atlantic  Railway  line  leads  to  a 
land  where  are  moose,  bears,  ducks,  woodcock,  ruffed  grouse, 
salmon  and  trout,  and  Mr.  J.  F.  Masters  will  be  glad  to  send 
information  to  any  one  interested  in  the  northern  country,  as 
explained  in  the  railway’s  advertisement  on  another  page. 


Camp  Outfits. 

Mr.  T.  C.  Phelps,  of  19  Washington  street,  Boston,  Mass., 
manufactures  many  articles  which  are  important  to  the  comfort  of 
the  camper.  Among  these  are  tents  and  sleeping  bags,  as  well 
as  bags  for  carrying  articles  of  one  kind  and  another.  Nothing  is 
more  important  to  him  who  j'ourneys  afoot  than  that  he  should 
carry  easily  the  load  which  he  must  bear  on  his  back.  Shoulder 
straps  and  head  straps  must  fit  so  as  to  bring  the  load  in  the 
right  place.  The  prorjer  and  easy  cooking  of  food  is  another 
thing  that  cannot  be  neglected,  and  cooking  irons  and  bakers  are 
specialties  of  Mr.  Phelps. 


Fine  Grocer 'es. 

Among  grocers  in  the  United  States,  scarcely  any  name  is  so 
well  known  as  that  of  the  Acker,  Merrall  & Condit  Co.,  which 
comes  down  to  us  from  generations  ago.  Among  our  readers 
are  many  who  to-day  purchase  their  groceries  of  this  concern,  as 
did  their  fathers  and  their  grandfathers  before  them.  This  firm 
makes  a specialty  of  delicacies  put  up  compactly,  fdr  trans- 
portation. and  when  one  buys  of  them  he  knows  that  he  is  get- 
ting the  best,  for  they  deal  in  goods  of  only  one  quality.  They 
deliver  goods,  freight  prepaid,  within  100  miles  of  any  of  their 
stores,  which  are  in  New  York,  Brooklyn,  Baltimore,  Newport, 
and  many  suburban  towns  about  New  York. 


Anglers'  S ipp’ies. 

The  high  grade  anglers’  specialties  manufactured  by  Wyers 
Freres,  of  Redditch,  England,  have  long  been  well  known  to 
British  and  Continental  anglers,  and  should  be  so  to  Americans  as 
well.  They  manufacture  fish  hooks,  rods  and  tackle  of  all  sorts, 
and  issue  a wonderful  catalogue,  the  one  for  1905  containing  no 
less  than  400  illustrations  of  up-to-date  tackle.  American  anglers 
may  profitably  send  for  this,  which  -will  be  mailed  post  free.  It 
will  give  them  many  ideas.  . 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


Virginia  deer,  mule  deer  and  buffalo 


are  shown  in  scenes  which  have  in 
them  the  spirit  of  the  wild  creatures 
and  their  surroundings.  Each  picture 
is  an  accurate  portrait  of  the  subject 
and  has  a pleasing  landscape  setting  as 
well.  Of  smaller  game  there  are  field 
scenes  in  which  figure  the  quail,  ruffed 
grouse;  and  a number  of  splendid 
reproductions  of  Audubon  bird  pic- 
tures. The  dog  pictures  by  Osthaus 
and  the  yachting  scenes  .round  out  the 
volume,  and  make  it  all  in  all  a very 
comprehensive  volume  of  American 
outdoor  sports. 


LIST  OF  THE  PLATES. 


1.  Alert  (Moose),  ....  Carl  Rungius 

2.  The  White  Flag  (Deer),  - - Carl  Rungius 

8.  “ Listen  !V  (Mule  Deer),  - - Carl  Rungius 

4.  On  the  Heights  (Mountain  Sheep),  Carl  Rungius 

5.  “ What’s  That  ?”  (Antelope).  - Carl  Rungius 

6.  The  Home  of  the  White  Goat. 

Photo  by  H.  T.  Folsom 

7.  Calling  the  Buffalo — 1 The  Lure,  E.  W.  Deming 

8.  Calling  the  Buffalo — 2 The  Drive,  E.  W.  Deming 

9.  Calling  the  Buffalo — 8 The  Fall,  E.  W.  Deming 

10.  Calling  the  Buffalo— 4 Packing  the  Meat. 

E.  W.  Deming 

11.  Sail,  Sea  and  Sky,  Navahoe  on  the  Soient. 

Photo  by  West  & Son 

The  Trapper’s  Camp.  - - E W.  Deming 

Pearl  R.  (Setter),  - - - E.  H.  Osthaus 

The  Purpie  sandpiper,  - - J.  J Audubon 

The  Black  Duck,  - - - - J.  J.  Audubon 


12. 

18. 

14. 

15. 

16. 


IT.  The  Redhead  Duck, 

18.  The  Canvasback  Duck,  - 

19.  The  Prairie  Chicken,  - 

20.  The  Willow  Ptarmigan,  - 

21. 


The  Shoveller  Duck,  - - J.  J.  Audubon 

The  plates  are  carefully  printed  on  heavy  coated  paper  and  handsomely 
bound,  making  a most  attractive  volume.  The  size  of  page  is  about  that  of 
the  Forest  and  Stream  or  about  16  x n}4  inches.  Price,  postpaid,  $2. 

In  response  to  numerous  enquiries  from  those  who  desire  to  frame  these 
engravings^  rather  than  to  keep  them  in  a volume,  a special  price  of  $1.75  each 
has  been  made  for  sets  ot  unbound  sheets. 


J.  J.  Audubon 
J.  J.  Audubon 
- J.  J.  Audubon 
J.  J.  Audubon 

The  American  Plover,  ...  J.  J.  Audubon 
22.  Rap  Full,  Schooner  Constellation  in  a 

North  Easter,  - - Photo  by  N.  L.  Stebbins 

28.  First  Around  Home  Mark,  The  Altair 

off  Larchmont,  - - Photo  by  Jas.  Burton 

24.  The  Challenge  (Elk),  - - Carl  Rungius 

25.  Quail  Shooting  in  Mississippi,  - - E.  Osthaus 

26.  Ripsey  (Pointer)  E Osthaus 

27.  Between  Casts,  - - W.  P.  Davison 

28.  Home  of  the  Bass,  ...  W.  P.  Davison 

29.  In  Boyhood  Days,  ...  W'.  P.  Davison 

80.  A Country  Road  (Partridge),  W.  P.  Davison 

31,  When  Food  Grows  Scarct  (Quail),  W.  P.  Davison 

32.  In  the  Fence  Corner  (Quail),  W.  P,  Davison 


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Any  Standard  Target  can  be 
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well  as  singles.  Height  of  flight 
can  be  adjusted.  Occupies  very 
little  more  ground  than  a single 
trap. 

No  pit  or  expensive  house  or 
shed  is  necessary.  By  mounting 
the  Club  Trap  on  a block  and 
arranging  a place  for  this  block  to  be  clamped  firmly  to  the  ground  you  can 
take  up  the  trap  and  leave  it  in  the  club  house  between  shoots,  thus  insuring 
protection  from  the  weather  and  preventing  anyone  tampering  with  it. 

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Keeps  on  Winning  acd  Sales  Increasing. 

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Mr.  Sim  Glover,  with  BeJlistite,  wins  High  Professional  Average  at  Olean,  N.  Y.  Score,  360  out  of  390 

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Surely  see  this  high-grade  reel. 

After  using  this  reel  half  a day,  all 
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Prices,  80-yd.  quadruple,  $6.00;  100- 
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It  is  a $25.00  reel  that  will  be  sent 
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^ The  steel  pinions  are  micrometer 

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click  and  drag,  and  altogether  the  best  thing  yet  produced. 

The  “Simplex”  Bait  Ca-ster. 

For  bait  casting  we  offer  this  sea- 
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This  has  been  accomplished  by 
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multiplying  and  in  every  bther  particular  of  the  same  high  order  of 
construction  as  the  NINE-MULTIPLIER.  It  is  also  offered  at  a 
fraction  of  its  worth,  and  will  be  sent  in  either  80  or  ioo  yard  sizes  at 
$9.00  post  paid. 

Every  reel  covered  by  the  broadest  kind  of  a guarantee,  and  money 
cheerfully  refunded  if  not  perfectly  satisfactory. 

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Once  More— All  Averages. 

At  Michigan  State  Shoot,  May  10th  and  nth. 

Mr.  O.  A.  Felger  won  1st  Amateur  Average,  363  ex  400 
Mr.  A.  Tolsma  won  2d  Amateur  Average,  345  ex  400 
Mr.  Wm.  Renick  won  3d  Amateur  Average,  339  ex  400 

All  Winners,  as  usual,  shot 


Du  Porvt  Smokeless 


WOLF  POWDER. 


For  a pleasant  shooting  Powder  for  Sum- 
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VOL.  LXIV.-No.  22. 


The  Big  Trees  of  California... 


SATURDAY,  JUNE  3,  1905. 


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307  STRAIGHT 

is  the  wonderful  score  recently  made  by  Mr.  W.  H.  Heer  at  the  Iowa  State  Shoot.  This 
work  proves  that  Mr.  Heer  is  one  of  the  world’s  great  marksmen,  from  the  fact  that  for 

two  days’  continuous  Tournament  shooting,  over  two  sets  of  traps,  the  score  of 
307  straight  has  been  recognized  as 

me  NEW  WORLD'S  RECORD 

Mr.  Heer  then  finished  the  programme  with  the  final  score  of  594-600—99  per  cent.— using 
(as  usual)  U.  M.  C.  Arrow  shells.  Everyone  knows  that  perfect  ammunition  is  necessary 
for  perfect  scores.  The  U.  M.  C.  combination  of  wadding  and  the  U.  M.  C.  33  primer 
make  the  ballistic  properties  of  U.  M.  C.  shells  practically  perfect.  In  selecting  your  Grand  g 
American  Handicap  Load  select  the  shells  that  win  Grand  American  Handicaps— 


U.  M.  C.  ARROW  SHELLS 


Wins  That  Mean  Something. 

Wins  made  at  such  big  shoots  as  the  Pennsylvania  State  Shoot  and  the  Missouri  State  Shoot  mean  something,  because  the  entries  are 
large  and  the  competition  keen.  They  mean  extraordinary  skill  in  the  shooter  and  superior  merit  in  the  ammunition  used. 

WINCHESTER 

FACTORY  LOADED  SHELLS 

were  used  in  making  the  following  recent  winnings: 

PENNSYLVANIA  STATE  SHOOT,  held  at  Pittsburg,  May  2-3-4 -5. 

Reading  Trophy — 4-Man  Team  Championship  of  Penn.  Won  by  team  composed  of  Al.  Heil,  C.  F.  Kramlich,  H.  Schlicher  and 
S.  Brey,  all  using  Winchester  Factory  Loaded  Shells. 

Denny  Trophy— for  State  shooters—  svon  by  Al.  Heil  with  Winchester  Factory  Loaded  Shells. 

Herron  Hill  Gun  Club  Handicap— open  to  all  amateurs — won  by  A.  B.  Richardson  from  17-yard  mark,  with  Winchester 
Factory  Loaded  Shells,  score,  96 — 100. 

Wilson  Live  Bird  Trophy — for  State  shooters— won  by  V.  Williams  with  Winchester  Factory  Loaded  Shells. 

MISSOURI  STATE  SHOOT,  held  at  Ke^nscxs  City,  Ma^y  2-3-4 -5. 

State  Championship— Won  by  Mr.  Baggerman  with  Winchester  Factory  Loaded  “Leader”  Shells. 

These  winnings,  made  under  such  hard  conditions,  serve  to  emphasize  the  fact  that  success  attends  the  user  of  Winchester  Factory 
Loaded  Shells,  which,  in  recognition  of  this,  are  known  universally  as 

“The  Winning  Loads.” 


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objects  Announcement  in  first  number  of 


Forest  and  Stream,  Aug.  14, 1873. 


chamois,  roebuck,  eagles,  wolves,  mountain  cocks, 
heathcocks,  elk,  bears,  lynx  and  wild  boars,  together 
with  rich  trout  fishing,  such  as  may  be  had  in  south- 
eastern Europe  to-day. 


. SHORT  LOBSTERS. 


HUNTING  IN  FOREIGN  PARTS. 

Year  by  year  the  world  is  growing  smaller.  There  are 
more  people  in  it,  more  widely  distributed;  and  means 
of  communication  between  distant  points  become  con- 
stantly easier.  Fifty  years  ago,  one  walked  or  rode 
across  the  3,000  miles  that  separate  the  Atlantic  and 
Pacific.  Now  it  takes  days  to  makes  the  journey  where 
then  months  were  needed.  As  population  increases, 
hunting  grounds  contract;  the  Rocky  Mountains  for 
the  most  part  are  bare  of  game.  People  have  to  turn 
to  Canada  to  find  the  wild  country  that  we  all  of  us 
want  to  enjoy  from  time  to  time. 

But  as  there  are  more  men  who  shoot  and  fish, 
Canada  and  the  few  spots  in  the  United  States  where 
game  and  fish  may  still  be  had  do  not  supply  the 
needs  of  all.  Men  go  to  England  and  Scotland  for 
angling  and  grouse  shooting,  or  hire  deer  forests  in 
Scotland  on  which  they  kill  their  quota  of  stags.  The 
grouse  moors  and  shooting  estates  frequently  adver- 
tised in  the  Forest  and  Stream,  show  that  British 
owners  appreciate  that  in  this  country  there  is  a 
large  public  to  whom  they  may  appeal. 

Here  in  America,  the  game  preserve  system  is  abso- 
lutely in  its  infancy,  and  there  still  persists  much  of  the 
ancient  feeling  that  the  wild  game  and  fish  belong  to 
whomever  may  take  them,  no  matter  where  they  may 
be  found. 

In  Britain  and  in  many  cities  of  the  continent  of 
Europe  there  are  firms  which  make  it  their  business  to 
sell  and  to  rent  places  where  shooting  may  be  had. 
In  the  Old  World  there  is  no  such  thing  as  free  shooting. 
The  game  goes  with  the  land,  and  in  any  renting  of 
shooting  rights,  the  future  is  carefully  looked  after  by 
conditions  which  provide  that  only  a certain  number  of 
birds  or  animals  shall  be  killed. 

It  is  commonly  believed  that  only  the  very  wealthy 
can  rent  shooting  estates  in  Great  Britain,  but  it  ap- 
pears that  at  various  points  on  the  continent  sport  with 
gun  and  rod  may  be  had  at  moderate  cost.  Very  con- 
siderable shootings,  including  stags,  bears  and  lynx,  to 
say  nothing  of  smaller  game,  such  as  chamois,  roebuck, 
grouse  of  different  species  and  partridges,  may  be  had 
at  prices  that  seem  very  moderate.  At  a certain  place 
in  Hungary,  only  a few  hours  by  rail  from  Vienna,  2,000 
partridges  are  to  be  shot  over  grounds  occupying  about 
12,000  acres,  at  a price  of  only  5 cents  per  shot. 

Austria-Hungary  is  a vast  country  of  mountain,  forest 
and  plain,  where  the  land  is  owned  in  great  estates, 
and  has  for  many  years  been  carefully  preserved. 
Much  shooting  is  to  be  had  there.  In  Europe  a trip 
is  being  set  on  foot  to  Spitzbergen  and  Nova  Zembla 
by  a man  who  is  reported  last  year  to  have  shot  there 
thirty-five  polar  bears,  and  where  reindeers,  bears, 
seals,  walruses  and  sea  birds  are  to  be  had.  The  cost 
for  one  of  six  persons  on  this  trip,  which  will  last  for 
two  and  a half  to  three  months,  would  be  about  $2,000. 

Let  us  hope  that  this  trip  will  never  be  made,  for 
the  game  of  Spitzbergen  is  said  to  be  very  rapidly  de- 
creasing. 

The  time  may  come  when  we  in  America  shall  be  able 
to  offer  sportsmen  such  shooting  as  they  appear  now 
to  have  in  Austria-Hungary,  and  the  various  Turkish 
provinces  which  lie  in  the  Balkan  Mountains.  But  it 
looks  as  if  that  time  were  a long  way  off,  and  it  may 
be  questioned  if  ever  we  shall  be  able  to  offer  to  the 
visiting  sportsmen  bustards,  wild  geese,  stags,  deers, 


Governor  Higgins  has  signed  the  act  which  changes 
the  penalty  for  taking  short  lobsters  from  a fine  of  $100 
for  the  offense  to  a fine  of  $60  for  the  offense  and  $10  in 
addition  for  each  lobster  unlawfully  taken  or  had  in  pos- 
session. The  effect  is  likely  to  be  salutary. 

The  short  lobster  catcher  is  among  the  most  improvi- 
dent of  fishermen,  and  the  most  persistent  in  destroying 
immature  stock,  which  if  left  to  grow  would  be  a valu- 
able resource.  Lobsters  do  not  breed  before  an  age  when 
they  have  attained  a length  of  nine  inches.  The  State 
has  expended  thousands  of  dollars  in  lobster  breeding, 
and  has  put  out  the  products  of  its  enterprise  on  the  pub- 
lic waters  for  him  to  take  who  will.  The  only  consid- 
eration imposed,  as  expressed  in  the  short  lobster  law,  is 
that  the  immature  lobsters  may  not  be  taken;  they  must 
be  permitted  to  grow  until  they  shall  have  reached  an  age 
when  they  may  reproduce.  To  most  of  us  this  seems  an 
extremely  reasonable  regulation,  and  one  which,  it  might 
be  thought,  would  commend  itself  most  favorably  to  the 
approval  and  acceptance  of  the  lobster  fisherman— the 
partner,  as  it  were,  of  the  State  in  the  enterprise  of  lob- 
ster catching— the  State  plants  the  seed,  the  fisherman 
reaps  the  harvest.  But,  so  perverse  is  human  nature,  the 
lobsterman  goes  on  the  principle  of  taking  to  market 
everything  that  gets  into  his  lobster  pot,  irrespective  of 
size,  breeding,  present  supply  and  future  scarcity.  Down 
in  the  Narrows  of  New  York  Bay,  between  Forts  Ham- 
ilton and  Wadsworth,  are  the  best  lobster  breeding  and 
growing  grounds  in  this  State,  and  but  for  the  short- 
sightedness of  the  fishermen,  a very  large  supply  would 
be  going  into  the  New  York  market,  but  they  seem  pos- 
sessed to  take  them  before  they  are  half  legal  size,  though 
they  get  practically  nothing  for  them.  Last  summer  they 
sold  the  immature  lobsters  for  three  and  four  cents  a 
pound,  while  if  they  had  left  them  until  this  year  the 
mature  lobsters  would  have  brought  fourteen  cents,  and 
would  have  spawned  thousands  for  three  years  hence. 
The.  taking  of  so  many  lobsters  before  they  can  spawn 
is  really  one  of  the  causes  for  the  almost  prohibitive 
prices  prevailing  to  consumers. 

Protector  Overton,  of  this  district,  has  been  active  in 
pursuing  the  fishermen  and  dealers  in  illegal  lobsters, 
and  has  recently  secured  judgments  of  $200  each  against 
two  Fulton  Market  dealers;  and  like  penalties  are  due 
from  three  Brooklyn  marketmen.  Cases  are  pending 
against  Staten  Island  and  Gravesend  Bay  fishermen.  It 
is  believed  that  the  new  law  will  prove  a decided  benefit 
because  of  the  increased  penalties  it  provides. 


these  were  appealed  to  and  their  active  interest  was 
awakened.  A bill  providing  for  the  purchase  of  the  Big 
Trees  was  introduced  in  the  Senate  at  Washington  and 
was  passed  by  that  body.  A corresponding  measur/c^was 
introduced  in  Congress  by  Hon.  J.  N.  Gillette,  of  Cali- 
fornia, but  because  of  the  opposition  of  Speaker  Cannon 
was  not  allowed  to  come  up.  Thereupon,  in  January, 
1904,  a petition  bearing  more  than  1,500,000  signatures, 
representing  every  State  in  the  Union,  was  sent  to  Presi- 
dent Roosevelt,  and  was  by  him  transmitted  to  the  House 
with  the  indorsement:  “I  cordially  recommend  it  to  the 
favorable  consideration  of  Congress.  The  Calaveras  Big 
Tree  Grove  is  not  only  a California  but  a National  in- 
heritance, and  all  that  can  be  done  by  the  Government 
to  insure  its  preservation  should  be  done.”  Speaker 
Cannon,  however,  refused  to  permit  the  measure  to  come 
before  the  House;  and  Congress  adjourned  without  act- 
ing upon  it. 

The  California  women  who  for  years  have  been  work- 
ing for  the  Federal  control  of  the  Calaveras  Groves,  are 
discouraged  but  not  so  disheartened  as  to  admit  defeat. 
The  sentiment  of  the  country  as  represented  through'  the 
clubs  and  societies  which  have  participated  in  the  move- 
ment, is  beyond  question  fixed  and  determined  in  sup- 
port of  the  plan  of  Federal  acquirement  and  preservation. 
The  campaign  to  that  end  will  be  continued;  and  in  the 
end,  there  is  confidence  to  believe,  the  Big  Trees  will  be 
in  fact  a possession  of  the  United  States. 


OLD  BOOKS. 


THE  CALAVERAS  BIG  TREES. 

Mr.  Luther  Kelly’s  paper  on  the  Big  Trees  of  Cali- 
fornia draws  attention  anew  to  the  fact  that  the  Calaveras 
Groves  are  now  the  property  of  private  individuals  and 
are  in  danger  of  destruction.  They  should  be  in  public 
ownership  and  under  permanent  public  protection.  The 
Big  Trees  belong  with  the  Yosemite  Valley,  the  Geysers 
of  the  Yellowstone,  and  Niagara  Falls,  as  objects  of 
natural  grandeur  and  beauty  which  of  right  belong 
neither  to  individuals  nor  to  any  one  generation  of  men ; 
but  to  the  nation  and  to  posterity,  not  less  than  to  the 
American  people  who  are  to-day  temporarily  occupying 
the  land. 

Mr.  Kelly  alludes  to  the  work  of  the  women  of  Cali- 
fornia in  an  endeavor  to  induce  Congressional  action  to 
acquire  ownership  of  the  Calaveras  Groves  as  a national 
possession.  The  movement  was  begun  in  1903  by  the 
Outdoor  Art  League  of  California,  which  appointed  a 
Calaveras  Big  Tree  Committee,  with  Mrs.  Lovell  White, 
of  San  Francisco,  as  chairman.  An  active  and  earnest 
propaganda  was  set  in  motion  to  awaken  public  senti- 
ment throughout  the  country.  The  executive  heads  of 
the  States  were  communicated  with,  and  thirty-two  Gov- 
ernors replied,  many  of  them  giving  enthusiastic  indorse- 
ment. The  women’s  clubs  throughout  the  country,  the 
press,  such  organizations  as  the  American  Park  and 
Outdoor  Art  Association,  forestry  associations,  scientific 
bodies,  universities,  colleges  and  various  societies — all 


Few  of  us,  no  matter  how  well  read,  how  familiar  with 
the  literature  of  any  subject,  but  are  astonished  from 
time  to  time  by  the  discovery  of  some  old  work  of  whose 
existence  we  had  been  wholly  ignorant.  Quite  aside  from 
the  subject  matter  that  these  old  books  contain  they  have 
usually  a charm  of  their  own  which  is  due  to  the  sim- 
plicity with  which  they  are  written  and  to  a certain 
quaintness  of  diction,  quite  lost  in  these  modern  times. 

Within  the  past  few  years  there  has  arisen  in  this  coun- 
try a greatly  increased  demand  for  such  old  works,  espe- 
cially for  such  as  have  to  do  with  this  continent — Ameri- 
cana, The  prices  of  such  books  have  many  times  in- 
creased, and  besides  the  many  old  book  dealers  to  be 
found  in  this  country,  there  are  many  in  England,  Can- 
ada and  Germany,  who  make  a specialty  of  picking  up 
and  reselling  such  out-of-print  works  on  American  topics. 

In  the  fields  of  hunting,  angling,  exploration  and  the 
West,  there  are  many  excellent  private  libraries  in  this 
country.  President  Roosevelt  possesses  a remarkably 
good  one  on  big  game  hunting.  Mr.  Russell  W.  Wood- 
ward has  one  on  angling,  together  with  a wonderful 
series  of  prints  and  portraits  of  angling  scenes  and 
angling.  Mr.  Charles  Sheldon  possesses  a well-nigh  com- 
plete library  on  shooting,  and  the  list  might  be  indefinitely 
increased.  The  purchase  of  these  old  books  is,  one  would 
think,  a safe  method  of  investing  money,  provided  one 
is  content  to  receive  as  income  from  the  investment  the 
satisfaction  which  comes  from  the  reading  and  the  sense 
of  possession  of  the  books.  If  a time  should  ever  come 
for  them  to  be  sold — provided  the  volumes  have  been 
well  cared  for  during  the  period  of  his  ownership — the 
possessor  will  receive  back  his  principal  much  increased. 

Most  of  us,  to  be  sure,  do  not  buy  books  to  sell  again, 
yet  it  is  a real  satisfaction  to  own  books  whose  interest, 
and  whose  money  value  as  well;  is  constantly  increasing. 
We  have  for  some  months  been  printing  in  the  Forest 
and  Stream  a series  of  abstracts  of  old  books  on  early 
western  exploration  and  travel  which  have  excited  great 
interest,  and  these  Trails  of  the  Pathfinders  afford  a 
good  example  of  the  delightful  reading  that  the  old  books 
on  exploration  afford. 

Some  inquiries  recently  made  of  Forest  and  Stream 
about  some  of  these  old  books  and  how  they  may  be  ob- 
tained have  led  us  to  think  that  there  may  be  among  our 
readers  some  who  would  be  glad  to  enlist  our  services  in 
securing  such  old  volumes.  These  cannot,  of  course,  be 
bought  off  hand ; they  must  be  picked  up  when  the  oppor- 
tunity occurs.  Recently  a friend  received  from  a German 
dealer  a catalogue  of  old  books  which  contained  a volume 
that  he  had  long  been  looking  for.  He  wanted  the  book 
so  much  that  he  cabled  over  to  Germany  and  secured  it. 

If  any  of  our  friends  desire  our  assistance  in  this  mat- 
ter of  securing  such  old  volumes,  we  shall  be  very  happy 
to  be  of  service  to  them, 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


[June  3,  1905. 


Floating  Down  the  Mississippi. 


A Grafting  Combine. 

I decided  to  pull  out  on  Monday  morning,  we  having 
arrived  at  Modoc  Saturday  afternoon.  Monday  proved 
to  be  a chill,  windy  day,  but  not  so  bad  but  that  I could 
make  way  against  the  waves  and  wind.  With  my  duffle 
on  board,  I dropped  down  stream,  close  to  the  bank 
where  I would  be  sheltered  as  much  as  possible.  Five 
miles  down  stream  I came  to  a number  of  cabin  boats 
tied  to  the  bank.  Woods  were  all  I could  see  on  the 
bank,  and  I regarded  the  town  with  some  wonder.  . I 
knew  that  somewhere  along  there  was  a pink  boat,  in 
which  a daughter  of  Mrs.  Haney  lived.  Charlie  Brooks 
was  her  husband,  and  I wanted  to  see  him,  especially,  for 
he  could  tell  me  about  the  lower  river  if  anyone  could. 

One  after  another  I passed  the  sterns  of  the  boats,  and 
finally  spied  the  pink  boat  which  I was  seeking  well  down 
in  the  lower  end  of  the  fleet.  As  I leaned  to  the  oars  I 
was  hailed,  “Hello  there,  Spears !” 

On  turning  my  head  to  see  who  had  hailed,  I saw  a 
broad,  smiling  face  which  was  at  first  sight  familiar  but 
unplaceable.  He  knew  me,  and  that  was  enough.  I 
swung  in  to  the  large  white-and-red  boat  and  clambered 
aboard.  He  was  the  Medicine  Man,  and  his  partner  was 
the  Gambler.  They  were  a precious  pair  whom  I had  met 
far  up  the  river,  and  they  promptly  invited  me  to  stay  a 
while. 

“We’ve  got  a bit  of  graft  here,”  the  Gambler  remarked. 
“We  begun  to  get  short  of  money,  so  I rigged  up  a table, 
and  we’re  running  a poker  game  at  night.  You  want  to 
stay  a while,  and  you’ll  see  enough  sights  to  fill  that  note 
book  you  were  keeping  when  we  seen  you  up  the  river.” 

Sure  enough,  it  was  the  gambling  boat  of  a floating 
population  to  which  I had  been  invited,  and  without 
more  ado,  I hoisted  my  duffle  on  board,  and  sat  down 
to  hear  what  the  boys  had  been  up  to  since  I met  them 
three  hundred  miles  up  the  river.  They’d  been  selling 
medicine,  buying  junk,  gathering  hickory  nuts,  running 
a show  boat,  and  had  variously  disported  themselves. 
They  were  so  glad  to  see  me  that  the  Gambler  took  down 
a violin  and  the  Medicine  Man  picked  up  a banjo,  and 
both  played  in  unison — jig,  song,  waltz,  two-step,  rag- 
time and  a snatch  of  an  interlude  which  the  Gambler 
learned  when  he  was  first  fiddle  to  an  Indian  Territory 
opera  company.  Each  of  them  had  a natural  taste  for  music, 
and  a trace  of  sweetness  was  noticeable  in  the  undertone 
and  second  thoughts  of  their  “pieces.”  Perhaps  one 
could  travel  a long  ways  and  not  hear  anything  quite  like 
what  I heard  that  afternoon.  With  the  tones  of  the 
stringed  instruments  was  the  gurgling  chuckle  of  the 
river  water  around  the  boat. 

There  was  something  in  the  demeanor  of  the  men 
which  was  exceedingly  startling  at  times.  The  musical 
impulse  carried  flashes  across  the  Gambler’s  countenance 
which  were  chilling  to  contemplate.  ..  The  Gambler’s  chin 
was  two-pointed  and  narrow.  His  eyes  were  alternately 
either  wide  open  and  starting,  or  they  were  half  closed 
and  sunken.  His  face  was  very  dark,  sun-dried  and  wind- 
worn,  his  mustache  was  black,  his  eyes  were  a dull  turtle 
brown.  I compared  his  cordiality  to  that  of  a pet  snake. 

The  Medicine  Man  had  one  characteristic  that  was 
unforgetable.  This  was  his  smile.  Fie  was  a short,  ro- 
tund man  with  a smooth  face  and  dark  eyes,  hair  and 
complexion.  His  hair  was  growing  gray  over  his  tem- 
ples— his  lips  were  a trifle  thick,  and  wide  spreading,  as 
though  about  to  break  into  beaming  smiles  at  any  mo- 
ment. It  was  by  his  smile  that  I recalled  the  circum- 
stances of  our  first  meeting.  He  was  on  the  cabin  boat, 

and  welcomed  me  as  a break  in  the  monotony  of  days 

tied  to  a shelving  bank  not  far  below  Cairo.  He  had 

been  trading  medicine  for  flour,  chickens  and  eggs,  while 
his  partner  cooked  and  cared  for  the  boat.  The  partner 
.and  he  were  contented  in  the  life  on  the  river.  Peddling 
medicine  was  not  difficult,  there  was  plenty  to  eat  and 
they  had  not  been  together  long  enough  to  be  troubled 
by  their  various  eccentricities. 

I settled  down  to  live  their  kind  of  life,  and  understand 
it  if  I could.  My  first  glimpse  of  the  boat,  with  its  newly 
rigged  poker  table,  showed  that  what  I had  seen  on  the 
old  fisherman’s  boat,  and  on  Mrs.  Haney’s  were  only 
faint  impressions  of  the  whole  river  life  scenes.  In  the 
floor  of  this  cabin  boat  were  a couple  of  bullet  holes; 
the  violin,  the  guitar  and  the  banjo  were  most  sugges- 
tive, and  the  two  men  themselves — I asked  one  during  a 
pause,  due  to  a string  out  of  tune : “What  are  you  doing 
now,  boys  ?” 

“Grafting — like  we  always  done,”  the  Medicine  Man 
laughed,  starting  in  a cheerful  jig  dance  tune. 

Heretofore  my  river  associates  had  been  almost  exclu- 
sively men  who  worked,  at  least  part  of  the  time.  Even 
Pierce  and  his  son  followed  “electric  goods  peddling” 
merely  as  a side  issue,  and  would  do  a job  of  carpenter 
work  on  occasion.  Perhaps  they  had  in  mind  “easy  liv- 
ings,” but  they  were  workers.  The  Medicine  Man  and 
the  Gambler  avowed  themselves  to  be  grafters,  and  noth- 
ing more. 

They  said  they  had  been  doing  everything,  and  every- 
body. They  laughed  with  glee  over  a hickorynut  specu- 
lation into  which  they  had  entered.  “We  picked  up  about 
fifteen  bushels  of  them — most  broke  our  backs.  When 
we  got  to  Memphis  we  carried  two  sackfuls  weigh- 
ing a hundred  a piece  all  over  the  bloody  city,  and  got 
about  a dollar  an’  §eyen  cents  for  ’em,  Hueh ! But  we’re 
.eating  the  rest,”  " 1 ‘ "* 


“You  just  ought  to  been  with  us,  coming  down.  We 
had  a fellow  on  board  who  was  a reg’lar  bummer.  But 
he  could  play  the  violin  till  it  talked — sliding  notes  and 
all  that  sort  of  thing.  He  wasn’t  good  for  anything  else, 
but  we  kept  him  just  to  play.  We  had  a couple  of  shows 
— singing  and  playing,  and  the  Gambler  gave  a Punch 
and  Judy  show — it  was  a corker.  The  cuss  kept  us  drunk 
most  of  the  time.  But  he  was  plumb  amusing  for  a time. 
One  day  we  cut  loose  from  New  Madrid,  aiming  to  run 
a whiskey  boat.  We  had  ten  jugs  of  whiskey  on  board 
and  a couple  of  cans  of  wine  and  some  sweet  cider.  First 
one  would  drink  and  then  another;  when  we  come  to 
there  was  some  kind  soul  who  had  ketched  our  boat 
and  tied  us  in  at  Carruthersville.  You  never  see  any- 
thing like  that  boat  was  for  three  days  after  that.  We’d 
drank  all  the  whiskey,  eat  all  the  grub  and  there  wasn’t 
a dollar  on  board.  I went  up  the  bank — had  an  awful 
headache — carried  my  grip  and  some  medicine  and  went 
to  work.  I got  four  or  five  dollars  and  bought  some  flour 
and  meat,  but  we  couldn’t  eat.  Say!  we  cussed  one  an- 
other, I tell  you.  I went  up  the  bank  after  some  more 
money — wanted  some  seltzer  and  soda  for  biscuit.  When 
I come  back  the  boat  was  gone,  and  I had  to  steal  a skiff 
and  follow  those  fellows  down  stream  thirty  miles,  and 
that  at  night.  Oh,  this  trip’s  been  a time,  I tell  you.” 

I went  over  to  Brooks’  boat  after  a time  and  found  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Brooks  there.  Mrs.  Brooks  was  a tall,  slender 
woman,  whose  face  was  weather-beaten,  and  her  chin 
the  equivalent  of  a fist.  The  Medicine  Man  volunteered 
the  opinion  later  that  Mrs.  Brooks  would  set  her  hus- 
band on  the  bank  some  day.  The  boat  and  other  things 
on  board  were  in  her  name,  it  was  said.  It  was  a pret- 
tily furnished  craft,  not  at  all  in  harmony  with  the 
atrocious  pink  exterior.  The  floor  was  clean,  the  living 
room  was  carpeted,  and  lace  curtains  swung  from  the 
windows.  The  stove,  a small  one,  was  neatly  blacked, 
the  chairs,  including  large  rockers,  were  comfortable,  and 
the  groceries  were  well  chosen,  apparently  for  trade  was 
steady. 

Because  “everybody”  had  been  on  a spree  the  previous 
night,  the  gambling  crowd  did  not  appear  on  the  night 
of  the  day  I arrived.  Several  of  them  had  been  cleaned 
out,  and  couldn’t  play  anyhow,  but  on  Tuesday  night, 
Jan.  26,  the  bunch  appeared.  They  were  workers  in  a new 
sawmill  half  a mile  back  in  the  woods  from  Hughey’s 
landing,  where  we  were  tied.  They  arrived  just  before 
dark,  but  a man  had  preceded  them — a wiry,  broad- 
brimmed  hatted  individual,  who  made  a deal  with  the 
Gambler.  He  explained  certain  card  tricks  which  he 
knew,  and  showed  that  he  could  read  the  backs  of  the 
cards  as  a common  player  could  read  the  faces.  Flis 
pack  was  carefully  marked,  and  he  handed  it  to  the 
Gambler  for  use  that  night.  The  two  agreed  to  whack 
up  even  on  the  proceeds  of  the  evening  game,  and  agreed 
upon  a system  of  signals  for  service  in  certain  contin- 
gencies. It  was  as  cold-blooded  a deal  as  one  could  wish, 
and  the  Gambler  explained  afterward  that  Causey,  the 
visitor,  was  a good  man  to  do  business  with — he  knew 
the  cards  so  well. 

The  gang  came  in  in  bunches  of  two  or  three  until 
twenty  odd  were  on  the  boat.  The  gathering  was  a 
markedly  typical  one  of  the  river  swamp  sawmills.  The 
boss  was  there,  a shrewd,  keen-eyed  man,  who  went  home 
without  playing.  The  chief  sawyer  sat  down  to  the  table 
and  kept  the  backs  of  his  cards  buried  in  his  hands.  The 
bookkeeper  and  secretary  sprawled  his  cards  on  the  table, 
backs  up,  and  bet  without  looking  at  them,  “playing  his 
luck.”  Two  or  three  log-rollers  showed  their  three  or 
four  one-dollar  bills  as  though  they  were  fortunes.  One 
young  board-handler,  with  his  hat  aslant  and  a swag- 
gering gait  and  loud  voice,  played  for  a time.  The  table 
at  first  had  what  the  Gambler  called  “cheap  ones” 
around  it. 

For  an  hour  the  game  progressed  with  the  two  gam- 
blers itching  to  get  the  foreman  down  at  the  table.  They 
“killed  off”  the  young  would-be  sport  in  just  five  hands, 
so  that  room  could  be  had  at  the  table  for  him.  But  he 
hesitated,  and  a teamster  took  the  chair.  Then  a log- 
roller  was  “killed  off,”  and  left  the  table  penniless.  His 
place  was  taken  by  the  sawyer,  who  bought  his  $2  worth 
of  checks  with  money  from  a thirty  or  forty-dollar  roll 
of  bills.  A shiver  passed  down  Causey’s  lank  frame  and 
his  eyes  glinted  at  sight  of  that  money.  The  Gambler 
squinted  and,  catching  my  eye,  twitched  his  eyelid.  I 
was  sitting  on  a box  facing  a home-made  barber’s  chair 
— another  of  the  Gambler’s  contrivances  for  making 
money — writing  notes  on  my  typewriter.  The  Medicine 
Man  was  not  in  the  game,  but  wandered  around  with  his 
banjo  playing  snatches  of  tunes.  He  sang: 

“You  men  must  now  give  up  your  drinking, 

Ne’er  more  can  you  go  on  a tear, 

For  tlie  ladies  of  late  have  been  thinking 
Of  closing  all  the  gin  mills  with  prayer.” 

The  Medicine  Man  appeared  a little  sour  over  the  pro- 
ceedings, for  which  fact  I could  not  account  until  later  I 
learned  that  he  was  not  to*  share  in  the  profits  of  the 
game.  He  explained  afterward,  too,  that  it  was  a mighty 
dangerous  business  cheating  those  men.  “They  got  guns 
a foot  long  on  them,”  he  said.  “If  they’d  seen  what  those 
two  were  doing  to  them  they’d  a fell  to  mussin’  right 
away — like  enough  we’d  got  killed,  too.  I don’t  b’lieve 
in  taking  chances  with  that  kind  of  men — they’re  bad 
when  they  thinks  they  are  being  imposed  upon.” 

It  was  remarkable  that  trouble  did  not  ensue  from  the 
way  the  two  'vyere  robbing  the  other  playerg,  Causey 


stacked  the  cards  repeatedly  and  dealt  hand  after  hand 
to  his  partner,  who  won  again  and  again.  They  baited 
the  man  with  the  roll  by  handing  out  pairs  and  trays, 
and  giving  themselves  hands  a card  higher.  But  his  only 
response  to  these  baits  was  to  pass  them  by,  and  wait 
till  he  dealt  himself,  or  till  one  of  his  friends  in  the  game 
was  dealer.  Even  then  he  was  at  a disadvantage,  for 
Causey  knew  the  cards  from  the  backs  as  well  aS  frorti 
the  faces.  Once  Causey  had  three  nines  and  the  sawyer 
two-  pairs.  But  Causey,  at  the  draw,  saw  that  the  marl 
got  an  ace.  He  couldn’t  remember  whether  one  of  the 
two  pairs  was  of  aces  or  not,  and  he  laid  down  his  three 
of  a kind  to  two  kings  and  two  queens  and  an  ace.  This 
made  him  lose  his  temper,  and  during  the  next  half  an 
hour  he  cursed  himself  under  his  breath  and  blundered 
in  a way  that  allowed  the  secretary  to  win  back  a couple 
of  dollars  already  lost. 

The  secretary  was  a dark,  emotional  youth  of  about 
twenty-five  years.  He  played  the  game  as  though  his  life 
depended  on  it,  his  face  changing  back  and  forth  from  a- 
sallow  to  a dark  red.  His  fingers  clutched  at  the  cards 
ravenously.  Once,  when  he  won  a jack-pot — a bait — he 
threw  his  whole  body  across  the  table  and  surrounded 
the  little  stack  of  chips — ten  dollars  worth — showing 
most  plainly  that  he  was  a card  victim  and  that  gambling 
was  a habit  he  would  probably  never  overcome.  His 
money  was  swept  from  him,  dollar  by  dollar,  and  at  last 
he  was  borrowing.  Finally  he  rose  from  the  table,  leav- 
ing behind  his  last  five  cents  and  debts  aggregating  a 
week’s  salary  at  least.  The  log-rollers  were  kept  in  the 
game  by  the  two  gamblers,  who  feared  it  would  break 
up  before  they  could  “kill”  the  sawyer.  The  log-rollers 
won  a dollar  and  lost  fifty  cents;  then  they’d  win  a dollar 
and  then  lose  a dollar.  They  were  never  allowed  to  re- 
tain more  than  a dollar  and  a half,  and  their  last  cent 
was  in  the  chips  before  them  on  the  table. 

In  the  meantime  the  Medicine  Man  was  sent  out  by 
the  Gambler  to  get  something  to  eat.  He  went  down  to 
the  Brooks  store  boat  to  get  some  canned  stuff  and 
apples.  He  returned  with  an  armful,  and  some  of  the 
players  ate  as  they  played,  laying  their  cards  face  down 
on  the  table,  where  Causey  studied  them  at  his  leisure. 

Toward  the  last  the  checks,  or  chips,  gravitated  stead- 
ily toward  Causey’s  pile,  and  one  by  one  the  players  were 
“killed  off.”  The  final  scene  was  a protracted  one.  The 
sawyer  lost  gradually  but  slowly.  Finally  his  stack  got 
down  to  two  dollars,  and  then  he  drew  out  a wad  of  bills 
• — perhaps  $30.  He  stripped  a five-dollar  note  from  it  and 
put  it  under  the  chips  before  him.  At  sight  of  the  roll 
shivers  ran  perceptibly  through  the  gamblers,  and  they 
stiffened  in  their  chairs  and  began  to  play  for  the  money 
that  was  before  their  eyes. 

Then  followed  as  remarkable  a series  of  plays  as  was 
ever  seen  on  the  Mississippi.  It  was  two  card-stackers 
against  an  honest,  thoroughbred  swamp  poker-player. 
Time  and  again  Causey  threw  a tempting  hand  into  the 
sawyer,  yet  the  sawyer  refused  to  bet  against  the 
Gambler,  who  bid  him  up.  But  when  his  own  turn  came 
the  sawyer  dealt  and  then  played  the  hand  he  gave  him- 
self in  a square  deal.  Sometimes  he  lost  on  the  bets  he 
made  then,  but  frequently  he  won.  Every  device  the 
gamblers  knew  was  used  to  get  the  man  to  bet  on  a 
stacked  deal  but  he  refused.  Causey  bet  without  looking 
at  his  hand,  without  looking  at  the  card  he  drew,  but  the 
sawyer  knew  the  kind  of  a gang  he  was  against,  and 
when  he  finally  quit  at  3 o’clock  in  the  morning  he  was 
only  $3  behind — and  _ that  three  he  had  lost  before  the 
other  players  were  killed  off,  and  presumably  before  he 
realized  what  was  against  him. 

After  the  game  was  over  the  visitors  left  the  boat. 
Then  came  an  episode  which  looked  decidedly  ominous, 
for  the  two  rascals  couldn’t  agree  on  the  amount  of 
money  that  had  been  won.  The  bargain  had  been  to  di- 
vide even,  but  there  was  a difference  of  $7  in  their  esti- 
mates of  how  much  they  had  won.  The  Gambler,  who 
sold  the  checks  for  the  game,  said  that  only  $25  had  been 
taken  in,  while  Causey  was  sure  that  at  least  $35  had 
been  won.  I watched  the  pair  as  their  voices  began  to 
rise  and  noted  with  considerable  interest  that  Causey 
grew  sullen  and  quiet  while  the  Gambler  quivered  and 
started.  Without  knowing  more  about  the  two  men  than 
has  been  told,  I could  see  that  the  Gambler  was  deter- 
mined to  retain  what  he  called  his  half  of  the  proceeds 
of  the  swindling  game.  His  dark  face  grew  lined  and 
dog-like  as  he  argued  the  matter,  going  over  the  pur- 
chases of  checks  made  by  the  visitors.  The  other  flushed 
and  threw  his  head  back  with  a motion  I remembered 
having  seen  in  a feud-fighter  of  the  Tennessee  mountains. 
But  against  the  Gambler  Causey  was  at  odds.  The 
Gambler  not  only  had  the  money  but  he  had  more  nerve. 
He  finally  contented  himself  with  $12.50  and  went  home 
to  his  cabin  boat.  He  was  an  able  card-stacker,  but  he 
saw  that  if  he  pressed  his  claim  for  more  of  the  money 
he  would  have  to  fight  for  it.  The  Gambler  had  a re- 
volver on  him,  for  both  men  had  armed  carefully  before 
the  game  began.  “I  don’t  want  to  beat  anyone,  but  I 
want  my  share,  and  I’m  going  to  have  it,”  said  the 
Gambler  after  the  man  had  gone. 

On  the  following  morning  the  Gambler  and  the  Medi- 
cine Man  decided  that  they  had  better  pull  out  of  the 
landing. 

“You  can’t  tell,”  the  Gambler  remarked.  “We’ve  been 
here  now  going  on  a week.  There’s  sheriffs  down  in  the 
country,  and  them  kind  always  wants  a rake-off.  I guess 
we’d  better  hit  the  grit.” 

Jan.  27  was  a fine  morning,  without  wind  or  waves, 
qnd  the  water  was  like  glass.  Birds  sang  ajopg  the  rivef 


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banks,  and  the  decision  to  travel  on  was  no  sooner  made 
than'  the  ropes  were  cast  off  and  away  we  went  with  the 
current.  Our  good-byes  to  the  neighbors  consisted  of 
yells  and  waves  of  the  hands. 

Judging  from  what  I had  seen  on  the  previous  night 
I had  reason  to  congratulate  myself  for  the  company  I 
was  in. 

“We  ain’t  no  common  river  rats,”  the  Medicine  Man 
said  boastfully  as  he  watched  the  bank,  being  moved  by 
the  scene.  “We’re  thoroughbreds.  We’re  grafters,  ain’t 
we  old  boy?” 

His  partner  grinned  and  nodded  acquiescence.  As  if  to 
clinch  the  statement  he  took  a small  roll  of  bills  from 
a money-belt  and  began  to  count  out  the  money.  “Ten- 
twenty-twenty-five-thirty — ” he  counted.  At  last  he 
straightened  up  with  a smile  of  conscious  pride.  “Ninety- 
four  bucks !”  he  exclaimed,  “and  when  we  got  to 
Hughey’s  we  didn’t  have  a bloody  dollar.” 

“Yes,  an’  we’d  a had  $150  if  you  hadn’t  went  and  got 
drunk  Sunday  night  and  lost  pretty  near  a hundred,”  the 
Medicine  Man  exclaimed,  sourly. 

“Is  that  any  of  your  business  what  I do  with  my  money 
—that’s  my  money,  do  you  understand  that?” 

“I  thought  we  was  pardners,”  the  Medicine  Man  ex- 
claimed. 

“If  you  had  this  money  you’d  buy  whiskey — ” 

“And  you’d  drink  it !”  broke  in  the  Medicine  Man. 

The  Gambler  opened  his  mouth  to  reply  angrily,  but 
something  ripped  against  the  side  of  the  boat,  a shadow 
darkened  the  craft. 

“Hustle!”  the  Medicine  Man  yelped,  jumping  for  the 
sweeps.  A moment  later  we’ were  pounding  the  long  oars 
and  working  clear  of  the  caving  bank  and  mass  of  tree 
trunks  and  branches  into  which  the  current  had  carried 
us  unnoticed. 

The  little  natural  excitement  toned  the  tempers  down, 
and  we  got  dinner  harmoniously  enough. 

Raymond  S.  Spears. 


The  Big  Trees  of  California, 

BY  ALLEN  KELLY. 

On  the  western  slope  of  the  Sierra  Nevada,  at  alti- 
tudes between  5,500  and  7,000  feet  above  sea  level, 
stand  twelve  groves  or  scattered  groups  of  the  oldest 
living  things  in  the  world — the  Big  Trees  of  California. 
There  are  a few  thousands  of  the  trees,  survivors  of 
the  Pacific  Coast’s  preglacial  period,  and  the  giants  of 
the  groves  probably  are  more  than  4,000  years  old. 
The  largest  of  them  are  more  than  30  feet  in  diameter 
and  350  feet  in  height,  and  some  fallen  trees  show  even 
greater  dimensions.  A single  tree  contains  more  than 
half  a million  feet,  board  measure,  of  sound  lumber. 

Because  of  the  enormous  quantity  of  valuable  lumber 
contained  in  these  groves,  the  finest  of  them  are 
threatened  with  destruction,  and  others  have  been  virtu- 
ally destroyed  by  ax  and  saw.  Congress  has  been 
urged  and  pleaded  with  at  every  session  during  the 
past  five  years  to  preserve  the  largest  of  the  groups 
of  Big  Trees,  but  has  failed  to  take  action,  and  the 
vandal  work  of  felling  the  Calaveras  Grove  may  begin 
at  any  time. 

The  big  tree  is  the  Sequoia  gigantca,  and  is  closely 
related  to  the  California  redwood,  Sequoia  sempervirens , 
which  grows  in  the  coast  ranges  from  Oregon  to 
Monterey  Bay.  The  redwood  grows  in  dense,  homo- 
geneous forests,  but  the  Big  Tree  exists  only  in  small 
groups  scattered  among  other  conifers.  Sequoia  belongs 
to  the  sub-tribe,  Taxodince,  in  which  there  is  only  one 
other  North  American  genus,  Taxodium— the  cypress — 
so  that  its  nearest  American  relative  is  the  cypress, 
although  there  is  a genus  of  Tasmanian  trees  to  which 
it  appears  to  be  more  nearly  related. 

Botanical  authorities  disagree  as  to  the  tribe  to 
which  the  genus  belongs,  and  also  as  to  the  proper 
scientific  name.  The  English  have  presumed  to  ap- 
propriate the  Big  Trees  under  the  name  Wellingtonia, 
while  the  United  States  Forestry  Bureau  insists  on 
Washingtonia  as  the  only  correct  name.  In  California, 
Sequoia  gigantea  “goes,”  and  as  that  means  “Big  _ Se- 
quoia,” and  Sequoia  is  the  name  of  a great  American 
—the  Cherokee  chief — I do  not  see  why  it  is  not  good 
'enough  as  it  stands,  maugre  the  hair-splitting  of  quar- 
'xeling  botanists. 

Disputing  over  the  name  will  not,  at  any  rate,  deter 
the  thrifty-minded  lumberman  from  chopping  down 
these  living  monuments  of  ages  long  gone  and  sawing 
them  into  boards  for  the  building  of  pig-pens.  The  eye 
of  greed  has  been  fixed  upon  the  Big  Tree,  and  has 
seen  nothing,  in  its  grand  proportions  but  so  many 
feet  of  merchantable  lumber,  and  down  comes  the  oldest 
living  thing  in  the  world,  unless  somebody  comes  to  its 
rescue  very  soon. 

The  Big  Tree  is  not  only  of  unique  interest  because 
of  its  age,  its  history  and  its  rarity,  but  it  is  magnificent 
In  its  beauty.  Standing  among  spruces,  pines  and  firs 
that  would  seem  gigantic  elsewhere,  the  Big  Tree’s 
columnar  trunk  dwarfs  its  neighbors,  and  its  feathery 
foliage  towers  far  above  the  tallest  of  them.  In  color, 
the  rich  terra-cotta  column  is  conspicuous  amid  the 
dark  brown  and  gray  trunks  of  the  Sierra  forest.  The 
big  tree  is  gigantic,  but  it  is  also  wonderfully  sym- 
metrical and  beautiful  to  look  upon. 

At  first  view  the  Big  Tree  is  disappointing  in  re- 
spect of  size,  but  that  is  because  one  does  not  instantly 
comprehend  its  proportions.  For  some  hours  before 
arriving  at  a grove,  the  visitor  passes  through  forests 
of  pines  and  spruces  of  great  size,  trees  from  eight, 
ten  and  twelve  feet  diameter  and  more  than  200  feet 
in  height  being  numerous,  and  becomes  accustomed  to 
bigness.  Not  until  one  has  walked  around ' the  tre- 
mendous trunk  of  a Big  Tree,  estimated  the  distance 
from  the  ground  to  the  first  branch,  which  may  be  150 
feet,  compared  the  size  with  familiar  objects,  and  per- 
haps ridden  through  a hollow  log  and  out  at  a knot- 
hole, does  the  impression  of  magnitude  soak  into  his 
mind. 

A remarkable  quality  of  the  Sequoia  is  its  vitality 
— its  resistance  to  disease  and  its  power  of  recovery 
from  injuries.  Wounds  made  by  ax  or  fire  in  the  trunk 
of  a tree  heal  and  new  bark  grows  over  them  and  hides 
the  scars.  One  standing  tree  in  the  Mariposa  Grove 
.has  been  burned  out  from  the  base  to  a height  of  more 


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PRESIDENT  ROOSEVELT  AND  PARTY  IN  BIG  TREE  GROVE. 

Governor  Pardee,  of  California,  on  the  President’s  right;  and  John  Muir  on  his  left. 


than  ioo  feet,  and  one  may  stand  inside  the  trunk  at 
the  base  and  see  the  sky  as  through  the  tube  of  a 
telecope,  and  yet  the  top  is  green,  the  wood  is  sound 
and  the  tree  seems  vigorously  healthy.  Cutting  an 
arch  in  the  trunk,  through  which  a Concord  coach  may 
be  driven,  does  not  fatally  injure  a tree  forty  years 
after  the  cutting,  the  wood  on  the  inside  of  the  arch 
remains  perfectly  sound.  A very  large  specimen  in  the 
Calaveras  Grove,  that  was  denuded  entirely  of  bark  in 
1854,  is  still  standing  and  apparently  sound. 

John  Muir  says  he  never  saw  a Big  Tree  that  died 
a natural  death — that  is,  of  ola  age  and  decay — and 
that,  barring  accidents,  they  seem  to  be  immortal.  He 
has  counted  over  4,000  annual  rings  in  the  section  of 
a tree  that  was  killed  by  fire  in  the  King’s  River 
forest. 

The  first  white  man  to  see  the  Big  Trees  was  John 
Bidwell,  who  discovered  the  Calaveras  Grove  in  1841. 
When  the  gold-seekers  invaded  California  eight  years 
later,  Bidwell’s  discovery  seems  to  have  been  unknown 
to  the  natives,  for  a hunter  who  stumbled  into  the 
grove  on  the  trail  of  a bear  in  1852  was  credited  by  the 
forty  miners  with  being  the  first  to  see  a Big  Tree. 
Letters  written  home  at  that  time  by  my  uncle,  Lyman 
Sherwin,  who  was  one  of  the  first  party  guided  in  from 
Murphy’s  by  the  hunter  Dowd,  to  be  shown  proof  of 
his  story  of  finding  an  enormous  tree,  indicate  plainly 
that  the  existence  of  the  grove  had  not  been  made 
known  to  the  Argonauts  by  Bidwell.  There  is  no 
question  now,  however,  that  Bidwell  saw  the  Calaveras 
trees  eleven  years  before  Dowd. 

How  easy  it  is  for  such  a discovery  to  be  forgotten 
was  illustrated  by  the  announcement  in  1873  of  the 
finding  of  a small  grove  of  Big  Trees  near  the  middle 
fork  of  the  American  River  in  Placer  county,  seventy 
miles  north  of  the  Calaveras  Grove.  This  grove,  con- 
sisting of  six  trees  standing  and  a few  fallen — the  largest 
28  feet  in  diameter — was  discovered  by  Joe  Matlock, 
a miner,  in  1855,  and  the  date  “i860”  is  cut  into  the  bark 
of  an  alder  nearby. 

Some  of  the  Big  Tree  groves  are  within  the  lines  of 
forest  reserves  and  national  parks,  and  probably  will 
be  protected  for  all  time.  Others  are  private  property 
and  have  been  partly  destroyed.  The  Fresno  Grove,  not 
far  from  the  preserved  Mariposa  Grove,  is  already 
ruined,  the  State  of  California  having  refused  to  pur- 
chase the  tract  at  a low  price  from  the  original  lo- 
cator and  allowed  it  to  fall  into  the  hands  of  lumber- 
men, who  set  up  a sawmill  in  the  middle  of  the  grove 
and  wasted  more  timber  than  they  worked  up. 

The  Calaveras  and  Stanislaus  Groves  were  preserved 


intact  by  James  L.  Sperry  until  1900.  The  first  oc- 
cupies a tract  3,200  feet  long  by  700  wide,  and  contains 
100  trees  of  large  size.  The  second,  about  six  miles 
distant,  contains  1,380  Sequoias,  and  is  the  largest  of 
all  the  groves.  It  was  not  Mr.  Sperry’s  fault  that  these 
groves  went  into  the  hands  of  timber  speculators.  He 
held  them  for  forty  years  or  more,  and  did  his  best  to 
induce  the  State  of  California  to  relieve  him  of  their 
care  when  he  foresaw  his  inability  to  provide  for  their 
preservation  as  private  property. 

In  my  official  report  as  State  Forester  of  California, 
in  1892,  I placed  all  the  facts  concerning  the  Calaveras 
and  Stanislaus  Groves  before  the  Governor  and  Legis- 
lature, stated  that  Mr.  Sperry  was  willing  to  sell  to  the 
State  at  a figure  far  below  the  commercial  value  of  the 
property,  pointed  out  that  he  would  be  obliged  to  dis- 
pose of  it  to  lumbermen  very  soon,  and  urged  that 
steps  be  taken  by  the  State  to  acquire  and  preserve  the 
Big  Trees.  But  it  was  impossible  to  interest  the  Philis- 
tine statesmen  in  anything  so  sentimental,  and  not  until 
the  Big  Trees  passed  into  the  hands  of  speculators  did 
Californians  awaken  to  realization  of  what  the  loss  of 
the  two  finest  groups  of  these  marvelous  monuments  of 
past  ages  would  mean  to  the  State  and  to  the  world. 
And  then  it  was  the  women  of  California,  not  the 
“statesmen,”  who  bestirred  themselves  to  keep  the  ax 
from  its  vandal,  sordid  work. 

The  pity  of  it  is  that  the  statesmen  in  Washington 
seem  to  be  as  stupidly  indifferent  to  everything  that 
isn’t  “business”  or  buncombe  as  the  leather-head  legis- 
lators of  California. 


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Trails  of  the  Pathfinders* — XXXII* 


Fremont — III. 

Fremont's  second  trip  was  on  a scale  somewhat  more 
extensive  than  his  first.  His  party  consisted  of  thirty-two 
regular  engagees,  besides  a negro,  and  two  Delaware 
Indians,  who  were  hired  to  act  as  hunters.  The  route 
was  up  the  Kansas  valley,  across  the  divide,  to  the  head 
of  the  Arkansas,  and  then  through  passes  in  the  moun- 
tains— if  any  could  be  found — at  the  source  of  this  river. 
The  party  left  “the  little  town  of  Kansas” — now  Kansas 
City— the  last  of  May,  and  proceeded  without  special  ad- 
venture until  the  afternoon  of  June  6,  when  a little  con- 
fusion1 was  caused  by  the  sudden  arrival  of  Maxwell — 
one  of  the  hunters  of  the  expedition  of  1842 — just  in  ad- 
vance of  a party  of  Osage  Indians.  Maxwell  had  gone 
back  to  look  for  a lost  horse,  and  the  Osages  had  prompt- 
ly chased  him  into  camp,  a distance  of  nine  miles.  The 
Osages  drove  off  a number  of  the  best  horses,  but  a hard 
chase  of  seven  or  eight  miles  recovered  them  all. 

At  this  season  of  the  year  the  streams  were  up,  and 
some  difficulty  was  met  with  in  crossing  them.  Game 
was  scarce,  for  they  were  traveling  through  a region  fre- 
quently traversed  by  trapping  and  hunting  parties  of 
Indians,  and  much  pursuit  had  made  the  game  watchful 
and  wild.  The  difficulties  were  so  great,  largely  owing 
to  rain  and  mud,  that  when  he.  reached  Big  Timber 
Fremont  determined  to  divide  his  party,  leaving  Fitz- 
patrick—he  of  the  Broken  Hand— with  twenty-five  men 
in  charge  of  the  provisions  and  heavier  baggage  of  the 
camp;  while  Fremont,  more  lightly  loaded,  but  taking  a 
wagon  and  the  howitzer  which  had  been  furnished  by 
the  United  States  arsenal  at  St.  Louis,  should  proceed 
ahead  of  the  main  party. 

On  June  19  they  crossed  the  Pawnee  road  to  the  Ar- 
kansas, and  suddenly  came  upon  the  first  buffalo,  half  a 
dozen  bulls,  which  formed  the  vanguard  of  immense 
herds,  among  which  they  journeyed  for  many  days  after- 
ward. For  some  days  the  advance  party  had  been  travel- 
ing over  a high  level  prairie,  which  afforded  an  excellent 
road,  because,  being  back  from  the  main  river,  they 
headed  many  of  its  affluents,  and  had  little  trouble  in 
crossing  the  streams.  On  the  26th  they  came  upon  the 
Republican  River  and  entered  the  drier  country,  which 
Fremont  says  now  assumed  a desert  character.  Run- 
ning water  began  to  be  more  scarce,  but  frequent  little 
lakes  were  found,  from  which  they  were  often  obliged 
to  drive  off  the  buffalo.  July  3 they  saw  a party  of  Sioux, 
whose  horses  had  been  winter-killed  the  previous  season, 
and  were  now  on  the  way  to  a camp  of  the  Arapahoes, 
on  the  Bijou  fork,  where  they  intended  to  beg  for  horses. 
The  4th  of  July  found  them  at  St.  Vrain’s  fort,  on  the 
South  Platte. 

Their  animals  were  now  much  run  down,  and  their 
stock  of  provisions  fairly  exhausted ; but  they  found  the 
fort  little  better  off  than  themselves,  and  quite  without 
surplus  animals.  Fremont,  therefore,  authorized  Max- 
well, who  was  now  about  to  separate  from  them,  and  to 
go  on  to  Taos,  to  purchase  there  ten  or  twelve  mules, 
pack  them  with  provisions,  and  meet  him  at  the  mouth 
of  the  “Fontaine  qui  bouit,”  on  the  Arkansas  River. 

On  the  6th  of  July,  ten  miles  above  St.  Vrain’s  fort, 
the  party  passed  Fort  Lancaster,  the  trading  post  of  Mr. 
Lupton.  He  had  already  established  . a farm  on  the 
prairie,  certainly  one  of  the  very  earliest  in  the  Trans- 
Missouri  country.  Horses,  cattle  and  hogs  ranged  on  the 
prairie;  and  there  was  poultry,  and  what  was  left  of  a 
flourishing  garden,  which  had  j ust  been  ruined  by  high 
water. 

The  next  day  a large  camp— 160  lodges— of  Arapahoes 
was  passed.  They  had  many  horses  and  seemed  to  be 
prosperous.  Game — which  meant  food — continued 

scarce;  but  on  the  8th  Lajeunesse  killed  a deer,  and  the 
next  day  a bull  was  slaughtered,  the  eating  of  which 
made  most  of  the  people  sick.  On  the  nth,  “as  we  were 
riding  quietly  along,  eagerly  searching  every  hollow  in 
search  of  game,  we  discovered,  at  a little  distance  in  the 
prairie,  a large  grizzly  bear,  so  busily  engaged  in  digging 
roots  that  he  did  not  perceive  us  until  we  were  gallop- 
ing down  a little  hill  fifty  yards  from  him,  when  he 
charged  upon  us  with  such  sudden  energy,  that  several 
of  us  came  near  losing  our  saddles.  Being  wounded  he 
commenced  retreating  to  a rocky  piney  ridge  nearby,  from 
which  we  were  not  able  to  cut  him  off,  and  we  entered 
the  timber  with  him.  The  way  was  very  much  blocked 
up  with  fallen  timber,  and  we  kept  up  a running  fight 
for  some  time,  animated  by  the  bear  charging  among  the 
horses.  He  did  not  fall  until  after  he  had  received  six 
rifle  balls.  He  was  miserably  poor  and  added  nothing  to 
our  stock  of  provisions.” 

They  were  now  about  7,500  feet  above  the  sea  level 
and  traveling  along  prairies  from  which  the  waters 
drained  into  the  Arkansas,  Platte  and  Kansas  rivers. 
Pike’s  Peak  was  in  sight,  and  further  to  the  south  the 
Spanish  Peaks. 

•The  next  day  they  came  upon  the  wagon  road  to  the 
settlements  on  the  Arkansas  River,  and  in  the  afternoon 
camped  on  the  “Fontaine  qui  bouit,”  which  they  followed 
down,  passing  the  camp  of  a hunter  named  Maurice,  who 
had  been  catching  buffalo  calves,  a number  of  which  were 
seen  among  the  cattle  near  his  lodge.  Here,  too,  were  a 
party  of  mountaineers,  among  whom  were  several  Con- 
necticut men  belonging  to  Wyeth’s  party.  On  the  after- 
noon of  July  14  they  camped  near  a pueblo,  or  town, 
where  were  settled  a number  of  mountaineers  who  had  mar- 
ried Spanish  women,  and  had  formed  a farming  settle- 
ment here.  Fremont  hoped  that  he  might  have  obtained 
some  provisions  from  these  people,  but  as  trade  with  the 
Spanish  settlements  was  forbidden  he  got  nothing  except 
milk,  of  which  they  had  an  abundance.  Fremont  learned 
here’ that  the  Spanish  Yutes  were  on  the  war  path  and 
that  there  had  been  a popular  tumult  among  the  civilized 
Indians  near  Taos,  and  so  felt  some  natural  anxiety 
about  the  safety  of  Maxwell.  By  great  good  luck,  how- 
ever, he  met  here  Carson,  whom  he  engaged  once  more, 
and  ’ sent  him  off  to  Charles  Bent,  down  the  Arkansas 
River,  to  buy  mules  at  Bent’s  fort— Fort  William. 
Usually  there  was  a large  stock  of  animals  here,  for  the 
Indians,  returning  from  their  raids  into  Mexico,  often 
traded  a part  of  their  plunder  for  goods. 

The  party  now  returned  to  St.  Vrain’s  fort,  which  they 
reached  on  the  23d.  Here  Fitzpatrick  and  his  party  were 
found  safe  and  well,  and  also  Carson,  who  had  brought 
with  him  ten  good  mules  with  the  necessary  pack  ani- 


mals. The  provisions  which  Fitzpatrick  had  brought  and 
over  which  he  had  watched  with  great  care,  were  very 
welcome  to  the  hungry  explorers.  At  this  post  the  Dela- 
ware Indians  determined  to  return  to  their  home.  Fre- 
mont made  up  his  mind  that  he  would  try  the  pass 
through  which  the  Cache-a-la-Poudre  flowed,  and  he 
again  divided  the  party,  sending  Fitzpatrick  across  the 
plains  to  the  mouth  of  the  Laramie  River,  to  follow  the 
usual  emigrant  trail  and  to  meet  him  at  Fort  Hall.  Fre- 
mont with  thirteen  men  was  to  take  the  longer  road 
about.  He  started  up  the  Cache-a-la-Poudre,  marched 
westward  through  the  Medicine  Bow  Mountains  to  the 
North  Platte  River,  which  he  crossed.  The  way  was  not 
exceptionally  difficult  except  for  the  fact  that  it  ran 
through  large  and  tough  bushes  of  sage  brush  which 
made  the  hauling  hard.  Buffalo  were  abundant  and  food 
was  plenty.  Indeed,  so  much  was  killed  that  they  spent  a 
day  or  two  in  camp  drying  meat  as  provision  for  the  fu- 
ture. While  they  were  occupied  at  this,  they  were 
charged  by  about  seventy  mounted  Indians,  but  these 
were  seen  by  the  horse  guard,  the  horses  driven  into 
camp  and  the  party  took  up  a defensive  position  in  a 
grove  of  timber,  so  that  the  Indians,  just  before  the 
howitzer  was  fired  at  them  halted  and  explained  that 
they  had  taken  the  camp  for  one  of  hostile  Indians.  This 
war  party  was  one  of  Arapahoes  and  Cheyennes,  return- 
ing unsuccessful  from  a journey  against  their  enemies, 
the  Shoshonis.  They  had  lost  several  men  and  were  not 
in  a very  pleasant  frame  of  mind. 

From  here,  turning  south,  the  party  struck  across  to 
the  Sweetwater  River  and  at  length  reached  the  trail  to 
the  Oregon,  being  thus  on  the  same  ground  that  they  had 
traversed  the  previous  year.  Green  River,  then  called 
Prairie-hen  River,  was  reached  Aug.  16  and  something 
is  said  of  the  impressions  among  the  residents  in  the 
country  about  the  lower  course  of  the  Colorado.  Says 
Fremont:  “From  many  descriptions  of  trappers  it  is 
probable  that  in  its  foaming  course  among  its  lofty  preci- 
pices it  presents  many  scenes  of  wild  grandeur;  and 
though  offering  many  temptations,  and  often  discussed, 
no  trappers  have  been  found  bold  enough  to  undertake  a 
voyage  which  has  so  certain  a prospect  of  a fatal  termi- 
nation. The  Indians  have  strange  stories  of  beautiful 
valleys  abounding  with  beaver  shut  up  among  inaccessible 
walls  of  rock  in  the  lower  course  of  the  river,  and  to 
which  the  neighboring  Indians,  in  their  occasional  wars 
with  the  Spaniards  and  among  themselves,  drive  their 
herds  of  cattle  and  flocks  of  sheep,  leaving  them  to>  pas- 
ture in  perfect  security.”  Fremont  was  ignorant  that 
nearly  eighteen  years  before  Ashley  had  descended  the 
Green  River  in  a boat,  and  had  inscribed  his  name  and  a 
date  on  the  rock  which  was  seen  there  by  Maj.  J.  W. 
Powell  more  than  forty  years  later.  But  Ashley’s  expe- 
dition did  not  get  much  further  than  the  mouth  of  Ashley 
River,  where  it  was  wrecked,  and  the  trip  abandoned. 

Not  long  after  crossing  Green  River  they  passed  quite 
near  Bridger’s  fort,  and  then  sent  Carson  on  to-  Fort 
Hall  to  secure  provisions,  while  Fremont  with  his  party 
went  on  to  Bear  River.  Following  down  this  stream 
they  met  a party  of  emigrants,  saw  more  or  less  game  in 
the  way  of  antelope  and  elk,  and,  on  approaching  the 
Shoshoni  village,  were  charged  by  the  Indians,  who  sup- 
posed the  white  men  a party  of  Sioux,  because  they  car- 
ried a flag  regarded  by  these  people  as  an  emblem  of 
hostility,  being  usually  carried  by  the  Sioux  and  the 
neighboring  mountain  Indians  when  they  came  against 
the  Shoshonis  to  war.  The  true  character  of  Fremont’s 
party  was  recognized  by  the  Indians  before  they  got  near 
them  and  they  were  kindly  received  in  the  village  and  ob- 
tained provisions  there.  Further  down  the  stream  the 
celebrated  Beer  Springs,  “which,  on  account  of  the  effer- 
vescing gas  and  acid  taste,  have  received  their  name  from 
the  voyageurs  and  trappers  of  the  country,  who,  in  the 
midst  of  their  rude  and  hard  lives,  are  fond  of  finding 
some  fancied  resemblance  to  the  luxuries  they  rarely 
have  the  fortune  to  enjoy.”  The  water  of  some  of  these 
springs  is  hot,  and  has  a pungent  and  disagreeable  metallic 
taste  leaving  a burning  effect  on  the  tongue.  The  Beer, 
or  Soda  Springs,  are  of  the  same  character  as  the  boiling 
springs  at  the  foot  of  Pike’s  Peak,  but  they  are  not  hot. 

It  was  in  the  neighborhood  of  Bear  River  that  Fremont 
and  his  party  first  came  in  contact  with  the  Indians, 
which  he  calls  Root  Diggers,  and  which  in  those  old  times 
wrere  spoken  of  as  Digger  Indians.  They  are  various 
tribes  and  bands  of  Piutes,  occupying  the  desert  country 
of  the  Rocky  Mountains,  whose  subsistence  is  derived 
chiefly  from  roots  and  seeds  and  from  such  small  animals 
as  they  may  be  able  to  capture. 

The  country  which  Fremont  was  crossing  had  formerly 
abounded  in  game,  but  the  buffalo  had  all  disappeared. 
Even  as  early  as  this  (1843),  attention  had  been  called 
to  the  disappearance  of  the  buffalo,  and  Fremont  says: 
“The  extraordinary  rapidity  with  which  the  buffalo  is 
disappearing  from  our  territories  will  not  appear  sur- 
prising when  we  remember  the  great  scale  on  which  their 
destruction  is  yearly  carried  on.  With  inconsiderable  ex- 
ceptions, the  business  of  the  American  trading  posts  is 
carried  on  in  their  skins ; every  year  the  Indian  villages 
make  new  lodges  for  which  the  skin  of  the  buffalo  fur- 
nishes the  material ; and  in  that  portion  of  the  country 
where  they  are  still  found,  the  Indians  derive  their  en- 
tire support  from  them  and  slaughter  them  with  a 
thoughtless  and  abominable  extravagance.  Like  the 
Indians  themselves,  they  have  been  a characteristic  of 
the  Great  West;  and  as,  like  them,  they  are  visibly  dimin- 
ishing, it  will  be  interesting  to  throw  a glance  backward 
through  the  last  twenty  years  and  give  some  account  of 
their  former  distribution  through  the  country  and  the 
limit  of  their  western  range. 

“The  information  is  derived  principally  from  Mr.  Fitz- 
patrick, supported  by  my  own  personal  knowledge  and 
acquaintance  with  the  country.  Our  knowledge  does  not 
go  further  back  than  the  spring  of  1824,  at  which  time 
the  buffalo  were  spread  in  immense  numbers  over  the 
Green  River  and  Bear  River  valleys,  and  through  all  the 
country  lying  between  the  Colorado,  or  Green  River,  of 
the  Gulf  of  California,  and  Lewis’  fork  of  the  Columbia 
River;  the  meridian  of  Fort  Hall  then  forming  the  west- 
ern limit  of  their  range.  The  buffalo  then  remained  for 
many  years  in  that  country  and  frequently  moved  down 
the  valley  of  the  Columbia  on  both  sides  of  the  river  as 
far  as  the  Fishing  Falls.  Below  this  point  they  never 
descended  in  any  numbers.  About  the  year  1834  or  1835 
they  began  to  diminish  very  rapidly  and  continued  to  de- 
crease until  1838  or  1840,  when,  with  the  country  we  have 


just  described,  they  entirely  abandoned  all  the  waters  of 
the  Pacific  north  of  Lewis’  fork  of  the  Columbia.  At 
that  time  the  Flathead  Indians  were  in  the  habit  of  find- 
ing their  buffalo  on  the  heads  of'  Salmon  River,  and 
other  streams  of  the  Columbia;  but  now  they  never 
meet  with  them  farther  west  than  the  three  forks  of,  the 
Missouri  or  the  plains  of  the  Yellowstone  River. 

“In  the  course  of  our  journey  it  will  be  remembered 
that  the  buffalo  have  not  so  entirely  abandoned  the  waters 
of  the  Pacific,  in  the  Rocky  Mountain  region  south  of 
the  Sweetwater,  as  in  the  country  north  of  the  Great 
Pass.  This  partial  distribution  can  only  be  accounted  for 
in  the  great  pastoral  beauty  of  that  country,  which  bears 
marks  of  having  long  been  one  of  their  favorite  haunts, 
and  by  the  fact  that  the  white  hunters  have  more  fre- 
quented the  northern  than  the  southern  region — it  being 
north  of  the  South  Pass  that  the  hunters,  trappers  and 
traders  have  had  their  rendezvous  for  many  years  past ; 
and  from  that  section  also  the  greater  portion  of  the 
beaver  and  rich  furs  were  taken,  although  always  the 
most  dangerous  as  well  as  the  most  profitable  hunting 
ground. 

“In  that  region  lying  between  the  Green  or  Colorado 
River  and  the  head  waters  of  the  Rio  del  Norte,  over  the 
Y amp  ah,  Kooyah,  White  rivers — all  of  which  are  the 
waters  of  the  Colorado — the  buffalo  never  extended  so 
far  to  the  westward  as  they  did  on  the  waters  of  the 
Columbia;  and  only  in  one  or  two  instances  have  they 
been  known  to  descend  as  far  west  as  the  mouth  of  the 
White  River.  In  traveling  through  the  country  west  of 
the. Rocky  Mountains  observations  readily  led  me  to  the 
impression  that  the  buffalo'  had,  for  the  first  time,  crossed 
that  range  to  the  waters  of  the  Pacific  only  a few  years 
prior  to  the  period  we  are  considering,  and  in  this  opinion 
I am  sustained  by  Mr.  Fitzpatrick  and  the  older  trappers 
in.  that  country.  In  the  region  west  of  the  Rocky  Moun- 
tains we  never  meet  with  any  of  the  ancient  vestiges 
which  throughout  all  the  country  lying  upon  their  eastern 
waters  are  found  in  the  great  highzuays , continuous  for 
hundreds  of  miles,  always  several  inches  and  sometimes 
several  feet  in  depth  which  the  buffalo  have  made  in 
crossing  from  one  river  to  another  or  in  traversing  the 
mountain  ranges.  The  Snake  Indians,  more  particularly 
those  low  down  upon  Lewis’  fork,  have  always  been  very 
grateful  to  the  American  trappers  for  the  great  kindness 
(as  they  frequently  expressed  it)  which  they  did  to  them 
in  driving  the  buffalo  so  low  down  the  Columbia  River. 

“The  extraordinary  abundance  of  the  buffalo  on  the 
east  side  of  the  Rocky  Mountains  and  their  extraordinary 
diminution  will  be  made  clearly  evident  from  the  follow- 
ing statement : At  any  time  between  the  years  1824  and 
1836  a traveler  might  start  from  any  given  point  south 
or  north  in  the  Rocky  Mountain  range,  journeying  by 
the  most  direct  route  to  the  Missouri  River,  and,  during 
the  whole  distance,  his  road  would  be  always  among 
large  bands  of  buffalo,  which  would  never  be  out  of  his 
view  until  he  arrived  almost  within  sight  of  the  abodes 
of  civilization. 

“At  this  time  the  buffalo  occupy  but  a very  limited 
space,  principally  along  the  eastern  base  of  the  Rocky 
Mountains,  sometimes  extending  at  their  southern  ex- 
tremity to  a considerable  distance  into  the  plains  between 
the  Platte  and  Arkansas  rivers  and  along  the  eastern 
frontier  of  New  Mexico  as  far  south  as  Texas. 

“The  following  statement,  which  I owe  to  the  kindness 
of  Mr.  Sanford,  a partner  in  the  American  Fur  Company, 
will  further  illustrate  this  subject  by  extensive  knowledge 
acquired  during  several  years  of  travel  through  the 
region  inhabited  by  the  buffalo : 

“ ‘The  total  amount  of  robes  annually  traded  by  our- 
selves and  others  will  not  be  found  to  differ  much  from 
the  following  statement : 

Robes. 


American  Fur  Company . 70,000 

Hudson  Bay  Company 10,000 

All  other  companies,  probably 10,000 


Making  a total  of 90,000 


as  an  average  annual  return  for  the  last  eight  or  ten 
years. 

“ ‘In  the  Northwest,  the  Hudson’s  Bay  Company  pur- 
chased from  the  Indians  but  a very  small  number — their 
only  market  being  Canada,  to  which  the  cost  of  transpor- 
tation nearly  quals  the  produce  of  the  furs;  and  it  is  only 
within  a very  recent  period  that  they  have  received  buf- 
falo robes  in  trade;  and  out  of  the  great  number  of  buf- 
falo annually  killed  throughout  the  extensive  regions  in- 
habited by  the  Comanches  and  other  kindred  tribes,  no 
robes  whatever  are  furnished  for  trade.  During  only 
four  months  of  the  year  (from  November  until  March) 
the  skins  are  good  for  dressing;  those  obtained  in  the 
remaining  eight  months  being  valueless  to  traders,  and 
the  hides  of  bulls  are  never  taken  off  or  dressed  as  robes 
at  any  season.  Probably  not  more  than  one-third  of  the 
skins  are  taken  from  the  animals  killed,  even  when  they 
are  in  good  season,  the  labor  of  preparing  and  dressing 
the  robes  being  very  great,  and  it  is  seldom  that  a lodge 
trades  more  than  twenty  skins  in  a year.  It  is  during 
the  summer  months,  and  in  the  early  part  of  autumn  that 
the  greatest  number  of  buffalo  are  killed,  and  yet  at  this 
time  a skin  is  never  taken  for  the  purpose  of  trade.’ 

'fc 

“In  1842  I found  the  Sioux  Indians  of  the  Upper  Platte 
demontes,  as  their  French  traders  expressed  it,  with  the 
failure  of  the  buffalo,  and  in  the  following  year  large 
villages  from  the  Upper  Missouri  came  over  to  the  moun- 
tains at  the  heads  of  the  Platte,  in  search  of  them.  The 
rapidly  progressive  failure  of  their  principal  and  almost 
their  only  means  of  subsistence  has  created  great  alarm 
among  them,  and  at  this  time  there  are  only  two  modes 
presented  to  them,  by  which  they  see  a good  prospect  for 
escaping  starvation ; one  of  these  is  to  rob  the  settlements 
along  the  frontier  of  the  States ; and  the  other  is  to  form  a 
league  between  the  various  tribes  of  the  Sioux  nation, 
the  Cheyennes  and  Arapahoes,  and  make  war  against  the 
Crow  nation  in  order  to  take  from  them  their  country, 
which  is  now  the  best  buffalo  country  in  the  west.  This 
plan  they  now  have  in  consideration,  and  it  would  prob- 
ably be  a war  of  extermination,  as  the  Crows  have  long 
been  advised  of  this  state  of  affairs,  and  say  that  they 
are  perfectly  prepared.  These  are  the  best  warriors  in 
the  Rocky  Mountains  and  are  now  allied  with  the  Snake 
Indians,  and  it  is  probable  that  their  combination  would 
extend  itself  to  the  Utahs,  who  have  long  been  engaged 
in  war  against  the  Sioux.  It  is  in  this  section  of  country 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


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June  3,  1905.I 


That  my  observation  formerly  led  me  to  tecommen'd  the 
^establishment  of  a military  post.” 

Fremont’s  party  at  this  time  was  on  short  allowance 

I of  food.  Word  had  been  sent  to  Carson  to  bring  from 
Fort  Hall  a pack  animal  loaded  with  provisions,  for  there 
was  no  game  in  the  country  and  it  was  hard  to  purchase 
food  of  any  kind  from  the  Indians. 

On  Sept.  3 Carson  rode  into  camp  with  provisions  suffi- 
cient for  a few  days.  The  party  kept  on  down  Bear  River, 

I and  on  the  6th  saw  from  the  top  of  a hill  the  Great  Salt 
Lake. 

Up  to  this  time  this  lake  had  been  seen  by  compara- 
tively few  white  people;  in  fact,  only  by  trappers  who 
were  wintering  through  the  country  in  search  of  beaver 

I and  who  cared  for  geography  only  so  far  as  it  helped 
them  on  their  way.  No  white  man’s  boat  had  ever  floated 
on  its  "dense  waters,  its  islands  had  never  been  visited, 
and  no  one  had  made  a survey  of  its  shores  or  even 
passed  all  around  it.  Among  trappers  it  was  generally 
believed  that  while  the  lake  had  no.  visible  outlet  there 
was  somewhere  in  it  a tremendous  whirlpool  through 
which  its  waters  flowed  out  by  a subterranean  channel 
to  the  ocean. 

All  these  facts  and  beliefs  made  Fremont  very  anxious 
to  visit  the  lake  and  survey  it;  and  having  with  him  a 
rubber  boat  he  had  high  hopes  of  what  he  might  ac- 
complish. However,  since  the  party  was  on  short  allow- 
ance, the  provisions  which  Carson  had  brought  with  him 
being  now  exhausted,  he  sent  back  to  Fort  Hall  seven 
of  his  extra  men  under  the  charge  of  Francois  Lajeunesse. 
The  party  was  now  reduced  to  eight,  five  of  whom  were 
to  make  the  first  voyage  of  discovery  on  the  Great  Salt 
Lake,  while  three  should  remain  on  the  shore  as  camp 
keepers.  It  was  only  now  discovered  that  the  boat  was 
badly  put  together,  and  when  put  in  the  water  and  loaded 
it  leaked  air  in  rather  a serious  way,  so  that  the  constant 
use  of  the  bellows  was  needed  to  keep  it  afloat.  Fortu- 
nately they  had  good  weather  at  starting,  for  the  day 
was  very  calm,  and  they  reached  one  of  the  islands  to 
find  the  rocks  along  the  water’s  edge  encrusted  with  salt, 
and  a windrow  from  ten  to  twenty  feet  in  breadth,  con- 
sisting of  the  larvae  of  some  small  insect  which  inhabited 
the  water,  and  had  been  washed  up  on  the  shore.  These 
worms,  so  called,  are  the  common  food  of  certain  tribes 
of  Indians  living  in  the  neighborhood  of  these  salt  or 
‘alkaline  lakes.  There  was  little  on  the  island  to  attract 
explorers,  and  in  view  of  the  frail  nature  of  their  craft, 
and  the  danger  of  storms,  they  did  not  stay  long,  but  re- 
embarking, reached  the  shore  at  a point  quite  distant 
from  their  camp.  Food  continued  scarce  and  a day  or 
two  later  they  killed  a horse  for  food. 

At  Fort  Hall  a few  horses  and  oxen  were  purchased, 
the  latter  for  food,  and  here  Fremont  sent  back  eleven 
of  his  men,  some  of  whom  had  shown  that  they  were  un- 
fitted for  the  labors  of  so  difficult  a journey.  Among 
those  he  was  obliged  to  part  with  here  was  Basil 
Lajeunesse,  a good  man  whom  Fremont  was  sorry  to 


lose.  Leaving  Fort  Flail  Sept.  22  the  journey  continued 
down  Snake  River.  All  along  the  river  Indians  were  en- 
camped waiting  for  the  salmon.  Under  date  of  Oct.  1 
Fremont  says:  “Our  encampment  was  about  one  mile 
below  the  fishing  falls,  a series  of  cataracts  with  very  in- 
clined planes,  which  are  probably  so  named  because  they 
form  a barrier  to  the  ascent  of  the  salmon,  and  the  great 
fisheries  from  which  the  inhabitants  of  this  barren  region 
almost  entirely  derive  a subsistence  commence  at  this 
place.  These  appeared  to  be  unusually  gay  savages,  fond 
of  loud  laughter,  and,  in  their  apparent  good  nature  and 
merry  character,  struck  me  as  being  entirely  different 
from  the  Indians  we  had  been  accustomed  to  see.  From 
several  who  visited  our  camp  in  the  evening  we  pur- 
chased in  exchange  for  goods  dried  salmon.  At  this  sea- 
son they  are  not  very  fat,  but  we  were  easily  pleased. 
The  Indians  made  us  comprehend  that  when  the  salmon 
came  up  the  river  in  the  spring  they  are  so  abundant  that 
they  merely  throw  in  their  spears  at  random,  certain  of 
bringing  out  a fish. 

“These  poor  people  are  but  slightly  provided  with  win- 
ter clothing;  there  is  but  little  game  to.  furnish  skins  for 
the  purpose,  and  of  a little  animal  which  seemed  to  be 
the  most  numerous,  it  required  twenty  skins  to  make  a 
covering  to  the  knees.  But  they  are  still  a joyous,  talka- 
tive race,  who  grow  fat  and  become  poor  with  the  salmon, 
which  at  least  never  fail  them — the  dried  being  used  in 
the  absence  of  the  fresh.  We  were  encamped  immediately 
on  the  river  bank,  and  with  the  salmon  jumping  up  out 
of  the  water,  and  Indians  paddling  about  in  boats  made 
of  rushes,  or  laughing  around  the  fires,  the  camp  to-night 
has  quite  a lively  appearance.”  Geo.  Bird  Grinnell. 
[to  be  continued.] 


Fishermen's  Patron  Saint. 

St.  Peter,  of  course,  is  the  fisherman ; but  anglers  may 
find  a saint  of  their  own  in  St.  Zeno,  who  is  commemo- 
rated on  April  12.  Verona’s  patron  saint  is  convention- 
al lly  represented  holding  a fishing  rod,  with  a fish  at  the 
end  of  the  line;  the  reference  being  to  the  tradition  that 
he  used  to  enjoy  fishing  in  the  Adige  during  his  episco- 
pate. He  must  have  commanded  good  sport  if  he  exer- 
cised as  much  control  over  that  river  in  life  as  he  is  said 
to  have  done  two  centuries  after  his  death.  In  589  Italy 
was  visited  by  terrific  floods,  and  the  Adige  threatened 
to  swamp  much  of  Verona.  But  the  faithful  gathered  in 
St.  Zeno’s  Church  by  the  river,  and  though  the  water  rose 
to  the  windows  outside,  none  of  it  could  pass  the  doors, 
and  after  twenty-four  hours  of  prayer  it  subsided.  This 
rests  on  the  authority  of  Gregory  the  Great. — London 
Chronicle. 


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Minnesota  Forests. 

Aitkin,  Minn. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream:  Among  the 
things  that  have  come  to  my  notice  through  the  current 
papers  of  this  section  is  that  the  Government  has  given 
the  lumbermen  permission  to  raise  Lake  Itasca  two  feet 
(this  is  inside  the  park  inclosing  the  source  of  the  Mis- 
sissippi River).  Thus  it  will  be  seen  that  lumbering  is 
common,  even  on  reserved  lands.  It  was  claimed,  in  giv- 
ing this  permission,  that  it  would  do  no  harm  to  the  park 
and  would  enable  the  lumbermen  to  float  their  logs. 
Later,  when  the  heavy  rains  of  May  and  June  come,  this 
water  from  Lake  Itasca  and  hundreds  of  other  lakes  and 
reservoirs  will  be  turned  into  the  river  along  with  the 
natural  floods  of  the  season  and  the  settlers  will  be 
allowed  to  float  out  as  best  they  can.  Along  the  river  are 
deserted  houses  and  fields  rendered  tenantless  by  the 
water  route,  and  at  Government  expense , in  its  frantic 
efforts  to  assist  the  infant  industry  of  denuding  the  forest 
lands  of  Minnesota. 

Another  thing  1 learn  from  the  same  source  is  that  the 
lumbermen  are  allowed  to  cut  95  per  cent,  of  the  timber 
on  the  much-lauded  forest  reserve  of  northern  Minnesota, 
“the  park  that  would  stay  put.”  Well,  what  is  there  to 
reserve  after  a lumberman’s  95  per  cent,  is  gone?  There 
will  at  least  be  the  brush  and  enough  debris  to  make  a 
splendid  forest  fire  some  day. 

A third  item  is  that  the  State  has  made  an  appropria- 
tion to  lower  the  outlet  of  Gun  Lake  two  feet.  Now, 
Gun  Lake  has  no  possible  wagon  road  to  its  borders ; 
none  of  the  land  that  would  be  drained  will  ever  be  set- 
tled. On  the  east  of  the  lake  is  high  and  dry  hard-wood 
hills.  It  is  the  home  of  small  and  large-mouth  bass.  It 
is  none  too  deep  at  best,  as  rocks  rise  above  the  water 
in  numerous  places.  Along  the  west  and  north  shores 
are  marshes  where  wildfowl  breed  secure  from  intrusion 
in  summer.  To  drain  lands  is  all  right  in  some  cases, 
but  it  is  folly  for  a State  to  drain  land  it  don’t  own  and 
could  not  use  if  it  did.  To  drain  a deep-water-lake  in  any 
country  is  a crime  against  nature  if  not  against  law,  and 
I cannot  see  what  there  is  behind  this  drain  scheme.  I 
have  been  told  that  the  land  to  be  drained  in  this  case 
belonged  to  a land  company  composed  of  certain  ex-State 
and  county  officials ; but  even  this  does  not  explain,  for 
as  far  as  I can  see  the  benefit  to  the  land  would  not  pay 
the  expense  of  maintaining  a lobby  to  get  the  appropria- 
tion. It  may  be  that  there  is  some  State  land  near  to 
be  stripped  of  its  timber,  and  the  State  is  fixing  a path 
for  the  thief  to  get  away  on,  but  I have  failed  to  see  any- 
thing in  this  line  that  would  pay.  It  looks  like  a crime 
without  a motive,  though  scratch  most  any  of  the  drain- 
age schemes  and  you  will  find  a land  swindle  behind  it. 
If  the  State  wants  to  encourage  settlement  in  this  part 
of  the  country  let  it  concentrate  on  building  good  roads 
out  from  all  the  centers.  Such  drainage  as  is  necessary 
to  make  the  roads  is  all  sufficient,  but  practical  farming 
is  impossible  without  roads.  E.  P.  Jaques. 


The  Cuckoo  and  its  Victim. 

Much  has  been  written  about  the  habit  of  the  cuckoo 
depositing  its  eggs  in  other  birds’  nests  and  many  have 
been  the  opprobrious  epithets  bestowed  upon  the  parasite. 
In  this  connection  I should  like  to  point  to  a habit  of  the 
victims  which  does  not  appear  to  have  excited  much 
. attention  among  naturalists  and  which  yet  is  quite  as 
extraordinary  as  the  other. 

It  is  a well  known  fact  that  as  soon  as  the  young 
cuckoo  is  able  to  do  so  (and  that  is  within  a very  short 
time  after  he  has  left  the  shell),  he  proceeds  to  eject  his 
foster  brothers  cr  sisters  from  the  nest.  Sometimes  these 
fall  quite  a distance  and  sometimes  only  a few  feet  from 
the  rim  of  the  nest,  and  in  the  latter  case  are  plainly 
visible  to  the  mother  on  her  return.  What  does  she  do? 
Proceed  to  carry  back  and  comfort  her  outraged  children? 
Not  a bit  of  it.  She  regards  them  with  stony  indifference, 
and  so  they  die  miserably  from  want  of  food  and  warmth. 

Let  me  quote  here  an  instance  of  this  as  recorded  by 
the  eminent  English  naturalist,  D.  H.  Hudson : 

“The  end  of  the  little  history — the  fate  of  the  ejected 
nestling  and  the  attitude  of  the  parent  robins — remains 
to  be  told.  When  the  young  cuckoo  throws  out  the  nest- 
lings from  nests  in  trees,  hedges,  bushes  and  reeds,  the 
victims,  as  a rule,  fall  some  distance  to  the  ground,  or  in 
the  water,  and  are  no  more  seen  by  the  old  birds.  Here 
the  young  robin,  when  ejected,  fell  a distance  of  but  five 
or  six  inches,  and  rested  on  a broad,  bright  green  leaf, 
where  it  was  an  exceedingly  conspicuous  object;  and 
when  the  mother  robin  was  on  the  nest— and  at  this  stage 
she  was  on  it  a greater  part  of  the  time — warming  that 
black-skinned,  toad-like,  spurious  babe  of  hers,  her  bright, 
intelligent  eyes  were  looking  full  at  the  other  one,  just 
beneath  her,  which  she  had  grown  in  her  body  and  had 
hatched  with  her  warmth,  and  was  her  very  own.  I 
watched  her  for  hours;  watched  her  when  warming  the 
cuckoo,  when  she  left  the  nest  and  when  she  returned 
with  food,  and  warmed  it  again,  and  never  once  did  she 
pay  the  least  attention  to  the  outcast  lying  there  so  close 
to  her.  There,  on  its  green  leaf,  it  remained,  growing 
colder  by  degrees,  hour  by  hour,  motionless,  except  when 
it  lifted  its  head  as  if  to  receive  food,  then  dropped  it 
again,  and  when,  at  intervals,  it  twitched  its  body  as  if 
trying  to  move.  During  the  evening  even  these  slight 
motions  ceased,  though  that  feeblest  flame  of  life  was 
not  yet  extinguished;  but  in  the  morning  it  was  dead  and 
cold  and  stiff;  and  just  above  it,  her  bright  eyes  on.it, 
the  mother  robin  sat  on  the  nest  as  before,  warming 
her  cuckoo.” 

But  the  indictment  against  the  cuckoo’s  victim  does  not 
end  here.  In  a letter  to  the  London  Field  a trustworthy 
authority  states  that  he  actually  observed  the  mother  aid 


the  young  cuckoo  to  eject  her  own  offspring  after  it  had 
been  previously  ejected  and  restored  to  the  nest.  Talk  of 
aberration ! It  seems  to  me  that  the  cuckoo  is  simply  not 
in  it.  But  should  we  condemn  the  mother?  I think  not 
Her  maternal  instinct  is  limited.  Under  certain  set  con- 
ditions it  works  automatically,  as  it  were;  introduce  new 
or  strange  conditions  and  it  becomes  numb,  or  even  per- 
verted. The  intelligence  is  not  there — that  is  the  whole 
fact  of  the  matter. 

So,  conversely,  I think  we  ought  not  to  condemn  the 
cuckoo.  Can  anyone  assert  positively  that  her  reason  for 
laying  her  eggs  in  other  birds’  nests  is  because  she  is  too 
lazy  to  build  a nest  of  her  own,  or  too'  selfish  to  be  bur- 
dened with  the  care  of  offspring?  I am  sure  he  cannot. 
But  it  may  be  asked:  What  other  reason  can  there  be? 
Well,  here  is  one  which  has  occurred  to  me  and  which 
I do  not  think  I have  seen  mentioned  in  any  of  the  nat- 
ural history  books  I have  read.  As  we  have  seen,  the 
young  cuckoo  is  much  addicted  to  his  individual  ease 
and  comfort  and  wants,  in  fact,  to'  have  the  whole  bed 
to  himself.  (Parenthetically,  he  may  possibly  have  a few 
prototypes  among  the  genus  homo.)  That  this  character- 
istic has  been  developed  since  he  began  to  find  himself  in 
strange  beds  there  are  no  grounds  for  believing,  and  it 
is  possible  that  it  is  one  of  his  original  characteristics. 
Now,  then,  if  this  is  so,  can  we  not  see  the  wisdom  of  the 
mother  bird  in  electing  not  to  attempt  raising  a brood  of 
young  cuckoos  in  one  nest,  but  rather  to  dispose  her 
eggs  singly  here  and  there?  After  all,  the  parasitic  habit 
may  be  only  an  exercise  of  the  instinct  of  race  preserva- 
tion. F.  M. 

New  York,  May  24. 


Size  and  Power  of  Owls. 

Fountain  City,  Ind.,  May  20. — Editor  Forest  and 
Stream:  Forked  Deer’s  inquiry  about  the  size  and  power 
of  owls  reminds  me  that  once  when  tracking  a rabbit  on 
the  snow  the  tracks  ended  at  a place  where  the  snow  told 
the  story  of  a violent  struggle  between  a rabbit  and  a 
brown,  or  great  horned  owl,  as  was  plainly  shown  by 
feathers  from  the  bird  and  fur  from  the  rabbit,  while  the 
ending  of  the  rabbit’s  trail  evidenced  that  the  owl  flew 
away  with  it.  About  200  yards  further  on  I came  to  a 
place  where,  the  owl  had  alighted  and  ate  part  of  the  rab- 
bit, which  was  a good-sized  grown  one  and  which  would 
probably  weigh  about  the  same  as  a mallard  duck  (about 
three  pounds). 

These  owls  were  locally  known  as  “Virginia  owls,” 
“big  brown  owls,”  “horned  owls”  and  more  commonly  as 
“big  hootin’  owls.”  When  I was  “a  chunk  of  a boy”  I 
shot  one  which  father  said  he  thought  was  the  largest  he 
ever  examined.  The  spread  of  the  wings  was  four  aiid 


one-half  feet,  and  to  the  surprise  of  the  boy  who1  had 
carried  it  for  several  miles,  the  weight  was  only  four 
pounds.  They  were  rather  numerous  at  that  time  in  that 
section  of  the  country,  and  were  troublesome  about  carry- 
ing off  chickens,  which  mostly  roosted  in  apple  trees 
about  the  farm  buildings.  The  belief  that  they  could 
carry  away  full-grown  hens  was  a common  one.  It  was 
also  commonly  believed  that  an  owl  never  picked  a 
chicken  off  the  roost,  but  alighting  on  the  limb,  crowded 
the  chicken  off  and  as  it  flew  toward  the  ground  caught 
it  on  the  wing.  O.  H.  Hampton. 


An  Ancestor  of  the  Mask  Ox. 

At  a recent  meeting  of  the  Biological  Society  of  Wash- 
ington, Mr.  Wilfred  H.  Osgood,  of  the  Biological  Survey, 
read  a paper  in  which  he  described  and  discussed  the 
characters  and  relationships  of  an  extinct  ruminant  found 
in  the  Klondike  gravels  near  Dawson,  Yukon  Territory. 
The  nearly  perfect  skull  represents  an  animal  somewhat 
similar  to  the  recent  musk  ox,  but  of  a different  genus. 
It  closely  resembles  an  animal  described  by  Liedy  as 
Ovibos  cavifrons,  but  is  much  more  perfect  than  any  spe- 
cimens which  Liedy  had. 

The  animal  was  larger  than  the  musk  ox  and  the  gen- 
eral shape  of  the  head  is  different  The  horns  are  more 
slender  at  the  base,  diverge  more  widely  at  the  tips,  but 
are  downward  directed  as  in  the  musk  ox.  The  teeth, 
which  are  larger  than  those  of  the  American  bison,  re- 
semble teeth  of  that  species  more  than  they  do  those  of 
the  musk  ox  or  of  the  sheep.  The  specimen  does  not 
present  any  particularly  sheep-like  characters,  but  does 
appear  to  have  relations  with  the  bison,  oxen,  etc. 

It  is  regarded  as  altogether  probable  that  this  extinct 
form  was  an  ancestor  of  the  present  musk  ox,  and  an 
interesting  point  noticed  is  that  some  of  the  characters 
found  in  the  adult  fossil  form  are  seen  in  the  musk  ox 
only  before  it  reaches  maturity. 


Premiums  for  Killing  Sharks. — German  papers  re- 
port that  the  marine  board  of  Trieste,  Austria,  has  issued 
a circular  in  which  all  Austrian  marine  officers  are  in- 
structed to  stimulate  the  killing  of  sharks.  Premiums 
are  offered  as  follows : For  each  specimen  of  shark,  of 

whatvere  species  (the  eatable  ones  excepted),  up  to  five 
feet  in  length,  $2.30;  for  larger  ones,  $4.60,  and  for  very 
large  specimens  of  the  species  Oxyrrhinna  spalanzani  and 
Odontaspis  ferot,  $11.50.  For  the  capture  of  man-eating 
sharks  premiums  of  from  $9.20  to  $230  are  offered.  Fish- 
ermen making  application  for  payment  are  to  exhibit  the 
specimens  to  the  nearest  harbor  officer. — Richard 
Guenther,  Consul-General,  Frankfort,  Germany. 


434  FOREST  AND  STREAM.  [June  3,  1905. 


Hunting  a Coon. 

We  hunted  this  coon  a number  of  years  ago,  and  from 
what  I saw  of  the  coon  then  some  one  else  may  be  still 
hunting  him ; we  left  him  for  someone  else  to  hunt  after 
we  had  got  through  with  him. 

I started  about  the  first  of  October,  1885,  to  visit  a 
friend  who  lived  on  a farm  a mile  from  the  hamlet  of 
Bakerstown,  Allegheny  county,  Pa.,  and  only  a mile  from 
the  Butler  county  line. 

After  stopping  with  this  friend  a few  days  I took  a 
notion  to  go  on  foot  as  far  as  the  town  of  Butler,  then 
come  home  to  Allegheny  by  railroad.  I had  been  all  over 
this  country,  the  northern  part  of  Allegheny  and  north- 
ern part  of  Butler  county  when  a boy,  and  meant  to  see 
it  again  now  as  I had  seen  it  them,  tramping  across  the 
country  on  foot,  carrying  a shotgun.  It  was  twenty-five 
years  now  since  I had  done  that,  and  in  the  meantime  I 
had  been  some  twenty-three  years  in  the  army,  and  the 
rest  of  the  time  had  most  of  it  been  spent  in  a steam 
whaler.  I had  been  half-way  around  the  globe  in  it  and 
was  now  back  to  where  I had  been  born. 

When  I left  home  in  1861  the  country  a mile  or  two 
beyond  the  city  limits  was  a backwoods  that  I had 
roamed  through  carrying  a shotgun  and  hatchet.  The 
gun  was  for  snakes,  rabbits,  or  anything  else  that  could 
be  shot  except  song  birds — I never  shot  them  nor  let  any- 
one else  do  it  if  I could  prevent  it.  These  song  birds 
are  now  protected,  and  it  costs  $5  to  shoot  one,  as  I keep 
telling  boys  here  when  I find  them  “hunting”  with  an 
air  gun  or  a Flobert  rifle.  I carried  the  hatchet  to  cut 
dogwood  out  of  which  I made  skewers  to  sell  to  butchers 
at  ten  cents  per  hundred,  that  was  one  way  I had  of  get- 
ting money  to  buy  powder,  shot  and  caps. 

When  I again  went  over  this  country  after  twenty-five 
years,  I could  hardly  recognize  a single  place  that  I had 
ever  seen  before.  Some  of  the  roads  were  city  streets 
now,  the  others  had  been  changed  around  until  I did  not 
know  them ; and  the  old  farmer  who  used  to  chase  me 
around  with  his  dog  or  shotgun  when  he  found  me  cut- 
ting dogwood  or  shinny  sticks,  or  gathering  his  apples 
for  him,  had  left  here  now  for  Kansas,  his  place  had  been 
taken  by  the  city  man  with  his  suburban  residence. 

This  country  that  I meant  to  travel  over  now  from 
Bakerstown  to  Butler  would  not  be  as  much  changed, 
though  it  was  still  out  in  the  country.  The  farmer  I had 
been  visiting  here  had  a son  in  Pittsburg  who  had  left 
a fine  shotgun,  his  shells  and  a game-bag  here  at  his 
father’s  and  had  lately  written  to  his  father  to  send  them 
in  to  him  if  he  had  a chance  to  do  it.  I proposed  to  take 
them  to  him  by  way  of  Butler.  Starting  early  next  morn- 
ing in  an  hour  I had  left  the  United  States  and  was  on 
my  way  to  the  soap  mines. 

When  we  were  school  boys  we  had  a joke  among  us 
that  both  New  Jersey  and  Butler  county  were  foreign 
countries,  and  even  to-day  if  a farmer  comes  in  from 
anywhere  and  runs  from  the  police  in  Pittsburg  and  Alle- 
gheny he  is  supposed  to  come  direct  from  Butler  county, 
and  when  he  has  paid  his  dollar  and  costs  he  is  told  to 
wend  his  way  back  to  the  soap  mines  again.  He  don’t 
always  come  from  there,  though.  There  are  as  clever  a 
set  of  people  to  be  found  out  there  as  can  be  found  any- 
where. 

I meant  to  travel  up  the  country  slowly,  stopping  at 
farm  houses  for  my  meals  and  at  night.  I would  not  be 
treated  by  these  farmers,  though,  as  they  treated  Spears 
in  his  “Walk  Down  South”  in  some  of  our  other  coun- 
ties here;  none  of  these  farmers  here  would  refuse  to 
let  me  stop  with  them,  and  I would  not  be  sent  out  to 
the  barn  to  sleep,  either.  I carried  pinned  to  my  vest  a 
mark  that  many  of  them  recognized,  some  of  them  could 
wear  it  themselves.  It  was  a little  blue  enamelled  Maltese 
cross. 

This  State  had  sent  out  a big  division  of  troops  in  1861 
that  were  always  kept  together;  they  formed  the  third 
division  of  the  Fifth  Corps ; they  were  the  Pennsylvania 
Reserves.  This  cross  was  their  mark;  it  is  recognized  by 
the  native  farmers  all  over  the  State.  I would  be,  and 
have  been,  as  well  treated  by  the  farmers  in  Somerset  or 
Bedford  counties,  where  Spears  did  his  traveling,  as  I 
would  be  here.  Every  hamlet  or  town  in  the  State  had 
men  in  it  who  had  either  worn  this  badge  themselves 
or  had  fathers  or  brothers  who  had;  and  I hardly  ever 
met  a native  farmer  who  would  not  soon  notice.  it,  then 
ask  me  home  with  him  for  dinner  or  to  stop  all  night. 

The  route  I took  in  going  up  to  Butler  carried  me  away 
from  railroads.  There  was  one  road  off  some  miles  to 
my  left  and  another  still  farther  off  on  my  right;  both 
of  them  ran  from  Butler  into  Allegheny.  I meant  to  take 
the  one  on  my  right  when  coming  home,  but  kept  away 
from  it  now.  Tramps  would  be  found  along  it;  I would 
not  be  taken  for  one,  though ; tramps  don’t,  as  a general 
thing,  carry  any  sixty-dollar  shotguns. 

There  was  not  much  use  for  this  gun  now ; the  season 
for  most  game  was  not  open  yet,  and  I took  care  not 
to  break  any  game  laws.  When  a boy  I had  shot  rab- 
bits right  through  this  country  that  I was  now  in  without 
reference  as  to  whether  they  were  in  season  or  not,  but 
I dare  not  do  it  now. 

This  country  had  not  changed  much  in  the  last  twenty- 
five  years,  the  farmers  had  larger  and  better  houses  now, 
modern  barns,  and  finer  'horses  and  cattle,  but  they  them- 
selves were  the  same  Butler  county  farmers  that  I had 
known  when  a boy.  I used  to  meet  them  along  the  roads 
here,  then  ask  to  be  directed  to  the  soap  mines  and  be 
told,  “Go  right  over  that  hill,  then  follow  my  nose,  sonny, 
and  you  will  git  thar.”  If  I asked  for  rabbits,  though, 
I would  get  more  explicit  directions  where  to  find  them. 
They  did  not  want  them,  I could  have  them  all. 

I had  been  out  several  days  and  was  getting  nearer 
Butler  every  day,  but  was  in  no  hurry  to  get  there,  I had 
the  rest  of  this  year  to  go  in.  I stopped  one  afternoon 
at  a farm  house  to  get  a drink  of  water  and,  as  usual, 
was  given  milk  instead. 


The  young  lady  who  waited  on  me  noticed  my  pin  and 
after  she  had  spelled  out  the  letters  on  it — C.  8,  P.  R. 
V.  C. — she  asked  if  I had  belonged  to  the  Reserves?  I 
told  her  I had;  then  she  took  me  in  and  called  her 
mother.  The  old  lady  told  me  that  both  her  husband  and 
her  brother  had  belonged  with  us,  her  husband  was  dead 
now,  her  brother  had  been  killed  at  Mechanicsburgh 
when  Meade  had  made  his  charge  across  the  railroad.  I 
told  her  I had  been  there.  She  would  not  let  me  go  on 
to-night  and  wanted  me  to  stay  next  day  also,  but  I con- 
cluded to  go  on.  Then  she  gave  me  a note  to  a man  ten 
miles  above  there,  who  had  been  in  her  brother’s  com- 
pany. I got  to  his  place  in  time  for  dinner,  and  he  per- 
suaded me  to  stop  a day  or  two  there;  then  he  would  be 
going  in  to  Butler  himself  with  a team. 

The  farmers  here  were  nearly  all  thinking  of  selling 
out  and  going  to  Kansas,  Texas  or  California.  I would 
tell  them  that  if  Butler  county  was  not  good  enough  for 
them  to  give  Kansas  the  go-by  and  keep  on  either  to 
Texas  or  California,  then  tell  them  why  I had  no  use 
for  Kansas ; half  of  it  was  good  enough,  but  that  half 
was  thickly  settled  already,  the  men  who  had  farms  there 
would  want  more  for  them  than  these  men  here  would 
get  for  them,  the  western  part  of  Kansas  I would  not 
take  as  a gift.  Texas  was  good  enough,  but  I pre- 
ferred California.  I had  been  oretty  well  all  over  this 
western  country,  always  traveling  with  my  eyes  open  and 
I could  tell  them  about  it.  The  women  here  I noticed 
did  not  want  to  go  anywhere  very  bad,  Butler  county 
seemed  to  suit  them. 

I stopped  two  days  with  this  man,  then  had  hard  work 
to  get  away.  Fie  wanted  me  to  stay  longer  and  hunt. 
He  had  his  land  posted ; most  of  the  farmers  here  had ; 
but  they  only  did  it  to  protect  themselves  and  keep  men 
and  boys  off  who  would  tramp  over  their  winter  wheat, 
shoot  sheep  and  cows,  and  start  fires  in  dry  grass,  and 
make  nuisances  of  themselves.  I or  any  man  who  con- 
ducted himself  right  might  hunt  over  their  land  and  be 
welcome.  The  next  forenoon,  after  I had  got  there,  Mr. 
M.  and  I were  out  on  the  front  porch  when  a barefooted 
boy  about  fourteen  years  old  coming  up  to  us,  said,  “Mr. 
M.,  my  pap  has  a coon  treed  in  that  big  dead  chestnut 
over  yonder,  and  sent  me  to  ask  if  you  will  let  him  cut 
it  down,  and  lend  him  an  ax?” 

“Yes,  Bill,  I’ll  do  both.  Go  to  the  woodshed  and  get  a 
good  ax.  Your  pap  wili  need  a good  one  to  get  that  tree 
down.  He  can  have  the  coon  in  it;  let  him  leave  me 
the  tree.” 

I had  been  taking  notes  of  Bill  and  set  him  down  as 
being  a mischievous  young  rascal.  I can  tell  boys  pretty 
well  now.  That  is  what  Bill  was.  I got  him  out  of  a 
whipping  later  on. 

“What  sort  of  a tree  is  it?”  I asked.  “An  old  dead 
chestnut  about  two  feet  through.  That  man  has  a job  on 
hand  now  before  he  gets  the  coon ; but  I want  that  tree 
down;  I need  it  for  firewood,  my  dead  wood  is  scarce 
here  now  and  I must  cut  live  wood.  I can  find  a better 
use  for  live  hickory  now  than  to  make  fire  wood  of  it.” 

That  man  would  not  cut  that  tree  down  and  cut  it  up 
if  I paid  him  to  do  it;  though  he  will  put  in  a day  hunt- 
ing a coon  worth  twenty-five  cents  when  he  and  his  boy 
might  earn  two  dollars  husking  corn  for  me.  That  would 
look  too  much  like  work,  though.” 

“How  does  he  live?” 

“He  has  a little  place  down  on  the  creek  here  that  he 
works,  or  his  wife  works.  She  does  most  of  it,  I guess.” 

The  boy  came  back  with  the  ax,  a new  one  of  the  red 
jacket  brand,  they  were  good  ones. 

“Let  us  go  and  see  that  coon  hunt,”  Mr.  M.  said;  and 
we  followed  the  boy  across  the  fields  to  the  tree  that  the 
coon  was  in  or  on.  The  man  was  the  exact  picture  of 
the  boy;  I need  not  ask  him  if  he  was  the  boy’s  pap. 
An  old  muzzle-loading  rifle  was  leaning  against  a tree, 
and  a dog  lay  at  the  foot  of  the  tree  the  coon  was  in. 
The  dog  seemed  to  be  fast  asleep ; it  was  of  a breed  that 
are  nearly  as  useful  when  asleep  as  when  awake..  He 
was  part  hound,  but  the  hound  part  of  him  was  so  small 
that  the  rest  of  him — the  sooner  part — spoiled  him  for 
hunting  anything  except  a beefsteak. 

“Your  dog  must  have  missed  the  coon,  sir,”  I said  to 
the  man. 

“Yes,  sir,  he  can  miss  anything  except  his  dinner.  He 
never  misses  that  when  the  old  woman  throws  it  out  to 
him.  Get  out  of  the  way,  blast  you,”. giving  the  dog  a 
kick;  then  taking  the  ax  from  his  son  he  spit  on  his 
hands,  and  asked,  “I  don't  suppose  you  care  if  I knock 
this  tree  down,  Mr.  M.  ?” 

“No,  chop  it  down.  You  can  have  the  coon,  leave  me 
the  tree.” 

The  man  knew  how  to  chop  if  he  did  not  want  to 
work.  He  was  working  hard  now.  Every  two  chops 
he  gave  the  tree  sent  chips  the  size  of  a dinner  plate  fly- 
ing out  of  it.  He  had  been  at  work  about  five  minutes 
when  the  coon  that  had  been  in  the  hole  up  there,  if 
there  was  a hole,  came  .out  and,  climbing  down  to  a 
lower  limb,  let  go  and  dropped  within  ten  feet  of  the 
dog’s  nose.  He  might  as  safely  have  landed  on  his  nose. 
The  dog  was  too  busy  just  now  dodging  chips  and  watch- 
ing the  chopping  to  have  any  time  to  attend  to  coons. 

The  coon  had  got  several  more  feet  away  before  the 
dog  had  got  his  ready  on.  He  had  no  doubt  been 
chopped  out  of  trees  before  and  knew  what  to  do  next. 
The  boy,  who  had  been  hanging  around  me  ever  since  we 
had  come,  now  gave  a yell  and  started.  Had  the  dog 
kept  out  of  the  game,  the  boy  might  have  got  the  coon, 
he  had  further  to  go  than  the  dog,  but  he  had  caught  up 
and  was  passing  when  he  either  fell  over  the  dog  or  what 
was  more  likely  the  dog  fell  over  him,  and  while  they 
were  getting  things  untied,  the  coon  increased  his  lead 
and  making  for  a big  white  oak  that  stood  near  the  top 
of  the  hill,  began  to  climb  again.  Had  I had  my  shot- 
gun I could  have  stopped  that  coon  long  ago ; but  I don’t 
know  if  I should  have  done  it.  My  sympathies  were  with 
the  coon  at  this  stage  of  the  game.  A man  and  a boy, 


an  ax,  a dog,  and  a gun,  ought  to  make  a combination 
strong  enough  to  capture  one  coon,  I thought.  I prob- 
ably would  have  kept  out  of  the  game.  Pap  threw  down 
the  ax  now  and  made  a break  for  the  new  tree  the  coon 
had  gone  up,  and  where  he  was  out  of  sight. 

“Don’t  cut  that  tree,”  Mr.  M.  said.  “I  don’t  need  it 
now,  and  don’t  want  a $25  tree  destroyed  to  get  a twenty- 
five-cent  coon.” 

I began  to  look  for  the  coon  and  finally  saw  him  about 
half-way  up  the  tree.  He  had  his  hind  feet  on  a limb 
close  to  the  trunk  and  was  hugging  it  closely;  he  seemed 
to  be  trying  to  form  part  of  the  tree.  I pointed  him  out 
to  Pap. 

“Git  the  gun,  Bill,”  Pap  says,  his  eyes  glued  to  the 
place  the  coon  occupied.  Bill  got  the  gun  and  I noticed 
a half  grin  on  his  face  as  he  handed  it  over. 

Pap,  taking  the  gun  without  removing  his  eyes  from 
the  coon,  threw  the  hammer  up,  then  pushing  it  up  to 
his  shoulder  sighted,  and  pulled  the  trigger.  Nothing 
happened. 

Taking  the  gun  from  his  shoulder  Pap  examined  it. 
There  was  no  cap  on  the  nipple.  “Bill,”  he  yelled,  “what 
did  you  do  with  this  cap?  Don’t  lie  now,  I saw  you 
foolin’  around  this  gun  a while  ago,  dod  gast  you,  can’t 
you  let  anything  alone?  Where’s  that  cap?” 

“I  got  it  here,”  Bill  said,  taking  it  out  of  his  mouth 
and  coming  forward  with  it. 

Pap  gave  Bill  a withering  look  that  boded  no  good  for 
the  boy  later  on,  then  fishing  another  cap  out  of  his 
pocket  put  it  on,  then  carefully  aiming  at  the  coon  that 
had  not  moved  since,  fired  and  the  ball  struck  the  tree 
a few  inches  above  the  coon’s  head,  a good  line  shot  but 
too  high. 

The  coon  now  probably  thinking  this  to  be  only  a sight- 
ing shot  quickly  changed  his  base,  moving  by  the  right 
flank,  if  he  had  ever  studied  Upton,  and  disappeared 
around  the  tree. 

Pap  was  mad  now  clean  through.  “Dod  gast  your  mis- 
chievous hide,  I’ll  skin  you  alive  for  this;  you  have  been 
aching  for  that  thar  whippin’  for  a hull  week  now.  You 
will  git  it.” 

“Oh,  no  he  won’t,  sir.  You  must  not  touch  him.  Re- 
member that.” 

“Why  the  blazes  must  I not?” 

“Because  I say  so.  I am  the  agent  of  the  Humane 
Society,  sir,  and  I warn  you  not  to  whip  Bill.  If  you  do 
I shall  arrest  and  fine  you.  I don’t  want  to  do  that,  sir.” 

“Can’t  I thrash  my  own  boy?” 

“No,  sir,  nor  any  other  man’s  boy  if  I know  it.  I won’t 
allow  it.” 

“How  is  that,  Mr.  M.  ?”  Pap  asks. 

“It  is  just  as  he  says,  if  he  is  the  Society’s  agent,  and 
he  says  he  is,  he  can  arrest  you  on  sight  if  he  finds  yOu 
abusing  Bill.” 

“But  I only  want  to  whip  him.” 

“Yes,  of  course,  but  your  whipping  might  seem  to  him 
to  be  abuse,  and  his  word  goes.  You  let  Bill  alone  while 
he  is  around  here.” 

“I  reckon  I’ll  have  to,  I won’t  whip  you,  Bill;  but  dod 
gast  you,  I ought  to  do  it.” 

This  stuff  I had  given  Pap  would  hardly  go  with  even 
the  average  Butler  county  farmer ; but  I had  taken  Pap’s 
mental  caliber  and  thought  he  would  swallow  it.  I had 
about  as  much  to  do  with  the  Humane  Society  as  I had 
with  the  Government  of  Turkey.  Bill  had  been  watching 
me  out  of  the  corner  of  his  eye  and  trying  hard  to  keep 
from  laughing.  I had  a higher  opinion  of  Bill’s  intelli- 
gence than  I had  of  his  father’s. 

Pap  began  to  load  the  rifle  again.  Pouring  more  pow- 
der out  of  an  old  powder  horn  into  a small  loader  he  had 
tied  to  the  horn,  he  next  emptied  it  into  the  barrel,  then 
rammed  a patched  ball  down  on  top  of  it,  then  capped 
the  gun,  shaking  his  powder  horn  close  to  his  ear  he  said, 
“I  hain’t  got  a dod  gasted  grain  left.  If  this  load  don’t 
git  him,  we  won’t  git  him  at  all.” 

“I’ll  insure  that  coon  at  one  per  cent,  premium  and 
take  his  notes  for  the  deferred  payments,”  I told  him. 

Mr.  M.  began  to  laugh,  but  I don’t  think  that  Pap 
quite  grasped  my  meaning.  We  began  to  look  for  the 
coon  again,  but  nobody  could  see  him;  he  no  doubt  saw 
us,  though. 

“Well,  ” Mr.  M.  said,  “let  us  go  down  here.”  Then  to 
Pap:  “After  you  get  that  coon,  or  don’t  get  him,  come 
down  and  take  dinner  with  us;  bring  the  ax  home  with 
you,  and  don’t  cut  any  green  timber,  I have  none  to  waste, 
here.” 

We  went  home  and  in  about  two  hours  Pap  and  Bill 
came  down.  They  had  not  got  the  coon,  Pap  had  seen 
what  he  thought  was  the  coon.  Had  sent  his  last  charge 
at  it  only  to  find  out  he  had  been  shooting  at  a coon’s 
nest.  Bill  had  told  him  what  it  was  but  had  deferred 
telling  him  until  after  he  had  seen  how  close  Pap  could 
come  to  missing  it. 

“And  he  knew  what  it  was  all  the  time,  too,  dod  gast 
him.” 

They  sat  on  the  porch  and  Mr.  M.  made  a contract 
with  Pap  to  have  him  and  Bill  husk  the  corn  off  of  a 
ten-acre  field  that  he  said  would  turn  out  about  600 
bushels.  This  would  be  doing  very  well  here;  they  don’t 
raise  many  150  bushels  of  corn  here  to  the  acre,  nor  do 
they  often  do'  it  anywhere  else  but  in  the  agricultural 
papers.  Pap  and  Bill  could  make  $2  a day  at  this  job; 
it  would  pay  nearly  as  well  as  would  coon  hunting,  I 
thought. 

After  Bill  and  Pap  had  gone,  I took  my  gun  and  went 
down  through  Mr.  M.’s  orchard  to  hunt  quail.  Mr.  M. 
had  told  me  that  there  were  a few  quail  on  his  place  and  j 
more  further  out  on  his  neighbor’s  lands,  and  I could 
keep  on  after  I had  covered  his  land;  the  next  farm  was 
posted,  but  I only  need  tell  them  that  I was  his  guest  if 
they  tried  to  stop  me. 

I found  a few  quail  in  the  orchard  and  got  more  in  the 
meadow  below  it.  The  birds  were  very  tame.  Mr.  M. 
and  his  neighbors  had  been  feeding  them  last  winter  1 


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when  the  snow  lay  on  the  ground,  and  they  had  not  been 
shot  at  mu  eh  sinee.  These  were  young  ones  which  had 
been  hatched  since  last  winter,  of  course,  but  I suppose 
the  fact  that  the  old  ones  did  not  take  the  alarm  kept 
them  from  doing  it.  At  any  rate,  I had  to  throw  a stone 
I among  them  more  than  once  to  get  them  to  fly ; I was 
not  shooting  quail  that  were  huddled  together  in  a bunch 
on  the  ground. 

An  old  stubble  field  lay  next  to  Mr.  M.’s  pasture  and 
I at  last  got  into  it.  I was  out  of  Mr.  M.’s  bounds  now. 
There  were  plenty  of  quail  here;  I was  getting  one  or 
more  for  every  shot  I fired,  when  a young  man  came  run- 
ning down  here  calling  on  me  to  9top.  Coming  up  to  me 
he  said,  “You  will  have  to  get  out  of  this.  Did  you  not 
m see  my  warning  notices?  You  must  have  seen  them,  I 
have  enough  of  them  up  here.” 

; “Yes,  sir,  I climbed  the  fence  alongside  of  one  of  them, 
l but  Mr.  M.  told  me  that  you  would  not  object  to  my 
: being  here.  I ought  to  have  gone  up  to  your  house, 

' though,  and  asked  permission.” 

“Oh,  if  Mr,  M,  sent  you  it  is  all  right;  you  are  wel- 
come here,  You  Can  shoot  across  my  place  and  the  next 
I one  above  here;  that  one  is  my  father’s;  if  his  man  tries 
to  stop  you  tell  him  I sent  you.  We  have  these  quail 
; here  for  anyone  who  acts  like  a gentleman.  I shoot  a 
■ few  now  and  again.  Some  of  us  who  feed  them  in  win- 
j ter  do  not  shoot  them  at  all.  But  we  don’t  want  our 
cows  shot,  ,or  our  fences  burned,  so  we  are  obliged  to  post 
our  places.  Some  men  think  we  do  it  to  make 
money  by  it.  I would  about  as  soon  think  of  charging  a 
man  for  a few  quail  that  don’t  belong  to  me  as  I would 
for  the  water  he  might  drink  at  my  well.” 

“Boys  probably  start  most  of  these  fires  with  their  old 
muzzle-loaders,  shooting  the  quail  on  the  ground,”  I said. 

“Boys  are  not  so  bad;  you  can  tell  a boy  to.be  careful 
and  he  will.  It  is  men  who  do  it.  They  don’t  mean  to 
do  it  but  wdien  I have  a few  panels  of  fence  burned,  it 
don’t  help  me  much  to  know  that  they  did  not  mean  to 
I start  the  Am’*  . 

I bade  the  young  Man  , good-bye,  then  kept  on  until  I 
had  fired  my  last  shell ; I only  had  about  two  dozen,  tb 
begin  with.  I had  a nice  lot  of  quail  now,  and  stopping 
for  the  same  reason  that  Pap  had  to  stop,  when  he  was 
hunting  that  coon,  my  powder  was  all  gone.  I went  home 
now,  then  cleaned  up  the  young  man’s  gun  ready,  to  turn 
it  over  when  I had  got  to  him.  Mr.  M.  was  going  into 
: Butler  the  next  morning  in  a light  wagon  after  groceries 
and  I meant  to  ride  in  with  him. 

Bill  and  Pap  were  on  hand  early  the  next  morning; 
they  came  j ust  as  we  had  sat  down  to  breakfast.  Pap 
did  not  want  any  more  breakfast,  he  said;  Bill  did, 
though,  and  put  a Second  one— he  had  eaten  the  first  one 
at  home,  of  Course— out  of  .sight  very  quickly,  i had 
an  interview  with  Bill  while  Pap  was  Bitching  up  a teani 
: at  the  barn. 

“Did  Pap  whip  you  last  night?” 

“No,  sir,  he  told  Mam  what  you  had  said  and  Mam  told 
him  he  had  better  keep  his  hands  off  me,  she  said  you 
could  put  him  in  jail  or  fine  him.  Mam  reads  the  papers, 
she  does,  Pap  can’t  read,  and  Mam  says  that  the  Society 
you  told  Pap  about  could  fine  him  if  he  whipped  me; 
then  Pap  said  he  had  no  money  to  pay  fines,  so  I am  all 
right  now,  ain’t  I?” 

“Yes,  but  you  do  just  what  Pap  tells  you  and  don’t  try 
any  tricks  on  him.  Play  them  Oil  some  one  else  after 
this,  Can  you  read  yet,  Bill?”  I asked. 

“Oh,  ves,  Mam  learned  me  to  read,  and  I go  to  sdlobl 
Sometimes.” 

I noticed  that  Pap  treated  me  with  a good  deal  of  re- 
spect ; he  had  arrived  at  the  conclusion  that  I must  be  a 
Dwyer,  arrl  Pap,  while  he  probably  had  but  little  use  for 
the  law,  did  not  want  to  collide  with  it. 

I was  not  a lawyer,  though  I had  been  one  for  two 
hours  once,  when  a judge  in  New  Mexico  admitted  me 
to  his  bar  long  enough  to  defend  a man  charged  with 
horse  stealing,  as  has  been  told  in  Poorest  and  Stream. 
My  client  had  only  stolen  two-thirds  of  this  horse,  he 
owned  the  remaining  one-third;  but  I persuaded  the  jury 
that  he  had  not  Stolen  any  of  llml,  and  got  him  off.  Then 
the  District  Attorney  told  Me  that  I would  Make  a good 
Tombs  lawyer,  Pap  thought  I must  be  a “dod  gasted” 
One,  So  I was  a lawyer  of  some  kind  or  other. 

I rode  into  town,  or  I suppose  I Should  Call  it  a city 
now,  it  has  got  its  railroads  and  did  not  look  now  much 
like  the  old  town  of  Butler  that  I had  known  twenty-five 
years  ago.  Then  taking  a train  in  a few  hours  I was  in 
Pittsburg,  and  after  I had  got  shells  to  replace  the  ones 
I had  shot  away,  I took  the  young  man  his  gun. 

Cabia  Blanco. 


Storage  of  Featherless  Game* 

Philadelphia,  Pa. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream:  One 

of  the  great,  if  not  the  greatest  obstacle,  to  the  success- 
ful prosecution  of  the  cold  storage  companies  which  are 
violators  of  the  game  laws  by  having  game  birds  illegally 
in  possession  in  the  close  season,  is  the  extreme  difficulty 
encountered  in  identifying  the  cold  storage  birds  as  game 
birds.  They  are  stripped  of  every  feather  when  in  cold 
storage,  thus  the  distinguishing  marks  essential  to  legal 
identification  are  destroyed. 

It  occurred  to  me  that  by  securing  proper  legislation 
to  preserve  the  essential  markings  of  birds,  the  cold  stor- 
age companies  would  be  deprived  of  the  large  and  pro- 
fitable business,  and  the  immunity  they  now  have  from 
prosecution  in  dealing  in  game  birds  out  of  season.  If 
the  game  laws  were  so  amended  that  it  would  be  illegal 
to  pick  all  the  feathers  off  game  birds  before  they  were 
placed  in  cold  storage,  identification  and  consequent  con- 
viction would  be  a matter  of  course  in  cases  of  illegal 
possession.  The  largest  game  birds  average  less  in 
weight  than  the  smallest  of  domestic  poultry.  By  the 
necessary  number  of  weighings  to  strike  an  average,  these 
weights  could  be  accurately  determined  for  business  pur- 
poses. Then  it  should  be  illegal  to  remove  the  head,  in 
whole  or  in  part,  and  the  feathers  of  the  head,  tail,  wings 
and  enough  should  be  left  on  the  back,  say  a bunch  the 
size  of  a quarter-dollar,  so  that  enough  would  be  left  on 
each  bird  to  render  identification  easy.  In  cases  where 
birds  were  picked  clean  nevertheless,  such  clean  _ birds 
should  be- considered  as  prima  facie  evidence  of  illegal 
storage  and  possession  in  contravention  of  the  game  laws. 

As° it  has  been  established  beyond  material  question, 
phat  the  ownership  of  the  game  birds  lies  in  the  State, 


and  that  the  State  can  impose  any  restrictions  it  chooses 
as  to  ownership,  in  my  opinion,  there  could  not  be  any 
greater  restriction  tending  to  the  proper  protection  of 
game  than  to  destroy  the  illegal  traffic  in  it,  and  without 
the  illicit  participation  of  the  cold  storage  warehouses, 
the  traffic  in  game  out  of  season  would  be  a physical  im- 
possibility. 

So  frame  a law  that  game  birds,  shorn  of  all  their 
distinctive  markings  for  purposes  of  cold  storage  and  in 
possession  in  the  close  season,  would  be  an  illegal  act  in 
itself,  and  the  problem  of  game  protection  would  thereby 
take  an  immense  stride  for  the  public  good.  L.  N. 


Wolverine  Number  One. 

In  a young  lifetime  spent  in  the  Far  West  it  has  been 
my  fortune  only  once  to  kill  a wolverine.  It  was  not 
that  the  animals  were  lacking  in  abundance; — for  there 
were  plenty  of  them — but  that  it  seems  that  circumstance 
never  cast  one  in  my  path  but  the  one  time.  That  one 
instance  will,  perhaps,  serve  to  show  some  few  things 
about  the  animal  that  has  furnished  it  with  the  suggestive 
title  “glutton,” 

At  the  time  of  which  I wrote  Idaho,  and  especially  the 
most  northern  part  of  the.  State,  was  an  untracked  wil- 
derness. Settlements  wefe  extremely  sparse  and  cities 
and  towns  there  were  none,  an  isolated  hamlet  here  and 
there  marked  the  centers  of  population.  The  game  con- 
ditions were  all  that  the  heart  of  the  sportsman  could 
wish.  Deer  fed  in  the  door-yard,  and  elk  and  bear  were 
as  common  as  ground  squirrels.  The  annual  deer  hunt 
was  an  event  looked  forward  to  with  a great  deal  of  in- 
terest, and  was  quite  an  important  feature  in  our  frontier 
life.  We  spent  several  weeks  every  year  in  killing  and 
preparing  the  meat  for  winter  use.  This  meat  so  killed 
furnished  the  Staple  of  our  table  fare.  At  that  time  we 
resorted  to  the  very  reprehensible  practice  of  chasing  the 
deer  with  hounds.  For  that  purpose  we  kept  a well  train- 
ed pack  of  foxhounds,  and  after  the  hunting  was  over 
used  them  in  the  chase  of  bear  and  lynx.  These  animals 
were  midd  to  yield  a Considerable  portion  of  our  scanty 
revenue,  their  Warm  furs  selling  for  a good  figure  on  the 
Eastern  markets.  The  fall  of  which  I write  was  a very 
prolific  one  as  far  as  bruin  was  concerned.  The  snows 
tarried  late  and  he  wandered  over  the  hills  quite  late  be- 
fore seeking  his  winter  retirement.  Some  friends  visited 
us  from  what  is  now  the  State  of  Washington,  then  a 
Territory  as  was  Idaho.  They  brought  along  a bra.ee  of 
thoroughbred  bloodhounds  of  which  they  were  justly 
proud.  They  vaunted  these  animals  as  sure  bear  killers, 
ar.d  I must  confess  that  our  mongrel  hounds  looked  very 
commonplace  alongside  these  specimens  of  canine  aris- 
tcSraCy,  Their  every  lineament  bespoke  endurance  and 
Courage,  The  Comparisons  made  by  the  owners  of  these 
handsome  animals  were  ilot  in  the  least  modest.  The 
morning  of  the  hunt  opened  with  ideal  tracking  weather. 
It  was  dark  and  cloudy,  with  a white  mist  hanging  over 
the  mountains,  the  very  day  for  the  scent  to  lie  well.  We 
set  out,  every  nerve  atingle,  in  the  direction  of  where  we 
felt  sure  there  must  be  bear  if  any  were  in  the  country. 
A deep  gulch  that  had  been  worked  out  for  its  cedar 
and  whose  hillsides  had  overgrown  with  roses,  the  bright 
red  hips  of  which  were  still  clinging  to  the  bushes,  fur- 
nishing excellent  forage  for  the  bears.  Then  underneath 
the  rotting  logs  were  to  be  found  colonies  of  red  and 
black  ants  and  their  larvae,  and  woods  mice  with  their 
ybung.  Isooh  after  leaving  the  ranch  house  we  separated, 
each  one  taking  his  course  through  the  deep  woods.  The 
master  of  the  hunt  took  the  Pack  and  set  out  due  north 
toward  the  head  of  the  gulch  in  the  hope  of  striking  a 
fresh  track.  Allow  me  to  narrate  what  now  transpired 
front  a personal  standpoint,  and  I trust  the  reader  will 
forgive  the  frequent  use  of  the  pronoun. 

I was  armed  with  the  then  new  38-55  and  was  as  proud 
of  the  weapon  as  a boy  is  of  a new  top — and  I was  then 
only  a boy.  For  several  miles  I held  my  course  through 
the  woods,  startling  a feeding  partridge,  a nutting 
brown  squirrel,  a foraging  white  rabbit.  The  temptation 
to  shoot  at  these  was  very  strong  but  the  master  of  the 
hunt  (my  father)  had  forbidden  us  to  shoot  at  anything 
this  day  lest  it  be  a deer  or  bear.  The  desire  to  set  at 
naught  the  old  gentleman’s  mandates  was  at  times  very 
strong  when  I saw  a particularly  tempting  mark,  but  I 
reflected  that  in  childhood’s  happy  days  it  was  a very 
dangerous  undertaking  to  disobey  the  worthy  pater’s 
mandates  and  an  undertaking  that  was  only  hazarded 
about  once  in  a year,  and  somehow  the  thought  occurred 
to  me  that  it  might  be  so  still.  At  any  rate,  the  denizens 
of  the  forest  lived  unmolested  by  my  murderous  bullet. 
At  last  away  down  in  the  deep  woods  at  the  bottom  of 
a cedar  gulch  where  the  sun  hardly  ever  shone,  I heard 
the  deep-mouthed  bay  of  the  hounds.  Experience  told 
me  that  they  were  “treed” ; that  is,  that  the  game  was 
brought  to  bay.  Upon  the  silence  of  the  autumn  air  rose 
the  belling  of  those  dogs.  Never,  until  my  enfranchised 
spirit  listens  to  the  Divine  symphony  struck  by  the  im- 
mortal choir  (supposing  I am  so  fortunate  as  to  arrive 
there)  shall  I listen  to  music  one-half  so  stirring  as  the 
deep-mouthed  tonguing  of  a pack  of  trained  hounds. 

. They  were  not  far  away  when  I first  heard  them,  so  I 
hastened  in  the  direction  of  the  sound.  In  my  haste  to 
be  the  first  to  “kill”  I paid  little  heed  to  the  route  over 
which  I trod.  Nearer  and  clearer  came  the  sound,  and 
now  I could  distinguish  the  voice  of  our  old  lead  hound, 
Trailer.  Poor  old  Trailer,  you  are  gone  to  the  great  be- 
yond, and  if  the  All-Father  has  prepared  a place  for  your 
kind  then  I know  you  are  there.  The  hoarse  voice  of 
the  vaunted  bloodhounds  now  broke  upon  my  ear.  At 
the  bottom  of  a long  ridge,  in  a dense  thicket  of  fir  and 
cedar  undergrowth,  had  once  lain  an  immense  cedar 
blown  down  by  a storm  and  its  body  had  been  worked 
up  into  shingles.  Beside  this  stump  was  where  the  dogs 
had  brought  their  quarry  to  bay.  I broke  through  the 
timber  and  saw  them  circling  about  a dark  brown  animal 
who  was  crouching  against  the  earth  at  the  foot  of  the 
stump.  My  first  impression  was  that  the  animal  was  a 
bear,  and  my  second  that  I did  not  know  what  it  was. 
The  blooded  dogs  were  striving  to  make  their  reputation 
good  by  endeavoring  to  get  at  the  animal.  Their  efforts 
were  somewhat  frustrated  by  the  object  of  their  atten- 
tions, Whenever  one  of  them  would  rush  in  and  attempt 
to  seize,  the  besieged  would  make  one  sweep  of  his  paw 
and  the  overzealous  dog  would  be  compelled  to  retire 
some  dozen  or  more  feet,  heels  over  head.  The  lightning- 


like claws  cut  like  a knife,  and  the  beast  seemed  to  well 
know  how  to  use  them.  The  common  dogs,  trained  in 
woods  lore,  were  chary  of  rushing  in  upon  the  animal 
and  were  contented  to  bay  him  at  a safe  distance.  The 
dogs  were  circling  about  the  animal  so  that  I found  it 
impossible  to  secure  a safe  shot  without  the  risk  of  in- 
juring a dog. 

For  some  little  time  I waited  until  a favorable  chance 
presented  itself.  The  animal  discovered  me  at  last,  and 
reared  up  on  his  haunches.  I called  sharply  to  the  leader 
of  our  pack  and  they  all  paused.  Hastily  dropping  the 
bead  upon  the  white  spot  so  favorably  exposed  I pressed 
the  trigger.  He  sank  to  the  ground  with  hardly  a quiver. 
I hurried  forward  to  prevent  the  dogs  from  destroying 
the  fur,  but  found  only  a stubby  growth  of  brown  hair. 
It  was  not  a bear  but  a large,  dark  brown  animal  with 
an  aldermanic  stomach  and  feet  armed  with  four-inch 
claws,  that  lay  there.  I recognized  the  description  as 
fitting  the  wolverine,  and  this  the  first  one  I had  ever 
seen.  Beneath  the  fallen  log  the  wolverine  had  made 
his  home  and  had  evidently  been  very  busy  furnishing 
his  winter  larder.  There  was  a miscellaneous  collection 
of  slain  animals  and  birds  there,  enough  to  keep  an  aver- 
age restaurant  supplied  for  months.  Not  one  of  them 
eaten,  or  at  most  only  the  heads  were  gone.  The  hair 
of  the  animal  was  not  fitted  for  fur,  so  I left  it  where  it 
lay,  but  felt  that,  while  my  shot  had  not  found  its  mark 
in  the  body  of  a bear,  I had  done  well  ridding  the  coun- 
try of  so  rapacious  an  animal  as  the  wolverine. 

Charles  S.  Moody. 

Idaho. 


Massachusetts  Fish  and  Game* 

Boston,  May  26. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream:  Some 

new  legislation  and  changes  in  fish  and  game  laws  made 
by  the  Legislature  the  past  winter  are  as  follows: 

The  close  season  on  pheasants  has  been  extended  to 
the  date  of  the  “open  season  for  partridge  and  quail” 
in  the  year  1907.  Since  this  law  received  the  Governor’s 
signature,  the  date  of  the  opening  on  quail  has  been 
made  Nov.  1,  instead  of  Oct.  1.  The  intent  of  the 
farmers  doubtless  was  to  forbid  the  shooting  of  pheas- 
ants prior  to  Oct.  1,  1907,  the  date  on  which  partridge 
shooting  opens. 

Shiners  for  bait  in  the  Connecticut  and  Merrimack 
Rivers  and  their  tributaries  may  be  taken  in  nets  or 
seines  during  October  and  November,  all  other  fish 
taken  in  the  same  to  be  returned  alive  to  the  waters 
from  which  they  were  taken. 

On  the  island  of  Nantucket,  quail  are  not  to  be  killed 
prior  to  March  1,  1908,  as  the  law  reads;  but  as  the 
period  from  March  1 to  November  1 is  included  in 
the  close  season  for  the  entire  State,  it  will  be  illegal 
to  kill  quail  on  Nantucket  prior  to  Nov.  1,  1908. 

Chapter  190  fixes  the  minimum  length  of  trout  for 
the  entire  State  (including  Berkshire  county)  at  6in. 
The  law  covers  taking,  having  in  possession,  selling  or 
offering  for  sale,  but  does  not  change  the  present  laws 
that  relate  to  persons  engaged  in  rearing  trout. 

Chapter  196  provides  for  the  compensation  and  ex- 
penses of  the  commissioners  on  fisheries  and  game  as 
follows:  Salaries  of  the  three  members,  $5,630;  for 

traveling,  printing,  etc.,  $2,550;  clerk  hire  in  office.  $975; 
enforcement,  propagation  and  distribution  of  fish,  birds, 
etc.,  and  maintenance  of  hatcheries,  $33,210;  for  stock- 
ing great  ponds,  $500;  for  stocking  brooks,  $300;  for 
protection  of  lobsters  with  eggs  attached  $4,000;  total, 
$46,665.  The  yearly  expenditures,  prior  to  the  appoint- 
ment of  Capt.  Collins  to  the  chairmanship  of  the  board, 
were  about  $14,000. 

A comparison  of  these  figures  speaks  eloquently  for 
the  grand  services  rendered  by  the  late  chairman. 
Moreover,  it  indicates  the  great  advance  in  public 
sentiment  in  Massachusetts  that  resulted  from  the  or- 
ganization of  the  “Central  Committee  for  protection  of 
fish  and  game,”  and  the  incorporation  of  the  Forest 
and  Stream  “No  Sale”  platform  into  Massachusetts 
laws  as  relates  to  woodcock  and  partridge  in  1900.  As 
one  thoroughly  familiar  with  all  the  work  done  for 
more  than  a quarter  of  a century  in  our  State  for  the 
advancement  of  fish  and  game  interests,  I do  not  hesi- 
tate to  say,  that,  during  all  that  time,  no  event  has 
awakened  an  interest  so  wide-spread  or  done  so  much 
to  strengthen  the  fish  and  game  department  of  our 
State  government  as  the  enactment  of  the  non-sale 
law.  In  a previous  letter  I have  referred  to  a state- 
ment made  by  the  late  Capt.  Collins  before  the 
Greenfield  Sportsmen’s  Association  only  a few  weeks 
prior  to  his  death,  regarding  the  great  influence  of 
such  clubs.  Your  readers  are  aware  that  at  the  time 
of  his  last  illness  he  was  engaged  in  writing  the  re- 
port for  1904.  In  that  report  he  says:  “The  increased 

number  of  sportsmen’s  clubs  is  of  advantage  to  the 
State;  they  can  do  much  to  mould  public  sentiment  in 
their  neighborhood,  and  by  example  and  precept  make 
for  greater  respect  for  law  and  the  rights  of  the  various 
classes  of  the  community.”  * * * “They  inculcate 

an  intelligent  interest  in  the  fish  and  game  problems  of 
the  State.” 

In  another  portion  of  the  report  it  is  declared  that 
the  “notable  work”  of  the  fish  and  game  protective 
associations  deserves  the  “interest  and  support  of  all 
loyal  citizens,”  and  it  emphasizes  the  benefits  of  their 
efforts  in  perpetuating  the  quail,  “without  which,”  he 
says,  “this  bird  might  long  ago  have  disappeared  from 
our  State.” 

In  view  of  the  history  of  the  work  of  propagation 
and  protection  accomplished  in  Massachusetts  since 
the  advent  of  Captain  Collins  to  our  commission,  and 
the  formation  of  the  Central  Committee  of  clubs  in 
December,  1899,  no  one  conversant  with  the  facts  would 
have  the  hardihood,  to  call  in  question  the  views  ad- 
vanced in  the  report  as  above  stated  in  reference  to  the 
grand  results  that  have  ensued  from  the  harmonious 
and  united  action  of  the  clubs  through  the  Central 
Committee.  The  passage  of  the  anti-sale  law  and  the 
sentiment  aroused  all  over  the  State  in  that  memorable 
campaign  of  1900  was  the  opening  of  the  vista  of 
possibilities  for  the  organizing  of  a plan  of  warden 
service  so  ably  developed  by  the  late  chairman  of  the 
commission.  To  the  clubs  belongs  the  credit  of 
sowing  the  good  seed,  and  to  Capt.  Collins  we  are  in-- 


438 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


[June  3,  1905. 


debted  for  judicious  nurture  of  the  plant  until  it  came 
to  maturity  in  a well-developed  system  of  enforcement 
involving  an  annual  expenditure  of  more  than  $ia,ooo. 
Had  any  one  predicted  six  years  ago  that  the  Legisla- 
ture of  Massachusetts  would  ever  make  such  an  ap- 
propriation for  promoting  a pastime  that  is  considered 
by  some  of  our  matter-of-fact  official  as  “a  mere  fad,” 
he  would  have  been  pronounced  a lunatic.  The  most 
ardent  devotee  of  out-of-door  sport  with  rod'  and  gun 
would  have  considered  the  attempt  useless  at  that  time. 
But,  little  by  little,  the  plan  has  been  worked  out,  and 
the  system  of  a paid  warden  service  has  been'  built  up 
which,  under  judicious  management,  is  likely  to-be  per- 
manent. This  is  only  one  of  the  new  departures,  but 
the  one  which  is  perhaps  most  highly  appreciated  by 
sportsmen. 

It  was  preceded  by  an  increase  in  the  number  of 
sportsmen’s  clubs,  an  increase  in  the  number  of  fisher- 


men and  hunters,  the  sowing  broadcast  ©f  the  gospel' 
seed  of  protection  by  enthusiastic  sportsmen  and  by 
such  publications  as  Forest  and  Stream,  whose  in- 
fluence has  been  very  patent,  and,  last,  but  not  least,, 
the  pooling  of  issues  on  the  part  of  the  various  local, 
clubs  of  the  State,  and  the  gathering  up  of  these: 
scattered  forces  into  one  harmonious  body,  the  Central. 
Committee  for  protection  of  fish  and  game. 

All  these  influences  combined  have  been  too'  powerful, 
for  legislators  to  ignore.  Eliminate  any.  one  of  them, 
and  the  results  achieved  by  the  commission  toward  the 
proper  enforcement  of  fish  and  game  laws  would  have 
been  meagre  in  comparison  with  what  has  been  ac- 
complished. To-day,  besides  much  special  and  inci- 
dental effort  put  forth  by  about  150  unpaid  deputies 
there  is  a salaried  force  of  fourteen  men  on  call  at  all 
times. 

If  there  is  any  other  State  in  the  Union  that  can 


show  a greater  gain  for  the  fish  and  game  department 
in  the  past  six  years,  the  writer  does  not  know  it. 
The  record  is  creditable  to  both  the  captain  of  the  ship  : 
and  his  crew. 

What  the  next  six  years  will  reveal,  must  depend 
chiefly  on  the  sportsmen  themselves.  Whenever  they  , 
shall  all  agree  upon  any  measure  and  will  show  a 
united  front,  success  is  sure.  That  the  late  chairman 
had  other  plans  for  improving  existing  conditions  is 
known  to  some  of  his  closest  friends  and  co-workers. 
One  of  the  recommendations  in  the  report  has  been  in- 
corporated into  the  alien-license  law  this  winter,  which 
imposes  a license  fee  of  $15  on  non-resident  foreign- 
born  persons  for  the  privilege  of  hunting.  Some  other 
changes  in  game  laws  will  receive  attention  after  the 
adjournment  of  the  Legislature. 

H.  H.  Kimball. 


New  England  Fishing. 

Boston,  May  23. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream:  Last 

Tuesday  I saw  six  very  handsome  square-tail  brook  trout 
in  the  window  of  Dame,  Stoddard  & Co.  These  were 
caught  at  Belgrade  Lake,  Me.,  by  a party  composed  of 
Messrs.  Edward  Winchester  and  Josiah  Oakes,  of  Mal- 
den and  others,  and  ranged  in  weight  from  2j4  to  5 
pounds. 

Reports  from  various  resorts  are  very  cheering  to 
anglers  who  are  about  starting.  From  Rangeley  Lake 
Bank  Examiner  Timberlake,  of  Phillips,  took  a 6-pound 
trout,  an  unusual  occurrence,  as  of  late  the  most  of  the 
fish  taken  from  that  lake  have  been  salmon. 

In  the  Damon  party  from  Fitchburg  are  Messrs.  F.  I. 
Nichols,  James  H.  Prince  and  W.  O.  Johnson,  all  of 
whom  have  caught  salmon  from  Rangeley  weighing  from 
ZV2  to  61/ 2 pounds.  Mr.  F.  J.  Pierce,  of  Athol,  has  with 
him  this  season  a New  York  friend,  Mr.  F.  D.  Peabody. 
Frank  Harris  and  Reuben  Wilbur  are  their  guides. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Samuel  Boothby,  of  Portland,  have  taken 
possession  of  their  camp  at  Hirobsamcook  for  the  sum- 
mer. 

At  the  Birches  are  a Mr.  and  Mrs.  M.  L.  .Wardworth, 
of  New  York,  on  a.  bridal  tour.  The  bride  is  proving  a 
skillful  angler,  having  brought  to  the  net  a 3-pound  sal- 
mon. Three  Bostonians  are  at  Black  Point  Camp,  above 
Upper  Dam.  They  are  J.  H.  Parker,  Fred  Newhall  and 
Mr.  Learned. 

The  first  to  throw  the  lure  at  Bemis  this  season  was 
Mr.  H.  B.  Shaw,  of  Texas,  who  is  having  good  success. 
Mrs.  W.  C.  Stevens,  of  Rumford  Falls,  has  taken  two 
trout  of  5r/2  and  524  pounds.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  N.  F.  Gree- 
ley, of  Boston,  with  Charles  Turner  as  guide,  are  in  good 
luck,  Mrs.  Greeley  taking  a trout  that  weighed  6^4 
pounds.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wm.  Appleton,  of  Haverhill,  have 
to  their  credit  a 5j4-pound  salmon  and  two  trout  of  more 
than  4 pounds  each.  Mr.  H.  H.  Fielding  and  two  com- 
panions from  Brunswick  have  taken  fifty  trout  and  sal- 
mon. , 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  N.  N.  Thayer,  of  Boston,  have  visited 
the  Rangeleys  every  season  for  twenty-five  years,  and  are 
now  located  at  the  Barker.  Here  also  are  to  be  found 
Mr.  J.  F.  Greenery,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  P.  Manning  and 
Mr.  W.  E.  Lawless,  of  Boston,  and  several  Portland 
fishermen,  all  getting  trout  and  salmon  ranging  from  3 
to  5 pounds. 

At  Upper  Dam  are  several  fishermen,  among  them  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  W.  D.  Nelson  and  Mr.  Wm.  La  Croix,  of 
Lynn — the  latter,  with  Eben  Hinckley  as  guide,  has  taken 
an  8 24-pound  salmon.  Mr.  Nelson  is  an  old-timer  at 
Upper  Dam. 

Good  sport  is  reported  in  waters  near  Spring  Lake 
Camp,  Flagstaff,  several  4 to  5-pound  trout  and  salmon 
having  been  taken  by  anglers  from  Phillips,  Lewiston 
and  Portland.  Ned  Stanley  and  friends  from  Dixfield 
took  forty-eight  trout  and  salmon  during  a stay  of  six 
days  at  Weld.  Several  Augusta  gentlemen  have  had  good 
success  at  Cobbosseecontee,  one  of  them,  .Mr.  Guy 
Lancey,  getting  three  salmon  and  two  trout  weighing  col- 
lectively 14  pounds.  Col.  E.  C.  Farrington  took  a fine 
bass  and  salmon. 

The  proprietor  of  the  Augusta  House,  Mr.  H.  E. 
Capen,  in  one  of  the  Belgrade  lakes  has  taken  three  4- 
pound  trout  besides  a number  of  smaller  ones. 

In  Great  Pond  Mr.  Damon,  of  Rome,  Me.,  has  taken 
one  trout  of  8j4  pounds  and  another  8 pounds  2 ounces. 
Two  other  men  caught  in  one  day  seven  trout  that 
weighed  2914  pounds;  on  the  same  day  there  were  forty 
large  trout  brought  in  with  but  few  boats  out.  Mr. 
Harry  Sackett,  of  New  York,  took  four  that  tipped  the 
scales  at  22  pounds,  and  his  fishing  companion  took  five 
weighing  28  pounds.  Horn  Pond,  near  Cornish,  Me.,  is 
giving  surprises  in  the  number  of  trout  and  salmon  taken 
this  season,  although  none  of  them  quite  come  up  to  4 
pounds.  Sebago  salmon  recently  taken  weighed  from  8 
to  io>4  pounds. 

Reports  from  Square  Lake  tell  of  a salmon  that 
weighed  13V2  pounds,  and  a laker  17^4.  A party  of  four 
brought  in  60  pounds  of  salmon  and  square-tails ; another 
party  of  three  returned  with  40  pounds. 

At  Kineo  fishing  is  approaching  its  prime,  and  will 
continue  good  till  about  the  end  of  June.  On  warm  days 
there  is  some  chance  with  the  fly  already,  but  most  of 
those  taken  are  caught  with  bait.  Mr.  George  H.  Greeley, 
of  Bangor,  has  been  an  early  visitor  at  Moosehead  for 
forty  years,  and  was  one  of  the  first  party  to  arrive  at 
Kineo  this  year.  Others  who  are  enjoying  good  sport 
are  the  Foster  party  of  Boston,  W.  G.  Brown  and  three 
others  of  Gloucester,  Mass.,  and  several  from  Bangor 
and  Portland;  also  Henry  Lord,  of  New  York,  who  will 
remain  through  the  summer.  Many  tpout  exceedjn§  thp 


record  limit  of  3 pounds,  and  togue  from  5 to  14  pounds; 
have  been  taken. 

Col.  I,  K,  Stetson,  Hon.  A.  R.  Day  and.  two  other- 
well-known  Bangor  men  recently  returned  from  Sugar- 
Island,  Mloosehead,  bringing  all  the  trout  the  law  allows.. 
Hon.  Russell  Sears,  former  mayor  of  Quincy,  Mass.,  with 
three  others  caught  thirty-nine  good  fish  one  day,  and  on. 
the  following  day  they  took  seventy,  including  a 12-pound, 
togue. 

Mr.  F.  H.  Lathrcp,  of  Boston,  is  having  the  8-pound', 
square-tail  which  he  took  at  Belgrade,  mounted  in  Ban- 
gor, and  Mr.  G.  F.  Singleton  has  placed  his  13-pound, 
landlocked  salmon  caught  at  Belgrade  with  the  same, 
taxidermist. 

A party  of  eight,  including  Dr.  A.  J.  Rowell,  of  Port- 
land, and  one  of  five  including  Mr.  Ackerman,  of  Boston,, 
are  now  at  Pleasant  Island  Camps,  on  the  Cupsuptic.  Mr.. 
E.  V.  R.  Thayer,  of  Lancaster,  Mass.,  is  at  his  camp,. 
Millbrook  Lodge,  at  the  head  of  Upper  Richardson. 

Good  catches  have  been  the  usual  thing  at  Grand  Lake 
Stream — from  six  to  twenty  salmon  a day  are  brought  in. 
This  is  a popular  resort  for  Boston  anglers.  Dr.  George- 
C.  Ainsworth,  of  Boston ; Mr.  H.  A.  Miner,  of  Malden,, 
and  Mr.  Edward  Reed  and  party  are  now  there,  and  sev- 
eral others  start  to-morrow. 

Dr.  McGann,  of  Aiken,  S.  C.,  passed  through  Boston 
this  week  en  route  for  Moosehead.  H.  G.  Priest,  pro- 
prietor of  the  Hotel  Preston,  Smampscott,  and  Hon.. 
Harry  Russell,  of  Cambridge,  have  left  for  Kineo. 

From  Holderness,  N.  H.,  I learn  that  the  Asquarm 
lakes  are  coming  to  the  front  this  season  in  their  trout 
yield.  Recently,  Mr.  Chase  Woodman,  with  two  Ash- 
land friends,  captured  four  trout  that  weighed  38  pounds 
- — the  largest  was  caught  by  Mr.  Woodman  and  weighed 
15  pounds. 

Mr.  Lawrence  Ford,  of  the  Boston  & Maine  R.  R.,  took 
two  large  ones  from  the  lake,  and  with  Supt.  Cummings 
and  Col.  C.  H.  Cummings,  of  New  York,  he  has  taken 
some  fine  strings  from  the  Sandwich  ponds  in  the  heart 
of  the  Sandwich  notch. 

Mr.  Jacob  Wirt  has  as  guests  in  camp  at  Clearwater 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  H.  C.  Pillsbury,  of  Boston,  and  they 
are  getting  fish.  Clearwater  is  well  to  the  front  for  large 
salmon  and  lakers.  Mr.  Ed.  Jackson  got  what  is  claimed 
to  be  the  largest  string  ever  taken  last  week — four  sal- 
mon that  together  weighed  32J4  pounds.  Central. 


Are  Salmon  Decreasing  in  New! 
Brunswick  ? 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

In  your  issue  of  May  20  your  generally  well  informed 
contributor,  Mr.  E.  T.  D.  Chambers,  tells  us  that  salmon 
in  New  Brunswick  rivers  are  not  decreasing,  and  he 
quotes  from  the  last  report  of  H.  E.  Harrison,  Fish  In- 
spector for  the  counties  of  Kings,  Queens,  Sunbury, 
York,  Carleton  and  Victoria,  through  which  runs  the 
River  St.  John  and  its  great  tributary,  the  Tobique.  . 

Inspector  Harrison,  strange  to  say,  does  not  consider 
that  a steadily  decreasing  catch  in  all  these  counties 
since  1874  indicates  any  decrease  in  the  stock  of  salmon, 
but  is  rather  of  opinion  that  a decrease  in  the  annual 
catch  implies  a better  run  of  fish  in  the  rivers,  while  Mr. 
Chambers  expresses  his  own  conviction  that  the  Inspector 
is  much  more  correct  in  his  conclusions  than  are  those 
who  show  from  the  reports  of  the  Commissioner  of 
Fisheries  that,  since  fishculture  has  been  depended  on  to 
keep  up  the  salmon  stock,  the  catch  has  decreased  from 
75  to  100  per  cent,  in  all  the  rivers  where  hatcheries  have 
been  in  operation. 

If  Mr.  Chambers  will  consult  these  reports  he  will  find 
that  in  1874,  the  year  the  hatcheries  were  btfilt,  the  catch 
of  salmon  in  the  St.  John  River  counties  was  539,200 
pounds,  while  in  the  report  for  1903  the  catch  is  given 
as  334,940  pounds.  In  the  interim  between  these  two 
reports  59,410,200  young  salmon  from  the  hatchery  have 
been  planted  in  the  main  river  and  its  principal  tribu- 
taries. 

Mr.  Chambers  is  probably  not  aware  that  under  date 
of  May  28.  1883,  the  late  Commissioner  of  Fisheries,  W. 
F.  Whitcher,  in  a letter  in  your  columns,  pointed  out  that 
Prof.  A.  J.  Malmgren,  since  dead,  but  at  that  time  the 
highest  authority  in  Europe  on  fishculture,  had  recom- 
mended that  the  artificial  hatching  of  fish  be  discontinued 
as  a Government  work  for  the  reason  that  in  no  country 
in  which  it  had  been  pursued  could  any  substantial  re- 
turns for  the  public  expenditure  be  shown.  Mr.  Whitcher 
showed,  from  the  official  reports  of  the  Department  of 
Fisheries,  that  no  practical  results  were  visible  from  all 
the  millions  of  youpg  salmop  that  had  been  planted  in 


ten  years’  operations  of  the  hatcheries.  He  showed  from 
the  Blue  Books  that,  in  the  year  1874,  the  year  the  hatch- 
eries were  started,  the  catch  of  salmon  in  New  Bruns- 
wick was  3,214,182  pounds.  When  Mr.  Wilmot,  the  late 
superintendent  of  fishculture,  made  his  last  report  in  1894, , 
after  twenty  years’  operations,  the  catch  was  only  2,280,- 
468  pounds,  although  more  men  and  more  nets  were  em-  ° 
ployed  in  the  fishery,  both  on  the  coast  and  in  the  rivers. 

In  the  eleven  years  that  have  since  elapsed  Prof. 
Prince,  Mr.  Wilmot’s  successor,  has  been  in  charge;  more 
hatcheries  have  been  built  and  all  have  been  operated  on  1 
a scale  unknown  in  the  history  of  the  science.  The  Pro- 
fessor’s report  for  1903  gives  the  catch  of  salmon  in  New 
Brunswick  as  1,456,175  pounds,  after  129,286,200  young 
salmon  have  been  planted  in  her  rivers.  In  the  face  of 
these  facts  and  figures  from  the  Departmental  reports,  it  i 
is  difficult  to  see  on  what  Mr.  Chambers’ conviction  rests, 
as  it  is  to  ignore  the  fact  that,  as  artificial  culture  has  : 
increased  in  New  Brunswick,  the  catch  of  salmon  "has 
decreased. 

If  Mr.  Chambers  will  extend  his  examination  of  these 
Departmental  reports  he  will  find  a similar  state  of  things  j 
in  the  Provinces  of  Quebec  and  Nova  Scotia,  where  the 
catch  of  salmon  has  steadily  declined  ever  since  artificial- 
hatching  has  taken  the  place  of  natural  propagation. 

The  Old  Angler. 

Sussfx  N.  B.,  May.  ‘2i. 


Fishing  Waters  Near  New  York* 

It  is  seldom  that  New  York  anglers  have  a spring  like 
the  present  one.  Fishing  tackle  dealers  complain  that* 
they  have  made  fewer  sales  than  usual  to  their  local  trade- 
because  of  the  weather  condition,  although  their  regular' 
customers  in  other  parts  of  the  country  have  ordered': 
an  average  quantity  of  tackle,  and  the  southern  trade  held 
on  well  into  the  spring  months. 

When  the  trout  fishing  season  opened  in  nearby  States 
fewer  anglers  than  usual  took  advantage  of  the  oppor- 
tunity to  fish,  for  reports  from  the  small  streams  were 
not  very  encouraging,  and  those  who  went  out  found  the 
streams  very  low  and  trout  rising  less  than  they  expected.' 
There  were  some  reports  of  good  luck  from  Pennsyl-; 
vania  ' waters,  and  from  the  few  open  and  some  of  the 
preserved  waters  on  Long  Island,  but  most  of  the  au- 
thentic reports  had  to  do  with  small  catches  and  equally 
small  trout.  About  the  middle  of  May  several  reports 
j came  in  from  the  streams  that  flow  into  the  Delaware 
River,  referring  to  average  catches,  but  anglers  who  were, 
familiar  with  these  waters  doubted  their  accuracy  in  some1 
instances,  saying  they  had  not  had  such  luck  there  in 
recent  years.  „ 

Last  week  the  information  to  be  had  in  this  city1  was 
to  the  effect  that  the  trout  fishing  in  the  vicinty  of  Liv- 
ingston Manor,  Sullivan  county,  New  York,  was  good' 
This  was  after  the  few  light  rains  that  fell  a few  days 
previously.  Similar  reports  came  from  Delhi.  Evidently 
some  catches  were  made  in  the  Willowemoc,  but  most 
of  them  were  from  the  Beaverkill.  From  Esopus,  or 
the  Hudson,  reports  of  fair  catches  were  received,  but 
the  waters  were  not  mentioned.  In  the  vicinity  of  Esopu; 
there  are  several  small  streams,  notably  the  Walllcill 
Black,  Swartz,  Rondout  and  Esopus  creeks,  and  severa 
small  lakes.  Fair  luck  was  reported  at  the  same  tim< 
from  Brewster.  Fallsburg,  also  in  Sullivan  county,  is  th< 
objective  point  of  a number  of  local  anglers  early  in  the 
season.  This  is  on  the  Neversink  River,  and  above  thi 
town  the  fishing  is  best.  There  are  some  native  trou 
in  this  stream,  but  it  is  believed  that  the  brown  trou 
planted  there  have  nearly  exterminated  the  natives.  Th< 
brown  trout  sometimes  run  quite  large,  but  above  3 y 
pounds  they  can  harly  be  expected  to  take  the  fly. 

The  New  Jersey  end  of  Greenwood  Lake  is  now  oper 
to  anglers  for  black  bass,  which  will  take  the  fly  earl; 
in  the  season,  and  the  east  shore  of  the  Delaware  belovl 
Port  Jervis  is  also  open,  but  the  upper  river  will  not  b 
open  until  June  15,  although  there  are  numerous  smal 
feeders  of  this  river  that  contain  trout,  notably  the  Mon 
gaup  River  above  Port  Jervis;  Ten-mile  River,  at  Tuste? 
Post-office;  Beaver  Brook  and  Half-way  Brook,  nea: 
Barryville;  and  the  Neversink  north  of  Port  Jervis. 

One  of  the  nearest  lakes  to  this  city  where  bass  ma 
be  caught  is  Lake  Mahopac,  in  Putnam  county.  Th: 
season  opens  June  15.  This  lake  is  fished  a good  dea 
but  there  are  some  good  bass  still  in  it. 

Lake  Oscawana,  near  Peekskill,  is  another  nearby  lak 
in  which  both  bass  and  pickerel  may  be  caught  in  seasoi 
and  it  is  a beautiful  place  to  go. 

There  is  a small  lake  on  Verplanck’s  Point,  on  th 
Hudson  just  south  of  Peekskill,  where  an  occasional  bas 
arffi  pickerel  may  be  taken,  but  as  there  is  so  much  veg< 


June  3,  1905.]  • 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


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tation  in  the  water  in  summer,  weedless  hooks  will  be 
necessary.  This  is  Lake  Meahock. 

Not  far  away  and  accessible  from  Fort  Montgomery 
by  way  of  a road  that  follows  Popolopen  Creek,  is  Popol- 
; open  Pond,  where  a goodly  bass  can  be  taken  now  and 
then  in  season,  as  well  as  pickerel  and  small  fry.  Not 
far  away  is  Cranberry  Pond,  Bog  Meadow  Pond,  Suth- 
erland’s Pond  and  Long  Pond. 

Rockland  Lake,  near  the  town  of  Rockland,  is  still 
nearer  this  city,  and  anglers  go  there  frequently.  A few 
bass  are  taken  now  and  then,  and  pickerel  and  smaller 
fish,  but  too  many  persons  go  there  for  this  to  be  the 
good  water  it  was  years  ago. 

Orange  Lake,  near  Newburgh,  contains  black  bass, 
pickerel  and  yellow  perch,  and  occasionally  some  large 
bass  are  taken.  From  this  city  one  can  take  the  New- 
burgh boats,  and  trolley  car  from  Newburgh  to  the  lake, 
a distance  of  about  seventy  miles  in  all.  Nearer  the  town 
is  Washington  Lake,  to  fish  which  a permit  must  be  ob- 
tained from  the  water-works  commissioner.  Twelve 
miles  from  town,  and  also  reached  by  trolley,  is  the  Wall- 
kill  River,  containing  bass  and  pickerel. 

Glenmere  Lake,  in  Orange  county,  New  York,  is  known 
as  good  pickerel  water,  but  it  also  contains  bass.  It  is 
three  miles  from  Chester,  which  is  fifty-five  miles  from 
this  city ; and  less  than  two  miles  from  Florida,  the  latter 
village  being  about  sixty-five  miles  from  New  York  city. 
The  best  success  is  had  early  in  the  season  and  again  in 
the  autumn  by  trolling,  and  by  casting  during  the  sum- 
mer. 


Poetry  and  Prose  of  Angling* 

BY  CHARLES  HALLOCK. 

[Being  another  chapter  from  Mr.  Hallock’s  “Fishing  Tourist,” 

here  reprinted  by  courtesy  of  the  publishers,  Messrs.  Harper 

& Bros.] 

Some  gentlemen,  by  no  means  pretentious  or  opinion- 
ated, delight  to  assert  that  since  they  became  recognized 
anglers  they  have  never  taken  a trout  or  a salmon  ex- 
cept with  a fly.  I doff  my  hat  in  reverence  to  the  senti- 
ment; it  is  the  honest  utterance  of  a justifiable  pride.  It 
is  the  spirit  of  the  sangre  azul,  which  dignifies  the  culti- 
vated sportsman  above  the  mere  fisherman;  the  man  of 
honor  above  the  assassin,  the  Herod  among  the  small 
fry,  the  filler  of  pots  and  defier  of  close  seasons.  Never- 
theless, I cannot  admit  the  implication  that  the  man  who' 
habitually  uses  bait  is  consequently  a creel-stuffer,  or 
deficient  in  the  scientific  accomplishments  of  the  craft. 
Fly-fishing  and  bait-fishing  are  co-ordinate  branches  of 
the  same  study,  and  each  must  be  thoroughly  learned  to 
qualify  the  aspirant  to  honors  for  the  sublime  degree  of 
Master  of  the  Art. 

Grant  that  fly-fishing  transcendently  illustrates  the 
poetry  of  the  gentle  calling;  is  it  becoming  or  wise  to 
despise  the  sterner  prose,  the  metaphysics  of  the  more 
practical  school?  The  most  dazzling  accomplishment, 
that  one  which  most  enhances  individual  charms,  is  not 
necessarily  of  the  greatest  practical  or  substantial  worth. 
Each  method  of  fishing  has  its  advantages ; one  may  be 
made  available  where  the  other  is  wholly  impracticable. 
The  deftly-tossed  fly,  taking  wing  on  the  nerve  of  a 
masterly  cast,  will  drop  gracefully  far  out  in  the  stream 
where  the  heavier  gear  of  the  bait  rod  would  never  aspire 
to  reach.  On  the  other  hand,  the  bait  must  supersede 
the  fly  on  densely  overgrown  streams,  and  wherever  the 
locality  precludes  proper  casting-room.  Moreover,  fish 
do  not  always  prefer  the  same  diet.  They  have  their 
times  to  eat  and  their  choice  of  food,  whether  red  worms, 
small  fry,  maggots,  or  flies.  They  will  take  bait  when 
they  will  not  rise  to  a fly.  The  red  worm  is  notoriously 
the  most  acceptable  food  of  the  lordly  salmon.  The 
Salmo  family  do  not  feed  upon  insects  and  flies ; they 
make  no  hearty  meal  of  such.  These  are  merely  the 
souffles  and  whipped  syllabub  of  their  table1  d’hote — their 
superficial  dessert,  which  they  gracefully  rise  to  accept. 
Has  it  become  the  law  of  Piscator  that  professional 
anglers  shall  pander  to  the  pampered  epicure  alone?  that 
they  shall  never  tempt  the  trout  or  salmon  except  when 
in  his  most  fastidious  mood?  I might  even  strain  a point 
in  favor  of  the  bait-fisher,  and  hold  that,  inasmuch  as 
fishes,  like  men,  have  their  five  senses,  and  since  in  fly- 
fishing the  sense  of  sight  alone  is  tested,  such  kind  of 
angling  is  a mean  imposition  upon  the  creatures’  credulity, 

■ and  not  fair  play  at  all. 

I utter  no1  plea  for  the  bait-fisher  who  angles  stolidly 
from  boat  or  stump ; there  is  neither  sport  nor  science 
nor  sense  in  his  method.  But  to  the  man  who  can  handle 
his  rod  properly  and  with  successful  result  in  an  im- 
petuous river  or  tumbling  mountain  stream  (I  care  not 
whether  he  uses  fly  or  bait),  I must  in  justice  concede 
a claim  to  high  rank  in  the  angling  fraternity.  A thor- 
ough knowledge  of  the  habits  of  the  fish  is  requisite  in 
either  case ; and  without  that  knowledge  which  the  prac- 
ticed bait-fisher  must  acquire  of  their  haunts  and  breed- 
ing-places, their  exits  and  their  entrances,  their  food  and 
times  for  feeding,  and  the  seasons  when  they  are  in  con- 
dition, no  man  can  be  regarded  a perfect  angler,  no  mat- 
ter whether  he  handle  his  fly  with  the  skill  of  Arachne 
herself.  (Joke  intended.) 

Exhausted  with  my  attempt  to  legitimate  the  habitual 
bait-fisher  into  the  family  of  sportsmen  (for  which  he 
will  doubtless  thank  me),  I am  fain  to1  assert  that  the 
acquisition  of  the  artificial  fly  to  the  angler’s  portfolio 
has  measurably  increased  the  charms  of  his  sport.  Fly- 
fishing gives  more  varied  play  and  greater  exercise  to  the 
muscles;  it  bestows  a keener  excitement;  it  intensifies  the 
perceptive  faculties;  it  requires  nicer  judgment  than 
bait-fishing,  quicker  and  more  delicate  manipulation,  and 
greater  promptness  in  emergencies ; it  is  more  human- 
izing in  its  influences ; it  is  beautiful  in  its  associations, 
and  poetic  in  the  fancies  it  begets.  Light  as  a thistle’s 
down  the  little  waif  of  a fly  flits  hither  and  yon,  dancing 
upon  the  ripples,  coursing  over  the  foam,  breasting  the 
impetuous  current,  leaving  its  tiny  trail  where  the  sur- 
face is  smoothest,  but  always  glancing,  gleaming,  coquet- 
ting like  the  eye  of  a maiden,  and  as  fatally  ensnaring. 
It  woos  no  groundlings;  it  is  not  “of  the  earth  earthy”; 
it  is  all  ethereal,  vitalizing,  elevating.  There  is  nothing 
groveling  in  fly-fishing — nothing  gross  or  demoralizing. 

But  bait-fishing?  Well — it  is  cruel  to  impale  a min- 
now or  a frog.  It  is  vulgar  and  revolting  to  thread  a 
worm.  Worms!  bah!  let  them  go  to  the  bottom.  I drop 
my  line  just  here.  I have  gained  a temporary  vantage 


for  my  bait-fishing  friend.  If  he  loses  the  campaign,  he 
deserves  to  be  beaten  with  his  own  rod.  For  myself,  I 
boldly  avow  an  unqualified  preference  for  the  fly  in  all 
cases  where  its  use  is  practicable.  I have  said  as  much 
already.  Let  it  be  recorded. 

Upon  one  other  point  I shall  make  issue  with  these 
anglers  par  excellence — this  select  coterie  of  soi  disant 
professionals;  not  because  they  are  not  really  the  ex- 
perts they  assume  to  be,  but  because  of  the  very  com- 
placent manner  in  which  they  fold  their  arms  upon  the 
tip-top  pinnacle  of  cumulative  knowledge,  and  super- 
ciliously look  dpwn  upon  their  fellow-crafts  below.  These 
eminent  gentry  affect  to  despise  trout-fishing.  “Oh !” 
they  say,  “we  never  trouble  such  small  game.  We’ve  got 
past  that  sort  of  thing.  All  very  well  for  those  who 
have  never  had  a hack  at  a salmon — very  decent  sort  of 
sport,  you  know ; but  as  for  us,  we  couldn’t  look  at  a 
trout  when  salmon  are  running.” 

“But,  sir,  consider — ” 

“My  dear  fellow,  it’s  no  use  talking,  you  never  can 
have  an  idea  of  real  genuine  sport  until  you  get  hung  of 
a forty-pound  salmon  !” 

Such  positive  assurances,  coming  from  such  high  au- 
thority, ought  to  be  convincing  and  conclusive.  Sir 
Oracle’s  estimate  of  sport  is  evidently  as  between  a half- 
pound  trout  and  a forty-pound  salmon,  all  other  condi- 
tions being  equal. 

Now,  in  truth,  the  quality  of  sport  is  in  the  ratio  of  the 
delicacy  of  the  tackle  to  the  strength  and  play  of  the 
fish.  A four-pound  trout  on  a 8-ounce  rod  is  equal  to  a 
sixteen-pound  salmon  on  a 32-ounce  rod.  “But.”  urges 
the  salmon-fisher,  “the  nobler  the  game  the  nobler  the 
sport.”  Granted,  provided  the  relative  conditions  are 
maintained — not  otherwise.  If  forty-pound  salmon  are 
to  be  hauled  in  hand  over  hand  on  a cod  line,  or  if  whit- 
ling  trout  are  to  be  whipped  out  on  a twenty-feet  salmon 
rod — if  size  and  weight  alone  are  to  determine  the  qual- 
ity of  the  sport,  and  the  value  of  the  captive  as  a game 
fish,  why,  one  might  as  well  troll  for  Mackinaw  trout, 
or  drag  the  East  River  for  dead  bodies.  I have  had  more 
positive,  continuous  enjoyment  with  a three-pound  trout 
on  a one-handed  Andrew  Clerke  split  bamboo  (I  never 
drop  a fly  from  any  other  rod)  than  I experienced  from 
the  biggest  salmon  I ever  took  in  the  Restigouche.  It 
was  in  the  East  River,  near  Chester,  Nova  Scotia.  But 
especially  shall  I remember  the  chase  a lively  grilse  led 
me  on  that  self-same  day.  The  larger  salmon  had 
stopped  running  for  the  season,  and  the  chances  were 
so  small  of  taking  on  my  delicate  trouting  tackle  any  de- 
scription of  fish  other  than  the  trout  I angled  for,  that 
I felt  little  risk  in  casting  my  line  over  the  waters  where 
salmon  would  be  likely  to  lie.  I had  just  recuperated 
from  my  laborious  contest  with  the  big  trout;  and  when 
the  grilse  struck  the  hook  smartly,  I had  reason  to  believe 
that  I had  my  trout’s  big  brother  in  hand.  But  I was 
undeceived  “in  a jiffy.”  The  instant  the  fellow  felt  him- 
self hooked,  he  shot  up  a rapid  with  my  whole  seventy- 
five  feet  of  line,  and  when  he  was  snubbed  leaped  a 
boulder  three  feet  high,  and  ran  back  again  to  the  pool 
he  started  from,  where  he  stopped  to  consider  the  situa- 
tion. Doubtless  he  felt  it  to  be  ridiculous.  I certainly 
so  regarded  my  own  position.  I was  standing  on  a slip- 
pery shelf,  which  I had  attained  with  difficulty  in  order 
to  get  a decent  cast,  with  a dense  thicket  of  alders  over 
my  head  and  an  inky  pool  of  unknown  depth  directly 
below  my  feet.  I had  hooked  the  fellow  just  at  the  foot 
of  the  pool  beside  which  I stood.  The  angler  will  ap- 
preciate the  situation.  I had  either  to  break  tackle,  lose 
fish,  or  perchance  drown  myself.  The  rapid  return  of 
the  fish  made  a frightful  sag  in  my  line,  and  I was  “taking 
in  slack”  as  rapidly  as  possible,  when  the  extra  strain  of 
the  line  drawing  down  the  current  wakened  up  his  ideas ; 
and,  giving  a short  leap  clear  of  the  water,  he  darted 
down  stream  like  a rocket.  How  the  hook  kept  fast  in 
his  jaws  all  this  time  was  a mystery.  Zip  went  the  reel 
with  a velocity  that  almost  struck  fire ; into  the  water 
leaped  the  rod,  following  the  fish ; and  after  the  rod  floun- 
dered I,  still  clinging  to  the  butt.  I did  not  say  my  pray- 
ers, but  I had  just  time  to  think  how  much  it  would  cost 
to  repair  my  Baguelin  watch,  when  my  feet  touched 
gravel  at  the  head  of  the  rapid,  and  one  risk  was  can- 
celed. If  you  had  seen  me  follow  that  fish  down  stream, 
you  would  have  been  delighted  at  my  good  fortune  in 
circumventing  obstacles.  The  river  was  full  of  boulders, 
and  there  was  great  and  immediate  danger  of  getting  my 
line  fouled.  But  I presently  got  control  of  my  game,  and 
gave  him  the  butt  handsomely — and  after  that  he  didn’t 
run  faster  than  I wished.  The  fellow  had  me  at  a dis- 
advantage, and  the  wonder  was  how  I ever  got  him  at 
all ; but  when  I emptied  the  water  out  of  my  long  boots, 
I felt  glad  that  I had  bagged  that  fish.  But  I have  always 
worn  low  shoes  since,  when  fishing. 

Doubtless  there  is  an  exultant,  pulse-compelling  pride 
in  landing  a monster  salmon  of  indefinite  weight,  which 
does  not  pertain  to  ordinary  or  extraordinary  trout-fish- 
.ing;  but  as  to  the  comparative  merits  of  the  two  species, 
it  is  a question  in  my  mind  which  should  be  voted  the 
nobler  game.  Their  habits,  haunts  and  characteristics  are 
identical  in  many  respects ; and  excepting  in  size,  one 
may  be  justly  regarded  the  peer  of  the  other.  This  single 
difference  may  be  adjusted,  as  I have  shown,  by  a proper 
adaptation  of  the  tackle  employed  to  capture  them.  It  is 
certainly  rougher  work  to  kill  a salmon,  and  vastly  more 
fatiguing;  and  at  times  the  sport  is  positively  dangerous. 
As  respects  collateral  pleasures  derived  from  natural  sur- 
roundings and  associations,  it  may  be  remarked  that  trout 
streams  are  generally  more  romantic  than  those  localities 
where  salmon  are  caught;  because  being  tributaries  of 
the  larger  rivers,  they  are  situated  higher  up  among  the 
mountain  sources;  they  are  farther  from  the  salt  air  of 
the  ocean,  and  in  a rarer  and  purer  atmosphere;  they  are 
generally  more  accessible  to  civilization;  and  they  tra- 
verse regions  more  hospitable,  where  game  is  found  in 
greater  variety  and  abundance,  where  the  forests  are 
denser  and  teem  with  bird  and  insect  life.  And  finally, 
as  regards  those  ambidextrous  experts  who  affect  to  re- 
gard trout-fishing  as  the  inferior  art  and  beneath  their 
attention,  I will  simply  revenge  myself  by  quoting  from 
Francis  Francis,  the  astute  observer,  who  says : “A  good 
trout-fisher  will  easily  become  an  expert  at  salmon-fish- 
ing; but  a very  respectable  practitioner  with  the  salmon- 
rod  will  often  have  all  his  schooling  to  do  afresh,  should 
he  descend  to  trout-fishing,  before  he  can  tahe  rapk  as 
a master  of  the  art.” 


Fish  Chat. 


BY  EDWARD  A.  SAMUELS. 

Sea-Going  and  Landlocked  Salmon. 

It  is  fortunate  that  the  efforts  of  the  Maine  Commis- 
sioners on  Fisheries  to  stock  the  lakes  of  the  old  “Pine 
Tree  State”  with  landlocked  salmon  have  met  with  suc- 
cess which,  in  some  respects,  may  be  considered  almost 
phenomenal. 

It  is  not  so  very  many  years  ago  that  many  of  the 
anglers  and  others  who  witnessed  the  first  attempts  of 
the  Commissioner  to  plant  the  young  salmon,  viewed  the 
operation  with  scepticism  and  distrust ; scepticism  as  to 
the  feasibility  of  the  undertaking,  and  distrust  at  the  out- 
come should  their  efforts  be  crowned  with  success. 

Anglers  in  Maine  waters  in  those  days  were  trout  fish- 
ermen, pure  and  simple.  The  spotted  beauties,  those 
royal,  great  fish  such  as  we  used  to  get  thirty  or  more 
years  ago,  were  to  them  the  greatest  attraction  those 
lakes  could  offer,  and  the  fact  that  they  were  to  be 
stocked  with  salmon  seemed  a menace  to  the  beautiful 
fish  whose  pursuit  had  been  to  them  a delight  which 
might  well  be  called  incomparable.  They  all  believed,  or 
at  any  rate,  most  of  them  did,  that  a liberal  distribution 
of  the  salmon  in  the  waters  in  which  the  trout  had  for 
many  years  made  their  home  would  gradually  bring  about 
the  extermination  of  the  other  fish,  for  the  reason  that 
the  salmon  because  of  its  greater  strength  and  activity 
seems  able  to  conquer  and  replace  other  species  with 
which  it  is  thrown,  in  contact. 

I happened  to  be  present  on  the  occasion  when  Mr. 
Stanley  put  out  one  of  the  first  lots  of  fry  that  were  put 
out  in  the  Rangeley  lakes ; it  was  a great  many  years  ago, 
but  I remember  the  incident  quite  distinctly,  and  the 
short  conversation  we  had  in  which  I asked  him  if  he 
did  not  believe  that  ultimately  the  salmon  would  sup- 
plant the  trout  in  those  waters.  If  I remember  correctly 
he  replied  that  there  was  not  very  much  danger  of  it, 
but  that  if  by  any  possibility  there  should  be  such  an 
outcome  it  would  only  be  the  ascendancy  of  a magnificent 
game  fish  over  one  less  grand. 

I had  long  before  that  period  become  acquainted  with 
the  gamy  qualities  of  the  landlocked,  and  I was  not  as 
averse  as  some  were  to-  the  introduction  of  those  fish 
in  waters  in  which  we  had  sought  and  found  our  old 
darlings,  the  spotted  trout ; but  as  I recall  my  feelings 
at  the  time,  I confess  I had  some  misgivings,  for  I knew 
perfectly  well  how  quickly  a given  body  of  water  may  be 
depleted  of  trout  by  another  and  more  voracious  species. 

As  for  example,  the  destruction  that  was  wrought  in 
a very  few  years  in  Lake  Umbagog,  the  lower  of  the 
Androscoggin  system.  In  the  early  sixties  trout  were  as 
abundant  in  that  lake  as  they  were  in  either  of  the  others, 
but  by  some  mischance  pickerel  were  introduced  in  its 
waters,  and  so  speedy  was  their  work  of  destruction  it 
was  next  to  impossible  ten  years  later  to  find  a trout 
either  in  Umbagog  or  the  Magalloway  River  as  far  up 
as  the  Aziscohos  falls,  to  which  point  the  pickerel  as- 
cended. The  salmon  were  introduced  and  the  antici- 
pated 

Supplanting  is  Now  Going  On. 

In  the  early  seventies  the  trout  fishing  in  the  Rangeley 
lakes  was  simply  magnificent,  and  more  beautiful  fish 
than  those  we  used  to  take  in  those  years  never  came 
to  the  fly. 

Here  are  a few  records  of  catches  that  were  then  made : 

In  1876  one  rod,  one  day,  seven  trout  that  weighed 
thirty-six  pounds ; several  rods  in  one  day  took  trout 
weighing  seven  pounds,  7(4  pounds,  8(4  pounds,  8(4' 
pounds  and  9(4  pounds. 

One  angler  took  in  a few  days’  fishing  eighty-eight 
pounds  of  trout,  the  smallest  of  which  weighed  three 
pounds  and  the  largest  9(4  pounds. 

In  1877  some  of  the  catches  made  at  the  Upper  Dam 
were  as  follows : Six  trout  weighing  3(4,  4(4,  5,  424,  724 
and  524  pounds.  Two  anglers  killed  twenty-seven  which 
weighed  108  pounds,  an  average  of  four  pounds  each.  One 
rod  at  a single  cast  took  two  fish  which  weighed  5(4  and 
7(4  pounds. 

In  1878  the  Commissioners  captured  for  hatching  pur- 
poses 159  trout,  the  average  weight  of  which  was  4(4 
pounds.  Of  these  three  weighed  eight  pounds,  two 
weighed  nine  pounds,  one  9(4  pounds  and  two  ten  pounds. 

In  1881  the  writer  took,  in  one  day,  seven  trout  at  the 
Middle  Dam  which  weighed  36(4  pounds.  Another  angler 
took  in  two  hours  five  trout  which  weighed  23(4  pounds. 

Yes,  that  was  grand  fishing,  but  the  leviathans  are  now 
becoming  scarce,  and  the  number  of  small  ones  grows 
appreciably  less. 

In  speaking  of  the  change  that  has  been  brought  about, 
one  of  my  correspondents  in  a recent  letter,  says:  “At 
the  Upper_  Dam  the  giant  beauties  still  congregate,  but, 
alas,  not  in  such  numbers  as  formerly — -the  landlocked 
salmon  predominate  there  now  in  sizable  fish.” 

Now,  of  course  it  will  be  very  many  years  before  the 
salmon  supplant  the  trout  in  the  Maine  lakes,  and  the 
present  generation  of  trout  anglers  need  not  despair;  but 
when  salmon  are  as  abundant  in  those  waters  as  the  trout 
in  old  times  were,  what  magnificent  sport  coming  genera- 
tions of  anglers  will  enjoy.  The  idea  of  salmon  fishing, 
grand  salmon  fishing,  obtainable  at  will  ought  to  send 
an  exultant  thrill  through  every  angler. 

Of  late  years  salmon  anglers  who  were  not  lessees  of 
Canadian  rivers  or  members  of  clubs  have  been  obliged 
to  forego  their  favorite  sport,  for  almost  every  foot  of 
desirable  salmon  water  is  covered  by  leases,  and  to  be- 
come a member  of  one  of  the  clubs  means  the  outlay 
sometimes  of  several  thousands  of  dollars,  and  even  such 
membership  has  not  always  furnished  the  anglers  with 
satisfactory  sport,  for  the  Atlantic  salmon,  by  reason  of 
the  excessive  netting  that  is  now  carried  on  in  all  waters 
frequented  by  the  fish,  even  to  the  head  of  tidewater  in 
the  rivers,  together  with  the  scandalous  extent  to  which 
poaching  is  prosecuted,  are  so  rapidly  reducing  the  num- 
bers of  the  fish,  many  anglers  and  others  who  are  in  vari- 
ous ways  interested  in  our  noble  game  fish  regard  with 
anxiety  and  alarm  its  extirpation  which,  to  them,  seems 
ominously  near. 

If  then  salmon  anglers  are  in  the  near  future  to  be 
enabled  to  obtain  a fair  share  of  their  favorite  sport  in 
^iome  waters  at  a mere  trifle  of  expense  compared  with 


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[June  3,  1905. 


that  which  would  necessarily  be  incurred  in  fishing  on 
Canadian  rivers,  it  seems  to  me  that  the  Maine  Commis- 
sioners have  well  earned  their  everlasting  gratitude. 

Salmon  and  Landlocked  Angling  Compared. 

Now,  it  is  sometimes  said  “landlocked  fishing  is  all 
very  well,  but  these  fish  are  not  like  sea  salmon  either 
in  gaminess,  strength,  or  size.”  While  this  is,  in  a 
measure,  true,  the  statement  admits  of  qualification,  for  a 
good  deal  depends  on  the  conditions  under  which  the  fish 
are  hooked  and  played.  A fifteen-pound  landlocked,  if 
hooked  on  the  troll  in  deep  water,  does  not  make  an 
energetic  struggle,  neither  would  a sea  salmon  of  the 
same  size  hooked  and  played  in  water  of  equal  depth. 
Both  would  give  a determined  resistance  to  the  rod,  but 
both  would  “sag  down”  as  it  wrere  deep  in  the  water 
doggedly  and  persistently,  but  they  would  not  make  fierce 
runs  nor  leap  very  often  above  the  surface. 

But  make  fast  to  a landlocked  in  the  pool  below  the 
Upper  Dam  and  he  would,  in  my  opinion,  give  almost  as 
much  play  as  would  a salmon  in  a pool  of  equal  size  on 
a Canadian  stream ; not  quite,  of  course,  for  the  fresh- 
run  fish  just  up  from  the  sea  possesses  a vigor,  a bril- 
liant energy  and  gaminess  that  is  never  found  in  a fish 
whose  life  is  passed  in  fresh  water.  All  this  with  heavy 
tackle,  such  as  is  ordinarily  employed. 

Now,  it  may  be  said  that  the  average  weight  of  the 
landlocked  is  much  below  that  of  the  sea  salmon,  and 
therefore  cannot  be  expected  to  furnish  as  exciting  sport. 
While  it  is  true  that  the  sea-going  fish,  as  a rule,  are 
heavier  than  the  others,  there  are  a great  many  land- 
locks  taken  nowadays  which  compare  more  than  favor- 
ably with  their  cousins,  as  is  shown  in  the  May  6 issue 
of  Forest  and  Stream,  page  356. 

But  the  average  weight  of  the  landlocks  is  constantly 
increasing,  while  that  of  the  sea  salmon  is  as  surely  de- 
creasing, the  thirty  and  forty-pounders  which  used  to 
come  to  the  gaff  now  being  few  and  far  between.  This 
steady  decrease  in  the  size  of  the  salmon  has  already 
been  treated  cf  by  me  in  Forest  and  Stream,  Dec.  19, 

1903,  and  I will  not  further  dwell  on  it  here.  The  de- 
crease in  size  of  the  fish  has  been  accmpanied  by  a de- 
crease in  numbers,  the  annual  catch  falling  away  steadily, 
year  by  year,  as  is  shown  by  the  annual  reports  of  the 
Department  of  Marine  and  Fisheries  of  Canada ; that  for 

1904,  recently  published,  showing  a very  great  falling  off 
from  that  of  previous  years,  the  figures  being  for  the 
Maritime  Province  in  1903  about  2,850,000  pounds,  while 
that  of  1894  amounted  to  3,714.955  pounds,  a shrinkage 
of  nearly  one  million  pounds  in  nine  years. 

This  steady  decline  of  the  Atlantic  salmon  fisheries 
points  to  an  inevitable  end  unless  the  destruction  wrought 
by  the  netters  shall  be  greatly  curtailed,  and  it  may  not 
be  many  years  before  the  dependence  of  salmon  anglers 
must  be  placed  on  the  so-called  landlocks,  whose  numbers 
are  not  decimated  by  nets,  weirs,  pounds,  dynamite,  etc. 

Another  danger  to  which  the  Atlantic  salmon  is  ex- 
posed is  that  from  the  poachers,  whose  dastardly  work 
seems  to  be  increasing.  One  can  hardly  find  a Canadian 
river  on  the  shores  of  which  remnants  of  rolls  of  birch 
bark  are  not  visible,  those  rolls  having  been  lighted  and 
used  as  torches  to  guide  the  netters  and  spearers  in  their 
nefarious  work. 

_ One  of  my  correspondents,  in  referring  to  this  condi- 
tion of  things,  says,  that  a distinguished  gentleman  late- 
ly deceased,  owned,  “by  riparian  rights,  the  very  best 
salmon  pools  on  the  Southwest  Miramichi,  at  Rocky 
Point,  Clearwater  and  Burnt  Hill.  These  he  had  not 
visited  for  a number  of  years  nor  had  anyone  represent- 
ing him  or  his  associates  in  the  ownership.  This  has  al- 
ways been  a matter  of  surprise  to  me,  for  I considered 
them  the  best  salmon  pools  in  New  Brunswick.  When  I 
saw  his  death  announced  I advised  a friend  to  get  them 
as.  a good  investment  if  the  price  was  not  out  of  reason. 
His  reply  was  as  follows : 

“ ‘I  do  not  think  the  investment  would  be  a good  one 
unless  one  had  the  money  to  guard  the  stream  well  below 
the  pools  you  mention.  There  is  a great  deal  of  netting 
at  the  mouth  of  the.  river  and  a great  deal  of  poaching 
along  the  river  below  these  pools,  and  unless  one  had 
money  enough  to  put  on  plenty  of  guardians  and  influ- 
ence to  stop  this  netting,  these  pools  will  never  be  again 
worth  a great  deal  of  money.’  ” 

To  this  my  friend,  in  commenting  says : “From  this 

you  will  see  how  little  hope  there  is  for  any  improve- 
ment in  the  future.  It  shows  that  nothing  but  the  strict 
and  costly  guardianship  of  the  Restigouche,  Metapedia, 
Nepisiquit  and  Cascapedia  rivers  save  them  from  the  de- 
pletion that  has  befallen  the  Miramichi,  where  the  guar- 
dianship is  a mere  farce. 

Salmo  salar  has  a hard  time,  and  the  end  is  not 
yet.  Now  in  angling  for  sea  salmon  the  ordinary 
salmon  rod  and  tackle  are  employed,  no  matter 
how  small  the  average  of  fish  in  the  river  may  be, 
some  of  the  streams  rarely  containing  fish  which  much 
overrun  eight  pounds  in  weight,  but  in  the  Maine  lakes, 
notably  the  Rangel eys,  light  fly-tackle  is  often  success- 
fully employed,  and  with  large  fish  at  that,  one  gentleman 
of  my  acquaintance  having,  last  year,  killed  a I29/M 
pound  salmon  on  a No.  6 hook.  He  uses  on  these  large 
fish  quite  small  hooks  and  light  tackle.  He  sent  me  a 
short  time  ago  a specimen  of  the  Tomah-Jo  fly  which 
had  recently  been  tied  for  him,  and  it  was  really  small 
for  a trout  fly  even.  Salmon  anglers  would  arch  their 
eyebrows  if  asked  to  kill  a fresh  run  fish  on  so  small  a 
hook,  but  my  friend  will  use  no  larger  ones,  and  kills  six 
to  eight-pound  fish  on  Nos.  12  or  10  hooks. 

, Now,  I consider  that,  bearing  in  mind  the  axiom,  “The 
lighter  the  tackle  the  keener  the  sport,”  my  friend’s  sal- 
mon fishing  is  far  and  away  ahead  of  that  which  falls  to 
most  men. 

The  Identity  of  the  Landlocks. 

u In  a recent  letter  from  an  old  friend  is  the  following: 
‘You  are  an  authority  on  landlocked  salmon  fishing.  I 
think  the  first  time  I met  you  years  ago  was  on  the 
steamer  which  you  boarded  at  Eastport,  returning  from 
one  of  your  fishing  trips.  What  I want  to  ask  is,  how 
large  are  these  fish  taken  in  Maine?  My  brother,  who 
fishes  on  the  St.  Croix  waters,  says  they  rarely  are  taken 
there  over  4^2  to  6 pounds.  I see  in  Forest  and 
Stream,  May  6 issue,  that  this  species  has  been  caught 
in  Sebago  Lake  in  April,  this  season,  weighing  as  hi^jh 


as  nineteen  pounds.  Are  these  true  landlocked  salmon? 
Do  you  know  whether  as  soon  as  the  ice  goes  out,  they 
are  taken  on  the  fly,  or  by  trolling  with  spoon  or  bait?” 

In  answering  my  friend’s  inquiries  I stated  that  all  the 
so-called  landlocked  salmon  of  Maine  and  elsewhere  are 
of  one  species  and  that  species  is  identical  with  the  At- 
lantic salmon,  but  they  vary  in  general  appearance  just 
as  the  sea-going  salmon  vary.  The  educated  angler  can 
identify  a Restigouche  fish  at  a glance,  there  is  almost 
no  chance  for  a mistake. 

So  with  the  landlocks,  there  is  something  about  the 
Sebago  fish  which  establishes  its  identity  at  once ; it  is 
as  different  from  the  St.  Croix  salmon  as  is  the  Resti- 
gouche fish  from  the  others.  As  to  size  and  condition, 
these  depend  entirely  upon  the  abundance  of  food  to 
which  they  have  access.  The  landlocks  of  the  St.  Croix 
system,  in  consequence  of  the  comparatively  meager  sup- 
ply of  food  obtainable,  rarely  attain  a greater  weight 
than  four  or  five  pounds,  and  fish  of  that  size  are  not 
very  abundant;  they  are  much  larger  than  they  were  in 
the  sixties,  their  average  weight  then  being  hardly  two 
pounds.  But  plant  the  young  of  these  same  St.  Croix 
salmon  in  the  Rangeley  Lakes,  where  there  is  an  aston- 
ishing amount  of  food,  and  they  will  attain  a weight  of 
twelve  or  more  pounds  in  a very  few  years. 

So.  with  the  Sebago  salmon;  their  supply  of  food  is 
prodigious,  and  as  a result  fish  overrunning  twenty 
pounds  have  been  taken. 

As  to  the  manner  of  fishing,  I think  that  all  the  sal- 
mon in  the  Maine  lakes  are  taken  with  the  troll  early,  or 
as  soon  as  the  ice  goes  out,  and  along  through  the  spring, 
but  in  the  late  summer  and  early  autumn  they  refuse 
the  troll  but  come  to  the  artificial  fly. 


Lake  Bait  Fishing  for  Black  Bass. 

There  is  no  fish,  considering  its  size,  that  surpasses 
the  black  bass  for  gameness.  It  is  the  very  embodi- 
ment of  energy  and  wiliness.  Captious  to  a degree,  it 
is  never  possible  to  know  just  what  its  appetite  calls 
fop.  To-day  it  is  frogs,  to-morrow  helgramites.  now 
minnows,  anon  crickets;  so  as  to  crawfish,  shrimp, 
worms  and  other  sorts  of  bait.  But  when  it  bites,  as  a 
rule  it  bites  viciously,  and  hooked,  makes  a fierce 
fight  for  freedom.  Many  manage  to  escape.  All  the 
skill  of  the  most  expert  fisherman  is  required  to  be  a 
successful  black  bass  angler.  And,  further,  no  small 
consideration,  the  black  bass  is  a most  excellent  table 
fish.  These  remarks  apply  equally  to  each  variety — 
the  small-mouth  and  the  large. 

There  is  nothing  surprising,  therefore,  as  its  habitat 
is  pretty  much  all  parts  of  our  country,  that  black  bass 
fishing  has  become  common  in  America  and  is  at- 
tracting a constantly  increasing  number  of  anglers,  and 
that  all  first-class  fishing  tackle  establishments  devote 
themselves  largely  to  providing  suitable  weapons  that 
the  fisherman  may  wage  victorious  battle  with  this 
doughty  knight.  But  in  spite  of  the  abundance  and  ac- 
cessibility of  what  the  black  bass  angler  requires  it  is 
desirable  for  him  to  have  considerable  knowledge  of 
his  needs  before  he  enters  one  of  these  establishments 
to  procure  an  outfit,  that  he  may  purchase  sagaciously 
and  enconomically. 

This  article  will  have  in  view  what  such  a fisherman 
requires  in  lake  bait  fishing,  and  will  give  some  hints 
as  to  the  modus  operandi  in  angling. 

First,  as  to  the  rod,  or,  better,  rods.  The  ITenshall 
bait  rod,  8^ ft.  in  length,  weight,  in  split  bamboo,  8oz., 
is  about  right  for  all-round  rod.  Henshall,  and  others, 
think  it  the  ideal  rod  for  casting;  but  the  writer  does 
not,  preferring  a rod  about  6ft.  in  length,  weighing  in 
split  bamboo  about  7oz.  But  for  still-fishing,  especially 
from  a boat,  the  Henshall  rod  is  perfection.  The  split 
bamboo  is  the  best  rod  made,  but  only  when  it  is  a 
fine  one.  Better  by  far  not  indulge  in  it  unless  it  is  of 
the  best  workmanship.  A good  lancewood  is  every 
way  preferable  to  even  a middling  split  bamboo;  and  a 
steel  is  the  thing  if  the  angler  is  not  prepared  to  put 
considerable  money  in  a wood  rod.  Let  it  not  be 
forgotten  that  it  is  a fatal  blunder  to  go  a-fishing  for 
black  bass  with  a poor  rod. 

For  bait-casting  a multiplying  reel  is  indispensable. 
Here  again  the  best  is  none  too  good.  It  should  hold 
from  sixty  to  eighty  yards  of  line,  as  the  sizes  are 
numbered.  There  is  no  difficulty  in  procuring  a fine 
multiplying  reel  to  suit  any  angler’s  taste,  for  almost 
any  large  fishing  tackle  establishment  takes  pride  in 
trying  to  surpass  every  other  in  meeting  the  demands 
of  the  most  fastidious.  While  the  multiplying  reel  is 
not  necessary  in  still-fishing,  it  is  by  no  means  a dis- 
advantage, and  is  not  a drawback  in  fly-fishing. 

The  line  should  be  of  hard  braided  silk,  size  H or 
G,  for  casting;  G or  F for  still-fishing  and  trolling.  A 
waterproof  line  is  capital  for  still-fishing  and  trolling, 
but  is  generally  not  suitable  for  bait-casting.  Fifty 
yards  on  the  reel  is  about  the  right  length. 

As  to  hooks,  the  writer  prefers  Pennell  Limerick, 
turrt-down-eye,  bronzed  hooks,  size  1 or  2.  They  cost 
much  more  than  the  ordinary  hooks,  but  are  well  worth 
the  difference. 

Floats  are  sometimes  necessary,  as  when  one  is  fish- 
ing, over  snags  or  grass.  They  should  be  rather  small, 
2k2in.  or  3in.,  and  of  a make  that  can  be  readily  put 
on  or  taken  off  the  line. 

For  still-fishing  the  sinker  should  be  only  heavy 
enough  to  keep  the  bait  down  in  the  water.  For  bait- 
casting the  weight  of  the  sinker  depends  upon  the 
weight  of  the  bait.  A minnow  is  often  sufficiently 
heavy  without  any  additional  weight.  If  the  swivel 
sinker  is  used  a swivel  can  be  dispensed  with  in  casting; 
otherwise  it  is  necessary.  One  of  the  smaller  sizes 
should  be  used,  and  of  brass,  not  steel. 

A landing  net  is  required.  To  attempt  to  land  black 
bass  without  it  is  folly;  it  would  mean  a broken  rod 
and  line  and  the  escape  of  the  fish  in  all  likelihood.  It 
pays  to  own  a strong,  well-made  collapsible  landing  net, 
such  as  can  be  found  at  any  first-class  fishing  tackle 
shop. 

The  possession  of  a floating  bait  pail  is  desirable. 
An  oval  pail  that  holds  about  ten  quarts  will  serve  the 
purpose.  The  anglers  should  never  forget  how  de- 
pendent his  minnows  are  upon  fresh  water  and  keep 


the  floating  pail  as  much  in  the  lake  as  possible,  but 
when  he  must  keep  it  out,  change  the  water  frequently. 

In  trolling  and.  in  casting  the  bass  will  often  bite 
freely  at  a spOon  bait.  It  will  sometimes  be  found  that 
if  a piece  of  pork  be  attached  to  the  hook  of  the  spoon- 
lure  its  attractiveness  will  be  greatly  increased.  The 
pork  used  is  a small  portion  of  rind  about  half  an  inch 
long  and  an  eighth  of  an  inch  wide  bisected  almost  its 
entire  length,  so  as  to  make  two  frog-like  quivering 
legs  when  drawn  through  the  water.  Several  spoons  in 
the  kit  should  be  a matter  of  course.  Other  artificial 
lures  are  as  good,  but  none  better. 

The  black  bass  angler  needs  a tackle  box.  The  best 
is  made  of  leather,  but  a very  serviceable  one  is  made  of 
tin.  A box  of  ample  dimensions  should  be  had,  for 
many  odds  and  ends  accumulate  as  the  seasons  conie 
and  go — odds  and  ends  the  angler  does  not  feel  like 
discarding. 

A creel  should  be  owned  by  every  black  bass  fisher- 
man. While  not  very  large,  it  should  be  ample.  Its 
existence  is  a sign  Of  his  being  a man  of  hopes  and 
its  amplitude  of  his  great  expectations. 

All  sorts  of  bait  boxes  are  easily  obtainable,  but  the 
writer  thinks  the  angler  as  a rule  will  act  wisely  in 
making  his  own,  to  be  thrown  away  at  the  end  of  the 
season.  A small  tin  pail  with  numerous  holes  in  the 
sides  and  top  and  filled  with  fresh  leaves  is  just  the 
thing  for  helgramites.  A frog  box  can  be  quickly  con- 
structed out  of  any  wooden  box  of  suitable  size,  by  cut- 
ting away  part  and  tacking  on  wire\gauze,  and  arrang- 
ing a trap  door  in  the  top  just  large  enough  for  the 
hand  to  enter.  For  worms  there  can  always  be  found 
a tin  can  about  the  house.  Only  a little,  ingenuity  is 
required  to  make  bait  receptacles  with  scarcely  any 
monetary  outlay,  if  any  at  all,  and  but  an  hour  or  so 
of  labor. 

Fishing  from  a boat  is  the  most  successful  and  the 
most  comfortable.  A broad>  flat-bottomed  boat  is 
preferable.  It  should  have  anchors  attached  to  both 
ends. 

The  cast  is  very  simply  rigged.  A swivel  sinker,  if 
one  is  needed;  otherwise  only  a swivel  is  attached  to 
the  end  of  the  line;  to  that  the  snell  of  the  hook,  and 
the  hook  is  run  through  the  lips  of  a minnow  or  a 
frog.  Where  a spinner  is  used,  it  is  attached  in  place 
of  the  snelled  hook,  a short  piece  of  treble  gut  being 
used  instead  of  the  snell.  Casting  is  difficult,  though  ap- 
parently simple.  The  would-be  caster  had  better  see 
how  an  expert  does  it,  and  then  go  off  and  practice. 
After  two  or  three  days  of  trial  he  will  do  well  enough 
to  acquire  proficiency  by  actual  fishing. 

In  casting  with  the  minnow  or  frog,  when  the  bass 
takes  the  bait  it  should  be  allowed  to  have  it  for  a few 
seconds  before  being  struck.  Often  it  will  seize  it  by 
the  tail  or  legs,  and  only  after  Several  seconds  turn  it 
about  so  as  to  take  the  hook  in  its  mouth. 

Trolling  is  best  done  with  artificial  bait.  The  line  is 
trailed  behind  the  boat  extending  sixty  or  seventy  feefi 
held  by  the  hand  or,  preferably,  by  a rod.  The  casting 
rod  is  well  adapted  to  trolling.  When  other  modes  of 
fishing  fail  this  often  proves  effective. 

Still-fishing  is  greatly  enjoyed  by  many.  The  boat 
is  anchored  at  both  ends  and  the  line  is  thrown  out  into 
the  lake  baited  with  frog  or  minnow  or  helgramite  or 
crawfish  or  cricket,  or  some  other  lure  of  which  the 
bass  are  fond.  The  frog  or  minnow,  or  whatever  the 
bait,  should  now  be  alive  under  all  circumstances.  The 
minnow  should  be  hooked  just  in  front  of  the  dorsal 
fin,  and  kept  from  the  bottom.  Though  it  is  not  to  be 
forgotten  that  occasionally  the  fish  will  preferably  eat 
from  the  bottom. 

When  a black  bass  bites  at  such  a bait  as  a cricket, 
it  is. to  be  struck  immediately  by  a slight  jerk,  but  when 
it  bites  at  a frog  or  minnow  or  ally  other  similar  bait, 
it  must  be  given  time.  Only  after  it  has  run  off  with  it 
and  pulls  steadily  should  it  be  struck. 

When  hooked  then  comes  the  contest.  The  fish  will 
plunge  and  leap,  and,  unless  the  angler  is  on  his  guard, 
will  get  away.  No  slack  line  should  be  allowed  it,  and 
it  should  always  feel  the  elasticity  of  the  rod.  Gradu- 
ally it  should  be  reeled  in,  and  when  close  to  the  boat 
and  exhausted  brought  over  the  landing  net  and  lifte’d 
out  of  the  water.  A smart  blow  with  a stick  upon  its 
head  will  kill  it  almost  instantly  and  make  it  none  the 
worse  for  food.  Dead  it  should  be  laid  in  the  creel  ‘ 
upon  fresh  grass  and  kept  out  of  the  sun. 

In  every  lake  black  bass  have  their  favorite  resorts. 
Many  of  these  . are  discovered  only  by  chance.  One 
who  is  unfamiliar  with  a lake  does  well  to  learn  from 
those  who  have  fished  it  the  likely  spots.  Speaking 
generally,  sand  bars,  rocky  places,  and  where  there  are 
stumps  and  submerged  bushes  are  the  favorable 
grounds.  When  there  is  a slight  ripple  is  ordinarily 
the  time  to  fish,  but  sometimes  in  a gale  of  wind  or  in 
a dead  calm  the  biting  is  all  that  could  be  desired. 
There  seems  to  be  no  advantage  in  geting  out  early 
in  the  morning.  Seven  or  eight  o’clock  is  as  good  an 
hour  as  four  or  five.  Generally  the  fishing  is  better  in 
the  morning  and  the  evening.  But  whatever  the  hour 
when  the  black  bass  bite  there  is  rich  sport — full  com- 
pensation for  all  the  patience  and  labor  of  the  an.gler 
against  that  moment  when  the  gamy  fish  leaps  into 
the  air  and  the  reel  sings  merrily. 

Cornelius  W.  Morrow, 

Tennessee. 

Trout  Fishing  in  the  Sapphire  Country  of 
North  Carolina. 

Lake  Toxaway,  N.  C.,  May  22. — Fishing  in  streams 
is  fine,  and  that  in  the  lakes  is  opening  up  earlier  this 
season.  At  Lake  Sapphire  guests  have  been  taking  the 
limit  within  a couple  of  hours.  One  day  recently  Mr.  J. 
Wilbur  Russell,  of  Philadelphia,  took  in  Lake  Toxaway 
a brook  trout  weighing  a pound  and  a half.  Numerous 
rainbows  of  this  and  a larger  size  have  been  taken.  The 
trout  season  promises  to  be  one  of  the  most  successful 
wre  have  ever  had  heree 

A Boston  spinster  owns  a dog, 

One  of  those  nigh  toned  “towsers.” 

That’s  so  well  bred  and  nice,  ’tis  said, 

He  never  pants — he  “trousers.” 

I I — Philadelphia  Post, 


June  3,  1905.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


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The  Log  of  a Sea  Angler. 

X. — The  Roba’o — A Gamy  Fish — Taking  a Large  One 
to  Lose  It— Fight  with  the  Sharks— A Tiger  of  the 
Sea — Subd  ing  a Man-Eate< — Size  of  Sharks — Danger 
from  Sharks — Tarpon  Taken. 


BY  CHARLES  FREDERICK  HOLDER,  AUTHOR  OF  "BIG  GAME 

. fishes/'  "adventures  of  torqua,”  etc. 

I first  met  the  robalo  in  the  old  market  at  New  Orleans 
along  the  jetty,  and  thought  it  a pike  perch;  its  trim  ap- 
pearance, its  powerful  tail,  its  large  and  voracious  mouth 
suggesting  a game  fish;  but  the  market  man  when  ques- 
tioned as  to  its  habitat  waved  his  hand  in  the  direction  of 
Pensacola  and  said  they  came  from  “down  yander”  some- 
where. So  when  I found  myself  “down  yander,”  some 
five  hundred  miles  to  the  south,  on  the  reef,  1 be^an  to 
inquire  for  robalo.  Bob  and  Chief  had  heard  of  it,  but 
had  never  seen  it.  Long  John,  when  three  sheets  in  the 
wind,  dilated  upon  his  catches  of  robaio,  so  firing  niy 
appetite  for  the  fish  that  I thought  of  little  else.  But 
when  morning  came,  and  Long  John  saw  through  a single 
barrel,  his  pictures  of  robalo  were  not  so  highly  colored, 
and  there  was  a vagueness  about  it  that  was  suspicious. 
The  certain  channel  where  he  had  played  a robalo  for  an 
hour  could  never  be  found,  though  he  spent  hours  at 
night  in  the  second  story  of  the  old  slave  quarters  telling 
about  it,  displaying  an  especial  nicety  in  detail.  In  a 
word,  Long  John  shook  out  all  the  reefs  of  his  imagina- 
tion under  the  influence  of  the  pain  killer  of  Mr.  Davis, 
but  furled  all  sail  the  following  morning. 

By  this  it  should  not  be  inferred  that  anything  in  these 
records  is  to  be  considered  as  criticising  my  loyal  boat- 
men. Better  men,  truer  hearts  did  not  exist.  My  reputa- 
tion was  as  safe  in  their  hands  as  though  I had  attended 
to  it  myself.  Every  fish  I took  with  the  magic  rod  they 
weighed  mentally  in  a royal  and  beneficent  fashion.  I 
heard  Chief  telling  a visitor  that  I had  taken  gray  snap- 
pers that  weighed  sixty  pounds  with  my  eight-ounce  trout 
rod,  while  Long  John  and  Bob  cheerfully  swore  to  it. 
All  my  catches  grew  after  death,  and  o’  nights,  so  that  I 
began  to  think  that  I really  had  taken  these  monsters. 

This  faithful  trio  may  not  have  been  rod  fishermen,  and 
they  knew  very  little  about  fine  tackle  reels,  or  the  ethics 
of  modern  sport,  but  their  imagination  filled  an  eminent 
domain,  it  was  limitless.  No  angler  could  ask  more  with 
such  historians.  What  more  could  anyone  wish? 

But  I caught  and  landed  a robalo,  an  event  which 
proves  that  everything  comes  to  him  who  has  the  patience 
to  wait,  and  it  was  many  months  after  I saw  the  shapely 
fish  on  the  levee  that  I felt  one  on  the  rod.  Surely  pa- 
tience is  the  essence  of  angling.  Othello  must  have  been 
an  angler.  He  says,  “How  poor  are  they  who  have  110 
patience,”  and  as  the  wealth  of  the  angler  is  the  game, 
be  is  poor  indeed  who  lacks  this  essential  to  success.  In 
Troilus  and  Cressida  we  find  the  suggestive  lines,  “He 
that  will  have  a cake  of  the  wheat  must  needs  tarry  the 
grinding” ; and  so  he  who  would  fish  and  land  his  game 
must  sit  and  sit  and  sit.  1 have  seen  Long  John  when 
tarpon  fishing  lie  on  the  sands  all  the  afternoon,  one  leg 
crossed  over  the  other,  the  hand-line  between  his  large 
and  second  toe  with  a half  turn  about  the  former.  And 
there  he  remained,  a recumbent  drowsy  patience  that 
came  into  its  ultimate  reward ; time  was  not  a factor  in 
life  in  those  halcyon  days  on  the  outer  reef. 

When  the  days  were  hot  and  water  clear  as  glass,  we 
often  took  the  dinghy  and  sculled  down  to  the  south  end 
of  the  lagoon  where  an  old  wreck  lay,  the  last  of  a great 
ship  that  had  been  blown  in  here  by  some  terrific  hurri- 
cane, carried  far  over  the  outer  reef  and  landed  in  shallow 
water.  ' She  was  a monument  to  the  energy  of  the  teredo 
and  limnoria.  Her  wood-work  had  nearly  disappeared 
and  had  been  replaced  by  the  tubes  of  the  shell  teredo 
that  is  possessed  with  such  a sensitive  touch  that  it  avoids 
the  tubes  of  others.  So  the  hull  stood,  resisting  the  wind, 
and  where  the  hold  had  been  was  a marine  aquarium 
filled  with  coral,  forming  a fascinating  seclusion  for  num- 
bers of  fishes. 

It  was  my  habit  to  scull  up  to  the  old  wreck,  carefully 
climb  aboard  to  lie  on  the  deck  and  peer  over  into  this 
home  of  the  fishes.  I have  spent  many  hours  here,  watch- 
ing them  unseen  and  unsuspected.  One  morning  I reached 
the  wreck  at  sunrise  intending  to  grain  some  crawfishes 
for  the  day’s  fishing.  As  I came  near  enough  to  see  the 
edge  of  the  hull  I saw  the  head  of  a robalo  back  to  the 
first  fin.  The  grub  staker,  or  the  worker  in  a diamond 
mine  who  after  years  has  made  a strike,  can  appreciate 
the  sudden  relation  of  the  angler  at  the  discovery  of  a 
game  he  has  long  searched  for.  There  was  no  mistaking 
it.  The  long,  tsraight  under  jaw,  the  sharp  muzzle,  the 
big  black  hypnotic  eye,  the  arched  back.  Robalo  it  was, 
and  so  closely  did  it  resemble  the  sand  upon  which  it 
seemed  to  rest  that  I almost  fancied  it  the  ghost  of  a 
robalo,  a “phantom  of  delight.” 

It  appeared  not  to  notice  me,  so  I backed  away  and  go- 
ing aboard  peered  down  through  the  hold  hoping  to  see 
the  entire  length  of  robalo.  Ah ! there  it  was.  The  long, 
slender  body,  the  striking  sail-like  dorsals,  the  big  forked 
tail  emblematic  of  power,  a dark  line-like  stripe,  and 
what  was  better  than  all,  it  was  a giant,  the  vision  that 
met  my  eye  being  three  times  the  size  of  those  I had  seen 
in  markets  and  promising  a 

“Sport  that  wrinkled  care  derides.” 

I had  seen  almost  such  a fish  in  the  St.  Lawrence  when 
bass  fishing,  as  it  appeared  to  me  to  be  the  image  of  a 
herculean  wall-eyed  perch,  the  resemblance  being  more 
than  remarkable.  As  I watched  it  I could  see  the  grace- 
ful screw-like  motion  of  the  tail,  suggestive  of  the  im- 
perceptible twitching  of  the  tail  of  a cat,  or  a great 
spring,  ready  at  the  second  to  leap  into  action,  and  I 
knew  at  the  slightest  alarm  the  fish  would  dash  from 
cover  and  not  stop  until  it  reached  the  deep  waters  of 
the  lagoon  some  distance  away.  So  I drew  back  care- 
fully,_ got  into  the  dinghy,  shoved  off,  and  began  a search 
for  live  bait.  Mullet  were  omnipresent  here,  and  in  a 
short  time  I had  located  a school  and  secured  a dozen 
with  my  cast-net,  then  carefully  baiting  one  through  the 
lips,  I returned  to  the  wreck.  Robalo  was  still  there,  but 
had  backed  in  under  the  shelving  roof  so  that  only  its 
muzzle  coud  be  seen.  I retired  thirty  feet  away  and  made 
a successful  cast,  dropping  my  silver  mullet  about  twenty 


feet  beyond  the  robalo,  then  dragged  it  slowly  and  care- 
fully across  its  line  of  vision.  The  water  was  so  clear 
that  I could  see  every  object  with  perfect  distinctness. 
I saw  the  sudden  action  of  the  fish  forward  when  it 
noticed  the  struggling  bait.  I saw  it  move  back  several 
inches  actuated  by  a second  thought,  a suspicion,  and 
then  saw  the  splendid  fish  settle  nearer  the  ground  like 
a cat  about  to  spring. 

I had  reeled  the  mullet  to  a spot  exactly  in  front  of 
the  fish  and  not  five  feet  from  it,  the  Jong  wire  leader 
sinking  into  the  sand  and  becoming  invisible,  the  mujlet, 
performing  its  part  by  struggling  fiercely  and,  being  held 
by  the  lips,  presented  a perfect  pantomime  of  a mullet  or 
carp  feeding,  now  turning  its  silvery  sides  which  caught 
the  sun’s  rays,  making  a most  enticing  lure. 

The  robalo  had  its  black  eyes  upon  it,  and  crouching 
low,  moved  in  and  out  for  several  eternities,  so  it  seemed. 
Then  it  began  to  creep  out,  its  big  body  coming  into  view 
like  a car  or  a torpedo  coming  out  of  a tube  or  barn.  It 
almost  appeared  to  be  creeping  along  the  bottom,  and  I 
fancied  I could  see  it  pale,  so  marvellously  did  it  simulate 
the  sand,  It  swam  slowly  up  to  the  mullet,  stopped,  then 
seized  it  so  suddenly  that  I could  not  follow'  tbe  motion, 
and  rose  upward,  dragging  the  wire  leader  from  the  sand. 
A convulsive  movement,  and  the  mullet  disappeared.  Im- 
pressed that  the  psychological  moment  had  arrived  I gave 
the  robalo  the  butt,  and  the  merriest  fight  that  I had  in- 
dulged in  for  many  a day  was  on. 

I feared  that  the  fish  would  take  to  the  wreck,  but  not 
he.  With  a leap  to  the  surface  he  turned  and  dashed 
for  open  water  with  only  Yucatan  before  him,  and  that 
he  would  reach  it  I had  little  doubt.  I had  been  standing 
on  the  bow  of  the  light  dinghy,  and  as  the  reel  whistled 
and  screamed  I stepped  back  and  with  an  oar  turned  the 
bow  of  the  light  craft  to  the  fish  that  was  flying  down 
the  gradual  slope  of  the  lagoon  over  a clear  sandy  bot- 
tom, the  home  of  the  queen  conch,  the  promenade  of  the 
giant  ray. 

It  was  a splendid  burst  of  speed,  and  despite  my  pres- 
sure upon  a leather  thumb-pad  brake  for  the  right  band, 
and  the  fact  that  I broke  the  line  with  my  left  fore  finger 
and  thumb  above  the  reel  as  occasion  offered,  the  robalo 
took  at  least  three  hundred  feet  of  my  line  in  that  one 
leap.  Some  finny  Hamlet  must  have  cried,  “Come,  give 
us  a taste  of  your  quality,”  as  I had  it  served — well  and 
strong. 

There  are  few  fishes  that  can  contend  against  a long 
twenty-one  thread  line.  It  is  a cobweb  in  appearance,  but 
deadly  after  all,  and  it  stopped  the  robalo,  rounded  him 
up,  curbed  his  fancy  so  that  he  shot  around  in  a great 
circle,  the  line  cutting  the  water,  the  rod  vibrating,  and 
all  that  virile  magnetism,  I can  call  it  nothing  else,  run- 
ning up  the  line  and  rod  like  a series  of  electric  shocks.  I 
do  not  believe  my  robalo  weighed  over  fifteen  pounds,  yet 
it  hauled  the  dinghy  on  over  the  gray  water,  and  when  I 
forced  the  fighting  it  turned  and  came  in  to  rush  away 
again  as  we  bowled  along. 

I believe  I fought  this  fish  fairly.  I gave  it  a full  and 
fair  chance  for  its  life ; I did  not  force  it,  or  endeavor  to 
“snake  it  in.”  I employed  what  diplomacy  the  exigencies 
of  rod,  line  and  occasion  demanded.  I did  my  best,  yet 
the  robalo  did  not  reach  the  gaff  within  thirty  minutes, 
and  then  when  I held  it  on  the  quarter  and  looked  for  the 
gaff  it  was  not  there;  so  I was  forced  to  grain  the  fish — ■ 
a murderous  act  for  which  I hope  I am  forgiven ; then  I 
drew  it  in,  still  struggling,  lashing  the  boat  and  gaping  at 
me  with  his  enormous  mouth  with  supercilious  leer. 

I have  given  this  robalo’s  weight  as  fifteen  pounds,  I 
believe  it  was  nearer  twenty-five,  but  cannot  prove  it.  I 
lifted  it  out,  took  in  its  beauties,  its  dark  green  back,  its 
silvery  belly,  then  as  it  was  bleeding  badly  I ran  a line 
through  the  gills  and  dropped  it  over  a-stern,  and  taking 
the  oars,  rowed  slowly  in.  I had  the  robalo  and  proposed 
to  demonstrate  the  fact  to  my  men  without  waste  of  time. 

I had  a mile  of  reef  to  cross  where  the  coral  was  so 
near  the  surface  that  I almost  grazed  it,  then  a deep  but 
narrow  channel.  When  midway  in  the  latter,  I stopped 
to  watch  a radiant  jelly  fish,  one  of  the  most  interesting 
of  all  these  dainty  animals  of  the  sea.  Its  myriad 
pumps  were  all  working.  Its  mercury-like  rod  was 
pointed  upward,  and  the  wonderful  colors — red,  yellow, 
pink  and  rose — made  it  a thing  of  beauty  against  the 
vivid  turquoise  of  the  channel.  I sat  gazing  at  this 
charming  vision  when  something  jerked  the  stern  of  the 
dinghy  down  at  least  six  inches.  I sprang  to  my  feet, 
and  amid  the  swirling  waters  of  a mimic  maelstrom,  saw 
the  tawny  striped  body  of  a tiger  shark,  longer  than  the 
dinghy.  The  robalo  and  I had  parted  company.  There 
are  occasions  when  words  fail  utterly,  and  this  appeared 
to  be  one.  The  shark  circled  about  the  boat  while  I took 
the  grains  and  prepared  for  my  revenge.  I sculled  up 
and  down,  I tossed  over  other  and  luscious  bait.  I lin- 
gered until  the  sun  was  overhead,  and  dogged  this  tiger 
of  the  sea  up  and  down  in  the  hope  of  recovering  my 
robalo  and  incidentally  taking  him,  as  I knew  the  story 
of  my  catching  a twenty-five-pound  robalo  without  the 
fish  to  show,  would  be  received  by  my  men  with  certain 
stolid  looks  which  they  assumed  only  when  they  con- 
sidered that  virgin  truth  had  been  outraged. 

But  the  shark,  though  always  in  sight,  kept  too  far 
below  the  surface,  even  following  me  in,  and  as  I landed 
I saw  the  monument  of  my  robalo,  the  dorsal  fin  of  the 
tiger  shark,  sailing  out  the  northwest  channel.  I had  the 
experience  and  the  shark  had  the  fish,  but  I did  not  men- 
tion it,  nor  did  I ever  again  catch  so  large  a robalo.  The 
audacity  of  the  shark  has  passed  into  proverb.  I have 
played  a tarpon  until  I was  weary  to  feel  a sudden  rush 
that  told  of  a new  enemy,  and  in  a moment  seen  a man- 
eater  rise  and  literally  shake  the  fish  in  my  face;  doubt- 
less all  tarpon  anglers  have  had  the  same  experience. 

Sharks  were  omnipresent  on  the  reef,  and  I frequently 
fished  for  them  for  the  sport  and.  in  a sportsmanlike  man- 
ner. I nearly  always  used  a light  boat  and  handled  the 
shark  myself,  my  man  steering;  and  I found  that  I could 
with  an  abundance  of  time,  line  and  staying  quality  out- 
play a shark  up  to  thirteen  or  fourteen  feet;  but  I fre- 
quently hooked  monsters  that  I never  saw,  that  would 
have  carried  us  out  to  sea  or  capsized  the  boat.  Sharks, 
like  hounds,  are  clever  on  the  scent  but  slow,  and  one  of 
the  disagreeable  sights,  at  least  to  my  mind,  was  a so- 
called  man-eater  coming  up,  literally  beating,  to  find  a 
scent  or  following  it. 

The  sharks  on  the  reef  wore  of  clivers  kinds  There 


was  a real  man-eater  that  I occasionally  saw  on  tb®  out«if 
reef  in  fairly  deep  water,  a big,  even  colossal  brute,  the 
Carcharias  or  white  shark,  which  attains  a length  o» 
twenty-five  or  thirty  feet.  I believe  I have  seen  one  ap- 
proximating this,  though  it  was  some  distance  off.  I can 
perhaps  better  illustrate  its  size  when  I say  that  it  had 
what  might  be  called  a retiring  effect  on  me.  I stood  not 
on  the  order  of  going.  When  that  grim  menacing  shape 
turned  and  came  directly  toward  me  I pulled  for  the  shal- 
low reef.  I recall  no  more  disagreeable  vision  of  the  sea 
than  this  big  shark,  its  tawny  sides,  its  black  attendants, 
the  remoras,  either  swimming  alongside  or  dangling  from 
it,  and  the  little  school  of  striped  pilots  at  its  head. 

The  inner  channel  of  this  growing  atoll  was  a famous 
ground  for  sharks,  and  all  were  colossal  or  of  enormous 
bulk.  I have  caught  sharks  in  various  seas,  some  ten  feet 
in  length  in  the  Pacific,  but  they  were  long  and  slender, 
lacking  the  ponderous  bulk  of  those  of  the  hot  waters  of 
the  Gulf.  I sometimes  had  my  boatman  collect  the  debris 
from  the  turtle  slaughter  house  and  other  rejectamenta 
and  dump  it  at  a certain  point  five  hundred  feet  from 
Garden  Key.  In  half  an  hour  the  water  would  be  fairly 
alive  with  sharks.  Anchoring  my  bo_at  to  the  reef  by  a 
coral  hook,  so  that  she  swung  off  into  blue  and  deep 
water,  I have  often  in  looking  down,  seen  twenty  or  more 
large  sharks  circling  about,  tipping  upward  occasionally 
to  see  what  it  was  all  about,  while  twenty  feet  away 
others'  would  be  on  the  surface. 

On  one  of  these  shark  conventions  I fastened  a large 
dead  loggerhead  to  a float,  watching  the  brutes  as  they 
rushed  at  it  and  tore  it  apart  As  the  blood  drifted  away 
other  sharks  would  scent  it  and  come  beating  up,  crossing 
and  recrossing  the  line,  with  their  fins  at  the  surface  like 
miniature  sails.  The  suggestiveness  with  which  these  big 
fellows  came  on  was  distinctly  unpleasant,  but  it  pro- 
duced a singlar  result.  I became  so  habituated  to  the 
presence  of  sharks  in  and  about  the  camp  that  they  were 
disregarded  as  a possible  menace  to  human  life.  I think 
there  was  hardly  a half  hour  in  the  day  that  a large  shark 
of  some  kind  did  not  swim  along  in  plain  view  in  the 
channel  a few  feet  from  the  shore  visiting  a slaughter 
house;  yet  with  others  I went  in  swimming,  sometimes 
several  times  a day,  owing  to  the  terrific  heat  in  summer, 
and  even  swam  across  the  deep  channel  to  the  opposite 
key  with  the  knowledge  that  sharks  were  all  about.  I 
had  a springboard  rigged  so  that  we  dived  from  it  directly 
into  deep  water  from  the  shore,  and  it  was  not  uncommon 
to  dive  as  sharks  swam  by.  At  such  times  I have  seen 
them  under  water  always  in  retreat,  as  the  moment  a 
diver  plunged  in  the  shark  would  dart  away  evidently 
terrified. 


Commissioner  Whipple* 

Albany,  N.  Y.,  May  23. — One  of  the  first  acts  of  James 
S.  Whipple,  in  assuming  office  as  State  Forest,  Fish  and 
Game  Commissioner,  to-day,  was  to  make  an  appeal  to 
sportsmen  for  co-operation.  The  Commissioner  said: 

“A  tree  should  not  be  unlawfully  cut,  a fish  should  not 
be  unlawfully  caught,  a deer  should  not  be  unlawfully 
killed.  If  the  laws  are  kept  and  observed  by  all,  the  value 
of  these  great  interests  will  rapidly  increase,  and  the 
pleasures  of  all  our  people  will  be  greater,  the  fish  and 
game  will  multioly,  tbe  water  supply  in  our  great  rivers 
and  streams  will  be  protected  and  maintained,  and  the 
large  annual  outlay  of  money  by  the  State  for  these 
things  will  be  justified  by  results  obtained. 

“To  this  end,  I ask  every  guide,  every  hunter,  every 
fisherman,  every  lumberman,  every  summer  visitor  to  the 
woods  and  streams,  every  poacher — if  there  are  such — 
and  all  people  generally,  to  assist  this  department  in 
maintaining  and  enforcing  the  law  in  relation'  to  the 
forests,  fish  and  game,  that  the  best  interests  of  all  may 
be  conserved.” 


Fishing  on  the  Erie* 

Reports  of  May  24  chronicled  good  catches  of  trout  at 
Middletown,  Otisville,  Woodbury,  Narrowsburg  and  De- 
posit, N.  Y.,  and  Shohola  and  Clifton,  Pa.,  all  reached 
by  the  Erie  Railroad.  The  worm  was  used  in  every  case. 
At  Lackawaxen  Saturday  last  Charles  Frohlich  caught 
thirty  fine  trout;  they  were  not  weighed.  Jim  Grening 
(guide)  said  Lewis  Hissam  caught  17  pounds  on  the 
same  day.  Tanner sville  reports  water  too  low  for  trout 
fishing.  Dr.  S.  Demarest,  of  Suffern,  on  the  Beaver  Kill 
at  the  Lew  Beache  place,  near  Middletown,  May  12, 
caught  twelve  trout  that  weighed  9 pounds.  On  May  15, 
at  same  place,  he  caught  eighteen  trout,  averaging  in 
length  14  inches,  weighing  from  1 to  lj£  pounds  each, 
the  total  weighing  just  18  pounds. 


Points  and  Flushes. 


“The  Dog  Book,”  by  James  Watson,  is  to  be  published 
in  ten  parts.  Parts  I.  and  II.  have  been  issued.  The 
work  treats  of  the  popular  history  of  the  dog,  with  prac- 
tical information  on  the  care  and  management  of  house, 
kennel  and  exhibition  dogs.  All  the  important  breeds 
are  described.  Profuse  illustrations  are  a feature  of  the 
work.  Mr.  Watson’s  long  and  varied  experience  as  judge 
and  critic  qualify  him  specially  for  this  admirable  work. 
Each  part  is  $1.00.  Published  by  Doubleday,  Page  & 
Co.,  New  York. 


■Wanderlust. 

Beyond  the  east  the  sunrise,  beyond  the  west  the  sea, 

And  east  and  west  the  wanderlust  that  will  not  let  me  be; 

It  works  in  me  like  madness,  dear,  to  bid  me  say  good-by! 

For  the  seas  call  and  the  stars  call,  and,  oh!  the  call  of  the  sky! 

I know  not  where  the  white  road  runs,  nor  what  the  blue  hills  are, 
But  a man  can  have  the  sun  for  friend,  and  for  his  guide  a star; 
And  there’s  no  end  of  voyaging  when  once  the  voice  is  heard, 

For  the  river  calls  and  the  road  calls,  and  oh!  the  call  of  the  bird! 

Yonder  the  long  horizon  lies,  and  there  by  night  and  day 
The  old  shins  draw  to  home  again,  the  young  ships  sail  away; 

And  come  I may,  but  go  I must,  and  if  men  ask  you  why. 

You  may  put  the  blaine  on  the  stars  and  the  sun  and  the  white  road 
and  the  sky  I 

• Gefald  Gould  In  Spurtqtbr, 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


[June  3,  190s 


OCEAN  RACE  WON  BY  ATLANTIC . 

( As  WE  write  the  report  reaches  us  that  the  schooner 
Atiiintie  has  tlot  only  wen  the  race,  from  Sandy  Hook  to 
Lizard  fbr  the  Obeafi  Cup  pfesefited  by  the  German 
Emperor,  hut  has  made  the  passage  in  the  tedord  time  Of 
twelve  days  and  a half.  This  is  an  hourly  average  Of 
over  ten  miles.  Under  the  conditions  that  have  pre- 
vailed we  did  not  see  how  the  result  could  have  been 
otherwise. 

This  is  a great  achievement  for  Mr.  William  Gardner, 
the  vessel’s  designer,  and  Captain  Charles  Barr,  her 
skipper,  Our  congratulations  to  Mr.  Wilson  Marshall, 
Atlantic’s  sporting  owner,  and  to  Mr.  Frederick  M.  Hoyt, 
who  acted  as  navigator,  and  to  whose  ability  and  judg- 
ment much  of  the  credit  of  the  victory  is  dug: 

Forest  and  Stream’s  story  of  the  race  has  beiri  Written 
by  Atlantic’s  navigator  and  will  be  published  as  soon  as  it 
is  received  from  abroad.  This  story  will  be  supplemented 
by  copies  of  the  logs  of  several  of  the  boats. 

The  Royal  Thames  Y*  C* 

The  Royal  Thames  Y.  C.,  one  of.  the  oldest  jfficht 
racing  clubs  in  existence,  hais  its  headquarters  and  qlub 
house  at  No.  7 Albemarle  street,  Piccadilly,  London, 
a house  designed  by  Robert  Adam,  one  of  the  celebrated 
brothers  Adam  of  Adelphi  fame,  and  in  the  seventeenth 
century  this  house  was  the  residence  of  the  ■ French 
Ambassador  of  that  period.  The  Royal  Thames  Y.  C. 
is  a lineal  descendant  of  the  old  yacht  racing  club,  the 
Cumberland  Fleet,  which  was  founded  in  the  year  1775, 
under  the  following  circumstances:  In  1775  the  fist 

rowing  regatta  ever  held  in  England  took  place  upon 
the  Thames,  and  several  very  respectable  gentlemen, 
proprietors  of  sailing  vessels  and  pleasure  boats,  held 
a meeting,  and  decided  that  on  the  regatta  day  they 
Would  draw  up  iil  line  opposite  Ranelagh  Gardens  and 
watch  the  competing  rowing  boats.  Oil  July  6 of  the 
game  year  H.R.H.  Hellry  Frederick,  Duke  of  Cumber- 
land (a  brother  of  George  III.,  and  an  admiral  in  the 
British  navy),  announced  his  intention  of  giving  a 
silver  Cup  to  be  sailed  for  on  July  II,  the  course  being 
from  Westminster  Bridge  to  Putney  Bridge  and  back, 
and  the  boats  had  to  be  pleasure  sailing  boats  from 
two  to  five  toils  burden,  and  Constantly  lying  above 
London  Bridge.  This  was  the  commencement  of  the 
Cumberland  fleet,  aiid  the  first  commodore  of  the 
club  was  t Mr.  Smith,  Who  held  office  until  about  1779- 
The  Duke  of  Cumberland  gave  a silver  cup  each  year 
Of  the  value  Of  twenty  'guineas,  and  the  Cumberland 
fleet  had  the  white  ensign,  but  without  the  St.  George’s 
CrosS  in  the  fly,  and  their  burgee  Was  a white  orte  With 
hil  epual  arhled  red  cross  Oil  it,  The  White  eiiSigrt  they 
Used,  ufitil  1842.  wheil  the  Admiralty  took  it  away  from 
the  Royal  Thames  Y.  C.,  its  well  as  from  several  other 
clubs. that  had  the  right  Of  flying  it,  only  allowing  the 
Royal  Yacht  Squadrbn  to  Continue  its  use.  In  the  year 
i§2j  the  mfemberS  of  the  Cumberland  fleet  had  a great 
dispute. Over  the  prize  in  connection  with  a race  sailed 
frOiii  Black  wall  to  Coai  House  Point  below  GraveSend 
In  hO'nO.r  Of  the  coronation  of  King  George  IV.,  and 
the  upshot  Of  this  dispute  Was  the  formation  of  the 
present  Royal  Thames  Y.  C.  The  first  match  of  the 
Thames  Y.  C.  Was  held  oil  Sept.  9.  1823,  for  a cup 
Valued  at  twenty-five  guineas  when  the  members  sailed 
from  Biackfriars  and  finished  at  Cumberland  Gardens. 
In  1840  the  above  bridge  matches  were  given  up,  and 
since  then  the  Royal  Thames  Y.  C.  has  gradually  been 
driven,  by  the  river  traffic  and  the  changed  conditions 
of  yacht  racing  lower  and  lower  down  the  river,  until 
it  has  now  reached  the  extreme  limit  of  the  Thames, 
and  holds  its  races  at  Southend.  It  seems  strange  that 
such  an  old  and  important  yachting  club  as  the  Royal 
Thames  Y.  C.  should  not  possess  a club  house  on  the 
coast.  The  only  home  it  has  is  the  club  house  in 
Albemarle  street;  convenient  enough,  no  doubt,  when 
the  races  started  from  Vauxhall,  but  Albemarle  street 
is  rather  too  far  a cry  from  the  sea.  However,  with 
such  a large  number  of  members— there  are  over  800 — ■ 
and  with  their  hard-working  and  practical  committee, 
it  should  not  be  long  before  the  Royal  Thames  Y.  C. 
has  a club  house  on  the  sea  front  worthy  of  its  dis- 
tinguished career  and  position. 

At  present  the  Royal  Thames  Y.  C.  is  without  a com- 
modore, Lord  Brassey  having  recently  resigned,  his 
numerous  engagements  preventing  him  from  holding 
that  important  position  which  has  been  occupied  by 
the  King  (when  Prince  of  Wales),  General  Lord  Alfred 
Paget,  and  other  distinguished  personages.  The  vice- 
commodore is  Mr.  R.  Hewett,  the  rear-commodore  Mr. 
Theodore  Pym,  and  the  secretary  (to  whom  we  are 
greatly  indebted  for  assistance  in  connection  with  this 
present  article  and  illustrations  of  the  club  house)  is 
Lieutenant-Colonel  C.  B.  G.  Dick,  while  Colonel 
Wilkinson  fills  the  post  of  cup  bearer  to  the  Royal 
Thames  Y.  C.  The  club  house  is  full  of  interest  to 
yachting  men,  the  walls  of  the  smoking  room  on  the 
ground  floor  being  hung  with  valuable  and  quaint  old 
prints  of  yachts,  giving  the  history  of  yacht  racing 
practically  from  the  formation  of  the  club  until  the 
present  day.  In  this  room  there  is  a cap  belonging  to 
one  of  the  rowers  of  the  commodore’s  barge  of  the  old 
Cumberland  fleet,  a most  uncomfortable-looking  leather 
head-covering  adorned  with  a large  silver  “C,”  and 
beside  this  hat  rests  one  of  the  old  club,  buttons,  and 
the  chairman’s  ivory  gavel,  bearing  the.  inscription 
‘■‘Cumberland  Fleet,”  which  is  still  used  at  every  annual 


meeting,  while  on  one  of  the  tables  there  is  a splendid 
mull,  handsomely  mounted  in  silver,  which  was  pre- 
sented to  the  club  by  one  of  the  members. 

In  the  inner  hall,-  framing  the  doorwtty  Of  the  smok- 
ing room,  is  a large  case,  containing  the  rrio'St  prized 
possession  of  the  Royal  Thames  Y.  C.,  viz.,  the  old 
white  ensigns  aild  flags  belonging  to  the  Cumberland 
fleet,  . which  Were  presented  by  Mr.  Richard  Taylor, 
grandson  of  the.  then  eOrritliddore.  A fine  staircase  as- 
cends from  the  inner  hall  to  the  dining  and  card  rooms, 
and  on  the  landing  staiids  art  inlnlertsg  specimen  of  a 
polar  bear,  given  to  the  club  by  Mr.  A.  Barclay  Walker. 
The  dining  room  is  a large  and  pleasant  apartment, 
containing  several  paintings  of  past  and  present  officers 
of  the  club,  including  a large  painting  of  the  King,  who, 
as  mentioned  before,  was  commodore  when  Rrinc'C  of 
AVales;  one  of  the  present  vice-commodores,  Mr.  R. 
Hewett;  a small  portrait  of  the  Duke  of  Cumberland; 
Slid  a large  portrait  by  Sir  Francis  Grant,  P.R.A.,  of 
General  Lord  Alfred  Paget.  The  last-named  was 
elected  in  1840,  was  vice-commodore  1845  to  1846,  com- 
modore 1846  to  1874,  and  on  H.R.H.  the  Prince  of 
Wales  (Our  present  King),  becoming  commodore  in 
1874,  became  vice-commodore  again,  and  held  that 
position  until  his  death  in  1888.  There  are  also  two 
ihoSt  interesting  old  paintings  111  this  room.  One  is  a 
portrait  Of  Robert  Williams,  captain  of  the  Cumberland 
fleef,  and  treaSurfer  Of  fhe . Thames  Y.  C.  from  1823  to 
1832;  the  Other  facing  this  picture  is  o'f  Commodore 
William  Harrison,  standing  beside  tbe  cup  given  by 


British  Letter. 

The  Algjers-Toulon  Motor  B'oa?  Race. — The  crown- 
ing point  appears  at  last  to  have  been  reached  ffi  the  far- 
cical attempts  to  run  the  useless  and  eggshell-built  facing 
motor  launches  of  the  present  day  over  Courses  on  tfi$ 
open  sea,  In  the  Algiers-Toulon  motor  boat  face  recent- 
ly organized  by  a Paris  newspaper,  seven  launches  started 
and,  getting  caught  in  a breeze,  the  whole  fleet  caffle  to 
grief,  some  foundering  and  the  others  being  abandomd 
or  taken  in  tow  in  a helpless  condition  by  the  convoying 
cruisers  and  destroyers.  To  show  what  a divergence  o'f 
opinion  is  possible  on  the  advisability  of  sending  these 
frail  craft  over  such  hazardous  courses,  the  newspaper 
responsible  for  the  contest  called  it  “the  greatest  marine 
enterprise  attempted  by  human  genius  since  Christopher 
Columbus,”  while  the  commander  of  the  destroyer  Pertui'- 
sane  described  the  abortive  race  more  tersely  but  with 
much  mofe  practical  sagacity  as  “simply  madness.^  As 
far  as  can  be  gathered,  no  lives  have  been  lost,  thanks  to 
the  fact  that  there  Were  plenty  of  war  vessels  in  attend- 
ance, but  the  absolute  Uselessness  of  the  flimsy  racing 
motor  launch  for  any  practical  purpo'se  has  been  proved 
up  to  the  hilt,  and  in  no  Country  more  than  in  France, 
where  they  are  all  the  rage.  It  is  to  be  hoped  that 
this  lesson  will  be  taken  advantage  of  and  that  a 
better  class  of  boat  may  be  the  outcome,  otherwise  some 
fearful  disaster  is  sure,  sooner  or  latef,  to  result  from 
the  reckless  racing  of  these  ephemeral  arid  costly  toys. 
To  show  what  can  be  done  by  this  new  type  of  boat  wh-ea 


Winner  of  the  Transatlantic  Race  for  the  Ocean  Cup.  Designed  by  William  Gardner  and  owned  by  Wilson  Marshall. 

Photo  by  James  Burton. 


the  Royal  Thames  Y.  C.  in  honor  of  the  coronation  of 
Queen  Victoria,  and  sailed  for  on  July  3,  1838.  The 
card  room  is  a cosy  little  room  on  the  same  floor  as 
the  dining  room,  and  there  are  some  interesting  models 
and  a print  of  the  Cambria  passing  Sandy  Hook  Light- 
ship, the  winner  of  the  Anglo-American  Atlantic  yacht 
race  in  1870.  This  year  the  Royal  Thames  Y.  C.  has 
had  several  most  successful  river  matches  at  Southend, 
races  from  Dover  to  Boulogne  and  back,  and  the  Nore 
to  Dover,  besides  matches  in  Dover  Bay.  The  tonnage 
belonging  to  the  Royal  Thames  Y.  C.  is  about  52,000 
tons,  and  some  of  the  finest  racing  yachts  afloat  are 
owned  by  its  members, — From  the  Ladies’  Field. 


Catboat  Devil  Launched. — On  Saturday,  May  27, 
there  was  launched  at  Montell’s  yard,  Greenwich,  Conn., 
the  racing  catboat  Devil,  built  from  designs  made  by  Mr. 
Llenry  J.  Gielow  for  Mrs.  F.  J.  Havens.  Devil  is  20ft. 
6in.  over  all,  13ft.  waterline,  7ft.  breadth  and  ift.  9m. 
draft.  She  has  water-tight  compartments  fore  and  aft,  a 
water-tight  cockpit  and  700  lbs.  of  outside  ballast.  The 
boat  will  be  painted  red  and  her  sail  will  be  of  the  same 
color.  Mrs.  Havens  will  race  the  boat  on  Gravesend  Bay 
whenever  there  is  a class  for  her.  Mr.  F.  J.  Havens  is 
well  known  on  Gravesend  Bay  and  is  a member  of  the 
Atlantic  Y.  C.  and  the  Marine  and  Field  Club, 


it  is  substantially  built  on  sensible  seagoing  lines,  Napier 
Major,  a low  power  cruising  motor  boat,  has  lately  made 
a successful  voyage  from  the  Thames  to  the  Shetland 
Islands.  She  encountered  all  sorts  of  weather,  but  after 
she  was  fitted  with  a mizzenmast  and  sail  to  keep  her 
head  to  sea  in  a blow,  she  appears  to  have  behaved  very 
well  and  to  have  given  every  satisfaction.  That  is  the 
kind  of  boat  people  want,  and  the  type  which  will  be 
general  when  the  present  ridiculous  craze  for  racing  high 
powered  launches  of  extremely  weak  construction  has 
died  out,  or  been  killed  by  a series  of  dreadful  accidents. 

Lloyds  Yacht  Register  for  1905. — Lloyds  Yacht  Reg- 
ister has  appeared  this  year  in  a different  shape  for  the 
first  time  since  its  first  appearance  in  1878.  This,  how- 
ever, will  not  be  a surprise  to  anybody  who  has  traced 
the  steady  increase  in  bulk  ef  each  successive  volume,  the 
only  regret  being  that  the  collection  will  no  longer  be  of 
a uniform  size.  On  the  other  hand,  it  is  satisfactory  to 
note  that  the  number  of  yachts  increases  each  year,  and 
that  Great  Britain  easily  holds  leading  place  among  the 
list  of  nations  as  regards  both  the  number  and  tonnage 
of  her  pleasure  fleet,  though  there  are  more  large  steam 
yachts  in  America  than  in  England. 

Windward  Qualities  of  Old  and  New  Boats. — Writ- 
ing a few  weeks  back  in  one  of  our  yachting  journals, 
Mr.  R.  E.  Froude,  the  eminent  mathematician  and  naval 
architect,  made  the  astounding  statement  that  the  olej- 


June  3,  1905.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


fashioned  plank-on-edge  yachts  sailed  far  closer  to  the 
wind  than  any  other  type.  This  statement,  coming  from 
so  well  known  an  authority,  should  have  attracted  atten- 
tion, and  probably  would  have  done  so  had  it  not  feCCn 
for  the  fact  that  the.  main  subject  of  the  letter  was  the 
one-design  classes.  However,  there  Can  be  ho  doutet 
whatever  that  Mr.  Froude  is  quite  mistaken,  and  had  he 
watched  the  performances  of  the  Cutters  Vaiiduara — Or 
Nicandra  as  she  is  now  Called— -and  Ir'ex  in  the  handicap 
class  two  years  ago,  he  would  have  seen  for  himself  that 
his  statement  was  a fallacy.  Both  these  vessels  were 
highly  successful  examples  of  the  plankton-edge  type,  and 
yet  their  performance  to  windward,  compared  with  the 
modern  .yawl-rigged  fast  Cruiser  was  simply  ludicrous. 
They  simply  could  not  sail  the  same  road,  and  in  any- 
thing like  a sea  they  were  like  half-tide  rocks.  The  rea- 
son is  not  fat  to  seek,  and  indeed  is  obvious  to  anybody 
who  has  had  practical  experience  of  both  types  of  vessel. 
The  old-fashioned,  narrow,  knife-like  hull  had  to  be 
loaded  down  with  lead  to  keep  it  from  falling  on  its  side. 
It  was  like  a ship  half  full  of  cargo,  and,  as  the  initial 
stability  was  very  slight,  it  generally  had  the  appearance 
of  being  pressed  by  the  weight  of  its  spars  and  canvas. 
Moreover,  the  flat  sides  and  full  quarters  were  not  con- 
ducive to  weatherliness,  and  a big  list  seemed  to  throw 
the  vessel  thoroughly  out  of  trim  and  produce  a “dead- 
uess”  in  her  speed  which  is  not  the  case  with  the  modern 
yacht.  The  present  day  racer,  or  fast  cruiser,  carries 
more  sail  on  a smaller  displacement,  she  has  much  more 
beam  and  therefore  far  greater  initial  stability;  her  sec- 
tions are  round  instead  of  flat  or  V-shaped,  and  she  does 
not,  therefore,  alter  her  form  so  much  when  she  is  press- 
ed, besides  which  her  overhangs  lengthen  her  lines  con- 
siderably when  she  is  heeled  and  the  full  transverse  Sec- 
tions of  the  bow  and  cleanness  of  the  run  aft  have  a 
tendency  to  make  her  claw  to  windward  in  a breeze  when 
(the  narrow  boats  are  more  than  likely  to  carry  lee  helm 
and  run  off.  It  is  true  that  boats  built  under  the  present 
Y.  R.  A.  rating  are  not  so  close  winded  as  those  of  five 
or  six  years  ago^  but  that  is  the  girth  measurement  which 
has  put  an  undue  tax  on  draft  at  the  expense  of  stability, 
and  is  not  due  to  any  inherent  defect  of  model.  It  is  not 
necessary  for  a vessel  to  have  great  beam  to  be  close 
winded,  but  she  must  at  any  rate  be  of  moderate  propor- 
tions. One  of  the  hardest  nuts  to  crack  even  now  in  the 
handicap  class  is  the  little  40-rater  Creole,  designed  by 
Mr.  G.  L.  Watson  in  1890,  when  it  comes  to  a close  pinch. 

Sonya's  First  Race. — The  52-footers  are  expected  to 
make  their  debut  at  the  regatta  of  the  Orwell  Corinthian 
Y.  C.  at  Harwich  on  May  27,  when  it  is  hoped  that  Mr. 
W.  P.  Barton’s  new  boat  Britomart  will  meet  Mrs.  Tur- 
ner Farley’s  Herreshoff-built  Sonya.  E.  H.  Kelly. 


YACHTING  NEWS  NOTES. 


For  advertising  relating  to  this  department  see  pages  ii  and  iii. 


The  Yachtsman’s  Annual  Guide  and  Nautical 
Calendar.— The  1905  edition  of  the  Yachtsman’s  Annual 
Guide  and  Nautical  Calendar  has  just  been  issued.  No 
work  of  this  description  contains  so  much  valuable  in- 
formation for  yachtsmen  as  does  this  one.  This  is  the 
twenty-seventh  edition  of  The  Yachtsman’s  Guide,  and 
copies  may  be  had  from  the  publishers,  Messrs.  J.  K. 
Water  Co.,  Boston,  Mass.,  for  $1.00. 

m m #1 

Commodore  Bellows’  Appointments. — Commodore 

Arthur  C.  Bellows,  of  the  Bensonhurst  Y.  C.  has  appoint- 
ed Richard  W.  Rummell  fleet  captain,  Dr.  Frank  J.  Duffy 
fleet  surgeon,  and  the  Rev.  J.  C.  Wei  wood  fleet  chaplain 
of  the  club  for  the  ensuing  year. 

*,  * * 

Entries  for  the  Long  Distance  Power  Boat  Race. — 
Three  entries  have  already  been  filed  with  the  officials  of 
the  Knickerbocker  Y.  C.  for  the  power  boat  race  from 
College  Point,  L.  I.,  to  Marblehead,  Mass.,  that  starts  on 
July  22.  The  entries  close  on  July  1.  The  particulars  of 
the  boats  entered  follow : 

Coyotte,  owned  by  Mr.  Harold  Wesson,  of  Camden,  N. 
J.  Designed  by  Messrs.  E.  H.  Godshalk  & Co.,  of  Phila- 
delphia, Pa.  Built  by  Excelsior  Launch  Co.  Length  over 
all,  32ft.  6in. ; waterline,  32ft. ; beam,  4ft.  loin. ; draft, 
1 ft.  3m.  _ „ 

Highball,  owned  by  Mr.  Richard  Hutchinson,  of  Bos- 
ton, Mass.  Built  by  Mr.  George  B.  Loring,  of  East  Brain- 
tree, Mass.  Length  over  all,  31ft.  6in. ; waterline,  20ft. 
6in. ; beam,  6ft.  gin. ; draft,  2ft.  3m. 

Viking,  owned  by  Mr.  S.  W.  Wilder,  of  Boston,  Mass. 
Designed  by  Messrs.  Burgess  & Packard.  Built  at  Blue 
Hill  Bay,  Me.  Length  over  all,  38ft.  6in. ; waterline, 
36ft. ; beam,  6ft. 

*5  H S? 

Gardner  & Cox  Dissolve.— The  firm  of  Gardner  & 
Cox,  known  the  world  over  to  all  yachting  and  shipping 
men,  has  been  dissolved  by  mutual  consent.  Mr.  Irving 
Cox  has  formed  a new  firm  known  as  Cox  & Stevens. 
The  new  firm  will  do  a general  yacht  and  vessel  broker- 
age _ business  in  connection  with  the  architectural  and 
engineering  work.  The.  scope  of  the  new  enterprise  will 
be  broader  than  has  ever  been  attempted  before,  and 
special  attention  will  be  paid  to  scientific  and  commercial 
work.  There  are-  four  members  in  the  new  firm,  and 
they  are  as  follows : Messrs.  Irving  Cox,  E.  A. 
Stevens,  D.  H.  Cox  and  Edwin  A.  Stevens,  Jr.  Mr.  Irv- 
ing Cox  handled  most  of  the  brokerage  done  by  the  old 
firm  and  has  a wide  acquaintance  among  yachtsmen.  Col. 
Edwin  A.  Stevens  is  a man  of  great  scientific  knowledge 
and  is  very  familiar  with  the  design  and  construction  of 
both  yacht  and  pleasure  vessels.  He  has  given  special 
attention  to  ferry-boat  design  and  is  an  authority  on  the 
subject. 

Mr.  Daniel  IT.  Cox  was  formerly  an  Assistant  Naval 
Constructor  in  the  U.  S.  N.  He  resigned  from  the  Navy 
in  1902  and  associated  himself  with  Gardner  & Cox. 
While  with  the  old  firm  he  acquired  a wide  knowledge 
pf  the  business  and  acted  as  one  of  its  managers. 

The  youngest  member  of  the  firm  is  Mr.  E.  A.  Stevens, 
Jr.  For  a young  man  he  has  had  considerable  experience 
as  a yachtsman  in  both  sail  and  steam  craft.  He  is  a 
graduate  of  Stevens  Institute  and  is  a yacht  designer  of 
some  ability. 


New  Rochelle  Y.  C. 

New  Rochelle',  Lorig  Island  Soufid — Saturday,  May  2T. 

For  several  years  past  thte  Huguenot  Y.  Ci  jra§  givteft  thfe  opfeA- 
ing  event  of  the  season  under  its  atispie'es'.  , This  jffear,  however, 
the  initial  event  was  given  by  jhfe  Netv  Rochelle  Y.  C.,  and 
through  the  efforts  of  Mir.  G\  P.  Granberry,  Chairman  of  the 
Race ! Committee,  tlie^e  whs  a most  unusual  number  of  starters.  _ 

The  btefeze  whs  light  from  the  E.  all  day.  Before  the  start  it 
showered  a little,  just  enough  to  wet  the  new  sails  of  some  of 
the  debutantes. 

Nine  of  the  new  monotype  New  York  Y.  C.  boats  were  on  hand, 
and  the  greatest  amount  of  interest  was  centered  in  this  class. 

Boats  in  the  New  York  Y.  C.  one-design  and  the  27ft.  classes 
sailed  twice  over  the  8%  mile  course,  which  is  as  follows:  From 

starting  line  to  and  around  Scotch  Caps  red  gas  buoy,  thence  td 
and  around  black  spar  buoy  off  Prospect  Point,  thence  to  and 
around  northeasterly  stake  boat  at  starting  line,  leaving  same  otl 
starboard  hand;  finishing  in  opposite  direction  froiii  stalL. 

All  the  rest  of  the  boats  covered  the  following  4%  ftiilfe  Cphrse 
twice:  From  starting  l.iile  to  alid  atouftd  ted  spat  Buoy  on  tile 

southwesterly  end  of  Hfert  add  Chiekeris  Rfeef;  thfefice  to  and 
around  the  striped  sprit  blio-y  kftowri  as  Middle  Ground  buoy, 
tbeftefe  to  arid  afourid  the  northeasterly  stake  boat  at  starting  line, 
finishing  ift  opposite  direction  from  start. 

The  preparatory  was  given  at  2 o’clock.  _ The  Race  Committee 
was  on  board  Vice-Commodore  Gill’s  cruising  launch  Helen  W. 

The  New  York  Y.  C.  boats  were  sent  away  at  2:05,  and  the 
Hanan  boys  crossed  in  the  weather  berth  in  the  lead  almost  on 
the  gun.  Phryne  was  next,  and  she  was  followed  by  Dahinda, 
Alera,  Carleta,  Minx,  Maid  of  Mendon,  Cara-Mia,  and 

Atair.  Mr.  N.  D.  Lawton  was  on  hand,  but  did  not 

start,  as  his  boat  had  not  been  hauled  since  she  was  launched. 

Wilmer  and  Addison  Planan  sailed  their  boat  for  all  she  was 
worth,  and  she  dropped  the  bunch  little  by  little  on  each  leg 
until  at  the  end  of  the  first  round  she  was  leading  by  lm,  30s. 
Mr.  A.  H.  Alker  appeared  at  the  stick  on  Alera,  and,  although  he 
is  a new  hand  at  the  game,  he  was  sufficiently  well  Coached  by 
his  son  “Jimmie”  to  keep  in  second  place  all  over  the  course, 

The  boats  were  well  strung  oUt  at  the  finish,  afid  it  Wris'  ftlo.fri 
or  less  of  a surprise.  There  wele  some  CraCk  trieft  at  the -sticks 
of  several  of  the  Craf^  afid  they  will  be  heard  froth  whfen  their 
boats  and  sails  are  m better  shape-.  The  Hahari  boys  liavfe 
started  in  well,  and  it  is  more  thafi  likely  that  they  Will  continue 
to  finish  in  first  place  right  through  the  steasorf. 

In  the  27ft.  class  Rascal  beat  Snapper,  the  second  boat,  by 
over  3m. 

Four  of  the  new  ofie-design  Larchmont  class  started.  These 
boats  were  designed  by  Crane  and  built  by  Wood  last  year. 
R&na  got  away  in  the  lead  and  gave  her  competitors  an  astonish- 
ing beating.  Nora  was  second  and  Invader  third. 

Rogue  had  no  difficulty  in  disposing  of  her  competitors  lit  the 
22ft  class 

Houri  won  in  the  18ft.  class,  and  V&quero  beat  Dorothy  out  for 
second  place  by  ISs. 

The  New  Rochelle  one-designer,  Ace,  had  rio  competitor,  so 
Mr.  J.  D.  Sparkman  very  kindly  entered  his  efriisiflg  eatbodt  ili 
order  to  give  a class. 

The  summary  follows: 

New  York  Y,  C.  One-Desigfi  , S’Oft-.  Class — Btaft  2:05 — Course  17% 


Miles-. 

Finish.  Elapsed. 

Nautilus,  A.  G.  & H.  W.  Hanan 5 16  45  3 11  45 

RhryUe,  H.  L.  Maxwell 5 24  10  3 19  10 

Dahinda,  W.  Butler  Duncan,  Jr 5 27  48  3 22  48 

Alera,  A.  El.  & J.  M.  Alker 5 20  46  3 15  46 

Carleta,  Oliver  Harriman  5 28  04  3 23  04 

Maid  of  Mendon,  W.  D.  Guthrie 5 26  47  3 21  47 

Cara  Mia,  S.  Wainwright  5 23  30  3 17  30 

Sloops,  27ft.  Class — Start  2:10 — Course  17%  Miles. 

Snapper,  F.  S.  Page 4 11  18  2 02  18 

Rascal,  J.  J.  Dwyer 4 08  00  1 58  00 

Fl’eron,  J.  Le  Boutilier 4 21  30  2 11  30 

Larchmont  Y.  C.  One-Design  Raceabout  Class — Start  2:16 — 
Course  8%  Miles. 

Nora;  A.  Iselin  III 4 05  03  1 50  03 

Rana,  Floward  Willetts  3 49  50  1 34  60 

Invader,  Jr.,  Roy  A.  Rainey 4 08  14  1 63  14 

Pretty  Quick,  A.  B.  Alley 4 03  44  1 48  14 

Mystral,  A.  C.  Bostwick 4 03  08  1 48  08 

Sloops — 22ft.  Class — Start  2:20 — Course  8%  Miles. 

Gazabo,  H.  Vulte  4 12  59  1 52  59 

Skip,  C.  M.  Pinckney 4 14  12  1 54  12 

Kanaka,  J.  A.  Mahlstedt 4 14  04  1 54  04 

Paremoack,  F.  P.  Currier 4 09  42  1 49  42 

Rogue,  A.  B.  Alley 4 06  32  1 46  32 

Anawanda,  George  Goodwin Did  not  finish. 

Sloops — 18ft.  Class — Start  2:20 — Course  8%  Miles. 

Dcd,  T.  E.  Dealy  4 25  22  2 06  22 

Clutha,  C.  L.  Mitchell Withdrew. 

Dorbthy,  L.  G.  Spence 4 12  32  1 52  32 

Houri,  J.  FI.  Esser 4 09  40  1 49  40 

Yaquero,  P.  Stums 4 12  18  1 62  18 

Special  Class — Start  2:25 — Course  8%  Miles. 

Nimble,  J.  D.  Sparkman Withdrew. 

Ace,(  R.  N.  Bavier 3 24  04  1 59  04 


The  winners  were  Nautilus,  Rascal,  Rana,  Rogue,  Houri,  and 
Ace. 

The  Regatta  Committee  was  made  up  of  Messrs.  G.  P.  Gran- 
berry, H.  W.  Lloyd,  C.  G.  Rusher  and  J.  C.  Connolly. 


Knickerbocker  Y.  C.  Annual  Race. — The  annual  race 
of  the  Knickerbocker  Y.  C.  will  be  sailed  on  Saturday, 
June  3,  under  the  rules  of  the  Y.  R.  A.  of  Long  Island 
Sound.  The  race  is  open  to  yachts  enrolled  in  any  recog- 
nized yacht  club.  The  start  will  be  at  noon. 

Classes. — Sloops : 48ft.  class,  40ft.  class,  33ft.  class,  27ft. 
class,  22ft.  class,  18ft.  class,  15ft.  class ; yawls  in  one 
class;  New  York  Y.  C.  one-design  class;  raceabouts; 
American  Y.  C.  raceabouts ; catboats : 27ft.  class,  22ft. 
class,  18ft.  class,  15ft.  class. 

The  starting  and  finishing  line  will  be  between  a stake 
boat  and  the  black  and  red  buoy  to1  the  northward  and 
eastward  of  Execution  Light. 

Course  1. — For  all  classes  over  22ft.  and  raceabouts. 
The  course  will  be  13  knots. 

Course  2. — For  all  classes  22ft.  and  under.  Course  10 
nautical  miles. 

Prizes. — Prizes  will  be  awarded  in  all  classes  in  which 
two  or  more  yachts  start,  a second  prize  in  classes  in 
which  four  or  more  start,  and  a third  prize  in  classes  in 
which  six  or  more  start. 

Yachts  enrolled  in  the  club  will  compete  for  the  Miladi 
Cup,  under  the  following  conditions:  The  owner  whose 

yacht  makes  the  fastest  elapsed  time  over  course  No.  1 
in  annual  regatta  will  hold  cup  for  one  year.  The  cup 
must  be  won  twice  to  be  held  permanently. 

Steamer  Favorite  will  accompany  the  yachts  over  the 
course,  leaving  foot  of  East  Thirty-first  street  at  8 130 
A.  M.,  and  College  Point  at  10  A.  M. 

Entries  will  close  with  the  chairman  of  the  Regatta 
Committee,  O.  H.  Chehborg,  No.  1 Broadway,  New  York 
city,  on  Thursday,  June  I.  at  12  M. 

•in* 

Officers  of  the  Huntington  Y.  C. — The  officers  of 
the,  Huntington  Y.  C.,  of  Huntington,  L.  I.,  are : Com., 

H.  H.  Gordon;  Vice-Corn.,  George  Taylor;  Rear  Com., 
John  A.  Eckert;  Sec.,  H.  Edward  Ficken;  Treas.,  PI.  H. 
Gordon,  Jr. ; Trus.,  Charles  Biglew,  W.  W.  Wood,  H.  W. 
Fisher,  J.  C.  Overton,  A.  S.  Heckscher,  John  A.  Kane; 
House  Committee,  H.  H.  Gordon,  Jr.,  John  Green,  Daniel 
M.  Gerard;  Membership  Committee,  Douglass  Camp,  H. 
W.  Fisher,  Herman  F.  Rogers;  Regatta  Committee,  H. 
H.  Gordon,  G.  Morris  Heckscher,  Jr.,  Fred  Lord;  Treas., 
Fred.  Lord. 


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Yachting:  Fixtures  foi*  i9&S. 

MEkBteRS  of  Race  Committees  and  Secretaries  will  confer  a favor 
by  sending  notice  of  errors  op  omissions  in  the  following  list,  and 
also  changes  which  may  be  made  in  the  future: 

JUNE. 

I.  Sea  Side,  open. 

3.  Columbia,  annual  power  boat  regatta. 

3.  Knickerbocker,  annual.  11 

3.  Seawanhaka  Corinthian,  dub. 

3.  Atlantic,  Havens  cup  No.  1.  , - 

3.  Royal  Canadian,  cruising  race, 

4,  Hempstead  Bay,  dub,  1 1 i 

4.  Indian  Harbor,  motor  boats,  ; 

4.  Shinnceoek)  club,  ; 1 

5.  Bergen  Beach,  opefL 

6.  East  Glbricegtd;,  dtiE 
§-.  Potitjuodue  C.  C.;  biiiD'. 

8.  Ouahtubk,  club;  j.  .,,1 

10.  Seawanhaka  CoHrithiari,  invitation  race  around  Long  Island. 

10.  New  York  C.  C.,  open. 

10.  Atlantic,  Underwood  cup. 

10.  Seawanhaka  Corinthian,  dub. 

10.  New  Rochelle,  power  boat  races. 

10.  Knickerbocker,  one-design  power  boats. 

10.  Royal  Canadian,  dub. 

10.  Edgewood,  dub.  - 1 ; 

10.  Manhasset,  annual.  i - 

10.  Wollaston-Quincy,  interclub.  , I 

10.  Corinthian,  dub.  1 

II.  Morrisania,  spring.  ; 1 

13.  Boston,  dub.  City  Point, 

13.  Sea  Side,,  dtib.  ' 

15.  NerV  York,  Beflflfett  crips,  Gletl  CoVB, 

15.  West  Hampton  C.  C,,  elub, 

15.  Atlantic,  annual'. 

17.  BeffsonhUfst,  oppth  ' . 

17.  Atlaittig,  A. ; P.  B.  A.  regatta. 

17.  Seawanhaka-Coi-iiithiaft,  club. 

17.  Knicktefbockel,  ofie-design  powet  boats. 

17.  Harnptori  Roads,  power  boat  cruise. 

17.  Boston,  M.  Y.  R.  A.,  FIull.  V 1 i 

17.  Corinthian,  ocean  race. 

17.  New  York  A.  C.,  race  to  Block  Island. 

17.  Royal  Canadian,  cruising  race. 

17.  Wollaston-Quincy,  interclub,  | 1 

17.  Beverly,  club.  j ‘ 1 

17.  Rhode  Island,  dub,  ! i 

20,  East  Gloucester,  eljtiB'.  1 > i J 

22.  Seawafihaka . Cot ltlthiafi,  opfeit; 

22.  MoHchfes;  61UB. 

22.  Shirinfecqck,  chib. 

22.  Quafttjuck,  eltiB;  ; : _ . ■ 

22-  Sea  Side,,  oppil.  . , _ 

23.  Seawafihaka  Cotifithia.fi,  opfefi., 

24.  Sfeawanfiaka  Cofirithipfi,  annual; 

2J.  Kfiick'efbockct,  one-design  power  boats. 

24.  Squantum,  M.  Y.  R.  A.  1 

24.  Bristol,  open.  : j' ' 1 

24.  Royal  Canadian,  dub.  ' ! i 

24.  Rhode  Island,  cruising  race. 

24.  Rhode  Island,  open. 

24.  Beverly,  dub. 

24.  Atlantic,  first  championship,  Y.  R.  A.  G.  B. 

24.  Corinthian,  open.  ; 

28.  Sea  Side,  club. 

29.  Brooklyn,  ocean  race  to  Hampton  Roads. 

29.  West  Hampton  C.  C.,  cruise.  1 | , 

29.  Quantuck,  cruise.  ! . 

29.  Moriches,  cruise.  ' 

JULY. 

1.  Atlantic,  Havens  cup  No.  2 and  Underwood  cup. 

1.  Bristol,  ocean  race. 

1.  Beverly,  dub.  ; 

1.  Seawanhaka  Corinthian,  club. 

1.  Knickerbocker,  cruise. 

1.  Knickerbocker,  one-design  power  boats. 

1.  Seaside  Park,  ladies’  cup  races.  > 

1.  Royal  Canadian,  Queen’s  cup  race,  j : 

1.  New  Rochelle,  annual.  1 

1.  Boston,  club,  Marblehead, 

1.  Corinthian,  club,  Marblehead. 

2.  New  Rochelle,  cruise. 

3.  American,  annual. 

3.  Seawanhaka  Corinthian,  dub. 

3.  Eastern,  M.  Y.  R.  A. 

3.  Bensonhurst,  Childs  trophy,  I 

4.  Atlantic,  open.  1 . 

4.  Corinthian,  M.  Y.  R.  A. 

4.  Eastern,  M.  Y.  R.  A, 

4.  Eastern,  power  boat  races, 

4.  Knickerbocker,  one-design  power  boats. 

4.  Edgewood,  club.  . . • 

4.  Wollaston,  dub  championship, 

4.  Seawanhaka  Corinthian,  club. 

4.  Seaside  Park,  club.  i 1 i 

4.  Hampton  Roads,  cruise. 

4.  Jamaica  Bay  Y.  R.  A,  races. 

4.  Beverly,  sweepstake. 

4.  East  Gloucester,  club.  ; 

4.  Plartford,  annual,  , . ; : 

4.  Larchmont,  annual.  ' 1 

4.  Sea  Side,  dub. 

6-12.  Atlantic,  cruise.  , 

7.  Eastern,  cruise,  , 

8.  Knickerbocker,  one-design  power  boats,  ' 

8.  New  York,  Glen  Cove,  cups,  ; ] , ' 

8.  Royal  Canadian,  cruising  race. 

8.  Wollaston,  dub  championship.  ' : 

8.  Seawanhaka  Corinthian,  dub.  ; 

8.  Edgewood,  dub. 

8.  Quincy,  M.  Y.  R.  A. 

8.  Rhode  Island,  cruising  race. 

8.  Seaside  Park,  dub. 

8.  Beverly,  club 
8.  Corinthian,  club. 

5.  Riverside,  annual. 

8.  Sea  Side,  open.  , 

8.  Bensonhurst,  Bellows  challenge  cup. 

9.  Canarsie,  open.  i ' 

9.  Morrisania  power  boat  race. 

10.  Seawanhaka  Corinthian,  ocean  race. 

12.  Seaside  Park,  club. 

12.  Sea  Side,  open.  : ■ . 

15.  Royal  Canadian,  dub. 

15.  New  Rochelle,  dub. 

15.  Knickerbocker,  one-design  power  boats. 

15.  Seaside  Park,  club. 

15.  Country  Club,  Detroit  dub. 

15.  Edgewood,  dub. 

15.  Bensonhurst,  Bellows  challenge  cup. 

15.  Atlantic,  Underwood  cup. 

15.  Beverly,  club. 

15.  Boston,  cruise. 

15.  Corinthian,  dub. 

17.  Edgewood,  N.  B.  Y.  R.  A,t-.Qpen. 

18.  New  Brunswick  Y.  R.  A.  regatta.  Prudence  Island. 

18.  East  Gloucester,  dub.  . T 

19.  Seaside  Park.  dub. 

19.  Rhode  Island,  N.  B.  Y.  R.  A.,  open. 

20.  Rhole  Island-Sachem  Head,  team  race. 

20.  Royal  St.  Lawrence,  Seawanhaka  cup. 

21.  Fall  River,  N.  B.  Y.  R.  A.,  open.  ’ 

22.  Knickerbocker,  power  boat  race  to  Marblehead. 

22.  Knickerbocker,  one-design  power  boats. 

22.  Winthrop,  M.  Y.  R.  A.  • 

22.  Bristol,  N.  B.  Y.  R.  A. 

22.  Rhode  Island,  cruising  race. 

22.  Seaside  Park,  dub. 

22.  Royal  Canadian,  Canada’s  cup  trials. 

22.  Beverly  Y.  C.,  club. 

22.  Marine  and  Field,  second  championship,  Y.  R.  A.  G.  B 
22.  Corinthian,  dub. 

26.  Seaside  Park,  dub. 

27.  Eastern,  power  boat  races. 

27.  Sea  Side,  dub. 

28.  Eastern,  power  boat  races. 

28.  Seaside  Park,  Bay  Head  and  Island  Heights,  cruise. 

28.  Sea  Side,  open. 

29.  Eastern,  power  boat  races. 

29.  New  Rochelle,  ladies’  race. 

29.  Chicago,  race  to  Mackinac.  | 

§9.  Copntiw  Club  of  Detroit,  race  to  Mackinac.  . I 

‘ ' ‘ • •'*  w’  J v)  -cJv 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM, 


[June  3,  1903, 


Kapolei. 

This  boat  was  designed  by  Mr.  Vaughan  D.  Bacon, 
of  Barnstable,  Mass.,  over  a year  ago,  and  was  built 
last  spring  on  a sugar  plantation  about  thirty  miles 
from  Honolulu  under  the  owner’s  supervision,  and 
transported  by  rail  to  the  coast  and  put  overboard  on 

Aug.  15,  1904- 

She  is  a comfortable  boat,  and  is  used  for  afternoon 
sailing  and  short  cruises  about  the  islands.  On  account 
of  the  heavy  seas  and  strong  trade  winds  of  the  Pacific, 
the  boat  was  given  more  beam  and  displacement  than  is 
customary  on  the  Atlantic  coast.  She  has  not  been  raced 
as  yet;  in  fact,  there  are  no  other  boats  in  her  class  at 
Honolulu,  so  no  estimate  of  her  speed  can  be  given. 

The  cabin  is  comfortable  and  roomy  for  a 21-footer, 
and  sleeping  accommodations  for  three  are  provided 
for.  Before  the  boat  was  completed  a watercloset  was 
placed  under  the  starboard  transom,  which  is  not  shown 
in  the  plans. 

The  dimensions  are  as  follows: 


O A .......... 

6 in. 

I W T.  ......... 

Overhang — 

5ft 

Forward  

3 

A It  

6ft. 

3 in. 

Beam — . _ . 

At  deck  ......... 

8ft. 

6 in. 

T W T 

• 8ft. 

2I/Jin. 

Freeboard — 

9^3m. 
io  in. 

Stern  

Draft — 

To  rabbet  ....... 

3%m. 

Greatest  ........ 

....................  5ft- 

Displacement  - 

S 0 i>  0 9 0 0 000  ooe  oo  o»  7*3^5^  Db. 

per  inoh  UW,L. . 

« ci  « * 9 9 e p t 9_9'*_9.9 

Head  room  under  house 5ft- 

Iron  on  keel 3,50olbs. 

Sail  area — 

Mainsail  475s9-ft- 

Jib  125.sq.ft. 


Total  sail  area  6oosq.ft. 


Recent  Sales. — The  following  sales  have  been  made 
through  the  agency  of  Mr.  Stanley  M.  Seaman: 

The  power  yacht  Vacuna,  sold  by  Mr.  D.  N.  Arm- 
strong to  Mr.  James  Hartness,  Springfield,  Vt.  She  was 
designed  by  Mr.  William  Gardner,  built  by  Spalding,  St. 
Lawrence  Co.,  Ogdensburg,  N.  Y.,  in  1899.  Equipped 
with  a 25  horsepower  Globe  engine;  speed  12  miles  an 
hour. 

Power  yacht  Hannah  II.,  sold  by  the  Isham  Co.,  New 
London,  Conn.,  to  Mr.  Ulrich  H.  McLaws,  of  Savannah, 
Ga.  Launch  was  shipped  by  steamer  from  New  York. 

The  yawl  Fanshaw,  for  the  Huntington  Mfg.  Co.  to 
Mr.  Brent  Tanner,  of  New  York.  The  Huntington  Co. 
took  her  in  part  payment  for  a larger  boat  of  similar  de- 
sign they  are  building  for  Mr.  Frank  Maier,  New 
Rochelle  Y;  C.  She  finished  fourth  in  the  ocean  race 
from  New  York  to  Marblehead  last  July,  and  was  award- 
ed the  Aggassiz  special  prize  for  being  the  best  designed, 
built  and  equipped  yacht  of  all  the  contestants  for  the 


Dreamer  Sold. — The  cruising  motor  boat  Dreamer, 
designed  by  Mr.  Henry  J.  Gielow,  and  built  by  Mr.  Rob- 
ert Jacob,  City  Island,  N.  Y.,  for  Mr.  C.  W.  Lee,  New 
York  Y.  C.,  has  been  sold  to  Commodore  Frederick  T. 
Adams.  Dreamer  is  one  of  this  season’s  productions, 
59ft.  long,  10ft.  6in.  beam,  and  3ft.  gin.  draft,  equipped 
with  a 25  horsepower  four-cylinder  Standard  motor,  and 
has  a speed  of  nearly  j?  miles  per  hour. 


Across  Nova  Scotia  in  Canoes. 

(Continued  from  page  423.) 

Sunday,  June  19. 

We  left  the  “Emergency”  Camp  with  a good  deal  of 
regret,  as  it  had  proved  a very  delightful  rest  in  the 
course  of  the  hard  work  that  we  had  experienced  so  far, 
but  we  were  tied  down  by  our  schedule,  and  had  no  alter- 
native but  to  push  on  as  quickly  as  possible,  in  order  to 
reach  Liverpool  by  Tuesday  morning. 

Our  friend,  the  rabbit,  again  kept  us  company  at  break- 
fast, and  afforded  some  more  target  practice  at  which 
Louis  very  nearly  bagged  him  with  a stone. 

The  Scribe  took  several  photographs  and  the  party 
then  quickly  pulled  out  on  the  trail  again.  We  promptly 
encountered  more  rough  water,  some  of  the  rapids  being 
veritable  problems.  The  fishing  was  excellent,  and  Carl 
and  H.  N.  T.  improved  the  opportunity  while  the  others 
were  bringing  the  boats  through,  by  working  their  way 
slowly  down  the  banks,  and  fishing  in  the  likely  looking 
pools  and  eddies.  This  was  rough  work,  and  very  diffi- 
cult where  it  was  necessary  to  take  short  cuts  through  the 
woods.  A lumbermen’s  trail  ran  along  parallel  with  the 
river,  and  it  was  possible  to  reach  this  by  striking  inward 
through  the  woods  along  the  river  bank.  It  was  no  easy 
task  to  push  through  the  underbrush  with  a landing 
net,  fishing  rod,  camera  and  string  of  fish.  The 
woods  were  very  dense,  and  the  hooks  and  the 
meshes  of  the  landing  net  would  be  continually 
catching  in  branches  and  twigs,  while  black  flies 
and  mosquitoes  added  to  the  exasperation  of  the 
unfortunate  party.  The  Custodian  of  the  Log  suc- 
ceeded in  getting  stalled  on  a small  log  spanning  a nar- 
row stream  \yith  wide  marshy  shores,  and  narrowly  es- 


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caped  falling  into  the  mire  by  delicate  tight-rope  work 
in  disentangling  his  landing-net  and  fly  hooks  from  the 
high  weeds  about  him.  Further  on  Carl  missed  the  trail 
and  was  lost  for  some  ten  or  fifteen  minutes  in  the  dense 
woods,  but  fortunately  found  his  way  out  without  much 
difficulty.  In  the  meantime  the  others  were  bringing  the 
lightened  canoes  through  the  worst  places  in  the  river; 
first,  the  big  canoe  with  ‘Arthur  and  Louis,  and.  then  the 
other  one  with  Charles  O.  and  Louis.  In  each  case  Louis 
acted  as  the  pilot  in  the  bow,  and  did  wonders  with  a 
snubbing  pole.  There  was  quite  a little  delay  by  this 
method,  as  it  was  necessary  for  Louis  to  work  his  way 
back  on  foot  along-  the  river  bank  to  bring  through  the 
second  boat.  A very  high  wind  at  our  backs,  which  con- 
tinued all  day,  made  the  work  easy  in  the  smooth  water, 
but  very  difficult  in  the  rough,  as  the  water-signs  were 
obscured  by  the  ripples,  even  in  the  rapids.  One  of  the 
worst  spots  was  known  as  “Lake  Falls,”  where  the  river 
was  divided  by  a large  island,  and  where  the  boats  were 
so  long  coming  through  that  Carl  and  FI.  N.  T.,  who  had 
gone  fishing  along  the  other  side  of  the  island,  com- 
menced to  think  that  they  had  missed  the  party,  and  were 
left  behind.  Lake  Falls  was  a very  romantic  place,  as  the 
river  banks  were  quite  high  and,  together  with  the 
islands,  were  covered  with  a very  heavy  growth  of  high 
trees.  The  river  bed  was  particularly  rocky  and  irreg- 
ular. and  the  fishermen  had  fine  sport  jumping  around 
the  huge  boulders,  and  fishing  in  the  deep  eddies  behind 
them.  All  fish  under  a pound  in  weight  were  promptly 
thrown  back,  and  even  after  doing  this,  the  strings  grew 
to  a cumbersome  size.  The  trout  seemed  especially  fond 
of  the  bright  flies,  the  old  reliable  Parmacheenee  Belle 
proving  very  popular;  in  fact,  long  before  the  trip  was 
over  a few  flies  of  this  type  that  we  had  were  so  badly 


chewed  to  pieces  that  we  were  unable  to  use  them.  Louis 
managed  to  patch  up  one  of  Carl’s  and  was  not  very 
much  impressed  with  the  original  workmanship,  claim- 
ing that  he  could  give  points  to  the  man  that  made  that 
particular  one. 

The  worst  rapids,  encountered  so  far  on  the  trip  were 
met  with  at  Big  River  Falls,  and  we  had  been  warned 
about  these  by  Louis  for  several  days  before,  and  also 
by  the  people  at  Milford  before  we  left.  This  is  a stretch 
of  very  steep,  rocky  rapids,  about  two  and  one-half  to 
three  miles  long,  without  any  eddies  to  serve  as  breath- 
ing^ spots.  We  held  a consultation  at  the  head  of  these 
rapids  and  carefully  looked  over  the  ground  as  well  as 
we  could  from  the  high  river  banks.  As  far  as  we  could 
see  was  a tumbling  stretch  of  white  water,  and  the  effect 
was  very  much  like  looking  down  a long,  irregular  chute 
which  disappeared  around  a bend  in  the  river  over  a mile 
below.  There  was  no  choice  but  to  run  through  it,  so  we 
adopted  the  usual  tactics,  namely,  the  two  fishermen  go- 
ing down  on  foot  along  the  river  banks  with  their  fish- 
ing tackle  and  cameras,  while  the  others  brought  the 
boats  down  with  Louis  as  a pilot  in  each  case.  Some 
idea  of  the  difficulty  they  experienced  can  be  gained  from 
the  fact  that  it  took  over  two  hours  to  bring  the  boats 
through.  It  was  inadvisable  to  allow  the  boats  to  get 
any  headway,  so  that  the  passage  was  accomplished  by 
running  close  by  the  shore  and  dropping  down  by  means 
of  snubbing  poles,  with  frequent  stops  to  pick  out  the 
safest  course. 

In  one  or  two  places  it  was  necessary  to  snub  the  boats 
diagonally  completely  across  the  river  from  one  side  to 
the  other  in  the  teeth  of  the  current  to  avoid  some  par- 
ticularly steep  fall  or  dangerous  ledge,  and  this  was  tick- 
lish work,  since  to  lose  control  of  the  boat  in  that  cur- 


rent would  have  resulted  very  seriously.  We  took  pfaoftfc 
graphs  looking  up  and  down  stream,  from  about  the  mid-’ 
die  of  the  rapids,  but  these  did  not  adequately  show  the 
steepness  of  the  descent,  nor  the  grandeur  of  the  scenery. 
Fortunately,  both  boats  were  brought  through  without 
mishap,  due,  no  doubt,  to  the  excellent  work  of  Louis 
in  the  bow,  and  the  party  reassembled  at  the  foot,  the  two 
fishermen  loaded  down  with  their  catch. 

Very  shortly  more  rapids  were  encountered  and  also 
frequent  traces  of  the  lumbermen  in  the  shape  of  stranded 
logs  in  the  streams  from  the  marks  of  their  hobnailed 
boots  on  the  rocks  along  the  shores.  These  marks  were 
very  useful  to  the  fishermen  in  working  through  the 
woods  where  the  river  bank  was  impassable,  as  in  some 
cases  the  only  way  a trail  could  be  distinguished  was  by 
these  scratches  on  the  stones.  A very  rough  “road”  ran 
along  parallel  with  the  river  bank  which  Louis  told  us 
was  used  for  bringing  supplies  up  past  the  Falls  to  the 
lumbermen’s  camp  in  the  winter  time,  but  it  seemed  al- 
most incredible  that  any  sort  of  a vehicle  could  be  taken 
over  this  road  without  being  racked  to  pieces  within  the 
first  half  mile.  The  trail,  for  it  was  not  much  more  than 
an  opening  through  the  bushes,  resembled  a dried  up 
water  course  in  some  places,  and  in  others  the  mud  was 
a couple  of  feet  deep.  There  were  marks  of  wheels,  how- 
ever, to  prove  that  the  feat  had  been  accomplished,  but 
the  motive  power  was  probably  oxen,  as  horses  must 
surely  have  broken  their  legs  on  the  obstructions. 

About  noon  we  came  to  a very  steep  fall,  which  was 
formed  by  several  ledges  and  submerged  boulders  across 
the  river,  known  by  the  lumbermen  as  the  “Sweating 
Place”  for  obvious  reasons,  as  this  is  one  of  the  most 
difficult  points  encountered  by  the  raftsmen  during  the 
spring  freshets.  It  was  quite  short,  not  more  than  fifty 
yards,  but  rough  enough  to  be  a problem.  The  Scribe, 
as  official  photographer,  got  out  above  the  Falls  and  took 
up  a position  below  with  the  camera,  securing  a striking 
photograph  of  Carl  and  Arthur  taking  the  first  drop. 
Both  boats  came  through  beautifully,  almost  disappearing 
from  sight  in  the  burst  of  spray  on  striking  the  wave  at 
the  foot  of  the  descent,  but  shipping  only  a cupful  or  so 
of  water. 

As  usual,  a number  of  gamy  trout  were  taken  from  the 
eddy  below  this  fall.  During  the  remainder  of  the  morn- 
ing, the  trip  was  uneveniful  except  for  the  usual  run  of 
lesser  rapids  and  smooth  eddies  bordered  by  magnificent 
forests  and  huge  rocks.  Very  few  of  these  places  seem 
to  have  name,  but  shortly  before  stopping  for  lunch  as 
we  passed  Great  Brook  Falls,  a fairly  easy  descent  after 
what  we  had  been  through,  but  at  least  as  rough  as  any 
of  the  rapids  we  encountered  on  our  Delaware  cruise  the 
year  before. 


By  this  time  we  were  commencing  to  see  signs  of  civili- 
zation in  the  shape  of  clearings,  where  the  trees  had  been 
cut  off,  the  stumps  still  standing,  with  no  attempt  at  cul- 
tivation, simply  a rough  kind  of  pasture  ground  for  the 
steers  which  were  allowed  to  wander  wild  at  this  time 
of  the  year  and  shift  for  themselves. 

About  noon  we  came  to  a short  rapids,  which  Louis 
called  Third  Stillwater  Falls,  and  we  decided  to  stop  at  a 
little  clearing  on  the  left  bank  of  the  stream  for  lunch, 
all  hands  being  ravenous  from  the  long,  hard  work  of  the 
morning.  A strong  wind  was  still  blowing,  and  the  air 
was  very  fresh  and  cool,  so  much  so  that  the  shelter  of  a 
little  clearing  among  the  heavy  underbrush  was  very  wel- 
come, and  after  driving  away  a herd  of  cattle  which  stub- 
bornly occupied  the  shore  we  stretched  ourselves  out 
among  the  sun-warmed  rocks  and  prepared  our  meal.  We 
had  been  at  work  only  a few  moments  when  we  discov- 
ered a small  party  on  the  opposite  bank  engaged  in  eat- 
ing their  mid-day  meal.  They  looked  like  negroes  at  that 
distance,  but  Louis,  upon  being  questioned,  announced 
that  they  were  Mic-Mac  Indians,  who  had  come  up  from 
the  settlement  below  after  trout.  They  had  a heavy, 
clumsy  rowboat  and  they  made  their  way  across  to  us 
by  a detour  to  keep  away  from  the  head  of  the  rapids, 
greeting  us  in  a very  friendly  manner  as  they  landed. 
They  were  an  interesting  group;  one  old.  very  intelligent 
Indian,  who  spoke  English  perfectly,  and  two  younger 
men,  one  of  them  quite  handsome,  the  other  quite  repul- 
sive. We  offered  them  some  of  our  lunch  but  they  took 
nothing  but  a little  cornbread,  and  the  old  man  begged  a 
few  trout  flies  from  the  Scribe.  In  honor  of  our  guests 
we  named  this  camp  the  Mic-Mac  Camp,  and  we  look 
back  to  it  as  one  of  the  most  enjoyable  lunch  camps  of 
the  trip.  The  event,  however,  which  immortalized  the 
spot  was  the  naming  of  the  big  canoe  belonging  jointly 
to  _ Arthur  and  the  Scribe.  It  was  formally  dubbed  the 
Mic-Mac,  after  Louis  and  his  tribe,  although  the  name 
smacked  strongly  of  Irish-Scotch  origin. 

Louis  engaged  the  Indians  in  conversation  in  the  native 
tongue,  a grotesque  jumble  of  sounds  to  our  ignorant 
ears,  and  he  found  that  they  were  shortly  returning  to 
the  Indian  settlement  near  Milton,  and  that  they  could 
arrange  to  take  him  along  with  them  in  their  boat,  so  he 
decided  to  take  his  departure  here  and  go  with  them.  We 
should  mention  the  fourth  companion  of  the  Indians — a 
curious  mongrel  dog,  which  was  very  friendly  with  the 
natives  but  very  wary  of  us.  This  dog  never  made  a 
sound  all  the  time  he  was  frisking  around  the  camp,  al- 
though he  was  quite  playful  and  we  expected  every  mo- 
ment to  hear  him  bark. 

We  did  some  figuring  to  find  out  what  we  owed  Louis 
at  the  rate  of  $1.50  per  day.  This  came  to  about  $15,  as 
we  all  chipped  in  to  buy  Louis  a new  hat;  he  had  lost  a 
good  felt  headpiece  that  morning  coming  through  Big 
Rivei  Palls,  he  had  also  lost  his  pipe  and  felt  *‘hese  two1 
mishaps  very  keenly.  The.  Indians  decided  to  go  up 
stream  a short  distance  fishing  and  pick  Louis  up  on  the 
way  back,  SO'  we  took  things  easily  around  the  camp  a 
little  longer  and  wrote  a note  to  Thomas,  at  Milford,  ex- 
plaining that  we  had  settled  with  Louis,  and  asking’ him 
to  let  us  know  what  further  charges  we  owed  him.”  The 
Hon  Secretary  of  the  Navy  in  writing  the  letter  dated  it 
at  Thirsty  Water  Falls,  which  amused  the  party  consid- 

prshlv  J 


down  through  the  rapids  and  discovered  an  ideal  site 
our  camp,  just  below  on  the  right  bank  of  the  river.  Thi 
was  a little  open  space  among  the  trees  at  the  head  of 
steep  slope  up  from  the  river,  carpeted  thickly  with  heaw 
grass  with  numbers  of  blue  and  purple  iris  growing  wili 
everywhere  A little  further  back  from  the  river  was  • 
spring  of  clear,.  fresh  water,  and  as  we  landed  the  trou 
could  be  seen  rising  everywhere  in  the  river  opposite.  W* 


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f June  3,  ipai 


quickly  pitched  our  tent  here,  and  got  things  in  shape  for 
the  night,  although  it  was  still  fairly  early  in  the  after- 
noon. The  party  tried  the  fishing,  going  out  in  the  empty 
boats  and  had  only  fair  luck,  as  the  high  winds  seemed 
to  interfere  with  the  sport,  and,  of  course,  made  it  diffi- 
cult to  cast  in  any  direction  except  down  stream  with  the 
gale.  Louis  and  H.  N.  T.  explored  up  stream  some  dis- 
tance, casting  until  they  both  had  “glass  arms,”  and  Carl 
arid  Charles  also  wandered  around  in  their  canoe  taking 
things  easy  and  hauling  in  the  trout.  Here,  as  before, 
the  most  taking  fly  was  the  Parmacheenee  Belle,  the  trout 
preferring  it  to  any  other  in  our  large  assortment.  So 
many  fish  were  taken  on  this  kind  of  fly  that  our  avail- 
able supply  of  them  was  almost  exhausted,  the  wear  and 
tear  on  them  using  them  up  pretty  fast.  Carl  had  good 
success  with  a Jenny  Lind  on  the  drop  leader;  H.  N.  T. 
preferring  the  Royal  Coachman.  Toward  evening  light 
colored  flies  were  substituted,  the  Dusty  Miller  and  the 
Silver  Fairy  proving  great  killers.  The  fish  taken  in  the 
quick  waters  were  strong  and  active,  and  put  up  great 
fights,  taxing  our  light  tackle  to  the  utmost.  So  lavish 
was  the  supply  of  fish  and  so  ready  were  they  to  take 
the  fly  that  we  were  often  literally  “tired  of  catching 
trout,”  and  the  extraordinary  spectacle  might  have  been 
witnessed  of  two  enthusiastic  fishing  “cranks”  reclining 
luxuriously  on  the  grass  near  the  camp-fire,  pipe  in 
mouth,  watching  listlessly  the  antics  of  the  fish  in  the 
stream  within  casting  distance  of  where  they  lay.  Two 
weeks  before  had  anyone  told  us  this  were  possible  we 
would  have  scoffed  at  the  idea ! 

We  were  now  within  some  ten  miles  of  Milton,  where 


ther  visions  of  moose.  Peering  cautiously  out  from  be- 
neath the  edge  of  the  canvas,  we  made  out  in  the  dark- 
ness a number  of  huge  forms  surrounding  us,  blowing 
loud  snorts  of  alarm,  one  of  them  standing  close  along- 
side the  Scribe’s  head  and  nosing  at  the  ashes  of  the  fire. 
As  usual,  they  turned  out  to  be  a flock  of  steers,  coming 
down  to  the  spring  to  drink.  We  had  pre-empted  their 
“swizzle-haus,”  and  they  naturally  resented  the  intrusion. 
There  was  risk  of  their  getting  mixed  up  in  our  guy- 
ropes  and  pulling  the  tent  about  our  ears,  so  Arthur 
slipped  a couple  of  bird-shot  cartridges  into  his  22,  and 
blazed  away  through  the  rear  opening  of  the  tent.  The 
result  was  a lot  of  surprised  cattle  and  a realistic  repre- 
sentation of  a Texas  stampede  up  the  hill  back  of  us. 
Half  an  hour  later  they  were  with  us  again  and  the  per- 
formance was  repeated,  much  to  the  disgust  of  the  sleep- 
ers. After  the  second  fusilade  they  did  not  disturb  us 
again,  but  gradually  disappeared  in  the  woods,  the  noise 
of  their  movements  growing  fainter  and  fainter. 

No  further  disturbances  occurred  during  the  rest  of  the 
night  except  the  snores  of  the  Scribe. 

[to  be  continued.] 


A.  C.  A.  Membership. 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

In  accordance  with  article  12  of  the  constitution,  notice 
is  hereby  given  that  the  following  amendments  will  be 
offered  at  the  next  meeting  of  the  Executive  Committee 
of  the  A.  C.  A.: 


The  club  cup  event  was  won  by  Adolph  Schwind  with  108  out 
of  a possible  120.  The  cup  is  contested  for  each  month,  ending 

in  the  King  shoot  in  October,  and  is  open  to  members  only. 

Telescope  sights  were  barred  in  all  events.  The  spring  shoot  oii 
June  15  will  be  largely  attended.  The  scores: 

Offhand,  200yds.,  American  target,  y2 in.  rings,  center  25;  three 
shots,  posible  75;  ten  money  prizes: 

J Lessner  23  23  21-67  A N Clemmer 16  18  16-50 

F Smith  21  22  23—66  * T C Anderson  16  22  22—50 

J C Katzenberger..  20  21  21 — 62  H Arnett 18  13  11- — 42 

C W Matthews 21  20  20 — 61  W Lutz  22  20  0 — 42 

J Tohnson  17  24  19-60  W J Kernan 8 16  0-24 

I N Stiver  18  18  23—59  B Mescher  8 0 0—8 

D W Jones 25  20  8—53 

Prizes  were  wen  in  order  given  above. 

Muzzle  rest,  first  match,  200yds.,  German  ring  target,  %in. 
rings,  center  24;  three  shots,  possible  72;  ten  money  prizes: 

M J Schwind 21  24  21—66  G H Sander,  Sr....  16  20  22 — 58 

W F Jay 19  23  23—65  J W Spitter 10  20  19—49 

Gussie  Sander 17  21  22—60  J C Katzenberger. . . 13  11  19—43 

C W Matthews 24  14  21 — 60  T C Anderson 17  6 18 — 41 

A Schwind  17  23  19-59  F Smith  6 8 15—29 

Muzzle  rest,  second  match,  200yds.,  three  shots,  possible  72: 

J Johnson  21  24  24—69  C W Sander 17  21  17—55 

W F Jay 22  19  19—60  C W Matthews 19  18  16—53 

A N Clemmer......  19  24  15—58  W Lutz  16  9 16—41 

T Rappold  16  21  20—57  Dr  Jewett  15  5 7—27 

I M Stiver 17  20  18—55  J C Hahne  6 15  0—21 


Muzzle  rest,  third  match,  200yds.,  three  shots,  possible  72: 

W F Jay 23  24  23—70  C W Matthews....  17  18  22—58 

G H Sander,  Sr 24  22  23—69 

A N Clemmer 22  22  24—68 


G R Decker 24  22  21—67 

J Rappold 23  24  20—67 

M J Schwind 24  21  20 — 65 

A Schwind 18  24  22 — 64 

C W Sander 18  24  22—64 

Wm  Isenberg 20  20  20 — 60 

J Johnson  ..........  18  21  20—59 


J Johnson  21  23  22—66 

J Lessner  24  23  17-65 

C W Matthews 19  23  21—63 

A N Clemmer 20  20  22-62 

H Arnett  18  23  21—62 

W S Kessler 18  22  20—60 

J C Katzenberger..  22  23  15—60 


H K Schwind 18  17  19—54 

T H Eckert 18  20  15—53 

E J Bundenthal  ....  21  9 20—50 

W S Kessler 8 23  17—48 

B Mescher  22  6 15 — 43 

LI  Arnett  14  11  15—40 

W A Kerner 4 22  10 — 36 

center  25;  three  shots, 

D W Jones 14  21  19—54 

E Culbertson 12  24  18 — 54 

F Smith  IS  21  14—53 

I M Stiver  17  18  18 — 53 

Wm  Lutz  17  18  17 — 52 

C W Sander 13  22  17-52 


Offhand,  American  target,  % in.  rings; 
possible  72;  ten  moneys: 


Champion  cup,  open  to  members  only.  Conditions:  200yds., 
offhand,  German  target,  center  24,  %in.  rings,  five  shots,  possible 
120;  cup  and  first  money  to  best  score;  five  other  moneys.  The 
cup  is  to  be  contested  for  each  month,  ending  in  the  King  shoot 
in  October: 


A Schwind  ...20  20  24  23  21—108  M T Schwind.16  16  20  17  19—  88 

J F Beaver... 23  22  20  19  23—107  W j Kerner... 19  23  12  6 22—  82 

J Rappold 20  21  22  20  20—103  G R Decker..  17  4 18  22  18—  79 

H K Schwind. 17  23  23  22  14—  99  G Sander,  Jr.. 21  17  9 13  14—  74 

. B Mescher.... 19  18  22  14  22—  95  Dr  Jewett 15  10  15  15—46 

Bonasa. 


New  York  SchueUen  Corps. 

The  forty-ninth  annual  festival  of  this  club,  whose  captain  is  J. 
LI.  Hainhorst,  will  be  held  in  Union  Hill  Park,  New  Jersey, 
June  7 and  8.  It  will  be  open  to  all  comers,  all  shooting  at 
200yds.,  offhand.  On  the  first  day  the'  shooting  hours  will  be 
from  1 o’clock  until  7 P.  M. ; second  day,  9 A.  M.  until  6:30  P.  M. 
On  the  ring  target,  three-shot  tickets,  unlimited  entries,  there 
will  be  twenty  cash  prizes,  ranging  from  $25  to  $2.  On  the 
bullseye  target,  10-shot  tickets,  unlimited,  best  single  shot  by 
measurement  to  count,  the  same  number  of  prizes  will  be  hung 
up,  $20  for  highest  and  $2  for  low  score.  Ten  dollars  will  go  to 
the  man  making  the  most  flags,  and  other  premiums,  ranging 
from  $8  to  $1,  will  go  to  those  scoring  the  greatest  number  of 
flags,  best  five  tickets,  etc. 


New  York  City  Scfiuetzen  Corps, 

The  thirty-second  annual  prize  shoot  of  this^  corps  will  be  held 
in  the  shooting  park  at  Union  Hill,  N.  J.,  Wednesday,  June  14, 
from  10  A.  M.  until  7 P.  M.  All  shooting  at  200yds.,  offhand, 
entries  unlimited.  There  will  be  ten  cash  prizes  and  three 
premiums  on  the  ring  target,  the  highest  $15,  three-shot  tickets, 
< best  two  to  count.  On  the  bullseye  target,  ten  prizes  will  be 
given,  highest,  $12.  The  best  shot  by  measurement  will  count. 
Four  premiums  will  go  for  greatest  number  of  bullseyes  and 
first  and  last  flags.  The  King  target,  open  to  members  only,  car- 
ries the  $50  King  medal  and  $35  in  cash.  There  will  also  be 
bowling  for  members  and  their  families,  with  the  distribution  of 
prizes  in  the  evening. 


CASTING. 


a large  pulp  mill  was  located,  and  we  questioned  Louis 
closely  about  the  difficulties  to  be  encountered  on  _ the 
following  day  when  we  would  be  without  his  services. 
He  told  us  of  two  large  dams  to  be  passed,  possibly  three. 
We  decided  to  leave  the  river  at  the  pulp  mill  and  load 
our  boats,  etc.,  on  the  little  railway  that  plies  between 
Milton  and  Liverpool  in  connection  with  the  mill.  Our 
boat,  the  Senlac,  of  the  South  Shore  Line,  was  due  at 
Liverpool  some  time  on  Tuesday — what  hour  we  did  not 
know,  nor  could  we  find  out  when  the  train  left  Milton 
on  Monday  afternoon.  Our  time  was  growing  short,  and 
we  aimed  -to  make  the  run  to  the  pulp  mill  the  following 
morning,  so  as  to  have  ample  time  for  emergencies  that 
might  arise.  While  we  were  discussing  these  matters 
the  Indians  returned  down  stream  and  a few  minutes 
later  we  were  all  bidding  Louis  good-bye  with  genuine 
regret.  He  had  proved  a first-rate  companion  and  an  ex- 
cellent guide;  we  could  not  have  asked  for  a more  con- 
genial addition  to  the  party.  They  passed  quickly  out 
of  sight  around  a bend  of  the  stream  and  we  realized  that 
it  was  again  “up  to  us”  to  get  out  of  the  country  on  our 
own  resources. 

This  was  our  last  “night  camp,”  so  we  took  special 
care  to  make  it  a comfortable  one,  duly  naming  it  Camp 
Iris,  Arthur  fastening  a bunch  of  that  graceful  flower  to 
the  peak  of  the  tent.  Ample  supplies  were  gathered  of 
spruce  boughs  for  the  beds  and  hemlock  bark  for  the 
fire,  and  after  a hearty  supper  in  which  broiled  trout, 
bacon,  rice  and  cornbread  figured  prominently,  the  cruis- 
ers stretched  themselves  around  the  camp-fire,  and  light- 
ing pipes,  burst  into  song.  Stories  and  reminiscences 
came  thick  and  fast,  the  loungers  moving  only  to  shift 
the  wet  shoes  and  socks  hanging  by  the  fire,  or  to  get 
another  light  for  a pipe.  The  cool  night  air  made  the 
fire  very  agreeable,  the  cosy  circle  of  its  warmth  lighting 
up  our  camp  amidst  the  gloom  and  darkness  of  the  sur- 
rounding forest  and  the  rushing  river  below.  Very  loath 
to  leave  its  cheery  influence,  at  last  we  banked  the  fire 
with  heavy  logs  and  stretching  ourselves,  slid  into  our 
sleeping  bags,  the  roar  of  the  rapids  and  the  crackle  of 
the  camp-fire  serving  as  pleasant  reminders  of  the  day’s 
sport. 

The  night  was  quite  cold  and  we  slept  inside  both  inner 
sleeping  bags,  our  ears  and  noses  resembling  chunks  of 
ice  by  sunrise.  At  10:30  P.  M.,  by  Arthur’s  watch,  we 
were  awakened  from  deep  slumber  by  heavy  trampling 
and  loud  snuffling  around  the  edges  of  the  tent.  All 
hands  were  promptly  on  the  qui  vive,  “Bears !”  being  the 
first  thought  with  each,  except  H.  N.  T.,  who  had  fur- 


Article  V.,  Section  2.  Strike  out  the  first  and  sec- 
ond lines  and  all  of  line  third,  to  and  including  “commit- 
tee,” and  insert  in  place  thereof : “The  Commodore, 

.Secretary  and  Treasurer  shall  be  elected  by  the  Board  of 
Governors  at  the  A.  C.  A.  Camp,  or  at  some  subsequent 
meeting  of  the  Board.” 

Article  V.,  Section  2,  on  page  8 of  1904  Year  Book. 
Strike  out  the  third,  fourth  and  fifth  lines  and  insert  the 
following:  “In  the  event  of  the  office  of  Commodore 

becoming  vacant  by  any  cause,  the  same  shall  be  filled 
for  the  unexpired  term  by  a majority  vote  of  the  Board 
of  Governors.” 

Article  VI.,  Section  1.  Strike  out  all  after  “Camp”  in 
eighth  line  to  and  including  “Treasurer”  in  ninth  line. 

Article  VI.,  Section  4.  After  the  word  “Commodore” 
in  fourth  line  add  the  words:  “Secretary  and  Treasurer.” 

Robert  J.  Wilkin. 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 


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Fixtures. 

June  15-18. — Central  Sharpshooters’  Union,  under  auspices  of 
Davenport,  la.,  Shooting  Association.  F.  Berg,  Sec’y. 

July  24-29.— N ewark,  O. — Second  annual  of  the  Ohio  State  Rifle 
Association 

July  26-Aug.  1. — Creedmoor,  L.  I. — Second  annual  of  New  York 
Rifle  Association. 

Aug.  11-18.— Fort  Des  Moines,  la.,  Rifle  Association  annual 
meeting. 

Aug.  24-28.— Sea  Girt,  N.  J.— National  rifle  and  revolver  matches. 

Aug.  29-Sept.  9.— Sea  Girt,  N.  J— National  Rifle  Association  and 
New  Jersey  State  Association. 


Dayton  Sharpshooters. 

The  Dayton,  O.,  Sharpshooters’  Society  gave  their  opening 
shoot  on  their  new  range  on  the  Dayton  Gun  Club’s  grounds, 
four  miles  south  of  the  city,  on  May  24,  and  the  contests  were 
participated  in  by  the  crack  shots  from  all  parts  of  the  valley. 

The  society  was  organized  in  1863,  and  in  its  early  years  its 
custom  was  to  march  from  the  court  house  carrying  their  rifles 
and  in  uniform,  and  with  music  proceed  to  their  range  on  South 
Wayne  avenue.  Changes  in  location  were  made,  and  the  society 
finally  established  the  Oakwood  range,  then  moved  half  a mile 
west  to  the  Kramer  woods,  and  are  at  last  permanently  settled 
in  their  present  location. 

Most  of  the  honors  in  the  offhand  contests  were  captured  by 
the  visitors.  Each  member  of  the  society  was  a committee  to 
entertain  visitors,  and  they  certainly  made  the  occasion  a pleas- 
ant one  for  the  guests.  Lunch  was  served  all  day. 


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If  you  want  your  shoot  to  be  announced  here  send  a 
notice  like  the  following: 


Fixtures. 

June  1-2.— North  Branch,  N.  J.,  Gun  Club  first  annual  spring 
target  tournament.  H.  B.  Ten  Eyck,  Sec’y. 

June  3.— Long  Island  City,  N.  Y.— Merchandise  shoot  of  Queens 
County  Gun  Club.  R.  H.  Gosman,  Sec’y. 

June  6-6. — New  Baris,  O.— Cedar  Springs  Gun  Club  tournament. 
J.  F.  Freeman,  Sec’y. 

June  6-8. — New  Jersey  State  Sportsmen’s  Association  tournament 
under  auspices  of  the  Rahway,  N.  J.,  Gun  Club.  W.  R. 
Hobart.  Sec’y. 

June  6-8.— Sioux  City,  la.— Soo  Gun  Club  tournament.  W.  F. 
Duncan,  Sec’y. 

June  8.— West  Chester,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  all-day  target  shoot.  F. 
H.  Eachus,  Sec’y. 

June  8-9.— Dalton,  O.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  Ernest  E. 
Scott,  Capt. 

June  3-4. — Chicago  Trapshooters’  Association  amateur  tourna- 
ment. E.  B Shogren,  Sec’y. 

June  9.— Shamokin,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  S.  C.  Yocum, 
Sec’y. 

June  9-11.— Bozeman,  Mont.— Montana  State  shoot, 
une  11-13.— Chef  Menteur,  La.— Gulf  Coast  Trapshooters’  League 
shoot,  under  auspices  of  the  Tally-Ho  Club.  John  Spring, 
Chairman. 

June  12-13. Wabash  Gun  Club  tournament;  sanction  of  Indiana 

State  League.  Austin  S.  Flinn,  Sec’y. 

June  13-14. — New  Bethlehem,  Pa. — Crescent  Gun  Club  second 
annual  tournament.  R.  E.  Dinger,  Capt. 

June  13-14.— Dubuque,  la.,  Gun  Club  amateur  tournament.  F. 
M.  Jaeger,  Sec’y. 

June  13-14.— Butler,  Mo. — The  Missouri  and  Kansas  League  of 
Trapshooters.  Dr.  C.  B.  Clapp,  Sec’y. 

June  13-16.— Utica,  N.  Y.— New  York  State  shoot.  James  Brown, 

Sec’y- 

June  13-14.— Capron,  111.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  A.  Vance,  Sec’y. 
June  13-15.— Canton,  O.,  Trapshooters’  League  tournament.  C.  F. 

Schlitz,  Sec’y.  ... 

June  14-15.— Durham,  N.  C— North  Carolina  Trapshooters  Associa- 
tion second  annual  tournament.  Geo.  L.  Lyon,  Pres. 

June  14-15.— Middletown,  Wis.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  Frank  L. 
Pierstorff,  Sec’y. 

June  15.— Champlain,  N.  Y„  Gun  Club  annual  tournament. 

June  16.— Indianapolis,  Ind.— Limited  Gun  Club  championship 
shoot.  . , . . 

June  16-18.— Putnam,  111. — Undercliff  Sportsmen  s Association 
tournament.  C.  G.  Grubbs,  Mgr. 

June  17.— Chicago,  111.,  Gun  Club  special  100-target  contest.  C.  P. 
Zacher,  Sec’y. 

June  20.— Dayton,  O.— Rohrer  s Island  Gun  Club  tournament. 
Will  E.  Kette,  Sec’y. 

June  20-21.— Binghamton,  N.  Y.,  Rod  and  Gun  Club  tournament, 
Vernon  L.  Perry,  Sec’y.  „ , . 

June  20-21.— Jackson,  Mich.— Michigan  State  shoot,  under  auspices 
of  Jackson  Gun  Club.  H.  B.  Crosier,  Sec’y. 


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June  20-22. — New  London,  la.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  Dr. 
C.  E.  Cook,  Sec’y. 

June  21-22. — Bradford,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  club  tournament.  E.  C. 
Charlton,  Sec’y. 

June  21.— Monongahela  Valley  League  of  West  Virginia  third 
tournament,  under  auspices  of  Grafton  Gun  Club.  A.  R. 
Warden,  Sec’y. 

June  22. — Towanda,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  W.  F.  Dittrich, 
Sec’y. 

June  22-23. — Atlantic  City,  N.  J. — Seashore  Gun  Club  shooting 
tournament.  E.  M.  Smith,  Sec’y. 

June  22-24. — Portland,  Ore. — Sportsmen’s  Association  of  the  North- 
west tournament.  J.  Winters,  Sec’y. 

June  27-30. — Indianapolis,  Ind. — The  Interstate  Association’s  Grand 
American  Handicap  target  tournament;  $1,000  added  money. 
Elmer  E.  Shaner,  Secy-Mgr.,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

July  1. — Sherbrooke,  Can.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  C.  H. 
Foss,  Sec’y. 

July  4. — Shamokin,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  S.  C.  Yocum, 
Sec’y. 

July  4. — South  Framingham,  Mass. — Second  annual  team  shoot; 
$50  in  cash. 

July  4. — Springfield,  Mass. — Midsummer  tournament  of  the  Spring- 
field,  Mass.,  Shooting  Club.  C.  L.  Kites,  Sec’y. 

July  4. — Monongahela  Valley  League  of  West  Virginia  fourth 
tournament,  under  auspices  of  Mannington  Gun  Club.  W.  C. 
Mawhinney,  Sec’y. 

July  4.— Richmond,  Va.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  J.  A. 
Anderson,  Sec’y. 

July  6-7. — Traverse  City,  Mich.,  trapshooting  tournament.  W.  A. 
Murrell,  Sec’y. 

July  11-12.— Eufala,  Ala.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  C.  M.  Gam- 
mage,  Sec’y. 

July  11-12. — New  Bethlehem,  Pa. — Crescent  Gun  Club  second 
annual  tournament.  O.  E.  Shoemaker,  Sec’y. 

July  12-13. — -Menominee,  Mich. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  Menominee  Gun  Club. 
W.  W.  McQueen,  Sec’y. 

July  24-28. — Brehm’s  Ocean  City,  Md.,  target  tournament.  H.  A. 
Brehm,  Mgr.,  Baltimore. 

July  28-29. — Newport,  R.  I. — Aquidneck  Gun  Club  tournament. 

Aug.  2-4. — Albert  Lea,  Minn. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament under  the  auspices  of  the  Albert  Lea  Gun  Club.  N. 
E.  Paterson,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  8-9. — Morgantown,  W.  Va. — Monongahela  Valley  League  of 
West  Virginia  fifth  tournament,  under  auspices  of  the  Recre- 
ation Rod  and  Gun  Club.  Elmer  F.  Jacobs,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  16-18.— Ottawa,  Can. — Dominion  of  Canada  Trapshooting  and 
Game  Protective  Association.  G.  Easdale,  Sec’y.  _ 

Aug.  16-18. — Kansas  City,  Mo. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  O.  K.  Gun  Club.  C.  C. 
Herman,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  17-18. — Dalton,  O.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  Ernest  F.  Scott, 
Sec’y. 

Aug.  18-20. — Chicago,  111.,  Trapshooters’  Association  fall  tourna- 
ment. E.  B.  Shogren,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  22 — Somerville,  Conn.,  Gun  Club  individual  State  champion- 
ship tournament.  A.  M.  Arnold,  Sec’y. 

. Aug.  22-23. — Carthage,  Mo. — The  Missouri  and  Kansas  League  of 
Trapshooters.  Dr.  C.  B.  Clapp,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  22-25. — Lake  Okoboji,  la. — Indian  annual  tournament.  Frank 
Riehl,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  29-31. — Grand  Rapids,  Mich.— Consolidated  Sportsman’s  Club 
fourth  annual  tournament. 

Aug.  29-31. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tournament,  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Colorado  Springs,  Colo.,  Gun  Club;  $1,000 
added  money.  A.  J.  Lawton,  Sec’y. 

Sept.  4 (Labor  Day). — Fall  tournament  of  the  Springfield,  Mass., 
Shooting  Club;  $25  added  money.  C.  L.  Kites,  Sec’y. 

Sept.  4-6.— Tynchburg. — Virginia  State  shoot.  N.  R.  Winfree, 
Sec’y. 

Sept.  5-8.— Trinidad,  Colo. — Grand  Western  Handicap.  Eli  Jeffries, 
Sec’y. 

Sept.  15-17. — San  Francisco,  Cal. — The  Interstate  Association’s 
Pacific  Coast  Handicap  at  Targets,  under  the  auspices  of  the 
San  Francisco  Trapshooting  Association.  A.  M.  Shields,  Sec’y. 

Sspt.  18-20. — Cincinnati  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  Arthur 
Gambell,  Mgr. 

Oct.  10-11.— St.  Joseph,  Mo. — The  Missouri  and  Kansas  League  of 
Trapshooters.  Dr.  C.  B.  Clapp,  Sec’y. 

Oct.  11-12. — Dover,  Del.,  Gun  Club  tournament;  open  to  all 
amateurs.  W.  H.  Reed,  Sec’y. 


DRIVERS  AND  TWISTERS. 


Club  secretaries  are  invited  to  send  their  scores  for 
publication  in  these  columns,  also  any  news  notes  they 
may  care  to  have  published.  Mail  all  such  matter  to 
Forest  and  Stream  Publishing  Company,  346  Broadway, 
New  York.  Forest  and  Stream  goes  to  press  on  Tues- 
day OF  EACH  WEEK. 


The  Stanley  Gun  Club,  of  Toronto,  Can.,  will  secure  new 
grounds  and  erect  a new  club  house,  pending  which  they  will 
suspend  shooting  in  a regular  manner. 

* 

The  Seashore  Gun  Club,  of  Atlantic  City,  N.  J.,  has  fixed  upon 
June  22-23  for  a three  days’  tournament.  Ten  programme  events 
each  day.  Open  sweeps  and  handicap  events  for  amateurs. 
Special  hotel  rates.  For  programmes,  address  the  Secretary,  Mr. 
E.  M.  Smith. 

*> 

A story  with  a moral  comes  from  Uganda.  A lion,  thinking  it 
about  time  to  lunch,  seized  a white  man  and  bit  him.  His  teeth 
' went  through  a bottle  of  whisky  which  the  man  was  carrying  in 
his  pocket,  and  this  gave  him  such  a shock  that  he  turned  tail. 
The  moral  is  obvious.  Do  not  be  a teetotaler.  If  the  man  had 
been  a teetotaler  he  would  have  been  eaten.  It  is  better  to  be 
drunk  than  eaten. 

The  Westchester,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  have  provided  a programme  of 
ten  events,  at  10,  15  and  20  targets,  50  cents,  $1  and  $1.50  entrance, 
for  their  shoot  fixed  to  be  held  on  June  8.  Totals,  155  targets, 
$10.25  entrance.  Competition  begins  at  10  o’clock  and  is  open 
to  all.  Class  shooting.  Ship  guns  and  shells  to  Mayer  & 
Eachus.  Targets  iy2  cent.  Lunch  and  shells  obtained  on  the 
grounds.  Mr.  F.  H.  Eachus  is  the  secretary. 

•5 

The  Queens  County  Gun  Club  have  provided  a valuable  list  of 
prizes  for  their  shoot,  fixed  to  be  held  on  June  3.  For  the  four 
events,  Nos.  7,  8,  9 and  10,  each  has  five  prizes,  as  follows: 
Event  No.  7— Shaving  set,  razors,  etc.,  silk  umbrella,  brass  clock, 
tobacco  jar,  gold  scarf  pin.  Event  No.  8— Silver  cake  basket, 
cut-glass  fruit  bowl,  silver  fern  dish,  silver  cracker  jar,  cut-glass 
bon  bon  dish.  Event  No.  9 (each  one  silver)— Water  pitcher, 
bread  tray,  nut  dish,  syrup  pitcher,  napkin  ring.  No.  10  (each 
one  cut-glass)— fruit  dish,  sugar  and  cream  set,  flower  vase,  spoon 
holder,  bon  bon  dish. 

* 

The  programme  of  the  New  Jersey  State  Sportsmen’s  Associa- 
tion tournament,  to  be  held  June  6-8,  contains  three  State 
events,  namely,  the  E.  C.  and  Schultze  trophy,  emblematic  of 
the  individual  championship;  conditions,  50  targets,  $1  entrance, 
trophy  and  50  per  cent,  of  entrance  to  the  winner.  The  3-man 
team  championship,  30  targets  per  man,  entrance  $3  per  team. 
The  Quimby  gold  medal,  representative  of  the  individual  cham- 
pionship, 100  targets,  $3  entrance;  open  to  residents,  professionals 
and  amateurs.  On  the  first  day  there  are  ten  programme  events, 
all,  save  No.  6,  at  15  targets,  entrance  $1.30.  No.  6 is  the  3-man 
team  contest.  On  the  second  day,  there  are  four  15-target  events 
$1.30  entrance,  and  the  individual  championship,  divided  into 


two  50-target  events.  On  the  third  day,  commencing  at  10 
o’clock,  the  programme  provides  for  an  amateur  10  or  15-man  team 
contest,  between  New  York  'and  New  Jersey,  100  targets  per  man, 
for  the  duPont  trophy;  also,  four  15-target  events,  Rose  system 
of  division  will  govern  the  moneys.  Open  shooting  June  9-10. 
Average  prizes,  highest  professionals  in  15-target  events,  $10  and 
$5.  Amateurs,  $15,  $10,  $5,  $3  and  $2.  Highest  in  State  team 
event,  $10.  Highest  man  on  New  York  and  New  Jersey  teams, 
$5  each.  Shooting  begins  at  7 :30  each  day.  Targets,  2 cents. 
Three  sets  of  traps.  Shells  for  sale  on  the  grounds.  Afternoon 
of  June  5,  practice  shooting.  Ship  guns  and  shells,  prepaid,  to 
J.  F.  Way,  35  Cherry  St.,  and  they  will  be  delivered  on  grounds 
free.  Annual  meeting,  June  6.  The  tournament  will  be  given 
under  the  auspices  of  the  Rahway,  N.  J.,  Gun  Club.  The  Pennsyl- 
vania Railroad  connects  with  the  line  of  trolleys  at  the  station 
in  Rahway.  The  Central  Railroad  of  New  Jersey  connects  with 
the  same  line  at  Westfield,  N.  J.  The  Lehigh  Valley  Railroad 
at  Picton,  N.  J.  The  trolley  connects  at  Rahway  Junction  with 
other  lines  from  Elizabeth,  Westfield,  Fanwood,  Plainfield  and 
other  points. 

Bernard  Waters. 


Milton  Tournament. 

Milton,  Pa.,  May  26. — The  annual  spring  tournament  of  the 
Milton  Rod  and  Cun  Club,  held  on  tneir  Deautiiul  grounds  in 
Rangier’s  Crove,  proved  to  be  the  surprise  of  the  year,  it  was 
the  most  successiul  shoot  held  in  Central  Pennsylvania  for 
years.  The  weather  was  pertect,  scores  close,  and  plenty  of 
good  marksmen.  thirty-two  laced  the  traps  the  first  day  and 
lorty-eight  the  second  ciay.  J.  iVloweli  Hawkins  won  hign  pro- 
fessional average  each  day,  and  Neat  Apgar  second.  Hawkins 
broke  348  out  of  365;  Apgar,  343.  H.  B.  Shoop,  ot  Harrisburg, 
won  high  average  for  tournament  with  334;  A.  C.  Krueger,  325; 
R.  C.  Derk  and  J.  D.  Mason,  32 i;  and  F.  A.  Godcharies,  324,  were 
all  in  a bunch. 

T.  Grove,  the  author  of  the  best  score  recvord  known  per- 
formed the  wondertul  feat  of  shooting  through  the  entire  two 
days’  programme  and  kept  the  records.  Seven  minutes  after 
the  last  shot  was  fired  the  second  day  he  announced  he  was 
ready  to  settle  in  full  with  each  marksman. 

Mr.  A.  W.  Burnham,  of  Somer’s  Point,  N.  J.,  gave  a great 
exhibition  of  how  to  referee  6,275  targets  without  a single  dispute. 
Over  10,000  targets  were  thrown  in  the  two  days  from  a magau- 
trap.  The  feature  of  the  tournament  was  the  race  for  the  suver 
loving  cup,  seven  teams  entered.  It  was  won  by  Harrisburg. 

Over  50u  spectators  enjoyed  the  excellent  sport,  and  in  every 
way  the  shoot  proved  a success. 

Harrisburg  Sportsmen’s  Assn.  Milton  Rod  and  Gun  Club. 


Fisher  

24 

Godcharies  

..  22 

Gettys  

17 

H Strine  

..  17 

Steward  

18 

Rishel  

..  19 

Shoop  

24 

Rangier  

..  16 

Kruger  

21—104 

Whitmire  

. . 18—  92 

Northumberland 

Gun  Club. 

Carlisle  Gun  Club. 

Howell  

18 

Hatfield  

..  22 

Derk  

22 

Shearer  

..  22 

Stamm  

20 

Tritt  

. 18 

M P Derk 

17 

Gladfelter  

..  21 

Hixson  

15—92 

Porter  

..  19—102 

Milton  Rod  & Gun  Club,  No.  2. 

Milton  Social  Gun 

Club. 

Fox  

17 

Renn  

. 19 

Koch  

Sears  

,.  14 

Harris  

12 

Dewire  

. 21 

De  Haas  

9 

Botts  

. 14 

G Strine  

Gensel  

. 17—  85 

Danville 

Gun  Club. 

Spicer  

Haney  .. 

. 19 

Deitz  

Lawrence  

18 

Rudy  

. 20—  99 

First  Day, 

, May  23. 

Events : 

1 2 

3456789  10  11 

Targets : 10  15  15  20  15  15  15  15  20  15  15 

J M Hawkins  10  15  14  20  15  13  15  13  20  15  15 

Neaf  Apgar  9 15  15  19  15  15  13  12  19  14  15 

J D Mason  7 14  14  18  13  13  14  15  19  15  15 

A C Krueger  10  14  14  16  14  14  15  14  17  14  14 

R C Derk  10  14  13  16  14  13  14  15  17  15  12 

W H Stroh  9 15  15  16  12  13  13  14  17  14  14 

PI  B Shoop  10  14  15  18  13  12  11  14  20  11  14 

F A Godcharies  9 14  15  15  14  13  13  14  16  12  14 

M B Stewart  9 13  13  17  14  15  11  12  17  12  13 

D R Rishel  10  12  14  15  14  13  13  12  IS  12  11 

H A Gettys  3 13  13  16  12  15  14  13  15  13  12 

N T Brindle  8 14  13  17  14  10  14  13  19  9 11 

W Gladfelter  9 11  10  10  11  13  14  15  13  12  15 

Karl  Steward  9 11  10  12  12  12  13  13  15  15  13 

C W Fisher  8 15  13  17  9 13  12  10  14  13  11 

F E Butler  7 7 11  16  12  13  13  12  17  12  11 

R E Shearer  8 9 11  14  10  11  14  11  17  12  13 

T Grove  Tritt  9 10  8 15  13  14  9 11  16  8 11 

Geo  W Tovey  7 10  )(  17  )(  12  10  12 

A W Malick  8 10  10  14  11  14  11  9 

C W Hawley  7 6 8 10  6 7 10  8 

A W Burnham  6 13  13  15  11 

S E Gougler  7 12  12  15  8 

M P Derk  5 10  11  7 10 

H Strine  5 11 7 12  14  17  ... . 

Ed  Hatfield  15  14  ()  )8  )5  )5 

D N Hoy  7 8 10  

W H Harris  10 

J S Dougal  11  . . . . 

G Dal  Fox  8 7 

F Rangier  . . ; 5 10 

S H Koch  6 10 7 . . 

May,  24.  Seccrnd  Day. 


Broke. 

165 

161 

157 

156 

153 

152 

152 

149 

146 

144 

144 

142 

138 

135 

135 

131 

130 

125 


Events: 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

Targets : 

10 

15 

15 

20 

15 

15 

15 

20 

15 

25 

15 

15 

Broke 

J M Hawkins  

...10 

15 

15 

19 

15 

14 

14 

18 

15 

24 

12 

12 

183 

Neaf  Apgar  

....  10 

14 

14 

18 

15 

14 

14 

16 

15 

23 

15 

14 

182 

H B Shoop  

...10 

15 

14 

18 

14 

13 

15 

19 

13 

24 

12 

12 

182 

Ed  Hatfield  .... 

...10 

15 

13 

19 

14 

14 

13 

IS 

12 

22 

15 

15 

180 

F A Godcharies 

...  9 

12 

14 

18 

15 

13 

13 

19 

11 

22 

14 

15 

175 

Geo  M Howell  

...10 

14 

14 

16 

15 

14 

12 

18 

13 

18 

12 

13 

174 

R C Derk  

...  10 

13 

14 

20 

15 

12 

15 

16 

9 

22 

15 

13 

174 

A C Krueger 

...  9 

13 

15 

20 

14 

12 

13 

16 

15 

21 

12 

13 

173 

M B Stewart 

...10 

12 

10 

17 

15 

11 

12 

20 

14 

22 

14 

14 

171 

D R Rishel  

...  7 

13 

11 

19 

14 

12 

12 

17 

9 

19 

9 

10 

152 

T D Mason  

...  9 

15 

15 

19 

15 

13 

12 

17 

11 

19 

12 

13 

170 

W H Stroh  

...  9 

14 

14 

18 

15 

14 

14 

16 

15 

^3 

15 

14 

166 

James  Porter  

...  9 

12 

14 

18 

11 

13 

8 

17 

13 

19 

10 

14 

165 

R E Shearer  

...  7 

12 

12 

18 

13 

14 

11 

18 

10 

22 

13 

13 

161 

Willis  Gladfelter  ... 

...  9 

14 

14 

16 

12 

14 

13 

16 

12 

21 

11 

8 

160 

T Grove  Tritt  

...  7 

13 

11 

18 

12 

12 

10 

16 

14 

13 

11 

7 

154 

C W Fisher 

...  9 

10 

10 

15 

14 

12 

8 

16 

10 

24 

12 

10 

150 

H A Gettys  

...  5 

12 

11 

16 

13 

14 

10 

13 

11 

17 

8 

8 

138 

Karl  Steward  

...  9 

11 

14 

11 

13 

6 

9 

15 

14 

18 

7 

10 

137 

F E Butler  

...  6 

7 

11 

17 

12 

9 

10 

W T Spicer  

...  9 

14 

15 

16 

11 

12 

13 

17 

14 

23 

L C Deitz  

...  8 

13 

13 

17 

13 

11 

12 

16 

14 

19 

J B Haney  

...  6 

13 

14 

18 

13 

12 

8 

11 

19 

A J Lawrence  

...  6 

8 

8 

17 

12 

..  11 

18 

E D Rudy  

...  7 

14 

12 

10 

11 

20 

Wm  Whitmire  

...  6 

IS 

A F Gensel  

...  7 

17 

S H Koch  

...  7 

19 

G Dal  Fox  

...  6 

8 

12 

9 

17 

Frank  Rangier  

...  7 

16 

W H Harris  

...  5 

m ( 

5 

6 

16 

12 

E Dewire  

...  6 

21 

J R Reitz  

...  8 

11 

12 

10 

Frank  Troxell  

...  4 

10 

B F Stamm  

...  6 

13 

9 

20 

C O Hixon  ........ 

...  7 

. _ 

13 

13 

15 

Harry  Strine  

7 

7 

7 

9 

17 

. . 

. , 

J Hoy 
D N Hoy  ... 
C Hartig  . . 
Geo  Strine 
M P Derk  . 
Mai  Renn  .. 
Bert  Sears  . 
W Botts  . . . 
J De  Haas 


10 

2 


Feed 


7 .1  ..  17  ..  .. 

8 12  10  17  ..  .. 

..  ..  ..  19  ..  .. 

..  ....  14  ..  .. 

13  ..  .. 

19  ..  .. 

A.  Godcharles, 


Capt, 


IN  NEW  JERSEY. 


Peei  less  Rod  and  Gun  Club. 

Paterson,  N.  J.,  May  27. — The  scores  in  the  main  event  to-day 
follow:  G-  Garrabrant  3,  T.  Walker  9,  C.  Dick  9,  T Walker  7, 

G Dick  9 P.  Garrabrant  12,  G.  Garrabrant  2,  C.  ICievit  9,  P.  Gar- 
rabrant 10,  P.  garrabrant  13,  C.  Kievit  19,  H.  Clayton  7,  P. 
Garrabrant  14,  H.  Clayton  15,  H.  Clayton  12. 

Montclair  Gun  Club. 

Montclair,  N.  J.,  May  27.— The  Montclair  Gun  Club  paid  a 
visit  to  the  Mountainside  Gun  Club,  of  Orange,  to-day.  The  chief 
event  was  a team  race,  nine-man  teams,  25  targets  per  man, 
unknown  tiaps  and  unknown  angles.  Montclair  came  off  victor 
m a very  close  and  hard-fought  battle,  some  very  good  scores 
being  made  by  the  men  on  both  teams.  Scores  follow: 

Mountainside  Gun  Club— Gardiner  20,  Colquitt  23,  Canfield  22, 
2 ' toUri  ]gt  ^ ak£  y 20,  Baldwin  16,  Nott  21,  Gillespie  18,  Ziegler 

Montclair’ Gun  Club— -Wallace  19,  Batten  23,  Babcock  24, 

+W. 17 ’ Crane  23>  Boxa11  21>  Bush  22>  Allen  21,  Cockefair  20 
total  lyu. 

Edward  Winslow,  Sec’y. 

Springfield  Shooting  Club. 

We  had  a shoot  on  the  afternoon  of  May  20,  at  which  quite  a 
few  shooters  turned  out.  The  wind  blew  a gale  and  kept  the 
scores  down;  however,  some  good  ones  were  made.  In  the  prize 
eyeut  Cheesman  won  from  Le  Noir  and  Kites,  who  were  tied  on 

ijedi  ' fhis  was  a 15-target  event,  handicapped  by  allowing 
added  targets  to  the  shccters’  scores.  Cheesman’s  score  of  12 
with  3 targets  added  was  high.  Kites  and  Le  Noir  were  scratch. 
At  each  practice  shoot  we  arc  to  have  one  of  these  prize  events 
prize  valued  at  $2.50.  " ’ 

The  club  have  put  up  three  merchandise  prizes  to  be  shot  for 
season1  by  club  members.  Handicapped  by  allowing 
added  targets  to  shooters’  score.  All  shooting  from  16yd.  mark 
In  addition  to  the  prizes,  the  Peters  Cartridge  Co.  have  donated 
a cup,  to  be  shot  for  under  same  handicap  conditions.  Scores  in 
these  two  events,  each  at  25  targets,  follow: 

Event  No.  6,  cup  contest: 


Brk.  Hdp.  Tot’l. 


23 

22 

21 

20 

19 

19 

'21 

21 

19 

19 


Snow  20 

Cheesman  19 

Chapin  16 

Collins  17 

Douglass  19 

Bradford  14 

Event  No.  7,  club  prizes 

Snow  18  3 

Collins  18  3 

Cheesman  16  3 

Plawes  16  3 

Scores  in  regular  events  follow:’ 

Bventf:  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 

targets:  10  10  10  10  15  25  25  15  10 

flte®Tv 8 10  7 8 14  18  18..  7 

6 6 7 ..  14  19  14  13  .. 

Bradford  6 . . . . 5 5 14  13  8 5 

P Lathrop  4 7 13  10 

S”. ::::::::::::::::::::: — 1718  8 

Minstrelsy  3 

Boughton  !.!!!!  6 4 7 2 

Douglass  10 

E Lathrop  !!  ..  ‘(j  9 14 

? Chapin  8 1.6 

A Chapin  ^ 


Le  Noir  19 

Kites  18 

E Lathrop  14 

P Lathrop  13 

Hawes  13 


Bradford  13 

Kites  18 

Le  Noir  14 

P Lathrop  10 


9 13  16 

..  ..  11  7 

7 

9 19  . . 


8 2 


Frencher  . ’ ' ’ 7 


Hdp.  Tot’l. 

0 

19 

0 

18 

3 

17 

3 

16 

3 

16 

5 

18 

0 

18 

0 

14 

3 

13 

Shot 

at. 

Broke. 

115 

' 90 

110 

79 

110 

56 

95 

68 

85 

62 

75 

34 

65 

43 

65 

38 

60 

22 

55 

26 

50 

38 

50 

29 

40 

24 

40 

11 

25 

7 

Misfire. 

Recreation  Rod  and  Gun  Club. 

rkh°Rfc-;  Wt-  M?y  26--The  Recreation  Rod  and  Gun 
til?  p!  i h l ty4  he  d lts  e.1?hth  re§ular  weekly  shoot  at  Recrea- 
tion -hark,  this  afternoon,  with  seven  guns  out.  With  slight  wind 
and  pretty  fair  light,  some  pretty  respectable  scores  were  made, 
and  ahogether  a very  enjoyable  afternoon’s  sports  was  had. 

the  club  championship  gold  medal  was  won  for  the  week  by 
Jacobs,  with  an  average  of  87.3  per  cent.  The  officer’s  goblet 
aPq  was  won  for  the  week  by  White,  with  a score  of  17 
out  of  19  shot  at.  The  scores: 

Jacobs  14ndSivey  5 C°bun  7’  TayIor  0,  Barthlow  1,  White  20, 

i9Cobnn  * Tayl»  * *•"»-.  * 

9n°mCeuS’  19blet  ba"dicaP;  . Cobun  shot  at  19,  broke  13;  Taylor, 
20  1.6;  Barthlow,  20,  12;  White,  19,  17;  Jacobs,  19,  16;  Sivey  20  13] 

buschni9  Ve  6Xtra  targets:  Cobun  14>  Jacobs  21,  E.  C.  Wiede- 

Fouith  event  club  team  race,  3-man  teams,  20  targets  per  man: 
Capt.  White  15  Barthlow  10,  Cobun  12;  total,  37.  Jacobs  16, 
Taylor  15,  Wiedebusch  13;  total,  44. 

Elmer  F.  Jacobs,  Sec’y-Treas* 

North  Branch  Gun  Club* 

RriTrBlAnH(  X May  JL-At  the  shoot  of  the  North 
Branch  Gun  Club,  Mr.  H.  B.  Ten  Eyck  scored  a win  for  the 

scorer  d°na‘ed„by,  the  Hunter  Arms  Co.  J.  S.  Bun  acted  as 
mT  o J’  C-  Sy^er.ac  ed  as  referee.  George  Bun  was  puller. 
No.  2 was  at  20  singles,  use  of  both  barrels,  and  10  pairs. 

lSCOaned:i6H-GBWTeFie^C19  Inlu!  19’  d°UbleS  ^ M’  H‘  R” 

Sweepstakes,  10  targets: 

Events:  i 

H B Ten  Eyck 5 

G W Field ” q 

M PI  R n 

R Bun  0 

j jones t 

A Stryker  5 

J J Philipps 4 

E S Earnest 6 

J Samuel  ' g 


2 

9 

9 

8 

7 

7 

7 
9 
5 

8 


3 
10 

8 

9 

4 
9 
9 


10  10 

7 7 

9 9 


5 

9 

7 

7 
5 

8 
8 
7 
5 


7 

8 
6 
7 
7 
5 
7 


10  10 


New  York  Athletic  Club. 

Travers  Island,  N.  Y May  27.-The  scores  for  the  May  cup 
a ^,e  as  follows>  at  50  targets,  handicap  allowance  as  breaks  • 
A.  O Fleischmann  42,  Gus  Grieff  44,  A.  W.  Hibbard  (6)  39  G 

I'  Scot^feTl  (8>  32’  F'  R'  Wh'te  (12)  31’  CaPt’  Bor^a"d  A)  42i 

Event  No.  2,  25  targets:  Gus  Grieff  18,  A.  W.  Hibbard  (3)  20 

A SxW°odh,?use  (4)  20,  F.  R.  White  (6)  11,  Capt.  Borland  (4)  22,’ 
A.  (j.  hleischmann  (0)  20. 

3,J®.  9.apF  BorJand  ® 2i*’  A-  O-  Fleischman  (0) 

Gus  Grietf  (0)  22,  S.  Scott  (3)  17,  J.  S.  Woodhouse  (4)  18 
N0.  4;  2a  targets:  A.  O.  Fleischmann  (0)  20,  Gus  Grieff  fOl  22 
SH?COct  W 23,  R S’  Woodhouse  (4)  21,  Capt.  Borland  (3)  18  ^ ’ 

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Illinois  State  Tournament. 

Lincoln',  TIL,  May  23, — The  annual  meeting  of  the  Illinois  State 
Sportsmen’s  Association  was  held  to-day.  The  annual  tourna- 
ment was  held  on  the  Lincoln,  111.,  race  track.  This  was  the 
second  meeting  held  in  succession  on  the  same  grounds. 

1 he  seventy-five  shooters  who  had  gathered  from  all  parts  of  the 
Stale,  as  well  as  from  Iowha,  Missouri,  and  Ohio,  found  an  ideal 
ground,  well  provided  with  tents,  houses,  and  what  was  most 
important,  three  automatic  target  traps. 

As  the  writer  has  often  had  occasion  to  call  the  attention  of  the 
trapshooters,  through  the  medium  of  the  press,  to  the  finest  place 
that  can  be  selected, . viz.,  the  infield  of  a race  track,  here  we 
have  one  of  the  best  ever. 

The  weather  here  to-day  was  good,  and  yet  there  was  a 
strong  wind  in  the  face  of  the  shooters,  that  caused  many  red  eyes 
and  was  responsible  for  some  of  the  misses.  , 

This  was,  for  the  most  part,  an  amateur  shoot.  There  were 
State  and  special  events,  in  which  all  present  participated  with 
the  strict  interpretation  of  the  Interstate  Association. 

Same  trap  and  targets  as  used  at  the  Grand  American  Handicap, 
and  they  were  thrown  from  40  to  45yds. 

There  were  first  10,  and  15  target  events,  and  then  a merchan- 
dise shoot.  This  was  followed  with  the  Lincoln  Handicap,  50 
targets,  open  to  all,  handicap,  and  then  the  Smith,  cup  event,  or 
250  targets  for  the  day. 

All  the  events  filled  well,  and  the  shooting  was  fast  not  only 
in  the  continual  popping  of  guns,  but  in  the  scores  made — for 
instance,  Boa  lost  2,  Gilbert  3,  Crosby  6,  Fuller  7,  and  others 
close  up,  as  Powers  bad  142  out  of  150,  Conner,  Graham  and 
Mulford  but  3 to  5 less. 

The  Parker  Gun  event  was  where  the  interest  was  centered,  as 
there  were  ties  to  shoot  off,  and  this  catches  the  crowd  at  all 
times. 

C.  S.  Magill  won  the  Parker  gun.  Dr.  E.  P.  Lawrence  the 
Stevens  double  gun.  A.  L.  Mulford  the  Mullins  boat,  and  George 
Eck  the  Rawlings  hunting  boots. 

The  next  was  the  Lincoln  Handicap,  and  here  the  “busy  boys” 
were  noted.  Shooting  at  50  targets  there  were  four  tied  on  49- 
Gilbert,  Crosby,  Powers  and  Stannard.  In  the  shoot-off,  Powers 
won  after  a second  round  with  Fritz  Gilbert.  This  was  a fine 
silver  water  set.  The  others  well  up  were  Barto  48,  Riehl, 
Graves,  Marshall  and  Brinyon  47 ; Eck,  Willard,  Connor,  Graham, 
J.  S.  Young,  Lord,  Winesberg  and  Davis  46. 

The  Smith  cup  was  a surprise,  as  it  was  won  on  23;  but  the 
conditions  were  hard,  as  the  scores  are  not  up  to  the  standard 
of  the  Illinois  shooters. 

Fred  Lord,  with  a handicap  of  17yds.,  won  with  23  without  a tie. 
Marshall,  Winesberg,  Fuller,  Gilbert,  Powers  and  Simonetti  22. 
The  other  scores  are  shown  in  the  last  column  of  the  tabulated 
scores: 

Shooters  present  were  John  Boa,  Chicago;  J.  R.  Graham,  Ingle- 
side;  H.  Snell,  Litchfield;  F.  Stanton,  Ingleside;  W.  R.  Crosby, 
O’Fallon;  O.  Tosetti,  Chicago;  Fred  Gilbert,  Spirit  Lake,  la.; 
Chan  Powers,  Decatur;  Guy  Burnside,  Knoxville;  Tom  Marshall, 
Keithsburg;  H.  YV.  Cadwallader,  Decatur;  M.  Arie,  Thomasboro; 
J.  G.  Neal,  Rantoul ; E.  Van  Gundy,'  Macon;  Tom  Stoner,  Mt. 
Zion;  G.  H.  Steenberg,  Chicago;  II.  F.  Gibson,  Decatur;  J.  S. 
Young,  Chicago;  A.  Winesberg,  Chicago;  G.  Eck,  Chicago;  F. 
Lord,  La  Grange;  Joe  Barto,  Chicago;  Chet  Gere,  Urbana;  Wm. 
McKinley,  Ogden;  Geo.  Roll,  Chicago;  W.  H.  Haws,  Scotland; 
Geo.  Rupert,  Decatur;  A.  Simonetti,  Chicago;  Frank  Riehl,  Alton; 
P.  Bagerman,  St.  Louis;  YV.  H.  Vietmeyer,  Chicago;  J.  Mackie, 
Scammon;  B.  Jackson,  Ingleside;  W.  J.  Manning,  Morristown; 
W.  Stannard,  Chicago;  M.  Winans,  E.  Alton;  R.  Crawford,  Al- 
ton; Fred  Ellett,  Keithsburg;  H.  Dunnell,  Fox  Lake;  C.  Young, 
Springfield,  O. ; W.  Curtiss,  Chicago;  F.  Fuller,  Chicago;  A.  C. 
Connor,  Pekin;  Claud  Binyou,  Chicago;  A.  S.  Wyckoff,  Morrison- 
ville;  E.  D.  Rambo,  Knoxville;  Fred  Ragel,  Westfield;  Al.  Mul- 
ford, Mason  City;  J.  A.  Habbitt,  YV.  T.  Craig,  C.  Magill,  A.  VV. 
Jewsberry  and  J.  A.  Groves,  Jacksonville;  I.  Herman,  Blue 
Mound;  A.  Engstrom,  Chicago;  C.  G.  Dorkendorf,  Lemont;  J. 
C.  Ramsey,  Mamto;  I.  Waicot,  R.  Davis,  H.  Welles,  E.  P. 
Laurence,  Lincoln;  L.  Hogney  and  Geo.  P.  Pass,  San  Jose;  T.  W. 
Long  and  J.  P.  Speer,  Tayiorville;  G.  A.  Riley,  Jacksonville;  C. 
Gideon,  Bioomington;  D.  L.  Deary,  Holden;  J.  S.  Griffith, 
Ouincy;  C.  Y anderloon,  Quincy;  J.  Hert,  Colfax;  Dr.  C.  A. 
McDermand,  Bloomington;.  H.  Sherman,  Kansas  City,  Mo.; 
R.  Latham,  Lincoln;  A.  C.  Buckles,  Lake  Fork;  R.  S.  McMillen, 
Tildenville ; G.  C.  Fouts,  Canton;  Dr.  H.  Austin,  Heyworth; 
John  Amberg,  Chicago;  H.  Talcott,  Jackson,  Mich.;  J.  D.  Wilson 
and  C.  H.  Beckwith,  Mason  City;  W.  A.  Boettger,  Bloomington; 
A.  R.  Kellar,  Mason  City. 

Manufacturers’  representatives  present,  viz. : H.  Sherman,  Frank 
Riehl,  Tom  Marshall,  Tramp  Irwin,  Leslie  Standish,  John  Boa, 
Fred  Lord,  Bill  Crosby,  Fred  Gilbert,  L.  A.  Cummings,  Ward 
Burton,  W.  H.  Cadwallader,  C.  A.  Young,  G.  H.  Steenberg,  W. 
H.  ' ietmeyer,  A.  Winans,  W.  Markly,  Fred  Quimby,  W.  D. 
Stannard. 


May  23,  First  Day. 


Events : 
Targets: 

Boa  

Graham  

Snell  

Stanton  

Tosetti  

Crosby  

Gilbert  

Powers  

Burnside  

Marshall  

Cadwallader  . . 

Arie  

Neal  

\ ijQ  Gundy  . . 

Sifter  

Steenberg  .... 

Gibson  

J S Young 

Winesbe'rg 

Eck  

Lord  

Barto  

Willard  

Roll  

Simonetti  

Vietmeyer  

Gere  

McKinley  

Haws  

Rupert  ... 

Riehl  

Baggerman  ... 

Mackie  

Jackson  

Manning  

Stannard  

Vtinans  

Crawford  

Ellett  

Dunnell  

C Young  

Curtiss  

Fuller  

Connors  

Binyon  

Wickoff  

Rambo  

Ragle  

Mulford  

Miss  King  . . 

Habbitt  

Craig  

Magill  

Jewsberry 

Groves  

Herman  .... 

Cool  

Engstrom  .... 

Tracey  ....... 

Dockendorf  . 

Ramsey  

W alton  

Davis  

Welles  

Dr  Lawrence 
Hubbard  .... 
O’Brien  ..... 
Schrieber  ... 
Hagney  


I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  11  12  13 

15  15  15  15  15  15  15  15  15  15  25  50  25 

14  15  15  15  14  15  15  15  15  15  22  41  21 

14  13  15  13  14  13  14  12  15  14  22  46  18 

9 15  13  12  14  14  15  12  12  15  19  . . 14 

12  14  14  11  15  14  8 14  12  14  21  . . 21 

14  12  13  10  14  14  8 12  13  9 22  42  20 

15  14  15  14  14  14  15  14  15  14  22  49  21 

15  15  15  15  15  15  14  14  15  14  24  49  22 

14  12  14  14  14  15  14  15  14  15  21  49  22 

9 9 14  14  13  14  13  11  14  13  22  45  22 

12  12  15  12  14  13  12  15  14  12  20  47  22 

13  12  14  9 15  14  12  13  9 15  20  41  17 

14  14  15  12  15  14  12  12  14  15  18  . . 

14  13  14  10  10  14  11  14  14  15  18  . . 

10  12  13  13  12  11  12  13  14  12  18  . . 

9 9 12  12  12  15  14  12  12  15  21  . . 

12  13  15  11  13  14  12  13  12  13  21  25  19 

8 12  14  13  9 14  15  12  14  8 

14  13  13  14  15  13  14  13  10  13  20  46  17 

15  11  13  10  12  12  12  12  14  14  21  46  22 

12  11  15  12  12  13  14  15  13  12  21  46  17 

14  12  12  11  12  14  14  12  14  12  20  46  23 

13  12  15  13  14  14  12  12  15  14  20  48  20 

12  15  14  11  14  12  11  13  14  14  21  46  17 

15  11  13  14  14  12  14  12  13  13  19  43  20 

II  13  12  9 13  10  13  13  13  13  17  40  22 

13  13  14  11  11  12  13  13  9 9 17  ... . 

11  13  9 12  14  13  9 12  14  12  19  ... . 
15  14  12  10  12  12  15  12  12  15  18  . . 

10  11  10  9 8 12  12  15  9 12  18  ... . 
13  10  11  13  11  14  12  12  11  11  17  . . 

11  12  13  15  13  14  11  13  12  13  21  47  15 

13  10  14  12  12  15  12  12  13  13  20  41 

10  13  13  9 8 10  12  12  11  12  

9 12  S 10  11  14  13  9 13  15  17  . . 16 

14  12  13  7 14  10  13  11  13  14  19  . . 

12  14  11  15  13  14  14  14  14  15  23  49  21 
10  12  13  12  11  12  8 7 12  10  20  ... . 

10  12  11  9 12  14  11  12  9 13  18  ... . 

13  12  14  12  13  12  12  12  15  13  

13  11  14  14  15  14  13  15  14  13  20  48  20 

12  12  15  15  13  15  13  14  14  15  17  47  IS 

11  13  14  10  12  12  12  11  12  10  . . .... 

14  15  15  14  14  14  15  15  15  12  17  44  22 
14  14  15  13  14  13  12  14  10  13  18  46  18 

13  12  14  14  14  12  10  9 15  13  20  77  17 

12  14  15  14  13  14  12  15  14  15  18  42 

12  11  9 13  12  10  

11  12  12  12  14  12  14  14  13  13  14  . . 

13  14  14  15  11  13  13  13  14  13  22  45  21 

10  12  13  10  11  13  11  7 14  11  18  ... . 

10  10  10  12  10  12  13  12  11  13  20  . . 

12  13  14  14  11  13  11  14  14  14  20  43 

14  15  14  11  11  10  10  14  11  14  24  42  .. 

12  13  13  15  11  14  13  11  14  13  18  . . 

15  13  14  12  11  15  13  14  15  14  22  47  19 

12  8 7 8 13  7 12  13  9 11  19  ... . 

, 12  10  11 

, 13  11  14  12  10  13  10  9 

. 8 10  13  13  10  11  10  10 .. 

, . 8 9 9 11  10  12  

. 12  13  11  15  14  15  11  13  13  14  19  ..  .. 

. 7 10  12  7 9 10  13  13  15  11  20  43  . . 

. 11  10  12  12  13  12  10  15  12  12  16  46  20 

.12  9 12  12  9 9 ......  10  

..14  14  15  14  12  14  12  14  13  10  23  ..  .. 

13  12  14  11  11  11  8 

. ..  18  ..  ., 

20  ..  .. 

13  ..  ,, 


Ross  .’.  ..  ..  .'.  ..  .* .'..17  .. 

Riley  20  .. 

Gideon  21  .. 

Leary  : 24 

Hert  ...  21  .. 

Griffin  .1  20  .. 

Yanderloom  ..  ..' . . . : ..  ..  10-.. 

Event  No.  11  was  the  Parker  gun  event,  having  four  prizes. 
No.  12  was  a 50-target  event,  the  Lincoln  Handicap,,  and  it  was  a 
hot  race  from  start  to  finish.  While  there  were  no  straights,, 
there  were  four  with  49.  Three  of  these  shot  in  the  same  squad. 
Incidentally  these  men  made  a world’s  record,  so  it  is  claimed,  as 
in  the  last  25  targets  the  five  men  scored  124  from  the.  20yd.  line. 

May  24,  Second  Day. 

The  sun  shone  out  brightly  and  the  wind  was  not  so  strong  as 
on  the  first  day,  yet  nearly  facing  the  shooters.  All  were  on  the 
ground  at  9 A.  M.,  and  the  game  was  on  from  that  time  up  to 
5 P.  M.,  with  the  exception  of  half  an  hour  lay  off  at  noon  for 
lunch.  - 

There  were  a few  new  faces  seen  to-day,  both  as  participants 
and  lookers  on,  while  there  were  a few  who  had  had  enough  with 
one  day. 

It  should  be  noted  that,  while  there  are  250  to  290  targets  on  the 
programme,  that  only  150,  the  regular  16yds.  distance,  counted  on 
averages. 

Crosby  and  Gilbert,  always  hot  competitors,  had  a lively  race, 
and  wound  up  with  148  each,  with  John  Boa,  the  leader  of  the 
first'  day,  four  behind:  W.  D.  Stannard  and  H.  W.  Cadwallader 

came  third  with  135  each. 

The  amateurs  were  just  as  busy,  for  Mr.  Chauncey  Powers  was 
there  with  144.  A.  C."  Connor  with  a new  gun,  second,  142.  He 
was  tied  by  Plarry  Dunnell.  Close  to  these  came  A.  L.  Mulford 
and  Joe  Barto  with  140.  Compare  these  with  the  experts,  and 
you  will  note  what  good  amateurs  there  are  in  Illinois. 

Event  No.  11,  as  per  tabulated  scores  will  show  that  there  was 
a large  entry  in  this  event,  as  guns,  shells  and  such  have  an 
attraction  far  superior  to  cash. 

W.  J.  Manning  was  the  only  one  -who  could  get  the  whole  25  in 
the  same  bag,  and  the  Ithaca  gun  was  his.  Spirited  shoot-offs 
were  held  for  the  other  places.  Dr.  Lawrence  had  to  repeat 
when  he  shot  out  Geo.  Roll  and  won  the  Marlin  gun.  J.  A. 
Graham  won  the  Smith  gun  and  Lem  YVillard  a case  of  shells. 

Event  12  brought  out  a 100-target  race  with  handicaps  16  to 
20yds.  This  race  was  watched  with  much  interest,  and  shooters 
were  followed  from  trap  to  trap,  as  there  were  four  strings  of  25. 

T.  Bill  made  Gilbert  play  second  fiddle  this  time,  to  the  tune 
of  97  to  .95.  Plarry  Dunnel  was  the  hero  of  the  day.  He  went 
down  the  line  and  shot  the  100  targets.  Shooting  alone,  and 
though  the  solder  was  sizzling  along  the  rib  of  his  gun,  he  made 
the  excellent  score  of  94.  , Mr.  Cad  was  not  to  be  denied,  and 
made  93.  Other  scores  in  the  table  below: 


Events:  1 

Targets:  15 

Boa  15 

Graham  15 

Snell  13 

Stanton  . .-. 13 

Tosetti  11 

Crosby  15 

Gilbert  15 

Powers  15 


13; 

12 

11 

13 

14 
10 

15 
12 


Burnside 
Marshall  .. 

Cadwallader 

Arie  

Neal  

Van  Gundy 

Stoner  

Steenberg  . 

Gibson  12 

J S Young 10 

Winesberg  12 

Eck  13 

Lord  15 

Barto  12 

Willard  13 

Roll  13 

Simonetti  14 

C Young  11 

Curtiss  11 

Fuller 14 

Connor  15 

Binyou  11 

PJobbitt  13 

Riehl  13, 

Dr  Lawrence 13 

Wikoff  14 

Davis  12 

V7  ietmeyer  13 

Mackie  14 

McKinley  12 

Haws  12 

Rupert  13 

Stannard  14 

Ellett  14 

Dunnell  15 

J ackson  14 

McMillan  13 

Groves  15 

Magill  15 

Craig  15 

Jewsberry  13 

Riley  10 

Ragle  11 

Winans  9 

King  12 

Baggerman  '.  13 

Manning  15 

Ramsey  15 

Mulford  15 

Griffin  12 

Gere  8 

Walton  13 

Engstrom  10 

Vanderloom  9 

McDermod  11 

Steele  9 

Leary  11 

■Sherman  13 

Speer  13 

Fcuts  12 

Latham  11 

Buckles  15 

Austin  

Rambo  . . ., 

Dorkendorf' 

Welles  

Tracey  

Boettger  


2 3 4 5 6 
15  15  15  15  15 

13  14  15  15  13 

14  15  12  13  14 

13  13  13  12  15 
11  12  15  13  14 

11  14  10  11  15 

14  15  15  15  14 

15  15  15  15  15 
14  15  15  15  14 
14  14  12  15  14 
14  13  15  13  10 

12  14  15  13  13 

11  15  14  12  15 

12  11  14  13  13 

10  14  13  10  13 
14  14  14  10  13 
14  14  12  12  14 

9 13  9 8 11 

11  12  12  15  14 
32  12  13  14  13 
14  14  14  13  14 

12  15  15  15  12 

13  15  13  13  15 

14  12  13  12  14 

12  12  14  13  14 
14  12  12  13  11 

13  10  13  14  12 
13  14  11  14  11 
13  14  13  13  12 

13  15  15  14  15 

14  13  13  15  15 
13  11  11  13  11 
13  11  11  13  11 

13  13  12  15  11 

15  14  15  14  14 

14  11  9 10  13 

13  12  14  14  13 
12  13  12  15  13 

14  15  14  13  15 
S 12  13  15  10 

12  13  14  15  10 

15  14  14  14  10 

13  13  14  14  15 
15  15  14  13  14 
15  13  11  13  13 
12  11  14  14  10 
12  14  15  13  14 

12  15  14  12  9 

14  15  13  13  15 

13  13  11  13  11 

7 11  13  10  13 

12  13  13  11  12 
9 14  14  11  12 

13  11  12  12  14 
13  12  12  10  13 

12  12  13  12  14 

15  14  12  13  14 

13  15  14  14  14 
15  11  10  14  14 

14  9 10  15  9 

15  14  14  13  14 
14  12  13  14  12 

8 9 12  12  8 

12  15  13  12  10 
10  11  9 7 6 
14  15 

12  14  11  13  13 

9 10  9 10  11 
14  13  14  12 

10  13  11  9 10 

13  . . 15  15  13 
13  11 


7 8 9 10 
15  15  15  15 
15  14  15  15 
13  14  14  12 

9 13  10  12 

13  13  13  13 

14  14  13  9 

15  15  15  15 
14  15  14  15 

14  15  14  13 
13  12  13  13 

15  14  13  13 
15  15  15  12 
12  14  13  15 

12  14  14  14 

13  13  13  14 
13  12  14  14 
13  15  12  13 

8 11  13  12 
15  13  13  14 

13  12  10  10 
15  14  14  13 
12  11  13  14 
15  14  14  14 

14  12  13  14 
14  13  14  11 

12  13  13  13 
10  13  12  12 

10  9 10  9 

13  13  13  13 

14  13  14  14 

13  15  15  13 

11  13  15  10 

11  i3  15  10 

14  13  15  14 

12  14  14  11 

13  13  14  11 

7 13  11  14 
12  12  14  13 
12  13  14  11 

10  13  13  12 

12  14  15  14 

15  14  12  15 

13  14  12  12 

14  14  13  14 
12  13  13  13 
12  13  12  13 
12  14  15  10 
14  10  13  13 

11  15  14  14 
14  13  15  12 

11  9 9 12 

12  10  13  12 

8 11  8 13 

10  14  12  13 

13  15  13  13 

12  15  13  13 

13  13  14  13 

14  14  12  14 
14  11  13  12 

10  14  11  10 
13  14  12  11 

11  12  14  14 
10  10  8 11 

12  14  10  9 
10  6 6 11 


Total. 

144 

137 
123 

130 

132 
148 
148 
144 

133 

132 
135 

134 

131 

120 

133 
131 
101 

130 
121 

138 

131 
140 
131 

130 
127 
120 
112 

131 
142 

127 
121 
121 

123 

137 
120 

124 
130 

132 
118 

132 

135 

134 
142 

130 
123 

135 

128 

138 
128 
105 
112 
111 

125 
127 

131 

136 
140 

126 

110 

133 
126 

97 

118 

85 


11  12  13 
25  100  20 

23  90  16 

24  79  10 
20  ..  .. 
24  90  . . 

22  80  13 

23  97  12 

24  95  17 
23  88  5 
20  78 

20  73  13 

21  93  16 

13  ..  .. 
20  ..  .. 
23  ..  .. 

22  ..12 

19  78  6 
17...  .. 

is ; ! " 

20  77  i5 

21  74  17 

22  85  7 

23  83  12 

99. 

20  84  i3 
20  ..  11 

20  84  15 
..  ..14 

22  90  13 

14  ..  .. 
14  ..  .. 

23  ..15 

21  ..  H 

19  !!  ” 

24  ..  .. 
23  ..  .. 
18  ..  .. 

20  ..  .. 
23  85  14 
..  ..14 
21  94  15 


12  IS  10  12  123 


9 9 9 9 
10  11  14  14 


100 


11  9 14  . . 


an  Iowa  man  beat  out  all  the  Illinois  cracks,  but  he  only  scored 
two  goose  eggs  for  the  day,  and  made  another  148.  J ohn  Boa 
was  close  up  with  146,  and  Crosby  with  a “bad  half  hour”  (a 
la  Marshall)  made  141. 

J.  R.  Graham  struck  his  best  gait,  and  came  forward  smiling 
with  144.  \Y  m.  Dunnell  showed  that  three  days’  pounding  from 
the  “butt  end”  of  a shotgun  does  net  affect  him,  and  came  second 
and  tied  Crosby  with  141.  Geo.  Roll  got  his  name  enrolled  this 
day  in  high  averages  with  139. 

Thus  you  may  well  understand  that  the  greatest  target  shoot 
ever  held  by  the  Illinois  Association  was  pulled  off  at  Lincoln. 
There  were  no  live  birds,  and  the  diamond  badge  and  the  Smith 
cup,  which  are  State  events,  were  changed  to  a handicap  targets. 
Whereas,  on  all  former  occasions  the  entrance  of  this  year  all 
goes  to  the  winner  of  last,  on  this  occasion,  both  were  shot 
under  the  conditions  that  half  the  entrance  was  divided  among 
the  contestants,  40,  30,  20,  and  10  per  cent.  This  proved  popular, 
and  should  be  a guide  for  the  managers  of  the  next  year’s  tourna- 
ment. 

The  shooters  owe  much  to  Dr.  E.  P.  Lawrence  and  Robert 
Davis  and  the  Lincoln  Gun  Club  for  the  splendid  programme 
which  was  ably  carried  out  to  the  very  end  by  his  able  assistants, 
viz.:  W.  Tramp  Irwin,  manager;  L.  A.  Cummings  and  Leslie 
Standish  in  the  office;  Ward  Burton  and  H.  W.  Cadwallader. 
There  was  some  kicking  on  the  scores  and  referees,  as  they 
were,  for  the  most  part,  younger  men  than  should  be  employed. 
Scores : 


Events : 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8. 

9 

10 

Targets : 

15 

15 

15 

15 

15 

15 

15 

15 

15 

15 

Total. 

Boa  

14 

15 

15 

15 

15 

13 

15 

14 

15 

15 

146 

Graham  

14 

15 

15 

14 

14 

13 

14 

15 

15 

144 

Binyou  

13 

14 

11 

15 

13 

13 

14 

12 

15 

16 

135 

Stanton  

15 

14 

13 

13 

14 

14 

13 

14 

13 

14 

137 

Tosetti  

13 

13 

14 

13 

12 

33 

10 

14 

11 

15 

128 

Crosby  

15 

14 

13 

15 

12 

15 

15 

14 

13 

15 

141 

Gilbert  

14 

14 

15 

15 

15 

15 

15 

15 

15 

148 

Powers  

13 

13 

15 

13 

13 

15 

15 

11 

13 

14 

135 

Burnside  

11 

14 

12 

13 

13 

12 

13 

11 

lb 

15 

129 

Marshall  

13 

13 

12 

14 

11 

11 

14 

12 

12 

15 

127 

Cadwallader  

14 

13 

15 

15 

13 

13 

14 

15 

14 

14 

140 

Arie  

15 

12 

12 

15 

15 

13 

14 

13 

15 

14 

138 

Neal  

14 

12 

12 

14 

10 

13 

10 

13 

13 

10 

121 

Van  Gundy  

14 

14 

12 

14 

9 

11 

14 

13 

14 

15 

130 

Stoner  

14 

15 

14 

14 

11 

14 

14 

14 

13 

14 

137 

Steenberg  

15 

11 

14 

9 

13 

12 

11 

12 

13 

10 

120 

Winesberg  

Mackie  

11 

12 

12 

10 

12 

12 

8 

10 

8 

9 

105 

12 

14 

14 

15 

14 

13 

12 

14 

15 

14 

137 

Ramsey  

Fuller  

15 

15 

15 

11 

14 

13 

13 

13 

14 

14 

137 

15 

14 

13 

15 

11 

11 

12 

12 

14 

12 

124 

Lord  

13 

12 

12 

14 

15 

13 

13 

13 

13 

11 

129 

Barto  

14 

14 

13 

13 

12 

13 

13 

12 

14 

14 

132 

Willard  

13 

13 

11 

14 

11 

13 

15 

11 

15 

15 

134 

Roll  

14 

14 

12 

14 

14 

14 

15 

14 

14 

14 

139 

C A Young 

12 

11 

12 

12 

10 

12 

10 

12 

8 

, _ 

« . . 

Vietmeyer  

14 

12 

13 

12 

13 

11 

13 

14 

14 

10 

126 

McKinley  

15 

12 

15 

13 

10 

13 

11 

9 

9 

12 

119 

Haws  

10 

12 

12 

11 

11 

12 

13 

10 

8 

11 

120 

Griffin  

13 

14 

13 

12 

11 

11 

15 

12 

13 

15 

129 

Yanderboom  

9 

10 

10 

11 

6 

8 

7 

5 

11 

10 

87 

Stannard  

13 

14 

15 

12 

15 

15 

15 

13 

15 

15 

142 

Ellett  

12 

12 

15 

11 

12 

Dunnell  

14 

14 

14 

14 

15 

14 

14 

14 

14 

14 

141 

Connors  

14 

13 

13 

12 

13 

13 

14 

15 

13 

13 

133 

Mulford  

15 

13 

12 

12 

14 

15 

14 

14 

15 

14 

138 

Riehl  

14 

14 

15 

13 

14 

15 

13 

15 

15 

14 

142 

Lawrence  

13 

15 

11 

11 

12 

15 

13 

14 

11 

9 

124 

Wyckoff  

12 

10 

13 

12 

14 

11 

12 

11 

14 

15 

124 

Groves  

12 

14 

10 

13 

12 

13 

14 

12 

14 

14 

128 

Magill  

10 

10 

12 

12 

12 

13 

13 

12 

14 

12 

120 

Winans  

14 

10 

10 

13 

10 

13 

10 

11 

8 

9 

108 

Miss  King  

10 

12 

8 

13 

13 

11 

12 

14 

11 

11 

115 

Baggerman  

13 

12 

14 

12 

11 

15 

13 

12 

11 

12 

125 

Manning  

13 

12 

14 

15 

14 

14 

12 

12 

14 

14 

134 

Craig  

13 

13 

13 

15 

14 

13 

14 

14 

14 

13 

136 

Boettger  

4 

8 

3 

8 

11 

9 

6 

3 

7 

7 

66 

Wilson  8 7 5 

Steele  9 6 10 

McDermand  13  13  11 

Gideon  13  . . 


State  team  shoot,  three-man  teams,  50  targets  per  man: 

Chicago  Team — Roll  46,  Barto  43,  Willard  49;  total  138. 
Jacksonville  Team — Craig  47,  Groves  45,  Magill  39;  total  131. 
Mason  City  Team — Ramsey  44,  Mulford  44,  Beckwitz  43;  total  131. 
Bloomington  Team — McDermand  44,  Gideon  40,  Heer  41;  total  125. 
Board  of  Trade  diamond  badge,  100  targets,  $7  entrance: 


Targets:  25  25  25  25 

Boa,  20  23  23  24  22—92 

Crosby,  20  23  24  24  23—94 

Powers,  19  22  24  21  25 — 92 

Stannard,  19  21  24  25  24 — 94 

Willard,  19  22  21  23  25-91 

Riehl,  19  21  24  22  21—89 

Dunnell,  19  . 2 22  24  24—92 

Graham,  19  19  23  24  20—86 

Barto,  18  23  22  25  22—92 


Targets:  25  25  25  25 

Roll,  18  21  22  24  24—91 

Lord,  18  23  19  19  19—70 

Steenberg,  18  19  21  23  20 — 83 

Binyou,  18  22  23  25  20—90 

Fuller,  17  23  19  20  20—82 

Stanton,  16 22  22  23  23—90 

Tosetti,  16  21  20  21  21—73 

Cadwallader,  19. . .23  20  21  24-88 


Shoot-off  for  badge:  Crosby  24,  Stannard  23. 
High  professional  averages  at  150  each  day: 


Business  Meeting, 

On  Wednesday  evening  the  business  meeting  was  called  to 
order  by  President  E.  P.  Lawrence.  Fie  thanked  all  present  for 
their  interest  shown  and  their  help  in  making  the  shoot  a grand 
success.  Minutes  were  read  and  approved. 

An  invitation  was  extended  by  Dr.  McDermand,  of  Blooming- 
ton, to  the  members  of  tire  Association  to  hold  their  next  meet- 
ing in  his  city.  The  cordial  invitation  was  extended  by  the 
businessmen’s  association,  and  by  the  McClean  County  Gun 
Club.  The  Doctor  was  profuse  in  his  offerings  of  good  things. 
A letter  from  the  president  of  the  businessmen’s  club  was  read 
by  the  secretary.  Mr.  Amberg,  of  Chicago,  set  forth  the  claims 
of  Chicago.  Bloomington  received  31  votes,  Chicago  19. 

Dr.  C.  A.  McDermand  was  elected  President;  IT.  YV.  Cad- 
wallader, Y ice-President,  and  W.  A.  Boettger,  Secretary. 

A vote  of  thanks  was  extended  to  Chauncey  Powers  for  resur- 
recting the  Board  of  Trade  badge.  After  Mr.  McD:rmand  had 
taken  his  chair,  he  returned  thanks  for  his  selection,  and  on 
motion  same  meeting  adjourned. 

May  25,  Third  Day. 

All  went  along  smoothly  until  the  middle  of  the  afternoon,  when 
a heavy  rain,  accompanied  by  some  wind,  came  up  and  put  the 
shooters  to  shelter  before  the  finish  of  the  team  race. 

Although  the  team  race  was  set  for  the  last  day,  in  order  to 
hold  the  crowd  there  were  but  four  teams  entered. 

There  were  forty-five  who  shot  in  the  programme  the  last  day, 
and  the  scores  were  about  same  as  those  of  previous  days.  Fred 
Gilbert  was  rather  boastful,  and  thought  it  a good  joke  to  let 


First  Day.  Second  Day.  Third  Day. 

Total. 

32  . 

. 16 

Gilbert  

147 

148 

148 

443 

22  . 

. 14 

Boa  

148 . 

144 

146 

438 

21  . 

. 12 

Crosby  

144 

148 

141 

433 

24  . 
21  . 

. . . 

Amateur  averages 

for  three  days, 

150  each  day 

21  . 

Powers  

144 

135 

421 

18  . 

. . 

Dunnell  

136 

142 

141 

419 

20  . 

Graham  

137 

137 

144 

418 

19  . 

. i3 

Mulford  

135 

140 

138 

413 

25  . 

Connors  

..125 

142 

133 

410 

19  . 

Barto  ; 

135 

140 

132 

407 

24  . 

. 17 

Craig  

131 

138 

136 

405 

21  . 

m . 

Ramsey  

131 

136 

137 

404 

Arie  

132 

134 

138 

404 

21  . 

. 15 

Fuller  

143 

131 

129 

403 

23  . 

Groves  

136 

135 

128 

399 

9 . 

• . • 

Wyckoff  

138 

137 

124 

399 

20  . 

Roll  

129 

130 

139 

398 

. 7 

Binyou  

126 

137 

135 

398 

Willard  

131 

131 

134 

396 

Stanton  

128 

130 

137 

395 

Lawrence  

137 

133 

124 

394 

Stoner  

133 

137 

392 

Manning  

121 

131 

134 

386 

16  74  11 

Burnside  

124 

133 

129 

386 

19  . 

Neal  

130 

131 

121 

382 

21  . 

McKinley  

129 

132 

119 

380 

16  . 

Mackie  

110 

130 

137 

377 

19  . 

Baggerman  

125 

127 

125 

377 

14  . 

Van  Gundy  

122 

120 

130 

372 

18  . 

Tosetti  

119 

122 

128 

369 

Magill  

124 

128 

115 

367 

YY'inesberg  

124 

121 

105 

350 

Haws  

103 

118 

105 

326 

Fayette  Gun  Club. 

Lexington,  Ky.,  May  25. — Scores  enclosed  were  made  at  the 
regular  weekly  shoot  to-day  of  the  Fayette  Gun  Club,  of  this 
city. 

This  club  will  send  a team  to  the  Kentucky  State  shoot  at 
Louisville,  Ky.,  next  week  to  compete  for  State  team  champion- 
ship and  other  honors,  and  the  individual  State  championship  at 
targets  is  “tipped”  as  coming  to  a Lexington  shooter. 

Visiting  shooters  are  always  welcome  at  the  weekly  meetings  of 
this  club,  which  are  held  every  Thursday  afternoon. 


Events: 

12  3 

4 5 6 

Events : 

1 2 3 4 5 

Targets: 

10  15  25  10  15  25 

Targets: 

10  15  25  10  15 

L Fisher  

4 7 13 

5 7.. 

Judge  Kinkhead 

6 5 14  ..  .. 

Offutt  

4 9 14 

8 6.. 

T C Rush 

5 8 11  .. 

L Shouse  

5 6 13 

4 5.. 

W Rennick 

2 4 6 . . . . 

J G Denny 

7 13  20 

. . 12  22 

F E Bell 

8 12,21  ..  .. 

W Y'an  Deren. 

6 9 19 

..  ..16 

C F Helm 

. . 10  11  . . 10 

S C Stofer 

3 10  12 

..  14  .. 

G J Stoll 

..  9 8 ..  8 

R W Shinner.. 

8 13  16 

Wm  Drummv.. 

5 8 22  ..  .. 

J Q Ward...... 

9 13  24 

C W Trapp.... 

..  9 . . . . 9 

R H Smith..,.. 

8 12  18 

O Williamson.. 

Woolly  

9 15  24 

P Morgan 

W Luxon  

6 9 13 

F Moon  

Event  No.  3 was  Parker  gun  event. 


Monk, 


June  3,  1505.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


447 


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TESTED — Ammunition  of  all  the  American  Manufacturers. 

CONDITIONS  — 10  and  20  shot  targets,  muzzle  rest. 

10  and  20  shot  targets,  fixed  rest. 

DISTANCE  —1000  yards. 

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Herington  Tournament. 

Herington,  Kans.,  May  18. — The  sixteenth  annual  tournament 
of  the  Kansas  State  Sportsmen’s  Association  closed  in  this  city 
to-day  after  one  of  the  most  successful  meets  the  Association  has 
ever  held.  The  programme  covered  four  days,  three  days  devoted 
to  clay  birds  and  the  last  day  to  live  birds.  The  arrangements, 
under  direction  of  the  Herington  Gun  Club,  proved  most  satis- 
factory to  the  visiting  shooters,  and  the  popularity  of  the  programme 
is  attested  by  the  large  number  of  shooters  remaining  for  the 
entire  programme.  . . , 

The  first  day’s  programme  included  nine  regular  events  beside 
t the  Peters  special  race  of  100  birds  for  an  $80  gun.  A high,  gusty 
wind  was  productive  of  deceiving  targets,  and  consequent  low 
scores.  Heer  was  high  professional  for  this  day  with  11  down 
out  of  a possible  150,  and  Arnold,  of  Kansas,  was  high  amateur 
gun  with  12  misses.  Arnold  won  the  Peters  special  event. 

The  weather  for  the  second  day’s  programme  was  ideal,  and  the 
scores  were  consequently  better.  Hee_r  was  high  gun  among  the 
professionals  again  with  172  out  of  175.  Veatch,  Nebraska,  tied 
him  with  the  same  score.  A special  by  the  Marlin  Company  tor 
a Marlin  gun  was  won  by  B.  Johnson  with  a score  of  49  out  of  a 
possible  50.  , 

Veatch,  Nebraska,  successfully  defended  his  title  to  the  Elliott 
cup  against  Arnold,  Kansas,  by  94  out  of  the  100  to  92  for 

Arnold.  . „ ..  ... 

The  third  day’s  programme  was  specially  interesting  tor  the 
event  of  50  birds  that  carried  the  trophy  representing  the  amateur 
championship  of  Kansas.  Arnold,  Earned,  and  Munsterma.n, 
Antelope,  tied  for  first  place,  with  48  each  out  of  50.  In  the 
shoot-off  Arnold  captured  the  honors.  The  Herington  Gun  Club 
gave  a handsome  trophy  for  this  event  in  the  shape  of  a diamond- 

mounted  charm.  ...  . , „ , 

High  averages  for  the  third  day  s shoot  were  carried  off  by 
Heer,  professional,  171  out  of  175,  while  O’Brien  and  Veach  tied 
for  first  place  in  the  amateur  section  with  168  each. 

The  Association  selected  Great  Bend  as  the  next  tournament 
town  and  left  the  dates  and  details  to  the  club  holding  the  shoot. 
The  following  officers  were  elected  for  the  ensuing  term:  Presi- 

dent, E.  W.  Arnold;  Vice-President,  R.  McMullin;  Secretary 
and  Treasurer,  Ed.  L.  Chapman. 

The  Herington  meet  closed  with  a day  of  live-bird  shooting, 
but  threatening  weather  and  a reduced  number  of  shooters  pre- 
vented this  portion  of  the  programme  from  being  as  interesting 
as  the  first  three  days.  , . ^ . .. 

The  averages  for  the  first  three  days  of  the  tournament,  all 
clay  bird  events,  were  as  follows: 

PROFESSIONALS. 


W H Heer. 


Linderman 


Peck 


Holmes  

Through  the  courtesy  of  the  Winchester  Repeating  Arms  Co., 
the  shoot  was  cashiered  by  Mr.  Fred  Whitney,  who  is  so  popular 
among  the  shooters  of  the  West,  and  whose  work  in  this  line 
always  gives  perfect  satisfaction  to  all  concerned. 

In  all  something  over  sixty  shooters  were  entered  during  the 
tournament,  but  in  the  averages  here  given,  however,  only  the 
scores  of  those  finishing  the  entire  three  days’  programme  are 
given. 


st  Day. 

Second  Day.  Third  Day. 

Total. 

.139 

172 

171 

482 

.131 

162 

171 

464 

.126 

165 

170 

461 

.131 

157 

163 

451 

.129 

160 

161 

450 

.119 

152 

158 

429 

AMATEURS. 

,135 

172 

168 

475 

,134 

166 

168 

468 

.133 

161 

171 

465 

,138 

163 

160 

461 

,126 

160 

160 

446 

.121 

162 

159 

442 

.119 

158 

161 

438 

.117 

162 

159 

438 

.123 

154 

155 

432 

,119 

158 

153 

430 

.118 

154 

156 

428 

.117 

158 

150 

425 

.129 

144 

149 

422 

.124 

151 

144 

419 

.125 

143 

144 

417 

.117 

153 

143 

413 

.109 

143 

153 

405 

.114 

140 

142 

396 

.103 

131 

143 

377 

. 97 

•153 

149 

309 

The  Canadian  Indians. 

The  following  has  been  sent  to  us  by  a correspondent,  and  is 
of  special  interest  to  sportsmen: 

At  a pow-wow  held  at  the  Queen’s  Hotel,  Toronto,  it  was  de- 
cided to  institute  a Society  to  be  known  as  “The  Canadian  In- 
dians ” For  several  years  the  devotees  of  the  gun,  resident  in  the 
United  States,  have  had  a band  known  as  “The  Indians”  which 
was  composed  of  the  foremost  shots  of  that  country.  For  some 
time  past  the  formation  of  a similar  organization  in  Canada  has 
been  contemplated,  and  its  success  is  now  an  assured  fact. 

The  general  objects  and  purposes  of  the  society  are: 

1 Promoting  and  fostering  legitimate  shooting  interests. 

2 Promoting  good  fellowship  among  its  members. 

3.  Giving  and  promoting  shooting  tournaments,  as  may  be 
determined  by  the  Association. 

4.  Doing  all  acts  necessary  and  proper  to  carry  out  the  purposes 

of  the  Association.  , ,, 

Those  present  in  person  at  the  pow-wow,  and  those  who 
signified  m writing  their  intention  of  joining,  were  as  follows: 
Forest  H Conover,  Leamington,  Ont. ; D.  McMackin,  Highgate 
Ont  • Geo.  W.  McGill,  Thomas  A.  Duff,  T.  D.  McGaw,  F.  W 
Matthews  T.  H.  Thompson,  Geo.  L.  Vivian,  Charles  H.  Harrison 
Aid  Robert  Fleming,  Geo.  W’olf,  Alex.  Wolf,  and  J.  W.  Sander 
son’  Toronto;  D.  J.  Kearney  and  W.  H.  Ewing,  Montreal;  C.  G. 
Thompson.  T.  M.  Crgig,  and  J.  H.  Goodhue,  Sherbrooke,  P.  Q.; 


I.  A.  Honey  and  E.  G.  White,  Ottawa;  PI.  Marlatt,  Simcoe,  Ont.; 
Dr.  Hunt,  Walter  P.  Thompson,  Thomas  Upton,  Dr.  J.  E.  Over- 
holt and  John  Hunter,  Hamilton;  S.  M.  Screaton,  London;  Wil- 
liam Lewis,  Owen  Sound,  Ont.;  W.  A.  Smith,  Kingsville,  Ont.; 
P.  Wakefield,  Toronto  Junction,  Ont.;  C.  J.  Mitchell,  Brantford; 

J.  E.  Cantelon,  Clinton,  Ont.;  W.  E.  Hall,  Blenheim,  Ont.;  Geo. 
S.  McCall,  Fingal,  Ont.;  and  IT.  A.  Mallory,  Drayton,  Ont. 

The  annual  fee  was  fixed  at  $5;  the  membership  limited  to 
forty,  and  each  applicant  must  pass  a unanimous  ballot. 

To  be  eligible  to  membership  in  the  Canadian  Indians  it  is 
necessary  that  one  be  a true  devotee  of  the  art  of  trapshooting; 
it  is  desirable,  though  not  requisite,  that  he  be  a good  shot;  but 
it  is  absolutely  essential  that  he  be  a good  fellow  and  a gentleman 
throughout.  The  keynote  of  the  organization  is  absolute  fair- 
ness in  everything,  as  between  one  chief  and  another,  and  in  all 
relationship  of  the  tribe  as  a whole  with  the  outside  world. 

Each  member  of  the  tribe  shall  be  given  an  Indian  name,  with 
the  designation  of  chief.  These  names  will  be  chosen  by  the 
council  of  chiefs  at  the  next  meeting.  The  Chief  Scribe  was 
also  instructed  to  procure  a suitable  'emblem. 

The  following  are  the  first  officers:  Forest  H.  Conover,  High 

Chief;  D.  McMackan,  Vice-Chief;  Thomas  A.  Duff,  Chief  Scribe 
and  Chief  of  Wampum,  while  the  Council  of  Chiefs  is  composed 
of  Messrs.  Geo.  W.  McGill,  Ed.  C.  White,  F.  A.  Heney,  Thomas 
Upton,  J.  B.  Goodhue  and  S.  M.  Screaton.  The  Initiatory  Com- 
mittee will  be  appointed  at  the  next  meeting,  which  is  to  be  held 
at  Ottawa  on  Aug.  17,  the  second  day  of  the  annual  tournament 
of  the  Dominion  of  Canada  Trapshooting  and  Game  Protective 
Association. 

Applications  for  membership  must  be  in  writing,  signed  by 
two  Indians  and  accompanied  by  the  fee  of  $5,  which  will  be 
returned  in  case  the  applicant  is  rejected.  The  Chief  Scribe  will 
present  the  names  of  the  tribe  in  the  order  in  which  they  are 
received. 

The  Association  starts  under  most  favorable  auspices,  and  is 
bound  to  be  a success. 


Derry  Gun  Glut. 

Derry,  Pa.,  May  23. — The  Derry  Gun  Club,  of  Derry,  Pa.,  held 
a very  successful  one-day  tournament  on  their  grounds  on  Tues- 
day, May  23.  The  programme  called  for  twelve  events,  all  of  15 
targets  each;  a total  of  180  for  the  day. 

Thirty-six  shooters  faced  the  traps,  and  out  of  these,  twenty- 
two  shot  the  programme  through. 

Mr..  A.  H.  King,  of  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  landed  the  high  average, 
breaking  164  out  of  the  180.  Mr.  J.  H.  Calhoun,  of  McKeesport, 
Pa.,  and  Mr.  George  Cochran,  of  Rodfield,  Pa.,  finished  second, 
each  breaking  161;  Mr.  D.  W.  Baker,  of  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  and 
Mr.  A.  B.  Kelly,  of  Scottdale,  Pa.,  finished  third,  each  breaking 
157;  Mr.  R.  J.  West,  of  Brownsville,  Pa.,  finished  fourth,  break- 
ing 154. 

The  trade  was  represented  by  Mr.  Charles  Grubb  and  Mr.  H.  P. 
Fessenden.  Scores  follow: 


Events: 

Targets: 

A H King... 
J F Calhoun 
Geo  Cochran 
D W Baker.. 
A T3  Kelly... 
R J West.... 
R Deniker  .. 
Ed  Hickey  . 
PI  Brenizer  . 

L J Lint 

A M Sargeant 
G Thompson 
C C Hackett. 
A Kiehl  .... 


W G Dougherty 
W Andrews  . . . 

M Lowe  

G B Myers 

Ed  Brown  

J B Benton 

J O’H  Denny. 

H Stewart  

J F C 

C Moore  

G A Smith 

P Cadman  

W McIntyre  . . . 

C Kuntz  

H Parlor  

T Memohe  

D Fagan  

A Holly  

A Oblinger  

A Sterner  

L W Lint 

S Dice  , 


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13  12  14  14  14  15  13  14  14  12  15  14 

14  13  14  13  14  11  11  15  14  14  15  13 

14  13  14  12  13  15  14  13  13  13  14  13 

14  13  13  14  10  14  14  11  13  15  12  14 

13  13  14  11  14  15  11  14  13  11  14  14 

13  13  15  12  14  14  13  13  12  13  10  12 

15  12  13  12  12  11  10  13  13  13  13  15 

14  11  13  12  11  13  9 14  14  15  15  10 

11  12  12  11  14  12  14  12  12  13  14  11 

12  13  13  12  12  11  11  14  15  12  12  11 

12  12  12  12  13  12  13  14  13  12  9 11 

7 11  12  12  12  12  11  15  13  11  13  9 

12  12  15  14  11  12  10  11  12  9 11  9 

10  13  11  15  13  12  12  9 12  10  11  9 

13  10  10  13  13  13  9 12  11  9 9 11 

11  11  12  10  11  9 11  10  12  10  10  12 

12  12  13  8 8 10  9 12  12  11  10  12 

11  11  12  12  9 7 11  11  10  12  9 12 

11  13  11  11  10  9 9 8 10  10  10  12 

14  6 11  7 11  12  9 10  12  9 13  10 

3 11  14  7 12  10  11  8 9 8 9 11 

6 9 9 9 10  32  8 13  14  7 . . . . 

12  30  10  13  9 9 10  10  

12  12  9 11  13  11  7 8 

14  12  10  9 12  12  11  12  12  9 8 10 

12  9 7 12  10  12  11  8 . . 

8 12  13  9 12  ..  14  12  

13  15  14  11  13  13 

13  10  12  9 9 ....  12  

..  11  15  14' 11  10  1 1 1 1 1 1 

. . 6 8 10  8 14  . . 8 

10  10  11  9 9 

3 5 6 8 4 3 5 3 

..  8 9 9 5 . 

8 10 

..  ..  3 


Total. 

164 

161 

161 

157 

157 

154 

152 

151 

148 

148 

145 

138 

138 

137 

133 

129 

129 

127 

124 

124 

113 

97 

83 

53 
131 

81 

80 

79 

65 

61 

54 
49 
37 
31 
18 

3 


H.  P.  F. 


Uss tning  Cjrttn  Club. 

Ossining,  N.  Y.,  May  20.— Only  three  shooters  showed  up  to 
day  for  practice.  The  wind  blew  a gale,  and  the  scores  accord 
Vi&y  s^ffered.  J.  Hyland  shot  three  strings  of  25,  and  broke 
lb,  15,  19.  C.  Llandtord  broke  14,  17,  15  out  of  a like  number  W 
H.  Coleman  tried  it  once  and  got  11  out  of  25. 

May  22.— The  following  scores  were  made  in  practice  on  oui 
grounds,  Brandreth  and  Hyland  practicing  for  the  Catskill  tourna 
ment,  May  24.  Blandford  shot  his  new  Remington  in  Nos  4 £ 
and  6:  ’ 


Events:  1 2 3 4 5 6 

Targets:  25  25  25  25  25  25 

D Brandreth...  22  21  19  19  17  21 
C G Blandford,  15  16  19  18  20  22 


Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 

Targets:  25  25  25  25  25  25 

J T Hyland 20  22  16 

C-  G.  B. 


Fairview  Tournament. 

Fairview,  N.  J.,  May  25. — There  was  a good  attendance  at  the 
tournament  of  the  Fairview  Gun  Club,  held  to-day.  A number  of 
noted  experts  joined  in  the  competition.  Distinguished  trade 
representatives  were  present  as  follows:  Messrs.  Frank  Lawrence, 
P . E.  Butler  and  A.  A.  Schoverling.  The  former  did  pot  shoot, 
the  Mr.  Lawrence  in  the  competition  being  a different  party.  Mr. 
Butler  was  out  of  order,  and  consequently  affected  his  scores. 

The  merchandise  event  was  the  main  contest,  and  as  in  all 
similar  events,  the  contestants  were  difficult  to  handicap  from 
their  irregular  performance.  The  experts,  Messrs.  Bissett,  Piercy, 
1 ruax.  Brugmann  and  Dr.  Guenther,  had  the  shortest  allowances, 
from  3 to  5 in  50. 

t he  shooting  was  rather  difficult,  owing  chiefly  to  a fluky  wind, 
which  was  strong  enough  to  affect  the  flight  of  the  targets,  and  to 
the  bad  behavior  of  the  magautrap,  which  broke  targets  in  a 
manner  to  equal  the  breaks  of  the  ordinary  contestant. 

The  tournament  was  managed  by  Mr.  Herman  Von  Lengerke. 
Refreshments  were  generously  served  to  the  shooters  as  guests  of 
the  club.  The  weather  was  clear,  warm  and  pleasant.  The 
giounds  are  but  a short  distance  from  the  trolley  line;  therefore, 
are  conveniently  accessible.  Shooting  continued  till  late  in  the 


follow : 
Events : 
Targets : 


Piercy 


Guenther 


Truax 


S 


auer 


Gille  

Chas  Sedore  . 
Schortemeier 
Lewis  


5 pairs. 

Mr. 

Carl  Von 

Sergeant. 

The 

scores 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

10 

25 

30 

30 

15 

20 

15 

5 

20 

19 

26 

14 

16 

14 

7 

24 

13 

27 

13 

16 

15 

8 

18 

13 

21 

11 

16 

11 

7 

21 

13 

23 

9 

12 

10 

8 

23 

17 

28 

14 

17 

13 

9 

20 

17 

27 

12 

17 

12 

8 

25 

14 

28 

15 

18 

14 

4 

19 

10 

21 

11 

11 

12 

7 

21 

13 

13 

7 

8 

20 

14 

26 

13 

15 

13 

21 

18 

26 

12 

12 

12 

, , 

, . 

11 

25 

9 

13 

12 

10 

8 

26 

12 

12 

12 

. . 

16 

7 

14 

8 

9 

23 

. . 

28 

13 

14 

17 

11 

ie 

9 

q 

9 

11 

is 

13 

16 

14 

16  9 

12  11 
18  13 

12  .. 


Pape  

Waters  

Collins  

Cuenin  

Untereiner  

Lambrix  

Fowler  

Dr  Sergeant  

Thourot  

Burns  g 

Whitley  ’’  ’’ 

Strobel  ^3 

Van  Buskirk  ’ " 10 

Smedes  ’ ’ 3 

The  merchandise  event,  No.  8,  had  thirty  entries.  In  the  matter 
of  skill,  there  were  all  degrees,  from  the  expert  to  the  novice. 
Four  tied  for  first  on  full  scores,  namely,  Messrs.  Piercy,  Sauer, 
Thourot  and  Van  Buskirk.  In  the  shoot-off,  Thouro’t  won! 

“Dr.  Sergeant”  (Carl  Von  Lengerke)  was  49  alone  for  second. 
Mr.  Con  Sedore  won  the  third  prize,  there  being  four  in  the  tie 
for  it.  Truax  won  the  fourth  prize  by  default  in  the  tie,  Matzen 
being  absent.  Dr.  Guenther  won  the  fifth  prize  in  like ’manner 
Lewis  . being  absent.  Dods  won  the  sixth  prize,  Collins  the 
seventh,  and  Chas.  Sedore  the  eighth. 

Brk.  Hdp.  Tot’l. 


Bissett  40  3 43 

Piercy  46  4 50 

Butler  42  0 42 

Guenther  39  5 44 

Schoverling  37  0 37 

Truax  41  4 45 

Con  Sedore  34  12  46 

Sauer  41  9 50 

Fowler  24  15  39 

Brugmainn  42  4 46 

Untereiner  23  10  33 

Thourot  40  15  50 

Van  Buskirk 39  12  50 

Lewis  34  10  44 

Gille  29  11  40 


Brk.  Hdp.  Tot’l. 

Collins  35  7 42 

Matzen  31  14  45 

Dr  Sergeant  39  10  49 

Pope  32  14  46 

Strobel  31  10  41 

C H Sedore 27  14  41 

Dods  29  14  43 

Burns  25  15  40 

Whitley  35  8 43 

Lawrence  19  15  34 

Eakin  26  15  41 

Lambrix  31  15  46 

King  25  15  40 

Maglan  22  15  37 

Lagai  21  15  36 


The  ties  in  this  event  were  shot  off  at  25  targets,  as  follows: 
hirst  prize,  25  targets: 

Brk.  Hdp.  Tot’l.  Brk.  Hdp.  Tot’l. 


Piercy  

Sauer  

Second  prize: 
Third  prize: 

Con  Sedore  19 

Brugman  .19 


.22  2 24  Van  Buskirk  18 

.14  5 19  Thourot  18 

Dr.  Sergeant  49. 


6 

8 


24 

25 


6 25  Pope  ...15  7 

- 2 21  Lambrix  lt>  8 

homth  prize:  Truax,  45,  wins  by  default,  Matzen  absent. 

Fifth  prize:  Dr.  Guenther  44,  wins  by  default,  Lewis  absent 
Sixth  prize,  Bissett  absent: 


22 

24 


Dods  18 

Seventh  prize 
Eighth  prize: 

Strobel  13 

Chas  Sedore 


,18 

7 

25 

Whitley  . . . . 

......14 

Ed. 

Collms  42. 

.13 

5 

18 

Eakins  

.18 

7 

25 

18 


8 22 


Sidney  Gun  Club. 


Sidney,  N.  Y.,  May  22.— Our  shoot  last  Friday  May  1 
s°  g°°.d  as  our  previous  shoots,  owing  to  a very  higl 
Ihe  following  are  the  scores  made  by  the  club  members:  ’ 
Shot  at.  Broke.  Av.  ~ 


H J Fleming. . 

..180 

147 

82 

C Ferguson 

..180 

136 

76 

A M Lane... 

,.180 

m 

84 

Shot  at.  Brol 

A Patterson. ..  .135  10 

G B French 75  6 

I Case  50  4 

A.  M.  L 


448 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


[June  3,  190& 


WESTERN  TRAP. 


Greenville  (O.)  Gun  Club. 

The  eighth  shoot  of  the  Greenville  Gun  Club  was  held  on 
May  22,  with  a fair  attendance  of  club  members  and  a number  of 
spectators  were  also  present.  Hartzell,  of  Class  B,  was  high  man 
■with  46  out  of  50.  In  Class  A,  Kirby  won  the  medal  with  a 
score  of  41.  The  scores: 

Club  medal  shoot,  handicap: 


Yds.  Class.  Broke.  Yds.  Class.  Broke. 


Hartzell  . . . 

14 

B 

46 

Fouts  

...12 

B 

36 

Ayers  

16 

B 

42 

Pluddle  . . . . 

...12 

B 

34 

Kirby  

21 

A 

41 

McCaughey 

...19 

A 

30 

McKeon  ... 

....19 

A 

39 

Waif  

...12 

B 

28 

Smith  ..... 

12 

B 

38 

W esterfield  . 

...16 

B 

26 

Limbert  ... 

12 

B 

37 

*Baker  

...19 

A 

64 

W arner  . . . . 

17 

A 

37 

*Shot  at  100  targets: 


Cincinnati  Gun  Club. 

May  27  was  partly  cloudy,  with  light  breeze.  The  first  con- 
test in  the  series  for  the  Schuler  prize  had  twenty-three  entries. 
The  same  system  of  handicapping  as  that  used  in  the  Peters 
trophy  will  be  used,  except  that  it  will  be  based  on  92  instead 
of  90  per  cent.  This,  it  is  thought,  will  give  the  poorer  shots 
a better  chance  and  make  good  shots  hustle  a little  more.  The 

average  of  the  contestant  in  all  the  shoots  he  takes  part  in 

will  be  his  final  score.  Targets  in  this  contest  will  be  thrown 
from  No.  2 set  of  traps.  The  prize  will  be  shot  for  once  a 
week  (on  either  Friday,  Saturday  or  Sunday)  for  fifteen  con- 
secutive weeks. 

Eaton  headed  the  list  to-day,  with  a straight  50,  including  his 
handicap.  Barker  was  high  man  in  actual  breaks  47,  with 

Randall  a close  second  with  46.  Maynard  and  Harig  third 

with  45. 

At  the  meeting  of  the  Board,  Arthur  Gambell  was  elected 
Superintendent. 

Extracts  from  the  secretary’s  report  shows  the  club  to  be  in 
an  excellent  financial  condition  with  a surplus  over  liabilities  of 
$2,827.36,  and  a membership  of  314. 

Schuler  trophy  shoot,  50  targets,  handicap  added  targets: 
Eaton,  handicap,  7,  total  50;  Randall,  2,  48;  Barker,  47;  Maynard, 
2,  47;  Jack,  10,  47;  Straus,  10,  46;  Harig,  45;  Aiders,  2,  45;  F. 
Altheer,  10,  44;  A.,  18,  44;  Herman,  4,  43;  A.  Sunderbruch,  42; 
Pohlar,  3,  42;  Roll,  3,  42;  Andrews,  10,  42;  Peters,  41;  Penn,  39; 
Faran,  40;  Williams,  3,  40;  Falk,  7,  36;  Pfieffer,  3,  35;  E. 
Altheer,  15,  46;  Lytle,  20. 


Franklin  O.  Gun  Club. 

The  tournament  of  the  Franklin,  O.,  Gun  Club  was  held  on 
May  24  and  25,  or  was  scheduled  for  those  days. 

The  weather  on  the  first  day  was  fine,  and  a nice  little  bunch 
of  shooters  was  present  and  all  but  one  shot  the  entire  programme 
of  160  targets,  Gross  being  high  professional  average  with  147, 
and  Cain  high  amateur,  as  well  as  high  average  for  the  day, 
with  149. 

The  trade  was  represented  by  R.  Trimble  and  D.  D.  Gross. 

The  second  day  was  stormy,  and  the  programme  was  called 
off,  a few  of  the  men  who  were  bound  to  shoot  going  to 
Middletown  and  breaking  a few  targets  between  the  drops.  The 
bad  weather  spoiled  what  promised  to  be  a successful  affair. 
The  scores  for  the  day  were  as  follows: 


Events: 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

Shot 

Targets : 

15 

15 

15 

20 

15 

15 

15 

20 

15 

15 

at. 

Broke. 

Cain  

....  15 

13 

14 

19 

13 

13 

14 

19 

15 

14 

160 

149 

Gross  

....  14 

12 

15 

19 

14 

13 

11 

20 

14 

15 

160 

147 

Trimble  

....  14 

13 

15 

17 

13 

14 

15 

19 

13 

13 

160 

146 

Orr  

15 

15 

14 

12 

14 

15 

18 

13 

12 

160 

142 

Kirby  

....  14 

11 

13 

17 

13 

11 

15 

19 

14 

14 

160 

141 

Steinman  

13 

13 

12 

18 

12 

15 

14 

19 

12 

12 

160 

140 

Lindemuth  

....  13 

14- 

14 

17 

10 

14 

13 

15 

13 

14 

160 

137 

Dial  

12 

11 

12 

12 

12 

13 

11 

16 

14 

13 

160 

126 

Carr  

13 

11 

14 

17 

10 

10 

12 

13 

9 

12 

160 

121 

Evans  

10 

10 

7 

10 

10 

7 

10 

11 

7 

10 

160 

92 

Brandenberg  

11 

16 

7 

12 

65 

46 

Notes. 

The  first  shoot  for  the  prize  offered  by  G.  W.  Schuler,  a hand- 
some gun  cabinet,  will  be  held  on  May  27,  on  the  Cincinnati  Gun 
Club  grounds.  The  conditions  are  the  same  as  in  the  Peters 
trophy  event  just  closed,  viz. : fifteen  weekly  shoots,  50  targets 
each,  handicap  of  added  targets.  Scores  may  be  shot  on  Fridays, 
Saturdays  and  Sundays  of  each  week,  as  the  shooter  wishes.  Ten 
events  at  least  must  be  shot  in  order  to  qualify.  Plighest  score 
takes  the  prize. 

Word  has  been  received  that  Arthur  Gambell,  superintendent 
of  the  Cincinnati  Gun  Club,  arrived  safely  at  Queenstown,  Ireland, 
on  May  IS.  Pie  will  return  in  time  to  engineer  things  on  the 
grounds  July  4. 

Henry  Joyce,  of  Dayton,  has  a fine  game  picture,  showing 
fifteen  deer,  a black  bear  and  two  cubs  killed  in  the  Upper 
Michigan  peninsula  by  three  men  in  six  days  last  winter. 

It  rained  hard  on  May  25,  but  a squad  of  the  old  reliables 
attended  the  Preble  County  Club  shoot,  Eaton,  O.,  and  managed 
to  pull  off  the  medal  event  and  one  sweep  between  the  showers. 
The  medal  was  won  by  Eli  Peters  with  a score  of  22.  First 
money  in  the  sweep  went  to  Peters  on  a score  of  20  straight. 
The  medal  was  won  in  January  and  February  by  Joseph  Asbey 
on  scores  of  25  and  24.  In  March  Joseph  Dean,  21.  April  D. 
W.  Swibart  23. 

At  the  Dayton,  O.,  Gun  Club  shoot.  May  24,  Heikes  and 
Oswald  divided  first  in  the  sweep  on  21  each  out  of  25;  Rike, 
second,  with  19,  and  Carr,  third,  with  18. 

Eleven  men  took  part  in  the  medal  shoot  of  the  Rohrer’s 
Island  Gun  Club,  of  Dayton,  O.,  on  May  24.  The  medal  was 
won  by  Wm.  Kuntz,  after  shooting  off  a tie  with  Schaerf  and 
Miller.  In  the  first  shoot-off  Miller  dropped  out,  and  the  third 
saw  Schaerf’s  finish.  Following  the  medal  shoot  was  an  eight- 
man  team  race,  C.  F.  Miller  and  Wm.  Oldt  choosing  sides.  The 
former’s  team  won  by  four  targets,  163  to  159. 

Garfield  Gun  Club. 

Chicago,  May  27. — The  appended  scores  were  made  on  our 
grounds  to-day  on  the  occasion  of  the  sixth  trophy  shoot  of  the 
first  series.  Thomas  and  Goetter  tied  for  Class  A trophy  on  a 
score  of  22;  Keck  won  Class  B on  same  score,  and  Horns  won 
Class  C on  17. 

Mr.  Doris,  a visitor,  made  the  only  perfect  score  in  the  event, 
going  his  25  straight  in  fine  style. 

The  day  was  a good  one  for  trapshooting,  only  for  a northeast 
wind,  which  rendered  it  chilly.  Owing_  to  the  counter  attraction 
of  the  automobile  races,  and  the  opening  of  the  fishing  season, 
the  attendance  was  not  what  it  should  be  and  generally  is. 


Events : 

12  3 4 

Events : 1 

2 3 4 

Targets: 

10  10  10  25 

Targets : 10  10  10  25 

7 8 7 22 

7 7 17 
..  7 21 

Keck  

8 8 9 22 

Eaton  

Dr  Meek  

8 8 6 20 

Davis  

..  7 25 

8 9 5 12 

Ford  

. . 7 20 

Eckert  

7 8 6 17 

Geotter  

..  ..  22 

Kampp  

7 8 8 21 

Team  shoot, 

10  targets,  Keck 

and  Kampp,  captains: 

Keck  

10 

Kampp  

..  9 

Thomas  

5 

Horns  

..  4 

Dr  Meek  . . . . 

9 

Eaton  

..  8 

Barnard  

2 

Davis  

..  9 

Eckert  

Team  shoot, 

8—34 

10  targets: 

Ford  

..  4—34 

Keck  

9 

Kampp  

..  10 

Thomas  

6 

Horns  

..  9 

9 

..  6 

Barnard  

5 

David  

..  8 

Eckert  

6-35 

Ford  

..  4 

Geotter  

Dr.  J.  W.  Meek, 

..  6—37 
Sec’y. 

In  Other  Places. 


The  Pasadena,  Cal.,  Gun  Club  is  now  formulating  plans  to  hold 
a championship  tournament. 

There  will  be  a consolidation  of  the  Janesville,  Wis.,  Gun  Club 
with  Beloit,  as  stated  last  week.  This  club  will  remain  at  its  old 
park  and  hold  shoots  monthly.  There  is,  however,  another  club  in 
same  town,  and  it  is  to  be  heard  from  op  the  consolidation 
scheme. 


The  Bloomington,  111.,  Gun  Club  did  not  show  up  strong  at  the 
State  shoot,  in  so-  far  as  shooters  were  concerned,  but  when  it 
comes  to  packing  a convention  they  were  the  whole  thing,  taking 
the  wind  out  of  Chicago’s  sails  before  the  starting  line  had  been 
crossed. 

Gideon  won  the  Class  A medal  at  the  Bloomington,  111.,  shoot 
after  a three-time  tie  with  Radburn. 

Here  is  what  makes  a gun  club  a success.  Secretary  Boettger, 
of  the  McLean  County  Gun  Club,  Bloomington,  111.,  invited  all 
the  members  to  his  house  to  play  euchre  on  last  Wednesday 
evening.  Sociability  should  be  introduced  into  every  gun  club. 

Mexico,  Mo.,  has  been  heard  from.  There  will  be  a tournament 
held  there  during  the  summer.  The  new  officers  are:  G.  F. 

l’.olson,  President;  A.  K.  Luckie,  Secretary;  Fred  A.  Morris, 
Treasurer. 

Max  ITensler,  of  Battle  Creek,  Mich.,  was  re-elected  president 
of  the  Michigan  Trapshooters’  League,  and  his  brother,  A.  R. 
Plensler  re-elected  secretary.  Jackson  gets  the  next  meeting, 
and  next  year  there  will  be  only  one  shoot  held  instead  of  three, 
as  has  been  the  custom  in  the  past. 

The  Houghton,  Mich.,  Gun  Club  will  contest  throughout  the 
summer  for  a cup  donated  by  a cartridge  company. 

Chas.  W.  Budd  when  at  Menominee,  Mich.,  made  the  good  score 
of  94  out  of  100.  Robert  Kans,  the  home  good  one,  made  91. 

The  shooters  who  have  Memphis  in  view  as  the  proper  place  to 
attend  a tournament,  will  be  pleased  to  know  that  about  June  20 
there  will  be  held  there  the  best  tournament  ever  held  in  the  Bluff 
city.  Members  of  the  three  gun  clubs  are  reported  as  being  now 
actively  training  preparatory  to  taking  part  in  the  big  tournament. 

The  Memphis,  Tenn.,  Gun  Club  held  a shoot  last  Saturday 
with  an  attendance  that  would  seem  more  like  a tournament  than 
a club  affair.  At  100  targets,  Abe  Frank  broke  93. 

W.  W.  Wilson,  Secretary  of  the  Duluth  Central  Gun  Club  has 
secured  three  gold  watches  to  be  put  up  as  prizes  at  their 
tournament. 

The  West  Duluth,  Mich.,  Rod  and  Gun  Club  report  that  the 
new  target  trap  is  now  being  set  up  on  the  club  preserve,  and 
that  weekly  shooting  will  be  held. 

The  best  scores  made  by  the  Parker  Gun  Club,  Milwaukee, 
visitors  were  those  of  Messrs.  Hirschy,  Vietmeyer,  Stannard, 
Budd  and  Steenberg, 

At  the  Recreation  Gun  Club,  Cleveland,  O.,  George  Burns  won' 
first  prize  after  a tie  with  Rice,  which  called  for  35  targets. 
Burns  broke  143  out  of  150. 

The  Waterloo,  la.,  Gun  Club,  in  consequence  of  having  to  give 
up  their  shooting  grounds,  have  held  a meeting,  and  it  was 
then  voted  to  disband  the  organization  and  turn  in  their  trap  to 
the  manufacturers.  This,  coming  so  soon  after  holding  a suc- 
cessful tournament  there,  will  be  a surprise  to  all. 

The  Aberdeen,  S.  D.,  Gun  Club  is  now  well  under  way.  It  is 
composed  of  local  hunters,  and  many  of  them  fine  shots.  With  a 
little  practice,  they  will  be  able  to  make  a good  showing.  The 
officers  are:  President,  Otto  E.  Muller;  Vice-President,  J.  K. 

Hall;  Secretary,  Frank  Suttle. 

The  Cordele,  Ga.,  Gun  Club  has  been  reorganized.  W.  C. 
Hamilton  is  President;  J.  M.  Powell  is  Captain  and  Secretary. 
New  grounds,  readily  reached,  have  been  secured,  and  the  large 
membership  shows  up  well  for  the  future  prosperity. 

The  Louisville,  Ky.,  boys  are  much  pleased  with  their  new 
shooting  park. 

In  the  contest  for  the  Judge  Bazille  and  Holmes  trophy  at  the 
St.  Paul,  Minn.,  Gun  Club  grounds,  Pleiss  and  Holmes  tied  for 
Class  A trophy,  and  Pleiss  won  shoot-off,  as  did  Frankie  the 
Class  B with  McLaren. 

J.  A.  Jackson,  Sr.,  made  the  high  score  at  the  Taylor,  Tex., 
shoot  held  last  Saturday  with  110  out  of  125.  J.  B.  Webb,  of  San 
Antonio,  was  second,  105;  W.  M.  McDowall,  of  Lockart,  third, 
103;  Rogers,  of  San  Marcos,  fourth,  with  100. 

At  the  regular  practice  of  the  Fort  Worth,  Tex.,  Gun  Club 
James  S.  Day  made  163  out  of  175. 

Special  from  Monroe  City,  Ind.,  states  that  Add.  Plaldorman 
met  with  a frightful  accident.  He  was  shooting  at  crows  when 
the  gun  burst  and  injured  his  arm  and  face.  He  may  lose  at 
least  one  eye.  This  should  serve  to  establish  the  habit  of  always 
looking  through  the  gun  before  inserting  a shell. 

It  should  interest  all  trapshots  to  learn  that  Fred  Gilbert  is  now 
using  2%in.  shells,  and  shooting  just  as  good  as  he  ever  did  with 
2%  shells. 

The  next  tourney  of  the  Indiana  State  League  will  be  held  at 
the  Limited  Gun  Club  in  Indianapolis.  The  officers  elected  are: 
H.  Comstock,  President;  Tom  Parry,  Vice-President,  and  Gus 
Habich,  Secretary. 

W.  M.  Furgerson  will  fit  up  a shooting  ground  at  the  Lake, 
near  Crooks£on,  Minn.,  and  all  visitors  will  be  made  welcome.  It 
is  the  intention  to  have  Crookston,  Grand  Forks  and  other  clubs 
participate,  and  have  team  competitions.  This  brings  about  a 
competitive  spirit  that  does  not  find  stimulation  in  individual 
contests. 

At  Elgin,  111.,  last  week  the  sportsmen  held  their  annual  crow 
hunt,  and  slaughtered  1,141  crows.  One  hundred  and  fifty  men 
were  out  on  the  war  path.  If  all  shooters  in  the  United  States 
were  to  do  likewise  the  game  birds  would  increase  50  per  cent. 

A pigeon  shoot  was  lately  held  at  Carthage,  Mo.,  and  was  won 
by  McLoughlin,  of  Webb  City. 

The  Montreal  Gun  Club  has  challenged  the  Champlain,  N.  Y., 
Gun  Club  for  a trophy  cofitest. 

The  Marengo,  la.,  Gun  Club  has  ordered  a silver  cup  that  will 
be  given  to  the  one  who  makes  the  best  showing  during  the 
season. 

Des  Moines,  la.,  shooters,  while  not  so  active  as  they  were 
previous  to  the  State  shoot,  will  keep  up  their  regular  practice 
during  the  summer. 

The  Marion,  Ind.,  shooters,  lately  had  as  their  guests  the  Gas 
City  shooters.  Lee,  Jay  and  Adamson  made  best  scores.  The 
Marion  boys  meet  every  Friday  afternoon,  and  visitors  are 
welcome. 

East  Grand  Forks,  Minn.,  Gun  Club  have  new  grounds,  and 
will  start  up  for  the  season’s  shoots. 

The  preliminary  shoot  of  the  Celestial  Gun  Club,  Pekin,  111., 
was  well  attended.  Shoots  will  be  held  every  two  weeks  at  the 
Cummings  ground. 

The  Forest  City,  la.,  Gun  Club  met  Monday  and  elected  officers 
for  the  year,  viz.:  H.  R.  Irish,  President;  P.  Lynch,  Vice-Presi- 
dent; C.  H.  Macomber,  Secretary;  P.  PI.  Vosterberg  and  M.  G. 
Green  Members  Executive  Committee. 

Fred  Riba  is  now  the  treasurer  of  the  Benson,  Minn.,  Gun 
Club,  succeeding  Burke  Arnesen. 

State  tournament  managers  should  take  pattern  after  the  New 
York  people.  At  their  June  shoot  there  will  be  merchandise 
prizes  that  will  amount  to  several  thousand  dollars.  Building 
lots,  pianos,  horses,  carriages,  guns,  revolvers,  and  ammunition. 

Western  trapshooters  are  now  turning  their  attention  to  the 
Sioux  City,  la./  shoot  to  be  held  June  6,  7 and  8.  This  club 
have  held  and  will  hold  many  more  of  the  largest  and  best 
shoots  ever  given  in  the  West. 

Jack  Fanning  was  lately  heard  from  at  Colorado  Springs,  where 
he  gave  the  boys  an  artistic  exhibition  in  the  trapshooting  line. 

John  PI.  Look  won  the  medal  at  the  shoots  held  last  year  by 
the  Oconto,  Wis.,  Gun  Club.  The  new  elected  officers  are:  Pres- 

ident, Dr.  Wm.  H.  Guenrher;  Vice-President  Henry  Zurheide; 
Secretary,  A.  N.  Bock;  Assistant,  Chas.  PI.  Roenitz;  Treasurer, 
M.  Kroos;  Captain,  Plenry  Grucbner;  Attorney,  A.  C.  Prescott; 
Trustees:  Adolph  Bondman,  August'  Herrman,  John  H.  Look, 

Alfred  Steffen,  A.  C.  Prescott. 


Boston  Gun  Club. 

Boston,  Mass.,  May  24. — The  first  shoot  of  the  summer  series 
of  the  Boston  Gun  Club  was  held  to-day  at  Wellington,  and 
while  conditions  ,were  well  nigh  perfect,  only  a small  number 
were  present. 

Edwards  and  IPebbard  fought  it  out  for  high  average,  with 
honors  even,  though  it  took  some  tall  hustling  on  Edwards’  last 
15  to  land  in  the  running.  The  goods  were  delivered,  however, 
and  it  was  lucky  for  the  rest  of  the  contingent  that  he  left  on 
an  early  train,  as  he  had  just  begun  his  consecutive  match,  and 
had  a good  start  to  his  credit. 

“Buffalo  Smith”  distanced  the  whole  shooting  match  in  the 
consecutive  match,  and  started  it  moving  with  a run  of  31 
straight,  and  might  have  been  going  yet  if  a sneaking  left  target 
had  not  got  mixed  up  in  the  smoke  of  a far-away  factory,  which 
prevented  the  usual  sky  background  from  being  in  evidence.  Roy 
and  Hebbard,  two  of  Watertown’s  finest,  captured  first  honors 
with  good  totals,  and  if  they  keep  this  gait  up,  one  or  the  other 
will  wear  the  gold  watch  charm,  which  is  the  first  prize  for  this 
series.  Edwards  with  26  held  second  position  alone  with  two  of 
the  home  club  just  one  target  away.  Other  scores: 


Events : 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

Targets : 

15 

10 

15 

10 

15 

15 

15 

15 

15 

Av. 

Bon,  18 

12 

7 

14 

8 

12 

12 

.812 

Smith,  18  

10 

9 

8 

7 

13 

10 

14 

15 

10 

.768 

Hebbard,  17  

12 

9 

13 

8 

14 

14 

14 

. . 

.884 

Kirkwood,  20  

12 

10 

10 

8 

14 

11 

15 

14 

is 

.872 

8 

18 

15 

•• 

.. 

.900 

Edwards,  16  12  10  13  • 8 14  12  15  ..  .884 

Woodruff,  17  12  8 15  8 10  12  14  831 

Baker,  16  9 7 .640 

Muldown,  16  ..  ..  10  10  12  13  ..  ..  ..  .818 

Retwood,  14  1 6 2 2 ..  220 

Merchandise  match:  Roy  (19yds.)  29,  Hebbard  (17)  28,  Ed- 

wards (16)  26,  Kirkwood  (20)  25,  Muldown  (16)  25,  Bon  (18)  - 24, 
Smith  (IS)  23,  Woodruff  (17)  22. 

Consecutive  match:  Smith  31,  Kirkwood  27,  Edwards  15,  Heb- 
bard 13,  Woodruff  11. 


Cumberland  Gun  Club. 


Bridgeton,  N.  J.,  May  22. — Herewith  are  the  scores  made  at  our 
third  amateur  tournament,  held  in  this  city  on  May  20;  The  scores 
while  not  high,  were  excellent  considering  the  high  wind  that  blew 
directly  across  the  field,  making  the  targets  take  very  irregular 
flights.  The  trade  was  represented  by  Neaf  Apgar  and  J.  Mowell 
Plawkins. 


Events : 
Targets: 

Apgar  

Plawkins  . . 
Newcomb 
Hackett  . . 
Munyon  .. 
Armstrong 
Aumack  . . 
Silvers  ... 
Tomlinson 
Compton  . 
C North  . 
Williamson 
Sheppard  . 
Vanaman  . 

Platts  

Logen  

Lore  

Hunt  

Cooney  ... 
L Plurff  .. 

Gage  

W Stellar 
Esebell  ... 
Elwell  .... 
Brown  . . . 
F Stellar  . 
Gillespie  . . 


I 2 3 4 5 
15  15  20  15  15 
14.15  16  15  13 
13  13  17  12  15 

II  14  18  12  12 
13  15  18  12  14 

13  12  16  12  12 
12  12  17  12  13 

14  13  14  19  11 
12  13  11  11  11 
12  10  17  8 10 

7 8 14  10  10 
7 12  14  9 10 
9 12  11  10  9 
10  9 . . 9 9 
11  11 


10  .. 

10  ..  14  ..  .. 
12  11  11  . . 

10  5 10  ..  .. 


7 8 


9 


6 7 8 9 

20  15  15  20 

Total. 

18  15  13  17 

136 

18  13  15  17 

133 

18  13  12  18 

12S 

17  12  12  14 

127 

17  9 14  16 

121. 

15  11  12  17 

121 

15  12  13  16 

117 

20  8 13  11 

110 

11  11  11  16 

106 

18  13  9 13 

102 

12  9 8 15 

96 

11  14  9 14 

90 

. . 12  11  13 

73 

11  10  11  . . 

54 

12  10  7 15 

44 

. . 9 9 14 

42 

..  ..  11  .. 

35 

34 

25 

. . 10  10  r . 

20' 

15 

15 

15 

12 

12 

......  9 

9 ..  ..  9 

...  8 8 

6 . . 6 


Indianapolis  Gun  Club. 


Indianapolis,  Ind.,  May  20. — Haun  won  Peters  badge.  Tripp, 
Moore,  Finley,  Gregory  and  Dixon  tied  for  club  trophy. 


Events : 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

' 9 

10 

11 

Targets : 

25 

25 

25 

25 

20 

20 

20 

20 

20 

20 

20 

W Dinger  

13 

16 

16 

16 

M Dinger  

12 

17 

16 

.20 

Tripp  

17 

20 

20 

18 

16 

14 

17 

14 

18 

18. 

18 

Kirby  

19 

16 

18 

18 

17 

19 

16 

. . 

Moore  

16 

18 

16 

13 

18 

16 

15 

17 

16 

17 

Clark  

18 

16 

18 

19 

19 

18 

19 

Finley  

18 

17 

14 

18 

16 

19 

18 

19 

D Smith  

13 

8 

13 

Steele  

11 

12 

16 

17 

16 

m m 

, . 

Gregory  

23 

18 

17 

19 

16 

20 

18 

Anderson  

18 

16 

15 

17 

15 

17 

16 

• --  . 

Stewart  



11 

12 

13 

10 

16- 

■ « 

Armstrong  

11 

11 

6 

12 

14 

. . 

, , 

Steffen  

11 

11 

• . . 

. . 

Leib  

19 

, . 

, . 

14 

ii 

16 

__ 

- T 

Pfafflen  

17 

16 

• . . 

14 

13 

15 

Moller  

18 

21 

19 

17 

15 

18 

is 

ii 

Cooper  

17 

18 

21 

22 

13 

20 

17 

«_» 

Dickman  

14 

16 

. , 

. t 

Morrison  

12 

13 

14 

12 

Dixon  

16 

16 

15 

16 

16 

is 

Haun  

10 

13 

SIDE  LIGHTS  OF  TRADE. 


The  Savage  Arms  Co.,  48  Turner  street,  Utica,  N.  Y.,  have 
devised  a Savage  watch  fob,  which  they  will  send  to  applicants 
who  will  send  15  cents  in  stamps.  It  is  artistically  designed, 
after  the  well-known  excellence  of  the  Savage  Arms  Company’s 
products. 


In  “Dog  Culture,”  a treatise  on  the  care  and  medical  treatment  i 
of  the  dog,  Spratt’s  Patent  (America),  Limited,  450  Market  street, 
Newark,  N.  J.,  there  is  quite  a full  illustration  of  a numbsr  of 
new  kennel  appliances,  one  of  which  is  a “non-upsettable  feed 
and  water  vessel,”  an  enamelled  dish,  which  can  be  placed 
anywhere  in  the  house  without  any  fear  of  it  being  upset.  j 
Address  Spratt’s  Patent  for  a copy  of  “Dog  Culture.” 


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On  account  of  the  convention  of  the  American  Medical  As- 
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Tacoma,  and  Portland,  allowing  four  days  in  the  latter  city-  for 
attending  the  sessions  of  the  convention  and  for  visiting  the 
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Yellowstone  Park,  a full  and  complete  tour  of  that  wonderland. 
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burg, from  which  the  rate  will  be  $210.  A special  train  of  high  1 
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Chicago  and  St.  Paul  to  Banff  Hot  Springs,  Laggan,-  and  Glacier, 
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THE  BIG  GAME  OF  AMERICA 

is  well  represented  in  the  collection  of  Pictures  from  Forest  and  Stream 

Moose,  elk,  antelope,  mountain  sheep, 
Virginia  deer,  mule  deer  and  buffalo 
are  shown  in  scenes  which  have  in 
them  the  spirit  of  the  wild  creatures 
and  their  surroundings.  Each  picture 
is  an  accurate  portrait  of  the  subject 
and  has  a pleasing  landscape  setting  as 
well.  Of  smaller  game  there  are  field 
scenes  in  which  figure  the  quail,  ruffed 
grouse;  and  a number  of  splendid 
reproductions  of  Audubon  bird  pic- 
tures. The  dog  pictures  by  Osthaus 
and  the  yachting  scenes  round  out  the 
volume,  and  make  it  all  in  all  a very 
comprehensive  volume  of  American 
outdoor  sports. 


LIST  OF  THE  PLATES. 


1.  Alert  (Moose),  - - - Carl  Rungius 

2.  The  White  Flag  (Deer),  - - Carl  Rungius 

“ Listen ! ” (Mule  Deer),  - - Carl  Rungius 

On  the  Heights  (Mountain  Sheep),  Carl  Rungius 
“ What’s  That  ?”  (Antelope).  - Carl  Rungius 
The  Home  of  the  White  Goat. 

Photo  by  H.  T.  Folsom 
Calling  the  Buffalo — 1 The  Lure,  E.  W.  Deming 
Calling  the  Buffalo — -2  The  Drive,  E.  W.  Deming 
Calling  the  Buffalo — 3 The  Fall,  E.  W.  Deming 

10.  Calling  the  Buffalo — 4 Packing  the  Meat. 

E.  W.  Deming 

11.  Sail,  Sea  and  Sky,  Navahoe  on  the  Solent. 

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18.  Pearl  R.  (Setter),  - - - E.  H,  Osthaus 

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19.  The  Prairie  Chicken,  - 

20.  The  Willow  Ptarmigan,  - 

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J.  J.  Audubon 
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J.  J.  Audubon 


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THE  ZEST  OF  CAMP  LIFE. 


The  object  of  this  journal  will  be  to  studiously 
promote  a healthful  interest  in  outdoor  recre- 
ation, and  to  cultivate  a refined  taste  for  natural 

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® ' ' Forest  and  Stream,  Aug.  14, 1873. 


A BUFFALO  HUNT  IN  1905. 

Oklahoma  and  the  Indian  Territory  have  long  been 
a home  of  the  fake;  particularly  as  applied  to  Indians 
and  wild  animals.  In  or  about  those  Territories  dwells 
an  individual — or  a regiment  of  him — whose  occupation 
is  the  invention  of  hair-raising  tales  to  be  sold  to  the 
guileless  Eastern  editor,  who  serves  them  up  with  joy 
for  the  benefit  of  his  wondering  constituency.  Thus 
over  a large  part  of  the  East  the  belief  persists  that 
somewhere,  in  a West  that  is  still  wild,  Indian  out- 
breaks, scalpings,  burnings  at  the  stake,  destruction  of 
mothers  and  children  by  packs  of  wolves,  killings  of 
men  by  panthers  and  coyotes,  and  the  carrying  off  of 
infants  by  eagles  are  still  common.  In  other  words,  that 
there  is  still  a West  of  danger  and  daring,  a frontier 
where  heroic  deeds  are  still  performed,  where  the  beau- 
tiful maiden  is  carried  off  by  the  painted  savage  and  is 
later  rescued  by  the  hardy  plainsman. 

The  fact  of  fifty  years  ago  is  the  fiction  of  to-day;  and 
the  myth-makers  of  the  Indian  country  still  repeat  old 
tales  in  the  present  tense  and  earn  a modest  stipend  by 
imposing  on  the  credulity  of  Eastern  editors  who  know 
about  the  West  just  as  much  as  their  readers,  and  no 
more.  Occasionally,  a better  informed  news-purveyor 
who  has  thrown  into  the  waste  basket  one  of  these 
highly  embroidered  stories,  sees  it  a few  months  later  in 
some  esteemed  contemporary,  and  feels  uncertain 
whether  to  be  amused  at  the  patience  and  persistence 
of  the  faker,  or  impatient  with  the  ignorance  of  the 
editor  who  printed  it. 

The  latest  example  of  this  style  of  story  is  an  illus- 
trated account  in  a New  York  paper  purporting  to  tell 
of  a buffalo  chase  in  which  2,500  Indians  and  250  cow- 
boys are  to  take  part  during  the  current  month.  The 
story  reads  like  an  advertisement  of  a Coney  Island 
show.  It  states  that  the  largest  herd  of  genuine  buffalo 
in  the  world  will  be  hunted,  and  in  another  place  it  is 
stated  that  these  genuine  buffalo  number  32— one-tenth, 
according  to  the  veracious  account,  of  all  the  American 
buffalo  left  in  the  world.  In  order  that  the  public  may 
have  an  opportunity  to  see  this  great  show,  a grand  stand 
a mile  and  a quarter  long  has  been  erected,  which  will 
seat  60,000  persons. 

It  is  a little  sad  that  natural  things  like  the  buffalo 
and  the  Indians  should  be  so  shamelessly  used  for  graft 
and  money  getting,  but  of  course  shame  is  an  unknown 
thing  to  people  who  mix  in  matters  of  this  sort.  They 
see  nothing  but  the  possible  dollars  to  be  had  and  care 
only  for  them. 

We  do  not  in  the  least  believe  that  there  is  any  pur- 
pose to  hunt  with  the  intention  of  killing  any  number 
of  buffalo.  It  is  possible  that  two  or  three  old  bulls  may 
be  butchered,  but  of  bulls  there  is  no  dearth  in  this  coun- 
try. However,  the  whole  disgusting  advertisement  em- 
phasizes again  what  we  have  so  often  pointed  out — the 
importance  of  action  by  Congress  to  preserve  the  few 
remaining  buffalo  and  to  use  every  effort  that  this  great 
native  beast  shall  not  become  extinct.  A most  excellent 
beginning  has  already  been  made  in  the  Yellowstone 
National  Park,  where  Major  Pitcher’s  herd  last  year 
numbering  40  has  considerably  increased  this  summer. 
But  this  is  only  a beginning.  The  remaining  buffalo 
ought  to  be  purchased  and  cared  for  and  bred,  and  this 
should  be  authorized  by  the  next  Congress,  for  the 
longer  the  needed  work  is  put  off  the  less  hope  there  is 
of  its  being  successful, 


Most  of  us  have  at  times  shared  the  perplexities  ex- 
pressed by  the  author  of  the  “Hunter’s  Temple’  at  the 
fact  that  so  many  of  the  men  we  know  are  content  to  go 
through  life  confining  themselves  day  after  day,  month 
after  month,  and  year  after  year  to  the  rut  of  their  rou- 
tine, without  ever  treating  themselves  to  the  sight  of 
forest  clothed  mountainsides  and  scarped  summits,  wind- 
ing rivers  or  swirling  brooks,  or  the  white-tented  camp- 
ground. What  one  gets  from  his  outing  is  often  a rich 
reward  out  of  all  proportion  to  the  amount  of  time  ex- 
pended— a reward  consisting  not  only  of  the  present 
enjoyment,  but  of  memories  which  follow  and  in  which 
that  enjoyment  is  repeated  and  renewed  times  beyond 
reckoning.  It  is  the  common  experience  of  the  sports- 
man that  the  days  of  his  vacations  stand  out  clear  and 
vivid  and  apart  from  all  the  other  days  of  his  life.  One 
may  try  in  vain  to  recall  the  incidents  of  a day  at  home, 
but  of  the  days  of  his  excursions  to  the  woods  the  scene? 
are  distinctly  photographed  in  memory,  and  one  may  live 
such  hours  over  and  over  again,  and  does  live  them  over 
again  with  a particularity  of  detail  which  would  mystify 
us  with  its  marvel  were  it  not  a phenomenon  so  familiar. 
The  very  fact  that  the  experiences  of  our  excursions 
with  rod  or  gun  fix  themselves  so  indelibly  is  an  evidence 
of  the  freshness  and  intensity  of  the  interest  they  have 
for  us  as  they  occur. 

Camp  life  is  life  with  zest  in  it.  It  is  a life  of  sim- 
plicities— but  the  simplicities  are  at  the  same  time,  and 
just  at  the  time,  the  most  important  things  on  earth — 
food,  drink,  fire,  a bed.  They  are  essentials  of  living, 
with  the  provision  of  which,  under  home  conditions,  he 
does  not  concern  himself.  In  camp  it  is  different.  He 
must  gather  the  wood  and  draw  the  water  and  cook  the 
meal  and  make  the  bed — and  in  the  doing  of  the  novel 
tasks,  if  he  acquits  himself  more  or  less  successfully  he 
finds  a huge  not  to  say  ludicrous  degree  of  satisfaction 
and  pride  in  his  new-found  attainments. 


in  California  in  the  northern  Sierra  Nevada  Range.  As 
already  reported  in  our  columns,  the  Dominion  Govern- 
ment has  established  a new  game  preserve  in  the  pen- 
insula of  Gaspe,  a region  absolutely  without  settlement 
except  on  the  coasts,  and  abounding  in  fish  as  well  as 
in  moose  and  caribou.  All  through  the  land  lesser  pre- 
serves and  parks  are  being  set  on  foot  from  time  to  time 
by  towns,  by  counties  and  by  States,  and  it  seems  to  be 
the  fact  that  at  last  the  public  pleasure  ground  idea  has 
taken  a firm  hold  on  the  American  people. 


THE  HILL-SILZ  CASE. 


Justice  Maddox,  in  the  Supreme  Court,  Brooklyn,  has 
handed  down  a decision  in  the  case  against  John  Hill 
and  August  Silz,  dismissing  the  writ  of  habeas  corpus. 
The  decision  is  encouraging  to  those  who  are  engaged  in 
the  fight  against  the  sale  of  game  in  close  season  in  this 
city.  It  will  be  recalled  that  proprietor  John  Hill,  of 
the  Clarendon  Hotel,  Brooklyn,  was  arrested  for  having 
in  possession  a number  of  game  birds  in  the  close  sea- 
son. The  game  had  been  supplied  by  August  Silz,  a 
Manhattan  game  dealer,  who  asserted  that  the  birds  had 
been  imported  and  were  therefore  not  affected  by  the 
statute ; and  Mr.  Silz  voluntarily  made  himself  a party 
to  the  suit.  A writ  of  habeas  corpus  was  taken  out,  on 
the  ground  that  Messrs.  Hill  and  Silz  had  violated  no 
law;  and  Justice  Maddox  reserved  decision.  It  was 
understood  at  the  time  that  the  disposition  of  the  Hill 
and  Silz  case  might  be  governed  by  the  result  of  an- 
other action  then  in  the  Supreme  Court  in  New  York, 
in  which  Mr.  Silz  was  a defendant  to  a charge  of  like 
nature.  This  latter  case  is  as  yet  undetermined.  As  the 
circumstances  of  the  two  prosecutions  were  substantially 
similar,  the  dismissal  of  the  habeas  corpus  in  the  Brook- 
lyn case — which  means  that  in  that  case  the  State  does 
have  cause  of  action — is  in  the  line  of  holding  the  law 
over  dealers  in  foreign  as  well  as  domestic  game. 

Meanwhile,  the  restaurants  of  this  city  are  carrying 
on  openly  and  extensively  a traffic  in  game  birds  which 
are  served  to  their  guests  as  having  been  imported. 


The  good  work  of  setting  aside  parks  and  pleasure 
grounds  for  the  enjoyment  of  the  people,  forest  reserves 
which  shall  serve  as  protections  to  the  water  supply  of 
rivers,  and  game  preserves  where  settlement  shall  not  be 
allowed,  and  timber  cutting  permitted  only  under  special 
restrictions  is  still  going  on.  The  game  preserve  idea, 
under  that  name,  as  yet  seems  to  have  taken  hold  only 
in  Canada,  though  in  practice  our  national  parks  per- 
form the  work  of  game  preserves.  It  has  recently  been 
announced  that  President  Roosevelt  is  about  to  set  aside 
a new  forest  reserve  of  10,000,000  acres,  largely  in  Idaho, 
a country  where  water  is  greatly  needed,  and  where, 
when  it  is  put  on  the  land,  great  crops  are  grown;  and 
another  of  about  900,000  acres  has  just  been  set  aside 


In  various  States  where  the  use  of  dogs  is  prohibited 
for  hunting  deer  the  law  has  provided  that  a dog  found 
chasing  deer  may  be  killed  by  any  person,  the  owner 
having  no  recourse  for  damage.  This  is  an  unwise  sys- 
tem, for  the  reason  that  it  gives  opportunity  for  the  kill- 
ing of  dogs  by  irresponsible  parties  on  a false  pretext 
that  the  animals  were  hunting  deer.  A more  reasonable 
provision  is,  like  that  which  has  just  been  adopted  in 
Massachusetts,  that  dogs  convicted  of  alleged  deer  hunt- 
ing may  be  killed  by  the  game  officials  or  other  duly  con- 
stituted authorities.  This  serves  the  purpose  quite  as 
well,  and  insures  justice.  There  used  to  be  a contention 
that  a deer  chasing  ,dog  should  be  held  immune  because 
it  was  not  a reasoning  being  and  could  not  know  that 
it  was  doing  wrong  and  violating  the  law;  but  the  dog 
laws  have  increased  in  number  and  in  stringency;  and  a 
result  is  much  improved  protection  for  the  game. 

*5 

The  Field  Columbian  Museum  of  Chicago  is  sending 
an  expedition  to  explore  the  heart  of  Africa  and  secure 
material  for  completing  its  collections  of  African  big 
game.  The  time  remaining  for  the  purpose  is  short. 
Communication  with  the  interior  of  the  Dark  Continent 
will  shortly  be  so1  convenient,  and  the  influx  of  the  white 
man  so  rapid  and  so1  general,  that  the  wild  fauna  is  cer- 
tain to  be  destroyed.  The  museum  expedition  will  be 
fully  equipped,  and  will  proceed  under  the  direction  of 
Messrs.  Carl  E.  Akely,  of  the  institution’s  zoological 
department,  and  Vernon  Shaw  Kennedy. 

•? 

In  camp,  the  fastidious  gourmet  becomes  the  omnivor- 
ous man.  As  a rule,  the  members  of  the  average  camp- 
ing party  do  their  own  cooking.  That  is  to  say,  it  is 
done  by  the  amiable,  obliging  member  who  will  volun- 
tarily, or  by  popular  cajolery,  act  as  chef,  for  which  he 
has  the  hearty  approval  and  support  of  his  affectionate 
confreres.  The  camp  cook,  thus  qualified,  is  generally 
a shining  star  as  a sloppy  housekeeper. 

*5 

But  the  urbanite,  who  thus  in  camp  eats  his  peck  of 
dirt  at  one  sitting,  raises  not  his  voice  in  protest.  Let 
the  dishes  be  smeary,  the  potatoes  soggy,  the  coffee 
muddy,  the  bread  heavy,  the  fish  and  game  badly 
dressed  and  worse  served,  and  our  good  urbanite,  so 
dainty  and  critical  at  home,  avidiously  crunches  his  food, 
and  gulps  more  ashes,  twigs,  fish  scales  and  feathers  at 
one  meal  in  camp  than  he  possibly  could  in  the  course 
of  his  whole  life  at  home,  yet  maintaining  a discreet 
reticence  the  while.  If  one  protest  were  uttered,  the 
volunteer  camp  cook  might  resign,  at  the  same  time 
pertinently  suggesting  that  his  fellows  could  cook  for 
themselves.  And  yet  the  wretched  camp  cook,  in  prac- 
tice, might  be  the  critical  connoisseur  in  his  own  home, 
in  theory. 

* 

A large  proportion  of  the  work  which  has  been  done 
in  this  country  to  awaken  interest  in  game  and  fish  pro- 
tection has  been  accomplished  by  sportsmen  combined 
for  the  purpose  in  clubs  and  associations.  The  individual 
is  comparatively  powerless;  the  association  is  strong. 
The  club  movement  is  one  to  be  encouraged;  and  every 
sportsman  owes  it  to  himself  and  to  the  interests  of  the 
craft  to  ally  himself  with  a protective  organization 
where  it  exists.  In  no  State  are  the  various  local  clubs 
more  vigorous  and  efficient  than  in  Massachusetts.  The 
good  results  of  their  efforts  are  seen  not  only  in  the  laws 
they  have  secured  but  in  the  efficient  execution  of  the 
laws,  which  is,  as  the  officials  have  cheerfully  testified, 
due  in  generous  measure  to  the  support  rendered  by  the 
clubs.  If  the  sportsmen  of  a State  or  of  a county  or 
township  do  not  get  what  they  want  in  the  way  of  game 
protection  service,  they  may,  in  nine  cases  out  of  ten,  fjp(j 
the  remedy  in  organized,  ejjopt, 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM 


- [June  io,  1905. 


The  Hunter's  Temple* 

How  enticing  the  name  of  the  forest  sounds  to  the 
lover  of  the  rifle  and  rod;  what  pleasant  recollections _ it 
brings  up.  He  thinks  of  the  glorious  forest  draped  in  its 
rich  coloring,  of  mountain  sides  and  mountain  peaks, 
great  canyons  and  vast  plains;  he  thinks  of  hills  and  val- 
leys, lakes,  ponds  and  rivers,  with  the  glad  sunlight  over 
all,  and  then  he  thinks  of  all  the  wild  creatures  that  he 
has  seen  scattered  over  this  vast  panorama  that  his  recol- 
lections have  brought  out  of  the  past. 

I have  talked  with  men  who  say  that  they  cannot  un- 
derstand why  men  will  go  away  from  their  comfortable 
homes  and  sleep  on  the  ground  and  live  in  the  rough  and 
primitive  way  that  sportsmen  do ; and  I have  often  won- 
dered if  they  were  born  so,  or  if,  never  haying  tasted  of 
the  free  life  of  the  forest  and  plain,  they  have  simply 
failed  to  develop  a love  of  nature.  The  true  sportsman 
‘cannot  tell  you  just  why  he  loves  the  forest  and  why  he 
longs  for  the  time  to  come  again  when  he  will  be  free  to 
bathe  his  soul  in  the  sweet  joys  of  solitude.  Fall  comes, 
the  leaves  are  golden  on  the  trees,  and  he  feels  that  he 
is  called  away  to  worship  in  his  temple,  the  forest,  and  he 
must  go.  He  is  not  gifted  with  power  to  explain  it,  but 
he  loves  the  forest  and  all  its  wild  creatures,  which  he 
protects  from  wanton  destruction  to  the  best  of  his  abil- 
ity. No  game  law  is  too  stringent  for  him,  and  he  never 
kills  what  he  cannot  use — and  very  seldom  a female.  It 
is  not  alone  his  successful  pursuit  of  game  that  pleases 
him,  but  the  coming  in  contact  with  nature  in  all  its 
primitive  purity,  undefiled  by  man’s  defacing  hand,  and 
the  wild  animal  life  that  appealed  to  him  as  the  most 
pleasing  thing  possible. 

Sometimes  I wonder  at  men  whom  I know  to  be  pos- 
sessed of  ample  means,  staying  at  home  year  after  year, 
jogging  along  at  some  business  that  they  could  leave  for 
a time  as  well  as  not;  others  with  ample  fortunes,  not 
doing  any  business,  but  simply  existing,  occasionally  go- 
ing to  some  pleasure  resort  and  languidly  existing  there 
for  a time,  then  home  again — and  the  same  old  round  of 
eating  and  sleeping  and  existing,  which  I do  not  call  liv- 
ing. I often  wonder  why  they  do  not  go  to  the  wilder- 
ness and  hunt,  as  I believe  that  the  sight  of  a herd  of 
deer,  elk,  caribou  or  a moose  running  by  within  shot 
would  certainly  set  their  stagnant  blood  in  circulation; 
if  it  did  not,  then  I would  say  that  there  was  no  hope  for 
them. 


Sometimes  I sit  and  think  of  the  many  hunts  I have 
had  and  the  friends  I have  hunted  with,  and  the  game 
I have  killed,  I think  also  of  the  grand  sights  I have  seen 
- — the  mountains,  the  canyons,  the  plains,  the  beautiful 
forests  and  the  lakes  and  streams— and  the  vastness  of 
the  great  wilderness  where  the  stillness  is  so  profound 
that  it  makes  one’s  ears  ring.  I seem  to  see  again  the 
great  plains  specked  with  buffalo — great  numbers  of  them 
pouring  across  the  country,  down  through  a ravine  they 
go ; then  out  on  the  other  side,  and  on  they  go — a great 
river  of  grand  living  animals.  I see  the  antelope  and  the 
big  gray  wolf;  in  the  timber  I see  the  red  deer  and  wild 
turkey;  on  the  mountainside  I see  the  stately  elk  and  the 
great  lumbering  bear.  Again  I hunt  in  the  Mississippi 
Valley  for  deer,  turkey  and  black  bear.  Then  I see  the 
red  deer  and  moose  in  the  forest  of  northern  Maine ; then 
the  caribou,  the  most  beautiful  of  them  all,  I hunt  on  the 
barrens  of  Newfoundland;  then  in  the  forests  of  Nova 
Scotia  the  lordly  moose  greets  my  vision.  And  I think 
of  the  placid  river  and  the  canoe  with  silent  paddle  not 
rippling  the  water,  the  eager  watching  with  every  sense 
strained  to  the  utmost,  hardly  daring  to  draw  a long 
breath;  then  the  rush  of  the  animal,  the  shot,  and  the 
feeling  of  exultation  as  he  falls.  I think  of  the  rapids 
and  the  mad  rush  of  whirling  waters  as  our  frail  craft 
rushes  down — but  the  hand  that  guides  it  is  true  and 
strong,  and  the  brain  that  directs  the  hand  is  clear  and 
brave,  and  we  go  on  in  safety. 


The  most  enduring  friendships  that  I have  ever  made 
were  .made  around  camp-fires.  The  best  place  to  learn 
a man  is  to  hunt  with  him;  his  good  qualities  as  well 
as  his  bad  ones  are  sure  to  come  to  the  surface.  The 
hunter  is  a free-hearted  man ; even  an  uneducated  hun- 
ter, wherever  you  find  him,  has  his  better  qualities  de- 
veloped. You  may  find  him  away  in  the  Rockies,  and  his 
latch  string  always  hangs  out,  and  he  welcomes  you  in 
a way  that  you  know  you  are  welcome.  Go  up  into  Brit- 
ish Columbia  or  Alaska,  and  there  he  is  just  the  same 
with  his  big  brawnj'-  body,  warm  heart  and  free  hand. 
Go  to  Maine,  New  Brunswick  or  Nova  Scotia  and  he 
welcomes  you  there.  Go  to  the  great  barrens  of  New- 
foundland, and  there  he  is.  and  all  he  has  is  at  your  ser- 
vice. He  will  divide  his  blanket  with  you — and  his  last 
mouthful  if  you  need  it.  He  may  not  be  able  to  read, 
but  his  heart  is  all  right. 

As  you  hunt  you  meet  other  sportsmen,  and  tfifcir  hand- 
shake is  hearty,  and  not  like  the  faint  pressure  that  you 
get  in  the  city ; you  know  that  he  is  glad  to  see  you ; 
you  exchange  names;  one  is  from  New  England,  the 
other  from  the  South  or  West — it  don’t  matter  where; 
each  feels  that  the  other  is  all  right,  and  if  either  is  out 
of  anything  that  the  other  has,  “Help  yourself”  is  always 
said.  Both  are  glad  to  be  there,  and  would  go  miles  to 
do  the  other  a favor.  The  contrast  is  so  great  when 
compared  with  our  “marts  of  trade”  that  we  readily  sec 
that  one  is  the  effect  of  the  influence  of  nature  and  the 
pther  pf  our  so-called  civilization,  Hunter, 


Living  Under  Canvas  in  California. 

Nowhere  else  perhaps  can  tent  life  be  enjoyed  as  it  is 
lived  in  California.  Every  surrounding  natural  condition 
tends  to  make  such  life  ideal. 

We  spent  two  months  in  a tent  in  southern  California. 
We  stopped  at  Tent  Village  on  the  crest  of  Point  Loma, 
a few  miles  from  San  Diego,  where,  from  an  altitude  of 
350  feet,  we  could  look  down  upon  the  ocean,  the  bay  and 
city  of  San  Diego  and  Coronadu  Beach. 

In  this  village  of  canvas  are  an  aggregation  of  tents  as 
symmetrically  laid  out  as  a West  Point  encampment.  At 
one  end  of  the  grounds  is  a large  club  house  or  assembly 
room  and  at  the  other  end  the  dining  rooms  and  kitchen. 

The  tents  were  a combination  of  wood  and  canvas. 
The  frame-work  and  floors  were  of  wood,  screened  doors 
and  windows  being  fitted  to  each  tent.  The  roof  was  of 
double  canvas,  giving  ample  air  space  and  protecting  the 
occupants  of  the  tent  from  undue  warmth  from  the  sun’s 
rays.  The  furnishings  of  the  tents  were  such  as  to  leave 
nothing  to  be  desired.  Comfortable  spring  beds,  ward- 
robes, wash-stands,  carpeted  floors,  all  went  toward  mak- 
ing one  comfortable.  The  tents  were  daily  taken  care  of 
with  the  same  neatness  as  one  would  expect  in  a first- 
class  hotel.  There  was  almost  always  a breeze  from  the 
ocean,  and  with  window  and  door  open  one  kept  cool  and 
comfortable  under  tent  cover  on  the  warmest  days.  At 
night  the  air  was  always  cool  and  blankets  were  a neces- 
sity for  comfort. 

Half  a mile  away  the  surf,  rolling  ceaselessly  upon  the 
beach,  lulled  one  to  sleep.  And  to  awake  at  night  and 
listen  to  the  pattering  of  the  rain  drops  upon  the  canvas 
roof  was  far  more  realistic  than  the  rain  upon  the  shingle 
roof  heard  when  one  roomed,  as  a boy,  in  the  attic  of  the 
old  farm  house. 

The  swaying  of  the  canvas  covering  under  the  pressure 
of  the  wind  with  the  pitter-patter  of  the  swiftly  descend- 
ing rain  drops  in  the  still  hours  of  the  night  was  some- 
thing, once  experienced,  not  likely  to  be  forgotten.  And 
when  the  rain  ceased  and  the  wind  quieted  down  again 
was  heard  the  requiem  of  the  sea  as  it  raised  its  voice 
in  ever-recurring  echoes  upon  the  golden  sands. 

From  the  tent  door,  almost,  one  enjoyed  such  views  as 
can  be  hardly  equalled  anywhere  else.  For  miles  the  surf- 
line  can  be  followed  in  a bended  line  by  the  eye,  and  the 
breakers  seen  making  one  great  intermittent  line  of  foam 
as  they  break  upon  the  beach. 

The  stretch  of  land  gently  sloping  toward  the  sea  was  ,'fi 
covered,  after  the  winter  rains,  with  one  great  sheet  of  T 
green,  purple  and  yellow  blossoms.  Every  wild  plant  had  w 
its  blossom  and  the  weeds  flowered  like  a Persian  garden.  1 j 
The  breeze  from  the  Pacific  carried  with  it  inland  the  j 
scent  of  the  blossoming  hillsides,  so  thickly  was  the  , 
ground  covered  by  the  flowering  wild  growth. 

One  never  grew  tired  of  gazing  upon  the  surface  of 
the  Pacific.  It  had  its  beauties  whether  at  sunrise,  sunset 
or  during  the  sunny  hours  of  the  day — under  a full  moon 
it  was  superb.  The  rays  of  the  sun  made  a veritable  riot 
of  color  upon  the  water’s  surface,  the  shifting  breeze 
making  the  water  fairly  scintillate  with  greens,  yellows, 
grays,  purples  and  blues.  A wandering  cloud  for  a mo- 
ment would  throw  all  in  sombre  shadow  only  to  pass  on 
and  give  the  sun  full  play  upon  the  water’s  surface.  One 
associates  a rainbow  with  a curved  body  of  color  arching 
the  heavens,  but  when  the  sun  and  wind  were  right  the 
whole  surface  of  the  Pacific  seemed  one  waving,  shifting, 
scintillating  mass  of  color  as  brilliant  and  variegated  as 
those  of  a rainbow. 

We  turn  around  and  face  the  bay  of  San  Diego  and 
there  we  see  the  bay  and  city  of  Naples,  with  a little 
stretch  of  imagination,  and  Vesuvius  in  the  background. 
Those  who  have  seen  the  Bay  of  Naples  liken  this  view  to 
it.  The  placid,  crescent-shaped  bay,  dotted  with  shipping; 
the  rising  town  of  San  Diego  upon  the  sloping  shores, 
and  the  background  of  mountains  makes  a counterpart  of 
the  Neapolitan  scenes  that  is  certainly  remarkable. 

Point  Loma  extends  for  nearly  nine  miles  out  into  the 
ocean’s  depths  and  is  at  places  a couple  of  miles  in  width.. 
The  peace  and  quiet  of  Tent  Village,  the  ocean  breeze, 
unvarying  in  its  constancy,  the  music  of  the  surf,  the 
glorious,  radium  sunshine,  the  singing  of  the  mocking 
birds  and  larks  which  begin  with  the  rising  and  ending 
only  with  the  going  down  of  the  sun  makes  a . combina- 
tion not  to  be  found  at  the  average  seaside  resort.  If  one 
wants  quiet  and  rest  it  can  be  had  under  conditions  of 
the  most  favorable  description  at  Tent  Village,  on  the 
heights  of  Point  Loma. 

One  more  word  before  I close.  Mr.  Hallock’s  mocking 
bird  talk  carries  me  back  to  a sunny  morning  as  I sat 
with  my  wife  in  the  court-yard  of  the  Coronado  Beach 
Hotel,  at  San  Diego.  We  sat  embowered  amidst  roses, 
orange  and  lemon  trees  and  palms,  and  the  air  was  heavy 
with  the  perfume  of  Araby  the  Blest.  The  palms  nodded 
to  each  other  in  the  whispering  breeze,  and  the  fragrant 
roses  strewed  their  leaves  upon  the  warm  earth,  and 
filled  the  air  with  sweetness. 

It  was  not  difficult  for  us  to  imagine  ourselves  in  the 
Garden  of  Eden  as  we  listened  to  the  splashing  of  the 
fountain  that  made  music  and  rainbows  for  us  at  one 
and  the  same  time.  The  birds  bathed  in  the  fountain 
basin  and  preened  their  feathers,  when  out  from  the  re- 
cess of  a lemon  tree  trilled  a mockingbird.  How  he 
sang!  We  marvelled  at  his  variations  as  we  followed  him 
from  note  to  note.  And  when  he  had  exhausted  his 
repertoire  an  echo  started  up  from  a further  end  of  the 
court  and  we  were  thrilled  with  further  mockingbird 


variations.  As  the  sun  rose  each  morning  we  heard  the 
mockingbirds  outside  our  tent  and  it  became  an  old 
story  to  us.  But  the  roses  and  tropical  growth  of  palms, 
orange  and  lemon  trees,  and  the  murmuring  fountain 
with  the  accompanying  mockingbird  concert  were  de- 
lightful and  long  to  be  remembered. 

Chas.  Cristadoro. 


An  Encounter  on  the  Trail. 

We  knew  there  were  bears  in  the  vicinity  for  we  had 
read  about  them— not  in  the  papers  but  by  the  “sign.” 
There  were  marks,  man  high,  on  the  trees  where  they 
had  stood  on  their  hind  feet,  stretched  themselves  and 
whetted  their  claws ; then  there  were  headless  stalks  of 
wild  barley,  rotting  logs  overturned  in  the  search  for 
grubs,  rootings  for  nuts  under  the  pinon  trees  and 
branches  of  juniper  shrubs  broken  by  the  reaching  for 
berries.  Occasionally  we  had  seen  tracks  in  the  sandy 
bottoms  of  gulches. 

We  were  chloriding  on  a promising  prospect  in  Barley 
Flats  up  beyond  the  headwaters  of  Lytle  Creek  on  the 
north  slope  of  “Old  Baldy,”  in  southern  California.  There 
was  Paystreak  Crawford,  Chloride  Sam,  Hellfire  Pete 
and  myself.  Our  experience  had  taught  us  that  a grizzly 
is  not  always  looking  for  a fight,  nine  times  out  of  ten 
he  will  let  you  alone  if  you  will  do  the  same  by  him. 
Neither  will  he  always  run,  and  if  he  hears  a gun  shot  in 
his  vicinity  he  is  quite  likely  to  hunt  up  the  shooter  to 
learn  if  he  was  shooting  at  him,  therefore  we  were  not 
reckless  in  the  use  of  our  firearms,  besides  bear  meat  was 
not  good  at  that  season  and  we  were  not  hunting  bears 
anyway,  but  prospecting  for  gold.  The  “Chink”  saw  one 
first.  Now- — about  that  Chinese. 

We  had  been  placer  mining  down  on  the  Cargo 
Muchach  during  the  season  of  winter  rains,  but  when 
the  sun  became  hot,  the  water  scarce  and  we  had  to  pack 
our  dirt  on  burros  it  was  too  much  like  work,  so  we 
packed  and  hiked  for  the  higher  mountains  toward  the 
coast,  where  it  was  cooler.  We  stopped  at  a town  to  out- 
fit with  grub,  and  camped  with  our  burros  in  a horse 
corral  in  the  suburbs.  We  ate  in  a restaurant,  but  drew 
the  line  at  hotels ; we  had  read  of  the  danger  from  fire 
and  besides  Hellfire  Pete  had  stayed  a week  once  in  the 
“Pleasant  Home,”  and  the  telling  of  his  experience  caused 
each  man  to  prefer  his  blankets.  We  had  been  sleeping 
in  a country  of  rattlesnakes,  centipedes,  scorpions  and 
tarantulas,  but — ■ 

A clean,  decent  looking  Chinese  had  been  hanging  about 
our  camp  in  the  corral  evidently  greatly  interested  in  our 
outfit.  While  Paystreak  was  up  town  at  a bank  cashing 
in  our  winter’s  dust,  Hellfire  borrowed  the  “makings”  of 
the  Chink,  and  as  they  rolled  their  cigarettes  together 
they  became  quite  social. 

“Where  you  go?”  says  the  Chink. 

“We  go  huntum  mine,”  says  Hellfire. 

“You  ketchum?” 

“Mebbe  so,  mebbe  so  not.  What  you  do?” 

“Oh — me  go  loun’;  takem  look — see.” 

“Look — see,  look  see — what  you  callum,  look — see?” 

“Oh — just  go  ’loun,  takem  look,  see  tlings.” 

Then  followed  a pause  while  both  puffed,  the  Chink 
eyeing  the  packs  wistfully,  then  he  said : 

“Me  likee  go  ’long;  see  ketchum  mine;  me  good  clook; 
clookum  good  blead.” 

“Sour  dough  bread?” 

“Sowel  dough  blead?  Me  don’t  know;  clookum  least 
blead  and  pie.” 

Hellfire  stood  up:  “Hi,  fellers;  here’s  a Chink  that  can 
make  yeast  bread  and  pie,  and  he  wants  to  join  as  cook. 
Count  me  in.  Think  of  the  wild  strawberry  pie  and  mebbe 
shortcake.”  We  caucused  and  engaged  the  Chink  at  $25 
per  month — if  Paystreak  agreed. 

“Maybe  you  all  had  better  go  uptown  and  get  you 
some  feather  beds  and  spring  mattresses,”  said  he,  but 
he  finally  agreed  and  we  took  the  Chink.  After  the  first 
day  he  made  such  progress  that  he  could  stick  on  a burro 
and  use  only  one  hand  in  choking  the  saddlehorn.  But 
what  he  did  not  know  about  cooking  would  fill  a large 
recipe  book;  he  did  not  even  know  how  to  dry  and  wash 
the  dishes.  All  the  way  to  Barley  Flats  all  that  blooming 
high-priced  cook  did  was  to  stand  around  and  watch  us 
get  the  meals  over  the  camp-fire  and  eat  after  they  were 
ready.  He  said  his  name  was  Ng  Quong  Hsu.  or  some- 
thing like  that,  but  Paystreak  named  him  “Pet,”  Hell- 
fire’s  Pet.  It  was  not  quite  so  bad  after  we  reached  the 
Flats  and  made  camp  and  set  up  the  knocked  down  sheet- 
iron  stove  we  had  bought  especially  for  the  cook.  We 
had  no  rolling-pin,  but  Hellfire  made  him  one  out  of  a 
manzanita  limb.  Then  we  discovered  that  we  had  no 
pie-pans,  but  he  baked  a pie  in  a gold  pan.  It  was  not 
bad  but  we  had  to  take  it  out  with  a spoon.  It  was 
worth  the  price  we  paid  him  to  teach  him  to  be  a camp 
cook,  and  besides  that  his  coming  had  taken  from  us  the 
pleasure  of  playing  seven-up  and  euchre  at  night  to  see 
who  would  get  breakfast. 

In  the  early  days  of  California,  some  venturesome  set- 
tler had  found  the  Flats,  a big,  level  natural  park  in  the 
heart  of  the  mountains,  and  had  thought  to  make  a ranch 
there  but  had  given  it  up,  and  the  only  reminder  of  a 
previous  occupant  was  a little  box  shanty  of  whipsawed 
sugar  pine  which  we  used  for  a cook-house  and  where 
the  Chinese  slept.  The  first  settler  had  either  found  it 
impossible  to  build  a wagon  road  to  the  Flats,  or  had 
failed  to  see  first  a band  of  marauding  Mojaves. 

Our  work  lay  about  half  r mile  from  camp  where  w§ 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


481 


June  ig,  1905.3 


had  located  a five-inch  seam  of  rotten,  oxydized  hematite 
of  iron  crossing  a deep  granite  canyon.  This  iron  was 
rich  in  gold,  some  pockets  going  as  high  as  a dollar  ■ a 
pound.  After  breakfast  the  Chink  would  bring  our  lunch 
and  then  sit  for  the  greater  part  of  the  day  watching  us 
run  a tunnel  in  on . the  seam  or  build  the  little  arrastra 
in  which  to  crush  the  ore.  An  arrastra  is  a Mexican  mill, 
circular,  built  of  hard,  flat  stone  in  which  a heavy  boulder 
is  dragged  over  the  ore  by  a burro.  I may  be  allowed  the 
space  in  some  other  story  to  tell  how  they  are  built  by 
prospectors. 

One  morning  after  Pet  brought  our  lunch  he  returned 
to  the  cabin.  We  learned  that  night  at  supper  that  he 
had  been  out  trying  to  “ketchum”  mine,  but  “no  ketchum ; 
nrebbe  so  tomollo.”  The  next  night  when  we  went  to 
camp  there  was  no  signs  of  supper  and  the  Chink  was 
missing. 

“I  reck’n  he  has  gone  out  an’  got  himself  snakebit  or  a 
bear  has  stampeded  him  along  with  the  burros.  It’s  up 
to  you,  Pete,  to  hit  his  trail  an’  bring  in  the  remains  of 
your  pet,”  said  Sam. 

“It  ain’t  bear,”  said  Paystreak  as  he  pointed  across  the 
flat  to  where  our  burros  were  filing  out  of  a canyon  and 
idling  along  toward  camp,  stopping  to  snip  at  some  choice 
bit  of  herbage  or  at  one  another.  As  we  looked  “Nig,” 
the  big  black  burro,  stopped,  faced  half-way  round,  threw 
forward  his  long  ears  and  the  others  did  the  same.  We 
listened  intently  and  were  rewarded  by  hearing  a long 
wail  coming  from  a gulch  in  a spur  of  sharp  buttes  that 
ran  out  on  the  flat.  The  wailer  was  evidently  in  great 
distress,  and  catching  up  our  rifles  we  ran  in  his  direction. 
As  we  approached  the  wails  became  more  distinct.  I 
don’t  know  what  the  wail  of  a soul  lost  in  purgatory 
sounds  like,  but  if  it  is  anything  like  that  coming  from 
that  gulch  you  can  scratch  me  out  of  the  race  for  that 
goal.  I have  heard  our  burros  coming  into  camp  a few 
jumps  ahead  of  a mountain  lion,  and  the  sounds  they 
made,  sometimes  in  the  air  and  sometimes  on  the  ground, 
as  they  tried  to  tell  what,  was  coming,  were  calculated  to 
make  a nervous  man  join  the  procession;  but  that  Chink 
had  them  faded.  We  advanced  warily;  we  knew  there 
were  no  Indians  in  that  country  save  a few  wandering 
Mojaves  who  were  entirely  harmless,  but  they  might  have 
found  Pet  and  put  him  through  the  third  degree  to  learn 
if  he  was  human. 

Around  the  first  bend  in  the  gulch  we  found  him.  He 
was  sitting  on  his  haunches  on  a flat,  black  formation  that 
cut  across  the  bottom  of  the  gulch.  All  the  yellow  in  him 
was  in  his  face  as  he  held  it  upturned  and  sent  his  soul- 
searching  cry  out  among  the  hills.  His  voice  was  over- 
worked arid  hoarse ; a sound  that  started  well  as  a shriek 
ended  in  a hoarse  moan,  and  one  that  started  in  a moan 
would  end  in  a piercing  top  note  that  carried, far;  he  had 
lost  control  of  it  in  each  register.  I have  shot  more  than 
one  coyote  as  he  was  in  that  same  position  for  voicing 
his  misery  on  the  vast,  merciless  silence.  The  “impassive 
stoicism”  of  the  Oriental  in  that  Chink’s  case  proved  but 
the  gauziest  veil,  and  being  torn  away  revealed  all  the 
horror,  agony  and  yellow  fear  underneath. 

“Tlier’s  yo’  pet,  Hellfire;  ’pears  like  somebody  had  been 
settin’  bird  lime  ’roun’  yeh,”  said  Sam  as  we  sat  on  boul- 
ders and  yelled  in  laughter.  This  increased  the  horror 
of  the  Chink,  who  evidently  thought  that  the  “white 
devils”  had  invented  some  new  torture.  For  a time  he 
was  speechless,  gazing  appealingly  from  one  to  the  other. 
Finally  he  asked  plaintively:  “Whally  mally;  no  moveum 
feet?” 

“What’s  the  matter?”  repeated  Hellfire.  “1  ake  off  your 
shoes,  you  yellow  heathen.” 

■ A great  light  broke  over  Pet’s  face  as  he  untied  the 
lace  of  his  brogans  and  stepped  gingerly  back  on  the  sand. 
Pete  took  hold  of  the  shoes  . and  with  a mighty  yank 
wrenched  them  loose,  leaving  some  of  the  nails  points  up. 
The  Chink  had  stepped  on  a ledge  of  magnetic  iron  and 
the  big-headed  hobnails  in  the  soles  of  his  shoes  had 
clamped  him  to  the  metal  as  in  a vise,  holding  him  there 
for  the  better  part  of  a scorching  hot,  dry  afternoon. 

Pet’s  “look — see”  curiosity  was  completely  satiated  two 
nights  after.  Near  the  stove  a three  by  three  opening 
had  been  sawed  in  the  side  of  the  cook-house.  On  a nail 
inside  this  window  the  Chink  generally  kept  hanging  a 
slab  of  bacon,  but  it  was  missing  the  next  morning  after 
his  experience  in  the  gulch. 

“Somebody  come — stealem  bacon,”  said  he. 

We  circled  around  the  shack  and  soon  picked  up  the 
trail  of  a big  grizzly.  “To-night  he  come  me  ketchum,” 
said  Pet,  who  slept  in  the  cook-house,  our  tent  being  about 
fifty  yards  away;  he  pointed  to  another  piece  of  bacon 
that  he  had  hung  on  the  nail. 

“Better  put  your  pet  wise,  Pete,  to  the  trouble  he  is 
enticin’  by  baitin’  himself  thataway,”  suggested  Paystreak. 

“Let  the  blankety  blank,  blank  yellow  heathen  alone,” 
replied  Pete,  who  had  begun  to  show  signs  of  a cloyed 
appetite  and  a longing  for  home  cooking.  Bears  love 
pork,  and  bacon  is  a choice  bit.  It  was  a “cinch”  that  the 
big  silvertip  would  return,  but  we  were  too  tired  to  wait 
up  for  him,  as  he  would  not  put  in  an  appearance  until 
late.  He  came  and  went,  but  the  first  we  knew  of  it  was 
a series  of  Chinese  yells  and  shrieks  from  the  cook-house. 

“There,  Hellfire,  it  sure  sounds  like  yo’  pet  done  ‘ket- 
chum’,” said  Sam,  as  each  man  jumped  from  his  bunk,  at 
the  same  time  taking  his  rifle  from  the  forked  sticks  at 
his  head. 

In  the  cook-house  we  found  the  Chink  busy.  With 
his  left  hand  he  was  furiously  snatching  from  a box 
handfuls  of  bits  of  red  paper  which  he  was  throwing 
about  the  room  regardless,  while  his  shaking  right  was 
trying  to  light  a bunch  of  punk  sticks  which  he  kept  stuck 
in  a tomato  can  filled  with  sand.  We  tried  to  get  him 
to  say  something  a white  man  could  understand,  but  for 
the  time  being  he  was  a jibbering,  jabbering,  blithering, 
blathering  idiot.  We  saw  that  the  bacon  was  gone  and 
knew  then  what  the  Chink  had  seen,  but  at  that  time  he 
was  in  no  condition  to  utter  words  that  would  indicate 
to  a man  and  a Christian  that  he  was  even  trying  to  talk. 
The  first  flash  of  returning  reason  was  when  we  turned 
tc  go  out.  He  was  across  the  room,  but  before  we  reached 
the  door  he  was  in  the  center  of  the  file.  We  made 
signs  and  he  rolled  up  his  bed  and  carried  it  to  our  tent 
for  the  remainder  of  the  night.  The  next  morning  he 
explained. 

“Velly  late  night  time  come;  me  listen — sniff — sniff — 
outside;  me  ketchum  big  stick  an’  go  stan’  by  bacon. 
Bimeby  devil,  big,  allee  same  like  house,  stickem  in  head 
an’  han’  an’  ketchum  bacon.  Me  no  stlike,  velly  big  devil.” 


“But  wherefore  the  red  paper  full  of  holes  and  the 
punk?”  asked  Paystreak. 

“Devil  him  see  papel,  see  holes ; he  stop  go  thlough 
holes,  give  China  boy  heap  time  get  away.  Devil  smel- 
lum  punk,  make  sick.  Dlive  um  ’way.” 

“Uh-huh,”  commented  Paystreak;  “the  punk  part  is  all 
right;  devils  are  not  the  only  ones  they  make  sick.” 

“Pete,”  said  Sam,  “I  never  saw  a mo’  fitten  opportunity 
for  you  to  convert  a po’  benighted  heathen  to  Christianity. 
You  an’  the  Chink  take  that  grizzly’s  trail;  let  the  Chink 
try  to  stop  him  with  the  red  paper  and  punk,  and  after 
he’s  had  his  chanst  you  show  him  how  much  quicker  yo’ 
supplication  is  answered  when  it  is  made  with  the  civil- 
izin’ 30-40  smokeless  of  Christian.” 

“Not  me,”  replied  Pete.  “Me  an’  that  Chink  hits  the 
trail  for  the  station  at  Palmdale  this  morning,  an’  when 
I come  back  late  to-night  I will  be  alone.”  And  he  was. 

We  did  not  cease  trying  to  console  Pete  over  the  loss 
of  his  “Pet,”  until  about  two  weeks  later  when  we  all 
went  down  the  mountain  to  the  little  post-office  station  of 
Rio  Llano,  five  miles  away  on  the  edge  of  the  desert.  We 
did  not  bother  with  our  burros,  as  a ten-mile  walk  is 
nothing.  It  was  warm  and  we  did  not  want  to  be  both- 
ered with  any  unnecessary  weight,  so  we  left  our  rifles 
at  camp,  but  Pete  took  the  shotgun,  for  the  spring  crop 
of  quails  was  about  ripe  for  broiling.  We  started  early 
one  Sunday  morning;  there  had  been  repeated  and  ex- 
tended arguments  over  the  respective  merits  and  fighting 
qualities  of  Japs  and  Russians  and  we  wanted  some  news. 
We  stayed  at  the  station  all  day  and  started  back  to  camp 
in  the  cool  of  the  evening.  Our  way  lay  up  the  mountain 
along  a narrow  trail  made  by  mountain  sheep,  deer  and 
other  big  game  and  followed  by  burro  punchers.  On  our 
right  the  pine  covered  mountain  towered  above  us  at  an 
angle  of  at  least  forty-five  degrees,  while  on  the  left  we 
could  look  down  on  the  tops  of  tall  pines  far  below  us. 
We  were  in  single  file,  Pete  ahead  with  the  shotgun.  We 
swung  around  a sharp  point  that  jutted  into  the  trail  and 
the  next  instant  we  stopped  as  though  meeting  a head- 
end  collision. 

“Holly  — ,”  ejaculated  Pete;  not  twrenty  yards  away 
and  coming  down  the  trail  was  a huge,  gaunt,  silvertip 
grizzly.  He  let  out  a snarl  and  reared,  standing  taller 
than  any  of  us.  The  trail  was  too  narrow  there  for  him 
to  turn,  but  we  could  and  we  did.  We  probably  broke 
the  record  for  time  on  that  trail,  each  of  us  keeping  our 
eyes  out  for  a place  where  we  could  shin  up  to  the  left 
or  down  into  a tree  top  on  the  right,  the  bear  after  us 
full  charge.  He  might  have  been  looking  also  for  a get- 
away, or  he  might  have  been  having  fun  with  us,  or  he 
might  have  been  real  angry  to  find  anyone  on  his  trail ; 
we  did  not  stop  to  argue  the  point ; we  realized  that  it 
was  his  trail  by  right  of  time  and  possession  and  our 
only  desire  was  to  leave  it  the  instant  opportunity  offered, 
and  were  willing  to  take  a long  chance  on  the  oppor- 
tunity. Sam  was  ahead  and  found  his  first,  a manzanita 
shrub  on  the  brink  which  he  seized  and  let  himself  down 
on  a narrow  ledge  about  six  fget  below.  Paystreak  was 
next  and  shinned  up  a little  pine  growing  alongside  a 
huge  granite  boulder,  ten  feet  or  more  high  on  which 
he  dropped  from  a limb  with  me  a “one-two”  second.  We 
could  slide  down  the  rock  but  it  rvas  too  steep  for  man 
or  animal  to  climb.  Then  we  looked  for  Pete.  He  car- 
ried the  most  weight  and  had  the  further  handicap  of 
a ten-bore  shotgun.  Even  as  we  looked  we  heard  the 
roar  of  the  gun  from  around  the  last  bend  in  the  trail. 

We  had  recovered  from  the — well,  shock  or  surprise,  at 
the  unexpected  meeting;  the  report  of  the  gun  told  that 
a partner  was  in  trouble  and  we  hastened  to  his  assist- 
ance. Paystreak  and  I slid  from  the  rock,  and  as  we  pass- 
ed Sam  we  reached  down  a helping  hand  by  which  he 
climbed  back  to  the  trail.  We  had  our  hunting  knives 
in  our  belts,  and  with  these  in  hand  we  ran  to  the  assist- 
ance of  Pete.  We  found  him  in  close  contact  with  the 
bear — in  fact,  sitting  on  the  carcass  of  the  brute  and  try- 
ing to  assume  an  air  of  nonchalance  as  he  filled  his  pipe; 
there  was  no  doubt  as  to  his  manner  being  assumed,  be- 
sides his  face  had  not  regained  its  right  color  nor  his 
eyes  their  normal  size ; then  his  voice  did  not  have  its 
even  steadiness  as  he  said : 

“You  fellers  put  me  in  mind  of  Pet;  you  done  just  ex- 
actly what  he  would  have  done.” 

Then  he  told  us  how  it  happened.  The  bear  was  hunt- 
ing him  close,  there  was  no  chance  for  him  to  get  away 
so  he  turned  hoping  to  blind  the  big  beast  with  the 
charges  of  fine  shot.  As  he  turned,  the  bear,  then  hardly 
a length  away,  reared  and  opened  its  great  jaws  in  a 
snarl  of  rage  and  victory.  Pete  saw  his  opportunity,  and 
thrusting  forward  the  gun  until  the  end  of  the  muzzle 
was  almost  within  the  gaping  red  jaws,  he  fired  both 
barrels.  The  double  charge  tore  into  the  brain  and  the 
bear  dropped. 

“He  ain’t  got  a tooth  in  his  head,  and  his  claws  are 
worn  down  to  stumps ; he’s  so  old  he  couldn’t  do  nothin’ 
but  run  a bluff,  but  he  done  that  plum  proper,”  said 
Pete.  Sam  pried  open  the  lean,  muscular  jaws  with  a 
stick  and  said:  “Well,  I wouldn’t  hanker  to  have  him 

hug  and  gum  me.”  E.  E.  B. 


It  is  truly  remarkable  how  greatly  the  sound  of  ob- 
jects becomes  absorbed  in  these  extensive  woodless 
plains.  No  echo  answers  the  voice,  and  its  tones  die 
away  in  boundless  and  enfeebled  undulations.  Even 
game  will  sometimes  remain  undispersed  at  the  report 
of  the  gun.  Encamping  near  a small  brook,  we  were 
favored  by  the  usual  music  of  frogs,  and  among  them 
heard  a species  which  almost  exactly  imitated  the  low- 
ing of  a calf.  Just  as  night  commenced,  the  cheerless 
howling  of  a distant  wolf  accosted  our  ears  amid  the 
tranquil  solitude,  and  the  whole  night  we  were  serenaded 
with  the  vociferations  of  the  two  species  of  whip-poor- 
will. 

The  dawn  of  a cloudy  day,  after  to  us  a wakeful  night, 
was  ushered  in  by  the  melodious  chorus  of  many 
thousands  of  birds,  agreeably  dispersing  the  solemnity 
of  the  ambiguous  twilight. — Nuttall’s  Travels  into  the 
Arkansas  Territory,  1819. 


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The  Imitation  of  Animal  Sounds. 

BY  LIEUT.  COL.  ANDREW  HA0GA1B,  B.  S.  V. 

The  art  of  decoying  wild  animals  by  imitation  of  their 
cries  is  a very  primitive  one,  practiced  by  savages  in  all 
countries  as  a means  of  procuring  food.  Many  white 
men  excel  in  “calling”  animals  and  birds,  notably  the 
moose  among  the  larger  animals;  but  if  inquiry  could  be 
carried  far  enough  it  would  probably  be  found  that  the 
most  skillful  owe  their  aptitude  in  this  respect  to  the 
teachings  of  untutored  savages,  whose  lives  depend  upon 
the  exercise  of  this  gift. 

An  exception  to  this  origin  of  the  art  of  calling  may, 
perhaps,  be  found  in  the  art  of  using  the  “hare  pipe,” 
which  imitated  the  voice  of  the  hare.  This  was  em- 
ployed largely  in  England  in  mediaeval  times  and  was 
made  a penal  offense  in  somewhat  more  modern  days 
when  utilized  by  poachers  in  the  pursuit  of  their  nefari- 
ous occupation. 

A young  lad  in  the  wilds  of  northern  Manitoba  was 

one  of  the  most  remarkable  imitators  of  animals  whom 

I ever  met.  My  young  friend  had  been  instructed  from 
his  earliest  youth  by  a Swampy  Indian  in  the  art,  with 
the  result  that,  at  the  age  of  fifteen,  he  could  call  any 
tame*or  wild  animal  about  the  backwoods  settlement 
where  he  lived.  His  father,  he  and  I used  to  drive  to- 
gether out  into  the  prairie,  to  some  rushy  lagoons  in 

search  of  ducks  and  geese,  which  abounded.  The  ani- 
mals harnessed  to  the  buckboard  were  mares,  each  of 
which  had  a foal,  and  these  foals  used,  as  a rule,  to  fol- 
low the  buckboard,  cantering  along  behind. 

Never  shall  I forget  my  astonishment  one  evening 
when,  after  having  driven  a few  hundred  yards  from  the 
Hudson  Bay  Post,  his  father  suddenly  stopped  the  mares, 
saying:  “Rae,  the  foals  have  stopped  behind,  call  them.” 
Instantly  the  lad  commenced  whinning  exactly  like  a 
mare.  He  repeated  the  cry  several  times,  ending  up  on 
each  occasion  with  two  or  three  little  natural  snorts. 
The  imitation  was  so  exact  that  not  only  were  the  foals 
deceived,  and  came  galloping  up  to  join  us,  but  it  was 
almost  impossible  to  believe  that  it  was  not  one  of  the 
mares  that  had  called  them. 

One  evening  when  out  shooting  prairie  chicken,  night 
fell  upon  us  before  we  got  back  to  the  waggon,  to  the 
wheels  of  which  we  had  failed  to  attach  the  mares  prop- 
erly. One  of  them  we  found  close  by_,  the  other  had 
escaped,  and,  as  it  was  a wet,  misty  night,  not  a sign 
of  her  was  to  be  seen  anywhere.  Then  it  was  that  the 
boy’s  accomplishment  proved  most  useful,  for  while  his 
father  and  I remained  by  the  buckboard  the  youth  sallied 
forth  into  the  foggy  darkness  making  a sound  to  imitate 
the  voice  of  a foal.  He  was  absent  for  half  an  hour,  but 
returned  in  triumph  with  the  missing  mare. 

The  way  that  boy  could  also  imitate  ducks  and  geese 
was  simply  marvellous.  Well  do  I remember  a trick  he 
played  one  evening  in  the  reeds.  He  had  joined  me,  un- 
known to  his  father,  who  rvas  standing  about  fifty  yards 
away  in  the  tall  rushes,  waiting  for  the  wildfowl  which 
did  not  come.  Couching  down  by  my  side,  so  that  he 
could  watch  his  parent,  the  mischievous  youth  several 
times  imitated  the  cry  of  wild  geese;  at  first  only  the 
sound  of  geese  at  a distance,  then  he  made  them  seem 
nearer  until  apparently  overhead.  The  old  sportsman 
was  instantly  on  the  alert,  craning  his  neck  and  peering 
in  all  directions  for  the  fowl.  At  last,  frantic  at  not 
being  able  to  see  them,  the  old  man  shouted  out  to  me, 
wildly:  “Where  are  the  geese?  Where  are  they?” 

“Here,  father!”  answered  the  boy,  rising  from  the 
reeds  and  bursting  into  a roar  of  laughter. 

It  was  lucky  for  him  that  there  was,  upon  that  occa- 
sion a deep  pool  between  him  and  his  outraged  parent, 
which  enabled  him  to  make  tracks  for  home  before  the 
old  boy  could  get  around. 

It  was  once  my  lot  to  come  across  a native  in  quite 
another  part  of  the  world  who  possessed  similar  accom- 
plishments. I cannot  say  that  while  he  was  with  me  he 
put  them  to  any  useful  purpose,  although  he  certainly 
afforded  occasional  variety  and  amusement  during  a try- 
ing journey.  I was  traveling  through  the  Abyssinian 
province  of  Bogos,  with  my  Egyptian  staff  officer,  an 
English  servant,  and  a body  guard  of  rapscallions  who 
called  themselves  Bashi  Bazouks.  They  were  a mixed 
lot — Abyssinians,  Beni  Amer  Arabs,  negroes  and  all 
sorts;  and  a merry,  undisciplined  crew  they  were,  indeed. 
The  native  that  I refer  to  was  an  Abyssinian,  and  he  was 
the  principal  wag  or  buffoon  of  the  crowd. 

The  country  I was  passing  through  was  of  the  wildest 
description,  it  was,  moreover,  full  of  wild  beasts  of  every 
kind.  Apart  from  the  troops  of  hideous  grimacing 
baboons  met  with  on  the  cliffs  of  the  rocky  passes,  there 
were  everywhere  traces  of  lions,  hyenas,  wolves  and 
jackals,  and  these  animals,  some  of  which  we  saw  daily, 
used  to  make  night  hideous  with  their  horrible  howlings. 
My  retainer,  the  Abyssinian,  wag,  however,  was  not  con- 
tent with  letting  us  be  disturbed  by  the  real  howlings  of 
the  actual  wild  beasts,  for  he  would  have  his  little  joke. 
On  several  occasions,  when  we  least  expected  it  and  were 
marching  along  in  some  narrow  jungle-clad  ravine,  the 
whole  cavalcade  would  be  stopped  by  a terrible  noise  in 
the  thorny  bushes,  which  frightened  the  horses  and 
camels,  and,  at  times,  even  the  men.  At  one  time  it 
would  be  a wild  dog  barking  furiously,  at  another  a 
hyena  howling  or  leopard  snarling,  and  upon  a third  oc- 
casion a sound  would  be  heard  as  of  two  jackals  fighting 
over  a carcass.  But  nothing  could  be  seen.  It  was  not 
until  I had  one  day  discharged  both  barrels  of  my  rifle 
into  the  thick  scrub,  and  nearly  killed  him,  that  I learned 
the  cause  of  these  disturbances  by  my  friend,  the  buffoon, 
roaring  out  to  me  in  Arabic:  “Don’t  shoot  any  more, 

Bey,”  and  then  emerging  with  shouts  of  laughter,  in 
which  he  was  joined  by  all  my  savage  following.  Hav- 
ing discovered  this  man’s  wonderful  talent  for  mimick- 
ing animals,  I determined  to  employ  him  in  a little  joke 
of  my  own,  merely- as  an  act  of  retributive  justice. 

.Upon  one  occasion,  when  we  were  lying  on  the  sandy 
bed  of  a ravine,  a lion  had  come  roaring  around  my 
bivouac  at  night,  when  the  conduct  of  my  Egyptian  staff 
officer,  who  always  talked  very  big  about  lions,  had  not 
been  remarkably  courageous. 

There  was  not  a man  among  my  Bashi  Bazouks  who 
did  not  laugh  at  Major  Mustapha  Effendi  Ramzie  but 
his  boasting  was  incorrigible.  I therefore  determined  to 
give  him  a lesson  that  night  when  lying  on  the  sand  in 
the  Khor  Ansaba,  which,  as  he  well  knew,  was  a famous 


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place  for  lions.  In  fact,  before  dark  we  had  seen  their 
tracks,  old  and  new,  in  all  directions. 

First,  however,  I warned  the  Turkish  “sanjak”  of  my 
rascally  bodyguard  to  see  well  to  the  picketing  of  the 
animals,  for  I did  not  wish  to  lose  a horse  or  camel  as 
the  result  of  a joke.  The  sanjak,  who  hated  the  Egyp- 
tian, grinned  from  ear  to  ear  and  gave  the  necessary 
orders. 

After  supper,  as  we  were  sitting  by  the  camp-fire  in  the 
shade  of  an  overhanging  bush-covered  bank,  I led  the 
conversation  to  the  subject  of  lions. 

The  Egyptian  officer  was  boasting  as  usual  when  sud- 
denly my  English  servant,  who  was  in  the  plot,  said,  as 
if  in  alarm,  while  staring  into  the  thicket : “What’s  that 

sound,  Mustapha  Effendi  ? Don’t  you  hear  something 
crackling  in  there?  I hope  it’s  not  another  lion,  for  I 
am  not  so  brave  about  them  as  you  are.”  We  all  listened 
intently.  The  crackling  was  plainly  heard — it  was  com- 
ing nearer ; it  did  sound  uncommonly  as  if  a lion  might 
be  approaching. 

We  all  made  ready  to  rise,  but  Mustapha  Effendi  was 
already  upon  his  feet  when,  from  the  distance  of  only 
about  three  yards  in  the  darkness,  a terrific  and  deafen- 
ing roar  burst  upon  the  startled  night.  The  roar  was 
followed  by  the.  horrible  gruff  cough,  several  times  re- 
peated, which  is  still  more  terrible,  as  it  usually  precedes 
a kill. 

So  lion-like  was  the  sound  that,  although  expecting  it, 
I was  momentarily  alarmed  myself  and  grasped  my  re- 
volver. Others  seized  their  weapons  also,  for  it  seemed 
impossible  that  such  a volume  of  sound  could  come  from 
any  throat  but  that  of  the  veritable  king  of  beasts. 

In  the  meantime,  where  was  the  great  lion-slayer,  Mus- 
tapha Effendi  Ramzie?  The  sound  of  flying  feet  rattling 
over  the  gravelly  bed  of  the  Khor  was  all  that  was  left 
of  him  now.  * 

So  we  sent  “the  lion”  in  pursuit,  which  was.  continued 
with  roar  after  roar,  the  sound  reverberating  on  the 
cliffs  and  dying  away  into  the  darkest  recesses  of  the 
ravine.  Meanwhile,  every  soul  in  camp  was  convulsed 
with  laughter,  as  the  men  poured  their  favorite  “tedge” 
down  their  throats  and  drank  to  the  courage  of  the 
Egyptian  staff  officer.  But  now  comes  the  point  of  my 
story.  This  practical  joke  came  very  nearly  to  ending 
tragically,  for  either  the  pursuer  or  the  pursued ; for 
suddenly,  at  no  great  distance  up  the  lion-renowned  Khor 
Ansaba,  was  heard  an  answering  roar,  and  then  another 


— nearer  at  hand.  A real  lion  had  taken  up  the  chal- 
lenge, and  it  was  now  our  turn  to  be  alarmed.  Seizing 
brands  from  the  fire,  and  firing  off  rifles  as  we  went,  a 
party  of  us  rushed  up  the  rocky  defile  after  the  two  men; 
the  rest,  by  my  order,  rushed  to  guard  the  picketed  ani- 
mals, for  there  was  no  knowing  how  many  of  the  brutes 
there  might  be  about,  and  lions  often  roar  on  purpose 
to  make  the  terrified  animals  break  away  and  then  seize 
them.  The  reports  of  the  rifles,  the  shouts,  and  above  all 
the  roaring  of  the  real  lion,  had  soon  had  their  effect 
in  causing  the  flying  staff  officer  to  halt  terror-stricken 
between,  as  he  imagined,  two  lionine  foes,  and  the  sham 
lion  to  come  back  faster  than  he  went,  with  all  the  roar 
taken  out  of  him. 

Fortunately,  by  the  time  that  we  reached  poor  Mus- 
tapha, to  find  him  petrified  with  fear,  the  hub-bub  made 
by  the  relieving,  force  had  driven  the  lion,  which  had 
been  all  too  successfully  “called”  back  again  to  the  fast- 
nesses of  the  hills. 

From  that  time  forward  the  crestfallen  staff  officer 
never  mentioned  the  word  lion,  but  the  Abyssinian  wag, 
whose  imitative  skill  had  called  something  more  tangible 
than  “spirits  from  the  vasty  deep”  from  the  dark  re- 
cesses of  the  mountains,  became  the  hero  of  the  expedi- 
tion. But  T allowed  no  more  practical  jokes  after  that 
night. 


Friars  Point. 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

Your  prolific  and  entertaining  contributor,  Mr.  Ray- 
mond S.  Spears,  is  presumed  to  give  your  readers  a cor- 
rect portrayal  of  the  characters  of  the  people  and  country 
encountered  by  him  while  “floating  down  the  Mississippi.” 
There  is  evidence,  however,  that  he  has,  to  some  extent, 
yielded  to  the  inclination  to  write  a picturesque  narrative 
at  sotne  sacrifice  of  the  varieties,  at  least  in  his  latest 
contribution,  which  deals  with  localities  that  are  quite 
familiar  to  the  writer.  Mr.  Spears  landed  at  Friars  Point, 
an  old  town  situated  on  the  Mississippi  River  about 
twelve  miles  from  where  I am  writing.  The  expressions 
recorded  as  coming  from  Mr.  Spears’  “guide  and  mentor,” 
the  cabin  boat  man,  would  make  the  impression  that 
Friars  Point  is  located  in  a “wild  and  woolly”  com- 
munity, where  on  “New  Year’s  Day”  reckless  men  “shoot 
up  the  town”  with  forty-fours  in  true  western  style.  Noth- 
ing could  be  more  foreign  to  the  truth. 


In  an  intimate  acquaintance  with  Friars  Point,  for 
more  than  twenty  years,  I can  recall  only  one  shooting 
affair  as  haying  occurred  there,  which  was  a fight  be- 
tween an  editor  and  a lawyer  some  fifteen  years  ago,  in 
which  the  editor  was  killed  by  the  first  shot. 

Friars  Point  is  surrounded  by  a highly  developed  coun- 
try. consisting  of  large  cotton  plantations  owned  by  an 
enlightened  class  of  citizens.  The  town  has  suffered 
some  decadence  from  the  influence  of  its  younger  rival, 
Clarksdale,  having  only  seven  or  eight  hundred  inhabi- 
tants. It  is  one  of  the  county  seats  of  Coahoma  county, 
Clarksdale  being  the  other.  Friars  Point  has  one  bank, 
an  oil  mill  and  box  factory,  while  Clarksdale  with  some 
three  thousand  people  has  five  banks,  two  oil  mills,  a 
cotton  compress,  spoke  factory,  water  works,  sewers  and 
electrical  plant.  In  a residence  here  of  seventeen  years 
I have  never  known  a street  fight  to  occur  in  which  shoot- 
ing was  done.  In  fact,  this  is  one  of  the  most  progres- 
sive parts  of  the  so-called  “Yazoo  Delta,”  and  is  remark- 
ably free  from  rowdyism. 

Mr.  Spears’  associations  in  this  region  seem  to  have 
been  confined _ to  cabin,  boat  people,  a class  of  human 
“flotsam  and  jetsam”  with  whom  the  writer  never  comes 
in  contact  and  therefore  cannot  speak  of  with  knowledge 
at  first  hand.  But  the  language  used  by  Mr.  Spears’ 
cabin  boat  man.  is  an  impossible  combination  of  Yankee- 
isms  and  negroisms.  It  is  a common  error  of  northern 
writers  to  put  Yankeeisms  into  the  mouths  of  southern 
negroes  and  ignorant  whites,  expressions  that  are  never 
used  by  them.  Even  Mr.  Emerson  Hough  has  fallen 
into  this  incongruity  though  he  ought  to  have  known 
better.  One  more  allusion  and  I am  done.  Mr.  Spears 
speaks  of  yellow  pine  logs  afloat  in  the  Mississippi  River 
as  if  they  were  familiar  objects.  There  is  no  pine  of  any 
kind  growing  near  the  Mississippi  River,  nor  any  of  its 
tributaries,  north  of  this  locality,  as  far  up  as  the  mouth 
of  the  Missouri  at  least,  and  probably  much  farther.  The 
writer  has  had  large  opportunity  for  observing  “drift”  in 
the  Mississippi,  covering  a period  of  many  years,  and 
has  never  yet  observed  a pine  log  among  the  drift  above 
the. mouth  of  Red  River,  in  Louisiana. 

It  is  not  an  agreeable  task  to  the  writer  to  interrupt 
the_  even  flow  of  Mr.  Spears’  really  very  entertaining  nar- 
rative, but  I cannot  see  my  own  country  presented  in  a 
misleading  light  without  entering  a protest. 

Coahoma. 

Clarksdale,  Miss.,  May  25. 


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Moose  Hunting  200  Years  Ago. 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

I wonder  how  many  of  your  readers  are  familiar  with 
the  works  of  Baron  Lahonton,  a traveler  in  America  220 
years  ago.  He  wrote  a perfectly  delightful  book  which 
we  might  all  of  us  read  with  profit  and  pleasure,  as  I 
have  lately  done. 

The  title  of  the  book  is  “New  Voyages  to  North 
America,  containing  am  account  of  the  several  nations  of 
that  vast  continent,  their  customs,  commerce  and  way  of 
navigation  on 'the  lakes  and  rivers,  the  several  attempts 
of  English  and  French  to  dispossess  one  another,  with 
the  reasons  of  the  miscarriage  of  the  former  and  the 
various  adventures  between  the  French  and  the  Iroquese 
confederates  of  England,”  and  so  on,  running  down 
through  a page  of  small  type.  Such  was  the  manner  of 
those  fine  old  authors  who  wanted  to  make  their  title 
pages  tables  of  contents  as  well.  The  first  edition  was 
published  about  1703  and  the  second  in  1735. 

Way  back  in  1683  Lahonton,  then  a lad  of  sixteen,  went 
to  Canada,  where  he  spent  about  eleven  years  in  the  ser- 
vice of  the  French  king,  and  he  traveled  over  Canada  and 
northern  America  as  far  as  beyond  the  Mississippi.  Dur- 
ing his  absence  in  the  new  land  he  was  in  constant  corre- 
spondence by  letter  with  an  old  relative,  who  supplied 
him  each  year  with  money,  and  in  return  asked  that  the 
youth  should  tell  him  of  what  he  saw  in  the  country 
where  he  was  stationed.  These  letters,  which  constitute  the 
book,  give  an  account  of  the  intercourse  friendly  or  hos- 
tile between  the  English,  the  French  and  the  Iroquois  and 
other  savages  during  these  eleven  years,  with  frequent 
accounts  of  the  manners  and  customs  of  the  Indians, 
among,  which,  of  course,  are  descriptions  of  the  hunting 
customs  of  these  people  at  a time  when  white  men  had 
been  less  than  a hundred  years  in  the  land,  and  had  done 
very  little  toward  exploring  it. 

On  one  of  his  expeditions  Lahonton  pushed  west  to 
beyond  the  Mississippi.  .Voyaging  by  canoe  over  the 
Lake  of  the  Illinese,  now  known  as  Lake  Michigan,  he 
entered  the  Baie  des  Puants — Green  Bay,  Wis. — pushed 
up  the  river,  and  carrying  across  to  the  Ouisconsin 
River  went  down  that  to  the  Mississippi.  He.  went  up 
the  Long  River — Minnesota — and  even  seems  to  have  de- 
scended the  Mississippi  to  the  Missouri  and  passed  up 
that  to  the  country  of  the  Missouri  and  the  Akansas 
Indians.  The  time  of  his  being  there  was  about  that  of 
La  Salle  and  he  met  Mr.  De  Tonti  and  other  travelers 
of  celebrity. 

Lahontan’s  travels  were  thus  extensive  and  his  descrip- 
tions are  detailed  and  interesting.  Yet  for  many  years 
his  work  and  his  observations  appear  to  have  been  but 
little  valued.  Lately,  however,  his  name  has  been  given 
to  that  great  inland  sea — as  large  in  area  as  Lake  Erie — 
which  once  covered  a part  of  the  State  of  Nevada.  This 
was  one  of  several  prehistoric  lakes  of  great  size  former- 
ly scattered  over  the  great  Basin  of  the  arid  West,  of 
which  Lake  Bonneville  was  one,  represented  now  only 
by  the  Great  Salt  Lake,  whose  area  is  about  one-ninth 
of  Lake  Bonneville. 

Two  of  Lahonton’s  accounts  are  especially  interesting 
to  big  game  hunters  and  to  naturalists,  and,  as  very  few 
people  know  the  book,  I have  ventured  to  transcribe  them 


and  offer  them  here.  The  edition,  from  which  this  copy 
is  made  verbatim,  is  illustrated  by  many  quaint  old  plates, 
one  of  which  you  may  like  to  reproduce. 

Here  is  his  account  of  moose  hunting  in  which  are 
used  the  terms  elk  and  orignal — old  names  for  our  moose 
— and  hart,  a name  for  what  we  to-day  call  elk  or  wapiti. 

“The  hunting  of  Elks  is  perform’d  upon  the  Snow,  with 
such  Rackets  as  you  see  design’d  in  the  annex’d  Cut. 
These  Rackets  are  two  Foot  and  a half  long,  and  four- 
teen Inches  broad;  their  Ledges  are  made  of  a very  hard 
Wood,  about  an  Inch  thick,  that  fastens  the  Net  just  like 
a Tennis  Racket,  from  which  they  differ  only  in  this ; 
that  those  for  the  Tennis  are  made  of  Gut-strings, 
whereas  the  others  are  made  of  little  Thongs  of  the  Skins 
of  Harts  or  Elks.  In  the  Cut,  you  may  perceive  two 
little  Spars  of  Wood,  which  run  across  to  render  the  Net 
firmer  and  stiffen  The  Hole  that  appears  by  the  two 
Latchets,  is  the  Place  in  which  they  put  the  Toes  and 
forepart  of  the  Foot ; so  that  ’tis  tied  fast  by  the  two 
Latchets,  which  run  twice  round  about  the  Heel,  and 
every  Step  they  make  upon  the  Snow,  the  Fore-part  of 
the  Foot  sinks  into  that  Hole,  as  often  as  they  raise  their 
Heel.  By  the  Help  of  this  Contrivance  they  walk  faster 
ppon  the  Snow,  than  one  can  do  with  Shoes  upon  a 
beaten.  Path ; And  indeed  ’tis  so  necessary  for  them,  that 
’twould  be  otherwise  impossible  not  only  to  hunt  and 
range  the  Woods,  but  even  to'  go  to  Church  notwithstand- 
ing they  are  so  near ; for  commonly  the  Snow  is  three  or 
four  Foot  deep  in  that  Country  during  the  Winter.  Being 
oblig’d  to  march  thirty  or  forty  Leagues  in  the  Woods, 
in  Pursuit  of  the  abovementioned  Animals,  I found  that 
the  Fatigue  of  the  Journey  equal’d  the  pleasure  of  it. 

“The  Orignal  is  a sort  of  Elk,  not  much  different  from 
that  we  find  in  Muscovy.  ’Tis  as  big  as  an,  Auvergne 
Moyle,  and  much  of  the  same  Shape,  abating  for  its 
Muzzle,  its  Tail,  and  its  great  flat  Horns,  which  weigh 
sometimes  300,  and  sometimes  400  Weight,  if  we  may 
credit  those  who'  pretend  to  have  weigh’d  ’em.  This 
Animal  usually,  resorts  to  planted  Countries.  Its  Hair 
is  long  and  brown ; and  the  Skin  is  strong  and  hard,  but 
not  thick.  The  Flesh  of  the  Orignal,  especially  that  of 
the  Female  sort,  eats  deliciously;  and  ’tis  said,  that  the 
far  hind  Foot  of  the  Female  kind,  is  a Cure  for  the  Fall- 
ing-Sickness; it  neither  runs  nor  skips,  but  its  trot  will 
almost  keep'  up  with  the  running  of  a Hart.  The  Sav- 
ages assure  us,  that  in  Summer  ’twill  trot  three  Days 
and  three  Nights  without  intermission.  This  sort  of 
Animals  commonly  gather  into  a Body  towards  the  latter 
end  of  Autumn;  and  the  Herds  are  largest  in  the  Begin- 
ning of  the  Spring,  at  which  time  the  she  ones  are  in 
rutting;  but  after  their  Heat  is  over,  they  all  disperse 
themselves.  We  hunted  ’em  in  the  following  Manner: 
First  of  all,  we  went  40  Leagues  to  the  Northward  of 
the  River  St.  Lawrence,  where  we  found  a little  Lake  of 
* three  or  four  Leagues  in  Circumference,  and  upon  the 
Banks  of  that  Lake,  we  made  Hutts  for  ourselves  of  the 
Barks  of  Trees,  having  first  clear’d  the  Ground  of  the 
Snow  that  cover’d  it.  In  our  Journey  thither,  we  kill’d 
as  many  Hares  and  Wood-hens,  as  we  could  eat.  When 
we  had  fitted  up  our  Hutts,  the  Savages  went  out  upon 
the  Discovery  of  the  Elks,  some  to  the  Northward,  and 
some  to  the  South,  to  the  distance  of  two  or  three 
Leagues  from  the  Hutts.  A.s  soon  as  they  discover’d 


any  fresh  Foot-steps,  they  detach’d  one  of  their  Number 
to  give  us  notice,  to  the  End,  that  the  whole  Company 
might  have  the  Pleasure  of  seeing  the  Chace.  We  trac’d 
these  Foot-steps  sometimes  for  one,  and  sometimes  for 
two  Leagues,  and  then  fell  in  with  five,  ten,  fifteen  or 
twenty  Elks  in  a Body;  which  presently  betook  them- 
selves to  flight,  whether  a-part  or  in  a Body,  and  sunk 
into  the  Snow  up  to  their  Breast.  Where  the  Snow  was 
hard  and  condensated,  or  where  the  Frost  following  wet 
Weather  had  glaz’d  it  above,  we  came  up  with  ’em  after 
the  Chace  of  a Quarter  of  a League;  But  when  the  Snow 
was  soft  or  just  fallen,  we  were  forc’d  to  pursue  ’em 
three  or  four  Leagues  before  we  could  catch  ’em,  unless 
the  Dogs  happen’d  tO'  stop  ’em  where  the  Snow  was  very 
deep.  When  we  came  up  with  them,  the  Savages  fired 
upon  ’em  with  Fusees.  If  the  Elks  be  much  inrag’d, 
they’ll  sometimes  turn  upon  the  Savages,  who  cover 
themselves  with  Boughs  in  order  to  keep  off  their  Feet 
with  which  they  would  crush  ’em  to  Pieces.  As  soon  as 
they  are  kill’d,  the  Savages  make  new  Hutts  upon  the 
Spot,  with  great  Fires  in  the  middle;  while  the  Slaves 
are  imploy’d  in  Flaying  ’em  and  stretching  out  the  Skins 
in  the  open  Air.  One  of  the  Soldiers  that  accompany’s 
me,  told  me  one  Day,  that  to  withstand  the  Violence  of 
the  Cold,  one  ought  to  have  his  Blood  compos’d  of 
Brandy,  his  Body  of  Brass,  and  his  Eyes  of  Glass;  And 
I must  say,  he  had  some  ground  for  what  he  spoke,  for 
we  were  forc’d  to  keep  a Fire  all  round  us,  all  the  Night 
long.  As  long  as  the  flesh  of  these  Animals  lasts,  the 
Savages  seldom  think  of  stirring;  but  when  ’tis  all  con- 
sumed, they  then  look  out  for  a new  Discovery.  Thus 
they  continue  to  hunt,  till  the . Snow  and  the  Ice  are 
melted.  As  soon  as  the  great  Thaw  commences,  ’tis  im- 
possible for  ’em  to  travel  far;  so  that  they  content  them- 
selves with  the  killing  of  Hares  and  Partridges,  which 
are  very  numerous  in  the  Woods.  -When  the  Rivers  are 
dear  of  the  Ice,  they  make  Canows  of  the  Elk-skins, 
which  they  sew  together  very  easily,  covering  the  Seams 
with  a fat  sort  of  Earth  instead  of  Pitch.  This  Work  is 
over  in  four  or  five  Days’  time,  after  which  they  return 
home  in  the  Canows  with  all  their  Baggage.” 


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The  Wild  Flowers  of  June* 

BY  CLARENCE  M.  WEED. 

By  the  first  of  June  the  display  of  wild  flowers  is  likely 
to  be  ^reaching  its  height.  Many  of  the  spring  blossoms 
are  still  abundant  though  less  numerous  than  in  May,  and 
the  early  summer  flowers  are  attaining  their  maximum, 
while  here  and  there  one  will  find  an  adventurous  blossom 
that  properly  belongs  to  the  mid-summer  season. 

The  most  striking  display  of  floral  beauty  during  these 
early  weeks  of  summer  is  to  be  found  in  the  fields  and 
meadows,  where  the  buttercups  and  daisies  are  producing 
an  effect  which  is  unrivalled  by  any  other  of  nature’s 
decorations.  Could  a landscape  architect  produce  the 
beauty  which  the  fields  of  daisies  show  in  the  Eastern 
United  States,  he  would  be  famous  the  world  over.  The 
daisies  are  a pest  to  the  farmers,  but  they  are  a delight  to 
those  who  see  their  beauty  when  they  first  unfold  their 
rays  of  spotless  white. 

If  one  wishes  to  get  a knowledge  of  the  elementary 
structure  of  a blossom,  one  cannot  do  better  than  to  select 
one  of  the  buttercups  which  are  almost  certain  to  be  in- 
termingled with  the  daisies.  In  these  flowers  sepals, 
petals,  stamens  and  pistils  are  all  present,  and  each  one 
in  each  series  is  separate  and  distinct.  The  protective 
function  of  the  sepals  in  covering'  the  bud  is  readily  seen 
and  this  function  is  emphasized  by  the  fact  that  they  fall 
away  soon  after  the  flower  opens.  The  attracting  func- 
tion of  the  brilliant  yellow  petals  is  also  readily  shown 
by  comparing  a blossom  in  which  the  petals  are  present 
with  one  in  which  they  have  been  removed.  The  nectar 
pockets  at  the  base  of  the  petal  are  easily  seen  on  those 
separated  from  the  flower.  The  stamens  are  numerous, 
with  filaments  and  anthers  distinct  and  with  the  yellow 
pollen  easily  seen.  The  pistils  are  also  interesting  in  form 
with  the  stigma  readily  distinguishable.  There  are  gen- 
erally several  species  of  buttercups  in  a given  region,  but 
the  structure  of  the  flower  in  all  is  so  similar  that  any  of 
them  having  well  developed  petals  will  answer  for  this 
study.  The  various  species  of  buttercups  belong  to  the 
genus  Ranunculus,  the  commonest  species  being  R.  acris. 
They  are  the  typical  members  of  the  Crowfoot  Family 
(Rcmunculacece) . The  flowers  of  all  these  species  are 
freely  visited  by  insects,  especially  bees  and  flies. 

In  the  same  meadows  where  the  buttercups  and  daisies 
make  such  a striking  display,  one  can  generally  find  an 
interesting  though  much  more  modest  blossom — the 
charming  little  blue-eyed  grass  which  is  always  a favorite 
with  children  as  well  as  with  many  older  people.  The 
flowers  are  small  and  in  color  a violet-blue  with  a yellow 
center — a combination  which  the  artitsts  call  a comple- 
mentary harmony.  The  plant  is  not  at  all  a grass,  be- 
longing rather  to  the  interesting  Iris  family,  so  that  the 
one  who  called  this  Blue-eyed  Grass  “the  little  sister  of 
the  stately  Blue  Flag,”  was  right.  You  can  easily  see  the 
resemblance  in  the  mode  of  growth,  as  well  as  in  the 
structure  of  the  flowers.  The  blossoming  period  is  very 
short.  In  cloudy  or  rainy  weather  the  blossoms  remain 
closed,  opening  only  in  the  sunshine.  The  botanists 
recognize  two  species  of  the  blue-eyed  grasses  in  addition 
to  the  common  one — the  Stout  Blue-eyed  Grass,  and  the 
Eastern  Blue-eyed  Grass. 

The  wild  flowers  to  be  found  in  the  shade  of  the  woods 


PYROLA. 


are  very  different  from  those  of  the  fields  and  meadows. 
In  general  they  are  more  abundant  in  species  and  less 
abundant  in  specimens.  In  most  woods  some  of  the 
trilliums  or  wake  robins  are  quite  certain  to  be  found. 
The  kind  which  predominates  varies  with  the  locality. 
In  the  Middle  West  the  large  flowered  white  wake  robin 
is  the  prevailing  species,  while  in  New  England  the  beau- 
tiful painted  trillium  or  else  the  nodding  trillium  is  most 
likely  to  be  found. 

In  woods  which  are  drier  the  various  members  of  the 
group  of  Pyrolas  are  pretty  certain  to  occur.  The  Shin- 
leaf  or  Elliptical-leaved  Pyrola  is  one  of  the  most  widely 
distributed  members  of  this  group.  Its  common  name 
is  due  to  an  old  custom  by  which  its  leaves  were  applied 
for  healing  bruises  on  the  human  body.  When  in  flower 
in  mid-summer  it  is  a beautiful  plant,  being  found  in  rich 
woods  from  the  Rocky  Mountains  eastward.  The  False 
Wintergreen  or  Round-leaved  Pyrola  bears  a general  re- 
semblance to  the  Shin-leaf.  Its  fragrant  white  flowers 
are  borne  in  a spike  on  a stem  varying  greatly  in  height, 
though  averaging  perhaps  twelve  inches.  The  plants  are 
found  in  open  woods,  over  an  area  extending  from  Nova 
Scotia  and  Minnesota  on  the  north  to  Georgia  and  Ohio 
on  the  south. 

The  one-flowered  Pyrola  was  called  by  Dr.  Gray, 
Moneses,  which  means  single  delight,  a name  well  de- 
served by  the  beauty  of  this  little  woodland  fairy  that 


springs  up  singly  or  in  groups  in  the  cool  pine  woods  of 
the  Northern  States.  The  wax-like  blossoms  show  its 
relationship  to  the  other  Pyrolas,  from  which,  however, 
it  is  easily  distinguished  by  the  single  flower  on  each 
stalk. 

Along  the  borders  of  the  woods  as  well  as  along  road- 
sides and  along  the  margins  of  streams,  the  yellow  blos- 
soms of  the  evening  primrose  are  likely  to  be  conspicuous. 
An  interesting  comparison  may  be  made  between  the 
structure  of  this  flower  and  that  of  the  buttercup— in  the 
latter  the  sepals,  which  form  the  calyx,  are  separate  from 
each  other,  while  in  this  primrose  they  are  partly  united 
to  form  the  long  calyx-tube.  The  light  yellow  blossoms 
are  borne  upon  plants  varying  from  one  to  three  or  four 
feet  in  height,  and  the  individual  flowers  are  often  two 
inches  long.  The  bud  is  protected  by  the  greenish  lobes 
of  the  calyx,  which  separate  and  curl  backward  as  the 
blossom  opens;  each  lobe  is  nearly  the  shape  of  a long 
triangle;  most  of  them  fall  off  after  the  flower  is  fully 
open,  in  which  case  they  are  said  to  be  deciduous.  There 
are  generally  four  light  yellow  petals,  delicate  in  texture, 
showing  the  slender  veins  and  having  the  margin  divided 
into  shallow-lobes.  Within  the  petals  are  eight  stamens 


EVENING  PRIMROSE. 


with  long  filaments  attached  to  the  middle  of  the  rather 
slender  anthers.  The  pistil  has  a long  and  slender  style, 
on  the  end  of  which  the  stigma  with  its  flattened  lobes  is 
borne ; the  latter  is  covered  in  the  fresh  flower  with  a 
viscid  liquid,  to  which  the  pollen  grains  readily  adhere. 

The  blossoms  of  this  plant  generally  first  open  in  the 
evening.  The  process  may  be  readily  seen  by  a little 
pa'.ient  watching;  the  tips  of  the  sepal  lobes  spread  apart 
and  soon  afterwards  the  petals  expand.  At  this  time  the 
flower  is  fully  open  with  the  petals  spread  widely  out. 
The  next  morning,  however,  the  flowers  appear  to  wilt ; 
if  the  day  is  cool  arid  cloudy  they  will  only  partially  roll 
up,  but  if  the  day  is  cloudless  and  hot  they  seem  com- 
pletely to  collapse.  The  odor  of  the  Evening  Primrose 
is  given  off  to  the  greatest  extent  in  the  evening  when 
various  long-tongued  moths  are  abroad  in  search  of  the 
nectar,  which  is  secreted  in  the  long  calyx-tubes  of  the 
blossoms.  Attracted  by  the  odor  the  moths  easily  find 
the  bright  yellow  flowers.  They  thrust  their  tongues 
beyond  the  stamens  and  stigma  to  reach  the  nectar.  Some 
of  the  stringy  adhesive  pollen  is  thus  dusted  upon  their 
mouth-parts,  and  carried  from  flower  to  flower;  when  it 
comes  in  contact  with  the  viscid  stigma  it  adheres  to  it. 

Another  yellow  flower  which  is  very  different  in  its 
structure  from  the  Evening  Primrose  is  the  Yellow  Star 
Grass,  a plant  of  the  Amaryllis  family,  which  is  widely 
distributed  in  the  United  States.  It  has  grass-like  leaves 
and  yellow  flowers  that  expand  about  three-fourths  of  an 
inch.  The  six  divisions  of  the  pereanth  are  hairy  and 
greenish  on  the  outside  and  yellow  on  the  inside.  Nectar 
is  secreted  at  the  base  of  the  petals  and  is  eagerly  sipped 
by  small  bees  and  other  insects  that  visit  the  blossoms. 
The  plant  grows  along  railroad  banks  and  in  other  dry 
open  places  where  its  flowers  first  become  conspicuous 
in  May. 

Some  time  in  June  the  ponds  and  water  courses  become 
lighted  up  by  the  flowers  of  the  aquatic  plants  which  are 
so  distinctive  in  their  beauty  and  so  interesting  in  their 
structure.  The  Sagittarias  or  arrow  leaves  form  an  abun- 
dant group  of  these  water-side  plants.  They  occur  every- 
where along  small  brooks  and  the  margins  of  ponds  and 
lakes.  The  whole  Sagittaria  plant  is  so  clear  cut  and 
decorative  in  its  structure  that  one  can  scarcely  fail  to 
admire  it.  The  smooth  and  shining  stems  rise  from  the 
water  at  a small  angle  from  each  other,  bearing  on  their 
ends  the  triangular,  sharply-pointed  leaves,  while  in  the 
middle  of  all  the  blossom-bearing  stalks  arise  holding  the 
pure  white  sub-triangular  pollen-bearing  flowers  clustered 
along  their  upper  ends.  The  seed-bearing  blossoms  are 
less  conspicuous,  lacking  the  white  petals.  More  than  a 
dozen  species  of  Sagittaria  are  found  in  the  United  States, 
though  only  about  half  of  these  have  the  distinctly  arrow- 
shaped  leaf.  Most  of  them  remain  in  blossom  from  June 
until  September. 


The  Snake  Stone  or  Mad  Stone. 

Currituck,  N.  C.— Editor  Forest  and  Stream:  See- 

ing the  account  of  death  from  rattlesnake  bite  of  Ed- 
ward Rabe  reminds  me  of  cases  of  snake  and  mad  dog 
bites  that  have  occurred  in  this  county  during  the  past 
few  years  which  have  been  speedily  cured  by  what  is 
known  as  a “snake  stone”  or  mad  stone.  I know  of  at 
least  ten  cases  which  have  been  treated  and  I never  knew 


a failure.  I have  witnessed  the  operation  myself  and 
know  that  it  never  fails  to  cure.  The  stone  is  owned  by 
about  twenty  farmers  on  Knott  Island,  N.  C.,  and  is 
considered  more  valuable  than  diamonds.  The  rattle- 
snake bite  at  Currituck  is  considered  sure  death  without 
this  treatment,  but  what  is  locally  known  as  the  cotton- 
mouth  moccasin  brings  death  sure  and  soon.  The  last 
two  cases  treated  were  of  S.  J.  Waterfields,  Knott’s 
Island,  and  Bushrod  Waterfields,  of  Woodleigh.  The 
former  was  bitten  on  the  foot  arid  the  latter  on  the  hand. 
They  are  both  well  and  strong  now,  and  owe  their  lives 
to  this  little  porous  stone,  which  is  about  the  size  of  a 
silver  dollar.  The  stone  is  immersed  in  warm  milk  or 
water  for  a few  moments  then  placed  on  the  bite;  it 
sticks  like  court-plaster  until  filled  with  poison,  when  it 
drops  off.  It  is  then  placed  in  a pan  of  clear  water  which 
immediately  becomes  almost  like  green  paint.  It  is  re- 
placed on  the  bite  in  a few  moments  and  again  fills  with 
the  poison.  In  the  case  of  Bushrod  Waterfields,  the 
stone  filled  seven  times.  It  then  failed  to  stick  to  the 
wound,  which  proves  that  there  is  no  more  poison  to  be 
drawn  out  and  the  patient  is  cured,  or  at  least  out  of  all 
danger.  This  same  stone  saved  the  life  of  John  Beasley, 
who  was -bitten  by  a mad  dog;  the  same  dog  bit  several 
animals,  all  of  which  died.  This  is  not  a snake  story, 
but  fact  not  to  be  disputed.  More  Anon. 


Report  of  Philadelphia  Zoological  Society. 

The,  Thirty-third  Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of 
Directors  of  the  Zoological  Society  of  Philadelphia  was 
read  at  the.  annual  meeting  of  the  members  and  loan 
holders  of  the  society  April  27,  1905.  It  has  just  been 
published. 

The  Philadelphia  Zoological  Society  was  incorporated 
March  21,  1859,  and  for  many  years  now,  ever  since  Mr. 
Arthur  Erwin  Brown  became  the  secretary  of  the  society 
and  later  its  general  manager,  it  has  had  a career  of 
much  usefulness  and  of  great  success.  The  present  report 
shows  admissions  for  the  year  of  nearly  214,000  and  re- 
ceipts of  $30,200.  The  month  of  greatest  receipts  was 
May,  but  August,  September  and  July  press  it  quite  close- 
ly. The  receipts  were  smallest  for  the  month  of  Decem- 
ber. During  the  year,  there  were  exhibited  in  the  garden 
575  mammals,  929  birds,  1,043  reptiles  and  166  batrachi- 
ans ; a total  of  2.715  animals.  Fifty- four  species  not  pre- 
viously exhibited  in  the  collections  were  shown  last  year, 
as  follows:  7 mammals,  27  birds,  9 reptiles  and  11  ba- 
trachians.  Among  the  additions  by  birth  during  the  year 
were  gray  wolves,  prairie  wolf,  black  bears,  a zebra,  two 
bisons  and  a number  of  antelope  and  deer  of  various 
species. 

Reference  has  previously  been  made  to  the  studies  car- 
ried on  in  the  Philadelphia  Garden  in  the  diseases  of 
captive  wild  animals.  Last  year  a pathological  laboratory 
and  infirmary  were  completed  at  the  garden,  which  con- 
tains a receiving  room,  an  infirmary,  an  operating  room 
and  a laboratory.  Animals  dying  in  the  garden  are 
studied  here  and  the  causes  of  death  determined.  Experi- 
mental work  in  the  direction  of  preventive  treatment  of 
communicable  diseases  is  in  progress.  So  far  as  known, 
no  such  institution  with  equal  facilities  for  studying  the 


PAINTED  TRILLIUM. 


diseases  of  wild  animals  exists  in  a zoological  garden 
elsewhere. 

The  disease  which  is  most  fatal  to  captive  wild  animals 
in  zoological  gardens  is  well  known  to  be  tuberculosis, 
and  the  most  dangerous  after  that  is  inflammation  of  the 
gastrointestinal  tract.  The  examinations  made  last  year 
at  the  Philadelphia  Gardens  by  Dr.  C.  Y.  White,  of  the 
Pepper  Clinical  Laboratory,  show  this  to  be  true  here. 
The  establishment  of  this  laboratory  cannot  fail  to  yield 
much  information  of  very  great  value. 


I believe  in  the  gun  for  the  normal  boy.  He  may  make 
a man  without  one,  but  he  has  an  unequal  chance  with  the 
boy  whose  heart  has  thrilled  with  the  elemental  joy  that 
links  him  to  the  habits  and  instincts  of  4,000  years  of  hu- 
man history.  The  first  man  was  a hunter,  a trapper,  and  a 
fisherman.  When  mankind  ceases  to  care  for  these  things 
mankind  must  be  either  sick  or  foolish  or  both.  It  is  not 
true  that  it  provokes  cruelty  or  selfishness;  rather  the 
opposite.  The  boy  draws  close  to  nature,  learns  her  laws, 
and  feels  the  sweep  of  elemental  life.  He  kills  only  what 
is  fit  to  eat  and  is  needed  for  food.  His  character  is 
strengthened  proportionately— -for  such  boys  rarely  com- 
mit crime  or  display  mental  weakness.  They  make  clean, 
sane,  wholesome  men — men  who  take  the  world  in  their 
hands  and  find  it  good — Thomas  Dixon,  in  New  York 
Times, 


484 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


[June  io,  1905. 


On  the  Top  of  the  Wapiti* 

There  are  few  sports  more  thoroughly  enjoyable  and 
beneficial  than  hunting  the  wild  creatures  of  the  forest. 
It  furnishes,  as  does  none  other,  continued  exercise  and 
hard  work  blent  with  pleasure  in  the  purity  of  wild 
mountain  air;  it  begets  health  and  vigor;  it  draws  one 
close  to  nature,  by  far  the  most  beautiful  and  wonderful 
study  we  have;  it  leads  to  camping  and  living  as  a man 
should  live;  it  furnishes  exquisite  excitement;  it  nur- 
tures perseverance,  keen  observation,  self-reliance  and 
good  fellowship ; it  means  to  the  body  what  study  does 
to  the  mind.  “A  huntsman  should  possess  the  following 
qualifications,”  says  the  Encyclopaedia  Britannica, 
“health,  memory,  decision,  temper,  patience,  a good  ear, 
voice,  and  sight,  courage  and  spirits,  perseverance  and 
activity.”  It  is  one  of  the  oldest  of  sports,  indulged  in 
centuries  ago  by  the  old  Greeks  and  Romans,  the  ancient 
Egyptians,  the  Assyrians,  the  Babylonians,  and  even  by 
some  nations  in  the  older  Bible  times.  Its  age  proves  its 
honest  value  as  nothing  else  can;  it  has  been  weighed 
in  the  balance  for  hundreds  of  years,  and  not  yet  has 
it  been  found  wanting. 

And  so,  believing  in  all  its  many-sided  advantages  and 
subtle  charms  myself,  I did  not  refuse  the  opportunity 
last  fall  of  following  the  trail  of  the  wapiti,  or  “elk” 
as  they  are  usually  called  in  America,  and  accordingly 
started  out  with  two  other  friends  in  early  September 
from  Big  Timber,  Montana,  bound  for  elk  and  any  other 
big  game  we  might  chance  to  see.  Behold  us  then  one 
fine  morning  “hitting  the  trail”  along  the  Boulder  Creek 
over  the  stage  road  from  Big  Timber  to  Contact — our 
outfit  consisting  of  our  three  riding  horses  and  three 
pack-horses,  which  carried  a tepee  tent,  our  “war-bags,” 
our  blankets  and  grub  for  three  weeks.  We  also  picked 
up  at  Contact  a fourth  man  for  cook  and  horse  rustler. 
We  took  our  way  leisurely  enough  the  first  day,  camp- 
ing over  night  at  one  of  the  numerous  ranches  which  lay 
scattered  through  the  Boulder  Valley,  and  on  the  next 
day  made  Contact,  distant  from  Big  Timber  about  thirty- 
five  miles. 

Contact  is  situated  far  up  in  the  mountains,  wedged  in 
between  gaunt  stupendous  peaks  of  rock  and  forest.  The 
town  is  principally  a miners’  camp,  patronized  by  pros- 
pectors spending  their  lonely  lives  in  the  wild  seclusion 
of  the  mountains  seeking  elusive  fortunes,  prospecting 
for  float  and  leads  of  gold.  Contact  is  composed  of  one 
log  cabin,  a deserted  log  saloon,  a log  stable,  and  a log 
corral.  That  is  all,  absolutely.  The  most  interesting 
part  of  the  town  is  its  chief  inhabitant,  Joe  Keeney,  one 
of  those  old-timers  who  can  tell  many  a good  story  of 
the  departed  frontier  days.  All  evening  he  entertained 
us  in  story-telling  and  in  fiddling  the  old-time  cowboy 
tunes.  I shall  never  forget  how  perfectly  he  played  the 
merry  old  “Arkansas  Traveler.” 

Thirty  miles  above  Contact  lie  the  old  Independence 
gold  mines.  The  way  hither  penetrates  far  up  into  the 
Boulder  Canyon  over  a rough  wood  road,  hewn  through 
fragrant  forests  of  pine,  originally  built  to  connect  Inde- 
pendence with  the  outside  world.  The  old  Independence 
mine,  nestling  in  the  inmost  depths  of  a mighty  canyon, 
cradled  between  dark  cloud-wreathed  mountains  and 
rocky  desolate  cliffs,  lies  deserted  and  forlorn.  All  that 
is  left  is  a collection  of  empty,  silent  cabins,  once  the 
miners’  quarters — little  one-room  hovels  of  roughly  hewn 
logs,  bare  of  all  comforts  except  old  rat-riddled  beds  of 
boards  and  straw.  One  or  two  once  possessed  the  dis- 
tinction of  grimy  board  floors,  but  these  have  rotted 
away,  and  the  roofs  long  since  have  fallen' iff,  . “life  and 
thought  have  gone  away,”  leaving  naught  but  these 
empty  walls  to  show  where  strong  men  once  spent  their 
lives — where  long  ago  they  lived  and  fought  and  toiled 
and  died.  ' • 

From  Independence  we  zig-zagged  up  the  mountain- 
side till  at  last  we  stood  high  up  on  the  top  of  the  divide 
between  the  Boulder  and  Slough  creeks,  mid-way,  it 
seemed,  between  sky  and  earth.  For  far  down  below 
us  was  spread  a mighty  scene;  lofty  peaks  and  towers, 
gulches  and  bottomless  ravines,  buttes  and  pinnacles, 
and  snow-strewn  mountain  ranges,  pagodas,  temples, 
savage  canyons,  vast  amphitheaters,  a thousand  different 
fantastic  shapes  and  jagged  forms,  all  smoiild&ng:  in 
the  far  distance  in  hues  and  intermingled  tints  of  red 
and  blue  and  purple ; and  all  around  was  the  endless  sky, 
with  here  and  there  a desolate  bare  peak  of  rock  and 
cliff  and  snow,  wind-swept,  gloomy,  chill. 

Descending  to  the  head  of  Slough  Creek  we  followed 
its  course  southward  for  nine  or  ten  miles  _ till , .\ye 
reached  Lost  Creek,  one  of  its  small  tributaries.  All 
afternoon  we  spent  pushing  our  way  up  Lost  Creek, 
through  thick,  heavy  timber.  There  was  no  trail— noth- 
ing but  a tangle  of  gnarled  pine  trees  and  branches, 
fallen  timber  and  steep  declivities,  apparently  inaccessible 
for  horses.  But  in  some  miraculous  manner  we  man- 
aged to  squeeze  the  pack-horses  through  the  thick,  heavy  ; 
growth  of  standing  trees  and  pull  them  over  the  riet- 
work  of  fallen  ones  without  the  packs  getting  torn  to 
pieces,  and  by  nightfall  we  found  ourselves  hemmed  in 
by  dense  forest  near  the  head  of  Lost  Creek  under  a 
scowling  dizzy  cliff.  The  only  feed  we  could  find  for 
our  horses  that  night  lay  in  a small  park  on  a side  hill 
steep  enough  to  make  a horse  swear,  so  there  we  had  to 
camp. 

Now,  camping  on  a side  hill  may  or  may  not  be  a joke. 

It  depends  on  the  point  of  view.  But  to  me  on  that 
evening  it  seemed  frightful  how  the  dishes  and  kettles 
would  take  to  rolling  down  hill,  merrily  emptying  out 
one’s  supper  on  the  way.  The  coffee-pot  could  not  be 
induced  to  stand  up  on  the  coals,  but  wobbled  and  tilted 
with  provoking  joviality;  every  now  and  then  a log 
would  suddenly  give  way  with  a downward  motion,  and 
lower  the  frying  pan  full  of  sputtering  grease  into  the 
fire ; everything  took  to  rollicking  down  hill.  That  night 


j®  was  a remarkable  one.  Every  now  and  then  I would 
t-  wake  up  to  find  myself  rolling  downward  out  of  my 
blankets,  and  with  a sleepy  pull  I would  draw  the  blank- 
ets after  me.  I suppose  I would  have  finally  landed  in 
the  creek  at  the  bottom  had  not  a tree  held  me  firm  until 
morning. 

The  next  two  days  I spent  hunting  all  through  that 
vicinity,  but  elk  did  not  seem  to  be  running  there.  The 
first  day  I just  caught  sight  of  the  rear  end  of  one  as  he 
was  silently  vanishing  into  the  trees ; and  on  the  second 
day  all  I saw  was  one  large  wolf  running  over  the  slide- 
rock,  which  I failed  to  get.  The  timber  and  dead  trees 
were  so  thick  that  it  was  almost  impossible  to  get  up  to 
any  elk  without  being  heard  by  their  wonderful  ears. 

The  chances  of  elk  finding  in  such  a country  without 
snow  seemed  very  small,  so  the  next  day  we  moved  camp 
across  a high  divide  down  into  Paradise  Basin  at  the 
head  of  the  creek  bearing  that  name.  An  icy  mountain 
stream  bordered  on  either  side  by  open  grassy  parks, 
hemmed  in  on  all  sides  but  one  by  steep  timbered  moun- 
tain sides  culminating  in  rocky  mighty  cliffs  mingling 
with  the  birds  and  the  sky — this  is  Paradise  Basin.  Here 
we  camped  for  seven  or  eight  days  beside  the  cold 
crystal  creek,  picketing  our  horses  in  the  parks  where 
they  throve  on  the  long  yellow  prairie  grass. 

I took  a short  hunt  that  afternoon  and  found  the 
country  different  from  that  of  Lost  Creek  Basin.  The 
timber  was  larger  and  more  open,  and  there  was  much 
less  down  timber  affording  the  hunter  more  chance  to 
make  his  way  noiselessly  through  the  trees.  There  was 
also  an  abundance  of  soft  green  growth  carpeting  the 
forest,  on  whose  tender  leaflets  and  tiny  red  berries, 
honey-sweet,  elk  love  to  feed.  Altogether  it  was  a prom- 
ising looking  country,  and  so,  although  I saw  nothing 
that  afternoon,  I set  out  next  morning  with  a light  heart 
and  a hope  that  I would  see  some  elk  before  the  day 
was  over.  As  I climbed  the  mountain  side  that  morn- 
ing, toward  a small  basin  high  up  under  the  cliffs,  I 
came  across  numerous  elk  tracks,  but  none  seemed  very 
fresh.  I kept  climbing  upward,  however,  and  soon  stood 
on  the  brink  of  the  basin  in  which  my  hopes  for  that 
day  were  cast.  AsT  gazed  down  at  the  tops  of  the  trees 
below  me,  I wondered  what  the  god  of  chance  had  hid- 
den away  for  me  beneath  those  thick  shielding  branches; 
I wondered  if  there  really  were  any  elk  down  there,  and 
whether  the  country  was  as  destitute  of  life  as  the  vast 
unbroken  silence  seemed  to  proclaim.  And  then  arose  a 
strange  answer  to  my  thoughts.  For  on  a sudden,  out  of 
the  dead  silence  brooding  over  the  woods,  broke  forth 
a sound  that  thrilled  through  the  listening  forest — the 
whistle  of  an  elk.  Those  that  have  never  heard  it  cannot 
conceive  of  its  music,  the  great  ringing  whistle  cutting 
clear  and  wild  and  joyous  through  the  forest  stillness, 
rising  and  then  falling:  till  it  seems  almost  like  some 
weird  wail,  immediately  followed  by  the  deep  musical 
fantastic  grunt.  It  seemed  almost  like  some  lost  spirit 
wailing  out  of  the  tangled  depths  of  the  woods  from 
only  the  wind  knew  where.  I could  not  move.  I could 
only  throw  my  whole  soul  into  listening,  greedily  de- 
vouring every  slightest  sound.  It  was  a beautiful  and 
wonderful  forest  call  indeed,  fraught  with  the  wildness 
and  the  spirit  of  the  woods.  It  thrilled  and  quivered 
through  me ; it  rung  in  my  ears ; it  seemed  to  tingle  in 
my  blood;  and  my  mind  painted  the  old  bull  as  he  stood 
there  hurling  forth  his  call,  his  shaggy  body  poised  on 
three  graceful  dainty  legs,  his  noble  antlered  head 
thrown  up  toward  heaven,  his  nostrils  wide  distended, 
his  alert  ears  ready  to  catch  the  slightest  sound,  his 
great  kingly  antlers  sparkling  in  the  sun. 

Statue-still  I stood,  spell-bound  as  it  were,  and  list- 
ened With  straining  ears.  My  heart  fluttered  with  a strain 
of  joy  in  it,  for  this  was  the  first  whistle  I had  heard  this 
season.  The  elk  cry  is  uttered  only  by  the  bulls  in  the 
running,  season,  which  occurs  with  the  waxing  and  the 
waning  of  the  moon  in  September.  Soon,  however,  a 
squirrel  snapped  a twig.  The  spell  was  broken  and  I 
resumed  my  course  over  the  interwoven  mass  of  fallen 
timber.  Carefully  picking  a way  over  the  dead  crackling 
sticks,  almost  noiselessly,  I followed  up  the  sound.  I 
soon  came  to  a spring  around  which  the  mud  and 
swampy  moss  had  been  just  recently  all  tracked  up  by 
elk;  the  water  was  still  muddy  where  some  had  riled  it 
up  while  drinking.  Here  I sat  down  and  waited  for 
several  minutes  to  see  if  any  more  elk  would  come  down 
for  a drink.  But  nothing  could  I hear  or  see  except  the 
little  pine  squirrels  and  chipmonksr  busily  - chattering 
away  and  nimbly  pattering  around  the  branches. 

Suddenly  that  wild  heart-searching- elk  cry  broke  forth 
again,  clear  and  ringing.  This  was, "too  much;  I could 
sit  still  no  longer.  I jumped  up.  and  silently  stole  up 
through  the  basin  in  the  direction  of  the  sound.  Every- 
where appeared  fresh  elk  sign,  djie'n  parks  were  scat- 
tered here  and  there  through  the  Timber,  and  it  was  on 
the  edge  of  one  of  these  :that  my  roving  eye  suddenly 
caught  a splotch  of  reddish  brown  about  a hundred 
yards  away,  so  well  blent  with  its  background  of  trees 
and  rocks  as  to  be  almost  indistinguishable.  A second 
later  a shy  head  was  turned  wonderingly  toward  me;  my 
rifle  went  mechanically  up  to  my  shoulder  and  I fired.  I 
think  I hit  the  animal,  but  away  he  went  bounding 
lightly  up  a hill,  fleet  as  the  wind,  with  me  painfully  and 
awkwardly  lumbering  up  behind.  When  I reached  the 
top  ' of  the  hill  I caught  a vanishing  glimpse  of  him 
through  the  timber,  and  although  I tried  to  follow  his 
trail,  that  was  the  last  I ever  saw  of  him.  So  I had  lost 
my  first  elk. 

The  next  day — Saturday — I hunted  all  day  long 
through  the  forest  but  nothing  could  I see  of  elk  except 
their  tracks,  which  lay  all  through  the  country. 

On  Sunday  morning  I took  a much  appreciated  rest 
in  camp  and  spent  the  afternoon  in  a ride  down  the  creek 
to  view  some  beaver  homes,  which  proved  to  be  very 
interesting.  It  is  wonderful  what  these  little  people  of 


the  forest  streams  accomplish  in  their  midnight  work. 
Whole  trees  were  chopped  down  along  the  water’s  edge ; 
three  and  four-foot  dams  were  solidly  built  across  the 
creek  at  various  places;  the  flow  of  the  water  was  kept 
evenly  regulated  by  numerous  dams  and  waterways ; and 
in  the  midst  of  their  handicraft  was  situated  their  home 
- — a large  mound  built  on  the  water’s  edge,  of  willow 
withes  and  mud  neatly  and  solidly  plastered  together, 
with  the  single  doorway  under  water  opening  up  to  air- 
chambers  and  passages  above. 

On  the  following  day — one  long  after  to  be  remem- 
bered— after,  a hasty  meal  of  fried  bacon,  “sinkers”  and 
“heifer’s  delight,”  I started  out  from  camp  as  usual,  and 
sneaked  for  several  miles  through  the  woods  along  the 
side  of  the  mountain  under  the  rim  rock.  It  was  hird, 
tiresome  work,  climbing  up  apparently  perpendicular 
hills,  clambering  over  fallen  trees  as  noiselessly  as  pos- 
sible, crawling  over  slide-rock,  crossing  rocky  gulches, 
making  one’s  way  through  dry  rustling  leaves  and  dead 
crackling  sticks  with  the  stealth  of  an  Indian— always 
straining  to  see  the  elk  that  were  never  there.  The  vast- 
ness of  the  desolate  peaks  and  forests  seemed  eternal; 
loneliness  cried  out  to  God.  And  still  I walked  along; 
on  and  ever  onward.  Not  a sound  broke  the  stillness 
of  those  mighty  woods,  save  for  the  stirring  of  the  wee 
forest  folk — the  fluttering  of  little  wings  now  and  then, 
or  the  angry  excited  chitter-chatter  of  the  squirrels,  or 
once  in  a while  a sudden  mighty  whirr  as  a grouse 
winged  his  way  to  safety.  And  the  wind,  rising  and  fall- 
ing, now  slipping  through  the  tree  tops  soft  and  purring, 
now  rushing,  roaring  headlong  through  the  branches, 
blended  strangely  with  the  utter  silence.  And  so  all 
morning  long  I walked  through  the  pines,  ever  gazing 
into  empty  vistas;  hoping  at  every  turn,  yet  always  the 
same  empty  disappointments — no  elk  to  be  seen. 

About  2 o’clock,  weary  and  worn  out  with  vain  tramp- 
ing, I sat  down  to  rest  in  a small  open  park  which  I had 
happened  upon.  For  half  an  hour  or  more  I idly  sat 
there,  watching  the  merry  squirrels  at  their  play— gaily 
chasing  one  another  around  the  tall  trees,  scuttling  over 
fallen  logs,  up  tree-trunks  and  through  the  branches, 
giving  up  their  whole  quivering  little  beings  to  their 
sport,  forgetting  every  care  and  restraint.  Happy  little 
creatures  these— but  hark!  a far  off  whistle— indistinct 
yet  unmistakable,  pierces  the  stillness,  hangs  quivering  a 
moment,  then  dies  away  into  silence.  Intently  did  1 
listen,  spell-bound,  motionless,  for  several  long  minutes 
of  intense  silence.  My  very  soul  seemed  pierced  by  that 
ringing  note  of  defiance  and  fierce  wild  beauty.  Then 
once  again,  clear  and  lovely,  it  came  ringing  through  the 
forest.  I jumped  up  electrified,  and  started  swiftly  forth 
m the  direction  of  the  sound.  Yet  the  whistle  had 
sounded  too  far  away  for  me  to  be  positive  of  its  direc- 
tion; and  so,  after  some  time  spent  in  an  uncertain  hunt, 

I stopped,  hesitating  which  way  to  proceed.  I was  stand- 
ing in  an  open  coulee  strewn  with  mangled  fallen  trees, 
down  which  some  months  before  a landslide  had  thun- 
dered its  terrific  destruction,  leaving  an  open  track  of 
desolation  as  sharply  marked  as  though  God’s  own  hand 
had  swept  down  the  mountainside  a pathway  of  awful 
wrath.  I started  up  from  the  coulee,  entered  the  woods 
on  the  other  side,  walked  a short  distance,  and  then 
stopped,  I know  not  why,  hesitated,  and  finally  retraced 
my  steps  to  the  coulee.  Oh ! what  good  angel  led  me 
back?  For  as  I stood  there  wondering  which  way  to  go 
next,  suddenly  once  again  that  piercing,  whistle  was 
lifted  up  and  hurled  forth  throbbing  through  the  woods 
• — this  time  close  at  hand,  clear  as  a bugle  note,  defiant, 
ringing.  Oh,  the  thrill  of  that  wild  sound!  How  it 
makes  the  blood  leap  in  the  veins,  and  the  heart  madly 
beat,  and  the  sinews  draw  tense  and  twitch.  Up  I sprang 
quivering  in  every  nerve,  anxiously  I gazed  up  the  gulch 
from  which  the  call  had  seemed  to  issue.  Nothing  was 
in  sight,  but  far  up  the  coulee,  near  the  top  of  the  peak, 

I could  see  a steep  open  park,  opening  on  the  left  where 
I thought  the  elk  must  be.  Excitedly  I ran  andj  walked 
and  crept  up  the  gulch,  every  nerve  tense,  trembling, 
hoping,  wondering.  Up,  up  toward  the  direction  of  the 
whistle  I hurried,  my  eyes  and  ears  strained  toward  the 
open  park  ahead.  Infinite  was  tne  care  bestowed  on 
every  step,  lest,  some  false  one  betray  me  to  the  ever- 
watchful,  ever-listening  quarry;  and  yet  withal,  sore 
was  my  haste,  lest  the  elk  move  off  or  detect  my  presence 
before  I get  within  rifle-shot.  So  at  last,  moving  like 
a shadow,  I reached  a point  near  the  top  of  the  draw. 
And  then  suddenly,  about  two  hundred  and  fifty  yards 
away,  I beheld  a sight  that  thrilled  me — a great  pair  of 
branching  ivory-tipped  antlers,  and  a huge  dark  back 
slowly  moving  around,  just  visible  over  some  low  . 
bushes  at  the  bottom  of  the  gulch.  With  pounding  heart  . 
I carefully  and  without  a sound  crept  up-wind  along  the  : 
side  of  the  gulch  behind  some  low  fringing  bushes,  till 
I was  within  fifty  yards  of  the  spot  where  I had  seen  my 
prize.  I cautiously  raised  myself  up  and  took  a hasty 
glance  around.  Was  there  ever  such  dismay?  Nothing 
was  in  sight  but  the  steep  sides  of  the  gulch,  and  the 
sky  and  cliffs  above.  Where,  where,  could  he  be?  But 
suddenly,  just  ahead  through  an  opening  in  the  bushes, 
he  stalked — huge  and  majestic— a lordly  picture  of  grace 
and  strength  and  forest  beauty,  crowned  with  those 
mighty  antlers,  so  perfect,  so  wonderful,  so  faultless,  em- 
bodying and  strangely  blending  the  rugged  strength  of  . 
the  cliffs  and  mountain-peaks  with  the  tenderness  and 
beauty  of  God’s  forest.  For  a moment  he  stood  there 
and  gazed  at  me  with  his  great  brown  eyes;  so  pure,  so 
innocent  he  seemed.  ’ 

Ah,  what  a longed-for  moment!  My  heart  gave  a ... 
wild  fierce  cry  of  exultation;  my  raging  blood  bade  me 
shoot.  My  rifle  went  up  to  my  shoulder ; a moment’s  “ 
pause,  and  it  spit  out  the  sharp  crack  of  death;  and  the 
great  animal  came  piteously  lunging  toward  me,  A sec-  ' 
ond  shot  rang  out,  and  he  stopped,  tottering,  magnifL  ;• 
cently  pitiful.  And  when  next  the  heartless  rifle  spoke  ■ 
its  insistent  summons,  he  limply  fell,  and  then  rolled- 


June  io,  1905.] 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


over  and  over  down  the  hill — one  confused,  pitching 
mass  of  legs,  and  antlers  and  body,  till  a tree  mercifully 
caught  and  stopped  him  in  his  fall,  and  he  lay  still  for- 
ever. Where  had  his  wild  life  flown  to?  Who  knows? 

'Oh,  you  brute!  How  could  you  mercilessly,  need- 
lessly kill  this  poor  dumb  ranger  of  the  forest,  so  beau- 
tiful, so  strong,  God’s  own  creature?  Why?  Who  can 
tell?  It  was  the  spirit  of  the  hunt — a fever.  The  hunter 
shoots  not  at  a living  breathing  creature;  he  sees  only 
the  object  of  a week’s,  a month’s,  weary  quest,  he  re- 
joices in  the  attainment  of  the  long  wished  for,  and  he 
•merely  stops  the  wonderful  head  in  its  mad  career,  as 
you  would  pick  a berry;  then  brings  his  trophy  home 
and  mounts  it,  where  its  beauty  is  appreciated,  not  by  a 
lone  hunter  once  or  twice  in  a life-time,  but  by  many 
who  see  and  rejoice  in  the  beauty  of  God’s  wild  creatures. 

So  I had  my  prize  and  rejoiced;  but  as  I looked  up 
the  hill  in  the  grassy  park  above,  lo,  there  stood  a whole 
herd  of  elk- — cows  with  dainty  heads  tilted  to  one  side, 
ears  pricked  up  on  the  alert,  and  soft  wide-open  eyes 
gazing  wonderingiy  down  at  me,  little  startled  calves  at 
their  sides,  and  quite  near  at  hand  another  wondrous 
bull,  the  lord  of  the  herd,  still  larger,  still  mightier  than 
the  first,  with  magnificent,  massive,  many-pronged 
antlers  branching  and  reaching  heavenward.  Again  I 
raised  my  rifle;  again  that  sharp  crack  and  cruel  spit  of 
fire;  and  the  bull  sorely  wounded,  started  painfully, 
heavily  up  the  hill.  A little  way  and  he  stopped,  unable 
to  go  farther.  Silent  as  a statue  he  stood,  wondering, 
waiting,  with  a pathos  in  his  sad,  dumb  eyes,  and  a 
piteous  drip,  drip,  drip  writing  death  in  red  upon  the 
ground  beneath  him.  Poor  wild  creature — how  could 
he,  who  had  never  tasted  sorrow,  know  of  the  tragedy 
of  Life  and  Death?  But  the  cruel  fever  was  in  me. 
Stealthily  I crept  up  the  hill  till  I was  only  eighty,  sev- 
enty yards  away;  then,  a sudden  report,  and  the  great 
head  fell  and  lay  still,  never  to  move  again.  The  great 
inevitable  end  had  come  at  last. 

I turned  around ; the  other  elk  had  all  vanished.  I 
looked  across  the  sky  to  another  ridge  far  off,  and  there 
they  went,  one  bounding  lightly  after  another,  seeking 
new  and  better  feeding  grounds.  Away  they  went  in  a 
long  string;  away,  far  away,  till  I Could  see  them  no 
more. 

And  I was  left  alone  in  the  forest. 

Francis  B.  Sayre. 


A New  Zealand  paper  relates  that  a settler  in  the 
Upper  Plain  noticed  a hawk  flying  about  in  a peculiar 
manner  and  crying  out  as  if  in  pain.  The  settler  obtained 
a gun  and  shot  the  bird,  and  investigation  showed  the 
cause  of  its  distress  was  a weasel,  which  was  perched  on 
the  hawk’s  back,  with  its  teeth  buried"  in  the  bird’s  neck. 
Apparently  the  animal  had  pounced  upon  the  hawk  when 
it  was  on  the  ground,  and  was  carried  skyward. 


Concerning  the  Heroic  Pose. 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

An  official  attempt  to  suppress  in  Washington  the  cir-* 
culation  of  a periodical  in  which  President  Roosevelt  is 
criticised  severely  for  killing  wild  animals,  has  aroused 
discussion  of  the  ethics  of  hunting,  and  the  newspapers 
are  taking  sides  according  to  their  politics.  It  is  not 
worth  while  to  make  a row  over  the  President’s  hunting, 
even  if  one  disapproves  such  amusement,  and  it  does  not 
seem  to  me.  much  of  an  argument  to  call  him  “an  edu- 
cated bulldog,”  as  does  the  president  of  the  Massachu- 
setts S.  P.  C.  A.  But  it  does  seem  worth  while  to  dis- 
cuss candidly  the  question  of  our  treatment  of  the  wild 
things  that  share  with  us  the  occupancy  of  the  earth. 

Now,  I never  was  accused  of  being  a sentimentalist, 
and  I do  not  think  I am  a crank.  I have  hunted  quite 
a lot  in  my  time,  and  I have  destroyed  animal  life  for  no 
better  reason  than  the  excitement  of  “sport”  or  the  ex- 
ercise of  a certain  skill  with  weapons.  “Game  hog”  I 
never  have  been,  yet  I admit  freely  that  I have  killed 
creatures  that  I could  not  use  for  food.  So,  if  anyone 
sees  fit  to  take  issue  with  what  I have  to  say,  he  may  as 
well  omit  the  personal  note  and  not  trouble  himself  to 
suggest  that  the  pleasures  of  the  chase,  and  the  “strenu- 
ous life”  are  out  of  my  ken.  I have  been  through  it  all, 
and  have  enjoyed  as  keenly,  perhaps,  as  does  Mr.  Roose- 
velt the  excitement  of  the  bear  hunt,  even  alone  and 
without  dogs. 

But  one’s  point  of  view  changes,  and  now  I question 
seriously  the  moral  right  of  man  to  kill  without  neces- 
sity any  other  living  creature.  Without  dipping  into  the 
shoreless  and  bottomless  sea  of  metaphysical  abstrac- 
tions, I presume  it  will  be  admitted  that  cruelty  is  evil; 
that  is,  morally  wrong.  Thoughtless  cruelty,  lacking  evil 
intent,  is  less  wrong  than  deliberate  infliction  of  needless 
pain.  So  I do  not  condemn  the  man  who  hunts  and  kills 
for  sport,  if  he  has  not  given  thought  to  the  matter  and 
cannot  look  at  it  from  my  point  of  view.  I deem  his  act 
evil,  but  not  himself.  If  I should  do  the  same  thing, 
knowing  or  at  least  believing  it  to  be  wrong,  I should  be 
bound  m reason  to  consider  myself  an  evil  person. 

Is  it  not  fantastic  hypocrisy  to  demand  the  enactment 
of  Stringent  laws  for  the  preservation  of  game  in  order 
that  we  may  have  always  something  to  kill?  The  sports- 
man professes  deep  and  abiding  love  for  all  nature,  ani- 
mate and  inanimate.  He  talks  about  the  birds  and  ani- 
mals as  if  he  regarded  them  with  the  tenderest  affection. 
He  writes  bookfuls  of  beautiful  gush  about  them  and 
himself — usually  giving  more  space  to  himself  and  his 
fine  feelings  and  noble  nature  than  to  them — and  really 
seems  to  take  seriously  his  pose  of  superiority  to  other 
men  because  of  his  soulful  appreciation  of  the  wonders 
of  nature. 

If  the  animals  do  think,  I wonder  what  they  think  of 


that  noble  creature,  the  true  sportsman.  If  they  don’t 
regard  him  as  he  regards  the  rattlesnake  and  the  man- 
eating  tiger  as  a malignant  destroyer,  a pest — it  is  be- 
cause a merciful  Providence  has  spared  them  the  agony, 
of  understanding. 

As  a matter  of  fact,  man  is  the  only  wanton,  malicious, 
cold-blooded  murdering  animal  on  earth.  The  rattle- 
snake is  not  vicious,  and  the  man-eating  tiger  kills  only 
to  satisfy  his  appetite — even  if  it  be  a perverted  taste  for 
human  meat. 

To  attempt  to  exalt  sheer  ferocity  into  a manly  virtue 
is  monstrously  absurd.  The  primitive  man,  who  fought 
the  cave  bear  with  a club  or  a stone  ax,  was  a brave  fel- 
low. When  the  spear  and  the  sword  were  man’s  most 
deadly  weapons,  it  required  courage  to  hunt  the  fighting 
animals,  and  strength  of  arm  and  steadiness  of  nerve  to 
slay  them.  Even  with  the  muzzle-loading  firearm,  the 
hunter  took  a “sporting  chance”  when  he  tackled  the 
grizzly  bear,  the  lion,  the  tiger,  the  rhinoceros  and  some 
other  big  game. 

But  to  pretend  that  there  is  great  and  inevitable  dan- 
ger in  hunting  any  wild  beast  on  earth  with  modem 
lethal  weapons  is  arrant  humbug.  Of  what  avail  are  the 
strength  and  courage  of  the  king  of  beasts  against  a 
stream  of  bullets  poured  into  him  from  a high-power 
repeater?  The  big  game  hunter  of  to-day  exaggerates 
the  perils  of  his  sport  and  assumes  the  heroic  pose  to 
cover  up  the  essential  brutality  and  cowardice  of  the 
butchery. 

A welcome  symptom  of  the  change  that  is  working  in 
the  attitude  of  man  toward  the  animals  is  the  gradual 
disappearance  from  the  pages  of  sporting  journals  of 
detailed  accounts  of  the  killing  of  game.  There  was  a 
time  when  the  sportsman  felt  it  incumbent  on  him  to 
write  to  his  favorite  journal  a precise  description  of  the 
wounds  inflicted  by  him  upon  his  quarry.  He  told  just 
where  the  bullet  struck,  how  big  a hole  it  made,  what 
organs  it  tore  and  what  bones  it  smashed,  and  he  de- 
scribed minutely  the  death  agonies  and  convulsions  of 
the  tortured  animal.  The  pages  of  sporting  papers  were 
filled  with  reports  of  autopsies  and  post-mortems  on 
assassinated  dumb  creatures.  They  reeked  with  the  lit- 
erature of  blood  and  entrails.  Thank  heaven,  that  repul- 
sive stuff  is  disappearing,  even  if  it  has  given  place  to  a 
lot  of  sentimental  twaddle  and  ridiculously  false  “natural 
history”  of  talking  jack  rabbits,  metaphysical  coyotes, 
pedagogical  crows  and  emotional  catfish. 

The  twaddlers  will  twaddle  themselves  out  in  time, 
and  the  good  there  is  in  their  work  will  remain.  And 
then  we  shall  understand  the  good  poet  who  said : 

•‘He  prayeth  best  who  loveth  best, 

All  things,  both  great  and  small; 

For  the  good  God,  who  loveth  us, 

He  made  and  loveth  all.” 

Flint  Locke. 


The  Log  of  a Sea  Angler. 


X. — The  Roba’o — A Gamy  Fish — Taking  a Large  One 
to  L-'se  It — Fight  with  the  Sharks — A Tiger  of  the 
Sea— Subd  ing  a Man-Eatef  — Size  of  Sharks — Danger 
from  Sharks — Tarpon  Taken. 


RY  CHARLES  FREDERICK  HOLDER,  AUTHOR  OF  “BIG  GAME 
FISHES,”  “ADVENTURES  OF  TORQUA,”  ETC. 

The  shark  as  a menace  to  life  was  scorned,  and  no  at- 
tention was  paid  to  them  in  the  inner  channel;  but  I was 
extremely  careful  not  to  capsize  or  fall  overboard  where 
I fed  and  fished  for  them  in  the  outer  channel.  It  may 
be  said  that  these  sharks  were  well  fed ; still  large  fel- 
lows which  were  hungry  doubtless  often  came  in  from 
the  outer  gulf,  yet  though  gross  carelessness  was  dis- 
played by  myself,  the  negroes  and  fishermen,  I never 
heard  of  an  attack  in  the  five  or  six  years  spent  on  this 
portion  of  the  reef,  winter  and  summer.  What  the  result 
Would  have  been  if  essayed  in  the  open  gulf  a mile  dis- 
tant 1 do  not  know — I drew  the  line  there. 

Surrounded  by  twenty  or  more  large  sharks  of  several 
kinds  thoroughly  aroused  by  the  scent  of  blood,  one  finds 
an  excellent  opportunity  for  observation.  Nearly  every 
shark  had  two  varieties  of  attendants,  first  remoras,  a 
fish  a foot  or  so  in  length,  black,  peculiar  in  appearance 
and  adapted  by  nature  to  its  peculiar  life,  and  always  at- 
tached to  either  a turtle  or  shark,  a large  grouper  or  jew- 
fish,  and  never  seen  alone  or  far  from  a protector,  at  least 
in  my  somewhat  extended  experience.  The  remora  has 
a flat  head  upon  which  is  a large  sucker  which  calls  to 
mind  the  slats  of  a Venetian  blind,  and  the  fish  has  but 
to  swim  up  to  a shark,  turn  itself  over,  press  its  sucker 
Upon  the  tawny  hide  to  become  thoroughly  and  com- 
pletely attached.  So  firm  is  the  hold  that  I invariably 
had  difficulty  in  wrenching  them  from  the  shark  after 
landing  one.  The  remoras  habitually  cling  to  their  huge 
companion,  and  all  the  sharks  in  this  conclave  had  from 
two  to  five  or  six  dangling  from  their  sides,  presenting  a 
strange  contrast,  being  black  or  a gun-metal  hue.  When 
hungry  they  would  cast  off  and  swim  rapidly  about,  feed- 
ing on  the  small  bits  dropped  from  their  master’s  table; 
and  I never  Saw  a shark  attempt  to  seize  one,  although  I 
have  observed  them  darting  about  with  a wriggling  mo- 
tion directly  in  front  of  the  shark’s  mouth. 

. There  are  a number  of  species  of  remoras,  all  of  pe- 
culiar , appearance.  One  I.  found  fastened  to  the  oper- 
culum of  a spearfish  : and  two  were  caught  on  a pegged 
(turtle.  ,/This  little  fish  was  jet  black,  with  two  white 
stripes'  from  head  to  tail,  making  it  a most  conspicuous 
objects  I recall  seeing  them  attached  to  a large  fifty- 
pound -drumfish  which  came  sailing  along  with  two  or 
thfee  remoras  trailing  from  its  sides  like  pennants,  The 


common  remora  of  the  sharks  was  dark  or  brown,  and 
had  a darker  stripe  with  light  edges.  I killed  a black 
grouper  that  proudly  bore  four  of  these  dusky  big- 
mouthed attendants  which  often  take  a crawfish  bait.  I 
caught  two  one  morning,  the  companions  of  a large  shark 
that  was  hovering  about.  One  I hooked  not  three  feet 
in  front  of  the  shark’s  nose  where  it  coiled  like  an  eel 
for  a few  seconds,  doubling  and  struggling;  yet,  appar- 
ently, the  shark  did  not  notice  it.  Bob  told  me  that  he 
had  seen  them  on  the  porpoise,  the  big  amberjacks  and 
dolphins  at  sea,  but  this,  doubtless,  was  another,  kind. 
T he  largest  remoras  I saw  were  at  least  sixteen  inches 
long,  and  were  wrenched  from  the  side  of  one  of  the 
largest  man-eaters  I took- — a monster  that  could  have 
dined  upon  a horse.  I performed  a post  mortem  upon 
him  with  this  result,  or  contents  of  his  stomach : three 
tin  cans  of  beef;  they  had  been  merely  punctured,  con- 
demned by  the  quartermaster  and  tossed  overboard;  one 
piece  of  frayed  rope,  one  horn  of  a steer,  sawed  off  or 
blunted,  with  a large  piece  of  the  skull  attached,  three 
hoofs  of  steer,  turtle’s  head  and  flippers,  and  a quantity 
of  other  matter  that  must  have  weighed  one  hundred 
pounds.  This  was  extraordinary,  yet  it  was  a bagatelle  to 
the  meal  of  a certain  thirty-five-foot  man-eater  taken  on 
the  high  seas  off  Australia,  that  had  dined  that  day  upon 
a complete  horse  that  had  been  thrown  overboard  by  the 
troop  ship.  In  all  my  experience  of  swimming  in  and 
about  the  reef,  I never  heard  of  but  one  instance  of  an 
attack.  This  was  up  the  reef  near  Cape  Florida,  a tiger 
shark  having  killed  a man.  Personally,  I dreaded  the  big 
barracudas  more  than  sharks. 

The  second  band  of  associates  of  the  sharks  were  the 
pilot  fishes,  striped  fishes  resembling  the  young  of  a 
Seriola,  near  kinsmen  of  the  amberjack  and  the  splendid 
yellowtail  of  the  Pacific,  and  others.  These  little  fishes, 
to  the  number  of  a dozen  or  more,  attached  themselves 
to  every  shark,  and  I have  seen  them  about  other  large 
fishes,  as  the  drum.  The  association  is,  doubtless,  as- 
sumed for  protection.  The  pilots  in  no  sense  pilot  the 
shark,  at  least  those  observed  by  me  rarely  advanced  far 
from  their  big  consort;  but  they  were  continually  darting 
out  several  feet  and  rushing  back  to  cover,  the  sharks 
paying  not  the  slightest  attention  to  them. 

Shark  fishing  was  legitimate  sport  here.  The  men  used 
■the  oil  for  some  remedy  (I  trust  not  cod  liver  oil)  which 
they  sold  to  an  agent  in  Key  West.  The  jaws  were  sold 
to  travelers,  while  the  backbone  was  manufactured  into 
canes-;  hence  the  shark  had  a decided  economic  value  and 
there  was  an  excuse  for  its  capture,  a contest  always  of  a 
strenuous  nature.  I fished  for  sharks  from  the  beach 
often  single  handed,  and  succeeded  in  wearing  out  fifteen- 
foot  fellows  which  ten  or  a dozen  men  found  difficult  to 
drag  up  the  beach.  A strong  man  is  a match  for  a very 
large  shark  providing  he  understands  the  method-of  play-' 
mg  it,  The  secret  is  to  have  a very  long  line  and  to  fight 


the  game  vigorously  from  start  to  finish,  and  if  possible 
keep  it  headed  in.  I had  a line  about  the  size  of  a 
clothes  line,  a three-foot  chain,  and  a swivel  hook  a foot 
long,  barbed,  and  used  for  bait  a twelve  or  fifteen-pound 
grouper.  The  bait  would  be  tossed  out  into  the  channel, 
the  line  coiled  on  the  beach,  one  end  fastened  to  a heavy 
timber, _ and  where  it  led  into  the  water,  held  by  a stick 
thrust  into  the  sand  as  a tell  tale,  while  near  at  hand  was 
the  dinghy  hauled  up  and  ready  to  follow  the  game  should 
it  carry  everything  away. 

Lying  on  the  sand  in  the  terrific  but  never  dangerofts 
heat,  I watched  the  stick  that  invariably  fell  within  a few 
moments.  The  line  would  slowly  run  out.  Foot  by  foot 
it  would  glide  into  the  channel,  and  when  ten  or  twenty 
feet  had  slipped  away  it  was  supposed  that  the  shark  had 
the  bait  well  in  its  capacious  maw.  Then  I seized  it, 
waited  until  it  came  taut,  and  gave  the  shark  a theoretical 
butt,  a jerk  that  often  resulted  in  my  being  jerked  forward 
on  my  face. 

It  seemed  impossible  sometimes  to  let  go  quick  enough. 
The  first  rush  of  the  shark  was  irresistible,  but  it  was 
always  possible  to  take  the  line  when  one  hundred  feet 
or  so  had  gone,  and  then  began  the  fight.  By  holding 
with  all  my  strength,  bracing  back  with  feet  in  the  soft 
sand,  I could  turn  a large  shark  up  the  beach  and  run 
with  it,  pulling  and  hauling,  and  finally  make  a stand,  turn 
it  and  lead  it  back.  This  was  strenuous  work,  and  more 
than  once  I was  dragged  into  the  water  and  forced  to 
give  up,  and  swim  ashore  amid  the  laughter  of  my  com- 
panions who  never  ceased  to  wonder  why  I could  see 
pleasure  in  what  they  considered  the  hardest  kind  of 
work. 

Here  we  see  a peculiarity  of  sport.  If  you  call  it  sport 
and -believe  that  it  is,  you  enjoy  it,  but  dub  this  same 
pastime  labor,  and  set  a price  of  six  bits  a day  upon  its 
head,  and  it  assumes  another  phase,  it  is  something  to  be 
avoided  by  the  average  man. 

This  sport  had  its  peculiar  excitements,  and  many  were 
the  big  sharks  I laid  along  the  sands  and  many  a one  laid 
me  low,  or  took  my  line.  One  mighty  gamester  that  no 
one  ever  saw,  took  the  rope  with  such  a rush  that  it 
nearly  jerked  me  overboard,  carried  it  all  away,  overturned 
a heavy  sentry  box  in  which  stood  a negro,  who  leaped 
overboard  to  save  himself,  dragged  this  into  the  channel 
with  a plank  that  five  men  could  not  lift,  towed  them 
away;  and  when  we  reached  the  wreck  in  the  dinghy,  and 
fastened  a new  rope  to  a - stake  buoy  the  monster  broke 
the  line.  Let  the  imagination  soar  to  picture  his  dimen- 
sions. 

I often  took  sharks  from  the  boat,  the  big  steeds  tow- 
ing her  up  and  down,  often  escaping,  and  on  more  than 
one  occasion  nearly  capsizing  the  boat.  I had  a small 
light  boat  rigged  for  this  sporf.  She  had  an  air-tight  .com- 
partment in  the  bow  covered  tty  a deck,  and  on  the  cut- 
water a grooyp  like  a rowlock  to  receive  the  line;  and! 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


[June  io„  1905. 


when  a shark  was  towing  the  boat  with  the  rope  in  this 
groove,  I amidships  holding  the  line,  a man  at  the  oar  to 
steer,  the  sport  was  exciting,  as  it  was  always  a race  at 

full  speed.  ...  . , T 

In  such  a run  I once  stood  holding  the  line  m place.  I 
had  hooked  the  shark  from  a school,  enticing  him  by  the 
baiting-up  process,  and  knew  that  it  was  of  large  size. 
As  we  rushed  -away  I saw  on  either  side  a number  or 
large  tiger  sharks  of  the  band  that  were  racing  along  not 
five  feet  below  the  surface,  sides  tipped  up,  eyeing  the 

b°Such  an  escort  was  not  particularly  pleasing,  even  to 
anglers  callous  on  the  subject  of  danger  from  sharks,  and 
in  a few  minutes  the  game  made  a sudden  rush  to  port, 
careening  the  boat  so  violently  that  it  dragged  her  down, 
and  despite  my  utmost  endeavor,  the  rope  slipped  from 
the  notch  and  went  over  the  side  and  the  boat  began  to 

fllI  had  a sheath  knife  at  hand,  and  more  than  once 
touched  the  rope,  but  my  companion  succeeded  in  hauling 
the  boat  around,  head  to  the  game,  and  I got  the  line 
back  with  the  boat  a third  full  of  water.  Several  times 
I had  this  experience,  but  it  was  never  successful,  we 
were  never  capsized.  This  shark  towed  us  out  the  ship 
channel  and  headed  out  to  sea.  It  literally  subdued  all 
.the  vanity  I had  accumulated  as  a master  ot  sharks; 
it  “walked  away”  with  us,  and  to  haul  the  boat  oyer  it 
was  apparently  impossible.  Iwo  miles  out  I met  a barge 
coming  in  and  hailed  her.  She  caught  my  line,  and  the 
ten  or  more  men  caught  the  water  with  their  oars  and  for 
a second  held  the  unseen  giant,  and  then— tell  it  not  in 

Gath— the  rope  broke.  , , , ^ , 

I determined  to  see  if  a large  shark  could  be  tamed, 
and  hooking  one  at  the  same  place,  after  a long  struggle 
brought  it  to  the  boat,  where  it  seized  the  keel  and 
crunched  it,  leaving  several  of  its  ivory  serrated  teeth 
clinging  to  the  wood.  We  towed  it  in,  and  by.  the  aid 
of  a number  of  negroes  hauled  it.  over  the  tide  and 
wooden  breakwater  of  the  moat,  using  a large  plank  for 
the  purpose  of  an  incline.  

When  on  the  summit  the  men  held  its  tail  while  I sat 
astride  of  its  body  and  “neck”  and  performed  the  dental 
operation  of  removing  the  hook— a most  . difficult  per- 
formance, as  the  shark  persisted  in  clinching  it,  and  I 
was  forced  to  pry  its  mouth  open  and  place  a block  of 
wood  between  its  jaws. 

Little  wonder  that  a shark  can  bite  so  cleverly,  lhe 
jaw  of  this  individual,  which  later  I had  cleaned  and 
dried,  slipped  over  my  shoulders  easily,  contained  thir- 
teen rows  of  teeth,  the  first  one  erect,  the  others  lying  flat 
and  all  perfect  saw-knives,  their  edges  being  serrated. 
When  the  jaws  gripped  anything  all  the  rows  stood  erect, 
a guillotine  of  tremendous  power. 

Removing  the  hook  I knocked  out  the.  block,  and  as  1 
sprang  away  and  the  men  cast  off  the  tail  guy,  the  man- 
eater  rolled  into  the  water  of  the  large  inclosure,  making 
a savage  rush  which  brought  its  muzzle  in  violent  con- 
tact with  the  brick  sea  wall.  This  appeared  to  be  suffi- 
cient,  as  apparently  the  shark  came  to  the  conclusion  that 
it  was  caught  and  swam  contentedly  along  the  side  of  the 
wall  with  an  eye  cast  upward. 

I kept  it  here  several  months  hoping  to  tame  it,  and 
while  I could  fasten  to  it  by  canvas  loops  and  it  would 
tow  a skiff  and  likewise  capsize  it,  it  cannot  be  said  to 
have  exhibited  any  special  domestication.  From  the  first 
it  refused  to  eat  though  tempted  with  various  kinds  of 
food ; doubtless  it  did  take  some  of  the  fish  thrown  to  it 
daily,  but  I never  observed  the  act,  and  most  of  the  food 
was  afloat  the  following  day  and  taken  out.  I believe 
that  the  spirit  of  this  gallant  fighter  was  broken,  and  in  a 
few  months  it  died.  It  must  have  weighed  nearly  two 
thousand  pounds,  being  of  enormous  bulk.  This  experi- 
ment was  attempted  a number  of  times  with  various  large 
sharks,  always  with  the  same  success. 


New  England  Waters. 

Boston,  Mass.,  June  2. — The  Grafton  Country  Club 
gave  its  third  annual  horse  and  hound  exhibition  on 
Decoration  Day.  It  is  estimated  that  no  less  than  8,000 
people  gathered  to  witness  what  proved  to  be  some  very 
exciting  races.  Mr.  Harry  W.  Smith,  of  Worcester,  the 
chief  promoter  of  the  show,  won  the  steeplechase  but 
fainted  just  as  his  mount  crossed  the  line.  Otherwise 
than  this  rather  startling  occurrence  and  some  harmless 
spills  in  the  high  jumps,  the  day  passed  without  mis- 
haps and  the  great  throng  declared  it  the  biggest  day 
for  horses  and  dogs  that  Worcester  county  had  ever 
witnessed.  In  the  high  jump  Mrs.  Pierce,  on  Robert 
Bruce,  cleared  5ft.  pin.  Of  late,  horses  and  hounds  are 
well  to  the  front  with  many  Bay  State  sportsmen.. 

The  hotels  and  camps  in  the  Rangeleys  are  filling  up 
rapidly.  Senator  Frye  and  daughter  are  at  the  Frye 
camp  on  Mooseluckmeguntic,  and  the  Senator  still  holds 
the  record  of  taking  the  largest  trout  on  a fly  ever 
caught  in  that  lake,  10  pounds  and  some  ounces. 

Capt.  R.  A.  Tuttle,  of  Boston,  is  entertaining  several 
friends  from  New  York  in  his  cottage  at  Lake  Point. 
Their  guides  are  Charles  and  Eben  Harnden,  Joe  Lamb 
and  Isaac  Tibbetts. 

At  the  Gilman  cottage,  Mrs.  Gilman,  of  Haverhill,  is 
making  a short  stay  prior  to  its  occupancy  by  Colonel 
Hilton  and  family,  of  New  York.  The  Colonel  has  leased 
the  place  for  five  years  and  will  have  a steamer  of  his 
own,  an  automobile  and  quite  a retinue  of  servants..  He 
is  making  extensive  , changes  and  improvements  with  a 
view  to  the  purchasing  of  the  establishment  later  on. 

Mr.  Benjamin  Peason,  of  South  Byfield,  Mass.,  has 
purchased  Deer  Park  Lodge  of  Mr.  Parkhur.st,  and  with 
his  family  and  several  New  York  friends  is  passing  a 
portion  of  the  season  there. 

A party  from  Putnam,  Conn.,  has  taken  one  of  the 
Mountain  View  cottages.  In  the  party  are  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
John  J.  Russell  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  A.  Dady. 

Mr.  H.  W.  Clarke,  the  veteran  Boston  fisherman 
(eighty-nine  years  old),  who  has  been  a regular  visitor 
for  some  forty  years,  is  again  enjoying  his  favorite  sport 
pn  Rangeley  Lake  with  Nick  Ogilvie  as  guide  until  Dave 
Haines,  his  old  guide,  closes  his  present  engagement. 

Dr.  and  Mrs.  F.  L.  Judkins,  of  Lynn,  have  been  at 
Upper  Dam,  and  Mrs.  Judkins  took  a 6-pound  salmon 
and  a 5 (4-pound  trout.  In  Half  an  hour’s  fishing  the 
Doctor  took  two  trout  that  weighed  5'  pounds  mch. 


Their  record  for  seven  days  was  eighty-one  trout  and 
ten  salmon. 

Mr.  John  B.  Watkins,  of  New  York,  has  in  his  party 
at  Upper  Dam  the  author,  Richard  Ingalese,  and  wife, 
and  Mrs.  Charles  Gibson,  Another  old-timer  at  the 
Rangeleys,  Mr.  Loring  Coes,  of  Worcester,  is  enjoying 
the  forty-seventh  yearly  visit  at  the  age  of  ninety-three. 

Two  visitors  from  Boston  that  seldom  fail  to  put  in 
an  early  appearance  on  the  fishing  waters  are  Messrs. 
Frederick  Skinner  and  Alexander  Jackson. 

I he  Rangeley  Lake  House  has  sometimes  been  called 
“The  Paul  Smith’s  of  the.  Rangeleys.”  It  was  the  scene 
of  the  wedding  of  proprietor  Marble’s  daughter,  Miss 
Lucy  Leona  Marble,  to  Mr.  Ralph  Talbot  Kendall,  which 
took  place  on  June  1.  Many  prominent  persons  from 
Maine,  Massachusetts  and  New  York  were  present.  The 
couple  will  visit  several  southern  resorts  on  their  honey- 
moon trip. 

Mr.  Fred  R.  Carney,  one  of  the  managers  of  the  Bos- 
ton Symphony  Orchestra,  is  building  a cottage  at  Moun- 
tain View.  When  completed  it  will  be  one  of  the  finest 
on  the  Oquossoc,  with  ample  rooms,  open  fire-places,  etc. 

Messrs.  J.  Ackerman  and  F.  Vorenberg,  of  Boston, 
with  two  New  York  friends,  have  been  domiciled  at  Bald 
Mountain  camps  and  found  the  fishing  good. 

Dr.  D.  E.  Adams,  of  Boston,  who  visited  Bemis  four 
times  last  season,  is  now  there  with  Col.  J.  J.  Chaffee, 
of  Willimantic,  Conn. 

Several  parties  from  Portland,  Waltham  and  Hartford 
are  meeting  with  good  success  at  Dead  River  ponds. 
Among  those  making  a tour  through  the  Rangeley  and 
Dead  River  regions  are  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Ames,  of 
New  Bedford.  Of  the  long  list  of  pleasure  seekers  at 
the  various  camps  on  the  lakes  the  names  of  a few  others 
will  be  recognized  by  some  of  your  readers  as  old 
friends;  for  instance,  J.  R.  Marble,  of  Worcester;  W.  N. 
Marble  and  W.  H.  Inman,  of  New  York;  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
James  G.  Freeman,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  W.  Tedcastle,  of 
Boston;  H.  A.  Dill,  of  Newton  Centre,  and  H.  B.  Reed, 
of  South  Weymouth.  Dr.  W.  C.  Halleck  and  wife,  of 
New  York,  have  taken  several  good  salmon.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  H.  H.  Chandler,  of  Boston,  accompany  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Jackson,  and  are  taking  a good  number  of  fish. 

Quite  a large  party  of  physicians  went  over  the  Rum- 
ford  Falls  Railway  to  Bald  Mountain,  Saturday,  includ- 
ing Dr.  J.  F.  Rowell,  Dr.  George  Wells,  Dr.  F.  C. 
Lowell  and  others,  together  with  Gen.  Merriam,  of  the 
United  States  Army.  Dr.  H.  E.  Emmons  got  the  largest 
trout  of  the  season,  7 pounds. 

Ex-Governor  Frank  W.  Rollins  and  Mr.  H.  H.  Dudley 
and  son,  of  Concord,  N.  H.,  are  at  the  Birches  for  a stay 
of  two  or  three  weeks.  Their  guides  are  C.  Turner 
and  Russ  Spinney.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  George  A.  Craigin,  of 
Boston,  are  occupying  Camp  Mischief,  and  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
J.  A.  Hutchinson  are  in  Sunset  Cabin. 

Among  the  newcomers  at  Clearwater  are  H.  F.  Par- 
sons, of:  Lowell;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  D.  Shepard,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  S.  S.  Vinal,  of  Boston;  Dr.  and  Mrs.  H.  A. 
Souther,  of  Milton,  and  R.  C.  Lawrence,  of  New  York. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  H.  Andrews,  of  Swampscott,  have 
arrived  at  their  cottage  for  the  season.  They  and  many 
others  are  taking  good  catches  of  salmon  and  lakers 
ranging  from  3 to  12  pounds.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  J.  C.  French, 
of  Webster,  S.  D.,  are  finding  good  sport  at  Square 
Lake,  where  last  year  Mrs.  French  took  a record  break- 
ing square-tail  weighing  9(4  pounds.  Hon.  Joseph  Coult 
and  party  from  Newark,  N.  J.,  all  experts  with  rod  and 
reel,  are  sure  to  capture  good  creels. 

Moosehead  is  making  a record  fully  abreast  with 
former  years.  Frank  X.  Fitzpatrick,  of  Cambridge,  an 
annual  visitor  for  fourteen  years,  with  Fred  S.  Lufkin, 
of  Gloucester,  and  two  others,  one  day  at  Spencer  Bay 
took  fifty-four  brook  trout  that  weighed,  collectively,  96 
pounds,  ranging  from  1 to  3(4  pounds  each.  On  the  next 
day,  in  another  portion  of  the  lake,  they  landed  forty 
trout  that  weighed  83  pounds.  It  is  needless  to  say  that 
while  out  they  attended  strictly  to  business.  Another 
party  of  eight,  the  Tisdale  party  from  Leominister,  in  a 
little  over  two  hours  got  thirteen  trout  and  fourteen 
togue  whose  combined  weight  was  75  pounds.  Mrs.  F. 
C.  Ayres,  of  Boston,  took  an  11  (4-pound  togue.  A.  D. 
Thayer,  of  Franklin,  and  J.  E.  Tweedy,  of  North  Attle- 
boro, members  of  the  State  Association,  are  accompanied 
by  their  wives,  and  secured  thirty-two  fish  on  their  first 
day  out.  N.  C.  Nash,  of  Boston,  has  taken  a 14-pound 
togue,  and  his  companion,  Air.  F.  A.  Seamans,  of  Salem, 
took  one  a half  pound  heavier.  C.  M.  Harriman,  of  Bos- 
ton, with  other  members  of  the  Whale  Club  of  New 
Bedford,  is  having  good  success.  Mr.  Charles  A.  Jones 
and  family  have  taken  possession  of  their  cottage  for  the 
summer.  Among  those  who  . have  just  arrived  at  the 
lake  are:  Messrs.  F.  E.  and  H.  C.  Eaton,  of  Waltham, 
and  Mrs.  M.  A.  Barron  and  Miss  Sweetser,  of  the  West- 
minster Hotel,  Boston. 

Gen.  E.  C.  Farrington,  of  Augusta,  had  in  his  party 
last  week  Air.  H.  J.  Phillips,  of  Boston,  who  landed  sev- 
eral trout  and  a togue  weighing  10  pounds.  Judge  S.  C. 
Strout,  of  Portland,  has  missed  but  one  season  in  thirty- 
three  years  and  is  an  expert  fly-caster. 

Think  of  throwing  over  an  8-pounder!  But  this  is 
what  Mr.  C.  S.  Messervey,  of  Bangor,  was  obliged  to 
do  after  taking  nineteen  trout,  in  order  to  keep  within 
the  law. 

Members  of  a down  east  fishing  club  got  a big  string 
of  eighty  fish  that  weighed  146  pounds. 

Messrs.  Charles  Stetson  and  Theodore  Hoague,  of 
Boston,  fished  chiefly  with  the  artificial  fly  and  in  six 
days  took  250  trout  and  togue.  Mr.  J.  G.  Wildman,  of 
the  Foster  party,  says  he  thinks  the  fishing  as  good  as  it 
was  ten  years  ago.  But  the  weather  this  year  while  the 
party  was  at  the  lake,  he  says,  did  not  average  as  good 
for  fishing  as  he  has  experienced  some  years.  This  may 
account  for  the  fact  that  the  total  catch  this  year  was 
not  quite  equal  that  of  the  party  in  1899,  when  four  rods 
in  eight  days  got  458  pounds ; this  year  five  rods  in  thir- 
teen days  took  497  pounds  of  fish.  This  season  they  had 
only  two  days  when  the  weather  conditions  were  abso- 
lutely perfect. 

* Hon.  Charles  G.  Washburn  and  his  brother,  Rev.  H. 
B.  Washburn,  of  Worcester,  took  upwards  of  50  pounds 
in  three  days.  Mr.  A.  W.  Chesterton  and  two  compan- 
ions from  Boston,  captured  100  good  fish  during  three 
days’  fishing. 

The  Mayoon  Watson  party,  of  Gloucester,  as  usual,  is 
at  Sebebraodk,  Mr,  Heard  Colby  and  brother  with  G. 


P.  Herrick,  all  of  New  York,  and  George  F.  Brown,  Jr., 
of  Boston,  have  gone  into  the  wilderness  to  Mr.  Colby’s 
private  camp  at  Mud  Pond.  Official  business  took  Com- 
missioners Carleton  and  Brackett  to  Grand  Lake  Stream 
the  other  day,  and,  although  the  rain  was  pouring  down, 
the  chairman  could  not  resist  the  temptation  to  try  the 
fishing,  and  he  was  well  rewarded  by  the  capture  of  a 
couple  of  togue  of  8(4  and  io(4  pounds.  There  are  sev- 
eral parties  of  Massachusetts  anglers  now  at  that  resort, 
among  them  Dr.  M.  A.  Morris,  of  Charlestown,  and 
three  others,  D.  G.  Wing  and  wife,  of  West  Newton; 
N.  H.  White  and  wife  and  Miss  Mary  Lewis,  of  Brook- 
line; Dr.  Edward  D.  Hartwell  and  several  others  of  Bos- 
ton. 

A Fish  Commission  car  has  just  been  dispatched  from 
the  Orland  hatchery  with  125,000  Oregon  salmon  to  be 
planted  in  the  Saco  and  Piscataqua  waters.  Streams 
and  lakes  near  the  hatchery  will  receive  50,000.  From 
the  Upper  Penobscot  hatchery  no  less  than  700,000  sal- 
mon have  been  shipped  to  waters  in  different  parts  of 
the  State. 

Bangor  and  Ellsworth  fishermen  have  taken  many  sal- 
mon from  Greene  Lake  the  past  week.  Shinn  Pond, 
reached  from  Patten,  is  receiving  attention  from  Mr.  B. 
F.  Fuller  and  party  of  Boston.  Mr.  B.  J.  Green,  of  Bos- 
ton, has  gone  to  his  camp  at  Rockabema.  Mr.  C.  K. 
Fuller,  of  West  Upton,  who  has  recently  purchased  the 
Wrenn  camps  at  the  pond,  has  gone  in  with  three  com- 
panions for  an  outing  of  a few  weeks. 

Reports  from  Newport,  N.  H.,  indicate  that  visitors  to 
Sunapee  Lake  are  reaping  a good  harvest  from  the 
waters.  Many  of  the  cottages  are  already  occupied. 
Mrs..  Carl  Faelton,  of  Boston,  has  been  superintending 
repairs  on  her  summer  place  for  several  days. 

George  M.  Poland,  Esq.,  who  is  the  chairman  of  the 
Massachusetts  Central  Committee  for  protection  of  fish 
and  game,  and  a member  of  the  State  Legislature,  tells 
me  he  expects  to  make  a trip  to  some  of  the  streams  he 
has  fished  in  New  Hampshire  or  elsewhere  very  soon. 

Central. 


Fish  and  Fishing, 


Trout  and  Ouananiche  are  Rising  in  Canada. 

The  trout  and  ouananiche  waters  of  northern  Quebec 
are  down  to  their  fly-fishing  level  and  their  temperature 
has  reached  the  point  at  which  the  gamy  salmonidae  in- 
habiting them  permit  themselves  to  be  coaxed  by  the  fly- 
fisherman  to  come  in  out  of  the  wet. 

In  the  pretty  pool  at  the  mouth  of  the  Ouiatchouan 
River,  the  leaping  ouananiche  which  are  always  so  plenti- 
ful there  at  this  season  of  the  year,  are  now  rising  freely 
to  surface  lures,  after  having  been  satisfied  for  ten  days 
or  more  previously  with  bottom  feeding.  In  the  shallower 
parts  of  the  smaller  lakes  along  the  line  of  the  Quebec 
& Lake  St.  John  Railway  and  in  the  neighborhood  of  the 
St.  Maurice,  as  well  as  in  their  discharges,  frisky  fontin- 
alis  is  just  now  “jumping  crazy  at  the  fly.”  The  big  fish 
stories  are  not  yet  coming  in,  but  there  will  doubtless  be 
plenty  of  them  when  the  large  parties  of  anglers  now  in 
camp  begin  to  return  from  their  spring  outing.  Gen.  W. 
W.  Henry,  United  States  Consul  at  Quebec,  is  one  of  the 
first  returning  fishermen  from  the  north  this  season.  The 
General  finds  it  difficult  to  get  away  for  more  than  a day 
or  two  at  a time,  and  his  first  outing  was  to  Lake  Ed- 
ward, where  trout  weighing  from  three  to  four  pounds 
each  fell  victims  to  both  his  own  rod  and  that  of  Mrs. 
Henry  as  well.  Present  appearances  indicate  that  all  the 
camps  at  Lake  Edward  will  be  occupied  during  the  first 
part  of  June  this  year. 

A large  number  of  members  , of  the  St.  Bernard  Fish 
and  Game  Club,  from  both  New  York  and  Boston,  are 
expected  at  the  club  house  for  the  June  fishing  and  for 
the  annual  meeting  to  be  held  on  the  first  Monday  of  the 
month. 

Early  Salmon  Fishing  Expected. 

Unless  heavy  rains  set  in  within  the  next  few  days,  it 
is  probable  that  the  salmon  season  will  be  early  this  year. 
The  water  in  the  rivers  is  lower  than  usual  at  this  time 
of  the  year,  though  not  so  low  as  to  make  it  necessary 
for  the  fish  to  await  flood  water  to  enable  them  to  run 
up  stream.  I believe  that  the  time  at  which  they  make 
their  appearance  in  the  neighborhood  of  the  rivers  does 
not  vary  much  from  year  to  year,  though  they  do  not 
usually  approach  either  the  estuaries  or  the  neighboring 
headlands  until  near  the  time  that  the  condition  of  the 
water  is  favorable  for  the  ascent  of  the  streams,  and  con- 
sequently are  rarely  caught  in  the  nets  very  long  before 
their  entry  of  the  rivers.  The  average  opening  of  the 
fishing-  in  the  majority  of  Canadian  rivers  is  from  the  8th 
to  the  15th  of  June.  It  will  not  be  surprising,  if  present 
conditions  remain  unchanged,  to  hear  of  salmon  rising  in 
the  rivers  this  year  in  the  first  week  of  June. 

Death  of  Mr.  Richard  Nettle. 

In  the  death  of  Mr.  Richard  Nettle,  of  Ottawa,  in  his 
ninety-third  year,  which  occurred  on  the  23d  of  May  last, 
Canada  loses  the  father  of  her  fishcultural  operations,  if 
not  the  pioneer  mover  in  the  practical  work  of  fish  pro- 
tection. Every  collector  of  angling  literature  knows  Mr. 
Nettle’s  “Salmon  Fisheries  of  the  St.  Lawrence,”  pub- 
lished in  1857.  Dr.  Henry,  Frederick  Tolfrey,  Charles 
Lanman  apd  Frank  Forrester  had  published  their  sport- 
ing experiences  upon  certain  salmon  rivers  during  the 
two.  decades  preceding  the  issue  of  Mr.  Nettle’s  book,  and 
their  writings  are  still  much  prized,  by  sportsmen  and 
librarians  alike.  It  did  not  occur  to  any  of  these  angling 
authors,  however,  to  direct  public  attention,  as  Mr.  Nettle 
did,  to  the  agencies  which  were  then  at  work  for  the  de- 
struction of  the  salmon  in  the  rivers  visited  by  them.  The 
Rev.  Dr.  Adamson  had  read  a paper  in  December,  1856, 
before  the  Canadian  Institute  on  “The  decrease,  restora- 
tion and  preservation  of  salmon  in  Canada,”  which  was 
quoted  by  Mr.  Nettle  in  his  book,  and  afterwards  em- 
bodied in  Colonel  Alexander’s  “Salmon  Fishing  ifi  Can- 
ada.” Air.  M.  H.  Perley,  perhaps  one  of  the  most  en- 
lightened authorities  on  matters  pertaining  to  fish  arid 
fishing  which  New  Brunswick  has  produced,  had  pub- 
lished, it  is  true,  several  years  previous  to  the  appearance 
of  Mr.  Nettle’s  work,  almost  equally  strong  appeajs  for 
the  protection  and  restoration  of  the  salmon  fisheries  in 
his  very  valuable  reports  on  the  Fisheries  of  New  'Bruns- 


June  io,  1905,] 


wick;-  but  his  work  had  no  reference  to  the  salmon  rivers 
tributary  to  the  St.  Lawrence.  Mr.  Nettle,  however,  did 
more  than  merely  write  about  the  protection  and  restora- 
tion 01  Canadian  salmon  fisheries.  In- the  same  year  in 
which  his  book,  which  was  dedicated  by  permission  to  the 
then  Governor-General  of  Canada,  Sir  Edmund  Head, 
was  published,  he  was  appointed  Superintendent  of  Fish- 
eries, in  recognition  of  the  interest  which  he  had  mani- 
fested in  them.  It  was  in  this  year,  too,  that  he  estab- 
lished and  successfully  operated  the  first  Canadian  fish 
hatchery.  It  was  at  first  a small  affair.  One  who  saw  it 
writes  me  that  it  was  not  more  than  twice  as  large  as  a 
billiard  table.  It'  was  situated  in  a house  near  the  corner 
of  St.  Ursule  and  St.  John  streets,  in  the  city  of  Quebec. 
From  this  small  beginning  dates  the  history  of  fishculture 
in  the  Dominion  of  Canada.  Seven  or  eight  years  after 
Mr.  Nettle’s  first  successful  experiments,  others  were 
made  by  Mr.  Samuel  Wilmot,  who  subsequently  became 
also  an  officer  of  the  Fisheries  Department,  and  in  1876 
was  made  superintendent  of  fish-breeding. 

Mr.  Nettle  planted  several  different  lots  of  fry  in  the 
lakes  and  streams  in  the  vicinity  of  Quebec,  in  1857  and 
following  years,  his  first  successful  experiments  having 
been  made  within  four  years  of  those  of  Dr.  Theodotus 
Garlick,  the  first  successful  hatcher  of  fish  fry  in  the 
United  States.  The  first  edition  of  Dr.  Garlick’s  book 
on  fishculture,  containing  an  account  of  his  experiments, 
which  is  before  me  as  I write,  was  issued  in  1857,  the 
same  year  as  Mr.  Nettle’s,  and  from  the  paper,  reprinted 
in  it,  which  Dr.  Garlick  read  before  the  Cleveland 
Academy  of  Natural  Science,  Feb.  17,  1854,  I learn  that 
some 'of  the  first  eggs  with  which  he  experimented  were 
obtained  by  him  in  1853  from  Port  Stanley,  in  Canada. 

Nettle,  like  Garlick,  was  an  extremely  modest  man,  and 
were  it  not  for  the  protests  of  his  friends,  who  were  ac- 
quainted with  the  facts  of  his  fishc.ultural  work,  the  fame 
which  is  justly  his  would  have  gone  to  others..  Wilmot 
developed  and  did  much  to  further  the  work  of  fishculture 
in  the  Dominion,  but  Nettle  and  not  Wilmot  was  the 
father  of  Canadian  fishculture.  Mr.  Livingston  Stone  is 
authority  for  the  statement  that  Seth  Green  was  the 
father  of  American  fishculture,  and  undoubtedly  he  was 
the  first  to  succeed,  in  1867  with  the  hatching  of  shad. 
But  his  earliest  fishcultural  operations,  which  were  con- 
ducted at  Caledonia,  N.  Y.,  dated  only  from  the  early 
sixties,  and  were  consequently  subsequent  to  those  of  both 
Garlick  and  Nettle. 

Nettle,  in  his  younger  days,  was  quite  a famous  angler. 
As  a devotee  of  Izaak  Walton,  the  waters  were  few 
around,  above  or  below  Quebec  which  knew  him  not.  It 
may  sound  strange  nowadays  to  hear  that  the  River  St. 
Charles,  which  joins  the  St.  Lawrence  at  Quebec,  was 
one  of  his  favorite  haunts,  and  that  many  a lordly  salmon 
fell  a victim  to  his  rod  between  Scott’s  bridge  and  the 
Lorette  falls,  though  the  former  is  only  a mile  from  the 
city  limits  and  the  falls  not  more  than  seven.  But  this 
was  half  a century  and  more  ago. 

Paul,*  a Lorette  Indian,  told  Mr.  Nettle  that  his  grand- 
father generally  killed  about  150  to  200  salmon  , during 
the  season  in  the  St.  Charles,  with  the  fly,  while  an  old 
resident  on  the  river  told  him  that  his  average  catch  was 
about  seventy  during  the  season.  Since  that  time  the 
salmon  had  apparently  deserted  the  river,  but  had  evi- 
dently not  been  completely  exterminated,  for  about  the 
year  1850  they  again  appeared,  though  not  by  any  means 
in  their  former  abundance,  and  the  greatest  number  Mr. 
Nettle  killed  during  a summer,  fishing  some  three  even- 
ings in  a week  for  a month  .or  less,  was  from  fifteen  to 
eighteen.  I have  never  been  able  to  ascertain  that  the 
artificial  propagation  of  salmon  in  this  river,  which  he 
recommended  so  strongly,  was  ever  seriously  undertaken. 

Saved  by  a Fish  Hook. 

Eric  Williams,  the  six-year-old  son  of  Mr.  H.  Williams, 
merchant  of  Fort  Francis,  Ont.,  was  fishing  at  the  lower 
clock  at  that  place  last  week,  accompanied  by  his  sister, 
Agnes,  aged  five  years,  when  the  latter  fell  into  the  water. 
With  rare  presence  of  mind  Eric  dragged  his  line  along 
till  he  hooked  the  little  girl’s  dress,  and  so  pulled  her 
along  in  the  water  to  the  edge  of  the  wharf,  whence  he 
reached  down  and  assisted  her  to  safety. 

E.  T.  D.  Chambers. 


River  Pleasures. 

Hannibal,  Mo. — -Those  who  live  in  inland  towns  dis- 
tant from  water  courses  or  lakes  miss  many  enjoyments 
of  life  as  well  as  beautiful  scenery  that  we  have  here  on 
the  great  Mississippi,  not  counting  the  sport  of  angling, 
duck  shooting  and  bathing  and  skating  for  the  boys. 

The  writer,  who  has  spent  his  whole  life  in  Quincy 
and  Hannibal,  was  in  his  younger  days  what  might  be 
called  a “river  rat,”  and  never  so  happy  as  when  rowing, 
sailing  or  gaffing  big  green  bull-frogs  thirteen  inches  in 
length,  along  the  muddy  shallow  shores  of  Bear  Creek, 
about  forty-five  years  ago. 

But  these  days  have  long  gone  by,  although  the  grand 
old  river  is  still  here,  our  youth  and  vigor  are  lacking 
for  handling  oars  and  trimming  sails,  so  we  turn  to  the 
motor  launch  that  runs  without  manual  labor. 

I have  recently  taken  a number  of  very  pleasant  rides 
on  the  Red  Cross  autoboat,  one  of  the  most  beautiful 
and  speedy  of  its  kind  in  Hannibal,  . It  belongs  to  a 
hunting  and  fishing  club  of  the  same  name  organized 
about  a year  ago  by  A.  A.  Brown,  president;  J.  W.  Daw- 
son, vice-president,  and  Tom  O’Donell,  secretary,  and  a 
few  friends  who  are  all  very  genial  gentlemen  fond  of 
river  sports.  They  are  always  ready  to  entertain  their 
friends  with  plenty  of  Red  Cross  cigars  and  no  charges 
for  extras. 

They  have  an  excellent  four  horsepower  motor  that 
runs  as  steady  as  a clock.  The  chig,  chig,  chig  of  the 
propeller  and  the  quick,  get,  get,  get  of  the  escape  pipe 
are  the  personification  of  untiring  energy  that  causes  the 
craft  to  tremble  like  a-  race  horse. 

The  Red  Cross  is  well  officered  by  Captain  Dawson, 
Pilot  McNeal,  with  Engineer  Ledford  at  the  throttle. 
Being  built  on  fine  lines  she  cuts  the  water  like  a knife, 
but  is  followed  by  heavy  swells.  We  have  timed  her 
down  stream  at  the  rate  of  over  nine  miles  per  hour, 
nearly  the  speed  of  our  packets.  Good  luck  to  her  genial 
owners,  who  operate  her  solely  for  pleasure. 

I have  also  enjoyed  a ride  in  the  new  launch  Grace,  a 
smaller  craft  owned  by  Commodore  Peter  Lange,  pro- 


FOREST AND  STREAM. 


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prietor  of  the  fleet  of  row  boats  at  the  foot  of  Bird 
street,  who  must  be  an  expert  in  this  line,  as  he  con- 
structed the  finely  modeled  hull,  only  importing  the  gaso- 
lene motor  which  is  a little  giant.  Although  it  is  but  a 
little  larger  than  the  iron  part  of  a sewing  machine  it 
develops  two  and  one-quarter  horsepower  and  is  a very 
handsome  little  engine.  This  boat,  which  is  for  hire,  is 
carpeted  with  brussels  and  as  safe  and  clean  as  a parlor. 
But  after  all,  for  real  exciting  sport  give  me  a good  sail- 
boat with  plenty  of  canvas  that  dashes  over  the  waves 
like  a bird,  throwing  spray  over  the  crew  and  occasion- 
ally dipping  a barrel  or  so  of  water. 

During  the  past  three  years  game  fishing  in  this  vicin- 
ity has  been  nearly  ruined  by  the  vast  numbers  of  Ger- 
man carp  in  our  waters,  but  early  this  spring  the  anglers 
were  made  happy  by  the  appearance  of  considerable 
small  crappie,  our  favorite  pan  fish,  the  best  catch  being 
12 1 by  two  men  in  seven  hours. 

President  Kelly,  of  our  Commercial  College,  and  wife, 
very  enthusiastic  anglers,  hold  this  season’s  record  in 
sizes,  he  having  secured  a 7-pound  black  bass  and  she  a 
2-pound  crappie,  the  latter  being  one  of  the  largest  ever 
caught  here. 

At  last  our  Missouri  Legislature  has  recognized  the 
necessity  of  protecting  our  fish,  and  last  winter  passed 
an  excellent  game  law,  which  takes  effect  the  15th  of 
this  month,  June,  allowing  the  appointment  of  wardens 
in  each  county  who  will  hustle  the  “hogs”  and  seiners. 

S.  E.  Worrell. 

June  Roses  and  Striped  Bass. 

Asbury  Paric,  June  4.- — June  roses  and  striped  bass 
are  synonymous  terms  on  the  New  Jersey  coast.  With- 
out fail  the  early  days  of  the  month  produce  specimens 
of  the  latter  from  some  point  of  the  angler’s  kingdom. 
Avon  this  year,  for  the  first  in  many,  has  led  Manasquan, 
nothing  to  the  present  date  having  been  taken  at  the  lat- 
ter point,  while  at  the  former  four  fish  have  been  landed, 
the  heaviest  14%  pounds.  Although  there  is  a report 
that  one  of  20  pounds  was  taken  there  this  afternoon,  I 
have  not  been  able  to  verify  it.  The  surf  is  in  fine  con- 
dition for  bass  fishing  and  this  should  be  a banner 
month  for  devotees  of  the  rod.  There  is  no  report  from 
the  kingfish,  which  should  now  be  quite  plentiful,  al- 
though it  is  easy  to  conjecture  their  absence  as  the  water 
is  severely  cold  and  they  will  not  trade  in  a cold  current 
so  early  in  the  season. 

Plaice  are  fairly  plentiful,  and  our  rivers  are  daily 
dotted  with  boats  in  quest  of  the  favorite  flat  fish  of  the 
coast,  which  are  taken  here  by  a method  I have  never 
seen  practiced  elsewhere,  viz.,  a float  sustaining  the  bait 
(which  is  always  a live  minnow)  about  6ft.  from  the 
surface  and  allowed  to  drift  away  with  the  tide.  When 
plaice  are  feeding  they  will  run  from  the  bottom  and 
take  the  bait,  no-  matter  what  the  depth  may  be.  The 
pounds  were  set  much  later  this  season  than  ever  before 
owing  to  the  Government  putting  them  all  under  restric- 
tions as  to  distance  from  the  shore  at  which  they  shall 
be  placed,  and  also  limiting  their  extension  s'eaward,  also 
providing  that  permanent  lights  shall  be  maintained  on 
them  and  prescribing  their  proximity  to  inlets,  life  saving 
stations,  etc.  This,  to  them,  is  an  unpalatable  morsel,  as 
their  motto  has  always  been,  “no  law  shall  touch  us.” 

Mackerel  are  quite  abundant  and  are  being  taken 
pretty  freely  by  the  pounds.  I saw  the  past  week  a ship- 
ment of  fifty-eight  barrels,  mostly  mackerel,  from  one 
pound  lower  down  the  coast.  At  present  prices  such  a 
catch  is  highly  profitable. 

Five  years  ago  I received  a consignment  of  black  bass 
from  the  State  and  distributed  them  among  three  lakes; 
to-day  a friend  who  lives  near  one  of  the  lakes  told  me 
that  they  have  multiplied  wonderfully,  and  some  4-pound 
specimens  have  been  taken.  The  lake  was  closed  for 
three  years,  not  a line  being  allowed  in  the  water.  I 
shall,  if  all  is  well,  try  their  mettle  within  the  next  few 
days,  as  to  me  he  is  the  king  of  fresh  water  fishes. 

Leonard  Hulit. 

P.  S. — Since  writing  the  above  three  specimens  of 
beauty  have  been  landed.  The  largest  ever  caught  with 
rod  and  reel  on  our  coast,  to  the  credit  of  Daniel  B. 
DeKeim,  51  pounds,  at  Deal  Beach;  one  of  31  pounds, 
Elmer  Hunt,  Deal  Beach,  and  one  19L2  pounds,  Low 
Johnson,  of  New  York,  at  Avon.  This  starts  the  season 
in  full  rush,  and  from  now  on  things  will  be  an  earnest 
of  endeavor.  L.  H. 

New  Hampshire  Trout* 

Nashua,  N.  H.,  May  28. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 
Thursday,  the  25th  of  May,  I left  the  city  at  6 130  and  at 

10  o’clock  I had  twelve  trout,  three  of  which  weighed 
orie-half  pound  each,  one  14  ounces,  and  the  largest  one 
tipped  the  scales  at  2)4  pounds.  It  was  17%  inches  in 
length  and  was  pronounced  by  one  of  Nashua’s  ardent 
fishermen  the  larges  one  he  had  ever  seen  caught  in  a 
brook  around  this  vicinity.  Previous  to  this  I had  taken 
six  other  large  trout  from  the  same  stream,  three  of 
them  i)4-pound  trout,  and  the  other  3-pound  fish.  Aside 
from  these  I caught  quite  a number  of  seven  and  eight- 
inch  ones.  It  is  a stream  that  is  fished  quite  a little,  and 
it  seems,  phenomenal  to  catch  so  many  large  fish.  It  has 
been  a good  season  thus  far,  but  the  water  is  getting  to 
be  very  low ; we  have  to  look  for  deep  holes,  the  same  as 
in  July. 

May  15  I visited  Sunapee  Lake,  N.  H.  The  weather 
was  strenuous,  wind  blew  a gale,  frost  every  morning, 
and  I had  to  fish  from  the  boat  landing.  I caught  twelve 
trout.  Some  had  to  be  returned  to  the  water,  being  less 
than  ten  inches.  I brought  home  five,  the  largest  a 3- 
pound  square-tailed  trout.  One  was  caught  weighing 
6)4  pounds,  also  a 14-pound  salmon.  All  these  were 
taken  from  the  wharf.  There  are  five  species  of  trout 
in  this  lake — native,  or  regular 'brook  trout;  rainbow 
trout,  Rangeley  Lake,  or  brown  trout;  white  trout,  and 
Loch  Leven.  Have  caught  lots  of  them  at  Dublin;  they 
run  quite  small,  but  are  Ai  as  a table  fish.  They  are 
very  peculiar,  being  bronze-silvery  with  a bluish  tinge 

011  the  back,  and  glisten  like  a piece  of  tin  when  they 
break  water  Then  there  are  salmon,  black  bass,  perch, 
trout  and  pickerel,  quite  an  assortment.  Only  a short 
time  in  the  early  fishing  can  they  be  taken  from  the 
shore;  after  that  we  have  to  go  out  into  deep  water.  The 
lake  was  stocked  with  150,000  white  trout  this  spring. 

H.  F.  Mears. 


Weakfish  at  Prince's  Bay,  Staten  Island. 

Prince’s  Bay,  N.  Y.,  June  3. — Beginning  with  May  29 
and  up  to  the  present  date  good  catches  of  weakfish  have 
been  made  in  Prince’s  Bay.  What  I mean  by  a good 
catch  is  one  of  two  to  four  fish.  These  fish  we  get  here 
now  are  the  large  tide  runners  and  will  average  over  3 
pounds  in  weight.  One  party  caught,  on  June  1,  eleven 
fish  running  from  2)4  to  4)4  pounds  each.  The  fish  are 
caught  on  the  “flats”  and  in  the  shoal  water,  about  half 
way  between  the  Red  Bank  Light  and  the  long  dock 
above.  Of  course  all  the  old  fishermen  know  the  spots, 
but  a stranger  would  do  well  to  ask  a few  questions 
when  he  hires  his  boat.  Shrimp  at  present  seem  to  be 
the  most  successful  bait.  If  anyone  should  get  nicely 
settled  just  in  the  right  spot,  pipe  lit  and  everything  quiet 
save  the  ripple  of  the  water  against  the  boat,  let  him  not 
get  discouraged  if  someone  comes  along  and  makes  two 
or  three  circles  around  him  in  a gasolene  launch  and 
yells  out  “any  luck?”  Just  keep  quiet  and  in  a few  mo- 
ments they  will  settle  down  to  business,  probably  right 
where  the  tide  has  carried  your  baited  hook.  These 
things  are  found  everywhere,  they  are  called  “contrary 
on  ice,”  and  in  some  places  where  they  run  wild  are 
called  “razor-backs.”  *** 


Texas  Tarpon. 

Tarpon,  Tex.,  May  25. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 
Following  is  the  tarpon  catch  for  this  date  (one  day)  by 


guests  of  the  Tarpon  Inn: 

J.  M.  George,  San  Antonio 2 

E.  B.  Sutton,  Oklahoma  City 4 

F.  LI.  Reed,  Oklahoma  City 3 

S.  W.  Moore,  Kansas  City 6 

H.  L.  Moore,  Kansas  City..... 2 

Mrs.  LI.  L.  Moore,  Kansas  City 2 

J.  T.  Phillips,  Kansas  City , 2 

Mrs.  C.  E.  Esterly,  Kansas  City 1 

Mrs.  S.  W.  Moore,  Kansas  City 1 

W.  B.  Richards,  Kansas  City  2 

LI.  D.  Wise,  Colorado  4 

H.  E.  Smith,  New  York 5 

E.  Wilcox,  Denver,  Col 4 

H.  Wilcox,  Denver,  Col 5 

J.  R.  Wainwright,  San  Antonio 11 


J.  E.  Cotter. 

Atlantic  Salmon  in  British  Columbian  Waters. 

It  is  stated  here  that  the  Department  of  Marine  and  Fish- 
eries at  Ottawa  has  shipped  250,000  eggs  of  the  Atlantic 
salmon  to  be  planted  in  Vancouver  Island  waters.  The 
experts  think  that  Atlantic  salmon  will  do  well  in  these 
waters.  Lleretofore  there  has  been  strong  objection  to 
the  introduction  of  the  Atlantic  salmon,  because  its  meat 
is  so  light  m color,  the  canners  preferring  the  dark-red 
fish  for  their  purposes.  I apprehend,  however,  that  these 
salmon  will  be  planted  in  the  inland  waters  on  Vancouver 
Island  and  will  become  “landlocked”  salmon,  such  as  we 
find  in  several  of  the  lakes  in  Maine,  and  that  the  stock- 
ing of  these  waters  with  Atlantic  salmon  is  primarily  for 
the  benefit  of  sportsmen.  I think  the  Atlantic  salmon 
superior  as  a table  fish  to  the  “dark-red  fish,”  and  sports- 
men accustomed  to  the  use  of  rod  and  reel  find  no  better 
sport  than  is  afforded  by  it. — L.  Edwin  Dudley,  Consul, 
Vancouver,  British  Columbia,  April  6,  1905. 


Politeness  of  the  Irish  Pesantry. 

A friend  sends  me  the  following  delightful  bit  cut 
from  some  paper : “It  is  well  known  that  the  Irish  peas- 
ant (no  doubt  from  a sense  of  politeness)  will  seldom 
disagree  with  a tourist,  but  likes  to  give  an  answer 
which  he  thinks  will  be  agreeable  to  the  questioner.  Last 
summer  a gentleman  from  Liverpool,  while  out  for  a sail 
on  Carlingford  Lough,  was  caught  in  a gale.  Knowing 
the  danger,  Pat  made  for  the  shore.  ‘Why  are  you  go- 
ing in,’  said  the  visitor;  ‘there’s  not  much  wind?’  ‘No,’ 
replied  the  boatman,  ‘but,  sure, . what  there  is  av  it  is 
mighty  powerful.’  An  angler  tells  how,  when  in  quest 
of  fish,  he  asked  a small  bare-legged  boy  if  there  were 
any  fish  in  a certain  river.  ‘There  is,  yer  honor.’  ‘What 
sort  of  fish?’  ‘There  do  be  trouts  and  eels,  yer  honor.’ 
‘Any  salmon?’  ‘There  do  be  an  odd  one.’  ‘Any  ther- 
mometers?’ ‘Them  does  be  there,  too,  yer  honor;  but 
they  comes  up  lather  in  the  season.’  R.  B.  Marston, 
in  Fishing  Gazette. 


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Field  and  Fancy,  14  Church  street,  New  York,  has 
made  an  enterprising  and  praiseworthy  departure  from 
the.  ordinary  of  kennel  journalism,  in  its  issue  of  June  3. 
It  is  a special  triple  number  of  100  pages,  entitled  “The 
American  Kennel  Club  and  Specialty  Number,”  but  it 
comes  near  to  being  a compendium  of  bench  show 
knowledge.  Excellent  portraits  of  A.  K.  C.  officers,  and 
others  who  are  conspicuous  as  judges,  fanciers,  club 
officers,  etc.,  in  the  important  affairs  of  the  American 
kennel  world,  are  an  interesting  feature.  It  is  rather 
gratifying  that  Field  and  Fancy  should  thus  so  graci- 
ously bring  the  A.  K.  C.  to  public  notice,  and  testify  to 
the  immeasurable  good  that  excellent  body  has  done  for 
the  best  upbuilding  of  the  fancy  in  America,  instead 
of  bestowing  the  carpings  and  growlings  sanctioned  by 
the  long  usage  in  other  quarters. 


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Take  inventory  of  the  good  things  in  this  issue 
of  Forest  and  Stream.  Recall  what  a fund  was 
given  last  week.  Count  on  what  is  to  come  next 
week.  IV as  there  ever  in  all  the  world  a more 
abundant  weekly  store  of  sportsmen’s  reading? 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


[June  10,1905. 


Yachting  Fixtures  for  1905. 

Members  of  Race  Committees  and  Secretaries  will  confer  a favor 
by  sending  notice  of  errors  or  omissions  in  the  following  list,  and 
also  changes  which  may  be  made  in  the  future: 

JUNE. 

8.  Ponquoque  C.  C.,  club. 

8.  Quantuck,  club. 

10.  Seawanhaka  Corinthian,  invitation  race  around  Long  Island. 
10.  New  York  C,  C.,  open. 

10.  Atlantic,  Underwood  cup. 

10.  Seawanhaka  Corinthian,  club. 

10.  New  Rochelle,  power  boat  races. 

10.  Knickerbocker,  one-design  power  boats. 

10.  Royal  Canadian,  club.  , 

10.  Edgewood,  club.  ' • ; 

10.  Manliasset,  annual. 

10.  Wollaston-Quincy,  interclub. 

10.  Corinthian,  club.  ! 

11.  Morrisania,  spring. 

11.  Lakewood,  series  race.  , ] , 

13.  Boston,  club  City  Point. 

13.  Sea  Side,  club. 

15.  New  York,  Bennett  cups,  Glen  Cove. 

15.  West  Hampton  C.  C.,  club. 

15.  Atlantic,  annual. 

17.  Bensonhurst,  open. 

17.  Atlantic,  A.  P.  B.  A.  regatta. 

17.  Seawanhaka-Corinthian,  club. 

17.  Knickerbocker,  one-design  power  boats. 

17.  Hampton  Roads,  power  boat  cruise. 

17.  Boston,  M.  Y.  R.  A.,  Hull. 

17.  Corinthian,  ocean  race. 

17.  Keystone,  club. 

17.  New  York  A.  C.,  race  to  Block  Island. 

17.  Royal  Canadian,  cruising  race. 

17.  Wollaston-Quincy,  interclub.  , 

17.  Beverly,  club.  . | 

17.  Rhode  Island,  club. 

20.  East  Gloucester,  club.  , 

22.  Seawanhaka  Corinthian,  open.  ! 

22.  Moriches,  club. 

22.  Shinnecock,  club.  ; I 

22.  Quantuck,  club. 

22.  Sea  Side,  open. 

23.  Seawanhaka  Corinthian,  open. 

24.  Seawanhaka  Corinthian,  annual. 

24.  Knickerbocker,  one-design  power  boats. 

24.  Squantum,  M.  Y.  R.  A. 

24.  Bristol,  open. 

24.  Lakewood,  series  race. 

24.  Unqua  Corinthian,  club. 

24.  Royal  Canadian,  club.  i 

24.  Rhode  Island,  cruising  race. 

24.  Rhode  Island,  open. 

24.  Beverly,  club. 

24.  Atlantic,  first  championship,  Y.  R.  A.  G.  B. 

24.  Corinthian,  open. 

28.  Sea  Side,  club. 

29.  Brooklyn,  ocean  race  to  Hampton  Roads. 

29.  West  Hampton  C.  C.,  cruise. 

29.  Quantuck,  cruise. 

29.  Moriches,  cruise. 

JULY. 

1.  Atlantic,  Havens  cup  No.  2 and  Underwood  cup. 

1.  Bristol,  ocean  race. 

1.  Beverly,  club. 

1.  Seawanhaka  Corinthian,  club. 

1.  Knickerbocker,  cruise 
1.  Knickerbocker,  one-design  power  boat*. 

1.  Seaside  Park,  ladies’  cup  races. 

1.  Royal  Canadian,  Queen’s  cup  race. 

1.  New  Rochelle,  annual.  ; , ' 

1.  Boston,  club,  Marblehead. 

' I.  Corinthian,  club,  Marblehead.  , 1 

2.  New  Rochelle,  cruise. 

3.  American,  annual.  , 

3.  Seawanhaka  Corinthian,  club.  i 

3.  Eastern,  M.  Y.  R.  A.  , 

3.  Bensonhurst,  Childs  trophy. 

4.  Lakewood,  Gardner  cup.  j I 

4.  Atlantic,  open. 

4.  Corinthian,  M.  Y.  R.  A. 

4.  Eastern,  M.  Y.  R.  A.  . 1 ; 1 ' 

4.  Eastern,  power  boat  races. 

4.  Knickerbocker,  one-design  power  boats. 

4.  Edgewood,  club. 

4.  Wollaston,  club  championship. 

4.  Seawanhaka  Corinthian,  club. 

4.  Seaside  Park,  club. 

4.  Hampton  Roads,  cruise. 

4.  Jamaica  Bay  Y.  R.  A.  races. 

4.  Beverly,  sweepstake. 

4.  East  Gloucester,  club. 

4.  Hartford,  annual. 

4.  Larchmont,  annual. 

4.  Sea  Side,  club. 

5-12.  Atlantic,  cruise.  , ! ; 

7.  Eastern,  cruise.  , ; : 1 

8.  Knickerbocker,  one-design  power  boats. 

8.  New  York,  Glen  Cove,  cups.  , 1 : 

8.  Royal  Canadian,  cruising  race.  1 

8.  Wollaston,  club  championship.  , i 

8.  Seawanhaka  Corinthian,  club. 

8.  Edgewood,  club. 

8.  Quincy,  M.  Y.  R.  A. 

8.  Rhode  Island,  cruising  race. 

8.  Seaside  Park,  club. 

8.  Beverly,  club 
8.  Corinthian,  club. 

8.  Unqua  Corinthian,  Williams  cups. 

8.  Riverside,  annual.  'i 

8.  Sea  Side,  open. 

8.  Bensonhurst,  Bellows  challenge  cup. 

9.  Canarsie,  open. 

9.  Morrisania  power  boat  race. 

10.  Seawanhaka  Corinthian,  ocean  race. 

11.  Lakewood,  series  race. 

12.  Seaside  Park,  club. 

12.  Sea  Side,  open. 

15.  Royal  Canadian,  club. 

15.  New  Rochelle,  club. 

15.  Knickerbocker,  one-design  power  boats. 

15.  Seaside  Park,  club. 

15.  Country  Club,  Detroit  club. 

15.  Edgewood,  club. 

15.  Bensonhurst,  Bellows  challenge  cup. 

15.  Keystone,  club. 

15.  Atlantic,  Underwood  cup. 

15.  Beverly,  club. 

15.  Boston,  cruise. 

15.  Corinthian,  club. 

17.  Edgewood,  N.  B.  Y.  R.  A.,— open. 

18.  New  Brunswick  Y.  R.  A.  regatta,  Prudence  Island. 

18.  East  Gloucester,  club. 

19.  Seaside  Park.  club. 

19.  Rhode  Island,  N.  B.  Y.  R.  A.,  open. 

20.  Rhole  Island-Sachem  Head,  team  race. 

20.  Royal  St.  Lawrence,  Seawanhaka  cup. 

21.  Fall  River,  N.  B.  Y.  R.  A.,  open. 

22.  Knickerbocker,  power  boat  race  to  Marbl*head. 

22.  Knickerbocker,  one-design  power  boats. 

22.  Winthrop,  M.  Y.  R.  A. 

22.  Bristol,  N.  B.  Y.  R.  A. 

22.  Rhode  Island,  cruising  race. 

22.  Seaside  Park,  club. 

22.  Royal  Canadian,  Canada’s  cup  trials. 

22.  Beverly  Y.  C,  club. 

22.  Marine  and  Field,  second  championship,  Y.  R.  A.-  G. * Bj 


ENDYMION. 

The  schooner  that  took  fourth,  place  in  the  transatlantic  race  for  the  Ocean  Cup.  Owned  by  Commodore  George  Lauder,  Jr. 
Harbor  Y.  C.  Designed  by  Tams,  Lemoine  & Crane.  Built  by  the  Geo.  Lawley  & Son  Corp.,  South  Boston, 

Photo  by  James  Burton.  


22.  Unqua  Corinthian,  Molineux  cups. 

22.  Corinthian,  club. 

26.  Seaside  Park,  club. 

27.  Eastern,  power  boat  races. 

27.  Sea  Side,  club. 

28.  Eastern,  power  boat  races. 

28.  Seaside  Park,  Bay  Head  and  Island  Heights,  cruise. 

28.  Sea  Side,  open. 

29.  Eastern,  power  boat  races. 

29.  New  Rochelle,  ladies’  race. 

29.  Chicago,  race  to  Mackinac. 

29.  Country  Club  of  Detroit,  race  to  Mackinac. 

29.  Seaside  Park,  open. 

29.  Edgewood,  club. 

29.  Knickerbocker,  cne-design  power  boats. 

29.  Hampton  Roads,  cruise. 

29.  Rhode  Island,  cruising  race:  i 

29.  Royal  Canadian,  cruising  race. 

29.  Beverly,  club. 

29.  Corinthian,  club. 

29.  Boston,  club,  Marblehead. 

29.  Indian  Harbor,  annual. 

29.  Bensonhurst,  Childs  trophy. 


The  Race  for  the  Ocean  Cup* 

As  we  announced  in  our  last  issue,  Atlantic,  Mr. 
Wilson  Marshall’s  three-masted  schooner,  won  the  trans- 
Atlantic  race  for  the  Ocean  Cup  presented  by  H.  I.  M. 
the  German  Emperor.  Atlantic  not  only  beat  out  her 
ten  competitors  but  made  the  passage  in  the  record  time 
of  12  days  4 hours  1 minute,  lowering  the  sailing  record 
for  the  course.  Had  the  wind  not  failed  at  the  last  she 
would  have  made  the  run  in  12  days  or  even  less.  An- 
other record  is  also  hers.  Up  to  this  time  the  best  day’s 
run  from  noon  to  noon  ever  made  by  a yacht  was  held 
by  the  schooner  Dauntless.  She  made  a run  of  328  miles 
in  the  ocean  race  against  Coronet.  Atlantic’s  run  was 
better  by  13  miles,  as  she  made  341  miles  between  noon 
of  May  23  and  noon  of  May  24. 

Second  honors  go  to  the  German  entry,  Hamburg, 
which  vessel  finished  over  22  hours  behind  Atlantic. 
Hamburg  required  13  days  2 hours  6 minutes  to  make 
the  passage. 

Valhalla  finished  third,  nearly  two  full  days  behind 
Atlantic.  This  fine  ship  made  a wonderful  showing,  and 
it  was  a surprise  to  many  to  find  she  was  among  the 
first  three,  particularly  as  the  weather  was  too  light  all 
the  way  to  be  entirely  to  hey  liking. 

The  record  holder,  Endymion,  finished  fourth,  two 
days  after  Atlantic  and  some  hours  behind  her  own 
record. 

'the  other  boats  finished  in  the  order  named:  Hilde- 
garde,  Sunbeam,  Fleur  de  Lys,  Ailsa,  Utowana  and 
Thistle.  Apache  is  the  only  laggard,  and,  as  we  write, 
she  is  still  at  sea.  Although  she  has  been  out  nearly 
three  weeks  now,  no  fears  are  felt  for  her  safety,  and 
it  is  believed  her  lack  of  speed  accounts  for  her  long 
passage, 

■ The  race  was  most  successful  in  almost  every 
respect.  There  was  a good  list  of  entries,  all  the  boats 
entered  started,  and  all  those  that  started  had  fairly  good 
weather  and.  no  very  trying  experiences. 

' America,  Germany  and  England  were  represented  by 
yachts  in  the  race,  and  it  is  rather  interesting  that  one 
of  the  three  prizes  went  to  each  of  those  countries. 


All  Americans  are  justly  proud  that  Atlantic  won  the 
race.  Except  for  her  crew  and  skipper,  who  is  a natural- 
zed  American,  she  is  a home  production  throughout. 

Captain  Barr  and  Mr.  Fred  M.  Hoyt,  who  acted  as 
navigator,  decided  to  sail  a southerly  course,  and  in  the 
light  of  subsequent  events  the  decision  was  a very  wise 
one.  By  taking  this  route  she  encountered  favoring 
winds  of  the  strength  she  wanted  and  avoided  the  fog 
and  gales  that  were  found  further  north. 

The  first  day  out  Atlantic  and  Hamburg  had  it  nip  and 
tuck.  Captain  Barr  knew  the  German  boat’s  speed  as  he 
had  tested  it  in  foreign  waters  only  last  year  with 
Ingomar.  After  the  first  day  Atlantic  passed  Hamburg 
and  finally  shook  her  off  altogether.  From  that  time  on 
she  was  in  the  lead  throughout  the  entire  race.  Fair 
winds  of  sufficient  strength  to  enable  her  to  average  ten 
and  one-half  knots  was  what  she  encountered.  The  only 
bad  night  she  had  on  the  trip  she  was  kept  going.  It 
was  risky  business  to  run  at  night  under  such  conditions, 
but  her  skipper  hung  on  and  gained  materially  thereby. 
On  her  record  day’s  run  she  averaged  over  14^2  nautical 
miles  an  hour,  a truly  remarkable  performance. 

Atlantic  was  not  seen  by  steamers  at  all,  and  as  a boat 
said  to  be  Atlantic  was  reported  from  time  to  time  it  was 
apparent  some  other  vessel  was  mistaken  for  her,  prob- 
ably Utowana. 

When  a message  was  received  from  the  signal  station 
on  the  Scilly  Island  that  Atlantic  had  been  sighted  there 
was  great  activity  on  board  the  German  cruiser  Pfeil, 
which  vessel  was  anchored  at  Falmouth.  As  soon  as 
she  could  get  under  way  she  proceeded  out  to  the  finish 
line.  Had  the  breeze  not  been  very  light  Atlantic  might 
have  crossed  before  the  cruiser  arrived. 

After  finishing  Atlantic  continued  on  to  Southampton, 
hoping  to  make  another  record  to  the  Needles.  The  wind 
was  too  light,  however,  to  accomplish  this  and  she  went 
into  Southampton  to  refit.  Atlantic  finished  on  May  29 
at  9:16  P.  M.  She  averaged  10.6  for  the  3,090  covered. 

Hamburg  crossed  the  finish  line  at  7.22  P.  M.  on  May 
30.  Hamburg  was  the  vessel  most  feared  by  Captain 
Barr,  and  the  passage  she  made  showed  his  fears  to  be 
well  grounded.  She  is  about  20ft.  shorter  on  the  water- 
line but  she  is  not  an  auxiliary  and  was  not  hampered 
by  inside  weight  of  engines,  etc.,  in  SO'  undesirable  a 
place.  It  was  said  by  Mr.  William  Gardner  that  At- 
lantic would  beat  tier  about  a knot  an  hour,  and  that 
was  what  she  did. 

Adolf  Tietjens,  the  syndicate’s  representative  on 
board,  was  visibly  disappointed  when  he  learned  that 
Atlantic  had  won.  Hamburg  experienced  good  weather 
and  had  leading  winds.  She  did  not  encounter  many 
of  her  adversaries.  On  May  19  and  20  she  was  in  com- 
pany with  Endymion,  but  on  the  day  following  she  was 
not  to  be  seen. 

Hamburg  made  a very  fast  run  even  though  she  was 
beaten,  and  she  lowered  Endymion’s  record  lay  over  18 
hours.  Her  best  day’s  run  was  312  nautical  miles.  Ham- 
burg covered  a course  100  knots  longer  than  Atlantic’s. 

The  most  remarkable  feature  of  the  race  was  that  four 
yachts  should  finish  within  as  many  hours  of  one  an- 
other on  May  31  after  sailing  3,000  miles. 


June  io,  1905.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


489 


. Of  the  four  Valhalla,  the  British  ship-rigged  yacht, 
owned  by  the  Earl  of  Crawford,  was  the  first  to  arrive. 
. She  crossed  at  8.08  P.  M.,  and  she  has  consumed  14 
-days  2 hours  53  minutes  in  making  the  trip.  Had  Val- 
halla not  been  becalmed  for  70  hours  she  would  have 
done  even  better.  No  bad  weather  was  experienced  and 
-her  voyage  was  free  from  incident  or  mishaps.  After 
finishing  she  proceeded  on  to  Cowes. 

■Endymion,  the  second  of  the  quartette  to  finish, 
crossed  over  an  hour  behind  Valhalla.  The  light  winds 
' that  prevailed  during  the  latter  part  of  the  contest  en- 
abled Endymion  to  run  up  on  Valhalla.  A freshening 
breeze  brought  Endymion  up  to  the  finish  line  in  record 
■time,  and  the  cruiser  Pfeil  was  several  minutes  late  in 
getting  out  from  her  anchorage  in  Church  Cove. 

After  Endymion  finished  the  Pfeil  again  returned  to 
her  anchorage  as  the  night  was  dirty,  there  being  a nasty 
sea  on  and  a heavy  breeze  blowing.  The  absence  of  the 
stakeboat  greatly  confused  Hil degarde,  Sunbeam  and 
Fleur  de  Lys,  the  next  three  boats  to  finish.  The  skip- 
pers of  these  vessels  fired  signals  frequently  and  wal- 
lowed around  apparently  at  a loss  to-  understand  the  ab- 
sence of  the  stake  boat. 

The  responsibility  of  timing  the  boats  devolved  upon 
the  Lloyds  representative,  who  had  been  very  watchful 
and  vigilant. 

Hildegarde  arrived  a few  minutes  too  late  to  be  among 
the  prize  winners.  She  took  the  northerly  route  and  en- 
countered some  ice  and  heavy  winds,  and  on  one  occa- 
sion was  driven  well  off  her  course  by  a gale.  Her  best 
day’s  run  was  298  knots. 

The  veteran  Sunbeam  was  the  sixth  boat  to  finish.  She 
was  built  over  thirty  years  ago  and  has  been  used  con- 
stantly ever  since.  Considering  her  age  and  type  and 
form,  her  showing  is  extraordinary.  Atlantic  beat  her 
only  2 days  2 hours  24  minutes. 

The  littlest  boat  in  the  race  was  the  seventh  to-  finish. 
This  was  Fleur  de  Lys,  owned  by  Dr.  Stimson,  who 
was  accompanied  by  his  daughter,  Miss  Candace  Stim- 
son. This  vessel,  only  86ft.  on  the  waterline,  Captained 
by  the  redoubtable  Tommy  Bohlin  and  a crew  of  Glou- 
cester fishermen,  encountered  the  worst  weather  than 
any  of  the  other  boats  did.  Captain  Bohlin  took  Fleur 
de  Lys  way  north  and  they  had  more  than  their  share  of 
wind,  ice  and  fog.  One  gale  in  particular  was  unusually 
vicious  and  the  owner  and  his  daughter  were  kept  below 
for  several  days.  The  crew  were  washed  about  the  deck 
and  the  helmsmen  were  lashed  to  the  wheel-box. 

Such  were  the  conditions  that  this  fine  little  ship  met 
and  successfully  negotiated.  Fleur  de  Lys’  time  was  14 
days  9 hours  33  minutes.  Fleur  de  Lys’  best  day’s  run 
was  304  knots. 

Next  to  Fleur  de  Lys  the  yawl  Ailsa  was  the  smallest 
boat  in  the  race,  and  she  finished  a couple  of  hours  be- 
hind, her.  Ailsa  was  partially  rebuilt  this  spring  and  was 
put  in  good  shape  for  the  trip.  She  is  a good  sea  boat. 
Ailsa  was  14  days  11  hours  10  minutes  in  making  the 
voyage. 

Utowana  was  the  ninth  boat  to  arrive  and  seven  hours 
and  a half  later  Thistle  crossed.  This  latter  boat  took 
the  northern  passage  and  probable  encountered  as  stren- 
uous weather  as  Fleur  de  Lys  did. 

The  times  of  the  finish  of  the  yachts  and  their- elapsed 
times  are  shown  in  the  following: 

Finish,  Greenwich  time.  Elapsed. 

Atlantic  May  29,  9:16  P.  M.  12  04  01 

Hamburg  May  30,  7:22  P.M.  13  02  06 

Valhalla  May  31,  8:08  P.  M.  14  02  53 

Endymion  May  31,  9:34  P.  M.  14  04  19 

Hildegarde  May  31,  10:08  P.  M.  14  04  53 

Sunbeam  May  31,  11:40  P.  M.  14  06  25 

Fleur  de  Lys June  1,  2:48  A.  M.  14  09  33 

Ailsa  June  1,  4:25  A.  M.  14  11  10 

Utowana  June  1,  5:06  A.  M.  14  11  51 

Thistle  June  1,  12:44  P.  M.  14  19  29 

Apache  June  5,  10:20  A.  M.  18  17  05 


Atlantic  beat  the  Hamburg  22h.  5m.,  Valhalla  id.  22h. 
52m. ; Endymion  2d.  18m.,  Hildegarde  2d.  52m.,  Sunbeam 
2d.  2h.  24m.,  Fleur  de  Lys  2d.  5I1.  32m.,  Ailsa  2d.  7h. 
9111.,  Utowana  2d.  7I1.  50m.,  Thistle  2d.  15I1.  28m.,  Apache 
6d.  I3h.  4m. 

As  we  go  to  press,  a report  reaches  us  that  the  belated 
Apache  crossed  the  finish  line  off  the  Lizard  at  1020 
A.  M.  on  June  5.  Some  uneasiness  had  been  felt  for  her 
safety.  She  experienced  some  gales,  but  her  slowness 
accounts  for  most  of  the  time  consumed  in  making  the 
passage. 


Boston  Letter. 

Boston  Y.  C. — A station  of  the  Boston  Y.  C.  is  to  be 
established  at  Five  Islands,  Me.,  in  Sheepscot  Bay,  on 
property  owned  by  Vice-Commodore  E.  P.  Boynton.  A 
small  structure  is  now  being  erected  which  will  be  ready 
for  the  members  when  the  fleet  reaches  Five  Islands  on 
its  annual  cruise  in  July.  It  is  expected  that  the  station 
will  be  much  used  by  members  of  the  club  who  may  be 
cruising  to  the  eastward. 

The  Regatta  Committee  has  announced  that  for  the 
regular  championships,  five  classes  have  been  provided ; 
22-footers,  18-footers,  15-footers,  yachts  over  27ft.  rating 
and  yachts  under  27ft.  rating.  The  records  of  club  yachts 
in  these  classes  in  the  regular  open  and  club  races  will 
count  for  percentage,  championship  cups  having  been  of- 
fered by  Commodore  B.  P.  Cheney.  In  figuring  per- 
centages it  will  be  considered  that  each  yacht  has  sailed 
in  six  of  the  eight  races. 

On  June  17  and  Aug.  5 and  7 classes  will  be  provided 
for 'power  boats,  yachts  conforming  to  the  restrictions  of 
the  Cape  Catboat  Assn,  and  dories  conforming  to  the 
restrictions  of  the  Mass.  Racing  Dory  Assn.  A cup  has 
been  offered  for  the  three  classes  of  power  boats  provided 
and  in  figuring  percentages  for  these  classes  it  will  be 
considered  that  each  boat  has  started  in  all  three  races. 

In  addition  to  the  regular  club  championship  races 
there  will  be  a series  of  twelve  special  races,  to  be  sailed 
in  Hull  Bay  between  yachts  of  the  first  and  second  rating 
classes,  and  18-footers.  Championship  cups  for  this  series 
have  been  offered  by  Rear  Commodore  Alfred  Douglass. 
Y'achts  competing  will  be  considered  to  have  started  in 
at  least  eight  of  the  twelve  events. 

The  committee  has  announced  that  arrangements  have 
been  made  between  the  Eastern  Corinthian  and  Boston 
Y.  C.’s,  whereby  all  three  clubs  will  'use  the  same  courses 
and  turning  marks  at  Marblehead. 

Mr.  S,  N.  Small,  of  the  firm  of  Messrs.  Small  Bros., 
has  been  appointed  official  measurer  of  the  Bostop  Y.  C 


AILSA. 


Mr.  Henry  S.  Redmond’s  yawl  that  finished  eighth  in  the  transatlantic  race  for  the  Ocean  Cup. 


Launching  of  Prosit. — The  90ft.  twin-screw  power 
yacht  Prosit,  owned  by  Mr.  John  B.  Schoeffel,  was 
launched  at  the  yard  of  the  O.  Sheldon  Corporation  on 
Tuesday  afternoon,  May  23.  She  was  christened  by  Mrs. 
John  B.  Schoeffel  in  the  presence  of  a large  number  of 
friends  of  the  owner.  Among  those  present  were : Mr. 

Raymond  Hitchcock,  Mr.  Arthur  J.  Clark,  Judge  J.  Al- 
bert Brackett,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Tarbell,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  M.  C.  Clark,  Miss  Gladys  Clark,  Mr.  William 
Grant,  Mr.  William  Danforth,  Dr.  Frank  Mara,  Mr. 
Thomas  J.  Barry,  Mr.  James  Murphy,  Mr.  D.  J.  Sulli- 
van, Mr.  M.  Thomas  Murphy,  Mr.  Edward  Downing,  Dr. 
J.  S.  Shaw,  Dr.  and  Mrs.  E.  J.  Ingraham,  Mr.  W.  T. 
Defriest,  Capt.  C.  R.  Hitchcock,  Mr.  L.  S.  Bird,  Mr.  A.  S. 
Hanson,  Mr.  W.  H.  Lee,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Staples  Potter, 
Mr  and  Mrs.  Caleb  Chase,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph  Currier, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  G.  Worcester,  Miss  Josephine  Barrett, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  G.  Kramer,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Herman 
Aborn  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  McQuesten.  After  the  launch- 
ing luncheon  was  served  on  board. 

Cape  Catboat  Association. — Dr.  F.  E.  Dawes,  of  Ne- 
ponset,  announces  that  the  following  boats  have  been 
entered  in  the  Cape  Catboat  Assn. : 

Nancy  Hanks,  G.  W.  Lane,  Boston. 

Clara  Lee,  Edgar  Emery,  Quincy. 

Josephine,  Morton  Smith,  Quincy. 

Thegia,  L.  W.  Croscup,  Boston. 

Dorothy  III.,  F.  F.  Crane,  Quincy. 

Hustler,  H.  W.  Robbins,  Quincy.  ’ ] 

Marvel,  I.  M.  Whittemore,  Quincy. 

Stranger,  Dr.  F.  C.  Dawes,  Neponset. 

Neptune,  Hallett  Brothers,  Atlantic. 

Argestes,  G.  H.  Wilkins,  Brocton. 

Moondyne,  W.  H.  Shaw,  Braintree.  ! 

Saltair,  C.  C.  Collins,  Wollaston.  J 1 

Goblin,  R.  A.  Lothrop,  Quincy.  ! 

Surprise,  G.  W.  Newcomb,  Quincy. 

Ariel,  G.  M.  Sheehan,  Quincy. 

•Mildred,  F.  A.  Coleman. 

Idler,  W.  H.  Nichols,  Wollaston. 

Barbara,  S.  T.  Willis,  Ashmont.  !' 

Ocean  Eagle,  T.  Lane,  Neponset.  i ! 

Notorus,  C.  O.  Whitney,  Winthrop, 

The  officers  of  tfie  Associatfop  are  as  follows:  Pres. 


I.  M.  Whittemore,  Quincy;  Vice-Pres.,  George  W.  Lane, 
South  Boston;  Sec.-Treas.,  Dr.  F.  E.  Dawes,  Neponset; 
Meas.,  Ralph  E.  Winslow,  Quincy;  Executive  Commit- 
tee— Frank  Coleman,  Boston;  F.  F.  Crane,  Quincy;  Geo. 
M.  Sawyer,  Squantum,  and  Charles  O.  Whitney,  Win- 
throp. 

Power  Yacht  for  Buenos  Ayres. — Messrs.  Swasey, 
Raymond  & Page  have  received  an  order  for  a 110ft. 
twin-screw  power  yacht  for  Signor  Ernesto  Tornquist,  of 
Buenos  Ayres.  This  yacht  will  have  special  engines  of 
175  horsepower  each,  and  will  use  grain  alcohol.  She  is 
to  have  a guaranteed  speed  of  20  miles  an  hour  at  400 
revolutions.  When  built  she  will  proceed  to  Buenos 
Ayres  under  her  own  power. 

Among  the  22-footers. — It  has  been  announced  that 
the  purchaser  of  last  year’s  champion  22-footer,  Clotho, 
is  Mr.  Frank  G.  Macomber,  Jr.,  owner  of  four  Chewinks, 
the  last  of  which  captured  the  championship  in  the  30ft. 
class  last  year.  Alterations  are  being  made  in  her  which 
are  intended  to  improve  her  speed,  and  Mr.  S.  N.  Small, 
of  Messrs.  Small  Brothers,  her  designers,  is  of  the  opin- 
ion^ that  she  will  give  the  new  boats  all  they  can  attend 
to  if  she  does  not.  beat  them.  Clorinda  and  Medric  II. 
have  both  been  weighed  and  measured,  and  both  are  well 
within  the  restrictions.  All  of  the  new  ones,  with  the 
exception  of  Clorinda  and  the  unfinished  Nutmeg,  have 
been  having  daily  scraps  off  Marblehead.  Rivalry  in  this 
class  is  warmer  than  in  any  other  class  in  recent  years 
Wagers  have  already  been  laid  on  the  work  of  Clorinda 
and  Tyro  as  compared  with  Medric  II.  and  Rube  durin°- 
the  season.  It  is  said  that  Mir.  Lawrence  Percival  will 
sail  Opitsah  V.  in  the  races  this  season.  It  is  quite  cer- 
tain that  none  of  the  older  boats  will  lose  anythin^ 
through  want  of  good  handling. 

With  the  22-footers.— While  the  22-footers  have  al- 
ready met  twice  m class  racing,  there  has  not  been 
enough  shown  to  give  one  any  definite  idea  of  what  their 
future  work  may  be.  Last  Tuesday  they  met  at  the 
opening  race  given  by  the  South  Boston  Y C The  dav 
was  far  from  being  ideal  for  racing.  The  wind  was  un- 
steady both  in  force  and  in  direction,  light  at  all  times 
and  the  drifters  had  full  sway.  The  old  Medric,  now 
owned  by  Mr.  George  Lee,  came  in  ahead,  which  per- 
formance caused  much  comment  It  should  be  consid- 


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400 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


[June  io,  1905. 


ered,  however,  that  Medric  always  had  the  faculty  of 
winning  in  extremely  light  and  fluky  airs,  so  that  noth- 
ing really  new  was  shown  in  this.  On  Saturday,  at  the 
race  of  the  Boston  Y.  C.,  light,  shifting  breezes  also  pre- 
vailed. Tyro,  owned  by  Mr.  W.  H.  Joyce,  and  sailed 
by  Mr.  Sumner  H.  Foster,  was  the  winner,  and  as  she 
was  designed  to  win  in  light  airs,  those  on  board  of  her 
were  satisfied.  After  the  race  at  the  South  Boston  Y.  C. 
it  was  found  that  Medric  was  23ft.  on  the  waterline. 
She  can  be  altered  so  that  she  can  fit  the  class,  but  she 
will  lose  her  percentage  for  the  first  race.  Upon  Tyro’s 
first  measurement  she  was  found  to  be  54  of  an  inch 
short  on  beam,  which  has  been  remedied  by  increasing 
the  thickness  of  the  planking.  Nutmeg’s  lead  keel  was 
run  last  Thursday,  the  mold  being  built  around  the 
wooden  keel.  Her  cabin  work  is  being  finished  and  it 
is  expected  that  she  will  be  in  the  racing  shortly. 

New  Yard  At  Marblehead.— At  the  new  plant  of 
Messrs;  Burgess  & Packard,  at  Marblehead,  the  main 
shop  is  almost  finished.  The  ways  will  be  in  this  week. 
Fhe  big  ways  for  the  marine  railway  will  be  built  very 
shortly.  This  Work  was  somewhat  delayed  because  of 
the  presence  of  a ledge.  At  the  Salem  shops  the  23ft. 
launch  for  Mr.  James  Lee  will  be  launched  this  week, 
She  has  an  engine  of  15  horsepower.  The  new  40ft. 
autoboat  for  Mr.  William  Wallace  is  still  awaiting  her 
engine,  the  make  of  which  has  not  yet  been  decided. 

Fastest  in  Canada.- — The  37ft.  launch,  designed  by 
Messrs.  Small  Brothers  for  Mr.  Hutchison,  'of  Douglas- 
town,  Canada,  father  ©f  Mr.  Richard  Hutchisen,  whose 
Highball  has  been  entered  for  the  long  distance  race, 
was  tried  out  last  week  and  over  a measured  course  made 
1754  miles  an  hour.  It  is  claimed  that  she  is  the.  fastest 
launch  in  Canada. 

Chanticleer  Sold. — The  steel  schooner  Chanticleer, 
owned  by  the  late  George  W.  Weld,  has  been  sold  by 
Mr.  Arthur  Binney  to  Mr.  John  F,  Harris,  of  Chicago. 
She  will  be  used  in  eastern  waters.  Chanticleer  was 
designed  by  Mr.  Charles  L.  Seabury  and  was  built  by 
the  Gas  Engine  & Power  Co.  and  Cfias.  L.  Seaboury  & 
Co.,  Cons.,  at  Morris  Heights,  in  1902.  She  is  118ft.  over 
all,  79ft.  waterline,  22ft.  iin.  beam  and  12ft.  5in.  draft. 

Corinthian  Ocean  Race. — It  has  been  announced  by 
the  Regatta  Committee  of  the  Corinthian  Y.  C.  that  the 
ocean  race,  to  be  sailed  from,  Marblehead  to  the  Isles 
of  Shoals  and  return,  starting  on  June  17,  will  be  open 
to  yachts  of  any  recognized  yacht  club.  The  classes  will 
be  as  follows  : A 

Class  A,  handicap,  for  boats  over  30  and  not  over  Soft, 
waterline — First  prize  offered. by  Mr.  Hairy  H.  Walker; 
second,  $15;  third,  $10;  fourth,  $5. 

Class  B,  handicap,  for  boats  under  30ft.  waterline  and 
over  40ft.  over  all — First  prize  offered  by  Vice-Commo- 
dore Morss;  second,  $10;  third,  $7;  fourth,  $5. 

Class  C,  no  time  allowance,  conforming  to  the  rules 
of  the  Twenty-two-Foot  Cabin  Yacht  Association — 
First  prize  offered  by  Mr.  Lawrence  F.  Percival;  sec- 
ond, $10;  third,  $7;  fourth,  $5. 

rGss  D,  handicap,  for:  boats  under  30ft,  waterline 
and  under  40ft.  over  all, . except -yachts  conforming  to 
the  rules  of  the  Twenty-two-Foot  Cabin  Yacht  Associa- 
tion-First prize  offered  by  Mr.  Henry  A.  Hildreth; 
second,  $10;  third,  $7;  fourth,  $5. 

Manchester  Y.  C. — The  Regatta  Committee  of  the 
Manchester  Y.  C.  has  announced  the  following  fixtures: 

July  5,  Wednesday— First  championship. 

July  18,  Tuesday— Second  championship. 

Aug.  1,  Tuesday — -Third  championship. 

Aug.  14,  Monday— Y.  R.  A.  open. 

Aug.  15,  Tuesday — Crowhurst  cup. 

Aug.  22,  Tuesday— Fourth  championship 

Sept.  5,  Tuesday— Fifth  championship. 

East  Gloucester  Y.  C.— The  Regatta  Committee  of 
the  East  Gloucester  Y.  C.  has  announced  club  races,  to 
be  sailed  on  the  following  dates:  June  6,  June  11,  June 
20,,  June  25,  July  4,  July  9,  July  18,  July  23,  Aug.  I,  Aug. 
6,  Aug.  20  and  Aug.  29.  Special  races  will  be  sailed 
Labor  Day. 

Winthrop  Y.  C. — The  Regatta  Committee  of  the 
Winthrop  Y.  C.  has  announced  the  following  fixtures : 

June  17,  Saturday — Class  handicap. 

June  24,  Saturday — Class  handicap. 

July  1,  Saturday — Class  handicap. 

July  8,  Saturday — Special  race  at  Columbia  Y.  C. 

July.  15,  Saturday — Class  handicap. 

July  16,  Sunday- — Club  run. 

July  22,  Saturday — Y.  R.  A.  open. 

July  29,  Saturday — Class  handicap. 

Aug.  s,  Saturday — Special  race  at  South  Boston  Y.  C. 

Aug.  12,  Saturday — Class  handicap. 

Aug.  13,  Sunday — Club  run  -to  Nahant. 

Aug.  19,  Saturday — Class  handicap. 

Aug.  26,  Saturday — Class  handicap. 

Sept.  2,  Saturday — Class  handicap. 

Sept.  10,  Sunday — Y.  R.  'A.  rendezvous. 

Columbia  Y.  C. — The  Regatta  Committee  of  the  Co- 
lumbia Y.  C.  has  announced  the  following  fixtures : 

June  10,  Saturday — Interclub  with  Winthrop  Y.  C. 

June  17,  Saturday- — Cruise  to  Marblehead.. 

June  23,  Friday — Ladies’  day  cruise  to  Grape  Island. 

July  8,  Saturday — Interclub  race. 

Aug.  5,  Saturday — Interclub  with  South  Boston  Y,  C. 

Aug.  27,  Sunday — Ladies’ . day  cruise  to  Peddock’s 
Island. 

New  Schooner  for  Mr.  H.  A.  Morss.— Mr.  Henry  A. 
Morss,  owner  of  the  35-footer  Cossack,  is  to  have  a new 
schooner  designed  under  the  new  uniform  rule  for  next 
season.  The  schooner,  which  will  be  55ft.  waterline, 
will  be  designed  by  Messrs.  Tams,  Lemoine  & Crane. 

Autoboat  for  Mr.  H.  L.  Bowden.— A report  was  cur- 
rent about  town  last  week  that  Mr.  H.  L.  Bowden, 
owner  of  the  autoboat  Mercedes  U.  S.  A.,  the  22-footer 
Rube  and  the  18- footer  Hayseed  II.,  is  to  have  a new 
autoboat  for  the  40ft.  class,  which  will  be  built  in  New 
York.  This  boat,  it  is  said,  will  have  an  engine  of  150 
horsepower,  probably  a Mercedes. 

At  Stearns  & McKay’s.— At  the  Marblehead  Yacht 
Yards,  Messrs.  Stearns  & McKay,  the  35-footer  Golden 
Rod,  owned  by  Mr.  George  E.  Bruce;  the  yawl  Kath- 
erine II.,  owned  by  Hon.  Frank  W.  Rollins,  and  the  cut- 
ter Wyvern, 'owned  by  Mr.  R.  K.  Longfellow,  are  being 
fitted  out.  They  are  about  ready  for  launching.  The 
new  25ft.  speed  launch  for  Mr.  W.  H.  Stewart,  Jr.,  is 
nearly  finished. 


Helen  Sold. — The  25-footer  Helen,  owned  by  the  late 
J.  Montgomery  Sears,  has  been  sold  through  the  agency 
of  Mr.  B.  B.  Crowninshield  to  Messrs.  T.  W.  Souther 
and  J.  W.  Holt,  of  the  Boston  Y.  C.  Helen  is  one  of 
the  Bar  Harbor  25-footers,  and  was  built  in  1901  by  the 
Gas  Engine  & Power  Co.  and  Chas.  L.  Seabury  & Co., 
Cons.,  at  Morris  Heights. 

Mourned  by  Yachtsmen. — Through  the  death  of  Mr. 
J.  Montgomery  Sears,  yachting  has  lost  one  of  its  most 
devoted  patrons,  and  yachtsmen  a sincere  and  beloved 
friend.  Mr.  Sears  was  one  of  the  Puritan  syndicate,  and 
during  his  yachting  career  he  owned  many  yachts  which 
he  raced  in  Massachusetts,  at  Newport  and  at  Bar  Plar- 
bor.  He  had  recently  purchased  the  steam  yacht . Sul- 
tana from.  Mr.  John  R.  Drexel  and  intended  to  use  her 
for  a summer  home.  He  was  for  some  years  a member 
of  the  New  York  and  the  Eastern  yacht  clubs,  and  only 
a short  time  previous  to  his  death  had  been  elected  a 
member  of  the  Boston  Y.  C. 

Cruising.  Schooner.— Mr.  Norman  L.  Skene  is  pre- 
paring the  preliminary  plans'  for  a ^.seagoing  cruising 
schooner  for  Mr.  G.  T.  Williams,'  of  Hartford,  Conn. 
She  will  be  81  ft.  over  all,  56ft.  waterline,  17ft.  2in.  beam 
and  loft,  draft.  She  will  be  used  for  general  cruising 
along  the  coast  and  possibly  for  ocean  cruising. 

John  B.  Killeen. 


Lloyd's  Register  of  American  Yachts,  1905. 

With  the  opening  of  the  yachting  season  comes  the 
new  volume  of  the  American  Yacht  Register  for  1905, 
published  by  Lloyd’s,  Register  of  Shipping.  Though 
only  in  its  third  season,  this  book  is  already  well 'known 
in  all  parts  of  the  United  States  and  Canada  as  the 
standard  work  of  reference  for  yachtsmen. 

The  past  yepr  has  wrought  more  than  the  usual  num- 
ber of  changes  in  yachting  history;  severe  storms  in  sev- 
eral localities  have  wrecked  many  yachts,  and  the  grow- 
ing popularity  of  the  gasolene  .motor  has  led  to- the  con- 
version of  many  sailing  craft  to  auxiliaries.  Notable 
among  these  are  the  cup  defender  Mayflower. -and  her 
predecessor  by  a year,  Priscilla,,  with  many  smaller 
yachts  designed  by Burgess'  and  Carey  Smith.  With 
the  change  to  auxiliary  power  there  comes  very  fre- 
quently a change  from  cutter  to  yawl  rig,  and  while  a 
few  old  sailors  are  found- like,  the  owners  of  Pappoose 
and  Minerva,  who.  deride  the  allurements  of  power,  most 
of  the  old  fighting  40- footers  and  40-footers  are  now  to 
be  found  cruising  as  auxiliary^ .yawls. , 

A still  greater  ghange  is  due  to  the  fact  that  the  early 
Burgess  boats  and  their  contemporaries  have  just  about 
reached  their  majority,  and  though  still  seaworthy  and 
serviceable,  they  are;  rapidly  finding  their  way  into  trade. 
The  40-footer  Cliispa  and  the  46-footer  Mineola  have 
been  sold  for  pilot  service  in  southern  and  West  Indian 
waters,  the  30-footer  Kathleen  has  been  broken  up,  and 
others  have  been  sold  or  are  on  the  sale  list  at  prices 
which  will  take  them  into  trade. 

All  of  these  changes  are  recorded  in  the  Register,  a 
book  of  542  pages  with  fifty-nine  colored  plates  of  club 
burgees,  national  ensigns  and  owners’  private  signals, 
the  latter  to  the  number  of  1,440.  The  total  number  of 
yachts' listed  is  3,389,  of  which'  2,130  are  .sailing  craft 
and  1,259  are  propelled  by  steam  or  some  other  power. 
The  tendency  of  the  times  is  shown  by-  the  fact  that 
while  but  a year  ago  the  sailing  yachts  made  67  per  cent, 
of  the  total,  this  year  they  make  but  62  per  cent. 

Among  the  power  yachts,  the  new"  gasolene  cruisers 
in  all  sizes  from  30  to  Soft,  figure- conspicuously,  this 
type  of  craft  being  deservedly  popular  from  its  great 
utility,  its  adaptability  to  all  waters,  and  the  compara- 
* tively  low  cost  of  running. 

In  addition  to  the  main  list  of  yachts,  giving,  the  most 
complete  particulars  of  hulls  and  engines,  there  are  lists 
of  signal  letters,  of  former  names . of  yachts,  of  builders 
and  designers  of  the  United  States  and  Canada,  and  a 
very  complete  list  of  over  3,100  yacht  owners,  with  ad- 
dresses and  clubs,  as  well  as  the  yachts  owned  by  each. 

• The  Lloyds  cannot  continue  to  publish  this  admirable 
work  if  yachtsmen  do.  not.  give  them  proper  support, 
and  as  this  is  the  only  complete  record  of  American 
yachts  this  country  has  ever  had,  owners  owe  it  to  them- 
selves to  give  the  publishers  every  help  and  all  assist- 
ance that  they  can.  Every  yachtsman  should  buy  a copy. 

The  Register  is  published  from  the  New  York  office 
of.  Lloyd’s  Register  of  Shipping,  15  Whitehall  street, 
New  York,  the  price  being  $7.50. 


YACHTING  NEWS  NOTES. 


For  advertising  relating  to  this  department  see  pages  ii  and  iii. 


Auxiliary  Schooner  Witoco  Launched. — The  auxil- 
iary schooner  Witoco  was  launched  at  City  Island  from 
the  yard  of  the  builder,  Mr.  Robert  Jacob,  on  Saturday, 
June  3,  about  noon.  She  was  designed  by  Mr.  Henry  J. 
Gielow  for  Mr.  W.  T.  Colbron  and  will  replace  a smaller 
vessel  of  the  same  name.  She  is  84ft.  over  all,  60ft. 
waterline,  19ft.  breadth  and  8ft.  3m.  draft.  The  boat  is 
of  wooden  construction,  copper  fastened  and  her  ballast 
is  of  lead,  all  outside. 

The  deck  is  flush  except  for  a small  mahogany  house 
aft  of  the  mainmast,  which  gives  head  room  and  ventila- 
tion to  the  quarters  in  that  part  of  the  vessel.  The  com- 
panionway is  in  the  starboard  side  of  this  house,  and  it 
leads  to  a steerage.  On  the  starboard  side  of  the  com- 
panionway is  a stateroom  with  sofa,  bed,  bureau,  sta- 
tionary washstand,  wardrobe  and  lockers.  Aft  of  this 
cabin  is  a toilet  room  with  tub,  folding  basin,  closet  and 
lockers.  On  the  opposite  side  of  the  passage  on  the  port 
side  are  two  more  staterooms,  each  with  berth  with 
drawers  under,  folding  wash  basin  and  clothes  presses. 

The  saloon,  10ft.  in  length,  is  forward  of  these  state- 
rooms, and  extends  the  full  width  of  the  vessel,  with  a 
sofa.  On  the  port  side  is  a buffet  and  on  the  starboard 
side  a desk  with  a bookcase  above.  Forward  of  the  sa- 
loon on  the  port  side  is  another  stateroom  with  toilet 
room  connecting,  wardrobe,  wash  basin.  The  engine 
room  is  located  on  the  center  line  of  the  boat  just  for- 
ward of  the  saloon  with  a passageway  to  starboard,  and 
still  further  to  starboard  is  the  sailing  master’s  state- 
room. 

Forward  of  these  staterooms  and  engine  room  is  the 


galley,  extending  the  full  width  of  the  yacht.  A refri- 
gerator and  ice-box  are  located  on  the  port  side,  and  on 
the  starboard  side  are  dressers,  sink,  lockers,  etc.  The 
forecastle  is  14ft.  long  and  will  accommodate  six  men. 
At  the  forward  end  is  a water-tight  bulkhead,  and  for- 
ward of  this  is  a metal  lined  compartment  arranged- to 
receive  gasolene  tanks. 

Witqeo  is  equipped  with  a 40  horsepower  Graige  en- 
gine which  will  drive  her  at  about  nine  miles  an  hour. 

The  yacht  has  a complement  of  three  boats,  a launch, 
a gig  and  a dinghy.  She  will  be  placed  in  commission 
at  once. 

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Entries  in  N.  Y.  A.  C.’s  Block  Island  Race. — There 
will  be  at  least  nine  starters  in  the  New  York  Athletic 
Club’s  race  to  Block  Island.  The  entries  already  filed, 
together  with  the  particulars  of  the  boats,  follow : 


Boat,  Owner  and  Club.  Length.  Allowance. 

Flosshilde,  W.  D.  Hennen,  New  York  A.  C.  42ft.  lOin.  Allows. 

Hanley,  C.  D.  Mallory,  Indian  Harbor 42ft.  6in.  0 05  37 

Alert,  J.  W.  Alker,  Manhasset  Bay 42ft.  3in.  0 09  49 

Saladin,  R.  W.  Rathborne,  New  York  A.  C.  41ft.  2in.  0 28  03 

Alyce,  H.  A.  Jackson,  Jr.,  New  York  A.  C...  39ft.  1 04  32 

Heron.  J.  LeBoutellier,  Stamford 32ft.  6in.  2 53  57 

Rita,  W.  Durant,  New  York  A.  C 30ft.  3 30  02 

Penekeese  PI.  Baldwin,  Huguenot 29ft..  llin.  3 37  26 

Gauntlet,  L.  D.  Huntington,  New  Rochelle..  28ft.  4 09  42 


The  race  starts  on  Saturday,  Tune  17. 

It  X II 

Entries  in  Race  Around  Long  Island. — Eight  own- 
ers have  already  entered  their  boats  in  the  race  to  be 
sailed  around  Long  Island  under  the  auspices  of  the  Sea- 
wanhaka  Corinthian  Y.  C.  The  race  will  start  off  the 
Atlantic  Y.  C.  at  Sea  Gate  on  Saturday,  June  17,  and 
the  boats  will  finish  off  the  Seawanhaka  Corinthian  Y.  C. 
at  Oyster  Bay.  The  following  boats  have  already  entered : 
Peggy > ketch,  Frank  S.  Hastings. 

Fearless,  sloop,  William  Greenough. 

Gossoon,  yawl.  Jessup. 

Tito,  sloop,  C.  Sherman  Hoyt. 

Nike,  sloop,  v ictor  I.  Cumnock. 

Nephawin,  yawl,  Jonathan  Thompson,  Jr. 

Nephawin,  yawl,  Johnathan  Thompson,  Jr. 

Regina,  sloop,  Francis  G.  Stewart. 

H H K 

A Fine  Yacht  Basin. — One  who  might  observe  the 
apparently  insignificant  proportions  of  that  little  body  of 
water  in  Quincy,  Mass.,  known  as  the  Town  River,  would 
never  imagine  that  near  its  mouth  is  one  of  the  finest 
yacht  basins  in  the  country.  It  is  a fact  nevertheless 
that  the  Baker  Yacht  Basin  is  one  that  appeals  to  owners, 
of  large  and  small  craft.  That  part  of  the  river  on  which 
the  basin  is  located  is  completely  landlocked,  and  in  the 
basin  proper  there  is  a depth  of  from  10  to  20ft.  It  is 
especially  clean  for  fitting  out  and,  as  there  is  a direct 
fresh  water  shed,  it  is  free  from  worms.  There  are  four 
steam  marine  railways  with  a capacity  up  to  800  tons, 
and  there  is  a complete  and  extensive  building  and  repair 
plant,  with  full  equipments  in  the  different  departments. 
Some  of  the  largest  steam  and  sailing  yachts  are  to  be 
found  in, the  basin  every  winter. 

R K K 

Unqua-Corinthian  Y.  C.  Schedule. — The  Regatta 
Committee  of  the  Unqua-Corinthian  Y.  C.,  of  Amity- 
ville,  L.  I.,  has  prepared  the  following  programme : 

June  24 — First  club  regatta. 

July  8 — Regatta  for  cups  presented  by  Commodore 
Francis  A.  Williams. 

July  22 — Regatta  for  cups  presented  by  Vice-Commo- 
dore Charles  P.  Molineux. 

Aug.5— Regatta  for  cup?  presented  by  Rear  Commo- 
dore Edward  Bleecker. 

Aug.  7 to  12 — Annual  cruise  to  Patchogue  and  other 
points  east  of  Babylon. 

Aug.  26 — Ladies’  day. 

Sept.  4 — Open  regatta. 

Rim 

Halifax  Race  Attracts  English  Entries.— The 
yachts  of  the  New  York  Y.  C.  that  are  expected  to  join 
the  Eastern  Y.  C.  in  its  race  from  Marblehead  to  Hali- 
fax, starting  Aug.  21,  will  have  several  yachts  of  British 
register  and  English  build  as  competitors.  Members  of 
the  Regatta  Committee  of  the  Eastern  Y.  C.  have  been 
in  Halifax  the  past  week  conferring  with  the  officers  of 
the  Royal  Nova  Scotia  Y.  S.  regarding  the  race,  and 
they  have  been  assured  by  the  Halifax  yachtsmen  that 
several  entries  from  the  Halifax  fleet  might  be  expected 
in  the  race. 

As  the  Halifax  fleet  includes  a number  of  yachts  built 
m England,  these  entries  will  give  the  race  a strictly  in- 
ternational character.  Halifax  is  enthusiastic  over  the 
proposed  visit  of  the  American  yachtsmen,  who  will 
practically  be  given  the  freedom  of  the  city. 

A series  of  races  will  be  sailed  while  the  American 
boats  are  in  port  for  challenge  cups  in  possession  of  the 
Royal  Nova  Scotia  Y.  S.  and  for  special  prizes,  consist- 
ing of  a silver  tankard  for  first  boat  in  each  class,  bear- 
ing in  enamel  the  colors  of  the  local  club.  Racing  runs 
have  been  proposed  from  Halifax  to  Shelburne,  with 
stops  at  night  at  Chester  and  Liverpool.  At  Shelburne 
races  will  be  given  by  the  Shelburne  Y.  C.  for  special 
trophies. 

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Keystone  Y.  C.  Schedule. — The  Regatta  Committee 
of  the  Keystone  Y.  C.  has  arranged  for  the  following 
schedule : 

June  17,  all  classes,  lower  course,  start  2 P.  M. 

July  15,  all  classes,  lower  course,  start  2 P.  M. 

Aug.  5 and  12,  annual  cruise,  start  10  A.  M. 

Sept.  9,  consolation  race,  lower  course,  start  2 P.  M. 

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June  io,  1905.] 


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Harlem  Y.  C. 

City  Island,  Long  Islahd  Sound — Tuesday,  May  30. 

There  were  twenty  starters  in  the  twenty-third  annual  regatta 
of  the  Harlem  Y.  C.,  held  on  Decoration  Day.  The  start  was 
made  off  Belderi’s  Point,  and  the  Regatta  Committee  were  on 
board  Fleet  Captain  Thum’s  launch*  Spartan.  . 

The  boats  in  the  33ft.  and  27ft.  classes  covered  a 15-mile 
triangular  course,  going  first  to.  Matifiico'ck  Point,  thence  to 
Delaney  Point  and  back  to  the  finish  off  Belden’s  Point.  The 
other  boats,  with  the  exception  of  the  18ft.  sloop  Olass-,  covered 
a .12-mile  course.  . , 

The  . preparatory  was  given  at  12  :16,  and  at  12:20  the  33ft-.  yawls 
started  with  Afina  ahead  and  to  windward  of  Memory.  The  wind 
was  fresh  from  the  E.,  lfiakihg  the  fifst  leg  a bhat.  Memory 
soon  drew  out  ahead  and  from  that  time  on  dropped  Anna 
steadily,  _ , 

In  the  33ft,  sloop  class  Alert  led  over  the  line  and  ran  away 
from  hfer  Competitors.  Bedouin,  a starter  in  this  class  won  the 
Williams  cup  for  the  fastest  time  over  the  long  course  made  by 
a club  boat.  , ....  ..  , 

In  the  27ft.  class  three  of  the  eight  starters  did  hot  finish. 
Firefly  beat  out  the  other  boats  on  corrected  timfe.  , . . 

Wahneta  won  in  the  22ft.  class,  While  .Lonetta  wofi  the  Muhlfeld 
cup  for  the  fastest  time  made  by  a Harlem  Y.  C.  boat  in  the 
22ft.  class.  . _ 

Va'quero  wofi  in  the  Larchmont  Y.  C.  ofie-design  class.  Ace 
finished  first  in  the  18ft.  sloop  class.  The  summary: 

Yawls,  83Ft.  Class — Start,  12:20 — Course,  15  Miles. 

Memory,  H.  M.  Raborg 4 13  30  3 53  30 

Anna,  W.  Strauss  5 04  40  4 44  40 

Sloops,  33Ft.  Class— Start,  12 :25— Course,  15  Miles. 

Alert,  J.  W.  Alker  4 10  00  3 45  00 

Bedouin,  W.  .J.  Fowler  4 58  55  4 33  55 

Kathryn,  J.  F,  Proctor  et  al 5 13  00  4 48  00 

Sloops,  27Ft.  Class — Start,  12:30 — Course  15  Miles. 

Widgeon,  N&wtofi  Brothers Did  not  finish. 

Snapper,  F.  C.  Page 4 35  28  4 05  28 

Rogue,  A.  B.  Alley,, 4 39  37  4 09  37 

Thelema,  A,  E.  Black  4 32  34  4 02  34 

Firefly,  G.  P.  Graribery 4 32  55  4 02  55 

Mopsh,  Snllivafi  Brothers  5 03  20  4 33  20 

Wave,  W,  J.  Smith Did  not  finish. 

Sparrow,  C.  Christensen  Did  not  finish. 

Sloops,  22Ft.  Class — Start,  12:35 — Course,  12  Miles. 

Nomad,  J.  Mooring  4 36  05  4 01  05 

Wahneta,  J.  Delaney  4 26  25  3 51  25 

Kanaka,  J.  Mahlstedt  4 24  15  3 49  15 

Gazabo,  H.  Vulte  Did  not  finish. 

Uncas,  G.  F.  Mangels 4 37  30  4 02  39 

Lonetta,  Scherer  & McKenna 4 34  20  3 59  20 

Skip,  C.  M.  Pinckney  4 39  45  4 04  45 

Larchmont  Y.  C.,  One-Design  Class — Start,  12:35 — Course  12  Miles. 

Dorothy,  L.  G.  Spence 4 12  00  S 37  00  • 

Vaquero,  W.  Stump 4 11  45  3 36  45 

Sloops,  18Ft.  Class — Start,  12:40 — Course,  9 Miles. 

Ace,  R.  N.  Bavier  3 50  00  3 10  00 

Tammany,  F.  J.  Muhlfield 4 09  03  3 29  30 

Viking,  L.  F.  Seifert  4 28  05  3 48  05 


Manhasset  Bay  Y.  C. 

Port  Washington,  Long  Island  Sound — Tuesday,  May  30. 

The  first  powerboat  race  of  the  season  to  be  held  near  New 
New  York  was  given  under  the  auspices  of  the  Manhasset  Bay 
Y.  C.  on  Tuesday,  May  30.  Nineteen  boats  started  in  four 
classes,  and  all  but  one  finished. 

Shooting  Star  and  Panhard  covered  a 15-mile  course.  Panhard 
allowed  Shooting  Star  4m.  16s.,  but  she  was  not  only  able  to 
save  her  time,  but  won  by  2m.  24s.  The  water  was  smooth,  and 
it  was  a good  day  for  racing. 

In  class  H,  Simplex  won  by  lm.  6s.  Colonia  allowed  Simplex 
6m.  31s.,  and  although  she  overcame  the  handicap  materially,  she 
was  not  able  to  save  her  time. 

Tike  defeated  San  Toy  in  Class  I,  although  corrected  time 
cannot  be  figured  until  Tike  has  been  measured. 

The  start  of  the  twelve  Knickerbocker  Y.  C.  one-design  boats 
was  most  exciting,  as  they  all  crossed  in  a bunch.  This  is  the 
first  race  these  boats  have  been  in.  They  were  built  by  the 
New  York  Kerosene  Oil  Engine  Company,  of  College  Point, 
N-  Y.,  from  the  designs  of  Mr.  Charles  Coughtry,  one  of  the 
club  members.  They  are  21ft.  over  all,  4ft.  Sin.  beam,  and  18in. 
draft.  They  are  equipped  with  two-stroke  Fulton  engines.  No.  7 
won  in  the  Knickerbocker  class,  but  was  protested.  The  summary 
follows : 

Class  G — Course,  15  Miles^_ 

Shooting  Star,  H.  A.  Lozier,  Jr 

Panhard  II.,  A.  Massanet  

Class  H — Course,  15  Miles. 

Simplex,  C.  R.  Mabley  1 10  43 

Beldame,  H.  A.  Lozier,  Jr 1 18  21 

Colonia,  Fred  G.  Bourne 1 05  18 

Class  I— Course,  10  Miles. 

San  Toy  II.,  W.  H.  Barrion 4 44  13 

Pike,  Samuel  Stimson,  Jr 4 41  31 

Knickerbocker  One-Design  Class — Course,  9 Miles. 

No.  7 J.  Cassidy  4 51  49 

No.  2 Chas.  Coughtry  4 53  05 

No.  IF.  L.  Creamer 4 53  30 

No.  13  Emil  Reiss  4 55  02 

No.  11  Daniel  Noble 4 55  06 

No.  6 F.  F.  Brown  4 55  30 

No.  12  M.  E.  Connelly  4 57  56 

No.  3 L.  C.  Berrian  4 58  41 

No.  10  W.  H.  Gaffert  5 00  53 

No.  9 J.  Sulzbach  5 02  00 

No.  8 R.  Sands  5 04  16 

No.  4 J.  B.  Schmelzel  Did  not  finish. 

Messrs.  Anson  B.  Cole  and  Fred  H.  Hill  managed  the  race. 


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Bay  Side  Y.  C. 

Bay  Side,  Long  Island  Sound — Tuesday,  May  30. 

A feature  of  the  opening  day’s  exercises  at  the  Bay  Side 
Y.  C.,  on  Memorial  Day,  was  the  race  in  the  afternoon  for 
the  new  one-design  boats  built  by  Mr.  Thomas  Clapham.  The 
boats  have  a torpedo  stern,  but  otherwise  are  much  like  Jeebi, 
a craft  with  some  record  for  Sound  racing.  Five  boats  started 
and  J.  E.  Hill  defeated  H.  Wegans  by  only  one  second.  A. 
Andrews  had  an  easy  win  in  the  dory  class.  The  summaries: 
One-Design  Dories— Start,  3:25. 

Finish.  Elapsed. 

A.  Andrews  4 55  00  1 29  00 

J.  H.  Lee  5 01  30  1 36  30 

G A Harvey  ; 5 02  30  1 37  30 

E G Story  5 04  30  1 39  30 

Maxwell  Long  5 05  00  1 40  00 

P.  B.  Nash  5 14  30  1 49  30 

Torpedo  Special  Class — Start,  3:35. 

J.  E.  Hill '... 5 37  52  2 02  52 

H.  Wegans  5 37  53  2 02  53 

Leo  Bugg  5 43  45  2 08  45 

C.  H.  Roberts  5 40  00  2 11  00 

A.  Nesmith  ,5  55  30  2 20  30 


New  York  Y.  C. 

Glen  Cove,  Long  Island  Sound — May  30. 

The  New  York  Y.  C.  held  the  races  for  Spring  cup  off 
Station  No.  10,  Glen  Cove  on  Decoration  Day.  This  was  a 
marked  departure  from  the  usual  custom,  as  the  club  has  up 
to  this  -year  held  its  opening  regatta  on  the  lower  bay  courses 
about  the  middle  of  June.  This  innovation  was  a step  in  the 
right  direction,  as  was  evidenced  by  the  number  of  starters  and 
■the  new  Regatta  Committee  composed  Of  Messrs.  Oliver  E. 
(Cromwell,  chairman;  H.  de  B.  Parsons  and  Ernest  E.  Lorillard, 
have  scored  at  the  outset.  Three  classes  filled,  and  there  were 
.twenty  starters. 

The  Regatta  Committee  were  on  board  Commodore  Bourne’s 
launch  Artemis  and  the  warning  signal  was  given  at  11  o’clock. 
At  11:15  the  two  70-footers,  Mineola  and  Yankee  were  sent  away. 
'Mineola  got  the  better  of  the  start,  and  led  all  over  the  course. 
The  boats  covered  a triangular  course  of  19%  miles.  The  wind 
•was  from  the  N.E.  and  moderate.  The  seventies  had  a reach 
on  the  first  leg,  a beat  on  the  and  a broad  reach  back  to  the 
finish. 

The  starters  in  classes  M and  N covered  an  19%  nautical  mile 


. 2 15  06 

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11:25. 

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bourse,  the  first  leg  of  which  was  a .reach,  the  second  a reach 
and  a shift  in  the  wind  made  the  third  a.  run.  _ , _ , 

Captain  Christiansen,  who  has  sailed  with  Captain  Charlie  Barr 
for  so  many  years  as  mate  had  Mineola’s  drew  in  good  shape, 
and  that  vessel  was  handled  livelier  than  her  adversary  arid  orit- 
maneuvered  her  at  every  turn.  Mineola  won  by  lm.  47s. 

The  four  starters  ih  classes  M and  N were  _started  at  11:20; 
Mira  had  an  easy  time  with  her  three  competitors  arid. had  .a 
good  lead  at  the  finish.  On  corrected  time  Mira  not  cmly  won  m 
her  class,  butd  bfeat  the  seventies.  Joker  is  orie  of  the  Bat  Harbor 
30-footers;  arid,  this  was  the  first  of  thesfe  boats  to  race  on  Lorig 
Island  Sound. 

The  owners . of  the  new  one-design  30-footers  turned  out  m 
good  shape  with  their  boats  and  fourteen  of  them  were  .on  hand 
at  the  start.  A shift  in  the  wind  carried.  Dahirida,  which  boat  had 
beeri  far  behind,  into  first  place  and  she.  won.  This  change  in 
the,  wind  benefited  all  the  boats  that  had  been  . Jeft  fat  behind. 
Dahirida  finished  a winner  over  Atari*  by  9s.,  making  net  second 
win  out  of  three  starts  so  far  this  season. 

Sloops,  Class  H,  70-Footers — Course,  19%  Miles— Start,  11:15. 

Finish.  Elapsed. 

Mirieola,  W.  Ross  Proctor 1 20  16  2 05  16 

Yankee,  J.  Rogers  Maxwell 1 22  03  2 07  03 

Sloops,  Classes  M and  N,  33-Footers — Course  19%  Miles — 

Start,  11:20. 

Mira,  Charles  Lane  Poor . 

Spasm,  E.  B.  King 2 

Mimosa  III.,  Trenor  L.  Park 

Joker,  Wainwright  

Sloops,  Special  30Ft.  Class— Course,  1 

Dahinda,  W.  Butler  Duncan,  Jr 2 45  57 

Atair,  Cord  Meyer 2 46  06 

Carlita,  Oliver  Harriman 2 46  19 

Maid  of  Mendon,  VV.  D.  Guthrie 2 46  34 

Iris,  C.  O’D.  Iselin 2 46  43 

Cara  Mia,  S.  Wainwright 2 47  00 

Adelaide  II.,  George  E.  Adee 2 47  04 

Nautilus,  A.  G.  & H.  W.  Hanan 2 47  17 

Alera,  A.  H.  & J.  W.  Alker 2 47  33 

Minx,  Howard  Willetts  2 47  33 

Phryne,  H.  L.  Maxwell 2 47  49 

Neola  II.,  George  M.  Pynchon 2 47  56 

Banzai,  Newbury  D.  Lawton  2 48  20 

Linnet,  Amos  F.  French 2 51  02 

Atlantic  Y.  C. 

S.ea  Gate,  New  York  Bay — Tuesday,  May  30. 

The  Gravesend  Bay  racing  season  of  1905  was  opened  on 
Memorial  Day  with  a regatta  for  classes  L and  under,  given 
by  the  Atlantic  Y.  C.  There  were  nineteen  starters  in  the  event, 
the  winners  being  Vivian  II.,  Lizana,  Ojigwan  and  Delta.  Four 
of  the  Class  Q boats,  built  this  year  under  the  new  rule  of 
rating,  made  their  debut  and  from  the  close  work  done  through- 
out showed  that  excellent  sport  may  be  expected  in-  the  class 
this  year. 

Ojigwan,  designed  by  Mr.  John  R.  Brophy  for  Mr.  George  E. 
Reiners,  of  the  Brooklyn  Y.  C.,  was  the  winner  in  the  class, 
defeating  Mr.  Hendon  Chubb’s  Cockatoo  II.,  from  the  board 
of  Mr.  Clinton  H.  Crane,  by  42s.  The  latter  just  beat  out  the 
Mower-designed  creation,  More  Trouble,  owned  by  Mr.  W.  H. 
Childs,  at  the  very  finish  of  the  event,  by  2s.  Quest,  the  craft 
designed  by  Mr.  Henry  J.  Gielow  for  Mr.  F.  J.  Havens,  was  not 
handled  to  advantage  and  ended  the  race  4m.  and  27s.  behind 
Ojigwan.  The  latter  and  More  Trouble  were  in  better  racing 
trim  than  the  others. 

From  what  could  be  gleaned  from  the  first  meeting  of  the  new 
boats  the  closest  competition  seems  probable.  More  Trouble 
appeared  to  be  more  than  a match  for  the  others  in  reaching, 
but  not  quite  so  good  at  windward  work.  A most  significant 
and  interesting  outcome  of  the  race  was  the  fact  that  Ojigwan 
defeated  Mary,  a smart  Class  Q creation  built  under  the  old 
rule,  by- 11m.  26s.  for  a course  of  between,  7 and  8 miles.  Mary 
was  the  first  of  the  old  boats  to  finish. 

Classes  N and  P went  out  around  West  Bank  Light  and  re- 
turned, having  a reach  both  ways.  The  other  boats  twice  covered 
the  regular  Association  course,  with  marks  at  Ulmer  Park, 
Marine  and  Field  Club,  Fort  Flamilton  and  the  start  off  the 
club  dock.  The  first  leg  was  a reach,  the  second  a run,  the  third 
another  reach  and  the  last  a fine  windward  board  home.  The 
summaries : 

Sloops,  Class  N — Start,  3:05. 

Vivian  II.,  S.  E.  Vernon 3 59  31 

Redwing,  B.  J.  O’Donohue 

Sloops,  Class  P — Start,  3:05. 

Lizana,  D.  S.  Wylie  4 06  57 

Huntress,  L.  H.  Dyer 4 11  20 

Adeline,  Menton  Bros 4 12  03 

Bonito,  Haviland  Bros Disabled 

Sloops,  Class  Q — Start,  3:10. 

Ojigwan,  George  E.  Reiners 4 27  25 

Cockatoo  II.,  Hendon  Chubb 

More  Trouble,  W.  IT.  Childs 4 28  09 

Quest,  F.  J.  Havens 4 31  52 

Mary,  Max  Grundner 

Ogeemah,  Alfred  Mackay  4 39  07 

Karma,  J.  C.  Erskine.. 4 40  25 

Careless,  Richard  Rummell 4 41  48 

Wraith,  Calvin  Tompkins 

Trouble,  W.  A.  Barstow Withdrew. 

Sloops,  Class  RR — Start,  3:15. 

Delta,  J.  J.  Mahoney 4 49  56 

Beta,  Snedeker  & Camp 4 52  32 

Gamma,  A.  H.  Platt 4 54  09 


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. Withdrew. 

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1 37  32 

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1 39  09 

Havens  Cup. 

Sea  Gate,  New  York  Bay — Saturday,  June  3. 

Owners  could  hardly  wait  for  the  struggle  of  Saturday  to  come 
so  anxious  were  they  to  try  old  and  new  creations.  This  race 
was  the  sixth  for  the  Havens  cup  for  classes  M and  under,  all 
starting  in  one  division  on  time  allowance.  Five  events  for  the 
same  trophy  were  held  in  1904,  Bobtail  getting  two  victories  and 
Redwing,  Era  and  Lizana,  one  each.  The  cup  must  be  won 
three  times  by  the  same  owner  for  permanent  possession. 

Saetta,  the  second  Gielow  creation  for  Class  Q,  won  the  event 
of  Saturday,  defeating  More  Trouble  on  time  allowance  by  47s. 
In  regular  class  competition  the  two  would  race  boat  for  boat, 
and  More  Trouble  would  have  b'een  the  victor,  having  finished 
23s.  before  Saetta. 

The  course  selected  for  the  Havens  cup  event  took  the  ten 
starters  out  across  the  channel  down  the  Lower  Bay  as  far  as 
the  bell  buoy  about  % of  a mile  to  the  northward  of  West  Bank 
Light,  thence  to  the  bell  buoy  off  Craven  Shoal  and  home.  An 
opportunity  to  test  the  new  creations  on  more  open  water  than 
encountered  in  the  bay  on  Memorial  was  given,  and  they  showed 
to  even  better  advantage  than  in  the  initial  regatta.  The  course 
was  covered  twice,  aggregating  11%  miles.  With  a fine  northerly 
breeze  blowing  good  progress'  was  made,  the  first  leg  to  West 
Bank  being  a reach,  the  second  to  windward  and  the  third  a 
short  reach  home. 

As  Havens  Cup  races  are  open  to  Atlantic  Y.  C.  boats  only, 
Ojigwan  was  not  eligible.  The  contest  again  demonstrated  how 
unusually  well  matched  the  new  class  is  for  an  open  one.  Only 
seconds  separated  Cockatoo  II.,  More  Trouble  and  Saetta  on  the 
first  time  around,  and  it  was  the  same  story  at  the  finish,  when 
More  Trouble  led  over  the  line  followed  by  Lizana,  last  year’s 
Association  champion  in  Class  P,  Saetta  and  Cockatoo  11,  in 
the  order  named. 

The  Class  N boat,  Vivian  II.,  first  to  end  the  race,  sailed  well 
throughout,  but  was  too  heavily  handicapped  to  win  from  the 
speedy  newcomers.  A noticable  feature  of  the  struggle  was  the 
poor  work  of  the  C.  F.  Herreshoff  25-footer  Huntress,  formerly 
Lively.  The  boat  is  now  owned  by  L.  H.  Dyer,  of  the  Atlantic 
Y.  C.,  an  enthusiastic  racing  man,  and  was  purchased  with  the 
hope  that  a change  in  rig  and  ballast  would  improve  her.  The 
position,  usually  occupied  in  competition  down  the  Sound  was 
the  best  Huritress  could  maintain.  The  summaries: 

Sloops,  Classes  M and  Under — Start,  3:05. 

Finish. 

Vivian  II.,  S.  E.  Vernon 5 13  36 

Redwing,  J.  B.  O’Donohue .5  17  46 

Bobtail,  E.  F.  Luckenbach 5 27  05 

More  Trouble,  W.  H.  Childs 5 29  16 

Lizana,  D.  S.  Wylie 5 29  28 

-Saetta,  Geo.  H.  Church .,...5  29  39 

Cockatoo  II.,  Hendon  Chubb. .....5  30  43 

Huntress,  L.  H.  "Dyer 5 32  05 

Quest,  F.  J.  Havens 5 33  36 

Wraith,  . Calvin  Tompkins. , ,.v«6  07  3.0 


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Elapsed. 

Corrected. 

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2 12  46 

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3 02  30 



South  Boston  Y*  C. 

South  Boston,  Mass; — Tuesday,  May  30. 

The  opening  race  of  the  season  was  sailed  off  the  South  Boston 
Y.  C.  at  City  Point,  on  Tuesday,  _ May  30.  The  breeze  was  all 
around  the  cofnpass,  streaky  and  fluky,  arid  the  yachts  received 
only,  a poor  test.  The  old  Medric  won  in  the  22-footers,  Bonitwo 
m the  18-footei-s  and  Vera  II.  took  a sailover  in  the  15ft.  class. 
There  was  a good  fleet  of  sailing  dories,  and  also  Cape  cats, 
the  summary: 

Class  E,  22-Footefs. 

Medric,  George  Lee. ; 

Rube,  H.  L.  Bowderi jg  «Jl  57 

Clorinda,  Cheney  and  Lanning '..  '.'.  '.  '.  .2  22  5t) 

Medric  II.,  Herbert  FI;  White ;.... ! !2  23  10 

-r,  ..  " „ Class  I,  18-Footers. 

Bonitwo,  George  IT.  Wightrriari .2  20  57 

Mirage  II.,  J;  W.  01ni,stead ...; ; . . ; . ;2  23  57 

1 ankee,.  F.  W.  Atwood ; . ; ....... .2  24  11 

Hayseted  II.,  FI.  L.  Bowderi 2 30  07 

Nicknack,  ,E.  B.  Holmes.;.......; 2 33  45 

Dorcheri,  A.  W.  Finlay 2 34  12 

TT  - ■ , Class  T,  15-Footefs. 

Vera  II.,  IT.  Lundberg... 2 C>7  25 

, - - Class  X,  Dories. 

Elizabeth  F.,  H.  W.  Dudley 2 0117 

Barbara,  Blaney  & Wardwell 9 ni  4.0 

Bugaboo  II.,  A.  B.  Ingalls ’2  05  47 

Frolic  II.,  W.  G.  Torrey %S  32 

Zaza  II.,  Gordon  Foster.. , 9 in  47 

Spray,  H.  T.  Wing [2  12  40 

Question,  Guy  Gardner 15  38 

Bessie  A.,  J.  S.  Hodge ....2  15  32 

Class  D,  Cape  Cats. 


Hustler,  H.  W.  Robbins 

Marvel,  I.  W.  Whittemore..... 

Stranger,  Dr.  F.  E.  Dawes 

Josephine,  F.  H.  Smith 

Ocean  Eagle,  T.  Lang 

Saltair,  C.  C.  Collins 

Elapsed. 

Corrected. 
1 51  56 

1 53  23 

2 00  54 
2 01  54 
2 02  38 
2 10  20 
2 10  40 
2 12  15 
2 18  56 

•0  M l» 

Dorothy  III.,  F.  F.  Crane.... 
Nancy  Flanks,  G.  W.  Lane... 

Thelga,  L.  E.  Crosscup 

Moondyne,  Shaw  Bros 

B.  B.  Y.  R.  A. 
Wawenock  

Classes— First  Class. 

Sentinel  

JL 

Harnett  

Kit  

J.  til 

Varuna  

Pocahontas  

Lobster  

S.  B.  Y. 

Colson  

C.  Tenders. 

McKee  

Stickney  

Hyde  

J.  VI  ou 

1 12  36 

The  judges  were  Messis.  Arthur  Fuller,  Thomas  F.  Bruen 
Maurice  J.  Lee,  W.  H.  Godfrey,  R.  E.  Bartlett,  ' T.  J.  Cole 
Herbert  P.  Cook  and  Newton  B.  Stone.  J ’ 


Boston  Y.  C. 

A club  race  of  the  Boston  Y.  C.  was  sailed  off  the  South 
Boston  station  on  Saturday,  June  3,  in  light  breezes,  N.  to  E. 
the  four  22-footers  were  less  than  a minute  apart.  Tyro  winning. 
Dorchen  won  m the  18-footers,  and  Vera  II.  had  a walkover  in 
the  15-footers.  _ The  feature  of  the  day  was  the  defeat  of  the 
30-footer  Chewmk  IV.  by  the  25-footers  L’Aiglon  and  Jingo. 
1 he  summary : 

_ , . Class  E,  22-Footers. 

Tyro,  William  H.  Joyce 1 44  59 

Medric  II.,  Herbert  IT.  White !l  45  24 

Rube,  Flerbert  L.  Bowden 1 45  35 

Clorinda,  B.  P.  Cheney  and  C.  D.  Laming '.  !!!l  45  40 

Class  I,  18-Footers. 

Dorchen,  A.  W.  Finlay 1 49  ig 

Bonitwo,  George  H.  Wightman ” !l  50  00 

Hayseed  II.,  Flerbert  L.  Bowden 1 56  51 

Mirage  II.,  J.  W.  Olmstead 1 57  56 

Class  T,  15-Footers. 

Vera  II.,  H.  Lundberg 1 39  00 

First  Rating  Class,  Over  27Ft. . 

T , . . , „ ,,,  TT  , , Elapsed.  Corrected. 

L Aiglon,  E.  W.  Hodgdon 1 43  52 

Jingo,  George  B.  Doane 1 44‘ 52  1 6i  33 

Chewink,  F.  G.  Macomber... 1 44  55  1 07  56 

Second  Rating  Class,  Under  27Ft. 

Anne,  C.  B.  Pratt 1 46  38  0 49  58 

Opah,  Walter  C.  Lewis 1 31  35  0 54  19 

*Ruth,  FI.  C.  Hartshorn 1 45  08 

*Gadfly,  C.  W.  Chapin 1 39  40  ’ ” ” 

Pet,  Walter  Burgess  Withdrew. 

Idella,  B.  D.  Amsden Went  aground. 

*Not  measured. 


Indian  Harbor  Y.  C. 

Greenwich,  Long  Island  Sound — Tuesday,  May  30. 

The  Indian  Harbor  Y.  C.  held  its  first  club  race  on  Decoration. 
Day.  The  club  went  into  commission  in  the  morning  and  the 
races  were  held  in  the  afternoon. 

The  preparatory  was  given  at  2:30  and  the  raceabouts  were 
sent  away  five  minutes  later.  The  wind  was  light  from  the 
E.  at  the  start,  and  later  hauled  to  S.W. 

Tartan,  last  year’s  champion  raceabout,  beat  her  competitors 
to  a standstill,  the  second  boat  being  nearly  10m.  behind. 

In  the  handicap  class  Robin  Hood  won,  beating  Heron  by 
over  4m.  The  boats  covered  a 5 nautical  mile  course  twice. 
The  summary  follows: 

Raceabouts — Start,  2 :35 — Course,  10  Miles. 

Tartan,  A.  H.  Pirie  “ " 

Pretty  Quick,  A.  B.  Alley 

Nora,  Adrian  Iselin  III 6.18  53 

Mistral,  A.  C.  Bostwick 6 21  00 

Invader,  Jr.,  R.  A.  Rainey  

Handicap  Race — Course  10  Miles. 

Kenoshi,  Clifford  Mallory  2 40  00 

Robin  Flood,  G.  E.  Gartland 2 50  00 

FJeron,  J.  Le  Boutillier 2 50  00 

Acushla,  E.  C.  Ray 3 05  00 

The  Regatta  Committee  -is  composed  of  Messrs. 

Hanan,  Chairman;  Charles  E.  Simms,  Thomas  J.  McCahill,  Jr., 
Charles  F.  Kirby,  Charles  P.  Geddes. 


..  6:08  05 

3 33  05 

. . Did  not  finish. 

...6  .18  53 

3 43  58 

. . 6 21  00 

3 46  00 

. . 6 29  00 

3 54  00 

Miles. 

. . 2 40  00 

7 04  12 

. . 2 50  00 

6 56  35 

...2  50  OO 

7 00  45 

Withdrew. 

t Messrs. 

H.  ' Wilmer 

Qurr  cy  Y.  C. 

Quincy,  Mass. — Saturday,  June  3. 

A club  race  of  the  Quincy  Y.  C.  was  sailed  Saturday,  June  3, 
in  light  easterly  breezes.  Two  classes  failed  to  fill,  and  no  cor- 
rected times  could  be  given  in  Class  C,  because  the  yachts  were 
not  measured.  The  summary: 

Class  C. 

Harriet,  A.  A.  Lincoln 1 44  31 

Enigma,  W.  Sargent  

Class  D. 

Josephine,  F.  H.  Smith 1 41  50 

Hustler,  H.  W.  Robbins 1 43  45 

Marvel,  I.  W.  Whittemore 1 44  12 

Dorothy  III.,  F.  F.  Crane 1 46  31 

Moondyne,  W.  IT.  Shaw 1 54  55 

Clara  Lee,  Edgar  Emery  1 57  11 

Stranger,  Dr.  F.  E.  ^ Dawes 1 58  38 

Argestes,  G.  H.  Wilkins 1 56  05 

Motorboats. 

Aleppo,  G.  E.  Rand 0 54  55 

Eleanor,  G.  L.  Hamlet 0 56 “03 

Van,  W.  H.  Shaw ..... 14  23 

Argestes  was  not  measured. 


Elapsed. 

Corrected. 

. .1  44  31 

..2  08  50 

..1  41  50 

1 18  52 

..1  43  45 

1 19  52 

. .1  44  12 

1 20  54 

..1  46  31 

1 23  21 

. .1  54  55 

1 32  28 

. .1  57  11 

1 33-  07 

..1  58  38 

1 35  03 

..1  56  05 

• .. 

432 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


tJUNE  10,  TOO?.  ' 


Knickerbocker  Y.  C. 


College  Point,  Long  Island  Sound — Saturday,  June  3. 

The  annual  race  of  the  Knickerbocker  Y.  C.  was  sailed  on 
Saturday,  June  3,  in  a fresh  N.W.  breeze.  Out  of  thirty-two 
starters,  all  but  one  boat  finished. 

The  boats  in  the  27ft.  class  and  above  covered  a 12-mile  triangle, 
while  the  starters  in  the  three  smaller  classes  sailed  over  a 10-mile 
triangle. 

The  Regatta  Committete  were  on  board  the  steamer  Favorite, 
which  vessel  anchored  off  the  read  and  black  buoy  to  the  north- 
ward of  Execution  Light.- 

The  40ft.  sloops  were  sent  away  at  12:10.  Paiute  II.,  the  only 
modern  boat  in  the  trio,  ran  away  from  her  adversaries  and  won 
by  a big  margin. 

The  sloop  Leda  had  no  competitor  and  sailed  in  the  35ft. 
yawl  class  against  Escape  and  Memory.  Leda  won  in  her  class, 
and  also  takes  the  Miladi  cup,  which  she  won  last  year  on  the 
same  occasion.  The  cup  she  now  owns  outright,  having  won  it 
two  consecutive  seasons.  Memory  proved  too  much  for  Escape, 
an  out  and  out  cruising  boat,  and  she  was  beaten  by  some 
minutes. 

Twelve  starters  in  the  New  York  Y.  C.  one-design  class  made 
the  racing  lively  and  interesting.  Harry  Maxwell  captured  his 
first  winning  flag  with  Phryne.  Cara  Mia  and  Nautilus  got  away 
together,  followed  in  the  order  named  by  Alera,  Maid  of  Mendon, 
Dahinda,  Neola  II.,  Phryne,  Carlita,  Altair,  Ibis,  Adelaide  and 
Banzai.  All  the  boats  crossed  within  30s.  of  one  another.  It  was 
a beat  to  the  first  mark  off  Parsonage  Point  and  the  fleet  were 
well  strung  out  soon  after  the  start.  It  was  a spinnaker  run 
across  to  the  second  mark  off  Matinicock  Point,  and  Phryne 
was  leading  then  by  over  half  a minute.  Phryne  won  by  37s.,  and 
Cara  Mia  was  second. 

The  27ft.  sloops  crossed  as  follows:  Snapper,  Rascal,  Firefly  and 
Thelema,  but  the  last  boat  drew  into  the  lead  and  beat  Rascal 
by  over  a minute. 

Invader,  Jr.,  got  the  start  in  the  Raceabout  class  over  the 
line  and  Mystral,  Pretty  Quick  and  Tartar  followed.  The  old 
champion  Tartan  proved  too  smart  for  her  rivals,  and  finished 
nearly  4m.  ahead  of  Mystral,  the  second  boat. 

Houri  won  in  the  Larchmont  one-design  class  and  Rogue  took 
a first  in  the  22ft.  class. 

The  Regatta  Committee  was  composed  of  Oscar  H.  Chellborg, 
Harry  Stevenson,  F.  L.  Kramer,  I.  O.  Sinkinson  and  W.  B. 
Goddard,  Jr. 

The  summary  follows: 


Sloop,  40Ft.  Class — Course,  12  Miles— Start,  12:10. 

Paiute  II.,  W.  Beam 

Gurnard,  Louis  H.  Zocher 

Nautilus,  J.  J.  McCue 3 

Yawls,  33Ft,  Class — Course,  12  1\ 

Escape,  George  Mathews 

Memory,  M.  Raborg 2 

Leda,  S.  H.  Mason 


Elapsed. 

Corrected. 

. .2  10  59 

2 00  59 

..2  30  21 

2 20  21 

..3  04  32 

2 54  32 

> — Start,  12:15. 

..2  25  35 

2 10  35 

..2  17  02 

2 02  02 

..2  07  37 

1 52  37 

One-Design  Class,  United  States  Y.  C.— Course,  12  Miles — Start, 


12:20. 

Alera,  A.  H.  and  J.  W.  Alker 2 20  23  2 00  23 

Iris,  C.  O’D.  Iselin 2 20  19  2 00  10 

Atair,  Cord  Meyer  2 20  50  2 00  50 

Maid  of  Mendon,  W.  D.  Guthrie 2 20  19  2 00  19 

Dahinda,  W.  Butler  Duncan,  Jr 2 21  40  2 01  40 

Carlita,  Oliver  Harriman 2 19  35  1 59  35 

Adelaide  II.,  P.  H.  and  C.  A.  Adee 2 18  44  1 58  44 

Neola  II.,  George  N.  Pynchon 2 20  03  2 00  03 

Cara  Mia,  S.  Wainwright 2 15  42  1 55  42 

Banzai,  Newbury  D.  Lawton 2 18  41  1 58  41 

Nautilus,  A.  F.  and  W.  H.  Hanan 2 18  23  1 58  23 

Phryne,  Henry  L.  Maxwell 2 15  05  1 55  05 


Sloops,  27Ft.  Class— Course,  12 

Rascal,  John  J.  Dwyer 

Thelema,  A.  E.  Black 

Snapper,  F.  S.  Page 

Firefly,  G.  P.  Granberry 


Miles — Start, 

2 41  18 

2 40  16 

2 43  14 

2 42  31 


12 :25. 

2 16  18 
2 15  16 
2 18  14 
2 17  31 


Raceabouts — Course,  12 

Pretty  Quick,  A.  B.  Alley 

Invader  J.,  Roy  A.  Rainey 

Mystral,  A.  C.  Bostwick 

Tartan,  G.  L.  Pirie 


Miles — Start,  12:30. 

2 40  27 

2 42  16 

2 40  08 

2 36  44 


2 10  27 
2 12  16 
2 10  08 
2 06  44 


Larchmont,  21Ft.  Class — Course,  10  Miles — Start,  12:35. 

Houri,  J.  H.  Esser 2 30  40  1 55  40 

Dorothy,  L.  G.  Spence 2 33  33  1 58  33 

Vaquero,  W.  Stump 2 38  10  2 03  10 


Sloops,  22Ft.  Class — Course,  10  Miles — Start,  12:35. 

Kanaba,  J.  H.  Mahlsted 2 44  30  2 09  30 

Rogue,  A.  B.  Alley 2 32  35  1 57  35 

Sea  Cliff  Y.  C.,  One-Design  Class — Course,  10  Miles — Start,  12:45. 
Dod,  S.  E.  Dealey Did  not  finish. 


Columbia  Y,  C* 


Hudson  River — Saturday,  June  3. 

Eighteen  power  craft  of  more  or  less  prominence  raced  over 
triangular  courses  off  the  Columbia  Y.  C.  on  the  Hudson  River 
on  Saturday,  June  3.  The  two  larger  classes  went  three  times 
over  a 6-mile  triangular  course.  The  first  mark  was  off  Fort 
Lee  and  the  second  off  Sixty-sixth  street.  The  starting  line 
was  directly  off  the  club  house. 

Challenger  allowed  Panhard  II.  12m.  37s.  under  the  A.  P.  B. 
Assn,  rules.  She  was  unable  to  save  her  time  and  was  beaten 
by  5m.  Is.  Challenger’s  performance  was  a very  creditable  one 
and  she  went  over  the  course  on  an  average  of  2m.  38.7s.  per 
mile,  which  is  at  the  rate  of  22.6  knots  an  hour. 

In  classes  T and  S,  Colonia,  the  smallest  of  the  trio,  made  a 
good  showing  and  defeated  Shooting  Star  and  Mercury  on  cor- 
rected time. 

Argonaut  won  in  the  class  for  cabin  craft  by  lm.  56s.  Beldame, 
which  boat  had  to  allow  Argonaut  10m.  14s.,  was  second. 

Queen  Bess  won  by  over  4m.  in  classes  G and  H. 

Simplex  was  first  in  her  class,  and  Charmary  was  second. 
Reliance  defeated  Gesmah  easily  in  class  J.  The  summary  follows: 


Classes  R and  Q — Course,  18  Miles. 

Start.  Finish.  Elapsed.  Corrected. 

Challenger  3 42  37  4 30  14  0 47  37  0 47  37 

Panhard  II 3 30  00  4 24  13  9 55  13  0 42  36 

Classes  T and  S — Course,  18  Miles. 

Colonia  3 15  00  4 21  45  1 06  45  0 53  03 

Shooting  Star  3 25  18  4 33  57  1 07  39  1 04  15 

Mercury  3 28  42  4 29  33  1 01  09  1 01  09 

Classes  B and  A — Course,  12  Miles. 

My  Lady  2 58  00  4 41  53  1 43  55  1 27  51 

Lucania,  Jr 3 00  12  4 33  34  1 33  22  1 19  30 

Argonaut  3 03  48  4 18  24  1 14  36  1 04  22 

Green  Dragon  3 09  56  4 22  44  1 12  48  1 08  42 

Beldame  3 14  02  4 20  20  1 06  18  1 06  18 

Classes  G and  H — Course,  12  Miles. 

Alisbe  2 53  00  4 27  51  1 34  51  1 31  54 

Queen  Bess  2 55  57  4 23  47  1 27  50  1 27  50 

Classes  H and  I — Course,  12  Miles. 

Skibo  2 37  00  Not  timed 

San  Toy  II 2 47  08  3 55  40  1 08  32  1 05  00 

Charmary  2 47  38  3 50  50  1 03  12  1 00  10 

Simplex  2 50  40  3 42  27  0 51  47  0 51  47 

Class  J — Course,  12  Miles. 

Gesmah  2 35  00  4 18  56  1 43  04  1 42  10 

Reliance  2 35  54  3 54  12  1 18  2 i 1 18  27 


The  following  table  gives  the  name  and 
together  with  her  engine  power,  rating  and 
Classes  A and  B. 


Beldame,  H.  A.  Lozier,  Jr., 


owner  of  each  boat, 
allowance : 


Alisbe,  C.  R. 


Class  C. 
Branson,  Globe 


Charmary,  , Standard 

Simplex,  C.  R.  Mabley,  Simplex 

Class  J. 

Gesmah,  A.  McDougall  

Reliance,  A ■ Ci  Stratford,  Hasbroueb 


Power. 

Rating. 

Allowance. 

15.89 

42.96 

13.50 

55.28 

45.28 

10.14 

. 55.28 

49.95 

4.06 

43.40 

53.62 

Allows. 

15.48 

41.67 

16.02 

33.50 

2.57 

[ 27.14 
I. 

34.65 

Allows. 

15.70 

41.57 

13.14 

' 24. 

48.07 

3.32 

18.41 

48.46 

3.02 

50.95 

Allows. 

39.46 

0.54 

, 12.06 

39,68 

Allows, 

Classes  R and  S. 

Colonia,  F.  G,  Bourne,  Speedway 

Shooting  Star,  H.  A.  Lozier,  Jr.,  Lozier  22.68 
Mercury,  H.  J.  Ottman,  Speedway...  55.2 

Class  T. 

Panhard  II.,  A Massenat,  Panhard...  47.43 
Challenger,  W.  G.  Brokaw,  Simplex.  .119.448 


65.09 

13.42 

64.12 

3.24 

67.44 

Allows. 

70.76 

12.37 

88.35 

Allows. 

Buffalo  Y.  C. 

Point  Abino,  Lake  Erie — Tuesday,  May  30. 

Twelve  boats  started  in  a club  race  held  by  the  Buffalo  Y.  C. 
on  Decoration  Day,  and  all  but  two  finished.  It  was  a handicap 
event,  and  all  boats  sailed  in  one  class  over  a 12-mile  course.  The 
wind  was  moderate  from  the  N.E.  The  race  was  sailed  off  the 
club’s  Point  Abino  Station.  Banshee  II.  won  and  Magia  was 
second.  The  summary  follows: 

Start,  4:00  P.  M. 

Finish.  Corrected. 

Banshee  II.,  Hall 5 57  53  5 38  53 

Magia,  Patterson  6 01  45  5 42  45 

Lorna,  Chamberlain  5 50  20  5 43  20 

Ida,  Heussler  6 04  40  5 45  40 

Beppo,  Shamp  6 09  25  6 02  39 

Nerena,  Rice  6 13  45  6 02  05 

Tomahoc,  Buckpitt  6 12  22  6 05  22 

Breeze,  Loosen  6 19  33  6 06  53 

Virginia,  Olshei  6 21  23  6 09  43 

Cricket,  Robertson  6 17  40  6 17  40 

Dorothy,  Rockwell Time  not  taken. 

Paragon,  Petrie,  Time  not  taken. 


Seawanhafca  Corinthian  Y.  C. 


Oyster  Bay,  Long  Island  Sound— Saturday,  June  3. 

Morning  and  afternoon  races  were  held  off  the  Seawanhaka 
Corinthian  Y.  C.  on  Saturday,  June  3.'  In  the  morning  four 
boats  in  the  27-33ft.  class  raced,  and  Mimosa  III.  won  by  a 
large  margin.  The  breeze  was  fresh  from  the  N.  E. 

Five  of  the  15-footers  were  on  hand  for  the  afternoon  event. 
The  wind  lost  its  strength  as  the  day  progressed,  and  some  of  the 
boats  had  difficulty  in  finishing.  Sabrina  won,  and  Bairn  was 
second.  The  summary  follows: 


33-Footers — Start, 

Mimosa  III.,  

Regina,  F.  G.  Stewart 

Nike,  V.  I.  Cumnock 

Tito,  Colgate  Hoyt  

15-Footers — Start, 

Sabrina,  C.  W.  Wetmore 

Bairn,  W.  J.  Matheson  

Fly,  W.  E.  Roosevelt 

Nip,  F.  B.  Pazey  

Imp,  F.  L.  Landon 


11 :30. 


3:05. 


Finish. 

Elapsed, 

.1  30  34 

2 00  34 

.1  44  26 

2 14  26 

.1  47  30 

2 17  30 

.1  48  54 

2 18  64 

.6  31  10 

3 26  10 

.6  49  35 

3 44  35 

.6  55  30 

3 50  30 

.7  12  40 

4 07  40 

.7  14  45 

4 09  45 

Across  Nova  Scotia  in  Canoes. 

( Continued,  from  page  44t.) 

Monday,  June  20. 

As  soon  as  the  siln  was  up  we  turned  out  for  the  last 
time  into  the  faint  warmth  of  its  first  rays,  blowing  on 
our  fingers  to  keep  them  warm  until  the  camp-fire  was 
started.  The  Scribe  brought  down  the  derision  of  the 
rest  of  the  party  by  being  the  last  to  get  up,  about  fifteen 
minutes  after  the  others.  The  least  comfortable  part  of 
the  day’s  work  was  always  before  breakfast,  when  we 
were  just  out  of  our  comfortable  beds  into  the  cold,  damp’ 
morning  air,  sleepy,  hungry  and  sometimes  a bit  cold 
and  stiff.  Getting  into  one’s  clothes  when  they  are  damp 
and  clammy  from  the  wettings  of  the  day  before  is  not 
the  most  delightful  sensation  in  the  world,  and  this  opera- 
tion was  generally  accomplished  with  grunts  of  disgust 
from  the  victims.  One  or  two  nights  a couple  of  the 
sleeping  bags  were  wet  in  places,  but  we  managed  to  shift 
the  available  inner  bags  about  so  as  to  avoid  actual  dis- 
comfort to  the  unlucky  ones. 

Breakfast  at  Camp  Iris  was  soon  over  and  we  packed 
up  reluctantly  for  the  start,  the  crew  of  the  Mic-Mac 
doing  the  dishwashing.  As  usual,  this  was  quickly  and 
easily  accomplished  by  filling  the  tin  oven  with  hot  water, 
adding  Pearline,  and  using  it  as  a dishpan.  This  scheme 
did  away  entirely  with  the  bother  of  greasy  plates,  and 


even  that  arch-nuisance  of  the  pack  bag — the  frying-pan — 
was  quickly  reduced  to  a state  of  immaculate  purity  by 
the  use  of  a chain  scourer  and  the  hot  suds.  We  found 
rough  water  in  one  or  two  of  the  rifts  after  leaving  Camp 
Iris,  but  we  were  getting  used  to  this  kind  of  work  and 
did  effective  work  with  snubbing-poles,  holding  back  the 
canoes  in  the  swift  water  and  fending  off  from  the  threat- 
ening rocks.  The  bow  man  used  the  pole,  the  stern  man 
doing  the  steering  and  steadying  the  boat  with  a paddle. 
We  had  broken  our  spare  paddles  by  this  time,  so  the  two- 
which  Louis  left  us  came  in  very  handy. 

In  spite  of  our  skill,  however,  this  morning  saw  the 
worst  accident  of  the  trip,  about  the  middle  of  the  fore- 
noon, when  Charles  and  Carl  came  to  grief  in  running 
a broad  streich  of  rapids  by  striking  on  a submerged  rock, 
which  they  mistook  for  a wave  in  the  midst  of  the  tur- 
moil. The  Mic-Mac  had  gotten  safely  through  and  its 
crew  were  looking  for  trouble  ahead,  when  they  heard  a 
faint  “coo-ee”  above  the  noise  of  the  rapids,  and,  turning 
quickly,  saw  the  others  struggling  in  the  water  far  out  in 
the  current.  The  Mic-Mac  was  run  ashore  at  Once,  the 
duffle  was  tumbled  quickly  out,  and  the  crew  hastened 
with  the  empty  boat  to  the  rescue.  They  tried  to  pole 
against  the  current,  but  it  was  too  swift,  making  progress 
very  slow.  Tow  lines  were  then  gotten  out  and,  with 
Arthur  at  the  bow  and  the  Scribe  at  the  stern,  more  speed 
was  made,  although  the  irregular  nature  of  the  shore 
made  this  hard  work.  In  fact,  Arthur  missed  his  foot- 
ing, being  carried  down  stream  still  holding  the  bow  line. 
In  the  meantime,  the  others  were  having  all  sorts  of 
trouble  trying  to  save  the  duffle  and  the  boat.  It  was  too 
deep  to  reach  shore  by  wading,  and  Carl  attempted  to 
bring  two  sleeping  bags  ashore  by  swimming  with  them. 
We  passed  him  as  we  came  up  the  shore,  and  stopped 
long  enough  to  throw  him  a rope,  hauling  him  out  a 
couple  of  hundred  feet  below  his  starting  point.  He 
shouted  to  us  that  they  had  struck  so  hard  that  both  of 
them  were  thrown  clear  out  of  the  boat,  and  it  was  now 
jammed  too  tightly  for  them  to  move.  The  rescue  party 
worked  their  way  up  stream  to  a line  of  boulders  which 
made  out  into  the  river  above  the  rock  which  caused  the 
upset,  and  managed  to  reach  a point  directly  above 
Charles  and  the  wrecked  boat.  They  then  tried  to  let  the 
big  canoe  down  to  him  by  tying  the  tow-lines  together, 
not  until  Arthur  had  again  slipped  into  the  stream,  and 
again  been  hauled  out  by  his  mate.  The  current  was  very 
strong  and  rough,  causing  the  boat  to  swerve  violently 
out  of  its  course,  and  upon  the  third  attempt  to  get  the 
boat  to  Charles,  it  was  upset  by  a wave  and  swept  down 
against  the  rock.  Things  looked  serious  for  a moment, 
but  luckily  the  big  canoe  struck  the  other  a violent  blow 
which  dislodged  it,  and  both  boats  came  down  stream,  full 
of  water,  Charles  still  slinging  to  his.  Just  before  this 
happened  Charles  had  saved  the  last  pack  bag  by  throwing 
it  into  the  current  toward  the  shore,  so  that  it  was  car- 
ried down  to  Carl  standing  waist  deep  in  the  water,  and 
then  dragged  ashore.  Arthur  and  H.  N.  T.  raced  down 
the  river  bank  and  waded  and  swam  out  to  help  the  others 
save  the  boats,  Arthur  and  Charles  taking  charge  of  the 
red  canoe,  and  Carl  and  the  Scribe  the  large  one.  Neither 
boat  had  suffered  much  damage,  the  Mic-Mac’s  gunwales 
were  splintered  and  her  sides  battered,  but  both  boats 
were  still  serviceable  and  water-tight,  thanks  to  the  can- 
vas covers.  We  then  took  a hasty  inventory  of  the  duffle 
and  found  many  things  missing — hats,  fishing  tackle,  tent, 
paddles,  etc.,  which  was  hardly  surprising  considering  the 
character  of  the  mishap.  Arthur  and  the  Scribe  hastily 
loaded  their  canoe  and  paddled  at  racing  speed  down 
stream  to  head  off  floating  articles,  the  exercise  serving 
to  keep  them  warm  after  their  long  soaking  in  the  river. 
They  found  the  paddles  but  nothing  else,  proving  the 
violence  of  the  rapids,  which  had  evidently  sunk  the  other 
missing  things  and  jammed  them  against  the  rocks  and 
hidden  ledges.  After  going  about  half  a mile  in  a steady, 
strong  current,  they  turned  and  came  slowly  back,  meet- 
ing the  others  on  the  way  down.  All  hands  were  thor- 
oughly soaked  and  pretty  well  tired  out  by  the  strenuous 
exertions  of  the  past  half  hour,  so  Charles  began  to  think 
of  stopping  at  a convenient  spot  and  lighting  a huge  fire 


SHOOTING  THE  /'SWEATING.  PLACET  BELOW  BIG  RIVER  FALLS, 


June  io,  1905.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


463 


to  dry  everything  out.  The  sleeping  bags  weighed  about 
half  a ton  each,  being  thoroughly  soaked  with  water,  and 
the  rest  of  the  equipment  that  was  saved  was  also  drench- 
ed. The  Mic-Mac’s  crew  were  in  favor  of  going  ahead, 
and  making  no  stops  until  we  reached  Milton,  since  our 
time  was  hourly  growing  shorter  and  we  did  not  know 
what  we  would  encounter  in  the  way  of  difficulties  before 
we  reached  the  pulp  mill.  In  spite  of  this  Charles  de- 
clined to  stop,  under  protest  from  the  other  boat  which 
continued  on  down  stream.  The  current  had  disappeared 
by  this  time,  as  we  were  evidently  approaching  another 
dam.  After  about  a half  hour’s  hard  work,  steady  paddling 
through  deep  water,  the  river  getting  wider  and  wider, 
we  rounded  a broad  sweep,  and  came  in  sight  of  a new 
dam  across  the  stream.  We  ran  down  to  the  left  hand 
side  of  this  obstruction,  a strong  wind  astern,  and  pulled 
our  canoe  ashore  in  a little  sheltered  cove.  We  were 
under  some  misgivings  as  to  the  wisdom  of  allowing  the 
party  to  split  up  in  this  way,  as  we  were  still  ignorant  of 
the  distance  that  remained  before  we  reached  the  pulp 
mill — in  fact,  we  did  not  know  whether  this  might  not  be 
the  pulp  mill  dam  that  Louis  had  told  us  about.  We  made 
up  our  minds  to  explore  the  country  and  see  whether  this 
was  the  case,  so  Arthur  went  down  stream  along  the 
shore,  and  the  Scribe  struck  back  through  the  woods  on 
a path  which  led  to  a lumbering  road,  which  in  turn 
turned  and  twisted  for  about  half  a mile  and  then  ran 
off  into  a flooded  district,  evidently  caused  by  recent 
rains.  The  Scribe  explored  it  this  far  at  a rapid  pace, 
and  upon  retracing  his  steps  ran  across  two  natives — 
stalwart  young  lumbermen,  who  gave  him  the  desired  in- 
formation about  the  lay  of  the  land.  He  learned  from 
them  that  the  pulp  mill  was  not  more  than  a couple  of 
miles  below,  and  that  we  would  have  trouble  getting  down 
through  the  rapids  below  the  dam,  where  our  boat  was 
now  lying,  as  they  were  long  and  very  rough.  Also  there 
were  numerous  log  booms  obstructing  the  open  water 
above  the  pulp  mill  dam,  and  we  would  have  trouble  pass- 
ing these.  H.  N.  T.  then  raced  back  to  the  boat,  calling 
for  Arthur  to  return.  Upon  his  arrival,  reporting  “noth- 
ing doing”  down  stream  as  far  as  he  had  gone,  except  two 
or  three  houses  in  the  distance,  we  unloaded  the  canoe  and 
shacked  everything  over  the  dam  to  a comparatively  quiet 
eddy  below.  We  then  wrote  a hasty  note  to  the  others 
and  set  it  up  on  a piece  of  stick  so  as  to  attract  their  at- 
tention if  they  should  go  down  that  side  of  the  river  and 
cross  the  dam  as  we  did.  We  told  them  that  the  train 
left  at  3 o’clock  that  afternoon  for  Liverpool,  and,  as  it 
was  getting  nigh  on  toward  x o’clock,  their  time  was 
very  short. 

We  then  re-embarked  below  the  dam,  not  at  all  keen 
for  the  stretch  of  white  water  as  far  as  we  could  see 
down  stream — probably  as  stiff  a proposition  as  we  had 
yet  been  up  against,  excepting  Big  River  Falls.  More- 
over, both  of  us  were  wet  and  hungry,  and  well  tired  by 
the  morning’s  work.  In  spite  of  all  this,  however,  we 
came  through  famously,  working  the  canoe  slowly  down 
the  rapid  current,  and  skillfully  avoiding  the  sunken  rocks 
and  the  swiftest  water.  The  mate  used  the  snubbing-pole 
nearly  all  the  way  through,  quick  changes  being  necessary 
from  one  side  of  the  boat  to  the  other,  and  at  times  one 
end  of  the  pole  would  be  used  as  a brake  by  pressing  it 
heavily  against  the  bottom  of  the  stream.  Our  recollec- 
tion was  that  the  boat  did  not  touch  a rock  all  the  way 
through  this  stretch  of  rapids,  and  when  the  foot  was 
finally  reached,  both  parties  blowing  hard  from  the  violent 
exercise,  a brief  mutual  admiration  society  meeting  was 
held  on  the  spot  in  honor  of  the  skill  that  had  brought 
us  safely  through. 

Still,  deep  water  was  now  encountered,  with  submerged 
forests  along  the  banks  of  the  river,  showing  that  we 
were  in  the  neighborhood  of  another  dam.  Floating  logs 
were  also  lodged  around,  and  numbers  of  them  were  lying 
partly  water-logged,  with  one  end  projecting  just  above 
the  surface  in  the  manner  we  had  noticed  them  during 
the  past  two  days.  Going  around  another  bend  we  came 
in  view  of  the  edge  of  the  dam  in  the  distance,  and  as  we 
had  been  told,  a number  of  log  booms  stretched  across 
the  surface  of  the  water,  and  anchored  at  certain  points 
to  large  cribs  made  of  a number  of  poles  driven  into  the 
bed  of  the  stream,  and  fastened  together.  These  booms 
were  simply  huge  logs  joined  together  end  to  end  with 
chains  and  were  rather  difficult  to  cross  with  a heavily 
loaded  canoe.  We  found  it  the  easiest  plan  to  run  up 
close  to  one  of  the  cribs  and  then  haul  the  canoe  over  by 
main  strength  across  the  floating  log.  We  did  this  three 
or  four  times,  and  finally  gained  the  breast  of  the  dam. 
We  tossed  our  duffle  out  upon  the  footpath  and  pro- 
ceeded on  foot  to  explore  again.  A canal,  which  we  found 
to  be  the  waterpower  for  the  pulp  mill,  opened  from  one 
end  of  the  dam  and  disappeared  around  a bend.  We 
followed  along  this,  and  soon  came  in  sight  of  the  mill, 
with  a settlement  of  small  houses  around  it,  the  whole 
set  in  a beautiful  bit  of  scenery  with  high  mills  all  around 
and  a small  brook  winding  around  the  rocks  down  the 
valley.  We  retraced  our  steps  to  the  dam  and  again  car- 
ried our  boat  and  duffle  over  into  the  waterpower  canal, 
paddling  down  to  the  end  of  it,  where  the  siding  or  the 
tramway  was  located.  Here  we  took  the  Mic-Mac  out  of 
the  water  for  -the  last  time  and  piled  everything  on  shore 
ready  to  load  on  the  flat  car,  which  left  about  an  hour 
later  for  Liverpool. 

By  this  time  we  were  getting  anxious  about  the  rest  of 
the  party,  as  we  had  taken  quite  a good  deal  of  time  ex- 
ploring and  talking  with  the  natives  at  the  pulp  mill.  The 
Scribe  had  also  tried  the  fishing  below  the  pulp  mill  dam, 
which  was  the  most  spectacular  of  any  that  we  had  pass- 
ed so  far ; very  high,  with  a great  head  of  water  going 
over  it  everywhere.  It  raised  a noise  that  was  audible 
for  a long  distance  away.  A tremendous  volume  of  water 
rushed  over  the  central  chute,  which  was  built  out  on  an 
inclined  plane  to  admit  of  the  largest  logs  being  carried 
over.  This  water  piled  up  at  the  foot  of  the  drop  into  a 
fifteen-foot  wave,  and  then  a series  of  smaller  ones  like 
the  wake  of  a steamboat,  the  mist  from  the  turmoil  ris- 
ing in  a thin  cloud  and  whirling  down  stream  in  the 
strong  wind  that  was  blowing.  We  made  our  way  out  on 
the  dam  across  a series  of  narrow  sirigle-plank  bridges, 
clutching  every  available  support  to  prevent  losing  our 
balance  in  the  force  of  the  gale  and  the  stunning  thunder 
of  the  falling  water.  Smoking  was  hardly  worth  while 
as  the  wind  whipped  the  smoke  out  of  one’s  very  teeth, 
and  our  heads  fairly  ached  from  the  tightly  jammed  hat- 
bands about  our  ears.  We  learned  later  from  a lumber- 
man at  the  pulp  mill  that  the  central  flume  had  been  run 


by  a lumberjack  on  a log  during  the  spring  freshet,  the 
man  being  under  the  influence  of  some  “Nova  Scotia 
Lightning”  at  the  time,  which  accounted  for  the  fool- 
hardiness of  the  feat. 

Below  the  dam  was  the  usual  stretch  of  foaming  rapids 
shut  in  by  high,  steep  banks.  The  Scribe,  working  his 
way  slowly  down  the  rough  timbering  of  the  down- 
stream face  of  the  dam  to  cast  over  the  pool  below,  dis- 
covered one  of  the  dry,  half-rotted  logs  smouldering,  and 
probably  saved  the  entire  structure  by  improvising  a 
bucket  from  his  old  Khaki  hat.  The  wood  had  probably 
ignited  spontaneously  from  the  concentrated  heat  of  the 
sun,  as  no  other  cause  could  be  found. 

[to  be  concluded.] 


i/Je  J tmg*  and  <§alkrg. 

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Fixtures. 

June  15-18. — Central  Sharpshooters’  Union,  under  auspices  of 
Davenport,  la.,  Shooting  Association.  F.  Berg,  Sec’y. 

July  24-29. — .Newark,  (J. — Second  annual  of  the  Unio  state  Rifle 
Association. 

July  26-Aug.  1. — Creedmoor,  L.  I. — Second  annual  of  New  York 
Rifle  Association. 

Aug.  11-18. — Fort  Des  Moines,  la.,  Rifle  Association  annual 
meeting. 

Aug.  24-28. — Sea  Girt,  N.  J. — National  rifle  and  revolver  matches. 

Aug.  29-Sept.  9. — Sea  Girt,  N.  J. — National  Rifle  Association  and 
New  Jersey  State  Association. 


Provide  ace,  R.  I.,  Revolver  Club. 

Our  opening  shoot  on  the  new  Cranston  range  Memorial  Day 
was  well  attended,  and  some  good  scores  were  made. 

The  members  and  visitors  present  expressed  themselves  as 
highly  pleased  with  the  new  shooting  house  and  location.  The 
greater  part  of  the  day  was  spent  by  the  boys  sighting  in  their 
various  arms  for  the  50yd.  targets  and  trying  the  different 
weapons  brought  out.  Riflemen  shot  revolvers  and  pistols  and 
vice  versa.  A.  B.  Coulters  put  in  most  of  his  spare  time  with 
his  Krag  at  200yds.,  and  after  getting  sighted  in  with  a special 
load  made  three  good  forties.  The  following  scores  were  recorded: 
Pistol,  50yds.:  Walter  H.  Freeman,  89,  94,  94,  89,  92—458:  Wm. 

Almy,  87,  87,  89,  91,  86 — 440;  Wm.  Bosworth,  85,  81,  87,  88,  86,  82, 

84,  87,  73,  82—835;  C.  L.  Beack,  69. 

Revolver,  50yds.:  Arthur  C.  Hurlburt,  .38  officers’  model,  80,  90, 
76;  Arno  Argus,  .38  officers’  model,  78,  86;  Wm.  F.  Eddy,  .38 
military,  76,  82,  84. 

Rifle,  200yds. : A.  B.  Coulters,  .30  Krag,  40,  40,  40. 

Rifle,  50yds.,:  H.  Powell,  91;  C.  L.  Beach,  73,  79,  75;  W.  Bert 
Gardiner,  74,  65,  64,  78;  Frank  L.  Vaughan,  65,  65,  64. 

Pistol,  20yds.:  W.  H.  Freeman,  90,  85,  93,  86,  85;  Ray  Powell, 

85,  93. 


The  boys  are  taking  to  the  new  range  and  50yd.  work  like 
ducks  to  water.  Our  second  shoot,  Saturday,  June  3,  was  pro- 
ductive of  much  encouragement  on  the  part  of  some  of  the 
members. 

Walter  H.  Freeman  carried  off  the  honors  for  the  day  for 
pistol  shooting  and  was  in  splendid  form.  The  first  six  shots 
of  his  second  string  showed  tens,  and  we  all  hoped  to  see  him 
plant  the  remaining  shots  in  the  coveted  circle.  The  strain  was 
too  much,  however,  but  he  made  the  excellent  score  of  95.  His 
100-shot  total  of  914  was  a good  starting  record  for  our  range. 

Ihe  revolver  trio,  which  is  trying  to  bring  on  a match  with  the 
State  military  champions,  did  a little  practice,  scoring  on  the 
Creedmoor  target,  such  as  used  at  the  State  range,  and  found 
they  could  hang  pretty  close  to  what  is  considered  good  work 
among  the  militiamen. 

Major  Eddy’s  90  (Standard)  was  a clean  score  of  bulls,  as  was 
also  Hurlburt’s  88.  The  latter,  however,  dropped  into  the  seven- 
ties and,  becoming  disgusted,  turned  his  officers’  model  and  re- 
maining cartridges  over  to  Freeman,  who,  without  changing  the 
sights,  shot  for  group  and  made  one  which,  had  the  elevation 
been  correct,  would  cout  out  a 97. 

Saturday  was  Argus’  second  trial  at  50yd.  shooting,  and  we  con- 
sider he  did  good  average  work,  with  scores  near  the  80  mark. 
Several  visitors  were  present  and  enjoyed  a little  rifle  practice. 

The  following  scores  were  recorded  previous  to  the  regular 
Saturday  afternoon  shoot:. 

Pistol,  50yds.:  Walter  H.  Freeman,  93,  91,  93,  89,  94;  William 

Almy,  91,  90,  88,  85,  87,  86,  82. 

Rifle  50yds.:  H.  Powell,  87,  84,  80;  F.  A.  Coggeshall,  84. 

The  following  scores  were  made  at  the  Saturday,  June  3,  shoot: 

Pistol,  50yds. : Walter  H.  Freeman,  91,  95,  92,  87,  93,  94,  88,  93, 

gg  g2 914 

Revolver,  50yds.:  Maj.  Wm.  F.  Eddy,  .38  military,  90,  84,  .75,  83; 
Arthur  C.  Hurlburt,  .38  officers’  model,  .84,  . 8S,  73,  76.;  Arno 
Argus,  .38  officers’,  model,  76,  87,  82,  76,  76,  7.6,  76,  74,  83,  84—790 

Revolver,  Military . Target,  50yds.:  Eddy  50,  48,  45,  46;  Hurlburt, 
47,  50,  .44,  45;  Argus,  45,  49,  47,  46  45,  45,  45,  43,  47,  49. 

Rifle  50yds. : A.  B.  Coulters,  .22  with  ’scope,  81,  72,  77,  73, 

75,  79;  C.  L.  Beach,  64,  66. 


Independent  New  York  Schuetzen  Corps. 

Members  held  a practice  shoot  on  the  200yd.  ranges  in  Union 
Hill  park  the  afternoon  of  June  2,  under  favorable  weather 
conditions.  William  Hayes,  of  Newark,  was  high  man  on  the 
ring  target  with  805  points.  He  also  had  the  best  ticket,  116 
points.  Gus  Zimmermann,  the  club’s  captain,  had  the  most 
points  and  flags  on  the  bullseye  target,  and  Lambert  Schmidt 
was  high  on  the  man  target,  with  57  out  of  the  possible  60  points. 
The  scores  \ 

Ring  Target:  William  Hayes  805,  John  Facklamm  801,  G.  W, 

Ludwig  796,  Gus  Zimmermann  610,  August  Begerow  509,  Lambert 
Schmidt  408,  George  T.  Zimmermann  373,  F.  Liegibel  277,  J. 
Schmidt  246,  William  Sole  212.  Best  ticket,  William  Hayes,  116. 

Bullseye  Target:  First  flag,  William  Sole;  last  flag,  Wm.  Hayes. 

Points  and  Flags — Gus  Zimmermann,  230  and  17 ; F.  Liegibel, 
149  and  6;  G.  T.  Zimmermann,  135  and  6;  John  Facklamm,  134 
and  8;  ’August  Begerow,  107  and  3;  Wm.  Sole,  95  and  2;  Wiiliam. 
Hayes,  63  and  5;  Lambert  Schmidt,  60  and  2;  J.  Schmid,  33  and  1; 
G.  W.  Ludwig,  27  and  1;  Henry  J.  Behrens,  11. 

Man  Target:  Lambert  Schmidt  57,  William  Hayes  56,  August 

Begerow  53,  Gus  Zimmermann  52,  William  Sole  32. 


Cincinnati  Rifle  Association. 

The  following  scores  were  made  in  regular  competition  by 
members  of  the  Cincinnati  Rifle  Association  at  Four-Mile  House, 
Reading  road,  May  21.  Conditions,  200yds.,  offhand  at  the  25ring 
target.  Nestler  was  champion  for  the  day  with  the  good  score  of 
' 231.  Payne  was  high  on  the  honor  target  with  73  points.  Scores 
follow: 


Man  Target. 

Nestler  231  221  217  .209  209  56 

Payne  223  . 213  212  212  . 211  55 

Odell  223  213  209  209.205  52 

Roberts  219  215  213  210  209  54 

Bruns  215  .215  .214  205  204 

Freitag  215  212  ,202  202  192  55 

Hofer  212.  206  .204  204  197  51 

Topf  181  173  169  154  154 


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Fixtures. 

June  8. — West  Chester,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  all-day  target  shoot.  F. 
H.  Eachus,  Sec’y. 

June  8-9.— Dalton,  O.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  Ernest  E. 
Scott,  Capt. 

June  9. — Shamokin,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  S.  C.  Yocum, 

Sec’y. 

June  9-Il. — Bozeman,  Mont. — Montana  State  shoot. 

June  11-13. — Chef  Menteur,  La. — Gulf  Coast  Trapshooters’  League 
Shoot,  under  auspices  of  the  Tally-Ho  Club.  John  Spring, 
Chairman. 

June  12-13. Wabash  Gun  Club  tournament;  sanction  of  Indiana 

State  League.  Austin  S.  Flinn,  Sec’y. 

June  13. — Castieton  Corners,  S.  I. — Castleton  Corners  Gun  Club 
all-day  tournament. 

June  13. — Waterbury. — Consolidated  Gun  Club  of  Connecticut 
fourth  tournament,  under  auspices  of  Mattatuck  Gun  Club. 
Willis  M.  Hall,  Sec’y. 

June  13-14. — New  Bethlehem,  Pa. — Crescent  Gun  Club  second 
annual  tournament.  R.  E.  Dinger,  Capt. 

June  13-14. — Dubuque,  la.,  Gun  Club  amateur  tournament.  F. 
M.  Jaeger,  Sec’y. 

June  13-14. — Butler,  Mo. — The  Missouri  and  Kansas  League  of 
Trapshooters.  Dr.  C.  B.  Clapp,  Sec’y. 

June  13-15. — Capron,  111.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  A Vance,  Sec’y. 

June  13-15. — Canton,  O. — Ohio  Trapshooters’  League  tournament, 
C.  ■ F.  Schlitz,  Sec’y. 

June  13-16. — Utica,  N.  Y. — New  York  State  shoot.  James  Brown, 
Sec’y. 

June  14-15. — Durham,  N.  C. — North  Carolina  Trapshooters’  Associa. 
tion  second  annual  tournament.  Geo.  L.  Lyon,  Pres. 

June  14-15.— Middletown,  Wis.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  Frank  L, 
Pierslorff,  Sec’y. 

June  15. — Champlain,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament. 

June  16. — Indianapolis,  Ind.- — Limited  Gun  Club  championship 
shoot. 

June  16-17. — Pottstown,  Pa. — Shuler  Gun  Club  target  tournament. 

June  16-18. — Putnam,  111. — Undercliff  Sportsmen's  Association 
tournament.  C.  G.  Grubbs,  Mgr. 

June  17.— Chicago,  111.,  Gun  Club  special  100-target  contest.  C.  P. 
Zacher,  Sec’y. 

June  20.— Dayton,  O. — Rohrer’s  Island  Gun  Club  tournament. 
Will  E.  Kette,  Sec’y. 

June  20-21. — Binghamton,  N.  Y.,  Rod  and  Gun  Club  tournament, 
Vernon  L.  Perry,  Sec’y. 

June  20-21. — Jackson,  Mich. — Michigan  State  shoot,  under  auspices 
of  Jackson  Gun  Club.  H.  B.  Crosier.  Sec’y. 

June  20-22. — New  London,  la.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  Dr. 
C.  E.  Cook,  Sec’y. 

June  21-22. — Bradford,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  club  tournament.  E.  C. 
Charlton,  Sec’y. 

June  21. — Monongahela  Valley  League  of  West  Virginia  third 
tournament,  under  auspices  of  Grafton  Gun  Club.  A.  R. 
Warden,  Sec’y. 

June  22.— Towanda,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  W.  F.  Dittrich, 
Sec’y. 

June  22-23. — Atlantic  City,  N.  J. — Seashore  Gun  Club  shooting 
tournament.  E.  M.  Smith,  Sec’y. 

June  22-24. — Portland,  Ore. — Sportsmen’s  Association  of  the  North- 
west tournament.  J.  Winters,  Sec’y. 

June  27. — Norwich. Consolidated  Gun  Club  of  Connecticut  fifth 

tournament,  under  auspices  of  the  Norwich  Gun  Club.  I.  P. 
Taft,  Sec’y. 

June  27-30. — Indianapolis,  Ind. — The  Interstate  Association’s  Grand 
American  Handicap  target  tournament;  $1,000  added  money. 
Elmer  E.  Shaner,  Secy-Mgr.,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

July  1. — Sherbrooke,  Can.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  C.  H. 
Foss,  Sec’y. 

July  4. — Dickey  Bird  national  team  contest  of  the  W.  S.  Dickey 
Clay  Mfg.  Co.,  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  of  whom  entry  blanks  and 
conditions  may  be  obtained. 

July  4. — Shamokin,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  S.  C.  Yocum, 
Sec’y. 

July  4. — South  Framingham,  Mass. — Second  annual  team  shoot: 
$50  in  cash. 

July  4.— Springfield,  Mass.— Midsummer  tournament  of  the  Spring- 
field,  Mass.,  Shooting  Club.  C.  L.  Kites,  Sec’y. 

July  4. — Brockton,  Mass. — Montello  Gun  Club  shoot.  H.  Windle, 
Sec’y. 

July  4. — Monongahela  Valley  League  of  West  Virginia  fourth 
tournament,  under  auspices  of  Mannington  Gun  Club.  W.  C. 
Mawhinney,  Sec’y. 

July  4. — Richmond,  Va.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  J.  A. 
Anderson,  Sec’y. 

July  6-7. — Traverse  City,  Mich.,  trapshooting  tournament.  W.  A. 
Murrell,  Sec’y. 

July  11-12.— Eufala,  Ala.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  C.  M.  Gam- 
mage,  Sec’y. 

July  11-12. — New  Bethlehem,  Pa. — Crescent  Gun  Club  second 
annual  tournament.  O.  E.  Shoemaker,  Sec’y. 

July  12-13. — Menominee,  Mich. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  Menominee  Gun  Club. 
W.  W.  McQueen,  Sec’y. 

July  24-28. — Brehm’s  Ocean  City,  Md.,  target  tournament.  H.  A. 
Brehm,  Mgr.,  Baltimore. 

July  28-29.— Newport,  R.  I.— Aquidneck  Gun  Club  tournament. 

Aug.  2-4. — Albert  Lea,  Minn.— The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament under  the  auspices  of  the  Albert  Lea  Gun  Club.  N. 
E.  Paterson,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  8-9. — Morgantown,  W.  Va. — Monongahela  Valley  League  of 
West  Virginia  fifth  tournament,  under  auspices  of  the  Recre- 
ation Rod  and  Gun  Club.  Elmer  F.  Jacobs,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  16-18. — Ottawa,  Can. — Dominion  of  Canada  Trapshooting  and 
Game  Protective  Association.  G.  Easdale,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  16-18. — Kansas  City,  Mo. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  O.  K.  Gun  Club.  C.  C. 
Herman,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  17-18. — Dalton,  O.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  Ernest  F.  Scott, 
Sec’y. 

Aug.  18-20. — Chicago,  111.,  Trapshooters’  Association  fall  tourna- 
ment. E.  B.  Shogren,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  22 — Somerville,  Conn.,  Gun  Club  individual  State  champion- 
ship tournament.  A.  M.  Arnold,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  22-23. — Carthage,  Mo. — The  Missouri  and  Kansas  League  of 
Trapshooters.  Dr.  C.  B.  Clapp,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  22-25.— Lake  Okoboji,  la. — Indian  annual  tournament  Frank 
Riehl,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  29-31. — Grand  Rapids,  Mich. — Consolidated  Sportsman’s  Club 
fourth  annual  tournament. 

Aug.  29-31. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tournament,  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Colorado  Springs,  Colo.,  Gun  Club;  $1,000 
added  money.  A.  J.  Lawton,  Sec’y. 

Sept.  4 (Labor  Day).— Fall  tournament  of  the  Springfield,  Mass.. 
Shooting  Club;  $25  added  money.  C.  L.  Kites,  Sec’y. 

Sept.  4-6.— Lynchburg.— Virginia  State  shoot.  N.  R.  Winfree. 
Sec’y. 

Sept.  5-8. — Trinidad,  Colo. — Grand  Western  Handicap.  Eli  Jeffries, 
Sec’y. 

Sept.  15-17.— San  Francisco,  Cal. — The  Interstate  Association’s 
Pacific  Coast  Handicap  at  Targets,  under  the  auspices  of  the 
San  Francisco  Trapshooting  Association.  A.  M.  Shields,  Sec’y. 

Sept.  18-20.— Cincinnati  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  Arthur 
Gambell,  Mgr. 

Oct.  10-11.— St.  Joseph,  Mo.— The  Missouri  and  Kansas  League  of 
Trapshooters.  Dr.  C.  B.  Clapp,  Sec’y. 

Oct.  11-12. — Dover,  Del.,  Gun  Club  tournament;  open  to  all 
amateurs.  W.  H.  Reed,  Sec’y. 


DRIVERS  AND  TWISTERS. 

The  programme  of  the  Warwick,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  next  monthly- 
shoot,  June  16,  has  nine  events,  at  10,  15  and  20  targets,  75  cents, 
$1  and  $1.50  entrance.  Shooting  begins  at  1 o’clock. 

*1 

The  Secretary-Treasurer,  Mr.  E.  C.  Charlton,  informs  us  that 
the  famous  trapshooters,  the  Mallory  brothers,  will  be  present  at 
the  tournament  of  the  Bradford,  Pa.,  Gun  Club,  to  be  held  on 
June  21-22, 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


[June  io,  1905. 


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The  next  special  shoot  of -the  Bergen  Beach  Gun  Club  will  be 
held  on  June  13.  Shoots  are  also  held  on  every  Saturday. 

*S 

Mr.  H.  Windle,  Secretary,  announces  that  the  Montello  Gun 
Club,  Brockton,  Mass.,  will  hold  a shoot  on  July  4,  and  that  in 
two  of  the  programme  events,  handicaps  at  40  targets,  ten  cash 
prizes  will  be  an  attraction. 

•6 

The  Consolidated  Gun  Club  of  Connecticut  will  hold  its  fourth 
and  fifth  tournaments  as  follows:  At  Waterbury,  under  the 

auspices  of  the  Mattatuclc  Gun  Club,  June  13,  and  under  the 
aupicess  of  the  Norwich  Gun  Clvh  June  27. 

v m, 

At  the  tournament  of  the  Analostan  Gun  Club,  Washington, 
D.  C.,  May  30  and  31,  the  feature  of  the  tournament  was  the 
excellent  performance  of  Mr.  W.  H.  Heer.  He  ran  twice  over  100, 
and  scored  on  the  second  day  158  out  of  160.  On  the  first  day  he 
scored  1-95  out  of  200. 

* 

Ten  like  events  each  day  constitute  the  programme  of  the  Shuler 
Gun  Club  tournament,  fixed  to  be  held  at  Pottstown,  Pa.,  June 
16-17.  Five  are  at  10,  three  at  15,  and  two  at  20  targets,  entrance 
50  -cents,  75  cents,  $1  and  $1-50.  Totals,  185  targets,  $8.25^  entrance. 
Programme  shooting  begins  at  10  o’clock.  Class  shooting.  Tar- 
gets 1%  cent.  Guns  and  shells,  prepaid,  may  be  shipped  to  Tom 
Cole,  142  High  street,  Pottstown. 

Do  not  fail  to  study  the  great  national,  home-club  contests 
devised  by  the  W.  S.  Dickey  Clay  Mfg.  Co.,  Kansas  City,  Mo., 
for  July  4.  Full  details  are  presented  in  our  advertising  columns. 
The  slogan  is,  “You  may  win;  you  can’t  lose.”  Kansas  City 
clubs  are  barred.  To  assure  yourself  against  uncertainty,  do  not 
wait  till  the  last  moment  to  order  your  regular  entry  blanks, 
which  must  be  ordered  from  the  W.  S.  Dickey  Clay  Mfg.  Co. 


The  programme  of  the  nineteenth  annual  tournament  of  the 
Ohio  Trapshooters’  League,  to  be  held  at  Canton,  O.,  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Lakeside  Gun  Club,  June  13-15,  provides  on  the 
first  day  nine  20-target  events,  $2  entrance,  and  two  special 
events— the  State  Journal  cup,  30  targets,  60  cents  entrance,  and 
the  Press-Post  trophy,  25  targets,  60  cents  entrance,  each  with  an 
optional  sweep  of  $2.50  additional.  On  the  second  day,  eight  20- 
target  evets,  and  two  special  events,  one  a two-man  team  race 
for  the  Sportsmen’s  Review  trophy,  25  targets  per  man,  100  per 
team,  optional  sweep,  $2.50.  The  other,  the  Smith  trophy,  50 
targets,  $1  entrance,  optional  sweep,  $5.  The  latter  event  carries 
with  it  the  championship  of  Ohio.  On  the  third  day  there  are 
eight  20-target  events  and  a special  event,  a five-man  team  race,  30 
singles  and  10  pair,  entrance  $5  per  team.  Each  day,  an  additional 
fee  of  $1  will  be  exacted  from  each  amateur,  same  to  be  set  aside 
for  amateurs  who  shoot  through  each  day’s  programme,  and  do 
not  win  their  entrance.  To  the  ten  high  guns  each  day,  $5 
each;  to  the  five  low  guns  each  day,  $5  each.  To  the  five  high 
guns  shooting  through  the  programme,  $25,  $20,  $15,  $10  and  $5; 
eight  low  guns,  $5  each.  Longest  consecutive  run,  $10.  Class 
shooting.  Only  members  of  the  Ohio  Trapshooters’  League  are 
eligible  to  compete  for  trophies.  June  12  is  preliminary  day. 
Shooting  begins  at  9 o’clock.  Targets,  2 cents.  Guns,  ammuni- 
tion, etc.,  shipped,  express  prepaid,  care  of  Klein  & Heffelman 
Co.,  will  be  delivered  on  the  grounds  free  of  charge.  Amateurs 
only  may  compete  for  the  purses.  Address  Chas.  J.  Schlitz,  Sec  y, 
219  N.  Market  St. 

Bernard  Waters. 


IN  NEW  JERSEY. 


Bound  Brook  Gun  Club. 


Bound  Brook,  IN.  J.,  May  31.— In  spite  of  lots  of.  other  shoots, 
our  Decoration  Day  tournament  was  well  attended.  Mr.  Markley 
did  the  best  work  in  the  amateur  class,  beating  out  all  the  others 
by  9 points. 

Mr.  Gunther,  of  New  York,  won  second  average;  Mr.  Piercy, 
of  Jersey  City,  third.  _ , 

Mr.  Glover  did  the  best  professional  work.  Mr.  Nicol  second. 

Other  prize  winners  were  Slater,  Sked,  Dr.  Paterna,  Scofield, 
Evans  and  Gavin.  Scores: 


Events : 
Targets : 

Piercy  

Markley  . . , 
Glover  . . . . 
Gunther  . . . 
Scofield  ... 

Evans  

Benjamin  , 

Nicol  

Sked  

Hobbs  

Field  

Ten  Eyck 
Maltby  . . . . 
Cottrell 
Moore  . . . . 
F S Slater. 
Hoagland  , 
Schoverling 
Barry  . . . . . 
Paterno  . . , 

Servis  

Martin  

Gavin  

Bishop  ...-. 


123456789  10  11 
10  15  20  25  20  10  20  15  25  15  25  Broke. 

10  12  16  21  15  8 15  15  20  15  19  166 

10  14  16  21  17  9 19  11  23  15  23  178 

9 11  20  21  16  9 19  14  21  7 21  168 

9 14  18  20  15  8 16  13  22  12  20  169 

8 14  16  21  12  6 18  14  20  12  16  157 

5 12  18  18  12  7 11  7 16  10  7 125 

3 6 13  5 4 2 

4 9 11  10  9 4 13  7 9 7 15  98 

9 13  13  IS  15  7 15  13  20  9 18  150 

7 10  16  17  16  5 17  9 15  13  18  143 

6 10  11  14  . . 5 

6 12  16  19  18  10  15  11  18  

7 ....  12  

. . 9 8 12  17  3 9 10  

....  10  10  15  ........... . 

. . 11  14  13  12  8 10  9 12  10  19 

....  12  20  14  8 

21  16  9 15  14  ..... . 

9 5 1 22  4 

......  14  10  6 12  11  16  6 17 

..  3 13  9 ..  ..  .. 

..  ..  3 

........  13  6 12 

..................  11  .. 

J.  B.  P. 


Westwood  Gun  Club. 


Westwood,  N.  J.,  May  30.— Winners  were  as  follows: 

Fifth  event— First  prize,  half  dozen  silver  knives  and  forks,  F. 
Truax;  second  prize,  50  shells,  C.  P.  Post.  . 

Eighth  event— First  prize,  flag,  F.  Truax;  second  prize,  half 
dozen  knives  and  forks,  E,  Shurt. 

Eleventh  event— First  prize,  silver  watch,  F.  Truax;  second 
prize,  half  dozen  tablespoons,  E.  Shurt. 

High  average,  F.  Truax. 

The  scores  follow: 


Events : 
Targets: 

Lewis  

Gruman  ........ 

James  .......... 

Morrison  ....... 

Dahel  ........... 

Truax  .......... 

Pest  ............ 

Van  Buskirk  . . 
Townsend  ...... 

Speth  .......... 

F Wilkens  

Colligan  

C Westervelt  . 
F Westervelt  . 

Malloy  

Zabriskie  ..... 
T T Wilkerson 
Shurt  .......... 

Raynor  .... 

Van  Houten  ... 
Myers  


* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  1112  13 

10  15  10  15  20  15  15  20  15  15  20  10  10 

6 5 10  4 11  11  11  8 15  14  9 13  7 8 

8 9 13  8 12  18  15  14  ....... . 8 7 

6 7 . . . . ..  ..  ..  ..  .. 

8 9 12  8 11  18  13  13  16  14  11  16  17 

1 ..  556..  35....  4 . . 61 

6 8 14  7 9 18  14  14  19  14  13  20  10  9 

3 9 10  ..  14  16  ..  10  16  ......... . 

1 6 11  8 11  18  12  9 14  12  5 11  8 4 

5 10 11  ..........  ..  7 .. 

..  ..  5 10  14  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  .. 

..  ..  45  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  .. 

. ..  5 ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  .. 

, ...  10  10  15  7 9 15  11  9 12  6 . . . . 

......  11  15  10  10  17  9 11  17  10  8 . . 

......  8 15  10  ..  13  10  9 ....... . 

........  5 6 . . 11  9 10  11  2 5 . „ 

..........  6 9 15  8 6 10  7 6 . . 

..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  17  13  12  19  5 7 .. 

..............  12  6 6 10  6 5 . . 

..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  .,  ..  ..  ..  ..  8 ..  .. 

..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  8 . c .. 


^Denotes  extra  event. 


North  Branch  Gun  Club. 

North  Branch,  N.  J.— J.  A.  R.  Elliott  was  high  for  the  first  day, 
June  1.  W.  H.  R.  was  high  amateur  for  both  days,  he  being  the 
only  one  to  shoot  through  the  programme.  Our  new  blackbird 
trap  worked  fine. 


Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  11  12 

Targets:  15  15  15  15  15  25  15  15  15  15  15  25  Broke. 

JAR  Elliott 13  13  15  12  13  22  13  14  14  13  12  23  177 

N Apgar  13  14  13  14  13  21  14  14  12  13  14  21  175 

I Hahn  9 9 9 8 11  16  9 10  9 6 10  19  125 

W H R 13  14  10  12  14  15  12  9 12  13  11  19  154 

H D Wahling 11  10  13  11  13  19  7 11  10  8 9 20  141 

G W Field ..  11  10  13  11  18  12  10  11  14  11  21 

Dr  J B Pardoe 11  10  10  10  10  19  10  10  10  10  12  18  139 

J W Hoffman 9 5 19  9 7 ‘ ... 

Williams  17  9 11  9 7 9 16  ... 

Geo  Cramer  14  9 9 10  11  14  17 

Theo  McDowell  10  6 9 6 7 

H B Ten  Eyck 11  13  8 

T Bockles  ..  ..  1 5 


June  2,  Second  Day. 

Apgar  won  high  professional  average. on  the  second  day;  Ten 
Eyck,  amateur  average. 

The  day  being  very  dark  and  cloudy,  made  the  targets  very  dif- 
ficult to  see. 

We  had  with  us  Neaf  Apgar,  H.  S.  Wells,  trade  representatives. 
Mr.  W.  Brickner,  of  Newton,  also  did  some  very  good  shooting. 


Events : 1 23  4 5 6 7 8 9 10  11  12 

Targets:  15  15  15  15  15  25  15  15  15  15  15  25  Broke. 

N Apgar  14  15  15  14  14  21  13  14  13  12  15  25  185 

H Welles  13  14  13  12  14  22  14  15  14  14  15  22  , 183 

W H R 12  11  12  12  13  16  12  14  11  11  10  20  154 

H B Ten  Eyck 12  10  11  13  11  22  13  11  11  12  14  22  162 

Williams  10  10  13  9 12  22  10  9 13  13  9 20  152 

W Brickner  13  22  13  11  12  13  15  23 


Queens  County  Gun  Club. 

Long  Island  City,  N.  Y.,  June  3. — The  merchandise  shoot  of 
the  Queens  County  Gun  Club  was  favored  with  delightfully  pleas- 
ant weather  and  a good  attendance.  Thirty-eight  shooters  par- 
ticipated in  the  different  events.  A stiff*  gusty  wind  in  the 
events  before  the  merchandise  contest  cut  down  the  scores 
materially.  In  the  merchandise  events  there  was  almost  a calm, 
and-  the  scores  averaged  high  in  consequence. 

The  shoot  was  managed  by  the  president,  Mr.  John  H.  Hen- 
drickson, while  the  office  work  was  in  charge  of  the  secretary,  Mr. 
Richard  H.  Gosman,  assisted  by  Mr.  J.  H.  W.  Fleming. 

The  silver  cup  for  amateur  high  average  was  won  by  Mr.  H. 
Brugman  with  a total  of  160  out  of  a possible  175,  over  91  per 
cent. 

The  professionals  present  were  Messrs.  Elliott,  Butler,  Schover- 
ling, Hearne,  Schneider,  Glover  and  Apgar.  They  made  totals 
as  -follows,  shooting  at  175  targets:  Apgar  164,  Elliott  and  Glover 

162;  Flearne  161,  Schneider  155,  Schoverling  152,  Butler  148. 

The  handicap  ties  of  each  event  were  shot  off  in  the  following 
event  or  events.  There  were  so  many  ties  that  shooting  con- 
tinued till  darknes  set  in.  The  winners  in  the  different  merchan- 
dise events  are  as  follows: 

Event  7:  Shaving  set,  Hans;  silk  umbrella,  Adams,  brass  clock, 

Call;  tobacco  jar,  Martin;  scarf  pin,  Scott. 

Event  S;  Water  pitcher,  R.  S.  Hendrickson;  cut-glass  sugar 
and  cream  set,  Foster,  bread  trap,  Hopkins;  cracker  jar,  Small. 

Event  9:  Large  fruit  bowl,  Brugman;  small  fruit  bowl,  Glidden; 
flower  vase,  Hans;  spoon  holder,  Loeble;  bonbon  dish,  Allen. 

Event  10:  Tea  service,  Brugman,  fern  dish,  McKernan;  nut 

dish,  R.  S.  Hendrickson;  syrup  pitcher,  Hopkins;  napkin  ring, 
Small. 

Scores : 


Events : 

Handicaps  in 

1 

2 3 

4 5 

6 

7 8 9 10 

Targets : 

Ev’ts 

7, 

8,  9 

,10. 

10  IO'  10 

15  15 

15 

25  25  25  25 

Elliott  

0 

0 

0 

0 

9 

9 10 

14  15 

12 

23  23  23  24 

Butler  

0 

0 

0 

0 

10 

9 10 

9 13 

14 

21  22  20  20 

Hopkins  

4 

4 

4 

2 

7 

9 10 

11  11 

12 

21  19  24  20 

Call  

6 

7 

4 

3 

8 

8 7 

14  9 

12 

17  23  22  22 

Jap  

2 

3 

2 

2 

10 

9 8 

14  12 

15 

21  23  22  23 

Truax  

3 

3 

2 

2 

9 10  6 

14  11 

14 

22  22  22  25 

Smull  

5 

4 

4 

3 

8 

9 6 

11  13 

11 

21  18  22  18 

Brugman  

2 

2 

2 

2 

9 

9 10 

11  14 

12 

24  23  25  23 

Gunther  

5 

6 

5 

3 

8 10  7 

9 11 

11 

18  20  20  19 

Nash  

4 

7 

6 

3 

7 

6 8 

14  14 

12 

17  19  23  22- 

A Schoverling  

0 

0 

0 

0 

8 

8 5 

10  14 

14 

23  24  23  23 

Hearne  

0 

0 

0 

0 

5 

9 9 

14  15 

14 

22  25  25  23 

Schneider  

0 

0 

0 

0 

8 

9 9 

13  14 

14 

20  22  23  23 

Glover  

0 

0 

0 

0 

7 10  9 

14  13 

14 

25  23  24  23 

Apgar  

.....  0 

0 

0 

0 

10 

9 10 

14  13 

14 

25  24  22  23 

R I Hendrickson 

9 

8 

7 

4 

4 

4 6 

9 9 

13 

17  19  21  19 

Huntington  

2 

5 

5 

3 

9 

9 9 

10  10 

12 

20  19  22  20 

Adams  

4 

5 

4 

3 

9 

8 10 

11  11 

12 

17  22  22  22 

McKernan  

9 

7 

5 

4 

6 10  .. 

17  20  21  20 

Ramapo  

7 

7 

5 

3 

8 

6 7 13  8 

9 

17  21  22  13 

Brickmore  

9 

8 

5 

5 

7 

6 3 

..  9 

17  21  20  18 

Hans  

7 

6 

4 

4 

7 

8 8 11  8 13 

19  21  19  23 

Winslow  

: . . . . o 

0 

0 

0 

8 7 

Allen  

6 

6 

7 

..  6 

9 .. 

20  18  15  . . 

Staples  

2 

2 

2 

2 

14  12  12  24  25  24  23 

4 

8 

3 

3 

..  12 

a 15  9A  9.1  9.1 

John  

0 

0 

0 

0 

..  13 

Waters  

0 

0 

0 

0 

. . 13  12  20  23  . . . . 

Loebel  

5 

5 

3 

4 

12  21  24  19  23 

Martin  

4 

6 

4 

3 

18  21  23  22 

Glidden  

.....  4 

3 

3 

3 

23  23  21  22 

Piercy  

2 

3 

3 

2 

21  21  25  22 

loster  

4 

5 

5 

3 

20  19  24  23 

William  

9 

9 

9 

9 

11  16  15  14 

Gosman  

8 

9 

13  14  . . . . 

Collette  

9 

9 

9 

13  14  . . . . 

Scott  

5 

8 

5 

6 

16  21  18  22 

Cassidy  

9 

9 

7 

11  21  . . . . 

Enterprise  Gun  Club. 


McKeesport,  Pa.,  May  30. — The  Enterprise  Gun  Club’s  ninth 
tournament  had  a small  attendance,  owing  to  unfavorable  weather 
conditions  and  the  numerous  other  shoots  which  divided  up  the 
patronage  of  club  members.  About  twenty-five  men  took  part, 
and  the  club  did  not  let  anything  go  undone  to  make  things 
pleasant  for  those  taking  part.  H.  A.  Woods  and  B.  F.  Stone, 
of  Canonsburg,  and  Jackson  Prigg  and  J.  M.  Prigg,  of  Wash- 
ington, Pa.,  were  guests,  as  were  also  H.  H.  Stevens  and  H. 
P.  Fessenden. 

Ticket  No.  406,  held  by  W.  J.  Judy,  won  the  fine  hammerless 
gun  raffled.  Every  man  taking  part  in  the  shoot  was  given  a 
good  prize,  besides  each  getting  a gun  cleaner  and  a souvenir. 

J.  F.  Calhoun  was  high  man  with  L.  D.  Davis  a close  second; 
W.  Hale,  third;  H.  H.  Stevens,  fourth.  Calhoun  made  the 
longest  run,  29.  He  also  made  the  first  straight  in  the  15  and 
.20-.target  events.  Following  is  the  official  record  of  each  partici- 
pant during  the  day; 


Events : 

Targets : 
'Calhoun  . . 

Davis  

W Hale  .. 
■Stevens  . . 

J Hale  .... 

H Hale  .. 

M Prigg  . . 

J Prigg  .. 
Stephan  . . . 

Irwin  

Everett  . . . 
Woods  ... 
Cochran  . . 

Crow  

Stone  

McFarland 

Black  

Morris  . . . 

Knight 

Byard  

Noel  ...... 

McCombs  ...... 

Belser  

Lindberg  

Mains  

The  names  of 
follow : J.  F. 

Hale,  $6.40;  J. 


123456789  10  Broke. 

15  20  15  20  15  25  15  20  15  20 

15  19  12  20  13  20  12  19  11  17  158 

12  IS  15  18  14  21  13  18  13  15  157 

13  18  14  16  13  17  14  15  11  16  147 

13  14  13  11  8 23  15  19  14  16  146 

9 16  13  15  12  22  13  13  10  10  133 

7 11  11  15  11  16  9 10  11  12  113 

6 12  11  15  7 15  12  15  7 11  111 

10  15  12  12  8 9 11  10  7 11  105 

.............  10  15  13  15  11  19  9 17  8 . . 117 

..  16  14  17  14  19  11  14  13  16  - 134 

20  11  15  10  16  72 

" . 8 11  11  15  10  4 14  ... . 73 

' 10  16  12  16  11  17  9 91 

7 12  7 8 10  8 53 

8 10  9 14 42 

10  19  8 9 46 

17  13  7 7 . . 44 

14  10  6 9 8 47 

22  14 36 

18  3 26 

9 14 33 

■ ..  ..  9 ..  ..  ..  9 

"■ 12  ....  ..  12 

16 16 

"... 21 21 

those  receiving  money  and  the  amount  they  got 
Calhoun,  $13.80;  Irwin,  $10;  H.  Hale,  $3.60;  G. 
Prigg,  $4.80;  M.  Prigg,  $5.10;  W.  Hale,  $12.10; 


Davis,  $13.35;  Everett,  $3.90;  Knight,  $1.35;  Stephan,  $7.90; 
Cochran,  $9.15;  Mack,  99  cents;  Coon,  80  cents;  Woods,  $1.90. 

First  straight  in  15  event,  $2,  Calhoun;  first  straight  in  _ 20 
event,  $2,  Calhoun;  high  gun,  $2,  Calhoun;  longest  run  of  hits, 
$2,  Calhoun;  low  gun,  $2,  J.  Prigg.  , 

-Prize  winners  in  merchandise  event:  J.  Hale,  Knight,  L.  D. 

Davis,  Geo.  W.  Mains,  Everett,  Calhoun,  Stephan,  Irwin,  Byard, 
W.  Hale,  Black,  Cochran,  Keeley,  Lindburg,  H.  Hale,  M.  Prigg, 
Morris,  Noel,  Belser,  J.  Prigg,  Coon,  McCombs.  Several  prizes 
were  left  over  and  extra  events  were  pulled  off  to  get  rid  of  them. 


Scranton  Rod  and  Gun  Club. 


Scranton,  Pa. — The  Scranton  Rod  and  Gun  Club  held  their 
annual  Decoration  Day  shoot  on  the  Capouse  avenue  grounds. 
Ten  events  were  -shot  in  the  regular  programme,  which  were 
finished  in  time  to  shoot  an  extra  event  of  25  targets. 

The  attendance  was  not  very  large,  but  the  boys  had  a good 
time.  The  last  three  events  were  extras.  The  scores  made  were 
as  follows: 


Events : 
Targets : 
Hardenburgh 

Daws  

s F H Mason 

Daton  

Cullen  

Davis'  

Shumaker  . . . 

Langdon  

Spencer  

Brown  

Coston  

J.  D Mason. 

Kelly  

II  Griffin.  ... 
Bittenbender 

Shotto  

B Griffin  . . . 
O’Donnell  ... 

Curts  

Closs  

Snowdon  

Reif  

Radle  

Hopkins  

Chatfield  

Fenne  

Smith  

Artz  

Haas  


Carpenter  . . 

Phillips  

Van  Storch 

Ross  

Seward  


123456789  10 
10  15  15  20  15  10  15  20  15  15  25  25  25 

10  11  12  20  11  8 11  16  8 14  20  ... . 

9 9 13  15  12  7 12  16  13  13  22  . . 

7 13  9 18  11 

8 13  13  ..  14  8 12  19  11  ....... . 

9 13  15  17  11  10  13  18  11  15  

7 13  15  15  12  9 14  17  13  13  

10  13  13  20  13  4 10  19  11  11  ..... . 

9 15  131  17  12  10  11  18  15  13  24  . . 

9 12  15  18  14  8 15  19  13  14 

9 15  13  18  13  10  10  16  15  14  22  . . 

4 5 

9 14  13  19  14  10  12  20  11  14  22  . . . . 

. . 8 10 

17  6 . . 5 

........  11  10  15  17  . . 7 21  20  22 

.12  8 14  18  14  10  22  19  .. 

....  9 15  19  15  14  23  22  .. 

3 7 6 

6 11  16  9 8 

7 11  15  12  9 18  ... . 

7 11  15  12  9 18  ... . 

13  7 8 9 13  . . 

14  9 8 

18  13  8 

7 13  20  ... . 

7 7 

9 11  ..... . 

..  7 10  

5 12  15  ... . 

3 11  ... . 

10  16  18  10 

..  2 

16 

..  15 

20 


The  annual  meeting  of  the  Scranton  Rod  and  Gun  Club  was 
held  at  the  new  office  of  ex-President  Bittenbender,  this  city, 
June  2,  at  8 P.  M.  The  report  of  the  secretary-treasurer  showed 
the  club  to  be  in  good  condition,  with  money  in  the  treasury. 
The  election  of  officers  for  the  ensuing  year  resulted  as  follows: 
Wm.  H.  Langdon,  President;  Jos.  Shotto,  Vice-President;  Harry 
Cullen,  Secretary-Treasurer;  Edw.  S.  Hardenberg,  Captain.  Direc- 
tors: J.  D.  Mason,  W.  E.  Bittenbender,  John  Raine,  C.  H.  Van 
Storch.  J.  D.  Mason. 


Somersville  Gun  Glub. 

Somersville,  Conn.,  June.  5. — The  Decoration  Day  shoot  of 
Somersville  Gun  Club  brought  out  a good  lot  of  shooters.  The 
day  was  all  that  could  be  desired,  and  some  good  shooting  was 
the  result.  F.  Le  Noir,  of  Springfield,  Mass.,  led  the  bunch  of 
eight  who  shot  the  entire  programme,  breaking  89  1-3  per  cent. 

Quite  a number  of  practice  and  extra  events  were  shot  before 
and  after  the  regular  programme,  keeping  the  trappers  busy  all 
day. 

Shooters,  make  a note  of  our  tournament  on  Aug.  22  next. 
Individual  State  championship  and  an  attractive  programme.  Send 
in  your  names  to  the  secretary  and  a programme  will  be  sent  you 
as  soon  as  issued. 


Events : 

1 

2 3 

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 

Shot 

Per 

Targets : 

10  15  20  10  15  20  10  15  20  15 

at. 

Broke 

Cent. 

Le  Noir  

...  9 15  18 

6 13  19  9 14  19  12 

150 

134 

89  1-3 

McMullen  .... 

...  8 14  15 

8 14  19  8 14  16  12 

150 

128 

85  1-3 

Finch  

...  9 13  15 

8 14  17  9 12  19  11 

150 

127 

84  2-3 

Cooley  

...  9 12  15 

9 14  17  8 10  17  13 

150 

124 

82  2-3 

A Pease 

...  6 11  12 

8 12  19  10  12  19  12 

150 

121 

80  2-3 

Snow  

. . . 8 13  19 

8 12  13  8 9 16  13 

150 

119 

79  1-3 

Arnold  

...  8 10  15 

8 10  16  7 10  15  12 

150 

111 

74 

Fredett  

...  5 10  16 

5 11  12  7 12  18  8 

150 

104 

69  1-3 

Henry  

...  6 11  . . 

S 7 . . 8 12  17  . . 

95 

69 

.... 

Dimock  

...  2 

8 .. 

25 

10 

Delaney  

...  9 

8 .. 

6 11  . . 10  11  17  . . 

95 

72 

.... 

Field  

...  5 

8 .. 

25 

13 

Boughton  

6 .. 

J 6 3 ..  .. 

40 

15 

6 8 

25 

14 

F Pease  

6 

10 

6 

C Pease  

2 8 

25 

10 

FI  Pease  

8 12 

25 

20 

Spencer  

6 4 4 4 3 4.. 

90 

25 

Lord  

2 6 15  8 8 10  7 

105 

56 

.... 

E Ouinn 

9 

10 

9 

, , , 

J Ouinn 

4 

10 

4 

E Smith 

3 

10 

3 

.... 

Hills  

8 

10 

8 

, 

Connor  

11  5 

35 

16 

Cheesman  

...  7 

8 .. 

9 . . . . 7 9 . . .. 

60 

40 

Kerry  

...  4 

6 .. 

25 

10 

15 

1 

A. 

M.  Arnold, 

Sec’y. 

Hurlingham  and  Pigeon  Shooting, 

The  announcement  that  after  the  close  of  the  present  season 
there  is  to  be  no  more  pigeon  shooting  at  Hurlingham  will 
probably  take  most  people  by  surprise,  especially  those  who  are 
old  enough  to  remember  that  it  was  to  promote  this  particular 
form  of  amusement  that  the  club  at  Hurlingham  was  originally 
founded.  The  reason  for  the  decision  now  arrived  at  is  sure  to 
be  variously  interpreted.  It  might  not  unreasonably  be  sup- 
posed that  continued  remonstrance  on  the  part  of  those  humani- 
tarians who  stigmatize  pigeon  shooting  as  a cruel  diversion  has 
at  length  carried  conviction  to  the  minds  of  its  supporters  and 
caused  them  to  abandon  it.  This,  however,  is  not  the  real 
reason.  It  is  not  as  a concession  to  public  opinion  on  this 
score  that  the  practice  is  to  be  abolished,  but  rather  because  the 
tide  of  fashion  has  turned  and  is  now  flowing  in  another  direction. 
Other  amusements,  such  as  polo,  golf,  and  lawn  tennis,  which 
had  no  existence  when  the  club  was  started,  are  now  claiming 
a larger  share  of  attention  and  attracting  more  support.  Judg- 
ing by  “signs  of  the  times,”  there  can  be  little  doubt  that  a 
healthier  tone  will  prevail  in  the  world  of  sport,  and  that  just 
as  bear-baiting  and  cock-fighting  have  long  since  been  discoun- 
tenanced, so  will  pigeon  shooting  follow  in  the  wake  of  such 
amusements,  not  by  virtue  of  an  act  of  Parliament,  but  by  force 
of  public  opinion— London  Field. 

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WESTERN  TRAP. 


Aurora  Gun  CKib. 

Aurora,  111.,  May  30. — This  holiday  was  chosen  as  the  best 
time  to  start  up  the  Aurora  Gun  Club  for  this  season.  It  was 
the  intention  to  elect  officers  and  get  in  line  for  this  season’s 
shooting,  but  many  had  business  elsewhere,  and  the  election  was 
postponed  until  all  the  old  officers  should  be  present. 

The  policy  usually  pursued  by  this  club  is  to  give  some  prizes 
at'  each  shoot  that  would  go  to  the  winner  of  the  event.  The  most 
popular  prize  has  been  that  of  silver  spoons,  and  on  this  occa- 
sion two  of  the  first  prizes  were  won  by  Mr.  Linn,  who  is  a 
scratch  man,  while  Henry  Tanner,  the  oldest  man  in  the  club, 
took  home  another. 

There  was  considerable  interest  in  the  medal  shoot,  as  Linn, 
Parker  and  Tanner  each  had  won  it  twice,  and  a third  win  for 
either  meant  ownership.  All  were  somewhat  surprised  when  Rob 
Kendall  came  on  with  his  automatic  and  won  out  with  more  than 
a straight  after  adding  his  handicap.  All  were  glad  to  see  him 
win,  as  that  would  keep  the  medal  in  the  club.  The  scores: 


Shot  at. 

Broke. 

Shot  at. 

Broke. 

Parker  

80 

63 

Titsworth  

.....  80 

67 

Linn  ...... 

80 

71 

Arnold  

80 

64 

Tanner  

80 

59 

R C Kendall.. 

.....  80 

62 

Tenny  

....80 

52 

McLaughlin  . . . 

.....  50 

38 

Watsefca,  111.  Gun  Club  Tournameot. 

June  1 opened  up  warm  and  bright,  It  was  such  a lovely  day 
to  cultivate  the  growing  corn  that  few  of  the  farmers  could  be 
induced  to  forsake  the  plow  even  for  one  day,  yet  there  were 
nineteen  who  shot  during  the  day.  Nearly  all  shot  the  entire 
programme  of  225  targets. 

The  club  is  a large  one,  and  yet  there  are  but  few  who  shoot 
in  the  programme  events.  The  officers  are:  Will  A.  Johnson, 

President;  Homer  Brown,  Secretary;  Chris.  Mans,  Treasurer,  and 
Richard  Keene,  Captain.  These  gentlemen  were  ably  asisted  in 
the  details  of  arrangements  and  the  carrying  out  of  same  by  the 
genial  Tramp  Irwin. 

The  members  were  agreeably  surprised  to  find  Frank  Riehl  and 
W.  IT.  Cadwallader  present  as  experts.  Both  gave  good  exhibi- 
tions, neither  being  in  good  trim,  as  they  came  from,  other 
shoots  and  were  on  the  road  all  night,  and  were  using  strange 
guns. 

Mr.  Riehl  ran  the  first  70  straight,  and  finished  the  day  with 
only  8 misses  out  of  225,  while  Cadwallader  lost  7 more. 

J.  C.  Harris  came  in  little  late,  but  shot  up  the  programme  and 
won  high  average  with  208.  Mr.  Rosalius  made  204,  and  J.  T. 
Parks  202. 

These  good  scores  show  that  this  club  havf  good  grounds  and 
good  traps,  and  know  how  to  conduct  a tournament. 

Those  present  were  J.  T.  Parks,  Brooks,  Ind. ; A.  P.  Smith, 
Goodwin,  111.;  T.  P.  Blessing,  Milford,  111.;  J.  D.  Neal,  Rantoul; 
Fred  Ragel,  Westville,  111.;  Chas.  Larime,  Attica,  Ind.;  C.  A. 
Mulligan,  Brooks,  Ind.;  Frank  Riehl,  Alton,  111.;  H.  W.  Cad- 
wallader, Decatur,  111.;  J.  C.  Harris,  Fairbury,  111.;  G.  H.  Clark, 
Crescent,  111. ; H.  Rosalius,  Geo.  Bacher,  and  C.  Kreibs,  Gilman, 
111.;  A.  Ferris,  Crescent,  111.;  Clark  Harris,  Fairbury,  111.;  Lewis 
Siebing,  Leonard,  111.,  and  R.  D.  Keene,  Watseka.  Scores: 


Events : 

1 2 3 4 5 

6 7 8 9 10  11  12  13  14  15 

Shot 

Targets : 

10  15  15  15  20  10  15  15  15  15  15  10  15  15  25 

ait. 

Broke, 

Park  

8 14  13  14  18 

9 14  13  13  13  14  9 13  13  24 

225 

202 

Smith  ..... 

8 14  14  14  18 

8 14  14  12  12  12  8 13  15  24 

225 

200 

Blessing.. . 

7 9 10  9 13 

8 10  9 13  10  11  9 12  13  18 

225 

196 

Keene  

9 12  13  13  16 

6 15  8 11  13  15  10  15  11  22 

225 

189 

Neal  ..... 

7 13  11  13  16  17  13  14  14  15  13  8 13  13  22 

225 

192 

Ragle  

9 14  11  13  16 

6 12  14  12  15  13  8 10  14  18 

225 

185 

Buttler  ... 

7 12  14  12  17 

9 14  12  14  14  13  9 13  12  21 

225- 

193 

J Mulligan 

8 13  15  12  IS 

8 10  15  15  13  12  8 14  14  25 

225 

200 

Riehl  

10  15  15  15  18  10  14  14  15  14  15  10  13  15  24 

225 

217 

Cad  

10  14  13  15  IS  10  12  15  15  13  13  9 14  15  24 

225 

210 

j C Harris 

8 15  12  13  19  10  14  13  14  15  14  10  15  14  22 

225 

208 

G IT  Clark 

6 13  12  11  16  10  10  11  12  14  11  10  11  14  22 

225 

188 

Rosalius. . . 

8 15  13  12  14 

8 13  11  15  13  15  10  15  15  22 

225 

204 

Ferris  

7 12  13  11  16 

9 14  12  14  13  14  10  10  11  13 

225 

183 

C Harris.. 

8 11  12  8 17 

8 12  14  14  13  13  9 12  13  23 

225 

192 

Selvig  

6 11  13  . . . . 

. . . . 8 11  9 10  ....... . 

100 

68 

McCracken 

7 14  13  . . . . 

. . . . . . . . 10 . . . . 

55 

44 

Buhler  ... 

. . . . 9 13  14  13  7 

70 

56 

Kreib  

. . .'.  11  10  8 11 

60 

40 

In  Other  Places. 

Diokman,  the  shooting  instructor  who  holds  matinees  at  the 
Indianapolis  Gun  Club  grounds,  has  recovered  from  his_  illness, 
and  will  weekly  instruct  all  who  may  desire  his  services  how  to 
win  the  G.  A.  IT. 

Indianapolis  gun  clubs  are  now  in  consultation  with  the  game 
warden,  having  the  project  of  buying  quail  and  turning  them  loose 
in  the  State  to  recuperate'  the  losses  of  last  winter’s  cold  and 
snow.  A better  plan  would  be  to  feed  the  quail  each  winter,  then 
they  will  not  succumb  to  the  winter’s  blasts. 

Fort  Wayne,  Ind.,  now  has  a new  gun  club.  It  may  never 
rival  the  Corner  Club,  but  the  sportsmen  of  the  South  Side 
report  that  the  membership  is  rapidly  growing.  This  is  good 
news. 

June  4,  was  the  day ''set  for  the  opening  shoot  of  the  Corner 
Rod  and  Gun  Club  of  Fort  Wayne,  Ind.  A bridge  was  destroyed 
and  that  caused  the  delay. 

Little  has  been  heard  of  James  Head  since  he  was  put  on  as  a 
salesman,  but  his  town  of  Peru  was  lately  heard  from  at  Prince- 
ton, N.  J.,  where  the  gun  championship  was  won  by  J.  H.  Stutes- 
man,  ’05,  of  Peru,  Ind.,  with  90  out  of  100.  Why  of  course  he 
is  one  of  James  Head’s  pupils.  He  was  a trapper  at  the  big 
shoot  when  Tramp  Irwin  shot  the  old  tent  full  of  holes,  making 
patterns  with  his  gun. 

The  late  shoot  at  Sacramento  was  a State  shoot,  and  not,  as 
heretofore,  confined  to  entries  from  northern  California.  In  con- 
sequence there  was  a large  attendance  of  sportsmen. 

At  the  Sunday  shoot  of  the  Missoula,  Mont.,  Gun  Club,  A.  W. 
Woodworth  won  the  B.  M.  Francis  medal.  B.  M.  Francis  won  the 
spoon  with  14  out  of  15.  He  also  won  the  diamond  medal.  The 
wind  blew  hard  across  the  traps.  The  marksmen  were  practicing 
. hard,  with  a view  of  winning  the  prizes  at  the  State  shoot. 

All  sportsmen  are  invited  to  join  an  association  lately  formed  at 
Alden,  la.  The  object  is  to  maintain  law  and  order  sentiment 
on  the  subject  of  game  preservation  in  accordance  with  the 
State  law.  The  officers  elected  are:  C.  D.  Parsons,  President; 

G.  B.  Lighthall,  Secretary;  W.  M.  Cousin,  Treasurer;  F.  L. 
Spencer  and  S.  A.  Fisher  are  on  the  Committee  on  By-Laws. 

The  chilled  atmosphere  made  the  attendance  small  at  the 
Lemar,  la.,  shoot  on  Thursday. 

, The  Union  Gun  Club,  of  Milton,  Kans.,.  will  hold  shoots 
Thursday  of  each  week.  All  are  welcome  to  shoot  for  targets  at 
1 cent  each. 

Dan  Mumbrue,  of  White  Sulphur  Springs,  won  the  Bryan 
medal  at  the  Helena,  Mont.,  Club  shoot  last  Sunday.  Wind  was 
very  strong,  and  the  shooting  was  done  over  five  expert  traps, 
and  that  made  shooting  harder  than  Sergeant  system.  If  the  old 
expert ; system  was  used,  it  will  be  news  to  many,  as  this  style 
of  shooting  is  now  obsolete.  It  might,  however,  be  a very  good 
thing  if  this  style  -was  once  more  started  up,  and  the  use  of  both 
barrels  allowed. 

At  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  June  4,  there  was  a match  between  the 
North  Side  and  the  Parker  gun  clubs. 

Trapshooting  will  be  a feature  at  the  Country  Club,  of  Mil- 
waukee, and  will  form  part  of  the  regular  amusements. 

John  H.  Hildeman,  Otto  R.  Kruger,  Emil  Druecke  and  Herman 
1 Vergenz,  of  Juneau,  Wis.,  attended  the  Watertown  shooting 
tournament  held  last  Sunday. 

The  Beechwood  Gun  Club,  of  Kewaskern,  Wis.,  have  completed 
a boat  house,  and  will  house  therein  six  boats.*  These  will  be 
used  to  enjoy  the  picturesque  lake,  hunting  and  fishing  with  fami- 
lies, friends  and  sweethearts. 

The  Fond  du  Lac,  Wis.,  Gun  Club,  has  put  Will  Reining,  John 
Hess  and  C.  E.  Atkins  on  a committee  to  select  grounds  for  a 
re-location  of  their  shooting  park. 

Up  in  Wisconsin  the  local  sports  mention  the  name  of  Chas. 
Budd  with  reverence.  They  call  him  “one  of  the  fathers  of  the 
sport  of  trapshooting.” 

Mr.  John  Reynolds,  of  Como,  Wis.,  carried  home  prizes  from 
the  Elgin,  shoot,  and  his  friends  rejoiced  with  him  upon  his 
success. 

Reports  come  from  Sioux  Falls,  S.  D.’,  that  the  gun  clubs  are 
willing  to  hold  a shoot  there  on  July  4.  If  the  resident  shooters 
will  but  call  to  mind  the  failure  they  once  made  with  their  at- 
tempt to  hold  a shoot  on  July  4,  they  will  think  twice  before  again 
making  such  another  attempt.  It  is  the  height  of  folly  for  any 
gun . club  to  even  contemplate  holding  a shoot  on  the  Fourth 
x.iere  are  too  many  other  attractions  on  that  day.  All  tourna- 
ments should  be  held  on  days  when  there  are  no  other  counter- 
attractions,  and  when  the  home  shooters  can  get  out  to  the  shoot 

Few  gun  clubs  have  succeeded  other  than  through  the  push 


and  grit  of  one  man.  At  Butte,  Mont.,  the  hard-working  man 
is  Secretary  Smith.  Of  him  it  may  be  said  that  he  practically 
made  the  sport  in  that  town.  He  was  last  week  presented  by  his 
admirers  in  the  organization  with  a handsome  shotgun.  It  was  a 
complete  surprise,  and  he  evidently,  from  reports,  felt  deeply 
the  manifestation  of  regard  so  kindly  shown  by  the  donors. 

Mr.  James  Drumgoole,  of  Anaconda,  holds  the  State  record, 
having  broken  290  consecutive  targets.  He  was  lately  presented 
with  a handsome  gun  case  by  his  friend  E.  McGivern,  with  the 
above  record  engraved  thereon. 

The  West  Duluth,  Minn.,  Rod  and  Gun  Club  held  their  second 
shoot  Sunday  last.  ITolmberg  and  Deatherage  led  in  the  10- 
target  event  with  9 and  8. 

Breckenridge,  the  extreme  western  town  of  Minnesota,  held 
their  first  shoot  last  Wednesday,  at  25  targets.  Frank  Sykora  was 
high  with  23.  Shoots  will  be  held  weekly  during  the  summer. 

No  wonder  there  are  so  many  gun  clubs  in  the  Northwest,  as 
there  are  so  many  good  game  shots.  The  Shelvin  Gun  Club  has 
been  organized  at  Bernidji,  Minn.,  with  seventeen  members.,  It 
is  fitting  that  where  there  are  so  many  guns  and  shooters  that 
the  guns  should  not  rust  for  lack  of  use  in  the  summer  time. 

There  was  a tie  at  the  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  Gun  Club  shoot.  Wood 
beat  Holt  in  the  shoot-off  and  won  Class  A medal.  Wauschura 
won  the  Class  B,  with  20  out  of  25.  There  were  twenty-one  pres- 
ent, including  such  old  names  as  Gotzian,  Kennedy,  Novotny  and 
French. 

To  the  zealous  efforts  of  Dr.  IT.  S.  West  and  Messrs.  Charles 
Kinney  and  R.  L.  Hibbs  may  be  attributed  the  success  of  the 
McMechen  Gun  Club,  of  West  Virginia.  These  gentlemen  are 
now  organizing  a trapshooters’  league.  We  wish  them  success. 

K.  C.  Sliephardson,  La  Grange,  Ind.,  was  high  man  at  the 
Owasso,  Mich.,  shoot  with  3,68  out  of  400  targets. 

Detroit,  Mich.,  seems  to  have  started  up  another  gun  club,  the 
Wabash,  and  the  opening  shoot  was  held  last  Sunday. 

John  W.  Cooper,  one  of  the  veterans  of  the  Indianapolis  shoot- 
ers, was  high  man  in  the  Indiana  championship  race  at  the  late 
State  Shoot.  His  score  was  remarkable,  96  out  of  100. 

There  appears  to  be  some  prospect  of  a rifle  match  being  made 
in  some  parts  of  the  West,  as  notice  has  been  served  that  Omaha 
would  be  the  meeting  point.  It  is  proposed  to  shoot  at  2,000  clay 
disks,  2y2in.  in  diameter,  thrown  up  by  hand  at  a distance  of 
15ft. 

At  the  Concord,  Mich.,  Gun  Club  shoot,  Royal  Bouldry  won  the 
medal.  Fred  Stroble,  of  Jackson,  was  a visiting  sportsman,  and 
he  broke  24  out  of  25._ 

Little  has  been  hekrd  of  Richard  Guptil’s  shooting  of  late, 
but  he  attended  the  Minneapolis  tournament  last  week,  and 
gave  the  boys  to  understand  that  he  and  Morrison  could  still 
use  the  pump  gun. 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Sheboygan,  Wis.,  Gun  Club  the 
election  resulted  in  following  new  officers:  President,  Dr.  W. 

H.  Guenther;  Vice-President,  Henry  Zurheide;  Secretary,  A.  W. 
Bock;  Treasurer,  Julius  Kroos;  Captain,  Henry  Graebner;  At- 
torney, A.  C.  Prescott;  Trrstees;  Adolph  Bandmann,  August 
Heerman,  John  H.  Look,  Alfred  Steffen,  and  A.  C.  Prescott.  The 
club  is  prosperous,  as  there  is  a membershop  of  seventy-five. 
John  H.  Look  won  high  average  medal  for  1904. 

The  Red  Oak,  la.,  Gun  Club  will  hold  shoots  hereafter  the 
first  and  third  Wednesdays  of  every  month.  The  newly  elected 
officers  are.  W.  FI.  Evans,  President;  Earl  Hessler,  Secretary; 
James  Logan,  Treasurer. 

The  Janesville,  Wis.,  Gun  Club  are  now  seeking  a park  out  in 
the  country,  where  shooting  may  be  held  on  Sunday. 

The  Capital  City  Gun  Club,  Little  Rock,  Ark.,  has  started  up 
their  regular  club  practice  meets. 

William  Rosewarne  and  Henry  Planseerem  won  first  in  the 
shoot  held  at  Mishawauka,  Ind,.,  last  Tuesday.  Another  shoot 
will  be  held  this  week. 

James  Griffith,  of  Quincy,  was  high  gun  at  the  Canton,  Mo., 
shoot,  losing  17  out  of  210.  The  merchandise  shoot  proved  the 
attraction.  Mr.  Gash,  of  Warsaw,  won  the  shell  case,  and  Lee 
Diffendoffer,  the  gold  dollar,  as  he  missed  each  and  every  target 
in  the  whole  day’s  programme.  . John  Uppinghouse,  of  Canton,  was 
low  gun. 

The  Black  Eagle  Rod  and  Gun  Club,  Great  Falls,  Man.,  held 
their  first  shoot  Sunday  last.  The  club  starts  right  by  setting  up 
an  automatic  trap  of  the  latest  pattern.  This  being  their  first 
effort,  the  scores  are  withheld. 

The  Spring  Valley,  Minn.,  Gun  Club,  Dr.  W.  N.  Kendrick, 
president,  and  J.  M.  Carey,  secretary,  has  been  pushing  trapshoot-  - 
mg  the  last  few  weeks,  and  announce^  that  a tournament  will 
be  held  at  its  grounds,  June  17  and  18. 

The  Nahma,  Mich.,  Gun  Club  has  elected  officers  as  follows- 
President,  George  J.  Farnsworth;  Vice-President,  F.  W.  Good; 
Captain,  Wm.  McChnchy;  Secretary,  B.  D.  Bropy;  Committee, 

J P.  Cameron  and  Ben  Codd.  Samuel  Boutiller  has  so  far  made 
the  best  scores  at  the  trap.  There  is  a large  and  enthusiastic 
membership. 

A number  of  Lorrna,  Ont.,  gentlemen  have  formed  a shooting 
association,  with  the  view  of  leasing  a preserve  on  Walpole 
Island. 

Members  of  the  Morgan,  Minn.,  Gun  Club  held  their  first  shoot 
last  Thursday. 

The  Plainville,  Mich.,  Gun  Club  held  their  shoot  Friday.  At- 
tendance fair  and  interest  keen. 

The  Greenfield,  la.,  Gun  Club  propose  to  hold  a shoot  each 
F nday. 

The  directors  of  the  Omaha,  Neb.,  Rod  and  Gun  Club  held  a 
meeting  recently,  and  considered  the  proposition  of  building  a 
club  house  on  Cutoff  Lake.  The  club  is  flourishing.  It  has  228 
members,  all  devotees  of  the  rod  and  gun.  Each  is  bound  to  do 
a'l  the  good  he  possibly  can  in  the  way  of  enforcing  the  game 
and  fish  laws  of  the  State. 

A powder  company  has  presented  the  Junior  Gun  Club,  of 
Burnham,  Tex.,  with  a neat  silver  cup,  which  will  be  up  for 
competition  during  the  year. 

Capt.  C.  F.  Gilstrap,  of  Taylor,  Tex.,  has  arranged  to  hold  a 
senes  of  shoots  at  Landa’s  Park,  June  11  and  25,  July  9 and  23, 
Aug.  15  and  27.  All  amateurs  interested.  Each  shoot  will  be  a 
handicap.  Each  shooter  must  compete  in  four  events  to  count  in 
the  averages.  Each  shoot  will  be  50  targets,  $5  entrance.  Winner 
of  the  first  shoot  will  receive  50  per  cent,  of  the  entrance  money 
at  the  following  shoot. 

Frank  Faurote  is  now  back  in  Texas,  after  an  extended  trip  in 
the  Southeastern  States. 

Interest  in  the  Berea,  O.,  Gun  Club  is  intense,  as  there  are  but 
two,  more  shoots  to  decide  the  gold  badge.  Quayle  is  now  leading 
with  8 points,  wmle  Claffin  and  Byrd  are  tied  for  second  Either 
by  winning  twice  could  beat  Ouayle. 

Mr.  Borden  was  high  gun  "at  the  Des  Moines,  la.,  shoot  held 
last  Thursday.  Fie  made  97  out  of  100.  Others  were  Budd  91 
French  88,  Patterson  85,  Louis  85.  ’ 

The  Buffalo'  Center,  la.,  Gun  Club  met  and  elected  officers  as 
follows:  A.  Frebel,  President;  C.  W.  Godd,  Treasurer;  F T 

bparks,  Secretary.  * 

The  Amateur  Gun  Club,  of  Davenport,  la.,  held  the  first  shoot 
for  the  medal,  Sunday.  P.  N.  Jacobson  with  handicap  of  7 
scored  15  and  w<on  out.  Walter  Hess,  a scratch  man,  made  20 
The  membership  of  the  Antigo,  Wis.,  Gun  Club  is  as  follows: 

C E.  Henshaw,  H A.  Freedman,  Max  Sternbauer,  Tom  Meahers, 
Wm.  H Brown,  D.  Reed,  Anton  Molle,  M.  L.  Bacon  T.  C 
Lewis,  Leon  Hartford,  Geo  Ewen,  Fred  Hayssen,  Ed.  Cleary,' 
m’  it  Donnell,  O.  H.  Foster,  R.  J.  Morgan,  W.  B.  Henneman, 
Max  Hoffman  Fred  Kestley  James  McCormick,  Otto  Molle 
Chas.  Frick  Wi  he  Darling  Ray  Babcock  Joe  Hoffman,  Chas 
luma,  Frank  Kelly,  Dr.  M.  J.  Donohue,  Ed.  Cody,  Nick  Preston 
R.  Wunderhchy,  R.  Koekbe,  C.  W.  Bruce,  C.  BjHeineman. 

Cincinnati  Gun  Club. 

The  championship  contest  of  the  club,  held  on  Decoration  Day 
was  a success,  notwithstanding  the  miserable  weather.  Rain  came 
down  m torrents  in  the  afternoon,  but  twenty-two  out  of  the 
twenty-seven  shooters  who  took  part,,  shooting  in  every  one  of 
the  eight  events.  Barker  once  again  won  the  championship, 
making  the  excellent  score  of  182  out  of  200,  breaking  95  out  of  his 
last  100.  , 

Colonel,  one  of  the  old  regulars,  has  been  absent  a long  time. 
His  score  shows  a lack  of  practice.  Nye  does  not  attend  regu- 
larly. Medico  stayed  a while,  broke  80  out  of  100— not  his  old- 
time  form. 

Shoot  for  club  championship  and  duPont  cup,  total  200  targets 
optional  sweepstake:  Barker  182,  Williams  175,  Harig  174 

Randall  174,  Roll  HO,  Maynard  169,  A.  Sunderbruch  16&f  Bleh 
168,  Ahlers  167,  Hesser  161,  Pohlar  161,  Herman  160,  Faran  158 
Dick  156,  Nye  146,  *J.  Andrews  145,  Tuttle  142,  Peters  135  French 
136  *Ed  Altheer  134,  *F.  Altheer  127,  *Lytle  75.  ’ 

*Shot.  for  targets  only. 

June  3 was  sunny  and  warm,  with  a cool,  refreshing  wind.  A 
gcod  crowd  took  part  in  the  second  shoot  for  the  Schuler  trophy 
Ahlers  was  high  gun  in  actual  breaks  with  47.  Falk,  Ahlers 
Peters,  Faran,  Maynard,  F.  and  E.  Altheer,  will  go  to  New  Paris 
to  attend  the  tournament. 

Arthur  Gambell  writes  that  he  will  start  for  home  on  the  17th. 

L.  R.  Myers,  has  just  bought  a five-months’  old  collie  puppy. 


by  Edgemont  Checkmate  ex  Salvation  Lass,  and  is  hoping  for 
a prize  winner. 

. Schuler  trophy,  50  targets:  Ahlers  (3)  50,  Roll  (7)  50,  Falk  (17) 
50,  Faran  (6)  49,  Penn  (7)  49,  Lytle  (26)  48,  Peters  (5)  47,  Jones 
(10)  47,  Williams  (9)  46,  Maynard  (1)  45,  Ackley  (20)  44,  Hesser 
(2)  43,  F.  Altheer  (12)  42,  Herman  (7)  40,  Eaton  (3)  39,  Orr  (10)  39, 
E.  Altheer  (15)  37,  Myers  (5)  36,  Captain  (10)  36,  Davenport  (0)  31. 

Notes. 

The  New  Berlin,  O.,  Gun  Club  pulled  off  a very  successful 
tournament  on  May  30.  Thirty  shooters  took  part.  Haak  landed 
high  gun  with  155  out  of  165.  Snow  second,  153,  and  J.  A.  Smith 
arid  Raven  tied  for  third  on  152.  Twenty  men  shot  the  entire 
programme.  The  most  interesting  event  of  the,  day  was  a five- 
: man  team  match,  .50  targets  per  man,  for  the  tri-county  cham- 
pionship arid  a handsome  cup,  donated  by  the  club.  Four  teams 
were  entered.  The  Canton  Gun  Club  team  won  with  a score  of 
: 217.  Barberton  team  second  with  208.  Haak,  of  Canton,  was 
high  individual  score,  48. 

- . The  regular  medal  shoot  of  the  Hamilton,  O.,  Gun  Club  was 
held  on  June  1,  eighteen  shooters  taking  part.  Besides  the  medal 
event,  several  practice  events  were  shot.  - The  medal  was  won 
by  Jones,  with  48. 

The  merchandise  shoot  given  by  the  Cleveland,  O.,  Gun  Club 
on  May  30  was  a big  success.  Twenty-nine  shooters  took  part 
and  every  one  of  them  shot  in  all  the  ten  events,  at  a total  of 
125  targets.  Geo.  Burns’  work  is  especially  deserving  of  .men- 
tion, as  he  broke  123  out  of  125..  Tryon  was  second  with  119,  and 
Prechtel  and  Doolittle  third  with  ,118  each. 

Following  are  the  scores  made  at  the  tournament  of  the  New 
Moorefield,  O.,  Gun  Club.  A strong  wind  was  blowing  through- 
out the  shoot,  and  the  scores  suffered.  Gross  was  high  with  149 
out  of  165.  Poole  second  with  139,  and  Trimble  third  with  133 
out  of  150. 

The  Decoration  Day  shoot  of  the  Advance  Gun  Club,  of  Dayton, 
O.,  was  a success,  although  the  stormy  weather  kept  many 
members  and  other  shooters  with  their  families  from  attending. 
The  club  served  a substantial  dinner  free  to  all.  A broad  veranda 
along  the  shady  side  of  the  house  gives  a fine  view  of  the  firing 
line.  One  set  of  the  members,  shoot  on  Thursday,  and  another 
on  Saturday  afternoon.  The  blackbird  trap  was  used  for  the  first 
time  in  this  section,  and  gave  satisfaction. 

Stormy  weather  on  May  30  kept  many  members  of  the  Walnut 
Hill  Gun  Club,  Dayton,  O.,  away  from  the  Decoration  Day 
shoot,  and  only  four  were  present. 

Nineteen  members  took  part  in  the  shoot  of  the  Welfare  Gun 
Club,  Dayton,  O.,  on  May  27,  some  of  the  cracks  being  present. 
Heikes  was  high  gun  with  162  out  of  175. 

The  ninth  shoot  in  the  medal  series  of  the  Greenville,  O., 
Gun  Club  was  held  on  May  29,  with  a good  attendance  of  shoot- 
ers and  spectators.  Kirby  and  Eidson  tied  for  the  Class  A 
medal,  the  former  winning  in  the  shoot-off.  Hartzell  and  Hud- 
dle tied  in  Class  B on  38,  and  the  latter  won  the  shoot-off.  In  a 
second  50  targets,  Eidson  broke  37.  The  Decoration  Day  shoot 
on  May  30  was  quite  a success.  The  scores  were  lower  than 
usual  in  several  cases  owing  to  the  high  wind.  McCaughey  was 
high  gun  with  55  out  of  65. 

The  Springfield,  O.,  Gun  Club,  held  a pleasant  little  shoot  on 
Decoration  Day,  which  was  enjoyed  by  all.  Henderson  broke  90 
out  of  10O.  Event  4,  for  the  Hunter  Arms  Co.’s  medal,  had  six 
entries,  Poole  and  Henderson  tying  on  23. 

A heavy  rain  fell  during  most  of  the  afternoon  of  June  2,  and 
the  attendance  at  the  regular  shoot  of  the  Dayton,  O.,  Gun  Club 
was  small,  only  six  members  being  present.  Rike  was  high  gun 
with  154  out  of  175. 

Garfield  Gun  Club. 

Chicago,  June  3.— The  appended  scores  were  made  on  our 
grounds  to-day  on  the  occasion  of  the  seventh  and  last  trophy 
shoot  of  the  first  series.  Thomas  won  Class  A trophy  on  21; 
Seymour  Class  B on  20,  and  Ostendorp  Class  C on  15.  After  the 
trophy  shoot  a number  of  team  shoots  were  run  off.  The  teams 
were  formed  by  choosing  sides.  Thomas  and  C.  Einfeldt  were 
the  captains,  Thomas’s  team  winning  all  the  events. 

In  the  last  race,  Mr.  George  came  in,  and  as  the  teams  were 
even  in  men,  his  score  was  not  counted  on  either  side.  It 
should  have  been  divided  and  half  given  to  each  team. 

The  day  was  a good  one  for  target  shooting,  only  for  a rather 
strong  head  wind. 


Events:  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Events: 

Targets:  25  10  10  10  10  10  10  Targets: 

Gould  .......  16  6 7 7 4 ..  6 McDonald 

Thomas  21  7 8 8 9 . . . . Herr  

Meek  .......  17  9 5 7 8 . . . . Bryson  . . . , 


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 

25  10  10  10  10  10  10 

16  ..  8 7 7 5 .. 

14  ..  5 5 6 6 1 

7 . . 4 4 5 

H Einfeldt..  23  . . 5 8 6 ..  ..  Ellis  15  ..  ..  7 8 

Rickett  .....  14  1 3 5 7 . . . . Ostendorp  . . 15 

C Einfeldt...  19  9 7 8 10  ..  ..  Kenyon  ....  8 ..  

Seymore  ....  20  9 9 ..  George  7 5 

Stone  16  ..  5 7 6 8 .. 

No.  1 is  trophy  contest. 

Team  shoot,  10  targets,  Thomas  and  Einfeldt,  captains: 

Thomas  8 C Einfeldt  ................  6 

Dr  Meek  ..9  H Einfeldt  b 

Gould  4 McDonald  7 

Stone  6 Herr  ......................  6 

Bryson  6—33  Rickett  4—29. 

Team  shoot  No.  2: 

Thomas  9 C Einfeldt  8 

Dr  Meek  8 H Einfeldt  6 

Gould  7 McDonald  9 

Stone  8 Herr  .......................  5 

Bryson  3—35  Rickett  ....................  5—33 

Team  shoot  No.  3,  15  targets: 

Thomas  .11  C Einfeldt  .11 

Dr  Meek  14  H Eipfeldt  Q 

Gould  9 McDonald  .10 

Stone  13  Herr  4 

Bryson  7 — 54  Rickett  ...... 6 — 40 

Dr.  J.  W.  Meek,  Sec’y* 


Fayette  Goo  Club. 

Lexington,  Ky.,  June  1. — Appended  are  the  scores  of  th< 
Fayette  Gun  Club  of  this  city,  made  at  the  regular  weekly  clul 
shoot  to-day.  The  scores  were  not  as  good  as  usual,  due  to  s 
h:gh  wind. 

A team  from  this  club  won  the  State  team  championship  at  th< 
State  shoot  at  Louisville,  Ky.,  May  29-31,  and  the  trophies  anc 
average  moneys.. 

Events: 

Targets: 

J Offutt  

Wm  Moore  

L Tieper  

J G Denny........ 

L B Shouse 

E P Perry 

Wm  Drummy  .... 

F E Bell.......... 

W McCormick  . . . 

A Hagan  

Event  No.  3 was 


1 2 3 4 5 

Events : 

1 2 3 4 5 

10  15  25  10  15 

Targets : 

10  15  25  10  15 

5 7 14  8 13 

G B Kinkead.... 

5 9 19  ... . 

3 7..  7 5 

W Vanderven  ... 

6 ..  18  ..  .. 

4 14  11  . . . . 

R H Smith...... 

4 5 13 

8 11  20  8 . . 

W Rennick  ..... 

1 6 7 . . . . 

7 13  15  5 8 

C F Heleh 

6 11  19  . . . . 

5 11  . . 3 11 

R R Skinner..,. 

. . 13  20  . . . . 

9 12  22  . . . . 

T B Satterwhite. 

. . 11  15  . . . . 

9 13  21  . . . . 

P Morgan.  ..... 

2 3 

8 ..  20  9 .. 

A G Leonard..... 

3 4 ..  ..  .. 

249.... 

G T Stoll......... 

club  handicap. 

Monk. 

Dickey  Bird  National  Team  Shoot. 

In  our  advertising  columns  this  week  there  is  a generous  offei 
°f  the  W.  S.  Dickey  Clay  Mfg.  Co,.  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

That  firm  sets  forth  in  detail  therein  the  rules  of  a competition 
for  July  4,  whereby  a club  can  compete  against  all  other  clubs  in 
America,  without  incurring  any  more  cost  or  inconvenience  than 
appertains  to  an  ordinary  club  shoot,  if  certain  conditions  are 
observed,  namely: 

It  is  an  amateur  competition,  on  Dickey  Bird  targets. 

Each  club  shoots  on  its  own  grounds. 

No  entry  fee. 

The  contest  is  national. 

The  three  highest  scores  of  three  members  of  a club,  100  target* 
each,  in  regular,  consecutive  events,  are  the  units  of  competition 

Regular  blanks  will  be  furnished  by  the  W.  S.  Dickey  Clay 
Mfg..  Co.,  and  are  to  be  certified  to  by  the  presidents  and  sec- 
retaries of  the  respective  clubs. 

Contestants,  who  desire  to  enter,  should  apply  for  blanks  forth- 

The  prizes— traps  and  thousands  of  targets— are  particularly  set 
forth  m the  advertisement  aforementioned.  ' 


466 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


fJUNE  10,  1905. 


Ossfning  Gun  Club. 


Ossining,  N.  Y. — Twenty-eight  shooters  faced  the  traps  at  the 
annual  Memorial  Day  shoot  of  the  Ossining  Gun  Club,  and,  while 
the  management  expected  to  have  a larger  turnout,  owing  to  the 
fine  prizes  that  were  donated,  they  were  well  satisfied  at  the  end 
of  the  day  to  find  that  over  3,000  targets  had  been  thrown. 

Amos  Bedell,  the  local  club’s  crack  shot,  won  the  high  average 
cup  presented  by  the  Laflin  & Rand  Powder  Company,  with  a 
percentage  of  84.  Daubeney  Brandreth,  another  of  the  local  crack- 
erjacks,  captured  the  cup  presented  by  the  Remington  Arms  Com- 
pany for  high  run,  he  breaking  16  straight.  Bedell,  with  high  run 
of  23,  was  not  eligible  for  both  cups. 

Capt.  Charles  G.  Blandford,  of  the  club,  was  especially  proud 
of  the  fact  that  the  winners  of  both  of  these  cups  were  members 
of  his  Gun  Bugs’  Association,  and  wore  the  emblems. 

C.  W.  Floyd  (“Jap”),  of  New  York  city,  and  Ray  Hendricks, 
of  Rye,  got  second  and  third  high  averages  respectively. 

Mr.  F.  Lawrence  was  the  only  trade  representative  present,  and 
he  assisted  materially  in  managing  the  shoot.  He  was  without 
doubt  well  pleased  to  see  his  shells  capture  high  average. 

The  handsome  cup  presented  by  Town  Clerk  Gaylord  B.  Hub- 
bell,  secretary  of  the  club,  was  not  contested  for,  and  will  be 
held  until  September  next,  when  it  will  be  offered  for  the  West- 
chester County  championship. 

Among  the  out-of-town  shooters  were  Dr.  Borst  and  A.  Traver, 
of  Poughkeepsie;  A.  L.  Burns,  Mamaroneck;  H.  W.  Bissing,  C. 
W.  Floyd  and  Frederick  Fowler,  New  York  city;  Ray  Hendricks, 
Rye;  Ike  Tallman,  South  Millbrook;  M.  H.  Dyckman,  Oscawana, 
and  A.  L.  Burns,  Tarrytown. 

In  the  merchandise  event,  William  H.  Coleman  and  Ray 
Hendricks  tied  for  first  prize  with  22  out  of  25  breaks.  They  both 
have  an  extra  notch  to  let  out  on  special  occasions,  and  this  was 
one  of  them. 

The  prize  winners  in  this  event  were:  Brass  samovar,  won  by 

W.  H.  Coleman;  Remington  target  pistol,  R.  Hendricks;  Water- 
man fountain  pen,  A.  Traver;  box  Havana  cigars,  G.  B.  Hubbell; 
carving  set,  M.  H.  Dyckman;  100  shells,  D.  Brandreth;  100  shells, 
A.  Bedell;  hunting  coat,  D.  Connors;  gun  case,  Charles  Acker; 
box  Havana  cigars,  W.  S.  Smith;  camera,  Dr.  Borst;  box  Havana 
cigars,  J.  Hyland;  Gun  Bug  emblem,  A.  L.  Burns;  Gun  Bug 
emblem,  Wm.  Fisher;  brass  cleaning  rod,  C.  W.  Floyd;  stein, 
C.  G.  Blandford. 

Saturday  June  3,  was  the  last  club  shoot  until  September,  but  the 
traps  are  ready  for  use  at  all  times,  and  the  club  care-taker  is 
always  on  duty. 

Targets  were  thrown  from  50  to  60yds.,  which  made  hard 
shooting,  as  the  scores  will  testify: 


Events: 


3456789  10 


Targets: 

15 

20 

15 

20 

15 

25 

20 

25 

15 

20 

C W Floyd..; 

11 

15 

13 

16 

11 

19 

18 

16 

13 

15 

C T Supe 

.......  11 

11 

9 

9 

12 

16 

15 

13 

7 

9 

M H Dyckman.... 

12 

17 

12 

15 

9 

16 

16 

1/ 

10 

10 

J Hyland  

12 

14 

10 

12 

9 

14 

15 

17 

9 

15 

A Bedell  

.......  14 

18 

14 

17 

13 

23 

15 

17 

12 

14 

A Traver  

9 

14 

10 

14 

12 

21 

17 

21 

9 

14 

D Brandreth  

.......  12 

13 

13 

15 

12 

17 

15 

19 

12 

17 

W PI  Coleman ......... 

.......  12 

14 

14 

9 

11 

18 

16 

22 

9 

13 

I Tallman  

11 

14 

14 

15 

12 

19 

G B Hubbell 

9 

11 

9 

13 

10 

19 

6 

I T Washburn 

9 

13 

11 

16 

9 

ii 

14 

1 

710 

R Hendricks  

.......  12 

17 

10 

13 

11 

20 

18 

22 

12 

16 

A Burns  

7 

13 

8 

10 

6 

19 

13 

13 

Dr  Borst  

.......  10 

15 

9 

13 

7 

, _ 

15 

F Fowler  

10 

. . 

11 

,, 

9 

W S Smith 

14 

15 

C Acker  

16 

t _ 

A Rohr  

15 

T . 

H A Gleason 

11 

„ „ 

A Harris  

14 

. » 

10 

11 

* - 

L Sturgis  

18 

, , 

W Fisher  

13 

• . 

H W Bissing. 

L Lyons  

D Connor  

R McAlpin  .. 
A Atchison  .. 


11 

17 


8 11  13 


5 

11 

14 

12 


Scores  herewith  were  made  on  Saturday,  May  27,  when  a few 
of  the  members  turned  out  for  a little  practice,  preparatory  for 
the  big  shoot  on  Decoration  Day.  Hyland  has  been  shooting  in 
good  form  lately,  and  is  likely  to  make  some  of  them  step  for 
high  average  on  the  30th: 


Events : 12  3 Events : 12  3 

Targets:  25  25  25  Targets:  25  25  25 

C G Blandford... 19  20  20  D Connor  17 

J H Hyland .22  21  22 

C.  G.  B. 


Catskill  Tournament. 

Catskill,  N.  Y.,  May  29. — The  Catskill  Gun  Club  spring  tourna- 
ment, held  here  on  May  24,  was  a big  success.  Twenty-six  shoot- 
ers entered,  and  nine  events  were  pulled  off  in  record  time.  Over 
5,000  birds  were  thrown.  The  cup  shoot,  open  for  any  five-man 
team,  four  teams  to  fill,  came  to  grief,  as  there  were  only  three 
teams  present. 

Mr.  Harold  Money  made  the  high  average,  breaking  141  out  of 
the  150  targets  called  for  in  the  programme. 

Among  the  amateurs,  Senator  Warnick.  of  Amsterdam,  won 
the  high  average,  breaking  139  out  of  150;  J.  B.  Sanders  was 
second  with  137,  and  E.  J.  Snyder,  of  New  Paltz,  and  Wm.  Mat- 
tice,  of  Catskill,  tied  for  third  with  132  each. 

In  the  merchandise  event,  No.  6,  Senator  Warnick  won  the 
Syracuse  hammtrless  gun,  E.  J.  Snyder  the  hunting  jacket,  and 
J.  B.  Sanders  the  field  glasses,. 

Mr.  J.  H.  Briggs  was  present  and  was  a great  help  to  the  man- 
agement. Following  are  the  scores  in  detail: 


Events:  123456789 

Targets:  10  15  20  15  15  25  15  15  20 

Collier  6 11  14  10  9 12  12  7 14 

Mattice  .V...  9 13  17  14  14  21  14  13  17 

Brandreth  10  11  16  13  10  ..  13  ..  .. 

Hyland  8 13  18  14  11  20  10  11  16 

Snyder  9 13  17  15  14  24  13  13  14 

Sanders  10  12  19  13  12  24  14  15  18 

Valentine  9 15  17  12  13  23  11  11  15 

Greene  8 13  17  14  12  21  13  11  17 

Traver  6 11  16  12  12  19  12  11  17 

Warnick  8 15  20  15  14  25  14  13  20 

A Post  5 8 11  9 11  13  6 5 12 

Hopkins  8 13  9 13  10  17  11  9 17 

Cassidy  8 12  7 7 8 

Howland  6 7 12  8 11  18  8 6 S 

Hamm  1 11  11 8 9 13 

Cole  5 11  ..  10  ....  6 11  .. 

Ish  3 7 ..  ..  9 

Plusch  6 11  9 8 11  13  4 8 11 

Wynkoop  6 11 

Foote  6 12 

Schutt  6 

Vedder  11  11  ..  8 9 .. 

C Post  ..  10  13  ..  6 10  .. 

Shubert  ..  ..  9 12  ..  12  ..  .. 

Beach  10  17 

H Money  10  15  19  13  15  25  15  13  16 

Seth  T.  Cole,  Sec’y. 


Infallible  Gun  Club. 

Buffalo,  N.  Y. — The  Decoration  Day  shoot  of  the  Infallible 
Gun  Club  was  a success  in  all  ways,  about  thirty  members  enjoy- 
ing the  day.  Among  the  shooters  were  a lot  of  out-of-town  guests. 

John  E.  Wilson,  the  builder  of  the  grounds,  is  to  be  congratu- 
lated on  his  good  work,  and  everybody  seemed  pleased  with  the 
new  club  house.  Following  is  the  list  of  shooters  and  scores: 


Indianapolis  Gun  Club. 


Indianapolis,  Ind.,  May  27. — Steffen  won  the  Peters  badge. 
Dickman,  Dixon,  Armstrong,  Gregory,  Morris,  Finley  tied  for  the 
club  trophy: 


Events : 
Targets: 

Parry  

Moore  

Anderson  .... 

Dixon  

Steel  

Lowe  

Rhoads  

Gregory  

Bryce  

Pfafflin  

Dickman  

Steffin  

Moller  

Finley  

Armstrong  . . . 

Morris  

Morgan  

Wildhack  

Hiatt  

Leib  

Hice  

Hann  

George  

Mrs  Hann 

Dougherty  . . . 

Sutcliffe  

Jones  

Thompson  

R Springsteen 

I)  Smith  

Craig  

H Springsteen 

Allen  

Dixon  


1 

2 

3 

4 

5 6 

OO 

c- 

9 

10 

11 

12 

20 

20 

20 

20 

20  20 

20  25 

25 

25 

25 

25 

17 

17 

20 

19 

19  .. 

..  24 

21 

16 

16 

16 

19 

17  .. 

..  20 

24 

23 

, . 

18 

19 

18 

16 

14  .. 

..  20 

13 

17 

18 

17 

19  15 

16  21 

21 

23 

21 

18 

18 

18 

15 

14 

18  .. 

..  20 

7 

15 

14 

10 

8 

10 

12 

16 

13 

18 

19 

17 

17 

17  .. 

..  24 

24 

4 

10 

17 

14 

16 

18 

17 

15 

13  .. 

..  21 

18 

19 

19 

19 

19 

18  .. 

..  24 

20 

23 

24 

21 

17 

13 

..  18 

21 

18 

15 

17 

..  24 

22 

18 

. . 

. _ 

16 

17 

..  23 

21 

19 

. . 

9 

12 

..  21 

21 

23 

. _ 

15 

20 

..  15 

16 

19 

. . 

4 „ 

16 

18 

16 

16 

8 

5 

10 

16 

..  19 

21 

. 19  20  

. 16  14  18  . . 

.10  4 

. 11  14  . . . . 

. 10  17  

. 12  13  14  . . 
q -if: 

9 17  is  io  ;;  " 

. 18  15  14  17 
. 18  15  15  . . . . 
. 14  14  17  18  15 
9 8 

'.  15 15  ii  io :: 

. 15  15  17  16 


May  30. — Mr.  John  Deitrich,  of  Crawfordsville,  who  is  seventy 
years  of  age,  broke  88  out  of  100  targets.  The  club  desires  to 
thank  Mr.  Van  Ness  for  his  kind  assistance. 

Sweepstakes: 


Events:  1 2 3 4 5 Shot 

Targets:  20  20  20  20  20  at.  Broke. 

Tripp  18  18  18  19  18  100  91 

Parry  18  17  17  18  19  100  89 

Moller  10  20  19  16  18  100  92 

Stillwell  14  15  14  16  18  100  77 

Comstock  17  16  16  19  15  100  83 

Wise  14  17  16  20  19  100  86 

Spencer  17  17  17  17  17  100  85 

Smiley  20  19  18  19  16  100  92 

A Martin  14  13  16  . . . . 60  43 

Wildhack  17  18  19  20  19  100  93 

Long  15  16  16  18  15  100  80 

Short  15  19  18  19  18  100  89 

Mack  15  18  15  18  16  100  82 

Gregory  17  19  17  17  17  100  87 

Anderson  18  16  18  16  18  100  86 

Lewis  16  16  IS  16  17  100  83 

Dixon  18  17  IS  14  17  100  84 

Deitrich  18  18  17  15  20  100  88 

lleturk  17  16  17  17  19  100  86 

Finley  16  18  18  17  14  100  83 

Dickman  19  20  17  19  19  100  94 

Wilk  8 20  8 

Morris  15  11  40  26 

Steele  19  18  17  16  80  70 

Hardesty  16  . . 13  . . 40  29 

Harcourt  18  16  7 ..  60  41 

Wands  14  12  ..  ..  40  26 

Cooper  17  18  17  19  80  71 

Habich  12  20  i2 

Leib  17  20  17 


New  York  Athletic  Club. 

Travers  Island,  N.  Y.,  May  30. — The  Decoration  Day  shoot 
and  windup  of  the  season  brought  out  a large  number  of  con- 
testants. Mr.  C.  E.  T.  Foster,  the  Crescent  A.  C.  crack,  had 
little  trouble  in  winning  the  May  cup  with  a handicap  of  6 points 
in  50,  but  he  was  closely  pressed  by  Mr.  Stuart  Scott,  who 
finished  only  one  bird  behind.  Mr.  Scott  won  the  Decoration 
Day  cup,  and  the  first  leg  on  the  new  holiday  cup  also. 

Miss  C.  L.  C.  Horneck,  the  only  lady  contestant,  received  much 
applause  when  she  broke  21  targets  out  of  25,  shooting  without  a 
handicap.  She  is  a pupil  of  Stepmen  M.  Van  Allen,  of  Jamaica, 
L.  I.  The  scores  follow: 


May  cup 'match: 


Brk.  Hdp.  Tot’l. 

Brk.  Hdp.  Tot’l. 

C E T Foster 44 

6 

50 

B F 

O’Connor. 

..22 

14 

36 

S ScoH  43 

6 

49 

J w 

Plibbard. . 

..30 

6 

36 

E N Huggins 29 

14 

43 

1 D 

Calhoun. . . 

..34 

0 

34 

F W Perkins 37 

4 

41 

F L 

Barnes 

..30 

2 

32 

J S Woodhouse.  .33 

8 

41 

E F 

Crowe 

..18 

14 

32 

A Fleischmann.  .40 

0 

40 

F R 

White 

..17 

12 

29 

G S Nicholas,  Jr. 31 

6 

37 

W L 

Buchanan 

..24 

0 

24 

Shoot-off  for  May 

CUJDj 

five 

winners — Messrs. 

Gus 

Greiff 

and 

Tom  McCahill  absent: 

C E T Foster 19 

2 

21 

A O 

PTeischmann.19 

0 

19 

J W Hibbard 17 

3 

20 

Decoration  Day  cup 

S Scott  22 

2 

24 

F R 

White 

..12 

6 

18 

C E T Foster 21 

1 

22 

E F 

Crowe 

..11 

7 

18 

E N Huggins 15 

7 

22 

GS 

Nicholas,  Tr.10 

6 

16 

T S Woodhouse. .17 

4 

21 

F L 

Barnes 

..13 

1 

14 

A O Fleischm’nn.20 

0 

20 

B F 

O’Connor. 

..  6 

7 

13 

F W Perkins 17 

2 

19 

W L 

Buchanan 

...5 

0 

5 

Holiday  cup  match: 

S Scott  41 

6 

47 

J D 

Calhoun. . . 

..36 

0 

36 

J S Woodhouse.  .36 

8 

44 

J W 

Hibbard. . 

..30 

6 

36 

E N Huggins... 29 

14 

43 

B F 

O’Connor. 

..20 

14 

34 

F W Perkins 38 

4 

42 

G S 

Nicholas,  Tr.26 

6 

32 

A O Fleischmann. 40 

. 0 

40 

F L 

Barnes. . . . 

..25 

2 

27 

C E T Foster 36 

2 

38 

W L 

Buchanan 

..23 

0 

23 

Special  trophy  match,  scratch : C.  E.  T.  Foster  24,  A.  O. 
Fleischmann  22,  Miss  C.  L.  C.  Horneck  21,  F.  W.  Perkins  20, 
J.  S.  Woodhouse  13. 

Five  pairs  doubles:  First  event  won  by  Stuart  Scott;  score  6. 

Second  event  won  by  F.  W.  Perkins,  score  7. 

Special  match,  gun  below  the  elbow,  won  by  A.  O.  Fleisch- 
mann. 


Dover  Sportsmen's  Association. 

Dover,  N.  H.,  May  30. — The  day  was  fair.  The  wind  came  out 
of  the  west,  sometimes  gentle,  again  in  fitful  gusts.  Clouds  were 
in  the  sky,  and  at  times  patches  of  blue.  The  targets,  with  the 
wind  behind  them,  flew  away  60yds.  and  more. 

We  lined  up  for  work,  perpendicular,  astraddle  and  askew,  each 
to  his  habit.  Corson  led  off  and  kept  first  position  to  the  end. 
The  scores: 

Shot  Shot 


at. 

Broke. 

Av. 

at. 

Broke. 

Av. 

Corson  

..125 

105 

84 

Lucas  

...100 

44 

44 

Hallam  

..115 

88 

77 

Hammond  ... 

..75 

38 

51 

N Wentworth.. 

,.10O 

66 

66 

Blake  

...55 

23 

42 

Irving  

..100 

64 

64 

Lombard  . . . . . 

...45 

23 

51 

While  

..100 

64 

64 

Halliday  

...25 

11 

44 

Durgin  

100 

61 

61 

Morton  

...15 

9 

60 

Stevens  

..125 

73 

58 

D.  W. 

Hallam,  Sec’ 

'y- 

Shot  at. 

Broke. 

Shot  at. 

Broke. 

G Dietzer  

.....145 

115 

N J Leonard.. 

55 

39 

J Busch  ........ 

145 

113 

E A Tousley... 

.....  55 

41 

J E Wilson  .. 

.....145 

109 

McCarney  

27 

39  .............. 

145 

109 

McLeod  ....... 

.....  40 

33 

H Burkwardt  .. 

.....145 

105 

J Burkhardt  . . 

.....  40 

24 

W Hines,  jr... 

,....145 

87 

J Shaw  

35 

Teal  ........... 

.....145 

92 

J Julias  ........ 

27 

G Wasson  .... 

.....130 

103 

Coester 

16 

Norris  

.....100 

79 

E H Dietzer.., 

......  25 

17 

E Bauman  .... 

......100 

75 

Appenheimer  . . 

15 

J Parker  ...... 

67 

J Hahn  ........ 

15 

W N Wasson.. 

100 

59 

O Schmidt  ..... 

16 

F Bryant  . . . . . 

100 

78 

C W Hart 

28 

Schweeda  ..... 

40 

Eaton  

88 

F Heintz  ..... 

39 

- - 

E.  J,  McLsop, 

Sec’y* 

Castieton  Gun  Club. 

Castleton  Corners,  N.  Y. — The  appended  scores  were  made  at 
the  Castleton  Gun  Club  shoot  on  May  30: 

Events : 123456789  10  11  12 

Targets : 25  10  10  25  15  10  15  25  -25  26  15  10 

H Seawood  15  5 4 20  13  5 7 13  18  18  7 . . 

G Seawood  18  5 8 19  12  6 11  20  18  20  11  9 

E Houseman  15  6 6 18  8 6 

C Smith  16  6 8 22  II  6 8 18  16  ..... . 

J A Howard ..  7 8 17  6 5 12  16  13  10-11  8 

G Smith  ..  4 3 18  15  8 4 ..  ..  9 ..  .. 

Houseman  - 7 8 10  10  9 10  

Barnes  6 13  13  5 6 

R Barnes,  Jr 15  11  12  11  6 

Rohlf*  15  12  12  9 4 

J,  A,  Howaeb. 


Bradford  Gun  Club. 


^Bradford,  Pa.,  May  29. — Plerewith  are  the  scores  made  on  May 
27,  at  our  club  shoot.  The  club  has  two  traps,  one  Leggett,  the 
other  a Blackbird. 

Steel  trap  houses  afford  protection  to  the  trap  boys  and  re- 
lieves the  shooter  from  fear  of  injury  to  others. 

Last  week  our  local  club  journeyed  to  Kane,  Pa.,  and  captured 
the  Northwestern,  Pa.  trophy,  with  an  excellent  showing. 

Trust  that  we  shall  have  some  fine  scores  to  send  you  after  the 
tournament : 


Pringle  

Disney  

Russell  

Mallory,  Jr. 
Stevens  . . . . 
Wagner  .... 
Costello  . . . . 

Bodine  

Davis  

G Haymaker 
Mallory,  Sr. 

Vernon  

Collins  

Crittenden  . 


Shot  at. 

Broke. 

Shot  at. 

Broke. 

....130 

112 

Haymaker  . . . 

100 

48 

....105 

54 

Conneeley  ... 

100 

79 

....105 

82 

Thompson  .. 

60 

32 

....130 

116 

Eygabrout  . . . 

75 

34 

131 

Morris  

.......100 

66 

69 

Jones  

85 

56 

....100 

41 

McCa|nn  

15 

7 

. . . .130 

102 

Van  Tine 

.......  70 

43 

....  90 

49 

Holley  

75 

41 

....  60 

34 

White  

55 

31 

....100 

76 

Scott  

.......  70 

45 

26 

Br  inton  

.......  70 

38 

....  75 

47 

Bacharach  . . . 

50 

26 

75 

43 

May  31. — The  following  is  a total  of  the  events  held  at  the  traps 
of  the  above  club  on  May  30: 


Shot  at. 

Broke. 

Pringle  

......115 

102 

Russell  

140 

110 

Haymaker  

125 

80 

Hoey  

104 

Mallory,  Sr.  .. 

140 

106 

Godfrey  

75 

21 

Kell  eh  er  

90 

32 

Van  Tine  

75 

35 

Fuller  

50 

White  

61 

Bodine  

70 

Rice  

52 

Mills  

28 

Shot  at. 

Broke. 

Artley  

....60 

34 

Eygabrout  

. . . .100 

56 

Kennedy  

..,.125 

87 

Scott  

...TOO 

62 

Davis  

....135 

54 

Luce  

....  50 

37 

Durfey  

.....30 

12 

La  Compte  

....  50 

13 

Cole  

....  30 

12 

Brown  

....  55 

27 

McConnell  

....  50 

28 

Hennage  

....  25 

11 

E.  C.  Charlton, 

, Sec’y-Treas. 

Lawrence  Gun  Club. 


Lawrence,  Mass.,  May  30. — Prizes  were  provided  in  events  open 
to  all,  and  in  events  limited  to  members,  at  this  tournament,  the 
second  annual  of  the  club.  The  programme  had  a total  of  150 
targets. 

The  open  event  prizes  were:  First,  $5  in  gold;  second,  $2.50 

in  gold,  and  third,  a tgun  case.  The  winners  were:  C.  Burns, 

Lowell;  Bowen,  Amesbury,  and  Fletcher,  of  Lowell,  in  the  order 
named. 

The  prizes  for  the.  members’  match  were:  First,  pocket  flask; 

second,  umbrella;  third,  pocketbook;  fourth,  a watch  chain.  They 
were  won  by  the  following,  in  the  order  named:  George  Hall, 

George  Piper,  W.  N.  Flamel  and  George  Blanchette. 

The  event  was  the  second  annual  shooting  tournament  of  the 
club,  and  the  following  are  the  scores: 


Events : 

1 2 

3 4 5 

6 7 

8 9 

10  11  12 

Shot 

Targets : 

10  15  10  15  15  10  15  10  15  10  10  15 

at. 

Broke. 

Climax  Burns  . . 

. . . 9 15 

9 15  13  10  13  10  13  10 

9 15 

150 

141 

Hatch  

..9  9 

9 11  11  10  13 

8 8 10  10  9 

150 

117 

Edwards  

...  8 13 

8 11  14 

6 10 

7 11 

9 

9 13 

150 

119 

Tozier  

..  7 9 

8 8 13 

7 14 

8 10 

8 

7 12 

150 

111 

Fletcher  

, . . 6 11 

9 14  9 

9 12 

8 14 

8 

6 13 

150 

119 

Bowen  

, . . 8 14  10  14  13  10  13  10  12 

9 

9 14 

150 

136 

Bancroft  

...  8 9 

5 9 9 

7 6 

5 6 

115 

64 

Hamel  

...  4 6 

5 5 4 

6 8 

OO 

4 

2 9 

150 

68 

Fisher  

. . . 9 13 

9 9 11 

6 11 

9 10 

115 

87 

Parkhurst  

...  4 7 

6 6 8 

7 .. 

75 

38 

Piper  

...  5 11 

4 10  10 

5 7 10  8 

7 

5 14 

150 

96 

Hall  

...  6 6 

6 9 13 

9 9 

6 13 

8 

8 13 

150 

106 

Dumont  

3 6 2 

6 10 

5 7 

3 

3 10 

125 

55 

G Blanchette  . . 

5 3 7 

6 9 

4 8 

5 

5 7 

125 

59 

E Guenette  .... 

..  7 

6 

4 8 

50 

25 

L E Grand 

2 3 

25 

6 

A Blanchette... 

7 6 

25 

13 

W Sutcliffe  

7 6 

5 

4 6 

50 

22 

H Sutcliffe  

7 4 

25 

11 

Eastwood  

4 9 

25 

13 

Hinds  

5 7 

25 

12 

Sherman  

6 8 

25 

14 

R.  B.  Parkhurst,  Sec’y. 


Bergen  Beach  Gun  Club. 

Bergen  Beach,  L.  I.,  May  30. — The  holiday  shoot  of  the  Bergen 
Beach  Gun  Club  was  favored  with  an  ideal  day  as  to  weather 
conditions.  A strong  east  wind  made  shooting  none  too  easy. 
Capt.  Dreyer  was  not  present  on  account  of  illness.  It  is  a pleas- 
ure to  know  that  he  will  be  out  in  a few  days. 


Events : 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

Targets : 

25 

25 

15 

25 

15 

15 

15 

15 

15 

15 

15 

Griffith  

17 

19 

12 

10 

7 

13 

11 

14 

12 

13 

Voorhies  

16 

12 

9 

8 

10 

9 

7 

14 

H Bergen  

20 

17 

12 

8 

10 

9 

9 

Schorty  

21 

12 

20 

15 

11 

14 

11 

11 

12 

13 

Slim  

4 

Berquist  

, , 

. . 

. , 

3 

5 

1 

4 

6 

6 

. . 

. „ 

Asp  

10 

_ _ 

. . 

6 

Slim  

7 

7 

9 

7 

6 

8 

T * 

Anderson  

4 

4 

8 

9 

10 

10 

. . 

Creamer  

9 

8 

12 

10 

12 

13 

Charles  

5 

7 

13 

7 

9 

7 

8 

Creamer,  Jr 

13 

, , 

5 

8 

11 

Remsen  

i3 

9 

15 

14 

11 

F Bergen  

12 

• • 

Five  pairs:  G.  Remsen  7,  Anderson  5,  Berquist  4,  F.  Creamer  7, 
F.  Bergen  8. 


Consolidated  Gun  Club  of  Connecticut. 

Willimantic,  Conn.,  May  23. — Pleasant  weather  favored  the 
third  shoot  of  the  Consolidated  Gun  Clubs  of  Connecticut,  under 
the  auspices  of  the  Willimantic  Gun  Club.  About  one  hundred 
shooters  were  present.  The  professionals  were  Messrs.  Money, 
Hull  and  Wheeler. 

The  Willimantic  team  made  the  best  scores,  as  follows:  Edgar- 
ton  18,  Strong  18,  Bugbee  16,  Prest  17,  Ocford  16. 

The  scores  of  the  teams  follow:  YV'illimantic  86,  Rockville  85, 

New  Haven  83,  Waterbury  81,  Norwich  77,  New  Britain  77,  Hart- 
ford 74,  Bridgeport  65. 

As  the  team  contest  now  stands,  New  I-Iaven  is  in  the  lead,  with 
Willimantic  and  Rockville  close  seconds,  as  follows:  New  Haven 

230,  Willimantic  229,  Rockville  229,  Waterbury  222,  Norwich  215, 
Plartford  214,  New  Britain  211,  Bridgeport  205,  Bristol  120. 

Mr.  Harold  Money  was  high  man,  scoring  179  out  of  190. 

There  were  twelve  sweepstake  events,  and  the  totals  of  those 
who  shot  the  programme  of  190  targets  through  follow:  Money 
179,  Wheeler  164,  “Shorty”  167,  Edgarton  158,  Mulville  128,  Bugbee 
158,  Prest  152,  Strong  160,  Fenton  141,  Laramie  134,  Nevis  97, 
Austin  119,  Gates  122,  Olcott  150,  Taft  163,  Mitchell  161,  A.  J. 
Reynolds  175,  McMillen  169,  Merrick  164,  Hart  157,  A.  Blay  152, 
F.  Metcalf  164,  H.  Metcalf  149,  E.  White  145,  G.  C.  Finch  158, 
Arnold  113,  McFetridge  154,  Dr.  Rowe  154,  Bradley  162,  Savage 
158,  Robertson  144,  Whitney  171,  Kelley  173,  Ockford  169,  F. 
Jordan  158,  Hull  159.  ' 


Montelfo  Gun  Club. 

Brockton,  Mass.,  May  30. — The  Montello  Gun  Club  holiday 
shoot  was  marked  by  close  competition  and  large  entry  list  for  the 
ten  prizes  offered  in  two  40-target  handicaps,  and  practice  events. 
A large  number  of  spectators  enjoyed  the  event.  A large  number 
of  out-of-town  visitors  were  present.  About  1,355  targets  were 
thrown.  The  trap  worked  poorly.  In  the  following  score  the 
first  number  designates  the  yards  handicap,  and  the  second  the 
number  broken.  The  first  five  men  leading  secured  the  prizes, 
those  besides  the  guns,  being  shooters’  articles: 

First  race:  Muldown,  of  Boston,  18-35;  Worthing,  21-34;  Snell, 
16-34;  Churchill,  of  Whitman,  21-32;  Lumbert,  17-31;  F.  Cavicchi, 
of  YVhitman  21-30;  Wood,  21-29;  Woodard,  21-29;  McAllister,  of 
Middleboro,  16-27;  E.  Cavicchi,  of  Whitman,  18-27;  Selig,  16-25; 
Cummings,  17-24;  Packard,  16-20. 

Second  race:  E.  Cavicchi,  16-37;  Worthing,  21-36;  Woodard, 

19-35;  Churchill,  21-35;  A.  Dunham,  16-33;  F.  Cavicchi,  20-32;  Cum- 
mings, 16-28;  Lumbert,  19-26;  Snell,  20-26;  Muldown,  20-25;  Pack- 
ard, 16-21. 


June  io,  1905.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


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U.  S.  Government  Ammunition  Test. 


Accuracy  test  of  Krag-J orgensen  .30-Caliber  Cartridges  held  at  Springfield  Armory  by  order  of 
the  Ordnance  Department,  United  States  Army. 

TESTED — Ammunition  of  all  the  American  Manufacturers. 

CONDITIONS  — 10  and  20  shot  targets,  muzzle  rest. 

10  and  20  shot  targets,  fixed  rest. 

DISTANCE  -—1000  yards. 


RESULT  and 
OFFICIAL  R.EPORT: 


U.  S.  Cartridges  excelled  all  others 


MANUFACTURED  BY 


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Kane  Tournament. 

Kane,  Pa.,  May  26.— The  fourth  annual  tournament  of  the  Kane 
Sportsmen’s  Club  took  place  at  Kane,  Pa.,  Wednesday  and 
Thursday,  May  24  and  25.  The  weather  was  as  if  made  to  order, 
and  this  club  can  congratulate  itself  on  picking  out  the  above 
dates.  This  was  the  first  shoot  given  by  this  club  on  their  new 
grounds,  which  they  bought  a few  weeks  ago.  The  new  ground 
has  a perfect  background,  the  same  being  all  skyline.  A very 
substantial  lunch  was  served  in  a large  tent  near  at  hand,  the 
same  being  well  patronized  by  the  shooters.  4 

On  the  first  day  the  programme  called  for  nine  20-bird  events, 
the  targets  being  thrown  from  a Morgan  trap.  On  the  second 
day  the  programme  was  the  same,  except  that  the  Kane  bportmg 
Goods  Co.’s  cup  was  the  tenth  event,  and  this  cup  event  called 
for  a four-man  team  race,  100  targets — 25  each  man.  Un  the 
second  day  the  targets  were  thrown  from  another  trap,  and  as 
this  trap  seemed  to  have  more  speed,  it  kept  the  boys  guessing 
for  a while.  , 

The  Bradford,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  sent  over  about  two  squads,  and 
they  had  blood  in  their  eye;  at  the  same  time  an  eye  on  the  cup. 
In  short,  they  came  after  the  cup,  and  took  it  with  them. 

On  Wednesday  twenty-three  shooters  faced  the  traps,  and  of 
these  fifteen  shot  through.  Mr.  J.  T.  Atkinson  and  Mr.  FI.  H. 
Stevens  were  tied  for  first  average,  each  breaking  172  out  of  18U. 
Mr.  C.  W.  Hart  was  second  with  167 ; Mr.  L.  B.  Fleming  third 
with  166,  and  Mr.  L.  J.  Squier  fourth,  162. 

On  Thursday  thirty-three  shooters  took  part,  and  of  these 
nineteen  shot  through.  Mr.  A.  Sizer  and  Mr.  J.  T.  Atkinson 
tied  for  first  average,  each  breaking  166  out  of  180.  _ Mr.  H.  H. 
Stevens  was  second  with  165;  Mr.  L.  B.  Fleming  third  with  162, 
and  Mr.  R.  S.  Pringle  fourth  with  161. 

General  average  for  the  two  days  resulted  as  follows;  hirst,  Mr. 
J T Atkinson,  with  338  out  of  360;  second,  Mr.  H.  H.  Stevens, 
with  337;  third,  Mr.  L.  B.  Fleming,  with  328,  and  fourth,  Mr.  A. 
Sizer,  with  325.  , , 

The  team  race  for  the  cup  had  three  clubs  represented:  Brad- 
ford, Kane  and  St.  Marys,  Bradford  team  winning  with  86  out  of 
ICO;  Kane  team  got  78,  and  St.  Marys  62. 

The  trade  was  represented  by  Messrs.  H.  H.  Stevens,  L.  J. 
Squier,  J.  E.  Garland,  and  PI.  P.  Fessenden.  Scores  follow: 


May  24,  First  Day. 


Events : 
Targets : 

H H Stevens. 

J T 


C 

L 

L 

H 

H 

J 

A 

H 

J 

T 

L 

C 

D 

C 

D 

R 

E 

E 

P 

J 

.E 


W Hart  ... 
B Fleming. 
J Squier 


R Elliott 

S Gildersleeve. 

Sizer  

E Brown 

C Garland 

S Sheldon  

H Mensch 

C Farnum 

B Shields 

A Gilson 


L Willions 
W Jordan.. 

Jones  

N ittrow  . . . 
F Grant 
S Goodwin. 


1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

20 

20 

20 

20 

20 

20 

20 

20 

20 

Broke. 

19 

20 

19 

20 

19 

19 

19 

19 

18 

172 

18 

20 

20 

19 

18 

19 

20 

20 

18 

172 

17 

18 

19 

20 

19 

19 

17 

18 

20 

167 

18 

18 

20 

20 

18 

19 

19 

16 

18 

166 

14 

20 

18 

18 

16 

19 

19 

18 

20 

162 

18 

20 

19 

19 

17 

19 

15 

17 

17 

161 

20 

19 

19 

18 

16 

17 

17 

17 

18 

161 

18 

17 

18 

17 

20 

19 

16 

19 

16 

160 

16 

15 

18 

18 

15 

20 

20 

19 

18 

159 

19 

18 

17 

17 

17 

18 

16 

18 

18 

158 

17 

17 

17 

17 

17 

18 

18 

14 

16 

151 

17 

15 

20 

17 

15 

16 

17 

17 

20 

151 

13 

15 

16 

17 

17 

18 

13 

13 

15 

137 

17 

16 

16 

17 

18 

11 

17 

13 

11 

136 

14 

16 

11 

12 

13 

12 

13 

12 

16 

119 

14 

16 

15 

15 

17 

13 

11 

8 

109 

12 

15 

17 

17 

12 

13 

16 

, , 

102 

17 

19 

17 

17 

ie 

16 

102 

19 

16 

16 

10 

12 

16 

89 

18  13  13 

18  ..  .. 


16 


15 


44 

34 

15 


May  25,  Second  Day. 


L 

C 

F 


R 

J 

C 

Jc 

H 

D 


b 

G 

L 

JM 

A 

E 

T 

G 

F 

A 

D 


11  15 
*7  2 


Broke. 

166 

166 

165 

162 

161 

157 

155 

152 

152 

151 

146 

146 

145 

144 

138 

138 

137 

134 

126 

112 

107 

101 

95 

81 

79 

72 

71 

56 

55 

26 

25 

24 

23 


23, 


Analostan  Gun  Club. 

Washington,  D.  C.,  June  2. — The  Analostan  Gun  Club,  of  this 
city,  held  its  sixth  annual  tournament  on  May  30  and  31.  The 
tournament  was  a success,  considering  the  weather.  The  visiting 
shooters  were  loud  in  their  praise  of  the  manner  in  which  the 
club  conducted  the  shoot.  Forty-seven  shooters  were  present  the 
first  day.  The  sliding  handicap  system  was  used,  and  this  ac- 
counts for  the  “up-and-down”  scores  of  those  who  participated. 
The  experts,  however,  all  shot  from  the  16yd.  mark. 

The  professionals  present  were  Butler,  Elliott,  Fleer,  Sampson, 
Squier,  Storr,  “Boss”  Keller,  E.  W.  Lee,  Arthur  McCormick  and 
John  £.  Avery.  Mr.  Keller  was  ill  and  withdrew  after  the  fourth 
event. 

The  club  is  under  special  obligation  to  Mr.  Luther  Squier,  who 
took  off  his  coat  and  directed  the  work  of  the  office  force.  His 
scores,  no  doubt,  suffered  on  account  of  his  work  in  the  office; 
but,  while  he  lost  in  this  respect,  he  made  everlasting  friends  of 
the  club  members. 

Mr.  E.  W,  Lee  also  lent  a hand  on  the  first  day,  as  did  Mr. 
James  Malone,  of  Baltimore.  And,  by  the  way,  Mr.  Malone  is 
getting  ready  for  his  big  shoot,  which  will  be  held  in  July,  and 
we  are  told  that  he  expects  to  make  it  bigger  and  better  than 
ever  before,  and  this  is  saying  a good  deal. 

Mr.  Hugh  Nutting  and  Mr.  J.  G.  Hedrick  rendered  efficient 
service  in  the  office,  and  M.  D.  Hogan,  C.  O.  Wilhite,  Ralph 
Nutting,  S.  L.  Osborne  and  Dr.  McClenahan  worked  hard  and 
faithfully  to  make  the  shoot  a success,  as  did  also  many  other 
members  of  the  club. 

Mr.  C.  O.  Wilhite,  one  of  our  always  reliable  shots,  sold  his 
gun  and  had  to  use  a borrowed  one  the  last  day,  and  this  un- 
fortunate circumstance  added  to  the  “strenuous”  work  he  per-, 
formed,  put  him  out  of  the  competition. 

The  officers  of  the  club  made  elaborate  preparations  for  the 
shoot,  looking  to  the  comfort  and  convenience  of  the  shooters,  by 
erecting  three  large  tents  besides  that  of  the  caterer.  The  tent 
proposition  looked  somewnat  extravagant  for  so  small  a shoot, 
but  was  highly  appreciated  by  those  present  the  second  day, 
which  was  marred  greatly  by  the  rain  which  fell  in  torrents  during 
the  afternoon  and  compelled  the  abandonment  -of  the  programme 
after  the  eighth  event. 

The  last  event  was  shot  in  a driving  rain,  and  the  highest  score, 
17,  in  said  event  was  made  by  “Uncle  Billy”  Wagner,  of  the 
home  chib,  who  does  not  care  for  either  “wind  or  weather.” 

_W.  FI.  Fleer’s  record  was  wonderful,  all  things  considered.. 
Twice  he  run  over  100,  the  last  time  106,  and  he  scored  the  last 
dav  158  out  of  160.  If  he  keeps  up  his  gait,  Gilbert  and  Crosby 
will  have  to  look  to  their  laurels,  or  he  will  be  high  man  of  the 
trio  this  year  of  our  Lord. 

Lester  German,  of  Aberdeen,  Md.,  in  the  amateur  class,  made 
the  highest  score,  323  out  of  a possible  360.  William  Wagner, 
of  this  city  was  second  with  315.  Geo.  -L.  Lyon,  of  Durham, 
N.  C.,  made  the  third  best  score,  309.  In  the  professional  class, 
W.  H.  Heer  scored  353  out  of  360;  E.  H.  Storr,  323  out  of  360, 
and  F.  E.  Butler  309  out  of  360. 

Following  are  the  scores  in  detail: 


May  30,  First  Day. 


Events:  1 

Targets:  20 

W agner  19 

Jos  Hunter  17 

Coleman  17 

Taylor  19 

Wilhite  15 

Elliott  20 

Heer  20 

Butler  17 

Storr  19 

Squier  19 


Events-  123456789 

Targets  • 20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20 

A Sizer  ’ 19  19  19  20  IS  19  IS  18  16 

T T Atkinson 18  20  18  19  19  19  16  20  17 

H H Stevens 17  20  19  15  18  20  19  19  18 

L B Fleming 20  19  18  16  18  16  18  18  19 

R S Pringle 19  17  18  17  18  18  17  19  18 

H R Elliott 18  19  18  17  IS  18  18  17  14 

H E Brown 18  19  19  17  16  17  16  19  14 

L T Squier 19  19  15  15  18  16  14  18  18 

E Mallory,  Jr 17  19  15  14  18  17  16  19  17 

W Hart  18  17  15  15  19  17  15  15  20 

Conneely 19  15  15  16  14  17  19  17  14 

J S Speer. 16  15  18  17  16  17  17  14  16 

H S Hoey  10  IS  16  17  16  IS  17  16  17 

L Williams 16  13  16  19  20  14  15  14  17 

S Gildersleeve  17  16  18  15  16  13  11  14  18 

C Farnum 14  19  17  13  13  13  16  17  16 

C Garland 19  14  19  16  18  17  16  18  .. 

H Brown 15  12  12  15  15  17  17  18  13 

Stackoole  16  14  12  17  13  11  17  12  14 

Anderson  14  11  16  14  17  11  9 11  9 

T F Grant  13  14  16  IS  17  11  . . . . 18 

Brooder  15  17  16  13  . . . . 15  14  11 

D Russell 19  18  13  15  16  14 

FI  Mensch 15  12  15  14  14  11 

C Koch 11  12  7 12  11  .. 

W Jordan 19  13  16  8 

S Sheldon 15  14  15  11 

A Bodine 11  15 

Dion  ••  ••  ••  12  13 

Van  Tine  io  la  11  13 

Team  race  for  cup: 

Bradford  Gun  Club — L.  E.  Mallory,  Jr.,  23,  R.  S.  Pringle 
F Coneely  20,  H.  S.  Hoel  20;  total  86. 

Kane  Gun  Club— A.  Sizer  21,  R.  L.  Williams  21,  H.  E.  Brown 
18,  T.  F.  Grant  18;  total  78. 

Iff  Gun  Club,  St.  Marys,  Pa.— J.  S.  Speer  18,  H.  Stackpole  17, 
J C.  Koch  15,  D.  Anderson  12 j total  62,  H.  P.  F. 


14 

16 

18 

17 

12 


C S Wilson 

Craig  

Orrison  

Barr  

W IT  Hunter 

Hogan  18 

Keller 14 

Anderson  14 

Baker  12 

Sampson  17 

James  17 

German  17 

Angelasto  17 

Kirk  17 

Semmes  16 

Reid  19 

Lupus  15 

Maloney  16 

Fc-ord  18 

Stearnes  18 

Chew  17 

Funk  16 

Mink  14 

Lyon  19 

Steubener  19 

Petrola  17 

Bankett  19 

B Wilson  19 

Gicklin  14 

Mills  15 

G Wise  17 

Viers  

Nalley  

Brown  

Allnutt  

Gamson  

Draper  10 


May  31, 

160 


2 3 
20  20 
18  16 
16  17 

16  14 
15  20 
12  18 

17  17 
20  20 

15  17 

18  20 
19  17 
11  12 

16  17 

17  13 
14  14 

14  13 

17  15 
19  11 

15  13 

14  15 

15  17 
10  16 

16  19 
15  11 

18  17 

15  16 

13  15 

18  15 

17  12 

18  16 

19  15 

16  12 
15  14 
18  16 

20  13 

18  19 

19  15 

17  16 

18  11 
15  10 

14  11 
17  16 

15  16 
..  18 


4 5 
20  20 
17  17 

17  16 
16  17 
16  14 
13  12 

18  17 
20  20 

19  16 
19  17 
15  17 
12  .. 

18  14 

15  12 

16  17 

16  17 
10  .. 

15  .. 
13  15 

13  14 

17  12 

19  8 
19  18 

14  14 

17  14 

18  17 

19  16 
18  15 
14  16 

16  16 

18  17 
12  11 
14  .. 

19  17 

20  16 
18  15 

16  14 

17  14 
16  12 


6 7 
20  20 

18  14 

16  15 
18  16 

19  13 

15  16 
14  18 

17  20 

16  14 

17  16 

18  14 


8 9 10 
20  20  20 
19  18  20 

17  15  20 

18  15  18 

17  ..  .. 
14  13  15 

19  18  20 

18  20  20 

18  17  18 
17  16  18 

19  16  19 


18  15  17  16  18 
13  14  15  12  14 
17  17  13  16  13 
11  14  15  15  15 


14  14 

16  17 

15  15 

16  16 
19  18 
18  15 
18  13 

15  13 

17  17 

16  18 
15  14 
15  14 
17  19 
13  .. 


16  ..  .. 

15  12  16 

17  13  16 
12  ..  .. 
20  19  20 

16  10  14 

18  18  16 

14  20  14 
9 18  .. 

15  16  17 
15  13  15 

1.3  20  ii 


18  14  19  14  18 

18  17  14  20  19 

19  18  17  19  17 

is  is  ii  ii  is 

19  17  15  16  18 


14  13  10  11  10  14  15 
17  14  19  10  11  13  18 
19  17  18  17  16  16 

12  14  17  11  13  16  17 
19  16  17  16  16  19  17 
. . ..  13  15  14  16  14 

13  11  14  10  

11 


Shot 
at. 
200 
200 
200 
160 
200 
200 
200 
200 
200 
200 
- 80 
200 
200 
200 
200 
80 
80 
160 
200 
200 
160 
200 
200 
200 
200 
180 
200 
200 
140 
' 200 
120 
80 
200 
200 
200 
100 
200 
200 
60 
200 
200 
160 
160 
140 


Broke. 

176 
166 
165 

133 
143 

178 
195 
167 

177 

173 
49 

165 

143 
154 

142 
60 
59 

114 

144 
154 
114 
185 
144 

166 
158 

143 
163 
147 
113 

174 
81 
59 

167 

176 

179 
81 

162 

161 

39 

127 

152 

134 
118 


Second  Day. 


Total  programme,  160  targets: 

Events:  12345678 

Targets:  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20 

Wagner  17  19  18  17  16  17  18  17 

Jos  Hunter 19  14  17  15  16  20  18  11 


Angelasto  

12 

14 

16 

8 

100 

62 

German  

18 

18 

15 

20 

19 

18 

11 

160 

138 

Lyon  

16 

20 

18 

12 

19 

20 

10 

160 

133 

Petrola  

15 

14 

13 

17 

15 

100 

88 

Lupus  

15 

18 

15 

14 

15 

120 

95 

Sampson  

20 

18 

15 

17 

17 

12 

16 

160 

133 

Steubener  

16 

16 

16 

17 

16 

11 

17 

160 

127 

Anderson  

16 

15 

12 

12 

100 

68 

Taylor.  

17 

15 

18 

13 

100 

78 

C S Wilson  

11 

10 

10 

15 

15 

15 

18 

160 

100 

Elliott  

IS 

15 

19 

15 

20 

15 

18 

160 

. 135 

Heer  

20 

19 

20 

20 

20 

19 

20 

160 

158 

Butler  

17 

17 

18 

17 

18 

18 

19 

160 

142 

Storr  

20 

16 

18 

18 

19 

19 

17 

160 

146 

Squier  

16 

15 

19 

15 

14 

18 

17 

160 

133 

Craig  

16 

19 

15 

14 

17 

13 

15 

160 

127 

Mink  

14 

IS 

15 

17 

20 

17 

12 

160 

129 

Wilhite  

12 

12 

15 

16 

12 

14 

7 

160 

101 

Kirk  

12 

16 

14 

18 

80 

60 

Reed  

16 

9 

60 

39 

W FI  Hunter 

15 

14 

13 

14 

16 

100 

72 

Baker  

13 

14 

60 

43 

B Wilson  

16 

16 

15 

16 

15 

12 

120 

90 

Kennedy  

.5 

13 

12 

60 

30 

Everett  

9 

7 

13 

12 

80 

41 

Loury  

16 

13 

14 

16 

80 

59 

James  

18 

16 

16 

19 

80 

69 

M 

. Taylor, 

Sec’y. 

Riverside  Gun  Club. 

Utica,  N.  Y.,  May  30. — The  weather  was  ideal.  About  forty 
shooters  participated  in  the  holiday  shoot  of  the  Riverside  Gun 
Club,  one  of  the  most  successful  in  the  history  of  the  club. 

In  the  club  contest  for  the  Hunter  Arms  silver  cup,  Ed.  Smith 
qualified  with  high  score.  For  Mullerite  gold  medal,  William 
Maine  won.  The  winners  of  the  merchandise  prizes  were  Joseph 
Knapp,  James  Montgomery,  George  Newton,  Charles  Daily, 
George  Mann,  Fred  Millard,  Charles  Deechie  and  George  Gang- 
loff. 

Charles  Dally,  of  Baldwinsville,  won  high  average  for  the  entire 
programme.  Isaac  Chapman,  of  Fulton,  second;  Joseph  Knapp,  of 
Auburn,  third.  J.  H.  Briggs  and  G.  R.  Ginn  were  present,  and 
aided  the  committee,  Messrs.  D.  Loughlin,  Windsor,  Martin, 
George  L.  Waters  and  E,  J.  Loughlin.  The  scares: 

Events : 

Targets : 

Wheeler  . 

Dally  .... 

Knapp  . . . 

Morris  . . . 

Chapman 

Knox  

Connors  . 

Montgomery 
FI  ookway 
Mann  . 

Millard 
Kennedy 
Smith  . 

M aine  . 

Newton 
Stanton 
Marks  . 

W E C 7 10 

Schulze  4 5 

Fleck  4 8 

Gangloff  9 

Christian  11 

Dooley  5 

Jones  9 

JVlayhew 
Sabine  . . 

Fleming 
Ferguson 
W atts  . . 

French  . 

Deechie 
M Teller 

Livingston  . . 6 14 

Emery  '5  13  6 

Marson  7 13 

Patterson  . . 45  g 

Wagner 7 

Hayes  7 

Barlow ' 7 

Hoff  . ....  < 


scores 

123456789  10 
10  15  10  15  10  20  10  15  10  15 

7 9 5 14  9 17  8 10  6 11 

8 13  10  10  10  16  10  14  9 14 

10  12  9 12  8 19  7 14  8 12 

9 12  9 11  8 19  9 9 9 11 

10  10  10  14  9 18  9 12  9 12 

8 10  8 12  9 16  8 11  6 13 

7 8 10  7 7 14  8 11  6 12 

7 13  7 11  8 18  7 12  8 9 

8 11  9 10  9 16  8 12  8 11 

7 9 8 13  9 17  7 14  9 11 

7 8 6 9 6 18  8 10  7 11 

6 7 8 10  6 14  7 10  8 11 

7 11  3 10  8 18  7 .. 

6 10  4 13  7 16  7 10 

7 12  6 14  9 15  7 10 

7 9 6 10  6 14  7 9 

6 11  9 11  6 13  ..  .. 

5 


6 
10 

4 
7 

7 

5 

6 8 

8 11 


12 

6 

10 

10 

12 

6 


4 12 
8 16 


16 


7 10  5 8 

7 11  9 12 

8 11  5 


14 

16 

11 

12 

14 

16 

12 

12 

9 


7 .. 
S 11 
7 .. 

7 10 

8 11 


10 

9 

13 

7 

7 


10 

12 

11 

12 

10 


12 


Christian — Atglen  Gun  Club. 


Atglen,  Pa.,  May  31.— The  Christian- Atglen  Gun  Club  held  a 
very  successful  target  and  live-bird  shoot  here  yesterday.  The 
high  wind  interfered  with  high  scores: 

Target  shoot: 

Events:  123456789  10 

Targets:  10  10  10  10  15  15  15  15  20  20 

Jebb  9 8 9 8 12  11  12  14  13  16 

8 10  9 13  12  12  11  17  17 

7 7 7 10  

7 10  9 10  10  12  14  13  16 

8 9 10  10  10  12  13  16  17 


Benner  7 

Alexander  9 

Schissler. 7 

Mattson  6 

Andrews  8 

Heisler  4 

F'leles  4 

Ressler  5 


8 10 
4 .. 
7 8 
7 7 


6 12  13  15  11  17  15 


9 9 
9 10 


6 8 8 14  11 


80 

Wilson  

. 10  9 

7 11  12  11  ; 

40 

Live-bird 

averages : 

Shot 

Per 

at. 

K’d. 

Cent. 

Wilson  . . . . 

5 

4 

8 

Alexander 

Mattson  . . 

32 

17 

53 

Morrison 

Shot 

Weltmer  .. 

42 

26 

62 

Fielis  

at. 

Broke. 

Jebb  

52 

44 

85 

Andrews  . 

160 

139 

Williams  , 

40 

33 

83 

Shot 

at. 


30 


160  130 


Shot 

at.  Broke. 

140 

112 

140 

116 

55 

40 

140 

108 

140 

111 

14a 

105 

20 

8 

140 

90 

55 

38 

10 

8 

130 

106 

' K’d. 

Per 

Cent. 

38 

72 

27 

90 

50 

86 

13 

80 

wis.  Mgr. 

433 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


[[June  to,  igog. 


‘Toronto  Tournament. 

The  ahttual  toUlnameiit  of  the  Stanley  Gun  Cliib,  df  Toloffto, 
took  place  at  Exhibition  Park  on  Mhy  17,  18  arid  19.  This  park, 
which  is  situated  in  the  $t>Utliwestetn  portion  of  the  city,  was 
placed  at  the  disposal  of  the  dish  by  the  corporation  of  the  city 
of  Toronto,  .and  a mote  ideal  place  to  hold  a tournament  would 
fee  hard  to  find.  1 

The  first  day  opened  fair  and  bright,  but  later  turned  showery, 
and,  during  the  latter  part  of  the  programme  for  the  day,  rained 
quite  steadily. 

Thirty-two  shot  through  the  entire  programme  of  the  first 
day.  The  office  was  in  charge  of_  Messrs.  Geo.  Cashmoffe  ahd 

Alex  Day,  and  both  gentlemen  discharged  their  duties  to  th'e 

satisfaction  of  all.  . , 

The  trade  was  fairly  well  represented,  'Messrs.  W.  R.  Crosby, 
T.  A.  R.  Elliott,  J.  H.  Ca'mteron,  F.  H.  Conover,  E.  G.  White, 
F.  L.  Kalford  and  A.  ,H.  Durstah  Were  present.  The  high  pro- 
fessional average  for  the  day  went  to  W.  R.  Crosby,  with  189 

Out  of  200,  Elliott  and  Durston  being  tied  for  second  with  177 

The . high  amateur  average  trophy  for  the  day,  a Lefever  Arms 
Co.  $95  ejector  gun,  went  to  Dr.  Gleason,  of  Boston,  Mass.,  with 
t8§  out  of  200  shot  at.  Mr.  Lyon,  of  Cleveland,  Ohio;  H.  D. 
Kirkover,  of  Buffalo,  and  G.  M.  Dunk,  of  Toronto,  were  tie 
for  second  high  average  trophy  for  the  day,  a handsome  silver 
cup,  presented  by  the  Warren  Sporting  Goods  Co.,  of  Toronto, 
with  180  each.  The  three  gentlemen  agreed  that  whoever  was 
high  at  the  end  of  the  second  day’s  shoot  would  _ take  the 
cup,  which  went  to  Mr.  Tryon,  C.  Turp,  Toronto  Junction,  being 
only  one  bird  behind,  with  179.  Scores  for  first  day: 


May  17,  First 

Events:  1 2 3 4 5 6 

Targets:  - 20  20  ?0  20  20  20 

T A Duff  ...... 17  16  15  19  15  18 

t H Thompson  ......  15  16  14  14  12  12 

Geo  McGill  16  18  15  19  IS  19 

P Wakefield  18  19  15  18  19  15 

<G  M DUfik 20  18  17  20  17  17 

Thos  tJpton  ....  19  19  15  17  19  17 

br  Hunt  15  20  14  18  17  16 

W R Thompson  ....  13  15  16  14  15  17 

Dr  Wilson  14  18  19  16  15  17 

M E Fletcher 19  18  18  18  18  18 

Dr  Green  15  16  15  15  18  17 

E G White  17  19  14  17  19  17 

Tryon  17  IS  18  16  20  18 

H D Kirkover  17  IS  20  17  18  18 

Dr  C F Gleason  ....  20  19  19  19  17  20 

G B Smith  .........  14  18  16  19  14  19 

Geo  Vivian  .........  17  17  15  16  18  15 

W R Wakefield  ....  15  15  15  18  13  20 

& W CdoVer 15  19  20  15  17  19 

C Kemp  16  17  13  19  17  16 

W H Ewing  16  17  20  17  19  19 

D F Kearney  14  14  18  16  17  18 

J.  Rainville  16  16  17  14  16  19 

J Landrault  19  17  17  16  17  18 

F H Conover  IS  19  14  20  15  19 

H Scane  19  18  18  IS  19  19 

W A Smith  16  19  17  16  20  15 

C J Mitchell  17  18  19  16  17  IS 

C Scans  .16  19  17  16  18  14 

G Laing  19  15  20  16  18  17 

H C Marlatt  17  16  18  16  18  18 

J Williams  17  17  14  12  15  18 

W R Crosby  19  17  18  19  20  20 

t>  MacMackon  16  18  17  13  18  14 

S Brown  14  15  17  18  16  20 

A R Elliott 18  19  18  20  17  19 

H Burke  ....’ 17  19  19  18  18  15 

P H Prior  16  14  12  8 15  16 

J Kidd  17  16  14  17  19  16 

W M Millar  13  13  15  15. 13  15 

Chas  Turp  16  19  18  19  18  19 

Geo  . Beatty  16  l7  15  19  lb  15 

C Thompson  ........  19  18  16  16  16  17 

A H Durston  18  17  19  16  17  20 

M Reardon  19  14  18  16  20  .. 

Farmer  12  15  16  . . . 


Day. 

7 8 "9  10 
20  20  20  20 

15  17  16  9 

17  12  16  18 

18  18  17  18 

18  17  19  16 
20  IS  16  17 
17  17  18  19 

16  18  15 

17  17  19 

17  15  17  19 

17  17  17  16 
16  18  15 

19  17  17  20 

18  17  1j  19 
1„  16  18  19 

20  18  18  18 

14  18  17 

19  17  14 
16  15  7 

19  17  18 

15  17  13 

15  10  14  17 

16  18  16  16 
14  13  IS  19 
16  14  15  19 
16  14  17  17 
11  17  19  18 
16  18  15  20 

13  15  15  14 
10  14  16  20 

14  11  15  15 

16  19  18  18 
14  16  13  16 

20  19  19  18 

14  17  18  16 
19  18  18 

17  17  16  16 

18  17  19  17 

16 

19  19  17  16 

15  IS  16 

16  18  17  19 

17  IS  15  18 

is  ii  i.7  is 


Merrimatt 

Friend  

Dent  

Kidd  

R Day  

X X 

C Chapman 


13 
9 10 
10  .. 
16  .. 


13  16 
9 12 


15  ..  .. 
18  ..  17 
15  18  17 
..  ..16 
..  ..15 


11 

16  13  . . 

15  17  19  16 
14  17  . . 


Shot 

at 

Broke. 

200 

157 

200 

146 

200 

176 

200 

174 

200 

180 

200 

177 

180 

149 

180 

143 

200 

167 

200 

176 

180 

145 

200 

176 

200 

180 

200 

180 

200 

188 

180 

149 

180 

148 

180 

134 

180 

159 

180 

143 

200 

164 

200 

163 

200 

162 

200 

168 

200 

169 

200 

176 

200 

172 

200 

162 

200 

160 

200 

160 

200 

174 

200 

152 

200 

189 

200 

161 

180 

156 

200 

177 

200 

177 

140 

96 

200 

170 

180 

133 

200 

179 

200 

165 

120 

102 

200 

177 

100 

87 

60 

43 

60 

42 

80 

40 

40 

25 

80 

62 

100 

79 

100 

83 

60 

46 

May  18,  S’cond  Day, 

The  second  day  of  the  tournament  opened  dull  and  showery, 
but  did  not  dampen  the  enthusiasm  of  the  shooters.  After  the 
first  two  events  the  weather  cleared,  and  the  day  was  all  that 
could  be  desired.  Thirty-six  shooters  shot  through  the  entire 
programme  for  the  day.  Of  the  professionals,  Crosby  was  again 
high  for  the  day  with  189  out  of  200  shot  at;  Durston,  second, 
with  179,  and  Elliott,  third,  with  172.  The  high  amateur  average 
trophy  for  the  day,  a No.  2 Ithaca  gun,  valued  at  $70,  presented 
fey  the  Stanley  Gun  Club,  went  to  Dr.  Gleason  with  185  out  of 
290.  The  second  high  amateur  average  trophy  for  the  day,  a 
handsome  silver  cup  presented  by  the  Stanley  Gun  Club,  value 
$20,  went  to  C.  Turp,  Toronto  Junction,  with  181  breaks.  T. 
Upton,  of  Hamilton,  Ont.,  was  third,  with  178. 

A special  event  was  also  put  on  the  card  for  the  day.  Mr.  J. 
Rowantree,  of  the  National  Gun  Club,  of  this  city,  presented  a 
handsome  mounted  deer  head  to  be  shot  for  at  the  close  of  the 
day’s  programme;  entrance  fee,  birds  only;  25  targets  per  man. 
Thirty-two  contestants  competed  for  the  trophy.  Dr.  Gleason, 
Thos.  Upton  and  Landrault  tied  with  24  out  of  25.  In  the 
shoot-off  Dr.  Gleason  won,  who  immediately  presented  the  trophy 
to  the  Stanley  Gun  Club  to  decorate  their  new  club  house. 
Scores  for  second  day: 


Events:  123456789  10  Shot 

Targets:  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  at  Broke. 

Duff  15  16  12  11  11  14  14  14  15  15  200  137 

J H Thompson  .....  17  18  19  15  18  16  14  15  15  15  200  162 

McGill  17  19  11  17  15  IS  15  17  15  13  200  157 

Wakefield  13  15  12  14  13  16  12  14  15  10  200  134 

Dunk  18  18  17  14  18  16  15  20  15  18  200  169 

Upton  17  18  18  19  20  15  18  18  17  18  200  178 

Dr  Hunt  16  14  16  16  17  15  16  18  13  . . 180  141 

W R Thompson  ....  19  17  20  19  16  19  11  17  16  18  200  172 

Dr  Wilson  19  16  16  20  13  19  18  17  16  15  200  169 

M Fletcher  17  15  17  19  18  18  14  18  18  19  200  173 

H Burke  18  19  18  17  20  10  14  17  15  . . 180  148 

C Turp  17  18  16  20  18  18  19  17  19  19  200  181 

Durston  20  20  16  17  18  17  19  19  16  17  200  179 

W R Wakefield  14  14  15  10  13  12  11  9 7 15  200  120 

Conover  16  16  16  17  17  16  20  15  15  15  200  163 

R Green  20  17  19  17  19  14  14  15  15  17  200  167 

Beatty  16  19  11  15  15  15  17  14  13  14  200  148 

X X 16  18  15  10  16  15  17  16  16  18  200  157. 

Vivian  16  18  17  17  16  15  18  16  18  16  200  167 

Crosby  20  19  18  20  17  18  20  19  19  19  200  189 

Ewing  17  19  19  17  18  19  20  15  18  17  200  177 

Kearney  14  16  17  20  18  14  18  16  16  16  200  165 

G B Smith  19  18  16  16  20  13  15  20  12  18  200  167 

Landrault  13  15  15  60  43 

La  Blond  17  20  12  16  17  14  14  16  16  15  200  157 

H Scane  18  19  15  19  19  18  19  15  15  17  200  174 

W A Smith. 17  17  16  18  19  16  17  19  15  17  200  171 

C J Mitchell. . .......  IS  15  16  IS  19  17  18  16  17  19  . 200  173 

C Scane  18  17  13  17  16  16  17  16  14  16  200  160 

Laing  14  18  18  15  18  16  19  17  17  16  200  168 

JAR  Elliott. .......  17  19  17  17  20  17  16  15  15  19  200  172 

E G White 13  17  16  18  19  12  14  19  17  16  200  161 

Tryon  20  19  17  19  17  17  14  20  14  19  200  176 

Kirkover  18  16  19  18  12  17  18  16  18  18  200  169 

Dr  Gleason  .........  19  17  19  20  17  18  18  20  19  18  200  185 

Prior  16  16  13  17  16  14  17  15  17  14  200  155 

McMakon  15  14  17  15  19  16  19  17  15  16  200  163 

Millar  16  13  14  16  15  12  18  15  17  12  200  148 

Raspberry  ...........  14  17  15  12  18  12  14  14  14  14  200  144 

R Day  12  15  15  60  42 

Geo  Thomas  20  17  14  16  80  67 

Groves  16  17  11  60  44 

Popp  17  19  ..  17  16  18  ..  ..  ..  ..  100  87 

Seagfer  17  15  10  12  ... . 80  64 

Bowron  16  16  13  . . 60  45 

Stewart  ..........  15  16  17  16  . . 80  64 

Ely  16  16  13  . . 60  45 


Special  event,  mounted  deer  head,  25  targets:  Upton  24, 

W.  R.  Thompson  17,  Kirkover  17,  Gleason  24,  Tryon  18,  Ewing 
Kearney  22,  Pop p 19, , C.  GJ  Thompson  23,  X-  X.  2J,  McMakop 


IS,  Scatie  23,.  Mitchell  19,  C.  Scane  20,  Prior  12,  McGill  17,  J.  H. 
Tliofnpsoft  19,  Laing  20,  Dunk  20,  Turp  22,  Cass  17,  Ross  17, 
Hulone  22,  McDowall  20,  Booth  16,  Landrault  24,  Sanderson  19, 
Maywood  9,  Dey  19,  Cashmore  20,  Mougenel  15,  Taylor  10. 

May  19,  Third  Day. 

The  third  and  last  day  of  the  tournament  opened  with  every- 
thing in  favor  of  the  shooter  except  the  wind,  which,  from  a 
gentle  breeze,  increased  to  a gale,  caUsiiig  the  targets  to  take  till 
manners  of  flight  other  thafi  that  desired  by  thb  shooter.  This 
was  the  dhy  , whfeire  tnte  quick  shooter  shone  and  the  slower 
shootter  wds  all  at  s'ea.  In  spite  of  the  adverse  conditions  some 
excellent  scores  were  made. 

In  the  Stanley  Gun  Club  event  at  50  targets,  some  good  scores 
were  made.  This  magnificent  trophy  standing  30  inches  high, 
presented  by  a member  of  the  Stanley  Gun  Club  and  valued  at 
$100,  went  to  Dr.  Wilson,  of  Plamilton,  Ont.,  with  47  out  of  50 
shot  at,  M.  Fletcher  being  second  with  46._ 

Of  the  professionals,  Crosby  was  again  high  for  the  day  with 
184  out  of  210  shot  at ; Durston,  second,  with  178,  and  Elliott, 
third  with  173.  The  high  amateur  average  trophy  for  the  day,  a 
solid  sterling  silver  cup  presented  by  Geo.  H.  Gooderham,  Esq., 
Toronto,  valued  at  $75,  went  to  C.  Turp,  of  Toronto  Junction, 
who  equaled  Crosby’s  score  for  the  day,  184  out  of  the  210  shot 
at.  Dr.  Wilson,  of  Hamilton,  Ont.,  aild  Trvon,  of  Cleveland,  Were 
tie  for  second  high  average  trophy  fot  the  day,  a Winchester 
repeating  shotgtiip  presented  by  the  Stanley  Gun  Club,  valued 
at  $25,  and  went  to  Df.  Wilsoii. 

Of  the  professionals , who  shot  through  the  entire  programme, 
W,  R.  Crosby  wits  high  with  562  out  of  610  shot  at,  and  won  the 
$10t)  diamond  medal  presented  by  the  Stanley  Gun  Club.  A.  H. 
Durston,  representing  the  Lefever  »Arms  Co.,  Syracuse,  IN.  Y., 
was  second,  with  534,  and  J.  A.  R.  Elliott,  third,  with  622. 
The  grand  high  average  trophy  for  the  three  days,  a handsome 
Bell  piano,  valued  at  $500,  went  to  Dr.  Gleason,  of  Boston,  Mass., 
with  551  out  of  610  shot  at.  The  second  grand  high  amateur 
average  trophy,  a magnificent  solid  sterling  silver  loving  cup, 
presented  by  L.  C.  A.  Strother,  Captain  Rosedale  Gun  Club, 
Toronto,  went  to  C.  Turp,  Toronto  Junction,  with  544  out  of 
610  shot  at.  The  third  grand  high  average  trophy,  a Marlin 
repeating  shotgun,  presented  .by  the  Stanley  Gun  Club,  valued 
at  $25,  went  to  Mr.  Ti-yoh,  of  Cleveland,  Ohio,  with  539  breaks. 
The  high  average  trophy  for  resident  of  Toronto  shooting  through 
entire  programme,  a handsome  silver  cigar  cabinet,  presented  by 
Jas.  D.  Bailey,  Esq.,  Toronto,  went  to  G.  M.  Dunk,  of  the 
Stanley  Gun  Club. 

One  hundred  and  six  shooters  took  part  in  the  tournament. 


Those  shooting  at  40  or  less  are  not  enumerated. 


The  following  are 

the  scores  for  third  day: 

Events 

123456789 

Shot 

Targets : 

20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  60 

at. 

Broke. 

Duff  

....  14  15  12  13  13  10  14  11  32 

210 

134 

J PI  Thompson 

160 

123 

McGill  

210 

170 

P Wakefield 

. , . . 14  14  14  14  14  12  15  12  34 

210 

143 

Dunk  

210 

172 

Upton  ......... 

....  18  18  19  17  18  16  15  16  43 

210 

180 

Crosby  

....  20  17  17  17  16  17  19  19  42 

210 

184 

W R Thompson  ... 

....  19  12  IS  14  16  18  13  18  42 

210 

170 

Dr  Wilson  

....  19  17  18  16  17  16  18  15  47 

210 

183 

M Fletcher  

....  19  19  16  20  14  12  19  15  46 

210 

180 

TAR  Elliott 

....  18  15  16  16  17  14  17  17  43 

210 

173 

Kirkover  

....  17  19  16  18  16  18  15  16  38 

210 

173 

Tryon  

....  18  18  17  IS  17  17  17  18  43 

210 

183 

White  

....  17  14  17  14  11  15  12  18  40 

210 

158 

Dr  Gleason  

17  20  18  16  18  14  20  17  38 

210 

178 

Green  

....  12  15  15  13  12  

100 

67 

Lewis  

....  17  13  17  15  12  16  17  14  .. 

160 

121 

X X 

....  15  10  14  14  11  14  14  9 39 

210 

140 

Hart  

210 

180 

McMakon  

....  18  16  18  9 

80 

61 

C Turp  

.....  19  19  17  16  16  16  17  19  45 

210 

184 

Beatty  

....  16  11  16  15  10  16  7 15  . . 

160 

106 

Durston  

....  17  17  17  17  19  17  16  15  43 

210 

183 

W R Wakefield  .... 

....  11  13  11  15  9 9 10  12  . . 

160 

90 

Conover  

....  16  13  17  17  19  18  14  13  40 

210 

167 

IT  Scane  

15  16  16  17  18  19  17  19  44 

210 

180 

W A Smith  

....  16  14  15  

60 

46 

C T Mitchell  ....... 

17  17  15  17  13  13  13  17  . . 

180 

142 

C Scane  

15  16  16  17  15  12  14  13  . . 

180 

138 

Laing  

19  16  17  19  17  18  16  16  40 

210 

178 

Ewing  

14  17  20  19  15  15  17  12  37 

210 

166 

Kearney  

16  12  16  16  13  18  14  11  35 

210 

151 

Landrault  

17  18  IS  14  12  16 

140 

115 

Miller  

16  7 17  17  15  15  13  12  .. 

160 

113 

Vivian  

.....  16  12  17  16  13  

100 

74 

Prior  

15  13  15  13  13  

120 

84 

Frederick  

15  14  15  

60 

44 

C G Thompson.... 

16  15  ..  16  

60 

47 

McGaw  

12  ....  33 

70 

45 

Horning  

14  16  19  17  38 

130 

104 

Williams  

14  6 11  ... . 

60 

31 

R Fletcher  

11  9 13  9 . . . . 

80 

42 

Geo  Thomas  

40 

50 

40 

A Wolfe  

43 

50 

43 

Tennings  

34 

50 

34 

G Cashmore  

35 

50 

35 

Mulvey  

11  14  9 . . 

60 

34 

Aquidneck  Gun  Club. 

Newport,  R.  I. — While  the  attendance  at  the  fourth  annual 
tournament,  on  May  30,  fell  far  short  of  the  expectations  of  the 
members,  an  otherwise  successful  shoot  will  go  down  into  the 
history  of  the  club. 

A hard  rain  during  the  early  morning  hours  doubtless  deterred 
many  from  starting,  but  as  the  morning  wore  on,  the  conditions 
improved,  and  the  greater  part  of  the  day  was  marked  by  bright 
skies  and  a moderate  breeze.  But  the  small  attendance  no  one 
could  account  for. 

It  doesn’t  seem  like  a shoot  without  Bob  Root  there  to  lend  a 
hand,  satisfy  the  kickers  and  perform  other  duties  that  fall  to  the 
lot  of  the  man  who  is  willing  to  accommodate.  And  the  social 
features  of  the  meeting  were  by  no  means  overlooked.  During 
the  lunch  hour,  the  boys  started  a ball  game  in  the  vacant  lot 
back  of  the  club  house,  and  after  watching  Horace  Kirkwood  en- 
deavoring to  catch  a fly,  we  no  longer  wonder  why  the  Boston 
Americans  are  at  the  bottom  of  the  heap.  But  the  way  he  gobbled 
up  the  targets  from  21yds.  was  truly  scandalous.  Griffith,  too, 
usually  on  hand,  was  conspicuous  by  his  absence,  as  well  as  most 
of  the  up-State  delegation  generally  seen  at  these  shoots. 

The  averages  were  distributed  among  Kirkwood,  Lewis,  of 
Westport,  Hughes  and  Bowler,  the  two  latter  saving  some  of  the 
honors  for  the  home  talent. 

Events  4,  5 and  6.  a total  of  50  targets,  comprised  a distance 
handicap,  nrize  match.  In  this  McArdle  captured  first,  a folding 
Kodak,  with  44:  second  to  Serenson,  a framed  water  color  on 
43.  The  next  prize  brought  out  a contest,  six  tying  on  41.  Kirk- 
wood and  Lewis  tied  on  23  in  the  first  shoot-off,  the  latter  win- 
ning the  second  shoot-off  at  15  targets  with  13,  and  taking  the 
prize,  a pocket  flask. 

Bowler,  it  is  presumed,  will  emulate  the  example  of  the  Father 
of  his  Country,  and  do  a little  woodchopping_  with  a pocket  ax, 
which  wa,s  his  reward  for  fourth  place  in  the  prize  match.  Gosling 
must  now  smoke  up,  as  he  now  is  the  possessor  of  a nice  brier 
pipe,  which  came  nekt  on  the  list,  while  Brother  Hughes  is  wear- 
ing a handsome  pearl  scarfpin,  and  last,  but  not  least,  Johnson 
took  as  his  reward  a pocket  electric  lamp.  Scores: 


Events: 

Targets: 

123456789 
15  15  20  15  15  20  13  15  20 

Shot 

at. 

Broke. 

Av. 

Kirkwood,  21  

. . . . 13  15  19  12  13  16  15  14  19 

150 

136 

.906 

A W Lewis,  18. . . . 

. . . 11  13  15  14  11  16  13  14  19 

150 

126 

.840 

Plughes,  19  

. . . . 10  15  18  13  11  15  13  13  15 

150 

123 

.820 

Bowler,  18  

10  13  15  14  12  14  13  13  17 

150 

121 

.806 

Mason,  18  

Powel,  18  

. . . . 10  14  13  11  12  16  13  13  18 

150 

120 

.800 

. . . . 12  11  15  11  10  14  13  13  17 

150 

116 

.773 

Eggers,  19  

. . . . 13  12  18  12  13  16  9 12  11 

150 

116 

.773 

Gosling,  18  

. ...  11  12  15  14  9 14  13  11  13 

150 

112 

.746 

Dring,  19  

. ...  11  13  16  9 10  14  12  9 14 

150 

108 

.720 

Tobnson,  16  

. . . . 10  11  13  10  10  15  13  11  14 

150 

107 

.713 

Richards,  16  

. ...  12  9 12  7 6 10  10  11  13 

150 

90 

.600 

Aldrich.  16  

. . . . 5 6 13  7 11  7 10  13  17 

150 

89 

.593 

Ccggeshall.  17  

12  9 15  8 7 9 10  8 9 

150 

87 

.580 

Serenson,  20  

11  19  13  13  17  12  15  16 

135 

116 

.859 

McArdle,  17  •• 

7 18  15  14  15  13  13  16 

150 

111 

.822 

Bullard,  10  

....  9 13  10  12  11  18  6 12  .. 

130 

91 

.700 

G Moore,  16  . . . . . 

11  8 10  10  10  13  15 

120 

77 

.641 

TI  B Moore,  16... 

12  9 10  11  10  10  13 

120 

75 

.625 

PI  A Peckham,  16. 

....  11  10  13  13  12  16  ..... . 

100 

75 

.750 

Thomas,  16  ...... 

11  11  12  13  10  15 

100 

72 

.720 

E S Peckham,  16.. 

....  8 9 13  14  12  15  

100 

71 

.710 

Sherman,  17  ...... 

....  10  7 18  9 12  12  ..... . 

100 

68 

.680 

50 

38 

.760 

Wise,  16 

Ittrt  • 9 3 6 ’ * o OO  co  OO  Of,; 

9 

•m 

Bristol  Gon  Club. 

Bristol,  R.  I.,  May  30. — The  Decoration  Day  shoot  of  the 
Bristol  Gun  Club  was  held  on  the  Trotting  Park  grounds,  com- 
mencing at  9 o’clock.  The  first  event  was  at  15  targets,  and 
resulted  as  follows:  Dr.  H.  W.  Church  10,  William  McLean  8, 

Roy  Waldron  13,  John  Davidson  10,  Palmer  12,  Chase  10,  W. 
Higgins  14,  Tames  Davidson  13,  B.  Dunbar  13,  A.  Davidson  10,  M. 
Lynch  14,  F.  Eaton  9,  B.  Lliggins  11,  J.  Mclnnis  8,  S.  Wardwell 
9,  Capt.  Charles  Schlosser  14,  J.  Wall  13. 

In  the  shoot-off  W.  Higgins  won  out  and  secured  first  prize,  a 
cleaning  rod,  while  Capt.  Schlosser  secured  50  rounds  of  ammuni- 
tion, the  prize  for  second  honors  in  the  shoot. 

The  team  shoot  between  the  up-town  team,  composed  of  F. 
Chase,  B.  Dunbar,  Capt.  Charles  Schlosser,  F.  Eaton  and  R. 
Waldron,  and  a down-town  team,  composed  of  W.  Higgins,  J. 
Palmer,  John  Davidson,  James  Davidson  and  Alexander  David- 
son, resulted  in  a victory  for  the  up-town  team  by  a margin  of 
10  points.  The  prize  was  a box  of  cigars.  Following  are  the 
scores  made,  25  targets  per  man: 


Up-town  Team. 


F Chase  23 

B Duribar  ...20 

Capt  C.  Schlosser. 21 

F Eatoh  ...... 22 

R Waldron  23—109 


Down-town  Team.. 


W Higgins  23 

J Palmer  18 

John  Davidson  22 

Jas  Davidson  21 

Alex.  Davidson  15—  99 


Recreation  Rod  and  Gon  Club. 


Morgantown",  W.  Va.,  June  2. — -The  Recreation  Rod  and  Gun 
Club,  of  this  city,  held  its  ninth  regular  weekly  shoot  of  the  sea- 
son at  Recreation  Park,  this  afternoon,  with  eleven  guns  out. 

A hard  rainstorm  at  3 o’clock  interfered  with  the  programme  for 
half  an  hour,  after  which  a very  blustery  wind  and  flashy  light 
made  shooting  very  difficult,  and  as  a consequence,  all  scores  were 
not  up  to  the  average, 

The  club  championship  gold  medal  was  won  for  the  week  by 
Elmer  F.  Jacobs,  with  an  average  for  the  day  of  81.1  per  cent., 
shooting  through  the  entire  programme. 

The  officers’  goblet  was  won  by  Everett  B.  Taylor,  with  a score 
of  17  breaks  out  of  his  handicap  of  19  targets  shot  at.  The 
scores i 

Event  No.  1,  15  targets:  Silvey  6,  Taylor  11,  Barthlow  11, 

Christy  12,  Carman  3,  Cobun  10,  Price  12,  Jacobs  12. 

Event  No.  2,  club  shoot,  25  targets:  Sivey  18,  Taylor  20,  Barthlow 
16,  Christy  19,  Carman  8,  Cobun  17,  Price  16,  Jacobs  23,  Hoffman 
18,  Dawson  20. 

Event  No.  3,  officers’  goblet,  handicap:  Sivey  shot  at  22,  broke 
16;  Taylor  19,  17;  Barthlow  20,  12;  Carman  20,  3;  Cobun  22,  16; 
Price  18,  9;  Jacobs  19,  13;  White  19,  16. 

Event  No.  4,  club  team  race,  three-man  teams,  15  targets  per 


llidll  * i 

Cobun,  captain,  8,  Jacobs  12,  Price  6;  total  26. 

Taylor,  captain  9,  Christy  8,  Barthlow  8;  total  25.  1 

The  regular  weekly  shoots  of  the  club  are  held  on  Friday,  and 
we  would  be  more  than  pleased  to  entertain  traveling  sportsmen 
who  may  be  in  our  town  on  that  day  or  at  any  other  time  during 
the  week.  _ _ , 

Elmer  F.  Jacobs,  Sec  y. 


Raleigh  Gun  Club. 


Raleigh,  N.  C.,  June  1.— I append  list  of  scores  made  on  two 
regular  shooting  days  of  the  Raleigh  Gun  Club: 

May  25: 


Events : 

12  3 4 

Events: 

12  3 4 

Targets: 

25  25  25  25  T’l 

Targets : 

25  25  25  25  T’l 

G Lyon  

Ellington  

....  25  25  23  25—98 

A Lyon  

....  21  19  23  21— S4 

19  25  25  23—92 

Barrett  

....  19  22  19  23—83 

Whitaker  

....  22  22  23  24—91 

Johnson  

....  21  22  20  16-79 

Pearce  

Tune  1: 

....  23  24  19  18—84 

Walters  

2 18  19  . .—59 

Events : 

12  3 

Events : 

12  3 

Targets: 

25  25  25  T’l 

L'-irgets: 

25  25  25  T’l 

Johnson,  Sr.. 

24  23  £4—71 

Barrett  

19  22  20 — 61 

Ellington  

23  24  22-  -69 

Pearce  

21  22  18—61 

Gowan  

21  23  22—66 

Kellar  

23  20  18—61 

Johnson,  Jr.. 

21  23  18—62 

Walters  

22  21  17—60 

SIDE  LIGHTS  OF  TRADE. 


Concerning  their  special  dog  food,  Spratt’s  Puppy  Meal,  Spratt’s  { 
Patent  (America),  Ltd.,  450  Market  street,  Newark,  N.  J.,  writes  j 
us  that  “This  article  is  becoming  very  popular,  and  we  think  is  j 
one  of  the  very  best  things  manufactured  by  us,  because  it.  is  so  u 
handy,  as  well  as  being  an  excellent  food.  For  insatnee,  it  can  j 
be  used  for  aged  dogs  as  well  as  puppies,  dogs  out  of  condition  i< 
or  off  feed,  and  dogs  recovering  from  diseases  or  during  sickness.  : 
It  can  be  fed  in  a number  of  ways — soaked  in  milk,  broth  or 
anything  of  that  kind,  and  it  can  be  sprinkled  over  and  mixed 
with  table  scraps.,  such  as  vegetables  or  finely  chopped  meat.” 
The  directions  enjoin  that  this  food  be  prepared  with  water,  milk, 
broth,  soup,  etc.,  to  moisten  it  to  the  consistency  of  cream.  It  | 
may  also  beneficially  be  sprinkled  over  every  daily  food,  whether 
for  dogs  or  puppies,  cats  or  kittens.  This  famous  house  manu- 
factures all  kinds  of  standard  foods  for  dogs,  cats,  birds,  fowls  1 
and  fish,  besides  every  approved  furnishing  for  ornament  or 
comfort  or  utility.  They  also  publish  a work  on  diseases  and 
care,  and  diet,  which  is  sent  free  to  applicants. 


PUBLISHERS”  DEPARTMENT. 


Low-Rate  Tour  to  Denver. 

Via  Pennsylvania  Railroad,  Account  International  Convention, 
Epworth  League. 

On  account  of  the  Epworth  League  International  Convention, 
to  be  held  in  Denver,  Colo.,  July  5 to  9,  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad 
Company  has  arranged  a tour  to  Denver  under  its  Personally- 
Conducted  System.  A special  train  of  high  grade  Pullman  equip- ! 
ment  will  leave  New  York,  Philadelphia,  Harisburg,  Altoona,  ajjd 
Pittsburg  on  Monday,  July  3,  arriving  Denver  at  12:30  noon  on 
Wednesday,  July  5.  Tickets,  covering  round-trip  transporta- ■ 
tion,  Pullman  accommodations  (one  berth)  . going,  and  all 
meals  in  dining  car  when  traveling  on  special  train,  will  be, 
sold  at  the  foil  wing  very  low  rates:  New  York,  $63.50;  Philadel- 
phia, $61.75;  Baltimore,  $60,00;  Washington,  $60.00;  Harrisburg,, 
$59.75;  Williamsport,  $59.75;  Altoona,  $58.75,  and  at  proportionate’ 
rates  from  other  stations. 

These  tickets  will  be  good  for  passage  to  either  Denver,  Col- 
orado Springs,  or  Pueblo,  and  will  be  good  for  return  passage  on 
regular  trains  to  leave  either  of  the  above-mentioned  points  not 
later  than  July  14.  Deposit  tickets  with  Joint  Agent  at  either 
Denver,  Colorado  Springs,  or  Pueblo  not  later  than  July  14,  and: 
payment  of  fee  of  50  cents  secures  an  extension  of  return  limit 
to  leave  either  of  the  above  points  not  later  than  Aug.  8. 

These  liberal  return  limits  will  enable  tourists  to  take  advantage 
of  the  many  delightful  side  trips  to  resorts  in  the  Colorado  Moun- 
trains,  the  Yellowstone  Park,  the  Grand  Canon  of  Arizona,  and 
the  Lewis  and  Clark  Exposition  at  Portland,  for  which  special 
reduced  rate  tickets  will  be  on  sale  at  Denver,  Colorado  Springs 
and  Pueblo. 

For  further  information  concerning  specific  rates,  stop-over 
privileges,  and  returning  routes,  consult  ticket  agents.  A descrip-1 
tive  itinerary  will  be  mailed  upon  application  to  Geo.  W.  Boyd, 
General  Passenger  Agent,- Broad  Street  Station,  Philadelphia,  Pa.— 
Adv. 


The  despair  which  seizes  an  angler  who  has  hooked  a good' 
fish  which  gets  off  is  so  well  recognized  that  a multitude  of 
devices  have  been  invented  to  keep  a fish,  once  hooked,  from 
freeing  himself  from  the  steel.  One  of  these  is  the  zigzag  hook 
advertised  in  another  column,  for  which  is  claimed  the  merit  that 
the  fish  cannot  become  unhooked.  The  cost  of  these  hooks  is 
slight  and  their  qualities  are  worth  investigating.  Inquiry  about 
them  may  be  made  of  Fredricks,  842  Broadway,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 


Wisconsin  is  famous  as  a fishing  ground,  and  especially  as  the 
land  from  which  come  the  big  muscalonge.  One  of  its  towns, 
most  celebrated  for  fishing  is  Fifield,  but  there  are  a multitude  o; 
other  places  where  good  fishing  is  to  be  had,  and  big  fish  landed; 
The  Wisconsin  Central  passes  through  the  heart  of  this  fishing 
region,  and  booklets  describing  it  may  be  had  by  addre^sinj; 
James  Q.  Pond,  Gen,  Pass,  Agent,  Milwaukee,  Wis, 

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them  the  spirit  of  the  wild  creatures 
and  their  surroundings.  Each  picture 
is  an  accurate  portrait  of  the  subject 
and  has  a pleasing  landscape  setting  as 
well.  Of  smaller  game  there  are  field 
scenes  in  which  figure  the  quail,  ruffed 
grouse;  and  a number  of  splendid 
reproductions  of  Audubon  bird  pic 
tures.  The  dog  pictures  by  Osthaus 
and  the  yachting  scenes  round  out  the 


By  W.  G.  HUDSON,  M.D. 

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best  knowledge  on  the  practical  features  of  the  art. 

In  its  160  pages  are  treated,  in  popular  language  but  with  technical 
accuracy,  all  the  details  of  Rifles,  Bullets,  Triggers  and  Trigger  Pulls, 
Equipments,  Sights  and  Sighting,  Aiming,  Adjustments  of  Sights, 
Helps  in  Aiming,  Optics  of  Rifle  Shooting,  Positions  at  all  Ranges, 
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comprehensive  volume  of  American 
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LIST  OP  THE  PLATES. 


1.  Alert  (Moose),  ...  - Carl  Rungius 

2.  The  White  Flag  (Deer),  - - Carl  Rungius 

3.  “ Listen  ! ” (Mule  Deer),  - - Carl  Rungius 

4.  On  the  Heights  (Mountain  Sheep),  Carl  Rungius 

5.  “ What’s  That  ?”  (Antelope),  - Carl  Rungius 

6.  The  Home  of  the  White  Goat. 

Photo  by  H.  T.  Folsom 

7.  Calling  the  Buffalo— 1 The  Lure,  E.  W.  Deming 

8.  Calling  the  Buffalo— 2 The  Drive,  E.  W.  Deming 

9.  Calling  the  Buffalo— 3 The.  Fall,  E.  W.  Deming 

10.  Calling  the  Buffalo— 4 Packing  the  Meat. 

E.  W.  Deming 

11.  Sail,  Sea  and  Sky,  Navahoe  on  the  Solent. 

Photo  by  West  & Son 


12.  The  Trapper’s  Camp. 
18.  Pearl  R.  (Setter), 

14.  The  Purple  Sandpiper, 
16.  The  Black  Duck,  - 
16.  The  Shoveller  Duck, 


E.  W.  Deming 

- E.  H.  Osthaus 
J.  J.  Audubon 

- J.  J.  Audubon 
J.  J.  Audubon 


17.  The  Redhead  Duck, 


The  Canvasback  Duck,  - 
The  Prairie  Chicken,  - 
The  Willow  Ptarmigan,  - 
The  American  Plover,  - 


J.  J.  Audubon 
J.  J.  Audubon 

- J.  J.  Audubon 
J.  J.  Audubon 

- J.J.  Audubon 


Rap  Full,  Schooner  Constellation  in  a 
North  Easter,  - - Photo  by  N.  L.  Stebbins 

First  Around  Home  Mark.  The  Altair 
off  Larchmont,  - - Photo  by  Jas.  Burton 

24.  The  Challenge  (Elk),  - - Carl  Rungius 

25.  Quail  Shooting  in  Mississippi,  - - E.  Osthaus 

26.  Ripsey  (Pointer)  E Osthaus 

27.  Between  Casts,  - - - W.  P.  Davison 

28.  Home  of  the  Bass,  ...  W.  P.  Davison 

29.  In  Boyhood  Days,  - - - W.  P.  Davison 

30.  A Country  Road  (Partridge),  W.  P.  Davison 
81.  When  Food  Grows  Scarce; (Quail),  W.  P.  Davison 
32.  In  the  Fence  Corner  (Quail),  W.  P,  Davison 


How  to  be  & Good  SHot. 


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Mr.  Hammond  enjoys- among  his  field  companions  the  repute  of  being  an 
unusually  good  shot,  and  one  who  is  particularly  successful  in  that  most  diffi- 
cult branch  of  upland  shooting,  the  pursuit  of  the  ruffed  grouse,  or  partridge. 
This  prompted  the  suggestion  that  he  should  write  down  for  others  an  exposi- 
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manual  of  “Hitting  vs.  Missing.”  We  term  it  original,  because,  as  the  chapters 
will  show,  the  author  was  self-taught;  the  expedients  and  devices  adopted  and 
the  forms  of  practice  followed  were  his  own.  This  then  may  be  termed  the 
Hammond  system  of  shooting;  and,  as  it  was  successful  in  his  own  experience, 
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increasing  number  of  Savage 
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these  two  points: 

SAVAGE  RIFLES  are  HAMMERLESS- 

there’s  nothing  to  catch. 


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Other  exclusive  Savage  features,  too  ; for  when  it  comes  to  rifles,  the  Savage  is  different. 

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uiW?  savage  beast  would  dare  to  trifle 
With  a man  who  shoots  a Savage  Rifle 

Handsome  Savage  Indian  Watch  Fob  sent  on  receipt  of  15  cents. 

If  your  dealer  won’t  accommodate  you,  we  will.  Either  rifle  delivered,  all  charges  pre- 
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new.  Suitable  for  yachts  up  to  150  feet.  Cost  $185.00, 

We  will  sell  for  $75.00. 


Hotchkiss  Repeating  Rifle for  $7.50 


Iver  Johnson  Sporting  Goods  Co., 

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Made  by  the 

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They  are  in  practically  new  condition.  Barrels  in  dark  burnished  blue  finish, 
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Cartridges  for  Rifles,  60  cents  per  box. 

Reloading  Tools,  with  Bullet  Mould,  $2.25  per  set. 

Orders  enclosing  money  will  be  filled  as  long  as  the  lot  lasts,  and  if  Rifle  on 
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be  refunded,  less  cost  of  expressage. 

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THE  SPORT  OF  HUNTING. 

In  our  issue  of  last  week,  under  the  caption  “Concern- 
ing the  Heroic  Pose,”  a correspondent  expressed  certain 
views  on  the  humanities  and  the  inhumanities  of  killing 
wild  animals.  Admitting  that  he  had  killed  for  sport, 
had  killed  creatures  that  he  did  not  or  could  not  use  for 
food,  he  disposed  of  this  particeps  criminis  by  virtue  of 
these  words:  “So  if  anyone  sees  fit  to  take  issue  with 

what  I have  to  say,  he  may  as  well  omit  the  personal  note 
and  not  trouble  himself  to  suggest  that  the  pleasure  of 
the  chase,  and  the  ‘strenuous  life’  are  out  of  my  ken.  I 
have  been  through  it  all.”  The  issue  is  too  broad  to  be 
made  a personal  one  on  any  such  score,  but  there. is  a 
dominant  power,  Nature,  which  makes  it  a direct  issue 
with  all  forms  of  life,  animal  and  vegetable. 

The  young  man  scorns  the  sports  of  his  childhood,  al- 
though they  were  once  his  daily  occupation  and  his  in- 
finite delight.  The  elderly  man  “who  has  been  through 
it  all”  views  contemptuously  the  frivolities  of  youth.  It 
is  merely  the  point  of  view.  Nature,  whose  grasp  in- 
cludes all,  has  ordained  that  we  estimate  life  and  its 
phenomena  by  our  emotions  and  our  mind.  Our  opinions 
as  a result  are  a succession  of  errors  and  readjustments. 
It  is  quite  a common  occurrence  that,  with  mature  age 
' and  declining  appetites,  a man’s  enthusiasm  in  the  sport 
of  pursuit  and  capture,  is  dulled  or  destroyed.  The  man 
is  prone  to  consider  such  change  as  being  an  evolutionary 
and  wiser  state  of  mind  which  exalts  him  personally 
above  his  fellows ; the  philosopher  views  it  merely  as  an 
organic  decay,  a change  common  to  all  mankind,  a mere 
manifestation  of  Nature’s  laws. 

Although  Flint  Locke  arbitrarily  barred  “the  personal 
note,”  he  ingenuously  said:  “But  one’s  point  of  view 

changes,  and  now  I question  seriously  the  moral  right  of 
man  to  kill  without  necessity  any  other  living  creature.” 
That  is  fallacious  reasoning.  One’s  point  of  view  changes 
through  the  periods  of  development  and  decay,  and  a de- 
duction whose  antecedent  is  nothing  more  than  an  in- 
tangible “point  of  view”  is  a thing  unproven  and  improv- 
able With  every  change  of  the  point  of  view  a repeal  of 
the  deductions  from  prior  points  of  view  is  a matter  of 
course;  therefore  in  deference  to  the  teacher  whose  data 
are  his  points  of  view,  it  is  a wise  part  to  wait  till  the  final 
viewpoint  has  been  reached,  and  the  final  verdict  of  the 
ethical  weathercock  has  been  rendered. 

It  is  dogmatically  asserted  that  it  is  wrong  to  kill  for 
pleasure.  Why  is  it  wrong  to  do  so?  It  is  a racial  chai- 
acter  implanted  in  man  and  other  animals  by  nature.  It 
is  opposed  only  by  individual  dogmatism  which  is  the 
equivalent  of  individual  idiosyncrasy.  Everything  on 
earth,  social,  religious,  political,  physical,  psychical,  has 
been  opposed  by  individuals  or  groups,  at  some  time  or  all 
times  in  the  world’s  history.  Dogmatism  is  a measure  of 
the  individual’s  peculiar  mental  composition;  Nature  pro- 
vides the  laws,  the  standards  of  morality,  which  are  the 
true  guides  of  all  mankind. 

Let  us  examine  this  sombre  dogma,  this  verbalism  that 
it  is  wrong  to  kill  for  pleasure.  It  is  contrary  to  the  les- 
sons of  virile  Nature  before  our  eyes  everywhere.  It  is  a 
vagary  of  the  sewing  circle,  the  over-full  stomach,  the 
advanced  senility  when  all  is  vanity.  Nature  has  im- 
planted in  our  nature  the  capacity  to  hunt  and  kill  with 
pleasure.  The  boy  takes  naturally  to  the  bow  and  arrow, 
the  spear,  the  stone  as  a miss*de,  his  heritage  from  primi- 
tive man.  The  girl  takes  naturally  to  her  doll.  The 
plays  of  the  boy  and  girl  are  mimetic  of  the  serious  life 
of  later  years.  Each  is  impelled  by  the  instincts  which  are 


essential  to  their  best  being  in  the  struggle  for  existence, 
inexorably  ordained  by  nature.  So  it  has  been  from  time 
immemorial,  even  from  the  time  of  the  cave-dweller  whom 
Flint  Locke  paused  to  extol  as  a brave  man.  And  yet  the 
cave-dweller  gave  battle  to  the  wild  animals,  armed  as  he 
was  with  club  or  stone  axe  for  want  of  something  better. 
Around  his  rude  hearth  are  found  the  split  bones  of  his 
fellow  man  among  the  split  bones  of  the  larger  animals, 
split  because  the  Cave-dweller  was  fond  of  the  marrow. 
The  primitive,  virile  man  was  your  true  pot  hunter.  But, 
granting  that  he  was  primitive  in  equipment,  is  that  evi- 
dence that  he  did  not  enjoy  hunting  as  a sport  as  well  as 
its  use  as  a pot  filler?  Without  the  pleasurable  phase  of 
the  pursuit,  it  is  not  at  all  probable  that  the  human  race 
would  have  been  preserved.  Without  the  pleasant  incen- 
tive, primitive  man  would  have  delayed  the  hunt  till  the 
cravings  of  hunger  forced  him  afield,  when  many  times 
he  would  perish  before  food  could  be  secured.  If  there 
was  no  pleasure  in  the  hunt,  he  would  have  become  a 
loafer.  Undoubtedly  there  were  effeminate  men  in  those 
days  who  disliked  to  hunt,  timorous  souls,  who  among 
the  Indians  of  our  day,  are  rated  as  squaws  and  treated 
accordingly. 

,Is  it  not  reasonable  to  assume  that  a racial  trait, 
dominant  in  man  from  prehistoric  times  in  all  places,  all 
climes,  all  times,  is  essential  to  the  well  being  and  pre- 
servation of  the  human  race?  a something  which  cannot 
be  changed  by  the  reveries  consequent  to  the  satiety  of 
the  individual  or  the  dogma  of  a cult?  To  denounce  man 
as  he  exists  naturally  is  to  denounce  the  Omnipotence 
which  gave  him  being. 

That  man,  as  nature  made  him,  should  conform  to  the 
idiosyncrasies  of  men  who  have  no  taste  for  cakes  and 
ale,  is  a proposition  which  need  not  be  taken  seriously. 
Every  age  has  had  its  groups  whose  forces  were  against 
what  is,  whether  what  is  was  government,  society,  science, 
religion,  creation,  or  ordinary  peace  of  mind.  Were  any 
or  all  of  the  theorists  to  become  dominant,  it  would  be  a 
chaotic  world  indeed.  It  may  be  proper  to  mention  that 
many  of  the  theorists,  by  wise  exploitation  of  their  per- 
sonal wisdom,  secured  sufficient  following  from  which  to 
derive  a revenue  and  a subsistence.  In  our  artificial  state 
of  life  imposed  by  a dense  population  and  the  pursuit  of 
agriculture,  there  is  no  vagary,  however  silly,  but  what 
will  have  a following  if  it  is  skillfully  and  earnestly  ex- 
ploited. G, 

We  would  make  no  defense  for  the  cruelties  perpetrated 
on  the  lower  animals  from  anger  or  malice;  but  to  go 
forth  as  a matter  of  sport  and  kill  according  to  the  con- 
ventions of  good  sportsmen  is  right  according  to  Nature’s 
laws.  So  long  as  we  have  any  of  the  fire  of  the  primitive 
man  so  long  will  we  be  hunters ; so  long  as  the  fire  burns, 
men  will  not  cherish  the  point  of  view  of  an  ash  heap. 

OLD  TIME  HUNTING  WAYS. 

When  Baron  Lahontan  made  his  great  fall  hunt  with 
the  Indians  in  Canada,  the  story  of  which  is  told  in  an- 
other column,  he  learned  a great  deal.  Experience  had 
already  taught  him  that  the  Indians  were  pleasant  people 
to  associate  with — good  companions  in  camp;  but  he  had 
not  hitherto  appreciated  how  great  was  their  skill  in 
woodcraft,  what  good  field  naturalists  they  were— how 
familiar  with  the  habits  of  the  birds  and  animals;  nor 
what  good  sportsmen  they  were— using  the  term  almost 
in  its  modern  sense. 

The  great  abundance  of  game  found  by  this  hunting 
party  need  not  surprise  us.  Wild  pigeons  so  numerous 
that  the  Bishop  had  been  forced  to  excommunicate  them 
oftener  than  once  because  of  the  injury  they  did  to  the 
crops,  wildfowl  in  wonderful  numbers ; otters  so  abundant 
that  this  party  took  250  in  deadfalls;  wapiti  a great 
many;  with  a great  multitude  of  other  beasts  and  birds. 

Perhaps  it  need  not  surprise  us  to  see  that  more  than 
200  years  ago  the  Indians  used  decoys  and  bush  blinds 
in  their  wildfowl  shooting,  just  as,  a few  years  ago,  Mr. 
Robert  Ridgway  found  the  Indians  in  Nevada  and  Cali- 
fornia using  the  stuffed  skins  of  ducks  for  the  same  pur- 
pose. The  account  of  the  hunting  of  the  wolverine,  here 
called  by  the  old  name  of  carcaiou,  is  interesting,  as  is' 
the  fact  that  they  were  killed  by  the  dogs;  but  in  these 
days  we  should  hardly  accuse  the  dogs  of  cowardice  be- 
cause they  declined  to  attack  a porcupine.  To  us  this 
would  seem  great  wisdom,  and  we  think  that  the  dogs 
of  the  Indians  of  that  time  had  tqore  sense  than  many 
of  those  of  to-day.  , , , , 


Lahontan’ s hunting  companions  seem  to  have  had  a 
good  idea  of  sportsmanship  and  thought  for  the  future 
as  well,  for  they  declined  to  kill  the  cow  elk  on  the  ground 
that  they  were  then  carrying  their  young.  We  thus  find 
the  hunters  of  that  distant  day  so  thoughtful  as  to  have 
acted  on  the  rules  laid  down  200  years  later  by 
the  Boone  and  Crockett  Club.  The  advocates  of  spring 
shooting  should  take  notice.  Lahontan’s  observation  on 
the  drumming  'grouse  contributes  interesting  testimony 
in  answer  to  the  subject  which  was  up  for  discussion  not 
long  ago  of  the  bird’s  drumming  in  the  fall.  Indeed  it 
would  be.  difficult  to  pick  out  from  our  literature,  ancient 
or  modern,  an  article  on  hunting  which  conveyed  more 
information  than  the  one  in  question. 


PENNSYLVANIA  GAME  LEGISLATION. 

The  method  of  human  practice  in  the  making  of  laws 
is  not  unlike  the  course  of  evolution  in  the  making  of 
species,  in  so  far  as  the  product  of  each  is  the  resultant 
of  forces  not  always  to  be  calculated  upon  at  the  begin- 
ning. Perhaps  this  is  especially  true  of  game  laws,  in 
which  case  the  State  of  Pennsylvania  may  be  congratu- 
lated, that  the  recent  act,  now  in  force,  is  as  good  as  it  is. 

The  bill,  as  orginally  framed  and  presented  by  the 
Board  of  Game  Commissioners,  was  in  all  respects  force- 
ful and  admirable,  and  was  designed  to  supplant  all  pre- 
vious legislation  of  like  kind,  but  by  the  time  the  senti- 
mentalist, the  fruit  grower,  the  individual  legislator  and 
the  Executive  had  each  and  all  got  in  their  work,  the 
measure  was  shorn  of  some  important  features.  Still,  a 
few  notable  improvements  may  be  named. 

In  the  old  act  the  taking  of  birds  or  eggs  for  “scientific 
purposes”  was  found  to  be  so*  loosely  guarded  by  the 
terms  employed  that  grave  abuses  have  occurred  under  it, 
even  for  the  purposes  of  institutions  which  should  have 
displayed  a better  moral  tone.  This  is  not  likely  to  oc®ur 
under  the  present  act. 

The  language  used  in  the  former  prohibition  ^ cue  use 
of  dogs  in  hunting  deer  was  such  that  conviction  was 
nearly  impossible.  Under  sections  8 and  9 of  the  new  bill 
“any  dog  pursuing  or  following  on  the  track  of  a deer  or 
fawn”  is  declared  to  be  a public  nuisance  and  may  be 
killed  by  any  game  warden,  owner  or  lessee  of  land,  who 
sees  it  in  the  act,  and  any  dog  which  develops  “the  habit 
of  pursuing  or  following  on  the  track  of  game  or  wild 
birds  contrary  to  the  provisions  of  this  act”  may  be  killed 
by  a game  warden  after  notice  to  the  owner,  who,  further- 
more is  subject  to  a penalty  of  twenty-five  dollars  for 
each  deer  pursued  and  double  the  amount  if  killed. 

Section  11,  dealing  with  the  shooting  or  capture  of  deer 
and  game  birds  for  hire,  is  believed  to  be  clear  enough 
to  put  an  end  to  market  hunting  under  any  conceivable 
subterfuge.  The  open  season  for  woodcock  hereafter  runs 
only  from  Oct.  1 to  Dec.  1,  and  the  July  slaughter  of 
fledglings,  and  incidentally  of  young  grouse,  is  happily  at 
an  end. 

Spring  shooting  of  water  fowl  is  limited  to  fifteen  days 
from  April  1,  which  is  a considerable  step  toward  civilized 
sport,  and  the  close  season  for  deer  begin*  Dec.  1,  before 
the  usual  occurrence  of  tracking  snows. 

The  size  of  bag  which  may  be  made  on  all  kinds  of 
game  birds  and  mammals  is  defined  both  for  a day,  a 
week  and  the  whole  season,  and  bear  can  be  killed  only 
between  Oct.  1 and  March  1,  except  if  actually  engaged 
in  depredations  upon  persons  or  property. 

The  original  bill,  as  drawn  by  the  Commissioners,  pro- 
hibited the  sale  at  any  time  within  the  State  of  ruffed 
grouse,  prairie  chicken,  English,  Mongolian  or  Chinese 
pheasants,  quail,  wild  turkey,  woodcock  and  deer. 

Woodcock  and  wild  turkey  are  still  barred  from  the 
market  under  the  act  as  passed,  the  sale  of  ruffed  grouse 
killed  elsewhere  is  permitted  o,nly  during  the  open  season 
and  for  thirty  days  thereafter,  and  the  sale  of  the  other 
species  named  when  killed  within  the  State  is  prohibited. 

A provision  designed  to  reach  the  irresponsible  violator 
from  whom  a money  penalty  cannot  be  collected,  imposing 
imprisonment  in  the  county  jail  of  one  day  for  each  dollar 
of  delinquent  fine,  was  regrettably  eliminated  at  the  in- 
stance of  misguided  sympathy. 

On  the  whole,  the  act  is  progressive  and  its  shortcom- 
ings are  not  to  be  charged  to  the  Commissioners,  whose 
energetic  efforts  to  secure  and  enforce  good  game  laws 
gives  promise  for  the  results  pf  the  neyy  }pw  in  practice. 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM 


[June  ijr,  1905. 


Recollections  of  Cottonwood  Creek. 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

I am  on  the  U.  S.  Transport  Thomas,  sailing  on  the 
Pacific,  between  San  Francisco  and  Manila.  I left  my 
former  station  of  Fort  Riley,  Kansas,  on  March  17, 
and  have  enjoyed  a very  pleasant  trip  thus  far.  We 
stopped  two  days  at  Honolulu,  and  found  that  a most 
delightful  spot  to  visit.  In  addition  to  grand  moun- 
tain scenery  and  beautiful  ocean  views,  with  the  white 
surf  fringing  the  bright  waters,  there  are  most  attrac- 
tive picturesque  homes  almost  hidden  by  luxuriant 
tropical  foliage,  all  of  which  can  easily  be  seen  by  street 
car,  while  the  climate  is  so  pleasant  as  to  render  car 
riding  in  the  fine,  open  cars  of  that  city,  a great  pleas- 
ure. Sight-seeing  in  Honolulu  is  not  all  mere  idle 
pastime;  it  has  two  institutions  that  invite  both  the 
scientist  and  the  student,  as  well  as  the  pleasure  seeker 
— one  is  the  Aquarium,  the  other  the  Bishop  Museum. 
The  former  ;s,  like  all  others,  always  interesting  and 
instructive  to  members  of  the  Forest  and  Stream 
family.  I have  seen  flying  fish  frequently,  as  I have 
sailed  on  tropical  waters,  and  I had  hoped  to  study  one 
now  at  close  view  in  this  aquarium.  In  this  I was  dis- 
appointed, as  none  were  then  on  exhibition;  but  the 
wings,  or  flying  fins,  of  one  were  shown  me.  The  many 
fish  that  were  present,  however,  were  such  as  pertain 
to  the  South  Pacific,  I suppose,  and  were  a wonder  to 
behold  in  their  strange  forms  and  vivid  colorings. 
Their  names  were  given  in  the  native  language,  so  they 
didn’t  mean  much  to  strangers,  and  I will  not  burden 
you  . with  an  .attempt  at  their  description. 

The  Bishop  Museum  is  a collection  of  South  Sea 
Island  relics  and  curiosities,  classified  and  arranged  to 
the  best  advantage,  and  preserved  and  displayed  in  a 
most  beautiful  building.  I do  not  suppose  such  another 
collection  exists  in  the  world,  and  the  city  of  Honolulu 
is  to  be  congratulated  on  its  possession.  It  is  exhibited 
without  charge,  and  should  not  be  omitted  by  any  one 
visiting  the  city. 

Upon  leaving  San  Francisco  we  were  escorted 
through  the  Golden  Gate  by  a large  flock  of  whitish- 
colored  gulls,  which  finally  dropped  ofif,  till  there  re- 
mained only  about  twenty  or  thirty  brownish-colored 
birds,  called  by  the  sailors  boobies.  These  continued 
with  us  till  we  reached  Honolulu,  a distance  of  2,100 
miles.  They  were  usually  soaring  about  in  the  wake 
of  our  vessel,  occasionally  sitting  upon  the  water  like 
a duck,  apparently  to  rest,  and  subsisting,  doubtless, 
upon  refuse  from  the  ship.  Since  leaving  Honolulu 
we  have  seen  none  of  them,  so  I infer  they  must  have 
attached  themselves  to  some  vessel  going  back  to  San 
Francisco.  At  present  we  have  only  one  or  two  birds 
journeying  with  us,  white  and  black  ones,  that  keep  at 
quite  a distance  away  from  the  ship,  and  are  not  very 
sociable — possibly  they  may  receive  reinforcements 
eventually. 

In  making  my  preparations  for  a sojourn  of  two  or 
three  years  in  the  Philippine  Islands,  I did  not  omit  the 
item  of  sport.  I recalled  the  interesting  article  of 
“Ah mi  Commissario,”  about  his  duck  hunt  with  my 
old  friend  Kirk,  and  I asked  others  about  the  possibili- 
ties of  sport  in  that  remote  corner  of  the  globe.  All 
gave  so  encouraging  an  account  of  it  that  I,  ever  mind- 
ful of  Mr.  Cristadoro’s  advice,  purchased  a new  ham- 
merless for  my  boy  Will,  aged  fifteen,  and  laid  in  a 
supply  of  ammunition,  such  as  will  load  a thousand  or 
more  rounds;  and  if  we  reach  those  islands  and  really 
find  any  good  shooting  I will  give  my  friends  of  the 
Forest  and  Stream  a more  or  less  brief  account  of  it. 

Sailing  along  these  calm  Pacafic  waters  from  day  to 
day,  with  scarcely  anything  but  the  dinner  gong  to 
break  the  monotony,  tends  to  make  one  reminiscent, 
and  as  my  thoughts  have  to-day  wandered  back  some 
twelve  or  fifteen  years  to  the  days  my  old  shooting  com- 
panion K.  and  I used  to  spend  on  Cottonwood  Creek, 

I am  moved  to  jot  down  some  of  them  as  best  I can 
from  memory  alone,  in  the  hope  they  may  interest 
others.  Cottonwood  Creek  rises  in  the  low  hills  due 
north  of  Fort  Meade,  S.  D.,  and  flows  in  a northerly 
direction,  through  almost  level  plain  country,  for  about 
ten  miles,  when  it  empties  into  the  Belle  Fourche  River, 
a branch  of  the  Cheyenne.  It  has  little  apparent  cur- 
rent, and  to  the  unobservant  would  not  be  regarded  as 
a stream  at  all,  but  merely  a succession  of  pools.  These 
go  almost  dry  in  the  hot  season,  but  fill  again  when- 
ever rains  occur,  and  when  quite  full  are  connected  one 
with  another,  by  running  water.  Like  almost  all  other 
water-courses  in  the  plains,  it  is,  in  places,  fringed  with 
small  cottonwoods,  but  up  toward  the  hills,  where  it  has 
its  rise,  there  stands — or,  at  least  did  stand  at  the  time 
of  which  I write — one  immense  broad,  spreading  tree 
of  this  variety,  while  numerous  stumps  near  by  show 
that  it  was  formerly  not  the  isolated  landmark  it  is  at 
present,  but  had  been  one  of  a grove  of  mighty  cotton- 
woods which,  doubtless,  gave  the  creek  its  name.  'L  he 
geological  basin  drained  by  this  creek  is  some  five  or 
six  miles  wide;  and  had  at  that  time  but  one  habitation 
in  the  entire  tract — apparently  a single  quarter-section 
had  been  taken  up  and  was  under  fence — outside  of 
this,  the  country  was  entirely  unfenced  and  in  a state 
of  nature,  with  the  exception  of  a dam  built  across  the 
creek,  nearly  down  to  the  river,  for  the  purpose,  I sup- 
pose, of  retaining  some  of  the  running  water  in  the 
wet  season  for  irrigation  purposes;  but  no  one  lived 
jtherp  pr  had  apparently  ever  made  use  of  the  water  so 


retained.  The  whole  valley  was  thus  practically  given 
over  to  the  coyote,  the  prairie  dog,  and  such  wild  fowl 
as  were  attracted  to  the  pools  during  their  passage  to 
and  from  their  breeding  places  in  the  north.  K.  and  I 
first  noticed  this  creek  along  in  the  summer  of  1891 
or  ’92,  as  nearly  as  I can  recollect.  We  were  ever  on 
the  search  for  sport  with  rod  and  gun,  and  we  made 
many  trips  to  the  Belle  Fourche  for  the  purpose  of  fish- 
ing. The  Belle,  as  we  called  it,  flowed  in  quite  a curve, 
and  could  be  reached  from  Fort  Meade  in  several  direc- 
tions, and  at  distances  varying  from  twenty  to  twenty- 
five  or  thirty  miles.  We  used  sometimes  to  go  in  one 
direction,  sometimes  in  another.  I had  a fine  driving 
pair  of  horses,  that  would  take  us  to  the  river,  allow  us 
to  fish  there  several  hours  while  they  fed  and  rested, 
and  take  us  home  again  the  same  day  with  ease;  so  it 
was  no  great  undertaking  for  us  to  go  to  the  Belle. 
We  usually  got  some  fish,  though  I do  not  now  recall 
any  large  strings.  They  were  channel  cat,  skip  jack, 
a kind  of  herring,  and  a variety  called  by  the  dwellers 
along  the  river,  pike,  though  it  was  not  the  true  pike, 
but  a smaller  variety,  probably  a pike-perch.  It  was 
cn  one  of  these  fishing  excursions  that  we  first  noticed 
Cottonwood  Creek. 

As  I have  said,  the  creek  would  not  have  been  even 
noticed  by  the  unobservant;  but  our  eyes  were  always 
looking  for  possibilities  for  future  sport,  and  we  could 
not  help  remarking  the  attractive  pools,  then  almost 
dry,  but  capable  of  filling  with  fall  rains,  should  any 
arrive;  and  we  determined  to  be  on  hand  in  such  an 
event  and  see  what  these  pools  might  contain.  Along 
in  early  September,  or  perhaps  in  the  latter  part  of 
August,  the  rain  came.  I do  not  now  remember  pre- 
cisely in  which  month  it  was;  the  storms  that  come  in 
either  are  cold  and  remind  one  that  summer  is  over, 
even  though  it  is  only  August.  We  had  some  delay 
about  getting  started  on  the  first  morning,  when  the 
rain  had  let  up  sufficiently  to  warrant  our  setting  forth 
for  the  creek;  so  we  did  not  get  off  until  about  11 
o'clock.  We  hadn’t  been  gone  long  before  the  rain, 
which  had  held  up  long  enough  to  lure  us  out  on  the 
road,  began  to  fall  again  with  some  vigor;  and  in  the 
end  we  were  thoroughly  drenched;  but  we  nevertheless 
kept  on.  As  I have  stated,  these  storms  are  cold  at 
that  time  of  the  year,  and  we  were  so  numb  and  stiff 
with  cold  and  rvet  as  to  be  hardly  capable  of  using  our 
fingers  by  the  time  we  arrived  at  the  creek.  When  we 
came  in  sight  of  the  first  pool  we  saw  two  widgeon 
swimming  about  on  it,  but  as  they  had  seen  us  before 
we  did  them,  they  sailed  away  before  we  could  ap- 
proach them.  We  were  satisfied,  however,  with  the 
prospect — the  pools  were  full  and  the  ducks  had  come. 

We  now  dismounted  from  the  wagon,  filled  our 
pockets  with  shells,  drew  our  guns  out  of  their  wet 
cases,  and  set  about  approaching  pool  after  pool  in  a 
sportsmanlike  manner.  We  were  rarely  disappointed 
regarding  the  ducks,  and  on  some  pools  they  were  quite 
numerous.  As  a rule  they  were  not  wary,  and  would 
allow  us  to  approach  quite  near  before  taking  flight. 
This  would  permit  us  to  give  them  a right  and  left  as 
they  were  leaving  the  water  without  compelling  us  to 
creep  and  crawl  through  the  wet  grass  and  bushes,  and 
then  finally  shoot  at  them  at  a distance,  and  on  the 
water,  in  violation  of  the  ethics  of  some  of  our  corre- 
spondents. It  is  strange  how  a little  sport  seems  to 
hasten  the  circulation  of  one’s  blood;  though  we  felt 
nearly  frozen  upon  dismounting  from  the  wagon,  a few 
minutes  of  successful  sport  soon  had  our  entire  bodies 
in  a delightful  glow,  and  we  paid  no  further  attention 
to  either  cold  or  wet.  Not  so,  however,  our  driver;  he 
had  followed  us  as  best  he  could  with  the  wagon,  keep- 
ing sufficiently  near  to  permit  us  to  empty  our  game 
pockets  from  time  to  time  as  they  became  heavy,  till 
he  had  become  almost  chilled  through,  so  that  we 
finally  had  to  stop  shooting,  help  him  out,  unharness 
and  feed  the  team,  build  him  a fire  and  cover  him  with 
our  coats  and  slickers  before  we  could  get  him  com- 
fortable. In  all  future  trips  that  he  made  with  us,  which 
were  many  and  some  of  them  quite  cold  and  uncomfort- 
able, he  always  made  an  exception  in  favor  of  this  day’s 
trip,  when  we  thought  we  were  the  most  uncomfortable 
we  had  ever  been.  After  getting  our  team  fed  and  our 
driver  warm  and  comfortable  again,  we  remembered 
our  lunch,  and  that  suddenly  reminded  us  how  hungry 
we  were,  though  while  engaged  in  the  pursuit  we  hadn’t 
even  thought  of  such  a thing,  and  probably  would  not 
had  we  kept  it  up  till  dark. 

After  lunch,  we  found  it  was  between  3 and  4 o’clock, 
and  but  little  time  remained  to  us  to  shoot,  unless  we 
wanted  to  drive  home  in  the  dark;  but  we  concluded  to 
try  it  again  for  an  hour  or  so.  We  soon  found  the 
ducks  as  plenty  as  ever;  in  fact,  they  had  not  left  the 
creek  at  any  time;  when  disturbed  at  one  pool  they 
had  merely  flown  to  another  at  no  great  distance  away, 
and  we  could  come  upon  them  again  with  a reasonable 
amount  of  effort.  We  kept  it  up  for  a while  and  then 
got  into  the  wagon  and  started  for  home,  arriving  at 
the  post  about  half-past  six,  wet,  cold  and  tired,  but 
happy.  It  was  always  our  practice,  when  we  returned 
successful  from  a shooting  trip,  to  drive  up  in  front  of 
the  line  of  officers’  quarters,  and  unload  our  wagon  of 
its  contents.  This  usually  collected  about  us  such  of 
our  acquaintances  as  chanced  to  be  at  hand,  and  we 
got  due  credit  for  our  performances  from  our  brother 
sportsmen.  When  we  had  been  unsuccessful,  however — 
and  we  sometimes  came  home  empty-handed,  in  spite 
of  our  best  efforts — we  would  drive  up  the  back  way, 


quietly  unload  our  guns,  shell  boxes,  etc.,  and  slip 
into  the  house  without  any  ostentation.  On  the  even- 
ing in  question,  we  came  proudly  up  the  front  drive- 
way, and  didn’t  hesitate  to  make  some  unnecessary 
clatter  in  unloading.  It  was  all  wasted,  however;  it 
was  so  rainy  and  so  near  dark  that  no  one  was  on  hand 
to  witness  our  triumphant  return.  I do  not  now  recall 
the  size  of  that  day’s  bag;  possibly  I should  hesitate  to 
print  it  even  if  I knew  it.  All  this  happened  years  ago. 
The  country  was  then  unsettled,  and  such  an  idea  as  a 
future  scarcity  of  game  and  a necessity  for  limiting 
the  bag  never  annoyed  us.  I should  do  differently  now. 
Once  the  pools  had  filled  up  they  didn’t  go  dry  again 
that  fall,  and  ducks  came  and  went  until  cold  weather. 
We  never  found  them  so  plenty  again  as  they  were  on 
that  first  rainy  day;  but  no  one  else  appeared  to  shoot 
there,  and  we  nearly  always  found  some.  After  our 
first  visit  we  usually  had  to  cover  more  ground  and 
approach  the  pools  with  greater  care,  and,  alas,  some- 
times shoot  ducks  on  the  water;  but  we  generally  made 
a fair  bag,  and  spent  many  happy  days  on  that  lonely 
and  distant  water  course.  After  we  had  visited,  on 
one  hot  afternoon  in  the  Indian  summer,  all  the  cus- 
tomary pools  with  scarce  any  return  in  game,  we  con- 
cluded to  seek  new  ones  further  down  the  stream  than 
we  had  ever  been  before,  and  on  this  occasion  dis- 
covered the  dam  above  mentioned.  The  stream,  as  I 
continue  to  call  it,  although  no  water  was  then  flowing 
and  a sharp  eye  for  physical  features  was  needed  to 
detect  the  true  water  course  from  the  numerous  false 
ones,  appeared  to  furnish  no  more  good  pools  below  the 
one  we  had  reached  on  that  particular  day,  and  we  had 
never  before  been  beyond  that  point  on  it.  The  after- 
noon was  hot;  we  had  worked  long  and  carefully  with 
little  to  show  for  our  efforts;  and,  in  addition,  the  air 
on  that  occasion  had  been  filled  with  little  insects,  gnats 
or  something  of  the  kind,  that  had  irritated  and  annoyed 
us  most  persistently. 

Although  a few  hours  yet  remained  to  us  before  time 
to  start  for  home,  I for  once  had  had  enough,  and 
suggested  to  K.  that  we  give  it  up  and  go  home.  He 
was  always  loath  to  leave  the  field,  and  seemed  insen- 
sible to  personal  discomfort  on  this  occasion,  as  on 
many  previous  occasions.  He  now  suggested  that  we 
explore  the  creek  to  its  mouth,  which  could  not  be 
above  three  miles  from  where  we  then  were,  adding 
as  an  inducement  that  we  might  find  some  new  pool 
by  this  means  and  get  a good  bag  of  ducks  after  all. 
As  I saw  he  wanted  to  explore  the  country,  I accord- 
ingly agreed  to  continue  the  pursuit,  but  the  creek  held 
out  so  little  promise  below  that  point  of  holding  any 
water  at  all,  that  I good-naturedly  remarked  that  I 
would  promise  to  carry  all  the  ducks  we  would  find  that 
afternoon.  We  had  already  left  our  wagon  some  dis- 
tance behind,  and  did  not  expect  to  see  it  again  till  we 
returned  to  it,  as  the  horses  were  then  unharnessed  and 
grazing  on  the  lariat,  and  the  driver  was  reposing  in  the 
shade.  K.  laughed  and  said  he  would  remember  my 
promise.  We  set  forth  and  worked  as  hard  as  we  could; 
we  approached  every  possible  location  for  a pool  upon 
our  hands  and  knees  until  we  could  look  into  it,  and 
then  almost  invariably  found  it  dry.  The  soil  in  this 
vicinity  seemed  more  of  a gravelly  than  a clayey 
nature,  and  permitted  the  water  to  soak  into  it.  After 
we  had  followed  this  for  about  an  hour  and  had  suf- 
fered the  heat  and  the  insects  till  forbearance  had  al- 
most ceased  to  be  a virtue,  we  suddenly,  in  peering 
through  the  bushes,  saw  water  ahead  in  a considerable 
area.  We  carefully  withdrew  and  maneuvered  so  as  to 
approach  this  water  from  the  most  advantageous  point, 
and  thus  for  the  first  time  discovered  the  reservoir 
caused  by  the  above-mentioned  dam.  The  water  col- 
lected by  the  dam  had  set  back  in  various  arms,  or 
irregularly  shaped  bodies,  more  or  less  fringed  with 
thickets,  so  but  a small  portion  could  be  seen  at  once; 
but  that  small  portion  contained  ducks  in  considerable 
numbers.  We  forgot  the  heat  and  the  insects  in  an 
instant,  and  at  once  set  about  securing  our  quarry. 
We  worked  the  various  branches  and  inlets  for  an  hour 
or  more  with  pretty  good  results,  and  when  we  finally 
gave  it  up,  K.  reminded  me  of  my  promise  to  carry 
the  game  to  the  wagon.  We  were  then  some  three 
miles  or  such  a matter  away,  and  as  I thought  of  the 
long,  hot  tramp  we  must. make,  I almost  regretted  hav- 
ing been  so  successful.  K.  helped  load  me  with  all  the 
game,  and  taking  both  guns  himself,  set  out  ahead, 
telling  me  to  take  it  easy,  and  he  would  get  the  wagon 
and  come  back  after  me.  In  course  of  time  he  returned 
and  said  the  country  was  too  rough  and  too  much  in- 
tersected with  coulees  to  be  practicable  for  the  wagon, 
without  wasting  more  time  seeking  a route  than 
would  be  required  to  walk  back  to  it.  He  then 
took  his  share  of  the  burden,  and  together  we  finally 
reached  the  team,  again  tired  but  happy.  We  drove 
up  the  front  way  on  our  entrance  into  the  post  that 
night. 

Among  the  incidents  that  occurred  that  season  on  the 
Cottonwood  was  one  that,  while  it  really  amounted  to 
little  in  itself,  yet  it  lingered  long  in  K.’s  mind,  and 
he  has  alluded  to  it  many  times  since.  We  were  at  the 
dam.  He  was  across  one,  of  the  arms  of  the  reservoir 
and  at  some  distance  from  me,  when  three  teal  flew  over 
my  head  in  such  a direction  that,  while  they  gave  me  a 
straightaway  shot,  yet  to  K.  it  would  have  been  a 
cross  shot  had  they  been  within  range.  As  I drew  up 
my  gun  to  shoot,  the  ducks,  though  at  distances 
from  me  ranging  by  quite  a number  of  yards  as  seen 


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by  K.,  could  all,  from  my  point  of  view,  have  been 
included  within  a twenty-inch  circle.  I readily  covered 
the  entire  three,  fired  my  right  barrel  and  lowered  my 
gun,  satisfied  that  if  it  was  a possible  thing,  I must 
have  gotten  them  all.  Such  proved  to  be  the  case; 
one  dropped  dead  at  the  shot,  a second  fluttered  at 
once  to  the  ground,  while  the  third  continued  its 
course  for  a little  and  then  slanted  slowly  toward  the 
earth,  striking  it  at  quite  a distance  from  me,  but  where 
K.  could  walk  over  and  pick  it  up.  Although  an  old 
sportsman  who  had  seen  many  birds  killed,  he  said 
that,  to  him,  was  one  of  the  most  surprising  shots  he 
had  ever  seen.  From  his  point  of  view  the  birds  were 
twelve  or  fifteen  feet  apart,  and  that  they  could  have 
been  covered  and  killed  with  a single  barrel  seemed  to 
him  incredible.  To  me  it  was  of  course  a very  simple 
matter;  I knew  they  were  all  practically  covered,  and 
that  my  ammunition  was  of  the  best;  if  I had  failed  to 
get  them  all,  it  was  merely  because  they  were  out  of 
range,  and  it  would  have  been  useless  to  have  fired  the 
second  barrel.  I didn’t  go  into  detail  much  over  the 
matter  to  K. ; he  was  far  and  away  a better  shot  than 
I was,  and  it  was  a pleasure  to  me  to  have  surprised 
him.  I merely  told  him  when  he  asked  why  I hadn’t 
fired  my  second  barrel  that  I could  readily  . see  that 
they  were  all  hit,  and  as  I contemplated  giving  them 
away,  I didn’t  want  them  all  shot  to  . pieces.  He 
amused  himself  the  rest  of  the  day  by  calling  me  Capt. 
Scott,  Davy  Crockett  and  other  names  of  historic  shots, 
and  would*  occasionally  ask  me  why  I took  the  trouble 
to  carry  a double-barreled  gun,  when  a single  barrel 
was  all  I needed  to  kill  a whole  flock  of  ducks?  I 
haven’t  seen  the  poor  fellow  for  several  years.  His 
health  has  failed,  and  I understand  he  is  now  an 
invalid.  If  perchance  this  meets  his  eye,  I hope.  it 
will  recall  pleasant  memories  to  him,  while  it  explains 
how  I made  that  phenomenal  shot. 

The  Dakota  winter  eventually  terminated  our  field 
sports  and  kept  us  close  to  the  garrison  for  several 
long  weary  months.  Spring  came  at  last,  and  with  it 
the  clangor,  of  wild  geese  going  north.  One  bright 
sunny  day  we  again  set  forth  for  the  Cottonwood  to 
see  if  it  afforded  any  prospect  of  spring  shooting.  We 
visited  the  pools  carefully,  one  after  another,  but  found 
nothing.  It  was  evidently  too  early  for  the  ducks..  We 
drove  on  down  toward  the  dam  as  far  as  practicable 
and  went  on  and  reconnoitered  that  water.  On  it  we 
found  a few  wary  ducks  that  flew  long  before  we  came 
within  range — a spring  duck  seems  much  better  edu- 
nothing.  It  was  evidently  too  early  for  the  ducks.  We 
our  horses,  ate  our  lunch,  and  enjoyed  the  pleasant 
sunshine  as  we  stretched  at  length  on  the  ground, 
chatting  with  each  other,  while  the  horses  fed  and 
rested.  After  a while  we  hitched  up  and  started  for 
home.  As  we  were  getting  near  one  of  our  favorite 
pools  on  the  return  journey,  the  driver  stopped  the  team 
and  we  discussed  the  probability  of  finding  anything 
on  it  if  we  should  get  out  and  approach  it  carefully. 
Our  guns  were  in  their  cases  in  the  bottom  of  the 
wagon;  we  were  dull  and  lazy  from  our  lunch,  and 
spring  fever  was  upon  us.  We  readily  agreed  that,  as  we 
had  found  nothing  on  the  pool  some  two  hours  pre- 
vious, it  was  conclusive  evidence  that  it  still  contained 
nothing;  so  we  told  the  driver  to  go  on  without  our 
getting  out  of  the  wagon.  The  trail  ran  quite  close 
to  this  pool;  it  was  mainly  turf,  entirely  free  from 
stone  or  anything  on  which  the  wheels  could  make  a 
noise;  the  horses  trotted  gently  and  quietly  along.  As 
we  came  near  enough  to  look  from  our  seats  in  the 
wagon  into  the  pool,  our  eyes  were  greeted  with  the 
sight  of  a flock  of  wild  geese  standing  on  the  nearest 
shore,  their  black  necks  erect  in  the  air,  resembling 
the  flower  stalks  on  a big  bed  of  tiger  lilies,  and  not 
more  than  thirty  yards  away  from  us.  Of  course  they 
saw  us  in  that  instant,  and  as  our  guns  were  in  their 
cases,  we  offered  no  impediment  to  their  safe  and  hasty 
departure  for  lands  unknown.  We  counted  sixteen  as 
they  flew  away.  As  they  finally  disappeared  into  space 
K.  and  I gazed  sadly  at  each  other,  but  said  nothing — 
words  were  inadequate.  We  have  never  passed  that 
pool  since  without  recalling  how  our  indolence  lost 
us  a fine  bag  of  geese.  Wm.  T.  Flynn. 

On  The  Pacifi-,  April  18. 


All  communications  for  Forest  and  Stream  must  be 
directed  to  Forest  and  Stream  Pub.  Co.,  New  York,  to 
receive  attention.  We  have  no  other  office. 


Summer  Rooftrees. 


I. — An  Inexpensive  Cottage  on  the  Unit  Plan. 

It  is  the  purpose  of  the  Forest  and  Stream  to  repro- 
duce from  time  to  time  plans  of  inexpensive  bungalows, 
shooting  boxes  and  camps  of  a more  or  less  permanent 
character. 

There  is  a growing  tendency  in  this  country  for  homes 
in  the  country  where  the  occupants  can  reside  for  periods 
of  varying  length  during  any  season  of  the  year  and 
where  they  can  enjoy  the  beauties  of  nature.  Many  men, 
both  bachelors  and  those  with  families,  enjoy  and  have 
enjoyed  visits  to  the  country  where  they  owned  or  rented 
camps.  It  was  there  they  spent  their  vacations,  holidays 
and  week  ends.  Most  of  these  camps  are  such  in  the 
truest  sense  of  the  word,  and  while  these  health  and  plea- 
sure seekers  are  housed  in  tents  and  shacks  their  vaca- 
tions are  not  sufficiently  long  for  the  discomforts  to  over- 
shadow the  enjoyment. 

Those  who  are  content  with  very  primitive  abodes  are 
comparatively  few  and  as  they  grow  older  they  look  for 
places  that  will  afford  them  more  comfort.  We  shall 
not  endeavor  to  show  how  man  can  have  city  conveni- 
ences and  comforts  in  the  woods,  but  to  enlighten  them 
regarding  serviceable  and  substantial  low  cost  cottages 
of  the  most  simple  kind  where  they  can  always  find  at 
any  season  a dry  bed  and  a tight  roof. 

In  these  days  the  men  are  not  the  only  members  of 
the  family  who  look  forward  to  sojourns  in  the  woods 
or  along  the  coast,  and  now  that  they  are  so  frequently 
accompanied  by  their  families  the  question  of  proper 
houses  naturally  arises.  How  best  to  overcome  the  diffi- 
culties that  arise  and  solve  the  problem  is  what  we  pro- 
pose to  demonstrate. 

Americans  demand  a private  and  seclusive  home  life 
nowadays,  and  after  a winter  in  crowded  quarters  in  the 
town  the  summer  hotel  or  boarding  houses  with  their 
expensive  quarters,  poor  food,  noise  and  excitement  do 
not  satisfy  those  who  really  demand  a rest  and  change, 
and  where  good  food  and  quiet,  simple  surroundings  are 
essential. 

The  houses  which  we  shall  illustrate  in  these  columns 
will  all  be  structures  of  low  cost,  simple  design  and  con- 
struction that  can  be  erected  either  in  the  woods  or  on 
the  seashore. 

We  have  heard  from  so  many  nature  loving  persons 
that  we  feel  we  know  what  will  strike  the  popular  fancy 
and  answer  the  purpose  in  the  fullest  degree  the  demands 
of  the  majority. 

We  assume  that  these  cottages  will  be  built  where  the 
price.  of  land  is  low  and  where  the  surroundings  are  at- 
tractive. Not  far  from  most  large  cities  there  are  tracts 
of  land  to  be  had  at  a moderate  figure,  and  most  men 
who  really  love  out  of  door  life  are  hardly  happy  on  a 
restricted  area,  particularly  when  they  are  to  have  a 
home  of  their  own,  even  though  it  is  of  the  most  modest 
sort.  To  own  one’s  place  in  the  country  is  something 
which  very  many  men  look  forward  to,  and  an  unpre- 
tentious place  affords  the  owner  a satisfying  feeling  of 
proprietorship.  As  a matter  of  fact,  the  small  cottage 
has  many  advantages  over  the  larger  and  more  costly 
affair.  In  the  first  place,  the  original  investment  is  small 
and  the  house  can  be  left  at  any  time  by  simply  locking 
the  door  and  closing  the  shutters.  There  is  no  danger 
from  thieves  as  its  contents  are  of  too  simple  a descrip- 
tion to  attract  house-breakers,  and  the  risk  from  fire  is 
small  and  is  usually  taken  care  of  by  insurance. 

There  are  no  caretakers  to  give  trouble,  and  when  one 
wishes  to  return  the  house  is  always  ready.  A fire  is 
soon  started  and  supplies  are  all  that  is  needed  to  begin 


housekeeping  again..  The  old  clothes,  such  as  one  wears 
while  on  an  outing'  are  always  ready.  In  fact,  nothing 
has  to  be  thought  of  when  planning  a trip  to  the  country 
home  except  the  articles  of  food  which  would  have  to  be 
secured  anyway,  and  the  most  necessary  things  can  be 
had  at  the  farm  house  near  by  or  at  the  village  store. 

The  house  illustrated  this  week  is  simple,  and  simplicity 
will  be  the  keynote  of  all  the  buildings  we  reproduce, 
that  can  be  built  for  a few  hundred  dollars  anywhere  in 
this  country. 

The  house  is  designed  on  the  unit  plan.  This  system 
was  adopted  in  this  case  to  give  the  prospective  builder 
a wide  choice  in  the  number  of  rooms  he  might  have  in 
his  cottage.  The  house,  as  it  stands,  is  a small  structure 
and  could  be  built  by  anyone  having  only  a limited 
knowledge  of  the  use  of  tools. 

Starting  at  the  beginning,  the  first  block  on  the  plans 
is  the  living  room,  12  by  18  feet.  If  a mqn’s  needs  were 
very  limited  a small  building  of  just  this  size  could  be 
put  up  with  the  porch  extending  along  the  front.  This 
would,  of  course,  necessitate  cooking,  eating  and  sleeping 
in  one  room;  a combination  which  is  objectionable  to 
some.  The  big  chimney  gives  a fire-place  in  which  cord 
wood  could  be  burned  and  affords  all  the  opportunity  for 
the  cooking  of  food.  Where  doors  are  shown  on  the 
plans,  windows  could  be  substituted,  except  in  the  case 
of  those  that  open  on  the  front  porch.  Bunks  could  be 
built  along  the  side  walls  or  the  occupants  could  sleep  . in 
hammocks.  This,  to  our  minds,  is  a cleaner,  healthier 
and  more  comfortable  method.  To  save  expense  the 
small  bay  window  could  be  done  away  with  and  the  three 
windows  placed  in  the  front  wall.  This  bay,  however, 
would  not  cost  much,  and  the  window  seat  will  afford  a 
very  pleasant  lounging  place. 

Now,  by  adding  the  rear  wing  containing  the  kitchen 
we  satisfy  those  who  prefer  a separate  apartment  in  which 
to  prepare  their  food.  This  addition  gives  a sizeable 
room  8 by  13  feet  with  ample  light  and  ventilation.  If 
so  desired  it  could  be  left  without  a ceiling  and  open  to 
the  ridge  pole.  This  would  make  it  cooler  and,  as.  the 
space  above  would  not  be  particularly  useful,  it  might 
be  well  to  do  so. 

A range  or  stove  can  be  placed  in  the  big  chimney  and 
this  would  facilitate  the  cook’s  work.  A sink  with  drains 
on  either  side  under  the  rear  windows  would  simplify  the 
work  of  cooking  and  cleaning  up.  At  one  end  of  the 
chimney  by  the  door  to  the  living  room  are  shelves  run- 
ning from  the  floor  to  ceiling  where  china  and  glassware 
could  be  kept  and  where  it  would  be  handy  to  both  rooms. 

The  closet  reached  from  the  kitchen  is  for  pans,  pots 
and  provisions.  The  ice-chest  could  also  be  placed  here 
if  the  house  boasted  one.  Passing  through  this  closet  one  - 
reaches  a small  porch.  At  first  glance  this  may  seem 
superfluous,  but  if  the  cottage  is  to  be  used  in  the  winter 
it  will  add  much  to  the  comfort  of  the  occupants. 

During  bad  or  stormy  weather  it  would  be  necessary 
to  keep  the  doors  opening  from  the  living  room  to  the 
front  porch  closed  altogether.  As  an  extra  precaution 
it  would  be  well  to  put  on  rough  storm  doors  outside. 
Solid  board  shutters  for  all  windows  should  be  provided 
and  closed  at  night  and  when  the  cottage  is  unoccupied. 

If  the  front  door  were  kept  permanently  closed  during 
the  fall  and  winter,  entrance  to  the  house  would  have 
to  be  made  through  the  kitchen.  The  small  rear  porch 
would  protect  the  door  to  tlje  kitchen  closet,  and  fire 
wood  sufficient  for  several  days’  use  could  be  piled  there. 
By  entering  the  house  through  the  kitchen  pantry,  cold 
winds,  snow  and  dampness  are  kept  out  of  the  living 
quarters.  The  porch  should  be  placed  so  as  to  be  on  the 
most  sheltered  side  of  the  house  and  the  plan  could.be 
Reversed  if  necessary  to  meet  all  requirements.  Coming 
from  the  rear  porch  into  the  closet  the  outer  door  is  first 
closed,  snow  is  then  shaken  from  one’s  garments  or,  if 
wet,  they  could  be  removed  before  opening  the  door  to 
the  kitchen  and  entering  the  house  proper. 

If  still  more  room  be  required,  we  now  add  another 
wing  in  the  shape  of  a bedroom  which  is  10  by  12  feet. 
This  room  is  of  good  size  and  is  intended  for  two  single 
beds, one  to  be  placed  on  each  side  of  the  end  window.  If 
the  number  of  guests  or  the  size  of  the  family  demanded 
it,  the  second  wing  or  unit  containing  another  bedroom 
could  be  added  on  the  other  end. 

The  cottage  is  now  complete  with  living  room,  kitchen, 
two  bedrooms  and  a porch  7 feet  wide  extending  along 
the  entire  front. 

All  the  rooms  are  well  lighted  and  doors  and  windows 
have  been  placed  opposite  one  another  to  afford  cross 
ventilation.  This  should  make  the  cottage  very  cool  in 
summer. 

In  winter  a roaring  fire  in  the  big  fire-place  would  keep 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


the  living  room  comfortably  warm,  and  by  leaving  the 
doors  to  the  bedrooms  open,  sufficient  heat  would  enter 
them  to  make  them  warm  enough  to  sleep  in. 

We  would  recommend  that  the  living  and  bedrooms 
have  a ceiling.  The  space  above  would  be  found  handy 
for  storing  luggage,  sleds,  snow  shoes,  canoes,  in  fact 
anything  and  everything.  A rough  board  floor  above  is 
all  that  is  necessary,  and  the  garret  or  attic  could  be 
reached  by  means  of  a ladder  through  a trap. 

No  cellar  would  be  placed  under  the  cottage  as  it  would 
be  expensive  and  is  not  necessary.  The  sills  of  the  house 
would  rest  upon  and  be  securely  fastened  to  cedar  posts 
buried  in  the  ground  with  the  bark  on  to  a distance  of 
three  or  four  feet.  The  cottage  would  look  better  if 
built  close  to  the  ground,  but  there  is  no-  reason  why  it 
could  not  be  raised  if  certain  local  conditions  made  it 
necessary. 

The  house  is  to  be  of  two  by  four-inch  stud  construc- 
tion covered  with  seven-eighths-inch  boards  outside.  The 
roof  and  walls  to  be  shingled  with  either  cypress  or  cedar 
shingles  laid  about  sRj  or  6 inches  to  the  weather.  The 
porch  posts  to  be  of  chestnut  or  cypress  six  inches  square, 
stained  with  creosote.  The  only  paint  to  be  used  on  the 
exterior  will  be  on  the  windows’  trim,  sash,  doors  and 
shutters. 

If  the  cottage  is  to  be  used  only  in  summer  the  inside 
can  be  left  with  the  studs  showing.  If  for  use  in  the  fall 
and  winter  the  interior  walls  should  be  covered  with 
compo  board  and  the  space  between  the  studs  filled  with 
mineral  wool.  This  latter  material  is  cheap  and  is  not 
only  vermin  proof  but  makes  a house  much  warmer  in 
winter  and  cooler  in  summer. 

Compo  board  comes  in  sheets  about  four  feet  square 
and  is  about  seven-sixteenths  of  an  inch  thick.  It  is 
easily  applied,  being  nailed  or  screwed  to  the  studs.  It 
presents  a good  surface  and  can  be  papered,  painted  or 
covered  with  stuff.  It  is  comparatively  cheap  and  is  far 
better  than  tongue  and  groove  sheathing  for  this  purpose. 
A double  floor  should  be  laid  on  the  two  by  ten-inch  floor 
beams,  which  are.  placed  about  sixteen  inches  on  centers. 

The  only  masonry  work  necessary  is  on  the  chimney 
and  the  living  room  and  kitchen  hearths.  If  stone  _ is 
plentiful  it  should  be  built  of  that  material,  otherwise 
brick  will  have  to  be  resorted  to. 

Good  flat  stones,  if  of  any  size,  make  a desirable  floor 
for  the  porch. 

The  exterior  could  be  made  more  attractive  by  putting 
metal  lath  on  the  sheathing  and  plastering  the  walls.  The 
roof  in  any  case  should  be  of  shingle. 

Water  may  be  had  at  all  seasons  if  a well  can  be  driven 
under  the  kitchen.  A pump  by  the  sink  would  add  much 
to  one’s  comfort,  and  if  the  pipes  are  properly  packed 
they  should  never  freeze. 

A complete  list  of  the  materials  required  in  the  con- 
struction of  this  cottage,  with  prices  of  labor  and  ma- 
terial in  New  York,  will  be  sent  to  anyone  who  writes 
to  this  office  for  that  information. 


The  Mississippi  Cabin  Boaters. 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

It  may  be  that  I was  misinformed  in  regard  to  the  New 
Year’s  celebration  at  Friar’s  Point,  but  the  cabin-boater 
remarked  what  I said  he  did,  though  perhaps  not  in  the 
exact  words  that  I used.  It  seemed  to  me  that  shooting 
up  the  town  would  be  a natural  proceeding,  for  I had 
seen  Christmas  celebrated  with  guns  and  fire  crackers  in 
southwestern  Virginia,  and  exuberant  deer  hunters  rid- 
ing a buckboard  through  an  Adirondack  town  working 
the  levers  of  their  Winchesters  and  Marlins  as  they  went. 

What  Coahoma  says  of  my  associations  on  the  river  is 
true.  I was  taken  in  by  the  cabin-boater  as  a friend  and 
a brother.  I told  them  I was  going  to  write  them  up  and 
they  helped  me  get  the  facts  of  cabin  boat  life — and  that 
was  the  main  object  of  my  trip  down  the  river.  I got 
300,000  words  in  notes  from  which  the  Forest  and 
Stream  stories  have  been  written.  When  I came  to  read 
up  on  the  Mississippi  before  starting  on  the  trip  I could 
find  only  one  article  about  the  cabin  boaters.  This  one 
was  a story  in  Scribner’s  Magazine,  written  admittedly 
from  the  outside.  There  is  only  one  way  to  get  the  truth 
about  a people,  and  that  is  to  live  and  do  as  they  do*.  _ It 
is  hard  on  the  stomach  sometimes,  but  it  is  worth  doing 
and  ought  to  be  done  by  writers  before  they  stamp  “im- 
pressions” as  “true.” 

I did  not  say  “pine  logs”  were  on  the  Mississippi.  What 
I did  say  was  “pine  timber” — sawed  stuff.  As  I said  in 
my  article  “With  the  Mississippi  Cabin  Boaters,”  the  elec- 
tric belt  man  preferred  pine  for  fire  wood  above  any  other 
sort,  and  during  the  week  I was  with  him  he  was  always 
on  the  lookout  for  it.  He  used  cedar  for  kindling.  He 
found  the  stuff  in  the  shape  of  planksj  beams  and  chunks, 
the  wreckage  from  boats,  barges,  houses  and  the  waste 
from  mills  and  ship  yards  far  up  the  river.  The  Swede, 
John,  known  as  “the  Chinaman,”  just  above  Helena, 
where  he  watches  the  rafted  logs,  built  a 60ft.  (about) 
cabin  boat  from  a stranded  barge  right  there— “all  pine.” 

I am  inclined  to  discuss  the  cabin  boater’s  dialect,  espe- 
cially with  Coahoma.  I think  that  probably  half  or  more 
of  the  cabin  boaters  are  from  above  Cairo.  They  come 
from  Pennsylvania,  Indiana,  Illinois,  Ohio,  Iowa  and 
other  up-river  States.  If  he  is  a storeboat,  medicine  or 
grafter  cabin  boater,  his  associations  are  with  negroes  who 
are  his  customers  from  the  start.  He  “shades  the  white 
man.”  There  is  no  “impossible  combination  of  Yankee- 
isms  and  negroeisms.”  Had  Coahoma  met  Mrs.  Haney, 
the  Gambler,  Applegate,  or  other  river  people  he  would 
have  heard  the  real  river  dialect.  A combination  of  Indian 
Territory,  Kentucky  mountain,  Indianapolis,  Pittsburg 
and  St.  Louis  English  is  not  an  uncommon  thing  to  hear 
in  the  big  eddy  at  Helena,  or  in  the  mouth  of  Old  Ar- 
kansaw.  At  Lake  Providence  I met  a man  off  the  Coney 
Island  of  New  York,  at  Memphis  and  Greenville,  a boy 
who  had  lived  on  First  avenue,  New  York  city,  for  years. 
At  Arkansas  City  was  a photograph  boat  whose  owner 
had  an  Irish  brogue  comingled  with  expressions  from  the 
North,  South,  East  (India)  and  West  (California).  I 
did  not  find  the  cabin  boaters  ignorant,  and,  I am  bound 
to  say,  that  some  of  them  knew  the  river  much  better 
than  most  of  those  beyond  the  levees.  Most  of  those  I 
met  could  read  and  write.  Their  experiences,  their  range 
from  Pittsburg  to  Shreveport  and  New  Orleans,  and  their 
business  relations  give  the  cabin  boater  a dialect  to  which 
any  expression  is  admissible  if  the  cabin  boater  has  use 


for  it — and  he  usually  has  need  of  slang  of  all  descrip- 
tions. His  “business”  is  frequently  “making  easy  money” 
by  selling  cheap  things  dear.  But  some  of  the  store  boats 
compete  successfully  with  taxed  bank  commissaries.  The 
fishermen  are,  some  of  them,  makers  of  better  wages  than 
carpenters  or  other  tradesmen. 

Coahoma’s  most  serious  charge  against  my  narrative  is, 
to  my  mind,  “there  is  evidence,  however,  that  he  (Spears) 
has  to  some  extent  yielded  to  the  inclination  to  write 
picturesque  narrative  at  some  sacrifice  of  the  verities.” 
If  this  is  so,  the  story  of  “Floating  Down  the  Mississippi” 
loses  most  of  the  value  I place  upon  it.  I should  be  glad 
if  it  is  interesting,  but  if  it  isn’t  true  to  the  last,  least  de- 
tail it  isn’t  worth  doing. 

“Huckleberry  Finn,”  Bishop’s  “Six  Months  in  a Sneak 
Box,”  Doubleday’s  “A  Year  in  a Yawl,”  Mark  Twain’s 
“Life  on  the  Mississippi,”  etc.,  give  various  views  of  the 
river,  and  no  one  will  ever  describe  floating  in  a fog  bet- 
ter than  it  is  done  in  “Huckleberry  Finn”,  but  in  none  of 
the  things  I have  read  did  I find  any  more  than  an  ink- 
ling of  the  real  floating  population,  the  cabin  boaters, 
shanty  boaters  and  river  rats.  They  are  as  distinct  a race 
as  the  gypsies,  and  they  have  hit  upon  an  alluring  mode 
of  existence — a life  very  close  to  that  of  perpetual  vaca- 
tion. Raymond  S.  Spears. 

Little  Falls,  N V. 


Mongrel  Gipp. 

The  game  warden  was  a bachelor.  After  the  filthy 
sitting  room  of  the  hotel — filled  with  stable  boys,  loafers 
and  fourth-rate  commercial  travelers — his  snug  quarters 
seemed  almost  palatial.  A Franklin  stove  full  of  hard- 
wood logs  imparted  a pleasant  warmth  to  the  atmos- 
phere. Several  comfortable  chairs  offered  themselves 
to  our  weary  bodies — tired  by  a hard  day’s  cock  shoot- 
ing— and  an  array  of  guns,  rifles  and  fishing  rods  deco- 
rated the  walls.  Two  or  three  good  engravings,  a 
stuffed  wolf’s  head  and  a set  of  moose  horns,  used  as 
hat-rack,  filled  up  most  of  the  space.  Over  the  mantle- 
piece  a glass  case,  containing  a yellow  and  white 
mongrel  fox  terrier  and  topped  with  a most  formidable 
looking  salmon  gaff,  filled  the  space  usually  allotted  to 
a mirror. 

“That,”  said  the  game  warden,  noticing  my  look  at 
the  stuffed  mongrel,  “is  all  that  remains  of  the  best 
dog  I ever  owned.” 

I glanced  at  King  Agrippa,  the  bull  terrier,  a mass 
of  bone,  muscle  and  pluck,  as  he  lay  asleep  in  an  easy 
chair.  From  him  I looked  to  Old  Floss,  the  setter  we 
had  been  shooting  over  all  day,  and  little  Harmony,  the 
best  beagle  bitch  in  the  province,  who  was  taking  her 
ease  in  a whiskey  case  lined  with  old  carpet.  “Must 
have  been  pretty  good  dog  then,”  I remarked. 

“Care  to  hear  the  story?”  asked  the  game  warden. 
“Well,  fill  your  glass  again,  and  I’ll  tell  you  about  the 
dog  and  the  old  gaff  which  hangs  over  him.”  And  this 
was  the  story: 

“Gipp  was  his  name.  He  was  out  of  a thorough- 
bred English  fox-terrier  bitch,  by  a mongrel  bull-terrier 
dog.  They  drowned  all  the  litter  but  Gipp,  and  he  was 
only  spared  to  take  the  milk  from  his  mother.  Then  a 
small  kid  of  Peter  Mitchell’s  begged  the  pup  and  saved 
him  from  an  untimely  end.  He  was  always  a homely 
brute  to  look  at,  and  when  Peter  got  killed  in  the  mines 
his  widow  sent  the  dog  down  to  me  to  be  put  out  of 
the  way.  I hate  to  shoot  a dog,  but  I know  that 
when  I do  it,  I do  it  right:  so  I never  refuse.  They 
fetched  him  down  to  my  house  and  told  me  what  they 
wanted.  I took  a revolver  and  went  out  to  send  him 
to  Kingdom  Come,  and  then  I found  the  revolver 
wouldn’t  work.  I had  no  time  to  tinker  it,  and  so  I 
tied  the  pup  up  and  gave  him  a feed.  I hate  to  drown 
a dog,  and  no  money  would  make  me  poison  one. 
When  I got  the  mail  that  day  I found  an  American 
who  had  shot  with  me  wanted  the  mother  of  Old 
Floss.  Well,  I was  hard  up  and  I had  to  let  the  old 
bitch  go,  for  he  bid  me  $75  for  her.  Then  I thought 
that  maybe  as  the  pup  was  out  of  a well  bred  mother 
he  might  come  in  handy  as  a watch  dog,  and  I gave 
Mitchell’s  kid  a quarter  for  him  and  started  to  educate 
him. 

“Before  I had  had  him  two  months,  I had  him  in 
good  shape,  as  far  as  watching  a wagon  or  looking 
after  a camp  was  concerned.  The  devil  himself  couldn’t 
have  taken  so  much  as  a chew  of  tobacco  out  of  a team 
when  he  was  on  the  seat  and  in  charge  of  it. 

“The  place  I lived  in  then  was  a pretty  rough  one — 
no  police,  no  magistrate  worth  a hill  of  beans,  and  as 
tough  a lot  of  men  in  the  mines  and  lumber  mill  as 
any  one  could  want  to  see.  There  was  grand  fishing 
and  shooting,  however.  That  is  to  say,  when  they 
didn’t  sweep  all  the  salmon  out  of  the  pools,  or  string 
the  wood  roads  full  of  moose  snares.  Just  about  that 
time  they  made  me  game  warden,  and  I assure  you 
I wasn’t  the  most  popular  man  in  the  country  when 
they  found  it  out.  They  also  put  me  in  as  fishery  officer, 
and  gave  me  two  jackasses,  who  had  voted  the  right 
ticket  at  the  last  election,  as  watchmen.  I had  no 
use  for  them,  as  they  had  no  sand  in  them  and  were 
scared  to  death  of  Long  Angus  McGregor.  Long 
Angus  was  part  Irish,  part  Scotch,  with  little  Indian 
thrown  in.  He  had  all  the  bad  points  of  all  three  breeds, 
with  none  of  the  good  ones.  They  say  he  murdered 
two  boys  who  came  off  a vessel  and  stayed  at  his  house 
one  night.  They  never  proved  it  on  him,  but  the  boys 
were  paid  off  and  came  ashore  with  over  a hundred 
dollars  each  in  their  pockets.  They  went  up  to  his 
house  and  filled  up  on  bad  rum.  That  was  the  last  ever 
seen  of  them.  Well,  Long  Angus  was  all  the  time 
sweeping  and  spearing.  When  he  wasn’t  at  that,  he 
was  in  the  woods  setting  moose  snares.  I cut  up  a 
lot  of  his  snares,  and  he  sent  me  word  he  would  shoot 
me  if  ever  he  caught  me.  I called  myself  a fair  shot, 
and  I’m  no  coward,  so  I sent  him  word  back  that  I 
would  shoot  him  if  he  gave  me  half  a chance,  either  in 
the  woods  or  out  of  them.  He  had  enough  Indian  in 
him  to  make  him  cowardly,  and  he  was  treacherous.  I 
wasn’t  much  scared,  as  I always  carried  that  old  gaff 
with  me  when  I went  on  the  river  at  night,  and  I had 
a Snider  that  was  rank  poison  up  to  500  yards.  Long 
Angus  knew  this  and  gave  me  a wide  berth,  though  he 
used  to  shoot  off  his  mouth  when  he  was  half  drunk.” 

The  game  warden  reached  down  the  gaff  as  he  spoke 


[June  17,  1065. 


and  handed  it  to  me.  It  was  a most  formidable  weapon 
about  six  feet  long.  The  handle,  made  of  knotted 
black  thorn,  the  lower  end  terminating  in  a two-inch 
steel  spike  with  a heavy  iron  ferrule,  and  the  upper  end, 
garnished  with  the  customary  gaff  hook,  made  a 
weapon  as  formidable  as  the  quarterstaff  of  Robin 
Hood. 

It  s a rare  thing  to  get  a black  thorn  as  good  as 
that  in  this  country,”  he  went  on.  “I  gave  an  Indian 
a dollar  for  that  bit  of  lumber,  and  I’ve  seen  the  time 
when  I wouldn’t  have  taken  a thousand  for  it.  Just 
after  I was  appointed,  Angus  takes  a salmon  net  and 
sets  it  across  the  river  from  bank  to  bank  in  broad 
daylight  on  a Saturday.  He  dared  anyone  to  go  and 
take  it  up,  and  I accommodated  him  in  half  an  hour.  I 
took  the  net  to  Squire  Jones,  and  as  I hadn’t  seen 
Angus  set  it  he  put  it  in  his  barn  until  Monday.  He 
forgot  to  Jock  the  door  (I  guess  he  was  scared  Angus 
would  poison  his  cows  or  set  fire  to  his  wood-lot  if 
he  did),  and  on  Monday  morning  the  net  was  gone, 
and  Angus  had  the  laugh  on  me.  Well,  that  made  me 
mad,  and  all  the  next  week  I lay  out  at  night  hoping  to 
come  on  him  and  catch  him  red-handed. 

. “That  pup  had  a bad  trick  of  setting  out  and  follow- 
ing me  when  he  wasn’t  wanted,  and  after  I had  licked 
him  for  doing  it  once  or  twice,  he  grew  so  cute  I 
couldn’t  catch  him.  He  never  barked  or  made  any 
noise,  and  he  always  kept  a pistol  shot  or  so  away  from 
me.  It  was  on  the  Thursday  night  after  I took  the 
net  that  we  had  the  row.  About  midnight  I saw  a 
torch  coming  down  the  river  over  the  best  salmon 
pool  I knew  it  was  Angus,  though  he  had  his  face 
blackened  and  a woman’s  skirt  on.  They  speared  six 
salmon  before  their  torch  burnt  out.  When  they  saw 
it  was  just  going,  they  ran  the  canoe — a heavy  dugout 
— to  the  shore  and  Angus  says  to  his  boy,  ‘I  guess  we 
may  as  well  land  here,  that  cursed  game  warden  is  in 
bed,  and  we  have  all  the  salmon  the  stage  will  take 
out  for  us  to-morrow.’  Just  as  soon  as  Angus  stepped 
out  of  the  canoe  I rose  from  the  bushes  and  made  a 
rush  for  him.  He  didn’t  see  me  until  I had  my  hand 
on  his  shoulder.  ‘I  arrest  you  in  the  Queen’s  name,’ 
I said.  ‘Damn  the  Queen  and  you,  too,’  says  he,  and 
as  quick  as  a flash  he  pulled  a knife  and  went  for  me. 
I slipped  on  the  round  stones  and  my  foot  went  from 
under  me.  In  another  second  I felt  his  knee  on  my 
breast,  and  then  just  as  he  struck,  a white  flash  came 
through  the  air  and  the  little  pup  grabbed  him  bv  the 
throat. 

“Gipp  was  different  from  Agrippa  there.  He  never 
held  on,  he  bit  like  a fox,  as  fast  as  he  could  snap,  and 
he  had  in  him  enough  of  the  old  bull-terrier  that  sired 
him  to  make  his  jaws  as  powerful  as  a wolf  trap.  The 
knife  missed  my  throat,  but  it  took  me  in  the  shoulder, 
and  the  point  broke  on  my  shoulder  bone.  The  pup 
made  his  teeth  meet  in  the  side  of  his  neck,  and  then 
as  quick  as  a flash  he  had  him  by  the  hand  he  had  his 
knife  in.  I slid  from  under  him  and  my  hand  came 
against  the  gaff  I had  dropped  when  I fell.  I grabbed 
it,  and  as  he  turned  to  stab  the  dog,  I gave  him  two 
cuts  on  the  head  with  the  business  end  as  hard  as  I 
could.  He  dropped  like  a log  and  then  I put  handcuffs 
on  him.  His  boy  had  got  out  of  the  canoe  by  this  time 
and  was  coming  for  me  with  a spear.  ‘Hold  on,’  says 
I,  hauling  out  my  revolver.  ‘I  don’t  want  to  shoot; 
but  n you  come  a yard  nearer  I will  fill  you  as  full  of 
lead  as  hell  is  full  of  devils.’  He  didn’t  wait.  He  put 
for  home.  I thought  I had  killed  Angus,  but  he  came 
to  after  awhile.  I made  him  get  up  and  I walked  him 
over  to  the  nearest  house  and  then  I fainted  from  loss 
of  blood.  In  the  morning  I took  Mr.  Angus  before 
Squire  Jones,  and  he  said  it  was  a serious  offense  and 
committed  him  to  the  Supreme  Court  and  put  him 
under  $200  bonds  to  appear.  Angus  didn’t  care  to  take 
chances.  He  skipped  the  country  and  has  never  come 
back  since.  His  bondsmen  had  to  pay  the  bill,  and  the 
judge  gave  Squire  Jones  the  darndest  tongue-lashing 
I ever  heard.  I never  minded  the  pup  following  me  at 
night  after  that. 

“I  got  the  canoe  and  eleven  salmon.  The  boy  proved 
an  alibi  when  I fetched  him  into  court.” 

“Proved  an  alibi!”  I exclaimed  in  astonishment.  “I 
thought  you  recognized  him.” 

“So  I did;  but  when  the  case  came  up  for  trial  there 
were  three  or  four  other  people  to  swear  he  was  ten 
miles  away  at  the  time  I took  his  father.” 

A rap  at  the  door  interrupted  the  conversation,  the 
newcomer  was  the  Presbyterian  minister. 

“I  was  telling  our  friend  the  story  of  old  Gipp,”  said 
the  game  warden,  when  the  visitor  had  seated  himself. 

Poor  old  fellow,”  said  he,  “I  shall  never  forget  the 
time  he  ‘treed’  the  nigger  minister.  My  friend  here  had 
to  take  a trip  to  Montreal,  and  he  left  Gipp  with  me. 
Gipp  hated  a nigger  like  poison,  and  he  had  an  especial 
spite  against  this  man,  who  was  conducting  a revival 
among  the  darkies.  He  was  a good  speaker  and  had 
a fair  education,  but  he  used  to  take  a little  too  much 
whiskey  when  his  day’s  work  was  finished.  Late  one 
night  he  undertook  to  cross  the  lower  end  of  my  lot, 
he  had  a little  black  bag  with  him,  with  two  bottles  of 
rum  in  it.  Gipp  met  him  and  he  had  to  take  to  a tree. 

I was  in  bed  when  I heard  the  most  unearthly  howling, 
barking,  and  swearing.  I hurried  on  my  things  and 
when  I got  to  the  end  of  the  lot  I found  his  reverence 
perched  in  a little  tree,  with  the  dog  almost  foaming 
at  the  mouth.  The  man  had  the  bag  with  the  bottles 
in  it  hugged  in  his  arms.  I got  the  dog  away,  and  the 
darkey  climbed  down.  I gently,  but  firmly,  demanded 
to  see  what  he  had  in  the  bag,  thinking  that  he  might 
have  some  of  my  property  there.  I can  never  forget 
the  look  on  his  face  when  the  two  bottles  came  to 
light.  Excuse  the  interruption,  where  had  you  got  in 
your  story?” 

“I  had  just  told  my  friend  the  yarn  about  Long  Angus 
McGregor,  and  his  boy,  the  time  I took  the  old  man,” 
replied  the  game  warden. 

“It  would  be  about  two  years  after  this  that  old 
Squire  Gawler  sent  me  word  to  come  down  to  the  mouth 
of  the  trout  brook  to  look  after  some  nets  that  were 
set  there.  I found  a fellow  tending  the  nets  well  inside 
the  limits,  and  I had  to  take  him  and  his  nets  before 
old  Gawler.  Gawler  was  one  of  those  miserable  beasts 
who  have  a justice’s  commission  and  tried  to  make  a 
living  out  of  it.  If  a man  has  a first-class  criminal 


June  17, 1905.]  FOREST  AND  STREAM.  478 


ase  they  won’t  look  at  it;  but  if  it  is  a small  debt  or  a 
etty  assault,  he  will  jump  at  it  (if  the  defendant  isn’t 
n his  side  of  politics)  and  make  a week’s  living  out 
f his  costs  and  fees.  Well,  Gawler  wouldn’t  listen  to 
;ason.  He  fined  the  poor  old  fellow  $50  and  costs, 
tid  gave  him  a week  to  pay  in.  I would  have  thought 
ro  all  right.  When  the  trial  was  over  he  turns  and  says 
:j  the  Squire,  ‘It’s  a lucky  thing  for  you  that  the  hog- 
nd-cattle-reeve  is  your  son-in-law.  How  is  it  that  your 
'OSS  bull  is  running  at  large  all  oven  the  country,  and 
ou  never  get  fined?’  You  see  they  allowed  oxen  and 
dws  to  run,  but  there  was  a fine  of  $20  for  allowing  a 
all  to  range.  Gawler  said  the  bull  had  broken  out  of 
iis  pasture  and  he  couldn’t  catch  him.  I thought  no 
lore  about  the  matter  and  I started  for  home  on  foot. 
: was  a six-mile  walk,  most  of  it  over  bare  barrens, 
he  fire  had  swept  every  tree  off  them,  and  there  wasn’t 
bush  three  feet  high. 

“I  was  boarding  with  a widow  at  that  time  who 
id  a daughter  ten  years  old  and  a stepson  about  my 
wn  age.  The  kid  was  a very  nice  child  and  very  fond 
f me.  She  used  to*  study  her  lessons  in  my  office,  and 
;r  half-brother  and  I were  the  best  of  friends.  This 
ly  she  said  she  was  coming  to  meet  me  after  school,  and 
;r  mother  gave  her  leave.  Well,  I was  about ' half  way 
^er  the  barrens,  when  I saw  a bunch  of  cattle  lying 
jwn  in  a some  little  alder  bushes.  I thought  no  more 
lout  it,  as  every  one  let  their  stock  run  in  the  summer 
onths.  As  I got  closer  to  them  one  of  them  got  up 
id  came  toward  we,  and  I saw  it  was  Gawler’s  bull, 
ave  you  ever  seen  a cross  bull  prepare  for  action? 
isn’t  a pleasant  sight  when  he  is  in  earnest  and  you 
■e  the  party  of  the  second  part.  Well,  Gawler’s  bull 
ent  through  the  entire  ceremony.  He  hooked  up  the 
round  and  pawed  and  bellowed,  and  ran  out  his 
mgue  like  four  of  a kind.  I had  the  gaff  with  me  and 
hile  the  bull  was  getting  up  steam,  I gathered  a 
icket  full  of  rocks  as  big  as  goose-eggs.  I had  licked 
ipp  a dozen  times  for  chasing  cattle,  so  I reckoned  he 
ould  be  of  no  account  in  this  affair. 

“The  bull  took  about  five  minutes  to  work  himself 
> to  fighting  point,  and  then  he  came  for  me  head 
Dwn,  tail  in  the  air  and  the  froth  dripping  out  of  his 
outh.  He  just  missed  me  and  I gave  him  a rock  on 
le  of  his  horns  as  hard  as  I could  throw  it.  The  next 
oment  he  was  on  to  me  again,  and  I tried  to  stab 
in  in  the  eye  with  the  spike  on  the  gaff.  I missed  his 
e and  struck  him  in  the  jaw,  and  then  the  dog  mittened 
im  behind.  It  was  the  only  time  I ever  knew  him 
* hold  on  to  anything.  He  grabbed  the  bull  by  the 
il  about  half  way  up  and  held  on  like  grim  death, 
he  bull  wheeled  and  I kept  plying  him  with  rocks  and 
abbing  him  with  the  gaff-spike.  At  last  the  dog 
lit  his  hold,  and  the  brute  turned  on  me  again.  This 
me  I had  better  luck  and  I drove  the  spike  into  his 
^e.  They  I had  him  where  I wanted  him,  and  I kept 
ie  dog  harrassing  him  and  piled  the  rocks  into  him 
itil  he  concluded  he  would  be  more  comfortable 
nnewhere  else.  The  dog  undertook  to  show  him  the 
ay  and  chased  him  into  a swamp.  I was  pretty  well 
me  out,  I can  tell  you.  It  was  a hot  day  to  begin  with, 
id  I had  never  acted  as  a matador  before.  I hadn’t 
fished  my  contract  five  minutes,  when  I saw  Alice, 
e kid  I spoke  of  before,  coming  down  the  road  with 
lother  little  girl.  They  both  had  red  dresses  on,  and 
I hadn’t  happened  along  they  would  both  have  stood 
first-class  chance  of  being  killed.  I didn’t  say  a word 
mut  it  to  the  children,  but  as  soon  as  I got  home  I 
ild  Hubert,  Alice’s  brother,  and  we  went  and  took  out 


papers  for  old  man  Gawler.  It  cost  him  about  $50  all 
told,  for  he  fought  the  case  and  hired  a lawyer.  If  I 
had  thought  a good  deal,  of  Gipp  after  the  affair  with 
Angus,  I thought  more  of  him  after  the  battle  with  the 
bull. 

“He  made  a good  bird  dog  after  his  own  peculiar 
style,  and  when  he  went  after  a rabbit  he  almost  always 
brought  it  round  in  shot  of  me.  He  would  keep  to 
heel  like  a retriever,  and  stand  a bird  like  a setter;  and 
lie  would  carry  a wounded  bird  a mile  and  not  ruffle 
its  feathers.  In  that  section  the  woods  were  full  of 
traps  and  snares,  all  the  fall,  and  unless  a dog  knew 
enough  to  keep  clear  of  them,  he  was  likely  to  get 
caught  or  strung  up.  I taughet  Gipp  to  give  all  such 
things  a wide  berth,  and  if  he  found  them  to  let  me 
know.  He  had  a certain  kind  of  howl  he  used  to  give 
when  he  found  a trap  or  a snare,  and  if  by  any  chance 
there  was  live  game  in  them  he  would  make  a racket 
you  could  hear  a mile  on  a still  day.  I spoke  of  Long 
Angus’  boy.  He  was  grown  up  by  this  time  and  he 
turned  out  a worse  man  than  his  father.  He  had  all  the 
craft  and  subtlety  of  the  devil;  and  he  had  it  in  for  me, 
on  the  old  man’s  account,  and  his  own,  too.  I cut  up 
over  twenty  of  his  snares  in  one  day,  and  he  knew  it 
was  I.  Unlike  his  papa,  he  never  threatened  me.  That 
is  the  kind  of  man  I’m  scared  of.  Give  me  a fellow 
who  is  all  the  time  saying  what  he’s  going  to  do,  and 
in  nine  cases  out  of  ten,  I’ll  show  you  a rank  coward 
when  it  comes  to  the  point. 

“Murdoch  never  had  a word  to  say  about  me.  If  I 
met  him  he  always  spoke  civilly,  and  at  the  same  time 
I was  sure  that  he  would  poison  my  dogs  or  murder 
me  if  he  could  do  it  without  being  found  out.  One 
day  in  October  I took  three  days’  grub  and  started 
on  a snare  hunt.  Some  city  men  had  been  down  shoot- 
ing, and  they  ran  on  to  Murdoch’s  line  of  snares  and 
found  a dead  cow  moose  in  one  of  them.  They  sent 
word  to  the  chief  commissioner  that  I was  neglecting 
my  duty,_  and  he  sends  me  a letter,  with  a check  for 
$20  and  instruction  to  go  in  and  cut  down  ever  snare 
I could  find.  I went  in  and  lit  on  two  batches  of 
snares  and  let  a moose  go  by  shooting  off  the  rope 
which  held  it.  I also  found  the  snarer’s  camp  with  a 
lot  of_  rope  and  a lot  of  snares  ready  to  set.  I cut  the 
rope  into  foot  lengths  outside  the  camp  and  then  I set 
the  camp  on  fire  with  all  there  was  in  it.  Maybe  I 
went  too  far,  but  it  made  me  mad  to  see  the  place  where 
the  poor  devil  of  a cow  had  starved  to  death.  That 
sort  of  thing  makes  me  mad.  I have  seen  a good  many 
moose  shot  and  I have  killed  my  own  share  of  them; 
but  when  a man  sets  snares  and  is  too  lazy  to  tend  them 
and  lets  his  game  starve  to  death  in  them  I can’t  stand 
that.  Murdoch  was  on  his  way  to  the  woods  that  day, 
and  he  got  to  his  camp  just  in  time  to  see  the  last 
embers  of  it  going  out.  It  .came  on  an  early  snowstorm 
and  he  nearly  froze  to  death,  as  his  ax  was  burnt  and 
he  had  no  chance  to  build  a shelter.  The  drenching  he 
got  brought  on  pneumonia.  But  with  the  assistance  of 
the  doctor  and  the  devil  he  pulled  through.  He  was 
too  weak  to  do  much  poaching  that  winter  and  that 
was  worth  something  to  me. 

“Next  fall  he  started  in  again  and  I went  to  the 
woods  after  snares  as  usual.  I was  coming  down  an 
old  woodroad  just  at  dusk  one  evening  when  master 
Gipp,  who  was  just  ahead  of  me,  stops  at  a little  wind- 
fall spruce  across  the  road,  and  sets  up  the  confoundest 
ki-yi  I ever  heard.  I sung  out  to  him  to  quit  fooling, 
but  he  only  yelped  the  more.  When  I got  up  to  him  I 
found  a bear  trap  set  in  the  moss.  If  I’d  stepped  over 


the  windfall  my  foot  would  have  gone  into  it,  and  you 
can  figure  the  result. 

“The  trap  was  set  so  that  no  man  would  ever  suspect 
it  was  there,  and  there  wasn’t  a particle  of  bait  near 
it.  It  was  set  for  me,  and  I knew  it  at  once.  I had 
a friend  camped  about  two  miles  from  here.  I went 
through  the  woods  and  told  him  about  it,  and  he 
said  he  would  watch  the  trap  with  me.  We  made  a 
dummy  out  of  my  clothes  and  put  it  in  the  trap  and 
laid  it  face  downward.  Then  we  started  to  watch.  We 
spent  two  whole  days  at  it,  then  on  the  morning  of  the 
third  day  we  saw  Murdoch  coming  down  the  road  with  a 
musket  under  his  arm.  He  came  in  sight  of  the  trap, 
and  saw  the  dummy  lying  on  its  face.  ‘Got  you  at  last,’ 
he  sings  out,  and  then  he  leaned  on  his  gun  and 
laughed;  then  he  laid  the  gun  down  and  started  for  the 
dummy  in  the  trap.  I jumped  from  the  bushes  and  lit 
on  him,  like  a cat  lights  on  a rabbit.  He  had  no  chance 
with  me,  and  when  my  friend  got  us  apart  I had  pretty 
badly  used  him  up.  He  went  out  of  the  woods 
and  tried  to  get  law  on  me,  but  he  soon  found  he  was 
in  for  all  the  law  he  wanted,  and  he  packed  up  and  went 
after  his  father. 

“I  had  that  pup  for  nearly  ten  years,  and  then  an  old 
aunt  of  mine  died.  She  left  me  a good  bit  of  money, 
and  I had  to  go  to  Bermuda  to  settle  up  the  estate. 
A decent  Yankee  had  been  shooting  with  me  that  fall 
and  I wrote  and  asked  him  if  he  would  take  old  Gipp 
and  give  him  a good  home.  He  wrote  me  back  he 
would  give  me  $50  for  him,  old  as  he  was.  I refused  to 
sell  him,  and  finally  I sent  him  down  to  Cambridge  on 
the  understanding  that  he  was  never  to  be  sold  or  given 
away. 

“It  took  me  a year  to  get  my  business  in  Bermuda 
and  elsewhere  settled.  I heard  from  my  friend  in 
Cambridge  that  Gipp  had  been  ill  and  that  they  had 
had  the  best  veterinary  surgeon  in  Massachusetts  to  at- 
tend him.  I went  to  Boston  when  I was  on  my  way 
home,  and  the  day  I landed  I caught  a Cambridge  car 
and  went  over  to  see  the  old  dog. 

“I  had  telephoned  my  friend  when  to  expect  me,  and 
when  I reached  his  house  he  was  talking  to  a gentleman 
on  the  sidewalk.  ‘This  is  the  doctor  who  has  been 
attending  old  Gipp,’  says  he.  ‘Gipp,  come  here  and  see 
your  master.’  The  dog  was  lying  on  the  piazza,  and  he 
started  to  walk  down  the  path  at  a slow  walk.  I gave 
the  whistle  he  knew,  and  in  an  instant  he  laid  legs  to 
the  ground  and  came  for  me  like  the  wind. 

“He  came  to  the  place  where  I was  standing,  jumped 
on  me  and  tried  to  lick  my  face,  then  he  rolled  over 
on  his  side  and  the  man  who  had  him  said  ‘That  dog 
has  taken  a fit.’  The  veterinary  surgeon  says,  ‘The  dog 
hasn’t  taken  a fit  at  all,  he’s  dead.’  And  so  it  was. 
It  seems  he  had  some  heart  trouble,  and  when  he  saw 
me  and  got  excited  it  was  too  much  for  the  poor  old 
beggar.  I sent  his  body  to  Fraser,  the  Boston  taxi- 
dermist, and  I had  to  pay  quite  a little  sum  to  have  him 
stuffed,  but  I didn’t  grudge  it  all  the  same.  I con- 
sider that  he  saved  my  life  three  times  at  least  and  I 
never  looked  at  him  without  thinking  of  those  lines 
of  Whyte  Melville’s:” 

There  are  men  both  good  and  great,  who  hold  that  in  a future  state 
The  dumb  creatures  we  have  cherished  here  below 
Shall  give  us  joyous  greeting  when  we  pass  the  Golden  Gate, 

Is  it  folly  that  I hope  it  may  be  so? 

Edmund  F.  L.  Jenner. 


Digbv,  Nova  Scotia 


A Deadly  Snake* 

Tapachula,  Chiapas,  Mexico,  May  15.- — Editor  Forest 
td  Stream:  An  Indian  workman  here  on  my  coffee  es- 
te  was  bitten  between  the  fingers  of  his  left  hand  by  a 
lake,  and  when  he  arrived  at  my  house  two*  hours  after 
a was  bitten  his  hand  and  arm  was  badly  swollen.  The 
veiling  gradually  went  up  his  arm  to  his  shoulder  and 
ffiind  the  shoulder  and  nearly  down  over  his  heart.  He 
emed  to  suffer  most  awfully,  and  could  not  sleep  during 
|ie  whole  night.  At  the  end  of  three  days  his  people  came 
own  from  their  town  and  carried  him  off  on  their  backs, 
have  not  heard  yet  the  result — this  was  about  two  weeks 
;o. 

The  snake  was  green  in  color,  about  2)4  feet  long  with 
very  small  neck  and  very  broad  and  angular  head,  and 
as  coiled  in  a bush  about  three  feet  from  the  ground.  I 
nt  an  Indian,  immediately  after  the  bitten  man  arrived, 
bring  it  in,  as  he  told  me  that  he  had  killed  it  with  his 
achete  and  that  it  could  be  found  on  a certain  trail 
irough  the  forest.  The  man  who  went  after  it  found 
rother  larger  one  of  the  same  variety  coiled  up  on  top 
the  dead  one,  which  he  killed  and  brought  the  two 
ick  to  me.  I found  the  fangs  about  one-half  inch  long, 
an  you  kindly  tell  me  what  kind  of  snake  this  is,  name, 
id  whether  it  is  considered  poisonous? 

Guatemala. 


tail,  and  as  the  one  referred  to  was  found  in  a bush,  this 
seems  likely  to  be  the  animal.] 


9 [From  the  very  general  description  given,  it  is  difficult 
say  what  the  snake  was,  but  it  is  quite  possible  that  it 
ilonged  to  the  Fer  de  lance  group;  venomous  snakes 
iund  in  the  West  Indies  and  in  Central  and  South 
merica.  The  Fer  de  lance  is  described  as  a snake  of 
fgressive  disposition,  attacking  without  a warning  and 
•owing  to  large  size.  It  is  known  as  Lachesis  Icmce- 
atus,  and  is  related  to  the  copperhead  of  North  America, 
here  is  a small  green  Lachesis,  which  has  been  im- 
irted  from  Guatemala,  not  very  far  from  _ Tapachula, 
hiapas;  and  this  may,  perhaps,  be  the  one  that  bit  the 
idian.  L.  lanceolatus  is  sometimes  sage  green  with 
trker  bands.  It  is  found  in  Central  America  as  well  as 
South  America.  The  little  bicolor  has  a prehensile 


Preserving  the  Big  Trees. 

A recent  news  dispatch  from  Washington  to  the  daily 
papers  appears  to  attribute  to  the  United  States  Bureau 
of  Forestry  some  remarkable  statements  about  the  repro- 
ductive powers  of  the  Big  Trees.  Perhaps  the  Bureau  is 
not  to  be  held  responsible  for  the  newspaper  interpreta- 
tion of  its  bulletin,  but  here  is  the  dispatch : 

“Washington,  June  2. — The  United  States  Bureau  of 
Forestry  has  reached  the  stage  in  its  experiments  looking 
to  the  reproduction  of  the  famous  ‘Big  Trees’  of  Califor- 
nia, to  make  the  positive  announcement  that,  contrary  to 
prevalent  belief,  this  race  of  forest  monarchs  need  not 
become  extinct,  but  may  be  greatly  multiplied.  In  a bul- 
letin issued  to-day  it  is  said  the  trees  seed  freely,  but  that 
the  seeds  rarely  germinate  except  when  they  fall  where 
the  ground  has  recently  been  burned  over.” 

Surely  the  Bureau  of  Forestry  has  not  shared  in  the 
“prevalent  belief”  that  Big  Tree  seeds  do*  not  germinate. 
If  the  Bureau  ever  thinks  the  seeds  rarely  germinate,  it 
has  overlooked  the  facts.  There  are  Sequoias  in  England, 
grown  from  seeds  planted  forty  years  ago.  There  are 
seedling  Big  Trees  in  the  Capitol  grounds  at  Sacramento 
as  large  around  the  trunk  as  a man’s  thigh.  In  the  Mari- 
posa Grove,  more  than  a dozen  years  ago,  I saw  seedlings 
thicker  than  the  hair  on  a dog’s  back.  They  covered  the 
ground  like  a carpet,  and  they  were  all  planted  by  nature 
without  man’s  aid. 

The  problem  of  the  preservation  of  the  Big  Trees  is 
not  one  of  reproduction  of  species.  A million  seedlings 
do  not  compensate  for  the  loss  of  one  of  the  giants.  It 
will  take  a thousand  years  for  a seedling  to  become  a real 
Big  Tree,  and  four  times  a thousand  years  to  attain  the 
proportions  of  some  that  are  now  in  danger  of  vandal 
destruction.  Providing  Big  Trees  for  the  admiration  and 
wonder  of  posterity  forty  centuries  hence  is  taking  rather 
a long  altruistic  look  ahead.  Several  things  may  happen 
before  those  seedlings  grow  up  to  full  stature. 


It  is  well  to  provide  for  preservation  of  the  species  by 
planting  young  trees  wherever  conditions  are  favorable, 
but  it  is  not  well  to  rest  content  with  that  and  let  the  real 
Big  Trees  be  destroyed. 

Except  to  the  eye  of  one  having  some  botanical  knowl- 
edge, the  Sequoia  of  ten  or  twenty  years’  growth  is  not 
readily  distinguishable  from  other  conifers.  Its  bark  is 
gray,  showing  no  trace  of  the  rich  terra  cotta  coloring 
which  is  one  of  the  striking  beauties  of  the  Big  Tree.  The 
giant  Sequoia,  in  all  its  unique  characteristics,  is  the  pro- 
duct of  centuries.  To  permit  it  to  be  destroyed  by  sordid 
commercialism  would  be  a crime  of  the  centuries. 

Allen  Kelly. 


Making  a Monkey  of  Htmself. 

To  call  tiger  the  proceeding  was  as  follows:  The 

Mikir,  having  first  ascertained  that  a tiger  was  in  the 
neighborhood,  would  climb  into  a well  branched  leafy  tree 
situated  near  where  he  supposed  the  tiger  to  be,  and,  after 
hiding  himself  among  the  branches  as  best  he  could, 
would  commence  to  imitate  the  chattering  of  a monkey, 
and  break  and  drop  twigs  in  the  way  that  monkeys  do. 
Then  he  would  let  fall  to  the  ground  a bundle  of  rags, 
weighted  so  that  the  thud  when  it  struck  the  ground 
would  sound  as  if  a baby  monkey  had  tumbled  down  from 
the  tree,  and  at  the  same  time  would  imitate  the  supposed 
baby  monkey  cries.  This  would  be  the  supreme  moment, 
for  if  a tiger  were  near  it  would  often  spring  out,  in  the 
hope  of  snapping  up  such  a dainty  morsel  as  a young 
monkey,  and  then  a bullet  from  the  gun  of  the  hidden 
Mikir  might  find  its  billet  in  the  tiger’s  body.  By  this 
means  the  Mikir  was  said  to  have  killed  a considerable 
number  of  tigers,  and  certainly  the  man’s  power  of 
mimicry  was  wonderfully  good.  The  call  for  deer  was 
of  an  entirely  different  nature,  the  sound  imitated  being 
the  cry  of  a fawn,  and,  as  this  cry  sometimes  attracted 
tigers  too,  it  had  to*  be  adopted  with  caution,  because  it 
was  used  only  in  open  grass  land,  from  which  the  caller 
would  not  have  had  much  chance  to  escape  were  a tiger 
suddenly  to  put  in  an  appearance.— London  Field. 


474  FOREST  AND  STREAM.  [June  17,  1905. 


Sporting  in  China. —IL 

In  the  preceding  number  I have  described,  according 
to  my  own  experiences,  such  a houseboat  as  a sports- 
man in  China  would  hnd  suitable  for  travel,  and  it  may 
be  added,  that,  from  the  more  important  open  ports, 
there  are  regular  lines  of  steam  launches  running  as 
far  into  the  interior  as  the  depths  of  the  water  in  the 
creeks  and  canals  will  permit.  And  frequently  the 
sportsman  has  his  houseboat  towed  by  one  of  these 
launches  more  than  one  hundred  miles  into  the  interior, 
when  the  boat  may  at  any  time  be  disconnected  from 
the  launch  and  sculled  up  any  of  the  creeks  whose 
waters  connect  with  the  main  channels  of  inland  naviga- 
tion. 

The  proper  equipment  for  the  sportsman  is  always 
of  the  first  consideration,  for  without  this  essential  he 
will  face  constant  irritation  when  he  enters  the  field, 
and  there  can  be  nothing  so  annoying  as  an  indifferent 
dog  and  a gun  and  cartridges  in  which  he  has  no 
confidence.  During  the  first  and  middle  parts  of  the 
season,  the  cover  is  quite  thick,  and  a good  dog  is  in- 
dispensable, and  it  is  equally  as  requisite  that  the  sports- 
man should  know  the  carrying  power  of  his  gun,  and 
that  his  cartridges  are  of  the  best  grade.  My  own  is  a 
German  pointer,  nearly  full-blooded,  and  an  excellent 
retriever.  He  is  easily  controlled  and  seldom  hunts 
outside  of  a radius  of  twenty-five  yards.  But  in  that 
excellent  book  entitled  “With  Boat  and  Gun  in  the 
Yangtsze  Valley,”  by  H.  T.  Wade,  I find  some  inter- 
esting notes  by  the  author,  himself  an  experienced 
sportsman,  on  the  best  dog  for  shooting  purposes  in 
China,  and  I could  not  be  more  just  to  my  reader  than 
to  place  before  him  what  Mr.  Wade  has  written  on 
this  subject: 

“Retriever:  It  will  only  be  necessary  here  to  take 

note  of  one  kind  of  retriever,  the  black,  flat-coated 
kind,  for  the  objections  that  may  be  raised  against  him 
can  only  be  intensified  when  applied  to  the  curly-coated 
description. 

“Admitting  to  the  fullest  that  a retriever  is  a won- 
derfully sagacious  dog,  and  that  he  is  capable  of  afford- 
ing lots  of  sport,  yet  the  following  objections  may  be 
found  to  weigh  against  him  and  long-haired  dogs 
generally. 

“In  the  first  place,  rheumatism  is  by  no  means  an 
uncommon  complaint  in  China,  and  no  animal  renders 
itself  more  liable  to  this  ailment  than  one  that  is  diffi- 
cult and  troublesome  to  dry.  A dog  has  to  negotiate 
a lot  of  ‘water  business’  in  the  course  of  a day’s  shoot- 
ing in  these  provinces.  He  often  returns  to  the  boat 
wet,  only  to  be  turned  over  to  the  tender  mercies  of 
a coolie,  who  performs  the  essential  duties  of  drying 
and  grooming  in  any  but  a thorough  manner;  so  that 
the  animal  not  only  may  be  sent  to  bed  wet  himself, 
but  be  an  active  cause  of  discomfort  to  his  kennel  com- 
panions. Besides,  retrievers  generelly  hold  so  much 
water  in  their  coats  as  to  render  themselves  a perfect 
nuisance  when  crossing  creeks  in  sampans  or  dinghies. 
Further  than  this,  the  very  nature  of  their  jackets 
renders  them  specially  liable  to  collect  the  grass  and 
other  seeds,  ‘fruitful  cause  of  so  much  woe.’  Finally 
retrievers  from  their  size  and  weight  constantly  find 
themselves  in  trouble  when  working  brambly  cover, 
are  invariably  clumsy  in  their  attempts  at  extrication 
from  tangled  beans  and  similar  crops,  and  as  a rule 
are  not  only  slow  in  setting  to  work  to  bring  back  a 
wounded  bird,  but  slower  still  in  returning  with  the 
quarry.  Such  are  the  more  prominent  objections  to 
this  class  of  dog. 

“Still,  should  a sportsman  elect  to  have  a retriever  in 
this  country,  he  might  with  advantage  have  regard  to 
the  following  simple  points:  The  head  should;  be  long, 

with  a squarish,  not  a pointed,  muzzle;  the  ear  small; 
the  neck  ‘airy,’  and  the  tail  carried  below  :the  level  of 
the  back.  Above  all,  he  should  stand  low. 

“Spaniels : By  far  the  most  numerous  class  of  sport- 

ing dogs  in  China  are  the  spaniel  descriptions.  They 
run  in  all  sorts  of  shapes  and  sizes  and  colors,  and  for 
the  most  part  are  of  the  most  mixed  origin.  Seldom  is 
a really  well-shaped  spaniel  seen  out  here,  less  fre- 
quently a well-broken  one.  In  the  open  country  they 
are  of  but  little  use,  as  the  speedy  pheasant  can  easily 
run  away  from  them;  in  a canebrake  they  are  not  big 
enough  to  get  over  or  strong  enough  to  force  their 
way  through  the  thick  tangle  which  lies  at  the  foot  of 
the  canestalk;  and  it  is  seldom  that  one  comes  across 
a dog  that  will  work  a copse  in  anything  like  a sys- 
tematic manner.  Still,  if  spaniels  were  taken  in  hand 
early,  were  taught  to  work  the  covers  properly,  and 
restricted  to  that  particular  kind  of  shooting,  it  might 
be  just  as  well  to  own  one.  A brace  of  busy,  well- 
broken  spaniels  is  a pretty  sight,  no  doubt,  but  one 
quite  unknown  in  these  parts.  Yet  should  the  sports- 
man determine  on  a spaniel,  he  would  probably  be  on 
the  right  track  if  he  secured  a dog  with  some  of  the 
unmistakable  Clumber  strain  in  him.  Clumbers  are 
slow,  but  they  are  pretty  sure  and.  very  strong;  and 
being  flat-coated — for  any  curl  is  indicative  of  a cross — 
are  better  adapted  for  working  undergrowth  than  any 
other  kind  of  spaniel;  and  the  bigger  and  heavier  the 
dog  the  better,  for  a three-pound  fluttering  cock  pheas- 
ant is  no  mean  mouthful.  Other  great  drawbacks  to 
spaniels  are  that  their  long  ears  and  full  coats  are 
certain  seed-traps,  and  require  a large  amount  of  care 
to  keep  clean  and  dry. 

“Setters:  From  time  to  time  some  capital  setters 

have  been  seen  in  China — handsome,  well-bred  and 
in  some  instances  well-broken  dogs  of  nearly  all  the 
recognized  breeds — Laveracks,  Llewellyns,  Gordons,  and 
Irish;  of  the  two  last  kinds,  Shanghai  can  still  boast  of 
some  good  examples,  ‘surpassingly  beautiful,’  as  Id- 
stone  enthusiastically  describes  them.  In  a less  de- 


gree, because  his  coat  lies  flatter,  but  still  to  some 
extent,  the  same  objections  that  have  been  advanced 
against  the  retriever  and  spaniel  apply  to  the  graceful 
setter.  Seeds  will  find  their  way  into  his  feet  and 
ears  and  armpits,  and  the  thick  hair  between  his  toes; 
and,  when  it  is  remembered  that  one  cruel  grass  seed 
between  the  toes  is  enough  to  lame  a dog,  and  one 
seed  in  the  ear  quite  sufficient  to  set  up  an  annoying 
cankerous  discharge,  the  reasonableness  of  not  shoot- 
ing over  a valuable  animal  until  the  seeds  have  been 
rendered  harmless  by  the  frosts,  should  be  willingly 
admitted;  and  if  one’s  setter  is  only  to  be  available  for 
shooting  purposes  for  a couple  of  months  in  the  year 
at  most,  the  question  of  expense  alone  is  one  worth 
a passing  consideration.  One  point  in  favor  of  setters 
is  that  they  are  hardier  dogs  than  pointers,  especially 
the  Irish  dogs,  and  they  are  certainly  more  companion- 
able. 

“Pointers:  The  preceding  objections  have  been 

raised  not  against  the  virtues  of  the  dogs  enumerated, 
but  against  the  unsuitableness  of  their  coats  for  work 
in  this  climate  until  the  cover  lightens  and  the  seeds 
are  down.  Something  may  be  done  toward  mitigating 
the  seed  evil  by  working  the  dogs  in  canker-caps,  but 
still  their  necks  and  feet  are  ever  open  to  the  reception 
of  the  fell  annoyance.  Now,  pointers  may  be  said  to 
go  harmless  through  these  trials;  seeds  very  seldom  get 
into  their  ears,  and  are  without  much  difficulty 
extracted  from  their  feet,  while  the  ‘set’  of  the  short 
hair  of  their  coats  is  not  favorable  to  their  lodgment. 

“What  seems  to  be  required  for  shooting  throughout 
a season  is  a strong,  well-broken,  but  perhaps  not  too 
highly  bred  pointer;  one  that  will  take  the  water,  face 
the  thick  covers,  and  possibly  retrieve;  and  there  are 
such  dogs  in  the  place.  The  coats  of  some  setters  lie 
very  flat,  and  they  are  the  next  best  dogs  to  pointers, 
but  the  long-haired  varieties,  all  good  and  useful  in 
their  way,  had  better  not  be  taken  up  country  until  they 
can  work  the  covers  with  impunity  to  themselves.  A 
sentimental  objection  to  pointers  is  that  they  are  not  so 
companionable  as  other  breeds,  which  is  true  to  a cer- 
tain extent;  but  it  must  be  remembered  that  when  a 
pointer  is  on  business  he  means  business,  and  that  is 
exactly  what  he  is  wanted  for.  In  choosing  a pointer, 
always  try  to  get  one  with  sloping  shoulders,  long,  airy 
neck,  a deep  but  not  broad  chest,  and  a loin  arched, 
very  wide,  strong  and  muscular.  Some  useful  pointers 
occasionally  arrive  here  from  Germany.  For  the  most 
part  they  are  well  educated  and  good  at  retrieving, 
but  they  run  big  and  heavy,  and  are  too  much  given 
to  ‘pottering.’  A last  word  may  be  said  in  favor  of 
the  pointer:  he  can  be  worked  from  the  beginning  to 
the  end  of  the  shooting  season,  whereas  it  is  little  less 
than  cruelty  to  take  a spaniel  or  a"  setter  out  before 
December. 

“If  the  foregoing  considerations  are  worth  anything, 
the  reasonable  answer  to  the  question  this  chapter 
commenced  with  is  that  -the  pointer  is  the  best  dog  for 
shooting  purposes  in  North  China.” 

My  own  experience  and  observation  during  a resi- 
dence of  ten  years  in  China  confirms  the  opinion  of 
Mr.  Wade,  as  expressed  in  the  above  quotations.  But 
without  a gun  of  accuracy  and  carrying  power,  the 
sportsman  will  not  enjoy  himself,  however  plentiful 
the  game  and  sensibly  trained  his  dog. 

Nearly  every  sportsman  -in  China  prefers  a 12-bore 
gun  with  30-incn  barrels  and  chambered  for  the 
standard  length  of  cartridges.  1 A friend  of  mine  always 
shoots  with  a gun  of  28-inch  barrels  and  weighing  about 
6V2  pounds.  He  has  one  barreLof  his  gun  choked  so 
as  to  make  a pattern  of  160  pellets  in  a circle  of  30 
inches  at  the  distance  of  40  yards,  and  the  other,  the 
left,  a pattern  of  180.  A gu-ii.  making  such  a pattern 
may  be  considered  as  about  half  choked,  especially  the 
left  barrel,  while  the  right  would  be  about  a quarter 
choked,  or  what  may  be  called,^. -highly  improved  cyl- 
inder. But,  as  stated,  the  average  gun  is  of  the  stand- 
ard length,  with  the-riglit  barrel  a cylinder  and  the  left 
a modified  or  full  choked. 

The  gun  that  I have  mostly  used  is,  like  that  of  my 
friends,  an  exception  to  the  rule,  and  of  the  opposite 
extreme.  The  barrels  are  32  inches  in  length,  both  full 
choked,  and  each  makes  an  even  pattern,  with  black 
powder,  215.  This  gun  weighs  6l/2  pounds  and  was 
built  for  me  several  years  ago  by  W.  W.  Greener,  and 
of  his  special  brand  of  wrought  steel.  With  3 drams 
of  Schultze’s  powder  and  1%  ounces  of  No.  5 chilled 
shot,  it  is  difficult  for  a pheasant  to  escape  anywhere 
within  a radius  not  exceeding  60  yards.  When  held 
straight  that  is  almost  a sure  death  radius,  but  its 
carrying  power  is  sufficient  to  kill  dead  at  80  yards  if 
the  aim  be  steady  and  the  eye  quick.  I have  shot 
pheasants  not  further  off  than  15  yards  with  this  long- 
barreled  and  full-choked  gun,  and,  strange  to  write,  I 
have  only  shot  two  or  three  cruelly.  Now  that  I am 
in  the  habit  of  using  the  gun  described,  I do  not  know 
what  success  I would  have  were  I to  begin  using  one  of 
the  standard  length.  Mr.  Greener  has  repeatedly  per- 
suaded me  that  I gained  nothing  in  the  shooting  quality 
of  the  gun  by  the  extra  two  inches  of  barrel,  and  that  a 
modified  choke  was  a preferable  gun  for  general  field 
sport.  But  the  sportsman  knows  how  difficult  it  is  to 
put  aside  a gun  with  which  he  has  shot  under  variable 
circumstances  for  a long  time,  and  one  that  has  never 
failed  him  when  the  chances  were  reasonable.  The 
sight  of  such  a gun  is  like  the  face  of  an  unfailing  friend 
against  which  one  does  not  wish  to  turn.  It  is  prob- 
able that  a majority  of  the  guns  used  by  sportsmen  in 
China  are  built  by  English  and  American  gun-makers, 
with  the  former  in  the  ascendency,  though  there  are  at 
present  many  guns  by  continental  gun-makers  in  the 
market.  Occasionally  a Purdey  gun  is  seen,  and  never 
,without  exciting  admiration  by  its  beautiful  symmetry 


and  workmanship.  There  are  no  guns  that  shoot 
harder  than  Greener’s,  and  many  by  this  maker  are 
also  ornaments  to  the  gun-maker’s  skill.  The  American  - 
gun,  by  Parker,  is  fast  becoming  a favorite,  and  there 
are  several  in  use  at  each  of  the  gun  clubs  at  Shanghai. 
Another  American  gun,  by  Remington,  enjoys  the  repu- 
tation of  shooting  close  and  hard,  but  it  should  not  be' 
understood  that  the  gun-makers  named  are  meant  to' 
exclude  others,  for,  as  I write  what  I have  observed, 
the  Purdey,  the  Greener,  the  Parker,  and  the  Reining-, 
ton  guns  have  come  more  directly  under  my  immediate  I 
observation. 

The  hammer  gun  and  black  powder  have  about  dis- 
appeared, and  very  rarely  does  one  see  either  in  use. 
Occasionally  a sportsman  is  met  with  who  insists  that 
a look  between  the  hammers  fixes  the  attention  more 
closely  to  the  proper  line  of  sight,  and  that  there  is  no 
grade  of  smokeless  powder  which  will  equal  in  regu- 
larity or  pattern  the  best  grade  of  black  powder.  There 
is  reason  in  favor  of  the  contention,  and  notwithstand- 
ing the  improvements  constantly  being  made  in  smoke- 
less powder  the  black  is  still  used  to  test  the  capacity 
of  a gun,  both  as  to  penetration  and  the  regularity  of 
its  pattern. 

Were  I to  undertake  to  name  the  different  brands  of 
smokeless  powder  I have  seen  in  use  in  China,  I would 
probably  have  to  name  all;  but  I believe  that  the 
Schultze  brand  is  given  the  preference.  There  are 
more  than  a few  sportsmen,  however,  who  will  tell  you 
that  there  is  no  brand  comparable  to  that  of  the  E.  C.f 
and  others  are  equally  as  confident  that  the  Laflin  & 
Rand  brand  cannot  be  surpassed,  and  thus  do  opinions 
differ,  until  one  does  not  have  to  go  far  to  find  a 
champion  for  each  of  the  standard  brands. 

But  if  the  sportsman  will  supply  himself  with  a 12-’ 
bore  gun,  built  by  a competent  gunsmith,  and  with  car- 
tridges to  fit  and  loaded  with  the  standard  charge  of 
Schultze  powder  and  No.  5 chilled  shot,  he  need  not 
hesitate  to  visit  any  part  of  China  for  sport. 

With  such  a gun  and  ammunition,  he  will  be  equipped 
for  successful  all-round  shooting.  J. 


The  Ranch  X 0 X Buffalo  Hunt. 

Reference  was  made  in  our  last  issue  to  the  projected 
buffalo  hunt  at  Ranch  ioi  at  Bliss,  Oklahoma,  where  it 
was  reported  a number  of  buffalo  were  to  be  slaughtered! 
for  the  entertainment  of  the  National  Editorial  Associa- 
tion. We  expressed  the  conjecture  that  the  actual  killing, 
would  be  confined  to  surplus  bulls,  and  this  appears  to 
have  been  the  case. 

The  widespread  announcement  of  the  proposed  buffalo 
killing  caused  the  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty 
to  Animals  to  file  a protest  with  President  Roosevelt,  whc 
thereupon  directed  Governor  Ferguson,  of  Oklahoma,  tc 
see  to  it  that  the  buffalo  hunt  should  not  take  place  on 
any  Government  land ; and  Secretary  Hitchcock  tele-' 
graphed  to  the  agent  of  the  Ponca  Agency  to  prevent  the! 
hunt  taking  place  on  Federal  land. 

A dispatch  to  the  New  York  Times  sent  from.  Bliss  or 
Saturday,  said : 

“The  buffalo  hunt  on  ioi  Ranch  was  held  to-day.  One 
animal  was  killed  by  Dr.  H.  F.  Thomas,  of  Chicago.  The 
hunt  was  led  by  old  Geronimo,  and  was  participated  ii. 
by  twenty-five  cowboys  and  a band  of  Indians  in  full  war 
paint. 

“Dr.  Thomas  fired  the  shot  from  his  automobile,  whief 
had  been  in  the  chase  during  the  several  hours  which  ii 
lasted.  He  was  injured  in  an  automobile  accident  in  Chi 
cago  recently,  and  has  since  been  sojourning  with  the. 
Miller  brothers  at  ioi  Ranch.  Dr.  Thomas  has  two  auto-: 
mobiles  here,  and  has  entered  many  races. 

“As  soon  as  the  beast  fell,  old  Geronimo,  despite  hi; 
eighty  years,  leaped  from  his  horse  and  fired  two  shot: 
into  the  buffalo  and  proceeded  to  cut  its  throat. 

“Miss  Lucille  Mulhall,  the  noted  woman  rider,  tool- 
part  in  the  chase,  which  was  full  of  excitement,  as  fre- 
quently the  buffalo,  maddened  by  his  pursuers,  who  triec 
to  drive  him  to  a certain  place  for  the  killing,  would  turf 
and  charge.  In  one  instance  Dr.  Thomas  was  compelled 
to.  make  illegal  time  in  his  automobile.” 

Agent  Noble,  in  charge  of  the  Ponca  Agency  at  White 
Eagle,  last  Saturday  sent  this  report  to  Secretary  Hitch-, 
cock : 

“Replying  to-  your  telegram  of  to-day,  respectfully  ad 
vise  that  no  buffalo  of  any  description  will  be  slaughterer 
at  the  celebration  to-morrow  in  honor  of  the  Nationa 
Editorial  Association  on  Ponca  tribal  or  lands  leased  by 
Miller  Brothers,  nor  will  any  inhuman  or  objectionabh 
act  be  permitted.  Prior  to  the  receipt  of  your  telegran 
this  evening  Joe  Miller  had  killed  one  old  male  buffalo 
on  land  owned  by  himself,  the  meat  of  which  he  propose; 
to  serve  to  the  editors.  God  pity  the  editors.  No  mon; 
buffalo  will  be  killed  whatever,  as  the  Millers  propose  t(, 
raise  a large  herd  on  their  ranch.” 

The  facts  appear  to  be  that  the  Miller  Brothers  hat 
planned  to  kill  one  buffalo  bull,  that  they  killed  it,  ano 
that  the  reports  of  a hunt  in  which  thirty-five  buff  alt 
were  to  figure  were  the  products  of  the  perfervid  imagina- 
tion of  the  press  agent  on  the  spot. 


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Take  inventory  of  the  good  things  in  this  issue 
of  Forest  and  Stream.  Recall  what  a fund  was 
given  last  week.  Count  on  what  is  to  come  next 
week.  Was  there  ever  in  all  the  world  a more 
abundant  weekly  store  of  sportsmen’s  reading t 


June  17,  1905.] 


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Primitive  American  Hunting* 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream : 

The  second  account  of  his  hunting  given  by  Baron 
Lahontan  is  much  more  general  in  character,  and,  as  will 
be  seen,  includes  wildfowl  shooting  from  a blind,  trap- 
ping, the  taking  of  bears  and  the  driving  of  wapiti  into 
a pound  or  inclosure,  much  as  buffalo  in  more  recent 
times  were  driven  into  inclosures  on  the  Western  plains. 
The  story  needs  no>  comment  further  than  to  identify 
certain  animals,  which  the  author  calls  by  names  which 
are  either  French  or  are  obsolete.  Thus,  Bustards  is  a 
translation  of  the  French  Outard,  meaning  the  Canada 
Goose;  Turtle-Dove  is  the  passenger  pigeon;  Batons  de 
faux,  may  mean  woodcock,  but  this  is  a guess  merely. 
Fouteraux  is  mink;  siffleur  is  whistler,  or  woodchuck; 
Carcaioux,  wolverine ; moorhen  is  very  likely  Canada 
grouse  and  woodhen  is  ruffed  grouse. 

Lahontan's  Fall  Hunting. 

In  the  Beginning  of  September,  I set  out  in  a Canow 
apon  several  Rivers,  Marshes  and  Pools,  that  disembogue 
in  the  Champlain  Lake,  being  accompany’ d with  thirty  or 
forty  of  the  Savages  that  are  very  expert  in  Shooting 
ind  Blunting,  and  perfectly  well  acquainted  with  the 
proper  Places,  for  finding  Water- 
fowl,  Deer,  and  other  fallow  Beasts' 

The  first  Post  we  took  up  was  upon 
the  side  of  a Marsh  or  Fen  of  four 
or  five  Leagues  Circumference;  and 
after  we  had  fitted  up  our  Hutts, 
the  Savages  made  Hutts  upon  the 
Water  in  several  Places.  These 
Water-Hutts  are  made  of  the 
Branches  and  Leaves  of  Trees,  and 
contain  three  or  four  Men : for  a 
Decoy,  they  have  the  Skins  of 
Geese,  Bustards,  and  Ducks,  dry’d 
and  stuff’d  with  Hay,  the  two  Feet 
being  fast  with  two  Nails  to  a small 
piece  of  a light  Plank,  which  floats 
round  the  Hutt.  This  Place  being 
frequented  by  wonderful  Numbers 
of  Geese,  Ducks,  Bustards,  Teals, 
and  an  Infinity  of  other  Fowl,  un- 
known to  the  Europeans ; when 
these  Fowls  see  the  stuff’d  Skins 
swimming  with  the  Heads  erected, 
as  if  they  were  alive,  they  repair  to 
the  same  Place,  and  so  give  the 
Savages  an  Opportunity  of  shooting 
’em,  either  Flying  or  upon  the 
Water;  after  which  the  Savages  get 
into  their  Canows  and  gather  ’em 
up.  They  have  likewise  a Way  of 
catching  ’em  with  Nets,  stretch’d 
upon  the  Surface  of  the  Water  at 
the  Entries  of  the  Rivers.  In  a 
Word,  we  eat  nothing  but  Water- 
fowl,  for  fifteen  Days;  after  which 
we  resolved  to  declare  War  against 
the  Turtle-Doves,  which  are  so  nu- 
merous in  Canada,  that  the  Bishop 
has  been  forc’d  tO'  excommunicate 
’em  oftener  than  once,  upon  the  Ac- 
count of  the  Damage  they  do  to  the 
Product  of  the  Earth.  With  that 
View,  We  imbarqu’d  and  made  to- 
wards a Meadow,  in  the  Neighbor- 
hood of  which,  the  Trees  were  cov- 
er’d with  that  sort  of  Fowl,  more 
than  with  Leaves;  For  just  then 
’twas  the  Season  in  which  they  re- 
tire from  the  North  Countries,  and 
repair  to  the  Southern  Climates; 
and  one  would  have  thought,  that 
all  the  Turtle-Doves  upon  Earth 
had  chose  to  pass  thro’  this  Place. 

For  the  eighteen  or  twenty  Days  that  we  stayed  there,  I 
firmly  believe  that  a thousand  Men,  might  have  fed  upon 
’em  heartily,  without  putting  themselves  to  any  Trouble. 
You  must  know,  that  through  tile  middle  of  this  Meadow 
there  runs  a Brook,  upon  which  I and  two  young  Sav- 
ages shot  several  Snipes,  Rayles,  and  a certain  sort  of 
B'owl  call’d  Batons  de  faux , which  is  as  big  as  a Quail, 
and  eats  very  deliciously. 

In  the  same  Place  we  killed  some  Musk  Rats,  or  a sort 
of  Animals  which  resemble  a Rat  in  their  Shape,  and 
are  as  big  as  a Rabbet.  The  Skins  of  these  Rats  are  very 
much  valued,  as  differing  but  little  from  those  of  Beavers. 
Their  Testicles  smell  so  strong  of  Musk,  that  no  Civet 
or  Antelope  that  Asia  affords,  can  boast  of  such  a strong 
and  sweet  Smell.  We  spy’d  ’em  in  the  Mornings  and 
Evenings,  at  which  time  "they  usually  appear  upon  the 
Water  with  their  Nose  to  the  Windward,  and  betray 
themselves  to  the  Huntsmen,  by  the  curling  of  the  Water. 
The  Fouteraux,  which  are  an  Amphibious  sort  of  little 
Pole-Cats,  are  catch’d  after  the  same  Manner.  I was 
ikewise  entertain’d  upon  this  occasion,  with  the  killing 
of  certain  little  Beasts,  call’d  Siffleurs,  or  Whistlers,  with 
Allusion  to  their  wonted  way  of  whistling  or  whizzing 
at  the  Mouth  of  their  Holes  in  fair  Weather.  They  are 
as  big  as  Hares,  but  somewhat  shorter,  their  Flesh  is 
good  for  nothing,  but  their  Skins  are  recommended  by 
heir  Rarity.  The  Savages  gave  me  an  Opportunity  of 
hearing  one  of  these  Creatures  whistle  for  an  Hour  to- 
gether, after  which  they  shot  it.  To  gratify  the  Curi- 
osity I had  to  see  such  Diversity  of  Animals,  they  made 
a diligent  Search  for  the  Holes  or  Dens  of  the  Carcaioux, 
and  having  found  some  at  the  distance  of  two  or  three 
Leagues  from  the  Fen  upon  which  we  were  posted,  they 
conducted  me  to  the  Place.  At  the  Break  of  Day,  we 
planted  ourselves  round  the  Holes,  with  our  Bellies  upon 
the  Ground,  and  left  some  Slaves  to  hold  the  Dogs  a 
Musket-shot  behind  us.  As  soon  as  these  Animals  per- 
ceiv’d Day-light,  they  came  out  of  their  Holes,  which 
were  immediately  stop’d  up  by  the  Savages,  and  upon  that 
the  Dogs  fetch’d  ’em  up  with  Ease.  We  saw  but  two  of 
'em.  which  made  a vigorous  Defence  against  the  Dogs, 
but  were  strangled  after  a Dispute  of  half  an  Hour. 
These  Animhls  are  not  unlike  a.  Badger,  only  they  are 
bigger,  and  more,  mischievous.  Tho’  our  Dogs  show’d 
a great  deal  of  Courage  in  attacking  the  Carcaioux,  they 
betray’d  their  Cowardice  the  next  Day  in'  a 'Rencounter 
wjtji  a Porcupine,  which  we  spy’d  upon  a little  Tree.  To 


obtain  the  Pleasure  of  seeing  the  Porcupine  fall,  we  cut 
down  the  Tree;  but  neither  the  Dogs  nor  we  durst  go 
near  it:  The  Dogs  only  bark’d  and  jump’d  round  it;  for 
it  darted  its  long  and  hard  Hair,  like  so  many  Bodkins, 
three  or  four  Paces  off.  At  last  we  pelted  it  to  Death, 
and  put  it  upon  the  fire  to  Burn  off  its  Darts ; after  which 
we  scalded  it  like  a Pig,  took  out  the  Intrails,  and  roasted 
it : But  tho’  ’twas  very  fat,  I could  not  relish  it  so  well 
as  to  comply  with  the  Assertion  of  the  Natives,  who 
allege,  that  it  eats  as  well  as  a Capon  or  a Partridge. 

After  the  Turtle-Doves  had  all  pass’d  over  the  Place, 
in  Quest  of  their  Southern  Retreats,  the  Savages  offer’d 
to  send  some  of  their  Number  with  Canows  to  conduct 
me  home,  before  the  Rivers  and  Lakes  were  frozen  over ; 
for  themselves  were  to  tarry  out  for  the  Elk-hunting; 
and  they  imagin’d  that  the  Cold  and  Hardship  attending 
that  Exercise,  had  made  me  sick  of  it  the  Year  before. 
However,  we  had  then  a Month  good  before  the  Com- 
mencement of  the  Frost,  and  in  that  Interval  of  time, 
they  proffer’d  to  entertain  me  with  more  diverting  Game 
than  I had  seen  before.  They  propos’d  to  go  fifteen  or 
sixteen  Leagues  further  up  the  Country,  assuring  me 
that  they  knew  of  a certain  Place  that  had  the  most  ad- 
vantageous Situation  in  the  World,  both  for  Pleasure 
and  Profit,  and  that  afforded  great  Plenty  of  Otters,  of 


the  Skins  of  which,  they  mean’d  to  make  a great  Cargoe. 
Accordingly  we  pull’d  down  our  Hutts,  and  having  im- 
barqu’d in  our  Canows,  sail’d  up  the  River,  till  we  came 
to  a little  Lake  of  two  Leagues  in  Circumference,  at  the 
End  of  which  we  saw  another  greater  Lake,  divided 
from  this  by  an  Isthmus  of  150  Paces  in  length.  We 
pitch’d  our  Hutts  at  the  Distance  of  a League  from  that 
Isthmus;  and  some  of  the  Savages  fish’d  for  Trouts, 
while  the  rest  were  employ’d  in  laying  Traps  for  the 
Otters  upon  the  Brinks  of  the  Lake.  These  Traps  are 
made  of  five  Stakes  plac’d  in  the  Form  of  an  oblong 
Quadrangle,  so  as  to  make  a little  Chamber,  the  Door 
of  which  is  kept  up,  and  supported  by  a Stake.  To  the 
middle  of  this  Stake  they  tye  a String  which  passes  thro’ 
a little  Fork,  and  has  a Trout  well  fasten’d  to  the  End 
of  it.  Now,  when  the  Otter  comes  on  Shoar,  and  sees 
this  Bait,  he  puts  about  half  his  Body  into  that  fatal 
Cage,  in  order  to  swallow  the  Fish;  but  he  no  sooner 
touches,  than  the  String  to  which  ’tis  made  fast,  pulls 
away  the  Stake  that  supports  the  Door,  upon  which  an 
heavy  and  loaded  Door  falls  upon  his  Reins  and  quashes 
him.  During  our  Pilgrimage  in  that  part  of  the  Coun- 
try, the  Savages  took  about  two  hundred  and  fifty  Canada 
Otters,  the  Skins  of  which  are  infinitely  prettier  than 
those  of  Muscovy  or  Sweden.  The  best  of  ’em  which  are 
not  worth  two  Crowns  in  this  Place,  are  sold  in  France 
for  four  or  five,  and  sometimes  for  ten,  if  they  are  black 
and  very  rough.  As  soon  as  the  Savages  had  set  their 
Traps,  they  gave  Orders  to  their  Slaves  to  go  round  the 
Lake  every  Morning  in  order  to  take  out  the  Amphibious 
Animals.  After  that  they  conducted  me  to  the  above- 
mention’d  Isthmus,  where  I was  surpris’d  to  see  a sort 
of  a Park  or  Fence  made  of  Trees,  fell’d  upon  another, 
and  interlac’d  with  Thorns  and  Branches;  with  a Quad- 
rangular Inclosure  of  Stakes  ;t  the  End  of  it,  the  Entry 
of  which  was  very  narrow.  They  gave  me  to  know,  that 
they  used  to  hunt  Harts  in  that  Place,  and  promis’d  to 
divert  me  with  the  Shew,  as  soon  as  the  Inclosures  were 
a little  mend’d.  In  effect,  they  carry’d  me  two  or  three 
Leagues  off,  upon  such  Roads  as  had  nothing  on  either 
side  but  Fens  and  Marshes;  and  after  they  had  dis- 
persed themselves,  some  on  one  Hand  and  some  on  the 
other,  with  a Dog  for  every  Man,  I saw  a great  many 
Ha'rts  running  to  and  again,  in  quest  of  Places  of  Safety. 
'The  Savage  that  I kept  Company  with,  assur’d  me,  that 
he  and  I had  no  Occasion  to  walk  very  fast,  because  he 
had  took  tlie  straightest  and  the  nearest  Road.  Before 


us  we  saw  about  ten  Harts,  which  were  forc’d  to  run 
back,  rather  than  throw  themselves  into  the  Marsh,  of 
which  they  could  never  get  clear.  At  last  after  walking 
a great  Pace,  and  running  now  and  then,  we  arriv’d  at 
the  Park,  and  found  the  Savages  lying  flat  upon  the 
Ground  all  round  it,  in  order  to  shut  up  the  Entry  of 
the  Stake  Inclosure  as  soon  as  the  Harts  enter’d.  We 
found  thirty-five  Harts  in  the  Place,  and  if  the  Park  had 
been  better  fenc’d,  we  might  have  had  above  sixty;  for 
the  nimblest  and  the  lightest  of  ’em,  skip’d  over  before 
they  came  to  enter  the  Inclosure.  We  kill’d  a great  many 
of  ’em,  but  spared  the  Dam’s  because  they  were  great 
with  young.  I ask’d  of  the  Savages  the  "Tongues  and 
Marrow  of  the  Harts,  which  they  gave  me  very  readily. 
The  Flesh  was  very  fat,  but  not  delicious,  excepting  some 
few  Bits  about  the  Ribs.  But  after  all,  this  was  not  our 
only  Game;  for  two  Days  after  we  went  a Bear-hunting, 
and  the  Savages  wlm  spend  three  Parts  of  four  of  their 
Life  in  hunting  in  the  Woods,  are  very  dextrous  at  that 
Exercise,  especially  in  singling  out  the  Trunks  of  Trees 
upon  which  the  Bears  nestle.  I could  not  but  admire 
their  Knowledge  in  that  Point,  when,  as  we  were  walking 
up  and  down  in  the  Forest,  at  the  Distance  of  an  hundred 
Paces  one  from  another,  I heard  one  Savage  call  to  an- 
other, Here’s  a Bear.  I ask’d  him  how  he  knew  there 
was  a Bear  upon  the  Tree  which  he  knock’d  with  his 
Axe;  and  they  all  reply’ d,  that  ’twas  as  easily  distin- 
guish’d as  the  Print  of  an  Elk’s  Foot  in  the  Snow.  For 
five  or  six  Times  they  never  miss’d ; for  after  they  had 
knock’d  two  or  three  Times  upon  the  Trunk  of  the  Tree, 
the  Bear  came  out  of  its  Hole,  and  was  presently  shot. 
The  Canada  Bear  are  extremely  black,  but  not  mischiev- 
ous, for  they  never  attack  one,  unless  they  be  wounded  or 
fir’d  upon.  They  are  so  fat,  especially  in  the  Autumn, 
that  they  can  scarce  walk.  Those  which  we  kill’d  were 
extream  fat,  but  their  Fat  is  good  for  nothing  but  to  be 
burnt,  whereas  the  Flesh,  and,  above  all,  their  Feet,  are 
very  nice  Victuals.  The  Savages  affirm,  that  no  Flesh, 
is  so  delicious  as  that  of  Bears;  and  indeed,  I think  they 
are  in  the  right  of  it.  While  we  rang’d  up  and  down  in 
quest  of  Bears,  we  had  the  pleasure  of  spying  some  Mar- 
tins and  wild  Cats  upon  the  Branches  of  the  Trees,  which 
the  Savages  shot  in  the  Head  to  preserve  their  Skins. 

But  the  most  comical  thing  I saw,  was  the  Stupidity  of 
the  Wood-hens,  which  sit  upon  the  Trees  in  whole 
Flocks  and  are  kill’d  one  after  another,  without  ever 
offering  to'  stir.  Commonly  the  Savages  shoot  at  them 
with  Arrows,  for  they  say  they  are  not  worth  a Shoot 
of  Powder,  which  is  able  to  kill  an  Elk  or  an  Hart.  I 
have  ply’d  this  sort  of  Fowling  in  the  Neighborhood  of 
our  Cantons  or  Habitations  in  the  Winter  time,  with  the 
Help  of  a Dog  who  found  out  the  Trees  by  Scent,  and 
then  bark’d;  upon  which  I approach’d  to  the  Tree,  and 
found  the  Fowls  upon  the  Branches.  When  the  Thaw 
came,  I went  two  or  three  Leagues  further  up  the  Lake, 
in  Company  with  some  Canadese  on  purpose  to  see  that 
Fowl  flap  with  its  Wings.  Believe  me,  Sir,  this  Sight  is 
one  of  the  greatest  Curiosities  in  the  World;  for  their 
flapping  makes  a Noise  much  like  that  of  a Drum  all 
about,  for  the  Space  of  a Minute  or  thereabouts;  then 
the  Noise  ceases  for  half  a quarter  of  an  Hour,  after 
which  it  begins  again.  By  this  Noise  we  were  directed  to 
the  Place  where  the  unfortunate  Moor-hens  sat,  and 
found  ’em  upon  rotten  mossy  Trees.  By  flapping  one 
Wing  against  the  other,  they  mean  to  call  their  Mates ; 
and  the  humming  Noise  that  ensues  thereupon,  may  be 
heard  half  a quarter  of  a League  off.  This  they  do  only 
in  the  Months  of  April,  May,  September  and  October; 
and,  which  is  very  remarkable,  the  Moor-hen  never  flaps 
in  this  manner,  but  upon  the  Tree.  It  begins  at  the  break 
of  Day,  and  gives  over  at  nine  o’clock  in  the  Morning, 
till  an  Hour  before  Sunset  that  it  flutters  again,  and  con- 
tinues to  do  so  until  Night;  I protest  to  you,  that  I have 
frequently  contented  myself  with  seeing  and  admiring  the 
flapping  of  their  Wings  without  offering  to  shoot  at  ’em. 

G.  B.  G. 

“The  Heroic  Pose.” 

Philadelphia,  Pa.,  June  10. — Editor  Forest  and 
Stream:  Nothing  I have  read  for  a long  time  has  so  im- 
pressed me  as  the  article  “The  Heroic  Pose,”  written  by 
Flint  Locke,  in  last  week’s  Forest  and  Stream. 

Like  Flint  Locke,  I too,  have  killed  a number  of  moose, 
deer  and  caribou  and  enjoyed  the  sport.  Why,  I know 
not,  for  now,  strange  as  it  may  seem  to  many,  I am  filled 
with  remorse  every  time  I look  upon  my  walls  and  into 
the  wild  glass  eyes  and  think  of  the  murder  I have  done — 
for  murder  it  surely  is,  to  wantonly  slaughter  the  poor 
defenseless  creatures  that  people  the  wilderness  of  our 
country. 

Even  though  I lived  up  to  the  law,  there  were  times 
when  the  meat  was  not  exactly  needed,  but  we  tried  not 
to  waste  it  and  gave  the  surplus  to  the  Indians.  I am 
far  from  setting  myself  up  as  an  example,  or  to  say  that 
a certain  amount  of  shooting  of  birds  and  beasts  is  not 
necessary  to  ourselves  and  them,  but  I do  want  to  entreat 
my  fellow  sportsmen  to  quell  the  insane  desire  to  kill,  and 
to  be  content  as  I intend  to  be  hereafter,  with  photo- 
graphs and  memories  of  noble  game  crashing  through 
brush  unhurt  by  any  bullet  from  my  firearm. 

Killing  game — and  I will  except  no  animal  on  the  face 
of  the  earth — is  not  dangerous  work  when  the  hunter  car- 
ries in  his  hand  the  latest  and  most  approved  weapon. 
No,  but  it  is  cowardly.  Think  of  a penny  cartridge  blot- 
ting out  forever  the  life  of  a magnificent  animal,  probably 
the  head  of  his  family  or  the  leader  of  a herd.  Once  I 
stalked  a big,  powerful  moose;  he  neither  smelt,  saw  nor 
heard  me,  and  I shot  him  down  by  breaking  his  leg;  he 
rose,  when  another  shot  broke  another  leg  and  he  went 
down  again,  unable  to  rise,  although  comparatively  little 
hurt,  and  the  look  of  that  poor  beast  when  I stepped  up 
to  shoot  him,  I can  never  forget,  but  I want  to.  It  was 
poor  shooting,  and  I have  no  excuse  to  offer  other  than 
that  I am  truly  sorry  and  could  never  do  so  again.  To 
have  let  him  live  would  have  been  the  true  sportsman- 
ship. 

And  so  I ask  you,  gentlemen,  to  try  it  for  this  year  at 
least;  let  us  go  to  the  woods  and  lakes  with  a firm  de- 
termination to  let  live  what  animals  we  hunt  and  come 
home  with  beautiful  pictures  of  life  and  not  with  a feeling 
of  defeat,  but  of  victory  over  the  spirit  of  the  hunt  to  kill. 

See  if  the  memory  of  one  spared  life  is  not  worth  a 
dozen  pelts.  Will  some  of  you  not  promise  to  do  this 
with  Flint  Locke  and  me?  Stephen  P.  M.  Tasker, 


470 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


Fish  Chat. 


BY  EDWARD  A.  SAMUELS. 


Changes  and  Innovations  in  the  Fisheries. 

I wonder  how  many  of  the  good  people  of  Massachu- 
setts realize  what  a valuable  publication  the  Report  of 
the  Commissioners  on  Fisheries  and  Game  really  is. 

It  seems  to  me  that,  turning  page  after  page,  and  not- 
ing the  remarkable  array  of  facts  which  are  presented, 
that,  as  a public  document,  its  rank  is  very  high,  and  as 
a work  of  reference  and  statistical  facts  it  is  among  the 
foremost  of  its  class. 

Unfortunately  the  edition  is  limited  and  will  soon  be 
exhausted;  but  if  arrangements  could  be  made  with  some 
enterprising  publisher  by  which  an  edition  gotten  up  in 
good  style  with  cloth  bindings,  and  put  on  sale  I believe 
the  enterprise  would  prove  remunerative. 

Among  the  most  interesting  facts  that  I particularly 
note  are  those  concerning  the  changes  in  habits  of  some 
of  the  fishes,  and  the  methods  of  their  capture. 


The  Wandering  Squeteague. 


First  among  these  I consider  the  extension  of  habitat 
of  the  squeteague  is  very  remarkable.  Who  among  us 
anglers  would  five  years  ago-  have  looked  for  one  of  these 
gamy  fishes  north  of  Cape  Cod  Bay,  and  as  for  the 
northern  part  of  the  Massachusetts  coast,  why,  bless  us, 
we  would  have  laughed  at  the  idea  of  a squeteague  being 
taken  in  those  waters. 

I have  a pretty  good  pile  of  the  Massachusetts  fisheries 
reports,  not  so  complete  as  I wish  it  were,  but  it  does 
not  lack  many  numbers  of  being  complete,  and  in  going 
through  these  in  search  of  records  of  the  capture  of  these 
fish  in  Essex  county  I do  not  find  any  having  been  re- 
ported except  a few  scattering  ones  until  1901,  when  the 
total  catch  was  491  pounds.  In  1902  the  take  was  but  15 
pounds,  which  shows  that  the  fish  had  not  made  those 
waters  a permanent  habitat;  but  in  1903  they  returned  in 
such  great  numbers  that  the  catch  in  _ Essex  county 
waters  aggregated  15,967  pounds,  and  in  1904  it  was 
18,738  pounds,  which  was  something  remarkable,  consul- 
ering  that  in  former  years  the  squeteague  was  rarely  seen 
so  far  north. 

The  Commissioners,  in  commenting  on  this  movement 
of  the  squeteague  in  their  late  report,  say  that : ‘ The 

continued  abundance  of  the  weakfish  or  squeteague  on 
the  northern  coast  of  this  State  is  one  of  those  unex- 
plainable phenomena  of  which  the  migratory  species  of 
fishes  furnish  so  many  examples.  How  long  it  may  re- 
main plentiful  can  only  be  conjectured,  and  its  sudden 
departure,  in  whole  or  in  part,  is  one  of  those  events 
which  may  occur  at  any  time.” 

If  the  squeteague  is  to  remain  permanently.  m those 
northern  waters  the  anglers  of  Boston  and  vicinity  may 
well  be  congratulated;  the  possibility  of  being  able  to 
take  what  many  consider  a glorious  game  fish  at  their 
own  doors  as  it  were,  for  Cape  Ann  is  within  very  easy 
access  from  the  “Hub,”  ought  to  gladden  their  hearts. 
Hitherto  their  salt  water  fishing  has  been  rather  cur- 
tailed, but  with  squeteague  along  the  north  shore  and 
bluefish,  which  came  into  Quincy  Bay  last  year,  and  are 
likely  to  this  year  in  considerable  numbers,  the  prospect 
of  good  sport  before  them  seems  a bright  one. 

In  my  earlier  years  bluefish  were  fairly  abundant  in 
all  the  small  bays  in  the  nighborhood  of  Boston;  they 
finally  disappeared  and  for  many  years  not  one  was  to 
be  found;  that  they  should  now  return  seems  almost  as 
great  a vagary  as  is  this  northward  ranging  of  the  weak- 
fish. 


Innovations  in  Methods  of  Fishing. 


Among  the  more  important  of  the  innovations  noted 
in  the  above-named  report  is  the  substitution  of  motors 
for  oars  and  sails  in  fishing  craft  by  seiners,  trawlers 
and  even  deep-sea  fishermen. 

In  treating  of  this  change  the  Commissioners  say,  in 
speaking  of  power-driven  dories : “The  number  of  these 

has  increased,  naphtha  dories  being  substituted  for  sail- 
boats; and  in  this  way  the  fleet  of  small  craft  is  gradu- 
ally being  changed,  so  that  greater  effectiveness,  larger 
catches  and  consequently  larger  earnings  are  becoming 
more  general  than  formerly.  Probably  the  changes  in 
this  direction  are  less  in  evidence  at  Cape  Cod  than  else- 
where. At  Cape  Ann,  for  instance,  Gloucester,  Rock- 
port  and  adjacent  coast  towns- — there  is  a general  adop- 
tion of  the  power-driven  boat  for  various  kinds  of  fish- 
ing, and  a consequent  decrease  in  sailboats.  Large  power 
dories  are  peculiarly  adapted  to  the  herring  fishery  which 
is  prosecuted  extensively  on  autumn  nights  by  torching. 
Such  boats  can  make  immensely  ? larger  catches  than  the 
old-fashioned  oar-propelled  craft.” 


Pollock  as  a Game  Fish. 


A year  or  more  ago  I had  the  pleasure  of  laying  before 
ny  brother  anglers  in  the  columns  of  Forest  and  Stream 
m account  of  the  pollock,  with  whose  valuable  qualities 
is  a game  fish  I had  first  become  acquainted  at  Eastport, 
Me.  These  fish  were,  at  that  time,  very  abundant  in  that 
aarbor  and  along  the  “rock-bound  coast”  for  many  miles 
south  of  that  town,  where  they  came  in  pursuit  of  the 
aerrings  which  were  then  very  abundant  there:  on  these 
the  pollock  preyed,  following  them  up  to  the  very  rocks 
and  to  the  wharf  at  Eastport.  They  were  also  very 
numerous  around  Grand  Manan. 

Elegant,  great  fish  they  were,  ten,  twelve  and  fifteen 
pounds  in  weight.  I saw  a number  of  them  leap  from 
the  water  as  i was  standing  on  the  wharf,  and  noting 
their  salmon-like  contour  I imagined  that  if  I could  take 
one  or  more  they  would  prove  gamy  antagonists  to  strug- 
gle with.  And  so  with  salmon  tackle  I went  out  on  tjte 
bay  and  the  sport  I had  I shall  never  forget. 


The  story  was  told  in  all  its  details  in  Forest  and 
Stream  for  Jan.  9,  1904,  and  I will  not  attempt  to  repeat 
it  here.  That  account  of  the  capture  of  a large  pollock 
with  rod  and  reel  was,  if  not  the  first  that  had  been  put 
on  record,  the  earliest  I had  ever  seen.  Be  it  remem- 
bered the  incident  occurred  many  years  ago,  and  none 
of  us  knew  as  much  about  fishes  as  we  do  now,  and  I 
felt  no  little  pride  in  furnishing  salt  water  anglers  a 
pointer  on  possibilities  that  lay  before  them  to  take  a 
really  grand  game  fish  with  salmon  tackle,  both  with  the 
fly  and  bait,  and  by  trolling  from  a sailboat,  which  I 
found  on  that  occasion  quite  exciting  sport,  the  locality 
being  the  “riffs”  just  of  Grand  Manan. 

The  world  has  moved  since  then,  and  according  to  the 
Massachusetts  report,  pollock  fishing  in  the  waters  of  the 
old  Bay  State  now  furnishes  anglers  most  exhilarating 
and  enjoyable  sport. 

In  . treating  of  it  the  following  is  a portion  of  the  ac- 
count given:  “Last  spring,  he  (ex-Rep.  Robert  E.  Con- 

well,  of  Provincetown)  said,  it  was  interesting  to  watch 
the  fishermen  sailing  back  and  forth  through  the  tide 
rips  of  the  race  in  their  power  boats  and  pulling  in  big 
sea  pollock  on  their  troll  lines  as  fast  as  they  could.  Sail- 
boats were  also  used  in  this  fishing  to  some  extent,  but 
they  were  not  so  well  adapted  to  it  as  the  naphtha  dories, 
which  could  work  back  and  forth  very  handily  through 
the  rips  so-  that  no  time  was  lost.  A little  beyond 
the  Race  Point  lighthouse  the  rips  are  reached  and 
there  are  the  favorite  feeding  grounds  of  the  pollock  in 
spring.  Then  the  lines  are  put  out,  and  back  and  forth 
the  boat  sails,  an  effort  being  made  to  keep  where  the 
fish  are  most  plentiful.  As  is  well  known,  the  pollock  is 
active  and  gamy,  and  when  it  is  biting  freely  the  capture 
of  it  in  this  manner  necessitates  lively  work,  for  it  is 
haul  and  heave  as  rapidly  as  possible.  To  pull  in  hun- 
dreds of  fish  as  big  and  active  as  large  salmon 
gives  an  amount  of  sport  not  easily  equalled  elsewhere. 
It  is,  perhaps,  unnecessary  to  invite  attention  to  the 
amount  of  sport  to  be  derived  by  the  angler  from  fishing 
for  pollock  with  rod  and  reel,  when  they  are  playing  in 
the  rips  in  spring.  It  is  gratifying  at  least  to  know  that 
such  an  excellent  opportunity  for  satisfactory  sport  in 
fishing  is  available  on  our  coast,  and  within  easy  reach 
of  the  many  anglers  who  are  resident  in  large  cities.” 

Unfortunately  for  the  pollock  its  value  as  a commer- 
cial fish  is  becoming  every  year  more  apparent,  and  the 
pursuit  of  it  is  being  pressed  more  and  more  keenly,  and 
abundant  though  it  is  its  numbers  will  from  now  on  les- 
sen very  rapidly  in  consequence  of  the  engines  of  destruc- 
tion which  are  being  brought  against  it. 

If  it  were  not  the  habit  of  this  fish  to  travel  in  schools 
its  chances  for  escape  from  some  of  the  methods  pur- 
sued in  its  capture  would  be  vastly  greater  than  they  now 
are. 


Salmon  Taken  in  Trawls. 


Innovations. 


Sale  of  the  Horse  Mackerel  for  Food. 


A fine  salmon  weighing  from  20  to  25  pounds  wa 
taken  on  a trawl  on  the  Western  Banks  early  in  the  pfeS 
ent  month  (May).  This  is  the  third  instance  of  the  cap 
ture  of  one  of  these  fish  by  this  means  that  has  come  t< 
my  knowledge;  this  incident  shows  what  a great  wan 
derer  the  salmon  really  is.  The  fish  was  exhibited  as  ; 
curiosity  in  Halifax,  none  of  the  deep-sea  fishermen  0 
Nova  Scotia  ever  having  heard  of  a similar  occurrence. 


Salmon  in  the  East  River,  N.  S. 


In  a recent  Communication  in  Forest  and  Stream  ' 
stated  that  neither  parr  nor  smolt  are  ever  found  in  th 
East  River,  I have  within  a few  days  been  informed  b; 
a gentleman  who  is  thoroughly  familiar  with  the  uppe 
waters  of  the  river  that  smolt  are  often  taken  in  thos'' 
distant  pools  on  light  trout  tackle,  they  coming  eagerly  t( 
the  artificial  fly.  If  there  are  smolt  there  must,  of  course 
be  parr.  I write  this  to  correct  an  error  which  ma; 
prove  misleading  in  the  future. 

Singularly  enough,  however,  although  there  are  smol 
in  considerable  numbers,  they  do  not  seem  to  descend  t< 
salt  water,  for  a grilse,  so  far  as  I can  learn,  is  neve 
seen  in  that  stream.  This  is  true  also  of  the  Liverpoc 
River  in  the  upper  waters  of  which  smolt  are  very  abun 
dant,  but  a grilse  nor  salmon  has  ever  been  taken  in  i 
above  the  Indian  Gardens  on  Lake  Rosignol. 


The  Idethty  of  the  Grilse. 


Of  course  no  matter  whether  it  travels  singly  or  in 
schools  it  would  be  captured  by  the  pounds,  seines,  etc., 
if  it  ventured  near  the  shore,  but  it  is  now  followed  out 
to  the  deep  water,  and  when  a school  is  discovered  im- 
mense seines  are  run  out  after  the  manner  in  which 
mackerel  seining  is  done,  and  so  effectually  is  the  school 
surrounded  hardly  a fish  escapes. 

I understand  there  are  several  of  the  Massachusetts 
fleet  now  being  fitted  out  for  seining  pollock,  and  a large 
and  well  equipped  schooner  is  now  ready  at  Lockport, 
N.  S.;  to  carry  on  operations  on  that  line. 

It  is  much  to  be  regretted  that  just  as  we  have  found 
what  proves  to  be  an  important  addition  to  our  game 
fishes  there  is  a likelihood  of  its  numbers  being  very 
greatly  diminished  in  the  near  future.  Some  idea  of  the 
increased  destruction  of  the  pollock  may  be  found  by 
comparing  the  takes  of  1904  with  those  of  preceding 
years. 

In  1901  the  total  catch  of  these  fishes  in  Massachu- 
setts was  1,092,222  pounds;  in  1902  it  was  1,149,416 
pounds,  and  in  1904  it  reached  the  great  total  of  2,238,900 
pounds,  and  as  the  numbers  taken  in  the  waters  of  that 
State  were  but  a small  portion  of  the  immense  aggregate 
that  was  taken  during  the  year  from  the  latitude  of  New 
York  to  the  Gulf  of  St.  Lawrence,  it  will  be  seen  that  the 
inroads  made  upon  its  ranks  all  along  the  northern  coast 
are  very  great. 

I have  not  by  me  the  record  of  the  1904  catch  of  pol- 
lock in  the  waters  of  the  maritime  province  of  Canada, 
but  in  1903  it  reached  the  immense  total  of  9,940,000 
pounds.  The  procreative  powers  of  this  fish  are  very 
great,  and  they  needs  must  be  to  stand  the  enormous 
drain  that  is  annually  made. 


And  right  here  I wish  to  reply  to  an  inquiry  late! 
printed  in  Forest  and  Stream  concerning  the  identity  0 
rather  characteristics  of  the  grilse,  and  in  doing  so 
hope  I may  be  pardoned  if  I make  a short  extract  fron 
‘With  Fly-Rod  and  Camera” : “Grilse  are  young  salmor. 
but  just  how  old  I am  in  doubt.  Probably  a 4-poun« 
grilse  is  three  years  of  age,  but  authorities  differ  on  thi 
point.  The  smolt  descends  to  the  sea,  probably  when  i 
is  from  eighteen  months  to  two  years  old,  but  nothin] 
further  of  its  movements  seems  to  be  known,  until  it 
return  to  the  river  as  a grilse.  They  do  not  pass  th 
interval  in  the  estuaries  and  bays,  for  I have  made  spe 
cial  inquiry  and  could  never  learn  of  one  having  bee; 
taken  in  any  of  the  numerous  smelt  nets  during  the  win 
ter;  they  seem  to  retire  to  deep  water,  probably  far  fron 
the  coast.  When  they  are  about  zVz  pounds  in  weigh 
they  return  to  the  rivers,  and  they  are  then  universal! 
known  as  grilse.  The  most  curious  fact  is  they  are  al 
male  fish.  Thousands  have  been  taken  in  our  rivers,  buj 
there  is  no  record  of  a female.  The  males  probably  ma 
ture  earlier  than  the  females,  for  they  all  contain  sperm. 

I have  for  many  years  given  this  matter  considerabl 
thought,  and  after  consulting  with  many  anglers  am 
ichthyologists  I have  come  to  the  conclusion  that  th 
female  does  not  return  to  the  stream  from  whence  sh 
came  until  she  reaches  maturity ; she  does  not  come  bac! 
until  her  ripening  ova  prompt  her  to  seek  a proper 
spawning  locality. 


Fish  and  Fishing. 


Canadian  Trout  Fishing. 


Among  the  other  interesting , facts  mentioned  in  the  re- 
port is  that  relating  to  -the  sale  of  the  flesh  of  the  horse 
mackerel  for  food.  In  speaking  of  this  the  Commis- 
sioners said : 

“In  view  of  the  fact  that  it  is  not  so  long  ago-  that  the 
horse  mackerel  was  looked  upon  as  unfit  for  food,  it  is 
somewhat  gratifying  to  be  informed  that  two  medium- 
sized fish  of  this  species  which  were  taken  on  June  25, 
1903,  in  the  Cape  Cod  weirs  and  shipped  to  New  York 
were  sold  for  $43.50 — an  indication  of  the  position  which 
this  species  now  occupies  in  the  food-fish  market.” 

That  this  scourge  of  the  seas  can  be  turned  to  account 
as  food  is  something  to  offset  the  injuries  it  inflicts  on 
other  valuable  species. 

Last  season  it  was  unusually  abundant ; its  rapacity  is 
enormous,  the  numbers  of  other  fish  it  destroys  is  beyond 
computation.  As  is  well . known,  “this  huge  fish  is  a 
lightning  swimmer  and  with  its  enormous  capacity  and 
voracious  appetite  is  never  satisfied  and  vyil!  clean  up  a 
good  part  of  4 premium-sized  school  of  pmc’iere!  at  a 
feeding,” 


It  was  thought  that  trout  fishing  in  the  country  nort! 
of  Quebec  must  have  been  at  its  best  more  than  a wee1 
ago-,  but  from  all  accounts  it  has  been  steadily  improving 
ever  since,  and  each  returning  party  of  anglers  bring 
better  reports  than  the  one  before  it. 

Since  my  last  communication  appeared  in  F,orest  an 
Stream  Messrs.  Palmer,  G.  M.  Fairchild,  Jr.,  and  other, 
have  enjoyed  splendid  sport  on'  the  limits  of  the  Touril'1 
Fish  and  Game  Club,  where  the  Count  and  Countess  o 
Minto  did  so  well  last  autumn.  Mr.  J.  C.  McLimont  ha 
been  very  successful  on  Lake  St.  Joseph,  while  Lake  Ed 
ward  is  more  than  maintaining  its  old-time  record  for  bis, 
fish,  several  over  5 pounds  in  weight  having  been  alread;1 
reported  this  year. 

Speckled  trout  weighing  from  3 to  4 pounds  each  wer 
taken  during  the  last  few  days  of  May,  on  the  fly,  in  botll 
the  lakes  of  the  Stadacona  and  the  Laurentides  clubs,  an< 
also  in  the  Ouiatchouan  River.  Dr.  Porter,  of  Bridgeport 
has  been  enjoying  himself  upon  his  new  club  waters,  an< 
Mr.  A.  W.  Hooper,  of  Boston,  is  at  the  club  house  of  tb 
Nonamtun  Fish  and  Game  Club  at  Lac  des  Commissures 
preparatory  to  his  salmon  fishing,  which  he  will  again  d< 
in  company  with  Mr.  Walter  M.  Brackett,  of  Boston,  01 
the  Ste.  Marguerite. 

Some  extraordinary  fishing  has  already  been  had  by  th 
members  of  the  Metabetchouan  Fish  and  Game  Club,  a 
Kiskisink.  The  trout  are  rising  there  as  freely  as  a 
other  localities  reached  by  way  of  the  Quebec  and  Lak 
St.  John  country,  and  in  addition  to  their  trout  fishing 
some  of  the  members  of  the  club  have  been  very  success 
ful  in  fishing  for  the.  dore  or  pike-perch  this  spring 
some  of  the  finest  specimens  of  their  skill  having 
weighed  from  10  to.  12  pounds  each,  which  is  about  tb 
record  in  weight  for  these  waters,  though  I have  had  then 
rise  to  my  flies  in  Lac  des  Aigles  very  nearly  as  large. 


Netting  in  Lake  St.  John. 


Great  indignation  has  been  caused  among  anglers  b; 
the  discovery  that  the  netting  of  ouananiche  has  been  re 
sorted  to  by  some  of  the  fishermen  who  have  licenses  fo 
taking  coarse  fish  out  of  Lake  St.  John.  A large  seizur 
of  these  fish  has  recently  been  made  here  by  an  officer  o 
the  Sportsmen’s  Fish  and  Game  Protective  Association 
and  there  is  reason  to  hope  that  the  offending  parties  ma;: 
lose  their  license  altogether. 

In  the  meantime  it  has  been  found  that  the  pike-perc 
taken  in  these  people’s  nets  were  being  shipped  to  the  Nev 
York  market.  Some  of  the  authorities  of  the  State  hav, 
been  notified  of  tfiis  fart,  and  no  doubt  that  future  -shin 


June  17,  1905.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


477 


ments  of  the  kind  will  be  stopped  at  the  border  or  con- 
fiscated on  arrival  at  their  destination,  in  virtue  of  the 
step  taken  by  the  State  to  prevent  the  success  of  the  das- 
tardly netting  of  pike-perch  in  Missisquoi  Bay.  If  the 
Government,  which  permits  - the  netting  of  these  fish  in 
that  bay,  continues  the  oresent  licenses  in  Lake  St.  John, 
it  will  thus  find  that  in  the  latter  case  as  well  as  in  the 
former  one,  the  best  market  of  the  fishermen  will  be 
closed  against  them. 

Salmon  Fishermen  off  for  the  Rivers. 

The  salmon  run  in  most  of  the  Canadian  rivers  com- 
menced during  the  first  week  of  June.  A few  fish  were 
taken  in  the  nets  at  the  mouths  of  the  rivers  as  early  as 
the  first  days  of  the  month,  and  as  the  water  is  quite  low 
enough  for  fishing,  most  of  the  anglers  are  now  hurrying 
down  to  their  fishing  grounds.  Several  have  already  gone. 
The  north  shore  steamer  which  sailed  from  Quebec  on 
Friday  the  9th  instant,  took  down  quite  a number  of 
anglers.  Among  them  were  Mr.  Robert  E.  Plumb,  of 
Detroit,  who  has  gone  down  to  the  Washecootai,  and 
Messrs.  Henry  Sampson,  G.  S.  Clark,  of  Teft,  Weller  & 
Co.,  and  James  Clark,  of  New  York,  with  Ivers  W. 
Adams,  of  Boston,  who  are  fishing  the  Moisie,  and  who 
will  be  followed  later  by  Ivers  S.  Adams,  Henry  Sampson, 
Jr.,  and  a friend.  To  the  Washeshoo  have  gone  Dr.  Wat- 
son, F.  E.  Smith  and  W.  G.  Sewall,  of  Boston,  and  fol- 
lowing them  upon  the  same  river  will  be  Dr.  Heber 
Bishop,  United  States  Senator  Buckley,  of  Connecticut, 
and  D.  J.  Flanders,  General  Passenger  Agent  of  the  Bos- 
ton & Maine  Railway. 

Mr.  Robert  Goelet  and  other  members  of  the  Risti- 
gouche  Salmon  Club  are  already  at  the  club  house  at 
Metapedia  awaiting  the  early  fish. 

Mr.  E.  C.  Fitch,  of  Waltham,  is  fishing  the  Romaine 
and  Messrs.  Edson  Fitch,  of  Quebec,  with  Vesey  Boswell 
and  Dr.  C.  S.  Parke  will  go  down  to-  the  Trinity  on 
June  19. 

Mr.  Cabot,  of  Boston,  and  a friend  are  daily  expected 
on  the  Grand  River  of  Gaspe,  and  W.  Molson  Macpher- 
son,  president  of  Molson’s  Bank,  with  I.  H.  Stearns  and 
Stikeman,  of  Montreal,  are  at  their  camp  at  Chamber- 
lain’s Shoal  on  the  Ristigouche.  E.  T.  D.  Chambers. 


Johnnie  Daly. 


Gaffer,  Wit,  and  Judge  of  Good  Things. 

Avalon,  Cal.,  June  1. — Every  one  who  has  fished  at  the 
isthmus  at  Santa  Catalina  for  the  past  ten  years  knew 
“Johnnie”  Daly,  the  gaffer  and  professional  sharker. 

He  was  a character — witty,  good-natured  and  the  “boss 
gaffer”  on  the  little  bay,  where  a lot  of  gentlemen  were  in 
the  habit  of  angling  for  leaping  sharks  and  who  hired 
Daly  to  tow  out  the  bait. 

“Johnnie”  Daly  died  the  other  day;  his  gaff  hangs  on 
the  old  shanty  wall,  but  “Johnnie”  left  some  poetry  which 
it  is  supposed  he  wrote ; anyway  it  was  found  among  his 
sffects  carefully  put  away  in  an  empty  whiskey  flask  and 
:orked.  The  poem  evidently  describes  a day’s  fishing— 
the  going  out  early  in  the  morning,  the  rising  tide,  the 
sounds  of  early  morning,  the  hooking  of  a blackfish 
(orca),  and  a sea  bass,  judging  by  some  of  the  lines. 
‘Johnnie”  Daly  missed  his  calling.  He  was  a good  gaffer 
md  a judge  of  good  whiskey,  but  better  than  either  a 
met  of  no  mean  quality — that  is,  fishing  poetry.  Here  is 
.he  poem.  Sea  anglers  will  probably  understand  it  as 
‘Johnnie”  Daly  did : 

THE  GAFFER’S  SONG. 

Can  you  see  the  red  beams  rising  on  the  bar, 

And  the  crimp-edged  olive  kelp  leaves  in  the  sun? 

Can  you  see  the  tides  a-washing, 

Every  beach  and  bog  and  crossing. 

While  the  wrack-grown  rocks  are  sinking  one  by  one? 

There  you  see  the  black  fog  creeping  o’er  the  lea 
And  the  gilt-edged  purple  canons  yawning  wide. 

There  you  see  the  white  gulls  playing, 

Where  the  bull  sea  cubs  are  baying 
On  the  black  rocks  all  a-swirling  in  the  tide. 

Now  you  pay  out,  over-run  or  over-reel,  fifty  feet; 

And  the  long  bronzed  jointed  leader  has  its  turn. 

How  it  cuts  the  azure  tide  rip, 

Now  it  severs  some  sea  light  ship, 

As  it  follows  gleaming  brightly  far  astern. 

Did  you  see  that  knife-like  fin* — five  foot  two? 

And  the  lavender  half-circle  on  its  back? 

Did  you  see  the  dam  come  rushing, 

And  the  maelstrom  sea  a-flushing. 

As  the  sunlight  came  blazed  on  its  track? 

Did  you  see  its  coal-black  skin,  without  a flaw? 

And  the  yellow  spume  that  looked  like  mermaids’  hair? 

Did  you  see  its  dark  eyes  gleaming, 

And  remoras  on  it  streaming, 

As  it  flung  itself  high  up  into  the  air? 

Over  yonder  in  the  eddy  there’s  a swirl,  over  there. 

Don’t  you  see  the  fin  of  sea  bass  in  the  spume? 

Catch  the  glint  of  golden  scale  flicks, 

Hear  the  sob  of  ghostly  reel  clicks, 

As  the  fish  turns  quickly  off  the  shore  for  room. 

Fifty  yards  of  well  stretched  hemp  line,  running  out, 
Singing,  screaming,  backward  reeling  on  the  sea  of  foam. 
Now  ’tis  sounding,  reel  resounding, 

Then  there  comes  a mystic  pounding 
From  the  deep,  deep  abysmal  fishes’  home. 

In  it  comes,  but  always  fighting,  to  the  gaff, 

Dashing  madly  to  the  steel-voiced  music  of  the  reel. 

But  in  its  shadow  swims  a sea  mate, 

Shark  voracious;  ugly,  ingrate, 

Plunging,  striking,  biting  for  its  meal. 

Then  the  gaffer  sinks  his  gaff  pole  in  the  sea; 

And  the  angler,  quick  responding  to  tne  sign, 

Reels  it  short,  and  gives  the  butt, 

While  bass  sags  on  the  gut; 

Then  it  leaves  that  maddened  angler  all  his  line. 

Senqr  X, 

*6°od  description  of  the  orca  or  killer  yhale, 


Massachusetts  and  Maine. 

Boston,  Mass.,  June  10. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream,: 
other  changes  in  Massachusetts  laws  are  as  follows : 
footing  of  a Carolina  or  a mourning  dove  is  for- 
bidden. The  killing  of  a Bartramian  sandpiper  or  upland 
plover,  prior  to  July  15,  1910,  is  also  prohibited.  The  law 
for  protection  of  deer  is  amended  by  forbidding  the 
having  in  possession  a deer  killed  in  Massachusetts.” 

Section  3 of  the  revised  laws,  which  relates  to  the  au- 
thority of  the  Commissioners,  is  amended  by  inserting  at 
the  beginning  of  the  section  the  following;  “The  Com- 
missioners are  empowered  to  appoint  deputies.”  This  ad- 
clition  grew  out  of  the  fact  that  in  a certain  case  of  prose- 
cution  for  violation  of  game  laws  the  authority  of  the 
board  to  make  appointments  was  called  in  question. 

Senate  bill  348  as  enacted  authorizes  a town  to  adopt 
a bylaw  forbidding  the  taking  of  pickerel  in  any  other 
manner  than  by  “a  naturally  or  artificially  baited  hook 
and  hand  line,”  and  to  fix  a suitable  penalty  for  “viola- 
tion thereof.” 

Section  68,  chapter  91,  of  revised  laws,  and  chapter  364 
of  the  Acts  of  1904  (relating  to  pickerel)  are  repealed. 
A law  was  passed  designed  to  protect  the  trout  and  sal- 
mon of  Lake  Quinsigamond,  Worcester.  It  prohibits  the 
taking  of  fish  other  than  pickerel  between  Sept.  1 and 
April  1 for  a period  of  five  years  in  certain  designated 
portions  of  the  lake  and  its  tributaries.  Between  April 
1 and  Sept.  i.  no  fish  except  pickerel  may  be  taken  other- 
wise than  with  a single  hook  and  either  a hand  line  or  a 
line  attached  to  a rod  or  pole  held  by  hand,  with  bait, 
artificial  fly  or  spoon.”  The  change  in  the  quail  season, 
mentioned  in  a former  letter,  taking  off  October  from  the 
open  season,  is  commented  upon  favorably  by  nearly  all 
the  hunters  seen  by  your  correspondent  since  the  bill  was 
enacted.  The  section  referred  to  has  been  also  amended 
further  by  the  addition  of  the  following  proviso:  “Pro- 

vided, however,  _ that  any  person,  firm  or  corporation 
holding  a permit  from  the  C ommissioners  on  Fisheries 
and  Game  may  sell  or  have  in  possession  live  quail  for 
purposes  of  propagation  within  the  Commonwealth.” 

On  the  whole,  the  sportsmen  and  the  Commissioners  of 
the  State  have  reason  to  be  quite  well  satisfied  with  the 
lesult  of  their  labors  in  the  line  of  legislation  the  past 
winter.  A few  who  look  upon  the  fox  as  the  arch-enemy 
of  game  birds,  as  well  as  of  domestic  fowl,  would  have 
been  better  pleased  had  a bounty  been  put  upon  foxes. 
Not  a few_  would  have  been  glad  to  have  seen  the  bill 
providing  for  a hunter’s  license  enacted.  Apparently  the 
time  has  not  yet  arrived  for  such  a measure  to  win,  for 
although  as  the  bill  was  drawn  the  owner  of  land  was 
not  required  to  take  out  a license  in  order  to  shoot  on  his 
own  premises,  the  bill  was  strongly  opposed  by  the  farm- 
ers, one  of  whom  stated  to  the  committee  that  if  such  a 
law  were  enacted  the  result  would  be  a general  posting  of 
the  farmers’  lands. 

The  result,  of  course,  would  be  that  the  sportsman 
would  have  no  more  chance  to  get  birds,  etc.,  here  than 
he  would  have  in  England,  where  shooting  privileges  are 
beyond  the  reach  of  all  except  the  landed  proprietors. 

If  public  sentiment  were  such  as  to  make  a license  law 
acceptable  to  the  farmers,  it  seems  to  the  writer,  that  it 
would  help  in  protecting  game,  but  until  our  agricultural 
friends  are  sufficiently  interested  in  game  protection  to  be 
willing  to  take  their  medicine  with  the  rest  of  the  com- 
munity, the  effect  that  a license  law  would  have  is  at  least 
problematical. 

• Members  of  the  Old  Colony  Club,  several  of  whom  are 
also  affiliated  with  the  Massachusetts  Fish  and  Game  Pro- 
tective Association,  have  been  able  to  hold  all  the  restric- 
tions heretofore  existing  against  commercial  fishing  by 
nets  and  seines  in  Buzzard’s  Bay,  and  although  the  club 
has  lost  one  of  its  strong  pillars  by  the  death  of  Mr. 
Henry  R.  Reed,  one  of  its  wealthiest  and  most  interested 
members,  the  officers  and  members  may  be  counted  on  to 
come  to  the  rescue  whenever  danger  threatens  the  inter- 
ests of  the  hook  and  line  fishermen  and  the  boatmen  of 
the  bay  towns.  Another  loss  severely  felt  by  the  club 
was  sustained  in  the  decease  of  its  president,  Mr.  Joseph 
Jefferson, _ who  had  always  manifested  a deep  interest  in 
the  organization  and  its  objects.  Fortunately  there  is  still 
left  that  prince  of  sportsmen,  Grover  Cleveland,  who  has 
for  many  years  been  President  Jefferson’s  right  bower  in 
the  work  of  the  club. 

The  summer  meeting  of.  the  Middlesex  Sportsmen’s 
Association  was  held  at  Historic  Hall,  Lexington,  on 
Monday  evening.  The  entertainment  provided  was  an 
illustrated  lecture  by  Prof.  Wm.  Lyman  Underwood,  of 
Belmont.  His  subject  was  “A  Strange  Story  of  the 
North  Woods,”  which  proved  very  instructive  and  enter- 
taining. It  was  the  story  of  a little  bear  cub  from  its 
birth,  when  it  weighed  less  than  a pound,  to  the  state  of 
a nearly  full-grown  bruin.  Its  mother  was  killed  in  the 
winter  nest  under  an  old  hollow  pine  stump,  and  the 
woodsmen  on  pulling  out  the  carcass  found  the  little 
baby  bear,  probably  less  than  two-  days  old. 

So  much  were  they  interested  in  the  newcomer  they 
took  it  to  camp  and  the  wife  of  the  cook  in  the  lumber- 
men s quarters  who  had  a babe  at  the  breast  was  able  to 
supply  the  nourishment  needed  to  keep  the  cub  alive. 
There  was  no  other  resource,  and  the  good  woman  was  so 
touched  by  the  helpless  condition  of  the  little  brute  that 
she  actually  treated  it  as  one  of  the  family,  and  for  weeks 
and  months  it  was  the  playmate  of  the  five  little  humans 
that  constituted  the  juvenile  part  of  her  household.  As 
this  all  occurred  in  a region  of  Maine  to  which  Mr. 
Underwood  had  made  many  trips  as  a sportsman  and 
hunter  with  camera,  he  was  apprised  of  the  facts  and  at 
once  determined  to  become  the  possessor  of  the  cub  if 
such  a thing  were  possible.  At  first,  although  much  in 
need  of  money,  the  matron  declared  she  could  not  part 
with  it.  In  the  dead  of  winter  Mr.  Underwood  went  into 
the  woods  and  had  the  pleasure  of  forming  the  acquaint- 
ance of  the  members  of  the  family  and  finally  did  succeed 
in  securing  the  little  bear. 

On  the  screen  he  showed  winter  scenes  in  the  north 
woods  and  the  semi-domesticated  cub  doing  the  most 
amusing  things  imaginable.  The  audience  of  over  a hun- 
dred men  was  greatly  pleased  and  frequently  applauded 
the  good  points  in  the  narrative  and  several  of  the  views 
which  were  all  of  a very  high  order. 

In  taking  nature-pictures  Mr.  Underwood  holds  a place 
in  the  front  rank  of  such  artists.  At  the  close  of  the  lec- 
ture, which  occupied  an  hour  and  a quarter,  three  cheers 


were  given  for  the  lecturer  and  he  was  unanimously 
6 an  honorary  member  of  the  association. 

the  secretary,  Dr.  J.  W.  Bailey,  of  Boston,  read  a re- 
port on  various  business  matters  including  the  attendance 
by  several  members  before  the  committee  on  fisheries  and 
game  in  opposition  to  the  bill  to  include  December  in  the 
open  season  for  quail  shooting. 

Although  hardly  more  than  two  years  old,  the  associa- 
tion has  a membership  of  225,  and  is  one  of  the  most 
vigoious  and  active  in  the  work  for  which  it  was  organi- 
ized  The  president,  Mr.  A.  S.  Mitchell,  of  Lexington, 
like  his  predecessor,  Mr.  N.  J.  Hardy,  of  Arlington,  is  a 
hustler,  as  is  also  the  secretary,  who,  although  having  a 
large  dental  practice,  is  never  too  busy  to  attend  to  legis- 
lative hearings  or  anything  else  that  interests  sportsmen, 
ihe  treasurer  is  Mr.  James  R.  Mann,  of  Arlington 
Heights.  The  vice-presidents,  O.  W.  Whittemore  and  E. 
S Farmer,  of  Arlington,  Dr.  F.  M.  Lowe,  of  Newton, 
and  Mr.  L 8.  Barker,  of  Winchester.  Another  of  the 
officers  is  Mr.  F.  N.  Young,  of  Arlington,  who,  with  sev- 
eral mends,  made  the  famous  trip  last  year  to  Maine  in 
an  automobile  bearing  an  improvised  house  in  which  the 
occupants  slept  and  ate  while  making  the  rounds  of  vari- 
ous  resorts.  Another  is  Mr.  Henry  Wheeler,  of  Concord, 
who  holds  a position  among  the  sportsmen  of  that  historic 
old  town  and  vicinity  analogous  to  that  held  by  Emerson 
among  philosophers  and  Thoreau  among  naturalists. 
From  such  men  and  many  others  equally  active,  repre- 
senting Cambridge,  Somerville,  Belmont,  as  well’  as  the 
towns.  previously  mentioned,  much  good  work  for  true 
sport  is  to  be  expected. 

President  Mitchell  is  also  one  of  the  officers  of  the 
American  Canoe  Association,  the  Eastern  Division  of 
which  holds  a meet  at  Cochituate  Lake,  Natick,  on  June 
17-18.  J 


Deputy  Warden  Nichols,  of  North  Adams,  has  con- 
victed a fisherman  for  having  short  trout— by  the  change 
m the  trout  law  last  winter  Berkshire  comes  into  line  with 
the  rest  of  the  State — for  which  he  was  fined  $10. 

Deputies  Nixon  and  McCarthy  have  put  two  men  into 
court  for  having  short  lobsters  at  Dennis.  Chairman 
Poland,  of  the  Central  Committee,  has  been  able  to  clear 
the  Ayer  deputy  against  whom  suit  was  brought  for  dam- 
ages by  the  shooting  of  a dog  found  chasing  deer.  It 
seems  the  dog  was  licensed  but  unfortunately  for  the 
owner  had  on  another  dog’s  collar. 

Commissioner  Delano  tells  me  that  an  unprecedented 
number  of  orders  are  coming  in  for  fingerling  trout  to 
be  delivered  in  the  fall.  Last  year,  he  says,  the  Com- 
missioners were  obliged  to  scale  down  nearly  all  the  calls 
for  them.  A request  for  1,000  was  honored  only  to  the 
and  those  asking  for  500  got  only  200. 
While  the  State  has  four  hatcheries,  there  is  but  one 
where  it  is  possible  to  rear  trout  to  the  fingerling  stage — 
the  one  at  Sutton  -and  that  is  worked  to  its  full  capacity. 
Unfortunately,  unlike  Maine,  New  Hampshire  and  Ver- 
mont, Massachusetts  has  no  hatchery  run  by  the  United 
States  Government.  In  all  those  States  the  work  of  the 
Commissioners  is  supplemented  to  a.  large  degree  by  dis- 
tributions  of  fingerlings  reared  in  the  Federal  hatcheries. 
Whether  this  fact  has  ever  been  brought  to  the  attention 
of  the  Bay  State  members  of  Congress  or  not  the  writer 
is  unable  to  say.  I am  not  aware  of  any  valid  reason  whv 
Massachusetts  should  be  slighted  in  the  distribution  of 
favors  by  the  Government  at  Washington.  Our  anglers 
who  have  plenty  of  means  and  leisure  are  able  to  obtain 
recreation  and  sport  from  the  waters  of  other  States,  and 
the  provinces,  but  how  about  the  toilers  in  stores  and 
work  shops — the  men  (and  women,  too)  who  are  unable 
to  spare  weeks  from  business  and  make  long  journeys  for 
pleasure?  For  such,  especially,  every  pond  and  stream 
within  our  borders  should  receive  such  attention  as  will 
develop  its  capacity  f<  r fish  life  to  the  utmost.  The  Com- 
mission of  our  State  has  issued  scores  of  orders  to  owners 
of  sawmills  direct ine  them  to  deposit  no  sawdust  in  the 
streams — we  have  legislation  to  compel  construction  of 
fish-ways.  But  what  do  these  measures  avail  if  our 
streams.  are  destitute  of  fish?  When  we  think  for  a mo- 
ment of  the  yearly  increase  in  the  number  of  fishermen— 
the  facilities  for  travel  on  electrics  into  regions  hitherto 
remote  from  the  centers  of  population,  we  see  at  once 
that  in  order  to  keep  up  the  supply  of  fish,  stocking  on  a 
liberal  scale  is  absolutely  necessary.  Half  a million  fin- 
gerling, trout  planted  each  year  in  the  hundreds  of  streams 
of  Massachusetts  is  a small  allowance  to  supply  their 
needs.  How  shall  we  get  them?  That  is  a question  to  be 
answered  by  the  sportsmen  of  Massachusetts. 

H.  H.  Kimball. 


From  Maine. 


ihe  nsaaie  party  trom  Leominster,  mentioned  in  my 
last  letter,  has  been  keeping  up  its  well  earned  reputation 
for  angling,  taking  trout  from  3 to  5 pounds,  a togue  of 
14  pounds  and  another  of  17,  besides  a good  lusty  salmon. 

In  the  party  making  the  annual  outing  of  the  Camp 
Comfort  Club  were  Wilfred  Bolster,  Esq.,  son  of  Judge 
Bolster,  of  Roxbury;  Hon.  James  Bailey,  of  Cambridge; 
J.  Fred  Parker,  Assistant  Secretary  of  State  of  Rhode 
Island,  from  Providence,  and  several  prominent  citizens 
of  Central  Falls,  R.  I.  Mr.  Bolster  took  a 6)4- pound  sal- 
mon and  Mr.  Bailey  a togue  that  weighed  11  pounds.  A 
party  of  eight  Bostonians,  three  from  New  York  and  two 
Maine  anglers  in  a trip  of  ten  days  were  able  to  land  300 
fis/h  several  of  which  were  above  what  is  considered  the 
minimum  for  a record,  viz.,  3 pounds.  As  the  harvest  of 
one  day’s  labor  Mr.  A.  S.  Cook,  of  Brookline,  and  his 
companion  brought  in  thirty  handsome  trout.  Mr.  F S. 
Snyder  with  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  J.  Mead,  Mr.  Geo  Whit- 
tier and  Miss  Ruth  Whittier,  of  Boston,  are  located  in 
Mr.  Snyder’s  private  camp  and  alternating  bait  with  fly- 
fishing. At  his  camp  on  Moody  Island  Mr.  Walter  H 
Wesson  is  accompanied  by  Dr.  L.  Corcoran,  Nathan  D 
BlIb  J;  W-  Kirkman,  F.  Harris  and  J.  Shattuck,  Jr.,  all 
of  Springfield,  Mass. 

Many  of  the  guides  at  Kineo  cherish  pleasant  memories 
of  the  late  Wm.  Ziegler,  who  used  to  make  frequent  visits, 
having  a dozen  or  more  guests  and  as  many  guides  The ' 
camp  ground  used  by  him  is  called  Ziegler’s  Camping 
Grounds,  situated  on  Eagle  Lake,  his  favorite  rendezvous 
His  fishing  record  for  Aug.  20,  1894,  was  twenty  trout 
weighing  69  pounds,  taken  in  four  hours  at  Socateau 
Pond. 


Jay  Cook,  Jr.,  of  Philadelphia,  has  gone  into  his  private 
camp,  Ogontz,  for  the  summer,  the  family  to  join  him 
latqr.  J>r,  JS,  W,  £ranig:an,  \vhp  vrait  tp  Qraqd  Lakq 


478 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


[June  17,  1905. 


Stream  with  Dr.  Morris  and  others,  has  returned  and 
reports  the  salmon  plenty,  ranging-  from  ij4  to  2j4 
pounds  in  weight.  He  says  there  are  many  visitors  at 
the  hotel  and  camps.  A party  taking  the  Little  River 
trip; — considered  one  of  the  most  delightful  in  eastern 
Maine — returned  with  a fine  string  of  square-tails.  A 
party  of  twenty-five  substantial  citizens  of  Winchester, 
under  the  leadership  of  Mr.  Charles  A.  Lane,  have  taken 
a trip  by  private  car  to  Bingham,  thence  to  Rowe  Pond 
camps.  By  last  reports  thev  were  getting  good  fishing. 
Among  those  in  the  party  are  Drs.  John  I.  French,  Mott 
A.  Cummings,  H.  J.  Olmstead,  H.  L.  Shepard,  A.  V. 
Rogers,  and  Messrs.  A.  A.  Sargent,  F.  Clark  and  Louis 
Barta. 

Bangor  anglers  are  in  high  glee  over  the  return  of  the 
sea  salmon  to  their  famous  pool,  some  thirty  or  more 
having  been  taken  recently  as  reported,  and  all  large  fish. 
In  the  weirs  below  Bangor  salmon  are  also  being  caught. 
Now,  for  a while,  landlords  may  put  “Penobscot  salmon” 
on  their  bills  of  fare,  though  it  is  doubtful  about  there 
being  enough  of  them  to  go  round. 

Dr.  W.  H.  Thayer  and  Frank  L.  Davis,  of  Fairhaven, 
Mass.,  have  been  enjoying  eight  days  of  good  sport  at 
Middle  Dam,  getting  in  all  eighty-one  trout  and  salmon, 
the  largest  a 9-pound  salmon  taken  by  Mr.  Davis.  Dr. 
Thayer  took  a record  trout  at  the  dam  weighing  8 pounds 
1 ounce,  which  he  is  having  mounted.  At  Moonhanis 
camps,  on  the  Cupsuptic,  Senator  and  Mrs.  Hale  and 
others  have  been  entertained  by  the  owner,  Mr.  Herbert 
L.  Brown,  of  Portland. 

A notice  of  importance  to  those  taking  out  boxes  of 
fish  from  Maine  has  been  posted  by  the  Commissioners 
to  the  effect  that  persons  having  such  boxes  on  board 
trains  “should  identify  the  same  to  Warden  Cushman,  at 
Portland,  who  will  visit  every  train,”  otherwise  the  boxes 
are  liable  to  be  delayed.  The  name  and  residence  of  the 
owner  must  be  on  the  boxes  and  they  must  be  accom- 
panied by  the  owner,  but  those  having  the  $1.00  special 
shipping  tag  need  not  be  identified. 

Yesterday  I saw  a large  salmon  in  the  window  of  the 
office  of  the  Dominion  Atlantic  Railway  on  Washington 
street  which  was  taken  by  a Mic  Mac  guide  from  a river 
only  five  miles  from  Yarmouth,  N.  S.  The  fish  weighed 
30}4  pounds  and  is  forty  inches  in  length,  as  described 
on  the  display  card.  Central. 


Notes  on  Live  Bait* 

When  it  is  taken  into  consideration  how  many  anglers 
there  are  in  every  city  and  town  in  the  United  States,  and 
that  nearly  all  of  them  employ  live  bait  for  certain  sorts 
of  angling,  it  seems  remarkable  that  so  few  dealers  make 
it  a practice  to  obtain  and  keep  on  hand  supplies  of  live 
bait  for  fresh  water  angling.  It  is  true  that  bait  for  salt 
water  fishing  is  kept  on  sale  in  all  seacoast  towns,  and 
it  is  equally  true  that  in  almost  every  inland  city  there  is 
at  least  one  dealer  in  live  minnows,  but  nevertheless  not 
so  much  attention  is  given  this  matter  as  the  demand 
would  seem  to  warrant. 

There  is  no  doubt  that  the  present  vogue  of  bait-casting 
with  short  rods,  free  running  multiplying  reels  and  arti- 
ficial lures  has  attracted  so  much  attention  largely  be- 
cause of  the  difficulty  of  obtaining  live  bait  at  the  time  de- 
sired. There  was  a time,  not  so  long  ago,  when  one  of 
the  most  important  things  to  decide  on  was  the  securing 
of  the  bait,  and  the  time  and  place  to  angle  very  often 
depended  upon  this.  Frequently  a day’s  fishing  involved 
at  least  another  half  day  of  time  in  catching  minnows,  and 
no  small  anxiety  lest  they  die  over  night.  In  numerous 
places  this  still  applies,  but  not  generally  to  such  an  ex- 
tent as  in  former  years,  when  it  would  have  been  con- 
sidered next  to  useless  to  go-  a-fishing  with  no  more 
preparation  than  the  gathering  together  of  the  rods,  reels 
and  tackle-boxes,  the  latter  holding  a complete  assortment 
of  spoons,  spinners  and  such  inanimate  lures  as  are  now 
commonly  advertised  as  “the  most  killing  baits.”  Then 
the  fishing  equipment  included  a large  minnow  bucket 
ingeniously  arranged  to  keep  minnows  alive  a long  time; 
a net  for  catching  minnows  in  small  streams;  perhaps  a 
pair  of  rubber  boots,  etc.  One’s  knowledge  of  where  to 
fish  was  incomplete  if  he  was  ignorant  of  the  most  favor- 
able places  for  catching  bait.  Altogether  there  was  much 
of  discouragement  involved,  and  no  little  back-breaking 
work.  Still,  the  pursuit  of  small  fry  gave  one  a true  in- 
sight into  the  ways  of  fishes,  and  often  uncovered  the 
hiding  places  of  old-time  big  bass  and  other  game  fish. 

The  difficulties  incident  to  catching  minnows  led  to 
many  improvements  in  minnow  buckets,  so  that  it  is  now 
possible  to  purchase  one  of  these  in  which  minnows  may 
be  kept  alive  for  two  or  three  days,  even  during  a railway 
journey  or  in  a wagon.  Air  is  pumped  into  a receptacle 
and  thence  filters  slowly  through  the  water. 

Often  the  anglers  of  a community  come  to  patronize 
some  good-natured  individual,  possessed  of  more  time 
than  wealth,  who,  for  a nominal  consideration,  will  catch 
and  deliver  at  a certain  time  and  place  a given  number 
of  minnows.  Now  and  then  his  word  is  as  good  as  his 
bond,  provided  the  corner  ginmill  does  not  lure  too  stron- 
ly  or  the  state  of  his  health  demand  rest  and  quiet.  There 
is  as  a general  thing  not  sufficient  demand  for  bait  to 
make  it  worth  while  for  any  man  to  deal  exclusively  in 
it,  hence  the  angler  who  finds  himself  in  a strange  town 
naturally  asks  the  local  fishing  tackle  dealer  for  the  de- 
sired article  or  information  leading  up  to  its  acquisition. 
Not  a few  tackle  dealers  endeavor  to  keep  on  hand  dur- 
ing the  fishing  season  a supply  of  minnows,  and  of  live 
frogs,  crickets,  helgramites  or  even  the  lowly  angleworm 
as  well.  Sometimes  bait  can  be  found  at  fish  markets. 
But  at  the  best  known  resorts  for  black  bass  anglers  the 
boatmen,  or  guides,  as  they  are  sometimes  called,  and 
the  hotelkeepers  are  almost  certain  to  either  have  sup- 
plies of  bait  on  hand  for  their  customers  or  fill  orders  on 
short  notice.  It  seems  to  be  the  angler’s  fate,  misfortune, 
what  you  will,  however,  to  find  the  supply  of  the  very  best 
bait  known  always  short,  so  that  his  trips  are  often 
marred  by  the  haunting  belief  that  if  he  could  have  had 
the  young  catfish,  or  lamprey  eels  he  wanted,  his  creel 
would  have  been  much  heavier  on  his  return. 

In  one  or  two  cites  dealers  have  given  no  little  attention 
to  the  collecting  of  eggs  and  the  hatching  of  minnows 
and  frogs.  Some  of  the  bait  obtained  in  this  way  and 
others  is  preserved  and  bottled  while  the  surplus  is  sold 
during  the  most  active  season.  Evidently  success  has  at- 
tended their  efforts  and  it  may  reasonably  fee  expected 


other  persons  will  enter  this  line  of  business,  since  in  it 
both  live  and  preserved  baits  are  possible. 

There  are  waters  in  which  certain  varieties  of  live  bait 
only  can  be  employed  with  marked  success,  but  as  a rule, 
if  the  largest  minnows  obtainable  are  used  one’s  chances 
of  attracting  and  possibly  catching  large  fish  are  good. 
And,  following  out  the  same  line  of  reasoning,  it  would 
be  folly  to  say  what  sort  of  bait  is  best,  since  all  waters 
are  not  alike  and  their  finny  inhabitants’  likes  and  dislikes 
differ.  One  thing  is  true  of  all  waters,  however,  and  it  is 
that  the  angler  who  employs  a single  hook,  or  at  most  two 
single  hooks,  will  catch  as  good  fish  in  the  long  run  as  he 
who  puts  his  faith  in  all  the  villainous  trebles  and  gangs 
of  trebles  invented.  Nor  will  he  mutilate  many  fish  that 
get  away. 

Along  our  coasts  there  are  numerous  places  where  bait 
can  be  purchased  all  the  time.  In  the  cities  a great  many 
of  the  small  dealers  in  fishing  tackle  carry  bait  that  com- 
mands a standard  price  per  dozen  and  is  always  obtain- 
able, since  there  is  practically  no  closed  season  except 
during  the  coldest  parts  of  winter.  Some  small  dealers  in 
cigars  carry  bait  also,  such  as  sandworms,  whiteworms 
and  the  like,  and  the  writer  knows  of  one  place  in  New 
York  city  where  can  be  purchased  a sack  of  coal,  a lump 
of  ice,  a bundle  of  kindling  wood  or  a supply  of  salt  water 
bait.  At  the  same  time  the  dealer  repairs  shoes.  Here  is 
a man  of  many  parts.  He  knows  little  English  but  bids 
fair  to  accumulate  wealth  with  his  knowledge  of  the  New 
World. 

At  the  resorts  dotting  nearby  bays  and  estuaries  live 
bait  of  the  most  attractive  sorts  for  all  seasons  is  obtain- 
able from  local  bonifaces. 


Yellowstone  National  Park, 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

Mr.  DeWitt  C.  Booth,  Superintendent  of  the  Spearfish 
Station,  United  States  Fish  Commission,  came  on  from 
Spearfish,  S.  D.,  with  the  crew  of  the  sub-station  in  the 
Yellowstone  Park,  Yellowstone  Lake,  where,  as  usual, 
the  eggs  of  the  native  black  spotted  trout  will  be  taken 
for  distribution.  Last  year  several  million  eggs  were 
taken,  and  this  year,  if  conditions  are  favorable,  they 
will  obtain  5,000,000  or  more.  Most  of  these  eggs  are 
kept  until  “eyed,”  or  brought  to  that  stage  when  they  can 
be  safely  shipped  to  any  part  of  the  world,  with  proper 
care  en  route.  Only  a few  eggs  are  hatched  at  the  sub- 
station. 

Mr.  Booth  brought  with  him  from  Spearfish  hatchery 

103.000  brook  trout,  which  were  planted  in  the  following 
waters:  11,000  in  Ice  Lake,  10,000  in  Swan  Lake,  25,000 
in  the  head  waters  of  Gardiner  River  and  Indian  Creek, 

40.000  in  Willow  Creek,  and  17,000  in  the  Gibbon  River 
above  the  Virginia  Cascades. 

Several  years  ago  rainbow  trout  were  planted  in  the 
latter  place,  and  for  two  years  a few  were  taken  above 
the  Cascades.  Of  late  years  none  have  been  seen  above 
that  point.  It  is  supposed  they  dropped  down  below  this 
obstruction  and  were  unable  to  get  back  for  the  spawn- 
ing season.  The  same  trout  has  been  found  just  below 
the  falls.  The  plant  just  made  by  Mr.  Booth  will  stock 
the  upper  waters  of  Gibbon  River  with  a trout  that  won’t 
“go  back  on  the  stream.”  There  is  an  interesting  fact 
connected  with  this  recent  plant.  Eighteen  thousand  of 
the  young  fish  are  hatched  from  spawn  taken  from  fish 
which  annually  visit  the  sea,  whose  ancestors  are  more 
like  salmon,  going  to  the  fresh  water  streams  to  spawn,, 
and  visit  the  salt  and  brackish  waters  off  Plymouth, 
Mass.,  where  the  young  trout  came  from. 

The  United  States  Fish  Commission  has  done  a very 
good  lot  of  work  in  the  Yellowstone  Park  stocking  vari- 
ous waters  and  keeping  up  the  stock  in  streams  where 
there  was  the  least  danger  of  depletion  by  over-fishing 
or  from  other  causes.  Not  only  has  the  Park  been 
benefited  by  the  Commission’s  work  but  the  whole  coun- 
try, and  some  foreign  States.  Millions  of  eggs  have  been 
obtained  here  and  distributed. 

It  would  be  very  little  expense  to  the  Government  to 
establish  another  sub-station  on  the  east  side  of  the  lake, 
where  it  would  be  as  easy  to  obtain  5,000,000  additional 
eggs  for  distribution  as  at  the  present  station.  This 
would  not  affect  the  supply  of  trout  in  the  Yellowstone 
Lake,  for  it  is  over-stocked  now.  An  addition  to  the 
equipment  of  the  station  should  be  made  by  giving  the 
men  some  kind  of  a motor  boat.  They  are  now  handi- 
capped by  being  compelled  to  use  wagons  for  their  trans- 
portation along  the  shore  of  the  lake  and  are  compelled 
to  limit  their  field  of  operations  to  a stream  or  two  close 
to  the  sub-station. 

Another  good  bit  of  work  which  could  be  done  for  the 
Park  is  the  planting  of  some  suitable  fish  in  Yellowstone, 
Shoshone  and  Lewis  lakes  for  food  for  the  large  trout 
in  these  lakes.  As  it  is  now,  there  is  not  the  proper  food 
for  the  growth  of  the  trout  to  the  size  they  would  reach 
were  food  conditions  favorable.  No  large  trout  are  ever 
seen  in  Yellowstone  Lake.  There  are  no  fish  for  them 
to  eat  except  their  own  kind.  On  the  food  they  find  there 
they  can  reach  a certain  size ; beyond  that  they  never  go 
— except  when  a cannibal  is  found.  The  conditions  are 
the  same  in  Lewis  and  Shoshone  lakes,  where  the  Com- 
mission planted  the  great  lake  trout.  No  food  suitable 
for  their  best  development  was  planted  with  them.  It  is 
not  too  late  to  do  so  now,  and  it  is  hoped  that  the  Com- 
mission will  put  this  matter  in  the  hands  of  those  who' 
will  carry  the  work  through  successfully. 

About  the  time  the  first  plant  was  made  in  the  Yellow- 
stone Park  under  Commissioner  McDonald,  several  thou- 
sand western  whitefish  were  transferred  from  Henry 
Lake,  Idaho,  to  the  Yellowstone  Lake  and  River  below 
the  lake.  None  of  these  or  their  descendants  has  ever 
been  seen  since  they  were  turned  loose.  What  became 
of  them  no  one  knows.  It  is  supposed  they  were  de- 
voured by  the  large  trout,  or  went  down  stream  over  the 
falls.  Some  of  them  were  as  large  as  the  largest  trout 
and  ought  to  have  escaped.  Nevertheless,  there  was  no 
whitefish  left  to  spawn  and  afford  food  for  the  trout.  In 
Heart  Lake,  at  about  the  same  altitude  as  Yellowstone, 
Shoshone  and  Lewis  lakes,  are  found  trout,  chub,  white- 
fish,  suckers  and  blobs.  There  one  can  take  trout  weigh- 
ing over  5 pounds,  and  then  there  are  minnows  that 
could  be  transferred  to  some  stream  running  into  Yel- 
lowstone Lake  from  the  Continental  Divide. 

Yellowstone  Lake  is  slowly  filling  up.  The  work  of  the 
sub-station  may  be  hindered  or  helped  by  the  small  quan* 


tity  of  snow  in  the  Park.  Last  year  they  were  hindered 
by  high  water.  This  year  they  had  no  trouble  getting 
to  the  station.  Rains  may  make  up  for  scarcity  of  snow. 

T.  E.  H. 


The  Log  of  a Sea  Angler* 


XI.— The  Trip’etail  as  a Rod  Fish— Experiences  With  Taf- 
pon — Hauling  the  Stine— Ten  Pounder — Hog  Fish — 
Lady  Fish — Black  Grouper,  etc. 


BY  CHARLES  FREDERICK  HOLDER,  AUTHOR  OF  “BIG  GAME 

fishes/’  “adventures  of  torqua,”  etc. 

One  of  the  fascinating  problems  of  the  outer  reef 
was  to  determine  how  the  deep  channels  in  the  heart 
of  the  sandy  lagoon  were  formed.  There  was  absolutely 
no  current,  at  least  to  the  eye.  I recall  one  of  these 
turquoise  blue  leads,  the  sides  of  which  were  so  steep 
that  I could  stand  on  the  coral  of  the  edge  and  dive 
down  into  deep  water.  To  determine  the  depth,  I 
brought  out  heavy  coral  rocks,  and  rigging  a rope 
hold,  allowed  the  weight  to  carry  me  down,  after  the 
fashion  of  the  Panama  pearl  divers.  Exactly  how  deep 
I sank  I had  no  means  of  knowing.  I “cast  off”  when 
I thought  a depth  had  been  reached  that  Would  Hot  be 
too  much  of  a swim,  and  as  I Was  a fair  diver,  arid  in 
good  training,  I inay  have  attained  thirty  fefet;  at  least 
it  grew  perceptibly  dark  as  I sank. 

But  the  most  remarkable  feature  was  the  change 
in  temperature.  At  the  surface  the  heat  was  that  of 
the  “roaring  twenties,”  intense  and  fierce,  and  the  sur- 
face water  often  uncomfortably  warm;  but  as  I sank 
I seemed  to  be  passing  through  different  layers  of  tem- 
perature, and  twenty  feet  down  this  tropical  gulf  stream 
was  decidedly  cold.  I believe  the  channel  to  have  been 
one  hundred  feet  deep,  and  at  the  point  I have  in  mind 
the  branch  coral  formed  a perpendicular  wall  as  far  as 
I could  penetrate.  As  I swam  upward  within  a foot 
of  its  gristling  points  I could  see  various  fishes  of 
brilliant  hue  poised  in  its  interstices.  As  the  water 
deepened,  the  coral  assumed  a more  luxuriant  growth. 
The  branches  were  long,  like  the  points  of  a deer’s 
horn,  and  a rich  olive-greert  hue.  The  water,  doubtless 
due  to  its  saltness,  Was  art  intense  artd  beautiful  blue. 
Such  a channel  could  be  followed  a long  distance,  and 
might  have  several  branches.  One  which  I entered, 
gradually  shoaled  until  the  water  was  not  over  ten  feet 
deep.  By  diving  in  this  cul  de  sac,  I found  that  the 
bottom  was  a clear,  sandy  floor,  without  an  object  to 
break  the  monotony.  So  clear  was  the  water  that  in 
sixty  or  seventy  feet  I could  see  the  ripples  in  the 
sand  and  the  crayfish  whips  on  the  under  edge  of  the 
coral.  In  a word,  here  was  a street  perfect  in  its 
imitation  of  a thoroughfare  of  the  land,  the  surface  of 
the  sand  clean  and  well  kept,  the  sides  a wall  of  coral 
rising  abrupt  and  precipitous,  alive  with  the  strange  in- 
habitants of  the  sea. 

My  favorite  boat  had  a forward  deck,  upon  which  I 
could  lie  prone  With  ffly  face  near  the  water,  and  while 
Long  John  sculled  along,  I could  scan  the  bottom  and 
pass  in  review  the  panorama  of  the  sea.  One  day  we 
were  moving  in  this  fashion  up  a cul  de  sac,  when  I 
came  upon  a break  in  the  coral,  as  though  some  great 
boulder  had  crashed  down  the  side,  or  an  ocean 
avalanche,  breaking,  had  cut  the  coral,  forming  a little 
snug  harbor  in  which  were  numbers  of  fishes,  and 
among  them  one  which  I recognized  as  a threetail, 
known  as  triple  tail,  flasher,  and  various  other  names, 
a fish  famous  for  its  wide  geographical  range. 

It  was  poised  In  the  center  of  the  little  bay,  sur- 
rounded by  a Humber  of  gay  courtiers— -angel,  parrot 
and  other  fishes^ — and  iil  contrast  was  a ponderous 
figure.  I always  kept  my  rod  at  hand,  artd  pulling  the 
boat  over  on  to  the  coral  I had  Long  John  hold  her 
while  I laid  siege  to  the  big  fish.  It  was  necessary  to 
entice  him  up  and  away  from  the  long  coral  branches, 
at  least  I thought  so,  and  I began  chumming  with 
crayfish.  Long  John  pounded  them  up  with  a mallet 
and'  scattered  the  fine  parts  in  the  little  bay  of  delights. 
I doubt  if  there  are  many  fishes  that  can  resist  the 
fascinations  of  crayfish — it  is  the  bonne  bouche  of  bait  in 
the  tropics,  and  as  it  sank  all  the  lesser  fishes  dashed 
at  it,  the  water  becoming  filled  with  them,  while  the 
flasher,  which  I “guessed”  at  fifteen  pounds,  ignored 
it,  remaining  in  one  spot,  his  fins  moving  gracefully 
and  sufficiently  to  hold  him  in  place. 

Again  Long  John  sprinkled  the  water  with  chum, 
setting  the  fishes  frantic;  and  as  they  rushed  upward, 
the  greater  fish  turned,  tipped  up  and  exposed  his 
broad  body  wholly.  I now  took  a large  bait  and  tied 
it  on  the  hook  with  thread,  and  as  John  tossed  the 
chum  I cast  into  it.  The  angel  fishes  seized  it,  and,  as 
I had  figured,  they  could  not  devour  it  before  it  reached 
the  bottom;  so  they  followed  down,  tearing  at  it 
fiercely  until  it  reached  the  plane  of  the  three-tail;  then 
unable  to  resist,  he  moved  ahead,  dispersing  the  throng 
of  small  fry,  and  seized  the  lure.  It  was  too  much  for 
him,  and  I watched  his  every  move,  so  clear  was  the 
water,  until  he  had  bolted  the  large  bait.  He  began 
to  suspect  that  all  was  not  right  when  he  felt  the  wire 
leader  against  his  big  under  jaw,  and  swung  his  head 
or  body  to  the  right.  At  that  precise  moment  I gave 
him,  in  angling  parlance,  the  butt.  Instead  of  dashing 
into  the  coral,  as  I suspected  he  might,  he  made  a 
savage  rush  directly  out  into  clear  water,  taking  line 
with  a whirlwind  run  that  threatened  to  unreel  its  en- 
tire length,  the  click  protesting  in  loud  staccato  notes, 
the  rod  bending  and  bowing  as  I slipped  the  tip  of  the 
butt  beneath  my  leg  and  tried  to  stop  the  run.  I had 
taken  the  threetail,  as  Long  John  called  him,  before, 
in  the  “rip-raps”  off  Old  Point  Comfort,  and  a much 
larger  fish,  so  was  not  wholly  a novice;  yet,  before  I 
stopped  the  run,  I had  very  little  line  left,  and  my  game 
was  entirely  across  the  channel,  doubtless  hunting- 
fields  in  which  to  dart. 

Long  John  sculled  after  him,  and  so  I gained  line; 
and  after  a run  down  the  slope  into  deep  water  half- 
way round,  I stopped  him.  He  turned,  climbed  the 
steep  hill  with  a single  rush,  and  raced  away  over  the 
shoal  in  the  direction  of  the  reef,  taking  us  into  a 
splendid  open  field,  where  I played  him  twenty  minutes, 
being  well  repaid  for  the  work  in  the  hot  sun,  as  the 
threetail.  if  slightly  ponderous  and  heavy,  was  a clever 


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fighter,  and  displayed  game  qualities  that  raised  him  to 
a high  jplaile  in  my  estimation.  His  rushes  were  almost 
irresistible,  especially  when  bearing  off  hard,  _ and  he 
came  in  only  after  hard  work  with  the  multiplier,  that 
slowly  ate  up  the  strands  of  his  life.  The  big  fish 
circled  the  boat  several  times  in  its  undoing,  and  came 
to  the  gaff  in  a gamy  fashion. 

When  lifted  in,  it  reminded  one  of  a gigantic  sunfish 
of  frgsh  Waters,  being  high,  short,  thickset  and  withal 
clumsy,  a large  head,  which  reaches  high  up,  forming 
a big  hump,  not  unlike  that  of  the  sheepshead  of  Cali- 
fornia. The  anal  and  dorsal  fins  point  backward,  the 
flesh  being  extended  to  form  a base  for  them;  hence 
the  name,  threetail,  as  they  really  appear  to  have  three 
. tails. 

As  Long  John  held  it  up,  it  was  an  attractive  fish, 
the  upper  portion  being  a dark  silvery  gray,  which 
merged  into  lighter  tints.  We  dined  on  lobotes  that 
night,  but  it  did  not  appeal  to  me  after  fried  grunt  and 
broiled  young  barracuda,  though  it  was  by  no  means  a 
poor  fish.  Up  the  coast  it  ranks  high;  but  its  greatest 
value  doubtless  lies  in  the  scales  which  are  employed 
in  the  manufacture  of  flowers  and  countless  impossible 
objects  made  for  the  ‘‘holding  up”  of  the  typical  tourist. 

My  three  men  were  all  converts  to  the  rod,  and  in  a 
weak  moment  I loaned  a light  rod  to  Long  John.  He 
became  excited  when  h@  hooked  another  threetail,  and 
broke  it  fairly  at  the  joint.  It  is  a good  rule  not  to 
borrow  a boat,  a horse,  a gurt  or  a rod,  and  if  this 
is  adhered  to,  the  good-natured  sportsman  will  not  be 
led  from  the  paths  of  virtue  to  the  devious  shades  of 
invective.  To  see  a giant  boatman  with  an  8-horse- 
power thumb  glued  to  the  brake  pad  of  your  reel  strike 
a io-pound  fish  as  though  it  were  a whale,  and  hear 
the  crash  of  your  favorite  rod,  five  hundred  miles  from 
anywhere  where  it  can  be  duplicated,  is  to  witness  real 
grief,  not  to  say  despair.  If  Long  John  had  been  a 
Japanese  he  would  respectfully  have  committed  hari- 
kari,  and  so  have  gotten  his  deserts;  but  he  merely  re- 
garded the  wreck  with  the  remark  that  he'd  “be 
dogged,”  and  took  a drink  of  Pain  Killer,  doubtless  to 
drown  his  sorrow,  and  he  also  swore  off  on  “tackle 
that  he  didn’t  understand.” 

Hauling  the  seine  was  a pastime  of  the  reef.  I had 
a long  net,  and  one  comfortable  afternoon  I mustered 
several  negro  boys  from  the  key  and  we  proceeded  to 
surfQuild  the  mangroves  near  Bush  Key.  I had  sev- 
eral min  ott  each  end  rope,  and  two  in  the  center  on 
the  inside  to  lift  Out  mangrove _ roots  and  toss  them 
over,  while  I followed  along  behind.  A more  remark- 
able sight  it  would  be  difficult  to  imagine.  The  place  of 
hauling  was  a favorite  feeding  ground  of  mullets,  and  in 
a short  time  we  had  several  thousand  in  the  toils,  not 
a permanent  catch  by  any  means,  as  they  began  to 
jump,  and  soon  there  was  a rippling,  scintillating  fall 
of  mullets  as  they  sprang  over  the  net  infffny  direction. 

Garfishes  joined  them  and  came  riccochetting  along 
in  a beautiful  fashion,  and  I could  readily  see  how  the 
large  forms  of  the  Southern  gulf  could  strike  and 
seriously  injure  a wader.  I was  engaged  watching 
them,  wading  in  water  about  three  and  a half  feet  in 
depth,  when  Chief  shouted  that  there  was  a big  fish 
in  the  net.  That  moment  a fish,  which  must  have  been 
fully  six  feet  in  length,  vaulted  over  the  line  and 
dropped  into  the  water  five  feet  from  me,  so  near  that 
the  experience  was  startling.  Chief  called  to  me  to 
stand  back,  saying  that  “old  Tom  Morales  was  hit  by 
a tarpon  standing  where  I was,  the  fish  crushing  in  his 
ribs,  striking  him  fairly  over  the  heart.” 

I fell  back  to  give  the  next  tarpon  sea  room,  but  the 
next  big  fish  in  the  toils  proved  to  be  a shark  that 
merely  charged  the  net  head  on  and  succeeded  in  wind- 
ing himself  up  in  such  a coil  that  it  took  the  men  nearly 
half  a day  to  uncoil  him.  We  hauled  the  net  slowly  up  the 
Bush  Key  beach,  and  found  that  we  had  a marvelous  col- 
lection. I believe  we  had  nearly  every  fish  found  on  the 
great  reef,  except  the  robalo,  cobia  and  several  rare  ones. 
But  of  grunts,  snappers,  groupers,  angels,  porcupines, 
sharks,  rays,  and  others,  there  was  a multitude,  rep- 
resenting all  the  colors  of  the  rainbow.  I was  hunting 
for  new  fishes,  so  we  did  not  haul  them  on  the  beach. 

I picked  out  what  appeared  to  be  new  ones,  then  lifted 
.the  seine  and  released  them.  The  following  day  they 
were  back  in  their  old  haunts  about  the  mangrove 
roots. 

The  leap  of  the  tarpon  was  the  first  one  of  the  kind 
1 had  ever  seen.  The  fish  came  out  of  the  water  and 
returned  like  a mullet;  in  a word,  the  jump  was  clean 
cut  and  graceful,  the  antipodes  of  all  the  frenzied  jumps 
I had  observed  tarpon  take.  I have  seen  many  tarpons 
in  the  air  on  my  own  hooks  and  those  of  fellow 
anglers,  but  never  remember  seeing  two  positions  alike. 
There  is  no  stereotyped  leap;  the  fish  is  crazed,  and 
up  into  the  air  it  goes,  doubtless  always  away  from 
the  pain  center. 

I have  seen  a tarpon  rise  bodily  five  feet  into  the  air, 
swing  itself  over  upon  its  back,  which  struck  the  water 
first.  Others  came  up’  head  first  and  turned  com- 
plete somersaults  in  the  air.  Others  seemed  to  rush 
directly  upward  and  drop  tail  first. 

I have  seen  the  spectacle  of  a six-foot  tarpon  seem- 
ingly poised  in  midair,  fanning  it  with  mighty  blows 
and  moving  along  at  the  same  time  with  expanded  gill 
covers,  looking  like  some  grotesque  Chinese  dragon, 
dropping  into  the  sea  ten  or  fifteen  feet  from  where  it 
came  up. 

I was  told  by  a boatman  that  he  had  seen  a tarpon 
make  a side  leap  of  fully  thirty  feet,  and  from  the  ex- 
hibitions I have  seen,  I believe  this  to  be  well  within  the 
possibilities  of  this  wild  steed. 

The  tarpon  is  not  considered  a dangerous  fish,  from 
the  point  of  actual  attack,  being  a huge  overgrown 
herring-like  monster,  with  the  mailed  armor  of  a knight 
and  the  brain  of  a Sancho  Panza,  yet  I know  of  no 
■more  dangerous  fish  to  gaff  and  land  in  a light  boat. 

A boat  was  found  adrift  in  Galveston  Bay  in  which 
were  the  dead  bodies  of  a tarpon  and  angler.  The 
fish  had  killed  the  man  with  a mighty  blow;  and  a 
number  of  instances  are  on  record  where  tarpons  have 
killed  men  by  striking  them  in  leaping  out  of  seines. 

I was  fishing  one  day  near  a verdant  angler,  ’who  in- 
sisted in  following  my  boat,  despite  the  fact  that  I told 
him  that  if  I succeeded  in  hooking  a tarpon  it  would 
probably  board  him,  quoting  an  instance  to  prove  the 
oossibility.  In  a few  moments  he  hooked  a fish  which 


came  around  in  a splendid  rush  and  went  quivering 
into  the  air  so  near  me  that  I dodged  and  fully  expected 
it  to  come  aboard.  We  pulled  out  of  range,  and  stood 
by  and  watched  what  was  a “fish  circus,”  as  the  tarpon 
was  the  master  of  ceremonies  and  was  having  all  the 
sport.  After  half  an  hour,  by  a special  dispensation, 
he  brought  the  fish  alongside  and  ordered  the  man  to 
gaff  it. 

Now  in  this  particular  locality  sportsmen  never  gaff 
their  fish.  They  towed  them  in  and  beached  them;  but 
our  angler  insisted  upon  having  the  fish  taken  in  out  of 
the  wet,  and  hearing  the  conversation,  I told  my  boat- 
man to  row  nearer,  so  that  we  could  pick  them  up. 

It  was  a bad  place,  for  sharks  were  large  and  hungry. 
I heard"  the  boatman  explain  this,  and  then  saw  him 
kick  off  his  shoes,  a to  me  suggestive  move,  and  the 
next  moment  he  jerked  a six-foot  tarpon  into  the  light 
skiff,  a mere  apology  of  a boat  for  tarpon  angling. 

The  result  was  definite  and  certain.  A fountain  of 
oars,  chairs,  rods,  bait  cans,  gaffs,  men  and  tarpon 
went  into  the  air  and  fell  in  a shower,  and  in  the  center 
appeared  a tarpon  rampant,  a living  steel  spring,  open- 
ing and  shutting,  sweeping  the  decks  with  all  the  aban- 
don of  a rapid-fire  gun  on  its  initial  trial. 

It  was  the  most  exciting  and  interesting  example  of 
ground  and  lofty  tumbling  it  was  every  my  good  for- 
tune to  see.  It  was  short  and  quick— -one  round — and 
by  unanimous  consent,  the  tarpon  was  declared  the 
winner. 

The  tarpon  is  the  silver  king,  the  king  of  game 
fishes;  and  if  all  the  stories  of  its  struggles  for  liberty 
could  be  told  and  illustrated,  the  recital  would  tax  the 
credulity  of  many  who  do  not  go  down  to  the  sea  in 
ships. 

On  this  portion  of  the  reef  the  tarpon  was  not  com- 
mon. The  great  fishes  migrate  north  and  south  like 
the  birds,  and  while  some  always  winter  on  the  Florida 
reef,  the  greater  number  retire  to  the  south  on  the  ap- 
proach of  winter. 

This  migration  is  well  defined  on  the  gulf  coast,  and 
at  Aransas  Pass  and  that  section  the  fishes  congregate 
in  vast  numbers,  the  rod  catch  there  at  the  time  of  my 
last  visit  being  (from  March  17  to  Nov.  28)  659  tar- 
pons. They  arrive  at  the  Pass  in  March  and  leave  in 
November,  after  the  first  norther,  and  it  is  now  known 
that  they  winter  along  the  Mexican  coast  and  Central 
and  South  America,  especially  in  the  vicinity  of  Tam- 
pico, where  winter  fishing  is  excellent. 

The  long  and  attenuated  spit  of  sand  known  as  Long 
Key,  later  swept  away  by  a hurricane,  was  a favorite 
place  for  beach  fishing;  but  from  it  extended  the 
shallow  sandy  reef  where  the  horse  shark  lived,  a 
region  that  gradually  deepened  to  the  edge  of  the  chan- 
nel, that  abounded  in  corals  of  all  kinds. 

Midway  up  the  beach,  one  evening  after  Chief  had 
taken  a cast-net  of  mullets,  I baited  my  hook  and  cast 
forty  "or  fifty  feet  out  into  the  reef,  and  threw  myself 
down  on  the  sand  among  the  soldier  crabs,  to  wait. 
The  sun  was  a blazing  furnace,  the  sea  a disk  of  steel, 
the  splendid  turquoise  tint  contrasting  sharply  with  the 
pure  white  of  the  blended  coral  sands. 

Along  the  shore  hundreds  of  snipe  and  small  shark 
birds  were  running,  and  seen  through  the  nebulous 
haze  of  the  heat  waves,  looked  as  large  as  curlews. 
Suddenly  the  line  began  to  run  out,  and  as  I responded, 
up  into  the  the  air  went  a tarpon  with  a swing  that 
made  my  heart  seemingly  stop  and  then  sent  the  blood 
madly  surging  through  my  veins  at  racing  speed  as  the 
tarpon  hung  amid  sea  and  sky,  its  massive  gills  wide 
open,  so  that  I caught  a glimpse  of  the  sky  down  its 
throat  and  out  through  the  slit-like  windows  of  its  gill 
arches,  its  extraordinary  mouth  wide  apart,  its  hyp- 
notic eyes  black  and  staring,  sweeping  the  air  with 
its  ponderous  tail,  sending  the  drops  of  water  full  in  my 
face,  it  was  a stupendous  spectacle. 

There  is  no  sight  just  like  it  in  the  world  of  sport; 
no  better  exhibition  of  power,  as  this  steel-like  spring 
opens  and  shuts  and  fans  the  air. 

Down  it  fell  broadside  on,  danced  along  the  surface 
for  a few  feet  like  a soft-toed  wildcat  as  it  leaps  from 
a high  tree  and  springs  away  to  bound  into  the  air 
again  and  again,  literally  dancing  its  way  across  the 
shoal.  Now  on  its  tail  again,  in  a series  of  double 
leaps;  on  its  back  in  the  air  shooting  upward  like  an 
arrow,  calmly  poising  perfectly  parallel  to  the  water, 
doubling,  to  unspring  like  a coil  of  steel.  There  was 
not  a movement  possible  to  a fish  that  this  tarpon  did 
not  take  in  that  short  and  exciting  period;  but  how 
high  it  jumped,  I who  saw  it  all  do  not  say. 

I have  the  imagination,  and  am  well  equipped  for  the 
attempt,  but  I am  also  modest  and  prefer  to  see  my 
bold  and  valiant  soothsayer  and  Seminole  boatman 
impale  himself  on  the  horns  of  .truth. 

“How  high  did  he  jump,  Chief?”  I asked,  breathless 
at  the  finish. 

“Jump,  sir!  Why,  he  didn’t  jump,  sir;  he  just  riz 
twenty  foot  into  the  air.  I thought  he  never  would  get 
down.  He  needed  help  to  get  back  into  the  water.” 

“And  you,  John?” 

Long  John  scratched  his  head  several  seconds,  looked 
up  in  the  air  to  locate  something  to  mentally  measure 
by,  and  finally  fixed  his  blodshot  eyes  on  Loggerhead 
Lighthouse,  three  miles  away. 

“I  saw  it  over  the  lighthouse.  He  hit  thirty  feet,  all 
right.” 

On  hearing  this,  Bob  turned  his  head  aside,  whether 
he  was  laughing  or  weeping  at  Long  John’s  lack  of 
imagination,  I know  not;  but  he  turned  back  and  said 
he  “wasn’t  much  of  a mathematiker,  but  if  that  tarpon 
didn’t  lep  fifty  feet,  he  was  no  judge,  and  he’d  lived 
with  tarpon  all  his  life.” 

So,  gentle  reader,  take  your  choice  among  the  experts 
of  the  outer  reef. 

I confess  I am  no  judge  of  such  things.  I am  not  of 
the  icy  disposition  that  can  coldly  figure  on  a mathe- 
matical problem  when  my  game  is  in  the  air.  I am  up 
there  with  him — in  the  midst  of  it  heart  and  soul — and 
what  I see  or  think  I see  is  Yankee  guessing,  pure  and 
unadulterated. 

The  play ‘of  this  particular  tarpon  was.  magnificent. 
There  was  no  other  word  for  it;  and'  after- the  last  leap 
this  king  of  fishes  made  a rush  that  so  diminished  my 
line  that  it  forced  me  far  out  into  the  water,  waist- 
deep,  in  a desperate  effort  to  re^cfi  Jfie  channel,  where 
the  game  would  have  been  up. 


By  sheer  good  luck  I turned  him  to  the  north,  and 
- fought  up  the  beach,  the  men  following  and  making 
wild  bets  on  my  staying  powers. 

I surely  had  the  time  of  my  life  with  this  tarpon, 
and  it  was  give  and  take,  and  at  one  stage  of  the  game 
my  elbows  touched  water  and  my  stock  was  very  low,  as 
the  tarpon  made  a rush  directly  off  shore.  Then  he 
went  wildly  into  the  air  and  came  around  toward  the 
key  in  a great  half  circle,  and  I raced  in,  taking  line 
as  I went;  and  as  I struck  the  shallows,  Bob  rushed 
in  and  seized  the  tarpon  by  the  gills  and  dragged  him 
out  upon  the  sands. 

It  is  an  unfortunate  fact  that  the  king  of  fishes  is 
poor  eating;  but  the  fish  is  the  gainer,  as  almost  all 
taken  are  released. 

In  fishing  near  here  one  day  I hooked  a io-pounder, 
a cousin  of  the  tarpon,  and  literally  played  my  fish  in 
the  air,  a dazzling,  whirling  dervish,  pirouetting,  leap- 
ing, caracoling  in  a maze  of  contortions,  finally  flinging 
the  hook  twenty  feet  away  in  the  midst  of  its  gyrations. 

I tried  it  again  with  a light  bass  rod  and  small  mullet 
bait,  and  found  that  I had  discovered  a corner  of  the 
ten-pounders.  They  invariably  went  into  the  air  when 
hooked,  seemingly  with  a determination  to  stay  there, 
presenting  a bewildering  sight. 

A taut  line  was  necessary,  as  3.11  the  dancing  had  for 
its  object  the  flinging  of  the  hook  into  space,  and  the 
bait  always,  in  part  or  whole,  came  swinging  up  the 
line. 

Not  far  from  this  happy  spot  I caught  the  latiyfish 
up  to  seven  pounds,  between  which  and  the  ten- 
pounder  there  was  little  to  chose  as  to  game  qualities, 
both  ranking  with  the  tarpon  as  high  jumpers,  and 
often  giving  the  angler  the  impression  that  he  is  play- 
ing a fish  in  the  air. 

When  the  extreme  low  tide  came  on  the  reef,  the 
low  barrier  upon  which  a heavy  sea  pounded  at  other 
times,  was  bare,  and  I could  follow  it  for  a long  dis- 
tance. It  was  made  up  of  dead  coral  rock,  and  was 
literally  the  framework  of  a key  to  be  born  in  the 
future. 

In  and  among  these  rocks  I found  the  cyprea,  or 
micramock,  as  Chief  called  the  cowry  of  other  waters, 
and  wading  out,  I could  enter  the  best  fishing  grounds 
on  the  reef. 

The  water  deepened  quickly,  the  bottom  being  a 
forest  of  lavender  and  yellow  plumes  of  the  most  beau- 
tiful description.  Here  was  a forest  of  leaf  coral,  with 
•broad  palmate  branches,  while  a few  yards  beyond  rose 
huge  coral  “heads”  four  or  five  feet  wide  and  as  many 
high,  some  being  hollowed  out  like  huge  vases  or  stand- 
ing like  gigantic  Neptune’s  cups  filled  to  the  brim  and 
abounding  in  rare  and  radiant  fishes  of  many  kinds 
and  all  the  hues  of  the  rainbow. 

Hauling  the  dinghy  on  the  reef,  I often  waded  along 
with  the  men  who  carried  the  rods,  and  cast  out  from 
the  reef  into  this  wonder  land  of  the  fishes;  and  by 
climbing  upon  a big  head,  I could  drop  my  bait  in  deep 
water,  far  out  into  the  splendid  blue  of  the  Gulf 
Stream. 

Here  I found  the  only  shallow-water  hogfish  I ever 
caught.  The  richly  hued  and  plumed  gallant  lived  here 
with  countless  yellow-tails,  and  angel  fishes,  proving  a 
fine  game  fish. 

[to  be  continued.] 


Jjf abUmtiatj i. 

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Wild  Ducks— How  to  Rear  and  Shoot  Them. 

It  is  well  known  that  the  rearing  of  game  in  domestication  is 
commonly  practiced  in  Great  Britain,  and  especially  in  England. 
This  game,  after  it  has  reached  maturity,  is  turned  out  into  the 
coverts,  and  sooner  or  later  is  shot,  and  finds  its  way  to  market. 
The  rearing  of  pheasants  has  been  practiced  for  many  years,  and 
the  subject  is  a familiar  one.  At  present  it  is  practiced  quite 
extensively  in  this  country.  The  breeding  of  partridges  and  of 
wild  ducks  in  confinement  is  a much  more  recent  outgrowth  of 
the  game  preserve  idea  in  England.  Now,  however,  it  is  done  on 
a large  scale,  and  Capt.  W.  Coape  Oates  has  written  a little 
book  of  SO  pages,  profusely  illustrated,  to  show  how  it  is  done. 

The  volume  is  divided  into  four  chapters,  which  treat  of  the 
selection  of  breeding  stock  and  their  home,  laying  and  sitting, 
hatching  and  rearing,  and  shooting.  The  illustrations  are  four 
photogravures  from  drawings  by  C.  E.  Lodge,  and  twelve  full- 
page  half-tone  plates  from  photographs. 

While  the  main  object  of  the  book  is  to  assist  those  who  wish 
to  rear  wild  ducks  to  do  it  with  success  and  economy,  considerable 
space  is  given  to  the  chapter  on  shooting.  Just  what  this  shooting 
is  will  be  new  to  many  readers,  and  we  give  the  four  methods 
described  by  the  author.  These  are: 

1.  Posting  the  guns  at  different  spots  on  the  margin  of  a lake 
or  near  it,  and  flushing  the  ducks  by  means  of  dogs  and  beaters. 

2.  Teaching  the  ducks  to  take  a particular  line  of  flight  by 
means  of  the  use  of  a horn  at  feeding  time,  and  then  without 
using  the  horn  on  the  day  of  the  shoot  intercepting  the  birds  dur- 
ing their  flight. 

3.  Catching  the  ducks  beforehand,  liberating  them  in  con- 
venient numbers,  and  then  driving  them  over  the  guns. 

4.  Flight  shooting. 

All  these  methods  depend  on  the  fact  that  the  liberated  birds 
will  fly  to  their  homes;  in  other  words,  to  the  place  where  they 
have  been  accustomed  to  be  fed,  and  so  furnish  what  we  call  pass 
shooting.  The  whole  matter  is  very  strange  to  the  American 
mind,  but  it  is  something  that  we  are  likely  sooner  or  later  to 
come  to.  The  book  is  well  worth  reading.  Longmans.  Price 
$1.50.  


A Little  Garden  Calendar. 

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from  the  Henry  Altemus  Co. 

As  its  name  implies,  it  is  a volume  dealing  with  the  twelve 
months  of  the  year,  and  taking  up  its  thread  on  the  first  day  of 
January,  it  tells  the  story  of  a little  garden  and  of  a little  boy 
and  girl  who  owned  the  garden,  and  of  a chief  gardener  who  helped 
them.  The  author  tells  in  simple  language  some  of  the  wonders 
of  plant  life,  explains  certain  easy  methods  of  observation,  in- 
cluding planting,  caring  for  and  harvesting  plants  from  month 
to  month  throughout  the  year.  He  tells  much  that  is  curious 
and  interesting  about  some  plants,  their  family  relations,  and  the 
dependence  of  many  upon  man  and  other  animals.  Why  some 
seeds  have  wings,  why  beans  and  morning-glories  twine  to  the 
right,  and  honeysuckle  to  the  left;  whether  a flower  may  really 
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The  story  is  told  in  dialogue,  and  is  continuous,  running 
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many  short  traditions,  fairy  tales,  parables  and  the  like,  relating 
to  plant  life  and  origin. 

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We  take  great  pleasure  in  putting  before  out-  readers 
this  week  two  accounts  of  tile  transatlantic  ocean  fate. 
The  well-told  stories  of  Atlantic  and  Ehdymiori  were  Both 
written  by  members  of  the  boats’  amateui  t'reM 


The  Great  Ocean  Race  of  J905. 


The  Schooner  Atlantic, 

From  New  York  to  Southampton,  Eng,,  in  the 
German  Emperor’s  Ocean  Cup  Race, 

Written  for  forest  and  stream  by  one  of  Atlantic’s 
"after  guard.” 

May  15,  I §05.— After  weeks  of  the  most  careful  prepa- 
rati&h  and  trials  under  the  supervision  of  Capt.  Charles 
Barr,  Atlantic  came  elf  the  dock  on  Saturday,  May  13, 
alid  after  taking  perishable  stores  on  board,  at  once  towed 
to  the  Horse  Shoe  t5  await  there  the  time  when  she 
should  proceed  to  the  starting  line  off  Sandy  Hook  light 
vessel.  It  was  expected  that  oil  Sunday  there  would  be 
an  opportunity  of  having  one  more  trial  before  the  real 
business  of  the  race  began,  but  alas ! a thick  fog  ruined 
the  last  chance.  The  owner  and  his  guests  came  down  on 
Monday  afternoon,  and  before  night  everything  below  was 
in  its  proper  place  and  all  ready  to  take  a line  from  the 
tow  boat  in  the  morning  for  Sandy  Hook  light  vessel,  the 
start  of  our  long  journey. 

Tuesday,  May  16. — A rather  severe  thunder  storm  last 
night  gave  promise  of  a fine  day  and  westerly  winds,  but 
the  gods  willed  otherwise,  for  on  going  on  deck  this 
morning  a nasty  drizzle  and  a heavy  fog  which  shut  out 
the  yachts  anchored  nearby,  and  with  a rather  high 
barometer  practically  told  us  that  we  might  give  up  all 
idea  of  starting.  During  the  night  Valhalla,  Utowana  and 
Hildegarde  had  come  to  anchor,  and  later  all  the  yachts 
entered  towed  in,  with  the  exception  of  Sunbeam  and 
Fleur  de  Lys,  which  vessel,  it  was  reported,  was  in  colli- 
sion and  would  have  to  repair  before  proceeding  to  sea. 

From  noon  until  evening  all  kinds  of  tugs  and  excur- 
sion boats  loomed  up  through  the  fog,  and  after  looking 
at  us  to  their  heart’s  content,  disappeared  as  silently  as 
they  came. 

At  4 o’clock  the  committee  came  alongside  and  an- 
nounced that  the  start  was  postponed  until  noon  of  to- 
morrow. A most  wise  move,  for  it  would  have  been  fool- 
hardy to  attempt  starting  such  large  vessels  under  the  pre- 
vailing conditions.  It  was  a great  relief  when  the  an- 
nouncement was  made,  and  some  of  the  yachts  which  had 
loosened  or  hoisted  sails,  at  once  furled  them  and  made 
all  snug  for  the  night. 

At  Sundown  there  was  a very  heavy  shower  and  we 
Were  in  hopes  that  it  would  clear  things  up  and  bring  a 
change  of  wind,  but  no  such  luck  was  in  store  for  us. 

Wednesday,  May  17.— The  shower  last  night  did  no 
good  as  far  as  bringing  about  a change  of  wind,  but  this 
morning  the  fog  had  disappeared  and  all  the  racing  boats 
at  once  made  preparations  for  the  start.  Early  in  the 
morning  the  tender  came  alongside  with  the  morning 
papers,  and  we  learned  exactly  how  much  damage  had 
been  done  to  Fleur  de  Lys,  and  that  she  would  be  able 
to  start  after  all.  The  fog  was  a blessing  to  her,  in  that 
it  gave  her  time  to  be  repaired  before  the  start. 

At  10  o’clock  the  committee  boat  appeared  flying  N.  Y. 
X.,  which  told  us  to  prepare  for  sea,  and  at  10.30  the 
anchor  was  clear  of  the  bottom  and  Atlantic  heading  for 
Sandy  Hook  in  tow.  On  the  way  out  sail  was  made  and 
the  tow-line  cast  off  at  11.55  A.  M.  with  the  line  abeam. 
Shortly  the  preparatory  gun  was  fired  and  at  12.15.45  we 
crossed  the  line  and  started  on  the  long  3,000-mile  race. 
Ailsa  and  Hildegarde  crossed  ahead  of  us,  with  the  rest, 
with  the  exception  of  Sunbeam  and  Apache,  in  a bunch 
just  astern.  On  the  way  out  to  the  Light  Vessel,  two 
little  shore  birds  flew  on  board  and  were  flitting  around 
the  deck.  May  they  bring  us  good  luck. 

Half  an  hour  after  crossing  the  line  we  had  passed  both 
Ailsa  and  Hildegarde,  and  when  the  tug  boats  which  were 
following  us,  after  giving  the  customary  three  blasts  on 
the  whistle,  turned  back,  we  were  in  the  place  of  honor. 

The  afternoon  was  cold  and  disagreeable,  and  sweaters 
and  heavy  clothes  were  most  comfortable.  One  of  the 
pleasant  incidents  of  the  start  was  the  action  of  Commo- 
dore E.  C.  Benedict  in  Oneida,  who  followed  alongside 
until  we  lost  him  in  the  fog  about  midnight.  Hamburg 
had  crossed  the  line  about  two'  minutes  behind  us,  and 
from  the  start  the  two  yachts  sailed  a most  exciting  race, 
the  German  boat  at  times  getting  almost  abeam  and  then 
dropping  back.  This  continued  until  darkness  set  in, 
when  she  finally  disappeared  in  the  fog  a short  distance 
ahead  of  us. 

_ The  night  was  very  disagreeable — fog  almost  all  the 
time,  and  light  variable  winds,  which  kept  the  watch  trim- 
ming sheets  the  whole  time  they  were  on  deck. 

Thursday,  May  18. — About  4 in  the  morning  the  breeze 
shifted  to  the  north  and  bringing  with  it  the  thickest  fog 
yet  encountered,  but  it  was  only  a catspaw,  for  in  half  an 
hour  it  was  back  in  the  old  quarter — east! 

After  sunrise. we  kept  looking  up  all  the  time  and  by  8 
were  heading  east  by  standard  compass,  or  N.  80  deg.  E. 
true,  and  with  large  jibtopsail  and  two  staysails  on,  we 
doing  between  eleven  and  twelve  miles  every  hour.  At  10 
a schooner  was  made  out  on  the  lee  beam,  which  later 
proved  to  be  Hamburg,  and  when  at  noon  she  bore  two 
points  abaft  the  beam,  the  faces  of  the  watch  on  deck 
wore  an  expression  of  delight.  The  gods  were  good  to 
us,  for  at  noon  the- sun  broke  through  long  enough  for 
us  to  get  a latitude  sight.  Although  it  did  not  clear  en- 
tirely, the  sun  would  show  himself  once  in  a while  and 
give  us  an  afternoon  sight  much  to  our  relief.  Toward 
sunset  the  wjn^  began  to  fajl  and  haul  westerly  and  the 


log  showed  five  to  six  knots  in  place  of  the  ten  to  twelve 
we  had  had  during  the  day  At  4 o’clock  the  spinnaker 
was  set  fo  tiofit  rind  did  good  w6fk  until  the  breeze  again 
hauled  southerly  and  3f  7 We  gybed  ship  and  Set  spinnaker 
to  starboard.  About,  io  the  rtiCoil  broke  through  the 
clouds  and  af  midnight  wfe  had  not  a cloud  in  thd  sky,  a 
good  breezd  oh  the  cjuaftdr  arid  a smooth  Sea,  the  ship 
doing  between  .twfelvd  ahd  thifReri  miles  in  an  hour.  At 
noon,  Lat.  3qdeg.  40mm.  N.,  Long.  70deg.  24mm.  W.; 
Course  S.  ^deg.  E. ; distance,  165  miles. 

Friday,  A 1 ay  ig-  -A  fresh . westerly  breeze  and  bright 
warm  weather  greeted  us  when  we  Carrie  On  deck  this 
morning.  It  was  the  first  day  warm  enough  to  get  a 
morning  bucket  over  one,  and  as  freSh  baths  ate  forbid- 
den, the  water  supply  being  limited,  it  help'ed  Out  won- 
derfully. 

At  9.30  a small  hole  developed  in  the  spinnaker,  arid  tO 
save  it  from  growing  the  sail  was  taken  in.  As  it  con- 
tinued to  breeze  on,  it  was  decided  not  to  risk  carrying 
that  sail,  and  the  square  sail  was  set  in  its  place,  with  the 
weather  raffee  above  the  yard.  The  same  weather  con- 
tinued with  a fresh  westerly  breeze,  the  ship  going  be- 
tween nine  and  ten  miles — the  sea  making  up  all  the  time 
but  the  rolling  of  the  yacht  being  very  easy  and  not  in 
the  least  uncomfortable.  Toward  evening  the  breeze  came 
more  westerly,  and  to  save  it  from  banging  to  pieces,  the 
mainsail  was  taken  in.  A beautiful  night  followed,  with 
just  enough  breeze  to  keep  the  sails  quiet.  The  moon 
j ust  past  the  full,  added  to  the  beauty.  At  noon,  Lat. 
qodeg.  14mm.  N.,  Long.  65deg.  37min.  W. ; Course,  N. 
8ideg.  E. ; distance,  222  miles. 

Saturday,  May  20.- — A beautiful  warm  day  without  a 
cloud  in  the  sky  and  the  same  fresh  southwesterly  breeze 
which  we  have  now  held  for  two  days.  Along  toward  9 
the  breeze  hauled  a little  more  southerly  and  the  mainsail 
was  again  set.  Later  the  squaresail  was  taken  in  and  the 
spinnaker  again  set,  but  it  seems  to  be  a bad  sail  to  carry 
to  sea,  the  weight  of  the  boom  when  the  ship  rolls  being 
very  hard  on  the  sail,  and  at  5 P.  M.  it  was  taken  in  and 
the  squaresail  again  set.  We  had  a fine  horizon  for  both 
morning  and  noon  sights,  which  proved  the  dead  reckon- 
ing correct. 

At  2 P.  M.  smoke  was  observed  ahead  and  shortly  after 
a Red  Star  steamer  passed  us.  We  made  our  number, 
which  she  acknowledged  and  then  hoisted  “A  pleasant 
passage,”  to  which  we  replied  “Thank  you.”  For  a short 
time,  about  3 o’clock,  a nasty  easterly  swell  caused  the 
ship  to  occasionally  dip  her  nose  into  the  sea,  sending  the 
water  flying  down  the  lee  side  of  the  deck. 

At  5 P.  M.  another  steamer  was  made  out  ahead,  which 
later  proved  to  be  the  Minnetonka.  She  also  acknowl- 
edged our  number  and  in  answer  to  our  inquiry  said  she 
had  seen  no  ice,  but  had  thick  fog,  giving  the  latitude 
and  longitude  where  it  was  encountered.  Toward  sunset 
the  southwest  began  to  look  black,  and,  as  the  wind  is  all 
letting  go,  we  are  afraid  that  there  is  to  be  some  disagree- 
able weather  before  long.  We  were  not  disappointed,  for 
at  9 o’clock  as  pretty  a little  squall  as  one  often  sees  came 
whirling  out  of  the  south  and  backed  to  west.  It  blew 
hard  enough  to  take  in  both  spanker  and  mainsail,  but 
the  worst  was  over  in  half  an  hour,  and  by  n the  sails 
were  again  hoisted  and  the  ship  on  her  course.  Just  at 
the  end  of  the  squall  a large  White  Star  Line  steamer 
passed  close  ahead.  We  exchanged  night  signals  and  she 
gave  us  three  blasts  of  the  whistle.  At  noon,  Lat.  4odeg. 
45min.  N.,  Long.  6odeg.  38mm.  W. ; Course,  N.  82deg ; 
distance,  229  miles. 

Monday,  May  21. — During  the  early  morning  the  wind 
backed  to  the  northward  and  westward,  a strong  breeze, 
the  ship  doing  between  fourteen  and  fifteen  miles  an  hour, 
for  a watch,  but  on  going  on  deck  at  7.30  there  was  only 
a moderate  breeze  and  a speed  of  ten  knots.  We  had  fine 
morning  sights,  and  if  the  breeze  only  holds  until  noon 
should  make  the  best  day’s  run  of  the  voyage.  Passed  a 
German  steamer  at  dawn,  but  did  not  speak  to  her,  it 
being  too  dark  for  flags,  and  we  had  been  spoken  by  three 
mail  boats  the  preceding  afternoon.  I forgot  to  mention 
that  we  saw  a number  of  flying  fish.  It  seemed  very  far 
N.  to  see  them,  but  I imagine  they  came  up  in  the  Gulf 
Stream. 

The  breeze  kept  dropping  during  the  afternoon,  and  by 
sundown  we  were  not  doing  more  than  three  or  four 
knots.  A heavy  southwesterly  swell  on  the  quarter  did 
not  help  matters  either,  for  it  rolled  us  about  so  that  with 
the  light  breeze  all  the  booms  had  to  be  gotten  inboard 
to’  save  the  sails  and  gear.  The  squaresail  and  raffee 
were  the  only  sails  which  did  any  work. 

Much  to'  the  disgust  of  everyone  the  breeze  continued 
to  drop,  and  all  the  evening  the  ship  hardly  had  steerage 
way. It  was  a beautiful  night  for  lovers  and  steamers, 
but  as  a racing  proposition  it  might  have  been  improved 
upon.  At  noon,  Lat.  4ideg.  9m in.  N.,  Long.  54deg.  40mm. 
W. ; Course  N.  8sdeg.  E. ; distance,  271  miles. 

Monday,  May  22. — Nothing  could  have  been  worse  for 
our  chances  than  the  conditions  this  morning.  A flat 
calm: and  quite  a swell  from  the  southwest.  It  had  been 
the  same  since  midnight,  and  we  shall  make  a very  poor 
run  to-day.  It  is  all  the  more  trying,  for  with  a good 
day’s' fun  we  should  have  reached  the  position  where  ice 
was  last  reported  above  noon,  and  had  there  been  any  ice 
would  have  had  daylight  to  go  clear  in.  However,  since 
morning  the  temperature  of  the  water  has  risen  ten  de- 
grees (to  66),  so  there  hardly  seems  to  be  any  chance  of 
seeing  any.  About  2 this  afternoon  a light  southerly 
breeze  came  up,  and  the  skipper  at  once  took  in  the  main- 
sail and  set  the  balloon  mizzen  topmast  staysail.  The  sail 
was  light  enough  to  stand  full  and  do  good  work  despite 
the;.  rolling,  whereas  the  heavy  mainsail  was  banging  about 
arid  absolutely  useless.  The  balloon  main  topmast  stay- 
sail and  balloon  jib  were  also  set  and  finally  the  spin- 
naker, and  with  all  the  light  canvas  drawing  the  ship 
began  to  walk  off  at  a nine-knot  dip.  Afternoon  sights 
put  us  to  the  east  of  our  dead  reckoning,  but  that  was 
probably  owjnf  to  the  patent  log  not  registering  at  the 


very  slow  speed  we  were  going  previous  to  the  time  the 
southerly  breeze  struck  in.  Between  8 in  the  morning 
and  noon  we  had  covered  just  four  miles.  The  southerly 
breeze  continued  to  increase  uritil  we'  wefe  forced  to  take 
in  the  balloon  sails  and  set  the  working  ones  in  their 
places.  Also  the  temperature  of  the  water  began  to  go 
down  steadily  and  quickly,  and  at  9 in  the  evening  had 
reached  35deg.,  showing  that  we  wefe  in  the  frSnSedia'fe 
vicinity  of  ide,  and  presently  the  lookout  Saw  a good- 
sized  berg  about  a mile  to  leeward  of  us.  A beautiful 
night  with  a fresh  breeze,  the  ship  doirig  about  twelve 
knots,  in  an  absolutely  smooth  sea.  If  it  had  not  been  for 
temperature  (42deg.)  everybody  would  have  stayed  on 
deck  for  a long  time  to  enjoy  the’  most  glorious  sail  we 
have  had  thus  far  on  the  voyage,  but  warm  blankets  ap- 
pealed very  , strongly,  and. about  midnight  all  were  below. 
At  noon,  Lat.  4ldeg.  24mm.  N.,  Long.  52deg.  I2min. 
Course  N,  82deg,  E. ; distance,  112  miles. 

Tuesday,  May  23.— Our  fine  southerly  breeze  and  clear 
weather  Continued  all  the  night,  and  on  going  on  deck  at 
5-30  this  morning  there,  on  our  lee  beam,  about  five  mile's 
away,  was  a befg  which  must  have  been  half  a mile  long 
and  300ft.  high.  It  certainly  was  a beautiful  sight  with 
the  morning  sun  reflecting  from  it. 

Our  topsails  have  been  going  from  bad  to  worse,  and 
after  the  watch  had  cleared  up  the  decks,  the  skipper  had 
the  mizzen  down  on  deck  and  took  a cloth  off  the  after 
leach.  The  main  will  have  to  go  through  the  same  opera- 
tion later,  while  the  fore  seems  to  be  fairly  good  still. 

By  11  o’clock  the  sail  was  out  and  at  once  bent,  it  being 
a great  improvement.  To-day  was  a great  change  from 
the  preceding  night,  the  thermometer  standing  at  72deg. 
and  all  hands  going  around  in  their  shirt  sleeves,  whereas 
last  night  there  were  not  overcoats  enough  on  board  to 
warm  one.  Cold  on  the  ocean  will  go  through  the  heaviest 
clothes,  and  one  cannot  realize  how  it  penetrates  until  it 
has  been  experienced. 

The  breeze  kept  increasing  gradually  all  day  and  we  are 
doing  from  forty-eight  to  fifty  miles  each  watch,  although 
yesterday  afternoon’s  light  airs  spoilt  any  chance  we  had 
for  making  a good  run.  A fine,  clear  night  and  smooth 
water  made  it  very  pleasant  on  deck,  and  no  one  turned 
in  before  midnight.  At  noon,  Lat.  42deg.  30mm.  N., 
Long.  46deg.  57mm.  W. ; Course  N.  74deg.  E. ; distance, 
243  miles. 

Wednesday,  May  24.— Of  all  days  to-day  is  the  day 
which  will  ever  be  fixed  in  our  minds  with  the  greatest 
pride  and  joy,  for  the  good  yacht  Atlantic  broke  the 
record  held  by  the  old  Dauntless  since  1887  for  the  great- 
est day’s  run  on  the  passage  from  New  York  to  England, 
traveling  during  the  23k  31m.  30s.  from  the  noon  of  the 
23d  of  May  to  the  noon  of  the  24th  341  miles,  or  14.20 
miles  per  hour.  The  record  so  long  held  being  328  miles. 

Our  good  southerly  breeze  kept  going  all  night,  and 
this  morning  on  going  on  deck  it  was  blowing  a fresh 
breeze  and  quite  a good  sea  was  running.  In  fact,  the 
skipper  said  that  he  hoped  that  the  breeze  would  not  in- 
crease any  more,  for  he  did  not  want  to  delay  by  having 
to  reef;  but  we  were  fortunate  and  were  able  to  drive  her 
through  it  until  noon.  The  fine  run  soon  was  known 
forward  and  the  men  were  as  pleased  with  the  ship’s  per- 
formance as  we  were  ourselves.  Also  they  had  a double 
allowance  of  grog  served  out  in  celebration  of  the  event. 

A bad  look  to  the  sky  in  the  southward  and  the  steady 
and  rather  quick  fall  of  the  barometer  warned  us  that  in 
all  probability  there  would  be  nasty  weather  soon,  and  we 
were  not  disappointed,  for  during  the  first  dog-watch  it 
was  almost  impossible  to  steer  her,  and  when  the  watch 
came  on  deck  at  6 the  spanker  was  double-reefed  and  re- 
lieved the  ship  wonderfully.  It  still  continued  to  breeze 
on,  and  at  9.30  the  watch  was  called  and  the  spanker 
taken  in  and  the  mizzen  trysail  bent  ready  for  hoisting. 
She  was  still  going  fourteen  knots  under  the  fore  and 
mainsails  and  forestay  sail,  but  soon  this  was  too  much 
for  her  and  the  foretrysail  was  substituted  for  the  fore- 
sail. It  was  now  blowing  so  hard  that  the  skipper  began 
to  fear  for  his  mainsail,  and  at  2 A.  M.  this  sail  was 
taken  off  and  the  mizzen  trysail  hoisted.  We  were  now 
in  shape  to  meet  almost  any  kind  of  a storm  and  could 
heave  to  in  a few  minutes,  but  the  wind  did  not  increase 
and  she  was  kept  on  her  course,  behaving  beautifully  in 
the  sea  which  was  running.  At  noon,  Lat.  44deg.  57mm. 
N.,  Long.  39deg.  50mm.  W. ; Course  N.  6sdeg.  E. ; dis- 
tance, 341  miles. 

Thursday,  May  25. — Toward  sunrise  this  morning  the 
wind  began  to  moderate  and  as  there  was  hardly  enough 
sail  Jo  steady  her  the  ship  began  to  roll,  once  in  a while 
putting  the  lee  rail  under  and  filling  the  decks  with  water. 
As  soon  as  it  was  light  enough  to  see  the  mainsail  with  a 
single  reef  was  hoisted,  which  did  a lot  to  stop  the  rolling 
and  by  daylight  in  the  morning  we  were  running  before  a 
strong  southwest  wind  under  fore  and  mainsails,  square- 
sail, raffee  and  two  topsails;  the  mizzen  staysail  being 
put  on  just  after  noon.  It  was  a dark,  cloudy,  disagree- 
able day  with  rain  most  of  the  time,  and  there  was  no 
chance  of  getting  sights,  so  we  had  to  depend  on  our  dead 
reckoning.  This  branch  of  navigating  a ship  is  often 
done  in  a very  slipshod  manner,  the  chances  being  taken 
that  there  will  be  sights,  but  Captain  Barr  is  most 
thorough  and  our  courses,  speed,  deviation  and  variation 
are  entered  in  the  log  every  hour,  and  when  we  picked  her 
off  at  noon  to-day  she  was  just  on  the  circle  and  we  had 
made  the  course  determined  upon  at  noon  yesterday.  The 
weather  continued  to  get  worse  and  in  the  afternoon  the 
fore  and  main  topsails  were  clewed  up  and  the  mizzen 
trysail  taken  in.  The  ship  was  running  well  in  the  sea 
and  was  taking  no  water  on  board.  The  same  conditions 
continued  all  night,  and  it  was  very  difficult  to  sleep,  as 
she  was  rolling  around  a good  deal.  At  noon,  Lat.  D.  R. 
46deg.  33mm.  N.,  Long.  D.  R.  33*eg.  3omin.  W.;  Course 
N.  yodeg.  E. ; distance,  282  miles. 

Friday,  May  26. — Worse  and  more  of  it.  On  going  on 
deck  for  the  morning  sight  it  was  blowing  a whole  gale 
from  the  southwest  qncj  a heavy  sea  was  on  the  quartet. 


June  17,  1905.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


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There  were  four  oil  bags  strung  at  intervals  along,  the 
weather  side,  but  they  did  not  seem  to  have  much  effect 
in  breaking  the  top  of  the  waves.  The  ship  was  pndef 
nothing  but  the  squaresail  and  fore  try!ail  iii  a heavy 
following  sea,  with  both  quartermasters  lashed  to  the 
wheel  and  once  in  a while  the  whole  quarter  deck  hooded 
with  the  top  of  a wave  which,  would  slop  Over  the  rail. 
Toward  noon  th'e  wind  hauled  astern  ind  consequently 
the  rolling  was  pretty  bad.  We  had  to  depend  on  dri  ex- 
meridian  at  noon,  for  the  sun  went  out  of  sight  at  ten 
minutes  to  12  and  the  morning  sight  WaS  very  unsatis- 
factory. During  the  afternoon  the  wind  and  sea  both  in- 
creased, and  at  sundown  Captain  Barr  was  not  quite  de- 
cided whether  to  heave  her  to-,  or  to  run.  If  we  Should 
have  to  heave  to  during  the  night  it  would  be  a . long, 
hard,  nasty  job  getting  the  'squaresail  tied  up  So  that  it 
wouid  not  get  adrift,  and  we  would  probably  have  a wet 
time  of  it  before  she  could  be  brought  around  to  look  at 
it.  However,  it  was  decided  to  take  a chance  and  run, 
and  as  it  turned  out  the  wind  did  not  increase  enough  to 
bother  us — still,  it  was  a bad  night  and  the  ship  required 
watching  all  the  time.  Poor  Barr  has  been  up  for  the 
past  three  nights,  with  very  little  sleep  during  the  day.  I 
hope  it  Will  moderate  soon,  for  he  will  be  worn  out.  At 
noon,  Lat.  47deg.  58mm.  N.,  Long.  26deg.  48mm.  W. ; 
Course  N,  72deg.  E. ; distance,  279  miles. 

Saturday,  May  2 J.- — Last  night  was  beautiful  and  clear, 
but  it  blew  a whole  gale  throughout,  and  on  coming  on 
deck  at  7.30  this  morning  the  ship  was  running  with  the 
wind  on  the  quarter  before  the  heaviest  sea  we  have  yet 
had.  The  wind  has  been  hauling  to  the  southward  gradu- 
ally since  midnight  and  with  no  abatement.  The  square- 
sail  yard  was  braced  pretty  well  forward,  and  when  she 
would  luff  on  the  crest  of  a sea,  it  would  bury  her,  so  at 
11  it  was  taken  in,  and  the  jib  set.  A great  improvement 
in  her  behavior  at  once  followed,  the  excessive  rolling 
stopped  and  she  went  along  drier  and  apparently  faster 
than  before.  The  double-reefed  mainsail  was  set_  at  7 
this  morning,  and  that  together  with  the  fore  trysail  and 
jib  makes  a rig  that  can  be  handled  very  easily.  We  had 
a good  moon  sight,  which  put  us  on  our  circle  and  also 
good  afternoon  sights. 

In  the  afternoon  the  reefs  were  shaken  out  of  the  fore 
and  mainsails  and  we  at  once  began  to  pick  up  our  speed, 
doing  fourteen  and  three-quarter  "knots  between  5 and  6 
o’clock.  While  the  wind  has  gone  down  the  sea  is  still 
heavy  and  we  are  rolling  about  a good  deal,  still  things 
are  looking  up,  as  is  the  barometer,  and  we  are  in  hopes 
of  a good  night.  At  noon,  Lat.  48deg.  56mm  N.,  Long. 
2odeg.  53mm.  W. ; Course  N.  76deg.  E. ; distance,  243 
miies. 

Sunday,  May  28. — We  had  a fine  night  and  with  a 
strong  breeze  and  moderate  sea  we  averaged  over  four- 
teen knots  an  hour.  On  coming  on  deck  this  morning  a 
bright  sun  and  long  southwesterly  swell  and  a strong 
breeze  made  a charming  day.  They  put  both  staysails  on 
her,  but  the  wind  increasing,  they  were  up  only  for  an 
hour,  but  we  are  going  along  in  great  shape,  and  at  noon 
to-day  were  only  312  miles  from  the  Lizard,  the  finish 
of  our  race. 

This  afternoon  the  wind  again  moderated.  and  the 
spanker  with  a single  reef  was  set  at  2.30.  It  is  the  first 
time  we  have  seen  it  in  four  days  and  felt  quite  proud  of 
our  display  of  canvas.  At  3 o’clock  the  mizzen  staysail 
was  put  on  and  the  ship  is  doing  at  least  fifteen  knots,  in 
a moderate  sea  and  the  wind  abaft  the  beam,  I wonder 
where  our  competitors  are.  We  are  now  i6j4  hours 
ahead  of  the  record  and  they  must  have  done  some  very 
fast  sailing  to  be  ahead  of  us.  The  last  one  which  we 
saw  was  the  Hamburg,  on  the  second  afternoon  from 
Sandy  Hook.  It  was  quite  squally  up  to  midnight,  and  at 
11,  in  a severe  squall,  the  spanker  came  in  but  was  set  at  1 
o’clock.  At  midnight  we  got  a cast  of  the  lead  in  sixty- 
five  fathoms.  It  tallied  with  the  soundings  on  the  chart, 
and  we  should  make  Bishop’s  Rock  by  8 o’clock  to-mor- 
row morning  if  the  wind  holds.  At  noon,  Lat.  49deg. 
52mm.  N.,  Long.  I3deg.  6min.  W. ; Course  N.  8odeg.  E. ; 
distance,  309  miles. 

Monday,  May  29. — Our  long  race  is  nearly  over.  At 
8.15  this  morning  we  made  the  light  on  Bishop’s  Rock, 
about  a point  on  the  lee  bow,  an  excellent  land  fall,  und 
at  9.37,  Greenwich  mean  time,  it  bore  N.  true,  giving  us 
a passage  of  nd.  i6h.  22m.  We  now  have  but  forty-nine 
miles  more  to  go,  but  the  wind  is  light  and  almost  aft, 
still  under  balloon  staysails  and  spinnaker  we  are  slipping 
along  fairly  well  and  hope  to  get  the  Lizard  Light  bearing 
N.  before  5.15,  for  that  will  make  the  passage  under 
twelve  days,  and  we  shall  beat  Endymion’s  record  by  al- 
most two  days.  At  noon  we  still  had  thirty-one  miles  to 
go,  and  the  breeze  is  very  light,  dead  astern.  May  it 
freshen  up  and  give  us  a chance.  A beautiful  day,  warm 
and  clear,  but  alas ! little  wind. 

Atlantic  Wins, 

At  2.30  an  Admiralty  tug  came  alongside  and  informed 
us  that  no  yacht  had  yet  finished,  so  we  are  only  a few 
miles  from  the  finish,  the  good  ship  Atlantic  wins  the 
greatest  transatlantic  race  ever  sailed.  At  3.30  the  steam 
yacht  Pricilla  passed  us  close  aboard  and  the  owner  and 
crew  gave  us  three  cheers,  also  telling  us  that  we  were 
first.  The  breeze  has  hauled  to  the  S.  and  with  sheets 
trimmed  we  are  going  along  in  fine  style,  with  the  Lizard 
in  sight  ahead. 

The  universal  interest  which  this  race  has  aroused  was 
well  illustrated  to-day,  for  every  steamer,  from  the  cargo 
boat  to  the  liner,  as  soon  as  we  were  made  out,  at  once 
shifted  her  helm  and  passed  us  close  aboard,  either  dip- 
ping the  ensign  or  giving  us  three  blasts  on  the  whistle, 
and  often  both.  At  4.30  the  American  Press  tug  came 
alongside  and  congratulated  the  owner  on  the  race.  All 
the  Penzance  luggers  who  passed  near  asked  our  name 
and  gave  us  a cheer. 

The  wind  still  kept  light  and  it  was  not  until  9.16.19, 
Greenwich  mean  time,  that  we  got  the  winning  gun  from 
the  German  cruiser  Pfeil,  making  us  the  winner  of  the 
Kaiser’s  cup. 

The  time  of  passage  from  Sandy  Hook  Light  Vessel 
to  the  Lizard  being  I2d.  4I1.  im.  19s.,  giving  an  average 
speed  of  10.31  knots  per  hour,  pretty  good  for  an  auxil- 
iary— average  speed  to  Bishop’s  Rock  10.57  knots  per 
hour. 

All  the  way  across  never  did  anything  part,  and  in  the 
roughest  of  the  weather  the  ship  behaved  beautifully. 

' ^lay  the  best  of  luck  always  bp  hers. 


Schooner  Yacht  Endyrriion*  in  the  Gerniaii 
Emperor’s  Ocean  Cup  Race. 

WRITTEN  FOR  FOREST  AND  STREAM  BY  JOHN  RUTHERFURD 
BUCHAN,  ONE  OF  ENDYMION’!  AMATEUR  CREW:' 

When  asked  to  take  passage  on  the  yacht  Endymiem  in 
the  great  transatlantic  rdte  for  the  German  Enlpetor’s 
cup  it  is  needleSs  to  say  that  I juniped  at  the  chance  and 
placed  myself  upon  a diet  of  anticipation  for  the  gtedt 
event.  • . • , 

Eleven  yachts  had  entered  the  contest  of  various  rigs 
an  dimension!,  all  with  more  ore  less  records  for  sea- 
going qualities,  each  owner  confident  that  his  yacht  would 
win  “under  certain  conditions,”  therefore  none  other  than 
a “rocking  chair  yachtsman”  or  a “navy  yard  sea  dog” 
would  venture  an  opinion  of  the  prospective  conditions 
of  the  relative  chances.  Word  had  been  passed  that  the 
tug  Chamberlain  would  be  at  the  Recreation  Pier  foot 
of  East  Twenty-fourth  street  at  4 P.  M.,  May  15,  to  take 
us  down  aboard  Endymion,  which  was  anchored  off 
Sandy  Hook. 

The  tug,  loaded  with  extra  gear  and  stores,  had  the 
appearance  of  a Johnny  O’Brien  filibustering  expedition 
and  created  intense  interest  among  the  East  Side  elite. 
Just  as  we  had  shoved  off  a shout  from,  the  pier  attracted 
our  attention,  and  we  again  went  alongside  to  take  aboard 
seaman  Benedict,  who  had  just  arrived  from  a Cuban 
port  where  lie  had  heard  that  Endymion  had,  entered 
for  the  race  and  had  Cabled  if  he  might  have  his, old  berth. 
I mention  this  fact  to  show  the  loyalty  of  this  man  to 
his  ship,  her  owner  and  her  skipper,  nor  was  he  the  only 
one,  as  I found  out  later, . . . 

At  7 o’clock  we  boarded  Endymion,  and  a casual  obser- 
vation convinced  that  we  had  aS  likely  a Crew  as  could 
possibly  have  been  gotten  together,  There  stood  Captain 
Loescli  with  a smile  on  his  face  reflecting  the  lines  Of 
perience  and  confidence.  On  his  right  wa§  Captain  Larsen 
of  the  auxiliary  Enterprise,  a former  mate  on  Endymion 
who  had  since  graduated  from  the  Loesch  University 
but  anxious  for  a post  graduate  course.  Just  behind  stood 
Mate  Newman  with  a pair  of  penetrating  eyes.  AlLthree 
men  had  been  shipmates  together  on  Endymion  when  she 
made  her  famous  transatlantic  record  in  1900  of  13d.  20h. 
36m.  to  the  Needles. 

The  crew  were  engaged  in  transferring  our  gear  from 
the  tug  under  the  vigilant  eye  of  Bowman  Baker,  formerly 
bowsprit  end  man  on  Reliance,  a man  of  wonderful 
strength  and  determination. 

Dinner  call  having  been  sounded  we  rallied  to  the  ward 
room  to  partake  of  our  first  meal.  Toasts  were  drunk  to 
the  good  ship,  her  owner,  her  record,  her  crew,  and  lastly 
to  the  absent  ones,  for  the  expression  on  each  one’s  face 
reflected  the  thought  he  had  for  the  one  or  more  he  was 
leaving  behind.  After  dinner  we  unpacked  our  “donkeys”. 
I had  lost  the  key  of  mine  but  later  the  steward  reported 
that  he  had  found  it  on  the  piano,  and  while  there  had 
struck  a note  for  me  which  Droved  to  be  a bon  voyage 
from  an  enthusiastic  and  envious  friend. 

May  16  broke  out  with  a thick  fog  and  easterly  wind 
with  poor  prospects  for  a beautiful  start,  as  the  “wise 
ones”  on  shore  had  predicted.  Notwithstanding  the 
weather,  there  were  plenty  of  friends  down  to  see  us  off, 
steam  and  sailing  yachts,  tugs,  lighters  and  club  steamers 
at  five  a thro-w  all  waiting  for  the  signal  on  the  commit- 
tee boat  that  would  send  us  on  our  way.  At  3 P.  M.  the 
committee  signaled  “Race  postponed  until  to-morrow  at 
noon,”  and  immediately  the  excursion  fleet  traveled  home- 
ward. 

Wednesday,  May  17  opened  up  with  hazy  weather  and 
wind  from  the  eastward.  At  10  A.  M.  orders  were  given 
to  get  under  way  and  in  tow  of  the  Chamberlain  we 
started  for  the  line.  12  M.  bang  goes  the  gun  on  the  com- 
mittee boat  and  up  goes  the  preparatory,  and  fifteen  min- 
utes later  the  starting  signal  is  given  and  we  are  off, 
with  Ailsa,  Hildegarde  and  Hamburg  under  our  lee  and 
the  committee  boat  close  aboard  and  to  windward.  Bear- 
ing down  on  top  of  us  and  to  windward  of  the  committee 
boat,  with  hardly  any  steerage  way,  towers  the  big  Val- 
halla and  Utowana,  completely  blanketing  us.  Slacking 
our  main  sheet  we  payed  off,  allowing  Utowana  to  pass, 
then  hauling  up  on  her  weather  quarter  we  shot  out  from 
underneath  Valhalla’s  bow.  It  was  “touch  and  go”  and 
no  mistake,  and  had  it  not  been  for  the  coolness  of  all 
we  might  have  been  “down  and  out.”  Crossing  the  line  at 
12.16  P.  M.  under  all  lower  sail  and  topsail  on  the  port 
tack  our  course  was  S.  E.  S.  At  1.30  P.  M..  tacked 
ship,  course  N.E.  l/2  E.  At  3 P.  M.  tacked  ship,’  course 
S.  E.  y2  E. 

Thursday,  May  18. — From  midnight  to  4 A.  M.  thick 
fog  and  showers;  8 A.  M.,  wind  baffling  N.N.E.  to  N. 
N.W.,  set  balloon  staysail ; 10  A.  M.,  wind  steady  from 
N.N.W.,  weather  clearing.  Noon,  by  observation,  Lat. 
39deg.  44mm.  N.,  Long.  7odeg.  39mm.  W. ; distance  from 
Sandy  Hook  Light  Vessel,  150  miles;  course  E.  S. 

Friday,  May  19.- — Course  E.  by  S.,  wind  S.W.,  weather 
clear ; 4 A.  M.,  set  spinnaker,  sighted  yacht  Hamburg ; 

8 A.  M.,  passed  yacht  Hamburg  to  northward  of  us  about 
five  miles,  when  they  saw.  our  spinnaker  they  set  theirs, 
waking  up  to  the  fact  that  they  were  racing.  Noon,  by 
observation,  Lat.  39deg.  46mm.  N.,  Long.  66deg.  2omin. 
W.  Distance,  200  miles;  from  Sandy  Hook  Light  Vessel, 
350  miles ; 1 P.  M.,  sea  very  rough  and  wind  increasing, 
-took  in  spinnaker  and  set  squaresail  to  starboard ; yard 
carried  away  three  feet  from  starboard  end,  lashed  lift 
and  outhaul  to'  broken  end,  reset  squaresail  and  raffee; 

9 P.  M.,  Hamburg  on  starboard  beam ; took  in  squaresail 
and  set  spinnaker,  ballon  staysail  and  balloon  jib  topsail. 

Saturday,  May  20. — Course  E.  by  S.,  weather  fine,  light 
W.S.W.  wind;  9 A.  M.,  Hamburg  on  port  bow,  having 
had  a lesson,  in  carrying  sail ; much  regret  at  having 
sighted  her  at  all,  for  they  might  still  be  sleeping.  Noon, 
by  observation,  Lat.  39deg.  54mm.  N.,  Long.  6ideg.  41mm. 
W.  Distance,  214  miles;  from  Sandy  Hook  Light  Ship, 
564  miles;  2 P.  M.,  wind  hauling  to  S.W.,  took  in  spin- 
naker: Hamburg  about  seven  miles  astern;  4 P.  M.,  took 
in  all  light  sails ; 9 P.  M.,  heavy  following  sea,  set  square- 
sail and  raffee;  carried  mainsail  and  set  storm  gaff  try- 
sail ; 10  P.  M.,  lowered  gaff  trvsail  and  set  mainsail  ; 
heavy  sea  with  strong  wind  and  rain  squalls. 

' Sunday,  May  21.— 2 A.  M.,  gybed  ship,  wind  N.  byW., 
set  topsails,  balloon  jib  and  balloon  staysail  and  balloon 
main  topmast  staysail;  9.30  A.  M.,  S.  S.  Consuelo  of  Hull 
passed  us  within  hailing  distance,  she  reported  having 
passed  Supbeani  in  Lon^1.  6 2deg.  at  4.P.  M.  May  20 ;;  xi 


A.  M.,  light  northerly  air,  course  E-  , Noon,  by  observa- 
tion, Lat.  39deg.  58mm.  N.,  Long.  s6deg.  22min.  W. ; dis- 
tance, 243  miles ; from  Sandy  Hook  Light  Ship,  807  miles, 

Monday,  May  22.— 1 P.  M.,  flat  calm  all  afternoon  and 
evening;  3 A.  M,,  took  in  mainsail,  heavy  roll,  no  wind; 
4 A.  M.,  sighted  Ailsa  astern;  5 A.  M.,  sighted  from 
masthead  what  appears  to  be  Valhalla  hull  down  astern; 
8 A.  M.,  light  air  from  S.E;,  course  E; ; 9 A.  M.,  Ailsa 
abeam  three  miles  to  southward ; 9.30  A.  M.,  S.  S.  St. 
Louis  passed  within  hailing  distance  Noon,  breeze  fresh- 
ening, course  N.  7odeg.  E. ; by  observation,  Lat.  4odeg. 
N.,  Long.  55deg.  5mm.  W. ; distance,  63  miles;  from 
Sandy  Hook,  870  miles;  11  P.  M.  sighted  steamer  and 
signaled;  weather  squally  and  rain. 

Tuesday,  May  23.-6  AM.,  wind  increasing  S.S.E.  Ailsa 
ahead  about  seven  miles ; 8 A.  M.,  clewed  up  topsails ; 9 
A.  M.,  reefed  mainsail;  11  A.  M.,  sighted  iceberg  on  port 
bow,  estimated  about  250  to  300ft.  high;  temperature 
dropped  42deg.  Noon,  by  observation,  Lat.  4odeg.  40mm. 
N.,  Long.  4Qdeg.  "39m in.  W. ; Course  N.  8ideg.  E. ; dis- 
tance, 253  miles;  from  Sandy  Hook  Light  Ship  1,065,  to 
Lizard  Light  2,008;  I P.  M,,  shook  out  reef  in  mainsail, 
set  topsails  and  No',  2 jib  topsail;  to  P,  M.,  altered  course 
to  N.  74deg.  E, ; weather  cloudy,  wind  strong,  S.  by  E.  i 

Wednesday,  May  24.-  ro.30  A;.  M.,  sighted  S.S.  Oceanic 
bound  west  signalling  “Sighted  Hamburg  one  hour  ago” } 
i I.3O,  wind  Increasing,  heavy  sea,  fgefed  mainsail.  Nooti, 
by  observation,  Lat.  4|deg;  59fflin.  N.,  Lofig.  44'd^g]  ^yriiifl; 
W.  j distance,  246  miles  j 3 P;  M:,  sighted  ahd  signalled 
S.  S.  St,  Paul  bound  West;  Doctor  Rowland  Operated  On 
Seaman  Johnson  for  purulent  axillary  adenitis;  He.  Wds 
put  undef  an  anaesthetic,  and  superficial,  and  deep  glands 
opened,  removing  about  four  ounges  of  thick  pu§;  _ As- 
sisted by  R;  Sheldon,  houSe  surgeon,  and  J;  M: 
Rowland,  operating  f&offl  orderly.  Just  What  the 
everyday  meaning  Of  the  0 peration  wa§  1 Will  leave 
to  your  imagination,  sufficient  to  say  that  the  patient  had 
been  dosed  sufficiently  often  with  mercury  to  warrant  my 
thinking  him  a human  barometer,  and  watching  with  in- 
terest his  expansion  and  contraction  according  to  the 
weather;  while  passing  iceberg  he  was  but  2ft.  tail.  At  4 
P.  M.,  sighted  large  steamer  to  northward  bound  west; 
6 P.  M.,  set  squaresail ; 8 P.  M.,  set  ringtail,  heavy  sea 
and  strong  wind  from  S.S.W.,  showery;  10  P.  M.,  set 
raffee. 

Thursday,  May  25.- — 1.30  A.  IVL,  took  in  raffee;  8.30 
sighted  oil  tank  steamer  bound  to  the  eastward  dead 
ahead ; weather  thick,  raining ; 10.30,  oil  steamer  abeam, 
put  another  reef  in  mainsail  and  took  in  ringtail,  heavy 
sea  and  strong  winds.  Noon,  by  D.  R.,  Lat.  44deg.  6min. 
N.,  Long.  38deg.  3lmin.  W. ; Course  N.  64deg.  E. ; dis- 
tanse,  291  miles.  There  are  two  things  that  Endymion 
likes  stiff,  and  one  of  them  is  a wind. 

Friday,  May  26.' — 8 A.  M.,  repaired  jibstay,  set  square- 
sail and  raffee,  strong  wind  with  rain  squalls,  very  heavy 
seas;  11  A.  M.,  gale  increasing,  Split  fore  topsail,  took  in 
fore  topsail  and  mainsail.  Noon,  by  observation,  Lat. 
45deg.  26mm.  N.,  Long.  33deg.  2min.  W. ; distance,  246 
miles ; course  N.  7ldeg.  E. ; 6 P.  M.,  repaired  and  set  fore 
topsail;  9 P.  M.,  carried  away  raffee;  H P.  M,,  repaired 
and  set  raffee. 

Saturday,  May  27.-4  A,  M.,  weather  clear,  heavy  sea, 
set  double  reefed  mainsail,  strong  westerly  wind;  to  A. 
M.,  shook  one  reef  out  of  mainsail;  11.30  A.  M.,  carried 
away  raffee,  lowered  it,  repaired  and  reset;  12  M.,  raffee 
carried  away  again.  By  observation,  Lat.  46deg.  42mim  N.J 
Long.  27deg.  W.,  Course  N.  74deg  E. ; distance,  274  miles ; 
to  Lizard  Light,  904  miies,  N.  79deg  E. ; L30  P.  M.,  reset 
raffee;  6 P.  M.,  carried  away  fore  topsail,  took  it  in  and 
set  a jibtopsail  as  a fore  topsail,  rainy  and  wind  moderat- 
ing. 

Sunday,  May  28.= — 6 A.  M.,  gybed  ship  and  reset  fore 
topsail,  wind  freshening  and  heavy  sea.  Noon,  by  obser- 
vation, Lat.  48deg.  44m.in.  N.,  Long.  2ldeg.  limin.  W. ; 
distance,  264  miles ; course  N.  62deg.  E. ; 6 P.  M.,  wind 
hauling  to  abeam,  took  in  raffee,  set  ringtail  and  No.  2 
jibtopsail;  9 P.  M.,  shook  reef  out  of  mainsail  and  set 
maintopsail;  11  P.  M.,  signaled  S.  S.  New  York  bound 
W. ; 4 A.  M.,  split  ringtail  and  took  it  in. 

Monday,  May  29.- — 6 A.  M.,  set  balloon  jibtopsail  and 
balloon  maintopsail  and  spinnaker,  weather  fine,  very  little 
sea.  Noon,  by  observation,  Lat.  48deg.  59mm.  N.,  Long. 
i4deg.  27mm.  W. ; distance,  2 66  miles ; course  N.  87deg. 
E. ; 7 P.  M.,  rain  and  light  air;  8 P.  M.,  took  in  balloon 
jibtopsail  and  spinnaker  and  set  No.  3 jibtopsail;  weather 
clear  and  fine,  no  wind,  becalmed  all  night. 

Tuesday,  May  30. — 4 A.  M.,  took  sounding,  123  fath- 
oms; 5 A.  M.,  gybed  ship,  took  in  No.  3 jibtopsail  and  set 
spinnaker,  balloon  jib;  sea  smooth,  no  wind.  Noon,  by 
observation,  Lat.  49deg.  7min.  N.,  Long,  iodeg.  44mm. 
W. ; distance,  148  miles ; course  N.  87deg.  E. ; sounding, 
85  fathoms ; flat  calm  all  day  and  night. 

Wednesday,  May  31. — 12.30  A.  M.,  light  air  from  south- 
ward, gybed  ship  and  reset  all  kites ; 9 A.  M.,  wind  fresh- 
ening, carried  away  balloon  jib  topsail,  set  another;  6 P. 
M.,  set  spinnaker. 


Day. 

May. 

Latitude. 

Longitude.  Nun.  Total. 

Average. 

1 

18 

39.44N. 

70.39W. 

150 

150 

6.25 

2 

19 

39.46N. 

66.20W. 

200 

350 

7.29 

3 

20 

39.54N. 

61.41W. 

214 

564 

7.83 

4 

21 

39.58N. 

56.22W. 

243 

807 

8.40 

5 

22 

40.00N. 

55.05W. 

59 

866 

7.21 

6 

23 

40.40N. 

49.39W. 

253 

1119 

7.77 

7 

24 

41.59N. 

44.27W. 

246 

1356 

8.12 

8 

25 

44.06N. 

38.31W. 

291 

1656 

8.62 

9 

26 

45. 26  NT. 

33 . 02 W. 

246 

1902 

8.80 

10 

27 

46.42N. 

27.00W. 

274 

2176 

9.06 

11 

28 

48.44N. 

21.11W. 

264 

2440 

9.24 

12 

29 

48.59N. 

14.27W. 

266 

2706 

9.39 

13 

30 

49.07N.  • 

10.44W. 

148 

2854 

9.17 

14 

31 

49.32N. 

7.24W. 

133 

2987 

8.88 

To 

Lizard  Lt.  at 

9:30  P. 

M.  90 

3077 

9.03 

15 

To 

Needles  at  10:45  P.  M. 

145 

3222 

9.11 

Deduct  difference 

in  time 

(5hrs.) 

average 

time  to  Lizard 

9.03  . 

Deduct  difference 

in  time 

(5hrs.) 

average 

time  to  Needles 

9.11 

The  Yawl  Ariel  II.  Entered  for  B.Y.C.  Ocean  Race. 
— Mr.  John  S.  Phillips  has  entered  his  new  yawl,  Ariel 
II.,  for  the  Brooklyn  Y.  C.’s  ocean  race  to  Hampton 
Roads,  Va.,  to  start  from  the  Brooklyn  Y.  C.  anchorage  in 
Gravesend  Bay,  June  29.  This  is  the  ninth  entry  for  the 
race  to  date,  and  several  other  boat  owners  have  signified 
their  intention  of  entering  at  an  early  date.  Ariel  II.  has 
been  entirely  refitted  at  the  works  of  the  Gas  Engine  &t 
Power  Co.  and  Chas.  L,  Seabury  Co.,  Cons.,  at  Morris 
Heights,  under  directions  of  Mr.  Martin  C Erismann, 


482 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


British  Letter. 

The  Proposed  Rating  Rule. — In  a letter  on  the  sub- 
ject of  the  proposed  international  rating  rule  published 
in  the  London  Field  of  May  20,  Sir  George  Leach,  a 
veteran  yachtsman  and  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Yacht 
Racing  Association,  sounds  a note  of  warning  against  a 
hurried  adoption  of  any  such  rule  on  the  ground  that  such 
a rule  might  have  the  effect  of  cramping  improvement  in 
yacht  design  and  construction  owing  to  the  difficulty  of 
altering  it  in  case  it  produced  an  exaggerated  type  of 
yacht.  In  favor  of  his  contention  he  cites  the  cases  of  the 
old  Thames  rule  which  produced  the  plank-on-edge  form 
of  boat,  and  a recent  rating  rule  from  which  was  evolved 
the  boat  with  the  smallest  possible  body,  and  which  was 
quite  unfit  for  any  other  purpose  than  pure  racing,  and 
he  states  that  he  thinks  it  would  be  a pity  that  British 
yachtsmen  should  put  themselves  in  such  a position  as  to 
be  unable  to  alter  their  own  rating  rule  without  the  con- 
currence of  all  the  countries  involved,  “merely  to  facili- 
tate the  few  international  contests  which  are  ever  likely 
to  take  place.” 

■ It  seems  pretty  clear  that  Sir  George  has  not  fully 
grasped  the  benefits  which  would  undoubtedly  accrue  to 
yachting  through  the  passing  of  an  international  rule. 
The  day  of  freaks  has  gone  by,  and  there  is  at  present  a 
healthy  reaction  in  favor  of  a moderate  and  sensible  type 
of  boat.  Of  course  modern  yachtsmen  are  never  going 
to  allow  themselves  to  be  gulled  into  the  belief  that  is 
held  by  many  of  the  old  school,  viz.,  that  the  old-fashioned 
straight  stemmed,  wall-sided  boat  is  a better  sea  boat  than 
the  modern  craft  with  spoon  bow  and  round,  fair  lines. 
Anybody  who  has  been  shipmates  with  both  types  knows 
the  enormous  superiority  of  the  modern  model  over  the 
old  as  regards  seaworthiness,  stability,  dryness,  speed, 
comfort,  and,  in  fact,  in  every  detail,  and  although  over- 
hangs have  been  overdone,  the  present  rating  rules  of 
most  European  countries  do  not  favor  an  exaggerated 
form  of  body,  and  the  tendency  is  to  limit  overhangs  and 
increase  fullness  of  underwater  body. 

No  doubt  the  drawing  up  of  a uniform  rating  rule 
which  would  be  satisfactory  to  all  countries  would  be  a 
more  difficult  task  than  is  the  case  when  each  country 
makes  its  own  rule.  What  is  worth  doing,  however,  is 
worth  doing  well,  and  the  magnitude  of  the  task  should 
not  act  as  a deterrent  to  the  members  engaged  on  it,  but 
should  stimulate  them  to  put  forth  all  their  talents  and 
energies  to  bring  it  to  a successful  issue. 

Sir  George  Leach  is  in  error  when  he  hints  that  the  sole 
benefit  of  the  proposed  new  rule  would  be  the  facilities 
offered  for  a “few  possible  international  contests,”  and  he 
evidently  thinks  our  present  rating  rule  a most  desirable 
one.  If  that  is  the  case,  how  does  he  account  for  the 
present  dearth  of  racing  yachts.  The  fact  is,  the  passing 
of  an  international  rule  and  the  adoption  of  an  adequate 
scale  of  scantlings  to  insure  proper  construction  would  be 
of  immense  benefit  to  ill  countries,  but  to  none  so  much 
so  as  to  Great  Britain.  Class  racing  is  almost  dead  in 
this  country,  not  so  much  owing  to  the  shortcomings  of 
our  present  rating  rule,  as  to  the  absence  of  any  restric- 
tions on  construction.  Our  Yacht  Racing  Association  de- 
clines to  remedy  this  and  has  been  for  some  years  steadily 
losing  its  hold  over  the  yachting  world,  owing  to  its  un- 
willingness or  incapacity  to  tackle  matters  which  are 
obviously  within  its  province.  It  is  quite  time  something 
was  done,  and  the  international  conference  will  in  all 
probability  encourage  the  reluctant  members  of  the  Y.  R. 
A.  who  are  to  be  represented,  to  better  things. 

An  improved  rating  rule  and  scantling  restrictions  must 
be  the  outcome  in  the  natural  order  of  progress.  Once 
let  it  be  known  that  racing  yachts  must  be  of  substantial 
construction  and  there  will  be  a revival  of  class  racing  in 
England  and  a lucrative  market  for  our  outclassed  racers 
abroad  as  was  the  case  in  former  years.  It  is  to  be  hoped 
that  Great  Britain  will  be  represented  at  the  conference 
by  able  men  who  see  the  obvious  need  for  progress  and 
reform,  and  who  are  under  no  delusion  that  the  foreign 
representatives  will  be  persuaded  to  adopt  our  present 
Y.  R.  A.  rule,  which  is  undoubtedly  capable  of  much 
modification  and  great  improvement.  Once  a satisfactory 
rule  is  arrived  at  it  could  be  fixed  for  a period  of  five 
years.  At  the  end  of  that  time  it  could  be  improved  or 
altered,  or,  if  necessary,  the  arrangement  could  fall 
through.  If  the  matter  is  carried  out  in  the  right  and 
generous  spirit,  it  cannot  fail  to  prove  a blessing  to  all 
countries  concerned. 

Sonya  Beaten. — The  52ft.  class  had  its  first  race  at  the 
regatta  of  the  Orwell  Corinthian  Y.  C.  at  Harwich  on 
May  27.  All  four  representatives  of  the  class  were  pres- 
ent, and  from  the  meagre  accounts  received  it  appears 
that  the  match  was  sailed  in  a steady  breeze.  The  Herre- 
shoff  boat  Sonya  was  fitted  with  a temporary  solid  mast, 
having  sprung  her  hollow  spar  the  previous  week.  Moy- 
ana,  the  two-year-old  Mylne-designed  boat,  won  the 
match,  beating  Britonmart,  Mr.  W.  P.  Burton’s  new  boat, 
by  the  same  designer,  by  24sec.  Sonya  was  3mm.  later, 
and  last  season’s  crack,  Maymon,  just  astern  of  her. 
When  the  two  new  boats  are  tuned  up  the  class  should 
give  excellent  sport.  The  ex-52ft.  class  had  a handicap  in 
which  the  scratch  boat  Gauntlet  went  ashore  when  lead- 
ing. Viera  won  this  race,  Senga  taking  second  prize. 

King  Edward  Presents  Cup. — His  Majesty  the  King 
has  presented  a cup  to  the  Royal  Southern  Y.  C.  to  be 
competed  for  at  the  annual  regatta  on  Aug.  19.  It  will 
no  doubt  be  given  to  the  big  handicap  class,  as  is  almost 
invariably  the  case  since  the  decay  of  first-class  racing. 
Some  people  are  in  favor  of  presenting  such  cups  to  the 
52ft.  class,  but  the  value  of  the  prize  is  out  of  all  propor- 
tion to  the  size  of  the  boats,  and  the  great  majority  of 
people  are  in  favor  of  big  trophies  being  awarded  to  big 
vessels,  and  it  seems  the  fairest  way,  for  even  if  the  big 
boats  are  not  class  racers  they  supply  the  backbone  of  the 
racing  at  all  the  principal  regattas. 

Entries  for  the  Dover-Heligoland  Race. — The  Ger- 
man Emperor  has  secured  a very  fine  entry  for  the  Dover- 
Heligoland  race,  fifteen  yachts  being  down  on  the  list,  of 
which  only  two  are  under  100  tons.  There  are  some  fast 
boats  in  the  match,  including  Satanita  and  Navahoe,  old 
antagonists  in  British  waters  in  1893,  and  some  of  the 
yachts  which  have  been  taking  part  in  the  Atlantic  race- 
are  entered,  including  Ailsa,  Thistle,  Hildegarde,  Fleur 
de  Lys  and  Endymion.  The  American  yachts  Apache, 
Utowana  and  Atlantic  have  been  entered  in  the  race  for 
auxiliaries,  E.  H.  Kelly. 


IJUNE  17,  I90S. 


Boston  Letter* 

To  Race  Under  New  Rule. — It  has  been  announced  by 
the  Regatta  Committee  of  the  Eastern  Y.  C.  that  its  open 
races  this  season  will  be  sailed  under  the  new  uniform 
rule  of  measurement,  the  classes  being  for  yachts  of  40ft. 
rating  and  under,  i his  will  include  the  restricted  classes 
of  the  Y.  R.  A.  of  Mass.  While  none  of  these  boats  have 
been  officially  measured  for  rating,  it  is  thought  that  the 
22-footers  will  rate  in  class  N,  from  27  to  33ft.,  and  the 
18-footers  in  class  P,  from  22  to  27ft.  In  order  to  over- 
come the  objections  that  the  owners  of  yachts  in  the  re- 
stricted classes  might  have  to  racing  under  any  other  than 
the  rules  for  which  they  were  built,  it  has  been  decided 
by  the  committee  to  offer  larger  cash  prizes  than  usual, 
probably  about  twice  as  much  for  each  race  as  was  offered 
last  season. 

Two  Entries  for  Halifax  Race. — Mr.  Henry  A. 
Morss,  chairman  of  the  Ocean  Race  Committee  of  the 
Eastern  Y.  C.,  has  announced  that  two  entries  have  been 
received  for  the  ocean  race  from  Marblehead  to  Halifax. 

1 hese  are  the  schooner  Corona,  owned  by  Mr.  A.  F. 
Luke,  of  New  York,  and  the  new  schooner  Invader,  now 
being  built  at  Lawley’s  for  Mr.  Roy  A.  Rainey,  Vice-Com- 
modore of  the  Larchmont  Y.  C. 

With  the  22-footers. — Nutmeg,  designed  by  Hanley 
and  built  by  Messrs.  Hanley  & Lawley,  for  Mr.  A.  C. 
Jones,  has  been  measured  into  the  22ft.  class.  She  was 
launched  June  3,  and  was  found  to  be  quite  short.  So 
2,500  pounds  of  lead  were  put  inside,  in  addition  to  the 
2,5°°  pounds  on  the  keel.  When  measured  it  was  found 
that  she  was  21ft.  8r4in.  on  the  waterline.  As  the  addi- 
tional lead  is  to  be  put  on  the  keel,  it  is  likely  that  she  will 
be  found  shorter  than  this  when  she  is  again  measured. 
It  is  expected  that  she  will  be  ready  for  the  Boston  Y.  C. 
race  on  June  17.  Mr.  F.  G.  Macomber,  Jr.,  owner  of 
Clotho,  last  season’s  champion,  has  changed  her  name  to 
Chewink  V.  The  alterations  on'  her  have  been  completed, 
and  in  her  first  race  at  Marblehead  on  Saturday  she 
showed  the  class  that  she  is  still  among  the  fastest  of 
them.  The  changes  necessary  to  bring  the  old  Medric 
into  the  class  have  been  made,  and  she  was  seen  in  the 
race  at  Marblehead  on  Saturday. 

. A New  15-footer.- — There  has  been  built  at  Dubois’ 
yard,  Scituate,  a Y.  R.  A.  15-footer  for  Mr.  James  R. 
Prince,  from  designs  of  Messrs.  Small  Brothers.  It  is 
expected  that  this  boat  will  make  her  first  appearance  in 
the  race  of  the  Boston  Y.  C.  at  Hull  on  June  17,  when 
she  will  compete  with  Vera  II.,  last  year’s  champion, 
owned  by  Mr.  Hjalmar  Lundberg. 

New  30-FOOTER  Tried  Out. — The  new  30-footer,  Pon- 
tiac, designed  and  built  by  Messrs.  Burgess  & Packard, 
'for  Mr.  George  S.  Silsbee,  has  been  given  several  trials 
off  Marblehead.  In  three  trials  over  a nine-mile  course, 
in  a light  breeze,  she  beat,  both  Sauquoit  and  Chewink  IV. 
on  Sunday,  June  4.  She  is  not  so  long  as  either  of  the 
restricted  boats  and  she  does  not  carry  as  much  sail.  She 
is  43ft.  over  all,  29ft.  waterline,  10ft.  6in.  breadth  and  6ft. 
9in.  draft.  She  carries  1,150  sq.  ft.  of  sail.  She  will  be 
sent  to  Islesboro  this  week.  With  her  will  be  sent  a 15- 
footer  designed  and  built  by  Messrs.  Burgess  & Packard, 
which  will  be  used  by  Mr.  Silsbee’s  son. 

Adopts  New  Rule.- — At  a meeting  of  the  Corinthian 
Y.  C.,  held  on  Saturday  evening,  June  3,  it  was  unani- 
mously voted  to  adopt  the  new  uniform  rating  rule.  The 
classes  to  be  raced  under  the  rule  will  be  under  40ft.  rat- 
ing. The  22-footers  and  the  18-footers  will  be  raced 
under  the  old  rule  of  waterline  measurement. 

Black  Hawk  at  Marblehead. — The  schooner  Black 
Hawk,  designed  by  Mr.  Norman  L.  Skene,  and  built  by 
Mr.  C.  F.  Brown,  of  Pulpit  Harbor,  Me.,  for  Mr.  C.  E. 
Gibson,  arrived  at  Marblehead  on  Wednesday,  June  7. 
She  had  strong  N.  E.  winds  along  the  coast  and  is  said 
to  have  handled  most  satisfactorily.  She  carried  all  sail 
until  off  Thatcher’s  Island,  when  topsails  were  taken  in. 
Black  Hawk  is  61  ft.  over  all,  42ft.  waterline,  14ft.  3m. 
breadth  and  8ft.  3m.  draft.  She  is  intended  for  offshore 
cruising  and  has  been  mentioned  as  a possible  entry  in 
the  ocean  race  of  the  Eastern  Y.  C.  Mr.  Skene  reports 
the  sale  of  the  25ft.  launch  Comet  for  Mr.  J.  O.  Hinckley, 
of  Salem,  to  Mr.  T.  W.  Heermans,  of  Chicago. 

Elmina  Sails  for  New  York. — The  90ft.  schooner  El- 
mina,  recently  completed  at  Lawley’s  for  Mr.  F.  F.  Brew- 
ster from  designs  by  Messrs.  A.  Carey  Smith  and  Ferris, 
left  port  last  week  for  New  York  waters.  She  put  into 
Newport  for  a couple  of  days.  John  B.  Killeen. 


YACHTING  NEWS  NOTES. 


For  advertising  relating  to  this  department  see  pages  ii  and  iii. 


Toinette  Sold. — The  steel  steam  yacht  Toinette,  Mr. 
Thomas  A.  McIntyre,  New  York  Y.  C,  has  been  sold, 
through  the  agency  of  Mr.  Henry  J.  Gielow  to  Mr.  J. 
Rosenbaum,  of  Chicago.  Toinette  was  originally  called 
the  Lady  Beatrice,  and  after  that  the  Aroc.  She  was  de- 
signed by  Mr.  A.  C.  Storey  and  built  by  Messrs.  Ramage 
& Ferguson,  of  Leith,  Scotland.  The  principal  dimen- 
sions are:  175ft.  over  all,  143ft.  waterline,  22ft.  2in.  beam 
and  12ft.  3in.  depth. 

* K K 

Recent  Sales. — Auxiliary  yawl  Idelon  has  been  sold 
by  Dr.  W.  Merle  Smith,  Seawanhaka  Y.  C.,  to  Mr.  W.  H. 
Parsons  of  this  city,  through  the  office  of  Mr.  Stanley  M. 
Seaman.  Idelon  is  C5ft.  over  all,  35ft.  waterline,  14ft. 
beam  and  7ft.  draft,  designed  and  built  in  1903  by  the 
L.  J.  Nilson  Co.,  Baltimore,  Md.,  has  a 7 horsepower 
Lathrop  motor  giving  a speed  of  six  miles  under  power. 

The  same  office  negotiated  the  sale  of  the  sloop  Nei  San 
for  Major  J.  McGaw  Woodbury  to  Mr.  H.  C.  Prichitt,  of 
New  York.  Nei  San  was  designed  by  Mr.  Wm.  Gardiner. 
She  is  40ft.  over  all,  25ft.  waterline,  10ft.  beam  and  4ft. 
6in.  draft. 

Mr.  Seaman  reports  a new  propeller  is  being  placed 
aboard  the  steam  yacht  Orienta.  The  latter  recently  char- 
tered to  the  Panama  Government.  She  will  be  ready  for 
her  trial  trip  this  week,  and  is  expected  to  make  over  20 
miles  an  hour.  If  successful,  she  will  leave  at  once  for 
Colon:  Panama. 

* 

Entries  for  Dover-Heligoland  Race.— The  face  for 
the  Heligoland  cups- starts  on  June  17,  and  so  far  nine- 
teen entries  have  beep  received.  The  distance  from  Dover 


to  Heligoland  is  about  320  miles.  The  race  is  sailed  off 
a handicap  basis,  auxiliaries  being  allowed  to  use  only 
canvas  for  propelling  power.  Starting  from  Dover,  the 
boats  cross  the  North  Sea,  leaving  all  the  lightships  on 
the  Dutch  and  German  coasts  on  the  starboard  hand  and 
finishing  between  the  Saturn  buoy,  south  of  Heligoland, 
and  a German  warship,  which  serves  as  judges’  boat.  The 
boats  entered  follow: 

Sailing  Vessels. 

Tons. 


Clara,  Max  Guilleaume,  schooner 185 

Satanita,  Sir  M.  FitzGerald,  yawl 300 

Lethe,  Col.  T.  F.  A.  W.  Kennedy,  yawl 163 

Moonstone,  I-].  Iv.  Bedew,  schooner 155 

Susanne,  O.  Huldschinsky,  schooner 154 

Ailsa,  H.  S.  Redmond,  yawl 166 

Thistle,  Robert  E.  Tod,  schooner 235 

Hildegard,  E.  R.  Coleman,  schooner 145 

Fleur  de  Lys,-  D.  L.  A.  Stimson,  schooner 86 

Endymion,  George  Lauder,  Jr.,  schooner 116 

Navahoe,  C.  W.  Watjen,  yawl 235 

Formosa,  Adm.  Sir.  J.  K.  E.  Baird,  yawl 102 

Ventura,  Lieut.  T.  N.  Thynne,  ketch 98 

Theresa,  Felix  Simon,  yawl 114 

Sunshine,.  L.  H.  Solomon,  schooner 118 

Auxiliaries. 

Atlantic,  Wilson  Marshall,  schooner 206 

Utowana,  Allison  V.  Armour,  schooner 267 

Apache,  Edmund  Randolph,  bark 307 

Valhalla,  Earl  of  Crawford,  ship 648 

* « *S 


Club  Books  Received.— We  are  indebted  to  Mr.  John 
T.  Fox,  Secretary  of  the  Beach  Haven  Y.  C. ; Mr.  F.  A. 
Eustis,  of  the  Beverly  Y.  C.,  and  Mr.  Walter  Burgess,  of 
the  Boston  Y.  C.,  for  copies  of  their  respective  club  books 
for  the  year  of  1905. 


New  Rochelle  Y.  C. 

New  Rochelle,  Long  Island  Sound — Saturday,  June  10. 

Twenty-five  boats  were  entered  in  the  New  Rochelle  Y.  C. 
powerboat  race,  held  on  Saturday,  June  10,  but  the  sea  kicked 
up  by  the  fresh  S.W.  wind  was  sufficient  to  prevent  several  from 
starting. 

The  Regatta  Committee,  made  up  of  Messrs.  G.  P.  Granberry,  W. 
L.  Diaz  and  J.  C.  Connolly  were  on  board  Vice-Commodore 
Gills’  launch,  Hellen  G.,  which  boat  took  up  her  position  off 
Echo  Bay.  The  course  was  from  starting  line  off  Echo  Bay,  be- 
tween the  committee  boat  and  a mark  boat,  to  and  around  red 
spar  buoy,  off  Mott’s  Point  and  back  to  starting  line;  distance, 
9%  nautical  miles. 

Challenger  was  alone  in  her  class,  but  she  went  twice  over  the 
course  alone.  Her  time  for  the  19  miles  was  54m.  15s.,  which 
is  a shade  better  than  21  knots. 

The  only  competitor  Simplex  had,  was  White  Fox.  Seven 
minutes  was  the  time  given  by  White  Fox  to  Simplex.  The 
latter  won  by  43m.  58s. 

Beldame  allowed  Argonaut  16m.  20s.  The  former  was  unable 
to  save  her  time  and  Argonaut  won  by  6m.  9s. 

Reliance  was  not  timed,  and  Hully  G.  won  easily  in  her  class, 

: beating  the  Grace  handily  on  corrected  time. 

Thirteen  of  the  Knickerbocker  Y.  C.  one-uesign  boats,  better 
known  as  the  Sea  Skunks,  were  entered,  and  ten  started.  They 
were  the  drawing  card  of  the  event,  and  an  exciting  race  resulted. 
No.  7 won,  beating  No.  1 by  41s.  Nos.  5 and  6 tied  for  third 
place.  The  summary  follows.: 

Classes  O,  P.  Q.  R — Start,  2:20 — Course,  19  Miles. 

Finish.  Elapsed.  Corrected. 

Challenger,  W.  Gould  Brokaw 3 14  15  0 54  15  0 54  15 

Classes  S,  T,  V — Start,  2:25 — Course,  19  Miles. 

White  Fox,  Charles  Hatch  4 10  23  1 45  23  1 45  23 

Simplex,  C.  R.  Mabley 3 33  25  1 08  25  1 01  25 

Classes  A,  B,  C,  D — Start,  2:30 — Course,  19  Miles. 

Beldame,  H.  A.  Lozier 4 17  21  1 47  21  1 47  21 

Argonaut,  Godfried  Piel 4 27  22  1 57  22  1 41  02 

Classes  H,  I J — Start,  2:35 — Course,  19  Miles. 

Reliance,  A.  C.  Stratford Not  timed. 

Classes  K,  L — Start,  2:40 — Course,  9 y2  Miles. 


Elapsed.  Corrected. 

Hully  G.,  H.  Foote  4 01  19  1 21  19 

The  Grace,  L.  A.  Newcome 4 14  35  1 34  35 

Knickerbocker  One-Design  Class — Start,  3:00 — Course,  9J£  Miles. 

No.  1,  F.  L.  Kraemer 4 03  00  1 03  00 

No.  2,  Charles  Coughtry 4 09  26  1 09  26 

No.  3,  L.  C.  Berrian 4 09  15  1 09  15 

No.  5,  A.  L.  Kerker .. 4 04  55  1 04  55 

No.  6,  F.  E.  Brown 4 04  55  1 04  55 

No.  7,  Joseph  Cassidy  4 02  19  1 02  19 

No.  9,  J.  Sultsbach 4 08  51  1 08  51 

No.  10,  W.  H.  Gassert  4 Go  48  1 08  48 

No.  11,  Daniel  Noble  4 08  58  1 08  58 

No.  12,  M.  E.  Connelly - 4 07  29  1 07  29 


Quincy  Y.  C. 

Quincy,  Mass. — Saturday,  June  10. 

An  interclub  race  between  the  yachts  of  the  Quincy,  Wollaston 
and  Squantum  Y.  C.s  was  sailed  off  the  Quincy  Y.  C.  on  Satur- 
day, June  10,  in  a light  westerly  breeze.  Wawenock  was  an  easy 
winner  in  Class  A.  Marvel  and  West  Wind  won  on  corrected 
times  in  classes  B and  C.  Togo  won  in  the  launch  class.  The 
summary: 

Class  A. 

Elapsed.  Corrected. 


Wawenock,  Seymour  & Coombs 2 21  04  1 37  14 

Rambler,  W.  Sargent 2 31  47  1 51  07 

Whisper,  F.  C.  Fowler.. 2 36  38  

Harriet,  H.  A.  Lincoln..' Disabled. 

Class  B. 

Marvel,  J.  M.  Whittemore 2 19  52  1 39  56 

Eclipse,  G.  G.  F.  Sawyer,  Jr 2 17  54  1 42  18 

Hustler,  H.  W.  Robbins 2 24  36  1 43  49 

Moondyne,  W.  PI.  Shaw 2 24  48  1 46  09 

Pocahontas,  W.  D.  & F.  C.  Merrill 2 15  54  1 46  30 

Josephine,  F.  H.  Smith 2 26  41  1 46  31 

Dorothy  III.,  F.  Crane 2 27  41  1 47  58 

Argesla,  G.  H.  Wilkins 2 26  31  1 49  19 

Harold  W.,  A.  B.  Robbins 2 26  17  1 49  31 

Clara  Lee,  Edg  Emery 2 40  53  1 59  39 

Idler  W.,  W.  H.  Nichols  2 43  45  . 1 59  45 

Sheilla  W.,  T.  F.  Hewitson 2 29  08  . ..  .. 

Stranger,  D.  & F.  E.  Daws Disabled. 

Class  C. 

West  Wind,  W.  W.  Clewse 1 38  45  1 07  18 

Mijo,  W.  N.  Cannon  1 38  02  1 10  10 

Khaki,  L.  II.  Brown 1 45  42  1 16  18 

Motor  Launches. 

Togo,  N.  L.  PL  Curtis 3 35  42 

Mischief,  T.  PI.  E.  Wilson 3 41  42 


Corinthian  Y.  C. 

Marblehead,  Mass. — Saturday,  June  10. 

. The  first  race  of  the  Corinthian  Y.  C.  for  the  season  was 
sailed  off  Marblehead  on  Saturday,  June  10,  in  light  shifting 
breezes  from  S.W.  to  S.E.  On  account  of  the  shifting  wind 
there  was  no  real  windward  work  in  the  race.  Two  classes  filled, 
22-footers  and  18-footers.  In  the  22ft.  class  the  old  Medric  got 
the  start,  but  Rube  passed  her  and  led  to  the  first  mark.  On  the 
second  leg  Medric  II.  took  the  lead,  and  held  it  during  the  rest 
of  the  race,  with  Chewink  V.,  ex-Clotho,  in  second  place.  In  the 
18ft.  class  Moslem  II.  got  the  start  and  led  all  over  the  course. 


The  summary: 

22-Footers. 

Medric  II.,  H.  H.  White 2 20  08 

Chewink  V.,  F.  G.  Macomber,  Jr 2 20  38 

Rube,  H.  L.  Bowden  2 21  32 

Clorinda,  C.  D.  Lanning ....2  22  07 

Medric  I.,  George  Lee 2 22  40 

18-Footers. 

Moslem  II.,  B.  D.  Barker 1 22  45 

Hayseed,  F.  P.  Bowden 1 24  23 

Hayseed  II.,  H L.  Bowden 1 26  59 


June  17,  1903.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


483 


Marine  and  Field  Club. 


Bath  Beach,  Long  Island— Saturday,  June  10. 

On  the  afternoon  of  Saturday,  June  10,  the  Marine  and  Field 
Club  gave  a regatta  for  classes  Q and  under  over  the  regular 
Association  coaise  in  Gravesend  Bay.  The  wind  was  light  and 
fluky  throughout  and  luck  was  a prominent  factor  in  determining 
the  positions  at  the  finish.  All  but  one  of  the  new  Class  0 
creations  started  in  the  race,  the  absentee  being  Cockatoo  11, 
which  had  carried  away  her  hollow  mast  earlier  in  the  week  and 
found  it  impossible  to  make  repairs  in  time  for  the  Saturday 
event. 

More  Trouble  proved  the  winner-  among  the  new  boats,  beating 
out  Quest  in  an  exciting  finish  by  only  32s.  Ojigwan  and  Saetta 
had  a hard  tussle  for  third  place,  the  former  just  nosing  by  the 
mark  boat  2s.  to  the  good.  Karma  won  from  the  old  Class _ Q 
craft  and  Beta  led  the  Marine  and  Field  Class  RR.  The  division 
of  Class  Q was  according  to  a resolution  adopted  at  the  last 
meeting  of  the  associated  clubs,  in  which  it  was  decided,  in  all 
but  the  five  events  counting  on  the  championship  of  the  year,  and 
upon  request,  to  place  “boats  built  under  a rule  in  which  dis- 
placement is  taken  as  a factor’’  in  the  regular  class  and  give 
the  others  the  choice  of  which  division  they  will  enter. 

What  little  wind  there  was  hovered  between  S and  S.W.  all 
of  the  afternoon.  This  gave  the  boats  a lot  of  windward  hitches 
to  the  first  mark  off  the  Brooklyn  Y.  C.,  a reach  to  the  Atlantic 
Y.  C.  mark,  a broad  reach  to  Fort  Hamilton  and  still  another 
reach  home  to  the  start  off  the  Marine  and  Field  Club  house  at 
Bath  Beach.  This  journey  was  covered  twice,  aggregating  be- 
tween 7 and  8 miles.  Quest  had  on  board  during  the  race  her 
builder,  Mr.  Willard  F.  Downs,  of  Bay  Shore,  and  made  a much' 
better  showing  than  in  the  other  two  races  entered  this  year. 
The  summaries  follow: 


Ojigwan,  George  E. 


Karma,  J.  C.  Erskine. 
Mary,  Max  Grundner. . 
Careless,  Richard  Rum 
Wraith,  Calvin  Tompk 


Finish. 

Elapsed. 

. .4  52  22 

1 47  22 

..4  52  54 

1 47  54 

..4  55  16 

1 50  16  ' 

..4  55  18 

1 50  18 

..5  07  05 

2 02  05 

:05. 

..5  07  57 

2 02  57 

..5  09  25 

2 04  25 

..5  14  45 

2 09  45 

. .Did  not  finish. 

Sloops,  Class  RR — Start,  3:10. 


Beta,  Snedeker  & Camp 6 12  45  8 02  45 

Gamma,  A.  H.  Platt 6 13  14  3 03  14 

Alpha,  Holcomb  and  Howell Did  not  finish. 


*Gets  time  allowance,  but  measurement  was  not  given. 


Dorchester  Y.  C* 


Dorchester,  Mass. — Saturday,  June  10. 

An  open  race  was  given  by  the  Dorchester  Y.  C.  for  prizes 
offered  by  the  City  of  Boston  on  the  occasion  of  the  275th  anni- 
versary of  -the  settlement  of  Dorchester,  on  Saturday,  June  10. 
There  were  three  handicap  sailing  classes  and  one  class  for 
launches.  In  Class  A,  Myrtle,  ex-Helen,  and  Sally  IV.  sailed  a 
very  close  race.  Myrtle  winning  on  both  elapsed  and  corrected 
times.  Class  B was  the  largest,  with  twenty-one  starters.  The 
18ft.  knockabout  Mirage  II.  won  this  race,  with  the  21ft.  knock- 
about Jacobin  only  20s.  behind.  Class  C,  for  dories,  was  won  by 
Fox  on  corrected  time,  Echo  finishing  first.  Mr.  H.  H.  Linnell’s 
new  launch  Scudder  won  in  the  launch  class.  The  summary: 


Class  A,  23  to  29Ft. 

Elapsed.  Corrected. 

Myrtle,  Souther  & Holt *.l  14  18  1 14  18 

Sentinel,  G.  H.  Crawford 1 19  46  1 14  46 

Sally  IV.,  H.  R.  Starrel 1 15  IS  1 15  18 

Pilgrim,  J.  Turner 1 20  22  1 17  22 

Alma,  C.  IT.  Swift Did  not  finish. 

Evelyn,  A.  D.  Pratt Did  not  finish. 

Class  B,  Under  23Ft.  Waterline. 

Mirage  II.,  J.  W.  Olmstead 1 27  17  1 27  17 

Jacobin,  T.  W.  King 1 27  37  1 27  37 

Little  Robin,  Carl  Hodges 1 30  28  1 28  28 

Theta,  E.  H.  Snow 1 38  49  1 28  49 

Vera  II.,  H.  Lundberg 1 32  05  1 39  05 

Greyling,  F.  R.  Moseley 1 33  11  1 30  11 

Goblin,  R.  M.  Lothrop 1 36  28  1 30  28 

Spinster,  L.  M.  Clark 1 37  19  1 34  19 

Primrose,  J.  H.  Stark 1 41  14  1 35  14 

Simple  Life,  S.  W.  Foster 1 38  45  1 35  45 

Comforter,  J.  M.  Whittemore 1 40  58  1 36  58 

Kiowa,  W.  Griggs  1 46  49  1 40  49 

Curlew,  C.  W.  Lynch 1 51  05  1 43  23 

Raven,  J.  G.  Berry 1 45  52  1 43  52 

Haleyon,  C.  L.  White .....1  53  29  1 46  29 

Mamie,  G.  Monroe,  Jr 1 55  07  1 51  07 

Electra,  J.  McCormack 1 56  51  1 52  51 

Swan,  T.  W.  Smith 2 11  00  1 56  00 

Bantam,  J.  B.  Edair 2 09  25  1 56  35 

Flirt,  H.  C.  Dalrymple Did  not  finish. 

Thea,  G.  S.  Homer Did  not  finish. 


Class  C,  sailing  Dories  Under  19Ft. 


Fox  0 51  10 

Echo  0 49  56 

Dot  0 51  27 

Chin-Chan  0 53  23 

Leach  tender  1 00  23 

Sunny  Jim  1 04  18 

Power  Boats. 

Start. 

Anna  R.,  E.  W.  Graves 3 25  00 

Banzai,  M.  T.  Crowe 3 25  00 

Lickerty  Split,  G.  D.  Silsby 3 25  00 

Scudder,  H.  IT.  Tunnell 3 25  00 

Highball,  C.  L.  Hutchinson 3 25  00 

Dorothy,  J.  F.  Turner 3 25  00 

Alma  3 25  00 


0 48  10 
0 48  56 
0 51  27 
0 53  23 

0 54  25 

1 02  18 

Finish. 
4 24  30 
4 14  40 
3 55  35 

3 54  45 

4 13  39 
4 21  20 
4 20  40 


Manhasset  Bay  Y.  C. 

Port  Washington,  Long  Island  Sound — Saturday,  June  10. 

The  Manhasset  Bay  Y.  C.  held  its  sixth  annual  race  on  Satur- 
day, June  10.  There  were  thirty-six  starters,  and  a fresh  S.W. 
breeze  made  good  times  over  the  courses  possible.  In  this 
club’s  annual  race  last  year  there  were  only  twenty-eight  starters, 
and  a sharp  squall  broke  shortly  before  the  finish,  preventing 
eight  of  the  contestants  from  completing  the  race. 

The  Race  Committee,  composed  of  Colonel  Frederick  A.  Hill, 
Chairman;  IT.  IT.  Hogins,  Jr.,  and  C.  IT.  White,  serving  in  place 
of  Harry  C.  Ward,  was  on  board  of  Vice-Commodore  Cowle’s 
steam  yacht  Ardea.  The  committee  boat  took  up  her  position 
near  the  red  and  black-striped  buoy  to  the  N.E.  of  Execution 
Light,  making  the  starting  line.  The  course  was  from  the  starting 
line  to  a mark  off  Week’s  Point,  thence  to  Parsonage  Point  and 
back  to  the  finish  line,  a distance  of  10V2  miles.  The  boats  in 
the  two  larger  classes  went  twice  over  this  course,  while  the  rest 
of  the  starters  covered  it  once.  It  was  a reach  over  the  first 
two  legs  of  the  course,  and  a beat  back  to  the  finish. 

The  33-footers  were  sent  away  at  12:20.  Mimosa  III.  crossed 
in  the  lead,  with  Alert  close  astern.  Ballooners  were  broken  out 
as  the  boats  went  over  the  line  of  the  starboard  tack.  Alert 

held  her  own  on  the  first  leg,  but  Mimosa  III.  drew  away  a little 

after  they  gybed  around  the  first  mark.  When  it  came  to  the 

windward  work  Mimosa  III.  ran  away  from  Alert,  and  at  the 

end  of  the  first  round  she  was  leading  by  over  4m..  On  the 
second  round  Mimosa  II.  continued  to  gain,  and  won  by  9m. 
21s.  Memory  was  3m.  32s.  behind  Alert. 

At  12:25  ten  of  the  New  York  Y.  C.  one-design  boats  started. 
Phryne,  nicely  placed,  led  across  with  Dahinda  well  on  top  of  her. 
Neola  II.,  Nautilus  and  Cara  Mia  followed  in  the  order  named, 
while  the  others  came  along  well  bunched.  Phryne  was  never 
headed,  but  Nautilus  worked  into  second  place.  At  the  end  of 
the  first  round  less  than  7m.  separated  the  first  and  last  boats. 
Phryne  was  leading  Nautilus  lm.  20s.  On  the  second  round 

Nautilus  gained  20s.,  finishing  just  lm.  behind  Phryne.  Cara 
Mia  was  third.  Neola  II.,  Alera  and  Maid  of  Mendon  collided 
at  the  start,  but  no  one  protested. 

Snapper  and  Rascal  were  the  only  starters  in  the  27ft.  sloop 
class.  Rascal  found  the  conditions  to  her  liking  and  increased 
her  lead  on  each  leg.  She  won  by  7m.  31s. 

When  the  eight  raceabouts  crossed,  Rascal  II.  and  Pretty 
Quick  came  together.  No  damage  was  done,  however,  and  no 
one  protested.  Rana  pushed  Invader  hard  for  first  honors,  but 
the  former  won  by  lm.  2s.  Howdy  was  a close  third. 


In  the  old  Larchmont  one-design  class,  Dorothy  beat  Hourj, 
the  second  boat,  by  2m.  Is.  in  the  22ft.  sloop  class. 

WaWa  and  Ace  were  without  competitors  in  their  respective 
classes,  and  were  forced  to  take  sailovers. 

Gauntlet,  a cruising  boat  built  for  off-shore  work,  finished  22s. 
ahead  of  Hamburg,  her  only  competitor.  The  prize  in  this  class 
cannot  be  awarded  until  Hamburg  has  been  measured. 

W.  K.  Judson  won  in  the  Manhasset  dory  class,  J.  L.  Laidlaw 
was  second.  The  summary: 


Sloops,  33Ft.  Class— Start,  12:20—  Course,  21  Miles. 

Finish.  Elapsed. 

Alert,  J.  W.  Alker 3 41  32  3 21  32 

Mimosa  III.,  T.  L.  Park 3 32  11  3 12  11 

Memory,  PI.  M.  Raborg 3 45  04  3 25  04 

New  York  30-Footers — Start,  12:25 — Course,  21  Miles. 

Alera,  A.  H.  & J.  W.  Alker 3 53  13  3 28  13 

Affair,  Cord  Meyer 3 57  12  3 32  12 

Maid  of  Mendon,  W.  D.  Guthrie 3 55  37  3 o0  37 

Dahinda,  W.  Butler  Duncan,  Jr 3 56  39  3 31  39 

Carlita,  O.  ITarriman Did  not  finish. 

Neola  II.,  G.  M.  Pynchon  3 5d  22  3 28  22 

Cara  Mia,  S.  Wainwright 3 50  57  3 25  57 

Banzai,  Newbury  D.  Lawton 3 64  33  3 29  33 

Nautilus,  A.  G.  & IT.  W.  Hanan 3 49  33  3 24  33 

Phryne,  H.  L.  Maxwell 3 48  33  3 23  33 

Sloops,  27Ft.  Class— Start,  12:30— Course,  10y2  Miles. 

Snaoner  F S.  Page 2 39  54  2 09  54 

Rascal,  John  J.  D^yer 2 32  17  2 02  17 

Raceabouts — Start,  12:35 — Course,  IOV2  Miles. 

Pretty  Quick,  A.  B.  Alley 2 37  57  2 02  57 

Nora,  A.  Iselin  III 2 36  34  2 01  34 

Invader,  Jr.,  R.‘  A.  Rainey 2 30  20  1 55  20 

Mystral,  A.  C.  Bostwick 2 32  29  1 57  29 

Tartan,  G.  L.  Pirie 2 35  07  2 00  07 

Howdy,  G.  Mercer,  Jr 2 31  51  1 56  51 

Rascal  II.,  S.  C.  Hopkins 2 33  24  1 58  24 

Rana,  H.  Willets  2 31  22  1 56  22 

Larchmont  One-design  Class — Start,  12:40 — Course,  10y2  Miles. 

Dorothy,  L.  G.  Spence 2 39  48  1 59  48 

Vaquero,  W.  Stump 2 50  36  2 10  36 

Houri,  J.  H.  Esser 2 44  20  2 04  20 

Sloops,  22Ft.  Class— Start,  12:45 — Course,  101/2  Miles. 

Rogue,  A.  B.  Alley 2 50  18  2 05  18 

Kanaka,  J.  S.  Mahlstead 2 54  01  2 09  01 

Montauk,  H.  D.  Sheldon 2 52  19  2 07  19 

Indian  Harbor  Knockabouts — Start,  12:50 — Course,  1014  Miles. 

WaWa,  G.  B.  Robinson 3 07  32  2 17  32 

New  Rochelle  Class — Start,  12:50 — Course  1014  Miles. 

Ace,  R.  N.  Bavier 3 07  03  2 17  03 

Sloops,  ISFt.  Class — Start,  12:50 — Course,  1014  Miles. 

Gauntlet,  L.  D.  Huntington 3 05  14  2 15  14 

Hamburg,  M.  Goldschmidt 3 05  36  2 15  36 

Manhasset  Dories — Start,  12:55 — Course,  1014  Miles. 

No.  1,  E.  Roesler 3 20  52  2 25  52 

No.  4,  J.  L.  Laidlaw 3 18  47  2 23  47 

No.  6,  W.  IC.  Judson ....3  17  59  2 22  59 


Cobweb  Y.  C. 

Hudson  River — Tuesday,  May  30. 

The  annual  spring  regatta  of  the  Cobweb  Y.  C.  took  place  on 
Decoration  Day,  May  30,  over  the  club  course,  starting  from  the 
club  house,  foot  of  152d  street  and  Hudson  River,  to  the  first 
stake  boat  anchored  off  the  long  dock  at  Undercliff,  then  south 
along  the  New  Jersey  shore  to  the  second  stake  boat  anchored 
off  Fort  I.ee,  about  two  blocks  north  of  the  ferry  house,  then 
back  to  the  starting  point,  twice  around,  making  15  miles.  Wind, 
S.  W.,  and  ebb  tide. 


Class  A,  Cabin  Sloops  Over  30Ft. 

Start.  Finish.  Elapsed. 

Lillian  1 20  00  Withdrew. 

Retta  L 1 20  00  Withdrew'. 

Class  B,  Open  Sloops  Under  30Ft. 

Mavis  ..1  11  20  5 20  40  4 09  20 

Zettes  1 16  40  Withdrew. 

Wanda  1 20  00  Withdrew. 

Class  C,  Open  Cats  Over  20Ft. 

Comanche  1 10  50  5 06  15  3 55  25 

McDonald  1 20  00  Withdrew. 

Class  D,  Open  Cats  Under  20Ft. 

C.  T.  Willis  1 14  30  5 25  20  4 10  50 

Frank  1 15  35  Withdrew. 

Bob  1 20  00  Withdrew. 

Class  E,  Cabin  Cats. 

Yvonne  1 19  00  6 02  30  4 43  30 

Spree  1 20  00  Withdrew. 

Launches. 

Horse- 
power. L.  W.  L.  Start.  Finish.  Elapsed.  Corrected 

Barney  12  25  1 31  05  2 47  55  1 16  50  1 31  5!) 

Jessie  4 22.6  1 30  40  2 58  30  1 27  50  1 29  17 

Kidder  6 23.  1 30  40  3 02  20  1 31  40  1 37  40 

Labusky  ....6  22.  1 30  50  3 04  35  1 33  45  1 39  00 

Hallie  3 19.  1 30  45  3 05  15  1 34  30  1 35  50 

Erin  5 23.  1 31  20  3 05  40  1 34  20  1 39  05 

Walter  3 20.  1 31  30  Withdrew. 


The  winning  boats  were  Mavis,  Comanche,  C.  T.  Wills,  Yvonne, 
Jessie.  B.  H.  McClain,  official  timekeeper,  D.  Tyrrell,  D.  Man- 
son,  judges. 


Winthrop  Y.  C.  <0; 

Winthrop,  Mass. — Saturday,  June  10. 

The  first  of  a series  of  interclub  races  between  yachts  of  the 
Winthrop,  South  Boston  and  Columbia  yacht  clubs,  was  sailed  off 
Winthrop  on  Saturday,  June  10,  in  a light  westerly  breeze. 
Thialfi,  a South  Boston  boat,  won  the  first  class,  and  Hermes  and 
Owaissa,  two  Winthrop  boats  won  in  the  second  and  third 
classes  respectively.  The  summary: 


Class  A. 


Thialfi,  Dr.  Soule 

Violet,  A.  J.  McKee 

Grandee,  A.  H.  Baker 

Hilda,  S.  H.  L.  Harkell 

Elaine,  A.  W.  Chesterton 

Anthony,  G.  Colman 

Nelka,  J.  Embrone 

Chieftain,  J.  Holland 

Sadie  B,  Wm.  Hennessy  

Class  B. 

Hermes,  C.  A.  Heney 

Kit,  H.  Whittier 

Arbutus,  W.  L.  Young 

Mistral,  G.  M.  Hannon 

Abrash,  M.  L.  J.  Girdnay 

Helen,  C.  A.  Young  

Class  C. 

Owaissa,  W.  Kelly 

Pool  Boy,  J.  Perry  

Varuna,  J.  W.  Nodwell 

Madelyn,  G.  O.  Nash 

Hattie,  L.  T.  Harrington 

Elf,  Mr.  Wells 

Navajo,  F.  Bryne 

Scamper,  C.  Tewksbury 


Elapsed. 

Corrected. 

..1  32  45 

1 15  24 

, .1  38  18 

1 16  56 

.1  46  55 

1 21  34 

. .1  37  50 

1 24  38 

. .1  35  19 

1 25  43 

.1  46  35 

1 27  05 

. .1  51  22 

1 29  35 

. .1  59  30 

1 43  22 

.2  02  30 

1 40  09 

.1  35  19 

1 19  12 

.1  38  52 

1 23  00 

.1  40  57 

1 26  48 

.1  42  25 

1 27  01 

.1  57  02 

1 38  25 

.2  10  30 

1 47  40 

.1  38  27 

1 19  25 

.1  41  07 

1 20  42 

.1  41  08 

1 28  06 

.1  53  07 

1 30  17 

.1  53  18 

1 30  28 

.1  53  17 

1 31  46 

.2  00  56 

1 35  50 

.2  00  08 

1 40  28 

Boston  Y.  C. 

Hull,  Mass. — Saturday,  June  10. 

A special  club  race  of  the  Boston  Y.  C.  was  sailed  off  the  Hull 
station  on  Saturday,  June  10,  in  a light  westerly  breeze.  Only 
Class  I filled,  Bonitwo  winning  easily.  The  summary: 

First  Rating  Class. 

Elapsed. 


Jingo,  George  B.  Doane 1 02  00 

CIbss  X 

Bonitwo,  G.  W.  Wightman 1 04  02 

Dorchen,  A.  W.  Finley 1 07  29 

Nicknack,  E.  B.  Holmes  1 10  16 

Humbug,  Cole  & Bacon -. 1 11  20 

Second  Rating  Class. 

Anne,  C.  B.  Pratt ,1  18  01 


- I I M .1  I LM-  . . ■ 

Atlantic  Y.  C. 

Sea  Gate,  New  York  Harbor — Saturday,  June  10. 

The  first  race  for  the  Underwood  cup,  open  for  competition  to 
Atlantic  Y.  C.  boats  in  classes  P and  above,  was  held  on  Satur- 
day, June  10,  starting  at  3:05  P.  M.  Conditions  governing  the 
trophy  are  similar  to  those  of  the  Havens  cup.  The  boats  com- 
pete in  one  class  on  time  allowance  and  three  victories  are  neces- 
sary for  permanent  ownership.  Edgar  F.  Luckenbach’s  Bobtail 
won  the  first  race,  defeating  J.  B.  O’Donohue’s  Redwing  by  6m. 
10s.,  corrected  time. 

Starting  in  the  event  besides  those  mentioned  were  S.  _ E. 
Vernon’s  Vivian  II.,  L.  IT.  Dyer’s  Pluntress  and  D.  S.  Wylie’s 
Lizana.  The  latter  two  withdrew  at  the  end  of  the  first  round 
of  the  course.  Liziana  had  fouled  one  of  the  turning  buoys  at 
Craven  Shoal.  A triangular  course  was  twice  covered,  which 
gave  windward  work  from  the  start  off  Sea  Gate  to  a bell  buoy 
three-quarters  of  a mile  to  the  northward  of  West  Bank  Light, 
a broad  reach  to  Craven  Shoal  buoy  and  another  reach  home. 
The  next  race  for  the  trophy  is  scheduled  to  start  on  Saturday, 
July  15.  The  summaries  follow: 

Sloops,  Classes  P and  Above — Start,  3:05. 


Finish.  Elapsed.  Corrected. 

Bobtail  5 43  35  2 38  35  2 36  43 

Redwing  ...5  47  53  2 42  53  2 42  53 

Vivian  II 6 06  50  3 01  50  3 00  07 

Huntress  Did  not  finish. 

Lizana  Did  not  finish. 


Yachting  Fixtures  for  1905. 

Members  of  Race  Committees  and  Secretaries  will  confer  a favor 
by  sending  notice  of  errors  or  omissions  in  the  following  list,  and 
also  changes  which  may  be  made  in  the  future: 

JUNE. 

15.  New  York,  Bennett  cups,  Glen  Cove. 

15.  West  Hampton  C.  C.,  club. 

15.  Atlantic,  annual. 

17.'  Bensonhurst,  open. 

17.  Atlantic,  A.  P.  B.  A.  regatta. 

17.  Seawanhaka-Corinthian,  club. 

17.  Knickerbocker,  one-design  power  boats.  I 

17.  Hampton  Roads,  power  boat  cruise. 

17.  Boston,  M.  Y.  R.  A.,  Hull. 

17.  Corinthian,  ocean  race. 

17.  Keystone,  club. 

17.  New  York  A.  C.,  race  to  Block  Island. 

17.  Royal  Canadian,  cruising  race. 

17.  Wollaston-Quincy,  interclub.  , 

17.  Beverly,  club. 

17.  Rhode  Island,  club. 

20.  East  Gloucester,  club. 

22.  Seawanhaka  Corinthian,  open. 

22.  Moriches,  club. 

22.  Shuinecock,  club. 

22.  Quantuck,  club. 

22.  Sea  Side,  open. 

23.  Seawanhaka  Corinthian,  open. 

24.  Seawanhaka  Corinthian,  annual. 

24.  Knickerbocker,  one-design  power  boats. 

24.  Squantum,  M.  Y.  R.  A. 

24.  Bristol,  open. 

24.  Lakewood,  series  race. 

24.  Unqua  Corinthian,  club.  j 

24.  Royal  Canadian,  club. 

24.  Rhode  Island,  cruising  race. 

24.  Rhode  Island,  open. 

24.  Beverly,  club. 

24.  Atlantic,  first  championship,  Y.  R.  A.  G.  B. 

24.  Corinthian,  open. 

28.  Sea  Side,  club. 

29.  Brooklyn,  ocean  race  to  Hampton  Roads. 

29.  West  Hampton  C.  C.,  cruise. 

29.  Quantuck,  cruise. 

29.  Moriches,  cruise. 

JULY. 

1.  Atlantic,  Havens  cup  No.  2 and  Underwood  eup. 

1.  Bristol,  ocean  race. 

1.  Beverly,  club. 

1.  Seawanhaka  Corinthian,  club. 

1.  Knickerbocker,  cruise. 

1.  Knickerbocker,  one-design  power  boats. 

1.  Seaside  Park,  ladies’  cup  races. 

1.  Royal  Canadian,  Queen’s  cup  race. 

1.  New  Rochelle,  annual. 

1.  Boston,  club,  Marblehead. 

1.  Corinthian,  club,  Marblehead. 

2.  New  Rochelle,  cruise. 

3.  American,  annual. 

3.  Seawanhaka  Corinthian,  club. 

3.  Eastern,  M.  Y.  R.  A. 

3.  Bensonhurst,  Childs  trophy. 

4.  Lakewood,  Gardner  cup. 

4.  Atlantic,  open. 

4.  Corinthian,  M.  Y.  R.  A. 

4.  Eastern,  M.  Y.  R.  A. 

4.  Eastern,  power  boat  races. 

4.  Knickerbocker,  one-design  power  boats. 

4.  Edgewood,  club.  ; 

4.  Wollaston,  club  championship. 

4.  Seawanhaka  Corinthian,  club. 

4.  Seaside  Park,  club. 

4.  Hampton  Roads,  cruise. 

4.  Jamaica  Bay  Y.  R.  A.  races. 

4.  Beverly,  sweepstake. 

4.  East  Gloucester,  club. 

4.  Hartford,  annual. 

4.  Larchmont,  annual.  1 

4.  Sea  Side,  club. 

5-12.  Atlantic,  cruise.  , 

7.  Eastern,  cruise. 

8.  Knickerbocker,  one-design  power  boats. 

8.  New  York,  Glen  Cove,  cups. 

8.  Royal  Canadian,  cruising  race. 

8.  Wollaston,  club  championship. 

8.  Seawanhaka  Corinthian,  club. 

8.  Edgewood,  club. 

8.  Quincy,  M.  Y.  R.  A. 

8.  Rhode  Island,  cruising  race. 

8.  Seaside  Park,  club. 

8.  Beverly,  club  j 

8.  Corinthian,  club. 

8.  Unqua  Corinthian,  Williams  cups. 

8.  Riverside,  annual.  i j 

8.  Sea  Side,  open. 

8.  Bensonhurst,  Bellows  challenge  cup. 

9.  Canarsie,  open.  ; 

9.  Morrisania  power  boat  race. 

10.  Seawanhaka  Corinthian,  ocean  race.  ' ; 

11.  Lakewood,  series  race. 

12.  Seaside  Park,  club.  1 

12.  Sea  Side,  open. 

15.  Royal  Canadian,  club. 

15.  New  Rochelle,  club. 

15.  Knickerbocker,  one-design  power  boats. 

15.  Seaside  Park,  club. 

15.  Country  Club,  Detroit  club. 

15.  Edgewood,  club. 

15.  Bensonhurst,  Bellows  challenge  cup. 

15.  Keystone,  club.  j 

15.  Atlantic,  Underwood  cup. 

15.  Beverly,  club. 

15.  Boston,  cruise. 

15.  Corinthian,  club.  . 

17.  Edgewood,  N.  B.  Y.  R.  A.,  open. 

18.  New  Brunswick  Y.  R.  A.  regatta.  Prudence  Island. 

18.  East  Gloucester,  club. 

19.  Seaside  Park.  club. 

19.  Rhode  Island,  N.  B.  Y.  R.  A.,  open. 

20.  Rhole  Island-Sachem  Head,  team  race. 

20.  Royal  St.  Lawrence,  Seawanhaka  cup. 

21.  Fall  River,  N.  B.  Y.  R.  A.,  open. 

22.  Knickerbocker,  power  boat  race  to  Marblehead.  | 

22.  Knickerbocker,  one-design  power  boats. 

22.  Winthrop,  M.  Y.  R.  A. 

22.  Bristol,  N.  B.  Y.  R.  A.  : 

22.  Rhode  Island,  cruising  race. 

22.  Seaside  Park,  club. 

??  R./yal  Canadian,  Canada’s  cup  trials. 

22.  Beverly  Y.  CL  club. 

22.  Marine  and  Field,  second  championship,  Y.  R.  A.  G.  B, 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM 


[June  17,  1905. 


t^maqing* 


Twenty-Sixth  Annual  Meet  of  the  A.  C.  A. 

The  1905  meet  will  be  held  on  Sugar  Island,  St.  Lawrence 
River,  from  August  4 to  18.  The  headquarters  tents,  store,  and 
mess,  will  occupy  the  sites  previously  used  by  them.  Mails  will 
be  distributed  by  the  secretary,  in  the  headquarters  tent.  The 
address  for  United  States  mail  and  express  matter  will  be:  A. 
C.  A.  Camp,  Sugar  Island,  via  Clayton,  N.  Y.,  and  for  Canadian 
mail  and  express  matter,  A.  C.  A.  Camp,  Sugar  Island,  via 
Gananoque,  Ontario. 

CUSTOMS  REGULATIONS. 

The  usual  arrangements  will  be  made  with  the  Customs  Depart- 
ment of  Canada  in  regard  to  the  entry  of  canoes,  tents,  and  outfits, 
and  an  official  will  be  stationed  on  the  island.  Canoes  and  out- 
fits for  use  at  the  meet  will  be  entered  free  of  duty.  Duty  must 
be  paid  on  all  provisions  imported. 

A camp  store  will  be  opened,  where  all  necessary  provisions, 
kerosene,  ice,  tin-ware,  etc.,  will  be  for  sale  at  reasonable  prices. 

A public  mess  will  be  arranged  for  under  the  direction  of  a 
competent  caterer.  The  rate  will  be  $1.25  per  day. 

CAMP  SITES. 

To  members  who  have  attended  the  meets  of  1903  and  1904, 
nothing  need  be  said  to  recall  to  their  memories  the  beauty  and 
attractiveness  of  this  island  as  a camp  ground.  To  all  members 
who  have^  not  as  yet  enjoyed  the  privilege  of  camping  on  this  gem 
of  the  Thousand  Islands,  and  meeting  their  brother  canoeists 
from  the  North,  South,  East  and  West,  we  can  only  say,  you  do 
not  realize  what  you  are  missing.  We  publish  herewith  a sketch- 
map  showing  sites  previously  occupied  by  some  of  the  clubs,  and 
the  names  of  a few  members  who  can  be  written  to  for  informa- 
tion in  regard  to  the  available  sites  in  their  immediate  locality. 

It  is  expected  that  a number  of  members  will  run  their  own 
mess,  and  every  effort  will  be  made  to  make  this  popular.  Bring 
your  mess-box  and  cook  outfit  and  be  a real  camper.  Pack  your 
canoe  in  about  four  inches  of  straw,  sew  it  up  in  burlap,  and 
ship  it  ahead  by  freight.  Pack  your  camp  outfit  in  an  old  trunk, 
and  bring  it  with  you  free  as  baggage. 

Overhaul  your  camp  outfit  now!  See  whether  the  old  tent  will 
serve  once  more,  if  not,  buy  another.  We  have  had  prices  on 
regular  wall  tents  quoted  to  us  by  reliable  makers,  here  in  New 
York  City,  as  follows:  7x7,  7ft.  high,  3ft.  wall,  8oz.  duck,  from 

$6.50  to  $8;  fly  for  same,  8oz.  duck,  from  $3  to  $3.50;  9x9,  7ft.  6in. 
high,  3ft.  wall,  8oz.  duck,  from  $8  to  $10;  fly  for  same,  8oz.  duck, 
from  $3.50  to  $4.50.  These  prices  include  poles,  pegs,  ropes  and  a 
bag  for  the  tent. 

This  is  the  cheapest  style  of  tent  in  which  there  is  any  head 
room,  and  we  urge  members  to  buy  and  own  their  own  tents. 
Forest  and  Stream’s  advertisers  would  be  glad  to  correspond 
with  you  and  quote  prices. 

RENTAL  OF  TENTS. 

If,  however,  there  are  any  members  who  prefer  only  to  rent 
tents,  we  have  arranged  to  furnish,  7x9  wall  tents,  without  fly,  at 
$5  for  two  weeks;  fly  for  same,  at  $2.50  for  two  weeks;  10x12  wall 
tents,  without  fly,  at  $8  for  two  weeks;  fly  for  same,  at  $4  for  two 
weeks.  No  tents  will  be  supplied  for  less  than  two  weeks,  and 
must  be  ordered  not  later  than  July  15. 

COTS,  BLANKETS,  ETC. 

We  have  on  hand  and  will  rent,  wire  cots  and  mattresses,  $2 
per  week;  upholstered  cots,  $1  per  week;  blankets,  cotton,  50 
cents  per  week;  comfortables,  cotton,  50  cents  per  week.  There 
are  only  a few'  of  each,  so  send  in  your  application  early. 

TENT  FLOORS. 

The  rental  of  tent  floors  for  two  weeks,  or  the  season  will  be: 
All  sizes  under  and  including  7x9,  $3;  over  7x9  and  including 
10x12,  $4;  over  10x12,  per  100  sq.  ft.,  $4. 

All  applications  for  camp  sites,  with  or  without  floors,  tent 
floors,  rented  tents,  cots,  blankets,  etc.,  must  be  made  not  later 
than  July  15,  to  Frederic  Andreas,  Chairman  Camp  Site  Com- 
mittee, 1 Broadway,  New  York  city. 

No  orders  will  be  filled  for  tents,  tent  floors,  cots  or  blankets, 
unless  accompanied  by  a check  or  P.  O.  money  order  made 
payable  to  the  order  of  Frederic  G.  Mather,  Treasurer,  covering 
the  amount  ordered.  Under  no  circumstances  send  cash  in  letter. 
Register  your  letter. 

An  extra  charge  will  be  made  if  tents  are  put  up  and  taken 
down  for  members.  The  meet  closes  officially  on  Aug.  18,  and 
all  rented  cots,  blankets  and  tents  must  be  given  up  by  Aug.  19. 

The  Camp  Site  Committee  for  1905:  Frederic  Andreas,  Chair- 

man, 1 Broadway,  New  York  City;  Charles  F.  Daymond,  West 
Englewood,  N.  J. ; Henry  G.  Chamberlain,  322  Washington,  Ave., 
Chelsea,  Mass. 

TRANSPORTATION. 

The  customary  concession  to  members  of  the  A.  C.  A.  and 
their  families  attending  camp,  viz.,  a round  trip  at  the  rate  of  one 
and  one-third  full  fare  to  and  from  Clayton  and  Gananoque,  has 
been  granted  upon  the  usual  terms  by  the  Trunk  Line  Associa- 
tion, embracing  all  territory  east  from  Niagara  Falls,  Buffalo, 
Dunkirk,  Salamanca,  Erie  and  Pittsburg;  by  the  New  England 
Passenger  Association,  embracing  all  New  England;,  by  the  Cen- 
tral Passenger  Association,  covering  all  points  in  its  territory  as 
far  as  Chicago  and  St.  Louis;  also  all  points  in  Canada  east  of 
and  including  Toronto,  and  Grand  Trunk  Railway  from  New 
England  points,  and  by  the  Grand  Trunk  Railway  System,  the 
Canadian  Pacific  Railway,  the  Richelieu  and  Ontario  Navigation 
Co.,  and  the  Lake  Ontario  and  Bay  of  Quinte  Steamboat  Co., 
Ltd.,  (Steamers  North  King  and  Caspian). 

Members  will  pay  full  fare  to  Clayton  or  Gananoque,  obtaining 


from  the  selling  agents  certificates,  which,  when  properly  in- 
dorsed and  vised  at  Sugar  Island,  will  enable  the  holders  thereof 
to  return  to  the  point  of  starting  by  continuous  passage  at  one- 
third  of  the  regular  rate,  provided  such  full  fare  is  seventy-five 
cents  or  more. 

All  such  certificates  must  be  presented  to  H.  M.  Stewart  upon 
registering  at  Camp,  together  with  twenty-five  cents  for  each 
vise  fee  by  special  agent,  who  will  be  in  attendance  August  14. 
No  certificate  will  be  valid  for  passage  ticket  without  compliance 
with  these  rules. 

Members  arriving  at  Gananoque  or  Clayton  by  rail  or  steamer 
should  take  the  steamer  Valeria  for  Sugar  Island,  and  secure  an 
A.  C.  A.  ticket  at  the  rate  of  75  cents  for  round  trip,  with 
one  canoe  and  duffle  carried  free. 

The  running  schedule  of  the  Valeria  will  be  published  in  later 
numbers  of  Forest  and  Stream. 

All  canoes,  duffle,  baggage,  freight,  express  or  other  matter 
destined  for  camp  fay  the  Valeria  must  be  prepaid  to  Clayton, 
New  York,  or  Gananoque,  Ontario,  Canada,  and  plainly  marked: 
“A.  C.  A.  Camp,  per  steamer  Valeria.” 

Note:  Members  purchasing  tickets  with  requisite  certificates 

may  do  so  only  from  Aug.  1 to  Aug.6,  both  inclusive,  and  such 
certificates  will  be  valid  for  return  passage  tickets  at  reduced  rate, 
by  continuous  passage  to  destination,  without  stopover,  to  Aug. 
23,  inclusive.  There  can  be  no  deviation  from  this  rule. 

Such  certificates  carry  no  concession  as  to  amount  of  baggage 
handled,  beyond  that  of  first-class  passage  tickets. 

Special  facilities  for  the  handling  of  canoes,  duffle,  etc.,  to 
and  from  camp  have  been  made  by  the  committeemen  of  the 
different  divisions,  and  all  members  contemplating  going  are 
requested  to  communicate  with  their  man. 

For  Central  Division  men  from  Pittsburg  and  Buffalo,  a special 
car  will  be  provided  to  carry  all  canoes,  baggage,  etc.,  to  and 
from  camp.  Members  will  please  address:  F.  C.  Demmler,  526 

Smithfield  street,  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  for  further  particulars. 

Your  committee  will  cheerfully  give  all  available  information 
on  application,  in  addition  to  the  above.  Members  of  Central 
Division,  south  and  west  of  Buffalo,  wishing  to  stop  over  at 
Niagara  Falls,  can  communicate  with  Mr.  Demmler,  address  as  • 
above,  who  will  advise  concerning  plan  for  such  stopover  at  a 
somewhat  reduced  rate. 

For  Eastern  Division  members,  your  committeeman  is  endeavor- 
ing to  secure  best  rates  possible  for  car.  Communicate  with  B. 
F.  Jacobs,  Jr.,  West  Medford,  Mass.  The  following  rates  have 
been  quoted:  Canoes,  Boston  to  Clayton,  by  freight,  $2.04  per 

cwt.,  or  $43  for  36ft.  car.  If  twenty-five  members  club  together, 
a baggage  car  will  be  furnished  in  Boston  for  $45,  or  for ' fifty 
passengers  car  will  be  furnished  free.  Further  reductions  are 
looked  for. 

For  Northern  Division,  members  will  please  address:  E.  A. 

Burns,  44  King  St.  E.,  Toronto,  Ont. 

For  the  Atlantic  Division,  special  baggage  car  has  been  ar- 
ranged to  transport  all  such  canoes,  etc.,  to  and  from  Clayton, 
free  of  charge;  the  car  to  be  loaded  and  unloaded  going  and 
coming  at  the  expense  of  the  members  participating  therein. 
The  car  will  be  side-tracked  in  the  30th  Street  Station  of  the  New 
York  Central  & Hudson  River  R.  R.,  July  28,  Friday;  Man- 
hattan Station  (130th  St.),  July  29,  Saturday;  147th  Street  Yards 
(Knickerbocker  C.  C.),  July  30,  Sunday;  Yonkers,  July  31,  Mon- 
day; from  there  being  moved  through  to  Clayton  without  stop. 
Canoes,  duffle,  etc.,  may  be  loaded  at  any  of  these  points.  The 
committee  will  endeavor  to  arrange  still  further  facilities  for  those 
members  loading  at  130th  street,  to  lessen  the  carrying  distance  to 
the  car — of  this,  due  notice  will  be  published.  All  canoes,  etc., 
coming  from  points  in  New  Jersey,  the  Delaware,  etc.,  may  be 
expressed  to  30th  Street  Station,  near  9th  Avenue,  New  York. 
All  canoes,  duffle,  etc.,  must  be  plainly  marked:  “Special  Baggage 

Car,  A.  C.  A.  Camp,  Clayton,  N.  Y.,”  and  all  freight,  express  and 
cartage  charges  must  be  prepaid. 

The  New  York  Central  have  agreed  to  issue  a ticket  at  a special 
rate  from  New  York  to  Clayton,  costing  $10 — for  the  round  trip. 
This  ticket  can  be  purchased  only  from  Mr.  Charles  Neuville, 
Passenger  Agent,  415  Broadway,  New  York  city,  on  or  after 
the  3d  of  August.  It  will  be  good  returning  any  time  within 
thirty  days  and  will  count  in  making  up  the  number  requisite 
for  obtaining  the  rate  of  a fare  and  a third  for  members  coming 
from  other  points.  Please  note  that  this  ticket  can  be  purchased 
only  at  the  above  address  and  ask  for  “Special  A.  C.  A.  Camp 
Ticket.” 

Your  committeeman  will  provide  a special  sleeping  car  for  the 
use  of  members  and  their  families,  leaving  Grand  Central  Station, 
New  York,  Friday,  Aug.  4,  by  the  Thousand  Island  Express. 
Applications  for  berths  should  be  made  to  the  chairman  of  the 
committee  not  later  than  Saturday,  July  29.  Should  there  not 
be  a sufficient  number  to  engage  entire  car,  space  will  be  allotted 
in  regular  sleepers.  All  applications  should  include  berth  charges, 
viz.,  $2  each. 

Clubs  of  the  several  divisions  are  earnestly  requested  to  com- 
municate with  each  other  as  to  means  of  transporting  canoes, 
etc.,  to  arid  from  central  points,  where  they  can  be  loaded,  as 
substantial  reductions  in  cost  of  movement  can  often  be  effected 
by  such  co-operation. 

Forest  and  Stream  will  contain  further  advices  from  your 
committee. 

The  Transportation  Committee — Chairman,  Atlantic,  Louis 
Reichert,  155  Broadway,  New  York;  Eastern,  B.  F.  Jacobs,  Jr., 
West  Medford,  Mass. ; Central,  F.  C.  Demmler,  526  Smithfield 
St.,  Pittsburg,  Pa.;  Northern,  E.  A.  Burns,  44  King  St.  E., 
Toronto,  Ont. 

REGATTA  PROGRAMME. 

Sugar  Island — -August  4 to  18,  1905. 

Sailing  Races. 

(Prescribed  by  Racing  Regulations.) 

Event  No.  1 — Trophy  sailing  race,  9 miles;  limit  3%  hours. 
Event  No.  2 — Dolphin  trophy  race,  iy2  miles;  limit  3 hours.  By 


deed  of  gift,  the  winner  of  the  sailing  trophy  race  is  debarred 
from  entry  in  Dolphin  trophy  race. 

Event  No.  3 — Sailing  race,  6 miles;  limit  2 y2  hours.  (Not  pre- 
scribed by  racing  regulations.) 

Event  No.  4 — Novice  sailing  race,  3 miles;  limit  V/2  hours. 
Open  to  men  who  have  not  sailed  canoes  prior  to  September  1, 
1904.  F • 

Event  No.  5 — Open  canoes,  sailing  ' around  Sugar  Island. 
Limited  to  open  canoe,  steered  by  paddle  and  using  detachable 
lee-boards. 

Event  No.  6 — Open  canoe  sailing,  iy2  miles. 

Event  No.  7 — Sailing  race,  cruising  class;  85ft.  sail  area  limit. 
For  decked  canoes,  capable  of  storing  complete  camp  outfit. 

Paddling  Races. 

(Prescribed  by  Racing  Regulations.) 

Event  No.  8 — Trophy  paddling,  1 mile  straightaway. 

Event  No.  9 — One  man,  single  blade;  y2  mile  straightaway 

Event  No.  10 — One  man,  double  blade;  y2  mile  straightaway. 

Event  No.  11 — Tandem,  single  blades;  y2  mile  straightaway. 

Event  No.  12 — Tandem,  double  blades;  y2  mile  straightaway. 
Sundry  Races. 

Event  No.  13 — Mixed  tandem,  single  blade;  % mile  straightaway. 

Event  No.  14 — Tilting  tournament.  Subject  to  new  regulations. 
Special  Races. 

Race  for  open  or  decked  canoes.  Prizes  donated  by  a member. 
Minimum  length  16ft.,  breadth  30in. ; maximum  length  18ft.,  breadth 
34in. ; minimum  weight,  65  pounds  of  boat,  and  to  ballast  up  to 
85  pounds. 

Event  No.  15 — One  man  paddling,  to  carry  150  pounds  dead 
weight  below  guriwale  in  sand  bags. 

Event  No.  16 — Two  men  paddling,  to  carry  200  pounds  dead 
weight  below  gunwale  in  sand  bags.  Race  to  be  around  the 
island,  starting  and  finishing  in  front  of  the  headquarters  point. 
Single  blades  only  to  be  used. 

Event  No.  17 — Sailing  race  for  decked  cruising  canoes,  sail 
area  not. to  exceed  85ft.;  200  pounds  ballast  to  be  carried,  to  repre- 
sent cruising  outfit.  Around  Sugar  Island,  start  and  finish  to  be 
in  front  of  headquarters  point.  Prizes  donated  by  Regatta  Com- 
mittee. 

Note:  All  events  in  which  there  are  less  than  two  entries  will 

be  canceled.  In  events  of  less  than  three  entries  no  second 
prize  will  be  awarded. 

The  committee  reserve  the  right  to  change  programme  at  camp, 
if  necessary,  by  posting  same  on  bulletin  board. 

M.  Ohlmeyer,  Chairman, 

201  Palisade  Ave.,  West  Hoboken,  N.J. 

Arthur  G.  Mather, 

Wm.  G.  Harrison. 


New  York  C.  C. 

Bensonhurst,  Long  Island— Saturday,  June  10. 

F.  C.  Speidel  won  the  handicap  open  sailing  canoe  race  which 
was  decided  at  the  New  York  C.  C.  on  Saturday,  June  10.  Similar 
events  are  to  be  held  each  Saturday  until  the  fall  regatta,  for 
a point  trophy  offered  by  C.  E.  Dunn.  A V/2- mile  triangle  was 
covered  twice.  The  summaries  follow: 

Open  Sailing  Canoes — Start,  3:40. 


Start. 

Finish. 

Elapsed. 

F. 

Speidel  

1 26  35 

1 26  35 

W 

Carmalt  

5 07  55 

1 27  55 

1 27  25 

A. 

M.  Poole  

5 09  23 

1 29  23 

1 29  23 

R. 

S.  Hawthorne  

5 13  00 

1 33  06 

1 30  06 

C. 

E.  Dunn 

5 11  55 

1 35.55 

1 35  55 

1. 

M.  Dean 

5 16  10 

1 36  10 

1 33  10 

Wm.  Yelland,  Jr 

A.  G A.  Membership. 

NEW  MEMBERS  PROPOSED. 

Atlantic  Division. — Stanley  B.  Rose,  Trenton,  N.  J.,  Fred  G. 
Furman;  Charles  F.  Ash,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  by  H.  M.  Dater;  H. 
Kennard,  New  York  City,  by  F.  C.  Moore. 

Central  Division. — Deloss  M.  Rose,  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  by  C. 
Avery;  H.  T.  Hildebrand,  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  by  H.  G.  Welsh;  J. 
G.  Schreuder,  Edgewood  Park,  Pa.,  by  H.  G.  Welsh. 

Western  Division. — Douglas  Bradley,  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  by  E.  T. 
Keyser. 

Frederic  G.  Mather,  Treas. 


ifle  U mg t and  (^allerg. 

— +. — 

Fixtures. 

June  15-18. — Central  Sharpshooters’  Union,  under  auspices  of 
Davenport,  la.,  Shooting  Association.  F.  Berg,  Sec’y. 

July  24-29. — Newark,  O. — Second  annual  of  the  Ohio  State  Rifle 
Association. 

July  26- Aug.  1. — Creedmoor,  L.  I. — Second  annual  of  New  York 
Rifle  Association. 

Aug.  11-18. — Fort  Des  Moines,  la.,  Rifle  Association  annual 
meeting. 

Aug.  24-28. — Sea  Girt,  N.  J. — National  rifle  and  revolver  matches. 

Aug.  29-Sept.  9.— Sea  Girt,  N.  J. — National  Rifle  Association  and 
New  Jersey  State  Association. 


80.  C.  F.  Wolters.... 14  East  Main  St.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

85.  E.  A.  Burns 44  East  King  St.,  Toronto,  Ont. 

37.  H.  M.  Stewart 85  East  Main  St.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

42.  J.  K.  Hand 5 Nassau  St.,  New  York  City. 

44.  F.  C.  Hoyt 57  Broadway,  New  York  City. 

45.  D.  B.  Goodsell 53  Washington  Sq.,  New  York  City. 

46.  W.  B.  Breck 234  Garfield  PI.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

48.  H.  G.  Chamberlain 322  Washington  Ave.,  Chelsea,  Mass. 

60.  H.  L.  Pollard 70  Manhattan  St.,  New  York  City. 

63.  J.  S.  Wright 535  West  Ave.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

70.  A.  G.  Mather ..84  South  St.,  Medford,  Mass. 


84.  M.  Ohlmeyer,  Jr 201  Palisade  Ave.,  West  Hoboken,  N.  J. 


90.  E.  M.  Underhill 15  Ann  St.,  Yonkers,  N.  Y. 

100.  W.  W.  Crosby 8 Court  St.,  Woburn,  Mass. 

120.  F.  Andreas 1 Broadway,  New  York  City. 

131.  W.  A.  Furman 846  Berkley  Ave.,  Trenton,  N.  J. 

132.  R.  J.  Wilkin 211  Clinton  St.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

170.  H.  W.  Breitenstein 511  Market  St.,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

171.  E.  H.  Demmler 526  Smithfield  St.,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

200.  L.  Reichert 155  Broadway,  New  York  City. 

202.  C.  P.  Forbush 164  Crescent  Ave.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

209.  J.  E.  Plummer 72  Lafayette  Ave.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

221.  H.  L.  Quick Yonkers,  N.  Y. 


Cincinnati  Rifle  Association. 


The  following  scores  were  made  in  regular  competition  by 
members  of  this  association  at  Four-Mile  House,  Reading  road, 
on  June  4.  Conditions,  200yds.,  offhand,  at  the  25-ring  target. 
Nestler  was  champion  for  the  day  with  the  good  score  of  227. 
Payne  was  high  man  on  the  honor  target  with  70  points.  A 
gusty  wind  from  3 to  6 o’clock  quarter  blew  all  day.  Light 
fair,  and  weather  warm,  hovering  around  90.  Our  old  veteran, 
Mr.  Hasenzahl,  is  over  in  California  on  a business  trip,  and  while 
there  he  visited  the  new  range  of  the  Los  Angeles  Rifle  Club 
and  made  scores  as  follows:  209,  201,  200,  198,  203.  A stiff  wind 
blew  across  the  range  at  the  time.  They  shoot  from  one  hill  to 
another.  He  was  received  very  cordially  by  the  boys,  who  are  a 
jolly  set.  He  will  come  back  as  far  as  Davenport  in  time  to  be 
present  at  the  Central  Sharpshooters’  tournament. 

The  scores: 


Nestler  ... 

Payne  

Roberts  . . 
Gindele  . . 
Drube  .... 
Bruns  . . . . 
Hofman  . . 
Freitag  .. 
Hofer 
Trounstine 


227 

215 

212 

208 

204 

223 

221 

221 

216 

213 

222 

218 

217 

214 

209 

216 

... 

... 

... 

211 

192 

i87 

... 

. . . 

210 

207 

206 

200 

198 

209 

205 

205 

204 

204 

208 

195 

193 

189 

184 

201 

201 

193 

193 

191 

185 

181 

165 

163 

153 

The  50-shot  match  with  the  Kansas  City  Rifle  Club,  5-men  teams, 
and  the  10-shot  match  with  the  Wausau  Schuetzen  Verein,  10-men 
teams,  both  came  off  to-day  and  resulted  in  a victory  in  both 
instances  for  the  home  teams.  Scores  as  follows: 

Kansas  City  Rifle  and  Pistol  Club: 

E N Williams 190  226  219  207  233—1075 

A W Peck 190  2„  199  208  200—1018 

F Evans  185  198  200  179  205—  967 

L A Snow  174  199  192  176  214—  955 

J H Snow  155  179  199  178  18&-  896-4911 


Cincinnati  team: 

Payne  216  213  223  221  205—1078 

Nestler  199  204  208  196  215—1022 

Roberts  196  208  217  214  222—1057 

Bruns  186  210  206  194  207—1003 

Hofer  201  191  193  193  189—  967—5127 


Wausau  Team. 


Wm  Kopper  199 

A Leipinski  210 

J Dern  181 

O Mathie  214 

G Naffz  174 

O Mueller  208 

Wm  Lohmer  191 

F Matie  211 

H Binzer  206 


JI  Schmidt  199-1993 


Cincinnati  Team. 


Payne  213 

Hofer  191 

Freitag  194 

Drube  192 

Nestler  204 

Hofman  209 

Bruns  210 

Roberts  208 

Trounstine  185 


Gindele  216 — 2022 


June  17,  1905.] 


Forest  and  stream. 


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New  York  Schuetzen  Corps. 

The  forty-eighth  annual  shooting  festival  was  held  June  7 and 
8 in  Union  Hill  Shooting  Park,  New  Jersey,  and  was  a success 
in  both  attendance  and  shooting  interest.  A large  number  of  the 
shooting  corps  of  New  York  city  and  vicinity  attended  in  num- 
mbers,  and  the  wives  and  children  of  the  members  were  there, 
too.  The  unfavorable  weather  of  the  first  day  kept  some  persons 
away,  but  the  second  day  was  fine,  and  the  interest  as  lively  as 
the  attendance  at  the  park  was  large. 

The  most  notable  feature  of  the  whole  tournament  was  the 
performance  of  Richard  Gute,  in  making  a new  record  for  this 
range  on  the  ring  target.  It  will  be  remembered  that  at  the 
indoor  championship  tournament  in  this  city  last  March  Mr. 
Gute  was  high  man  with  an  unusually  good  100-shot  score,  and 
was  beaten  at  the  eleventh  hour  by  Louis  Ittel,  of  Pittsburg. 
Mr.  Gute  was  surprised,  but  not  disheartened,  and  since  then  he 
has  practiced  diligently  with  an  eye  on  the  next  year’s  cham- 
pionship, which  he  will  try  harder  than  ever  to  win.  That  he 
is  doing  good  work  will  be  understood  when  it  is  stated  that  in 
making  this  new  record  for  Union  Hill  range  he  placed  three 
consecutive  shots  in  the  25-ring  of  the  German  ring  target  at 
200yds,  offhand,  using  a recut  barrel  and  ordinary  peep  sights. 
The  diameter  of  the  25-circle  is  l!4_inches.  This  equals  the  pos- 
sible made  by  Louis  C.  Buss  at  the  Greenville  range  some  years 
ago. 

The  King  medal  and  the  honors  attending  this  ceremony  went 
to  Fred  Von  Deesten.  Miss  Mary  Wilkins  made  the  presentation 
speech  and  pinned  the  King  medal  on  his  coat.  Mr.  Gute  was 
high  on  the  ring  target  with  145  out  of  the  possible  150  points, 
while  Reinhold  Busse  made  the  best  bullseye.  The  scores  follow: 

Eagle  Target. — John  G.  Thoelke,  middle  crown;  Herman  Nord- 
bruck,  right  crown;  John  D.  Wilkins,  left  crown;  John  Helms, 
globe;  Henry  Martens,  sceptre;  J.  G.  Kroeger,  right  ring;  F. 
Von  Deesten,  left  ring;  Henry  Knade,  right  neck;  August 
Bruenke,  left  neck;  Otto  Schwanemann,  right  thigh;  J.  H.  Klee, 
left  thigh;  Herman  Heinicke,  tail;  Barney  Zettler,  right  wing; 
William  Wersel,  left  wing;  Henry  Dicker,  American  flag;  H.  D. 
Meyer,  German  flag. 


Ring  Target: 


R Gute  

. 145 

M Dorrler  

144 

L P Hansen  

. 143 

F C Ross 

137 

A Hubalek  

135 

E Fischer  

69 

O Schmidt  

. 68 

George  Schlicht  . . . 

68 

A T Segert 

, 67 

William  A Tewes. 

67 

Charles  Bischoff  

. 67 

R Busse  

66 

A Kronsberg  

. 65 

C G Zettler 

64 

D Scharninghaus 

. 64 

E Heidelberger  ... 

63 

Jj  Muzzio  

. 63 

G Thomas  

62 

B Zettler  

. 62 

Premiums. — R.  Gute  348, 

M. 

Dorrler  347,  L.  P. 

Hansen  343, 

F.  C.  Ross  337. 

Bullseye  Target,  Degrees 

R Busse  

25 

E Fischer  

59 

W A Tewes  

28 

O Schwanemann  . . 

59y2 

John  Facklamm  

32y2 

August  Kronsberg 

63 

M Dorrler  

33 

Charles  Meyer  .... 

711/2 

Charles  Bischoff  

38 

D Scharninghaus  . 

73y2 

F C Ross 

41 

C G Zettler  

76 

A Hubalek  

43 

R Gute  

84 

G Ludwig  

43y2 

G Thomas  

87 

Fred  Facompre  

48 

O Schmidt  

90 

George  Schlicht  

491/2 

L P Hansen 

93 

Premiums : 

F C Ross  

M Dorrler  

25 

George  Schlicht  

..  36 

A Hubalek  

19 

John  Facklamm  

..  30 

First  and  last  flags. — Schlicht  and  Facklamm,  Ross 

and  Krons- 

berg. 

Prize  Rifle  Competition. 

The  J.  Stevens  Arms  & Tool  Co.  have  inaugurated  a boys’ 
prize  competition  under  the  following  conditions: 

“We  will  shortly  make  a new  rifle,  especially  built  for  boys — - 
accurate,  safe,  durable — a Stevens  all  over.  We  wish  to  call  our 
rifle  something  distinctive,  individual  and  a name  that  will  best 
typify  it. 

“Our  offer  terminates  Aug.  15,  1905.  In  order  to  encourage  the 
receipt  of  as  many  different  names  as  it  is  possible  to  obtain,  we 
do  not  restrict  you  to  supply  but  one  name.  Send  in  as  many  as 
you  wish— specifying  first,  second  and  third  selections,  etc.  Of 
course  it  is  understood  that  each  competitor  can  secure  but  one 
Stevens  as  a prize.  One  of  our  popular,  well-known  Favorite  No. 
17  rifles  will  be  awarded  to  the  person  sending  in  the  best  name. 
A ‘Little  Krag’  No.  65  rifle  will  be  awarded  to  the  contestant 
submitting  the  second  best  name.  A ‘Crack  Shot’  No  16  rifle 
will  be  presented  to  the  contestant  furnishing  the  third  name. 
A ‘Stevens-Maynard  Jr.’  No.  15  to  the  fourth.  A Stevent  ‘Tip 
Up’  No  41  pistol  to  the  fifth.  These  firearms  will  be  delivered 
free,  all  charges  prepaid.  Conform  to  the  simple  conditions  of 
our  prize  offer.  Furnish  as  many  names  as  you  wish  to  forward. 
Write  on  one  side  of  sheet  only;  in  a plain,  legible  hand.  State 
name  and  address  clearly.  Date  your  communication.  If  a 
number  of  competitors  submit  the  same  names,  the  one  sending 
in  the  name  first  will  receive  the  prize.  The  names  of  the  suc- 
cessful contestants  will  be  published  in  the  Fall  issues  of  all  the 
representative  outdoor  and  sportsmen’s  publications.  The  judges 
of  this  competition  will  be  the  officers  of  our  company.  Address: 
Prize  Rifle  Competition,  J.  Stevens  Arms  & Tool  Co.,  Chicopee 
Falls,  Massachusetts,  U.  S.  A.” 


Providence,  R.  I.,  Revolver  Club. 

Rather  an  off  week;  weather  bad,  and  majority  of  scores  worse. 
A few  of  the  men  who  had  an  opportunity  to  sandwich  in  their 
practice  made  a creditable  showing,  but  Saturday’s  efforts  showed 
that  most  of  the  shooters  had  that  “tired  feeling’’  and  lost  their 
scores. 

Hurlburt  appeared  at  the  range  about  in  time  for  closing  and 
found  the  Major  has  done  some  good  work  with  his  military 
revolver. 

Week  ending  June  10.  The  following  scores  were  shot  on  the 
Portsmouth  range: 

Rifle,  50yds.,  on  the  Standard  pistol  target. — B.  Norman,  89,  86, 
85;  H.  Powell,  87,  84,  83,  82. 

Pistol,  50yds.,  Standard. — Wm.  Almy,  92,  91,  86,  85. 

The  following  scores  were  shot  on  Cranston  range: 

1 Revolver,  50yds.,  Standard. — Wm.  F.  Eddy,  military,  70,  74,  75, 
83,  76,  84,  81,  77,  82;  A.  C.  Hurlburt,  81,  72;  Arno  Argus,  76, 
73,  79. 

Revolver,  50yds.,  military  count. — Wm.  F.  Eddy,  46,  46,  45,  47, 
47,  45,  47 ; Arno  Argus,  46,  45,  45 ; A.  C.  Hurlburt,  46,  43,  43. 

Italian  Shooting  Association. 

During  the  picnic  of  the  Messina  Association  of  New  York 
city,  on  June  5,  a rifle  shooting  contest  was  held  by  the  Italian 
Shooting  Association  and  some  nice  trophies  shot  for.  G.  T.  Conti 
won  the  gold  medal  with  a score  of  102  out  of  the  possible  108 
, points.  Second  man  was  L.  Reali,  who  scored  99  and  won  the 
silver  medal.  M.  Mandelli  was  third  with  96;  De  Felice,  fourth, 
94;  Messina,  fifth;  Muzio,  sixth;  Gazzola,  seventh. 

The  Messina  Association  gold  medal  was  shot  for  by  members 
of  that  society  only.  G.  Gazzetta  won  with  a score  of  88  points. 


Remington  Rifle  Club. 

Ilion,  N.  Y.,  June  5. — The  Remington  Gun  and  Rifle  Club 
will  hold  an  open  rifle  shoot  July  4,  on  their  rifle  range  at  Myers 
Flats,  Main  street,  Ilion,  N.  Y.,  U.  & M.  V.  Stop  No.  38,  rain 
or  shine.  Merchandise  programme  will  be  out  later. 

W.  H.  Grimshaw,  Sec’y. 

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Fixtures. 

June  14-15. — Durham,  N.  C. — North  Carolina  Trapshooters’  Associa- 
tion  second  annual  tournament.  Geo.  L.  Lyon,  Pres. 

June  14-15. — Middletown,  Wis.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  Frank  L. 
Pierstorff,  Sec’y. 

June  15. — Champlain,  N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament. 

June  16. — Indianapolis,  Ind. — Limited  Gun  Club  championship 
shoot. 

June  16-17. — Pottstown,  Pa. — Shuler  Gun  Club  target  tournament. 

June  16-17. — Pottstown,  Pa. — Shuler  Gun  Club  target  tournament. 

June  16-18. — Putnam,  111. — Undercliff  Sportsmen’s  Association 
tournament.  C.  G.  Grubbs,  Mgr. 

June  17. — Chicago,  111.,  Gun  Club  special  100-target  contest.  C.  P. 
Zacher,  Sec’y. 

June  20. — Dayton,  O. — Rohrer’s  Island  Gun  Club  tournament. 
Will  E.  Kette,  Sec’y. 

June  20-21.— Binghamton,  N.  Y.,  Rod  and  Gun  Club  tournament, 
Vernon  L.  Perry,  Sec’y. 

June  20-21. — Jackson.,  Mich. — Michigan  State  shoot,  under  auspices 
of  Jackson  Gun  Club.  H.  B.  Crosier,  Sec’y. 

June  20-22. — New  London,  la.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  Dr. 
C.  E.  Cook,  Sec’y. 

June  21-22. — Bradford,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  club  tournament  E.  C. 
Charlton,  Sec’y. 

June  21. — Monongahela  Valley  League  of  West  Virginia  third 
tournament,  under  auspices  of  Grafton  Gun  Club.  A.  R. 
Warden,  Sec’y. 

June  22. — Towanda,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  W.  F.  Dittrich, 
Sec’y. 

June  22-23. — Atlantic  City,  N.  J. — Seashore  Gun  Club  shooting 
tournament.  E.  M.  Smith,  Sec’y. 

June  22-24. — Portland,  Ore. — Sportsmen’s  Association  of  the  North- 
west tournament.  J.  Winters,  Sec’y. 

June  27.— Norwich. Consolidated  Gun  Club  of  Connecticut  fifth 

tournament,  under  auspices  of  the  Norwich  Gun  Club.  I.  P. 
Taft,  Sec’y. 

June  27-30. — Indianapolis,  Ind. — The  Interstate  Association’s  Grand 
American  Handicap  target  tournament;  $1,000  added  money. 
Elmer  E.  Shaner,  Secy-Mgr.,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

July  1. — Sherbrooke,  Can.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  C.  H. 
Foss,  Sec’y. 

July  4. — Dickey  Bird  national  team  contest  of  the  W.  S.  Dickey 
Clay  Mfg.  Co.,  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  of  whom  entry  blanks  and 
conditions  may  be  obtained. 

July  4. — Shamokin,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  S.  C.  Yocum, 
Sec’y. 

July  4. — South  Framingham,  Mass. — Second  annual  team  shoot; 
$50  in  cash. 

July  4. — Springfield,  Mass.— Midsummer  tournament  of  the  Spring- 
field,  Mass.,  Shooting  Club.  C.  L.  Kites,  Sec’y. 

July  4. — Brockton,  Mass. — Montello  Gun  Club  shoot.  H.  Windle, 
Sec’y. 

July  4. — Syracuse,  N.  Y. — Messina  Springs  Gun  Club  target  tour- 
nament. F.  N.  Potter,  Mgr. 

July  4.— Montpelier,  Vt.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  Dr.  C.  H.  Burr, 
Sec’y. 

July  4. — Monongahela  Valley  League  of  West  Virginia  fourth 
tournament,  under  auspices  of  Mannington  Gun  Club.  W.  C. 
Mawhinney,  Sec’y. 

July  4. — Richmond,  Va.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  J.  A. 
Anderson,  Sec’y. 

July  6-7. — Traverse  City,  Mich.,  trapshooting  tournament.  W.  A. 
Murrell,  Sec’y. 

July  11. — Bergen  Beach,  L.  I.,  Gun  Club  monthly  shoot. 

July  11-12. — Eufala,  Ala.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  C.  M.  Gam- 
mage,  Sec’y. 

July  11-12. — New  Bethlehem,  Pa. — Crescent  Gun  Club  second 
annual  tournament.  O.  E.  Shoemaker,  Sec’y. 

July  12-13. — Menominee,  Mich. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  Menominee  Gun  Club. 
W.  W.  McQueen,  Sec’y. 

July  12-14. — Betterton,  Md. — Malone’s  eleventh  annual  summer 
tournament;  $200  added.  J.  R.  Malone,  Mgr.,  2671  Pennsyl- 
vania avenue,  Baltimore. 

July  17-18. — Charlottesville,  Va. — Charlottesville  and  University 
Gun  Club  sixth  annual  money  and  merchandise  shoot.  G.  L. 
Bruffey,  Mgr. 

July  24-28. — Brehm’s  Ocean  City,  Md.,  target  tournament.  H.  A. 
Brehm,  Mgr.,  Baltimore. 

July  28-29. — Newport,  R.  I. — Aquidneck  Gun  Club  tournament. 

Aug.  2-4. — Albert  Lea,  Minn. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament under  the  auspices  of  the  Albert  Lea  Gun  Club.  N. 
E.  Paterson,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  8-9. — Morgantown,  W.  Va. — Monongahela  Valley  League  of 
West  Virginia  fifth  tournament,  under  auspices  of  the  Recre- 
ation Rod  and  Gun  Club.  Elmer  F.  Jacobs,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  8.— Bergen  Beach,  L.  I.,  Gun  Club  monthly  shoot.  H.  W. 
Dryer,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  16-18. — Ottawa,  Can. — Dominion  of  Canada  Trapshooting  and 
Game  Protective  Association.  G.  Easdale,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  16-18. — Kansas  City,  Mo. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  O.  K.  Gun  Club.  C.  C. 
Herman,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  17-18. — Dalton,  O.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  Ernest  F.  Scott, 
Sec’y. 

Aug.  18-20. — Chicago,  111.,  Trapshooters’  Association  fall  tourna- 
ment. E.  B.  Shogren,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  22 — Somerville,  Conn.,  Gun  Club  individual  State  champion- 
ship tournament.  A.  M.  Arnold,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  22-23. — Carthage,  Mo. — The  Missouri  and  Kansas  League  of 
Trapshooters.  Dr.  C.  B.  Clapp,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  22-25.— Lake  Okoboji,  la.— Indian  annual  tournament  Frank 
Riehl,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  29-31.— Grand  Rapids,  Mich.— Consolidated  Sportsman’s  Club 
fourth  annual  tournament. 

Aug.  29-31.— The  Interstate  Association’s  tournament,  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Colorado  Springs,  Colo.,  Gun  Club;  $1,000 
added  money.  A.  J.  Lawton,  Sec’y. 

Sept.  4 (Labor  Day).— Fall  tournament  of  the  Springfield,  Mass., 
Shooting  Club;  $25  added  money.  C.  L.  Kites,  Sec’y. 

Sept.  4-6.— Lynchburg.— Virginia  State  shoot.  N.  R.  Winfree. 
Sec’y. 

Sept.  5-8.— Trinidad,  Colo  — Grand  Western  Handicap.  Eli  Jeffries, 
Sec’y. 

Sept.  15-17. — San  Francisco,  Cal. — The  Interstate  Association’s 
Pacific  Coast  Handicap  at  Targets,  under  the  auspices  of  the 
San  Francisco  Trapshooting  Association.  A.  M.  Shields,  Sec’y. 

Sept.  18-20. — Cincinnati  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  Arthur 
Gambell,  Mgr. 

Oct.  10-11. — St.  Joseph,  Mo. — The  Missouri  and  Kansas  League  of 
Trapshooters.  Dr.  C.  B.  Clapp,  Sec’y. 

Oct.  11-12. — Dover,  Del.,  Gun  Club  tournament;  open  to  all 
amateurs.  W.  H.  Reed,  Sec’y. 


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The  Montpelier,  Vt.,  Gun  Club,  through  their  Secretary,  Dr. 
C.  H.  Burr,  announce  that  July  4 has  been  fixed  upon  for  their 
tournament. 

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Mr.  G.  L.  Bruffey,  Business  Manager,  announces  that  the  sixth 
annual  money  and  merchandise  shoot  of  the  Charlottesville  and 
University  Gun  Club  will  be  held  on  July  17  and  18. 

Mr.  W.  H.  Heer  made  high  average  for  the  three  days  at  the 
New  Jersey  State  shoot  last  week.  He  broke  448  out  of  a pos- 
sible 485.  Mr.  J.  Mowell  Hawkins  was  second  with  441, 


The  Supreme  Court  of  the  State  of  New  Jersey  is  of  the 
opinion  that  the  anti-pigeon  shooting  law  is  constitutional.  On 
June  12  the  law,  passed  in  1904,  was  declared  valid. 

•? 

The  Secretary,  F.  K.  Stelle,  writes  us  that  there  will  be  a few 
extra  events  in  the  programme  of  the  Bound  Brook,  N.  J.,  Gun 
Club’s  regular  shoot,  June  17,  at  2 o’clock;  sweepstakes  and  prizes. 

Mr.  J.  R.  Malone,  2671  Pennsylvania  avenue,  Baltimore,  Md., 
writes  us  that  his  eleventh  annual  summer  tournament  will  be 
held  at  Betterton,  Kent  county,  Md.,  on  July  12-14,  and  that  $200 
will  be  added. 

Mr.  Frank  E.  Butler,  in  the  most  tranquil  manner  imaginable, 
won  the  New  Jersey  State  individual  championship  at  the  New 
Jersey  State  shoot  last  week.  The  conditions,  as  to  wind  and 
weather,  were  difficult. 

The  Bergen  Beach  Gun  Club  announce  that  they  will  not  hold 
any  weekly  shoots  during  July  and  August.  The  regular  monthly 
shoots,  however,  will  be  held  as  usual.  The  dates  of  the  next  two 
monthly  shoots  are  July  11  and  Aug.  8.  H.  W.  Dreyer  is  the 
Secretary. 

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F.  N.  Potter,  chairman  of  the  committee,  writes  us  that  the 
Messina  Springs  Gun  Club,  of  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  have  decided  on  a 
programme  of  eleven  events  for  their  shoot  on  July  4.  The  events 
are  at  10,  15,  20  and  25  targets,  entrance  $1,  $1.25,  $1.50,  $2  and  $3. 
Targets,  iys  cent.  Two  dollars  added  to  20-target  events.  Class 
shooting.  Competition  begins  at  10  o’clock. 

at 

The  Seashore  Gun  Club,  of  Atlantic  City,  N.  J.,  have  issued  the 
programme  of  their  tournament,  fixed  to  take  place  on  June  22-24. 
There  are  totals  of  195  targets  and  $12.25  entrance  each  day.  There 
are  distance  handicap  events  each  day,  cup  contests,  and  money 
for  high  and  low  averages.  Shooting  commences  at  2 o’clock. 
Rose  system.  Ship  ammunition,  etc.,  prepaid,  to  Mr.  E.  M. 
Smith,  Speedway  Plotel,  Atlantic  City. 

The  second  annual  tournament  of  the  South  Framingham,  Mass., 
Gun  Club,  has  a programme  of  ten  events,  each  at  15  targets. 
All  events  at  16yds.  Targets,  V/2  cent.  Events  7 and  8 are  the 
five-man  team  shoot.  To  two  amateurs  making  highest  averages, 
$5  and  $3.  Shooting  begins  at  9 o’clock.  Fifty  dollars  will  be 
divided.  In  the  five-man  team  race,  $10  and  $5.  No  limit  to  the 
number  of  teams.  Lunch  served  free  to  shooters.  Ship  shells, 
etc.,  to  President  F.  W.  Hewins,  South  Framingham.  T.  F. 
Rice,  Secretary. 

The  Bradford,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  tournament,  June  21-22,  is  open 
to  the  world.  Added  money,  $400.  The  programme  is  alike  for 
each  day,  eight  events  at  15,  one  at  20  and  one  at  25  targets.  En- 
trance, $1.50,  $2  and  $2.50.  Added  money,  $15  to  each  of  the  15- 
target  events,  $22.50  to  the  20-target  events,  and  $32.50  to  the  25- 
target  events.  Rose  system.  June  20,  practice  day.  Lunch 

served  on  the  grounds.  Guns,  etc.,  prepaid,  sent  care  of  E.  C. 
Charlton,  Secretary,  will  be  delivered  on  the  grounds  free.  Pro- 
fessional high  average  will  be  awarded  a silver  cup.  High 
averages  for  the  two  days,  $25,  $15.  Low  average,  $10. 

Twelve  events  at  10,  15  and  20  targets,  constitute  the  programme 
of  the  fifth  tournament  of  the  Consolidated  Gun  Club  of  Connecti- 
cut, to  be  held  at  Norwich,  June  27,  commencing  at  9:30.  The 
totals  are  190  targets,  entrance  $17.82.  For  the  five-man  team  event. 
No.  6,  20  targets,  the  following  teams  have  entered;  New  Britain, 
Waterbury,  New  Haven,  Bristol,  YVillimantie,  Norwich,  Hartford, 
Bridgeport  and  Rockville.  Rose  system.  Targets,  iy>  cent. 
Sweepstakes  optional.  All  shooters  are  invited.  Loaded  shells 
and  refreshments  obtainable  on  the  grounds.  I.  P.  Taft,  Secre- 
tary. 

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The  Springfield,  Mass.,  Shooting  Club  will  hold  an  all-day- 
tournament  at  clay  targets  on  July  4.  The  programme  of  twelve 
events  calls  for  190  targets,  $15.50  entrance  in  sweeps.  Shooting 
will  begin  at  9 o’clock  sharp.  Rose  system,  four  moneys;  less 
than  ten  entries,  three  moneys.  Targets  will  be  thrown  from 
expert  traps,  arranged  Sergeant  system.  Manufacturers’  agents 
allowed  to  shoot  for  targets  only.  To  the  six  high  guns  shooting 
the  entire  programme  the  following  prizes  will  be  given:  First, 
$5  gold  piece;  second,  trout  rod;  third,  half  dozen  photographs; 
fourth,  box  of  cigars;  fifth,  box  of  cigars;  sixth,  $1  worth  of 
shaves.  Targets,  included  in  all  entrances,  V/z  cent  each. 
Sweepstakes  being  optional,  any  one  may  enter  any  event  and 
shoot  for  targets  only.  Loaded  shells  for  sale  on  the  grounds. 
To  reach  the  shooting  grounds,  take  Indian  Orchard  or  Palmer 
cars  to  Red  House  Crossing.  Cars  leave  the  city  every  fifteen 
minutes.  Ammunition  shipped,  prepaid,  to  C.  L.  Kites,  Secretary, 
416  Main  street,  will  be  delivered  on  the  grounds  free  of  charge. 
Programmes  are  now  ready,  and  may  be  had  by  addressing  the 
Secretary.  Bernard  Waters. 


N.  J.  Pigeon  Shooting  Case, 

The  following  is  unpleasant  news  to  trapshooters.  It  is  taken 
from  the  New  York  Sun: 

“Trenton,  N.  J.,  June  12. — The  Supreme  Court,  in  an  opinion 
filed  by  Justice  Fort  to-day,  sustained  the  constitutionality  of  the 
act  of  April  12,  1904,  under  which  the  shooting  of  live  pigeons  from 
traps  is  prohibited  in  New  Jersey.  To  test  the  act  two  members 
of  the  Riverton  Gun  Club,  Charles  W.  Davis,  of  the  Colonnade 
Hotel,  Philadelphia,  and  Rudolph  F.  Harned,  an  officer  of  the 
club,  each  shot  at  one  pigeon  on  the  club  grounds  and  were 
arrested,  indicted  and  fined  $85  each  and  costs.  They  appealed 
from  the  conviction. 

“To  test  every  phase  of  the  law,  Davis  killed  his  bird,  which 
was  shipped  to  a Boston  market  for  sale  and  Harned  missed  his 
entirely.  The  court  holds  that  the  question  of  a bird  being  killed 
or  escaping  does  not  affect  the  liability  of  the  person  making  of  it 
a target.  Technical  objections  were  raised  against  the  act  on  the 
ground  that  its  title  was  defective;  but  the  real  fight  was  upon 
the  issue  that  pigeons  are  property,  and  may  be  disposed  of  by 
the  owner  as  he  sees  fit.  On  this  point  the  Supreme  Court  says: 

“ ‘It  is  not  a curtailment  of  the  right  of  property  to  prevent  a 
person  from  using  his  animals  or  fowls  as  a target,  whether  to 
be  shot  at  for  amusement  or  as  a test  of  skill  in  marksmanship. 
Under  the  police  power  the  Legislature  may  prescribe  how  animals- 
may  be  killed  by  their  owners,  in  order  that  they  may  be  used 
for  food.  They  may  fix  by  statute  the  time,  places  and  manner 
of  such  killing.  By  limiting  the  method  or  prescribing  the 
manner  of  killing,  they  do  not  infringe  upon  the  rights  of  property- 
owners.’ 

“It  is  expected  that  to-day’s  decision  will  be  appealed  to  the 
Court  of  Errors  and  Appeals.” 


Rochester  Rod  and  Gun  Club. 


Rochester,  N.  Y.,  June  7.— At  the  shoot  of  the  Rochester  Gun. 
Club,  Mr.  Geo.  Borst  won  the  McCord,  Gibson  & Stewart  cup 
The  shooting  was  marred  by  a driving  rainstorm,  which  kept 
some  at  home  who  might  otherwise  have  competed. 

Mr.  Borst  won  two  contests  previous  to  this  contest,  with  the 
help  of  his  handicap.  Each  contestant  shoots  at  60  targets  a 
handicap  allowance  being  added  to  the  actual  score.  Yesterday's- 
results  follow : 


Borst  ....... 

Brk.  Hdp. 

Tot’l. 

61 

Clark 

Stewart  

3 

60 

Weller 

Kerghner  ... 

5 

§0 

Brk.  Hdp.  Tot’L 
..42  5 47 

..31  8 39 


486 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


[June  17,  1905. 


Kentucky  Trapshootefs*  League. 

Louisville,  Ky.,  June  8. — The  third  annual  target  championship 
shoot  of  the  Kentucky  Trapshooters’  League,  Louisville,  Ky,,  May 
29,  30  and  31,  resulted  in  the  following  scores: 


First  Day,  May  29. 


Events:  123456789  10  11  12 

Targets : 15  15  20  15  15  20  15  15  15  15  15  25 

F C Riehl 14  14  20  15  15  19  15  15  14  15  15  23 

W R Crosby 14  14  19  14  15  20  15  14  13  15  15  25 

W Henderson  .....  15  14  16  14  14  19  14  15  14  15  11  25 

C A Young 13  14  19  14  15  19  14  15  12  15  15  24 

V K Dodge 12  15  20  14  13  17  15  14  11  15  12  24 

Ed  Brady  12  15  20  13  12  18  15  14  13  14  12  24 

T G Ward 12  12  18  13  12  19  13  15  15  14  14  24 

H H Telfers  14  13  15  14  11  19  15  14  12  15  13  23 

C O Frowse 13  13  19  12  12  17  14  13  13  14  14  23 

C O Le  Compte. ...  15  14  18  15  13  19  13  12  13  12  12  23 

J D Riley 12  11  15  13  14  20  12  15  15  14  11  24 

E Pragotf  12  13  20  15  13  17  13  15  11  14  13  19 

Jas  Shallcross 12  10  19  15  12  17  15  14  13  14  13  21 

J H Cox 13  13  14  12  11  20  12  13  13  11  14  23 

J Orr  13  11  16  14  12  16  13  11  15  15  13  19 

. W W Watson 15  14  17  13  15  19  9 12  11  13  9 21 

R L Trimble. .....  13  13  17  15  13  16  12  14  13  14  12  22 

J T Armstrong. ...  9 12  19  12  14  19  11  13  13  14  12  21 

Jas  Lewis 15  12  19  12  13  19  13  10  14  11  15  17 

C B Semple 11  15  17  14  15  17  12  13  12  14  13  20 

H W Vietmeyer.,  11  13  14  13  13  17  13  14  12  13  15  18 

D A Edwards 13  7 14  13  13  15  13  13  13  13  13  23 

W F Booker,  Jr. . . 13  12  14  11  13  14  15  12  12  14  13  22 

H N Kirby 12  14  18  12  9 15  11  13  13  13  11  24 

J L Burkhardt 9 12  18  13  13  13  12  12  12  9 11  22 

M B Morton 13  11  15  12  13  17  14  13  8 11  10  18 

C G Walker. 11  11  15  1 111  13  14  11  12  13  10  18 

W A Keller 9 13  13  12  9 17  13  11  10  13  11  19 

H T Edwards 11  11  15  8 12  16  11  11  7 13  10  22 

T H Clay,  Jr 8 13  16  14  12  17  7 11  9 13  8 19 

T Collins ; 12  11  18  10  13  15  12  10  7 9 6 20 

Lyman  11  10  11  9 9 14  7 11  11  11  10  21 

J Dea  11  14  15  10  7 13  8 9 

E G Schweitzer 9 11  11  11  ..  ..  8 13  13  12  7 .. 

W A Faucette 12  12  11  10  ..  ..  9 8 

R W Bingham 10  11  7 17  9 12  11  14  14  21 

J Aldrige 9 7 14  10  9 9 10 

E E Dupont 13  10  16  12  11  10  7 12 

F Pragoff  13  9 9 12  14  20 

T W Brooke 12  18  10  12  . . 

W W Watts 13  9 17 

J Vance 21 

Second  Day,  May  30. 

Events:  123456789  10  11 

Targets : 15  15  20  15  15  20  15  15  15  15  15 

W R Crosby 13  15  20  14  15  20  14  15  13  15  14 

C O Le  Compte......  15  15  20  14  13  18  14  13  12  15  14 

W Henderson  14  13  20  13  14  17  13  15  14  13  15 

C O Prowse 12  14  18  15  13  19  15  15  13  13  14 

C A Young 13  14  18  11  15  19  13  15  14  15  13 

R L Trimble 13  13  16  14  13  IS  14  15  14  15  14 

F C Riehl 14  13  20  14  12  20  11  12  14  14  14 

J Orr  12  12  17  15  12  19  14  14  14  14  14 

A Meaders  15  15  17  14  12  18  14  14  11  10  15 

J G Ward 15  14  20  12  12  17  15  14  13  11  12 

J H Cox 13  13  17  14  15  17  13  14  10  14  14 

T D Riley 14  14  20  15  14  19  8 13  12  13  11 

H H Jeffers 15  14  15  15  13  17  14  14  11  12  12 

Ed  Brady  14  12  17  14  14  19  13  12  12  11  13 

J W William 14  13  17  10  11  18  13  15  13  12  14 

M B Morton 13  14  17  14  11  18  14  12  12  14  10 

W F Booker,  Jr 12  13  15  12  13  19  13  10  12  15  14 

S S Pinney 12  13  19  14  10  17  15  14  12  13  9 

A A Hazelrigg 14  12  18  11  12  17  13  13  11  13  14 

H M Kirby 11  13  15  14  13  19  14  12  13  15  8 

E M Moss 13  13  17  12  12  18  11  13  12  15  9 

J T Anthony 14  12  18  13  14  16  11  12  13  11  9 

Jas  Lewis  14  13  17  13  9 13  12  15  11  11  12 

D A Edwards 14  10  17  11  8 17  13  H 15  12  12 

J L Burkhardt 12  15  17  10  11  16  10  14  11  14  9 

J H Kemper 15  13  19  12  8 16  12  10  10  14  10 

H W Vietmeyer 11  12  18  12  12  18  10  8 14  15  9 

H T Edwards 12  14  13  11  10  16  15  14  11  11  11 

J Dea 12  13  14  11  10  15  13  11  12  13  12 

W A Keller 12  10  17  11  14  14  13  10  11  8 12 

Lyman  7 12  16  9 12  15  11  15  13  11  11 

T M Clay,  Jr 9 12  11  9 10  19  12  33  8 11  12 

C E Walker 12  13  14  12  9 16  8 10  11  12  9 

E G Schweitzer 11  13  12  10  ..  . j 

J Vance  10  12  16  14 14 

F Pragoff  . 16  11  11  17  8 . . , , . . 11 

F Helm  ..  15  11  10  15 

P Nicholas  4 10  13 9 10  ..  .. 

R W Bingham 10  11  10  11  11  13  12 

R R Skinner 13  14  13  15  14 

J W Brooke 12  13  10  12  14 

W W Watts 16  13  12  14  11  12 

C B Semple 13  8 

W P Oldham ■ 10 

Jas  Short  13 


Third  Day,  May  31. 


Shot 


at. 

Broke, 

200 

194 

200 

193 

200 

186 

200 

189 

200 

182 

200 

182 

200 

181 

200 

178 

200 

177 

200 

179 

200 

176 

200 

175 

200 

175 

200 

169 

200 

168 

200 

168 

200 

174 

200 

169 

200 

173 

200 

170 

200 

166 

200 

163 

200 

165 

200 

165 

200 

158 

200 

156 

200 

150 

200 

150 

200 

147 

200 

147 

200 

144 

200 

135 

130 

87, 

140 

95 

95 

62 

170 

136 

125 

74 

130 

91 

100 

77 

65 

52 

55 

39 

25 

21 

Shot 

at. 

Broke, 

175 

168 

175 

163 

175 

161 

175 

161 

175 

160 

175 

159 

175 

158 

175 

157 

175 

155 

175 

155 

175 

154 

175 

153 

175 

152 

175 

151 

175 

150 

175 

149 

175 

148 

175 

148 

175 

148 

175 

147 

175 

145 

175 

143 

175 

140 

175 

140 

175 

139 

175 

139 

175 

139 

175 

138 

175 

136 

175 

132 

175 

132 

175 

127 

175 

126 

65 

46 

80 

66 

100 

74 

70 

51 

80 

53 

110 

78 

75 

69 

75 

61 

95 

78 

30 

21 

15 

10 

20 

13 

Events: 
Targets : 
W R Crosl 
F C Riehl. 
J G Ward 

Orr  

C A Youn; 
J William 
J H Kemp 
Jas  Vance 
S S Pinne; 
W Hender 
Ed  Brady 
R L Trim 


C O 
C O 


T 

D 


Riley. 


Prowse. 

H 
T 
A 

J T Anthony 

D A Edwards 

Jas  Lewis  

M B Morton 

A Meaders  

J Dea  

W F Booker,  Jr 

H N.  Kirby 

C B Rose 

H W Vietmeyer 

R R Skinner 

Lyman  

J L Burkhardt 

W W Watson .... 

C E Walker 

E Pragoff  

T H Clay,  Jr 

Kentucky  championship : 
Targets : 

Emile  Pragoff 

C O Prowse 

John  William,  

Woolfolk  Henderson  

M B 


C 

J 

T 

S 

l 


B Rose 

Q Ward 

H Clay,  Jr.. 

S Pinney 

H Kemper... 
D Riley...... 

L Burkhardt. 

B Semple 

R R Skinner 

as  Lewis 


F Booker,  Jr. 

E M Moss 

W W Watson... 

C E Walker 

F Pragoff  

A A Hftielrigg... 
J C Bo«rm* 


1 2 3 4 5 6 

Shot 

15  15  20  15  15  20 

at. 

Broke. 

. . 15  15  18  15  15  20 

100 

98 

. . 14  14  20  15  15  19 

100 

97 

. . 14  14  20  15  14  18 

100 

95 

. . 14  15  18  15  14  18 

100 

94 

. . 14  13  18  14  14  19 

100 

92 

. . 15  14  19  13  13  18 

100 

92 

. . 11  13  20  13  15  18 

100 

90 

. . 14  14  16  14  13  19 

100 

90 

. . 14  14  18  13  14  16 

100 

89 

. . 12  14  17  14  12  18 

100 

87 

. . 12  13  19  14  14  16 

100 

88 

..  11  13  18  14  14  18 

100 

88 

. . 15  13  18  13  13  15 

100 

87 

. . 15  13  17  JL2  13  17 

100 

87 

. . 10  15  18  13  12  17 

100 

85 

. . 12  14  18  12  11  9 

100 

86 

. . 11  13  18  15  11  17 

100 

85 

. . 15  12  14  14  14  15 

100 

84 

. . 13  13  16  13  12  17 

100 

84 

. . 15  12  15  10  11  17 

100 

80 

. . 13  13  15  11  13  18 

100 

83 

. . 14  13  15  12  12  17 

100 

83 

. . 12  14  16  12  13  15 

100 

82 

. . 12  12  18  13  11  15 

100 

81 

. . 12  10  14  12  15  18 

100 

81 

. . 10  13  16  13  12  15 

100 

79 

. . 9 13  16  14  9 17 

100 

78 

. . 12  11  15  11  12  17 

100 

78 

..  13  11  13  13  12  15 

100 

77 

. . 7 11  16  12  10  15 

100 

71 

. . 10  10  12  12  12  15 

100 

71 

12  .. 

15 

12 

. . 13  9 15  8 12  15 

100 

72 

17 

20 

17 

. . 7 9 16  14  12  17 

100 

75 

25  25  25  25  Shot  at. 

Broke. 

..25  25  20  24 

100 

94 

..24  24  22  23 

100 

93 

..24  22  22  24 

100 

92 

..23  20  24  24 

100 

91 

..23  24  22  21 

100 

90 

..21  23  21  23 

100 

88 

..21  23  23  21 

100 

88 

..22  22  23  21 

100 

88 

..22  21  21  22 

100 

86 

..18  23  22  20 

100 

84 

..20  19  21  22 

100 

82 

..22  22  17  21 

100 

82 

..21  21  21  18 

100 

81 

..21  20  22  20 

100 

81 

..  20  22  16  22 

100 

80 

..20  22  18  19 

100 

79 

22  22  20  15 

100 

79 

..21  17  17  20 

100 

75 

..18  14  20  20 

100 

72 

..17  21  16  16 

100 

70 

..  16  20  18  14 

100 

68 

100 

68 

General  averages: 

1st  Day. 

2d  Day. 

3d  Day. 

Total. 

W R Crosby  

168 

98 

459 

F C Riehl 

194 

158 

97 

449 

W Henderson  

186 

161 

87 

434 

J Quincy  Ward. 

181 

155 

95 

431 

C O Prowse 

177 

161 

85 

423 

C A Young.. 

189 

160 

92 

441 

R L Trimble 

174 

159 

88 

429 

Ed  Brady  

182 

151 

88 

421 

J Orr  

168 

156 

94 

418 

Andy  Meaders  

180 

155 

82 

417 

T D Riley 

176 

153 

85 

414 

W F Booker,  Jr 

165 

148 

81 

394 

M B Merton 

156 

149 

83 

388 

D A Edwards 

163 

140 

80 

383 

H N Kirby 

165 

147 

79 

391 

J T Anthony 

169 

143 

84 

396 

Jas  Lewis  

173 

140 

83 

396 

H W Vietmeyer 

166 

139 

78 

383 

PI  T Edwards 

147 

138 

86 

371 

J L Burkhardt 

...158 

139 

71 

368 

T H Clay,  Tr 

147 

127 

75 

349 

C E Walker  

150 

126 

72 

348 

W A Keller 

150 

132 

282 

C O Le  Compte 

179 

163 

.87 

429 

The  50-bird  Ballistitc  handicap  trophy  presented  by  Pragoff 
Bros.,  was  won  by  J.  W.  William,  of  Mt.  Sterling,  score  46  out 
of  50. 

The  three-man  team  shoot  was  won  by  the  Fayette  Gun  Club,  of 
Lexington,  Ky.,  composed  of  J.  Q.  Ward,  V.  K.  Dodge  and 
Woolfolk  Henderson. 

The  scores  of  these  two  events  are  not  given  in  detail,  as  they 
were  not  included  in  the  general  averages. 

Emile  Pragoff, 

Sec’y  Jefferson  County  G.  C. 


WESTERN  TRAP. 


Cincinnati  Gun  Club. 

Cincinnati,  O.— June  10  was  cloudy.  There  was  a heavy  fall  of 
rain  early  in  the  afternoon.  The  light  was  poor.  Quite  a brisk 
wind  affected  many  of  the  scores. 

In  the  Schuler  trophy  shoot,  Lutie  Gambell  landed  among  the 
leaders  with  a straight  50,  including  his  handicap.  Bullerdick  and 
E.  Altheer  also  scored  a total  of  50.  Maynard  was  high  in  actual 
breaks,  writh  45. 

Quite  a number  will  attend  the  Rohrer’s  Island  tournament  on 
the  20th. 

Schuler  prize  shoot,  50  targets,  handicap  allowance:  Bullerdick 

(14)  50,  Myers  (15)  50,  Gambell,  Jr.  (17)  50,  E.  Altheer  (24)  50, 
Linn  (7)  49,  Williams  (9)  49,  Andrews  (14)  48,  Maynard  (2)  47, 
Herman  (13)  47,  Jones  (9)  46,  Lytle  (24)  4G,  Faran  (3)  45,  Roll 
(3)  45,  Black  (2)  44,  Falk  (13)  43,  F.  Altheer  (16)  43,  Barker  (3)  42, 
Ahlers  (0)  41,  Krehbiel  (6)  41,  Randall  (0)  39,  French  (0)  26, 
Roberts  (0)  23. 

Notes. 


June  9 was  a fine  day  for  shooting,  and  the  turnout  at  the  Day- 
ton,  O.,  Gun  Club’s  grounds  was  better  than  for  some  time. 
Craig  was  high  gun  with  154  out  of  175,  and  Ike  second  with  145. 

Members  of  the  Rohrer’s  Island  Gun  Club,  of  Dayton,  O.,  visited 
the  grounds  on  June  7.  Wm.  Oldt  and  W.  E.  Kette  tied  on  26 
for  the  medal,  and  Oldt  won  the  shoot-off  by  1 target,  breaking 
5 out  of  6 in  the  final  to  Kette’s  4.  The  club’s  tournament  on 
June  20  promises  to  be  well  attended.  A number  of  the  Cincy 
shooters  will  be  present.  The  programme  consists  of  eight  15 
and  four  20-target  events,  entrance  $1.50  and  $2;  moneys  divided 
40,  30,  20  and  10.  Shooting  begins  at  9 o’clock.  Lunch  served 
on  the  grounds. 

The  Greenville,  O.,  Gun  Club’s  tenth  medal  shoot  of  the  series 
was  held  on  June  5.  A strong  wind  was  blowing  and  scores 
suffered.  Class  A medal  was  won  by  McKeon,  with  37. 

At  the  medal  shoot  of  the  Central  Covington,  Ky.,  Gun  Club 
on  June  4,  John  E.  Schreek,  of  Austinburg,  was  high  man  with 
39,  and  captured  the  medal. 

The  Welfare  Gun  Club,  of  Dayton,  O.,  shot  a five-man  team 
match  with  Rohrer’s  Island  on  June  3.  The  islanders  won  by  a 
score  of  269  to  182. 


Garfield  Gun  Club. 


Chicago,  June  10. — The  appended  scores  were  made  on  our 
grounds  to-day  on  the  occasion  of  the  first  shoot  of  the  second 
series.  Keck  won  Class  A trophy  on  24;  N.  S.  Birkland,  Class 
B on  16,  and  George,  Class  C on  9. 

After  the  trophy  shoot  two  teams  were  formed  by  choosing  sides, 
W.  Einfeldt  and  Kampp  being  the  captains.  Kampp’s  team  won 
the  first  race  by  the  small  margin  of  3 targets,  but  in  the  second 
race  Einfgldt’s  team  redeemed  itself  and  won  by  11  targets. 

The  day  was  fairly  good  for  target  shooting,  but  rained  before 
we  got  through,  and  the  last  of  the  events  were  shot  during  a 
shower.  About,  twenty  shooters;  showed  up  for  the  occasion. 


Targets:  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  15 

Meek  .rv  8 6 8 8 9 8 

Reynolds  .V.1/  6 7 6 7 ..  8 8 6 .. 

Thomas  .......  W.. ! 9 9:9  7 9 

Keck  : 7 9 9 9 ..  8 9 8 .. 

Steenberg  9 8 10  8 10  8 9 . . . . 

Eaton  7 9 10  6 7 9 8 10  .. 

Kampp  9 7 

George  7 ..  5 5 8 

A Smedes  7 . . 6 7 5 

T L Smedes  5 ..  5 7 6 6 

McDonald  7 9 8 10  8 ..  .. 

Stone  ;. 8 5 6 5 7 ..  .. 

Birkland,  Sr 7 .. 

W Einfeldt  6 2 4 9 14 

Geotter  10  3 4 8 

Bates  3 8 10  13 

Lord  9 9 8 13 

Herr 6 7 4 .. 


Eighth  trophy  event,  25  targets:  Dr.  Reynolds  11,  Meek  21, 

Thomas  20,  Keck  24,  Steenberg  20,  Eaton  19,  Kampp  20,  George  9, 
Al. i Smedes  16,  T.  L.  Smedes  13,  McDonald  16,  Stone  10,  Lord  15, 
Birkland,  Sr.,  16,  W.  Einfeldt  20,  Geotter  16,  Lord  22. 

Team  shoot,  10  targets,  Kampp  and  W.  Einfeldt  captains.: 


Kampp  9 

Steenberg  9 

Lord  9 

Thomas  _..,r, 10 

Eaton  .......  8 

McDonald  9 

George  4 

Herr  7 

Birkland,  Sr...- 5 — 70 

Team  shoot  No.  2,  10  targets: 

Kampp  9 

Steenberg  9 

Lord  8 

Thomas  6 

Eaton  7 

McDonald  6 

George  3 

Herr  9 

Birkland,  Sr 7 — 64 


W Einfeldt  

Keck  

Meek  

Geotter  

Stone  

T L Smedes ».-«£- 

Ford  

Dr  Reynolds  

A Smedes  


8 

8 

8 

8 

7 

9 

7 

5 

7—67 


W Einfeldt  9 

Keck  9 

Meek  9 

Geotter  8 

Stone  10 

T L Smedes 7 

Ford  8 

Dr  Reynolds  9 

A Smedes  6 — 75 


Dr.  J.  W.  Meek,  Sec’y. 


Indianapolis  Gun  Club. 

Indianapolis,  Ind.,  June  3. — Steel  won  the  Peters  badge. 
Scores : 


Events : 
Targets : 
Comstock  .. 
Wildhack  . 

Moore  

Anderson  . 
Gregory  . . . 

Graves  

Steele  

Bryce  

Steffen  

Moller  

Finley  .... 
Dickman  . . 

Dixon  

Le  Compte 
Armstrong 
Morgan  ... 
O’Harrow  . 

Hann  

Dougherty 

Wiese  

Bell  

Scott  

Mrs.  Hann 


1 

2 3 

4 5 6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12  13 

Shot 

20 

20  20  20  20  25 

25 

25 

25 

25 

25 

25  25 

at. 

Broke. 

20 

18  20  14  19  23 

23 

150 

137 

16 

18  17  18  19  23 

25 

150 

138 

19 

17  18  15  IS  20 

23 

150 

110 

14 

16  16  17  15  20 

125 

98 

16 

17  16  16  19  21 

14 

150 

119 

13 

15  ..  . 

. ..  16 

65 

44 

14 

15  ..  . 

. ..21 

23 

22 

115 

95 

14 

11  ..  . 

. ..  16 

65 

41 

17 

18  ..  . 

. ..  17 

16 

90 

68 

12 

. ..  22 

22 

21 

21 

21 

145 

119 

13 

13  ..  . 

. ..  19 

18 

21 

115 

84 

22 

23 

25 

24 

23 

24  24 

200 

189 

IS 

. ..  22 

21 

20 

23 

22 

23 

24  .. 

195 

173 

17 

. ..  25 

23 

23 

22 

25 

25 

22  .. 

195 

182 

11 

15 

21 

95 

68 

12 

16  ..  . 

. ..  18 

20 

90 

58 

10 

. ..  11 

9 

10 

95 

40 

11 

11  ..  . 

. ..  11 

21 

18 

19 

140 

91 

16 

50 

30 

21 

15 

75 

50 

23 

22 

23 

24 

23 

. . 

150 

139 

lb 

. ..  13 

45 

28 

14 

16 

75 

49 

June  10. — Parry  won  Peters  badge.  Rain  accounts  for  small 
attendance.  The  five  sets  of  traps  that  will  be  used  during  the 
G.  A.  H.  were  used  yesterday  and  worked  faultless. 


Events: 
Targets : 
Tripp  . . . 
Parry  . . . 
Comstock 
Moller  .. 
Moore 
Anderson 

Steele  

Smoke  . . 
Williams 
Finley  ... 
Goss  .... 
Dickman 
Dixon  . . . 
Clark  


123456789  10  H 12  13 
20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  25  25 

17  17  19  19  16  17  17  19  19  18  15  23  .. 

19  16  19  16  15  18  16;  18  15  ..  ..  24  . . 

19  19  IS  17  16  20  21 

15  13  16  17  14  16  19  13  19  16  . . 18  . . 

17  16  19  16  18  16  18  19  15  19  . . 22  . . 

19  17  16  15  17 19  . . 

12  13  16  

14  16  16  14  19  19  19  16  16  . . . . 22  . . 

12 

19  17  20  16  16  21  . . 

17  ..  19  .. 

19  17  19  20  19  - 25  . . 

18  11  18  16 

18 


Shamokin  Gun  Club. 

Shamokin,  Pa.,  June  9. — The  Shamokin  Gun  Club  held  their 
annual  spring  tournament  to-day  on  their  Bunker  Hill  grounds. 
Henry  Kaseman  won  first  prize  in  the  merchandise  event,  an 
Ithaca  gun.  He  scored  25  straight;  R.  C.  Derk,  second,  opera 
glasses.  Two  tied  for  second  prize,  Derk  and  Brindle,  and  in  the 
shoot-off  Derk  won.  Fen  Cooper  won  third  prize,  hunting  scene. 
The  averages  were:  Derk  first,  Haverty  second,  Kaseman  third. 

Derk  made  a run  of  83.  Curtis  was  second  with  51.  Squier,  of 
Wilmington,  Del.,  was  the  only  professional.  L.  E.  Parvin,  of 
Leesport,  was  present. 


Events : 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

13 

Targets: 

10 

15 

15 

15 

15 

15 

15 

25 

15 

15 

15 

15 

15 

Broke. 

Derk  

10 

15 

14 

13 

14 

15 

13 

24 

14 

15 

15 

15 

15 

192 

Haverty  

10 

14 

15 

14 

14 

14 

15 

22 

15 

14 

15 

13 

15 

190 

Kaseman  

9 

13 

13 

15 

15 

14 

12 

25 

14 

14 

14 

13 

13 

184 

Cooper  

6 

15 

15 

15 

13 

12 

13 

23 

14 

13 

13 

13 

14 

178 

Curtis  

10 

15 

15 

14 

13 

12 

14 

21 

14 

13 

13 

10 

12 

176 

Squier  

7 

12 

13 

10 

10 

13 

15 

24 

14 

14 

15 

15 

14 

176 

Tovey  

9 

14 

13 

13 

15 

14 

13 

22 

14 

12 

11 

11 

11 

172 

Hanley  

8 

12 

12 

13 

10 

12 

14 

17 

13 

12 

9 

9 

13 

156 

Keiser  

8 

12 

10 

8 

11 

7 

10 

17 

10 

S 

8 

11 

10 

131 

Weary  

8 

11 

14 

14 

14 

13 

12 

86 

Britton  

23 

12 

14 

13 

62 

Brindle  

13 

14 

24 

i3 

12 

15 

14 

il 

116 

Jones  

13 

14 

14 

62 

Williams  

20 

20 

Spicer  

18 

18 

Walters  

11 

11 

Wray  

9 

t , 

9 

Oram  

11 

11 

Straub  

13 

13 

Fayette  Gun  Club. 

Lexincton,  Ky.,  June  9. — Appended  are  the  scores  of  the  regu- 
lar weekly  shoot  of  the  Fayette  Gun  Club,  of  this  city,  held 
Thursday,  June  8. 

The  programme  of  the  afternoon  called  for  four  events,  ag- 
gregating 50  targets.  The  first  25  were  for  a trophy  donated  by  a 
club  member.  The  contest  to  consist  of  eight  events  of  25  targets 
each,  high  average  in  200  targets  winning.  Events  3 and  4,  of 
25  targets,  was  the  third  of  the  series  for  Parker  gun,  for  club  mem- 
bers. Scores  also  of  team  shoot  between  teams  from  this  club 
and  that  of  Mt.  Sterling,  Ivy.,  50  targets  per  man,  500  to  team. 
Match  was  won  by  Mt.  Sterling  by  13  targets.  Return  match  to 
be  shot  here  next  Thursday. 


Events : 

1 2 ‘ 

3 4 

Events: 

1 2 

3 

4 

Targets:  - - 

10  15  10  15 

Targets : 

10  15  10  15 

F C Bell.......... 

...  6 7 

9 14 

R H Smith 

...  6 12 

6 

8 

J G Denny 

...  8 9 

9 10 

R R Skinner 

...  9 10 

8 

8 

VV m Drummy  

...  7 8 

9 10 

L B Shouse 

...  8 8 

5 

7 

V Dodge  

. . . 10  13 

6 15 

J Offutt  

...  4 5 

6 

8 

L Tieper  

...  2 4 

4 4 

J Harp  

...  3 4 

4 

5 

C F Helm  

...  6 9 

7 8 

Dr  Bullock  ...... 

...  2 4 

3 

5 

W Luxon  

. . . 8 12 

7 8 

Dr  Leonard  

. . . 7 10 

5 

8 

Judge  Kinkead 

...  6 8 

7 8 

T C Rush 

...  7 9 

5 

7 

A Hagan  

T Satterwhite 

...  2 5 
. . . 7 11 

3 7 
5 6 

J G Woolfolk.... 

...  7 10  5 
Monk. 

7 

Raleigh  Gun  Club. 

Raleigh,  N.  C.,  June  8. — The  approaching  State  tournament  in 
Durham  next  week  made  some  of  us  feel  like  testing  our  skill 
over  their  traps,  and  instead  of  holding  our  regular  weekly  shoot 
on  our  own  grounds,  all  left  for  Durham,  and  found  Arthur 
Lyon  and  Slater  awaiting  us  at  the  station.  Within  a very  short 
while  our  guns  were  on  the  firing  line,  and  the  tale  is  soon  told 
by  the  appended  scores. 

Some  explanation  is  necessary,  because  some  of  our  boys  can 
do  better  under  more  favorable  circumstances.  The  wind  was 
very  high  at  times. 

We  enjoyed  the  day’s  outing,  and  thank  Lyon  and  Slater  for  the 
attention  shown  us. 


Events : 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

Shot 

Targets : 

20 

20 

20 

20 

20 

20 

20 

20 

20 

20 

at. 

Broke. 

Johnson  

19 

18 

18 

18 

17 

18 

16 

17 

20 

15 

200 

176 

A Lyon  

15 

15 

15 

17 

14 

19 

17 

13 

16 

18 

200 

159 

Ellington  

18 

17 

13 

13 

20 

17 

15 

17 

13 

17 

200 

160 

Gowan  

........  16 

16 

16 

13 

17 

17 

16 

15 

15 

14 

200 

155 

Slater  

14 

17 

16 

15 

15 

15 

18 

17 

19 

14 

200 

160 

Barrett  

16 

20 

19 

14 

17 

15 

20 

17 

14 

14 

200 

166 

Walters  

18 

16 

15 

16 

17 

17 

120 

99 

Pearce  

16 

18 

16 

17 

16 

120 

100 

R. 

T.  Gowan. 

Bradford  Gun  Club. 


Montclair  Gun  Club. 


Montclair,  N.  J.,  June  10. — To-day  signalized  the  opening  of 
the  new  grounds  of  the  Montclair  Gun  Club. 

The  club  has  done  no  shooting  for  just  one  month.  In  the 
meantime  the  house  and  traps  have  been  removed  and  rebuilt  on 
the  new  location,  which  is  adjoining  the  grounds  of  the  Upper 
Montclair  Golf  Club,  corner  Grove  street  and  Bellevue  avenue, 
Upper  Montclair.  When  entirely  finished,  the  house  will  be 
larger,  and  two  sets  of  expert  traps  will  be  in  position. 

Some  thirteen  men  were  present  to-day.  Messrs.  Cockefair  and 
Bush  each  made  a run  of  25  straight,  while  Allen  made  the  best 
general  average,  breaking  92  out  of  100. 

Next  Saturday  there  will  be  a contest  for  a silver  trophy. 


Events : 12  3 4 

Targets:  25  25  25  £5 

P Cockefair  18  17  17  25 

G Howard  IS  23 

A R Alien 22  24  22  24 

G Batten  16  . . It)  16 

C L Bush.. 22  19  25  20 

G Boxall  16  £1  22  18 

Dr  Talbot  21  19  20  18 


Events:  12  3 4 

Targets:  £5  25  25  25 

T A Nott..... , 16  18  21  18 

W I Soverel 19  .. 

H F Holloway 10  18  17  .. 

C H Hartshorne 11  12  17  13 

E Winslow  12  14  15 

S C Wheeler...... 21 


Edward  Winslow,  Sec’y. 


Bradford,  Pa. 

, June 

5.— The 

following  is  a total 

of  the  events 

held  at  the  traps 

of  the 

above  club  on  June  3: 

Shot  at. 

. Broke. 

Shot  at. 

Broke. 

V ernon  

....  90 

45 

McAlpine  

...73 

33 

Russell  

...100 

76 

Tyler  

...  60 

23 

Biodine  

...100 

55 

White  

38 

Pringle  

. . .100 

69 

Scott  

16 

Mallory,  Sr 

. . . .100 

68 

Hoey  

73 

Costello  

....  75 

33 

Hennage  

...  55 

31 

Haymaker  

, . . .100 

78 

Le  Compte  

...15 

8 

Rice  

11 

E.  C.  Charlton, 

Sec’y-Treas. 

South  Framingham  Gun  Club, 

South  Framingham,  Mass.,  June  8. — We  take  pleasure  in  send- 
ing you,  under  separate  cover,  one  of  our  programmes  of  our 
July  4 shoot.  The  trade  will  be  well  represented,  as  we  have  the 
assurance  of  the  presence  of  W.  H.  Heer,  G.  M.  Wheeler,  Sim1 
Glover,  H.  S.  Welles,  A.  A.  Schoverling  and  representatives  of 
other  companies.  We  will  also  have  Capt.  Geo.  Bartlett,  rifle 
expert,  who  will  give  an  exhibition  during  the  day. 

F.  P.  Hewins. 


Juke,  17,  1905.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


487 


U.  S.  Government  Ammunition  Test. 

Accuracy  test  of  Krag-J  orgensen  .30-Caliber  Cartridges  held  at  Springfield  Armory  by  order  of 
the  Ordnance  Department,  United  States  Army. 

TESTED — Ammunition  of  all  the  American  Manufacturers. 

CONDITIONS  — 10  and  20  shot  targets,  muzzle  rest. 

10  and  20  shot  targets,  fixed  rest. 

DISTANCE  — 1000  yards. 

OFF?CI^UL/Tr!ePORT:  U.  S.  Cartridges  excelled  all  others 


MANUFACTURED  BY 

UNITED  STATES  CARTRIDGE  CO., 

LOWELL,  MASS.,  U.  S.  A. 

Agencies:  497*503  Pearl  St**  35*43  Park  St**  New  York.  114*116  Market  St.,  San  Francisco. 


Iff  Gun  Club  Tournament* 


St.  MaryS,  Pa.,  June  3— The  second  annual  tourriamerit  of  the 
Iff  Gun  Club  was  held  at  St.  Mafys,  Pa.,  oil  Thursday  aiid 
Friday,  June  1 arid  2.  This  club  added  $500  in  cash  arid  mer- 
chandise, The  shootirig  ground  of  this  club  is  located  Quite  rieat 
town,  on  a hill  which  is  easy  of  access.  Tlie  background  is  of 
the  best;  as  it  is.  all  shy  line.  ..  - 

On  Thursday,  June  1,  the  programme,  called  for  . three  15;  four 
20  and  three  25  bird  events ; teri  events  iri  all;  making  200  targets 
for  the  day,  Ori  this  day  everit  No,  1.0  was  a tfearii  shoot  fof  a 
$40  Cup;  conditions,  flve;mari  teaftis,  25  tafgfets  pef  niari;  125  to 

Vhfe  Dir  Bois  GUii  ClUb;  of  Du  Bois,  Pa.,  arid  the  Jff  Ghri 
Club;  of  St:  Marys,  Pa.;  wefe  the  only  elUbs  that,  edteted  teaibs 
for  the  cup  race,  the  winners  being  the  DU  Bois  GUU  Club  with 
110  foirfeciks* 

On  Friday,  Jude  2;  the  progfarriirie  ealifed  fot  elfeveri  Cveiits; 
200  targets  irt  all;  divided  as  follows;  Orte  1.0;  four  15,  artd  ttvd 
26  and  four  20  bird  events,  Orte  of  the  25-bird  events  was  a 
tneixharidise  everit  and  had  thirty-five  merchandise  arid  fifteeii 
money  prizes*  In  the  mereharidise^  everit,  Mr.  A.  Sizer,  of  Karie, 
Pa.,  was  the  only  one  to  bleak  25  straight,  . 

Ori  the  first  day  forty  shooters  faced  the  traps,  with  thirty-ode 
shootirig  through  the  programme.  High  average  went  to  H,  W. 
Millen,  of  Du  Bois,  Pa,,  with  190  out  of  200;  seeorid  to  A.  Sizer 
of  Kane,  Pa,,  with  1S0;  third,  a tie  betwCeti  C.  W,  Halt,  of 
Buffalo,  N.  Y,,  and  J.  Mo-well  Iiawkiris,  of  the.  W,  R,  A,  Co., 
each  breaking  185,  arid  fourth  a tie  between  F.  F.  Masori,  of 
Olean,  N.  Y.,  and  F,  Ginzburg,  of  Du  Bois,  Pa,,  each  breaking 
184. 

On  the  second  day  thirty-six  shooters  took  part,  with  twerlty- 
five  shooting  through.  High  average  went  to  A.  Sizer,  with  185 
out  of  200;  second,  C.  W.  Hart,  with  184;  third,  a tie  between 
H.  B.  Bozard,  of  Allegany,  N.  Y.,  and  J.  Mowell  Hawkins,  with 
183  each,  and  fourth,  H.  W.  Millen,  with  180. 

The  general  average  for  the  two  days  resulted  as  follows:  First, 
A.  Sizer,  374  out  of  400;  second,  H.  W.  Millen,  with  370;  third, 
C.  W.  Hart,  with  369;  fourth,  J.  Mowell  Hawkins,  368. 

The  trade  was  represented  by  L.  J.  Squier,  J.  R.  Hull,  H.  H. 
Stevens,  J.  C.  Garland,  J.  Mowell  Hawkins  and  H.  P.  Fessenden. 


June  J,  First  Day. 


Events : 

Targets : 

H W Millen 

A Sizer  

J M Hawkins 

C W Hart 

F F Mason 

P'  Ginzburg  

H B Bozard 

H H Stevens 

Dr  W L Gardnier 

C T Deshant  

Ed  Hickey  

FI  E Brown  

J R Hull 

. J Gildersleeve  

L J Squier  

J C Garland  

w P Rheins  

L B Fleming 

C W Hobbie 

i Geo  Cochran  

D Brooder  

D B Anderson  . . 
E L Buterbaugh  . 

J S Speer  

B B McCraight  .. 

I C C Farnham  

L W Quinn 

Dr  Marsh  

J F Dailey  

H C Stackpole  ... 

n G K 

W M Black  

A A Mullhaupt  . . 

J C Koch  

W H Hoey  

M C Kepler  

, D D King  

M C Parshall  

T E Irwin  

T valentine  


1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

15 

20 

15 

20 

25 

20 

25 

15 

20 

25 

13 

19 

14 

20 

24 

19 

24 

15 

20 

22 

14 

19 

14 

19 

25 

18 

25 

14 

18 

23 

14 

17 

14 

19 

24 

19 

22 

12 

19 

25 

15 

17 

15 

18 

24 

20 

23 

13 

19 

21 

14 

20 

14 

18 

23 

18 

23 

13 

18 

23 

14 

18 

13 

19 

23 

17 

24 

14 

17 

25 

14 

19 

13 

18 

21 

17 

24 

14 

20 

22 

15 

17 

13 

19 

24 

17 

21 

15 

17 

24 

15 

20 

10 

18 

24 

19 

22 

11 

20 

22 

14 

18 

13 

18 

21 

19 

23 

14 

16 

23 

13 

19 

14 

18 

22 

17 

21 

14 

14 

23 

13 

17 

12 

15 

21 

19 

23 

14 

18 

22 

13 

16 

11 

18 

21 

16 

21 

14 

18 

25 

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13 

16 

22 

17 

22 

13 

18 

25 

14 

20 

12 

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19 

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12 

17 

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20 

13 

17 

24 

16 

21 

14 

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18 

10 

12 

11 

19 

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18 

24 

13 

19 

22 

15 

15 

12 

14 

24 

16 

20 

16 

12 

24 

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12 

15 

20 

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22 

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16 

25 

11 

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11 

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16 

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22 

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13 

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11 

19 

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18 

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12 

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12 

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10 

16 

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15 

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10 

12 

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14 

19 

13 

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20 

S 

12 

9 

14 

15 

14 

18 

10 

13 

22 

11 

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7 

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9 

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10 

Broke. 

190 

189 

186 

185 

184 

184 

182 

182 

181 

179 

177 

174 

173 

171 

171 

171 

171 

167 

163 

163 

162 

160 

160 

157 

156 

155 

150 

145 

135 

130 

126 

124 

108 

102 

93 

90 

88 

72 

31 

31 


Cup  shoot ; 

Du  Bois  Gun  CluK 

F Ginzburg  

E L Buterbaugh 

B B McCraight 

H W Millen  

L W Quinn 


Iff  Gun  Club,  St.  Marys,  Pa. 


.23 

T S Speer  

23 

.23 

Dr  Marsh  

20 

.22 

A A Mullhaupt  

19 

.17—110 

H C Stackpole 

19- 

June  2,  Second  Day. 


Events: 

Targets : 

A Sizer  

C W Hart 

I M Hawkins 

H B Bozard  

IT  W Millen  

Dr  W L Gardnier 

H H Stevens 

E B Fleming  

F Ginzburg  

I Gildersleeve  

T R Hull 

C W Flobbie  

I,  j Squier  

E J K 

T C Garland  

‘H  W Hoey  

D B Anderson 

C C Farnham  mint? 


12345*6789  10 
10  20  15  20  15  25  20  15  20  15  25  Broke. 

8  20  14  16  14  25  19  14  19  14  ^ 185 

8  20  13  IS  15  24  19  12  17  15  23  184 

8  19  12  18  15  24  18  14  19  14  22  183 

10  19  14  19  14  21  15  15  20  13  23  183 

8 18  14  16  14  22  20  14  17  15  22  180 

7  17  14  18  15  24  18  12  15  15  22  176 

9 18  14  15  14  24  17  13  18  13  20  175 

9  17  14  15  13  23  15  12  17  14  21  170 

9  19  14  16  12  22  15  12  17  13  22  170 

7 17  14  12  12  16  17  15  17  13  24  164 

10  13  13  14  14  23  15  14  15  12  21  164 

10  IS  14  14  11  22  15  11  15  12  19  161 

10  16  13  18  11  22  16  9 16  12  17  160 

7 17  12  12  14  18  13  13  19  13  22  160 

9 12  14  12  12  21  17  8 15  13  24  157 

8 15  10  11  9 IS  19  13  15  12  21  151 

5 10  11  13  10  24  16  11  15  10  24  149 

9 17  14  13  11  20  12  12  12  7 18  145 


J J Bailey,.,. § 15  12  13  11  18  11  11  12  10  22  143 

B B McCraight. 7 ll  10  13  ll  17  12  10  1§  13  1§  140 

D D King....,...,.,.,...,..  § 13  8 12  12  21  ll  0 14  7 21  130 

Dr  Marsh  6 14  ll  14  9 12  li  13  16  112  17  135 

L W Quinn 6 14  11  6 12  18  10  11  15  11  18  132 

H C Stackpole  9 9 6 6 7 15  8 10  16  8 19  113 

W M Black  5 10  5 11  8 18  10  10  13  10  . . 100 

W P Rheins  7 18  13  18  12  21 89 

E L Buterbaugh  8 14  12  15  13  21 83 

M C Parshall  1 8 7 9 7 11  12  7 10  5 2 79 

Geo  Cochran  7 11  11  13  13  14 69 

Geo  Hyde  7 0 12  12  18  . . 55 

A Mullhaupt  ...............  ,,  ,,  . , 11  16  . , . , ....  16  43 

FI  B Thursteri  ,,  ..  11  18  9 ..  £8 

J S Speer  io  i.4  ii  ..  ..  ,.  36 

J C Koch  10  13 29 

Ed  Avely  ,,  ..  .,  10  ..  .,  .,  ..  ,,  19 

Ed  Ftiekfey  , t . . ..  „ ,,  .,  7 

H.  P.  F. 


Mechanics  ville  Tournament* 

MechanicSville,  N.  Y.,  June  6. — The  MeChanicsville  Game 
Protective  Association  held  its  first  all-day  shoot  on  Memorial 
Day,  and  it  was  the  largest  and  most  successful  shoot  held  irt  this 
vicinity  iri  a lorig  titne.  About  forty  shooters  participated  in  the 
different  everits.  Everit  No.  4 was  the  National  Sportsman  event, 
in  which  H,  ft.  Valeritirie,  of  Albany,  wori  first  prize;  H.  M. 
Levengstori,  Saratoga,  seeorid  prize,  arid  Fred  Clarke,  Waterford, 
third  prize.  The_se  scofes  wefe  blade  iri  this  everit,  20  targets: 
F.  H,  Harlcox  15,  N,  T,  Bfyali.  12,  ft.  ft.  V&lferititte  19,  C.  D. 
Baker  5,  H.  M,  Leverigstori  18,  E,  Ruth  16,  J.  M.  HriyCk  10,  T. 
Lange  8,  H.  W.  Niles  10,  P.  Russell  10,  F.  Clarke  16,  F.  H. 
Milkman  12,  J.  V.  Gailor  12,  E.  E.  Moore  13,  M.  L,  Welling  7, 
M.  Kearney  10,  S.  Lange  14,  A.  J.  Harvey  12,  A.  Paul  11,  Geo. 
West,  Jr.,  10,  H.  Gallenschutz  9. 

Event  No.  8 was  the  Mullerite  gold  medal  event,  and  was  open 
only  to  members  of  the  Association.  A.  J.  Harvey  won  the 
medal  with  a score  of  16.  The  following  scores  were  made  in  this 
event,  20  targets:  C.  W.  Steves  9,  W.  G.  Colbeck  8,  J.  V.  Gailor 

13,  C.  D.  Baker  8,  Dr.  J.  L.  Shorey  8,  R.  Baker  9,  A.  J.  Harvey 
16,  F.  H.  Winstone  12,  E.  S.  Moore  15,  S.  J.  Moore  5,  M.  L. 
Welling  6. 

Events  Nos.  2 and  9 were  merchandise  events.  The  first  prize 
in  No.  2 was  a Blauvelt  shooting  jacket,  which  was  captured  by 
H.  H.  Valentine,  of  Albany.  The  first  prize  in  No.  9 was  a $40 
Ithaca  gun,  won  by  E.  Ruth,  of  Troy. 

Several  smaller  prizes  were  also  awarded  in  these  two  events. 

The  following  is  a summary  of  all  the  events,  with  the  per- 
centage of  each  contestant: 


Events : 

1 2 

3 

4 5 

6 

7 

8 

9 10 

Shot 

Targets : 

15  20  15 

20  15  15  15  20  15  15 

at. 

Broke. 

Av. 

V Wallburg  

11  16  14 

. . 11  10  11 

10  11 

125 

94 

.752 

F H Hancox 

8 14  14 

15  13  11  13 

13  10 

145 

111 

.765 

W L Hodges 

8 17  11 

50 

36 

.720 

C W Steves 

6 12 

8 

..  10 

6 

9 

9 11  8 

145 

79 

.564 

N T Bryan 

8 10  10 

12  11 

9 

7 

11  6 

145 

84 

.579 

6 11 

7 

50 

24 

.480 

A J Harvey 

12  15 

7 

12  12  12  12  16  12  9 

165 

119 

.721 

F H Winstone 

8 16 

..  8 

8 

6 12 

7 13 

130 

78 

.600 

IF  IF  Valentine.... 

12  19  15 

19  14  12  14 

13  15 

145 

133 

.924 

T V Gailor 

12  8 

8 

12  .. 

11 

ii 

9 10 

135 

83 

.614 

T J Farrell 

9 18 

9 

50 

36 

.720 

O W Sharpe 

7 12 

7 

13  6 

6 .. 

100 

51 

.510 

E Ruth  

14  14  14 

16  13 

14  .. 

100 

85 

.850 

F H Milkman 

11  14 

12  .. 

8 

6 .. 

85 

51 

.600 

E S Moore 

8 15 

7 

13  10 

8 10  15  10  . . 

150 

96 

.640 

G Karl  

6 14  11 

16  10 

9 

100 

66 

.660 

T Lange  

5 .. 

8 9 

7 .. 

65 

29 

.446 

W H Gibbs 

8 15 

6 

50 

29 

.580 

A Paul  

5 12 

8 

11  .. 

85 

44 

.517 

12  11 

7 

50 

30 

.600 

C D Baker  

7 9 

9 12 

8 

8 .. 

105 

53 

.504 

M L Welling 

11  7 

5 

7 .. 

, . 

6 

3 

5 .. 

120 

44 

.366 

Fred  Clarke  

7 .. 

16  8 

7 .. 

65 

38 

.584 

C Neilson  

4 .. 

8... 

30 

12 

.400 

E Morehouse 

..  6 

20 

6 

.300 

H M Levengston. 

. . 15  11  18  14  15  14 

13  13 

130 

113 

.861 

Geo  West,  Jr 

..  8 

6 10  10  10 

6 

6 8 

130 

64 

.492 

J N Huyck....... 

..  5 

3 10  5 

70 

23 

.328 

W C Colbeck 

..  12 

8 

5 .. 

55 

25 

.454 

R Baker  

..  9 

5 .. 

9 

9 .. 

' 75 

32 

.426 

T L Shorey  

7 

8 

. . .0 

35 

15 

.428 

H W Niles 

10  .. 

7 .. 

35 

17 

.485 

10  .. 

20 

10 

.500 

10  .. 

20 

10 

.500 

H Gallenschutz... 

9 .. 

20 

9 

.450 

S Lange  

14  .. 

9 .. 

35 

23 

.657 

J Calkins  

..  10 

, . 

. . 

11 

, , , , 

35 

21 

.600 

S J Moore 

8 

8 

5 

50 

21 

.420 

G Stemp  

14 

. , 

io  .. 

30 

24 

.800 

N H Whitlock... 

7 

15 

7 

.466 

J E Steves 

..  2 

15 

2 

.130 

A.  j. 

IFarvey,  Treas. 

Lancaster  County  League. 

To  Mr.  Geo.  W.  Westafer,  Secretary,  we  are  indebted  for  the 
following  clipping: 

“On  Saturday,  June  3,  the  various  gun  clubs  of  Lancaster 
county  met  on  the  grounds  of  the  Bob  White  Gun  Club,  Lan- 
caster, and  effected  the  organization  of  a league,  to  be  known 
as  the  Trapshooters’  League  of  Lancaster  County.  The  object 
being  that  the  gun  clubs  throughout  the  county  become  in 
closer  touch  with  one  another.  The  Peters  Cartridge  Company 
have  already  presented  a valuable  trophy  to  the  League,  to  be 
contested  for,  each  club  to  be  represented  by  a squad  of  five. 
The  clubs  represented  are:  Bob  White,  Lancaster;  Excelsior, 
Columbia;  Christiana,  Elizabethtown,  and  Ptquea.  John  K. 
Andrews,  of  Strassburg,  was  elected  President,  and  Geo.  W. 
Westafer,  of  Elizabethtown,  Secretary,  and  Treasurer.  The 
trophy  will  be  contested  for  the  first  time  on  the  Bob  White  Gun 
Club  grounds,  Lancaster,  on  Saturday,  June  24. 


New  Jersey  State  Shoot. 

Ra&WAY,  N,  J, — The  annual  tournament  of  the  New  Jersey  State 
Spoftstneri’s  Association  was  held  under  the  auspices  of  the 
Rahway  Giifi  Club,-  June  6,  7 and  8.  The  attendance  was  small 
for  a State  shoot. 

The  Association  Secretary,-  Mf.  . W.  R.  Hobart,  was  compiler 
of  scores.  Mr.  E.  W.  Reynolds  was  Cashier.  Mr.  F.  C.  Snyder 
acted  as  referee  at  No.  1 set  of  traps;  Mr,  J.  J.  Houseman 
most  of  the  time  at  No.  2 set. 

The  professionals  present  were  Messrs.  W.  H.  Heer,  Frank 
Lawrence,  J.  M.  Hawkins,  Sim  Glover,  H.  H.  Stevens,  Neaf 
Apgar,  G.  R.  Schneider,  J.  A.  R.  Elliott,  A.  A.  Schoverling, 
Frank  Butler,  H.  S.  Welles,  W.  J.  Hearne,  L.  J.  Squire,  R.  H, 
Nichol  and  G.  A.  Mosher.  The  annual  meeting  was  slimly  at- 
tended. There  were  present  the  South  Side  Gun  Club  of  Newark, 
Rahway  Gun  Club,  Freehold  Gun  Club,  Brunswick  Gun  Club  of 
New  Brunswick,  East  Side  Gun  Club  of  Newark.  Elections — 
Plainfield  Gun  Club,  North  River  Gun  Club  of  Edgewater,  Bound 
Brook  Gun  Club,  Fairview  Gun  Club. 

Officers  were  elected  as  follows:  President,  Dr.  J.  B.  Pardoe, 

Bound  Brook;  First  Vice-President,  Frank  Muldoon,  Freehold; 
Second  Vice-President,  Marshall  Harrington,  Arlington;  Third 
Vice-President,  George  FI.  Piercy,  Jersey  City;  Treasurer,  Isaac  H. 
Terrill,  Newark;  Secretary,  W.  R.  Hobart,  Newark.  Board  of 
Directors — The  president;  secretary;  treasurer;  A.  L.  Hughes, 
Jersey  City;  J.  T.  Laird,  Freehold;  E.  I.  Vanderveer,  Freehold; 
H.  C.  Koegel,  Newark.  Treasurer’s  report  approved  showing  a 
good  balance  in  favor,  with  no  outstanding  indebtedness.  The 
executive  and  legislative  committees  will  be  appointed  by  Presi- 
dent Pardoe.  Two  sets  of  traps  were  used. 

Mr.  Elliott  was  sick  and  was  not  in  shooting  form  as  a con- 
sequence. Mr.  George  Gaskill,  of  the  Rahway  Club  superintended 
the  shoot.  Mr.  Frank  Lawrence  assisted  as  squadhustler. 

There  were  few  Rahway  shooters  present.  Dissension  in  the 
club  worked  injury  to  the  tournament. 

First  Day,  June  6. 

A strong  west  wind  blew  across  the  traps.  In  the  early  after- 
noon a shower  set  in  for  a half  hour.  In  the  afternoon  the  wind 
changed,  and  blew  in  mild  gusts.  There  was  a total  of  165 
targets  in  the  programme.  The  totals  follow: 

Shot  Shot 


at 

Broke. 

at 

Broke, 

W H Heer 

165 

152 

M H Rupell 

165 

122 

T M Hawkins 

165 

150 

Tohn  Martin  .... 

155 

122 

Sim  Glover  

165 

147 

Dr  C E Richter.. 

165 

123 

H FI  Starins  

165 

145 

F Childs  

165 

119 

Neaf  Apgar  

165 

140 

O N Armstrong.. 

165 

125 

G B Schneider  . . 

165 

139 

W H Williams... 

165 

117 

W J Hearne 

165 

138 

Dr  E Betts 

165 

105 

TAR  Elliott.... 

165 

136 

T S Hall 

135 

96 

A A Schoverling. 

165 

132 

F C Bissett 

135 

109 

L J Squier 

165 

101 

W C Danser 

120 

73 

R H Nicol  ....... 

165 

76 

E J Cahr 

135 

104 

G A Mosher 

120 

87 

Frank  Muldoon.. 

105 

74 

G II  Piercy  .... 

165 

144 

Dr.  J.  B.  Pardoe. 

60 

53 

L H Shorty 

165 

139 

W T Smock 

60 

40 

Fred  Truax  

165 

136 

W Ouackenbush. 

60 

40 

W K Matthews... 

165 

133 

Frank  IFall  

60 

53 

E A Guenther  . . . 

165 

125 

T F May 

30 

20 

S S Adams 

165 

125 

G B Gaskill 

30 

23 

A B Gaines,  Jr.. 

165 

122 

W FI  O’Brien.... 

15 

7 

State  team  championship,  teams  of  three  men,  30  targets  per 
man,  $3  entrance: 

North  River  Gun  Club,  of  Edgewater — L.  H.  Schorty  25,  Fred 
Truax  25,  Dr.  C.  E.  Richter  25;  total,  75. 

Rahway  Gun  Club — IF.  H.  Starins  26,  G.  B.  Gaakill  23,  J.  F. 
Way  20;  total,  69. 

South  Side  Gun  Club,  of  Newark — G.  H.  Piercy  25,  F.  C. 
Bissett  20,  E.  A.  Guenther  19;  total,  64. 

Freehold  Gun  Club — W.  K.  Mathews  25,  Frank  Muldoon  20,  W. 
C.  Danser  13;  total,  58. 

Second  Day,  June  7. 


The  weather  was  raw  and  cloudy.  Rain  set  in  soon  after  mid- 
day and  fell  steadily. 


W H Heer 

Shot 

at 

. 160 

Broke. 

146 

Fred  Truax  

Shot 

at 

160 

Broke. 

124 

J M Hawkins 

. 160 

144 

E A Guenther... 

160 

122 

H S Welles  

. 160 

141 

M H Rupell..... 

160 

110 

Neaf  Apgar  

. 160 

131 

J W Hoffman.... 

133 

83 

H H Stevens  . . 

. 160 

128 

C H Cole  

115 

91 

W J Hearne 

. 160 

125 

O N Armstrong. 

110 

87 

F E Butler  

. 160 

120 

S S Adams 

110 

87 

Sim  Glover  

. 110 

82 

Dr  T B Pardoe. . . 

110 

82 

G R Schneider.. 

. 110 

67 

W H Williams.. 

110 

67 

R H Nicol 

. 110 

57 

F K Stelle 

60 

32 

L J Squier 

. 60 

33 

E FI  Reynolds... 

50 

38 

F C Bissatt 

. 160 

135 

G B Gaskill 

45 

31 

G H Piercy 

. 160 

128 

Oscar  Mundy  . . . 

15 

11 

Mr.  Frank  Butler  won  the  individual  championship  at  targets. 

Individual  Championship. — For  the  E.  C.  and  Schultze  trophy, 
emblematic  of  the  same.  Fifty  targets,  16yds.  rise;  to  be  held  by 
the  winner  at  the  annual  tournament  subject  to  challenge  every 
thirty  days,  and  returned  to  the  Association  before  the  next  annual 
tournament  for  open  competition  among  the  members  by  the  last 
holder.  One  dollar  entrance,  targets  extra;  the  winner  to  receive 
the  trophy  and  fifty  cents  for  each  entry;  balance  to  be  divided 
to  second  and  third  high  guns — 70  and  30  per  cent.  Open  to 
individual  members  and  members  of  clubs  that  are  members  of 
the  State  Association,  wether  residents  of  the  State  or  not.  The 
winner  to  execute  a bond  for  the  return  of  the  trophy  on  demand 
or  let  it  remain  with  the  Association:  F,  C.  Bissett  44,  C.  H. 

Cole  42,  G.  H.  Piercy  40,  Fred  Truax  40,  O.  N.  Armstrong  39, 
E.  W.  Reynolds  38,  S.  S.  Adams  37,  M.  H.  Rupell  35,  Dr.  J.  B. 
Pardoe  35,  E.  A.  Guenther  34,  J.  W.  Hoffman  34,  W.  IF. 
Williams  33. 

The  Quimby  medal  formerly  represented  the  individual  cham- 
pionship of  the  State  at  live  birds,  and  bas  been  shot  for  since 


48S 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


[(June  17,  190S. 


(the  Association  was  formed,  over  twenty-five  years  ago-  It  ttow 
represents  the  individual  championship  at  inanimate  targets  and 
is  open  to  all  residents,  professional  or  amateur.  Conditions:  100 
targets,  16yds.  rise;  entrance,  $3,  including  targets.  The  winner 
at  the  last  annual  tournament  to  receive  the  net  purse  in  this. 
This  to  be  shot  off  at  25  targets.  Winner  to  give  a bond  for  the 
return  of  the  medal  before  the  next  tournament:  F.  E.  Butler 

88,  F.  C.  Bissett  85,  Fred  Truax  82,  G.  H.  Piercy  81,  C.  H.  Cole 
81,  E.  A,  Guenther  7,  M.  H.  Rupell  67,  J,  W.  Hoffman  64. 

Third  Day,  June  8, 

The  weather  was  pleasant,  though  a stiff  wind  blew  across  the 
traps.  The  team  contest,  between  New  Jersey  and  New  York,  had 
no  entries.  ' 

An  eight-man  informal  team  race  was  shot  between  the  pro- 
fessionals and  the  amateurs,  the  latter  winning.  Also  a number 
of  extra  events  were  shot.  Scores: 

Shot  Shot 


at 

Broke. 

at 

Broke. 

JAR  Elliott  . . . 

160 

127 

R H Nicol. 

160 

95 

W H Heer....... 

160 

150 

E A Guenther  .. 

160 

115 

F E Butler....... 

160 

104 

L H Schorty.... 

160 

133 

J M Hawkins.... 

160 

147 

Fred  Truax  

160 

128 

Si  H Stevens 

160 

112 

G H Piercy  

160 

135 

Neaf  Apgar  

115 

94 

M H Rupell  ..... 

160 

109 

A A Schoverling. 

160 

133 

F C Bissett  ..... 

130 

95 

W J Hearne 

160 

137 

Frank  Hall  ...... 

145 

119 

Totals  for  the  three  days: 


First  Day. 
Shot 

Second  Day. 
Shot 

Third  Day. 
Shot 

at. 

Broke. 

at. 

Broke. 

at. 

Broke 

W H Heer 

..  165 

152 

160 

146 

160 

150 

J M Hawkins 

..  165 

150 

160 

144 

160 

147 

Sim  Glover  

..  165 

147 

110 

82 

... 

. . ® 

H PI  Stevens  

..  165 

145 

160 

128 

160 

112 

Neaf  Apgar  

..  165 

140 

160 

131 

115 

95 

G R Schneider  .... 

..  165 

139 

110 

67 

. . . 

. k . 

JAR  Elliott  

..  165 

136 

... 

. u 6 

160 

127 

A A Schoverling... 

..  165 

132 

... 

... 

160 

133 

W J Hearne  

..  165 

138 

160 

125 

160 

137 

L J Squier 

..  165 

101 

60 

33 

... 

. . . 

R H Nicol 

..  165 

67 

110 

57 

160 

95 

G A Mosher 

..  120 

87 

t T 

T - - 

... 

... 

G H Piercy  

..  165 

144 

160 

128 

165 

135 

L H Schorty  . . . . 

139 

... 

... 

160 

133 

Fred  Truax  ...... 

136 

160 

124 

160 

128 

W K Matthews  . . . . 

..  165 

133 

, . 

... 

... 

... 

E A Guenther  

..  165 

125 

160 

122 

160 

115 

S S Adams 

..  165 

125 

110 

87 

t t - 

... 

A B Gaines,  Jr.... 

..  165 

122 

... 

... 

M H Rupell  ..... 

..  165 

122 

160 

110 

160 

109 

John  Martin  

..  150 

122 

... 

... 

,,, 

... 

Dr  C E Richter.. 

..  165 

123 

. . r 

... 

• . • 

... 

F Childs  

165 

119 

... 

. . 0 

O N Armstrong  . . 

..  165 

125 

110 

87 

... 

W H Williams  ... 

..  165 

117 

110 

67 

... 

... 

Dr  E Betts 

..  165 

105 

... 

... 

- * . 

J S Hale  

..  135 

96 

... 

... 

... 

... 

F C Bissett  

..  135 

109 

160 

135 

130 

95 

W C Danser  . . . . 

..  120 

73 

... 

E J Cahr  

..  135 

104 

... 

... 

... 

... 

Frank  Muldoon  . . . 

..  105 

74 

. . . 

. . . 

e . e 

... 

Dr  J B Pardoe  . . . 

..  60 

53 

110 

82 

. . « 

. . o 

W T Smock  

..  GO 

40 

. - - 

... 

... 

... 

M Quackenbush  . . 

..  60 

45 

... 

. . . 

Frank  Hall  

..  60 

53 

... 

... 

160 

119 

J F Way  

..  30 

20 

... 

... 

G B Gaskill  ..... 

..  30 

23 

45 

si 

e . o 

i.  . o 

W H O’Brien  

..  15 

7 

. . . , 

. . . 

... 

... 

H S Welles  

... 

... 

160 

141 

... 

... 

F E Butler 

... 

... 

160 

120 

160 

104 

J W Hoffman  .... 

... 

130 

83 

... 

... 

C H Cole  

...  ... 

.... 

115 

91 

© o © 

© o o; 

F K Stelle  

. . ... 

... 

60 

32 

... 

E H Reynolds 

. . ... 

... 

50 

38 

Oscar  Mundy  

15 

11 

... 

Amateurs  vs.  professionals,  eight  men,  100  targets  per  man: 
Amateurs — L.  H.  Schorty  86,  A.  A.  Schoverling  85,  G.  H.  Piercy 
84,  Fred  Truax  79,  Frank  Hall  79,  Ed.  Guenther  76,  F.  C.  Bissett 
75,  M.  H.  Rupell  66;  total,  630. 

Professionals — W.  H.  Heer  95,  J.  M.  Hawkins  93,  W.  J.  Hearns 
87,  Neaf  Apgar  83,  J.  A.  R.  Elliott  76,  F.  E.  Butler  69,  H.  H. 
Stevens  65,  R.  H.  Nicol  54;  total,  622. 


Springfield  Shooting  Club. 

We  held  a practice  shoot  on  the  afternoon  of  June  3,  at  which 
fourteen  members  turned  out  to  try  their  hand  for  the  several 
prizes  we  are  shooting  for  during  the  season.  The  seventh  event, 
a 15-target  event  for  a box  of  cigars,  resulted  in  a tie  between 
Collins  and  P.  Lathrop  on  15  broken  for  each,  counting  in  their 
added  allowance  of  three  targets.  Owing  to  a misunderstanding, 
the  tie  was  not  shot  off,  but  will  be  decided  at  the  next  shoot. 
We  have  one  of-  these  prize  events  at  each  shoot.  The  sixth  and 
eighth  events  are  for  the  Peters  cup  and  three  merchandise  prizes 
respectively,  to  be  shot  for  during  the  season,  the  sixth  handi- 
capped by  allowing  added  targets,  and  in  the  eighth  the  shooters 
are  divided  into  classes  according  to  their  shooting,  the  three 
prizes  being  of  equal  value.  Scores  in  these  three  events  follow: 
Event  No.  6,  25  targets;  Peters  cup  contest — Finch,  scratch,  22; 
Snow,  19  (3),  22;  Hawes,  19  (3),  22;  P.  Lathrop,  18  (3),  21; 
Janser,  16  (5),  21;  Le  Noir  (scratch),  20;  Kites  (scratch),  20; 
Chapin,  17  (3),  20;‘E.  H.  Lathrop,  17  (3),  20;  Coats  (scratch),  19; 
Boughton,  13  (5),  18;  Bradford,  6 (5),  11. 

Event  No.  7,  15  targets;  club  prize,  box  of  cigars — P.  Lathrop, 
12  (3),  15;  Collins,  12  (3),  15;  Snow  (scratch),  14;  Finch  (scratch), 
13;  Chapin,  10  (3),  13;  E.  H.  Lathrop,  9 (3),  12;  Le  Noir  (scratch), 
11;  Kites  (scratch),  11;  Bradford,  6 (4),  10;  Coats  (scratch),  10; 
Hawes,  7 (3),  10. 

Event  No.  S,  25  targets;  three  merchandise  prizes,  three  classes, 
A,  B and  C— Finch  (A)  24,  Snow  (A)  22,  Le  Noir  (A)  19,  Kites 
(A)  18,  Coats  (A)  17,  Hawes  (B)  20,  P.  Lathrop  (B)  18,  Chapin 
(C)  15,  Bradford  (C)  14. 

Scores  by  regular  events  follow: 

Events:  123456789  10  11  12 

Targets : 20  10  10  10  10  25  15  25  10  15  10  10 

Finch  17  10  . . 9 8 22  13  24  9 14  10  . . 

Le  Noir  12  7 10  7 6 20  11  19  9 10  ... . 

Kites  16  4 . . 9 ..  20  11  18  7 11  5 8 

Coats  19  10  17  9 6 4 . , 

P Lathrop  .....  ..  7 ..  8 ..  18  12  18  ..  ..  ..  .. 

Snow  ..  8 ..  19  14  22  ..  ..  ..  .. 

Hawes  19  7 20  . . . . . . . . 

Chapin  . . . . . . . . . . 17  10  15  . . . . . . . „ 

E Lathrop  5 . . 7 17  9 

Jansen  4 ..  6 16  ..  ..  

Boughton 2 3 ....  13  ........... . 

Collins  . . 12  . . . . . . 7 9 

W alker  3 


Shot 

at. 

Broke. 

150 

136 

150 

111 

150 

109 

100 

65 

85 

63 

75 

63 

65 

46 

65 

42 

60 

38 

45 

26 

45 

18 

35 

28 

10 

3 

Misfire. 

"Westchester  Gun  Club. 

Westchester,  Pa. — While  the  attendance  at  our  shoot  on  June 
8 was  not  large,  due  to  the  bad  weather,  yet  we  shot  the  pro- 
gramme as  advertised.  Scores: 


Events : 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 10 

Targets: 

10 

15 

15 

20 

10 

15 

20 

15 

20  15 

Coleman  

9 

14 

13 

18 

10 

14 

19 

14 

20  13 

Torpey  

.......  7 

10 

12 

17 

6 

12 

14 

12 

12  10 

Lund  

12 

10 

16 

10 

13 

17 

13 

16  8 

Fisher  

11 

13 

17 

9 

14 

16 

13 

18  11 

Farr  

C 

10 

9 

• « . . 

Brooke  

.......  8 

. . 

. , 

. o 

9 

Mace  

7 

6 

• » 

o . 

11 

c „ e „ 

Charlton  

.......  9 

8 

12 

11 

6 

» . 

6 . 

Lumis  

9 

11 

8 

11 

o e O • 

Howard  

9 

11 

12 

15 

7 

11 

10 

„ 0 c 8 

Pennington  

12 

10 

15 

6 

8 

i2 

Sweyney  

.......  6 

11 

11 

15 

7 

8 

7 

6 

13  7 

Holland  

.......  4 

11 

11 

. . 

4 

10 

Ferguson  

6 

C • 

8 

9 

Young  

11 

ii 

. . 

5 

7 

13 

. . 

Bull  

0 

8 

11 

Lee  - 

.. 

9 

14 

10 

12 

12 

G G 

Roser  

15 

9 

12 

19 

13 

16  .. 

2 

7 

Silver  

.. 

7 

9 

11 

12 

17  10 

Burton  

.......  . „ 

<,  o 

„ 0 

» • 

6 e 

13 

6 

o e G 6 

Haines 

t-cteeop  * © 

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. . 

. • 

. . 

. . 

12' 

« . 6 0 

Eachus 

, Sec> 

Cedar  Springs  Tournament. 

New  Paris,  O. — Appended  are  the  scores  made  at  out  shoot: 

June  5,  First  Day. 


Events : 12  3 

Targets : 15  15  20 

Ahlets  15  11  18 

Peters  ...................  12  13  18 

Maynard  13  12  15 

Penn  13  12  16 

Faran  ...................  13  10  17 

Foltz  ....................  13  12  19 

Orr  ......................  14  11  19 

Bell  ......................  13  14  17 

Alkire  ...................  13  15  15 

Stienman  ....  10  12  12 

Randall  12  14  15 

Dwire  13  14  15 

Rike  11  14  15 

Try  on  13  15  17 

Miller  13  14  16 

Carr  .....................  12  11  12 

Lockwood  ...............  14  10  17 

Flinn  12  12  16 

A W Kirby 13  12  17 

Karneham  12  11  18 

Snow  14  15  18 

Trimble  15  14  19 

H N Kirby 13  13  16 

Heikes  14  14  17 

Le  Compte  15  12  17 

Reid  12  14  17 

Clark  14  13  18 

Veitmeyer  .10  9 17 

Oswald  15  14  16 

Cain  13  10  15 

Cross  . . . 10  13  15 

Brandenburg  10  8 14 

Page  12  11  15 

Lindemuth  13  12  20 

Smiley  14  12  15 

Dougan  9 12  13 

Dial  10  13  15 

Oldt  10  11  14 

Hodapp  11  12  12 

Phares  12  11  14 

Achey  10  11  17 

Swihart  6 . . 16 

Eidson  10  13  12 

Warner  7 9 11 

Brooks  10  12  17 

Liesk  9 8 15 

Becker  6 7 11 

Mitchell  9 8 7 

Steuard  

Seelhoff  

Allen  


4 5 
15  15 
11  11 

11  15 

12  13 

12  13 
12  10 

14  13 

13  14 

10  9 
9 13 
9 11 

15  10 

12  14 

13  15 

14  14 

11  11 
10  8 

7 8 
14  14 
13  12 

11  14 

13  13 

14  15 

13  13 

14  11 
13  13 

12  14 

13  15 
11  11 
11  10 

14  9 
11  14 
11  14 
11  9' 
13  14 
11  12 
10  8 

11  13 
10  13 

8 11 
10  12 

10  14 

12  12 
8 10 
8 9 

11  4 
10  .. 

8 .. 
11  .. 
..  9 


6 7 
20  15 
17  12 
16  12 
17  13 

17  14 

18  10 
18  14 
18  12 
18  9 
20  11 

18  13 

19  15 
14  14 

17  14 
19  12 
14  9 

9 11 

14  10 
16  13 

18  13 

15  15 

16  13 

16  14 

15  11 

19  15 

17  15 

19  12 

20  14 
13  8 

16  18 

16  13 

17  9 

15  14 
13  11 

16  14 

17  14 
11 
17 
13 

13 

14 
16 
17 
16 


10  9 12  10  8 

8 8 

..10  9 . . . . 


8 9 10 
15  20  15 
10  14  14 

13  13  13 

14  17  12 
12  17  15 

14  18  10 

12  19  11 

15  19  15 

13  14  10 

12  19  14 

14  17  11 
14  18  15 

10  19  13 
14  17  14 

14  19  14 

13  20  13 

9 8 12 

11  16  10 
13  17  12 
13  19  14 

15  17  14 
12  17  15 

16  18  14 

12  15  10 

13  18  12 
13  18  12 
15  20  12 

10  19  11 

12  16  13 

13  16 
13  16 

13 

11 

ii 

14 


Shot 

at. 

165 

165 

165 

165 

165 

165 

165 

165 

165 

165 

165 

165 

165 

165 

165 

165 

165 

165 

165 

165 

165 

166 
165 
165 
165 
165 
165 
165 
150 
150 
130 
130 
115 


Broke. 

133 
136 
138 
141 
132 

145 

150 
127 
141 
127 
147 

138 
144 

151 

134 
102 
117 

139 
144 
144 

146 
154 
131 

147 
149 
147 
147 
120 
124 
119 
102 

97 

82 


85 

.100 

80 

60 

65 

65 

65 

85 

35 

30 


63 

69 

45 

54 

42 

32 

35 

58 

16 

19 


June  6,  Second  Day, 


Events:  1 2 3 4 5 

Targets:  15  15  20  15  15 

Ahlers  14  12  17  13  14 

Peters  . 15  12  19  14  11 

Maynard  13  13  16  13  15 

Faran  11  15  15  13  9 

Clark  11  14  15  14  11 

Tryon  13  15  18  12  13 

Rike  14  14  18"  9 11 

Randall 11  14  19  12  14 

Steinman  12  13  13  13  10 

Foltz  12  12  17  11  13 

Orr  13  11  14  10  11 

Bell  11  9 13  9 10 

Alkire  14  15  16  14  14 

Miller  13  10  15  10  12 

Lockwood  14  9 14  11  11 

Carr  11  11  16  8 9 

Spangler  11  12  15  10  13 

Snow  14  14  18  12  12 

A W Kirby 13  12  17  13  14 

Flinn  13  13  16  11  13 

H N Kirby H 9 16  13  10 

Young  14  13  20  13  14 

Reid  12  12  19  12  13 

Heikes  14  13  20  14  14 

Trimble  1113  19  14  14 

Le  Compte  11  13  19  11  13 

Veitmeyer  13  13  16  11  14 

Dwire  10  12  16  13  13 

Karnehan  11  12  11  12  12 

Lewis  15  12  17  13  14 

Warner  6 11  12  8 9 

Seelhoff  8 12  17  6 7 

Steuard  7 9 10 

Porter  

Dougan  

Martin  


6 7 
20  15 
19  11 
10  12 
17  13 
17  10 

16  14 

17  14 

19  12 

18  11 
18  11 

20  14 
18  12 
18  12 

15  15 

16  13 

15  11 
10  13 

16  12 
20  14 

18  13 
15  13 

13  12 

17  12 

19  13 
19  13 
15  14 
17  13 
17  12 

14  11 
13  11 
19  .. 
9 .. 


12  12 
10  9 
..  7 


16  .. 
16  .. 
10  .. 
Jno. 


Shot 
at. 
165 
165 
165 
165 
165 
165 
165 
165 
165 
165 
165 
165 
165 
165 
165 
165 
165 
165 
165 
165 
165 
165 
165 
165 
165 
165 
165 
115 
115 
100 

100 

..  ..  ..  80 

50 

......  50 

......  50 

.......  35 

F.  Freeman, 


8 9 10 
15  20  15 
14  18  14 

12  15  12 
14  14  13 

13  18  12 
10  20  10 

11  18  14 

12  18  13 

13  19  11 
8 16  11 

11  20  9 
13  17  14 
13  18  14 

12  18  11 
11  16  10 
14. 14  12 
11  12  12 

13  13  14 
12  16  14 

11  17  11 
4 16  13 

12  15  11 
11  20  13 
11  19  12 

14  11  14 
14  18  12 
14  17  15 
10  18  10 


Broke. 

146 
132 

141 

132  . 
135 

145 
140 

142 

124 
139 

133 
127 
144 
126 

125 
113 

129 
144 

130 
127 
121 

147 

142 

146 
144 

143 
13-1 

89 

82 

89 

55 

50 

26 

40 

35 

17 

Sec’y. 


tournament  of  the 
A wind  affected  the 


Soo  Gun  Club* 

Sioux  City,  Iowa.— The  eleventh  annual 
Soo  Gun  Club  was  held  on  June  6,  7 and  8. 
scores. 

June  6,  First  Day. 

Events.  123456789  10  11  12 

Targets-  15  15  15  15  20  20  15  15  15  15  20  20 

Pufld  ’ 14  14  14  13  19  17  12  14  15  11  20  17 

Gilbert 15  14  15  15  19  19  15  14  15  13  20  18 

Kline  . 14  14  13  13  19  17  15  12  14  13  19  16 

Burmeister  ' 14  12  14  13  18  12  13  8 14  12  17  15 

aurmeister  12  13  15  11  19  20  14  15  13  14  19  17 

Borden’ 14  13  15  14  16  17  13  13  14  12  18  15 

Hoon  14  14  14  13  19  19  14  13  14  12  19  18 

Riehl  15  14  14  14  20  19  15  12  14  14  18  18 

Gottlieb 14  14  13  12  19  20  12  13  14  12  20  17 

Tavlor  14  14  14  13  20  17  14  14  14  14  18  19 

Redfern-  ‘ ‘ ” 13  10  13  11  13  19  12  10  13  11  . . 

Geo  Hughes  - 14  14  15  15  17  19  13  11  13  9 19  12 

Barber  14  14  13  15  18  19  14  14  13  13  18  19 

‘ 13  15  12  14  18  18  13  11  12  11  14  16 

Peterson 10  13  10  12  13  13  13  12  15  14  17  16 

Dawman  13  11  13  12  20  19  14  13  10  15  19  17 

Onen  ‘ 11  9 1113  16  17  9 13  111113  13 

Enfs  12  12  13  15  18  16  14  13  12  1118  17 

Lindeman  ’ ‘ ‘ ‘ " 14  15  15  14  16  17  13  8 14  12  18  14 


Srhroeder  14  13  14  14  20  17  15  12  11  8 17  19 

BeVffer  ' " 8 10  12  12  18  18  12  9 11  13  16  17 

Trahan  9 13  12  12  15  16  13  13  13  15  16  15 

Mrs  Houghawough  7 11  12  6 10  10  6 4 10  9 13  8 

A°eKRfte°rSky  ---- ' ""i”""::: " 14 13 13 12  is  16  is  is  ii  ik  is  is> 

F A Kiester’  ’ 15  15  12  15  18  13  13  14  11  12  20  18 

Brook  14  11  16  17  13  13  12.  14  ..  .. 

Vermilvea ' ‘ ‘ ' 12  13  14  13  19  17  13  11  15  13  18  17 

Adams  11  9 12  10  ....  10  15  14  14  15  .. 

McFarren  . 7 10  9 9 14  1111  6 10  9..  .. 

Duncan  14  13  11  ..  ..  ..  12  13  13  14  16  18 

Tones. 17  19  14  10  14  13  18  19 

^.tzky  ; :: :: :: u. !! n.  a a is 

Hogan--:::::::::::::::'.:::" ••  ••  ••  -131717 

June  1,  Second  Day. 

The  interstate  championship  cup  was  won  by  Mr.  W.  S.  Hoon, 
of  Tewell  Junction.  There  were  thirty-five  contestants  in  this 
event  Four  tied  on  15.  The  tie  was  shot  off  miss-and-out. 
Mr  George  Carter,  of  Lincoln,  Neb.,  missed  his  second;  F.  Ver- 
milyea  of  Audubon,  missed  his  seventh:  Mr.  George  Hughes,  of 
Fonda’  missed  1’is  eighth,  leaving  Mr.  Hoon  the  winner.  Other 
wnmei’s  me:  P S.  cTabill  1899;  fe.  D.  Trotter,  1900;  S.  C Smith, 
1901;  Guy  Burnside,  1902;  R.  R.  Barber,  1903;  and  Russell  Klein, 
1904.’  The  scores : 

Events-  123456789  10  11  12 

Targets-  15  15  15  15  20  20  15  15  15  15  20  20 

Rudd  - 14  11  15  14  18  19  14  14  15  14  19  20 

S;,* n t*  $ ^ 15 15 14  $ ^ w 


14  12  12  14  16  19  15  14  12  14  17  18 


ICieitt  15 

Burmeisteb  ...  12 

Bills  14 

Borden  14 

Hoon  14 

Riehl  ...14 

Gottlieb  14 

Taylor  12 

Peterson  11 

Hughes  13 

Barber  14 

Smith  13 

Vermilyea  14 

Hawman  12 

Duncan  14 

Spatz  13 

Jones  13 

Ellis  14 

Lindeman  . -. . 11 

Bray  . . * 14 

Schroeder  14 

Carter  12 

Morrell  15 

Dr  Houghawough  14 

Mrs  Houghawough  12 

Kantzsky  14 

Kern  9 

Barton  11 

Sett  12 

Adams  13 

Burger  12 

Graham  13 

Hogan  13 

Meyers  - 9 

Redfern  •••  13 

F A Kiester 14 

N Kiester  12 

Brook  10 

Boyd  

Young  

Ross 


15  14  15 
11  9 12 
15  14  14 
15  13  14 
13  15  13 
15  14  13 
11  15  14 

13  15  14 

11  12  15 

14  15  15 

15  15  13 

13  12  12 
7 11  13 

14  15  10 
14  14  14 
13  13  14 
13  14  14 

13  15  14 

14  14  12 
14  13  13 

12  13  14 

11  14  14 
9 11  9 

12  12  14 
9 7 10 

13  11  15 

11  13  13 

14  13  14 

10  12  9 
13  12  14 

12  13  14 

11  12  13 

13  14  12 
7 7.. 

12  10  12 
13  15  13 

11  10  14 

12  9 10 


19  19 
12  17 

17  20 

18  15 

20  19 
20  19 
20  18 
18  20 
16  16 

19  15 
19  18 
19  18 

17  18 

18  18 

19  16 

16  17 

20  16 

17  17 
20  20 
19  18 

18  15 

19  15 

18  15 

15  13 
14  12 

17  18 

20  15 
12  15 

16  12 

19  18 
14  18 

18  14 
16  15 


13  15 

13  12 

14  13 

14  10 

15  13 
15  14 

13  13 

14  11 
11  13 

15  15 

13  14 

14  13 

15  12 
14  14 

13  15 

14  15 
13  14 

13  13 

14  14 

11  13 

12  14 

15  14 
..  13 
..  13 

10  7 
..  14 
12  12 
14  10 
14  10 
12  7 

11  12 
14  13 
12  .. 


13  15 
13  11 
15  15 

13  14 

14  14 

15  14 
14  14 
14  14 
11  11 

14  14 

15  13 
15  10 
13  9 
13  13 

13  12 

14  12 

14  13 
13  13 

15  12 

11  14 

12  12 
13  9 
11 10 

10  4 
7 7 

12  12 

13  11 

12  14 

14  14 

11  12 
10  13 

13  9 


18  17 

19  17 
18  18 
19  18 
18  20 
19  19 
191 19 
19  20 

16  15 

19  18 

20  19 

17  20 
20  18 
20  16 

17  18 

18  18 
18  .. 

18  17 
20  16 
T9  18 
2016 
16  18 
17  17 

is  n 

19  18 


17  17 

20  is 

19  15 


16  . . . . 12  15  11  18  . . 
18  17  11  13  13  14  19  17 

17  17  14  15  15  14  18  19 
20  14  13  11  12  12  13  13 
..  ..  10  14  13  11  ..  .. 
. . . . ..  12  12  10 
..  ..  9 12  13  13 


11 


130 

130 

116 

109 

6 .. 

100 

63 

....  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  11  12  11 

..  18  .. 

100 

79 

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..  13  11  11 

8 ..  .. 

100 

71 

12  12  10 

100 

100 

67 

73 

..  ..  8 9 

12 

6 ..  .. 

June  8,  Third  Day. 

The  challenge  issued  on  June  7 by  Messrs.  C.  Budd  and  H. 
Hawman,  to  shoot  a match  with  two  gray-headed  men  not  under 
fifty  years  of  age,  1,000  shots  per  man,  was  accepted  by  Messrs. 
Hughes  and  Schroeder,  the  match  to  be  shot  on  the  afternoon  of 
June  8.  Whether  it  was  amusement  chatter  or  a serious  match, 
it  was  not  shot.  Scores: 

Events-  123456789  10  11  12 

Targets  ■ 15  15  15  15  20  20  15  15  15  15  20  20 

Budd  9 13  14  11  20  16  12  13  13  12  18  19 

Gilbert  13  16  14  15  18  19  15  15  15  14  20  19 

Klein  13  13  15  15  19  18  12  14  11  13  20  20 

Burmeister  14  14  13  12  17  19  12  11  13  10  17  20 

Bills  14  12  15  14  19  18  13  13  15  13  20  15 

Borden"  ’ 14  14  14  14  19  18  11  13  14  12  19  19 

Hoon  11  14  14  13  19  16  11  14  14  14  19  18 

Riehl  12  14  13  12  17  19  13  14  15  14  18  17 

Gottlieb  13  15  13  13  19  17  15  11  15  13  17  19 

Tavlor  12  13  13  12  18  18  14  11  14  13  20  18 

Peterson  ' 12  13  13  12  17  13  12  12  14  10  16  17 

Hughes  11  10  13  11  12  18  . . 

Barber  13  13  14  14  16  17  12  13  13  14  19  20 

Smith  . 11  12  13  14  17  20  14  10  13  14  19  17 

N Kiester  12  14  13  13  16  19  14  11  14  12  18  17 

Hawman  13  12  14  14  18  17  12  11  12  13  18  15 

Duncan  14  13  12  13  19  18  13  13  13  13  19  17 

Snatz  ‘ " 14  12  13  9 17  17  11  13  11  13  19  8 

Trahan 10  10  9 11  19  13  13  12  13  11  18  14 

Fills  20  15  13  5 12  12  14  15 

Lindeman---.--.-:.- 10  14  14  14  16  18  15  12  15  15  20  15 

Brav  15  14  15  13  19  20  13  14  15  13  18  16 

Schroeder  ‘ 13  12  12  11  17  17  12  13  12  11  . . 

Carter  ' 13  10  10  12  14  10  13  15  10  10  18  14 

Morrell' ' i i i i 14  11  12  10  18  17  14  14  13  11  17  17 

Redfern  * - * -H  8..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  .. 

FA  Kiester  14  14  13  9 19  15  13  14  13  15  20  18 

T arson 12  8 10  14  15  15  12  7 11  13  16  14 

Leach  14131917 

Schemmer  

Dayhoff  l-1  • 

Forbes  


Bergen  Beach  Gun  Club. 

Bergen  Beach,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  June  10.— The  weather  was 
delightfully  pleasant.  A variable  sea  breeze  blew  toward  the 
shooters  from  the  traps,  making  the  targets  somewhat  difficult  for 
the  shooters  who  shot  in  slow  time.  Owing  to  the  amusement 
attractions  about  New  York  in  the  summer  time,  the  club  will 
hold  no  weekly  shoots  in  July  and  August. 

Events:  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Events:  1 2 3 4 6 6 7 

Targets:  25  25  25  * 25  10  25  Targets:  25  25  25  * 25  10  25 

Welles  23  19  20  13  18  8 21  H Bergen...  14  15 

Waters  19  12  14  12  11  7 .. 

Suydam  21  20  22  10  19  8 18 

Schleimann..  12  18  11  10 

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Van  Valer 3 .. 

Martin . . . . 19 


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AUSTRALIAN  GRAND  HANDICAP.  - - 1902 

GRAND  AMERICAN  HANDICAP,  - 1899 

CHAMPIONSHIP  OF  AUSTRALIA,  - 1899 

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MODERN  RIFLE  SHOOTING 

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will  convince  the  most  skeptical  on  any  question  of  the  law. 

An  inventor  may  say  he  has  a good  patent  and  find  people  who  will 
believe  him  because  he  is  an  honest  man,  but  the  majority  would  prefer 
to  wait  until  the  highest  court  had  pronounced  it  valid. 

Many  gun  makers  have  advertised  that  they  build  the  best  gun  on 
earth,  but  most  shooters  prefer  better  proof  than  such  extravagant 
claims. 

Great  international  expositions  like  the  World’s  Fair  at  St.  Louis 
become  a sort  of  Clearing  House  for  claims  of  just  this  nature;  a kind 
of  Commercial  Court  of  Last  Resort  where  rival  manufacturers  meet 
with  conflicting  claims  of  superiority  and  whose  goods  are  then  brought 
before  expert  judges  and  impartially  judged  to  a fixed  standard  of 
merit,  and  where  the  final  awards  are  recognized  by  the  public  the 
world  over  as  conclusive. 

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section  at  the  World’s  Fair,  and  fewer  people  know  that  in  order  to 
receive  a Grand  Prize  it  was  necessary  to  prove  to  three  separate  juries 
that  Greener  guns  possessed  at  least  ninety-five  out  of  a possible 
hundred  points  of  all  that  was  meritorious  in  a shotgun. 

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and  England  as  well  as  from  America,  and  a difference  of  as  much  as 
five  points  on  all  of  the  questions  considered  was  sufficient  to  prevent 
the  award  of  the  Grand  Prize. 

Furthermore  Mr.  Greener  has  been  awarded  prizes  in  thirty-three 
other  international  expositions,  but  the  supreme  test  was  at  St.  Louis, 
for  the  reason  that  the  standard  of  merit  was  so  high  and  a Grand 
Prize  so  difficult  to  obtain. 

Next  week  we  will  refer  to  the  principal  points  of  merit  upon  which 
the  Greener  gun  was  judged,  and  will  ask  the  readers  of  this  paper  to 
become  a fourth  jury  and  decide  whether  the  Greener  gun  is  not  as 
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U.  M.  C.  shells  have  won  practically  all  of  the  State  Championships  shot  for  this  year.  The 
victories  cover  Texas  in  the  South,  Iowa  in  the  West,  Indiana  in  the  North  and  New  Jersey  in  the 
East.  The  last,  the  New  Jersey  State  Championship,  was  won  by  Mr.  F.  E.  Butler,  with 

U.  M.  C.  SHOT  SHELLS 

shooting  in  the  rain.  The  Pennsylvania  State  Championships  at  both  Live  Birds  and  Clay  Birds, 
and  the  Kentucky  State  Championship  were  also  won  with  U.  M.  C.  Shot  Shells.  Professionals 
prove  and  amateurs  know  that  the  U.  M.  C.  style  of  loading  makes  the  pattern  practically  perfect. 
The  U.  M.  C.  .33  primer  also  improves  every  ballistic  property  of  the  load. 

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Winchester  Factory  Loaded  “Leader”  Shells,  made  a run  of  419  straight.  This  score  beats  the  real  world’s  long-run  record  of  345 
straight,  made  by  Mr.  Crosby  in  1901,  and  establishes 

A Bona  Fide  New  World’s  Record 

At  Dubuque,  Iowa,  June  14th,  Fred  Gilbert,  shooting  Winchester  Factory  Loaded  “Leader”  Shells,  made  a run  of  210  targets 
straight.  Long  runs  and  high  scores  are  not  unusual  with  shooters  who  use  Winchester  Factory  Loaded  Shells.  1 heir  uniformity 
of  loading,  evenness  of  pattern  and  strong  shooting  qualities  have  led  them  to  be  called  “the  shells  which  make  and  break  records.  ^ 
Shooters  who  expect  to  attend  the  Grand  American  Handicap,  don’t  be  misled  into  shooting  some  shells  “just  as  good  as  Winchester 
at  this  great  event  by  inducements  that  won’t  help  you  but  will  help  the  other  fellow.  Shooters  who  attend  this  event  want  shells  they 
can  win  with,  and  no  shells  will  help  as  much  to  win  as 

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CALIFORNIA  FRUITS  AND  BIRDS. 

With  the  coming  into-  any  country  of  civilized  man 
come  also  changes  in  physical  conditions  which  affect  the 
whole  region.  When  the  forest  is  cut  down,  woods 
dwelling  birds  disappear  with  the  forests ; when  thickets 
are  cleared  up,  the  birds  of  the  brush  patches  take  their 
departure.  Fields  and  cultivated  land  bring  at  once  spe- 
cies which  belong  to  the  prairie  and  the  open  valleys. 
Some  birds  disappear  because  their  food  and  their  homes 
have  disappeared,  other  species  come  to  live  in  the  land 
because  their  food  has  come.  Quadrupeds  in  many  cases 
move  away  or  come  in  because  of  appearance  or  dis- 
appearance of  conditions  favorable  or  unfavorable  to 
their  life. 

A recent  paper  from  the  pen  of  F.  E.  L.  Beal,  Economic 
Ornithologist  of  the  Biological  Survey,  treats  of  the  rela- 
tion of  birds  to  fruit  growing  in  California,  and  contains 
much  information  which  is  interesting  and  useful.  With- 
in the  past  few  years  we  have  become  accustomed  to  see- 
ing and  hearing  much  sentimental  writing  and  talk  about 
the  birds,  and  it  might  be  supposed  from  much  that  is 
said  that  no  birds  did  any  harm.  This,  of  course,  is  not 
true.  Many  birds  perform  great  services  for  the  farmer, 
but  others  do  much  damage  to  the  crops.  One  of  the 
most  striking  and  best  known  examples  of  this  is  found 
in  the  rice  plantations  of  the  south,  where  the  rice  birds 
of  half  a dozen  species  sometimes  almost  destroy  the 
crop. 

California  has  a long  extent  from  north  to  south  and 
consists  of  mountain  and  plain,  seashore,  swamp  and 
river,  so  that  it  is  rich  in  bird  life,  both  as  to  species  and 
individuals.  Besides  the  ordinary  north  and  south  mi- 
grations there  occurs  here,  too,  one  from  east  to  west; 
that  is  from  the  high  mountains  where  the  birds  breed,  to 
the  lower  lands  and  valleys  where  they  spend  the  winter. 

In  California  birds  do  very  serious  damage  to  the  fruit 
crops,  but  on  the  other  hand  they  perform  great  services 
by  eating  vast  quantities  of  noxious  insects.  The  harm 
which  they  do  is  direct  and  obvious  and  is  too  important 
to  be  overlooked ; while  the  good  done  by  the  destruction 
of  insect  pests  is  indirect,  and  often  understood  only  by 
thoughtful  people.  The  lack  of  wild  fruits  on  the  Pacific 
coast  and  the  absence  of  water  in  summer,  which  may 
cause  the  introduced  fruits  to  be  attacked  because  their 
juices  may  supply  needed  water,  suggest  themselves  as 
two  reasons  for  the  injury  to  fruit  by  the  birds.  It  has 
generally  been  found  that,  the  birds  doing  damage  to  any 
special  crop  are  either  great  congregations  of  birds  of  a 
single  species  or  of  birds  of  two  or  three  closely  allied 
species. 

The  house  finch  is  perhaps  the  leader  among  the  birds 
which  do  harm  to  fruits.  Its  strong  beak  enables  it  to 
cut  through  the  skins  of  the  toughest  fruit.  Seeds  con- 
stitute the  chief  food  of  this  bird.  It  eats  few  noxious 
insects,  but  many  noxious  seeds.  It  is  a brightly  coloied 
bird  and  possesses  a sweet  song,  and  the  matter  of  balanc- 
ing its  good  and  its  bad  dualities  is  one  of  some  difficulty. 
Very  serious  damage  is  done  by  this  species  as  well  as  hv 
the  white  crown  sparrows  by  eating  the  buds  of  fruit 
trees  in  the  very  early  spring. 

If  Brewer’s  blackbird  eats  cherries  to  some  extent,  it 
also' eats  a multitude  of  grubs  and  other  ground-dwelling 
insects,  and  many  of  our  readers  have  seen  a procession 
of  these  blackbirds  in  early  spring  following  the  plow 
through  the  California  fields,  destroying  in  great  numbers 
|be  grubs  and  other  insects  turned  up  by  the  farmer- 


The  California  jay  is  another  very  destructive  bird; 
destructive  not  only  for  what  it  eats,  but  for  what  it 
carries  off.  The  jay’s  well  known  habit  of  taking  away 
and  hiding  food  after  its  appetite  is  satisfied  is  practiced 
by  the  robbers  of  the  California  orchards.  In  one  case  two 
continuous  lines  of  jays  were  seen  passing,  the  one  up, 
the  other  down  a ravine  to  an  orchard,  each  bird  of  the 
line  going  up  carrying  a prune  in  its  beak,  while  the 
other  line  returned  empty-mouthed.  This  sort  of  thing 
kept  up  for  hours  or  days  would,  of  course,  soon  destroy 
the  whole  crop.  The  California  quail  is  believed  to  de- 
stroy many  grapes.  In  a large  vineyard  in  southern  Cali- 
fornia the  loss  was  estimated  as  twenty  tons  annually. 

There  are  other  birds  that  do  a great  deal  of  harm,  and 
of  these  the  robin  is  one  of  the  most  important,  for  he 
destroys  great  quantities  of  olives.  At  times  the  olive 
orchards  are  visited  by  robins  in  such  numbers  that,  not- 
withstanding all  the  shooting  that  is  done  in  the  effort  to 
protect  the  crop,  there  seems  to  be  a real  scramble  be- 
tween the  olive  pickers  and  the  birds  as  to  which  shall 
get  the  greater  share  of  the  fruit.  Mr.  Ellwood  Cooper, 
an  olive  grower  who  has  suffered  greatly  from  the  robins, 
believes  that  they  visit  the  olive  orchards  only  when  the 
crop  of  native  berries  in  the  Sierra  Nevada  Mountains 
has  failed  them.  The  birds  by  no  means  come  every  year 
to  the  orchards,  and  it  is  quite  possible  that  this  accounts 
for  their  depredations. 

A year  or  two  ago  attention  was  called  by  a corre- 
spondent of  the  Forest  and  Stream  to  the  destruction  of 
apples  by  Lewis’  woodpecker.  On  some  occasions,  the 
visits  of  these  birds  to  the  apple  orchard  are  so-  constant 
that  a great  amount  of  fruit  is  destroyed. 

There  are  a multitude  of  small  insect-eating  birds  that 
perform  astonishing  services  to  the  fruit  grower  and  the 
farmer  generally  in  California  as  elsewhere;  but  the  in- 
jury done  by  the  fruit-eating  birds  must  also  be  consid- 
ered, and  efforts  made  to  reduce  it. 


ALBANY  OR  WASHINGTON? 

The  Nebraska  law  which  forbids  the  importation  into 
the  State  of  game  from  another  State  during  the  time 
when  “such  other  State  prohibits  the  transportation  of 
such  game  from  said  State  to  a point  without  the  same,” 
might  appear  to  be  an  interference  in  interstate  com- 
merce. But  according  to  a ruling  of  the  United  States 
Supreme  Court  in  the  case  of  Gear  vs.  State  of  Connec- 
ticut, game,  the  export  of  which  is  forbidden,  cannot  be- 
come a subject  of  interstate  commerce;  hence  the  game 
legislated  against  by  Nebraska  is  quite  within  the  proper 
jurisdiction  of  that  State  to  exercise  control  over. 

There  is  less  substantial  ground  of  confidence  in  the 
stability  of  the  New  York  law  relating  to  the  fish  of 
Missisquoi  Bay.  It  will  be  recalled  that  the  united 
efforts  of  New  York  and  Vermont  to  protect  the  pike- 
perch  of  Lake  Champlain  have  been  nullified  for  the  rea- 
son that  in  the  chief  breeding  waters  of  the  fish  in  Mis- 
sisquoi Bay,  in  the  Province  of  Quebec,  netting  is  per- 
mitted under  the  Provincial  law.  The  Missisquoi  fisher- 
men have  found  a market  for  their  catch  In  New  York 
State.  Failing  to  secure  satisfactory  co-operation  on  the 
part  of  Quebec  for  the  protection  of  Lake  Champlain  fish 
by  the  suppression  of  the  Missisquoi  netting,  the  New 
York  authorities  conceived  the  plan  of  circumventing  the 
netters  by  cutting  off  their  market;  and  the  Albany  Legis- 
lature having  been  appealed  to  at  the  late  session  enacted 
a law  that  no  transportation  company  nor  person  should 
import  any  fish  from  Missisquoi  Bay,  under  a penalty  of 
$60  and  $10  for  each  fish  transported  in  violation  of  law ; 
and  the  act  authorizes  the  fish  and  game  authorities  to 
seize  and  confiscate  all  fish  coming  into  the  Slate  from  the 
Canadian  waters  referred  to.  The  measure  is  most  com- 
mendable in  intent,  but  it  will  hardly  stand  the  test  of 
the  court  if  fish  shall  be  seized  under  the  authority  it 
confers  and  the  defendant  in  such  action  shall  call  in 
question  the  constitutionality  of  the  law.  For  clearly  it 
is  an  act  in  regulation  ot  commerce  with  a foreign  na- 
tion, and  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States  expressly 
provides  that  “the  Congress  shall  have  power  to  regulate 
commerce  with  foreign  nations.” 

Granting  that  exclusion  of  these  Canadian  fish  was  de- 
sirable, was  the  appeal  to  that  end  properly  made  to 
Albany,  or  should  recourse  have  been  had  to  WastD 
ington? 


WILLIAM  C.  HARRIS. 

William  C.  Harris,  widely  known  as  a writer  on  fish 
and  fishing,  died  in  this  city  on  June  11,  aged  seventy-five 
years. 

Mr.  Harris  was  a native  of  Baltimore.  He  served  in 
the  Civil  War,  was  made  prisoner  at  Ball’s  Bluff,  and 
spent  several  months  in  Libby  Prison. 

In  1875  Mr.  Harris  was  connected  with  the  Forest  and 
Stream,  and  afterward  started  a Philadelphia  paper 
called  “Afield  and  Afloat.”  Aiter  a few  years  this  was 
merged  into  a monthly  called  “Nature’s  Realm.”  After- 
ward he  published  the  “American  Angler,”  which  was  fol- 
lowed by  the  “Fishing  Gazette.”  The  most  ambitious 
undertaking  of  Mr.  Harris  was  the  publication  “Fishes  of 
North  America,”  in  which  he  planned  to  do  for  the  fishes 
what  Audubon  had  done  for  the  birds.  To  secure  the 
correct  coloring  of  the  species  described,  he  enlisted  the 
services  of  an  artist  to  accompany  him,  to  paint  the  fish 
in  its  natural  colors  as  it  was  taken  from  the  water.  The 
project  was  never  completed. 

A steamship  from  the  United  States  took  into  Hono- 
lulu the  other  day  a box  of  snakes,  some  of  them  rattle- 
snakes, intended  for  exhibition  in  a local  zoo.  There  are 
no  snakes  in  the  islands,  and  public  sentiment  is  strongly 
opposed  to  the  introduction  of  any,  even  for  exhibition 
purposes,  because  of  a possibility  that  they  might  escape. 
That  snakes  do  escape  from  public  or  private  possession 
was  demonstrated  in  New  York  city  the  "other  day,  when 
a large  boa  constrictor  was  discovered  wandering  up 
Fifth  avenue.  The  Honolulu  people  took  no  chances;  the 
rattlers  and  the  other  snakes  were  done  to  death  in  the 
custom  house. 

K 

There  are  other  pests,  however,  which  no  vigilance  on 
the  part  of  the  customs  authorities  can  exclude.  Hawaii 
owes  its  mosquitoes  to  importations  of  the  pests  carried 
in  American  sailing  vessels.  As  a corrective  of  this  evil 
imported  from  the  United  States,  a resident  living  near 
the  Makiki  stream  has  procured  from  California  a large 
number  of  the  western  salamanders  and  liberated  them  to 
make  war  on  the  mosquitoes  breeding  in  the  Makiki  pools 
and  the  taro  fields.  It  is  not  anticipated  that  the  salaman- 
ders will  extirpate  the  insects,  but  they  may  do  much  in 
mitigation  of  the  plague. 

This  expedient  of  importing  the  natural  enemy  of  an 
introduced  insect  pest,  which  has  more  than  once  proved 
highly  effective,  has  been  recommended  to  the  Massa- 
chusetts authorities  in  their  conflict  with  the  gypsy  moth. 
This  insect  has  already  cost  in  public  money  appropriated 
to  fight  it  and  a private  expenditure  for  the  purpose,  more 
than  $400,000,  and  while  the  spread  of  the  infected  dis- 
trict has  been  restricted,  the  moth  has  not  yet  been  ex- 
terminated, nor  is  there  now  belief  that  its  extermination 
will  be  possible.  The  most  that  may  be  hoped 'for  is  its 
partial  control  and  restraint  within  certain  infected  areas. 
Now  that  a policy  of  extermination  has  been  abandoned 
as  hopeless,  it  is  recognized  that  an  efficient  agency  in 
restricting  the  moth  may  be  provided  by  importing  from 
the  original  homes  of  the  insect  in  Europe  and  Asia  the 
natural  enemies  which  there  prey  upon  it  and  maintain 
such  a repressive  effect  that  the  moth  does  not  often 
prove  a very  destructive  pest.  Through  the  studies  of 
European  entomologists  and  foresters  the  habits  of . these 
natural  enemies  are  well  known;  and  agents  of  the 
Bureau  of  Entomology  at  Washington  have  expressed  a 
belief  that  the  introduction  of  the  insects  into  New  Eng- 
land would  not  be  attended  with  any  danger  that  they  in 
turn  might  become  a plague,  because  they  subsist  entirely 
upon  the  larvre  of  the  gypsy  moth  and  allied  insect  pests, 
and  in  the  absence  of  such  food  themselves  perish. 

* 

Manitoba  was  once  a hunting  country  which  attracted 
many  visiting  sportsmen  from  the  United  States,  but  it 
is  no  longer  to  be  counted  among  the  shooting  grounds 
of  America  except  for  its  own  citizens.  The  authorities 
do  not  invite  the  non-resident  sportsman,  nor  is  he  likely 
to  come,  for  a $100  license  regulation  stands  in  the  way. 

This  is  practically  prohibitive. 

w 

The  new  association  organizing  in  Toronto  gives 
promise  of  efficient  service  in  the  cause  of  better  protec- 
tion of  game  and  fish,  inasmuch  as  it  has  behind  it  the 
very  substantial  backing  of  citizens  who  realize  the  situa- 
tion and  are  in  earnest  in  a purpose  to  supplement  the 
work  of  the  authorities,  „ 


490 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


tJUNE  24,  1905. 


The  Boy  on  the  Farm, 

BY  HERMIT.  1 t ! 1 ) 

Examine  “Haunts  of  The  Hunted,”  published  by  the 
Bangor  & Aroostook  Railroad  Company,  and  it  will 
disclose  numerous  trout  brooks  and  streams  in  north- 
ern Maine.  Costigan  Brook,  town  of  Alton,  will  be  found 
in  the  list.  More  than  half  a century  before  the  rail- 
road existed,  or  before  the  railroad  people  had  dis- 
covered this  brook,  the  Boy  on  the  Farm  had  explored 
every  foot  of  its  course  from  its  source  to  its  mouth. 
In  fact,  Costigan  Brook  wound  its  crooked  way  through 
the  woodlands  of  the  new  home  farm.  The  farm  had 
been  hewed  from  the  wilderness  by  the  boy’s  father. 
To  clear  the  land  great  forest  trees  had  been  cut  down 
and  burned  into  charcoal.  A few  years  later  substantial 
farm  buildings  were  erected  and  the  evolution  of  a farm 
from  a wilderness  was  complete. 

One  morning  in  June,  after  the  cows  had  been  turned 
to  pasture  and  breakfast  was  over,  the  hired  man  took 
down  his  hoe  and  started  for  the  cornfield.  As  he 
passed  the  kitchen  door,  he  called  to  the  Boy: 

“I’ll  take  along  the  corn  and  beans;  stuff  your  pockets 
with  pumpkin  seeds  and  come  on.” 

The  Boy  understood  just  what  was  wanted.  He 
dropped  pumpkin  seeds  from  his  pockets,  while  corn 
and  beans  were  dropped  from  a small  double  basket 
made  for  the  purpose.  The  basket  was  a present  from 
a squaw,  wife  of  Joe  Polis,  Thoreau’s  Indian  guide. 
Previous  to  moving  to  the  wilderness,  the  Boy’s  father 
owned  a store  in  Oldtown,  Maine,  which  was  freely 
patronized  by  the  Indians  and  lumbermen.  Later  Joe 
Polis  and  his  brother  Newel  were  employed  by  the 
Boy’s  father  when  exploring  for  lumber,  100  miles  up 
the  Penobscot  River. 

The  corn  ground  was  ready  for  the  seed.  It  had  been 
plowed,  harrowed,  furrowed  out  and  manured  in  the 
hill.  The  Boy  had  to  scrape  a little  soil,  with  his  bare 
foot,  over  the  manure,  before  dropping  the  corn.  A 
pumpkin  seed  was  dropped  in  every  third  hill.  The 
beans  were  dropped  between  the  hills  of  corn.  The 
Boy  thought  it  very  hard  work  indeed  and  envied  the 
hired  man  his  job.  To  pull  a little  dirt  over  the  seed 
was  only  play,  and  the  after-patting  was  a thing  of  joy. 
However,  the  Boy  knew  that  the  hired  man  was  too 
clumsy  to  drop  seeds,  that  he  would  have  to  stop  to 
make  a count  at  each  hill  and  so  go  halting  over  the 
field.  The  Boy  understood  that  his  own  quick  sight, 
aided  by  nimble  fingers,  would  carry  the  work  along 
swiftly  and  properly. 

While  engaged  with  his  work  the  Boy’s  mind  was 
active.  He  saw  that  cornfield  in  the  fall  when  the 
beans  had  been  pulled  and  stacked  on  the  adjoining 
grass  land;  when  the  corn  had  been  gathered  into 
shooks,  exposing  to  view  countless  numbers  of  great 
yellow  pumpkins.  But  the  future  of  the  cornfield  did 
not  wholly  occupy  the  Boy’s  mind.  Whenever  he 
stopped  to  brush  away  the  black  flies  and  “minges,” 
his  gaze  would  wander  longingly  to  the  trout  brooks 
in  the  distance.  Costigan  Brook  in  the  edge  of  the 
woodland  and  Little  Brook  in  plain  view  from  the  corn- 
field. While  the  trout  were  waiting  to  be  caught,  he 
thought  it  hard  lines  to  be  tied  down  to  the  cornfield. 

How  he  did  wish  it  would  rain.  Then  he  recollected 
that  the  sun  rose  clear  and  went  into  a cloud.  He  had 
heard  old  Jim  Norcross  say  it  was  a sure  sign  of  rain. 
Then,  too,  he  had  heard  the  old  man  say:  “Rain  before 
seven,  clear  before  eleven.” 

That  would  not  do  at  all.  The  Boy  wanted  a rainy 
day,  so  he  hoped  the  rain  would  hold  off  until  after 
seven.  Sure  enough  it  did. 

Soon  after  7 o’clock  the  Hired  Man  pulled  out  his 
watch,  or  “turnip,”  as  he  called  it,  and  called  to  the 
Boy: 

_ “It  looks  like  rain,  don’t  drop  any  more;  by  the 
time  I catch  up  it  will  clear  off  or  rain.”  The  Boy  be- 
gan to  turn  over  the  grass  sods  with  his  hands,  to 
hasten  the  work,  all  the  time  wishing  for  rain.  By  the 
time  the  seeds  were  covered  the  rain  came  down  and 
the  Boy  hurried  to  the  house.  His  mother  sent  him  to 
the  spring  for  a pail  of  water  and  expressed  surprise 
at  his  quick  return.  The  Boy  did  not  wait  for  the  slice 
of  gingerbread,  which  was  always  due  with  each  pail 
of  water,  but  seized  an  old  hoe  and  started  out  for 
angle  worms. 

Did  he  go  to  the  barnyard?  Not  he.  He  knew  a 
spot  worth  a dozen  barnyards.  He  went  to  the  sink 
spout.  Here  were  worms  nearly  as  large  as  snakes, 
but  when  the  Boy  turned  up  the  soggy  earth  the  vile 
odor  nearly  choked  him.  The  only  tin  cans  in  those 
days  were  mustard  boxes.  They  were  small,  so  the 
Boy  filled  two.  After  Ije  had  sprinkled  dirt  over  the 
worms  and  secured  the  covers,  he  went  to  the  shed 
for  a fishing  pole.  The  Boy  had  a good  supply  of 
poles  of  all  sizes  and  lengths.  These  poles  were  found 
in  the  woods  ready  made.  One  of  the  Boy’s  friends,  a 
hunter  and  trapper,  had  revealed  to  him  the  secret  of 
how  to  acquire  ready-made  fishing  poles. 

Nearby  the  Boy  s home  there  were  great  swamps 
filled  with  hackmatack  trees.  Where  there  chanced  to 
be  a meadow,  or  opening,  a dense  mass  of  seedlings 
would  spring  up  around  the  edges.  When  these  seed- 
lings were  large  enough  for  fishing  poles,  porcupines 
would  bend  them  down  and  strip  off  the  bark.  The  poles 
sprung  back  and  seasoned  as  hard  as  flint,  ’ 


In  Maine  the  larch,  or  hackmatack,  is  called  juniper, 
so  the  Boy  called  his  collection,  “juniper  fishing  poles.” 

The  trapper  had  posted  the  Boy  as  to  hooks  and 
lines  for  trout  and  pickerel,  so  he  was  soon  on  the  way 
to  Little  Brook.  The  rain  soaked  through  his  blue 
jumper  and  overalls,  the  only  garments  worn,  except 
a cotton  shirt.  He  did  not  like  the  smell  of  the  blue 
dye,  otherwise  cared  nothing  for  the  wetting. 

There  was  a deep  hole  in  Little  Brook,  where  the 
sheep  were  washed  every  spring,  and  here  the  Boy 
expected  to  get  one  trout,  if  he  could  steal  up  to  a 
clump  of  bushes  without  being  seen  by  the  keen-eyed 
resident.  He  reached  the  bushes  all  right  and  cau- 
tiously dropped  a wriggling  worm  into  the  deepest 
water.  He  could  not  see  the  bait,  but  instantly  there 
was  a rush  from  bank  to  bank,  while  the  Boy  felt  the 
tug  and  several  hundred  thrills.  He  pulled  the  trout 
out  with  a steady  hand,  for  the  trapper  had  taught  him 
how.  While  the  trout  was  flopping  about  in  the  grass, 
the  Boy  cut  a stringer,  a forked  hazel  twig.  After 
stripping  the  leaves  off,  he  shoved  the  tip  end  under  the 
gills  of  the  trout  and  out  through  the  mouth,  then 
worked  the  fish  down  to  the  fork.  He  held  the  trout 
alo'ft  and  admired  its  beautiful  spots,  but  when  he  saw 
how  desperately  it  was  gasping,  he  felt  a thrill  of  pity 
for  the  dying  fish  and  just  a twinge  of  guilt. 

The  Boy  knew  it  would  be  useless  to  fish  longer  in 
the  deep  hole.  The  frantic  rushes  of  his  trout  had 
frightened  everything  away.  One  more  spot  in  Little 
Brook,  where  there  was  a sunken  log,  gave  up  a small 
trout. 

The  Boy  left  Little  Brook  valley  and  crossed  the 
ridge  to  the  valley  belonging  to  Costigan  Brook.  It 
was  too  early  to  fish  in  the  woods,  far  from  the  mouth 
of  the  brook.  Later  trout  would  seek  the  shaded 
places  and  cool  waters  of  the  springs  that  fed  the 
brook,  but  now  he  must  look  for  fish  further  down 
stream.  He  left  his  father’s  land  and  crossed  to  the 
next  lot,  which  was  also  wooded.  Here  he  tried  several 
deep  holes,  but  nothing  came  of  it,  so  he  climbed  the 
line  fence  to  the  next  lot,  the  Means  Farm. 

Some  years  before  a large  hemlock  tree  had  been 
blown  down,  and  the  upturned  roots  had  left  a deep 
hole  in  the  bed  of  the  brook.  From  this  hole  the  Boy 
pulled  out  two  good-sized  trout,  after  which  he  made 
a short  cut  to  the  old  mill.  This  mill  was  a financial 
failure.  A dearth  of  water  had  proved  its  downfall. 
Now  it.  was  slowly  but  surely  going  to  decay.  Under 
its  bed-timbers  dwelt  a wise  old  trout.  The  Boy  called 
him  old,  because  four  years  ago  he  had  pulled  the  same 
trout  above  water,  only  to  see  him  drop  off  the  hook 
and  escape.  Since  that  day  the  old  fellow  had  refused 
to  take  bait  no  matter  how  skillfully  it  might  be 
presented. 

When  the  Boy  reached  the  mill  the  trout,  as  usual, 
was  in  a little  pool  between  the  bed-timbers.  The  water 
was  as  clear  as  crystal,  and  the  fish  rested  just  above 
the  gravelly  bottom.  The  Boy  sneaked  into  the  mill 
and  dropped  his  bait  through  a hole  in  the  floor,  to 
the  pool  below.  The  trout  sculled  himself  up  to  the 
struggling  worm,  touched  it  lightly  and  then  slowly 
backed  water.  The  Boy  pulled  up  the  bait  and  dropped 
it  again,  with  the  same  result.  For  a good  half  hour 
the  wary  trout  was  tempted  until  the  Boy’s  patience 
gave  out.  As  a last  resort  he  tried  hooking,  and  this 
sent  the  trout  to  his  retreat  under  the  timbers. 

There  was  a robin’s  nest  in  the  mill  plastered  on  a 
plate  overhead,  which  interested  the  Boy,  for  he  had 
lost  his  dinner  one  Sunday,  while  eagerly  watching  the 
birds  in  their  labors  at  nest  building.  Now  there  were 
four  greenish-blue  eggs  in  the  nest,  and  one  was 
peeped. 

After  leaving  the  Means  Farm,  the  brook  wandered 
through  a mowing  field  and  pasture.  The  owner  of  the 
farm  was  a “holy  terror,”  and  hated  boys.  Fie  had 
long  legs  and  could  run  like  a deer,  and  woe  betide  the 
boy  caught  fishing  on  his  premises! 

Once  he  had  chased  the  Boy  on  the  farm,  but  the  Boy 
had  taken  to  the  woods,  where  his  knowledge  of  wood- 
craft enabled  him  to  escape.  While  he  was  lucky  to 
escape  a flogging,  he  was  unlucky  in  having  to  sacri- 
fice a good  fishing  pole  and  line. 

The  mowing  field  contained  three  deep  holes.  The 
Boy  had  to  do  some  skillful  engineering  to  reach  these 
holes,  unseen  from  the  buildings. 

There  was  a high  bank  on  the  brook  to  the  first  deep 
hole,  so  the  Boy  by  stooping  and  crawling  managed 
very  well.  Three  good-sized  trout  and  a chub  was  his 
reward.  The  next  hole  was  not  so  easy.  There  was  a 
clump  of  bushes  that  ranged  with  the  buildings;  but  to 
reach  the  clump,  an  open  space  had  to  be  passed,  which 
was  in  plain  view  from  the  house.  Before  attempting 
to  cross  the  open  spot  the  Boy  cautiously  raised  his 
head  above  the  bank  and  examined  the  dooryard.  The 
farmer  was  at  the  woodpile,  splitting  wood.  The  Boy 
waited.  He  knew  the  farmer  would  not  work  long  in 
the  rain.  Soon  a woman  appeared  for  a moment  in 
the  doorway,  and  seemingly  spoke  to  the  man,  for  he 
stopped  splitting  wood,  and  gathered  on  one  arm 
what  he  would  call  a “burden  of  wood,”  and  started 
for  the  house.  If  he  had  looked  over  his  shoulder  he 
would  have  seen  a small  boy  streaking  it  through  his 
grass  field.  Two  trout  were  added  to  the  string  here. 
Then  the  Boy  crawled  behind  a log  fence  to  the  next 
hole.  Patient  fishing  only  resulted  in  scoring  a failure 
at  this  hole. 


The  next  hole  was  in  the  pasture,  far  away  from  the 
buildings.  It  was  shaded  by  a mass  of  alders,  through 
which  the  Boy  had  trimmed  a narrow  passage.  The 
hole  was  broad  and  deep.  At  this  time  of  the  year  it 
was  usually  well  supplied  with  trout.  Here  the  Boy 
met  with  first-class  luck.  Nine  trout,  little  and  big, 
made  the  string  look  quite  respectable. 

The  next  trout  hole  was  some  distance  away.  It  was 
a depression  in  the  meadow,  connecting  with  the  brook, 
where  boiling  springs  of  the  coldest  water  bubbled  up 
through  sand  and  gravel.  The  Boy  made  a short  cut, 
up  the  hill  past  “The  Little  Red  School  House.”  Here* 
he  stopped  long  enough  to  see  if  his  mark  was  on 
the  shingle  where  he  had  cut  it  the  year  before.  Each 
boy  had  a mark  of  his  own,  similar  to  the  marks  used 
by  lumbermen  to  identify  logs.  Rabbit  Track,  Crow 
Foot,  Long  Forty  and  many  others  were  adopted  by 
the  boys.  The  Boy  on  the  Farm  had  laid  claim  to 
Three  Notches.  Years  later  many  a tree  in  the  forests 
of  Maine  showed  where  the  Boy  had  wandered. 

At  the  bridge  he  pulled  out  a small  trout,  but  ex- 
pected better  luck  at  the  springs.  These  springs  sup- 
plied water  to  the  scholars  and  to  two  families  nearby. 

Before  the  Boy  could  reach  the  springs,  the  “bully  of 
the  school,”  ran  down  from  one  of  the  houses  and 
began  to  thrash  the  water  with  a 2stick.  He  sar- 
castically informed  the  fisherman  that  he  would  kindly 
go  before  and  thrash  the  trout  holes  for  him.  The 
Boy  made  up  his  mind  right  then,  that  the  “bully” 
would  have  to  fight  as  soon  as  they  reached  the  woods. 
Just  then  the  big  boy’s  father  called  and  he  reluctantly 
left,  saying  that  he  would  follow  later.  He  did  not, 
however,  so  the  fight  was  postponed.  The  Boy  on  the 
Farm  did  not  fear  the  “bully,”  for  a very  good  reason. 
The  trapper  had  given  him  lessons  in  boxing,  and  had 
told  him,  that  he  had  developed  a swift,  hard  blow  with 
his  right,  that  would  equal  the  blow  of  some  men.  A 
year  later  that  right  hand  blow  knocked  out  the  “bully.” 
The  Boy  on  the  Farm  got  a swelled  head.  It  only 
lasted  a few  weeks,  or,  until  a wiry  backwoods  boy 
licked  the  “stuffing”  out  of  him. 

Below  the  bridge  there  was  a gravel-bed  in  the  brook 
which  had  forced  the  channel,  for  some  rods,  under  the 
bank.  Here  the  Boy  added  two  good  fish  to  his  string. 
Down  in  the  open  woods  a log  had  lodged  across  the 
brook,  forming  a rolling  dam.  The  fall  of  water  for 
several  years  had  dug  out  a deep  hole.  A great  sheet 
of  froth  and  foam  covered  the  pool.  The  Boy  let  the 
worm  float  over  the  log  and  into  the  foam,  where  it 
was  seized  with  a savage  rush,  by  the  largest  trout  yet. 
Two  smaller  fish  followed. 

The  next  hole  was  under  the  roots  of  a large  elm 
tree.  The  tree  stood  in  a bend  of  the  brook,  which 
caused  the  current  to  scoop  out  the  soil  far  beneath  the 
bank.  The  Boy  had  to  creep  up  to  his  hole,  for  it  was 
necessary  to  fish  some  distance  from  the  tree.  If  a 
trout  got  into  the  net  work  of  roots,  it  was  a loss  of 
fish,  as  well  as  hooks.  Three  trout  were  hooked,  one 
of  which  was  lost,  but  the  Boy  saved  the  hook,  which 
pleased  him  much.  Two  trout  were  lured  from  beneath 
a sunken  log  a short  distance  below  the  tree.  Here 
the  Boy  found  back  water  and  he  was  forced  to  wade 
for  rods  to  reach  the  mouth  of  Spring  Brook.  There 
was  a high  bank  where  Spring  Brook  joined  Costigan 
Brook,  and  what  was  better  a very  deep  hole  where 
trout  loved  to  tarry  when  making  their  way  up-stream. 
Below,  thousands  of  acres  of  woodland  were  under 
water.  The  spring  freshet  had  not  yet  subsided.  Pen- 
obscot River  had  backed  into  Birch  Stream;  Birch 
Stream  had  backed  into  Costigan  Brook,  Costigan 
Brook  had  backed  into  Spring  Brook,  and  Spring 
Brook  was  making  the  lives  of  the  white  hares  miser- 
able in  Cedar  Swamp. 

The  Boy  spent  several  hours  at  this  spot  perched  on 
a maple  root  with  his  back  resting  against  the  bole  of 
the  tree.  His  fish  were  by  his  side,  and  he  sat  on  the 
ends  of  the  stringer  to  make  sure  that  none  flopped 
off  into  the  water. 

Fie  caught  sixteen  trout  before  the  fish  refused  to 
bite,  and  lost  two,  on  account  of  the  overhanging 
branches.  It  had  cleared  off  and  the  sun  was  shining, 
so  the  Boy  did  not  expect  to  get  another  fish.  He 
never  could  catch  trout  in  a clear  day.  After  the  fish 
had  refused  to  bite,  the  Boy  set  his  pole  into  the  bank 
and  left  it  to  do  the  fishing,  while  he  counted  his  catch. 
He  made  out  forty-four  trout  and  one  chub.  As  he 
finished  counting,  a large  mink  swam  to  the  spot  and 
landed.  He  ran  about  in  circles  trying  to  locate  the 
fish.  The  Boy  threw  the  chub  to  him  and  he  dove  with 
it  in  his  mouth  into  the  deep  hole.  The  Boy  thought 
his  nest  must  be  in  the  high  bank,  as  everything  else 
was  under  water. 

It  was  late  in  the  afternoon  when  the  Boy  started  for 
home.  The  black  flies,  after  the  rain  ceased,  nearly 
drove  him  crazy  until  he  reached  the  field,  where  the 
wind  swept  them  away. 

He  was  a tired,  hungry  boy  when  he  reached  home, 
and  the  brown  bread  and  milk  did  taste  so  good.  Later 
the  Boy  was  instructed  in  fly-fishing,  and  at  once 
adopted  the  new  method. 

The  Boy  on  the  Farm  is  now  nearing  his  sixty- 
seventh  year.  His  fishing  trips  are  few,  except  those 
that  haunt  the  hours  of  slumber.  It  is  a curious  fact 
that  he  never  dreams  of  fly-fishing,  but  often,  very 
often  he  fishes  Costigan  Brook  with  a “juniper  pole” 
and  worm  bait.  Some  of  these  dreams  are  so  real  a§ 


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to  partake  of  the  nature  of  visions.  The  dreamer  again 
digs  worms  and  even  smells  the  odor  from  the  sink 
spout.  The  mill  and  the  wary  old  trout  are  again  in 
evidence.  The  long-legged  farmer  still  keeps  an  eye 
on  his  grass  field  and  the  “bully”  runs  down  and 
thrashes  the  water.  The  dreamer  again  eats  brown 
bread  and  milk,  with  a boy’s  appetite,  and  awakes  with 
the  old  taste  in  his  mouth. 


Camping  Out. 

To  many  a city  man  there  comes  a time,  now  and 
then,  when  the  great  town  wearies  him.  He  hates  its 
sights  and  smells  and  clangor.  Every  duty  is  a task, 
and  every  caller  is  a bore.  There  come  to  him  visions 
of  green  fields  and  far-rolling  hills,  of  tall  forests  and 
cool,  swift-flowing  streams.  He  longs  to  lie  under 
some  grand  old  tree,  lazily  watching  the  clouds  drift 
by,  dream'ly  conscious  of  carol  and  chirrup  and  hum- 
ming wings;  or  he  yearns  for  the  thrill  of  the  chase, 
for  the  keen-eyed,  silent  stalking;  or,  rod  in  hand,  he 
would  search  for  that  mysterious  pool  where  the  father 
of  all  bass  lurks  for  his  lure.  He  would  be  free,  un- 
beholden,  irresponsible,  for  the  nonce — free  to  go  or 
come  at  his  own  sweet  will,  to  tarry  where  he  lists,  to 
do  this,  or  do  that,  or  do  nothing,  as  his  humor  veers. 
As  for  the  hours,  he  would  proclaim: 

“It  shall  be  what  o'clock  I say  it  is.” 

thus,  basking  and  sporting  in  the  great,  clean  out-of- 
doors,  he  would,  for  a blessed  interval, 

“Forget  six  counties  overhung  with  smoke, 

Forget  the  snorting  steam  and  piston-stroke, 

Forget  the  spreading  of  the  hideous  town.” 

A vacation  at  a summer  resort,  or  on  a farm,  is  bet- 
ter than  none,  no  doubt;  but  if  one  would  realize  in 
its  perfection  his  dream  of  peace  and  freedom  from 
every  worldly  care  he  should  camp  in  the  wild  woods, 
far  away  from  everything  that  suggests  the  hurry  and 
strife  of  civilized  life.  It  is  good  tor  us,  now  and  then, 
to  go  where  we  must  hunt,  capture,  and  cook  our 
own  meat,  build  our  own  shelter,  do  our  own  chores, 
and,  in  some  measure,  pick  up  again  those  lost  arts 
of  wildcraft  that  were  our  heritage  through  many  thous- 
ands of  years,  but  of  which  not  one  city  man  in  ten 
knows  anything  at  all.  In  the  cities  our  tasks  are  so 
highly  specialized,  and  so  many  things  are  done  for  us 
by  other  specialists,  that  we  are  in  danger  of  becoming 
not  merely  a one-handed  but  a one-fingered  and  one- 
idead  race.  The  self-dependent  life  of  the  wilderness 
nomad  is  a good  corrective  and  alternative  for  our 
minds  no  less  than  for  our  bodies,  bringing  mental  pro- 
cesses and  bodily  habits  back  to  a normal  state,  and  ex- 
ercising certain  lobes  and  muscles  that  otherwise  may 
atrophy  from  want  of  use.  . 

Let  your  camp  be  the  real  thing.  There  are  “camps 
so-called  that  are  not  camps  at  all.  A rustic  cottage 
furnished  with  tables  and  chairs  and  beds  brought  from 
town,  with  rugs  on  the  floor  and  pictures  on  the  walls, 
with  a stove  in  the  kitchen  and  crockery  in  the  pantry, 
an  ice-house  hardby,  and  daily  delivery  of  farm 
products,  groceries,  and  mails,  may  be  a pleasant  place 
in  which  to  spend  the  summer  with  one’s  family  and 
friends;  but  it  is  not  a camp.  Neither  is  a wilderness 
club  house,  built  on  a game  preserve,  looked  after  by 
a care-iaker,  and  supplied  during  the  season  with 
servants  and  the  appurtenances  of  a good  hotel. 

A camp  proper  is  a nomad’s  biding  place.  He  may 
occupy  it  for  a season,  or  only  for  a single  night,  ac- 
cording as  the  site  and  its  surroundings  please  or  do 
not  please  the  wanderer’s  whim.  If  the  fish  do  not 
bite,  or  the  game  has  moved  away,  or  unpleasant 
neighbors  should  intrude,  or  if  anything  else  goes 
wrong,  it  is  but  an  hour’s  work  for  him  to  pull  up 
stakes  and  be  off,  seeking  that  particularly  good  place 
that  generally  lies  beyond  the  horizon’s  rim. 

Your  thoroughbred  camper  likes  not  the  attentions 
of  a landlord,  nor  will  he  suffer  himself  to  be  rooted 
to  the  soil  by  cares  of  ownership  or  lease.  It  is  not 
possession  of  the  land,  but  of  the  landscape,  that  he 
enjoys.  As  for  that,  all  the  wild  parts  of  the  earth 
are  his,  by  a title  that  carries  with  it  no  obligation  but 
that  he  shall  not  desecrate  nor  lay  them  waste. 

Houses  to  such  a one  are  little  better  than  jails; 
fences  and  walls  are  his  abomination;  plowed  fields  are 
only  so  many  patches  of  torn  and  tormented  earth. 
The  sleek  comeliness  of  pastures  is  too  prim  and  arti- 
ficial, domestic  cattle  have  a meek  and  ignoble  bearing, 
fields  of  grain  are  monotonous  to  his  eyes,  which  turn 
for  relief  to  some  abandoned  old  field,  over-grown  with 
thicket,  that  still  harbors  some  of  the  shy  children  of 
the  wild.  It  is  not  the  clearing,  but  the  untouched 
wilderness,  that  is  the  camper’s  real  home.  He  is 
brother  to  that  good,  old  friend  of  mine  who,  in  gentle 
satire  of  our  formal  gardens  and  close-cropped  lawns; 
was  wont  to  say,  “I  love  the  unimproved  works  of 
God.”  He  likes  to  wander  alone  in  the  forest,  tasting 
the  raw  sweets  and  pungencies  that  uncloyed  palates 
craved  in  the  childhood  of  our  race.  To  him 

“The  shelter  of  a rock 
Is  sweeter  than  the  roofs  of  all  the  world.” 

The  charm  of  nomadic  life  is  its  freedom  from  care, 
its  unrestrained  liberty  of  action,  and  the  proud  self- 
reliance  of  one  who  is  absolutely  his  own  master,  free 
to  follow  his  bent  in  his  own  way,  and  cheerfully,  in 
turn,  suffering  the  penalties  that  nature  visits  upon  him 
for  every  slip  of  mind  or  bungling  of  his  hand.  Carry- 
ing with  him,  as  he  does,  in  a few  small  bundles,  all  that 
he  needs  to  provide  food  and  shelter  in  any  land, 
whether  habited  or  uninhabited,  the  camper  is  lord  of 
himself  and  of  his  surroundings. 

“Free  is  the  bird  in  the  air, 

And  the  fish  where  the  river  flows; 

Free  is  the  deer  in  the  wood. 

And  the  gipsy  wherever  he  goes. 

Hurrah  1 

And  the  gypsy  wherever  he  goes.” 

There  is  a dash  of  the  gipsy  in  every  one  of  us  who 
is  worth  his  salt.  Horace  Kephart. 

Mbdlin,  N.  C. 


Floating  Down  the  Mississippi. 


An  Island  Proprietor, 

'We  were  blown  into  St.  Louis  landing,  and  had  to 
stay  there  all  night.  A lone  fisherman  on  the  point 
told  us  that  there  was  a man  at  Pushmataha  who  might 
buy  the  cabin  boat,  and  the  two  wanted  to  sell  the  craft. 
What  they  intended  to  do  thereafter  did  not  appear. 
They  were  pleasant  as  could  be  to  me,  but  at  intervals 
during  each  day  they  broke  into  harsh  words  the  under- 
tone of  which  was  bitter.  The  coming  of  the  lone  fish- 
erman on  a visit  to  our  boat  cut  a jangle  of  words  in 
two.  The  fisherman  said  that  he  felt  pretty  lonesome 
sometimes. 

“But  I make  money  here,”  he  exclaimed,  “twenty-five 
dollars  a week  isn’t  too  much  to  expect.  Some  time  I 
will  have  enough  in  my  bank  up  to  Memphis — I keep 
all  my  money  in  the  bank.  I’m  afraid  of  the  niggers 
back  on  the  plantations.”  He  added  these  words  has- 
tily. It  was  indiscretion  to  lead  a river  gang  to  infer 
that  there  might  be  money  in  his  possession.  His 
tongue,  like  that  of  most  men  who  live  alone,  was 
loosed  by  human  companionship,  and  he  talked  about 
mending  his  nets,  drinking  his  two  quarts  of  whisky 
after  every  down  trip  the  packet  Kate  Adams  made, 
and  about  the  raw  sores  the  cold  weather  brought  to 
his  hands. 

In  pulling  out  of  H ughey’s  landing,  a cat  had  been 
left  on  the  bank,  of  which  both  my  boatmates  were 
extremely  fond.  Its  absence  was  not  noted  until  night, 
and  then  they  two  fell  to  accusing  each  other;  but  a 
night’s  sleep  repressed  the  cat  trouble.  Morning  dawned 
a pleasant  day,  and  before  breakfast,  we  took  to  the 
current,  entering  the  chute  of  Island  66  a few  rods  down 
stream.  The  chute  proved  interesting,  for  there  were 
plenty  of*  snags  in  it,  and  the  call  went  up  constantly, 
“Is  that  a snag?  Hit  ’er  a lick!  Can’t  you  see  that 
ripple  a-b’ilin’  up  there?”  It  was  exciting  dodging 
snags  that  were  fit  to  rip  the  bottom  out  of  the  cabin 
boat  in  the  current  that  was  running  there.  In  fifteen 
or  twenty  minutes  we  ran  into  the  river  again,  and 
the  Medicine  Man  told  us  to  eat  breakfast,  as  he  could 
manage  the  boat  in  the  wide  current.  It  was  a sensation 
worth  having,  sitting  in  the  boat  while  the  current,  a 
mile  wide,  carried  us  along.  It  was  different  from  the 
feeling  in  an  open  boat,  or  in  a.  steamer.  There  is  no 
force  so  regular,  overpowering  and  quiet  as  that  of  a 
wide  stream  of  the  Mississippi  sort.  One  on  this  kind, 
is  so  far  .from  land,  and  a tiny  figure  on  the  water,  espe- 
cially when  enclosed  by  the  quarter-inch  thick  sides  of 
a shanty  boat. 

The  effect  of  a calm  day  afloat  was  quieting  to  my 
companions.  Nevertheless,  they  scanned  the  shores 
anxiously.  Opposite  the  chute  of  66,  was  a big  rag 
town — Malone’s  landing  levee  camp.  The  river  had 
eaten  into  the  bank  there  to  such  an  extent  that  it  was 
necessary  to  put  up  a new  levee  200  yards  or  more  be- 
hind the  one  in  jeopardy.  Had  it  not  been  impossible 
to  make  it,  we  would  have  gone  to  the  landing  there 
and  examined  the  prospect  of  what  the  Medicine  Man 
called  “a  haul  at  our  grafts.”  The  current  carried  us 
along  under  a caving  bank,  on  the  west  side,  on  top  of 
which  was  a growth  of  culled  timber.  It  seemed  unin- 
habited, and  dismal  in  the  extreme.  Nevertheless  I was 
startled  to  hear  a voice  hailing  from  the  bank — a man 
asked  us  if  we  didn’t  want  to  buy  some  brass?  Reply- 
ing to  a question,  he  said  he  had  about  40  pounds,  and 
asked  five  cents  a pound  for  it.  “ ’Tain’t  worth  landing 
for!”  the  Gambler  called  back,  and  the  man  fell  to  whit- 
ling  with  an  angry  look  on  his  face. 

A hundred  rods  further  down,  we  were  sitting  around 
the  stove,  talking,  when  there  was  a “sough”  ahead, 
and  the  next  moment  the  cabin  boat  whirled  half 
around,  and  things  on  the  wall  jangled,  while  a dark 
shadow  swept  over  the  scene.  They  jumped  for  the 
bow,  and  I ran  astern,  for  the  current  had  run  us  into 
the  sucking  waters  at  the  head  of  a close,  boiling  bank 
eddy.  The  suck  was  20  feet  across  and  the  bow  of  the 
cabin  boat  nodded  distinctly  as  the  suck  water  dived 
whirling  at  the  bow.  The  stern  of  the  big  boat  swung 
in  toward  the  bank,  and  thinking  my  skiff  was  going  to 
be  crushed  against  the  dirt,  I jumped  into  it  and  shoved 
clear,  and  probably  averted  the  catastrophe  which  I 
feared.  We  rowed  the  cabin  boat  a dozen  rods  clear 
of  the  bank,  and  then  resumed  our  talk  at  the  stove. 

Looking  astern,  we  saw  a little  green  cabin  boat,  per- 
haps a mile  distant.  For  some  reason,  it  caught  swifter 
slants  in  the  current,  and  after  a time,  came  within  a 
couple  of  hundred  yards,  upon  which  the  strangers 
manned  the  sweeps  and  came  at  us  in  a fashion  that  was 
interesting.  Three  men  were  on  board,  and  they  pushed 
the  oars  vigorously.  I think  probably  they  were  as 
tough  looking  as  we  were.  One  was  a big,  burly  chap, 
another  was  a little  man  with  dark,  intensely  red 
whiskers,  and  the  third  was  a sullen  brunette,  keen- 
looking individual.  They  hailed  when  half  a hundred 
yards  distant: 

“Hay,  there!  Ain’t  your  name  Spears?” 

It  took  me  half  a minute  to  recall  the  voice,  and  then 
I remembered  Memphis,  and  how  I was  done  by  a 
pickpocket,  who  was  also  a glib  talker.  My  greeting 
wasn’t  cordial,  and  I told  my  gang  that  the  chaps  com- 
ing were  probably  bad  men.  I had  told  them  of  the 
Memphis  experience,  and  that  I had  heard  at  Helena 
of  some  one  asking  about  me.  The  Gambler  took  his 
Colts  from  the  trunk,  and  shoved  it  into  his  trousers 
under  his  left  arm,  where  it  was  concealed  by  his  coat. 
Then  he  greeted  the  men  who  had  come  down  on  us. 

They  were  a precious  outfit — as  precious  as  our  own, 
apparently.  One  had  a brand  new  camera,  and  claimed 
to  be  a writer.  One  had  a cistern  cleaner,  and  claimed 
his  trade  was  cleaning  cisterns.  The  other  was  the  red 
whiskered  man,  whose  face  was  the  hardest  and  cruelest 
of  any  that  I ever  saw.  I was  invited  on  board  the 
green  boat,  and  went.  The  craft  was  12  feet  by  7,  in- 
side the  cabin.  Guns  were  hung  from  the  carlins  over- 
head, and  carpenter  tools  were  on  all  sides — a new  saw, 
hammer,  ax,  auger-bit.  I recalled  the  hardware  and 
gun  shop  which  had  been  robbed  at  Helena,  and  won- 
dered if  the  new  guns  I was  looking  at  were  not  a part 
of  the  stolen  property. 

Their  business  with  us  was  to  find  out  just  who  I was 
with,  and  on  what  basis  I was  with  them.  The  red- 
whiskered  man,  who  had  hailed  me  was  very  cordial. 


He  said  that  he’d  got  right  down  to  his  last  cent  before 
his  partner  came  to  Memphis.  He  had  lived  in  a tent, 
below  Memphis  bridge,  at  the  last,  and  now  he  often 
wished  he  might  give  me  a chance  to  enjoy  goose  shoot- 
ing on  a sandbar. 

1 he  big  fellow  tackled  the  Medicine  Man,  and  asked 
pointed  questions  as  to  the  line  being  followed,  includ- 
ing some  as  to  what  my  status  on  the  boat  was.  The 
dark  man  tackled  the  Gambler.  The  Gambler  submitted 
to  the  pumping  process  for  about  five  minutes,  and  he 
lied  beautifully  about  where,  how  and  when  he  came  on 
the  river.  The  cistern  cleaner  thought  he  was  pro- 
gressing finely,  and  at  lasfe  insinuated:  “I  s’pose  you’re 
trading  some?” 

“Trading!”  the  Gambles:  blurted  out,  with  long  sup-, 
pressed  scorn.  “Hell — I’m  a gambler.  Can’t  you  see 
the  table  there?” 

The  cistern  cleaner  tiered  an  apology,  and  left 

the  boat  without  another  if  ord.  In  the  meantime,  the 
Medicine  Man  had  drawia  £ me  nice  long  lies  from  the 
big  man,  and  the  red-whtsl  tred  man  had  lapsed  into  a 
silence  which  was  glum.  P rposely,  they  had  separated 
us,  and  now  they  got  ua  to*  .ether  again,  and  a strained, 
but  animated  conversation  vas  entered  into.  The  big 
man  took  a leading  part,  the  posed  as  a traveler  from 
way  back,  but  his  elorjuerce  was  checked  when  the 
Gambler  spread  a blanket  on  his  trunk  and  began  to 
throw  dice  across  it.  The  Lttle  twirl  the  Gambler  gave 
the  cubes  was  too  evidssr  a token  of  skill  and  long 
practice.  The  large  maa  & d the  red-whiskered  one  ex- 
changed meaning  glancif  They  looked  at  me  dubi- 
ously, thought  a while,  m,  1 then  one  asked  me  flatly 
if  I didn’t  want  to  drop  oil  in  Scrub  Grass  Bend,  which 
we  were  approaching. 

“One  of  the  best  points  )r  wild  geese  on  the  river!” 
the  big  fellow  remarked,  “Just  the  place  for  a true 
sportsman  to  enj’y  himsell  l-shootin’  and  a-gittin’  poses 
with  his  camera.  Yes,  sir  you’d  be  welcome  with  us — 
promise  you  the  best  ge  :se  shooting  you  ever  had. 
You’d  have  a time  to  write  about,  too.”  The  whiskered 
man  suppressed  a glint  in  his  eye. 

I grinned  on  them  pleasantly,  and  said  I was  with 
friends  I didn’t  care  to  leave.  They  started  away,  re- 
marking that  they  would  see  me  again  down  the  river 
some  time.  We  watched  them  make  Scrub  Grass  tow- 
head,  where  they  lied  irn. 

“That  man  with  the  red  whiskers  would  cut  a throat,” 
the  Gambler  remarked.  “I  guess  they’ve  tumbled.” 

The  map  warned  us  that  we  were  approaching  the 
mouth  of  White  River,  and  that  there  was  a chute  which 
we  would  better  investigate  before  going  down  to  the 
mouth  of  the  river.  A new  railroad  was  being  built  a 
few  miles  back  in  the  swamp,  and  on  White  River  was  a 
big  bridge  job.  My  partners  heard  that  there  were  two 
or  three  hundred  cabin  boats  up  there,  and  both  of 
them  wanted  to  know  more  about  the  place.  The  Gam- 
bler thought,  with  reason,  that  a shanty  boat  town 
would  offer  opportunities  unrivaled  for  running  an  open 
game,  I knew  it  would  be  an  opportunity  for  me,"  and 
the  Medicine  Man  thought  perhaps  he  could  sell  medi- 
cine there.  He  expressed  one  sentiment,  however, 
which  was  interesting. 

“I  don’t  like  going  up  them  rivers.  You  don’t  have  a 
ghost  of  a show,  gitting  away  if  anybody  gits  after  you.” 
It  was  nine  miles  up  to  the  new  bridge,  and  that  counted 
against  the  project  of  going  so  far  from  the  wide,  trail- 
less Mississippi. 

The  river  man  dislikes  a place  that  doesn’t  permit  of 
sudden,  silent  and  speedy  egress— that  is,  river  men  of 
the  type  with  which  I was  traveling. 

Our  speed  was  that  of  the  current,  minus  the  wind. 
The  maps  of  the  river  commission  showed  where  we 
were  hour  by  hour.  We  swept  the  banks  with  our 
glasses,  and  pointed  out  the  ditch-like  bays,  bayous, 
ends  of  lakes,  foots  of  islands  and  landings.  Shed- 
shanties  were  the  warehouses  at  most  of  the  landings. 
We  knew  a steamer  was  due  by  the  presence  of  the  cot- 
ton bale  heaps.  A time  after  we  heard  the  heavy- 
throated  whistle  of  the  packet,  men  riding  up  to  the 
landing  on  horseback,  indicted  the  ones  who  had  press- 
ing business  with  the  steamboat  clerk.  The  sight  of 
these  things  gave  one  the  feeling  which  country  lads 
have  when  walking  down  Broadway,  New  York,  at 
12:30  o’clock,  afternoon,  on  a business  day — the  gone- 
ness of  a hungry  stomach,  or  of  an  owl  among  the  blue- 
jays.  We  were  not  one  of  the  bank  people,  but  a party 
much  apart  from  all  humanity  we  could  expect  to  see. 
Yet,  when  we  landed  at  the  chute  running  into.  White 
River,  a great  between-the-levee  man  greeted  us  with 
cordiality  and  friendliness. 

G.  D.  Sibley  owns  Sibley’s  or  Cumbyville  island 
(Island  72),  not  far  above  Rosedale,  Mississippi.  White 
River,  the  Mississippi  and  the  chute,  I believe,  form  this 
island,  which  is  eighteen  miles  long  and  six  wide.  It 
is  timbered  heavily,  and  Sibley  had  a lot  of  logs  in  the 
river  ready  for  rafting  when  we  were  there.  The  river 
was  rising  and  the  logs  were  in  jeopardy,  in  which  fact 
Mr.  Sibley  seemed  not  to  be  concerned  himself.  They 
say  at  Rosedale  that  Sibley  has  more  than  he  can  do 
with  anyhow,  so  he  could  maintain  an  easy  poise  in  the 
face  of  loss.  On  one  subject,  Sibley  had  no  doubts  to 
express.  He  was  emphatic  in  the  belief  that  the  levee 
system  is  an  unmitigated  evil.  Those  behind  a levee,  he 
said,  are  taxed  to  death,  and  those  in  front  of  it  are 
flooded  out  of  existence.  To  his  mind,  there  ought  to 
be  no  levees,  save  lateral  ones.  Then  the  soil  would 
be  enriched  by  silt  deposits,  and  the  disastrous 
crevasses  would  be  done  away  with. 

“I  haven’t  any  shore  here,”  he  said.  “I  can’t  culti- 
vate my  island  because  the  levees  keep  the  waters  up 
till  long  after  the  planting  season,  and  they  increase  the 
current  to  such  an  extent  that  the  fields  would  be  torn 
to  pieces  by  the  water,  if  there  were  any  to  be  torn.  I 
had  a farm  of  1,300  acres  thrown  out  by  the  levees 
being  built  behind  it.” 

But  of  his  troubles,  Mr.  Sibley  had  little  to  say.  No 
man  in  the  bottoms  has  enjoyed  hunting  more  than  he 
has.  He  was  sixty-six  years  of  age  when  I saw  him, 
and  he  had  began  hunting  at  six.  Bears  were  his  favor- 
ite game.  He  had  killed  dozens  of  them,  and  one  of 
his  adventures  has  become  a stock  story  of  half  a 
thousand  Mississippi  Valley  hunters.  The  adventure 
happened  during  an  overflow.  Sibley  wanted  to  get  a 
bear,  so  he  started  out  in  his  dugout,  hoping  to  locate 
one  of  the  animals.  He  cruised  the  water-covered 


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island  for  a time,  and  finally  located  Bruin  up  a tree. 
He  shot,  and  the  bear  came  down  and  began  to  swim 
for  a canebrake  not  far  distant,  with  Sibley  padding 
after  him.  In  the  cane,  the  bear  was  troubled  by  the 
stuff,  and  his  wounds,  and  he  stopped  on  a log  there. 
Sibley  came  through  the  cane,  pulling  himself  hand  over 
hand.  Suddenly,  the  bear  plunged  at  him,  and  Sibley 
threw  up  his  gun  and  fired.  The  bear  landed  on  the 
dugout  and  turned  it  over.  The  man  managed  to  hang 
on  to  his  gun,  and  the  boat,  too.  The  bear  went  to  the 
bottom  of  the  water,  the  jump  having  been  his  last 
effort.  Sibley  never  did  find  the  animal,  for  the  water 
was  ten  feet  deep,  and  the  cane  so  thick  that  it  was  im- 
possible to  get  it. 

Big  Island  is  the  great  tract  of  land  which  White, 
Arkansas,  and  the  Mississippi  rivers  surround.  It  is 
upward  of  eighty  miles  around  it,  and  the  place  has 
long  been  notorious  as  a cabin  boat  resort,  and  for  its 
game.  It  is  said  to  be  one  of  the  thickest  of  thick 
places  along  the  river,  and  all  men  who  venture  into  its 
shades  do  so  at  their  peril.  Sibley  has  always  liked  it 
for  the  game  he  found  there,  and  in  the  days  when  he 
rode  to  the  hounds  he  hunted  the  island  pretty  much 
from  end  to  end  at  one  time  and  another.  He  some- 
times hunted  on  foot  when  he  wished  to  penetrate  the 
thickets,  and  on  one  of  these  hunts  he  found  himself 
to  be  a lost  hunter.  He  was  in  the  cane,  which  grew 
to  the  height  of  25  or  30  feet,  and  though  he  traveled 
in  what  he  believed  to  be  a straight  line,  he  came  back 
to  a tree  which  he  recognized  as  one  he  had  left  some 
time  before.  He  tried  repeatedly  to  go  in  a straight 
line,  but  failed,  there  being  no  sun  to  guide  him.  Night 
came  on,  and  he  slept  in  a hollow  cottonwood.  Morn- 
ing found  him  tired,  hungry  and  thinking  hard.  He 
thought  to  some  advantage,  too,  for  he  cut  the  largest 
and  tallest  cane  stalk  he  could  find.  It  was  30  feet  long 
at  least,  and  holding  the  butt  of  this  stalk  under  his 
arm,  and  his  gun  under  his  other  arm,  he  started.  The 
cane  stalk  was  stiff,  and  it  served  precisely  as  a rudder. 
He  could  not  turn  to  right  or  left  without  feeling  the 
prying  strain  caused  by  the  cane — thus  he  was  steered 
through  the  field  of  giant  hay,  and  came  out  some  miles 
from  where  he  had  entered  the  stuff,  but  he  did  get  out. 

Sibley  knew  a woman,  of  whom  I had  been  hearing 
ever  since  I left  Illinois.  It  will  be  just  as  well  to  call 
the  woman  Mrs.  Frank,  as  most  people  on  the  river 
do.  Probably  Mrs.  Frank  is  the  most  notable  person 
among  the  cabin  boaters.  It  is  certain  that  she  is 
most  eminent  of  them.  Mrs.  Frank’s  first  husband  was 
Frank.  Accounts  differ  as  to  his  fate.  Sibley  remem- 
bered him  as  being  a pretty  good  sort  of  man  who 
worked  part  of  each  year  on  the  Sibley  plantation  be- 
fore the  levees  caused  its  ruin.  In  those  days  Mrs. 
Frank  was  a small,  lean,  determined  and  hard  working 
woman.  Her  hair  was  red.  She  had  come  down  the 
river  from  Evansville,  Illinois.  Two  children  were 
born,  a boy  and  a girl.  The  family  took  to  cabin  boat- 
ing, and  thereafter  its  members  were  less  regular  in 
working,  and  Sibley  saw  them  only  occasionally.  He 
believed  Frank  was  killed  by  a man  named  “Windy 
Jim”  somebody.  Windy  was  hanged  up  at  White  River 
for  some  other  meanness.  I heard  elsewhere  that  Mr. 
Frank  fell  from  Mrs.  Frank’s  grace  on  account  of  an 
episode  in  Ozark  Bend.  Mrs.  Frank  claims  Ozark 
Bend  as  her  own  fishing  spot,  but  four  men  and  a 


woman  came  to  the  Bend  and  went  to  fishing.  This 
was  years  ago.  Mrs.  Frank  sent  Mr.  Frank  up  to  the 
boat  to  order  the  men  away.  Her  husband  did  so  and 
the  five  ordered  him  elsewhere.  He  went  back  home 
and  told  his  wife,  who  upbraided  him  for  not  shoot- 
ing them  up  then  and  there.  She  went  up  to  the  boat 
herself,  and  the  five  merely  laughed  when  she  told 
them  that  was  her  bend,  and  they’d  better  go.  Al- 
though she  had  her  Winchester  besides  her,  they  did 
not  take  the  hint.  That  night,  while  the  claim-jumping 
fishermen  were  eating  supper,  the  lamp  was  shot  off 
the  table.  A fusilade  of  other  shots  was  fired,  and  the 
five  lay  down  behind  the  gunwales  of  the  boat,  and 
flattened  out  on  the  floor.  It  is  said  nearly  two  boxes 
of  .38-40  cartridges  were  fired  at  the  boat  in  the  course 
of  an  hour  or  so,  all  from  one  weapon.  When  quiet 
came,  a man  on  the  boat  ventured  to  crawl  to  the  lines 
and  cut  them.  The  eddy-current  swung  the  boat 
around,  and  it  floated  out  into  the  main  stream.  As 
no  shots  were  fired,  two  of  the  men  seized  the  splintered 
sweeps  and  pushed  themselves  far  from  the  bank  on 
which  Mrs.  Frank'  had  stood  while  enforcing  her  claim 
to  the  Ozark  Bend.  Thereafter  no  one  ever  treated 
Mrs.  Frank’s  claims  with  disrespect. 

Mrs.  Frank  was  indignant  on  account  of  Frank’s  fail- 
ure to  assist  in  driving  the  men  out,  and  he  disappeared 
from  view.  Some  say  that  Mrs.  Frank  got  a divorce, 
and  some  that  he  was  killed.  Anyhow,  Mrs.  Frank 
married  again,  and  still  again,  and  still  again,  until 
it  was  impossible  for  me  to  find  any  one  who  could 
give  a consecutive  list  of  them.  The  first  man  to  tell 
me  about  her  had  known  two  of  them  personally. 
Sibley  recalled  five,  and  once  in  a while  I would  hear 
of  another  man  who  had  been  married  to  the  woman 
— really  married,  and  by  a preacher.  The  marriages 
were  _ legal  ones,  too,  for  the  previous  husband  was 
invariably  dead,  with  the  possible  exception  of  Mr, 
Frank. 

Mrs.  Frank’s  husbands  died  with  their  boots  on.  It  is 
said  that  seven  of  them  are  in  one  graveyard,  but  this 
is  probably  an  exaggeration  by  several  as  to  the  grave- 
yard. A store  boatman  told  of  one  husband’s  fate. 
After  she  had  had  some  experience,  Mrs.  Frank  warned 
her  intended,  before  the  ceremony,  as  to  he  future: 
“I  tell  you,  Nelson,”  she  is  reported  to  have  said  to 
one  man  on  the  wedding  day,  “you  all’s  got  to  treat 
me  white.  If  you-all  gets  to  cutting  up,  and  ’busing 
me  when  we’s  married,  you-all’s  bound  to  git  the  worst 
of  hit — you  shore  is.  So  long’s  you-all  don’  git 
drunk,  and  don’t  whup  me,  we’ll  be  happy.” 

This  was  the  sixth  or  seventh  marriage,  and  it  hap- 
pened four  years  ago.  The  store  boatman,  who  was 
well  acquainted  with  Nelson,  told  me  how  he  talked  to 
Nelson  about  the  woman  when  he  heard  of  the  engage- 
ment. “I  tole  him  he  wouldn’t  las’  long,”  the  store 
boatman  said.  “I  laughed  at  him,  an’  he  laughed,  too. 
He  said  he  knowed  what  he  was  adoin’,  an’  I ’lowed  he 
didn’t.  Well,  sir,  it  happened  just  like  I told  him.  He 
had  been  married  eighteen  months,  when  he  got  drunk 
and  fell  to  mussing  on  a whiskey  boat,  and  they  drove 
him  off.  He  went  home  and  told  her  about  hit,  and 
she  sent  him  back  with  a gun,  and,  ’course,  when  the 
whiskey  boaters  seen  him'  coming  with  a gun  they  jest 
plumb  had  to  kill  him  up.  I don’t  know  who  Mrs. 


Frank’s  married  to  now — I hearn  it’s  to  a bank  chap,  but 
I don’t  know.  Generally,  she  marries  a river  man,  bein’ 
off  the  river  herself.” 

Sibley  was  living  in  a house  on  stilts.  It  was  a small 
building,  20x24  feet,  the  floor  of  which  was  12  or  14 
feet  from  the  ground.  A stove,  in  a similar  building, 
was  an  attraction  for  many  river  people,  for  Sibley  is 
well  known  to  the  cabin  boaters  as  a “good  man“  who 
“minds  his  own  business.”  He  took  great  interest  in 
our  adventures,  and  told  of  the  time  when  he  used  to 
see  fifty  cabin  boats  drift  past  in  one  day.  Now  there 
was  not  one  cabin  boat  to  forty  of  twenty  years  or  so 
ago.  For  some  reason,  the  river  people  were  being 
driven  from  the  stream.  Of  the  suggestions  made  as 
to  the  cause,  the  fact  that  so  many  bank  stores  had 
been  established  as  to  prevent  store  boats  finding  a 
good  trade  was  one.  In  the  old  days  a man  could  sell 
anything  anywhere,  but  now  there  are  dozens  of  land- 
ings which  are  forbidden  to  river  people,  because  the 
river  men  have  a bad  name,  and  because  bank  men  have 
stores  there. 

Sibley  said  that  nearly  all  the  murders  along  the  river 
were  due  to  river  men  fighting  over  whiskey  or  women. 
No  lav/  reaches  the  river  man.  Uncle  Sam  gives  him  a 
marine  liquor  license  for  $23,  and  with  that  he  can  run 
a gasolene  ferryboat  or  a two-by-four  cabin  boat  into 
the  paths  of  prosperity,  regardless  of  “dry”  States, 
counties,  or  what  not  along  the  way. 

Mr.  Sibley  said  that  on  the  river,  Government  con- 
tracting was  then  profitable.  He  told  of  men  who  came 
to  it  with  a wagon  and  two  horses  from  down  east, 
living  in  tents.  They  took  contracts,  and  now  are 
worth  more  than  a million  dollars.  He,  himself,  had 
had  a chance  to  run  the  commissary  of  a contractor. 

But  I didn’t  like  the  commissary  business,”  he  ex- 
plained, “I’m  an  honest  man.” 

In  the  morning  we  drifted  down  to  Rosedale,  Miss., 
and  1 here  we  heard  that  the  ice  was  coming,  and  we’d 
better  watch  out.  I was  glad  to  know  that  I would 
see  a “run  out”  of  the  ice.  The  drift  and  ice,  and  the 
flood  are  the  two  culminating  natural  features  of  Mis- 
sissippi River  characteristics.  Raymond  S.  Spears. 


The  Mississippi  Cabin  Boaters. 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

Mr.  Raymond  S.  Spears  need  not  be  disturbed  by  criti- 
cisms of  his  interesting  series  of  narratives.  Not  long  ago 
m a small  southern  port  I was  informed  that  two  other 
New  Yorkers  were  in  town.  I hastened  to  find  if  they  were 
Mr.  Choate  and  Mr.  Rockefeller,  and  took  my  card  case 
along.  One  of  the  gentlemen  informed  me  that  he  was 
“off  of  Coney’s  Island,”  and  the  other  lived  at  “Seek 
Stave  In  Ye  and  Fort  Street.”  Coahoma’s  commendable 
civic  pride  is  appreciated,  but  there  are  fringes  on  every 
town. 

One  day  at  the  Central  Hotel,  in  Berlin,  I happened  to 
see  an  old  Western  acquaintance  who  had  struck  it  rich, 
and  was  taking  a cooked-up  tour.  He  had  just  come  from 
Paris.  I asked  him  what  he  thought  of  Paris,  and  he 
said:  “Say,  they’ve  got  a post  office  in  that  town.,’  To 
which  an  English  friend  sitting  near  responded  in  a tone 
of  surprise : “Indeed  there  is  a post  office  there,  bitt  have 
you  seen  ours  in  London?”  R.  T M 


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The  Rocky  Mountain  Goat. 

To  the  Ninth  Annual  Report  of  the  New  York  Zoo- 
logical Society  Mr.  Madison  Grant  has  contributed  a 
beautifuly  illustrated  paper  on  the  Rocky  Mountain 
goat  which  possesses  much  interest  for  men  of  science, 
nature  lovers  and  hunters.  No  such  collection  of  photo- 
graphs of  white  goats  has  ever  been  brought  together, 
and  the  hunter  familiar  with  the  white  goat  should  by 
all  means  obtain,  if  possible,  a copy  of  this  paper.  Ex- 
tremely interesting  are  the  photographs  of  the  four 
young  goats  and  the  little  mountain  sheep  which  are 
now  on  exhibition  at  the  Zoological  Society’s  park  in 
New  York.  On  the  Atlantic  coast  only  eight  immature 
specimens  have  been  had  alive,  and  of  those  four  are 
now  to  be  seen  in  the  New  York  Zoological  Park.  A 
full-grown  male  is  living  now  in  the  London  Zoological 
Garden. 

The  term  goat,  as  Mr.  Grant  remarks,  is  very  objec- 
tionable, but  it  is  a question  whether  it  will  ever  be  re- 
placed by  another  term.  The  great  public  has  a fashion 
of  adopting  its  own  titles,  and  is  not  likely  to  substi- 
tute the  terms  snow  antelope,  wool  antelope  or  white 
antelope — all  of  which  have  been  suggested — for  the 
monosyllable  goat. 

It  is  well  recognized  that  the  goat  belongs  to  the 
Rupicaprince,  a group  of  mountain  antelope,  so-called, 
of  which  the  chamois  is  the  most  familiar  example,  and 
the  Asiatic  genus,  N cemorhedus,  the  nearest  relative  to 
our  goat.  Oreamnos ■ — our  genus — which  a few  years  ago 
was  supposed  to  consist  of  a single  species,  has  lately 
been  split  up  into  several  subspecies,  the  distribution  of 
which  is  not  yet  certainly  known. 

The  Rocky  Mountain,  or  white,  goat  is  an  Alpine 
species,  the  range  of  which  for  the  most  part  is  to  the 
north  of  the  United  States.  On  the  other  hand,  it  has 
been  abundant  in  northern  Montana,  Washington,  and 
Idaho  and  Oregon,  though  from  some  of  these  States 
it  has  largely  been  exterminated.  That  the  goat  ever 
existed  in  considerable  numbers  very  far  to  the  south 
of  the  States  mentioned  may  perhaps  be  doubted.  On 
the  other  hand,  Mr.  Grant  can  hardly  be  followed  when 
he  makes  a statement  so  sweeping  as  this: 

“The  writer  has  carefully  traced  out  the  legends  re- 


garding the  occurrence  of  goat  in  Colorado,  Utah  and 
California.  There  are  persistent  stories  about  the  ex- 
istence of  white  goat  in  Colorado,  which,  when  investi- 
gated, seem  to  have  their  origin  in  some  domestic  goat 
which  are  known  to  have  escaped  from  captivity.  It  is, 
however,  a certainty  that  Oreamnos  has  not  existed  in 
Colorado  since  the  arrival  of  the  white  man,  and  there 
is  no  proof  of  its  previous  existence  there.  This  state- 
ment is  made  after  a full  examination  of  the  evidence.” 

A dictum  such  as  this  sweeps  away  apparently  with- 
out any  consideration  a certain  amount  of  positive 
evidence  that  has  been  recorded.  It  must  be  granted 

that  twenty-five  years  ago  the  goat  was  very  little 

known  to  hunters,  and  hardly  better  known  to  natur- 
alists; that  the  female  mountain  sheep  was  frequently — 
on  account  of 1 its  straight  horns — taken  for  the  goat, 
and  that  domestic  goats — escaped  from  Mexican  sheep 
herds  and  run  wild- — did  exist  in  Colorado  mountains. 
But  even  acknowledging  all  this,  it  appears  impossible 
to  ignore  certain  evidence  which  we  recapitulate.  More 
than  thirty  years  ago  a portion  of  the  skull  of  a white 

goat  with  horns  attached  was  seen  nailed  up  over  a 

butcher  shop  in  Denver,  Colo.  It  is  hardly  conceivable 
that  any  one  would  have  brought  this  small  fragment 
from  the  nearest  now  known  range  of  the  goat  and 
used  it  for  such  a purpose  as  this. 

In  Volume  V.  of  the  “Geographical  Survey  West  of 
the  xooth  Meridian,”  which  contains  the  report  on 
zoology  by  Drs.  Elliott  Coues  and  H.  C.  Yarrow,  it  is 
stated — absolutely  without  detail  as  to  time  or  place 
of  the  occurrence — that  an  individual  of  this  species  was 
seen  in  Colorado  by  Lieut.  Marshall’s  party.  The 
description  of  the  animal  and  of  the  characteristic  man- 
ner in  which  it  walked  seems  to  make  it  quite  clear  that 
this  was  an  Oreamnos.  These  two  bits  of  evidence 
standing  by  themselves  would  rightly  be  regarded  as 
valueless,  but  the  written  statement  of  Mr.  John  Willis, 
now  or  lately  of  Thompson’s  Falls,  Montana,  is  much 
more  convincing.  About  1880,  Mr.  Willis  moved  from 
Colorado  to  Montana,  where  he  became  perfectly  fa- 
miliar with  Oreamnos,  and  frequently  hunted  and  killed 
them.  There  can  be  no  question  of  his  knowing  what 
a goat  was,  nor  of  his  honesty.  He  said  in  a letter 
dated  May  27,  1888. 

“It  was  in  the  winter  of  1879,  in  February  some  time, 

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that  Chas.  Snow,  Reece  Gephaert  and  myself  were  hunt- 
ing about  twenty  miles  from  the  Canon  City,  Colo., 
when  we  saw  something  white  going  up  the  mountains. 
Snow  and  I went  after  them,  not  knowing  that  there 
was  such  a thing  as  a white  goat  in  the  mountains. 
They  seemed  to  be  traveling,  and  were  going  south  to- 
ward some  very  high  peaks.  Snow  went  around  to  head 
them  off,  and  left  me  to  follow  them.  They  soon  saw 
we  were  after  them,  and  got  up  in  some  cliffs  and 
looked  down  at  me.  I shot  and  made  a scratch  shot, 
and  killed  what  I thought  was  a small  one,  but  it  was 
about  three  years  old,  a nanny  goat,  which  would  have 
had  a kid  in  the  spring.  When  I shot  it  was  standing 
out  on  a point  of  rocks.  The  bullet  struck  the  shoulder, 
and  it  fell  three  hundred  feet  down  the  cliff.  I dressed 
it  and  took  the  meat  back  to  camp,  but  left  the  hide 
where  I dressed  it.  These  were  the  only  goats  I ever 
saw  in  Colorado,  and  everybody  told  us  that  there  was 
no  such  a thing  in  the  mountain,  so  I never  told  of  it 
till  I saw  Mr.  Roosevelt. 

“Snow  was  from  Illinois  somewhere,  and  Gephaert 
from  Toledo,  O.  They  both  saw  the  band.  There  must 
have  been  fifteen  or  twenty  of  them  from  the  amount 
of  sign  they  made. 

“I  do  not  know  the  name  of  the  range  of  mountains 
where  we  found  them,  but  it  was  on  the  west  or  south 
side  of  the  Arkansas  River.  I have  been  in  all  the 
Territories  south  and  never  saw  or  heard  of  goats 
except  m this  case,  till  I came  to  Montana  They  are 
very  plenty  in  some  of  the  mountains  here.” 

The  locality  here  referred  to  would  seem  to  be  on  the 
parallel  of  38  30  , and  perhaps  in  or  near  the  Sangre  de 
Christo  Mountains. 


Denver,  Colo.,  and  later  of  Platteville,  Colo  killed 
white  goat  in  that  State  about  fifty  miles  west  of  Den 
ver.  Mr.  Johnson’s  personal  statement  of  the  occur 
rence  is  as  follows: 

“The  location  was  on  the  southeast  side  of  Ml 
Evans,  about  fifty  miles  west  of  Denver,  and  about  one 
half  mile  below  timber  line.  I had  just  finished  skin 
ning  a bear,  and  was  starting  for  camp,  when  I saw 
band  of  mountain  sheep  coming  down  the  side  of  th 
mountain  toward  a spring,  where  I had  just  skinned  th 
bear.  In  this  bunch  I saw  what  I at  first  thought  wa 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


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a white  Mexican  goat,  but  when  they  got  within  150  of 
200  yards,  I saw  that  it  was  much  larger,  and  the  horns 
were  smaller  and  different.  I decided  to  shoot  it  to 
see  what  it  was,  as  I had  no  idea  of  mountain  goats  in 
this  section.  I killed  it,  and  my  first  thought  was  to 
skin  it  for  the  taxidermist,  but  I soon  decided  that  I 
would  not  have  time,  as  I was  fully  one  hour’s  walk 
from  camp,  with  no  trail  and  night  comj^g  on.  I knew 
that  if  I left  it  till  morning  either  bears,  wildcats  or 
some  other  animals  were  liable  to  destroy  it,  so  I took 
the  hide  for  a rug,  leaving  my  bear  skin  in  a little  tree 
till  the  next  day.  The  goat  was  larger  than  any  sheep 
in  the  bunch;  would  weigh  undressed,  I should  judge, 
about  175  pounds.  The  hoofs  and  horns  were  black; 
horns  about  8 inches  long,  hair  from  4 to  6 inches  long 
and  extending  to  within  some  7 or  8 inches  of  the  feet; 
from  there  down  not  more  than  or  H inch  long.  His 
teeth  were  nearly  all  gone,  and  he  was  very  poor.  The 
ends  of  the  horns  were  worn  off,  and  the  hide  along 
the  back  and  on  the  hip  joints  showed  a good  deal  of 
cream  color,  giving  every  appearance  of  being  very 
old.  I decided  that  he  was  a long  way  from  home,  as 
it  was  the  first  of  the  kind  that  I had  ever  seen  or 
heard  of  in  this  country,  after  hunting  here  for  over 
thirty  years.  When  I went  back  for  the  bear  pelt,  I 
hung  the  head  up  in  a tree,  intending  to  return  and  get 
it,  but  have  never  been  on  that  side  of  the  mountain 
since.” 

For  seventy-five  years  after  its  first  description,  the  white 
goat  was  little  known;  its  vernacular  name  tended  to  a 
constant  confusion  of  Oreamnos  with  the  female  moun- 
tain sheep,  and  with  domestic  goats  separated  from 
Mexican  sheep  herds  in  the  South  and  reverted  to  the 
wild  state;  nevertheless,  there  remains  this  evidence — 
positive  as  opposed  to  negative,  and  from  people  whose 
honesty  cannot  be  impugned.  As  sponsor  for  Mr. 
Willis,  we  have  the  Hon.  T.  Roosevelt,  and  for  Mr. 
Johnson,  the  late  Hon.  W.  N.  Byers,  of  Denver. 

Mr.  Grant  explains  the  absence  of  the  goat  to  the 
South  by  the  dryness  of  the  mountain — that  is  to  say, 
by  the  absence  of  snow  or  streams.  Our  observation, 
however,  has  led  us  to  believe  that  the  question  is  one 
of  annual  precipitation  rather  than  of  . abundance  of 
streams.  Obviously  the  goat  must  drink,  and  in  a 
waterless  country  could  not  exist,  but  on  the  high 
mountains  water  is  usually  to  be  found.  The  goat, 
however,  by  preference,  inhabits  a country  of  much 
rain  and  snow,  and  also  a country  of  low  temperature. 

Mr.  Grant  declares  that  the  goat  is  marvelqusly 
tough,  and  can  carry  more  lead  even  than  a grizzly. 
Certainly  the  goat  is  a tough,  strong  animal,  but  his 
apparent  ability  to  carry  off  lead  is  explained  in  large 
measure,  we  fancy,  by  his  shape,  which  makes  the  body 
seem  much  larger  than  it  really  is.  The  hair  hanging 
down  below  the  body,  and  the  tall  dorsal  spines,  with 
their  crest  of  white  hair,  tend  to  lead  the  inexperienced 
sportsman  to  shoot  the  goat  too  high  and  so  to  miss 
the  vital  spot.  In  this  way  many  animals  escape  which, 
if  properly  shot,  would  have  succumbed  at  once.  A 
similar  tendency  to  shoot  too  high  was  noticed  in  the 
old  days  with  the  buffalo,  where  the  high  dorsal  spine 
again  deceived  the  inexperienced  hunter,  and  led  him  to 
shoot  “through  the  meat.” 


An  Anglers  Wildflowers. 

Charlestown.,  N.  H —Editor  Forest  and  Stream:  I 

have  highly  enjoyed  the  letters  of  Mr,  Weed,  with  their 
admirable  illustrations,  and  only  wished  that  I .could  send 
you  a photograph  of  a cluster  of  the  E/ugeq,  miscalled 
Trailing  Arbutus,  of  eight  or  ten  flowers  m a bunch,  such 
as  we  find  here  in  New  Hajnpshire,  instead  of  the  usual 
straggling  three  or  four  flowers,  . . 

I wonder  at  this  perpetual  misnomer,  for  there  is  a 
genuine  Trailing  Arbutus,  botanically  known  as  the  U va 
ursi  or  Bearberry,  which  is  .common  about  the  Great 
Hakes  .and  is  also  found  in  Massachusetts.  It  bears  a 
j-.ed  berry  like  the  Arbutus  tree  of  Europe,  while  the  fruit 
of  the  Epige.a  is  a .dry  musky  seed  pod.  The  name  of 
Arbutus  has  been  given  to  it  in  ignorance,  like  that  of 
trout  to  the  southern  black  bass,  and  seems  to  stick,  put 
I prefer  that  of  the  Mayflower,  which  the  Pilgrims  called 
it,  after  their  ship,  when  they  found  it  on  the  hills  at 
Plymouth,  or  even  that  of  Ground  Laurel,  as  it  is  .called 

in  some  sections.  . 

All  of  Mr.  Weed's  half-tone  illustrations  are  excellent, 
and  they  remind  me  of  a little  patch  of  damp  woods,  of 
.only  .an  acre  or  two,  around  a spring  which  forms  the 
ihead  of  one  branch  of  ong  of  my  youthful  t-rout  brooks, 
and  which  I have  long  called  “my  forest  garden,  and 
which,  till  last  year,  I have  visited  regularly  every  spring. 
Here  within  a few  hundred  yards,  I have  always  gath- 
ered a big  bunch  of  Painted  Trilliums,  Clintomas,  Dwarf 
(Cornel  or  Bunchberries,  Star-flowey  or  Trientalis,  Bell- 
iwort  or  Nontaria,  and  on  a little  higher  ground  around  it, 
Ladies’  Slippers  and  Hobblebush,  Vibuniutn  lantanoide s, 
;and  Fiarella,  always  getting  my  hands  full.  The  spot  is 
;a!bout;a  mile  and  a half  from  the  village  on  a bee-line,  but 
tt, wo  miles  by  the  road,  and  up  hill  all  the  way,  and  fox 
ttwo  years  I have  felt  unequal  to  the  climb,  and  have  con- 
fined my  rambles  to  the  more  level  ground  nearer  the  vil- 
lage, in  fact  seldom  going  beyond  the  smooth  walking 
-of  the  streets.  Yet  there  are  many  other  of  the  wildflo.w- 
■ers  which  Mr.  Weed  writes  of  within  easier  reach. 

The  showy  Orchis  ( Orchis  spectabis)  grows  in  the  val- 
ley of  the  brook  at  the  upper  end  of  the  village,  while  half 
;a  "mile  further  north,  in  a swamp  alongside  the  railway 
;track,  I have  found  the  most  showy  of  the  Orchis  family, 
;the  .tall  Orchis  grandidora,  while  the  lower  and  more  pur- 
ple one,  the  Orchis  dmbriata,  is  very  common  in  the 
meadows  along  the  brooks,  and  on  the  hillsides,  I have 
found  the  Round-leaved  Orchis,  or  Orchis  orbiculata.  In 
ithe  same  swamp,  with  the  tall  Orchis,  grows  the  Arethusa 
•or  Pogonia  as  it  is  now  called,  and  in  a swamp  around  a 
■small  spring  pond,  nearly  on  the  summit  of  one  of  the 
ihmhest  hills  overlooking  the  river,  four  miles  below  the 
•village  grows  its  cousin  the  Cymbidium,  now  called  by 
•some  other  name  which  I forget.  The  same  pond  in  July 
•is  white  with  lilies,  while  the  brook  which  flows  from  it 
linlate  summer  is  scarlet  with  Cardinal  flowers,  or  Lobelia 
cardinalis,  and  in  the  hill  pastures  the  Blue  Lobelia  is 
plenty  In  the  river  meadows  I find  the  Bloodroot  (San- 
■zuinaria)  and  the  Dog’s-tooth  Violet,  while  nearly  Ml  the 
Varieties  of  the  Cornel,  from  the  Dogwood  down  to  the 


Bunchberry,  are  to  be  gathered  in  the  woods.  Then  there 
are  the  Linnea,  and  the  Claytonia,  both  of  which  I dis- 
covered in  my  trout  fishing  excursions  along  the  brooks 
and  carried  home  to  my  mother  to  copy. 

She  was  both  artist  and  botanist,  and  made  a large  col- 
lection of  drawings  of  our  native  wildflowers.  Beside 
the  common  Lady  Slipper  which  I have  mentioned,  I also 
found  the  great  White  one  and  the  Yellow  one.  The 
former  one  has  been  quite  exterminated  in  this  region  by 
an  old  Indian  doctor,  who  came  here  many  years  since, 
and  who  claimed  that  its  root  was  a sure  cure  for  con- 
sumption. 

A root  of  the  Yellow  one  I gave  to  an  English  friend 
in  Lowell,  who  sent  it  home,  where  one.  of  its  flowers 
took  a prize  at  a Manchester  horticultural  exhibition. 
Another  root  of  it  which  I dug  up  in  the  woods  some 
four  years  since  and  set  out  in  a damp  place  in  my  sis- 
ter’s garden,  had  five  superb  flowers  on  it  about  three 
weeks  ago.  Then  we  have  the  Pink  Azalea  in  one  place 
on  the  hills,  and  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  river,  in  Ver- 
mont, a small  patch  of  the  Mountain  Laurel,  both  of 
them  being  nearly  at  their  extreme  northern  limit  of 
growth.  Following  these  in  the  summer  come  the  Red 
and  Yellow  Lilies  on  the  hills  and  in  the  meadows,  then 
no  end  of  varieties  of  Goldenrods  and  Asters,  winding  up 
the  season  with  the  beautiful  Gentians,  both  Fringed  and 
Bottle,  and  altogether  this  is  a fertile  field  for  a lover  of 
wildflowers. 

I got  acquainted  with  many  of  these  flowers  while  trout 
fishing  when  a boy,  when  I often  topped  off  a half-full 
basket  with  such  as  I could  find,  and  took  them  home  to 
learn  more  about  them. 

I have  little  else  to  write  about.  Physical  weakness 
has  prevented  me  from  climbing  the  hills  to  the  distant 
trout  brooks,  and  I have  not  been  able  to  get  to  the  more 
distant  lakes,  where  I could  cast  a fly  from  a boat,  so 
that  I have  not  wet  a line  for  two  years,  and  have  had  to 
rely  on  Forest  and  Stream  for  my  tale  of  adventure.  It 
is  hardly  necessary  to  say  how  much  I have  enjoyed  the 
“Trails  of  the  Pathfinders”  or  Cabia  Blanco’s  graphic 
and  simply-told  notes  of  his  prairie  experiences,  and  I 
have  also  followed  Raymond  Spears  down  the  Missis- 
sippi, though  I sometimes  think  with  Coahoma  that  he 
occasionally  got  into  pretty  bad  company.  I was  de- 
lighted a year  ago  to  see  the  once  familiar  signature  of 
“Forked  Deer”  and  read  his  account  of  his  trip  to  Crater 
Lake,  but  I miss  the  names  of  Shoshone,  and  Kingfisher, 
and  Kelpie,  and  wonder  whether  any  of  them  have  un- 
noted and  unknown,  followed  Rodgers  and  Didymus 
“over  the  long  divide.”  Von  W. 


The  Parasitic  Habit. 

Since  writing  my  note  on  the  cuckoo  and  its  victim  I 
have  been  reading  a yery  interesting  book  on  “Our  Com- 
mon Cuckoo”  ( Cuculus  canorus ),  by  A.  H.  Japp,  F.  R. 
S.  E.  The  conclusion  which  Mr.  Japp  reaches  in  regard 
to  the  bird’s  parasitic  habit  is,  that  it  is  the  result  of 
“polygamous  promiscuity”  or  in  simpler  phrase,  free-love. 
By  reason  of  this,  it  is  argued,  the  female  cuckoos  have 
become  decimated  and  being  the  object  of  so  much  atten- 
tion from  the  males, 'have  lost  tlje  regular  habits  of  nest- 
building and  brooding.  This  is  a plausible  enough  theory. 
Darwin,  however,  held  that  the  parasitic  habit  was  the 
result  of. the  irregular  laying  of  the  cuckoo,  and  the  con- 
sequent inconvenience  of  having  young  birds  and  eggs 
in  the  nest  at  the  same  time  and'  the  early  migratory  call. 
An  old  rhyme  has  it; 

“July,  he  may  fly, 

August,  he  .must.” 

Mr.  Japp  trayerses  this  on  the  ground  of  recent  obser- 
vations which  go  to  show  that  the  cuckoo  is  not  such  an 
irregular  layer  as  Darwin  supposed,  and  that  anyhow 
young  birds  and  unhatched  ,eggs  in  the  same  nest  of  vari- 
ous species  is  not  at  all  an  uncommon  occurrence,  and 
that  if  the  old  cuckoos  migrate  in  July  or  August  the 
young  ones  certainly  do  not  until  September  or  October. 

Mr.  Japp,  of  course,  refers  to  our  cuckoos  (which,  are 
not  unknown  to  be  guilty  of  parasitism,  though  in  an  in- 
cipient way,  as  it  were),  and  especially  to  our  cowbird. 
( Molothrus  bonariensis)  which  is  as  bad  an  offender  as,  if 
not  a worse,  than  Cuculus  canorus,  inasmuch  as  it  is  more 
destructive  of  the  eggs. and  nestlings  of  its  victims.  But 
Mr.  Japp  is  evidently  in  doubt  about  Molothrus , for  he 
says : “One  point  On  which  I would  fain  have  more 

definite  information  about  the  cowbirds — results,  of  exact 
observation  and  comparison — is  as  to  the  disparity  of  the 
sexes  in  numbers.’”  Are  the  male  cowbirds  largely  in 
excess  of  the  female?  Have  any  of  our  American  orni- 
thologists observed  this?  If  not,  then  it  would  seem  that 
fylr.  Japp’s  theory  falls  to  the  ground. 

As  an  alternative  theory  we  have  that  mentioned  in  my 
previous  note  (viz.,  the 'necessity'  put  upon  the  parent 
cuckoo  of  countervailing  the  murderous  instinct  of  its 
progeny),  or  that  of  a gentleman,  who  writes  me  to  say 
that  Cuculus  canorus  has  no  inherited  knowledge  of  nest- 
building'and  hence  the  parasitic,  habit.  Finally,  we  have 
the  theory  of  the  innate  depravity  or  degeneracy  of  the 
bird,  as  thus  expressed  by  Geddes  and  Thomson  in.  “The 
Evolution  of  Sex”  : “The  general  character  of  the  birds— 
the  unsociable  life,  the  selfish  cruelty  of  the  nestlings  and 
the  lazy  parasitical  habit — have  a common  basis  in  the 
constitution.  The  insatiable  appetite,  the  small  size  of 
the  reproductive  organs,  the  smallness  of  the  eggs,  the 
sluggish  parturition,  the  rapid  growth  of  the  young,  the 
great  preponderance  of  males,  the  absence  of  true  pairing, 
the  degeneration  of  maternal  affection,  are  all  correlated, 
and  largely  explicable  in  terms  of  the  fundamental  con- 
trast between  nutrition  and  reproduction,  between  hunger 
and  love.  Similar  unnatural  or  immoral  instincts  in 
birds,  in  mammals  and  even  in  the  lower  animals,  are 
explicable  in  similar  terms.  The  cuckoo’s  habit  is  a 
natural  outcrop  of  the  general  character  or^constitution, 
only  one  expression  of  a dominant  diathesis.”  F.  M. 


American  Museum  of  Natural  History. 

The  annual  report  of  the  American  Museum  of 
Natural  History  of  New  York  City  for  the  year  1904 
is  an  interesting  paper,  illustrated  by  a number  of  beau- 
tiful photographs  of  specimens. 

Within  the  year  the  permanent  ( endowment  .fund  has 


increased  $573,000.  The  city  makes  an  annual  appro- 
priation of  $160,000  for  the  Museum’s  maintenance,  and 
beyond  that  the  total  receipts  from  all  sources  has 
been  over  $78,000.  The  increase  in  annual  members 
has  been  278,  and  the  loss  through  death  and  resigna- 
tion 87— a net  gain  of  191.  In  the  departments  of 
mammalogy  and  ornithology  a number  of  small  bird 
groups  have  been  added  to  those  already  on  exhibition, 
and  two  large  bird  groups,  one  representing  the 
flamingoes,  a result  of  the  work  of  Mr.  Frank  Chapman, 
to  which  reference  has  already  been  made,  the  other 
illustrating  the  bird  life  of  the  irrigated  portions  of  the 
San  Joaquin  Valley  in  California.  Among  the  large 
mammal  groups,  one  of  the  Roosevelt  elk,  one  of  the 
large  Alaska  Peninsula  bear  and  one  of  the  Mexican 
collared  peccary  are  in  preparation. 

In  the  department  of  vertebrate  paleontology,  the  most 
striking  specimen  on  exhibition  is  the  huge  skeleton  of 
Brontosaurus,  but  there  are  many  others. 

The  ethnological  collections  have  been  enlarged  in 
many  directions.  Among  the  interesting  specimens  is  a 
whaler’s  ceremonial  house  from  Vancouver  Island,  in 
which  generations  of  Indian  whalers  purified  them- 
selves. Dr.  Clark  Wissler  has  secured  a Blackfoot  col- 
lection, illustrating  in  some  degree  their  ceremonial. 

Among  the  illustrations  of  the  report  are  those  of 
the  Alaska  Peninsula  bear,  of  Brontosaurus,  the 
Nootka  house  and  others. 


The  California  Condor. 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

A specimen  of  the  California  condor  has  been  received 
at  the  Bronx  Zoological  Park,  and  is  spoken  of  as  a very 
rare  bird.  If  the  species  is  as  near  extinction  as  it  is  said 
to  be,  the  work  of  extermination  must  have  been  going 
on  rapidly  during  the  last  dozen  or  fifteen  years. 

In  1.889  the  condor  was  by  no  means  rare  in  southern 
California.  I spent  about  six  months  in  the  mountains 
inclosing  the  southern  end  of  the  San  Joaquin  Valley  in 
that  year,  and  hardly  a day  passed  without  my  seeing  sev- 
eral of  the  big  birds  soaring  in  the  sky.  Frequently  I 
saw  them  joining  the  buzzards  in  a feast  of  carrion,  and 
once  I shot  a large  specimen  from  the  top  of  a tall  dead 
tree.  The  wing  spread  of  the  specimen  was  nearly  eleven 
feet  without  undue  stretching.  Unfortunately,  the  skin 
spoiled  and  I was  unable  to  deliver  it  to  a naturalist  in 
San  Francisco,  who  had  an  order  for  a condor  skin  from 
Berlin  and  asked  me  to  obtain  one  for  him. 

From  frequent  observation  of  the  behavior  of  buzzards 
and  .condors,  I concluded  that  they  hunt  by  sight  and  keep 
dose  watch  on  one  another,  when  soaring,  to  profit  by 
any  individual  bird’s  discovery  of  a carcass.  That,  I be- 
lieve, is  the  explanation  of  the  foraging  of  scavenger 
birds. 

If  the  California  condor  has  become  rare,  doubtless  it 
is  because  the  stockmen  and  sheep  herders— there  are  no 
“shepherds”  in  the  West— poison  the  carcasses  of  animals 
killed  by  wild  beasts.  But  if  that  is  the  case,  why  is  not 
the  buzzard  also  disappearing?  I have  not  heard  that  the 
buzzard  is  in  danger  of  becoming  an  extinct  species  in 
California.  The  law  protects  buzzards  and  condors  alike, 
and  even  without  the  protection  of  law  the  condor  is  not 
in  much  danger  of  being  shot,  for  he  lives  in  desolate 
regions,  soars  too  high  to  be  reached  by  bullets  and  is 
seldom  seen  on  the  ground.  I am  inclined  to  doubt  that 
there  has  been  any  sudden  decrease  in  number  of  the 
California  condor.  A.  K. 


Cow  and  Fawn. 

During  a heavy  rainstorm  Wednesday,  one  of  Mrs. 
Lawson’s  cows  came  home  without  its  calf,  only  two  days 
old.  Its  grief  was  plainly  manifested  by  bellowing.  The 
calf  was  found  drowned  in  a swamp.  Yesterday  (Friday) 
the  mother  cow  was  grazing,  when  there  appeared  a beau- 
tiful little  fawn,  chased  by  three  hounds.  Thinking,  per- 
haps, it  was  her  lost  calf,  the  cow  went  to  its  rescue,  as 
the  little  fawn,  nearly  run  down,  was  bleating  from  fright. 
The  cow  threw  herself  between  the  dogs  and  the  fawn. 
The  struggle  for  the  possession  of  the  fawn  between  the 
dogs  and  the  cow  was  exciting.  Two  of  the  dogs  were 
. killed,  while  the  third  was  so  badly  wounded  it  left  the 
field  of  battle,  while  the  brave  cow  tenderly  cared  for  the 
fawn.  Mrs.  Lawson  was  surprised  Friday  to  see  her  cow 
coming  home.  By  her  side  was  a pretty  spotted  calf,  as 
Mrs.  Lawson  supposed,  but  when  near  the  house  it  was 
seen  to  be  a deer  instead  of  a calf.  It  had  become  so  fond 
of  its  foster  mother  it  would  not  leave,  and  would  let 
the  children  stroke  it;  and  seems  to  be  fond  of  its  sur- 
roundings, while  the  cow  tenderly  cares  for  it,  and  it 
nurses  as  if  she  were  its  real  mother.  It  will  be  allowed 
to  run  at  large  and  will  be  raised  with  the  cattle.  “No 
money  can  buy  my  pet,”  says  Mrs.  Lawson. — Richmond 
(Va.)  Times-Democrat. 


"Hunting  Without  a Gun." 

From  the  Boston  Herald. 

A spring  book  from  the  press  of  Forest  and  Stream 
is  “Hunting  Without  a Gun,”  by  Rowland  E.  Robinson, 
famous  as  the  author  of  the  New  England  dialect  stories, 
“Uncle  Lisha’s  Shop,”  “Sam  Lovel’s  Camp,”  and  others 
of  that  charming  series.  While  it  might  have  been  im- 
agined that  these  volumes  would  have,  as  they  did,  an 
especial  popularity  in  New  England,  it  has  also  proved 
that  a multitude  of  emigrants  from  New  England  settled 
in  the  Western  States  have  felt  their  truth  and  enjoyed 
in  these  books  the  memories  of  the  old  home.  When  we 
think  that  these  books  were  written  by  one  who  had  lost 
his  sight,  their  truth  to  nature  seems  most  remarkable; 
but  this  very  fact  shows  how  deeply  ingrained  in  the 
man’s  fibre  was  the  love  of  nature  which  shines  out  so 
strong  and  pure  through  these  pages.  “Hunting  Without 
a Gun”  tells  of  the  pleasures  of  the  nature-lover  who 
seeks  out  the  wild  creatures  without  intending  to  harm 
them. 


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[June  24,  1905, 


Across  the  Clearwater  Range  of 
the  Bitterroot  Mountains. 

(What  is  written  in  and  between  these  lines  is  dedicated  to  the 
best  of  fellows,  the  Big  Chief.) 

The  Lewis  and  Clark  Exposition  at  Portland  follows 
in  the  wake  of  the  Louisiana  Purchase  Exposition,  held 
in  the  city  from  which  a hundred  years  ago  the  great 
Lewis  and  Clark  expedition  started. 

Both  events,  the  Louisiana  Purchase  and  the  famous 
exploration  have  become  of  the  greatest  imaginable  mo- 
ment to  the  people  of  the  United  States,  and  both  cen- 
tennials will  go  down  in  history  as  having  been  fitly 
celebrated  by  two  great  expositions. 

The  Louisiana  Purchase  so  closely  followed  the  ex- 
ploration of  Lewis  and  Clark,  that  it  is  quite  pardonable 
to  believe  the  one  a logical  sequence  of  the  other.  In 
fact,  Merryweather  Lewis  had  left  Washington  before 
the  treaty  had  been  received  by  Jefferson.  This,  of  course, 
does  not  impair  their  historic  affinity,  and  while  we  know 
much  of  the  Purchase,  the  average  reader  has  heretofore 
not  been  in  a position  to  acquaint  himself  with  the  won- 
derful recital  of  this  exploration. 

History  in  monarchic  countries  centers  in  the  persons 
of  kings  and  battle  lords;  history  of  the  United  States 
must  tell  of  the  people  and  its  self-chosen  leaders.  It 
must  speak  of  that  colossal  fight  for  civilization  waged 
against  man,  beast  and  inanimate  nature — a modern  Iliad, 
a fight  of  such  gigantic  proportions  that  in  the  short  time 
of  less  than  one  hundred  years  it  has  performed  the  labors 
of  civilization  of  ages  and  centuries. 

It  is  patriotism  never  to  forget  that. 

When  a politician  talks  about  patriotism,  consider  it  a 
business  proposition,  for  he  needs  a good  deal  of  other 
people’s  patriotism  to  thrive.  When  a spread-eagleist 
pumps  his  superior  patriotic  ideals  into  a mere  American 
by  choice,  take  it  cum  grano  salis.  When  the  children 
come  from  school  and  tell  the  latest  they  have  learned  of 
their  country’s  greatness,  let  us  hope  for  more  good 
Americans.  But  when  around  the  fire-place  the  pipes  are 
going  and  the  boys  tell  of  the  wondrous  beauty  of  our 
country’s  forests  and  streams,  of  the  blazed  trail  through 
the  wilderness,  of  the  Great  Lakes  or  the  big  mountains 
and  the  West  and  the  game  it  harbors;  of  hunters’  joys 
and  hardships,  then  I believe  one  when  he  says,  “This  is 
God’s  country.”  That  is  my  kind  of  a man  and  my  kind 
of  patriotism.  And  if  in  the  midst  of  political  corruption, 
nativistic  arrogance  and  religious  intolerance,  in  human 
weakness,  courage  and  bright  hope  should  fail  me,  I shall 
take  one  of  those  good  fellows  and  follow  the  trail  into 
the  mountains.  For  the  eternal  rocks  preach  a grand  and 
powerful  sermon.  There  they  stand  from  the  time  that 
God  spake,  “Let  the  waters  under  the  heaven  be  gathered 
together  into  one  place,  and  let  the  dry  land  appear.” 

Their  snow  covered  peaks  lift  up  to  azure  blue  heights. 
A mysterious  rustling  comes  to  you  out  of  the  depth  of 
that  glorious  forest,  and  if  you  only  listen  to  what  the 
loquacious,  gurgling  and  babbling  brook  has  to  tell  you, 
you  will  know  that  the  shades  of  George  Washington, 
Rogers  Clark,  Jefferson,  Lincoln,  Grant,  Emerson,  Whit- 
man and  all  the  true  and  great  patriots  have  not  gone  to 
heaven,  but  that  they  all  dwell  within  the  sacred  bounds 
of  the  American  forest  primeval.  From  here  they  hold 
their  blessing  hand  over  our  great  and  beautiful  country, 
and  if  you  only  go  to  them  it  will  come  over  you  like  a 
revelation:  “Be  strong  and  brave  and  true  to  yourself, 

be  worthy  to  be  an  Epigone  of  those  who  have  made  what 
you  enjoy.”  And  while  we  remember  those  great  De- 
parted, let  us  not  forget  him,  who  in  his  toilsome  and 
arduous  duties  as  first  servant  of  his  country,  knows  well 
the  language  of  forests  and  brooks,  peaks  and  canons — 
the  man,  every  inch  an  American,  who  often  held  com- 
munion with  his  great  predecessors  in  the  vast  realms  of 
the  Siegfriedlike  West  and  a man  who  is  a sincere  and 
fervent  patriot  I trust,  because  he  is  a true  sportsman, 
our  beloved  President,  Theodore  Roosevelt. 

It  will  always  be  a mystery  to  me,  why  the  average 
well-to-do  American  rushes  across  the  water  instead  of 
studying  his  own  country  first.  Fuller’s  maxim,  “Know 
most  of  the  rooms  of  thy  native  country  before  thou  goest 
over  the  threshold  thereof,”  is  not  exactly  followed  by 
them. 

Of  course  it’s  so  much  easier  to  do  Europe  than  to  do 
the  West.  In  fact,  the  person  who  au  grand  serieux  com- 
plains of  the  service  of  Pullman  cars,  Atlantic  liners  and 
European  hotels,  should  by  all  means  stay  away  from  the 
West;  it  is  no  place  for  him.  But  the  man  who  wants  to 
know  more  of  this,  his  country  of  unbounded  possbili- 
ties,  is  drawn  as  by  invisible  forces  to  look  with  his  own 
eyes  at  the  sunset  of  the  Far  West. 

You  will  have  noticed,  my  brethren,  that  I have  some- 
what drifted  away  from  my  Clearwater  country  hunting 
story,  but  only  apparently  so.  It  does  me  good  occa- 
sionally to  demonstrate  to  myself  that  there  is  a vast  dif- 
ference between  the  sportsman  and  the  pot  hunter;  be- 
tween the  man  who  measures  his  grit  against  animal  cun- 
ning, incidentally  learn  commiseration,  and  the  individual 
whose  chief  occupation  is  to  turn  a living,  breathing  being 
into  a carcass.  With  these  unalterable  opinions,  let  us 
now  proceed  in  the  name  of  St.  Hubert. 

When  we  came  out  of  the  mountains  and  again  greeted 
the  manifold  blessings  of  civilization  at  Missoula,  Mont., 
it  dawned  upon  me  and  then  grew  with  irresistible  force, 
that  William  T.  Nash  and  Albert  Lieber  were  no  longer 
fit  company  to  associate  with.  “Thou  villain  base, 
knowest  me  not  by  my  clothes?”  said  the  afore-mentioned 
William  with  Cymbeline,  and  thus  it  became  plain  that 
their  own  views  about  me  differed  not  from  mine  con- 
cerning them.  Such  experiences  lead  to  introspection 
and  are  consequently  of  high  esoteric  value. 

It  soon  became  apparent  that  aside  from  our  clothes, 
numerous  other  things  needed  a thorough  renovating,  in- 
cluding our  vocabulary,  which  had  expanded  in  the  prom- 


ising direction  of  western  phraseology  to  such  an  extent 
that  since  my  return  I have  taken  up  the  study  of  the  First 
Reader,  so  as  to  get  acquainted  again  with  the  English 
language.  If  in  consequence,  therefore,  it  should  be 
manifest  that  I have  not  succeeded,  we  will  blame  William 
T.  Nash  for  it,  who  insidiously  inveigled  the  good 
Colonel  Waters  into  the  belief  that  he  might  expect  “a 
good  story  if  not  a fancy  one.” 

So  much  for  a foreword,  apologetically. 

It  is  now  in  order  to  introduce  to  you  my  fellow  sports- 
men, the  dramatis  personae : The  Big  Chief,  Albert  Lieber  ; 
Ragged  Artillery  Bill,  William  T.  Nash;  Jumping:  Bill, 
William  F.  Kettenbach;  Mexican  Dick,  Richard  Lieber; 
the  Herr  Director,  William  B.  Benton;  Grizzly  Bob, 
Robert  Willoughby;  Paddie,  Ollie  Paddock. 

The  last  named  individual  gained  a living  as  cow- 
puncher  when  we  engaged  him  as  head  wrangler,  and  a 
good  one  he  was.  The  Herr  Director,  our  cook,  received 
his  name  through  a Lewiston  paper  which  stated  in  an 
evidently  inspired  article,  “Mr.  Benton  will  direct  the 
party.”  Grizzly  Bob,  our  guide,  was  a man  of  such  mani- 
fold achievements  that  I have  made  up  my  mind  to  de- 
vote a whole  chapter  to  him.  The  others  are  mere  gen- 
tlemen. 

The  Elimination  of  Obstacles. 

You  men  of  the  forest  and  stream,  who  listen  to  the 
song  of  the  reel  or  the  sharp  calling  of  the  rifle,  will  more 
readily  understand  a man’s  trend  of  thoughts,  than  the 
dear  little  housewife,  who  with  growing  suspicion  and  in- 
creased alarm,  watches  her  husband  casting  loving  side 
glances  into  his  hunting  cabinet.  Lately  he  has  been 
especially  nice  to  her;  in  fact,  he  has  suggested  a trip  to 
the  East.  All  that  is  highly  suspicious,  and  how  he  talks 
trails  and  outfits,  and  how  superbly  a bear  or  lion  skin 
would  match  the  oriental  rugs. 

Little  by  little  the  whole  story  leaks  out;  anyway,  it 
was  not  intended  to  be  kept  back.  And  so  this  man  is 
going  out  West.  This  same  man  who  has  wife  and  chil- 
dren, a business  and  sundry  civic  duties  to  perform.  Who 
ever  heard  the  like?  That’s  the  trouble  with  ’im ; the  idea 
to  exchange  the  blessings  of  civilization  for  pathless  wil- 
derness, to  turn  from  the  latest  style  automobile  for  a $30 
pony,  let  alone  clean  linen  and  regulated  dinner  hours. 
There  you  are.  Take  my  husband  for  example.  At  home 
there  is  nothing  too  good  for  him.  He  can  give  the  value 
of  a sour  cream  gravy  to  the  dot,  and  has  his  decided 
ideas  how  filet  mignon  a la  Rossini  ought  to  be  served, 
but  there  I find  in  his  diary  that  for  five  solid  days,  on 
a forced  march,  they  had  lived  on  sow-bosom  (T  presume 
that’s  bacon)  and  beans.  I would  like  to  know  what  he 
would  say  if  bacon  and  beans  would  grace  his  table  at 
home  twice  a month.  At  home,  furthermore,  he  is 
hardly  able  to  locate  the  exact  position  of  the  ice-box,  let 
alone  the  recesses  of  the  cellar,  and  out  there  that  same 
man  wants  to  take  a trail,  or  better  still,  find  his  way 
through  a canon  or  over  a mountain  back  to  camp. 

This  last  paragraph,  I may  mention,  is  not  by  me  but 
by  my  wife.  It  expresses  to  an  extent  the  feminine  senti- 
ment upon  the  subject. 

Finally  the  trunks  were  packed.  Did  you  ever  try  to 
pack  a sleeping  bag  into  a trunk?  The  thing  is  so  un- 
wieldy, fluffy  and  woolly  that  you  might  as  well  pack 
the  trunk  in  the  bag.  Thus  we  sallied  forth  on  a hot 
and  sultry  August  day  via  Chicago  and  St.  Paul  and  then 
took  the  Northern  Pacific  for  Idaho. 

Some  Notions  as  to  Outfitting. 

No  little  concern  was  it  as  how  to  outfit  properly,  for 
once  in  the  mountains  it  is  too  late  for  corrections;  and 
a pleasant  occupation  it  was.  But  even  as  a man  after  a 
good  dinner  is'  in  no  particular  mood  to  select  his  next 
* meal,  we  had  to  remind  each  other  with  the  thermometer 
at  90  degrees  that  the  heaviest  winter  underwear,  includ- 
ing sweaters,  would  be  none  too  heavy  for  such  an  ex- 
pedition; so  we  took  the  heavy  clothes  and  were  glad  we 
did.  Besides,  it  is  well  and  good,  to  have  a few  blankets 
and  a saddle  for  a pillow  to  complete  one’s  bed,  but  I 
myself  prefer  an  air  mattress  and  a sleeping  bag.  At 
that  your  guides,  cook,  etc.,  in  all  probability  will  sleep 
better  on  their  pallet  than  you  in  your  four-poster,  until 
you  get  used  to  it. 

Air  mattresses  in  particular  are  apt  to  be  a source  of 
trouble;  for  in  cold  weather  they  get  very  cold,  so  that 
all  the  blankets  on  top  of  the  sleeping  bag  will  not  insure 
a warm  bed  unless  you  put  some  of  them  between  the 
mattress  and  the  bag,  thus  insulating  the  one  from  the 
other.  This  we  found  out  after  some  most  miserable 
nights.  It  really  was  ludicrous  to  see  what  we  put  on  to 
go  to  bed.  Ragged  Artillery,  for  instance,  informed  me 
one  night  that  when  he  wanted  to  undress  he  would  put 
on  more  instead.  By  that  time  he  looked  like  a butter 
ball  or  at  least  like  a walking  clothing  house,  and  still  he 
shivered. 

The  experienced  sportsman  will  know  this  and  very 
much  more,  but  to  the  inexperienced,  I should  like  to  sug- 
gest to  never  depend  on  his  guide  for  instructions  in 
this  particular.  He  will  invariably  use  his  own  limited 
needs  as  a criterion  and  never  fully  take  into  considera- 
tion your  own.  It  was  our  experience  that  these  same 
people  on  the  very  threshold  of  the  mountains  underrated 
the  matter  and  made  us  leave  our  fur  jackets  behind.  The 
most  experienced  men  will  agree  with  me  that  there  is 
a deplorable  lack  of  circumspection  shown  in  most  out- 
fits. Anything  will  do,  even  for  people  who  can  afford 
to  do  better. 

“But  you  are  roughing  it.” 

Very  well,  but  with  all  you  will  find  it  plenty  rough. 
You  will  work  harder  than  you  ever  did  before,  and  while 
you  don’t  stand  on  niceties  in  your  bill  of  fare,  it  should 
be  wholesome  and  of  sufficient  variety.  Make  your  selec- 
tions in  person  and  do  not  leave  it  to  your  cook.  Your 
tastes  may  differ  and,  furthermore,  man  is  a creature  of 


habit  and  you  will  soon  discover  how  a well  earned  appe- 
tite has  to  make  up  for  things  lacking  otherwise. 

Provide  for  a good  tent,  sufficiently  heavy  and  fitted 
with  flues,  forming  an  air  chamber.  This  is  an  extra 
precaution  against  storms,  besides  it  will  make  it  warmer. 

The  question  of  rifles  we  would  better  leave  undis- 
cussed. We  carried  a .35  Winchester,  a .303  Savage  and 
a .30-40  Winchester,  besides  revolvers.  For  big  game  I 
consider  my  .30-40  somewhat  light,  for  while  it  shoots 
admirably  straight  it  nevertheless  does  not  possess  a suffi- 
cient knockout  quality.  But,  as  I said  before,  I do  not 
want  to  be  drawn  into  a discussion  on  rifles,  sights,  cov- 
ered or  open  bullets. 

That  is  largely  a matter  of  personal  experience,  per- 
sonal likes  or  dislikes.  For  instance,  I used  an  automatic 
pistol,  which  I meant  to  discard  after  my  return,  when 
it  was  stolen  from  me.  This  highly  recommended  weapon 
would  fail  in  a most  aggravating  manner,  both  Amercian 
and  foreign  made  cartridges  sticking.  I omit  the  name, 

• since  my  experience  may  have  been  singular ; neverthe- 
less, such  an  occurrence  means  the  loss  of  confidence.  We 
were  only  shooting  at  pheasants  when  it  happened,  but  1 
might  have  been  in  close  quarters  where  I had  to  defend 
myself  and  what  then?  Pistols  are  carried  as  a sort  of 
ultima  ratio,  and  when  you  do  need  them  you  need  them 
mighty  bad. 

As  to  your  personal  apparel,  a good  English  corduroy 
suit,  heavy  blue  flannel  shirts  and  two  pairs  of  hobnailed 
boots.  I like  to  underscore  boots ; well  fitting  boots.  Half 
of  your  life,  your  comfort  and  strength  depends  upon 
proper  footwear.  For  the  camp,  take  an  old  pair  of  ordi- 
nary shoes,  they  will  come  in  handy.  Lastly,  do  not  for- 
get a compact  little  medicine  case,  and  this  prepared  you 
are  ready  to  take  the  trail  into  the  wilderness. 

This  we  did  on  Aug.  21,  that  memorable  Sunday,  but 
before  I can  tell  you  about  it  I must  acquaint  you  with 
the  place  where  we  fitted  out  and  the  events  which  led 
up  to  it. 

Kooskia  is  a little  station  on  the  Clearwater  Branch 
of  the  Spokane-Lewiston  (Northern  Pacific)  Railroad. 
It  is  nestled  between  hills  not  very  far  from  the  eastern 
line  of  the  Nez  Perces  Reservation  and  may  have  a 
population  of  300  inhabitants.  There  are  two  general 
stores,  a hotel,  a drug  store,  a meat  market,  a post  office, 
a blacksmith  shop  and  vice-consuls,  a saloon,  besides  a 
newspaper  and  a United  States  Forest  Reserve  office.  If 
you  add  to  this  a number  of  frame  cottages  and  a more 
or  less  dilapidated  board  walk,  you  will  have  the  outer 
view  of  this  hamlet.  When  we  arrived  the  “hotel”  was 
crowded  (for  who  would  think  to  engage  rooms  in  ad- 
vance), so  we  repaired  to  a comparatively  substantial 
farm  house  and  had  our  cook  to  look  after  the  meals.  . In 
the  meantime  we  inspected  the  outfit  and  put  some' 
semblance  of  order  into  the  chaos  of  pack-saddles,  alfor- 
cases,  blankets  and  such  things  more. 

The  following  day,  a Sunday,  was  set  for  the  start. 
The  pack  horses  had  arrived  and  were  being  reshod  in 
or  about  the  blacksmith  shop,  for  while  this  undertaking 
began  inside  the  shop  it  most  generally  wound  up  out- 
side amid  a dense  cloud  of  dust  and  profanity.  Some 
of  the  horses  never  had  been  shod  and  their  just  aversion- 
to  the  act  had  prompted  their  owner  to  leave  this  ticklish 
piece  of  business  to  us  rather  than  risk  a set  of  broken 
limbs  himself.  The  local  blacksmith  practiced  the  same 
caution,  and  Ihere  it  would  have  ended  had  there  not 
been  a man  of  versatility,  our  guide  Grizzly  Bob.  Bob’s 
cradle  stood  not  on  the  mountain  where  the  graces  dwelt, 
“sylvan  beauty,  melancholy  grace”  was  not  his,  and  at  a 
beauty  show  he  would  have  been  as  much  out  of  place 
as  a royal  flush  in  a ministers’  assembly.  But  Bob  had 
qualities  that  made  up  for  this  lack  of  beauty,  “this  vain 
and  doubtful  good,  a shining  gloss  that  fadeth  suddenly.” 
He  held  rather  with  Ruskin,  “that  the  most  beautiful 
things  in  this  world  are  the  most  useless;  peacocks  and 
lilies  for  instance.”  This  man  looked  like  a skinned 
grizzly  and  had  the  strength  of  a live  one.  Muscularly 
lean  and  lank,  he  wears  a No.  11  shoe,  has  same  number 
hands  ; and  says  Eugene  Fields  : 

“His  nose  been  like  a vulture’s  beake,  his  blie  been  swart  of  hue,. 
And  curly  been  ye  whiskers  through  ye  which  ye  zephyrs  blew.. 
An  eye  that  hawketh  up  and  down  for  evereche  kind  of  game,, 
And,  when  he  does  espy  ye  which,  he  tumbleths  to  ye  same.” 

I could  continue  with  poetry,  for  poetry  was  a sort  of 
foible  with  Bob,  but  we  will  defer  that  matter.  It  was  a 
heroic  task  to  which  he  had  set  himself,  something  like 
the  labor  of  Hercules,  but  Bob  was  equal  to  the  occasion. 
By  10.30  Sunday  morning  every  horse  was  ready.  Then 
followed  the  task  of  packing.  It  may  as  well  be  said  that 
our  outfit  of  pack  horses  was  untrained  and  as  unman- 
ageable as  they  make  them.  The  owner  must  have  rea- 
soned that  if  a lot  of  men  want  to  risk  their  bones  it 
would  be  all  well  and  good,  but  to  send  a good  horse 
in  there  were  sheer  foolishness. 

For  this  reason  we  had  to  go  and  put  up  with  the  un- 
avoidable performance  of  green  critters.  You  never  know 
what  such  a cayuse  will  do  until  he  does  it.  There  was 
one  black  little  devil  all  ready  packed  and  at  that,  packed 
with  the  greatest  care,  when  all  at  once  he  started  up  the 
village  road  with  the  velocity  of  a skyrocket  gone  wrong. 

Finally  after  the  conventional  kicking  and  bucking  of 
the  pack  ponies,  accompanied  by  a most  wonderful  dis- 
play of  cowpunchers’  terminology,  the  train  strung  out 
toward  the  east.  We  still  hope  to  obtain  a fitting  descrip- 
tion of  that  day’s  events  by  the  Hon.  Wm.  T.  Nash.  Bill 
looked  somewhat  undecided,  perched  on  the  back  of  a i 
shaggy-maned  quadruped  with  the  S.  P.  brand.  He  did 
not  know  whether  smiling  would  interfere  with  the 
equanimity  of  his  mount,  so  he  refrained  from  smiling  at 
all.  “Bill,  which  way  are  you  going?”  “Don’t  know 
yet,”  he  answered  cautiously,  “have  to  consult  my  horse 
first.” 

He  was  about  to  do  so  when  the  great  and  free  show 
commenced  over  again.  I have  never  failed  to  enjoy  a 


June,  24,  1905.] 


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Wild  West  exhibition  of  bucking  horses,  except  this  last 
one.  It’s  so  different  to  merely  look  on  from  being  com- 
pelled to  participate.  There  was  one  buckskin  mare  aptly 
called  “Son  of  a Gun,”  whose  duty  it  became  to  carry  the 
flour.  To  this  she  objected  all  at  once  with  such  genuine 
fervor  that  a Wild  West  show  would  pay  any  amount 
of  money  for  such  a star  bucker.  With  rigid  legs  and 
high  arched  back  she  Started  like  ft  whirlwind  through 
the  line  of  pack  horses.  The  enthusiasm  of  the  multitude 
rose  to  a high  pitch;  everybody  was  laughing,  screaming, 
yelling  and  whistling  until  the  town  of  Kooskia  was 
wrapped  up  in  one  big  cloud  Of  dust  j the  center  of  which 
was  “Son  of  a Gun”  and  around  her  a frenzied  band  of 
some  twenty  horses  all  stampeded  and  going  in  as  many 
different  directions.  - When  the  Storm  had  subdued  and 
spent  its  fury  the  shore  was  strewn  with  debris  from  the 
pack  saddles  liberally  sprinkled  with  flour, 

Roughly  speaking,  that  part  of  the  Root  Motintairt  set 
aside  as  forest  reserve  has  the  . shape  of  the  letter  E.  The 
main  range  running  north  and  south,  divides  Idaho  from 
Montana;  extending  ihtb  Idaho  We  find  north  the  divide 
between  North  Fork  of  Clearwater  Rivef  ahd  Lodhsa  j , in 
the  center  the  divide  between  Lochsa  and  Selway,  wriicri 
later  forms  the  middle  fork  of  the  Clearwater  and  south 
the  divide  between  Selway  and  the  Salmon  River.  This 
way  of  dividing,  while  more  convenient  than  accurate, 
nevertheless  gives  a general  topographic  picture  of  the 
mountains.  Through  these  lead  three  main  trails.  North 
the  famous  Lo-Lo  trail,  in  the  center  the  one  over  Lost 
Horse  Pass  and  south  the  Nez  Perees  Trail. 

These  trails,  to  which  may  be  added  a number  of  trap- 
pers’ trails,  have  been  used  by  the  Indians  fof  ageS,  espe- 
cially the  Lo-Lo,  which  in  1877  was  the  scene  of  the  Nez 
PerCeS  insurrections,  It  then  was  cut  eight  feet  wide 
by  the  Government  to  facilitate . the  transportation  of 
troops  and  artillery,  The  Lo-Lo  Is  d Very  old  tfail,  fpi! 
we.  know  that  the  Nez  Perees  used  it  loiig  before  Lewis 
Ind  Clark,  hot  deterred  by  the  forbidding  aspect  of  the 
country,  crossed. over  this  same  trail  iii.I8oS  to  reach  a 
winter  camp,  where  now  stahds  the  City  0f  Lewistoh; 
Idaho. 

To  carry  out  our  plan  of  campaign  it  was  impossible 
to  follow  out  either  trail.  We  did  not  know  then  how 
difficult  it  would  be  to  trust  to  these  irregular  affairs. 
Says  Waldemar  Lindgren,  in  his  report  to  the  Govern- 
ment: “Ordinarily  mountain  ranges,  adjoining  thickly 

populated  valleys,  abound  in  trails  or  even  roads  and  are 
well  known  and  frequented  by  the  inhabitants  of  the 
plains.  But  the  Bitterroot  Range  is  different,  its  lofty 
summits  are  without  the  attractions  of  floWefy  meadows 
and  easy  path,  only  the  hunter  and  explorer  penetrates 
its  wilderness,  Continuous  traveling  along  the  divides 
is  impossible,  on  horseback  or  oh  foot.  In  the  creek  bot- 
toms, treacherous  swampy  areas,  a slender  but  impene- 
trable growth  of  lodge-pole  pine,  tangled  uhdgfbfuSn  aha 
fallen  logs  make  travel  difficult  even  along  the  few  trails 
which  cross  the  range  or  ascend  the  gulches.  Between 
Lo-Lo  and  Nez  Perees  passes  the  only  safe  horse  trail 
across  the  range  is  that  leading  up  Lost  Horse  Creek,  and 
even,  this  is  far  from  being  an  easy  one.” 

I fully  dgfeg  with  this:  At,  first  we  followed  the  right 
bank  of  the  Middle  Fork  of  the  Clearwater,  dftef  fofdmg 
above  Kooskia.  This  took  us  to  the  forks  of  Lochsa  and 
Selway,  where  we  camped.  From  here  we  ascended  the 
divide  between  Lochsa  and  Selway  and  followed  a trail 
to  Fish  Locke  over  the  Craigs  and  spurs  of  Old  Man’s 
Creek,  From  there  we  had  to  pick  our  way  via  Lost 
Knife  Meadows  to  Beargrass  Mountain  and  Jerry  John- 
son’s Hot  Springs,  left  over  the  old  trappers’  trail  to 
reach  the  Lo-Lo  near  Indian  Post  Office  and  followed 
this  trail  out  into  Montana,  ... 

In  this  Way  ytH  got  .acquainted  with  all  kinds  of  trails, 
most  'of  them  ill  a efttrijhili  stale  .bf  Mgffibt;  Only  otiC 
little.  Stretch  waS  in  perfect,  condition,, ana  I ledrii  that  Jb? 
Eberle  is  the  man  who  made  it  so.  _ This  mail,  a UtUtSq 
States  Forest  Ranger,  must  be  an  indefatigable  worker, 
judging  from  what  he  has  accomplished  on  the  Lo-Lo  be- 
tween the  Lochsa  and  Lo-Lo  Pass.  Of  course  the  Lo-Lo, 
front  where  we.  struck  it,  was  a revelation  to  us,  having 
seen  What  we  .did.  But  eVeii  in  Comparison,  to  this,  Joe’s 
trails  looked,  like  a bowiifig  thlby.  j olhetwlsC, , the  trails 
Pte  impbsSibilitih^ahd  their  condition  he6ds  the  SerloiK 
atlfciitioh  of  the  Government.  . 

I understand  perfectly  that  the  clearing  of  windfalls 
alone  is  a herculean  job,  and  besides,  the  season  for  doing 
the  work  is  very  short,  but  something  must  be  done  as 
long  as  the  Government  pretends  to  keep  open  trails.  At 
least  one  thing  ought  to  be  established,  and  that  is  a plain 
marking  of  the  Spot  wh£re. a side  trail  btahcMs  off  ftom 
what  appears  tb  fife  the  main  trail,  On  several  occasions 
W6  passed  the  right  spot  and  were  momentarily  lost.  In 
one  instance,  this  was  near  Lost  Knife  Meadows,  we 
were  lost  for  good.  By  retrailing  the  following  day  we 
then  found  the  right  spot,  The  condition  of  this  partic- 
ular piece  of  trail  was  indescribable ; it  led  through  miles 
of  burnt  woods,  filled  with  windfalls,  until  it  looked  like 
a gigantic  game  of  jackstraws.  Instead  of  cutting  out 
these  fallen  trees  they  were  merely  blazed,  an  ingenious 
idea,  but  not  an  acceptable  one. 

It  Was  different  with  the  Lo-Lo.  Here,  at  least,  at  one 
time  a regular  road  was  cut  through,  and  to-day,  while 
the  trail  is  full  of  windfalls,  one  cannot  fail  to  find  his 
way.  This  year  very  little  was  done  to  improve,  as  it  was 
a year  of  forest  fires. 

While  camped  at  Fish  Lake  we  met  three  United  States 
Forest  Rangers,  Clark,  Stuart  and  Dunham.  Judging 
from  appearances,  they  had  gone  through  many  hardships 
fighting  the  fires.  In  one  place  12,000  acres  had  been  de- 
stroyed before  the  fires  could  be  checked.  This  is  part  of 
their  duties.  But  for  the  life  of  me  I cannot  see  how 
three  men  can  do  much  good  against  a big  fire.  Of  course 
the  Government  must  preserve  what  is  left  of  the  exten- 
sive forests.  They  have  not  only  a commercial  value,  but 
their  presence  forms  a natural  retainer  for  the  vast 
amount  of  snow  which,  slowly  melting,  supplies  many 
important  streams  throughout  the  year,  thus  affording 
irrigation  in  the  lowlands. 

The  total  of  the  winter’s  snow  fall  has  been  estimated 
po  aggregate  between  sixty  and  seventy  feet.  This  snow 
starts  in  toward  the  end  of  September,  melts  again  and 
starts  in  for  good  during  October  to  last  until  May.  The 
weight  of  the  snow  weighs  down  the  branches  until  they 
orow  in  the  wrong  direction,  “Such  tracts,”  says  John 
p,  Leiberg  in  his  “Bitterroot  Forest  Reserve,”  “are 


marked  by  the  exceptionally  dense  growth  of  timber  on 
them  and  by  the  occurrence  of  plants  and  shrubs  which 
require  a great  deal  of  moisture.  They  are  situated  along 
definite  lines,  evidently  determined  by  the  trend  of  adja- 
cent ridges  and  are  noted  among  trappers  and  hunters, 
whose  work  take  them  into  the  Clearwater  areas  in  the 
winter,  for  the  immense  accumulations  of  snow  on  them. 
Much  the  larger  percentage  of  forest  as  it  now  exists  on 
the  reserve  owes  its  composition  and  aspect  to  the  deter- 
fflinary  influences  of  widespread  forest  fires  during  the 
past  200  years, 

“These  forest  fires,  as  we  have  seen,  are  not  only  a loss 
commercially  but  also  changes  the  water  supply  most 
Seriously,  They  are  of  different  origin.  Long  ago  the 
Indians  used  to  set  fire  because  they  knew  that  the  game 
liked  to  assemble  in  freshly  burned  tracts.  Later  on  pros- 
pectors, looking  for  the  chimerical  riches  of  some  Lost 
Mines,  devastated  another  tract.  Occasionally  careless 
pampers,  hut  chiefly  lightning,  may  be  held  responsible 
for  the  recurrence  of  forest  fires.” 

While  camping  on  Beargrass  Mountain  we  had  troubles 
of  our  own  with  fires,  an  experience  which  none  of  us 
will  soon  forget.  From  three  sides  they  came,  preceded 
by  enormous  clouds  of  rolling  smoke,  which  was  lit  up 
occasionally  by  brilliant  flames.  To  put  out  such  fires,  it 
seems  to  me,  would  take  the  fire  department  of  New  York 
city.  Fortunately,  nature  has'  an  antidote  that  works 
more  effectively  than  human  interference,  and  that  is  the_ 
constantly  shifting  wind  through  this  perfect  maze  of 
canons.  Up  hill  a fire  will  travel  quicker  than  the  other 
way,  and  reaching  the  floor  of  the  canon  it  generally  will 
run  into  wet,  if  not  swampy,  ground. 

Very  little  or  nothing  has  been  done  to  reforest.  In 
many  cases  it  was  found  that  such  would  be  impossible, 
as  all  the  humus  also  was  destroyed  or  washed  away, 
exposing  the  rock. 

Such  extended  places  we  found  again  following  Jerry 
Johii§on'§  trail  between  the  Lochsa  and  the  Lo-Lo.  _ I 
have  neVCr  sfc'Ui  anything  more  desolate  and  depressing 
than  this  immfe'n§e  stretch  of  destroyed  woods.  For  miles 
and  miles  the  eye  could  see  nothing  but  old  windfalls, 
burned  trees,-  rocks  and  shale. 

It  is  a WtffidfouS  country,  this  Bitterroot  Forest  Re- 
serve, with  its  rugged  towering  peaks,  its  deep  cavernous 
canons,  its  trees,  lakes,  rivers  and  rtiea.dows.  Our  first 
introduction  to  it  was  the  nine-hour  ride  to  the  forks. 
Nine  hours  in  the  saddle  to  start  out  with  is  a strenuous 
undertaking.  We  reaped  the  usual  results  when  we 
reached  camp  above  the  forks  (Lochsa  and  Selway). 
Whoever  invented  the  practice  of  taking  a meal  from  the 
mantelpiece  has  not  gone  to  the  limit  of  human  endur- 
angl,  When  you  have  reached  that  stage  you  abhor  the 
idea  Of  Standing  Up;  you  want  to  lie  down,  and  that 
mighty  quick, 

Our  camping  place  was  one  Of  the  few  small  meadows 
hi  the  mountains.  Alfalfa  hay  was  Stacked  in  a spacious 
barh;  aild  Outside,  in  a corral  stood  our  horses. 

The  night  ivouifi  have  passed  without  event  had  it  not 
been  for  the  untimely  act  ofily  of  a horse  named  Syndi- 
cate. 

While  still  at  Kooskia  waiting  for  the  start,  it  was 
natural  that  we  should  talk  horses.  Everybody  talks 
horses;  and  so,  wanting  to  do  something,  we  bought  a 
hofSe.  Tffg  .pfiee  was  $15  cash.  The  Big  Chief  was  the 
investor,  and  front  him  Bill  Nash  and  myself  acquired  a 
third  interest,  hence  the  name.  This  was  one  of  rny  fool- 
ish horse  deals,  but  although  I am  tio  great  judge  of 
horses,  I immediately  discovered  that,  like  the  classic 
Polyphemos  or  the  mythical  Odin,  he  had  but  one  ey®. 
This  lamentable  defect  was  communicated  to  Grizzly 
Bob,  our  guide  and  general  utility  man. 

“Don’t  It  beat  hell,”  he  affirmed,  “that  cayuse  has  one 
bum  lamp  and  besides  a flat  wheel.”  The  latter  defect,  a 
stiff  feet,  had  to  be  figured  in  the  $15.  Still  Syndicate 
kept  tip.  a lively  Interest  for  matters  and  men.  During 
the  riigbt  mUitiohed  , he  got  out  of  the  corral  and  went 
on  a tour  of  inspection.  By  and  by  he  was  discovered, 
but  not  before  he  had  scattered  or  eaten  fifty  pounds  of 
flour.  _ 

The  following  day  was  put  in  fishing  arid  hunting 
birds.  Pheasants  especially  were  plentiful,  while  Lochsa 
and  Selway  afforded  fair  sport  for  casting. 

The  nerlt  day  we  . began  the  ascent  of  the  Fish  Lake 
trail,  nominally  a Government  trail,  although  not  even 
Fish  Lake  is  marked  on  the  official  map.  Climbing  for 
hours  brought  Us  Into  some  high  plateaus  with  rock 
croppings.  Here  the  trail  vanished  and  a general  direc- 
tion had  to  be  followed,  by  carefully  watching  Indian 
monuments,  1.  e.,  stone  piles  In  doubtful  places.  To  fol- 
low ridge  after  ridge  according  to  compass  is  an  impossi- 
bility, for  they  change  kaleidoscopically.  It  is  therefore 
necessary  to  have  some  one  who  about  knows,  the  tor- 
tuous snake-like  windings  of  the  old  Indian  trail. 

In  one  place  the  forest  rangers  had  blazed  a cut-off. 
We  did  not  find  it  until  after  we  had  gotten  lost;  about 
a hundred  yards  right  off  the  trail  it  commenced.  . This 
is  a fair  sample  of  the  work  in  general  —careless,  incon- 
siderate and  for  the  most  part  incapable.  It  would  be 
the  work  of  less  than  half  a day  to  blaze  through  and 
then  mark  the  spot  of  division  plainly  with  an  arrow. 
This  is  only  one  of  many  instances. 

High  and  higher  we  went  until  we  reached  the  summit 
of  the  Craigs,  winding  and  circling  around  the  top  spires 
we  came  all  at  once  to  a place  where  the  world-  seemed 
to  be  cleft  in  twain. 

“Which  way,  Bob?” 

“Straight  down,  boys,”  he  yelled,  and  with  that  he  took 
the  lead. 

I have  been  over  a more  precipitous,  but  never  over  a 
steeper  trail.  A grand  picture.  Deep  azure  blue,  as  clear 
as  crystal,  stretched  a roof  from  one  side  of  the  rugged, 
torn  crests  over  to  the  other  side  of  the  canon.  Pale, 
dull  gray  the  color  of  the  rock  with  glittering  patches 
of  snow  below  us.  Farther  down  to  the  left  powerful 
firs  towered  over  the  gaping  chasm,  while  away  down, 
fringed  with  cedar  and  balsam,  a lake  stretched  its 
mirror-like  waters  down  to  the  canon. 

So  we  went  down,  leading  the  saddle  horse  and  yelling 
and  swearing  at  the  pack  ponies.  It  would  break  down 
the  press  if  we  should  repeat  the  whole  treasure  of  dec- 
orative epithets. 

It  is  beyond  credence  what  acrobatic  feats  these  moun- 
tain horses  perform.  Coming. down  from  the  Craigs  into 
Old  Man’s  Creek,  a drop  of  about  1,500  feet,  the  pack 
horses  took  the  steepest  places,  sliding  down  on  their 


haunches  with  outstretched  forelegs,  their  tails  trailing 
after  them.  It  made  a pretty  picture,  notwithstanding 
the  consant  danger  of  losing  horse  and  pack.  But  we  got 
down,  and  that  was  the  main  thing. 

It  was  late  that  night  when  we  reached  camp  at  the 
trapper’s  cabin  near  Old  Man’s  Creek.  I don’t  know  why, 
but  that  camp  remains  fixed  in  my  memory  with  all,  even 
the  most  minute  details.  Shaped  like  a horseshoe,  the 
mountains  surrounded  us,  and  at  this  point  the  descend- 
ing trail  entered  the  meadows,  crossing  the  creek.  Oppo- 
site a towering  peak  closed  in  this  lovely,  peaceful  patch. 
We  investigated  the  cabin,  found  it  habitable,  and  soon 
after  supper  a big  log  fire  lit  up  the  log  walls.  The  pipes 
were  filled  and  supreme  comfort  reigned  within,  while 
ouside  moon  and  stars  kept  watch  over  the  sleeping 
woods.  j 

“Boys,  do  you  know  the  story  of  the  Swede  and  the 
grizzly,”  spoke  up  the  Herr  Director. 

“Let  her  go,  Bill.” 

“Well,  down  on  the  Salmon  lived  a Swede,  not  much 
of  a hunter  but  a fellow  who  always  had  the  most  re- 
markable experiences.  One  day  the  boys  were  talking 
about  silvertips,  when  he  had  to  relate  one  of  his  own  ad- 
ventures with  one  of  them.  ‘You  see,’  he  said,  ‘it  was 
dis  way.  One  day  I was  bicking  perries  in  a batch,  when 
all  at  onced  a big  grizzly  yoomp  out  of  de  batch  und  runs 
after  me.  I run,  und  I run,  und  I run,  oontil  I come  to 
de  river  und  dat  vas  frozen,  dat  saved  me  allretty.’ 

•“  ‘Looke  here,’  spoke  up  Black  Charlie,  shifting  a plug 
of  tobacco  from  one  side  to  the  other,  ‘didn’t  you  tell  us 
that  you  were  picking  berries  when  that  bear  came?’ 
There  was  a momentary  suspense  when  the  Swede  inno- 
cently looked  up  and  said,  ‘Vhy  yes,  you  see  dat  bear 
chased  me  from  Yune  to  Yanuary.’” 

And  after  that  it  reminded  one  of  this  story  and  the 
other  of  that,  while  the  flickering  flames  in  the  fire-place 
painted  all  kinds  of  phantom  pictures  against  walls  and 
roof.  It  was  a little  place  full  of  good  cheer  and  real 
comfort.  By  and  by  the  conversation  lagged,  the  embers 
in  the  fire-place  fell  together,  sending  up  a spray  of 
sparks,  and  when  it  was  motioned  to  go  to  sleep,  the  Herr 
Director  said,  “As  far  as  dis  brobosition  vas  concerned, 

I say,  shoot,  let  him  vent.”  Richard  Lieber. 

[to  be  continued.] 


An  Ontario  Association. 

A meeting  was  held  in  Toronto  on  June  7 to  consider 
the  formation  of  an  association  for  the  better  protection 
of  fish  and  game.  The  Hon.  Chief.  Justice  Falconbridge 
acted  as  chairman,  and  Mr.  A.  Kelly  Evans  as  secretary. 
The  attendance  was  large  and  representative  of  the  best 
sportsmanship  of  the  Province.  Chief  Justice  Falcon- 
bridge,  who  acted  as  chairman,  said  that,  so  far  as  fisher- 
men were  concerned,  affairs  had  reached  a very  deplor- 
able state,  and  it  was  a matter  of  congratulation  that  such 
a representative  gathering  could  be  got  together  to  con- 
sider such  a question  on  such  short  notice.  Canada’s 
magnificent  heritage  of  game  was  being  damaged  and  de- 
stroyed, almost  annihilated,  by  the  careless  sportsmen. 
“We  must  look  to  the  officials  and  the  public  to 
strengthen  our  hands  to  better  protect  our  game,”  said 
he.  “I  am  somewhat  of  a pessimist  -in  regard  to  this 
matter,  but  I really  think  that  something  can  be  done 
for  the  preservation  of  our  game  and  fish.” 

Mr.  Evans  gave  an  effective  address,  setting  forth  the 
work  which  might  be  accomplished  by  the  association. 
He  said,  in  part: 

“Mr.  Chairman  and  Gentlemen:  I think  the  necessity 

for  something  being  practically  done  in  the  direction  of 
the  better  protection  of  the  game  of  this  Province,  will 
be  admitted  by  all  present,  and  it  is  with  a view  to  this, 
that  the  meeting  has  been  called. 

“I  may  say  here,  that  invitations  to  attend  this  meeting 
have  been  as  widely  distributed  as  possible,  yet  as  many 
keen  sportsmen  have  no  doubt  received  no  invitation,  it  is 
an  immediate  proof  of  the  necessity  of  an  association 
being  formed,  in  order  that  those  interested  in  sport 
should  be  known  to  each  other. 

“No  invitation  to  attend  the  meeting  was  sent  to  Mr. 
Bastedo,  or  any  members  of  the  Ontario  Government 
connected  in  any  way  with  the  Game  Department,  neither 
was  it  sent  to  any  of  the  officials  of  the  Dominion  Gov- 
ernment, as  I think  it  will  be  apparent  to  you,  that  it 
would  be  unwise  in  the  inception  of  this  organization  to 
be  in  any  way  connected  with  officialdom  or  with  politics. 

“The  association,  I think,  will  be,  no  doubt,  only  too 
glad  to  avail  itself  later  on  of  any  advice  or  experience 
its  committee  may  obtain  from  chief  inspectors,  etc.,  and 
on  the  other  hand,  the  association  will,  I believe,  be  only 
too  glad  from  time  to  time  to  give  the  benefits  of  its  in- 
formation to  chief  inspectors  of  the  Department. 

“At  this  juncture,  I might  say,  that  anyone  acquainted 
with  the  subject,  making  even  a cursory  examination  of 
the  reports  of  the  Department  of  Fisheries,  must  come  to 
the  conclusion  that  a great  deal  has  been  effected  by  the 
fisheries  overseers,  but  the  amount  of  money  paid  some 
of  them  is  ridiculously  low,  and  one  cannot  expect  a 
tremendous  amount  of  energy  to  be  displayed  in  these 
cases.  i “"J  ^ll! 

“There  are  among  them,  unquestionably,  many  pains- 
taking and  enthusiastic  officials,  but  I think  you  will  all 
agree  with  me,  there  are  many  who  do  very  little  indeed. 
Where  I refer  later  on  to  the  subject  of  generally  waking 
up  the  inspectors,  it  is  not  done  in  a carping  and  antagon- 
istic spirit  at  all. 

“I  hope  that  the  members  of  this  association  will  always 
endeavor  to  help  the  inspectors  in  any  way  possible,  but 
naturally,  if  they  find  inspectors  not  doing  their  duty, 
they  will  be  forced  to  take  cognizance  of  the  fact. 

“I  will  endeavor,  if  you  will  allow  me  fifteen  minutes,  to 
give  a general  outline  of  the  good  the  association  might 
effect,  in  some  directions  supported  by  the  recitation  of 
facts  \vell  known  to  many  of  you,  and  the  quotation  of  a 
few  statistics  which  may  be  unknown  to  you. 

“In  the  first  place,  the  form  of  the  association  would  be 
one  with  headquarters  here  in  Toronto,  having  its  own 
officers  and  executive  and  the  formation  gradually  of 
branch  associations  in  each  town  in  the  Province,  each 
with  its  own  officers  and  executive,  all  working  toward 
a common  end.  It  is  confidently  expected  that  such  an 
association  will  be  successful  in  its  objects,  and  that 
branches  will  spread  rapidly  in  the  other  Provinces  later 
on,  It  paust  be  borne  in  mind,  that  were  the  class  of 


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[June  24,  1905. 


sportsmen  joining  the  association  restricted  to  one  strata 
of  society,  very  little  could  be  done.  It  is  therefore  the 
plan  that  all  those  interested  in  sport,  from  the  distin- 
guished legal  gentleman  occupying  the  position  of  chair- 
man of  this  meeting  down  to  a junior  law  student  or 
bank  clerk,  or  those  occupied  in  manual  work,  farmers, 
mechanics,  etc.,  will  be  invited  tp  join,  and  the  first,  good 
of  such  an  association  would  be  the  formation  of  a 
greater  Free  Masonry  among  sportsmen. 

“The  annual  subscription,  however,  must  obviously  be 
reduced  to  the  very  smallest  nominal  sum,  say  $1.00,  or 
if  that  is  considered  too  much,  even  as  low  as  fifty  cents, 
so  that  the  subscription  could  not  possibly  exclude  any- 
one. I may  feel  confident  in  stating  that  any  funds  which 
may  be  required  for  purposes  outlined  later  on,  will  be 
readily  collected  from  public-spirited  citizens  and  sports- 
men whose  means  allow. 

“I  have  been  asked  by  one  or  two  gentlemen  present, 
when  inviting  them  to  attend  this  meeting,  verbally,  what 
good  an  association  such  as  I outline  can  do,  and  I will 
now  suggest  a few  practical  benefits,  and  no  doubt  others 
will  occur  to  many  of  you. 

“Many  of  those  present  have  seen  glaring  instances  of 
infractions  of  the  game  laws,  and  have  either  been  too 
lazy  to  do  anything  in  the  way  of  reporting  the  same  to 
the  Department  or  have  had  the  natural  disinclination 
that  most  people  feel  toward  laying  an  information.  If, 
however,  a corporate  body  existed,  to  the  secretary  of 
whom  a complaint  might  be  made  with  absolute  confi- 
dence that  the  name  of  the  informant  would  not  be  dis- 
closed, I venture  to  say,  that  in  a very  short  time  the 
headquarters  of  this  association  would  have  a great  deal 
of  information  which  they  could  use  through  their  execu- 
tive at  the  proper  Government  department,  bringing  of- 
fenders to  justice,  and  very  materially  waking  up  the 
inspector  in  whose  district  such  things  occur. 

“There  has  been  much  discussion  from  time  to  time  as 
to  the  open  and  close  seasons  of  fish  and  game,  and  no 
doubt  a great  variety  of  opinions  exist  among  sportsmen 
on  these  matters.  The  formation  of  the  association  will 
here  be  useful,  as  its  headquarters  will  form  a receiving 
ground  for  all  those  varied  opinions  which,  after  being 
weighed  by  its  committee,  may  be  presented  to  the  De- 
partment in  such  a way  as  to  probably  alter  the  present 
game  laws  to  the  material  benefit  of  sport. 

“I  regret  now,  to  have  to  state  one  specific  manner  in 
which  the  association  would  be  of  use.  I have  been  in- 
formed by  two  gentlemen,  one  of  whom  is  present,  and 
whose  properties  are  separated  by  a hundred  miles  at 
least,  that  "they  have  observed  very  glaring  cases  of  net- 
ting for  bass  in  and  out  of  season,  and  they  have  re- 
frained from  reporting  the  same,  being  afraid  that  their 
places  would  be  burned  down  in  the  winter.  Now,  one  of 
these  gentlemen  has  expended  a very  large  sum  of  money 
in  the  erection  of  an  hotel  well  known  to  many  of  you 
up  north,  and  the  other  is  a member  of  one  of  our  best 
shooting  clubs. 

“You  can  all  easily  appreciate  such  a condition  of 
things,  a man  who  has  expended  some  forty  or  fifty 
thousand  dollars  in  buildings  away  off  on  an  island  far 
from  civilization,  hesitates  to  take  steps  which  might 
cause  a fire  started  by  an  incendiary  out  of  spite.  But 
with  the  association  in  existence,  this  gentleman  need  not 
appear  in  the  matter  at  all,  his  information  would  be  laid 
before  the  secretary,  action  being  taken  directly  by  em- 
ploying a private  detective  or  through  the  Department 
and  its  inspector.  If  I have  heard,  simply  by  ‘talking 
fishing’  to  friends,  two  such  cases,  surely  there  must  be 
others  in  existence. 

“The  bass  fishing  of  Ontario  may  be  roughly  divided 
into  two  classes,  first  the  large  bodies  of  water,  such  as 
the  Georgian  Bay  and  Lake  Nipissing,  with  a sparse  resi- 
dent population,  and  the  more  restricted  waters,  such  as 
the  Trent,  the  Kiawartha  Lake,  the  Bay  of  Quinte,  the 
Grand  River,  etc.,  with  thickly  settled  population.  First, 
in  reference  to  the  larger  bodies  of  water,  some  of  you 
are  probably  not  aware  of  an  extract  from  an  Order  in 
Council  passed  the  30th  day  of  May,  1904,  which  reads : 

“ ‘The  sale  and  export  of  speckled  trout,  black  bass  and 
maskinonge,  is  hereby  prohibited  for  a period  of  five 
years  from  the  date  of  this  Order  in  Council,  provided, 
however,  that  any  person  from  a foreign  country,  fishing 
in  the  waters  of  the  Province,  and  applying  and  paying 
for  an  angler’s  permit,  may,  upon  leaving  the  Province, 
when  the  same  are  accompanied  by  him,  take  with  him 
the  lawful  catch  of  two  days’  fishing.’ 

“It  is  very  plain,  that  if  this  law  is  carried  out,  no 
tugs  or  other  vessels  can  leave  ports,  on  the  Georgian 
Bay  for  instance,  carrying  black  bass,  speckled  trout,  or 
maskinonge,  and  therefore  the  incentive  to  the  commer- 
cial fisherman  taking  these  fish  by  nets  or  otherwise,  is 
removed. 

“The  association,  of  course,  can  materially  help  in 
bringing  this  about.  There  will  likely  be  a branch  of  the 
association  in  Midland,  Penetanguishene,  etc.,  and  if  the 
proper  Government  official  at  these  ports  has  not  the  time 
to  inspect  the  vessels  going  out,  I fancy  some  of  our 
members  might  give  us  information  as  to  what  is  -going 
on. 

“Another  source  of  information  of  use  to  protect  the 
exporting  of  these  fish  will  be  American  sportsmen  living 
in  the  towns  to  which  our  game  fish  have  been  heretofore 
shipped.  Many  of  these  gentlemen,  no  doubt,  fish  in  our 
waters,  and,  I think,  by  the  secretary  of  the  association 
getting  in  touch  with  sporting  clubs  in  the  States,  we  can 
soon  get  information,  as  to  whether  or  no  bass  and 
speckled  trout  are  coming  into  those  points  from  Canada, 
and  trace  them  from  the  other  end  as  it  were. 

“You,  who  have  been  to  Trent,  know  perfectly  well 
that  it  is  common  talk  that  spearing  and  netting  out  of 
season  is  indulged  in  by  the  people  there,  and  this  is  what 
has  destroyed  the  fish,  not  persons  going  and  fishing  in 
the  season  with  a rod.  How  can  the  association  step  in 
here? 

“A  pamphlet  can  be  prepared  particularly  for  the 
farmer,  and  a well  known  Toronto  publisher  has  prom- 
ised me  that  for  this  object  he  will  publish  everything 
at  cost.  These  pamphlets  could  contain  the  statistics  I 
have  read  to  you,  and  many  others  which  will  clearly 
show  the  farmer  that  his  interests  are  best  being  served 
by  observing  the  laws  himself,  and  seeing  that  his  sons  do 
the  same.  These  pamphlets  would  not  cost  more  than  a 
dollar  a thousand,  and  I think  $10  so  expended  would  do 
a tremendous  amount  of  good.  Members  of  the  associa- 


tion on  their  fishing  trips  could  place  in  their  dunnage 
bags  a few  of  these  pamphlets,  and  where  the  opportunity 
occurred,  put  them  in  the  hands  of  the  guides,  farmers, 
hotel  men,  etc.  A well  known  gentleman  connected  with 
Massey  Hall  has  promised  me,  at  cost,  the  use  of  a cine- 
matograph during  the  coming  winter,  and  I purpose  my- 
self to  make  a little  itinerary  of  the  Trent  and  other  dis- 
tricts, advertising  beforehand  that  a cinematographic  ex- 
hibition will  be  given  free  of  cost,  and  that  all  the  fann- 
ers and  their  families  are  cordially  invited  to  attend,  and 
that  before  the  exhibition  a short  address  will  be  given 
on  the  subject  of  the  value  of  the  preservation  of  the 
game  fish  to  them. 

“I  believe  others  will  volunteer  their  services  in  this 
direction,  and  by  such  lectures  and  by  the  distribution  of 
such  literature  I feel  confident  we  can  gain  the  interests 
of  the  farmer.  If  we  do  this,  we  have  practically  won  the 
battle,  and  the  result  will  be  in  a few  years  magnificent 
fishing  along  our  beautiful  Trent  River,  the  Kiawartha 
Lakes,  and  all  through  the  smaller  streams  and  lakes  of 
the  Province.” 

Christopher  Robinson,  K.  C.,  the  veteran  of  the  gun, 
spoke  of  his  experiences  and  pointed  out  the  benefit  that 
would  be  derived  from  the  formation  of  such  an  organi- 
zation as  had  been  proposed.  He  was  followed  by  John 
Maughan,  who  was  also  strongly  in  favor  of  the  project 
and  stated  experiences  where  he  showed  the  immense 
value  that  such  an  association  would  be. 

It  was  also  brought  to  the  notice  of  those  present  by 
another  speaker  that  the  game  law  was  constantly  being 
trespassed  by  those  who  shot  and  killed  game  and  placed 
it  in  cold  storage,  and  suggested  that  this  was  one  of  the 
worst  forms  of  the  infraction  of  the  law.  This  will  be 
inquired  into.  The  following  were  appointed  a provi- 
sional committee,  with  power  to  add:  Chief  Justice  Fal- 
conbridge,  Judge  Morson,  W.  Pearson,  Campbell  Reaves, 
Major  Murray,  C.  C.  McNamara,  David  Ward,  Dr. 
Caesar,  Dr.  Temple,  Albert  E.  Gooderham,  Victor  Caw- 
thra,  Hon.  Melvin  Jones,  Hume  Blake,  Henry  Winnett, 

D.  D.  Mann,  Colonel  Denison,  John  F.  Ellis,  E.  B.  Osier, 
W.  R.  Tiffin,  Frank  Drake,  Joseph  Kilgour,  Godfrey 
Patterson,  Walter  Barwick,  K.  C. ; John  MacLachlan, 
Claude  Macdonell,  M.  P. ; Stewart  Houston,  Dr.  Riggs, 
Dr.  Adam  Wright,  E.  B.  Ryckman,  H.  C.  Hammond, 
G.  G.  S.  Lindsay,  K.  C. ; Walter  Jones,  Ernest  Simpson. 
Clarkson  Jones,  H.  C.  Osborne,  Fred  Bryan,  Walter  Cas- 
sels,  K.  C. ; Robert  Cassels,  F.  B.  Poison,  George  T. 
Marks,  A.  R.  Boswell,  Edward  Harris,  John  L.  Blaikie, 
Justice  Nesbitt,  Edward  Currie,  J.  B.  Miller,  D.  L.  Mc- 
Carthy, Christopher  Robinson,  K.  C. ; J.  C.  Kemp,  Dr.  A. 
Baines,  David  S.  Barclay,  Cawthra  Mulock,  W.  O’Hara, 
P.  A.  Manning.  H.  D.  P.  Armstrong,  John  E.  Rose,  W. 

E.  Foster  (G.  T.  R.),  G.  G.  Beatty,  John  Maughan,  A. 
Kelly  Evans,  Oliver  Adams,  Fred  Cox  Morson. 


Newfoundland  Caribou. 

Many  readers  of  Forest  and  Stream  will  remember 
an  account  of  a great  deer  slaughter  nearBurges,  which 
appeared  in  your  columns  last  year.  It  was  estimated 
that  3,200  caribou  were  killed  in  a day  or  two.  The 
Legislature,  then  in  session,  passed  restrictive  measures, 
making  a recurrence  of  such  slaughter  impossible. 

Representative  Moulton,  of  Burges,  during  the  pres- 
ent session  presented  a number  of  numerously  signed 
petitions,  praying  that  the  deer  law  be  amended,  and 
the  restrictions  removed.  In  support  of  his  position  he 
quoted  some  facts  about  our  caribou  that  were  enlight- 
ening to  the  average  sportsman.  It  has  been  always 
known  that  vast  herds  of  deer  existed,  but  as  the  railway 
went  through  the  interior  of  the  island  and  opened  it 
up  somewhat,  the  accounts  given  by  occasional  hunters 
as  to  the  number  of  deer  were  taken  cum  grano  salis. 
Mr.  Moulton,  besides  being  a hunter  of  experience 
himself,  had  a lot  to  do  with  hunters  in  his  district, 
and  is  well  qualified  to  speak  with  authority  on  the 
question  of  deer.  Fie  stated  in  the  Assembly  of  his 
own  knowledge  and  the  evidence  of  many  hunters 
whom  he  had  questions,  that  the  number  of  deer  at  pres- 
ent ranging  the  interior  amounted  to  about  250,000 — a 
quarter  of  a million.  The  natural  increase  yearly,  he 
sets  down  at  25,000.  The  number  killed  by  local  and 
foreign  sportsmen  annually  amount  to  10,000,  about 
5,000  die  each  year  from  wolves  and  natural  causes, 
leaving  a net  increase  of  10,000  caribou  annually  added 
to  the  herd.  He  contended  that  for  the  preservation  of 
the  caribou,  they  should  be  judiciously  thinned  each 
year,  as  the  herds  range  over  vast  plains,  feeding  on 
mosses,  which  they  tear  up  by  the  roots,  thus  destroying 
the  natural  pastures.  Many  sportsmen  differ  with  him 
on  this  point,  and  refer  to  the  vast  extent  of  territory 
which  they  range,  the  better  part  of  42,000  square  miles. 
This  country,  consisting  largely  of  marshes  and  barrens, 
is  eminently  adapted  for  feeding  grounds;  and  further, 
the  parasitic  plants  upon  which  they  feed,  are  so  pro- 
lific and  tenacious  of  life,  that  nothing  less  than  plow- 
ing them  up  would  destroy  them.  The  decimation  of 
our  caribou  on  these  grounds  need  not  be  feared  for 
many  a day. 

It  is  the  intention  of  the  Legislature  to  appoint  a 
commission  to  consider  the  whole  question,  and  at  a 
future  session  of  the  House,  to  make  recommendations 
that  will  appear  most  advantageous  from  the  evidence 
laid  before  them.  In  the  meantime,  the  law  stands,  and 
the  caribou  are  protected,  and  any  sportsman  who  wants 
to  experience  the  pleasure  of  stalking  his  caribou,  and 
securing  a trophy  for  his  hall  or  den,  will  find  plenty 
sport  on  the  island  for  many  years  to  come. 

Last  week  I was  talking  to  Mr.  George  Nicholls,  of 
Deer  Lake,  one  of  the  most  active  and  intelligent  guides 
in  the  country.  Mr.  Nicholls  left  me  at  Deer  Lake,  and 
went  in  the  country  some  distance  to  take  up  his  traps 
after  the  winter.  On  one  marsh  about  three  miles  dis- 
tant, he  counted  over  ninety  caribou  grazing,  like 
cattle  in  a pasture;  he  had  no  gun  along  with  him,  and 
did  not  disturb  them. 

The  moose  imported  last  year  were  seen  a short  time 
ago  near  the  Upper  Humber,  and  are  reported  as  doing 
very  well.  W.  J.  C. 

All  communications  for  Forest  and  Stream  must  be 
directed  to  Forest  and  Stream  Pub.  Co.,  New  York,  to 
receive  attention.  We  have  no  other  office. 


Sport  in  the  Hindoo  Koosh. 

From  the  Cornhill  Magazine. 

It  is  only  in  a few  of  the  remotest  recesses  of  the 
rugged  Hindoo  Koosh  that  the  old  sport  of  driving  with 
hounds  still  lingers,  and  this  mostly  in  glens  where  the 
foot  of  few  white  men  have  trod.  In  other  places  the 
arrival  of  the  Englishman  has  been  followed  by  game 
laws,  the  necessary  concomitant  of  modern  rifles.  These 
all  condemn  driving,  and  rightly,  for  the  man  with  the 
weapons  of  to-day  stands  in  no  need  of  four-footed  assist- 
ance to  make  things  easy  for  him.  It  is  otherwise  with 
the  indigenous  sportsman  armed  with  his  old  matchlock 
of  prehistoric  design.  With  the  crude  weapons  carried 
by  Chitrali  or  Washigam  shikaris,  not  all  the  hunter’s 
craft  at  their  disposal,  nor  the  ownership  of  the  best 
breeds  of  hounds,  would  enable  them  to  exterminate 
game. 

The  theory  of  the  sport  is  based  upon  the  fact  that 
markhor  and  ibex,  when  escaping  from  their  natural  foes}  • 
leopards  and  wolves,  fly  to  precipices  where  no  other 
animal, pe  it  cat  or  dog,  Can  venture-  and  when  followed 
by  the  hunter’s  hounds,  they  pursue  exactly  the  same 
tactics.  Arrived  at  their  supposed  refuge,  they  are  so  in- 
tent on  staring  at  the  baying  hounds,  that  they  pay  little 
attention  to  their  deadlier  two-footed  foes,  who  Can  ap- 
proach close  enough  to  use  their  antiquated  pieces  with 
effect.  It  is  said  that  whole  herds  are  sometimes  wiped 
out  in  this  way;  but  this  must  be  very  rare,  or  one  would 
not  find  all  grounds  new  to  the  European  sportsman  as 
full  of  game  as  they  usually  are. 

The  sport  is  conducted  in  two  ways.  There  is  the  royal 
drive,  as  managed  for  the  benefit  of  the  petty  kings  of 
the  Hindoo  Koosh,  in  which  a large  number  of  beaters 
with  dogs  drive  the  game  up  to  posted  guns,  much  as 
chamois  are  driven  in  Austria.  And  there  is  the  humbler  'j 
but  more  sporting  way  followed  by  the  professional  hun- 
ter, with  his  leash  of  hounds,  frequently  entailing  toil 
which  few  but  born  mountaineers  could  endure.  One’s 
sympathies,  however,  are  with  the  princes  and  mighty 
ones  of  the  earth  in  this  matter;  for  here,  as  in  other 
places,  they  are  rarely  allowed  the  pleasure  of  doing  their 
own  hunting.  Poor  kings  who  miss  the  real  enjoyment 
of  sport,  though  themselves  ignorant  of  their  loss,  one 
cannot  but  feel  sorry  for  them ! 

Let  me  first  try  to  describe  a royal  drive  as  arranged 
for  the  Mehtar  of  Chitral,  the  premier  chieftain  of  the  .1 
Hindoo  Koosh. 

Early  one  winter  morning  I found  myself  following  a 
Chitrali  guide  up  a gorge,  where  the  sheer  sides  of  rock 
in  places  almost  met  above  us.  Every  few  hundred  yards 
the  torrent  impinged  against  one  rock  wall  or  the  other, 
necessitating  a crossing  by  means  of  a pine  pole  flung 
across  the  foaming  water.  The  night’s  frost  had  glazed 
such  of  these  as  were  touched  by  the  spray,  with  a film  of  , 
ice,  which  had  to.  be  dusted  with  sand  before  even  my 
light-footed  guide  could  trust  himself  on  them.  But  for  j 
these,  and  occasional  anxious  moments  at  points  where  a 
crossing  of  the  stream  had  been  deemed  unnecessary  in 
local  opinion,  and  we  had  to  creep  gingerly  round  difficult  j 
rock  corners  where  the  water  below  roared  a most  unin-  ; 
viting  summons,  the  track  was  monotonous  enough,  as 
one  could  see  but  a short  way  in  front  owing  to  the  turns 
of  the  gorge. 

The  king,  whose  shooting-box  lay  some  way  uj)  the 
valley,  had  gone  up  the  previous  evening,  by  a zigzag 
path  over  the  mountain,  along  which  (on  a Chitrali  pony)  l 
it  was  possible  to  ride. 

The  valley,  which,  like  most  others  in  this  part  of  the  ? 
Himalayas,  was  a gorge  for  a few  miles  above  its  em-  , 
bouchure  into  the  main  Chitral  glen,  presently  opened 
out  and  the  shooting-box  came  in  sight,  a little  wooden 
structure  built  on  a plateau  overhanging  the  stream  and 
surrounded  by  pines  and  junipers.  A crowd  of  retainers 
was  lounging  about  outside,  a picturesque  crew  of  good- 
looking  ruffians,  carrying  all  manner  of  arms,  from 
matchlock  to  Mannlicher,  and  like  all  Chitrali  crowds  full 
of  jokes  and  laughter.  The  shikaris  and  beaters  had  all 
been  out  since  long  before  daylight.  It  was  now  about  9 
o’clock,  and  so  far  no  news  had  come.  The  Mehtar  came 
out  to  meet  me,  a pale  young  man  rather  below  middle 
height,  with  a quiet  dignified  manner,  the  difficulties  of 
whose  position  it  is  unnecessary  to  dilate  on  here.  Having 
not  yet  breakfasted  he  asked  me  to  join  him,  an  invitation 
I found  no  difficulty  in  accepting,  as  the  keen  morning 
air  had  long  since  made  my  early  breakfast  a mere  re- 
membrance. It  fortunately  proved  to  be  not  the  Oriental 
repast  of  ceremony,  with  its  interminable  courses,  but  a 
comparatively  light  meal,  consisting  of  but  four  enormous 
dishes  or  rather  trays  of  pillaus  and  such  like,  from 
which  the  king  and  I ate  direct  without  the  unnecessary 
formality  of  separate  plates.  He  ate  delicately  with  his 
fingers,  as  the  Easterners  say  “with  discretion,”  while  I 
had  the  use  of  the  only  spoon  and  fork. 

As  to  the  prospects  of  sport,  I learned  that  a herd  of 
markhor  had  been  seen  on  the  previous  evening  with  one 
big  buck,  and  the  shikaris  with  some  two  hundred  beaters 
and  the  royal  pack  had  gone  out  to  surround  them  on 
three  sides  for  the  purpose  of  driving  them  toward  the 
hunting  ground.  Breakfast  over,  our  hands  were  sprink- 
led with  rose-scented  water  from  a great  brass  aftaba, 
and  we  set  off  on  foot.  We  soon  began  to  climb  up  a 
path  newly  cut  in  the  steep  hillside,  and  in  half  an  hour 
found  ourselves  on  a little  platform  with  a low  wall  in 
front,  some  four  hundred  feet  above  the  stream.  Look- 
ing across,  the  opposite  slopes  deep  in  snow  were  visible 
to  a height  of  two  or  three  thousand  feet  above  us ; they 
were  not  excessively  steep  and  were  scantily  covered  with 
junipers  and  holly  oaks.  Immediately  opposite  us,  at  a 
range  of  perhaps  ninety  yards,  was  a percipitous  face  of 
rock,  going  down  almost  sheer  into  the  water.  This  was 
the  point  to  which  the  markhor  were  to  be  driven,  and 
where  it  was  hoped  they  would  stand  long  enough  to  be 
shot. 

We  had  now  to  keep  as  still  and  silent  as  possible  and 
sat  ourselves  down  behind  the  wall  at  points  from  which 
we  could  get  a commanding  view.  An  attendant  flung 
over  the  Mehtar  a magnificent  fur  robe  which  had  come 
straight  from  Bokhara,  and  others  wrapped  themselves  in 
sheepskin  pelisses  and  cloaks,  for  the  wind  was  bitterly 
cold.  Only  a few  of  the  Mehtar’s  intimates  had  accom- 
panied us  to  the  butt,  but  in  glancing  at  the  array  of  mod- 
ern rifles  with  which  they  were  armed  and  at  the  rocks 
opposite  where  the  beasts  were  to  be  shot  down,  I half 


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regretted  coming  to  what  seemed  likely  to  end  in  a 
butchery,  for  the  combination  of  ancient  strategy  with 
modem  arms  seemed  a trifle  unfair  to  our  quarry. 

The  Mehtar  was  beguiling  the  time  by  telling  me  of 
some  wonderful  battues  at  this  spot  in  the  time  of  his  ill- 
fated  predecessor,  when  faint  confused  sounds  of  shout- 
ing came  from  high  up  the  opposite  mountain,  mingled 
with  the  yelping  of  dogs.  Presently  some  black  dots  ap- 
peared moving  far  away  in  the  snow ; then  a man  perched 
up  on  a rock  behind  us  said : “Big  markhor  coming  this 
way,”  and  we  saw  a big  beast  come  bounding  down  alone, 
pausing  after  each  spring  to  see  where  the  danger  lay, 
and  heading  straight  for  the  rock  face  opposite.  The 
men  in  the  butt  all  seized  their  rifles  and  crouched  close 
to  the  wall.  I declined  the  Mehtar’s  pressing  invitation  to 
take  the  shot,  so  he  got  ready.  The  markhor  was  now 
within  two  hundred  yards  of  us  and  I was  watching  him 
through  the  glasses.  A kingly  fellow  he  looked,  with 
his  head  thrown  back,  his  great  black  spiral  horns  stand- 
ing grandly  out  and  his  long  beard  sweeping  the  snow. 
Suddenly,  seeming  to  scent  danger  in  front,  he  turned 
half  left  and  up  the  glen.  A few  gigantic  bounds  brought 
him  with  an  avalanche  of  snow  and  stones  to  the  bottom 
of  the  valley,  across  which  he  dashed  and  was  lost  to 
view.  Two  or  three  shots  had  been  fired  as  soon  as  it  was 
seen  he  was  not  going  into  the  rock  face,  but  he  was  not 
touched,  and  I was  glad  to  think  he  might  live  to  add  a 
few  more  inches  to  his  magnificent  spread  of  horns,  enjoy 
a few  more  seasons  of  courtship,  and  then  die  in  a more 
befitting  manner. 

Of  course  the  grumbles  in  the  butt  were  loud  and  not 
less  sincere,  and  everyone  blamed  everyone  else  for  hav- 
ing moved  or  shown  themselves  at  the  critical  moment. 
The  big  markhor  of  the  herd  had  escaped,  and  it  now 
became  apparent  also  from  the  shouts  and  yelps  getting 
fainter  and  fainter,  that  the  rest  of  the  herd  had  some- 
how managed  to  break  through  the  line. 

But  stay,  here  comes  something  down  the  opposite 
slope.  It  is  a doe  markhor,  going  as  if  a pack  of  demons 
were  after  her.  On  she  comes  and  reaches  her  supposed 
refuge  on  the  rock  face.  The  cause  of  her  haste  is  soon 
evident,  for  a long  Badakshan  hound  is  close  on  her 
tracks,  not  a couple  of  hundred  yards  behind  and  giving 
tongue  in  short  excited  yelps.  As  the  hound  reaches  one 
side  of  the  precipice  and'  begins  to  creep  cautiously  along 
a snowy  ledge,  the  doe  wandering  on  and  invisible  to 
him,  has  reached  the  further  side  and  turns  round  again 
toward  the  center  of  the  rock.  I signal  to  the  Mehtar  not 
to  shoot,  for  it  is  evident  that  hunter  and  hunted  are 
going  to  meet  nose  to  nose  on  a ledge  about  an  inch  wide 
and  the  solution  of  the  problem  will  be  interesting.  Only 
a corner  of  rock  now  separates  them  and  both  reach  it 
simultaneously.  A chorus  of  ya  allah  burst  from  the  spec- 
tators in  our  gallery,  as  the  doe;  without  one  moment’s 
hesitation,  -sprang  straight  out  into  mid  air  and  went 
down.  A gallant  bid  for  life  it  was  and  suitably  rewarded, 
for,  leaning  over,  we  saw  her  recover  her  footing  in  deep 
snow  two-  hundred  feet  down,  dash  on  to  the  stream, 
across,  and  away  to  safety  on  the  line  her  lord  and  mas- 
ter had  taken  before.  The  hound  could  do  nothing  but 
extricate  himself  from  the  precipice,  which  done,  he  sat 
down  and  barked  foolishly. 

There  was  nothing  more,  and  we  returned,  the  Mehtar 
full  of  apologies  at  the  poor  sport  he  ha'd  shown,  though, 
as  I told  him,  the  leap  for  life  that  doe  had  shown  us, 
was  a sight  I would  have  gone  far  to  see. 

The  beaters  came  in  in  groups,  some  not  arriving  for 
hours  afterward.  The  tale  they  told  was  that  the  body 
of  the  herd  were  first  making  straight  for  our  rock,  but 
something  had  turned  them  and  they  had  gone  right 
through  the  line  of  beaters.  Tracks  of  two  snow  leopards 
had  been  seen  and  that  was  supposed  to  be  the  cause  of 
the  fiasco. 

Now  let  us  transfer  ourselves  to  one  of  the  higher  val- 
leys, nearer  the  main  axis  of  this  mighty  belt  of  mountain 
land,  where  the  mysterious  ibex  in  his  haunts  of  snow 
and  ice  forms  the  quarry  of  humbler  votaries.  Here  we 
are  in  the  midst  of  romance  and  legend. 

There  is,  even  to  materialistic  Westerners  something 
almost  supernatural  about  the  ibex.  When,  during,  the 
fearful  winters  of  high  regions,  his  summer  companions, 
markhor  and  oorial,  bear  and  marmot,  either  seek  lower 
and  warmer  levels,  or  hibernate  in  comfortable  under- 
ground dwellings,  the  ibex  remains  alone  among  the 
snows  and  drifting  mists.  What  enables  them  to  defy 
the  terrific  elements,  and  escape  the  constant  avalanches 
that  thunder  down  the  mountain  sides  in  the  spring  time? 
How  do  they  exist?  The  ordinary  mortal  will  explain  it 
by  saying  that  they  crowd  together  under  rock  shelters 
and  subsist  on  grass  roots  and  juniper  sprays  while  the 
winter  is  at  its  height,  and  that  instinct  teaches  them  to 
keep  to  ridges  and  arrctes  during  the  avalanche  season, 
and  that  they  are  protected  from  the  intense  cold  by  a 
thick  undercoat  of  wonderful  soft  wool.  But  every 
Chitrali  knows  well  that  ibex  are  under  the  special  pro- 
tection of  the  mountain  fairies,  the  chief  of  whom  lives 
among  the  icy  pyramids  and  high  turrets  of  the  great 
mountain  Tirish  Mir.  They  know  that  when  the  earth- 
quakes pass  along  these  valleys,  those  specially  gifted  can 
see  hosts  of  fairies  streaming  across  the  sky,  riding  on 
ibex  and  long-maned  ponies.  Men  and  women  are  now 
living  who  have  been  transported  to  the  gleaming  palaces 
of  Tirich  Mir  and  seen  their  inhabitants  and  the  ibex  that 
wander  freely  among  them.  Does  not  history  also  relate 
how,  when  the  country  is  in  urgent  danger,  fairies  are 
seen  by  many  with  their  ibex  squadrons,  riding,  to  the 
Mehtar’s  assistance?  Does  not  every  Kohistani  know 
that  it  was  by  their  aid  alone  that  the  army  of  the  famous 
Sikh  general,  Bhup  Singh,  was  surrounded  on  the  Gilgit 
road  and  every  man  of  them  either  killed  or  sold  to  the 
slave-dealing  Mirs  and  Slighnan  and  Roshan? 

The  slaying  of  an  ibex  therefore  is  no  light  matter.  No 
shikari  would  venture  to  start  on  a hunting  trip  without 
having  first  propitiated  the  protecting  powers.  Otherwise 
his  foot  would  slip  on  the  edge  of  some  dizzy  precipice; 
stones  would  hurtle  through  the  air,  impelled  by  unseen 
hands;  he  would  fall  through  into  some  deep  ice  well  in 
the  groaning  glacier;  or  maybe  he  would  wander  be- 
wildered like  the  Ancient  Mariner,  seeing  fearful  sights: 
And  through  the  drifts  the  snowy  clifts, 

Did  send  a dismal  sheen: 

Nor  shapes  of  men  nor  beasts  we  ken — 

The  ice  was  all  between. 

But  whether  lying  under  hills  of  green  ice,  or  kept  in 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


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bondage  by  the  fairy  folk  of  Tirich  Mir,  certain  it  is  that 
he  would  never  again  be  seen  alive. 

So  the  shikari  omits  none  of  the  customary  ceremonies 
before  leaving  home.  His  good  woman  first  bakes  him 
an  enormous  cake,  which  is  stuffed  into  the  folds  of  his 
gown  above  the  girdle.  He  cleans  his  brass-bound  match- 
lock and  slings  it  over  his  shoulder  and  hangs  round  him 
bullet-pouch,  powder-horn,  knife,  and  all  the  miscellan- 
eous paraphernalia  of  the  chase.  Then,  after  warning  his 
wife  not  to  allow  unpurified  man  or  woman  to  cross  his 
threshold,  he  starts  off  with  his  leash  of  hounds. 

At  the  mouth  of  the  selected  valley,  he  flings  four 
pieces  of  his  loaf  north,  south,  east  and  west,  invoking 
the  special  fairy  of  the  place.  “Oh  guardian  of  this  golden 
glen,  this  slave  has  approached  thy  abode.  Look  on  him 
with  kindness.  I have  come  under  thy  silken  sleeve  and 
the  hem  of  thy  skirts.  Of  thy  flocks  grant  me  but 
one  beast.  Let  him  be  such  as  has  no  wool,  has 
no  milk,  and  is  unable  to  keep  up  with  the  herd,  that 
is  thin,  weak,  lame,  and  even  blind.  Give  keenness  to 
my  eyes  and  power  to  my  limbs,  so  that  I may  slay  one 
animal.  Safeguard  me  from  all  dangers.” 

For  the  hunter  of  the  Hindoo  Koosh  the  year  is  divided 
into  numerous  seasons,  known  under  different  names. 
There  is  the  rutting  season,  when  the  sexes  mingle  in  the 
early  winter;  the  dead  of  winter,  when  all  the  ibex 
grounds  are  fathoms  deep  in  snow ; the  avalanche  season 
when  the  roar  of  cataracts  of  snow  is  almost  continuous 
under  the  morning  and  mid-day  sun ; the  season  when  the 
lower,  slopes  with  a southern  aspect  form  brown  streaks 
in  a white  ocean  of  mountains ; the  season  when  the  fresh 
green  grass  begins  to  appear,  and  slowly  spreads  up  the 
mountain  to  the  lowest  limits  of  eternal  snow;  the  sum- 
mer, when  all  the  mountain  sides  where  earth  can  lie  are 
carpeted  with  grass  and  flowers,  and  game  animals  have 
their  widest  range  to  wander  over;  and  lastly,  the  season 
when  the  higher  slopes  take  autumnal  tints  of  red  and 
yellow,  and  ibex  are  found  comparatively  low  down  tak- 
ing advantage  of  the  last  of  the  summer  grazing.  This 
is  the  time  when  the  old  bucks  are  in  pride  of  grease,  and 
it  is  consequently  perhaps  the  favorite  shooting  time 
among  shikaris,  though  of  course  their  work  is  easiest 
of  all  in  the  spring,  when  the  ibex,  ravenous  after  their 
short  winter  commons,  come  low  down  for  the  first  blades 
of  fresh  green  grass  and  wormwood. 

Ibex  having  been  seen,  there  are  two  methods  of  pro- 
ceeding, according  to  the  excellence  of  the  hunter’s 
hounds.  If  they  are  of  the  best  breed,  stanch  and  well 
trained,  he  can,  as  the  saying  is,  slip  them  at  the  bottom 
of  the  nullah  and  then  go  and  breakfast  at  leisure,  certain 
that  the  early  morning’s  downward  flowing  air  will  have 
brought  news  of  the  ibex  to  the  hounds,  and  that  by  the 
time  he  has  finished,  he  will  find  one  or  two  of  the  herd 
rounded  up  into  some  precipice,  to  which  he  will  be  at- 
tracted by  his  hounds’  baying.  This  is  the  ideal. 

The  real  is  more  often  something  like  this.  The  hun- 
ter, after  picking  up  his  ibex,  takes  his  hounds  well 
above  them  and  sights  them  before  slipping.  A long 
chase  follows,  the  hounds  hunting  their  game,  from  pre- 
cipice to  precipice,  the  shikari  keeping  them  in  sight  or 
hearing  as  best  he  may.  A long  day’s  hunt  in  deep  snow 
and  frequently  the  most  appallingly  dangerous  ground  is 
the  usual  thing,  the  end  of  which  may  be  a shot  or  may 
not.  Much  of  course  depends  on  the  suitability  of  the 
valley  for  this  kind  of  hunting.  The  best  nullahs  which 
have  been  pointed  out  to  me  all  have  the  same  character- 
istics; the  greater  part  of  the  ground  is  comparatively 
easy,  but  somewhere  in  the  middle  is  a great  scarp  of 
naked  rock,  from  which  it  would  be  impossible  for  the 
hounds  to  move  a beast  which  has  once  taken  refuge 
there. 

Imagine  the  scene  at  such  a moment ; the  ibex  standing 
on  a ledge  or  niche  in  some  sheer  cliffs  of  rock,  turning 
this  way  and  that;  the  exhausted  hounds  lying  at  the 
bottom  with  lolling  tongues,  baying  as  they,  lie  and  tak- 
ing snatches  at  the  snow.  Enter  the  shikari  from  above 
at  a dizzy  height,  peering  over  the  edge.  The  range  is 
too  far  for  his  rude  weapon.  He  examines  the  ground 
with  the  eye  of  a cragsman  born  and  bred,  to  whom  gid- 
diness and  nerves  are  unknown.  His  feet,  wrapped  round 
with  strips  of  untanned  hide,  will  stand  firm  on  rock 
which  would  appear  as  impracticable  for  one  in  nailed 
boots  as  the  dancing  of  a hornpipe  on  the  dome  of  St. 
Paul’s.  But  the  risks  of  rocks  glazed  by  ice,  stone  shoots, 
all  the  hundred  and  one  perils  that  beset  one  who  would 
climb  on  rock,  all  these  he  knows  and  appreciates.  Alone 
and  encumbered  with  his  hunting-gear,  he  lets  himself 
down  and  trusts  himself  step  by  step  with  infinite  care 
on  ground  where  none  but  the  most  adventurous  Alpine 
climbers,  roped  and  in  company,  would  venture. 

The  shot  he  takes  lying  down  with  the  muzzle  of  his 
weapon  resting  on  or  against  a stone.  Lucky  he  deems 
himself  if  the  beast  goes  head  over  heels,  whizzing 
down  to  the  anxious  hounds,  for  his  agate-cored  balls 
leave  as  much  to'  be  desired  in  point  of  efficiency  as 
his  old  musket  in  point  of  accuracy.  Perhaps  the 
finish  only  comes  at  the  end  of  a wearisome  chase  after 
a wounded  beast,  the  termination  of  which  may  be  suc- 
cess or  failure. 

With  the  shikari  as  with  the  Sheikh  Sadis’^dervish, 
“His  inn  is  wherever  darkness  may  find  him”;  but  if 
the  rigors  of  a night  under  the  stars  are  mitigated  by 
the  skin  of  a freshly-killed  ibex  for  a covering  and  his 
bread  helped  down  with  morsels  of  roasted  .liver,  he  is 
as  happy  as  a king. 

In  this  sport  very  much  depends  on  the  hounds,  and 
a good  pair  are  very  highly  prized.  Like  the  ponies  of 
these  highlands,  the  best  breeds  come. from  Badakshan 
and  look  like  a cross  between  a Borzoi  and  collie.  Be- 
fore the  hunting  season  comes  on,  shikaris  harden  and 
condition  their  hounds  by  pitching  them. into  some  icy 
torrent  several  times  a day — a course  which  I was  once 
recommended  to  follow  with  a favorite  spaniel  some- 
what inclined  to  embonpoint. 

The  successful  shikari,  on  his  way  home,  sings  the 
quaint  hunting  song  called  the  ghoru.  As  he. nears  his 
village,  men  and  boys  run  out  to  relieve  him.  of  his 
kit  and  load  of  meat  and  horns — the  latter  destined  to 
grace  the  nearest  saint’s  shrine.  The  whole  hamlet 
joins  in  the  chorus,  those  not  helping  with  the  loads 
sitting  down  on  the  roofs  of  their  houses  and  with 
little  fingers  in  their  ears  (like  a huntsman)  rendering 
the  song  at  the  highest  pitch  of  their  voices. 


Oh  valley  opened  for  me,  he  ho, 

Blood-stained  are  my  hands,  he  ho. 

Deer-like  are  thine  eyes,  he  ho, 

Seeing  after  death,  he  ho. 

Rise  I in  the  night,  he  ho, 

Crouching  I aw»it  thee,  he  ho. 

Thy  feet  they  leave  a trail,  he  ho; 

Thy  horns  they  graze  the  sky,  he  ho. 

Food  from  the  unseen,  he  ho, 

Thou  art  given  by  God,  he  ho. 

From  ridge  to  ridge  I spy  thee,  he  ho; 

I would  know  thee  again  and  again,  he  ho. 

I see  thy  various  shapes,  he  ho; 

I track  thee  from  ledge  to  ledge,  he  ho. 

in  the  midst  of  the  herd  I strike,  he  ho; 

Face  to  face  I slay  thee,  he  ho. 

Thou  the  ibex  of  my  kitchen,  he  ho, 

Thou  the  guest  of  this  evening,  he  ho. 

Thou  the  high  and  unattainable,  he  ho, 

Now  descend  through  my  smoke-hole,  he  ho. 

The  meat  is  actually  taken  into  the  shikari’s  house 
through  the  hole  in  the  roof  which  serves  for  a chimney, 
and  there  received  by  the  members  of  his  family,  he 
himself  entering  in  by  the  door. 

The  usual  quarry  in  the  Hindoo  Koosh  is,  as  has 
been  said,  markhor  and  ibex,  but  when  the  snow  is 
deep  and  a herd  of  oorial  has  been  marked  down  in  a 
suitable  place,  that  is  to  say,  low  down  on  flattish 
ground,  a whole  village  will  turn  out  ond  mob  the 
poor  beasts  to  death  with  their  dogs,  and  there  is  'a 
recorded  instance  at  Gilgit  when  a big  herd  were  so 
wiped  out.  As  a rule.,  oorial,  who  trust  for  safety 
more  to  speed  and  activity  than  getting  into  inacces- 
sible places,  say  good-bye  to  hounds  and.  hunters.  My 
old  shikari  used  to  tell  o(  a herd  of  these  animals  that 
escaped  him  by  swimming  the  Indus,  an  extraordinary 
feat.  “But  ibex,  too,”  he  used  plaintively  to  add,  “used 
to  give  my  hounds  a lot  of  trouble.” 

Really  big  battues,  as  a matter  of  fact,  are  now,  and 
always  have  been  extremely  rare,  though  old  sports- 
men of  the  Himalayas  love  talking  about  them.  I 
once  asked  an  old  gray-beard,  after  hearing  one 
of  the  gory  tales,  how.  it  was  that  so  many  ani- 
mals still  remained.  “Sahib,”  he  said,  “the  more 
the  seed  the  heavier  the  crop,  is  it  not?  And  the  more 
blood  spilt  on  the  ground  this  year,  the  larger  the  herds 
of  ibex  next.”  And  this  is  the  cofftmon  belief,  es- 
pecially among  the  Kafirs.  R.  L.  Kennion. 


Prof.  Agassiz  was  Convinced. 

In  the  first  speech  Senator  Frye  made  after  being 
elected  to  the  Senate  he  made  mention  of  the  very  large 
brook  trout  caught  in  the  Rangeley  lakes,  weighing  from 
1 to  7 or  8 pounds,  and  when  on  his  way  to  his  hotel  Pro- 
fessor Agassiz  overtook  him  and  congratulated,  him  on 
his  speech,  saying  it  was  a very  creditable  effort,  but  ad- 
vised him  that  whenever  hereafter  .fie  mentioned  the  brook 
trout,  the  speckled  trout,  or  the  squaretailed  trout,  not  to 
have  them  quite  so  large,  as  there  never  was  a brook  trout 
that  weighed  over  3 pounds.  The  Senator  asked  him  if 
he  was  open  to  conviction,  and  he  said  if  he  saw  one 
weighing  more  he  would  believe  it,  not  otherwise.  When 
Congress  adjourned  the  Senator  went  home  to  Lewiston 
and,  with  a friend,  went  to  his  camp  in  the  Rangeleys, 
and  while  there  one  day  they  each  caught  a trout  weigh- 
ing about  7 pounds,  which  they  sent  on  to  Professor 
Agassiz.  In  a few  days  the  Senator  received  a few  lines 
from  the  professor,  and  this  is  what  he  wrote:  “The 

theory  of  a lifetime  kicked  to  death  by  a stubborn  fact.” 
— Boston  Herald. 

A Way  Through. 

In  County  Sligo  there  is  a small  lake  renowned  for  its 
fabulous  depth.  A professor  happened  to  be  in  that  part 
of  Ireland  last  summer,  and  started  out  one  day  for  a 
ramble  among  the  mountains,  accompanied  by  a native 
guide.  As  they  climbed,  Pat  asked  him  if  he  would  like 
to  see  this  lake,  “for  it’s  no  bottom  at  all,  sorr.”  “But 
how  do  you  know  that,  Pat?”  asked  the  professor.  “Well, 
sorr,  I’ll  tell  ye ; me  own  cousin  was  showin’  the  pond  to 
a gentleman  one  day,  sorr,  and  he  looked  incredulous  like, 
just  as  you  do,  and  me  cousin  couldn’t  stand  it  for  him  to 
doubt  his  worrd,  sorr,  and  so  he  said,  ‘Begorra,  I’ll  prove 
the  truth'of  me  words,’  and  off  with  his  clothes  and  in  he 
jumped.”  The  professor’s  face  wore  an  amused  and 
quizzical  expression.  “Yes,  sorr,  in  he  jumped,  and  didn’t 
come  up  again,  at  all,  at  all.”  “But,”  said  the  professor, 
“I  don’t  see  that  your  cousin  proved  his  point  by  reck- 
lessly drowning  himself.”  “Sure,  sorr,  it  wasn’t  drowned 
at  all  he  was ; the  next  day  comes  a cable  from  him  in 
Australia,  askin’  to  send  on  his  clothes.”— Argonaut. 


A Tale  of  the  Deep  Lock* 

New  Brunswick,  June  12. — The  following  story  is 
vouched  for  by  A.  H.  Snyder,  a member  of  the  Official 
Board. of  the  First  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  here,  who 
is  also  lock  tender  at  the  deep  lock  on  the  Raritan  Canal : 
Owen  Swain,  of  Johnson  & Johnson’s  plaster  room,  lost 
a pair  of  gold-rimmed  spectacles  in  the  deep  lock  a few 
days  ago.  On  Saturday  night,  while  Mr.  Snyder  had  the 
water  drawn  from  the  lock,  he  and  Mr.  Swain  looked  for 
the  spectacles.  Mr.  Snyder  reached  down  as  Mr.  Swain 
pointed  out  the  exact  spot  where  the  spectacles  had  been 
lost.  His  first  reach  brought  up  a lively  catfish.  Perched 
on  the  fish’s  nose  was  the  pair  of  spectacles. — New  York 
Times. 


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given  last  week.  Count  on  what  is  to  come  next 
week.  W as  there  ever  in  all  the  world  a more 
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Striped  BassANear  New  York. 


Striped  bass  are  the  only  fish  worthy  of  the  angler’s 
attention  in  the  rivers  about  the  city.  There  are  other 
excellent  species  occasionally  taken,  but  the  striped  bass 
is  the  only  one  to  be  depended  upon.  The  salt  water  eel, 
the  tomcod  and  small  flounders  are  other  city  fish,  but 
they  are  the  game  only  of  the  small  boy,  and  the  man 
who  fishes  for  the  family  frying  pan.  The  tomcod  may 
be  caught  from  any  pier  on  either  river,  and  while  they 
like  sandworms  best  they  will  bite  at  most  kinds  of  bait. 
The  little  flounder  is  more  plentiful  in  the  East  River 
than  in  the  North.  They  are  caught  from  piers  and  boats 
in  from  twelve  to  twenty  feet  of  water,  flood  tide  being 
the  best  time.  Use  soft  clams  and  sand  worms  for  bait. 
The  tackle  for  the  tomcod  and  small  flounder  should  be 
of  the  lightest  order  to  afford  good  sport. 

All  the  city  fish  named  are  running  now,  and  many 
good  catches  are  reported  from  nearly  all  quarters.  The 
bass  are  the  spring  bass,  and  are  not  so  plentiful  as  dur- 
ing the  fall  months.  Bass  like  as  a bait  the  white  sand 
worm  and  the  large  red  worm,  but  they  are  also  fond  of 
shedder  crabs,  shrimp  and  shedder  lobster. 

The  practical  angler  carries  his  own  bait  and  tackle, 
and  therefore  is  never  subjected  to  disappointment  at  not 
being  able  to  fish  after  he  reaches  the  objective  point. 
Some  of  the  more  experienced  anglers  would  even  take 
along  their  boats  if  it  were  possible  to  do  so  comfortably. 
Bait,  boats,  tackle  and  other  valuable  information  may  be 
obtained  at  the  fishing  grounds  at  the  foot  of  West  108th 
street,  foot  of  West  126th  street,  foot  of  West  iS2d  street 
and  foot  of  West  154th  street.  I very  often  occurs  at 
these  places  that  they  have  run  out  of  bait  and  have  let 
out  all  their  boats  and  tackle,  so  it  is  advisable  for  he 
who  would  a-fishing  go  to  take  along  such  paraphernalia 
as  it  is  possible  to  carry  or  have  carried. 

The  best  way  to  take  the  spring  bass  is  by  casting  from 
the  rocks  in  the  North  River  lining  the  shore  from  108th 
street  up.  The  slack  water,  last  of  the  ebb  and  first  of 
the  flood,  is  the  best  condition  of  tide.  The  large  fellows 
are  taken  in  wate*.  varying  from  two  to  fifteen  feet  in 
depth.  Of  course,  boats  may  be  used  if  one  does  not  care 
to  fish  from  the  rocks.  Walley’s  Rock  is  a famous  spot, 
reached  from  the  foot  of  108th  street,  and  near  118th 
street  is  Kerrigan’s  Rock,  another  noted  striped  bass 
ground.  Old  Split  Rock  is  about  150  yards  above  126th 
street.  It  is  fifty  feet  from  he  shore,  and  has  long  been 
a well  known  first  of  the  ebb-tide  bass  location.  Prob- 
ably one  of  the  best  striped  bass  spots  on  the  North 
River  is  along  the  rocks  just  above  the  railroad  cut  at 
Fort  Washington,  two  miles  above  I52d  street. 

At  the  seed  oyster  beds  at  Spuyten  Duyvil  there  is 
good  striped  bass  fishing,  probably  better  than  at  any 
other  point  below,  but  the  fish  run  smaller.  Riverdale, 
two  miles  above,  is  another  popular  point.  Boats  and  bait 
for  fishing  may  be  had  from  the  man  who  tends  the  rail- 
way bridge  crossing.  The  Harlem  River  used  to  be  one 
of  the  great  resorts  for  the  striped  bass  fishermen,  but  it 
has  long  since  failed  to  yield  a fair  creel  of  bass,  though 
between  Randall’s  Island  and  Kingsbridge  eels  are  still 
caught  in  good  quantities. 

Along  the  East  River  it  is  at  Hell  Gate  that  striped 
bass  are  caught  with  greatest  success.  Unlike  the  fishing 
on  the  North  River,  the  best  time,  especially  for  still  fish- 
ing at  Hell  Gate,  is  during  flood  tide.  White  sand  worms 
are  the  favorite  bait  here  as  elsewhere.  The  favorite 
places  are  Hallet’s  Cove  on  the  Astoria  shore,  Mill  Rock 
Reef  below  Ward’s  Island,  Big  Hell  Gate,  Little  Hell 
Gate,  between  Ward’s  and  Randall’s  islands;  the  Harlem 
Kills,  north  of  Randall’s  Island,  and  all  about  the  Coffin 
Rock  in  the  Middle  Ground  or  Sunken  Meadow.  The 
season  is  later  here  than  on  the  North  River  grounds. 

Little  and  Big  Hell  Gates  are  a quarter  of  a mile  from 
the  foot  of  noth  street.  Little  Hell  Gate  is  a few  hun- 
dred yards  from  the  foot  of  121st  street,  and  the  Harlem 
Kills  and  the  Sunken  Meadows,  two  noted  bass  spots, 
are  less  than  a mile  away.  The  Kills,  Sunken  Meadows 
and  Middle  Grounds  may  also  be  easily  reached  from 
the  foot  of  125th  street.  Ferry  Point,  at  the  mouth  of 
Westchester  Creek,  the  mouth  of  the  Bronx  River,  two 
fine  striped  bass  spots,  and  the  Middle  Ground  localities 
are  all  within  easy  rowing  distance  from  the  foot  of  138th 
street,  old  Port  Morris,  North  Brother,  South  Brother 
and  Riker’s  islands  are  opposite. 

Boats,  bait  and  tackle  are  available  at  the  foot  of  East 
92d  street,  foot  of  East  noth  street,  foot  of  East  121st 
street,  foot  of  East  124th  street,  Third  avenue  bridge  over 
the  Harlem  River,  and  at  the  foot  of  East  138th  street. 

The  striped  bass  is  more  timid  and  wary  than  other  salt 
water  game  fish,  although  from  his  humpback,  square  jaw 
and  bad  eyes  it  might  be  supposed  that  he  was  afraid  of 
nothing.  1 he  angler  must  be  able  to  throw  a light,  strong 
line  to  a good.  distance  from  his  boat,  or  he  will  fish  in 
vain.  The  striped  bass  has  acute  hearing,  and  a scratch 
of  the  angler’s  boot  on  the  bottom  of  the  boat,  the  drop- 
ping of  an  oar  or  landing  net  on  the  thwart  send  all  the 
bass  in  the  neighborhood  away. 

Surf  fishing  has  been  practiced  little  near  New  York, 
largely  owing  to  the  hard  work  involved.  It  is  done  by 
men  in  pairs— the  angler  and  his  hired  helper.  The 
helper  carries  a basket  of  menhaden  for  bait,  and  a long- 
handled  gaff,  while  the  angler  carries  a rod,  stout  and 
thick.  The  helper  scales  the  menhaden  and  two  slashes 
of  his  knife  on  either  side  of  the  backbone  bring  off  two 
long  strips  of  flesh  which  are  cut  into  chunks  and  are 
used  for  bait.  The  refuse  and  some  unsealed  menhaden 
chopped  up  fine  are  cast  far  out  into  the  surf. 

This  “chum”  attracts  the  bass  to  the  shore.  While  the 
helper  is  repeating  this  operation  the  angler,  by  unreeling 
and  then  leeling  up  again  a hundred  feet  or  more  of  line, 
makes  sure  there  are  no  knots  or  kinks  in  it,  and  wqdes 
into  the  surf  hip  deep,  and  makes  his  cast. 


It  is  a pretty  sight  to  see  an  angler  struggling  with  a 
big  striped  bass  in  the  surf.  The  bass  tacks  this  way  and 
that  and  beats  his  nose  against  the  bottom  trying  to  work 
the  hook  out.  Sometimes,  when  nearly  exhausted,  he  will 
run  out  nearly  two  hundred  feet  of  line  in  a bolt  to  sea- 
ward. The  angler  has  retreated  to  firm  footing  and  slow- 
ly works  in  the  fish  until  the  helper  can  gaff  him. 

At  the  many  fishing  clubs  on  the  shores  of  Staten 
Island  and  southern  New  England  an  easier  way  than 
this  is  in  use.  Long  plank  walks  are  built  out  from  land, 
high  oyer  the  water,  and  on  the  end  of  these  walks  are 
chairs  in  which  fishermen  may  sit  and  cast. 

The  sport  may  be  heightened  immensely  by  fishing  with 
light  tackle.  Let  the  rod  be  not  more  than  eight  ounces 
in  weight — six  ounces  would  be  better— and  use  an 
O’Shaughnessy  hand-forged  hook  three  inches  long,  or  a 
1.0  sproat  hook.  Many  who  fish  from  boats  or  from  pro- 
jecting rocks  over  deep  water  along  the  North  River 
prefer  to  fish  with  a fly.  A red  or  a red  and  white-  ibis 
may  be  used  for  a stretcher,  and  a white  miller  for  a 
dropper.  If  the  flies,  without  sinkers,  are  permitted  to 
drop  six  inches  below  the  surface  and  are  then  drawn 
through  the  water  repeatedly  and  carefully,  the  chances 
are  good  for  a rise.  A striped  bass  of  a pound  weight 
will  fight  harder  than  a speckled  trout,  and  make  his 
captor’s  muscles  ache. 

Sludge  acid,  refuse  oils  from  factories,  etc.,  and  waste 
products  from  manufactories  of  chemicals  have  played 
havoc  with  the  striped  bass  grounds  in  the  upper  bay. 
The  acid  sinks  to  the  bottom,  covering  and  killing  the 
marine  worms  and  small  creatures  on  which  the  fish  feed. 
The  oils  destroy  such  life  as  centers  around  the  river 
grasses,  including  shrimps,  etc.  The  other  abominations 
either  drive  the  bass  away,  poisoning  them  outright,  or, 
in  the  case  of  the  few  persistent  and  hardy  fellows  who 
refuse  to  vacate,  so  impregnate  their  flesh  as  to  render 
them  uneatable.  Such  a fish  is  liable  to  taste  as  if  it  had 
been  pickled  in  kerosene  or  had  dieted  on  coal  tar. 

The  fish  landed  in  Jamaica  Bay,  from  the  surf  at  Rock- 
away  and  Coney  Island  piers,  are  fresh  from  their  winter 
stay  in  the  ocean,  and  hence  are  eminently  desirable  from 
a culinary  standpoint. 

In  the  Sound  you  may,  a little  later,  get  some  excellent 
fishing  with  a spoon  and  a bunch  of  white  worms.  The 
Sound  fish  are  usually  big  chaps.  Not  infrequently  a 
forty,  fifty  or  even  sixty-pounder  is  persuaded  to  go  ’way 
back  and  lie  down  in  the  bottom  of  the  boat.  But  my! 
what  an  amount  of  persuasion  they  do  need.  Remember, 
that  in  general  the  fish  are  night  feeders  and  are  hungriest 
at  late  dusk.  =4 


New  England  Fishing. 

Boston,  June  17. — In  the  eastern  part  of  our  State 
trout  fishing  has  been  poor  for  several  weeks  on  account 
of  the  streams  being  very  low.  The  rains  of  the  past 
week  may  help  them  to>  a limited  extent,  but  not  much. 
A good  steady  rain  of  two  or  three  days  would  raise  the 
water  and  improve  the  fishing.  Probably  conditions  in 
the  central  and  western  portions  of  the  State  have  been 
similar,  but  the  fun  still  goes  on. 

From  Grand  Lake  Stream  come  reports  that  there  is 
no  falling  off  in  fishermen’s  luck,  and  that  there  is  a per- 
ceptible gain  in  the  willingness  of  the  salmon  to  take 
the  fly.  Among  the  many  enjoying  the  sport  are  Messrs. 
William  G.  and  C.  G.  Peck,  of  Boston,  and  several  from 
both  Portland  and  Bangor. 

At  North  Pond  of  the  Belgrade  chain  the  bass  are  now 
rising  to  the  flies,  cast  by  several  visitors  from  Water- 
ville  and  other  cities.  At  Clearwater,  A.  J.  Lewis  and 
wife  and  J.  K.  Freeley,  of  Boston;  George  H.  Cross  and 
wife,  of  Malden,  and  E,  B.  Hough,  of  Providence,  are 
taking  good  fish,. Mr.  Cross  being  especially  fortunate, in 
landing  a togue  that  weighed  7^2  pounds. 

At  Chain  of  Ponds,  on  the  Megantic  preserve,  the 
camps  have  been  crowded.  All  are  getting  good  sport. 
Mr.  John  T.  Sherman,  of  Brooklyn,  took  a togue  weigh- 
ing over  7 pounds,  and  Mr.  Tibbetts  one  of  8 pounds. 
The  small  trout  will  soon  rise  to  the  fly  on  the  other 
ponds  of  the  preserve. 

The  treasurer,  Mr.  P.  B.  Wiggin,  of  Boston,  is  taking 
a run  through  the  preserve. 

Mr.  George  A.  Gibson  and  party,  of  Medford,  have 
been  in  several  days.  Fishing  is  reported  good  at  Blakes- 
lee,  reached  from  Eustis.  Here  fly-fishing  sometimes 
continues  throughout  the  summer.  Blakeslee  trout  are 
not  quite  so  capricious  as  those  of  some  waters.  The  fun 
is  on  at  Loon  Lake,  easily  reached  from  Rangeley.  The 
proprietor,  Mr.  York,  has  had  some  brown  trout  planted 
in  the  lake,  and  they  are  now  from  2 to  4 pounds  in 
weight,  and  are  great  fighters.  J.  R.  Marble,  of  Wor- 
cester, Dr.  F.  O.  Cobb  and  wife,  of  Portland,  and  C.  A. 
Mentzer  and  wife,  of  Somerville,  Mass.,  are  a few  of  the 
guests.  Mrs.  Mentzer  has  taken  a 2^-pound  trout  and  a 
4 /4-pound  salmon.  Mr.  Wells  got  a 4J^-pound  trout. 

At  Pleasant  Island  camps  on  the  Cupsuptic  fishermen 
from  New  York,  Boston  and  many  other  localities  have 
taken  good  numbers  of  trout  and  salmon.  Mr.  H.  A. 
Haskell,  of  Wakefield,  Mass.,  has  leased  the  well  known 
Munyon  Springs  Hotel  and  camps  on  Rangeley  Lake.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  J.  Parker  Whitney  and  friends  are  in  Camp 
Whitney  on  Richardson  Lake.  Mr.  Benj.  Pierson,  of 
Byfield,  Mass.,  with  friends,  is  now  occupying  Deer  Park 
Lodge,  recently  purchased  of  Lewis  Parkhurst,  of  the 
publishing  house  of  Ginn  & Co.  A resort  not  so  general- 
ly known  as  the  Rangeleys  and  likely  to  gain  in  popu- 
larity is  Brown’s  Camps,  in  Lowell.  Commissioner  Stan- 
ley gave  me  a forecast  of  the  probabilities  of  the  lakes 
in  that  town  last  summer.  His  predictions  are  verified 
already.  A 13-pound  salmon  has  been  taken  within  a few 
days  by  Mr..  L.  H.  Godder,  of  Winchester,  Mass.,  after  a 
grand  fight  in  which  the  fish  made  six  leaps  into  the  air. 


Commissioner  Carleton  secured,  one  fish  of  9 J4  pounds, 
and  Colonel  Littlefield  has  to  his  credit  six  that  weighed 
7,  7/4,  SRj,  8!-4,  8y2  and  10J2  pounds,  besides  several  of 
less  weight.  Who  says  stocking  doesn’t  pay? 

A lively  party  of  Bostonians  recently  made  the  trip 
from  the  Hub  in  two  autos,  and  for  several  days  occu- 
pied Cabin  Springfield  at  the  Birches.  In  the  party  were 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  H.  Gibby,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  J.  Gore, 
Messrs.  Wm,  H.  Wyman  and  Fred  Hodgkins  and  Mrs. 
G.  E.  Warren.  On  June  26,  27  and  28  occurs  the  annual 
meeting  of  the  Maine  Sportsmen’s  Association  at  Moun- 
tain View  House,  Rangeley.  As  the  railroads  give  half 
rates  from  stations  in  Maine  a large  attendance  is  as- 
sured. 

The  latest  from  Bangor  is  to  the  effect  that  all  records 
have  been  broken  at  the  pool  this  season,  although  the 
best  of  the  sport  came  late.  It  is  believed  that  twice  as 
many  sea  salmon  have  been  taken  this  year  than  there 
were  last  year. 

Messrs.  C.  P.  Hodgkins,  of  Bangor,  and  C.  E.  Bissell, 
of  Brewer,  have  been  fly-fishing  in  company  this  season, 
and  have  landed  fifty-one  fish,  many  of  them  weighing 
over  20  pounds  each.  Commissioner  Delano  tells  me  that 
some  miscreants  who  were  taking  trout  at  night  from  one 
of  the  ponds  at  the  Sutton  hatchery  were  pursued  by-  the 
assistant  superintendent,  who  fired  a charge  of  shot  after 
them  as  they  were  running  away,  and  he  is  confident  his 
charge  went  to  the  right  spot.  One  of  the  offenders  has 
been  arrested  and  others  will  be.  * Central. 


Tale  of  a Man  Eite  Shark. 

St.  Louis,  Mo.,  June  10. — Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 
Soon  after  my  arrival  at  Miami,  Fla.,  on  my  cruise 
south  from  New  Smyrna,  about  the  middle  of  Novem- 
ber last,  I met  Capt.  Jack  Graham,  of  the  schooner 
Buccaneer,  who  told  me  that  a Capt.  Henry  L.  Gregg 
from  Philadelphia  was  in  town,  and  that  he  would  like 
to  get  us  two  Greggs  together. 

He  did  so  a day  or  two  later,  and  we  found  at  once 
we  were  cousins  in  the  fourth  degree. 

The  Captain  had  been  a seafaring  man  until  middle 
life,  when  he  went  into  the  ship  brokerage  business  in 
Philadelphia,  from  which  he  retired  in  his  old  age. 
During  the  winter  he  told  me  a shark  story,  in  which 
he  personally  figured,  and  which  interested  me  very 
much,  as  I had  written  some  pages  about  sharks  in  my 
fish  book,  especially  as  to  whether  or  not  they  will 
attack  a live  man  in  the  water.  As  the  Captain’s  nar- 
rative seems  to  settle  the  question  in  the  affirmative,  I 
have  thought  it  well  to  offer  it  to  you  for  publication. . 

Capt.  Gregg’s  father  was  also  a seafaring  man  all  his 
business  life,  his  home  port  having  been  Portland,  Me. 
He  was  finally  lost  while  on  a voyage  from  there,  none 
of  the  crew  or  the  vessel  ever  having  been  heard  from. 
Portland  was  also  the  Captain’s  home  port. 

By  the  way,  I have  recently  seen  in  the  Florida  papers 
that  a shark  recently  attacked  a man  at  Pablo  Beach, 
biting  him  twice  while  he  was  swimming  in  water  over 
his  depth. 

I will  now  let  the  Captain  tell  his  story. 

W.  H.  Gregg,  Sr. 


In  July,  1859,  I was  chief  officer  of  the  American 
clipper  ship  F.  W.  Bailey.  We  were  in  the  harbor  of 
Leghorn,  Italy,  loading  for  New  York,  our  cargo  con- 
sisting of  marble  in  blocks  and  in  statuary,  bales  of 
rags,  cases  of  straw  goods,  olive  oil,  Castile  soap,  etc. 
Shortly  before  we  were  ready  for  sea  a poor  fellow 
applied  for  a passage  to  New  York  for  himself  and  son, 
a lad  of  about  ten  years.  He  was  an  American,  a car- 
penter by  trade;  had  come  to  Italy  about  a year  be- 
fore to  erect  an  American  cottage  for  an  Italian  noble- 
man, and  had  with  him  a complete  set  of  tools,  includ- 
ing a small  grindstone  in  an  iron  frame  and  tray.  It  was 
the  first  of  its  kind  I had  ever  seen,  and  I took  quite  a 
fancy  to  it.  A few  months  after  his  arrival  in  Italy  he 
was  taken  sick,  grew  worse,  and  after  spending  all  his 
ready  money,  applied  to  the  American  Consul  for  a 
passage  home,  which  resulted  in  his  securing  passage 
on  our  ship.  He  and  his  son  occupied  a room  in  the 
forward  house,  and  very  soon  after  leaving  port,  he 
failed  so  rapidly  that  it  was  very  apparent  he  would  not 
live  to  see  his  native  land  again. 

We  had  the  usual  passage  across  the  Mediterranean, 
and  out  through  the  Strait  of  Gibraltar,  and  in  about  a 
week  were  in  the  Trades,  coming  along;  with  a free 
wind  and  moderate  sea;  everything  was  going  smoothly, 
when  one  day  we  observed  an  enormous  shark  following 
the  ship,  and  he  kept  company  with  us  for  several  days. 
Now,  it  is  a well-known  superstition  among  sailors  that 
when  a shark  follows  a ship  like  that,  there  will  soon 
be  a death  on  board,  and  the  shark  is  waiting  for  the 
body.  Sometimes  the  shark  would  disappear  for  a 
while,  and  we  would  think  he  had  given  us  up,  but 
he  always  came  back.  The  sick  man  had  heard  the 
superstition,  and  it  had  a very  depressing  effect  upon 
him.  He  failed  fast,  and  in  a few  days  was  found  life- 
less in  his  berth.  We  sewed  the  body  . up  in  canvas,  and 
in  order  to  sink  it  rapidly,  hoping  it  would  escape  the 
shark,  we  sewed  at  the  feet  all  the  man’s  heaviest  tools, 
and  including,  to  my  disgust,  the  little  grindstone,  frame 
and  tray,  then  laid  him  on  a plank,  resting  on  the  rail, 
and  the  Captain  read  the  burial  service,  and  on  looking 
around  we  found  that  shark  had  disappeared.  We 
quickly  hove  the  ship  to,  tilted  up  the  plank,  and  the 
body  slid  into  the  water  and  into  the  ominous  jaws 
of  the  shark,  who  had  been  quietly  keeping  himself 
right  under  the  ship.  As  the  shark’s  jaws  were  three 
feet  across,  and  his  body  nine  feet  in  circumference,  he 
did  not  need  to  bite,  but  simply  swallowed  the  body 
whole,  The  carpenter’s  little  son  excitedly  sprang  upon 


June,  24,  1905  ] 


the  rail,  and  in  attempting  to  hurl  something  at  the 
shark,  missed  his  footing,  and  he,  too,  plunged  head 
first  into  those  terrible  open  jaws,  and  the  shark  quietly 
swam  along  about  ten  feet  from  the  ship,  turning  his 
eye  up  as  though  asking  for  more.  We  baited  a long 
sharp  hook  with  about  ten  pounds  of  pork,  and  suc- 
ceeded in  tolling  him  into  a running  bowline,  and,  with 
the  aid  of  a tackle,  soon  had  him  on  deck  and  dis- 
patched, and  at  once  began  to  cut  him  open  to  recover 
the  remains,  when,  imagine  our  surprise  when  we  found 
both  father  and  son  alive.  The  man  had  only  been  in 
a trance;  the  plunge  into  the  cold  water  revived  him, 
and  he  was  struggling  to  free  himself  when  his  son 
joined  him.  The  boy  had  a jack-knife  in'  his  pocket, 
and  soon  had  his  father  at  liberty,  and  when  we  got  to 
them  they  had  righted  the  grindstone,  and  were  sharp- 
ening a large  knife  to  assist  in  cutting  their  way  out. 
We  reported  the  facts  to  the  reporter  of  the  New  York 
Herald  on  our  arrival,  but  he  told  us  toi  tell  it  to  the 
marines,  and  so  it  did  not  get  into  the  papers,  although 
we  showed  him  the  grindstone  to  prove  it.  The  ship 
was  lost  with  all  hands  about  a year  afterward,  coming 
out  of  San  Francisco,  and  of  course  her  log  book  was 
lost  with  her,  so  I cannot  substantiate  the  truth  of  this 
story,  as  I would  like  to. 


Lake  Trout  Fishing  in  Ontario* 

Fishing  for  the  landlocked  salmon  in  the  inland  waters 
of  Ontario  is  interesting  sport.  The  methods  used 
are  novel  and  require  skill  owing  to  the  depth  of  water 
80  to  100  feet — in  which  these  fish,  ranging  from  four  to 
twenty  pounds,  abound.  The  difficulty  is  overcome  by 
the  use  of  copper  wire  in  lieu  of  silk  lines.  The  copper 
wire  is  cold  drawn  and  winds  easily  on  the  reel.  A rod 
with  medium  stiff  dip,  about  seven  feet  long,  strung  pre- 
ferably with  agate  guides,  will  be  necessary.  A punter  is 
required,  as  in  playing  and  landing  a fish  help  is  needed 
to  keep  the  boat  in  proper  position.  A silk  line  can  be 
used  but  requires  a weight  of  at  least  a pound  which  de- 
tracts from  the  sport.  Owing  to  the  pull  of  the  spoon 
and  boat  the  line  must  be  sufficiently  long  to  reach  the 
varying  bottom,  and  a ratio  of  three  to  one  for  every  foot 
of  depth  is  usual.  Hence,  in  ninety  feet  depth  270  feet  of 
wire  must  be  out.  It  is  well,  to  provide 
gauge)  in  one  piece,  all  of  which  will  wind  on  a 150-yard 
reel.  The  wire  requires  care  and  the  loss  of  twenty  or 
thirty  feet  is  not  uncommon  from  kinking  or  weight  of 
fish,  so  that  a provision  such  as  mentioned  is  wise; 
whereas,  having  too  short  a line  would  mean  changing 
to  a new  line  after  such  a loss. 

Copper  spoons  (Hendry  4) > Archer  spinners  strung 
with  sisco  (herring)  or  small  perch  are  the  usual  bait 

I have  caught  four  or  five  of  these  game  fish  in  Shaibot 
Lake  in  a day,  the  largest  weighing  14)^2  pounds.  Catches 
in  one  boat  by  two  men  will  sometimes  fill  the  box  that 
punters  have  under  the  middle  seat  of  the  boat.  This 
box  is  made  of  zinc  shaped  to  the  boat  with  wood-foimed 
sides.  The  seat  makes  the  cover  under  which  this  box 
will  slide,  so  protecting  the  fish  from  sun  and  keeping 
them  till  return  in  the  evening.  The  seats  are  wide 
enough  to  carry  a comfortable  cane-backed  chair,  so  the 
boat,  being  of  fair  beam  to  prevent  under  tipping,  an  idea 
can  be  gained  of  the  size  of  the  box,  which  is  about  tlnee 
feet  by  twenty  inches.  . 

The  wire  being  paid  out  and  near  the  bottom,  strict  at- 
tention must  be  given  to  a firm  grip  on  the  pole  and  reel. 
A strike  is  unmistakable,  as  is  also  a touch  on  the  rocky 
bottom.  If  the  latter,  wire  must  be  let  go  and  the  boat 
backed  over  the  spot,  the  angler  meanwhile  reeling  m. 
With  a strike,  however,  firm  hold  must  be  kept  till  the 
first  struggle  is  over.  The  fish  will  come  then,  according 
to  weight,  stopping  and  returning  to  the  bottom  to  be 
again  wound  up,  this  time  nearer  the  surface.  Again  a 
second  struggle,  and,  if  the  fish  is  still  hooked,  it  may  lie 
seen  some  feet  below  the  surface.  The  higher  tempeia- 
ture  and  change  of  pressure  now  affecting  them,  they  re- 
sist little  until  right  on  the  surface,  when  they  roll  and 
fight  viciously.  The  gaff  is  now  brought  into  play  and  we 
cill  ci  rest 

The  usual  luck  of  the  beginner  is  a sudden  shock,  an 
exclamation,  “What  was  that?”  or  a minute  later,  as  he 
tries  to  struggle  to  his  feet,  "He  is  off.” 

These  fish  apparently  dash  into  a shoal  of  sisco,  then- 
natural  food,  smashing  with  their  tails.  This  will  ac- 
count for  the  bait  we  obtain  on  the  surface  still  alive  and 
sometimes  able  to  evade  the  punter  s watchful  eyes.  In 
the  same  way  the  spoon  would  be  struck,  making  what  I 
called  “flesh  strikes”  perceptibly  different  to  the  hooking 
in  the  mouth.  One  fish,  which  weighed  12)4  pounds,  was 
hooked  in  the  belly.  The  fight  under  these  circumstances 
was  royal  from  start  to  finish.  He  thought  it  was  a bough 
or  broken  wire  line  which  moved  on  the  bottom.  It 
yielded  and  came  offering  great  resistance,  carrying  the 
line  over  an  area  of  many  feet  in  a transverse  direction. 
When  brought  to  the  surface  it  rolled” many  times  on  the 
line  and  finally  broke  the  line  so  that  we  gave  up  hope, 
expecting  the  usual  dash  for  liberty.  Instead  of  this  it 
rested,  eyeing  us  about  fifteen  feet  from  the  boat.  I 
yelled  to  the  punter,  who  pushed  the  boat  nearer  with  two 
or  three  side  strokes  of  one  oar,  and  after  many  ineffect- 
ual plunges  with  the  gaff,  during  which  the  fish  beat  the 
water  savagely  and  rolled  over  and  over,  I gaffed  it  m the 
flesh  near  the  tail  and  dragged  it  into  the  boat.  The  wire, 
some  ten  feet,  which  had  remained  till  then  around  the 
gills,  had  held  it  captive,  it  could  not  use  its  gills.  As 
illustrating  their  want  of  reasoning  I will  tell  another 

episode.  .. 

I had  a smaller  fish  nearly  gaffed  when  the  split  ring 
holding  the  hooks  broke  and  the  fish  escaped.  Our  only 
consolation  was  an  estimate  of  its  weight  (about  s3A 
pounds).  The  next  day  a member  of  our  party  of  four  in 
the  other  boat  caught  the  fish  with  my  hook  and  half 
split  ring.  It  weighed  S3A  pounds,  but  insult  was  added 
to  injury  when  my  friend  appropriated  hook  as  well  as 

A very  fine  little  gentleman  who  was  at  the  lake  had 
an  exciting  experience  with  a deer  skull  that  he.  hooked 
in  the  eye  socket,  which  gave  him  many  sensations  till 
brought  to  view.  The  season  is  not  short,  good  catches 
have  been  made  this"  year  in  July,  August,  and,  I believe, 
in  September,  for  the  spawning  season  is  not  yet  on. 

Bass  fishing  in  and  around  Sharbot  Lake  was  good,  the 
jargest  I saw  caught  being  4^  pounds,  This  is  by  troll- 


FOREST AND  STREAM. 


ing  with  a live  shiner  on  hook  and  leader  without  any 
sinker.  The  fish  must  have  time  before  striking  and  must 
not  feel  the  line.  They  are  very  gamy,  some  of  the  little 
fellows  around  1 to  D/4  pounds  putting  up  a great  fight, 
breaking  as  often  as  three  times,  springing  dear  away 
from  the  water. 

The  mid-day  meal  was  prepared  by  the  punters  on  the 
beautiful  islands  with  which  the  lake  abounds.  Fireplaces 
of  big  stones — and  some  of  these  stones  have  traces  of 
gold  in  them  by  the  way — have  been  made  in  different 
spots,  and  with  the  fire  lit  and  kettles  boiling  we  were 
soon  enjoying  better  food  than  we  “ever  eat  in  our  lives. 

The  Ontario  game  law  is  doing  good  work.  No  sale 
of  these  fish  being  allowed,  while  tourists  can  take  only 
a two  davs’  catch  away,  with  them  on  paying  a license  of 
$5;  eight  bass  and  four  lake  trout  constitutes  the  limit 
per  man  per  day. 

While  known  as  landlocked  salmon  this  fish  is  not  the 
ouananiche  of  Maine  and  St.  Johns,  it  is  properly  the 
Salvelinus  namaycush,  the  gray  or  lake  trout. 

The  Michigan  Fish  Commission  has  been  planting  these 
fish  in  some  of  our  lakes,  but  I have  not  yet  been  aide  to 
catch  one,  and  after  separate  attempts  I am  wondering  if 
their  work  has  been  a success. 


The  Log  of  a Sea  Angler. 


XI. — The  Tripletail  as  a Rod  Fish — Experiences  with  Tar- 
pon— Hauling  the  Seine— Ten  Pounder — Hog  Fish 
Lady  Fish — Black  Grouper,  etc. 


BY  CHARLES  FREDERICK  HOLDER,  AUTHOR  OF  “BIG  GAME 

Every  visitor  to  Florida  who  has  the  curiosity  to 
go  out  to  the  deep-water  fishing  grounds,  has  taken 
the  hogfish  with  a hand-line,  and  knows  but  little  of  the 
gallant  courage  and  fighting  qualities  of  this  really  fine 
game  fish  when  taken  with  rod  and  reel.  More  than 
once  a hogfish  so  disturbed  my  equilibrium  that  I fell 
from  the  coral  head  upon  which  I was  standing  and 
casting,  forcing  me  to  swim  and  wade  ashore. 

It  was  not  far  from  a spot  of  this  kind  that  I hooked 
a black  grouper,  also  known  as  the  jewfish,  but  not 
the  typical  beast  of  that  name,  but  a clean  cut,  gamy 
fish,  living  mainly  in  the  open,  not  taking  to  mud 
holes,  at  least  in  my  experience — a trick  much  to  the 
liking  of  the  ordinary  jewfish  of  the  Gulf. 

I had  been  casting  for  hogfish  with  a large  bait,  when 
something  took  the  hook  and  made  a straightaway 
rush  that  took  two  hundred  feet  of  line  in  less  time 
than  it  takes  to  tell  it.  I could  not  stop  the  fish,  so 
hailed  Chief,  who  ran  the  dinghy  out  just  in  time  for 
me  to  jump  in  and  save  my  line,  as  he  sculled  me  after 
the  game  which  he  supposed  to  be  a shark.  For  some 
reason  I did  not  accept  the  shark  theory  and  refused 
to  cut  away,  as  I had  caught  a glimpse  of  a ponderous 
black  form  at  the  time  of  the  strike.  The  game  took 
us  two  hundred  yards  out  into  the  channel,  then  swept 
around  and  charged  the  reef,  and  upon  reaching  shal- 
low water,  swam  down  the  barrier  reef,  where  I played 
it  for  nearly  an  hour  in  and  out,  always  being  towed 
by  the  powerful  fish.  At  last  I won,  and  it  came  slowly 
into  view,  circling  the  dinghy,  a colossus  in  black.  It 
was  too  large  to  take  aboard,  so  Chief  gaffed  it  and 
beached  it  on  the  reef,  from  which  we  later  towed  it 
in  that  I might  take  its  measure  and  obtain  some 
black  grouper  steaks,  which  Bob  said  were  fit  for  the 
Gods;  but  I did  not  rise  to  the  occasion.  To  my  mind 
big  black  grouper  is  dry  and  tough,  though  small 
fishes,  boiled,  are  excellent. 

As  we  rowed  home  one  afternoon  after  one  of  these 
fishing  days  on  the  edge  of  the  reef,  we  entered  a blue 
cul  de  sac  in  the  channel,  whose  blue  was  so  beautiful 
that  I never  wearied  gazing  down  into  it.  I have 
crossed  many  seas,  but  never  remember  water 
so  blue  as  this,  so  intense,  so  absolutely  blue 
and  beautiful.  I was  looking  at  it  when  I caught 
sight  of  a long,  rakish  fish  following  the  dinghy. 
Long  John  pronounced  it  a Bahamian  barra- 
cuda, and  said  that  he  would  show  how  big  a fool  it 
was.  Seizing  the  oar,  he  began  to  scull  while  I 
looked  over  his  shoulder,  a feat  I accomplished,  by 
standing  on  the  seat.  He  took  the  grains  in  his  right 
hand,  holding  the  pole  across  the  stern,  sculling  with 
his  left.  The  fish,  at  least  six  feet  in  length,  was 
evidently  fascinated,  and  came  within  fifteen  feet  of  the 
stern,  shooting  ahead  now  and  then,  first  to  one  side, 
then  to  the  other,  all  the  time  coming  on  with  fitful 
dashes,  showing  its  big  black  eyes,  its  savage  lower 
jaw  and  powerful  body.  It  was  attracted  by  the  pecu- 
liar motion  of  the  oar,  and  later  I succeeded  in  pro- 
ducing the  same  result  with  a white  rag  on  a five-foot 
line.  The  fish  now  came  within  ten  feet  of  the  boat, 
then  would  turn  broadside  on,  showing  its  entire 
length,  its  silvery  belly  and  sharp,  rakish  fins.  Long 
John  stood  like  a statue,  more  like  a jurymast  than 
ever,  sculling  slowly,  bringing  to  play  mind,  hand  and 
glance  to  “conjure”  the  fish  and  lead  it  on  and  on. 
Suddenly  the  barracuda  dashed  ahead  to  within  seven 
or  eight  feet  of  the  boat,  then  Long  John  stopped, 
dropped  the  oar,  and  as  the  game  shot  along,  display- 
ing its  entire  length,  he  sent  the  grains  quivering 
into  it.  The  barracuda  half  sprang  into  the  air,  hurl- 
ing the  pole  backward,  and  dashed  away  with  a force 
which  soon  exhausted  the  line,  towing  the  dinghy  up 
the  channel  stern  first,  then  out  over  the  reef,  where  it 
fought  fiercely  for  its  life,  and  only  came  in  after  a 
hard  struggle  on  the  part  of  my  giant  boatman. 

All  these  men,  were  clever  with  the  grains,  and  it  was 
an  art  to  coax  a big  fish  within  reaching  distance  and 
take  it  in  the  manner  described.  I have  seen  Long 
John  take  a large  barracuda  in  this  way  by  tossing  the 
grains  into  the  air,  where  it  would  turn  and  drop  on  the 
game,  a missile  coming  out  of  a clear  sky. 

They  took  turtles  in  this  way,  tossing  the  peg  in 
the  grain  pole  high  in  air,  where  it  would  turn  at  just 
the  right  angle  and  drop  upon  the  broad  back  of  the 
animal  fifteen  feet  away. 

The  entire  movement  was  a picture  of  grace.  The 
pole  was  held  vertically,  the  barb  upward,  the  lower 
end,  or  butt,  resting  on  the  two  fore  fingers,  and  with 
a motion  seemingly  entirely  inadequate  to  the  flight  of 
the  grains,  the  spearsman  tossed  it  into  the  fur.  Up  it 


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would  rise,  then  turn  like  an  arrow  and  drop  with 
marvelous  precision  upon  the  game.  _ . 

There  was  a peculiar  fascination  about  graining  bar- 
racudas in  the  channel  that  claimed  me  as  a willing 
victim,  and  to  scull  along  trying  to  delude  the  big 
game  or  coax  it  nearer  and  nearer,  to  watch  its  hesi- 
tation, its  cleverness,  its  evident  struggle  between  bold- 
ness and  alarm,  were  so  interesting  that  I passed  much 
time  in  the  strange  turquoise  blue  channels  which  led 
to  no  man’s  land,  and  which  appeared  to  be  the  favor- 
ite haunt  of  these  big  fishes. 

The  large  Bahamian  barracuda  has  an  evil  reputation 
on  the  reef,  and  I met  the  man  who  was  called  “Bar- 
racuda” because  he  had  been  maimed  by  one  of  these 
fishes. 

I often  sculled  my  dinghy  before  a big  barracuda, 
merely  to  see  how  near  I could  induce  it  to  come,  and 
the  vision  of  these  long,  slender  fishes  darting  out  of 
the  gloom  is  one  to  be  remembered. 

On  my  last  day  on  this  portion  of  the  reef  we  sailed 
over  to  Northwest  Key,  an  island  by  courtesy  of  the 
wind  and  current.  It  was  unseen  until  we  almost  ran 
on  to  it,  a mere  atom  of  sand  several  miles  north  of 
Sand  Key.  I went  ashore  in  the  dinghy  and  found  the 
key  so  small  that  I could  almost  jump  across  in  any 
direction,  yet  some  grasses  grew  here,  and  in  the 
center  was  a single  egg  of  a tern  that  probably  had 
just  time  to  hatch  before  the  island  was  swept  away 
by  the  first  norther  of  the  season. 

The  sun  is  high  and  hot,  and  “cats’  paws”,  run  and 
glide  over  the  surface  of  the  gulf.  They  rapidly  fuse, 
the  wind  freshens,  and  slacking  off  the  sheet,  we  bear 
away  to  the  east  and  watch  the  outer  reef  sink  into 
the  deep  bank  of  vermilion  clouds  over  the  edge  of  the 
world.  

Newfoundland  Fishing. 

Editor  Forest  and  Stream: 

Salmon  and  sea  trout  fishing  have  commenced  on 
the  West  Coast.  Some  visitors  have  already  arrived, 
and  more  are  expected.  Among  others  fishing  at  pres- 
ent are  J.  C.  Price,  Kent,  Eng.;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wadner 
and  Miss  Rankin,  Boston;  Sir  Bryan  and  Lady  Leigh- 
ton; Messrs.  Wilson,  Woodward  and  Huntress,  Eng- 
land.; Donald  Keith  and  Son,  Halifax;  John  C.  Dal- 
lum,  Dr.  Norris,  Philadelphia;  R.  Edwards,  F.  Vinburg, 
Baltimore.  Many  more  are  expected  during  the  next 
few  weeks.  The  fishing  is  good,  and  there  is  room 
enough  for  all,  as  the  rivers  and  lakes  are  innumerable. 

The  first  reports  from  the  rivers  have  just  come  to 
hand,,  and  I send  you  a copy  of  one  that  came  in  yester- 
day. The  weather  is  pleasant,  though  the  rivers  are 
not  yet  at  their  best.  There  is  a goodly  number  of 
visitors  enjoying  the  sport  on  the  various  rivers,  and 
all  appear  to  be  enjoying  themselves. 

Sir  Bryan  and  Lady  Leighton  are  reported  as  having 
had  some  magnificent  fishing  during  the  last  few  days. 

Mr.  Newman  caught  and  sent  a 25-pound  salmon  to 
a friend  in  this  city.  It  was  photographed  by  Mr.  J. 
Vey,  at  whose  studio  I saw  copies  of  the  picture.  It 
was  a grand  fish. 

One  or  two  of  the  annexed  items  would  seem  to 
argue  that  some  of  our  sportsmen  were  “fish  hogs.” 
It  must  always  be  remembered  for  our  people  that  our 
outlook  is  very  different  from  that  of  most  other  people. 
We  are  accustomed  to  see,  talk  and  live  in  an  atmos- 
phere of  fish — as  we  do  not  reckon  them  by  the  pair, 
but  by  the  million,  or  the  hundred  quintals.  Thus  ten 
or  twenty  dozens  of  trout  to  men  who  have  been  ac- 
customed to  handle  fish  by  the  hundred  quintals,  seem 
a mere  bagatelle.  Besides,  those  trouters  get  off  only 
for  a day  or  two  for  the  season,  and  bring  back  enough 
then  to  supply  all  their  neighbors  for  a day  or  two. 
Incidentally  it  will  illustrate  how  plentiful  the  trout  are, 
when  these  large  catches  will  be  equaled  and  exceeded 
by  hundreds  of  sportsmen  during  the  season. 

W.  J.  C. 

The  reports  sent  by  our  correspondent  read: 

South  Branch. — Three  salmon  taken  yesterday. 

Little  River. — Sportsmen  camped  at  Grand  River 
caught  one  salmon  yesterday,  weighing  36  pounds,  and 
another  over  30  pounds. 

Topsail. — Trout  reported  plentiful  in  all  ponds. 

Crabs. — Two  salmon  caught  in  Crabbs  River  yester- 
day. 

Port-aux-Basques. — Fifteen  dozen  trout  caught  here 
yesterday  by  ten  persons,  from  44  to  1 pound  in  weight. 

Gambo. — Reported  that  Mr.  Archibald  and  another 
man  caught  couple  dozen  fine  trout  in  the  course  of  one 
and  a half  hours,  averaging  from  1 to  2 pounds.  Also 
party  of  young  ladies  and  gentlemen  secured  several 
dozen  about  same  size,  up  Gambo  River. 

Holyrood. — Trout  reported  plentiful  in  all  ponds;  no 
report  of  salmon. 

Kelligrews. — Plenty  of  trout  in  ponds  around  here; 
few  salmon  caught  in  nets  at  Kelley’s  Island. 

Mr.  Cobb  sent  a 2742-pound  . salmon,  caught  at 
Codroy,  by  yesterday’s  train,  to  Mr.  FI.  C.  Crawford. 

Messrs.  Crawley,  Veitch  and  Dunphy  yesterday  re- 
turned from  a fishing  trip  at  Murphy’s  Gullies,  near 
Holyrood.  having  secured  thirty-four  dozen  trout,  aver- 
aging from  3 to  5 pounds  each. 

Messrs.  W.  Coady,  J.  Ryan  and  J.  Clarke  arrived  from 
Beaver  Pond,  at  the  head  of  Big  Pond,  last  evening 
with  fifty-one  dozen  excellent  trout  taken  there  for  one 
day’s  fishing.  They  filled  their  baskets  in  three  hours — 
the  fish  were  so  numerous. 


A Salmon  in  a Tank. 

An  historic  fish  kept  for  nine  years  in  captivity  by 
Capt.  Cooper,  of  New  Westminster,  B.  C.,  has  recently 
died.  It  was  a sockeye  salmon,  and  was  taken  from  the 
Bon  Accord  hatchery  in  1895,  soon  after  it  was  hatched. 
It  was  then  placed  in  a large  tank  of  water  in  the  rear 
of  Capt.  Cooper’s  residence,  the  tank  being  supplied 
with  a natural  flow  of  spring  water.  No  food  was  ever 
given  the  fish,  and  though  it  apparently  got  plenty  to 
live  on,  its.  growth  was  stunted.  While  a perfect  sock- 
eye  in  every  respect,  it  only  reached  a length  of  ten 
inches,  but  was  as  brisk  and  lively  as  any  salmon.  The 
experiment  amply  demonstrates  that  fry  can  be  raised 
to  any  stage  in  fresh  water  and  may  be  liberated  when 
J>est  gbje  to  take  care  of  themselves —Pacific  Fisherman, 


800 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


[June  24,  1905. 


Yachting  Fixtures  for  1905. 

Members  of  Race  Committees  and  Secretaries  will  confer  a favor 
bv  sending  notice  of  errors  or  omissions  in  the  following  list,  and 
also  changes  which  may  be  made  in  the  future: 

n,  „ JUNE. 

22.  Seawanhaka  Corinthian,  open. 

22.  Moriches,  club. 

22.  Shinnecock,  club. 

22.  Quantuck,  club. 

22.  Sea  Side,  open. 

23.  Seawanhaka  Corinthian,  open. 

24.  Seawanhaka  Corinthian,  annual. 

24.  Knickerbocker,  one-design  power  boats. 

24.  Squantum,  M.  Y.  R.  A. 

24.  Bristol,  open. 

24.  Lakewood,  series  race. 

24.  Unqua  Corinthian,  club. 

24.  Royal  Canadian,  club. 

24.  Rhode  Island,  cruising  race. 

24.  Rhode  Island,  open. 

24.  Beverly,  club. 

24.  Atlantic,  first  championship,  Y.  R.  A.  G.  B. 

24.  Corinthian,  open. 

28.  Sea  Side,  club. 

29.  Brooklyn,  ocean  race  to  Hampton  Roads. 

29.  West  Hampton  C.  C.,  cruise. 

29.  Quantuck,  cruise. 

29.  Moriches,  cruise. 

JULY. 

1.  Atlantic,  Havens  cup  No.  2 and  Underwood  cup. 

1.  Bristol,  ocean  race. 

1.  Beverly,  club. 

1.  Seawanhaka  Corinthian,  club. 

1.  Knickerbocker,  cruise 
1.  Knickerbocker,  one-design  power  boats. 

1.  Seaside  Park,  ladies’  cup  races. 

1.  Royal  Canadian,  Queen’s  cup  race. 

1.  New  Rochelle,  annual. 

1.  Boston,  club,  Marblehead. 

x.  Corinthian,  club,  Marblehead. 

2.  New  Rochelle,  cruise. 

3.  American,  annual. 

3.  Seawanhaka  Corinthian,  club. 

3.  Eastern,  M.  Y.  R.  A. 

3.  Bensonhurst,  Childs  trophy. 

4.  Lakewood,  Gardner  cup. 

4.  Atlantic,  open. 

4.  Corinthian,  M.  Y.  R.  A. 

4.  Eastern,  M.  Y.  R.  A. 

4.  Eastern,  power  boat  races. 

4.  Knickerbocker,  one-design  power  boats. 

4.  Edgewood,  club. 

4.  Wollaston,  club  championship. 

4.  Seawanhaka  Corinthian,  club. 

4.  Seaside  Park,  club. 

4.  Hampton  Roads,  cruise. 

4.  Jamaica  Bay  Y.  R.  A.  races. 

4.  Beverly,  sweepstake. 

4.  East  Gloucester,  club. 

4.  Hartford,  annual. 

4.  Larchmont,  annual. 

4.  Sea  Side,  club. 

6-12.  Atlantic,  cruise.  , 

7.  Eastern,  cruise. 

8.  Knickerbocker,  one-design  power  boats. 

8.  New  York,  Glen  Cove,  cups. 

8.  Royal  Canadian,  cruising  race. 

8.  Wollaston,  club  championship. 

8.  Seawanhaka  Corinthian,  club. 

8.  Edgewood,  club. 

8.  Quincy,  M.  Y.  R.  A. 

8.  Rhode  Island,  cruising  race. 

8.  Seaside  Park,  club. 

8.  Beverly,  club 
8.  Corinthian,  club. 

8.  Unqua  Corinthian,  Williams  cups. 

8.  Riverside,  annual.  , 

8.  Sea  Side,  open. 

8.  Bensonhurst,  Bellows  challenge  cup. 

9.  Canarsie,  open. 

9.  Morrisania  power  boat  race. 

10.  Seawanhaka  Corinthian,  ocean  race. 

11.  Lakewood,  series  race. 

12.  Seaside  Park,  club. 

12.  Sea  Side,  open. 

15.  Royal  Canadian,  club. 

15.  New  Rochelle,  club. 

15.  Knickerbocker,  one-design  power  boats. 

15.  Seaside  Park,  club. 

15.  Country  Club,  Detroit  club. 

15.  Edgewood,  club. 

15.  Bensonhurst,  Bellows  challenge  cup. 

15.  Keystone,  club. 

15.  Atlantic,  Underwood  cup. 

15.  Beverly,  club. 

15.  Boston,  cruise. 

15.  Corinthian,  club. 

17.  Edgewood,  N.  B.  Y.  R.  A.,  open. 

18.  New  Brunswick  Y.  R.  A.  regatta,  Prudence  Island. 

18.  East  Gloucester,  club. 

19.  Seaside  Park,  club. 

19.  Rhode  Island,  N.  B.  Y.  R.  A.,  open. 

20.  Rhole  Island-Sachem  Head,  team  race. 

20.  Royal  St.  Lawrence,  Seawanhaka  cup. 

21.  Fall  River,  N.  B.  Y.  R.  A.,  open. 

22.  Knickerbocker,  power  boat  race  to  Marblehead. 

22.  Knickerbocker,  one-design  power  boats. 

22.  Winthrop,  M.  Y.  R.  A. 

22.  Bristol,  N.  B.  Y.  R.  A. 

22.  Rhode  Island,  cruising  race. 

22.  Seaside  Park,  club. 

22.  Royal  Canadian,  Canada’s  cup  trials. 

22.  Beverly  Y.  C.,  club. 

22.  Marine  and  Field,  second  championship,  Y.  R.  A.  G.  B. 

22.  Unqua  Corinthian,  Molineux  cups. 

22.  Corinthian,  club. 

26.  Seaside  Park,  club. 

27.  Eastern,  power  boat  races. 

27.  Sea  Side,  club. 

"8.  Eastern,  nower  boat  races. 

28.  Seaside  Park,  Bay  Head  and  Island  Heights,  cruise. 

2b.  bea  Side,  open. 

29.  Eastern,  power  boat  races. 

29.  New  Rochelle,  iadies’  race. 

29.  Chicago,  race  to  Mackinac. 

29.  Country  Club  of  Detroit,  race  to  Mackinac. 

29.  Seaside  Park,  open. 

29.  Edgewood,  club. 

29.  Knickerbocker,  cne-design  power  boats. 

29.  Hampton  Roads,  cruise. 

29.  Rhode  Island,  cruising  race. 

29.  Royal  Canadian,  cruising  race. 

29.  Beverly,  club. 

29.  Corinthian,  club. 

29.  Boston,  club,  Marblehead. 

29.  Indian  Harbor,  annual. 

29.  Bensonhurst,  Childs  trophy. 


Firm  of  Gardner  & Cox  Dissolves.— Mr.  William 
Gardner  announces  that  the  firm  of  Gardner  & Cox  has 
been  dissolved.  He  will  complete  existing  contracts, 
and  continue  business  in  his  own  name  at  the  same 
offices  and  address,  I Broadway,  New  York. 

Mr.  Philip  Leventhal  will  remain  in  charge  of  the 
engineering  department,  and  Mr.  P.  F.  Miller  of  the 
brokerage  department. 


New  York  A*  C's.  Cruising  Race. 

Whortlebrry  Island  to  Block  Island. 

American  yachting  organizations  are  giving  this  sum- 
mer a number  of  long  distance  ’races,  most  of  which 
are  over  ocean  courses.  Of  these  events,  none  will  be 
more  successful  than  the  race  from  Whortleberry 
Island,  at  the  west  end  of  Long  Island  Sound,  to  Block 
Island,  given  under  the  auspices  of  the  New  York 
Athletic  Club.  The  distance  was  ioi  nautical  miles,  and 
the  condititons  that  prevailed  during  most  of  the  con- 
test taxed  the  abilities  of  the  skippers  and  crews,  and 
gave  them  the  kind  of  experience  that  makes  good 
navigators  and  boat  sailors.  The  skippers  of  all  the 
boats  that  pushed  through  and  finished  deserve  the 
greatest  credit. 

Twelve  boats  were  entered  in  the  race,  but,  unfortu- 
nately, only  seven  started.  The  race  was  scheduled  to 
start  Saturday  morning,  June  17,  at  10  o’clock.  Heavy 
fog  enveloped  everything  during  the  morning,  and  it 


saladin. 

Owned  by  R.  W.  Rathborne.  The  second  boat  to  finish  in  the 
Block  Island  race. 

was  this  that  probably  prevented  four  of  the  boats  from 
getting  to  the  starting  line,  namely,  Acushla,  Mopsa, 
Heron  and  Rita.  The  fifth  boat,  Flosshilde,  owned  by 
Dr.  W.  D.  Hennen,  was  badly  burned  a few  days  be- 
fore, and  she  was  so  thoroughly  gutted  inside  that  it 
was  impossible  to  put  her  in  shape  in  time  to  start. 

The  yachts  that  started,  with  their  over  all  lengths, 
the  clubs  they  represent  and  their  amateur  crews,  were 
as  follows : 

Sloop  Hanley,  42ft.  6in.  over  all;  owner,  C.  D. 
Mallory,  Indian  Harbor  Y.  C.;  crew,  C.  D.  Mallory, 
skipper;  H.  H.  Raymond,  Robert  Monks,  P.  R.  Mal- 
lory and  a paid  hand. 

Sloop  Alert,  42ft.  3m. ; owner,  J.  W.  Alker,  Manhas- 
set  Bay  Y.  C.;  crew,  J.  W.  Alker,  skipper;  Edmund 
Fish,  Edwin  A.  Stevens,  Jr.,  Edward  P.  Alker  and  a 
paid  hand. 

Sloop  Saladin,  41ft.  2in.  over  all;  owner,  R.  W.  Rath- 
borne, New  York  Athletic  Club;  crew,  R.  W.  Rath- 
borne, skipper;  James  D.  Sparkman,  Albert  B.  Hunt 
and  a paid  hand. 

Sloop  Alyce,  39ft.  over  all;  owner,  Henry  A.  Jackson, 
Jr-,  New  Yort  Athletic  Club;  crew,  FI.  A.  Jackson,  Jr., 
skipper;  Edward  S.  Rowell,  W.  W.  Willard,  Richard 
Mann  and  W.  F.  S.  Hart. 

Yawl  Tamerlane,  38ft.  over  all;  owner,  Frank  Maier, 
New  Rochelle  Y.  C.;  crew  Frank  Maier,  skipper; 
Thomas  Fleming  Day,  J.  Thompson,  Walter  Beiling 
and  J.  Johnston. 

Sloop  Penekeese,  29ft.  uin.  over  all;  owner,  Henry 


* 


ALERT. 

Owned  by  J.  W.  Alker.  The1  first  boat  to  finish  in  the  Block 
Island  race,  and  winner  of  third  prize. 


de  F.  Baldwin,  skipper;  crew,  Wilfred  J.  Worcester, 
Theodore  Hill  and  Hugh  D.  Montgomery. 

Sloop  Gauntlet,  27ft.  ioin.  over  all;  owner  L.  D. 
Huntington,  Jr.,  New  Rochelle  Y.  C.;  crew,  L.  D. 
Huntington  Jr.,  skipper;  Philip  Howard  and  a paid 
hand. 

The  conditions  that  governed  the  race  follow: 

Yachts  to  be  eligible  must  be  propelled  by  sails  only, 
of  more  than  21ft.  and  less  than  31ft.  waterline,  have 
stationary  cabins  and  ballast.  Fin  keels  barred.  Time 
allowance  of  10s.  per  foot  per.  nautical  mile,  based  on 
the  over  all  length. 

Yachts  will  be  considered  in  cruising  trim  when  they 
carry  a boat,  two  anchors  and  cables,  life  preservers,  the 
regulation  lights  and  their  cabin  furniture,  fittings  and 
tanks  in  their  usual  places.  Crew  will  be  limited  to 
five,  of  whom  one  may  be  a paid  hand.  No  restriction 
as  to  sails  or  rig,  and  yachts  will  carry  their  club  colors 
at  the  main  truck. 

Sailing  Directions, 

Start  will  be  from  a line  between  the  black  and  red 
horizontally  striped  buoy  on  the  southerly  end  of 
Green’s  Flats  and  the  Committee  boat  anchored  to  the 
north  of  Whortleberry  Island.  Finish  will  be  at  the 
entrance  to  the  west  harbor  of  Block  Island.  Judge  at 
finish  will  show  the  New  York  A.  C.  flag  by  day  and  a 
lantern  at  night. 

Yachts  may  go  through  Plum  Gut,  the  Race  01- 
Fisher’s  Island  Sound,  but  all  buoys  and  Government 
marks  must  be  left  on  the  channel  side. 

Mr.  William  Marshall,  Chairman  of  the  Yachting 
Committee  of  the  New  York  Athletic  Club,  was  to  have 
started  the  race  from  his  launch  San  Toy.  The  fog 
kept  him  away,  so  in  his  absence  Mr.  E.  J.  Grannini 
very  kindly  undertook  the  work,  and  went  out  to  the 
starting  line  in  Mr.  Henry  J.  Ottman’s  fine  launch 
Mercury.  The  start  was  scheduled  for  10  o’clock,  but 
it  was  deemed  advisable  to  make  a postponement  for 
an  hour  in  the  hope  that  some  more  of  the  boats  would 
materialize.  At  11  o’clock,  the  yawl  Tamerlane  was 
seen  coming  through  the  haze  and  the  start  was  again 
delayed  half  an  hour,  in.  order  that  she  might  get  away 
with  the  other  six  boats. 

The  wind  was  light  from  the  E.,  where  the  starting 
signal  was  given  at  11:35,  and  the  tide  was  running 
ebb.  The  fog  was  quite  thick.  The  boats  crossed  pretty 
well  together,  all  on  the  starboard  tack,  with  Gauntlet 
in  the  lead.  The  others  crossed  as  follows:  Hanley, 

Alyce,  Alert,  Tamerlane,  Penekeese  and  Saladin. 

Saladin  crossed  on  the  weather  end  of  the  line  in  the 
best  berth.  She  was  just  able  to  slip  in  between  the 
buoy  and  Tamerlane.  Saladin  went  about  on  the  port 
tack  at  once,  while  the  others  held  a starboard  tack 
in  toward  the  New  York  shore.  In  going  over  to- 
ward Long  Island  beach  Mr.  R.  W.  Rathborne,  Saladin’s 
owner,  used  by  far  the  best  judgment,  and  his  boat  was 
soon  well  in  the  lead.  When  the  breeze  shifted  to  the 
S.,  Saladin  was  ahead  of  all  the  fleet  but  Hanley,  and  in 
the  late  afternoon  many  of  the  boats  were  hull  down 
astern.  The  breeze  was  not  free  enough  to  carry 
balloon  jibs  or  spinnakers  until  nightfall,  although  they 
were  tried  on  some  of  the  leading  boats.  The  balloon 
staysail  that  Saladin  carried  did  noble  work,  and  she 
slid  along  almost  as  smartly  as  any  of  her  competitors. 

When  it  got  dark,  the  Huntington  designed  and  built 
yawl,  Tamerlane,  which  boat  reached  fast  all  day  and 
hung  on  to  Saladin  persistently,  set  her  spinnaker  and 
almost  ran  by.  Saladin’s  crew  soon  had  their  spinnaker 
set  and  she  then  began  to  draw  away,  not  to  be 
bothered  by  Tamerlane  again. 

During  the  evening  Alert  went  into  the  lead,  having 
made  up  her  lost  time,  and  was  never  again  headed. 
Alyce  ht  that  time  moved  into  third  place. 

The  sail  during  the  afternoon  was  a delightful  one,  as 
the  sun  had  burned  up  the  fog,  which  did  not  roll  in 
again  until  about  10  o’clock  that  night.  There  was  a 
full  moon,  but  the  fog  and  clouds  prevented  it  from 
being  seen  by  those  on  the  racing  boats,  except  oc- 
casionally. 

The  wind,  that  had  been  getting  lighter,  dropped  as 
the  evening  wore  on.  This  allowed  the  boats  behind 
to  run  up  on  the  leaders  as  they  held  the  breeze  longer. 
Hanley  and  Alyce  were  leading  Saladin,  but  when  the 
wind  dropped  they  made  the  mistake  of  anchoring  and 
they  were  not  seen  again. 

Alert,  Saladin  and  Tamerlane  went  through  Plum 
Gut,  while  Alyce,  Gauntlet  and  Penekeese  went  through 
the  Race.  Gauntlet  and  Alyce  were  in  company  for  a 
while.  Gauntlet,  the  boat  especially  designed  by 
“Larry”  Huntington  for  the  Brooklyn  Y.  C.  ocean  race, 
had  been  hopelessly  behind;  but,  by  a little  luck  and  a 
lot  of  skill,  she  was  able  to  mingle  with  the  leaders.  _ 

The  boats  that  went  through  the  Gut  had  a fair  tide. 
Alert  was  in  charge  of  “Eddie”  Fish,  while  “Short” 
Rathborne  guided  the  fortunes  of  Saladin.  These  two 
men  knew  the  waters  they  were  in  thoroughly,  and  were 
absolutely  at  home.  After  the  leaders,  Alert  and 
Saladin,  worked  through  the  Gut,  they  felt  a little 
southerly  air,  which  continued  to  freshen.  The  fog  was 
very  thick,  and  it  did  not  begin  to  lift  until  some  time 
after  these  boats  had  crossed  the  finish  line  at  Block 
Island. 

After  getting  out  from  under  the  lee  of  Montauk 
Point,  the  breeze  strengthened,  and  the  long  roll  com- 
ing from  the  ocean  made  itself  felt. 

The  sail  across  to  Block  Island  was  a stunning  one 
in  the  strengthening  breeze,  and  it  quite  refreshed  the 
crews  on  the  boats  after  their  sleepless  night.  _ 

Alert  made  an  unusually  lucky  landfall  and  picked  up 
the  bell  buoy  off  the  harbor  entrance.  Saladin  was  a 
little  to  windward  of  the  opening,  and  as  the  fog  was 


June,  24,  1905.] 


; FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


SO  thick,  her  position  could  not  be  determined  very 
well  from  the  shore  line,  as  it  was  almost  entirely  ob- 
scured in  the  fog.  . . . „ , ,. 

Alert  finished  at  6:40  Sunday  morning  and  Saladin 
came  in  at  7:52,  ih.  and  12m.  later.  Alyce  finished  third, 
and  Tamerlane  fourth,  Pertekeese  fifth  and  Gauntlet 
last.  By  the  time  the  latter  boats  finished  it  was 
blowing  hard  from  the  S.  E.,  and  the  fog  had  lifted. 
When  all  the  boats  finished,  the  six  crews  visited  the 
different  boats.  After  the  corrected  times  had  been 
figured,  the  three  prizes,  which  were  aboard  Saladin, 
she  having  been  the  treasure  Ship,  were  distributed. 
Gauntlet  won  on  corrected  time  by  28m.  from 
Penekeese,  which  boat  was  second.  Alert  Won  third 
prize.  The  summary  follows: 


gt&ft,  11:35  A.  M.  Saturday— Course,  101  Nautical  Milfes. 

Finish; 

Sunday  A.M.  Elapsed. 
Gauntlet,  L.  D.  Huntirtgton,  Jr; . . .10  02  00  22  27  00 

Penekeese,  tl.  de  F.  Baldwin 9 58  00  22  23  00 

Alert,  T.  W.  Alker ,..  6 40  00  19  05  00 

Alyce,  Henry  A.  Jackson  8 20  00  20  45  00 

Saladin,  R.  W.  Rathborne 7 52  00  20  17  00 

TamfeHane,  F.  Maier  9 25  00  21  50  00 

Flanley,  C.  D.  Mallory Did  riot  finish. 


Corrected; 

IS  27  00 

18  55  00 

19  05  00 

19  50  00 
10  58  00 

20  43  00 


Alert,  the  first  boat  to  finish  was  designed  and  built 
by  the  Herreshoff  Mfg.  Co.,  solely  for  racing.  She  is 
a boat  of  modern  design,  with  but  limited  internal  room. 
Her  form,  coupled  with  “Eddie”  Fish’s  knowledge  of 
the  Sound,  assured  her  success,  and  there  was  no  doubt 
but  what  she  would  finish  first. 

Perhaps  the  most  remarkable  feature  of  the  race  was 
the  showing  made  by  Saladin,  and  it  was  entirely  due 
to  Mr.  R.  W.  Rathborne’s  consummate  skill  as  a navi- 
gator and  his  great  ability  as  a boat  sailor.  He  has 
been  cruising  constantly  along  the  coast  for  over  thirty 
years,  and  there  are  but  few  men  who  have  so  thorough 
a knowledge  of  conditions  as  he.  Saladin  is  fifteen 
years  old,  and  was  one  of  the  Burgess  “thirties.’  She  is 
very  heavily  built  and  was  loaded  down  with  all  sorts 
of  dunnage,  as  she  is  her  owner’s  home  for  six  months 
of  the  year.  When  Mr.  Rathborne  purchased  the  boat 
her  rig  was  greatly  reduced,  and  she  carries  no  top- 
mast or  topsails.  There  are  less  than  1,200.  sq.  ft.  m 
her  working  sails.  Saladin  comes  as  near  being  a per- 
fect cruising  boat,  that  can  come  and  go  m any 
weather,  as  there  is  afloat.  Up  to  June  5 her  owner  had 
cruised  1,200  nautical  miles  in  her  since  putting  the  boat 
in  commission  this  year.  This  is  more  than  many  so- 
called  yachtsmen  do  in  a lifetime. 

Penekeese  is  also  an  old-time  boat,  a Buzzard  s Bay 
product.  She  made  a very  creditable  showing,  and  did 
well  to  get  a prize. 

The  system  of  basing  time  allowance  on  over  all 
length,  as  was  done  in  this  race,  works  a hardship  on 
some  of  the  boats,  and  we  believe  a better  method  can 
be  devised  before  the  New  York  A.  C.  repeats  the  lace 


. next  year. 

The  delightful  part  of  this  event  was  that  every  one 
was  satisfied  and  every  one  added  to  their  store  of  ex- 
perience. There  were  no  protests,  kicks  or  accidents 
of  any  sort,  and  we  sincerely  hope  that  all  such  events 
may  be  so  consummated. 


Boston  Letter. 


Eastern  Y.  C.  Ocean  Race. — The  official  circular  for 
the  ocean  race  of  the  Eastern  T.  C.  from  Marblehead  to 
Halifax,  starting  Aug.  21,  has  been  issued  The  start 
will  be  made  off  Marblehead  Rock  at  10  A.  M„  and  the 
finish  will  be  off  the  club  house  of  the  Royal  Nova  Scotia 
Y,  C.,  Halifax  Harbor.  Allowances  will  be  reckoned  on 
a basi’s  of  357  miles.  There  will  be  classes  for  schooners 
from  55ft.  rating  up  to  90ft.  rating  and  over,  and  for 
sloops  aftd  yawls  of  .from  27ft.  rating  up  to  100ft.  rating 
and  over.  Prizes  of  silver  will  be  awarded  m each  class 
in  which  two  or  more  yachts  start.  A second  prize  will 
be  offered  for  classes  in  which  four  or  more  yachts  start, 
and  a third  prize  will  be  offered  for  classes  in.  which 
seven  or  more  yachts  start.  A trophy  will  be  given  to 
all  yachts,  not  prize  winners,  that  complete  the  course. 
Yachts  of  any  recognized  yacht  club,  of  more  than  30ft. 
waterline,  are  invited  to  enter. 

Prince  of  Wales  Cup  Offered. — Yachts  competing  111 
the  ocean  race  of  the  Eastern  Y.  C.  have  been  invited  by 
the  Royal  Nova  Scotia  Yacht  Squadron  to  compete  for 
the  Prince  of  Wales  cup,  the  most  valued  yachting  trophy 
in  Great  Britain’s  colonies.  This  cup  was  presented  to 
the  Royal  Nova  Scotia  Y.  C.  by  the  present  King  of  Eng- 
land when  he  visited  Halifax  in  i860,  and  was  handed 
down  to  the  members  of  the  Royal  Nova  Scotia  Yacht 
Squadron  by  the  members  of  the  original  club,  as  a 
legacy,  in  1898.  It  is  a beautiful  trophy,  standing  more 
than  2ft.  high.  According  to  the  conditions  under  which 
the  cup  is  offered,  it  can  be  held  by  the  winning  yacht 
nine  months,  when  it  must  be  returned  to  Halifax,  to  be 
raced  for  in  Halifax  harbor.  It  may  be  brought  back, 
however,  as  many  times  as  it  is  won  by  an  American 
yacht.  The  race  this  year  will  be  sailed  on  Aug.  26,  after 
the  ocean  race  has  been  finished.  On  Monday,  Aug.  28, 
the  fleet  of  ocean  racers  will  run  to  Shelburne,  Is.  S., 
where  there  will  be  races  for  special  prizes  offered  by 


the  Shelburne  Y.  C.  _ . 

For  the  Annual  Cruise. — Fleet  Captain  John  S.  Law- 
rence of  the  Eastern  Y.  C.,  has  announced  that  the  own- 
ers of  the  following  yachts  have  declared  their  intentions 
of  taking  part  in  the  annual  cruise : 

Schooners — Constance,  W.  A.  Gardner,  86ft. ; Corona, 
Arthur  F.  Luke,  85ft.;  Emerald,  W.  E.  Iselin,  85ft. ; Hope 
Leslie,  Lawrence  Minot,  84ft. ; Undercliff,  F.  L.  Clark, 
68ft. ; Chanticleer,  J.  F.  Harris,  81ft. ; Agatha,  W.  S. 

Eaton,  46ft.  . ~ 

Sloops— Doris,  S.  Reed  Anthony,  56ft.;  Gloriana,  Gor- 
don Abbott,  46ft.;  Shark,  F.  L.  Ames,  45ft.;  Wasp,  Gor- 
don Dexter,  45ft- ; Halcyon,  H.  W.  Peabody,  35ft. ; 
Heron,  Walter  I.  Badger,  34ft. ; Cossack,  H A.  Morss, 
34ft. ; Louise,  E.  M.  Williams,  33ft. ; Dorel,  G.  L.  Batch- 
elder,  30ft.;  Barracuda,  D.  N.  Hartt,  30ft. 

Steamers— Wacondah,  Charles  Hayden,  H7it. ; Juanita, 
F B.  McQuesten,  noft. ; Marigonne,  C.  H.  R.  Curtis, 
95ft.;  Bethulia,  Talbot  Aldrich,  81ft. ; Glenda  (power), 
F.  S.  Eaton,  90ft. 

The  fleet  will  start  July  8 at  3 P.  M.,  and  run  to  Glou- 
cester. On  the  9th  the  Isles  of  Shoals  will  be  made;  July 


10,  Boothbay  Harbor;  July  ti,  Camden;  July  t2,  Isles- 
boro;  July  13,  Bartlett’s  Narrows;  July  14,  Bar  Harbor. 
In  July  there  will  be  racing  at  Bar  Harbor. 

Seawaniiaka  Challengers  Out,— Both  Seawanhaka 
cup  challengers,  owned  by  members  of  tile  Manchester  Y. 
C,  are  now  in  the  water,  and  tried  out  late  last  week, 
They  are  not  yet  in  any  form  to  Show  which  is  the  faster 
They  will  be  tuned  up  off  Manchester  for  a few  days  and 
will  be  shipped  to  Montreal  about  June  25,  for  mole 
extended  trials  on  Lake  St.  Louis.  Tunipoo,  owned  by 
Mr.  John  L.  Bremer,  will  be  sailed  by  Mr.  E,  A.  Board- 
man,  who  designed  both  boats.  Manchester,  owned  by 
Mr.  A,  Henry  Higginson,  will  be  sailed  by  Mr.  Reginald 
Boardman.  Tunipoo  is  39ft-  over  all,  about  25ft.  Water- 
line and  about  Sin.  draft.  Manchester  is  about  the  same 
waterline,  but  is  about  a foot  longer  over  all,  Tunipoo 
is  the  broader  of  the  two  and  has  her  beam  carried  well 
forward.  Manchester,  however,  makes  up  for  her  lesser 
beam  by  having  harder  bilges.  Plei*  bow  is  drawn  in 
more  than  Tuiiipoo’s.  Both  have  steel  bilge  boards  and 
double  rudders.  They  have  more  power  than  boats  that 
have  been  Sent  after  the  trophy  from  America  before.  The 
rigs  on  both  are  low,  it  having  been  found  that  the  low 
rig  of  the  Canadian  boats  stood  to  better  advantage  than 
the  high  rigs  of  the  American  boats  in  the  strong  breezes 
encountered  in  previous  races. 

Winton’s  Engine  Installed. — T.  he  4°ff.  autoboat, 
Winton,  built  for  Mr.  Lewis  R.  Speare,  of  Brookline,  by 
Messrs.  Stearns  & McKay  at  the  Marblehead  Yacht 
Yards,  has  been  having  her  engine,  a 12-cylinder  Winton, 
of  150  horsepower,  installed  at  Cleveland.  She  will  be 
launched  on  Tune  28  and  will  be  christened  bv  Miss  Caro- 
line Speare.  After  being  tried  out  on  fresh  water,  she 
will  be  shipped  to  Marblehead. 

Seventy  foot  Launch. — Messrs.  Small  Brothers  have 
received  an  order  for  a 70ft.  launch  from  Mr.  Harry  W. 
Ruby,  of  Macon,  Mo.  She  wall  have  about  40  horse- 
power, the  make  of  the  engine  not  being  decided  yet. 

Steam  Yacht  Lillian  G.  Launched— The  steam 
yacht  Lillian  G.,  built  at  Camden,  Me.,  for  former  Com- 
modore Simon  Goldsmith,  of  the  South  Boston  Y.  C,. 
was  launched  June  10  and  sailed  for  Boston  on  Wednes- 
day, June  14.  She  is  64ft.  over  all,  15ft.  beam  and  6ft. 
bin.  draft.  Commodore  Goldsmith  will  use  her  for  cruis- 
ing along  the  coast. 

Power  Tender  for  Ardea. — Mr.  Norman  L.  Skene  has 
received  an  order  for  an  18ft.  power  tender  for  the  steam 
yacht  Ardea,  ex-Hanniel,  owned  by  Mr.  Clarkson 
Cowles,  of  the  New  York  Y.  C.  The  boat  will  be '4ft. 
pin.  beam,  and  will  have  a three  horsepower  Toquet  en- 

ginc. 

Rig  Changed. — The  25-footer  Bessikin,  owned  by  Mr. 
F.  W.  Meads,  of  Brookline,  has  been  altered  to  a yawl 
rig  at  Lawley’s.  Her  name  has  been  Changed  to  Osprey. 
She  was  built  in  1903  for  Mr.  F.  E.  Sweetser. 

John  B.  Killeen. 


Cruise  of  the  American  Power  Boat  Association. 

The  first  cruise  of  the  American  Power  Boat  Associ- 
ation will  be  held  in  August.  The  rendezvous  will  be 
at  Hudson,  New  York,  on  Aug.  17,  at  noon.  At  3 
o’clock  of  the  same  day  the  fleet  will  get  under  way  and 
proceed  to  Albany,  where  they  will  be  entertained  by 
the  Albany  Y.  C.  that  night.  On  the  morning  of  the 
18th,  the  fleet  will  enter  the  canal  and  stopping  at  two 
or  three  places  during  their  trip,  and  will  leave  the 
canal  at  Oswego,  where  they  will  be  entertained  by 
the  Oswego  Y.  C.  From  here  the  run  will  be  60  miles 
across  the  lake  to  the  Thousand  Islands  Y.  C.,  where 
the  fleet  will  remain  Aug.  24,  25  and  26.  Entertainment 
has  been  arranged  for  each  of  these  days  and  nights. 
On  one  of  these  dates  the  Frontenac  Y.  C.  will  give 
a ball  in  honor  of  the  cruise,  and  in  the  afternoon  of 
these  dates  the  races  for  the_  American  Power  Boat 
Association’s  Challenge  cup  will  be  held. 

The  entries  are  already  very  encouraging  to  the  com- 
mittee and  it  is  thought  that  a very  large  number  of 
owners  will  avail  themselves  of  this  opportunity  of  visit- 
ing one  of  the  most  picturesque  localities  for  cruising 

in  this  country.  , 

The  cruise  is  open  to  all  power  boats  owned_  by 
members  of  any  club  which  is  enrolled  in  the  Ameiican 
Power  Boat  Association,  and  it  is  earnestly  requested, 
on  account  of  the  number  of  details  to  be  arranged 
for  by  the  committee,  that  entries  will  be  _ made  as 
early  as  possible.  Entry  blanks  can  be  obtained  upon 
application,  and  entries  may  be  made  to  the  chairman 
of  the  committee.  The  committee  is  composed  of  R. 
C.  Fisher,  J.  Norris  Oliphant  and  J.  H.  McIntosh, 
Chairman,  32  Broadway. 


Dover — Heligoland  Race. 


The  schooner  Susanne  won  the  German  Emperor  s cup 
in  the  annual  race  from  Dover  to  Heligoland,  that  started 
on  Saturday,  June  17.  The  starters  encountered  thick 
fog  almost  all  the  way.  Therese  finished  second  and 
Navahoe  third.  The  summary : 


Susanne,  O.  Huldschinsky. . 

Therese,  Felix  Simon  ; 

Navahoe,  George  W.  Watjens 
Sunshine,  L.  IT.  Solomon 


40  43  40 
40  58.  30 
42  28  32 
42  43  48 


The  other  starters  were  the  schooner  Hildegarde,  Ed- 
ward R.  Coleman,  New  York  Y.  C. ; the  schooner  Endy- 
mion,  Commodore  George  Lauder,  Jr.,  Indian  Harbor 
Y.  C. ; the  yawl  Ailsa,  Henry  S.  Redmond,  New  York  Y. 
C. ; the  schooner  Fleur  de  Lys,  Dr.  Louis  A.  Stimson, 
New  York  Y.  C. ; the  British  built  schooner  yacht  Clara, 
Max  von  Guilleaume,  of  Germany;  the  British  yawl  Sa- 
tanita,  Sir  M.  Fitzgerald;  the  British  yawl  Lethe,  Col. 
T.  F.  A.  W.  Kennedy;  the  British  schooner  Moonstone, 
H.  K.  Bellews,  and  the  British  yawl  Formosa,  Admiral 
Sir  J.  K.  E.  Baird. 

In  starting,  Hildegarde,  Fleur  de  Lys,_  Lethe  and  Moon- 
stone crossed  the  wrong  side  of  the  line.  All  returned 
and  started  again,  except  Moonstone. 

In  the  class  for  auxiliaries  the  American  schooner 
Atlantic,  owned  by  Mr.  Wilson  Marshall,  won,  her  time 
being  4ih.  26m.  24s.  Valhalla  was  the  only  other  com- 
petitor, as  Apache  withdrew. 


8:01 


Toronto  Hunters  for  Canada's  Cup. 


Toronto,  June  5. — The  two  Canada  cup  challengers 
built  for  Toronto  men  at  Oakville  side  by  side  differ 
greatly  in  general  dimensions  and  appearance. 

Zoraya,  the  first  of  the  challengers,  was  successfully 
launched  on  Saturday,  June  3.  Temeraire,  the  other  chal- 
lenger,  was  then  all  but  ready  for  the  water,  and  Mr.  Fred 
Nicholls,  her  owner,  was  assured  of  her  being  launched 
the  following  week, 

As  already  stated  in  these  columns,  Zoraya  represents 
the  skill  of  Mr.  Alfred  Mylne.  Temeraire  was  designed 
by  Mr.  Will  Fife,  Jr.  The  frames  and  iron  work  of  both 
boats  were  built  in  the  Old  Country  and  shipped  early  in 
the  year  to  Canada  for  putting  together  and  planking. 

Zoraya,  as  finished,  shows  a short,  business-like  boat, 
that  has  plenty  of  accommodation.  She  is  a racy  looking 
craft,  with  a moderate  amount  of  sheer,  but  her  fairly 
large  Cabin  top  prevents  her  having  the  extreme  appear- 
ance of  her  rival.  Her  cabin  front  is  13ft.  long,  and 
while  the  sides  are  low  the  high  arched  top  is  19m.  above 
deck. 

Temeraire,  on  the  other  hand,  has  a dome-shaped  cabin 
trunk  which  looks  more  like  an  excuse  for  qualifying  her 
under  the  new  specifications  than  a serious  attempt  at 
providing  head  room.  It  is  a very  narrow  affair,  only  8ft. 
long  and  does  not  make  any  more  break  in  the  flush  deck 
than  would  a fair-sized  skylight. 

Zoraya  is  short,  sharp  and  aggressive  looking;  Temer- 
aire, smooth  and  slender,  carried  out  at  the  end  to  the 
very  vanishing  point.  She  is,  perhaps,  the  better  looking 
boat  of  the  two  as  far  as  her  hull  goes,  but  her  sail  plan 
is  less  suggestive  of  speed  in  light  weather  and  general 
windward  qualities  than  Zoraya’s.  It  is  much  longer  on 
the  base  and  not  nearly  so  high  peaked. 

The  lines  of  the  two  vachts  have  already  been  de- 
scribed fairly  thoroughly.  Zoraya  has  a nearer  approach 
to  the  V section  and  Temeraire  has  slightly  hollower  gar- 
boards.  Temeraire’s  sides  show  a considerable  flare. 
Zoraya,  while  wider  on  deck  than  at  the  waterline,  has 
considerable  rounding  in.  In  profile  the  two  boats  are  not 
very  dissimilar,  the  fin  being  by  no  means  abrupt  or 
prominent.  The  curve  from  the  stemhead  to  the  forward 
end  of  the  lead  ballast  in  Zoraya  shows  slightly  less  of  a 
reverse  than  does  Temeraire’s,  but  the  forward  end  of  the 
fin  in  both  yachts  never  approaches  the  perpendicular.  _ In 
the  same  way  the.  midship  section  also  gives  very  little 
prominence  to  the  fin.  Zoraya’s  sides  are  carried  down 
almost  to  the  lead  ballast  and  Temeraire’s,  while  slightly 
hollower,  do  not  show  much  flatness  in  the  fin  except  in 
the  after  half  of  it.  The  line  of  Zoraya’s  lead  is  more 
oblique  than  Temeraire’s.  The  bottom  of  Temeraire’s 
bulb,  while  slightly  rockered,  is  almost  horizontal. 

The  rudders,  of  the  two  boats  are  almost  alike  in  shape. 
They  are  large  and  add  considerable  to  the  lateral  plane. 

The  masts  of  the  two  boats  are,  curiously  enough  for 
Canadian  challengers,  the  product  of  American  industry, 
both  being  manufactured  by  the  Fraser  Hollow  Spar  & 
Boat  Company,  of  Greenport,  N.  Y.  They  are  beautiful 
sticks  nearly  50ft.  in  length  and  SjZin.  in  diameter. 
Temeraire’s  has  a marked  shoulder  on  which  the  eyes  of 
the  rigging  rest.  Zoraya’s  mast  is  of  uniform  diameter 
from  heel  to  head,  and  it  will  be  necessary  to  put  shells 
on  it  for  the  eyes  of  the  rigging.  _ Temeraire’s  mast  has  a 
neat-fitting  galvanized  iron  cap  with  jib-halliard  and  peak- 
halliard  blocks  attached.  Zoraya,  on  the  other  hand, 
economizes  measurement  to  the  very  limit  on  account  of 
the  great  hoist  of  her  sail  plan.  Consequently  her  jib- 
halliard  block  is  carried  lower  down  on  the  forestay,  an- 
other block  taking  the  halliard  on  the  mast.  The  two  are 
joined  by  a small  strut... 

Zoraya  is  the  heroine  in  Mrs.  Patrick  Campbell’s  latest 
play,  “The  Sorceress.”  Temeraire,  of  course,  is  the  name 
of  Nelson’s  old  flagship. 

While  the  formal  trial  races  for  the  Canada  cup  do 
not  take  place  until  July  22,  it  is  the  intention  of  Mr.  J. 
H.  Fearnside,  owner  of  Hamilton  II.,  to  bring  his  boat 
down  for  the  Royal  Canadian  Y.  C.’s  races  for  the  30ft. 
class.  These  are  scheduled  for  June  17,  June  24,  July  I, 
July  8 and  July  15. 

Four  suits  of  canvas  will  be  provided  for  the  Toronto 
boats.  Messrs.  Lapthorne  '&  Ratsey  will  provide  a suit  for 
each  and  Zoraya  will  also  have  a complete  suit  by  Messrs. 
Oldreeve  & Llorn,  of  Kingston,  Ont.  Mr.  John  Leckie, 
of  Toronto,  will  furnish  Temeraire’s  second  suit. 

The  comparative  dimensions  of  the  two  boats  are  here 
given  in  detail  for  the  first  time : 


Length: — 

Over  all  

Forward  overhang  . 

After  overhang  

Waterline  ...j 

Beam,  on  deck 

Beam,  on  waterline 
Sail  Area — • 

Mainsail  

Fore  triangle  

Total  - 

Ballast  

Mainmast,  above  deck  . . 

Main  boom  

Gaff  

Mainsail  hoist  

Spinnaker  boom  

Cabin  Trunk — 

Length  

Height  

Bowsprit  outboard  


Zoraya. 

47ft. 

9ft. 

8ft. 

30ft. 

9ft.  llin. 

9ft.  6in. 

1,158ft. 

390ft. 

I, 548ft. 

II, 760  lbs. 
45ft.  9in. 
37ft. 

24ft.  6in. 
32ft. 

20ft. 

13ft. 

lft.  7in. 

6ft. 

C.  H. 


Temeraire. 

50ft. 

10ft. 

10ft.  3in. 
29ft.  9in. 
10ft.  2in. 
9ft.  9 in. 

1,547ft. 

436.45ft. 

I, 547.86ft. 

II, 400  lbs. 
44ft.  9in. 
39ft.  6in. 
25ft.  3in. 
2Sft. 

20ft.  4in. 
8ft. 

lft.  7in. 
5ft. 

J.  Snider. 


Atlantic  Y.  C.  Cruise. — The  Atlantic  Y.  C.  fleet  will 
rendezvous  for  the  annual  cruise  at  Larchmont  on 
July  5.  At  5 o’clock  P.  M.,  there  will  be  a meeting  of 
the  captains  on  board  the  flagship  to  discuss  the  follow- 
ing squadron  runs,  which  have  been  suggested  as  best 
serving  the  interests  of  the  fleet: 

July  6 — Larchmont  to  Morris  Cove. 

July  7 — Morris  Cove  to  New  London. 
july  8— New  London  to  Shelter  Island. 

July  9 — Shelter  Island. 

July  10— Shelter  Island  to  Block  Island. 

July  11 — Block  Island  to  Newport. 

July  12 — Newport  to  Sea  Gate,  outside  course. 

The  squadron  runs  will  be  under  the  direction  of  the 
Regatta  Committee,  with  headquarters  on  board  the 
flagship. 


80B 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


[June  24,  1905, 


New  Yotfc  Y.  C 

Glen  Cove,  Long  Island  Sound — Thursday,  June  15. 

The  fifty-ninth  annual  regatta  of  the  Mew  York  Y.  C.  was 
sailed  oft  station  INo.  10  at  Glen  Cove,  on  Thursday,  June  15. 
Although  the  wind  was  light,  from  the  S.  by  Yv.,  all  day  it 
was  fair  racing  weather,  and  the  conditions  were  of  the  sort 
that  are  frequently  encountered  on  Long  Island  Sound  during 
the  summer. 

Four  masses  filled,  and  all  told  there  were  twenty- two  starters. 
The  Flew  York  Y.  C.  one-design  30-footers  saved  the  day,  and 
had  it  not  been  for  these  boats,  the  showing  would  have  been 
a poor  one. 

The  Regatta  Committee,  consisting  of  Messrs.  Oliver  E.  Crom- 
well, Chairman;  H.  de  B.  Parsons  and  Ernest  E.  Lorillard,  were 
on  board  the  tug  Unique. 

The  race  was  scheduled  to  start  at  noon,  but  the  wind  was  so 
light  at  that  hour,  that  the  start  was  postponed.  The  Committee 
boat  took  up  a position  off  Prospect  Point,  and  the  warning 
signal  was  given  at  1:30. 

All  the  boats  covered  a 1914  nautical  mile  course,  which  was  as 
follows:  From  the  start  ott  Mott  and  Prospect  Points,  E.  by 

N.  14N.  3%  miles  to  a mark  off  Parsonage  Point,  thence  N.E.  by 
E.  %E.  6%  miles  to  a mark  off  Woolsey's  Reef,  thence  S.VV.  1,&S. 
9*4  miles  to  the  finish  line.  The  first  leg  was  a run,  the  second 
a reach  and  the  third  a beat. 

At  1:40  the  schooners  were  started.  There  were  three  entries 
in  this  class,  Corona,  Katrina  and  Elmina  II.  The  latter  boat 
is  the  new  schooner  that  was  built  at  the  Geo.  Lawley  & Sons 
Corp.  yard,  South  Boston,  from  designs  by  Messrs.  A.  Cary 
Smith  and  Ferris,  for  Mr.  Fred.  Brewster.  Elmina  11.  crossed  in 
the  lead,  Corona  was  just  one-half  a minute  behind,  with  Katrina 
just  astern.  Balloon  jiDtopsails  were  broken  out  on  ail  the  boats, 
and  Corona  set  a small  maintopmast  staysail.  A few  minutes 
after  the  start  something  went  wrong  on  Elmina  II.,  and  she 
was  gybed  over.  It  was  seven  minutes  belore  matters  were 
straightened  out,  and  in  the  meantime  Corona  had  passed  her. 
Spinnakers  were  broken  out  and  Elmina  11.  ran  up  on  her 
rival  somewhat.  It  was  a reach  to  the  second  mark  and  there 
Elmina  II.  was  lm.  55s.  behind.  After  rounding,  Corona  took 
the  starboard  tack,  while  Elmina  II.  held  a port  tack.  Later 
Corona  went  about  again.  Elmina  II.  showed  her  ability  to 
go  to  windward,  and  she  soon  took  the  lead.  From  that  time 
on  they  stuck  together,  and  after  making  three  more  hitches, 
were  able  to  cross  the  finish  line.  Elmina  II.  beat  Corona 
easily  and  won  the  Bennett  cup  for  schooners.  Elmina  II.  looks 
something  like  Muriel  and  Eimina,  but  is  a far  better  looking 
craft  than  either  of  those  creations.  In  the  hands  of  Captain 
Dennis  she  should  have  a long  list  of  winning  flags  to  her 
credit  at  the  end  of  the  season. 

The  two  “seventies,”  Mmeola  and  Yankee,  were  sent  away  at 
1:45.  Yankee  was  well  berthed  when  the  gun  sounded  and  crossed 
well  in  the  lead  of  Mineola.  A luffing  match  followed,  and  after 
a while  a gybe  was  necessary,  as  they  were  so  far  ott  their 
course.  When  near  the  mark  they  gybed  again,  and  as  they 
rounded  they  came  together.  Neither  one  ot  the  owners  pro- 
tested and  no  damage  was  done.  Mineola  made  a substantial 
gam  on  the  reach  and  at  the  second  mark  she  led  Yankee  by 
nearly  a minute.  Mineola  held  the  port  tack  until  Yankee 
rounded  the  mark,  and  then  she  went  about.  Mineola  did  not 
seem  to  point  as  high  as  Yankee  and  the  latter  boat  finally 
worked  into  the  lead,  and  won  by  2m.  14s.,  also  taking  the 
Bennett  cup  for  single-masted  vessels. 

Mira  again  demonstrated  her  ability  to  beat  Mimosa  III.  and 
Joker,  and  won  by  3m.  29s.  Mira  has  a superb  suit  of  new 
Ratsey  sails,  and  she  is  going  faster  and  her  owner  is  handling 
her  better  than  ever  before. 

By  a mistake  the  starting  signal  for  the  30-footers  was  fired 
two  minutes  early.  Banzai  was  just  on  the  line  when  the 
gun  went  off  and  she  slipped  over  in  the  lead.  Dahinda  was 
second,  Maid  of  Mendon  was  third  and  Carlita  fourth,  then  came 
Phryne  and  Nautilus.  Several  of  the  boats  ran  by  Banzai  on 
the  way  to  the  first  mark,  where  there  was  quite  a mix  up. 
A number  of  the  boats  kept  too  lar  to  windward  of  their  course, 
when  they  bore  away  for  the  mark  several  boats  were  rounding. 
There  was  a call  for  room,  and  one  or  two  of  the  boats  bumped. 
Banzai  had  the  race  well  in  hand  on  the  windward  leg,  but  she 
stuck  to  Phryne  a little  too  long,  allowing  Maid  of  Mendon  to 
slip  into  the  lead.  Maid  of  Mendon  won  by  2m.  45s.  from  Banzai 
and  Alera  was  third.  The  summary  follows: 

Finish.  Elapsed. 

Elmina,  F.  F.  Brewster.. 4 25  49  2 41  40 

Corona,  A.  T.  Luke 4 22  35  2 45  21 

Katrina,  J.  B.  Ford 4 44  17  3 02  44 

Sloops,  70ft.  Class — Start,  1:45 — Course  WY2  miles. 

Yankee,  J.  R.  Maxwell 4 16  15  2 30  24 

Mineola,  YV.  Ross  Proctor 4 13  32  2 28  10 

Sloops,  Classes  M and  N — Start,  1:50 — Course,  19J£  Miles. 

Mira,  Charles  Lane  Poor 5 14  44  3 24  44 

Mimosa  III.,  T.  L.  Park.. 5 25  15  3 35  15 

Joker,  George  F.  Dominick 5 41  35  3 51  35 

Corrected  times — Mira,  2:24:44;  Mimosa  III.,  3:28:13;  Joker, 
3:45:57. 

N.  Y.  Y.  C.  One-Design  Class— Start,  1:55— Course,  lQl/2  Miles. 

Alera,  A.  H.  and  J.  W.  Alker .....5  49  38  3 54  38 

Atair,  Cord  Meyer 5 54  31  3 59  41 

Maid  of  Mendon,  W.  D.  Guthrie 5 46  01  3 51  01 

Dahinda,  YV.  Butler  Duncan,  Jr 5 57  08  4 02  08 

Carleta,  Oliver  Harriman.. 6 07  25  4 12  25 

Adelaide  II.,  Geo.  E.  Adee 5 53  03  3 58  03 

Linnet,  Amos  F.  French ....5  53  33  3 57  33 

Neola  II.,  Geo.  M.  Pynchon 5 55  26  4 00  26 

Minx,  Howard  Willets  6 08  37  4 13  37 

Cara  Mia,  S.  Wainwright 5 57  10  3 56  10 

Banzai,  Newbury  D.  Lawton 5 48  46  3 53  46 

Nautilus,  Addison  & Wilmer  Hattan 5 59  52  4 04  52 

Phryne,  Harry  L.  Maxwell 5 50  59  3 55  39 

Ibis,  C.  O’D.  Iselin.. .......5  50  30  3 55  30 


Atlantic  Y.  G 

Sea  Gate,  New  York  Bay — Tuesday,  June  13. 

The  presence  of  the  70-footers  Yankee  and  Mineola,  and  the 
N.  Y.  Y.  C.  30-footers  Phryne  and  Alera  added  interest  to  the 
thirty-ninth  annual  regatta  of  the  Atlantic  Y.  C.,  held  on  Tues- 
day, June  13,  which  would  otherwise  have  proven  an  event  for 
only  boats  having  a regular  anchorage  off  Sea  Gate  or  in  some 
part  of  Gravesend  Bay.  Eighteen  craft  of  all  classes  started  and 
finished  the  race,  the  winners  being  Lasca,  Yankee,  Phryne,  Bob- 
tail,  and  More  Trouble.  Lizana  scored  a sailover.  Corrected 
times  were  not  available  in  the  schooner  class  because  of  an 
absence  of  racing  measurements.  According  to  what  is  consid- 
ered a conservative  calculation,  however,  Lasca  is  given  the 
victory,  as  stated  above. 

Yankee  and  Mineola  sailed  a close  race  throughout.  The  first 
named  secured  a windward  berth  at  the  start  and  maintained  the 
advantage  to  the  end.  The  boats  sailed  a course  from  the  start, 
off  Sea  Gate,  to  Southwest  Spit,  thence  to  Scotland  Lightship 
and  return  over  the  same  route,  leaving  marks  to  port  on  the 
outward  journey,  and  holding  to  the  northward  of  the  bell  buoy 
off  the  point  of  Sandy  Hook,  both  going  and  returning.  It  was 
unfortunate  that  the  big  sloops  and  schooners  could  not  have  been 
given  another  course,  as  with  the  breeze  in  the  S.,  there  was  a 
woeful  absence  of  windward  work;  nothing  but  reaches  being  their 
lot.  Yankee  finished  lm.  and  7s.  in  the  lead. 

In  the  schooner  class,  which  covered  the  same  course  of  26 
miles,  Lasca  got  a good)  start,  and  finished  26m.  and  46s.  ahead 
of  Quickstep.  Wayward  was  lm.  and  54s.  later,  and  should  get 
second  place  on  corrected  time.  Phryne  beat  Alera  by  55s.  in  the 
race  for  the  N.  Y.  Y.  C.  30s,  while  Bobtail  led  the  regular  Class 
N Boats.  Vivian  II.  was  over  4m.  late  in  starting,  and  third 
boat  to  finish  in  the  class.  Despite  this  handicap,  however,  she 
secured  second  place  from  Redwing  on  corrected  time.  These 
boats  went  out  to  Southwest  Spit  and  return,  a distance  of  14 
miles,  with  again  the  same  old  story  of  no  windward  work. 

Few  regattas  are  run  off  without  some  incident  to  mar  the  per- 
fection of  the  whole.  The  bete  noir  of  the  Atlantic  event  was 
big  and  serious,  and  occurred  in  the  handling  of  Class  Q,  in 
which  all  of  the  new  boats  built  this  year  started.  A change  of 
the  course  from  that  originally  published  in  the  circular,  without 
all  of  the  starters  getting  the  news,  proved  the  first  unfortunate 
occurrence.  The  other  was  that  the  brisk  southerly  wind  sent  the 
boats  out  to  Old  Orchard  Shoal  and  back,  a distance  of  1214 
miles,  in  so  speedy  a fashion  that  they  finished  before  the  per- 
son left  on  shore  was  in  position  to  take  accurate  times. 

More  Trouble  was  first  by  a good  margin.  Cockatoo  II.  was 
undoubtedly  second.  Ojigwan  and  Saetta  were  so  close  that 
great  doubt  exists  as  to  which  was  ahead,  although  an  eyewitness 
m a cralt  anchored  near  the  finish  slates  that  the  first-named  got 
third  place.  Quest  was  apparently  last,  although  on  this  point  also 
doubt  seems  to  exist.  ‘ 


Cockatoo  II.,  Saetta  and  Quest  were  partners  to  an  agreement 
to  pass  to  the  southward  of  the  bell  buoy  off  West  Bank  Light 
going  and  returning  from  Old  Orchard  Shoal.  This  they  did. 
Ojigwan  and  More  Trouble  sailed  according  to  the  instructions, 
not  knowing  anything  about  a change.  They  were  protested  for 
not  taking  the  right  course.  Ojigwan  was  placed  fifth  in  the 
official  summary.  Her  owner  entered  a protest,  claiming  third 
place.  The  owners  are  to  meet  in  the  near  future,  when  all  of 
these  differences  of  opinion  will  be  settled,  it  is  hoped,  with  satis- 
faction to  all.  The  summaries  follow: 


Schooners — Start,  11:05. 


Lasca,  Robert  P.  Doremus 

Quickstep,  E.  B.  Plavens 

Wayward,  D.  E.  Austin 

Kiwassa,  L.  J.  Callanan 

Sloops — Class  H- 

Yankee,  J.  Rogers  Maxwell 

Mineola,  W.  Ross  Proctor 


-Start, 


Phryne,  H.  L. 
Alera,  A.  H. 


Maxwell. 


Finish. 

Elapsed. 

..2  29  10 

3 24  10 

3 50  56 

3 52  50 

..3  06  40 

4 01  40 

:10. 

..2  07  48 

2 57  48 

..2  08  55 

2 58  35 

1:15. 

..1  27  42 

2 12  42 

. .1  28  35 

2 13  35 

:15. 

..1  28  45 

2 13  45 

..1  29  45 

2 14  45 

,.l  31  00 

2 16  00 

Bobtail,  E.  F.  Luckenbach 

Redwing,  J.  B.  O’Donohue 

Vivian  II.,  S.  E.  Vernon 

Corrected  times:  Bobtail  2.11.27;  Vivian  II.,  2.13.62;  Red- 

wing, 2.14.45. 

Sloops — Class  P — Start,  11:15. 

Lizana,  D.  S.  Wylie 1 36  20  2 21  20 

Sloops — Class  Q — Start,  11:20. 

More  Trouble,  W.  Id.  Childs 

Cockatoo  II.,  Hendon  Chubb 

Ojigwan,  George  E.  Reiners 

Saetta,  George  H.  Church 

Quest,  F.  J.  Havens 

Karma,  J.  C.  Erskine 1 26  10  2 03  10 

Times  of  first  five  boats  not  taken  accurately. 

Position  of  last  three  in  doubt. 


Boston  Y.  C. 

Hull,  Mass. — Saturday,  June  17. 

The  first  Y.  R.  A.  race  of  the  Boston  Y.  C.  was  sailed  off  the 
Hull.  Station  of  the  club,  in  Hull  Bay,  on  Saturday,  June  17,  in 
a moderate  to  light  S.W.  breeze  and  smooth  sea.  There  were 
fifty-nine  entries.  In  the  22-footers  Chewink  V.,  ex-Clotho,  got 
the  start  and  turned  the  first  mark  in  the  lead.  Nutmeg  worked 
out  ahead  on  the  windward  leg,  and  turned  the  second  mark 
in  the  lead.  Tyro  pulled  up  on  the  leaders  on  the  run,  Chewink 
V.’s  spinnaker  pole  breaking.  Tyro  was  leading  on  the  first 
round  of  the  course,  with  Nutmeg  second  and  Rube  third.  Tyro 
held  her  lead  to  the  finish,  with  Rube  a close  second.  Nutmeg 
did  not  cross  the  finish  line.  Mirage  II.  had  the  start  in  the 
18-footers,  with  Bat  second.  Bat  took  the  lead  before  the  first 
mark  was  reached,  and  held  it  to  the  finish,  with  Bonitwo  sec- 
ond and  Mirage  II.  third.  There  were  only  two  entries  in  the 
15ft.  class  Vera  II.,  winning  easily.  In  the  Cape  cats,  Josephine 
was  the  winner,  with  Hustler  a close  second.  The  first  and 
second  rating  classes  were  sent  away  together,  the  yachts  going 
over  well  bunched.  Meemer  took  the  lead  in  the  first  class  and 
held  it  to  the  finish,  beating  Sauquoit  over  2m.  on  elapsed  time, 
with  Chewink  IV.  third.  Myrtle  wins  in  this  class  on  cor- 
rected time,  pending  the  measurements  of  the  other  boats. 
Chewink  IV.  and  L’Aiglon  fouled  near  the  Strawberry  Hill  mark 
and  L’Aiglon  entered  a protest.  In  the  second  class  Opah 
finished  first,  with  Jacobin  second  and  Spinster  IV.  third.  Anne 
wins  on  corrected  time,  pending  official  measurements.  Zaza  II. 
won  in  the  dory  class  and  Tama  won  in  the  third  class  power 
boats,  making  a very  fine  showing.  The  summary: 


Class  E — 22-Footers. 

Elapsed. 

Tyro,  W.  H.  Joyce 1 33  12 

Rube,  H.  L.  Bowden 1 33  40 

Medric  II.,  H.  H.  White 1 34  60 

Chewink  V.,  F.  G.  Macomber,  Jr 1 35  08 

Peri  II.,  Dr  Morton  Prince <...135  14 

Medric,  George  Lee 1 35  53 

Clorinda,  Cheney  & Lanning 1 36  17 

Nutmeg,  A.  C.  Jones Withdrew. 

Class  I,  18-Footers. 

Bat,  Adams  Bros 1 30  27 

Bonitwo,  G.  H.  Wightman 1 40  54 

Mirage  II.,  J.  W.  Olmstead 1 42  10 

Hayseed  II.,  H.  L.  Bowden 1 42  24 

Dorchen,  A.  W.  Finlay 1 42  43 

Yankee,  F.  W.  Atwood 1 44  38 

Gertrude  II.,  H.  E.  Lynch 1 47  08 

Aladdin,  Keith  Bros 1 49  03 

Aspinquid  II.,  A.  E.  Whittemore 1 49  18 

Nicknack,  E.  B.  Holmes 1 50  40 

Little  Miss,  B.  S.  Permar s 1 54  06 

Class  I,  15-Footers. 

Vera  II.,  H.  Lundberg 1 49  23 

Princess,  J.  P.  Prince 1 53  53 

Class  D,  Cape  Cats. 

Elapsed.  Corrected. 

Josephine,  F.  H.  Smith 1 42  22  1 39  36 

Hustler,  H.  W.  Robbins 1 44  09  1 40  11 

Stranger,  Dr.  Dawes 1 44  55  1 40  34 

Marvel,  I.  M.  Whittemore 1 46  12  1 43  05 

Noturns,  C.  O.  Whitney 1 45  27  1 43  35 

Argestes,  G.  H.  Wilkins 1 45  01  1 43  45 

Moondyne,  Shaw  Bros 1 48  57  1 47  00 

Goblin,  R.  M.  Lothrop 1 53  51  1 47  51 

Mildred,  F.  H.  Coleman 1 53  09  1 50  18 

Dorothy  III.,  F.  F.  Crane 1 53  33  1 51  03 

Thelga,  L.  F.  Crosscup 1 55  19  1 51  55 

Clara  Lee,  E.  W.  Emery 2 01  23  1 57  14 

First  Rating  Class. 

Myrtle,  T.  W.  Souther 1 35  44  0 55  53 

Jingo,  G.  B.  Doane 1 35  06  0 55  54 

Meemer,  R.  C.  Nickerson 1 30  34  0 57  12 

L’Aiglon,  E.  W.  Hodgdon 1 35  10  0 58  43 

Chewink  IV.,  F.  G.  Macomber,  Jr 1 33  48  1 00  21 

♦Sauquoit,  T.  K.  Lothrop,  Jr.... 1 32  37  

♦Kit,  H.  B.  Whittier 1 37  44  . ..  .. 

♦Hermes,  C.  A.  Heney 1 40  17  

Mildred  II.,  S.  P.  Moses  Disqualified. 

♦Not  measured. 

Second  Rating  Class. 

Anne,  C.  B.  Pratt 1 57  57  0 53  46 

Opah,  W.  C.  Lewis 1 40  33  0 56  22 

♦Jacobin,  T.  W.  King., 1 46  02  

♦Spinster  IV.,  L.  M.  Clark 1 51  43  

♦Sea  Fox,  J.  G.  Alden 1 53  57  

♦Gadfly,  C.  W.  Chapin 1 55  34  

♦Not  measured. 

Class  X,  M.  Y.  R.  A.,  Dories. 

Elapsed. 

Zaza  II.,  Gordon  Foster 1 12  52 

Elizabeth  F.,  H.  W.  Dudley 1 13  15 

Frolic  II.,  W.  G.  Torrey 1 14  10 

Bessie  A.,  J.  S.  Hodge 1 14  46 

Spray,  H.  T.  Wing 1 16  59 

Boomerang,  J.  W.  Milward Withdrew. 

Power  Boats,  Second  Class. 

Highball,  R.  Hutchinson 1 55  28 

Power  Boats,  Third  Class. 

Tama,  F.  L.  Dunne ,1  02  00 

Yenoh,  H.  S.  Potter 1 20  00 

Whew,  F.  C.  Welch..., 2 44  10 

Banzai,  M.  L.  Crow Withdrew. 


Duxbuny  Y,  C, 


Duxbury,  Mass. — Saturday,  June  17. 

The  first  race  of  the  Duxbury  Y.  C.  18-footers  for  the  season 
was  sailed  on  Saturday,  June  17,  in  a fresh  S.W.  breeze.  Kitti- 
wake  got  the  start  and  Menace  led  at  the  first  mark.  Then 
Osprey  took  the  lead  and  held  it  to  the  finish,  beating  Kitti- 
wake  V.  by  25s.  The  summary: 


Elapsed. 

Osprey  II,,  A.  R.  Train 1 34  00 

Kittawake  V.,  H.  M.  Jones 1 34  25 

Menace, _H,  H.  Hunt .......13610 

Again,  L,  B,  Goodspeecj- , 1 37  20 


Bensonhufst  Y.  C 

Bensonhurst,  New  York  Bay — Saturday,  June  17. 

The  first  open  regatta  of  the  Bensonhurst  Y.  C.  for  cups  offered 
by  prominent  members,  which  was  scheduled  to  occur  on  the 
afternoon  of  Saturday,  June  17,  was  postponed  because  of  the 
fog  out  over  the  ship’s  channel,  across  which  the  courses  for  the 
day  would  take  the  racers.  Commodore  Arthur  C.  Bellows  offered 
cups  for  an  informal  event,  for  which  a course  was  selected,  taking 
as  the  first  turning  mark  a schooner  anchored  off  Fort  Hamilton 
and  a mark  boat  set  off  Sea  Gate  by  the  Atlantic  Y.  C.  It  was 
originally  intended  to  start  only  the  new  Class  Q boats,  which 
were  eager  for  a race,  but  finally  the  old  creations  in  the  same 
class  and  two  of  the  Marine  and  Field  R.  R.  boats  were  in- 
cluded. By  common  consent  no  light  sails  were  used. 

In  the  class  for  the  new  creations,  Ojigwan  did  not  start. 
Saetta  won  out  in  finished  fashion  because  of  excellent  work  on 
the  windward  leg  from  Fort  Hamilton  to  Sea  Gate.  The  course 
was  covered  twice,  aggregating  about  5 y2  miles.  Saetta  beat 
Cockatoo  II.  by  38s.  Quest  was  third  boat,  only  17s.  away,  but 
was  disqualified  for  fouling  Cockatoo  II.  on  the  first  round, 
More  Trouble  finished  lm.  and  26s.  after  Quest,  The  race  was 
another  demonstration  of  how  really  well  matched  are  these 
creations,  built  under  the  new  rule  by  four  different  designers. 
Wraith  led  the  old  Class  Q boats,  and_  Beta  beat  Gamma,  On 
elapsed  time  for  the  fi1/?  mile  course,  Saetta  was  13tti,  and  339, 
ahead  of  Wraith,  showing  a difference  between,  the  old  .arid  rifeW 
Class  Q boats,  with  the  latest  creations  of  fat  more  healthy  model 
than  the  old.  The  summaries  follow: 

Sloops — Class  Q — Start,  4:09. 


Finish.  Elapsed. 

Saetta,  George  H.  Church 4 54  07  0 45  07 

Cockatoo  II.,  Hendon  Chubb 4 54  45  0 45  45 

♦Quest,  F.  J.  Havens 4 55  02  0 46  02 

More  Trouble,  W.  H.  Childs 4 56  27  0 47  27 

Ogeemah,  Alfred  Mackay  ...4  59  40  0 50  40 

♦Disqualified  for  fouling  Cockatoo  II. 

Corrected  time  for  Ogeemah,  45m.  and  42s. 

Class  Q — Special — Start,  4:12. 

Wraith,  Calvin  Tompkins 5 10  40  0 58  40 

Careless,  Richard  Rummell 5 11  47  0 69  47 

Ianthe,  F.  W.  Robertson 5 13  30  1 01  30 

Karma,  J.  C.  Erskine 5 13  40  1:  01  40 

Bab,  T.  A.  Hamilton 5 16  12  1 04  12 

Mary,  Max  Grundner 5 16  30  1 04  30 

Marine  and  Field — Special — Start,  4:15. 

Beta,  Snedeker  and  Camp 5 15  45  1 00  45 

Gamma,  A.  H.  Platt .5  16  37  1 01  37 


Erie  ¥.  C 

The  club  held  a meeting  yesterday  and  arranged  for  holding 
a regatta  on  the  Fourth  of  July,  and  will  sail  the  usual  races  in 
July  and  August. 

They  have  received  a fine  addition  to  the  fleet,  in  the  shape  of 
a new  40ft.  boat  that  has  just  been  put  in  the  water,  it  belongs 
to  a member  of  a big  paper  mill  company  here,  and  looks  as 
if  it  might  turn  out  to  be  a fast  one. 

A young  man  of  18  years  of  age  was  drowned  in  the  bay  off 
the  club  house  on  last  Sunday.  He  and  others,  who  were  at  work 
on  a yacht  that  lay  at  anchor  about  300  yards  off  shore,  started 
for  shore  in  a small  boat  that  was  meant  to  only  carry  about 
three,  and  swamped  their  boat  in  water  that  was  almost  as 
smooth  as  a mill  pond.  He  tried  to  swim  back  to  the  yacht, 
and  reached  it,  but  could  not  climb  on  board;  the  other  four  hung 
on  to  their  boat  until  they  were  picked  up.  The  club  has  taken 
notice  of  this  and  has  passed  this  resolution: 

“Resolved,  That  the  Erie  Y.  C.  thoroughly  discountenances  the 
practice  of  overloading  boats,  both  yachts  and  their  tenders,  and 
recommends  that  hereafter  all  members  exercise  the  greatest 
care  while  handling  their  boats.” 

There  will  be  the  usual  regatta  held  by  the  Buffalo  Y.  C.  on 
the  Fourth,  and  it  may  draw  some  of  the  larger  boats  here  to 
take  part  in  it.  But  it  is  hoped  that  enough  of  them  will  remain 
at  home  to  put  up  a good  race  here  as  well. 

Cabia  Blanco. 


Log  of  Schooner  Thistle. 


Log  of  schooner  Thistle. 
Lizard.  Started  5h.  15m.  P. 
May  17,  1905: 


Sandy  Hook  Lightship  to  The 
M.  (chronometer  Greenwich  time), 


May  18th, 
May  19th, 
May  20th, 
May  21st, 
May  22d,  1 
May  23d,  ! 
May  24th, 
May  25th, 
May  26th, 
May  27th, 
May  28th, 
May  29th, 
May  30th 
May  31st, 

J line  1st, 


Noon. 

Noon. 

Noon. 


Noon. 

Noon, 


to  Lizard. 


Total 


Lat. 

Long. 

Dist. 

39.50 

71.18 

128 

41.07 

67.38 

180 

42.15 

64.10 

172 

43.15 

60.50 

167 

44.01 

56.50 

183 

45.23 

51.33 

240 

45.30 

48.45 

122 

46.10 

46.20 

105 

47.20 

40.26 

262 

47.57 

34.50 

234 

48.13 

28.15 

260 

48.50 

22.54 

210 

49.02 

17.57 

202 

49.21 

10.45 

289 

226 

i,  at  12h. 

39m.  P.  M. 

(chro- 

nometer  Greenwich  time). 

Time  of  passage,  14  days  19  hours  24  minutes. 

Best  day’s  run  (noon  to  noon,  about  23h.  35m.),  289  knots. 
Best  four  hours’  run,  55  knots. 

Average  . per  hour  for  whole  distance,  8.28  knots. 


Beverly  Y.  G 

Wing’s  Neck,  Buzzards’  Bay — June  17, 

The  first  race  of  the  Beverly  Y.  C.  was  sailed  in  Buzzards’  Bay 
on  Saturday,  June  17,  in  a fresh  S.  W.  breeze,  with  choppy  sea. 
In  the  21ft.  class  Barnacle  was  an  easy  winner.  Jap  won  a good 
race  from  Wanderer  in  the  18ft.  class  by  only  3s.  In  the  15ft. 
class  Ranzo  won  by  over  4m.  The  summary: 

21-Footers. 


Barnacle,  W.  E.  C.  Eustis 158  18 

Radiant,  C.  M.  Baker 2 00  13 

Terrapin,  L.  S.  Dabney  2 00  50 

Amanita  III.,  Joshua  Crane  2 01  07 

Illusion,  C.  M.  Baker 2 05  07 

Arethusa,  C.  M.  Baker 2 06  25 

18-Footers. 

Jap,  George  P.  Gardner 1 40  22 

Wanderer,  A.  S.  Whiting 1 42  25 

Margaret,  W.  O.  Taylor 1 47  10 

15-Footers. 

Ranzo,  M.  H.  Richardsin,  Jr 1 10  09 

Fiddler,  Miss  C.  Dabney 1 14  17 

Flickamarro,  Miss  E.  B.  Emmons 1 15  30 


Wmthfop  Y.  C. 

Winthrop,  Mass.— Saturday,  June  17. 

A club  race  of  the  Winthrop  Y.  C.  was  sailed  on  Saturday, 
June  17,  in  a fresh  S.W.  breeze,  Hattie  winning  easily.  In  the 
Crystal  Bay  Y.  R.  A.  class  Yankee  won  by  less  than  a minute. 
The  summary: 

Winthrop  Y.  C.  Class. 

Elapsed. 


Hattie,  L.  T.  Harrington 1 14  40 

Elf,  R.  S.  Willett  1 16  06 

Madelyn,  G.  A.  Nash 1 16  12 

Crystal  Bay  Racing  Association  Class. 

Yankee,  F.  W.  Atwood 0 59  35 

Wink,  G.  D,  Bussey 100  12 

Aspinquid,  A.  E.  Whittemore... 1 00  35 

Domino,  A.  B.  Freeman .....102  14 

Celia,  H.  G.  Flyn 1 05  13 

Stroller,  C,  C.  Ehrman - 107  15 


June,  24,  1905.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


Larchmont  Y*  C 

Larehmont,  Long  Island  Sound — Saturday,  June  17. 

The  Larchmont  Y.  C.’s  racing  opened  on  Saturday,  June  17, 
when  the  club  gave  its  spring  regatta,  lhere  were  forty -nine 
contestants  all  told,  which  is  the  largest  number  of  boats  that 
have  started  in  any  one  event  given  on  Long  Island  bound  tins 
season,.  The  average  yacht  owner  would  rather  race  at  Larcli- 
mont  than  anywhere,  just  why,  no  one  seems  able  to  explain, 
but  the  fact  remains  that  their  races  are  by  far  the  most  success- 
ful of  any  given  on  the  Sound.  T *.u 

Saturday  was  not  a very  satisfactory  racing  day.  In  tne 
morning  there  was  a thick  fog,  and  what  little  wind  there  was 
came  from  the  E.  The  start  was  postponed  until  1:30,  and  the 
big  schooners  were  sent  away  five  minutes  later.  lhe  wind, 
shifted  to  S.  by  W.  just,  before  the  start,  but  the  course  signals 
had  been  displayed,  and  it  was  then  too  late  to  make  any 
changes.  The  course  for  the  schooners  and  the  big  sloops  was 
a 15-mile  triangle,  sailed  twice  over.  Its  turning  points  were  a 
mark  boat  6 miles  S.E.%N.  from  the  starting  point  off  Larch- 
mont, thence  6 miles  S.W.%W.,  to  a mark  off  Prospect  Point, 
and  from  there  N.NAV.  3 miles  to  the  finish.  The  smaller 
classes  sailed  22  and  11  mile  courses. 

When  Elmina  II.  and  Corona  were  sent  away,  the  wind  was 
very  light  and  the  boats  barely  had  steerage  way.  Corona  drifted 
across  in  the  lead,  and  Elmina  II.  managed  to  work  her  way 
over  some  minutes  later.  The  new  wind  could  be  seen  over 
toward  Long  Island,  and  the  skippers  of  both  boats  luffed  out  as 
much  as  possible  in  order  to  get  the  benefit  of  it.  Both  boats 
caught  the  breeze  at  about  the  same  time.  Elmina  II.  was  in 
the  weather  position  and  she  started  sheets  and  passed  Corona. 
It  was  a reach  to  the  first  mark,  a close  fetch  to  the  second  and 
a spinnaker  run  home.  Elmina  made  steady  gains  on  every  leg. 
On  the  second  round  the  wind  shifted  a little,  making  it  neces- 
sary to  tack  a couple  of  times  on  the  second  leg  in  order  to 
fetch  the  mark.  Elmina  II.  won,  beating  Corona  4m.  46s.  I his 
is  her  second  race,  and  she  has  taken  first  prize  in  both. 
Corona  has  been  her  competitor  in  both  cases,  and  she  is  an 
old  boat  and  hardly  a dangerous  rival  for  the  new  Cary  bmith 
product. 

The  three  70-footers  got  away  at  1:40.  This  is  the  first  time 
that  all  three  of  these  boats  have  raced  together  so  far  this 
season.  Mineola  crossed  in  the  weather  berth,  with  Yankee 

under  her  lee.  Virginia  was  the  leeward  boat.  Yankee  held  her 
course,  while  Mineola  and  Virginia  luffed  out  to  catch  the 
breeze.  Mineola  soon  took  the  lead,  and  at  the  second  mark 
had  Yankee  by  over  a minute.  On  the-  second  round  Mineola 
continued  to  draw  away  and  finally  won  from  Yankee  by  2m.  22s. 

Mira  was  without  a competitor,  as  Joker,  the  only  boat  entered 
against  her,  did  not  turn  up. 

In  the  yawl  class  three  boats  started.  Sakana  was  disabled, 
so  that  Escape  and  Memory  had  to  fight  it  out  alone.  Memory 
was  able  to  leave  her  competitor  easily  under  the  prevailing  con- 
ditions and  finished  a winner. 

Mimosa  III.  had  no  trouble  in  getting  away  with  her  two 
classmates.  She  won  by  a big  margin,  and  the  real  race  was 
between  Regina  and  Nike.  Regina  finished  second. 

Banzai  got  her  first  prize  of  the  season  in  the  New  York  Y.  C. 
class.  Banzai  got  away  in  the  lead,  and  was  never  headed.  Phryne 
was  41s.  behind.  Carleta  was  third. 

In  the  raceabout  class_  Tartan  got  a big  jump  on  her  seven 
competitors  and  won  with  minutes  to  spare.  Rascal  II.  was 
second.'  _ 

There  were  two  starters  in  the  27ft.  sloop  class,  and  Rascal 
won,  beating  Thelema  by  nearly  7m. 

Dorothy  beat  Vaquero  in  the  Larchmont  Y.  C.  one-design  class 
by  over  2m.  Houri  was  a long  distance  behind. 

In  the  22ft.  sloop  class  Rogue  won;  Kanaka  was  second,  and 
Panmonak  third. 

Hamburg  and  Ace  had  a close  race  in  the  18ft.  class.  The 
former  won  by  11s. 

The  Bay  Side  one-design  boats  made  their  maiden  appearance 
at  Larchmont.  Runaway  won.  Wa  Wa  had  no  competitor  in 
the  Indian  Harbor  Y.  C.  one-design  class.  The  summary: 

Schooners — Start,  1:35 — Course,  30  Miles. 

Finish.  Elapsed. 

Corona,  Arthur  F.  Luke 5 11  10  3 36  10 

Elmina  II.,  F.  F.  Brewster 5 06  24  3 31  24 

Sloops,  70-Footers — Start,  1:40 — Course,  30  Miles. 

Mineola,  William  Ross  Proctor 5 05  40  3 28  40 

Yankee,  T.  Rogers  Maxwell 5 08  02  3 28  02 

Virginia,  W.  K.  Vanderbilt,  Jr 5 19  47  3 39  47 

Sloops,  40-Footers — Start,  1:45 — Course,  22  Miles. 

Mira,  Charles  Lane  Poor 5 19  54  3 34  54 

Yawls,  40-Footers — Start,  1:45 — Course,  22  Miles. 

Escape,  George  Matthews  5 56  07  4 11  07 

Sakana,  Robert  McCreery Disabled. 

Memory,  H.  M.  Raborg 5 42  38  3 57  38 

Sloops,  33-Footers — Start,  1:45 — Course,  22  Miles. 

Regina,  Francis  G.  Stewart 5 41  37  3 56  37 

Nike,  Victor  I.  Cummcck 5 42  13  3 57  13 

Mimosa  III.,  Trenor  L.  Park 5 26  08  3 41  08 

Sloops,  New  York  Y.  C.  30- Footers— Start,  1:50— Course,  15  Miles. 

Alera,  A.  II.  & J.  W.  Alker 4 23  50  2 33  50 

Phryne,  Harry  L.  Maxwell 4 19  19  2 29  19 

Banzai,  Newbury  D.  Lawton 4 18  38  2 28  38 

Cara  Mia,  S.  Wainwright 4 22  10  2 L 10 

Dahinda,  W.  Butler  Duncan,  Jr 4 21  35  2 31  35 

Maid  of  Mendon,  W.  D.  Guthrie 4 25  46  2 35  46 

Carlita,  Oliver  Harriman  4 21  13  2 31  13 

Ibis,  O’Donnell  Islin  4 24  04  2 34  04 

Minx,  Howard  Willetts  4 22  28  2 32  28 

Adelaide  II.,  George  E.  Adee 4 22  55  2 32  55 

Pintail,  August  Belmont  4 23  45  2 33  45 

Raceabouts — Start,  1:55 — Course,  11  Miles. 

Pretty  Quick,  A.  B.  Alley 4 15  15  2 20  15 

Rana,  Howard  Willetts  4 09  48  2 14  48 

Invader  Jr.,  R.  A.  Rainey 4 11  34  2 16  34 

Mystral,  A.  C.  Bostwick 4 11  34  2 16  34 

Nora;  C.  O’D.  Iselin 4 10  54  2 15  54 

Tartan,  Allen  Pirie  4 02  06  2 07  06 

Rascal  II.,  S.  C.  Hopkins 4 08  23  2 18  23 

Cricket,  Macy  Willetts 4 10  30  2 15  30 

Sloops,  27-Footers — Start,  2:00— Course,  11  Miles. 

Rascal,  J.  J.  Dwyer 4 08  23  2 08  23 

Thelema,  A.  E.  Black 4 15  34  2 15  34 

Larchmont  21-Footers — Start,  2:00 — Course,  11  Miles. 

Dorothy,  L.  G.  Spence 4 21  28  2 21  28 

Vaquero,  William  Stump  4 23  37  2 23  37 

Houri,  J.  Esser 4 31  29  2 31  29 

Sloops,  22-Footers — Start,  2:05 — Course,  11  Miles. 

Rogue,  A.  B.  Alley 4 30  17  2 25  17 

Saetta,  G.  II.  Church Did  not  finish. 

Kanaka,  F.  Mahlstedt 4 35  35  2 30  35 

Panmonak,  F.  P.  Currier 4 40  17  2 35  17 

Skip,  C.  M.  Pinckney 4 45  34  2 40  34 

Sloops,  18-Footers — Start,  2:10 — Course,  11  Miles. 

Hamburg,  M.  Goldschmidt 4 55  17  2 45  17 

Ace,  R.  N.  Bavier 4 55  28  2 45  28 

Bay  Side  One-Design  Sloops — Start,  2:10 — Course  11  Miles. 

Bedelia  II.,  C.  H.  Roberts 5 03  40  2 53  40 

Embee,  Leo  Bugg Did  not  finish. 

Madcap,  A.  Nesbit 5 03  21  2 53  21 

Runaway,  J.  E.  Hill 5 01  48  2 51  40 

Kangaroo,  H.  Wigan, Did  not  finish. 

Indian  Harbor  Knockabouts — Start,  2:10 — Course,  11  Miles. 
Wa  Wa,  G.  E.  Robinson,  Jr 5 02  32  2 52  32 


fflatwqing. 

Red  Dragon  C.  C. 


The  twenty-second  racing  season  of  the  Red  Dragon  C.  C.,  of 
Philadelphia,  was  opened  at  Wissmoming  on  Saturday,  June  ii. 

The  strong  S.E.  wind  bothered  the  racers  to  some  extent  but 
was  welcomed  by  the  sweltering  visitors  The  course 
tide,  against  wind,  with  the  exception  of  the  third  event  sl“^, 
blade,  half  mile— in  which  the  racing  type  of  canoes  were  allowed, 
open  cruising  canoes  were  used.  T i a r A 

Visiting  canoeists  were  present  from  the  Park  r n LgY  „eta 
Trenton;  Monte  Cristo  C.  C.,  Delanco;  Beverly  Y.  C.,  Wahneta 
Boat  Club,  and  other  up-river  canoe  clubs. 

In  the  tail-end  race,  event  No.  2,  three  contestants  capsized,  a d 
one  Red  Dragon  mistook  the  course  and  started  in  the  opppshe 
direction  from  the  goal.  The  tilting  tournament  was  one'  ot  the_ 
best  ever  seen  here,  and  was  well  contested  by  six  ciews.  in 
the  seven  events  arranged  for  the  afternoon  the  Red  Diago 
were  winners  of  first  prize  in  the  first  event,  Beverly  Y.  • 
the  second,  Red  Dragons  won  the  third,  Delanco  carried  off  the 
fourth,  Beverly  Y.  C.  walked  away  with  the  fifth,  sixth  and 

S<?The  grounds  were  beautifully  decorated,  and  in  the  evening 
illuminated  by  Japanese  lanterns  Moonlight  trips  were  enjoyed 
in  Wolstencroft’s  handsome  yacht,  lhe  affair  was  one  of  the 
best  ever  given  by  the  Red  Dragons.  A summary  of  the  races 

f0E°vent  No.  1,  tandem,  double  blade,  % mile:  E.  D.  Merrill 

and  C.  T.  Mitchell,  Red  Dragon  C.  C.,  first;  J.  W.  Conard  and 
Vernon  Davis,  Beverly  Y.  C.,  second;  T.  L.  Hammersley  a 
L.  R.  Lewis,  Monte  Cristo  C.  C.,  third;  A.  C.  McElroy  and  T. 
P.  Jones,  Beverly  Y.  C,  fourth.  . . . 

Event  No.  2,  tail-end  race,  single  blade,  cruising  canoes,  200yds. . 
J.  W.  Conard,  B.  Y.  C.,  first;  Z.  Z Clayberger,  M.  C.  C.  C., 
second;  T.  L.  Hammersley,  M.  C.  C.  C.,  third;  lb  P.  Jones,  De- 
lanco C.  C.;  A.  S.  Fenimore,  .R  D.  C.  t.\  P.  L.  Thompkins,  M. 
C.  C.  C.;  H.  E.  Davis,  R.  D.  C.  C.;  W.  K.  Conard,  B Y.  C. 

Event  No  3,  one  man,  single  blade,  % mile:  E D.  Merrill, 

R.  D.  C.  C.,  first;  M.  D.  Wilt,  R.  D C C.,  second;  F P.  Jones, 
Tr  B Y.  C.,  third;  W.  K.  Conard,  B.  Y.  C.,  fourth;  H.  C. 
Harding,  Wahneta  C.  C.,  fifth.  Canoes  of  the  racing  type  were 

UEvent  No.  4,  mixed  tandem,  single  blade:  Miss  Jones  and 

Mr  F P.  Jones,  Delanco  C.  C.,  first;  Miss  Landes  and  Mr. 
H.  M.  Landes,  A.  C.  A.,  second. 

Event  No.  5,  fours,  single  blades,  % mile;  A C.  McElroy  Jr., 
F P Tones  T W.  Conard,  W.  P.  Conard,  B.  Y.  C.,  first;  C.  T. 
Mitchell,  E.  K.  Merrill,  C.  W.  Stark  and  M D.  Wilt  R D. 
C.  C.  second;  T.  L.  Hammersley,  P.  K.  lompkms,  L.  L.  Elay- 
berger  and  L.  P.  Lewis,  M.  C.  C.  C.,  third. 

Event  No.  6,  overboard  race,  single  blades  14  mile:  W.  Con- 

ard, B.  Y.  C.,  first;  E.  K.  Merrill,  R.  D C.  C.,  second;  J.  P. 
Ccnard,  B.  Y.  C.,  third;  V.  P.  Davis,  B.  Y.  C.,  fourth.  w.. 

Event  No  6 tilting  tournament:  Jones  and  Conard  first;  Wilt 

and  Merrill  second ; Tompkins  and  Hammersley,  third;  V.  Davis 
and  W.  Conard;  H.  E.  Davis  and  Hemingway;  L.  R.  Lewis  and 

L The  CReygbaettaerCommittee— Alfred  Belfield,  Chairman;  F W. 
Noyes,  E.  D.  Hemingway,  Edward  K.  Merrill  and  M.  D.  Wilt— 
deserve  great  credit  for  their  efforts.  Commodore  Clifton  I . 
Mitchell  entertained  a number  of  the  visiting  canoeists  at  his 
bungalow.  Joseph  Edward  Murray  acted  as  judge,  and  ably 
conducted  the  races.  E.  O.  Hemingway  was  an  efficient  starter. 

W.  K.  Jl  ARK. 


Waltham  C.-  C 

■ Charles  River,  Mass.,  Saturday,  June  17. 

The  annual  regatta  of  the  Waltham  C.  C.  was  held  on  Saturday, 
Tune  17  Great  interest  centered  in  the  war  canoe  race  between 
the  Waltham  C.  C.  and  the  Crescents,  the  latter  winning  by  a 
length.  Considering  it  was  the  first  race  for  the  former  crew, 
they  made  an  excellent  showing.  ... 

One  of  the  prettiest  races  of  the  day  was  the  club  four,  which  was 
won  by  the  Crescents  in  a very  close  and  excitiing  finish. 

The  tandem  race  was  another  exciting  event  and  was  won  by 
Fred  Forbes  and  Guy  Melvin  of  the  Waltham  C.  C..  James  G. 
Burgin,  of  the  same  club  won  the  greatest  number  of  individual 

prizes.  The  summary:  r r . 

Novice  Race.— First  heat— Won  by  C.  Mitchell,  Waltham  C.  C.; 
H.  V.  Manning,  Crescent  Club;  Waltham,  second. 

Second  heat-Fred  Forbes,  W.  C.  C.,  first;  F.  T.  Hull,  Crescents, 

^Finals — C.  Mitchell,  first;  Fred  Forbes,  second;  H.  V.  Manning, 
third.  Time,  0:05:31.  Distance,  Yz  mile. 

Junior  singles — Guy  Melvin,  W.  C.  C.,  first;  £?•  1.  Hull, 

Crescents,  second.  Time,  0:5:44.  Distance,  Yz  mile. 

Mixed  tandem— A.  A.  Hull  and  lady,  Crescents,  first;  Benjamin 
Hanson  and  lady,  W.  C.  C.,  second.  Time  0:02:42  3-6.  Distance, 
Yt,  mile. 

Tournament  tilting— James  Burgin  and  B.  Hanson  beat  George 
O.  Cutter  and  Otto  Kramer,  of  the  Yahoo  Club,  Dedham. 

Senior  singles — Clarence  Mitchell,  W.  C.  C.,  first;  A.  A.  Hull, 
Crescents,  second.  Time,  0:08:44.  Distance  J4  mile. 

Running,  swimming  and  paddling — James  G.  Burgin,  W.  G.  C., 
first;  Leslie  G.  Rich,  Brookline  Swimming  Club,  second. 

Club  four— Won  by  Crescents,  of  Waltham,  A.  A.  Hull,  G.  E. 
Armstrong,  F.  T.  Hall,  H.  B.  Arnold;  Waltham  C.  C.,  second,  C. 
Mitchell,  T.  A.  Connelly,  Paul  Jannquine,  D Allen.  Time, 
0:06:15.  Distance,  1 mile.  . 

Rowing  race— Won  by  James  Burgin;  Edward  Meisel  second. 
Time,  0:02:13.  Distance,  % mile.  , . 

Tandem  race— Waltham  C.  C.,  Fred  Forbes  and  Guy  Melvin, 
first;  Crescents,  F.  T.  Hull  and  J.  O.  Sunderhauf,  second.  Time, 
0:07:38  2-5.  Distance,  1 mile. 

Rescue  race— J.  G.  Burgin  and  D.  Allen  defeated  B.  Hanson 
and  Edwin  Randall. 

Tail-end  race— Won  by  J.  G.  Burgin;  H.  W.  Dickson,  second. 
Time  0:01:48.  Distance  100  yards. 

War  canoe  race — Won  by  Crescents;  Waltham  C.  C.,  second. 
Time,  0:05:39  2-5.  Distance,  1 mile. 

Tub  Race.— First  heat— Won  by  Lesslie  G.  Rich,  M.  F.  Toppan, 
second,  both  of  the  Brookline  Swimming  Club. 

Second  heat. — Won  by  J.  G.  Burgin,  Gordon  Ryan  second,  both 
of  the  Waltham  C.  C. 

Final  heat.— Won  by  F.  G.  Rich,  M.  F.  Toppan  second. 
Swimming  race— Won  by  F.  G.  Rich;  M.  F.  Toppan,  second; 
J.  G.  Burgin,  third. 

The  war  canoe  tug-of-war  did  not  take  place,  as  two  of  the 
Crescent  crew  were  sick. 

The  officials:  Umpire,  Walter  Stimpson;  Starter  and  Judge, 

M.  Roesger;  Judge  at  Turn,  John  S.  Higgins;  Timers,  William 
Gill,  I.  W.  Everett,  John  Burgess;  Official  Measurer,  H.  I.  Hatch. 


Cohasset  Y.  C. 

Cohasset,  Mass. — Saturday,  June  17. 

The  first  race  of  the  Cohasset  Y.  C.  one-design  17-footers  was 
sailed  on  Saturday,  June  17,  in  a moderate  S.W.  breeze.  Pippin 
was  a winner  by  lm.  and  35s.  In  the  handicap  class  Lassie  won 
by  nearly  2m.  The  summary: 

17Ft.  Class. 

Elapsed. 

Pippin,  Alanson  Bigelow,  Jr 1 30  35 

Jap,  B.  L.  M.  Tower 1 32  10 

Nereid,  W.  R.  Sears 1 36  30 

Bee,  C.  W.  Barron 1 37  30 

Remora,  G.  G.  Crocker 1 39  00 

Tortoise,  F.  J.  Moors .....1  45  30 

Sambrina  III.,  B.  J.  Hyde 1 45  45 

Handicap  Class. 

Lassie,  Sheldon  & Ripley 1 47  00 

Sea  Gull,  Fred  Higginson X 48  60 


Eastern  Division  Meet. 

The  meet  of  the  Eastern  Division  of  the  American  Canoe 
Association  was  held  on  Saturday,  June  17,  on  Mystic  Lake,  Mass. 
The  suddenness  of  the  transfer  of  the  event  from  Lake  Cochitu- 
ate,  where  it  was  scheduled  to  be  held,  to  this  lake  yesterday, 
in  conjunction  with  the  275th  anniversary  of  the  city’s  settlement, 
detracted  somewhat  from  the  success  of  the  occasion.  Never- 
theless, nearly  2,000  people  were  present  at  the  sports. 

The  events  of  the  morning  opened  with  a race  for  war  canoes. 
In  this  were  entered  crews  from  the  Medford  Boat  Club,  the 
Wabewawa  Boat  Club  of  Auburndale  and  the  Quinneboquin 
Club  of  Dedham.  The  race  was  won  by  Medford  in  a close  race, 
with  Wabewawa  second  and  Quinneboquin  third.  The  time  was 
3m.  23  2-5s. 

The  one-man  double-blade  half-mile  race  followed,  and  was  won 
by  Stanwood,  of  Wabewawa  in  3m.  41  4-5s. 

The  next  race,  single  blades,  was  the  feature.  Arthur  G. 
Mather,  of  Medford,  who  has  held  this  honor  for  years  until 
last  year,  when  illness  prevented  him  from  taking  part  in  the 
event,  again  appeared  in  the  contest  and  succeeded  in  regaining 
his  lost  honors,  defeating  A.  S.  Pratt,  of  Wabewawa.  The  race 
was  close  and  the  time  was  4m.  4-5s. 

The  club  fours,  single  blades,  was  won  by  Quinneboquin,  over 
the  half-mile  course  in  4m.  9 2-5s.  This  was  a pretty  race  and 
was  only  won  in  the  last  100  yards. 

The  half  mile  for  tandem  double  blades  was  won  by  the 
Lawrence  C.  C.  crew,  with  Wabewawa  second.  The  time  was 
4m.  2 l-5s.  The  half-mile  race  for  single  blades,  tandem,  went  to 
Medford,  with  Wabewawa  second.  The  time  was  4m.  2-5s. 

The  club  four  doubles,  half-mile,  was  won  by  the  Lawrence 

Club,  with  Wabewawa  second.  The  time  was  3m.  64s. 


80S 


New  York  C.  C. 

Bensonhurst,  New  York  Bay — Saturday,  June  17. 

The  annual  spring  regatta  of  the  New  York  C.  C.  was  held  on 
Saturday  afternoon,  June  17,  on  the  waters  of  Gravesend  Bay. 
Seven  events  were  run  off  for  prizes  offered  by  President  R. 
Stuart  Hawthorne,  Commodore  D.  D.  Allerton  and  the  club.  K. 
S.  Foster  won  the  race  for  open  sailing  canoes,  and  U.  a. 
Goodsell  that  for  decked  creations.  A triangular  course  ot  1/2 
miles  was  covered  twice.  e„mmnrie«  follow: 


R. 

F. 

A. 

C. 

1. 


R. 

F. 

D. 

G. 


Elapsed. 
0 43  12 
0 45  30 

0 48  15 

01  52  47 
1 00  00 
1 02  50 
1 03  30 
1 11  05 
1 11  05 


The  summaries  follow: 

Open  Sailing  Canoes— Start,  3:40. 

Finish. 

S.  Foster j 23  12 

E.  Dunn 4 32  47 

M.  Dean 1 j 40  00 

Alfred  Wilmarth  j 42  50 

Woolsey  Carmalt  4 43  30 

A.  C.  Robinson 4 51  05 

A.  C.  Robinson  4 51  05 

Hawthorne Lid  not  finish. 

Did  not  finish. 

Decked  Sailing  Canoes— Start,  3:50. 

Goodsell  4 26  00  0 36  00 

Morrisey Withdrew. 

Single  paddling,  double  blade,  at  half  mile:  Won  by  George  H. 

King,  Knickerbocker  C.  C. ; J.  J.  Hattenbrun,  Jr.,  Underchffe 
C.  (J.,  second.  T 

Tandem  paddling,  single  blade,  at  half  mile:  Won  by  J.  B. 

Taylor  and  J.  J.  Hattenbrun,  Jr.;  George  King  and  W.  G. 
Harrison,  second.  . 

Club  fours,  at  half  mile:  Won  by  W.  V.  Robinson,  C.  E. 

Dunn,  A.  M.  Barnes  and  J.  E.  Erskine;  F.  Hoyt,  G.  S.  Morrisey, 
J.  B.  Taylor  and  A M Poole,  second;  A Bigelow,  C.  A.  Robinson. 
I.  M.  Dean  and  II.  Smythe  third. 

Hand  paddling:  Won  by  W.  V.  Robinson,  A.  M.  Poole  second. 
George  S.  Morrisey,  W.  V.  Robinson  and  Kenneth  Rea  also 
started. 


S. 

C. 

B. 

S. 


A.  C.  A.  Membership. 

PROPOSITION  FOR  MEMBERSHIP. 

Atlantic  Division— Ralph  T.  Wilson,  N.  Y.  city,  by  Frank 
Cromwell,  Jr.;  Fritz  O.  Augustin,  N.  Y.  City,  by  M.  Van  Varick. 

Eastern  Division — Francis  W.  Nichols,  Jr.,  Boston,  Mass.;  New- 
ton O.  Porter,  Newton,  Mass.;  John  W.  Hall,  Wellesley,  Mass.; 
Harold  F.  Bryant,  Wellesley,  Mass.;  J.  Wells  Farley,  Boston, 
Mass.,  all  by  W.  E.  Stanwood;  G.  H.  Peckham,  W.  Medford, 
Mass.;  Albert  H.  Walkling,  W.  Medford,  Mass.;  J.  Arthur  Lewis, 
W.  Medford,  Mass.;  Stanley  P.  Wyatt,  W.  Medford,  Mass.; 
Richard  C.  Smith,  Medford,  Mass;  II.  F.  Fields,  Medford,  Mass.; 
J,  W.  Williams,  Jr.,  Medford,  Mass. ; E.  A.  Friedrich,  Arlington, 
Mass.,  all  by  James  H.  Darrah. 


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Fixtures. 

July  24-29. — Newark,  O. — Second  annual  of  the  Ohio  State  Rifle 
Association 

July  26- Aug.  1. — Creedmoor,  L.  I. — Second  annual  of  New  York 
Rifle  Association. 

Aug.  11-18.— Fort  Des  Moines,  la.,  Rifle  Association  annual 
meeting. 

Aug.  24-28. — Sea  Girt,  N.  J. — National  rifle  and  revolver  matches. 
Aug.  29-Sept.  9.— Sea  Girt,  N.  J.— National  Rifle  Association  and 
New  Jersey  State  Association. 


Providence,  R.  I.,  Revolver  Club. 

The  regulars  are  plugging  along  at  about  the  same  gait.  Major 
Eddy  came  within  an  ace  of  breaking  in  the  90s,  and  Argus  is 
supremely  happy  with  his  first  clean  score  on  the  new  range. 

Fred  Collins  brought  out  his  .25-25  at  the  Saturday  shoot  and 
tested  his  new  telescope  rig.  The  combination  shot  well  as  will 
be  seen  by  his  scores.  He  raised  the  range  record  to  82.  This 
may  be  considered  low  for  a “record,”  but  it  must  be  remembered 
the  range  has  only  been  in  existence  a couple  of  weeks,  and  that, 
the  50yd.  rifle  shooting  is  done  on  the  reduced  Standard  target, 
having  2-in.  black — a neat  little  dot  to  hold  on,  and  82,  is  a good 
showing. 

Quite  a little  pistol  and  rifle  shooting  was  indulged  in,  and 
all  shot  at  50yds.,  on  Standard  American  target  adapted  for 
each  class  of  weapon;  that  is,  the  revolver  and  pistol  scores  shot 
on  the  Standard  with  Sin.  bull,  as  also  the  “military”  count  scores; 
the  rifle  target  being  the  regular  200yd.  Standard  reduced  for 
50yds.,  and  having  a 2in.  black.  Norman,  Powell  and  Jefferds, 
however,  use  the  20yd.  Standard  pistol  for  rifle  shooting,  as  the 
black  is  2%in.  in  diameter,  thus  giving  them  better  sighting.  This 
is  allowed  in  our  club  for  practice  shooting  and  where  a shooter 
so  specifies;  but  for  record  work  the  Standard,  with  2in.  black, 
must  be  scored  on. 

Pistol  and  Revolver:  William  Almy,  .22  pistol  92,  91,  89;  Wm. 

F.  Eddy,  .38  military'  revolver,  89,  78,  82,  75;  Arno  Argus,  .38 

officers’  model,  414,  404;  A.  C.  Hurlburt,  .38  officers’  model,  79,  77, 
82 

Rifle,  50yds.:  Fred  Collins,  .25-25  with  ’scope,  82,  81,  80,  71, 

72,  81;  *B.  Norman,  84,  83,  80;  *H.  Powell,  84,  83,  81,  80,  80;  *C. 
H.  Jefferds,  Jr.,  .32-20  repeater,  64,  65. 

*Shot  on  20-vd.  pistol  target. 

Revolver,  military  count;  50yds.:  Major  Wm.  F.  Eddy,  49,  45, 

47,  46;  Arno  Argus  48,  47,  45,  47,  45,  47,  45,  50,  46.  46;  A.  C. 

Hurlburt,  45,  44,  45,  46,  4 (. 


Cincinnati  Rifle  Association. 

Cincinnati,  O.,  June  18. — Regular  practice  scores  of  the  Cin- 
cinnati Rifle  Association,  200yds.,  offhand,  25-ring  target.  Shoot- 
ing east,  the  wind  was  mostly  south,  with  often  changes  to  west. 

Most  of  our  members  are  off  to  the  Davenport,  la.,  tournament. 
Scores  * 

Gindele  196,  200,  196;  Hofer  176,  184,  185,  212,  208,  210,  209,  209; 
Drube  147,  182,  165,  193. 

Two  members  shot  a strictly  offhand  match,  military  open 
sights,  31b.  trigger  pull,  20  shots  a man:  Drube  132,  176—308; 

Hofer  112,  143 — 255.  Drube  won  by  53  points. 

Secretary. 


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June  20-22. — New  London,  la.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament. 

C.  E.  Cook,  Sec’y. 

June  21-22. — Bradford,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  club  tournament.  E.  C. 
Charlton,  Sec’y. 

June  21. — Monongahela  Valley  League  of  West  Virginia  third 
tournament,  under  auspices  of  Grafton  Gun  Club.  A.  R. 
Warden,  Sec’y. 

June  22. — Towanda,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  W.  F.  Dittrich, 
Sec’y. 

June  22-23. — Atlantic  City,  N.  J. — Seashore  Gun  Club  shooting 
tournament.  E.  M.  Smith,  Sec’y. 

June  22-24. — Portland,  Ore. — Sportsmen’s  Association  of  the  North- 
west tournament.  J.  Winters,  Sec’y. 

June  27. — Norwich. -Consolidated  Gun  Club  of  Connecticut  fifth 

tournament,  under  auspices  of  the  Norwich  Gun  Club.  I.  P. 
Taft,  Sec’y. 

June  27-30. — Indianapolis,  Ind. — The  Interstate  Association’s  Grand 
American  Handicap  target  tournament;  $1,000  added  money. 
Elmer  E.  Shaner,  Secy-Mgr.,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

July  1. — Sherbrooke,  Can.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  C.  H. 
Foss,  Sec’y. 

July  4. — Dickey  Bird  national  team  contest  of  the  W.  S.  Dickey 
Clay  Mfg.  Co.,  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  of  whom  entry  blanks  and 
conditions  may  be  obtained. 

July  4. — Jeffersonville,  Pa. — Penn  Gun  Club  100  target  match  and 
sweepstakes. 

July  4. — Shamokin,  Pa.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  S.  C.  Yocum, 
Sec’y. 

July  4. — South  Framingham,  Mass. — Second  annual  team  shoot; 
$50  in  cash. 

July  4. — Springfield,  Mass. — Midsummer  tournament  of  the  Spring- 
field,  Mass.,  Shooting  Club.  C.  L.  Kites,  Sec’y. 

July  4. — Brockton,  Mass. — Montello  Gun  Club  shoot.  H.  Windle, 
Sec’y. 

July  4. — Syracuse,  N.  Y.- — Messina  Springs  Gun  Club  target  tour- 
nament. F.  N.  Potten  Mgr. 

July  4. — Montpelier,  Vt„  Gun  Club  tournament.  Dr.  C.  H.  Burr, 
Sec’y. 

July  4. — Monongahela  Valley  League  of  West  Virginia 
tournament,  under  auspices  of  Mannington  Gun  Club. 
Mawhinney,  Sec’y. 

July  4.— Richmond,  Va.,  Gun  Club  annual  tournament. 
Anderson,  Sec’y. 

July  6-7.— Traverse  City,  Mich.,  trapshooting  tournament. 

Murrell,  Sec’y. 

July  11. — Bergen  Beach,  L.  I.,  Gun  Club  monthly  shoot. 

July  11-12. — Eufala,  Ala.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  ,C.  M. 
mage,  Sec’y. 

July  11-12.— New  Bethlehem,  Pa. — Crescent  Gun  Club  second 
annual  tournament.  O.  E.  Shoemaker,  Sec’y. 

July  12-13. — Manning,  la.,  Gun  Club  second  annual  amateur  tour- 
nament. R.  A.  Rober,  Sec’y. 

July  12-13. — Menominee,  Mich. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  Menominee  Gun  Club. 
W.  W.  McQueen,  Sec’y. 

July  12-14. — Betterton,  Md. — Malone’s  eleventh  annual  summer 
tournament;  $200  added.  J.  R.  Malone,  Mgr.,  2671  Pennsyl- 
vania avenue,  Baltimore. 

July  17-18. — Charlottesville,  Va. — Charlottesville  and  University 
Gun  Club  sixth  annual  money  and  merchandise  shoot.  G.  L. 
Bruffey,  Mgr. 

July  24-28. — Brehm’s  Ocean  City,  Md.,  target  tournament.  H.  A. 
Brehm,  Mgr.,  Baltimore. 

July  28-29. — Newport,  R.  I. — Aquidneck  Gun  Club  tournament. 

Aug.  2-4.— Albert  Lea,  Minn. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament under  the  auspices  of  the  Albert  Lea  Gun  Club.  N. 
E.  Paterson,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  8-9. — Morgantown,  W.  Va. — Monongahela  Valley  League  of 
West  Virginia  fifth  tournament,  under  auspices  of  the  Recre- 
ation Rod  and  Gun  Club.  Elmer  F.  Jacobs,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  8. — Bergen  Beach,  L.  I.,  Gun  Club  monthly  shoot.  H.  W. 
Dryer,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  10-11. — Carthage,  Mo. — The  Missouri  and  Kansas  League  of. 
Trapshooters.  Dr.  C.  B.  Clapp,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  16-18.— Ottawa,  Can. — Dominion  of  Canada  Trapshooting  and 
Game  Protective  Association.  G.  Easdale,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  16-18. — Kansas  City,  Mo. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tour- 
nament, under  the  auspices  of  the  O.  K.  Gun  Club.  C.  C. 
Herman,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  17-18. — Dalton,  O.,  Gun  Club  tournament.  Ernest  F.  Scott, 
Sec’y. 

Aug.  18-20. — Chicago,  111.,  Trapshooters’  Association  fall  tourna- 
ment. E.  B.  Shogren,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  22 — Somerville,  Conn.,  Gun  Club  individual  State  champion- 
ship tournament.  A.  M.  Arnold,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  22-25.— Lake  Okoboji,  la. — Indian  annual  tournament  Frank 
Riehl,  Sec’y. 

Aug.  29-31. — Grand  Rapids,  Mich. — Consolidated  Sportsman’s  Club 
fourth  annual  tournament. 

Aug.  29-31. — The  Interstate  Association’s  tournament,  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Colorado  Springs,  Colo.,  Gun  Club;  $1,000 
added  money.  A.  J.  Lawton,  Sec’y. 

Sept.  4 (Labor  Day). — Fall  tournament  of  the  Springfield,  Mass., 
Shooting  Club;  $25  added  money.  C.  L.  Kites,  Sec’y. 

Sept.  4-6. — Lynchburg. — Virginia  State  shoot.  N.  R.  Winfree, 
Sec’y. 

Sept.  5-8.— Trinidad,  Colo. — Grand  Western  Handicap.  Eli  Jeffries, 
Sec’y. 

Sept.  15-17. — San  Francisco,  Cal. — The  Interstate  Association’s 
Pacific  Coast  Handicap  at  Targets,  under  the  auspices  of  the 
San  Francisco  Trapshooting  Association.  A.  M.  Shields,  Sec’y. 

Sept.  18-20. — Cincinnati  Gun  Club  annual  tournament.  Arthur 
Gambell,  Mgr. 

Oct.  10-11. — St.  Joseph,  Mo. — The  Missouri  and  Kansas  League  of 
Trapshooters.  Dr.  C.  B.  Clapp,  Sec’y. 

Oct.  11-12. — Dover,  Del.,  Gun  Club  tournament;  open  to  all 
amateurs.  W.  H.  Reed,  Sec’y. 


DRIVERS  AND  TWISTERS. 

The  dates  of  the  tournament  of  the  Missouri  and  Kansas  League 
of  Trapshooters  is  now  Aug.  10-11  instead  of  Aug.  22-23. 

« 

The  next  shoot  of  the  New  York  Sportsmen’s  Association  in 
1906,  will  be  held  at  Buffalo,  under  the  auspices  of  the  Infallible 
Gun  Club. 

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The  Penn  Gun  Club  will  hold  a 100-target  race  at  Jeffersonville, 
Pa.,  on  July  4.  Sweepstake  events  will  be  shot  also.  Class- 
shooting. Competition  begins  at  1 o’clock. 

G.  A.  Rober,  Secretary,  writes  us  that  the  Manning,  la.,  Gum 
Club  will  hold  their  second  annual  amateur  tournament  on  July- 
12  and  13.  Added  money,  $100;  merchandise  and  trophies,  $110- 

The  conditions  of  the  Dickey  Bird  national  team  shoot,  to  be 
held  on  July  4,  are  set  forth  in  our  advertising  columns.  Any 
cther  information  will  be  promptly  given  by  the  W.  S.  Dickey- 
Clay  Mfg.  Co.,  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  on  application. 

Vt 

The  list  of  entries  of  the  Grand  American  Handicap  number  285, 
which  is  74  more  than  at  the  crrresponding  time  last  year. 
Entries  bearing  the  postmark  of  June  17  will  be  added  to  the  list. 
It  will  be  found  in  full  in  our  trap  columns  elsewhere. 

*?. 

Mr.  Arthur  Gambell,  the  popular  superintendent  of  the  CIn> 
cinnati  Gun  Club,  will  arrive  in  New  York,  on  the  Campania; 
on  Friday  of  this  week.  He  has  been  sojourning  in  Ireland  diming 
the  past  few  weeks,  enjoying  a vacation  in  that  country. 


Mr.  E.  J.  Earl,  of  Ogdensburg,  N.  Y.,  associated  with  some 
other  local  sportsmen,  is  actively  engaged  in  organizing  a trap- 
shooting club  in  his  city.  There  is  a probability  that  traps  will  be 
installed  and  competition  begun  before  many  weeks.  Mr.  Earl 
is  an  accomplished  rifleman  and  sportsman. 

S? 

In  the  contest  for  the  Dean  Richmond  cup,  the  Schenectady 
team  made  the  highest  score.  A protest  was  lodged  against 
awarding  the  cup  to  them  on  the  ground  that  their  team  violated 
the  conditions  governing  domicile.  Second  high  team  also  was 
protested  on  the  ground  of  an  error  by  the  referee. 

The  New  York  State  Association  for  the  Protection  of  Fish  and 
Game  is  now  the  New  York  Sportsmen’s  Association.  Notwith- 
standing that  the  protective  words  of  the  title  have  been  re- 
pealed, there  is  no  doubt  but  what  the  Association  will  bestow 
the  same  protection  to  fish  and  game  in  the  future  that  it  be- 
stowed in  the  past. 

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The  Secretary,  W.  Scott  Smith,  writes  us  that  “The  Kingston, 
N.  Y.,  Gun  Club  will  hold  a shoot  July  4,  commencing  at  1 
o’clock,  on  their  grounds  at  the  Mountain  View  House,  Saugerties 
road.  We  already  have  subscribed  a nice  list  of  merchandise 
prizes,  and  will  arrange  sweeps  to  suit  the  contestants.  Visitors 
will  be  gladly  welcomed,  and  will  do  our  utmost  to  give  them  a 
good  afternoon’s  sport.” 

* 

A correspondent  writes  us  that  he  is  informed  that  the  shoot- 
ing house  of  the  Lynn,  Mass.,  Association  was  recently  burned 
down.  This  was  built  about  twelve  years  ago  by  the  club,  and 
entails  a loss  of  some  $900.  The  building  was  furnished  for  pro- 
viding club  dinners,  and  there  were  several  valuable  traps  in  it 
at  the  time  of  the1  fire.  It  was  located  on  the  Saugus  turnpike 
in  the  town  of  Saugus,  near  the  half-way  house. 

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The  Watertown,  Mass.,  Gun  Club  held  their  sixth  and  final 
shoot  for  the  Philbrook  trophies,  June  17.  The  trophies  number 
five,  and  were  presented  by  Mr.  J.  N.  Dawson,  but  were  called 
Philbrook  in  honor  of  the  club  captain.  The  winners  were:  Roy, 
20yds.,  243,  first,  gold  medal;  Baldwin,  20yds.,  239,  second,  silver 
medal;  Hebbard,  20yds.,  231,  third,  bronze  medal;  Sanborn,  17y.ds., 
fourth,  silver  cup;  Morse,  19yds.,  224,  fifth,  silver  cup. 

At  the  tournament  of  the  Trapshooters’  Association  of  North 
Carolina,  held  at  Raleigh,  June  14-15,  the  Virginia  ten-man  team 
won  the  team  contest  by  a score  of  893  to  864,  made  by  North  Car- 
olina. The  championship  of  North  Carolina  was  won  by  Mr. 

J.  E.  Crayton,  with  a score  of  98  out  of  100.  High  amateur 
average  was  won  by  Mr.  Collins.  Messrs.  Walter  Huff,  and  J. 
Mowell  Plawkins  tied  for  high  professional  average.  The  next 
shoot  will  be  held  at  Wilson,  N.  C. 

* 

The  election  of  Mr.  C.  G.  Blandford,  of  Ossining,  to  the  office 
of  Secretary  of  the  New  York  Sportsmen’s  Association,  was  a 
wise  choice.  He  is  energetic  and  thoroughly  conversant  with  the 
duties  of  the  office.  Also  he  is  skillful  as  a press  agent,  an  ac- 
complishment which  has  much  to  do  with  the  success  of  any 
organization  which  depends  on  public  patronage.  The  office  of 
secretary  is  the  most  active  and  important  of  any  office  pertain- 
ing to  a gun  club,  and  it  must  be  filled  by  an  alert  worker  if 
success  is  to  be  achieved. 

8? 

Mr.  William  Hopkins,  of  Jamaica,  L.  I.,  is  a gentleman  of  mag- 
nificent physique,  not  much  less  than1  a giant  in  size,  and  noth- 
ing less  than  saintly  in  amiability.  He  is  a good  trapshooter,  as 
his  doings  at  the  New  York  State  shoot  last  week  will  testify, 
particularly  in  the  merchandise  event,  wherein  he  scored  25  and 
was  conspicuously  alone  in  it  as  a performer.  His  method  of 
training  had  much  to  do  with  his  success,  and  we,  even  at  the  risk 
of  violating  his  confidence,  now  publish  it.  He  confessed  that 
he  felt  a tiny  bit  nervous  just  before  the  event  began,  so  he 
drank  six  or  seven  large  glasses  of  buttermilk  in  quick  succes- 
sion, then  sat  out  in  the  hot  sun  till  he  perspired  copiously, 
whereupon  he  was  keyed  up  and  ballasted  to-  the  nicest  pitch, 
and  shot  through  without  a tremor. 

8? 

Mr.  H.  W.  Bissing,  who  shoots  skillfully  under  the  nom  de  fusil 
of  Hans,  announces  that  Mr.  Jacob  Ruppert,  the  well-known 
brewer  and  sportsman,  has  given  him  two  silver  cups  to  be 
-offered  in  trapshooting  competition  as  he  deems  best.  Mr.  Bis- 
sing announces  that  he  will  place  one  for  competition  with  the 
North  River  Gun  Club,  of  Edgewater,  N.  J.,  the  contest  to  take 
place  in  five  or  six  weeks.  The  cup  is  a valuable  one.  It  is  an 
elegant  solid  silver  trophy,  value  $50.  It  will  be  known  as  the 
Jacob  Ruppert  cup.  The  conditions  are:  Distance  handicap,  50 
targets,  2 cents  a target.  No  merchandise,  just  an  old-fashioned, 
genuine  shoot  for  the  honors.  The  winner  owns  the  cup  out- 
right. Three  or  four  other  cups  will  be  offered  for  competition 
on  that  day.  The  handicaps  will  be  made  by  Messrs.  H.  W. 
Bissing  and  B.  Waters. 

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The  programme  of  the  Interstate  trapshooting  tournament,  given 
for  the  Menominee,  Mich.,  Gun  Club,  July  12  and  13,  provides 
like  competition  each  day,  namely,  one  15,  eight  20  and  one  25- 
target  event,  entrance  based  on  ten  cents  per  target.  All  events, 
except  the  25-target,  have  $20  added.  The  25-target  event  of  the 
first  day  has  $20  added;  of  the  second  day,  $50,  the.  latter  being 
the  championship  of  the  League  of  Gun  Clubs  of  Wisconsin  and 
Upper  Peninsula  of  Michigan.  Luncheon  will  be  served  on  the 
grounds.  Targets,  2 cents.  Practice  day,  July  11.  Class  shoot- 
ing, 25,  25,  25  and  25  per  cent.  Guns  and  ammunition,  prepaid, 
care  of  A.  J.  Juttner,  National  Hotel,  Menominee,  will  be  de- 
livered on  the  grounds  free  of  charge.  Shooting  begins  at 
S o’clock  each  day.  Mr.  Elmer  E.  Shaner,  Secretary-Manager  of 
the  Interstate  Association,  will  manage  the  tournament. 

85 

A lively  condition  governing  team  competition  for  the  Dean 
Richmond  cup  is  that  only  members  of  a club  who  live  in  the 
same  county  in  which  the  club  has  its  place  of  domicile  are 
eligible  to  compete  for  said  trophy.  A much  better  condition  is 
that  all  members  of  a club  are  eligible  to  compete  for  it,  pro- 
viding that  they  were  bona  fide  members  during  at  least  the  three 
prior  months  of  the  State  shoot.  The  present  regulation  is  an 
annual  matter  of  unpleasant  contention,  and  besides,  there  is  no 
good  reason  for  it.  It  is  purely  arbitrary  as  a ruling,  and  has 
not  a single  justification  to  sustain  it,  from  an  equitable  view- 
point. If  a New  York  city  gun  club  has  too  much  talent  to 
draw  upon  for  a three-man  team  contest,  then  it  would  be  better 
to  again  change  the  title  of  the  association  as  follows:  New 

York  State  Sportsmen’s  Association,  minus  New  York  City. 


Ten  events,  each  at  15  targets,  $1.80  entrance,  constitute  the  pro- 
gram presented  by  the  Enterprise  Gun  Club,  McKeesport,  Pa., 
for  their  all-day  shoot,  July  4.  Valuable  average  prizes  will  be 
given  to  the  four  high  and  three  low  guns.  Competition  will 
begin  at  9 o’clock.  Jack  Rabbit  system.  Ship  guns,  etc.,  to  Geo. 
W.  Mains,  317  Pacific  Ave. 

St 

A complimentary  clambake  on  the  first  day  will  be  a feature  of 
the  Aquidneck  Gun  Club  at  Newport,  R.  I.,  July  28-29;  also  mer- 
chandise prizes  valued  at  $75  will  be  offered.  On  the  second  day, 
a sweepstake  team  match,  with  added  money  and  merchandise  to 
the  amount  of  $85,  will  be  an  important  event  of  the  programme. 
The  latter  will  be  ready  for  distribution  on  July  10. 


To  the  club  secretaries  whose  executive  activity  is  bounded 
by  bodily  repose  and  dreamy  reverie,  we  would  amiably  suggest 
that,  as  a means  of  publicly  advertising  a tournament,  the  sending 
of  a tournament  programme  to  the  sportsmen’s  journals  while 
the  tournament  is  taking  place  or  afterward,  is  a supererogative  act 
and  a waste  of  dainty  energy.  Never  do  to-day  what  you  can 
put  off  till  to-morrow. 

Bernard  Waters. 

Consolidated  Gun  Club  of  Connecticut* 

Waterbury,  Conn.,  June  13. — The  fourth  shoot  of  the  Con- 
solidated Gun  Club  of  Connecticut,  was  favored  with  a fine  warm 
day,  with  just  enough  shower  in  the  afternoon  to  cool  the  air. 
Ihe  scores: 

Events:  123456789  10  11  12 

Targets:  10  15  20  10  15  20  15  20  15  15  20  15 

H Money  10  14  15  9 14  19  15  20  15  15  19  15 

Wheeler  8 12  19  10  13  16  12  17  14  15  15  12 

?,chorty  7 13  17  9 12  18  8 18  13  12  15  13 

Ei'est  8 12  18  8 14  16  10  18  15  12  16  12 

Dcremus  5 9 14  5 11  . . 7 12  8 10  12  12 

Hart  7 13  17  9 14  16  8 18  12  8 16  13 

g FlJUh  9 11  17  10  14  20  15  16  14  14  18  14 

Hawkins  4 4 14  4 10  13  13  6 ....  18  . 

A Reynolds  9 13  19  9 11  17  12  15  14  11  ..  15 

Langdon  6 12  14  6 11  14  9 13  11  13  ... . 

E Finch  7 12  16  7 13  14  7 

Beers  9 11  15  9 13  17  11 

Barstow  7 13  18  10  14  16  14  18  13  12  16  13 

Fradley  10  14  17  9 14  16  10  16  15  15  17  14 

E°we  . 7 12  17  10  12  15  15  16  13  9 14  13 

rr  ^etcalf  5 9 14  8 11  15  13  18  11  12  11  12 

H Metcalf  8 14  19  10  14  17  13  14  15  15  15  14 

gerSf,1-de  6 12  16  8 11  14  12  10  11  11  14  13 

McElligott  10  12  20  10  11  16  13  17  12  15  17  14 


Seery  5 6 11 

Pitts  2 6 . . 

Mills  7 11  16 

Ldgarton  6 14  18 

Jordan  8 8 14 

Porter  8 8 16 

Richards  7 9 12 

Gregory  7 12  14 


Yells 


7 10  11 


Tajft  9 12  17 


Mitchell 


8 11  17 


Mack  7 10  16 

Kelly  8 14  19 

Whitney  8 12  18 

Dr  Moore  8 11  18 

White  6 11  18 

Bristol  10  11  14 

Draher  9 12  16 

Austin  2 9 12 


5 10 

..  8 ..  ..  

7 11  16  12  11  15  

9 11  18  13  16  14  . . . . 

8 9 11  10  13 

4 12  13  13  14  11  . . . . 

9 12  14  13  

8 13  15  11  IT  11  13  11 

6 4 10  8 8 

9 14  14  12  17  12 

9 12  16  12  

9 12  19  13  19  12  12  18 

8 13  18  14  13  12  12  18'  11 
8 13  15  14  17  14  14  . . 

8 11  17  13  17  11  14  19  13 
6 14  13  15  19  11  14  16  12 
8 9 11  9 

5 11  17  10  13  12  9 14  11 
4 8 13  11  9 


Ockford  10  12  19  10  14  15  13  18  13  14  16  11 

Bley  9 14  15  - - - 

Savage  7 12  19 

Hepburn  9 13  16 

Robertson  7 13  14 

Bassett  2 12  16 

Stevenson  9 9 11 

Bugbee  9 13  14 

F Smith  5 9 14 

Lines  9 . . 18 

Geddes  8 .. 

Mosher  i.6 

Hamilton 11 

Strong  ig 


8 12  17  13  12:  14  13  13  11 
7 14  14  13  

7 11  14  13  15  11  15  14  .. 

8 11  12  11  14  14  11  12  .. 
6 10  13  14  12  9 11  13  . . 

9 12  16  15  

9 8 14  11  16  12  

11  . . 11  12  . . 12 

6 10  17  11  15  12  12  16 

- ..15 11  ..  14 

. 13  15  14  14  

. 8 6 11  

12  11  10  11  10  14  11 


Cooley  12  16  12  16  . . 14  18  14 

McMullen  12  18  12  18  13  13  18  11 

Burwell  7 9 7 . g 

Bagrie  12  17  12  17  ” 15  1.2  13 

W Smith  10  11  10  10  9 13  7 9 

Evers  4 13 

Moore  8 

Merritt  7 ii  8 ii  .* 

McFetridge  12  13  8 17  ii  ii  1.5  i2 

Newick  : 12  16  12  12  11 

Hollister 8 15  11  9 . . 10  10  . . 

Colt - 12  8 9 8 12  7 10  6 

W Hall  . . 10  19  15  15  14  13  14  15 

Hart  13 

Gin i6 ..  13 ;; 

Fitz  Henry 12  . . 11 

J Smith  ’ 8 ’ 

Knapp  ..  10  ii  -S  " 

Richards  ig 

Limont  8 

o’Neiii  15 ;;  ;;  ;;  ;; 

Twenty-bird  team  event,  standing  of  the  teams  before  June  13: 


New  Haven  230 

Rockville  229 

Willimantic  ....229 

Waterbury  222 

Norwich  215 

Team  scores,  June  13: 
Hartford. 

McFetridge  13 

Hollister  15 

Newick  16 

Rowe  15 

Fernside  14 — 73 

New  Britain. 

Langdon  14 

Reynolds  17 

G Finch  20 

Gill  16 

Colt  8—75 

New  Haven. 

Kelley  18 

Stevenson  16 

Mack  19 

Whitney  15 

Savage  14 — 82 

Bridgeport. 

Bradley  16 

E Finch  14 

Beers  U 

Seery  '. 10 

Evers  13 — 70 


McElligott  .......16 

Draker  17 

Hart  16 

Present  standing  of  teams: 

New  Haven  312 

Rockville  310 

Waterbury  307 

Willimantic  304 

Hartford  287 


Waterbury. 


Hartford  214 

New  Britain  211 

Bristol  208 

Bridgeport  185 


Rockville. 

Moore  47 

H Metcalf  17 

White  13 

Barstow  ”16 

McMullen  18 81 

Willimantic. 

Edgarton  18 

Prest  16 

Bugbee  '14 

Ockford  15 

strong ::::i2-75 

Norwich. 

Mitchell  16 

Austin  13 

Wells  10 

Richards  .14 

Tafft  14—67 

Bristol. 

Mills  16 

Porter  13 

Burwell  9 

Merritt  ......11 

Bagrie  17—66 


W Hall  19 

Bley  17_85 


New  Britain  286 

Norwich  282 

Bristol  274 

Bridgeport  255- 


SIDE  LIGHTS  OF  TRADE* 


At  the  Kentucky  Trapshooters’  League  tournament,  June  29-31, 
the  amateur  average  was  won  by  Woolfolk  Henderson,  who  scored' 
434  out  of  475;  second  J.  Quincy  Ward,  score  431  out  of  475.  Emile 
Pragoff  won  the  State  championship,  score  94  out  of  100.  He" 
used  a Fox  gun,  U.  M.  C.  shells.  All  used  Ballistite  powder. 


June,  24,  1905.] 


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608 


Grand  American  Handicap  Entries. 

Pittsburg,  Pa.,  June  18. — Inclosed  herewith  I send  you  list  of 
entries  received  to  date  for  the  sixth  Grand  American  Handicap 
at  Targets,  285  all  told.  You  will  note  that  this  is  thirty  more 
entries  than  we  had  at  this  corresponding  time  last  year,  You 
will,  of  course,  understand  that  this  list  will  be  added  to,  as  all 
entries  received  in  envelopes  bearing  post  marks  dated  June  li 
will  be  accepted  as  regular  entries.  , „ , 

Elmer  E.  Shaker,  Sec’y-Mgr. 


Alkire,  F.,  Williamsport,  O. 

Atkinson,  J.  T.,  New  Castle,  Pa. 

Anderson,  M.,  Knox,  Ind. 

Anthony,  J.  T.,  Charlotte,  N.  C. 

Arie,  M.,  Thomasboro,  111. 

Apgar,  Neaf,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

Adams,  C.  B.,  Rockwell  City,  Iowa. 

Akard,  Wm,  Fairplay,  Mo. 

Bell,  Jas.  W.,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Bellman,  Chas.,  Pullman,  111. 

Binyon,  C.  E.,  Chicago,  111. 

Bower,  W.  C.,  Sewickley,  Pa. 

Britton,  O.  F.,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Burnside,  G.,  Knoxville,  111. 

Budd,  C.  W.,  Des  Moines,  la. 

Burmister,  J.,  Spirit  Lake,  la. 

Burnham,  H.  O.,  Lowell,  Ind. 

Butler,  Frank  E.,  Nutley,  N.  J. 

Blinn,  C.  P.,  Boston,  Mass. 

Brady,  Ed.,  Newbern,  Tenn. 

Boa,  J.  S.,  Chicago,  111. 

Brooking,  W.  T.,  Funk,  Neb. 

Brown,  E.,  Pleasant  Grove,  Ind. 

Barriball,  C.  PI.,  Chicago,  111. 

Barto,  J.  B.,  Chicago,  111. 

Borden,  H.  J.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Bennett,  R.  R.,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

Barberm,  R.  R.,  Paullina,  Iowa. 

Bindley,  Jr.,  E.  H.,  Terre  Haute,  Ind. 
Bisdee,  F.  O.,  Shelbyville,  111. 

Blunt,  J.  A.,  Greensboro,  N.  C. 

Bird,  E.  W.,  Fairmont,  Minn. 

Buckingham,  F.,  Terre  Haute,  Ind. 
Comstock,  H.  A.,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Cooper,  J.  W.,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Clark,  Chas.  S.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Clapp,  C.  B.,  Moberly,  Mo. 

Carson,  C.  W.,  Chicago,  111. 

Clark,  Will  R.,  New  Paris,  O. 

Crosby,  W.  R.,  O’Fallon,  111. 

Carr,  H.  M.,  Dayton,  O. 

Clark,  H.  M.,  Wabash,  Ind. 

Connor,  A.  C.,  Pekin,  111. 

Clay,  W.  IP.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Coleman,  J.  W.,  Cincinnati,  O. 

Cunningham,  F.  B.,  St.  Joseph,  Mo. 

Call,  Burton,  Montpelier,  O. 

Cadwallader,  H.  W.,  Decatur,  111. 

Calhoun,  J.  F.,  McKeesport,  Pa. 

Cole,  Bayard,  Thomson,  111. 

Crawford,  Jas.,  Terre  Haute,  Ind. 

Curry,  Ed.,  Teire  Haute,  Ind. 

Caldwell,  J.  H.,  Springfield,  111. 

Coe,  E.  B.,  Nesbitt,  Miss. 

Cook,  A.  B.,  Weir,  Kans. 

Dupont,  Eugene,  Wilmington,  Del. 

Dupont,  E.  E.,  Wilmington,  Del. 

Dupont,  Alexis  I.,  Wilmington,  Del. 
Dupont,  Jr.,  Victor,  Wilmington,  Del. 
Dupont,  3d,  Victor,  Wilmington,  Del. 
Durston,  A.  H.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

Darton,  Geo.  H.,  Portland,  Me. 

Darton,  W.  B.,  Portland,  Me. 

Dickman,  E.  C.,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 
Deschler,  L.  G.,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Dunnill,  B.,  Fox  Lake,  111. 

Dunnill,  H.,  Fox  Lake,  111. 

Dreihs,  Chas.  F.,  Cincinnati,  O. 

Edwards,  H.  T.,  Union  City,  Tenn. 
Edwards,  D.  A.,  Union  City,  Tenn. 

Ewing,  Col.  J.  G.,  Wilmington,  Del. 
Eastburn,  J.  W.,  Fowler,  Ind. 

Eck,  George,  Chicago,  111. 

Erb,  Jr.,  Fred,  Lafayette,  Ind. 

Elliott,  J.  A.  R.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

Elliott,  David,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

Fleming,  L.  B.,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

Faurote,  F.  M.,  Dallas,  Tex. 

Fuller,  F.  G.,  Chicago,  111. 

Foltz,  F.  E.,  McClure,  O. 

Faran,  J.  J.,  Cincinnati,  O. 

Fanning,  J.  S.,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 

Farrell,  J.  W.,  Muncie,  Ind. 

Flick,  J.  A.,  Ravenna,  O. 

Failey,  B.,  Terre  Haute,  Ind. 

Finley,  Chas.,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Flinn,  A.  S.,  Wabash,  Ind. 

Felger,  O.  A.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 
Foibis,  M.  H.,  Muncie,  Ind. 

Gilbert,  Fred,  Spirit  Lake,  la. 

Gleffer,  H.  W.,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

Gleason,  E.  F.,  Boston,  Mass. 

Garrett,  John  W.,  Colorado  Springs,  Colo. 
Glover,  Sim,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

Gross,  D.  D.,  West  Jefferson,  O. 

Gardner,  I.  C.,  Chicago,  111. 

Gregory,  B.  E.,  Zionsville,  Ind. 

Greene,  J.  D.,  Avon,  N.  Y. 

Godcharles,  F.  A.,  Milton,  Pa. 

Gephart,  Bert,  Green  Hill,  Ind. 

Gottlieb,  Chris.,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

Gillespie,  E.  N.,  Freeport,  Pa. 

Graham,  J.  R.,  Ingleside,  111. 

Graham,  E.  S.,  Ingleside,  111. 

Gallup,  E.  P.,  El  Reno,  O.  T. 

Gccden,  F.  M..  Trinidad,  Colo. 

Hirschy,  H.  C.,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 
Horsley,  W.  E.,  Terre  Haute,  Ind. 
Hatcher,  A.  M.,  Bristol,  Tenn. 

Heikes,  R.  O.,  Dayton,  O. 

Hoon,  Will  S.,  Jewell,  la. 

Humpfer,  J.  L.,  Hammond,  Ind. 

Heyl,  A.  B.,  Cincinnati,  O. 

Hughes,  J.  M.,  So.  Milwaukee,  Wis. 
Holding,  E.  W.,  Urbana,  O. 

Hawkins,  J.  M.,  Baltimore,  Md. 

Huff,  Walter,  Macon,  Ga. 

Horn,  H.  O.,  Hale’s  Corners,  Wis. 

Habich,  Gus,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Hubby,  T.  E.,  Waco,  Tex. 

Hanagan,  D.  A.,  Chicago,  111. 

Heer,  W.  H.,  Concordia,  Kans. 

Hearne,  W.  G.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Hightower,  J.  W.,  Amencus,  Ga. 

Hardy,  A.  H.,  Lincoln,  Neb. 

Harris,  I.  C.,  Fairbury,  111. 

Henderson,  W.,  Lexington,  Ky. 

Hershey,  J.  M.,  Carmel,  Ind. 

Hudelson,  J.  C.,  Trinidad,  Colo. 

Isaman,  G.  E.,  Hastings,  Neb. 

Jeffers,  H.  H.,  Shelbyville,  Ind. 

Johnston,  Chas.,  Chicago,  111. 

Johnson  K.  P.,  Kenton,  O. 

Jarvis,  W.  J.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mien, 

Kirby,  H.  N.,  Urbana,  O. 

Kirby,  A.  W.,  Greenville,  O. 

King,  A.  H.,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

Keck,  C.  T.,  Chicago,  111. 

Knopf,  E.  G.,  Sandusky,  O. 

Kidder,  F.  L.,  Paris,  111. 

Kelsey,  F.  D.,  East  Aurora,  N.  Y. 

Lord,  F.  H.,  La  Grange,  111. 

Latham,  T.  W.,  Monroeville,  O. 

Lawrence,  E.  P.,  Lincoln,  111. 

Lloyd,  J.  T.,  Pine  Bluff,  Ark. 

Lewis  Geo.  S.,  Fulton,  N.  Y. 

Lee,  H.  V.,  Landness,  Ind. 

Loud,  A.  W.,  Duluth,  Minn. 

Le  Compte,  C.  O.,  Eminence,  Ky. 

Loring,  R.  E.,  Marseilles,  Ilk 
Lyon,  Geo.  L.,  Durham,  N.  C. 

Lyon,  Arthur,  Durham,  N.  C. 
iittler,  Joe,  Matthews,  Ind. 
layman,  Neil,  Des  Moines,  la. 


Money,  Harold,  New  Haven,  Conn. 
Mermod,  A.  D^  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

McDaniel,  B.  F.,  Converse,  Ind. 

McGee,  W.  H.,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 
McKelvey,  J.  A.,  Plockessin,  Del. 
McKinley,  Wm.  Ogden,  111. 

McKinnon,  M.  R.,  Chicago,  111. 

McLouth,  C.  A.,  Oil  City,  Pa. 

McMurchy,  H.,  Fulton,  N.  Y. 

McMillan,  R.  S.,  Tilden,  111. 

McDowell,  A.  P.,  Adair,  Iowa. 

Mallory,  F.  E.,  Parkersburg,  W.  Va. 
Morrison,  J.  L.  D.,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 
Marshall,  T.  A.,  Keithsburg,  111. 

Mosher,  G.  A.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

Markle,  W.  P.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Markman,  F.  W.,  Toledo,  O. 

Maust,  B.  B.,  Nappanee,  Ind. 

Miller,  Geo.,  Hamilton,  Ind. 

Moine,  Louis,  St.  Joseph,  Mo. 

Mullan,  Chas.  A.,  Brook,  Ind. 

Meaders,  Andrew,  Nashville,  Tenn. 

Merrill,  R.,  Milwaukee,  Wis. 

Mackie,  G.  K.,  Scammon,  Kans. 

Moller,  Gus,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Michaelis,  Joe,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Moore,  S.  H.,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Miller,  Frank,  Berwyn,  Neb. 

Manning,  W.  J.,  Morrisonville,  111. 
Maxwell,  Geo.  W.,  Holstein,  Neb. 

Malone,  B.  S.,  Kempton,  Ind. 

Morgan,  Jos.  R.,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 
Magill,  Chas.  S.,  Jacksonville,  111. 
Merrick,  F.  H.,  Pluntington,  W.  Va. 
Noel,  John,  Nashville,  Tenn. 

Neal,  E.  E.,  Bloomfield,  Ind. 

Orr,  Jesse,  Newark,  O. 

Parry,  T.  H.,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Painter,  G.  E.,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

Pontefract,  J.  W.,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

Park,  J.  T.,  Brook,  Ind. 

Peck,  C.  H.,  Remington,  Ind. 

Powell,  O.  B.,  Hickman,  Ky. 

Pelters,  F.  D.,  Mt.  Clemens,  Mich. 
Pierstorff,  F.  L.,  Middleton,  Wis. 
Powers,  C.  M.,  Decatur,  111. 

Peirce,  R.  L.,  Wytheville,  Va. 

Phellis,  C.  W.,  Mechanicsburg,  O. 
Patterson,  H.  R.,  Des  Moines,  la. 
Rohrer,  Joe,  Colorado  Springs,  Colo. 

Roll,  Geo.  J.,  Blue  Island,  111. 

Snyder,  E.  J.,  New  Paltz,  N.  Y. 

Rhoads,  R.  S.,  Columbus,  O. 

Richardson,  A.  B.,  Dover,.  Del. 

Robinson,  H.  L.,  Shawneetown,  111. 
Randall,  E.  A.,  Portland,  Me. 

Riehl,  F.  C.,  Alton,  111. 

Riley,  T.  D.,  Louisville,  Ky. 

Rose,  Chas.  S.,  Wabash,  Ind. 

Reid,  L.  H.,  New  Paris,  O. 

Ramsey,  J.  C.,  Manito,  111. 

Stevens,  H.  H.,  Roselle  Park,  N.  J. 
Skelly,  J.  T.,  .Wilmington,  Del. 

Stone,  Fred  A.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Sconce,  H.  J.,  Sidell,  111. 

Saucier,  R.  E.,  New  Orleans.  La. 
Steenberg,  G.  H.,  Chicago,  111. 

Sheldon,  J.  G.,  Telluride,  Colo. 

Sowle,  F.  J.,  Angola,  Ind. 

Shumack,  H.  A.,  Muncie,  Ind. 

Snow,  PI.  L.,  Portland,  Me. 

Stillwell,  Mac,  Crawfordsville,  Ind. 

Stroh,  Henry,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Sherwood,  F.  T.,  Bedford,  Ind. 

Smith,  George,  Bedford,  Ind. 

Squier,  L.  J.,  Wilmington,  Del. 

Smith,  C.  C.,  Wellsville,  O. 

Seymour,  B.  O.,  Grand  Forks,  N.  D. 
Storr,  E.  H.,  Baltimore,  Md. 

Stephens,  C.  R.,  Moline,  111. 

Spencer,  A.  C.,  Muncie,  Ind. 

Sawyer,  J.  B.,  Wijkinsburg,  Pa. 

Shogren,  E.  B.,  Chicago,  111. 

Snell,  Hugh  A.,  Litchfield,  111. 

Sutton,  H.  A.,  Montmorenci,  Ind. 
Swihart,  D.  M.,  Eaton,  O. 

Shafer,  E.  D.,  McConnelsville,  O. 

Snow,  F.  H.,  Brooklyn,  O. 

Stauber,  A.  J.,  Streator,  111. 

Smiley,  Joe,  Matthews,  Ind. 

Stipp,  J.  B.,  Bedford,  Ind. 

Spicer,  Chas.  B.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Switzer,  A.  W.,  Runnells,  la. 

Scranton,  L.  G.,  Weir,  Kans. 

Shepardson,  Kit  C.,  La  Grange,  Ind. 
Stannard,  W.  D.,  Chicago,  111. 

Tripp,  E.  H.,  Indianapolis  Ind. 

Taylor,  H.  G.,  Meckling,  S.  D. 

Trimble,  R.  L.,  Covington,  Ky. 

Thomas,  J.  S.,  Pleasant  Hill,  Mo. 
Tolsma,  A.  S.,  Detroit,  Mich. 

Thorpe,  Chas.  A.,  Geneva,  Neb. 
Townsend,  W.  D.,  Gregory,  S.  D. 

Tosetti,  O.  L.,  Chicago,  111. 

Upson,  D.  A.,  Cleveland,  O. 

Verbarg,  Fred,  North  Vernon,  Ind. 

Voris,  Ed.,  Crawfordsville,  Ind. 
Vietmeyer,  H.  W.,  Chicago,  111. 

Volk,  Geo.,  Toledo,  Ohio. 

Vance,  A.,  Capron,  111. 

Vaughn,  G.  G.,  Selma,  Ala. 

Washburn,  W.  W-,  New  Richmond,  Ind. 
Wildhack,  W.  A.,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 
Willerding,  Al,  Evansville,  Ind. 

Waters,  Hood,  Baltimore,  Md. 

White,  Edw.  G.,  Ottawa,  Canada. 

Willard,  Lem,  Chicago  111. 

Wood,  P.  C.,  Detroit,  Mich. 

Wise,  Nelson,  Noblesville,  Ind. 

Wade,  L.  I.,  Nacogdoches,  Texas. 

Wilson,  Alva,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

Watson,  H.  C.,  Sewickley,  Pa. 
Winesburg,  A.  A.,  Chicago,  111. 

Watson,  D.  L.,  Terre  Haute,  Ind. 
Williamson,  G.  G.,  Muncie,  Ind. 

Wilson,  M.,  Rochester,  Ind. 

Wile,  I.  M.,  Rochester,  Ind. 

Ward,  P.  C.,  Walnut  Log,  Tenn. 

Ward,  Guy,  Walnut  Log,  Tenn. 

Young,  J.  S.,  Chicago,  111. 

Young,  Chas.  A.,  Springfield,  O. 


Recreation  Rod  and  Gun  Club. 

Morgantown,  W.  Va.,  June  16. — The  Recreation  Rod  and  Gun 
Club  of  this  city  held  its  eleventh  regular  weekly  shoot  at 
Recreation  Park,  this  afternoon.  In  addition  to  the  regular  pro- 
gramme, which  was  run  off,  the  regular  monthly  competition  for 
the  Recreation  challenge  cup  was  held.  W.  N.  Dawson  success- 
fully defended  same  with  a score  of  47  out  of  50. 

The  club  championship  gold  medal  was  won  for  the  week  by 
John  M.  Cobun  with  86.1  per  cent. 

The  officers’  Goblet  handicap  was  won  for  the  week  by  J.  W. 
Cobun  with  a score  of  19  out  of  22.  The  scores: 


No.  1. 

No.  2. 

No.  3. 

No.  5. 

Targets : 

10 

25 

Shot  at. 

Broke. 

50 

Chinty  

6 

21 

19 

18 

. • 

Barthlow  

19 

20 

16 

36 

Jacobs  

7 

21 

19 

18 

40 

Cobun  

9 

21 

22 

19 

39 

Sivey  

6 

23 

19 

17 

. . 

Wiedebush  

6 

15 

19 

11 

. . 

Taylor  

7 

21 

19 

11 

33 

Dawson  

. . 

19 

18 

47 

Smith  

. . 

. . 

. . 

31 

Price  

8 

18 

22 

17 

, . 

White  

8 

21 

20 

17 

.. 

Event  4,  club  team  race,  four  men,  20  targets: 

Barthlow,  captain,  16;  Jacobs  19,  Cobun  14,  Stuthen  13;  total  62. 
Chinty,  captain,  14;  White  17,  Price  16,  Van  Voorhis  14;  total  61. 


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New  York  State  Shoot. 


The  forty-seventh  annual  convention  of  the  New  York  State 
Association  for  the  Protection  of  Fish  and  Game  was  held  at 
Utica,  June  13-16,  under  the  auspices  of  the  Oneida  County 
Sportsmen’s  Association.  , , 

The  tournament  was  managed  by  Mr.  John  Parker,  of  Detroit, 
Mich.,  whose  fame  and  skill  in  all  that  pertains  to  shoots  and 
shooting  is  national.  Four  traps,  two  for  State  events,  one  to 
State  open  events  and  one  for  open  sweepstakes,  afforded  ample 
means  for  throwing  the  targets.  Under  the  expert  supervision 
of  Mr.  Charles  North  they  worked  to  perfection 
The  office  was  in  charge  of  the  Secretary  and  Treasurer,  Mr. 
James  W.  Brown,  assisted  by  Mr.  W.  G.  Sisson,  of  Olean. 

The  annual  convention  was  held  on  Monday  evening,  June  1Z, 
M.  R.  Bingham,  the  president,  in  the  chair.  Aside  from  receiving 
reports  of  committees,  no  definite  legislative  action  was  taken. 
Mr.  Bingham  announced  that  a gentleman,  friendly  to  trapshoot- 
ing, had  donated  a handsome  silver  cup,  to  be  known  as  the 
Fulford  cup,  a condition  governing  the  annual  competition  being 
that  the  proceeds  of  the  competition  shall  go  to  Mrs.  hultord, 
widow  of  E.  D.  Fulford.  The  meeting  was  adjourned  to  Wednes- 
day evening.  The  most  important  matters  before  the  Associa- 
tion were  those  concerning  a constitution  and  by-laws,  and  the 
place  of  holding  the  next  tournament.  At  the  adjourned  meeting, 
Wednesday  evening,  the  report  of  the  committee  on  constitution 
as  submitted  was  adopted.  The  title  was  changed  to  The  New 
York  State  Sportsmen’s  Association.”  Initiation  fee  of  $o,  and 
dues  $2  were  fixed  upon.  Non-resident  sportsmen  are  barred  from 
the  State  tournament  hereafter.  Dr.  E.  J.  McLeod,  Secretary  of 
the  Infallible  Gun  Club,  extended  an  invitation  to  hold  the  State 
shoot  for  1906  under  the  auspices  of  his  club,  and  it  was  accepted. 

Officers  were  elected  as  follows:  President,  M.  R.  Bingham, 

Rome;  Vice-President,  F.  D.  Kelsey,  East  Aurora;  Secretary  and 
Treasurer,  Charles  G.  Blandford,  Ossining;  Directors,  Hon.  Plenry 

L.  Gates,  of  Utica,  and  Harvey  McMurchy,  of  Fulton. 

On  Tuesday,  the  monument,  erected  by  the  sportsmen  of 
America  to  mark  the  resting  place  of  their  late  comrade  and 
friend,  was  unveiled  in  solemn  and  impressing  ceremony.  A 
large  number  of  visiting  shooters  were  present,  as  well  as  the 
relatives  and  local  friends  of  the  deceased.  Rev.  G.  A.  Bierde- 
mann  a personal  friend  of  the  deceased,  delivered  a feeling  ora- 
tion, ’and  Rev.  J.  D.  Colby,  a prayer.  Rev.  Bierdemann  in  his 
peroration  said:  . 

“It  is  the  strong  hand,  the  acute  eye,  the  astute  brain,  the 
imperial  heart  in  which  there  is  no  selfishness  and  treachery, 
but  which  are  governed  by  noble  purpose,  by  resolution  seasoned 
and  sweetened  with  divine  benediction  that  we  love.  Oh,  blessed 
would  be  the  world  if  this  highest  ideal  of  man  were  actualized 
in  every  human  breast!  Was  this  the  love  our  friend  Fulford 
had  for  mankind?  I know  it,  therefore,  I declare  it,  yes!  These 
noble  soul  qualities  of  our  departed  friend  attracted,  as  a 
magnet,  your  admiration  and  love;  hence  you  dedicate  to  him 
this  monument  which  is  to  perpetuate  those  soul  qualities  and 
inspire  them  in  others  as  they  read  this  inscription:  ‘Elijah  D. 
Fulford,  A Lover  of  Nature  and  of  Mankind.’  ” 

A vote  of  thanks  was  tendered  to  the  eloquent  clergyman  by  the 
memorial  committee  and  the  visiting  sportsmen.  The  committee 
paid  all  the  indebtedness  of  the  memorial  monument  and  expended 
a balance  for  floral  tributes. 

A fund  sufficient  to  perpetually  care  for  the  Fulford  plot  in  the 
New  Forest  Cemetery,  and  to  be'  devoted  to  that  purpose  was 
subscribed  by  ,The  Rev.  Dr.  Bierdemann,  J.  S.  Remsen,  C.  O. 
Le  Compte,  C.  O.  Travers,  A.  J.  Johnson,  William  Hopkins,  R. 
Wheeler,  J.  Green,  J.  N.  Knapp,  G.  H.  Pompelly,  Broghmann 

M.  Benjamin,  M.  P.  Vosseller,  A.  J.  Lowery,  W.  G.  Hearne, 
Charles  North,  John  M.  Falk,  E.  J.  Snyder,  E.  G.  White,  C.  S. 
Clare,  John  Parker,  S.  Curtis,  M.  Cole,  Hardy  Richardson,  F. 
G.  Jenny,  S.  A.  Adams,  W.  G.  Durston. 

The  trade  was  generally  represented.  There  were  present 
Messrs.  T.  H.  Keller,  Harvey  McMurchy,  A.  Howlett  Durston, 
J.  W.  Cameron,  A.  C.  Barrell,  F.  M.  Farwell,  Ben.  Norton,  J. 
T.  Skelly,  J.  A.  R.  Elliott,  G.  R.  Ginn,  F.  E.  Butler,  J.  R.  Hull, 
C.  O.  Le  Compte,  E.  G.  White,  H.  E.  Winans,  O.  S.  Stull,  Gus. 
Grieff,  W.  H.  Heer,  J.  R.  Benjamin,  Neaf  Apgar,  H.  S.  Vosseler, 
Sim  Glover,  W.  G.  Heath,  W.  G.  Hearne,  E.  H.  Kiskern,  H. 


H.  Stevens. 

The  grounds,  deeply  green  with  the  vegetation  of  summer, 
were  pleasing  to  gaze  upon.  They  faced  a shallow  wide  valley, 
affording  a good  background.  Awnings  sheltered  the  firing  points, 
and  numerous  tents  affording  cooling  shelter  from  the  sun’s 
rays.  A large  tent  was  devoted  to  refreshments. 

Monday  was  practice  day.  Some  good  scores  were  made. 

The  regular  programme  began  on  Tuesday,  June  13.  The  eight 
open  events  were  similar  to  the  State  events,  except  there  was 
no  added  money,  and  were  to  be  shot  subject  to  whether  there 
was  time  after  the  memorial  services.  The  eight  State  events 
were  each  at  20  targets,  $2  entrance;  events  2,  4,  6 and  8 had  $25 
added.  The  moneys  were  divided  30,  25,  20,  15  and  10  per  cent. 
Five  per  cent,  of  the  purses  in  the  State  events  were  deducted 
for  daily  averages,  divided  20,  1714,  1514,  10,  10,  8 and  7 per  cent. 
The  totals  were,  targets  160;  entrance,  $16. 

Mr.  Heer,  the  famous  expert  from  Kansas,  on  this  day  was  high 
professional  with  a total  of  154;  J.  R.  Hull,  150.  F.  D.  Kelsey, 
East  Aurora,  N.  Y.,  was  high  amateur  with  a score  of  149;  C. 
W.  Hart  and  J.  S.  S.  Remsen  148.  The  scores: 


June  13,  First  Day. 


Events: 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

Broke. 

J R Hull 

19 

19 

19 

20 

17 

20 

17 

19 

150 

C S Clark 

19 

19 

17 

17 

18 

16 

13 

16 

135 

H Stewart  

19 

19 

17 

18 

16 

18 

16 

19 

142 

Adkin  

20 

16 

15 

17 

16 

15 

18 

19 

136 

Kershner  

18 

16 

20 

18 

13 

14 

17 

17 

133 

Wheeler  

15 

18 

13 

16 

17 

17 

18 

17 

131 

Dally  

18 

19 

17 

20 

19 

16 

18 

18 

145 

Morris  

17 

19 

18 

20 

19 

16 

18 

18 

141 

Knapp  

19 

18 

20 

18 

19 

16 

17 

IS 

145 

Pompelly  

20 

19 

16 

19 

19 

13 

14 

18 

138 

McMurchy  

20 

20 

17 

19 

16 

17 

19 

19 

147 

Chapman  

18 

19 

13 

19 

15 

12 

18 

19 

133 

Geo  Lewis  

.......  19 

18 

17 

17 

16 

17 

IS 

18 

140 

Tom  Keller  

17 

13 

15 

16 

14 

17 

13 

18 

123 

F Kelsey  

20 

18 

18 

19 

18 

19 

18 

19 

149 

LeCompte  

20 

19 

19 

17 

19 

17 

16 

19 

146 

Heer  

20 

19 

20 

20 

20 

19 

17 

19 

154 

Butler  

19 

17 

18 

18 

13 

13 

16 

17 

131 

Apgar  

20 

19 

16 

19 

18 

15 

20 

20 

147 

Stevens  

16 

18 

11 

16 

IS 

18 

18 

17 

132 

Elliott  

.......  18 

17 

17 

19 

19 

20 

19 

19 

148 

Remsen  

18 

18 

19 

20 

18 

16 

19 

20 

148 

Dr  Weller  

18 

15 

13 

17 

15 

11 

16 

18 

123 

Hopkins  

.......  19 

19 

18 

17 

18 

17 

18 

17 

143 

E G White  

.......  19 

17 

15 

18 

17 

13 

14 

18 

131 

Glover  

20 

17 

19 

19 

16 

16 

18 

20 

145 

W.  A.  Lewis 

20 

17 

18 

20 

17 

19 

17 

17 

145 

Jas  Wagner  

15 

15 

14 

15 

15 

14 

16 

13 

117 

McLeod  

15 

16 

20 

18 

13 

14 

15 

20 

131 

J.  Greene  

19 

19 

18 

19 

18 

16 

IS 

20 

147 

McMurtry  

.......  19 

16 

17 

16 

14 

11 

15 

15 

123 

Grieff  

13 

18 

15 

13 

14 

13 

16 

18 

120 

Adams  

.......  13 

16 

19 

18 

19 

14 

17 

17 

133 

Durston  

.......  15 

15 

14 

15 

13 

11 

15 

20 

118 

A Traver  

16 

18 

IS 

16 

18 

15 

16 

19 

136 

Hyland  

18 

14 

14 

19 

18 

12 

14 

15 

124 

Stull  

18 

17 

17 

19 

16 

15 

17 

17 

136 

T Martin  

18 

15 

IS 

19 

IS 

13 

18 

18 

137 

Hart  

.......  20 

19 

19 

18 

18 

17 

20 

17 

148 

Palmiter  

16 

14 

14 

14 

58 

Winans  

15 

16 

11 

9 

9 

11 

15 

14 

100 

Blandford  

19 

15 

17 

17 

16 

14 

11 

17 

126 

Conley  

.......  18 

18 

17 

15 

19 

IS 

20 

17 

142 

S Curtis  

17 

9 

14 

13 

16 

16 

15 

IS 

118 

Saunders  

.......  18 

12 

18 

IS 

17 

15 

14 

17 

129 

Piercy  

17 

18 

18 

20 

17 

16 

19 

18 

143 

Hobbie  

.......  18 

16 

13 

16 

20 

18 

13 

19 

133 

Cal!  .................. 

15 

12 

IS 

14 

12 

14 

16 

115 

Finster  

14 

14 

28 

Spaulding  

.......  17 

17 

18 

17 

17 

15 

15 

18 

134 

Mayhew  

15 

16 

17 

18 

16 

16 

15 

19 

132 

Deck  

.......  16 

IS 

15 

18 

17 

20 

16 

18 

138 

Christian  ............ 

.......  16 

16 

19 

17 

15 

17 

20 

17 

137 

Jenny  

16 

12 

18 

IS 

15 

12 

18 

126 

W Wagner  

.......  18 

18 

14 

19 

16 

17 

16 

16 

134 

Skelly  

.......  19 

17 

16 

15 

13 

20 

18 

15 

131 

Hearne  

17 

16 

17 

18 

12 

17 

16 

18 

131 

Bissett  

.......  18 

18 

16 

19 

71 

Hopper  

16 

13 

15 

14 

11 

9 

17 

16 

HI 

Brunner  

15 

16 

16 

15 

77 

Durrell  

10 

10 

15 

12 

47 

C H Brown  

16 

11 

10 

12 

12 

61 

Windheim  

10 

9 

11 

43 

Gates  

17 

19 

17 

18 

17 

n 

13 

135 

B06 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


i[JUNB  24,  I905, 


Daly  

Wessels  13  13  16  18  18  14 


C F Clark  . . 

Sidvvay  

Maine  

Marks  

Tomlinson  .. 

Keeler  

W arren  

Debee  

Frazer  

Pfet  

F Windheim 
Betson  


14 

7 

10 

14 

12 

18 

13 

13 

16 

18 

11 

10 

13 

14 

17 

10 

15 

14 

17 

17 

19 

19 

15 

8 

16 

18 

12 

18 

18 

17 

18 

16 

16 

16 

12 

13 

11 

14 

17  13  15  20 

16  18  14  19 

17  15  15  15 

14 

10  13  ..  .. 

9 11  12  14 
10  9 . . 

13 

. . 11  . . . . 
..  10  ..  .. 

. . 10  . . 


21 

117 

92 

48 

56 
72 

57 

65 

66 
50 
65 
67 
62 
14 
23 
46 
19 
13 
11 
10 
10 


June  14,  Second  Day. 

The  programme  of  the  second  day  was  similar  to 
first  day.  W.  H.  Heer  was  high  gun  again  with  a 
out  of  160;  Ii.  McMurcliy,  150.  Amateurs:  Kelsey, 

Stewart,  148;  Lewis  and  Hopkins,  147.  Scores: 

Events : 

J R Hull  

C S Clark  

Hobbie  

Adkin  

Kershner  

Wheeler  

Dally  

Morris  

Knapp  

Pompelly  

McMurchy  

Chapman  

Geo.  Lewis  

Keller  

Kelsey  

LeCompte  

Heer  


that  of  the 
score  of  153 
Greene  and 


Apgar  

Stevens  

Elliott  

Remsen  

Ballantine  . . 
Hopkins  ... 

White  

Glover  

W A Lewis 
Blandford  . . 

Conley  

J Green  

McMurtry  . 

Grieff  

Adams  

Call  

A Traver  ... 

Sidway  

J Martin  ... 
S Curtis  . . . 

Winans  

Saunders  . . . 

Hearne  

Piercy  

J Hyland  ... 

Newton  

Brugmann  . 

Hopper  

Stull  

McLeod  

Hart  

Spaulding  .. 

Mayhew  

Deck  

Christian  . . . 

Jenny  

W Wagner  . 
Tomlinson  . 
Richardson  . 

Skelly  

Slack  

Clark  

Weller  

Stuart  

Timmons  .. 

Bosco  

Windheim  .. 

Daly  

Catchpole 

Kellick  

Borst  

Wessel  

Gruman  

Maine  

J Wagner  . . 

Warren  

Gates  

Durston  


Events : 
Hearne  . . 


Bissett 


Pompelly  16  16 

Kershner  14  15 

Palmiter  14  16 

Paddleford  19  19 

Kelsey  18  18 

Valentine  17  18 

LeCompte  17  17 

Morrison  15  12 

North  16  18 

Wheeler  18  17 

Traver  19  19 

Maine  16  18 

Conley  18  19 

Knapp  19  17 

Montgomery  

Sidway  

Geo  Jones  

Eamshaw  

Farwell  


1 2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

Broke. 

...  18 

18 

18 

20 

17 

19 

17 

19 

146 

...  15 

14 

17 

16 

19 

16 

16 

18 

131 

...  17 

17 

15 

19 

18 

15 

12 

16 

129 

...  18 

18 

14 

18 

17 

16 

15 

18 

134 

...  14 

13 

11 

10 

12 

12 

12 

16 

100 

...  15 

16 

16 

18 

15 

19 

17 

17 

133 

...  17 

19 

17 

18 

19 

18 

18 

18 

144 

....  7 

15 

17 

19 

17 

15 

37 

15 

132 

...  19 

17 

19 

17 

15 

18 

17 

14 

136 

...  18 

19 

17 

14 

18 

17 

15 

16 

134 

...  18 

20 

19 

19 

18 

20 

18 

18 

150 

...  18 

17 

16 

18 

19 

18 

17 

17 

140 

...  17 

18 

18 

18 

20 

17 

19 

20 

147 

...  14 

15 

15 

17 

13 

16 

17 

18 

125 

...  19 

19 

19 

19 

19 

17 

19 

17 

148 

...  9 

20 

18 

19 

18 

18 

18 

18 

148 

...  18 

20 

20 

19 

18 

18 

20 

20 

153 

...  15 

19 

16 

14 

16 

19 

16 

16 

131 

...  19 

15 

16 

19 

17 

16 

18 

16 

136 

...  19 

17 

14 

19 

12 

18 

19 

18 

136 

...  19 

19 

17 

18 

29 

17 

17 

18 

145 

...  19 

16 

17 

19 

15 

16 

15 

20 

137 

...  17 

19 

16 

18 

19 

17 

14 

18 

138 

...  17 

19 

19 

18 

18 

20 

17 

19 

147 

...  17 

11 

15 

17 

20 

18 

15 

19 

132 

...  18 

18 

17 

20 

18 

19 

14 

20 

144 

...  18 

15 

15 

15 

15 

19 

17 

17 

131 

...  18 

16 

16 

18 

16 

17 

16 

17 

134 

...  16 

17 

17 

17 

18 

20 

19 

17 

141 

...  16 

19 

17 

18 

19 

20 

19 

20 

148 

...  16 

14 

12 

14 

13 

17 

14 

14 

114 

...  14 

19 

11 

19 

14 

12 

15 

16 

120 

...  16 

16 

16 

13 

15 

17 

17 

18 

128 

...  17 

15 

17 

17 

13 

19 

19 

16 

133 

...  17 

*16 

17 

17 

16 

17 

17 

16 

133 

...  18 

14 

18 

16 

16 

16 

17 

15 

130 

...  18 

18 

18 

17 

17 

18 

19 

19 

144 

...  15 

14 

14 

12 

12 

16 

13 

11 

107 

...  11 

13 

14 

15 

15 

15 

15 

16 

114 

. . . 13 

15 

12 

18 

17 

10 

. . 

19 

85 

...  19 

15 

17 

19 

18 

19 

17 

19 

143 

...  18 

18 

19 

19 

18 

18 

17 

15 

146 

...  13 

18 

15 

18 

17 

18 

15 

15 

129 

...  12 

14 

15 

15 

13 

11 

10 

19 

105 

...  18 

17 

19 

19 

18 

19 

15 

13 

144 

...  12 

11 

11 

15 

12 

16 

12 

14 

103 

...  18 

12 

16 

12 

9 

15 

17 

14 

113 

...  18 

14 

17 

16 

16 

15 

18 

15 

129 

...  19 

17 

-17 

18 

18 

19 

17 

IS 

143 

...  18 

19 

15 

18 

17 

18 

18 

16 

139 

...  19 

19 

13 

19 

17 

17 

16 

13 

133 

...  19 

16 

15 

17 

16 

16 

14 

18 

131 

...  14 

14 

18 

15 

14 

19 

18 

16 

128 

...  17 

15 

12 

16 

14 

17 

14 

14 

119 

...  17 

15 

16 

18 

14 

15 

12 

14 

121 

...  14 

11 

15 

17 

17 

13 

12 

18 

117 

...  14 

12 

12 

12 

14 

16 

13 

16 

109 

...  19 

18 

17 

18 

17 

20 

16 

16 

141 

...  17 

19 

17 

18 

19 

11 

14 

16 

131 

...  14 

11 

11 

17 

15 

12 

17 

20 

117 

..  17 

15 

16 

14 

11 

19 

17 

17 

126 

..  18 

18 

19 

19 

20 

15 

20 

19 

148 

..  16 

15 

15 

15 

13 

17 

15 

17 

123 

...  14 

17 

13 

7 

15 

12 

•15 

16 

109 

...  12 

17 

13 

14 

56 

...  13 

12 

8 

12 

45 

..  16 

16 

10 

17 

58 

..  16 

17 

18 

18 

69 

..  12 

15 

17 

15 

58 

...  16 

11 

16 

16 

58 

..  14 

12 

13 

14 

53 

17 

15 

17 

id 

65 

• • 

14 

16 

14 

11 

§5 

8 

14 

10 

11 

43 

17 

17 

12 

17 

63 



. . 

17 

15 

17 

18 

07 

afternoon 

were  shot 

as  follows: 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

Broke. 

..  19 

18 

17 

64 

...  15 

17 

19 

15 

18 

20 

18 

18 

140 

...  17 

15 

16 

19 

17 

19 

19 

20 

142 

...  17 

18 

14 

20 

69 

...  18 

13 

12 

19 

18 

20 

15 

16 

131 

..  17 

19 

17 

18 

18 

19 

17 

18 

143 

...  18 

18 

18 

18 

72 

17  20 
15  16 


16  20  .. 

15  16  .. 

17  . . 

13  15  16 

20  . . 

19  18  .. 
13  14 

16  18 

18  19 


18 

19  20  19  17 
..  16  16  16 
..  9 17  16 

16  18  14  11 


60 

30 

38 

72 

66 

51 

71 
54 

72 
60 
68 

74 
36 
18 

75 
48 
42 
59 


The  Fulford  trophy  contest,  the  benefit  shoot  for  the  widow, 
was  a close  race.  The  Fulford  cup  was  presented  by  Mr.  George 
Borst,  of  Rochester.  The  scores  were:  Piercy  23,  Bissett  21, 

Clark  23,  Adkin  21,  Glover  23,  Greene  21,  Emshow  17,  G.  Jones  19, 
Remsen  19,  Wight  22,  Hopkins  21,  Call  21,  North  21,  Spaulding 
21,  Dorell  12,  Bragmore  21,  Hopper  15,  Scott  14,  Stcde  .21,  Clark 
21,  Kirsher  19,  Adkins  22,  Stewart  21,  Miller  19.  Windheim  19, 
Elliott  23,  Curtis  16,  Daily  21,  Montgomery  22,  Wagner  21, 
Warren  21,  Mahew  22,  Durston  21,  Dexter  14,  LeCompte  21.  Heer 
21,  Butler  21,  Apgar  24,  Hearne  22,  McMurchy  19,  Chapman  20, 
Lewis  23,  Keller  23,  Kelcey  24,  Hart  24,  llosco  15,  Mel  a-  I 23, 
J.  T.  Skelly  24,  Knapp  23,  Jenny  18,  Morris  22,  Gates  21,  Christian 
21,  Pompelly  24,  Connelly  22,  Richardson  19,  Harvey  22,  Stc\ens 
21,  Hull  21,  Valentine  21,  W.  E.  C.  14,  Morris  20. 

Several  contestants  paid  entrance  fees,  but  did  not  shoot. 

F.  D.  Kelcey,  of  Aurora;  J.  T.  Skelly,  of  Wilmington.  Del.; 
Neaf  Apgar,  of  Plainfield,  N,  J. ; Mr.  Pompelly,  of  Qwego;  Mr. 
Hart,  of  Buffalo;  Mr.  LeCompte,  of  Kentucky,  and  Mr.  Valen- 
tine, of  Albany,  tied  on  24. 

In  the  shoot-off  the  scores  were:  Kelcey  24,  Skelly  24,  Apgar 

23  \ alentine  23,  Hart  22,  LeCompte  22,  Pompelly  19. 

Kelcey  and  Skelly  shot  off.  Kelcey  broke  22;  Skelly,  21. 

June  15,  Third  Day. 

W.  H.  Heer,  in  the  professional  class,  was  again  high  with  161 
out  of  165.  Kelsey  and  Sidway  were  high  amateurs  with  151; 
Martin  second,  149. 


THE  FULFORD  MONUMENT. 


For  the  three  days,  Heer  was  high  professional  with  468  out  of 
a possible  485;  McMurchy  second,  446;  Le  Compte  third,  441. 
No  prizes  for  high  professionals  were  provided.  High  amateurs, 
first,  |50,  Kelsey,  44S;  second,  Marlin  gun,  J.  Greene,  438. 

Event  4 in  the  State  events  was  a merchandise  contest  at  25 
targets,  and  it  caused  much  confusion  and  some  discontent,  owing 
lo  the  different  classes  of  ties  being  class  shooting,  instead  of 
high  guns.  In  the  first  class  of  ties  there  were  ten  prizes,  and 
Mr.  W.  Hopkins,  of  Jamaica,  L.  I.,  broke  25  alone,  so  that  con- 
sequently there  was  but  one  contestant  in  the  first  class  of  ties. 
Those  who  broke  24  were  in  the  second  class  of  ties,  and  con- 
sequently were  not  eligible  to  participate  in  the  first  class.  The 
question  then  arose  as  to  how  the  surplus  class  prizes  would  be 
awarded.  It  was  decided  that  class  shooting  must  govern.  There 
were  eight  classes  of  ties.  First  prize  in  the  first  class  was  a 
Smith  gun,  $150;  second  class,  Remington  gun,  $100,  won  by 
George  Lewis;  third  class,  Lefever  gun,  $85,  won  by  Hobbie; 
fifth  class,  Ithaca  gun,  $85;  seventh  class,  Savage  rifle,  $22. 

The  Oneida  County  Handicap  event,  open  to  all,  high  guns, 
50  targets;  handicaps,  14  to  22yds.,  had  a piano  for  first  prize, 
and  the  last,  the  tenth,  was  a pair  of  hunting  shoes.  There  were 
forty-five  entries.  W.  Morris,  18yds.,  and  W.  H.  Heer,  22yds., 
tied  for  first  on  46  and  divided.  Eight  tied  for  second,  namely, 
Livingstone,  Hobbie,  Brugmann,  Dally  and  Lewis,  each  at 
18yds.;  Stevens  and  White,  19yds.,  and  McMurchy,  20yds. 

The  scores  in  the  State  events  follow: 


Events : 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

Targets: 

20 

20 

20 

25 

20 

20 

20 

20 

Total. 

Hull  

14 

19 

16 

24 

19 

17 

19 

16 

144 

Clark  

18 

14 

15 

20 

18 

17 

13 

15 

130 

Hobbie  

16 

18 

17 

23 

15 

19 

19 

17 

144 

Adkin  

16 

17 

16 

19 

16 

15 

16 

9 

124 

S Curtis  

14 

15 

13 

15 

15 

8 

13 

15 

108 

Wheeler  

17 

18 

17 

20 

18 

17 

18 

17 

142 

Dally  

16 

18 

19 

24 

20 

16 

19 

15 

147 

Morris  

16 

16 

17 

21 

18 

17 

17 

12 

134 

Pompelly  

20 

18 

16 

19 

18 

15 

14 

14 

134 

McMurchy  

17 

19 

18 

22 

19 

17 

18 

19 

149 

Chapman  

14 

16 

20 

22 

17 

17 

16 

17 

139 

Geo  Lewis  

16 

16 

16 

25 

17 

17 

18 

17 

141 

Tom  Keller  

17 

20 

17 

22 

18 

18 

19 

15 

146 

F D Kelsey 

IS 

19 

18 

23 

18 

17 

20 

18 

151 

Le  Ccmpte  

17 

17 

16 

24 

16 

18 

20 

19 

147 

Heer  

19 

20 

20 

25 

20 

19 

19 

20 

161 

Butler  

17 

17 

13 

13 

17 

10 

12 

12 

111 

Apgar  

19 

18 

16 

24 

18 

18 

19 

20 

152 

Stevens  

18 

17 

17 

25 

19 

20 

17 

17 

150 

Elliott  

16 

17 

18 

24 

19 

18 

18 

17 

147 

Remsen  

15 

17 

16 

20 

19 

18 

16 

16 

137 

Snyder  

11 

16 

13 

18 

16 

17 

17 

13 

121 

W Hopkins  

16 

18 

19 

25 

18 

18 

17 

17 

148 

E G White 

17 

15 

IS 

24 

19 

19 

19 

18 

149 

W A Lewis 

14 

16 

19 

22 

17 

17 

17 

17 

139 

Glover  

16 

18 

14 

23 

19 

19 

18 

17 

144 

Sidway  

19 

19 

20 

23 

19 

19 

17 

15 

151 

Conley  

18 

16 

.17 

18 

18 

19 

18 

16 

140 

] Greene  

16 

20 

14 

24 

18 

17 

19 

16 

144 

McMurtry  

17 

18. 

12 

21 

16 

11 

15 

13 

123 

Greiff  

16 

15 

15 

19 

17 

15 

16 

13 

126 

Adams  

17 

19 

16 

23 

18 

17 

16 

14 

140 

Call  

16 

18 

16 

20 

18 

18 

12 

15 

133 

Traver  

17 

19 

15 

22 

19 

17 

19 

16 

144 

Hyland  

IS 

17 

17 

18 

17 

14 

16 

14 

131 

J Martin  

17 

18 

16 

21 

20 

19 

18 

20 

149 

C F Clark 

13 

14 

10 

21 

14 

18 

13 

16 

119 

Slack  

12 

19 

19 

23 

18 

15 

17 

16 

139 

Plearne  

17 

19 

20 

21 

17 

17 

16 

15 

142 

S Morrison  

14 

18 

15 

18 

19 

18 

10 

14 

126 

PI  E Green 

14 

17 

18 

20 

17 

16 

17 

18 

137 

W arwick  

17 

19 

20 

21 

19 

17 

18 

17 

148 

Livingstone  

16- 

17 

18 

22 

20 

17 

19 

16 

145 

Brugman  

17 

19 

16 

17 

18 

17 

19 

20 

143 

Plapfer  

10 

10 

13 

17 

17 

17 

16 

18 

118 

Palmiter  

14 

15 

19 

21 

19 

17 

15 

16 

136 

F Mather  

17 

17 

15 

22 

16 

87 

Hart  

18 

17 

13 

18 

20 

16 

16 

118 

Paddleford  

18 

17 

16 

18 

18 

18 

18 

18 

141 

B Lawrence  

15 

9 

12 

15 

14 

15 

11 

13 

104 

Farwell  

10 

14 

11 

16 

51 

Tomlinson  

12 

17 

14 

17 

13 

18 

13 

104 

Richardson  

15 

18 

17 

12 

16 

12 

15 

106 

Pederson  

13 

19 

15 

is 

18 

15 

18 

14 

125 

Carpenter  

18 

19 

17 

19 

16 

14 

17 

14 

134 

Millard  

10 

18 

13 

19 

12 

16 

14 

15 

117 

Kennedy  

13 

17 

16 

22 

15 

14 

16 

18 

131 

Durston  

13 

17 

16 

19 

17 

18 

18 

16 

134 

Blandford  

14 

14 

15 

18 

15 

15 

17 

16 

124 

Mattison  

18 

21 

14 

. _ 

53 

McCu.tchin  

7 

15 

9 

31 

Connor  

17 

16 

18 

id 

14 

78 

Kirk  

13 

12 

14 

18 

8 

11 

14 

12 

102 

H E Mills 

15 

10 

3 

14 

18 

8 

13 

15 

96 

Christian  

18 

IS 

16 

23 

17 

17 

15 

16 

140 

Mayhew  

18 

19 

19 

22 

18 

35 

19 

18 

148 

Deck  

13 

13 

13 

21 

16 

11 

14 

18 

119 

Jenney  

15 

18 

16 

22 

17 

14 

17 

17 

136 

F R Brown.... 

16 

14 

17 

. . 

15 

16 

16 

17 

111 

Jute  16,  Fourth  Day. 

The  Dean  Richmond  trophy  and  the  New  York  city  trophy  were 
the  events  of  the  day.  The  conditions  of  the  Dean  Richmond 
trophy  were:  Three-man  teams,  25  targets  per  man;  entrance 

$10;  money  divided  60  per  cent,  to  first,  40  per  cent,  to  second. 


The  New  York  city  trophy  was  open  to  all  New  York  State  As- 
sociation shooters,  100  targets,  $5  entrance,  $50  added.  Money 
divided  50,  30  and  20  per  cent.  This  trophy  was  won  last  year  by 
the  Hunter  Gun  Club,  of  Fulton. 

The  Schenectady  Gun  Club'  was  high  in  the  contest,  but  a 
protest  was  lodged  against  the  win  on  the  ground  that  one  of 
the  contestants  was  not  a resident  of  the  county  in  which  the 
club  was  domiciled. 

The  Oneida  County  Gun  Club  was  second,  and  a protest  was 
lodged  against  it  on  the  ground  that  the  referee  permitted  one 
of  that  team  who  failed  to  shoot  at  a target  because  the  safety  of 
his  gun  was  not  properly  released,  to  shoot  at  another  target,  con- 
trary to  Interstate  rules,  which  governed.  The  scores: 

Schenectady  Gun  Club — Green  24,  ■ Walwick  24,  Livingston  23; 
total  71. 

Oneida  County  Gun  Club — Christian  23,  Wagner  24,  Jenny  20; 
total  67. 

Hunter  Gun  Club,  Fulton — McMurchy  24,  Lewis  21,  Harvey  21; 
total  66. 

Buffalo  Audubon  Club — Kelsey  21,  Hart  23,  Sidney  21;  total  65. 

Baldwinsville  Gun  Club — Wheeler  19,  Dolly  23,  Morris  21;  total 
63. 

Brooklyn  Gun  Club — Elliott  17,  Remsen  23,  Hopkins  22;  total  62. 

Schenectady  Gun  Club — Travers  22,  Valentine  21,  Walburg  15; 
total  58. 

Oneida  County  Gun  Club — Mayhew  22,  Gates  16,  Maine  16;  total 
57. 

Remington  Shotgun  and  Rifle  Club,  Ilion — Richardson  19,  Tom- 
linson 17,  Pederson  17;  total  53. 

The  New  York  city  cup  was  won  by  Mr.  F.  D.  Kelsey  with  the 
excellent  score  of  97.  Scores : F.  D.  Kelsey  97,  C.  W.  Hart  96, 
J.  S.  S.  Remsen  94,  H.  McMurchy  94,  W.  M.  Hopkins  93,  J.  A. 
R.  Elliott  92,  J.  Green  92,  M.  M.  Livingstone  92,  Dotty  92,  S. 
Glover  92,  YV.  J.  Plearne  90,  S.  K.  Warnock  90,  Conley  90,  G. 
Lewis  89,  H.  Ballentine  89,  Martin  Morris  89,  McMurtry  87,  Traver 
87,  John  Martin  86,  II.  L.  Gates  85,  C.  H.  Pumpelly  83,  C. 
Hobbie  80.  H.  E.  Green  78,  M.  M.  Mayhew  78. 

Shot  for  targets  only  in  above  event:  Neaf  Apgar  94,  C.  O. 
Le  Compte  94,  H.  H.  Stevens  93,  G.  E.  Greiff  78,  E.  G.  White 
86,  F.  E.  Butler  85,  Mills  65,  Kerr  59. 


Bergen  Beach  Gun  Club. 


Bergen  Beach,  L.  I.,  June  13. — A stiff  wind  made  difficult 
shooting.  A match  at  five  pairs  resulted  as  follows:  Keime  2, 

Kelly  8,  Cottrell  5,  Gillie  5,  Sydam  7,  Slim  6,  Creamer  6,  Shoolin 
3,  Wells  7,  F.  Bergen  2,  Schleiman  3,  J.  Voorhees  2,  Hans  4. 
Other  scores: 


Events : 
Targets: 
Welles  ... 

Keim  

Cottrell  ... 
Keller  .... 

Metz  

Foster  

Williams  . 
Guhring  . . 
Schleiman 
Pfender  . . , 

Hans  

Voorhees  . 
Creamer  . . 
Shevlin  ... 
Suydam  . . 

Kelly  

Gillie  

Slim  

H Bergen 


123456789  10  11 
15  15  15  15  15  15  15  15  15  15  15 

11  11  11  13  12  13  12  13  14  9 12 

7 10  8 11  9 8 11  10  7 10  12 

87669  11  8766  .. 

8 9 10  9 12  11  .. 

9 9 5 7 7 

..  7 9 10  9 4 8 

. . 9 10  11  11  9 

12  9 10  10  9 9 ..  .. 

5 5 7 5 2 ..  6 .. 

9 

13  12  10  13  12  10  .. 

9 12  7 8 7 ..  .. 

10  10  12  9 12  10  10 

9 7 8 7 9 .-7 

12  13  12  10  ..  10  9 

12  14  11  9 ..  13  13 

7 9 9 9 ..  9 .. 

9 13  8 10  14  10 

12  ..  9 


Fulford  Memorial  Committee. 

Utica,  N.  Y.,  June  14,  Mr.  James  T.  Skelly,  duPont  Powder 
Co.,  Wilmington,  Del.  Dear  Sir — Now  that  the  Fulford  Monu- 
men  has  been  erected  in  a most  satisfactory  manner  to  all  con- 
cerned, we,  the  committee,  take  the  present  opportunity  of 
thanking  you  for  the  pains  you  have  taken  in  this  matter.  While 
we  have  each  put  forth  every  effort  to  make  it  a success,  we  feel 
that  you  in  acting  as  treasurer,  have  done  more  than  your  share, 
and  again  we  extend  our  heart-felt  thanks  for  the  conscientious 
and  business-like  manner  in  which  you  handled  the  funds  en- 
trusted to  your  care  by  the  Sportsmen  of  America. 

Yours  very  truly, 

Frank  E.  Butler. 

T.  H.  Keller, 

J.  S.  Fanning, 

J.  A.  R.  Elliott, 

Boston  Ath’etic  Association. 

Boston,  Mass. — At  the  shoot  of  the  B.  A.  A.  trapshooters  the 
match  for  the  club  championship  took  place.  There  were  ten 
entries.  The  conditions  wer^  each  to  shoot  at  50  targets  at  three 
different  angles — unknown,  reverse,  and  expert.  Only  five  of  the 
ten  finished  the  match.  After  a very  exciting  contest.  Dr.  C.  G. 
Weld  won  the  much-coveted  honor  by  3 targets  over  Dr.  Gleason, 
who  secured  a total  of  136  out  of  a possible  150. 

The  Middlesex  Club  held  an  all-day  shoot  at  East  Lexington, 
where  the  high  average  for  the  day  was-  won  by  Burns  by  break- 
ing one  target  more  than  Robert  Smith. 

At  the  Winchester  Gun  Club,  Dr.  H.  E.  Maynard  won  a leg 
on  the  Dr.  Harding  trophy.  B.  C.  Starr  scored  20  out  of  25, 
which  is  ahead  of  any  score  previously  made  at  these  grounds. 


June,  24,  1905.] 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


807 


U.  S.  Government  Ammunition  Test. 


Accuracy  test  of  Krag- Jorgensen  .30-Caliber  Cartridges  held  at  Springfield  Armory  by  order  of 

the  Ordnance  Department,  United  States  Army. 

TESTED— Ammunition  of  all  the  American  Manufacturers. 

CONDITIONS  — 10  and  20  shot  targets,  muzzle  rest. 

10  and  20  shot  targets,  fixed  rest. 

DISTANCE—  1000  yards. 


RESULT  and 
OFFICIAL  R.EPORT: 


U.  S.  Cartridges  excelled  all  others 


MANUFACTURED  BY 


UNITED  STATES  CARTRIDGE  CO., 

LOWELL,  MASS.,  U.  S.  A. 

Agencies:  497-503  Pearl  St.,  35-43  Park  St.,  New  York.  114-116  Market  St.,  San  Francisco. 


Capron  Gun  Club  T our n ament. 

Catron,  111.,  June  15,-Capron  is  a familiar  A 

•with  shooting  tournaments.  Alec  Vance,  who,  bes  d ag 

postmaster  here  for  the  past  twenty  years  has  for  about  the  same 
time  been  the  head  of  the  gun  club.  When  Vance  says  Lome, 
hf  is  sure  of  the  Fox  Lake  delegation,  which  goes  far  toward 

making  a tournament  a success.  w at  the 

When  Burt  Dunnell  was  a kid  he  used  to  show  cm,  at  tne 
State  tournaments  when  live-bird  matches  were  the  go , but  he  has 
M shot  af the  trap  for  about  four  years  Consequently  he  had  a 
sore  arm  to  contend  with  before  the  first  day  was  over;  yet  he  shot 
well  and  only  needs  practice  to  keep  well  near  to  the  front. 

Tlie  first  day  was  run  on  the  Jack  Rabbit  system;  that  is,  each 
shooter  received  7 cents  for  each  target  broken  and  the  re 
mainder  was  divided  into  three  purses,  BO,  30  and  20.  I his 
drawing  card,  and  a number  of  beginners  took  part. 

Messfs.  Ax’tel  and  Johnson,  from  Harvard  were  present  tak- 
ing notes,  and  there  will  be  a tournament  at  that  town  at  no 
distant  day.  The  scores: 


Events: 
Targets : 

Vance  

Herbert  

Wilcox  , 

B Sherman... 
Denumm  .... 

Covey  

Rhodes  ...... 

E Graham — 
B Dunnell... 
J R Graham. . 
H Dunnell... 
Montgomery. 

B Stilling 

Axtel  

Johnson  

Goodall  


June  13,  First  Day. 


1 2 
10  10 
9 10 
9 8 
9 8 
4 8 
10  8 

6 7 

7 6 
9 9 

10  9 
10  10 
9 9 


3 4 5 

15  10  15 

10  9 15 

12  9 13 

13  9 10 
. . 10  . . 
10  10  10 
12  7 12 

8 0 8 

11  10  14 

16  9 13 
15  10  15 

12  9 14 


6 7 
10  15 
9 13 

7 13 

8 12 
6 .. 
7 13 
5 11 

9 9 
9 14 

10  15 
S 15 
9 13 

10  11 


8 9 
10  15 

9 13 
6 11 

9 0 

e .. 

9 .. 
6 7 
8 8 

10  13 
9 11 
9 14 
9 12 
6 .. 


10  11  12 
10  15  10 
8 12  10 
10  12  6 
9 9 8 
7,-7 
7 ..  7 
3 9 7 
6 6.. 
9 18  10 
9 13  8 
9 13  8 
7 13  8 


13  14 
15  10 
13  7 
12  9 
7 9 


13  0 
12  9 

12  9 

13  8 


7 10  9 

5 14  6 

6 8.. 

4 ..  6 


13  9 
..  9 
5 9 
..  8 


June  14,  Second  Day. 


Events : 
Targets: 
Vance  — 
R Dunnell 
Graham . 
Dunnell 
Stilling 
Graham 
Malana 
McQuire  . 
R Herber 
F Wilcox. 
J Norton  . 
Losee  


J 

H 

B 

E 

T 


1 2 
10  15 
7 14 

7 14 
9 14 
9 11 

8 11 
9 12 
9 11 
6 7 
9 13 


3 4 
15  15 
13  14 
12  13 
15  14 
10  12 
12  12 
12  13 
12  13 
8 10 
6 10 


5 6 
10  15 
10  13 
10  14 
10  15 

8 13 
7 11 

9 8 


15 


7 8 
15  15 
10  12 
15  15 
14  14 

14  14 
13  13 

15  15 
12  12 


9 10 

10  15 

8 15 
10  15 
10  14 
10  13 

7 12 

9 15 
7 13 


10  12  12  6 12 


11  12 
15  20 
12  20 
15  19 
14  20 

14  20 
11  15 

15  19 
14  15 

9 17 

8 14 

9 12 
11  17 

5 .. 


13  14 
15  15 

14  14 

14  15 

15  15 

14  12 
10  9 

15  15 

13  14 

14  13 

15  .. 
10  .. 

8 12 


Shot 

at. 

Broke. 

170 

147 

170 

143 

170 

132 

65 

51 

125 

90 

170 

iss 

170 

162 

170 

161 

170 

145 

Shot 

at. 

Broke. 

200 

181 

200 

188- 

200 

193 

200 

174 

200 

151 

200 

181 

200 

169 

North  Carolina  Trapshooters'  Association. 

The  second  annual  tournament  of  the  North  Carolina  Trap- 

shooters’  Association  was  held  at  Durham,  V o/'thfs  State  It 
Tt  lias  nassed  into  history  for  the  trapshooters  qt  this  mate.  _ 
has  leftPmany  pleasant  reminders  in  meeting  old  friends  and  form- 

sirs  .Sf'sUvfrrnt  LSs:nSnih,.i1agoi  4?'. » «« 

of  every  club  in  the  State  to  send  representatives  to  the 
annual  State  shoot  and  hope  this  will  be  done  next  year. 

Crnrire  Lvon  as  president,  and  Arthur  Lyon,  secretary,  proved 
thmnsefves  equal  to  the  occasion,  and  run  the  shoot  in  first  class 

ShMeessrs  Tohn  Todd  and  C.  M.  Cresswell  "’ere  in  charge  of  the 
rlfirf  and  their  equal  as  office  managers  are  hard  to  find,  and 
we  trust  that  every  tournament  held  will  be  jnjheir  charge,  as 
far  as  the  financial  part  is  concerned.  Mr.  load  is  an  expert 
accountant,  and  lightening  calculator.  Several  columns  added  at 
...  t;me  is  for  him  much  easier  than  I could  add  one. 

The  blackbird  trap  and  targets  were  used;  with  the  exception 
of  a few  springs  breaking,  their  work  was  very  good.  Three  sets 

°VhePweather  Conditions  were  good,  with  the  exception  of  the 
h...  o„  ,he  fir,,  fi.y, 

rays  of  Old  Sol.  The  second  day  was  checkered  with  clouds  and 
showers,  which  did  not  interrupt  the  shooting,  and  made  it 

PlnCsnLgh\hrardhCPCnCdCsCitbie  place  for  three  sets  of.  traps 
and  this  Is  more  important  than  anything  else.  In  so  doing,  it 
and  this ■ 1S,P°  f*om  the  carline;  but  a few  minutes  ride  m 
was.  some  distal  ' 0 ided  carried  you  to  the  cars,  or  . you 

cCuldgin%e!th  sComeeoef  four  wirings  and  ride  to  the  city  in  a 

CawritC'  one  was  very  well  pleased  with  the  percentage  system, 
five  monevs  and  all  shooting  from  the  16yd  mark.  It  is  certainly 
five  moneys,  squads  straight  and  run  a smooth  shoot. 

mSomee  of  n ^reP  charged  a little  more  than  we  thought  right 
. *v,  Wel  and  of  course,  I kicked  with  others. 
atMh  Si’s  an  amateur  from  Due  West,  S.  C.,  was  the  wonder 
Mr  p'J™?V  toumament,  and  his  record  on  the  .first  day  was 
Unequal  his^ith  target, 

m Hi's  'second  day’s  work  was  not  quite  as  but  h.s  lead 


h^T^and^esS^^em/nf  o^  Aberdlen’  Md.,  was°  fourth. 
hWalttrdHuff  and  J.  Mowell  Hawkins  were  tied  for  high  profes- 
■ional  average.  J.  W.  Hightower  was  second  high  professional, 
with  Emory  JL  Story  third, 


The  trade  representatives  present  and  participating  were  Emory 
H.  Storr,  J.  W.  Hightower,  Col.  J.  T.  Anthony,  J.  Mowell 
Hawkins,  W alter  Huff,  H.  K.  Ellyson  and  R.  W.  Sampson. 

The  missionaries  present  were  E.  W.  Sanford  and  H.  M.  San- 
ders, both  of  whom  made  themselves  useful  in  assisting  in  getting 
out  squads,  refereeing  and  scoring.  In  fact,  they  were  handy 
at  most  anything.  . . 

A beautiful  silver  loving  cup  was  given  to  the  high  professional 
average,  which  was  tied  by  Walter  Huff  and  J.  Mowell  Hawkins. 
I did  not  leafn  how  they  divided  the  cup.  It  would  be  of  very 
little  Use  in  fhat  shape.  For  second  high  professional  average 
$5  in  gold  went  to  J.  W.  Hightower.  . 

A beautiful  silver  loving  cup  went  to  Mr.  Collirts  for  high  ama- 
teur average,  and  it  will  be  highly  prized  by  him  for  years  to 
come,  and  will  be  a useful  cup  when  his  grandchildren  grow  up. 

Wilson,  N.  C.,  will  get  the  next  Trapshooters’.  Association 
tournament.  This  is  one  of  the  livest  little  towns  in  the  State, 
and  every  one  that  goes  will  have  a fine  time.  Mr.  R.  E.  Craw- 
ford, the  proprietor  of  the  best  hotel  in  the  city  will  . see  that  you 
are  comfortably  entertained  while  in  his  care.  He  is  a member 
of  the  club,  and  one  of  the  best  shots.  Killett,  Walls,  Simms 
and  Jimmy  Barnes  won’t  let  you  suffer.  The  following  officers 
were  elected  for  the  next  tournament:  W.  W.  Simms,  President, 

and  Selby  H.  Anderson,  Secretary  and  Treasurer. 

Sixty  shooters  faced  the  trap  at  this  tournament,  and 
most  of  them  shot  through  the  programme  both  days.  . . 

The  following  States  were  represented:  Georgia,  Virginia, 

South  Carolina,  Maryland  and  Tennessee.  . . ... 

At  the  last  annual  Trapshooters’  Association  of  Virginia  a 
silver  trophy  was  given  by  the  Peters  Cartridge  C<p.,  to  be  con- 
tested for  annually  by  ten  men  each  from  Virginia  and  North 
Carolina,  alternating  from  one  State  to  another  every  year..  Last 
year  it  was  contested  for  in  Richmond,  Va.,  and  the  Virginia 
team  won  by  two  targets.  This  year  they  were  equally  as  de- 
termined to  carry  it  back  with  them,  so  they  brought  their  best 
shots  over,  and  had  an  easier  walk-over  than  last  year,  winning 
by  29  targets.  The  scores  were  Virginia  893,  North  Carolina  864. 

The  team  scores  were:  . _. 

Virginia — Hatcher  96,  Jenkins  82,  L.  Winefree  91,  English  91, 
Dr.  Dennis  83,  Smith  05,  Funk  83,  Hammond  89,  Pearce  94,  Dr. 

I<Nortli’  Carolina— Crayton  87,  Killett  87,  Todd  84,  McCollough 
91,  G.  Lyon  86,  Johnson  91,  Anthony  81,  Anderson  90,  Wall  86, 
Webb  82.  , , , 

The  championship,  of  North  Carolina  was  contested  for  on  the 
last  day  and' placed  after  the  regular  events  were  through.  About 
twenty  entries  contested.  Mr.  J.  E.  Crayton  won  by  scoring  98 
out  of  100  shots.  With  the  championship  goes  a beautiful  loving 
cup,  given  by  Mr.  George  Lyon  to  the  Raleigh  Gun  Club,  and 
has  been  won  by  Mr.  W.  P.  Whitaker,  scoring  93;  the  next  year 
by  George  Lyon,  scoring  96.  This  is  the  second  year  it  was  given 
for  the  championship  of  the  State.  Last  year  a medal  was.  given 
and  won  by  W.  T.  McCormick,  of  the  Charlotte  Club.  This  cup 
will  become  the  property  of  the  one  winning  it  twice  in  succession. 
After  the  State  Association  was  formed,  the  Raleigh  Club  turned 
it  over  to  them  for  the  championship  prize.. 

Everybody  has  heard  of  the  game  of  “flinch.”  Some  of  the 
shooters  were  playing  this  popular  game  during  both  days  of  the 
tournament,  much  against  their  wishes. 


— First 

Day— 

— Second  Day— 

Total 

Shot  at. 

Broke. 

Shot  at. 

Broke. 

Shot  at.  Broke. 

Collins  

200 

197 

200 

189 

400 

386 

Huff  

200 

194 

200 

184 

400 

378 

Hawkins  

200 

188 

200 

190 

400 

378 

English  

200 

184 

200 

190 

400 

374 

Hightower  ; 

; 200 

1S6 

200 

186 

400 

372 

Storr  

200 

188 

200 

182 

400 

370 

Dr  Tohnson 

200 

184 

200 

185 

400 

369 

German  

200 

182 

200 

185 

400 

367 

Dr  Rhea  

200 

180 

200 

185 

400 

365 

Hatcher  

200 

179 

200 

186 

400 

365 

Walls  

200 

180 

200 

184 

400 

364 

R L Pearce 

200 

183 

200 

181 

400 

364 

Smith  

200 

181 

200 

180 

400 

361 

McCollough  

200 

179 

200 

181 

400 

360 

Freeman  

200 

178 

200 

180 

400 

358 

G Lyon  

200 

181 

200 

171 

400 

352 

Crayton  

200 

168 

200 

178 

400 

346 

A Lyon  

200 

166 

200 

178 

400 

344 

L H Winefree... 

200 

177 

200 

166 

400 

343 

200 

175 

200 

168 

400 

343 

Llammond  

200 

165 

200 

176 

400 

341 

Anthony  

200 

173 

200 

166 

400 

339 

Barnes  

200 

176 

200 

160 

400 

336 

Dr  Carnes  

200 

165 

200 

170 

400 

335 

Dr  Dennis  

200 

169 

200 

166 

400 

335 

Anderson  

200 

170 

200 

161 

400 

331 

W R Winefree. . . 

200 

160 

200 

168 

400 

328 

Todd  

200 

158 

200 

165 

400 

323 

Daughtridge  

200 

162 

200 

158 

400 

320 

Killett  

200 

164 

200 

155 

400 

319 

R H Johnson... 

200 

158 

200 

159 

400 

317 

Sampson  

200 

167 

200 

147 

400 

314 

200 

157 

200 

155 

400 

312 

Ellyson  * • • 

200 

166 

200 

145 

400 

311 

200 

158 

200 

152 

400 

310 

Fultz  

200 

162 

200 

147 

400 

309 

King  

200 

158 

200 

147 

400 

305 

200 

146 

200 

141 

400 

287 

Fleming  

200 

142 

200 

137 

400 

279 

Funk  

200 

1S4 

180 

156 

380 

340 

Nelson  

200 

157 

180 

98 

380 

255 

Brasington  

200 

139 

160 

113 

360 

252 

200 

149 

120 

95 

320 

244 

200 

162 

120 

94 

320 

256 

Jenkins  

Pfaff  

200 

166 

100 

76 

300 

242 

200 

154 

100 

71 

300 

225 

Whitaker  

100 

82 

100 

79 

200 

161 

Welch  

40 

26 

200 

153 

240 

179 

B Lyon  

100 

84 

80 

57 

’ 180 

141 

Barrett  

200 

160 

. . . 

200 

160 

Webb  

200 

170 

. . . 

200 

170 

T S Pearce 

200 

142 

• • • 

• . . 

200 

142 

flege  ............ 

136 

* • • 

200 

136 

Brewer  160  106  160  106 

Coleman  140  86  140  86 

Sheppard  100  66  100  66 

Robertson  100  64  100  64 

Vaughn  100  49  100  49 

Mitchell  60  42  60  42 

Johnson,  Jr 40  30  40  30 

R.  T.  Go  wah. 


Boston  Gun  Club. 


Boston,  Mass.,  June  14. — The  regular  weekly  Boston  Gun  Club 
shoo  twas  held  at  Wellington  to-day,  twenty  shooters  in  all  doing 
justice  to  the  eleven  events. 

T.  E.  Doremus  was  a most  welcome  visitor,  and  while  not 
shooting  anywhere  near  up  to  form,  soon  wore  a “smile  that  won’t 
come  off”  in  view  of  the  large  amount  of  his  company’s  products 
that  were  being  used. 

Mayor  Reed,  of  Manchester,  N.  H.,  brought  down  his  “trusty 
fuseer’  and  peppered  away  during  all  the  events,  with  good  results, 
his  final  efforts  on  the  23yd.  mark  being  to  him  the  most  satis- 
factory. 

Secretary  Hallam,  of  the  Dover  Sportsmen’s  Association,  could 
not  bear  the  thoughts  of  coming  to  Boston  on  a Wednesday 
without  doing  a few  shooting  stunts;  therefore,  after  business 
completed  a trip  to  Wellington  had  to  follow. 

An  afternoon  with  the  boys  is  what  our  friend  D.  W.  calls  it,,  and 
most  assuredly  he  seems  to  derive  as  much  enjoyment  as  any  one 
does,  and  that  is  saying  a good  deal. 

Dr.  Ellis,  of  the  B.  A.  A.  had  an  easy  win  in  the  prize  match, 
his  27  being  three  targets  to  the  good  of  Ford,  who  led  the  other 
B.  A.  A.  representative  one  target.  In  the  race  for  high  average, 
Gleason,  however,  turned  the  tables,  though  it  was  nip-and-tuck 
up  to  the  last  event.  Other  scores: 


Events:  123456789  10 

Targets:  10  15  10  10  15  15  10  15  25  25  Av. 

Frank,  19  6 11  10  8 12  13  8 14  22  22  .840 

Burns,  18  10  8 7 9 11  12  9 14  21  16  . 780 

Worthing,  17  8 14  8 9 12  14  8 15  880 

Black,  16  6 10  7 9 14  14  7 14  18  ..  .792 

Woodruff,  17  8 11  10  8 12  11  7 13  800 

Hallam,  16  6 9 4 3 5 12  5 7 13..  .512 

Sadler,  16  6 15  9 6 12  13  10  12  20  22  .833 

Williams,  16  7 11  7 9 11  11  746 

Gleason,  21  8 . . 13  13  9 13  23  . . .877 

Smith,  18  7 . . 11  11  9 12  19  20  .774 

Dickey,  21  12  12  7 14 818 


Prize  Match,  30  unknown;  distance  handicap:  Black  (16)  28, 

Gleason  (21)  26,  Worthing  (17)  26,  Frank  (19)  25,  Sadler  (16)  25, 
Dickey  (21)  24,  Burns  (18)  23,  Woodruff  (17)  23,  Smith  (18)  22, 
Williams  (16)  22,  Hallam  (16)  17. 

Consecutive  break  match:  Dickey  39,  Frank  25,  Gleason  18. 

June  7. — The  second  shoot  of  the  current  series  was  held  at 
Wellington  to-day  with  eleven  shooters  on  hand  for  the  ten  events. 

Black,  with  28,  easily  led  in  the  prize  match,  and  a few  more 
similar  scores  would  go  a long  way  toward  the  first  prize,  and 
give  the  regulars  a pace  that  it  would  be  hard  to  keep  up  with. 

Gleason  and  Worthing,  the  latter  with  a new  gun,  captured 
second  position,  and  also  fought  it  out  for  high  average,  the 
advantage  being  with  the  latter  when  totals  were  summed  up. 

The  consecutive  match  got  another  boost  to-day,  Dickey’s  39 
topping  Smith’s  previous  high  run  of  8 targets.  Others  expect 
to  run  it  up  still  higher  within  the  next  few  shoots,  so  we  are 
anxiously  waiting  to  see  just  what  the  mark'  will  be  at  the  end 


of  the  series.  Other  scores: 

Events: 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

Targets : 

15 

10 

15 

10 

15 

15 

10 

15 

25 

25 

25 

Ay. 

Frank,  19  

. 13 

9 

9 

7 

11 

11 

8 

7 

.713 

Burns,  18  

. 9 

4 

4 

5 

7 

7 

7 

13 

18 

, _ 

.569 

Worthing,  17  

. 10 

6 

9 

6 

8 

7 

10 

.589 

Kirkwood,  20  

. 10 

8 

9 

8 

12 

10 

9 

13 

16 

18 

19 

.733 

Roy,  19  

9 

9 

8 

7 

.660 

Reed,  16  

. 10 

8 

12 

8 

10 

10 

6 

T _ 

21 

21 

20 

.763 

Blinn,  16  

10 

6 

8 

5 

11 

8 

9 

7 

16 

17 

.627 

Sadler,  16  

. 5 

5 

4 

6 

9 

11 

7 

15 

18 

.571 

Hallam,  16  

. 6 

6 

6 

1 

2 

5 

3 

.322 

Woodruff,  17  

...8 

3 

9 

5 

11 

9 

6 

18 

_ _ 

.600 

Doremus,  16  

. 10 

2 

11 

2 

3 

7 

2 

. _ 

20 

00 

. T 

.535 

Willard,  16  

5 

5 

6 

m . 

. . 

5 

.466 

Dickey,  21  

6 

10 

.714 

Lee,  16  

7 

4 

8 

V 

6 

.492 

Ellis,  16  

14 

9 

14 

13 

0 

. . 

19 

18 

18 

.814 

Massure,  16  

10 

6 

8 

11 

.636 

Ford,  16  

9 

13 

11 

4 

20 

20 

21 

.784 

Gleason,  21  

7 

. , 

12 

11 

8 

23 

20 

22 

.824 

Tavlor,  16  

3 

.300 

Hebbard,  17  

8 

... 

4 

. . 

19 

20 

21 

.720 

Merchandise  event:  Ellis  (16)  27,  Ford  (16)  24,  Gleason  (21)  23, 
Frank  (19)  22,  Kirkwood  (20)  22,  Woodruff  (17)  20,  Sadler  (16)  20, 
Reed  (16)  20,  Blinn  (16)  19,  Massure  (16)  19,  Roy  (19)  17,  Worth- 
ing (17)  15,  Lee  (16)  15,  Burns  (18)  14,  Doremus  (16)  10,  Hallam 
(16)  ?•  ' _ _ ___ 


Sheepshead  Bay  Gun  Club. 

Sheepshead  Bay,  N.  Y.,  June  15. — Club  shoot,  eight  contestants, 
allowance  handicap,  resulted  as  follows:  Montanus  (5)  18,  Welles 
(0)  20,  Voorhies  (5)  20,  Bergen  (0)  14,  Spinner  (15)  25,  Cottrell 
(0)  20,  Metz  (0)  11,  Carolan  (13)  24.  Spinner  won. 

Team  shoot,  25  targets:  Cottrell  19,  Montanus  18,  Bergen  19, 

Metz  13;  total  69.  Welles  17,  Voorhies  16,  Carolan  9,  Spinner 
9,  total,  51. 

Team  shoot,  25  targets:  Cottrell  20,  Montanus  20,  Bergen  19, 

Metz  19;  total,  78.  Welles  24,  Voorhies  17,  Carolan  16,  Spinner 
12;  total,  69. 

Other  events: 

Targets:  25  25  15  10  Targets:  25  25  15  10 

20-Gauge  . . 23  24  13  9 Carolan  6 . . 

Dr  Gobeaud  6 ..  Welles  ..  ..  14  .. 

Bergen  ..  11  ,•  Vpophie^  ..  ,,  12  ,, 


508 


FOREST  AND  STREAM 


[June  24,  1903, 


WESTERN  trap. 


Chicago  Trapshooters'  Tournament. 

Chicago,  III. — Another  very  successful  tournament  was  held 
by  the  Chicago  Trapshooters’  Association  last  Saturday  and  Sun- 
day.  The  weather  was  good,  save  the  second  day,  when  there 
was  the  “Windy  City”  wind  across  the  traps  that  kept  all 
guessing,  and  lost  Frank  Riehl  the  high  general  average,  as  the 
left  quartering  target  was  very  low  and  dropped  at  about  25yds. 
from  the  trap. 

The  attendance  was  good,  and  it  was  a surprise  to  all  to  see 
that  the  attendance  was  larger  the  first  day  than  on  the  second. 

Frank  Riehl  was  hard  pressed  by  John  Boa  on  the  first  day,  and 
out  of  190  targets  he  made  179,  John  Boa  178,  with  Billy  Stan- 
dard 176. 

Tlhe  amateurs  had  a pretty  race,  and  when  the  totals  were 
hosted,  it  was  J.  R.  Graham  with  174,  A.  Molle  173  and  Claud 
Binyon  172. 

The  50  target  event  with  the  handicap  was  the  event  of  the 
second  day.  It  had  twenty-one  entries,  with  Burnham,  of  In- 
diana, as  the  lucky  man,  as  well  as  the  best  shot.  Fred  Lord 
came  on  fast,  and  was  second  with  46.  Stannard  a very  good 
third  with  46,  considering  the  long  distance  he  had  been  assigned. 

targets  were  Hot  thrown  as  hard  the  second  day  as  the  first, 
hence  the  low  left  angles.  All  the  appointments  connected,  with 
the  park  are  good  as  can  be,  and  the  Association  are  alive  to  the 
fact  that  the  next  G.  A.  H.  should  be  held  oil  the  historic  Watson 
Park, 

Stannard  was  high  professional  for  the  two  days,  as  he  caught 
to  the  low  targets  and  lost  but  7 the  second  day,  and  finished 
With  359  out  of  380.  _ Riehl  was  second  with  356. 

A.  Molle,  the  Antigo,  Wis.,  Man,  held  up  well,  and  with  the 
good  score  of  173  the  last  day,  made  high  amateur  for  the  two 
days,  total  340.  Shepardson  second,  332.  Vance  third,  327. 

Those  present  were:  Traveling  men;  Tramp  Irwin,  Ward 

Burton,  Fred  Lord,  _W.  D.  Stannard,  Geo.  TI.  Steenberg.  II.  W. 
Vietmeyer,  Frank  Riehl,  H.  W.  Cadwallader,  Fred  Quimby,  and 
John  Boa. 

Others:  Alex.  Vance,  Capron,  111.:  A.  Knussell,  Ottawa,  111.; 

Kit  Shepardson,  La  Grange,  Ind. ; A.  Molle,  Antigo,  Wis.;  C. 
E.  Henshaw,  Antigo,  Wis.;  Geo.  Roll,  Blue  Island;  T R. 
Graham  and  Ed.  Graham,  Ingleside,  111.;  J.  C.  Gardner,'  Pull- 
man,  Uk;  J.  S.  Losey,  Hebron,  111.;  L.  M.  Apple,  French  Lick, 
Ind.;  Max  Hensler,  Bottle  Creek,  Mich.;  C.  Burnham,  Lowell, 
Ind, 

The  Chicago  hoys  were  Charles  Antoine,  V.  L.  Cunningham, 
P-  • A-  Hanagan,  F.  Myrick,  FI.  D.  Curtz,  J.  S.  Young,  Dr. 
J-  E,  Reynolds,  F.  Richards,  G.  H.  Hathaway,  M.  R.  McKinney, 
V • P-  Curtis,  A.  Tosetti,  Geo.  Eck,  W.  A.  Davis,  Claud  Binyon, 
M-  J-  Webber,  Ik  S.  Shogren,  J.  W.  Cookley,  M.  J.  Morehouse, 
J B,  Barto,  Dr.  Carson,  R.  Kuss,  and  Lem  Willard.  The  scores: 


June  10,  First  Day. 


Events : 

T argets : 

Lord  

I,  Willard  

G Steenberg  . . 

A Vance  

Coakley  

F C Riehl 

Dr  Carson  

J Barto  ........ 

Morehouse  

M Kneussl  .... 
Kit  Shepardson 

Cletnpson  

E B Shogren.. 

Vietmeyer  

W D Stannard 
Cadwallader 

A Molle  

Henshaw  

G Roll  

J R Graham... 

Ed  Graham 

Gardner  

Webber  

J S Losee 

C Binyon  

Davis  

Apple  

Geo  Eck  

Tosetti  

Curtiss  

J Boa  

Made  

McKinnon 

Hathaway  

Richards  

Young  

Johnson  

Birkland  

Reynolds  

Gaskins  

Hanagan  

Myrick  

Kurtz  

Cunningham  . . , 

Antoine  

Elliott  


123456789  10  11  12 
_ 15  15  15  15  15  20  15  15  15  15  15  20  Broke. 

. . 13  13  14  13  12  20  13  11  15  11  12  19  166 

. . 12  12  12  14  14  20  11  13  13  12  14  15  162 

. . 15  14  14  15  11  18  11  13  13  13  13  16  166 

. . 13  13  13  13  13  IS  14  14  13  13  12  18  167 

. . 8 14  10  12  11  16  10  13  9 13  13  17  146 

. . 15  15  12  15  14  19  14  15  14  13  13  20  179 

. . 11  15  14  11  14  IS  15  14  14  14  11  17  168 

. . 11  12  14  14  13  17  14  13  15  15  12  16  166 

. . 12  13  13  11  11  16  12  13  13  14  11  16  155 

. . 11  14  13  13  12  19  13  14  13  10  12  16  160 

. . 12  14  12  14  13  16  14  14  13  14  14  18  168 

. . 12  13  12  14  14  17  14  13  13  13  11  17  163 

. . 13  14  11  12  14  18  14  13  13  13  13  16  164 

. . 10  9 12  15  15  17  10  15  11  12  12  13  151 

. . 14  14  14  13  14  19  13  14  14  14  15  18  176 

. . 10  15  14  13  11  20  12!  13  13  13  14  14  162 

. . 13  15  13  15  14  18  11  13  15  14  13  19  173 

,.  13  10  14  12  13  IS  11  12  11  7 12  18  151 

. . 14  15  13  14  12  17  14  12  13  14  13  20  171 

. . 12  13  11  15  14  20  15  13  15  14  14  IS  174 

. . 11  13  11  14  11  19  13  14  12  13  14  18  163 

. . 12  11  13  14  12  19  14  11  13  12  15  18  163 

. . 9 13  9 10  11  19  12  14  14  14  13  17  155 

. . 12  13  14  14  15  20  11  12  14  9 10  17  161 

. . 12  14  15  15  14  19  13  12  12  14  14  18  172 

10  16  13  15  12  14  11  14 

13  13  14  12  16 

13  14  14  13  13  19 

14  11  9 11  15  14 

11  14  10  11  13  13 

. . 15  15  13  14  13  20  14  15  15  12  12  20  178 

..  11  11  10  8 7 17  11  14  11  14  11  16  141 

13  11  12  12  12 

12  9 10  8 13 

13  13  11  5 15 

13  13  13  15  19 

13  13  13  15  19 

. S 12  10  6 16 

11  8 9 10  5 

9 8 9 12 

10  13  14 

10  13  18 

6 11  12 

12  14  16 

8 ..  10 

8 13 


June  J I,  Second  Day. 


Events : 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

Targets : 

15 

15 

15 

15 

15 

20 

15 

15 

15 

15 

15 

20 

Broke. 

Lord  

11 

12 

14 

12 

15 

17 

14 

13 

12 

12 

13 

17 

162 

Stannard  

14 

15 

15 

15 

15 

20 

13 

15 

15 

12 

15 

19 

183 

Steenberg  

11 

13 

12 

12 

14 

18 

13 

12 

13 

13 

14 

16 

161 

Hensler  

11 

12 

13 

10 

12 

17 

12 

13 

14 

13 

14 

19 

160 

Vietmever  

11 

10 

14 

9 

12 

11 

12 

11 

14 

13 

13 

15 

150 

Riehl  

14 

14 

13 

13 

14 

17 

14 

15 

14 

14 

15 

20 

177 

Eck  .'. 

11 

12 

14 

12 

13 

17 

14 

14 

15 

.14 

13 

14 

163 

Shogren  

11 

8 

12 

14 

13 

15 

13 

14 

13 

14 

14 

17 

157 

Young  

13 

12 

14 

12 

15 

16 

14 

13 

15 

11 

13 

20 

168 

Shepardson  

14 

14 

13 

11 

13 

19 

15 

12 

12 

14 

11 

16 

164 

Myrick  

11 

12 

13 

12 

14 

18 

15 

12 

14 

11 

10 

14 

156 

Barto  

S 

12 

13 

14 

11 

16 

14 

13 

12 

14 

15 

17 

159 

Burnham  

S 

10 

14 

10 

13 

16 

13 

12 

12 

14 

14 

18 

154 

Tosetti  

11 

13 

14 

14 

15 

18 

13 

12 

14 

13 

12 

14 

163 

Willard  

13 

14 

12 

11 

14 

18 

15 

11 

14 

14 

13 

18 

167 

Cadwallader  

9 

15 

13 

14 

15 

15 

14 

15 

15 

13 

13 

IS 

169 

Molle  

9 

13 

13 

13 

14 

16 

13 

15 

15 

13 

15 

18 

167 

Wilson  

3 

11 

12 

10 

9 

14 

8 

13 

12 

10 

13 

12 

127 

Vance  

11 

12 

14 

15 

11 

15 

10 

12 

13 

14 

13 

19 

160 

Losee  

10 

14 

11 

12 

13 

12 

.1  )avis  

7 

12 

12 

10 

11 

15 

12 

10 

11 

11 

10 

17 

138 

Tohnson  

8 

13 

13 

11 

11 

14 

9 

10 

12 

Kneussl  

11 

12 

12 

13 

11 

18 

10 

14 

9 

ii 

ii 

ii 

149 

Hanagan  

11 

11 

9 

7 

13 

18 

11 

14 

13 

13 

13 

18 

151 

Engstrom  

10 

11- 

9 

11 

, . . 

In  Other  Places. 

There  were  twenty-five  shooters  at  Plainville,  Minn.,  and  the 
shoot  for  the  merchandise,  wherein  all  over  50  per  cent,  men  were 
barred,  was  the  feature,  together  with  the  team  shoot,  that  drew 
and  held  the  crowd.  .Plainview  was  a winner  of  the  team  shoot. 

Johnson,  the  mainstay  of  the  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  Gun  Club, 
made  the  very  fine  score  of  90  out  of  100.  The  Class  A,  B,  and 
C medals  were  won  by  Johnson,  Linden  and  Mrs.  Johnson.- 

A wag  sends  in  the  following:  “If  the  quail  that  are  hidden  in 

the  heather  knew  of  the  wonderful  marksmanship,  of  the  members 
of  the  gun  club,  and  that  they  are  being  educated  to  shoot  only 
on  the  wing,  they  would  make  their  migrating  and  other  trips 
on  foot  only  when  the  shooting  seapon  opens.” 

The  “good  word”  is  passed  along  the  line  that  the  Magan  Gun 
Club,  Sterling,  111.,  will  shoot  often  this  year  for  the  medal  which 
is  now  held  by  W.  L.  McWhorter. 

Quincy,  111.,  .Gun  Club  will  begin  active  shooting  very  soon.  It 
has  new  grounds  at  Baldwin  Park.  New  officers  will  be  ap- 
pointed, and  a committee  will  have  charge  of  arrangements  for  a 
tournament,  which  will  be  held  soon. 

The  public  is  invited  to  attend  the  shoots  held  by  the  Freeport, 
Ilk,  Gun  Club.-  All  the  members  are  working  hard  to  get  up 
interest. 

The  business  men  of  Babbell  and  Lake  Linden,  Mich.,  have 
formed  a gun  club.  The  shoots  will  occur  on  Wednesdays  and 
Saturdays,  and  special  shoots  may  be  held  almost  any  day.  The 
officers  are:  President,  Thomas  W.  Armstrong;  Vice-President, 

John  B.  Hodge*;  Secretary,  Samuel  James;  Treasurer,  Lincoln 
Burgan. 

£Joo4  news  comes  from  Logansport,  Ind.,  that  the  gun  club  >§ 


flourishing  and  that  regular  meets  will  be  held  at  the  driving 
park.  Newly  elected  officers  are:  J.  F.  Flanegin,  President; 

Clint  Whitesell,  Captain;  Theo.  Sample,  Secretary.  Three  new 
members  were  elected,  viz.:  F.  S.  Freeman,  Rino  Kuhn  and 
D.  Ulery.  Robert  Rohler  was  voted  a life  member. 

The  target  smashers  of  California  are  much  in  earnest  over 
the  activity  of  the  gun  clubs  and  the  number  of  tournaments  held 
in  the  Golden  State. 

At  the  regular  shoot  of  the  gun  club  at  Akron,  O.,  Mr.  R. 
Griffith  defended  the  champion  badge  and  won  over  R.  Kepler. 
Both  made  extra  good  scores  of  49  out  of  50.  In  the  sweep  that 
followed,  G.  S.  Work  won  first,  with  J.  F.  Kepler  second. 

Alf.  Gardiner,  of  Brenham,.  Tex.,  is  now  busy  arranging  tour- 
naments in  several  of  the  cities  of  the  Lone  Star  State.  He  will 
hold  a novel  shoot  in  Houston  in  July,  and  the  money  will  be 
divided  per  cent,  plan,  40,  24,  16  and  20,  thus  the  fourth  money 
will  be  more  than  the  third.  The  prominent  idea  is  to  hold  the 
amateur. 

Here  is  another  Milwaukee  gun  club,  the  Big  Stone.  The  scores 
at  last  shoot:  Otto  PI.  Gaulke  19,  Bruse  22,  Bille  19,  J.  Schultz 

20,  Braves  12,  IPackerdorn  19,  A.  Schultz  15. 

Notices  were  sent  out  through  the  local  papers  that  W.  Tramp 
Brown,  a celebrity  in  shooting  circles,  would  manage  a shoot  to 
be  held  by  the  local  gun  club. 

Garfield  Gun  Club. 

Chicago,  Ilk,  Jan.  17. — The  appended  scores  were  made  on  our 
grounds  to-day  on  the  occasion  of  the  second  trophy  shoot  of 
the  second  series.  Eaton  and  Dr.  Meek  tied  for  Class  A trophy 
on  21.  Dr.  Reynolds  won  Class  B on  19,  and  George  won  Class 
C on  15. 

In  the  Dupont  cup  shoot,  Keck,  Dr.  Meek  and  Geotter  tied 
on  19  out  of  20  for  Class  A.  Ford  won  Class  B on  17,  and 
Ostendorp  won  Class  C on  12. 

After  the  trophy  shoots  were  finished,  Keck  and  Ford  captained 
teams  formed  by  choosing  sides,  and  in  the  first  match  Keck’s 
team  won  by  two  targets.  In  the  second  match  Ford’s  team 
won  by  one  target.. 

The  day  was  hot  and  windy  until  about  4 o’clock,  when  a very 
heavy  rainstorm  came  on  and  put  a stop  to  the  game  for  about 
an  hour.  Afterward  it  cleared  up  and  became  unusually  fine  for 
shooting.  Attendance  only  fair,  only  about  eighteen  shooters 
showing  up. 

Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 

Targets:  10  15  10  10  25  20 

Keck  9 7 ..  10  17  19 

Thomas  5 7 . . 9 20  17 

Dr  Reynolds...  10  8..  S 19  17 

Eaton  8 8 . . 9 21  16 

Gould  5 7 13  18 

Goetter  4 5 16  19 

Stone  7 5 15  14 

McDonald  5 6 19  15 


No.  5,  trophy  event.  No.  6,  Dupont  cup. 
Team  match,  10  targets: 


Keck  

9 

Ford  

9 

Thomas  

10 

Meek  

Geotter  

6 

Eaton  

9 

Reynolds  

5 

Stone  

8 

McDonald  . . . . 

10 

Ostendorp  

4 

Gould  

7 

T Smedes  

5 

George  

9 

A Smedes  

10 

Bryson  

8-64 

Snyder  

5—60 

Team  match, 
Keck  

15  targets: 
13 

Ford  

14 

Eaton  

9 

Meek  

15 

McDonald  

15 

Eaton  

12 

Gould  

11 

Stone  

14 

George  

13 

Ostendorp  

8 

Bryson  

14 

T Smedes  

14 

Snyder  

13—88 

A Smedes  

12-89 

Events:  1 2 3 4 5 6 

Targets:  10  15  10  10  25  20 

A Smedes  5 9 20  14 

T Smedes  6 7 14  14 

Dr  Meek  9 21  19 

Ford  3 16  17 

George  15  6 

Bryson  15 

Ostendorp  12 


Gulf  Coast  Trapshooters*  League. 

New  Orleans,  La. — The  Gulf  Coast  Trapshooters’  League 
tournament  was  held  at  Chef  Menteur,  under  the  auspices  of  the 
Tallyho  Gun  Club,  of  New  Orleans.  The  elegantly  equipped 
establishment  and  cuisine  were  much  appreciated  by  the  visitors. 

Among  the  guests  of  the  club  during  the  day’s  shoot  were  the 
following:  Gus  Cantrelle,  W.  F.  Trenchard,  J.  W.  Finern,  Ed. 

Saucier,  John  Spring,  L.  P.  Chaudet,  Lewis  Bamberger,  M.  IToff- 
man,  Maurice  Kaufman,  Guy  Macmurdo,  Hy.  Rightor,  E.  Baylin, 
Frank  Sintes,  Chas.  Hagen,  Ed.  Herndon,  C.  S.  Harris,  Robt. 
Saucier,  A.  Biron,  Geo.  Brookman,  Capt.  J.  K.  Turley,  John 
Nolan.  Chas.  McEnery,  Chas.  Sinnott,  W.  A.  Cocke,  L.  Gerdies, 
Jos.  Demoine,  G.  Sintes,  Henry  Burke,  W.  W.  Wooldridge,  J.  A. 
Landry,  P.  J.  Robelot,  John  N.  Riley,  PI.  C.  Carroll,  H.  Lee 
Sinnott,  Lewis  Chaudet,  T.  L.  Mason,  Jr.,  Wm.  Week,  H.  Wallace, 
Geo.  Viavant,  New  Orleans;  Wm.  Gordon,  Thos.  Chamberlain, 
Mobile,  Ala.;  M.  Scanel,  J.  L.  Bryan,  Shreveport,  La.;  M.  Cox, 
Detroit,  Mich.;  Frank  Faurote,  Dallas,  Tex.;  Walter  Kent,  A. 
Macket,  Kentwood,  La.;  A.  D.  Krebs,  E.  Jane,  J.  R.  Ford,  W. 
D.  Bullard,  Scranton,  Miss;  PI.  Waters,  V.  L.  Fulton,  John 
Sewell,  Baltimore,  Md. ; J.  Shaw,  Pass  Christian,  Miss.;  J.  K. 
Fendick,  San  Antonio,  Tex.;  A.  W.  Bouslagel,  C.  H.  Cunning- 
ham, Jack  Kennedy,  J.  L.  Kecunny,  W.  Plemmingway,  Dr.  J.  E. 
Kam,  H.  A.  Hemphill,  Hattiesburg,  Miss. ; S.  G.  Harry,  New 
Iberia,  La. ; D.  W.  Breazile,  Natchitoches,  La. ; Dr.  Lamont, 
Biloxi,  Miss;  S.  D.  Thayer,  S.  P.  Norch,  Bond,  Miss._ 

As  will  be  seen  by  the  total  scores,  which  follow,  _ Sligo  led  the 
amateurs  and  experts  in  the  two  days’  shooting,  with  a score  of 
388  out  of  a possible  420,  while  F.  M Faurote,  of  Dallas,  headed 
the  experts  with  383  out  of  a possible  420.  The  shooting  was  con- 
sidered particularly  good,  in  view  of  the  fact  that  the  weather  was 
exceedingly  warm  and  trying  to  the  marksmen.  The  tables,  show- 
ing the  result  of  each  day’s  shooting  in  detail,  and  the  summing 
up  of  final  results,  high  average,  follow: 


Events : 
Targets: 
Faurote  ... 

Cox  

plemingway 
Bowles  .... 
Chaudet  . . . 
Macmurdo 

North  

W aters  .... 
Chamberlain 

Sligo  

Saucier  .... 

Caddo  

Breazeale  . , 
Bryan  . . — 
Bonslagle  .. 

Kearny  

Kennedy  . . . 
Cunningham 
Trinchard  .. 

Cocke  

Kaufman  . . 

Lee  

Lionett  


First  Day,  June  12. 

123456789  10 
‘ 20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  25  25 

19  18  IS  17  19  19  19  18  21  25 

17  14  17  19  IS  18  16  17  19  22 

11  16  16  17  15  19  15  19  18  21 

12  18  17  18  16  17  16  16  19  22 

19  17  19  19  19  17  18  18  21  23 

17  18  17  17  18  18  16  16  20  22 

17  18  16  18  17  20  12  13  15  18 

15  18  19  19  17  19  14  12  20  22 

20  14  19  16  12  16  16  15  22  23 

19  20  18  18  20  18  20  18  23  23 

19  20  20  16  15  19  18  20  23  24 

IS  18  17  19  15  15  18  18  18  24 

19  14  20  20  19  18  18  19  19  20 

18  15  17  19  16  19  17  16  22  23 

14  12  17  16  11  11  11  11  19  15 

15  14  12  12  14  14  10  16  16  17 

6 13  6 7 5 9 6 8 12  10 

8 16  11  17  10  14  13  15  18  17 

17  15  19  17  16  17  12  17  18  18 

15  17  18  19  13  19  17  18  21'.  23 

12  16  16  15  15  20  16  17  23  14 

15  15  15  18  18  20  18  15  22  21 

16  13  12  17  16  18  18  16  23  17 


Total, 

192 

182. 

166 

171 

190 

179 

164 
175 
173 
197 
194 

180 

191 
182 
137 
137 

82 

139 

165 
180 

" 164 
177 
167 


Second  Day,  June  J3. 


Events: 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

Total. 

Targets : 

20 

20 

20 

20 

20 

20 

20 

20 

25 

25 

Bonslagle  

...  9 

12 

13 

10 

14 

15 

15 

12 

17 

16 

132 

Bowles  

...17 

18 

18 

13 

14 

13 

17 

14 

18 

20 

142 

Kidder  

...  5 

5 

3 

5 

9 

6 

12 

18 

20 

7. 

90 

...17 

18 

12 

16 

16 

16 

17 

14 

21 

22 

169 

Kearny  

...13 

14 

14 

12 

15 

13 

15 

14 

22 

15 

147 

Chaudet  

...18 

19 

17 

18 

18 

14 

15 

20 

24 

23 

186 

Macmurdo  

...17 

18 

18 

19 

19 

18 

18 

18 

23 

20 

188 

Faurote  

...18 

18 

18 

19 

16 

17 

18 

19 

25 

2-3 

191 

Waters  

...12 

16 

18 

18 

14 

16 

12 

17 

17 

8 

148 

Chamberlin  

...  16 

14 

13 

17 

17 

12 

16 

11 

19 

23 

158 

srigo  . 

...16 

16 

19 

18 

IS 

18 

IS 

19 

24 

25 

186 

Breazeale  

...17 

20 

18 

18 

15 

20 

16 

16 

25 

21 — 

191 

Saucier  

...17 

19 

17 

17 

17 

17 

19 

15 

23 

25 

1S4 

Caddo  . 

18 

17 

17 

16 

17 

18 

17 

18 

21 

174 

Bryan  

...  19 

18 

15 

17 

IS 

IS 

IS 

18 

25 

24 

190 

Kaufman  

15 

15 

13 

13 

9 

13 

15 

20 

18 

137 

12 

16 

17 

18 

18 

19 

18 

22 

20 

169 

Lionett  ........ 

...17 

13 

13 

17 

15 

19 

16 

17 

20 

22 

169 

O’Trigger  

Spring  HfunniHiHifM?' 

....  16 

13 

13 

14 

18 

17 

13 

18 

16 

20 

158 

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9 

9 

ll 

13 

7 

13 

1 ? 

■ i 

Iff; 

Professional  high  average,  420  targets: 

Faurote  388  Waters  323 

Chaudet  373  Kaufman  301 


Amateurs : 

Sligo  388 

Saucier  378 

Breazeale  377 

Bryan  372 

Macmurdo  367 

Caddo  354 

Cocke  .349 


Lee  316 

Lionett  336 

Chamberlin  S31 

Bowles  313 

Kearny  284 

Bonslagle  269 

Kidder  172 


Ttap  Around  Reading. 

Reading,  Pa.,  June  17. — The  target  tournament  of  the  Spring 
Valley  Shooting  Association  of  this  city,  held  to-day,  on  the  As- 
sociation’s shooting  ground  at  Bernhart  Station,  just  outside  the 
city  limits,  was  a success,  with  a large  crowd  of  sportsmen  in 
attendance.  _ Lee  Wertz,  of  the  Spring  Valley  Association,  was 
high  gun  with  160  broke  out  of  210  targets.  R.  E.  Shearer,  of 
Carlisle,  finished  second,  with  J.  W.  Wertz  third.  The  high  wind 
made  the  targets  very  hard,  and  kept  the  scores  below  the  average. 
The  scores  follow: 


Events:  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  11  12  13  14 

Targets : 10  15  15  15  10  15  20  15  15  15  15  15  15  20 

L Wertz  5 14  11  12  13  11  13  14  13  11  14  11  14  14 

Shearer  8 11  9 9 8 12  17  10  9 11  12  14  12  16 

Shaneman  7 11  10  11  8 9 16  9 9 10  11  

J W Wertz G 9 9 7 5 11  14  11  14  11  11  13  11  15 

Swoyer  8 9 14  10  9 10  15  7 8 10  11  10  10  10 

Moyen  9 9 9 9 7 7 11  ..  11  12  10  11  10  . . 

Blecker  7 8 11  12  7 10  15  

Fred  Wertz 7 12  17  12  11  10  11  11  9 12 

Adams  12  13  12  11  10  10  . . 11  13 

Schaeffer  14  13  8 13  12  12  11  15 

Wagraan  16  11  9 9 10  10  10  16 

Bortz  14  4 7 10  10  6 7 13 


Pottstown,  Pa.,  June  10. — The  Shuler  Shooting  Club  defeated  the 
Hill  School  Gun  Club  in  a 50-target  match,  Saturday,  on  the 
grounds  of  the  former.  Summaries: 

Shuler  Club:  Scheffy  39,  Fields  36,  Smith  39,  Rhoads  33; 

total  147. 

Hill  School:  Wodell  44,  Hannah  23,  Talcott  35,  Hartley  28; 

total  130. 

Reading,  Pa.,  June  17. — The  Elm  Leaf  Gun  Club  held  its  annual 
election  for  officers,  with  this  result:  President,  George  Eck; 

Secretary,  George  E,  Dry;  Treasurer,  John  Weitzel;  Trustees, 
Aug.  G.  Ilepler,  Geo.  Heilman  and  William  Eisenhower;  Captain, 
Amos  W eitzel. 

Trustee  Hepler  reported  that  the  new  club  house  of  the  organi- 
zation, which  is  located  along  the  Gravity  road,  a short  distance 
from  Kuechler’s  Roost,  had  been  finished.  It  is  one  story  in 
height,  made  of  frame,  and  contains  two  rooms — one  for  dining 
purposes,  and  the  other  as  a stock  room,  where  the  targets  and 
other  paraphernalia  of  ihe  club  will  be  stored. 

The  property  comprises  about  three  acres.  Tables  and  benches 
have  been  placed  about  the  grounds  for  outing  parties.  The  club 
has  a membership  of  47. 

Berwyn,  Pa.,  June  10. — The  Berwyn  Gun  Club  was  organized 
to-day  with  fifty  members.  About  twenty-five  participated  in  the 
shoot  on  the  new  grounds  over  the  new  trap  put  in.  Robert  Hol- 
land, in  event  2,  broke  25  straight;  Pechin  24,  Garber  23,  Joseph 
Holland  22,  Ruth,  Haycock  and  Roberts.  Pechin  was  high  gun  in 
all  events.  Duster. 


IN  NEW  JERSEY. 


Montclair  Gun  Club. 


Montclair,  N.  J.,  June  17. — The  contest  for  the  trophy  of  1905, 
-a  silver  loving  cup,  to  be  shot  for  each  month  during  thei  year, 
that  had  been  postponed  from  the  last  Saturday  in  May,  was  run 
off  to-day.  This  is  a handicap  event,  50  targets,  at  unknown 
angles,  and  was  won  by  TI.  A.  Connett,  who  broke  38;  this,  with 
his  handicap  of  10,  gave  him  a score  of  48,  with  Cockefair  a close 
second  with  a score  of  47  to-  his-  credit. 

Event  No.  6,  prize  a box  of  Havanas,  was  won  by  Mr.  Howard, 
with  24  breaks  to  his  credit. 

Events  1 to  5 were  for  practice  only. 


Events : 

Targets : 

T Doremus,  14  

G Boxall,  4 

C L Bush,  2 

E Winslow,  4 

G Porter,  4 

P Cockefair,  4 

A R Allan,  4 

TI  F Holloway,  12  

G Howard,  2 

H F Connett,  10 

Handicaps  apply  in  event  7 only. 


12  3 

10  15  10 
6 ..  10 
8 11  8 
10  12  .. 
5 7.. 

..  10  5 

7 15  .. 
..  13  7 

..  ..  5 


4 

10 

5 

‘9 

'7 

8 

10 

*8 


5 6 

15  25 
..  13 

13  20 
..  20 
8 15 
7 .. 

14  19 
12  22 
12  17 
12  24 


7 

50 

45 
36 

42 
36 
34 

47 

43 

46 

44 

48 


Peerless  Rod  and  Gun  Club. 

Paterson,  N.  J.,  June  17. — In  an  event  at  25  targets  to-day,  the 
scores  were!  as  follows:  P.  Garrabrant  8,  J.  Schrier  13,  G.  Her- 

man 14. 

Second  event,  25  targets:  P.  Garrabrant-  16,  J.  Schrier  12,  G. 

TI  erman  17. 

Third  event,  25  targets:  G.  Herman  13,  P.  Garrabrant  16. 


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handbook  of  Summer  travel  ever  offered  to-  the  public. 

The  cover  is  handsome  and  striking,  printed  in  colors,  and 
the  book  contains  several  maps,  presenting  the  exact  routes'  over 
which  tickets  are  sold.  The  book  is  profusely  illustrated  with 
fine  half-tone  cuts  of  scenery  at  the  various  resorts  and  along 
the  lines  of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad. 

This  very  interesting  book  may  be  procured  at  any  Pennsyl- 
vania Railroad  ticket  office  at  the  nominal  price  of  ten  cents, 
or.  upon  application  to  Geo.  W.  Boyd,  General  Passenger  Agent, 
Broad  Street  Station,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  by  mail  for  twenty  cents. 


In  all  the  land  there  is  hardly  a better  known  or  more  attractive 
summer  and  autumn  resort,  than  Long  Island’s  Great  South  Bay. 
Here  in  summer  there  is  fishing,  boating  and  bathing,  and  in 
autumn  the  wildfowl  congregate  on  the  Bay  in  vast  numbers, 
while  the  upland  shooting  of  quail,  partridges  and  rabbits  in  many 
places  is  very  good.  Many  of  our  best  sportsmen  have  larger  or 
smaller  summer  homes  on  the  Great  South  Bay,  where  they  spend 
some  months  during  the  year  to  take  advantage  of  these  unex- 
ampled attractions.  In  another  column  will  be  found  an  adver- 
tisement of  such  a cottage,  with  a little  ground  about  it,  which 
is  to  be  sold  at  auction  on  Saturday,  June  24,  and  persons  con- 
templating the  purchase  of  such  a home  will  do  -well  to  com- 
municate without  delay  with  Messrs.  Thompson  & Fuller,  32 
Liberty  St.,  New  York,  or  James  M.  Brumley,  189  Montague  St., 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  . 

Most  bait-fishers  understand  the  difficulties  of  putting  the 
minnow  on  the  hook  and  of  keeping  it  alive  after  it  has  been  put 
on  The  loss  of  baits  through  death,  and  the  failure  to  get  bites 
from  the  same  cause,  are  a constant  annoyance.  The  reversible 
live-bait  holders  advertised  by  Victor  Gebhardt,  3906  So.  Broad- 
way St  Louis,  Mo.,  are  said  to  obviate  these  difficulties  and  to 
hold  the  live  bait  securely,  but  harmlessly,  so  that  the  bait  re- 
mains alive,  and  its  usefulness  is  thus  greatly  increased.  Ihose 
who  make  use  of  live  bait  would  do  well  to  consult  Mr,  Gebnanit 
^914  his  device. 


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our  famous  Duro  Nitro  Steel  barrels.  Guaranteed  to  shoot  any  Nitro,  or  black  powder  and  not 
get  loose.  Fitted  with  the  same  mechanism  as  our  higher  grades.  Sold  through  the  dealer  only. 

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the  collection  of  Pictures  from  Forest  and  Stream 
w Moose,  elk,  antelope,  mountain  sheep, 
Virginia  deer,  mule  deer  and  buffalo 
are  shown  in  scenes  which  have  in 
them  the  spirit  of  the  wild  creatures 
and  their  surroundings.  Each  picture 
is  an  accurate  portrait  of  the  subject 
and  has  a pleasing  landscape  setting  as 
well.  Of  smaller  game  there  are  field 
scenes  in  which  figure  the  quail,  ruffed 
grouse;  and  a number  of  splendid 
' reproductions  of  Audubon  bird  pic- 
tures. The  dog  pictures  by  Osthaus 
and  the  yachting  scenes  round  out  the 
volume,  and  make  it  all  in  all  a very 
comprehensive  volume  of  American 
outdoor  sports. 


is  well  represented  in 


OurSavage-Junior  .22- caliber  Single-shot 
Rifle  is  the  only  rifle  of  its  type  that  feeds 
itself.  Cartridge  is  dropped  into  rece'YeT 
or  breech,  and  the  action  closed,  which 
pushes  cartridge  into  place  in  barrel  and 
cocks  arm  ready  to  fire.  With  every  other 
similar  rifle  you  have  to  plac  cartridge 
in  barrel  with  fingers — and  it’s  slow  work. 
Watch  for  other  Savage  features. 


-SAiA 


” When  it  comes  to  Rifles, 
the  Savage  is  different. 


uMo  savage  beast  would  dare  to  trifle  _ - •„  j 

With  a,  man  who  shoots  a Savage  Rifle.”  (4 

Savage-Junior  Single-shot  Rifle  - - $5.00 

Shoots  22-caliber  short,  long  and  long-rifle  cartridges. 

Sava.ge-Junior  .22-caliber  “Specia.1,"  - $7.00  /--'Op?  J p 1 

Made  similar  to  regular  “Junior,”  but  fancier.  \ JLrtC'. > ? J 

Handsome  Savage  Indian  Watch  Fob  sent  on  receipt  of  15c. 

If  your  dealer  won’t  accommodate  you,  we  will.  Either  rifle 
delivered,  all  charges  prepaid,  upon  receipt  of  price.  Try 
your  dealer  first,  but  send  to-day  for  catalogue. 

SAVAGE  ARMS  CO.,  48  Turner  St.,  Utica.,  N.  Y.,  U.S.A 


LIST  OF  THE  PLATES 


A Big  Game  and  Fish  Map  of  New  Brunswick. 

We  have  just  had  prepared  by  the  official  draftsman  of  New  Brunswick 
a map  of  that  province,  giving  the  localities  where  big  game — moose  and 
caribou— are  most  abundant,  and  also  the  streams  in  which  salmon  are 
found  and  the  rivers  and  lakes  which  abound  in  trout.  , - 

The  resources  of  New  Brunswick  in  the' way  of  game  and  fish  are  only 
just  beginning  to  be  appreciated,  and  we  are  glad  to  offer  to  Forest  and 
Stream  readers  the  first  authentic  information  as  to  localities  where  sport 
may  be  had.  The  map  is  printed  in  colors,  on  a tough  paper,  and  is 
enclosed  in  a stout  manila  envelope  for  protection  in  carrying.  Price,  $1. 

FOREST  AND  STREAM  PUBLISHING  COMPANY,  NEW  YORK. 


17.  The  Redhead  Duck,  - 1 J.  J 

18.  The  Canvasback  Duck,  - - J.  J 

19.  The  Prairie  Chicken,  - - - J- J 

20.  The  Willow  Ptarmigan,  - - J.J 

21.  The  American  Plover,  - - -J.J 

22.  Rap  Full,  Schooner  Constellation  in  a 

North  Easter,  - - Photo  ’oyN.l 

E.  W.  Deming  23.  First  Around  Home  Mark.  The  Altair 
off  Larchmont,  - - Photo  by  J 

E.  W.  Deming  24.  The  Challenge  (Elk),  - - Ca 

25.  Quail  Shooting  in  Mississippi,  - 

26.  Ripsey  (Pointer)  - 

27.  Between  Casts,  - - - W. 

28.  Home  of  the  Bass,  - W. 

29.  In  Boyhood  Days,  - - - W. 

30.  A Country  Road  (Partridge),  W. 


- Carl  Rungius 
Carl  Rungius 

- Carl  Rungius 
1,  Carl  Rungius 

v 4 - Carl  Rungius 

6.  The  Home  of  the  White  Goat. 

Photo  by  H.  T.  Folsom 

7.  Calling  the  Buffalo— 1 The  Lure, 

8.  Calling  the  Buffalo— 2 The  Drive,  E.  W.  Deming 

9.  Calling  the  Buffalo — 3 The  Fall,  F 

10.  Calling  the  Buffalo— 4 Packing  the  Meat. 

E.  W.  Deming 

11.  Sail,  Sea  and  Sky,  Navahoe  on  the  Solent. 

Photo  by  West  & Son 

12.  The  Trapper’s  Camp.  - - E.  W.  Deming 

18.  Pearl  R.  (Setter),  - - - E.  H.  Osthaus 

14.  The  Purple  Sandpiper,  - - J.J.  Audubon 

15.  The  Black  Duck,  - - - - J.  J.  Audubon 

16.  The  Shoveller  Duck,  - - J.J.  Audubon 

The  plates  are  carefully  printed  on 
bound,  making  a most  attractive  volume, 
the  Forest  and  Stream  or  about  16  x 
In  response  to  numerous  enquiries  fr< 
engravings,  rather  than  to  keep  them  in  a 
has  been  made  for  sets  of  unbound  sheets, 
AND  STREAM  PURT-IST 


FROM  THE  AMERICAN  STANDPOINT 

By  W.  G.  HUDSON,  M.D. 


is  a modest  title  to  a work  which  contains  an  epitome  of  the  world's 
best  knowledge  on  the  practical  features  of  the  art. 

In  its  160  pages  are  treated,  in  popular  language  but  with  technical 
accuracy,  all  the  details  of  Rifles,  Bullets,  Triggers  and  Trigger  Pulls, 
Equipments,  Sights  and  Sighting,  Aiming,  Adjustments  of  Sights, 
Helps  in  Aiming,  Optics  of  Rifle  Shooting,  Positions  at  all  Ranges, 
Targets  in  General  Use,  Ammunition,  Reloading,  Cleaning,  Ap- 
pliances, etc.  Thirty-five  illustrations.  Price,  $1.00.  For  sale  by 

FOREST  AND  STREAM  PUB.  CO.,  346  Broadway,  New  York 


L Hotels  for  Sportsmen,  T 


V Hotels  for  Sportsmen.  J 


Is  the  place  for  real  sportsmen  and  their  families.  Please  read  the 
following  and  note  some  of  the  many  advantages. 

The  hotel  is  a four  story  building  with  three  tiers  of  varandas  aggregating  1264  lineal  feet.  All.’rooms  large, 
outside  and  well  ventilated,  excellent  bedding.  Hot  and  cold  water  baths,  large,  light  and  airy  dining  rooms, 
and  the  menu  consisting  in  part  of  oysters,  fish,  crabs,  clams,  game,  and  fresh  home-grown  vegetables,  etc., 


(PICTURES  FROM 

FOREST.©  STREAM 


FOREST  AND  STREAM. 


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Sports  in  part  as  follows:  Fishing  from  May  1st  to  Nov.  1st.  Shooting  in  season  (Ducks.  Ba.y 
Birds  Qviail,  Rabbits,  etc.).  Best  of  Surf  Bathing.  Numerous  Power  and  Seril  Boats  (guides  may 
be  had’  with  either  power  or  sail  boats).  Free  Ovning  on  Power  Boaris  from  June  1st  to  Sept.  1st 
/See  Booklet). 

' «TCT  A NIP\  T TAT  TCP  it  open  July  1st  to  Sept.  1st,  and  run  in  connection  with  above  hotel. 

lOL/YlN  i-J  nU  U OX-.,  This  is  situated  on  a beautiful  sand  beach,  with  excellent  surf  bath 
Ing  bath  houses  with  shower  baths,  etc.  Also  free  outing  between  the  two  during  June,  July  and  August. 
Tpnni?  and  pool  free  Hay  Rides  and  numerous  other  sports  such  as  Base  Ball,  Flinch,  Carroms,  etc.  For 
further  information  address  A.  H.  G.  MEARS  or  IRA  F.  BURTON,  Prop.,  WACHAPR.EAGUE,  VA. 

p 5 —For  a combination  of  Good  Accommodations  and  variety  of  sports,  this  place  is  not  equaled  along 
the  coast  The  “Island  House”  adds  much  to  the  summer  attractions  as  the  Ocean  is  only  a few  yards  dis- 
tant and  a sloping  shore,  which  makes  bathing  a most  enjoyable  pastime.  Beautiful  sites  for  summer  cottages 
For  Ssrie  with  Ocean  fronts.— A.  H.  G.  M, 


CANOE  AND  CAMP  COOKERY. 

A Practical  Cook  Book  for  Canoeists,  Corinthian  Sailors  and  Outers. 
By  SENECA.  Cloth,  96  pages.  PRICE,  $1. 

FOREST  AND  STREAM  PUBLISHING  CO*.  NEW  YO&K* 


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FOREST  AND  STREAM 


The  Dog  on  His  Travels. 

One  great  trouble  sportsmen  experience  in  traveling  to  and  from  the  shoot- 
ing grounds  is  in  transporting  their  dogs;  the  same  trouble  is  experienced  by 
kennel  men  and  bench  show  exhibitors;  for  this  reason  our  dog  crates  were 
designed;  in  the  corner  is  a receptacle  for  water;  on  the  front  is  a pocket  for 
dog  biscuits;  crates  have  a false  bottom;  insures  cleanliness;  they  are  strong, 
light,  perfectly  ventilated;  prices  are  for  24-inch  long  by  17  wide,  $10;  30x18, 
$11;  36x21,  $12;  42x24,  $16;  48x30,  $22;  special  size  for  two  setters,  $15 ; 
puppy  crates,  $3.50,  $4,  and  $5.  Ask  for  free  catalogue  of  “ Doggy  ” goods. 


Iver  Johnson  Sporting  Goods  Co., 

163-165  Washington  St.,  - - Boston,  Mass. 

Our  Fishing  Tackle 
department  comprises 
everything  in  the  line 
of  tackle. 

For  reliable 


SPORTSMEN’S  GOODS 

For  Camp  and  Field!! 

Highest  Grade  Hammerless  Guns — Scott,  Greener,  Purdey,  Lang,  Parker, 
Smith,  Ithaca,  etc.,  etc.  All  makes  of  Rifles. 

Finest  Quality 

FISHING  TACKLE 

Tents,  Knapsacks,  Camp  Stoves,  Telescopic  Camp  Beds,  Sleeping  Bags, 
Canvas  Clothing,  etc. 

Irl^’Send  10  cents  in  stamps  for  our  illustrated  Fishing  Tackle  ; 
catalogue  and  List  of  Second-Hand  High  Grade  Guns  taken  in  ; 

Trade— BARGAINS.  

WM.  READ  & SONS,  Washington  st.,  Boston,  Mass 


(Established  1826.) 


Catalogue  free 
on  application. 


FISHING  TACKLE 


GO  TO 


VON  LENGERKE  i DETMOLD, 


318  Broadway, 


NEW  YORK. 


DEALERS  IN  HIGH-GRADE  SPORTSMEN'S  SUPPLIES,  CAMPING  OUTFITS.  CANOES,  ROW- 
BOATS. CAMERAS,  KODAKS,  ETC.  VACATION  RIFLES  A SPECIALTY. 


ISTITE 


AGAIN  TO  THE  FRONT. 

WINS  six  out  of  the  eight  Amateur  events,  including  STATE  CHAMPIONSHIP 
at  the  Kentucky  State  Tournament,  Louisville,  May  29-31.  Of  these,  Mr.  W. 
Henderson,  Lexington,  Ky.,  Wins  four. 

Mr.  Emile  Pragoff,  Louisville,  Ky.,  Wins  State  Championship  94  ex  100. 

Mr.  W.  Henderson,  Lexington,  Ky.,  Wins  Amateur  High  Average  492  ex  525, 
Brewers’  Trophy  25  straight,  High  Man  in  team  race  23  ex  25,  and  Merchandise 
prize  94  ex  100. 

Mr.  J.  O.  Ward,  Paris,  Ky.,  Wins  Second  Amateur  Average  489  ex  525. 

DO  YOU  SHOOT  BALLISTITE?  IF  NOT,  WHY  NOT? 

J H LAU  CO  75  CHAMBERS  STREET,  NEW  YORK  CITY. 

A postal  brings  “Shooting  Facts.” 


GRAND  PRIZE— ST.  LOVIS. 

(Continued.) 

We  referred  last  week  in  these  columns  to  the  points  of  superior  merit  on  which 
the  Greener  gun  received  the  Grand  Prize  at  St.  Louis. 

Let  us  name  briefly  a few  of  the  more  important  ones  considered  by  the  juries. 

“The  Greener  gun  is  particularly  valuable  in  its  class  because  of  the  wide  range  it 
covers.  Very  small  guns  of  this  make  are  being  made  specially  adapted  to  collecting 
humming  birds,  and  through  successive  and  increasing  sizes  of  bore  to  the  great  harpoon 
guns  for  whale  shooting.” 

“In  every  climate  in  the  world  these  guns  have  withstood  the  maximum  amount  of 
hard  weaf  that  can  be  given  to  a weapon  of  this  class,  and  some  very  interesting 
specimens  are  shown  in  the  exhibit.” 

“Mr.  Greener  is  also  a large  contractor  to  His  Majesty’s  War  Department.” 

“Safety  is  of  prime  importance  in  a shotgun  and  every  operation  in  the  manufacture 
of  a Greener  gun  is  performed  on  Mr.  Greener’s  own  premises  with  British  material  arid 
by  British  workmen.  This  factory  is  said  to  contain  37,000  sq.  ft.,  and  enables  the  maker 
to  guarantee  the  soundness  of  every  part  of  the  construction  of  his  goods  through 
elaborate  appliances  for  testing  the  quality  of  the  raw  material  and  by  personal  super- 
vision over  each  subsequent  operation.” 

“The  Greener  patent  cross-bolt  and  treble-wedge-fast  action  is  the  strongest  yet  devised 
and  is  used  almost  universally  by  gun  makers  in  all  countries.” 

“Superior  shooting  qualities  are  also  of  prime  importance,  and  since  the  invention  of 
the  Greener  choke  bore  in  1S75  the  distribution  of  shot  at  long  range  has  been  much 
improved.  In  fact  it  is  only  by  adopting  the  Greener  system  of  choke  boring  that 
scientific  distribution  of  shot  is  possible.  By  this  system  the  results  have  remained 
regular  through  a long  series  of  shot  with  over  80  per  cent,  of  the  standard  charge  evenly 
distributed  in  a 30-inch  circle  at  40  yards.” 

“So  much  sought  after  is  this  extra  close  shooting,  if  coupled  with  even  distribution, 
that  it  is  by  common  consent  rated  as  the  most  essential  quality  in  a shotgun  and  is  the 
hardest  to  produce.  An  interesting  example  of  this  quality  is  shown  in  the  exhibit, 
being  the  Greener  gun  used  by  E.  D.  Fulford  in  killing  421  live  pigeons  straight  with 
one  retrieved  dead  just  outside  the  boundary,  which  record  has  never  been  even 
approached  for  closeness  and  regularity  of  shooting.” 

“Simplicity  is  another  factor  of  very  great  importance  in  a shotgun  and  one  of  the  chief 
attributes  of  strength  in  the  Greener  gun  is  the  fewness,  of  its  parts  and  the  ingenuity 
displayed  in  reducing  the  number  of  limbs  in  its  mechanism.  In  Greener’s  patent 
‘Facile  Princeps’  system,  which  is  far  and  away  the  strongest  and  simplest  lock  mechanism 
in  existence,  there  is  .only  a hammer,  a sear,  a lifter  and  two  necessary  springs.  The 
advantage  of  this  extreme  simplicity  when  guns  are  placed  under  long  continued  strain, 
must  be  obvious.” 

“A  notable  instance  is  found  in  the  gun  built  for  Dr.  Carver  which  he  used  all  over - 
the  world  in  matches  and  exhibitions  and  which  he  fired  over  a million  times,  and  in 
one  series  of  exhibitions  he  broke  120,000  glass  balls  without  once  cleaning  the  gun.” 

“A  Greener  gun  with  this  simple  mechanism  won  the  London  Wear  and  Tear  trials 
conducted  by  the  London  Field.” 

“The  Greener  patent  Unique  system  of  self-acting  ejector  is  the  culmination  of  many 
forward  steps  toward  an  ideal  ejector.  The  limb  in  this  ejector  lock  not  only  performs 
the  work  of  firing  the  case  and  ejecting  the  cartridge  but  also  takes  the  blow  or  strain 
on  the  action  from  the  weight  of  the  falling  barrels  when  the  gun  is  opened.  This 
feature  alone  will  obviously  lengthen  the  life  of  the  action  indefinitely.” 

Next  week  we  will  continue  with  more  of  the  special  features  of  the  Grand  Prize 
Greener 

In  the  meantime  we  shall  be  pleased  to  talk  business  with  any  who  are  interested. 

HENRY  C.  SQUIRES  SON, 

20  Cortlacndt  Street,  - - - New  York. 

Sole  Agents  for  the  United  States. 


0AN8E  and  BOAT  BUILDING. 


A complete  manual  for  Amateurs.  Containing  plain  and  comprehensive  direc- 
tions for  the  construction  of  Canoes,  Rowing  and  Sailing  Boats  and  Hunting 
Craft.  By  W.  P.  Stephens.  Cloth.  Eighth  and  enlarged  edition.  264  pages, 
numerous  illustrations,  and  fifty  plates  in  envelope.  Price,  $2.00.  This  office. 


4 Both  Professional  and  Amateur. 


At  Camden,  Ark.,  on  June  7th  and  8th, 

J.  E.  Hubby  won  1st  General  Average,  406  ex  420. 
J.  Chatfield  won  1st  Amateur  Average,  393  ex  420. 

Both  gentlemen  shot 

“INFALLIBLE" 

LAFLIN  & RAND  POWDER  CO. 

NEW  YORK  CITY. 


WALSRODE 

WON 


Dean  Richmond 
Trophy 


New  York  State  Shoot, 
Utica,  June  i6th. 


We  are  now  ready  to  furnish  factory  loaded  shells,  12-gauge,  30,  31  or  32 
grains  new  Green  Walsrode,  i%oz.  shot. 


SCHOVERLING,  DALY  & GALES, 

302-304  Broadway,  - - - NEW  YORK* 


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